Kiznaiver (キズナイーバー)

KIZNAIVER

A Battle Touching Upon the Identity of the Pain that's Seven Times the Pain of One-Seventh of a Pain

Niyama-san, please stop crying.

Here, have some French fries.

Why are you the one crying?

I-I don't... know... I mean...

Ruru was diagnosed with kidney disease soon after she was born.

The doctors told us that she wouldn't live long.

Hey, if she died of illness, it wasn't Maki's fault at all, was it?

Hey!

Not Maki-san's fault?

Oh, uh, I mean...

I see...

So she did feel somewhat guilty for what she did.

Hey!

Guilty... for what she did?

She was so close to her, then she suddenly pushed her away.

Our little girl did the last chapter by herself!

Stop that.

But it's true!

She was the first friend that Ruru ever made, despite how shy she was!

And then she abandoned her!

Is that what friends are?

Huh?

Are you never supposed to be apart once you're friends?

Is that a friend's obligation?

H-Hey...

Nico doesn't have any friends.

On top of that, Nico asked Maki-san to be friends with her, and she declined.

But even then,

Nico didn't think Maki-san was mean. That's just how Maki-san feels.

Maki-san's feelings belong to Maki-san!

Get out...

Get out of here!

Hey, calm down.

Get out of here, this instant!

Get out! Get out!

Get out!

What's wrong with all of you?!

Well, that couldn't be helped.

I do think you said something terrible, Niyama-san.

Kacchon!

But Niyama-san, you were hurting, too,

so even though it was bad, I don't think it was 100% bad.

Yeah.

I think it was only about 80%.

M-My nose is running! I need to go to the bathroom!

Why not blow your nose here?

No! It's too embarrassing to blow it in front of everyone!

Man, this is all so...

Is that interesting?

No, honestly, it's rather boring.

Especially the last chapter.

It seems to be lacking the emotions that were in the rest of the story.

Then why are you reading it?

She said that Ruru-san did the last chapter on her own, right?

I wonder if Maki-san knew that she was sick.

Hey.

Hey.

I said, hey.

You're always by yourself, aren't you?

So are you.

Wow!

You drawings are pretty rough, but your story's so well-written.

You're like a pro!

But your drawings are pretty amateurish.

Your story is so cliché. Like the girl with the incurable disease...

It's so overused—

Who cares? It's true.

Huh?

Hey, want to make one together?

If we work together, we can compensate for each other's weaknesses.

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With the two of us, we can reach even greater heights!

Even emotions we couldn't express by ourselves...

With the two of us...

Hm... The portrayal of the seizure lacks reality...

Hey, Ruru...

Ruru?! Hey!

Wait! Ruru!

What's wrong?!

Ruru!

Was that realistic?

Ruru!

Mizuki?

Did you know that if you add sex scenes to a manga,

the audience gets even more hooked?

Huh?

That's what Fukuzawa-san said.

I don't want to do that.

Why? Are you a prude?

I don't want to draw pervy things...

You can't draw them, can you? Because you don't know...

You don't know either, Ruru...

Want to find out?

Want to find out?

What?

What?!

No...

We shouldn't do this...

Because...

One day, you'll...

I'm just kidding. It was a joke!

Did that excite you?

Oh, come on. Don't be mad.

But...

I think what you're feeling now is what we should draw.

A realistic response.

I think these things

might be better because they're left to our imaginations...

Hey, what should we do with the last chapter?

I can't...

Huh?

I can't do this with you anymore.

I'm sorry.

All right!

Then I'll work on it myself.

The part where the female teacher sees the letter from the dead heroine is a must...

Just gotta think of what it says.

I know...

"Don't forget me...

I'll curse you so that you'll love only me forever.

Only me, forever."

Hisomu

My chest hurts...

It's Honoka-chan...

She always acts so calm, yet her heart keeps fluttering.

It's unbearable.

She can't hide the fact that she's hurting, however she tries.

She could rely on us a little more.

Hey, didn't Sonozaki-san say that

we might even know what everyone else is thinking eventually?

That wasn't certain, was it?

Yeah, but Nico wishes that would happen.

If all we're getting is her pain, Nico hates that we can't do anything for her.

Yeah...

Why don't we just ask her?

Huh?

Like about Ruru-san, and what Maki-san wants to do from here.

Huh? Like she'd tell us any of that.

Still, we've never actually asked her that.

So we'll never know anything.

Kacchon...

You've definitely got a point.

But are we allowed to ask her

something so personal when we're not actually her friends?

That's it! I've got it!

Huh?

It's easy! We just have to become friends with Maki!

That's a very difficult "easy" thing to do.

Yeah! Not to mention, she declined Nico as a friend.

You can't give up just because you were rejected once or twice!

Even if they hate you or think that you're annoying,

"friend" is an honorable title you earn by going in for the attack

over and over until you win!

You're right!

Really?

But none of us have any friends.

So none of us know the proper way to make friends, do we?

I-I have some friends, you know!

A-Anyway, if we're gonna be friends with Maki,

no one has any objection to all of us being friends, right?

Nope!

Nope.

Huh? S-Sure, fine...

You mean with him, too?

Aw, come on! Maybe he'll share some of his natural hot guy germs with you!

What?!

Here, have some.

Stop it! That's gross!

You should get in on this, too, Katsuhira!

That's okay. I don't need any.

What's that supposed to mean?!

Hey! You'll disturb the neighbors, being this loud late at night!

Be quiet!

Bye!

See you tomorrow.

Bye.

All right! I guess I'll take a bath.

Jeez! He acts like this is his own house.

It's fine, Chidori.

And you always just go along with it!

No.

It's fun having Tenga-kun around.

You're really starting to change, Kacchon.

Huh? Am I being weird?