Hourou Musuko 120

Hourou Musuko 120

p1:
I can’t help but feel lost.
Chapter 120: First Voices

p2:
It’s not much at all. / Really, it’s barely anything.
C’mon—Look, I get it, just show me already!

(sidebar): Happy, but embarrassed…

Hey—I said it wasn’t much.

It was taken back when your hair was long, so it seems so fresh.
And I know I’m not really smiling with my eyes!

p3:
You seem the most adult in this, Takatsuki-kun.
Quit it! That just makes it sound like I’ve gotten old.
<Handwritten>: That’s not what I meant!

Wow. / You should boast about this at school!

Amazing…
Right? / That’s enough, so close it!

I feel like people are staring at me; it’s embarrassing…
Hey, isn’t that her?
Yeah, I see it. Wow…

p4:
I feel like you might get really distant soon.
Huh? Where’d that come from?

I mean, I’m barely even in the magazine…

Where do you want to go today?

p5:
Sign: Popular model Maiko openly holds hands with someone on a date! Shocking pictures!

I hope no one weird goes after Nitori-kun and Anna-chan…

You’ll have to be careful yourself in a few years, Takatsuki-san.
<aside: Hey, quit it! > / I’ve only made it in the magazine once!

Besides, Suehiro Anna isn’t famous enough for someone to try to get a scoop like that.
You could have just said that first!

Sign: Nitori

p6:
Shuu, have you seen this? / It’s Takatsuki-kun’s picture.
Huh?

p7:
Wow!
That surprised me!

Ah, yes! / Oh, Nitori-kun!

Huh? You saw it? Really? / Wow!

C’mon! It’s so small, I don’t know if it even counts as me being in the magazine…

The voice on the other end didn’t sound like Nitori-kun’s.

p8:
It sounded like a man’s.

p9:
Nitori-kun?

p10:
(upper right): The train will soon be arriving.
I lost my chance to raise my voice to him.

Nitori-kun?

p11:
Isn’t it amazing, to run into him on the way to and the way home?

Yes?

p12:
I’m off!

Ah!

Ah— / the trains’ here. / I finally saw him again, but the timing was horrible…

p13:
Huh? / <little text> He’s staring.

I knew it was you!
Ariga-kun!

<little text> What? / Stop staring at people’s faces. It’s creepy.
I didn’t know when to raise my voice!

p14:
Studying for tests?
Yeah. / You guys have test soon too, Ariga-kun?
Yup.

Ah! / Nitorin, over here.

There’s seats next to the bathroom.

Good luck!

p15:
My drink’s empty. / Do you want anything, Chiba-san?
I’m still good.

Umm, I’ll have a Chamomile Tea…
I’ll have the same!

<small text> Welcome!
<smaller text> Tee hee.

p16:
I ran into Nitori-kun once more, / in front of the bathroom.

It’s weird. / It’s something so simple, but...

p17:
handwritten text: Memories

Huh? Where did I put it?

Ah!

Found it!

p18:
Like this, you two will look like lovers.

Nitori-kun, Takatsuki-san, / you both look amazing.

Amazing, / huh…

p19:
I saw Nitori-kun again today.

But naturally I missed my chance to raise my voice.

From where I was standing, I could see a little bit of him.

p20:
I didn’t run into him at the station on the way home.

I felt relieved;

I felt lonely.

I didn’t see him the next morning, either.

p21:
That time I was definitely lonely.

My first love was a girl in my class. / She was boyish, and always overflowing with confidence.

p22:
And she gave me a kick in the pants when I needed it.

Were she and I kindred spirits?

p23:
Takatsuki-san!
Huh? / Ah! / Nitori-kun!
Wow! You surprised me! / What? Oh, because it’s right before tests, right?

Ah, / yeah, I’m studying for tests.

<small text> I have to go study, too!

I thought then / that I might like Nitori-kun.

p24:
But Nitori-kun has Anna-chan.

As for me,
back when we were little, / Nitori-kun said he loved me, but…

But since we were such children…

(right sidebar): Now that Yoshino has realized her feelings towards Shuuichi… To be continued.