Chapter 19: I Bumped Into Her Again

**I Bumped Into Her Again** is the nineteenth chapter of *Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu*.

## Summary

Kyoutarou and his sister, Ichikawa Kana, are eating at the food court of the mall, having gotten food from the nearby McDonalds. She is complaining about being tired, and he is recalling all the part-time jobs she has been doing recently, saying it has been too much. She offers her gratitude, and says she loves him, and he replies that she should die. He begins fretting about running into a classmate with his sister, and on cue, his eyes meet Yamada's, who is out with Moe and Serina. They sit down at the table behind him, while Moe begins lamenting that nobody has tried to pick them up, annoying Kyoutarou. Serina continues the conversation, and he tries to listen in, but the sound of Yamada shaking up her chicken flavor packet drowns out most of it.

Kana asks him if he's listening to her, and whether or not his salad lunch will be enough for him. He's afraid that Yamada will overhear her doting on him, and he goes to buy something else to derail her talk. He decides to buy some shake-it chicken, and while waiting in line, he hears the clacking of heels, and as he begins to turn, Yamada bumps her shoulder into his head in greeting. She begins asking about his sister, and he calls her a pain, and more like an aunt. Yamada says that she would like to be best friends with her, because she's an only child. She begins looking over the menu, asking what he plans on getting, and he replies Shake-It Chicken, to which she asks if he's copying her. He denies it, but internally calls her sharp, and he thinks on how adult she looks while she pours over the menu and she decides to get an ice cream. She claps her sides, and says she forgot her wallet, prompting Kyoutarou to ask if she didn't come down to buy something. She replies that she had to use the bathroom, and he informs her that there is no bathroom on this floor, and she awkwardly replies that she must have messed up before leaving. As he steps up to the counter, he is struck with the idea that she only came there to talk with him. As he runs that thought through his mind, he orders his chicken and an ice cream, planning to give the dessert to her. As he passes her in the stairwell, he begins to offer it, but she suddenly accuses him of copying her again and bolts past him, leaving him in awe of her smell.

Back at the table, Kyoutarou is eating his ice cream while Kana laughs and takes photos on her phone of him, accusing him of looking girly. He aggressively shakes the bag of Shake-It Chicken and saying how bad he is at one-handing it.

* A bonus page is Yamada laying on her back while the Volume 1 book is in her mouth.

* Another bonus is Yamada eating strawberry shortcake.

* A third bonus is Yamada holding a live salmon.

* A fourth bonus is Yamada talking to Chi about how she would put many buttons on her apron if she were a bookstore clerk.

* A fifth extra is a gif of the moment in the chapter proper where Yamada bumps into Ichikawa with her shoulder.

## Trivia

* This chapter is the first appearance of Ichikawa Kana.
* Yamada was likely paying attention to the Ichikawa sibling's talk, and was concerned as to who the woman Ichikawa was sitting with was. She stops shaking her chicken when they begin talking, and seems to be relieved when Kana refers to herself as sister, which she references later in the chapter.
* The skull on Ichikawa's shirt disappears and reappears multiple times throughout the Chapter.