Josei Danshi 18

Josei Danshi 18


p1: ====================================
18th: She Has Her Own

p2: ====================================
Summer break had arrived.
Which meant that we…

Pochi!

Ah!

Kotori-chan,
/ Tsubasa-chan!
Thanks for waiting!
/ Ready to go?

p3: ====================================
Y-Yeah…
U-Uhh…
/ What about Ageha-chan?

[sfx]: Shake x2

No luck. She won’t answer her phone; and when I text her, she just says “I’m sorry.”

Oh…

Well, I’m sure she has her own plan.

But let’s do everything that we can so that, whenever Ageha does return, we’ll be ready!!

p4: ====================================
A Sora without Ageha-chan…?
I’m worried, but Kotori-chan’s right. Ageha-chan must have her own plan.
So I have to stay strong,
/ in my own way!!

-----…
Yeah.

So then…

Let’s go
/ to our summer break work & training camp!!
[sfx]: Blam

p5: ====================================
[sfx]: Rumble…

And that’s how we all went to the bed-and-breakfast owned by Kotori-chan’s aunt
[sfx]: Rumble…
to work as live-in staff.

[sfx]: Whoosh

We brought our instruments, too,
so that we could practice while we were there.

However, Ageha-chan wasn’t with us.

p6: ====================================
*Sigh*… While Ageha was gone,
would I be able to keep secret from Kotori-chan and Tsubasa-chan that I’m a guy?

Up until now,
Ageha-chan had given me so much support…

[sfx]: Zzz…

I…
was so nervous…
[sfx]: Bathump x2

p7: ====================================
[sfx]: Vroom…

Wow…
It’s so big!!

[sfx]: Slide

!!
Auntie!

p8: ====================================
Kotori-chan!!
Long time no see!!

[sfx]: Hug!
Too long!

Thanks for letting us stay here.
And thank you for coming! You’re going to be lifesavers!

I don’t mean to rush, but could you do a job for me?
Sure!
/ Just let us put away our luggage first!

Great! ♡
Then change into these, okay? ♡

?

p9: ====================================
[sfx]: Swish…

[sfx]: Chatter

[sfx]: Chatter

[sign]: Beach

One order of yakisoba!!
Okay!

p10: ====================================
On it!

So the job’s working at a beach house.

I set up a beach house nearby during the summer.
Thanks for working it! ♡

Thank goodness she had a swimsuit with a skirt.
[sfx]: Yank
Not that this is any less embarrassing…

Pochi!!
We need more yakisoba!

[sfx]: Boing

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Wah!!

Oh, sorry!! I’ll get right on—
[sfx]: Bah!

[sfx]: Boop

Next, frankfurters.
/ Cook them!

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Y-Yeah!!
[sfx]: Bah!!

[sfx]: Glance

[sfx]: Glance

There’s girls in swimsuits every which way…
[sfx]: Sizzle
Where am I supposed to look?!!

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[sfx]: Sizzzzllleeee…

[sfx]: Thwump!!
!!

Pochi!!

p14: ====================================
[sfx]: Blink

Where am I…?
[sfx]: Flicker
The inn…?

Are you awake, Pochi?
/ You collapsed from heatstroke.
Tomorrow,
/ wear a hat, and have water, and be careful, and…

I-I’m sorry…

It’s fine, it’s all fine.
/ I’m the one who dragged you all the way out here.
/ How are you feeling? Better now?
Y-Yeah!
/ I’m feeling great!
[sfx]: Flap

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Okay. That’s great!
/ In that case, want to start practicing?

Huh?

There’s a shed a little ways out from here
/ that my aunt said we could use!!

And I…
can hit my drums!

But we’ll be playing without Ageha-chan…

[sfx]: Clench

Y-Yeah! Let’s practice!!

Okay.
That settles it. ♡

p16: ====================================
Whoa.
It’s so dusty…

Wow!! I can see the sun setting!
This place is wonderful!

Yeah!

Pochi?
Huh?

Why don’t you…
learn the guitar, too?

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Huh?! Me?
You want me to?!

Yeah. It’ll help support the melody until Ageha gets back;
and once she does, I figure there’s no downside to having an extra guitar.

But still…

If you give it a shot and it just doesn’t work, we can rethink things,
but I don’t think there’s any harm in trying.

……..

If that’ll let me do just a little bit more
to help Ageha-chan…

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Okay!!
I’ll give it a shot!!

Thank you,
/ Pochi.

[sfx]: Slide

p19: ====================================
At the time, I didn’t really understand Kotori-chan’s plan.

I had no idea
what she was anticipating.

[sfx]: Strum