Yamada to Kase-san ch4: Lipstick and Kase-san

p1
>>New university student Yamada has made a friend.
>Yamada here.
>University lessons are totally different from high school. It's really fun.
>Okay.
>Is everyone all here?

p2
>Today, we will be planting vegetable seedlings.
>Everyone come up to the front!
>Okay~
>I especially love the horticulture training.

>>excited

>I go to a women's horticulture college.
>We have both regular lessons and lessons where we do gardening outside.
>Uwaah~ I love it~

>Man.
>Isn't training such a drag?
>Ahaha
>I'm gonna get sunburnt~

p3
>Even though it's a horticulture course.
>Heh??
>?
>Kyahaha
>There's the occassional "applied here on a whim" student but
>never mind that.

>Wow, it's jam-packed.

>Amazing! You're taking notes really seriously!
>Eh!?
>Ah
>Yes!!

>Aha
>I have to take over my family's flower farm
>so I need to study properly...

p4
>A flower farmer!!?
>>Flower garden
>>DAZZLE
>She's a thoroughbread~~~!!!
>Eek!

>Amazing! Such a girl is here...
>I'm not amazing...
>Flower farmers are like artistocrats to me!!

>Okay, for this lesson, you'll be working in groups of two.

>Please pair up when I call your names.
>Abe Hibiki-san and...
>Ichikawa Ruri-san.

p5
>Yamada Yui-san
>and

>Yoshimura Hana-san.

>Huh?

>Nice to meet you, Yamada-san!
>Aha
>I'm Yoshimura Hana!
>Call me "Hana", okay?

p6
>S-Same here, Hana-chan!
>You can call me "Yui" too!
>Nice to meet you~
>Wow. All of a sudden...
>I've made a friend!

>Hey, over here!
>Hey~

>Mikawacchi!

p7
>Hah~!!
>I found you!!
>Get used to the trains already!
>It's no good. I'm scared of everything besides my own station~
>Riding them is rough too.

>We only had buses and one JR line back home, after all.
>Ahaha.
>The countryside~
>Mikawacchi is my friend from high school.
>Right now she's studying at a vocational college in Tokyo.

>Huh? What're you drinking?
>A caramel vanilla cream frappucino whip.
>Huh?
>An incantation?
>A caramel vanilla cream frappucino whip.

>Woah! That's expensive!!
>Eeh~
>You could eat lunch at these prices!
>>menu
>I'll just have a regular black tea.
>I've been doing a tonne of part-time jobs since coming here, after all.
>I'm indulging in this luxury!
>Fuhahaha

>Ah

p8
>Here she is.
>Man, even in a tracksuit she stands out.
>Damn her
>Such a hottie.

>?
>She seems to be a foul mood today.
>Hrmmm

>Kase-san! Over here~~~!

p9
>>stomp somp
>Uwah! Scary!!?
>Eeeh~

>...
>?

>Haah~
>slump
>Thank goodness!

>Could we not meet up in such a fashionable shop?
>It makes me so nervous!
>So she was nervous, huh.
>Phew
>So confusing

p10
>Long time no see,
>Yamada.

>Eh?
>How long has it been since you last saw each other?
>About five days.
>That's not long at all!

>Whenever we meet, it's always just for a little bit.
>Such as breaks inbetween practise like today.

>You were pretty busy in high school too, Kase-san.
>Ahaha.
>Well, it's even busier than back then.
>Not to mention I'm living in a dorm.
>I have pretty much no time for myself.

p11
>We all came from the same hometown, so we occassionally get together to catch up with each other.
>Even in such an unfamiliar place, it's relieving when the three of us meet up.

>Oh yeah, I made a friend at university today.
>Eh!?
>Heh~
>You did, Yamada!?

>Amazing! The Yamade who's so shy around strangers!?
>That's a horticulture college for you.
>I can't say for sure, but we seem to hit it off.
>Her name's Hana-chan...

>"Hana-chan"?
>Eh?
>You call her by her first name?

p12
>>Ahem.
>I-
>It's nothing...
>>menu
>>ahem ahem

>Kase-san~

>What's this? You want us to call you by your first name too? Even after all this time?
>Nya nya
>Eh?
>"Us"?
>What was your first name again, Mikawa?

>I think we should stay the way we are.
>I can't really get used to changing how we call each other. It's pretty bewildering.

>And if we started calling each other differently in this new place, I'd start feeling lonely...

p13
>I know!
>Suddenly changing how we are just because we're in Tokyo would be kinda creepy!
>Creepy?

>Whoops, it's time for my part-time job. Mind if I dash?
>>clatter

>Ah.
>Oh yeah, Yamada, you can have this.

>>toss
>?

>It's the new spring color!
>You only have any colored lip cream, right, Yamada?
>Since you're a uni girl now, why not try on a little makeup?

p14
>>pop

>Ooh~~
>It's genuine lipstick~~!

>Thank you, Mikawacchi!
>I'll have to get you something next time!
>It's fine! Later!

>She didn't get me anything.

>Mikawa's always so busy.
>How many jobs is she juggling, anyway?

p15
>>twiddle twiddle

>Does receiving this kinda stuff make you happy, Yamada?
>Eh?
>Yeah...

>Everyone at uni wears makeup and look so mature.
>I never really thought about it that much so I was kinda surprised.
>Aha
>But there were girls who wore makeup in high school too, right?

>Hmm?
>If that's how you feel
>wanna try putting it on?
>Eh?
>Right here?

p16
>Wah~ For some reason
>I'm getting nervous.

>Come to think of it, all the girls at my uni wear makeup too.
>I can't really tell since it gets wiped away by their sweat, though.
>Ahaha
>I see. So everyone really does do it...

p18
>That doesn't suit you.

>Eh!?
>That kinda stuff doesn't suit you, Yamada. You should stop.

>...
>>stare

>I...
>I guess you're right. A bit too red, I guess!
>>rub rub
>Ahaha

>>splash
>>rub rub
>Huh? It doesn't seem to be coming off very well.
>Is this the kind that doesn't come off?

p19
>Yamada.

>Ah
>>badum

p20
>>open
>And then~
>>Bam
>Kyahahaha
>Ahahaha
>Ah, is the toilet free?

>Ah.
>Here is fine.

>L-Later, Kase-san.
>Do your best with your evening activities.
>Y-
>Yeah.

>Ah!
>Wait, Kase-san!


p21
>Come to think of it, it's your birthday next month, right?
>>twirl
>May 1st!

>What do you want?
>Should we do something?
>>step step
>Do you have plans that day?

>Should we eat something together?
>Or maybe go somewhere?
>Ask me anything!!

>Ah, I see. I haven't really thought about it.
>My birthday...
>Eh? Think about it!
>Uwah!
>It'd be nice if you could get the day off!

p22
>Back in high school, you'd always be away at a tournament somewhere, Kase-san.
>So we never really got to celebrate your birthday.

>Hey! Let's go somewhere together!
>Ah, maybe I'll make a bento too?
>May is sure to have some nice weather, so I'm sure anywhere we go will be fun!

>Yeah.
>I'll think about it...
>Thanks, Yamada.
>Ehe

p23
>May...
>Later~
>I'm looking forward to it.
>See you~

>Wah!
>Amazing, Hana-chan!

>>DAZZLE
>Good morning, Yui-chan!
>She's done everything!!

p24
>Amazing! This is the first time I've seen someone get here before me!!
>Eh... What time did you wake up?
>But back at the farm, I had to get up even earlier...
>Wow! Amazing!!

>You're amazing, Hana-chan...!
>I am so moved right now!

>Yui-chan...!
>Eh~

>My friend!!
>Kya
>Kya
>>School Cafeteria
>>Bistro Flowerr

>Heh~ So you come here from a dorm, Hana-chan.
>Yeah... I can't really cook so
>I went somewhere with provided meals.
>Aha
>So you make your own meals, Yui-chan. That's great.

p25
>So Hana-chan can't cook, huh?
>>slurp
>Kitsune soba
>Thank goodness... I thought she was someone who could do anything.
>slightly relieved
>>poof

>I'm glad you're here, Yui-chan!
>I came from the countryside so I don't know anyone here.
>I thought I wouldn't be able to make any friends...

>Hah~
>But I had to come to Tokyo no matter what.
>My hometown has nothing at all.

>Same here.
>Not much.
>Ahahaha
>Really!? So we're the same!

>It's such a pain having to drive 40 minutes to the nearest convenience store.
>Right?
>Ah, I guess we're not that similar.


p26
>Thank goodness!
>Would it be alright if we hung out sometime?
>I'm not familiar with the city that much.

>Ah, me too!
>Let's go somewhere!
>Really? In that case
>Where's one thing I've always wanted to go to...

>What is it? I'm in!
>Let's go!
>Really!?

>>Students Only Mixer
>>City Party!
>>A party for those looking for love<3
>"City Party"!
>I was scared of going by myself~~!
>Alright~ Thank you~~
>Huh...?
>A mixer...?