February 2004 issue, Comptiq
Tsukasa sits at the kotatsu, eating orange(tangerine?) slices. It's peeled rather nicely, moreso than I've ever managed.
sisters
Tsukasa and a girl we haven't been introduced to yet (same color, or at least light value, of hair, and pigtails) are sitting at the kotatsu, when a man asks them if they're okay with their homework. Tsukasa isn't really that well prepared, not being able to resist playing around during long vacations. She says they're in such a bind, but the girl, her sister, reveals that she's almost done, having done it a little at a time. Tsukasa seems to be wondering how it's possible, given that they've been playing around together the whole vacation period.
differences in consciousness
The girl, now identified as Kagami, receives a call from Miyuki as she's sucking on Pocky. Miyuki suggests a study group, which Kagami agrees is a good idea. (Miyuki's kinda pretty without glasses here. But she is cute with them.) Later, as Kagami noshes on onigiri, she gets a call from Konata, who makes the same suggestion, but Kagami knows her well enough to know that it'll just involve Konata copying her homework.
yin and yang
Konata tells Kagami she'd like to copy her homework. Tsukasa seems to be up for it, as well. Kagami notes the straightforwardness of the request. She agrees to allow them, but points out that if they don't do the work themselves, they'll do poorly on the exams afterward. Tsukasa reflects on the wisdom of this, and bows out. Konata, on the other hand, claims to only be good at studying the night before an exam, so is still in. Kagami thinks she should think it over too, and that Konata's reasoning, and I quote, "doesn't get down to the solution of the root of the matter!" That sentence, and a lot of what I've seen, could be rewritten so it flows better, I suspect.
efforts and results
Kagami walks down the hall and into... I don't know yet whether it's just Tsukasa's room, and she's just going in to check up on her, or whether they share it (Kaga-mi casa es Tsukasa?). She finds Tsukasa asleep at the desk, her books still open. She smiles, noting that she decided to do the work herself, and that she can be very serious at heart. However... due to the probable low percentage of correct answers, she can't bring herself to look.
yin and yang 2
It's exam time! Konata seems unconcerned, but Tsukasa is putting in some effort.
Then the day comes for the exams to be handed back. Kagami asks how Tsukasa did, but she's embarrassed to say: though she did her best, it came out 58%! Konata chuckles, displaying her 86. "And thanks to everyone, a great job." Kagami isn't convinced; it's only a point's difference from hers.
TSUKASA HIRAGI
"Kagami's twin sister, the younger twin. A normal girl with normal grades and normal athletic reflexes. A caring person that can be swept away by the atmosphere. She may be pretty tough mentally, she can adapt to all of Konata's aloof comments."
Next time: episode 3!
