There Goes Nyanko-Sensei! 1

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left text: There Goes Nyanko-Sensei!
top text: A warm and fluffy gag comedy!

[Natsume Takashi. A boy with the power to see the supernatural. Inherited the “Book of Friends”, a collection of contracts which can control ayakashi]

[Nyanko-sensei. Natsume’s “self-proclaimed” bodyguard. An ayakashi who normally takes on the form of a beckoning cat, but his true form is the high class ayakashi “Madara”.]

[chapter 1]

Kanechiku Junko



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Title: The Book of Friends

Caption: This is a memento of my grandmother – the “Book of Friends”. She beat up many youkai and made them write their names on a piece of paper, making them her underlings.
Caption: This collection of contracts makes youkai unable to refuse any orders when their names are called.

Natsume: (Oh no, the Book of Friends fell in a puddle!)
sfx: splash
Nyanko: (You idiot! If the book gets wet, the same happens to the youkai!)

Natsume: (Gotta dry it)
sfx: blow

Youkai: (What?)
Youkai: (Mizusu-sama suddenly looks fabulous…!)



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Title: Natsume’s Memories

Nyanko: (Natsume! We’re having hot pot tonight! Pour me some sake!)
Natsume: (Hot pot, huh…)

Natsume: (I was shuffled around between relatives when I was little…)
Natsume: (So I never really experienced the joy of sitting around a hot pot with anyone.)

Natsume: (Ah, but I had hot pot just once)
Natsume: (It was so warm and tasty…)
Nyanko: (Hmm…?)

Natsume: (That carbonara hot pot…)
Nyanko: (Such a fancy hot pot!)



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Title: Arrow

sfx: stab
Nyanko: (Ugh!)
Natsume: (Sensei!)

Matoba: (That arrow is specially made)
Natsume: (What did you say!?)

Matoba: (I took a generic sheet of flyer)
flyer: high quality fabrics
Matoba: (and rolled it up tightly, starting at the tip…)

Matoba: (and made it into an arrow!)
Natsume: (He said it’s just a flyer, Nyanko-sensei)
Nyanko: (I-I knew that!!)


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Title: The Fujiwara couple

Shigeru: (Oh my, what a feast)
calendar: November 22nd
Touko: (Hihihi, what day do you think it is today?)

Shigeru: Some kind of anniversary!? It’s not my birthday or our wedding anniversary.
(…)
I can’t think of anything…

Shigeru: Oh, right, Takashi!
sfx: gasp
Shigeru: Something good must have happened to Takashi

Shigeru: (Did Takashi have his first kiss!?)
Touko: It’s Couple’s Day.


Translator’s note: The date of November 22nd, or 11/22, can be pronounced as “ii fuufu” in Japanese, which means “good couple”. Hence November 22nd is “Couple’s Day”.



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Title: The boy, Kai

caption: Kai is an ayakashi who can pretend to be human.
side comment: I’m going to a human school.

kid: (Kai. let’s play!)
Natsume: (Seems like he’s getting used to life as a human)

Kai: (Umm… On Tuesday I’m playing with Kacchan, and Wednesday is Mei-chan’s birthday party…)
book: schedule
Kai: (On Thursday I’ve got dodge ball, and on Saturday I’m going fishing, so…)

Kai: (Sure, I can play on Friday)
\It’s a promise!/
sfx: shock
Natsume: His real life is more fulfilled than mine!!

[To be continued]