Easy to Fool, Eh?
Shinjou Akane: Hey, since we're here, wanna go sit down and have some tea?
Utsumi Shou: Huh?
Shinjou Akane: We can talk about toys and stuff!
Utsumi Shou: Ah... Uh... Well... Um...
Shinjou Akane: Oh, you've got other plans?
Utsumi Shou: Oh, no, no! I'm fine with that! Yeah! Perfectly fine!
Shinjou Akane: Yay!
Utsumi Shou: *unintelligible* Ah, oh! The... the-- there's! When we came out of north exit... there's a Starbows! Let's go there!
Shinjou Akane: Oh, you go to Starbows as well, Utsumi-kun?
Utsumi Shou: Wh-- well, sometimes! Sometimes, yeah...
Shinjou Akane: Oh, really? Sure you're not forcin' it?
Utsumi Shou: Oh, no, no. Starbows and stuff is perfectly normal. Well... it's that... uh... order a crispy sweet potato frappuccino... and get the autumn season exclusive rubber wristband, right?
Shinjou Akane: Heh heh... What're you reading there?
Utsumi Shou: Uh, nothing! Wasn't readin'!
Shinjou Akane: Oh... I don't really bring it up at school, huh?
Utsumi Shou: Were you hiding it?
Shinjou Akane: Nope. But it's not like I'm going to bring up Kaiju topics out of the blue, right?
Utsumi Shou: Huh... why not? Don't you like them?
Shinjou Akane: Well, I just don't do it normally. I'm a girl, you know.
Utsumi Shou: Uh, so, what do you usually talk about?
Shinjou Akane: What, huh... Normal stuff?
Utsumi Shou: Hmm...
Shinjou Akane: So, do you talk about Kaiju with your friends, Utsumi-kun?
Utsumi Shou: Well... I can't really talk about that stuff in class, can I? That's why... you're like... the first one, Shinjou-san.
Shinjou Akane: Oh, I see...
Utsumi Shou: But there might be someone at school who likes Kaiju if we actually look for them!
Shinjou Akane: Hmm... but do I really want to share my passion with others so openly?
Utsumi Shou: Why not? That'd be a waste! Shinjou-san, with your... uh... popularity, you could get people to approve of Kaiju stuff more if you spoke up!
Shinjou Akane: Eh, won't it be fine even if other people don't understand? I'm fine with being the only one who likes it.
Utsumi Shou: Oh, no no no... You see, Kaiju fans are, well... viewed in a pretty negative light, right? Won't people think we're gross or something?
Shinjou Akane: Really?
Utsumi Shou: Oh, totally... Like, we're in high school, you know? And we still go to toy shops to... window shop the merch and stuff, you know? Doesn't that sound gross?
Shinjou Akane: Isn't that just a you problem, Utsumi-kun?
Utsumi Shou: Ngh--!?
Shinjou Akane: It's not nice to blame it on the Kaiju, yeah~~?
Utsumi Shou: That... fair.
Shinjou Akane: Heh heh heh... But the toys are getting expensive these days, aren't they?
Utsumi Shou: Sure are... Bunch of stuff I want, no money...
Shinjou Akane: You're not doing any part-time jobs?
Utsumi Shou: Not for long, anyway. Just some register shifts during summer break and stuff...
Shinjou Akane: Now, that's not gonna bring in enough cash, isn't it?
Utsumi Shou: Right...
Shinjou Akane: Oh, this sounds like a good time! Here, Utsumi-kun. Interested in this?
Utsumi Shou: Huh... What's this?
Shinjou Akane: Daily necessities are always in demand, so this should be fine...
Utsumi Shou: Come again?
Shinjou Akane: So if you make direct sales with these, you'll cut the expenses for advertisement...
Utsumi Shou: ...What?
Shinjou Akane: For example, Utsumi-kun... So if you buy a 100,000 Yen's worth of products from this catalog, then sell these same stuff to the rest of your friends, you'll make an income of about 20,000 Yen from each of them... That's called passive income, by the way. Then those friends could sell the stuff to their other friends as well, and you'll rake in even more dough, Utsumi-kun--
Utsumi Shou: Um... Uh, excuse me? Um... Now, hold up. Isn't this convo, like, heading in a weird direction?
Shinjou Akane: Huh? Heh heh... Of course not!
Utsumi Shou: Oh, it totally is!
Shinjou Akane: No, no! You're hearing it all wrong, Utsumi-kun! It's nothing like that! This is totally legit... it's called network marketing!
Utsumi Shou: Hey, that thing's totally--
Shinjou Akane: No, no, no, no, this business model is totally legal! It's perfectly safe!
Utsumi Shou: Uh, but...
Shinjou Akane: No worries! These are daily necessities, not something that'll get you in trouble! High quality goods, too! In the worst case, you can just use the stuff yourself!
Utsumi Shou: Well...
Shinjou Akane: C'mon, let's do it, Utsumi-kun! We'll give it our best shot! Together we'll make our dreams come true~~!
Utsumi Shou: Ehh... (That was freakin' scary! The hell's going on!? It's totally shady, isn't it!? Being invited to a café out of the blue? Oh, man... How'd I not notice this earlier!?)
Shinjou Akane: Utsumi-kun, Utsumu-kun~~
Utsumi Shou: Yes...?
Shinjou Akane: Just kidding~~
Utsumi Shou: ...Huh?
Shinjou Akane: Did I fool ya? Hey, did I really fool ya?
Utsumi Shou: Huh... huh?
Shinjou Akane: 'Twas just a prank, baby!
Utsumi Shou: Gah... ha ha... Oh c'mon, really!? That was driving me crazy!
Shinjou Akane: You really bought my act, huh?
Utsumi Shou: Uh, well, your acting was pretty damn good, so...
Shinjou Akane: I mean, no one's gonna buy a ton of daily necessity goods from high schoolers, right?
Utsumi Shou: Oh, please, gimme a break...
Shinjou Akane: Heh heh heh...
Utsumi Shou: Just look at me! I'm sweatin' real bad, you know...
Shinjou Akane: Ew, gross~~
Utsumi Shou: Hey, gross is a bit--
Shinjou Akane: Sorry, sorry! Ha ha ha... Just kidding! Here, Utsumi-kun, this is what I actually wanted to show to you!
*thump*
Utsumi Shou: ...Yes?
Shinjou Akane: So this is a jar made of a kind of space ore called happy-cosmocium, you see... With this special jar as a medium, we can meet with a divine cosmic being and establish a connection to the children of the universe itself, and our daily prayers will purify our troubled present times--
Utsumi Shou: Ah, OK, OK, OK. Got it. This is going in another weird direction, isn't it?
Shinjou Akane: Just kidding~~
Utsumi Shou: *panting* Oh, c'mon!
Shinjou Akane: Ha ha ha ha ha!
Utsumi Shou: Oh, stop it already... But seriously, you're good! Really good at this!
Shinjou Akane: Nah, you're just easy to fool!
Utsumi Shou: Ow, I actually felt that...
Shinjou Akane: What's even a happy-cosmocium? Doesn't that sound totally bogus?
Utsumi Shou: I should be the one asking that!
Shinjou Akane: Besides, there's no way some random jar could connect to a divine cosmic being! See, the bond that connects our very lives to the cosmic being is... harmony. Be in harmony with the whole of the universe itself, and absorb life energy through your breath.
Utsumi Shou: So... you're saying the divine cosmic being actually exists?
Shinjou Akane: Now, follow my lead, Utsumi-kun.
Utsumi Shou: Huh?
Shinjou Akane: Harmonize thyself with the Universal Foundational Harmony Breathing...
Utsumi Shou: Huh... Wha... Wait... Huh...?
Shinjou Akane: Now, breathe in... *breathes in*
Utsumi Shou: Uh... *breathes in*
Shinjou Akane: Out... *breathes out*
Utsumi Shou: *breathes out*
Shinjou Akane: Now, hold and repeat after me...
Utsumi Shou: Okay...
Shinjou Akane: Eternal love, eternal harmony...
Utsumi Shou: Eternal love, eternal harmony...
Shinjou Akane: Amid the infinite connections of the universe...
Utsumi Shou: Amid the infinite connections of the universe...
Shinjou Akane: Grant unto us our passive income via the selling of daily necessities...
Utsumi Shou: There it is! Damn network marketing...
Shinjou Akane: Oh, you go to Starbows as well, Utsumi-kun?
Utsumi Shou: Wh-- well, sometimes! Sometimes, yeah...
Shinjou Akane: Oh, really? Sure you're not forcin' it?
Utsumi Shou: Oh, no, no. Starbows and stuff is perfectly normal. Well... it's that... uh... order a crispy sweet potato frappuccino... and get the autumn season exclusive rubber wristband, right?
Shinjou Akane: Heh heh... What're you reading there?
Utsumi Shou: Uh, nothing! Wasn't readin'!
===
Utsumi Shou: Not sure if I want to call it unexpected or something, but... I'd never known you liked Kaiju this much, Shinjou-san.Shinjou Akane: Oh... I don't really bring it up at school, huh?
Utsumi Shou: Were you hiding it?
Shinjou Akane: Nope. But it's not like I'm going to bring up Kaiju topics out of the blue, right?
Utsumi Shou: Huh... why not? Don't you like them?
Shinjou Akane: Well, I just don't do it normally. I'm a girl, you know.
Utsumi Shou: Uh, so, what do you usually talk about?
Shinjou Akane: What, huh... Normal stuff?
Utsumi Shou: Hmm...
Shinjou Akane: So, do you talk about Kaiju with your friends, Utsumi-kun?
Utsumi Shou: Well... I can't really talk about that stuff in class, can I? That's why... you're like... the first one, Shinjou-san.
Shinjou Akane: Oh, I see...
Utsumi Shou: But there might be someone at school who likes Kaiju if we actually look for them!
Shinjou Akane: Hmm... but do I really want to share my passion with others so openly?
Utsumi Shou: Why not? That'd be a waste! Shinjou-san, with your... uh... popularity, you could get people to approve of Kaiju stuff more if you spoke up!
Shinjou Akane: Eh, won't it be fine even if other people don't understand? I'm fine with being the only one who likes it.
Utsumi Shou: Oh, no no no... You see, Kaiju fans are, well... viewed in a pretty negative light, right? Won't people think we're gross or something?
Shinjou Akane: Really?
Utsumi Shou: Oh, totally... Like, we're in high school, you know? And we still go to toy shops to... window shop the merch and stuff, you know? Doesn't that sound gross?
Shinjou Akane: Isn't that just a you problem, Utsumi-kun?
Utsumi Shou: Ngh--!?
Shinjou Akane: It's not nice to blame it on the Kaiju, yeah~~?
Utsumi Shou: That... fair.
Shinjou Akane: Heh heh heh... But the toys are getting expensive these days, aren't they?
Utsumi Shou: Sure are... Bunch of stuff I want, no money...
Shinjou Akane: You're not doing any part-time jobs?
Utsumi Shou: Not for long, anyway. Just some register shifts during summer break and stuff...
Shinjou Akane: Now, that's not gonna bring in enough cash, isn't it?
Utsumi Shou: Right...
Shinjou Akane: Oh, this sounds like a good time! Here, Utsumi-kun. Interested in this?
Utsumi Shou: Huh... What's this?
Shinjou Akane: Daily necessities are always in demand, so this should be fine...
Utsumi Shou: Come again?
Shinjou Akane: So if you make direct sales with these, you'll cut the expenses for advertisement...
Utsumi Shou: ...What?
Shinjou Akane: For example, Utsumi-kun... So if you buy a 100,000 Yen's worth of products from this catalog, then sell these same stuff to the rest of your friends, you'll make an income of about 20,000 Yen from each of them... That's called passive income, by the way. Then those friends could sell the stuff to their other friends as well, and you'll rake in even more dough, Utsumi-kun--
Utsumi Shou: Um... Uh, excuse me? Um... Now, hold up. Isn't this convo, like, heading in a weird direction?
Shinjou Akane: Huh? Heh heh... Of course not!
Utsumi Shou: Oh, it totally is!
Shinjou Akane: No, no! You're hearing it all wrong, Utsumi-kun! It's nothing like that! This is totally legit... it's called network marketing!
Utsumi Shou: Hey, that thing's totally--
Shinjou Akane: No, no, no, no, this business model is totally legal! It's perfectly safe!
Utsumi Shou: Uh, but...
Shinjou Akane: No worries! These are daily necessities, not something that'll get you in trouble! High quality goods, too! In the worst case, you can just use the stuff yourself!
Utsumi Shou: Well...
Shinjou Akane: C'mon, let's do it, Utsumi-kun! We'll give it our best shot! Together we'll make our dreams come true~~!
Utsumi Shou: Ehh... (That was freakin' scary! The hell's going on!? It's totally shady, isn't it!? Being invited to a café out of the blue? Oh, man... How'd I not notice this earlier!?)
Shinjou Akane: Utsumi-kun, Utsumu-kun~~
Utsumi Shou: Yes...?
Shinjou Akane: Just kidding~~
Utsumi Shou: ...Huh?
Shinjou Akane: Did I fool ya? Hey, did I really fool ya?
Utsumi Shou: Huh... huh?
Shinjou Akane: 'Twas just a prank, baby!
Utsumi Shou: Gah... ha ha... Oh c'mon, really!? That was driving me crazy!
Shinjou Akane: You really bought my act, huh?
Utsumi Shou: Uh, well, your acting was pretty damn good, so...
Shinjou Akane: I mean, no one's gonna buy a ton of daily necessity goods from high schoolers, right?
Utsumi Shou: Oh, please, gimme a break...
Shinjou Akane: Heh heh heh...
Utsumi Shou: Just look at me! I'm sweatin' real bad, you know...
Shinjou Akane: Ew, gross~~
Utsumi Shou: Hey, gross is a bit--
Shinjou Akane: Sorry, sorry! Ha ha ha... Just kidding! Here, Utsumi-kun, this is what I actually wanted to show to you!
*thump*
Utsumi Shou: ...Yes?
Shinjou Akane: So this is a jar made of a kind of space ore called happy-cosmocium, you see... With this special jar as a medium, we can meet with a divine cosmic being and establish a connection to the children of the universe itself, and our daily prayers will purify our troubled present times--
Utsumi Shou: Ah, OK, OK, OK. Got it. This is going in another weird direction, isn't it?
Shinjou Akane: Just kidding~~
Utsumi Shou: *panting* Oh, c'mon!
Shinjou Akane: Ha ha ha ha ha!
Utsumi Shou: Oh, stop it already... But seriously, you're good! Really good at this!
Shinjou Akane: Nah, you're just easy to fool!
Utsumi Shou: Ow, I actually felt that...
Shinjou Akane: What's even a happy-cosmocium? Doesn't that sound totally bogus?
Utsumi Shou: I should be the one asking that!
Shinjou Akane: Besides, there's no way some random jar could connect to a divine cosmic being! See, the bond that connects our very lives to the cosmic being is... harmony. Be in harmony with the whole of the universe itself, and absorb life energy through your breath.
Utsumi Shou: So... you're saying the divine cosmic being actually exists?
Shinjou Akane: Now, follow my lead, Utsumi-kun.
Utsumi Shou: Huh?
Shinjou Akane: Harmonize thyself with the Universal Foundational Harmony Breathing...
Utsumi Shou: Huh... Wha... Wait... Huh...?
Shinjou Akane: Now, breathe in... *breathes in*
Utsumi Shou: Uh... *breathes in*
Shinjou Akane: Out... *breathes out*
Utsumi Shou: *breathes out*
Shinjou Akane: Now, hold and repeat after me...
Utsumi Shou: Okay...
Shinjou Akane: Eternal love, eternal harmony...
Utsumi Shou: Eternal love, eternal harmony...
Shinjou Akane: Amid the infinite connections of the universe...
Utsumi Shou: Amid the infinite connections of the universe...
Shinjou Akane: Grant unto us our passive income via the selling of daily necessities...
Utsumi Shou: There it is! Damn network marketing...
Just a heads up, 9.9999 is out on nyaa.
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