Dagashi Kashi 19

000b:

[front cover]

だ
Dagashi Kashi

コ
Kotoyama

[front flap]

コ
Kotoyama

現
Even though the seasons come and go in the real world, it rains, it snows, and springtime arrives, it's always summer in Dagashi Kashi.
I hope that this manga will give you a summery feeling, no matter in which season you read it.

[book spine]

だ
Dagashi Kashi

コ
Kotoyama

小
Shogakukan

[back cover]

ほ
Hotaru's love for dagashi just keeps growing stronger!!

「
"What is the 'Tarou' in 'Cabbage Tarou'?" "Let's think of how to play with Chou Himo Q's!" "A way to use a Melon Ball's container..." "I challenge you to a match of Suppai Budou!!"... This ridiculous summer of sweets is not ending any time soon!

[back flap]

駄
Dagashi roster

ボ
Bontan Ame
[translation note: in the USA, it is known as "botan rice candy". And bontan means pomelo.]

[on the bontan ame]

ボ
Bontan Ame

[description]

発
It was first sold a very long time ago, back in 1926... However, this dagashi still sells surprisingly well: 13 millions of these are sold each year!!
Even though the world of dagashi is one where imitations are legion, its taste is unique! The sweetness and deliciousness of the pomelo that comes in full force with each bite delights everyone from children to the elderly.
Another of its characteristics is that even though it's low in calories, it is still very satiating, which makes it a very good seller among middle and high school girls!
It's a senior in the world of dagashi, and it has always been loved by everyone regardless of gender or age... Its name is Bontan Ame!!

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000c:

[front cover]

ま
Another Emergency Reprinting!!

デ
This is the author's first work, and in only seven months...

累
There's more than 300,000 copies of Dagashi Kashi sold!

キ
Cabbage Tarou's mascot character bursts out laughing too?!

あ
Don't you want to remember the the taste of that day...? Here comes the second part of the delicious, nostalgic dagashi comedy!!!

コ
Kotoyama

[front flap]

[
[Dagashi Kashi]

週
Gekkan

少
Shounen

サ
Sunday

毎
On sale every Wednesday

大
Currently serialized and immensely popular!!!

[book spine]

コ
Kotoyama

少
Shougakukan

[back cover]

１
Volume 1 had a reprinting /the very day it was published/! The dagashi comedy that is the talk of the town!!!

は
Ah!! I'm sure it would be delicious if we mixed all of the flavors together!!

粉
What happens when you combine /all/ the drink mix flavors together...?

は
Ah!

完
That's exactly how grade schoolers think!!

[on the american soda]

コ
Cola

[end of american soda]

太
Tarou.

キ
Cabbage Tarou!!

キ
What is the /"Tarou"/ in Cabbage Tarou...?

[on the cabbage tarou]

キ
Cabbage Tarou

[end of cabbage tarou]

超
What is the best way to play with a Chou Himo Q...?

東
The Tokyo Tower!!

[on the chou himo q]

史
The Longest In History

超
Chou Himo Q

[end of chou himo q]

[back flap]

だ
Dagashi Kashi ②

だ
Dagashi Kashi

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000d:

[front cover]

だ
Dagashi Kashi ②

だ
Dagashi-loving girl Hotaru wants to fight!

コ
Kotoyama

[book spine]

だ
Dagashi Kashi

コ
Kotoyama

小
Shogakukan

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001:

だ
Dagashi Kashi

コ
Kotoyama

キ
Cabbage Tar[...]

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002:

も
Table of Contents

第
19th Sweet "Waku Waku Smartphone"

第
20th Sweet "Seven Neon"

第
21st Sweet "Sakura Daikon"

第
22nd Sweet "Monster Stamp"

第
23rd Sweet "Yanyan Tsuke Bou"

第
24th Sweet "Yatta! Men"

第
25th Sweet "Bontan Ame"

第
26th Sweet "American Cola"

第
27th Sweet "Chou Himo Q"

第
28th Sweet "Wata Pachi"

第
29th Sweet "Suppai Budou ni Goyoujin"

第
30th Sweet "Cabbage Tarou"

第
31st Sweet "Aji Curry"

第
32nd Sweet "Kendama"

第
33rd Sweet "Melon Ball"

第
34th Sweet "Neru Neru Neru ne"

第
35th Sweet "Omosiro Boy"

第
36th Sweet "Choco Baby"

第
37th Sweet "Choco Bat"

第
38th Sweet "Go En ga Aru yo"

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003:

19th Sweet: Waku Waku Smartphone
[translation note: "waku waku smartphone" means "exciting smartphone"]

秘
secret base

入
entrance

出
exit

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004:

あ
Thanks, Coconuts!!

ま
Please come again.

こ
And don't trip on your way back.

わ
Yeah, yeah, we'll be careful!

じ
Alright, let's bring it back to "the Boss"!!

？
?

そ
Right! Let's hurry!

…
...

じ
See you, we'll come again!

ボ
The Boss...?

シ
Shikada
Daga[...]

…
...

あ
Aren't these three always playing by themselves...?

年
I wonder if they've become friends with someone older... I ended up following them without really thinking because I was worried, but...

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005:

い
It's the park where they always play... So who's...

あ
Ah, Boss!

持
We've brought them!!

！
!

ふ
Hu hu... That was fairly fast...

ほ
Let me commend you...

ボ
Boss!

お
Wait, it was yooooou?!!

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006:

そ
So, well, erm... We've bought the dagashi you asked us for, so...

そ
Well...

ふ
Hu hu...

み
You needn't say more, I get it...

大
It's okay.

そ
These dagashi are our bond...
They belong to all of us...!

ボ
B-Boss...!!

俺
We'll follow you forever, Boss!

飼
She's taming them with food!!

あ
Ah, that's right, Boss! The change...

お
Stop...

え
Huh...? Wait, Boss, you can't possibly...?!

…
...

ツ
I don't need the change... Just keep it!

ボ
B-Boooooss!!

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007:

や
The Boss is so great...!

言
Her words are so majestic!

確
Wait, wasn't the change only 20 yen...?!

な
The way she says it sounds cool, but come on...!!

ん
Ah, someone's calling me. Guys, be quiet...

は
Yes, sir.

し
Shh!

私
It's me,
what is it? I'm busy right now.

え
Huh? Yes...

誰
I wonder whom she's talking to...

ん
Hmm? Wait... That's...

な
Wha-
Are you sure about that...?

「
It's one of the "dagashi you can play with"... The "Waku Waku Smartphone"!!! She's just pretending to be on the phone!!!

な
For real...? The Dagashi Hunters have arrived here...?

し
And she's creating a strange setting too!!

【
[Waku Waku Smartphone]

タ
The screen looks like a touchscreen; slide it and you can eat the small candies inside it if you win!! How lucky! Of course, you can't use it to give someone a call!!

ラ
Lucky!

え
Yes... Yes... Okay. Thank you, Kokonotsu-kun.

し
And it was me she was talking to...

…
...

ボ
Boss, these Dagashi Hunters, are they...?

え
That's right...
They're here at last...

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008:

駄
The Dagashi Hunters... They're adults, but they buy all the dagashi that are supposed to be for us children. In other words, they're our enemies...!!

そ
How terrifying...

え
Huh?! They'd make the sales of our shop skyrocket! They're really nice guys...!!

で
Then... In order to be prepared no matter when the enemy appears...
Let us build up our strengths!

や
Yaaay!!

ほ
All right, put out your hands.

…
...

わ
Woohoo!

ね
Say, Boss...

ど
Yes, what?

そ
This thing... they were selling it at the dagashi shop, so how come you can actually use it to take calls?

‼
!!

お
Hey, are you saying you don't trust the Boss?!

そ
Is that what you're saying?!

い
N-No, that's not what I mean, but...

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009:

今
It's amazing that she was able to deceive them just like that until now...

そ
A-And it sounded like you were talking with Coconuts-nii-chan, but...

…
...

あ
He always has those sleepy eyes, I don't think he can actually fight those Dagashi Hunters...

そ
W-Well...

確
That's true...

コ
He looks damn weak, too...

オ
And like an otaku...

ち
And he's a bit creepy...

散
They're completely trashing me!

シ
What a shock...

あ
I don't want to think that, but Boss... Could it be that you...?

待
Wait a second.

！
!

た
I will admit that... Kokonotsu-kun does not possess any physical strength...

で
However,
his force of will as a dagashi store owner is greater than anyone else's.

私
And that's why I deeply respect him, both as my rival and as a person in general.

駄
I don't really know what she means by "as a dagashi store owner"...

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010:

そ
But those words... made me a bit happy!!

み
Are you all safe, guys?!

さ
I was so worried after that phone call, I came to help you!

コ
K-Kokonotsu-kun!!

み
Guys, the hunters are coming! Hide if you don't want them to take your dagashi!

や
S-Shit!

…
...

早
Let's scram!

コ
Kokonotsu-kun...

…
...

助
That was a close one...! (In a lot of senses.)

や
I knew it, what the Boss said was true...

う
Yeah...

ボ
That's how she kept her honor as their Boss...