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I’ll be meeting with Aoi-chan for the first time in a while. The last time was in spring break so I’m really happy.
Unfortunately Aoi-chan’s been attending a different cram school ever since high school started, so we can’t see each other on a regular basis anymore. It had been my emotional oasis too…
But we’ve been talking via text and phone so I think we’ll stay friends forever. I won’t let you escape, Aoi-chan!
The two of us went to a café known for its cakes. True to its reputation, the menu boasted quite a large selection.
The banana tart looks really nice.
But it’s so hard to ignore the black tea chiffon cake.
Maybe it would be fine if I bought the swiss roll to take home.
After agonising over my choice for a while, in the end I went with a cake made from milk chocolate.
Aahh~ How can just a bit of cake send me to heaven like this.
“It seems that your complexion has improved a lot since spring break, Aoi-chan. I’m glad.”
“Mn, thank you.”
Aoi-chan had completely recovered from her haggard self, and the gaunt cheeks from right before the exams were back to their fluffy selves.
“Have you acclimated to your high school?”
“The moment I entered there was a test. I thought I was free from studying for the moment but then they hit me with that.”
“My~”
As expected of a prep school.
“But I’m done with studying for now. I’ve been thinking about joining a club so I’ve been having a look around.”
A club, huhh… I was in the go-home club as a middle schooler. Maybe I should try joining one too. It might lead to some new meetings too!
“I was thinking that since I’m joining one anyway, it might as well be a sports club. Maybe ballet or badminton or something. I was in the basketball club in middle school, after all.”
A sports club? That’s nice, moving your body around. Most importantly, it’ll help you slim.
“Perhaps I should join one too. A sports club, that is.”
“You, Reika-chan? I think that’s a great idea! Let’s see, I think tennis would suit you!”
“I am open to all suggestions except tennis.”
Tennis is the only club I’m absolutely against joining. Even though I’d be a complete beginner, I can already super see people expecting me to be some expert.
It’s one of those things, you know? Like when some boy is named Tsubasa and everyone just expects him to be great at soccer.
It’s scary how easy it is to see myself being stuck with the name Madame.
“I think I may simply have a look around as well. I still have only a faint idea of what clubs my school offers. I did have a quick look at the list earlier, but…”
“Yeah. It’s hard to really know what you want without seeing it first, right?”
Aoi-chan laughed happily as she took a bite of her black tea chiffon cake.
I knew that was going to be good. Maybe I should place just another order…
“Now that your exams are over, you seem to have having fun each day, Aoi-chan. I’m glad.”
“Hmmm… It’s not all smooth sailing, you know. It’s not school this time, though, it’s home.”
“Home?”
“Yeah. My Oniichan suddenly awoke to his guitarist’s soul, so now it’s just dundundundundun every single day. It’s driving me crazy, but he won’t reflect.”
“My, my…”
“Not only that, he’s even starting singing along these days. It’s just a nightmare. Dundududundundun aah aaa aaah aah~ The whole neighbourhood is filled with his crappy guitar and weird cries now. You know, the other day somebody told my mum, ‘Your son is such a talented guitarist’. It was completely sarcastic!” she shouted, something incredibly rare for her gentle self.
“Incidentally, which of your two oniisamas is it?”
“…Muscles.”
Muscles and guitar? Is he the hot-blooded type that would sing at the base of a volcano or something?
“I’m just so sick of it already. It’s so embarrassing I can’t even walk outside.”
“You have it hard.”
“Mn,” nodded Aoi-chan, before letting out a big sigh.
But although I feel sorry for thinking this, Aoi-chan, I kinda wanna meet that brother of yours.
“Would it be possible for me to meet…”
“Never.”
I see.
“Sorry for bringing up a weird topic. Enough about Muscles. How has school been, Reika-chan?”
“Well, it appears that others think of me as difficult to approach. Especially the boys.”
“You’ve said something like that before as well, haven’t you? I think it was during your remedials?”
“Oh, yes, that’s right. Things are undoubtedly better than that time, at least.”
I stayed a deserted island until the very end, after all.
“Could it be that I truly do have a bully’s face? You know, it seems that there are lots of kids who avert their eyes in fear.”
“Eh… But don’t you have some close friends too? And I mean, you said you had that male friend from cram school too.”
“Well, yes, I suppose.”
Akizawa-kun, huh.
“What if you had that boy spread your good points amongst the others? You could ask your girl friends too. You might makes lots more friends that way.”
“Isn’t that just a massive farce? If it was ever found out that I orchestrated it all, I would die from the embarrassment. And to begin with, it would be much too embarrassing to ask anyone for that favour.”
“Well, that’s true…”
I don’t want to believe that I’m cornered enough to do that.
“Then it has to be a club after all! You’ll definitely make new friends!”
“I think so too. I should go look at the clubs the next chance I have!”
Yeah. I’ll make lots of new friends once I join a club, and then maybe I’ll even start up some romance with a dreamy senpai!
I wonder what club I should join.
*
When they heard I was joining a club, the Tennis Club immediately came to invite me. I told you guys, the Tennis Club is just out of the question.
And what the heck is the Tenni-Pong Club. Isn’t that like tennis too? And it’s way too niche. I never even knew you guys existed.
And the Tennis de Table Club? Please just call it Ping Pong. Have some confidence in your own club, damnit.
And if you lot want to make me hold a racket so badly then maybe I’ll compromise with badminton. Aoi-chan was considering it too, after all. Lots of the friends from my old life did it too. Mn, that might be a good idea.
I went to the Badminton Club without much thought, and was sent trembling by the speed of the shuttle. Impossible. I’ll die if that hits me. And it looks like the running is really intense too. For me, running is a bit… Sometimes when I run I swear I can taste blood. I don’t think I’m quite suited for it.
At my friends’ invitations I went to look at the various sports clubs, but the intensity of it all steadily disillusioned me.
“After all of that touring, I think that sports clubs may be a bit much for me. I am sorry for making you accompany me,” I apologised to my friends, but everyone had this expression like, ‘I thought so’. I’m sorry, guys.
While I was walking around, feeling a little depressed at my own weakness, by chance I came across Class Rep who invited me to the Literature Club. Class Rep, are you still writing poems there?
Anyway, poems aside, maybe the Literature Club would suit me. I might make some kind friends. Maybe I’ll have a look tomorrow. Yeah. I’ll do that.
*
In the end, despite my optimism towards them, the members of the Cooking Club and Handicrafts Club were incredibly nervous when I came to have a look, so I decided against them.
I actually wanted to try making a plushie though…
The hurdle for joining a club are actually really high, aren’t they…
“It’s one of those things, you know? Like when some boy is named Tsubasa and everyone just expects him to be great at soccer.
It’s scary. There’s a huge probability of me being called Madame as a nickname.”
The first line is a reference to Captain Tsubasa, about the adventures of a Japanese youth soccer team and its football/soccer captain Oozora Tsubasa (大空翼).
The second line is a reference to the manga Ace wo Nerae!, and I have to thank zoom for the heads up. The story is about Oka Hiromi (岡ひろみ), a high school girl who struggles to become good at tennis.
Hiromi starts playing tennis at her school, Nishi (西高), because she is fascinated by Ryuuzaki Reika (竜崎麗香), an older girl who is the best player in the team and is nicknamed “Madame Butterfly” (お蝶夫人, Ochoufujin) because of her grace on the tennis court.
Guess which one of the three girls is Madame Butterfly.
お兄ちゃん、やめてぇ！ 
Yaaaayyy thank you thank you thank you!!!!
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Stop posting delicious looking food already, I always get cravings whenever a new chapter pops up.
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That’s right, Este! Let them eat cake! 😝
Thanks for the chapter! 😃
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Tennis de Table lol
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I think that even if she tried Tennis and wasn’t good with it, then some of the bystanders might be enamored by the gap moe. Then again, it’s Reika, so idk what kinda emotions it might draw up.
Thanks for the new chapter!
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lol. Now things are for sure going to get exciting~!
Well, I wonder if Reika-sama will really be able to join a club, hmmm….
I can’t really imagine it…. When I think of clubs, I just thought of literature and sports club and a small science, lol.
Now, now, the heroine in the game still hasn’t interact with Reika-sama at all, hmmm…. Looks like there first interaction will be like a joker card, hehe~ :)
The Emperor and the Shadow Manipulator(Enjou) is quite out of the scenes recently, now I’m also curious of what they will do next time they appear :)
— Thanks for the chapter~ ^^.
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It was not a game. I think it was a manga.
And the Emperor is probably stalking Yuri, while Enjou is quietly looking at Reika.
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oh… so it’s not a game…? Anyway, I mean to say their actions in the open… those you’ve said are like passive abilities/function, lol.
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Thank you very much
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Ooh! So that’s where the ojou-sama characters being good at tennis trope came from… The more you know.
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that was fun XD i think she would have liked the handicrafts club, it would have been nice if she had joined.
the cooking club, on the other hand, would have been torture for her. she would have to do sit ups and hula hula the whole year to compensate all she would eat.
thanks for the chapter!
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If she didn’t poison someone and kicked her out of he club first.
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Thanks 4 the chapter!
*presses face against the screen*
*droool*
That milk chocolate cake looks especially delicious.
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Thank you
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Thank you for the chapter…ah, but I think I read all these chapters…can’t remember till where have you translated
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thank for the update
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“Guess which one of the three girls is Madame Butterfly.”
Truly a wonderous enigme. I think its the sole dark skined woman alone with a nonvisible face.
Non…?
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Damnnnn dat roll!! That was really live up to the name “Madame Butterfly”.
But arent we forgeting about the protagonist-chan?
Zu’u kogaan hi dii fahdon.
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Hahhahahhaa, Madame Butterfly ftw!! Poor Reika haha
Thanks for the chapter~! :D
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Thanks for the chapter!
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Why do I sometimes get hungry while reading this…?
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🎉 Thanks for the chapter🎉
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Thank you for the chapter and great work!
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Waaaaah thank you soooo much for the update!! Just like how Aoi-Chan is Reika-sama’s oasis reading this novel is my oasis. I’m just soooo glad that there’s an update today cause I was really feeling depressed after being humiliated in front of the whole class by my prof. Just because i tried to volunteer during recitation 😢 So seeing Reika-sama and lol…captain tsubasa aside Madame Butterfly is really hilarious. I remember watching a few eps. Before and that manga definitely has some Yuri-ism 😂😂😂 like the very borderline of yuri 😂 Anyway can’t wait to see more of Reika-sama, her interactions with Kaburagi and Enjou 😆😆😆 Thank you so much for the update!!😊
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Your professor doesn’t sound very nice…
I hope you’re feeling better.
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Yeah he is the type of professor…that once he saw you reading the required book then he’ll go near you, grab your book and ask you, “which window do you want to see your book go to?” And then he’ll throw it…even if it’s raining during that time. Or once he saw you glancing at your phone then he’ll definitely throw it away and smash. Even if it’s a brand new phone. He’s that sort of professor. Sigh…😢😌
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Wow, I hate unreasonable people like that. Is he at least good if you follow the rules?
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Nah~ during recitations…even if you were able to answer 10 questions out of 15 and once he’s not satisfied by it you have to stand the whole period (which is 3 hours…sometimes he extends the class hours) and until he says so you are not allowed to sit down. Heck, first day of class with him turned into a mayhem cause all of us in class were standing for 150 minutes straight. Taking notes while standing up and stuff. 😭😭😭
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Wow, so every student has to deal with him?
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Well yeah. Most of them drop after an 1 hour of the class. Like 7 or 6 of them went out of the room, ask for some dropping out forms and then poof. And from what I’ve heard from the upper batch out of 30 students. Now there’s only 7 or them. Cause the students dreams and aspiration of becoming a lawyer was crushed down by the professor …they made a grown man cried and stuff😌Oh yeah thanks for the greetings😆
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Pfft! Their fault for having dreams!
Just kidding!
I’ll keep translating Reika when I can, so hang in there!
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Yay~ thanks a lot Reika-sama and her antics are really my oasis…awesome novels like this helps me from running away from RL and ease all my worries and besides…I always re read the chaps to unwind the stress~ 🎉👏👏😆😆
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I don’t know n which country you live in, but can’t you complain at the school?
The most I’ve seen a teacher do was take the phone/book from the student until the end of the class/day.
Heck, I’m pretty sure that, if the teacher was to destroy a student’s property, the student could just complain to the school and the teacher would be sanctionned and would have to pay back the student…
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I’m taking up law school and i was told beforehand by the dean himself that we students, or the parents can’t complain cause that’s how it works or so they say…since our profs. Our lawyers or something. But really I’m so stressed out by law school (I’m having depression but when i do try to tell my parents that I want to take a break from it…I’m not allowed and blah blah they nag. I just turned 20 3 weeks ago) and a week hasn’t even pass since the term started…😱 I can’t even tell my friends abot this or anyone cause heck my parents are so insistent with law school and I’m only trying to unwind by reading my fav. Novels~ so when I see my favorite novels updated…well somehow there’s that bit of happiness~😆
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Belated happy birthday!
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I’m pretty sure that what the dean is doing is illegal and counts either as a threat or a blackmail.
And sorry to say that, but just from that comment I already hate your parents…
I don’t even know you, but I can tell that you need a hug, and apparently your parents aren’t giving you one…
So here, a virtual hug.
I also add a virtual cookie for your moral :p
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Lol. Thanks😊😊😊😊 though what the dean told us was that all they have to tell the parents and the others is that they’re doing it to make the students strong. And me I’m like fuck that. Seriously.😐
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If I were to break someone’s property to “make him stronger”, I would still go to jail…
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Yeah~ so true….but it’s like they are revered as the law of the department and that all their actions is right and just. In short even if go tell the authorities about it or the chancellor there’s just no way they’re gonna take actions. It reaaaaallly sucks to be me now. Sigh.😌
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Thanks for the chapter :)
Since I can make pastries, your pictures had no power on me today !
*haughty ojou-sama’s laugh*
I can’t remember if Reika is able to cook edible food now…
If not, then the cooking club just escape a tragedy.
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Thanks for the chapter :D
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I found a place that sells swiss rolls that are really good. the cake is thinner, which allows for more swirls. meaning more cream. the moisture balance in good too. I believe it is sogo bakery
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Does this world even have those series to be compared to? I can’t recall.
Much thanks.
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LOOOOL that drill hair on Madame Butterfly
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Ja ja i’m inmune to the cakes because yesterday i eat some french cousine.
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thank you!!! 😁
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On the photo at the end of chapter:
Sparkly eyes and curly hair……………. too funny!
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Thanks for the chapter,
Was eating a white chocolate mudcake while reading this chapter
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So madame butterfly also has blonde drills it seems
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Thanks for the chapter!
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Pffff, thanks for the chapter!
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Thanks for the chapter!
FYI, the “Next Chapter” links on chapters 72 and 75 haven’t been done yet.
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That last picture is so amazing. I have to read this manga right away. Too funny.
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Immune to the pics, but not immune to seeing delectable cakes in person at Francois Payard’s bakery, and not being able to get them because we had to buy mobile/portable foods to eat in the car…
(We ended up getting a chocolate croissant, a ham and cheese croissant, and a broccoli quiche). ($25 for the 3, pretty steep, but the food was genius good)
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It’s a Reika chapter… so I knew there was pix of food coming… XD I want to eat it!!!
Thanks so much for all your hard work ani-ue~~~
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“, you seem to have having fun each day, Aoi-chan.” should be
“, you seem to be having fun each day, Aoi-chan.” I think
Thanks for the chapter :D
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OMG CMON REIKA. Ask your Onii-sama what club you should join. Cough cough, he’ll say cooking. Cough cough. ALso aslo. AM I sensing some future love between Reika and Muscles-oniichan?
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Meatbun delivery~
Thank you for the chapter ( ●w●)
Tennis queen plan got shoot down.. :(
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The solemn-looking girl with drills taking up the entire background is the Madame Butterfly, I just know it.
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