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>Home 29: It doesn't suit me.
>Blurb: The geniuses who have discovered the pleasures of supporting...
>For the sake of preventing Niko from being recruited,
>Yuu has arranged a karate match with Tatsumi-senpai.
>Three days remain...
>Good work out there,
>Yuu.
>Here, a towel.
>Good work, Yuu-kun.
>Here's some honey lemons.
>They work well on fatigue.
>Th-thank you very much.
>Kazuki-san, Miwa-san.
>They're doing it today as well...
>(Those two...)
>I'm not sure what to think of this...
>...Yuu,
>It's almost midnight.
>Let's call it a day.
>...No, Niko-san.
>I still want to do a little more!
>...Okay.
>I'll stick with you for a bit longer, then.
>Next day
>Saika Academy
>Niko,
>Until the next time we meet, make sure to grow stronger.
>Of course I will, Tatsumi-senpai.
>For me,
>becoming stronger is everything.
>I will...
>Not go with you, senpai!
>Hey, senpai.
>Niko...
>You...
>Have become weaker.
>...Sorry.
>I need to train harder...
>Not like that.
>I don't mean your karate skills. I mean your *heart*.
>Relying on the strength of others to determine your path for you...
>It's shameful!
>A Niko who's weak isn't Niko at all.
>Only two more days,
>before I defeat Ayase-kun. And then...
>We can temper you back into shape at my school.
>I'm in your care today as well!
>Niko-san!
>Y-
>Yeah...
>Your punches have gotten stronger, haven't they?
>Yes!
>Relying on the strength of others is shameful!
>A Niko who's weak isn't Niko at all.
>I'm sorry,
>Yuu.
>I said something that didn't suit me at all,
>and got you into this whole mess...
>Didn't suit you...?
>Yeah...
>Even though...
>I should just have kept on being strong...
>Niko...
>Let's aim for the peak of martial arts together!
>Focus only on growing stronger.
>Niko.
>Ever since I was a child, people have expected me to be strong.
>"Strength" was my talent.
>Bring him down, chief!
>There's nothing to worry about with the chief in charge!
>All those around me
>selfishly think of me as someone they can rely on.
>Of course, I do want to grow stronger as well.
>But...
>That isn't really ALL I am...
>When a big man is fighting me, I get scared.
>And my eyes are drawn to cute things.
>That's why...
>A Niko who's weak isn't Niko at all.
>You don't need any girly things.
>You're strong. They don't suit you.
>I'm such a half-hearted person.
>Always being torn apart by these contradictions.
>Mikadono Niko isn't feminine.
>It doesn't suit her.
>Despite them always saying that to me...
>...I'm sorry for getting you involved in all this...
>Yuu...
>No, no...!
>I'm the one who challenged Tatsumi-senpai in the first place...
>By the way, Niko-san...
>You do "things that don't suit you"...
>way more often than you might realize. (Just in your daily life)
>Huh???
>Y-you idiot...
>There's no way that's true...
>Are you sure?
>You know, when I first met you,
>I remember thinking, "She's a real demon, isn't she?"
>(Time for a break)
>(I'm home~)
>But, you're actually very meticulous...
>Interested in fashion...
>And even when we went running during training...
>(Fixing her hairdo)
>Niko-san was waiting for me~
>Stop it, already!
>No, I mean, don't observing people so damn closely!
>(But,) Really, it just happened to catch my eye...
>You're normally so strong, Niko-san, so it's like seeing a whole new side of you...
>A whole new...
>Side...
>...I'm not gonna be happy just from someone looking at me.
>That sort of thing doesn't suit me.
>I've never thought that those things didn't suit you, though?
>Not even once.
>After all, if it's something you do, Niko-san,
>it's not really a question of whether it suits you or not.
>Right?
>Even if you're normally strong...
>your weak side is still unmistakably Niko-san.
>I-
>Idiot!
>You...
>Saying something like that...
>Saying it for me...
>That's just like you...
>I want to determine my own path, with my own power.
>But...
>...than just a "normal girl", right?
>...I'm starting to think that I want you to help me, too...
>I'm so half-hearted...
>I understand, Niko-san.
>If that's what you want...
>Then let's fight together!
>N-no, Yuu...
>That's too low, even for you!
>Just leave it to me, please!
>Heh heh heh...
>Sidebar: The cool hero, fighting to protect Niko... Is going to fight... Together with her? Next week, the spirit of a non-standard, useless hero, with a center color page!
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