Karin 3

first draft, needs lots of proofing:



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Karin, volume 5, Special #3 James's Lie, and Carrera's pride
Pages: 129-156
Omake
Pages: 157-161
Preview
Pages: 163




Special #3 James's Lie, and Carrera's pride


Page129
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@T: Special #3 James's Lie, and Carrera's pride

Page130
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@R: In the 28th year of Shouwa
//TL note: 1954
James: ( This town is where you're going to live from now on )
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Carrera: ( Wow, there's a big river )
Carrera: ( What a wonderful place, James-ojisama )
James: ( Haha..... so do you like it, Carrera )
Frame3
Carrera: ( Yes, very much )
James: ( I'm glad to hear that )

Page131
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James: ( I'm going to introduce you to my son Henri, your fiance)
James: ( I hope you like him as well )
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Carrera: ( Eh? )
Frame3
Chikae: ( Kya.... )

Page132
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Chikae: ( NO... )
Chikae: ( Let go... )
SFX: gari -- ripping sound
Frame2
@TR: uhhhh
Chikae: ( of...
me )
Chikae: ( mm.... )
Frame3
SFX: haa haa haa -- panting
Frame4
Henri: ( I may have bitten her too hard )
Henri: ( It's because she resisted like that )

Page133
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Chikae: ( mm )
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Henri: ( .... It seems I didnt inadvertantly kill her though.... )
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Chikae: ( You don't think there's any way I'd be attracted to you, do you!? )
Chikae: ( I don't want anything to do with penniless guys like yourself )
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SFX:muka muka -- pissed off sound
Frame5
Henri: ( If I could just get other arrogant blood I wouldn't have anything to do with this woman )
SFX:za -- swinging back
Henri: ( Where does a mere hostess like her get off acting like that... )
Frame6
Henri: ( I feel sick )
Henri: ( I'm going home )
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Page135
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Henri: ( ....I'm surprised... )
Henri: ( Seeing vampires outside the family here at home... )
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James: ( Outside the family? Don't be so rude )
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James: ( Henri, this girl is your finace )
James: ( She's your new family )
Henri: ( FIANCE? )
Frame4
Henri: ( How can you just decide something like that....! )
Carrera: ( That's right! Ojisama!! I hate short stumpy guys like him )

Page136
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Henri: ( Short? )
SFX: piki -- throbbing vein
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Carrera: ( I like handsome older men like you Ojisama )
Carrera: ( I don't want anything to do with young brats )
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James: ( Oh, is that so.... But )
James: ( They say that couples should be around the same age )
Carrera: ( <bold> NO, I want you Ojisama.... )
Frame4
Elda: ( JAMES!!!)
SFX: sukann -- whoosh
Frame5
SFX: wana wana -- trembling in anger
Elda: ( Just a soon as we get back from the gathering, and )

Page137
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Elda: ( Without so much as a word you let someone like this in our house! )
James: ( Elda )
SFX:mukiiiii --- extremely pissed off
James: ( I'm sorry, I know this is kind of sudden, but)
Frame2
Elda: ( I cannot believe this! And I was thinking the three of us could be together forever )
James: ( Listen to... )
SFX:gan -- thud
Carrera: ( I'm not letting Henri get married )
Frame3
SFX gashi -- grab
Frame4
James: ( Elda )

Page138
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James: ( I'm sorry I didn't say anything to you )
Elda: (...James)
James: ( But I wanted to find a good partner for Henri as soon as possible... )
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James: ( Come on,
The sun is nearly rising )
SFX: icha icha icha icha -- flirting/making out
Elda: ( Ahh mmm )
James: ( Let's talk this out thoroughly inside the coffin )
Elda: ( Uh uh.... )
Frame3
James: ( You two get to sleep as well )
James: ( Carrera, a bed has been set for you )
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Page139
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Henri: ( Your bed is in my room? )
SFX:zumuuun -- sulking sound
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Carrera: ( You had better not come in here )
Frame3
Henri: ( Hey, I havent even laid a hand on you yet! )
Carrera: ( What do you mean "yet", you pervert! )
Frame4
Carrera: ( I'm not marrying you! )
SFX:bamu -- bam
Henri: ( I'm not marrying you either! I'll have you kicked out of here soon too! )

Page140
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both: (Hrmph)
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SFX: shiku shiku shiku -- sobbing
James: (hm?)
Frame3
Carrera: ( Uh... ugh.... Daddy )
Frame4
Henri: ( That's right, she just left her own home )
Henri: ( It's no wonder she feels sad ... )
Frame5
Henri: ( Maybe I was being too harsh to her... )
Carrera: ( They tricked me! They told I'd be able to live with Ojisama forever, but behind my back they were making wedding plans )
Carrera: ( Mom and Dad are such idiots! )

Page141
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Henri: ( I'm going out )
SFX:musu -- sulking
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SFX: patan -- door slamming
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James: ( I'm sorry Carrera, my son is so rude )
Carrera: ( It's okay.... I don't even care )
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Page142
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James: ( Let's go out together for a bit )
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SFX; ha -- surprise
Guy: ( Chikae, what are you doing? Cut it out! )
Frame4
Chikae: ( Pl- Please )
Chikae: ( If you dump me I wont be able to live anymore )
Guy: ( I- Idiot! Snap out of it )
Guy: ( What are you trying to pull here? )
Frame5
Guy: ( I thought you were a strong and independant woman
What a pity )
Chikae: ( AAah )
Chikae: ( Wait )
Chikae: ( Wa-....)
Frame6

Page143
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Chikae: ( I was dumped again )
Chikae: ( ...Nobody.... cares about me anymore .....)
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Carrera: (Who's that human woman? )
James: ( It's probably someone that James bit recently )
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Frame4
James: ( Carrera )
James: ( You're already a full grown lady right? )
James: ( Which kind of blood do you prefer? )
Frame5
Carrera: ( .... mine is )
Carrera: ( "Liars" )

Page144
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James: ( It is? That's fantanstic! )
James: ( Making people straight forward and honest must be a good thing )
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James; (but)
Frame4
James; ( What if someone had to lie to save their life and you took that from them, what do you think would happen? )
Frame5
Carrera: ( I... )
Carrera: ( I don't know )
Frame6
James; ( I see )
Frame7
James; ( You've only just became an adult, It's no wonder you don't know )
SFX:mu -- angry

Page145
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James; ( Henri, you see, is a vampire who drains pride )
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James; ( Humans cling to whatever scrap of pride they have to stay alive )
James; ( If they lose that completely then they lose the even will to live )
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James; ( It would be fine if he could sate himself by draining just a litle bit )
James; ( But he is still young and can't control himself yet )

Page146
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Carrera: ( So then he worries about the people he bites and goes to watch over them!? )
Carrera: ( He's an idiot! There's no end to that work! )
Frame2
James: ( Yes )
James: ( He is gentle to a flaw )
Frame3
James: ( Despite himself he is simply too sensitive )
James: ( I would be most pleased if a strong willed girl like yourself became his partner )
Carrera: (Ojisama...)

Page147
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Carrera: ( You're horrible )
Carrera: ( Even though I love you )
Carrera: ( You smile and deceive me, )
Carrera: ( And treat me like a child... )
SFX: fu -- sigh
Frame2
SFX:kuru -- spinning around
Frame3
SFX: ba -- hurtling forward
Frame4
Carrera: (HENRI!)
Frame5
Chikae: ( Eh? )


Page148
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SFX:baki -- crash
@L @face: Chikae

Page149
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Henri: ( Wh-)
Henri: ( Wha-)
SFX: gaku gaku -- shaking
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Henri: ( What the hell are you doing! <small>were you watching? )
@ tongue: bit his tongue
SFX gaha -- cough
Carrera: ( SHUTUP! )
Carrera: ( A big bodied man like yourself acting so pathetic is despicable )

Page150
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Carrera: ( I hate wimpy effeminate men! )
SFX:bish -- whipping finger out
@finger: finger
Carrera: ( If you're going to be my fiance you had better shape up! )
Frame2
Carrera: ( If you have no self confidence that shows you lack experience )
Frame3
Carrera: ( If you have time to do something so ignorant, why don't you spend some time improving yourself!? )

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Carrera: ( Come on )
Carrera: ( We're going home )
SFX:gui -- grabbing
Frame3
SFX:zuru zuru zuru -- dragging
Henri: Hey- stop
Henri: Wa- wait!
Henri: I'll stand! I'll stand up okay !
Frame4
Frame5
SFX:zun zun -- bristling motion
Chikae: (What's with those two )
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Chikae: ( Lacking self-confidence )
SFX: ha -- realization
Chikae: ( shows inexperience...? )

Page152
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Carrera: ( Why don't you spend some time improving yourself!? )
Chikae: ( That's it! Yeah )
Chikae: ( I've got to get my confidence back )
Box:( And so Chikae of the western red-light district (Later destroyed by re-zoning ) suddenly became upbeat again)
Box2: ( Later she quit the business and married a shop-owner )
Frame2
Box: ( Today she's a 71 year old grandmother with 5 grandchildren )
Frame3
James: ( Hahaha, Her flying kick was a sight, I wanted you to see it too, Elda )
SFX:kii -- angry keening
Elda: ( If I saw that I'd have wrung her neck! )
Frame4
James: ( I get the feeling she resembles you, Elda )
James: ( Her personality )
Frame5
Elda: ( Ehhhh? Resembles me!? )
Elda: ( James, thats a bad joke )
James: ( You two are so alike you repel each other )

Page153
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James: ( People with too much pride often tell lies to cover up their mistakes )
James: ( Those two can become great partners )
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James: ( The same way my preference and yours are a perfect match )
Frame3
SFX:haaa -- loving sigh
Elda: ( Well, I... )
Frame4
Elda: ( If its good for the family then I guess its allright )
Frame5
Henri: ( Hey )

Page154
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Henri: ( Just then... )
Henri: ( Did you admit to being my fiance? )
@TL: she did
Carrera: ( ...Wha? There's no way I would say that! )
Carrera: ( Don't- Don't get carried away with yourself )
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Henri: ( I'm not getting carried away... )
Frame3
Carrera: ( One time )
Carrera: ( Every year... at the gathering... )
Frame4
Carrera: ( All the vampires in Japan attend )
Carrera: ( But Ojisama was the only one who was ever nice to me ... )
Frame5
SFX: haa -- sigh
Carrera: ( I was really in love with him. but I will give up now )
Carrera: ( No matter how hard I try, I'll never be his number one )

Page155
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Henri: ( So you're going back home then....? )
Carrera: ( If I go back like this that would make me a loser, wouldnt it ! )
Carrera: ( NO WAY! )
Frame2
SFX:doki -- heartbeat
Carrera: (hm...?)
SFX: JI -- staring
Frame3
Carrera: ( You know, looking closer you do kindof resemble him )
Henri: (Well, he is my father)
Frame4
SFX:niyari -- evil leer
Carrera: ( That's right, I could gamble on future potential couldn't I )
Frame5
Carrera: ( Henri- Grow a beard)
Henri: ( Wha- A beard? )
Carrera: ( Also, take it easy on the blood )
Carrera: ( If you're always drinking blood then youll never get old and handsome looking&#9825; )

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Box: ( And so, 50 years later we have )
Box: ( The Henri and Carrera of today, after their not quite so perfect start )
Frame2
Karin: ( Oh really? So Mama and Papa )
Karin: ( Didn't date each other at first? <small> It was an arranged marriage?)
Carrera: (That's right)
SFX: hohoho -- laughing
Carrera: Eventually I grew to like him though
Henri: (... It was about 10 years into our marriage)
Frame3
Henri: ( Just when I thought things were going good and I embraced her in the bedroom she said to
me "Trying to act like your dad? I don't think you've got what it takes." )
( It really took a long time )
SFX: ku-- sob
Carrera: ( Oh my, youre still bothered by that? )
Carrera: Such a wussy
Karin: Papa!?
@B: Special #3, The End
Box: ( They have had three children, and have built a relatively fun marital relationship together )


Omake:

Page157
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@T: OMAKE
@R: Karin's Grandmother, Elda
Showing only expressions that are impossible for Karin, I had alot of fun drawing her

In my heart, I think of her as the "Black Karin"

Imagine just a reversal of personality to make her this fun.... hahaha

Yuuna @L: I want to bring her out again.
Honestly, I'm bored of drawing you

Karin: How cruel!

Page158
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@T: Kagesaki's memories of a culture festival
@TL: Actually I don't have any memories of going to one in high school...
@BR; It was around the end of shouwa and the beginning of the heisei period
//TL note: (late 80's)
Frame2
@T: During class
@R: Because
@L: Gyahaha
Frame3
@T: Security camera's in the hallway
Teacher: Dammit, where'd that little bastard get to
@L: A Teacher who was punched then got a bamboo sword out
Frame4
Girl @L: Your class is BORING
Teacher: Ouch
SFX:DOGO -- roar+smash
@L outside: She was later expelled
Frame5
@R: Everytime we have a culture festival previous graduates come back to visit...
@M: Even though she was an idiot, they made her an honor student just for actually attempting to learn in class
@L: So thats why they only had one culture fair per year for seniors at my school

Page159
@TT: If my parents saw this they would cry
Frame1
@R: So, Kagesaki's high school was one of those
@L: Few idiot school you can count on one hand
Frame2
@R: I had more fun drawing manga's
SFX: uhuhu
@L: I really let myself go when it was time for college entrance exams
(I was dumb to start with though)
Frame3
@R My first period class as a freshman
SFX: ka ka -- writing
Frame4
@R: I saw them starting from a middle school level
@M: Huh, the alphabet?
@R: Then I knew I had come to a bad place
Frame5
@R: I heard that other people there slacked off on the exams too,
@L: And they had the same kind of problems
Frame6
@R Later on, when her neice was in entrance exams
Niece: ( I don't like having a hard time a school, so I'm just going to take it easy)
SFX:ahahaha
@L: Wh?
Frame7
@R: YOU LITTLE IDIOT
SFX; bagu -- hitting
@L: If you do that you're going to be in a lot of trouble!
Frame8
@R: Three years later! Three years later you'll be in a really bad place!
@L: And so she scolded her
@M: tears of blood
@B: gaku gaku -- shaking
@L ouside frame: a sponsored message
@B OUtside frame: Pick the subject in school that matches you best&#9825;
This really doesnt make an sense...&#4304;

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@TTR: The only girl boss
Frame1
@R: Kagesaki was very lonely there
@M: If she only had a hobby
@L: ( I know, I'll mak a manga club!)
Frame2
@R: (Abunch of seniors got together, but)
SFX:zoro zoro -- crowd
Frame3
@R: They were all boys, and instead of writing manga they just played role playing games!
@L: Waaah, there is noone I can talk to!
Frame4
Guy@R: ( Boss, look at this )
@M: ( What's this, a game?)
@L: And so I learned of some very suspicious games
@BL: Wha? Sexy naked girls !?
@B Under frame: Come to think of it, this is where Kagesaki's life went......
Frame5
@TTL above frame: Even though its only once in three years
@TR: Finally, time for the culture fair
@M: Yaaay
@TL: I was excited that I had a chance to show off my Manga
@BM: Undisputed Champion
Frame6
@TR: I drew a manga
@TM: All by myself
@TL: Page after page
@Page: color
@L: However,
Frame7
@R: At that time I had also decided which junior college entrance exam to take
@TM: If its women's arts junior college, then the test will just be artwork, and interview, and work demonstration
Arrows: good at, ?, good at
@ML: At this rate, I can pull it off
@LL outside frame: She hasn't learned a thing, and plans to slack off again. Well, she does go to an art cram school
Frame8
@R: The exam and the culture fair
Kagesaki: ( eh?)
@L: Were on the same day
@Sign: Culture Fair, November Xth
@Paper: Exam Schedule, November xth, somewhere in Toukyou
Kagesaki: ( huh?)
@BB under: Thats why I never went to a culture fair in high school&#4304;

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@TT: The world Kagesaki doesnt know about
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@R: So I sacrificed my memories of a culture fair, and somehow passed my entrance exam
@BR: They were catholic
@M: Why did you go to a high school with no art program?
SFX: giku -- surprise
@L: Well...I wanted to do some research...
@BL: While holding up her work demonstration
Frame2
@R: Well, you say you don't have any memories of a culture fair, but
@L: My new boss Mr M
Frame3
@R: Didn't they have any at your junior college?
@L: Well, they did but...
Frame4
@R: Preparation
@TM: In the dorms and at school I was always excited
SFX:gari gari gari -- scribble scribble
@L: Ruu
@BB under frame: At this time I was working on Apricot Mountain
Frame5
@R That day
Kagesaki: This is the Manga Club Bulletin
Ruu: Please have a look
Frame6
@R: Thats all I ever did at any event, so thats all I really remember...
@L:huh, what did I do in western art class anyway....?
Guys: ( um...)
Frame7
M: ( You said high school would have been your first Culture Festival, but )
M: ( I've had them since middle school ... )
Kagesaki: EEEH?
Kagusaki: The didnt have them where I lived
Frame8
M: ( Some places have them in elementary school even )
Kagesaki: (...WHA!?)
@L: I apologize for drawing a culture fair when I know nothing about them...
@Building: family restaurant


Preview:

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@L: Does he like me.....
@M: The stormy volume 6, out in summer of '05
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