Cheese Junkie Nagisa-chan

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>...
>Nagisa-chan?

>You haven't been eating much for a while now.
>What's wrong?

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>Mami
>I told you that I wanted to eat cheese hamburg steak today.

>You had cheese omurice for dinner yesterday, didn't you?

>Cheese omurice and cheese hamburg steak
>are completely different things.

>You're not gonna get good nourishment if you eat nothing but cheese-based dishes every day.
>It's bad for your body if you don't balance it out with all sorts of other food, y'know?

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>Quite the opposite!
>I'll get sick if I don't eat cheese every day!

>That gibberish again!
>It's not that simple!

>I'm done eating!
>Ah, hey! Nagisa-chan!

>...

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>Nagisa-chan is being
>pretty selfish lately...

>She has such a cute happy smile whenever she eats cheese

>I wanted to see it more
>so I just kept on feeding it to her

>And before I knew it...
>Bring out more cheese
>it ended up like this...

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>At this rate, Nagisa-chan is gonna turn even greedier.
>[What if she ends up getting fat...?]

>I have to do something!

>She doesn't listen to anything I say recently...
>Holy Quintet (5)
>I have a favor I need to ask you all. Could you hear me out?
>In that case...

>Look at this~!

>Look at the cheesecake in this magazine!
>They've started serving it at the café in front of the station.

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>I feel like I've eaten this café's cheesecake
>It's got a triple cheese combination of cream cheese, parmesan, and cheddar.
>Heh~
>To understand that much just from eating it, you're pretty well informed, Nagisa-chan~

>She knows so much about cheese, yet lately she refuses to eat anything else.
>She's become an extremely picky eater... It's quite problematic.

>Hey, Nagisa... If you eat nothing but cheese
>You're gonna turn into cheese yourself, y'know?

>There's no way humans would turn into cheese.
>Ahn

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>Momoe-san, could it be that you don't know about the disease that turns people who eat too much cheese into cheese?

>...Heh?

>When you eat too much cheese, it begins to ferment in your inner organs. First, it'll start to transform the insides of your stomach and intestines into a cheese-like substance.
>From there on, the cheese residue will spread, transforming your organs and eventually spreading into your bloodstream.
>And when it has completely mixed with your blood, cheese will start covering blotching over your skin.

>And then you completely become cheese.

>Of course, given how much you like cheese, it's probably too late for you, huh?

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>I saw it on TV the other day too
>It's a rare disease~
>They've searched all the world but they still haven't found a cure, y'know?

>I've heard it's claimed five people across the world...
>Well, there's not that many people who'd eat nothing but cheese everyday
>Nope, not at all~
>[Well it's a disease that only targets fools without a care.]

>It...It can't be... People turning into cheese...

>What about you, Madoka!?

>Have you... heard about a disease like that?

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>Madoka~

>Please, Kaname-san.
>Come on~
>Ma~do~ka~

>C-Come to think of it... I think I might've...
>seen it on TV... a while ago... probably..?

>...No way...

>It can't be... I'm gonna... My whole existence...
>is gonna turn into cheese...
>She bought it!

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>Don't worry.
>No need to cry, Nagisa-chan.

>I've prepared a special medical menu for just such an occassion.

>As long as you follow it and eat properly, you should be fine.
>...Mami

>waaaah
>I'm so sorry, Mami! I'm gonna try hard to fix my pickiness~!
>I'll work hard to eat my veggies too~

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>How's Nagisa been doing after that?
>Is she eating properly without being picky?

>Yes.
>It's all thanks to that white lie you guys came up with.

>I do wonder if we went a bit too far. She seemed pretty scared.
>She doesn't say "cheese cheese" anymore
>and she works hard to eat her veggies even if they still make her cry.

>She really worked up a panic then~
>It's not good to be too selfish so it was a good lesson

>I'm really glad I consulted you guys.
>Thank you.

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>I'm home~

>Nagisa-chan?

>Here shoes are here... is she taking a nap?

>?

>You in here, Nagisa-chan?

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>Ah

>....

>W-Welcome back, Mami...

>...

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>Waaah
>It's not my fault! My body started moving on its own!
>It just started craving cheese!

>I know I need to hold back on cheese to avoid getting that disease, I swear!

>Nagisa-chan, could it be...

>You were just pretending to listen and have been sneaking cheese all this time?

>I don't remember~

>Fine, then.

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>From now on, I won't be bringing out a speck of cheese during dinnertime.
>In fact, I'm banning all cheese from entering this house.

>If you can't understand from reading my lips

>Then I'll keep going
>Hey...
>wai-...
>until you understand
>No...

>Nooooo!!

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>Mami was livid.

>For dinner and breakfast
>there's been nothing but veggies on the table.

>She doesn't let me leave until I've eaten everything.

>And to keep me from buying or eating anything in secret
>If there's anything you absolutely need, let me know and I'll go buy it.
>she confiscated my purse.

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>Today's Menu

>It's been a whole week since I last had any cheese.

>...

>I'll die if I have to keep this up for two weeks!
>Aaaah

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>I don't know if it's because of the ban, but that cheese is looking tastier than before...
>Haaaaah, cheese... It looks so good...

>Not that I realise it, I haven't eaten any cheese in a week...
>Hah hah hah hah hah
>I'm really gonna die at this rate

>Nagisa?
>Hah

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>What are you doing?

>Hah
>Sayaka, Kyouko, good afternoon.
>Hah hah
>Quite the expression you got there
>I'm just having a fun rendezvous with cheese...

>I heard from Mami-san. You're supposed to be on a cheese ban, right?
>Wouldn't coming here when you can't even buy anything just make things more painful for you?

>Right now I'm happy just looking at cheese... Nothing but happy thoughts... Can't do anything without them... Uhehe... uhe... hehe...

>...

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>Here.
>>Yummy Stick: Cheese flavor

>!!

>I'll keep it a secret from Mami.

>Well aren't you kind, Kyouko.
>Shut it.
>Mami just went a bit too far.

>Eat that swomewhere you can't be found.
>...

>No!

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>Hey!
>Whaddaya think you're doing!?

>I don't need it!

>The only cheese I love is real cheese...
>This pale imitation of a snack confection can not even begin to satisfy my hunger.

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>For starters, the texture of the cheese is important... Be it springy, soft, or crumbly... All these different kinds of textures are one of the ways that make eating cheese exciting. And yet these snack bars can't even manage to get that right?
>I mean, what even is a snack bar's "cheese flavor" supposed to be in the first place? What kind of cheese flavor is it? There are so many different kinds of cheese, y'know? Natural? Is it natural cheese? If it is then why not call it Natural Cheese flavor?
>White mold type, blue mold type, hard type, fresh type, there's so many kinds, y'know??? Do you really think cheese is so simply that you can just lump it all together into one "cheese flavor" category????

>Although... to be honest... Right now... I'd be fine with even a snack bar...
>If I ate that I'd subdue my hunger...
>That's all you had ot say.
>But

>If the first cheese I were to put in my mouth after an entire week was to be a snack bar... If I were to be satisfied with that... it would bring shame upon the Cheese Kingdom...
>Hah hah
>Cheese Kingdom...

>So basically, I do not want to associate myself with cheese-flavored junk food.
>Bye bye.

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>Hello? Miki-san?
>What's this all of a sudden?

>Nagisa-chan did?

>I thought she was acting normally this morning, but...
>Now that you mention it... she has been acting weird lately...
>...Yes, she hasn't come back yet.
>Thank you, I'll keep an eye on her... Later...

>Mami-san? Did something happen with Nagisa-chan?

>Well... Miki-san and Sakura-san ran into her in town
>and apparently she was acting strange...

>Strange... in what way exactly?

>I don't really know either... But apparently her character changed from a lack of cheese and she's been saying strange things...

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>Nagisa-chan!?

>Miki-san and Sakura-san called me saying you were acting strange? Did something happen at school?

>Are you listening, Nagisa-chan? Hey, are you okay?
>Mami... smells like cheese...
>wanna...eat cheese...

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>Mami... looks like cheese...
>All this time... I've thought that...

>...

>Nagisa-chan?!
>Seriously, what's gotten into you!?

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>Hey...Nagisa-chan!?

>What should we do, Homura-chan...
>Shouldn't we stop this!?

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>Tomoe-san!
>Get back!

>Eh?

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>!?
>...Nagisa-chan?

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>..Be

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>Bebe!

>...

>That's right... Nagisa-chan was originally Bebe... We were always together...
>We were supposed to have parted ways...

>That's right...

>Nagisa-chan is Bebe... Bebe is Nagisa-chan... She was always following me around...
>Madoka!

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>How could I... have forgotten something so important...?

>I remember... I have a duty to fulfil... somewhere I need to be...
>I need to get back...

>Fwa~~~
>Waaaaah
>What is this...
>F-For now...

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>Nagisa-chan!

>Mami! You're with Homura today?
>Yes. We've made plans to have tea together.

>Good afternoon, Homura.
>Good afternoon, Momoe-san. Have you been eating plenty of cheese lately?

>Don't eat too much, okay?

>Here, take this.

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>Cheese candy! Can I have it?
>Yay

>To give, or not to give? That is the question.
>?

>Hey, Homura, why do you always give me cheese whenever you see me?

>Your tenacity for cheese is a power that's neccessary to keep the rules of this world from being overturned.

>The depth of your love... is terrifying
>?