Rui-Rui 1

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T/L Note: I give all names in western convention, i.e. Firstname Lastname

Page 1:

Top right corner panel: From this spring onward I'm attending a school where cherry blossoms bloom in the courtyard by an old clubhouse.

Top left corner panel: It is a building that has decayed over the years where not a soul can be found...

Mid right: ...where the scattered sakura petals drift in through the broken windows.

Mid left: In that “Forgotten Place”...

Bottom: ...was where I met Yuzuki Mizusawa

Green caption text: In these mysterious mysterious ruins, the curtain rises on our story.


Page 2-3:
Right side text: Even broken things have it--- Beauty.

Bottom left text: Max (author's name) A new work from a new and energetic author!

Bottom right text: First chapter. Abandoned castle + bishoujo = infinity.

Page 4: Blank?

Page 5:
Top panels: (r)From this spring on, I, Honoka Hayama, am a high school student.
(l)Although it's an excellent school for those wishing to attend university...

Bottom right panels: (r)It's the cuteness of our uniforms...
(mid)...that inspired me to work so hard...
(l)TO GET HERE!
Doodle text: “Kyou!” (a gasp, basically, like “ooh!”)


Mid left: Doodle text: I can almost see it...

Bottom left panels: SFX: “GOSU!” (Crash!)

Honoka: OWWW!!

Black haired girl: Don't look lustfully at your classmates' legs!



Page 6:
Top right panel: Owww~~~ I wasn't even doing anything~~~!

Top left panel:
Black haired girl: Liar. First of all, Honoka, since forever you've...
Honoka: Aah!

Middle panel:
Black haired girl: What?

Honoka: Huh?

Bottom right panel:
Honoka: Just now, in that building over there! There was a really cute girl!

Bottom left panel:
Black haired girl(top bubble): Don't interrupt me with your crazy talk!

Honoka(middle shout bubble): OUCH!

Black haired girl (bottom left bubble): No matter how you look at it, there's no way someone would be in that beat up building!

SFX: “PSH!!” (Slap!)

Page 7:
Top panel:
Black haired girl: (top right inset): *SIGH*
(main buble): Days like this are starting again huh...
(Doodle inset): She did this kind of stuff in middle school too...
(Bottom square bubble): Now I'm depressed...

Honoka: But it's great that I'm in the same class as you, Tomori-chan!

Bottom right panel:
Tomori: HUHH?!

Honoka: If I'm with a friend that I've had since middle school, I can relax...

Thought bubble (Tomori's): I'm the one who needs to relax!

Mid left panel: Doodle text: hmmmmmmmmmm

Honoka:

(Top bubble): Ahhhh, but it seems we're back to those days where I'm the focus of your violent tendencies again...
(Bottom bubble): Now I'm depressed...

Bottom panel:
Tomori: I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT FROM YOU!

Honoka's head SFX: hiri hiri (throb throb)

Doodle text: So violent!


Page 8:
Top right panel:
Honoka: I came here because Tomori-chan didn't believe me...

Top left:
Honoka: Former... clubhouse building?

(Sign says the same thing [Honoka is reading it])

Mid left:
Honoka: I wonder if some part of it is still used?

Inset doodle text:”It's open!”

SFX: “Gata!” (sound of door opening)

Bottom right: Doodle text: “PEEK!”

Bottom left: I knew someone was here!


Page 9:
Top panel:
Honoka: Uhm...

Girl: EEK!

Mid right:
Right doodle text:”Chira” (glance sound effect)

Left doodle text: Oro oro (Shaking)

Mid left:
Honoka: Aaah!

SFX: BA!!! (Dash sound effect)
Lower SFX: DASH!! (Skirt flutter)

Mid right small inset: SFX: GA! (Trip sound effect)

Lower left:
Bubble: AGH!!

SFX: MUSHhhh! (Crash!)


Page 10:
Top right panel:
Honoka: (Right bubble) Are you OK?
Honoka: (Left bubble) Sorry, did I startle you?

Mid right panel:
Girl: (Right bubble) I .. al.... I'm alright!
Girl: (Left bubbles) I d.. didn't think anyone would come to a place like this. You just surprised me a little...

Bottom left panel:
Honoka thought bubble: What a great angle!

Page 11:
Top right panel:
Girl: Uhm, is something wrong?
Honoka: Eh?

Top left panel:
Honoka (right bubble): Uhmm ahh, yeah!
Honoka (left bubble): I was wondering.... what happened to your leg?
Honoka (inset): Since you have a bandage...

Middle panel:
Girl: This is... uhm... I get hurt a lot...

Honoka: Ahh! I see now! She's a clumsy kid.
Honoka (inset): What I just saw earlier proves it...

Bottom right:
Girl (thought bubble): What should I do? I've shown her a bad side of myself... I bet she hates me now...

Honoka: Cute and clumsy.... Cute and clumsy....

Bottom left:
Girl: I'M SORRY!

Honoka: Why this all of a sudden?!

Page 12:
Top right panel:
Honoka(Rightpart of bubble): Ahh I see, so that's what you were worried about?
Honoka(Leftpart of bubble): Don't worry about it, I don't hate you.
Girl: Really?

Top left:
Honoka: Yeah. Moving on, what were you doing?
Honoka (inset): Looks like she's a first year, like me...
Honoka (left): Being in a place like this... Don't you think it's dangerous?

Middle panel:
Girl: It was pretty, so I was looking around...

Bottom panel:
Honoka (cut off, far right): Ahh, the cherry bloss—-
Girl: The building itself!

Honoka (thought panel on left): Pretty?! HOW?!

Honoka (inset): This place is falling apart!

Page 13:
Top panel:
Honoka (right): Pretty, huh?
Honoka (left): I guess, I just don't see it...

Middle panel: SFX: “kyoro” (Looking SFX)

Bottom panels:
Girl (Right): Yes!
Girl (center): It's just the wrong time.

Honoka (left): I don't think that's the problem here.

Page 14:
Top right panel:
Honoka: I wonder... ahahah....

Girl: Well then, Yuzuki will teach you. (she's referring to herself in the 3rd person)

Honoka (doodle inset, mid upper low): eh?

Top left panel:
Caption: SHE'LL TEACH ME?!

Left doodle text: “Don't you want to know what's under a girl's clothes?”

Middle panel:
Yuzuki (inset): If it's alright...
Yuzuki (main bubble): Tomorrow after school...

Honoka doodle chat right: I'm a girl too, so I know but...
Honoka doodle chat left: ...please teach me anyway!

Yuzuki (main bubble, left side): Are you listening to me?


Bottom panel:
SFX: “GACHAA” (sound of opening the door on the locker)
Honoka (thoughtbubble): What a mysterious girl...
Honoka (left side bubble): Even so...

Page 15:
Top panel:
Caption: “Tomorrow after school...”

Chat bubble: huh.... (as in tomorrow after school, huh?)

Middle right panel:
SFX: DOWA!! (no real translation, like a, POOF! or DONNN!!!)

Right bubble: I'm with the tennis club!

Mid bubble: I'm with the tea ceremony club!

Left bubble: Don't you have any interest in ballet?

Pamphlet in tennis club girl's hand reads: “Let's play tennis together!”

Middle left panel:
Honoka: GWAAAH!!!

Bottom left panel:
Honoka: We have this many clubs?! (I'm assuming she means clubs, she literally says “this many?” but japanese leaves out the subject a lot)

Page 16:
Top right panel:
Offscreen: OOHH!!!!

Honoka: Hmm? What's this?

Top left panel:
Long haired girl: Nice to meet ya!

Middle panel:
If you want a glorious youth, then there's no club better than this one!
Scribbled SFX: “NIKA!” (beaming smile)

Bottom panel:
Long haired girl: Gather 'round!

Honoka (doodled inset): A salesman smile!

Honoka (left bubble): UWAAH! A...awesome! To see such a beauty....
(Action bubble inset): JUST WHAT I EXPECTED OF HIGH SCHOOL!
Honoka (doodle inset): No, that's not the problem...

Page 17:
Top panel:
Doodle text over attacking girl: “Gleam!”
Long haired girl: Just come once and it'll be a lot of fun, you'll se---- (cut off)

Middle panel:
SFX: “DOSU!” (smash!)

Long haired girl (top right): AGH!
Long haired girl (bottom left): GEEHHH!!!


Bottom panel:
Long haired girl (top right): UGH! *COUGH*
Long haired girl (middle): A... Ai!!!
Long haired girl (bottom left): Why you...

Ai: What?
Long haired girl: (action bubble inset): THAT'S MY LINE!

Page 18:
Top panel:
Ai: You're obviously in violation of rules prohibiting the spreading of propaganda, and so...

Long haired girl: Don't gimme that “and so” crap! That hurt ya know!!

Middle panel:
Doodle chat over Honoka: “Whoa!”

Long haired girl (squiggly bubble connected to Ai's): My perfect body.....

Ai: And how many surgeries did it take?

Long haired girl: EVERYTHING IS NATURAL!

Long haired girl (inset): Don't start weird rumors!

Honoka (thought bubble): SURGERY?!

Honoka (inset): And what the heck is with her hand?!

Bottom panel:
Long haired girl (right chat buble): Fine, whatever... Ai, you help too.

Long haired girl (middle chat bubble): Here.

Page 19:

Top right panel:
Right most chat bubble: There she is! Over there!

Left yell bubble: HEY YOU! Doing promotions dressed like that is prohibited!

Top left:
SFX: “GULP!”

Middle panel:
Long haired girl: CHE! Those stupid student council officers found me already?!

Long haired girl (lower part of bubble): I left all those responsibilities to them so they wouldn't be out here bugging me...


Long haired girl (yelling bubble, on top of Ai's bubble): They sure have a lot of zeal for their work! I'm impressed!

Ai: ...Actually, I told them where you were...

Long haired girl (left most panel): WHAT?! YOU TRAITOR!!!

Lower right panel:
Girl (rightmost bubble): Well then, Madam President, please surrender!

President (doodle text): NO WAY!

Honoka (thought bubble): Eh? President? Like student council president?


Bottom left panel:
Doodle SFX at bottom: “Kuwa!” (Whoa!)

President: Like I'd let it end here! This is my onstage time!


Page 20:
Top panel:
President (yell bubble left): My body exists to be seen by the audience!!

Honoka (left): Wow! She's declaring she's a pervert?!


Middle panel:
Student council officer: No, whether or not you show off is up to you, it's just... dressed like that...

Bottom left panel:
President: Ahh, I see...

President (left): These clothes are no good, huh?

Ai (doodle chat at bottom): She can't mean...

SFX on president's boobs: “Bounce!”


Page 21:
Top panel:
President: OK then! I'll strip!

Mid right:
Student council officer: THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!

Mid left:
Honoka (right): I might have...

Honoka (left): …come to a really crazy school!!

Doodle text (right to left):
Let me go!

Hold her down!

Like that!

Rope! Someone get some rope!


Bottom left:
SFX: POSH! (FLOP!)

Honoka: Ahhhhhhhh <3



Page 22:
Top right:
Honoka: From now on I'm a highschooler eh?
Honoka (inset): hehe...

Top left:
Honoka (right): That's it!

Honoka (left): Since I'm a highschooler now, I should definitely pick a club...

Honoka (doodle text): I got all these today...


Middle right:
Honoka (right): But which one should I choose? Hmmmm....

Honoka (left): Up until now I've always been a member of the “go straight home” club... This is tough!

Middle left:
Honoka: hmmmm.... How bout this?
Pamphlet: “Let's play tennis together!”
SFX: “Pira” (paper flutter)

Bottom right:

Honoka: Tennis club huh?

Bottom left:
Honoka (right): I'm not very good at athletics but...

Honoka (left): … if I were together with Yuzuki-chan...

SFX doodle: “hira hira” (Skirt flutter)


Page 23:
Top right:
Honoka: Changing together naked in the locker room...

Top left:
Honoka: Yeah, the tennis club could work...


Middle panel:
Honoka (right): … But I don't need tennis to do that... I wonder which club Yuzuki is going to pick...
Honoka (middle): “Tomorrow after school, I'll be here again...”

Honoka (left): I wonder if she was out there looking at clubs too?

Bottom right:
Tomori:Oi! Honoka?

Middle panel:
SFX: “DING DONG!” (school bell)

Left panel:
Honoka: Hmm? Huhh?


Page 24:
Top panel:
Honoka (far right): Tomori chan? What is it?

Tomori: Let's go check out the clubs...

Honoka (left): OHH! THAT SOUNDS GREAT!

Middle panel:
Tomori (right): What? You're awfully enthusiastic for a change...

Honoka (left): Hehehe, that's right! I'm a highschooler, so I feel all fired up now!

Bottom right panel:
Honoka (right side): Ahh! Sorry, I can't!

Honoka (left): I'm supposed to meet someone after school today!

Bottom left panel:
Tomori: Meeting someone huh? I guess it's not a guy...

Tomori (inset): Given that it's you... (literally 'you're honoka after all' referring to the fact that she's a lesbian)

Honoka: What's that supposed to mean?

Page 25:
Top right panel:
Honoka (right): I don't care as long as they're cute...

Tomori: EH?! You mean you'd actually go out with a boy?

Honoka (left): Of course! Why not?

Top left panel:
Honoka: I'm a highschooler after all...

Middle panel:
Tomori: Ahh... I see... Well, good luck to you...

Tomori (thought bubble): An airhead, as always...


Bottom left panel:
SFX: Floor creaking (Gi! Gi! Gi!)

Chat bubble: ehh? So this used to be the school clubhouse?


Page 26:
Top right:
Yuzuki: These days there aren't many people who still use this place...

Honoka (thought bubble): It's still in use?! Even with the windows busted out?!

Top left:
Yuzuki: That's why... I think this is the most beautiful place in the school...


Bottom right:
Honoka: Baseball club? (reading sign)

Yuzuki: A long time ago...

Bottom left:
Doodle text: “hyoi!” (peek!)


Page 27:
Top panel:
Honoka: Owah! It's filthy!

Middle panel:
Yuzuki (right): These days, since there's no one who uses this room anymore, no one ever walks here.

Yuzuki (left): But you know, once there were people who passed time here... This room tells the story of those times...


Bottom panel:
Yuzuki (right): If you think of it that way...

Yuzuki (left): ...it's kind of romantic, isn't it?


Page 28:
Top right:
SFX: “Doki!” (heartbeat)

Top left:
Kanji scrawed on wall: “Waste”

Yuzuki: See? It's very beautiful.

Honoka (thought): No, it probably seemed that way for a second, but it's just a plain old filthy room...

Middle panel:
Yuzuki (right): Probably back in those days the people who came here weren't looking for beauty...

Yuzuki (left): …no one gave it a second thought, I think...

Bottom right panel:
Yuzuki: But as time passed and everything fell apart...

Bottom middle panel:
Yuzuki: It's become this beautiful.

Bottom left panel:
Yuzuki: It's like all of these buried memories became a beautiful sepia color...


Page 29:
Top panel:
Yuzuki:... It's like the way the existence of those who are no longer with us...

Yuzuki (middle): ...grows bigger in our hearts as time passes...

Yuzuki (left): I think buildings are the same way...

Middle right:
Honoka: I always thought of old buildings as having a negative image... but I guess you can look at it that way too...

Middle left:
Honoka: “People were definitely here once... “ huh?

Bottom left panel:
Yuzuki: Look!


Page 30:
Mid right:
Honoka: The sunset!

Mid left:
Honoka (right): I just can't imagine what this place looked like when it was new...

Yuzuki (top left): The time is perfect now...


Bottom right:
Honoka (right): This is what Yuzuki-chan calls “beauty”

Honoka (left): She would want to come to a place like this...I think Yuzuki is definitely a strange person, but...

Page 31:
Top right;
Honoka (right): I guess I can understand her, just a little...

Top left:
Yuzuki: Ne... (hey)


Middle panel:
Honoka (right): What is it, Yuzuki chan?

Yuzuki (middle): Uhmm... About...
Yuzuki (inset): That is...
Yuzuki (left): …clubs....

(TL note: I was liberal with rearranging the words here because of how Japanese works. She literally says “clubs, about them...” but that sounds weird in English)


Bottom panel:
Honoka (right): ahh!! Clubs!!

Yuzuki: Have you already decided on which one you're joining?

Yuzuki (inset): Could it be...



Page 32:
Top right:
Honoka (right): Nope... I'm still trying to figure that out...

Honoka (left): I thought I'd ask you first before deciding, Yuzuki-chan.

Top left:
Yuzuki: Is that so? In that case...

Middle panel:
Right doodle text: “goso goso” (SFX for looking through pockets)
Middle doodle text: “jiiiii “(SFX for staring) and “pira” for paper unfolding

Yuzuki (left panel, right side): OK!

Honoka: WHAT?!

Bottom panels:
Yuzuki: … I have a place i'd like to enter... But i'm afraid to do it alone... Want to join together?

Honoka (thought bubble): That smile isn't fair!!

SFX: ZUKINNN!! (sound of arrow piercing Honoka's heart)


Page 33:
Top panel:
Honoka (right): I... I'm OK with being with you, Yuzuki chan...

Yuzuki (middle): Really?

Honoka (left): Y... Yeah!


Middle right panel:
Yuzuki: I'm so happy!
Yuzuki (inset): It'll definitely be fun, joining a club together!!!

Middle left panel:
Honoka: Come to think of it, I never asked which club we're joining...
Honoka (bottom part of bubble): Well, it's fine, as long as I'm with Yuzuki...


Honoka (leftside): It looks like my highschool life is off to a great start!!!
Honoka (inset): I do have a bad feeling though...


Bottom left:
President: Ahhh... Not a single person came by today...


Page 34:
Top panel:
President: Ai! You made sure to pass out ALL of the fliers after that incident right?

President (inset): I gave you an order, after all...

Ai: I distributed them...


Middle right:
President: Hmm.... Then why didn't anyone come?

Yuzuki: Excuse me...

Middle left:
President: Hmm?

Bottom panel:
President: Hmm? What is it?

Honoka (thought bubble left side): It's the stripper and the girl with the weird hand!



Page 35:
Top right panel:
President: Ahh... me? I'm the club's vice president, Mana Tachibana.

President (left side): So, who are you two?

Top left panel:
Yuzuki: Uhm... we'd like to join the club...

Mana: OOH! New members huh? Seriously?! Really?!

Bottom panel:
Mana (top): THANK YOU!!!
Mana (bottom right): I'm so glad you came! Your big sis is so happy! (literally she refers to herself as oneechan)

Page 36:
Top right:
Mana (Top yell bubble): This is the best!

Honoka (thought bubble, right side): Whoa... her boobs are...

Top left panel:
Yuzuki (right side): Uhmm... Is this...
Yuzuki (left side): … ok?

Mid left panel:
Honoka: Uhm.... I'm not really sure...
Honoka: She seems REALLY happy, so, I think it's OK...

Bottom panel:
Honoka monologue top right box: And so this is how I met that girl... not to mention all the other girls...

Honoka monologue bottom left box: Right now I still don't know how strange my highschool life will get...

Right side caption panel: Well then, just what club did Honoka join?

Right Chat bubble: REALLY? I'M SO HAPPY!

Right yell bubble: I'm happy too!!

Left chat bubble: Say, this is a real club, right?

Doodle text inset: I joined a club without even hearing what it's about...