Character Stories/Yuma Mochizuki/Chapter 9

Yuma Mochizuki: Character Story File:Yuma Mochizuki Character Story 9 - 1.png Translation: Dreaming Translations
Chapter 9
Yanagi Hanabusa	… Did this pork soup give you an answer to your problem from earlier?
Yuma Mochizuki	Eh…?
Yanagi Hanabusa	When you have multiple things and people that you like and dislike, that’s when your preferences will begin to “sprout”.
Yuma Mochizuki	???
Yanagi Hanabusa	In other words… haha, how can I say this? For example, the first time you look straight into a mirror at yourself, you come to recognize your own features.
Yuma Mochizuki	… Do you mean I should take a good look at them?
Yanagi Hanabusa	Look, talk with, listen, be aware of - anything is fine. You’ll be affected. Oh, and it’s okay to touch, too. If you hold one another tightly, you’ll come to know each other very well. “Aah, I especially like the feeling of embracing this person. I see, so I like this kind of person.” You know?
Yuma Mochizuki	Embracing… Kind of like… “If I eat this, I’ll become familiar with it”?
Yanagi Hanabusa	That’s right. You can compare it to other dishes, or find the ingredient in this pork soup that you like most.
Yuma Mochizuki	… That’s not right.
Yanagi Hanabusa	Huh?
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Yuma Mochizuki	This is… satsumajiru.
Yanagi Hanabusa	Haha. Yuma, you’re stubborn when it comes to the things you like, hm?
	The things the giggling
Yanagi Hanabusa	-senpai said slowly settled into my heart.
Yuma Mochizuki	(I see… I…)
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Senri Nito	Yumapi~! Shishimaru took my portion of the pork soup! He even took the carrots~!
Takaomi Shishimaru	Of course it wasn’t your portion. First-come first-served.
Touji Harimiya	Shishimaru-kun, I believe that it is important to try and consider balance.
Yuma Mochizuki	Nito, Shishimaru, Harimiya…!
Senri Nito	Eh?
Touji Harimiya	What is it? You appear to have changed somehow…
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Yuma Mochizuki	I… I like this satsumajiru. It’s “special”.
Senri Nito	Yumapi…
Yuma Mochizuki	Before… despite everyone’s kindness, I made things awkward by interfering. I’m sorry. But… thanks to that, I realized. What is “special” to me.
Yuma Mochizuki	I like the satsumajiru that Granny makes, too. But this satsumajiru, that I made with Nito, Harimiya, and Shishimaru… it’s special to me.
Takaomi Shishimaru	… That so. Good to hear.
Touji Harimiya	Indeed. That means that it was worthwhile to expose the shame that was our poor workmanship.
Senri Nito	I’m glad it made you happy. So this is called “satsumajiru”?
Yuma Mochizuki	It’s a local cuisine of Kagoshima. It’s actually supposed to have chicken in it.
Senri Nito	Eeh~ That sounds delicious! I wanna try it next time; real satsumajiru.
Yuma Mochizuki	The next time my grandma sends vegetables, we’ll make it.
Touji Harimiya	I would like to assist again at that time.
Senri Nito	Me, too!
Takaomi Shishimaru	I’ll pass. I’m fine with just eating it.
Yanagi Hanabusa	If it’s taste-testing duty, I may take it on.
Yuma Mochizuki	If everyone wants to eat it… I’m inspired. I’ll ask her to send lots of ingredients.
Senri Nito	Hey, hey, Yumapi, what’s your most favorite ingredient in satsumajiru?
Yuma Mochizuki	… Definitely sweet potatoes. They have a gentle flavor, it relaxes me.
Senri Nito	I see.~ Ah, I bet Yumapi’s type of girl has the same kind of feeling too, then.
Yuma Mochizuki	Eh…
Yanagi Hanabusa	Mm, it suits you.
Touji Harimiya	A woman who is gentle and relaxing like a sweet potato, hm?
Takaomi Shishimaru	What’s with that?
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Yuma Mochizuki	… That doesn’t sound bad.
	I thought, If that kind of person appeared one day – … I’d introduce them to everyone here, and together we’d eat the special satsumajiru I love.