Hatsukoi Limited 23

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[side text: Last issue: She knows they must part. Still, she wants to be with him. But then...]
Kusuda: All right! Tests are over~!
Koyoi: Chikura-chan! // You want to come hang round Ayumi's today?
Nao: Sorry, can't make it today. // (To be honest, I don't even really care about finishing the picture.)
Kei: Hm? Is Chikura off to her club again?
[sFX: crash]
Someone: Ah - sorry!
Nao: (But I want to see him... / I want to treasure it...)

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Nao: (...This time together with Senpai...)
[sFX: crash]
[insert text: ...Those days of happiness reach their end.]
Hatsukoi Limited
Chapter 23: Konohanasakuya 3/3 (In Those Memories In Full Bloom)

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[sFX: pant // pant]
Nao: (Huh?)
Flashback!Yukito: Hello there, Chikura-san!
Nao: (But Senpai's always here ahead of me...) // I guess he might be pretty busy, since he just graduated and all...)
[sFX: clatter]
Nao: (But I guess... // ...it might be kind of fun waiting here for him.)

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[sFX: tick tick tick, etc. throughout the page]
Nao: (Where could Senpai be...? // I'm sure he didn't say he had anything else to do today or anything......)

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[sFX: turn]
[sFX: thump // thump]
[sFX: peek...]

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[no text just awesome]

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Nao: ...Is this... // ...me......?
[sFX: lift // rustle...]
[Letter: Dear Chikura-san...]

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[Letter: I really must apologise for leaving like this without saying anything. // But looking at you there, painting that picture with a smile on your face, I just couldn't bring myself to tell you. // By the time you read this letter, I will probably no longer be in Japan.]
[sFX: clatter]
[Letter: I told you about how nobody else was happy about the path I've chosen to take...]
[sFX: step, step]
Sogabe: Ahh -
[sFX: crash
[Letter: Well, the truth is, until recently, I've been hesitating because of all that.]

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Sogabe: Chikura-sa......
[Letter: That's why I wanted to come back to the middle school, to remember. // To remember just how much I loved painting back in those days.]
Nao: Aah -
[Letter: I'm truly glad to have met you, and been able to paint that picture together.]
[sFX: thud]
[Letter: I shall never forget your last words to me, or the smile you gave.]

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[sFX: creeeak]
[sFX: stare...]
[Letter: So I ask you... // ...never to lose that smile of yours...]

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Nao: W...... // WAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!

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[Text: A single unfinished picture. // Like the budding sakura outside... // ...your own colour... // ...is very kind... and fresh...]

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Nao: .........
[sFX: stroke]
Nao: (Senpai... // Senpai...)

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Nao: (Senpai......)

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Flashback!Yukito: I think that art can capture certain things. // The smiles of those we loved......

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Sogabe: His face... / ...intellect... // ...dreams for the future... // I can't possibly hope to outdo him in a single way. // There's nothing I can do to stop her tears... // Ahhh......

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Sogabe: Aaaahh... ahhh... // *sniff* // Aaahhh......

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Nao: I wonder... / Did I manage to do a good job of it...? // Well, Senpai...?
[sFX: slide]
[sFX: clunk (sound of door shutting)]
[Text: In those memories in full bloom... the sakura, that smile, and also...]
[bottom text: Next issue, the rough-edged couple faces a new challenge?! To be continued in "Kappa Fight!!"]