Mekakucity Talkers 03

Mekakucity Talkers 03 (メカクシティトーカーズ 03 Mekakushiti Tōkāzu 03) is the last volume of Mekakucity Talkers containing the last twelve scenes of the official side-story released originally on the site Pixiv.

English Translation
Released on August 31, 2018.
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Having started out a blog, Ene uses Momo’s Ability to increase the number of views… Will that ever work out!?

Ene, Momo

Ene: Myy~, if only Master were useful every now and then~

Momo: Right~?

Ene: Ah, by the way, this is a different topic, but I ki~nda have something to ask of you, Imouto-san.

Momo: Something to ask? I’m bad at stuff that requires me to use my head, but I have confidence if it’s a job where I have to move my body! Ah, but I also do the things I’m bad at with all my might! So by all means, please do count on Kisaragi Momo!

Ene: Hey, hey! Your occupational disease is showing!

Momo: Ah, my habit accidentally…

Ene: You’re passionate about your profession, huh~

Momo: That’s because sales are important in order to win through this era of war amongst idols…! Well, what’s the favor? A big eater battle? Or maybe a sumo battle?

Ene: No, Imouto-san, I wouldn’t ask that of you! Aren’t you completely absorbed in TV programs!?

Momo: This is also work… This is also work…

Ene: Imouto-san! Please come back! The favor is related to your Ability!

Momo: “Ability”? As in, the “Snatching”?

Ene: That’s right, that’s right! To tell the truth, this humble Ene has started a blog recently!

Momo: Eh! Is that so? I wanna see, I wanna see!

Ene: Well, no need for such hurry! It’s the first blog that shows up when you look for “Permanent edition! Diary of search for live-changing B-grade games!”.

Momo: Ene-chan, you also have a pretty maniac hobby, huh?

Ene: That’s because, the more you dig, the more B-grade games appear! Providing an introduction is worth it!

Momo: And then? What should I help you with?

Ene: To tell the truth, I made up my mind and did try to start out a blog, but the PV count didn’t grow at all…

Momo: It kinda feels like it’s aimed at experienced people, after all.

Ene: But I want many people to know about the wonderfulness of B-grade games! I wish for them to taste the gourmet-like fineness of B-grade games! That’s why, Imouto-san, wouldn’t the PV number of the blog increase if you use your Ability that gathers people’s attention!? This is what I happened to think! Please! Give me your assistance!!

Momo: Eh~, can I manage that~? I’ve never attempted gathering attention through internet texts…

Ene: Don’t knock it until you’ve tried!

Momo: Hu~m. For starters, is it okay if I give the first article a go?

Ene: Of course! Please do it with utmost excitement!!

Momo: All~ right! Just now, I used my Ability! Probably! That should do it!

Ene: Ooh~! Thank you very much! How did it go, how did it go~? The blog’s PV numbers… Ah? They haven’t increased at all, huuh?

Momo: Ehh? That’s odd. I’ve properly used my Ability… Ene-chan, the first article in your blog is “Mysterious Spinning Rod”, right?

Ene: No, what’s that article!?

Momo: Eh!? I got it wrong!?

Ene: The first article in my blog is the title “Elephant that Moves Around”, you know!?

Momo: No, what’s with that content!?

Ene: I’ve introduced a game where you have to capture an elephant that moves around over the screen. This can become quite a habit~. No, more importantly than that, what’s this “Mysterious Spinning Rod” thing!?

Momo: E~rm. Ah, I’m sorry! Seems like I opened the introduction page of a kids’ toy by mistake. It looks like a T-shaped bamboo-copter and if you swing the hand that is holding it, the rod spins…

Ene: It really is a “mysterious spinning rod”, huh?

Momo: Aah! The number of views of the Mysterious Spinning Rod is quickly increasing!

Ene: Eeh!? I kinda have a bad feeling… Imouto-san, you’ve become able to regulate the level of attention you earn, right? How much attention did you go for…?

Momo: Eh? Logically, I made it so that it’d be the one to earn most attention.

Ene: Hiee…

Momo: Aah! “Mysterious Spinning Rod” is trending in the SNSs!

Ene: Awawah, an unanticipated Mysterious Spinning Rod boom…!

Momo: W-What do we do, Ene-chan…?

Ene: Since it’s come to this, let’s gather attention towards a different article!

Momo: Eh? But then there’d be another boom…

Ene: You gotta avert the attention to a different place and scatter everyone’s awareness! Go, Imouto-san!

Momo: Got it! If that’s how it is… Just now, I used my power onto a different article!

Ene: Thank you very much! By the way, what kind of article was it?

Momo: One that says “Mysterious Shining Ball”.

Ene: “Mysterious Shining Ball”?

Momo: This is also a toy. “A ball that glows if you shake it! So interesting!” is what’s written there.

Ene: A ball that glows if you shake it…

Momo: This article is also gaining views at an incredible rate. Is it okay like this?

Ene: It should work well… No, wait a moment! The popularity of the Mysterious Spinning Rod isn’t stopping! “Mysterious Spinning Rod” and “Mysterious Shining Ball” have ranked in a popularity ranking blog as the top two, you know!?

Momo: Ene-chan, it’s a disaster over here too! The “Mysterious Spinning Rod” and the “Mysterious Shining Ball” are ranking number 1 and 2 in sales of a mail order site!! On top of that, they’ve sold out!!

Ene: I-It wasn’t supposed to turn out this way…

Momo: What do I do…? Because of my Ability, mysterious items are going through a mysterious boom…

Ene: No, hum, i-it’s fine! You haven’t done anything bad, you know!? Surely, the boom will be over soon!

Momo: T-That’s right! A different boom will definitely happen!

Ene: Yeah, yeah! It has nothing to do with us! Let’s leave it as that!

Momo: ‘Kay!

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A few days later…

Mekakushi-dan Chatroom

Kano: My~, I think everyone already knows about them~, but I bought those things that are trending a lot right now~! The Mysterious Spinning Rod and Mysterious Shining Ball!

Shintaro: It’s the topic lately, after all.

Kano: I’d been thinking that they were only weird toys at the beginning, but it kinda seems these are linked to recovery and stress relief~, so I bought 10 of each in different colors~.

Kido: But they’re continuously sold out, aren’t they? You pulled a feat in buying them.

Kano: Well~, I was in line before the time to open the store~. But it seems there were people who didn’t manage to buy them, so I was lucky.

Shintaro: Looks like the number of fans who go all the way to the original factory is growing. It’s said that maniacs have gathered over 100 types of them.

Kido: It’s featured on TV every day.

Kano: Yeah, yeah! To think it’d turn into such a boom~. What was the trigger for it~? I’m curious~

Released on September 7, 2018.
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''The stage this time is the school at night!? Will Ayano, who was left behind at school, be able to get out safely!?''

New Chatroom

Takane: E~rm. I’m not too used to the screen of a chatroom other than the ones from video games. Are you guys actually seeing this?

Haruka: Good afternoon~. Huh? It’s nighttime already, so it should be “good evening” I guess? Waah~, Takane is here~, yaho~.

Takane: Ah~, yes, yes. You’re carefree even in text format, huh? Speaking of which, you were also called over?

Haruka: Yup. Ayano-chan contacted me about something she wanted to discuss, and then I was invited to this chatroom.

Takane: Aah, if that’s the case, it was same for me.

Haruka: Just what kind of discussion could it be?

Ayano: You two, I’m so sorry! I contacted you all of a sudden…

Takane: It’s fine, it’s fine. I had nothing to do anyway. But what happened?

Haruka: I was surprised when I got invited to a chatroom out of the blue~

Ayano: I’m sorry for being sudden. But at the moment, the only ones I can count on are you, Senpais!

Takane: Eh? Are you in some sort of pinch? Everything okay?

Ayano: Aah, I’m completely fine, but no, things aren’t okay.

Takane: What? What do you mean?

Ayano: To tell the truth, right now, I’m… at school.

Takane: Eh? By “school”, you mean our school?

Haruka: It’s already late into the night and pitch-dark outside. Why are you at school at these hours?

Ayano: Uh~, about that… I hadn’t managed to finish a print for my supplementary lesson, and just when I dozed off for only a bit – only a tiny little bit –, the area became completely dark before I realized it…

Takane: Could it be… you got locked in!?

Ayano: This really is the case, isn’t it…? What do I do…?

Takane: Ah, no, it’s not like we’re certain of that yet, right?

Haruka: From that way of speaking, maybe you still want to confirm whether or not there’s anyone else around?

Ayano: That’s right! I just woke up, after all.

Takane: If we take into consideration that you’d been like this all the time ever since classes ended, you were asleep for quite a while, Ayano-chan.

Ayano: I-I just nodded off~. The sunset lights feel kinda good…

Haruka: I get you~. If I bathe in sunlight when my stomach is full, I become sleepy right away too~.

Takane: It’s not time to be having a carefree talk! That being said, it’s not like we can help you out through a chatroom, though…

Ayano: No, no, this is reassuring! The surroundings are dark, so I can’t see very well… that’s why just having a conversation like this makes me relieved!

Takane: If so, then that’s good.

Haruka: Since we’re already chatting like this, we’ll support you, Ayano-chan, until you manage to get out.

Takane: Well, anyway, you want to confirm if there’s anyone else around, right? Now, are you in your own classroom?

Ayano: That’s right. Anyhow, I’ve stepped out into the corridor. All classrooms are pitch-dark.

Takane: Then, for starters, I guess it’s better to go downstairs to the floor below. The place with highest chances of having someone inside would be the staff room, right? It’s dark, but as expected, you know where it is, don’t you?

Ayano: I do! Because I’ve always thought that it being far away from my classroom was terrible!

Haruka: By the way, it’s terrible that our school doesn’t have elevators~. Wouldn’t it be super fun if all stairways were turned into escalators too?

Ayano: That’s a good idea!

Takane: Actually, our classroom is on the ground floor, so you don’t use the stairs, right?

Haruka: But if the stairways were turned into escalators, you’d want to get on them to go to the first floor even if you had nothing to do there, right?

Takane: There you go again, just to waste your time…

Ayano: Hum.

Takane: Hm?

Haruka: What is it, Ayano-chan?

Ayano: It might be my imagination, but there’s a squeaky noise coming from one classroom…

Takane: Wai—You’re kidding. That’s a joke, right? Our school is indeed old! But there aren’t any rumors about that stuff, y’know!?

Ayano: Still, I’m certain that it sounds like someone is walking over…

Takane: I-I-It could be that someone else is there!! That’s definitely it!!

Haruka: But it’s completely dark, right? What would that person be doing in the darkness?

Takane: AH~, SHUT UP, SHUT UP!!

Haruka: People don’t use their voices in chatrooms so I can’t shut up, y’know?

Takane: That’s not what I meant!!

Ayano: But if it’s not a person, and if we’re talking about something that could come from within this dark school…

Takane: Wait, Ayano-chan, even you?

Ayano: It can only be an evil apparition, right…?

Takane: Why!?

Ayano: It’s obvious that evil dwells within the darkness! Something wicked is aiming to take over this school…

Haruka: Indeed! I’ve heard about an apparition at school!

Takane: If you say so, it’s a ghost story, right!? Calm down, Ayano-chan!! Do you still hear the squeaky sound!?

Ayano: Ah. I can’t hear anymore. I wonder if it wasn’t an apparition.

Haruka: But if it wasn’t an apparition, maybe it’s… the one that lurks around schools at night… and doesn’t have half of its body… that thing…

Takane: Hey, stop saying that at a time like this.

Ayano: Aah! The one that is said to be vertically slashed?

Takane: Isn’t this case a bit different!? That alone is already scary enough, though!!

Ayano: Amongst youkai, there are some pretty interesting ones. Like those that wash stuff… Erm, what would these youkai wash?

Haruka: If it were me, I’d wash my hands like normal, I guess? See, the soaps of our school’s drinking fountains are amusing, aren’t they? They’re like oranges inside net sacks.

Takane: Ah~, be quiet already! Things get confusing when you’re the one talking!

Haruka: Oka~y.

Takane: Anyway, Ayano-chan, don’t pay any mind to it and go to the ground floor!

Ayano: But if this is by any chance an evil being that infiltrated our school, I want to at least check on it first.

Takane: It’s dangerous, it’s dangerous! I admire that sense of justice, but it’ll definitely be your destruction one day, I tell you!!!

Ayano: Understood… I’ve managed to come down to the ground floor somehow. Right now, there’s a human shadow outside the window of one classroom…

Takane: Wait—That’s a heavy-handed prank, Ayano-chan.

Ayano: This is the science preparation room, isn’t it?

Takane: Stop, stop, stop. We pass this one by!!

Haruka: Takane~, can I speak now?

Takane: You’d been upright doing as told!? You can talk, but I’ll send you flying if you say anything ridiculous!

Haruka: ‘Kay. I’d been thinking this all along. Why hasn’t Shintaro-kun been called over to this chatroom?

Ayano: Ah. About that, it’s ‘cause Shintaro is busy studying. This might be a bother to him.

Haruka: It’s fine~. Shintaro-kun is nice, after all.

Ayano: But, erm, if I send him the chat invite, hum…

Takane: All right, got it, Ayano-chan. Let’s call him over.

Ayano: Ehh? Wai—Takane-sa—

Haruka: Shintaro-kun is someone we can rely on in these kinds of situations~. I’ll try calling him.

Ayano: wawawa

Shintaro-san has logged in.

Shintaro: Mo-Mo-Mo-Mo—

Haruka: Waah~. Welcome to the chatroom, Shintaro-kun~.

Takane: What’cha saying “momomomo” for?

Shintaro: Perso-so-so-so-son—

Haruka: Shintaro-kun? You okay?

Shintaro: Right no-no-now—Right now, I’m at school.

Ayano: EHH?!! Shintaro, you’re also at school!? I’m so glad~

Shintaro: Hah? Could it be you’re here too, Ayano? No, more importantly, a person—Just a moment ago, there was a person’s shadow in the corridor… Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh—

Haruka: Shintaro-kun!?

Takane: Did something happen!?

Ayano: That’s no—I’m sorry, that’s not it. It’s just that I found Shintaro in the corridor, and when called out to him, I accidentally startled him and he fell.

Shintaro: You’re wrong. I just tripped lightly, is all.

Haruka: Great~. You two found each other!

Takane: Well, with this, it’s all solved, right?

Shintaro: Hah? What is?

Takane: I’m talking about the human shadow that you said you saw! This means that, in the end, Ayano-chan was close by, so she saw your shadow and you saw her silhouette, right?

Ayano: I see, so that’s what happened!

Takane: The step sounds that you said you’d heard just now were probably this guy’s, right? Meaning there was no need to be scared.

Shintaro: I wasn’t scared at all.

Takane: Haah? You say that after you take a look at the weird chat text you wrote!

Ayano: Ah! We headed to the staff room just now, and the lights are on!

Haruka: Great~. The teachers were still there, huh?

Shintaro: They are unlocking the gate, so we will go home as of now.

Haruka: Speaking of which, Shintaro-kun, why were you at school?

Shintaro: I had forgotten something. I brought a lunchbox today, and forgot the box. I came to get it back before Mom noticed.

Haruka: Shintaro-kun, you did say that your mom is scary when she’s angry~.

Takane: Well, either way, the case is settled, right? It’s already late, so you’d better properly escort Ayano-chan! Got it!?

Shintaro: Ah—Yes, yes.

Ayano: So-Sorry, Shintaro. If it’s a bother, I can go home by myse-se-se-se—

Shintaro: No, it doesn’t particularly get to the point of being a bother.

Takane: Speaking of which, you guys are together, so isn’t it meaningless to talk in the chatroom?

Haruka: It’s dangerous to type while you walk.

Shintaro: That’s right.

Haruka: Then, you two, see you again at school.

Shintaro: Aight.

Ayano: Yes! Senpais, thank you very much too!

Haruka: Myy~. I’m glad they’re both safe.

Takane: Well, this might have been quite a pastime.

Haruka: The school at night is pretty good, huh~? I kinda look up to it~.

Takane: How about you quit saying ridiculous stuff and go sleep already? I’ll sleep early today too.

Haruka: Huh? But Takane, don’t you think it’s odd?

Takane: What is?

Haruka: The human shadow that Ayano-chan saw was outside the window of a classroom, right? Takane? He~y.

Takane: S-S-S-She saw it wrong, right? She mistook a shadow reflecting on the window.

Haruka: But, if it were a real person, what would they have been doing outside school this late…?

Takane-san has logged out.

Haruka: Ah, huh? Takane? Even though I was in the middle of talking… Well, I can just say it tomorrow. Good ni~ght.

Released on September 14, 2018.
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Kido, Seto and Kano are attempting to prepare a present as Kenjirou’s birthday is approaching, however… will they be able to welcome the date without problems!?

Kido, Kano, Seto

Seto: I have a little something to discuss with you two.

Kano: What is it, what is it, what happened~? Any worries?

Kido: It’s rare for you to be the one calling out to us. What happened? Try saying it.

Kano: Since we’re just the three of us in a separate chatroom, the topic is difficult to talk about, right? You can to~tally leave this to us!

Seto: No, it’s not that serious of a talk at all. Actually, do you guys remember? Tomorrow is Dad’s birthday. Did you prepare any presents?

Kano: Ah~, that’s what it was…

Kido: I see…

Seto: Eh? What’s with those reactions? It’s not like you had forgotten it, right?

Kano: No~, we did remember~, but we’ve already left our father’s nest. We’re adults? Kinda?

Kido: We’ve also grown out of getting together and handing presents over…

Seto: Wait, what’re you guys saying? Didn’t we use to often give him presents when we were kids? Besides, we promised we’d go back to our house tomorrow.

Kano: No, no, we get that, y’know? We’ll make sure to go back.

Kido: It’s not as if we don’t feel like celebrating.

Seto: Then what’s going on? You’re being weird. You’re hiding something, right?

Kano: Wo~w, you’ve gotten sharp, huh, Seto.

Kido: This is ‘cause you lie too much. Besides, I know it, Kano.

Kano: Eh? Know what?

Seto: Kido, are you onto something?

Kido: Yeah. In order to prepare a present for Dad, Kano is secretly taking lessons on pottery making.

Seto: Eh!? “Pottery”!?

Kano: Eh, wai—Wha—Hold on. How do you know this, Kido?

Kido: It seems that the lady from the shop district is attending the same class. Looks like they’re making bottles and cups for drinking rice wine.

Seto: Kano! To think you’d go as far as taking classes for Dad’s sake! I’m moved!

Kano: No, it’s not that big of a deal. See, a present for Dad would be something difficult to pick, y’know? Rather than his hobbies, his tastes go beyond our imagination, so I’d been wondering if the shape of the goods for drinking rice wine that are sold in the market wouldn’t match his taste~. That’s why I deliberately made a display of my originality, like, I wanted to do something a bit fancy~, so to say.

Kido: Those excuses are hard to look at. How about being honest?

Seto: That’s right. Kano is really kindhearted after all. You made them thinking about how Dad enjoys drinking, right?

Kano: Stop saying stuff like that~. By the way! I know it too! Kido has been doing needlework night after night to prepare a present for Dad!

Seto: Eh!? “Needlework”!?

Kido: uyo—You. How do you know that!?

Kano: Fuhfuhfu… Trying to hide things from me is useless. From the shape of that knitting, it’s an article of clothing… seeing the size and color, it was made for an adult man… In short, it’s a present for Dad.

Kido: Kuh… It’s just as you say… To think you’d have realized it…

Seto: But that’s amazing. Kido, you could knit, huh?

Kano: She feels more and more like a “Mum”, huh?

Kido: Stop! How old do you think I am!? A daughter giving something hand-knitted to her father is nothing weird, right!?

Seto: Of course. But why knitting?

Kido: Well, because it’ll get partly cold in the upcoming season, so I’d been thinking of giving a sweater or something like that. I learned from Marry and tried making one.

Kano: Aah, Marry does knit every now and then, right?:

Seto: Huh? I’ve never seen Marry knitting a sweater before, though.

Kido: Well, in the beginning, I was learning from her, but…

Kano: Aah, you got better than her while you were doing it.

Seto: Marry…

Kido: No, look, Marry often knits coasters and the like, right? Just that is enough.

Seto: True… Rather, you two have properly prepared presents, haven’t you? Why did you hide them?

Kano: Well…

Kido: About that…

Seto: You’ll hand them over tomorrow, right?

Kido: That was the plan, but…

Kano: Hum…

Seto: Could it be you haven’t finished them?

Kano: Well, that’s it…

Kido: This really was a blind spot…

Kano: I definitely won’t make it in time for tomorrow…

Kido: Same.

Seto: Why is it that you guys lack so much the ability to make plans!? Even though you usually do things properly!

Kano: No, I was also intending to prepare it faster, y’know? But there’s a lot of depth to ceramics~. I got addicted without thinking~. I need a bit more time to make it into a shape that I’m satisfied with…

Kido: I, too, was intending to go for something more simple at the beginning. To tell the truth, I’ve already finished a hat.

Seto: Isn’t that awesome?

Kano: Eh, then you already have a present.

Kido: No, I already went through the trouble of it, so I thought it’d be good to challenge myself with something bigger and started knitting a sweater. This is quite a masterpiece.

Seto: That’s great but isn’t it okay to give him the hat first tomorrow?

Kido: No can do. The hat is the first thing I made, so the flaws are standing out. I can supposedly make the sweater in a better way.

Kano: You’re a lump of ambitions.

Seto: Kano, don’t talk of others like it doesn’t apply to you. Well, but if you won’t make it in time, it can’t be helped. Anyhow, come with me to hand over my present tomorrow. You two can give yours once each of them are finished.

Kano: Eh? Is that okay?

Kido: Seto, what do you plan to give him?

Seto: Veggies from my kitchen garden.

Kano: Eh, Seto, you were keeping a kitchen garden!?

Seto: I heard from Nee-chan that Dad isn’t eating enough vegetables, and it seems he’s also on a diet. I want him to eat those veggies and be healthy.

Kido: That’s a good thinking.

Kano: It’s a great Seto-like present.

Kido: By the way, where’s that so-called kitchen garden you spoke of?

Seto: I borrowed a place next to Marry’s former home. When I went there yesterday, the veggies had ripened nicely, so I’ll harvest and bring them over tomorrow.

Kido: No, that’s the middle of a forest, right?

Seto: That’s right.

Kido: I don’t wanna be the one to say it, but won’t they be eaten by animals?

Kano: No, it’s clear that Seto had presumed that and set up countermeasures.

Seto: Blind spot…

Kano: Eh!?

Seto: The animals of that forest are good children, but maybe because of their wild instinct, they have a weakness for food. Besides, they can also tell when it’s the right time to eat vegetables. I’ll go take a little look at them.

Kano: Eh?

Kido: Hey, Seto.

Kano: Heyy, what do we do about this? If Seto doesn’t have a present, will we go empty-handed?

Kido: Aah, wait up. We still have time until tomorrow. We gotta come up with something…

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The next day…

Tateyama Household Chatroom

Kenjirou: He~y, at what time are you guys coming over? It’s past the hour we agreed on.

Kano: Ah~, well, about that, our preparations delayed because of a tiny trouble~.

Kenjirou: “Trouble”? You okay? Did something happen?

Kido: No, there’s no problem at all. If you just give us a bit more time…

Kenjirou: What’s this? Speak honestly.

Kano: Erm…

Seto: We can’t win against Dad… We didn’t manage to prepare presents to give you today.

Kano: Wait, Seto! No, I actually have one, y’know? I do have a present, but it’s still in the oven, so to say…

Seto: I did too. But it’s kinda gone, it kinda got eaten… It’s now in the stomachs of wild animals, so to say.

Kido: Just the sleeves left… I can’t give it to Dad with no sleeves…

Kenjirou: What’re you guys saying? It’s okay if you don’t have a present.

Kano: Eh? Is it?

Kenjirou: Kids shouldn’t be so cautious with their parents. I’m fine with just seeing your faces.

Seto: Dad…

Kano: Sorry… we…

Kenjirou: No, more importantly, hurry back home.

Kido: Yeah, we’ll be heading there now.

Kenjirou: As fast as possible. Also, it’d help if you could buy some extra foodstuff.

Kano: Dad?

Kido: What happened? If it’s ingredients, Nee-san was the one in charge of preparing them, right?

Kenjirou: You see, Ayano got tired of waiting for you and started cooking by herself… with enough motivation to even make a cake…

Kano: All right, let’s hurry.

Seto: Let’s stop Nee-chan…!

Kido: Dad! Wait on and keep answering until I get there!

Kenjirou: It’s fine… As long as I get to see you guys’ faces… it doesn’t matter whatever my birthday meal is…

Seto: Dad! Stay firm!

Kenjirou: Aah… a slightly black smoke has already started to become visible from the kitchen… I leave… the rest… to you…

Kano: D-DAAAAAAAAD!!!

Released on September 21, 2018.
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''Hibiya came to the chatroom asking for help as usual. Swooping down on him, the worst pinch of Hibiya’s life is…!?''

Mekakushi-dan Chatroom

Momo: Oissu the~re. ( ☝ ͡ ° ਊ ͡ °)☝ Is there nobody around~? I’ve got important news today…

Hibiya: MOMOMOMOMOMOMO

Momo: Uwah. Hibiya-kun? What’s with you all of a sudden?

Hibiya: It-I-It-It-I-It’s a disaster.

Momo: Did something happen again? Geez, Hibiya-kun, this is because you’re a troublemaker. Still, even though you usually say that you “don’t care about the Mekakushi-dan~”, you will definitely come seeking help in the chatroom when you’re in a pinch, huh? That makes me happy~

Hibiya: It isn’t time to be talking about easygoing things!! This is legit the number one pinch I’ve been in until now. It’s a serious occurrence involving my life…!

Momo: Eh? Was it this outrageous of an incident?

Hibiya: That’s right… It’s a huge incident that will probably have enormous impact on my life… and on the many kinds of beings living on this earth. Yes. Hiyori told me… that she wanted to join this chatroom…!

Momo: Eh?

Hibiya: I know! I understand that this is the biggest pinch of my life and a turning point! The chat life with Hiyori that I had seen even in my dreams… I have a chance of making it true… Right, this is a chance! But at the same time, the fear of letting Hiyori come close to this nonsensical and gross organization… forced me to make a choice. Of course, I couldn’t reply right away! If Hiyori saw this chat, she’d end up thinking something like, “Hibiya is part of this disgusting gang?” and her evaluation of me would drop down all at once!

Momo: Is that so~? Hibiya-kun, aren’t you thinking too much? Besides,

Hibiya: No, there’s no mistaking that she’ll think that you’re some bizarre guys affiliated to a suspicious organization! This is the one thing I absolutely want to avoid…!

Momo: Heey, Hibiya-kun.

Hibiya: That’s why, before I invite Hiyori, this group must become more proper―

Momo: No, I’m trying to tell you that if it’s Hiyori-chan, I already called her over, you know?

Hiyori: I’ve arrived.

Hibiya: DOdlSHIUAEAwrh

Momo: These were my important news of today! Guess what! Hiyori-chan has come to play~

Hiyori: Momo-chan! Thank you very much for inviting me! I’m sorry about this, since you must be busy with your job as an idol…

Momo: It’s fine, it’s fine~. I was happy that you contacted me!

Hiyori: This is all because that stupid Hibiya wouldn’t give me a prompt reply.

Hibiya: HIH

Hiyori: I went through the trouble of contacting you but you had the nerve to ignore me.

Hibiya: No. No, no, this is a misunderstanding. You’re misunderstanding it. Just now, I was studying and there was a problem I didn’t get, so I came to the chat for a bit to ask for advice~. There are a lot of smart people in this group!

Momo: Eh, Hibiya-kun, that’s a little…

Hiyori: Huun… Speaking of which, I don’t know this group so well. If I’m certain, there were more people, weren’t there?

Hibiya: Ah, that’s right, but maybe no one else will come around today~. Everyone is praiseworthy! They’re hardworking people, you know!?

Shintaro: Oh? What’s this? So tumultuous… Are we having a party today?

Kano: Oissu~ ☆ Geez, if everyone is gathering up, call us~.

Hiyori: Something has arrived.

Hibiya: Ah, well, is everyone on day off from work today?? Great jo~b!

Shintaro: Whoa, whoa, what’s up? Aren’t you pretty fired-up today? Well, I do break a sweat everyday in my job as security guard, though.

Kano: Shintaro-kun, you normally work without days off, right~? Lol.

Momo: Eh? Onii-chan doesn’t have a job…

Hibiya: Man, I’m happy that there are so many people here todayy!! It’s a good opportunity for Hiyori to introduce Hiyori to the greatness of this group!

Hiyori: It’s a wonderful group, huuh… By the way, what does this group usually do?

Kano: Let’s see… We wake up every day… eat our meals… go on strolls… sleep… things like that.

Hibiya: GRAAAAAAACE! They lead!! Their lives!! With gracee!!

Shintaro: “Grace”?

Momo: Ah! But Marry-chan is always having black tea, so she might be a bit princess-like!

Hibiya: Right, right, right, right!! This is an extremely refined group where we enjoy tea in the garden, admire the flowers and feast on sweets when we don’t have bread!

Hiyori: Heeh. That’s kinda gross instead.

Hibiya: I-I-I don’t think so, thoughh!! We keep on fighting every day for the sake of Earth’s peace, you know!?

Hiyori: This group is suspicious through and through…

Hibiya: NO, NO, NO!!! Anyway, this isn’t a gross group; it’s a truly fantastic one!!

Shintaro: I see, so that’s what’s going on. Well, this group does put effort into charity work.

Hibiya: Shintaro…!

Hiyori: Like what kind of charity work?

Shintaro: See, hum, like gently pinning down posters that seem to be about to fall off from bulletin boards.

Hiyori: Isn’t that sort of plain?

Hibiya: A~s expected of Shintaro-sann!!!!! You quietly do things that normal people wouldn’t be able to!!!

Hiyori: You’re being even more disgusting than usual today.

Hibiya: I’m merely behaving as a member of this elegant organization!! I, too, am frantic every day in order to become a splendid adult!! Besides, if I am acknowledged as part of this group, I will be granted a rank!!

Hiyori: “Rank”?

Shintaro: I’m referred to as Earl. Bonjour, Mademoiselle.

Hiyori: Uwah.

Kano: I guess I’ll be the Baron~. Shall we dance, Mademoiselle?

Hiyori: Uuwah.

Hibiya: Miracle Chance Kitchen Showtime, MCKS… That’s us, the Mekakushi-dan. Once, again, Hiyori! Welcome to this group!

Hiyori: I’m never coming here again.

Released on September 28, 2018.
 * -|Scene 29=

''Marry suddenly says she “wants an Onii-chan”. Shintaro’s Onii-chan power will be tested…!?''

Mekakushi-dan Chatroom

Momo: Well, then, Onii-chan. I’m going to work now, but you made a promise! Don’t forget it!

Shintaro: ‘Kay, ‘kay. If you’re going out, be careful. Now…

Marry: What are you talking about?

Shintaro: Owah. You were on, Marry?

Marry: Yup. Oitsusu.

Shintaro: Oissu~. By the way, you’ve become faster at typing in the chat.

Marry: It’s ‘cause I practiced. More importantly, what were you talking about with Momo-chan?

Shintaro: Ah? Ah I was made to hang out with her next time she goes shopping. She was reminding me to not forget on the day.

Marry: “Shopping”?

Shintaro: She’s seriously come to resemble Mom lately, after all. It’s horrible when she gets angry, even though she used to have a lovable nature and follow me around at my back like, “Onii-chan, Onii-chan” in the past.

Marry: Onii-chan.

Shintaro: Hm?

Marry: Onii-chan.

Shintaro: What’s that? Are you imitating Momo?

Marry: I want an Onii-chan too.

Shintaro: Haah? What’s up with you all of a sudden?

Marry: I’m enouvis. Momo-chan has an Onii-chan to play with.

Shintaro: What time are you talking about? That’s from back when we were kids, right?

Marry: And to bathe together.

Shintaro: Hey, hey, hey, don’t talk about things that could cause misunderstandings. This stuff is from when we were little, yeah?

Kano: Shintaro-kun, you guys do that!?

Shintaro: You bastard, showing up at a splendid timing.

Marry: Kano.

Kano: You two, oissu~. You kinda seem to be having an interesting conversation, so I was keeping watch for the timing to step in~. Well? What was that about baths again?

Shintaro: I said that this was something from the past, right? We’d often bathe together and play around, since I had to look after her while Mom was doing housework.

Kano: Heeh~! Aren’t you a great Onii-cha~n?!

Marry: Onii-chans play around and look after others. I want one.

Shintaro: No, even if you talk like we’re convenient goods…

Kano: For starters, it’s not something you can have by saying you want one.

Marry: What about the storks?

Shintaro: Eh?

Marry: Or maybe they’re sold in the cabbage fields?

Kano: Ah~, that’s the knowledge you have…?

Shintaro: T-T-That’s right, those kinds of theories exist too…

Kano: Well, well, anyway! It’s impossible for you to have a real Onii-chan! But maybe you could have someone act as an Onii-chan? One that would take you shopping.

Marry: Who?

Kano: Of course, the example of Onii-chan, Shintaro-kun.

Shintaro: Me?

Marry: Shintaro-onii-chan, I wanna go outside.

Shintaro: Uuh. It’s like I can see those innocent eyes even beyond the screen… No can do, no can do. If I go out to have fun so frequently, my status as NEET will…

Kano: Isn’t it fine? Go to the amusement park or something.

Marry: Amusement. I wanna go.

Shintaro: “Amusement park”, yeah? I don’t mind taking you there, but I can do that even without being your Onii-chan, right?

Kano: Indeed, it might not change much from the normal Shintaro-kun.

Shintaro: That’s baton touch, Kano-onii-chan.

Kano: Eh~? Me?

Shintaro: You guys from the hideout are like siblings, right?

Kano: Well, yeah, but… I don’t have that much Onii-chan power, y’see~

Shintaro: What’s that “Onii-chan power” thingy?

Marry: Kano-onii-chan, can you buy me the stuff I like?

Kano: Hey, isn’t this little sister sort of going after her Onii-chan’s wallet?

Shintaro: This is also an Onii-chan’s job. Go along with it.

Kano: Eeh~

Marry: We’ll go shopping.

Kano: By the way, what is it that you want, Marry?

Marry: A vase.

Kano: Wait, I guess I really am not cut to be an Onii-chan after all!!! I decline!!!

Seto: Oissussu.

Kano: SETO!!! YOU CAME AT A GOOD TIME!!!

Seto: Eh? What is it?

Kano: Pass, pass! I pass being an Onii-chan!

Shintaro: Marry is recruiting an Onii-chan. Seto, how about you become a candidate too?

Seto: Onii-chan?

Marry: I want an Onii-chan.

Seto: You want an Onii-chan, huh? I wonder if I could do it.

Kano: It’s okay~. I mean, Seto, when you walk around with Marry, you guys often get mistaken for siblings, right?

Seto: That’s true, but it’s a matter of whose eyes look at us. This is about whether what’s inside of me is an Onii-chan or not.

Shintaro: Actually, for starters, what does Marry want an Onii-chan to do?

Marry: Onii-chans are kindhearted and can do anything. They can use magic.

Seto: No, no, no, what world is this type of Onii-chan from?! You’ve been watching too much anime, Marry!

Kano: You can do it, you can do it.

Shintaro: Do your best, do your best.

Seto: No, it’s impossible!

Marry: Seto-onii-chan.

Seto: Uh, that way of referring to me gives me a weird feeling… I wish you would drop it…

Kano: Well, even if we leave the magic aside, in the end, if we’re talking about an Onii-chan, shouldn’t it be Shintaro-kun?

Shintaro: Why?

Seto: That’s right! Leaving it to Shintaro-san, who is the one with longest history as an Onii-chan, is the best option.

Shintaro: No, about that, I’ve thinking of it a while ago, but Marry, do you really need an Onii-chan?

Marry: Why do you ask? I do want an Onii-chan, y’know?

Shintaro: Onii-chans might indeed play around with you, take you shopping and buy you the stuff you wish for, but we can also do that, right? Marry, if you request it, no one will refuse.

Marry: Really?

Shintaro: Yeah.

Kano: That’s indeed true. Maybe even if we don’t to go through the trouble of becoming Onii-chans, we can have fun with you the way we are anytime, y’know?

Seto: That’s right. If it’s something we can do, we’ll grant it to you.

Marry: Everyone, thank you. I don’t need an Onii-chan. I wanna go have fun with a friend.

Kano: Yup, yup! Do that! This being said, Shintaro-kun! Hang out with Marry for a day!

Shintaro: It’s still me in the end?!

Seto: Shintaro-san, if it’s you, we can leave her to your care. Shopping with Marry is terrible. A bizarre phenomenon where the contents of my wallet disappear before I realize it also happens.

Shintaro: No, that’s no bizarre phenomenon. You got that from buying stuff. So scary.

Kano: There, there. Do your best, Shintaro-kun!

Seto: Fight!

Shintaro: No choice… Then, Marry, when do you wanna go?

Marry: Tomorrow. We wake up at five and leave.

Shintaro: “At five”?

Marry: We’ll walk to the amusement park.

Shintaro: Hey, are you for real?

Released on October 5, 2018.
 * -|Scene 30=

''This time, we have a girls’ group talk with no boys allowed! Just what kinds of conversations are they having without the boys’ knowledge…!?''

Mekakushi-dan Girls’ Group

Ene: My~, it’s autumn already, huh~. That oh-so-hot summer is over~.

Kido: Yeah. It’s gotten pretty refreshing.

Momo: It’s already at the point of being cold! It gets chilly during the evening and times like that, doesn’t it?

Kido: Kisaragi, that’s because you have too many clothes that leave out your arms and legs. It’s not good to let your body get cool. I recommend a wool waistband.

Momo: Ah! I know! Waistbands are fashionable and cute lately, huh~! Like those with fish paste cake patterns!

Ene: You’ve found something rare again, huh, Imouto-san?

Momo: Wouldn’t the feeling of entering a fish paste cake tube be wonderful?

Kido: If you’re talking about foods with holes in them, at least limit it to doughnuts.

Momo: ‘Ka~y… Ah, what about green onions?

Ene: That’s an aggressive fashion sense, huh~. Still, getting excited over a talk about waistbands is something we can only do in a girls-exclusive chatroom!

Kido: That’s right. At first, I thought there’d be no need to make one, but there are things we can only discuss with fellow girls, after all.

Ene: Well, when I some~times take a look at the log, a lot of pointless discussions come up, though~.

Momo: Ever since we started using the chat, autumn arrived before we realized. I can’t hear the cries of the cicadas at all anymore… Huh?

Kido: Hm?

Ene: What’s wrong?

Momo: I wonder if it’s just my imagination. I noticed just now… that I can actually hear the cicadas’ cries, y’know…?

Kido: By “cicadas”, you mean the insect?

Ene: It can’t be~! We’re already in October, y’know?

Momo: But I definitely heard a “mi~n, mi~n”! Ah, it stopped. What might it have been?

Ene: Myy~, how scary~. Could it be that this is a curse from the cicadas that haven’t yet gone to heaven…

Kido: Hey, don’t say weird stuff.

Ene: Eh~, then… Surprisingly, it might be just Master saying “min, min”?

Kido: No, that’s actually scary.

Ene: That room has quite a bit of sound leakage, you see~.

Momo: That’s right~. I can sometimes hear Ene-chan’s voice from Onii-chan’s room.

Ene: Eh, seriously?

Momo: Does the hideout have that problem?

Kido: I’ve never been bothered by it. I sometimes listen to music in my room, but I listen with headphones, so the sound doesn’t leak out.

Momo: Indeed, the walls of the hideout seem thick, huh~.

Kido: There are no issues with sound, but… there are with smell.

Momo: “Smell”?

Kido: You see, it seems that Seto sometimes hides lost animals in his room.

Ene: Heeh~! Isn’t he nice~?!

Kido: Well, if it were cats and dogs, that’d be fine, but…

Momo: Don’t tell me…

Kido: Every now and then, there I feel the presence of deers and boars…

Ene: Aren’t they wild beasts?!

Kido: They’re from the wild, after all… It stinks of animals quite a bit…

Ene: I think the smell isn’t the problem anymore, though!?

Momo: That’s kinda like a zoo, huh~.

Kido: I want him to do something about this at least.

Ene: As expected, isn’t it better to be wary of wildlife? It’s dangerous.

Momo: Even if it’s Seto-san and even if he used to animals, it’d be terrible if he became unable to return from the wild, right~?

Kido: True… Wait a bit.

Momo: What is it?

Kido: Well, Seto called me just now.

Ene: Oh! Speak of the devil!

Kido: By the looks of it, he has something to discuss.

Momo: Then, while you’re at it, how about you tell him about the animals?

Ene: Ah~, that’s right~! Take full advantage of the opportunity!

Kido: Right… ‘Kay, I’m off.

Momo: Have a safe tri~p.

Ene: Still, what might he be wanting to discuss with Danchou-san?

Momo: Maybe advice for today’s menu?

Ayano: Oissu. Huh? Did I just miss Tsubomi?

Momo: Ah! Ayano-san, welcome~.

Ene: Oissu for yo~u.

Momo: Do you have some business with Danchou-san?

Ayano: Yup. Not just Tsubomi. I thought I’d tell everyone about it for a bit. Shintaro has a pet rabbit, right?

Momo: Tono-chan, you mean?

Ayano: Yes, yes. To tell the truth, it seems she’s gone missing…

Ene: EEH!? ISN’T THAT A DISASTER?!!

Momo: Onii-chan didn’t say a single thing about that…

Ayano: Surely he didn’t want to make you worry, Momo-chan. Shintaro is kindhearted despite his looks, after all. But by that reaction, it means nobody knows about it, right…?

Kido: Just came back.

Ayano: Ah, Tsubomi, welcome back. There’s something I wanna ask…

Kido: Nee-san, about that…

Momo: Danchou-san, you know something?

Kido: Well, I don’t know where the rabbit went, yet comparing what Nee-san just said… No, but…

Momo: What happened, Danchou-san?!

Ayano: Tsubomi, can’t you talk about it?

Kido: Aah… To tell the truth, I was called over by Seto, who said he had something to discuss with me, but he didn’t say anything in particular and handed me a little something.

Momo: “A little something”?

Kido: When I asked, “What’s this?”, he answered “Rabbit fur” and left.

Momo: R-R-R-Rabbit fur!?

Ene: This story is too timely…

Kido: I was also surprised when I read what Nee-san said.

Ayano: Then could it be…

Momo: It’s Tono-chan’s fur?

Kido: No, there’s no way…

Marry: Next will be you.

Kido: Ma-Marry, you were here? What’s up with you all of a sudden?

Momo: Hold on a minute. Does that mean “the same will be done with you next”…?

Kido: Don’t spout nonsense. It couldn’t be… There’s no way that would be it.

Momo: But, that stuff about Seto-san bringing in animals… could it be…

Ayano: You’re overthinking it! Kousuke isn’t the kind of kid that would do something like that…!

Momo: T-That’s right. I’m misunderstanding it.

Marry: There Seto is.

Momo: Eh!? Marry-chan, Seto-san is nearby!?

Marry: Yup. When I threatened him, he ran away.

Ene: If you threaten the culprit, you’ll only motivate him more!

Ayano: I-I don’t like this “culprit” thing…

Kido: It’s not for certain yet, right? It’s true that Seto doesn’t choose his means when he has an objective, but…

Ene: Feels like this didn’t turn out as a follow-up…

Momo: Marry-chan, how was Seto-san’s attitude?

Kido: Marry?

Ene: Eh? Is she gone?

Kido: What happened?

Marry: Just now, Kano came by. He handed me a letter.

Kido: A letter from Kano?

Ene: There seems to be some meaning to this…

Kido: Anything and everything can be thought of as suspicious right now… But indeed, Kano and Seto had been locking themselves up in their rooms lately and seemed to be doing something night after night…

Ene: There’s a possibility of complicity…

Momo: What’s written there!?

Marry: Erm, it says “next Sunday in the amusement park”.

Momo: “Next Sunday”…?

Ene: “Amusement park”…?

Kido: No good, I don’t get it at all.

Hiyori: It’s obviously a letter of challenge.

Momo: Hiyori-chan!?

Ene: Oh~!? Such a rare guest at such a timing, huh~!?

Kido: How long have you been here?

Hiyori: Since just now.

Momo: But, by “letter of challenge”, you mean…?

Hiyori: By that date, place, and the current situation, there’s no mistaking that you’re being requested for a duel. The boys are underestimating you.

Kido: No, Kano and Seto aren’t that type.

Ene: There, there, there, isn’t this fine? We won’t make any progress, so let’s all go hear out the real situation on the day!

Marry: I’ll fight.

Hiyori: Well said. This means you aren’t just a little princess, huh?

Momo: A duel! I’m kinda excited!

Ayano: Though I’m worried, I’ll go too!

Ene: Since it’s settled, we must prepare for the duel! How about a sleepover until next Sunday?

Momo: Yay~! Sleepover!

Marry: Looking forward to it.

Momo: I gotta hurry and prepare the sleepover goods.

Ene: Anyway, let’s dismiss ourselves. When we’re ready, let’s contact each other again.

Momo: Ye~s.

Kido: No, hey, wait a bit. What will we do in that duel?

Released on October 12, 2018.
 * -|Scene 31=

''This time, guess what… we have a boys’ group talk!? The conversation unfolding amongst fellow young men while the girls aren’t looking is about…!?''

Mekakushi-dan ☆ Boys’ Room

Kano: No, I think something’s up with this plan… Just a rabbit isn’t enough, is it?

Seto: Is that so? I think that’s plenty…

Shintaro: OI~SSU. It’s so peaceful, huh.

Kano: Uwah. What’s wrong, Shintaro-kun?

Seto: Oissussu. Doing fine today?

Shintaro: Well, well, well. It’s great that you guys are doing fine too. Aren’t you pretty fired-up? What? You wanna ask me what I’m doing right now? I’m currently entrusting my body to my bed and letting myself reflect about world peace.

Kano: No, we didn’t ask that. Also, aren’t things the same as ever?

Seto: You sure are fine, huh? Did something good happen?

Shintaro: Well, everything has been solved, after all. Don’t mind me. Summer has ended as well, so let’s not lose to the coldness and have fun.

Kano: Hey, it’s a bit hard to make the connection…

Seto: Shintaro-san is sometimes emotionally unstable, huh.

Kano: Well, but indeed, it ended in a blink of eye, didn’t it? Summer, that is.

Seto: That’s right.

Kano: In the end, we didn’t get to do anything summer-like.

Shintaro: True. What did you guys do this summer?

Kano: Hu~m… Ate… Slept… Woke up…

Shintaro: Uwah.

Kano: What about you, Shintaro-kun, did you do anything summer-ish?

Shintaro: That’s right. This summer, I went to a beauty parlor.

Kano: That’s not eventful at all. And you, Seto?

Seto: I worked part-time.

Kano: Thought so~. It’s really like we spent it without doing anything… Ah, but we did go camping.

Seto: That’s right, but I kinda don’t remember it very well.

Shintaro: Weren’t you tired?

Seto: I guess.

Shintaro: But thinking about it made me feel lonely. So it’s over… Summer…

Kano: If you’re this lonely, why don’t you play the sounds of cicadas or something?

Shintaro: I’ll do that. Oh, it’s super summer-like? Guess I’ll raise the volume a little.

Kano: Won’t the person of the room next to yours be able to hear it if the sound is too loud? You’d said there’s quite a bit of sound leakage in them, right?

Shintaro: That’s right. Sometimes I can hear the explosion sounds of the videos that Momo watches.

Seto: What’s with those videos that Kisaragi-san is watching?

Shintaro: How’s the hideout in this aspect?

Seto: Eh, the hideout? Let’s see… The walls between the rooms are thick, so I don’t think we have that problem.

Kano: I’ve also never been bothered by it~.

Seto: Ah, but doesn’t Kido listen to music? I think she probably listens with earphones, but maybe because she doesn’t realize that the earphones get plugged off, I sometimes hear music blasting loudly when I pass by her bedroom.

Kano: Eh, is that true?

Shintaro: Isn’t it better to tell her about it?

Seto: That’s right… Kano, won’t you say it?

Kano: Don’t wanna. Why me?

Seto: See, aren’t you used to this kinda stuff?

Kano: It’s not like I meddle on Kido’s affairs every day. Besides, if I say something uncalled for, in the end, I’ll just get beaten up.

Shintaro: So you’re aware that you say uncalled-for things.

Kano: Hey, hey, enough of this. Seto, you go say it. It’d be a pity to leave her without noticing, wouldn’t it?

Seto: I get it. Then… I’m off.

Kano: ‘Ka~y. Kido often deals people a blow of her right-leg kick, so I think you can guard yourself if you’re careful with just that.

Shintaro: Don’t give scary advice.

Konoha: Hello.

Shintaro: Oh~, Konoha.

Kano: Hello~.

Shintaro: My bad for earlier. You saved my ass.

Konoha: It’s fine. I’m glad I was able to help Shintaro.

Kano: What, what? So something really did happen?

Shintaro: To tell the truth, the rabbit I keep here at home, Tono-chan, escaped from our place.

Kano: EEH!? Isn’t that a disaster!?

Shintaro: Aah, no problem. It’s already been resolved. Konoha found her.

Kano: Ah, that’s great~. I see, that’s why you were energetic earlier.

Shintaro: Exactly.

Konoha: But it wasn’t just me.

Shintaro: Did you get advice from someone?

Konoha: From Sensei.

Kano: Ah, if it’s Dad, he’s knowledgeable of animals’ habits and the like. It’s good that you found her. Ah, was Nee-chan home at that time?

Konoha: Hm…? She was, I guess? Maybe not.

Kano: Then that’s okay. Because, if Nee-chan had gotten to know that Shintaro’s pet rabbit had gone missing, she’d have caused a big fuss.

Shintaro: Ah? Why? Does she like rabbits that much?

Kano: No, no, it’s not like that~. Well, anyway, aren’t you glad that Tono-chan was unharmed?

Seto: Just came back.

Kano: Ah, welcome back~.

Konoha: Hello.

Seto: Ah, hello.

Kano: How did it go? Did she get mad at you?

Shintaro: Why’re you having expectations on her getting mad?

Seto: Well, about that, it seems she was in a pretty bad mood, so the feeling of overpowerment was incredible.

Shintaro: Hie…

Kano: Well, did you tell her?

Seto: I couldn’t bring myself to say it… But I also didn’t want her to think I’d called her over without having any business with her, so I handed her a rabbit hairball instead.

Kano: Why!?

Seto: Well, it was in my pocket by coincidence…

Kano: No, that’s not what I mean!

Seto: I said it’s a hairball, but it’s kinda like a stuffed toy, y’know? A rabbit that often comes to play around at the hideout is in its molting period, so it sheds a lot of fur. I thought that, if I tried making a plushie out of the rabbit’s fur, it might turn out cute, so I gave it a shot.

Shintaro: That’s nice. My Tono has also been shedding a lot of hair lately.

Seto: Next time, I’ll lend you my tools.

Kano: Well, Kido doesn’t hate fluffy things, so maybe she’s thinking of it as a present and is surprisingly pleased?

Seto: That’d be good.

Konoha: Animals? In the hideout?

Kano: No, it’s not like we own any, but it seems that the ones that got attached to Seto sometimes come over.

Seto: They’re precious friends that have been playing with me since the past.

Shintaro: Hehe, isn’t that a nice story…?

Kano: Ah, speaking of animals, Shintaro-kun, there’s a game I wanna recommend you.

Shintaro: A game?

Hibiya: Huh? Just when I thought that it was getting kinda tumultuous here… You’re talking about animals again?

Kano: Ah! Hibiya-kun. No, no, it’s not a talk only about animals.

Seto: Lately, Kano and I have been hooked on a card game. The cards have animals as their motifs.

Shintaro: Heeh~, a card game? I’ve never played any.

Kano: Right? Shintaro-kun, I think you’ll enjoy it too.

Seto: We’ve been getting together in my room in the middle of the night lately, assembling decks.

Hibiya: An animal card game? The boys from my classroom might be into it.

Kano: Isn’t that just great?! Hibiya-kun, come do it too~. Next time, I’ll give you the cards I have in excess!

Hibiya: I’m not very interested in that stuff, though…

Seto: If I’m certain, I think there were countless of them inside the living room’s self. I’ll go look.

Kano: Please~.

Hibiya: Actually, aren’t you embarrassed of doing that at your age? Even though I’m saying this myself, cards are stuff for elementary scholars like me to play, right?

Kano: You shouldn’t say stupid things, Hibiya-kun. Card games are the preference of true adults.

Seto: A disaster has happened.

Kano: Hm?

Shintaro: What’s wrong, Seto?

Seto: Just now, when I went to the living room, I ran into Marry.

Kano: That’s ‘cause we live together. We’d naturally run into each other, right?

Seto: No, about that, she was totally glaring at me.

Shintaro: After running into you, out of the blue?

Seto: That’s right…

Kano: Kido was the same just now. Did you do anything to make her angry~?

Hibiya: Eh, what did you do to a woman…?

Seto: No, no, no, I have no idea!

Shintaro: Ah. Wait. Crap. Marry is pissed?

Seto: Well, speaking in terms of being pissed, I think she was.

Shintaro: No, but could it be it’s about that?

Kano: Do you have any idea?

Shintaro: Well, last time, I promised Marry to take her to the amusement park, didn’t I? To tell the truth, on the arranged day, the weather was horrible, so we canceled it.

Kano: A typhoon had been approaching, right? Isn’t it something that can’t be helped?

Shintaro: About that, ever since I said “let’s leave it for next time”, I’d forgotten it…

Kano: Ah~

Seto: Indeed, Marry always remembers these things. Maybe because of this…

Shintaro: Is she that mad? Kano! Please! Go apologize to her!

Kano: Eh~, why me?!

Shintaro: I can’t tell Marry’s feelings just from chatroom texts, and I’ve got this hunch that things will get ugly if we don’t deal with it soon!

Kano: Then, isn’t it better to have Seto go?

Seto: I’m no good for that anymore. To think that Marry would look at me with eyes like that…

Konoha: Poor thing.

Shintaro: See, Seto can no longer take it. Besides, Kano, you’re used to making Marry angry, right?

Kano: I’m telling you I don’t wanna~. I’d just say something uncalled for and make piss her off again.

Shintaro: If you know that, make sure you don’t speak. No, wait. I see. How about you give her a letter with our plans for next time?

Kano: Well, if I just gotta hand over a letter, it’s okay.

Shintaro: Please write that we can go to the amusement park next Sunday!

Kano: Yes, yes. Next Sunday, amusement park it is.

Konoha: I want to go too.

Shintaro: Oh.

Seto: I’ll also be on a day off from my part-time job next Sunday.

Shintaro: Then how about we all go?

Kano: Seems good. We’re going through this trouble, so let’s go have fun all together for the first time in a while.

Shintaro: Marry would also be happier if there were more people.

Seto: Thinking that way, I’ve kind of started looking forward to it.

Shintaro: Summer has ended, but it’s not only during summer that we can all make merry, right?

Kano: That’s right, Shintaro-kun!

Seto: As expected, you say some good stuff.

Shintaro: Stop it; I’ll get bashful. ‘Ka~y, you guys, let’s have fun all together next Sunday in the amusement park!

Released on October 26, 2018.
 * -|Scene 32=

''A dispute outburst happens in the chatroom! The ones who are fighting, unexpectedly… are Shintaro and Ayano!? Ene, who rushed in, suggested that they resolved it with a fair and square face-off, however…!? ''

Mekakushi-dan Chatroom

Ayano: So, it seems this movie is fun.

Shintaro: Oh.

Ayano: Hum, and also, it looks like the tickets for it are cheap if you buy them online.

Shintaro: This kind of thing is common lately.

Ayano: Yup, hum, if you’d like, erm, is it okay if I ask you to buy tickets for two…?

Shintaro: Yeah, it’s fine.

Ayano: R-R-R-REALLY!? Is it really all right!?

Shintaro: What’s that? You’re so exaggerated. Not even I would act like just making an online purchase is a hassle.

Ayano: Yup, yup…! Thank you…! Hum, then, one of the tickets is for me, and about the other ticket… hum, Shintaro, could you pay for it?

Shintaro: Eh? You, does that mean…

Ayano: Sorry for being abrupt, but I wanted to go together no matter what…

Shintaro: Ayano, you…

Ayano: Yep…

Shintaro: You’ll be going with Momo?

Ayano: Eh?

Shintaro: What, so this means I gotta pay for her ticket in her stead, right? I don’t particularly mind it. So you and Momo were interested in these love story movies? And stuff of the sort. That “couples make long lines everyday!” is becoming a topic in the internet too. Well, it seems you’re going to have fun with my little sister, so it’s something to be grateful for.

Ayano: SHINTARO, YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING!!!!!!!

Shintaro: Hoan? What’s that out of the blue!?

Ayano: You don’t understand anything about how girls feel!!!

Shintaro: What’s with you so suddenly? I said I’ll reserve the tickets and buy Momo’s fare for her!

Ayano: Sure, but that’s not it!!!!!

Shintaro: Hah? What’s this out of nowhere? Why’re you angry?

Ayano: I’m not!

Shintaro: You are.

Ayano: I’m telling you that I’m not!

Shintaro: No, like I said…

Ene: Oyaoyaoya~? Things appear stormy for some reason. You two should be fair and square.

Ayano: Ah, Takane-san.

Ene: HEY!??!? COULD YOU NOT CALL ME BY THAT NAME!?!??

Ayano: Eh, ah, I’m sorry! Ene-san, what’s the matter?

Shintaro: What’ve you come here to do?

Ene: Eh~, ahem! I thought that the chatroom was noisy, and when I tried taking a peek, I found the two of you having a rare fight!

Shintaro: We’re not fighting. Ayano is acting on her own accord.

Ayano: I wonder about the person saying that. Being unilateral isn’t a good thing, is it?

Ene: There, there, there. By the looks of it, you have opinions that neither would yield. If you’ll go as far as continuing with this unproductive argument, how about you try to settle it with a competition?

Shintaro: “Competition”, you say?

Ayano: Tell us the details.

Ene: Eeh, eeh, that’s fine! I will explain! The “competition” would be… simply put, a quiz showdown!

Shintaro: “Quiz”?

Ene: The rules are simple! I’ll come up with questions and give points to whoever can answer the quickest! The winner will be the one who manages to give most right answers!

Shintaro: Doesn’t it seem interesting? All right. I’ll do it.

Ayano: I also can only put on airs of being calm and composed for now, so I won’t hold back!

Ene: Fuhfuhfu~, both seem to be more than willing! Well, then, let’s get to it! First question~! Di-Ding! What is the name of the inequality applied to variance and covariance in inequalities that evaluate the possible inner product between two vectors in the energy of the inner product space by the norm of each vector, various inner products for vectors of finite and infinite dimensions in linear algebra, function analysis and probability theory?

Shintaro: Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality.

Ene: CORRECT!!!!

Shintaro: All right.

Ayano: Hey, that’s difficult. There’s no chance for me to win.

Ene: Myy~, being able to give an instant answer this fast… As expected of Master~.

Shintaro: That’s ‘cause typing takes time. I worry only about not falling behind.

Ayano: Actually, Ene-san! Isn’t this a quiz!? That a math problem, wasn’t it?! Let’s leave out this kind of thing! ‘Kay?

Shintaro: There’s no guarantee that quizzes will always be riddles. To be precise, it’s about “asking something”. In other words, it’s “asking questions about trivia”.

Ayano: We don’t need this now! I’m talking to Takane-san!

Shintaro: Hieh…

Ene: H-Hum~, I’d like you not to call me “Takane-san”~.

Ayano: Enough already! Please on with the next question!

Ene: Y-Ye~s. E~rm, then, let’s get it together and move on to the next question! Di-Ding! In the sword battle anime that was a hit in the year 1980, “Fighting Swordsman! Shout, Genjuurou”, what were the last words said to the protagonist Genjuurou by his life-long rival Izaemon?

Ayano: “My friend, let us meet again.”

Ene: Corre~ct!

Ayano: Yay~!

Shintaro: Kuh, so that field is your speciality…?

Ayano: Huhu~n. Just being good at studying won’t cut it!

Ene: You’ve also given an instant answer, as expected~. This series is quite old, but you knew it very well, huh?

Ayano: This anime is really interesting! The scenes where he fights to protect the heroine are cool! Wouldn’t Shintaro understand a little of how girls feel if he watched it?

Shintaro: Gngh…

Ene: Oyaoyaoya~! The fight has gotten exciting, huuh?! Then, let’s continue with the third question! The next will also be a question from an anime series!

Shintaro: What!?

Ayano: Yay!

Ene: No complaining at the proposed questions~. Well, on to the problem! Di-Ding! What’s the item that the protagonist of the super popular anime “Mahou Shoujo ☆ Sister Angel”, Ichigo-chan, uses when transforming?

Shintaro: Pretty ☆ Angelic Rod!!! I got this!!! It’s correct, isn’t it?!!!

Ene: Uuwah… it is, but… this is a late-night anime in which only pretty little girls show up, y’know…?

Ayano: Huun. Even though you normally say that you don’t watch anime, Shintaro, you watch this genre. Heeh~.

Shintaro: iaier—No, I just knew—I just knew it by coincidence! It coincidentally came in the question!

Ayano: Hu~n.

Ene: Myy, as expected of Master~! You’ve gained one point, but it seems you’ve lost something important in exchange, huh~?

Shintaro: What!? “Something important”!? What did I end up losing!?

Ene: Yes, yes, there are sacrifices even in quizzes. Because this is a battle!

Ayano: That’s right, Shintaro. Even if you grin like a madman while watching animes where lots of cute girls appear, Shintaro, if you’re okay with that, then isn’t it fine?

Shintaro: What’s up with that specific way of speaking…?

Ayano: Nothing.

Ene: Now, with Master at a one-point lead, we head to the fourth question! The fastest person will be the one to answer this question~. Please focus! Di-Ding! 5783903 : 469745 = ?

Ayano: 12

Ene: By casting away the decimal points… Huh, eeh!? Correct!

Shintaro: Ayano!? That’s not a matter of input speed… It’s almost like you’ve known the answer since earlier!

Ayano: Huh? I pressed the numbers by mistake, though…

Shintaro: A typo?!!!

Ene: No, no, a win is still a win! This is part of the so-called power of luck~!

Ayano: Is that okay!? Thank you very much! With this, the points are even, right?!

Shintaro: No helping it…

Ene: Both haven’t yielded a single step in this incandescent battle!! Next is the last question~!!

Shintaro: Oh, come at any moment!

Ayano: Let’s do this!

Ene: Then, this one will be impartial, from an information about the latest movie! Last question! Di-Ding! What was the release date of the big-hit romance movie that is currently screening “My and Her Bright Red Eyes”?

Shintaro: Ah? Ain’t this the movie that I got asked for tickets?

Ayano: “Release date”? What day was it again…?

Shintaro: I saw it in the site earlier… If I’m certain… Right! It’s October 20th!

Ene: Pinpon, pinpo~n! Completely correct!

Ayano: Aah… I see… Last Saturday…

Shintaro: This date sort of stayed in my memory.

Ene: It seems this movie has been recording an exceptionally huge hit a week after its release, y’know? It seems it’s not just a romance movie, but also has a mystery and battle aspects. It’s super fun, they say!

Shintaro: Heeh, is it that good a movie…?

Ene: How about you see it in the big screen of a cinema for a change~?

Shintaro: Hn, aah, that’s right. I’ve become used to going outside lately too… Ayano.

Ayano: Hea—Y-Yes!

Shintaro: About the movie that was just mentioned, can I go too?

Ayano: Huwah. SSSSSURE!!! OOOOOOF COURSE!!!!

Shintaro: Why are you getting so high-tension…?

Ene: Oops~! Isn’t it already thi~s late~?! Shall I excuse myself here~? Now you two young ones take it easy…! O~hohoho!

Shintaro: Haah? What’s gotten into her?

Ayano: W-W-What happened, huh~? She was acting weird, wasn’t she~? Ehehe.

Shintaro: You too, what’s been with you since earlier? Actually, about the quiz showdown of a while ago, you took me for a splendid ride, but I ended up winning. Are you not angry anymore?

Ayano: I was never angry~. Ehehehehe. More importantly, I’m looking forward to the movie!

Shintaro: Oh? Oh… I really don’t get very well how girls feel after all…

Released on November 2, 2018.
 * -|Scene 33=

''Marry suddenly started saying, “I want to draw a manga” and Seto offered to help out. The one who became Seto’s advisor in this matter was a rather… unexpected person!?''

(T/N: As usual, any typo on Marry’s part is intentional. Italics stand for things said originally in English.)

Marry, Seto

Marry: Seto, you there?

Seto: What’s up, Marry? Did something happen?

Marry: You see, I have something to ask.

Seto: “Something”? Is it a favor?

Marry: Yup. Can I?

Seto: Of course. If it’s within my reach, I’ll do anything.

Marry: Really? Hum, I want to draw a manga.

Seto: Hm? “Manga”?

Marry: Exactly.

Seto: Marry, you mean that you’ll draw a manga?

Marry: Yup. I wanna write a romance manga.

Seto: “Romance manga”… N-No wa… What kind… of…

Marry: Seto, you were told about it too, right? It’s that one where people fight and go on adventures.

Seto: Aah, Nee-chan talked about it before. She hasn’t read the continuation ever since, though… You want to draw something like that?

Marry: Yup.

Seto: But Marry, a manga seems like a lot of work. Will it be okay?

Marry: I’m praticing, so it’s all right. But I can’t properly write stories. That’s why, Seto, I want you to think of one.

Seto: The manga’s contents, huh? I don’t know whether or not I can give advice.

Marry: Come up with a protagonist, a hero, worldbuilding, synopsis and story.

Seto: No, that’s mostly everything, isn’t it!?

Marry: It’s fine, just think.

Seto: Yes…

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A few hours later…

Seto: That being said, Marry asked me this favor. I tried coming up with these by myself, but I’m anxious about whether Marry will take a liking of it, so I wanted to ask you all for advice.

Hiyori: That’s not the way to request something.

Seto: Eh? Huh, eh!?

Hiyori: What? Got any complaints?

Seto: H-H-How come you’re here, Hiyori-chan? Isn’t this the boys’ group chatroom?

Hiyori: What weird things are you saying? Even though I responded to you because I was here by coincidence…

Seto: Ah, could it be this is the “Tateyama Family with Asahina Hiyori-chan” chatroom that we made in order to get the family together at the end of the year!?

Hiyori: You came to chat without even confirming that? Isn’t your attention span diffused?

Seto: No, hum… Yes… Not even a sound is coming out of my constricted throat… Erm, I have no excuse for being so frantic out of nowhere, but I just happened to chat here by mistake, so if you could forget about this…

Hiyori: Haah? Are you stupid?

Seto: hie

Hiyori: I’ve listened to your talk up to this point, so it’s just logical that I’d give you advice until the end, isn’t it?

Seto: Eeh!? You’re fine with giving me advice?

Hiyori: I’m saying that I am, right? Well?

Seto: Eh?

Hiyori: Hurry and tell me.

Seto: Erm, about what?

Hiyori: You’re slow, huh. If you thought things out as far as you could, it means that you’ve come here after having decided on the story contents to a certain extent, right? Tell me about them, is what I’m saying.

Seto: Eh, but I haven’t properly pieced it together yet…

Hiyori: It’s fine, just tell me.

Seto: Ah, yes… Hum, the protagonist is a weak-willed boy, but on a certain day, in an unexpected turn of events, he meets a princess that had been locked away in a castle. The two soon fall in l-love. After the protagonist managed to get the princess out somehow, the two depart on an adventurous journey. For now, I haven’t decided on anything beyond this, but its image is like that of a fairytale picture book.

Hiyori: No good.

Seto: eh

Hiyori: No good at all. No more than 0 points. This is nothing but ado over boring stuff.

Seto: No way…! What’s so bad about it?

Hiyori: It’s too ordinary. Moreover, it’s old-styled. Nowadays, a princess locked up in a castle isn’t a trend. Do you think there are women who are only protected by men in this era?

Seto: Eh, no, but…

Hiyori: For starters, why did you make the heroine into a princess?

Seto: About that, hum, I thought it’d be cute.

Hiyori: You dream too much with women.

Seto: Eeh…

Hiyori: Well? What about the worldbuilding?

Seto: I intended to make it into a fantasy one where magic happens in some way…

Hiyori: Boring. Vetoed.

Seto: Hieeh…

Hiyori: There’s no real freshness in anything Isekai. The story has to be something way wittier. That’s right, make the stage into Meiji Era Japan.

Seto: Eh?

Hiyori: The protagonist would be a quiet man in his forties who lost his family in an accident.

Seto: Hold on.

Hiyori: One day, as he’s taking shelter from the rain under the edge of eaves, he meets a beautiful female student. The chests of the two burn with an intense romance that surpasses their age gap—

Seto: I want you to wait a minute!! As expected, that hurdle is too high!!

Hiyori: Throwing the towel because of something like that, how lame.

Seto: No, hum, I just think a more innocent kind of thing is better than this one—

Hiyori: I’m disappointed with you.

Seto: Eh?

Hiyori: I’m thoroughly shocked. Your visions on women, romance and life are too dreamy. You’ll write an interesting story, right? For whose sake is that?

Seto: Ah…

Hiyori: It’s not like you’ve come here just to write about a story that only you will like, right? Then, get rid of your ideals and spread your range of depictions more stoically. Well, if you say that’s impossible, how about you just go apologize to your own princess? About how you’re not cut for this.

Seto: I want…

Hiyori: Hm?

Seto: I want you to teach me more. I was wrong. My goal is to deliver an interesting story and characters to Marry!

Hiyori: Hun. Doesn’t it look like it’ll be worth training you a little? All right. I’ll teach you personally, so if you do things half-assedly, I won’t stand for it.

Seto: I’m in your care…!

Hiyori: Then, firstly about the assembling of the plot…

…… ……

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A few hours later…

Hiyori: Here, the rival makes an appearance at last!

Seto: Ehh, no way! Is it really necessary to have a rival between the happy couple?

Hiyori: A rival is inherent to an impactful romance. It’s obvious that you’ll fail if you only keep imitating a peaceful life.

Seto: I see…! That’ll be a lesson…! Please give me stricter lectures…!

Hiyori: No helping it. My tuition fee is expensive.

Seto: Okay!

…… ……

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A few hours later…

Seto: Finally…! I finally finished the character settings and story outline!!

Hiyori: Well, that’s about it. All that’s left is how to concile them in the art production stage, but the names got passing marks.

Seto: I’m truly indebted to you. I don’t know how to thank you enough…

Hiyori: This cheesiness is unnecessary. What I want to hear are the voices of the public that will one day read this story.

Seto: Teacher…! I’m going to hand this over to Marry! I want to support her so that she’ll become a popular manga author!

Hiyori: Don’t you have a pretty good dream now? Cherish it. I pray for your success.

Seto: Yes!!

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A few days later…

Seto: Hum, Hiyori-chan, are you there?

Hiyori: You sure have a nerve to call for me. But if this is out of concern for that manga, I welcome you. Speak up.

Seto: No, to tell the truth, when I showed that story to Marry, she liked it very much, and just when she was going to draw it at last, she found that her artisitical skills aren’t caught-up with her ideals and ended up breaking a brush…

Hiyori: Art is a personal battle. Meaning that girl shall continue to battle herself. But I don’t hate this at all.

Seto: That being said, my apologies since you’ve gone through the trouble of helping us out, but turns out we’ve become unable to use this story.

Hiyori: Are you regretting it?

Seto: Eh…? No, it’s something I did for Marry’s sake, so I don’t regret it. But this story is unmistakably interesting, so I kinda feel like it’s a waste…

Hiyori: I’m relieved to hear that.

Seto: Eh?

Hiyori: Can you draw? I’m not talking about ordinary drawings, but about manga.

Seto: Erm, I’ve worked part-time as a manga author’s assistant, so I can draw to some extent.

Hiyori: Then, it’s settled. I’ll be in charge of the original work, and you of the art. Our penname will be, let’s see… Kochouran Kaoruko.

(T/N: “Kochouran” means “moth orchid” and “Kaoruko” means “fragant child”. If read althogether, the whole name means “child of the moth orchid perfume”. It’s worth noting that “Kaoruko” is written here with a rarely used and more intricate version of the kanji “kaoru”. This is one hell of an extravagant name.)

Seto: Eh…

Hiyori: I wonder if I’m also dreaming too much… but I feel that, if it’s with this story, we can aim for the top…

Seto: Don’t tell me…!

Hiyori: I won’t force you. What do you want to do? Hey.

Seto: I’m… It looks like my objective changed without me realizing it.

Hiyori: You… I wonder if you’ve grown up in these few days.

Seto: No, I’m still not there. Once again, I’ll make an effort from the start line. This time, in order to revive that story…!

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Several months later…

Mekakushi-dan Chatroom

Kano: Hey, anyone knows the romance manga that has been the topic lately?

Shintaro: What’s with you? Got hooked up in a manga again?

Kano: No, no! This isn’t just a manga! It’s the latest new work of Kochouran Kaoruko-sensei, a mysterious manga author that won a prize in the newbie contest of a famous magazine! The bold story and delicate touch of the art match strangely well, y’see~. This is the opening of curtains to a new era in the manga world…!

Released on November 9, 2018.
 * -|Scene 34=

''Account information disappeared due to a bug in the chat!! As each was asked for their names… for some reason, four people are calling themselves “Shintaro”!? Will it ever be possible to find the real Shintaro…!?''

Mekakushi-dan Chatroom

???: Come to think of it, today is… Huh? What’s this? The icons ain’t showing.

Kido: What’s up? What? Mine’s being properly displayed.

Momo: What happened? Mine is also properly rendered~.

???: Could it be it’s only me? That’s troubling.

Kido: There might be a bug in the chat.

???: No helping it.

Momo: Erm… who are you?

???: Your Onii-chan.

Momo: Aah, what, it’s Onii-chan?

???: What do you mean by “what”?

Momo: I put myself at disadvantage by using formal speech.

???: You little…

Kido: You siblings sure get along well.

Momo: Please drop it, Danchou-san!

???: My bad, Kido; this kid is hitting puberty.

Momo: Ah~, geez~, shut upp~! But it’s hard to get angry since your icon isn’t the same as always…

???: Indeed, it’s inconvenient. I also don’t get it.

Kido: Well, among the group members, Shintaro is the only one who talks like that, so it’s okay, right?

??? (2): Hey! Wait a moment!

Kido: Hm? There’s someone else whose icon isn’t showing up due to the bug? Who’re you?

???: Well, I’m Shintaro.

Momo: Eh, Onii-chan?

???: What’re you saying? I’m telling you that I’m Shintaro.

??? (2): You too, what nonsense are you talking about?! You’ll make everyone confused!

Kido: There are two Shintaros… you say…!?

Momo: Erm, what’s the meaning of this?

???: Hey, Momo, you can tell, right, that I’m your Onii-chan?

??? (2): No, I’m her Onii-chan.

Momo: Hey, I don’t know either~!

Kido: I see.

Momo: Danchou-san? Have you figured something out?

Kido: Well, it’s a plain story. Simply put, one of them is just pretending to be Shintaro. There’s only one Shintaro, after all.

??? (3): Hey, hey, what’s with this fuss? Impersonating me… Aren’t there some pretty daring bastards here?

Kido: !? Say what…!?

Momo: It can’t be…! There are three Onii-chans…!?

??? (4): Woop, can you hold on a bit? I generally get this situation. It means these guys are pretending to be me.

Kido: A… fourth…?

Momo: Uwah, there are four people like Onii-chan…

??? (3): We’ll finally find out the identity of this party.

??? (2): Yeah… this is a… trial!

??? (4): Who will name himself as the real Shintaro-san?

???: Shall we make clear who’s guilty and who’s innocent…?!

Kido: Ah~, shut up, shut up.

Momo: Gross, gross.

??? (3): Hey! What do you mean by “gross”?!

???: In hypothetically, we’re your Onii-chan!

??? (4): That’s right, that’s right! Your Onii-chan!

??? (2): Take the “gross” back!

Kido: What an irritating exchange.

Momo: But, well, no way that there can be four Onii-chans here. Meaning that three Onii-chans among them are fakes, right?

??? (3): It’s not like I’ve come here to play around, y’know?

??? (4): Out of the people naming themselves “Shintaro”, it’s better for the ones without resolve to confess right now.

???: Interesting; why don’t we do that?!

??? (2): The true Shintaro-san is… me!

Kido: As long as they’re saying all this themselves, we have no choice but figure out which is Shintaro…

Momo: What should we do? How will we eliminate them?

Kido: Let’s see… How about with “Shintaro-san points”?

??? (3): That’s a crude way of dealing with it!

??? (4): But it’s still a method.

???: Looks like I also have no choice but prove the truth myself!

??? (2): A~ll right! I’ll show you that I’m Shintaro-san with my unparalleled conversation powers!

Kido: Ah~, shut up, shut up.

Momo: Gross, gross.

Kido: We’re trying to guess the right one, so why’re you messing around on purpose?

Momo: But the last one is some~how Onii-chan-ish, so I’ll give him a Shintaro-san point.

??? (4): AIGHT!

??? (3): Hey, I’m the smartest, though.

???: But I think there’s more Shintaro-san-ness steeping at the end of all my sentences, though.

??? (2): So I’ve fallen behind… To think I’d do that…

Kido: Well, let’s leave the point system aside as a joke.

Momo: It’s a joke, huh.

Kido: I’ve more or less detected who’re the ones impersonating him. One of them is Kano either way, right?

??? (3): I see.

??? (4): Indeed.

??? (2): You’ve got a point.

???: No mistaking it.

Momo: This talk is so complicated.

Kido: That’s weird. If it were him, once I said, “One is Kano either way”, I thought he’d reveal himself like, “You’re horrible~”.

??? (3): To think she’d calculate that much.

???: Danchou-san, you’re terrifying.

??? (4): Honestly.

??? (2): Hie

Kido: Hey, the last one is starting to get annoying already.

Momo: The four of you don’t have to go through the trouble of replying… But indeed, this feels like something Kano-san would do.

Kido: He’s the most suspicious, after all.

Momo: Other people who would do it are… h~m… Marry-chan still can’t type difficult words… and Seto-san isn’t the type of person who’d do something like this, right?

Kido: Both Seto and Marry are out shopping. Seto forgot his phone in the hideout. The two are eliminated. The ones left are…

Momo: Could it be Hibiya-kun!? Is it Hibiya-kun!?

Kido: Calm down, Kisaragi. It’s not like that’s decided yet!

Momo: If Hibiya-kun turns out like Onii-chan… I… I…

Kido: I get how you feel… but don’t be pessimistic… I totally get how you feel, though…

??? (3): Hey, cut it out.

??? (4): This is the treatment I get for listening quietly?

??? (2): The real one is among us.

???: The real Shintaro-san is a poor thing.

Kido: It’s noon right now. Isn’t Hibiya in the middle of class at school this very moment?

Momo: I see! I’m right at my afternoon break from work, but it’s school time for Hibiya-kun, huh?

Kido: I don’t think he’d be doing something so stupid during class.

Momo: That means it’s also not Hibiya-kun, right?

Kido: Yeah. Anyway, all that’s left is an elimination method. We’ll have the accounts that we find suspicious log out.

??? (3): Isn’t that acting through brute force?

??? (2): Danchou-san is all the more terrifying.

???: I can’t even use to the toilet in peace.

??? (4): I’m already on stand-by, though.

Kido: Hm? Wait. You, the last one who replied just now.

??? (4): What? Me?

Kido: That’s right. Where are you at the moment?

??? (4): Hey, hey, don’t make me say it all. When I said I was on stand-by, I meant in everyone’s resting place, that private spot.

Momo: Ah!

Kido: It seems you’ve realized, Kisaragi.

??? (4): What…?

Momo: Onii-chan’s routine rhythm is the same every day, so he also generally goes to the toilet at a predetermined time… At this hour, Onii-chan is always in his room!

??? (4): Wha…!?

Kido: That’s what it means to slip when you talk. You’re an impostor! Leave!

??? (4): W-W-Wait. Stop.

Kido-san has kicked out ???-san.

Kano: Geez, kicking me out is so mean~. Oh?

Momo: Ah~! Kano-san!

Kido: So it really was you.

Kano: Looks like we go back to our normal accounts when we get kicked out. As expected, I wasn’t knowledgeable of Shintaro-kun’s toilet affairs. I guess this means that… I was too soft with my judgement.

Kido: Three people left, huh… Okay, let’s keep this pace and go looking for the false Shintaros. No, the Faketaros.

??? (3): Why did you correct yourself?

???: Feeling giddy?

??? (2): You’re starting to have fun too, huh?

Kido: That’s not it. I just thought it seemed surprisingly simple.

??? (3): Will it go that smoothly?

???: We’re not as easy as the previous one…

??? (2): He’s the weakest of the Four Heavenly Shintaro Kings…

Kido: Well, you guys also seem to be having fun.

Momo: Somehow… I have a hunch that this kind of thing feels… Onii-chan-ish. I can’t tell for sure, because everyone is so good at it.

Kano: Well, it’s ‘cause we talk so much~, so we can grasp each other’s traits.

Kido: I see. I don’t think there’ll be any more blunders from their way of speaking. Hmph.

Momo: Danchou-san, did you realize something?

Kido: Well, I’ve been curious since a while ago, but about the Shintaro who said, “Will it go that smoothly”, don’t you think they type pretty fast in the chat?

Momo: Indeed… Onii-chan types from his computer, so he’s also fast… but since earlier, one of them has been the first to respond!

??? (3): What of it?

Kido: It wouldn’t mean much if it had been once or twice, but this one is always the first to reply. The only one that can do this is the possessor of the “Stirring” power, who has a virtual body and is able to type just by having it in their mind!

??? (3): !!

Kido: Now, reveal your identity!

??? (3): AAH!!

Kido-san has kicked out ???-san.

Ene: My~, I didn’t imagine that I’d be found out by the speed with which I send chat texts! To think I’d do this… It’s a failure for my whole life!

Kido: So it really was you.

Momo: As expected of Ene-chan! You’re always by Onii-chan’s side so you were exactly like him! I couldn’t tell you apart at all~.

Ene: Well, it’s not like I’m beside him as if I were glued to him, y’know? Nursing Master is my job, after all~. He naturally rubs off on me.

Momo: But with this, it’s just two left, Danchou-san! We’ll end this soon, huh!

Kido: No, I wonder about that…

Momo: Eh?

Kido: Frankly, I had an idea that it was Kano and Ene, but who’s the other person?

???: That’s right, who’re you?

??? (2): And who’re you?

Momo: Indeed… Kano-san and Ene-chan would do something like this, but in the end, no one else among the members who seems like they would do it comes to mind.

Kido: They’re two luck-pushers, after all.

Kano: Hey, what do you mean by that?

Ene: At least call us entertainers!

Kido: Now, leaving aside Seto, Marry, Hibiya and Hiyori, the other two people who can enter and exit this chatroom are… no, wait.

Momo: Danchou-san?

Kido: Konoha has an alibi.

Momo: Eh? What do you mean?

Kido: I just came to the hideout’s living room and Konoha is sleeping here.

Momo: Ah, then he couldn’t have been chatting.

Kido: If so, there’s only one person left.

Momo: Ayano-san!

Kido: Well, Nee-chan has known Shintaro for a long time, after all. Must be easy for her to imitate the way he speaks.

??? (2): So you’re Ayano? Pretty rare for you to be doing something like that, ain’t it?

???: No, you’re Ayano, right? You’ve already been busted, so how about you give your name?

Kido: Indeed, these two have a point in what they’re saying. Judging by Nee-chan’s personality, she’ll likely give her name by the moment we get it right… I see. Until it becomes only one person, that’s how it’ll be? Let’s end this for good.

Momo: Danchou-san, could it be you already know which is the real Onii-chan!?

Kido: Don’t underestimate your leader. I’m probably not wrong.

Momo: That means it’s finally the climax, huh?! It was a long battle…

Kido: Yeah.

???: Please believe me! I’m the real Shintaro!

??? (2): I’m begging! I can’t have you say that I’m not Shintaro over something like this!

Kido: The false Shintaro is… you, the one who replied second just now!

??? (2): Hey…! Wait up! I’m the real one! For starters, you got any proof to back up that I’m a fake?!

Kido: It’s simple. You’re too Shintaro-like, so you reek of lies. You seem suspicious instead.

??? (2): No, what’s with that motive?! I wanna hurry and be done with this already!

Kido: Which is why you’re a fake! Admit it!

??? (2): Wait a min

Ayano: Everyone, you seem to be having fun, huh? What’re you doing?

Kido-san has kicked out ???-san.

Kido: Eh? Nee-chan?

Shintaro: Hey! Didn’t I tell you I was the real one?! Also, what’s with that about being “too Shintaro-like”?! It’s just that this was getting annoying!

Momo: Huh?

Kano: What’s the meaning of this? Nee-chan came before he was kicked out, right?

Ayano: Eh? What? What happened? Was I not supposed to have come here?

Ene: No, it’s not like that, but…

Momo: Erm? So this means…

Kido: Who was that… just now?

Released on November 16, 2018.
 * -|Scene 35=

''Kido and Ene gathered up in the chat. From a conversation left in the chatroom log, they start reminiscing to things from a few months back, however…?''

Mekakushi-dan Chatroom

Ene: Everyone, oissu the~re! Today, too, this hyper miraculously pretty virtual girl Ene-chan will rouse up the chatroom~!!

Kido: Aah. It’s you, Ene?

Ene: Huh, Danchou-san, isn’t there anyone but you here? You’re being a cool beauty as always, huuh. Isn’t it okay for you to at least reply with “oissu”~?

Kido: What’s that about replying with “oissu”? For starters, why did this become a thing? It’s an abominable custom.

Ene: You don’t have to be so against it… E~rm, let’s see~, it seems Master started saying this back when we started using this chatroom.

Kido: Isn’t that from over half a year ago already?

Ene: My~, thinking about it this way, we sure use this chat a lot, huh? One way or another, isn’t everyone making practical use of it~?

Kido: Indeed. I won’t deny that it’s convenient.

Ene: When the chat was opened, I’d thought that we’d soon get tired of it anyway. Unexpectedly, we make plans to go have fun in this chat and we’re enjoying it, huh~?!

Kido: This group has many members who prefer to be indoors, so that’s good sometimes. I didn’t have many chances to see the logs, but there are quite a few conversations left.

Ene: Someti~mes it’s interesting to look back on them huh~? Aah, but the first times were terrible. Master and Kano took those terrible photos in a meadow. They’re dangerous people.

Kano: Eh? You called?

Shintaro: Being popular is trouble. We end up in the center of any topic.

Ene: I didn’t call you. I’ve thought this every time, but you wait for the timing to come in, don’t you?

Shintaro: No one could talk in this chat if we were gone.

Kano: Exactly.

Kido: You guys are really free at all times.

Kano: Well~, but until now, a lot has happened, huh?

Shintaro: I get nostalgic seeing the logs.

Ene: No, in your case, isn’t it mostly dark history?

Kido: Shintaro, you… took obscene pictures in a meadow… did something foul in a park filled with flower-viewing attendees… ordered me to go to your toilet with toilet paper…

Ene: Uwawawah… that’s an unholy pervert.

Shintaro: Whoa there, can you quit using terms that create misunderstandings? Besides, Kano was with me when I took the obscene pictures.

Kano: Hold on, hold on; don’t talk like I’m an accomplice. I was just frolicking a bit back then…

Shintaro: Right, summer made us go crazy.

Ene: No, it wasn’t summer back then.

Shintaro: You say that but what about you? Don’t you have one or two examples of dark history?

Ene: No, no, I have left only tales of bravery! I swiftly rescued a helpless boy who was seeking salvage with this genius brain of mine.

Kido: And, with that as the trigger, Hibiya decided to live in the woods…

Ene: No, no, that was definitely not my fault, right!?

Kano: It was mainly Seto’s. It’s great that Hibiya-kun was able to safely go back to being a person.

Kido: He was close to leading life in the wild, after all…

Kano: Being able to talk to people who are far away the chat’s real thrill.

Shintaro: No, no, wait, wait. Ene is also supposed to have a magnificently dark history too.

Ene: Eeh~? Isn’t that impossible~?

Shintaro: What’s with that suggestive way of talking? Could it be that you…

Kano: I see. It’s also possible for her to manually erase the chat’s conversations.

Kido: Meaning that she erased her dark history herself, so to say…

Shintaro: That’s dirty…!

Ene: Huhuhu… I’m not stupid enough to leave behind any embarrassing convos. I’m not Master, after all.

Shintaro: Kuh…

Kido: But with this, it’s explained. Logs were vanishing in unnatural ways every sometimes because someone was deleting them manually.

Ene: Ah~, there are times every now and then that they disappear without a trace!

Kano: When we’re talking, too, there are times when I go, “Huh? Something’s off”.

Kido: Well, if you’re living, mysterious things are bound to happen.

Ene: That’s right~

Kano: Right~?

Shintaro: No, your level of adaptability is too high! Don’t “right~?” me. Be more bewildered.

Ene: No, you can’t say that to me. Because if I start digging into mysterious things, I’ll end up at, “What even is my existence in the first place?”

Kido: You’ve been too familiar with this form lately, to the point you’re serving as an AI assistant.

Ene: Kuuh~, spicy~!

Kano: Yo! Leader!

Shintaro: I’m numb~!

Kido: It was a joke.

Ene: Yeah, yeah, this! This is it!

Shintaro: What?

Ene: Danchou-san carefreely telling a joke like this is thanks to us continuously having conversations in this chat!

Kido: Indeed, the conversations have increased in comparison to a while ago…?

Shintaro: We might’ve grown used to these exchanges.

Kano: True, we’re all poor talkers. We can’t speak looking at the other party in the face, so these situations where we’re able to chat like this might be vital.

Kido: You talk non-stop on your own accord, don’t you?

Kano: I don’t mean that~

Kido: Well, I get what you want to say. The chat is useful. Like for asking Seto to get stuff that we forgot to buy when he’s clocking out of his part-time jobs.

Shintaro: That?

Ene: But thanks to this chat, it’s certain that we got to know unexpected sides of everyone, huh?!

Shintaro: You have a point. At first, I was like, “To think that I’d be in a chat with people I can go see anytime”, but when I look over the conversations left in the log, it makes me realize that memories pile up like this.

Ene: master’s wwwww sorrow wwwww

Shintaro: You bastard.

Kido: Now, Shintaro has summarized things with a gross feeling to it, shall I go start preparing dinner or something?

Kano: Do your best~

Kido: You should help out sometimes too.

Shintaro: Then, are we dismissed?

Ene: Huh? Everyone, you’re leaving already?

Kido: What? It’s rare for you to talk like you’re trying to stop us.

Shintaro: Even you have a bit of cuteness in yourself, huh?

Kano: We’ll soon come back either way to talk about silly stuff like always. This is what this chat is about, right?

Kido: No doubt.

Ene: Well~, this is a bit hard to say with such a timing, but…

Shintaro: What is it?

Ene: It seems this chatroom’s administration will end next week, y’know?

Kano: Eh?

Kido: Ha?

Shintaro: HAAH!?

Released on November 23, 2018.
 * -|Scene 36=

''It is the last day the chatroom is available, and Shintaro and Ene are currently inspired to put the chat into effective use, however…?

Finally, Mekakucity Talkers reaches its last chapter!!? Please be sure to check it out!!''

Mekakushi-dan Chatroom

Shintaro: Hah. I’m bored.

Ene: Nothing to do, huh?

Shintaro: We’re so bored that it’s come to the point that we’re using the chat to talk even though you’re in my computer’s screen.

Ene: This is the last straw. Just how dependant are you? Even though we won’t be able to use the chat from today on.

Shintaro: No, speaking of which, what was that about “the chatroom’s administration will end”? Wasn’t it just a long-term maintenance? You sure startled us.

Ene: But it seems no one knows when will be the next time it’ll be back to functioning, y’know? There are rumors about how it might close down just like this and there might be more modern apps by the time it returns. We might really have to bid farewell today, y’know~?

Shintaro: “Bid farewell”, you say. Won’t we just not be able to use the chat? You’re exaggerating.

Ene: Kaah! This is why Master will always be Master! If you keep that up, Master, you’ll be Master forever!

Shintaro: I’ll be me…!? Dammit… What does that mean…!?

Ene: Master, you’re really only good at playing along in the chat, huh?

Shintaro: ‘Cause it’s not like we’re talking face-to-face.

Ene: Well, I’m in Master’s computer screen right now, so the faces that Master makes when typing are perfectly visible to me.

Shintaro: Stop, stop. That’s invasion of privacy. Just what kind of embarrassing face did I end up exposing?

Ene: Your normal neutral face.

Shintaro: Kuh… Too peaceful…!

Ene: You’re too desperate to offer a laugh… Please have confidence! Master is the funniest when he’s himself!

Shintaro: Oh? Is that so? Indeed, I do have a side of me that’s like, “If you’re talking about fun, it’s Shintaro-san”.

Ene: By the way, Master, how long are we going to keep up with this meaningless conversation?

Shintaro: Ahn? Hahaah, I see. It’s you we’re talking about. You wanna do something big for the last day that we’re using the chat. This is it in short, right?

Ene: It’s helpful that you catch on quick! Since it’s at great pains our last opportunity, let’s put this chat to effective practical use!!

Shintaro: “Effective practical use”, huuh. Even if you say that, we end up using it naturally, so at this point, there’s no such thing as “practical use”.

Ene: Let’s suggest ideas! We can easily assemble everyone’s opinions into one point! That’s also the forte of group chats!

Kano: I’ve read the situation.

Shintaro: You’re… Kano!

Kano: The man who introduced this chat… Right, I’m the one who truly understands. If I don’t speak of the chat, then who will…?

Ene: As expected of the chatroom’s special corps leader! Your participation rate is enough to make one question whether you’re a permanent resident here! I have my hopes on you!

Kano: Leave it to me. Why don’t we disperse from this chatroom spectacularly?

Shintaro: Hey, don’t raise that flag.

Kano: No matter what anyone says, the charm of the chat is the quickness of the replies! Unlike with e-mails, we can enjoy conversations in real time!

Ene: It’s an iron plater, huh~

Kano: Look! Even if I send, like, 20 separate messages to Kido, who is in the room, the reply will soon—Huh? Ah. Wai—Ouch. Sto—

Kano-san has logged out.

Shintaro: Don’t withdraw the flag so fast…

Ene: It’s an immediate race, so to say; indeed, she was quick to use her hands. Let’s leave him to revive.

Kano-san has logged in.

Kano: To think that the response would come in 3D…

Shintaro: Oh, you were alive?

Kido: It’s because it’s easier to give you one hit than type out every single reply. Honestly, you’re doing ridiculous things again…

Shintaro: That “ridiculous” is upsetting. We’re only talking about helpful things.

Kido: No, for starters, advertising ways to use the chat on its last day available is something overdue at this point.

Ene: A taboo! That’s a taboo, Danchou-san!

Shintaro: We just want to engrave sparkly memories of the chatroom’s last moments!

Ene: Master’s way of putting it is gross, though! In short, that’s how it is! Danchou-san, you share your knowledge too!

Kido: No helping it. I’ve said this countless times, but being able to convey messages to multiple people is convenient. I can easily call anyone who’s free when there are limited sales of whole packs for the price of one egg.

Ene: Your housewife power is hitting the maximum, huh.

Shintaro: Mama…

Kido: Who’s “mama”?

Seto: Sometimes, in the hideout’s chatroom, only things like “eggs”, “cheap”, “free person” and “advertisement” are sent.

Shintaro: Oh~, Seto. Oissussu~

Seto: Oissussu

Kido: Seto, I always end up counting on you for errands. In that sense, you might be the person I talk in the chat with the most.

Shintaro: Well, conversations become fewer when people are living together.

Ene: The chat might be just fine for this, huh.

Kano: Seto, do you have anything for the ways of using the chat?

Seto: Let’s see. I am in touch with the people from my part-time jobs. It’s not like I see them often, so the chat’s convenient.

Kano: Wha…!? Don’t tell me…

Shintaro: That’s a lie, right…? You’re saying you’re enriching your real life…? This is an act of great betrayal!

Seto: We only talk about work, y’know!? Like about the shifts.

Kido: A woman?

Ene: It’s a woman.

Seto: wrsng you’re wrong

Kido: You having fun chatting with a lady that you got to know during a part-time job?

Seto: Misunderstanding. This is a misunderstanding. I’m not doing that.

Kido: So it’s not a woman?

Seto: I-It’s a woman, but that’s—

Marry: Fuun.

Seto: ma ma

Ene: Ah~, ah~, you should have straight-up denied it.

Kido: Marry, don’t you have anything to say?

Marry: Not particularly, no.

Seto: Oh. No. This is—

Kano: Drop it, Seto. Whatever you say now will be hard to witness.

Seto: WE REALLY ONLY TALK ABOUT WORK!!!

Ene: Ah~, yes, yes, we get it. You go thoroughly discuss this case with the Hideout Police later, ‘kay?

Kido: I’m the one in charge of the investigation.

Seto: Uugh…

Marry: Everyone, what are you talking about?

Ene: About putting the chat to effective practical use!

Shintaro: Marry also became good at typing. Anything that made you happy about using the chat?

Marry: Yup. We can talk at night. We can’t make phone calls at night, so it’s a bit convenient.

Momo: OISSU THE~RE ( ☝ ͡ ° ਊ ͡ °)☝  I’m late to join because I was reading the log! Marry-chan, you really became faster at typing~! Girl’s talk at night is so fun that we wind up accidentally staying up late!

Marry: Yup. Chatting is fun.

Shintaro: So that’s why I sometimes hear laughter leaking from Momo’s room…

Momo: Hey! Don’t listen without permission!

Shintaro: You make it audible on your own accord!

Ene: Isn’t it about time, Master, for you to make your room soundproof?

Momo: Right, right! I can’t make phone calls because I get worried about that. But for things like these, in the end, the chat’s convenient! We can have lighthearted talks with people who are far away! Like Hiyori-chan and Hibiya-kun. They somehow feel near, huh~

Shintaro: Ah, you’ve got a point.

Hibiya: Momo contacts us even when she’s got no business, huh.

Momo: Ah! Hibiya-kun!

Hibiya: It’s easier than when we get calls, though.

Momo: Don’t say unfriendly things~! Look! Even now, we seem like we’re so close by.

Hibiya: Hn, well, I actually am close by.

Momo: Eh?

Hibiya: To tell the truth, we used the consecutive holidays to come to the capital.

Shintaro: You’re physically close by.

Ene: Kinda coming in handy, huh? What did you tell your parents so that you could come over this time?

Hibiya: What’s that about telling them anything? I am simply going to take part in a workshop on the research of indigenous people who live in the depths of jungles.

Shintaro: Isn’t your forest life rubbing off on you?

Ene: Uugh… all because I rescued him from that warehouse…! He’s become an unsteady forest character…!

Shintaro: Well, but if you think about it, if your son said that he wants to go study in the big city after having lived for a while in the woods, you’d cry from joy.

Ene: You mean I’d either cry from joy or cry trying to stop him.

Hibiya: They saw me off with goodwill.

Momo: Is Hiyori-chan with you?

Hibiya: Of course!!

Konoha: Me too.

Momo: Ah~, I see, that’s why Hiyori-chan came along!

Hibiya: Can you stop talking lightly of it?

Shintaro: Konoha didn’t participate much in the chat. We did talk sometimes in a separate chatroom, though.

Ene: The two of you get along pretty plainly~, don’t you? When he comes over to the house to play, what do you normally do?

Konoha: We stare absent-mindedly at the rabbit.

Shintaro: We stare at the sky, listen to insect cries…

Ene: Can you stop saying things that give people trouble reacting to?

Shintaro: Whatever we do is up to us! Didn’t we properly go grocery shopping yesterday?

Kido: Aah, shopping for Nee-chan’s birthday stuff. That was a big help.

Ayano: Ah, could it be you’re talking about yesterday? Everyone, really, thank you for coming!

Shintaro: Oh~.

Ene: It’s been since yesterday~.

Ayano: Yup! It was lots of fun~. Everyone’s presents made me happy too.

Ene: Master pro~perly handed his present over, right?

Shintaro: Ah? You guys saw it, didn’t you? Actually, didn’t I give it to her in the same timing as everyone else?

Kido: Well, we don’t know the contents of it, after all.

Kano: We were wondering just what on Earth you’d give her~.

Momo: Ayano-san, what did you get from Onii-chan?

Ayano: About that, it’s a bit difficult to say it myself…

Kano: Hideout Police requested to dispatch.

Kido: I allow the dispatch.

Shintaro: Hey, hey, hey, wait. Eh? Why is this? I gave her a normal present, didn’t I? orotoo

Kano: Hn?

Kido: What’s up all of a sudden? You can’t escape from saying it.

Ene: Wait, Master!! Please look forward. Forward!!

Shintaro: oo ororo

Kido: The suspect seems to be messing around?

Momo: Ene-chan, did something happen?

Ene: Well, this is a slightly nostalgic happening… Master got flustered and knocked over the drink he’d left on his desk… Master’s keyboard is gone again…

Shintaro: rororororo torororororo

Kano: Wa~oh, I’ve heard about this turn of events somewhere.

Ayano: Even though today is exactly the last day we can use the chat…

Ene: Not even mail orders would arrive today, huh. Shall we just go shopping?

Momo: If you’re going to the department store, I wanna go too!

Kano: Oh, seems great~. Guess I’ll go too~.

Ene: Don’t go getting naked in the light-bulbs section and take pictures or something like that.

Kano: I WON’T!!

Hibiya: To be honest, we’re also precisely in the department store.

Hiyori: Hibiya, where are you right now? You should obediently hold the shopping bags and wait.

Hibiya: Sor—just now, I got dragged in the crowd.

Momo: Could it be that Hibiya-kun and the others got separated?

Konoha: Neither Hibiya nor Hiyori are with me.

Kido: You too?

Ene: There, there! Isn’t this a good opportunity?! Let’s use this chat at the very end! We’ll all gather in the department store! Because this chat can be used for meetings!

Momo: Roger tha~t.

Seto: Understood.

Marry: I’m looking forward to hanging out with everyone.

Kido: Since it’s been decided, each of you, commence preparations. We’ll contact one another about the time later.

Ayano: Ye~s.

Konoha: We’ll be waiting.

Ene: Looks like everyone will be coming. That’s great, right, Master?

Shintaro: rororo

Ene: Could you leave a few words at least in the end?! I’ll type in your stead! Everyone! Let’s meet again later~!

Shintaro: Well, then, see you all.