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Nami Iro Chapter 01
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(Namigasaki High School // After Party // Folkdance // Looking for Participants!)
It's that time of the year again.
The after party of the cultural festival, // the folk dance?
To the unpopular me, // that's of no interest at all!
That's not true...
!
Who is // that girl...?
Don't be so pessimistic.
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Please dance with me at the after party.
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It's // the beginning of summer, 3 months before the cultural festival.
Well, // it had to be a dream.
As if such a cutie would invite me...
...Huh?
I don't really remember her face...
HEY, STUPID TAKUMI!!
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What are you doing!?
You'll just barely make it to school again.
She's my childhood friend, Namihira Natsumi.
Wake up!!
By the way, her nickname is Namihei.
(Huh?) Someone asked you out to the after party?
Yeah. // Actually, you're always up so early.
Speaking of after party, it's that!
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The biggest love event of our school,
where you can be bound to your dancing partner forever
and get officially recognized as a couple by everyone!
Right
And you, // who's really plain and unremarkable, // were asked out?
Yeah!
....Heh.
A dream, no doubt.
That's what I'm saying!!
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But, // It felt strangely real. // And except for the girl, I remember everything.
Mhm
Actually
If you think about it rationally, it's impossible.
Sport, Studies, Personality, Appearance
I don't stand out in anything.
*Imaginary class idols
And I don't mind being alone in the classroom.
As if a girl would ask someone like me out to the dance.
Well, // you certainly weren't the girl, at least.
!?
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What do you mean?
I'm just talking about the image.
If she’d been an overly noisy girl like you,
I would surely remember her.
And you're more of a pal anyway, Namihei.
I told you not to call me Namihei!
...
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U- Umm...
Takumi-kun, // G- Good morning.
Let's see, this girl
is my classmate. Ehm. What was her name, again?
Here.
Today's committee documents for the cultural festival.
Ah, right! I was in the committee.
Hey, you forgot that?
...
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Somehow, she exudes this aura that makes her hard to approach.
The one in my dream // might have been that type of girl.
... The quiet // and reclusive Princess type, huh.
Reclusive Princess.
Indeed, I think she also
doesn't mind being alone in the classroom.
Inami Wakana... I see.
Year 2 Class 2 // Committee Member // Inami Wakana
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It's not // as if I feel anything special about the after party.
*ding dong dang dong*
Christmas, // Valentine’s Day,
Girlfriend // and female friends.
These sweet sounding things have no relation to me.
(WHAT---)
She's a pal
Getting my hopes up a biiit from this morning's dream
is just the natural flow of things.
Damn clean-up // made me totally late for the meeting.
Even though Inami-san reminded me earlier...
Meeting
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Auh~~ // What should I do? // What should I do?
Inami-san? // Why aren't you going in?
Hyaa
Takumi-kun!? Why...? // Ah... // Umm.
So they started already, huh...?
---- // ---
--- // ----
Why were you late, Inami-san?
I... I got lost...
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She's...
No choice. Let's get scolded together.
W- // Wait!
D- // Don't leave me behind... please.
She really is!!
On first glance, she doesn't look like much,
but she has some cute points.
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Year 2 Class 2,
you're late on the very first meeting. Really...
We're sorry.
So, back on topic, I want // people to sign up for the dance beforehand.
Huh,? We're letting them sign up beforehand?
I don't mind if there are last-minute participants, // but I want to get an estimate on the outline.
Folkdance // Participants
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Huh? // Senpai, could it be
you haven't found a partner for the dance yet?
If that's so, // should I nominate myself for it!?
Ih!?
No, no! Actually, who are you!?
Whoops! // Forgot to introduce myself.
I'm! // the committee member for the first years,
Akina Mitsuki!
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By the way, she's the committee leader...
Third-year, // Fuyuki Kanami.
Huh? What about your university exam studies, Senpai?
Ah, I'm not going to university.
Will you be participating in the dance, Senpai?
Hm!?
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I'm afraid // I don't have a partner.
What was that?
Next point, // lately we've been getting reports of suspicious individuals spotted on school grounds.
So I would like to have people travel in groups.
Hey, hey, that sounds dangerous.
Ufuh
Fufufuh
A Cultural festival is so fun--!!!
Listen to me.
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Akina-san sure is // a bright person.
And Fuyuki-senpai is really reliable.
She handled that // tense meeting all by herself. Impressive!
If the girl from my dream
was one of them, I wonder what it would be like...
Ah, but you're also actually easy to talk to, so I'm relieved.
Eh
I don't have any female friends,
so I was quite nervous, actually. (Hahaha)
Wah
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Boy or not, I don't actually have many friends, either...
Umm....
Actually, // I write novels as a hobby...
(Ohh)
A literature girl!!
I'm always thinking up stories, // so to others, it looks like I'm spaced out, // or don't want to involve myself with anyone.
I see. It’s not her appearance this morning,
but this one right now
that is her real self.
Then // let me read your novel next time.
Eh
N- N- No way. That's embarrassing... // !
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KYAAAA!!
Whaaaat!?
I- I'm sorry. You were that against it?
N- // No.
Window... At the window, a will-ö'-wisp.
will-ö'-wisp!?
It's shining!!?
Could that be...?
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the suspicious individual
who appears on school grounds!?
Actually, Inami-san is too clingy!
So those reports weren’t fake!!
Anyway, let's run!!
!? // Takumi-kun, your hand...
Eh? // ...Ah.
S- Sorry. In all the commotion, I...
No! I'm sorry for clinging onto you...
Uwa —The last time I held hands with a girl
other than Namihei was in grade school.
----Huh? Wait.
That light, could it be...?
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----Thought so.
What are you doing here?
Hyaa
*click*
Taking pictures this late.... You're getting mistaken for someone suspicious. // Quite.
Huh!?
Just don't call out to me out of the blue!!
...Eh.
Your meeting seems to have lasted quite long.
Yeah, the culture festival needs a lot of work. // You're doing club activities?
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We're holding an exhibit of the school at the culture festival.
You're a member of the photo club, after all.
Anyway, don't stay too late, Ms. Suspicious.
H- Hey! You're just leaving me here!?
Hm?
Hey, that...
What? You're going with Inami-san to the after party?
EH!?
No! // This is...
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W- // W- // W-
Why did the lights go out??
Ah. // Guess it's time to lock up already.
Don't tell me... They turned off all the lights in school!?
Can't be helped, we'll wait for you. // Go get your bag.
Y- // You know I can’t stand the dark!
(Sigh...) I'll go get it for you, then...
Ah
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Idiot---!! // Don't leave a girl here all by herself!!
Agg!!
Kyaa
Ouch! // My foot...
H- Heavy...
HEY!!!
How long do you intend to stay here! // Get home, already!
Yes...
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Eh!! Takumi went ahead?
Sorry, Natsuki-chan.
Seems he got busy with committee work.
Committee....
I actually wanted to ask him about the after party yesterday.
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Inami-san!
My, yesterday was quite the disaster.
*giggle*
No. // It's been a while since I had so much fun.
Takumi-kun,
you're pretty close with Namihira-san.
Oh----?
Mhm---
More like we're inseparable.
Our parents are friends // so we’ve been playing together since we were kids.
So we're more like siblings, I guess?
Fufu
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---That means // you're pretty close.
R- Really? // Uwa, how complicated...
....
I'm envious.
Huh? // Said something?
I... // I was
Th- // thinking about it all night yesterday..!
Umm---
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Please...
dance with me at the after party!
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...Umm?
Eh...?
W- // Wait, wait.. // Mm!?
....
For real?
Yes, for real!!
EHHHHH!?
At that time, I---
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still couldn't believe // that my daily life,
which started with a dream, // was changing it's colour
to
a wave blue.
(An invitation to the after party = Confession!? A rocking love story begins!!)
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