Tokyo Casanova Volume 1

Title: Tokyo no Casanova
Mangaka: Kuramochi Fusako
Volume: 1 (of 2)
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: December 19, 2007

Legend:
// - action
[] - translator's notes
() - character's thoughts

Pg 3:
Tokyo no Casanova
Kuramochi Fusako

Pg 4:
Girl: Wow! It's Hanyuu Kaori!
Girl #2: She's so pretty! Is she really 16?!
Girl: This is probably for that new movie she's in, the "Kumajirou Series"!
Girl #2: Yeah, I read in a magazine that she got the lead!
Girl: I'm definitely gonna go see it!

Pg 5:
Man: Everyone quiet!
This is the real deal!
Man: And---ACTION!
Man: Scene 25, Cut 2!
//click//
Man: Kaori-chan!!

Pg 6:
[sign reads "Hotel Inekari"]
Man: Kaori-chann!
Girl: I wonder if she's okay?
Girl #2: I thought she was acting when she fainted!
Woman: Could everyone please let me get through?
Man: Hey! You're Hanyuu Kaori's manager!
//noise noise//
Man: Will you let us in too?
Woman: Perhaps later

Pg 7:
//shut//
//sigh//
//click//
//WAHHHHHH!//

Pg 8:
//WAHHHHH//
Man: Why
Man: didn't you get an abortion?
Kaori: I was too busy
Woman: Here, Kaori. Take some medicine
Man: You weren't even noticeably pregnant!
//WAHHHH//
Kaori: I guess that's just how my body type is
Man: Who's the guy?!

Pg 9:
Kaori: Does it even matter?
It's already done and over with
Man: Mizukami-kun!
Mizukami: Yes, boss?
Man: You're supposed to be her manager! How could you not notice this?!
Mizukami: (---And it all comes full circle to me)
//ring ring ring//
//tense//
Mizukami: It's the director.

Pg 10:
Mizukami: I'm sorry, but we'll have to cancel---
//swish//
Kaori: I apologize for the delay
I'll be there in 30 minutes.
Man: K-Kaori?!
//clank//
Kaori: Mizukami-san
//stands//
Kaori: Will you call for the makeup artist?
I'll go and take a shower.
Man: ...What a gal

Pg 11:
Kaori: (Yeah.
How can she just give birth to a baby and just go back to work like nothing had ever happened?
Is this what a normal 16-year old girl would do?
It's true though---
that there's something about her that draws people to her)
[left panel:

Marble Chocolates
Tamiko: This is Chii-chan's!
And this is mine!
[SL: Tamiko 7 years old]
Akira: What about Oo-chan's?
[SL: Akira 9 years old]
Tamiko: This is Chii-chan's
This is mine,
and this is Oo-chan's
Akira: What about mom?
Tamiko: This is Chii-chan's
This is mine,
This is Oo-chan's,
and this is mom's
Akira: What about grandma?
Tamiko: This is Chii-chan's...
and this is....
//panicked/
Akira: I don't want any anymore.]

Pg 12:
Man: Mizukami-kun,
Man: since this scandal happened due to your lack of responsibility,
Man: I'll leave getting rid of the baby up to you.
Take it, and leave.
As of today, you're fired!
//hahahaha//
Mizukami: What do you mean
"Take it and leave"...?
Mizukami: I already have children of my own---
Man: Just go throw it away
Man: at some orphanage or church! That's what I'm saying!
//WAHHH//
Mizukami: (But...that's----)

Pg 13:
//WAHHHH//

Pg 14:
I'm gonna try asking him out on a picnic
Where to? The mountains? The beach? The plateau?
But he'll probably answer like this:
"I want to climb a building!
I want to swim alongside the road!
I want to sprawl down in the middle of town!

I love the top floor of high-rise buildings
I love the glittering neon lights
I love the smelly traffic jams

I love the city that's sprinkled with lights
and
I love the people who bring life to the city even more"
He'll nonchalantly swing a backpack over his shoulder,
and press the elevator button to the high-rise building

Pg 15:
Tamiko: Chii Nii-chan.... [Nii-chan = big brother]
Tamiko: Chii-chan
Akira: Ta-ko? [short for "Tamiko" but sounds similar to "octopus" too ^^;]

Pg 16:
Tamiko: I had a nightmare
Do you mind if I sleep with you
Akira: Go aheaddd....
//rolls//
//rustle//
Akira: What kind of dream?
Tamiko: I don't remember anymore
Akira: Tako! [Tako=Octopus ^^;]

Pg 17:
Takashi: 'Morning
//ring ring//
Takashi: The phone's ringing
Mom: Good morning
Mom: Would you mind getting it?
Mom: I'm getting ready to head out
Takashi: Yes, Mizukami residence
Takashi: Yes,
just a moment please

Pg 18:
Takashi: There's a phone call from a GIRL named Kawabata for Akira!
Mom: Don't tell me that. Go and tell Akira yourself
//perks up//
Takashi: Yeah, but I have to leave soon so---
//dash//
//haha//
Mom: You've succeeded in getting her to do the dirty work, I see
Takashi: It's so easy to pull her strings
Tamiko: Mom and Oo Nii-chan's leaving.
Tamiko: Oo-chan's a fashion victim as always, I see
I'm surprised he's in a band with that kind of fashion sense

Pg 19:
Tamiko: I feel sorry for mom too. She's been working ever since dad left
Tamiko: You should become a pro photographer as soon as you can
Tamiko: because it looks like it might take me a while before I can become Hanyuuu Kaori #2
Tamiko: Hey, you're going to collect stuff for an article on Hanyuu Kaori today, right?
Akira: I dunno.
I'm just an assistant
Tamiko: Oh
Tamiko: Then, you're gonna be free tonight?
Akira: No
Tamiko: Well that's great! I'm going to Setagaya today,
mind coming to pick me up?
Akira: I said I'm NOT free!
Tamiko: This girl I know who lives there, she REALLY wants to meet you!

Pg 20:
Akira: I bet you just want a ride on my bike
//hehheh//
Tamiko: Welll Setagaya's pretty far by train!
Tamiko: She's really cute!
Akira: What time?
//Yay!//
Tamiko: 5!
Grandma: Akira!
//SMACKEROOO//
Akira: WHOA!
Grandma: What do you think? My hairstyle's the same as Akira's!
Tamiko: It looks great on you!
You look a lot more fashionable than Oo-chan!
Grandma: What! Don't compare me to him!
Grandma: Don't you think his hairstyle's so ugly?
//talk talk talk talk//
//hahahhahaa//
Akira: He's an embarrassment to this family!

Pg 21:
Grandma: Oh!
I almost forgot!
Grandma: Akira, do you know a Yamada-san?
Akira: No
Grandma: Then maybe it was Kobayashi?
Akira: No, I don't know who that is either
Grandma: This smells like you
//breathes in//
Akira: What does that person want?
Grandma: There's a phone call for you
//rustle//
Akira: Why didn't you say so in the first place?!
[left panel

Ice cream
Tamiko: I want chocolate
Akira: I want orange-flavored
Takashi: I want mint
Akira: Mint?!
Takashi: It'll probably a taste for grown ups!
Tamiko: Whoaaa then it's probably gonna taste like beer!
Akira: Or maybe cigarettes?
Tamiko: That doesn't sound too good....
Tamiko: I want chocolate
Akira: I want orange-flavored
Takashi: I'll have vanilla...
]

Pg 22:
Tamiko: Grandma, was it a girl?
Tamiko: Then maybe it was "Kawabata"?
Grandma: You mean she's his reko? [She makes a mistake ^^ Usually it's "kore" (this). She's holding up her pinky finger, and asking if the girl's his girlfriend ^^]
Tamiko: I don't know, but she's a photographer at the publishing firm he's working part time at.
She's been calling him alot lately
Akira: Hello?
//IDIOT!//
Woman: What're you missing work for?!
You're fired! You hear me? FIRED!
Akira: Sorry
Woman: I won't let you off with some half-hearted apology! I waited 15...no, 18 minutes!
Woman: You pick up tonight's bill! You hear me?!
//haha//
Akira: Okay, okay
Woman: Oh, and Hanyuu Kaori's interview's been cancelled because of some change in schedule
Akira: Whatt?!

Pg 23:
Woman: What do you mean "What?!" Don't tell me you're a fan of hers?!
Akira: Yeah
Woman: No way! But...she's...OLD! I mean, she's old to someone your age!
Woman: She's 30, no.....35 this year!
Woman: Why would a kid like you like an old---
Akira: She's not old
Woman: Sorry....are you mad?
Akira: Haha, no.
Woman: You just surprised me, that's all. I thought you'd be into more of the cutesy actresses
Akira: My whole family's a fan of hers
because my mother used to be her manager
Woman: Oh, so that's why

Pg 24:
[sign reads "Publishing Firm"]
Akira: Good morning!
Woman: What do you mean?
Man: As I said, it was decided at today's meeting---
Man: Since it's a female model, it would be better for a male cameraman to take her photo, so the results will be sexier--
Woman: We aren't doing some porn magazine!
//So we will use whoever's better suited---//
//Who do you think I am?!//

Pg 25:
Woman: Hey
I was bored so I showed myself around the dark room [where pictures are developed]
Woman #2: Akira! Give me a cigarette, will you?
//pissed off//
Akira: Good morning, Kawabata-san
Akira: You're better off drinking juice than smoking a cigarette. It's healthier for you.
Akira: You seem tired, so take this.
Woman: Don't tell me you're on their side?!
Me being mad has nothing to do with me being tired!!
I'm mad because of that air-head of an editor!
Woman: I'm supposed to be the exclusive photographer for this firm and he goes along and brings along a cameraman that I absolutely CAN'T stand!!

Pg 26:
Akira: Yeah, but doesn't that give you all the more reason to follow along with what he says?
//THUD//
Woman: It's not that easy!
Woman: They don't take me seriously because I'm a woman
Akira: If you think that way, it'll come out in the way you handle others
If that happens, then it'll really turn out like you say
Akira: What's most important in this profession is trust between all people, remember?
Woman: Don't act so high and mighty!
Woman: Just because you got your ass felt up by some model doesn't mean you've suddenly got the rights to tell me this and that!
Akira: Haha, as always, your eyes never miss anything.

Pg 27:
Girl: Thank you very much!
Woman: Good work!
Woman: Want to go out for some coffee?
Akira: I want to go out and grab a bite to eat.
I found this really great place near here that has tofu dengaku [it's a tofu dish that's coated in miso]
Woman: Remember, the meal's on you!
Woman: You're the first assistant of mine that's kept a promise about having dinner together, you know that?
Woman: You're the first to speak up against me too
Woman: Since I'm scary, you know?

Pg 28:
Akira: Hey, isn't he the editor for our---
Man: Yeah, she probably has the talent, you know?
But she's trying too hard to not lose against the guys, you get what I'm saying?
Man: When a woman reaches 30 and she's still single, she becomes stubborn
Guy: No way! She's 30??!
Man: Yeah! Next time, take a look at the wrinkles she gets between her eyebrows when she's yelling at someone!
Man: [SL: Heh] Her makeup powder works its way into those wrinkles!
Woman: I'm 25.

Pg 29:
Man: Uh...
what I said just now---
Man: wasn't about you, Kawabata-san....
Woman: Let's go, Akira!
Akira: Kawabata-san!
Akira: There's no reason for us to run away!
Akira: Kawabata-san....
Woman: Don't look at me!
Woman: Ah...
//slap//

Pg 30:
[SL: Haha]
Akira: Are you taking what they said seriously?
Kawabata: A kid like you wouldn't understand!
Akira: Everyone in the world gets wrinkles when they're mad. That's a fact!
Kawabata: Haha...my powder really does make their way everywhere
Kawabata: I'm 30, just like they said
Akira: You're acting like a kid, you know that? Cry, cry, that's all you're doing
Kawabata: I hate people like you!
Kawabata: Are you what most kids are like these days?!
Don't look down on me!

Pg 31:
Akira: You're a hard person to please, you know that? You don't want to be treated like an old lady, and yet you don't want to be treated like a kid either
Kawabata: What's wrong with treating me like a normal human being?!
Like a NORMAL person!!
Akira: What's your definition of "normal"?
Kawabata: Go and make fun of me for all I care
Kawabata: You're having a good laugh aren't you?
Making a woman 10 years older than you blush, and turn pale with a single word
Akira: Sorry....
Kawabata: Ya little bugger!

Pg 32:
Tamiko: What! He can't come pick me up?!
Grandma: Yeah, I just got a phone call from him saying that
//clank clank clank//
Tamiko: But I waited 40 WHOLE minutes for him!!
Grandma: Just come home by train
Tamiko: But my friend's wanting to meet Chii-chan!!
Grandma: Well what am I supposed to do about it?
Tamiko: Geez, just forget it!
//SLAM//
Tamiko: Sorry
Girl: Don't worry about it. You were doing me a favor, anyway
Girl #2: How idiotic. When are you going to stop obsessing over your brother?

Pg 33:
Girl: What's with you? She's never even once bragged about her brother!
Girl: She was just doing me a favor, because I've liked her brother since I was in middle school...
Tamiko: It's okay
Girl #2: What a waste of time!
Girl #2: I want to go home
Girl: I don't know what kind of rich family she comes from, but---
Girl: Why did you ask her to come with us anyway?
I wanted to show YOU Hanyuu Kaori's video, not her.
Girl: So you're going home by train?
It's rush hour, but since you're heading in the nobori, it shouldn't be too full ["nobori" means "to climb", and she's saying this in reference to where the Japanese emperor's living quarters are located in Tokyo]
Tamiko: (What's with Chii lately, anyway?
He never used to be like this when we were kids)
//clank clank clank//

Pg 34:
Tamiko: (He's been like this ever since he started getting calls from that woman named "Kawabata")
Tamiko: ("Chii-chan, I want to become an actress just like Hanyuu Kaori!")
Tamiko: ("Then when I become a famous cameraman, I'll take photos of you!")
Tamiko: ("Great idea!")
Tamiko: ("Haha, but wouldn't it be hilarious if Oo-chan was still living that lonely life of his?
Nooo I'd feel sorry for him!
It'd be awesome if all three of us could hit it big!")
//swish//
Tamiko: (Is it the air conditioner?)

Pg 35:
Tamiko: (No)
Tamiko: (It's that guy behind me breathing on me)
//exhale//
Tamiko: (Ew, I can almost feel his nose hairs just flying my way)
Tamiko: (Why does he have to stand so close to me when the train's this empty anyway?)
//step step step//
//THUD//

Pg 36:
Tamiko: (NOOOOO!)
//Next stop is Soshigaya Ookura---//
//dash//

Pg 37:
Tamiko: (KYAAAAAA!)
//throws//
//dash dash dash//
//SLAM//
//wheeze wheeze wheeze//
//beep beep//
Tamiko: Ah
//wheeze wheeze//
//clank clank//
//beep beep beep//

Pg 38:
Tamiko: C-Could I please speak to Mizukami-san?
GUy: Oh, Mizukami-kun's currently not---
Wait!
He just came back
Guy: Mizukami-kun,
phone call for you, from a GIRL
Akira: Yes...?
Akira: Oh, it's just you.
What's up?
Tamiko: I'm at Soshigaya Ookura, so come pick me up right now!!
It's you fault I ran into a chikan! If you just picked me up like you promised--- [chikan=guy who feels girls up in the train ^^]
Akira: Oh really?
Tamiko: That's ALL you have to say?! Idiot! Come pick me up!
Akira: I still have work I have to finish up
Akira: Don't be such a baby.

Pg 39:
//clank//
Tamiko: (What was that just now?!)
Tamiko: (I just went through something REALLY scary and he treats me like THAT?!)
//throws//

Pg 40:
Tamiko: (I don't care how many promises he breaks in the future,)
Tamiko: (I just wanted him to come THIS time!)
Tamiko: ("How idiotic. When are you going to stop obsessing over your brother?")
Tamiko: ("No way! You sometimes sleep in the same bed as your brother?!
I have a brother too, but I could never do that! Just thinking about it gives me the heebie-jeebies!"
"But I guess your brother's another story, huh?")
Tamiko: (Maybe I do rely on him too much?)
//click//
[sign reads "Thirty-Two Ice Cream"]
//dash//

Pg 41:
Guy: Welcome!
Tamiko: (I hate it...that Chii-chan's my brother)
Tamiko: (I'll probably feel really sad
the day he finds some girl to settle down with)
Tamiko: Could I please have the Caramael Ribbon?
Tamiko: (I better start becoming more independent!)
Tamiko: Oh,
scratch that. Could I have Mint Chocolate instead?
Tamiko: (I should just start thinking that I DON'T have a brother at all.
Because if you look at it, if I was an only-child, I'd have to deal with chikans and those kind of stuff on my own
and, I would never have to wait to be picked up")

Pg 42:
Tamiko: (Yeah, I should be more independent!)
Tamiko: One more Mint Chocolate please!
Guy: Thank you for waiting---
Tamiko: Chii-chan!

Pg 43:
Tamiko: You came?!
Akira: I have a taxi waiting over there. Hurry!
Tamiko: You didn't come on your bike?
Akira: I didn't want to risk getting into an accident
over something stupid like this [emphasis on "stupid" ^^]
Taxi Driver: Hurry!
There are other cars waiting to go through!
Akira: Sorry about that. Could you drop her off at Kichijouji,
and take me back to the building I got on from?
Akira: I'm so thirsty I could die

Pg 44:
Tamiko: You know that girl I was talking about? I got to know her in my acting class.
She used to go to the same middle school as you
Akira: Oh, that's nice...
Tamiko: Oh yeah, and I asked out this other girl in our acting class to hang out with us too.
She's kind of different, you know? But she kind of looks like you, so I can't be mean to her.
Akira: Oh, that's nice...
Tamiko: (What's his problem?)
Taxi Driver: All the roads ahead are one way streets. There's no way I can make a turn
Taxi Driver: If we don't make a turn at exit 8, it'll end up being a long one
Akira: What about the corner over there?
Taxi Driver: No, that won't do
Akira: Then that's okay. Take whatever road you think is best.

Pg 45:
Taxi Driver: Well ain't that a surprise.
The road led to
Taxi Driver: Setagaya Doori
Taxi Driver: I'm not too fond of Setagaya myself
Taxi Driver: It hasn't changed since olden times, so the streets are still really crowded
Akira: I didn't know that...
Taxi Driver: It never had to endure any bombs during the war
Taxi Driver: and the earthquakes they had weren't that destructive,
so unlike most other places, the roads haven't been organized to make it easier to drive
Akira: What's so bad about that?
I'd like to try living here
Taxi Driver: You would?

Pg 46:
Akira: Yeah!
Because doesn't that mean this is a really lucky part of town to live in?
Akira: I wanna try living here,
Akira: don't ya agree?
Tamiko: Yeah!
Tamiko: (He thinks about things differently from everyone else)
Tamiko: (I have a blast just being with him.
I feel really happy when I'm with him)

Pg 47:
[no text]

Pg 48:
Woman: Good morning!
Today's guest,
Woman: is actress Hanyuu Kaori-san!
//yawn//
Mom: Oh, I almost forgot
Akira was saying he wanted to watch this
Grandma: Takashi,
could you go and wake up Akira?
Takashi: Wake up----
Takashi: Akira---!

Pg 49:
Tamiko: What's going on...
Oo-chan?
Tamiko: What's up?
//slam//
Akira: What is it...?
Tamiko: I don't know...
I'll go and see
//step step step//

Pg 50:
Grandma: Hurry! Hurry! It's going to be over soon!
Takashi: Hey, grandma
Akira and Tamiko's----
Takashi: Are they always sleeping together like that?

Pg 51:
Grandma: Yeah, they seem to be sleeping together lately
Takashi: And you're fine with that?
Takashi: I didn't want to bring this up
Takashi: I've been keeping quiet about it for a long time,
because I didn't want to cause trouble, you know?
Takashi: I even kinda got the feeling it was a dream...
but I have this memory in the back of my mind
Takashi: of the day Akira came to live with us.

END OF CHAPTER 1

Pg 52:
Grandma: Ha...

Pg 53:
Grandma: Hahahahhahaa...
Grandma: Misako-san!
Misako-san!
Grandma: [SL: Hahahaha] Takashi just said something really funny!
Takashi: GRANDMA!

Pg 54:
Akira: BOO!
Tamiko: KYAAAAA!
Akira: What're you doing?
Tamiko: Ch--
Chii-chan!
Grandma: Akira! Listen to this! Takashi---
Takashi: NOOO!
Takashi: It's nothing!
Takashi: Grandma! Just drop it, will ya?!

Pg 55:
Akira: What, Tako? [tako=octopus]
Tamiko: I'll tell you in a million years!
Akira: I won't be alive then!
Akira: Aren't you gonna grab a few more Z's?
//yawn//
Tamiko: ....I'll go sleep in my own room
Akira: Oh, okay.
Yeah, you go do that. Oh yeah, and just to let you know---your breath stinks like hell when you're sleeping!
[Side cartoon:

AKIRA-KUN
Girls: Akira-kun!
//clatter//
//KYAAAA!//
[under window reads "Akira 14 years old"]
Girls: Akira-kun!!!
//clatter//
//KYAAAAAA!!!//]

Pg 56:
Tamiko: Y-You smell more than I do!
Tamiko: (You've gotta be kidding me...
...he's not my real brother...?)
Tamiko: (There's no way...
that could be true...)
Akira: Whaddya want?

Pg 57:
Kawabata: Akira
//whistle//
Akira: Lookin' pretty foxy today. What's up?
Kawabata: I had an omiai [omiai = arrangement usually by the parents who get together their single sons/daughters with other singles]
Akira: Oh, so that's why!
Akira: Could I have a cup of coffee?
Akira: How was he?
Kawabata: He was a 35 year old who works at some trading company

Pg 58:
Kawabata: He had a GREAT sense of humor, he had FABULOUS sense of style, not to mention he had a beer belly
//ahahahahaha//
Kawabata: But he seemed like a honest guy
Kawabata: So I'm starting to seriously consider taking the plunge
Akira: Yeah
Akira: If you like him, then I don't see what's the problem
Kawabata: I thought you'd say that
//chuckles//

Pg 59:
Akira: Trying to test me, I see?
//chuckles//
Kawabata: This is the new schedule
Kawabata: It's been decided we're gonna be collecting info on a couple of groups for an article on the national concert headlines
Kawabata: Tomorrow, we'll be starting off at Shibuya
with "Baby Revolution" and "Waraji".
The day after is
"Otohime Miko"
Akira: I haven't heard
of any of these groups before
Kawabata: Yeah. Oh, the movie's about to start
Akira: Okay, okay.
[side panel:

Shibuya
//So we decided to not meet in front of Hachikou. Instead, we decided to meet at
the entrance to Shibuchika//
Tamiko: You said we're gonna meet at the top of the stairs!
Akira: I SAID it'd be better to meet at the BOTTOM of the stairs so we wouldn't get wet if it rains!
//So, we decided to stop meeting at Shibuya all together//
[sign reads "Shibuchika"]
Dog: Woof!]

Pg 60:
Woman: Everyone line up! We'll be practicing "the Mirror" next!
[sign reads "Kanasugi Private All-Girls Academy"]
Woman: When you do this,
Woman: If you just try to copy what the other person is doing, then it won't work becaues you'll be too slow
Woman: that's why it's important to try to read the action of the other person BEFORE they actually do it

Pg 61:
Tamiko: (It's so easy to be her shadow)
Tamiko: (I can read what she's about to do next
I can figure her out better than Ikoma-san, who I'm closer to)
Tamiko: (Maybe our senses are alike?)
Tamiko: (I don't know why, but I have this feeling like I could become really good friends with her if I tried)
//thud//

Pg 62:
//wheeze wheeze//
Tamiko: S-Senpai! Yuzuki-san's--- [senpai=upperclassman]
Yuzuki: I SAID I'm fine!!
Tamiko: But still---
Yuzuki: Just leave me alone!
Girl: What's wrong, Yuzuki-san?
Yuzuki: Nothing!
She just thought my acting was real.

Pg 63:
Girl: Yuzuki-san
tries to cover up the fact her body's weak because she thinks she wouldn't be able to get parts otherwise!
Girl: But don't you think if she's gonna go through all that trouble,
she might as well start walking home on her own instead of having that driver of hers come pick her up?
//giggles//
Girl: I guess she is
//waver//

Pg 64:
Tamiko: Let's go back to school!
Girl: What!
But I want to go to your place and hang out!
Tamiko: Yeah, but this is more important!
Girl: Then why don't we bring her over to your place?
Girl: We can go to your place by taxi.
I'll foot the bill!
Tamiko: ("I'll foot the bill", huh?
I guess I shouldn't have expected any less from a private all-girls academy.
I can't keep up at times, but since their acting class is really famous, I guess I'll have to grin and bear it)
Tamiko: I'm home!
Girl: Wow! Your house is huge!
Tamiko: (Yeah, but it's a rental, and it's really old on top of that)
Tamiko: Oh yeah, there's a nail sticking out on your side, so be careful

Pg 65:
Tamiko: Yuzuki-san, I let the people at your home know what happened
Girl: Wow! Matchbooks!
Tamiko: Yep, I collect them
Tamiko: My brothers go to a lot of places, so they bring me back lots
Girl: That's so cool!
Have they come home yet?

Pg 66:
Tamiko: Ah! Grandma!
These are my friends, Ikoma Jyuri-san and Yuzuki-san
Grandma: Hello
Tamiko: Where are Chii-chan and the others?
Grandma: They haven't come home yet
Girl: Oh, okay, then can I take a look at Akira-san's photo album until they come back?
Girl: Kyaaa! So cute!
Girl: I want this photo!

Pg 67:
Girl: There aren't too many photos of him and a girl
I wonder if he's going out with anyone?
Tamiko: I don't know...
he's been going to an all-guys school since high school
Girl: Why do you call him Chii-chan when his name's Akira?
Tamiko: Well, since he's the second oldest, I call him "Chii-chan" [short for "chiisai" which means "small/youngest" brother]
My oldest brother I call him "Oo-chan" because he's the oldest [short for "ooki" meaning "big/oldest" brother]
//turns//
Girl: That makes sense!
People call me Julie!
Girl: Call me that instead of Ikoma-san, will you?
Tamiko: "J-Julie"?
Girl: What about you, Mizukami-san?
Tamiko: Me?

Pg 68:
Tamiko: I don't really have a nickname...
Girl: Then let me think one up for you!
Since your first name's Tamiko,
how about "Tammy"?
//giggle//
Tamiko: Whatt! "Tammy"?!
Girl: Yep! I'm "Julie" and you're "Tammy"! Isn't that an awesome nickname?!
//giggles//
Tamiko: I-It might take me a while to get used to it!
Girl: Let's practice then!
"Tammy", isn't Chii-chan home yet?
//blush//
//slam//
Tamiko: Ah! He's back!
//sigh of relief//

Pg 69:
Girl: I'm so nervous!
Tamiko: Chii-chan?
Tamiko: Chii-chan!
Akira: What, "Tammy"?
Tamiko: Hey! It's rude to listen in on people, you know that?!
Akira: You guys were talking so loud, I could hear from a mile away

Pg 70:
Tamiko: My friend that I was talking about last time's here. She wants to meet you!
Akira: Oh, that's too bad! I still have work to get back to. I forgot my wallet so I just came to get it.
Tamiko: But---
w-wa-
wait right here, okay?
Okay?!
//step step step//
Tamiko: Chii-chan!
This is Ikoma Juri-san
Girl: N-Nice to meet---
Tamiko: (Hey!!)

Pg 71:
Man: Thank you very much for taking care of her
//bows//
Yuzuki: Shioda! What're you doing?! Let's go already!
Man: I'll be going now. Thank you again.
Girl: What's her problem anyway?! Couldn't she have at least thanked us?!
Tamiko: Yeah well, anyway, I'm really sorry Ikoma-san
Girl: It's "Julie", remember?
Girl: I'll come again soon, Tammy!
Tamiko: Ah, okay!
See you...Julie

Pg 72:
Tamiko: Chii-chan's STILL not back yet?
//grrrr//
Takashi: He said he'll be late tonight
//SNEEZE//
Tamiko: (He's really getting on my nerves!)
//SNEEZE//
Mom: Grandma! Cover up! You're making us lose our appetites
Mom: Tamiko!

Pg 73:
//clip//
Tamiko: (I wonder what's up?
It's unusual for him to be out so late)

Pg 74:
Takashi: What? You're still not asleep yet?
Takashi: Don't worry, he's just out late working
Tamiko: He's out working THIS late?
Takashi: Well, you know
he IS 19...
it wouldn't be strange if there are some days when he doesn't come home at all
Tamiko: (What...)
Tamiko: (N-No way!
What is that...supposed to mean?)

Pg 75:
//knock knock//
//swish//
Akira: Ta-ko!
//knock knock knock//
Akira: Ta-ko!
//clatter//
Akira: Sorry!
The front door was locked

Pg 76:
Akira: You're a lifesaver
//covers//
Akira: You're still mad about what happened earlier?
I'll meet your friend next time, okay?
Akira: Ta-ko, hold out your hand for a sec
Akira: Give me your han---
Tamiko: Don't! Dirty old man!
Akira: Shhhhh
Tamiko: Where were you anyway?!
You've never had to work this late before!

Pg 77:
Akira: SOMEBODY's causing a fit
Tamiko: HA!
Akira: You act like that at home, but outside you act out the role of a "picture perfect" girl, huh?
Akira: Let me see...your luck at finding marriage...
isn't too good...
let me guess, you're one to go for looks, aren't you?
Akira: Oh noes! I see in your future, a life as an old-maid!
You must make sure to make your move while you still can!
//giggle giggle//

Pg 78:
[matchbook reads "Roppongi"]

Pg 79:
Tamiko: ("I even kinda got the feeling it was a dream...
but I have this memory in the back of my mind
of the day Akira came to live with us.")
//squeeze//

Pg 80:
Mom: Where were you last night, Akira?
Akira: I had to stick around to do an article on some concert,
and they happened to know Oo-chan,
so I hung out with them, and it turned into an all-nighter
Mom: Well you could have at least phoned
Akira: Yeah
Akira: 'Morning
Tamiko: Where's grandma?
Mom: She's out for a walk
Mom: Well, I'll be off now

Pg 81:
Takashi: Wait! I'm gonna go too
Takashi: I'll see you at 7, okay?
Akira: Got it
Tamiko: Are you two gonna go out somewhere?
Akira: Yeah
Mom: You two aren't going to go anywhere you're not supposed to, are you?
Akira: Nah
Mom: I didn't raise you two to---
Akira: We're doing a coverage for Oo-chan's band
Tamiko: Really?! Take me along with you!
Akira: It's work! So no!
Tamiko: I'll go as a fan of the band!
Akira: That's why I didn't want to mention it while you were here!

Pg 82:
[sign reads "Shibuya Train Station"]
Tamiko: (I wonder if she's waiting for her boyfriend?)
Tamiko: (She's been waiting there since before I got here.
It's already past 6---I wonder what time they're supposed to be meeting up?
Oh, and that guy's
going to the phone booth to call someone)

Pg 83:
Tamiko: (Watching them like this makes me kinda feel like I know them.
It's almost like I'm having some silent conversation with them)
Akira: I told you to wait at the tail side of Hachikou, didn't I? [Referring to the statue ^^]
Tamiko: No, you said the nose side
Akira: I SAID there are alot of people who wait at the nose side!
Tamiko: Well, you didn't tell me clearly enough!
//giggle giggle//

Pg 84:
Akira: Let's go
We have to get there before Kawabata-san
Tamiko: What! Kawabata-san's coming too?!
Akira: No duh! She's the one who's gonna be taking the photos!
Tamiko: So I finally get to meet her face-to-face, huh?
Akira: Did you say something?
Tamiko: No, nothing
Akira: Ah!
I'm sorry I'm late!

Pg 85:
[sign on the right reads "advanced tickets are on sale everyday at three--[cut off] are on sale at the register---[cut off]]
Akira: Ah, she's my sister, Tamiko
Kawabata: Oh, your little sister?
Kawabata: For a second there, I thought you two made a nice couple!
Well I guess that's a no brainer since you're family!
Kawabata: Nice to meet you,
I'm Kawabata Reiko.
Tamiko: Hello
Tamiko: (I don't know why....but she comes off as really...uptight for some reason...?)

Pg 86:
Guy: We've got a problem, Kawabata-kun
Kawabata: Oh, so it's a no-go?
Kawabata: The lead singer for Otohime Miko's a bit of a strange one
Kawabata: Apparently, she hates being photographed
Kawabata: She won't even let us backstage
Akira: Otohime Miko doesn't hate being photographed
Kawabata: And how would you know this?
Kawabata: IDIOT!
Why didn't you tell me earlier that your brother's the bassist for the band?!
Akira: Eh?
Well since it's personal, you know? I didn't want to---

Pg 87:
Takashi: But it'd be a waste to pass this opportunity up,
Hime [Short for her name "Otohime". It also means "Princess"]
Takashi: It isn't everyday you know that we get a chance to be in a big magazine like theirs
Hime: I said no
Hime: I don't want to be photographed in my normal clothes!
Hime: And my hair's a mess!
Guy: Takashi!
Your brother's here
Takashi: Okay, thanks
Akira: What's up? I never heard that she hated being photographed
Takashi: No, it's because the clothes she was supposed to wear won't make it in time for the shoot. She's just acting the spoiled princess

Pg 88:
Hime: I'm not!
Hime: You don't know how important an outfit is to a singer, do you?!
Akira: Yeah, I can see her point there. Why don't you start paying more attention to what you wear
so the audience concentrates on the music and not on your lack of fashion?
//snickers//
Takashi: Are you trying to start a fight with me?
Hime: Are you the person who's going to be taking the photos?
Takashi: He's my little brother
Takashi: He's the cameraman's assistant

Pg 89:
Guy: Hey! Otohime's showed her face!
Hime: I can't believe you're related to Takashi!
You've got a pretty nice style
Hime: Comparing you to the rest of the guys in my band would be a crime. They're always just dressed in whatever. They have no sense at all!
You understand, don't you?
Hime: Are you going to be taking my photo?

Pg 90:
Kawabata: Sorry, but I have the honors
Kawabata: He's my assistant
Akira: She's amazing. She'll make you look your best even if you couldn't wear the outfit that you wanted
Hime: I want him to take my photo

Pg 91:
Kawabata: Don't be a spoiled brat!
Hime: I want him to take my photo!
I won't let anyone else do it!
Guy: I understand.
Let's let him take it then
Kawabata: Hey!
Guy: Why not? This time around, as long as we have ONE photo of them, it doesn't really matter who takes it
It'd be more stupid to take a nameless band like this seriously!
//whisper whisper//

Pg 92:
Akira: I won't do it
Kawabata: Do it, I don't mind
The editor gave the OK, so why not?
Kawabata: Use the "Snow Cloth"*
Akira: Are you serious?!
Kawabata: Yeah, but in exchange, you have to go out with me after this is over
[* "Snow Cloth" is a type of filter used on the camera]

Pg 93:
Hime: Hello everyone, this is Otohime Miko!
This is the first time we've played in over two months!
Hime: I'll be starting off with a new song of mine---
Hime: One...
Two...

Pg 94:
//flash//
//flash//

Pg 95:
//flash//

Pg 96:
[no text]

Pg 97:
[no text]

Pg 98:
Hime: Thank you very much!
Kawabata: Akira!
//flash//
//Kya! Kya!//

Pg 99:
[no text]


END OF CHAPTER 2

Pg 100:
Guy: These are illustrations done by the readers
Guy: I was surprised that almost all were of the same photo
Woman: Yes, this is The Pink editing department--
//ring ring//
Guy #2: Is this the photo from this month's magazine that Kawabata-kun took?
Guy: Oh, no, this is the photo that was taken by that boy working part time
Guy #2: So it was Mizukami-kun....
Guy: Mizukami-kun!
The Editor-in-Chief's calling for you!

Pg 101:
Guy: Sorry I'm making you do this, since this is a personal request
Guy: but go take photos of Asakusa for me, will you?
Guy: My father, who's been hospitalized recently got a case of nostalgia
but there's no way we can take him there, so I thought he might like to see some photos
Akira: No problem
Guy: I'll make sure to cover your pay!
Akira: No need! I've got a soft spot for seniors!
Guy: Haha, I'm sure Pops would be pleased!

Pg 102:
Akira: Nah, I was talking about you!
//SHHHHH!//
Guy: MIZUKAMI!!!
Guy: If I was like any other editor-in-chief, you'd be fired! You know that?! FIRED!
Guy #2: The young people lately
have made it practically their profession to PRETEND to do work, but never actually get anything done
Guy #2: He on the other hand, puts alot of effort in
Girl: Yeah, I even get him to help me out on some editing projects
Kawabata: He's just good at faking it, that's all
Girl: You say that, but don't think
no one's noticed how you've been dressing younger!
//giggle giggle//
Kawabata: Thank you very much for noticing, but I AM young

Pg 103:
[sign reads "Cafeteria"]
//clank clank//
Guy: Then you're planning on
using Mizukami-kun for this month's Asakusa special?
//clank//
Guy #2: Yeah, but I thought he'd refuse because he wouldn't want to feel as though he's taking Kawabata-kun's job, so I didn't tell him
Guy #2: I've been thinking since a while back that a boy like him would go well with the target audience for this magazine
Guy #2: This would be a great opportunity to go ahead and create some kind of photo corner for him
Guy: Yeah, but if that happens, Kawabata-san probably wouldn't be pleased!
//slurp slurp//
Guy: She does guard her property with an iron-clad fist!
Guy: Yeah well,
that women's battle at Otohime's concert wasn't something to be missed, I tell ya!

Pg 104:
[sign reads "Family Register"]
Tamiko: ("This is my sister, Tamiko")
Tamiko: ("Oh, your little sister")

Pg 105:
Tamiko: ("For a second there, I thought you two made a nice couple!
Well I guess that's a no brainer since you're family!")
Tamiko: ("I want him to take my photo!
I won't let anyone else do it!")
[paper reads
"Adoptive Mother" Mizukami Misako
"Adopted Child" Akira]

Pg 106-107:
Tamiko: ("I even kinda got the feeling it was a dream...
but I have this memory in the back of my mind
of the day Akira came to live with us.")
Tamiko: (But I'm truly greatful to fate for this)

Pg 108:
Takashi: Hey, you're back.
Are you free this Sunday?
Akira: No
Takashi: Then when are you free?
Takashi: What's up?
Akira: Aww man, mom's working over time again?
Ta-ko's not gonna give equal portions to everybody, especially not to me

Pg 109:
Akira: I don't know why
Akira: but she's been mad at me lately.
She's been ignoring me
Akira: I'm home, Tammy-chan!
Akira: Tasty lookin' pickled radish there
Akira: WAHHHH!
Tamiko: It's fried egg!
Tamiko: I won't give any to a guy who's drooling over some girl just because she paid him a little attention!!
//lick//
Akira: You're STILL bringing that up?

Pg 110:
Tamiko: And----And---
Grandma: Tamiko, Tamiko
Tamiko: Don't try to stop me, grandma!
Grandma: (If you're a REAL cameraman...)
Tamiko: Oh, yeah, right!
If you're a REAL cameraman,
you should just keep on shooting even if the person you're taking photos of comes right up to you!
But that's not what you did! You looked like you were gonna drop your camera at any second!!
Akira: Yeah, Kawabata-san got mad at me over the same thing
Tamiko: Ha! I bet that's not the only reason why she was mad!
//HA!//
Akira: Ta-ko, I'm going to Asakusa on Sunday
wanna go with me?
//tap!//
Grandma: Dealt the royal flush!

Pg 111:
Grandma: Asakusa! How nostalgic!
Tamiko: Grandma!!
Tamiko: (I'm so glad I'm taking acting lessons)
Tamiko: (I was able to act normally around him,
right?)
[side panel


Bargain
Tamiko: Hey, does this look nice on me?
[sign reads "Huge Sale"]
Tamiko: Hey...
[sign reads "Bargain Bargain"]
Tamiko: Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Tamiko: Why didn't you stay by my side?!
I had to keep on pretending like I MEANT to talk to her!
]

Pg 112:
[no text]

Pg 113:
Tamiko: It's my first time in Asakusa
Tamiko: Hey, are they having some kind of festival?
They have a lot of shops set up
Grandma: Oh, no. Don't tell me you don't know?
Akira: This is yeah,
Akira: way back, Sumidagawa used to be a lot bigger than it is now.
This all used to be a river.

Pg 114:
Akira: Just around the time you first started walking,
well wouldn't you believe, one tako [octopus] came
Akira: and this is the festival to celebrate the first time it set foot on Asakusa
//snickers//
Tamiko: (But)
Tamiko: (I love those unbelievable "little white lies" of his too)
Tamiko: (My heart's still pounding like crazy.
For me to be able to think that I love Chii-chan, is---)

Pg 115:
Tamiko: It's okay, I don't need my picture taken
Akira: Just act like you normally would
Tamiko: (I love his camera too)
Tamiko: Then I'll do this...
Tamiko: (I love his voice too)
Akira: Haha...
okay, don't move
Tamiko: Hey?
//turns//
//flash//
Akira: Hey! What did I tell you---
Tamiko: Look at this!

Pg 116:
Tamiko: Don't you think there's something weird about this mannequin?
Akira: You think?
Tamiko: Oh yeah, now I see it! The hairstyle and kimono don't go together at all!
Tamiko: This probably came from some fancy department store
Tamiko: Look! It's balding!
It probably got handed down to lots of shops before ending up here
Tamiko: I kinda feel sorry for it
Akira: Nah, Don't.
'Cause this mannequin
Akira: was able to come to Asakusa because it's old and worn out
//flash//

Pg 117:
Akira: Haha, it's great though that you're back to normal!
Tamiko: Do you like me that much?
//flash//

Pg 118:
Akira: Huh?
//click/
Tamiko: Do you like me?
Akira: Yeah
Akira: I do.
I really do.
Tamiko: Do you love me?
//flash//
Akira: So much that I feel like I'm going crazy at times
Tamiko: Idiot

Pg 119:
Akira: Make sure to go at it like that for your actual performances
Akira: Where's grandma?
Tamiko: She's gone ahead to the shrine
Akira: What! What's she doing going without us?
Tamiko: (Idiot!)
Tamiko: (That's not the "love" I'm talking about)

Pg 120:
Tamiko: What
Tamiko: are you doing?
Tamiko: (Geez...)

Pg 121:
Kawabata: Hey, I decided to stop by!
Kawabata: You were saying how you were going to be taking photos here, right?

Pg 122:
//clank clank clank//
Grandma: What's with her? She showed up out of nowhere
Tamiko: Maybe they made plans to meet from the very beginning?
Grandma: Is something going on between those two?
Tamiko: I don't know.
But there's no way he would go out with someone who's that much older than him
Grandma: Oh, you think?
Tamiko: Yeah! 'Cause he kinda looks grown up but inside, he's still a kid
I think he's just pretending to be mature, you know?

Pg 123:
Tamiko: At the end of the day,
he's
still just a kid
Tamiko: There they are!
Tamiko: They're just buying some ramune! [it's a fizzy drink. Kinda like 7-up. But tastier ^^]
He's a hard nut to crack when it comes right down to it!

Pg 124:
Akira: What?!
Akira: New York?
Kawabata: Yep.
I want to become a freelance photographer. I want to keep working with you though.
//clip//
Kawabata: Hey
//fizzle//
Kawabata: Why don't we go together?
Akira: That sounds pretty amazing!
Kawabata: Then you'll go with me?!
Akira: But there is that little issue of my little sister...
//falls//
Kawabata: Oh, right
Kawabata: she's still very much attached to you, isn't she?
Kawabata: This time around though, you'll have to choose. Between her or work.

Pg 125:
Akira: Ta-ko,
sorry but we have something important to discuss
Akira: Do you mind going home ahead of me?
Tamiko: ....Okay
Tamiko: sure, I don't mind.
Kawabata: Sorry, Tamiko-san
Kawabata: I'll borrow "Chii-chan" for a while, okay?
Grandma: OWWWWWWW My stomach hurts!!!

Pg 126:
Grandma: That was worth an Academy Award, don't you think?
Tamiko: You really scared me, you know!
Grandma: Yeah, but thanks to my performance, Akira came home with us!
Grandma: Don't try to hide it! You were happy, weren't you?
//nudge nudge//
Tamiko: Well...you were too!
Mom: Don't cause too much trouble for Akira, you two.
//clatter//
Takashi: I'm home!
Tamiko: Ah, it's Oo-chan
//cough//
Takashi: I'm home!

Pg 127:
Tamiko: What are you...
Takashi: Hey, I'm back
[side panel

Mom
Mom: If it's mom, it'll cost 30 yen
Mom: If it's Tamiko, then 10 yen
Mom: Oh, hey, mom?
Mom: I'll be late tonight because of work, so could you finish off dinner---
Mom: ...I said I'll be late tonight
//clank//
Mom: ...as I was saying, could you finsih---
no, it's because of work
Mom: ...Could you just get Tamiko on the line for me?!
//clank//
]

Pg 128:
Takashi: Oh, this is my sister Tamiko
Hime: What a country bumpkin
Tamiko: Huh?
Takashi: Where's Akira?
Tamiko: ...He hasn't come back from work yet
Hime: Oh,
then I'll wait for him here
Tamiko: W-What's
Tamiko: going on? What is she doing here...?
Hime: I feel really gross,
mind if I use the shower?
Takashi: She's a nice girl deep down, I swear

Pg 129:
Akira: What?
Akira: What're you talking about?
Tamiko: Go and see for yourself
Akira: See what...?
Hime: Hey, could ya lend me one of those fluffy things?
Akira: Hey!
Tamiko: P-Put on some clothes!
Hime: Yeah, but first get me that fluffy thing!
Tamiko: A fluffy what?
Hime: Isn't that what you call 'em? You know, that fuzzy one you wear after taking a shower?
Tamiko: Chii-chan! DON'T LOOK!
Hime: Oh, hey
Akira!

Pg 130:
//Did you wait long?//
//No...//
Hime: Haha!
Talk about getting dramatic!
//Hahaha//
Hime: Yeah, but watching this
Hime: made me wanna, I don't know,
Hime: kiss Akira for some reason
//SPRAY//

Pg 131:
Mom: ...It's time for dinner
//YAY!//
Tamiko: Oo-chan, is she planning on staying over?
Takashi: I-I don't know...
Hime: Oh, Akira's mom,
could you get me some water?
Mom: What?
Hime: I can't eat without it.
Tea just doesn't cut it for me
Hime: Thank you!

Pg 132:
Hime: Hey? There's no ice in here!
Takashi: Hime, water without ice is just as good---
Hime: But tap water just by itself smells funny!
It's completely different if you put ice in it!
Mom: I don't mind.
It's just ice
Tamiko: Hey, what about yours, mom?
Mom: Oh, I don't like meat very much.
Hime: Oh...
so you flavored it with salt and pepper...
//chew chew//
Tamiko: (Oh, I get it.
So mom's went to her)

Pg 133:
Hime: This kind of meat, you know, tastes really good with ketchup
//chew chew//
Hime: Would you mind doing it over with ketchup?
It's really easy--
//SLAM//
Akira: If it's so easy, then YOU go do it!
She's not some maid you can order around!

Pg 134:
Akira: If you think
people are going to be at your beck and call in the real world, you're dead wrong!
Takashi: Hey, Akira...
Tamiko: (Whoa...he hardly gets mad and he...)
Takashi: H-Hime, don't worry too much about it.
If you want it ketchup-flavored, I can---
Hime: No, that's okay

Pg 135:
Hime: It's delicious as it is.
It's not like I hate salt-flavored meat, anyway
//chomp//
Hime: It's amazing!
Hime: You set an example for wives everywhere!
Takashi: Aren't you exaggerating a bit?

Pg 136:
Takashi: Hime,
you're gonna miss the last train
Hime: Okay. Let's do one more game first though!
Takashi: Yeah, but it's not like there's lots of taxis around here. If you don't---
Hime: You said Akira rides a bike, right?
Akira: ...I need a bit more time to think about it
Akira: Do you need an answer right away, Reiko-san?
Akira: No...
Akira: It's not like that--
//click//

Pg 137:
Hime: Hey Akira, mind giving me a ride home?
Akira: ...I'll send you right back to where you came from
Hime: See ya, Takashi!
Tamiko: You're really gonna give her a ride home?
Akira: You want her to stay over?
Tamiko: I...don't want that either
Hime: Oh, you can go back inside
Takashi: Come on, Ta-ko!

Pg 138:
Hime: This is the style a lot of girls are riding too, right?
I wonder if I could ride it?
Akira: Do you have anything with you? Like bags?
Hime: Heh...well this...
Hime: is for you!
Akira: What?!
Hime: I made it while I had time in between concerts
Hime: It turned out pretty nice, if I do say so myself
Hime: Why are you looking at me like that...
Akira: No, I was just thinking...you don't seem like the type to knit...
Akira: But I really don't have any reason to get a present like that from you
Hime: It's because you took beautiful shots of me

Pg 139:
Hime: I'm ugly, ya know?
Akira: HUH?
Hime: My eyes are droopy,
I'm fat,
an my legs are shaped like daikon [Japanese radish ^^]
Hime: If you compare me to someone like your sis, it's like night and day you know? She's really cute
Hime: You're used to seeing girls like her, so I'm really ugly compared to them
Akira: You're a weird one, you know that?
Hime: But when you were taking photos of me,
I felt really beautiful
Hime: Every time the camera flashed, it was as if it was telling me "You're pretty!"

Pg 140:
Hime: While you were taking the pics, I started thinking that they'll definitely turn out really good,
Hime: and it really shocked me when I saw the photos and saw that it really did make me look beautiful!
Akira: You're not ugly
//clank//
Hime: You'll wear this for me, won't you?
Akira: Thanks
Hime: Well, how are you going to thank me, Akira?
//rustle//

Pg 141:
Hime: Give me a kiss
Tamiko: (That's weird...
I don't hear the sound of his motorcycle...)
Akira: Okay,
but don't take it the wrong way okay?
Hime: I won't, I won't

Pg 142:
Hime: My heart's beating so fast!
Hime: It's my first time kissing a guy like you!
Akira: Haha, it's my first time too---dealing with an annoying brat like you
//giggles//
Hime: What! That's it?!
Hime: Come on, put some heart into it!
Do you know how long it took me to make that swea--

Pg 143:
//rattle rattle//
Tamiko: Chii-chan...
Tamiko: What...

Pg 144:
Tamiko: What are you doing?!
Tamiko: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
WHAT ARE---
Akira: Stop it!
She did nothing wrong!
Akira: Ta-ko!

Pg 145:
Tamiko: WAHHHHHH!
Tamiko: Y-You player!
//scratch//
Akira: OW!
Akira: Ta-ko!

Pg 146:
Tamiko: (Chii-chan...
I love you...)

Pg 147:
[no text]

END OF CHAPTER 3


Pg 148:
Tamiko: (That dream)
Tamiko: (I had back when I was still in middle school...)
Tamiko: (I might've been some princess, or Juliet...)
Tamiko: (and someone leaned in for a kiss...)

Pg 149:
Tamiko: (I knew it was someone I loved)
Tamiko: (it seemed like it was Chii-chan, but at the same time, it didn't)
Tamiko: (but he looked like Chii-chan)
Tamiko: (While at school the next day, I ended up
writing a secret message beside the date in my notebook)
[page reads 12/3 Thursday Chi-Ki]
//I dreamt that Chii-chan Kissed me [circle around "Chi" and "Ki"]
Tamiko: Haha

Pg 150:
Tamiko: (But in reality, the girls he kissed were never me)
Tamiko: (It was always someone else!)
Tamiko: (As long as I don't tell him that we're not related...)
//creak//
Takashi: Oh...it's just you
Takashi: What...
Takashi: are you doing sleeping in an uncomfortable place like that?
Tamiko: Oo-chan...are you crying?
Takashi: I'm just yawning
Takashi: Get out of the way, or I'm gonna end up pissing in my pants

Pg 151:
//pulls//
Tamiko: When was Chii-chan's first kiss?
Takashi: W-What?
How would I know?
Tamiko: Liar!
You're guys! I know you've probably talked it over!
Takashi: Grade 10
Tamiko: With who?!
But he went to an all-guys school!
Takashi: She was a co-worker of his, or something
//step step step//
Tamiko: (He's been playing around
behind my back)
[
Secret Message
Teacher: I'll be returning your notebooks!
Reacher: Mizukami-san, what is this?
[12/3 Thursday Chi-Ki]
Tamiko: ....Err...it stands for..."Chi"kuwa...and "Ki"yabetsu
[Chikuwa=round fish paste Kyabetsu=Cabbage]

Pg 152:
Tamiko: Then what's going on between him and Kawabata-san?!
Takashi: What're you asking me that for? You're old enough to think of what people their age do for play!
Tamiko: They play cards!
Takashi: Go back to sleep!
//click//
Tamiko: But I saw a scene like that in a movie once!
//SLAM//
Takashi: He's just fooling around
Takashi: He's smart enough
to not pay attention to girls who might get serious about him
Tamiko: I hate people like that! He's just being a jerk!

Pg 153:
Takashi: If he wasn't related to us
Takashi: If he wasn't related to us, you know? I might've thought he was a jerk too
Takashi: but it's different, because he's my little brother
//click//
Takashi: But it's because he's the way that he is, that I think he's an honestly bright kid. He doesn't lie to himself or to others.
Takashi: It's great, having a little brother like him.
Gives something to brag about when I introduce him to girls
Takashi: Even if I end up fading into the background, you know?
Takashi: I'm glad
he's my
brother....

Pg 154:
Akira: 'Morning
Mom: Oh, you're up early---
Mom: What happened to your face?
Akira: Nothing
//clatter//
Tamiko: I'm done!
I'll be going now---
//HA!//

Pg 155:
Tamiko: Did you know? Chii-chan has a hickey on his face!!
Akira: I-Idio--
Akira: Don't be a retard!
You're the one that scratched me!
Tamiko: Playboy!
Mom: Hey, you two!
You're too old to be acting like this!
Hey!
Mom: Akira! Don't get Tamiko too worked up!
//wheeze wheeze wheeze//
//GRRRR//
Mom: And you! Tamiko! Get to school already!
Tamiko: Oh no! The bus already left!

Pg 156:
//vrooom vroommm//
Tamiko: Can't you ride any quieter?
Tamiko: Everyone's looking this way!
Tamiko: Chii-chan!
//SQUEALLL//
//thud//
Tamiko: I swear! You're making all this noise on purpose!
Akira: Your voice is louder
//SLAP//
Tamiko: Pervert!
//vrooommm//

Pg 157:
//splash//
//pourrr//

Pg 158:
//hahahaha//
//whistle whistle//
//hey there boy//
//beep//
//vrooommm//
Akira Hey! You're crossing on a red light!
//honk honk//

Pg 159:
//wheeze wheeze//
Akira: Come on! Move over to the sidewalk, quickly!
//honk honk//
Akira: If you're not feeling well,
want me to give you a ride to school?
Do you go to Kanasugi?

Pg 160:
Girl: You really think
Girl: I'd fall for that?
Girl: That's why I hate guys like---
Akira: Well, you're gonna catch a cold if you don't get out of this rain.
Why don't you catch a break at that cafe over there?
Girl: I'm fine...
I'm just a bit anaemic. It'll pass soon enough...
Akira: Oh, okay.
Then you should at least use an umbrella
//pop//
Girl: Hey!
Akira: See ya!

Pg 161:
Guy: Well well,
look who's here
Guy #2: Long time no see, Akira
Akira: I just gave my sis a ride to school.
I thought I'd stop by for a bit before heading to work
//thud//
Guy: How is Tamiko-chan?
Guy: Just the other day she brought some friends of hers from acting class
She's growing prettier by the day
Akira: Well whaddya expect? She's my little sister, afterall

Pg 162:
Guy: She was saying how she might get a part in the school festival in the fall
Akira: Oh, really?
Guy: You don't know?
Akira: Yeah, lately we've been fighting alot, so---
Guy: I'm surprised! You got along so well, just like a couple--
Guy #2: Let me guess! You got a girlfriend and that got her mad!
Guy: Welcome!
Girl: Who do you think you are anyway?
You left me there looking like an idiot
Akira: I guess you're feeling better?

Pg 163:
Guy: I didn't know you knew a cute girl like her
Akira: Would you mind getting her a towel?
Girl: I can hear the thunder outside
Akira: Oh, so you're afraid of lightning?
Girl: Stop it. Do I look like I'm young enough to be scared of something like that?
Akira: Sorry, it's just my little sis is still scared of it
//Kya!//
Girl: Whoa...that definitely hit the ground
Tamiko: Hey, do you know if it strikes motorcycles too?

Pg 164:
Girl: Tammy!
Girl: Did you see the latest edition of "The Pink"?!
[page reads: Special Section Asaku--]
Tamiko: Why?!
These are all Chii-chan's photos!
Girl: Yeah, look at this!
Tamiko: No way!
[reads: Photo Mizukami Akira]
Guy: You're a student, aren't you?
Do you not have school today?

Pg 165:
//rustle//
//turns//
Guy: Here ya go
Akira: No thanks
Guy: What?!
Girl: What's with you?! Don't leave me with the bill!
//dashes//
Girl: Hey!

Pg 166:
Girl: Don't just leave!
Akira: Huh?
Akira: I just wanna move my bike out of the way
Girl: Yeah but leaving me all alone in that cafe is--
//flash//
//RUMBLEEE//
//KYAAAAAA//
Girl: I was just caught off guard, that's all.
It came out of the blue.
Akira: Yeah, but don't all lightning usually come out of the blue?

Pg 167:
Akira: Go back inside--
Girl: No, I don't want to!
Akira: Then, how about here---
Girl: NO!
Akira: Then what do you want?
Girl: I want to get to school already!
Girl: You're speeding, you know that?
My driver never drives like this
Akira: You're the one who said she wanted to get to school already
Girl: And they never put me in the passenger's seat either.
It's dangerous you know, if we get in an accident
Akira: Well there's not much I can do about it, this car only has two seats

Pg 168:
Girl: You remind me a bit of my father
Girl: My daddy's old, but he's still good looking
Girl: I heard he played around when he was young
Girl: Even now, he has a lot of mistresses
Girl: Since you do have a pretty nice face, if you just tried hard enough you could become like my daddy---
KYA!
//SQUEALLL//
Akira: We're here
Girl: Why did you step on the breaks so suddenly?!
I felt like I was gonna throw up!
My body's not that strong, you know!

Pg 169:
Akira: Oh?
Akira: I never saw a sick person with a healthy looking skin color like that
Girl: Ha!
Akira: Take care
Akira: Oh, and by the way, I don't plan on following after your daddy's footsteps
Girl: Why are you still here? You can go now
Akira: Yeah...
once you go inside, I will.

Pg 170:
Girl: Mizukami-san,
I heard your older brother is a photographer?
Girl: Ikoma-san showed me that spread in "The Pink"
Girl: I wanted to ask you a favor---
would he be able to take pictures of our upcoming play?
Tamiko: What?!
Girl: We always asked the photography club, but ever since that incident last year when they lost the film, we've lost our trust in them
Tamiko: But...senpai...
Tamiko: he's so busy with work...that I don't think he'd be able to...
Girl: Oh....
Tamiko: I'm really sorry

Pg 171:
Girl: Aww that sucks! I thought I'd be able to see him!
Tamiko: He's not gonna come unless you dangle a bait like Hanyuu Kaori in front of him
Girl: Really?
Girl: She's going to come this year
Tamiko: ("You know how every year a famous person comes to see our play, right?
Since this is our 30th anniversary, we're negotiating to bring Hanyuu Kaori-san")
Tamiko: Wow! I shouldn't have expected any less from an acting school!

Pg 172:
Tamiko: Yuzuki-san?
We're starting practice today
Did you forget?
Tamiko: Everyone's in the gym
Yuzuki: Oh,
really?

Pg 173:
Tamiko: (Yuzuki-san's smiling!)
//thump thump thump//
Tamiko: Yeah,
then
do you wanna go with me?
Oh, but I have to phone my brother first
Tamiko: Did you know? Hanyuu Kaori's gonna come to our school!
Yuzuki: Yeah,
I heard that already
Tamiko: Really? My brother's a big fan, so I wanna tell him
//giggles//
Yuzuki: Are you sure
Yuzuki: you two aren't engaging in incest?
Tamiko: What?!
Stop it!
As if!
Yuzuki: Yeah, but you seem a bit excessive.
Yuzuki: If you like him though,
then there's no crime in admitting to it
//smile//


Pg 174:
Tamiko: Last night
I saw him kiss a girl
and I got really jealous
Yuzuki: Then why don't you get him to kiss you?
Tamiko: Not in a million years!
Yuzuki: Boys have to be good kissers.
You can think of it as them practicing for that one breathtaking kiss
they'll give to the one they truly love

Pg 175:
Yuzuki: That's a line I got from daddy
Yuzuki: He panicked when I saw him kissing his mistress,
and he told me that
Yuzuki: I like people like him
Yuzuki: but at the same time, I think he's really dirty...
Tamiko: Yuzuki-san...
Yuzuki: Go phone him already
Tamiko: I met someone like daddy today...
Yamiko: but he was really pure...

Pg 176:
Tamiko: Oh...
Kawabata: This is "The Pink" Publishing Firm. Hello?
Hello?
Kawabata: Oh why hello, this is Kawabata
Kawabata: You're looking for Chii-chan, right? He's having an important discussion with the editor right now
Is it something urgent?
Tamiko: No...
then I'll just phone back...
Kawabata: Wait!
Kawabata: I don't think he's talked this over with you yet
Kawabata: but I think Akira-san will be going to New York to work with me
Tamiko: ...what?
Kawabata: If you really want what's best for him,
you'll support his decision, won't you?

Pg 177:
Tamiko: Is he...is that true?
He never told me any of this...
could you please let me talk to him---
Tamiko: Could you---
Kawabata: Ah
Akira: Ta-ko?
//tense//
Tamiko: I heard...you're going to New York?
Tamiko: G-Good....for you

Pg 178:
Akira: I'm not going
Tamiko: Liar! Kawabata-san said you were going just now
Tamiko: ...I'm sorry about
Tamiko: scratching you last night
Tamiko: Oo-chan was saying
Tamiko: how he couldn't hate you
even if you don't take things seriously
Tamiko: and that...he was glad to have a brother like you
Tamiko: Oo-chan...will be sad if you go
Tamiko: He'll be really sad....
Akira: Ta-ko, tell everyone I won't be able to come home tonight, okay?
//click//
Tamiko: Chii-chan?!

Pg 179:
Kawabata: It's still 2
Akira: I'm going home
Kawabata: Why?
Akira: I have a feeling my little sister's waiting up for me
Kawabata: She wouldn't. You told her over the phone
Akira: Hey, have you seen my shirt?
Kawabata: Oh,
that?
I'm going to keep it!

Pg 180:
Akira: Don't joke around
Kawabata: But I really like it!
Let me keep it as a souvenier, won't you?
Akira: What am I? Some travel destination?
Kawabata: Are you sure you don't want to go?
Akira: I want to, but I won't.
There's too many things I have to do before I could go to New York
Kawabata: Well, that's true
Kawabata: I knew what I meant to you in the first place anyway
Kawabata: You have someone you like here, don't you?
Akira: If you know, don't ask
Kawabata: Is it Otohime?
The others don't seem to be as likely
Kawabata: Maybe it's Hanyuu Kaori?
Akira: Bingo!
Kawabata: Idiot.
She's a celebrity, get over it.

Pg 181:
Kawabata: You're never going to go far in this world if you choose a girl over work
Akira: Yeah, yeah, I look up to you in that respect
Kawabata: Can't you even say that you liked me? Even if it's a lie?
Akira: I look up to you
Akira: for always
Kawabata: You brat...

Pg 182:
//rattle//
//rattle rattle//

Pg 183:
Akira: I told you I won't be back
Tamiko: But you came back
Akira: Are you stupid or something?

Pg 184:
Akira: What else did Oo-chan say?
Tamiko: Huh?
Akira: You know, about how he was glad to have me as his brother? What else?
//grins//
Tamiko: Nothing.
Akira: What about Otohime?
Tamiko: You like her that much?
Akira: Nah
//clank//
//stretchhh//
//stare//
//realizatoin//
Akira: H-Hey, Ta-ko!
Tamiko: What?

Pg 185:
Akira: Wanna go cut Oo-chan's hair?
//SHHHH!//
Akira: Watch your step
Tamiko: It's so dark!
Tamiko: He's the only one I know that uses those shutters!
Akira: Can you see okay?
Tamiko: SHHH!

Pg 186:
Akira: Don't cut his eyebrows
Tamiko: I SAID SHHH!!!
//snip//
//snip snip snip//
Tamiko: Ah....
Akira: What's up?
Tamiko: I thought this was the back of his head, but it turned out to be the front!
Akira: What!
Akira: Give that to me!
//snip snip snip//
Akira: Let's leave his beard
'Cause he looks okay with it
Akira: Woops, I cut it off
Tamiko: What?!

Pg 187:
Akira: I wonder what he looks like now?
Tamiko: We were just cutting into the dark
Tamiko: He has a really high-bridged nose, I never knew that
Akira: His thick lips were kinda creepy though
Tamiko: What about you, Chii-chan?
Tamiko: You're skin's so dry!
Tamiko: (His hair...
his eyebrows...
eyes...
nose...)
Tamiko: (No matter what kind of woman touches him,
I'll disinfect him with my hands)

Pg 188:
Tamiko: (his lips...)
Tamiko: ("Then why don't you get him to kiss you?")
Akira: Hey, hey
//STRETCHHHH//
Akira: Hey! Don't fall asleep here!

Pg 189:
Akira: That's why I told you you should've gone to bed instead of waiting up for me!
Akira: Hey,
come on.
Go sleep in your bed
Tamiko: You said you wouldn't be back...
so I thought you might've gone to New York...
Akira: I told you I wouldn't go, didn't I?
You don't believe me?
Tamiko: No!
Tamiko: (Disinfection complete!)

Pg 190:
Mom: Tamiko!
Tamiko!
Mom: Where are you two sleeping?!
Akira: Ahh! I feel like I'm getting a cold!
Mom: Tamiko, a friend of yours from school is here to pick you up
Tamiko: A friend from school?

Pg 191:
Tamiko: What!
No way!
Yuzuki: I was just passing by,
and...
Yuzuki: You look happier
Tamiko: Oh
Tamiko: you mean about yesterday?
Tamiko: Thanks! Everything's fine now!
Mom: Akira! Go change your clothes!
CLOTHES!
Tamiko: Come in, come in!
I'll get ready right away

Pg 192:
Tamiko: I can't believe it!
I never thought
you'd go through the trouble of coming here
Yuzuki: You're overexaggerating
Akira: I feel chills coming on
//step step step//
Mom: Well it's your fault for sleeping in a place like that
Tamiko: Ah, that's my brother.
I'll introduce you to him!
Yuzuki: Oh, that brother of yours that you were talking about?
Tamiko: Chii-chan!
This is my friend from acting class!
Akira: Is she good looking?
Tamiko: Shut up! She can hear you!
Akira: Nice to meet you...

Pg 193:
Akira: ...or not.
Akira: Oh,
so you were Ta-ko's friend?
Tamiko: Eh?

Pg 194:
Akira: You know her?
Akira: I met her for the first time yesterday
Yuzuki: Ah...
Tamiko: Huh? Yesterday?
Tamiko: You mean...
Tamiko: ("I met someone like daddy today")

Pg 195:
[no text]

END OF CHAPTER 4

Pg 196:
Kanasugi Private All-Girls Academy
Yuzuki: Don't get the wrong idea
Yuzuki: the boy I was talking about
Yuzuki: wasn't your brother

Pg 197:
Yuzuki: He was a waiter in a cafe I met while I was waiting for the rain to pass
Tamiko: Yuzuki-san
Yuzuki: What?

Pg 198:
Tamiko: I have this feeling like you two were meant to meet each other
Tamiko: I've been thinking, ever since I met you, how alike you are to my brother
like that atmosphere you give off when you're not talking,
your expressions,
and the way you move
Tamiko: You know how there's that saying about couples who're mirrors of each other?
Tamiko: That's why I knew you two'd be drawn to each other if you'd met
Yuzuki: I SAID it was a waiter!
Tamiko: I've been living together with my brother for 17 years!
You're so much like him, I can tell what you're thinking!

Pg 199:
Tamiko: There's no way...I wouldn't notice
Tamiko: At the end of the day, I'm just his little sister.
I wouldn't mind if it's you, Yuzuki-san
Tamiko: All the girls up till now I was jealous of partly because I didn't like them
Tamiko: but you're different
Tamiko: even if I'm not related to him...
Tamiko: if...
Tamiko: if...
it's you...

Pg 200:
Yuzuki: How idiotic
Tamiko: (But I have this feeling,
that if
Chii-chan falls for Yuzuki-san...)

Pg 201:
Akira: Yes, I understand
Akira: I know this might come off as rude,
but I already said no to this the other day.
Editor: Yes, but you're saying that because you're worried about her position
Editor: But what is your true feeling on this matter?
Akira: My goal is to become a photographer like Yoshizumi-san, and Kawabata-san. Someone who isn't all that out there but who produces steady work
Editor: You're a strange one, ou know that?
Editor: I've come across modest types like you time and time again in my profession,
but the first thing they usually say is
"my skills are still lacking"

Pg 202:
Editor: What I like about you,
is that you seem modest at first,
Editor: but underneath that is someone with quite a bit of confidence
Akira: What is this?
Editor: It's from Kawabata-kun
Editor: Before she left for New York, she told me to give you this if it seemed like you won't take it up
Editor: What does it say?
[Letter:

To Mizukami Akira-kun
You were a great assistant.
But, you're a bit of a stubborn one.
I'm worried that that stubborness of yours [cut off]
will affect how well you do in the real wor--[cut off]
I have faith in your phot--[cut off]
Take up this offe--[cut off]
This opportunity is fat--[cut off]
This will be the first step in your phot--[cut off]
[cut off] meeting [cut off]
]

Pg 203:
Akira: "Take up this offer"
Akira: "This will be the first step in your photography career as a pro"
Editor: Oh is that right!
//smile smile//
Editor: What else?
Akira: "...meeting"
Editor: What was that?
Akira: Yeah well,
the rest pretty much repeats that.
Akira: ("Don't let you meeting me go to waste!
You met me because
you were meant to
receive this letter from me.
I want to become the woman who changes your fate.
Bye from New York, with love.)

Pg 204:
Tammy: What!
Tammy: So he's going to get his own column in "The Pink"!
Tammy: That's so awesome! Maybe that letter I wrote to them actually worked?!
I wrote in the survey for the "Asakusa" page that it was "great"!
Tammy: Oh,
but,
what if he becomes really famous because of it?
Tammy: Are you going to be the model for his photos then?
Tamiko: Haha, no.
Tammy: I wonder if I could be his model?
Tamiko: Hey Julie,
I have somewhere I have to go. Mind going ahead of me?
//See ya!//

Pg 205:
Yuzuki: I'm surprised you don't get fed up having to deal with people like her
Tamiko: I don't mind people like her.
Yuzuki: Yeah, but she's just using you
to get to Akira
Yuzuki: Do you always hang onto other people's arms like that?!
Tamiko: Sorry.
//depressed//
Tamiko: Hi!
Guy: Hey!
He's waiting for you over there.

Pg 206:
//beep beep//
//clank clank beep//
Akira: Hey!
Tamiko: I brought Yuzuki-san with me.

Pg 207:
Akira: It'd be great if you could do this for me
//clank//
Akira: but
it's up to you. I won't pressure you to.
Yuzuki: What is it then?
//clank clank beep beep//
Akira: Be the model for my photos!
//clank//
Yuzuki: My daddy doesn't really like stuff like--
Akira: Then he can come along with us!
Yuzuki: And you don't call this pressure?

Pg 208:
[Amusement Park]
Yuzuki: I don't like
rides where they spin you
Yuzuki: and if it sways even a little bit, I get sick

Pg 209:
Yuzuki: I'm scared of heights
Yuzuki: Ugh...
there's so many people here...I'm not feeling too good...
//kya! kya!//
Tamiko: He always chooses spots where there's a lot of people
//Mommy!//
Tamiko: Your hand's so cold!
Tamiko: Your body's weak, right?
You're gonna catch a cold.
Tamiko: Oh, I have an idea!
You can just wear this. It's Chii-chan's
Yuzuki: Do you think he'll mind?

Pg 210:
Tamiko: No, not at all! He wears my shoes all the time without asking anyway!
Tamiko: Listen to this! And he like, steps on the back of the shoe so the shape becomes all screwed up
Tamiko: Looks great on you!
Yuzuki: It's a bit big...
Tamiko: (Yukari-san,
it's because it's you,
that I'm letting you wear his clothes)

Pg 211:
Akira: Whoa, that was a weird coincidence!
Akira: I ran into Otohime
Tamiko: What! Why's she here?
Akira: Haha, she was yelling at me from the top of the roller coaster.
She's a riot.
Tamiko: She's the girl that kissed Chii-chan!
Akira: Ta-ko!
Akira: Could you get out of the way for a sec?
Tamiko: Ah!

Pg 212:
Tamiko: Sorry!
//pulls back//
//flash//
Akira: No,
it's fine for you to talk.
Keep on at it.
Tamiko: But....if you say it like that...
Akira: So you're wanting to become an actress?
//flash//
Yuzuki: Yeah
Akira: Who's your goal?
Yuzuki: I heard you like Hanyuu Kaori
Yuzuki: I also heard you took up the job as the photographer for our school play because she was coming
Akira: I'd still take it up even if she doesn't show up
//flash//
Yuzuki: Well that's a relief. There were some schedule mix-up, and it turns out she won't be able to make it
Akira: No way!! Are you serious?!
Yuzuki: Who's the liar here?
//giggle//

Pg 213:
Yuzuki: You should just get over her already
//flash//
Yuzuki: She's just a bitch
Yuzuki: Not too many people know this
//flash//
Yuzuki: but she had a kid
Yuzuki: when she was 16
Akira: WHATTTT!
Akira: No way!
Yuzuki: It's true!
Akira: No! That can't be true!
Yuzuki: I told you, it is---

Pg 214:
Tamiko: Chii-chan,
I'm going to get us something to eat
What do you want?
Akira: Yakisoba
Akira: Then you've met her before?
Yuzuki: Well, yeah
Akira: No fair! I've only ALMOST met her!

Pg 215:
Yuzuki: My daddy owns a theatrical company as a hobby,
and she used to go there
Yuzuki: So when it comes to her, I know quite a bit about her
Akira: Act scared!
Tamiko: Geez!
So this is where you guys were!

Pg 216:
Tamiko: I looked all over for you!
//flash//
Akira: Hey...
//wheeze wheeze//
Akira: Just move around anyway you want
//flash flash//
Tamiko: She looks like
Tamiko: a real model!
//giggles//
Yuzuki: Why don't you take a photo of her?

Pg 217:
//peace sign//
Akira: Haha
//giggles//
Yuzuki: She's such a kid
Akira: That's great
//flash//

Pg 218:
Yuzuki: Are you really serious
about taking photos of me riding on something?
I don't know if I can
Akira: I'm starving!
Yuzuki: Hey, Akira-san
do you mind taking a photo of us together?
//sits down//
Akira: Sure,
why not?
Tamiko: No,
that's okay
Tamiko: I said no, Chii-chan!
Tamiko: Just take a photo of her, that's what you came here for, right?
Akira: Get in line.

Pg 219:
Tamiko: NO!
Tamiko: DON'T!
Tamiko: I don't want you taking photos of me!
Akira: What're you
acting like a spoiled brat for?
Yuzuki: Kya!

Pg 220:
Hime: Who are you?
Akira: Ah...
Hime: Akira!
Why is she wearing the sweater I knit for you?
Tamiko: Huh?
Akira: I just let her borrow it for a bit, that's all

Pg 221:
Hime: Don't go around lending it to girls!
Yuzuki: No,
he gave it to me.
Yuzuki: Akira-san gave it to me
//snap//

Pg 222:
//SLAP//
//SLAP//
Hime: Ah!
Hime: WAHHHH! How could you! Who is she anyway?!
Yuzuki: I got her back for you

Pg 223:
Yuzuki: There's no way I'm going to ride that!
Yuzuki: Do you plan on killing me?!
Akira: It'll be fine.
You survived a car ride with me, it'll be a piece of cake
Yuzuki: Still!
Hime: Just leave her alone,
she doesn't want to ride? Fine! Akira, ride with me!
Akira: Come on, let's go

Pg 224:
Hime: Akira!
Over here!
Akira: OK
Tamiko: Hey,
aren't you going to ride with Yukari-san?
Akira: But if I ride with her, I won't be able to take photos of her
Tamiko: What's his problem...
he's the one that wanted you to ride this
Yuzuki: It's okay, I don't mind

Pg 225:
Yuzuki: I envy her
Yuzuki: She can just be with him freely. Unlike me, she doesn't have to think about talking about Hanyuu Kaori to keep him interested
Tamiko: (Eh?)
Yuzuki: It's the same with you.
No matter what you do, you'll never have to worry about him hating you
Yuzuki: The only time I don't have to worry about whether he hates me,
Yuzuki: is when he has his camera towards me

Pg 226:
//beeeppp//
//squeeze//
Guy: Hey!
You!

Pg 227:
Tamiko: Chii-chan! Switch with me!
Tamiko: She's gonna pass out!
Tamiko: Go ride with her!
Tamiko: Hurry!
Guy: Be more careful next time, won't you?
Akira: Sorry 'bout that
Yuzuki: She's just...overexaggerating

Pg 228:
Yuzuki: Akira...
Tamiko: (Bye,
Chii-chan)

Pg 229:
Akira: It's just a bit more!
Another 200 metres!
Tamiko: My strap fell off
Akira: You've been wearing that since middle school, right?
Akira: Why don't you buy new shoes?
Tamiko: No, that's okay
Tamiko: I can just rip this out and replace it with a ribbon

Pg 230:
Tamiko: Ah!
Tamiko: Heh. You've got your work cut out for you
Akira: You're so heavy!
Tamiko: Shoot...
and this is right after I promised myself I'll be more independent
Akira: Don't talk! You're heavy!
Tamiko: Heyy! Heyyy!
Tamiko: ("No matter what you do, you'll never have to worry about him hating you")
Akira: Whoa!

Pg 231:
Akira: Don't lick me, it's creepy
Tamiko: I-I didn't lick you!
Tamiko: That was a kiss!
Akira: Oh really?
Then wanna give it one more go?
Tamiko: No, that's it.
It was my goodbye kiss
Tamiko: I'm going to be more independent from now on
Tamiko: Because if I don't,
Tamiko: I'll never be able to get a boyfriend
Tamiko: Dating someone is really great, don't you think?
You're loved on another level than the love you get from family
Akira: Well I love you too

Pg 232:
Tamiko: But that's different.
You're my brother. Of COURSE you love me!
Akira: You think?
Tamiko: Yeah!
Tamiko: (There I go again...
I have a feeling I shouldn't have brought this up...)

Pg 233:
Tamiko: ("She had a kid when she was 16")
Tamiko: (There's times I've thought about it)
Tamiko: (Hanyuu Kaori's 35.
Take away 16, that makes 19)
Tamiko: (Chii-chan's 19)
Tamiko: (And my mom was her
ex-manager. It all seems to come together)

Pg 234:
[no text]

Pg 235:
Akira: It's a fan letter for you
Yuzuki: For me? Really?
Akira: Sorry it took so long.
I'll give you a ride home
Yuzuki: Oh, that's okay
Yuzuki: my daddy's coming to pick me up today

Pg 236:
Akira: What! That famous daddy of yours?
//walks back and forth//
Yuzuki: I wonder if he'll find his way here okay?
I'm going to go out for a second and check
Tamiko: Chii-chan
Tamiko: Do you mind if I not help you out with your work anymore?
Akira: Yeah, sure. Since she's gotten used to being photographed now, I think it'll be okay
//rollll//
Tamiko: Wow! That's cool!
Let me do it!
Akira: What's so fun about this? It's just pushing a button
Tamiko: Let me do it! Let me do it!
Akira: Okay, but make sure you do it right

Pg 237:
Tamiko: Look Chii-chan!
Look!
Guy: Yes, the studio's this way---
Tamiko: Ah, they're here

Pg 238:
Akira: Okay, got it
//slideee//
Tamiko: (Huh? I hear a woman's voice)
Tamiko: (Didn't she say her dad was going to come?)
Tamiko: Chi---

Pg 239:
Chii-chan!
Tamiko: (Hanyuu Kaori!)
<TO BE CONTINUED>


END OF CHAPTER 5
END OF VOLUME 1