Slow Start ch135

p1
>Hana is taking on a part-time job.
>To summarise.
>We've gotten parental permission,
>so all we need to do is submit our applications...

>Ah, that's right.
>Look at these boxes where the seal of approval goes.
>?

>>Principal - Vice Principal - Head of Year - Homeroom Teacher

>We have to get approval from all of them.
>Khh
>Sounds pretty hard.
>Yep. It's a tough road ahead.

>>A little more time before they can start working part-time.

p2
>They're like the bosses you get in each level.
>That would make the principal the last boss.

>Going by that logic,
>Puhya~
>the homeroom teacher would be the smallfry boss you fight in the tutorial.
>Smallfry smallfry~

>Ah.
>Smal-...

>Could you please give us your seal of approval<3
>Shall I give you a game over in the tutorial?
>Aha.

>My first part-time job...

>It's just a part-time job for now,
>but some day I'll be working full time too...
>So cool...

>With the approval out of the way,
>there's something else we'll need.

>Business cards!!
>Resumes.
>It's a little too early for those.

p3
>A resume.
>I've never seen one before...
>Me neither.
>Guess I'll write the year I graduated from elementary school...
>What year was that again?
>There's a simplified chart on the internet.
>The internet knows everything.

>I
>don't remember which elementary school I graduated from...
>My life's been nothing but transfers.
>That's...
>Not even the internet can help with that...

>There's nothing to write about in the qualifications section.
>Indeed.

>I've got top rank in the kanji aptitude test and a TOEIC score of 700. [tn: TOEIC: An English proficiency test for non-native speakers]
>That's amazing, Kamuri-chan!!

>I've got experience as a towel waitress too.
>A towel waitress!!
>That's really amazing!

>For school activities, we can write about the student council, right?
>I've only got kanji.
>All that's left is the reason for applying, I guess?

>Reason for applying...

>Money...
>We want money.
>Maybe try to hide that a little better.

p4
>Ichinose-san.
>Yes?

>Here on your resume.
>Did you get your birthdate wrong?

>Ah...

>...

p5
>Ah.
>Ah.

>Um.
>About that...
>Erm.
>Actually, I used to be a ronin...
>Oh my!

>I'm actually 17 years old right now.
>Eh?

>Eeeh? We're the same age!?
>Yes...
>I was sick for just a little bit...

>I see...
>That must've been rough...
>Are you okay now?
>Yes. Very much so.
>Eh ehehe.

>I see...
>The same age...
>Ehe

>Ah, does that make you happy, Tsuzu?
>That's no good~
>I wasn't thinking that we might be able to get along better or anything like that!
>O-O-O-Of course not!!

p6
>Aha.

>Ah.
>Sorry, I need the bathroom.
>Yep. Me too.

>...kh

>Uweh
>Uweeeh
>gh
>Guhi
>Fu

>Uweh~
>Uh

p7
>>pat...

>>pat pat pat pat pat pat pat
>Oh.

>What are you two doing?
>This one of those pathetic scenes?
>Nope.
>Nope...

>...It's Hana.
>>sniff

>Tsuzuri-san saw her birthdate on her resume.
>That's quite the hair.
>Aah.
>Come to think of it, those two didn't know, did they?
>Nope.

>Hana simply said "I was a ronin."
>She was nervous, but she gave a proper answer.
>Heh.

>I thought, "Ah, it's not a secret she needs to run away from or cry over anymore."
>"She can talk about it to people she's close with."
>...And then,

p8
>just as I thought "good for her",

>I suddenly felt like crying for some reason...

>Ahaha.
>I'm weird, aren't I?
>Yep.

>Eiko
>was laughing when Hana confessed about being a ronin.
>Hana was crying...
>Eh? Seriously...?
>That sounds hellish...

>Aha~

>Waaah~
>Ahahahahahahahahaha

>That's totally Hell.
>It probably didn't happen the way you're imagining, Sensei.

>Back then,

p9
>it simply felt like "yeah, good for her."
>But this time around...
>I don't know what this is...

>I think,
>all this time,
>you've been worried
>about Ichinose.

>And now you're finally able to rest easy.
>That's great.

>...

>Ah...

>Geez, the tears had just stopped.
>Don't make me cry again.
>Dummy~
>You saying it's something I did?

>Sensei.
>People are gonna pass through here,
>so you stand there and hide Eiko from them.

p10
>Hey, Sengoku.
>Don't use your teacher's skirt as a makeshift curtain.
>Yep.
>Aha.

>Eiko.

>This is good.
>Yeah.
>Good for Hana.

>And also good
>for you, Eiko.
>...
>>sniff
>Oh.
>You're crying too, Sengoku.

>Ah!

>Kamu-chan! Eiko-chann!!!
>What took you guys so long!!?
>What's wrong, Tama?

>I'm being overrun by mob mentality!!

>Ichinose-san...

p11
>To think we were the same age...
>>6/15th

>Ehehe. I'm the same age too.
>>9/30th
>>3/19th
>I'm still 17, so we're the same age too, Ichinose-san.

>Ooh...
>The 17-year-old alliance.

>Uwooah!
>The Class 1-2 alliance won't lose to them!!
>Yep.

>Eh?
>Eh?
>Hyeh?
>Eh?
>Eh?

>There!
>Wawawah!

>Aah!
>No fair, Eiko-chan!
>>Intimidation

>Aha♪

>>A smile from the heart!