Sket Dance 86

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 fifteen of my fifteen-Sket-Dance-translations-in-about-three-days marathon.

Guidelines For Using My Translations

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[Insert text: In the midst of tragedy, a single baby...]
Flashback!Midwife: I have the child here. // It's a healthy baby boy.
Flashback!Akane: It's... // ...been born...... // Ryousuke and Haru's... baby... // H... Haru... // What about Haru?!!

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Flashback!Akane: This baby... I... // I will raise the child.

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Flashback!Akane: He is the precious treasure... / ...of my dearest friends.
[Sket Dance]
[Chapter 86: Happy Birthday (5)]
[Insert text: Akane's resolution...!!]
Akane: (Yuusuke... // I'm sure you don't have the slightest idea... // ...just how precious you really are to me. // Just how... // Just how precious...)

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Bossun: H... Hey... // Look...

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Bossun: You got any food?
Akane: I have beefburgers, fried chicken, and satsuma jelly. // I'll just reheat it. / So hang on a minute.

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Bossun: Unghh!!! // !!
Akane: There!! // I know you weren't in the wrong!! You can hit me back if you like! // But I just wanted to... // Ahh...

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Akane: Uwaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! // Don't make me worry like that!! You dummy, Yuusuke!! // You dummy!! // And just look at you!! // You dummy! Dummy! // Dummy, dummy, dummy!!
Bossun: Sorry... // Mother... / Could I just ask you one thing? // What am I, really.........? // To you...

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Akane: My son!!! // I know I never carried you inside me... // But it was my dearest friend who did. / You are my son. // I know you probably won't be able to accept that, when you're still only a middle-school boy... / That's why I wanted to keep this from you at least... until you were fully grown up... I'm sorry... // But you know, Yuusuke...
Bossun: Damn right I can't accept it!! // This isn't the kind of thing that anybody... / ...can just "accept" or "not accept" like that.

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Bossun: After you've raised me like this for fifteen years, whether you're my "real" parent or not... // ...it's hardly gonna change the fact that we're family. // I know that perfectly well, all right? // Blood relations don't have anything to do with this. // I know that. // Rumi's my sister...
Akane: (Ohh... Ryousuke, Haru...)
Bossun: And you're my mother.

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Akane: (This child of yours... // ...is just like you were...)
Bossun: I was just... you know. A little confused. // But I'm okay now. / A few things happened, and I kind of learned a lot.
Akane: (...so very strong.)
Bossun: I'm here in this world so that I can help out all kinds of people. // It's because of you, my mother, that I'm here like this right now. // I'm glad that it was you who chose to become my mother. // I'm a really lucky guy.
Akane: (Can you see him now? // Ryousuke... // Haru...)

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Rumi: Ahhhhh~! Onii-chan's back home~~~!! // Honestly! / I searched all over for you, you know?!
Bossun: S... Sorry 'bout that.
Rumi: Oh, man... I walked all around town for nothing // Oh, man... I'm really worn out now. // Oh, man... now I really want a jumbo chou-cream. // Onii-chan, go buy me one.
Bossun: Actually... I thought you'd say that, so I bought one on the way back.

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Akane: When I heard that Ryousuke and Haru were going to have a baby... / I was so happy for them. // Now, if I'm being honest here, the truth is... / I liked Ryousuke a little myself.
[TN: Okay, that little panel decides it. Rumi is made of love XD]
Akane: But I like Haru as well, at least as much. // So when the two of them got married, and even conceived a baby, a real blood-relative to both of them, I was as happy for them as if it had been me. // I don't know why God chose to deliver the fate that he did to the two of them... // But I... // ...am so, so happy... // ...to have had the two of them as friends...

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Akane: Haru's accident was my own fault. // I was almost completely overwhelmed by the guilt of it all. // But it wasn't that guilt that drove me to raise you, I swear it!
Bossun: I know that.
Akane: You are the one child who carries on both of their lines... // Becoming your mother was the easiest decision I ever made. // And it was because I had you that I was saved. // It's because of you that I am here today. // Yuusuke...

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Rumi: ...Ta-da~~~~~! I've got ca~~~~ke!! // It's Onii-chan's birthday today, remember~~~?!!
[TN: ...and if I still had any doubts about my Rumi-love, that panel would have slaughtered them brutally and tossed them off a bridge into a black hole.]
Akane: Thank you so much for being born.
Rumi/Akane: Happy birthday~~~!!
Bossun: Aaghhhh~~~!!! // Unghhh...
Rumi: Onii-cha~~~n!!
[Text: Ahem...]

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[Text: Dear Mother Haru. // I've only seen you in videos and photographs, but I think you're really pretty. (...Though I'm not sure if I should be saying that about my own mother...) // It's a real shame I never met you. // But I have another mother, who's always really cheerful and positive... // ...so I haven't been lonely at all. // Thank you so much... / ...for putting your life on the line to give birth to me. // I intend to live the best life I possibly can. // And you... // Idiot Dad. // I gave your present to Mother for you.]

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[Text: Taisuke-san said he'd come by and visit us again sometime. // We'll go to your grave together. // Oh, yeah... / You know what? I've had a great idea. // When I get into high school, I'm going to create a club. // A club to help people who are in trouble. / Is that weird? // I'll call it the "Helpers' Club" or something like that... / I'm not sure on the exact name yet. // I hope I find good friends to help me with that. // I hope you both keep watching over me... // ...as long as I live. // Well, I"m going to bed now. // Good night.]

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[Text: Oh, one more thing... / I have a report to make. // I turned fifteen today.]

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[Sign: KAIMEI FESTIVAL 2009]
Bossun: Bwahahahahahahah! // What's with that getup, Himeko?!!

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Bossun: Or should that be "Hilda"?!! // [aside]hahahahahah[/aside]
Himeko: The hell're you laughin' at?!! / I seem to remember it was you who came up with the idea of Class C doin' a maid-café for this festival in the first place! So no laughin'!!
Yabasawa: Come on, you two, what are you messing about for?! The café is about to open! // You're so awful!
Bossun: You in that outfit is what's awful!!
Mimori: Parents, guardians, and anybody else who doesn't have indoor shoes! / We have slippers for you right over here!
[Insert text: This story isn't over yet!! Who is this mysterious gentleman appearing at the school festival?!]
[Bottom text: There are even more secrets hidden in Bossun's past?! Next issue, "Happy Rebirthday"!!]