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Izumi beat her PB in yesterday's practice swim.

I just know she'll crush it today.

Coach Sakamoto?

Oh, uh, Vice Principal?

How's Izumi-san doing?

Fantastic, of course.

She's a shoo-in to win her race.

Good to hear. She's the crown jewel of this school, as you know.

So where is she right now?

Oh, uh, her dorm caretaker showed up, and she went off with him.

They said the chairman had tasked him with looking after her mental condition.

I need to see you for myself, Koyo Kotesashi.

You won't get away from me.

HANDS OFF: SAWARANAIDE KOTESASHI-KUN

When I first started swimming competitively,

I loved going to practice and meets.

Being in the water was so much fun,

and I used to swim at the pool every day until the sun went down.

I steadily improved my times,

and when I was in fourth grade,

I won my first tournament: the Tokyo regionals.

The praise I got from my mom and my coach made me so happy,

and I ended up focusing more on swimming.

Then, somewhere along the line,

their expectations started weighing me down.

I just know you'll win the next tournament.

You might even become the world champion!

And I eventually stopped winning races altogether.

The things said about me shackled me like a hex.

I lost my ability to move freely in the water.

I can't live up to people's expectations,

so I don't deserve to keep swimming.

That's why I decided to quit.

But really, deep down, I don't want to quit.

Despite everything, I still love swimming.

I also don't want a guy I just met to go touching my chest.

But if it means I can swim like I used to...

Please massage my shanzhong!

You got it.

This must be off-putting for her, but she's still willing to give it a try.

I must do all I can to free her from her anxiety!

I'm starting the shanzhong!

The shanzhong lies at the midpoint of the imaginary line connecting the nipples.

If I stimulate this pressure point toward your neck,

it will result in your stress levels being mitigated.

I, um, get the picture.

She's letting me touch her shanzhong point,

but she won't want me touching her breasts.

I'll try hard not to touch them.

All right. We're doing good.

This treatment was my massage therapist mom's special technique.

She helped a bunch of athletes out of slumps with this one trick.

I'll use this technique my mom taught me to empty Izumi-san's mind.

Kotesashi-kun, is this your real massage?

Are you holding back because you're overly worried about me?

I'm willing to do anything to win this swim meet. I'm prepared for the worst.

Please don't worry about me. Just give me your real, full-blown massage!

Remember, Koyo: You can't just stimulate the pressure point with the shanzhong massage.

Massage the point like you're massaging the whole upper body.

Make sure your clients can't shake off the pleasure.

That's the key.

Forgive me.

I forgot a very important lesson.

Izumi-san, I won't hold back this time.

I'm going full strength now, so stay with me.

Do your worst!

That's... That's a lot of oil.

He's straight up grabbing them?

This is mortifying.

But I decided to go all in with Kotesashi-kun!

What's happening?

Because of the oil, it feels like I'm in the ocean.

It feels so good, I think I might drown.

This is too arousing!

I have to resist!

No, I don't.

I don't have to fight it.

I've decided to put myself in Kotesashi-kun's hands.

I should stop fighting the pleasure and entrust my whole body to him.

I'll get nowhere thinking about random junk.

Forget people's expectations.

I only need to do things that feel good to me.

Seems there weren't any shackles tying me down from the start.

Izumi-san, how was it?

That was awesome.

My mind's completely clear for the race now.

Great. Glad to hear it.

Um, there's one more thing I'd like to ask you.

Uh, what is it?

If I win today, can you do your shanzhong massage on me again?

Of course.

You mean it? You promise?

Yup.

Well, I need to take a shower now, so could you please go?

Huh? Oh, uh, right.

Sweet. Seems my shanzhong massage worked.

You appear to be enjoying yourself, Koyo Kotesashi.

I, um, don't believe we've met?

I work at Seiwa University High.

As the vice principal.

The v-vice principal?

I heard some loud noises from that room.

Might I ask what you were doing in there?

Oh, uh, I was just giving someone a massage to relax them—

I see. So you call it a "massage," huh?

I could've sworn you were having illicit relations.

If that really was a massage,

then you'll be able to give me one.

I-I can do that. It's just a massage, after all.

Oh? Still acting innocent, huh?

Fine. If you insist.

There you are, ma'am. What's going on?

Izumi's race is about to start.

I'm aware of that. I won't miss the big race for anything.

We'll save that "massage" for a later date.

However, I will make one thing clear.

I believe our chairman granted you some highly dubious authority.

I'm fully against it.

If you lay one wrong finger on any of my precious students...

it's over for you.

Our girls are at a critical stage in their careers.

Romantic dalliances are out of the question.

We're leaving, Coach Sakamoto.

Y-Yes, ma'am.

Now I'm catching heat from the vice principal.

But I know there won't be any romantic relationships. So I guess I'm safe?

Hey, Izumi!

You kicked butt with your win yesterday.

So tell me, how'd you get over your slump?

U-Um, well...

It-It's top secret.

Aw, c'mon. What's the harm in letting me in on it?

Meanie.

Kotesashi-kun massaging another girl's shanzhong?

I don't like it.

No way! I can't tell you!

Aw, no fair.

I'm bushed.

But I broke my own record at the meet, so I'm riding high.

I should use this momentum to practice drawing.

Still, there's no doubting I owe my performance to Kotesashi-kun.

You did great yesterday, Izumi-san.

Kotesashi-kun?

Just like we promised, I'll give you another massage, since you won.

No, don't.

I'll start with your shanzhong.

U-Uh, Kotesashi-kun?

That's not my shanzhong—

Kotesashi-kun.

Don't!

Huh? A dream?

Oh. Guess I fell asleep.

His touch was great, even in a dream.

When I get a chance, maybe I can ask...

Kotesashi-kun to give me another shanzhong massage, like he promised.

TRANSLATION: GAD ONYENEHO TIMING: HENRY LIN

EDITING: SMR QUALITY CONTROL: GABRIELLA RAMIREZ

TRANSLATION CHECK: SRIRAM GURUNATHAN