[[Category:Volume Volume 9 Chapters]]
Momi-san (
Summary[]
The chapter begins with Rentarou searching the school for a mysterious masseuse who wanders around giving massages to various sports clubs before leaving; the reason being he believes the girls need some relaxation after wearing their bodies out through the idol performance and the sumo tournament. Hearing a scream coming from the tennis club, Rentarou checks and sees all of the girls laying on the ground while seeing a small middle-schooler with a soft face and ponytail in a ribbon with her back to all of the fallen victims. Upon seeing the girl, Rentarou "zings" with her via eye-contact before he checks on the tennis club, the girls revealing that this small girl "massaged them" to the ground. Realizing the strange girl is the masseuse, she introduces herself as Momiji Momi, stating her name is similar to "Nobita Nobi" from "Doraemon". Rentarou introduces himself to Momiji confused stating she probably should have just gone with "the mysterious massage girl", but Momiji admits that she always introduces herself, but people feel so good from her massages that their memories vanish into thin air!
The duo decide to move the tennis club members back into the clubhouse, but Momiji begins caressing one of the girl's breasts, stating that "she loves touching soft things" due to her love of women's bodies; Rentarou believes her actions are lewd, but Momiji merely states there's nothing lewd about it and she's just savoring the sensation of touch. After placing her head on the girl's breasts embracing the softness, Rentarou forces her to merely carry the girls before asking why she does what she does. While initially stating it's due to the softness of a woman's body again Momiji admits it's to remove the stiffness and fatigue of the body so women can grow as wonderful and soft as they can; she claims it's rewarding, but Rentarou continues to see her as lewd due to saying serious things while playing with the girl's breasts.
After they completely move the tennis club back to the clubhouse, Momiji decides to thank Rentarou by giving him a free massage, seeing his fatigue even through his clothes, similar to how Goku can gauge strength by looking at someone. Rentarou lays on a bench but Momiji sees his back as stiff, similar to that of Astro Boy; she asks what rigors made his body like this as Rentarou replies he has been running around Japan finding date sites for the girls and he spent a week and a half without sleep to prepare for the idol performances. Momiji massages his body back to health, making Rentarou realize he didn't realize how fatigued his body was despite how good his mind typically feels with the girlfriends. Rentarou admits Momiji is incredible, but she states she isn't good enough and she wants to be the best she can by gaining more experience to help heal women to the point that she'll be getting requests from gravure idols! Seeing the massage of Rentarou as valuable experience, Momiji thanks him and tells him to come by if he feels any more stiffness.
The next day in class, Momiji feels strange thinking about Rentarou's body and how she can't stop thinking of him, wondering if it's love; but thinks since she removed all of his stiffness the prior day, she won't see him again, depressingly comforting herself in a Nami mousepad while disturbing her classmate, Kurumi. She decides to go home and knead bread dough until Rentarou appears before Momiji, massaging "Astro Boy's Back" again, she realizes that it is love. She feels the same feelings again the day after only to once again massage Rentarou that afternoon, disturbing others in her actions.
After the third straight massage, Rentarou thanks Momiji for helping but she wonders why he keeps getting stiff day after day, wondering if he's slave labor in an underground facility like it's Kaiji. Rentarou states he's been "Astro Boy-ifying" his body to help someone with their work, confusing Momiji.
It's revealed that after the first massage date, Rentarou was deliberately trying to figure out a way to regain the "Astro Boy-stiffness" and was doing so by trying to think of the "hardest work that can be done" to make his body so stiff. Without warning, he realizes who and how: Nozawa-sensei, the artist for the manga with him realizing that her body must be strained beyond comparison with how hard she works to keep drawing many characters and all with consistent cuteness. Without warning, Rentarou goes to "meet" Nozawa (using a filter for privacy reasons) and Rentarou admits that she's been working so hard that she's seeing things like her own characters. Rentarou begins working as the artist's assistant but sees she's been overworking herself, to the point of drawing 13 characters on a splash page when it asks for five; the artist stating "All of my children are important to me", personifying her love. He continued to work with her but realized how tough it was inking and drawing a manga, impressing Momiji with his work.
Momiji asks why Rentarou would go out of his way to "become Astro Boy again", and Rentarou states Momiji admitted she wanted to be the best masseuse as possible and wanted to repay her with her kindness. Realizing the actions he did for her, Momiji confesses she wants to keep massaging his "Astro Boy Body" every day; Rentarou states he likes her dream and thus does accept her confession on the spot. Momiji thinks she's dreaming by rubbing her cheeks but then realizes she has to massage someone; Rentarou realizes who it is immediately as both run off to heal their own artist, Nozawa-sensei (with the other girls thanking her for her hard work).
Characters[]
- Aijou Rentarou
- Momi Momiji
- Haraga Kurumi
- Nozawa-Sensei
- Mimimi Utsukushisugi (cameo)
- Kusuri Yakuzen (cameo)
- Mei Meido (cameo)
- Hakari Hanazono (cameo)
- Nadeshiko Yamato (cameo)
- Shizuka Yoshimoto (cameo)
- Yamame Yasashiki (cameo)
- Chiyo Iin (cameo)
- Iku Sutou (cameo)
- Meme Kakure (cameo)
- Hahari Hanazono (cameo)
- Nano Eiai (cameo)
- Karane Inda (cameo)
Quote[]
Beginning: Strong Bonds! Deep Love! Now That's What I Call Family, Ya Hear?
End: The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love Nozawa-Sensei.
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