Prunus Girl 3

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The "girl" I met when the cherry blossoms were in bloom

New series - a love comedy that's just a bit odd!!

Matsumoto Tomoki
Pranus Girl

Chapter 3: Maki's meagre resistance?

2-1 Pranus Girl
Is the "girl" he's fallen in love with a "guy"?

A love comedy that's just a bit odd - powered by GAN GAN! Now a regular series! Aikawa Kizuna likes to wear girl's clothes. How is Maki-kun, who fell in love with "her" at first sight going to handle this?

Digest
Their first meeting. Cherry blossoms and high school acceptance!! [pink letters]
Maki picks up someone's test ticket when he goes to check if he's been accepted into high school. He is enchanted by the person who dropped it. That's how he meets Aikawa Kizuna...!!

But!! A shock announcement!! [pink letters]
Ending up in the same class with Aikawa Kizuna, the "girl" he met, Maki is blown away by a shock announcement from "her" mouth...!! He's a guy!! No way!!

Despite how I look

I'm male

And he's always being made fun of... [pink letters]
Maki had to suffer through that shock announcement, and now, for whatever reason, cheeky Aikawa Kizuna is always yanking his chain. She always seems to be making fun of him. What's going to become of Maki's school life!?

Go ahead. Anywhere you like.

Maki [purple box]
Excells at studies and sports. Popular with the high school girls. Always being yanked around by Aikawa.

Aikawa Kizuna [purple box]
A guy (?) who wears girls clothes for some reason. "Her" personality's a little rough, she's bad at studying, great at sports. Strangely popular with both the guys and the girls.

Information
Pranus Girl 1.5 is in a Boys in Girls clothing anthology!!
Pranus Girl is also in a Boys in Girls clothing anthology!! A collection of "boy's who have to wear girl's clothing and are a little embarrased" stories for you get get all Moe over!! The lineup includes stories by Tsubaki Asu sensei, Yasuihama Kiki sensei and others!

Secret
Is Aikawa Kizuna really a girl!?
Rumors are going around about whether Aikawa, who is more of a girl than the girls are, really is a girl... What could the truth be!?

Maki blew it trying to find out after Aikawa fell down...

While going to the beach with classmates, they fantisize about what swimsuit "she" is going to wear...

But Aikawa shows up in a hoodie. Wrapped in that veil, they couldn't judge whether Aikawa's male or female...

3-1 "A fated meeting" is just words. The mistaken ideal of fiction authors or romantics...

Yet somehow I ended up thinking at that time that it really was
And I still haven't changed my mind

sfx: Whoosh

3-2 But the girl I met under the dancing petals of the early blooming cherry trees

When I first met her and thought that

3-3 Even though it was just coincidence [put "was" in italics]

sfx; whish

3-4 But false or not, it did feel like the sign of fate

4/5-1 Yeah, even if it was a brief fate

before I knew the truth about her...

6-1 The days go by peacefully...

6-2 Rustle

6-3 The school life I dreamed about?
Right here, dude.

6-4 Zzz

Summer Meals [magazine]

7-1 Clang Clang

7-2 I knew you'd be here

7-3 You really like it up here on the roof, huh, Maki-kun

You're really not supposed to but up here, tho-

7-4 My, my
He's really asleep...

zzz

8-1 Whumph

8-5 'morning

9-1 Thumpa thumpa

9-2 Whoa, you alway have such sprightly reactions

sfx: shake shake

9-3 W-what...
What the hell are you thinking!!

Wha?
You're not happy about it?

9-4 To have your eyes shaded from inside a skirt

That's an experience you can't get everyday! [bold "that's"]

9-5 Wobble

10-1 Before we even can get to that part

Listen, you're a guy, right!?

sfx: whip

10-2 Yeah, Aikawa Kizuna

Even though he looks like this, he calls himself "male"

What's wrong with being a guy?

11-1 Nevermind! Don't wear skirts!

No problem, right?

11-2 I mean, even the handbook just reads "student will wear school uniforms"

11-3 It doesn't specify that girls must wear girls uniforms or anything

Crap...
What about the spirit of the law?

Hm HMM!

11-4 Ok, at least don't wake me up in weird ways

Why do you alway have to... um, Mmm
Tease me like that?

11-5 Hmm, I wonder

Maybe because my desire is frustrated?

Y-your desire...?

12-2 Maki-kun

If I asked you to

12-3 Would you

Satisfy my desire...?

12-4 "D-Desire"!? Just what kind of desire is he talking about here? The only thing that sounds like is some absurd proposal! This has got to be more teasing. Yeah, that's it, it's just

13-1 Hey. Well?

Well, which is it?

13-3 Ah, he ran away!

13-4 Ah

sfx: whoosh

13-5 Whud

Ow!!

13-6 Just what are you doing?

14-1 And who's fault is it!?

14-2 Umph

14-3 Hey, my magazine...

14-4 Hmmm

You cook, huh, Maki-kun?

Come to think of it, you often read cook books

14-5 Well, excuuuuse me!

sfx; Whish

sfx: Yoink

15-1 I want to eat

your home cooking

sfx: grin

15-2 No way!

Cheapskate

15-3 I'm not giving this back to meanies

15-4 Like you could stop me!

Wah

15-5 Hey!
Give it back!

Too bad, so sad

sfx: whooosh

16-1 Yesterday, my cell phone battery sparked!

Eh!? No way!

Yeah, no way.

16-2 Ahaha
Asami, do you believe everything people tell you?

Aagh
Non-chaaan

16-3 Stop already!!

No, you stop!!

sfx: thud thud thud

16-4 That's...

Kizuna-chan and Maki-kun...?

16-5 So?

What are you hiding for?

Um, well....

16-6 Well, it's not like I don't understand, but

Those two sure stick out

17-1 The subject of attention since school started!
She knows how guys think. Unbelievably cute, and popular with both guys and girls.

Everyone likes her, a super beautiful chude (chick + dude?)
Kizuna chan!!

Main point - Male

17-2 Top in sports and academics!
To top it off, good looks and all the girls love him!

Even though he's some sort of superman
He gets annoyed a lot
Maki-kun!!

Main point - Good at Everything

18-1 But you like Maki-kun, right Asami!?

You've got to go for it more!
You got advice from Kizuna-chan after all

Strong Drool!

18-2 Y-yeah, that's right!

I decided that I'd change myself now school's started!

18-3 Yep, yep

18-4 Yeah, but somehow those two seem best suited for each other

If you forget about the part where Kizuna-chan's a guy...

Yeah, you can say that...

Whaaa!?

19-1 I've lost my confidence...

My bad! It'll be ok, Asami!

You're trying too hard, Non

19-2 Whish

19-3 Screee

19-4 Aijyou Sennin sensei. Chemistry teacher.

19-5 Thud thud thud

20-1 I've got... you!!

20-2 Hey! Watch where you're touching...

20-3 S-s-s-s-sorry!

20-5 What are you getting all worked up over?

Touching a guy's chest?

21-1 Cook a meal for me sometime, ok?

sfx:p plop

21-2 And when you touch my chest, ask me first, ok?

Even I get surprised

21-3 See you

21-5 So?

22-1 So how can I avoid getting played by Aikawa?

I want a normal school life

22-2 It's rare you come ask for advice, but

That's a hard one...

22-3 You think I'm being jerked around by Aikawa?

Ah

22-4 Maki!!

Shit! Kadoyama!

22-5 I was eavesdropping on you complaining over nothing!!

You don't like getting teased by Aikawa!?

23-1 I'd love to get
Whaa

You stay out of this

Whonk

23-2 I guess the fastest way is...

23-3 Turn the tables and come on strong yourself

If I come on strong...

gulp

23-5 ...but, that would mean coming on strong to a guy, right?

Yep

24-1 Forget it!
That like, reverses everything!

But I can't really think of anything else
So give it up already

24-2 Aikawa is friendly with everyone

But she lets her guard down around you!!

Ah, you're back

24-3 Just what kind of magic did you use!?
Huuuuh!?

You're scaring me

24-4 ...Kadoyama

Aikawa's a dude, get it!?

24-5 Listen up, Maki

25-1 Who cares!?

As long as she's cute!!!

25-2 You got guts, but

That's just dumb

25-3 And I mean, what if Aikawa's really a girl after all?

He's seeing just what he wants to see

25-4 When you touch Aikawa's chest, there's nothing there, so

To think he's a girl now is...

26-1 Hmmm

So you touched it.

You.

26-3 You complain about getting teased, but you're getting the goodies!

It's not like I wanted to touch it...

Shut it!!

26-4 W-what was it like!?
Spill it!

Nice? No good?
How'd it feel?

26-5 I'm a guy! After touching me, how was it different!?

26-6 Settle down, you

27-1 My vision of school life goes like this:

Don't do anything to stand out at academics or sports. Just space out and avoid anything annoying

27-2 But my meeting with Aikawa changed all that!

I never expected to get caught up in all this weirdness

Waaaaagh

27-3 I mean, why does he dress in girl's clothing? And just what does he want to be anyway? Too many unsolved puzzles...

Can it really be that people don't care as long as he's cute...?

27-4 Siiigh

28-1 Yeah, it's true that Aikawa's so cute that anyone'd fall for him

It's not just that he's a guy, but he understands how guys think

It's the fact that he's got that completely unfair advantage that makes me understand
Why guys can be attracted, but...

28-2 I get it, but...

sfx: flip

sfx: Ohmygod!

29-1 But that's just not right!

What's not right?

sfx: shudder shudder

29-2 Dwaaah!!!

A-A-Aikawa!?

What? Hey, what's with that reaction?

Just what do you think I am?

29-3 Well, enough of that
You're alone on the roof again, Maki-kun

29-4 Don't you think you should enjoy school life a little more?

You haven't done anything since school started

30-1 Well, I'm always getting jerked around by a certain someone

Doesn't allow much time for a leisurely school life...

Hey!
Just who are you talking about!?

30-2 Look, you get good grades, you're good at sports, popular

Just what are you so unhappy about?

Hmph

That's why I'm saying the problem is mostly you...

30-3 Listen, Just 'cause I can study and I'm good at sports

Doesn't particularly make me happy or anything, ok?

30-4 And it's not like being popular with a bunch of faceless girls is a good thing

31-1 Hmmm, so no faceless girls

But if a certain someone was to like you

sfx: grin

31-2 Th-thats not what I'm saying...!!

That makes me curious. I want to know

31-3 Ok, then Maki-kun

I'll give you something special I've been saving

31-4 What?

With this, you can nab anybody

31-5 Tadah!

Magic candy number 2

32-1 Not again. More magic candy...?

Oh, not satisfied?

32-2 Ok, ok. What kind of magic candy?

This makes anyone fall in love with you

32-3 The forbidden candy which makes you fall in love with the first person you see

To wit;
Love Candy

32-5 I'll try it out...

Chomp

32-7 Ching!

33-1 I love you! I love you, Maki-kun!

You're full of it!

33-2 Tsk. You're no fun

Well, sorry I'm no fun

33-3 Ok, then

33-4 Here

33-6 Well?

How do you like strawberry love candy?

34-1 Have you

Fallen in love with me?

34-2 Hm?

35-1 I-I-I-It's

Not like...

35-2 Turn the tables and come on strong yourself

Ah!!

35-3 If I react like I always do

I'll just be doing what Aikawa wants...

35-4 Sasakino's right!

I've got to come on strong here!

sfx: quiver quiver

35-5 Aikawa!

Wah!

sfx: grab

35-6 The candy you gave me is love candy, right?

Eh
Yeah...?

35-7 So that means

I can do something bold, right...?

A full come on?

36-1 Ok! This way I can get away with Aikawa not teasing me!

This'll let me have more of a normal school life...

Oh come on! What are you gonna do if I take you seriously!?

36-3 Blush

37-1 Whaaaa....!!

What's with this reaction!?

37-2 No, no, no! I mean

I was trying to tease Aikawa in return, right!?

sfx: th-thump th-thump

37-3 But, I didn't think...

W-what am I gonna do?

sfx: th-thump th-thump

37-4 Crap! I didn't think

this kind of thing would happen...!!

38-1 Maki...

Kun...?

38-2 Fwaaaah

38-3 Gulp

39-1 Ah

39-2 Shit!

sfx; Sniff

39-3 S...

Sorry...!!

Asami!!

39-4 Um, sorry, ok?

Please go right ahead...

We just sorta watched... [small text]

39-5 Oh my

We were being watched

39-6 Glance

40-1 It's over...

It's all over...

40-2 Tomorrow, thing's are going to be
Awkward, huh?

40-3 Ooooooooo

My school life...

whisper whisper

The next day [box]

40-4 I thought he was going to attack me...

Eh!?

40-5 Hey! So you're the one spreading rumors all around!!

Awawa

They sure get along...