Hatsukoi Limited 20

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[side text: A lone man's sad tale......]
[box: Once upon a time, in a certain town... / ...there lived an unpopular boy named Bomber-kun (alias 23).
[sFX: ta-da!]
[box: Though he was not popular, he still managed to live a fun life. // But then once again, the single most sorrowful day of the year drew near.]
[sFX: poke]
[box: That day is, of course, February the 14th, Valentine's Day!! // Bomber-kun made a decision... he would bestow righteous judgement upon this crappy event! // And so he made a special box of chocolates with a time bomb inside!]
[sFX: TA-DA~!]
[box: Tee-hee!♡]

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Hatsukoi Limited
Chapter 20: The Melancholy of the Chocolate Bomber 3/3 - burst
[insert text: A - A bomb?!]
[sFX: KA-SMASH]
Bomber: [aside]aaaahhhhh![/aside]
Ayumi: "TEE-HEE", MY ASS!! // S - So, right now... / The chocolates that Yamamoto-san has got are actually... the bomb...?!!
Bomber: I - I was going to call off my plan, in the end! / But as I was heading back to the shop, I accidentally bumped into that girl...
[sFX: twitch, twitch]

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Ayumi: Wait... you said it was a time bomb... right? // Wh - When is it set to go off...?
Bomber: ...... [aside]eheh...[/aside] // ...Five o'clock PM!♡
[sFX: tick, tick, tick, tick]
Yamamoto: Ahhh... // Not far to the bank, now... // I don't think I've ever felt this nervous before in my life.

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[side text: Last issue: Ayumi's stupidity spurred Yamamoto to action.]
Yamamoto: But... I have to give it to him!
[sFX: thump, thump, thump, thump]
Yamamoto: Ahh... I've put too much feeling into this... / This chocolate is feeling heavier by the second...
[sFX: TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK etc.]
Ayumi: F - F - F - F...!!!
Bomber: [aside]ehmm...[/aside] There's about three minutes left 'til five o'clock, huh?
Ayumi: NOOOOO!! WHAT AM I MEANT TO DOOOOOO?!!
[sFX: squeeze]
Bomber: [aside]guaaahhh![/aside] / Somebody... help me...
Ayumi: Ugh, I don't have the time to waste with you!! / I have to get down to the bank right now!!
[sFX: dash]
[sFX: quiver]

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Ayumi: (Ummm... ummm...! // It takes eight minutes to get from school to the bank... / If I run, I could make it in five... but he just said we have three minutes... huh?
[sFX: stumble...]
Ayumi: I - / I'm not gonna make it...!
[sFX: glance]
Ayumi: !
[sFX: fwip!]
Misao: H - / Hey...
[sFX: twitch]
[sFX: dash]
Ayumi: THE BANK! / Running, two minutes! / You can make it, right?!!!
[sFX: grab]
Misao: Ah... ahh! I - I didn't come to see how you were because it's Valentine's Day or anything - / I - I definitely wasn't hoping for a chocolate or anything -
[sFX: ahh...]

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[sFX: ring-ring~]
[sFX: Is that guy on the bike someone we know...?]
BikeGuy: Honestly, I don't know... Nobody gets it at all... Love isn't the sort of thing you can just put into a gift or pay back three times over... it's...]
[sFX: mutter, mutter]
[sFX: fwoosh]
[sFX: SMASH!]
BikeGuy: Guahh!
Ayumi: All right! We've got us a bike!!
Misao: "All right"...???
Ayumi: Come on, quickly!
[sFX: tap!]
[sFX: UWAHH?!]

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Ayumi: There's no time! / With you at the pedals, we can make it to the bank in one minute!!
[sFX: thump, thump]
Misao: Ahh... well... I'm very pleased for the invitation, but... / You're not allowed to have two people on a bike on public roads... [aside]y'know?[/aside]
Ayumi: Oh, stop hanging around like that...!!
[sFX: fumble, fumble]
Ayumi: Say 'aahh'!
Misao: ?!
[sFX: pop]
Misao: Nghh?!
Ayumi: I made that chocolate myself! / And if you take me to the bank, I'll give you more!
[sFX: stagger...]
[bubbleSFX: ngh... / unhh...]
[sFX: KA-CHING]

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[sFX: KA-FWOOSH]
[sFX: KA-CHI~NG!!]
Ayumi: Whoaa! / That must've been some chocolate, if I do say so myself...! [aside]he looks like a kibi-dango!![/aside]
Passerby: Aahhhh! // [aside]nooo![/aside]
[TN: Wait... that passer-by... she isn't Soako-chan from the volume extra, is she? That would be an amusing reference...]
[sFX: FWOOOOOOSH]
Guys: Wh - what the?! // Did something just pass by us at an insane speed...?

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Yoshihiko: What's up with you, Koyoi, wanting to go for a walk all of a sudden...?
Koyoi: Oh, just come along~!♪ // Hmm? / Hey, isn't that Yamamoto-san over there?
[sFX: boom // boom]
Koyoi: (I'm so sorry, Onii-chan...)
Yuuji: Hm?
[sFX: boom // boom]

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Yamamoto: (Huh? // Isn't that... Bessho over there...? // ...I really have... / ...been kinda selfish, huh... // With all my worrying, I just used him as someone to talk to... // But still, this is something that I have to do. // Even if I have to do it in front of somebody like that... // Because Arihara...)
Yuuji: Can't'cha get the idea and scarper, Bessho...?
Yamamoto: (...really does make my heart pound...)

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Yamamoto: (This chocolate... / ...is for you...) // Arihara... / I......
[sFX: BOOM]
Ayumi: WAAAAAAAAIT!!!

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[sFX: flip]
[sFX: KA-SMAAASH]
[sFX: plop]
Yuuji: Ayumi!!
Yamamoto: Ehh...?
[sFX: dash]
[sFX: WHOOSH]
Yuuji: You... / Don't tell me you were jealous of me getting a chocolate...
Ayumi: GET DOWN!

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[sFX: TICK // BOOOOOOOOOOOM]
[sFX: stare...]

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[sFX: whoooooosh (sound of the wind)]
Ayumi: Ahhh... // Waaaaahhhh! I'm so glad I made it in tiiiiime!
[sFX: waaaahhhh]
[sFX: thud]
Ayumi: But - but - but now you don't have any chocolate......!!
[sFX: waaaaahhh! waaaaahhh]
Yamamoto: ...heh... // Hahahahahahahaha!
[sFX: glance]
Yuuji: Yamamoto...?
Yamamoto: Hahahaha! // Hahahahahahahaha! // (That sweet 'bomb' into which I'd stuffed all of my feelings...) // Sorry... // My... my nerves just finally snapped on me...

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Yamamoto: (Somehow... it actually was a bomb... // ...and it was blown to smithereens before it ever managed to reach Arihara.) // ......It's kind of weird. I was so obsessed with giving him that chocolate... / ...but now it's gone, I almost feel relieved...
Yuuji: Huh?
[sFX: sigh]
Yamamoto: Hey! Bessho-kun! Mamoru!

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Yamamoto: I'm really... / ...really sorry for everything......!

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Yoshihiko: Koyoi.
[sFX: wrap]
Yoshihiko: It's getting pretty cold out here... let's head home.
[sFX: steam, steam]
Koyoi: but why? / the chocolate? // exploded? / whyyyy?
[sFX: mutter, mutter]
Yuuji: [aside]what the heck is going...[/aside]
Yamamoto: Arihara.
[sFX: hehe...]
Yamamoto: I've been so caught up on the chocolate that I didn't even look properly before, but... / ...that expression on your face...

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Yamamoto: Okay!
[sFX: smile]
Yamamoto: Let's start with "friends"! // And, shake!
[sFX: shake shake shake]
[sFX: guaaaaaaahhhhhhh]
[sFX: whimper, whimper]
Yamamoto: (I guess in the end, I didn't get to give him the chocolate.)
Yuuji: Friends? / With a girl who tried to give me a BOMB?
Yamamoto: (The curtain falls on the first honest-to-God serious Valentine's Day of my life...)
[sFX: pat]

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[sFX: fumble, rummage]
Yamamoto: (But I shouldn't rely on a silly chocolate... / I should just stand tall and keep moving forwards... that's what I've decided.) // Wait up, Arihara!
Mamoru: [aside]Arihara-san... you okay?[/aside]
Ayumi: [aside]waaaahh[/aside]
Yuuji: ...
Yamamoto: (Perhaps the real bomb here... // ...is me myself! / ahh, what's with all the commotion...?)
[sFX: siren noises]
Police: Mystery explosion above the river!! // This could be a terrorist act! Get the defense forces out here, too!
[insert text: Yamamoto-san, "restart"!!]
[bottom text: Next issue, a story of sakura and of partings... To be continued in "Konohanasakuya"!]