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Takeaways from Therapy Game Restart Chapter 15 + Hinohara Exhibition Goods Animate Listing

Hi all! I hope you've all been well! ❤️💛💜

I'm finally out of lockdown and back outdoors! Ahh, I have missed the sun! ☀️😍

I've been a little busy enjoying my time being outdoors and have been inundated with work lately, but I have finally managed to read the latest chapter of Therapy Game Restart! 🥳🥳🥳

Before I get to our takeaways, just a friendly reminder:

🎉 You can order the goods from Hinohara-sensei's Exhibition on Animate right now! 🎉

You'll have to order through a proxy, but the listing should be up until around the 3rd of December 2021! Link to the listing is here!

Alternatively, if you head on over to the Animate Online Shop webpage and search 日ノ原巡, scroll down and you'll see a blue icon of Shizuma and Minato with the words:

日ノ原巡

原画展

事後販売

Click on the banner and it'll take you to sensei's listing for the exhibition goods only! Most items are still available for preorder except for the Therapy Game & Secret XXX Washi Tape!

Anyway! Onto our takeaways~ In this chapter:

We continue on from the last chapter (i.e. we're still in the flashback before the ending of chapter 13/opening scene of chapter 14).

Minato at the hair salon! Time to get ready for their date~ 😍

Awww, Shizuma getting all excited in the car to see Minato, bless! 🥰

DAMMIT ONODERA, you and your darn sweet tooth istg. 😒😒 Poor Shizuma, stressed about trying to get to Minato on time! 😭

STAHP IT, those cute texts between Shizuma and Minato! 😘❤️💛

Aaaaand Shizuma finally snaps at Onodera... 👀👀

WOOOOW. Okay. So we finally, finally get to see Shizuma's feeling and thoughts regarding his break-up with Yuka and reflecting on his current situation and his relationship with Minato. Legit speculated this in my first takeaway 2 years ago now! (BLESS, we've had TGR for 2 years now!)

Dang... Onodera, you... are very blunt. I honestly don't think it was the best time for Shizuma to hear what you had to say, but it gives him a lot to think about.

Okay, Onodera can be nice, lol.

BUT OMFG, Onodera, brain fart LMFAO 🤣

Also, didn't expect to see those characters then and there! 👀

And that’s it for this chapter’s takeaways! Wow, I am actually glad we get to see how Shizuma is processing/sees his past relationship with Yuka and how not to let the same thing happen again (i.e. seeing his partner leave/cheat on him).

But also dayum, I just realised I've been doing takeaways for two years now! Time sure flies! Thank you to everyone who's been reading along and enjoying this beautiful series with me! ❤️💛💜

Anywho~ For a more detailed breakdown/summary of this chapter, please continue after the cut! There may or may not be a surprise scene (or way more) there. Please keep reading if you want to see~  😉✨

Our front page features Onodera with her long, flowing hair and cold, blank stare directed at us. The captions read:

After observing him, someone who is sociable and doesn't know when to give up... little by little, he is different to the newcomer I've always known.

We see Minato at the hair salon of someone from Mama's bar/friend! After waiting for a little while, Minato's friend finally attends to him and asks what he wants done.

Image from this Dear+ Twitter post!

Miyako laughs and finds it adorable that Minato is doing all this. Due to their excitement, they talk as if they were in the bar, and Minato picks up on this. Miyako tells Minato that it's okay to try and be like someone (hair/appearance wise) but reminds him that he's wonderful enough as he is right now.

Minato disagrees, and remembers what Itsuki told him ("It doesn't matter who it is, just don't lose"). He unfortunately sees so little of himself, thinking "I wouldn't want to date someone as troublesome as me, either," and comes to the conclusion that he should change before Shizuma realises this too. He reminds himself that he cannot afford to lose. So he asks Miyako to give him a look that will make Shizuma want to touch him at one glance.

We're brought back to Shizuma and Onodera, who are now on their way back to the clinic after their final house call with Tono-kun and Shiratori. Shizuma notices that Onodera has been looking at the hair tie she received from Shiratori and smiles. Shizuma comments that Shiratori is a nice person, but Onodera asks on what grounds is she a nice person. Because she gave Onodera a hair tie?

Shizuma praises Onodera for speaking with Shiratori and finds their interaction quite nice to see. But Onodera thinks otherwise, believing that it was because Shizuma was there that everything went as smoothly as it did.

Before Onodera can say anything more, Shizuma decides to let out a little remark, which irriates her.

He also asks why Tono-kun suddenly acted like that at the end. A little shaken by the question, Onodera changes the topic and asks if Shizuma has recorded the clients' medical information, and he has. She thanks him for his hard work and asks him to contact the clinic to inform them of their return.

Right after sending the message, Shizuma begins to get excited about his date, until Onodera remembers/sees something and decides to take a detour.

Shizuma wonders how Onodera can consume that amount of food with such gusto, and reminds himself that he needs to get back to the clinic ASAP. He suddenly ponders at the possibility of being late and wondering what he should tell Minato. Just as he is on the verge of a realisation, he gets a ding on his phone.

A sudden gust of wind blows Onodera's hair everywhere, and at Shizuma's suggestion, she ties her hair up using that hair tie. He comments on how long her hair is and asks how long it took to grow it out. Onodera simply says she's forgotten. Interestingly enough, Shizuma suggests this: "How about trying out different ways to tie it up or braid it? A lot of females do that."

Onodera sighs and tells him that he asks a lot of questions. He reponds by saying he's trying really hard to show an interest in Onodera and get to know her (i.e. platonically, not romantically).

Looking out at the window beside her, Onodera sees what seems to be a woman and her 2 children, one a boy and one a girl, and we see the pig tails on the little girl.

Onodera then, however, opens up a little. She says that her hair isn't long for appearance/good looks, but is a little prayer of some sort. That's why she doesn't do much to it. Upon hearing this, Shizuma expresses his piqued interest and wonders what her prayer could be.

She then asks Shizuma if he has a partner (恋人 lit. lover. I chose a neutral term, partner, since Onodera doesn't know he is dating Minato, a man). He is surprised by her question, but his very obvious smile while texting Minato gave it away.

She continues to ask about his family, school life, hobbies, his friendship with Tatsumi etc. Her sudden questions make Shizuma feel like he is in an interview. He suggests they should invite Tatsumi to join them next time; however, when he says this, Onodera's eyes go blank and she begins to say how nice it must be for Shizuma to have a partner, a loving family, a childhood friend, and a workplace where he gets along with everyone. She expresses her jealously, with flashbacks of Shizuma getting along with his coworkers, clients, and university friends.

Unfortunately, Onodera says one too many of these remarks and Shizuma's just about had it:

Onodera realises she's stepped on a landmine and tells him he's making it bigger than it really is when in reality, he should just talk to his partner like he would his clients when they have a fight. Shizuma then opens up about Yuka and how their falling out and break-up was the first time he'd ever felt like how he is feeling now.

We get a flashback to Shizuma during his university days and it seems to be a really stressful and important study period for them. Visibly tired with dark circles under his eyes, he turns to see Yuka calling out to him on campus, asking why he hasn't returned her phone calls. He apologises and says he was studying all night. So to make up for it, Yuka asks if they can have lunch together. Before he even gets to respond, Tatsumi and their other male friend call out to him and say they'll continue studying later and pick up where they left off yesterday. They tell him they're going home to freshen up and change clothes and ask if he wants to do another all-nighter with them.

Shizuma tells them he'll have lunch with Yuka, but Yuka interjects and tells him they can have lunch together at another time. She understands that he's got to do what he has to, so in return, she asks him to give her all his attention after his busy period is over.

But for Shizuma, it was too late. He realised too late that he made her feel lonely, and she just endured it. He thought it was perfectly normal for her to just endure this for him, and he feels that he made her think that it was normal too. We see Yuka bow to Shizuma when he finds out she's cheating on him, and her apologising for not trying hard enough in their relationship when he did. He didn't realise he lost her until she left.

Back at the present time, Shizuma continues to confide in Onodera. He says that while he has no right to say this as someone who's made their partner endure so much, he wishes that he and his partner can talk to each other before they both reach their limits.

Shizuma begins to think about something directed to Minato. His inner monologue here:

"Humans are different to animals since we have words. So when we're in pain, when we want something, we have a way to communicate that. But why do you (Minato) hide such important things from me? // When such a boundary is set that doesn't allow me to ask, I feel as though I am intruding into your space. // And so, if the distance between us cannot be filled while we can chase each other every day, then..."

Shizuma tells Onodera that he thinks about that from time to time. And he thinks:

Just as Shizuma pours his heart out to Onodera about his problems, she laughs. Bewildered by her response, he asks why she's laughed. She explains that she finds it weird that he's made such a gloomy expression thinking about that.

She offers him a hypothetical situation: what would he do should Tono-kun's condition suddenly take a turn for the worse right now, given that Tono-kun is unresponsive, foaming at the mouth, convulsing, and Shizuma would hear a barely audible groan asking for help.

Shizuma responds: I'd go to Tono-kun.

Onodera states that being a vet is exhausting work. Their personal lives and plans have no influence or relation to their patients, and that their spare time is filled with additional study to help them gain more knowledge to save lives. They can't possibly compare their current work-life balance to when they were in school.

She reminds him that he's the one who told her that he wants to learn how to save the lives of his animal clients as quickly as possible, so he should be prepared for this kind of thing if he really meant what he said.

She continues, saying that a relationship where the first year is full of stumbles and falls, such as Shizuma and Minato's, should be given up on as quickly as possible. She bluntly tells Shizuma that he and Minato are incompatible since his career goal and Minato's 'sensitivity' are not a good mix.

Shizuma's eyes widen (in disbelief at her words) as Onodera continues to ask why Minato's fears don't dissipate despite knowing where Shizuma is, with a panel of Minato lying on Shizuma's chest, smiling.

She then says he can always move onto the next person if someone isn't good for him. Before she can finish her next sentence (which I think might be "That's what I've been doing, even now..." but not 100% sure), she sees she's overstepped her boundaries and said too much yet again. She remembers what people have told her in the past about learning how to be more delicate in situations, and how and when to say things.

Pursing her lips, she offers to take Shizuma to his meeting spot with Minato. She tells him that she'd be troubled if he takes the day off tomorrow because he got into a fight with Minato for being late.

Shizuma asks if her advice was to break up with Minato or to help them. She tells him that her advice does seem confusing, but she doesn't have an interest in his relationship whatsoever. While trailing off in her sentence, she manages to say "rubber" as in a c*ndom, which Shizuma picks up on and is slightly awkward about.

She snaps out of it and tells him that as a thanks for his help today, she wants to drive him there while she's in a good mood.

He refuses, saying he just needs to return to the clinic to change. But yet again, lady luck is not on his side--Onodera points to the sky and it seems that sun is already setting.

In our final panels, we see Minato's friends (who want the 4some) who spot Shizuma and Onodera at a shop. They grin and it seems they'll be using this little piece of information to their advantage.

And that’s it for this chapter! THANK YOU FOR READING THIS FAR! 💜 Wow! For a 24-page chapter, that was really content heavy, text heavy, and had character development for Shizuma and Onodera. I'm all for it! Honestly hoping we see Shizuma tell all this to Minato and clear all this miscommunication... 😖😖

I actually had one more image to post here, but there's a 10 image limit per post on here But that's okay aha!

2021-10-30: Proofread done! Not as bad as I thought, but I had some weird grammar and poor word choices in there hahah! Thanks for being patient with me!

📢 As always, please support Hinohara-sensei by purchasing her books and CDs! 📢

And please also refrain from resharing these translations and images outside of this post! Thank you for understanding! ❤️💛

There will be a chapter in next month's Dear+, so I shall see you then! The opening page for TGR will be a colour page, so we have much to look forward to! 😍

As always, stay safe during these turbulent times and look out for each other and for your loved ones! 💜❤️💛