Hatsukoi Limited 26

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Hatsukoi Limited
Sparkling☆Pool (Part 2)
[insert text: It's not always been good... / But it's not always been bad either. / This is the place / That we held in our hearts...]

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[side text: Last issue: Lost to her junior in a swimming race => Depression. What are you going to do now, Class Rep?!!]
Swimmers: It's been a whole week since Meguru-chan stopped coming, huh... // She said she'd given up swimming... // ...but being beaten by Q-chan seems to have come as a real shock. // Our manager, Meguru-chan... // She was strict, but... it was always fun with her around. // We need to go and get her to come back! / [aside]ye~ah![/aside]
Nanoka: .........
Meguru: Hey! // If you take away my swimming... what do you think I have left?!

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Yuu: ......Your chest?
[sFX: sta~~~~~~~~re]
Meguru: H - // Hey! Forget about the chest, okay?!!
Yuu: But it really is a miracle chest... // It's such a shame the way you hide it away... that's the sort of chest that could change a girl's life!
Meguru: Change... / ...my life...?
Yamamoto: Oh, drop it. You know how Meguru detests that chest of hers.
Yuu: But I'd say it's there to be flaunted... / [aside]that chest...![/aside]
Meguru: ...You're right.

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Meguru: If my chest truly possesses such incredible charm...!
[sFX: boing]
Meguru: ...maybe it's time for me to go all out and make proper use of it!!
Yamamoto: That's the spirit!! You need to really bring it out, and then you'll catch yourself a great guy in no time!! / Take out this ribbon, open these buttons...!
Yuu: Oh, this is terrible! Meguru-chan, how could you hide them away in a tiny bra like this?!
[sFX: hype / hype / hype // POUNCE // aaaaahhhh!]
Meguru: Th - There are people watchin - aaahhh!
Swimmers: I wonder if Meguru-chan's really okay... // Hmm? Isn't that her right over there...?

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Swimmers: He~y! Meguru-cha~n, are you going to come back -
[sFX: dash // boing boing]
Meguru: Hm? // S - Senpai...
[sFX: twitch]
Meguru: (...No! I mustn't hide them!!)
[sFX: clench]
Swimmers: Was Meguru-chan really that... that big...?
[sFX: mutter // mutter mutter]
Swimmers: I guess she was always squeezing it down into her swimming costume... / [aside]but still...![/aside]
[sFX: fidget fidget fidget]
Swimmers: It's unbelievable! That cleavage, it's just... incredible!
[sFX: mutter mutter]

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Meguru: Sorry, but...
[sFX: bend]
[sFX: boi~ng]
Meguru: ...I have somewhere I need to be, so... excuse me~!
Swimmers: [aside]are we imagining it...? // that skirt, too... / ...it's pretty short...[/aside] // There's definitely something up with Meguru-chan!! // W - We have to go get Takei and Q-chan, quick!
[sFX: scramble]
Meguru: (All I've done is loosened my bra and unfastened a few buttons... / ...and yet suddenly it feels like everyone's staring~~~!)
[sFX: stare // stare]
Meguru: (B - But I have to stick to my guns...!!)
Nanoka: Meguru-senpai!!

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Meguru: .........Q-chan......
Nanoka: Ahhh... Ummm... / Wh - Why did you suddenly stop attending club without telling anyone anything? // I mean, you're my - my swimming rival, Meguru-chan... // ...so it's not good for me if you don't show up......... // ...and I don't think it's good for the others, either... / I - I - I mean, I'm not trying to pressure you or anything...

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Swimmers: She could just have come straight out and said "come back to the club!"...!! // Takei, why don't you go say something to her, huh...?!
Meguru: I......
Nanoka: ah!
[sFX: GRAB]
Meguru: I was just on my way to buy some new clothes! // Why don't you come and do some shopping with me, Q-chan?!!
Nanoka: Hey... Let go of my hand already~~~!
Meguru: But Q-chan, you always get lost so easily...!
[sFX: struggle, struggle]
Nanoka: I - do - NOT - get - lost! I am in high school, you know!

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Meguru: [aside]mmmmmhh...[/aside]
[sFX: squee~~~ze]
[sFX: boing]
Assistant: Are you all right in there, Miss?
Meguru: No... looks like this one's no good either. / But still, I've managed to get into a decent few! // This is the birth of a new, busty Meguru!
[sFX: grin / beam]
Meguru: How're you doing over there, Q-chan~~~~~? // Aahh~~~~! I knew it would suit you!!
[sFX: mutter mutter]
Nanoka: [aside]you're so dead for this...[/aside]

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Meguru: Mmmm... but it makes you pretty tall, huh~? / You should at least keep the cute little headpiece!
Nanoka: ......... // I don't need this stupid thing!!
[sFX: toss]
Meguru: Q-chan?!
Nanoka: What do you think you're playing at, huh?! Obsessing over your stupid chest all of a sudden! // There's only one place you need to be getting your chest out, and that's over there!!

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[sign: Swimming Centre]
Takei: Watase. // ......... // Let's go.
Meguru: Senpa -

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[sFX: grab]
Meguru: Ah - !!! // Ow... // (.........)
[sFX: clutch]
Takei: Right. // I challenge you, Watase!

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Meguru: ...N... // ...No! I'd just end up losing anyway -
[sFX: grab // SPLOOSH]
Meguru: Aaahh - !
Takei: First up, 50m butterfly. // Then we do 50m backstroke. / Then 50m breaststroke, and 50m crawl. // Now, take your marks... // And go!

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Meguru: (I can try all I like... // ...But I know how good Senpai's times are, I've been watching every day... // ...and besides...)
Takei: Next up, breaststroke!
Meguru: (I'm not the swimmer I used to be any more... // My body feels so heavy... // I know I used to be able to travel further than this in a single stroke... // This isn't me... this isn't what my swimming is like...!!)

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Meguru: *pant* // *pant* / *pant* // (...............It's mortifying...)
Takei: How was that, Watase?! // Feeling mortified?!!
Meguru: !
Takei: If you are, surely that's because you want to be faster in the water!! // If losing frustrates you, then why would you stop trying?!! // ...Why, Watase? // Why did you give up swimming?

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[sFX: leap]
Takei: You always used to put your all into training, more than anybody else...
[sFX: SPLASH]
Meguru: ...I... // I didn't give up swimming because I stopped liking it; that's not it at all. // .........My... / ...My chest just grew so big, I couldn't stand the embarrassment of wearing a swimsuit, so......!!

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Meguru: (......... // ...I actually said it.........)
[sFX: si~nk]
Takei: ......Watase. // Don't worry yourself about that. // I'm standing here telling you not to worry, so don't you dare worry about it. / You got that, Watase?!

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Takei: Besides... // I prefer girls with big ones like yours!!
[sFX: pfffft // SPLOOSH]
Takei: There's nothing wrong with having big breasts!
Meguru: *pant*... *pant*...
Takei: So you forget about that, and get swimming!
Meguru: O - Okay...! // Ugh~~~~! / You're useless, the lot of you!

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Meguru: I haven't done this for two whole years, you know?! // If you can't even beat the likes of me, how are you ever going to be ready for a tournament?!
Swimmers: It's impossible! You're already just as good as you ever were!
[sFX: pant // pant]
Nanoka: Waaaahhh! I can't believe that beating Senpai was just a one-off after all......!!
Takei: Dammit... All right, you face me in the crawl! // I'm not gonna lose to you at that, at least!
[sFX: grin]
Meguru: Oh, I can take you in the crawl any day, Takei-senpai!
[sFX: grin]
Somebody: ...Right, then... On your marks...!
[side text: Let us begin once more, as many times as it takes, from this beautiful sparkling place...!!]
[bottom text: Next issue, those guys take a running dash for the far side of youth?! To be continued in "The Boys' Escape"!!]