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The moment I was born,

my fate was set in stone.

I was destined for a life of solitude.

I had long resigned myself to it.

For a princess born into royalty, it was inevitable and inescapable.

And yet I longed...

Love, Taiyaki, and Me

Krrrack!!

That zing just now...

Krrrack!!!

Could it be?

Is she my soulmate?!

The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You

Crossing

Reminiscing Lunch

B-Come Tast-E

I went all-out making lunch this morning

To Rentaro-kun You might think this is all a bit overblown, but I'm writing this letter to express how thankful I am for all you do. Rentaro-kun, thank you so much for always bringing joy into my life. I've put all my feelings of gratitude into making lunch for you. Would you eat with me, if you don't mind? I'll be waiting on the rooftop during lunch break -Hakari P.S. I believe my figure has become more shapely these days. I'm including a photograph I took recently along with this letter. Enjoy

To Rentaro! You'd better come to the rooftop during lunch break! Promise me you will!! Don't ask why! Just do it! I made too many side dishes, is all! (Though part of it was me hoping you would eat them...) So don't get the wrong idea! I'm just repaying you here! We gotta eat lunch together!!!! - Inda Karane

To Rentaro-kun It feels a little strange writing to you when we see each other all the time. But I'm much better at expressing my feelings through writing, so I figured I should tell you how I constantly feel about you this way. Thank you truly for always looking out for me and respecting my feelings. I will treasure the days I spend with you for life. Rentaro-kun, do you happen to have time during lunch break today? If you do, then I would love to have lunch with you. -Yoshimoto Shizuka

When a > 0 and b > 0, the Rentaro a/b + b/a >= 2 Nano inequation becomes a/b > 0 and b/a > 0. With the addition of "Gratitude" and the arithmetic mean of "Lunch," we get Rentaro = a/b + b/a >= Lunch 2√(a/b x b/a) = 2x Happiness = Nano Lunch a² + Lunch b² >= 2ab (a-b)² = If you eat it, it no longer exists As such, when a = b, lunch will be proven.

Rentaro, thanks for everything, aye. It looks like today will be a beautiful day, so I wanna eat lunch with you, aye! It'll be delicious for sure, aye! Note: Heat this area up for a surprise!

Hngh

I didn't expect to run into another soulmate here and now.

Oh, no! You go ahead!

Is she telling me to read that?

Er...

"'Tis I, the governor of this land"?

Librarian

You mean you're a librarian?

"He had hit the bull's-eye."

Wait.

What's going on here?!

Is it no talking in the library?

"What brings you here? What do you seek?"

"I wished to aid in their goal."

Oh, uh...

Book.

Novel.

Funny.

Story of...

"Why do you not open your mouth?"

Right back at ya!

"My apologies."

"She found conversing with people most difficult."

"I'll go get someone else."

Wait, wait!

Sorry, I didn't realize.

Could you help me?

Do you have any recommendations? My favorite genre is romance.

I'd like something with a good ending,

where the characters overcome difficulties to live happily ever after.

Any suggestions?

Look at this tiny girl running around...

Trying so hard to help me.

Trying way too hard!

"I'm so sorry."

"It was but a nuisance."

"Take what you need, and be on your way."

Nah, you picked these out for me, so I want to read them all.

Yeah, I'll borrow them all.

Input Book ID

Card ID

Oh, dear.

Sorry, it takes a week to issue a new library card.

Come back next week.

Skewered with office pens, bound with red tape!

That book...

It belongs to you and not the library, right? You're willing to lend it to me?

Really? Thanks!

Oh, by the way, what's your name?

Ohana-no-Mitsu High School Student ID

Grade:

First Year, Class 4

Name:

Yoshimoto Shizuka

Issued:

April 1, XXXX

This document certifies that the above student is a enrolled at this school. Issued by the Ohana-no-Mitsu High School Principal

Class 1-4, Yoshimoto Shizuka-san...

Oh, we're in the same class!

Sorry, I haven't memorized everyone's faces yet.

I'm Aijo Rentaro. Thanks for this, Yoshimoto-san.

The Basics of Cooking

The ABCs

Oh!

I think this recipe might be more in line with Rentaro-kun's tastes.

Up Your Femininity

Huh? L-Lemme see.

Look at your own book.

Oh, wow. Are those all cookbooks?

Rentaro-kun!

I kept picking out more and more books trying to find something that'd make you happy!

I-I just wanted to boost my repertoire of dishes!

You two!

I'm blessed to have such hard-working girlfriends!

"Circlet Love Story."

A story of Princess Io and her knight Kamakuru,

and their star-crossed romance.

romance

I hope that your fealty and propriety will remain steadfast.

Sir Kamakuru, I do hereby proclaim thee my knight.

Princess Io, I swear on my life that I will protect you, no matter what it takes!

Those were the very first words exchanged between Princess Io and Sir Kamakuru.

And then, the two locked eyes.

They would rise above their status as princess and knight,

and give their hearts to each other.

She is to marry into our ally's royal family. I'm sure His Majesty is overjoyed.

Princess Io!

Princess Io! I swore on my life to protect you,

and yet I... I...

Is there no way for us to defy this fate?!

You can do it, Kamakuru, Io!

Don't let fate defeat you!

Beat the odds and live happily ever after!

To be continued in Volume 2

The first book ends here?

"Is there no way for us to defy this fate?!"

"Fate," huh?

Soulmates must be together, or else...

they die.

Good morning, Yoshimoto-san.

Thanks for this.

It was so good, I read it all in one night!

Huh?

Is that book...

You brought the sequel for me? Wow, thanks!

I'm dying to know what happens next!

But wait, I gotta repay you first.

I know!

Come with me for a sec!

Recipe

Oh!

These animal nuggets are cute!

Okay, I'm gonna make 'em.

Hey, quit stealing my ideas!

You wha? I found it first!

I feel like they're thick as thieves now.

It's nothing! Just my way of saying thanks for the book.

Do you read a lot?

I see. No wonder you knew about that series.

I've read lots of romance novels in the past,

but that was something else!

A charming love story and an epic adventure!

I was panicking hard when Io and Kamakuru had their misunderstanding!

"This is my favorite item, too."

"I have carried it from an early age."

"She pored over the text repeatedly."

I see. That explains it.

I mean, the way you talk...

You always flip the pages and find the right line to say in an instant.

You must know that book like the back of your hand.

I've never read the same book over and over like that.

That's so cool.

Yoshimoto-san?

"I am unworthy of such praise."

"It was an act that came naturally to her."

"Given the kind of person I am,"

"there has never been even one person I could call a friend in all my life."

"Only the world I saw through here gave me respite."

"I thank you from the bottom of my heart."

"For you do not shun the person I have become."

Shun you? Why would I?!

Hey, sorry, can I borrow that first volume again?

I'll give it back as soon as I can.

Thanks.

LIBRARY

You're in high spirits, Yoshimoto-san.

Did something good happen?

"I vehemently deny that accusation."

"The days go by, unchanging as ever."

"I am merely carrying out my duty."

"And what is my duty..."

Okay, okay! I get it!

Love, Taiyaki, and Me

Love, Taiyaki, and Me

The Next Day

The Next Day

Two Days Later

Three Days Later...

You always seem so sleepy lately, Rentaro-kun.

Yeah... I've just been getting busy.

I've had a few late nights.

"Late nights"?

"Getting busy"?

Is something wrong?

Oh, okay. If you say so.

H-Hakari?!

Just sharing some of my energy.

Tee-hee!

Thank you, Hakari, my dear angel!

Gah! H-H-Hold up!

I've got plenty of energy for you myself, you know!

Really?

Sweet Chin Music, delivered via headbutt?!

Oh, s-sorry!

Thank you, Karane, my Gradivus!

Why am I the god of war now?!

Aijo-kun already has a girlfriend.

No wonder.

He's too busy to read books all the time.

What did I expect? Nobody...

What's your deal, Yoshimoto-san? Why do you always talk through that book?

Can't you just talk normally? It's creepy.

Why can't you talk like the other kids?!

Come on, speak up!

You'll never be able to talk if you keep clinging to that stupid book!

S-Sorry...

Come on, say something!

Speak!

Speak already!

Why are you such a freak?!

Nobody has the time to talk to a freak like me.

Oh, good. You're still here, Yoshimoto-san.

You see, I wanted to repay you today for lending me your books.

Do you have a smartphone?

Great.

There's an app I want you to install.

Don't worry. I've confirmed it's safe.

Yeah, that's the one.

Once you've installed it, could you use it to import the file I send you?

Done?

Now open it up.

It's the first volume of Circlet Love Story.

But I'm sure it hasn't been released as an e-book.

Now, when you select a part of the text...

"I am Kamakuru,

a knight sworn to protect our beloved princess."

It's a text-to-speech software.

It'll read out whatever text that is inputted using a synthesized voice.

No way...

He went through the whole book and typed every single word into this thing?

And he did it all manually?!

The way you were doing it, both you and the person you were talking to

had to look at the book, right?

So you never really got to talk face-to-face.

But if you use this app...

"You can look each other in the eye."

...while you talk.

I can't even begin to imagine how hard it is for you to talk out loud.

So I can't bring myself to push you to do it.

But...

I did want to make communicating with others easier for you,

and I hope this helps, even a little.

Now, let's give it a shot.

Try saying something to me.

"I love you."

"I apologize."

"Pray, pay it no heed."

"I ask not for an answer."

"I know already there is a maiden promised to you."

"I only wished to make my feelings known before..."

Ah, I see now.

It's not because she's my soulmate,

or because I have to save her life, or anything like that.

I truly, genuinely just...

"I love you, too!"

"But we are destined to never be together."

"If fate stands in our way...

we need only break through it!"

"Let's go forth together,"

Shizuka!

And there you have it.

Could I have your permission to make Yoshimoto Shizuka-chan my newest girlfriend?

Did your damn brain rot away?!

Did. Your. Damn. Brain. Rot. Away?!

I can't even argue with that.

Rentaro-kun... how could you...

Hakari...

You've found a new love, and yet you have the grace not to dump us!

How could you be so endlessly kind?!

Somebody stop this brainrot epidemic!

No! My feelings for you haven't shifted to Shizuka-chan or anything!

If I could make an analogy,

it's not that you'll be sharing the spoils from the same old oil field.

It's that meeting Shizuka-chan has unearthed a whole new, untapped reserve!

Could you maybe not compare your love for your girlfriends to fossil fuels?

Anyway, I'll cherish the two of you and Shizuka-chan just the same as ever—

No, even more than before! And I'll prove it with my actions!

Even more than before? Really?

Really. And if you ever feel like I'm not, tell me.

And I'll atone for it

by committing seppuku.

Who're you, a samurai?!

Such a man! You're a man among men, Rentaro-kun!

It's the natural course of action.

Anybody who hurts his loved ones is a piece of trash that has no right to live.

I've already ordered a gangsta knife online.

Fine, I get that you're serious about this!

No, this is something I need to do.

And so the love triangle becomes a love rectangle.

Can Rentaro handle this?

I need something tangible

Can he maintain this eccentric relationship with no real experience to speak of?

to serve as a reminder to myself...

To serve as proof of my continued love for you three.

Or is he doomed?

Aijo Rentaro-san

Gangsta Knife One that inflicts a painful, certain death

Is he gonna have to commit hara-kiri?!

Soulmates yet to come... 97/100