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Volume 8

Vol8 Ch1
Silence after Kureha’s explosive comment. Jiro mentally gave a Flat What. Out loud he said it’s impossible for Kanade to be in love with him. He thinks she’s practically a devil behind the façade of a model student and a complete sadist.
He asked Kureha why does she thinks that, and she said it’s a woman’s instinct. Jiro said that doesn’t convince him of her claim at all then. Kureha replied her ‘sixth sense’ is really accurate, like guessing what questions will show up in her maths exam or getting lucky buying snacks and getting the freebies she want. Jiro snarked how does that got anything to do with being a woman. Kureha mentioned her radar of sorts can find Jiro’s porn mags whenever she goes into his room, and Jiro immediately shot back her sixth sense is too dangerous. Jiro thought about it, and concluded Kureha’s instincts is quite good – when she watches boxing she can tell who will win just by observation, and she’s accurate about 90% of the time. Despite Kureha’s record however Jiro’s convinced she got it wrong this time, and Kanade can’t possibly be in love with him.

Kureha said Kanade seems happy whenever she’s with him, and Jiro says that’s just because she enjoys tormenting him. Kureha wasn’t convinced by Jiro’s reasoning. Jiro thought even if Kanade likes him it’s probably similar to liking a pet, he’s been thoroughly toyed with by Kanade.
Jiro told Usami to help him explain things to Kureha, since he’s sure with the bad relations between Kanade and Usami that Usami will agree with him. To his surprise, Usami doesn’t think that’s 100% impossible (though her words make it seem Usami’s trying hard to convince herself Kanade really isn’t in love with Jiro, and she’s never considered Kanade as a possibly rival).

Jiro then asked Subaru on what does he think, and Subaru said he doesn’t think Kanade is in love with him. Subaru’s still trying to comes to term with the implications of what that might mean if Kanade’s in love with Jiro yet she supports Subaru’s efforts to get closer to Jiro.

Ichigo came back from the hospital. She says the hospital says it’s only anemia physically speaking, but mentally there’s some complications. Jiro thought Kanade’s already abnormally sadistic, so what could it possibly be? Ichigo warned them to not be surprised when they meet with Kanade after she comes in.

Kanade comes in, and Jiro sees nothing out of the ordinary – still the same ‘ojou-sama’ appearance and cool&distant from others.
However – as soon as Kanade came into eye contact with Jiro she showed a childish smile and pounced onto Jiro, tackling him into the ground and nuzzled at him. His dog-suit might be well-ventilated and doesn’t make it too hot/cold, but the fabric is thin and he can feel the softness of Kanade’s body on him; his gynophobia’s acting up. Everyone else is stunned at Kanade’s sudden action.
Ichigo gently told Kanade that’s not a good thing to do, and she responded Jiro looked too cute so she had to hug him. The other girls with Jiro are stunned speechless, while Jiro gave another Flat What at being called that way.

Kanade then dropped a bombshell on all of them: she calls herself ‘Suzuchuki Kanade’, and is currently 8 years old. The way she talks is like a child (and painfully moe), hence her surname being bastardized. She doesn’t remember having met Jiro before today.

See here for illustrations on what Kanade looks like now and how she talks: http://book.sfacg.com/Novel/8483/32952/245356/

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