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The kids are off on another outdoor school, and the sixth grade girls are buzzing about a myth that if you confess to a boy during that excursion they'll become a couple. Suddenly Rin overhears another girl admit that she might confess to Aoki, causing Rin to do a double-take.
The B story has Shirai fretting about meeting Oyajima's parents who are coming to visit his sick uncle. He mentioned it to her, but before she could protest he used his busy hands on her and got her "silent consent." Houin notes how Shirai is acting weirdly around Oyajima, not even allowing him to carry her luggage.
The kids arrive at the mountain and indeed there is another girl from Houin's class who is being clingy with Aoki. Rin was able to break up the two lovebirds by telling Aoki she found a giant phallus mushroom. There they got into a little lovers' spat with Rin punctuating it with "it's one thing if I lose out to an adult woman, but if you have no problems with one of my grademates, then why not choose me?" while giving the mushroom a handjob, causing another spittake from Aoki.
The kids reach the lodge, and there is an extended scene in the girl's bath with Shirai depressed about meeting Oyajima's parents but not knowing why, until she washes shampoo out of Kuro's eyes and hair and hears her say how she made a promise to her mom to not use a shampoo hat. Meanwhile, Mimi reassures Rin that it's okay to hold on to a one-sided love, as long as it makes one happy. At that point Rin disappears.
Aoki's all alone in the boy's bath until someone comes in to join him, that someone of course being Rin. Aoki freaks out, but Rin remains sanguine about it, reasoning that if anyone finds out about them, he'll be fired, be slandered and be abandoned by his friends and family, leaving only Rin he can turn to.
Oyajima comes to crash the party however, and Rin is forced to hide her hair under a towel in order to disguise herself as a boy. She bravely goes through the whole charade, even wiping herself off in front of Oyajima when he tells her to do so (with her back turned while exposing her butt). Aoki tries to distract Oyajima by offering to wash his back, but unfortunately since he gets turned on by seeing a naked twelve-year-old girl, he exposes his erection, freaking out Oyajima.
During the cookout, Shirai realizes that she's afraid to meet his parents because that usually leads to marriage, which leads to kids. And she is not sure if she'll be the same type of emotionally abusive parent that her mom was. Aoki puts out the fire and directs everyone's attention to the stars in the clear mountain night, and Aoki waxes philosophical about how the stars they see now are actually from lights emitted over a millenia ago, how some of those stars probably died out long ago, and compared to the life of a star, a human's life is so short, which is why one's life is so valuable.
That struck a chord with Shirai, and unfortunately also with Rin who decides to live her life to the fullest, starting with asking Aoki to marry her in front of everybody. The boys jeer at the first confession of the outdoor school and Aoki tries to protest but Rin goes ahead and kisses him in front of everyone.
After Houin got over that initial shock, she mulls over the word "marriage" and how Shirai was acting strangely around Oyajima. That's when she realizes that they are a couple.
Well, of course the lolicons will LOVE this chapter, I don't think even chapter 38 had this much service. Other than that, it looks like the story is progressing. Watashiya-sensei reminds us that there are indeed other students in the class without distracting us from the core characters, Aoki takes one step closer to being fired, and Shirai is actually thinking about marriage. Of course, Rin is being unnecessarily cruel and selfish when she said that line to Aoki while in the bath. I thought she learned that she must be kind to people. Is that really what you do to someone you love? They'll be doing the outdoor school next chapter, so expect more fun and intrigue to come your way. 4 stars.
The scene with Aouki assaulting Oyajima almost make me fell from my chair from laughter XD
Poor Kenta-kun will never again fell safe around his kouhai ;P
BTW - can someone explain to me what made Aoki throw away the dish Kuro made? I can't figure out what she was up to this time...
Nice chapter.
And Kokonoe confessing to and kissing Aoki in front of everyone <3 that's hard to brush aside. Makes me really antsy about th next chapter which is, sadly, one more month away *hatehatehate*
I want Rambo in a mecha-suit with a laser-chainsaw gun that fires nuclear warheads, fighting the love-child of Predator, Alien, a group of Bangladeshi terrorists, and Satan. (Actually that would be a pretty sick show) - StopDropAndBowl
I loved this chapter, I especially liked the kiss at the end, it was really cute. That said, I could have gone my whole life without the Bologna sausage quote.
AngelicFeces said: They each fear each other's penis.
In their defense, I'd be scared of anyones exposed penis being that closed to me..lol
and I lol'd when Kokonoe was in the bath with Aoki and she told him about his name being on the net and all his friends and family abandoning him and that she would be the only one left XD
Really nice chapter, i was feeling like i'm on a school trip as well :D
The interaction between Aoki and Kuro seemed like they are good ol' friends XD
Can't really blame Daisuke (about the erection), when you love someone he's even more atractive to you than normally
Also I don't think Rin's "threat" was out of cruelity, she just seems to be more and more desperate for his attention and love
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Well, of course the lolicons will LOVE this chapter, I don't think even chapter 38 had this much service. Other than that, it looks like the story is progressing. Watashiya-sensei reminds us that there are indeed other students in the class without distracting us from the core characters, Aoki takes one step closer to being fired, and Shirai is actually thinking about marriage. Of course, Rin is being unnecessarily cruel and selfish when she said that line to Aoki while in the bath. I thought she learned that she must be kind to people. Is that really what you do to someone you love? They'll be doing the outdoor school next chapter, so expect more fun and intrigue to come your way. 4 stars.
Make it 5 stars for the naked Houin for me! :D Okay... speaking of her (Houin-sensei) does she make A) attempt at Aoki on the trip or B) b-line to someone else after the trip? (Reiji a possiblity?)....Remember her line in Chapter 62 at the Christmas dinner that her and Aoki had together? Anyway, this was a fun chapter and I hope it gets more interesting... especially with the other loli that's interested in Aoki. Boy, he's got three chicks with the hots for him... Rin, Houin, and this new one... Plus, he's starting to become a real lolicon? Oh boy! :D Can't wait for this, all three of them hope make a move. But I would love that one gal from his uni days to come knocking on the door after she got divorced or something.... that would make things real interesting... ;) --- Randy