Dagashi Kashi 15

125:

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lost

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15th Sweet: Puchi Puchi Uranai Choco
[Translation note: "puchi puchi uranai choco" means "pop-pop fortune-telling choco"]

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126:

コ
Coconuts...

な
Don't you have a sudden urge to become super popular with girls...?

す
Yeah, I really want to.

だ
I knew it...

モ
What do you think makes popular guys so popular?

わ
I don't know...

女
They're popular with girls because they understand their feelings.

街
Sometimes, you can see guys who don't really look good or anything together with super cute babes in the city, right?

頭
Wow, that haircut...

あ
That's probably because they understand women's feelings.

な
That does make sense...

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127:

先
I understood something while reading my sis' fashion magazines the other day...

フ
You've read fashion magazines?! Wow, you're so adult, Tou-kun...

ま
Well, yeah...

女
Women love fortune-telling...!!

女
Women love fortune-telling...?!

な
I don't know why, but there's always a fortune-telling page in fashion magazines...

男
Luck with men...? "Guys may hit on you"...?!

お
I think it must be because they like letting "coincidences", "fate", or "miracles" decide their futures...
And so, in order to understand why they find fortune-telling so fun...

こ
I've brought these!!

[on the puchi puchi uranai choco (top to bottom, left to right)]

プ
Puchi Puchi Uranai

お
Chitchat

に
Popularity

お
Practice

あ
Playing

け
Health

ス
Sports

と
Friends

し
Homework

お
Pocket Money

れ
Love

テ
Test

お
Shopping

デ
Date

ね
Wish

り
Travel

け
Marriage

な
Worries

み
Future

[end of puchi puchi uranai choco]

プ
Puchi Puchi Uranai Choco

カ
Enjoy /fortune-telling/ while /pop-popping/ small, colorful chocolate balls out of their bubbles and eating them!!

女
It's /tremendously popular/ among girls!!

…
Did you buy that at our store...?

う
Yeah, just now...

そ
I see... Thanks...

そ
Now that I think about it, I've never eaten any, so I don't really know how it works...

う
Hmm... Me neither. Well, let's try it anyway.

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128:

じ
Well, let's start with...

[on the puchi puchi uranai choco]

に
Popularity

け
Health

し
Homework

[end of puchi puchi uranai choco]

ト
*tap*

「
something vague, like "health".

プ
*pop*

…
!!
A double circle...!!

…
Does it mean "good"...?
[Translation note: grade school teachers draw double circles on good homework in Japan (and flowers on perfect homework).]

あ
Ah, look, Tou-kun! It's explained here.

な
I see... ◎ means "great"... ○ means "good", △ "normal", and ✕ "bad"...

う
Reading Your Fortune

チ
Look [...]

よ
Great

や
Goo[...]

つ
Which means... That my health should be at its peak right now...

方
[...]une

チ
Look at the symbol under the ch[...]

や
[...]ood

ふ
Normal

よ
Bad

…
...

で
So, how is it?

え
How is what?

い
Well, your health, duh...

い
Well, erm... Nothing wrong in particular...

…
...

ん
Huh? Wait a sec...

俺
I might just be... in very good health right now...!

や
W-Wow! It's working!!!

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129:

意
Now that I think about it, it's pretty rare to be in perfectly good health, too...

な
Usually, you have a little something, like your arm hurting a bit, or something, right? Isn't it a bit strange?

…
But I can't tell if this really works yet...

次
Let's try another one...

う
Okay...

じ
Well, then... How about "homework"...?

[on the puchi puchi uranai choco]

け
Health

し
Homework

[end of puchi puchi uranai choco]

そ
But I have to tell you something beforehand...

俺
I haven't even started doing my summer holiday homework...

だ
So I thought I'd take a look at yours and copy it...

い
Well, I haven't done it either...

…
...

…
I'm popping it...

う
Okay...

プ
*pop*

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130:

す
A-

す
Amazing!!!

「
Those "Puchi Puchi Uranai Chocos"... They're the real deal!!

占
I didn't think fortune-telling was that accurate...!!

女
Now I see why girls are into it...

俺
Now we understand girls' feelings too... Damn, Puchi Puchi Uranai Chocos are awesome...

じ
So, which one do we pop next... Hmm?

[on the puchi puchi uranai choco]

テ
Test

ね
Wish

[end of puchi puchi uranai choco]

コ
Coconuts... Do you have a wish you want to see fulfilled?

モ
Except "being popular".

え
Hmm? Well, let's see...

パ
Nothing in particular...

逆
What about you, T-

女
I want to see a girl's panties!!

お
O-Oh... Of course...!!

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131:

…
I... I'm opening it...

う
O-Okay...

こ
Th-This will determine whether we get to see a girl's panties or not... It's a bit nerve-racking...

[on the puchi puchi uranai choco]

し
Homework

テ
Test

ね
Wi[...]
[end of puchi puchi uranai choco]

ド
It's making me restless...

あ
Oh, so that's where you are.

プ
*pop*

ほ
H-Hotaru-san...!

遠
And Endou-kun's together with you. But it looks like I'm interrupting you.

い
N-No! Not at all!!

ど
H-Hello.

び
She scared me...

あ
Oh, really...?

で
So, do you have some business with me...?

あ
Ah, no, not really.
It's just that it's unusual for you not to be at the store... I came here because I thought I heard your voice.

な
I see...

じ
Well, I'll be at the store, then.

あ
O-Okay.
See you...

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132:

そ
See you later.

…
...

…
... I don't think... we even need to look at the result...

う
Yeah...

女
Their hearts were flooded with feelings very far from understanding girls.