In the Clear Moonlit Dusk (うるわしの宵の月)

Oh?

Is Sentaro late again?

Looks like.

Window shopping?

Might as well.

Huh?

Oh yeah, the summer festival is tomorrow.

What time you goin'?

You guys meeting up somewhere?

Beats me.

What?

Dunno.

Didn't get in touch with her.

What? What do you mean?

Did something happen?

Not really...

It's just that I kinda have this feeling that we're not gonna be dating.

S-Seriously?

Hey!

My bad, my bad. Did I keep ya waiting?

And... Huh? What's wrong?

Nothing really. I was just telling Kuwa I might not go to the festival tomorrow.

What?! But you said you were goin' with the Prince...

Sentaro!

Oh...

I'll treat ya to a caramel frap.

Huh? Oh, yeah. Thanks.

Then let's all go together!

To the festival! I'd be happy to have you, Ichi!

When we're with you, Ichi, lots of girls come talk to us!

Right. Forgot that's the type of guy you are, Sentaro.

H-Heh, gonna go buy that frap!

Ichi, you sure you're okay with that?

Doesn't matter if I am.

There's nothing I can do about it, y'know.

If it's a no-go then I just go back to the way things were.

I'm a frivolous guy, so I bounce back from things like that.

Liar.

It was different with Takiguchi-san, wasn't it?

You looked like you really caught feelings there.

What's the hold up?!

Coming.

Is our promise still on?

Ichi!

The frap!

Coming!

Nobara-chan, did you do the next problem?

Oh, I just did it.

Let me see.

Do it yourself.

Hey.

What should we do about the summer festival tomorrow?

For meeting up and such

Wh

What

What time

Besides, I don't even know if it's right.

What time did

What time did

Oh, come on. It's fine.

Jeez.

Oh, so this is this, and that's...

What the?!

Did you have a system crash from studying too hard?

Sorry, don't mind me.

You say that, but...

Huh? Is that the muffin you made yesterday?

I thought you gave it to Senpai?

I couldn't give it to him.

Are you okay?

We have zero experience when it comes to relationships,

so we might not be of much help.

But you can still talk to us about it.

Thanks.

But this is my problem, so it's up to me to do something about it.

Still, if a time comes when I do need help,

you guys will be the first I go to.

So, when the time comes, please help me out.

Well, of course!

Give us all ya got!

Oh, but I wouldn't give away that muffin now, okay?

It's summer after all.

Okay.

The distance between Senpai and I is steadily closing.

But the closer we get, the less we seem to click.

I want to do something about it, but it never works out.

It's irritating.

Y'know,

I like you, Ichimura.

Huh? What's this? What's this?

Ichi, you're going out with Hasegawa?!

Since when?

Yesterday.

Are you serious?! Damn it!

I was going for Hasegawa!

Oh, my bad.

Too bad, Nakabayashi.

Ichi gets all the cute girls, man!

I don't think you should go out with Hasegawa-san.

Yeah, her face is cute,

but she's been bragging about you to girls from other schools.

Saying stuff like, "Don't you wish you had a rich, handsome boyfriend like me?"

What, seriously? That's rude.

Yeah, unforgivable, isn't it?

Just kiddin'.

I already know all about that.

That's right!

He's seriously rich. Part of the Ichimura group or whatever.

Is her tone normally like that?

Wha? His house seems dope.

I know, right?

That's sweet.

Really amazing. Is there a pool in the yard?

I haven't gone over to his place yet, so I don't know.

But the girls are all over him because he's so handsome.

I feel like I snagged the big prize, you know?

Wow, you're horrible!

They're talking about me like I'm some kind of commodity.

Rich.

Handsome.

Prince.

Those three words define who I am...

She's been talking about what you might get her for Christmas, too.

What? I dunno if we're gonna be together till Christmas.

Seriously...

It really pisses me off that she's taking advantage of you!

I'll listen to you vent if you want!

You can call me any time, okay?!

Wow, thanks.

Jeez, what bull.

You just want a rich, handsome boyfriend, too.

Kohaku.

Ichimura-kun.

Ichi!

In the end, they're all the same.

What they want is the status of dating the Prince.

That's why I never expected anything and didn't ask for anything in return.

I'm not interested in people to begin with.

It seems Ryu-kun broke up with them, and...

He just needs to get his priorities straight.

When it comes to love, just having a taste of it should be enough.

No Smoking

Due to the summer festival, vehicles prohibited.

Under Surveillance

Yoi!

Could you take this upstairs for me?

Okay!

Anyway, what's this about you wanting to help out at work all of a sudden?

You're not going to the festival with your friends this year?

What? No, they're both busy this year, so...

I never heard back from Senpai.

And without any fanfare, the day arrived.

I mean, I really should just contact him.

Nature's Blessing Rice

Nature's Blessing Rice

Nature's Blessing Rice

But...

What would I do if he said, "Let's not go"?

I couldn't stop thinking about that, so I just didn't say anything.

Yoi-san, I'll help with that.

Thank you very much.

Please place it on the shelf over there.

All right.

By the way, whatever happened with that person you were talking about?

The one who wasn't sure whether to wear a yukata to the summer festival or not.

Oh, uh...

She decided not to go.

What?! Why is that?

She's a coward.

She becomes especially timid when it comes to him.

Not to mention, she doesn't really know anything about falling in love.

And while she was trying to work it out, it just slipped away from her...

Sort of.

But she felt that way because she loves him, didn't she?

I mean, when you love someone,

you don't want to look uncool or clumsy in front of them,

and you don't want to get hurt, right?

Besides, you know right away if you love someone.

Because...

You'll always find them.

No matter how crowded a place may be, you'll spot them right away.

Before you realize it, you can't stop watching them.

And once you see them, you can't tear your eyes away.