Chapter 11 - Forced and Artificial ‘Boy Meets Girl’

Takahashi Shouta-kun (14), second year junior high school student living in the Adachi district of downtown Tokyo, is the when I was caught off guard by Kaburagi-san, who had intentionally stopped time in order to enter the store unnoticed, causing me to jump out of my seat. How embarrassing.

For quite a while afterwards, Kaburagi-san had an absurdly broad grin on her face.

Footnotes:

1: People who don’t participate in extracurriculars after school are said to be part of the going home/go-home club, since it’s assumed that they go home right after school.

2: Takane no hana no (高嶺の花の). Expression for a woman that’s out of one’s league or something that’s unattainable.

3: Snack that’s made of dried squid ⇒ Dried Shredded Squid