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fareasterncurlew · 3 months

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My predictions for Komi's final 18 friends before 100. I feel we probably have already met all of them so far, so here who I think they'll be.

I don't think I have any wild predictions, but I'm posting this so I can see how wrong I was when the series eventually reaches it's conclusion.

Also, I started writing this before ch. 441 dropped, but the newest chapter has only made me more certain about my first guesses, which brings us to...

83: Maruko Tadano

Considering the current arc, this one seems pretty likely. We still don't know if she's related to Tadano (though I assume she is), maybe we'll learn next chapter when they inevitably become friends. That is, if the next chapter is about them at the family restaurant along with the next four...

84: Setsuko Hatohori (Egypt); 85: Sakura Sankoichi; 86: Tsubaki Sankoichi; 87: Ajisai Sankoichi

My theory is that Komi will befriend all the applicants from ch. 437 and we will continue to see them throughout the application process. I'm now even more sure of this after the recent ch. 441 and hopefully we see them again next chapter.

88: Nokoko Inaka

It's bound to happen at some point, I feel it will happen soon after the current arc but that's just a guess. I believe she's one of the most likely on this list to become Komi's friend, though maybe she'll sign her name a little later on.

Inaka has been around since being in Komi's first-year class, similar to my next entry...

89: Toshio Seikimatsu; 90: Hana Soboku

Seikimatsu has been around since the start of the manga and was the catalyst for Tadano starting conversation with Komi, that alone should be enough for him to be Komi's eventual friend. I hope he gets to take his girlfriend on a double date with Komi and Tadano like he wants, solidifying both as Komi's friends. They also both were with Komi, Tadano, and Kawai's group in ch. 403 & 402, and Soboku and Komi greeted each other in ch. 430.

91: Lily Sukida

Another character who has been around for a while. Sukida has popped up a lot so I assume Oda is planning on doing something with her character. Given that she currently doesn't approve of Komi's relationship with Tadano, I assume that will have to be resolved before they become friends.

I wonder if Sukida would have reacted differently in ch. 423 if Komi had questioned her with Rumiko instead of Tadano (she was okay with Tadano pretend dating Rumiko in ch. 433, why not herself?) but I digress, seeing Miss Tadano / Tadano in the girls' uniform again was nice too and perhaps will be part of how they'll later become friends.

92: Goro Suteno; 93: Hajime Gokudo; 94: Yae Hamaki; 95: Makina Kusari

These four have been in the story since the start of second year and have had an ongoing plotline focused on Katai.

My prediction is that upon realising Katai isn't Komi they'll assume Komi is some sort of delinquent mastermind controlling Katai from the shadows, or something silly like that, and choose to "work for her" (sign her book).

They're not the most talked about when considering possible friends, but I think they have a reasonable chance considering their current thing is, while being a misunderstanding, focused around "Komi." Speaking of characters I don't see often being brought up in these discussions...

96: Miwa Omojiri

A little outside Komi's normal friendship age range, but she recently befriended Michita so we know Komi doesn't exclude older friends. She's been around awhile, I think she could make a good friend if she had another chapter or two.

She's also the only character (besides Shiina) yet to become a friend who has their name in ch. 416.

Also in ch. 416, in the background, you can see Inaka as well as the next entry...

97: Komorebi Hiki; 98: Susumi Shujo; 99: Aoi Netsuno

Hiki and Susumi will undoubtably be a friend after ch. 436's last page. I presume Aoi will join them later and also become Komi's friend.

Considering how Oda likes to number the friends I think the order of these three will go "Hiki, Susumi, Aoi;" this is part of the reason why I don't think Hiki will be friend 100. Which leads us to...

100: Muzuka Shiina

Who didn't see this one coming? I know other people also suspect Shiina will be friend 100, and I agree. I wonder what's holding Shiina back from considering Komi a friend, hopefully we'll see when she inevitably becomes one.

This is all the friends up to 100. If this is where the manga chooses to finish this is how I think the list will go. However, I have another theory...

101: Yo Fuki; 102: Teruyoshi Jimochi; 103: Maheto Haheto; 104: Luna Neguse; 105: Fukuyoka Muchi; 106: Kanchi Gai; 107: Yakugaku Komata; 108: Hamaru Tsubo; 109: Shota Kori; 110: Takaomo Fuechi; 111: Kaoru Fukitsu; 112: Marin Saotome

Yep, I think all the other class 3-1 students will be Komi's friend as well. My theory is that upon almost reaching her goal, Komi will become closer with her classmates and want to become friends with all of them, but can't because of her arbitrary goal. Perhaps Shiina will make her realise that making 100 be the limit is silly and prompt her to become friends with the rest similar to ch. 323.

There are some other characters that could be candidates if Komi made more than 100 friends, but this post is getting long already.

Anyway, that's my silly little theory on who the last Komi friends will be. Hope you enjoyed reading :).

Most of these are pretty safe bets. I wonder what differences other peoples lists have to mine.

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wrecking-man · 2 years

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Komi-san Can’t Adventure Chapter 44 - Ill, Intents, and Purposes

Chapter summary: On their expedition to the ruins in Vonozia, with the help of Sara, Nakanaka had recovered a certain book. The secrets contained within that book set off a chain of events that would change her life, and the life of Yamai, forever.

(This is 'the YamaNaka chapter', in other words.)

I finally had to change the fic’s age rating because of this chapter, as it gets into light M territory towards the end of the chapter. 😳

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It did not take Nakanaka very long to brew the potion once she had forced herself out of bed and back into her study.

In fact, she had just enough for a second dose, so she ended up making another... Bi had thought it better to be safe than sorry. There were few things worse for an alchemist than accidentally ruining a potion and not having enough materials for another attempt, after all.

Yamai had called at some point, Nakanaka learned, after finally looking at the notifications on her phone.

Nakanaka clicked her tongue in annoyance. She already knew what it was about: their first shrine visit with Komi (and the others) the next morning. “As if I’m going to forget something so important,” she grumbled to herself as she stored away her phone into her adventurer’s ring.

She appreciated it though, to an extent... before immediately shaking her head again to dismiss the thought.

She stared down the potion in her other hand. She had something far more important to think about: the product of all her hard work from the last few days.

...Well, it wasn’t completely due to her own efforts... but never mind that!

There it was! She had never seen a potion so pitch black in color... It was ominous... She swallowed hard in anticipation. She wasn’t exactly looking forward to drinking it, to be completely honest.

Frankly, the taste of potions was often quite vile, though there were a number of high grade potions that addressed this flaw.

The book she had been restoring even mentioned something about an ‘alchemy furnace’ to transform potions into the form of pills. Now that was an interesting idea... She would have to look into that some other time, however. She was lacking the necessary equipment... and Bi was already out enjoying himself.

Nakanaka cringed a little.

She held the concoction at eye level so she could stare it down one more time, and after a moment’s hesitation, she finally made herself down the bottle in one long series of gulps... Todd was it bitter.

“Ughhhhh!!” She couldn’t help but gag and stick out her tongue for a while. Her whole body involuntarily shivered. Thankfully she would only ever have to do that once...!

She waited for about 20 minutes for a reaction. For something... Anything!

But it didn’t seem to have any effect at all...

That being the case, as one might expect... She forced the other portion down as well.

...But even that failed to produce any results...

She wanted to cry. All that work for seemingly no payoff... Worst of all, she had subjected herself to that horrific taste twice!

Her disappointment was immeasurable, and her day was ruined.

All there was to do now was finally go back to bed while hoping that maybe it was just a potion with a super delayed reaction.

She left her study, which was located at the top floor of her castle’s tower, and took the long walk of shame down the spiraling stairs. She couldn’t stop thinking about how much of a waste of time all that was... That, and the ghastly taste of the potion that still lingered in her mouth.

What ‘Dragonheart Essence’!? She felt scammed!

She got sick to her stomach just thinking about it. The taste was so bad that she almost wanted to throw up... but that would just be the cherry on top of everything else, wouldn’t it?

She had already wasted so much time, and so many resources to make those potions. She wasn’t about to hurl everything down the toilet... Or onto the floor...

Even her nose was affected by it now... She sniffled, and there was an unpleasant burning sensation that followed soon after.

Tears welled up in her eyes, and her vision began to blur as a result. Great. She was crying now. She hated this. She had to wonder if even one thing was going to go right for her today.

...

As she continued downward, she could not help but feel as though the tower was taller than she remembered. Her legs were tired already, but she was still not yet on the ground floor.

At some point, she found herself leaning against the wall for support...

Something was wrong...

Her breathing was becoming... strange. Or at least that was her impression. Her head wasn’t right, all of a sudden. She was getting confused.

She focused intently on her breathing as she forced herself to continue down the stairs, but she wasn’t sure if she was even getting any oxygen. Her head was spinning. At this rate, she was likely to pass out.

This was all her fault, obviously. She knew that quite well. She had gotten impatient, and now she was paying the price for it... She felt like death.

The last thing she wanted was to fall down the stairs and hurt herself even further, so she sat down hoping to just ride out the consequences of her mistake. The floor was never so inviting as it was now...

The next thing she knew, she was laying on her side.

How long she laid there for, she didn’t know. Did any time pass at all?

...Her stomach hurt more than ever now, so she curled up a little to find some semblance of relief.

The floor was cool, and oddly comforting, at least...

Just a short nap... That’s all she needed...

A short time later.

“I know you saw I called,” Yamai huffed to herself as she unlocked the front door of Nakanaka’s castle and went inside. “I know you saw!” she said again―louder this time.

It was not quite a yell, by Yamai standards, but still it echoed a good distance.

...No response.

She glanced around a moment before heading straight for Nakanaka’s room.

This ‘castle’ was always an eyesore to her. It was right across the road from her own home... They were neighbors, fortunately or not.

She would never understand why Nakanaka chose this place of all places. Why couldn’t she live in a massive mansion like a normal person?

Heck, she would have probably funded the project herself if Nakanaka was willing to have the castle at least rebuilt into something less unsightly.

...

Nakanaka wasn’t in her room.

“She’s gotta be here somewhere,” Yamai said under her breath. Nakanaka hardly ever left her castle except when she was on some quest or another. And if she was on a quest, she normally would rope her in... as well as the rest of her adventuring party. It’s what King Daiou was paying them a hefty salary for, at any rate.

No, Nakanaka was definitely there... She could smell her.

...

“What is that smell?” Yamai wondered aloud as she decided to follow the unfamiliar, yet pleasant scent that was hanging in the air. It was different, but it reminded her of someone... “Komi-san? Komi-san, are you here???”

She lifted up the bottom of her thick, pink frilly dress with both hands so she could pick up the pace.

Yamai did not have to run for long before finally locating the source of the wonderful aroma she had been chasing after.

It was-

“Nakanaka-san...?” Yamai called out to her in a low, uncertain voice.

Nakanaka was still on the floor... Still out cold...

Yamai couldn’t believe her eyes. It took a few seconds for her mind to register that Nakanaka really was in fact just laying there motionlessly on the stairs... She thought for sure she must have made some kind of mistake.

...Or was Nakanaka playing a prank on her!?

No... Yamai knew before even completing the thought that Nakanaka wouldn’t do something like that. She knew her far better than that...

Her breath caught in her throat as she realized the gravity of the situation.

“H-hey!” she yelled as she rushed up the stairs.

She didn’t have time to be disappointed that there was no sign of Komi anywhere... Nor could she spare a thought as to why Nakanaka suddenly ‘smelled’ so good. Everything else was secondary... All she could focus on was Nakanaka laying unconscious at her feet.

Her heart was racing. What happened? Who could have done this? To Nakanaka, of all people...

Yamai slowly knelt down. She did so with the utmost care to ensure that she did not trip over her own dress and fall on top of Nakanaka. Was Nakanaka still breathing? Was she even still alive? Yamai could not tell at a glance...

Yamai hesitated, uncertain what exactly she should do in a situation like this...

For all of their bickering, Nakanaka was still someone she thought of as a good friend... She was irreplaceable, in fact. The thought of losing her so suddenly like this terrified her more than she would ever dare to admit.

...She shook her head. She shouldn’t be thinking about something like that right now, she decided. If Nakanaka was alive―which she prayed to Todd that she was―she had to hurry and do something in case she needed immediate medical attention.

If Nakanaka had internal injuries, Yamai could not just thoughtlessly move her. She knew that much, after having overheard it from other adventurers some time ago... but she still needed to check whether or not she was in fact still breathing.

She slowly, gently rolled Nakanaka onto her back, and placed her ear to Nakanaka’s chest. She blushed, and tried to ignore the faint ripples of energy coming from her body that only seemed to get stronger the more time went on...

It was Nakanaka’s aura that led her here, she realized. It sent a chill down her spine... She had thought it was perhaps some kind of new perfume. How or why Nakanaka’s aura was suddenly undergoing such a drastic change was beyond her. She tried her best to ignore it... at least for now. Nakanaka’s life was more important.

Nakanaka was breathing normally, much to Yamai’s relief... Or at least it seemed normal enough to her. And her heart rate was... okay, so Yamai did not have any sort of medical knowledge at all... Nakanaka was alive though! That’s what mattered in the end.

“...What are you doing?” Nakanaka asked groggily as she finally opened her eyes. She wondered how long she was out for, for Yamai of all people to be making a fuss over her... Her head was really spinning now, and her stomach somehow hurt even more than it did before.

She would sooner die than admit it, but Yamai’s head on her chest was not entirely unpleasant.

Yamai jolted and sat up straight in an instant. Her fists were now firmly planted on top of her thighs. “Geez! You scared the crap out of me...” she said just above a whisper before loosening back up. “What the hell happened to you...? I was worried I would have to perform CPR or something...”

Nakanaka chuckled darkly at the notion. “Why? Did you forget to brush your teeth?” She could hardly picture that scenario... Yamai giving her CPR... Did Yamai even know how to do that? She was in an obscene amount of pain, so she really needed that laugh.

Yamai scowled. Why was Nakanaka being like this? Now, of all times... She found it frustrating. “I’m being serious...” she insisted. They were almost always at odds with each other, so she couldn’t say it was unexpected that Nakanaka was starting shit, but Yamai was trying to help her right now. She would have appreciated some level of gratitude...

Rather than argue, she let it go... It was whatever. She sighed.

Yamai was wearing a pair of long white gloves made of silk, but she knew something wasn’t right, so she decided to check Nakanaka’s temperature. She bit one of her gloves right at the tip of her middle finger, and pulled it off by yanking her arm away in one swift motion.

“...You’re freezing!” she said after placing the back of her bare hand on Nakanaka’s forehead. Come to think of it, Nakanaka looked even more pale than usual. It was like she was a zombie or something.

Nakanaka let out a sigh. It wasn’t by that much, but she felt a little better all of a sudden. Maybe seeing Yamai of all people worried about her-

Nakanaka grimaced. “I’m fine...!” she insisted in a low voice, and weakly nudged Yamai’s hand away, “I just need some sleep...”

She tried to push herself up off the floor, but she couldn’t muster nearly enough strength to do so... so she gave up in shame. It was either that or keep trying and humiliate herself even further.

Yamai couldn’t help but get angry at her. This was often the case, but this time was different... How could Nakanaka just brush this off as simply needing some sleep!? Nakanaka was clearly not fine in the slightest.

Yamai gritted her teeth. “What did you do...?” she asked quietly.

Nakanaka’s condition had to be self-inflicted... That’s the conclusion Yamai came to. It was the only thing that made any sense. If she had been attacked, Nakanaka would have warned her by now in case the attacker(s) were still nearby. And there was simply no way she got sick by natural means... She had to have done this to herself somehow...

Nakanaka rolled her eyes, and suppressed her growing urge to groan. She really didn’t want to admit to doing something so reckless as what she did... Yamai would definitely lord this over her and call her an idiot. And worst of all... she would unconditionally deserve it.

Yamai couldn’t help but notice the tears on Nakanaka’s face that had not yet fully dried. It made her ‘uncomfortable’ seeing Nakanaka like this. And in the first place, was it even worth it to play the blame game right now? “...Fine, forget it...” she breathed.

It was especially difficult for someone like her, but she had been making an effort not to argue―at least for right now. It was more important to get Nakanaka off the cold floor to somewhere warm... But bringing that up was even more difficult.

Nakanaka dreaded every second of this moment. She avoided eye contact like her life depended on it. She was completely at Yamai’s mercy, and saw no way out. It would have been easier for her to bear if Yamai was at least being her usual self, but she was being surprisingly... tender... Nakanaka winced at the thought. She didn’t know how to feel about that... How dreadful must she look for Yamai of all people to be showing her genuine concern?

“...You can’t just stay on the floor like this...” Yamai said under her breath at last, “I don’t know what’s happened to you... but if I help you up, do you think you would be able to walk?”

She was almost too afraid to ask. She worded and reworded the question in her head several times in an attempt to make it as palatable for Nakanaka as possible. She had never seen Nakanaka so vulnerable. What if she couldn’t walk? What should she do then?

She wanted to tack on, after the fact, that she would help her further if necessary... But wouldn’t that be saying too much? And obviously she would do so anyways, even if Nakanaka dared to refuse her help. What was she going to do, just leave Nakanaka there and go about her business...!? She could die!

But the fact of the matter was that Nakanaka absolutely hated being helped―it was one of the few things they had in common. That was the issue at hand.

Nakanaka cursed inwardly at her own powerlessness. She couldn’t even push herself up off the floor when she tried! So she seriously doubted that she would be able to walk right now.

...But she still had to try. It’s not as if she had any alternatives.

Nakanaka clenched her teeth in frustration. “...Just get me up, already,” she said. She tried to make it sound like a demand, but Yamai could tell she was pleading with her. She just didn’t want to admit how weak she had gotten.

Nakanaka could no longer afford to be bothered by how Yamai was treating her. The damage to her reputation was already done. It was becoming painfully obvious that the way things were going, unless something was done soon... she was in fact, going to die there.

She was in an unbelievable amount of pain. It was taking everything she had to not start crying again.

Yamai fidgeted and shifted her weight as she calculated how exactly she should pull Nakanaka up to her feet... She was starting to get weird ideas.

She of course thought from the beginning that Nakanaka was beautiful... But it was frankly irrelevant. She was never tempted by Nakanaka in the slightest. She was never interested, period...

At least not until now...

From the very moment Yamai first saw Komi, she was the only person Yamai truly desired. There was just something... mesmerizing about her that extended beyond mere beauty...

And now, she was getting a similar feeling from Nakanaka, of all people.

Against Yamai’s better judgment, her eyes went over Nakanaka’s figure, just once. Under Nakanaka’s over-sized gray shirt, she noticed, was a black bra strap peeking over her shoulder.

Yamai huffed in annoyance at herself, and reached down to help Nakanaka up.

“W-where do you think you’re grabbing?” Nakanaka asked in annoyance, “...My hands?”

“R-right, right. Yes ma’am,” Yamai grumbled as she took Nakanaka by the hands and looked away as she pulled her up along with herself. She wasn’t at all pleased by what had suddenly gotten into her. This was Nakanaka we’re talking about...! Not Komi...

After quickly letting go of each other’s hands, despite Nakanaka’s best efforts, her knees buckled at their earliest opportunity―sending her straight into Yamai’s chest.

Yamai stared at the ceiling with great intent as she loosely held Nakanaka in place with an arm around her lower back. As uncomfortable and awkward as it made her feel, she couldn’t just let Nakanaka fall back to the floor... If she didn’t know any better, she would accuse Nakanaka of doing this on purpose. But if she did that, she would be betraying her own muddled thoughts she was having, wouldn’t she? “...You can’t blame this on me,” she said under her breath.

A small part of her wished that Nakanaka was doing it on purpose... before she immediately shot the thought down. Sure, it felt nice―extraordinarily nice, in fact―but she was not Komi, her ‘one true love’...! She had to remind herself again.

“My knees are like jello, okay...?” Nakanaka complained as she held onto some of the frills of Yamai’s dress to steady herself... They were much softer than they looked―it almost felt like she was in bed again...

She dropped her guard for just a second to breathe in what little comfort she could, and a fresh, searing wave of pain immediately shot through her stomach making her involuntarily groan. This was a different kind of pain... A new kind of pain she had never felt before. It was like her insides were being shredded.

Nakanaka lost her grip, and was headed straight down until Yamai caught her and pulled her closer.

“I’ve got you,” Yamai said as she hugged Nakanaka tightly with both arms. Nakanaka could use a hug about now anyways, she figured, but really she was doing so simply because she wanted to. She inhaled deeply, nearly intoxicating herself on Nakanaka’s aura as it continued to carelessly leak out.

How was Nakanaka producing such an amazing aura? That’s what Yamai wanted to know... It was too much. Too... ‘alluring’... Was she going to be like this forever? If so...

Yamai shook her head to clear her mind. She was determined not to lose to that impulse of hers. Especially not when it was Nakanaka of all people―double especially because Nakanaka seemed as though she could die any moment with how submissive she was being. That was also important to note...

“...W-we’ve got to get you to a hospital. Like, right now,” she insisted. Partially due to how much pain Nakanaka was in―she wouldn’t know where to begin treating something like that―but also before she ended up doing something she couldn’t take back... something she would surely regret.

Nakanaka could hardly manage a protest as Yamai lifted her feet up off the ground, and hugged her even more tightly so she couldn’t drop her.

“I’m sorry, okay?” Yamai apologized into her ear in barely a whisper while fighting the urge to nuzzle her neck, “...You’re just going to have to put up with it for now.”

Yamai was alarmed at just how... ‘seductive’ Nakanaka was all of a sudden... It obviously wasn’t Nakanaka’s intention, as she was focusing on not dying at the moment... but the effect her condition had on Yamai was hard to ignore.

Without thinking, Yamai ran her fingers through Nakanaka’s hair. She didn’t even notice her hand had moved until after the act was done. She needed to hurry, before she put Nakanaka in more danger than she was already in.

With that decided, she quickly started down the stairs.

Nakanaka rested her head on Yamai’s shoulder and breathed heavily into her neck. This didn’t exactly help Yamai keep her composure, but she couldn’t very well help it either. For reasons she couldn’t readily explain, the more points of contact she made with Yamai, the more the pain eating her alive seemed to lessen.

Whatever the reasoning behind it was... Nakanaka was convinced that remaining close to Yamai like this was the key to her immediate survival.

...But she couldn’t just say that. She would almost rather just die than say that...

Still, with a solution now in sight, Nakanaka was able to summon a little more strength. “Wait...” she pleaded, “J-just bring me to my room...” She hugged herself closer to Yamai’s body.

“What!?” Yamai asked, taken aback by Nakanaka’s absurd request. She almost had to ask her to repeat herself.

In addition to whatever was ailing Nakanaka right now, Yamai was also trying to save Nakanaka from her... but here Nakanaka was, asking her to bring her to the one place they absolutely shouldn’t be alone together.

“I-I mean... Just call someone, and have them come here...” Nakanaka lied, “I don’t want anyone else to see me like this...”

Yamai paused...

Her heart broke a little as she thought about it.

If it was her in Nakanaka’s place, she would be asking the same thing of her... The thought of people gawking at her being carried to the hospital... She wouldn’t wish that humiliation on anyone―least of all Nakanaka, whom she saw as a rival.

Yamai lowered her head onto Nakanaka’s shoulder in thought. Nakanaka had said nothing about minding any of... this... Not that Nakanaka was in any position to be complaining... but did she really not mind that she was seeing her in such a vulnerable moment? What was going on in Nakanaka’s mind right now? She really wanted to know...

“Please...?”

Yamai took a deep breath and closed her eyes... Whatever... It was a supremely bad idea. She knew that all too well... But at the same time, she wanted to make Nakanaka as comfortable as possible.

“Alright... Fine...”

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