Sket Dance 79

Dear Lord, I don't think I've ever translated so much Sket Dance in such a short space of time. And just so you know, it nearly killed me, but at least I did it (which is more than I thought I was going to manage), so I guess you could say one good thing came out of a certain bunch of evil assholes coming out of nowhere and trying to steal my series in a surprise attack of unprecedented bastardliness. Don't bother thinking this takes them off my death list, because they're still on there until every trace of those goddamn scanlations is wiped clean off the internet, but if they would stop releasing the series RIGHT NOW, then that would at least be a nice start ^^

Now, without further ado, I present translation number eight of my fifteen-Sket-Dance-translations-in-about-three-days marathon.

Guidelines For Using My Translations

1
[Insert text: Something is going down here......!!]
Jin: Ngh... // Heheh... Could you just avoid hitting my face?
Man: Why, you little... Is that the attitude you take after tryin' to make your moves on another guy's girl?
Jin: Hey, I didn't mean anything bad by it! // It's just, I was told by a really reliable fortune-teller, you see. / That today would be the day I find the soulmate I've been searching for all these years. // All I know is that she'll be a girl with blonde hair, carrying something blue. / But I guess I got the wrong girl.
Girl: Hmph...

2
Jin: So yeah... this was all just a big misunderstanding. / See ya.
Man: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. // You really think I'm gonna let you off this easily?
Crony: We'll be taking your cash! // Every last bit you've got on you!
Jin: ...So it turns out like that after all, huh? // Heheh...... Sorry, but I've only got ninety-five yen. That's your lot.
Man: Well, how about you help us let out a little stress, then?!
Crony: You're fuckin' dead!!
Himeko: The sun rises in the West~♪

3
Himeko: And sets down in the East~♪
Man: !!!
Himeko: And that's just fine~♪
Man: Unghh!
Himeko: And that's just fine~♪
Crony: Guahh!
Himeko: Bon-bon Bakabon Baka-bon-bon~♪
[TN: It's the opening theme to an old anime called "Tensai Bakabon".]

4
[Text: She carried a blue object in her hand...]
Jin: (I... I've found her...)
Himeko: You okay, kid?
[Text: ...and her hair was of the purest, glittering gold.]
Jin: (The soulmate I have sought after for so long... // I don't even care about the fortune any more...)
Himeko: Take care in future!
Jin: (This... This feeling... // I'M IN LOVE!!!) // MARRY ME, PLEASE~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!
Himeko: Ehh?!
[Sket Dance]
[Chapter 79: Shy-Girl, Part 1]
[Insert text: A shocking confession of love indeed!!]

5
Himeko: The hell is this crap?!! // What are you goin' on about?! I've never seen you before in my life! // You hit your head or somethin'?! // Who the hell are you, anyway?!
Jin: Kakiuchi Jin. I'm a first-year at Kaimei Academy. // Sorry about the outburst, I wasn't quite thinking straight.
Himeko: Huh, a first-year? I'm a second-year, so you better show some respect.
Jin: Right... Senpai! // (An older girl...)
Himeko: So what's up with you, anyway? // Just so ya know, I ain't goin' out with ya, and I sure as hell ain't marryin' ya. / You ain't man enough, got that?! // If you've got the time to be spoutin' crap like that, then get home an' get studyin' instead! / Or go practice your battin' or somethin'!

6
Jin: ............... // ...Ahhh... // That frank and honest manner of speaking... // That brash and upfront personality...
Himeko: Huh?
Jin: Those big eyes that I could just lose myself in... // Those golden locks that match her exotic beauty...
Himeko: What're you lookin' at? // Stop starin' already, would ya? / I'll kill ya...
Jin: That pure white skin that could almost be transparent... // She's wonderful~~~~~!!!
Himeko: Whaaa?!
Jin: I want to go out with her~~~!!
Himeko: Hey! Quiet down! / Not so goddamn loud!
Jin: I want to have four kids~~~!!

7
Jin: Himeko-sa~~~~~n!! // Would you join me for tea after school today?!
Himeko: Gawd, do you not die?! // Hey... hands off!
Jin: It would be the perfect scene for us to softly speak words of love to one another! You simply must!
Himeko: I ain't goin', all right?! / An' with that big gob of yours, I don't see you speakin' anythin' "softly", anyway!
Jin: Oh, come on now! I've been asking you for a whole week now! You don't hate me, do you?!
Himeko: S... Sure I do! // Whaa?! / Hey... I mean, I don't really hate you...
Jin: Really?! Then please! Join me!!
Himeko: What are you, a phoenix?! / But seriously! Sorry, but it just ain't happenin'!
Jin: But why?! Would it really be that much trouble?!
Himeko: No... look... // Truth is... I already have a boyfriend.
[TN: Oh, Himeko... >_<]
Jin: Whaaat?!!

8
Jin: But I thought you already said you didn't have one!! You said that, Himeko-san, I know you did!!
Himeko: Shaddup already, would ya?!! / Honestly, will you not just give it up?! / I really do have one, all right?! So,,, back off, yeah? Would ya just leave me alone?!
Jin: You're lying.
Himeko: I ain't lyin'!
Jin: Who is this boyfriend, then?
Himeko: Huh? Oh, right... // Well... he's... ah............ / Th... The leader of... the club I go to. // (I'm sorry, Bossun!!)
Jin: Hmmmmmm... // Very well, then. / Prove it to me. // Prove that the two of you are really going out with one another.
Himeko: ...An' that's the deal.
[TN: You let her out of your sight to prepare? Jin, you amateur...]
Switch: Hmmmmm.

9
Himeko: What should I do?
Switch: Well, I would say your only option at this point is to explain the situation to Bossun and have him cooperate.
Himeko: No way, no way! When it comes to this kinda stuff, he can't act for crap!! He'd never pull it off!! // He'd just pull that stupid face of his!
Switch: Hm... Very well, then. // I have here two tickets for the latest action movie that everyone is talking about, "Indy and Jaws".
Switch: You need not inform Bossun of the details... simply ask him out on an ordinary date. // Jin-kun can observe the two of you from the shadows. / How about that?
Himeko: No way, no way!! A date with Bossun?!! That ain't even possible!! We're not like that, okay?!!
Switch: I am aware of that. This is merely a strategy.
Himeko: No way, no way!! I've never been to the movies alone with a guy before!! I don't even know how I'd go about invitin' him!!
[TN: You've lost already at this point, Himeko ~~]
Switch: There is no need to make a big deal of it. Even if they are not "going out", it is not so unusual for a boy and a girl who are good friends to go to a movie together.
Himeko: No way, no way!! What if I asked him and he turned me down?! I'd end up all depressed, I know it! ...An' stop enjoying this so much, dammit!!
Switch: I am not "enjoying this". This is merely a strategy.

10
Himeko: ...............
Bossun: Mr. Metabolic Tanuki-san~♪ // If he doesn't have a drink, he can't get anything done~♪ // Eating, drinking, non-stop~♪ // Hm? How did it go...? // Hm-hm-hm-hm, non-stop~♪
Himeko: B... // Bosun.
[TN: Now who's pulling that face? XD]
Bossun: Hm? // What is it? // You said my name kind of weird there.
Himeko: Ah... No......

11
Himeko: Ehm.................. // I - I was just thinkin' I might make some tea...
Bossun: Hm, good idea. / I'll have some. // Mm...
Himeko: ("Hm... It's Saturday tomorrow, huh...? // No school an' stuff...") // H - hmmm... / Id - dzata dayta morraha... Nos coolan staf...
Bossun: Huh~?!! // A spell?! / You chanting a spell?! That's creepy!
Himeko: It ain't a spell!!
Bossun: Don't curse me, okay?! Please?!

12
Himeko: No, no, I was just kinda thinkin', ya know! / Tomorrow's Saturday, yeah? No school an' stuff... // So, well...... // ...I... // I guess that makes today Friday, huh...?
Bossun: I know that! / What, you think I don't even know the days of the week or something?!
Himeko: No, no! I don't think you're the kind of guy who wouldn't even know the days of the week!! Not at all!!
Bossun: O - Okay, then...! // If you say so...! Don't look at me like that! // What's up with you today...?
Himeko: (Aghh... What's wrong with me?! Why do I have to get so nervous all of a sudden?! It's just Bossun, for godssakes... // It's all that stupid Jin kid's fault... Man, he gets on my nerves.)
Flashback!Jin: I'll be watching your date tomorrow carefully, then!
Himeko: (Why's he hafta do all this?! Why can't he just fall for it already?! Stupid goddamn idiot moron... // Aghhh, I've gotta pull myself together! This is just Bossun! It's like talkin' to a bug! I don't have anythin' to get nervous about! Let's just get this over with!) // H... Hey, Bossun!

13
Himeko: Wh... What kind of movies do you like watchin' an' stuff? // (Ehh?!)
Bossun: Hm? Movies?
Himeko: Yeah. / You know, what genre or whatever... // (Why am I beatin' around the bush like this? ...Well, whatever...)
Bossun: Hmmmmmm... // Transformation stuff, I guess.
Himeko: "Transformation"?! // What's up with that?!! Come on! / Does that even count as a proper genre?
Bossun: Well, I guess there aren't that many of them, no... Machines that fuse together are good too...
Himeko: Fuse together? // W... We're talking movies, yeah? There are plenty of genres, right...? // Like action... // Or suspense... // Or......... action...

14
Himeko: Or r... romance... // Or action!
Bossun: You really are acting weird today! // What's the big deal with action movies, anyway?! / Are you trying to suggest something?!
Himeko: What?! // I am not tryin' to seduce anyone!!
Bossun: Who said you were?!!
Himeko: (Crap...! This really isn't goin' well at all...) // L... Look, Bossun... // (I really do need to just come out an' say it straight...)
Bossun: What?
Himeko: (Crap!! // I think I'm actually goin' bright red!!! // Not good... not good!! If I ask him to go to a movie with my face like this, things will totally get weird!!)

15
Himeko: (I've gotta get the blood outta my face!!) // Bossun...
Bossun: Yeah?
Himeko: Say somethin' really gross.
Bossun: Whaaa?!!! // What?! Why?!!
Himeko: No arguin' with me, just say somethin' gross already!! Somethin' that'll really creep me out!!
Bossun: W... Worm nagashi-somen...
[TN: Nagashi-somen is a kind of meal where you catch noodles as they flow down a flume of bamboo.]
Himeko: GAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!! // SO GROOOOSS!!!
Bossun: Ughh!!

16
Himeko: You wanna go see a movie tomorrow?
Bossun: Whaaaaaa?!! // Huh?! What's this all of a sudden?! What, you and me?
Himeko: (I said it!!) // W... Well, thing is, I just happen to have some tickets. // I was originally gonna invite the Captain to go see it, but she's got team practice, ya know, so I thought of askin' Momoka instead, I was gonna give her a call, yeah, but then I thought nah, I shouldn't, she'll probably be busy with work, right, so...
Bossun: Look... you don't have to go into all that... // What movie is it?
Himeko: Indy and Jaws.
Bossun: Wo~w, that's a real blockbuster... never knew you were such a fad-following little sheep, Himeko~! // Sure, why not.
Himeko: Ehhhhhh?!! / You want to go?!!!
Bossun: Ehhhhh?!!

17
Bossun: You're the one who invited me!!
Himeko: (Th... That's the "date" sorted!!) // Y... Yeah, I guess... / I was just... kinda surprised, that's all...
Bossun: Right! Let's call Switch and see if he'll go too! / Where did he get to, anyway?
Himeko: Aghh! // No, no! / I've only got the two tickets, ya know!
Bossun: Oh, really? / Well, we should probably ask him anyway.
Himeko: ...............
Phone: Onii-chan, there's mail for you~!♡
Bossun: Wow, that was quick...
[Phone:]
Inbox
- Usui Kazuyoshi
- I'm afraid I can't go
Thank you for inviting me to the movie!(^o^)
It would be quite nice for the three of us Sket-dan members to go to a movie, wouldn't it.

But I'm afraid I won't be able to take you up on that offer.(T_T)
I already promised Otakura-kun that I would go to Akihabara with him tomorrow. I'm afraid that pig just
[/Phone]
[TN: And the rest is cut off XD]
Bossun: Looks like he can't go... / But man, this message is long! How did he have time to type all this?! // It's almost as though he prepared it in advance...
Himeko: (Ahhh... Switch...)

18
Himeko: Well, then, since we're watchin' the movie in the morning... // I guess we should... go have somethin' to eat after...... // An'... An' then we could m... maybe go... shoppin'... // I mean, if you really insist...
Bossun: Huh...? // I don't really have anything I want to buy at the moment, though...
Himeko: Oh... but I do! // I've been thinkin' I should go an' buy a new skirt... // But I dunno... you're a guy, after all... // You probably wouldn't want to hang around while I do that, would ya?
Bossun: Wouldn't mind.
Himeko: Ya wouldn't?!!! // Ya wouldn't?!!!
Bossun: Ehh?!
Himeko: But that'd be like a real date!! / Gawd, what's wrong with you today, ya stupid idiot moron?!!
Bossun: What?! What's up with you?!!
[Bottom text: Next issue, Bossun and Himeko have a very eventful date...?!]

19
[Text: The next day...]
Himeko: ...............
Jin: ............... // You know, I don't actually need a commentary...
Switch: I was asked to do this by Himeko. Don't complain. // Ah, there they are. That's her boyfriend(lol), Bossun.
Bossun: Oh, hey! Sorry I'm late, I was taking a crap. / Were you waiting long?
Himeko: I...... // I just got here.
[Insert text: The heart-pounding date finally begins?!]