Dagashi Kashi 45

053:

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45th Sweet: Ohajiki
[TL note: "ohajiki" comes from "hajiku", which means "to flick"]

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054:

駄
Among the toys sold in dagashi stores,
one of them has a long history, and even though its shape has changed, it still exists today, and possesses an unchanging set of absolute rules...

シ
It's easy to learn, yet hard to master... I'm talking about...

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お
Ohajiki.

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破
Haaah!!!

は
Well, out of bounds again, Hotaru-chan.

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055:

お
Ohajiki.
They're flat glass marbles with colorful, wavy patterns inside them.

一
The most common rules are for players to scatter their ohajiki and in turn to flick one of them. If it hits an ohajiki designated in advance, the player wins that ohajiki.

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め
I already felt that when we played Menko...

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こ
But it really feels like the loser gets robbed in this kind of game...

取
Has won 6 ohajiki.

２
Has won 2.

「
It's a world in which you're considered trash unless you win...

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あ
It kinda feels like the ancestor of trading card games, in a sense.

４
Has won 4.

あ
Ah, I see what you mean.

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全
You're absolutely right.

勝
This game is fun exactly because there is something substantial to win!

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そ
And,
when you lose, you lose everything...

０
Has won 0.

失
And you're losing everything...!!

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056:

こ
This cannot beeeee!

次
It's your turn next, Tou-kun.

よ
Alright!

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...

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ふ
Phew! They're separated, even if it's just by a small margin!

ふ
Phew!

何
What did he just do?

え
Huh?! Were you playing without knowing the rules?!

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ま
Well, you do this to measure the distance between two ohajiki.
You don't have to do it when the they're far enough from each other.

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あ
But when they're too close, it's hard to say whether there was a hit or not...

そ
In that case,
you have to "part" them by passing your pinkie between them.

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小
You can't choose to hit an ohajiki with another if you couldn't part them.

ほ
Hmm...

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ほ
Hah!!

カ
*tack*

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057:

で
And,
after the hit...

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...

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あ
Ah!

つ
*tap*

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今
You have to pass your pinkie between the two ohajiki again!

あ
Ah, Hotaru-san...

指
If you can't pass your finger between them, it doesn't count as a hit, and you don't win the ohajiki!

く
Damn...

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残
Too bad for you!

う
She looks happy...

０
Has won 0.

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次
Alright, it's my turn next!

し
Let's go!

そ
It still puzzles me... How can Saya-shi be so good in so many fields...?

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う
Ah, how I wish I had her talent... If I could be a girl working at a dagashi store and who's good at games...

小
With the pinkie, right?

う
Yeah.

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は
Ah!

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サ
Saya-shi!

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058:

コ
Why don't you try working at Kokonotsu-kun's house?!

ブ
Bfffh!

パ
*clink*

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え
Khofh! Ghagh...!
W-What?! Where did that come from?!!

い
Well, I thought it would be the best way to make use of your talent, Saya-shi!

な
What are you talking about?!

び
That scared me... I thought it was gonna hit...

あ
That was dangerous...

い
It definitely hit you! Your sunglasses are in pieces!

大
Are you okay?

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ま
Now I'm in a tight spot.

０
Has won 0.

未
I'm the only one who hasn't won a single ohajiki yet...

９
Has won 9.

３
Has won 3.

７
Has won 7.

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こ
I'm forced to use my last resort!

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059:

普
Normally, you get a /whole bag/ of these little ohajiki for around a hundred yen...

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掟
But there is a way to defy the rules...
To get /a single one/ for a hundred yen...!!

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そ
Y-
You didn't...!!

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禁
The forbidden ohajiki...

石
Comparing the sizes of an /ishikeri/ and an /ohajiki/.

石
ishikeri

お
ohajiki

通
It's nickname is "Ishikeri"!!

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私
I can't believe you forced me to use it...
But, with this, my victory is assured!!

く
Damn it! You had a trump card...!

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さ
Now, let's begin...

あ
Ah!

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060:

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石
Since ishikeri are bigger, they're also heavier, and when they fall, they break nearly 100% of the time.