Valentine’s Day Special 2026 – Chapter 9, Act 3, Strip 09

Happy Valentine’s / Single Awareness Day, everyone!

Today I’ll openly admit that I padded the ‘romantic interludes’ part of the plot a little bit to stretch it for long enough to include Valentine’s Day.

And for this special day, we return to Youichi and Hiroki…who, strangely enough, are by now the best-established couple in the main cast. And that after how hard it was to win Youichi over.

And, also in the spirit of the holiday, Hiroki gives Youichi something special… …which is, obviously, that he ties Youichi’s shoelaces properly. Youichi isn’t really good at that, and they always end up looking messy – so he is grateful for Hiroki’s help.

But it is a special day, so I’m keeping that anti-climax off-screen – so you remain free to imagine something else, if you prefer. =P

More on Monday.

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