Chapter 12

“High School Boys and the Beach House” is the 12th chapter of the manga.

Cover Page
A still of Yoshitake.

Detailed Summary
The boys from the previous chapter are at the beach, where an irritated Tadakuni finds himself to be the only one wearing the school trunks. The others criticize him for abiding by the school rules too much, before running off with the intention of picking up girls. Hidenori checks out the menu at an eatery nearby.

Yoshitake is seen trying to hit on various girls, but fails each time. Motoharu's fate is similar, and he complains to the others that he doesn’t seem to be having any luck. Yoshitake wonders why that might be. Suddenly, Hidenori (now holding a drink he purchased) spies that the last pair of girls they tried to hit on are eating from a plate of ramen. He stares at them in shock for a while, then has an intense reaction that forces his drink through his nose, startling the others. When they ask him what’s wrong, he says it’s nothing.

They persist that he tell them. Upon being assured that they wouldn’t get angry, he looks straight at them and says that the girls were only into men-kui (a Japanese pun meaning both eating noodles and liking handsome faces). An annoyed Motoharu slaps him hard, drawing blood from his nostrils.

Characters
In order of appearance:
 * Yoshitake
 * Tadakuni
 * Karasawa
 * Motoharu
 * Hidenori