Hyouka - Volume 03 - The Kudryavka Sequence - Welcome to KANYA FESTA! (1)

"I, I didn't know my surname would be so unrefined......"
"No! That's not what I mean!"
Satoshi panicked and waved his hands, trying to undo what he just said,
"When I said three characters, I was referring to given names! Yeah!"
Oh really?
Sensing my gaze, Satoshi moved his eyes away from him. Since my given
name has three characters. (HOU-TA-ROU 奉 太 郎 )
"Well, Houtarou's special, you see,"
I wonder how he made that deduction. Besides, the real problem is how on
earth did you not notice that I had a three character name when you made that
statement?
"So, Oreki's special, huh?"
Seems like Satoshi's finally realized what he's done, as tears begin to come
out of his eyes. This was because Ibara's given name had three characters as
well. (MA-YA-KA 摩 耶 花 ) It's not like three character names are rare at all,
but in an attempt to cheer Chitanda up, he ended up digging his own grave.
He ought to have said he was referring to pen-names instead of given names.
Letting the drama play on on its own, I returned my attention to the copy of
Ashes at Dusk in my hand. It was an interesting manga, yet the afterword at
the back seemed pretty relevant to what's been going on lately.
Unexpectedly, Ibara decided to stop her scolding of Satoshi and moved
towards me,
"While President Kugayama did the illustrations, the writer is someone called
Anjou Haruna,"
"Really?"