[Prince of Tennis] Streets of Kinki

This story was inspired by Dialect Romance, and is slice of life from beginning to end. Kinki, or the Kinki region, includes two prefectures and five counties: Kyoto, Osaka, Shiga, Nara, Mie, Wakayama, and Hyogo. Sometimes Fukui and Tokushima are included, too.

The Kinki dialect is also called the Kansai accent by Japanese people. You know how Azo, Kenya, and Hikaru all speak with an Osaka accent, right? Though Hikaru's doesn't seem very noticeable. Maybe he's from Osaka and I just didn't notice? If Hikaru really is from Osaka, just treat that as a bug in this story's setup...

In this story, Hikaru is a freshman in the literature department at Osaka University, having come from Tokyo. Azo is a sophomore in the medical department at the same university, and Kenya is a sophomore in the dental department.

Osaka University ranks fifth among Asian universities, while Tokyo University is first. I'd be grateful just to get into Osaka University. Nagoya University would be great, too. TUT...

Hikaru, come here, hehe ☆

Note: Please don't nitpick all the Osaka dialect in this story. I looked it up in reference materials, of course, but references aren't perfect, so I came up with some of it myself...

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