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

Volume 3 Chapter 23 Girls’ Night Out Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  ”We made it…!”  I-Nagata Riko-was currently hunkered down at a diner for a “post-observation day” survival party. It wasn’t a formal event hosted by the kindergarten, just a casual girls’ night out for a few of us to grab a bite together. The group consisted…

Volume 3 Chapter 22 Greeting Rounds Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  (This is from Akari’s perspective.)  Today is the day we observe Maa-kun and the others at their kindergarten. As always, Maa-kun remains his unshakeable, airy self, but Suu-chan is stuck right to his side… which is also par for the course.  ”Those two are as lovey-dovey…

Volume 3 Chapter 21 The Peaceful Rose Group Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  Under the watchful eyes of our parents, we finished our morning stretches¹ and the morning meeting without a hitch. Then, our first lesson-studying Hiragana²-began.  A large chart of the fifty sounds was posted on the blackboard. Riko-sensei pointed to the characters one by one…

Volume 3 Chapter 20 Tower of Babel Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  Sunday morning.  Usually, I’d be glued to the TV trying to keep up with whatever the other kids are into, but today I was being tossed around in the back of the kindergarten shuttle. Suu-chan¹ was with me, of course. The vibe was off, though.…

Volume 3 Chapter 19 Bookmark Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  So, what’s the plan?  It’s almost Mother’s birthday.  I’ve given her drawings every year up until now, but I need to think of a different gift soon before she gets tired of them.  A gift for a woman…  That’s a tough one.  Mother isn’t the type to…

Volume 3 Chapter 18 The Power of Beans Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  Preschool is a non-stop parade of events. I suppose I only feel that way because I spent my previous life’s desk-job days in a gray, repetitive blur. One moment we’re hiking up a mountain, the next we’re up to our elbows in a field.…

Volume 3 Chapter 17 The Youngest of the Filming Crew Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  I’m Rakuma Miku, a “Hospital Doctor”¹ at Hinomori Kindergarten.  It’s a rare surname, but since I usually go by my first name at work, it’s practically a secret. Most of the time, people are too busy asking me to do impressions of…

Volume 3 Chapter 16 Mountain Climbing Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  After seeing off the middle-group, it was finally our turn. I threw on my backpack and headed toward the trailhead in high spirits. Once you slip around the back of the kindergarten, it’s a straight shot-a safe, quiet path with almost zero traffic. With Ms. Riko¹…

Volume 3 Chapter 15 The First Field Trip Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  Just behind the Hinomori Kindergarten¹ we attend, there is a small mountain about two hundred and fifty meters high called Mount Hiou. The curriculum is set up so that the students head out to this mountain almost every week to build up their physical…

Volume 3 Chapter 14 The Shape of a Family Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  I returned home from the park with Suu-chan and Mitsuhisa-san. When I pushed open the front door, the rhythmic chop-chop-chop of a kitchen knife echoed from the kitchen in the back. Mother and Mio-san had already made it back from their shopping trip…