Originally posted @ tatsukida.pitas.com on June 25, 2012
Cover page: “A wish that is entrusted on a
tanzaku [a strip of paper wherein one’s wishes are written on it during
Tanabata festival], will it come true?” Looking at his cellphone, Sou
shouts, “Ah, it’s true!! I have really searched a flower called
‘Tokiwamansaku’!!” [There is no English name for the flower, it’s
scientific name is Loropetalum Chinense; 常盤滿作] Hinata says, “Didn’t I
tell you? I immediately thought of it the moment I heard that Tokiwa-kun
is called ‘Mansaku’.” Sou replies, “How can you unexpectedly think of
that. This kind of flower isn’t quite popular. If it’s ‘Mansaku
Ukonkou*’, then I would know.” [*Tulip in Japanese] Hinata mutters,
“Ukonkou..Ukonkou..for this to be a guy’s name is..” Sou laughs and says
that still, it is a popular flower. Then, Anna arrives. She waves at
them and says, “Good morning you, two! It seems that you guys are also
quite happy so early in the morning!! *smiling* What are you guys
talking about!?” While Sou is speechless, Hinata tells her that the full
name of their class’ Tokiwa-kun is the same with a flower’s name. Anna
exclaims, “Ah—is that so!! That’s quite fun!!” Sou asks her what’s up
with her for being in such a high mood and don’t be like that so early
in the morning. As they prepare to walk to station, Sou says ya, it is
very amusing for Tokiwa isn’t a match with flowers. Anna laughs and says
that it turns out that Tokiwa is called, ‘Mansaku’. “That’s the first
time I have heard of it— Hahaha” Hinata just looks at Anna. Anna thinks
that yesterday, Aya told her that the two of them, ‘the girl Sou used to
like’ and ‘best friend’ to be going steady, and yet the three of them
are hanging out together, Sou is quite pitiful. “Ayane-chan really loves
to worry!! For me and Sou to ‘return the feelings of being very good
childhood friends’, a lot of things had happened. And right now, we
finally returned to our original situation. She doesn’t need to worry
for the three of us really get along really well!” In the train station,
the guys feel weird for Anna keeps on laughing. Sou asks Hinata what’s
up with Anna since she’s always smiling. “Did something happen?” Hinata
sighs and tells him that he doesn’t know because Anna won’t tell him
when he asked. Anna thinks, “Ya. There’s no need to be bothered by that
and I don’t want to make Hinata excessively worried about it. It’s for
the best to act like the usual.”
In the classroom, Anna suppresses her giggle as she looks at the
results of voting as to who will play what role in the stage play.
Hinata writes on the board: Snow White = Nagase Sou, Queen (stepmother) =
Tokura Hinata, Prince = Koshiro Anna, and Hunter = Saeki Nanoka. While
Sou looks stunned over the results, Nanoka is very happy over this. =P
It is announced that those who don’t have a role will be assigned to
either making the stage props or the costumes. Sou stands up and shouts
that he objects. Anna tells him that his voting results led by a huge
margin. While Tokiwa is laughing over this, Sou shouts that he isn’t a
bit happy about that. “Who the hell would even dress up like a girl as
Snow White!! Hinata, you also hate it, right. Dressing up like a girl as
the Queen!!” Hinata says, “Ah. Ya--.. but someone has to do it.”
<-grown up. Sou is totally aghast that after a long pause, he
mutters, “..okay..” The fangirls are saying that dressing up like a
girl, Sou ought to be very pretty, and they anticipate what a dressed up
like a girl Hinata would look like. Hinata asks Anna if it is alright
for her to play as the prince. Anna says yes, and she also wants to try
out dressed up like a boy. “But, actually, isn’t it quite questionable
as to why I got a lot of votes...” Raising his hand, Tokiwa says that he
knows. “It’s because of that, right? It’s because Koshiro-chan is
Hinatata’s girlfriend and Sou’s childhood playmate- Even if it is a
stage play, but it is a role wherein one can flirt around with handsome
Sou, right? Rather than engaging in an ugly competition for that, it
would feel better to just give it to Koshiro-chan whom they won’t worry
about since she doesn’t have any other motive in playing that role. It’s
called ‘no fighting agreement’, right?” Anna sweatdrops and wonders if
it is a very beneficial role, the role of helping Sou dress up as a
girl. The girls chatter noisily as to how did Tokiwa knew and who is he.
Pulling Tokiwa’s ponytail, angry Sou shouts that he always butts in all
of a sudden. “Why don’t you just shut up, Tulip!” Yasumoto asks if
there’s no role for him as the teacher. Hinata asks if he wants to
participate in it. Yasumoto timidly says that before he had passed
through a stage of wanting to become an actor, and he was quite serious
about it during college. Sou comments that Yasumoto unexpectedly talks
about the past.
Soon, the students are noisily talking with each other. While the
others are asking if Yasumoto will dress up as a girl, Anna overhears a
couple of girls talking. One girl says that she thought that even if
they think it is alright but Sou might not like it, for Anna to act as
the prince. “Huh, why?” “It’s because there’s a rumor at the start of
school that Sou-kun likes Anna.” “Ah yes, there is.” “But, right now,
Koshiro-chan is going steady with Hinata-kun so that means Sou-kun has
been rejected, right? In the end, being paired up in a play with a
person who rejected you, isn’t it very pointless?” “Speaking of
pointless, for those three to still go to school together, isn’t it
cruel?” “-It definitely is.” “Sou-kun is quite pitiful--” While Anna
looks thoughtful over this, Yasumoto is wondering if he’ll wear female
clothes at his age. Some of the guys shout for him to wear it. Suddenly,
Anna shouts, “It would be better to change the selection of the
prince’s role!!” Yasumoto looks tense as he tries to decline because for
him to act as the prince, it is too eye-catching. Anna sweatdrops and
says that he got it wrong. Addressing the others, Anna says, “If that is
the reason for choosing the prince is like what Tokiwa-kun said..
*pulls surprised Nanoka in front* then I think Nanoka is more suitable
for the role than me!!” Nanoka angrily shouts if Anna wants her to die.
“For you to want Nanoka to be paired up with Nagase-kun, is this some
sort of scheme to pick a quarrel with me!?” Gesturing to Nanoka, Anna
says, “See, that’s how it is. She’s someone whom others don’t have to
worry about and she doesn’t any other motive in acting the role. Or one
should say that there’s malice.” Nanoka shouts how she can act that
role. “Let me tell you that it has already decided that Nanoka will play
the hunter!! Ordered by the Queen to kill Princess Snow White!! I
really want to act that out!!” Anna sweatdrops and tells her that the
hunter role is to help Snow White. Then, Sou declares that he also won’t
do it. Everyone is surprised. Sou angrily says that since the committee
member-in-charge also refused the role, then of course, he also has the
right to refuse it. “I seriously refuse it.” Anna is totally
aghast-tense. Tokiwa tells Sou to wait a minute and read the mood. “If
you won’t do it, who would-”
Sou tells him to do it since his hair is long so it suits him to act
as a girl. Tokiwa says that he has work after school so he has no way of
preparing for it. The girls start to chatter that it will be boring if
Sou doesn’t want to do it. They wonder who would play Snow White.
Someone says that it will be Hinata, but then who’ll play the Queen. One
of the guys point to the other and tells him to play Snow White but the
other says that he doesn’t want to. Someone says that it is getting
more troublesome. Aghast Anna tries to do some damage control but the
bell has rung so Yasumoto says that they’ll continue this tomorrow.
Narration: “I’ve screwed up..” In the living room, Anna trembles as she
holds her head in frustration. “Ah..in what airplane am I on? Destroying
the class’ meeting. I obviously became a committee member to help
Hinata but I’ve become a hindrance!! *gloom* And, the deadline for the
cultural festival is also approaching!!” Anna becomes sad as she
remembers those girls gossiping about it being pointless being in a play
with someone who rejected Sou and for the three to go to school
together, Sou is pitiful. She thinks, “There’s nothing that I should be
worried about and there’s nothing to be bothered about, I’ve obviously
already decided on that.” Holding a bento box, Anna’s mother calls out
to her and asks if she has time, help her give this food for Sou’s
dinner. Anna tells her that she thinks that Sou is currently at work.
Anna’s mother says that if he isn’t there, then forget it. “Quickly go
and it’s just next door!” Ding dong. As Sou opens the door, Anna is
surprised that he’s there. With a lame expression, Sou asks what it is.
Thinking that Sou is really in a bad mood, Anna says that she brought
him food for dinner..it’s dumplings. Sou excitedly exclaims,
“Dumplings!?” ‘Duh’ expression Anna is speechless as somewhat
embarrassed Sou looks away. Anna tells him that she has something to
tell him. Later on, while Sou is eating his dumplings, Anna asks if Sou
still doesn’t want to play Princess Snow White. Sou looks at her.
Flustered Anna tells him that she knows that he doesn’t want to dress up
like a girl but he isn’t the only one who is dressing up like a girl.
“Didn’t Hinata also say it, someone must do it!!” Wolfing down his
dumplings, Sou tells her that it is because Hinata accepted the role
that is why he is persuasive. “Absolutely force that role to someone
else..” Anna shouts that she’ll play the prince. Sou sweatdrops and says
that her opinion changes quickly.
Anna tells him that she had thought about it again and she won’t let
her own stubbornness[/willfulness] screw things up. “In the end, just
like what sensei said, the cultural festival is an opportunity to make
Hinata blend in the class. Today, I also felt that, just with one word
from you, you can change the class’ mood. Of course, I’ll do my best but
I feel that in order for this stage play to become a success, your help
is absolutely essential. If you are around, Hinata will be able to
easily blend in the class..” Sou says that her persuasion is quite
despicable. Puzzled Anna asks why. Sou has this ‘cannot resist’
expression. Then, he says, “Okay..I’ll do it..” Anna happily exclaims
that’s great. “Thank you!!” Preparing to go out of the apartment, Anna
tells him that starting tomorrow, he must stay behind after school
dismissal everyday. Sou sighs since in the end he has to do it. Anna
also tells him to fix his parttime job schedule to match up with them.
Sou says ya. Anna tells him that he definitely should. Sou says, okay,
okay. To Sou’s surprise, Anna tells him that starting tomorrow, it will
be troublesome but she’ll go to school by herself alone. She explains
that the photography club also has a program for the cultural festival.
“Because I’m busy with the class preparation after school, so it has
been decided that that we’ll meet up before class. I’ll also tell Hinata
about it.” Sou looks glum and says, “..is that so.” Opening the door,
Anna tells him that they’ll see each other in class. Sou tells her that
he wants to confirm something important. Anna looks surprised. With a
serious look, he says, “That preparation of the photography club for the
cultural festival, will it end when the cultural festival ends?”
Anna looks stunned then she starts to happily hit Sou’s shoulder and
exclaims what he is saying, but of course. “I don’t understand the
meaning of your question!! *Sou holds his shoulder and angrily mutters
that it hurts* It is because nutrients aren’t going in your head, right?
Remember to eat up the dumplings-” Then, Anna heads out of the
apartment. Anna thinks, “I’m such an idiot. Unexpectedly lying by saying
that there’s preparation to do for the photography club. I’m going to
school by myself is only the temporary way in making myself feel at
ease. I’m really an idiot.” Sou goes back in and notices that his
cellphone is ringing. It is Aya. Sou looks dark/serious then he answers
it. Narration: “But, in the end, there’s just no way for the three of us
to go to school together like the usual--..” In the photography club
room, Anna is sitting with her head on the table. She has been passing
time there. After a while, Anna thinks that she ought to be going to
class. While walking at the hallway, she sees Nanoka by herself. She
thinks that it is quite rare for Nanoka to be alone in the morning. She
calls out to Nanoka to greet her a good morning. Anna is shock to see
Nanoka looking really gloomy as if she is on the verge of tears. Aghast
Anna exclaims what happened. “You looked as if you are going to quickly
die. *Nanoka quietly stares at Anna* What had happened!?” Starting to
cry, Nanoka tells Anna that last night, Aya had called her. Anna thinks
so that it, Aya had finally told Nanoka about Sou. Nanoka continues to
say, “And then, right now, Aya-chan is once again going steady with
Nagase-kun. That is what she said..” Anna is surprised. Then, she
overhears some girls saying that it is Sou and Hinata and today, they
are quite handsome, too. “But, who is the girl together with them? What
is that? Childhood friend?” “Ah- apparently, it isn’t the same girl,
right?” While Nanoka is looking behind her, Anna turns around to see Aya
walking together with the two guys, right in between them.
Scans by
all★wink汉化组.
