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My mom got herself falling for a shallow love.

I, her daughter, also met my destined one.

Are you okay?

...and it was the same guy!

That's it! The summary of previous episode.

Ain't that a kind of messy explanation?

Mom, watch your words.

You're not a teenager.

Sora-san, isn't your explanation a bit too cursory?

Our precious one hour was...

Now then, please enjoy the continuation.

Please enjoy.

I feel like... something is coming.

What is it?

A storm? Typhoon? We're already in the middle of winter.

A big snowstorm might be coming too.

No, it's something that a bit more oppressive...

What do you think? Am I pretty?

Mom, isn't your makeup too thick?

It's much thicker than when you get your hair and makeup done by Arai-san.

Are you having an interview? TV appearance? Or autograph session?

Seitai is manipulative therapy based on Chinese and Japanese traditions, encompassing osteopathy, massage and chiropractic

I'm having Seitai appointment.

Seitai?

That's right. I got frozen shoulder, remember?

It has actually healed, though.

My daughter,

doesn't have

a boyfriend!!

Brought to you by: rid (@waterhyacinth_)

Hello, I'm Tachibana from Saneisha.

Oh, you're Soseki.

I am glad you remember my name.

I don't think anyone can forget this name.

We have officially decided

to include "Perfect Date" written by you

in the "100 Books for Springtime" Fair.

Thanks.

It was "100 Books by Minase Aoi" Fair a while back, though.

My apologies.

React to my joke! I haven't published 100 books out.

Speaking of which, have you got any ideas for your new novel...

Stop right there!

I came up with an idea.

I'm going to fall in love now!

I-is that the title?

No, it's about a woman in her 40s who falls in love with an osteopath.

Well, she may be in her 40s but she doesn't look like one.

I'd say she looks like a woman in her 30s.

Falling in love with an osteopath?

Do you mean... that one?

Someone who touches your body and such...

...and makes you shimmy...

Anyway, tell Konishi we'll go through with that plan!

A famous passage declared by John Maynard Keynes in The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

"Unemployment develops, that is to say, because people want the moon."

So said Keynes.

If people accept that raw cheese is the same as the moon...

Keynes... what are you talking about?

I don't get it.

Raw cheese represents fiat money.

When gold is the currency and everyone demands it...

What do you think you are doing?

What kind of masterpiece were you drawing that you had to ignore my lessons?

I draw the people who are yearning for the moon.

I'm going to confiscate this.

Sensei, please don't!

Please don't throw it away.

I shouldn't throw this away?

That's all right, sir. It is just a doodle anyway.

Then please give it to me.

All right. It's finished.

Thanks.

Thank you for the treatment.

If your 50s frozen shoulder relapsed, please don't forcibly move it

because it can cause severe damage to the rotator cuff.

50s frozen shoulder?

That's right. It isn't good for blood flow,

so please try to keep your shoulders cool.

A warm bath would be nice.

Shiju-kata and Goju-kata (lit: shoulder of the 40s/50s) basically mean frozen shoulder that happens when someone reaches the age of 40s-50s; the older someone gets, the higher term "-ju-kata" they get

Sensei... I think I'm on my 40s frozen shoulder.

Not 50s, but 40s.

Oh, did you mean your age? It isn't 50s, but 40s?

- That's right, I'm in my 40s. - Sorry...

- How old are you, Sensei? - I'm 25.

Don't you think that's rude? Do I look like I'm 50?

From the eye of a 25-year-old young man,

40 and 50 are just the same, aunties' age.

Here you go. Sanmayaki and mitsumame.

You'll get stomachace if you eat that much.

She's binge eating.

That was so short! An amour that only lasted 3 days.

How can you call that love?

Oh, by the way, I've developed a new product.

Wanna try Gorgonzola-filled taiyaki?

No thanks.

Minase-san?

Hey, wait!

- Hold up. - I'm in a rush.

Hey, Irino. You're coming to our karaoke party, right?

Of course.

See you at the usual place, Karaoke Zanmai.

I'm heading there now.

Bye bye.

I'm ranked 7th nationally in the 400m category of Inter High.

You can't run away from me.

A popular guy like you comes talking to a gloomy person like me,

the whole campus is gonna laugh. Stop it.

Is this some kind of punishment game?

That's mental.

Look at your salty response.

Did I do something worth enough to make you hate me?

If it's about the thing you drew in class, I'd return it.

Why'd you do that!

You threw edamame the other day and now this?

Hey! Wait!

I need to talk to you. It's important!

Hey!

What's wrong with him?

A love story between a 40-something housewife and an osteopath?

Well... I don't think she said a housewife.

Either way it's about a 40-something woman and an osteopath.

I'm not sure. It's like a Japanese Harlequin romance.

Well... I also thought it was a cliche

but she insisted that we'll go on this plan.

Is she getting lost in the shuffle?

I'm the one who discovered her.

She made her debut while she was still in college,

and she was 23 when she got her hit with "Scent The Sky."

He meant he changed the kanji for "to smell / to scent" (嗅ぐ, read: kagu) into its hiragana form (かぐ)

Oh, by the way, I was the one who changed the "scent" word.

hiraku

To change kanji into its hiragana form

Resesh is a deodorant product sold by Kao, the product branding has the same "feel/look" with the cover book here

It feels like Resesh when you close it up.

Resesh? Oh, the kind that gives swooshy feel.

Deodorant... that makes sense.

It's hard for those who sold early.

They'll have to keep selling for a long time.

Minase's selling hit was around her 20s.

In a world where greedy is everything,

to keep writing for a long time

is like the odds of winning the lottery.

With all due respect, Konishi-san, it should be victory is everything.

I didn't say it on purpose, Soseki.

Give it your best shot, man.

We already picked up a distressed property, after all.

If we don't work hard now, we'll end up archiving our company history.

Certainly, sir.

- Have a seat. - Welcome.

- Here you go. - You can order whatever you want.

I just got paid for my part-time job.

Then I want everything from here to here.

- Hey, not that much! - A cup of hot cocoa, please.

Coffee for me, please.

Sure.

What, they don't have JUMP? I wanna read Chainsaw Man, though.

Well, Kimetsu is good.

But Chainsaw Man appeals more to me.

Though it wasn't that good at first.

Huh? What are you talking about? I had nothing but high expectations right from the first chapter.

Haven't you read Fire Punch? That's the author's previous work.

JUMP+ is the online version of JUMP magazine

You should read that one, it was serialized in JUMP+

Are you perhaps a paper book person?

I find Chainsaw Man irressistible.

That feeling of my brain almost bursting out from reading it, unbeatable.

You know, I've met you before.

We meet every week at the Keynesian seminar.

Well, I'm kind of invisible, so

my presence doesn't matter that much.

Nope, it's somewhere else.

Not in the tavern when someone threw edamame at me the other day.

It's completely another place.

- Completely another place? - Yup.

Where is it?

Comiket.

Hang on, I was going to Comiket

like a thirsty camel running to an oasis.

- What do you mean by that? - I literally meant it.

But why did you?

Are you perhaps a closeted otaku?

Bingo!

I went in disguise using glasses, wig, checked flannel shirt,

and a vest with tons of pockets.

Nobody could recognize me.

You were cosplaying Shiki from EDENS ZERO

and pulling a sack of CoroCoro comics.

- May I take a photo of you? - Wow, cool!

- That's sick! - So cool!

- Did you see me? - I did.

Did you see everything inside my CoroCoro collections...

Don't worry.

I'm barrier-free. Straight, BL and GL are OK.

I don't have a particular favorite,

but I usually read it.

That's rather omnidirectional...

Don't tell anyone, okay?

O-okay.

But why?

The bright, fresh and handsome Irino Hikaru is my public image.

I came to college with a successful branding of myself,

and I have no intention to throw it away.

Why?

So you can get close to pretty girls?

- You got it pretty quick! - You're the lowest.

Why don't you go to your karaoke party? You were asked out earlier.

I ain't going there. Not a fan of Yonezu Kenshi or Higedan.

- I'd rather go with anisong. - That's otaku trait.

Thank you for waiting.

- This is hot cocoa. - Thank you.

- And this is hot coffee. - Thank you.

I'll leave it here. Please enjoy.

By the way.

This drawing is wonderful.

That's just a doodle.

Look, the eye level is solid, the dots are really cool, and the perspective is good.

Would you be interested in drawing a manga with me?

What?

I write the story, you draw the art.

Together we are going to be JUMP's No.1!

Bakuman is a JUMP serial manga about two young men who aim to be a duo mangaka, in which one of them write the story and the other one draw the art.

That's nonsensical! Saying we'd pull another Bakuman with such a happy-go-lucky attitude.

- So, are you gonna do it? - Not in the slightest way.

There is no way we're gonna be JUMP's No.1,

[ ufotable ]

let alone getting anime serialization under UFO.

But like, can we even make a manga to begin with?

- But you've always been good at drawing. - That's another story.

If every skillful kid could have serialization in JUMP,

JUMP would've been this thick.

It's like the old phone book.

Or even more.

Just give it a shot.

What?

You've always had a tendency to give up on things before they're done.

I think you should go to art school because you're good at drawing,

but when you're offered one,

you're not sure if you can make a living off of it.

You rather choose to go to regular university because there are only a handful of people who can go through it.

And what's wrong with that?

It's not wrong,

but I think you're wasting your talent.

Not everyone

can be as successful as you, Mom.

That's not what I said.

Yes, you said that.

You are a person who has done well,

so you wouldn't know what it's like for people who live in cowardice.

Hang on, are you seriously saying that far?

I am!

I'm still not ready to go to art school, either.

So that's your concern? Then...

Argh! Stop it! I knew you'd say that!

The world isn't as easy as you think it is, Mom!

We can't all live as lightly as you!

I'll be out for a moment.

♪ Will You Dance - Janis Ian (2003)

- Listen, Kenta. - Yes, sir.

This is how I listen to the red beans sound.

Are you really?

I really am. And then you'll hear.

The bubbly sounds they made.

"We aren't yet ready...", you hear that?

Sorry.

One-sided Farewell

Minase Aoi's Depiction of True Love

I was lucky to be the second best, until I met you.

It's dinner time, dad.

Who are you dancing with?

- Come on, join me. - Why should I?

Your mom and I went to her concert, Janis Ian.

Yeah, I know.

I've heard it a thousand times. Budokan, wasn't it?

Yeah. That was a great concert.

It's an antique now.

Looks fine to me.

The needle, the way it gently drops.

Dad, you really do love mom. Even now.

When I listen to this song, the life comes back to me like it was yesterday.

Mom wasn't blessed with a son,

but she was blessed with a husband.

Well, that's what it looked like.

But having you is also a blessing.

The guy from the other day!

Are you okay?

We meet again.

Oh, sorry.

Ouch! Sorry.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

My body is unnecessarily big.

So this happens a lot.

How tall are you?

I'd say I'm 187 cm tall when people asked, but I'm actually 190.

Don't you find it weird being this tall?

Not at all. I'm more envious of you because I'm short.

I think the teenier a girl, the cuter she is.

What book were you reading?

Oh... this one?

I'm-- just kidding. The small-clawed otter is just kidding.

- What's that? - Don't you know?

- There's a manga about it. - I have no idea.

Is that how you say "woah!" when you're surprised?

Well, that is an ota--

Err... I mean, it's a play on the cry sound of the national idol, Pokémon.

I thought of mimicking it.

You're funny.

Is there another one?

Other than the small-clawed otter.

There is also a sticker of it.

No, I mean in your version, if possible.

Thump, thump, thump, thump.

She is making a pun of doki-doki (I translated it into "thump" here) with SupponmoDOKI (Pig-nosed turtle)

A pig-nosed thumptle!

[ Pig-nosed turtle - Family of reptiles, classified in the order of Testudines ]

Pig-nosed turtle, eh.

I think I like the small-clawed otter better.

It is adorable, isn't it?

- Though I've never actually seen one. - Hey, do you know?

Ueno Zoo has a baby otter.

Really?! It's at Ueno Zoo?

Wanna go see it? With me.

W-what's going on here?

Hey, auntie.

Are you going in? Or not?

Nah...

Welcome.

- Daikon is yummy! - Glad you liked it.

You're such a glutton.

- I'm paying for it. - Move aside.

A fraction of our sales are supported by Aoi-chan's stomach.

What, you're drinking?

Are you depressed that your daughter took your crush out?

No, not at all.

I was just amazed. Pretty much amazed.

I think that was my first time seeing her smiling cheerfully with a boy.

The last time I saw it was probably when she played with Shuhei-kun in the sandbox at the preschool.

- Is she okay? - Obviously not.

It's because she is an otaku.

She's reading a manga called Chainsaw Man,

which is about a man who wraps his own intestines around himself as a scarf or such.

I don't get it.

What? You're worried someone's gonna take your daughter?

That's not it, Shunichiro-san.

I am afraid that she would be rejected from now on.

She is one of a kind, after all.

I think it's gonna be like this?

On a fine day at the preschool's field day,

she just started running the other way.

I was watching from the parents' seat, and there was nothing I could do to help her.

I didn't know what to do.

She's the only one who couldn't finish the run.

Of course she couldn't, because she's running the other way.

And she herself thought...

"What? I'm all alone, no friends around."

The next thing I knew, I was standing there with her.

I feel so sorry for her that I cry when I remember...

When was that?

She was in the rabbit team, so... probably when she was 3?

I felt sorry for her.

Dad, you were there?

Yeah. Anyway, what do you think of this?

Looks great! Japanese Bush Warbler in a Plum Tree.

It's nearly February.

Hanging scroll indicates the forthcoming season.

That one was Nako-san's favorite.

I see. Today is the commemoration day of her.

Yes, you remember it well.

These are the common motifs in poetry and classical Japanese painting

Japanese Bush Warbler in a Plum Tree, Swallow on a Willow, Sika Deer and Maple Leaves, Tiger on a Bamboo.

Oden and Sake.

Nako-san was Gon-chan's mom,

and Shunichiro-san's wife, who passed away seven years ago.

My mom was more than just a friendly neighbor to her.

She was seeing Nako-san

as if she was her own mother.

Because Gon-chan wasn't in Japan at that time.

He wasn't there when his mom passed away.

Nako-san must be pleased with her favorite hanging scroll.

Let's have some drink tonight.

And some Janis Ian music to dance to.

Aoi-chan, join us.

Sure. I'm already taking it, though.

Mom!

Mom!

The moon is about to set!

Mom, are you here?

Is that how you greet when visiting someone's house?

Oh, sorry. I'm sorry to come in such a bad timing.

What?

Ganmo / Ganmodoki is deep-fried tofu mixed with thinly sliced vegetables

- We're going home. - Why? I was about to eat ganmo...

- What's wrong, Sora? - There's a disaster.

Disaster?

A natural disaster.

What happened?

I am invited to a date.

I need to make a strategy!

If you're looking for a dating strategist, I'm the right one.

No, no, that's me!

Anything about dating, you can ask me...

It's no use listening to a bunch of unattractive old men.

I rely on my mother, the queen of romance novelist.

Then give up on your ganmo.

Let's go.

She's imprinted her.

Aoi's been telling Sora since she was little that she is popular and we're not.

She might be.

Because kids think the first thing they see is their parents.

That's a little off topic, Dad.

That's pretty much it.

But Aoi-chan is indeed popular, right?

Not really, not with that disaster personality.

Well, she might be popular in places you don't know.

Don't say such a thing, Shunichiro-san.

It's cold.

Yeah, it is.

Mom, you only put loungewear with a down jacket.

- I was a bit impulsive. - I didn't know you'd wear that outside.

Suzuran shopping street is our garden, so Odaya is our...

Cafeteria!

- Your height stopped growing, it seems? - We're almost the same height.

- Really? - I'm going to grow more.

Can you? I thought you were going to pass me.

I'll grow taller!

You know that? A place overseas that can grow you taller surgically.

I know. I heard it's pretty popular and there's a rush of reservations.

- But it's really expensive. - That's out of question.

- I'm off. See you tomorrow. - Bye, good night.

- Hello. - Hello.

I'm sorry to bother in your busy time. This is Tachibana.

Oh, Soseki. You know I'm not busy

since I'm not with Saneisha anymore.

I know, but I want to ask you about Minase-san.

Love between an osteopath and a 40-year-old woman?

Yes. That's all she said and nothing to follow up so far.

Do you think I should chime in?

Well, writers do need time to toughen up,

so give her some times more.

I also read the last two chapters of Umbilical Cord.

What do you think?

Somehow it's nicely settled. I could feel the professionalism.

To even finish it in two more chapters is a no-win.

No-win? Is that a slang word? Well whatever.

I think she's pretty weak as a writer.

Because of that idiot Konishi, we only expect the selling numbers.

I wanted to protect Aoi-san.

Matsuyama-san, is that perhaps the reason you quit Saneisha?

Well, I'm a woman and I'm not strong enough.

Soseki, you must become great so you can protect her.

Do I have to be great?

As a corporate employee, it's a must.

And don't worry, she'll do it when she has to.

I'm sure she has started writing a new work by now.

You're right.

It's done!

- A list of how to win a man over? - Yup, it's my secret techniques.

Hidenwaza and Waza Machine references from Pokémon

Secret techniques! As in Pokémon? You're the mother of Technical Machine!

(1) Pretend to be drunk after one and a half drinks.

Yup, do it like this. "Oh no~ I think I got tipsy."

Remember, do it near a handsome guy.

(2) Pretend to lean in a crowded train.

(train rattle sounds)

No need to illustrate it. I just have to lean in, right?

Yep.

(3) Say "I forgot my gloves, my hands are cold," and put hands in his coat pocket.

That's miserable. Don't you have any pockets of your own?

Do it even if you have one.

(4) Pretend you're crying when you're not.

- Mom, how many of these do we have? - 63.

Remember the basic that I forgot to write.

If a boy says something...

"Aw, you're cool! Really? Unbelievable~"

Give a superb reaction. Smile is the key!

And when you go to an Italian restaurant, finish it up with tiramisu.

Tiramisu and strawberries are the food of cuties.

Mom, what era are you living in? That's all from Showa, not even Heisei.

Needless to say, I'm living in Reiwa era.

You poor thing.

Is this what you've been doing to make yourself popular?

You asked me what to do on a first date,

so I was trying hard to remember mine.

Oh! This is so bothersome.

If I were Hirose Suzu, I could just prettily stand there.

What could you do? You ain't Hirose Suzu.

If I were Igawa Haruka, I'd just sit there too.

Mom, you're running out of dignity.

But I wonder if Wataru-sensei likes this kind of girl?

All men love a pretty girl. You know that?

When I took a survey and asked what type of girl men liked,

I was told that girls change according to their age.

A kind girl, a cool girl, or a reliable one.

But men,

whether they are kindergarteners, grade schoolers, middle schoolers, high schoolers, college students, working adults, or old men,

they all answer the same way: cute girls.

- Are they dumb? - That's one way to put it.

Wait, you just called him "Wataru-sensei", didn't you?

You're already calling him by name? That's one way to go!

No, Wataru is his surname.

His name is Wataru Shuichi.

- So that's why everyone is calling him Wataru-sensei... - He told me to send you his greetings.

You used to go to his clinic, it seems?

Well, yeah...

Did he say something about me?

- He only sent you greetings. - That's all?

Also, he concerned about your 50s frozen shoulder.

It's 40s frozen shoulder!

♪ Lemon - Yonezu Kenshi (2018)

♪~ Ame ga furiyamu made wa kaerenai

♪~ Kiriwaketa kajitsu no katahou no you ni

♪~ Ima demo anata wa watashi no hikari

Okay! Now is my turn!

♪~ Daitokai! (by Crystal King, 1979)

Sensei, that's from Showa!

You guys should know the goodness of the Showa era!

- Where are you going? - Toilet.

Minase Sora-san?

Trying to leave in silence? You have to attend this seminar's drinking party.

Quotation from The 'Seventeen-Article Constitution' of Prince Shotoku.

Harmony is to be valued, said Prince Shotoku.

- Isn't that from The Analects? - Is that so?

Are you leaving now?

A 30-minute minimum attendance rule is enough for me.

I wish I could go home too. My singing is terrible.

Yeah, so terrible that you could make Yonezu Kenshi sing along.

I wanna sing anisongs!

Don't tell anyone I'm an otaku.

I'm not trying to hit on her.

You know, everytime I was seen with a girl,

it looked so.

Isn't that because of your hand? It's too close.

Listen.

That kind of intense glare

makes people hardly talk to you.

Is there anything else?

I wanna go home and watch Kaguya-sama.

Have you seen the Chika Dance? I heard it has 845 hand-drawn keyframes.

Isn't that a slick motion?

The way her skirt flutters, it's so smooth.

- What? Are you done already? - There was no empty stall.

Something peculiar is going on inside.

That'd be sick! But nevermind.

- I'm gonna sing one more song. - Put in U.S.A (by Da Pump - 2018) for me.

- OK. - Goodbye.

Hey, wait! Don't be so fast!

- Look at this. - What?

I wrote a story for the manga plot.

I told you I am not up for it. You're bothering me!

I read mangas, I don't draw them.

Did you just say I am a bother?

It happens somewhere, not here.

It happens someday, not today.

It's about finding freedom somewhere, not here, not now, but someday.

Have a look.

An imaginary world in a certain time, a certain place, a certain era.

Such an imaginary world exists, but

the government forbids people to create one.

- A ban on imaginary world? - Yep.

It manipulates people's mind and themselves.

It reaches and influences people more than any speech or any sermon.

And then?

A boy meets a girl,

they violate the rules and make up an imaginary world.

Because their dream depends on it.

If you can come up with such a great idea, why are you hiding it?

Is it because drawing manga is what otakus do?

Japari Park is the theme song of anime Kemono Friends

Why did you sing Yonezu Kenshi's song? You should have gone for Japari Park instead.

That's tacky!

If people knew that I was aiming for a JUMP and anime serialization,

they would just laugh at me.

That's irksome. And my public image will collapse.

I'd look tacky if I failed.

I mean, I'm pretty sure I'll fail.

You... are really a wimp.

So am I.

Sorry, I don't have time to draw manga or stuff.

I'm too busy.

What are you busy with?

Playing games? Watching anime? Or reading light novels?

Or collecting oshi merch?

I'm busy with dating.

No way...

Y-you have a boyfriend?

I'm going to have one.

Is this it? Or this one?

That one is pretty too. Which one does she prefer...

She's home!

She better try it herself.

Wait, why did she ring the bell?

Did she forget the key?

I emailed you that I'd pay a visit today

because the new "Perfect Date" cover sample

for "100 Books for Springtime" Fair is ready.

- You replied OK to me. - I forgot.

Don't mind me, I have this.

I'm pouring it for myself.

Aoi-san, do you cook?

I only boil water.

I make coffee.

Then a cup noodle in 2 minutes and 47 seconds.

This is the best way.

I didn't know that.

Would you like to try it? I only have curry noodles, though.

I'll take your offer.

I thought you'd say no.

I didn't have time for lunch.

Buy me a coffee: ko-fi.com/aoinousagi

Wait, did you just call me Aoi-san?

Oh, sorry. I was talking to Matsuyama-san the other day,

and she mentioned your name, so I just...

It's fine.

I know it's inconvenient to call me Minase-san all the time.

[ Mina(se-sa)n ]

That "se-sa" part is difficult.

By the way, you said it the other day...

Hold on. 10 seconds to go.

You're right. It's really good.

I know right! This is a dish I invented.

Aoi-san, the idea you told me about a love story with the osteopath...

- It's over. - What?

I won't write about that one, which was over so quickly.

- I see. That was quick. - Not that I expected it.

What are you doing with these?

I'll return the ones I don't prefer to Zozotown.

These aren't mine, but my daughter's.

Oh, that makes sense. I thought these were a bit too young for you.

My daughter is going on her first date.

What? Your otaku daughter?

- Is this delusional? - Nope. It's reality.

Sorry, that was rude of me.

- Aoi-san? - I just did a reality check.

Um... she is dating

the osteopath that I was about to get close to.

That's sad.

I'm not the same as I used to be, even if I fall in love the same way I used to.

- I'm getting old. - Don't say that...

You are still beautiful enough.

That's an exemplary answer.

- No... - That's because I looked tough.

You're my editor, so be careful.

That's a cruel thing to say.

I want to hear your real thoughts.

I wonder...

If I'm no longer good enough as a woman.

Oh, sorry.

For unnecessarily saying such a miserable thing.

And I said it in front of you. Sorry.

(4) Pretend you're crying when you're not.

Mom was testing...

her divine powers to see if they would work.

She is curious if the old ways of doing things when she was an ace still work today.

Stop it right there!

What the hell are you doing to my man?

What... Who is she?

She was just standing in front of our apartment building

and when I asked what she was doing,

she said, "I'm a stalker.

I'm stalking Tachibana Soseki of Saneisha company 24 hours a day, 7 days a week",

which I thought was funny, so I asked her to come over.

How could you think that's funny?

So we watched in silence for a while.

- Right over there. - I was watching.

But I couldn't stand still.

No, no, you got it wrong. I was just testing him out.

- What would he do if I cried? - You were testing me?

You're just the same!

Why would you go to another woman's house?

Once you get up there, all the women will fall in love with you!

That's not true. You really got it wrong.

I mean... that was just...

Mom, why don't you show her the 63 list you printed. The 4th one!

Okay, hold on a second.

There it is.

Look, I just did a little bit of this.

Sally, come on, you gotta trust me.

- Sally? - My name is Saori. Thus, Sally.

The other woman's house is just a writer house.

It's the house of Minase-sensei, the writer I'm in charge of.

I know, but...

I'm fully aware of that!

But when I looked at the GPS, you got on the Hanzomon Line, changed to the Nanboku Line,

then entered this apartment, and then

you didn't move at all from here, so I got worried...

You okay?

I can't... breathe...

She is hyperventilating. Do you have bags or anything?

That is something that should not be done in medical treatment today.

For now, make her at ease.

Calm down and breathe out.

It happens to my mom sometimes. For when she can't write a manuscript.

Calm down.

I'm terrible at this.

I'm no good.

I can't see stars in Tokyo.

Beautiful...

Are you awake?

It has a calmative effect.

I fell asleep...

Soseki-kun said that there's a medicine that you always carry.

You seemed sleepy after taking it, so I let you rest here.

I see.

I made you some lemonade. Would you like to drink it?

Thank you.

It's good.

Where is Soseki?

He's got work to do.

You know, you're not being swayed by him,

you're being swayed by love.

Did he ever do anything wrong?

I get anxious on my own.

We're living together.

But...

I was worried about when he wasn't around.

I also started working at the company as a part-timer

because I wanted to be around him as much as possible.

Even so...

Just watching him talk and laugh with the female employees...

My heart...

feels like being squeezed out like a rag.

I feel so dumb...

Soseki-kun

was thinking of making your favorite stew today when he left.

- Really? - Yeah.

Sally and I are around the same age.

Honestly, I'm a little beat.

Love might be a battlefield.

To me, it is an encounter with the unknown.

Zou-san, I'll do my best.

This is Minase Sora's first step to becoming an adult.

Perfect!

My sense could never go wrong.

Well, I chose it.

We chose it!

This is your cutest look. Well, I guess it's a good match to when you were born.

Mom, stop it. I'm no more a baby.

Your will.

I wish you the best of luck.

I have been blessed.

Wataru-sensei!

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