“Amane─... I’m sorry─...”
“Leave the apology for later. For now, let's just think about returning safely from this snowy mountain, Himezaki-san.”
“Hmm... that's, right. Then for now, how about we dig a hole to beat the cold? Ei!”
“You made a hole with a punch I see. Well done, Himezaki-san.”
“Next, I'll rub my hands and start a fire─.”
...
2024-01-07 03:46:52 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─! Yaffuuuuu─!!”
“So it’s snowboarding this time, is it, Himezaki-san? That is harder than skiing, so I can't do it.”
“What? I see! Then let's ride this together!”
“I don’t understand what that means at all.”
“It's just like I said! Well, get on, get on!”
“Eh? Himezaki-san, wai-”
“I'll be controlling it! Hold on tight! ...
2024-01-07 03:45:54 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─! Yahhoooooo─!!”
“As I thought, you're also good at skiing aren’t you, Himezaki-san.”
“Geez, sports with an overflowing sense of speed are definitely the best!”
“Your sense of speed is overflowing so much that I can't keep up with you, so I ski on the beginner's course.”
“Eeh─! Let's ski together, Amane─!”
“Like I said, it’s...
2024-01-07 03:44:49 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─! When it comes to New Year's, what's left!? We haven't even done Fukuwarai, Karuta, or Mochi pounding yet!”
“Himezaki-san, as expected, it’s almost time for the new year to end. To be precise, New Year's Day is only on January 1st.”
“What!? But I still don't have enough fun─! After all, it's a big event that only happens once a year! Look! Amane too, you thin...
2024-01-07 03:43:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane, today is the day of the coming-of-age ceremony.”
“Yes it is, Himezaki-san.”
“My older brother turned 20 this year, and he eagerly had a hakama prepared.”
“At this time of the year, [News about new adults having bad manners at the ceremony] is broadcast on TV almost every year.”
“They sure are stupid─! It’s that, isn’t it? They drink alcoho...
2024-01-07 03:41:55 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane, let’s play with the spinning top!”
“Spinning top, you’ve brought another old-fashioned game haven't you, Himezaki-san.”
“The only time I can play this is around New Year's after all! Come on, I brought some here!”
“I've never played this before. Himezaki-san, please show me an example.”
“Geez─, it can't be helped. First, wrap the string ar...
2024-01-07 03:40:29 +0000 UTC View Post"Amane─! Let's play hanetsuki─!”
“Hanetsuki... that’s a Japanese-style badminton that is unique to the New Year’s that uses battledores instead of rackets, isn’t it, Himezaki-san?”
“Un! When you think of hanetsuki, it definitely has to come with a punishment game!”
“Punishment game, is it that thing where whoever loses gets their face scribbled in ink?”...
2024-01-07 03:39:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─! Look, look! I bought a lucky bag!”
“A lucky bag, is it? That is unique to New Year's isn’t it, Himezaki-san? And you haven’t opened it yet?”
“Un! I'll open it now!”
“Let me see.”
“First is... an octopus─! It's a bigger octopus than the one I launched yesterday─!”
“It's slimy.”
“Next is... Ooh! It's a new game softw...
2024-01-07 02:28:59 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane! Let's fly some kites!”
“There are quite a few kites flying in the plaza as well, Himezaki-san. So, what is that in your hand?”
“What do you mean, it’s an octopus?”
* (T/N: basically, octopus and kite have the same pronunciation in Japanese, they’re both ‘tako’.)
“Yes, it is indeed a fine octopus that could be served as a New Year's dish if y...
2024-01-07 02:27:57 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─! I got a lot of New Year's gifts this year─!”
“That's good to hear, Himezaki-san.”
“Un un! This is the best thing that happened to me!”
“You look happy. ...May I ask how much you received?”
“Umu! Hear and be surprised! I got two supermarket gift certificates and four service coupons in exchange for helping out!”
“Un?”
“Fu...
2024-01-07 02:26:40 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─! With this, we've completed our shrine tour─!”
“Yes, Himezaki-san, I never expected us to visit all five shrines on foot so early in the new year though.”
“Then let’s quickly open the fortune we got from all of them─!”
“Yes, let's do that. I'm curious about Himezaki-san's luck.”
“For me... the ones I got from the shrine of love, work, an...
2024-01-07 02:25:42 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─, the shrine in winter is so cold─.”
“That can't be helped, Himezaki-san. Now, shall we pray?”
“We’re supposed to rattle that thing and pray, right?!”
“Please don't break it like the New Year's Eve bell.”
“It’ll be fine! Maybe! So─re, rattle rattle!”
“...I feel like I heard something creak, but let’s pretend I didn't hear it...
2024-01-07 02:24:38 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─! Happy new year─!”
“A Happy New Year to you, Himezaki-san. Please take care of me this year as well.”
“Un, you too! Now then! What kind of amazing thing should we do for the first time in the new year?”
“You’re very excited I see. But first, we should start with a proper greeting.”
“Greetings? Didn’t I do it just now?”
“No, not...
2024-01-07 02:23:38 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─, I heard that the bell that strikes at the end of New Year's Eve is supposed to be rung 108 times, but why?”
“There are 108 types of worldly desires in humans, and each strike is supposed to negate one of them, that seems to be the origin, Himezaki-san.”
“Hee─h, so 108 times is for that─, that’s quite the trouble─.”
“Well, I do think it's somewh...
2024-01-07 02:22:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─, we're in charge of the shed behind the school building, right? It's pretty big there, can we do it with just the two of us?”
“According to the words that Sensei gave me, [If Himezaki is there, two people will be enough].”
“Why would he so decisively entrust a weak girl with such a tiring task─, that teacher?”
“Aren't you just venting your daily frust...
2024-01-07 02:21:18 +0000 UTC View Post“When you think of playing with snow, you think of snowball fights, isn't it! Amane!”
“Snowball fight, is it? I used to do them a lot when I was little. Do you like them? Himezaki-san.”
“Un! That’s the first thing I want to do when it snows! All my siblings and I do it every year─!”
“Come to think of it, you do have a big family, Himezaki-san. It looks like i...
2024-01-07 02:19:55 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane, are your parents taking a break for the year-end and New Year holidays?”
“Yes, it seems like they will be taking a New Year’s break from 30th until 2nd, Himezaki-san.”
“Nn─, I guess it all depends on the job. It seems my oldest brother will be working even during the new year. While my parents are already on vacation starting tomorrow.”
“Well, that’...
2024-01-07 02:18:34 +0000 UTC View Post“Hey, Amane, winter break is almost always at the end of the year, right?”
“It's usually from Christmas to about the 8th day of the new year... I suppose.”
“Fumu, Christmas is on the 24th and 25th, and the end of the year is on the 30th and 31st. And the new year is from the 1st to the 5th.”
* (T/N: I guess those dates are national holidays marked on the calendar. ...
2024-01-06 08:59:27 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─, I don't understand mathematics─. Teach me─.”
“Again? But well, it's good that you're trying to learn. What part do you not understand, Himezaki-san?”
“This part here─.”
“Aah, that part? That’s a simple formula. Here, like this.”
“Aa─h? Uu─n, I feel like I understand, and I don't understand... Aah, like this?”
“...Himezak...
2024-01-06 08:58:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─, isn’t Christmas all about Christianity in the first place? Why did it become one of the main events of the year in Japan?”
“Japan is a country that takes advantage of other countries' events, you know. Like Christmas and Halloween. But, fasting is definitely a no, right? Well, it’s like that in many developed countries these days though.”
“Hmm? Does that mea...
2024-01-06 08:57:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─, if you don't bring it quickly, the day will come─!”
“You’re fast, Himezaki-san. I didn't expect to be working part-time as a cake transporter on the eve.”
“And the part-time job uniform is stylish too!”
“You look good in a miniskirt Santa, Himezaki-san. Wouldn't it have been better if you were a saleswoman instead of a transporter?”
“This...
2024-01-06 08:56:10 +0000 UTC View Post“Himezaki-san, she’s late. Even though she said to meet under this tower.” “He─y, Amane─! Here, here!”
“Himezaki-san? ...You are on top of the tower?”
“I’m coming now─! Tou-!”
“Good morning, Himezaki-san. That was a splendid jump and landing from the top of the tower. Why were you already at the top?”
“Well─, I arrived first, so I just h...
2024-01-06 08:54:39 +0000 UTC View Post“Ooh─, Amane! There are kids playing with umbrellas over there!”
“So it seems, Himezaki-san. Are they pretending to have a sword fight using umbrellas as swords?”
“So nice─, so nice─! That looks fun!”
“Himezaki-san, have you ever done something like that?”
“Of course I have! Especially when I was in elementary school!”
“I used to do that...
2024-01-06 08:53:33 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─, morning.”
“Good morning, Himezaki-san. ...Those nails, are they fake? They're really big.”
“No, well─, it suddenly grew about 10cm this morning. It happens sometimes.”
“What kind of constitution do you have, Himezaki-san? This is the usual though, so I’m not surprised anymore.”
“Hahaha! Well, for the time being, they’re in the way, so I...
2024-01-06 08:52:13 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─, I found this when I was digging in the ground.”
“Why did you decide to dig in the ground, Himezaki-san? ...Is this, a koban?”
* (T/N: 小判 - koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period.)
“Nn─, is that what it is? It's my first time seeing it, so I don't really know what it looks like.”
“Hee─h, where did you find this? If there are so...
2024-01-06 08:51:15 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh, Amane! Looks like they are giving out balloons over there!”
“It's a gas balloon, Himezaki-san. A small child just received one. Do you want one? Himezaki-san.”
“I obviously want one! Let's line up right away─!”
“So you want one. ...Ah, that kid let go of the balloon that she received.”
“Mu! It's true! I'll catch it! Toa─!”
“As always,...
2024-01-06 08:49:51 +0000 UTC View Post“There's a lot of news going around today too isn’t it, Amane─.”
“That's true. Himezaki-san, so you watch the news.”
“Nn─, well, just about. There are some days when I don't watch it at all. It's more fun to watch anime or variety shows anyway.”
“I suppose rather than watching it, I tend to just turn on the TV. Do you watch anime in the morning? Himezaki-sa...
2024-01-06 08:48:38 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─! I wiped the desks─!”
“Eh? Yes, thank you very much, Himezaki-san.”
“I also picked up trash in the park!”
“I see, thank you for your hard work.”
“I have some tea. Do you want some?”
“...I’ll have some. So, what's going on? Himezaki-san. You seem to be enthusiastic about various things.”
“Well─! There's only one week l...
2024-01-05 20:53:16 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─, I wonder why kotatsu can make me so happy like this─.”
“It's one of the biggest comfort zones in this cold daily life after all, Himezaki-san. Would you like some oranges?”
“Un, I'll eat. Really, isn't this the strongest trap that can stop humanity from moving forward during the winter?”
“After all, once you enter, you can't get out, and it's impossi...
2024-01-05 20:52:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Amane─! It's a present from me─!”
“This is... a muffler, is it? By any chance, did Himezaki-san make this?”
“Eh heh heh! That's right! I knitted it all night─!”
“My goodness, thank you very much for that. Himezaki-san, you're really good at everything except cooking.”
“Fufun! Do you give up now?! I had a hard time with the red heart pattern here!...
2024-01-05 20:50:41 +0000 UTC View Post