Banri Settsu R - Fougère Note [Backstage Translation]

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“A Secret Plan for Valentine’s - PART 1”

Banri: And that’s the last of today’s lectures. Guess I’ll just head home now—
Female Collegemate A: Settsu-kun!
Banri: Ah, senpai. What’s up?
Female Collegemate A: Here. It’s a bit early but, here’s some Valentine chocolate!
Banri: Huh. No no, I can’t just—
Female Collegemate A: Don’t tell me you’re going to reject it? You wouldn’t do such a thing as to not accept and receive my chocolate, would you?
Banri: That’s a lot of pressure, senpai.
Female Collegemate A: No complaints! I’ll just go ahead and hand this to you, okay? See you!
Banri: Hey, hold up!
Female Collegemate B: Hang on, I see Settsu-kun is receiving chocolates!
Female Collegemate C: I thought I heard he was the type to turn them down! In that case, I’m giving mine too!
Female Collegemate D: I’ll give mine too, then!
Female Collegemate E: Accept my chocolates as well!
Banri: Just wait a moment—
…. You’ve gotta be kidding me.

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Banri: … I’m home.
Taichi: Welcome home, Ban-chan~ … Actually, you look pretty worn out.
Kazunari: Ohoh, you’re right. Did something happen, Settsuar?
Banri: Ah… I got chocolates from an upperclassman in college.
Taichi: EHHH!? B-B-B-BANCHAN… GOT CHOCOLATE?!
Kazunari: Settsuar, didn’t you say you’d usually turn down those kinds of things?!
Taichi: D-Don’t tell me you finally got honmei^[1] …?!
Banri: That ain’t it!!
A bunch of others saw me receive from one person, then went ahead and piled onto me because of it.
Kazunari: Wow…. Just how many people gave honmei to you? That sort of thing is no good, y’know?
Taichi: To think you’d be the type to play around with that many people without hesitation… You’ve changed a lot, Ban-chan.
Banri: I said you got it all wrong! Listen to when people are trying to tell you something!
Kazunari: Ahaha, we’re only kidding!
Taichi: But for real, I thought you stood by your principle of never accepting chocolates from anyone. What happened?
Banri: So, you see—


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“A Secret Plan for Valentine’s - PART 2”

Banri: … And it’s ‘cuz of that I couldn’t do anything but accept it.
Taichi: I see~ I guess you wouldn’t be able to reject if they said something with that kind of pressure, huh...
Kazunari: And after the girls near you saw that, they probably all thought “If I can give this to him with the same amount of force, he’ll definitely accept it”, right?
Banri: I really didn’t expect them to come at me all at once, though.
Kazunari: But you know, if you’re getting this much before Valentine’s Day, then aren’t you going to end up getting even more on the actual day?
Banri: If I got them today, then there wouldn’t be any more than that, right?
Taichi: No way no way, you’re too naive, Ban-chan!! You better come up with some kind of countermeasure, y’know!
Banri: A countermeasure? … You sure there’s a need to go that far?
Kazunari: But Settsuar, what are you going to do if this isn’t the end of it? If you don’t do anything about it then this is seriously going to just pile up!
Banri: ...Fine, I guess I’ll try to think of some sort of plan.
Taichi: We’ll definitely help you come up with something!
Kazunari: Totes! We’ll all on board with you on this, Settsuar~!

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Banri: … There’s no way I’m going with that plan!
Kazunari: Huuuh, I really thought we’d go for that~
Taichi: Ban-chan, you’re being unreasonable…
Banri: It’s your plans that are being unreasonable, here!
Hisoka: ....Hey.
Taichi: Wah, Hisoka-san!?
Banri: Since when did you…?
Hisoka: I’ve been sleeping on the sofa this whole time.
Kazunari: That’s Hiso-Hiso for you! We totally didn’t notice~!
Hisoka: … Hey, Banri. You’re being troubled, right?
Banri: Well… More or less.
Hisoka: In that case, I’ve got something in mind.
Banri: Something in mind? Like what?
Hisoka: That’s a secret for now. But if it goes smoothly I’ll require compensation.
Banri: Compensation… So, marshmallows?
Hisoka: Marshmallows will do just fine.
It’s going to require a bit of execution but… what do you think?
Banri: I’m honestly worried just for the fact that I don’t know what it’s going to be yet but, the way you say it makes me wanna gamble on it.
Hisoka: Then, all you need to do is just go to school like you usually do.
Banri: Got it.

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Banri: (...The day’s about to end and I still have no idea what Hisoka-san has up his sleeve.)
In any case, it doesn’t seem like I’ll be getting anything today.
Female Collegemate: Settsu-kun!
Banri: Ah…. What’s up?
Female Collegemate: So, Settsu-kun, I heard a rumor that you’re accepting Valentine’s chocolate this year…
Banri: Uhm, no, listen, about that—



???: Baaaanri.
Banri: —!?
Hisoka: I figured your lectures for today would be over by this hour, so I’ve come to pick you up.
Banri: Pick me up, you mean...
Hisoka: Fufu, today’s dinner is going to be curry. Let’s go home together, Banri.
Banri: ………………
Female Collegemate: So Settsu-kun has a girlfriend….? More than that, she’s pretty cute...
Hisoka: Oh, sorry, I was intruding on your conversation!
Female Collegemate: N-No, no! I’m sorry for being in your way! Goodbye!
Hisoka: —Ah, there she goes.
... All that’s left is for that girl to start talking about this with others.
Banri: Hang on hang on, before we get into that matter, just what the hell are you doing?
Hisoka: … I’m pretending to be your girlfriend?
Banri: If it’s for the sake of marshmallows, you really WILL do anything, won’t you?
Hisoka: By the way, this dress is an outfit Yuki made. When I requested something that would fit the “female college student” look, he had an excited look in his eyes and said he’d try it.
… With this, the plan is a success, right?
Banri: … Uhm, I guess you would call this is a success, but...
Hisoka: Then, I’ll be looking forward to my reward then. I’m counting on you.


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[0] Fougère - a category of perfumes; derived from the French term for “fern”.
[1] honmei chocolate: Valentine’s chocolate that a person gives to someone they have romantic feelings for.