Vol 1 Chapter 1 (2/2)
”Then why are our characters switched?”
Chiwa looked at me with a bit of confusion
”Eh? Do you want to eat ?”
”N-N-N-Never mind”
I was suddenly re fro roasted steak sweetened to the fattening degree Because we didn't have red wine, we had carbonated grape juice (0 natural) as substitute When asked of the motive for her crime, Chiwa replied: 'They both look pretty much the same anyways' and 'Besides, I' carbonated'
The less a person kne to cook, the more likely they would be to invent crazy recipes
”Say”, Chiwa garbled while chewing bacon
”Is there a girl called Natsukawa Masuzu in Ei-kun's class?”
”Oh, I guess”
Then with a sudden spurt of energy: 'That girl is incredible! Just like a princess! Even the boys in our class are talking about her, so I took a look today I was shocked! Her hair is silver, her eyes are blue, like some person from Europe or somewhere like that! I also heard her family is super rich!'
”Uuely
”And she's super popular! Only twoto sources, the nuits! I originally thought it was aher today, I aits!”
”Ohh—”, I agreed vaguely
”Oh, Ei-kun isn't interested? Or did you already give up because she's out of reach?”
”Not really”
Sheto do with me
Besides, for some reason, I can't seem to like her
Even though I've had two or three conversations with her it always feels as if there is so hidden behind those acclaimed looks Should I say, someone whose real inner side can't be seen? Soets truly known
”Anyhow, I don't really like her, I guess”
”Is that so?”
Chiwa nodded a few times
”Ehehe♪, today's dinner tastes very good”
”No It tastes the same like any other day”
I wonder what h to cheer her up?
After dinner, the two of us gathered the bowls and chopsticks After that I started preparing for toa from the mountainous piles stored in Saeko-san's roo at the sofa
Saeko-san worked at soame production co scenarios, drawing graphics, even coding and airls[8]
Perhaps it's because of work that Saeko-san acted like this at home
'Yosu! Mo~rni~ng, Eita! Are you used to high school life yet? Have you gotten any flags with any cute girls?'
'No progress at all with Chia-chan? Settings with this kind of childhood friend are usually a highway to happy endings, what have you been doing all this time?'
'When you're in a harem, you have to watch out for their iet about the others, some day bad neill spread!'
Who would be in a hare in Arabia?
—Anyway, don't pay too much attention to this stuff
For the purpose of gathering infor those a had recently become a daily habit for Chiwa
”Hey, the tea's ready I'll put it down right here”
”[]”
Chias motionless She turned out like this whenever she was in the world of a
Looks like she's especially focused today
”sniff”
Chiwa grabbed a tissue fro her nose with it
”It would be nice if that happened to me just once”
”Like what?”
”A romance like this”
”How's it like?”
”You gotta read it, read”
I flipped the pages of the a Chiwa had handed tosomeone else, but one day both of them noticed their love for each other, then after many, many difficult obstacles, the two of theet the idea
”How cliché”
I commented
”Besides, childhood friends are pretty much like brother-and-sisters, they won't become lovers”
”Is that so? I thought there's some fact to it”
”It only works in stories Let's take us as an example; one look and you'll see that it's impossible in real life”
”[]”
I was expecting a 'You've got a point —That certainly is impossible' or some similar response but she turned out to be silent
”Y-You've got a point —That certainly is impossible”
Ah, here comes the expected response
Perhaps she's only too tired from her kendo exercise? Maybe I should add more meat to dinner next time
”T-Taking the childhood friend setting aside, this kind of romance, or I should say this kind of sweet, or wait, this kind of complete devotion in roh school student”
So that's why
It's a good thing to want to devote fully into so as a replacement of Kendo, just that—
”So, what do you want to do, then?”
”I want to become super popular!”
Well, that was direct
”Fancied bydoith a norrounds all the time —This is what I should experience at least!”
”Ah I see”
How should I put it, feels just like what a book called 'Chihuahua-chan chapter of grown up Love' would be about
It sounds a bit depressing co up with her since small, but
”You should give up It's ten years too early for you”
”Heh— What?”
”First of all, just the word 'popular' is impossible I've never seen you with make-up Moreover, I doubt you have lots of clothes?”
”C-Clothes, I have a lot! I have five workout suits!”
I totally understood her anxiousness in wanting to refute rave
”Plus, you never really cared about how other boys look at you A while ago you were playing soccer with theto sports clothes And you sit with your legs crossed, when you're in a skirt, you always shake your feet around”
Having her worst habits pointed out, Chiwa stopped s rhyth
”And I don't have to tell you about how you go on the rooftop in nothing but a towel on your body, hands on hips, gulping down o The Asakura's auntie even jokes 'Chiwa-chan looks exactly like my husband', and so”
The two ponytails fro
The Asakuras were our neighbors across the street Their grandpa was a coach, so fitness contests He was a bearded old guy covered in muscles
”Anyway, you are a sports girl from head to toe, just like how they say 'Brawn but no brains' In reality, the way you analyze things is by brute force, facing it directly, guided by power In addition, you always think like a child, I wouldn't think of soh school student”
”Idiot”
”Eh?”
”EI-KUN IS A GIANT IDIOT!”
Ah, there she blows
”Ei-kun is a jerk! Jerk, jerk, jerk, jerk! Hoould you know until I try! I'm not brawn but no brains! I'm not a child!”[9]
”[]”
Thrashi+ng her ars around on the sofa, I really wanted to see her proving o a bit overboard, it was already too late The dae is done
”Forget it I've decided”, Chiwa stood up from the sofa, ”From tomorroards, I will become a person in love!”
”Eh?”
”Not only will I be in love, I will becoets serious, even Natsukawa Masuzu won't stand a chance!”
No, no, wait, wait
”Do you kno to draw the males' attention? Even abstractly?”
”I'll begin learning right now!”
”And what exactly will you be learning from?”
”From this!”
Chiwa held up the bishoujo a in front of my face
”Saeko-san once said, shoujo a are the bible of love Therefore I , and win a prize in a tournament!”
”Tournament”
The stance of so but sports
”Let's say this:” Chiwa flipped to a heroine on soa, ”Look at the eyes of this heroine, look at them! Don't you find them adorable? If I made the same look, I would definitely become popular with males!”
”But”
The heroine's eyes were half the size of her face
And there was a lot of glitter in her eyes
How the heck do you plan to imitate that
”A while ago, a girl next to azine 'Pachi Lemon' It also wrote that 'if you look at boys fro people from below is the secret technique Oh, I' people from above in Kendo!”
”[]”
Definitely brawny but not brainy
”I won't tell you otherwise anys I said, I'ain”
”What?! What are you talking about?! Besides, Ei-kun has never been in love! You've never had a crush on anyone!”
”Oh? Do you?”
”H-How's that possible?! Ei-kun, you big idiot!”
So I was scolded What's wrong with this person?
”I'll begin practicing now Lend me these books, would you?”
Chiwa carried a pile of shoujo as with both hands
”Ei-kun, bye-bye~ Around a week later I will become super popular and by that tiirl', but it'll be too late!”
”Yeah, that would be too bad! Too bad!”
And so, I sent Chiwa out of my door
♦
A week later
In my class 1-A, a rumor like this started to spread: Class 1-E's Harusaki Chiwa became super popular, and was called out by boys— Of course not
In reality the rumor was that Chias called by the school counselor's office In short —She had been staring at boys in her class with bloodshot eyes
'She'd sometimes stare with blank eyes'
'Nonetheless it's terrifying'
You get the idea
I even heard that Chiwa's mother had come to school to talk as well
I guess I should probably roast ht
♦
”Wahh I followed the instructions on the as, yet why aether with her own tears, talking to herself
”—Ah!”
”What now?”
”Don't tell me I am too cute to handle?!”
Not, is what I thought
Post-Chapter Extra
Pachi Lemon's April Edition, Special Support for freshmen Guide
Popcute h School students!
Reply to student ”Cute Chia”
Q1: You wake up in the reet yourself in the mirror What did you say?
A1: I'ry!
Q2: He laughs at your new haircut! What do you do?
A2: Cut Ei-kun's eyebrows off as revenge
Q3: Yourlove How do you encourage him?
A3: Let's run 50 laps around the sports ground!
Q4: You have a date at the restaurant with your boyfriend What do you order?
A4: A big piece of meat!
Q5: You accidentally overslept Although in a hurry, your hair keeps curling up and won't stay flat~ (tears) What do you do?
A5: Instead of this, what's for breakfast??
Your Popucute score: 5/100
Editors of Pachi Le popucute Why don't you try going on a diet?
Translator notes and references
Juirl: Raw-Text: ”Ahonoko” This is a character trait siirls that are acting silly
Ju syllable by syllable [1]
Jump up↑ The kanji of waist 腰 includes the character 要 which can mean ”important point” or ”necessary”
Jump up↑ Ara, ara: A phrase older/mature women use in japan, basically: ”My, my”
Juinal, ”kyoudai (兄妹)” hinted at Eita as the older and Chiwa as the younger sibling; Eita mentioned it in a different composition (姉弟) which hints vice-versa
Juical” (合理的判断) , Chiwa doesn't know it and falls short on the pronunciation ”goriteki?”
Jump up↑ She uses ”aishi+teru” (愛してる) here, which is the most serious declaration of love
Jue”
Jump up↑ Chiitched to a childlike tone here
Ju of ”popular” and ”cute”