NozaChiyo Kikou

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1: (title) Too, Too Thickheaded by Yui
2: Nozaki-kun, you take reference photos with Hori-senpai?
3: Yeah. we’ve gathered everything we need for now, // but when we have the time, we often take pictures of scenes that might be of use later on.
4: What kind of scenes? I’ll help you out!
5: I want to help in whatever way I can!
6: Let’s see.
7: The only one we’re missing right now is a kiss scene. (poking out of bubble) I haven’t planned anything for that yet, so I’m saving that for later.
8: A-A-A-A-A kiss scene with Nozaki-kun?!
9: Nah, of course that wouldn’t happen. I’m way too short for Nozaki-kun, anyway!
10: Y-You’d be shooting the scene, right? Who’s going to play Suzuki-kun?
11: Is it going to be Hori-senpai again?
12: Actually, about that...
13: Both Hori-senpai and Mikoshiba firmly rejected playing the role. // They’d be okay with being the cameraman, but they said I’m the only one they’d be okay with being Suzuki.
14: There’s no way she’d be able to pretend to do something like that with the guy she likes right in front of her!
15: (left of panel) Their inner voice
16: Wait, is this really happening?!

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1: I know it’d all just be an act, but when would I ever get this chance again... What should I do...
2: Looks like she wants to think about it for a bit so let’s put it on hold for now.
3: Got it.
4: Well, she probably doesn’t want to kiss the guy she likes // if it’s just for a pretend kiss scene.
5: That’s what the heart of a maiden is like.
6: Sakura, let me tell you something.
7: Kiss scenes typically have both people closing their eyes, so you don’t have to worry about whether or not your eyes are shut when the picture’s taken.
8: I’ll do it!!
9: Thanks, that’ll help us out.
10: What happened to Sakura...
11: Where’d her maiden heart go off to?
12: The problem here is the difference in height, though.
13: Leave that to me, I’ll find a way to adjust it.
14: Nozaki, a little to the right.
15: Got it!
16: Sakura, move a half-step backward.
17: L-Like this?
18: There we go! Now it’s perfect.
19: I’m taking the picture now.
20: He’s manipulating the perspective?!

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1: It was a shame we had to be separated, // but at the same time it sort of helped me from not getting too excited.
2: Did you get a good shot?
3: Show me, show me!
4: The body proportions seem to be matching well, but her face is kind of big...
5: Mamiko’s face is going to be too huge like this!!
6: We can just take a close-up shot and adjust it from there.
7: All right.
8: Now Nozaki-kun’s face is going to be close...
9: Sakura... // I can’t hold on anymore...
10: Wait, Nozaki-kun... // I’m not mentally prepared for this...
11: No, I mean, // I really can’t keep this up for much longer...

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1: Now that I think about it, she once mentioned there was someone she liked.
2: Sakura...
3: I’m not too sure how exactly I should be handling this...
4: Even though this is all just an act, you probably still feel uncomfortable with doing it with a guy you don’t like, right? // It might a bit too late to be saying this, though.
5: Huh? Um, well, of course.
6: I thought so. // Sorry for making you put up with this.
7: This is your chance, Chiyo! If you don’t say it now, you’ll...!
8: U-Um, Nozaki-kun...!
9: The person I like is...
10: Um... // it’s...
11: Nozakiiiiiii!
12: You’re crushing her!

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1: I’ll stop by the clubroom before heading home. See you tomorrow.
2: In the end, we never got that kiss scene.
3: We can just do it another time. I don’t have any plans for that kind of scene anytime soon, anyway.
4: (bubbleless) I’ll see you home.
5: I wonder why she was telling me something like that.
6: I ended up feeling like I didn’t want to hear the name of the guy she liked coming from her mouth.
7: Is it because she wouldn’t be able to work as my assistant anymore after getting a boyfriend?
8: I’ll mentally prepare myself better next time. Oh, I should probably practice, too.
9: No, that’s not what I was thinking at all.
10: Maybe I’ll ask Yuzuki or Kashima-kun to help me out.
11: Do you want to // try doing it right now?

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1: Huh?
2: Practice, I mean.
3: Mm
4: S- // Sorry, Sakura!

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1: I just ended up doing that impulsively...
2: Well, no, it wasn’t something as inconsiderate as that, // it was more like I wanted to do it for real...
3: As long as you were okay with it, I’d be able to able to take responsibility... // Wait, what am I saying?
4: Um, Sakura?
5: Are you upset? // Of course you’d be...
6: Sakura?!

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1: It’s a good thing she’s in her uniform...
2: I’d probably get questioned by the police if she was in her casual clothes.
3: Huh? Wait, so nothing happened between you guys after that?
4: Yeah. // It didn’t seem like Sakura was mad about it or anything.
5: So he hasn’t even realized how he feels about her himself? // Just how thickheaded can someone be...
6: I’ll just have to do something about this.
7: Come forth, my Tomoda power...!
8: Actually, I don’t think there were any conversation options like that in any dating-sim games I played...
9: Seriously though... The heroine falls for you right from the very start and all you have to do is just realize your own feelings? // What kind of super-easy mode is that...

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1: If we’re talking about who’s special to me in terms of friendship, I guess that’d probably be you guys or something. (smaller text) Both the guys and girls.
2: And I guess Kashima, too.
3: A present he’d be happy to receive from the people he’s close to, huh?
4: Yeah. // That way, we’d have way more of a chance than all the other girls!
5: You’re right. Let’s draw out the greatest smile from Mikoshiba!
6: And the best reference material, as well!
7: The same day
8: Happy birthday, Mikoshiba-kun.
9: This is for you.
10: T-Thanks.
11: Here you go, Mikoshiba.
12: Thank you.
13: I got something for you, too.
14: (below 13) Here, Mikoshiba.
15: Thanks a lot.
16: Oh, me too!
17: I appreciate it.
18: Oh, it was your birthday today?
19: Mikoshiba!
20: Happy birthday!!
21: Oh, Nozaki...
22: Thank... you?
23: Nozaki-kun, that’s something Mamiko would be happy to get!

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1: Mikorin is Mamiko, but at the same time he isn’t!
2: Watch this.
3: Mikorin, happy birthday!
4: Even you, Sakura? Thanks...
5: T-This is... // a limited edition figure!
6: I waited in line to get this for you, you know?
7: Seriously? This is awesome, Sakura!
8: (left of 7) Hurry and open it.
9: What do you think?! This is Mikorin’s full-blown genuine smile!
10: Well done, Sakura!!
11: W-W-W-Wait, Nozaki-kun!!
12: Suzuki stayed up all night to get Mamiko a limited edition figure.
13: He was really happy about it, but it’s hard for me to think of that as Mamiko’s smile...
14: I was glad to see that as his friend, though.
15: Well, it was just simply the thing that would have made him the happiest to receive.
16: Sakura. // I’ve realized something...
17: No matter how close we get to him, in the end, we’ll never be Suzuki...
18: Yeah... We should have realized that from the very beginning.
19: Drawing out an expression of happiness from the bottom of // Mikoshiba’s... no, Mamiko’s heart might prove to be impossible...!

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1: Hey, everyone. // Oh, you guys haven’t started working yet?
2: There’s something we want to take care of first.
3: Oh yeah? Then do you mind if I played some games first?
4: Go ahead, sorry for making you wait.
5: M-Mikoshiba. // Um... happy birthday.
6: It’s not like I memorized it or anything! // I just happened to remember it was today, that’s all...
7: Aww, yeah! // It’s finally here!
8: The special birthday event // I’ve been waiting for all this time!
9: That’s one heck of a smile...
10: ...Yeah, that just might be the smile we were looking for.
11: This is Mikoshiba(Mamiko)’s greatest present...?!
12: Just your words alone make me happier
13: than any present someone could give me.
14: The birthday chapter got really good ratings. // Especially Mamiko’s lines.
15: I see...
16: Fin - Thank you so much!

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0: Happy birthday, Mikorin!
1: It’s going to be Mikorin’s birthday soon, huh? // Have you thought about what you’re going to do for him yet?
2: I’ve made plans, but they’re not completely prepared yet.
3: Nozaki-kun’s taking this so seriously...
4: He really thinks of him as a precious friend, huh?
5: This is only time of the year where there’d be a big event like the heroine’s birthday!
6: It’s even bigger than Valentine’s or Christmas in a sense!
7: Oh, uh, yeah...
8: That’s what you were looking forward to?!
9: How was it last year?
10: I did my best to observe him, but he didn’t make any noteworthy reactions or anything. (smaller text) Even though he got so many gifts.
11: Does it mean he wasn’t happy to receive any of those gifts?
12: No, it’s not like that. It’s more like...
13: If all Suzuki did was wish Mamiko happy birthday, // she wouldn’t have much of a reaction from it, it’d feel like something was missing...
14: Yeah, I’m sure she’d be happy to receive presents from her friends, // but Suzuki is an important person to Mamiko.
15: Mikoshiba, who’s the most important boy to you?
16: Boy...?
T/L Note: This page chronologically takes place before page 13

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1: Mm
2: Mmm
3: Seo-senpai... // I...
4: Mm // Hah
5: Wa...
6: Mmm
7: ...!!
8: twitch
9: twitch

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1: Haah
2: Thank you so much, Nozaki-senpai!
3: Your advice worked out great for me!
4: Is that so? I’m glad to hear that...
5: Why are there marks left on Wakamatsu, too...
T/L Note: Chronologically, page 18 and 19 are supposed to take place after page 25

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1: Oh, it’s Wakamatsu-kun.
2: Hey, Wakamatsu!
3: Oh, it’s you guys...
4: You look kind of down, did things not go well with Yuzuki?
5: Well, it is Seo we’re talking about here... // You don’t look like you’re doing that bad, though.
6: Everything went great! We’re super lovey-dovey! // I even stayed over at her place yesterday!
7: I didn’t ask for that many details.
8: (bubbleless) I don’t want to imagine it.
9: I stayed over at her place... but...
10: Mm...
11: Seo-senpai...
12: Waka...

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1: Are you... sure about this?
2: Don’t ask.
3: Hurry...
4: Ah
5: Ah ♥
6: Ah! ♥
7: ...Ahn
8: Waka...!

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1: ...Hey.
2: (left of 1) Waka?!
3: It always ends up like that every single time...
4: Oh...
5: Have you not been sleeping well?
6: So that’s the root of the problem.
7: I don’t think Yuzuki would hate you over something like that, you know?
8: He can fall asleep to things other than her songs, huh...?
9: Wakamatsu. I can’t guarantee anything, but do as I tell you without asking me any questions.
10: Got it!


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1: Whoa, Waka... // I didn’t know you were into this kind of thing.
2: You’re more of a pervert than you look.
3: Seo-senpai...
4: What’s with that weird face you’re making? Are you feeling self-conscious over how you fall asleep all the time?
5: I don’t really min-  // Mmgh
6: Senpai...

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1: Even if you say that, // I still...
2: want to do this with you...
3: Mmm
4: Mm
5: Mmm
6: Mm
7: Mm... ♥
8: Nozaki-senpai.
9: I don’t know what effect this is supposed to have,
10: Find a way to cover her mouth. // If she tries to uncover it, then bind her hands as well.
11: but it’s you we’re talking about here. I’m sure you had something in mind behind this.
12: Mm!
13: Mmm!
14: squish
15: squish

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1: squish
2: Mm! Mmm!!
3: Seo-senpai. // If it hurts, then kick me aside.
4: Mmm ♥
5: ...! ♥
6: squeeze
7: squeeze
8: Mm ♥
9: ...! ♥