Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu (Girls Beyond the Wasteland)

Kuroda-san

Hello?

Hojo-kun.

Oh, Kuroda-san, what's up?

Crunch time has begun.

Huh? What?

You don't understand me?

I'm putting you on lockdown.

Huh?

L-lockdown?!

Shut Away in Summer

I'm putting you on a death march. You won't even sleep until you're done writing.

No way!

I'll be there soon.

A death march?

Lockdown?

No...

Crap!

Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap!

Ow!

It's alright.

There's no way she's--

Now, Hojo-kun.

It's the beginning of the end.

Zetsubou to kakki wa hitoe Despair and energy are one and the same

Jinsei wa hakanakute Life is short

Kusubutte irarenai We can't stay like this forever

Dakara arukidasou So let's start walking forward

Yukedo hatenai kono michi o What are you moving towards

Nani o hoshite susundeiku On this endless road?

Mizu o motome samayou you ni You won't get anywhere with hope without desire

Yoku no nai kibou ni mirai wa nai As if you're wandering looking only for water

Monogatari no algorithm The pilgrims pursue

Tadoru junreishatachi The algorithm of the story

Mune ni yadoru sono shin'nen ga The faith in our hearts

Death march wo ikinokoru sube Helps us survive this death march

Imagination no flow The imagination flows!

Junsui no mama ja iranai kanaetai dattara You can't stay pure if you want your dream to come true

Furenai unmei wo egakidasou Let's create an impossible fate

Tada matteitatte tsumannai It's boring just waiting around

Sou kanjiteitan janai That's how you felt, right?

Yume wa jibun de ubaitsukamu diamond Your dreams are a diamond you have to take for yourself

Chousen no turn It's our turn for challenge

Jounetsu no zone The passionate zone

Tomo ni tatte Let's stand together

Fumidashite mezasu kouya wo Take our first steps as we aim for the wasteland

H--

How did you even...

I'm Hojo-kun's friend.

Oh, hello there!

Security my ass!

Calm yourself, Hojo-kun.

I won't force you to be alone.

I'm comin' in!

Thanks for having us!

Huh, so this is Hojo's place.

E-excuse the intrusion.

Um, what's going on--

Your comrades who will spend the long night with you.

Huh?

You guys...

We're also here to supervise.

But doesn't everyone have their own work to--

I brought my notebook.

It's good for me to keep track of progress as it happens!

I've got nothing better to do!

But, but, this has gotta be inconvenient for you, Yuki.

Huh?! No, uh,

I can sketch stuff anywhere...

U-um. Here...

You can do it!

SAFE BIRTH CHARM

T-thanks.

You have 48 hours.

Write, write, and keep writing.

Y-you can't force this all of a sudden...

C'mon, time is passing one second at a time.

Get to it. Hurry up.

No leaving without permission!

Crap!

Crap, crap, crap!

I'm not gonna make it if I keep this up!

But if I write three times my normal pace, I can...

No, I can't!

I've just gotta get out of here, quick!

The window!

Maybe I could use this to get down.

Boy trapped in burning building

Yes, hello?

Hey, Ser Hojo! Yes, hello?

Hey, Ser Hojo!

I heard you got put on lockdown!

Hosokawa-san!

Nice, nice!

It's one of the writer's thrills!

No, that's a bit much.

Um, how can I get outta--

Oh, that's right! Um, how can I get outta--

Wanna know the most efficient way to beg in times like these?

Hosokawa-san

That's right!

Hello?

Hello? Sorry, boss! It's me, Buntarou!

Sorry, boss! It's me, Buntarou!

Could I get an order delivered right away?!

While you're at it, could you help me get--

Sorry, but I can't do that for ya. While you're at it, could you help me get--

Sorry, but I can't do that for ya.

Huh?

I heard from your doctor that you're not allowed to eat ramen.

So no ramen until you get better!

Huh?! What are you talking about b--

Atomu told me everything.

Why?

Why, Atomu?!

I thought we were friends!

I'm sorry. I had a hard time going through with it.

But there's nothing I can do.

This is my job!

I'll be taking this.

No!

We'll be turning off the Internet as well.

You will endlessly wander through the Amazon, only to discover that many hours have passed...

Has that ever happened to you?

B-but what if I need to look something up!

Use this.

"Right then, as if someone had broken through a pane of glass..."

CRASH! Right then, as if someone

CRASH! Right then,

"...as if a huge chandelier had fallen..."

No leaving without permission!

It's jumping, it's jumping!

C'mon, hurry up and catch it!

It attacked me!

What was that? What a strong punch...!

Man, this is really getting me going!

What the hell? Man, this is really getting me going!

Don't worry about that, Bunta.

I can't!

I just can't think of anything!

My body's gotten all stiff,

so maybe I'll lay down and think for a little bit.

No no, I'm not going to sleep or anything!

I was just gonna lie down and let the blood rush to my head, to get all my thoughts together!

And hey, don't they say that a little light stretching can help you get moving?

I won't sleep, nope.

But I'll set an alarm just in case.

I won't sleep, of course.

Stretching, stretching.

I took a super long nap!

I hate it! I hate this young body that falls asleep as soon as I lie down!

How foolish we are! I can't believe we fell asleep!

For your supervisors to fall asleep...

I passed out, too.

Me too.

Me too! Me too.

We were gonna jump out and scare you, but once we got hidden we fell asleep!

Things don't look good at this rate.

We must put our next plan of action into place as soon as possible.

Your next plan of action?

For now, please write five times faster than your usual rate, Hojo-kun.

There's no way I can do that!

Then how about ten times?

Why is it going up?!

But what should we do about that?

Oh, that.

B-but he's already refreshed.

C'mon, let's do it.

We got it all ready and everything.

That's true.

Huh, what?

Welcome home, Master!

Huh?

Welcome home, Master!

No, that's not what I'm confused about.

Welcome to Maid Cafe Don't Touch Me, Master!

You obviously do not fit in.

This is our Home Service, Master!

We prepared this for you to try and change up the mood.

You went through all that...

However, falling asleep before putting it into action was not part of our plan.

You did all this for me?

I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, guys.

Don't blame yourself, Hojo-kun.

We imprisoned--

Cough, cough.

We're supervising you but fell asleep on the job.

Imprisoned? Did you just say imprisoned?

Alright!

Okay, Master, we're gonna give you a massage!

Huh, wait--

Nooo, don't touch the maids, Master!

You're touching me, you're touching me!

I wanna touch, too!

Don't touch me!

Then I'll try.

I'll say the magic words for you.

You have 29 hours left.

Your assigned quota is 120 kilobytes.

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