My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected / My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected

The brother and sister ignored Taishi, Yukino, and Yuihama, who were completely lost, and shared an understanding without a word. Iroha apparently found it strange and finally voiced her question.

"What is this 'that'?"

"April Sickness."

"I've never heard of that disease..."

"The medical book in your house must be pretty thick..."

Komachi and I spoke in unison. Yuihama gave a wry smile mixed with resignation, while Yukino sighed with a hand pressed to her temple. As for Iroha, she listlessly tossed out an "Oh, is that so?" and completely ignored us again.

Only Taishi stood there with his mouth hanging open. Couldn't be helped. I should explain...

"April Sickness is a disease where middle schoolers, high schoolers, college students, or working adults get overly motivated when entering a new environment and start doing unnecessary things. Like, 'I'm an adult now...' Then they undergo some half-baked personal reform, go study English, keep a diary, hit the gym, and so on. Basically, they start doing unnecessary things."

I explained every last detail. Yuihama went, "Hmm..." and furrowed her brow in confusion.

"That doesn't sound so bad..."

"They're driven by naïve thoughts like, 'It's April, so I should start doing something.' There's no way it lasts long. Then you end up with guitars you never touch or half-eaten protein powder lying around..."

The terrifying thing about April Sickness was that it continued to slowly harm you afterward, like a chronic poison. For example, when doing a big cleanup, you'd see a guitar or protein powder—the wreckage of your dreams—and think, I can't do anything right... Then you'd spiral into self-loathing. A fragment of a dream you abandoned halfway could suddenly wound you. Diaries were the most devastating. I... live... My diary ends here.

Yet not ending was the aftereffect of April Sickness.