Chapter 108: I Didn't Notice

**I Didn't Notice** is the one-hundred-and-eighth Chapter of *Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu.*

## Summary

The students make it to their station in preparation for their 3-day, 2-night trip to Kyoto and Nara. Moriya-sensei is reacting to the fact that Yamada has already eaten all of her pre-prepared food, and she is asking if she can go spend her 500-Yen on something to snack on, which the teacher denies.

Inside the train, Ichikawa is trying to put his luggage on the storage rack, and Yamada reaches up to help him. She mentions how full his bag is, and notices Akita Kenjirou dangling fromthe zipper, which he says is to mark it. Moe tells her to hurry up and sit down, because she is taking up the space in the aisle, and everyone takes their seats. As the train departs, Ichikawa stares gloomily out the window, and notices that Hanzawa is looking his way in the reflection. Yamada is, meanwhile, trying to get Moe to switch seats with her, saying they can switch every five minutes, but Moe finds that way too annoying. Ichikawa turns to Hanzawa, asking if she wants to switch to look out the window, and she agrees. She stares outside, looking at a rice field with an apartment building next to it, finding it mysterious, then changes topics to telling Ichikawa that he should be careful the next three days, telling him to worry about Andou. He turns to look at her from the seat behind them, and sees that she is cutting out little squares of paper, and when he asks what she's doing, Hanzawa says it's confetti for a blessing. She explains that Andou wants to get a couple together while on the trip, and even had them practice a flash mob. When warns him that she is really focused on him and Yamada, and while he tries to deny it, but she doesn't buy it. She asks if he's the type of person who can't confess unless he has a lot of people pushing him to do so, but he rejects that, saying it isn't the right time. She offers that love is surely mysterious, and at that moment he notices Yamada peering menacingly over the seat in front of him. She asks if he minds for her to put down the seat, and he rejects her directly. She asks why begging, while Moe asks if she's a three-year-old.

In Nara, the students are feeding the deer, and Yamada decides unwisely to buy a pack of rice crackers to feed them. Suddenly she begs accosted by a group of hungry deer, who begin following her and chewing on her clothes for attention. As she attempts to escape, more deer notice her and the crowd grows, so she tosses the rice crackers to Ichikawa, who doesn't even notice as they slip behind his backpack. Suddenly the deer begin swarming him instead, while Yamada panics and chases after him, grabbing him and retrieving her crackers to distribute. Thankfully, Hanzawa has pulled up Andou's mask to prevent her from seeing any of this, and Ichikawa concludes that he should get away from the deer. He spots Chi sitting on a bench in a little rest area, and goes to sit with her, with him asking if she's a lost child. She ignores his comment and brings up that something seems off with Yamada, like she's forcing her excitement. He thinks back and wonders if she perhaps had other plans beyond the school trip. Chi says she isn't supposed to bring this up, but mentions that she was supposed to have work the day after tomorrow, and seemed especially excited about it. He considers how frustrating that is, and feels even worse when he realizes she still goes to Chi for personal matters like that. Chi concludes that it's her decision, and they'll just have to go along with it, while Moe and Serina dash over to her saying they've gathered the students together since it's about time to depart. Chi apologizes, calling herself a failure as a group leader, which Ichikawa disagrees with, though she lets this statement go to her head.

The students gather for a class picture, with a guide taking the snapshot. Ichikawa considers how they haven't gotten to be alone all trip, and nothing has happened, but that he still wants to know what's in Yamada's heart.

## Trivia

* Assuming every student is present, Class 3-1 has twenty-seven members in it, based off the photograph.
* Nara Park is a real location, with the pavilion that Ichikawa and Chi talk under being located here.