Watamote ch195: Since I'm Not Popular, I'll Put On a Character

p1
>This bitch... She's reading a sports paper in class.

>A high school girl with a sports paper!? What kind of character is that!!?
>Sure, I read manga magazines in class, but it just makes me look shabby.

>I see you read those from time to time, Koto.
>Only when there's a lot of articles about the Lottes.
>This isn't a character! It's the real deal!!

>Regardless of whether it's an act or not, a girl reading a sports paper in class is a new kind of exquisite!!
>Am I actually getting jealous of the cockroach!!?

p2
>>Grand assembly of female genitalia from around the world
>And what's with that article!? If anyone besides me or your X friend over there saw that, they'd think it was sexual harrassment...!!

>...I can't afford to lose to that toilet roach's character!!

>The next day.
>Welcome~

>>Playgirl - Reiwa Era Gravure
>>Crunchy Sticks - Gobo Tempura
>>Iced Coffee
>>Kinoko no Mori
>That'll be 788 yen.

p3
>What are you doing so early in the morning?
>Have you given up on everything? Like your exam studies and the school festival.
>Well, uh...

>You bought another one today?
>They're fighting over the lead position right now, so there's an article about it.

>I put on this character so I could compete with her... but it's just making it feel like we're both in a dangerous corner of the room...
>Wanna read this, Yuri-chan?
>I'll read it.

p4
>Why are you looking at swimsuit girls, Tamura-san?
>Tomoko gave it to me.
>I didn't say you could keep it.

>I guess a made-up character is a far cry from a genuine pervert...
>Lining my desk with snacks and reading men's magazines does feel like I'm blatantly putting on a character...

>Being a spontaneous character, on the other hand, is surprisngly simple.
>Delinquent characters like Yoshida-san just do nothing but sleep, after all.

>The shelf under her desk is practically empty... I guess she keeps her textbooks inside her locker?

>Holy crap! This locker!!!
>It's not simple at all!! She put a lot of work into this!!
>>Yoshida Masaki [nameplate at top]
>>Custom CAR
>>Bike Road
>>Jump Road
>>Monthly Champion
>>Health and Physical
>>OWN English Expression

>I've never seen Yoshida-san's locker before, but I didn't expect it to be this crazy...
>I guess a fake really can't compete with the real deal.

p5
>What're you doing?
>Yoga.

>Tomo-chan, I'm going to 3-6. Come with me.
>Eh?
>Ah, sure.

>...

>Miho went to the staff room.
>She should be back soon, but...

p6
>if you need a textbook, wanna borrow mine?
>Thank you.
>Kaho's absent too, so you're a lifesaver.
>What is that mess under her desk!!? A garbage dump!?

>And what's with that selection of books!!?
>>Chiba Gourmet - Curry - Steak - Ramen
>>14-year-old girls Sex and Body
>>Band Guitar
>>Adult SEX - "The correct way to show your love".

>What is it, Kuroki?
>If you wanna read something, I can lend it to you.
>No, it's not that...

>Oh yeah. These girls are in 3-6...

>Compared to all these different people...
>is my character perhaps lacking...?

p7
>She changed into a literary girl character in an instant... Even though she's a Lottes pervert...
>There's still traces of her pervertedness on her trash box, though...
>>SEX Summit Being Held

>Even X stands out just from being the friend of a pervert...
>>Multipurpose

>Phew...
>What's up?

>Well, I was just thinking about how unexpectedly normal I am...
>In what way?

>Everyone has a surprising amount of character to them,
>such as how you're expressionless, gloomy, sullen, erotic and violent, Yuri-chan.
>You just went from being worried about something to spitting out insults in an instant.

p8
>Nemo's got cocky, wimpy and virgin attributes on top of being an aspiring voice actress...
>So voice actresses have to pose in underwear for magazines like this, do they...?
>Eh!?
>Ah, well, it's work, after all!

>Even though there's plenty of weirdos in this class alone,
>there were plenty of abnormal ones in the other class too...
>When I saw those people, it became curious about how weak I am in comparison.

>Back in the day, I was a loner... I got called Penis Kuroki-san...
>It was a frivolous existence...
>You want to be frivolous?
>No, it's not like I was frivolous by choice or anything...

>It's just that, now that I have friends, it feels like I'm becoming too much of a normal, well-behaved and diligent high school girl...
>I don't think your bars for self-esteem are normal though.

p9
>I don't really get it, but
>are you aiming to become a weird person?
>I wouldn't worry about it. You're plently weird already.
>No, not a weird person. I'm talking about my character.

>what kind of character covers there desk in snacks and reads magazines in class first thing in the morning?
>...
>...I just got a little off course because of the girl next to me...

>You can't become a character just from wanting to become one...
>!

>I'd become Tomoki-kun's Onee-chan character if I could.
>That's creepy...
>There are some characters that you can't become even with effort.

>Like what?
>Big-boobed (character).
>...