Dagashi Kashi 18

149:

第
18th Sweet: Tamago Ice
[Translation note: "tamago ice" means "egg ice".]

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150:

ふ
Haah...

…
!

な
Hmm...?

な
Hotaru-san is usually much more energetic than that...

は
Haaah...

あ
Erm... Hotaru-san...

ん
Hmm...? What is it, Kokonotsu-kun?

な
You look really down... Is there something wrong?

そ
Yeah...

ア
I guess you're the right person to talk to...

お
Do you like boobs?

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151:

こ
What... could her question possibly mean...?!

真
Should I tell her the truth...?! N-No, wait...!! But, however! (title)
[Translation note: since there are no spaces to delimit words in Japanese, "Dagashi Kashi" can indeed be read as "Da ga Shikashi", which means "but, however".]

「
If I say "Yes, I love them!!", maybe she'll answer "You're such a perverted jerk, Kokonotsu-kun"...

こ
Here, I should probably pretend I'm a bit more adult and...!!

ま
Well, everyone says they love them, but I'm not really interested in them, I guess...

な
Men who only look at boobs are so childish, seriously...

コ
Kokonotsu decided to show off.

そ
I see...

じ
Then I have nothing to tell you, Kokonosu-kun.

ご
Wait, I'm sorry, I lied!!

人
I love boobs...

人
I love boobs more than anyone else!!!

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！
!

わ
Wah!

ん
Hmm...?

こ
Is that... a "Tamago Ice"?

そ
I was waiting for you to say that...!

今
Today's theme is "Tamago Ice", also nicknamed /"Boobs Ice"/!!

た
Tamago Ice

ゴ
It's ice cream inside a rubber pouch!!

先
Just cut the extremity and suck the ice out to eat it!!

あ
Huuuuh?! By "boobs", she meant...? Whaaat?!!

と
And so, I thought we should eat them right away.

た
Just call them Tamago Ice...

え
Huh? Come again?

い
It's nothing...

先
Could you eat yours first, Kokonotsu-kun?

え
Huh? Well, I don't mind...

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ガ
*gnap*

そ
That's right, they're supposed to be opened with scissors, but people usually just bite them off.

結
The rubber's pretty hard...

わ
Wabh?!

…
!

…
...

あ
Erm...

な
I see...

や
Just as I suspected!!

私
The effect of heating it in my hands was immediate...!

は
Haaaaaah!

な
What did you do that for?!

ほ
Well, I had to make sure of how easily the ice cream spurts out...

て
And since you call them Boo- something strange, I didn't understand what you were talking about...

？
?
What's strange?

「
They're "Boobs Ice", right?!

い
No, no, no...

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普
People usually call them "Bomb Ice".

先
They look like bombs because their tips look like fuses, hence the name "Bomb Ice"!

ふ
Haaaah...

…
!!

爆
Come on, you can't eat bombs.

お
You can't eat boobs either!!!

て
And that's not a good argument because the same could be said of other dagashi!!

ビ
For example, the Bin Ramune! It's not like you can eat bottles!
[Translation note: remember that "bin ramune" roughly means "ramune bottle".]

で
But you can't eat bombs...

や
Why are you so fixated on this?!

そ
And also, look...

「
It's a bit embarrassing to keep saying "boobs", so...

ど
Why?! Boobs are just boobs, right?!

ぐ
Ghh...
But, well...

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と
A-Anyway, I've called them "Bomb Ice" since I was a little kid!!

そ
And I've always called them "Boobs Ice"!! I can't just yield this point either!!

ラ
This isn't going anywhere...

そ
I agree...

は
Haah...

は
Haah...

は
Haah...

こ
Then...

食
Then we have no choice but to draw a conclusion from eating it!!

普
You just want to eat it, don't you...?

ん
Hmm...?

私
... heating it in my hands...

ほ
Hotaru-san, just wait a second, I thi-

や
I knew iiiiit!!

…
I understand now...

…
!!

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爆
So it actually...

っ
exploded.

「
I think that... I understand the meaning of "Bomb Ice", now.

…
...

こ
I guess that's one possible answer.

僕
I think...
I also understand the meaning of "Boobs Ice".

シ
Shikada
[...]shi

氷
Ice

コ
Kokonotsu firmly believed so from the bottom of his heart.

だ
Dagashi Kashi 1 - Fin