25 October

They walk to school together. Manaka asks Kenji if he has notice the old man watching them practice. Kenji replies that he has, and he notes that the old man was smiling while watching them play. It seems that he knows someone in the tennis team. Maybe his grandchild is in the team. Kenji notes that the old man seems to be mostly looking at Manaka. She does not remember the old man. However, she finds the old man’s gazing at the tennis ball amusing. Like a cat chasing a spot of light, she says. Manaka adds that the old man was already gone by the time she was about to approach him. They old hands and kiss as they walk to school. Just as they always do.

His last exam for the season ended in epic failure.

Sigh. Even maxing out his stats in intelligence was not enough.

He calls Manaka out for a short date to celebrate the end of exams for this season. They meet at the back of the school.

The mini-data for the map says that it is not a place where many students go to. Also, it requires the most mana points (Puns relating to Kenji's girlfriend are not accepted) out of all locations in school.

Since there is no one there, Kenji takes the opportunity to kiss Manaka.

Seems like the best way to avoid getting huge blue hearts is to only use two fingers to hold the stylus to prevent pressing down too hard.

After returning to their respective classrooms, Manaka sends a text to Kenji, saying that time always seems to fly by every time they meet.

That’s cute.

They walk home together. After a period of silence, Kenji breaks the silence and asks Manaka what’s up. Manaka replies that there is nothing up actually.

Normally I would start suspecting something, but it is possible that there really is nothing up.

Another awkward silence occurs until Kenji asks if Manaka was looking at him, to which Manaka asks so what if she was looking at him.

They hold hands and kiss before parting ways.

Kenji goes to work, where the manager asks him about the new menu item. The manager found Kenji’s suggestions solid and praised him for it. Since he was already there, he calls Manaka out for a short while at the restaurant he works at.

I’m sure this is against company policy in real life, but I don’t give a shit.

He tries to see if Manaka would agree to him calling her by her given name, but was rejected. For now he would have to stay with calling her by her surname, Takane.

Not my fault all the options were the same (愛花) in the translation. For all I know all the options were actually different in the original and the one I chose could have been really too informal for her taste but the subtle nuances didn’t translate well into Chinese.

They kiss outside the restaurant before parting ways.

I was having that sinking feeling that I was going to see a repeat of yesterday, but fortunately this did not happen. Probably because it was outside a restaurant and having a prolonged kissing session there is way more awkward than having a prolonged kissing session at the fountain park.

During the evening, Kenji has some coffee at the local cafe. He remarks that the Jamaican coffee is good.

Before he goes to sleep, he receives a text from Manaka saying that she hopes the date tomorrow would make them closer. Kenji expresses his eagerness to meet her, and Manaka says the same as well. He reminds himself that he should not be late for tomorrow. As he drifts off to sleep, he imagines Manaka saying to him 「店長を呼んで！」(Call the manager over!)

I’ll see what I can manage. Considering I woke up at 0910 this morning, I can’t guarantee anything.

Vielleicht soll ich für die folgenden Tage auf Deutsch dokumentieren. Dann kann ich mein Deutsch üben.