Masks do make everthing more interesting for sure.

Especially Bionicles.

This was lovely. Wonder if they'll serialize it eventually.

last edited at May 9, 2023 6:56AM

This one needs a follow up story.

So cute omg. Hope for a sequel

Very cute! I hope that more is made.

Honestly, I still wear a mask when I go out. It helps with easing my anxiety with being in public.

I wouldn't mind seeing "more" of this, but if it did got serialize it would need to expand on things that could turn this into a less fun story.

Hot OL onee-san. And that glasses is the real killer.

Needs a Covid tag. Or at least Masks...

Also, the credits page is great as ever. :)

That was delightful, thanks knight heron

last edited at May 9, 2023 10:33AM

Covid romance

Love starts at 6:15.

Honestly I don't think this is subtext this would just a be a slowburn romance starting at the very end of this. I do hope we get some kind of follow up to see if these two continue to get closer. Both of them are beautiful without their masks that was a fun reveal at the end. Though part of my honestly wanted Mizuno to have like meth mouth with no teeth or something just for a silly ending haha.

yo this shit cute asf

It was awfully cute.

If only writing actually got you a cute girlfriend, I'd dedicate a lot more time to my hobby lol.

Seriously though, this is super cute! Fav'd.

last edited at May 9, 2023 1:48PM

Dude.... this story is so beautiful. Directly to favorites.
¡Thanks, Heron-chan!

Setting up a prayer circle to get a serialisation for this one, who's joining me?

(Thank you for translating this gem!)

One reason I really liked that KH picked this up is that the story is very timely. It's such a clever and cute plot point.

As KH mentioned in the credit page, the mask requirement before March 13, 2023 was "mask required indoor, mask not required outdoor" (https://web.archive.org/web/20230129202008/https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/covid-19/mask.html) Hence, they wanted to meet outside so they can take off their masks.

I can't imagine reading this story a year later and getting the same impact as reading it today, as we're still fresh from the "mask required indoor" era. So, it's such a timely story that released at (almost) the right time, and getting scanlated while it's still relevant.

Thank you KH for (agreeing that we should) picking this up :D

This was such a lovely story. Thanks so much for translating it!

Needs follow up.
Thank you for translating this oneshot.
I will check out the mangaka's other works.

loved this!

Awwwww

Wholesome

that was so cute