Love Begins

is chapter 10 of the Beelzebub manga.

Summary
At a park in the beginning of summer, Tatsumi, Takayuki and Beelzebub are sitting on a bunch. Tatsumi and Takayuki are exhausted and Beelzebub is sucking out of a bottle. Tatsumi is regretful of what he did with Tatsuya. Tatsumi confirms to Takayuki that he just can’t stop fighting. Takayuki apologizes, but Tatsumi tells him not to, as a victim. Takayuki interrupts him and apologizes again. Tatsumi becomes irate at Takayuki and reveals the extended seal he got from saving him and Hildegarda. Takayuki shifts the blame back at Tatsumi for not protecting him from Tatsuya’s thugs. Both of them then come to an agreement that Hildegarda tricked them.

In a flashback of the confrontation with Tatsuya, Hildegarda reveals that she let herself get captured to see Tatsumi’s extended Zebub spell. She pulls Tatsumi’s arm up to realize that surprisingly, he did not go insane with so much demonic power used. Hildegarda leaves with Alaindelon. Before leaving, Tatsumi tells her everyone, even Beelzebub was worrying about her, but Hildegarda claims he doesn’t and that he is only affected by Tatsumi’s anger. Walking out of the warehouse with Hildegarda, Alaindelon confirms that Hildegarda is satisfied with Tatsumi’s growth in power, and watches in shock as the room they were held in collapses in front of his eyes. Hildegarda is unshaken, grateful that the building managed to absorb all the demonic power emitted by Tatsumi.

Takayuki recalls his embarrassment from the incident. Tatsumi recalls Hildegarda’s ingratitude towards his rescue and tries to confirm this with Beelzebub. Beelzebub, however, is distracted by a nearby father giving an ups-a-daisy to her baby daughter and demands Tatsumi give a ups-a-daisy to him. Enraged, Tatsumi tosses Beelzebub high up in the air to his enjoyment. Realizing he and Beelzebub can only be separated by 15 meters, Tatsumi runs after Beelzebub, having flown 13 meters already and still flying. Calmly, Takayuki wonders what will happen next.

Near a fountain, three women are gossiping about Tatsumi leaving Beelzebub naked and claiming his commitment of child abuse. They find Aoi carrying a child on her back and greet her, then gossip about her being the daughter of the temple of the fifth block and how she supposedly has a baby already, being only seventeen. Overhearing this, Aoi becomes frustrated, revealing that she is actually carrying her younger brother Kōta. She turns to the women to try to tell them, but spots Beelzebub flying over them. From behind her, Tatsumi runs and catches Beelzebub in time. Seeing this, the three women become enraged of Tatsumi’s treatment with Beelzebub. One of them identifies him as the delinquent they were talking about. Aoi is annoyed that the women did not pay attention to his catching. Tatsumi realizes that the women are making a park debut. The reader is introduced to what a is: A slang term regarding the first appearance of a mother and child grouping in a park, and that failing it will make life more difficult. An unrelated picture of a smoking teddy bear in a bar can be seen under this explanation. Trying to make a good impression, he goes for a smiley face with Beelzebub on his chest. However, his face ends up looking too scary alongside Beelzebub’s mischievous face, scaring the women away, one of whom thinks Tatsumi has the eyes of a murderer. Hearing this, Aoi starts to laugh, catching Tatsumi’s attention. Having thought he failed his park debut, he tries to recuperate it by holding onto Aoi’s shoulders and asking him for a date, to her surprise.