Please Put Them On, Takamine-san (Volume 2) – Start Again From Scratch!

Koushi Shirota has got his work cut out for him as Takane Takamine’s closet. However, it does seem to come with its perks. After all, she can use her Eternal Virgin Road power to help him study and do other stuff!
Please Put Them On, Takamine-san (Volume 2) – Start Again From Scratch!
What happened?
After another day of replacing Takamine’s panties, Shirota reveals that she has used up all her spare pairs. She asks him if he’s free after school, which means he will be doing whatever she says and like it. This time, she wants him to go underwear shopping with her so that she can restock. Of course, this just gives her the chance to tease him some more by making him pick out a pair specially for her. In a fluster, he grabs the first thing he can reach which turns out to be a matching set of underwear which are both crotchless and cupless. Takamine is shocked and quick to make fun of him some more. He takes them back and puts a little more thought into the next set, picking a pair of sky-blue panties. Takamine asks him why he chose that colour and the answer ensures that she’ll never be able to wear them for fear of losing them!
On another day, Takamine again asks Shirota if he’s free after school. Unfortunately, he’s not as he failed to complete the long-distance run in under thirty minutes and has to do it again. He’s prepared to coast it once more as he’s sure the gym instructor will leave them to it. Takamine is disappointed in his ambition and takes it upon herself to monitor the group as they complete their run. Shirota finishes in last place with a time of forty minutes. Takamine is not allowing that so she removes her panties and makes him do it again. This time, since he wasn’t available to replace her panties that were lost to the Eternal Virgin Road, he is forced to run behind her as she leads the way on a bicycle, or else everyone else would see everything. He won and completed it within the thirty minutes which Takamine assumes was because he was focused on chasing her tail!


Next up, Takamine enlists Shirota’s help to monitor the festival and ensure that all students behave. She shows up in her yukata much to Shirota’s surprise. Then, after they do a sweep of one area, Takamine removes her panties and returns them back to the beginning of the night so they can check another area. They repeat the process until they’ve seen just about everything, finishing the night at a great vantage point to watch the fireworks. It’s almost like Takamine planned it that way… Of course, she got to have some fun in the process which included forcing Shirota to put on her panties in the middle of the festival numerous times.
Shirota just discovered that his homework for all five core subjects needs to be in by the end of the day or he’ll fail the year. Takamine is not too impressed by his performances and will obviously be annoyed if he’s not in the class ready to resupply her underwear when needed. Anyhow, inspired by his recent performance in the long-distance run, Shirota decides to complete all of his homework that day. It seemed to be going all right, but then he noticed that Takamine hadn’t used the Eternal Virgin Road. Not even once and there had been many opportunities for her to do so. He approached her at the end of the day and asked if she was all right. Was she maybe doing it so that he didn’t have to redo his work each time? No, that would be ridiculous! Wouldn’t it?


What did you think?
I loved this volume and read from cover to cover in record time. Takamine comes across as being quite out there and confrontational, but she’s actually really sweet… in her own way. I love that she’s decided to help Shirota and was even prepared to not use her powers to ensure that he finished his homework. He even offered to redo it all if it made her feel better as she seemed to be suffering from not using it. Maybe that’s the perfectionism that she’s developed over the years. I love how brazen and forthcoming she is with him too. She’s not afraid of anything it would seem.
And then, there’s Shirota. Wow is he clueless! The final scene in the volume had him going to Takamine’s house to study together. He later learned that her parents were away for the night. She put on a cat costume and strutted around the room, purring and stroking herself. Shirota just seemed to get uncomfortable. Then, there was a storm and he ended up sleeping in her spare room. While they were getting ready for bed, Takamine asked him to tell her a story. He eventually told her about this girl he met when he was younger who was caring for a stray cat with him. He didn’t know what happened to her… Could he be any more of a dummy? It was obviously Takamine. She practically told him that. I was pretty sure she liked him by the end of the first volume. Now there’s no question, but he still hasn’t realised. Wake up, Shirota! Also, I love how Takamine randomly gets his name wrong from time to time, obviously on purpose.


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Series Information
English Title | Please Put Them On, Takamine-san |
Japanese Title | Haite Kudasai, Takamine-san |
Genres | Comedy, Ecchi, Romance |
Demographic | Shounen |
Manga
Author | Yuichi Hiiragi | |
Artist | Yuichi Hiiragi | |
Volumes | Ongoing | Chapters |
1 | Another Perfect Score! | 1-6 |
2 | Start Again From Scratch! | 7-12 |
3 | You Two Seem Awfully Close! | 13-19 |
