EPISODE 34: ARE YOU THERE?

2027Text: Kurando Furuya, Hitoshi Odajima, Tomoki Kurokawa

2027 - Are You There?

First of all, I’m not too eager to see Nomura-san as he is intimidating and scary. So, it’s been 2 years since I visited the broadcasting room. I don’t want to see him outside of work, but I can’t help it. I push the buzzer fearfully. It’s all for the promotional activity…

Ding Dong.

K “Are you there, Nomura-san?”
2 “He won’t come out until he hears the buzzer 10 times.”
K “Yeah, he is jackass.”
2 “He is a nominal superior.”
K “Hey, what if he hears that!”

Ding Dong.

K “Isn’t he home?”
2 “Don’t know.”

Ding Dong.

K “Nomura-saaaan.”
2 “Lolita Nomura-saaan.”

Ding.

N “Ummm. Who? I was sleeping… Wow, what’s going on you guys.”
2 “Uh…”
N “What? Can’t lend you money.”
K “No, it’s not. Could we talk in your room?”

A short pause.

N “Don’t you guys have any goodies, dickheads?”
K “Of course we do. Hey, take out that book.”

21LO slowly takes out the book from his bag.

Are You There?
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N “Wow! Let me see it closer to the camera! It’s that one! Wow! ●×*+=☐◆~!”
2 “Your favorite ‘loli’.”
K “The withdrawn final issue.”
N “Hey you guys! Come on in ♥”

The entrance lock was released.

Are You There?

K “It’s a nice room.”
2 “It’s cool.”
K “You got all the equipment.”
N “Right? You know I poured all the club fee into them.”
K “Nice. I’m jealous.”
2 “Only the 8th-year college student could do it!”
N “Shut up! So, what’s your purpose?”
K “Well, well, let me tell you straight. Well, 21LO will tell you. Go on please.”
2 “(Why me……) Well, you know, we’d like to go on the audio network……”
K “We made a book. And we want to advertise it……”
N “Ho, you wanna do it on the radio.”
K “Is the network called a radio!?”
N “You don’t know radio. Yeah, it’s a dead word.”
2 “Sorry. I guess we have more to learn.”
N “No problem.”
K “Well, is it easy to operate it, the radio?”
N “Yes. Easy. See this.”
K “What? It’s small like this?”
2 “It’s palm-sized!”
N “So, the book is illegal, right? Are you guys sure it cannot be traced? There’s no way to be arrested one after another, you know. I don’t know about the god damn book, neither be interested.”
2 “That’s why we have this ‘loli’ for you.”
N “Yeah, right. You guys are the best. Proud of you guys.”
2 “Really? Is the autograph on the wall real?”
N “Yeah. Cool isn’t it? Magic Dyktra’s. I got it when he did a lecture the other day.”
K “Wow.”
N “And, of course it’s unexpurgated, because it’s art. Heehaw!”
2 “I’m jealous.”
N “Do you guys like Dyktra’s photo?”
K “No…… Actually I hate it.”
2 “No, it’s like we don’t understand it well.”
N “Why? (looks cranky)”
K “First of all, we wonder if he is a real pioneer of Pportunism…… I guess Missy Bahn is before him.”
N “He is the pioneer. What the heck you guys are talking about? You have never learned art, dick.”
2 “What? Do you really like Dyktra, Nomura-san?”
N “Yeah sure I like him. That’s why I have all those things displayed. Huh!?”
K “Oh yeah. That’s right…… Sorry……”
2 “It’s not my opinion, but, well, in a critical book I read something like “the little girls’ nudity is antithetical to love & peace. It’s actually on the theme of violence””
K “Oh, I read it, too.”
2 “Ha ha. But Nomura-san doesn’t care about the part ‘peace’, does he? Then I think I can get it.”
K “Hee hee hee… That’s right. That sounds understanbale, little girl love.”

Oops! This is not good. We were way out of line. Nomura-san looks serious.
The next moment what I saw was……

Text: Kurando Furuya, Hitoshi Odajima, Tomoki Kurokawa
Translation: Mariko Takei
Photos: Kurando Furuya, Hitoshi Odajima, Tomoki Kurokawa

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