Vol 3 Chapter 1 (1/2)

1 - A Sleepless Night

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As I couldn't sleep, I decided to take a walk outside

The history of the Chitanda clan can be traced back to the beginning of the Edo period

The large fields in the north of Kae As the leaders of the village, the Chitanda clan has maintained, farmed and rented out the land around here As representatives of the village, they were charged with negotiating the taxes with the feudal lords as well as acting as the localfare and take part in the annual festivals in spring and autumn

The land here isn't truly blessed by nature Though the soil is rich, the area is vulnerable to typhoons as well as blizzards After all, this land wasn't really well irrigated until irrigation works were carried out during the Edo period Just a e in the climate would result in crop failure, so it was natural for the previous farmers to fear and worshi+p the Gods

As people of prestigious wealth, the Chitanda clan would represent thethe festivals As they would be offering their wealth to the Gods in the shrine on behalf of everyone else, before the laying of the crops and after harvest, as well as during Obon and New Year, they would go around collecting food and drink froe folk It would seem that this was considered a for land fro of land would form the basis of their wealth

After the war, as part of the land refore landowners, were coovernment Yet, Chitanda Shounosuke, the leader of the clan then, saw this as an opportunity to use theequip techniques As such, Shounosuke was able to slowly buy back the land that was sold off, and by the time my father became head of the clan, the Chitandas had reclaimed nearly half of as once their land, which was considered to be quite large during the late Showa period

This , but Chitanda Shounosuke was not simply a man with business acurandfather Though as he died early on, I do not remember much of him

Anyway, the Chitanda clan hadand after the war and e of representing the local co the festivals

To begin with, contrary to what fukube-san had said, the Chitanda clan aren't exactly so rich as to tower above everyone else As a result, the annual festivities were reduced fro and autumn, and the symbolic ”payment” these days was merely a bottle of wine As such, the ritual was ather and have a feast Though as I can't drink, I can't take part in the feast myself

The spring and autu the ”village God”, which was a minor deity There would be the usual rituals of a lion dance and carrying of the mikoshi+ [1] A person from the Chitanda clan would act as representative for the shrine pilgri festival, as well as give thanks during the autumn festival

And I too have been participating in such a festival ever since I was old enough to re nearby as well as visitors to the shrine as to what it is that I do during such a ritual, though I didn't exactly have to doto pay attention not tocere a prayer

As for ree, I'm not too different fro to do with h it may be bothersome, whenever I visit a shrine, II'm not sure whether this meant I had faith in the Gods, or whether this is justinsecure From time to time, I feel curious about it, but I have never found an answer

Recently, h school entrance exa the ”Hyouka Incident”, as it was named by fukube-san

And once again, tonight I findtowards the shrine

The Kains tomorrow And for our Classics Club, which is just one of the h School, a troubling situation awaits us, and we can find no solution to it Though we intend to give it our best it would seem we still need luck on our side

After placing a 100 yen coin into the offering box within the confines of the ether and closed hts for my friends in the Classics Club appeared

Ibara Mayaka-san, fukube Satoshi+-san, Oreki Houtarou-san

I wonder if Mayaka-san is sleeping well tonight?

Right now, sheherself for the predicament the Classics Club has found itself in But that was not the case Compared to Mayaka-san, I was totally of no help If only I had been able to give my all and help out with her work, we could have avoided this altogether So I too must bear some of the responsibility

I wonder if fukube-san is sleeping well tonight?

Sometimes I do suspect whether fukube-san's hedonistic-like behaviour comes from the botto selfishly, as there's no way I could i away at Mayaka-san's pain

I wonder if Oreki-san is sleeping well tonight?

He probably is sleeping well If he wasn't, I would be very worried

Fro able to sharply observe things that are out of the ordinary I ht even say that I was moved by it But most of the ti things done So it's hard to determine whether he's a reliable person or not

I prayed for everyone's well-being

I prayed for luck to befall us for the next three days Please let us overcome this ”mountain”

As I opened my eyes, I still felt rather uneasy about it, so I took out another 50 yen from my purse

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As I couldn't sleep, I took out the pamphlet from underneath my pillow

Participating Club Coistration):

Kendo Club Exhibition Match: Kahts include the shon between the prefecture's ace captains

Breakdancing Club Leave the Opening Cereh, so please look forward to it

Social Dance Club Floor dancing in the Gymnasium on Day 2 at 3pm All are welcome

Chorus Club Perfor new recruits (lol)

Dra improvised script from the Prefectural Competition version

Detective Fiction Study Club Mystery Lunch on Day 1 at 11:30am

Fashi+on Study Club Fashi+on show at the Fashi+on Roo models

Manga Study Club Selling anthology in Preparation Rooa, old and new Do come visit

Cheerous, so ill not be responsible for injuries caused Chemistry Room

Class 2-F Movie The Blind Spot of 10,000 People Can you guess its surprise ending? Airing schedules on separate page

Cheering Club and Cheerleading Club Combined performance on the School Grounds on Day 1 at 2pm

Tea Ceremony Club The traditional Kanya Festival open air tea ceremony will be held as usual at shi+royama Park!

Art Club Prefectural Art Exhibition winner The Eulogy of Blue now on display in the Art Room Please do come have a look!

Marching Band Floor Drill in the Gymnasium on Day 3 at 2pm

Ink Painting Club Exhibition held together with the Art Club in the rt Room

Charms association In the Class 2-E classroom We do all sorts of charms Freebies available!

Literature Club Anthology Kodama on sale in Preparation Room No 3 200yen per volume

Hyakunin Isshu Club[2] P, please Won't anyone play with us

Occult Studies Club Exhibition in the Class 1-F classroom This is serious research, so please think twice if you'reout of interest

Quiz Study Club Quiz Contest on the School Grounds on Day 1 at 1pm We await your participation Prizes available

Astrono the dayti models of the Solar System instead

Class 1-C Theatrical play Happy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen on the Gye on Day 1 at 2pm

Broadcast Club Introducing the latest happenings in the Kanya Festival every day from 12:30pm via the school's PA broadcast You'll have to hear it even if you don't want to

Abacus Club Featuring speed abacus calculations as seen on TV in Preparation Room No 4, Special Block

Debate Club English debate competition from Day 1, 11am to Day 3, 2pm in the Class 3-B classroom

Koto Club[3] Recital perfor and once every afternoon More detailed schedules posted in front of the japanese-style Room

Rakugo Study Club[4] Perforht ere the first to perfor Club had (T_T)

Calligraphy Club Exhibition in the Calligraphy Room

Kado Club[5] Exhibition in the 1st floor corridor Please stop by to have a look

Biology Club Model of natural habitat of Karandiose that people can't tell which club it came from

Shogi Club Kanya Cup tourna time per player is 30 minutes Grand prizes await In Class 1-G

Miniature Club Exhibition in the Physics Lecture Roo the battleshi+p USS Enterprise We also sell cute replicas

Film Studies Club Self-made movie Coe

Photography Club Exhibition in Class 3-G classroo deraphy

Movie Study Club Showing of movie Cinema Paradiso[6] (1989 Italy) in the Audio-Visual Room

Sci-Fi Studies Club Featuring last year's Seiun Award[7] Best Media Winner in the Audio-Visual Room title is

Physics Club We h he can only push a baby pram

Global Act Club Exhibition in Class 3-E classroom Please come visit

History Club Reconstruction of model of Kamaiyama Castle, aka ”shi+royama” (Castle Hill) Come marvel at its defense and discover how it ultimately fell

Handicraft Club Featuring the Mandala carpet Though this may come from me, it does seem to emit some sort of divine ambiance

Confectionery Studies Club We will be selling confectionery ”within the confines of the school rules concerning club activities” in the home economics room Please do come!

Light Music Club Though we're ht Music Club All day in the Martial Arts Dojo

Go Club Beginners Seminar in Preparation Room No 2 There will of course be tutorial matches as well

A Capella Club Stationed at Class 3-C Will be perfor in the School Courtyard on Day 1 at 11am Please come listen!

Wall Newspaper Club Special Edition published every two hours during Kanya Festival Featuring the latest and hottest topics being discussed

The Cooking Club Cooking battle ”Wild Fire” on the School Grounds on Day 2 at 11a participants

Gardening Club Cooking harvested sweet potatoes But this isn't gardening, it's far! Are you sure this is okay, prez?

Brass Band Club Perfor everyday from 1pm in the Gymnasium

Magic Club Stall at 2-D classrooe performance Day 1 at 11:30am Please look forward to it

Fortune Telling association Next to the stairs on the 3rd floor

Classics Club Why is the Kah Cultural Festival called the ”Kanya Festival”? The answer is in our anthology Hyouka 200yen per voluy Lecture Room

Organizing Committee

Kugayama Muneyoshi+ (Student Council President, Kanya Festival Executive Co this That's all I'll say

Yazaki Keita (Student Council Vice President) The Organizing Committee can be found in the Student Council Roo you wish to discuss

Shoukawa Harumi (Student Council Vice President) At last a job well done I get that feeling a lot Guys, let's see this through without regrets

Funabashi+ Masaharu (Cultural Committee President) On top of the Kanya Prize Awards, we'll be adding a Best Club Award this year Co ones!

Tanabe Jirou (General Committee President) We've prepared plenty of rubbish and recycle bins, but please ht bins

After reading theo, I placed them back on my pillow satisfactorily On the cover of the pa words in Gothic font that read Kanya Festival Guide, and underneath it a sh School Cultural Festival” This was created by the Council General Committee, of which I, fukube Satoshi+, was a member

By the way, besides being a member of the General Committee, I'm also a ious Classics Club As to which club was the busiest for uess it'd have to be the Classics Club

When I was drafted by the Co of the festival paht it would have been a si last year's pamphlet format But on the contrary, it was a rather difficult task Though it was hard work, it is quite interesting when one puts in the effort to work on it

As so with such a difficult task was that I got to decide whatto say the least As a result, I decided to play a little prank with the last section of this pa Club Comments”

For last year's pa to the japanese hiragana spelling, but I decided to change it into the order in which the clubs registered with us When Ithat ”For an official guidebook, it's not really fair that the A Capella Club always gets to start every year in such a conspicuous starting position”, my motive was quite sie to have the comments of one of my clubs, the Classics Club, placed in a noticeable position Though the Coreed and the motion was passed unaniistration order”, the Kendo Club was the first to register, so there was no way I could et to mix up the order at the end After all, it's ht in the middle”