Yaoyorozu Girl Volume 1

Table of Contents

#1 Kibitsu Momoka: 3
#2 The Ape, the Pheasant and the Dog: 27
#3 Onigami Setsuna: 51
#4 Our Legend: 75
#5 The Evil Guardians: 101
#6 The Senpai who Sleeps in the (school) Infirmary: 135

003
Narrator: This is the insular country of Japan.//16 years ago, a great cataclysm was visited upon it, and a great many things were lost./However./Everything wasn't gone./The people was striving to revive their former civilization, while preserving it./An age of scarcity had begun.//A strong, energetic young girl lived during this era of confusion./This story is about her.

004
#1 Kibitsu Momoka

006
Pursuers: Waaaaiit.//
Akaki: Stop right there!
Aoki: You dirty sneak-thief!!
Momoka: This place doesn't belong to anyone./Grandma told me.*slap slap*

007
Akaki: Are you kidding me?!
Aoki: This is our property. And you're dead.
Momoka: Don't talk about killing people!!
Aoki: Yeah... What's with that girl?
Akaki: There should be laws against running that fast.//What did she take except some piece of trash? Let's drop it.
Aoki: Bummer. And who's gonna get yelled at if not us?
Momoka (from here on out, Momo): Pfiuu./I've distanced them. Thank God.//I can't be wrong about it this time.*flap*
Momo: Zero, zero... One, ooone.../Good. I've got a match!
Message: (on top)Fetching List. (Left) Number. (Right) A Memory Card like this one.

008
Senka: WRONG ITEM!!*bop*
Momo: Eeek.
*grab*
Granny: Tell me, Momoka./Are you really trying at all?!
Momo: I... I am.*GRIP*
Senka: ....... It's always the same thing with you. Cut the crap already!! You're 16 aren't you...
Momo: I am sorry...*twitch*

009
*bah*
Momo: Wah.
*thump*
Senka: Be prepared. Next time you get it wrong, I'll kick your ass.*crack crack*
Saruyama (from now on, Saru): You got chewed up by the old hag again, have you./What's wrong, Momoka.

010
Momo: Why, it's just you, Saruyama...
Saru: What do you mean, "just you"? You look like a little kid crying after she's been yelled at.//What?*hic*
Momo: Saruyama... Aren't you ever sad when somebody's angry at you?
Saru: Huh? Not really... I don't get yelled at an awful lot.
Momo: Me... I wonder if granny really likes me.
Saru: Eh... Aah... I see...
Momo:: She's been really mad at me lately, and nothing else./I have no idea what I should do any more.//Granny's made anger her default mood, I'm sure of it. "You just fell off some peach tree right into the gutter, and that's where I picked you, you good for nothing!!"/That's what she says./I'd like to return the favor, if only a little...[tn: A pun on Momoka's name, since the "momo" part is sounds like the Japanese for "peach".]

011
Momo: For picking me up and raising me as she did...
Saru: Tell me... You don't really believe that story, do you...? Hello!*wipe*
Momo: Saruyama!! What do you think? What should I do for granny to compliment me?
Saru: Eeh?//Before you think about getting compliments.../How about you try not being yelled at again?
Momo: I DON'T CARE ABOUT NOT BEING YELLED AT I WANT GRANNY TO CONGRATULATE ME!! I WANT CONGRATULATIONS!
Saru: You're greedier than I thought... There's no doubting who your grandma is...
Momo: Maybe I should really try to do my job properly...
Saru: Your job? Aaah. You mean garbage-collecting?
Momo: It doesn't really look like garbage.

012
Saru: Ah, okay. Whatever piece of junk or trash you pick up/It might turn out to be somebody else's treasure.//Oh, well. It's nothing a rich guy like me would care about.
Cell phone: Mooomotarosan momotarosan...
Momo: Ah. A mail.*clap*
Saru: Here's a funny ringtone...
Momo: It's granny./I need to go again.
Message: From: Granny. Title: About your last job. Message: Give it another go. - Senka - [tn: The Kanji for Momoka 百花 mean 100 Flowers and Senka (or Chika, the manga isn't very clear about that) 千花 means 1000 Flowers.
Saru: Where to?

013
Flag: Oni [tn: Oni=ogre, demon...]
Saru: Gasp!!/THAT'S where you work?!
Momo: You know the place?
Saru: Get your hands off me...//The hell you dragged me out here for?!!/I''m outta here!!*bah*
Momo: Ah.//Don't go that way, it's a dead end!
Pursuers: HEY!

014
Akaki: You again, girl?!!
Aoki: You got a death wish or what?//Mh?! This is the first time I see you... Are you a thief?
Saru: No, sir. I have nothing to do with all of this.
Momo: Ah! It's those guys who always come running after me. What's your problem?
Saru: Did you say "What's your problem?"...//These guys are from the Onigami Family!! When they think they can find plenty of stuff someplace, they claim it by force and call it “their property”.
Momo: Aah, yeah! I heard about the “bunch of meatheads”, as granny calls them.
Akaki: You... little bitch...

015
Akaki: I guess she really wants to die.
Aoki: ...Alright./We can help there.
Saru: Hey what are you doing...*closing in*
Aoki: Hummm. Seems like you've got nowhere to run...
Momo: No choice but to take them down!!*zip*
Saru: Uh?!
Akaki: Prepare yourself, brat!!*BAH*

016
Aoki: Now you//Diiie
*CRUNCH*
Akaki&Aoki: ?!!

017
Aoki: AAAAARGHHHH
Akaki: Who the hell are you?!
Momo: Granny taught me I should never lose any fight I get in. If I get hurt or anything, she'll get mad at me and kick my butt till I'm twice worse off.
Akaki: Quit talking out your ass!!
*PAF*

018
*CRACK*
Akaki: RAAAAAAHHH.//OOOUUUCH!!*roll roll*
Saru: Ah, um... I'll be taking my leave...
Momo: Eh?
Akaki: You... you bitch. Who the hell are you?!
*huff*

019
Momo: I am Mukuro Private High School Class #1's Number 1 student. Kibitsu Momoka!!/And this is my classmate Saruyama Shin!!*DUDUN*[tn: Mukuro means "corpse", hence the skulls and bones on the characters' uniforms.]
Saru: What are you introducing me for?!!! Are you stupid or what?!
Momo:Why are you angry?!
Akaki: Mukuro High... That makes you guys our kouhai! [tn: A junior worker/student at work/school.]
Aoki: Hell. We sure gonna remember your names!!

020
Akaki: We won't forget this!
Aoki: Next time we meet consider yourselves dead!*dash*
Saru: They're gone...
Momo: Aaaalrright let's get to work! Searching time!
Saru: First things first, Momoka. How did you do that?! Where'd you get all that strength from?!
Momo: Uh? It's nothing special. Everyone can do that, right?*clank clank*
Saru: Of course not!!
Momo: C'mon, Saruyama. You're always talking about people like they're freaks.*CREAK*
Momo: That's reaaaally rude, you know.*CRANCK CRANCK*
Momo: I can't see what's so unusual.//Ah!!

021
Momo: It's got to be this!//And this time, the characters are perfectly matched. Aren't they?!
Saru: Ahem... Good find... I guess./And that's what you get chewed up over... That's not much, don't you think?
Momo: YAHOOOOO!!
Senka: Yeah. That's the one.//Good job.*tak*

022
Momo: Uuuum...
Senka: I'm busy at the moment. Don't talk to me!*clic clac*
Momo: Um...*thud*
Senka: You want me to reshape your face?*glare*
Momo:I don't!!//I didn't get any praise...

023
Saru: You didn't get scolded either. I'd call it a progress.
Momo: Really...?
Saru: Yeah, probably......
Momo: Okay!! I'll work and work and work and she'll compliment me in no time!!
Saru: Good luck with that...
Momo: I'll be counting on you!
Saru: UUH?!*pof*
Saru: No way! Are you kidding me?! Don't drag me into this!!

024
Narrator: Onigami Residence
Setsuna: What?/If you're gonna lie at least put some thought into it.
Akaki: We aren't lying, sir!!/That funny girl........//she really took my fist into her hand and crushed it.
Aoki: And she broke my leg.
Setsuna: Humph.
Book: Children's Library (13) KB. Ann of the Green Gables - Montgomery - *paf*[tn: Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942). Canadian novelist. Famous for her work geared towards children. The "KB" stands for "kodomo bunko", or alternatively "kids' books".]

025
Sign: One day. One kill.
Setsuna: Bottom line is, you guys are worthless without me./I can't even recover in peace.//My old man left me in charge of this place./Your screw-ups are my screw-ups...//Next time if anything gets filched again... You. Are. DEAD.*glare*
Aoki&Akaki: Ye... Yes sir...

026
Narrator, Signpost: Mukuro Private High School.
Momo: Hello, Saruyama!
Saru: He... Hel...//LOOO?!!*clobbered*
Saru: What was that for? I thought you'd managed to avoid reprimand.
Momo: I have. She just sat on me and clouted me for oversleeping this morning.//I'm perfectly fine!
Saru: I... If you say so. As long as you're okay, I guess there's no problem...[/End

027
#2The Ape, the Pheasant and the Dog [tn: The "ape" is Saruyama, whose name means "Ape Mountain". The rest is self-explanatory.]

028
Momo: Hiii, Saruyama!!/Have a look at this!!
Saru: Oh, hello. You look mighty cheerful.*rumble*
Momo: Heheee.//DU-DUUUUN!!

029
Saru: What's a bird doing where your lunch should be?
Momo: That's a low blow!//It was wounded when I found it./I'd keep it as a pet if I could.//But I guess granny would never agree.
Saru: Yep... She'd have it for dinner.
Momo: Exactly. So...//You don't mind taking it home with you, Saruyama?
Saru: 'Kay... My sister might want to eat it. But I'm willing to take it if that helps.
Momo: HOW'S THAT ANY BETTER?!!
Sara: Hey Shin!!
Saru: Aah... Nee-chan.[tn: “Big sister”. And a babe, if I might add.]
Sara: Don't go around forgetting your lunchbox. Someone's had to work their ass off to make it.

030
Saru: Uuum... My bad....
Sara: Momoka. It's been a while! Still getting on your grandma's bad side, are you?
Momo: Uh... Yeah.
Sara: Anything goes wrong, you can come see me any time!! I'll take care of your wounds!
Momo: Sara-nee-san...
Sara: See ya. Take good care of yourseeeelf.
Momo: Your sister's so nice.
Saru: Eeeeeh?//If you like her so much you can have her.
Momo: You really mean that?
Passer by: Piling the work on us...*swip*
*tshrrr*

031
*zip*
*ZOOM*

032
Saru: Ah? The lunchbox.
*twitch twitch*
Saru: Tsk... Oh, well. Given what's inside...
*gah*
Momo: KIJIIIIIIIII!!![tn: "Kiji" means "pheasant" here. It's also an actual name, so I'm using it as such.]*DASH*
Saru: Momoka?!//Wai... School is...*dash*

033
Momo: Kiji...
Miki: Saruyama-kun, Momoka. What's wrong?
Saru: Someone snatched her box away and we haven't been able to catch them.
Miko: Eh? Even for a fast runner like Momoka? What did they take?
Saru: ... Some kind of bird.
Miki: ... A bird?
Saru: ... Yep.
Momo: A pheasant...
Saru: My lunchbox has been stolen too. 'Twas some kind of funny guy who looked like a dog.
Miki: A dog?!

034
Miki: I don't know if it's a dog or anything... But there's been lots of thefts lately. I've been on the lookout too...//Cheer up, Momoka.
Momo: Miki-chan...
Ikuo: Damn it.*clac clac clac*
Ikuo: What a sad excuse for a lunch./I'm tellin' ya.//I won't be able to make much money off that bird!!/Guess I'd better get it to put up some fat then eat it.//Sigh. Looks like I'll have no choice but to work today as well...

035
Momo: ... Granny... sent me looking for stuff today too... This.../Since I don't have homework or anything... it should be an easy find, she said...//........ Kiji...
Saru: Pull yourself together already./You'll have no trouble finding a similar bird somewhere.//... Hey!!/You're dragging me into your own business again!!//I'm outta here!*jolt*
Momo: Kiji...
Saru: ... We find it post-hate and we get away from here./While the place is still free of Onigami grunts!!*grab*

036
Saru: Can't see anything likely-looking.
Momo: Not here...*slam*
Saru: Are you even trying?/If you don't find it the old hag's gonna go crazy on you, right?
Momo: Yeah... That's right...//THAT'S... THAT'S RIGHT!! GRANNY WILL KILL ME!!*clang clang*
Saru: You sure took your time to notice!!*VLAM*

037
Shiraki: Trying to filch stuff from Onigami property, are you./You don't know what's good for you, you goddamn brat!!*squeeze*
Momo: That's the bird-stealing dog!
Saru: Eeh? ... Uuh...
Shiraki: Mh?//What do we have here today? It's a real mice infestation.../Uh?! ... A girl!!//You're the Kibitsu chick who did in those two guards?!/And that dude is Saruyama!!
Saru: They even remember me.........

038
Shiraki: I ended up on guard duty because of you./The young master will be happy if I kick you out.*grin*
Saru: Like hell we'll let you get ahold of us!
Momo: Ah. Saruyama!!
Shiraki: Oh.//Do you plan of running away too?
Momo: Who do you think I am?!!/I'm not afraid of the likes of you!!

039
Shiraki: Hah...//I'll crush you to a pulp!!*whud*
*whoosh*
*shaa*
Shiraki: ?!
*dash*

040
*grab*
Shiraki: Agh.

041
*grip grip*
*grip grip*
Shiraki: Gh...//Gasp.
*huff*
Momo: This should do it!*baf*
*thud*

042
Saru: I guess you're done.*tilt*
Momo: You were watching?
Saru: Yer really scary, you are.
Momo: That again...
Saru: Nevermind that. Over there.
Momo: Eh?//Ah. That's right. KIJI!!*scary face*

043
Ikuo: Ple... Please let me live. The bird is in my home and it's safe!!/Spare my life I beg you!!
Momo: Return it to me!
Ikuo: Of course!!
Momo: Good.
Saru: More importantly. What are you doing here?
Ikuo: Ahem. Working./Looking for the kind of junk that's likely to attract weirdos. It ain't easy though, because stuff happens. Like today./But you can make lots of money out of this.
List: Please gather as many of these as possible.
Momo: It's a lot like my own job. I'm working under my granny's orders, though.
Ikuo: Orders...
Momo: Today, she wants this.
Ikuo: Oh.//If that's what you need try your luck down there.
Saru: Down there?
Momo: An underground room.
Ikuo: It's pretty tough to get stuff out of here, usually.

044
Ikuo: Maybe around these parts.//There were plenty of department stores in this area before the disaster./The bulk of the articles they had has ended up here.
Momo: You know so many things. That's awesome.
Ikuo: Eh...
Momo: I've come here countless times for work. Yet I had no idea./Ah. I am Kibitsu Momoka. And that's Saruyama Shin. What about you?
Ikuo: Me?/Inukai Ikuo, ma'am.
Saru: Hey. Is that what you want?
Momo: eh?*tilt*
Ikuo: .........
Momo: THAT'S IT!/YAAAY!!

045
Momo: Inukai!! I've found it!
Ikuo: Is that so.
Momo: If you hadn't been there I would've been in for a granny-made pounding!!*shake shake*
Ikuo: Pou... Pounding?!
Momo: Ah.
Ikuo: Eh.
Momo: You're bleeding.

046
Momo: Uh? Did I hurt you?
Ikuo: No.//Such attentions are wasted on a thief like me./No one has ever done something like that for me before.
Momo: Are you scared of the people at your place?
Ikuo: I'm an orphan.//Unlike you schoolgoers I do this every day to scrape a living.../Sometimes I get caught and beaten up./I'm just a poor, lonely wolf.
Momo: It's so sad to be alone./I know. You can be my friend, if you like.

047
Momo: ... You don't want to?
Ikuo: I do... It's just that I've been surprised an awful lot today...//I'll become yer kobun, Momoka-san! I'll follow you to hell and back! 'Sit okay?!//Momoka-san... I mean Momo-nee-san!!
Momo: !!//Nee-san.*cuddle cuddle*[tn: The Japanese mob a.k.a yakuza tend to employ a family lexicon to define their ranks. At the top stands the oyabun (godfather). An intermediary "officer" will be referred to as "aniki" (big bro) by his underlings. Everybody is the oyabun's kobun, or "godson".]
Saru: ...... Great.

048
Setsuna: Talking about that girl again./Whatever you're smoking, I suggest you quit.
Shiraki: I'm telling the truth!! She's crazy agile and fast....... And crazy strong too. She grappled me and strangled me./And she's pretty stacked too...
*pines*
Setsuna: Something tells me you've got a death wish.
Shiraki: NO WAY!!

049
Setsuna: ...... I've lost hope in you guys already./My wounds are healed..... Just a little longer and I can go back to school.
Shiraki: Pardon?/?
Setsuna: By the looks of it she's in 1st year like me.//I'll see for myself what kind of chick she's like.
Shiraki: (I have faith in you/ No matter what you say.)
Momo: Hello, Saruyama.

050
*DUUUNN*
Saru: What happened? Didn't you find what you were looking for?/And what's with the dog?
Momo: When I asked granny if I could keep Kiji as a pet she punched me...
Ikuo: Since Momo-nee-san was in danger, I jumped to the rescue. And I ended up that way.
Momo: We decided to keep Kiji at Inukai's place eventually.
Ikuo: I'll take the responsibility to raise it!!
Saru: ... I see.//.... Ah!! While we're at it. What have you done with my lunchbox?!!
Ikuo: Ah. I've cleaned it good!*rummage*
Ikuo: Here./There was quite a bit of food in there...//But I felt a bit sad for some reason. You don't get an awful lot of love, do you.
Saru: Don't make me hurt you.[/End

051
#3 Onigami Setsuna

052
Ikuo: Helloooo!!/Time to go to school, Momo-nee-san.//........./No answer.*bang bang bang*
Ikuo: What's with that noise?//Ah. Momo-nee-san.*bang bang bang*
Ikuo: What are you doing?
Momo: I broke some stuff while I was half asleep. Granny got mad and told me I'd go to school after it's repaired.*drop*
Ikuo: This is gonna take some time...

053
Saru: And that's what you're late for?/Momoka's house is a real nuthouse.//And you... Don't stand about like this as if it was the most natural thing in the world./Inukai.
Ikuo: It is. I'm Momo-nee-san's kobun.
Saru: Still. You don't need to go as far as holding a bucket yourself, do you?

054
Miki: Momokaaaa. The teacher says you can come back.
Momo: Ah. Miki-chan.
Ikuo: That's great, Momo-nee-san.
Miki: More importantly! It's about something I've heard.
Momo: Mh?
Miki: Ahem./A member of the Onigami Family is coming to school today. No more trouble, alright?
Momo: ....... What is she talking about?
Saru: The guys you've been kicking around!!
Momo: Ah, them. The guys who wouldn't let me do my job in peace. You know them too, Miki-chan?
Miki: Huh?
Saru: Everyone who lives around these parts knows who they are. I told you about them earlier. Those guys who get their business done through strength of arms.

055
Miki: Wai... Wait! Your work... You mean the garbage-collecting thing? You're really doing that?!
Saru: And she beat up several of their underlings too...
Miki: What?! You've been involved with Yakuza. That can't end we...//Ah. Sorry.//HERE THEY AAAAARE!!
Setsuna: Care to pay attention where you're going, bitch?
Aoki: Ah?!
*flap*
Aoki: Master. It's her!
Setsuna: Whaaaa

056
Setsuna: Kibitsu Momoka./Heey.

058
Setsuna: I was expecting some kind of monstrous woman.../But you've let that walk all over you?
Ikuo: What do you mean, "that"?!!
Setsuna: Pathetic.
Aoki: Don't, sir. You can't afford to let your guard down!!
Teacher: AH.../Onigami... kun!!//You... You're still supposed...//to be under... house... arrest... HEY DON'T SHOVE.
Miki: Enough already, just please do something!*shove*
Setsuna: Sheesh... Why the heck did you have to bring that party-crasher along... Kibitsu!
Momo: Whaaat?!

059
Setsuna: Let's go somewhere else. Pick another spot.
Momo: 'Kaaaay.
Teacher: They're going somewhere else. All is well that ends well.
Miki: SENSEI, WHAT THE HECK.
Setsuna: You've been making fun of Onigami property... My property.
Momo: You guys are the funny ones! Always preventing me from doing my job./I just want granny to be proud of me, that's all.
Setsuna: Uuuuh?

060
Ikuo: Will Momo-nee-san be okay?
Saru: More importantly, how did I end up here of all places...?
Aoki: Hey, fellas.
Ikuo&Saru: Waah.
Ikuo: Wha... wha...You want a piece of me, bastards!
Saru: Hold it.
Akaki: What's wrong with you? We just want to ask you something.//Just who the hell is that girl?/How come she's that strong?
Saru: ....... Beats me...
Aoki: "Beats me"? What's that mean? You're her kobun, aren't you?
Saru: I'M NOT.
Ikuo: Ah!! Her grandma is scary too. Maybe that's it?!//Momo-see-san's grandma is pretty strong herself.
Aoki: HER GRANDMA?!
Saru: ........

061
Momo: Give it a rest already!!//I have no intention of giving up on my job there......... And by the way/the land doesn't belong to anyone. You've got to be stupid to arbitrarily call it your property!!//And I can't go around ignoring my granny's orders.
Setsuna: Hahah...//Let's settle this matter with words.

062
Setsuna: Not!!*swash*
Momo: Wah//Wait up!! What if you cut up my uniform?!
Setsuna: I don't care//You little

063
*PAH*
Momo: Eeeh.*snap*
Setsuna: Aaaaaah?!!/You bitch!

064
Momo: That was a low blow!!
Setsuna: Look who's talking!//Sssshit.../I go through lots of trouble to get it fixed, all for naught.
Momo: You picked that up in the property?
Setsuna: Yeah I did./But that's no concern of yours!!
Momo: Nothing is "no concern of mine"./I'm aware that because of the cataclysm people are missing a lot of stuff.//There's still plenty of stuff on that land that can be of use. Granny told me./Everyone is having a hard time.

065
Momo: How about you dropped that monopolistic attitude of yours?
Setsuna: Shaddap.*clang*
Setsuna: What about you? You're using the current situation yourself. Making a juicy profit out of it./Spare me that self-righteous talk.//If I joined in with the weak and lived a life as stupid as theirs, I'd just die like a dog./I'm merely taking what I have and putting it to good use. Nothing wrong with that.
Momo: So if I defeat you I can take that land for myself, no complaints?/Not that I really want it. I have no idea if granny will be happy about this.

066
Setsuna: Defeat me? Don't be silly./And what's with that granny you've been blabbering about?*crack*
Momo: ?
*drip*
Momo: ........ What's wrong? There's something that looks like blood leaking out of you.
Setsuna: Aaah?!//...?!
*plic ploc*
Setsuna: ... UGH!!!*searing pain*

067
Setsuna: Shit... My... my wounds... have reopened...
Momo: EEEEH? Are you okay?! Wanna go to the infirmary?!
Setsuna: Don't act like you're my friend. Don't touch me!*bah*
*plish*
Ikuo: Her grandma must be doing some kind of special training from Hell.
Akaki: From Hell...
Aoki: That old woman seems to be quite something.
Saru: ?//Things are turning funny between those two.
Akaki: Uh?! Master's turned a bit red hasn't he?!
Momo: I... I need to get rid of this quick...

068
Momo: Or granny will chop me into tiny bits!!*zoom*
Ikuo: Ah. Wait, Momo-nee-saaaaan!!
Akaki: Master, what's wrong?!
Saru: ....... What's this atmosphere...
Setsuna: Hey. You there...//Sa... Saruyama, was it? ...*pant pant*
Saru: Yeah. (They haven't forgotten about me at all...)
Setsuna: I... I went crazy, just now... But I really need... to ta... talk... I need to talk to her.
Saru: Nevermind that. You'd better head for the hospi...

069
Setsuna: Here. Give... Give this... to that Kibitsu girl./Tell her to contact me.//You forget about it... and you'll be... sorry... Got it?
Saru: Yeah.//..... I wish they'd just leave me out of this./For so many reasons.

070
Senka: Tsk./I didn't expect to find it so easily, but......
Computer: Unable to find what you have specified in your search.../Try again./Stop.
*WHAM*
*jolt*
Senka: What the heck?!!*slide*

071
Senka: I'm wondering if she's not gonna ruing the whole house someday.//That's one funny position to sleep in.*drag*
*flap*

072
Senka: Onigami... Like THE Onigami?/Speaking of which that little punk goes to the same school. When did he come up with those business cards?//Ah.*flap*
*slip*
*slide*
Senka: Well. Working time.
Setsuna: Doctor, my ass!/You said I'd do just fine, didn't you?!!

073
Kuroishi: Well you see, attending school was already pushing it/if you started to go on a rampage, then no wonder...
Setsuna: Of course I'm gonna go on a rampage if I go to school!!
Kuroishi: But...
Setsuna: Hell. If that keeps up, then no matter how long it takes, these guys...
Aoki: You mean the girl? Then leave it to us!!
Setsuna: That's not the point!
Aoki&Akaki: ?
Setsuna: ........... Enough already. I'll sleep. Everyone out. Now.

074
Setsuna: ....... Shit.
Momo: Uuuum... Granny.[/End

075
#4 Our Legend

076
Momo: Saruyama. Inukai./Today, we'll be looking for this, guys.
Cell phone: Find this.
Saru: Guys... You're counting me in alright.
Momo: But now that I have you helping out with my work, I don't get scolded if I get it wrong, Saruyama. And Inukai you're so knowledgeable!
Saru: I don't feel like having that grandma of yours mad at me.
Ikuo: Anyway, it's nice to have some peace around these parts.
Saru: Speaking of which, we haven't been seeing these Onigami dudes at all.
Ikuo: That "master", or whatever. The guy with the funny haircut. Maybe he's bled so much he ended up dead?

077
Setsuna: You sure got one big mouth, there.
Ikuo: HE'S ALIVE!!
Setsuna: Kibitsu! Tell me.../Are you sure you're not forgetting anything important? [tn: Setsuna seems to be the only one in the whole manga who calls Momoka by her last name. This probably means he's trying to keep his distance and maintain a certain composure.]
Momo: Eh?
Saru: ........ You mean the business card?
Momo: Ah! Now that you mention it./You said we needed to talk...//If it's about my work, I've told you already. This land doesn't belong to anyo...*irritated*

078
Setsuna: I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT!! I NEED TO ASK A FAVOR OF YOU!
Saru: ?
Akaki: ?
Setsuna: .......//Let's go for a walk! I'll give you more details along the way.*grip*
Momo: Wah.//Wait up!/What about my work?! I need to look for this!
Setsuna: Just let your men take care of that!
Momo: AH.*clap*
Saru: Woops.
Setsuna: You guys help out too!
Akaki: Eeeeh?!

079
Setsuna: Let's go, Kibitsu!!
Momo: Go where?
Setsuna: Not far!
Momo: Saruyama, Inukai. I'm counting on you.
Ikuo: Take good care of yourself.
Saru: ........ Guess it's a good thing to have Onigami's authorization.
Ikuo: !! Really?!
Saru: I'm not anyone's underling, though.
Ikuo: That just won't do!!
Saru: Heeey...
Aoki: Saruyama.*startle*
Saru: .......!
Aoki: I'm Aoki.
Akaki: I'm Akaki./What is it you're looking for?[tn: Akaki&Aoki=Red Demon&Blue Demon. Veeeery original. Yeah.]
Saru: Uhh. This.(I wanna go hooome.)

080
Momo: C'mon! You said we wouldn't be going too far.//How much farther do you wanna go?//I won't run away, so let go of me!
Setsuna: Ah... Yeah.
Momo: What's that favor you wanted to ask of me?
Setsuna: ........ I haven't had any news of where my old man is since he went to town./I went to look for him... I mean.../I wondered...if I should go.
Momo?/So what of it?/?/?

081
Aoki: "Find this"... That's pretty vague.//We're gonna have a hard time finding this, won't we?
Saru: That's nothing out of the ordina......
Akaki: Mh?!//HEY. YOU THE DOG OVER THERE!!
Ikuo: !!
Akaki: Taking advantage of the confusion, are we? What's that stuff you're hauling around?*roll roll*
Ikuo: That's how I put bread on the table! Just look the other way!
Saru: That was one funny way of worming one's way out...
Akaki: What do we do?
Aoki: Yeah...

082
Aoki: Actually... I almost thought about letting him mind his own business.
Akaki: Well yeah.
Saru: Eh?
Aoki: You wanna know that badly, Saruyama?*frush*
Saru: Eh?!
Akaki: There's no way around it, then.
Saru: Ah... I'm... I'm very curious...
Aoki: See.../Master picked us up.
Saru: Huh...
Aoki: It was about when these parts had been ravaged by the cataclysm, and the ensuing migrations./People were moving around, and it was one big mess. We'd been using the confusion for pickpocketing, to make the ends meet.//A ray of hope - Mr Onigami - shone upon us, as if by accident...
Flashback!Aoki: He looks filthy rich.
Flashback!Akaki: Even his kid's wearing fancy clothing.

083
Flashback!Aoki: Let's go.
Flashback!Akaki: Okay.*bah*
Flashback!Aoki&Akaki: Watch out. Sorry.
Flashback!Aoki: (Good)
*GRAB*
Flashback!Aoki&Akaki: ?!
Flashback!Onigami: You really need to work on those thieving skills, kids./How do you want to die?
Aoki: That's what he said. He caught us like it was nothing, and he murdered us.
Saru: Wow...
Aoki: We thought we were done for. That's when
Flashback!Setsuna: Wait, dad.

084
Flashback!Setsuna: I'll take these guys as my kobun.
Aoki: That's how the master stopped him.//Mr Onigami disagreed of course.
Flashback!Setsuna: I want my own underlings now./I want kobun. I want 'em./I want 'em now!
Flashback!Onigami: Guess I can't help it...
Aoki: But he insisted, and in the end his father caved in.//......... We still haven't figured out what our master's real intentions were.//He's a lot calmer now/but when he was little he'd bully us pretty badly./We've been unable to stop wetting our bads because of it.
Akaki: No joke.
Saru: (Please spare me that kind of detail)

085
Aoki: But compared to a daily life as homeless kids with nothing to eat./We'd still take the bullying any day.//Quite a sob story, don't you think?
Saru: Uh. Yeah. I can't hold back my tears.
Akaki: Well... That reminds me...//DOG!*jolt*
Akaki: Put down all that stuff you're carrying or the young master ain't gonna be happy!
Ikuo: I told you to look the other way!
Saru: You couldn't have chosen a worse place to stay at.
Aoki: Ah.

086
Aoki: We'll take care of the dog later. We have visitors to deal with.
Akaki: Yup.
Akaki: This is Onigami property, bitches!! Do you understand?!*bah*
Aoki: You guys are dead!!
Spokesman: O... Onigami!! You guys have no right to hold a monopoly over this place. Nooooone./Withdraw immediately.[tn: Headband reads "Suuichi Syndicate Representative". I chose the "Suuichi" pronunciation arbitrarily because in Japanese you can't tell what someone's name is written (if you hear it) or pronounced (if you read it) like unless you're told explicitly.]//The Suuichi Syndicate shall liberate this are...//AH...*THUMP*

087
*grab*
Shiraki: Gasp!!
*whack*
Spokesman: Violence from the get-go, is it?!!/Don't you savages have a "peaceful talk" option?!
*glare* *crack*
Spokesman: ...........!!!

088
Spokesman: Forget we said anything!!*zoom*
Aoki: If you're gonna run away, don't come along in the first place.
Saru: (I wanna go......)
Ikuo: Now or never.*clank plunk*
Aoki: Sorry for all the ruckus.
Saru: ...... It's nothing...
Ikuo: Well now, time to find whatever it is Momo-nee-san wants!
Akaki: I said put that stuff back you little twerp.
Ikuo: Hey, come on!//That aside, you guys have done your job just fine, haven't you.//How come your master's asking a favor from Momo-nee I wonder.

089
Saru: Don't just interrupt so bluntly...
Ikuo: But I'm telling the truth. He was a bit too familiar.
Aoki: ......... No more use for us, I guess.
Akaki: She's stronger than we are...
Saru: C'mon...
Ikuo: What? Don't concern yourselves with someone who's younger than you.
Aoki: Thing is... He's gravely wounded, but he's hiding it.
Saru: Ah!! Where did those come from?!
Aoki: Well, not so long ago, it was raining cats and dogs./Maybe that's when it happened...
Setsuna: I got tossed into that shitty pain-in-the ass ditch of a river.

090
Momo: Blegh. They say the water's so foul you'd catch a disease just from entering it.
Setsuna: That's right. That place is Hell on Earth.
Momo: So who did it? Why? Does it have anything to do with your dad?
Setsuna: ..........
Momo: ....... I have work to do. I'll be going.
Setsuna: AH!!//Wait up, will ya!
*bah*
Setsuna: ...... Thing is...

091
Setsuna: You need to cross a bridge to go to town.
Momo: So it seems.
Setsuna: There are fellas out there who are blocking the way./I fell into a trap of theirs.
Momo: A trap? What kind of trap?
Setsuna: A mighty... wicked.../......Pitfall

092
Aoki: For some reason, Master was lying near the river, covered in injuries./At first glance I thought he was dead and freaked out.
Akaki: And when we asked him why
Flashback!Setsuna: I fell over./Forget about it.
Aoki: He'd insist on saying that and nothing else.//Master really won't rely on us, after all...
Akaki: Not much we can do about it...

093
*sob sob*
Momo: That's horrible!
Setsuna: Wha... what's wrong with you?! I don't need your compassion!/......... If that story reaches my father's ears/he'll give up on me for sure.
Momo: Life's been hard on you too, Onigami...
Setsuna: I got beat up and that pisses me off.//If it keeps up, I won't be able to look my dad in the face.

094
Setsuna: I need your help.
Momo: Buuut... If I get into a fight for no reason granny will be mad at me.
Setsuna: ........ Oh, well... I can't just barge in and ask for the impossible...
Momo: ........ You win.//I'll help you, but this time only!
Setusna: (Good!)

095
Sign: Direction [Whatever] Bridge. [tn: the Kanji in between don't make any sense to me.]
Momo: Awesome. This is the first time I've come as far as this bridge.
Setsuna: You gotta be joking.

096
Setsuna: We aren't here to fool around, anyway!
Momo: I know.//That bridge is huge!

097
Jami: It's not the first time that moron comes around.
Jaku: Wud, he's sdill alibe? Dat ain't no fun.
Jami: Yup.//The other one looks like she's a moron of another kind.
Jaku: Looks like he's brought his helper wid him.
Jami: Bah. The end result's gonna be the same.

098
Siblings: If dey wanna pass, it's gonna cost 'em.[/End

101 #The Evil Guardians [tn: The original title reads "Ama no Jaku". The kana spelling suggests a pun. Will explain later.]

102
[Flashback]*shhhh*
Siblings: I wonder if he's dead./Beats me.//I don't care what happens to a guy who doesn't pay up./Hear ya.
Setsuna: Pant/pant//pant//Fuck it./Pant//Pant.*gh*
Siblings: Awesome. It must be the 10th trap he's fallen into./Anyway, our killer pit hurt him real bad.
Jami: Mh
*drag*
Jami: Ain't he a stubborn one.

103
Setsuna: Fucking brats... How dare you... do that to me.../Kh.*totter*
Jaku: Now shut up. Shut up.
Jami: Die like a good boy, why don't ya?//It's raining like crazy.*plic ploc*
Jaku: It'd suck to get hit by lightning./Let's end this here and call it a day. Heave-ho.*bah*
Siblings: Bye-byyye.*SPLASHHHH*

104
Jami: That's about all we've earned this month./970000 Yens![tn: Roughly 9500 USD.]
Jaku: Dat's it?
Jami: We would've made 2 million yens if we'd gone to town.//Even if the folks here in the countryside pay up to go across without trouble/people come along a lot less than I expected.(￥200 000 from a proper rip-off./We took everything a guy had for ￥80 000./￥50 000 for showing the way around the traps./And all kinds of stuff on top of that.)
Jami: We aren't gonna get rich anytime soon that way, Jaku.
Jaku: Hear ya, Jami./We gotta get rich so we can build our own amusement part, go into space and tame wild animals. [tn: Jaku&Jami. The names are real but the spellings are made-up, in keeping with the pun. Respectively Evil Ogre/Demon and Evil Enchantress/Demoness. Jaku's shirt read "Amano (Big bro).]

105
Jaku: It's about time we thought up a new way to make money. In town, of course.
Jami: Sigh. We put so much hard work into creating those traps, and most of 'em stay unused in the end.../A straight up loss right there.
Cell phone: [Traps] Triggered: 13. Remaining: 86.
Jaku: Oh, well./It's not too late to have fun wid dose two one last time.//Dey don't look like dey're ready to cough up anyway./Knowing dat dude, I wouldn't be surprised if he triggered all de remaining traps.//When I take a pet wild animal, I'll make it a white tiger./Wouldn't have nothing against a chimpanzee eider.

106
Momo: Say, Onigami!//Are there any pitfalls somewhere around here?
Setsuna: Don't walk around so recklessly!//On top of pits, there's a lot of clever traps ......
clink*
*BOLT*

107
Setsuna: Waaah?!*chack chack* *clap*
Momo: Ooo~~!!
Setsuna: See? You might fall into a trap like that one!
Jaku: You're really good, Miss.
Momo: Eh!
Setsuna: Here they are, the jerks!
Jaku: You didn't learn from your mistakes, pal!
Jami: Or maybe you've brought money this time?
Setsuna: Like hell I would.../I'm here to make you pay for what you did to me the other day.

108
Jaku: Just as I thought!
Jami: I'll ask only once. Are you going to pay up, miss?
Momo: Money?! What for?
Jaku: If you wanna pass, dere's a ￥100 000 fee.
Momo: 10 000?!! That's a lot.[tn: About ＄975. Yes, charging at such a high rate per "customer" is counter-productive and asinine.]
Setsuna: Stop talking nonsense!//Listen up, you fucking little brats!//Unlike before, I'm prepared./I won't fall for your provocations again. I'm here to murder you. And secure the place while I'm at it!!

109
Jami: Spare us the big talk and the high-and-mightiness.
Cell phone: Activation.*beep*
*clank* *woosh*
*zip zip*
Setsuna: Humph.
*beep*
*CLAMP*
Momo: Aaaah?!*bah*
*Grab* *rip*
Setsuna: !

110
Setsuna: Waah. Gimme a break.*slip*
Momo: Eeek.
*STOMP*
Setsuna: Ugh.
Momo: Gasp.
Jami: All too easy.
Momo: I didn't expect that.*rubble*
Momo: That was one awesome pitfall.
Setsuna: ... Bitch... What are you gonna do about this.........?
Momo: ?

111
Momo: Oh no. Are you okay?!
Setsuna: I'm done for. I'm gonna die right here. That was one short confrontation.
Momo: Wai...! Wait a minute!//Let's get out of here anyway!! Grab my hand!
Setsuna: Hold it.//Don't tell me you're gonna...
Momo: One-two.//Hop.*dash*
*ZOOM*
Momo: ...!!
*bah*
Siblings: ?!

112
Jaku: What's dat girl made out of? Dat hole was a good 3 meters deep, wasn't it?! [tn: About 10 feet]
Jami: And the bottom is lined with pointy stuff.//Ah. Running away, are ya?!*step step step*
Momo: Around here should do.*TAP TAP*
Setsuna: That's not exactly precise...
Momo: Now to stop the bleeding.
Setsuna: Don't do anything silly.*flap*
Momo: I’ll go tell those kids to let people cross the bridge.
Setsuna: EH?!
Momo: Wait here.*bah*
Setsuna: (If you're gonna stop the bleeding...//knot the thing in the right place...)*drip drip*

113
Jami: Oh. She's back.
Jaku: Yes she is!*step step step*
Momo: Hey guys. Don't you think you're gonna cause trouble, doing this?!*step step*
Jaku: You wanna stop us? Den come over here./Assuming de traps don't kill you first.
Momo: Yah.*woosh*
Momo: Here I am!*STAP*
Jaku: Wahh.
*chink*
*swish*

114
*BONK*
Jaku: Yaaay. Gotch...
Momo: Those traps are a real bummer for people who need to cross the bridge!!
Jaku: No reaction?! [tn: Written in English in the original text.]//........../W... We....//Thing is... we need money to repay the debts out parents left behind.
Momo: Ah.
Jaku: If we don't return the money quick, the debt collector will do horrible things to us./That's why we're using this method. To make money ASAP.
Momo: Oh, my...
Jaku: Go that way for more explanations.
Momo: Eh?

115
Message: Please push.
*click*
Momo: Ah.*VLAM*
*STOMP* *crack crack*
Jaku: You fell for my elaborate trap. There's no way we'd waste our money repaying some kind of debt!!/No matter how tough you are that hole is like 5 meters deep. Even you...
Momo: Hey. That was a lie!!*bah*
Jaku: Huuh?!!
Jaku: (Who the hell is she?)/I wasn't lying! Tha... Dat was a mistake! A mistake!
Momo: Uuuh?!*pissed off*

116
Jaku: Actually we don't want to. We're forced into this by a bunch of bad guys./We don't really wanna cause trouble!
Setsuna: (.......... I'm too far to understand properly.../But I can tell... this exchange somehow turned into a stupidity contest, no doubt...//...... Oh well. I'm not exactly in a position to talk.//..........)

117
Ikuo: I've found it big time. I've found what Momo-nee-san was looking for!/That means she's safe for today!
Aoki: He really got a knack for finding stuff....
Akaki: Impressive.
Phone: Mooomotarosan. Mooomotarosan.
Saru: Ah.//That's Momoka's grandma.
Phone: (Screen) Incoming. Granny/Ringtone: Mooomotarosan Momotaro.
Aoki: That "momotarosan" noise is getting on the nerves. Pick it up.
Saru: But... I don't feel comfortable answering someone else's phone.
Phone: Momotarosan mooomo//ta*beep
Saru: Ah! Dog!!
Senka: Hello?!
Saru: ....... He... Hello...?

118
Momo: You're lying again!
Jaku: Eh?! Dat ain't no lie!!
Momo: See! When you lie it shows in the way you speak.
Jaku: Agh.*tilt*
Jaku: You bitch!!//Don'tcha dare mention dat!!*WHACK*
Momo: You're angry! I knew you were lying!
Jaku: !
Momo: Liars get to have their tongues pulled out!*swish*[tn: "If you lie, Enma-sama (Enma Dai-Ou, Lord of the Underworld) will pull out your tongue" is a proverb the Japanese tell their kids to get them to behave.]
Jaku: Aaaaaargh.

119
Momo: Just kidding.*poke*
Jaku: Heh.
Momo: Did I scare you? That's what you get for lying to me.*grin*
*scary face*
Jaku: Don't make fun of me!*woosh* *slip*
Momo: Ahahaha. You were scared alright.
Jami: Jaku galm down!!/If you don't watch out you'll trigger the...
Momo: Mh?!//Could this be how you activate the traps?*ZIP*
Jaku: !
Momo: Lemme see.*snatch*
Jami: Ah!!

120
Momo: I never knew a cell phone could do that kind of stuff.
Jami: That cost a fortune. Give it back!
Momo! Uh?!
Jaku: Jami!
Momo: You look so much alike!!
Siblings: We don't have time for this!
Momo: Which one of you brothers is the eldest?
Jami: I'm the big sister. [tn: Sentence said with an unambiguously male speech. LOL]
Momo: Uh. Sister?!
Jami: So what of it?! Forget about it and give that back!/Ah.
*beep*
Cell phone: Pinpointing Location./You are here./Activation.

121
*VLAM*
Momo&Siblings: ?!
Siblings: Waah.
*grab*
Jaku: Hold onto me, Jami!
*clasp*
*drag*
Jaku: Waah.*slip*

122
Momo: This is bad!!/Quick.//Grab my hand quickly!!
Jaku: You can't fool us so easily! Yer trying ter have us let our guard down so you can drop us down.
Momo: Whaat?! No I won't!/Not with all the crazy stuff lying down there!/You'd die for sure.
Jaku: We put more effort into this hole that any other one...
*SLAM*
Jaku: Aaah.
Momo: Hurry!!
Jaku: Like hell gonna trust you.
*crack*

123
Jaku: !
*grab*
Momo: That was close! You should've caught my hand earlier./Let me pull you out.//Humph./It's kinda something else with two people. Heavier...*gh*
Jaku: What are you trying to pull...?

124
*grip*
Momo: Eeeeyyaaah.
Jaku: Aaaaaaah.*Zoom*

125
Setsuna: What........?!
Siblings: Waaah.
*SPLASH*
*blurb blurb*
Siblings: Bwaah.*zash*
Jaku: Cough cough./I drank some of the water.
Momo: Thank God you're alive.
Jami: Shit... God damn her.

126
Jami: Damn you for throwing us into that filthy river!
Jaku: Give it a rest, Jami.
Jami: Lemme go.
Jaku: ......... I kinda//don't wanna have anything more to do with her... It's cost us a lot already.
Jami: True that.//We really aren't cut out for the countryside. The atmosphere's bad for us./I never thought we'd meet somebody like that.
Jaku: Let's go back to town, post-haste.
Jami: Agreed.
Jaku: Ah. I forgot.

127
Jaku: Hey. Miss. What's your name?!
Momo: Eh?
Jami: What's gotten into you, Jaku?
Momo: Kibitsu Momoka./What about you guys?
Jaku: I'm Amano Jaku and my sister's named Jami.[tn: The names are puns on "Ama no Jaku (天の邪鬼) which translates as "wicked person", or refers to the demons under the feet of the statues of guardian deities in temples. Hence the demonic-looking outfits and the pitfall strategy (the "evil" underfoot).]
Jami: Humph.
Momo: Hey, Amano siblings. 'Sit okay to use the bridge?
Jaku: Do whatever you like.
Jami: We don't wanna have anything to do with it again.
Momo: I know you can't hear me./But take care of yourselves.
Jami: Why did you go ahead and tell her our names?
Jaku: No particular reason.

128
Momo: Sorry I kept you waiting. It's okay to cross the bridge now!
Setsuna: Just what the heck happened?
Momo: They've been flushed away by the river.
Setsuna: Come again?
Momo: Now you can go look for your dad!/And sorry for the wounds!!
Setsuna: It's nothing... My wounds... Well...
Ikuo: MOMO-NEE-SAAAAN.
Momo: Inukai!
Ikuo: I found iiiit.
*zip*

129
Momo: He's gone?!
Setsuna: Or he fell off.
Ikuo: That was close~~...
Momo: That's great. Thanks a lot!*cuddle cuddle*
Ikuo: That was nothing at all, Ma'am!
Momo: What about Saruyama?
Ikuo: No idea.
Momo: How did you find us?
Ikuo: Given where you were headed, you had to be at the bridge!
Momo: What's wrong? Your leg hurts?
Setsuna: Nope.
Ikuo: He's injured again?
Setsuna: Just having a feeling you get along pretty well with your men.
Momo: Eh?

130
Momo: You've got a couple of guys yourself don't you?
Ikuo: Ah!!//Now that you mention it
Flashback!Aoki: He won't rely on us...
Ikuo: They were in rather low spirits.
Setsuna: What do you mean?
Ikuo: As a kobun myself, I can tell. They feel like sometimes they're coming up short.//But you can count on your men/to give it all they've got to help you!!/Probably.*DUUUN*
Ikuo: See ya! Let's go home, Momo-nee-san.
Momo: 'Kay!/Can you walk, Onigami?
Setsuna: 'Course I can!
Ikuo: I was really hungry.
Momo: Is that so?

131
Shuu: Ahaha. It was an entertaining show./Looks like they're having fun on the opposite riverside.//Hey, Issun-sama./Let's cross the bridge.
Issun: Stay still, Shuu.
*swip*
*chack*

132
Shuu: Wow./You aren't really blind, are you? I knew it.
Issun: Hahaha.//If that was the case I wouldn't be i such a sorry state.
Shuu: Looks like there's a funny stone, and plenty of discarded stuff./Let's go. We'll look for an hospital first thing one we get across.
Issun: ... Agreed.

133
Senka: I heard everything.
*crack crack*
Senka: You let people do your work for you, now?/When did you become so arrogant?
Momo: Um. You see. There's that bridge... I mean
Senka: No excuses!*whud*
Saru: ......... Don't take this the wrong way.../I wasn't exactly eager to receive a beating......

134
Setsuna: Aoki/ Akaki.//You've been through a lot today./Go get some rest.
Aoki: Ye...
Akaki: Yes sir...
Aoki: Master's being thankful...//Now that's scary.
Akaki: Something must have happened, I take it...

135
#The Senpai who sleeps in the Infirmary.

136
Senka: Hugh./Hugh.*thump* *chink* *thump*
*thump*
*woosh*
*tap*
Senka: Oops.//A crack./I guess it's about time to give it a proper funeral.

137
Delivery guy: Good morning, ma'am. I see you can pack a punch.
Senka: Good morning, sir. (Who's this guy?)
Delivery guy: This is an invitation for vigorous people such as yourself. Please have a look at the specifics.
Senka: Uh-huh...
Leaflet: (E) (ner) (ge) (tic)./ TAI CHI CHUAN/ Club./Classes' average age 100 years old./Hitsujida Nemaki-sensei's introduction./Tai Chi Chuan requires very little strength and is of course fit for all, even those of [fragile] health. [...] esteemed [guests] may expect a warm welcome [...] also watch and learn [...] Regards.[tn: The teacher's first name is a pun. Meaning: "pajamas".]
Delivery guy: Good morning to you, sir./Here.

138
Senka: I'M NO FREAKING OLD HAG!!*WHACK*
*crack*
*flushhhhh* *drop drop drop*

139
Momo: Good morning Saruyama.
Saru: I see today again you got knocked around senseless.
Momo: I just overslept, nothing out of the ordinary. Granny was in a pretty foul mood this morning, though.
Ikuo: Like five times harder than usual.
Saru: So the beating depends on her mood? I fail to see what so great about that.
Ikuo: What's all that paper for, Saru?
Saru: Aaah. They're prints for self-study.
Ikuo: And why are you the one carrying them?

140
Saru: Because I'm a class representative.
Ikuo: WUUUUT. You're really that important?!
Saru: What's so surprising?
Momo: Saruyama's a real nerd!
Saru: Don't call me a nerd, Momoka.
Board: Silence./Self-studying class.
Ikuo: I'm done with all of your copies already, Saruyama. Now I've got nothing to do.
Saru: And you participate a lot for someone who's not even a real student here.
Momo: Heeeey. Saruyamaaaa.
Saru: Mh?

141
Momo: Do you think... the day granny compliments me will ever come?
Saru: UUUH?! YOU'RE STILL THINKING ABOUT THAT?!
Momo: OF COURSE I AM!*bah*
Momo: GETTING GRANNY'S PRAISE IS THE GOAL OF MY LIFE!!
Saru: You've found your reason for living at last...... Anyhow, try being a bit quieter about it.
Ikuo: Don't worry, you'll manage something eventually Momo-nee-san./In the meantime...//Let's go school-exploring while that fussy teacher's not around!*zip*
Momo: Agreed! See you later, Saruyama.*zip*
Saru: ...........

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Ikuo: You gotta love the peace and quiet.
Momo: That's because everyone's in class.//What school did you go to, Inukai?
Ikuo: Never went at all! So there's a lot I'm not used to.
Momo: Ah-hah.*CLANG*
Netarou: Wwaah.
Ikuo: Oh?
Netarou: What is it?
Sign: Infirmary.
Yankee: DON'T MAKE ME REPEAT MYSELF!

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Netarou: Let go of me, will you?~~
Yankee: Cough up the damn medicine. Now!
Netarou: I keep telling you I don't know what you're talking about.
Yankee: Cut the crap.
*snoooooore*
Yankee: Uh?/The prick!! He's fallen asleep without warning again!//WAKE THE HELL UP!!
Momo: Hold it! You're not even my grandma!*grab*
Yankee: Huuh?!

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Yankee: Wha....?! What do you want?*glance*
Yankee: ... Pfah./Useless.
Netarou: ........ Uh?//What happened to the other guy? yaaawn
Momo: He went away. He didn't look too happy.
Netarou: I see...
Momo: Where's the school nurse?
Sign: Your teeth are precious.
Netarou: No idea. I sleep and I find the place left on my hands. Happens a lot.

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Netarou: I'm Hitsujida Netarou. 3rd year./I'm often told the name was made for me. [tn: It is. The "hitsuji" part means sheep. Now look at Netarou's clothing and hairstyle, or those of his grandma for that matter. Although it's an actual name, "Netarou" could be translated as "megasleeper".]
Momo: I'm Kibitsu Momoka. 1st year.
Ikuo: I'm her kobun. Inukai Ikuo.
Netarou: By the way Momoka-kun. You're injured really badly./Is that why you're here? [tn: The "kun" honorific is applied between young males or towards a hierarchic inferior (a younger student, a pupil, a lower-status coworker...) of either sex.]
Momo: Uh-huh. I got these from granny when she woke me up...*snooooore*
Momo: ........ He just fell asleep...
Netarou: *snoooooore*
Ikuo: He's really sleeping.
Narrator: 10 minutes later.
Netarou: Sorry. I'm sorryyy.

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Netarou: Which wounds did you need treatment for again?
Momo: Nothing. These are from my grandma. I'll be fine.*jolt* *twitch*
Netarou: Woooow. Your granny's really powerful, Momoka-kun./I have a strong grandma myself.//She's a whawuzzitagain. A martial arts teacher.*tilt tilt*
Netarou: It's called er... Tai... Tai...//Tai... Chi... Chuan?*drop*
Netarou: *snoooore*
Ikuo: ASLEEP AGAIN!!
Momo: Tai Chi Chuan?//....... Rings a bell, Inukai?
Ikuo: None at all. Zero. Zilch!
Nemaki: Netarou!

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Nemaki: ........ I guess I'm too late...//He doesn't look like he'll wake up anytime soon.
Netarou: Gh.
Momo: Good morning.
Nemaki: Oops. Good morning.
Sign: Please keep quiet around the beds. - Inf[irmary -]
Momo: I see... He was awake until one minute ago.
Nemaki: In the middle of each moth... He fall into three days of uninterrupted sleep.//One it happens nothing can wake him up. That's why I told himm today he should stay home and rest.../But he said he felt like today... he'd be fine.

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Ikuo: And that's why he's been dozing at the drop of a hat for a little while, now.
Nemaki: Yes. It happens all the time.
Ikuo&Momo: All the time?!
Nemaki: One-two-three... Hop.
*slab*
Nemaki: He's incorrigible.
Ikuo: You gonna be okay, ma'am?
Nemaki: I'll be fine. I do it all the time.*snail*
*flap*
Nemaki: Eh?
Momo: I'll lend a hand!
Netarou: Ghh.
Nemaki: Wow!

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Nemaki: You're really something, Momoka-san.//You're n good physical shape. Do you undergo some kind of training?
Momo: Uh?
Ikuo: Her granny's really tough on her. That's what makes her so strong!
Nemaki: Oh my!!/Her grandmother... Really?/Good........*cling*
Nemaki: Now here's my house./Let me offer you some tea for your trouble.
Ikuo: Coming in. [tn: Japanese etiquette requires that you say お邪魔します (O-jama shimasu=sorry for disturbing you) when you enter someone's home.]

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Nemaki: You have my thanks. You've been a great help.
Ikuo&Momo: Bon appétit.
Momo: why does Netarou-senpai sleep so much?
Nemaki: I don't really know./Out of sadness, I think.//He lost his parents in the disaster. I was all he had left, and I've been taking care of him since he was a little kid./When he was old enough to understand I explained it to him. And from the next day onward he's been as you know him.
Ikuo: (It's a lot more serious that I thought.)
Momo: Ah. Hum.
Nemaki: Yes?

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Momo: Tell me ma'am./What would Netarou-senpai have to do to make you happy?
Nemaki: What should he do...? Yes, I understand.../As far as I'm concerned.../I'd really love it if he stopped sleeping that much.//And I'd like to live to see that day.
Ikuo: (..........)
Nemaki: But regardless... Seeing that healthy smile of his is enough to make me happy.

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Nemaki: I'm sure your grandmother feels the same way about you.
Momo: ......./Is that so...? ........./I'd like that...
Nemaki: Yes Momoka-san. it is!//I assume you're extremely powerful.
Momo: No. Not at all.
Nemaki: Anyway!!*flap*
*ziiip*
Nemaki: Care for a little sparring session?/Don't let my appearance fool you. I'm not quite half-bad myself.*stap*

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Momo: Uuuuh?!/Ah!//By the way! Can you tell me what Tai Chi Chuan is?
Nemaki: Uuh? Is there something wrong?
Ikuo: Yes there is, granny!!*bah*
Ikuo: I'm Momo-nee-san's #1 kobun, Inukai Ikuo*zoom*
Ikuo: If you wanna fight her, it's gonna be over my dead body!
*pash*
*roll*
Ikuo: Aaaaah?!
Momo: Inukai.*thump*
Ikuo: That old woman using black magic!!
Nemaki: It's not black magic.

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Nemaki: It's Tai Chi Chuan. A beautiful martial art that consists in accurately reading the opponent's flow of Chi to turn their own power against them./I learned it from my dead grandfather, who taught me by correspondence.
Ikuo: That makes it black magic, doesn't it?
Momo: Sounds awesome.
Nemaki: And I'm telling you it's not black magic.//Now Momoka-san./Come over here!
Momo: Buuut...
Nemaki: Do you think it's stupid to fight against me?
Momo: It has nothing to do with stupidity...//.........../Okay then... Just a little bit!

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Momo: Eeyyah.*whoop* *slip*
*swoop* *nimble*
*BAH* *nimble*
Ikuo: ....... She's a ghost...
Nemaki: Well, that was easy to dodge. Hahaha. Are you by any chance going easy on me?//It's a rude thing to do during a duel.
Momo: EEEYYAAH.
Nemaki: (Gotcha!//No matter how powerful and deadly the enemy is, they will have a flow of Chi.)*sss*

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*pash*
Nemaki: (?!)//Ack..*WHACK*
Momo: !!
*THUMP*
Momo: IS... IS EVERYTHING OKAAAAAYY?!*dash*
Nemaki: Ouch.
Momo: It's my fault. It's my fault. I'm so Sorryyyyyy...
Nemaki: It's alright... Ca... Calm down. I train hard myself so I'll be fine.

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Nemaki: Sorry for the senseless things I've said.
Momo: Boohoohoo.
Ikuo: Momo-nee-san it's not your fault./Momo-nee-san.
Neaki: I'll be okay. Really.(I can't... I can't read it...//I can't read her flow of Chi... at all...?)
Momo: I'm home.
Senka: DInner's ready! Stay and eat with us, Inukai.
Ikuo: Yaaay!!
Everyone: Bon appétit.
Ikuo: That's delicious, Ma'am.
Senak: Thanks a bunch.

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Senka: Momoka. Have you been crying?
Momo: Uh? How do you know?
Senka: You look like you have.//......... I hope you haven't done anything wrong.
Momo: No, nothing.
Ikuo: She's helped someone out, more like.
Senka: I see. Good.
Momo: ......... Ah!//I forgot. This is for you.*flap flap*
Senka: Mh?
Momo: Here.

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Senka: NOT THAT AGAIN!!!*KAH* *startle*
Ikuo: Wha... What's going on, Ma'am?!! What's wrong with that leaflet...
Momo: ?!*rattle rattle*
Senka: Anyway... Don't you show that thing in my presence ever again!*crumple*
Senka: Next time you do that.../I'll smack you to kingdom come!*glare*
Ikuo&Momo: U... Understood!!
Senka: (Ah. That reminds me. I'd forgotten about the sandbag.)

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Narrator: Three days later.
Netarou: Momoka-kuuuuun.
Momo: Ah! Senpai, you're awake.
Netarou: Thank you for your help. Granny told me everything./How you carried me on your back...
Momo: Is your grandmother unharmed, senpai?
Netarou: Yeah. She's perfectly healthy, no problem. Nevermind that. This is for you.//Granny told me to give you this.
Momo: !!//I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THAT THING!
*tilt*
Saru: ?
Ikuo: Agh. He'd fallen asleep again!!

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Netarou: (Continued in Volume 2!!)
Book: Yaoyorozu Girl (2).