TomoTsuku pg 241-280

pg. 241 - Her Weakness
[sign] Staff room
>What was with your attitude in class today...?

>That's nothing new for Sugisaki and his little gang but even you nodding off in class, Terasawa...
>What sloppy behavior! What have you got to say for yourselves!?
SFX: *Shooock*
>I'm... part of Sugisaki's 'gang' now... [not the best phrasing, but the teacher pluralizes Sugisaki in a way that you can't really do in English. It basically conveys the idea that Shoutarou and Misuzu are being treated alike, as part of the same group]

>...The truth is I was up from friday night until monday morning drilling all sorts of things into Misuzu... She couldn't get much sleep...
>Stop with the misleading phrasing!

>...The one who's usually taking the initiative is obviously the uke... [the bottom in a yaoi pairing, if you feel that's TN-worthy]
SFX: *Mumble* *Mumble*
>What happened to her!?

pg. 242 - Limit face
>...Excuse us...
SFx: *Clatter...*

>Fufu... My plan to avoid a long lecturing by deliberately shocking him was a success.
>It would've been much better to say we're sorry and have him forgive us!!

>...By the way, she was like that in the staff room too... Is it just me or is Terasawa acting weird...?
SFX: *Whisper* *Whisper*
>She's probably angry about all the weird stuff you were saying...

>Ah-
SFX: *Spaced out*
>Being angry would've been better than that face...

pg. 243 - Unmeshing gears
>...By the way, Otonashi-san, about 'Yesman'...
SFX: *Sway...*
>Y-Yeah!?
SFX: *Twitch!*

>...You got this, Misuzu...!
>It'll be ok... I remember the entire story!
>This conversation will be my ticket to making her my friend!

>Even though I spent my precious weekend working hard so I could talk to her about the story
>all Tera-sawa-san was interested in talking about was the relationships between the characters and their asses, so
>I could do nothing but put on a faint smile and desperately nod along.

pg. 244 - Let's try harder again next monday
>...Terasawa! I think she's feeling a bit under the weather...!
>I think it would be best if she went home now!

>You should probably go home and get some sleep too!
SFX: *Run*

>...Euuuuughhhh
SFX: *Drip* *Drip*
>...Don't cry.

>These are the tears over wasting my days off...
>That's harsh...

pg. 245 - Who's to blame?
>Man, I'm shocked... How did Terasawa-san end up like that...?
>It was even worse than I expected...

>But it's not like a terrible thing to be into... If you want to be friends with her, you should show some interest too.
>And the reason her eyes were opened to BL was because of the book you lent her, after all.
>...*You* were the one who made me borrow that book.

>...I only read it because Makihara and Kishikawa recommended it to me.

>YOU BASTAAAAAAAAARDS
SFX: *Dash*
>Uwah- Wh-...what!?

pg. 246 - A regular at losing called first matches
>If you don't show any results at the next tournament...!
>The baseball club will be shut down!!

>Ha-...!
>Shut down!?

>...Uh... Excuse me, we're talking about something important right now, so...
>Could you please leave...?

>Would it have killed them to let me enjoy a taste of spending my youth in a sports club!?
SFX: *Tch!*
>...Just the fact that they didn't beat you up tells me those baseball club guys are nice people...

pg. 247 - I want to be a kid forever
>I want to eat a kids' lunch!

>It shouldn't be embarrassing to order it...!
>Everyone loves omuraisu and hamburg steak!
SFX: *Clench*
>Well sure, but...

>Wouldn't the portions be too small if you ate one now...?
SFX: *Tiny*

>Stop trying to nitpick!
>That's so immature!
>Don't make me knock you out.

pg. 248 - Sakoku [Japan's isolationist policy from 1633 to 1853]
>I saw a show about world heritage on TV last night...
>I really want to go to another country at least once.

>That sounds scary to me... I'm fine with my home country.
>Hahaha, you wuss. Don't worry, it'd be fine.

>Foreign countries have all those different races, and languages, and customs, and sexes, you know.
>We have women here too, you know!?

>Women are pretty much foreigners to me...
>Don't say that, it's depressing...

pg. 249 - Anyone can be a hero
>Want to play with me? I'll give you candy...

>...You obviously shouldn't go with a guy like that, but

>Hurry! No time to explain!!
>Get in the car!!

>...Wouldn't saying something like that make any boy with dreams feel like he might become the protagonist of something and go along with him...!?
>We need to take immediate measures...!
>These guys are the most dangerous.

pg. 250 - I was just messing around
>Hey, check it out~ Huge titties~

SFX: *Flaaat!* [it's actually the onomatopoeia for something going straight down. kind of has a double meaning here]
SFX: *Thump!*

>...Do you need a doctor...?
[small]A head doctor

pg. 251 - Goldfinger
>Misuzu!

>What do you think of this!? I made my own puppet!
SFX: *Baaaam*
>...You're pretty skilled, aren't you...

SFX: *Tearing up...*
>...But what's with that colorful expression...?

>Well duh, look... I have my hand up in here, don't I?
>Don't you 'duh' me.

pg. 252 - A hole in a place like that
>I've been having so much fun since you helped me discover my hobby [furigana: BL], Otonashi-san!
>Aaah... So it's all my fault now...

>I found out so much more about boys' bodies than what was written in our textbooks too...
>Manga can be educational too.

>Te-... Terasawa-san, those things are fantasy, you shouldn't be so quick to believe them...

>? But, I saw on the internet...
>I'm telling you, it's all fantasy!
>Believe the ministry of education!!

pg. 253 - Image is important
>Misuzu, you carry a mirror with you?
>...What? Something wrong with that?

>Girls sure have to deal with a lot.
>Maybe I should learn from her and pay more attention to my appearance too...

>Sugisaki... That mirror...!
SFX: *Hehe*
>Aah... Just bought it on a whim.

>I never expected this from you... Peeping...
>Wh-... What made you think that's what it's for!?
>The way you usually act, probably...

pg. 254 - Heresy
>Fuhihihihi

>Hey... Is it me or is Terasawa starting to be left out by the class...?
SFX: *Whisper* *Whisper*
>...You noticed too, huh...?

>Is it because of her awakening to BL...? If this keeps escalating she'll become isolated from everyone.
SFX: *Pant* *Pant*
>Yeah... We should tell her that interests like that are best enjoyed in private...

>...But, if we deliberately let her become isolated, wouldn't your chances of becoming friends with her increase...?
>Th-...That's way too scummy...!!

pg. 255 - Not listening for an answer
>Forget it! I'll do something myself!
SFX: *Run*
>Will this really be okay...?

>...Terasawa-saaaan, do you have a moment~?
>Ah- Otonashi-san, perfect timing.

>I want you to help me get my best boy to #1 in this magazine's popularity poll.
SFX: *Zoom*
>Um... But I wanted to...

>It has to be through the cards that come with the magazine so go ahead and buy several copies and help me out, won't you? Thank you so much!
SFX: *Push* *Push*
>OWAAAAAAAAH Don't I get a turn!?

pg. 256 - Unwittingly showing her hand
>Terasawa-san... Listen...  About these otaku hobbies...
>You really shouldn't do that in front of...
>...You're worried about me, aren't you, Otonashi-san?

>I understand that people look at me differently now.
>...But I think that anyone who avoids me just because of this was never my friend to begin with.

>After all, being around people who accept you is more fun, and easier...
>From now on I'll only associate with people who share my...
>...Stop-...

>Stop being so selfish!!
SFX: *Gronch*

pg. 257 - Unexpectedly authoritative
>Do you know how foolish you look, indulging in your desires while losing sight of everyone around you...? Why don't you see for yourself!?
>A... A mirror...!?

>Is... Is this me!? What's wrong with my face!? It's so ugly...
>It's the face of someone who flaunts her lust and abandoned her humanity...!

>And this is the face everyone was seeing...!
SFX: *Shwffff...*

>I feel like I just exorcized a demon...
[small]Though she did it herself

pg. 258 - Realization
>I was wrong...
>I was so close to losing myself and becoming too far gone to go back to being human, like Sugisaki-kun and the others...
>I wouldn't go that far...

>Now I understand how foolish it is to flaunt the interest you have chosen.
>...But still, I can't hold back the 'love' I feel welling up in my body...!

>That's right... Balancing between reason and instinct is what being human is all about...!
>Thank you... for making me realize...
SFX: *Clench!*
>Eh-... Aah, yeah, sure...

>I've made up my mind. I'll keep the otaku conversations between me and you, my comrade, Otonashi-san.
>Sure, I'll... Eh...!?

pg. 259 - Disinterest [original title is "where the wind blows from', an expression suggesting distraction/disinterest, IE being more curious about which way the wind is blowing]
>...She's back to being friends with the class like nothing ever happened...
SFX: *Wai* *Wai* [lively conversation]

>You're amazing, Misuzu. How did you do it?
>Aah... It was nothing special...

>Hey, guys, can you look at this for a second?
SFX: *Swf...* [bringing out]

>? What?
>A mirror? Why?
>Too late, huh...

pg. 260 - Nothing personal
>Strange... That Terasawa girl hasn't come by at all lately.
[sign] Student council room
>...Do you anything about it, vice-president?

>I heard she got hooked on manga and goes straight home after school.
>She... She puts her hobbies before my orders as student council president...!?
>...Why not just drop the whole thing? We haven't been getting any work done ever since you started worrying about Sugisaki.

>Shut up! You know nothing about how humiliating it is to suffer because of some upstart first-year!!
>...I need to get the president to focus on his duties or this school's going to become a mess...

>Before that happens, I, the vice-president of the student council...
>will take care of Sugisaki!

pg. 261 - Sure-kill 'I'm sorry' punch
>Found you, Sugisaki Shoutarou...!

>I have nothing personal against you, but...
SFX: *Gwoooo*
>for the sake of this school, you must be sacrificed!

>...You're a better student council president than that guy...
SFX: *Vwom!*

>But I'll have to beat you...
[small] Gyaaaah

pg. 262 - Confirmation
>Damn it... All I wanted was to do my student council work...
>Poor guy...

>...If only I had listened to Terasawa and gone after your friend instead
>I might have had a chance...

>...Terasawa.
>Did... you just say Terasawa...?

>The one who was leaking information about me to the student council was
>Terasawa...!
SFX: *rumble*

pg. 263 - On the internet 2 minutes after coming in
>I heard, Terasawa.
>You were the one telling the student council who my friends are.

>Su-... Sugisaki-kun...!
>Why did you do it...?
SFX: *Rumble...*
>You put me, Misuzu, Makihara and Kishikawa in danger...

>...That... I'm sorry. I didn't have the courage or an excuse to disobey an upperclasman at the time...
>But I'm not involved with the student council anymore!

>Only because you're busy with your hobby, right?

pg. 264 - Blind to his own flaws
>...Even if you were just being manipulated, I can't forgive this!
>Maybe it wasn't your fault directly, but it's true that all of us were in danger because of you...
>Stay away from Misuzu from now on.

>...Staying away from her... Hold on...
>Is that... what Otonashi-san wants...?
SFX: *Doki!*

[misuzu] I wanna be friends - with Terasawa-saaaaaaaan
>...No...
>That's my decision.
>...Wha-...! Who do you think you are, making decisions on behalf of others!?

>I-... I'm just looking out for her!!
>No, that's not it! You just want her all to yourself!
>Wh-... Why you-! Don't you try to turn this back on me...!

pg. 265 - Outbreak of war
>Otonashi-san opened up my world...
>I want to get closer to her!!
>Honestly, you getting closer to Misuzu only makes me anxious...

>If you want to be her friend...
>That will be when I decide Terasawa Natsuki is worthy of being Otonashi Misuzu's friend!

>...Sugisaki-kun... You're saying I need to win your approval for us to be friends...
>I accept your challenge.

>...Fufufufufufufufufufufufufu...
SFX: *Rumble*
>Ufufufufufufufufufu...

pg. 266 - Secret plan
>Even if we agree... The student council president is going to get in our way.
>Eh...!?

>I'd like to solve things as peacefully as possible, but... I doubt he'd listen, and I don't want to deal with any more of his assassins.
>I'm going to set the student council president straight, right now.

>Isn't going after the student council president with violence playing into his hands...?
>Not that it would bother me if you got expelled.
>Hmpf, I know that.

>And I know just who to call for help.
>I'll take care of this soon enough, you just wait here.

pg. 267 - Decoy strategy
>What's taking the vice-president so long...? Where did he go?
>Maybe I should go looking for him.

>Ah- President! Do you have a moment!?
>We need to talk to you about something!
SFX: *Rush* *Rush*
>!? Wh-...What is it, all of a sudden...?

>I'm in a bit of a hurry right now, but we can talk later...
>A student council president abandoning his fellow students!?
>Oi, Makihara, we're putting this online!

>Listen, you two, I...
SFX: *Pewww*

pg. 268 - Lively in chaos
>Wh-... What is this...
>...A water pistol.

>...DON'T MESS WITH ME YOU BASTAAAAAAAAAARD!!
SFX: *Punch*
>Gueh!
>MAKIHARAAAA!

>SUGISAKIYAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!
SFX: *Bolt*
>Sorry, Makihara! I'll buy you one of those shokugan you collect!! [abbreviation of 'shokuhin gangu' - small toys that come with snacks or sweets for children]

>So I bought one of those shokugan the other day, and all that came with it was this really tiny piece of gum that barely tasted like anything so I was like "Eeh-!?" I mean I buy those things for the figures so it was a real letdown I mean I know they have to keep up appearances but I wish they were more considerate...
SFX: *Mutter* *Mutter*
>Thank god, if you can talk like that then you must be okay... or are you!?

pg. 269 - A rat in a trap
>Haah
>Haah [panting]
SFX: *Footsteps/Running*

>Look at all that sweat... It makes sense.
>He's been chasing me at full speed for a good few minutes now.

>Don't look so relieved... I finally cornered you, Sugisaki.
>Haah
>Haah
>You underestimated me... Is this the best you can do?

>...All I did was shoot you with a water gun and you started chasing me.
>That's all...
>I don't know what happened afterwards.

pg. 270 - Creeping shadow
>The water I sprayed on the president's back...
>That's the one I collected when I snuck into Mizusu's bath that one time - my 'Misuzu leftover bathwater'!

>As he chased me around, the Misuzu leftover bathwater mixed with the president's sweat...

>And that smell will bring her here!
>Oi, what are you grinning about...?

SFX: *Fwiw*

pg. 271 - Summoning
>Y-...You were in the park that day...!
SFX: *Nwoooo*
>Wh-.. Wait, please, wa-...

>WAAAAAAAAAAAAAITAGH!?
SFX: *Cruuunch!*

[side]GYAAAAAAH
>If you get attacked by a student from another school, that's none of my business...
>I owe this success to Chikako's physical ability and her love for Misuzu...

pg. 272 - Friendship is the weapon
>Oh man... I thought I smelled Misuzu getting attacked by a man... I got the wrong idea...
>How embarrassiiiing!
SFX: *Bluuuush*
>That's one hell of a standard for shame...

>Ah- Shoutarou... What should I do? I beat the crap out of this guy I don't even know.
>Aah, don't worry about him.

>Oh, really?
>Then, if there was nothing else, I'll go back to my school... Tell Misuzu I said hi.
[small]Sure

>I won...

pg. 273 - Smouldering fire
>Oi.

>The student council president is down for good. Nobody's going to bother you anymore.
>Do whatever you want from now on.
>Eh... Eeeeh!?

>Haah
>Haah

>You... You son of a bitch...
>I won't let it end like this...!

pg. 274 - Flushing with style
[sign upper] Flush
[sign lower] Hold hand up to flush toilet

>O Undine, spirit of water ... Lend me your strength...!!
SFX: *Baaaam*

SFX: *Fwshhh... clug glug*

>S...Sir! There's a water bender in the bathroom...! [not a specific reference to avatar or anything, it's literally 'water power person']
>What are you talking about, sir...?

pg. 275 - Shnk [sound effect for something being chopped off]
>Studying for a test

SFX: *Pheeeew*
>Wanna take a break...? [she says 'kyuukei', which means break/rest/breather]
>Kyuukei...!?

>Kyuukei
>Punishment by castration, practiced in ancient China

>I'm not going to just sit by and let my symbol get cut off like that...!!
SFX: *Scrtch* *Scrtch* [writing frantically]
>Dunno why but I guess it's good that he's motivated.
>They got good grades.

pg 276 - Makihara filter
>It must be moving to witness some famous landmark with your own eyes for the first time, but

>if you moved there, you'd be able to see it every day
>and eventually you'd probably not think anything of it anymore...

>It's true that you get bored of anything amazing if it goes on long enough.
>...And when that happens you start looking for something else that'll impress you, right?

>Like rewatching an anime after reading through the art books or how a manga you've read to exhaustion becomes fun again once you find out what kind of person the author is...
>...I like how you can put that kind of twist on anything we talk about...

pg. 277 - Pure and Impure
>If all goes well we'll be second years this spring... Now begins the anxiety about if we'll be able to get close with the new first year girls.
>If you want to get along with kouhai, that's what clubs are good for.
>That's it!

>We don't know much about baseball but I swear that when it comes to being called "Senpaaaai~ ♡" by a kouhai manager girl we feel about it stronger than anyone else!
>We're willing to put up with all your annoying training until next spring for that! So please...!

>...I don't think anyone's generous enough to let you into the club for that reason...
>Just think about that for a second...

>Nevermind then!
>We're going to the tennis club next!
SFX: *Run*
>Yeah!
>Couldn't they show that kind of enthusiasm for something else...?

pg. 278 - Fine with being called a pig at this point
>To achieve our dream of being called "Senpaaaai~ ♡" by a girl, we have no choice but to rely on the power of Sugisaki's sister!
>Are you that indiscriminate!?

>Hiyori-chan, please, just once...!
SFX: *Gezaaaa* [from dogeza]
>Could you please call me "Makihara-senpai" with a sweet voice...!?

SFX: *Thrilllled*
>M-...Me too! I want to be slapped!!
>She's my sister you asshoooooles!

pg. 279 - Triangular
>Otonashi-san... There is something I want to ask you...
>Wh-...Why so formal...?

>When three people get involved romantically it's called a 'love triangle', right?
>...Yeah.

>But I noticed if you actually draw the chart of the relationship as a triangle, someone is guaranteed to love someone of the same sex.
[triangle, clockwise] Man, Man, Woman

>Isn't it... A huge turn-on...?
>What kind of reaction is she expecting from me...?

pg. 280 -
>This nature park is a famous dating spot...

>...What is a 'date', even?

>Does it just have to be a guy and a girl going outside?
>I don't think you have to be outside.
>They talk about home dates too.

>Oh, it's almost time for the movie.
>We're heading out so watch the house, all right?
>Are they doing it on purpose...?