3-gatsu no Lion 10

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Chapter 10 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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kiri: Ah.

kiri: ....
kiri: The sleeve thread is coming out.

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kiri: No...
kiri: If I pull, it'll only make it come out more...

kiri: What should I do in this situation?

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kiri: There it is...
kiri: It's this, right?

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thought: Waiting for me in the shogi family was...
thought: The true members of that family... The children...
thought: Who also aimed to become professional shogi players.

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kyouko: What are you being all high and mighty about!?
kyou: You're still a zero rank!

thought: Kyouko, the sister 4 years older than me...

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thought: And Ayumu, who was in 3rd grade, the same age as me...

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mom: Otou-san, please, just forgive her.

dad: No.

mom: Kyouko is a girl!

dad: But this is a worse problem than looking down on shogi!!!
dad: She hit an opponent who defeated her.

mom: But...

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thought: Father was very strict to Kyouko.

thought: .....Perhaps...

thought: It was because of her stubbornness that caused Father to treat her this way.

thought: No matter what way you looked at her, she was a fiery person, just like a thunderstorm.

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thought: Her shogi style...

thought: Her personality...

thought: And her beauty...

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kyou: ........
kyou: What?

kyou: What are you doing, staring at me? Brat.

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person: Hey, Kyouko!

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kiri: Um,
kiri: Father...

kiri: Do you want another bowl?

dad: Hm?
dad: Ah, yes please.

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kyou: .......

kyou: Please, what was that?
kyou: Just now...

kyou: Did he actually call you "Father"?

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kiri: Ah...
kiri: Um, I'm sorry.

dad: Is it strange?
dad: I told him to call me that.

kyou: Why?!
kyou: That kid is only your student!

kyou: He's not even adopted! How could he call you "Father"?!

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dad: At home, it seems wrong to be always called teacher.
dad: Is there still a problem if you call it "A Guiding Father of Shogi"?

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dad: Now that you mention it, I heard from Inoue-san of the shogi center...
dad: Rei, you won against the Ama Meijin, Hashimoto-san.
dad: That's amazing.

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thought: Father really loved shogi.

thought: ......Whether it was good or bad, everything was centered on shogi.

thought: And so, to be loved by him...

thought: You must be a strong shogi player.

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thought: In order to remain within his point of view...

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thought: That's why... The first...

thought: To become strange was Ayumu.

teacher: Ayumu-kun's performance in school has sunken lately.
teacher: His grades have dropped dramatically.

teacher: Has something happened in your home?

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mom: Um...
mom: The student my husband adopted...
mom: Recently defeated him in shogi, so... That's why...

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ayumu: I...

ayumu: Already....

ayumu: Want to give up shogi...

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dad: It's useless.
dad: Even if you ask other people to have him continue playing shogi, it'll be a waste of time.

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kiri: But...

dad: If he is unable to push himself and continue forward among many people, then there's no point.

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dad: Becoming a professional shogi player is not the end point.

dad: Because once you become a professional shogi player, you'll find that the road in front of you is actually very long.

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dad: The more you move forward, the more dangerous it becomes. And there will be no one around to help.

dad: You can only become a person who makes yourself better and fitter.

dad: That's the only way that you can keep moving forward on a road with an unknown destination.

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kyou: WHY?! Why must I forfeit from...
kyou: The Shorei Kai!?

dad: If you're unable to defeat Rei, then you'll have no chance of winning even if you go.
dad: There are countless 1-dan players like you at the Shorei Kai.

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dad: Do you understand?

dad: Kyouko.

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guy: ...In the end,
guy: The only person who won was the outsider's child?

guy: That child is Kiriyama's son, right?
guy: He actually trained his rival's son and instead put down his own children...

guy: Isn't that ironic?

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kiri: !!
kiri: Ow.

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thought: ...After that...

thought: Kyouko would always remain away from home...

thought: Ayumu would always lock himself in his room, drowning himself in video games.

thought: It's impossible to return to a time when the three of us lived together.

thought: And as though I was sitting on a bed of needles, I painfully...

thought: Began to focus my heart and body on the studies of shogi...

thought: And so...

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thought: Before the end of my 2nd year of junior high, I arrived at the point before becoming a professional shogi player...

thought: The step before professionalism... 3-dan.
[tl note: going from 3-dan to 4-dan makes you a professional]

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tv: Among the bird species, there is a bird that does not raise its children.
tv: This is a species that sometimes called a brood parasite.

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tv: The Common Cuckoo lays its eggs in the nests of shrikes or meadow buntings.

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tv: ...When the cuckoo chick hatches, it pushes the eggs and chicks of the host parent outside the nest, and monopolises the nest.

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thought: Ahh... It's like me.

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tv: Not knowing anything, the bird parents continue to raise these chicks, working hard to bring food to...
tv: These chicks that murdered their children.

thought: This kind of bird... Is like me...

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tv: Even though the cuckoo chicks eventually become even larger than themselves...
tv: The host parents continue to feed these chicks of a different species.

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thought: I have to leave this family.

teacher: You really don't want to go to high school?

kiri: Yes.

teacher: Is this alright?

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kiri: To me, high school is only a place for students who are still unsure of their future.
kiri: ...That's why, there is no need for this to me.

kiri: As long as I work hard within this year... Even if this year isn't possible, by next year, I will have gone from 3-dan to a professional shogi player.

thought: If I can't leave as soon as possible...

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kiri: I want to concentrate only on shogi.

kiri: After I become a pro, I still have to work hard and make my way higher.
kiri: And I'll slowly win the eye of the goddess of victory and earn money...

kiri: And then I will make myself independent.

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thought: Before I swallow the members of this family... Before I swallow Father...
[tl note: swallow is a bad term... but i couldn't think of anything else]

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kiri: It's done...

kiri: Even though it's not perfect...

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kiri: It's alright.

kiri: This way, it won't break open.

thought: I am a cuckoo...

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kiri: Thank goodness...

kiri: I can keep wearing it.

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dad: Well? Rei, are you cold?
dad: Here.

dad: Don't say anything. Wear this. Even though it's mine, but it should be fine.

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dad: Haha
dad: Looks like it's too big.

kiri: It... It's alright.

kiri: I'm really happy.
kiri: It's really warm.

thought: Its song of spring... Calling from a faraway distance...

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thought: Thank you.

thought: Father...

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thought: If I really will become a real cuckoo...

thought: Then...

thought: I can...

thought: No longer know the pain that is in my heart.

Chapter 10 End