The Tomorrow We Hope For

School SEKAI

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Saki

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Alright, everyone!
Are you all ready for Ichi's New Year's sleepover party?!
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Rin

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Yeah! Totally☆
It's gonna be so much fun!
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Len

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But you can't actually stay at Ichi's house, Rin.
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Rin

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I know! But we can still have fun by chatting and stuff!
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Honami

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Hehe. I'm sure we'll have plenty to talk about.
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Shiho

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That reminds me. We all went on a shrine visit together last year... Wanna do that again?
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Ichika

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Yeah, we should go since we're all here.
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KAITO

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Visiting a shrine...?
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MEIKO

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That sounds interesting, but there's going to be a lot of people there, right? I feel like we won't be able to do much.
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Luka

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You'd be surprised. Last year, we were able to pop out and draw some fortunes without anyone noticing.
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Honami

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Fortunes...
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Miku

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Hm? Honami?
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Honami

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I promise to do better this year...!!
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Luka

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I'm sorry. I didn't mean to reopen any old wounds...
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Len

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Huh? Do better?
What are you guys talking about?
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Shiho

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Oh, Honami drew Luka's fortune for her last year and managed to draw a “great curse” and a “curse” for her in that order...
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Honami

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I'm going to draw a “great blessing” this year...!!
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KAITO

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That's quite a statement...
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Saki

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We believe in you, Hona!
I'll make sure that some of my luck rubs off onto you!
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Rin

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Me too!
Lady Luck's on your side!!
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Len

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I'll believe it when I see it.
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Ichika

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Hehe. I sense another fun New Year's awaiting us.
Street SEKAI
Crase Cafe

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Kohane

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Hello!
Oh, you're all here already.
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Miku

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Hi, Kohane.
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An

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There you are!
Come sit here!
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Toya

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You're here pretty late.
Did something happen?
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Kohane

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Sorry for the wait.
Cleaning our house took longer than expected.
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Len

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Oh, that's right!
Doesn't your family need to clean too? I mean, you have a house and a cafe to worry about.
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An

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Despite how he looks, my dad's a huge neat freak. He actually started cleaning up the cafe a week ago.
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An

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So I didn't have to do a whole lot today as it turns out.
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Akito

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That's Ken for you.
Unlike a certain someone.
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An

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Hey, I'm not some kind of slob!
My room's all nice and tidy now!
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Rin

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Oh, we gave MEIKO's place a nice cleaning too. It's so shiny and sparkly now♪
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KAITO

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My back's still sore after helping out.
We had to carry all the tables and chairs outside...
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Luka

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You're such a mean boss, MEIKO...
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MEIKO

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I let you laze around most of the time, so you both at least owed me this.
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Miku

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Anyway, are you guys here to practice today?
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Kohane

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Yeah! We're taking New Year's Day off, but we'll be back to practicing on the second!
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An

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I'm looking forward to a nice, relaxing New Year's. A shrine visit and mochi soup included!
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Kohane

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Oh, that reminds me... Minori said that she's going to help out as a shrine maiden this year.
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Rin

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Who's Minori?
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An

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Kohane's friend.
She's really nice and has amazing work ethic. She's even in an idol group with her friends.
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Toya

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Ah, her. She came to one of our practices to work on her singing.
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An

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But a shrine maiden...?
Like part-time or something?
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Kohane

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I'm not sure about that, but she and her friends are apparently all going together to help out...
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An

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Really?!
That means Haruka's gonna be there too!
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Kohane

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Yeah, I think you're right!
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An

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Cool... Hey, why don't we go and pay them a visit on New Year's Day?
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Akito

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Wait, us too...?
Can't you go by yourself...?
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An

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Aww, don't be like that!
It'll give us a chance to come up with some New Year's resolutions, so we should all go!
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An

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What do you say, Toya?
How does a shrine visit together sound?
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Toya

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Visiting a shrine on New Year's Day...
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Toya

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We've gone as a family before, but I've never gone with just my friends. It'll be a new experience for me, so yes, I'd like to go.
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Toya

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How about you, Akito?
That is, if you're not busy...
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Akito

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*Sigh*
Fine, I'll go. I'd only end up stuffing my face in food if I were to stay home so...
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An

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Awesome! We're all set!
We can all wake up early and head over together!
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Kohane

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Yeah!
Next Chapter: Everyone's First Shrine Visit