Petit Varlet
Issue 19: Making A Scene?
Originally posted September 4, 2025 (source)
This is a fan translation.
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Panel 1: The protagonist and Noa walk to school together, sparkling with joy.
Panel 2: The scene cuts to Sota, devastated, tears in his eyes.
Sota SFX: sob
Panel 3: A crowd has formed to watch the scene.
Crowd SFX: whisper whisper
NPC A: "What a scene, huh?"
NPC B: "Poor thing, he's crying."
NPC C: "I guess he liked Noa after all..."
Panel 4: The protagonist consoles Sota as the latter sobs. Noa looks embarrassed.
Sota: "I wanna walk to school with Alt, too..."
Sota SFX: sob
Noa: "Knock it off already, you're gonna give people the wrong idea..."
Petit Varlet
Issue 20: SSS activities will continue!
Originally posted September 11, 2025 (source)
This is a fan translation.
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Panel 1: MENA is speaking to the protagonist, who nods, looking determined and focused.
MENA: "This is a crucial decision."
MENA: "Choose wisely."
Panel 2: Noa, Sota, and Aruka each make their case.
Noa: "If you're by my side..."
Sota: "When I'm with you, it's like anything's possible."
Aruka: "I feel like I can tell you everything..."
Panel 3: Taki, Ema, and Taiga each make their case.
Taki: "You're not just any friend to me..."
Ema: "I was able to change because of you..."
Taiga: "Hey, Alt, keep lending me your support."
Panel 4: The protagonist makes his decision, choosing Yuri. Off to the side, Chiyo scribbles furiously on her notepad.
Protagonist: *thinking* 'I've decided!'
MENA: "You've decided to choose Yuri."
Chiyo: "This is a big scoop!"
Text: SSS activities will continue into the future!
Petit Varlet
Issue 18: VARLET Launch Day!
Originally posted August 28, 2025 (source)
This is a fan translation. Translator's note under the cut.
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Panel 1: Noa, Sota, and the protagonist celebrate Varlet's launch, the Varlet logo and the words "on sale!" floating overhead. Noa claps, Sota sets off a party popper, and the protagonist rubs the back of his head.
Noa SFX: clap clap
Sota SFX: pop
Panel 2: As the group prepares to leave to buy a copy, Sota sees a sign in the hallway that says "Varlet on sale! This way".
Sota: "Right, let's hurry and get a copy!"
Sota: "Huh? They're selling it on campus?"
Panel 3: Yuri sits at her desk holding a copy of Varlet, a queue of people lined up. Behind her on the wall is written "Varlet School Limited Edition Box Sale Location".
People SFX: pouring in
Sota: "Yuri's selling it in the SSS room?!"
Sota: "Still, they're selling like hotcakes..."
Sota: Looks like there's some kind of perk."
Panel 4: To the protagonist's horror, the perk is revealed to be a picture of him in a swimsuit lying on a beach chair. Aruka, wearing sunglasses and a mask to disguise herself, holds a copy of the limited edition.
Sota: "A candid bromide of Alt?!"
Sota: "Did you sign off on this, Alt?!"
Protagonist SFX: shake shake
Text: *Bromide version does not exist
In Japanese culture, bromide (ブロマイド, buromaido) is a category of commercial photographic portraits of celebrities including geisha, singers, actors and actresses of both stage and film, and sports stars. The use of the term "bromide" or "promide" occurs regardless of whether bromide paper was actually used for the photograph.
Bromide prints are made of paper infused with silver bromide, making them sensitive to light and therefore able to be used for enlargement. Their use began in the 1880s, and because they had a range of finishes, they became the primary paper for black and white photography in the 1900s.
Petit Varlet
Issue 17: Business As Usual
Originally posted August 21, 2025 (source)
This is a fan translation.
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Panel 1: A dejected Ema sits in a dark space, curled up in a blanket.
Ema: "But I know..."
Ema: "That people are whispering behind my back."
Panel 2: A fretful Noa sits in a low-lit nurse's office.
Noa: "I'm so scared of not having a place in anyone's life anymore..."
Panel 3: Sota stares at a glitching wall, his back to the viewer.
Sota: "But, you know...
Sota: "I'm done. I'm just tired, man."
Panel 4: The protagonist happily reads something explicit. He has a nosebleed and seems content. Ema, Noa, and Sota stare flatly.
Narration: Meanwhile, the Psychopathy-inclined Hero...
Protagonist SFX: Teehee~
Ema, Noa, Sota: "..."
Petit Varlet
Issue 16: Watermelon Splitting 🍉
Originally posted August 14, 2025 (source)
This is a fan translation. Translator's note under the cut.
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Panel 1: Someone attempts to split a watermelon, but misses.
SFX: woosh
Panel 2: The person is revealed to be Ema. She takes off her blindfold with a sigh. Noa, blindfolded, prepares to take her turn.
Narration: Today, the SSS is splitting a watermelon.
Ema: "I whiffed it..."
Noa: "Well, then, it's my turn next!"
Panel 3: The scene shifts to Taki and Sota.
Taki: "Wait a minute. Noa uses a hammer in battle. If she tries to split the watermelon..."
Sota: "It'll get smashed into itty-bitty pieces!"
Noa: "There's no way I can do that without transforming."
Panel 4: Noa takes her turn. She smashes the watermelon into itty-bitty pieces that splatter everywhere, including on Taki and Sota.
Noa: "Hiyah!"
SFX: Smash!
SFX: splat splat
Taki, Sota: *thinking* 'She can.'
Text: They still enjoyed it.
Suikawari (スイカ割り, suika-wari; lit. Watermelon Splitting) is a traditional Japanese game that involves splitting a watermelon with a stick while blindfolded. Played in the summertime, suikawari is most often seen at beaches, but also occurs at festivals, picnics, and other summer events.
The rules are similar to piñata. A watermelon is placed, typically on a towel or other protection, on the sand. Each participant is in turn blindfolded, spun around three times, and handed a wooden stick, or bokken, to attempt to hit the watermelon; the first to crack it open wins. Other participants or teammates may give the player hints such as left/right or straight ahead.
Afterwards, the chunks of watermelon produced are shared among participants.
Petit Varlet
Issue 15: Gap Moe?
Originally posted August 7, 2025 (source)
This is a fan translation. Translator's notes under the cut.
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Panel 1: Minami overhears some people whispering.
NPC A: whisper whisper
NPC B: mumble mumble
Minami: "Did I do something?"
Minami: "I feel like people are staring at me a lot."
Panel 2: The scene shifts behind her, her face out of sight.
Minami: "Maybe everyone noticed my charm?"
Minami: "Let's do some Ego searching~"
Panel 3: The scene shifts back to Minami's face, now distorted.
Minami SFX: Heheh!
Minami: "The hell is this?!"
Minami: "My gross face is on the scene!"
Panel 4: Minami is taken aback as the people who were whispering start blushing.
NPC A: "Oh, wow, Minami!"
NPC B: "Her real face is cute, too!"
Minami: "..."
Narration: Hardcore fans increased.
TL Note 1: Gap Moe
The term "gap moe" refers to when the discrepancy (or gap) between the outer appearance and the true nature creates some sort of appeal (moe).
Wiktionary
Urban Dictionary
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TL Note 2: Fourth Panel Narration
The original text is 「コアなアンが増えた」. For the life of me, I can't get a consistent answer on what 「コアなアン」 means. At first, I thought it was "Dark Core" and it was related to an in-game mechanic, but the closest thing to that is the Shards of Want, and the Japanese term for that is something completely different. So then I plopped it into Google, and I found a couple of things that were like "hardcore fans" but I feel like that would be 「コアなファン」 (for those who can't read katakana, the 4koma is missing an "f" sound). Even so, I decided to go with it since it fit the context. Maybe it's a typo. If anyone has any better guesses, I'm open to them.
Petit Varlet
Issue 14: The entire staff credits... is me!
Originally posted July 31, 2025 (source)
This is a fan translation.
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Panel 1: Taiga asks something of Aruka. Aruka looks mad, with her arms crossed.
Taiga: "Can you play a sharp-tongued tsundere character?"
Aruka: "Huh? What's that?"
Aruka: "Are you saying I have a bad personality? You have no tact."
Panel 2: Taiga asks something of Noa. Noa is smiling, but doesn't look happy.
Taiga: "Can you play a character with superhuman strength who swings a hammer around?"
Noa: "Ahaha... I think that'd be a bit difficult~"
Panel 3: Taiga starts to ask something of Sota, but changes his mind. Sota looks offended.
Taiga: "Sota... Yeah, no."
Sota: "Hey! What the hell, man?!"
Panel 4: The scene cuts to Taiga wearing a period-style dress and sunhat. Sota stares blankly in the background.
Taiga: "It can't be helped. It's all on me."
Taiga: "There's no other choice but to do it!"
Sota: "Is that okay?!"
Petit Varlet
Issue 13: Switched...?
Originally posted July 24, 2025 (source)
This is a fan translation.
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Panel 1: Sota proudly shows off something on his phone.
Sota: "Did you guys see the video I uploaded last week?!"
Sota: "It went viral!"
SFX: Ba-bam!
Panel 2: The scene shifts to Aruka (reading a fashion magazine), Noa (looking at her phone), and the protagonist (eating noodles). All three stare at Sota in disbelief.
Panel 3: The scene shifts to the others' view: an evil Souta chuckling, the real Sota trapped within.
Aruka: "There's no way one of Sota's videos went viral. It must be the work of a Glitch...!"
Noa: "No way... He's been hijacked by a fake?!"
Protagonist: "Sluuurp."
Evil Sota SFX: kehehe...
Real Sota: "Help me..."
Panel 4: The three look up the video on Aruka's phone. Aruka and Noa sigh in relief, and the protagonist finishes his noodles.
Aruka: "Oh, wait, it's just hit double digits."
Noa: "Thank goodness! If you're excited about this, you must be the real one."
Protagonist: "Gulp gulp gulp."
Sota: "Damn it, you guys, double digits is a big deal for me!"
