1. A sight so dazzling and bright, it's impossible to pry your eyes away
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1. "I probably wouldn't be here if I had literally anything better to do, but I guess I might as well check it out..."
2. "Huh, I guess this is the place."
3. "Such a weird place for a school festival, seriously..."
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2. "Hahh..."
6. "And more like some kind of informational expo..."
7. "This feels less like a school festival"
11. "Now then,"
12. "Time to see what kind of entertainment mei-san's cooked up for me today."
5. Yikes... Mineko-sensei's giving a public lecture...
12. "Here you GO!"
5. "Damn, this is good!"
6. ...though, I guess that checks out. They really went all out with this event,
7. So it'd be weird if they decided to cut corners with this one thing in particular...
8. Still, I do kinda feel like the event as a whole isn't really my kind of thing.
1. "Are you trying to make me angry?"
2. "...Excuse me?"
3. "So, I'm just gonna apologize right off the bat..."
4. "I brought my phone to school again! I'm sorry!"
5. "H-hang on, there's a reason I'm bringing this up!"
6. "Eeep!"
7. "I got a call from Arata a little bit ago..."
8. "Arata?"
9. "Yeah."
10. "He said he wanted to help you"
11. "with that thing you went to Akamine Academy for,"
12. "So he was hoping you could call him back sometime tonight..."
1. "I would think that Aihara Academy must be a wonderfully diverse school that welcomes all kinds of different people."
2. "Alright, I'll tell you,"
3. "But only because I respect the guts it must've taken to come up and talk to me."
4. "turn"
5. "Don't go thinking you managed to successfully butter me up with that answer, got it?"
6. "Here, listen up."
8. "Hmph..."
1. "Mizusawa,"
2. "Of course!"
3. "Thank you so much!"
4. "These girls might be here to learn about our junior high division,"
5. "So I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't go around putting strange ideas into-"
6. "What? Prejudiced much?"
7. "..."
8. "Goodbye!"
9. "...hey."
1. "..."
2. "Oh?"
3. "So like, are we gonna become a co-ed school or what?"
4. "..."
5. "Huh..."
6. "The rest of us in the student council haven't been made aware of the details."
7. "Have only really involved the student council president herself."
8. "But all of the discussions surrounding this topic"
9. "I don't think anything big will happen right away,"
10. "Why should I tell you?"
11. "..."
12. "So,"
13. "How do you feel about it?"
1. "And I'm sure your stew tastes fine!"
2. "Ugh, cut that out!"
3. "Oh, how my heart aches~"
4. "It's not like hearing my feelings on the matter is gonna make a difference either way!"
5. "I'm so distraught by the prejudice being directed toward me that my stew has lost its flavor~"
6. "Society as a whole might not give a damn about your opinion in particular,"
7. "I mean, sure,"
8. "..."
9. "Personally.."
10. "I asked because I was curious about how you'd answer."
11. "But I'm not society."
1. "..."
2. "I know the president is doing everything in her power to make this work,"
3. "So I don't think there's any reason to worry."
4. "As such, I intend to continue doing whatever I can to support her. That's all."
5. "You had better not be up to anything mischievous again!"
6. "Uh-oh. Miss second-in-command is here."
7. "..."
8. "Mizusawa matsuri!"
1. "..."
2. "JUST A BIT ABOUT... PREJUDICE, I GUESS..."
1. "Oh, akkun!"
2. "Here, let me help with that... Momokino."
3. "!"
4. "O-oh, sure! Thanks."
5. "You are more than welcome to call me "Himeko" if you would like."
6. "Yes, she certainly does..."
7. But she also has what it takes to actually make it a success.
8. Not only is she capable of planning and putting together an event as huge as this one,
9. "Man, mei's seriously something else, huh?"
1. "If you looked at her back when the three of us used to play together,"
2. "You never would've imagined she'd be able to pull something like this off."
4. "Hey, himeko."
5. "Yes, she has changed quite a bit since then..."
6. It always kind of makes me realize...
7. When I stand next to mei, who's been around for just as many years as I have...
8. I know saying something like this
9. Isn't gonna change anything, but...
1. "...I still haven't managed to accomplish anything at all..."
2. "...just how incredibly small I really am."
3. "..."
4. "...after all these years..."
5. "I wonder why..."
1. "Don't say that."
2. "I would be willing to bet that you have accomplished more than you are giving yourself credit for."
3. "But that feeling is a step in the right direction in and of itself."
4. "You may feel frustrated with yourself right now,"
5. "I wouldn't have made that step if it weren't for mei's big sister. I seriously owe her big time."
6. "Big sister?"
7. "...yeah, you're right."
1. "...oh my. Hehe."
2. "See you, himeko!"
3. "I'm gonna go find mei and express my gratitude properly!"
1. "You came at a good time."
2. "I had something that I wished to discuss with you as well."
3. "Oh, really! That works out great, then!"
4. Nod...
5. "In that case, is it okay if I go first?"
6. "Well, basically..."
7. "I just wanted to say thanks for everything you've done."
8. "It's all thanks to you that I got to meet yuzu,"
9. "Which I think has turned out to be a very fortunate encounter for me."
1. "...I got the impression that she's experienced this before,"
2. "Like she knew what it was like to be in my position."
3. "She waited until I was ready to hear what she had to say."
4. "In order to avoid any confusion on my part,"
5. "I doubt there are many high schoolers out there who could've handled the situation as well as she did."
6. "Mei,"
7. "I gotta know."
8. "..."
1. "Compared to Mei, I basically haven't done anything."
2. "...isn't something I'm very proud to admit."
3. "My answer to that question..."
4. "To tell the truth."
5. "hmmm..."
6. "It was kind of a rude awakening for me, actually."
7. "When I saw Mei again the day she came to our school,"
8. "And tried to get him to fill me in on a whole bunch of stuff, but..."
9. "After that, I talked to my dad."
10. "And just how much I still had to learn..."
11. "It made me realize just how far ahead of me she was"
1. "Perhaps... It's because we're in love?"
2. "..."
3. "Wha..."
4. "Yes..."
5. "I believe that's it."
1. "It's because we love each other."
2. "...haha."
1. "...I'm gonna keep working hard until the day I eventually figure it out. You can count on it."
2. "That said..."
3. "To be honest, I have no idea what that even means."
4. "Alright, that's all I wanted to say!"
5. "Now it's your turn!"
6. "...ah, you know..."
7. "I bet the reason those academy bigwigs felt the need to give you that stupid nickname..."
8. "...was because they were having just as much of a hard time keeping up with your way of thinking as me."
2. "Yeah, I don't think she meant that just "Being a couple" is what gives them their strength."
3. "I can at least say there's probably more to it than that."
4. "..."
2. "SO THAT'S WHAT TRUE STRENGTH LOOKS LIKE, HUH?"
3. To be continued.