Hourou Musuko 106

p1:
Are we that weird?

(?): Start running!

Chapter 106: Whispers

p2:
[side]: Sometimes even Mako…

p3:
Makoto: I’m in trouble.

Makoto: Yesterday, I…

[sign]: Bread and ~ / Ariga Bakery

Makoto’s Mom: Mako, you’ve been getting kinda buff lately.
Makoto’s dad: Yeah, you’re right.

Makoto: Quit it! You’ll jinx me!
Makoto’s mom: What’s so bad about it? You’re starting to look macho!

p4:
Makoto: But I don’t want to look macho! Why can’t I just be slender?!
Makoto’s dad: I just don’t think that’s in the cards.
Makoto’s mom: Our family’s always been big-boned, so I don’t think you’ll wind up slender.

Makoto: I know it’s not really my business, but / you’ve started to buff up too, Nitorin.

Makoto: Though you look cool like that!

Shuu: If my muscles keep getting bigger…
Makoto: Yeah?

Shuu: I might not be able to dress as a girl anymore.
Makoto: Society wouldn’t let you get away with that, huh?

p5:
Shuu: Life sucks, huh…
Makoto: Yeah, life sucks. / You know you’re lucky, right?

Makoto: … you angry?
Shuu: No, that’s not it.

Shuu: Mako-chan, you always talk as if you’re horrible, but

p6:
Shuu: I think you’re cute. Honest.
<asides>: Ah! / Yuck!

Makoto: What—/ Where’d that come from?!
<aside: Don’t spit at me! / S—sorry. >

Makoto: Man… / You’re such a natural gigolo, Nitorin—it’s kinda scary.

Makoto: And you have a girlfriend, too. / Ah, this is scary!

[sign: Nitori]

p7:
Anna: You’re tired, huh.
Shuu: Yeah….

Anna: It’s because the baseball tournament’s coming up, isn’t it?
Shuu: Yeah. / And I have tests, too…

Anna: OK then! / I’ll give you a massage!
Shuu: Huh? You don’t need to do that!

Anna: C’mon! I just learned how, and I want to try it out!
Shuu: Ah…

Anna: The masseuse who taught me was amazing!
Shuu: Really?

p8:
Anna: Yeah. / So, how’s your job doing? / You seem so busy.
Shuu: Yeah…

Shuu: Things aren’t going so well, / so I’m taking a break for a little while.

Shuu: I asked an acquaintance to cover for me…

Minamoto: Hey! / I’m here! I’m right in front of Café Brazil, umm…

p9:
[sign]:Looking for Waitresses
Minamoto: It looks like they’re looking for part-timers; do you mind if I ask for the job?

Minamoto: You’ll give me a recommendation, right, Nitori-kun?
Manager: Isn’t that great?

Anna: That’s stupid! / Now you owe her one!
Shuu: I know…

p10:
Anna: Huh? / If you owe her one, then…

Anna: Now she’s going to ask you to let her interview you in exchange!
Shuu: She already did.

Anna: Huh… Then, well, I guess you’ll just have to make do.
Shuu: … Yeah.

p11:
Minamoto: I always figured that guys who dress as girls would be attracted to guys.

Minamoto: But to think you have a girlfriend… / Does she know?
Shuu: Yeah.

Minamoto: That’s even stranger!

p12:
Shuu: A—

Shuu: Anna-chan!
Anna: Ye— / yes!

p13:
<no text>

p14:
Wah-wah / wah?! / What are you two doing up there?!
Anna: Nothing!

Maho: I’m gonna tell Maiko-chan!
Anna: Don’t!

p15:
Anna: What the hell?!!

Anna: I really did learn from a master masseuse. / And I did exactly what she taught me…

Anna: I just wanted to touch Shuu.

p16:
Woman: Um… We’ve reached the first floor.
Anna: Oh!

Anna: Please excuse me. / When exactly did I get on the elevator?!
Woman: Have a good day.

Maho: Don’t do that stuff.
Shuu: Do what?

Maho: You shouldn’t do that kind of thing until you’re an adult. <aside: Hahhhh…. >
Shuu: And what is “that kind of thing”?

Maho: Don’t play dumb.

p17:
Shuu: And what about you and Seya? / <aside>: Huh?! / Who’d want to be in a love story with you?! / Please don’t answer that…

They might do it.

They really might do it.

Someday / soon, / finally, / they’ll do it.

p18:
SFX: *Skssh* / *Whsshhhh*

p19:
<No text>

p20:
Nitori: That really / looks good on you.
Ebina: Stop it; you’ll make me blush.

Nitori: So, where’s your daughter today?
Ebina: Ah… I left her with my mother.

p21:
Ebina: I thought she might get in the way between us.

Nitori: I’ll pretend to be your daughter for today.

Ebina: Thank you.

p22:
Ebina: Isn’t this what you’d call an offline meet-up?
Nitori: Ah… maybe. / I’m not terribly familiar with those…

Nitori: Were the dates I went on with Takatsuki-san “offline meet-ups”? / Chiba-san was there, too…

Ebina: You seem really confident, Nitori-kun. / Were you like that from the beginning?

Nitori: Huh? No, not at all.

Nitori: I was really nervous, and kind of embarrassed.

p23:
Nitori: I was nervous today, too. / I mean, what if I run into someone I know?
Ebina: Haha... Yeah, that would be scary.

Ebina: If I ran into someone I know… / I guess it’d be the end of me.

p24:
Nitori: What—what is it?

Ebina: That—that woman—I had a marriage interview recently with the woman we just passed.

Ebina: If she recognized me, it’ll be the end of me. / For real….

[sidebar]: What will Ebina-san do now that she understands the risk?