Arakawa Under the Bridge 2

Chapter 2: Under a bridge on this big planet
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Box: My name is Kou Ichinomiya. // For the whole 20 years I've been alive, I have never made a debt to anyone. // That's because I am to become the next president of the Ichinomiya Company.
My sole goal in life // is to become a man worthy enough to be the successor of the company. // And I have lived my whole freaking life never creating a debt...

Text: So why...? Why did it happen now...?

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Kou: Why was my life // saved by this girl?!

Nino: Wanna eat it?// I got it when I went diving just a while ago...//

Kou: No, thank you!!

Kou: I can't stomach getting anything else from you!!

Nino: Heh...

Kou: Damn it... What am I gonna do?! // Having someone save your life means... // that from this moment on

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Small: ~ Linger ~ (for both frames)

Kou: When I eat cake, it'll taste good because of her. // When I take over the business and sit at the CEO's desk // it'll be because of her. // Everything that will ever happen from this moment forward is because of this girl!! // Having someone save your life is too much! Too much I say!! // What in the hell can I do to repay something like that?

Nino: So hey... // You're wet.

Kou: Huh?// Wait a sec, I'll get you something from my house to dry you off with.

Kou: Stop right there! You don't need to go through the trouble!

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Kou: To go all the way to your... // ... house...?

Nino: Oh, that's right... // I spread my towels on the floor... Do you want use the floor...?/

Kou: I'm good...

box dialect: She's poor... It must be rough, living out here alone... // This is...


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The perfect opportunity // to repay her.

Kou: Yea-h, it must be rough living out here...

Nino: Hm?

Kou: The location, the humidity, the noise.

Nino: You think so?

bg text: *In class.
Bg text: I should sell.

Kou: Oh, by the way... Just the other day, I happened to have a bit of success with some stocks and // it appears that I have around 800 million yen of spending money. // As long as you're ok with it, // I'd like to give you a house. // And that's all folks! // She must want a house so much she could scream! // And through this, my debt is ov...

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Nino: Nah, I'm good.

Kou: ... Eh...? // B-But isn't it freezing cold?!

Nino: Nope.

Kou: I beg to differ! I really am cold... So what about clothes or something?!

Nino: Ah, yeah. // That's because you're that. // An earthling. // I'm from Venus.

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Kou: What about food?

Nino: I fish. // Because I'm from Venus.

Kou: OK, this is rattling my brain! She's lost it! // Well, what do I do now...?! / If she's a nut that means she *really* doesn't want anything...!! // So... So there's nothing that's troubling you? // Nothing at all?

Nino: Hey... // What are you getting at?

Kou: What am I getting at? // I want to thank you for saving my life!

Nino: So on this planet //

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Nino: You help people // because you want something out of it?

Kou: Co- // Oh, come on... // Don't give me that... // Don't tell me you don't need anything...

Nino: What's wrong with your voice?

Kou: If you don't... // If you don't, I'll...

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Kou: have an asthma attack! // Caused by stress, // the Ichinomiya family is prone to suffer from this chronic disease... // Just let me help you... // Think of it as you helping me!! I'm begging you here!! COME ON!!

Nino: Life shouldn't be that hard... // Something I want... // Ah! // I guess you could say // there's something I want.

Kou: Oh?!

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Nino: Can you help me experience love?

Box: Our story starts here // from under a bridge // on this big planet.

Kou: What?!!! // What?!?! COUGH COUGH CHOKE

Nino: You lied about getting better...