| Tenma | Kazunari and Kumon are the graduates this year, right? Feels like it was yesterday since I graduated from high school myself. |
| Azami | I get what you mean. |
| Kumon | Riiiight~ Can’t believe it’s graduation season already! |
| Izumi | A year just flies by before you know it, huh. |
| Omi | Come to think of it, Kazunari isn’t here again, is he? |
| Banri | He’s aimin’ to be a freelancer after grad, so seems like he’s been pretty locked in with all that stuff relating to it. |
| Muku | It seemed like he finishing up a piece for graduation, so he’s occupied with making a portfolio for work-related purposes. |
| Kumon | I heard he’s been going to like those uhh… Social gatherings and banquet meetings? Stuff like those! |
| Tenma | Yeah. He said it’s all to build up some networking. |
| Sakyo | So that’s why I haven’t been seeing him around that much lately. |
| Citron | It’s been a little quiet without Kazu though… |
| Tenma | You don’t think he’s gonna miss his own graduation ceremony amid his tight schedule, do you…? |
| Azami | Well. If it’s Kazunari-san, I’m sure he can manage it somehow. |
| Omi | I’d like to believe so, too. I just hope he hasn’t been pushing himself; with how late he’s been coming home, he must be pretty tired by the end of the day. |
| Izumi | Should we prepare him another light meal for when he comes back? |
| Omi | Right. Something nourishing would do him good too. |
| Izumi | What about you, Kumon? Do you feel sad about graduation yourself? |
| Kumon | Hmmmm, honestly, I don’t particularly feel that emotional of the sort! I mean, it’s not like I’ll stop seeing Yamaguchi and my friends after graduation. Plus I can always see Azami here at the dorms! |
| There’s stuff I’m gonna be a lil’ sad about leaving, but I think I’m just a lot more excited to start my uni life soon~ |
| Tenma | Well, can’t say I don’t get how he feels. |
| Kumon | Oh right! I need to buy some things for uni prep soon, do you wanna join me in shopping, Azami? |
| Azami | Ha? Why me? |
| Kumon | Why not! Let’s go together! Oh, and we should go eat somewhere after that too! |
| Azami | I mean, I guess I’m fine with it… |
| Citron | Speaking of shopping! Oh, everyone, I must ask you something. |
| My little brothers, Orange and Navel, have been studying overseas in a short-term course… They’ll be set for graduation very soon. |
| So I’d like to ask what would be some ideal gifts that I could give to them. |
| Muku | Graduation gifts? That’s a lovely idea! |
| Citron | Bye-bye way, what sort of presents are custom in Japan? |
| Sakyo | “By the way”, you mean. |
| Well. Graduating means entering the society of adults, which means something useful would be custom— like an expensive ballpen or a business card case. |
| Omi | I received some sake on my graduation; that’s an option as well. |
| Izumi | Other possible gifts would probably be key pouches or watches. Small convenient items like that. |
| Citron | Hm hm, I see I see~ I’ll be using those as reference. |
| Omi | Speaking of, we even did a graduation ceremony for the O High graduates right here at the dorms.[1] |
| Tenma | That was all for my sake wasn’t it, Omi-san? And your idea, no less. I was really overjoyed back then. |
| Muku | It was such a wonderful ceremony too! I was so moved watching it happen back then. |
| Citron | I even saw a graduation scene in a drama recently. There’s really something about Japan’s graduation ceremonies~ |
| Like how everyone would wrap it all up by cleaning up their school during the celebrations— oh the image is so moving! |
| Kumon | Cl-cleaning…!? Do we really do that sort of thing? |
| Azami | Uhh. ‘Course not. |
| Sakyo | He means the graduation farewell address, not cleaning[2] —Those speeches that a junior student recites in the ceremony as a send-off for the graduates. |
| Citron | Oh!! I got it mixed up! |
| Sending their farewells to the graduates with sentimental words is such a lovely thing though~! Truly, Japan’s graduation ceremonies are wonderful on their own! |
| Banri | As far as I know, ceremonies overseas would usually have speeches coming from the rep’ of the graduates only, right? Least, that’s what I’ve seen. |
| Izumi | I suppose even in graduation the culture differs from country to country, huh. |
| *DOOR OPENS* |
| Kazunari | I’m home~...... |
| Muku | Kazu-kun! Welcome home. |
| Izumi | Welcome back. |
| Kazunari | Huh, why’s everyone here? |
| Tenma | We were just talking about graduation ceremonies. |
| Omi | You managed to come home a little earlier this time, Kazunari. |
| Kazunari | The meeting today ended sooner than all the previous ones before~ |
| Banri | …… |
