Chapter 31: I'm Using LINE

**I'm Using LINE** is the thirty-first Chapter of *Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu*.

## Summary

In the library, Yamada asks Ichikawa if he uses the messaging service LINE. Thinking he is being mocked for his lack of friends, he says that he has a "taste for it," and she compare his response to someone drinking sake. She shows him a strange stamp (emoticon) of a mantis-cat hybrid holding the letters "O-K," and asks if he wants her to send it to him. The stamp doesn't interest him, so he turns her down, frustrating her. They discuss LINE groups and whether certain classes or their clubs have any, with him ultimately explaining that he wouldn't want to be in one with the Data Processing Club since he hadn't been invited prior. He concludes in his head that she wouldn't understand not fitting into social groups.

Back in the classroom, Moe loudly announces that she wants a "boifwend" before Christmas. When she gets a sarcastic response from Serina, she gets annoyed, and concludes she won't get one by doing nothing, so she decides she'll exchange contacts with every boy in class. Yamada suddenly jumps up and declares this a great idea. Moe becomes even more excited at the prospect of Yamada joining in, since it's not a thing she's previously shown interest in. The idea pains Ichikawa, who imagines tens of thousands of potential suitors for a beauty like her. Yamada then immediately gets up and pulls up a chair in front of his desk while he's reading, but when she begins to speak, Moe interrupts her, saying he's way too easy, and comparing her to a Level 99 Adventurer fighting Slimes, with the Slime comment hitting Ichikawa hard. Yamada clarifies that they were just going to give their LINE to all of the boys, and Moe agrees, asking "Icchi" for his line, and he balks at the familiarization of his name. He nervously sends his data over to her phone, and she comments on his icon. When he turns, Yamada is staring daggers their way, eyes that he says are familiar to him. Moe returns to the girls, telling Yamada that she should be trying for bigger targets, annoying her further. Moe recommends Ishimuro, notable for his track-and-field exploits, but Yamada says that they live in the same apartment, causing a panic in Ichikawa. She glances in Ichikawa's direction, saying their parents are close, and that they occasionally talk. Moe asks if she knows his LINE, and when she says no, tells her to ask him. Still turning her eyes Ichikawa's way, she asks him in the same manner she asked Ichikawa if he uses LINE, and it clicks in his head that she was asking him if they wanted to trade information earlier in the library. The sudden realization causes him to slam his book and yell out. Everyone turns to him confused, except Yamada, who smiles wryly. Moe comments disapprovingly at Ichikawa's strange antics.

* Bonus pages are Yamada and Ichikawa eating various sweets, especially cold ones to battle the heat.

## Trivia

* Moe's comment about adventurers fighting Slimes is a reference to RPG games, though the original template is Dragon Quest.

* Ichikawa's LINE icon is Rem, a character from Re:Zero. For the anime adaptation, the anime team got permission from the creators to have her with a special illustration.

* As Moe recognizes both Dragon Quest and Re:Zero, she may have more interest in geeky hobbies than her social status and appearance lets on. Ichikawa even references her in regards to a stereotype about how "gyaru" are kind to otaku.