Reika-sama – 220

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Fujiwara no Narimichi was a Major Counselor (Dainagon) during the latter half of the Heian period.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daij%C5%8D-kan#Council_of_State

Narimichi was famous for his god-like skill of Kemari (Japanese ancient ball kicking game), and a legend states that he made a round trip on the balustrade/railing of the Kiyomizudera stage, all while kicking a ball.
As such, he is sometimes known as the Kemari Dainagon (Kemari Advisor).


Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was a Tokugawa Shogun.

Owing to religious fundamentalism, Tsunayoshi sought protection for living beings in the later parts of his rule. In the 1690s and first decade of the 18th century, Tsunayoshi, who was born in the Year of the Dog, thought he should take several measures concerning dogs.

A collection of edicts released daily, known as the Edicts on Compassion for Living Things told the populace, among other things, to protect dogs. An apprentice was even executed because he wounded a dog.

Over 50,000 dogs were deported to kennels in the suburbs of the city where they would be housed. They were apparently fed rice and fish which were at the expense of the taxpaying citizens of Edo.

Therefore, he earned the pejorative title Inu-Kubō (The Dog Shogun).


The new 1st years were starting to look for a club.

If the Handicrafts Club wanted to thrive, what it needed was to secure new members.

I was going to show off Minami-kun to try and get some male members in.

Plenty of men worked in fashion and clothing so there had to be a few boys in Zui’ran that were interested in handicrafts.

I didn’t know where they were hiding, but I was going to snatch them all!

Or so I had thought, but it didn’t go as well as I wanted.

Wondering how the other clubs were doing their recruiting, I went over to the Soccer Club.

On the sports field, they were having a competition to see who could juggle the most times, which everyone was having a lot of fun with.

Hmm, so they were going for the thing where you gave newcomers a taste of the club, huh?

The 1st years seemed to be rather enjoying it.

In the end, the person who won the competition was the President of the Soccer Club.

Hmmmmm~ So he was actually the most skilled, then.

Even now, the president was effortlessly juggling the soccer ball as the spectators clapped ‘go, go, go, go’.

Walking over, I joined in and clapped along too, but the moment our eyes met he tripped over his own feet and dropped the ball.

My, my~

What a shame.

Ah well, you did your best, buddy. Clap clap clap.

No sooner had I started applauding did he entirely ignore the ball in favour of running over to me.

Ah, was he here to thank me for cheering for him?

“Are you here to get dirt on me again…!?”

“Oh my, what a terrible case of persecution complex! All I wanted to do was see how your club was doing, and this is how you treat me…”

So mean~ So cruel~

And from your phrasing, can I take it to mean that there’s still some dirt on you to use?

I leant around him to get a good look at his club members.

Oh my. Were those boys from my class that I spied?

So they were in the Soccer Club?

I waved at them.

Ah-, they ran.

Suddenly, the President of the Soccer Club took a step to the side.

In other words, so that he was right in front of me.

By the time I got to have another look, the club members were long gone.

Tsk.

“What my club was doing?”

The President of the Soccer Club was looking at me dubiously.

“Why, yes. I happened to be passing by when I noticed how much energy there was, so I simply wandered over. I must say that you are exceptional at juggling. No wonder the presidency went to you. I was very impressed. Why, it was though I was watching the Kemari Dainagon reborn.”

“Kemari Dainagon…”

Apparently in the Heian era there was a Dainagon who was an expert at kemari, and he juggled a ball as he made a lap of the Kiyomizudera stage guardrail from on top of it.

Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺), officially Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera (音羽山清水寺), is a Buddhist temple in eastern Kyoto. Great place to visit, btw.

They even called him the Football Saint for that, but in my opinion being so obsessed about kemari that you’d dare yourself to juggle as you balance on the railings to a 13 metre drop actually makes you a Football Idio-…

Wait, no, no. Being so whole-heartedly dedicated is something to respect. Yeah.

“For your next challenge, I personally recommend that you try walking on the gym room balance beams as you juggle the ball.”

Soccer Club President, go forth and become the Kemari Dainagon of the modern age!

Even though I praised him, and even graciously offered some advice, the Kemari Dainagon just tried to shoo me away.

“You’re scaring all of my club members. I’m begging you, please go back to your own club. Here, please take this.”

In the end he even gave me a sports drink.

Oi, Kemari Dainagon. Don’t think you can appease me with just a bit of protection money.

In the end I went to look at how the other clubs were doing.

The majority just did as normal while the new students watched.

The Choir Club invited their guests to sing along, which seemed like a lot of fun.

In the Go and Shogi Club, they played a few rounds together.

Yeah. The places that got the 1st years involved tended to do a lot better.

And since training often brought cheering fangirls, one of the sports clubs was even luring in 1st years with women.

Speaking of which, the Chief of the Casanova Village had once been in this very club…

As I was walking along, I dropped by the Judo Club for a peek, only to find Nonose-san calling out to Iwamuro-kun.

“Takashi-kun, I’ll leave a towel here, okay~?”

Ta ka shi ku n?

Maiden No. 2, don’t you have something to report to your Guru?

Spywork done, I decided it was about time to head back to my own club.

I had just started walking back when I bumped into Birdbrain Katsuragi.

Oh right, this guy was a new student as well.

The moment he realised who I was, his face turned sour.

“I thought I told you to stay away from Enjou-san.”

He was speaking to a third year, and that was the first thing he said, huh?

Since he had no manners, I simply ignored him and moved on.

“Oi!”

“Pardon me. I have no time to spare on birdbrains that cannot even manage a greeting~”

Leaving a parting line, I ohohohoho’d away.

“Enjou-san already has Yuiko-san!”

Stop making a fuss, you noisy thing.

How many times are you going to repeat that the moment you see my face?

“My, what true love for your dear Yuiko-san~ How gallant of you~” I mocked.

Birdbrain flushed and was at a loss for words, so I just left him and quickly made my way.

Tsk. Things were going to get annoying with that guy around.

If he had any complaints, he could take them to Enjou.

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Our recruitment efforts had previously amounted to explaining our club activities, and showing the 1st years around the club room.

However, after the new information I got from scouting, we were now incorporating activities so the guests would get a taste of what our club was like.

In front of the clubroom we placed a poster that read,

‘Free workshop currently available. Try your hand at handicrafts!’

Since it needed to be something simple, we decided that the course would involved making their own pocket tissue case.

We weren’t exactly 100% sure about the pocket tissue case, but at least the program showcased the atmosphere of our club to the visiting 1st years. Plus, it also made it easier for them to ask us questions, and by the time the course was over they were comfortable enough to chat about things besides the club activities too.

“I can’t believe we overlooked a trial program. As expected of you, Reika-sama.”

“Thanks to you, we’ve been getting more visitors than last year.”

“Even a few boys.”

“Should we have a corner for something similar during the School Festival, Reika-sama?”

Showered in praise from my club members, I smiled happily to myself as I counted the application forms.

Looks like I had Kemari Dainagon to thank.

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I decided to grab some more application forms before we ran out, so I found myself heading to the Student Council Room.

Fellow Stalking Horse was inside, working with the other members.

They seemed rather busy, actually.

Wakaba-chan was wearing thimbles and flipping through what seemed to be balance sheets, using her other hand to tap rapidly at a calculator. It was rather incredible to see.

So this was the rumoured calculator technique of Takamichi Wakaba!

“Need something?” Fellow Stalking Horse asked from his seat.

I let him know what I was there for.

“Ah, hang on a moment.”

He got up to grab some for me.

Hmmm~

Why did it feel like a section of the room seemed to be on guard against me?

Did they see this as a trespass because I was with the Pivoine or something?

Fellow Stalking Horse came back with the forms for me.

“Is this enough?”

“Yes, this much is plenty. Thank you.”

On the contrary, it would be great if we could actually get enough recruits for all of these.

“By the way, Kisshouin, there’s something I’d like to show you if you have the time.”

“What might that be?”

“President!” One of the others jumped out of their seat. “You’re letting her know!? Isn’t that as good as showing our hand to the enemy!?”

Eh? What was this?

“Kisshouin is one of their most reasonable members, so it’s fine.”

Having reined in his subordinate, Fellow Stalking Horse held out a piece of paper.

“Here, have a look.”

‘Manual for Dealing with the Pivoine’

“A lot of the new Externals mess up in their interactions with the Pivoine. That’s why we thought a manual would be good.”

“My.”

I didn’t see why they shouldn’t.

Usually it fell to the class representative or an Internal Student to subtly teach the newcomers, but it was hardly comprehensive.

As a result, it wasn’t uncommon to see some External breaking out in a cold sweat after making a mistake.

Even the Internal Students had trouble sometimes deciding how much they could say.

“We’ve had something like this before, but parts of it were vague and unhelpful, so this time we clarified and itemised it all. What do you think?”

“It sounds like a good idea. Will you be providing these to all of the External Students?”

“No, just the class representatives. I don’t think it would be a good idea to hand these out, so they can pass the word on instead.”

“I see.”

The things on that list were unspoken rules rather than official ones, after all, so it wouldn’t do to leave evidence.

Fellow Stalking Horse looked at the manual with an ambivalent smile.

“Personally, I don’t know how I feel about the Student Council being the spearhead for a manual that promotes preferential treatment of the Pivoine. Takamichi was the one who argued that without the manual, it would be the Externals getting the short end of the stick.”

Wakaba-chan!?

Come to think of it, most of this manual was identical to the letter that I gave Wakaba-chan, the one with the list of things to be careful about.

I looked towards her, still clicking away at her calculator, and hearing her own name she looked up in my direction as well and flashed us a smile.

“In your opinion, is there anything missing, Kisshouin?”

“Let me see… Hmmm… Do not sit in the reserved Pivoine seats. Do not casually abandon decorum with the Pivoine. Give way if you come across them in hallways. Do not step on peony flowers nor handle them roughly while on school grounds…”

“Is she the Dog Shogun or something…?” somebody whispered.

“My, that was a good one!” I smiled affectionately at him like he was a dear friend, but he suddenly looked downwards and fell silent. My~

Since the contents of the manual were basically the same as my own thoughts, there wasn’t much to add.

“I think this is fine as it is. Going into too many trivialities would become its own problem, after all,” I told Fellow Stalking Horse. “What if instead of leaving it as a manual for dealing with the Pivoine, you incorporate it into a list of customs endemic to Zui’ran as a whole? Things to watch out for that you would not have to in other schools. I think you would get less backlash that way.”

“I see. That might be a good idea. As it is now, it’s a bit too blunt about the special treatment that the Pivoine get. Still, customs that you’ll only find in Zui’ran, huh? Like what?”

“I have one! The ban on gumboots!” Wakaba-chan suddenly offered, shooting her hand up energetically.

“Is that something you’d really put in the manual…? I don’t think anybody but you would have done that anyway, Takamichi.”

“No way!”

“I’m serious. Come on, you should have noticed it from the fact that there’s no exclusive Zui’ran version of it.”

“Ehhhh. Then how about no running in the hallways, or not taking the stairs two at a time then?”

“Takamichi, there are rules against those in normal schools too.”

“Ehhhh.”

The two of them seemed to be getting along really well.

This…

“Then what is one of Zui’ran’s special customs?” asked Wakaba-chan at a loss.

Suddenly all eyes were on me again.

“Let me see… For example, a note that only the girls are to use ‘gokigen’yoh’, perhaps.”

“Ohh~! I see~!” clapped Wakaba-chan.

“As almost everyone here entered Zui’ran during middle school or high school, what if you wrote down a list of what you were taken aback by when you first began?” I suggested.

“I see. Let’s try that. Any ideas, guys?” asked Fellow Stalking Horse.

“Homemade Valentine’s chocolates are frowned upon.”

“Why is that?”

“Beats me. I guess to avoid food poisoning?”

“I have one! The ban on using promotional towels with company logos on it!”

“Takamichi-san, the issue there isn’t some custom, but that you have no hope left as a girl.”

“Ehhhh.”

“Still, I can see some of the boys doing that, so maybe we’ll put it in anyways.”

“Bowing in front of the school gates.”

“Isn’t that actually in the school rulebook?”

“The ban on conbini bentou.”

“That’s an important one.”

“It is, isn’t it. I stood out so badly during my first few lunches because of that.”

“I have one! The ban on wearing raincoats!”

“Takamichi, I think that’s just you.”

“Geez, Mizusaki-kun. I’ve never worn one either, okay?”

Good luck, guys~

With my application forms in hand, I left the Student Council Room.

 


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75 thoughts on “Reika-sama – 220”

    1. I think that’s the calculated political play to make anyhow. Not that Reika and “calculated politics” go together. But there you have it.

      The best way to rein-in characters like Tsuruhana is to have STUCO take care of them. For whatever reason, STUCO lacks authority, so it’s easier if Reika tacitly endorses them. This makes it look more like Reika is pushing on the school to make it a better learning environment and less like Reika playing power politics.

      Having your parents involved because they’re worried that their darling princess isn’t getting the highest quality education looks A LOT better than having them step in to settle some stupid teenage popularity contest.

      And things like the “Pivoine Survival Guide” are a good example of why that kind of collaboration would be useful to Reika.

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  1. Oho~ Fellow Stalking Horse-kun is getting along really well with Wakaba-chan.

    Bakaburagi, time for you to work harder lololol

    Bird Brain boy really is annoying. It would be enjoyable to watch Enjou thoroughly crush him (because Reika can’t seem to crush him effectively)

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      1. That’s kind of extreme. Enjou would be happy to persuade Katsuragi to stop hassling the girl that he likes. It wouldn’t have to be framed that way to Katsuragi of course, but you get the idea.

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        1. does enjou actually like reika? am i just as dense as reika for not noticing this? since when has he liked her and how was it shown Dx

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          1. I’ve written small books on the subject and try to avoid repeat performances, because honestly, people are probably tired of me yammering on about it.

            There’s no doubt that he likes her. It’s just less clear when he started being interested. I think his crush started after she sucker-punched him. Which is where the illusion that she’s a proper and confident Alpha Bitch of the school falls apart. She’s not a stereotype, she’s a relatable human being now. And she hates drawing attention.

            What might be easy to miss is that his teasing Reika is actually how he flirts. Reika just assumed he was being a dick though, so his later interactions revolve around more outright flattery and compliments and trying to bond with her through Yukino. (Comments like how she’s cute like a rabbit.)

            One of the POV chapters mentions a boy is watching her with a smile on his face. And it’s probably Enjou, because he’s always the one that seems to notice Reika’s secret behaviors like dieting or dropping hints that he knows about her gluttony. So he’s watching her closely. And it gels with his sense of humor to laugh at her antics.

            The other thing that foreshadows Reika’s relationship is that Enjou is actually her type. According to her own testimony. Takateru (her brother) is her ideal man. Imari’s description of Takateru is nearly a word-for-word description of Enjou’s personality. She also tells the audience that men like Akizawa aren’t her type because they’re not “bad boy” enough. But at the same time, she wants a “kind” man who is good at looking after others. She also mentions that she actually prefers Enjou’s face to Kaburagi’s. So she would be physically attracted to him if personality weren’t an issue.

            The main obstacle to her seeing him as dating materia is that she’s terrified of him. That’s not his fault. He’s just way smarter than her and was the Evil Reika’s arch-nemesis in the other timeline.

            Katsuragi (Bird Brain) is a known Enjou fan. And he’s constantly on her case about how she should stay away from Enjou. He’s getting that idea from somewhere. I’m betting that he either heard rumors circulating the boy’s cliques or either noticed Enjou paying attention to her. And he constantly rubs Yuiko in her face.

            The thing is though is that Enjou directly stated that Yuiko is only a potential marriage candidate. He never said she was a fiancee. That’s just Reika leaping to conclusions. The conversation in which he’s sharing this information with her is him just trying to feel out Reika to see how she feels about him.

            You’ll also notice that anytime Yuiko is involved she’s always the one forcing the interaction onto Enjou. Either she approaches him or calls him away. Yukino hates Yuiko for unknown reasons.

            So I don’t believe Enjou and Yuiko are actually an item. Enjou is the type of person who tries too hard to please everybody. So he won’t just straight-up reject her.

            You can tell at the sakura-viewing party that he’s actually disappointed that he can’t spend more time with Reika and has to be stuck with the clingy Yuiko.

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    1. But why would Enjou discard a tool if it’s still useful?

      It seems that Reika decided not to send Birdbrain down the pseudo BL route by accusing him of having the host for Enjou.

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  2. Reika and Wakaba’s secret friendship is just adorable.

    And Mizusaki and Wakaba basically make a manzai comedy duo. It’s actually exactly like Reika and Kaburagi, but in reverse…

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  3. >> Walking over, I joined in and clapped along too, but the moment our eyes met he tripped over his own feet and dropped the ball.
    >> My, my~
    >> What a shame.

    Things have become full circle and Reika has become villainess.

    >> I waved at them.
    >> Ah-, they ran.

    Or a demon

    >> Oi, Kemari Dainagon. Don’t think you can appease me with just a bit of protection money.

    And now a thug apparently.

    >> Leaving a parting line, I ohohohoho’d away.

    >> “Is she the Dog Shogun or something…?” somebody whispered.
    >> “My, that was a good one!” I smiled affectionately at him like he was a dear friend, but he suddenly looked downwards and fell silent. My~

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    1. The conversation is about respecting peonies. Given Reika’s position and the STUCO’s mistrust of the Pivoine, he’s probably just terrified of her.

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        1. Oh there probably are a few boys that like her but think she’s out of their league. I think it was Class Rep who uses this whole rose on a mountaintop metaphor when Reika asks him if she happens to be hated. This was after she hatched that plan to get the Externals and Internals to have lunch together and she noticed that they avoided her and excluded her from the conversation.

          Reika also mentions that there are gold-diggers she has no interest in. And she also avoids parties and introductions to suitors because she hates them.

          So it’s really a combination of Reika just being too intimidating to approach and the other half is that she’s just not putting herself out there. There were probably a few boys who wouldn’t mind being introduced to her out of a sincere interest to find love.

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  4. — Thanks for the chapter~ ^^.

    This chapter really made this week great!!
    It’s really amusing and refreshing seeing how Reika-sama influences others one way or another, how they react or interact with Reika-sama, really made me feel great !!

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  5. Is the rumors that goddess Kali can be appeased by food already spread around zui’ran??
    That soccer captain casually gave her a can of pocari, no???
    Lol, why am I hoping for more interaction between Fellow Stalking Horse and our Goddess Kali?? Is it because Reika-tan love life is on the level of below negative???

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  6. Oh my. It’s in the middle of the night when I saw and read this, and I giggling on my bed. I hope no one mistaken my giggling for some demon or ghost.

    Reika-san… Please don’t terrorize the soccer club lol

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  7. Thank you for the chapter!
    I like this chapter very much, it was refreshing to read about her interaction with the soccer club president after that farce with Enjou.

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  8. Oh no, I like the Fellow Stalking Horse and his snark so much, I don’t want him to get hurt… But Kaburagi is so very adorbstupid, I really can’t ship anyone but him…

    So, sorry in the end, Fellow Stalking Horse! Try to find a super-awesome love with someone besides Wakaba-chan! Ririna is available and she’s adorably tsun…

    THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK! ! ! ! !

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  9. Many thanks
    Ohohoho i wonder if wakaba showed the letter to the pres and there hoe he came up with the idea. But man, there’s like 3 categories of treatment to reika : 1) villainess, 2) love guru, 3) a clueless person who needs taking care of/watching over….

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    1. For Imari reika give store choc product b4..not homemade product. remember his brother frowned when reika first time gv homemade choc to imari which is after she learn from wakaba – follow recipe..hahaha..so imara nvr taste failed choc

      I think homemade choc frowned is referring to bakaburagi..cos he dont like homemade choc accept from wakaba..but he accept store choc.

      The school all center around 3 big shoots
      Emporer, prince, n empress

      So the rumours all abt these 3 ppl

      Hahahaha

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      1. Eehh i dnt think bakaragi receive homemade choc..but he ate homemade cookies

        Uiihh forgot..need to re-read again

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  10. I just realized that that girl who was into Kaburagi hasn’t appeared anymore… I think her last appearance was when Reika was eating out with Sakurako?

    Also I just started reading this last week and now I have finally catched up and I wanna ask something: Is this still coming out or is it finished in its original language. Sorry to bother and thank you so much for translating!

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  11. … can anybody pick up the novel series called Soshite Shoujo wa Akujo no Karade O Te no Ireru? I just found it and read all the way to where the translated chapter ended… to realize nobody was translating it.

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    1. *the person translating stopped translating… if Only I could read Japanese… I speak Vietnamese lol haha I really wanted to know what would happen next

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  12. I can see how we are going to be misled by Reika to believe Fellow Stalking Horse is in love with Wakaba, but… I want to bet my money on Fellow Stalking Horse has a crush with our beloved Reika! Muhahahaha

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    1. We’re not being misled when that is what she had read in the manga. Kaburagi falling for Wakaba despite of Reika’s non-interference attest to that.

      We’ll never know. Enjou probably loathes Reika in the manga but cherishes her now.

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      1. Tbf Reika’s point of view itself is pretty skewed and everyone pretty much attest to that. Fellow stalking horse doesn’t show any sign of attraction to Wakaba imo, despite how it was in the manga. How he treats her now is almost the same as how Kaburagi treats Reika, friendly and maybe protective but FSH basically protective towards everyone including Reika.

        How fate works in the manga and in reality is pretty whacky. For example, Reika’s dad is honest in his line of works but we are made to believe by Reika he isn’t. Only Kaburagi’s love line stay true to the story.

        Welp this is just a speculation. Thats why i said im betting on FSH’s ship. I already put one leg inside the ship.

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        1. Just say that you want it to be true. You don’t have to torture these rationalizations. They did nothing to you.

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  13. I like how Reika immediately gets honed in on and asked to move along. Her presence is just too overpowering!

    ‘Leaving a parting line, I ohohohoho’d away.’ Dangit, I need to all this silliness animated. Onegai *sliding dogeza*

    A manual for Pivoine etiquette. An amazing idea by Wakaba, fueled by our very own Coro-chan. She’s going to be an ambassador, I’m telling you xD

    Wakaba is hopeless even as a commoner, lol.

    Thanks for the chapter :)

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  14. See?!! This is what I was talking about! Reika has the fundamental balance between an Ojou-sama and a commoner due to her being a reincarnator! Couple that with the power she held as a Pivoine, and the Empress Lvl 999 Fan, she basically can make peace in the school with basically anything she does. XD
    I’ve said this, and I’ll say it again. It was a dumb move to let Bakaburagi be the Pivoine President.
    Hail Goddess Kali! XD

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  15. Somehow I now seriously suspect that all this time bird brain Katsuragi has a crush on Reika and was actually just saying that about Enjou and Yuiko as an excuse so that she won’t fall for Enjou.

    I always kinda wanted to know why bird brain-kun has always been this minor character pestering Reika. Feels like there’s something more to him.

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    1. There are more in-universe rumors and shipping about Kaburagi & Reika, and he doesn’t tell her to stay away from Kabu

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  16. The soccer club and their president still being tormented by Reika-sama is pretty hilarious. Katsuragi Bird-Brained Boy showing up really is like an easter egg, and I would love to behold her ohoho-jou sama laugh.

    It’s nice to see the Handicrafts Club being made great again by our glorious president Reika-sama. And I would love to see more of her interacting with FSH and the whole student council. It’s weirdly relaxing, and I anticipate the moment they realize her true self.

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