Dagashi Kashi 20

011:

第
20th Sweet: Seven Neon

[on the menu]

メ
Menu

[on the menu]

メ
Menu

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012:

ト
You just activated my trap card!!

喫
Café Endou

"
The effect of "The Seven Bright Ways of Hope" is to destroy all your monsters on the field!!

く
Shiiiit, I lost agaaain!!

ハ
Ha ha ha!! You're still no match for me, Coconuts...!!

楽
They sure look like they're enjoying themselves...

そ
Indeed.

ほ
So, have you decided on your order?

あ
Ah, right...

ア
Two iced coffees!

２
Two?

え
Yeah.

…
...

こ
Come here, let's drink together!

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013:

[on the menu]

メ
Menu

[end of menu]

サ
I wanted to have a talk,
just you and me, Saya-shi.

師
"shi" again...

ア
Me too.

ふ
Hu hu... How nice.

や
There are some things that girls only want to discuss with other girls.

お
Oh,
girl talk? Sounds good to me.

な
So, what is it?

サ
Saya-shi...

ち
*sluuurp*

コ
You and Kokonotsu-kun have been on very good terms since you were kids, right?

い
Oh, right off the bat... Well... I can't deny we are on good terms...

こ
D-Does this mean... that her feelings for Coconuts are also...?

あ
Well... Yeah...

ド
*ba-dump* *ba-dump* *ba-dump* *ba-dump* *ba-dump* *ba-dump* *ba-dump*

な
Then why...?

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014:

私
Why have I never seen you eat a dagashi...?

一
Not even a single time!!

あ
Whaaat?! What is she talking about?!

コ
There's no one better than Kokonotsu-kun when it comes to dagashi... So why...?

ど
Don't ask me "why"!

な
Well, I wonder why...

と
Therefore, today, I have brought the ideal dagashi for you, Saya-shi!

ま
Indeed most suitable!

マ
She really does everything at her own pace...

こ
This one!

[on the seven neon]

セ
Seven Neon

[end of seven neon]

な
The heck is this?

ふ
Just eat one stick, and you should understand what a dagashi is.

ふ
Hmm...

ど
How do you eat those...?

中
I guess you can only eat the inside...

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015:

は
Haah! Haah! Haah! Haah! Haah! Haah!

う
Whoa! She's so restless! She's looking at me with so much expectation in her eyes!!

こ
I can't kill her hopes...

よ
Alright...

こ
I have to peel off

ペ
*scritch*

は
the vinyl around it!!

お
That's definitely the right way...

じ
Or not!!

こ
That's not it...!! Then...

サ
Saya-shi...?

あ
Ah, no! Just wait a little!!

そ
Just bite it...

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016:

そ
and... squeeze it out!!

完
It's flawless, Saya-shi!! It's so perfect it couldn't be any better!

え
He... he he...

最
It was the greatest squeezing out ever!

で
But it's hard to believe that's the right way to eat it...

ず
It's actually pretty difficult to eat.

い
You have noticed a very important point.

…
...

実
Actually, there a lot of dagashi are made difficult to eat on purpose.

え
Huh?!
Why?

そ
The charm of dagashi is that they're cheap and fit in the hand.

し
However, it necessarily means that there will be little to eat.

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017:

本
Properly speaking, there's not more than a single spoonful to eat in a Seven Neon.

し
However, that would be dull for children who have very limited pocket money...

要
In other words...

"
A very important point of dagashi is "to be able to enjoy them for a very long time"!!

フ
Fue Ramune

モ
Morocco Fruit Yogul

セ
Seven Neon

ふ
Hu hu... So, have you understood the greatness of dagashi...?

す
Wow! Wow! Wow!! You're like those guys in TV shows about urban legends!!
You're so cool, Hotaru-chan!!

も
Do you know other stuff like that?!

予
Saya's reaction was greater than she thought, which took her aback.

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018:

ふ
Hu hu... Then I'll tell you about something I've kept in reserve.

！
!

セ
There are letters on the Seven Neon packs, see? They're from A to H.

合
That makes a total of eight letters.

う
I see, I see. So, what does it mean?!

な
I heard that it actually doesn't mean anything.

な
It doesn't mean anything?! I was expecting it to have some deep meaning!!

そ
Furthermore, there are eight letters, but only seven candies in a pack of Seven Neon!

完
It's even more misleading than I thought!!

な
It seems it just ended up like that.

マ
Wow! For real?!

…
...

楽
They look like they're enjoying themselves...

ほ
Wow! You really know everything, Hotaru-chan!!

私
Yes, I know everything.

そ
Indeed...

…
Talks between girls sure last long...

"
"To be able to enjoy them for a very long time" is a very important point for dagashi.