Baka and Boing 2

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001:
TITLE: Baka & Boing
AUTHOR: KOBAYASHI Hiyoko
Chapter Two: Take Me Instead!
TEXT (left-vert): Your existence means everything to me...

002:
BUBBLE1: The operation failed...!?
TEXT1: A cruel fate...!!

BUBBLE2: Calm down.
BUBBLE3: She's supposed to die around this time anyway.

TEXT1: Ho-
BUBBLE4: Hold on!
BUBBLE5: Now that I think about it, I don't even believe in shinigami! Stop messing around!
SMALLTEXT: Stupid brat!

003:
BUBBLE1: Who're you callin' a brat!?
BUBBLE2: Ugghhh!

BUBBLE3: Sheesh... I know this is sudden, so you can't help but be surprised.
BUBBLE4: Here, I'll show you what's become of her...
BUBBLE5: ...Dead...

TEXT1: Whaat?
BUBBLE6: No, that's okay. You don't have to show me.

BUBBLE7: Just look!

004:
BUBBLE1: Here she is, in that terrible place.
BUBBLE2: And she'll never wake up...

BUBBLE3: You get it, right?

BUBBLE4: Now then... As it's your time of death...

005:
BUBBLE1: I'm gonna cut your soul string and then it'll be all over.
BUBBLE2: After that, you'll wait in the afterlife for your chance to reincarnate.

BUBBLE3: Soul string...
BUBBLE4: Is this it!?

BUBBLE5: Jeez, she's so oblivious...
BUBBLE6: So, I really do have one.
SMALLTEXT: I didn't notice this here before!

BUBBLE1: Whatever...
BUBBLE2: We're outta time, all right?

006:
BUBBLE1: Don't kill Kokoro-san!

BUBBLE2: Take me instead!
BUBBLE3: And then, save Kokoro-san!

BUBBLE4: What the hell, man!?

BUBBLE5: Are you stupid? If I took some other soul, it would just get torn apart.
BUBBLE6: No substitutes.

007:
BUBBLE1: Jeez... What's with you? Not only are you obviously weak, but you're a pest, too.
BUBBLE2: This is why humans are a pain to deal with.

BUBBLE3: Yamada Taichi?
BUBBLE4: Hmmm...I'm looking at your entire life right now.

BUBBLE5: Heh, what a boring guy,

BUBBLE6: Ever since you were a kid, you've had no real talents.
BUBBLE7: No friends, nothin' to fight for... you like to play it safe.
BUBBLE8: You're nickname in class was 'the wandering spirit'!?
TEXT: pffft

008:
BUBBLE1: You suck!
BUBBLE2: You're the most boring type of human.

BUBBLE3: The only thing you've ever been serious about is an idol that won't sell.

BUBBLE4: Shut up, shinigami...
BUBBLE5: You're right... I've been drifting through life, doing everything half-assed.

BUBBLE6: But I changed after I met Kokoro-san.
BUBBLE7: I finally realized what it was like to be consumed by something.

009:
BUBBLE1: That's why I can't let Kokoro-san die!

BUBBLE2: No matter what!!

BUBBLE3: Sorry, but that's impossible.
BUBBLE4: She's gonna die.

BUBBLE5: BUT WHY!?
BUBBLE6: I Dunno.

010:
BUBBLE1: What should I doo!!?
BUBBLE2: I'm so uselessss!!
BUBBLE3: Whoa... You were in control a moment ago. Now you're just embarrassin' yourself...

BUBBLE4: Buuut... If you're willing to go this far to keep her alive,
BUBBLE5: ...
BUBBLE6: I may know of a way...

BUBBLE7: Huh!?

BUBBLE8: It's a trade... but, are you really willing to do ANYTHING?

011:
BUBBLE1: O-O-Of course!
BUBBLE2: If it'll save Kokoro-san, I'll do anything!!

BUBBLE3: ...A trade...?

BUBBLE4: Got it!
BUBBLE5: But, I'll let ya know now:
BUBBLE6: there's no turning back.

012:
BUBBLE1: Wha--!!

BUBBLE2: ...

BUBBLE3: Uhhh... Let's see...
BUBBLE4: Ah, here it is.

013:
BUBBLE1: Come on!

BUBBLE2: H-he's.. dead.
BUBBLE3: He ain't dead!
BUBBLE4: I just loosened up his soul.

BUBBLE5: Don't you move, miss.
BUBBLE6: Okay...

014:
BUBBLE1: Kyaa!
BUBBLE2: Your tits are huge for a failed idol...

BUBBLE3: Hyaah!

015:
BUBBLE1: Wha...?

BUBBLE2: Ahhhhh!

016:
TEXT1: Ahh!

017:
BUBBLE1: ...!

BUBBLE2: ...

BUBBLE3: Wha...
BUBBLE4: What the hell was that!?

BUBBLE5: I just did what you wanted.
BUBBLE6: Huh?

018:
BUBBLE1: I saved this girl.

BUBBLE2: Um.. My body feels... very warm...

BUBBLE3: You aren't lying, are you?

BUBBLE4: Look closely...
BUBBLE5: You guys are stuck together.

019:
BUBBLE1: What...? No, we're not.
BUBBLE2: ?
BUBBLE3: Stop saying strange stuff.

BUBBLE4: Just shut up and look closely.

BUBBLE5: Your soul is now connected to the soul of this girl.
BUBBLE6: A soul that's been weakened from being on the brink of death can restore its life energy by connecting to the soul of a living human.
BUBBLE7: But... It's an emergency measure.

020:
BUBBLE1: Then... Then...
BUBBLE2: Kokoro-san's life...

BUBBLE3: ...However...
BUBBLE4: Even though the two of you will live on together,

BUBBLE5: you'll also die together.

BUBBLE6: Also, this condition isn't really built to last, you see.

021:
BUBBLE1: So, you've got about half a year.
BUBBLE2: Once half a year has passed, the both of you will die. Can't be helped, though.
BUBBLE3: Right?

BUBBLE4: What!? So she's still dying!!?
BUBBLE5: Hey!
BUBBLE6: Even just changing the time of this girl's death is a loss for us!

BUBBLE7: Besides, I said it was a trade... Now I get to take two souls at once; that'll be great for my score.
BUBBLE8: You said you do anything, right?

BUBBLE9: Anyway... Looks like I'm done here.
BUBBLE10: See ya.

022:
BUBBLE1: Enjoy the last six months of your lives, you two.

TEXT1: Wa--
BUBBLE2: Wait! Stop!

023:
BUBBLE1: Stop, shinigami!
BUBBLE2: Wait... PLEASE, wait!!

BUBBLE3: BANG!

BUBBLE4: !?

BUBBLE5: Uh-uuhmmm... excuse me...
BUBBLE6: but, could you look at this...? It's strange...

024:
BUBBLE1: This string...
BUBBLE2: it looks like it's fading...

BUBBLE3: ...?

BUBBLE4: See...?

BUBBLE5: NO WAY!

025:
BUBBLE1: Hmm... I wonder what'll happen when this string disappers...
BUBBLE2: I... th-think I know...

BUBBLE3: We... DIE.

BUBBLE4: ...I'm really sorry about all this...

BUBBLE5: I wanted to save you, but in the end... there was no point to what I did.
BUBBLE6: I guess it's true: I'm lacking in everything I do...

026:
BUBBLE1: This is all my fault...
BUBBLE2: I'm very sorry. It would've been better if I had died then instead...

BUBBLE3: What're you saying!? I'm more than happy to have helped you, even if it wasn't much.
BUBBLE4: Please don't say things like that...
BUBBLE5: But... in six months, we...

BUBBLE6: Six months...

027:
BUBBLE1: Even if it's only for six months, I still won't let you die!

BUBBLE2: I don't care what happens to me,
BUBBLE3: but, at the very least, I'll do anything to save you, Kokoro-san!

BUBBLE4: ...Hmm.
BUBBLE5: Though I'm not sure what to do...

BUBBLE6: Yamada Taichi-san... was it?

028:
BUBBLE1: Then, I'm with you.
BUBBLE2: For my own sake, I won't let you die either, Taichi-san.

BUBBLE3: We're going the spend the rest of our lives together, so let's do our best.
BUBBLE4: Together...for the rest of our lives...

BUBBLE5: !
BUBBLE6: Oh... We probably shouldn't be too far away from each other.

029:
BUBBLE1: Well... I look forward to our time together...
BUBBLE2: !!!

BUBBLE3: Ko-Ko...Kokoro-san!

BUBBLE4: Dowaah!
BUBBLE5: Ta...Taichi-san

TEXT1: I can't believe this...!

030:
BUBBLE1: I get to spend the rest of my days with THE Kokoro-san.
BUBBLE2: Are you okay?
BUBBLE3: I can die happy now!!
BUBBLE4: Oh... I'm dying in six months anyway...
TEXT1: No, don't die! Live on, Taichi!!

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