Predictions for Hirano to Kagiura Chapters 37, 38, & 39
I feel like there are a lot of possibilities of what could happen next- summer break, Hirano’s birthday and then the cultural festival coming up. I think the basketball prelims and the 2nd year trip are also in September. Additionally, since they just started dating, we can wonder how their relationship will progress- will they tell anyone, etc.
I’m going to say that Chapter 37 will briefly go over some cultural festival preparation (like a couple pages)- since its already been told to us what each class is doing for it and while Niibashi’s crossdressing seems relevant, I’m guessing it’ll be when the actual festival happens, since I don’t think Kagiura can really help him with that kind of thing.
I think this chapter will primarily take place during summer break- we usually don’t see a lot of what happens during breaks, but given they just started dating, I think it’d be unusual to skip 1 and half months right now.
ANYWAY, the once-a-day rule got added, so I’m going to say that Kagiura is going to try to get as much as he can out of it- and Hirano will still not feel particularly excited for it, so he questions how they can go on if he can’t reciprocate that same feeling.
Kagiura also mentioned that their relationship hadn’t changed since they started dating- so I’m thinking he’ll try to talk about it- about the things each of them want or don’t want to do. The topic of kissing comes up again- and Kagiura asks if he can kiss Hirano’s hands or thighs (like he thought about before), to try and bridge the gap between his own feelings and the ones Hirano can’t reciprocate yet.
Hirano would think about how it would be easier to kiss him if not on the face, but still can't muster up the feelings to do so. The chapter ends with Hirano questioning what he needs to do in order to feel comfortable doing that.
I was just going to predict 37, but I can’t stop thinking about it, soo… CHAPTER 38 WOOOO!
Kagiura really wanted to see some younger pictures of Hirano a few chapters back, and Hirano was texting his father in Chapter 35, so I’m going to say the two of them will go to visit Hirano’s family. The big question is whether they tell them that they’re dating, to which I think the answer is no. Not because I think Hirano’s family is unsupportive, but because they seem like the type to not talk about their feelings. I say this because:
1) Hirano doesn’t seem very in touch with what he feels- like not knowing if what he’s feeling is love, and repeatedly thinking “what’s going on with me?”
2) Hirano repeatedly states about how “those kinds of conversations” are really awkward for him- which makes sense if your family isn’t the type to have them.
3) Hirano doesn’t seem to know a lot of things, especially around his relationships with others- like having to ask Hanzawa for advice for living with an underclassman, not knowing how much is “too far” when spoiling Kagiura, and having to have Ichinose explain what it means when 2 people are “a thing”.
4) It seems as though he (and by extension his family) may hold more traditional beliefs, like believing photos will take time off your life (lol). And his first thought when seeing Sasaki and Miyano hanging out more casually is “They’ve really gotten close” followed by “I guess there’s nothing wrong with that”- which makes me believe that he’s grown up where it's kind of weird for two guys to be close with one another, so his first instinct is to go “that’s weird”. I think this would explain why Hirano is weirdly hesitant to call Sasaki a friend, too.
Regardless, it seems like Hirano is still questioning his ability to have those romantic kinds of feelings, so I’m not sure if he’d want to tell his parents about something he’s still figuring out. I do think there’s a chance that, given how Hirano has changed since he met Kagiura and how he acts around Kagiura, that they might figure out that something is going on between them, although I’m not sure that they would immediately jump to the conclusion that they’re going out.
In terms of events in the chapter- I think Kagiura will get along with Hirano’s parents very well, and we’ll get some brief history on Hirano- like what he was like as a kid and growing up- probably talking about how Hirano used to get into fights, since we’ve been told Hirano is good in a fight at least a half-dozen times.
Anyway, I think that around Hirano’s birthday, Kagiura will probably make the journey to visit his own family. I can’t think of what Kagiura would give Hirano and I don’t think we’ve seen anything new on Hirano’s person (besides the ring, which I’m pretty sure is next year), so I’m going to say that the manga will skip over it, and the next chapter will be about the cultural festival.
The Kagihira brainworms have disrupted my sleep, the only cure is to keep going….
Kagiura and Hirano are working hard on their respective class’s events, and Kagi gets off first, going to visit Hirano at the delinquent fortune telling cafe. The other students there are surprised at how non-delinquent like he is when he’s around Kagiura, as opposed to usual. He gets his fortune told by Hanzawa and feels as though the fact that he and Hirano are dating is something Hanzawa is catching on to and gets scared.
The two of them go see the crossdressing contest, and on their way Hirano tells Kagiura about how one of his underclassmen in the disciplinary committee got begrudgingly convinced into doing it, and points out who it is while they watch. Kagiura cheers for Niibashi, who wins, and goes up to congratulate him when he sees Sasaki and the underclassmen from earlier talking to one another. He recognizes Sasaki’s change in personality and questions Hirano about it. Kagiura wonders if Sasaki likes Hirano’s underclassman.
We see a brief Niibashi-Touou (student council president) interaction (since according to the HtK light novel, they seem to be on friendly terms). They talk about the festival this and last year and about feeding the cats around school (I’m of the belief that Niibashi is the other member of the animal appreciation club, like this post mentions, also this post)
Kagiura looks around and spots a familiar face in the crowd, his former girlfriend. The two of them make friendly small talk- about how she came because she heard about the crossdressing contest. She leaves with a group of friends and Hirano asks who she was, and Kagiura answers that she was his girlfriend for a couple months back in middle school.
Hirano wonders if Kagiura would be happier if he would end up with someone like that as opposed to himself, as he still believes he cannot reciprocate all the feelings Kagiura has for him.
Hirano and Kagiura spend the rest of the cultural festival together, and the fireworks start while the two of them watch. Kagiura talks about how much fun he had in the past year and tells Hirano that the cultural festival marked one year that figured out he liked Hirano, to which Hirano is shocked that it’s been so long, and Kagiura’s happy reminiscence about the two of them eases Hirano’s concerns about Kagiura being happier with someone else. Hirano asks Kagiura if he can use their once-a-day and uses it to kiss Kagiura’s hand.
This was a lot longer than I initially intended, I just had too much fun trying to predict this stuff! I’ll probably do this again-maybe I’ll adjust my chapter 38 and 39 ones once I see just how wrong my 37 one was? Anyway, I’d like to see others make their own predictions- I love reading that kind of thing (nudge nudge lol). I hope you guys enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed speculating about it!
