Atmosphere is Important

Life is a crossroads. Was getting on that train a mistake?

I remember it when summer comes.
I remember it when I see the Odakyu Line.

Pon, who was short on credits, was told to write a report on his impressions of going to cheer at the school's inter-high qualifiers as a form of supplementary study.

Pon's school was the kind that had a sports class.

Back then, I spent every day hanging out with Pon, who was at a different high school. I got annoyed because he said he couldn't hang out since he couldn't write that report, so we decided that I would talk and he would write it down.

Why can't you write it?

I don't know why.

For now, I started asking him about his memories through an interview method.

What kind of game was it?

It was a good game.

Who played well?

The big guy.

What left an impression on you?

The manager, a cute girl.

That's important.

It affects the outcome.

What kind of cuteness was it?

She had a great smile.

Could you see it?

I couldn't. My eyesight is bad.

Atmosphere is important, isn't it?

Being cute enough to tell by the atmosphere is a talent in itself.

Was she a girl?

Well, she's the manager.

That's true. Even at an all-boys school, it's possible for the manager to be a girl.

Was the opponent an all-boys school?

It's written here.

You're right. I missed that.

You didn't go, did you?

I tried to go, though. That's why I'm in trouble.

That's a real problem.

Do something about it.

I can't exactly write about the outcome of a game I imagined.

That's true. I'd get caught.

There's such a thing as a change of perspective in life.

That applies to everything, though.

Don't say that.

Exactly.

Let's write about the journey there.

Are you a genius?

I'm TAWA.

Exactly.

While you're at it, why not fall in love a little?

A love story about the journey there?

Get off the train and it's over. That kind of unrequited love.

Are you a genius?

I still think a girl from a different high school is better.

Make it a married office lady instead.

Why?

It's my fetish.

Well, then it can't be helped.

What do you fall in love with about a married woman?

She rushes in in a panic and steps on my foot.

And then she apologizes? That's nice. That's charming.

No. She glares at me.

The opposite? Why?

It's my fetish.

Well, then it can't be helped.

What do you do after being glared at?

I'd fall in love, obviously.

Is that glaring look sexy? That's nice.

She has long hair. You can't even see her eyes.

That's ghost-like and actually kind of sexy.

That's weird, isn't it?

You're getting angry at that part.

I like it when she glares and I snap back, 'What are you doing?'

You fall in love with that? That's complicated.

And then I snap back too.

Naturally.

Like, 'Your eyes are beautiful!'

You're complimenting her, though.

If you say it aggressively, it should work out.

But her hair is long and you shouldn't be able to see them.

Atmosphere is important, isn't it?

How about, 'I assume you have beautiful eyes!'?

Are you a genius?

How do you end up with a broken heart from there?

Is it even a broken heart to begin with?

Since all you did was meet and get yelled at.

You notice the ring on her ring finger.

That's a bit sad.

But it's a double ring.

Exactly.

It means she's looking for a second person.

A new interpretation.

That would make me misunderstand.

That's super sad.

What about trying to tie her hair and getting rejected?

That's molestation.

But she smells good.

That's just conditioner. In fact, I use the same scent.

Atmosphere is important, isn't it?

Should I decide to leave while leaving behind a nice scent?

Exactly.

Searching for the same scent and realizing I'm at a drugstore.

Why not name her Kaori?

Are you a genius?

I became an adult searching for Kaori's scent.

A summer where the double ring sparkled sadly.

That's a great story too.

Did you write it?

I wrote it.

We're interesting, aren't we?

Probably the most interesting people in Japan.

Well, I'm going home.

Kinoko, let's take the train tomorrow.

Exactly. I was just about to say that.

What are you talking about?

I remember it when summer comes. I remember it when I see the Odakyu Line.

A few years later, I bombed spectacularly at the first round of the first M-1 Grand Prix qualifiers.

I realized then that I wasn't cut out to be a comedian.

A story about two people who claimed to be the funniest in Japan.

Exactly.

Whether it's true or a lie,

Atmosphere is important, isn't it?

Life is a crossroads. Was getting on that train a mistake?