Chapter 117: I Wanted To Move Forward, Too

**I Wanted To Move Forward, Too** is the one-hundred-and-seventeenth Chapter of *Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu*.

## Summary

In Class 3-1, Yamada calls her friends over, saying she has an important announcement. Serina says she likely isn't going to care, while Moe acts with excitement. She tells Ichikawa, sitting next to her, to pay attention as well, and he panics, thinking she's going to announce their relationship to the girls. He suggests she be a bit more careful, but she declares that it will be online soon, anyway, leaving him reeling at the idea of a tabloid website with the caption "Akino Anna (14) Love Affair Revaled, Her Partner's A Classmate." Yamada squashes his fears by announcing it's about the audition for *Your Color's Octave*. After some build-up, she tells them that she didn't get the role of Sakura, the female lead, but instead got the role of Miria, one of her best friends. Chi reacts with excitement, while Moe declares Miria to be her favorite, though Serina doesn't know who this character is. Ichikawa fills her in by info-dumping her character, calling her flashy, but misunderstood, and someone who takes care of her friends and her young brothers due to a complicated family situation, and saying that Segawa Alice played her in the film adaptation, and concluding it's a great role. The girls react blankly to his information, making him feel uneasy, and turn back to chattering with Yamada, while he admires her for making progress in her career.

Meanwhile, Moe notices the goals survey he has on his desk, and asks why he doesn't have his highest ranked school as his first choice, as Syugakukan is his third goal. He considers giving up on the school, but Moe insists he talk it over with the teacher, or at his cram school. He asks about her, wondering if she took the entrance exams. She says she didn't, because her family isn't wealthy, and she brings up how she hasn't told her parents, but has her eyes set on Ohka University's private affiliate school. He says it's a good school, and she should apply, so she makes a deal that she'll go for Ohka University, if he applies for Syugakukan. She plays it off as settled, but he says it's unrelated, while Kugenuma hovers around her, wanting his seat back.

A few days later, Ichikawa is in Shimokita for the concert. Nigorikawa is bickering with him, saying that he doesn't have the courage for Syugakukan, but was able to ask Yamada out on this date. He questions his fashion choices, but Ichikawa insists that what he has on is the style here. As he continues, he encounters a boy in glasses who recognizes him and calls out his name. Ichikawa quickly realizes it is Kinoshita, one of his old friends from elementary school. Kinoshita asks if his eyes have gone bad, in regards to the glasses in his current getup, and he tries to play it off cool. He asks what he's doing here, and Kinoshita replies that he is coming back from Sabix, a prestigious cram school. They reminisce for a bit, saying how crazy it is that they'd run into each other here, when Ichikawa notices the presence of someone behind him. He turns to see Yamada, dressed up and sporting blonde hair, and she addresses him warmly. She begins addressing her hair change, but notices Kinoshita gawking and asks if he's a friend of his. The two boys react with shock at her looks.

A bonus page is a color image of Yamada in her "gal" look.