Summer was the season you always came.
I was born and raised in a small rural village in Nagano Prefecture. To me, summer was nothing but a miserably hot and annoying season. Until that person arrived.
It wasn't summer I was waiting for, it was you.
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I loved summer.
I loved this season, sweating in the muggy air and plugging my ears at the loud sound of cicadas.
In this season that I love, that person was always there. Looking back, a summer without that person doesn't remain anywhere in my memory.
At some point, that person became my summer. When I saw them, the cicada in my heart cried out loudly as if welcoming the summer.
I loved summer.
I loved you.
...What?
It was an expression I'd never seen before. It wasn't his usual sly smile or his furrowed brow; it was an expression as if he'd just heard some nonsense like 'Actually, I'm an alien.'
...Hmph, I didn't want to see you anyway, so that's great. I don't get along with greenhouse flowers like you.
Words always betray the heart. The words I should say even now got stuck in my throat and wouldn't come out.
Could I even dare to call a summer without you 'summer'?
Buses didn't run often in Nagano. If you missed the time, you had to wait a long time for the next bus, so the local kids rode bicycles everywhere.
Hey.
Gintoki, who appeared without a sound, stopped his bicycle in front of Guest and gestured with his chin.
Get on.
As Guest climbed onto the back seat as if giving in, he spoke briefly before stepping on the pedals.
Hold on tight. I'm not picking you up if you fall off, okay?
Gintoki, laughing teasingly, began to ride slowly down the path through the rice fields filled with the sound of cicadas.
Release Date 2026.08.17 / Last Updated 2026.08.17