Hugging Chihiro, Elena happily says really, and she’s quite
happy [abut that]. Chihiro can only tell herself that she’s an idiot. Sho confirms
with Chihiro if it is okay. Chihiro says that it is okay. Sho asks if the bento
box is in the classroom. Puzzled Chihiro says yes. Sho tells Elena that there are
benches at the courtyard so go and reserve one for them. Elena says okay. Sho
tells Chihiro that they should go. This made Chihiro blush and wonders if this
means that he’s treating her as the girlfriend. Glancing at Elena, Chihiro
starts to feel inferior because as Sho’s ex-girlfriend, she is more beautiful
and cuter, as well as cheerful and very intimate..and besides, she has a very
fragrant smell. Sho is puzzled when Chihiro starts sniffing herself. Chihiro
wonders how to have that kind of smell. She nervously thinks that Elena is her
opposite though it isn’t like she is saying that she really stinks..though she
doesn’t know that, and from Elena’s appearance, one can say that she is an
Elena-type of person [/her appearance is as cute as her name]. Looking
determined, Chihiro tells herself not to think too much, don’t mind it for the
other is the ex-girlfriend and EX-girlfriend is the PAST. Chihiro keep telling
herself not to mind it but when they arrive at the benches where Elena is
waiting, Elena casually sits beside Sho. Chihiro starts to wonder if that is
unintentional or she’s deliberately doing that..or she is just mistaken. Elena
suddenly stands up and apologizes for being careless since it is something that
she’s used to. Chihiro wonders if that means it is totally a habit for her to
sit beside Sho. Telling herself to be calm for she is the current girlfriend,
Chihiro smiles and says that it is okay for her to sit here [beside Elena so
Elena is in between the couple]. Holding up the bento, Chihiro asks if she
likes these, and eat up. Elena praises it for being cute and seems to be delicious.
Sho praises Chihiro that it tastes good and urges Elena to try it for what
Chihiro makes are really delicious. This embarrasses Chihiro that she says not
really.. Elena says that it is really delicious and Chihiro is really good at
cooking. She asks if Chihiro isn’t tired from doing all this. This made Chihiro
say that actually it is unexpectedly very easy.
To Chihiro’s embarrassment, Sho reveals that there are still
some frozen foods there. Chihiro tells him not to talk too much. Elena laughs
and says that their relationship is quite good and she’s envious of those who
can cook since she isn’t good at it. Sho agrees with that because before, he
thought her cookies are chocolates for they were over baked and become coal.
Elena says, geez, don’t say that anymore. Sho continues to say that when she
came to his house, she even used dishwashing liquid to wash the rice. Elena
admits that is true. While eating, Chihiro thinks that Elena had eaten at Sho’s
house but then, that is a very normal thing since she is the ex-girlfriend.
Elena starts asking Sho about his friend, Ren, and that Furuta guy at the kendo
club. Sho says that they are okay. Elena asks about a certain Muromachi-sensei.
Sho says that everyone is the same. Elena mentions about bumping into Yokoyama-kun.
While the two are happily chatting, Chihiro thinks that she totally don’t
understand their dialog when obviously, they’ve broke up yet even if their
relationship is like that, they can chat quite well like this, and even
directly calling each other’s names. She feels sad for they haven’t call each
other’s first names yet and obviously he is quite near but it feels like Sho is
very far away.. The two are surprised when Chihiro suddenly stands up and
nervously tells them that she ought to be going. Sho stands up and says that
he’ll also go. With a forced smile, Chihiro tells him to stay for a while
because it has been a long time since they’ve seen each other and it seems that
they are chatting quite happily so why don’t they take their time. While
wondering what the heck she is saying, Chihiro tells Elena that she’s going,
and bids her goodbye. While walking way fast, flustered Chihiro thinks that
she’s running away and this would cause trouble [/inconvenience] to Sho again.
Actually, she doesn’t want the two of them to be alone but then, she doesn’t
want them to notice that she’s jealous. So, no matter what, she doesn’t want
Sho to think that she’s an [overly] serious girl. She holds her head and thinks
that she’s truly jittery[/angry]. Telling herself to calm down, Chihiro starts
doing some deep breathes loudly that it scares some passer-by. Then, Chihiro
has calmed down. She looks at her cellphone to look at their photo sticker
kiss. She tells herself that it is alright, for Sho didn’t do that sticker
photo kiss with Elena..even if there is no proof.
Pouting Chihiro thinks that in the end, she is still
bothered by it and what could they be doing right now, sitting closer..but
then, why did Elena come to the school festival for it felt like she came to
see Sho. She starts to think that Elena wants to get Sho back. Her thoughts are
interrupted when Souta suddenly clings on Chihiro’s back and shouts, ‘Saturn
King Beetle’s Attack!! Surrender! Wicked Queen Chihiro of the Milkweed
Butterfly’. Chihiro scolds Souta for doing that dangerous thing that she almost
bit her tongue. Holding a ticket, Souta happily shows off the complimentary
ticket he got from Chihiro. Chihiro asks if he hasn’t had enough playing those
card battle games [<- since it is beetles and stuff, I think it is
Mushiking.] and where is their mother. Souta tells her that she went to Yuuto’s.
Souta asks where Sho is and is he also disguise as a youkai/demon. Chihiro has
an idea. She darkly offers Saturn King Beetle with some snacks and in exchange,
he is going to spy on that Dark Sex Demon Hinase. Souta says that for her to
use snacks to order him around, don’t look at him with contempt, he is Saturn King.
Chihiro tells him that it would be Le Patisserie Satie’s chocolate pie near the
station and a [PSP] Vita’s second hand software [game]. Souta agrees with the
deal. Chihiro shouts, “Go! Saturn king!” Souta runs off and shouts, “As you’ve
ordered.” Chihiro is puzzled when Souta runs back to her. Chihiro sweatdrops
when Souta asks go where? Meanwhile, Elena tells Sho that she is a bit nervous
for it has been a long time since they’ve chatted. Sho laughs and asks if she’s
kidding. Elena says that it’s true but it is a bit unexpected for it seems that
his and his girlfriend’s personality are opposites because it feels that she is
a bit cool girl. Sho says that even if that girl can be said, to be cool but
one can say that she’s clumsy[/awkward. He tells Elena that even if Chihiro is
quite earnest [/serious] but actually, she can be quite interesting. Elena asks
is that so, and that is what he likes about Chihiro. This made Sho blush a bit
and Elena teases him about it. Sho notices her looking at him that he asks her
what it is. Somewhat timid, Elena says that it is nothing and he hasn’t changed
a bit, as well as his kind side when she obviously did such an awful thing, yet
he would still treat her just like before. This made Sho asks her what
happened. Elena asks if he is willing to listen to her. Then, Sho hears the bush’s
leaves rustling. He looks up to see two eyes peering at him from underneath a
box. <- Souta.
At the haunted house, Chihiro wonders if Souta is okay.
Then, Rino tells her that a customer is coming. Chihiro tells herself that she
should concentrate for right now, she is a three eyes split mouth babaa who is
out to scare people. Noticing someone coming, Chihiro comes out and shouts, she
really hates~~~ Pause. Nanjou calls out her name and this made Chihiro
embarrassed-shocked. Outside, Nanjou kept on chuckling over that being quite
amazing and he was quite shock just now. Wearing her uniform, Chihiro timidly
says that there’s no need for him to laugh like that. Nanjou apologizes.
Chihiro is embarrassed for in the end, she doesn’t want that to be seen by her
first love like that. Chihiro says that she didn’t think they’ll bump into each
other here, and did he come with his friend. He says ya, and forget that. They
were interrupted when a short curly haired girl says that based on that
uniform, is he from Kazama High and it’s amazing so could he be Chihiro’s
boyfriend. Flustered Chihiro immediately protests that it isn’t like that. The
other girl comments that it turns out not to be like that. Chihiro freezes when
Nanjou says that for her to resolutely deny it can make someone feel a bit
hurt. While Chihiro is at a loss over how to react over that, Nanjou gives her
a piece of paper which has his phone number. Chihiro is puzzled when Nanjou
tells her that before she didn’t give her number so he’ll give her his number first
and possibly, she might not want it but, on the day she wants it, she can
contact him. Just as Chihiro is calling out to him over what he meant by that,
Nanjou is already walking away. She looks at the paper and wonders what’s going
on. She is startled when Karakasa [umbrella youkai] Kitamura says that in the
end, Chihiro is with that Kazama guy. Chihiro protests that it isn’t true, and
he is just a classmate during junior high. Kitamura doesn’t believe her. Then,
Souta comes back with Sho. Souta points at Kitamura and shouts Karakasa.
Kitamura asks if he wants a fight. Chihiro asks Sho where Elena is. Sho says
that they just talked a bit and she left. Somewhat relieved, Chihiro says is
that so. When Sho is asked to help out by some guy/Ren, Chihiro asks Souta how
was it, regarding her request on what Sho and that person with him are talking
about. Souta asks if she meant Elena, well, she smells really nice and she’s
simply a goddess.
This made Chihiro put Souta in a head grip and tells him
that chocolate pie and software offer is cancelled. Souta calls her a stinky
old woman when he obviously did what she said. Chihiro asks, Ha? Souta
apologizes for not knowing what he is talking about. Then, Souta holds out a
piece of paper and tells his sister that Elena wanted to give it to her.
Chihiro is puzzled for it is Elena’s phone number. Souta tells her that Elena
wanted to talk some more with her and if she wants to, they can use LINE [an online
texting/call program]. Looking at both Nanjou and Elena’s phone numbers,
Chihiro wonders what’s up with today. She also wonders why Elena didn’t give
her number to Sho but rather to Souta..and there shouldn’t be other meaning to
it, right? While walking home with Sho, Chihiro wanted to ask him about Elena
but she couldn’t bring it up. She wants to know what they talked about. Even if
she doesn’t want to mind it, she still has all sorts of worries and they [she
and Elena] are pretty much opposites. She also wonders about the reason why
they broke up and obviously, this isn’t about competing but she is starting to
compare.. She thinks that if it is Elena, at this time, she’ll definitely ask
it out straight and she also want to be like that..holding on to his arm and
cuddle[/act cute]. She wants to at least naturally hold Sho’s hand, and call him
by his first name. Chihiro looks determined. She nervously stretches her hand
and tells herself to call him ‘Sho’ and hold his hand. She mutters, ‘..Sho..
Sho..’ She coughs for her throat is a bit. Okay, she’s ready again. Just when
she is calling out ‘Sho’, Chihiro freezes when Sho asks her what she has been
doing just now. Startled, Chihiro can only blurt out that is..that Sho..it
seems like there is an Shoujou [orangutan in Japanese] fly on him and she’s thinking
whether to drive it away or not. While Chihiro nervously wonders why kind of fly
is that, Sho looks up and sighs. He pokes her cheek and asks if she is bothered
about it, regarding his ex-girlfriend. Chihiro is embarrassed that she was
found out. She composes herself and denies it that she totally isn’t and what he
is talking about, she isn’t thinking of anything. Sho looks at her and tells
her to forget it, it is okay if she didn’t think about it. As Sho tells her
that they’re going, Chihiro laments to herself over why she said such strange
forceful words and now, the opportunity is gone when obviously, this would make
it more difficult to bring that up again. She is flustered that she couldn’t be
frank when she obviously doesn’t want to lose to Elena. Chihiro grabs the back
of Sho’s shirt and says, “I..I want to go..I want to go to Hinase’s room..” Sho’s
eyes widen. Chihiro snaps out of it and looks aghast for what kind of idiotic
thing did she just say. Blurb: “Chihiro-chan..for you to say that, it means that..eh!?”
Comment: Hehe,
Chihiro is digging her grave =P Oh well, maybe she’ll use a different alibi
again like she meant she wanted to cook for him and eat at his room..something
like that. Based on her previous works, this mangaka doesn’t exactly I guess it
is natural to be jealous over someone like Elena. If Chihiro doesn’t handle it
well, that might cause a problem with Sho. For now, it seems that Sho is very
understanding and probably knows that Chihiro isn’t the type who can easily say
what she thinks/feels. There is also that thing of Sho being very casual with
Elena as if they are not ex-lovers. Maybe for guys like Sho, it is really
nothing at all but of course, it can make the current girlfriend uneasy. Even
if Sho lets Elena touch him among other things, he does give some consideration
to Chihiro like asking her permission afterwards about inviting Elena to
lunch..but then, he already invited her so Chihiro cannot exactly refuse ^^;
and how he accompanied her to get lunch as well as offering to go with her when
she left them. In a way, I think Chihiro wanted to be a very understanding
girlfriend and cool about this ex-stuff. Though, as she noticed, she is
somewhat forcing herself about it and I think it is pretty much exposed when
Sho caught Souta spying on them. ^^; As usual, Souta is quite cute ^^ Now, what
could be Elena’s reason for meeting with Sho again? Could it be to talk about
her current love life or something..but then, that would be quite cheeky to ask
an ex-boyfriend about that? So, probably what Chihiro also thought, Elena wants
to reunite with Sho. Chihiro obviously doesn’t want to think badly about Elena’s
actions but then, without knowing her real motive, Elena’s actions can indeed
be misunderstood if one is to think about it naively = it wasn’t deliberate. But
then, what if it is deliberate? When should one step in and how much should one
step in without becoming the overly jealous girlfriend? Since Elena is quite
older and given her personality, she can be a bit manipulative of Chihiro if
she wanted to, and Chihiro isn’t quite confrontational unless provoked. So, why
would she give her number to Chihiro though her younger brother? And why give
her number to her? Then, there is Nanjou. Is Nanjou waiting for the opportunity
for something bad to happen and he’s hoping that Chihiro would call him? Hm..could
it be Nanjou wanted to catch her since she is the ‘fish that got away’? In a
way, since Chihiro probably kept both papers instead of throwing them away, I
wonder how Sho would react if he sees Nanjou’s or both of those. Well, based on
the last chapter’s meeting of Chihiro and Rino in the toilet, things might not
turn out well on the next day. Scans by 深雪汉化组
Quote of the day:
Jealousy injures us with the dagger of self-doubt. ~ Terri
Guillemets
Kikou ^^ Kat tks you so much for this very detailed chapter !!! ... I'm still completly into the story !!!! .... Like you I do wonder why Elena acted this way ...and everything !!! ....
ReplyDeleteBut well I'm happy to be able to read your summaries ... even if in past weeks I didn't post a lot !!! .... and I'm happy too because Akai Ito will be published in few months in France ^^
Bises ^^
Thanks for reading, zaza ^-^ Indeed..why.
DeleteIs that so, that's nice ^^
OMG. Sho's ex girlfriend sat beside SHO and chihiro said its okay?! If I were her, I will tell her to get out of my seat. I don't give any crap if shes his ex girlfriend!
ReplyDeleteUgh this trigger my memory about my fiance's ex girlfriend, but our situation was a lot worst than manga. Anyway, thanks for the summary <3 Tika
Indeed..Chihiro is way too nice about it.
DeleteAh..is that so. It must have been bad but it is over, right?
Thanks for reading, Tika ^-^
ure welcome, and yes its over. thank god! lol <3 Tika
DeleteThat's good ^^
DeleteIt looks like this manga artist likes the theme of HORROR.. In her previous work it was Cafe N nw its a Scary House !! LOL
ReplyDeleteThanX 4 D summary ^_^
Indeed, Eliza and she does it with comedy = their hilarious facial reactions ^^
DeleteThanks for reading ^-^
Am I the only one who thinks that maybe Elena and Nanjou came together? I mean they were both with a friend but they never said who, and if so thats way manipulative. Im glad Chihiro never confessed because she is to simple and straight forward for Nanjou.
ReplyDeleteHehe, Karen, it also crossed my mind. I was wondering if they were the 'friend'. They split up and tried to break up the couple. The question would be how did they know each other? Could it be that Nanjou is Elena's current girlfriend and Elena is troubled over him for he seems to be chasing after Chihiro? But then, Nanjou doesn't seem that serious with Chihiro either.
DeleteThere is that other theory on whether Nanjou deliberately looked for Elena to rock the couple's boat that is why he knows there would be trouble so he gave his number to Chihiro. Maybe Elena is blackmailed to it so she also left her number with Chihiro.
I wonder if I'm thinking too much about it because this is more of a comedy romance series so those scenarios would make things overly dramatic/serious. ^^;;
True..and she might even be 'played around' since Nanjou is starting to give me that kind of impression.
I know it opens up to way to many questions!! I wouldn't put anything past Nanjou. He seems like a person who likes to mess with others out of boredom and since he might feel like Chihiro was 'taken' from him he might have even more motivation to meddle. Or it could all be nothing like this!!!! But either way he is a character I find really fascinating because we don't know a lot about him and since he isn't a main character we only get hints and peeks at him so it makes him more mysterious!
DeleteThat's right, Karen.
DeleteHe is an interesting unpredictable factor in the story. Lol, also, it keeps Sho up his toes = do not easily disregard Chihiro for someone is waiting around the bushes..especially with his ex suddenly making an appearance. ^^
Thanx 4 da summary as alys. I love it so much! Can't wait 4 da next chapter... I wanna know wat happens next.
ReplyDeleteOnce again thanx 4 da summary. It was awesome.. ^_^
Thanks for reading and the comment ^-^
DeleteIs Akai ito's author the same as Bokutachi Shitte Shimatta ? If so, the story is going the way of Bokutachi. I have no problem with Sho being nice and friendly with his ex, but like the main guy in Bokutachi, Sho acts as if his ex is his current. It smacks of insensitivity and denseness. I understand that Chihiro is acting cool and calm about the situation, but Sho should have acted a bit sensitive towards Chiro's feelings, and try to be in her shoes. What would he feel if the situation was reverse, with Chihiro acting that way to her ex?
ReplyDeleteI have the same suspicion about Nanjou. I think he knows something might actually happen, and he's ready for it.
It is the same. Ah..I don't recall Yuuto having an ex-girlfriend before...do you mean his overly clingy friend which caused them to break up? But I agree, for a guy to let some girl be all over him in front of one's girlfriend and act as if it is nothing, it is indeed that.
DeleteHopefully, Sho does notice it and well, things won't end up like how it was in BwSS.
Ya..the guy is up to something.
No, Yuuto does not have an ex, but has a middleschool friend who acts waaaay too close, and acts like she's the Gf and actually ignores the main girl. Sho is not as bad as Yuuto though, problem is, Elena is not a mere friend, but an ex GF, so it would be understandable for Chihiro to be suspicious and worried. I mean, if I were her, I would be. After all, those two had a history, and we don't know how close they were when they were together.
DeleteTrue, megaworthit..and it doesn't help that it seems what the ex is doing is no big deal at all for the guy.
DeleteOh, yeah, you're right. just like Yuuto, they both act like it's no big deal. There's a big difference between Yuuto and Sho though with the way they act. Yuuto is worse, so much so that even his friends are already warning him that what he's doing will be misunderstood..,.. early on, even the main girl is hinting that it';s not alright..... but he keeps defending his friend, and his actions. It is infuriating, and what';s worse, he would rather break off with his GF , rather than break off with his "friendship " with that girl.
DeleteI don't know if this will happen with Sho and Chihiro, but my gut tells me, it will. I think the mangaka';s brain is wired to this kind of ploitline. Ha ha
Yup, megaworthit.
DeleteHehe, is that so..but then, if it is, Sho will really regret it like Yuuto = Kotori has a makeover and a guy chasing after her. What I like about this mangaka is, she tends to make everyone get what they deserve =P
Knowing that Sho had a girl I wonder how far in the relationship did they go cause Chihiro is already having insecurities this is only going to add more too them.
ReplyDeleteTrue..and it is an older woman..I'm not too sure how experienced she is but she does seem to be..based on impression.
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