YuYuYui - Ishitsumugi no shou 66

The secret research project - 1

[Hero Club room]

Tam: Ah~ah, it's summer vacation, but we're still studying in the club room~.

Wak: It cannot be helped. Enemies may appear at any time.

Tam: I know that. But it's summer vacation. A lo~ng vacation so we can have fun.

Anz: Tamacchi-senpai, you just dislike homework don't you? You've stopped making progress since earlier.

Yuu: Tougou-san, do you know how to solve this?

Tou: Aah, rather than the general formula, this is how you solve it...

Uta: A~ah! As if I could express the character's feelings with a yojijukugo~!

Fuy: Let me see. Aah, that's easy. The answer answer is the famous "persevere through hardships"!

Fuu: Aah... This is nice. This scene of people teaching and being taught to complete their homework. This way, the Hero Club won't see anyone fail.

Kir: Secchi~, I ain't got not clue, teach me♪

Aki: Hanamoto-cha~n, about that question~.

Sek/Yos: Please don't ask your juniors.

Kir/Aki: Come~on, you're mean~!

Meb: Suzume. Finish your kanji drills quickly. Just writing should be simple, right?

Suz: Why do I have to write so many times kanjis I already know~!? This is so pointless...

Shi: Miroku... How do you do this...?

Yum: Yes, any difficult problem I am faced with, to I, Miroku Yumiko it is noth-... My, this.

Ren: Hmph, if it is beyond my descendants abilities, then Miroku shall... Aah, this.

Yum: To confront it yourself is the only option.

Tak: Eh, what is it? Did we have a homework that hard?

Shi: Yes... Free research project.

Gin: Waaaaah! I don't wanna hear about that! If it's free, then I don't want to do it.

Sum: It isn't meant like that, but rather anything is fine. Like morning glory observation or ant observation like Sonocchi.

Hin: Well, to pick a theme for yourself is so difficult, that you end up putting it off for later.

Aka: Does anyone want to observe my muscles? Hmph! Biceps! Quadriceps!

Yuz: I want to do an observation on the face the teacher will make if she sees this report.

Nat: Itsuki, what research... will you do?

Its: Ah, I already started, since the first day of summer vacation.

Aya: Really? You're admirable, Itsuki-chan.

Fuu: ...............

Kar: Ah, she's crying without sounds. It's creeping me out.

Mit: So what research are you doing? Itsuki-chan?

Its: Ehehe, it's a secret. I wouldn't want you to copy me.

SON: Ooh! Their research theme is a scholar's life~. So? What're you doing? Itssun♪

Its: Hey, I told you not to look!

SON: Fufufuufu, I took a glimpse. But I only saw the word "research".

Chi: It's a free research project, so of course. But... I'm a little curious.

Its: No way. I'm not showing anyone until it's over, please stop bothering me.

Fuu: Exactly! Itsuki finally found motivation to make an effort, everyone who bothers her will receive the press punishment!

Tam: Press! What're we gonna be pressed between? Mountains? Tama's gonna observe this then!

Fuu: Ooh...?

Tam: Fugyaaah~~!!

Anz: You can't observe it if you're the one receiving it... Tamacchi-senpai...


The secret research project - 2

[Hero Club room]

Gin: Please, Itsuki-sa~n. If you have anything nice, please tell us~.

Its: Even if you beg me, it's still a no.

Tou: It's rare for Itsuki-chan to engage with her homework so seriously, but it is a good thing.

Kar: It's only making me more curious.

Fuu: I told you to cut it out. But Itsuki. You can secretly tell your big sister...

Its: No.

SON: U~m, I'm curious~. As a memo owner myself, I am overly curious of other people's notebooks~.

Wak: You... How can you behave like this while you never show yours. Sit down.

SON: Eh... Yes. Then I'll hold a diary of your sermons~♪

Suz: I like it! I'll do one for Mebu's...!

Wak/Meb: ...............

SON/Suz: It was a joke chirp...

Hin: Now, let us have a break. You cannot retain your concentration if you don't take breaks.

Ren: Indeed. Miroku has prepared frappes for every one of you. Yumiko.

Yum: Yes, ancestor-sama! Here is the ice to shave you requested! Hop there!

Yuz: It seems like it'll take a long time... Can a chainsaw be better for this?

Sum: I don't think chainsaws and snacks go well together...

Fuu: E-Everyone, go wash your hands in turns.

Yuu/Tam/Its: Yees♪

Gin: Kwaaah! S-Something is awakening inside me... kwaah~~!

Shi: What happened...? Minowa.

Devil Silver: Keke! I am Devil Silver! As a demon, I will look inside Itsuki-san's notebook.

Darkness Sonoko Mitochondria: My name is Darkness Sonoko Mitochondria. And I have come to take a peek inside Ittsun's memo!

Gin/SON: Ooo~~w!

Fuu: Enough of that! But... Well... Just a peek? A slurp? A tiny bit...

Fuu: Mmh? What is that...?

Gin: Uuh...07/28, clear. Morning 5, noon 8, afternoon 6?

SON: Evening 10, night 6... What is this about? All the earlier pages look the same~.

Kar: Let me see. You're right. Every day has like morning or evening. Only the numbers after are a little different.

Meb: Could it be the numbers of flowers which bloomed on that day? Or the numbers of vegetables or fruits produced?

Uta: It's weird for the evening to be the time with the most. If there was a vegetable like this, I'd like to observe it too.

Anz: I know! Could it be the numbers of push-ups she's done?

Aka: Then it would be way too few! 10 is kinda low, but 5 or 6!

Kir: Nah, don't it seem like a proper number for Itssun?

Mit: Maybe the time she spent studying? 5 minutes, 8 minutes, 10 minutes... like that.

Son: I have an idea! Maybe super Sancho-kun during the time she's on the phone with someone!

Chi: If we're talking about time, it can be video games too. Like just logging onto a social game.

Yos: Exactly, Koori-sama. I believe it is the right answer.

Sek: After all you said, everyone ended up peeking~, jeez~.

Its: I'm back~♪ Is the shaved ice ready yet?

Its: ???


The secret research project - 3

[Hero Club room]

Its: Eeh!? You looked into my notebook!? Jeez~, you're hopeless...

Gin: S-Sorry, but... We didn't get anything out of it, your secret is intact.

Its: Fu fu fu. Right? I knew this would happen, so I put a secret code.

Its: That's why I'm not particularly upset. Rather, I feel relieved knowing you couldn't decipher it.

Kar: Wha-...! Can I take this as a challenge!?

Its: Eh, that wasn't what I...

Kar: Fine, itsuki. With my perfect brain, I will solve the mystery of your memo!

Kar: Mmh!? If you look closer, there's something else written... "Before -0.5, after +1.2" We have decimals here!

Fuy: Mh. There's even "↑Yet after bathing↓↓" with arrows. Mhmh.

Aki: Wait, after bathing? Is there anything that changes between before and after Itsuki-chan took a bath?

Nat: There's a drawing too... A smiley. There are other ones crying and angry...

Tak: There are letters here too. "N""Y""B"???

Sum/Tou: Nihon(Japan), Yemen, Bulgaria!?

Suz: What is that!?

Anz: Why do you know so much about pre-Divine era countries...

Meb: Um, beside the letters is written "white thing", what could it mean?

Kar: Something white? Haha~h... Yep, I got it! It's udon!

Fuu: Eh, udon!? Is that right? Itsuki.

Its: Boo boo.

Kar: It's not... I can't think about anything else white in the Inubouzaki household.

Fuu: Don't talk about us like we're the yellow kingdom.

Its: I didn't know what that white thing was, so I wrote it down to look it up later!

Yuz: Um... Hey.

Fuy: Ooh! Yuzuki-kun, did you get some kind of brilliant idea!?

Yuz: No, it's about the shaved ice.

Wak/Yos/Hin: Eh.

Yum: Aah~aah~... Aah~aah~... S-Sorry... for.. the wa...it.

Aya: Aah!? Miroku-senpai, hang in there! You must be so tired!

Tam: Yaay! Thanks for the food! Mmh~~So refreshing and yummy~♪

Ren: In any case, I do wonder what research she has conducted which would require a code.

Tou: Y-You couldn't have! Itsuki-chan, are you leaking our important country secrets to Yemen and Bulgaria!?

Kar: What timeline do you come from, Tougou!? It's totally impossible!

Its: Why I encrypted it... Because it would be a problem if there was even a slight chance it could be discovered.

Chi: A-A problem, how...?

Its: I would... not be able to submit my research project.

Suz: B-Because someone would stop you!? That's dangerous research!

Its: In a sense, it is. So my advice would be to stop getting involved with it any more...

Its: Please forget about this and focus on your own homework. It's in your best interest...

Gin/SON/Fuu: F-Fine...


The secret research project - 4

[New semester]

[Hero Club room]

Kir: Man~, talk about a shocker, Ittsun's got awarded by the Board of Education for her free research project!

Anz: It's amazing that she was recognized for her efforts on her research she even hid from us!

Kar: Sure is. Being awarded in front of the entire school, as a big sister, I can be proud of her.

Fuu: I'm her big sister, and a bigger and prouder sister than you! Uuh... You did well, my sister~~!

Yuu: Ah, it's beginning! Her research presentation before the award!

Its: U-Um... I am... Inubouzaki Itsuki. And I will present to you my summer vacation research project...

Tam: Itsukiiii, hang in theeeere! Everyone's rooting for youuuuuu!

Its: My research was... "The relationship between udon consumption and femininity".

Fuu: Ha?

Its: First, please take a look at this graph. The numbers next to the dates and times are...

Its: The number of udon bowls my sister ate!

Fuu: Wha-...!?

Gin: 5 in the morning, 8 at noon, 6 in the afternoon, 10 in the evening, and 6 at night! That's 35 bowls in one day! And for multiple days in a row!?

Aki: Before that, what about those in the afternoon and at night!?

Fuu: A...aa...ah... My snack and... midnight... snack.

Its: Then, the weight differences between before and after eating are marked with + and - in reference to standard weight as a base.

Sek: Ha... Before eating is 0.5 less than the norm! And after is 1.2 more!

Hin: Fuu-san, have you been telling Itsuki-chan your weight?

Fuu: F-For health reasons, our scale keeps previous data. So... she checked that...

Its: Next, please look at the arrows' direction and their number and think of them as my sister's tensiometer.

Shi: "↑Yet after bathing↓↓"...?

Fuu: B-Because... in the bath... you know... your see... your fat... your belly...

Its: As you can see on this next part, there is a close connection between the number of udon bowls and her feelings.

Wak: Ooh... She's right, the days she had many bowls in the morning are marked with a smile, while the ones she had few with a crying or angry face.

Its: If she eats a lot, the cleaning will be perfect to the most minute details, but when she does not, she lazes around on the sofa not doing anything.

Its: It even has an influence on her clothes, on days she eats a lot, you can notice a tendency to wear skirts, and same with pants when she does not.

Fuu: Waa...ah... because... on days when my hips and legs... are a little thinner, pants... Waaaah...

Its: The results of this observation which spanned over a month is that udon has femininity-increasing effects.

Its: While it may not add much, the alphabet letters show the other types of food she ate besides udon.

Its: However as they do not seem to impact femininity, you can see it as a simple remark.

Uta: N, Y, B... Are the other foods?

Its: As a reference, N is meat(Niku), Y is vegetables(Yasai) and B is banana.

Tou: Y is yasai... I am glad she used the Japanese word, but I feel strangely conflicted...

Nat: B after udon... Yes, I knew it... Bananas suit Fuu well.

Fuu: Don't talk like I'm some gorilla! D-Damn you, Itsukii, how dare you betray your own sister~~.

Chi: Wait, what was that "white thing" in the end?

Fuu: P-Probably......... Hanpen.

Yos: Ha-Hanpen?

Fuu: Waaaah~~! I didn't have enough udon so I chewed on some hanpen that happened to be in the fridge~~!

Suz: Eh, you ate hanpen whole without cooking it!?

Yum: To resort to such foul act because of a lack of udon... The udon and femininity theory has been utterly proven.

Its: This research allowed me to prove that there is not a human being who loves udon more than my sister.

Its: I will continue to watch over my sister as the embodiment of udon-femininity.

Its: To my beloved sister, please keep eating udon and become a wonderful woman.

Fuu: Waaaah! Don't look at me and clap! I can't get married anymore! Itsuki, you idioooot!