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行きつけの屋台そばが廃れているのを嘆く青海。そこに転がってきたのは今人気のカップそば、その持ち主はそば好きなんだけど…？
Dialogue in this work
Page 1
- ?
- What?
Page 2
- Is there something on me?
- No...
Page 3
- It's not that, it's more...
- Th-That's an insane amount of cup soba...
Page 4
- Oh, this!
- Whoa.
- It's two weeks' worth of meals.
- Grocery run.
Page 5
- It's a hassle to keep coming out to shop.
- The way you say that...
- ...it sounds like you eat cup soba every single day!
- That gives the wrong impression, doesn't it?
- ?
Page 6
- I do eat cup soba for all three meals. So what?
- C'mon,
- you should at least eat something different once in a while...
Page 7
- ?
- Because eating cup soba is easy.
- There's always the chance of Tinder showing up,
- and I don't want to be kept waiting for a meal...
Page 8
- Yeah, I know it's not healthy, but...!
Page 9
- I figured as much...
- I can tell just by looking at you...
- You're gonna get sick! You need to have a proper diet!
- Aaaand there he goes. Aomi's big-brotherly meddling has begun...
- But I've been living like this for years. There's no need to change my eating habits now.
Page 10
- That makes it even worse! Even if you're thinking about the Tinder...
- The new year has started, it's a good chance to change!
- So what?!
- So! I don't have anyone to eat with anyway. I can eat whatever I want!
- I like soba, so I want to eat it, even if it's instant!
Page 11
- Well then! You should come to this stall once in a while!
- Fresh soba is good for your health, too!
- Let's eat together!
Page 12
- ...
- Hey, you.
- What's your reason for being so insistent on eating here?
- Well, that's...
Page 13
- Because eating a meal with other people is fun!
- I get to talk with the old lady and all sorts of other people.
- Well, not many people come by now because of the whole Tinder thing, but...
Page 14
- ...Hah!
- Soba from a stall is so archaic!
Page 15
- The future is cup soba!
- Cup Soba
- What?!
Page 16
- What do you mean, archaic?!
- What do I mean?
- A deserted soba stall like that...
Page 17
- A deserted soba stall?
- I don't get why you're clinging to and wallowing in a dying culture!
Page 18
- Maybe...
- ...it is a dying culture.
- But I...
Page 19
- The joy of eating a meal with someone.
- That feeling...
- I never thought it could die out.
Page 20
- ...it's something that would ever die out!
- That's what I'm telling you!
Page 21
- See?!
- That deserted soba stall is your answer!
- The future is decided by the people.
Page 22
- ...and people's attitudes change with them.
- There's no such thing as something that's universal!
Page 23
- Besides... you can just get it over with quickly at home.
Page 24
- A meal isn't just about getting it over with quickly, is it?
- A waste of time!
Page 25
- ---Hey, you.
- Would you be happy eating some paste-like food served on a plate?
- Huh?
Page 26
- I'm saying you're treating meals like some kind of chore!
- Well, you'll die if you don't eat!
Page 27
- Don't you want to enjoy your meals?
- It's not like you need to live in luxury every day!
- They don't know when to stop.
Page 28
- Aargh, that's enough!!
- It's not like you have to come every day!
- Are you an idiot?!
- It's about dropping by on a whim and eating with people! That's what makes a meal delicious!
Page 29
- Eating a meal... with people?
- That's so inefficient...
Page 30
- Meals aren't just about efficiency?!
- It's a hassle! Time-saving gadgets and Slacker Meals are all the rage now, you know?!
Page 31
- Or what?
- The joy of eating with other people.
- You don't know what that is, do you?
Page 32
- Hah!
- Unlike you, I don't want to waste my time!!
Page 33
- ---I can't understand eating with someone who isn't even family!
- And I don't want to understand!
- Hmph!
Page 34
- If that's how you feel, I've got plenty to say, too!
Page 35
- —Aomi.
Page 36
- ...
- Don't you think you went a little too far?
Page 37
- Maybe so, but...
- ...he was bad-mouthing your soba stall.
- ...
- Still...
Page 38
- I guess I didn't really need to go that far...
Page 39
- Oh, my.
- He's gone and left a whole lot of things behind.
Page 40
- Go take these to him!
- And apologize while you're at it!
- Huh?!
Page 41
- How am I supposed to face him...?
- That young fella...
- But...
- He's probably just lonely, is all.
Page 42
- If you just talk to him properly, I'm sure he'll understand!
- Lonely...
- ...huh.
Page 43
- And while you're at it, you should become friends!
- After we argued that much? That's impossible...
Page 44
- Give that young fella my regards!
- —By the way!
Page 45
- ...If you have business here, you can come over!
Page 46
- It's not like you're a fan of his, are you!
- You're creeping me out!
- Don't be absurd!
- That man is engaging in excessive acts of interference.
Page 47
- I was merely tasked by the State to keep watch.
- He really seems like a good-for-nothing.
- Though he's certainly got a sharp tongue.
Page 48
- But...
- ...he's a very passionate boy, you see.
- And he's honest to a fault.
Page 49
- It often backfires and gives people the wrong impression, but...
- ...
- ...the fact is, he's not a bad person.
- I'm not so sure about that.
Page 50
- Well,
- I don't think Aomi could get along with 'you, the Samurai,' though!
- There are plenty of guys he could be friends with, if they weren't samurai.
Page 51
- Hah!
- If someone like that exists, show me.
Page 52
- I'd like to see one.
- Anyway!
- A samurai glaring daggers like that in front of my stall is bad for business!
Page 53
- Samurai.
- I'm telling you, please go home!
- I still have business here.
Page 55
- Jeez!!
- How many of these did he drop?!
Page 56
- Seriously?!
- Oh, my.
- Oh, someone was kind enough to pick them up!
Page 57
- Thank you! You're a lifesaver!
- And you are?
- I'm a neighbor of the guy who owns this Cup Soba!
Page 58
- So, kind young man, who are you?
- Uhm...
Page 59
- I'm... the one who caused all this.
- What on earth do you mean by that!
- Is that why you were picking them up?
Page 60
- Were you trying to destroy the evidence?!
- Ahahaha!!
- I was just trying to return them!
Page 61
- ...them!!
- ...
- Hey...
Page 62
- About the owner of this cup soba...
- Is this really all he eats?
Page 63
- It seems so...
- Doesn't he have parents who cook for him or something?
- No,
- He does, but they're a couple who are often away from home.
Page 64
- That boy... it seems he gets money sent from his parents properly, but...
- I've never seen him buy things like vegetables...
- Seriously...?
Page 65
- ...
- Never seen him...?
- You don't talk to him much?
- Is he the type who doesn't socialize with the neighbors? That guy.
Page 66
- He wasn't always like this, you know.
- Probably since his younger brother died... and his parents started being away more often...
- He used to be such a bright and cheerful kid!
- He always rushes straight home, so...
Page 67
- ...there's no time to even say hello!
- —Somehow...
Page 68
- So he's got some family issues...?
- Anyway, let's go to Konsuke's place!
Page 69
- There's no point just talking about it here!
- —Still...
- I wonder if that boy will be all right.
Page 70
- He's the kind of boy who never leaves the house unless it's absolutely necessary, you see.
- He came out of the house today for the first time in a while, so I was thinking of checking on him...
- ...but then he came running back home like that!
Page 71
- If he pushes himself like that...
- ...I'm worried he's really going to get sick and collapse soon...
Page 72
- Konsuke?
- It's your neighbor.
- You dropped a ton of your cup soba, so I picked them up.
Page 73
- An old woman.
- I came to deliver them.
- Are you there?
- —Is that you, ma'am?
- I'm sorry, I was just about to go pick them up.
Page 74
- Sorry to have troubled you...
- Ah.
- It's you from before.
- ...Hey...
Page 75
- First you pick a fight, and now you're a thief?!
- In this situation, that's impossible!
- You idiot.
Page 76
- Oh, really!
- Then what did you come here for?
Page 77
- ...
- ...
- —To apologize.
Page 78
- I came.
- Hah! I wonder what you did wrong?
- ...
Page 79
- ...I didn't know anything about you, but I just jumped to conclusions.
Page 80
- There's something more to your situation, isn't there?
- —I got worked up when you bad-mouthed the old lady's soba stall, but...
- ...it was awful of me to say all that...
- I'm sorry!
Page 81
- ...
- When someone hits you with the hard truth about something you're sensitive about...
Page 82
- ...of course it's gonna make you feel bad.
- You don't seem to have a delicate touch,
Page 83
- so you should probably be a little more careful.
- I...
- th...
Page 84
- Huh?
- Hey! Are you okay?!
Page 85
- He must have pushed himself too hard...!
- I'll watch him!
- Ma'am, can you go get a doctor?!
Page 86
- Okay! I'm counting on you!
- Are you okay?
- Do you need some water?
- ...
Page 88
- Sorry! Coming in!!
- !
Page 89
- They look like a happy family...
- Or rather...
Page 90
- The house...
- ...he keeps it so clean...
Page 91
- So his eating habits are sloppy, but his life isn't...
- I totally misjudged him...
- I feel bad...
- ---I can't even understand eating together with family!
Page 92
- with someone who isn't.
- And I don't want to understand!
- Probably since his younger brother died... and his parents started being away more often...
Page 93
- So... after a family member died, his parents were hardly ever home...
Page 94
- What does that mean?
- Hey!
Page 95
- Hey! Konsuke's big brother!
- I brought you some water!
- Can you drink this?
- ...
Page 96
- I heard you've got parents.
- If there's a way to contact them, I'll do it!
- And is your jacket too tight?
- ...
Page 97
- ...
- My parents...
- They probably won't come.
- Huh?
Page 98
- What are you talking about?! What kind of parents wouldn't show up when their own kid has collapsed?!
- Because...
- ...ever since my little brother died...
Page 99
- ...they both changed.
- My little brother was so smart,
- the pride of our family.
- He said he wanted to 'become an engineer to help the Fire-Quellers in the future.'
Page 100
- But he died young.
- I wanted to make up for losing him,
- so I'm trying my best now, too.
- Even taking time to eat is a nuisance.
- And so,
- my parents just say, 'Submitting your work?'
Page 101
- 'We're off to earn money,' and then they're gone for ages.
- It's fine, isn't it?
- If I just die like this...
Page 102
- ...it'd be a relief for my parents if a failure like me died.
- You'd be relieved too, right?
Page 103
- Sorry, but...
- I'm not the kind of person who'd wish for someone to die so casually!
Page 104
- ...And besides,
- I feel like leaving you alone right now... would be the wrong thing to do.
- It's just a hunch... but still...
Page 105
- What the hell is that supposed to mean?
- !!
Page 107
- H-
- A Tinder...!!
- Whoa?!
Page 108
- I was keeping watch, and now this!
- !!
Page 109
- You lured the Tinder here, didn't you!
- I've been watching this whole time!
- You staged this!
Page 110
- You've got it all wrong!
- !!
Page 111
- Looks like I'll have to handle this alone...!!
- St-
- Stop it...!
Page 112
- ?!
Page 116
- Whiff
Page 117
- Hey, Samurai! Are you okay?!
- Can you move?!
- Ugh...
Page 118
- !!
- My sw-
Page 119
- Where's my sword?!
Page 120
- Ghh!!
- Hey!!
Page 121
- Samurai... can't you stop the Tinder's movements?!
- !
- You always stop its movements before you strike, don't you?!
Page 122
- If you can just stop it from moving,
- I'll put an end to it!
Page 123
- I'll use my matoi to extinguish it and resolve this situation!
- even if you can't use your sword anymore.
Page 124
- If we work together,
- we can save Konsuke!
Page 125
- I don't want Konsuke to die!!
- Please,
- I'm begging you...
Page 126
- !!
- !
Page 127
- !!
- Samurai!!
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