THE CASE OF ONODERA RITSU 30 SUMMARY/TRANSLATION
When Ritsu arrives home Nao asks him how his feeling and if he can eat. Ritsu just says heâs fine as usual. Nao shows Ritsu what heâs been working on and Ritsu apologizes for disrupting his work and making him take care of him.
Nao: âWhat are you going on about?âÂ
He says how heâs taken care of Ritsu so many times that this is a piece of cake. He goes on about how they always used to eat together late at night in their room. As he says heâs going to warm up their food right now, Ritsu finally brings it up. âI want you out of here by tomorrow morning.â.Â
The sudden subject change makes things a bit awkward and Nao is aware heâs overstayed his welcome by this point but he starts to make the excuse that Ritsu still isnât better so thereâs no way he could just leave him alone like this. He says heâll get out of here once Ritsuâs better and be sure to pay the rent without worry. But Ritsu is standing his ground âThatâs not what I meant.â. He reminds Nao that theyâd agreed it was going to be until yesterday so he wants him to keep his promise and leave. He apologizes to Nao for saying all this after he looked after him in so many ways but that he needs to set things straight since he considers Nao an important friend.Â
Ritsu: âUm, you said that you liked me, but I canât reciprocate your feelings.â
Nao: âSo thatâs why we canât be under the same roof?â
Inconsiderate of Ritsuâs feelings, Nao relays to Ritsu how he takes things too seriously and that like he told him beforehand; heâs not in any rush for his response. He suggests maybe they go somewhere to hang out either tomorrow or the day after if heâs feeling better, but Ritsuâs not having it and calls Nao out on his lie that morning.
Ritsu: âI remembered about the time I collapsed. Takano-san was in my apartment, right?â
Nao canât continue with that lie now and even admits itâs not good to tell lies youâre not used to telling. He finally tells Ritsu the truth; how he collapsed at the entrance as âSaga-sanâ was leaving for work and how he took care of Ritsu until Nao got back. âWhy did I lie?â because Nao says he wants to keep Ritsu and âSaga-sanâ separated. Ritsu asks why heâd want to do that. Nao says he doesnât trust Takano and reminds Ritsu that even he himself is hesitant about him too. He doesnât think thereâs anyway âSaga-sanâ could be Ritsuâs partner so thereâs no need for him to get hurt so many times over him. He tells Ritsu that he knows he canât forget his first love but that he canât move forward if he never lets go. Nao says he never usually gets involved in other peopleâs personal business, but Ritsuâs an exception because he likes him. âI saw how much you suffered and I was closer to you than anybody else.â so then âFall in love with me.â. He wants to hold Ritsu dearly and says he would never hurt him, but Ritsu only sees Nao as an important friend. When he relays this out-loud, it sets something off in Nao as he says âThen how about you give it a try?â.Â
He grabs Ritsu by the arm and pushes him to the floor and attempts to assault him with Ritsu repeatedly telling him to stop. At one point, Nao even nudges his private parts which gives Ritsu a huge shock. He stares at Ritsu, says his name and Ritsu tries to push his face away from him and tells him to stop. Nao grabs Ritsuâs arm and itâs when he leans in for a kiss that Ritsu punches him to get him to finally stop.
Immediately realising heâs just hurt his friend, Ritsu profusely apologizes and asks if heâs okay. Nao asks if Ritsu seriously just hit him (um⊠pretty natural response dude. You assaulted him). Ritsu tries to say he didnât mean to do that, it was a reflex, and asks if he might have caught his tongue by accident. Head bowing down, holding his face, Nao stays quiet despite Ritsuâs pleas. When he finally speaks itâs with defeat âYeah, I knew this alreadyâ. He tells Ritsu that heâs going head out to cool off for a bit and when he comes back heâs leaving. After he leaves, Ritsu grips his wrist and says that the way Nao grabbed his arm was gentle. In his mind, Ritsu admits that if he could like Nao it might have been for the best as Nao had said. Heâs always watching over him, encouraging him, at times scolding him, always staying by his side and following after him.
Ritsu gets a text from Takano saying good work and asking how heâs been feeling since before. When he sees the text, itâs like heâs reminded how much of a mess heâs in.
Ritsu: âIâm getting hurt over and over, but I canât give up.â
He needs to eat a little, shower after he eats, and finish up his take-home work.
And then heâllâŠ
Then heâllâŠ
ââŠâŠâŠâŠI want to see Takano-sanâ
Okay yeah, Iâm sorry the summaries took so long to come out. The previous computer I was using was a nightmare to work with with the mouse constantly not working so being unable to edit even when I had finished the summaries back in January. Summaries/translations will be coming out soon for ONB31 (the recent chapter) so keep a look out for that and theyâll come out a lot quicker than these too! Iâm glad I have a better computer now đÂ
P.S. Sorry for any typos in this post.
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