Watamote 150: Since I'm Not Popular, I'll Scarficie My Laurels

p1
>Youth! Chase that white ball!

p2
>We've got some time
>so let's go check on Mako and Yoshida-san.
>Ah, sure...

>Erm, you wanna come with?
>N-No, I'll just head back to my own class too.
>...

>Oh!
>All done over there already?

>How's the match going?
>It's too long. I feel sluggish...

p3
>That sure is a lot of points.
>It's because both teams suck at defense.

>That one's taking things really seriously...

>This is the fifth time she's gotten on base like that.

>She's giving a serious safety bunt in a girls' softball match.
>When she was batting before, she'd go from the cut position to a foreball...

p4
>Unlike with men, girls' ball games have an implicit rule to read the mood and have fun.

>Among friends and foes who frown upon such ations...
>she refuses to read the mood and instead sticks to her own style.
>That's Koto for you!!

>You're up next, Yoshida-san.
>Yeah.

>How was the ping pong, Yuri?
>We won the first round.
>You lost your one, though.

>You should've done ping pong too, Mako.
>I guess so.
>Makocchi~

>When is this going to end?
>Minami-san...

p5
>It ends after five rounds, so this'll be the last round.
>Eh~ I don't get it~

>When I was the pitcher, that glasses chick started spouting nonsense.
>When I make this sign, throw the ball like this.

>And when I threw it and it got hit...
>If you're not gonna throw it like how I signed, get off the mound.
>That glasses chick got mad and sent me outfield.

>Hey~ Why don't we go and cheer on the guys instead?
>Just hang in there a little longer.
>Komiwhatsherface is something else...

>Why don't you cheer on the guys, Asuka, Hina?
>Eh?

>Our class is full of guys who suck cos they don't do clubs so they should lose by the first round.
>Fufufu. I guess so.

p6
>Go for it~
>Yeah~

>Cheer a little louder, Kuro.
>Eh?

>No way. If an ugly chick like me cheers
>it'll cripple everyone's morale.
>Huh?

>You're being self-concious again.
>There might be guys who want you to cheer them on, Kuro.
>Just the ones with special characteristics, right?

>You're not gonna do it either, Tamura-san?
>I don't really care who wins.
>...

p7
>But y'know, it's fine not to cheer either.
>Well, it is the first years they're up against.

>What did you do for the sports tournament when you were a first-year, Kuroki-san?
>Eh?
>Erm...

>I think it was soccer... I lost in the first round and did nothing else for the remaining two days...

>I read a light novel I brought from home, played on my phone,
>and I found some bugs...

>Bugs?
>That's what you highlight...?

>Erm, for example, if I do this...
>There...

>You pick up a bunch of sand...

p8
>Sieve it a little and...

>there's a doodlebug inside.
>Woah...

>It's not gonna bite, is it?
>It should be fine.

>Could you pass it over?
>Eh?

>It's got a lot of hair.

>It's a little crumply, but it's round and squishy and a tiny bit cute.

>Of all the adjectives in the world, those are the ones that spring to mind!?

p9
>Here.
>I can't tell if she's airhead erotic or cultured erotic...

>Oh~ So that's how they're made.

>Ah, it's over.

>...Eh?

>Man~ That was close~
>Haha...

p10
>You were totally useless, huh, Yocchan.
>Well, all our class' good players went to basketball.

>Even though they were first years, their team had a lot of experienced soccer players.
>Yeah.
>Eh~ But...

>Third years losing to a bunch of first years...
>Isn't that kinda embarrassing?
>...

>Well, we had Katou-san, Kuroki-san, and Tamura-san cheering for us, so we don't have any regrets.
>I was here too, y'know.
>Fufufu.
>I was just teasing the ants.
>I didn't do any cheering...

p11
>Hey, how'd it go?
>A-chan! You finished with softball?

>Huh!? You lost, Yoshi!? Damn, you suck!!
>Shut up! We weren't weak! They were just too strong!

>Mako... You sure about this?
>They said I'd be the pitcher, but the glasses chick in my class was so annoying~
>Ah, yeah. Minami-san's meeting up with her other friends.

>When's the next ping pong match?
>It's in the afternoon, so we've got time.

p12
>During the first year, we got as far as the second round in basketball.
>Yeah.

>...

>Back then, I was in the gym so I had no idea, but was Kuro was doing that the entire time...?

>Kuro. Come here.
>Eh?

>Look, a flower ring. You never did this during elementary school?
>Nope. Can't say I did.

p13
>You didn't make any flower wreathes?
>Elementary schoolers find bugs and kill bugs.
>Girls don't normally do that.

>I'll teach you how to make one, so give it a try.
>This goes here...

>Here.
>Uh
>sure...

>It'd be nice if we won the next ping pong match.
>Eh?

>If we lose, we'll have some time to kill tomorrow, right?
>Yeah...

p14
>Unlike before, it doesn't feel like I'm killing time right now...

>You did better than I thought.
>Put it on and I'll take a picture.
>No, this...

>Kuroki-san, what's up?
>Ah... um... I made this...

>Wah~ So cute~
>A flower wreath~
>Ah, you can have it if you want...
>Eh!? I can have it?

p15
>How about it? Does it suit me?
>Y-
>Yeah...
>Hehehe

>I'm taking a picture~

>She's pleased by both bugs and flowers! What a mom!!
>Those two would just be freaked out...

>[I've totally given her tributes]

>Ah, sorry for the...

>Wanna try making one too, Tamura-san? I'll teach you.
>I'm fine.

>Are you clumsy, perhaps?
>You weren't that good at ping pong, after all.
>Um...
>...

>Here, you can have mine.
>...Don't want it.
>...Hey...
>...