The start message of the day is 「金曜日だよ！ちょっとワクワクするね！」
The two walk to school together, as
expected.
愛花：ね、質問。
健二；ん？
愛花：小学生の頃から不思議だったんだけど…どうして男の子は掃除の時間になると元気になっちゃうの？
健二：そういや、そうかもな。
愛花：チャンバラごっこ、始めたりするじゃない？あと野球ごっことか。その勢いで掃除をしてくれれば、早く片付くのに。
健二：ハハッ、確かに。
愛花：どうすれば掃除に興味が向くのかな？何かいい案、ない？
健二：むしろ、一緒に楽しんじゃうとか？男側の心理に近づいて真相を探る！名探偵・愛花！
愛花：…適当なこと言って、もういいです。
健二：（なかなかいい案だと思うんだけどなー）
New feature: Study sessions. Let’s see
what the game has to say.
お勉強会のコマンドが出現しています。１週間以内に使用しないと消えてしまいますので注意してください。
During recess…
愛花：健二くん。一つだけ、聞いていい？
健二：うん。いいけど？
愛花：ね、質問。デートするとしたら、どういう場所に行きたい？
健二：そうだなぁ…。落ち着けるところ、かな。
愛花：ふぅん…どうして？
健二：そうりゃ、マナカとのんびりできるから？
愛花：最後のハテナは余計です。ふふっ、でも、了解。落ち着けるところ、ね？
Manaka calls him on his phone. She wants
to go out on a date with him this Sunday.
Damn. Beaten to the punch again.
Manaka suggests the bowling alley, which
he accepts. He suggests meeting up at 0900, since that is the only time his
wingman is free. They decide to meet up at the small park.
During lunch break…
愛花：健二くん。一つだけ、聞いていい？
健二：うん。いいけど？
愛花：ね、質問。デートするとしたら、どういう場所に行きたい？
Wait a minute, isn’t that the same question as just
now? I’ll just give the same answer as before.
[conversation truncated]
It’s late afternoon, and it’s time for a
study session with Manaka. I wonder how the questions will be like.
健二：勉強でわからにとこがあるんだけど、一緒に勉強しない？
愛花：じゃあ、わたしのお部屋で教えてあげる、なんて。
The two walk together to Manaka’s house
for their study session.
愛花：男の子がお部屋に入るの、初めてなの…緊張しちゃう。
健二：（そんなこと言われたら、おれまでドキドキするの…）
Yeah… completely didn’t quite get the concept of
teenagers in a room together without anything weird going on. Maybe I’m too
Westernised.
They go to Manaka’s room. It is
beautifully furnished.
愛花：そんなところ、見ないの。ふふっ、仕方ない人。はい、どうぞ。楽にしてね？
…
愛花：じゃあ、問題出すね？全問正解でご褒美あげるから、頑張って。はい、始めますよ？ふふ！
問題１・１：コインを２枚投げて、どちらか１枚がすでに表と分かっている時、もう１枚が表の確率を求めなさい。（2/3 or 1/3）
I never quite understood it until I read the
translation, but it is actually a variation of the Monty Hall problem. In that
case, the matching face will occur ½ the time of the different face. 1/3 is the
correct answer.
After a long period of thinking, he
finds the correct answer.
Haven’t done that in a long time. Maybe 4 years?
愛花：では、次の問題です。
問題１・２：温度が一定の時、一定量の気体の体積は、圧力に反比例すると言われる法則は何？（ボイルの法則／シャルルの法則）
TL: What is P1V1=P2V2?
(Boyle’s Law/Charles’ Law)
That was easy. It’s Boyle’s Law definitely.
Kenji aces this question again.
問題１・３：百年戦争の後にイギリスで始まった内乱を何という？（ばら戦争／フス戦争）
TL: What was the civil war in England
after the Hundred Years’ War called? (Wars of the Roses/Hussite Wars)
I’m pretty sure Hussars are continental Europe. It
should be Wars of the Roses, I guess.
Kenji gets it right again.
Yep.
愛花：ふふっ、良く出来ました♥。約束どおり、お褒美あげちゃおうかな。少しだけまってて…？
…
愛花：待たせて、ごめんね？喜んで欲しくて…。こんなわたしは、イヤ？
Manaka shows up in a Santa costume.
In the mood for Christmas, aren’t we?
…and they kiss.
I totally did not see this coming. /s
Manaka asks if Kenji is up for another round,
which he agrees to.
愛花：…ね、もう１回テストする？そしたら別の服も見せてあげるけど…
健二：もちろん！
愛花：…うん、じゃあ、頑張ってね？はい、はじめますよ？ふふ！
問題２・１：以下の慣用詞の正しい訳を言えなさい。”It rains cats and dogs” （土砂降りの雨が降る／今も雨が降りそう）
I’m familiar with the sentence in English (duh), but I
am not so familiar with what the answers mean. However, I think the first one
is correct, since土砂降りの雨 means a downpour,
Kenji aces the question again.
It’s correct!
問題２・２：次のうち、一般的に微分積分法の最初の発見に関わっていないといえる言えるのは誰か？（オイラー／ニュートン）
TL: Who was the first to discover
calculus? Who was not among the
first to discover calculus? (Euler/Newton)
Newton discovered it, Euler expanded on it. Nearly got
caught by the関わっていないと. Sneaky bastards.
問題２・３：四字熟語の問題です。「傍で見ていると、真相がよくわかる」という意味の四字熟語を答えなさい。（岡目八目／一知半解）
My gut tells me真相がよくわかる is not consistent with一知半解. Also, I will need to check what岡目八目 means.
Kenji nails the question again.
For answering all three questions
correctly again, Manaka changes to another outfit. This time, she changes to a
more casual attire.
愛花：…この格好のままでも…嫌いにならないでくれる？
… And they kiss… Again.
Manaka asks if Kenji is up for yet
another round, which he agrees to.
Man, I hope 25 minutes is enough.
問題３・１：次の実験結果で正しいものはどれか。「卵白に食酢を加える」（固まる／赤くなる）
TL: Egg white + vinegar. What happens? (hardens/becomes
red)
Way too easy. It hardens.
問題３・２：わたしの好きな動物はなんでしょう？（シュモクザメ／ウサギ）
TL: What is my (Manaka’s) favourite
animal? (Hammerhead shark/rabbit)
Too easy. That’s her profile pic.
問題３・３：劉邦によって建てられた「前漢」の都は？（長安／洛陽）
TL: What was the capital of the Western
Han dynasty that was founded by Liu Bang? (Chang’an/Luoyang)
Nice. A Chinese History question. Awesome. My
intuition says Chang’an, but I’ll still have to confirm it.
Kenji gets this question correct as
well.
Well, I can officially say I don’t have knowledge
comparable to a Japanese high school student. I only managed to get through 1
of the 8 schoolwork-based questions without requiring further confirmation.
As promised, Manaka changes her attire.
To the school PE attire.
… And they kiss. Again.
愛花：これなら、安心。先生した甲斐があったかな？なんて。もうこんな時間…お開き時間、かな…。ちょっとおかしなお勉強会になっちゃったね。
健二：時々なら、こういうのもいいんじゃないか？
It’s time to go. Manaka comments on how
it was a weird study session.
Yes, very weird indeed. Two in-love teenagers alone in
the same room and the reward for answering the questions correctly is to see
the girl in a different outfit. I would have thought something even weirder was
happening if I weren't privy to it.
As he returns home to sleep, he thinks
to himself that it was fun studying with Manaka, and he hopes he will have
another opportunity for another round.
マナカの部屋での勉強会楽しかったな。またできるといいな。
As he drifts off to sleep, he imagines
Manaka telling him: その謎をとく鍵は、郵便受けの中だよ。
TL: “The key to this mystery is in the
mailbox.”
It’s a mystery as to what she meant.
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