#JG Sakuma

[orange-cheetah]

stuff i've drawn for jg so far!

1. fantasy

2. cigarette kiss

3. warm

4. jitsui day

5. day off

6. umeda

[tima520]

Happy 3rd Joker Game broadcast anniversary 🃏✨💖💖💖

[jgfiles]

So, after a series of teasing photos, we’ve the cover image for the new Joker Game stage... which will clearly be based on “Double Joker”.

The cast as of now is listed as:

CAST

Kido Yūya 木戸邑弥

Yamamoto Ikkei 山本一慶

Okutani Chihiro  奥谷知弘

Matsumoto Gaku 松本 岳

Saigawa Kōji 才川コージ

Maeda Takeshi 前田剛史

Taniguchi Masashi 谷口賢志

and more…

Although there’s a promising ‘and more’ so far the  big names that were in the previous stage and are missing in this one are:

Suzuki Shogo

Omi Shoichiro

Abe Kaisei

Kousen

Orakio

Now... Miyoshi is dead, so unless we’ll have flashbacks there’s no hope to see him and the author who played him... that or Gamo Jiro is going to turn out as his twin or something.

Sakuma... well, this one is hard to say as Sakuma came back to D Agency but we don’t know when exactly.

Odagiri... well, the previous stage completely forgot about him after he left D Agency (they had Sakuma came back but not Odagiri) so I don’t really have hopes for him.

It’ll be interesting if Muto were to show up. He wasn’t in the plot of ‘Double Joker’, of course, but the same applies to most of D Agency so we can never know.

As for Gordon... he said he would turn into a double spy and that he hoped to show up in the next stage so... well, I’d like to have him back... or at least Orakio. I loved his performance in the first stage!

Still, it’ll be interesting to see how this will develop but really, I also would love a new anime series... or a movie... or an OAV... or something... I miss my boys and this time we don’t even have an anime version of the cover, they just jumped to the stage one...

[shinichick-39]

New rearrangement! Framed the Creators Calendar artwork and put out the end card postcards.

[marrylissa]

Day 03: “Poison”.

Actually when I first saw the themes, I was very excited because day 3 meant that I can combine two fandom: katekyou hitman reborn & joker game! I thought it was so hilarious for some reasons that might be just some people would understand about it! XD

Crossover Joker Game X Katekyou Hitman Reborn! Jitsui shows the surprise Sakuma a three-stories cake which, according to him, very ‘special’ (ahem, ahem!) made by a “special chef” named Bianchi (!?) a.k.a “Poison Scorpio”!

Who wants to eat Biachi’s Poison Cooking special cake? XD

[echohno]

hoLDS UP MY LEGGY so jga kingsman au w sakuma as merlin! ;0 i’ll tell you more later winkawonk [ twitter ]

[blackcatcircles]

Sakuma illustrations for the Joker Game Fangame.

The expressions from first to last is:

1.Normal

2.Smiling/happy

3.Surprised

4.Frustrated

5.Sad 

I tried to keep them in the same order I drew them in for this post to see how my art style changed a bit as I went. Now that I posted this I realized I made some mistakes making it transparent (there are bits of color in the area meant to be clear)  UuU;. Thank you @lookslikerainydays for for being so patient and waiting for me to finish. 

Remaining characters  in need of illustration are here: X

[trepidationchance]

I wanted to message you through this blog instead of your ask-sakuma one out of convenience. Because you started an ask blog, and I know it extends into the rest of the agency, would it be okay with you if there are other ask specific blogs? It'll probably be unbalanced if there's only two, but if we manage to get nine people together, maybe it could work out? Just a thought and you don't have to agree, I just wanted your opinion on it before I went ahead and started a blog without asking first.

Yeah, of course!! Go for it!! I extended towards the whole of d-agency because there didn’t seem anyone else interested in making an ask blog~ I agree that only having two would be quite unbalanced, but if there are others who want to do it, then having a second ask blog pop up should encourage them to make one!! Which Joker Game character are you thinking about doing?

To anyone else who’s reading this, please feel free to make an ask blog, but it’s probably best if we don’t have double ups so please ask before you make it~~

[jitsuiwawatashiwa]

@fastegg: the kid can read 

[orange-cheetah]

prompt: fantasy

Sakuma: Ah, Miyoshi healed me...

Miyoshi: Stop bumbling around so recklessly, it's troublesome, you know.

Sakuma: I- I'll be more careful.

(From the RPG drama cd!)

[tima520]

Sakuma from the new JG Stage PV

[jgfiles]

"Miyoshi..." "Heading back to the General Staff Office? I'm sure the Colonel will be shocked to hear your report." "Did you come here to mock me?" "No. I've changed my opinion of you a bit. I didn't think Sakuma-san the soldier would have caught that. More importantly, we're going out on the town. Would you care to join us? Maybe splurge and go to a Ryōtei?" "Back there, why... No, forget it. I'm afraid I'll have to pass. Maybe next time." "I see."

[hatajitsu]

New photos! They are so beautiful T.T

[jjblue1]

Hey jj when will the next chapter come out for your jg fics? Q_Q

Sorry for replying only now!

All my fics are in work but I don’t really have an extimated date of release. Research takes away a lot of time and so do work...

But it’s nice to know there’s someone out there waiting for them! As I’m not exactly a popular writer who receives lot of comments, sometimes I wonder if people just had forgotten about my work or if it keeps on satisfying them (had maybe dropped it after the first chapter?)... so it’s really nice when someone takes his time to let me know they liked it enough they want new chapters!

Anyway, if you’re curious...

SPOILER (from assorted works... have fun figuring out from where they come and if they will be kept in the final release...)

“Sometimes you can’t just wave away what your enemies think of you, my dear child. They viewed us as weak… and with good reasons as we were far outclassed in armament and technology. To strengthen Japan against the threat represented by the westerns… we had to change. We had to present ourselves as something that the westerns could respect. Something they could see as equal and not merely as a ground for conquest.”

-----------------

“It wasn’t about you. Or about the Colonel. It was…” he trailed off as a promise he made so long ago came back to his mind. Yes, it hadn’t been due to the wish to surpass this man, nor the man who stuck him in that hell called war. It hadn’t even been for his personal ambition. It had been just…

------------------------

‘Humans are social animals, Miyoshi. Keep on being on your own and you’ll regret it.’ a voice from his youth scolded him, and he could clearly see, with the eyes of his mind, a severe scowl on the teenager’s face that had reprimanded him back then.

------------------------

“You kept on complaining over and over you wanted your own bed in your own room through almost all the travel and now that you’ve it you feel the need to come sleep in MY bed?!?” Sakuma protested.

[paranoid-rhythm]

TRANSLATION: JOKER GAME 2ND YEAR D-CLASS, SAKUMA-SENSEI RETURNS!! PART 1

Hello.

I’m back to shitpost on the Joker Game tag. lol jk 

This drama CD is all the weird things the fans wanted, I guess. ww

Warning: VERY LONG. As in 4789 words long. TN notes at the bottom. I’ll update this post once I’ve translated the other tracks. 

Text inside 「these」means that Odagiri is talking via LINE, and italicized text inside asterisks like * these * means that it’s the characters’ thoughts.

Well then, let’s jump into the madness after the cut!

Part 2 - 第2話「the night of the school trip」 Part 3 - 第3話「All out! Evacuation Drill! 」 

第1話 「an activity log of a certain day」

Sakuma: Yuuki Private Academy, Middle School Department. Because their previous adviser quit suddenly, starting the second semester, I became the class adviser for the 2nd Year, D-Class. The D-Class is a specially formed group, specifically for a group of problem students. And thus the daily lives of these exceptionally unique students continue.

 ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ

Yuuki: Your presence is a good catalyst for those boys in D-Class. How about it? Do you have the will to be their class adviser until they graduate?

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ

 Sakuma: I wonder, would those guys graduate first or would my stomach be ridden with ulcers first? Though the Headmaster directly entrusted them to me, I should do my best to guide them! Okay, I’ll give my all today!

 ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ

 Sakuma: Drama CD, Joker Game

 Miyoshi: 2nd Year D-Class, Sakuma-sensei Returns!!

 ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ

 Yuuki: This is a record of the daily lives of the D-Class. It starts in the early morning, 06:00 hours.

 Sakuma: Hm? 

Amari: Good morning, Sakuma-sensei!

 Hatano: Morning~!

 Sakuma: You guys are early, do you have morning practice for basketball club?

 Hatano: Yes, since the tournament is approaching. Are you jogging, Sakuma-sensei? 

Sakuma: Yeah, since I feel like my body would become weak if I don’t move. So recently, I’ve been jogging in the early morning.

 Amari: If you’re interested in exercising, you should join our club. Hatano’s so Spartan in our training. Right~?

Hatano: It’s not like I want to be like that, whose fault do you think it is?! It’s because you keep slacking off here and there that I do it!

 Amari: Life should be lived freely, one should grab that opportunity! It’s important to live it the way you want it~!

 Hatano: Why you–…!!

 Sakuma: Thanks for the invitation, but I’m not really interested in joining ball games. 

Hatano: Oh yeah, Sensei’s specialty is kendo and judo, right?

 Amari: We heard that you’ve even joined national tournaments during your high school days. 

Sakuma: Y-you guys do know a lot huh… *Huh..? Did I ever tell anyone about this…?*

 Hatano: You should be careful about your personal information being leaked~! 

Sakuma: Don’t read my thoughts! 

Hatano: We’ll go on ahead, then! 

Amari: See you in the classroom! 

Sakuma: Ah–… yeah. Do your best during training! 

Amari: Hatano, you sure have low energy during mornings huh. Do you have low blood pressure? (1) 

Hatano: Well, there’s that but I was also reading a book until late last night. 

Amari: You should be careful not to stay up too late, or else you won’t grow any taller~! 

Hatano: HAAAH?! 

Amari: Ahaha! So you’ll get angry at that! 

Sakuma: I should run a bit more. 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ 

Yuuki: At around the same time… 

Miyoshi: *sigh* I can’t fix it huh, this bed hair… 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ

 Yuuki: 08:00 hours, before homeroom. 

Tazaki: Good morning! 

Jitsui: Good morning, Tazaki-san! 

Fukumoto: Good morning! 

Odagiri: 「Good morning~」 

Tazaki: Hm? Your greeting sticker is energetic today, did something good happen, Odagiri? 

Odagiri: 「Last night, Music Channel aired JG Musume’s(2) new release! It’s super god-like! 」 

Tazaki: Wait one second, it’s not only Fukumoto who likes that idol group, JG Musume? 

Fukumoto: The group’s new member looks a lot like Odagiri’s childhood friend, so I showed him their music video. 

Jitsui: And he got so into it huh? What a simpleton. 

Odagiri: 「Yuriri looks so much like Chizu-nee, it hurts! 」 

Jitsui: I don’t care what you guys get into, but can you not live tweet everything while it’s being aired on TV? Look what happened to my timeline! 

Tazaki: Truly, it’s just full of Odagiri and Fukumoto’s tweets. 

Fukumoto: I apologize. I got caught in the moment, I need to let everyone know about JG Musume’s ultimate cuteness–… 

Odagiri: 「I agree! 」 

Jitsui: Please think about us who gets flooded with 10 or 20 tweets about the same thing. Well, I’ve already muted you both anyway. 

Tazaki: Is it a good thing that he hasn’t blocked you guys yet? 

Fukumoto: Tazaki, you also have a Twitter account right? I haven’t seen you tweet recently. 

Tazaki: Ah, I’ve recently put up a channel in YouTube, so I’ve been uploading the new sleight of hand tricks that I’ve learned there. 

Odagiri: 「Tazaki, you’re a YouTuber?!」 

Tazaki: It’s not that big of a deal. Here. 

Tazaki: I have here the Joker card. I’ll crumple it inside my left hand and count to three, to change the card into something else! One, two, three! 

Fukumoto: That’s amazing. It changed into a pigeon in an instant. 

Jitsui: Is it really that amazing? Rather than that, what I’m bothered by is his channel’s username. 

Odagiri: 「Tazakin(3). lololol」 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ 

Yuuki: At the same time… 

Miyoshi: Not a hair is out of place, the perfect hairstyle! A cat? Don’t come after me. 

Kaminaga: Good morning~! It’s not like I want to go with you anyway~! 

Miyoshi: Kaminaga, I’m not talking to you. 

Kaminaga: Hm? Oh! A black cat! How cute~! Here, here~! Ooh~ you’ve got such soft and silky fur! If you were a human, you’d definitely a black haired beauty! 

Miyoshi: That cat’s a male though. 

Kaminaga: Eh?! 

Miyoshi: Well, you’ll know when you look at it. 

Kaminaga: Miyoshi, even though you claim to hate cats, you know a lot about them huh. Besides, why do you even hate them?! Is it because their fur sticks to everything? 

Miyoshi: It doesn’t matter. 

Kaminaga: But if this guy’s a stray, then it’s worrying. There’s been cases of someone abusing strays around this area. 

Miyoshi: If we don’t get a move on, we’ll be late. 

Kaminaga: Ehh… then, Cat-chan, well, Cat-kun, bye bye~! 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ 

Mutou: Your skirt is too short! And you, your necktie is crooked! 

Kaminaga: Geh. It’s vice-principal Mutou! Is it inspection day today?! 

Miyoshi: The committee is not with him. Isn’t he just doing it for nothing? 

Mutou: D-Class… you guys are almost late! I know that you’re all troublesome students, so I suppose that you won’t have any complaints if we expel you! 

Kaminaga: Did we cause trouble~? 

Mutou: Stop playing dumb! Kaminaga! I’ve heard that you’ve been going around, seducing all the female students in this school! 

Kaminaga: I haven’t actually gone to that extent… 

Mutou: No excuses! Miyoshi! Where’s your school badge?! Not wearing the school badge inside the school grounds is a violation of the rules–… 

Miyoshi: Mutou-sensei, we only have 4 minutes and 20 seconds before homeroom starts. And because you stopped us, we’ve already wasted 30 seconds, are you still going to continue? Even though you’re the vice-principal, you’re going to make students late? We won’t stop you though. 

Mutou: Ugh.. hurry up and go! 

Miyoshi: Thank you very much. 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ 

Yuuki: 10:00 hours, second period, Japanese Language. 

Sakuma: I’ll be handing out the results for the short test the other day. When I call your name, come here and get it. Amari! 

Amari: Yes~! 

Sakuma: Odagiri! 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ 

Sakuma: All of you in this class are very intelligent, but for some reason, all of you always gets one question wrong. This time, it’s question number 5. 

Amari: “Take into account Howard’s emotions in the underlined parts and write your interpretation of it in 30 words or less.” 

Kaminaga: Ah, it’s marked wrong on mine as well. 

Sakuma: Interpreting how a human being’s emotions, for some strange reason, all of you repeatedly get these kinds of questions wrong. To reflect on where you went wrong, I’ll have all of you read your answers out loud one by one. 

Odagiri: 「 It’s a public execution lololol 」 

Sakuma: First up, Miyoshi! 

Miyoshi: I don’t want to reflect on it. 

Hatano: He actually refused!? 

Sakuma: That’s right, even I was surprised that I had to grade a rejection. 

Miyoshi: Isn’t there no right or wrong when it comes to considering people’s emotions? Putting those kinds of questions in the test is nonsense. 

Jitsui: You have a point, you’ll need to confirm with the person themselves about it. 

Sakuma: It’s not that I don’t understand you, but as long as it’s on the test, there’s a right answer for it. If you’re not going to answer, then I’ll be forced to mark it down. 

Miyoshi: I’ll take note of that. 

Sakuma: Next up is Kaminaga, read it out loud. 

Kaminaga: “OMG this is crazy! Seriously crazy! Super crazy!" 

Tazaki: It looks like his vocabulary died. 

Sakuma: What warranted this line? 

Odagiri: Pfft… fufufu… fufufu that’s seriously dumb fufuhehehe… 

Fukumoto: It seems like it sold well to Odagiri, he’ll be laughing for a long time because of this. 

Amari: Thanks to Kaminaga, Odagiri who normally doesn’t laugh is now laughing out loud. I guess you can count this one as a good thing. 

Hatano: Just what kind of logic is that?! 

Sakuma: Odagiri! You’re not one to laugh at other people’s mistakes! What do you mean by "The rest of my answers are online.”?! 

Kaminaga: That’s even worse than mine! 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ 

Yuuki: 12:00 hours, lunch break. 

Hatano: Success!! Success!! 

Fukumoto: Were you able to buy the bread you wanted? 

Hatano: Of course! The Yuuki Academy special Black Iberian Pork Cutlet Sandwich, only 3 pieces are made and sold only on Fridays! This is really good~! 

Fukumoto: Did you also buy those pork cutlet sandwiches, Tazaki? 

Tazaki: Nah, I just bought the daily meal. I’m not like Hatano, I don’t have enough confidence to brave that bargain sale like mob. 

Odagiri: 「As expected of the only guy with a logical mind in the D-Class! 」 

Hatano: Anyway, why haven’t you guys eaten yet? It would’ve been okay to eat ahead of us. 

Fukumoto: My bento today is a work of art. I wanted to show it to you guys.

 Hatano: Wha–… what is this?! 

Tazaki: A kyaraben(4) huh? But which character is this? 

Fukumoto: It’s Nezujirou III. 

Tazaki: Ne… ne… nezu… ??

 Odagiri: 「It’s the official mascot character for JG Musume. Patterned after Fukumoto’s favorite, Marron-chan’s illustration.」 

Hatano: Is this a mouse? Why is it yellow? 

Fukumoto: IF MARRON-CHAN SAYS IT’S YELLOW, THEN A MOUSE IS YELLOW. 

Hatano: You’re scary… 

Odagiri: 「Can I take a pic and up it on Twitter?」 

Fukumoto: Yeah. 

Hatano: It’s all the rage now huh, omurice, nori and ham cut outs, it’s all totally impossible for me. 

Tazaki: You make it by yourself every morning, right? That’s amazing. 

Fukumoto: Today’s is just special. I usually just use the left overs from dinner and some easily prepared stuff so it’s not much work. Odagiri, you have a bento today, right? 

Odagiri: 「Yeah, Chizu-nee made one for me!」 

Hatano: Ah, your childhood friend that lives next to you? 

Odagiri: 「She said she put my favorite in there!」 

Fukumoto: That’s exciting!

 Tazaki: Hm? Odagiri’s favorite… 

Hatano: Ah… how do you say it…

 Fukumoto: …it’s all just… 

Odagiri: ….white rice… 

Tazaki: …right?

 Hatano: W-well! You never know! Maybe there’s some side dishes underneath all that rice!

 Odagiri: 「There’s none…」 

Tazaki: Oh… ah… well, Odagiri, you like onigiri, right? So maybe she thought you’ll be happy about it!

 Odagiri: Hn.. hm… 

Fukumoto: I’ll give you some of my tamagoyaki and octopus wieners…

 Hatano: I’ll give you a bit of my pork cutlets too… 

Tazaki: Have some of my karaage and cheer up! 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ 

Yuuki: At the same time… 

*A lot of girls chattering in the BG* 

Miyoshi: How stifling. Going to the cafeteria was a mistake. 

Kaminaga: Isn’t Miyoshi the one who said he wanted to eat the Triple S Meal Set? 

Jitsui: It can’t be helped, Kaminaga-san and Amari-san are both very popular with the girls. 

Kaminaga: Oh no~ sorry about being popular~! 

Jitsui: How about you try being modest? 

Amari: Ahh… I’m sorry, but we’re eating, I’ll be glad if you girls would quiet down a little~. 

Jitsui: As expected, the difference of how Amari-san and Kaminaga-san treat girls are widely different. 

Kaminaga: That just now was supposed to diss me, wasn’t it?! 

Amari: Hm? Isn’t it about how Kaminaga has his own good points? 

Kaminaga: Amariiii~! 

Miyoshi: You’re both just playboys, you’re just the same.

 Kaminaga: Oh? A man’s jealousy is unsightly, Narcissist-kun who’s friends with the mirror~!

 Amari: Speaking of which, our underclassmen in the basketball club all say that “If you look closely, Miyoshi-san from D-Class is really good looking!”.

 Kaminaga: “If you look closely!" 

Jitsui: Underclassmen from the club? Those are guys, right? 

Amari: Whether it’s guys or girls, isn’t being liked better than being hated? 

Jitsui: That’s not the point. 

Miyoshi: I don’t care about what people think of me. It’s annoying so I’d rather they leave me alone. 

Kaminaga: Ah! It made me remember, instead of the underclassmen, Jitsui is really popular with the older ladies. They all fawn over him, saying "He’s really cute~!”. 

Amari: Yeah, we see that a lot. 

Jitsui: It’s an honor. Thank you. 

Kaminaga: But truthfully speaking, as a guy, isn’t it kinda off, being called “cute”? 

Jitsui: Is that so? I happen to like this appearance of mine. I feel like I can use it for something. 

Kaminaga: What a scary child.

 Miyoshi: Jitsui, didn’t you say that you wanted to return books to the library? If you don’t go soon, our break would be over. 

Jitsui: Oh! Thank you for reminding me, Miyoshi-san. Then I’ll be going on ahead. 

Amari: See you later~! 

Kaminaga: Underneath that innocent face lies a demon, huh? 

Miyoshi: That’s what you call cunning or more like, black-hearted. 

Amari: Between Jitsui and Hatano, Hatano’s smaller, right? 

Kaminaga: Amari, do we really need that information right now? 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ

 Hatano: Ah, Jitsui. 

Jitsui: Oh, what a coincidence. Hatano-san, are you returning books as well?

 Hatano: No, I’m looking for books to borrow. We cross paths a lot in the library, huh? Is there some books you… can… re..commend…? *Eh?! Wait?! “Everyone Can Do It! Black Magic Manual”?! “Medieval Torture Methods Made Easy”?! Just what kind of books is this guy borrowing?!* 

Jitsui: Oh, this? 

Hatano: Ah… ah… y-you’re drawing manga for your club activities, right? I-is that for research? Ahaha..ha… 

Jitsui: No, this is just for my hobby. 

Hatano: Your hobby?! 

Jitsui: These books are very interesting, I recommend them! Everything is easily explained, so even beginners can read them! If you have time, please read them!

 Hatano: Ah.. ah… t-the next period is gym right?! I need to go change! Later then! 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ 

Yuuki: 13:00 hours, fifth period, gym class. 

Mutou: For today’s class, since Gordon-sensei is on leave, he prepared a special course for you guys!

 Hatano: Geh. And to make things worse, Mutou is the sub. 

Tazaki: Well, he does have his eyes on us. Looks like we can’t slack off today.

 Mutou: No complaints! Today you’ll be swimming with your clothes on!

 Kaminaga: Aaaah, so that’s why he made us wear our jersey over our swimsuit.

 Fukumoto: I thought he’ll just make us clean the pool again.

 Miyoshi: I don’t want to do that ever again.

 Mutou: Didn’t I tell you to shut it?! You all would swim 1 kilometer while wearing your jerseys! That means you’ll do 40 laps on this 25 meter pool! The time limit is 30 minutes! 

*An adult man would usually take 30 minutes to swim 1 kilometer. Held back by their jerseys, I’m sure they can’t do it within 30 minutes. This is my chance to get rid of this D-Class!* 

Tazaki: The weather is just perfect for a swim huh. 

Odagiri: 「I didn’t bring a waterproof case for my phone. I’m done for.」 

Jitsui: That means you just have to finish before your withdrawal symptoms appear. 

Amari: Wouldn’t our jerseys come off while swimming though? 

Hatano: That just means that your swimming form is bad. 

Fukumoto: If it comes off, I’ll pick it up for you. Though, even if we’re all guys, it’s better to take care not to get stripped off. 

Kaminaga: Exciting! All Guys Swimming With Clothes On! With A Chance of Stripping! 

Miyoshi: There’s no such thing. 

Odagiri: My smartphone… it’ll just be a temporary separation!! 

Mutou: *Laugh while you still can…* Get ready, go to your positions! We’ll begin the 1 kilometer course now! Ready! 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ 

Miyoshi: We’re all done. 

Mutou: Wh-what?! *These guys! Not only they made it within the time limit,  they’re not tired in the slightest, even after swimming! Impossible!* 

Miyoshi: “Impossible!”, is what your face says. Would you like us to do it again?

 Mutou: Uh–… uooooo!! 

Amari: Ah, he fainted. What do we do? 

Miyoshi: Leave him be, blood just rushed to his head due to his anger. He’ll be fine even if we leave him be. 

Kaminaga: Score! Then that means we’ll be free for the rest of the period! Let’s play underwater volleyball! 

Tazaki: Do we have a ball for it? 

Hatano: I think I saw one in the changing room! 

Fukumoto: I’ll go and look for it. 

Odagiri: I missed you… I missed you! 

Jitsui: Don’t cry while clutching your smartphone like that, Odagiri-san. 

Miyoshi: I’ll go ahead and change, my hair is all messed up. 

Kaminaga: Are you gonna spend 2 hours setting it again?

 Miyoshi: Shut it. 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ

 Yuuki: 16:00 hours, after class. 

Hatano: Hmm… Okay, it looks like those gaggle of girls aren’t around today! The tournament is coming close, I need to concentrate and train hard–…

 Amari: Hatano, Hatano!

 Hatano: What do you want?! Your fan club is not around today! 

Amari: I know that. But instead, there’s a cat! 

Hatano: Huh, cat? Whoa! Where did this come from?! 

Amari: Earlier, when Hatano was checking out the scene outside, it slipped right between your feet. That was amazing~! 

Hatano: If you noticed then you should’ve said something! 

Amari: I’m more of a dog person, but cats are cute too, right~? Ahahaha~ that tickles~! Is it because I ate some snacks before that I smell tasty? 

Hatano: Guide it outside! If we left that here, it’ll be in the way of our practice!

 Amari: Don’t be so cold! Let’s just leave him here! 

Hatano: What good would leaving it here be?! Are you planning to keep it here in the gym? Stop being irresponsible–… AH! WHOA?! The club room’s key–…!!

Amari: Did the cat take it? What do we do? 

Hatano: What else do you think we should do?! Run after it! 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ 

Kaminaga: Aaah~ the best thing about the Cooking Club is that I can slack off and Fukumoto would make snacks and then Miyoshi would pour tea~! 

Miyoshi: Don’t put your feet on the sofa. 

Fukumoto: You’re gonna choke if you eat while lying down. 

Kaminaga: You guys are seriously like a nagging mother-in-law and a mom.

 Hatano: I’ll come at it from the right!

 Kaminaga: Hm? 

Hatano: Amari! It went that way! Corner it in!

 Amari: Roger! Ah! 

Hatano: Aah!! Only a little bit more! 

Kaminaga: What are those two doing in the courtyard? 

Fukumoto: They seem to be chasing a black cat. 

Kaminaga: That’s obvious enough while watching them… 

Miyoshi: Wouldn’t it be that, that cat took something from Hatano, so they’re chasing it to get it back. Since Amari is with him, it must have something to do with the basketball club, like the club room’s key… that cat… 

Fukumoto: Hm? Are you interested in the cat?

 Miyoshi: Not really.

 Kaminaga: Isn’t that the cat that was following Miyoshi this morning? It ended up here in school after all! It must really have taken a liking to Miyoshi!

 Fukumoto: If it’s a stray cat, then it must be hungry.

 Miyoshi: Even so, don’t give food to it. If it gets used to that, it’ll just be troublesome

 Kaminaga: What an evil guy~! 

Fukumoto: No, Miyoshi’s right. It was my mistake. 

*Kaminaga’s phone rings* 

Kaminaga: Huh? A call from Tazaki? 

Fukumoto: That’s rare. 

Kaminaga: Hello~! 

Tazaki: Help me, Kaminaga! I have only you now!

 Kaminaga: Eh?! What happened? 

Tazaki: Well, the thing is… 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ

 Jitsui: Virtual Scientific and Cultural Research Club! Today’s agenda is this!

 Tazaki: Hm? A horror game?

 Odagiri: Hiie?! 

Jitsui: You worded it wrong. It’s an action game where you run and fight zombies! The graphics, the music, the motions! It’s a super scary game being celebrated on the internet! I’d like you two play this for me. 

Odagiri: W-w-w-w-w-why?!

 Tazaki: Odagiri, calm down. 

Jitsui: I want my next work to be a romance story born out of running away from zombies! A gory, shocking love suspense story! So, if you could help me with that… 

Odagiri: W–…. wh–…. why–… 

Tazaki: I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve asked this but, Jitsui, you’re writing a shoujo manga, right? 

Jitsui: Yes, that’s right. But I’m sure that the readers are all tired of that school love story trope. I’ll use this for a bit of a change! 

Tazaki: I think it’s too big of a change. 

Odagiri: 「I’m begging you, horror genres are truly impossible, I’m so sorry.」

 Tazaki: Odagiri is making it rain dogeza(5) stickers…

 Jitsui: So it’s really impossible, huh? I don’t have anyone else but you two… I’m sorry, it was wrong of me, please forget it.

 Tazaki: Odagiri.

 Odagiri: 「F-f-f-fine.」 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ 

Tazaki: And so, we’re playing the said game in our club room…

 Odagiri: I-…impossible! Impossible! Impossible! Impossible! Impossible! Impossible!

 Jitsui: IT’S NOT IMPOSSIBLE!

 Odagiri: AAAAAHH!! NOOOOOOOO!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRGHH!!!

 Jitsui: DON’T LET GO OF THE CONTROLLER!

 Odagiri: AAAH!! ARRRRHHH!! AAAAARGHH!!

 Tazaki: As you can hear, Odagiri’s HP is almost at 0. I’d take his place but, Jitsui said it’s pointless to make people who aren’t scared to play it.

 Kaminaga: So you mean–…

 Tazaki: Kaminaga, you’re no good with horror, right? I beg you, please take Odagiri’s place! I’ll be waiting for you in the club room! 

Kaminaga: W-wait–…! How can one so unreasonable?! 

Miyoshi: Why don’t you hurry and go? 

Fukumoto: Bring them some of the madeleines I baked earlier. 

Kaminaga: You two are so cold! 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ 

Hatano: You have nowhere to run to! 

Amari: Eh~ who knew that there’s a vacant lot here~ 

Hatano: Who cares about that?! Give me back the club room’s key! Alright! Seriously, giving us all that trouble! 

Amari: Wait one second, Hatano. There’s something else that dropped.

 Hatano: Huh? Our school’s badge?

 Amari: There seems to be something engraved on the back, but it’s so small, it’ll be impossible to know whose this is with just this… 

Hatano: It might be… 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ 

Yuuki: 18:00, the end of the school day. 

Miyoshi: I seriously don’t understand why Kaminaga and Odagiri find zombies scary. Let’s go home already. 

Amari: Miyoshi! 

Hatano: Don’t move from there! 

Miyoshi: Huh? 

Hatano: This, is yours, right? 

Miyoshi: My school badge… 

Amari: Hatano saw the mark on the back and said that it definitely belongs to you.

 Hatano: You always put a mark on your personal belongings, right? Because you hate to have them get mistaken for someone else’s.

 Miyoshi: Where did you find it?

 Hatano: In the vacant lot up ahead in the shopping district behind the school. We found it when we were chasing that stray cat who took our club room’s key.

 Amari: Though it looked to me that the cat was trying to leas us there.

 Hatano: The cat? If so, then that’s helpful of him. But how come you dropped it in that place?

 ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ 

Kaminaga: But if this guy’s a stray, then it’s worrying. There’s been cases of someone abusing strays around this area.

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ 

Miyoshi: Hm? A guy swinging around a baseball bat in a sparsely trafficked vacant lot? He could be nothing more than a suspicious person. And here I thought it’ll be facing someone more worthy. 

*cat snarling* 

*Miyoshi takes a photo* 

Suspect: W-who are you?! 

Miyoshi: Ah, please don’t mind me, I just love taking photos of cats. It’ll be alright if I post this photo online, right?

 Suspect: Give me that! 

Miyoshi: If you continue doing such things, you’ll get arrested not only for abuse but also for assault. A middle schooler getting caught abusing a cat? I’m pretty sure that the news would go crazy about it, how about that? I hope you take that into understanding.*

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ

Miyoshi: It’s nothing important. 

Hatano: Well, whatever, as long as I’ve handed it over.

Amari: Make sure you don’t lose it again! 

Miyoshi: A cat returning a favor, huh? 

ｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘｘ 

Yuuki: 21:00 hours.

Sakuma: Making a new lesson plan, preparing questions for the mid-term exams, planning the itinerary for the school trip… what a busy week it has been. Maybe I should go and drop by the convenience store and buy beer… hm? A cat? It’s dark so I can’t see it well… Ahaha, you’re quite used to humans huh, are you a stray? I see, I see! But my place is a cramped apartment and due to work, I’m not always at home, it’s not a good environment to keep a cat in. I’m sure some good natured person would pick you up… I’m sorry. Come on, don’t go after me! Didn’t I tell you not to go after me? Fine, do you want to go home with me? Ah-! Wait! Don’t pull on my clothes! Your claws hurt! Ow!

 * With fur as black as an unlit night road, I took him home and named him Yoru.*

TN notes:

1 – Japanese people believe that people that have low blood pressure are not morning people

2 – JG Musume, a parody on Morning Musume

3 – Tazakin sounds like saikin (bacteria)

4 – Character bento

5 – dogeza / kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself​ as an apologyPart 3 - 第3話「All out! Evacuation Drill! 」  Part 3 - 第3話「All out! Evacuation Drill! 」

[terassaras]

“Hey - hey there! Oh no, not at all! I haven’t been waiting for long, I just didn’t want to make you wait! Oh - this? My puppy got so excited somehow that he wouldn’t get off the bench! But never mind that...shall we...?”

Sakuma said it’s just a play date for his puppy and yours - but is that all there is to it? He’s got a box of cake and a bouquet of lilies!

Happy belated birthday @trepidationchance! I wish you a wonderful year of happiness and JG craziness! Wooohoo~

Bonus:

Later in the Agency...

They won’t stop teasing the poor guy.