Another Good Luck Charm

Another Good Luck Charm (もうひとつのおまじない, Mō Hitotsu no Omajinai) is the fourth chapter of the School Days manga.

Summary


At Gakuenmae, Sekai sees Makoto exit a train and is about to greet him... until she sees that he is with Kotonoha.

At school, Sekai tells Makoto that she saw him that morning, then asks if they've kissed yet. As Makoto answers her, she starts to tease him by guessing they did kiss, but this annoys Makoto and he starts to regret telling her about anything. Sekai decides they should celebrate this accomplishment but Makoto declines until Hikari, Setsuna, and Nanami appear next to them. Sekai tells them of her plans to have Makoto join them, but when she decides they will just get in the way she decides to go along with her friends.

Before she leaves, Makoto yells at her and tells her not to tell them about his kiss with Kotonoha. She agrees and joins her friends in the Cafeteria. Hikari complains that despite her own attempt with the charm, Taisuke still hasn't fallen in love with her yet. She asks Sekai if she has a boyfriend, but Nanami intervenes to say that Sekai doesn't need to do anything, as they believe her boyfriend is Makoto. Sekai denies this, although Hikari is suspicious and tries to look on her phone. Sekai shouts at Hikari, catching the attention of several nearby students, then excuses herself while they claim to have just been joking around. Sekai heads out to the courtyard and recalls that she in fact did try the charm, but is depressed knowing that it didn't work.

In class, Makoto asks Sekai if she said anything about him and Kotonoha. She mentions that she didn't, but he notices that she is behaving weirdly, then tells this to Kotonoha once class ends. In order to cheer her up, Kotonoha suggests that the trio walk home together.

Meanwhile, Setsuna asks Sekai if she is still thinking about what happened back in the cafeteria. She tells Setsuna not to worry over it and is joined by Kotonoha and Makoto, who tell her their idea to walk home with them.

As they head to the station, Sekai absentmindedly enters the crosswalk, only for Makoto to pull her out of the way of an oncoming truck. Makoto scolds her for being so careless and checks to see if she's okay, only for her to brush him off before running away. Setsuna, having picked up Sekai's dropped cellphone, looks at its screen and goes to catch up to her, calling Makoto "dense".

Once Setsuna catches up with Sekai to return her cellphone, the latter realizes that Setsuna looked at the background. Instead of getting angry, Sekai turns to her for comfort, the implication being that Makoto was the subject of Sekai's charm.

Characters in order of appearance

 * Sekai Saionji
 * Makoto Itou
 * Kotonoha Katsura
 * Hikari Kuroda
 * Setsuna Kiyoura
 * Nanami Kanroji