Free Talk: Namaikizakari [Chapter 78]

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After that refreshing spring day, things became a bit depressing...because of a lively 18 year old. It is already 11:10am. Pushing Shou off her, naked Yuki tells him that she told him that she has class at 2pm. That turned on Shou that he bites her finger and says that he really likes it when she calls him stupid. Hm...masochist?

She ends up angrily scolding if he’s an idiot for forgetting to bring his towel on the first day of club activity. While dressing up, Shou tells her that he brought his PE shirt and stuff. She tells him that is nothing to show off about. A week of Shou’s college life had passed and today is the first practice for the basketball club.

Yuki finds a towel she can lend him. Tense that she is making him worry, she says that even if she feels that he should know but during club activity-- He kisses her and says yes, do not quarrel with Shizuka. He tells her that she said that a 100 times already and he isn’t that childish. He smiles and says that he’s already a college student.

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At the club room, Shou and Shizuka are already quarrelling over a locker. This irks Yuki since they are already at it even before the practice. Yuki scolds the two to use the ones there and quickly change since the guys behind them are waiting. This made Shizuka apologize since he made her angry.

Suwa and friend arrive. Fluffy hair friend asks if the newbies are quarreling. Suwa says that it is alright, it’s just rivalry jealousy over a girl. Shizuka shouts that it isn’t and quit joking. Fluffy hair says then they’re [him and Shou] friends. Shizuka continues to say that they aren’t...

Suwa looking at Shou and says that from today on, they’re teammates so can he call him ‘Naruse’. Irked Shou says eh. This made Shizuka tell Shou to answer properly. Shou says that he did with ‘eh’. Looking at the two, the others think that their club will become quite noisy. This made Yuki very uneasy.

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Suwa plays excellent ball and get praises. Yuki thinks that a week ago Suwa looks glum but after that time, he seems normal at work and at the club, so perhaps, at that time, something’s up. After all, he is a fickle person. Usami-san is watching from the side. She thinks that even if she knew this is a dangerous love but that damned bishounen [pretty guy].

Abe exclaims that college club activity level is really on a different level. Usami-san asks if he isn’t going to join. Abe says that a newbie like him is no good. Soon, the new members are called to go in the gym. The team capatain, Tsuki [guesswork from 坏] tells everyone that there are 12 new members so that makes a total of 43 members in the club.

As their goal this year, they’ll strive hard to upgrade to 2nd division. Tsuki introduces the headstrong devil, Natsumi and the working devil, Yuki. Soon, everyone start to introduce themselves. Yuki thinks that starting today, the club is welcoming a new line-up and Shou looks very sincere which is good. So, she’ll also do her best.

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The coach[?] wants to see everyone’s strength so the first year students will have a competition. The others suggest that they play jakepon to divide into two groups. Shizuka whispers to Shou to have ‘rock’ and he’ll have ‘paper’. Shou asks why he would listen to him.

The coach then apologizes and says that for today, the five people who got in through a recommendation will play a game while the other new students will do basic training. Natsumi calls out to Shizuka that he also got a recommendation so Shizuka joins the others. Shou looks somewhat surprised by this.

Abe cannot believe that Shizuka got a recommendation so he quickly got an elite treatment. Usami-san notices Suwa looking at her direction. Suwa waves. Usami-san thinks that it’s her so she waves back. She becomes aware that there is another woman waving back beside her. The two glared at each other. Then, the woman quickly left. Making Usami-san wonder, who’s that girl? Ex?

After club activity, Natsumi tells Yuki to leave the basket out at the start of tomorrow’s practice. Yuki says okay. She is relieved that the first day ended peacefully. Shou gives her towel back. Yuki angry tells him that even if it is pretend, can’t he say ‘after washing it, I’ll return it to you’.

Shou says that he is totally useless and he is going home first. This somewhat puzzles Yuki that she wonders if he is also tired. As usual, she knew something is up but assumes that it is this and that so doesn’t mind him. Perhaps, Shou was bothered or felt a bit uneasy that he is a ‘nobody’ there while Shizuka is a ‘somebody’.

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While cooking, she thinks that high school’s environment is hugely different from college. So, those two guys won’t have the energy to quarrel right now. Ding- Dong- Dingdong dingdong dingdong. Yuki thinks that doorbell pattern is Usami-san’s so what’s up in the middle of the night.

And, Usami-san is moping on the sofa wishing she has super powers. Yuki asks her what’s up and she told her so many times already, she hasn’t seen the color of Suwa’s underwear. Okay...is knowing the color makes one know more of one’s personality? Is there some other reason for it ^^;

Usami-san asks if she’s the one or that other woman whom Suwa was gazing at. She explained to Yuki what happened earlier and how embarrassing it is if it isn’t her whom he is looking and waving at. After calming down to drink, Usami-san says that it is a very beautiful woman and in the end, Suwa is a fickle person.

Recalling Suwa making out with another woman at the storage area, Yuki thinks that it is indeed like that. To Yuki’s dismay, Usami-san is begging Yuki to help her discreetly ask Suwa as to who was he waving to. It is another simple heavy responsibility to which Yuki cannot say no.

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Shizuka is surprised to see Yuki standing out the gym door that he asked what she is doing. Yuki says that there is something she has to ask Suwa. Usami-san is lurking at the corner. Shizuka says that guy probably went to class after morning practice.

Clinging on to Yuki, Usami-san reminds Yuki to ask Suwa casually. Deadpan Yuki says that she has to find him first. Then, they notice a woman looking in the gym. Usami-san whispers to Yuki that it is the girl yesterday. Yuki calls out to the woman and says that morning practice is over, is she looking for someone.

The woman looks at Yuki. Yuki immediately remembers her. It was the woman who slapped Suwa at the park. Yuki mentions that she’s the one who...Suwa last hanami. Usami-san exclaims that it is that slapping woman. The woman asks how they knew.

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Yuki feels uneasy for she just divulged that out. Usami-san said that they heard from Suwa that he seduced a woman who has a boyfriend and in the end, he got slapped for it. Slapper asks if Suwa said that. Usami-san says yes. Slapper blushes a bit and says that’s a lie.

Slapper confessed that she was the one who hid from him that she has a boyfriend. She’s the one who’s two-timing and she was the one who seduced him. In the end, Slapper apologized to Suwa but she’ll break up with her boyfriend, she [likes Suwa]-- But Suwa interrupted her by saying, no, better go back to her boyfriend.

And, that is why Slapper slapped him and called him a bastard. Slapper says that it is because he looked like he doesn’t care dumping her. It was a shock to her so she hit him... Usami-san shouts that’s quite mean. Slapper admits that it is so. So, she thought that in the end, she’ll properly apologize to him.

Slapper tells them that it was such a big lie and she doesn’t have any face to see him. Teary-eyed, Slapper says that she’ll trouble them in telling Suwa that she’s very sorry. Later on, Usami-san is confused since she can no longer clearly define what the truth is and what is fake.

Usami confesses to Yuki that she grew more and more unable to understand Suwa. She has already gotten too involved [/attached] to the degree that she isn’t willing to go and think things through. Ah, that is love, I guess. Suwa is indeed complicated. Is he a good guy or not?

What Slapper told them seems to hint at two sides of being good and not. He looked like he doesn’t care. Was it just acting for his pride? Was it to invoke a slap to punish himself since he fell for her? Or, he knew that she really love the other guy even if she was on the verge of confessing so this is his way of letting her go?

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At the convenient store, Suwa has just arrived for work. He greeted Yuki a good morning and ask a casual question like was if there are a lot of customers today. Since she’s a nice girl and cannot refuse a favor to ‘pass the message’, Yuki mentions about the girl at the hanami. “It seems that she got engaged.”

After looking surprised, Suwa says is that so, when did Yuki know? Yuki says today after morning practice, Slapper said it herself... Suwa laughs it off that it is really a correct choice to dump a guy like him. Yuki says no, she didn’t say that.

To her surprise, Suwa leans close to her and says that she also saw it, right, what he was doing at the storage room. Yuki looks surprised then recalls it. She realized that she was found out. Suwa says that her face is so red. Yuki stands up and shouts if he is simply acting as a ‘bad guy’!?

Yuki says that the real reason why he was slapped was because he was protecting Slapper. And for him to do that lovey-dovey with others, it is because he doesn’t want to be rejected and get hurt by the other..but... Yuki thinks that if there is someone who wants to go near him, he will draw a line.

Yuki says like that, he’ll be all alone, pretending to be the bad person, keeping a distance from others. “That isn’t kind-hearted at all.” Suwa recalls a short-haired girl heading towards the door. Then, Yuki snaps out of it. She couldn’t believe that she was criticizing him like that.

She apologizes and says that she shouldn’t say that. Suwa says that’s right. It isn’t kind-hearted at all. It isn’t because he doesn’t want to get hurt that he keeps a distance from others. It is to protect himself. He leans very close to Yuki and says that she’s the only one who notice that bit. And, it seems that he kissed her since Yuki looks surprised. It starts raining. Shou looks glum in his bedroom.

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So, Yuki turns out to be quite good in observing and forming correct theories on why a certain person acts like this and that as long as she isn’t directly involved. ^^; Lol, that isn’t exactly good if the other party is a guy. Or rather, a flirty, fickle guy who can randomly kiss anyone without any deep meaning to it. ^^;; And, they’re all alone. Maybe Yuki will be careful next time.

Perhaps, Suwa is some sort of masochist that he wants to hurt a girl and they in turn physically hurt him with slaps. Haha, I’m not sure if Yuki will slap him there but maybe he expects to be beaten up in some way by Shou. ^^; Though, I’m not sure that this manga will resort to that kind of thing to resolve things.

There is obviously a girl who got away whom he cannot get over with. Maybe it is some sort of making girls hate him to avoid him. Yet, he needs to feel loved? More like he cannot commit or rather, he doesn’t want anyone to think of him in a positive light. It’s like ‘Don’t fall in love with me; I don’t want to get hurt’. Maybe that is why he kissed Yuki to make her hate him. So she’ll avoid him from then on.

Nevertheless, in some other manga, Suwa is the ‘bad playboy’ who needs to be ‘healed/loved’ and he is like that because of something traumatic that had happened to him. Will Usami-san be that girl? Or, Usami-san/others will help him with that girl and she ends up with Abe? =P Hm...since we will be dwelling on ex-lovers, will Shou’s ex appear, too? 

Word of the day:

There is nothing that God cannot understand. 'O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. Psalm 139:1-3' ~ Mottos for Success by M.S. Fontaine