Here, Katsuko-oneechan
Katusko-nee fixed the girl’s hair.
Wow, now it’s 80%!
Katsuko-san’s amazing!
eeh? How do I look right now?
Here, Mirror
Nei gave her a hand mirror.
Wow, this doesn’t look like me! I’m impressed!
She looks at her face and is at a loss of words.
It looks very natural
Yes, if it were me or someone else, I would’ve applied more stuff, like, there’s so many of them here
The girls said, then Katsuko-nee;
You girls are still in high school so make use of your natural skin. Besides, it’s the school festival, the teachers will let you off with a bit of makeup but you shouldn’t get too flashy. We’re going to deal with a lot of customers Oh, you’re right
Besides, it’s better to do this finish to give it a classy look
Katsuko-nee then put a touch-up on the outer corner of the girl’s eye.
Wow, now it’s 100%!
Katsuko-san, I’m also done here, can you take a look?
Mariko calls Katsuko-nee this time.
I don’t understand how those girls feel
Megu says while working.
I think that they should get the cafeteria done first then do that
I get how Megumi feels, but you can’t do anything about that
Edie smiled wryly.
To Darling and Megumi, this school festival, and selling pastries, are all your efforts for the future. But for the tennis girls, yesterday and today are just a game to them That’s.
The school festival is just a ‘festival.’ That’s the reason why they’re making such a fuss when they heard that a TV crew is coming to cover the event. The extraordinary event of the school festival just became more extraordinary Right.
The girls in the tennis club don’t take selling pastries as seriously as we do.
For the girls, they’re just doing a refreshment booth at the school festival.
Darling, Kana was on a weird tension when she came over, right?
Yeah, she came to the bakery asking me why I didn’t tell her about the TV coverage.
Yeah, it surprised me, but I get it now. Kana-senpai feels the same way as the tennis club girls
The mere fact that they might see themselves on the TV news makes them feel uplifted.
No, I guess that Kana-senpai also sent a message and talked to the other members of the tennis club after Nei informed her about the TV coverage while she was on the bus on the way to school.
And so, she went to the tennis club room to change, and the other members of the club are getting more excited.
Kanna-senpai and the girls at the tennis club are excited.
They’re heated up in the club room and popped to the bakery with the same tension, that’s why it turned like that.
I don’t really watch TV so I don’t get it, but I guess it’s exciting to them. Getting into the TV camera I mean
I never watched TV ever since I was a kid.
In middle school, I live in a dorm in the mountains, and TV is banned there.
Even now, the only show I watch is Yukino’s show.
I’m not interested in TV either so it’s surprising to me
Megu glanced up at the monitor that shows the cafeteria.
Some say that young people are turning away from TV since the internet has more momentum now, but the influence of TV is still strong
Edie said.
Nowadays, things that are broadcasted on TV are spread on the internet, and many people watch the TV that becomes a hot topic on video sites later, even though the ratings are low when it broadcasts, it sometimes becomes a big topic just because it became popular on the internet Does that pattern even exist?
Oh, speaking of which, that also happened last week
Mana says while making pastries.
Err, what was it again? Oh right, there’s this American mountaineering equipment company called whiteface, and they make square-shaped backpacks
Square-shaped backpacks?
That backpack got aired on TV last week, saying that these are popular with homosexuals these days. Saying that the shape of the backpacks made by that manufacturer are called gay backpacks Gay backpacks?
Then, the internet picked that up and spread it all over because the name was funny. Even those who didn’t watch the show during its airing were told that the square backpacks from that manufacturer were called gay backpacks, and were popular among homosexuals. It’s just scary, isn’t it?
What’s scary?
I asked Mana.
Huh? Don’t get it? I mean, it’s just an ordinary backpack sold by an American mountaineering equipment maker not only in Japan but all over the world. So, the TV casually just mentions that it’s commonly used by homosexuals because someone on TV must’ve heard about it, and it’s not really a fad, just some homosexuals near that person Mana sighed.
The people who buy those aren’t just in Japan, but all over the world, and considering the ratio, I’m pretty sure that most who use it aren’t homosexuals
I see, and yet, the people who saw that.
Not only those who watched TV but also those who learned about the gay backpacks over the internet would assume that everyone carrying that backpack from that manufacturer is a gay person That’s just outrageous. That also gave trouble to the maker
Edie smiled.
That’s right, it was a huge problem because those who happen to like that backpack, buy and use it, even though they’re not homosexual, are going to have a hard time using it just because of that line. But once the keyword of gay backpack spreads out, then there’s no helping it So that’s happening.
That’s why you need to be careful Onii-chan. Don’t make light of the national TV noon news! If they find something to poke fun at, someone will post it over the net
Yeah, I’ll be careful
If you mess up something, they’ll just cut that scene and upload it over the internet.
Darling, don’t think of only negatives. It could also be well-received over the net and it becomes a good thing
Edie said, but.
But, thinking that way will just make you fail
That’s right. You just have to remain steady. Yoshi-kun’s better that way
Megu says with a serious look.
Megumi’s sure earnest
Edie smiled.
That’s right. What’s wrong with being earnest?
Megu puffed her cheeks and retorted.
Not really, Megumi’s fine the way you are
Edie then points at the girls on the screen.
But, Megumi, you need to understand those girls a bit more
I know, those girls are more like normal high-school girls and I’m not
Megu?
Either way, I’m just too uptight, too fussy, and overly serious
Oh, she’s comparing herself to the tennis club girls who are enjoying the school festival.
But.that’s okay on its own.Megumi-san
Ai, who had been quiet all this time, says without stopping her work.
It’s okay to have someone like Megumi-san.someone like Ai.like Mana-chan, like Edie-san.our family.has a lot of girls
That’s.
When Kana-chan came here earlier.at first, she was excited.like the rest of the tennis girls, but.
Ai said.
Along the way.she noticed that Yoshida-kun isn’t like her.who’s feeling merry that the TV coverage is coming.seeing that.Yoshida-kun’s serious with the pastry.she looked like she was about to cry.and apologized to Yoshida-kun Right, so that’s why Kana-senpai suddenly turned around and started apologizing, saying don’t hate me please
She figured out that there’s a different meaning and value to the TV coverage for Katsuko-nee, Ai, and me.
We see it as a serious trial for the future of our bakery, and we’re not as merry as the tennis club girls.
That’s why she apologized.
Kana-chan tried to understand. That’s why.we’re also trying to understand them
To Megu who has an earnest personality, she’s not happy that the tennis girls are just being merry, flocking around, not concentrating on preparing the opening of the cafe, that we had to send Katsuko-nee to do their makeup.
I can understand that.
But.
Mana thinks that it’s okay