﻿You have a new e-mail
Dear Tsugumi Ryosuke,
﻿Regarding the checking of French literature documents,
﻿If there is anything I can do to help you, please contact me.
﻿Okabe Satoko
﻿Is it really okay to write such a formal reply?
﻿It's alright.
﻿But it makes me sound so cold.
﻿Wouldn't such an email response give him the impression I am that type of woman?
﻿Try to put yourself in the other person's shoes.
﻿He's asking for something,
﻿but you respond with an overly eager and enthusiastic email.
Don't you think it would be more sensible to sound a little more distant at first?﻿
﻿That's true.
﻿Most importantly,
you must be ready for the date with Marius.
What?
﻿Be ready to be invited at any time
That's too hasty. I don't know if he'll even return my email.
﻿Don't worry.
﻿He will definitely reply and the date will definitely come.
﻿Why are you so confident?
﻿I don't have a single thing that makes me see such a bright future.
﻿You have a new e-mail.
Dear Okabe Satoko,
﻿I'd like you to check the manuscript for me.
﻿It hasn't been released yet. Is it alright if I pass it to you directly?
Tsugumi Ryosuke
﻿Why? Why? It's moving too fast, isn't it?
﻿"Would you be able to spare some time next week?"
﻿"If it's okay, why don't we talk over dinner?"
﻿Isn't this an invitation to a date?
﻿How can you not see?
﻿I can't do it. I can't eat alone with him, no way!
Right!
﻿Then ask him to bring some friends.
﻿Why?
﻿If it's just the two of you.
﻿You'll be too concerned about what he thinks of you.
﻿You'll be too nervous and lose your footing.
﻿And besides.
﻿If there were other people there,
you would build a reputation to trigger Marius' crystallization.
﻿But...
﻿There's no time for hesitation.
﻿You need to get ready immediately.
﻿Get ready?
﻿But how do I get ready?
﻿First of all, you should prepare the right clothes for the date.
﻿You have to choose the clothes that makes him think "So cute!"
﻿This will determine whether you can get him or not
﻿That said, I don't know what style will catch a man's eye
That's not a problem.
There's just the right person to give you advice.
﻿That guy!
﻿Muraishi-san
﻿Which one of these do you think is the cutest?
﻿Which one suits me best?
﻿Let me think.
﻿By the way, why are you asking this?
﻿No, no ,no. I can't, I can't, I can't.
﻿- Sorry. - Sorry.
That's a cute dress.
What?
﻿I think it suits you.
﻿Really? I see.
﻿Is it strange?
﻿Did you have the impression that I have no taste?
﻿No, not at all.
﻿Quite right, indeed.
﻿Quite right..... indeed.
﻿Are you saying that I do?
Yes.
﻿That...
﻿Really...
﻿Is...
﻿True... truly.
Chapter 5 Confession
﻿Thank you very much.
﻿Why are you here?
﻿You're ignoring the rules more and more.
﻿Look at that.
To him,
he's reading a book that could be his lifeline.
﻿Tell that bald kid,
the book he's reading is more than piece of straw.
﻿it's like a safety rope made of steel wire.
[Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert]
﻿Please.
﻿One moment, please.
﻿Is that Chloe Eau de Parfum?
﻿What?
﻿The perfume.
﻿It's Chloe Eau de Parfum, isn't it?
﻿I guess so.
﻿It smells good, though.
﻿But for you
﻿I think the Givenchy teddy bear is more suitable for you.
﻿Sorry to keep you waiting.
﻿Do you think so too?
Hmph.
﻿Why don't you tell that student,
﻿the author of that book couldn't even pick the right perfume.
﻿I hate that woman.
﻿She borrowed a book by Flaubert.
﻿He has no personality and looks unkempt.
﻿From the moment she borrowed that book,
﻿I saw right through this person.
﻿But Madame Bovary is a famous book isn't it?
﻿Like hell it is, those types of books are....
﻿Sato-chan, do you have a moment?
﻿I don't think it's a good idea.
What?
﻿You were just looking at your phone for personal reasons, weren't you?
﻿People might think you're playing with your phone.
﻿- Sorry. - Be more careful next time.
﻿-Hey. - What?
﻿What's so great about Okabe-san?
﻿What does it matter to you who I like?
She flatters men around her.
﻿I hate it.
﻿You're just...
﻿jealous of her, right?
﻿What??
﻿How could I lose to her?
Sorry to keep you waiting. Here's the sashimi platter you ordered.
﻿It looks delicious.
﻿What would you like to drink, sir?
﻿A lemon cocktail, please. - Yes, a lemon cocktail.
﻿But I heard from Hiranuma-san,
that ﻿Ryousuke-san really admires Okabe-san.
﻿No chance for you.
﻿Muraishi, are you fine with that?
﻿- He's your love rival. - No problem.
﻿It just proves that I can't lose to him no matter who my opponent is.
﻿But Ryousuke-san is a writer.
What?
﻿Have you heard of Tsugumi Ryosuke?
﻿What?!
﻿Wait a minute.
﻿Tsugumi Ryosuke?
﻿- Really? - Yup?
He's Hiranuma-san's junior.
﻿How can a librarian compare against a writer?
﻿No way.
﻿I must have him!
﻿The manuscript for "Village without Sin",
thank you for giving it to me.
﻿I haven't figured out how to write the ending yet.
﻿The main plot and the twist are excellent.
﻿But...
﻿I feel that the deeper part of the main character has not been fully revealed.
﻿You could say you haven't gone deep enough.
﻿If you want to firmly anchor her existence in this work,
﻿I think you need to find out what's deep inside her heart,
﻿and pull it out.
﻿I'm meeting with her next week.
What?
﻿I am going to give her the manuscript for her to read.
﻿I'm not talking about the manuscript of this novel, of course.
﻿It's an unpublished manuscript.
﻿Oh really?
﻿Are you going on a date with her?
﻿Are you feeling uneasy?
﻿Sorry to keep you waiting.
﻿I've invited everyone
﻿- Hiranuma-san sent me a text message. - Me too.
﻿Me too.
﻿We've all been invited to a barbecue?
﻿Sounds like fun!
﻿Yes! I've decided.
﻿I'm going to get Ryosuke on that day.
﻿I'm sure I'll succeed.
﻿I must not miss this opportunity.
Me too. ﻿I'm going to confess to Okabe-san.
﻿So what if he's a writer
﻿I won't lose to him!
﻿Good, let's go!
Yeah! ﻿Cheers!
﻿That's intense.
﻿- How about this one? - NO.
﻿Muraishi said this one looks good.
﻿That's a dress to show off your flesh.
﻿Muraishi doesn't want to see you in this outfit, he just wants to see you show off your flesh.
﻿That means Muraishi doesn't care what kind of underwear you're wearing when it matters.
﻿He only cares about your body. This guy is a no-no.
﻿I see.
Bartender, you must be a fan of his, right?
Yes.
﻿His debut work,
gave me a HUGE shock.
﻿What about his subsequent works?
﻿What do you think?
﻿Of course they're great too.
Bartender...
- ﻿I'm sorry you have to put up an act. - No. I mean it.
﻿I know that's just a popular opinion.
﻿What's great about that work,
﻿I think it was based on real events, with your insights, it was recognized by many people.
﻿Since your debut novel,
﻿ you've had to change your writing style.
﻿You were suffering for a while, weren't you?
﻿Sensei,
﻿I'm right aren't I?
﻿You just need to move forward with no worries.
﻿Don't worry about who you hurt along the way.
Saito-san, you can stop referring to the incident.
﻿Please look at this video.
﻿Can you tell me about your father?
[Mantai incident, Daughter is confronted!!]
﻿You're Professor Mantai's daughter, right?
﻿-Your father? - Can you tell me about him?
﻿-You're his daughter, right? - What did he talk about?
﻿The man involved in the Mantai case has a daughter, right?
Is it possible that his daughter works in our library?
﻿Well,
we do not have a staff member named Mantai, do we?
But look at this...
I told you to drop it!!
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿Let's leave it at that.
﻿If you continue to investigate,
﻿nothing good will come of it.
﻿Nothing good will happen.
﻿Etsuko-san.
Would you perhaps,
when the library is closed tomorrow
like to come to the barbecue with us?
﻿Sorry, I have something to do tomorrow.
﻿I have some things I have to check. Sorry.
﻿Yeah, be careful.
﻿I will be careful
﻿That's great. Thank you.
﻿Love is like a sweet smelling flower.
﻿But to pick it, you have to go to the edge of a cliff.
﻿Conquer your fears!
﻿I don't know how to cut onions.
﻿I don't want to cry while chopping either.
﻿Muraishi-san, what?
﻿I'll cut it.
﻿I'll get it.
﻿-Satoko is really nice. - What?
﻿She's pure, but she's elegant, and sometimes a bit unconventional.
﻿-Are you going out with her? - No.
﻿- We're not in that kind of relationship. - We've finished preparations.
﻿- Okay, let's start grilling. - Okay, let's start.
﻿Cheers!
Okabe-san, uhm...
﻿Does my outfit look wierd?
﻿No, it's very cute.
﻿Is it?
﻿You're kidding.
That's dangerous.
﻿-Actually, this guy is just like a puppy. - Really?
Okabe-san.
﻿Will you come again next time?
﻿Next time,
just the two of us.
﻿Well...
﻿Ah, no, we can all come together.
﻿It'll be more fun if everyone comes together.
﻿Let me take this.
﻿It feels so good.
﻿It's nice to come out once in a while.
﻿Yes, it is.
﻿I don't remember how many years it's been since I've been out camping.
﻿Next time,
﻿let's come here again.
What?
﻿Just the two of us,
﻿we'll stay here for the night.
﻿Can't we?
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿Ryosuke-san.
I...
- Ouch! - Are you okay?
﻿I'm sorry
﻿Are you kidding me?
﻿What the hell are you doing?
﻿I'm sorry, I don't know how to control my strength.
﻿Come over here and play with us.
﻿Okay, let's go over there.
Coming.
Satoko-chan is so cute.
Looking at her, ﻿I want to hold her so tightly.
- ﻿Nishimaki-san, I'm really sorry. - Okabe-san, hurry up!
﻿I've had enough!
﻿Erina-chan, got you!
﻿Thats' too bad. Erina-chan, sit down.
﻿There's still one person.
﻿Oh, over there!
﻿Over there... is that him?
That was close.
﻿Yes.
﻿Okabe-san.
Yeah?
﻿Although it's not the right time...
﻿This is a novel entitled "The Wind".
﻿I'd like to get your opinion on the French literature aspects.
﻿I'd be delighted to hear your thoughts on the content.
﻿But... my opinion isn't...
﻿Don't say that.
﻿I would really like to hear your thoughts.
﻿Okay, then.
﻿Please take care of me.
Huh?
No, nothing.
﻿The demon seems to be over there.
﻿If you find a flower by the cliff,
you have to pick it even if it means falling down!
Eh?
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿What?
﻿That's not it.
﻿Somehow...
﻿I saw you standing so tensely.
﻿I just thought...
﻿It was a prank... no... a chance... that's not right.
﻿I'm sorry.
Watch out!
﻿Next time,
let's come again.
﻿If it's possible,
just the two of us next time.
Yes.