Chapter 16

**The Eight-Year-Old's Seventeen** (8歳 (さい) のセブンティーン, *8-sai no Sebuntīn*?) is the 16th chapter of the High School Family manga series.

## Summary

In class 1-3, Kana and Yuki talk about the boys in high school, Kana mentions that the boy named Tohru is very cool and that the boys in their class are weird since they have an old man, Kotaro is in the class listening to their conversation at that moment Kana asks Yuki about Kotaro, Yuki tells her that it's not a no but it's not a yes either while Kotaro wonders what that means.

At that moment Haruka enters in the class trying to follow Kana and Yuki's conversation so she tells them that Kotaro has good things like brushing his teeth often, Kana tells her that that's what any normal boy does but Haruka tells them that he also eats his vegetables so Kana tells Yuki that Kotaro is a yes but older brother while Kotaro thinks that Haruka is dragging him down.

Yuki tells Kana that she needs help with her boyfriend since he's acting colder with her, Haruka tries to keep it up by saying that boys are annoying, Yuki asks if she has experience with boys to which Haruka mentions that during the first grader liked a boy named Yu who after picking his nose he stopped liking her, Kotaro thinks that Haruka is focusing on a different thing while Kana and Yuki start laughing as they say that's very cute, Haruka gets annoyed and she tells them that it's not cute to which they reply that it's cute since she's 8 years old, Kana asks if she's still taking baths with her dad to which Haruka asks if they don't Yuki tells her that they don't anymore they are girls so Haruka tells them that she is going to the bathroom and runs out of class while Kotaro worries about her.

At the Ietani's house, Shizuka tells Ichiro that he should take a bath since he had volleyball training. Ichiro asks Haruka if she wants to go with him to which Haruka refuses saying it's stinky as she runs to her room regretting talking to Ichiro like that, meanwhile Ichiro feels sad as he didn't expect to hear that from Haruka and wonders if he is in his rebellious phase as Shizuka tells him that girls mature faster than men.

Haruka enters the room and realizes that she is in Kotaro's room who was practicing tennis, Haruka tells her that they should divide the room since she wants to have her own room to which Kotaro protests, at bedtime Kotaro realizes He tells that Haruka is still awake so he tells her that he is proud that she studies but she should sleep so Haruka sends him to sleep, Kotaro obeys and thinks that she acts differently from him when she was his age.

In the morning, Kotaro sees the desk that Haruka used at night and finds a couple of teen magazines while in high school Haruka introduces herself to Kana and Yuki with a different appearance, Kana and Yuki are surprised as Haruka acts differently. different despite only having spent a day and they ask her about her makeup to which Haruka answers with great precision surprising both, Kana asks Haruka if she wants to go to Shibuya together with them to which Haruka accepts but Kana tells her that She shouldn't try to grow up fast and they like her the way she is, Haruka thanks them both and faints scaring Kana and Yuki who say she's dead while Kotaro tells them she's just tired.

Meanwhile Ichiro puts on deodorant while Gomez watches him scared.

## Characters In Order of Appearance

* Tohru Suzaki (Mentioned)
* Kana (Debut)
* Yuki (Debut)
* Ichiro Ietani
* Kotaro Ietani
* Haruka Ietani
* Takahashi (Debut)
* Yu Enomoto (Debut)
* Shizuka Ietani
* Gomez

## Trivia

* As of this chapter Haruka and Kotaro sleep in the same room in separate beds.