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

2-3 Yet Another Storm
020 - ♦04
I had originally wanted to just keep a low profile.
I totally did not intend to get into an argument with anyone.
It all began when Kouchi-sempai said to President Yuasa as the flow of
customers started to decrease, "Well, turns out it was a mistake to sell such
plain stuff after all. Nobody's coming at all. But it's not too late for us to
change this and turn it around. We should have an anime character poster
outside. Since we're all so free anyway, it wouldn't take us a lot of time to
draw one."
I didn't believe the reason there were so few customers was what she said.
The anthology was selling pretty well. However, it was indeed true that the
stall was far from lively no matter how positively I try to see things. I wasn't
particularly against the idea of drawing an anime character poster in order to
attract customers; at least it's better than dressing up in skimpy cosplay to
attract the boys.
But what I couldn't stand was Kouchi-sempai trying to bring the president
into all of this, seeing as how she was now being surrounded by Kouchisempai's
followers. It looked as though she was being protested against.
Though President Yuasa merely smiled calmly, I wondered how she must
have felt.
"You may be right, but this was what we all decided on doing..."
"It may have been decided, but not by majority consent. To begin with,
what's with this anthology anyway? A review of a hundred manga titles just