Author: 長月 Nagatsuki
TN:Mamuni
Chapter 70: The Path to Confession.
“Confess? . . .No, impossible.”
I was completely restless after returning from Sara’s house. I could only think about her. I was trying to read my favorite Yuri book in the bath as a distraction, however I was still on the same page. The hot water had already become completely cold.
This is a serious illness. The sickness of love. This Isn’t the Kusatsu Onsen.
If I stay here I’ll likely get another illness.
The reason for my headache is 80% due to the Sara spoiling, and the remaining 20% is Yoko and Koharu saying we act like “Love birds”.
We aren’t love birds! I want to be though! !
I wish I could say that without needing to endure the pain. I want to declare it, I want to flirt. Even if right now the skinship is at the stage it would objectively be seen as flirting, but I’m trying to do it as lovers! I want to flirt with her! And if I’m lucky, go up the stairs of adulthood ! !
“I don’t hate it, rather I think I really like it. . .”
That is the problem though.
I have read many yuri books from my previous life. So therefore I don’t have high hopes things can come just from skinship. The protagonist who is torned by a one-sided yuri taught me this.
As the ancient proverb goes.
Don’t get tricked by a straight girl’s skinship.
A high school girl who is fine with skinship, treats their best friend like a lover, casually uses words like “love” or “dating”, even uses heart emoji in the middle of messaging.
Sara also sent me a stamp of throwing kisses, but by no means does she mean it. It’s the straight girl trap!
Stuff like that works up my feelings, but it’s no use to expect it to go anywhere. Perhaps Sara as well.
How happy would I be if we were lovers? My face is getting mushy just imagining it, if it happened- – -I’d have to train my facial muscles.
“. . .Confess, when would I be able to do that?”
My desire to confess is increasing, I want to tell you! That’s my feelings, but the reality before me wouldn’t allow it.
I can’t say it’s fully not that I’m good for nothing and using it as an excuse, the main reason is to avoid the bad endings. It is shaking me to my core just thinking about it, but if I confess and it doesn’t go the way I want, I can’t stay by Sara like I used to.
If I couldn’t stay by her side to protect her, she could end up going on the nightmare route without my knowledge. I’d have so much regret if my confession led to her death. Compared to Sara’s life, my love is nothing.
Therefore the time for any confession must be determined beforehand. When should I? Under what circumstances even if – – -Sara breaks my heart, will she be safe?
“If we follow the game logic, she would be stabbed in autumn. It will be a little after the school festival is over.”
So late October? Perhaps early November at the latest.
The setting has changed a lot from the game, so I’m wondering if an event will occur at the autumn school festival.
Perhaps there is a possibility that we’d reach the new year without any changes.
So with that in mind, perhaps it isn’t time but circumstances that matter.
“When will Sara become safe. . ? When Koharu is happy?”
If Koharu is happy, the knife won’t come out. Is it tied to Aoi? I don’t know if something else could fill that, if there is anything else I’d like to make it happen!
At that time I can finally confess. . . For better or worse.
In that case that’s the challenge, I had to settle Koharu’s love before my own.
First of all, the problem is Aoi’s love for me. It’s not that loving somebody is bad, but I’m sorry it’s honestly annoying.
Despite me trying so hard not to get close to her, why did she have to fall in love with me??
Because she never confessed, nothing changed. So the stalemate continued for a long time, and it’s getting tiring. I want something to happen soon.
Besides, even if I shake off Aoi, I don’t think she will fall for Koharu anytime soon. On the contrary, I’m worried about leaving Koharu to Aoi, who treats her precious childhood friend so carelessly. Koharu’s face in my dream doesn’t seem like a good finish. Although there is no place for me to be between those two. I’d be at the level of not getting in the way, but also not supporting.
“. . .I wonder if it’s the true ending.”
There are three endings for the “Koharu ” route in the game. Happy Ending, Bad ending, and true ending.
Now that the happy ending has disappeared, the only remaining one for Koharu to possibly be happy is the true ending. However the risk is too high. Because in this ending, Koharu’s heart is broken.
“Happy ending is mutual love, bad ending is remaining friends without confessing. Why is the true ending the broken heart ending?”
Normally the broken heart ending would be the bad ending.
Following the game scripts, Aoi was confessed to by Koharu, she was troubled and tried to accept her feelings for a while, but after much thinking she couldn’t see her as more than a friend. It goes roughly like that.
Yeah sure enough, bad ending. . . Right? Because it’s only a broken heart for Koharu, it’s not a bad ending for Aoi? Ahh, this is complicated.
Well I guess I’ll take what I know. Koharu’s having a broken heart is a bad ending, no questions asked! Geeze, what is so bad about my cute junior.
I am learning from my experiences so far. That will probably be the case if the script’s true ending happens.
There must be some hope that it isn’t like it’s pictured in the game. I want to believe. Otherwise, Koharu will not be happy on any route.
Although there are only two endings for Sara and I, having the extra ending for Koharu must not be pointless. A broken heart that she can process and understand may be her key to happiness. That is the good she can get from that ending.
I built up a large sigh after thinking about it for a while.
I tried to explore various possibilities, but in conclusion, it seems that my love is dependent on Koharu. However, in order for me to confess, I have to have Koharu’s heartbreak. It leaves a pretty bad impression if you look at it like that. However I also wish for Koharu to be happy.
Still, How the heck do I convince her to get her heart broken. . ?
“Ahhhhh, geeze! A confession is a long way from now!!”
A path to that rosy future is still unclear.
However I did find the direction to it, I must have faith in it and proceed.
For the sake of Sara, Koharu and myself.
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AN: The truth of the true ending that was hinted at in the first episode was finally shown.!
TN: Also she said if you like it she’d appreciate your thoughts, bookmarks and rating ,etc. Here is a link (https://ncode.syosetu.com/n0307gl/) to the story if you want to bookmark it, you’d need a syosetu account though, so understand if you can’t. BUT DON’T SCROLL DOWN. Spoilers.
Okay so pretty sad stuff. Koharu needs to get her heart broken. However she’d also need to grow from it, and stop her codependency. So perhaps it’s for the best. Maybe Shiori can help figure it out. That’s it thanks for reading
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Also thank you sleffy, I wonder what Tomoda will do, perhaps help Sara realize her love for Shiori if she is a good friend.
Mamuni's Translations 
Why do I feel like Aoi’s only happy ending in the game (mutual love ) is with the previous Shiori? This chapter point out that Koharu’s happy ending won’t last after the game ends. I’m not sure if Sara ever sees Aoi as more of a friend in her happy ending.
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I think your feelings are right. The Sara Good End relationship is unstable and Sara will still get hurt. The Shiori route is also the easiest for the player to watch because they don’t see Sara or Koharu suffer onscreen. Sara is nowhere, Koharu stops showing up.
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Yup. Honestly all endings suck for somebody, its just severity of it that differs. It’s a love tragic no matter what. Maybe that’s why the true ending is just a normal rejection after a while. So everybody can grow from it.
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Yeah I think the game might have been smarter than Shiori is giving it credit for. The true ending doesn’t sound great but it does firmly establish their relationship and give Koharu closure.
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Thanks for the new chapter!
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At the same time that Shiori is working to help Koharu I hope Sara is able to have some revelations about her own feelings
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Wait if there’s a True Ending mentioned since chapter 1, why is Aoi dedicated to the less canon but happier Shiori-senpai route? With that info it seems unlikely without someone influencing things with knowledge from the game and desiring pure romance, even if it requires abandoning Sara and Koharu disappearing from the plot. Though Koharu was diverted into the Art Club. Finally a clue about (my assumed) antagonist’s motives.
For Koharu to heal beyond a broken heart and grow without the cooking club she’ll probably get a romance. This chapter deepens my hopes! I like this deduction much better! I hope she gets her own bittersweet and cathartic Iron Defense / Flag Crusher moment with Aoi later like those mentioned in chapter 1. (Ch 1 was totally worth rereading)
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So Aoi never loved Aoi, just on a base level. So there is already that baked in the story. So the true ending is just Koharu confessing and things don’t work out. Aoi isn’t actively doing anything in that path. However in this reality Shiori came in the picture more cold than before, and Aoi never met Sara, so perhaps that had a butterfly effect.
Why she is into Shiori more, maybe she did something to get Aoi’s attention, maybe it’s because she wasn’t paying attention to her despite everybody else always doing that. It’d also make sense if she was aware of all the ending and saw that Shiori’s ending is the only one with mutual love, so that could be it.
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Right, I’m torn between what is butterfly effect type chaos – especially rereading early chapters, and what is someone influencing Aoi with or without knowing the game – a vibe from later chapters. Recruiting Koharu and the unnamed +1 freshman seems like chaos. Then later on Aoi is still scarily persistent despite all the social cues, and I don’t feel it’s just her usual bubble of supporters. Though I doubt Aoi has full memories of the game herself because she would know why Shiori went off-script.
I now think Aoi’s flaw is that she is unconsciously romantically attracted to people who emotionally distance themselves, like the Koharu dedicated to the Cooking Club or the Sara acting kuudere because she can’t reciprocate love. The Shiori route is the exception because a usually distant Shiori was proactive and seductive. Aoi may be sensitive to certain positive attention like rejecting Shiori in that bad end or how she treats Koharu in general. Aoi is a positivity monster more-or-less designed for the gameplay challenge of pursuing relationships. This would give a reason for Aoi to be fascinated by the real Shiori who was probably calm and slightly anxious even the first time they made eye contact, and who always tries to keep some distance. Like Koharu, Aoi may have always been a bit twisted yet innocent and could break down under enough pressure.
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That’s a really good point. It seems like a common thread about Aoi. Always fixating on people not giving her the attention she wants. Especially as she only got attracted to Koharu after she became independent of her. Not evil but a twisted love for sure.
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I feel like koharu will not do anything but i have a feeling that Aoi will be the one doing some stuff to shiori i dont trust Aoi
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