Tokyo Casanova Volume 2

Title: Tokyo no Casanova
Mangaka: Kuramochi Fusako
Volume: 2 (of 2)
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: December 23, 2007

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

Pg 4:
Yuzuki: Hanyuu-san, I'll introduce you to him
Yuzuki: He's the one who's been taking my photos
His name's Mizukami Akira-san

Pg 5:
Girl: It's Hanyuu Kaori!
//noise noise//
Girl: Hanyuu Kaori's at our studio!
Girl #2: Where? Where?
Tamiko: Chii-chan...
Akira: Ah...
nice to meet you
Kaori: Hello

Pg 6:
Yuzuki: Hanyuu-san
was with daddy today because they were working together,
so I thought it'd be nice to bring her up here to meet you
Akira: ....Oh,
I thought my heart was going to stop beating for a second there
Akira: You're full of surprises, you know that?
Yuzuki: Yeah! But it's a good surprise, right?
Kaori: "Mizukami"....
Kaori: That was the name of my first manager
Akira: Oh,
that's my
mother
Tamiko: (No! She's going to find out!)

Pg 7:
Akira: According to my mother,
she quit after having an argument with the president of the company,
so she didn't want me to mention her
Akira: but it's in the past, so what's the harm in it, don't you agree?
Kaori: You're right.
Kaori: Oh, I remember her saying something about having a son
Tamiko: (She's mixing him up with Oo-chan)
Tamiko: (I want her to find out the truth)
Tamiko: (but at the same time, it might be easier for me to stay his little sister)
Tamiko: (Why can't they just change the topic?)
Kaori: If you'll excuse me
Kaori: Yukari-san,
Kaori: your father's waiting for you downstairs.
Shall we go?

Pg 8:
Tamiko: (What? She's leaving already?)
Kaori: Oh...
Kaori: Let me give you this
Kaori: This is the invitation to my party to celebrate my 20th year since I debuted
[card reads:
Hanyuu Kaori
20th Year Party]
Akira: WOOHOO!
Tamiko: Wow! Way to go Chii-chan!
Akira: I'm...
a huge fan of yours.
I know you might not believe me, but I want to become a pro photographer because I want to take photos of you.
Oh geez...
why can't I think up of better stuff to say?

Pg 9:
Kaori: I won't let you take photos of me
Tamiko: Why...?
Akira: I will.

Pg 10:
Tamiko: She was mean, don't you think?
Akira: Huh?
Tamiko: Hanyuu Kaori
Akira: Oh yeah
Akira: But it gives something to work for, you know?
And she's famous for being picky about who takes photos of her
Akira: Did you know?
Even though she's that famous, she hasn't even allowed the release of one photo book of her
Akira: One day, I'm definitely gonna release a photobook of hers---
Akira: What's up?

Pg 11:
Tamiko: I'm just disappointed...
that's all...
Tamiko: (It was the first time he met his real mother...
and it turned out like that...?)
[side comic:

Otohime's Depressive Episode
Hime: GYAAAA!
[title reads "Japanese Rockers"]
Hime: This is terrible! I'm not THIS ugly!
Guy: She's at it again?
Takashi: Let me see
Takashi: Whoa!
Continued on P 51]

Pg 12:
Grandma: I heard you got to meet Hanyuu Kaori?
Tamiko: Who'd you hear that from?
Grandma: Akira was talking about it this morning
Grandma: That's great. Did you get her autograph?
Tamiko: She wasn't nice at all!
Tamiko: Chii-chan was as disappointed as I was!
Grandma: Did you shake her hand?
Tamiko: Grandma! Are you even listening to a word I'm saying?!

Pg 13:
Tamiko: (Does Grandma really know nothing?)
Tammy: Hey!
Tammy: Why are you making Yuzuki Yukari's costume too?
Tamiko: Because she's busy modeling for my brother
Tammy: If she...
Tammy: ends up dating Akira-san....
Tamiko: Hey, Julie!
Forget Akira! My other brother recently go a hair cut,
and it turned out awesome! He's got a great personality, and he's honest on top of that! AND he's never the type to get mad!
//CRASH//

Pg 14:
Takashi: Ya fuckin'~
Takashi: Why can't ya get an automatic door installed?!
//SLAM//
Tamiko: Oo-chan?!
Takashi: Damnit!
This is it!
The band's over!

Pg 15:
Tamiko: The front entrance is a mess
Tamiko: the stand where we kept the phone is all smashed up
Tamiko: my friend's outfit is torn into pieces---
Tamiko: and to think I went through all that trouble of saying nice stuff about him to my friend! And for what?
//whistle//
Mom: Oh
Mom: Mind taping paper to the front door?

Pg 16:
[no text]

Pg 17:
Tamiko: KYA!
//rip//
Akira: Hey!
Tamiko: Chii-chan!
Mom: What is
this?!
Mom: Don't tell me you went out and sold something of ours again?!
Akira: Huh?
Mom: Last time you sold your father's car and bought yourself a motorcycle!

Pg 18:
Mom: Not to mention, you quit school and used your tuition to buy a camera...
Akira: That's my paycheck!
Akira: And this is some sweets for grandma
Akira: I've got a pretty steady job at the company now.
Most of it is what Kawabata-san let me take over when she went abroad, but I decided to take advantage of it
Akira: Now you won't have to work so hard
Mom: Life isn't that easy! This is chump change!
Mom: Go and make more money!
Tamiko: Oo-chan's---
Akira: It's so cold!

Pg 19:
Tamiko: Otohime's disappeared?!
Tamiko: WHY?
Takashi: How the hell should I know?
Takashi: She didn't show up to a concert,
and none of the other joints will even hire us now because we've lost their trust
Akira: I ran into her at the Toshimaen amusement park a couple of days ago
Takashi: We were performing there that time!
Why didn't you keep her in check?!
Akira: I didn't know I was supposed to be her babysitter
Akira: And anyway,
Akira: don't you think you're the one with that job?

Pg 20:
Takashi: Me?
Ha!
Takashi: I'm no good
Takashi: She's too into good-looking guys
Takashi: Say you were in our band.
I bet she'd never even think of disappearing off like this
Akira: Nahh, if she saw your new look I'm sure she'd change her mind!
Takashi: Haha, no way
Takashi: I'm no match for your looks
Takashi: You're know the right things to say at the right time,
so you get along great with the relatives
Takashi: If only you didn't exist
Takashi: If only you weren't here
Takashi: I wouldn't have had
to feel like this!
Tamiko: Oo-chan!!

Pg 21:
Takashi: I could've lived life without ever feeling this miserable!
//SLAM//
Tamiko: STOP IT!
Tamiko: Geez, what's with him?!
Akira: Ugh could ya give me a break from that?
It stings like crazy
Tamiko: Just because he can't find Otohime, he's taking his frustrations out on you!

Pg 22:
Tamiko: What a loser!
Why is he letting a girl like her control him?!
Akira: She's a nice girl though when it comes right down to it.
I like her.
Tamiko: You like ALL girls.
//squeeze//
//OWWW//
Akira: No, it doesn't matter if the person's a girl or a guy
Akira: Everyone I like is nice
Akira: Maybe I like them because I don't ever want to seek out the evil in people?

Pg 23:
Tamiko: Looks like someone's good at lying!
Tamiko: Those feelings can't be real though if you only see one side of them.
Akira: You're leaving?
Akira: You haven't been sleeping with me lately
Tamiko: (How can I? Idiot!)
Tamiko: I told you I was going to be more independent, remember?
Akira: Awww, well there goes my heater!

Pg 24:
Yukari: Are you mad?
Akira: Why would I be?
Yukari: You were surprised after finding out Hanyuu Kaori's REAL character, weren't you?
Akira: Not really
Yukari: Akira,
wanna go for a drive after this?
Akira: Sorry
Akira: I have somewhere to go tonight
Yukari: Then after you're done that. I can wait
Akira: Haha, what're you gonna do 'til then? Waste your time at 7-11?
Yukari: Don't you get it?
My parents don't mind if I stay out all night!

Pg 25:
Akira: You're still in high school
Akira: I bet your dad would cry if he heard you say that
Yukari: Where do you have to go anyway?
Yukari: Don't tell me you're planning on going to Hanyuu Kaori's party?
Akira: Look this way
Yukari: You're only going to be disappointed. Even more than you are now
//flash//
Akira: I'll leave Sunday open
//flash//

Pg 26:
Akira: Sorry
I'm late
Tamiko: Wow! This is nice!
Where'd you steal this winner from?
Akira: Haha, I'll go and turn myself in soon enough
Akira: Did you find out from Oo-chan the places Otohime might go to?
Tamiko: Oh, here
Akira: Why the change of heart?
Why'd you suddenly start saying you'll help out finding Otohime?
Akira: You seemed to hate her a lot
Tamiko: Not really.

Pg 27:
Tamiko: You have hair on you...
Tamiko: See? This long hair
Akira: Isn't that yours?
Tamiko: (No, it's not)
Akira: Ta-ko,
mind if we take a bit of a detour?
Tamiko: Sure!
Tamiko: Oh, and I brought you
Tamiko: a necktie
Akira: ...You knew?
Tamiko: Haha, well I am your sister after all!
Akira: Now you're starting to be able to read my mind?

Pg 28:
[sign reads
Hanyuu Kaori
A Party to Celebrate the 20th Anniversary in Show Biz]

Pg 29:
Kaori: So you ended up bringing flowers instead of a camera?
Kaori: Well I see someone's spineless
Akira: Congratulations
//clank//
Kaori: Are those...
Kaori: the keys to your car?
Kaori: Well how convenient. Will you give me a ride back to my place?
Guy: [SL: What?!] Kaori-san! I can drive you to the second meeting hall
Kaori: No, I'll be going straight home
Guy: B-But...

Pg 30:
Tamiko: Look at
all these awards!
Tamiko: It feels like a dream
to be able to be here like this!
Tamiko: Wow!!
The scenery's amazing!
Tamiko: I wish I could take this view home with me!

Pg 31:
Tamiko: You liked hanging around places like that since you were a kid!
Tamiko: Haha, and oh yeah, remember how during Christmas---
Akira: Oh please, don't mind us.
We'll be leaving shortly
Kaori: No, that's quite alright. I just came here to get a drink
Tamiko: Wow...I never thought the day would come when I'd see her pour a cup of coffee
Akira: I wish I could take a photo...
Kaori: Go ahead,
you can now
//laughs//
Kaori: Of course, this was IF you had a camera with you
Akira: But I do.
Akira: This pocket camera right here

Pg 32:
Kaori: What...?
//flash//
Akira: Thank you very much!
Kaori: Nice going kid...
Tamiko: This is so delicious!
Akira: This'll probably be the first and last cup of coffee we'll have that's poured by you
Akira: Smoking suits you well

Pg 33:
Akira: I don't usually like
when females smoke
Akira: but I don't mind when it suits them as well as you do
Kaori: You're old fashioned then, I'm guessing?
Kaori: But thanks, I'm flattered.
Akira: Please try
Akira: to hold back on doing too much of it though
Akira: Especially when you're expecting a child,
you should only do it in moderation
Akira: How was it
Akira: when you gave birth to the baby?

Pg 34:
Akira: You gave birth to a baby when you were 16, did you not?
Tamiko: Chii-chan!
Tamiko: Stop it!

Pg 35:
Kaori: How
Kaori: did you know that?
Akira: You could've just gotten an abortion, and had it over with
Akira: So why?
//laughs//
Kaori: What a foolish question
Kaori: Because I wanted to give birth to him

Pg 36:
//clatter//
Akira: Thanks for the coffee
Kaori: Say hi to your mother for me

Pg 37:
Tamiko: //exhale//
Tamiko: How could you say that?!
I was surprised she didn't try to knock out your front teeth!
Akira: Haha...
Akira: Did you see her face just now?
Tamiko: Chii-chan, where are you going?
The elevator's this way
Tamiko: Chii-chan!
Akira: Haha...
[sign reads "Emergency Exit"]

Pg 38:
Tamiko: Chi...

Pg 39:
Akira: To think...
Akira: I wanted....
Akira: to hear those words....
Akira: from that person for so long....

Pg 40:
Tamiko: (Ah...)
Tamiko: (He knew all along?)

Pg 41:
Tamiko: (Chii-chan knew about it all along!)
[these are all lines from previous scenes:

Oo-chan: If only you weren't here
Tamiko: Of course you love me! We're related!
Akira: You think?
Akira: If it's so easy, then YOU go do it!
She's not your maid!
Tamiko: He was saying how...even if you never took things seriously
he couldn't hate you for it....
Tamiko: and that he's proud to have you as his brother...

Pg 42/43:
[no text]

Pg 44:
Tamiko: Chii-chan,
you knew this whole time?
Akira: Yeah

Pg 45:
Akira: You knew too, right?
Tamiko: How'd you guess?
Akira: Because you stopped sleeping in the same bed as me
Tamiko: ...No, we can't!

Pg 46:
Tamiko: I told you NO!
Akira: Why? You're the one who kissed me first!
Tamiko: But that was different!
Akira: You're my heater!

Pg 47:
Tamiko: ("Maybe I like them because I don't ever want to seek out the evil in people?")
Tamiko: (Maybe he was talking about Hanyuu Kaori when he said this?)

END OF CHAPTER 6

Pg 48:
Tamiko: Yeah but in the real world,
siblings don't
kiss each other
Akira: But we're not siblings anymore
Tamiko: We still are!
Tamiko: And...
And....
my kiss...was the same the one as the one I'd give to a cat!
Akira: Well my kiss is the same as the one I'd give to a raccoon!
Akira: Ah!
Hey, grandma?

Pg 49:
Akira: Has Oo-chan called yet?
Yeah,
Otohime's disappeared, and we're looking for her
Why?
Because they're having a concert tour soon and---
//haha//
Akira: Nooo grandma. "Tour" NOT "Tower"...
Tamiko: (Ah....)
Tamiko: (I've completely thrown my self-confidence out the window)
[heart mark says "Chiki" = "Chii-chan" + "Kiss"]

Pg 50:
Tamiko: (I don't know if this is was a good or bad thing...but everything's out in the open)
Tamiko: (I can't hit the brakes...
The brakes!)
Tamiko: ("Even if I wasn't related to him,
if it was you, Yuzuki-san...")
Tamiko: (I just don't know...)

Pg 51:
Tamiko: (Oh...
so that's one way to hold myself back)
Tamiko: (Why did it have to be her though?
If it was that person,
or that other girl,
then I would've fought it for all it was worth)
Tamiko: (Why did it have to be her?)
[side comic:

Guy: T-This is that technique they use to make people's faces look fat!
Guy #2: Yeah, and not to mention it's a shot from below---the worst angle!
Otohime: Wahhh! I wish I'd been born pretty! If I was, then our band would've been more successful!
Guy: N-No, thats not true! We're not selling because us guys suck at playing!
Otohime: I know

Continued on Pg 105]

Pg 52:
Akira: Hurry,
grandma didn't seem to be in too good of a mood
Tamiko: Really?
Akira: We're ho--
Tamiko: Nothing...
Tamiko: Akira: We're home!
//clatter//

Pg 53:
Grandma: Well weren't you two out late
Akira: Is Oo-chan home yet?
Grandma: How should I know?
Just when I was cleaning around the house and needing the strength of two boys they're not home!
Akira: Whoa, you aren't even halfway done yet
Grandma, where're you gonna sleep?
Grandma: In your bed
Tamiko: (I should be used to this...
Acting as if nothing had happened.)

Pg 54:
Tamiko: (Which his smiles up 'til now
were real?)
Tamiko: (I've never seen flawless acting like his)
Tamiko: (He isn't just some 19 year old guy you can find thousands of in the city.
He's Hanyuu Kaori's son, there's no doubt about it)
//I'm home//
//Fight-o! Fight-o!//
Akira: Hey
I'll help you,
here.

Pg 55:
Grandma: That's okay.
We've got boys who go chasing after girls, but none capable of carrying heavy goods!
//pulls//
Akira: Whoa

Pg 56:
//grips//
//RIP//
//THUD THUD CRASH//
Grandma: You can't even save your grandma?
Akira: If you weren't wearing those cheap clothes of yours, I would've been able to
Grandma: You little rascal! If I was a young lad, I would've saved the other person even if it meant I had to take a lunge for it!
Tamiko: Grandma, the car's here

Pg 57:
Grandma: Hmm...where did I put my glasses?
Mom: Just forget about all this junk
Grandma: Well ain't that a suprise. It doesn't hurt anymore at all
Grandma: I don't have to go to a doctor---
//AHHHHHH!//
Akira: Sorry
Grandma: Tamiko
Grandma: Take a photo of us right now for me, will you?

Pg 58:
Tamiko: Ah,
Youko Auntie?
Tamiko: Happy New Years!
//clank//
Tamiko: My mom's at the hospital right now
Tamiko: My grandma broke a bone and ended up getting surgery done.
Yeah,
My mom wanted to stay with her today because it would've been lonely for grandma being there all by herself
She should be back by tomorrow.
Yup.
Tamiko: No, Takashi-chan's a bit busy right now too.
Oh, but Akira-chan's here.
Okay.
Tamiko: Thanks, you too.

Pg 59:
//clank//
//stares//
Tamiko: If only we had one of those covers for the phone...it'd look cute
Tamiko: Who you calling?
Akira: Yukari-chan
Tamiko: You're going on a date?
Akira: We were, but I'm gonna cancel
Tamiko: What! Why?
Akira: Because.
How can I go out and have fun while grandma's in the hospital?
//beep beep//
Akira: And you being by yourself on New Years is...
//click//
Tamiko: Ugh, scratch that. Your acting sucks.

Pg 60:
Yukari's Mom (YM): Yukari
YM: There's someone I'd like you to meet.
So let's go have lunch together
Yukari: Mommy, no!
After I'm finished with this, I made plans to go out with a friend!
YM: Oh well how unfortunate. I'll call your friend and say there's been a change of plans
Yukari: N-No!
YM: Gojou-san!
YM: This is the wife and eldest son of Gojou-san, one of your father's clients
Akira: Yukari-chan!

Pg 61:
Akira: You look amazing!
Yukari: Akira!
YM: Y-Yukari!
YM: Your friend...was a boy?!
Yukari: She's my mother!
Akira: Oh!
Akira: Nice to meet you!
Akira: I'm Mizukami Akira
Akira: I'm the one who's been taking Yukari-san's photos in the magazine
//bows//

Pg 62:
Akira: Yukari-san has such talent,
Akira: that I convinced her to be my model even though she refused to be at first.
Thank you for letting her help me out.
YM: Oh...
um...so you're....
yes, I've heard a bit about you from her
YM: I know this might be a bit too much coming from her mother,
YM: but she's a truly gifted child.
For a professional such as you to be able to see that is an honour!
Guy: Um...
YM: Oh, you two made plans today?
YM: Then we'll just excuse ourselves
Yukari: I can't believe what just happened!
Yukari: I never thought she'd suck up to you like that!
I've never even see her take that kind of attitude towards one of my friends!
Akira: Where do you wanna go?

Pg 63:
Yukari: None of the stores are open since it's New Years
Akira: Oh there's a place that's open where we could go dancing
Yukari: But I'm in my kimono
Akira: Don't worry about it
Girl: Hey! You said you'd come before the start of the new year!
Akira: My watch stopped. See?
Girl #2: Liar!

Pg 64/65:
Yukari: This isn't really relaxing, is it?
Girl: Akira!
Girl #2: Akira!
Yukari: They're calling for you. Why don't you go dance with them?
Akira: Nah, that's okay
Yukari: If you're staying here because you feel sorry for me, then there's no need to be!
Akira: I like sitting here and watching other people dance
Akira: I squint my eyes
and the lights and the people all mix together
Akira: The lights dance around like people
Akira: and the people become transparent like light
Akira: It's almost like watching sound with your eyes

Pg 66:
Girl: Akira!
//snaps out of it//
Girl: Use this lighter
Girl: It's one of the stuff we got from the New Years bash
Girl: Make sure you don't lose it!
Akira: Thanks!
Yukari: Akira
Yukari: Is there anything you want?
Akira: Nah.
Let's go and slow dance
Yukari:Isn't there even ONE thing you want?

Pg 67:
Yukari: Like a necktie or socks.
There must be something
Akira: Nah
Yukari: Liar!
Akira: Then a telephone cover!
Yukari: Weirdo
Akira: I'm scared
Akira: of ruining your kimono
Yukari: It doesn't matter...

Pg 68:
Akira: I can't help but feel as if we were meant to meet
Yukari: I feel that way too
Yukari: I was drawn to you at first sight, and I knew you were the same
Yukari: We can understand each other the most out of anyone in the world.
We can love each other the most out of anyone in the world
//ring ring ring//
//AHAHAHAHAHA//

Pg 69:
//ring ring//
Girl: AHAHAHAHAHA
Guy: WAITTT!
//ring ring//
Guy: I SAID WAIT!!
//ahahahaha//
//ahahaha//
//ring ring//
Tamiko: (So it was a dream...)

Pg 70:
//click//
//click click click click//
//sigh of relief//

Pg 71:
//splash//
//splash splash//
//clank//
//slip//
Tamiko: Ah!
//CRASH//
//thump thump thump//
//silent//

Pg 72:
//squeak squeak//
//clank//
Tamiko: ("Joe, why would you say something like that?")
Tamiko: Joe!
Tamiko: (I can't believe I was surprised by my own voice)
Tamiko: Joe, why would you---
//roommmm//
Tamiko: say something...
//vrooommm//
Tamiko: (That's Chii-can's bike!)
//dash//

Pg 73:
Tamiko: Welcome home!
Tamiko: How was Yukari-san?
Was she psyched?!
Akira: Whoa,
whoa
whoa.
Tamiko: Where'd you go?
Akira: Diamond Paradise
Tamiko: Oh, to a disco?
Okay, and where to next?
//squeak squeak squeak//
Akira: Then we went out to eat
Tamiko: Chii-chan, you're really good!
Akira: Leave it to me! I honed my skills being a waiter back when I was in high school!
//splarkling clean//

Pg 74:
Tamiko: Then was it the waitress there?
Akira: Huh?
Tamiko: The girl you went out with
Akira: We didn't really go out...
she sold me the bike I ride now
at a really great price...
Tamiko: What kind of girl was she?
Akira: I don't remember
Tamiko: Was she prettier than Yukari-san?
Akira: Haha, no. Yukari-chan's prettier
Tamiko: Then you DO remember
Tamiko: What do you want? Meat or Fish?
Akira: Whichever
Tamiko: Which one?
Akira: Meat!
//glances//
Tamiko: What happened next?

Pg 75:
Akira: Can we have some juice?
//steam//
Tamiko: What's inside?
Akira: There's nothing in it, just the bun. That's what's so great about it
Akira: "The Wakakusa Story"?
Did we go and see a movie like that way back? I don't remember what it was about
//sizzle sizzle//
Tamiko: Yeah, and Yukari-san has the part of Joe.
Tamiko: She beat out all the grade 12's for the part!
Akira: What about you?
Tamiko: The fourth sister, Amy
Akira: Is that the main character?
Tamiko: Are you even listening?! I said the main character was Yukari-san's part!
You're really starting to resemble grandma, you know!

Pg 76:
//chomp chomp chomp//
Tamiko: It took me forty minutes to make it,
and it takes you only 5 to eat it all up?
//clatter//
Akira: It was great!
//clank clank
And what score should we reward this group?!//
//drum roll//
//blank//
Akira: And under these restrictions,
for "t" to exist under 2 and 3, what kind of circumstances...
Akira: Let's turn the TV off
Tamiko: No! Seiko isn't on yet! [She's referring to Matsuda Seiko, a very popular idol in the 80's]
Akira: Then let's finish this off later!
It's New Years, we should relax!
Tamiko: Then could you finish it for me by the 9th?

Pg 77:
Akira: Look, Seiko-chan's on
//pull pull//
Tamiko: Nooo, that's not her, that's Kyon Kyon! [referring to Koizumi Kyoko, another popular idol in the 80's]
Akira: Hey, weren't you saying something about becoming more independent?
Tamiko: Kyon Kyon's been showing up everywhere lately
Tamiko: I'm pretty good at guessing who's gonna be famous, don't you think?
Tamiko: I wonder if they have a TV at the hospital?
Tamiko: Doesn't grandma watch this every year?
Akira: Yeah, they probably have one there
//clatter//
Tamiko: Where you going?
Akira: To take a leak
Tamiko: Make sure to be back before Seiko comes on!

Pg 78:
//And now everyone! Happy New Years!//
//---brought to you by, Shuueisha//
Tamiko: Chii-chan?
//step step step//
Tamiko: What're you doing?!
It's no fun watching by myself!
Akira: Sorry
Tamiko: You're going to bed already?
Tamiko: It's just, I haven't had any sleep since New Years Eve, you know?

Pg 79:
Tamiko: Oh...
Akira: Wanna sleep together?
Tamiko: What...
Tamiko: ...No we can't.
Akira: Why not?
Tamiko: Remember? ...I said I was going to be more independent...
Akira: Well I don't want to sleep by myself. How's that?

Pg 80:
//step step step//
Tamiko: Heh.
Okay, then I'll stay here and do my homework
Tamiko: Chii-chan, aren't you going to put your PJs on?
Akira: Then give that back to me
Tamiko: Oh, right.
Tamiko: This feels completely different from before!

Pg 81:
Tamiko: You always had your back turned to me!
//rustle//
Tamiko: If you look this way,
you'll make me nervous!
Tamiko: Well...
it was probably because...
Tamiko: you knew about it that you kept your back to me...
//snickers//
Akira: I can just see grandma trying to weasle her way in here
Tamiko: Did you hear about it from grandma?

Pg 82:
Akira: From the family register.
Tamiko: You too?
Tamiko: How long have you known?
Akira: Does it even matter?
Akira: As long as I know
that I was someone born into this world wanted,
that's all I need.
Akira: For me, the difference between that and the opposite,
meant the world of a difference

Pg 83:
Tamiko: I wonder why mom and dad didn't just officially make you their son though?
Tamiko: Why did they keep you under "adopted"?
Akira: So that marriage is still possible
Tamiko: Huh?
Akira: If they did that, then marriage would've been impossible
Tamiko: Oh....
Tamiko: Huh? Who's gonna marry?
Akira: Us

Pg 84:
Akira: Grandma said she ignored all the bad stuff everyone around them were saying,
and adopted me in because she wanted to make me your groom
Akira: because I was cute, ya know?
Tamiko: What!
Tamiko: Haha...
Tamiko: So it was grandma that...
Tamiko: That's SO like her!
Akira: Yeah,
it is.
Tamiko: Then grandma knew all along,
that you knew?
Akira: Well I guess that's another way of seeing it,
Akira: but it was more like
Akira: she saw the kiss

Pg 85:
Tamiko: What kiss?
Akira: That I gave to you
Tamiko: But that was just recently...
Akira: No, I'm talking about way before that
Akira: back when I was still in middle school
Akira: you were asleep...
Tamiko: (Ah...)

Pg 86:
Tamiko: Ah...
....I...
Tamiko: completely thought
that was a
dream...
Akira: Heh
Tamiko: Ha..ha
Tamiko: (I thought it was a dream)
Akira: Are you mad?
Tamiko: No...
Akira: Well that's good

Pg 87:
Akira: Wanna know something scary?
Akira: Whenever my hands
touched you,
Akira: to the tips of my fingers,
I've never thought of you as my sister
Akira: Always,
always
Akira: in the back of my mind
Akira: I was hoping for you to realize it...

Pg 88:
Grandma: You like Ta-ko?
Grandma: You can have her.
Grandma: I was waiting for this.
Grandma: Good thing you two aren't related, huh?

Pg 89:
Akira: (Ta-ko)
Akira: Ta-ko,
I love you.
Akira: Ta-ko,
Akira: you're so cute

Pg 90:
[no text]

Pg 91:
//slide//
//thud//
Tamiko: I-I can't breathe!
//wheeze wheeze//
Akira: Why didn't you just breathe?
Tamiko: Because...
my nose is all stuffed up...
//wheeze//
Akira: What are you, an idiot?

Pg 92:
Akira: Geez...
you ruined the mood.
Tamiko: ("Do you love me?")
Tamiko: ("So much that I feel like I'm going crazy at times")
Tamiko: ("Idiot")
Tamiko: (I was
stupid one.)

END OF CHAPTER 7

Pg 93:
[no text]

Pg 94:
//snore snore//

Pg 95:
//tickle//
//hahahaha//

Pg 96:
//rolls over//
Akira: ("Let me braid her hair!")
Akira: ("Please! Please?")
Akira: ("No, because it won't be even")
Akira: ("Don't worry! I learned how to braid from a girl in my class!")
Akira: ("Come on! Can't I even braid just one side?")

Pg 97:
Akira: ("Noooo I could've done a better job than that!")
Akira: ("Why can't Ta-ko be mine?")
//snickers//
Akira: 'Morning

Pg 98:
Tamiko: Why did you braid my hair?
Akira: It looks cute on you
//yawns//
Tamiko: Why did you do only one side then?
Akira: Because I only had one necktie
Tamiko: Last night,
I...
Akira: I didn't do anything
Tamiko: Noooo
that's not what I was gonna say
Tamiko: I couldn't sleep at all...
//COUGH//
Tamiko: Aren't you going to shave?
Akira: Nah, because mine doesn't get as thick as Oo-chan's
Tamiko: Don't grow a beard like him, okay?

Pg 99:
Akira: Don't think too much about what I said last night, okay?
Akira: You're gonna meet a lot of guys in the future. And after all that you still think I'm better, then give me a chance
Tamiko: Shave!
//brush brush brush//
Akira: Yeah, but I think beards look pretty nice...
Tamiko: No! It scratches when you kiss!
//brush brush brush brush//

Pg 100:
Akira: Pervert! I bet you're always thinking of stuff like that!
Tamiko: Noooooo, it's dirty too and it gets--
Akira: I won't, I promise.
Tamiko: WAHHH!
Tamiko: Grosss!
Tamiko: Chii-chan,
can I say something?
Akira: Sure

Pg 101:
Tamiko: Ditto what you just said
Tamiko: If you find someone you like even more than me, then choose her, okay?
Akira: ...Why would you say that?
//clatter//
Yukari: Hello?
Tamiko: I'm still in my PJs!
Chii-chan, you go get it!
//push//
Akira: Yes?

Pg 102:
Yukari: Akira...
Akira: Yukari-chan?
Yukari: Akira...
please...
Yukari: come with me to the Emperial Hotel right now...
Yukari: They're planning on some arranged marriage between me and that guy yesterday!

Pg 103:
Tamiko: B-But
Tamiko: you're still in high school!
Yukari: My daddy needs a successor to his company
Yukari: since I'm an only child, he's planning on making the person I marry as his successor
Tamiko: Chii-chan
Tamiko: why don't you go with her?
Akira: What would I do anyway? I've got no business being there
Tamiko: But if that guy sees you and her together, then he'd be able to put the pieces together, you know?

Pg 104:
Akira: I don't want to stick my head where it doesn't belong
Akira: If you don't like what they're trying to do, then you should just say so
Tamiko: How could you be so mean?!
Akira: I'm---
Yukari: Just
forget it.
Yukari: What you said is right.
Yukari: But
Yukari: at this rate, I won't be able to marry a person I love.
Tamiko: Wai---
//thump//

Pg 105:
Tamiko: Wait,
Tamiko: Yukari-sa---
[sign reads "To Akira
I knew you were joking, but I made it last night anyway
From Yukari"]
Akira: Ah...
Akira: she...
Tamiko: What's that?
[side comic
Tamiko: I can't believe you're letting her sleep in my bed!
Takashi: She's just gonna be resting a bit until she's feeling a bit better
//hiccup hiccup//
Tamiko: WHAAAAA!!
Otohime: Your leg looks like a lotus root.
Continued on p 151]

Pg 106:
Tamiko: Idiot!
Tamiko: Why did you tell her?!
Tamiko: Even if it was a joke,
it's rude to mention something I want to some other girl!
Tamiko: Is your head all messed up
because you've gone out with too many girls?!
Tamiko: I didn't say this because I know she would'nt have wanted me to say this...
Tamiko: but she loves you!

Pg 107:
Tamiko: I do too,
Tamiko: but if you guys ended up going out...
Akira: Then you'd give me to her?
Akira: "Love" isn't some cheapass thing
Akira: that you can just control however way you like.
Akira: It's more precious
than some $80 steak,
or some fur coat,
or a 100 karat diamond,
or Keio plaza,
or the Tokyo tower.
It's much
much
Akira: more precious!

Pg 108:
YM: Gojou-san, I apologize for yesterday.
Please let me introduce you
YM: to my daughter, Yukari.
YM: Yukari!
//bows//

Pg 109:
Guy: I thought you'd be a bit more talkative if it was just the two of us, but I guess not
Guy: I wonder if all those who're in acting are like this?
Guy: When is the play you're the lead for?
Yukari: Next month
Guy: What are people your age interested in?
Yukari: Guys
Guy: Oh, now that you mention it, that friend of yours at Harajuku yesterday,
Guy: I don't really recommend you to converse with people like him...

Pg 110:
Yukari: I should get going...
Guy: But why? Not much time has passed at all!
Guy: How about we go out to dinner?
Yukari: I'm not hungry
Guy: I konw a great place
Yukari: But...
//THUD//
Akira: Hey

Pg 111:
Yukari: Akira
Yukari: Akira,
I'm so happy you came
Akira: I was gonna decide if I was gonna help out once I saw what the guy looked like
//giggles//
Akira: Thanks for the phone cover
Yukari: I knew you were joking,
but I thought it was something you could use regardless
Akira: I'll give you a ride
Yukari: Mind giving me a ride to Aoyama then?
Yukari: There's just one way
Yukari: I can convince them so I won't have to have an arranged marriage

Pg 112:
Yukari: My daddy had a kid with his lover!
Yukari: My mommy's against it,
but what he really wants to do is let that guy be the successor
Yukari: Because if you think about it,
it'd be better for someone who's related to him to take over, you know?

Pg 113:
Yukari: I heard
daddy got a phone call recently from his lover saying she found their child.
She never knew where he was either.
Yukari: My daddy's holding back because of mommy, so I'll take the first step!
//vrooommm//
Yukari: What's wrong? You look pale

Pg 114:
Akira: His lover...
Akira: is Hanyuu Kaori, isn't it?
Yukari: Bingo
Yukari: I guess it's a no brainer you could come to that conclusion seeing as I told you alot of stuff in detail
Akira: I wanted to avoid this if I could
Akira: but it's something you should know...

Pg 115:
Akira: I'll make it easier for you
//honk honk honk//
//vrooom vroommmmm//
Akira: Hanyuu Kaori's my birth mother

Pg 116:
//vroom...//
Yukari: What...
are you saying?
Akira: You said I reminded you of your dad, right?
Yukari: Stop it
//police siren//
Akira: I'm not related to the Mizukami's...
I share the same father as...
Yukari: Stop joking around!
//police siren//
Akira: Ah...

Pg 117:
Yukari: I'm going home...

Pg 118:
Akira: Yuka--

Pg 119:
//squeaalllll//
//crash//

Pg 120:
//slam slam//
Grandma: You told Akira what?!
Grandma: What a cruel child you are!
Tamiko: Well it's not like I "WANTED" to say it.
You wouldn't understand, grandma.
Grandma: After I went through all that trouble to set you two up.
Thinking about what Akira must be feeling right now...
poor child...poor child...
//sobb//
//scrunch scrunch//

Pg 121:
Tamiko: If you're just going to be digging through it, give it back to me!
Grandma: It's mine now!
Tamiko: I'm going to go help out mom with the laundry!
Grandma: Wait!
Grandma: The reason why we didn't officially make him part of our family wasn't because we wanted you two to marry
//munch//
Grandma: it was so Hanyuu-san could come back for him any time
Tamiko: (What is that...
supposed to mean?)

Pg 122:
Tamiko: ("What a cruel child you are!")
Tamiko: (Poor child...poor child...)
Tamiko: (I feel like...it's written in the stars for
us to not be meant to be with each other)
Nurse: Mizukami-san!
Nurse: Your brother was rushed into the hospital just now. He was in an accident.

Pg 123:
Tamiko: (See?
We're not
meant to be with each other!)

Pg 124:
//thud//
Tamiko: M-My name...
is Mizukami....
is...
Akira: Ta-ko

Pg 125:
Akira: I got a ride in the ambulance for the first time ever
Tamiko: //sigh of relief//
Tamiko: I thought you weren't gonna make it...
Tamiko: Chii-chan!
Tamiko: Chii-chan!

Pg 126:
Akira: Ta-ko
Akira: Yukari-chan and I---

Pg 127:
Akira: Ta-ko,
Yukari-chan and I are half-siblings
Akira: Let's go Ta-ko
Tamiko: Yukari-san didn't come to rehearsal yesterday either
Akira: Just concentrate on your part.

Pg 128:
Akira: Be careful,
it's slipperly
Akira: WHOAAAA!
//slip//
Hime: I'm hungry
//clatter//

Pg 129:
Tamiko: Oo-chan, Otohime's---
Takashi: Yeah, I just got a phone call from Akira
Tamiko: She's here. Hurry!
Akira: Welcome back
Takashi: ...Yeah
Takashi: Thanks.
Takashi: Hime!
Hime: What happened to your hair!
Hime: Hahahaha!
Takashi: ...huh?

Pg 130:
Tamiko: It looks better, don't you agree?
Hime: Well yeah, compared to what it was like before---
Takashi: Oh, you're talking about this? Yeah...
Hime: But yeah,
I guess people without a fashion sense
can only go so far
Takashi: Wh...
Takashi: Who cares about my hair!
Takashi: Don't you feel even a bit guilty letting your fans down like that?!
Akira: Let's go. We don't have enough time.
Hime: "Fans"?!
What fans?!
Last time only three people showed up!!

Pg 131:
Hime: Can you even "BEGIN" to comprehend what it feels like to sing in front of only THREE people?!
Tamiko: Oo-chan was always saying the places were packed
Hime: Ughh!
Hime: I wanna marry already!
Takashi: Fine.
Takashi: I'll let you be engaged to Akira
Tamiko: Hey! What do you--
Akira: He isn't serious, calm down.

Pg 132:
Tamiko: I bet he is!
Akira: Will you just cut it out?
I like you,
okay?
Akira: So why do you keep on
about the people around us?
Akira: What are you so worried about?
Tamiko: I don't know...
Tamiko: I guess it's become a habit...

Pg 133:'
Girl: Could you adjust the middle lights
a bit?
Girl: Okay!
That's great!
Girl #2: Hey! My zipper's broken!
Hurry, someone fix it!
Girl #3: Director! Director? Where'd she go?!
Girl: Has Yuzuki-san arrived yet?
Tamiko: No, not yet

Pg 134:
Julie: Tammy,
do you have a sec?
Julie: I want to say hi to your brother
Julie: I brought some chocolates too,
even though it's a bit early
Julie: Hey! What's going on?!
Why are those girls---
Julie: Come on! Introduce me to him! Quick!
//creakkk//
Man: Excuse me

Pg 135:
Tamiko: (Hey, Chii-chan...
looks pretty nice with a moustache...)
//snaps out of it//
Tamiko: (Who is...he?)

Pg 136:
//noise//
Girl: Hey
//noise//
Girl: What
Girl #2: No way!
Girl: It's Hanyuu Kaori
Girl: No way!
But I thought she said she couldn't come?

Pg 137:
[no text]

Pg 138:
Tamiko: (Now I get it...)
(He's Yukari-san's dad...
and Chii-chan's!)

Pg 139:
[no text]

END OF CHAPTER 8


Pg 140:
Yukari: Daddy!
Yukari: I found him!
Yukari: So let's bring him into our family!
Yukari: He should be showing up at the school play
Yukari: Hanyuu-san knows him, so you should take her along with you!

Pg 141:
//The express train to Tokyo will be arriving at platform 4...//
//Please stay behind the line//
//kya! Kya!//
//hahahaha//
Girl: Hey?
Look over there
Girl #2: It's Yuzuki-san
Girl: I wonder where she's heading?
Doesn't she have the lead for today's play?

Pg 142:
Guy: Can I help you?
Guy #2: We're not open until 5
Guy: To be honest with you, we can't have teenagers like you hanging around here

Pg 143:
Guy: Remember? She's the girl Akira brought with him on New Years
Guy #2: Oh, right!
Hey, wait---
//whisper whisper//

Pg 144:
Yukari: Can you...
Yukari: turn
Yukari: that one on?
Yukari: Along with this one
Yukari: and this one
Yukari: I'll pay as much as you want

Pg 145:
Yukari: Turn on the same song that was playing back then
Yukari: and bring the people who were there that time

Pg 146:
//noise noise//
Tamiko: (Why are they showing themselves to him now?)
Tamiko: ("The reason why we officially didn't make him part of our family
was so Hanyuu-san could come back for him any time")

Pg 147:
Girl: Oh!
Girl #2: What!
No way!

Pg 148:
Guy: I'm sorry to interrupt
Guy: but are you Mizukami Akira-san?
Akira: ....Yes
//clatter clatter CRASH//
Akira: Ta-ko!
Akira: Excuse me for a moment

Pg 149:
Tamiko: I'm fine,
I just got my skirt caught in the chair
Akira: ...what?
Tamiko: Don't talk to him
Akira: Who is
he?
Tamiko: He's going to take you away
Akira: What're you talking about?
Tamiko: He will,
I just know it!
Tamiko: Come with me!
Akira: But it's rude to just---
Tamiko: This way!

Pg 150:
Tamiko: I'll introduce you to my friend
[sign reads "Non-Personells Prohibited")
Tamiko: This is...
Julie: U-Um, this is chocolate!
Tamiko: Wait, Julie
Julie: Ah...
Tamiko: This is my friend...
Julie: U-Um I used to go to the same middle school as you and...
Tamiko: Julie...
Julie: Ah!
Girl: Mizukami-san, Ikoma-san
Girl: We need to gather for last minute preparations
Girl: We're going to decide who's going to have Yuzuki-san's role
Tamiko: What!

Pg 151:
Tamiko: B-But that's Yuzuki-san's role!
Tamiko: I'm sure she'll come!
I'll phone her house!
Girl: There's no need.
I asked her father over there
Girl: and he told me she left early in the morning.
Tamiko: (Ah...!)
[side panel
Hime:I heard you want to become an actress?
//stares//
Hime: Then you must have confidence in your looks
Tamiko: Looks has nothing to do with it!
It's how well you can bring out the character's personality!
Hime: But you still have confidence in your looks, right?
Tamiko: I don't!
Hime: You do.
Continued on P 187]

Pg 152:
Girl: Some girls from school saw her at the train station heading in the opposite direction
Girl: It's not that we've given up hope of her showing up at the last minute,
Girl: but there's no way we can prolong the start of the play
Girl: so just in case it's better if we decide who'll take over

Pg 153:
Girl: What!
You didn't have any backups?!
Girl #2: Why don't you do it, Mariko? It's your lucky break!
Girl #4: But it's the part of Joe, right?
There's just no way!
Girl: There's no way anyone can memorize the lines
at a time like this!
Girl #3: Mariko-san, can you do it?
Mariko: If I...can have an hour to memorize.
Girl: It's time to ring the bell to start the performance!
Girl: Is it okay if I ring it?
Girl: Is it okay?
Mariko: W-Wait...
wait...

Pg 154:
Kaori: Go ahead
Kaori: but do it ten minutes from now
Kaori: I'll keep the play going for an hour
Kaori: Give me the script
and Yukari's outfit

Pg 155:
Girl: Wow! I never thought I'd be able to act alongside Hanyuu Kaori!
//Kya! Kya! Kya!//
Girl #2: It's like a dream!
//flash//
Tamiko: Don't you think it's weird
that a mean person like her would get up onto our stage
with no strings attached?
Akira: I thought you were a fan of hers
Tamiko: NO!
I was making an ugly face just now, I know it!
Akira: Then stop making those kind of faces
Tamiko: I can't. Whenever I think about her, I can't help myself
Akira: Then I guess I'll take more photos of you looking ugly!
//flash//
//smile//

Pg 156:
Tamiko: It really pissed me off though
Tamiko: how Hanyuu Kaori was looking at you before. You noticed too, right?
Tamiko: I don't know why
Tamiko: but there's something about her I don't like
//flash//
Tamiko: And---
Tamiko: What're you doing?
Is this a new way of taking photos?
Tamiko: Julie was really disappointed!
She was saying how she wanted to shake your hand before she got on the stage!
//giggles//
Akira: How about a dance?
Tamiko: Sure, I don't mind
Tamiko: Wearing this kind of dress makes me want to dance!

Pg 157:
//bell ringing//
Akira: "You're wearing those same shoes"
Tamiko: "Yeah"
Akira: "You're smart, you know that?"
Tamiko: "Well no duh! For 17 years
I've been living under the same roof as you!"

Pg 158:
//thud//
Joe (Kaori): I wanted books!

Pg 159:
Girl: If only I had
new musical scores...
//whistle whistle whistle//
Amy (Tamiko): High quality sketchbooks and pencils
Tamiko: (Ah!)
Tamiko: (I forgot to say "some" at the beginning)
Amy: ...that's what I want

Pg 160:
//rustle//
Joe: Since it's Christmas, why don't we go buy all these stuff?!
Tamiko: (This is making me panic.
She's completely different from Yukari-san in the way she acts)
Girl: You're right,
I've been working everyday lately
Girl: so a little piece of happiness like that shouldn't hurt
Tamiko: (She forgot to say "as a tutor!")
Tamiko: (The line after that is gonna be messed up...!)
Joe: What're you suggesting?
Joe: You don't go through half the hardships as I do since you're working as a tutor for some rich family!
//sigh of relief//

Pg 161:
Tamiko: (The audience doesn't realize
all the misses we've made, and how she's helped to cover them all up)
Tamiko: (The person standing in front of everyone acting in this crude manner,
is Hanyuu Kaori, there's no doubt about it.
But I wonder if the audience's realized it?)

Pg 162:
Amy: You two have got it easy!
At least you don't have to go to school
Amy: I'm doubly tired because of it!
Amy: They make fun of me if I don't finish my homework
Amy: and they look up on me because I'm poor
Joe: "look up"?
//snickers//
Joe: You mean "look down"
//jabs//
Tamiko: (She adlibs alot)
Amy: Well so-rry!
It was just a slip-of-the-tongue

Pg 163:
Tamiko: (Everyone's panicking because all the movements are completely different from how we've practced it
Everyone's being turned this way and that by her)
Girl: It's Hanyuu Kaori, I know it!
Girl #2: No way!
//whispers//
Yukari: (Let's stop...)
Tamiko: (It's not the assembly hall,
it's not the audience,)
Girl: Let's stop arguing!
We're just like what Joe said we were, a happy lot, don't you think?
Tamiko: (we're being drawn in by Hanyuu Kaori!)

Pg 164:
//flash//
Tamiko: (Chii-chan)
Amy: Joe!
Why would you say something like that?
Joe: A happy lot!
A happy lot!
//whistle whistle//
Joe: A happy lot!

Pg 165:
//giggles//
Amy: Stop it! You're acting like a boy!
Joe: If I could be one,
then I'd choose to be in a second!
Amy: I hate people without manners!
Joe: I hate people like you who act all high and mighty!
Amy: (It's as if me and Chii-chan are fighting)

Pg 166:
Amy: Mark my words Joe! You're going to live to regret it!
Joe: HA!
Joe: Amy!
Joe: Where did you put my script?!
Amy: How should I know?
Joe: You know where it is!
Now tell me!
Amy: KYAAA! I threw it into the fire, okay?
Joe: What did you just say?!

Pg 167:
Joe: How could you!
I'll never be able to write what I did again!
Amy: KYAAA!
Girl: Stop it you two!
//wheeze wheeze wheeze wheeze//

Pg 168:
Tamiko: (Her expressions,
her movements,
they all remind me of Chii-chan)

Pg 169:
Tamiko: (They all remind me of the Chii-chan that I love)
Joe: AMY!
Guy: The ice broke,
and she fell in!

Pg 170:
Joe: Mother,
I wonder if she'll be all right?
Joe: If she dies,
it'll be my fault
Joe: It was because I...
Tamiko: (Ah...)

Pg 171:
Tamiko: (Even though it's her first time touching me,
her touch feels familiar)

Pg 172:
Tamiko: (She's the person who gave birth to...Chii-chan)
Tamiko: ("Maybe I like them because I don't ever want to seek out the evil in people?")

Pg 173:
Girl: Thank you very much!
Kaori: I'll leave the rest up to you
Girl #2: Thank you so much!
We're very---
Kaori: There's no need. Get back to your play.
Girl #2: Y-Yes....
Girl: She's scary,
but she really is amazing, don't you think?
Tamiko: ...yeah

Pg 174:
//clap clap clap//
//rustle//
//pulls//
Akira: I shouldn't have expected any less from you.
Wonderful performance, as always
//rustle rustle//
Kaori: I know a place where you can take great shots from

Pg 175:
Akira: It's a nice place,
but it makes me want a X-ray camera
Akira: Now if you'll excuse me,
I'm here today to work.
Kaori: Yukari-san's father
is wanting to bring you back into the family as his son-in-law
Akira: What a convenient set-up

Pg 176:
Kaori: Mizukami Misako-san
Kaori: I heard she went through quite a bit of hardship having to support three children.
I heard she even worked in mizushoubai at one time [basically the "night entertainment business" as hostess, etc. Basically, not a job you'd be proud of.]
Kaori: I even heard the reason why her husband left her
Kaori: was partly because of you
Kaori: I'm sure that it'd have been easy to come to the wrong conclusions when she suddenly shows up with a child one day who has a different blood type
Akira: Can't you...
just drop it?
//step step//

Pg 177:
Kaori: If you become the successor to the Yuzuki family business,
then you'll have more than enough money to let the Mizukami's live in relative prosperity
Kaori: You want to pay them back for all they did for you, do you not?
Akira: I plan on doing that even if it takes a long time
Kaori: That girl who's always trailing behind you
Kaori: Is she your sister?
Kaori: She's a diamond in the rough
Kaori: but at this rate, she'll be even lucky to graduate this place
Kaori: Poor child. Did you see those shoes of hers? They were practically falling apart!

Pg 178:
Tamiko: Hey, that's weird. Chii-chan's disappeared off somewhere
Tamiko: I wonder if he went to the bathroom?
Julie: No way! Akira-san goes to the bathroom?! [I guess it's like how girls don't want to invision famous idols going to the bathroom, she looks up to him so she doesn't want to imagine him doing something like that? ^^]
Julie: I'll go look for him since I don't have anymore lines
Tamiko: Then I'll go with you!
Julie: You can't do that. You've still got a couple of scenes to go, remember?
Girl: Mizukami-san!
Hurry!
Julie: See?
Tamiko: (Once Hanyuu Kaori left, it went back to being a normal school play)

Pg 179:
Kaori: You know how he owns an arts theatre, don't you?
Kaori: If she enrolls there, then I can put in a good word for her
Kaori: You like her don't you?
I could tell just by looking at you
Akira: There's no way I can marry Yukari-san, now can I?
Kaori: I heard he's planning on introducing you to Yukari-san's cousin
All you have to do is take over the business
Akira: Oh,
so I can't even choose who I marry?

Pg 180:
Kaori: Akira...
Kaori: Akira
Kaori: Akira

Pg 181:
Kaori: The truth is...
I...
Kaori: wanted to see you...

Pg 182:
//whoaa//
Kaori: You probably hate me
Kaori: but I didn't want to let you go, you have to believe me.
You were someone I gave birth to out of my own free will!
Kaori: But I couldn't do anything about it being in the position I was back then!
Your sister is planning in going into the same business as me,
Kaori: so you understand at least a little bit, don't you?

Pg 183:
Akira: I don't remember ever having hated you
Kaori: I'm so happy...you're such a smart child...
Kaori: then you'll do as I say, won't you?
If you do, then everything will go smoothly...
Amy: My dream is to go to Rome and become the number one artist in the world!


END OF CHAPTER 9

Pg 184:
//clap clap clap//

Pg 185:
Tamiko: (To stand here and perform this play today,
was something tough on Yukari-san, so much that she chose to run away from it.
I can understand.
Only those who fell in love with Chii-chan can understand this feeling)

Pg 186:
Tamiko: Julie!
Did you find Chii-chan?
Tamiko: Let's ask him to take a group shot!
Julie: W-Well I...
Girl: Hey!
There's something going on outside!
A lot of reporters are gathering!
Girl #2: I heard they caught a hold of Hanyuu Kaori!
Where?
Where?
//kya kya//
Julie: I knew it!
Julie: I saw AKira-san and Hanyuu Kaori
hugging and kissing each other!

Pg 187:
Guy: This is "Television Akebono"---
Guy: This is The Sparrow Weekly---
Hanyuu-san!
We just received a phone call at our headquarters from a young female saying you have an illegitimate child!
Guy #2: Please get out of the way!
Guy: Is it true you're meeting him here today?!
[side comic:
//lifts//
//KYAA!!//
Akira: Ta-ko?
Hime: You're wearing pretty cute underwear!
Where'd you buy 'em?
Hime: What's the brand?
Tamiko: What're you doing?!
Akira: (Whoa...)
Continued on P 189]

Pg 188:
Guy; Mizukami-kun!
Akira: Oh,
hey!
You're The Pink's---
Guy: So you were Hanyuu Kaori's son?
Akira: What...?
Akira: What are you joking around for?
Guy: I'm not joking. It's true, isn't it?
Guy: You're famous in the company for being very talented
Guy: It all makes sense when there's Hanyuu Kaori's blood running in your veins!
Tamiko: T-That's
a lie!

Pg 189:
Tamiko: We saw them!
Tamiko: They were kissing each other!
Tamiko: Right, Julie?
Julie: Y-Yeah! It's true!
Tamiko: There's no way
a mother and son could kiss like that!
Tamiko: Don't you agree?
[side comic
//rattle//
Tamiko: Mommmm---
Tamiko: KYAA!
//slap//
Akira: What're you doing?!
Tamiko: Chikan!!
Tamiko: Pervert!
Akira: I didn't see anything!
(Even though I wanted to)
Hime: I wanna be pretty...
//sob//
THE END]

Pg 190:
Guy: Are you sure that's what you saw?
Julie: Yes! There's no doubt about it! It was those two!
Guy: You didn't mistake them for someonebody else?
Julie: No! I only caught sight of them for a second,
but they were hugging each other and---
Guy: In what kind of way?
Julie: Err...in a...
Julie: uum....
Julie: Err....
Kaori: Like this

Pg 191:
[no text]

Pg 192:
Tamiko: That's enough!
//pulls//
Guy: Ah!
Guy: Hanyuu-san! Please wait!

Pg 193:
Guy: Oh,
so it's just another one of her flings.
Guy: Hey, what's your name, kid? Where'd you meet her?
Guy #2: Hey, call up our company.
Tell 'em we found out Hanyuu Kaori's latest conquest is a boy younger than her
Tamiko: How could you just go on kissing her like that for so long!
Weren't you even a BIT embarrassed?!
//Bathroom for Guests//
Akira: Yeah, but you don't come across an opportunity like that everyday
to kiss "THE" Hanyuu Kaori
Tamiko: I can't...
believe you.
Tamiko: Should I not have said anything?
Akira: Nahh, I think what you did was fine. It's better than them going around and trying to dig up dirt

Pg 194:
Tamiko: AH!
Tamiko: We were waiting for you!
Tamiko: I wanted you to wear that outfit....
Yukari: I don't get it...

Pg 195:
[sign on door reads "Cleaning Equipment"]
Yukari: I went through all that trouble to set it up for you,
so why didn't you tell them you were her son?
Yukari: You're her scapegoat. Don't you feel even a bit of hatred towards her?
Yukari: I hate
her
Yukari: I hate that woman who gave birth to you!
Tamiko: Ah...
I...
didn't like Hanyuu Kaori either
Tamiko: but when she took your place in the play...
Yukari: Who cares about the play!
//SLAP//

Pg 196:
Yukari: I shouldn't have done that
//SLAP//

Pg 197:
Yukari: W...
What...
What's wrong...
Tamiko: Uu...
Tamiko: UUUUuu....
Yukari: Hey!
Yukari: I never thought she'd get mad at me---
Akira: Whether she has a kid or a lover,
it's not that much damage to Hanyuu Kaori's reputation right now

Pg 198:
Akira: The ones who'll bear the brunt of the damage wouldn't be her,
but your mother and father.
Yukari: Akira...
Yukari: Akira...

Pg 199:
Yukari's Dad (YD): It was an amusing scene
YD: He was probably ecstatic being able to share a kiss with his mother
Kaori: Did that
Kaori: look to you like a kiss between a mother and child?
Kaori: With that one kiss, those around us believed what those children said
Kaori: With that one kiss, I was able to read everything he felt towards me
Kaori: That was a man's kiss

Pg 200:
Kaori: [SL: Haha...] It's like not a thought ran through his mind
that I was his mother!
YD: Strange, isn't it?
YD: Weren't you the one who wanted to deny that fact? [that she's his mother]
Kaori: You're right
Kaori: How
Kaori: ironic,
that both mother and son would choose to deny it
Kaori: We're so much alike

Pg 201:
Kaori: To think
Kaori: I was the one thrown away
YD: Stop it.
It's not like you
YD: to cry this way

Pg 202:
Tamiko: Whoa...
look at my face!
Tamiko: Ah!
And this one too!
Akira: Here
Tamiko: Hmm?

Pg 203:
Tamiko: For ME?!!!?!
Tamiko: What's up?
Tamiko: It's the first time you've ever given me anything besides matchbooks!
Akira: Well what's wrong with gifts every now and then?
Tamiko: Whatttt, haha
Tamiko: Are you gonna have to go without lunch for a while?
Akira: Yep, for about a week
Tamiko: Was it embarrassing for you to go and buy this?
Takashi: Akira!
Tamiko: It's Oo-chan!
Akira: But I thought he was still touring?
//thud thud thud thud//
Takashi: AKIRA!

Pg 204:
Hime: Akira!
I made reservations for our wedding ceremony!
Hime: Leave May 3rd free, okay?
Akira: What! "Our" wedding?!
Hime: Remember? Takashi promised me that you and I would be engaged!
Takashi: B-But Hime, what's the rush?
//laughs//
Hime: Yeah,
Hime: but I'm pregnant

Pg 205:
Akira: What...?
Wait...
Akira: What do you mean you're pregnant...
Hime: Remember?
Hime: The first time I came here, you gave me a ride back,
and then at my apartment we---
Akira: Oh...
that time...?

Pg 206:
Tamiko: Chii---
Takashi: You fucking----
Takashi: You gotta be kidding me....

Pg 207:
Akira: Yeah, I am
Takashi: WHAT?!
Mom: Hey!
Stop it!
Akira: Of course I'm kidding!
//THUDD//
Takashi: Owww

Pg 208:
//SPONK//
Takashi: OUCH!
//SPONK//
Hime: Why couldn't you get mad like this earlier?
Hime: Even when I was all over Akira you were just grinning and bearing it!
I thought you didn't care for me at all!
//SPONK//
Hime: You better leave May 3rd free,
Takashi

Pg 209:
Tamiko: I don't like the thought of this...
Akira: What?
Tamiko: Once they marry, they're not gonna have enough to live by themselves, so they're probably gonna live here with us, right?
Akira: So you mean we'll have to cut back on all sorts of stuff?
Tamiko: No, that's now what I meant
Tamiko: I'm worried that you and Otohime might really get together!
Akira: Ta-ko!
Akira: You want me to attack you or what?!
//THUD//
Tamiko: Why don't you?
Tamiko: ...Chii-chan

Pg 210:
//beeeeeeppp//
//The train doors for platform 4 will be closing//
Tamiko: KYAAA!
Mom: Is everyone on?
//CLOSES//
Akira: Hey grandma, there's an open seat over there!
//clank clank//
Mom: Akira, could you put these up here?
Grandma: Misako-san! There's open seats over here!
//clank clank//
Tamiko: Oo-chan's out of it

Pg 211:
Akira: A wedding ceremony, huh?
Tamiko: You went to a friend's wedding once, right?
Akira: Yeah, and when they were doing that "giving flowers to the parents" thing, the "Mother's Song" began playing in the background...
Tamiko: Haha! How corny!
Akira: Hey, that's the hospital grandma was staying at
Tamiko: Yeah
Akira: Ta-ko, let's go over there
Tamiko: No, the doors for Shinjuku open on this side!
Tamiko: What're you laughing at?

Pg 212:
Akira: Come closer
Tamiko: No. Mom and the others can see
Akira: HEY!
Tamiko: ?!
Akira: You returned the shoes?!
Why do you put other people's kindness to waste?!
Tamiko: I told you! I wanted to help out with Oo-chan's wedding!
I thought you of all people would understand!
Mom: Hey, you two!
Akira: Yeah, but there's no reason for you to be walking around in those rags you call shoes!!

Pg 213:
//clap clap clap//
//PISSED OFF//
Announcer: And now,
the cake cutting will begin!
Those who wish to take photographs,
please come up to the front!
Mom: Tamiko! Don't you be acting like that at your brother's wedding!
Mom: Akira! What happened to your necktie?!
//GRRR//
//YAWNS//
Mom: Grandma!!

Pg 214:
Announcer: Next,
we will be presenting a message from the bride's middle school acquaintance, Kataoka Youko-san
Announcer: Mizukami-san, Miko-san,
and parents, congratulations on this celebration
Announcer: Miko-san, since her teenage days, was a thoughtful
Announcer: and kind person...
//BLOWS//
Tamiko: Weddings are so boring!
And they're needlessly extravagant!
Grandma: Yeah, it's like throwing away money
Mom: Grandma! Tamiko! Please be quiet!
Tamiko: If Chii-chan's not going to have any of his, I'm gonna have it!
//stab//
Announcer: And now,
Announcer: will be a performance by the bride and groom!

Pg 215:
Man: Next will be the flower presentation,
please come this way
Mom: Looks like there won't be any time for me to eat!
Tamiko: (It's "Mother's Song"...)
//giggles//

Pg 216:
//flash//

Pg 217:
//flash flash//
//clap clap clap//

Pg 218:
//flash flash flash//

Pg 219:
//clap clap clap//
//toss//

Pg 220:
Tamiko: I wonder if they made it to Sendai safely?
Mom: They've probably already started their concert
Tamiko: Why did they choose to have a concert on the day of their wedding anyway?
Girl: Auntie, where's Akira-chan?
I want him to take me to the top of this building!
Woman: Ayumi right here's taken quite a liking to Akira-chan
Grandma: Cousins can marry you know, Ayumu
Girl: Oh, but that's not what I---

Pg 221:
Grandma: Now that I took a closer look at you, you're starting to look like Tamiko!
//clatter//
Grandma: Where are you going, Tamiko?
Tamiko: To the bathroom!
Mom: Akira sure is late.
I wonder where he could be?
Grandma: Don't worry about him.
Just sit down and relax
Mom: This is so
exhausting!
//sigh//
Mom: Weddings are so tiring!
Just thinking about having two more of these makes me want to...
Grandma: Well there is a way to make it so there's only one more...

Pg 222:
Tamiko: Where'd you go?
Akira: I was getting some change
//clank clank//
Akira: I'll let you listen in to Oo-chan's concert. Let's go
Tamiko: Are you still mad?
Tamiko: But...
but you see...
I have a luxury called "Chii-chan" and...
Tamiko: to have even more luxury than that is...
Akira: You call shoes a "luxury"?!

Pg 223:
Tamiko: Why...
did you go and buy me shoes all of a sudden?
Akira: Ta-ko...?
Tamiko: Because you suddenly have money coming in?
Tamiko: Is it because you're going to go and live with Yuzuki-san's family?
Akira: You heard about it from Yukari-chan?
Tamiko: If that's why you bought me those shoes, then I don't want them!

Pg 224:
Tamiko: All I want is you!
Tamiko: Your footsteps are the shoes that I want!
Your voice is the hat that I want!
Your hands are the clothes I want!
Akira: Okay, I got it...
I got the message...
Tamiko: No you don't!
You don't get it at all!
Tamiko: Akira...

Pg 225:
Tamiko: Akira
Tamiko: Don't go,
Akira
Tamiko: There's no one in this world like you...

Pg 226:
Tamiko: I want my body to be so if I'm not in your arms I'll suffocate to death
Akira: That's it?
Tamiko: If you're planning on going to live with them, then take me before you go!
Tamiko: Take me!
Akira: Is here okay?

Pg 227:
Akira: I'm just kidding
Akira: Don't go around saying stuff you don't mean
Tamiko: But I do!
Akira: I said no to that the second Hanyuu Kaori brought it up
Tamiko: What...!

Pg 228:
Guy: Yes, this is the Evening Moon..
Akira: I'm really sorry, but could you please let me talk to a woman there who's wearing a flower-printed dress with a flower in her hair?
//SMACK//
Tamiko: (Idiot!
How could you make me say something so embarrassing?!)
Guy: Please wait just a moment
Tamiko: (Don't do stuff like buying me shoes all of a sudden then!)
//SLAM//
//giggles//
Tamiko: I can hear Otohime singing...

Pg 229:
Guy: Hello?
Guy: There's no one here who fits that description...
Guy: Hello...?

Pg 230/231:
THE END


END OF CHAPTER 10
END OF VOLUME 2
END OF TOKYO CASANOVA!