Swimming in the Dark (わにとかげぎす)

If only...

I hadn't met her...

At the joint party, I talked about cicadas.

Those guys are usually born in the dirt.

They seem to burrow themselves in the dirt too.

I understand how they feel. It's quiet down there.

Just as they come out of the dirt, the females will only get to mate once in their lifetime.

They're working hard these days.

Apparently the males will keep on mating though...?

The males are unbelievable!

But the females don't outnumber the males.

There's an even female to male ratio.

So there has to be a good amount of males that don't get to mate and just chirp by themselves...

...right?

I'm just like that.

Actually, it seems like a lot of them will die in this 37°C heat.

Cicadas!

I'm pretty scared right now.

Life just kinda kept trudging along and before I knew it there was nobody around me.

Why didn't I realize this sooner?

If I'm being honest... I didn't think about it at all.

I just spent my precious time snoring and only wanting to sleep.

Right now, I have a strong feeling of wanting to change myself.

That's why... In other words...

Friends... please give me friends!

They saw me didn't they?

They're pointing directly at me!

Shit! Shit! Shit!

That guy was pretty creepy.

What the hell is this?

"To the security guard - Within one year you will become crazy in the head and die"

Translated, subbed and timed by Rjgman56. Enjoy!

This is such a terrible prank!

I've worked here for 7 years but this is the first time I've had an incident like this.

I wish people wouldn't do this!

- Good morning - Good morning

Here it is! The second one...

They've come to my house.

It's that guy! I can't think of anybody else but him!

That guy... I won't forgive him! He's trying to scare me!

If he's gonna make his move then I'll make mine.

I'll just move out of this apartment. Yeah, that's what I'll do.

Umm... sorry.

I'm sorry. Take this.

Now then, if you'll excuse me.

This handkerchief that I just used got pretty disgusting, huh?

But this is not the first time something like this has happened.

Something like this happened in my first year of middle school during gym class.

It became known as the "Tomioka's Air folk dance incident".

It even became a topic for discussion in homeroom.

I was glad that I didn't care about it too much.

I'm telling you the truth! Tomioka-kun is disgusting!

That's why I couldn't hold his hand!

What part of him is? Say it so I can understand.

It's just how it is! It's a defensive instinct!

That's right! That's right!

But... Tsukamoto-san held his hand, right?

Yes.

- Tsukamoto-san is Christian so she loves all mankind! - That's right! That's right!

Christian or not, everyone should love mankind, shouldn't they!?

Tomioka-kun is part of mankind is he not?

- No way! - What?

He's disgusting!

- What part of him is disgusting? - Everything!

Where is this everything?

I'm telling you that everything about him is disgusting!

And I'm asking you where exactly is he disgusting!

In the end, they came up with a weird solution I didn't really understand

called "Hold hands as much as possible"

Again?

Hey! Hold on... hey... what... what... hold on!

Stop it! Hey!

It was a dream, right?

Excuse me. Are you okay?

I heard a loud voice... sorry...

I'm sorry as well.

- Can you hear my voice? - I'm sorry for talking to you like this.

I'm saying things out of order.

I'm the one who lives next door to you. My name is Hada.

- My name is Tomioka. Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you too.

It takes about 3 days for that dog to get used to people.

I just wanted to ask you something is all.

Can you please not tell the landlord about what happened?

- Ah! It's the woman with the dog from before. - Alright, see you later.

If she can hear me this clearly then that means...

My pinky toe! You! I'll throw your ass out!

I've always used you! You better get ready!

*singing the Japanese national anthem*

Come on, come on. Your ***** is amazing! You can take a lot, can't you?

Your **** has a really pretty color.

She heard everything

Is it that house?

I'm gonna give him an earful...

I'll make him so scared he won't even believe how scared he is.

Alright!

Alright!

Excuse me.

What is it?

Who lives here?

There's nobody there.

About 3 years ago someone hung themselves in that room.

They say that nobody uses that room.

You gotta be kidding me!

Ah, sorry about this. I'm gonna leave right away.

Hold... That's not it. Hold on, hold on...

- I just told you that I'm gonna leave soon. - That's not it, that's not it...

Umm...

You kinda stink...

The letter! The letter!

Someone left me a weird letter in the shopping center.

Was that you over there?

So it was you! Over there! From the window!

You were watching me stretch. Then you were pointing at me, weren't you?

Like I said! You were pointing like this!

Like I said! You were doing this! Look!

Hold on one second! I saw you over there but I didn't

go outside of the window and I didn't point at you.

Really?

Are you telling me the truth? Do you swear to God?

God doesn't exist!

To me, my confidence in myself is God.

Oh... Wait, why am I saying "Oh"?

But the thing is, bro...

I might know who did it...

Who gave you that letter.

Hey bro! You're walking too fast!

I have important information!

Are you too embarrassed to walk with me?

It's your smell!

My nose is gonna fall off!

I think I've changed my mind. Maybe I shouldn't tell you.

I get it!