Kusakabe Yuki overhears some girls saying mean things about her. Gossip is not an uncommon problem among high school girls, but Yuki is particularly worried that it's happening because she's a demi. Tetsuo is sympathetic to thr concern and makes up his mind that, as her teacher, he must protect her. Hikari, a fellow demi, feels the same way.
They don't want people to 
know they feel inferior,
لا يردن أن يعلم الآخرون 
،أنّهنّ يعشرن بأنّهن أقلّ شأنًا
Sie möchten ihr
Minderwertigkeitsgefühl verschleiern
Elas não querem se sentir inferiores.
Они хотят скрыть
свой комплекс неполноценности