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She enrolls in Hasunosora Girls’ High School, though it turns out to be far from the environment she imagined.
Translation: Luna_LL | Proofreaders: Eagles & zura | YouTube Subs: Denzi | Site & YouTube Graphics: Epikkyu
I’m Hinoshita Kaho, and starting today, I’ll be a first-year at Hasunosora Girls’ High School!
I left my hometown and came to the big city of Kanazawa! My new story will begin this spring!
I’ll be living in a dormitory, so my mom and dad won’t be there! No one’ll be watching over me or telling me what to do!
Nothing will get in the way of my dream!
I’ll be able to blossom here!
…Huh?
Um, do I know you?
Nope! Oh, but we’re both first-years, right?
Look, see? I’m also going to Hasunosora! It’s nice to meet you!
Y-you sure talk a lot…
Yup! I feel so free right now!
For the longest time, I’ve been cooped up at home… but now, I’m finally free!
Right…
Anyway, if you’ll excuse me…
Hey, wait! Where are you going!?
Huh!? Come on, we should talk some more~!
We ended up sitting next to each other on the same bus, after all! This must be fate!
I wouldn’t call that ‘fate’…
Hey, what’s your name?
…Murano Sayaka…
Um, Hinoshita-san.
You can call me Kaho, Sayaka-chan! ♡
…Kaho-san. Can I tell you something?
Okay.
I’m sorry, but I don’t really plan on making friends at school…
I doubt you would have any fun if you associate yourself with me…
Oh, okay! Um… do you have trouble making friends…?
That’s not what I mean!
Don’t worry about it! You’re really cute, so I’m sure you’ll be able to make lots of friends in no time, Sayaka-chan!
Oh, by the way, do you know much about Kanazawa Station, Sayaka-chan?
I got dropped off there at 4:00 this morning, so I got to look around, and
I found some whole wheat French toast there!
I thought I was too harsh when I rejected you earlier, but seriously, don’t you talk too much!?
Weren’t you cooped up at home for a while!?
If you’re this energetic, you must be having a lot of fun, right, Sayaka-chan?
Excuse me! Would someone care to switch seats with me!?
Ahhh, the weather’s so nice today~.
…haa… It’s usually cloudy in Kanazawa, so this is quite unusual.
You know, having a bus take us there from the station is such a private school thing! I’ve been looking forward to going to school here for a long time~.
I see… It is a pretty famous school for the arts, after all.
Do you also have experience in that, Hinoshita-san?
Hm? Not really?
Not really, huh… So that means you passed the entrance exam, then.
Wait, isn’t that pretty amazing?
I reeeaaally studied hard for it! I haven’t even seen what the main school building looks like!
I figured it’d be more exciting that way!
Um, why go to all this trouble to go to Hasunosora?
So my mom, right? Ah, my parents are really overprotective.
But because Hasunosora is a boarding school, she said I could leave home to go there!
I’m finally, finally free!
Uh… Free, huh…
And that’s why I’m sure my dreams will finally come true at Hasunosora!
I have a big dream. I want to blossom…!
T-this is Hasunosora…!?
Wow, there’s a pancake castle, and there’s a crepe shop I saw on TV, too!
Oh, Sayaka-chan, there’s a really nice place over there!
The people walking here look like celebrities… S-so these are high school students…!
Kanazawa’s incredible! Wow… Wow!
Wow… Oh, all-you-can-eat French toast…
Kaho-san, we’re here. Kaho-san?
Hwa–? Huh, did I fall asleep!?
Sorry, and thanks, Sayaka-chan. Thank… you?
So, um… did we miss our stop and end up in the middle of nowhere?
No.
This right here… is Hasunosora Girls’ High School.
Wha… Why is it in the mountains!?
Dorm Mother:
Thus, surrounded by such lush nature, you will learn strict discipline and a firm sense of tradition.
Dorm Mother:
Am I clear? To repeat, discipline and tradition. Should one of these be lacking, it would reflect poorly on you as a Hasunosora girl.
Dorm Mother:
We also kindly ask that you strictly adhere to the dormitory curfew. The mountain paths are completely unlit at night, so they are very dangerous.
Dorm Mother:
A bus to Kanazawa Station will come once per weekend. Please take this time to purchase any items you may need.
Dorm Mother:
However, you will need to submit a request to leave the school and obtain official permission in advance. You are not allowed to leave freely. Please keep this in mind.
Why~!?
…Haa…
Wait, huh!?
……
Um… Kaho-san? You’re Kaho-san, right?
Oh…
Hi, Sayaka-chan… So we ended up in the same class… Yay… Ahaha…
Haha… haaa…
W-what’s gotten into you? What happened to all that energy from yesterday…?
Sayaka-chan, haven’t you heard that man cannot live by bread alone…? People can’t live without hope…
…I was sure that I would definitely blossom here at this school, but it’s just been rules, rules, and more rules… At this rate, I’ll wilt…
Oh, by the way, I’m sorry, Sayaka-chan… I was so forceful and rude even though we hadn’t met before…
I’ll stop bothering you from now on, so… Sorry…
Ugh, alright! That’s enough about that! I’m sorry, okay!?
Look, um, today after school, they’re hosting a club fair!
Clubs, huh… Do you think that if I found something, hope would flow into this prison of a school?
I don’t know about that. But, nothing will change unless you actually do something about it!
Look, I’ll even go with you!
Huh… you will? Are you sure!?
Even just looking at you while you’re like this is so annoying!
I see… You’re so nice, Sayaka-chan… You’re healing my broken heart… Oh, I’m gonna cry…
What is up with you!? Geez...
We’ve gone around the school, but there really isn’t anything here…
It feels like… like all this place has is the forest and the mountains. The only thing that comes to mind when I think of it is the road up the mountain.
There’s a school store on-campus, and it looks like you can get everything you need there.
So um, did you really enroll at Hasunosora without knowing anything about it?
… When I was a little girl, I was really frail. So my family would always worry about me.
Oh, I was fine by the time I went to grade school! But even so, my mom would still worry about me.
She’d drop me off and pick me up from school, every day. I had a strict curfew.
I couldn’t really play with my friends. It’s just, I really, really don’t want to go back to living like that!
Were you a sheltered child, Kaho-san?
Oh, no, nothing like that!
It’s just that…I negotiated with my parents for so long…!
And finally, I found the way to enroll here at Hasunosora!
I planned to give up once and for all if I didn’t get in, to just listen to them and stop bothering them.
But, I did it! I managed to pass! And yet… and yet!
For a long time, I’ve wanted to blossom.
You mentioned that earlier…
Yeah.
While you’re walking down the street, you can’t help but look at the flowers, right?
I was always so jealous of them. Seeing my friends do whatever they wanted looked so beautiful to me.
I thought that, if I could live freely, the way I want to live, I could blossom too.
So you came to this school for a change of scenery?
Yeah. I wanted to leave the house, and get to do what I want to do, and finally spend time having fun…
…But here, everything is this school. There isn’t anything but the school. I don’t want more of the same, just spending every day studying…
Kaho-san…
You know, I… I also came to this school for many reasons, just like you.
So I understand how you feel about not being able to do what you want to do, at least a little.
Really…? You too, Sayaka-chan…?
Yes. I also came to Hasunosora to change myself.
So… I hope you find something fun here, Kaho-san.
Sayaka-chan… You’re right. Thank you.
Just like you said, I can’t just sit here and wait for change.
Kaho-san?
Yeah, I think I get it now!
If I want a change of scenery, then I’ve gotta make the first move! That’s what you mean, right!?
S-sure, I guess.
Alright! I’m gonna do something amazing!
Thanks, Sayaka-chan! We might’ve only known each other for a short time, but I hope we can continue to be friends!
Hey, Kaho-san!
Well, there she goes. She’s almost like a light bulb, either on or off…
Hm? Is that…?
~~♪
…School Idol Club?
That’s right, I don’t have to behave and wait patiently. I have my own path and a bright future ahead of me!
So to get there, first I have to…
Run away from this school!
I’ll be free! Let’s do it~!