Chapter 28

Bookshelves. 2006/12/10 14:25 It was two years ago that I met Y-ko. She was my boss at the job I was working at the time. I was a student, and I had no idea what I was doing. In order to learn how to do my job properly, I had no choice but to speak with her regularly in the workplace. After a time, we ended up becoming boyfriend and girlfriend. It turned out she was a fujoshi. Not only that, but a hidden fujoshi, one who didn’t show any inkling of her nature around other people… But as a general rule, she never hides this around me. In fact… It seems more like she’s intent on dragging me down that path with her. … And I’ll be honest. It’s slowly but surely seeping into me. This story is from a day when she came to visit me at my house. At my house. Y-ko stares intently at my bookshelf. Those are all manga that have a ton of girls in them! If you were going to imagine a college student’s bookshelf packed full of manga, at least throw out some titles like Dragon Ball or Slam Dunk! Light novels…? Oh, those young adult novels. True, Y-ko strikes me as more of a NisiOisin person than Yuka Murayama. And come on, Y-ko. So, you would help if it was bigger? Then why am I always the only one cooking at your place, too?! … Of course, being a student, I’ve got a lot more free time to spend cooking than Y-ko. Haruhi sure is popular. It makes me jealous. * Zaregoto series: NisiOisin’s debut work, starting with the Kubikiri Cycle (winner of Kodansha’s Mephisto Award). Spans nine works collected into six titles. I pulled out the book I bought on that trip and handed it to Y-ko. That and this isn’t a textbook. If anything, it’s a how-to book. It’s not the “reading” part as much as the “buying” part… … Yeah, I’m guessing I wouldn’t. So it does all come down to her influence. … Answer me. —To exactly what kind of world are you trying to take me?!