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In the end, we continued working until early in the morning and were released from our shift only after 6 am.
“Good job”
When my eyes were blinking at the morning sun, Nanako cheerfully called out. How youthful… No, I am also young.
“You too. It was hard…”
“No, sorry, you were suddenly dragged in on the first day. Aren’t you tired?”
Nanako was apologetic.
Nonetheless, she must have worked even harder than me.
Even though she worked hard while serving customers with a smile, taking orders, restocking and serving hot snacks, she had been lively the entire time.
“Not at all. I’d just be in the boarding house doing nothing, anyway.”
“I see, well that’s good~.”
Nanako said, feeling relieved.
As with her words earlier, she’s a nice girl who was fundamentally caring…
She’s a bit of a yankee or a gyaru, but normally she was a beautiful person. 1
“Kyouya, do you have a bit of time after this?”
“Yeah…… I have nothing to do in particular.”
“Well, let’s go to karaoke for just an hour?”
She suddenly proposed.
“Singing isn’t really my forte you see.”
“Ah, then I’ll pay, so it’s fine if you just listen.”
Ten years ago, I also normally went to karaoke alone, but Nanako was obsessed with the two of us going for some reason.
“Nanako, do you like karaoke?”
“I really like it!!”
She immediately answered.
Since we had come this far, there was no reason to refuse.
There was a karaoke box chain store across the opposite side of the Tondabayashi Station near the college. 2
Since there was only one store that was open 24 hours, we entered it without hesitation.
“I’m relieved that it’s Joy Karaoke~. There’s actually quite a number of songs assembled here.”
We entered the room and Nanako started to quickly search for a song through the song book.
“What do you sing?”
“I normally sing J-Pop you know? Also well, I guess I also sing quite a few anime songs? For example…”
While continuing to input the number of several songs, Nanako cheerfully named the song titles.”
“Do you not come by yourself? To karaoke?”
“Well, isn’t it somewhat lonely? Singing alone that is.”
“Well, that’s……”
“Whether one is good at singing or bad at singing, having fun with everyone, isn’t that what Karaoke is about? That’s what I feel.”
As she was talking, she was getting quite familiar with how to operate the devices. She turned off the echo and reverberation, and turned off the guide melody settings. 3
(Huh? Is she one of those who are good when they turn off the echo?)
For a moment, my chest pounded and throbbed. I remembered the incident with Shinoaki from the other day.
Could this be the pattern where I discover Nanako’s legendary class singing talent and end up finding a diamond in the rough……?!
- Yankee in Japanese usually refers to delinquents or delinquency. Also, if you forgot what gyaru is, refer to previous chapters or look it up. I’m too lazy to keep linking pages for you guys.
- It’s a real station. Also, if you haven’t realized yet (I’m pretty sure I haven’t mentioned it before), Oogei is based off of Osaka University of Arts, which is (sorta) near the station in reality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tondabayashi_Station - Guide melody: A karaoke melody to help singers hold the tune.
Thanks for the new chapter!
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