I'm Kagome 1

For Rurouni Scanlation Productions

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Notes:

The chapter titles are references to certain things, but I haven’t figured out where all of them came from.

Chapter 2: It could be the book/film “Running Man”. (I’m not sure though)
Chapter 3: “White Angel” - A 1936 film about Florence Nightingale/also a name given to nurses by Florence Nightingale.
Chapter 4: Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) - A 1976 novel which has been adapted into several films.
Chapter 5: Tokusatsu is a form of live action drama that features superheroes and makes use of special effects. The meaning of the word Tokusatsu is “special effects”.

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4.

[Top of page] Contents

Chapter 1: I am Kagome.

Chapter 2: Running Kagome.

Chapter 3: Kagome is a maid.

Chapter 4: Kagome is a “White Angel”.

Chapter 5: The Kagome who leapt through time.

Chapter 6: Kagome is a Tokusatsu star.

Chapter 7: Kagome is a guardian angel.

Chapter 8: Kagome is double booked.

“My name is Kagome.” - a collection of early designs.

Postscript

[Text at the bottom of the page] This is a work of fiction and has no connection to actual individuals or organisations.

5.

Chapter 1: I am Kagome.

6.

Shingo: On the way home from school, / when I stopped by the hospital Mom was at

Mom: Ah…Shingo…

Shingo: a young woman that I didn’t know / was moving around the room strangely and beating the air.

7.

Shingo: Mom…who’s that?

Mom: From today, she’ll be helping us out at home.

Shingo: Helping us out?

Mom: I got a call from Dad. // He was sent overseas all of a sudden and won’t be able to come back.

Shingo: Eh? I didn’t know about that!

Mom: Well, it was a sudden decision. I won’t be able to leave the hospital yet. / I decided to have Kagome look after you.

Kagome: You’re Shingo-kun, aren’t you?

8.

Kagome: My name is Kagome. // Come, let’s go home together.

Shingo: Umm…Kagome-san, why do you have your umbrella open?

Kagome: Because it’s going to rain.

9.

Shingo: It won’t, the weather report said it’d be cloudy…

Kagome: No, it won’t.

In panel:
Here you go
It’s okay

Shingo: Ah

Kagome: See

Shingo: But then you’ll get wet…

10.

Text 1: She…

Text 2: isn’t getting wet…

Text 3: The rain isn’t falling on her…?!

Kagome: Oh no! // It’s coming.

11.

Kagome: Come.

Shingo: Eh…

Kagome: Hah!

12.

Shingo: What was that?!

Kagome: Doesn’t matter, just hurry.

13.

Kagome: Hey! // Hurry, open the door.

Shingo: What’s wrong? Hurry inside.

Kagome: I can’t come in. // When I’m employed by someone, they must say “Kagome-san, Kagome-san, enter the cage.” // otherwise I won’t be able to get in.

Shingo: Eh? // What?

Kagome: Just hurry. / It might come back, so hurry up!

In panel: Ah, okay!

Shingo: Kagome-san, Kagome-san, enter the cage.

14.

Kagome: Okay, thank you.

Voice: Shingo! Shingo! It’s dad, open up!

Shingo: Oh? Weren’t you sent away?

Voice: It’s been cancelled, hurry up and open the door!

15.

Shingo: Okay, I’ll open it now.

Kagome: Don’t. // That’s not your dad.

Shingo: Eh? // What are you talking about? I’m sure that voice…

Dad: Shingo. // What are you doing? Hurry up.

Shingo: Hey // Eh…

Kagome: Who’s behind the disguise?

Shingo: Ah.

Kagome: Go on, look again.

16.

Shingo: WAAAH!

Monster: Shingo~~ It’s dad! // Hurry and open the door!

17.

Shingo: AHHH!

18.

[No text]

19.

Kagome: Now, those things are waiting around your house. // They were in the hospital too.

Text 1: I went around the room getting rid of them.

Kagome: But it’s okay…if I’m here for a while, // they’ll give up and leave.

Text 2: Who…

Text 3: is this woman?

20.

Children: No way! // Hahaha

Shingo: It’s true! Believe me!

Boy 1: Hahaha

Boy 2: Shingo, you’re lying! / You’re just lonely!

Shingo: I’m telling the truth…

In panel: Tch…

Teacher: The field trip’s tomorrow and the bus won’t wait if you’re late.

In panel: Yes~

Boy: Hey, Shingo / You’re alone with that pretty lady?

Shingo: Well, yeah.

Boy: Ah, I’m jealous! // Peek when she’s taking a bath…

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Boy: She might have a tail. // Or bat wings on her back...

Shingo: I'm home. // Kagome...? Oh...she's taking a bath?

21.

In panel: The bathroom…

Shingo: Huh…she’s normal. // A tattoo?

22.

Eye: Hey, boy! No peeking!

Shingo: WAAH!

Kagome: That’s right.

23.

Kagome: He’s come down with a terrible fever and won’t be able to go on today’s field trip.

Shingo: How mean…Kagome, it’s your fault // I’ve got a fever, isn’t it? [small text: huff huff]

Kagome: That’s right…

Shingo: That’s right…?

Kagome: I didn’t want you to get on that bus… // That bus…

24.

Text 1: is going to fall from a cliff

Text 2: and everyone will die.

Kagome: I just wanted to save you.

Text 3: It was true.

Text 4: It was true that the bus fell off a cliff and everyone died.

25.

Shingo: No way…

TV: Around 10 a.m. today, a bus carrying children to a field trip // fell from a cliff. // The scene of the accident was a hilly road, its many sharp turns hidden by the mountains.

Sign: Funeral Service

Parent: Why did our child… // Why was that boy saved… // Our child…

26.

Parent: Give our child back…

Kagome: Shingo-kun, let’s go.

Shingo: Why… // Why didn’t you tell me earlier? We might have been able to save everyone…

27.

Kagome: I didn’t think you’d believe me.

Shingo: You wouldn’t have known unless you tried. // From the beginning, you only intended to help me…

Kagome: That’s right. // I can’t alter the destiny // of someone who hasn’t employed me.

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Kagome: I’m sorry. // That’s how it is.

Shingo: Why’s that? // I don’t understand.

28.

Shingo: Uh…

Children: Shingo / It’s not fair. // Why only you…

Shingo: Sorry… // I’m sorry!

Children: Shingo, it’s not fair~~ It’s your fault.

Shingo: A dream…

29.

Shingo: A bus…?

30-31.

Shingo: WAAH! // Ahh…

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Shingo: They’re here…I knew it…everyone resents me… // I was the only survivor and now they want to take me to that world!

Kagome: What makes you think that?

32.

Shingo: Eh? Kagome…what are you wearing?

Kagome: Those children aren’t bad. // They just want to go on the field trip with you.

Shingo: And that outfit is…?

Kagome: A tour guide, of course.

33-34.

[No text]

35.

Kagome: Okay, it’s time for us to go. / The field trip isn’t over until you’re home.

Children: Shingo! // See you later! // Bye, Shingo!

In panel: See you later!

Shingo: Everyone…

36.

Shingo: I wonder what I can do for them…

Kagome: Come, let’s go home. // The field trip…

Shingo: isn’t over until you’re home.

37.

Text 1: After that, Mom came home from the hospital.

Text 2: Dad returned home too.

Kagome: It’s proof that all the bad things have gone. // It’s okay now.

In panel:
Kagome, Kagome
When will the caged bird be free?

Text 3: For a while after Kagome left

38.

Text 1: I saw

Text 2: strange things…

Text 3: But before long, I stopped seeing them.

Text 4: The photo taken during the field trip that night

Text 5: is still precious to me even now.