Tachibanakan ch38: Tachibanakan To Lie Angle

p1
>What expression did Iori-chan have the last time we spoke?

>I need to apologise...
>for not facing her and making her feel sad, and then...

>this time, I need
>to look her in the eye and tell her...

>>I'm done thinking!

p2-3
>Game adaptation, voice drama, anime adaptation...
>After five years of serialization, the grand finale!

p4
>Hah Hah...

p5
>Hah Hah
>I think...
>I got here too early...

>Hey.
>What expression are you making right now?

>Iori-chan...

p6
>...!

>Huh? I fell asleep...
>Hanabi. What are you doing here...?
>Were you waiting for me?

>Hey, um, Iori-chan! There's something I need to...

p7
>What kind of "love"
>is Iori-chan's "love?

>She's said she loves me countless times... but...
>what if I tell her and it turns out she loves me as a friend...?

>Knowing Iori-chan, that's entirely possible...
>What's wrong?
>E-E-Erm...

>H-
>How was... Hokkaido...?
>I suck at this!!

p8
>It was a fun time.
>The land was vast, I joined the kids in collecting bugs, I got a tour of Sensei's lab...
>It was overflowing with things I knew nothing about.

>Here's a souvenir.
>This isn't from Hokkaido!?

>What did your mother say...?
>She was happy to the point of apologising.

>Have you decided to go...?

p9
>Let's see...
>There's still time,
>so...

p11
>Iori-chan,
>I love you.
>Let me come with you...!!

p12
>Come with me...? What do you...
>Well... I'll study abroad too.

>I'll work part-time too! I'll convince Mom...
>So that I can be with you, Iori-chan...
>For life?

>Yeah. For life...
>Heh?

>...I wanted to go with you too.

p13
>But I was too worried to say anything...
>Every time I brought up the overseas study, you immediately gave me your support.

>It felt like you were fine with being separated from me...

>...
>In that far off island of Hokkaido, I thought
>about life after graduation.

>A room with Hanabi. Breakfast without Hanabi.
>Every day... without Hanabi...

p14
>It's because you were by my side
>that I could shine.

>I love you, Hanabi.
>...with me.
>W-Wait!

p15
>...Wh-What kind of love... is that love...?
>Do what with you...?

>What kind?

>I-
>I want to be with you for the rest of my life...
>Hm.
>I want to protect your smile any way I can...
>...
>No matter what future awaits, if it's with you, Iori-chan, I get excited just thinking about it...

>How about it?
>If it's the same, then...

p16
>...It's nothing.

p19
>If it's with you, Hanabi, I can go anywhere.
>If we're together...

>no matter what future awaits us,
>we'll be invincible!

p21
>I said in my letter that you could keep living here even when I got back!

>Eeeh?

>I
>I thought...
>It's what they call a temporary layoff.

>Then, it's just like before...!

p22
>Not quite. There's a few parts that are pretty worn out,
>so it'll need some reconstruction sooner or later.

>I'm sorry, but you're each gonna have to stay somewhere else until the start of next year.

>...

>I don't want that!
>I can see Hanabi-onee-chan and Iori at school,
>but Yuu-san and Sonoa-chan...

>We've spent so long together that it feels like we're family...
>Kono-chan...

p23
>I understand, Konomi. This place is just like family.
>This is just something that's needed so you can live here for a long time.

>Besides, people will leave the next eventually...

>Meetings come and go.
>The love you receive is a souvenir to take on your new journey...
>It's alright to come back once in a while.
>You've lived together in the same place, so I know you can do it.

p24
>Everyone.
>Have you gathered your belongings and memories?

>Moving house in the middle of summer break...

>I guess Konomi-chan can't accept it that easily, huh?
>Everyone's feeling sad about it, though...

>I need to get my stuff together.

p25
>This is...

p26
>Hah Hah
>I knew you'd be here...

>Konomi-chan.
>H-Hey, um...

>...I'm giving you a push on the back, but...

p27
>It really ticks me off hearing you speak so fondly of her.
>Eh!? Sor-...
>Huh!?

>Ahaha. I'm just kidding.
>So, are you going with the lewd woman?
>Yeah. That's the plan.
>What about you, Konomi-chan...? What will you do after you graduate high school?

>Hmm... I don't know yet...

>But maybe I'll take over as Tachibanakan's supervisor.
>I've taken a liking to that place.

>The past two and a half years have been fun...
>There's been plenting of meetings and farewells... but those aren't too bad either.

p28
>...Sitting here, I understand.
>I think I wanted assurance that I could see you whenever from now on, Hanabi-onee-chan.

>That was all I could focus on all this time.
>Trapped under this small bridge
>being scared of being seperated from you again.

>But y'know,
>stepping outside let me see such beautiful scenery like this.

>If I look behind me, you're there too, Hanabi-onee-chan.
>Now, I think that we'll be connected, even if we're apart...

p29
>That's how we've been spending our days,
>right?

>Here... Do you remember this?
>Eh?
>That's... my...

>Aaaaah!!

p30
>I remember...! That's the one you have me long ago!
>You remembered that?

>N-
>No. Actually I only remembered it literally just now...
>Give me back my moved emotions!

>A promise to be together, even when we're apart.
>I wonder if this time, I can say bye-bye with a smile?

>...Does it matter?
>I'm not crying anymore!

p31
>I'll do my best.
>Everyone will live in seperate places... but I'm sure we can all meet again with a smile.
>Fufu
>I look forward to it.

>Wait!
>You're gonna be living with that lewd woman, right!?
>I'm going to!!
>What about being the supervisor!?
>In just three short years,

>we've made such incredible memories.

p32
>While holding on to the memories with those we love,

>from now on,
>so that we can once again meet our loved ones...

p33
>Bye-bye!

p34
>See you later!

p35
>Dear Mom.
>How are things in chilly old Tokyo?
>I'm doing well at Grandma's house.

>We've finished moving during summer vacation.
>After I finished first, I got a message from Konomi-chan.
>She just finished making round trips moving her luggage from her parents' house a little at a time.
>I was surprised to learn that Yuu-san and Yoriko-san are dating.

p36
>Sonoa-san has finished her insurance doctor training and is staying with her parents for now.
>Yoriko-san and Yuu-san, who agreed to living in an apartment together...

>apparently got into a fight just before moving in,
>so they temporarily moved into Tachibanakan (橘館), where Iori-chan is, and it turned into a huge mess.
>The put it simply, they just wanted me to listen to their whining every day.

>And so,
>that's my hometown that I've been wanting to go back to for so long.
>More than anything...

p37
>I'm happy.

p38
>I'm packed with memories from my second hometown that I've spent with the people I love.

>Even the sky and the flowers
>are clearing up so that today doesn't feel like a farewell.

>The start of a new life
>really is the best day ever!

p39
>We're heading off!

p40
>Here's a little glimpse into the future.

>And so, after many years have passed...!!

>The ingredients are okay for the time being...

>When you think of winter in Japan, you think hotpot.

p41
>Fufu
>I think my skill has finally improved.

>Oh.
>She should be here soo-

>Watch out!!

>Hanabi.
>We're out of shampoo.
>Iori-chan! I keep telling you to stop doing that when I'm cooking...
>And put some clothes on!!
>You're warm, Hanabi, so it's fine.

p42
>Or do you want to go another round?

>Could you warm me up, Hanabi...?

>We don't have time for that...
>Or rather, didn't you say we ran out of shampoo yesterday too?

>Even if we're neighbors, you should take baths in your own room~
>I'm here, Hanabi-onee-chan!
>I stopped by Yoriko-chan and Sono-chan's places on the way and they gave me a bunch of...

p43
>...Ah.

>There you go again...

>DO THAT SOMEWHERE I CAN'T SEE!
>Waaaah!!

>>Thank you so much for reading all these years!