Adolescent Adam 5: Afterword

Hello. It seems to be an Adolescent Adam tradition to release a summer story during the winter. It was school swimsuits in Volume 2 and it’s a camping trip here. This is Sakakikasa.

Yes, a camping trip. The kind of camping trip where you go fishing and never catch a single fish. The kind of camping trip where you make a ton of curry because you want a lot of food but end up throwing a bunch away. The kind of camping trip where the person who brings the Pringles is everyone’s hero. The kind of camping trip where it’s surprisingly cold in the morning. The kind of camping trip where your favorite souvenir is the weird kind of drink you found at the vending machine near the campground.

This volume was about Mutsuki and the others enjoying their youth like that. How did you like it? Everyone was full of energy, weren’t they? Especially Saya, Mutsuki, and Lucia. I wrote Saya’s character with no plan whatsoever and she’s turned into a pretty interesting girl.

Amagai-sama, thank you for the lovely designs this time as well. This was our first look at Ange and Machina’s casual clothes and they were really cute.

Until we meet again.

Adolescent Adam 5: Chapter 8 - The Door Has Opened

Even in the morning, night, or evening, FeTUS headquarters was filled with the gentle light of day.

Once again, Miss A, aka Miss Alice, sat in a white wooden chair during her teatime.

She was alone today as she enjoyed a Darjeeling.

“Hmm.”

Due to the humidity, the tea’s color was a bit dark.

It had not been brewed perfectly, but the slight changes from day to day were one of the highlights of tea. She took a sip and savored the somewhat stronger flavor.

It was a little too bitter, so she returned the cup to its saucer and picked up her fork.

Today’s tea cake was a castella. She scooped up a small piece and carried it to her mouth.

“…”

The sweet flavor spread through her mouth.

At the same time, the strong smell of bitter melon stung her nose.

“Bitter melon castella? …This will not serve as a teacake.”

Her childish face wrinkled as she washed the flavor down with the Darjeeling.

She then leaned back in her chair.

The sunlight was perfect for a comfortable nap, so she calmly closed her eyes.

“…”

But then she opened them and reached into her skirt pocket.

She pulled out a ribbon. A neatly balled-up ribbon. She straightened it out and removed just the right scrunchie of the two in her hair.

She brushed her long honey-colored hair by hand and tied it in place with the ribbon.

It was a cheap ribbon with a bear character printed on it.

“♪”

Miss Alice smiled slightly.

Adolescent Adam 5: Chapter 7 - Outside Door

They took it easy the next day.

“As the divine messenger of protecting nature, I am strictly opposed to barbarically capturing animals by having them swallow hooks.”

Sakae seemed to have given up on fishing, so he went into the mountains instead.

“I need to do some searching. It’s nothing important, though. And you…don’t leave Satowa’s side this time.”

For some reason, Ange gave Mutsuki a scary look and went into the mountains too.

“I am going shopping. We are out of mayonnaise.”

Machina left the mountains for the time being.

“That spot has the greatest concentration of demonic energy. Call me if you need anything.”

Lucia took a nap on the large rock by the river he had also climbed onto the day before.

Mutsuki followed Ange’s advice by staying where he could see Lucia while he washed everyone’s changes of clothes and hung them up to dry.

Once he had time, he decided to gather some edible plants in order to make a nutritious dinner instead of the unhealthy lineup of barbecue and cup noodles.

Saya went with him, although she was unusually low energy after overheating in the bath the night before.