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-pg. 181 - Embarrassment to our Ancestors
+img 72 - Eye-Opening Words
->...You ever imagined yourself as an old man?
+>So, Shoutarou, you said you had "a bunch",
->Nah... I've never thought of that...
+[small] Those guys
 >but do you have any friends besides those guys?
->Since this is the age of otaku, maybe by the time we're old they'll let us sing and dance to anime OPs in the nursing home...
+
->Just thinking about that gives me chills...
+>Isn't two enough to be called "a bunch"...?
 >Eh... I think "a bunch" implies at least 5 or 6 people...
->Since sudden excitement can be deadly, watching anime would be a life-or-death struggle...
+
->And since controlling our emotions would be more difficult, the arguments about pairings or who the best girls are would probably get even more fierce than when we were young.
+>Well, a vague term like "a bunch" is going to mean different things to different people.
 >He dodged the issue...
->And at the very end, we'd ride in a "cringe hearse" to be put in a "cringe grave".
+
-[small] 1:1 scale stone figure
+[side] FULL NAMES - FIRST REVEAL
-[sign]Makihara family grave
+Makihara Nobuyuki
->At least *die* with some dignity.
+Kishikawa Ryuuji
 
-pg. 182 - National Character
+img 74 - Justice Breaker
->There sure are a lot of typhoons in autumn.
+>Say... Don't you want to do something 'nice' with onee-san?
 
->Don't places like America names their hurricanes?
+>Do you want to...
->What if we did that in Japan too?
+>do something 'naughty' with onee-san...♡
->So you'd have like 'Massive Typhoon Kaori' and stuff...?
+
 >You say that but you're both talking about the same damn thing...!
->If we did that, the internet would be full of art of personified typhoons... [fun fact: https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=71802733]
+>What's good!? What's bad!? What am I supposed to believe in...!?
->And of course people would try to put a stop to it, saying it's in poor taste...
+SFX: *Rumble*
 
->...It probably wouldn't turn out well, would it...
+>Well, I'm feeling like an outlaw today
 >so I'll go with this one!
 SFX: *Smack*
-pg. 183 - Pro and Amateur
+
-[sign]Very popular! Collections of cat photos
+[side]
-[book] Zenbei Monzetsu [might be the name of the author, but it's not really a name. It's literally 'All-US' + 'passing out in agony'. Not sure what's going on here.]
+>My parents told me if I have time to be worried about when seiyuu marry
-[book on the right] Cat-
+>I should be worrying about my own relationships with girls.
 
->Oi, don't you want to take a look at this?
+img 78 - Breakthrough
-[small]You like this sort of stuff, right?
+>Are you even trying to make friends!? We're halfway through May and you still only have me!
 SFX: *Shouting*
->Mmm... I do, but, photos of cats are sort of too 'clean' for me, you know...
+>Th-...Then tell me what I should do!
-[small]They are cute though
+
->Right...
+>Nobody will talk to me! And if I muster up the courage to talk to them all they do is smile awkwardly! I can't make friends with my class anymore!
 >It's too early to lose hope... I have an idea.
->It's more for the beginners to get excited over, right?
+
-[small]I feel you
+>I'll dress up like granny like I did the other day and pretend I'm in trouble, then you come to help me...
->Can I really say "Yes" here...?
+>When your classmates see that, their opinion of you will go through the roof... That's my plan.
 >Listen, you...
-pg. 184 - 'Rock is the Strongest' Theory
+SFX: *Siiiigh...*
->You've got rock, scissors, and finally paper... [Kind of localized. He lists the onomatopoeia for each and then says the actual word they represent (guu is rock, choki is scissors, paa is paper). Don't think that would work in English.]
+
->Isn't paper clearly the only one with hardly any offensive power!?
+>That's it.
 SFX: *Thumbs up*
->Maybe the paper isn't just your *regular* paper?
+
->That's right.... Paper money! Rock and scissors fight with violence, but paper fights with *assets*!
+[side]
->Ooh! That might be the answer!
+>Looking at paper sumo wrestlers
 >reminds you of opened mackerel, doesn't it?
->W-...Wait! How much do you want!?
+
->I'll pay any price, you name it!
+img 82 - Violent Words
 >By the way, Misuzu, how's school?
->It's no good... I still can only picture it losing...
+SFX: *Shudder*
->...In fact, it would even lose to rock...
+
 >D-...Dad, why all of a sudden...?
-pg. 185 - Incredibly Instantaneous Wind Speed Type [this is probably a reference to something but I have no idea what it is.]
+>I mean, it's been a while since you've started high school. I'm a little curious.
->What was "Kintarou" about again...?
+
-[Kintarou's shirt] Kin [gold]
+>Do you have lots of friends?
 SFX: *Kya* *Kya*
->Uhhh... He sumo wrestled a bear, I think...
+>Oh honey, don't ask her about that.
->Eeh? That's it?
+
 >I know! Invite some of them over this weekend!
->I remember the theme song but I can't remember the actual story...
+SFX: *Sprout*
-SFX: *Hmmmmm*
+SFX: *CRUNCH!*
->Yeah... I remember the song but not what it was about...
+
 [side]
->There are a lot of anime like that, huh.
+>Guys who go out of their way to write 'pantsu' in hirangana are mostly lolicon.
 
-pg. 186 - Spicy Smell [in English, written with kana]
+img 86 - Meat Lover
-SFX: *Slurrrp*
+[Shoutarou] Hohohohohoho
->Ah-!
+>I can't keep this up...! I need to get Shoutarou out of here before they find out...
 
->I got a soup stain on my shirt....
+>I know! Why don't you stay the night?
-[Small] *Siiiigh*
+>M-MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!?
->Go get changed.
+
 >H-... Hold on! Shoumi-chan can't do that on such short notice! [not sure how to romanize his girl name. It's just the first character of Shoutarou followed by "mi" which is a common ending for girls' names. As an actual name it might be Mayumi or something and Shoumi isn't a real name but it's more obviously derived from Shoutarou.]
->Maaaan...
+>We're having yakiniku for dinner tonight~
 
->...Just having a stain in one spot stands out, but if I cover it all in soup it just looks like a beige shit, right?
+>I will graciously take you up on your offer.
-SFX: *Soaked* [I think]
+SFX: *Drool*
->Don't come near me.
+>YOU ASSHOOOOOOOOOOOOOLE
 
-pg. 187 - Maker
+[side]
-[label] I grew these. City A - Sakurano Minoru
+>I'll come up with a character who looks like he'd scrounge up to #78 on a popularity poll.
-[sign on the right] Special Price
+[box]
-[text box] Producer's face sticker
+Melancholic Ishikawa
 Class: Paladin
-SFX: *Stick*
+- Refers to himself as 'oira' [Informal, boyish, rural and somewhat archaic first person pronoun]
 - Had a one night stand with the protagonist's mom
-[label] I grew this - Makihara Mitsuko [a bit tortured, since there is no plural in Japanese and saying you "made" something has to use more specific terms in English. The labels basically say the same thing.]
+- Most proficient weapons are sandpaper and graters
 - Arrogant with shop attendants
->You son of a-...!
+- Convinced 落 is written with the 氵 radical
-SFX: *Vwoom*
+- Blames the controller when he loses at games
->There are some things you *just don't do*...!!
+- His controllers are greasy with oil from snacks
 - Interrupts people with "But" or "Listen," when they're talking
-pg. 188 - Just Over the Line
+- Impulsive
->Uwah-!?
+- Warms up to people
->What's with the... What?
+- Easily hurt
 
->I realized how many of the most popular mascot characters in the world use mice as a theme...
+img 90 - Flawless
 >What the hell was he thinking...
->So I figured I could borrow a bit of that popularity to make friends.
+
->Eeh...
+>Don't tell me...
 
->I don't have electric attacks but I can do a high-pitched laugh.
+SFX: *Lift*
-SFX: *Ha-haw!* [yes, that laugh]
+
 >...Pay me for new panties!!
->She's oblivious to some pretty scary things, this girl...
+SFX: *Smash!*
 
-pg. 189 - Expression-having Character [a play on expressionless, just replacing the 'less' part with 'having a few/some']
+[side]
->Expressionless characters have a lot core appeal...! If I try to copy that...!
+I couldn't have made any excuse if they happened to see my underwear and it was men's, could I?
-[magazine] Anime monthly
+
->Don't do it! I'm 100% sure if you do it in real life it's only going to be cringy!
+img 92 - Old Man's Voice in your Ear
 >It's making its way into the hole-
->You can't know for sure until you've...!
+>That is sick...
-SFX: *Staaaaare*
+[magazine] Pervy Canon Monthly
 
-SFX: *Smiiirk...*
+>Oh, it's big! Will it go in!? ...IT'S IIIIIIIIIIN!!
->Aaaand you're out.
+>An incredible shot!!
 
-pg. 190 - Dokkyun ☆ shocking ☆ instant intimacy
+>...Here comes a second shoooooot!! It keeps on coming!! It won't stoooooop!!
->Wanna stop by somewhere on the way home?
+>...Hey, come on!
->Well...
+
 >Can you stop watching baseball in my room!?
-SFX: *Tug*
+
-SFX: *Trip*
+[side]
 >I rubbed it and a spirit came out...! [TN: 'sei' means both spirit/genie and semen.]
->UWAAAAH!
+>I RUBBED IT AND A SPIRIT CAME OUT!!
 >...Stop saying that!
->Kyaaaa!?
+
 img 96 - The Sugisaki Household's Daily Life
-pg. 191 - Lightning Speed
+>With more and more clients' personal information being leaked...
->H-...Hurry up and get off me!
+>companies are being monitored to make sure they take preventive measures.
-SFX: *Pull* *Pull*
+
->Th-...That's my line, you idiot!!
+>This can't go on!
 SFX: *Slam!*
->Kukuku... You feel into my trap so easily it's almost funny...
+>What's gotten into you?
-SFX: *Creep...*
+
->!? Who the hell are you!?
+>Nothing... I'm just a little worried...
 
->I'm an assassin sent by the student council! Arts and Crafts Club President - 'Marking Pin Tamura'!!
+>Since I always ball my tissues up and throw them away.
-SFX: *Baaaaang*
+>They have my *personal information* [furigana: DNA] on them.
->Wha-... The student council!?
+>Do I really share the same blood as him...?
 
->Unfortunately for you, your bodies won't be able to separate.
+[side]
->While you were busy with your little romcom routine, I sewed your skirt and your pants together.
+>They look like removed panties and their name could even be mistaken for "fap fap"... [scrunchie is 'shushu', which when written in kana can resemble 'shikoshiko', the onomatopoeia for jerking off.]
->UWOOOOOOOOOOOOH!? WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!
+>These scrunchie things are clearly adult goods.
 
-pg. 192 - The More You Struggle
+img 100 - Honestarou ['shoujiki' (honest) is written with the first character of Shoutarou's name, and the rest of his name is added afterwards]
->Now, without wasting any time...
+>Ooish-sensei - Teaches physical education, and is Shoutarou and the others' homeroom teacher.
-SFX: *Snap*
+>Because of his strict personality, the students don't think very highly of him.
->UWOOOOOOOOOH DON'T TAKE PICTUREEEEEES
+
 >Education isn't all about rewards... Someone has to volunteer to be play the bad cop too...
->HAND OVER THE CAMERAAAAAAAA
+>But still, I have to admit it does feel a bit lonely.
-SFX: *Fwsh*
+
->Whoa.
+>I could have some silly banter with the students now and then...
 >You boys sound like you're having fun. What were you talking about?
->He said he was an assassin from the student council...
+
-[small] Don't think you'll get off easily for this
+>We were just having fun complaining about you, Ooishi-sensei.
->He made us look like we're *docking* so he could take embarrassing photos and get me suspended or even expelled!
+
 [side]
->Damn it! We have to do something about this first...!
+>No need to worry, now that I'm here! But I can't save everyone at once...!
-SFX: *Tug* *Tug*
+>Kids who buy my branded products get preferential treatment!
->DON'T PUT YOUR HANDS ON MY HIIIIIIIPS
+[box] Final Fine Fire Fighter Five
-SFX: *Snap*
+■ Special move - Unlimited Eternal Infinity Never-Ending Forever Everyday Endless Punch
 Opponents hit by his punch lose their powers and are sent to a 4.5 tatami mat room where they're forced to live forever with a nasty middle-aged married couple. What's more, this married couple is immune to any attack or ability.
-pg. 193 - Exorcist
+
->GOD DAMNIT HOLD IT RIGHT THERE YOU ASSHOOOOOLE
+img 104 - Irresponsible Idea Man
-SFX: *Gasshiiii* [no idea. *Lock* maybe?]
+>The makeover plan was a bust, huh...
->UWOOOOOH WHAT ARE YOU DOOIIIIIIIINNNNG
+[small]Changed into their PE clothes
 >And here I thought it was sure to work...
->Don't just stand there! Move your knees, we're going after him!!
+
-SFX: *Shaka* *Shaka* *Shaka*
+>Just goes to show how hard it is to shake your image once it's already established...
->I think you should calm down a bit, Misuzu-san!
+
 
->I'LL GET YOOOOOOOUUUUUUU
+>...Wait.
-SFX: *Skittering*
+
 >Wasn't it already hopeless by the time we weren't wearing uniforms?
->What the hell!? We're not even getting close!
+>Don't you suddenly start being reasonable!!
-SFX: *Dash!*
+>You were the one who came up with the idea so you have a duty to fulfill! Take responsibility!!
->Calm down, Misuzu! Your being creepy is only making him run faster!!
+
 [side] For summer
-pg. 194 - Undress
+
->That jerk! Why would he even do something like this!?
+img 106 - Of all things
->...In any case, stopping him is our top priority! If those pictures get out, our school lives will be ruined.
+>"Put a book under your pillow and you'll see it in your dreams"... huh?
 >Let's try this out with this month's issue of 'Pervy Canon Monthly'.
->...But... What can we...
+
->Fufu... Oh, Misuzu. Have you forgotten what kind of man I am?
+SFX: *Snooze...*
 
->Kekeke... Just by taking this stupid picture I can increase my club's budget... What a steal.
+>Welcome, young man. Join us and you can ask the authors anything you want about their work.
->I'd better get to the student council room...
+>D-... Don't tell me this is...!
->I don't think so.
+>That's right. This is...
 
-SFX: *Zooooom...*
+>The reader correspondence column.
 
-pg. 195 - The Man Called Sugisaki Shoutarou
+[side]
->...Never bother us again, got that?
+>Now I finally understand. What I really wanted wasn't to trade for rare monsters...
-[small]I'll just delete this...
+>But to a friend to trade with...
-SFX: *Beep*
+>Why first gen in this day and age...?
 
->Your sewing... It's certainly a fearsome technique.
+img 110 - Makes you want to eat her up
->HOWEVER!
+>Aah... I'm so nervous...
->Your mistake was not knowing what kind of man I am.
+
 >I can't believe she asked me to hang out with her...
->I wouldn't hesitate for a second to get naked if it's for her sake.
+>I haven't seen her since our middle school graduation. I can't wait~
 
->...Actually I won't hesitate to get naked even if it's not for her sake.
+>Misuzu...
->What's wrong with this guy...?
+SFX: *Swf...*
 
-pg. 196 - SPY
+SFX: *Nom...* *Slorp...*
->I didn't think he'd do something like this to get revenge...
+
 [side]
->...And it bothers me how he could attack so precisely, exactly when I would be with Misuzu...
+>Breast enlargement training... Dubious supplements... She had great hopes of increasing her bust size before trying all of them
->I don't think Misuzu even knows the student council president. It's almost as if he knew Misuzu is my weakness...
+>Only for absolutely nothing to change.
 
->Could it be...
+img 114 - Dumb and Doting
->That someone is selling information to the student council...!?
+>An idol, huh... She's cute.
 
-pg. 197 - my future
+>Misuzu, don't tell me you want to become an idol! Papa will never allow it!
->We're still first-years.
+SFX: *Slam*
->If we set our sights on it now and work hard, we could actually get admitted into a graduate school...
+>I wasn't planning on it even if you did!
-[Alternate. meme mode: If we set our sights on it now and lay out our studies, we could actually get admitted into a graduate school...]
+
 >Oh... Thank goodness.
->Admitted...
+SFX: *Phew*
-SFX: *Gulp*
+
->Into grad school...
+>If your cuteness got out to the whole world
-[meme mode]
+>this country's birth rate would decline even faster.
->Lay out...
+>Dad, calm down, seriously.
->Be admitted..
+
-[/meme mode]
+[side]
 >When the official site runs a story about a fan getting cyberbullied
->Or for short...
+>she puts on a really forced smile! [really unsure about what he's saying here]
->Labia... [tn: graduate school is "daigakuin", admitted is "shingaku", they abbreviate it to "daiinshin", which means labia majora.]
+
 img 118 - Fine print
-SFX: *Kyaaa* *Kyaaa*
+[box] 5 years ago
->I'll remember to not talk to these guys about our future plans...
+>Granny!
 >Oya, Shoutarou and Hiyori-chan.
-pg. 198 - Narcissist?
+
->Man, Sugisaki is so lucky, having a sister... I wish I had a cute little sister.
+>Shoutarou, I'm glad you always come by...
->Reality isn't that sweet, you idiot.
+>but wouldn't it be more fun to play with your friends?
 
->You'd have the same parents, so it'd just be like if there was one more you, just turned into a girl.
+>Playing with you is way more fun, granny! Want me to massage your shoulders!?
->Me but as a girl...?
+>Stop that now! Don't treat me like like an old woman!
 SFX: *Struggle*
->So she'd have listless eyes...
+
->Long hair, understand otaku hobbies and be very interested in lewd things...
+>Then let's play card games!
 >I can't read those small letters!
->FUWAH WHAT THE HELL!? THAT'S THE PERFECT WOMAN!!
+>Spare a thought for the elderly!
-[outside speech bubble] I LOVE YOOOOOOUUUUUUU
+>Which is it...?
->How can he interpret himself in such a positive way...?
+
 [side]
-pg. 199 - The Offering Puzzle Game Theory
+>Great, great...
->The 'Bull-headed shrike' doesn't eat its prey on the spot, instead it has a strange habit of impaling it on the the branches of trees and such.
+>Graaaannnyyyy~! [not 100%, but I think this is a joke around playing peek-a-boo. the first bubble says 'idai' twice, which means great as in admirable but also sounds like 'inai', which means 'isn't there/gone'. The second bubble says 'baaaa!', which could just be like a 'bam' sort of noise but is written as 'old woman'.]
->This behavior is called the 'Shrike's Offering'
+
 img 122 - Not delivering what was promised
->Even after going through all the trouble of catching its prey, it doesn't even eat it... What a weird bird.
+>Naughty little braaaaaaat!!
->I think I understand how that shrike feels though...
+SFX: *Spaaaaaank!*
 >GYAAAAAH!!
->I have games I buy just to know I have them, and shows I record but never watch...
+
 >...Granny, you're merciless with your spanking...
->Why don't you watch them?
+
->Sigh... I just don't have the time...
+>You'll thank me for that pain one day...
->Fun fact: The 'Offering' is very rarely actually eaten later.
+
 >Being spanked by an old woman is the kind of hardcore play you only get for free when you're a child.
-pg. 200 - Magorundo [no idea what this is meant to be]
+
-SFX: *Itch*
+[side] They say 'unusual fetishes' but what would a usual fetish be?
->My back itches...
+
 img 124 - They have whiskers too
->Shoutarou... Could you please scratch my back for me?
+SFX: *Miiiin, min min...* [cicada noises]
-[small]I can't reach...
+[sign] Park
->Sure.
+
 >Ah- A cat!
->Here?
+
-SFX: *Scritch...*
+[small]So fluffy and cuuuute
->HYAHAHAHA
+
 >Since they're both furry creatures, how come hairy old men always tend to be disliked?
->NHOOOOOOO YOU DIDN'T SCRATCH HARD ENOUGH AND NOW IT ITCHES EVEN WORSE!!
+>Do you even have to ask?
-SFX: *Stretch...*
+
->Sexy pose (lol)
+[side]
->I'll make you cry for this!
+>The moment you realize you could only interpret "the baby's room" to mean something lewd!
 >That's when your story will truly begin!!
 
 img 128 - Evening Drama
 >Starting from the thumb, 'daddy finger', 'mommy finger', 'brother finger', 'sister finger' and 'baby finger'
 [fingers, right to left] Father, mother, brother, sister, baby
 >is a way of referring to the fingers in baby talk.
 
 [3rd panel, right side, clockwise] >I will raise him myself!
 >GOO-GOO!
 >What are you saying!?
 >Are you going to disobey the master of this house!?
 [left side]>I've had it! We'll run away!
 >Ah-... You can't-! Onii-chan...!
 
 >Why did I have to to be born as your brother!?
 >I never should have married you!
 >GOO-GOOOOOOOOOOO!!
 
 [side]
 >Everyone...!
 >Put some of your food on my plate...!
 >Do it yourself.
 
 img 132 - Offering
 >Hello? What's it like in the sticks? Enjoying yourself?
 [small] At his father's parents
 >I'm bored to tears. I can't want to go home.
 
 >...Anyway, to change the subject... Let me see your homework when you get back.
 >You're the only one I can count on. Otonashi won't show me hers and Sugisaki is out of the question...
 
 >All right, but only if you lend me one of your galgee.
 >You know, that one you kept bugging me about.
 
 >...Letting someone borrow my galgee kind of feels like I'm being cuckolded... so...
 SFX: *Hang-up*
 
 [side]Don't worry... I'll take gooooood care of her.
 
 img 134 - Can take a hint
 >A book report, huh... I'll just half-ass it with some light novel.
 >As long as the title sounds innocuous it should be fine.
 [makihara's shirt] Refugee
 
 >I'm impressed you guys managed to get into high school with your attitudes.
 >That's rude! I actually studied up until middle school, you know.
 
 >...It's just, ever since I got into high school, hanging out with you guys have been so much fun...
 
 >This went somewhere nice...
 >I probably shouldn't mention that I only crammed for the entrance exams since I was promised a console...
 [okan] If ya' get in, I'll buy it for ya'!
 
 [side]
 >Soccer club members? Aah...
 >Those guys who only say like "My ball! My ball!" or "Hey, pass!"?
 >Don't get smug just because you don't have to see them over the summer...
 [small] Usually you don't even look those guys in the eye [unsure about these last two]
 
 img 138 - Summer holiday surveillance
 SFX: *Clatter* *Clatter*
 
 >I thought guys like us weren't cut out for this sort of 'Enjoy the summer!' sort of thing, but...
 >It's pretty fun when you actually do it, isn't it?
 SFX: *Clatter* *Clatter*
 
 >Where should we go next? The beach? A river? A lake? A pond? Maybe a swamp?
 >You don't *need* to be somewhere with water to have fun, you know...?
 SFX: *Clatter* *Clatter*
 
 SFX: *Clatter* *Clatter*
 
 [side]
 Reveal of the swimsuit that didn't show up in the last chapter even though it was the pool chapter.
 
 img 150 - His preference
 >Oh come on! It's a summer festival and you two came dressed like that!?
 >Eh? Something wrong with it?
 
 >I don't want to look like the only one who got excited and came in a yukata! It's embarrassing!
 SFX: *Run*
 >I'm going to go buy something to change into!
 
 >Oi!
 >You don't have to go that far...
 
 [sign]New color
 
 >I'll go like this...
 
 [side] Laugh and I'll punch you.
 
 img 152 [already translated]
 [side]
 >T... Testicle whip...!? [written in kanji as 'testicle whip'. read as 'kouganmuchi', which is probably meant to be a 4 kanji compound meaning 'brazen/imprudent']
 >That's one hell of a misprint.
 [small]That's gotta hurt
 
 img 156 [already translated]
 [side]
 [box]
 Swamp - water depth below 5m
 Lake - water depth above 5m
 >Eh!? Then...
 >Wouldn't a 'bottomless swamp' actually be a lake!?
 
 img 160 - This is war
 >I want
 >friendship chocolates.
 
 >Um... That's kind of out of season, but...
 >If you want them that badly, I'll buy some for you...
 [small]If it's just chocolate you want
 >Seriously? Awesome!
 
 >Here.
 [box, small text] Chocolate snack
 [box, main text] Mushroom Forest
 
 >Sorry, but these... I can't...
 >For religious reasons.
 
 [side]
 >After friendship chocolate I want friendship cola and friendship hamburgers.
 >What do you think 'friendship' is?
 
 img 167 - Bonus - Bitch Friend [bitch as in female dog. Might be better to actually use female dog to avoid confusion. Also likely a kemono friends reference]
 >I wish I had a dog.
 >Oh, that sounds nice.
 
 >But Hiyori is against it...
 >...Oh. In that case...
 
 >I'll be your dog.
 
 >Why...
 
 >It's the least I can do to repay you for always looking out for me.
 >Stop it already! What if someone sees you!?
 
 >Are you trying to humiliate a lady by making her wear something like this!?
 >You put it on yourself!!
 
 img 168
 >Guess I have no choice but to put up with her until she gets bored...
 >...All right, then let's play fetch...
 
 >Go, feeeetch!
 SFX: *Fwoosh*
 
 >...Go after it.
 >Aah... Uhh...
 
 >That seems like kind of an intense workout, so...
 
 >Then... Shake-
 SFX: *Slap*
 
 >I'm not going to let you take advantage of the situation to hold hands with a girl!!
 >Where does she even draw the line...?
 
 >Dogs are all about walks, right!? Now, hold my leash and...
 >You say no to the hand but not to this!?
 
 img 169
 SFX: *Pant* *Pant*
 
 >Oi... What if someone sees us...?
 SFX: *Turn*
 >What kind of owner is embarrassed about his own dog!?
 
 >Are you even listening to...
 
 >Aaaaaaand there he comes!! And it had to be our homeroom teacher no less!!
 >If he sees this we're both getting suspended!!
 SFX: *Baaaaaaang*
 
 >With my excellent dog sense of smell and hearing I could tell sensei was coming a long time ago.
 >Eeh!? Then why are you so calm!?
 
 >That ball you threw earlier!
 >Landed in his way and is going to make him trip!!
 
 SFX: *Squish*
 
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 >Owaaah!?
 SFX: *Crash*
 >All right, if we're gonna run, now's the time.
 SFX: *Run*
 >I'm sorry, Ooishi-sensei...!
 
 >Haah
 >Haah [panting]
 
 >...Well? What's it like to be a dog owner?
 >What do I say to that...?
 
 >...Not satisfied yet...?
 >...I appreciated the thought more than enough.
 
 >...Listen, you need to pay more attention to how you come across to other people!
 >What was even the point in doing this!?
 >What's with that attitude!? I was just doing what I could to make you feel a bit more like a dog owner!
 
 >Nobody asked you to! You were just doing it for yourself, weren't you!?
 SFX: *Arguing*
 >Well I can't exactly deny that!
 
 >Meanwhile, at the Sugisaki house,
 
 [book]The ten dog precepts
 
 >Dog precept four:
 >Please don't scold me for a long time or lock me up as a punishment.
 >You might have other things to do, ways to have fun and friends to talk to.
 
 >But to me
 >you are all I have.
 SFX: *Thmp*
 
 [Outside border] The end
 
 pg. 171 - Afterword
 >Nice to meet you. I'm Shouma Keito.
 >Thank you so much for picking up the first volume of 'Tomodachi wo tsukurou.'.
 
 >I have yearned for a moe 4koma and that was what drove me to start drawing one, but I never imagined that my debut work would be like this.
 >Why...?
 >THIS IS AMAZING...!
 >THIS GENRE WILL BRING WORLD PEACE!
 
 >However, I left someone as powerful as him in charge of being the main character and he gave the manga a sort of 'anything goes' atmosphere, and for that I am very grateful to Shoutarou.
 >I'm also grateful to my editor and his giant asshole for letting me get away with anything...
 
 pg. 172
 >This 'let's make friends.' title was coined by my editor,
 [small]Discussing over the phone
 
 >but the title when I first submitted the prototype was
 [small] Early Misuzu and Shoutarou
 >'Strange man and normal girl'.
 
 >However, when the actual serialization started, this 'normal girl' became a strange girl within a few weeks of running the manga
 >so I feel glad it didn't end up with that name after all.
 
 >By the way, Misuzu's three-leaf clover hair ties were a symbol of her being 'normal' (emphasis on the 'were').
 
 >I was allowed to labor through and enjoy drawing 'Tomodachi wo tsukurou.' with its abnormal couple of protagonists
 >and if it made you, the readers, happy, then that's all I could ever ask for.
 
 >With that said, see you in volume 2.
 >Please come see me.