Ah, I got no reply at all.
I wrote a note like that, and yet ....
There's nothing left to do but write again, right?
Even though I inserted it into the shoe cupboard like I was supposed to, all of that went in vain.
I wonder if he looked into it. That Mashiro-kun ....
Found'ya, Yutaka.
Tag, you're it!
It's unfair to come at somebody from behind, sis. Despite her being his twin, he refers to her as his older sister. In case of twin siblings in Japan, one of them usually takes up the role of the “older” one. Nevertheless I decided to keep it simply as “sister” throughout this comic.
Oh, how lovely, staring at older ladies. You bad boy.
I'm
I'm not staring.
You're face is bright red!
Hidden Poison in the Open Cracks First Part
Ahhahah
Tsugumi
Get it over with! I'm gonna be late.
Okay, sorry.
You won't change.
No matter what you do.
'Cause you're a plain Jane.
whoooooosh
Enomoto!
Ah, sorry, sorry, we meant your brother.
Yutaka! Lend me your maths textbook!
Ah ....
Here.
SIT
Thanks.
Your sister always turns back first when I call by your surname.
Yeah .... Despite her having no friends.
There he goes again ....
You're too hard on her, okay?
You two are siblings, you should get along.
We were getting along ....
.... until somewhere around preschool.
Huh? Really?
We were playing like normal and stuff. Well, we were little brats then.
You're pretty much kids even now.
.... shiro-kun.
I've gotten a note from Mashiro-kun ....
Huh!? You have to be kidding me!
It's true. It was in my shoe cupboard ....
A note from Mashiro-kun ....
Mashiro-kun .... ?
Huh?
No, it's nothing.
Ah
Yutaka, do you know the story about “Mashiro-kun”?
.... No.
I don't ....
I
Hey.
Ah.
I see.
Then, I, you know ....
The lessons are about to start, so ....
Wa-
Wait a second!
Hibiya!
GRAB
Who's Mashiro-kun? What class is he?
Erm .... It's not exactly a right question to ask for his class ....
He's not a student? So who? A teacher who've been here for a long time?
If you know something, anything, just tell me.
.... Don't ask about it from me.
That's a kind of story for girls who have nothing better to do.
There's that really old shoe cupboard in the corner of the student entrance hall. You know which one?
There's a rumor that if you put a note with your cupboard number there,
You'll see a reply to your note from “Mashiro-kun” lying in your own one after school, or something. It's just a rumor though.
A note? Somebody just writes replies because it amuses them is all, isn't it?
For ten years?
For entire ten years, without a break,
the same same person with the same writing
has been making replies
without being seen by anyone?
What reason might they have?
.... I've got an older brother.
He told me that some of his friends got replies from Mashiro-kun.
USAGE PROHIBITED
No matter how many notes they put in,
the guys that don't get the replied to just won't.
.... He also told me and that Mashiro-kun's answers always “hit the mark”.
He knows even about the things no one can know about.
Mashiro-kun's answers are never false.
ding—dong dang—dong School chime.
ding—dong dang—dong
ding—dong dang—dong
ding—dong dang—dong
ding—dong
dang—dong
ding—dong
dang—dong
What's this?
One of those “seven school mysteries” stuff I see lately?
Yutaka.
The lessons are about to start.
Yutaka's always with his sister.
He wouldn't do anything without her, huh?
We're moving to the laboratory on the next period ....
whoosh
Yutaka, thanks for the textbook.
Ah, there's one another thing. My mind stopped functioning for a while and I drew some lines with my red pen.
For two or three pages, or so.
Huh .... Guess I don't mind.
Sorry, sorry, I'll treat you something after school.
But you've got cleaning duty today, right?
I haven't, but I'll have to come home early.
My parents will be late .... Huh ....
That's ridiculous .... .... huh?
.... What's wrong?
.... The keys
to my house ....
Did you drop your keys?
Looks like it.
Seriously?
Seriously .... argh, that's the worst that could've happened ....
Geez ....
But your sister should have a spare one, so you'll be able to enter your house anyway.
Yeah .... but ....
it'll be a problem ....
if I don't have those keys ....
shake
shake shake
How about you try asking Mashiro-kun?
You talked about it with Hibiya-kun, right? That ....
school ghost story, so to speak.
I don't believe it for real though.
Me too.
One finally opened.
C R E E K
Others here won't because they're too rusted.
They can't dispose of them because they're valuable historical material from the postwar period.
Heh.
This .... makes us look like idiots, doesn't it?
Well, I think the same, but ....
Hibiya says only girls believe it.
Right.
Something like this ....
The key to my house disappeared. ———is it?
ding—dong
dang—dong
Ah.
Oh snap, the launch break has ended.
You have to be quick if you want to put it in.
Wait a second, I must fold it.
C'mon, c'mon!
ding
dong
dang
ding
dong
dang
By the way,
why is he called “Mashiro” .... ?
clatter
Hey,
hurry up.
Ah, yeah ....
—ealth bulletin
Boys, come on. Do your job like your supposed to.
You're going home, Enomoto?
I'm off cleaning duty this week.
See ya'.
clang clang
clang
look-around ....
Later.
Bye-byeee.
See you tomorrow.
Squeak ....
heartbeat
Get out of the way, Enomoto! I can't open mine.
click
Ah, sorry.
I'm moving right away ....
rustle
Enomoto, you've got a love letter ~
Aaah
Wro-
Wrong guess.
I heard that if you write your cupboard number down and put it into the old shoe cupboard,
the reply can come into your own.
It was Hibiya from the class next-door,
so, anyway ....
Hmmm ....
Later!
Mashiro-kun? Well .... everybody calls him like this.
Mashiro-kun it is.
And he doesn't lie.
S L A M
Yutaka?
You're home already?
Yutaka.
click
At least say you're back.
mom told me that she's going to be late today ....
Did you put something inside my cupboard?
Huh?
Did you enter my room on your own this morning?
Have you heard about it from my friends?
What do you mean your cupboard .... ?
There is no one else than you ....
who could know.
I had no doubt I lost it outside ....
These ....
Chalk white letters .... Pure white – “masshiroi” – sounds similar to “Mashiro” in Japanese.
Chalk white .... ?
Tsugumi had a knack for guessing the things she had no connection to.
But that, that was beyond reasonable.
Although ....
To Enomoto Yutaka-kun. You have to start handling your keys more carefully. You've left them on the desk inside your room.
This was supposed to be just one of that “seven school mysteries”.
What's wrong? Are you hiding anything .... ?
Don't look.
Eek!
bam
“Look, Yutaka, they match.”
Match?
“I got them from mama.”
“I'll give you one.”
You mean their faces are the same?
“Yes, like me and you.”
I reached out with my arm trying to obstruct my sister's path of movement.
Her little head bumped right into it.
So-sorry.
I didn't want to smack you....
I just
I'm the one who should be sorry.
I tried to peek inside your room a little.
Huh ....
No, I don't really mind such ....
I had a call a while ago. Mom said to heat the dinner in the microwave.
I see ....
My sister's voice ....
My sister's face ....
It's probably something cooked again.
tmp
So .... now ....
Yes. Change your clothes quickly.
Yeah ....
You can have a bath before me.
I was avoiding my sister who's the same age as me for some time.
That was because her meddling started to wear on me.
She had never been been able to give me such a bright smile.
However,
if I apologized and was able to get along with her again ....
No, that's what I was thinking in my own selfishness.
If I really apologized from the bottom of my heart,
she wouldn't be able to forgive me, would she?
Ah, you know, I wasn't mad at you just now ....
I've heard a ....
I've heard a weird rumor about some shoe rack and, yeah ....
Do you know? About Mashiro ....
C R A S H
Huh?
Know what?
No ....
Nothing ....
I broke it on my own accord ....
I broke it ....
Okay.
I broke the relationship with my sister.
Over something petty.
Mashiro-kun ....
Let's try asking Mashiro-kun ....
Nevertheless, I thought that if I could bring it back ....
I thought about it every single day, even while I kept on mistreating her.
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