Sket Dance 97

Guidelines For Using My Translations

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[Insert text: Bossun doesn't look too please...?!]
Bossun: Mm... // Hmmm... // Hmmmmmmm. // Man... the Nikkei average stock prices are in a real state... / They just won't stop... they're just going down and down... // How do things look on the New York exchange market...? Oh, wow... their HP's in the red... are they really gonna be okay? / It's all the administration, I tell you...
Rumi: So, uh, why exactly are you reading the newspaper?
Bossun: Huh? I read the newspaper all the time!
Rumi: ...Yeah, the TV listings and the 4-koma manga... // Could you just, you know, calm down a little? / Why're you getting all nervous?
Bossun: Calm down?! Nervous?! / Huh?! What's that supposed to mean?! I'm not nervous or anything! Don't be stupid!!
Rumi: You are, though! You've been staring at that public announcements page this whole time!

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Bossun: Well, what about you?! What's with that getup?!!
Rumi: Ah...
Bossun: What're you doing all dressed up in your best clothes, huh?! / There's nothing to get all worked up about!!
Rumi: Huh?! What's that supposed to mean?! I'm not getting worked up or anything! Don't be stupid!!
Bossun: Then try wearing something normal, why don't you?! One of those floppy-necked T-shirts of yours or whatever!
Rumi: Huh?! What's that supposed to mean?! My T-shirts aren't "floppy"!!
Bossun: Huh?! They so are! // Ah, forget it, I've had enough of this. I'll be in my room.
Rumi: Hey - wait up! No running away! You get back here!!
Bossun: Nah, I've gotta do my homework.
Rumi: What are you, a primary-schooler?!
[SFX: Ding-do~~~ng]
[BubbleSFX: twitch]

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Bossun: Uh... looks like someone's here! Rumi, you get it!
Rumi: Huh?! You know perfectly well who it is! You go get it!
Bossun: You get it!
Rumi: I don't know how I'm supposed to even talk to the guy yet! / I haven't decided what image I want to go for!
Bossun: Oh - that's my phone. // Yeah... hello?
Rumi: Gah! That's not fair!
Bossun: Oh... Switch? What, right now? Yeah, I'm free.
Rumi: You're making this up!! Switch doesn't even talk, how would he call you on the phone?!!
Akane: What are you two dawdling about for?!! // Answer the door already! Honestly!! // Hello! // Nice to meet you.

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Tsubaki: Good evening.
[Insert text: The day has finally come~~~~~~!!]
[Sket Dance]
[Chapter 97: Happy To Meet You]

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Tsubaki: It is a pleasure to meet you. // My name is Tsubaki Sasuke. // I thank you kindly for inviting me here today -
Akane: TOO FORMAL! / Come on, do we really need all the silly formality?! // Just come on in! I'm Akane. Yuusuke must have told you about me, right?
Tsubaki: Y... Yes...
Akane: Come on, lighten up a little! There's going to be plenty of food - I hope you're hungry?
Tsubaki: Right... / I'll come in, then...
Akane: ............... // Could I take a better look at your face?
Tsubaki: !!

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Tsubaki: Erm... // This is a little...
Akane: What long eyelashes you have... // You don't look much like Yuusuke, so I suppose the two of you must be fraternal twins. // Yuusuke looks a lot like his father, Ryousuke. // You... / ...look more like... // ...your mother, Haru...
Tsubaki: Ehm...
Akane: I'm sorry.

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Akane: I'm happy you decided to visit us today. It's a pleasure to finally meet you. / There's no need to hold back while you're here - eat as much as you like!
Tsubaki: Right.
Akane: We have a lot of photographs and videotapes here of your real parents, you know.
Tsubaki: Yes, so I hear. // I have been looking forward to seeing those today, as well.
Akane: Oh, yes! I'm sure you know, but there's one more family member you ought to meet. // I'll just introduce you.

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Rumi: Why, hello there.
Akane: Th... This is Rumi...
Rumi: Hmmmmmmm... // When I heard you were my brother's twin, I must say I wondered what kind of person you might be... // ...but at first glance, you would appear to actually be relatively respectable... // However! If you expect becoming close to me to be an easy task, you will have to reconsider!
Tsubaki: ("Close"...?)
Rumi: As a tribute... let's see... // I suppose one or two sweet things could be sufficient for the...
Tsubaki: Oh... / It isn't much, but I brought this. I thought we might have it for dessert.
Akane: Oh my, thank you. You really didn't have to...
Rumi: ...Oo...hh...
Tsubaki: (I see a resemblance...)

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Akane: Hm? Where's Yuusuke?
Rumi: Oh, he's here. // Right over there.
Bossun: Hup! // Hup!
Akane: What on Earth is that boy doing?!! // Yuusuke! Sasuke-kun is here! // Why did you not come to greet him, anyway?!
Bossun: Hm? What's that?
Rumi: ...He's like a father whose daughter just brought over her new boyfriend...
Bossun: Somebody's here, are they? I'm busy here, you know! // O... Oh, hey. / Hm? What are you doing here, huh?
Tsubaki: You were the one who invited me to come over for dinner...
Bossun: Huh?! What's that?! / Did I really say a thing like that...?
Tsubaki: Why, you...!
Akane: Stop that at once! This is no time for you two to be fighting!! // I'd heard that they didn't get on, but this is ridiculous...
Rumi: Oh... / Switch sent me an email... // ...............
[Subject: They're a riot to watch!☆]

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（＊‘Д‘）ー＊☆＊ー（`ε´＊）
YOU FOOL　　　　　DUMMY! DUMMY!

Rumi: I suppose we're better off just enjoying it, huh...

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Akane: Now, then! Let's all sit down and tuck in, shall we~?!♪ / Sasuke, is there anything you don't eat?
Tsubaki: (It all looks delicious...) // Not at all.
Rumi: You two sit on that side, okay?
Bossun: Hey! What're you making me sit next to him for?! // Tch... / Itadakimasu...
Tsubaki: Itadakimasu.
Akane: If you're right-handed and left-handed, then sit the other way around!!
Bossun: Bah! That's such a pain! / Oi, you! Sit here!
Tsubaki: Do not order me about! And do not speak to me in that manner!
Akane: ...What am I going to do with these two...? // I hope this doesn't get too awkward...

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Bossun: Huh?! You don't even know about Mobile Suits?!
Rumi: Tsubaki-san, what kind of things did you do for fun as a kid?
Tsubaki: When I was a child... I always preferred to be alone, so I read a lot of illustrated reference books and the like...
Bossun: Reference books?!
Rumi: So boring...!
Tsubaki: (B... Boring...?) // Wait a minute! ......Atlases!! / That's right! I read atlases as well!
Bossun: Atlases...?!
Rumi: So boring...!
Tsubaki: Well... what exactly did you do for fun as a child, then?
Bossun: Me? Oh, well, you know... // Robots and stuff.
Tsubaki: (Robots?!) // Robots... what about robots, exactly?
Bossun: Huh? / Well, you know... making toy robots fight each other... / Making plastic models of robots... // Turning into a robot...
Tsubaki: (Turning into...?!) / Turning... / ...into a robot?!
Bossun: You know, just playing around! / Did you never do that? Pretending to be a superhero or whatever...
Tsubaki: No, never... // So... explain! How exactly do you turn into a robot?!
Bossun: Huh? Oh, come off it... / I mean, you know...

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Bossun: It's like "Bzzzt-kachunk, bzzzt-kachunk".
Tsubaki: ("Bzzzt-kachunk, bzzzt-kachunk"?!) // Wh... What do you mean by that?!! Is it the name of one of these "Mobile Suits"?!
Bossun: 'Course not!! / It's like a sound... or a motion... or... ahh, this is getting stupid! // You want me to, like... demonstrate or something?
Tsubaki: No, I'll pass. // ...............
Bossun: I see. // Forget it, then.
Rumi: ...............
Bossun: Bzzzt-kachunk... / Bzzzt-kachunk...
Tsubaki: (He did it anyway!!) // Wh... What's this all of a sudden?!! / And that's worryingly realistic!
Rumi: Sure is! You don't want to underestimate Onii-chan's skills when it comes to physical imitations!
Bossun: Bzzzt... bzzzt... / Burn... eyelashes... // Beeeep... ZAAAAA!!
Tsubaki: No burning!!

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Akane: This is your first time watching... / ...in fact, your first time seeing your parents at all, isn't it?
Tsubaki: Yes. // ............... // To be perfectly honest... / Even when I found out the truth, I did not feel any particular desire to find out about my real parents. // It feels a little odd finally learning about them now... // ...and I think in a way, I may have been running away from the idea. // But when Fujisa... // ...Yuusuke-kun invited me to come here, I suspected the main reason was to show me this, so...
Bossun: Hmph. / Stop blabbering and just watch.

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Tsubaki: (My father... // ...and mother... // How will it make me feel...? // Will I be sad...? // Or else...
Video!Ryousuke: Ah! Is it recording now? // Hello! Hello!

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Tsubaki: (Ahhh...)
Akane: Videos and photographs are wonderful, aren't they? // Bringing times like these back, even to people who weren't there at the time.
Bossun: ...............
Akane: So? / How do you feel, seeing your parents for the first time?

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Tsubaki: I'm happy to have met them.
Akane: ...Me too. // Now then, take care of yourself! Feel free to come round whenever you like!
Tsubaki: Absolutely. Thank you very much for the food you were so gracious as to prepare for me tonight.
Akane: TOO FORMAL!

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Bossun: I'll see you most of the way.
Akane: Oh! // Well, well... my, my, my...
Bossun: ...What?
Akane: N - No, nothing.
[TN: "My incestuous yaoi senses just started tingling."]
Bossun: Hmph!
Akane: (Ryousuke... // Haru... // I wish you could have seen this as well... // The two of them, together...)
[BubbleSFX: mutter // mutter]
Tsubaki: Y... You want to take it right here? Is it not a little... bland for a photograph?
Bossun: Does it really matter where we take it?! Just get in position and let's get it over with!
[BubbleSFX: click]
Bossun: ...Hm? Is this timer actually working...?
[BubbleSFX: FLASH]
Bossun: Aghh!
Tsubaki: What are you playing at?!

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Bossun: Hm? That's weird... let's try it once more.
Tsubaki: Could we not have simple asked Akane-san to take the picture for us...?
Bossun: Oh, come off it! I'm not asking her an embarrassing thing like that!
[BubbleSFX: tick tick]
Bossun: Right! Here goes! // Hey! / Not so freakin' close!
Tsubaki: You're pushing me completely out of the frame!
Bossun: Well, who says you have to be in it anyway?
Tsubaki: Wha - ?! // I thought you were the one who suggested we take a picture together in the first place! So that our parents could...
[BubbleSFX: FLASH]
Bossun: Gah! // Ugh, you made the picture fail again!
Tsubaki: It's your own fault for saying strange things!
Bossun: Dammit... one more try!
[BubbleSFX: ka-chunk]

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Akane: ............... // *chuckle* // Ahah... did you see this? / Ryousuke... Haru... // A little awkward for a two-shot, don't you think? // But I think they may be getting closer... little by little. // Even if there's still a little distance between them right now.
[Insert text: Here's hoping that one day, they can stand side-by-side with smiles!☆]