Chapter 81

“High School Boys and Annoyances” is the 81st chapter of the manga.

Cover Page
A still of Hidenori with his spectacles in his pocket.

Detailed Summary
Hidenori is walking behind Yoshitake and he thinks to himself that they’ve known each other a long time. Due to this, he gets annoyed by some trivial things about Yoshitake. He proceeds to mentally list these annoyances. For one, Yoshitake speaks without moving his lips much and his speech is sometimes unclear. He also takes a long time to choose food items at the convenience store.

On the other hand, he finishes his ramen extremely quickly. Admitting that it’s strange, Hidenori is annoyed by him rolling up his sleeves. He can’t stand his overreactions, as illustrated when Yoshitake had jumped in alarm near some dog droppings. Yoshitake’s frequent description of events as ‘surreal’ also irks him.

In another instance, Yoshitake had pointed out that Hidenori had disposed of a bottle in the wrong bin. Hidenori accepted the blame, but Yoshitake’s pedantry annoyed him. He also remembers that while watching a movie with him and Mitsuo, he had started crying while a sad scene was on. This annoyed him, and he was annoyed even more when Mitsuo failed to realize what was sad about the movie.

Hidenori goes on to note that Yoshitake’s seating posture annoys him, as does his forgetfulness about his cell phone. It annoys him when he throws change into his pocket without caution. When Yoshitake once asked him what the next class was, Hidenori was annoyed as he could have found out for himself, although he knows he was just making conversation. Yoshitake’s sticking pencils up his nostrils to evoke a reaction annoyed him. The fact that he couldn’t handle carbonated drinks annoys him.

The fact that he often went to the restroom annoys him. It annoys him that Yoshitake prepares a copy of his notes whenever he’s absent. Hidenori is also annoyed that he brings cans of coffee over whenever he visits, and was annoyed when he once lost his bicycle keys and Yoshitake started searching for them without a word.

He breaks this train of thought and smiles, happy that he is close friends with Yoshitake. Yoshitake then turns around with two pencils up his nostrils again. Hidenori grimaces, extremely annoyed that he pulls the same gags over and over.

Characters
In order of appearance:
 * Hidenori
 * Yoshitake