Whispering You a Love Song Official Comic Anthology
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Yuama - Himari's Happy Dream
Yukiko - Balance Game
Aonoshimo - YoriHima Reincarnation RTA!?
Utatane Yuu - Repeat Sign
Nekotarou - No Match for the Childhood Friend
Mukunoki Nanatsu - Ukelele and Senpai
Itou Hachi - Welcome to the Cookery Research Club
Winuwi - Love, Affection, Ice-cream.
Shikushiku - Full Speed Towards You
Torii Shizuku - To My Beloved You
Haruhana Aya - Cookery Club and Maid Outfits.
Aotsubaki Toto - Rain, Umbrellas, and You.
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Himari's Happy Dream - Yuama
I can't sleep.
Rise up.
There's no way I could sleep with Kino-san next to me.
Mmm~...
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So cute...
Now that I think about it, just getting to see her sleeping face is amazing...
Mm...
...Yori...senpa...
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Fu...
I might be luxurious when she wakes up too.
...I wonder what she's dreaming about.
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Mm...
Huh...?
What am I doing in a place like this?
It's all white...
Yori-senpai is...
Ah.
Yori-senpa~...
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Kino-san?
!?
Y-Yori-senpai...!? S-Sho kyute...
smol
Hawaaaah
But why are you so small...?
Nwah!?
Nya~
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Sorry, Kino-san...
Hey now.
You can't step on Kino-san like that...
Kyooote!
Are you okay, Kino-san?
I'm fine.
Hm?
Which means
there are two small Yori-senpais...!?
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What is this!?
A prank...!? No no.
Kino-san.
I love you~
Y-Yori-senpai!?
Me too~
Kino-san is cute.
Fwah.
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I-
Is this Heaven...?
Wait.
When did all these other Yori-senpais get here!?
Kino-san...
It's Kino-san~
~...
~
Kino-san is mine~
Waaah
The Yori-senpais are fighting with each other.
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Please don't fight, Yori-senpais~!
Wah~ Wah Wah
What do I do...?
Himari.
Yori-senpa-...
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I love you,
Himari.
Yo-...
mm
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Hah...
Phwah
~~~Yo-
Yori-senpa-...
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Th-
The Yori-senpais are watching~!!
Yori-senpai... This is embarrassing...
One Yori-senpai, two Yori-senpai...
Seriously, what is she dreaming about...!?
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Balance Game - Yukiko
Yori-senpai, let's play the balance game!
Balance game?
What's that?
It's where you choose between A and B!
(Karaoke)
I wanted... to know more about you, Yori-senpai.
Alright.
Let's do it.
Yay~!
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Which do you prefer, cats or dogs?
This'll be easy~
Naturally.
Cats!
What else?
I've known that answer since long ago.
Hehe
...But I have started to like dogs a little lately.
Eh? Why is that?
Well...
Cute.
It's because Kino-san is like a dog.
What's next?
Erm~
Do you like your lover to have nice-smelling hair or nice-smelling lips?
The heck does that mean?
Hahaha
So they have those kinds of questions too!
There's no way I'd think about that.
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You smell pretty nice, Kino-san.
Wha- S-Stop that!
Haha
Cute<3
Ah.
How about this then?
No kisses for a month
or no hugs for a month?
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Uuh...
From when...?
If I said I didn't want to give up either for a month,
would you give me both?
Of course I would.
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YoriHima Reincarnation RTA!? - Aonoshimo
One day, YoriHima opened their eyes
and found themselves in an isekai fantasy!
Where are we?
I'm pretty sure I was having a home date with you, Kino-san.
Yori-senpai!
There's "reincarnation" written in the title!
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YoriHima... Can you hear me?
I am speaking directly to your minds right now.
Wah!
I can hear something!
I am the god who rules over this anthology.
In this world, you are students studying magic.
In this school fantasy world, the two of you
must tear down the "villainess" flag.
Vill...?
Here, here!
Ah!
I know this!
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It's one of those stories where a rich girl who's destined to meet a grisly end
diverts from the original scenario to change her fate.
Amazing.
You're so knowledgeable, Kino-san.
Ehe~
I've been reading that kind of manga lately.
Woah. Something came up.
Ah! They have this kind of thing too, huh?
Status...?
I guess it's something like personal information?
How convenient~
Let's see. My occupation is...
commoner.
Hmm. And mine is...
n-noble daughter...?
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Which means
Yori-senpai is the villainess!?
In other words...
that thing we have to do something about
is my flag!?
If you succeed, I'll return you to the world you came from.
Well then, I'm counting on you.
Yori-senpai is nothing like a villainess though~!
Hah~
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That being said, we're lacking in information.
What the heck are we supposed to do...?
...Kino-san?
What's with that pose?
When you think of villainess manga,
you think
love!
The villainess who knows not of love
is taught about real love
and slowly but surely changes her fate...
So with that said, go ahead!
Fall in love with me.
Eh...? S-Sure...
In that case...
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...Isn't this
what we usually do?
Nothing's happening.
I see.
We're already dating, so...
Hmmm~
The prerequisite is wrong to begin with.
I-In that case, we could try this instead!
The villainess hits her betrothed with a letter breaking off their engagement!
Rising up from a breakup is exhilirating.
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Okay, Yori-senpai. Go ahead and...
D-D-Don't hit me with one~
Don't worry. That's the one thing I'll never do.
I can't protect Senpai like this.
What do I do...?
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...I don't really understand stuff
like isekai or fantasy,
but no matter what world we're in, I'll sing for you, Kino-san.
...That's it!
Eh?
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The villainess, who is despised by the populace,
gives her all for the people
and is reborn as a girl who is beloved by all...!
With magic, we won't need any instruments.
Let's deliver your song to this world, Senpai!
I-Is this going to work...?
Knowing you, Senpai, it definitely will!
And so,
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as Yori-senpai began to sing,
she gathered friends one after another...
Kya~
Waaah...
WAAAH
and in this world with no band festivals,
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Isekai SS Girls
proved to be a big hit!
Uuh...
Yori-senpai is so far away.
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This must be how it feels when an indies band goes to the majors.
I'm happy but conflicted at the same time.
No, I'm right next to you.
Aki Mi Zuguchi
Yeah yeah.
You're splendid enough to be here backstage, right?
But still, bands sure are fun!
Happy happy harpy~
It certainly is a novel experiment.
Ajin~
Nobody had heard such music outside of an orchestra before.
Y'know, these members
look awfully familiar. Identical, even.
Even in another world, birds of a feather...
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I hear royalty snuck into our concert the other day.
Yeah. We're gonna be going on tour to the neighboring kingdom.
The war's been put on hold too.
For real!?
We're a symbol of peace!
Hmm...
My idea should've changed the villainess' fate long ago.
Now that you mention it, we're not back in our original world.
We must be missing something.
To be more specific,
we need to tear down a flag...
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Hey, that's...
She's returned from the neighboring kingdom!
It's Shiho Izuumi-sama!
...Huh? Don't tell me.
A-Aki-senpai.
You got a moment?
Eh? What is it?
Sh-Shiho...!?
A-Aki...
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...You're back, huh?
Yeah. A lot happened...
...Mind if we talk for a bit?
Ooh...! So precious...!
This is just what I wanted to see.
Hah
In other words...
the villainess...
Thank you, YoriHima.
I shall now return you to your world.
wasn't me...
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I just had the weirdest dream...
Huh...?
Fwah
Did I fall asleep?
Afu
...Kino-san.
Would it be okay
if I read this manga too?
Eh?
Of course!
But I thought you didn't read much manga, Senpai.
Hmm, I figured I may as well
for future reference...
?
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Repeat Sign - Utatane Yuu
...Ah.
So this... is where this was.
Ah, I'm so nervous.
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The concert's in two days~ I'm so nervous.
Get a hold of yourself.
~~~...
Here's a good luck charm...
So I bought this thinking I'd give it to her,
but I never did in the end...
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I ended up bringing it with me,
but what am I supposed to do with it after all this time...?
Shiho~
!?
Whatcha looking at?
I-
It's nothing!
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Come on. Let's go to our next class.
Eh~?
~~~
Huh? It's Shiho-senpai and Aki-senpai!
Senpa-~...
...!
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Huh...?
...It's gone.
Gone! Gone!
The hairpin's nowhere to be found...
Did it slip out of my pocket?
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Hah...
...Well, it was something I never gave her anyway...
Why do I always lose these things...?
Ah, there you are!
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Something wrong?
No.
It's nothing...
Of all the bad timing.
Doesn't look that way to me.
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...That...
Why do you have that hairpin!?
Oh, so this was yours, Shiho.
Himari-chan brought it to me during the break.
Um, here...
Did you drop this, Aki-senpai?
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I thought it might've been Shiho-senpai's, but
for some reason, this hairpin... seems like it'd suit you a lot, Aki-senpai.
...is what she said.
...
...Hmm.
So I borrowed it!
How do I look?
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...That's right.
I did lose it, but...
You can have it.
Eh?
...It found its way back, after all.
...What's that supposed to mean?
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Not telling.
Once again,
as many times as it takes.
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No Match for the Childhood Friend - Nekotarou
There there~
You're so cute~
Ma-chan, heya~
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You cheater.
Eh~!?
I was just playing with her~
Eh~n
That's what a cheater would say.
Ehehe~ It's like a soap opera~♪
Tachibana Kaori.
What is it~?
You're always sweet on Kino Himari too.
You "love" small things and think they're "cute", after all.
Hmm~
That's right~
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So the reason you carry around a photo of me from when I was a kid
is because of "that"...?
Loli...
No!!
Himahima and kitty cats are cute,
and I love little Ma-chan too~
But...
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this kind of "love"
is just for the current Ma-chan.
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What about you, Ma-chan?
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Stay!
Mmgh!?
Ma-chan, you meanie~!
You pushed it too far.
Wah~
Everyone will be here soon.
Ma-chan!
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What is...
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I told you not to push it!
I held back and only went for the cheek~
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Ukelele and Senpai - Mukunoki Nanatsu
I hear a sound.
The sound I love.
Yori-senpai's singing.
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Ah.
Kino-san.
...
Kino-san?
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Yori-senpai got bigger!
I-It's your growing period...!
Ahaha.
You got it all wrong.
It's this that's smaller.
It's an instrument called a ukelele.
Mizuguchi said she found it in her house and brought it with her.
It's pretty fun to play, but people would laugh since it doesn't suit me, so I'm playing it here.
Heh~
I see.
...
Yeah.
Yeah.
Wh-What is it?
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Don't worry!
You're borderline cool!
Borderline, huh?
What kind of instrument is it?
It has fewer strings and is softer...
so like, an easier guitar?
So it's basically a cute guitar!
Eh?
Hmm, I guess cute stringed instrument would be more appropriate?
It sure is small and cute~
...
Wanna try it?
Eh!?
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I-I don't know how to play!
You should be able to do a simple song.
I'll teach you.
...
If you say so, Yori-senpai,
then just for a little bit...
How was that?
Was I cool?
Yeah, very cool.
Cute.
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Erm~
You don't have your fingers like this.
Like this.
You mean here?
That's it.
But a little more force into it.
Kay...
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I did it!
!?
Yori-senpai?
What's wrong?
It's nothing.
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I know.
When I get good enough at this, let's put on a concert together!
With me on the ukelele too?
Yeah!
We'll call everyone to listen to us.
That sounds fun.
That's not the ukelele I brought with me. What gives?
I bought this for the future.
What future!?
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Welcome to the Cookery Research Club - Itou Hachi
Yori-senpai!!
Welcome to the cookery research club~!!
I'm so happy you came over to the cookery club, Yori-senpai~♪
I didn't have any plans after school, so I figured I'd check it out.
Well, since you're here, how about you try making some simple snacks?
Eh?
You sure?
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But can I pull it off?
I wanna eat your handmade snacks, Yori-senpai!!
How about cookies?
Simple Snacks
Just Mix!! Tasty SnacksHoho...
A simple recipe... I might be able to make this one.
If all I have to do is mix and bake.
Here!! You can borrow this apron.
Thanks.
Let's start with the measurements.
Wheat flour - 170g
Almond powder - 30g
One egg yolk
Sugar - 70g
Unsalted butter - 100g
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Y'know...
Isn't there too much sugar in this? It doesn't need to be that sweet, so let's half it.
I wanna make it lighter as well, so let's decrease the butter too...
Eep!
Yori-senpai, are you looking down on snackmaking?
That's the problem with amateurs.
Hah...
Eh... Sorry.
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Ignore your gut and follow the recipe exactly, please.
Mix the softened butter well until it's glossy.
Add the sugar and stir gently.
Yes, ma'am...Recipes
Add the egg yolk and almond powder,
and fold in the wheat flour.
The cookies will become hard if you stir the batter too much, so be careful.
Fold...?
It's just mixing, but it's pretty difficult.
And snackmaking requires a lot of power, huh?
I'm getting kinda tired...
I know! I'll cheer you on with a song, Yori-senpai!
A song...?
Yeah! It's an impromptu one, though...
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Your songs always give me encouragement, Senpai,
so for today, I want to encourage you too!!
Please listen to my cheering song
for Yori-senpai
Kya~ You're so lovely, Hima-chan~<3
Do your best
Do your best, Yori-senpai
Ah soreA song just for me.
I'm looking forward to Senpai's cookies, ah yoisho
Thank you, Kino-san...
I'm sure it'll be really delicious, yoyoi no yoi
But...
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Why on Earth
is it a bon odori song...?Do your best, do your best, Yori-senpai
It's the do your best, Senpai song
Ah sore Ah yoisho
yoyoi no yoi
Delicious cookies
Enya soi soi
I'm excited
Asanagi-senpai!! We need to cut the cookies quickly before the dough weakens!!
Ah, right!
Is the over preheated?
Erm...
H-Hold on a minute...
Like this?
We've got cat-shaped cookine cutters<3
Using a cutter should make it tidy, but this is hard...
The oven is preheated.
Wah~
Wait, wait!
Uwah~!!
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They're done...!!
Ooh~
They're a little scorched... but they actually look cookie-shaped...!
I'm so moved that you baked them successfully~
Let's give them a taste right away<3
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...They don't
taste that great.
So you've noticed it, Yori-senpai...
The question of "isn't it tastier, cheaper and quicker to just buy them?"...
Cookies don't taste that great straight out of the over to begin with...
Everyone who makes snacks faces that question at least once.
Eh?
When what's the point of making handmade snacks...?
Researching the meaning... behind that question
is what the cookery RESEARCH club is for...!!!
Is that so...?
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Love, Affection, Ice-cream. - Winuwi
Marota~ I have school today~
Why are you acting so spoiled today~...?
Back off for a moment...
Nya
...He's not letting go!
Now that I look closely, his eyes are slanted!
Nyan~
He's unleashing his wild side!
Would it be too out of season to call him a scarf...? Probably, yeah...
Hmm... I can't just bring him to the classroom... What do I do...?
Huh? Kino-san?
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I see we have two kittens here.
With the rising sun, my love also starts to rise, I just can't help myself... (Too many syllables.)
Fufu. You're so cute that I ended up reciting a haiku. It's all your fault for being too cute, Kino-san.
Oho...eh!?
For some reason, Yori-senpai is acting weird.
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Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Yori-senpai!?
Fufu... They say an early morning is worth three mon, but this was worth a million goku. I'll have to do my tax return. [tn: mon = 2.4cm, goku = 180.39 litres]
Actually, that's pretty much the budget of a country. Guess I'll just make a country.
Awawawawah!
A country is thinking too fast... A country!?
The Republic of Himarin. That has a nice ring to it. Okay, I'll make the national anthem...
...Huh?
The voice of my heart is speaking as is!
A-As is?
Sorry for saying such weird stuff, Kino-san. I'm getting attacked by something...
My lover is too cute...
oh... yeah... love me tender
Wait, what the heck am I saying
~!?!
Yori-senpai
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Somebody help! Yori-senpai is...!!
I'm like, y'know, totally weird right now!
Good morning, Asanagi Yori. Welcome, Kino Himari.
Sorry to be sudden,
There~ there there there<3
Mmma~chan<3 Who's a good girl<3
but could you do something about this stray hound?
Save me qui-
Ma~~chan<3
Aaah~
Ah!
Kao, hey, wai-
UWOOOOOOAH
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Tachibana Kaori's been like "this" since this morning.
She's been acting like this from the moment we met up to right now.
What's that on your head?
An anti-brainwashing tinfoil hat.
Tinfoil Hat: A magical hat that protects the wearer from mind control. Was apparently invented 100 years ago.
Marota and Yori-senpai are the same!
Ma~~rota
So this is the fabled Kino Marota... How cute.
Thank you!(?)
If it was just Asanagi Yori acting weird, I would've just passed it off as her bragging, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Oi.
I think something has "infiltrated" their cerebral limbic systems.
There must be some reason why these two... and the cat fell in "love" at the same time...
There should be a common link.
What were Asanagi Yori and Kino Marota doing last night?
I was... studying while watching S-Station and fell asleep...
You're gonna catch a cold.
Hey.
Before I went to bed, Marota...
was watching MYTUBE!
Processing
Hmm.
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The cause is likely... "Mambo Cider"'s song "Subliminal Learning".
I love you!!
I love you, baby!!
I love you!!
I so love you!
Even if the world betrays you, I swear to love you
I love you!! I love you, baby!!
They put you two and the cat under some kind of hypnosis.
The hyper positive rock band who shouts for love and wishes for peace...
"Mambo Cider".
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105 instances of the word "love", 56 of "like", and 73 of "adore". Put them together and that's effectively 256 instances of "love".
The lyrics are practically nothing but l-"love"...!?
They packed in so much love that it's practically a rap song.
They probably haven't heard that word directly so many times in a row... so they didn't have any immunity...
A kind senpai who wouldn't poke fun and say "even though it's practically a confession in song form?"
Love...
Like...
Adore...
Yori-senpai...?
Are you okay?
Kino-san...
Mm. No...
Himari...
I love you...
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Oh.
NOT RIGHT NOW~~~
Kya~
Marota... Sorry...
Na~n
We need to find a way to fix this hypnotism before we get any more victims...
For real... I'm seriously begging you... God... Tsutsui-sama.
Ma-chan, look at this!
Tachibana Kaori... We're kinda busy right now, so could you save it for...
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MC TACHIBANA! My love for Ma-chan jus' can't be beat~
Lemme lay down these lyrics all nice and neat~
My love is swank and yours is just stank! Yeaah~
Stop drumming with your fingers and making strange raps!
Amen Break: The most sampled drum phrase in the world. It has a lifelong flavor, be it at 136BPM or 180BPM. The first rhythm pattern a baby learns after four-on-the-floor. Be it background music or video game songs, almost everyone can recognise it even if they don't know its name. It has many uses such as the wraparound packaging of alcohol.
It's a mashup of Tachibana-san's and Ma-chan's love~
aiight
This is what I call Amen, Sister~
Just shut up already.
!!
This is bad...
If she keeps playing this jovial groove,
Come on...
Here we go...
then the last person we want to be here will...!!
Announcement~ The girl I love~
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I seriously love Mizuguchi Aki!
Your hiphop skills need work.
Hm?
Argh, again!? What is this!? My head is filled with nothing but Aki Aki Aki Aki Aki Aki Aki!
I've made no sense since this morning!
Argh geez! I wanna see her no no, what am I saying!?Love Like Love Love Like Love
After everything that's happened, what's with my today!?
This love without a shred of delicacy isn't me!
...? Why am I in the SS...
...room?
p93
Oh thank God... Aki's not here right now.
I almost made a cryptic confession...
Uwooooah
MC TACHIBANA wins!
Wins what?
Bring your A-game more next time, Izumi Shiho.
My what game?
It seems that you lot are also victims of... whatever "this" is.
So hot...
You too, huh, Shiho-senpai...
I was feeling down so I was watching some MYTUBE when this Mambo whatchamacallit started playing...
Mambo Mambo
Mambo Cider
It filled me with this... baseless enegy...
And then this morning... um... y'know...
I became unable to hold my l-love back...
You're such a maiden, Shiho-senpai.
Shut it, Hima.
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Honestly...
...
Hima...
Shiho-senpai?
You're cute like a small animal...
Shiho-senpai...?
I really wanna hold you right now...
Shiho-senpai...!?
Ooh~ There there there. You cute little underclassman~ Make fun of your senpai, will ya~? I'm gonna squuze you!!!!
SHIHO-SENPAI!?
You smell like the sun~
There there~
Senpai~
p95
Marota. Let's get her.
Na~n
What...? Eh, ah, hey!
Oww...
I think he's saying "Relax -nya. I hit you with the back of my sword -nya."
A cat's paw isn't a sword.
Besides "romance", Mambo has songs with themes of "family love" and "friendship" too...
This is bad... The Mambo effect has started manifesting beyond "loved ones"...
I wonder how Mizuguchi Aki's faring...
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Hey~ Nee-chan. That's hot~ Back off~
Noo!
You a baby or something?
Don't be so harsh, my little sister...
No...
My beloved Mikity~
Who the heck is Mikity?
Do you have heat stroke or something~? Here, have some ice-cream~
That's cold!!
...Huh? Why am I hugging you, Miki...?
Hey there~ The little Mizuguchi sister comes bearing~
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gifts...?
Wh-
...
What's going on here...?
Your faces are all red... Are you... okay?
Huh~?
Want... some ice-cream?
M-Mikity...
Why do you keep saying that!? Is this some kind of trend!?
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Ahaha! So you all turned weird from listening to Mambo Cider?
That's weird!
Mambo does make you more bold, but to that extent?
Like that'd happen~
That's what happened...
The effect music can have one's synapses is immeasurable.
We have stuff like "if the wind blows, the bucket maker prospers" and "a butterfly flapping its wings can cause a tornado", so...
"if a pubetic girl listens to music, they'll go crazy" isn't too farfetched... I suppose.
Besides,
it's unscientific, but... I think
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if someone packs their feelings into their music...
those words... and the melody will surely move hearts...
Music has that much energy packed into it.
...Yeah right.
Confessed through a concert.
Made up through a concert....That's... true...
We're going home once you're done eating, Marota~
Nya
Nya
Nyaaan!
Marota!?
Geez~ Marota~?
You really are in a spoiled mood today.
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The things we want to convey.
The things we have to convey.
Putting them into words just like that is a little embarrassing.
It might be difficult for us right now,
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but some day in the future, if it means I'll still be there...
smiling next to you, then...
A few days after the Mambo incident...
Tachibana-san having a sleepover.
Just once...
Just one more time...
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Alright, you listeners! This is Mambo Cider's new single,
"Ice Cream Syndrome"!
Huh...?
Wireless Device OFF
Kya~
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Full Speed Towards You - Shikushiku
There's a big gathering, huh~
There's lots of people here, so it's crowded everywhere...
There's still time. What should we do?
Hmm... We've done a lot of shopping already...
How about we get a drink somewhere?
Where would you like to go, Yori-senpai...?
Yori-senpai?
Kya~
Kyahahaha
p106
Adults are welcome too~
Oh...
Those are some big cats!
Wah~
Some kind of event, I wonder...?
Yeah.
I guess so...?
Do you wanna go touch them, Yori-senpai?
Eh?
No, not really...
Eh~ It's all over your face!
Come on! Let's go!
W-
Wait, Kino-san...
p107
Thenk mew for coming to see me -nyan!
Good for you, Yori-senpai.
Please come here if you'd like!
A cat café...?
Wah.
This café's really close by.
I guess we may as well...
go check it out?
p108
Wah~!!
Yori-senpai! Yori-senpai!
There's so many cats!
Y-Yeah.
Wah~
Party of two, I take it? The drink bar's over there and you can use the facilities as you please.
A few things to bear in mind...
This place has a really nice vibe. There's lots of books too.
Hah~
The sofa's nice and fluffy too. I could stay here forever...
Yeah.
More importantly, the cats lazing around over there are nice.
Ahaha.
p109
But surely you're used to seeing sights like this, right, Kino-san?
With Marota...
Marota does laze around on the floor a lot...
but having so many cats at once feels fresh.
Cute.
I see.
Yori-senpai, shall we go look around at the cats?
Sure. I was thinking about doing that myself.
Yay.
You're so silky.
p110
That's a lot of foxtails...
Feel free to use
Return here once you're done
Which would be good?
Here, kittie~
I guess you don't like this toy, huh?
p111
Yori-senpai, those cats...
Fufu...
Yori-senpai's so cute when she's struggling with cats...
Not this either?
Okay, I'll join in.
Guess you're not in the mood to play.
Oh right, where's Kino-san...?
Over here~
p112
K-
Kino-san's amazing...
It's looking...
p113
Wah~
I don't know when to stop!
Are you interested?
You sure you don't want to play like those cats?
Or do you just prefer watching everyone else play?
...Me too.
p114
Rather than playing around myself, seeing her give her all with having fun
with a big smile on her face
is what I love.
p115
Snack time!!
Please take these, customers...
Ah...
Hm...?
A stampede?
Oh!
Waawah!
Th-
The cats are all gathering in one place...
The people too...
p116
Hooked by snacks...
Figured as much. Cars are more about dumplings than flowers...
Yori-senpai!
The kitties are having snack time!
It looks like we can join in too~
Ehehe...
Fu
p117
Well,
this is nice too.
Hah~
That was really soothing!
Yeah. That was way more soothing than I could've imagined. It was fun...
Let's go see them again sometime.
The cookie souvnires are cute too.
I bought some.Fish cookies
Creature-shaped cookies are kinda cute.
p118
I think I'll try making some animal-shaped cookies next time...
Yummy...
Sounds good.
Like fish or cat shapes...?
Ufu.
I'm looking forward to it.
You too, Yori-senpai.
Eh? In public...!?
Say ah~
But I'll still eat...
How is it?
Hm... It's good.
Fufu...
?
What's up...?
Well...
p119
you reminded me of that black cat you were with.
Eh...?
It usually gives off a cool and collected vibe,
but it has a cute catty side too.
It looked really cute when eating snacks too...
It seemed kinda like you, Yori-senpai...
K-...
Kino-san!
Y-
Yes!?
p120
I'm...
not being lured in by snacks, so you know...!!
Heh?
Um... The snacks you make are of course delicious...
but it's not the snacks I'm attracted to...
Eh~?
Come here~
Why not~?
...
p121
To My Beloved You - Torii Shizuku
Asanagi Yori, Mizuguchi Aki.
Could I ask you something?
S-Sure...?
Sure, but
you sure you wanna do that with Kaori?
It's better that Tachibana Kaori isn't around.
Hmm?
p122
I'll start with Asanagi Yori then.
If Mizuguchi Aki were to tell you...
Yeah.
"I want Yori", what would you do?
Eh?
What are you saying!?
Yori and I are just best friends!!
Himari-chan's the one she's dating!!
I know.
Then aren't you asking the wrong person!?
You're that surprised?
I'm not. What I wanted to ask was...
p123
If it weren't for you,
I'm sure that my high school life
would never have been this fun.
I want to thank you somehow.
Is there anything you want?
Alright.
Ma-chan!!
When your "best friend" tells you she wants you,
what should you give her?
If it was a lover, I'd understand...
but what does giving yourself to a best friend mean?
Don't you think so too?
Ah...
I guess...?
p124
So that's why you didn't want Tachibana around.
Exactly.
That was close~
I thought I'd be exposed...
If Mizuguchi said she wanted me...
That is a tricky one...
You could also consider what would make you think you want Mizuguchi Aki.
This is bad for my heart...
Ah... in that case,
when I want to have a talk, I guess.
A talk?
p125
Maybe it's because I come to her for advice so often,
but I feel at ease when Mizuguchi listens to what I have to say...
It's fun, even if it's irrelevant...
I feel the same way about my bestest best friend Yori-chan<3
That's kinda embarrassing...
Eh...?
You both have the same opinion?
That's a problem... I would've liked more samples if possible...
Samples?
I can't think of anything else...
...Ah, come to think of it,
p126
Himari-chan and my little sis are best friends.
Really now?
It's a small world.
You might be able to get a surprising opinion from them.
Oh yeah.
That's right.
Kino-san has club activities today, so she should still be in school.
Alright, I'll go ask her.
Okay.
I'll let her know.
I'm back~
Huh? Going somewhere, Ma-chan?
Yes.
To the cookery research club.
Then Tachibana-san will come with.
Not you, Tachibana Kaori.
EH?
p127
Maaa-jaaaaaannnnn
You'll have to watch the house with us.
Home Economics Room
If Miki-chan...
said she wanted me...
I would
give her my time!
An instant answer...
I thought you'd struggle with it more...
p128
Can I ask why?
Sure!
Well, this is just from personal experience, but...
Miki-chan had a boyfriend back in middle school,
so there was a time when we couldn't be together...
Sorry, today's a bit...
Hrm.
I was really lonely back then...
So if Miki-chan said she wanted me
I would give her lots of my time!
I'd fuss over her a lot.
I see...
But Hima-chan, if you did that,
Oh.
I can have some?
wouldn't that cut into your time with your lover... with Asanagi-senpai?
Hah
Didn't think that far, did you?
p129
Then
I'll give her my sleeping time.
Get some proper sleep.
Uuh~
Might I ask for your opinion too?
Mine?
Let's see. In my case...
I would treat them to my cooking.
Shiho-chan can eat a lot
and Hajime-chan loves sweet things...
That being said, it's just my specialty,
so I don't know if that counts as giving them myself...
You've been giving plenty even now.
Yes. I agree.
Having someone offer something by doing what they can
shows what makes them unique.
Delicious.
p130
Thanks, you two.
This'll make for good reference.
Thanks for the cookies too.
I'm glad we could be of help.
Feel free to come again anytime.
So in the end, what should I give her?
Eat these with the rest of SS
I'm always with Tachibana Kaori,
so even if I give her a "talk" or "time", there'd be no difference.
Which just leaves something I can do for her...
When it comes to things I can do...
p131
Ma-chaan...
Hyah!?
Tachibana Kaori!?
Weren't you waiting in the clubroom!?
I couldn't wait anymore and came here~
But you told Tachibana-san not to so I wanted in the hallway~
Ma~ chan~
In the hallway...!?
Don't tell me she heard all that...
Hey, hey, Ma-chan.
What did you talk with HimaHima about?
Looks like she didn't.
I just had something I wanted to ask them...
p132
Something you wanted to ask?
You sure you don't need to ask Tachibana-san?
Yes, I'm sure.
This all started because of your "Ma-chan" answer in the first place.
I see...
I want to thank you somehow.
Is there anything you want?
I want to make her happy, but this is...
p133
Don't give me that look.
It was about how I wanted to thank you the other day.
The other day?
I want to thank you somehow.
Is there anything you want?
Yes. And the candidates I've gotten so far are
"talking", "time"...
and also "drums", "piano" and "penmanship" that I could give you...
It turned into lessons midway.
Hmm~ In that case...
Everything.
Please just choose one.
Do I really have to pick just one!?
Waah
It's not that you have to...
p134
But it should be something that makes you the happiest.
I want to give you "me", after all...
Ma-chan, Ma-chan.
You thought of something you want?
Do you like Tachibana-san?
...Huh?
We're talking about something you want, y'know?
Yeah, that's right.
Tachibana-san~
p135
wants Ma-chan's "love".
Is that okay?
...Dummy.
p136
I wouldn't be struggling this much if I didn't like you.
Ehehe. Yay.
This is from the cookery research club.
!
So, did you decide what to give her?
...It's a secret.
p139
Cookery Club and Maid Outfits - Haruhana Aya
Wha-...
Wh-Wha...
What is this!?
What, you ask?
It's a maid outfit.
It's a maid outfit, right?
I'm asking why we're wearing maid outfits!
p140
Well y'know,
the culture festival is coming up, right?
If we wear maid outfits,
we're sure to get lots of customers.
If all goes well,
we might even get some new members!
Anyone who'd join because of those can't be good.
Um.
Momoka-senpai.
Since we're wearing these, shall we make something?
In maid outfits!
Sounds good. Let's do it.
Huh?
I'm leaving.
I'm not interested in cooking.
I wanna practice right a-...
p141
way...
Shiho-senpai~...
Uh...
J-...
Just for today, okay...?
Yay~
Shiho-chan sure is gullible
when it comes to Hima-chan...
p142
So, what are we making?
Cookies.
That being said, I'd like to try out a few varieties...
Shiho-chan will do some simple cut cookies,
Cut Cookies
Hima-chan will do chequered cookies,
Chequered Cookies
and I'll make biscotti.
Bis...?
Never heard of it?
Fufu.
Look forward to when it's done.
p143
Cake Flour
You got it?
Make sure to follow the recipe exactly!
An important part of sweetsmaking to adhering to precise measurements and procedures.
Ask me if there's anything you don't know.
Okay!
...Okay.
p144
Eh!?
We're putting this much sugar in!?
Surprised, huh?
But it won't taste good if you don't put in that much.
Phew...
Snacks are delicious, but...
they're also sinful.
Momoka-senpai~
Does this look okay to you?
Coming~
p145
How far along are you?
I was just about to mix...
...
Yeah...
I feel like there's too much suger in this.
It should be fine if I take out just a little...
right?
p146
Th-...
p147
They're done!
Hmm...
...Not bad.
I
want to try Momoka-senpai's...!
Bis...!
Indeed.
I've made some tea,
so let's get tasting.
p148
!
It's really crunchy!
Delicious~!
The nuts and chocolate are nice...!
Goes well with the tea too...
It's pretty hard, huh?
The texture's pretty fun.
...Mm.
Hima's aren't too shabby either.
This is the taste you think of when you think of cookies.
Fufu.
They're a hit.
Ehehe. Yay!
...I'll give some to Yori-senpai later.
p149
Hey!
What about mine?
Of course we'll try them.
Let's dig in.
Thi-...
This...!
p150
has
no flavor.
None at all.
Eh?
You're right...
But why?
They look normal...
...Shiho-chan.
Did you perhaps reduce the sugar?
...Yes.
I knew it...
p151
...The heck?
This is why I don't do cooking.
If I'm just gonna fail in the end,
soething like this is just...
Don't worry, Shiho-senpai.
p152
...Eh?
For these cookies,
if we pair them with jam or chocolate sauce,
the reduce sweetness will be just right.
p153
Please give it a try.
...You're right.
I made the same mistake in the past.
It happens to everyone.
Don't worry about it.
Momo...
p154
I-...
I wasn't worried or anything!
Come on.
We're practicing once we're done eating!
The auditions are coming up after all!
...Geez.
You just can't be honest with yourself.
p155
Ah!
Let's take a photo of us in maid uniforms while we're at it.
We really don't have to...
It's embarrassing...
Now now.
It's a special memory.
Okay?
Hey, Momo...!
Come on now!
Say cheese!
p156
Incidentally,
the maid uniforms were rejected.
It's too hot to wear these...
Y-
You have a point...
Why maid uniforms...?
They're cute, though...
p159
Rain, Umbrellas, and You. - Aotsubaki Toto
Hah...
The rain's showing no sign of stopping.
Mizuguchi.
Not gone home yet?
p160
Oh.
Yori.
Let me guess.
No umbrella?
Bingo! That's my Yori!
You got it!
What the heck?
Nobody told me it'd be raining today~
I've got one. Wanna go home with me?
Seriously!? You sure?
...is what I thought,
p161
but you're going home with Himari-chan, aren't you~?
Well.
That's right.
Well.
I'll make do somehow.
Later!!
Enjoy your after school date~
Yeah, yeah.
...Now then.
p162
Thank goodness you hadn't left yet, Shiho.
You're a lifesaver!
Hah...
Look here, you...
Good work. If you're still at school, want to go home together?
And send...
Good work. If you're still at school, want to go home together?
No no.
Shiho, are you still at school? Let's go home together~
Well, I don't mind.
What's up?
It's nothing!
p163
...Geez.
Why didn't you bring an umbrella.
You say that, but~
You're just happy you get to share a lovers' umbrella with me, aren't you?
Would you rather go home soaking wet?
I'm sorry! Please let me under yours!
p164
I'll hold the umbrella.
No, it's fine.
It's mine, after all.
I'm taller than you, so.
Huh!?
It doesn't make that much of a difference!
Come on now~
Hey!
By the way, Shiho,
p165
did you see this week's drama?
Yeah.
I'm kinda curious about what happens next.
I know, right!?
That last scene was crazy, huh!?
I really cried.
Bit close.
Well...
I guess it was a little bit touching.
..Wait.
Hey, Aki.
p166
Isn't this umbrella a bit too slanted?
You think so?
You're clearly angling it towards me.
Or rather,
you're totally
getting wet on your side!
Ah~
p167
Don't worry about me.
It's your umbrella, Shiho.
At least keep it in the center.
It's be a problem if you ended up
catching a cold...
In that case...
p168-169
you can just
scooch in closer.
p170
Wha-
What are you...!
...I mean,
you don't want my shoulder
to get wet, do you?
Uugh...
p171
...I guess it can't be helped.
Wanna link elbows then?
Huh!? What are you, stupid!?
Just kidding~
p173
Sh-
Shi
ho-
san...?
~~~Ng.
You're the one who said it.
...Yeah,
but...
p174
..
..Are you
against it...?
Heh
Ah
No.
Not at all...!
p175
You're sho cyute when you're honest with yourself, Shiho~
Shut up!!
Don't rock the umbrella!!
p176
Honestly...
Next time,
make sure you bring a foldable umbrella.
Eh~
I wonder if I should~
p177
Whispering You a Love Song Comic Anthology!!
I got a bunch of super talented senseis to draw all kinds of SasaKoi. To think the day would come where I get an anthology of my own work... I'm so happy.
All these works were funny, cute and precious... I've read them over and over again. Thank you so much for drawing SasaKoi's characters so beautifully. And a big thanks to everyone who picked up this book too!!
Please continue to support SasaKoi from now on.
Takeshima Eku
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Whispering You a Love Song Official Comic Anthology - Comment
Aononachi
I was given the honor of drawing Himari-chan and Yori-senpai for the cover and boy, was it nervewracking. I love how cute and dazzling the smiles on the beloved girls that Takeshima-sensei draws so much. I'll continue to support "SasaKoi"!
*My Wish is to Fall in Love Until You Die" 7 volumes~ Serializing (Ichijinsha)
Kaneda Yousuke
Yuri sure is great. Yori-senpai is too cute when she's being flung about by Himari-chan's devilish cuteness! The delicate drawings depicting the heartpounding feelings of first love and the irritation emotions of jealousy are awesome. Thank you for this wonderful yuri! It's so precious that I start praying once I'm done reading. To be honest, Eku-sensei's drawings are so beautiful that expressing them in color was nervewracking! lol Thank you for letting me take part!
*"Boarding School Juliet" 8 volumes~ Serializing (Kodansha)
Miman
I got to draw a scene of Aki and Shiho enjoying themselves back then. I like relationships where one gets heartbroken by themselves and backs away! I also realised "drawing people holding instruments is this hard!?". Congratulations on the anime and anthology~
*"Yuri is My Job!" 13 volumes~ Serializaing (Ichijinsha)
Yuama
Let YoriHima flirt forever.
*"The Summer You Were There" Complete with 6 volumes (Ichijinsha)
Yukiko
Congratulations on the SasaKoi anime! Thank you for inviting me to this anthology! The thrills and cuteness of the original really tugs at my heart, and I always enjoy reading it.
"Futaribeya" Complete with 10 volumes (Gentosha) "Hatoko the Ayakashi's Postman." Complete with 3 volumes (Takeshobo)
Aonoshimo
Congratulations of the publication of the SasaKoi Anthology! I got to draw YoriHima reincarnating into an isekai. I'm grateful to Takeshima-sensei for giving me the okay to draw such a ridiculous setting. My favorite is Momoka-senpai.
*"I'm in Love With the Villainess." 8 volumes~ Serializing (Ichijinsha) Artist
Utatane Yuu
I love Shiho-chan, who moved forward strongly and beautifully while enduring pain and conflict. Her fashion is cute and I love how she eats a lot. Thank you for letting me draw the Shiho-chan I love so much! I will continue to enjoy the beautiful world of "SasaKoi" that Eku-sensei draws...!
*"The Skirt Sings on the Landing" 4 volumes~ Serializing (Ichijinsha)
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Nekotarou
Congratulations on publishing this anthology! I was already a SasaKoi fan, so I accepted it after two replies and was so excited that I submitted two plots after only three days, but getting back an e-mail with the words "Takeshima-sensei is checking it" filled me with dread thinking "will Sensei look at this" even though it's an obvious thing. As a fan, I looked forward to further developments. Thank you for inviting me!
*"The Fed-Up Office Lady Wants to Serve the Villainess" 3 volumes~ Serializing (Akita Shoten)
Mukunoki Nanatsu
Thank you for inviting me! Drawing Yori-senpai and Himari-chan was fun! Seeing these two flirt and be happy is so wholesome!!
*"Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita!" 14 volumes~ Serializing (Ichijinsha)
Itou Hachi
Congratulations on the anime! It was fun drawing Yori-senpai and the cookery research club!
"The Fox's Marriage" Serializing (Futabasha) "Isn't The Moon Beautiful?" Complete with 6 volumes (Ichijinsha)
Winuwi
The first time I saw SasaKoi in the bookstore, the drawings were so good that I fainted. I can still remember it clearly to this day. Even when drawing the manuscript for this anthology, I read the original countless times and fainted just as many times. I'm going to make a country with a fainting tax.
Shikushiku
Congratulations on publishing the Sasakoi Official Anthology! I can never hide my astonishment at how the characters' outfits and accessories bring out their uniqueness. I'm a YoriHima fan, so drawing these two was fun. Thank you so much...
*The Happiest Ending in the World" Complete with 3 volumes (Ichijinsha)
Torii Shizuku
It was an honor to take part in this anthology! With the theme this time around paying attention to the relationship of best friends, I had a lot of fun thinking up and drawing a tale for SasaKoi's fascinating charactrs! I love everyone, but Satomiya Momoka-san is my favorite! My wish in live is to be treated to Momoka-san's cooking.
Haruhana Aya
It was fun drawing my favorite three characters however I liked. Thank you so much!
*"A Kiss on the Girls' Scars" Complete with 3 volumes (Kadokawa)
Aotsubaki Toto
Congratulations on this official anthology. I got to draw this while trembling with awe, but as I drew it, I once again realized how great Takeshima Eku-sensei truly is. AkiShiho is great.