Watamote 163: Since I'm Not Popular, It's Summer

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>Summer appears! Sleepy as usual...

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>Sunburn

>Hot...
>It's totally Summer...

>Katou-san...?
>Ah, Kuroki-san!

>Morning.
>G-
>Good morning.
>A parasol, huh... Kinda makes you look like a celebrity.
>Hehe

>You think so?
>There's other people besides me using them.
>Ah, so there are.
>Quite a few of them in fact.

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>I guess it's normal for high school girls these days to use parasols...?
>Just a little while ago, I thought uniforms and parasols were just items used for a chunibyo setting...

>I get burned easily after all.
>Dark skin wouldn't look good on me.

>Of course it would look good on her...
>She'd like like a slut... or rather an erotic gal...

>If Yuri and Kii-chan got tanned.
>They'd lose their Japanese-ness and start speaking in indigenous languages...

>What about me...?
>I'd probably jut say stuff like "it smells" or "it looks smelly". I should definitely avoid getting tanned!

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>Haramaku's Elite Four

>Results of the 1st semesters health and fitness exams.

>I got a good score even without studying up on health...

>You're sullen, Yuri-chan, so you probably got a high score too.
>I'm not sullen.

>86!? That's a high score!!
>It's not a high score!

>Nemo's are probably nothing special...
>Hm?

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>...It really wasn't anything special...
>What's with that look?

>You got 100, Koto? Amazing.

>There were a lot of sports questions related to sex this time around.
>I see...
>Okay, take your seats.

>Regarding the results of the tests this time around, the school average is 62 while class 3-5's is 78.
>Health and Fitness isn't a required curriculum, but I'm happy you all took it seriously.

>What's more, the four students who managed to get full marks
>are all in this class.

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>Katou.
>Komiyama.
>Hatsushiba.
>Tanaka.

>You four worked really hard.
>You all tried really hard too, everyone.

>Amazing, Tanaka. 100 points?
>At Health and Fitness?
>Yeah... It just so happened
>to come up for Chiba West's exams so I studied... for it...
>It's not my speciality or anything...
>That was close... If I had gotten full marks, I would've been roped into Haramaku's Lewd Elite 4...!!

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>Koharu-chan 1

>Oh crap, I forgot my textbook.
>It's Kawagoe next, so he'll be super annoying.

>I'm gonna go borrow off of Koharu.
>Take care.

>...

>Koharu-chan is...
>Ah, there!

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>Koharu-chan. She used to act so foolishly in the past, and now she's all alone.
>It's fine. It's not like she can hear us anyway.
>Uwah! She came the cafeteria alone again.

>Maybe I'll poke fun of her.
>Koharu-chan.

>Sachi!

>Eh? What's this? What's this?
>What are you here for?!?
>Are you here to hang out!?
>Ah, um... I need to borrow a textbook...
>How can someone with such a terrible personality make such an innocent expression...?

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>Koharu-chan 2

>Ah, I didn't bring mine either.
>Eh!? Seriously?

>Is Makocchi here?
>She went off somewhere.
>Uwah~ What do I do?

>... Give me a sec.
>Eh?

>Ah, Suzuki-kun. My friend forgot her textbook.
>I didn't bring mine either so can she borrow yours?
>Hm?
>Sure, I don't mind.

>Here.
>Ah.
>Thank you.

>See? I'm really good with the guys.
>It's these annoying parts to Koharu-chan that just can't bring you to hate her.

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>Don't come.

>Kuroki-san has a little brother, right?
>What do you think about him, Ucchi?

>What do you mean?
>Well, he's a guy. Does he make your heart poundat all?

>...

>She's really staring at me!?

>How about it?
>Not a shred of grossness.
>And no signs of potential grossness either.
>And now she's talking shit about me...!?

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>Trapped

>Got a minute, Nemoto?
>Eh?

>Here's the key to the gym storage.
>Could you lock it and return it to the staff room?
>You can come anytime during summer break.
>Ah, yes. Of course!
>So annoying...

>Hah...
>Let's go.

>There's something I wanna try that I'll never get a second chance to do.
>Eh?

>Okay, I'll lock it for about 15 minutes okay?
>Kay.

>I've always wanted to experience getting locked in a clubroom at least once in my life.
>...Well, I know how you feel.

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>Okay, let's see if there's any other escape routes besides the entrance.

>Up we go.

>Ah...

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>Ah...
>Erm.

>...Down we go...
>Ah...

>Ah, N-Nemoto-san.
>I-I'm getting out, so open up...

>Hey!
>Nemo!! Are you there!?
>Open up already!!

>Hey!! Someone!!
>Save me!!

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>Since I'm Not Popular, It's Summer

>And so, Nemo locked me up in there. It was rough.
>Hmm.

>But still, that guy and girl that were in the gym storage...
>I dunno if they were about to get up to some lewd stuff but
>but it's got nothing to do with me...

>Since it's our third summer, it'll be kinda lonely graduating without dating any guys.
>I guess so.
>Eh?

>Didn't you date a boy during the first year, Mako?
>Yuri!?

>I-Is that so?
>I wouldn't call it dating. We just walked home together for a while and went out like once.

>I mean, it was the first summer of high school and you needed to at least go out with someone, right?
>...I certainly didn't.

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>So even the crazy lesbo was like that...
>If I had freckles and communication power, would I be harmless to man nor beast?
>Come on. You've had that happen to you too, right, Yui?
>Have I? I don't remember.
>You've had texts from the boys in class.
>>You free on the 10th? Wanna go somewhere together?
>I don't know them so I just ignore them.
>Wait, who told you, Mako...?

>...It feels like I'm the only one who hasn't had a popularity episode.
>Well, it's fact.

>Ah!

>Long time no see. Ah, right. You're from Haramaku, so you'd be around here, right?
>Ah...
>Ah...
>H-... He...
>He...
>Hello...

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>Ah.
>D-Do you live around here?
>No, I'm just on the way home from college.

>Erm, is your little sister... that girl doing well?
>Ah, yes... She's been energetic in a lot of ways.

>L-Later then.
>You know him? He looks to be in college.

>A lot happened, and I gave him my first during the first summer break...
>Eh!?
>Your first what?
>...My first prostration...
>Why?

>...Thinking about it, Summer has a lot of memories.
>Kii-chan comes every year.
>I've been to the beach and Comiket with Yuu-chan.
>I had a handshake with a voice actor.

>And this year, I have these guys with me... There may be no guys around but
>I don't think I'll be lonely.
>You had a little sister?
>What did she do to warrant a prostration...?