Watamote Special Chapter

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>>Special chapter celebrating 15 years of GanGan Online!!

>Where are you going?
>Just for a walk around the area.

>Kuroki Tomoko (32)

>This place went out of business, huh...

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>You really came back.
>Ah, yeah. The rents over in Tokyo are way too high
>and I can just work from home.
>Wasn't your short novel axed?
>I'm doing part-time work while working on my next piece.

>What kind of part-time work?
>I listen to celebrities on radio shows, pick out things that they say,
>and write web articles about them while they're hot. It's the kind of job all NEETs long for.
>Sounds easy and fun.

>What's your job again, Yuri-chan?
>I'm working at the library.
>Ah, that's the one. I'm just lazing around so I'll come visit.
>That's fine. There's not much I need to do anyway.

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>By the way, is it true that Yoshida-san got arrested?
>Yeah.

>I don't really get it, but she was apparently found guilty of selling veggies through some kind of app...
>By veggies, you mean "those" kinds of veggies...?

>Mako came up with all sorts of plans for Yoshida-san's sake,
>but the weight on her consciense proved to be too much for her and she turned herself in, leading to Yoshida-san's arrest too.
>>Two women in their thirties arrested.
>>Cultivation and sale of cannabis.
>>Suspect Tanaka Mako
>>Suspect Yoshida Masaki
>I see...

>I'm gonna go visit them next time. Wanna come with, Tomoko?
>Sure...

>Ah! Hey~
>Ah...
>Nemo.

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>You're wearing that when you're over thirty?
>I'm a celebrity, unlike you two.
>Do out of work voice actresses count as celebrities?

>Hey, I'm getting plenty of work, thank you very much.
>That's not work under the name Nemoto Hina, but rather eroge and doujin work under the name N.E.M.O, isn't?

>You showed so much potential when you appeared in a late night anime...
>but every anime you've appeared in since has bombed.
>That's nothing compared to your novels getting axed twice in a row, Kuro...
>Huuuh!?

>As fellow obscurities who pay little in taxes, you two should get along with each other.
>Subtle as you try to be, you're clearly trying to stir us up.

>Wait, so you're back home too, Nemo?
>Came back last year.
>I can just travel to Tokyo if I have work.

>Where are you guys heading in the middle of a weekday?
>There's somewhere I wanted to stop by.

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>It's the high school.
>Haven't been here in over ten years.

>The gate's open a little.
>Let's sneak in for a bit.
>Are you sure?
>It's a weekday. Won't they be taking lessons?

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>Taking lessons, huh.
>We used to be taking them right there...

>Back then, I didn't want to go to school, but now I find myself wanting to go back a little.

>It's not like things are going well these days and everyone's living happy lives or anything.
>Komi-san died in that traffic accident, after all.
>Naruse-san and Katou-san got married, though.
>Even so, it feels sad that they've started going down different paths.

>We may look like adults age-wise, but our minds are still that of high schoolers...
>As a kid, I dreamed about what the future would be like,
>but now I'm an adult, it feels like life's just heading towards the end...

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>It hasn't even begun yet.
>Eh!?

>What's this all of a sudden?
>A line from a movie.
>It just felt like the right time to say it so I did.

>If your appearance has changed but what's inside hasn't, then you can just begin again
>just like back in high school.
>Begin what?
>We have infinitely more time to figure that out than we did during high school.
>Mako and Yoshida-san will be released in six months too, so we'll all be together again.
>I'm not beginning a life of crime.

>Ah!?

>Asuka!?
>Long time no see, you three.

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>How'd you know we were in the school...?
>Nemoto-san contacted me.
>You never did keep in touch all that much, Tomo-chan.
>Well, you got married and all, so I felt like I shouldn't bother you like I did back in the day...

>Well, I'm divorced now, so you don't have to worry about that anymore.
>Eh!?
>Eh!?
>Since when?
>Why!?
>Half a year ago, I guess. We were both too busy with our jobs.

>Is there anywhere you'd like to go?
>Anywhere is fine,
>if it's the four of us.
>Then let's try going some place that's a little further away.

>To the car in front, please stop immediately.
>I don't think I was breaking any laws...

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>You're in violation of the law for exceeding the gross limit for passengers.
>What kind of crime is that!?
>Hey, can we stop for a moment?

>We were having a realistic discussion about what things might be like 15 years down the line before you cut in and made things unrealistic, Uchi-san.
>It was taking forever for me to show up.
>Yuri, just what do you think of me?

>Why was I
>killed off just like that?
>I was being realistic...

>Or rather, why'd you start talking about 15 years into the future all of a sudden?
>Just ten years is fine, right?
>It just felt appropriate.