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HOW TO IN THE DAY SLIGHTLYSPEND A PAST
VOLUME 1
Yukari Ochiai
ORIGINAL WORKS & COLOR ART:
WRITTEN BY:
Koge-Donbo INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS: Rina Yamaguchi
LOS ANGELES
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PITA-TEN VOL. 1 2002 YUKARI OCHIAI 2002 KOGE-DONBO First published in 2002 by Media Works Inc., Tokyo, Japan. English translation rights arranged with Media Works Inc.
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STAFF CREDITS English Translation: Nan Rymer English Adaptation: Christine Norris English Novel Design: Nicky Lim Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment Visit us online at www.gomanga.com
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Prologue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How to Make Friends . . . . . . . . . . How to Laugh It Up in Heaven . . . How to Meet People in the Human World . . . . . . . . . . . . How to Defeat Your Rivals . . . . . . Epilogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Translation Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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"Kotarou, do you think you could settle down
a little, please You make me sad, the way you're behaving…" Located within the suburbs was Sun Kindergarten. From atop the teaching pedestal, Miss Kana, the homeroom teacher for the Apple Class, the Kindergarten's oldest group of students, let out a deep sigh. The reason was quite clear to everyone in the room. If given a moment unattended, the Apple Class's problem child, Higuchi Kotarou, would pinch another child's cheek or play with their clay. Listening was simply out of the question, and Miss Kana was at her wit's end. "Kotarou is really cheery, fun and vibrant…which is great, but he's just a bit mischievous, isn't he I'm sure he doesn't mean any harm with the things he does…so I hope you can all forgive him." The apology had barely made it past her lips

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