Sket Dance 121

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Chapter 121: Masked Love


Cover page:

Middle text:
They are always
the life of the party!

Title Box:
Chapter 121: Masked Love
by Shinohara Kenta

pg 01:

Yabasawa: Awful!! Who's that guy, he's so cool!!
Girl A: You don't know? That's Akkun.
Yabasawa: Akkun?

Girl A: He's got looks, personality and loads of female fans too.
Yabasawa: That's super awful!! Does he have a girlfriend?
Girl A: Not that I've heard of.
Yabasawa: AWFUL!

Girl A: I bet that a person like him would have any problems when it comes to love...


pg 02:

Eni: Please help me with my problems about love.

Bossun and Himeko: ...

Bossun: Pl-Please give us a sec...

*Note: Koi means love or carp in Japanese*
Bossun: Oi what now? Some good looking guy came to us asking for help.
Himeko: That's easy, just clap. When they come, throw them some fish food. I'm good at that.
Bossun: Not the fish! It's obviously about love!

pg03:

Bossun: Hahaha... Well, let's start off by having you introduce yourself.
Himeko: Yeah, like your name, your class, your club activity.
Eni:Um, okay.

Eni: 2nd year X class, my name and club is a secret.
Himeko: Thanks for telling us nothing but which year you're in!!

Himeko: What the hell, introduce yourself properly!
Eni: Ahh... I'm kinda shy, so I don't like talking about myself. Sorry...
Bossun: Even if you tried to hide it, we have other ways of knowing...
Darn, Switch isn't here today, so we don't.

Bossun: Oh well.
You came here to consult us?

Eni: Um...
Yeah.

Everyone: ...

Bossun: Like hell that's possible!
Have you looked at yourself in the mirror?
That isn't the face of someone that'll have problems about love!

Eni: That has nothing to do with my face!
A-And it's not like I'm handsome or anything...

Himeko: Shut up!
You even have that sparkly aura around you!
What's this unfair difference in character design!

pg04:

Bossun: Ah, maybe good looking people have more of such problems?
Himeko: Yeah, I'll bet it's on a much more mature level that for high-schoolers.

Bossun & Himeko: ...

Bossun: Oi oi, we have to deal with such a mature problem?
Himeko: Ahh what to do...
Shall I call Nakatani-san from class A to come over? That person's mature.
Bossun: As I said, who the hell is that!

Eni: A mature problem... Now that you've mention it, I think my problem's rather mature.
See, I've fallen for this girl.

Eni: We're from different classes, but in the same club.
She's a close female friend of mine.
But I want us to be more than that...

Eni: I've been meaning to confess to her...

Eni: But if I get rejected, things will get awkward between us.
What if in the end, I have to quit from the club?
Just thinking about that makes me afraid to go confess to her.
Himeko: THAT'S NORMAL!

pg05:

Himeko: That's awfully normal! That's the stereotypical kind of romance for a teenager!
Bossun: How the hell is that "mature"?
Eni: Ehh?! Isn't it a mature problem to decide between keeping our friendship
or to take the plunge and confess?
Bossun: This guy's surprisingly innocent...

Bossun: What's there to be afraid of? You're close to her, plus you have the looks.
Bossun: Just give it your best and confess. Who knows, maybe things will work out.
Shall we go now?

Eni: You're wrong.
Bossun: ?

Eni: I may be good looking-
Bossun: Don't praise yourself.
Eni: But that doesn't work to my advantage at all.
Himeko: Why not? Good looking people are usually popular.

Eni: ...She doesn't know how I look like.
Bossun&Himeko: HUHHHHH?!

Eni: By the way, I have no idea how she looks like too.
Bossun & Himeko: HUHHHHHHHHHHH??!!

Eni: I don't know her name too.
Bossun: Wait wait wait!

pg06:

Himeko: What's up with that!
Bossun: Both of you have no idea how the other person looks like?!
Bossun: You guys are from the same club right?
How the hell can you know know her name or face?!
Is this Samurai and Pudding all over again! *Note: ref to You've Got Mail! arc*
Himeko: Don't mention that!

Eni: Umm well... Our club has weird rules.
We have to keep our faces hidden and our identities a secret during club activities.

Bossun & Himeko: Faces... hidden?

Bossun & Himeko: Faces...hidden...??!

Himeko: What kind of club is that?!
Bossun: What can you even do while hiding your faces?!
I bet you guys are just a bunch of slackers!
Eni: No no, we're not slackers! We wear masks and challenge others to a battle.

Bossun & Himeko: ... A battle?

pg07:

Bossun and Himeko: .....

Himeko: I'm not getting any of this!
Bossun: What the hell are both of you doing!
Eni: You guys've got the wrong idea! We don't do crazy stuff like
battling against each other...

Eni: We battle against other clubs with or without their consent.
Himeko: That's even crazier!

Bossun: ...hmm? Against other clubs?

*silence*

Eni: I-

pg08:

Eni: In a quiz showdown.
Bossun: YOU'RE ENIGMAN?!

Eni: Ahhh this is embarassing! This is why I didn't want to say it!
Himeko: That Enigman?!
Himeko: From the Quiz Society?!
Bossun: Isn't your personality different?

Bossun: Ah... so the girl you like is...

Eni: Quecchon.
Bossun: FOR REAL?!

Eni: I-I can't tell Quecchon how much I like her!
Help me, Bosshuuton!
Bossun: Don't call me by that name!

pg09:

Bossun: Ahh that was surprising.

Bossun: To think that Enigman was just a useless handsome guy.
Himeko: Yeah, he's really useless.
Eni: W-what do you mean by "useless"?

Himeko: Cause the you now isn't like how we remember it to be.
Hmm how do I put it, it's more like...
Bossun: "Wahahahaha! Ladies and gentlemen, I challenge you to a Quiz Showdown!"
Himeko: Yeah just like that! Man your impressions are good!

Himeko: So why aren't behaving like Enigman now?
Bossun: Maybe his personality changes when he puts on his mask?
Himeko: That's just like a manga! Hmm, but that could be possible...

*silence*

Eni: M-my personality changes when I put on my mask.
Himeko: No way, really?!

pg10:
Eni: I was a timid person, but when I started cosplaying during club activities,
I suprisingly became more extroverted.
Himeko: ...I wanna see that...

Eni: When I put on my mask...
Wahahahaha! I'm like this!

Eni: When I take it off...
Good morning. What a pleasant morning, don't you agree?

Eni: Put it on...
WAHAHAHAHA!

ENi: Take it off...
No no, I'm not popular at all!

Eni: Put it on, mike at hand...
Now! Are you ready, folks!
I become all emcee-like.
Himeko: The hell I care!

Bossun: How the hell can an accessory affect you so much!
Himeko: You're the same too!

Eni: ...So that's the extent of my problem.

pg11:

When Quecchon and I joined the club, I told her:
"Since we're gonna cosplay, let's make up some interesting characters."
And we decided that I'll be Enigman and she'll be my sidekick.

Eni: Follow me, Quecchon!
Quecchon: Yes, Enigman-sama!

Surprisingly, Quecchon was enthusiastic. She even calls me "Enigman-sama" and admires me.
Maybe her original personality's like that.


Even though I don't know her face nor name,

I fell for such a cute girl.


But the person Quecchon admires is Enigman, not me.

She doesn't know the real me.


EVen if she accepts my confession,

once I remove my mask, she'd be disllusioned once she sees my true self.


Eni: And that's why
I'm too scared to confess to her...

Bossun: ...

Bossun: You...

pg12:

Bossun: You shitty cowardly nazochist! *Note: ref to chp. 53"

Eni: Ehhhhhhhhhh?!

Bossun: Screw the rules! You were planning on confessing with your mask on?!
Bossun: What are you, some stuck-up nobleman?!
Eni: B-but!

Eni: Rules are rules.
Eni: I can't just...

Bossun: Who the hell cares?! You're just trying to find an excuse to run away,
you shitty cowardly nazochistic maggot!
Eni: Ehhhhhhhh?!

pg13:

Bossun: In the end,
You're just trying to mask your feelings too.

Eni: !!!
W-

Eni: Wow, Bosshuuton!
ENi: Inspiring!
Bossun: I don't think I actually said something that inspiring.
Himeko: It wasn't even that impressive.

Bossun: Anyway! Love and club activities are two seperate matters.
If you face her with your true self, she may just give you an honest reply.

Eni: Yeah...
That's it. Thanks Bosshuuton.

Himeko: Alright, let's go!
Eni: Huh? Where?!

Himeko: To confess, duh!
Eni: Now?!
Bossun: If you don't you'll just procrastinate again!
Alright let's go!
Eni: Ehhhhhhhhh?!

pg14:

Quecchon: ...!
E-Enigman-sama?

Himeko: I'm so nervous I could die.
Bossun: Dammit, me too!

Himeko: So whaddya think?
Bossun: Hmm?
Himeko: About Quecchon's looks. I think she'll be a cute one.

Bossun: I think you shouldn't expect too much. She's gotta be ugly,
both looks and personality.
Himeko: No way! She'll look cute and have a great personality.
Bossun: Then shall we make a bet?
Himeko: Sure! 100 yen!

pg15:

Quecchon: E-Enigman, what did you just...
Quecchon: Before that, your mask! You can't just show me your face!
Eni: It's fine.

Eni: As I've said
My personality changes when I put on my mask.
This is the real me.

ENi:And I said, I like you.

Eni: I'm saying this not as Enigman, but as Daimon Akitoshi.

Quecchon:...
Eni: If possible, could you take off your mask too?

Eni: I'd like a face-to-face reply from you.
Won't you consider it?

pg16:

Eni: Thinking time,
start.

Bossun: Enigman's pretty good.
Himeko: Looks like we didn't have to worry for him.

Quecchon: Alright.
Eni: Eh?!

Quecchon: I will answer Enigman-sama's question.
Without my mask.

Bossun: W-whoa...

pg17:

Bossun: C-cute!
Himeko: Yes, I win!

Quecchon: Enigma-
No,
Daimon-kun.
Here's my answer.

Quecchon: M-my
My

Quecchon: My...

pg18:

Quecchon: My personality changes when I put on my mask too.

Bossun, Himeko and Eni: WHAAAAAAAAT?!

Bossun: Wait wait wait! Both of you have the same problem?!
Himeko: No way, what a coincidence!
Bossun: For real?!

QUecchon: When I'm Quecchon, I admire Enigman-sama and am obedient, but

pg19:

Quecchon: I'm not interested in Daimon-kun in the slightest.
All: Huhhhhhhh?!

Quecchon: Now that you know how I look like, don't even try to talk to me.
Even if you do I'll just ignore you.
Bye.
All: Huhhhhhhh?!!!!!!

All:....

Bossun: Erm...

Bossun: The correct answer is
Cute, but with a crappy personality.
Why..........