Watamote ch217-2: Since I'm Not Popular, It's the School Festival's Stage (Part 2)

p1
>Don't give up!! You don't know for sure yet!!
>Don't go saying that when you don't know anything!!

>There's no point in me doing rehab!!
>Just leave me alone!
>There's no way I can do that!!

>This is actually pretty good...
>A typical touching story... A normal person might be moved a little by this...

>I wonder what someone like Tomoko would think...

>Eh!!?

p2
>The story isn't that big of a deal, but maybe it's cos I have a weak heart...
>that it's making me cry!

>Shit...! I've always looked down on people who would cry over this, but I never thought I'd be one of them! Is this because I've become a writer!?

>That was the theater club's "The Promise We Made Back Then".
>Next, we have a sketch by Class 2-2. Please wait while we prepare for it.

>You really cried back there, Kuro.
>Well, y'know, I had a lot going on.

>I'm kinda disappointed in you, Tomoko.
>What the heck? Why!?

>You actually cried over something that used loud voices and grounded acting to make people cry.
>You've got the sensitivity of an average person. I can't trust your human nature.
>You're surprisingly harsh when it comes to literary works, huh?

p3
>Ah...

>...is what Mako said.
>Your human nature can't be trusted either!

p4
>I had a feeling this would bomb...
>but now that it has, I can't bear to watch!

>Or rather, what's with this heavy atmosphere?
>Shouldn't everyone be laughing at stuff like this even if it's boring as hell?
>Did my movie produce this kind of atmosphere too?

>I need to laugh at least...
>Hehehe... Hahaha.
>!?

>What's with the forced laugh?
>You'd never laugh over something like this, Tomoko.
>Quit being so harsh over every little thing!

>If a story's sad, you cry. If it's funny, you laugh.
>Humans are just that simple.
>You probably wouldn't get it since you don't have a human heart, Yuri-chan.
>A human... heart...
>No, that's how a monster would respond!
>You did something like that before.

p5
>If this is what humans laugh at, I'll just quit being human.
>That's going too far.

>Yuri...
>That really is going too far.
>Eh?

>Hahaha.
>Fufufu.
>Yuri is actually forcing a smile...
>The experience she got from acting lives on.

>That was Class 2-2's sketch. And with that, the opening event of the school festival's first day comes to a close.
>The festival is now open across the school, so go enjoy these next two days to the fullest!

p6
>Anyway, good job with the movie~
>Good job~

>We're gonna have a proper wrap-up party after the bonfire festival tomorrow,
>so for now, let's have a toast with some juice.
>You're wearing that again?
>Kiyota said I should take part in the crossdressing contest.
>Knowing you, you'd win easily.

>I've never seen you act like that before, Katou-san.
>Was it funny?
>Hilarious.

p7
>The movie I made is just being used as an excuse to hit on girls.

>Looks like they liked your friends.
>Good for them.
>...

>Koto.
>Where are you going?
>2-4's play.
>Isn't it a bit too early?
>I wanna get a front row seat.

>There's even more nuisances because of your movie, Tomoko.
>...I'm the director and I'm not getting any nuisances coming my way, though.

>They say classroom screening is tomorrow, so we're free until then.
>What should we do?
>Ah, let's see.

p8
>For now, we can check out the stuff by the people who helped with the movie.
>Sounds good.
>We'll start with 3-4 and 3-6 then.

>Ah... Sachi.
>Let's go somewhere, Koharu-chan. You're probably free anyway, right?

>Sure, but where?
>Well, anywhere's fine, but...
>I know... Why don't we check out that play the 2nd years were practising for? I bet it'll be hilariously lame.

>Eh~.... I'm sick of plays. I already saw two of them in the gymnasium earlier.
>More importantly, can't we go eat something? It's lunchtime.
>You can just eat later. You're such a fatty.

>...Why don't you just go by yourself?
>Ah.
>Sorry, I was kidding! You can eat while we watch the play.

>I'll treat you to whatever you want, so come with me.
>Then I want fries and crepes and donuts.
>What a fatty.

>You gonna see your little brother's play, Tomoko?
>Nah. I don't think I could bear to watch a family member act.
>Hey.

p9
>We're going to Tomoki's classroom, right?
>Eh?

>No, I was just saying that I wasn't gonna go...
>Huh!? Why not!?

>Why won't you watch your soul brother on stage!?
>There's no soul about it. He's my actual brother.

>I kinda wanna see it too. He's the boy who came by yesterday, right?
>Well, if you insist.
>But I'm worried about that love scene that [Sayaka head] mentioned...

>Hey, Masaki. Your man's gonna have s*x in public, right?
>Let's go check it out~
>I'm gonna kill you!!
>It feels like my little bro's love scene is gonna cause something even more destructive than NTR.