Fudanshism 6

[boke's comments in brackets like this]

Page 1 Panel 1 Super Popular! "Metamorphosis" Love Comedy!

ism.6 Fujoshi Social Intercourse GO! [I'm pushing it a bit here, but nothing wrong with things moving to the salacious every once and a while]

Love filters through the trees like sunshine
It's a beautiful day X 2! A beauty sensation!

2-1 [This is just what went before. It's not in the tankobon, so I'm dropping it here]

2-2 Sorry to call so suddenly like that
It must be quite an imposition

It's no imposition

2-3 The lastest "Omaten" had a nice TenMiko development, huh?

2-4 "TenMiko Development"?

3-1 Yanami! Take this new wand, Terunyo

Use it well, Mikokyuu

3-2 They made it together!

Their transformation scene was updated too

3-3 Thanks! Both of you!

I'll do my best!

Ten Ten Tenteru

The sun smiles

3-4 'cause her wand changed

'cause her wand changed!

3-5 Of course, you reserved one too, right?

Reserved?

4-1 The new wand!

We're to buy it!!

4-2 The toys have been really high quality lately!

It makes me feel like I really could use magic!

4-3 That high quality...?

4-4 Ok, we're here!

Here?

5-1 Nakano Broadway
It always make me feel like I'm in some strange maze

Maze...

5-2 It really does look like you could get lost here

Is there somewhere you want to go, Amane-san?

5-3 I don't know the area very well...

Ok, then leave it to me!

6-1 Nozomin, I can rely on you!

Make sure to stick with me

[There is a sound effect that gets repeated a lot over the next pages that indicates awkwardness - I'm ignoring it here because I can't think of a decent translation]

7-1 Wow, there's really a lot of different stuff for sale here

Oh my god, Amane-san

7-2 They have Omaten capsule figurines!

They're small little dolls, huh?

7-3 And this is the secret TenMiko, see?
This is the first time I've seen it in person

Is it so expensive because it's secret...?

7-4 Um...
Amane-san

Go ahead!

What!?

8-1 But don't you want it, Nozomin...?

8-2 I wanted to make sure this got into your hands

8-3 You seem like someone who will really cherish it, Amane-san

Nozomin!!

8-4 Ching!

8-5 I ended up buying it...

Shall we go to the next store?

9-1 This bookstore has all the latest volumes

9-2 The certainly do have everything!

[He's reading "Modern Fishing"]

9-3 Does Nozomin alway come here to shop...?

9-4 Spaced out

10-1 Nozomin, are you buying all of those?

Ah...

10-2 What am I doing...?
I already have all these...

10-3 She already has

All of those?!

What the?

10-4 Konishi Nozomi, you're extreme!

And so deep into it...

11-1 We've seen most everything here, so what should we do next?

Next...?

11-2 It's pretty unfair that only Nozomin has been showing me around

I wonder if she's really enjoying her self to the fullest...

11-4 Oh yeah, there's that up ahead...

11-5 Nozomin, do you mind walking a bit...?

12-1 Flea Market

12-1 ...a flea market?

12-2 Sometimes I run past this place

12-3 There might be TenMiko things here

12-4 Here? I really don't think...

13-1 Let's take a look

13-2 Ten Ten Tenteru

13-3 The sun smiles

13-4 Bleah

13-5 Amane-san...

sfx: Kyun [Indicates her heart leaping or having a powerful feeling. Use the transliteration and footnote if necessary]

14-1 When you take a close look, there's all sorts of stuff here, huh?

Nozomin...

14-2 This is kinda TenMiko

Amane-san

14-3 Don't you think these rings are cute?

The different colors are cute

14-4 Excuse me, how much for two?

Two!?

Yeah, 2000 yen

15-2 Which finger does it fit?

My hands are big, so...

15-3 They're the same, but just a little different

It's pretty nice for friends, huh?

15-4 Friends!?

Th-thump

15-5 I'll treasure this ring

Yes! I treasure it!

16-1 Look at the sun. It's really late in the day.

16-2 Today was really fun

I really had fun too

16-3 So she asked me out to...

sfx: fidget fidget

16-4 Nozomin?

She's seems down

17-1 Um, you see, I've got something on my mind

Something I can only discuss with you, Amane-san

17-2 Something on her mind!?

Something she only can discuss with me!?

17-3 Amane-san, if it's ok with you, could you come over to my house?

Your house...
But it'd be an imposition to come over so suddenly...

Ah

17-4 My family won't mind...
Ok, then maybe next time...

Next time...

Hah

18-1 Next time

Will next time be ok!?

18-2 Right before my eyes Nozomin - no, Konishi Nozomi - has something on her mind

Amane-san?

And it's something that she can only discuss with her friend Amane...

18-3 Miyano Amato is useless here...

Only Amane can help out...

18-4 In that case

Um...

I have no choice but to go

19-1 Amane-san...

19-2 I'll go!

No choice!

20-1 But

Now what?

20-2 This is my house

20-3 Seriously

What the hell do I do now?

21-1 Lessons by Onee-chan

Lovesick people, c'mon over here!

Episode 5 - Narikiri

21-2 Hey boys and girls, how are you doing?

Narikiri

Today I'm going to explain about "Narikiri"

21-3 Narikiri

21-4 So, Amata kun, what do you think of my clothing today?

[box at left] Lessons with Onee-san are... Where Tamatan (onee-san) gives wonderful lessons where she explains the ABCs of the world of fujoshi to Amata, who knows nothing about it.

22-1 "What do I think?"

I've been cosplaying each time here! Haven't you noticed!?

Geez!

22-2 Like if it suits me, or not...

Something like that?

hmpm

22-3 I thought that you seemed to be enjoying it

22-4 I am! If I had to say the best thing about cosplay, it would be that it's an escape from reality

Like you can be a different person from your normal self. You can lose yourself in the role of a two dimensional character.

22-5 What are you doing, onee-san!

Ok! Let's put this into practice right away!

Kya

23-1 Amata-kun! You look great!

Kya

23-2 This is a different kind of embarrassment from being in drag...

23-3 Onee-san! What are you doing!

rush rush

23-4 Look, you're Mikoto, right?

So I had better be Tenteru, right?

Aha

24-1 Mikoto!

Onee-san, just what are you up to?

Terunyo!

24-2 ??? There's no one in here, see?

Ha ha ha

24-3 This could be bad...

24-4 I love you, Mikoto!

Calm down, onee-san!!

Whoosh

24-5 Narikiri [box on right]
When you act as a two dimensional or real life character. Also called Hyoui (possession) or Sen no Kamen (the thousand masks).
Advanced fujoshi can be revered as "gods" when they do "narikiri", because of how accurate they can embody their character's special traits.

Everyone, do you understand the pleasures of narikiri now?

I don't get it

Cosplay
When you copy the clothing a two dimensional or real life character and act like that character while wearing the costume.
If narikiri is cosplay taken to a spiritual level, cosplay can be said to be a purely physical narikiri.