Watamote ch162: Since I'm Not Popular, I'll Make a Wish

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>The wishes packed onto Tanabata are...

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>We did that last year, didn't we?
>Yeah...

>You're not interested in that stuff, right, Tomoko?
>Well, I wouldn't say I'm not interested...

>Heck, last year, I wrote something and hung it up myself.
>You had a wish?

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>Well, it wasn't so much a wish than it was me writing something hilarious on a tanzoku slip...
>Did you have any friends that would've found it hilarious?

>Nope...
>Eh? Then who did think would find it hilarious?
>Oh just forget it.

>Don't you have any wishes, Yuri-chan?
>It's not like they'd come true even if I wrote them down.
>Well I guess, but...

>Mako wrote one last year
>but I didn't.

>Ah, but you had a wish, right?
>Everyone at least has something they desire, right?
>So you did have one. What was it? Money. Something lewd? To have violence rain down upon someone?
>...I'm not telling.

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>>I want a girlfriend
>>A boyfriend, please - Miyu

>It was pretty much just these kinda wishes last year too...

>Senpai~
>This... sugary sweet voice is...

>Congratulations on getting out of suspension!
>Whatcha doing?
>Ah, um, nothing in particular...
>Are there more guys now...?

>Tanabata, huh? All the girls in class have written something down.
>>Let's be friends forever! - Yae
>>Let me be in a class full of girls I can get along with - Girl 1
>...

>...Wanna write something together?
>!?

>Yes! I want to write something!!
>Oh... Okay.

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>Still, I don't have anything to write...
>It's got nothing to do with that earlier chat, but writing something like this won't make it come true.

>Hm?

>What's wrong?
>Oh, I was just wondering what you were wishing for.
>Ah...

>It's hard to think of one when you get to writing it.
>You got any ideas?
>Ah, mine's been granted...

>Just getting to write a Tanabata wish with a female friend... with Senpai is fun enough...

>If I was a guy, I'd totally NTR her from her boyfriend...
>Was I born the wrong gender...?
>I know.
>I've decided on a wish.

>I'm going with this.
>>I wish that I could become even closer with Senpai. I want her to call me by my name - Shizuku

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>W-
>Would calling you Hirasawa-san be okay?
>I'd prefer my first name if possible.

>Sh-
>Shizuku-chan?
>Ah, you can lose the honorifics.

>Shizuku...
>Kya~

>Senpai called me by my name!
>My wish came true right away!
>Heh Heh Heh...

>Have you decided on your wish, Senpai?
>Ah... Maybe this...
>Bit close...
>I see... Tanabata was originally an event where you used wishes as an excuse to flirt with people...

>How wonderful!
>Y-
>You think so...?

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>Huh? You're still writing your tanzoku slip, Ucchi?
>Everyone's already written theirs.

>>Make it so the gross people don't bring in any more grossness this Tanabata
>Ucchi!? What are you writing!?

>Ucchi, where are you going!?

>Ucchi!?
>Why are you hanging that!?

>Kuroki-san, there's somewhere I want to stop by on the way to the study hall...
>Eh?

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>>Get into college - Yuri
>>Get into college - Kuroki Tomoko
>>Let everyone get into their first choices - Katou Asuka
>I figured I may as well write down everyone's wishes.

>You two haven't decided on your wishes yet, have you?
>Eh!?
>Ah
>Yeah...!?

>I just lied right now,  but I'm glad she didn't catch on...!
>...

>She did write one.

>>I wish that mine and everyone elses wishes are heard - Kuroki Tomoko

>So you already wrote one, Kuroki-san.
>Ah, no... You've got it wrong...!
>Why you...! How...!?
>...

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>I wrote my wish.
>Ahaha. That's a dirty hoke!
>It's Asuka and that Kuroki girl!! Is her suspension over?

>She seems to be having so much fun without me!!
>Ever since then, I've been so curious about that incident that I haven't been able to focus on my studies!!

>What did that stuff about Kuroki wanting to touch Asuka's hair mean!?
>Truthfully, I want to chase down those two and ask right away! I want to know!!

>You praying for college, Fuuka? Or maybe a boyfriend?
>Eh?

>>I want to know about Asuka's hair - Fuuka
>!?
>A dirty joke!?
>Heh...? Ah! No!!?

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>The next day

>There's more tanzoku slips.

>Fuuka is that kendo girl like person, right...?
>I know she asked me about Katou-san's boobs on the train before, but to think she was this much of a scumbag...

>Still, for some reason, I ended up coming to see the tanzoku slips...
>It was filled with complaints last year too.

>I guess Tanabata became the event I looked forward to the most.
>Kuro.

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>Making a wish?
>Ah, no.
>Just looking...

>Did you write one?
>I just wrote a "get into college" one for now.
>Hmm... Seems normal...
>What about you, Nemo?
>I wrote one with Ah-chan yesterday too.

>Is that it up there?
>>Become a voice actress (before I reach 20) - Hina
>>Live freely - Owada
>>Have fun every day - Akane
>Yeah, that's the one.

>Thanks to you, Kuro, I was able to write down my true wish this year.
>Eh?
>Good for you?

>Come to think of it, you were hanging up a tanzoku with Sensei last year, weren't you?
>What was that all about?
>Eh!!?

>I was curious about your tanzoku strip, but it was so high up I couldn't see it.
>...

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>It was nothing special.
>I was just screwing around when the teacher found me and made me hang it up.
>Whatcha write?

>I don't really remember but
>I feel like it was something about losing my virginity...
>Virginity?
>You're bothered about that stuff, Kuro?

>Nah, I just wrote that for the lulz. I wasn't serious about it.
>Hmmm.
>You certainly haven't changed much if you've been doing weird stuff like that since back then.

>Still, must be tough for you. Since you're aiming to become a voice actress, you have to protect your virginity.
>What are you talking about?

>You can't be a rookie idol voice actress if you don't have a hymen.
>You're a moron.

>I mean, can the people who say that kinda stuff even tell whether or not a girl is a virgin?
>You've got a point...

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>More importantly, I have one more wish but...
>Back during the college visit, you said you wanted to become a light novel author, right, Kuro?
>Hm? Ah... I guess...
>It doesn't have to be light novels...

>Then write it down.
>N-No...
>Even if I write it...
>Just do it.

>>I want to become a light novel author.

>Is that good enough?
>Yeah.

>...And here's mine.

>>I want to become a light novel author.
>>I want to voice in an anime adaptation of a light novel written by Kuro.

>Just becoming a light novel author is gonna be tough enough. The chances of an anime on top of that are pretty grim.
>It's fine. You're free to wish for whatever you want.

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>Ah...
>Um...
>Ah
>Um!
>Here!
>You dropped this...

>Ah.
>Thank you.

>Wh-What are you doing with that bamboo?
>We're gonna burn this at the shrine.
>I-Is that so?

>It's an event the previous student council president came up with.
>...Yeah, I know.
>Hey~

>Later!

>Well, I don't know if my wish will be granted...
>but it would be nice if it was at least heard.