3-gatsu no Lion 54

Okay, I somehow managed to get this done tonight. This chapter was hard. Why is this series sooooo hard? HERE WE GO VOLUME 6! Only 5 volumes to go before caught up.

[3-Gatsu no Lion 54 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Chapter.54 Sentiment
Chapter.55 Confession
Chapter.56 Small World
Chapter.57 Letter
Chapter.58 Start of the Rainy Season
Chapter.59 Hachiya
Chapter.60 Midday Moon
Chapter.61 Adventurers
Chapter.62 Kingdom (1)
Chapter.63 Kingdom (2)
Bottom: This is a work of fiction. There is no connection to actual people, groups, or events whatsoever.

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Title: Chapter.54 Sentiment

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Rei: While she was grabbing my sleeve and crying
My body pulsed like all of it had become a heart
and it hurt so bad that it felt like it would tear me apart.

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Rei: -----I felt at that moment
like I'd like to hunt down every last person that made her cry
and tear them all to pieces, but...
'That won't fix anything.'
'It won't do a thing to help her.'
----So think. THINK.
What do I do?
Think.
----And when we went back to the house

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Akari: Welcome back.
We just got dinner on the table.
Momo: Hina-chan, Rei-chan, welcome back!
SFX: NYAH
Rei: The same Akari-san
and Momo-chan as always
Akari: Were you at the library with Rei-chan?
Ah, I see. Then you come right over, too, Rei-chan.
Rei: with a dinner table
covered in a warm dinner
along with the stern-faced Ojii-chan were waiting for us.
Ojii: Hey.
Hina, please sit down.
I heard the whole story
from Araki...
Handwritten: But...... There's still nothing on it......
SFX: SASU SASU

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Ojii: Hina...
you did great!!
Hina: Ojii....
chan?
Ojii: Even Jii-chan knows from readin' newspapers 'n watchin' the news on TV
how nasty bullying gets nowadays!!
Newspaper: 2nd Year Middle School Girl Commits Suicide Over Bullying
5th Year Elementary School Boy [Right in the black box]
Alone in the class [Small, in the article]
Left a note and jumped [cut off]
Every time I hear about it I feel just awful for them.
But you...
you went inta scary territory like that
and helped out a friend, right?!

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Ojii: That was incredibly brave!!
Even adults barely ever do things like that!!
You're amazing!
I'm proud to call you my granddaughter!
You didn' do a dang thing wrong!!
Ya helped a friend!! Hold your head high!!
Hina: ...O
jii-cha...
M...
MHMM!

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Rei: ----After that, we all ate dinner together.
Ojii-chan said
'Thanks for finding Hina last night.' 'Eat your fill!!' as he hit my on the back.
She was crying the whole time,
but Hina-chan ate a lot, too.
There was fried potato salad and cream stew.
All the food Akari-san had made were Hina-chan's favorites.
As I chewed it, I frantically searched my head
for anything I could do...

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Haya: A-
A plan to combat bullying?!
Wh-What's wrong, Kiriyama?!
What happened/!
Why don't you tell Sensei all about it?!
Rei: Um,
it's not for me.
Handwritten: It's okayyy, Kiriyamaaa!!!
No matter what happens, Sensei will be your allyyyy!!!
Haya: R...
Really?
Handwrtten: There's really nothing you wanna discuss?
Right now...?
Rei: Of course.
First of all, I'm
not being bullied at all.
SFX: KIPPARI (Plainly)
Haya: Heh?
Ah...
Rei: I'm just 'being ignored'.
It just 'don't have any friends'. Or rather...
I 'don't enter into anyone's field of vision', I guess?
SFX: HAKI HAKI KIRIRIH
Rei: Well, never mind me.
I'm a pro at that area.
Handwritten: PLAINLY
Rei: After all, I've been eating lunch by myself every day for 11 years.
SFX: BISHIIH KIRIRIH
Haya: A pro?
Handwritten: ...Uh, of what?
Haya: Kiriyamaaaaaa?!

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Haya: I seee...
A girl in the 3rd year of middle school
from a family that's been a big help to you, huh...?
First...
That girl that transferred schools
...It was a real pity what happened......
----But
I think
that girl was
really... glad Hina-chan was there.
-----Otherwise
it could've had a much sadder ending...
-----So, about Hina-chan...
First, it's really big that she talked about it with her family.
The worst thing you can do is not discuss it with anyone and try to carry the whole burden yourself.
That goes for people at home
-----and teachers.

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Rei: But with her friend Chiho-chan,
she told her homeroom teacher about it
and apparently she was ignored.
The teacher just said 'You're probably misunderstanding it.'...
Haya: A~~~~ugh, dammit. That's the type of homeroom teacher she's got?!
Handwritten: I feel so bad for her... She'd have had to muster up a lot of courage to try to talk about it......
But there's nothing to misunderstand theeere! It's not the time to be running awaaaay....
Aaah, geeez
Rei: ----So,
I thought I would ask you your opinion as someone who works at a school, Sensei.
Handwritten: I thought maybe you could give me some ideas of how to deal with that sort of teacher...
Sorry......
Haya: Kiriyama,
take a look at this......
SFX: KACHA
Haya: When you search for 'bullying', you get 89 million hits...
If you search for 'ways to stop bullying' you get 2.2 million hits...
----And
nowhere in here
is there a single method that'll work 100% of the time......

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Haya: Look! ☆
Why not take a look at this site?
'People that are being bullied.' 'People that are bullying.'
'The parents of both.'
'People that watch that from the sidelines.'
'People that were bullied in the past.'
'People that bullied in the past.'
'Their teachers' over a few years has about 200 million items to scroll through.
though sometimes the
But in all the muddled discussion some sparks fly... -----And also there are several thousands sites like this one.
Rei: Se... Sensei..................
Sensei?......
Handwritten: UHUHU AHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA
SFX: KACHI KACHI... KACHI KACHI... (CLICK CLICK) KURU KURU KURU KURU KURU KURU (Scrolling)
Haya: ----But there's no answer to be found.
No.
Actually it's because 'there are as many answers here as there are people'
that it's such a quagmire.
'People that want to apologize to the other person.' 'People that want to protect their positions.' 'Parents that want to get revenge for their children.' 'Parents that want to clear suspicion away from their children.' 'People that want to make the other person feel the same pain.' 'People that just want to go back into their old circle of friends one more time.'
People have different positions, personalities, and arrangements of people connected to them.
That's why there's no
'perfect answer' that will work in any case.

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Haya: ----So what I'm saying
is that we can't give up!!
If you just decide not to do anything because you couldn't find an answer
you won't get anywhere!
---But at least we know what we absolutely must not do.
And that is when the people caught up in the heat of 'we need to solve this!' that they leave the feelings of the people they're trying to help behind.
If the person you're trying to help says they 'don't want to make a big deal out of it' or 'don't want to do it',
even if it solves the problem, if the families get the whole school involved, it's no good.
Handwritten: You'd better not forget this......
Don't you see that your daughter is lying?
My daughter said she didn't do it!
It's clear to everyone here that your daughter is the delinquent!
She's been making loads of trouble for our daughter!
We are thinking of conducting a survey among the school to see if there's any truth to this bullying....
Oh... Please... Please stop...
Haya: Even if the bullying dies down
if she doesn't have any place there anymore, it's all meaningless.
Handwritten: I heard that ****-san was buyllied in 2nd year...
Yeah, that's right....
There was a huge uproar about it.
Heeeeh.
Haya: So it's very important
to ask Hina-chan thoroughly what sort of way she wants this solved.
Handwritten: It's okay if this takes a while, so make sure you slowly listen to everything she's thinking about.
Rei: Okay, I see.
Understood.
SFX: KAKI KAKI (Writing) MEMO MEMO......

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Haya: But actually,
what has a surprisingly high efficacy
is that when the other person does something to you, you just say 'stop' right there...
Depending on the child they may or may not be able to say that, though.....
----So, what kind of girl is Hina-chan?
Rei: Hina-chan?
Hina-chan.....
Well, hm......
She's really...
cheerful and loud...
Haya: Oh, I see, and?
Rei: She smiles a lot... gets angry and gets disheartened easily
and she's sort of fast-moving. Er......
Handwritten: Um.....
Rei: She's relatively show offish, I suppose...
And for someone so cheerful... she doesn't seem to have all that much confidence in herself...
Handwritten: You sure are watching carefully... Kiriyama... Huh...? What...? Hey, could this be... maybe...
Haya: A flag?!
Rei: Hm?
Ah, but she's strong-willed. Very much so......

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Haya: Heh Heeh. Is that right?
...So... Um, uh... what else?
Is she c-cute or anything like that?
Handwritten: *GLANCE* *GLANCE*
Rei: Huh?
Ah... Yes.
She's cute, but...
Haya: Er, understand this is all about collecting data...
Um... So, what sorta cute?
Rei: Uh... Well she has big eyes
and she has small, thin arms and legs...
Her hair is long and shiny...
Haya: Oh, I get you...
And uh, this is just for good measure,
but uh, Kiriyama...
Um. That girl...
How do I put this...
Is she, like, important to you...?
Rei: Ah, yes.
She's very important to me.
SFX: KIPPARI (PLAINLY) GIKKO GIKKO GIKKO...
Rei: I intend
to do everything I can for her.
If she's in trouble, I want to do anything I can to help her.
Haya: KIRIYAMAAAAAA (You've plunged into the atmosphere of youth!!)

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Rei: But see, I owe her. ['owe her' huge.]
So I'm going to pay that debt back honorably.
That's my way of doing things as a person.
Handwritten: Huh...?
Haya: Um...
Kiriyama-kun?
Handwritten: I've got a bit of
a bad feeling about this. ☆
SFX: KIPPARI (Plainly)
Rei: Oh,
ah,
sorry, I got a little heated there.
Haya: Ah, not at all,
it's totally fine...
SFX: BASASAH GASHAH
Haya: ---Anyhow, Kiriyama-kun,
I'm so happy to see this new side of you...
Hey, Kiriyama-kun,
What, uh... is going on with these...?
Paper: Tutor
20,000 Yen for 3 Hours
(Courteous personal lessons)
1 week course
2 week course
4 week course
280 K per months x 9 months [These two are on the note]
Total 2,520,000
SFX: DOSSARI (PILES)
Haya: Um... Okay, this is...
a tournament sheet of shogi games, right?
Paper: Shishi-Ou Championship [Cut off]
Total
3.6 mil
~8 mil
Bottom: Kiriyama Rei
Side: Newcomer Championship
Bottom: Total 1.5 mil
Haya: ----So, uh,
these really rough and small handwritten numbers are...
don't tell me, money from matches...?! ["money from matches" big]
Rei: No, but since I was making a proposal, I felt I should pin down realistic numbers.
Trying to talk big would just be irresponsible.
Handwritten: Oh, good... Looks like my calculator is still working...
Since I have a debt to pay, I can't get be unrealistic.

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Rei: ----So
I can't be losing any matches for a while.
Handwritten: His eyes are serious [Top]
It's about time for my study group..... I'd better hurry!! [Left side]
Wooden Statue [Right side]
Haya: 'I can't be losing.'... Did you just say that offhand?
He's slipping......
SFX SUCHAH...
Haya: Something about this kid is
seriously slipping.
-----That is what sensei yelled in his head at this moment.
Rei: Sensei, thank you so much for all you did today!!
I learned a whole lot!!
I would be very grateful to talk with you again!!
Now then,
excuse me!!
SFX: SHINSHIN (DEEPLY)
Haya: ---I need to research this...
Even if it costs some part of my life as a teacher, I have to do something!!
---Before Kiriyama goes to her house with those papers and starts a speech!!
----Otherwise people are going to start drawing away from him!!
Oh no!!
What'm I gonna do?!
Narration: Carrying a calculator,
the boy Kiriyama Rei 5-dan, Age 18...
is going to try to intervene in the life of a girl he owes a debt to...
----Will Hayashida, the homeroom teacher from last year, be able to stop Kiriyama's reckless behavior?
---Be ready to find out next chapter!!
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