An existence that only serves to satisfy the protagonist’s need for approval?

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    –Is it really a beautiful story to continue an unrewarding love??

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    When I look at Azusa, I can’t help but think about such things.?

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    It’s not only Azusa, but also my childhood friend Yuzuki and my former best friend Kirari. When I look at them, I feel so painful that it makes my heart ache.?

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    They express their feelings of love in such a straightforward way, but the person in question is completely oblivious to it, using “insensitivity” as an excuse, and their feelings are always in vain.?

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    It’s …… really, really pitiful that her love is trampled on, her efforts don’t produce results, and yet she continues to be devoted to him.?

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    It’s as if they only exist to satisfy the protagonist’s need for approval.?

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    I just can’t stop thinking about it.?

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    “…… By the way, you were about to confess your love today behind the school building. The timing wasn’t right, though.”?

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    I have one thing in mind for why Azusa suddenly came home today. When I was eating lunch with Shimotsuki during lunch break, …… Azusa had called Ryuzaki to the back of the school building.?

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    And at that time, Azusa was trying to confess her feelings……, I assume.?

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    “Yeah … I was trying to be brave and tell him how I feel about him……, but it didn’t work.”?

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    She didn’t seem to have the energy to be brave anymore.?

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    She smiled fondly with a sad expression.?

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    In the end, Azusa was not able to confess her feelings …… because she encountered us at the wrong time.?

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    And unfortunately, it was Shimotsuki, whom Ryuzaki was most obsessed with, that he encountered. So Azusa’s courage was trampled upon and put on the back burner.?

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    She seemed to be severely depressed by it.?

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    “So, is it possible that the person who was with you at that time was Shimotsuki-san? …… I was dying of nervousness, so I didn’t recognize you.”?

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    After all this time, she seems to have remembered that Shimotsuki was there.?

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    She was that nervous.?

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    “Ryoma Oni-chan, when it comes to Shimotsuki-san, he can’t see anything else……. Haha, I knew I couldn’t win.”?

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    “…… Haha, you can’t.”?

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    I couldn’t help but curse at her.?

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    I almost shouted at my sister, because she was so painful to me.?

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    There is no value in unrequited love.?

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    It’s not like Azusa’s love is even a lost love. He’s not even aware of her feelings, she’s just being trampled on.?

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    It’s not a beautiful story. It’s just painful.?

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    “…… What? What did you say? Your voice is too quiet, I couldn’t hear you.”?

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    Azusa says she didn’t hear.?

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    But her face looked so sad that I couldn’t …… watch it.?

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    “I know what I’m doing, so don’t say anything.”?

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    I don’t say it out loud, but I think she knows it.?

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    I don’t have to say it, but she knows it. She knows that this is not a problem that can be solved with a friendly smile, and she is still trying to cover it up.?

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    So she pretends not to hear me.?

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    She takes my words and tries her best to hide her pathetic self.?

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    “………….”?

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    Oh, no.?

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    With that look on her face, I couldn’t say anything.?

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    I’m not in a position to lecture her anymore.?

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    I am not someone who is close enough to Azusa to interfere in her life.?

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    This is the path that Azusa has chosen.?

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    No matter how unhappy she was, no matter how much she was hurt, she wanted it all, so I couldn’t say anything.?

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    “It’s nothing.”?

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    So I played it off.?

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    As a mob character, I replied nonchalantly as an emotionless doll.?

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    I can only do so much …… as a mob…