Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun - (あそびあそばせ)

A Battle That Must Be Won

Pastimers Club

Issei no se, two!

I lost.

You owe me a drink.

Oh, fine.

Uh...

I don't think we should do that kind of thing.

What kind of thing?

L-Like, penalties where the loser gets ordered to go do stuff.

I don't think it's good.

You tried to make me teach you English at first, too.

N-No, I'm just saying it's bad to order people around to go do stuff.

I don't mind, though.

No!

Hanako-san, it always starts off simple, but it can escalate before you know it!

Pout

Oh, shoot.

Kasumi-san's just being nice, Olivia.

It can get out of control and become vicious, you know?

I-I never had that kind of intention.

I just wanted to make it fun.

But... Sorry.

Well, I killed the vibe, too.

Then you can choose a penalty, as long as it's not ordering people to go do stuff.

Mweeeheehee

She seems so happy.

Oh, hey, there's a game penalty that's customary where my Mom and Dad are from.

A penalty from your parents' country?

Yeah.

What's the penalty?

The loser has to sniff the winner's armpit.

What the hell?!

Is that really a custom where you're from?!

It's not just something your family does?!

No, it's not.

It's a traditional thing in our culture.

No way, I swear, it's only in your family.

You can't turn it into something so grand.

I-I can't object to culture.

Yay.

Kasumi-san's a slave to culture!

Okay, let's play issei no se.

Fine.

You first, Hanako.

Issei no se... three!

Yay, I win.

What are you talking about?

In this case, the winner takes the penalty.

Fine, I'll sniff Kasumi-san's first.

I-I'll pass.

You can't.

You have to let Hanako take her penalty.

Sniff

It doesn't smell!

You're okay, Kasumi-san. You didn't smell at all.

O-Okay.

Okay, next!

Sniff Sniff

Apocrine sweat glands!

Huh?

What's apocrine?

Uh... You don't need to know if you don't already.

Huh? Why is Hanako-san making that motion?

Now I know why my cat grinds its nose when Dad farts.

It's when it's extreme.

It's when it's extreme!

D-Did I smell bad?

Huh? No?

No, I can't tell her!

It's a fact too cruel for a lady's gentle heart to take!

Meow.

I'm pretending to be a kitty.

Oh, really?

That was totally not a "meow" pose.

Okay, round two.

Oh, but no raising two fingers and

saying "one" or raising one finger and saying "six."

I have to win...

I have to win this battle!

Kasumi-san, let's form an alliance.

The two of us both raise two fingers so we'll have at least four.

Then, if we say either two or three, we won't lose.

R-Right.

Let's go with that.

I'd rather not get sniffed anymore, either, if I can avoid it.

Issei no se... three.

Issei no se... two!

Issei no se... five!

D-Dodged a bullet.

Kasumi-san, it's okay if Olivia has to take the penalty.

Is she...

...on to us?

No, but if we don't guess right, it doesn't matter.

Issei no se... three!

You got it, Kasumi.

Hanako-san...

She's not raising any!

U-Unbelievable.

The friendship of a girl is more fragile than a microscope slide.

Yay, you're taking the penalty, Kasumi.

You don't want to get sniffed, do you, Hanako-san?

Grinding your nose is a good life lesson.

Here you go, Kasumi.

U-Um...

Err...

I'm going to go buy drinks for the two of you.

So please spare me.

Asobi Asobase

Puppets

This is a shopping scene.

"Can I try it on?" is "Can I try it on?"

Uh oh.

The candy I ate during break period still hasn't melted.

I can't chew it down now.

But I guess it should be okay as long as I don't get picked.

Let's see...

Let's have you translate this to English.

Honda-san.

Okay.

It's like she's doing it on purpose.

I have to keep it under my tongue.

I'll take you...

Why does she have her jaw out?

It's...

Clop

S-Stay calm...

Suck it in as you say "how much?" and put it back under your tongue.

Clank

H-Honda-san?!

Are you okay, Honda-san?!

Faculty Room

Please don't eat candy during class.

Okay.

That was a close one.

Yes.

I'm sorry.

I came to work at a girls' school because I was afraid of boys,

but girls are scary, too.

I avoided boys because I'm afraid of them, and now I'm still single.

Almost all of the teachers at this girls' school are women.

I don't have a chance to meet anyone.

I wonder if I'm going to die alone.

I get worried these days.

Hey, Sensei, can I go to my club?

Right.

You're in the soft tennis club, right, Honda-san?

No, I left the soft tennis club recently.

I'm in the Pastimers Club.

Pastimers?!

Pastimers Club

M-May I come with you?

So I brought Sensei with me.

Th-Thanks for having me.

Um...

Did it become such a big deal that a piece of candy nearly killed her?

To be fair, I thought her mandrake shriek would kill me, too.

Huh?

Oh, no, it's not about that.

The candy thing's fine now.

You study pleasure seekers in this club, right?

Huh?

Er, yeah.

D-Do you do marriage matchmaking?

Err, no.

Marriage matchmaking? Middle schoolers?

So what do you do, then?

Kendama.

Hagoita.

We played issei no se, too.

That sounds fun.

She seems blatantly disappointed.

A-Are you looking to do matchmaking?

Oh, err...

Y-Yeah.

Cute.

Cute.

Squee!

I've been at girls' schools ever since preschool.

I thought it'd be okay, since I had fun being around girls.

And then I realized I'm older than my mom was when I was born.

Were you spirited away or something?

Yeah, maybe, for, like, twenty years.

So long!

I thought maybe pleasure seekers at a girls' school

might know of some amazing ways to find boyfriends.

But it's a bit too late now, huh?

Not at all.

Let's get you an awesome lover.

Are you sure about this?

We can't even make it to a mixer.

Are you sure we can find a boyfriend for someone else?

Olivia-chan just talked out of her ass.

So what kind of person do you like?

Masumi-sama!

She's going nuts!

Do you know that person?

I love shoujo manga!

Oh, I see.

I'm in love with the idea of being given a bouquet of