Report 33: Summertime Blues

Report 33: Summertime Blues is the thirty-third chapter of the Hyper Police manga, and the third chapter of Volume 5.
==Plot==
Due to the historic tilt in the Earth's axis, another cool Summer has arrived in Japan. Natsuki, still recovering from her wounds, is being kept inside by her father to make sure she doesn't go on any bounty hunting missions. To keep her away, she is told that the world will carry on just the same without her job.
Meanwhile, a body has washed up on the Sumida River, prompting action from Poe and Sanada, an investigator fresh from an earlier assignment. When a reference is made to Poe's inability to swim, she becomes very embarrassed. Leaving to visit a bounty hunting firm, Poe walks in on Fonne, who is being harassed by her father, head of the firm, who threatens to cut her vacation time if she doesn't go out with one of his friends. Mistaking it for sexual harassment, Poe threatens the man and he backs off. Fonne thanks Poe for getting her father out of the way and for having the integrity to challenge the boss.
Elsewhere, Batanen finds it difficult to keep to his missions without Natsuki's skills, and manages to forget she isn't with his team anymore. Though Sakura is happy there's one less person for their rewards to be divided by, she sees Natsuki's absence as ultimately self-defeating - since they can't shock people, they're having to spend more on ammunition. When the mission is over, Poe stops by to ask for Tomy's help in teaching her to swim. To keep up her appearance, they are to pretend she is instead looking after him. While they swim, Batanen and Sakura take up the opportunity to discuss their team dynamic, which has evidently been weak since Natsuki's departure. Sakura suggests Batanen go straight up to the Sasaharas' house and demand Natsuki come out, but he refuses to get involved between her and her father. However, Natsuki has already run away from the house.
==Characters==
* Natsuki Sasahara
* Professor Sasahara
* Poe
* Sanada
* Fonne
* Fonne's father
* Batanen
* Sakura
* Tomy
==Sources==
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