Words of Love by Inui Ayu TL by boke ### TL notes indicated by hash tags like this: ### ### Page numbers indicated by —XX for example, page one is: —01 ### Panel numbers indicated by -X for example, panel one is: -1 ### sfx- means the following is a sound effect. ### hw- means the following is handwritten text. ### Unless otherwise noted, panel and text balloon flow is from upper right to lower left. ### This TL indexes on file number in case the page numbers don’t match. ### Sometimes my comments are snark or color, so feel free to ignore those. ### the stories What can Happen Before a Kiss, and A Love for Color have been scanlated before (under slightly different translations for the titles), but I translated them anyway because I’m perverse like that. —01 -1 Words of Love Inue Ayu Collected works —02 -1 Words of Love —03 Words of Love —05 -1 Words of Love Part One —06 -1 Words of Love (Part One) Words of Love (Part Two) Nami-chan Not friends A Place That Faces the Sun What can Happen Before a Kiss Cupid A Love for Color Extra —07 -1 Manami, you’re a good girl. -2 sfx- Stroke Good girls… -3 Go to heaven. -5 Hey… Wait a… Hagimoto-san! —08 -1 What’s with your hair? Huh? -2 I dyed it. sfx- Duh Don’t give me that! As a working adult, you should have more common sense! -3 Come on, common sense? The company handbook allows us to dye our hair. -4 And I checked in with the office and they said it was fine. So what’s wrong with that? Wha?! -5 Company handbook…? You’re just making excuses! sfx- Sweating bullets Everyone else dyes their hair brown, like normal people! —09 -1 What? Like every one else? -2 I’m not breaking any rules, and don’t shirk my work. So that should be enough, right? sfx- Sigh Hey! Listen, you…! -3 Hagimoto-san’s at it again. sfx- Whisper Our problem child’s at it again. sfx- Whisper Yeah, she just can’t cop a clue. -4 Hng… -5 sfx- Sigh They’re talking shit about her again. —10 -1 It’s crappy of them to say that, but I hate having to hear it too. sfx- Tak Tak Takka -2 Hagimoto-san… When people get mad at her… When they gossip about her… I wonder if she cares? -3 Hey, Don’t you think so too, Tsuji-san? Huh? -4 Why are you dragging me into this? sfx- Ahaha Well… I’m not sure about… -5 I mean, we have to deal with it too. I wish she’d just grow up already. sfx- Snicker But really? Her hair? Is she in high school or something? -6 If you’re going to be so jealous as to talk smack like that… Why not just put on your big girl panties and dye your own hair however you want? —11 -1 Hmph We’ll just get back to work… -2 So… So cool… -3 Smile -4 Twitch -5 It’s not even a matter of if she cares or not… She’s just on a totally different level. sfx- Shhf -5 And her hair looks great on her. -6 But it’s not like I can say what I think. I’m so pathetic… —12 -1 Hmm So they still are like that? In this day and age? -2 Seriously, right? sfx- Getting her hair colored brown. I mean, we’re all adults. I wish they would just stop already. -3 hw- I get you, but it’s hard to speak up, right? You got that right. -4 But your co-worker, she sure sounds tough! sfx- Ahaha -4 
Right? Total opposite of me… —13 -1 I always think she’s so cool… -2 Huh? sfx- Glance -3 Huh? -4 Hagimoto-san! Tsuji-san! -5 Well This was a surprise! —14 -1 To think we go to the same salon! Yeah… Kind of surprising we haven’t run into each other before. -2 Ah Maybe because I bleached my hair? -3 Since I’m getting a treatment, they may have scheduled me differently. I see… -4 But, hey… Does your place happen to be around here, Tsuji-san? Huh? sfx- Leaning in -5 Don’t you usually choose a salon because it’s close to home? hw- Kind of rough if it’s too far away, huh? You’re right. I live pretty close by. -6 I thought so! sfx- Beam So that might mean we’re neighbors? —15 -1 This is, uh… -2 Hagimoto-san, you’re a little different than at the office. You didn’t seem the type to be so bubbly and talkative. -3 Ah… Yeah, that’s probably true… sfx- Ha ha Well, co-workers are just co-workers after all. -4 And… I’m not all that liked there, so… -5 Th-that’s not true! Tsuji-san… sfx- Giggle —16 -1 Whenever people are hassling me, You always have that same troubled look on your face. sfx- Giggle Giggle And you never join in on it. -2 Huh…? So I thought you must be nice. I’ve been wanting to chat with you for a while. -3 I’m… I’m not that nice… -4 I mean, I haven’t been able to stand up for you. Even so, it made me happy. -5 sfx- Fidget And what about you? You seem pretty different than at work. —17 -1 It’s the first time I’ve seen your hair down. The princess bangs are cute! hw- Princess bangs -2 Oh…? -3 I hope you’ll give me a pass… I know I’m too old for this look… -4 Hah? -5 Oh, come on. If so, look at me! Going blond and stirring up the office? sfx- Ahaha -6 Heh Yeah, you got that right! —18 -1 It’s the first time I’ve see you smile. sfx- Stare Huh? A-are you sure? -2 I’m sure I only see you do your polite smile at work. Huh? Whaa? Is that how I come off? -3 I sure would like… to see more of the Tsuji-san our co-workers don’t know. -4 Huh? -5 How about we go for tea or a meal sometime? Should be fun from time to time! —19 -1 Since that day it’s been three months. -2 Thanks for having me over. Come on in. I never would have thought we’d would have gotten close like this! -3 Wow! Cute room! It totally says “Tsuji-san”. Don’t look too hard… It’s messy and makes me embarrassed. -4 Wha? It’s plenty clean! No, it’s… -5 It’s the first time I’ve been here! I’m learning new things about you. —20 -1 sfx- Giggle Oh, come on. What’s with you? ###she wants to get in your pants -2 But… Funny enough… This doesn’t feel bad. -4 sfx- Chew Mm! This is so good! -5 You’re really good at cooking. How did you make it? sfx- Chompf Chompf No.. it’s simple, ok? -6 Um… The recipe’s in this book. sfx- Slide —21 -1 sfx- Thwap Hm? Something got pulled out with it. Some sort of picture book? -2 Ah… that. hw- Here It’s from my grandmother. She always read it to me. -3 “Manami, you’re a good girl”… “And good girls go to heaven”. She had a habit of saying that. -4 Good girls go to heaven…? sfx- Hmm Seems like she went to a school run by missionaries. -5 I don’t think I’d get into heaven. sfx- Ahaha That’s not true! -5 But… I have heard this quote before… —22 -1 Good girls may go to heaven… but bad girl go everywhere. -2 I heard that from someone… ###Many people from May West on up have used that quote I guess I’m one of the bad girls. -3 Well… It might not be so bad to be able to go where ever I want. sfx- Fufu -4 Tsuji-san? What’s wrong? -5 Mm? Mm-nn… It’s nothing. —23 -1 It’s the first time I’ve heard that. I didn’t know they say that kind of thing. hw- Mm, well… Some celebrity? An actor maybe? I think they said it. -2 Hmm… Bad girls, huh…? -3 They can go everywhere… I see… -5 K-chunk —24 -1 Pheeew -2 Hey, Tsuji-san… Hm? -3 You seem to be close with Hagimoto-san recently, huh? sfx- Pressing in You’ve been talking a lot, did something happen? Huh? -4 Um… We just had the chance to chat here and there recently. Surprisingly, we seem to get along. -5 Whaaa? What’s this? You two are always harshing on her. sfx- Ahaha sfx- Stare —25 -1 Actually… -2 We wondered if Hagimoto-san was pressuring you, and if it was bothering you. -3 Huh? Everyone’s concerned about you. If it bothered you, we were going to say something about it. -3 Whaaa? I don’t believe this. -4 sfx- Fidget Fidget They say they’re worried, but… they just want to use me as an excuse to bad mouth her. -5 Um… I’m not being bothered, so… —26 -1 Good girls may go to heaven… But bad girl go everywhere. -2 It might not be so bad to be able to go where ever I want. -4 If… I said I it bothered me… -5 Would Hagimoto-san be hurt by that? —27 -1 Words of Love —29 -1 Maybe it would be more accurate to say that I have been possessed. -2 I knew it! sfx- Huh? Words of Love (Part Two) ###vertical -3 sfx- Smirk It really does bother you, huh? -4 No, it’s… You don’t have to put up with it! We’ll go talk to her! -5 Wait! Really! It’s not…! sfx- Ka-chak -6 Jolt —30 -1 Good job, everyone. -2 Silence -3 Perfect timing. Hey, Hagimoto-san, sfx- Gulp -4 Recently, You’ve been getting all buddy buddy with Tsuji-san. But it’s been bothering Tsuji-san. -5 Huh? -6 Tsuji-san’s nice, so she hasn’t been able to say anything, but… sfx- Snicker Snicker But it’s about time you wake up to the fact you hassling her. —31 -1 N… No! It’s… -2 Hagimoto-san, that’s… sfx- Whoosh It’s fine, Tsuji-san! -3 No, this isn’t…! I don’t want… -4 Tsuji-san… sfx- Sigh -5 I’m sorry, okay? sfx- Clack -6 Slam —32 -1 We did it, Tsuji-san! You won’t have to worry anymore! sfx- Whish -2 Tsuji-san? -3 What do I do now? -4 What have I just done? -5 Tomorrow, I’ll explain things and apologize. If I do that, then… sfx- Clench -6 If I do that… It’ll all be ok… right? —33 -3 sfx- Clack Clack Good morning. -4 Ha… Hagimoto-san! Good morning! -6 Whish -7 Wha? —34 -1 Did she… just blow me off? -2 Is she… really pissed at me? -3 What do I do now? sfx- Hnng -4 I never thought she was a problem! -5 To tell the truth… I didn’t think that, not even once. sfx- Nnnn —35 -3 Tsuji-san -4 Bow -6 sfx- Ka-chak Come in. —36 -1 Th… Thank you. -2 Sorry, It’s messy, but my place was the closest place to talk… No, sorry to bother you. I didn’t mean to crash your place like this. -3 sfx- Clink Here. -4 So what do you want to talk about? sfx- Twitch …Nn -5 Um! About what happened yesterday… I-I… -6 I’ve always… been jealous of you, Hagimoto-san. —37 -1 You’re so free. And strong. So different from me. -2 I don’t have any self-confidence. I’m so weak… I always thought if I just were a good girl… That would be enough… -3 But you said… sfx- Clench That bad girls could go everywhere… -4 Tsuji-san… sfx- Caress -5 When those two said that you were bothering me. sfx- Slide —38 -1 I thought, for a moment… that you should feel bad about it… -2 I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to… So of course you’d ignore me… -3 Wha? Ignore you? What are you talking about? -4 I mean this morning! You ignored me! Ah! Oh, that! I thought you were having trouble because of me. -5 So I thought maybe I shouldn’t come hang around you at work. Wha…? -6 What’s with that?! I won’t know if you don’t tell me! My bad! Sorry! Sorry! sfx- Waaah —39 -1 sfx- Heh… Hey… Tsuji-san. -2 I said bad girls can go everywhere, right? sxf- Clasp -3 If it’s suffocating for you… Then it’s ok not to be a good girl. That’s what I was trying to say. -4 Huh? -5 Hug —40 -1 It’s okay to not force your way into heaven. -2 You don’t have to work that hard. The two of us.. can go anywhere, after all. …Nn -3 I-I thought that I was causing you trouble! sfx- Sniff Yeah. -4 I took it out on you… I’m sorry… -5 Hey… You should say more of what you’re thinking. sfx- Huh? Don’t hold it in. —41 -1 It was the first thing I said, right? That I wanted to know the parts of you that you don’t show at work. -3 Throb -4 I love you. -5 Hagimoto-san… I love you. -6 Sniff -7 …I knew that from the start. sfx- Heh. —42 -2 I love you too. —43 -1 sfx- Rustle -2 Hm…? sfx- Spacy Huh? I stayed over at her house last night… -3 Ah, Good morning! You up? Mm. Good… morning… sfx- Rub -4 Wh… What time is it?! sfx- Whish -5 Wha? 8 O’clock? I-I’m late! sfx- Ohnonono Wh-what do I do?! -6 Tsuji-san, you’ve been crying too much. Your eyes are all swollen. You should take the day off work. hw- Here’s a wet towel. sfx- Flop —44 -1 Huh?! Th-that means… I’d be faking it… sfx- Stunned hw- Faking being sick? -2 With a face like that, you’re not faking it! hw- Here! Call in, already! sfx- TapTapTapTap Wha-whaaa? -3 Wh-what do I say? sfx- Riiiing sfx- Um Um Just say you’re not feeling well! -4 I-it’s Tsuji… sfx- Bow Bow hw- Um… That’s… So… -5 Giggle -6 Okay! sfx- Tug —45 -1 sfx- Clack So you called in? -2 Yeah, they said I could take the day off. Because you’re always so diligent. If you take a day here or there, they won’t bust your ass. -3 Ok! So what should we do today? sfx- Whish sfx- Chomp Huh? -4 I took the day off too, so… How about we go out somewhere? sfx- Aha -5 Wha? You did? Ah! It’s not like I’m always taking days off or anything, ok?! Today’s special! -6 Special…? —46 -1 I mean, look… It’s to celebrate us going out. sfx- Ohgawd sfx- Munch Nn…! -2 R-right… So we’re going out… sfx- Blush -3 Mmm… How about the beach? sfx- Sploosh Hm? The beach…? But it’s winter? -4 When you blow off work or school or something… It’s gotta be the beach, I suppose. hw- We can take the train -5 sfx- Heh What with that? It’s like you always are looking for the positive or something… —47 -1 Oh She’s laughing… -2 Why not? Looking for the positive’s the best! Wha? sfx- Giggle Giggle -3 Mmm I’m not a good girl. -4 sfx- Ka-tunk Ka-dunk But it’s not like I can be a bad girl either. -5 But… —48 -1 But if I’m with you, I can go everywhere. —49 -1 Nami-chan. Whenever it’s a day that I get a message from Nami-chan, I always get anxious. -3 Phoooo -4 Trot Trot -5 Sorry I’m late! -6 Nami-chan! Haruka-chan, were you waiting? —50 -1 Nuh-uh. You’re always late, girl. sfx- Snicker -2 Hey! Th’ heck?! You’re being mean! Whatevs. Let’s get a move on. -3 What are we eating today? You made reservations somewhere, right? Yeah! Raw meat sushi! Hmm… -4 They have a full veggie menu too! I double checked! hw- I know you don’t like meat. -5 hw- Well? sfx- Giggle Thanks -6 sfx- Whisper Whisper That girl’s cute, huh? Should we hit it? —51 -1 Glance -3 Haruka-chan, what’s wrong? Nothin’. -4 Hey, ladies! sfx- Wave -5 Where are you two goin’? How about getting drinks with us? It’s on us! -6 Shit… sfx- Sigh Not this crap… -7 No… We are… sfx- Grab Huh? —52 -1 Kiss -2 …Hn?! -3 Kiss Kiss -4 Sorry, boys… We’re lesbians, so… sfx- Huggle -5 Laters! —53 -1 sfx- Nyahaha Haruka-chan… You’re face’s so red! -2 Shaddup. sfx- Wipe -3 Aha! You’re so cute! Shut up already! -4 Don’t give me that lesbian shit. You’re so not one. -5 Well, you are, right Haruka-chan? sfx- Grr -6 sfx- Fwip Yama ###sign Stop it already. Don’t tease like that. —54 -1 I’m sorry, ok? sfx- Clasp -2 sfx- Pout Are you mad? -3 Nami-chan is cute. -4 Enough so that she gets away with anything. -5 …It’s not like I’m angry or anything. Really?! -6 You’re so sweet! sfx- Squeeze —55 -1 Well, I guess I am. sfx- Th-thump Th-thump Ah… Her boob is pressing into my… -2 For me… -3 No, For many people… Nami-chan is a special woman. -4 But, for Nami-chan No one is special. -5 Thump Clatter -6 Rustle —56 -1 Nn …Mm Hn… -2 Mmm sfx- Slide -3 H-hey… Nami-cha… sfx- Pwah -4 sfx- Leaaaan sfx- Kiiiiiss Nn Nnn! Hnnn! -5 sfx- Whap sfx- Ding Dong —57 -1 Ah! sfx- Pwaah -2 hw- Hey! hw- Back off a sec! Let’s… Let’s stop here! -3 Beep Beep Anything else? -4 We’re good. sfx- Bow hw- That’s all Excuse me then. -5 I wanted to make out some more! hw- Geeez -6 …Nn?! sfx- Cough sfx- Slump Why’d you have to go and press the button? —58 -1 Oh, come on! That was just weird! sfx- Cough Cough I mean, we’re just friends! -2 Even though you were frenching me so hard? You were the one doing that! -3 Shhhf -4 Hey… Haruka-chan… Let’s have sex. —59 -1 …ng? -2 Not gonna. -3 Haruka-chan… You’re being weird. -4 Look, there aren’t any people who turn me down. -5 What’s with that bloated ego of yours? Hm? It’s true, tho… -6 sfx- Throb And that’s exactly why… —60 -1 If I gave in to your charms… I’d just be one among many of “the people you’ve done it with”. -2 But you like women, right? So why don’t you want to do it with me? I don’t do it with friends. -3 Wha? But I do it with friends! ###bold and italicize “I” But I don’t! -4 Hmph! Now you’re being mean! sfx- Caress -5 If you love me, then you should just have sex with me. sfx- Press -6 Squish -7 …Hnn Blush —61 -1 Can you stop already! sfx- Whish That’s not how I love you, Nami-chan! -2 Whenever I meet up with Nami-chan, I always get anxious. sfx- Clench -3 And today I may get carried away. Because I’m getting weak. Hhmm… -4 sfx- Fwip Okay then. -5 Ah… Um… Nami-chan… Sorry, I didn’t mean… sfx- Sweat -6 Are you mad? sfx- Glance As if. -7 I was just thinking how I want to do you right away. sfx- Poke —62 -1 Sliiide -2 I-I said no… sfx- Blush Someday… -3 Wha? I know I’m going to cave in. -4 But if that day ever comes When that happens -5 Even if it’s hopeless… I’m going to tell her I love her. —63 -1 Not Friends Fufu Giggle Giggle -2 Rub -3 I forgot to tell you… -4 before we did it… sfx- Caress -5 Hm? —64 -1 Your makeup was on point today. -2 I loved your lipstick color. sfx- Kiss -3 You’ve already made a mess of it. It’s all your fault, Nao. sfx- Whump -4 sfx- Snicker That may be true. -5 We’re… friends. —65 -1 Vrrr Vrrr sfx- Kiss kiss Nn Ooh -2 …Hn sfx- Hah The time… Getting close to the last train. -3 Gotta head home. We see each other when we wanna. We have sex with each other when we wanna. -4 Just sex friends. sfx- Caress. …whaa? —66 -1 You should just stay over! sfx- Crawl Crawl What? -2 C’mon. It’ll be okay. -3 If you go, I’ll be too cold and I won’t be able to sleep. sfx- Wah -4 sfx- Smek Well if you put it that way… —67 -1 sfx- Grin Yay! -2 Hokay! Let’s get in the bath together and then get some sleep. -3 Sure… sfx- Shhf But I’ll have to get it ready as usual, right? -4 You’re too sweet! But I love you! -5 Yeah, yeah. sfx- Ka-cha —68 -1 Shhhhaaa -2 No matter what… We’re just friends. -3 Mmph -4 Lessee… My cleanser… -5 Ah Here it is. —69 -1 No new bottles. But… -2 As far as Nao is concerned, we’re just friends. -3 But… for me… -4 sfx- Splash Ahhhh…. -5 Feels soo good. sfx- Sigh —70 -1 sfx- Pshhhh You really do love your bathtime, Nao. sfx- Splish -2 Nn Well, I guess I do, but… -3 Shaaa -4 What I really love is getting in with someone else. sfx- Fufu -5 So… Hurry up and get in Haru-chan. sfx- Tap —71 -1 …Nn. sfx- Gulp -2 This is the kind of thing… Really. Give me a break. ###bold and italicize “this” Yeah, yeah. -3 Bloop -4 sfx- Squeeze Yay! You’re here! -5 So warm. So soft. Siiigh You feel so good. —72 -1 Throb -2 It pisses me off. sfx- Splish -3 Geez, Nao. You’re just a spoiled brat. sfx- Hmph -4 If I get a girlfriend, what are you gonna do? I hate it that she makes me happy so easily. -5 Wha? You want a girlfriend? -6 I hate it that I immediately start hoping for something. Well… I suppose I do… —73 -1 Hm. -2 Well, until you become someone else’s… I’ll just have you satisfy me. -3 You smell great. -4 Ever since I met her Nao has been Exactly like this. —74 -1 sfx- Whump Hey! Wait a… -2 Carefree Nice to everybody -3 The bed’s gonna get wet if we don’t wipe off! Mwah -4 Nn Nnn Mm… sfx- Kiss Kiss -5 A little lonely… A little spoiled… —75 -1 sfx- Pwah sfx- Haah Nn… Haa… -2 Now I wanna do it again. sfx- Huff Haru-chan. -3 Ah, Wait… sfx- Twitch Nn Nao… -4 Hm? -5 Haru-chan, you’re so cute. —76 -1 sfx- sigh I love you. -2 I love you! Ah… -3 Ah…! I love you… —77 -1 …Nn… sfx- Toss -2 We went right to sleep after that last night. sfx- Zzz -3 sfx- Poke hw- Uunhn sfx- Rustle -4 She’s so cute when she’s sleeping! I love her. sfx- Giggle —78 -1 I’m fine with being just one among many. -2 You don’t have to only look my way. -3 But, please… Don’t become someone’s else’s girlfriend. -4 Sniff Just stay my friend forever. —79 -1 A Place That Faces the Sun —80 -1 Siiigh… -2 Clack -3 I don’t want to go… Not to work. -4 Whhsh Chocolate Trumpet -5 sfx- Slip Ah! -6 Whish -7 sfx- Caught it! Whew hw- Glad it didn’t fall… —81 -1 Hngh -2 Just why am I such a klutz like this? sfx- Clench -3 Clench -4 Um, look, Sunami… I know you’re really trying your best… -5 But um… You’re trying so hard that you might be losing your composure. -6 Right… —82 -1 I’m really sorry that I’ve caused you problems today. -2 That girl, she a newbie? Her face is so rigid and she never speaks. Is she okay? I’m so sorry… -3 I… I’ll keep trying harder. -4 I know you can do it, ok? So just relax a bit. sfx- Pat -5 Y-yes… -6 Huh? Something smells good… —83 -1 Croissants! Hot from the oven! Would anybody like some? -2 Pardon me. -3 The croissants look great! -4 A chocolate trumpet and a croissant. Both will be 250 yen. sfx- Stare -5 Thank you very much! sfx- Creak sfx- Twitch -6 Smile Smile -7 Bow —84 -1 I still have some time. Since it’s just out of the oven, I’ll have it now. -2 sfx- Waft sfx- Crunch -3 Crunch Crunch sfx- So good! sfx- Waft Delicious. -4 sfx- Phew That girl… She had such a pretty smile… -5 A girl like that… definitely suited for customer service. Ah… Um… —85 -1 sfx- Huh? Yes? -2 Wha? Did I do something wrong? Did I forget to get my change? -3 Sorry to disturb you! Um, I’m… I’m an employee at this bakery, so… -4 Y-yes? -5 I said employee, but I’m just an intern! My baked goods have not been good enough day after day after day… sfx- Going on and on Uh… I see…? -6 So! That croissant! sfx- Point —86 -1 It’s the first time they were judged good enough! sfx- Grin So you’re my very first customer! -3 I’m just so happy you bought one that I just had to come say something. sfx- Bow I’m sorry to bother you. No…! -4 hw- Um… Your croissant was really good. -5 Really? Truly? sfx- Grab -6 So, um… My name is Honami! sfx- Squeeze —87 -1 Ah… sfx- Whish -2 Hey! Miura! What are you doing! You’re on the clock! -3 Whoopsie! sfx- Whoosh -4 Hope to see you again, Ma’am! Huh? Yes! Sure! sfx- Trot Trot -5 Wh… What a weird kid… -6 So that’s how I met Miura Honami - the weird kid. It’s been about a year now. —88 -1 Mm! Hey, Honami… this dip is soo good! -2 hw- That’s great Really! Score! -3 Oh, man… Honami you’re really such a good cook. Kinda weird, but we became close. sfx- Fufu You look so happy when you eat, that I really get into making stuff, Saku. -4 It’s just really fun to have someone to eat with. C’mon You’re just lonely at heart. -5 That’s spot on! sfx- Squeeeze sfx- Whoa Geez. You’re drunk, right? —89 -1 If you’re that sweet on me, then how about we live together? sfx- Fufu -2 Whaaa? sfx- Nuzzle -3 Are you sure? If it’s with you, every day would be fun, Honami. -4 Heh… -5 Okay, so… what about this, then? sfx- Brush —90 -1 I want to have a place of my own someday. It’s my dream to have my own little shop. -2 Yeah…? -3 Haven’t you every wanted your own place? If it’s something with the realm of possibility… How about both of use opening up a shop together? -4 Whaa? sfx- Um… A bakery and a salon? -5 Yeah! This side would be your salon… and this side would be my bakery! Whaddya think? —91 -1 Seems fun, but… Right? Right? sfx- Flop -2 I don’t think I could do it. sfx- Roll Someone like me? My own place? -3 Zzz Zzz -4 Heh -5 It’s not impossible, ok? sfx- Caress Not if it’s you, Sakuno. sfx- Kiss —92 -1 I fell asleep yesterday. I feel bad for Honami. -2 Huhwah? Oh! Morning -3 sfx- Shhf I headed out to work. Don’t oversleep! Can I come over tonight? Let’s eat dinner together! Honami -3 Baker’s have it rough with the early mornings… Honami really is amazing. -4 So different from me. -5 Shake Shake -6 Clench -7 Honami’s giving it her best! So I have to as well! —93 -4 Hara! Can you come help out? sfx- Shhhack Sure! -5 But… I can’t make myself more efficient just like that! -6 But… sfx- Hnn… I mean, I knew better than anyone that I’m a klutz. -7 I get discouraged so quickly. I’m always making excuses. Always holding myself back. —94 -1 I do want to change since I’m like this. -2 Okay… sfx- Shaaack -3 Ah… Siiiiigh sfx- Wobble Soo tired. sfx- Trudge Trudge -4 But… sfx- Swipe -5 Senpai Haru, you worked hard toady. The last customer had nice thing to say about you -6 Heheh. sfx- Squeeze —95 -1 Yeah, I’m clumsy. And find it hard to make my way. sfx- Clack Clack I mean I’m always thinking, “someone like me can’t do that”… -2 sfx- Sigh… But… I’ve gotta stop that. And starting now… -3 I’m at the station! Heading to your place now. We’re having tofu hamburgers for dinner -4 sfx- Aw… I want to come to love myself. -5 To stand next to Honami. To be proud of myself. To stand on my own two feet. —96 -1 Clack -2 Huh…? -3 Huh? Nah… I do admire Honami… I do love her… sfx- WaitAMinute… But that’s not what… Huh…? Um… -4 Hwah? Heeey! Sakuno! -5 sfx- Thumpa Thumpa sfx- Jolt Hya! -6 Found you! sfx- Wahaha I thought you might be walking from the station right now! —97 -1 What’s up? -2 Um… Ah… No, it’s… Um… -3 You’re being weird! sfx- Giggle sfx- Pull C,mon! Let’s go home! -4 sfx- Nod Y-yeah. -5 Clasp —98 -1 Thumpa Whump -2 Several years later. -3 Saaaakuuuno! Wake up! You’re gonna be late to open up shop! Nn? Nn… sfx- Yaawn Something smells good. -4 I baked something new! Let’s have breakfast together! Yeah. —99 -1 So, uh… -2 Just what the heck… -3 is going on here? What can Happen Before a Kiss —100 -2 Pleeeease! -3 Whaaa? I won’t show your face! Just below the neck! -4 Like that’s going to help. I can’t model for you! -5 C’mon! Somehow?! Anyhow?! No. Frickin’. Way. -6 I mean… it’s… I’d… have to take off my clothes, right? sfx- Nnnn —101 -1 I promise I won’t show your face! And I’ll pay you for it! sfx- Puh-leeease Yuu-chan’s an old friend. -2 She sells her own designs and lingerie online. -3 Yuu-chan, you wear them then! You’re a cosplayer! sfx- Packed! C’mon, don’t be like that… ###way to groom her, baby -4 My new line doesn’t look good on me! If you’re not showing the model’s face, then who would know? I would know! -5 For this release… It has to be you, Chikako! —102 -1 Whaa? I don’t get you. -2 Welling up -3 Sniff Drip Drop Gleam Glitter -4 Fiiiiine! sfx- Sigh Really? Thank you so much, Chikako! -5 Nrrgh! This why old friends are such a pain! sfx- Sigh When Yuu-chan gives me that look, I just can’t say no to her… —103 -1 I knew it! You’re soo cute! Just as I imagined! -2 Gimme a break! sfx- Hnngh You have nothing to be ashamed of! You’re rocking this! -3 Ok, I’m going to start the shoot. You promise, no face shots, right?! I promise. -4 Beep Beep Ka-click Ka-click Beep Beep —104 -1 I know she’s not taking shots of my face, but I have no idea what kind of expression to make… sfx- Fidget Fidget -2 Click -3 And… -4 Yuu-chan’s really so beautiful… hw- It’s rare to see her so serious -5 She’s just so gorgeous, she should be wearing this, not me. sfx- Nnn -6 Ah, sorry… Huh? -7 The lace is a bit bunched up. sfx- Shhf —105 -1 sfx- Shudder Aaahn! -2 Whap -3 S-sorry…. That tickled, so… sfx- Blush -4 Gulp -5 H-hey, Yuu-chan? Wh-what are you… Nn Ah…! —106 -1 So it tickles? sfx- Whisper -2 I just said that! Ah…! -3 sfx- Twitch Shiver -4 Is it… just that it tickles…? -5 sfx- Tug sfx- Squelch -6 Blush —107 -1 S-stop it…! You’re messing with me! Stop! sfx- Th-thump Th-thump sxf- Flop You’re being mean, Yuu-chan! -2 Chika-chan… You’re so cute. sfx- Yank Ah! Ah… -3 You’re so wet down here, you know. sfx- Shllp Shllp You’re getting the lingerie I made all wet. -4 sfx- Lick I-it’s not my fault! ###bold and italicize “my” —108 -1 Why not? You’re the horny one here, Chika-chan. sfx- Quiver Ah…! AhhAhhn sfx- Splch Shlick Shlick S-stooo…. -2 So. Gonna say “I’m sorry”? sfx. Nyahaha What?! -3 Lookee here… sfx- Shhlip -4 Ah! Stooop! sfx- Shudder -5 I-I’m s..orry… sfx- Schlick Schlick I’m sorry, ok?! —109 -1 Heh -2 Good girl. sfx- Shhlip Shhlip Shhlick nAhh! Aahhh -3 S-stop… Ah… Yuu-chaan… Such a cutie. -4 Chika-chan… sfx- Kiss Nn… Hnnn! -5 Mm… —110 -1 God you suck! -2 Erk… -3 You suck! Such a bitch! I-I’m sorry… -3 Why did you go and do that? -4 I’m not sure… Whaa?! -5 C-Chikako, you’re just so crazy cute… My head just goes blank… hw- Sorry! I made this new line with you in mind, so… hw- So that’s why I was so excited… —111 -1 So that’s why it had to me me… -2 sfx- Siiigh And? Are you going to take more photos? -3 sfx- Clench I… don’t think I can… -4 Wha?! sfx- Waaah I mean, I don’t want anyone else looking at your body! -5 This girl… Help me put it back on the mannequin. Why is she such an idiot? -6 If she can figure that out… ###bold and italicize “that” —112 -1 Why can’t she figure out that she loves me?! -2 This is exactly why… sfx- Grit I hate old friends. -3 Your new line is really nice. Huh? -4 You made this one with me in mind, right? hw- If so, then… …Thank you. -6 Chikako! I love you! Whatever. Maybe one of these days… she’ll hurry up and realize she loves me. —113 -1 Cupid Um, You’ve got something on you. -2 Huh? What? There. Some white thing. -3 sfx- Shhf I’ll get it. -4 A feather? -5 sfx- Bow Thank you. sfx- Nab —114 -1 Why a feather? My co-worker, Mikami… -2 Always eats alone. I brought my lunch. sfx- Aloof -3 Never goes out drinking with us. Sorry, mark me as “not attending”. sfx- Aloof -4 She’s sure a mysterious kind of gal. -5 The next day. -6 Mikami-san… You’ve got something on you again. hw- A feather hw- Want me to get it? —115 -1 Hw- Please. No way. Again? -2 Do you have a pet bird? Huh? -3 Well… You seem to get feathers on you, so… sfx- Tap Tap No. It’s not that. I don’t have a pet. -4 I see… hw- This conversation has concluded sfx- Stride Stride -5 Mmm… So mysterious. —116 -2 I wonder… If she’ll have one on her today too. sfx- Ka-tunk Ka-dunk -3 Feather. Feather, huh? I wonder why. -4 She said she doesn’t have a bird. Maybe she wears fashion forward stuff. sfx- Mmm Or has really groovy decor? -5 Maybe… She’s actually An angel or something. -5 Next station… …station… Hyeah. As if. —117 -1 Getting a little too carried away… -2 Ah! -3 Good morning… hw- This is unexpected -4 Geez, my imagination was going crazy so now I’m all awkward. -5 Um… You have one on you again… Wha? -6 I’m sorry! Every day is like this… It’s fine. I just wonder what kind of feather is this? —118 -1 It’s from my down futon. Down futon… -3 I just got a new one, so the down is shedding. I check myself over when I leave the house, but… -4 Oh, I see… -5 Since you have feathers on you everyday, I thought you might be an angel or something. sfx- Heh heh Huh? An Angel? -6 Ah… sfx- Blush Nyaagh! She’s gonna think I’m weird! —119 -1 Ah haha sfx- Giggle What’s with that? -2 sfx- Giggle Giggle Um… -3 I’d like to get to know you better, Mikami-san. -4 Would you like to go get a drink sometime? hw- Like, tonight? Wha? Huh? You’re asking me out? You’ve got a strange sense of timing… sfx- Heheheh -5 Maybe she’s just easily amused… hw- Cute Well, of course. It’s not like people grow feathers. —120 -1 But, feathers or not… -2 It is as if she’s an angel. ###bold and italicize “is” —121 -1 A Love for Color —122 -1 For this work, It uses the concept of “modern”, in silhouette and use of color… Using analog techniques with digital technologies… Whenever it comes time for a critique, my hands and feet get cold. -3 People’s piercing stares whirl around me, cutting off my breath. Ok, next. Kashiwata Nao. -4 Yes. So for this work… —123 -1 Be more free in your work. -2 Kashiwata, you’ve really studied your technique. But I want you to really think about how to use it. ###bold and italicize “how” Yes. Ok, next. Harada. -3 More free. More free… like how? -4 sfx- Trudge Trudge Trudge “Be more free”. What the living hell?! That’s too vague! I don’t get it at all! -5 Fine! I know I focus too much on technique. sfx- Trudge Trudge Hey! Hey, You! Get out of the way! —124 -1 Hwa? -2 Ugh sfx- Splap Uwaaagh! -3 W-what?! Fabric? -5 Sorry! Are you ok?! —125 -1 I’m… okay… Waaah! You’re so not ok! sfx- Soaking wet -2 I’m so sorry! You’re drenched! I got you all dirty! I’m really sorry! -3 No, these are my work clothes, so… But look, your artwork… The colors are bleeding together, right? -4 Ah’ yeah, you’re right. sfx- Splurch -5 I guess you’ll have to redo it. sfx- Mmm -5 Huh? What are you doing?! sfx- Squelch No, the way the colors are mixing into each other is actually pretty. —126 -1 See? Look. -2 Pretty, right? -3 Yeah… -4 Ah… Choo! Augh! Right! You’re all wet! -5 My place is close to school. If you want, I’ll wash your clothes there. -6 …okay. I’ll have you do that. —127 -1 P… Pardon me. -2 Let me have your wet clothes. Ah, sure. -3 Here. Huh? This is just your outer wear. Take everything off! ###start porn music now -5 The wash should only take ten minutes or so. But drying them will take longer. sfx- Creak. If you’re in a hurry to get somewhere, I’ll lend you some clothes. —128 -1 No. I’m fine. Thanks. sfx- Fidget Normally… -2 I don’t get involved with people I don’t know ‘cause it’s a pain. And I’d never go to someone else’s house. -3 In spite of that, here I am. sfx -Spaced out I wonder if it’s because I’m despairing. -4 Or maybe… —129 -1 Your bra got a little stain on it. sfx- Poke sfx- Twitch -2 I-it’s ok. Don’t touch me. -3 Shudder -4 Hey… sfx- Slide… -5 Hm? Hey! What are you…?! sfx- Grope —130 -1 Fondle -2 …Nn. sfx- Jolt -3 Lean -4 Getting steamy… -5 sfx- Kiss Nn… Hmm -6 Haa… sfx- Kiss Kiss —131 -1 Seriously… I don’t even get what’s going on… sfx- Shoof -2 sfx- Haah Just what is she thinking? sfx- Huff -3 But what’s weirder than anything… is that I’m going along with it. -4 My heads all spacey… But this feels good… sfx- Drifting… -5 So warm. Smells so nice. So soft. Feels so good. It’s like… Just whatever… —132 -1 Ah… -2 Flop -3 Ah… I went and did it… -4 I gave in. sfx- Hnngh… -5 Sometimes, I just want to tear down my everyday self. To do what I’d never do normally. -6 For some one like me clinging to classical art techniques Creating something new, something blinding, is just not possible. So tired… No energy… —133 -1 But doing things like this… I get reminded by the weight of someone’s body… -2 That I am who I am, after all. -3 That I’ll never change. sfx- Plap -4 Mm sfx- Whssh -5 Hwant Shom? sfx- Crunch -6 Thanks. sfx- Creak —134 -1 Crunch -2 hw- Cold Sho good, huh? -3 Yeah… Nothing changes. -4 You can say “be more free” but I don’t get it. I hate ambiguous things. I’ll never be more than I am. -5 So… What’s your name? But… Hm? hw- Me? -6 Hana. sfx- Toss —135 -1 Hazawa Hana. sfx- Sliiiide -2 Hazawa… Hana… -4 Ah… The stain didn’t come out. -5 Sorry. I’ll take this one. And then I’ll buy you a new shirt. —136 -1 It’s fine. Hm? -2 No, I’ll take it. Just as it is. -3 Wha? You sure? It’s stained…? -4 It’s like butterfly wings… —137 -1 Nothing’s going to change. I’m still me. -2 But even so, right now… My feet feel like they are floating. -3 Somehow… I feel like I could do anything. Hana-san… —138 -1 It’s strange. —139 -1 Extra. Their Sunday. Tsuji-san. This Sunday You want to come over and be bad girls? -2 B… bad girls…?! -3 “Bad girls”…? sfx- Tappa Tappa -4 Like… bad girls…? sfx- Munch Munch —140 -1 Ding Dong -2 What does she mean by “bad girls”?! sfx- Ka-cha Welcome! -3 Y-Yeah… sfx- Th-thump Th-thump Thanks for having me. -4 Burger —141 -1 Ta-dah! What do you think? Awesome, right? So by bad girls, you meant… -2 I’ve been watching mukbang youtubers… So I thought I’d give it a try. And you don’t seem like you’ve have much junk food, Tsuji-san, so… sfx- Ehehe -3 This is totally “bad girls”, right? You bet. sfx- Tump -4 What do you wanna watch? A movie? Anime? Youtube? sfx- Brimming with excitement —142 -1 Giggle -2 So which mukbang video was it? Oh?! You’ll watch it with me? -3 Thanks for the food! -4 Chomp -5 Gleam -6 Chomp Chomp —143 -1 Can’t do it anymore! My stomach’s so full! sfx- Flop -2 Those mukbangers are over the top… hw- It hurts… sfx- Yawn I’ve never stuffed myself like this before… -3 I’m always making you go along with my crazy adventures. -4 Huh? —144 -1 I should be the one saying thank you. sfx- Tunk -2 It’s just so fun whenever I’m with you Hagimoto-san. —145 -1 Ok! The exercise portion of our show! Wha?! -2 After packing in the calories, it’s time to exercise! sfx- Snap Snap Whaa?! -3 Fwhish -4 Hey, wait! I’m so stuffed right now! sfx- Kya! Well, me too! sfx- Whump Thump —146 -2 sfx- Gruumble Crap! I’m hungry… -3 After we ate all that too… Right? -4 Hey, hey Wanna go to the supermarket? And then stay over? You sure? sfx- Heh Heh Of course! The End —147 -1 Words of Love —148 -1 Afterward Words of Love I started with the character design for this one. I love long hair. Nami-chan. I want to be played by an evil woman like that… Well, that’s what I was thinking as I drew this. I had intended it to be something more pure. Not Friends I drew this one thinking I’d love to drown in the arms of a woman like that. A Place That Faces the Sun I was going for a warm vibe with this story. I love bakers. What can Happen Before a Kiss

It was the first time I drew a story for meets, and I did my best to draw a raunchy story! That’s how it was. Cupid I love Mikami-san’s character. When cool looking women give a warm smile, it’s so cute that it just melts my heart. A Love for Color This is the first story I drew for Galette. Looking back on it now, it seems a little half baked, but I really worked hard on it at the time. —149 -1 I first published a story for Galette in 2018, and in the more than six years, I have drawn the stories that are collected here! Even I’m surprised by how clumsy some of these stories are, but they were also memorialized in this collection… Even though I’m still making unskilled manga, when I think about you reading them, I am sincerely moved. I want to draw even better manga, so I’ll work hard on that. To my editor at Galette, to all the staff, to the designer who made this such a awesome volume, and to everyone who’s read this, thank you so much! I hope to see you again sometime soon! I hope you will support me in the future too! Inui —150 -1 Words of Love