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>Sidebar: What is the true meaning behind Kazuki's words...?

>Emily.
>Let's go where you *actually* want to go.

>Wh...
>Kazuki-san?
>You don't like pancakes that much either, right?

>But...
>What is the place where she actually wants to go...?

>(Heh)
>Let me show you!

>(*Whoo whoo*)

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>(*Whoo whoo whoo*)

>Th-
>this is...

>The period play I mistook for something else!?
>(Magical Kirara)
>(Majikaru Kirara)

>Emily,
>you actually like *period dramas*, don't you?

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>Huh?
>No, you're wrong.

>Is that so?
>And yet, the whole time we've been here today...

>You've been stealing glances at this show.

>You can act all you want,
>but your unconscious behavior will give you away.

>You don't think this is just a misunderstanding on your part?

>No...
>(*Rustle...*)

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>Notebook: Emily notes

>Notes on Emily-san...?

>I had been thinking of the best way
>I could make use of these seven days we would be living together.

>And then, I remembered.

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>That someone had taught me the importance of paying close attention to others...
>Book: Production ... role - Specialty
>(Regarding Emily's acting) Reactive acting
>Pre-planned performance - concealing something? -> Living together
>(Global Fest)
>What Emily likes
>-Pancakes
>-Magical Kirara
>Glances...?
>Emily actually wants to go to
>(Period play!)

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>Sorry about having to expose you like this.
>So far, what I've gathered is that you've been putting on an act even during your everyday life.
>Let's work out the rest together.

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>This "image of a child" you've been putting on...
>Do you know when you started doing it?

>Do you remember?

>I...
>[Two years ago...]

>Emily.

>Starting today, this person will be your mommy.

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>Nice to meet you,
>Emily-chan.

>She looked very pretty, and kind.

>I don't remember anything about my first mommy,
>and though I was a little surprised by how suddenly it happened...

>She seemed like someone I could love.

>These feelings aren't a lie.
>I still love her a lot!

>But, that's exactly why...
>...Huh?

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>...A period drama?
>Box: Seven Hundred Samurai

>Is this yours, Emily-chan?

>...Yeah!
>I guess there's no way it would be~
>(Sorry~)

>This seems really old...
>Maybe it's daddy's?

>That's right...

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>Emily likes this!
>(Magical Kirara?)
>I thought you would!

>At first, it was just a tiny lie.
>But bit by bit, it grew bigger and bigger.

>Before I knew it, even when I was working,
>I was acting like the "Hanamura Emily" I put on when I was with mommy.

>By being the "child" adults imagined I would be,
>I could make everyone around me happy.
>But...

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>What if they happened to see the "me" who wasn't like that...?

>I see...
>Emily began to put on a pre-arranged persona,
>because that was how she could get the adults around her to accept her.

>But now...

>She has begun to fear
>that she might make a wrong choice about how to act...

>And so, the "child" persona she has ended up choosing...

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>Is the "Hanamura Emily" that her mother would love...

>Kazuki-san,
>what should I do...?
>I-I haven't quite...

>(WHOOOOO!)

>"Damn it...
>If this goes on, I'm done for...!"

>"I need one of you...
>to come to my aid!"
>(*Turn*)
>They're really putting on a proper show, huh?

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>...Would you like to give it a go, Emily-san?
>B-
>but...

>Don't worry.
>We already know the real Emily-san.

>(Oooh!)
>(It's a girlie!)
>(You can do it!)
>Grab the hilt like this.

>"Here I come!"
>(*Stomp stomp stomp...*)

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>Th-that was amazing!
>(Whoo whoo!)
>What's with this kid!?
>...E-
>even her swordplay is impeccable, huh...
>(That was way beyond what I expected...)
>S-
>SO COOL!

>...Sure enough,
>this is an "Emily" we've never seen before.

>So the truth was that she really loves period dramas.
>I guess it might be a bit too soon to reveal this to her mom, though...

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>Emily...?

>E-Emily's mom!?

>Mommy!?

>Wh-why are you here...?
>...Wh-
>why are *you* here, Emily...?

>(Ah...!)

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>Now, Emily!
>Let her see the real you!

>Mommy...
>Sorry for not telling you!

>The truth is, I love period dramas!
>By the way, my fave is Nabeken!
Reference to Ken Watanabe, I assume, who has starred in Japanese period dramas as well as American productions such as The Last Samurai and Memoirs of a Geisha.

>Nabeken!??
>If you want to know why...

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>It's because my dream is to go on to appear in Hollywood period films just like him!
>And that's why...
>I want to become a great actress, capable of acting in the wider world!

>You don't have to say you're sorry...

>Even without any apologies,
>I wouldn't think less of you.
>...After all...

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The latter half of >>287466174 belongs to this page

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>Mommy's the same way.

>As we were told later...

>Her mother is apparently also a big fan of period dramas.
>(WHOOOOOOO!)
>(I don't really know what's going on, but way to go!)

>Back then, she didn't want to come across as too excited to a three-year-old girl,
>Are these yours, Emily-chan!?
>(Three years old)
>I-I guess there's no way~
>and ended up putting on an act of her own...

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>That's too much mother-daughter resemblance, damn it!

>Still, I'm a bit jealous.
>They get to have a period drama marathon with just the two of them tonight.
>(Sounds fun~)
>(I suppose...)
>Well, we might as well go back to our own house for today, too.

>If this was enough to help her be honest about her feelings,
>Emily should be fine from now on.

>>287465789
>>287465762
What the fuck
>>287465880
So yeah, the previous theories were right that the kid needs to learn how to be herself

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>Kazuki-san.

>Would it be all right...
>For me to be honest about something, too...?

>Blurb: The outlook for the test seems to have improved... But now, what does Yuu want to be "honest" about...?

Thanks for reading!

>>287466252
lmao
Somehow it reminds me of that one DxD scene where they play cupid for weeb Samruai and Knight weeb, lmao.
>>287466326
Thanks for the dump!
I really hope it won't be only the obvious "I don't want you to go" without any closure for their ultra-cute time as dad & mom.
I wouldn't mind some progress between them since it was kinda wasted in this arc IMHO

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Bonus image
>>287466397
Given how moody Kazuki has been about going away this whole arc, I'd be surprised if this wasn't an opportunity for her to come clean, as well.

>>287466326
Thanks for the dump
Also here's hoping we get some kind of confession

>>287465826
>Seven Hundred Samurai
Kek

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The author drew some art to commemorate the Aishiteru Game anime.

>>287467644
Thats neat