Chapter Twenty-Three

The twenty-third chapter of the Anima Yell! manga appeared in the January 2018 issue of Manga Time Kirara Carat.

Background
With summer vacation already underway, Ms. Inukai takes the Cheer Club to the dojo for their summer training. They meet an elderly woman, an acquaintance of Hizume's father since she was little, who guides the girls inside her husband's dojo. Hizume reminds the four that they are only there to build up their skills and not laze around on the beach. At the same time, Hizume wishes to break the emotional "wall" between her and Kana, and tries to act friendlier towards her. However, her attempts end up scaring away Kana, whose idolization of Hizume makes any emotional or physical contact with her feel intense.

Eventually, the girls learn about a summer festival being held by the beach, one that is lacking in stage performers. Although only a day away, Hizume insists that they all help by participating in the event, sending them to the beach in both their bathing suits and running shoes to get in shape.

But no matter how many times Hizume tries to bond with her old teammate, Kana continually refuses to see her sempai as just an ordinary girl...