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Chapter 8
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The weirdo group got suspended for two weeks---
Supposedly, they blew something up!?
p2
Seriously!?
What a bunch of losers--
p3
...
p4
Those three got suspended
So why do I keep coming to school...?
Bubble: Minato
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That weirdo group is the hot topic all over
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But why didn't they say anything about us?
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---Aren't we the ones at fault?
//Why did they cover for us?
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When a friend is in trouble, you have to come running!
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Souji-kun and others---
Saved me, even though they realized they might be sacrificing their dream
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I said such terrible things, but they still said I was their friend
I don't---
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I don't have any dreams, so what am I doing here---!?
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Well, I don't really get it
//But them staying quiet about us like this is really a luck break, right?
Look, it's those three. Even without us, they would've gotten suspended at some point
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Minato: Ehh---
Yae: Yeah, that might be true~~
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It's... not true
Souji-kun and others are not like that...!
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Kanae: Hey, tell me all the details about the incident with the weirdos
Ah, you still don't know, Kanae?
It was like, totally big, you know, at the karaoke---
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Kya Kya
Ahaha
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---It's not true
Everyone from the Soramiyo Club---
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They are a little strange
But
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They found me, who was all alone...!!
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Because those three were there, I was able to change
Kanae: Really, what a troublesome bunch--
Yae: Yeah, I wonder what's gonna happen
And I was also able to make friends---!
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!
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Once again...
I
Again I'm not saying anything, only thinking...
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If you don't say out loud what you're thinking, no one will understand
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If I don't say anything, same thing will repeat---
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SFX: Kya Kya
Bubble: ...Kanae
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Kanae, what's your dream?
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Huuh?
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Minato, what are you asking all of a sudden?
//By dream, do you mean like what I want to do in the future?
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Kanae: In that case, wouldn't it be nice to just have fun in life forever?
???: True, you should marry into money ♥
???: I want to date a famous artist ♥
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I knew it...
Everyone is like that...
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Minato, I don't like the way you're saying that
Alright then. Does it mean you have a fine dream, Minato?
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I-... I don't have any, same as you
But Souji-kun and others have a big dream of getting into NASA!
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Minato: Even though they probably knew the path to their dream would disappear, they still saved me!
//Minato: Me, who doesn't have any goal or anything at all!!
What do you mean they saved you?
Na- Nasa!?
That's pretty big
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Kanae: Hold it, Minato!? What are you saying---
Yae: Ah- Ah-
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---Ah
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It's all my fault!
//I drank alcohol with college students at the karaoke!
And... And then the police came----
//S- So that I wouldn't get caught, the guys from the Soramiyo Club helped me!!
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Minato!!
What are you doing?
//Are you betraying us!?
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Bu- But it's the truth
If I don't say it---
//I don't want to lie!
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Are you stupid!?
//You shouldn't go being honest about everything!
//It's the right thing to do to hide something bad about yourself!
So, do you care more about them than about us!?
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Bu-
But
//But
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I'm a member of the Soramiyo Club!
Souji-kun and Ranko-san and Youichi-kun
//They're my friends!!
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Kanae: Eh
Yae: No way!?
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I said it...!
I was able to say it...!!
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Ehhh-- She's friends with the weirdo group!?
I didn't expect that from Mizutani-san~~~
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Kanae: Minato...
Drinking with college students
She's bad news
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So does this mean that Kanae and Yae, who have been hanging out with Mizutani-san recently, drank too?
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Yae: Well--
//Yae: You see
Minato: Uh..
Minato: No!
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They have nothing to do with this!
//I went to the karaoke place alone!
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Minatooo...
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Where are you going, Minato!?
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I'm going to ask the principal to cancel the punishment for those three!
Because I'm the one at fault!
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The weirdos covered up for her... They have a good side too---
True-- If it were me, I'd choose NASA
They were really set on going to NASA
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They came in a pinch and saved her
//Aren't they like heroes of justice?
Yep yep, I think better of them now. Aren't they cool?
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I felt a little sorry for them when they got suspended--
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Hey, hey, so what about that weirdo group?
Even people from other classes are coming
Yeah, the truth is...
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~~~~
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Yae: Minato, wait, I'll go too---!
Kanae: Yae!?
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~~~~
//Oh man~~~~
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Principal's Office
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SFX: *heartbeat*
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Oo... This is bad, I'm so nervous
I- I have to knock...!
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Minato: Yae!?
Yae: E-... E-... Excuse uuus
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If you say it so quietly, no one will hear you
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Kanae!
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Why did the two of you come too!?
Uh
//Huh?
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Look here!
It's not that I'm stupid like you and can't lie!
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Basically
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I'm prepared too!
//If it comes to this, I'll say it myself
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True, we shouldn't stay quiet
Non bubble: I was the one most drunk too
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Minato: ...Sorry for getting you involved
Kanae: No, it's me who should apologize
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I did something terrible to your friends, Minato
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Both me and Yae
//We like the current Minato, and we want to be friends with you
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If they are the ones who gave you the chance to change, Minato
//---Then they're not bad guys
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Yep yep, they're strange, but they're good people ♪
//He even carried me on his back
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We're the ones who have no dreams, so at least we shouldn't hold back those who do
It's a simple fact of life
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Yeah~~ People who have none should support people who do, I think~~ ♪
It would be fun if we together let them reach their dream
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Yeah..!
Minato thought: Together...
Minato: That's good...!
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Knock knock knock!!
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Excuse us!!
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Principal!
Please punish us instead of Aida Souji-kun and others!!
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My my
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?
Wha- What?
---Ah!!
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Principal---
//We have a request too
Please cancel the punishment for those three
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They did a good thing--
We want to cheer for the dream of the weirdo group--
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They can achieve it for sure!
Don't block the way to their dream because of this~~
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What!? Cancel the punishment for the weirdo group?
Supposedly they saved our students
Alright! Count me in too
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Actually, I wouldn't feel right if those people weren't here
Ah, you too?
They're our school's claim to fame, aren't they?
//I brag about them to friends from other schools--
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Everybody, return to your classrooms!
Class has started a long time ago already!
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Everyone...
Everyone is..
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That's awesome, Minato. You got everyone fired up!
Hyo- ♥
//Just by saying something
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I said...!?
Principal: Alright alright, settle down
It was me...!?
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I said it
And everything changed so much---!!
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Teacher: Principal
//Teacher: Almost the whole school is here!
Principal: Oh my
//Principal: Close 700 students?
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...I understand the situation... but
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What they did is real
Consequently, I can't cancel the punishment
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So then
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I'm going to split the punishment among all of you
//Two week suspension split between the current three serving it, and you three who were drinking
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Principal: And the other 673 students skipping classes
Teacher: Principal!?
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If you do a rough calculation, that's about 30 min of suspension each
Is this satisfactory?
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Yeah!!
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Kanae: We did it!
//Kanae: This kind of punishment won't go on the record!
Yae: I'm so glad! This much won't reflect on Aida-kun and others' college application ♫
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Thank you everyone...!!
Wa-
Wa-
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Teacher: P- Principal, is this alright!?
Principal: Yes, yes, look at them
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The students have become as one
They're the ones we've been supporting up to now?
//We have something to look forward to in the future
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We teachers are not here to be an obstacle in children's lives
We are here to help them along
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Truly, thank you
Kanae, Yae, and everyone
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I'm
I'm glad that I came to this school...!!
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Shooting stars...
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But so few of them now...
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Please
I've said terrible things
//And I've been skipping
Non bubble: It's a very selfish request
---But
//Please
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Please let me come back to the Soramiyo Club...!!
Non bubble: Let me start over one more time..!!
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Plea---
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P---
Ah
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Ah...
//Ah ah
It disappears
It disappears!
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Three times is impossible...!
p2
Since there so many shooting stars, even if that's all I managed, it's good enough, isn't it?
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You've finally looked up on your own
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Alright, since all members are here, let's begin today's club activity
//Mars will be visible soon
//It's really close this year ♪
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Thank you, Minato ♥ For making our punishment super light!
Thanks to you, we can resume our club activities ♥
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Minato: Club activities...? Isn't going on to college more important?
Youichi: First of all, we never thought that because of one or two suspensions, our future goal would become impossible.
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Minato: Eh
Souji: Yeah
//Souji: If you just look for a way, there should be plenty
But in the end the most important factor is
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Souji: That the great me is a genius!!
Ranko: WE are---!!
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Well, when the time comes, I will do only what I think is the right thing
It's life without regrets
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Hey, this way
Come quick--
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I'm sorry, everyone...!!
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Minato: Wow!
//Minato: I thought it would be pure red, but there's a white pattern on Mars
Souji: That's the south pole
//Souji: It looks like Earth's own South Pole
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Minato: The south pole? But it's on top?
Souji: The telescope reverses top and bottom
Non bubble: Up is south, down is north
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Souji: Mars has an atmosphere, and there are clouds floating there
Under bubble: Although it's all CO2
Minato: Hmph
//Minato: It's like Earth
Souji: Yeah, in the future it might be possible to go live there
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Future...
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Minato: So maybe it will become possible when you guys are in NASA
Souji: Us?
//Souji: What about you?
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Ah, I don't have a far reaching dream like that
Non bubble: But I want to dream together with everyone
First of all, I'm not smart enough
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........
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But wouldn't it work if you went as my bride?
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I
//Never used to look up at the night sky
But when I raised my head
Behold, a beautiful view has opened up
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Hey, you over there
Would you like to look up with us tonight?
Soramiyo END