Ishitsumugi no Shou 17-2N

A new tsukkomi member? - 2

[Hero Club room]

Sek: Still, it's surprising to see you volunteer to be a tsukkomi, Aya-chan.

Aya: It's because I always admired you people that can spot jokes first and make accurate reactions to them!

Gin: A-Admired? Who, us?

Aya: Yeah! I mean, laughing is fun and makes you forget bad and sad things, right?

Aya: So being a tsukkomi is a wonderful job that makes people happy!

Mit: B-Being a tsukkomi isn't a job! It's more of an, uh... Right, Itsuki-chan?

Its: A duty... maybe?

Sek: You could call it a disposition, too.

Aya: Disposition... So then it really is impossible for me, since I don't have the natural ability, sense or knowledge...

Kar: We don't know that. We've never put as much thought into the idea of tsukkomi as you before...

Gin: Well, of course. We do it naturally, naturally.

Kar: So let's not give up until we've tried it. Don't you want to try and train Aya up somehow?

Mit: But how should we do it? They don't exactly sell reference books on how to be a tsukkomi.

Its: Why don't we have her challenge herself by responding to simple boke setups for a start?

Gin: Simple, huh. Then let's go with this. Aya-san, I got my foot on the futon! [1]

Aya: Eeh!? Where!? Did it get dirty? We need to send it to get cleaned.

Sek/Its/Kar: Ah...

Mit: A-Aya-chan, that was a pun. It's based on how futon and foot on sound similar.

Aya: Ah! This is what they call a rhyming boke, right? I'll keep that in mind.

Gin: Alright, one more! Aya-san, where did they put all the fruit? [2]

Aya: Eh? I don't know, but I'll go check the Home Ec room right away!

Sek/Its/Kar: Ah...

Mit: Aya-chan, that was a pun too.

Aya: Ah... Put... Fruit... You're right, it rhymes! Amazing...

Its: C-Can we really keep this up?

Kar: We've got such a long road ahead it's making my head spin, but we just started. We've got to work hard!

Gin: In terms of puns, you should be fine if you keep Wakaba-san, Utano-san and Fuu-san marked.

Its: Onee-chan does all other sorts of things, so she's pretty dangerous.

Mit: Utanon, Nogi-san and Kohagura-san, something like that. They're natural boke, it's a pretty easy level.

Aya: Natural?

Sek: With those three, if you just point out their mistake or lack of understanding, you've got a good enough tsukkomi already.

Aya: I see, I see. So if you just correct a statement like that, it becomes funny.

Kar: That's right. For a beginner, reacting with just "Not that!", "You natural!" or "Way too serious!" is enough.

Aya: Ah, Mebuki-senpai gets the "Way too serious!?" reaction often!

Kar: Yeah, like that. She's a natural boke too. Wonder what kind of face she'll make when she gets a tsukkomi from Aya.

Aya: Thank you very much for teaching me. I'll do my very best!

Gin/Sek/Kar: Way too serious!

Aya: Waah! T-That was great!

Its/Mit: Is she going to be okay...?

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Notes:
1 - Original wordplay: futon wa futtonda (futon flew away)
2 - Original wordplay: lemon no iremon (lemon container)