Little Jumper 5

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BUBBLE1: One moment,

BUBBLE2: she's a steel-winged angel soaring through the air!

BUBBLE3: But the next moment,

BUBBLE4: she's a girl sprouting drills used for geological surveys!

BUBBLE5: And that's not all,

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BUBBLE1: She's also a destructive demon lord, bearer of the dreaded shock wave!
BUBBLE2: Uh oh, I'm late!

BUBBLE3: But what's her true form!?

BUBBLE4: She's my cute grandchild!
BUBBLE5: This is so adorable!

BUBBLE6: Uh, see you guys...

BUBBLE7: Time traveler from the year 0024 INLC!
BUBBLE8: Third-year junior high student of Sakuei Academy for Girls!
BUBBLE9: Wearing a totally cute uniform, She is -

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BUBBLE1: Ichinose Chimari!

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SIGN: Nanshou Senior High School

BUBBLE1: Sakuei Academy?

BUBBLE2: That all-girl school in the Midori district that integrates junior high and high school?
BUBBLE3: That place has a really strict school code, so your better off not trying to date anyone from there.

131:
BUBBLE1: I know that.
BUBBLE2: I want to check out their yearbooks from the past few years.
BUBBLE3: Can't we browse through them on the 'net?
BUBBLE4: If you're willing to pay, you could probably get one on an auction site.
BUBBLE5: I don't have any money!

BUBBLE6: What are you up to, Ichinose?

BUBBLE7: How's my uniform?

BUBBLE8: Of course we do, it's adorable!
BUBBLE9: Uh huh!
BUBBLE10: Ehehe!

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BUBBLE1: What do you think, dad?

BUBBLE2: Huh?
BUBBLE3: Uh...
BUBBLE4: Um.

BUBBLE5: I saw it not too long ago,
BUBBLE6: So...
BUBBLE7: You don't think it's cute?
BUBBLE8: Mom said she was jealous of me
BUBBLE9: because she was stuck with something ugly.

BUBBLE10: Huh?

BUBBLE11: The uniform!
BUBBLE12: She said when she went to Sakuei Junior High, the uniforms were really bad...

133:
BOX1: So, what she's saying
BOX2: Is that 'Ai' attened
BOX3: Sakuei Academy!?

BUBBLE1: Kawamoto,
BUBBLE2: Do you anyone at our school who graduated from Sakuei?
BUBBLE3: Hmm?
BUBBLE4: Someone who decided not to move on to Sakuei high school and came here instead...?

BUBBLE5: I know someone.

BUBBLE6: Shi-Shiratori, who is this-
BUBBLE7: I've got no reason to tell you.
BUBBLE8: Um.

134:
BUBBLE1: The president of the "Dog Club" is from Sakuei...

BUBBLE2: Ugh. The "Dogs and dog-related wares appreciation club"?
TEXT1: I'm not good around dogs...

BUBBLE3: Was I... not of any help?
BUBBLE4: Not at all. Thanks, Koizumi-san.

BUBBLE5: Koizumi! Don't you dare try and hog everything!
BUBBLE6: Huh?
BUBBLE7: But, Ichinose-kun dumped you, Shiratori-san, so...

BUBBLE8: Ha! I dumped HIM!
BUBBLE9: Then, if you were the one he liked, he'd be depressed right now, right?

sfx: GRRRRRRRR.....
TEXT1: What're you trying to say?
TETX2: Hmm?
BUBBLE1: ...
BUBBLE2: I'm outta here...

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BUBBLE1: Why's dad so late?
BUBBLE2: He told me to hide here while get gathered info,
BUBBLE3: but if I'm alone for too long...

BUBBLE4: Chima.
BUBBLE5: Don't cry,
BUBBLE6: Chima.

BUBBLE7: Ahhh! I won't cry!
BUBBLE8: I'll be all smiles once I save mom.
BUBBLE9: Mom's not going to die
BUBBLE10: so don't be sad!
BUBBLE11: Don't lose, Chima!

136:
BUBBLE1: Who're you?

BUBBLE2: Huh?

BUBBLE3: I've never seen that uniform before,
BUBBLE4: but that's a Sakuei badge, isn't it?
BUBBLE5: Uh,
BUBBLE6: I...
BUBBLE7: I don't really care why you're here,
BUBBLE8: but you do stand out.

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BUBBLE1: Actually, I went to Sakuei Junior High, too.
BUBBLE2: Come on.
BUBBLE3: If you're going to hang around here, I'll loan you my jersey.

BUBBLE4: Thanks, but I'm just waiting for someone...

BUBBLE5: The Dog Club president!?
BUBBLE6: Hey, it's Pastry Kid!
BUBBLE7: Dad!

BUBBLE8: Hunh?
BUBBLE9: Ah, um...
BUBBLE10: Hmmmmmm...

SIGN: Scientific Materials Closet
SIGN2: Dogs and Dog-related wares appreciation club

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BUBBLE1: Whoa, who's that!?
BUBBLE2: Why is there a student from another school here?
BUBBLE3: Wait, why are YOU guys here?
BUBBLE4: Welcome to the Dog Club. If you're here to join...

BUBBLE5: Ah, no thank you. I'm just tagging along with Ichinose.
BUBBLE6: I am as well...
BUBBLE7: Same here.

BUBBLE8: Well, whatever.
BUBBLE9: So!? Who is this girl!?
BUBBLE10: Uhh...

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BUBBLE1: We told the president here a while ago,
BUBBLE2: but I don't think you'll believe us...
BUBBLE3: This girl ,Chima-
BUBBLE4: Ichinose Chimari is...

BUBBLE5: The daughter of a relative.

BUBBLE6: For various reasons,
BUBBLE7: she's looking for the older sister she's ben separated from.
BUBBLE8: She heard that her sister was a Sakuei student, so they came to me for help.
BUBBLE9: Chimari here calls Ichinose "Dad" because he's sort of her guardian.

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BUBBLE1: Is... Is that so?
BUBBLE2: I see.

BUBBLE3: Ni-Nice to meet you.
BUBBLE4: Call me 'Chima'.

BUBBLE5: Hey, president...
BUBBLE6: Neither they nor I know what the truth is,
BUBBLE7: but my story is much less of a hassle than yours, right?

BUBBLE8: Now,
BUBBLE9: "give and take".
BUBBLE10: If you want me to help,
BUBBLE11: join my club.

BUBBLE12: I'm not very good with dogs.
BUBBLE13: That amuses me.

BUBBLE14: Wow!
BUBBLE15: How cute!

BUBBLE16: I LOVE dogs!
BUBBLE17: I'll join!

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BUBBLE1: Ichinose, all you'll have to do
BUBBLE2: bring us some cakes and clean the room.
BUBBLE3: So I'm your maid, am I?

BUBBLE4: Aren't dogs great?
BUBBLE5: Uh huh!

BUBBLE6: Ah!
BUBBLE7: I'll join as well.
BUBBLE8: M...
BUBBLE9: Me too!

BUBBLE10: Then, to deepen our new sense of solidarity,
BUBBLE11: I propose we sneak in!

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SIGN: Sakuei Academy for Girls Junior High School

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BUBBLE1: You want to see yearbooks from the past few years, right?
BUBBLE2: The hassle-free way is sneak into the library and copy the disks that the yearbooks are on.

BUBBLE3: Are you serious!?
BUBBLE4: We shouldn't do this. We'll be scolded!

BUBBLE5: Don't worry, I've got a secret passage!
BUBBLE6: Pretty clever, Pres!
TEXT1: I didn't know about this old building.

BUBBLE7: Well, I have no choice but to go...
BUBBLE8: You guys should stay here.
BUBBLE9: I'm going.
BUBBLE10: For the sake of solidarity and all.
BUBBLE11: Awww...

BUBBLE12: I'm going, too.

BUBBLE13: I'm not letting you secretly enter a garden of hotties all on your own!
BUBBLE14: Get off me.
BUBBLE15: W-wait, I'm coming too!

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BUBBLE1: This is it.
DISK: Sakuei Junior High Yearbooks, INLC 0000-0007

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BUBBLE1: How long should it take to copy?
BUBBLE2: About five minutes.
BUBBLE3: Whoa, that computer's old!

BUBBLE4: This is a new model.
BUBBLE5: Keep quiet, Chima.
BUBBLE6: Okay!

BUBBLE7: Shhh.

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BUBBLE1: My heart is beating so fast right now...
BUBBLE2: Isn't this exciting? Isn't this fun?
BUBBLE3: Come on, aren't being a bit inconsiderate to everyone else by saying that?
BUBBLE4: Well...

TEXT1: This is kinda fun

147:
BUBBLE1: Who's that!?
BUBBLE2: Is someone there!?

BUBBLE3: Mmph!

148:
BUBBLE1: Gaah!

BUBBLE2: Ahhhhh!

149:
BUBBLE1-5: Sorry!

BUBBLE6: I'm really sorry.

150:
BUBBLE1: What was that?
BUBBLE2: How should I know!?
BUBBLE3: Anyway, we should make our escape.
BUBBLE4: ...

TEXT1: Well, whatever...

151:
BUBBLE1: We did it!

BOX1: We can finally meet her.
BOX2: We can finally meet "Ai"!

152:
BUBBLE1: Well? Have you found her yet?
BUBBLE2: Settle down, dad! I just started looking...

BUBBLE3: We went through a lot. I can't settle down...

153:
BUBBLE1: What's wrong, Chima?

BUBBLE2: It...
BUBBLE3: It's mom...

BUBBLE4: A-Are you sure!? Is this really her!?
BUBBLE5: No doubt about it!

BUBBLE6: We did it, Chima!
BUBBLE7: Yeah!
BUBBLE8: Now I can finally save mom!
TEXT1: Yup!

BUBBLE9: Finally...

BUBBLE10: Ah! I found another one!
BUBBLE11: Another mom!

BUBBLE12: Wow, really!? Great job, Chima!
BUBBLE13: Ah!

BUBBLE14: I found another one!

BUBBLE15: And another one...

154:
BUBBLE1: ...So, you don't know what your mother looked like when she was young?
BUBBLE2: ...Huh?

BUBBLE3: And, I was a fool to believe in you?
BUBBLE4: Uhh...

BUBBLE5: Now what!?
BUBBLE6: Uhh...

BOX1: That day, we did find "Ai"-san -
BOX2: about 400 times in fact...

BUBBLE1: Damnit, why do I have to do this?
BUBBLE2: It's amusing.
TEXT1: End of Chapter 5

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