I Got Into the Mass Production Anime

37. Ichika Sato

37. Ichika Sato

The last class is over.

The children who are excited at the thought that the academy is over.

The children started talking loudly.

It was the same as usual.

But today, unlike usual, I saw children sitting quietly.

They even look gloomy.

Perhaps it is because today’s ranking and grades were released, and my mentality went out.

“…”

I expressed my condolences toward them.

***

Not long after, the homeroom teacher came in.

The teacher who ordered everyone to be quiet seemed to have high tension today.

The teacher smiles with a smile.

I usually remember that there was an important notice one by one at such times.

That’s also an exciting thing to think about.

Perhaps it will be the same today.

As I predicted, if it was an announcement at this timing…

“Hmm…”

I think it might be an athletic meet.

Look.

“Everyone!! There will be a sports festival next Friday!”

“”Ohh..!!””

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As expected, at the mention of an athletic meet, the male students started to become noisy once again.

They have high expectations in their eyes.

This was the case with the female students as well, so they joined in, and the classroom became buzzing in an instant.

“…”

“…I…”

“…Me, guys..?”

It was a bonus that the teacher had a hard time in this endless hustle and bustle.

“Guys…”

“Be quiet…”

***

“”…””

“After…”

A teacher who finally succeeded in calming the children down.

Unlike before, the teacher said with a clear expression of her tiredness.

“Great! Everyone, since there is an athletics festival next Friday, you should decide in advance what events you will participate in, right?”

“”Yes!!””

“Hmm…”

It’s a sport to participate in…

“…”

Well, it wouldn’t matter if it was anything in particular.

After all, nothing was planned for this sports meet.

“Let’s start with the 100m run, shall we?”

So we started to decide the participants for each event according to the number of people divided by class in the sports competition.

I decided to compete as a male in the Mixed Relay.

Mixed Relay was a mixed relay event in which four men and women competed in relay races, but it looked okay, so I decided to participate.

Iinazuke isn’t good at physical education, so he only participated in events where the entire class participated.

Toyoda, like me, participated in the mixed relay race, Osana Najimi and Sasaki Yuna, along with Iinazuke, did not participate anywhere in particular.

With the distribution of participants completed, the ceremony came to an end.

“…”

It was difficult.

Let’s go back home.

***

The next day.

Today too, I arrived at class with Inazuke.

But.

“Hmm…”

Something different from usual, something empty.

“It’s strange…”

I looked around to find the identity of the emptiness.

“Ah…”

And soon after, I was able to find the cause.

Unlike usual, there was no greeting from Ichika Sato today.

She was really the one who greeted her every day, so she must have gotten used to it at some point.

Looking at her by her work, she seemed to be concentrating on something.

That’s why they didn’t seem to notice that we came.

I didn’t want to disturb her, so I just went back to her seat.

But at that moment, I heard a sound.

“…?”

I decided to discard my earlier plan and approach her to greet her.

“Good morning, Sato-san.”

She shakes her back as if she was surprised by my greeting.

“Hick!! Oh, Joe, good morning Shujinko.”

…I must have been very surprised.

Her I had something to ask her, so I looked at her desk for a moment.

A book open on the desk.

And the characters written in the book… Were quite familiar to me as well.

I did it by chance.

It was in Korean.

“Sato-san, are you studying Korean right now?”

“Eh..? How did you know??”

She seems surprised by my question.

Is this such a surprise?

“Huh? I just… Looked at the words written in the book and got it right?”

Earlier, I heard her muttering Korean.

“Eh?! Really?!? No one seems to know. Is Shujinko-kun also interested in Korean culture?!”

At my question, her expression suddenly brightens and her eyes begin to twinkle.

Then she asked me if I was interested in Korean culture.

“Uh, what…”

I answered in the affirmative.

My country of origin is Korea.

Her eyes started to sparkle even more.

“Eh? Really?! In fact, I really like Korean culture like K-Pop! I was so sad that no one around here was as interested in me as I was!

“Uh, yes…”

She says that no one around here is interested in Korean culture like K-pop.

I think this is the reason why I was surprised to see myself recognizing Korean.

Well, this was something I had been feeling too.

Due to the nature of Japanese anime, people here have tended to focus only on Japan and Japanese culture.

Songs are Japanese songs, culture is also Japanese culture. And even in places like the news, only things about Japan come out.

Since I first encountered this world, I did not even notice this fact for several years at this seemingly natural appearance.

And then, when I suddenly noticed him, I was a little embarrassed.

But that doesn’t mean that things about Korea have completely disappeared.

In any case, such tendencies were limited only within the range of activities of the characters, and those who are enthusiastic about the Korean Wave like her

As in my previous life, there were quite a few in this world, and Hallyu streets like Shin Okubo also existed in this world.

It is indeed a strange world.

I was quite pleased with her presence.

Even if I am not a character in the original work, but another being.

It goes without saying that one of the main characters, Iinazuke, lived uselessly in the house next door.

Even in the middle school I went to, there were quite a few characters from the original work, so even I, who fell within the scope of their activities, had little chance to come across these characters.

Perhaps the reason why she has a tendency to like the Korean Wave is because she was a character who did not appear at all in the original work.

Anyway, for that reason, I was quite happy with her.

She decided to give her a little help.

As a native speaker.

“I can speak Korean to a certain extent, so if you need help, feel free to speak to me.”

“…?! For real?!”

She makes a look of surprise at my words.

To her, Ii Nazuke, who had come to my side at some point, smiled and said,

“Yes, Shujinko-kun speaks Korean well. He knows a lot of Korean swear words, so he uses them against me every day?”

“…Be quiet.”

I thought he was here to help, but he was here to grab some sh*t.

What did you do?

And if it’s me, I don’t really swear, you son of a b*tch.

“hehehe… Then, Shujinkoo-kun, I’ll ask you later!”

“Yes, yes.”

It was a proud morning for the first time in a while.

***

It was break time for the first period.

Indeed, Ichika Sato came to me and started asking me about Korean, to see if the words that he would ask me later were false.

The areas to be asked varied.

Starting with research, pronunciation, grammar, and even words.

Once the water is opened, she has endless questions that come out like a rapid-fire cannon.

I wish I wasn’t alone in worrying about studying alone.

It was tiring as there were so many questions to ask, but her response was so good that strangely, it wasn’t too hard and it felt like teaching.

“Eh? Really?!”

“I really didn’t know!”

“Shujinkoo-kun’s pronunciation is really good! It’s like people on TV!”

“Thank you!”

“It’s like a K-Pop idol!”

…I liked it so much that it was a little burdensome.

If I had reacted to Yuna Sasaki like that, it might have been over in one day.

***

The paper hit.

Since the second period was about to begin, she returned to her seat.

Then, after confirming that she was far away, Toyoda carefully asked me.

“Shujinko-kun, what were you teaching me?”

“Oh, Korean. I can speak a little bit, but it seems like Sato-san is studying, so he said help me, well.”

“Hey~. That’s amazing, Shujinko-kun.”

Toyoda seemed to admire me.

“…”

When I saw that, a plan suddenly came to my mind.

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I asked Toyoda.

“Why, are you interested too? Do you want me to teach you?”

“No, no! I’m fine, hahahaha… I don’t know much about Korea. I’m not interested.”

Toyo even waved his hand in refusing my offer.

…My plan to corrupt the protagonist of the Japanese anime must have been unreasonable.

“Chit.”

“…?”

***

Just like that, the day passed when Sato Ichika’s barrage of questions poured in.

The next morning came.

When I went to school with Inazuke and entered the classroom, Ichika Sato greeted us as before.

She was as bright as usual.

But there was one thing that was different from before.

“Hello! It’s early morning! Shujinkoo-kun! Yoji-chan!”

She greeted me in her Korean.

“Eh? Hi.. Are you saying? What is that?”

Nazuke Ii tilted his head with a question mark on her face at her words.

I explained to her that I was saying good morning to her in her Korean.

“Hey- hey, Sato-chan.”

“Yes, yes!”

Inazuke greets Ichika Sato in Korean.

I didn’t care when that guy threw Korean-style taffy on me, but… Something was strange.