2. No plot elements but if you really wanna go into lesbian bodice rippers unspoiled look away I guess
3. (If you've read Watanare / Arioto's novels up to vol. 4 disregard)
4. lol anyone reading the raws
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
1. Collaboration Short Story / Mikami Teren
2. Collab Project: Special Short
3. Somewhere in Tokyo, at the cafe "Le Melon", four girls are gathered around a table. Four drinks of varying shapes and sizes accompany each of the participants, while in the centre of the table sit twelve books, neatly stacked. As good a spot as any for the collaboration round-table conversation.
4. "Sakakibara Marika (Henceforth Marika): Many thanks to "Melonbooks SUPER Recommended Girls Love Comedies! 'Arioto' & 'Watanare' Consecutive New Release Collaboration Fair" for bringing us all here! Today, we'll be having a group discussion about three VERY important topics! Let's start off with introductions. How about we go clockwise around the table?"
5. "Odzuka Mai (Henceforth Mai): My name is Odzuka Mai. I'm a little nervous, but I'll do my best to act natural."
6. "Marika: Well, compared to the person next to you, you don't look nervous at all, Mai-chan, so I think you'll be fine..."
7. "Amaori Renako (Henceforth Renako): Um, uh, so, I'm Amaori Renako! We're in a place that's super stacked on stylish points, and I'm surrounded by high school girls, so I'll try as hard as I can to hold on to consciousness!"
8. "Marika: No, uh, you're a high school girl too, Renako-chan."
9. "Renako: Eep! Such an amazing person in such an amazing place... It's too dazzling... I wanna go home..."
10. "Marika: Is it that bad!?"
11. "Fuwa Aya (Henceforth Aya): Fuwa Aya. Nice to meet you."
12. "Marika: And then there's you, who's just way too detached."
13. "Aya: Hm?"
1. "Marika: No, it's whatever... Well, I'm Sakakibara Marika, a second year at Kitazawa High School. Let's just keep things upbeat and friendly. No need to get too tense."
2. "Renako: Um! Okay! Roger! I'll do my best to not die!"
3. "Marika: This isn't some Battle Royale, we're just talking. You'll be fine."
4. Marika gently moves the conversation along past the light tension in the air, with a practiced smile and steady hand. Careful, trying to avoid spooking the younger girls at the table: like a zookeeper in charge of feeding the animals scared and cautious of humans.
5. "Marika: Well, let's just move right along to the first topic! First off is... Hmm, "Impressions from reading each other's works*" it seems. *Up to volume 4 for both works"
6. "Renako: O-Okay."
7. "Mari: Hehe. It's kind of embarrassing to have all the details of my intimate life with Renako detailed so clearly like this."
8. "Renako: If anybody ever found out, I'd never be able to live down the shame..."
9. "Marika: So, um, what did you think, Aya?"
10. Aya nods quietly. "It was good."
11. Marika shoots Aya a dirty glare for her trouble, or lack thereof. "Y'know, you're not unrelated to all this. Since we're here, you mind showing even a little enthusiasm?"
12. "Aya: Both Odzuka-san and Amaori-san are quite lovely people, so I really hope their love goes well. Although, if I were in Odzuka-san's place, I would be losing my mind with jealousy, so I think the way she's so considerate of her rivals is amazing."
13. "Mai: No, I wish I was able to handle things with as much finesse as you, Aya-san. Next time, I want to try a direct attack as well."
1. Marika pauses for a bit, stunned.
2. "Marika: ...Well, when I see Renako-chan trying her best to be a cheerful and upbeat person, it brings back memories of how I used to reach for the stars myself. Also, personally, I'd like to encourage her to work hard. We can't lose to girls like that. She points to the other two seated at the table conspiratorially."
3. "Renako: Oh... My deepest gratitudes for your encouragement..."
4. "Aya: Now it's your turn to give us your impressions."
5. "Marika: ...Aya, what's up with that smile all of a sudden."
6. "Aya: When I think about how these two girls know the grand tale of our love, it just popped up."
7. "Marika: Urrgh... You pervert..."
8. "Mai: No, it's a magnificent story. One truly overflowing with love."
9. "Renako: It's messed up!"
10. "Mai: Oh, did it not resonate with you? Oh well. I guess it's just a matter of taste."
11. Renako's red-hot fluster seems to blaze right past her usual introversion. That's not the issue! There's something more important than that! How do I put it... it's super lewd, right!?
12. Marika has nothing to say. She just sits there, head in her hands.
13. Aya on the other hand is unfazed, a calm smile on her face.
14. "Mai: Certainly, the contents are rather passionate. I'd like to try them out myself."
1. "Renako: Passionate, my ass! This is practically porn! Can you even consider this a light novel anymore!? How many times do they do it in one volume!? They're just beasts driven by desire!"
2. Marika's head slumps down just a little bit further into her hands.
3. "Mai: While I admire the way you're willing to say everything on your mind, we are... Actually right in front of the people themselves, you know."
4. "Renako: Ack!"
5. "Aya: So, which scenes got you the most aroused?"
6. Marika is on the verge of tears. "If we actually start talking about that, I'm leaving!"
7. "Renako: I'm sorry! I'm so, so sorry! I'll go kill myself right now!"
8. After a short break mostly consisting of Renako constantly apologizing to Marika, they moved on to the next topic.
9. "Marika: Now that I've pulled myself together, let's go to the next topic... Although it'll probably lead to some rocky terrain for us!"
10. "Aya: "Which of the two in the other couple would you rather go out with, and why?""
11. "Renako: Huh!?"
12. "Mai: In other words, between Marika-san and Aya-san, which one would I want to go out with? Understood."
13. "Marika: No, uh, you really don't have to take it so seriously! This is just for fun! Please! Stop taking it so seriously! We're just playing around!"
14. Mai thoughtfully strokes her chin in response. "Playing around," hmm? So which of them would you want to play around with?
1. "Marika: That’s not what I meant! Then even the person you chose would be traumatized! Please stop! Trying to play the straight woman with Queen Rose’s star model is giving me the shivers!"
2. "Renako: I’m so sorry. Our Mai is just kind of..."
3. "Mai: Heheheh."
4. "Aya: Then, can I go first?"
5. "Marika: Huh? Um, uh, wha? Sure!?"
6. "Aya: Odzuka Mai-san."
7. "Marika: Hmmmmm."
8. "Renako: Maybe we should really just stop here!? Before anyone says anything they regret!?"
9. "Aya: No. It’s just a what-if, that’s all. I mean, she’s very easy on the eyes, isn’t she?"
10. "Mai: Thank you. It’s an honor."
11. "Marika: Well, I get where you’re coming from, but... Well, in the end, I’d prefer Renako-chan."
12. "Renako: No... Um, you don’t have to worry about my feelings like that..."
13. "Marika: Geez, you’re more pessimistic than I thought! Don’t worry, I wouldn’t lie about this. I mean, if we were going out, I feel like it would be really soothing. And, like, you want to try and become more cheerful, right? In that case, we could go and try lots of things together."
14. Renako seems deeply moved, but her hands leave most of her sentences deeply muffled. Oh, I love that...
15. "Marika: You’re kidding."
16. "Mai: Renako is very honest. That’s part of what makes her so cute. Hehe."
1. "Aya: You know, I'd like to see the other side of that expression of yours that says you're not worried at all."
2. "Marika: Aya!?"
3. "Aya: No, I'm just playing around. Having fun, like you said. Right?"
4. "Marika: When it's you saying that, I can't help but think it's taken on a whole new meaning!"
5. "Renako: Wow... we hit the rough patch so suddenly..."
6. "Mai: That's what happens when you announce your infidelity in front of your lover. Well, Renako? Are you feeling jealous?"
7. "Renako: No, not really... I mean, in the first place, the two of us aren't going out, right..."
8. "Mai: Hm? Her head lightly tilts."
9. "Renako: I-, I pick Marika-senpai! Marika-senpai for me, please!"
10. "Marika: O-oh... Thanks, Renako-chan. That makes me surprisingly happy. But, uh, why?"
11. "Renako: Um, I just said I loved it, right...?"
12. "Marika: One- One more time!"
13. "Renako: Huh!? Well, um... Marika-senpai, you're so beautiful and you're so good at holding conversations and your hair is so silky and for a while now there's been this wonderful scent drifting over from you... And, before all that, your face is crafted so extraordinarily and perfectly, I'd say it's the best of any second year high school girl I've ever seen. I'd go with you no matter where you wanted to take me, and we could have a lot of fun together..."
14. "Marika: Waitwaitwait! That's a lot all at once!"
1. "Aya: Marika, your face is all red."
2. "Renako: Oh, um, no, I’m not just giving you empty compliments or anything! I really mean all that!"
3. "Marika: I-I see... Say, uh, Renako-chan? Do you do this all the time?"
4. "Aya: It must be tough on you, Odzuka Mai-san."
5. "Mai: It catches you by surprise, doesn’t it? I’m glad you understand."
6. "Renako: B-By the way, Mai, who would you pick!? I’ve given my answer, so you have to too! Marika-senpai or Aya-senpai, which one would you go out with!?"
7. "Mai: If I had to choose, then both of them."
8. "Marika: Bwuh!?"
9. "Aya: Both, you say."
10. "Mai: Yes. Everyone besides Renako is the same to me. (Smiling)"
11. "Renako: Dammit, Mai Odzuka! That’s not what I wanted to hear!"
12. "Marika: Now then, time to move on to the final topic. ‘What advice do you have for the other couple’!"
13. "Aya: Hurry up and get on with the lewd stuff."
14. "Mai: As expected."
15. "Marika: Ayaaa!"
16. "Renako: Mai Odzuka..."
17. "Aya: Sorry, my bad. But, since doing that stuff went so well for us, you could use it as an example."
1. "Marika: All of that was just you dragging me along..."
2. "Aya: Really? She gently— but firmly— grasps Marika’s hand."
3. "Marika: Um! She flicks her hand away, more flustered than disdainful. From me... oh! You two should take care to align your priorities and what you value the most! Talk things out a whole bunch! Renako-chan is so shy, after all!"
4. "Renako: That’s not something a pessimistic person can say easily, and you said it for me... Marika-senpai... I love that..."
5. "Marika: ...Also, you really need to deal with your indecision. Or, uh, to put it another way, you need to stop having so many love interests. If Aya tried to pull that crap on me, I’d blow her away."
6. "Mai: Thank you for your valuable advice. Well, Renako. From today onwards let’s move in together. If I’m the only one you look at for the rest of your life, that would make me happy."
7. "Renako: That’s impossible! By the way, is there any advice Mai or I could really give...?"
8. "Mai: Right. Maybe I could introduce you to one of our company’s real estate agents to prepare for when you two move in together or something?"
9. "Marika: What the heck? Well, I am kind of interested..."
10. "Aya: That doesn’t sound bad. What about you Amaori-san? Anything?"
11. "Renako: Um, uh...? Me? To you two...? Well... So..."
12. "Marika: You can do it! Just put it out there!"
13. "Renako: Urrrgh... U-Um! I think doing it at school is, uh... Really! Not good! You need to be careful! So that nobody catches you!"
14. "Marika: I know that better than anyone!!"
1. "Renako: Eek!"
2. "Aya: Come now, Marika. She went through all that trouble to give us advice, so don’t get mad. Calm down."
3. "Marika: Whose fault do you think this is!? Huh!?"
4. "Aya: It’s your fault for being so perverted, right?"
5. "Marika: Meet me out back, bitch!"
6. She jolts up from her seat, a firm grip on Aya’s shirt collar.
7. Aya merely lets herself be dragged out behind her.
8. "Renako: Waaaaaaagh..."
9. "Mai: Hmm... Well, with that, the “ ‘Arioto’ & ‘Watanare’ Consecutive New Release Collaboration Fair” is over. That was fun, wasn’t it. Hopefully, we get another chance to do this in the future."
10. "Renako: No, wait, shouldn’t we stop their fight!? Right, Mai, right!?"
1. "I'll be in your care today!"
2. "You're a first-year, right?"
3. "Oh, Renako-chan!"
4. "O-, Okay!"
5. "Uh, So, Well..."
6. "I may be a year above you, but I don't mind keeping it nice and friendly."
7. "Oi!"
8. So, this is the girl who did all that stuff, and then got by her M and...
1. Woah... It's Mai-chan! In the flesh! Ama-zing!
2. "Sorry I'm late."
3. "Really? That makes me happy."
4. "I'm SUPER into your Insta!"
5. "Yeah, nice to meet you."
6. "It's nice to meet you."
7. "I'm Fuwa Aya."
8. "Huh!? Why!?"
10. "Now then, Marika."
11. "Why don't you go wait in the rest-room until the round-table discussion is over?"
1. "Then, how about we try something together?"
2. "Huh!? Um, I, uh-"
3. "What kinda stuff do you like, Renako-chan?"
4. "let's order some drinks."
5. "Hey,"
6. "Oh-,"
7. "Yeah! that sounds good!"
9. "Great!"
10. "Oh..."
11. "Well,"
12. "I dunno if I'm ready for that..."
13. "Since we're at a place like this,"
14. "why not try a nice and fancy one?"
3. "Good work today, Marika-senpai!"
4. "Oh,"
5. "Yeah, you too."
6. "Renako-chan, let's trade contacts."
7. "If you're fine with someone like me, then..."
8. "So, Mai Odzuka-san. Are you not the type of person that tends to get jealous?"
9. "The way she just says she loves things is amazing."
10. "Were it me, I'd hate it."
11. "No, I very much am."
12. "So you are..."
13. "But,"
14. "I love how Renako is when she's natural and relaxed."
15. "Isn't she cute?"
16. "Riiight..."
17. So she's the type that's into NTR.
18. "What a maniac."
1. So pretty, but she's also a good person...
2. "If..."
3. "Oh, yes... Thank you..."
4. "Amaori-san."
5. "You and Mai Odzuka-san are quite close, aren't you."
6. "Oh, Aya-senpai..."
7. Wow!! She's so beautiful!
8. "You ever wish to peruse my collection, just let me know."
9. "Any time."
11. *Imagination
12. "Collection... You mean..."
13. "Huh!?"
17. "I... I don't need to see it!"
18. "I mean, in the first place, I don't like girls like that..."
19. She sure is having fun...
20. "Heehee."
21. "I don't, okay!?"
1. "Yeah."
2. "Ahhh, that was fun!"
3. "Until next time!"
4. "See you!"
5. "Later."
6. "Good work today!!"
7. "No,"
8. "What's up? Need some attention?"
9. "And who're you calling a dog, huh!?"
10. "Good work today, Marika."
11. "I just felt like leading my pet along."
12. "Heehee."
14. "You're right."
15. "That was a lot of fun! They were such nice people!"
1. Oh. Maybe Chapter 10 has been released?? Don't really understand the schedule...
5. "oh hmm if kayako ends up taking another month break to do the volume then it would actually be february or so"
6. "you're just jerking me around now"
7. "look i can't control kayako's weird ass schedule okay"