"Bungaku Shoujo" to Shinitagari no Pierrot 11

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P1

想像の翼で、きっと空だって飛べるはず。。。！
On the wings of our imagination, we can even fly through the sky…!

第１１章「“文学少女”の覚悟」
Chapter 11 [“Literature Girl’s” Determination]

P2

絵のモデルになるの
I’m going to be a model for a portrait.

そうヌードモデル
That’s right, a nude model.

片岡愁二の情報と引き換えにね
In return for information on Kataoka Shuuji.

ヌードおおおお
Nudeeee

P3

入学したときから目をつけて口説いてなのよ
I’ve been trying to get her to do it ever since she got into this school.

卒業までにぜひ遠子の絵を描き上げたかったの
I wanted to draw her portrait before I graduate.

やっぱり真の美少女は天然のままが一番よね
Like I thought, a true beauty is best in its natural state.

やっとその気になってくれて超ラッキー
I’m so lucky that you finally feel like doing it.

やあ～～～～
No~

ち　違うもんっ
That’s wrong.

全部ぬぐとは言ってないもん
I didn’t say I’d take everything off.

そ。。。　それは。。。　情報しだいだもん
T….That… depends on the information.

P4

ふふん　とりあえずはじめましょう
Fufun. Anyway, let’s start.

あ　心葉くんはそのへんの椅子に適当に腰かけてて
Ah. Konoha-kun, you can take a seat on the bench.

遠子のヌードをじっくり鑑賞してあげてね
You can carefully appreciate Tooko’s nude body.

だからヌードじゃないってばぁ！
Like I said, I won’t be nude!

遠子先輩
Senpai’s…

全然胸ないですよ
chest is flat, you know.

見事にぺったんこですよ
It’s splendidly flat.

本当に遠子先輩なんかでいいんですか
Is it really alright to have her model?

心葉くん！
Konoha-kun!

P5

あらびっくり
Well that’s a surpise.

おたく遠子の裸見たことあるの？
Have you seen her naked before?

服をきててもじゅうぶん想定できます
I can tell just by looking at her clothes.

どう見てもつるつるじゃないですか
No matter how you look at it, she’s flat.

もっと凹凸のある人をモデルにしたほうがいいと思いますけど
I think it’s better if you get someone who has more curves to be you model.

ひど～～～～～い！
So mean~~~~~!

そ　そりゃ　たいしたことないかもしれないけど
W-Well it’s nothing special but…

ちょっとはふくらみあるもん！
I do have some curves!

つるつるじゃないもん
I’m not completely flat.

P6

いい性格してるわね～少年
You’ve got quite a personality, kid.

そうよね～　遠子はつるんつるんよねぇ
You right, Tooko is flat is she.

今すぐ笑うのやめなきゃ帰るわよ麻貴！
Maki, if you don’t stop laughing right now, I’m leaving!

くっ。。。
Gu…
ぷぷ。。。
Pupu…

了解
Got it.

もぉ
Geez.

みんなしえバカにして
Everyone’s treating me like an idiot.

P7

でもね遠子
But you know Tooko,

あなたの絵を描けるのは本当に嬉しいわ
I’m truly happy to be drawing your portrait.

あたしはオケ部じゃなくて美術部に入りたかったの
I wanted to join the art club, not the orchestra club.

な～んか変な慣習でじいさんたちにオケ部に押し込まれちゃったけどさ
But due to some weird custom, I was forced into the orchestra club.

この部屋はオケ部に入部する条件としてもらったのよ
I got this room as a condition for me joining the club.

興味のある対象を見つけて
Finding someone worthy…

それをとことんまで突き詰めて
Investigating them thoroughly…

真の姿を書き出そうと試行錯誤する時間は至福だわ
And through trial and error, drawing their true form, is like bliss to me.

P8

教えて麻貴
Tell me Maki…

愁二先輩は本当に自殺だったの？
Did Kataoka Shuuji really commit suicide?

屋上から飛び降りたとき胸に協業用のナイフを刺していたでしょう
When he fell off the roof, there was an industrial use knife in his chest right?

誰かに刺された可能性はないの？
Isn’t there a chance that someone stabbed him?

確かに他殺という線もあったようだけど
There certainly was a possibility of murder but…

ナイフには片岡愁二の指紋しかのこってなかったそうよ
Only Kataoka Shuuji’s fingerprints were on the knife.

P9

それに片岡愁二には自殺する動機があったし
He also had a motive for suicide.

彼の自宅から遺書も見つかった
A will was found at his home.

それで警察は自殺と断定したのよ
So the police concluded that it was a suicide.

動機って。。。？
Motive…?


P10

意外だ
That’s surpising.

色気。。。
Sex appeal…

出せるんじゃないか
So you can bring it out

遠子先輩
Tooko-senpai.

P11

当時　片岡愁二は同級生の城島咲子という女の子とつきあってなの
At the time, he was going out with a classmate, Kijima Sakiko.

仲のいいカップルだったらしいわ
The two got along really well.

咲子はおとなしくて優しい雰囲気の美少女
Sakiko was quiet but beautiful and kind.

愁二は彼女のことをとても大事にしていえ
Shuuji treated her very well.

周囲におろけまくっていたそうよ
They spoke well of each other.

咲子のほうも愁二に夢中で
Sakiko was in love with Shuuji too.

愁二の部活がおわるのを弓道部の前で待っていたらしいわ
She would wait for Shuuji infront of the archery club.

それで毎日二人で仲良く帰ったんですって
Then the two would go home together every day.

でもね。。。
But you see…

二人が三年生になって少したったある日
A few days after they became third years.


P12

愁二が部活の用事で遅くなって
Shuuji was late because he had club activites.

たまたま一人で帰った咲子は
So Sakiko went home by herself.

事故に遭って亡くなってしまったのよ
But she got caught in an accident and died.

事故。。。
Accident…

信号は赤に変わっていたのに
Even though the traffic light had turned red…

咲子が道路に飛び出してきたらしいわ
Sakiko still went on to the road.

それで　曲がり角からきたトラックにはねられてー　そくしだったそうよ
She was run over by a truck that was coming around the corner, dying instantly.


P13

。。。何故城島咲子は赤信号なのに
Why did she try to cross the road…

道路を渡ろうとしたのかしら
Even though the light was red.

さあ
Who knows.

とにかく　咲子は亡くなり
Anyway, With Sakiko gone…

愁二は最愛の恋人を失ってしまった
Shuuji also lost the person he loved the most.

あのときいつのように自分と一緒に帰っていればと相当悔やんでいたそうよ
He regretted not going home together with her.

そして　その1か月後―
Then 1 month later-

P14

自殺したの
He committed suicide.

いけない
It’s wrong.

これは十年も前の出来事だ
This is something that happened more than 10 years ago.

あのこととは無関係だ
It has nothing to do with that.

P15

愁二先輩の遺書にはなんて書いてあったの？
What was written in Shuuji-senpai’s will?

咲子がしんだのは自分のせいだ
It was my fault that Sakiko died.

咲子がいないことに耐えられないから
I can’t bear to live on without her so…

自分も彼女のところへ逝きますって
I will go to where she is.

それからー・・・
And…

生まれてきてごめんなさいって
I’m sorry for being born.

P16

片岡愁二というのは
Just what kind of person…

一体どんな人だったんですか？
Was Kataoka Shuuji?

気さくで明るくて冗談をいってふざけてばかりて
He was sociable and was always joking around.

彼がそこにいるだけで　笑いが絶えない　人気者だったそうよ
Just by him being there, people would laugh, a popular person.

それでいて一人でいるときは真面目な顔をしていてどこかさびしそうなんですって
But when he was alone, he would have a serious face that looked lonely.

女の子はそうゆうのに弱いわよね
Girls were weak to that kind of thing.

えらくモテたらしいわ
He was really popular.

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女の子はみんな彼のことをとっても優しい人だって
All the girls were kind to him.

それでね
And…

ときどき　恥ずかしそうな顔をしてみせるところが魅力的だって
The face he makes when he’s embarrassed is really charming.

弓道の練習中女の子が大勢集まってきて練習にならないって
When the archery club had practice, all the girls would gather around, interrupting practice.

愁二はマネージャーにしょっちゅう叱られてたらしいわ
He was always getting scolded by the manager.

それでもけろっとして笑っててまた怒られるといった具合で
He would laugh it off, and get manager would get mad at him again.

それを見てみんなが笑ってー
Everyone watching would laugh too.

愁二の周りはとにかくにぎやかだったらしいわ
It was always lively around him.

それは竹田さんが話してくれた愁二先輩のイメージと同じだ
It’s the same as what Takeda-san told me.

明るくて楽しくて優しい先輩―
A bright, kind and fun senpai.

けれど朗らかで人気者の彼は
But the cheerful and popular side is…

彼自身が創り出した哀しい道化で本来の彼ではなかった
A side that he himself created, a sorrowful clown, and not his real self.

P18

“自分は人を愛することがでいないお化けだ”
“I am a monster that cannot love.”

“生きていることが恥ずかしい”
“Living is embarrassing.”

“このことがみんなに知れたら耐えられない”
“If people found out about it, I wouldn’t be able to stand it.”

“いっそ死んでしまいたい”
“I just want it to end.”

竹田さんの持っていた手紙の中で彼は繰り返しそう訴えていた
He repeated that in Takeda-san’s letter.

太宰治の“人間失格”の中に挟んであったその手紙―
The letter that was inserted into Osamu Dazai’s “Ningen Shikkaku”.

それはもう一つの遺書だ
That was like another will.

片岡愁二はどういうつもりでもう一通別の遺書を用意したのだろう
What was he trying to do, preparing another will?

それは本当は誰に向けて書かれた手紙だったのだろう
Did he write that with a recipient in mind?

彼の理解者であり
Was it someone who understands him?

彼を破滅させる者だったS だろうか？
Was it S, the person who will bring forth his destruction?

それとも別の誰かか？
Or maybe someone else?

P19

愁二先輩には特別に親しい友達はいたの？
Was there anyone that he was especially kind to?

“親しい友達”は大勢いたようだけど
He had a lot of “kind friends”.

“特別”となると難しいわね
But “special” is a little tough.

クラスメイトで弓道部の仲間でもあった真鍋茂　添田康之―
Manabe Shigeru and Soeda Yasuyuki, who were both his classmates as well as members of the archery club.

この二人と一緒にいることが多かったみたい
They were together a lot.

この間の弓道部のOB!?
The archery clubs OB from before!?

P20

当時　真鍋はマネージャーの瀬名理保子とつきあってて
At the time, Manabe was going out with their manager, Sena Rihoko.

彼女たちも交えて五人で出かけたりしてたみたい
Including them, it was a group of 5.

理保子は卒業後に真鍋と別れて
After graduating, Rihoko broke up with Manabe.

添田とつかいはじめて今は結婚して添田理保子になってるわ
She started going out with Soeda, and they got married. Now it’s Soeda Rihoko.

真鍋茂　添田康之　瀬名理保子
Manabe Shigeru. Soega Yasuyuki. Sena Rihoko.

そして恋人の城島咲子
And his lover, Kihima Sakiko.

全員Sがつく
All of them have an S in their names.

そうそう
That’s right…

片岡愁の二写真を借りてきてあげたわ
I brought a photo of Kataoka Shuuji.


P21

見たい？
Want to see it?

。。。麻貴のエッチ
…Maki you pervert.

P22

ねぇ
Hey.

わたしは病み上がりなのよ
I just got over a cold.

これ以上脱いだら風邪がぶり返しちゃうわ
If I take off anymore, I’ll get sick again.

そしたらうちの一族の行きつくの病院の特別室を手配して
If that happens then I’ll make special arrangements for a room at my family’s hospital.

あたしが優しく看病してあげるわ
And I’ll kindly nurse you back to health.

もぉ
Geez.

みせてくれなきゃ絶交
If you don’t show it to me, I’ll break off our friendship.

遠子先輩はガキっぽいから本当に絶交しますよ
Tooko-senpai is like a kid, so if you don’t do it she’ll really break off your friendship.


P24

それにこれ以上脱がせてもぺったんこなのは変わらないとおもいます
Even if she strips anymore, it won’t change the fact that she’s flat.

スリップ一枚でも見事にぺったんこだし
Even with 1 slip off, she’s still flat.

もぉ～～～！
Geez~~~~!

心葉君のバカぁ！！！
Konoha-kun you idiot!!

バカ
Stupid.

バカ
Stupid.

バカぁ
Stupid.

あーそのへんで勘弁してやんなさい
Ah. Let’s leave it at that.

遠子
Tooko.

P25

ったく
Geez.

仕方ないわね
I guess I have no choice.

P26
。。。心葉くんにそっくり
…He looks just like Konoha-kun.

そう
Yea.

片岡愁二はまるでぼくの兄か叔父のように
It’s as if he was my brother or uncle.

僕によく似ていた
He really looks like me.

千愛がラブレターを渡す　“片岡愁二先輩との関連はー・・・！？
What relation does he have to the “Shuuji-senpai” who’s getting letters from Chia-…!?