Category: I Thought “Don’t Joke About Me Reincarnating as a Modern Japanese!” But It’s Surprisingly Fulfilling

Volume 3 Chapter 43 A Cold Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  It was a weekday morning in late autumn. I woke up, tossed and turned, and looked up at the clock to see it was just past six-thirty – my usual time. My mother had already started the morning chores, and the futon beside me was nothing…

Volume 3 Chapter 42 A New Family Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  Mio-san came home, and the house felt alive again in an instant. It wasn’t that things had been miserable before she arrived. However, with the looming “what-ifs” that come with childbirth, our thoughts had likely drifted into a negative space. Realizing how out of sync…

Volume 3 Chapter 41 Totsuka family reunion Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  Twelve days had passed since Sports Day¹.  We finished another day of kindergarten without any drama and were bouncing along in the shuttle bus on the way home. However, as our house drew closer, a shadow began to fall over Suu-chan’s face. And for good…

Volume 3 Chapter 40 Girls’ Night Out ② Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  (This is from Riko-sensei’s perspective.)  ===  ”Good work today!”  And so, the girls’ night¹ began. You could almost hear someone scoffing, “Are they really doing this already, the day after Sports Day?” But autumn is a whirlwind of events², and these days off are…

Volume 3 Chapter 39 Sports Meet (Pre-K) ④ Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  The afternoon session of the sports day began. The first event was the inter-class ball toss¹. The Small Class children swarmed around the center pole, trapped in a cycle of scooping up the balls scattered at their feet and hurling them toward the basket.…

Volume 3 Chapter 38 Sports Meet (Pre-K) ③ Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  It was lunchtime, and the kindergarten was full of parents and children gathered around their lunch boxes. In addition to the playground-except for the track area-the classrooms and the gym had been opened up, and families were huddled together in whatever spots they could…

Volume 3 Chapter 37 Sports Meet (Pre-K) ② Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  While enduring the pain, I wash my hands and pat them dry. The nurse gently coaxes the torn flap of skin back into place before applying a thin layer of Vaseline. She follows up with one of those bandages rumored to help wounds heal…

Volume 3 Chapter 36 Sports Meet (Pre-K) ① Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  The day of the sports meet arrived with perfect weather. Adults crowded around the field, squeezing into every available inch to catch a glimpse of their children’s big moment. In the back, several fathers stood perched on stepladders, cameras at the ready, while others…

Volume 3 Chapter 35 The Reason to Push Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  The summer sun was still out in full force as we held class on the Hinomori Kindergarten¹ playground.  ”On your marks…”  Three children lined up in a single row, crouching into their starting stances. The rest of the kids, myself included, sat nearby and…

Volume 3 Chapter 34 Evacuation Drill Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  Summer vacation was finally over.  Even though I’d still been heading to the kindergarten on weekdays and doing my lessons on the weekends, the whole period had basically just felt like playtime. Since I wasn’t being haunted by a mountain of homework, I never really got…