Koi wa Misoji wo Sugite Kara Prelude

[boke's comments in brackets like this]

[whoa, is this series wordy! Tons TONS of word balloons in a panel. To help follow, note that I generally translate balloons and boxes right to left following the flow of conversation as closely as possible. I tend to translate sfx last.]

Page 00 Panel 1

Kohai-kun, don't mess with your sempai. Got it? [kohai is someone junior in a workplace. Sempai is someone senior]

Over 30 sweet love comedy

Love is for those over 30

1-1 Before I knew it, I was 30

Went to work right after high school

Killed myself learning the job, and time just flew on by

...to tell the truth

1-2 I didn't want to be showed up by the college grads

If the exec's concepts aren't firm, we can't even do the layout!

My work actually recognized my talents
And even though I'm a woman, promoted me to dept. chief

sfx: whap

1-3 I'm responsible and have my pride, so I was pretty fulfilled

Sigh

Why do I have to do this...

I had no need for a boyfriend or anything

1-4 Uehara sempai!

So...

2-1 Sorry I'm a little late
Did you wait long?

Not really

Wow! Good lookin' guy! [handwritten]

Wow [handwritten]

It's been 10 years since I dated
Not since high school
And to have to date this guy!

Sigh [handwritten]

2-2 Yuu Yamada. Graduated this year. Works under me.

Good with people. Doesn't make mistakes. Clever. Works hard.
Not only that, he's a "W" university grad. [probably means Waseda U.]
Lot of "W" grads in our company
So they look out for him

2-3 Wow

It's the first time I've seen you out of uniform

To sum up, I hate his type

2-4 The only time we see each other is at the company
Hmmm

Don't stare

2-5 You're cute, sempai!

3-1 I'm

Not falling for that
You must tell that to all the girls

3-2 Don't call me cute!

No, you're really cute!

sfx; Thud

Cough

Think how old I am!
Jerk!

Don't mess with a 30 year old woman!

3-3 This is the mistake of my life

To date someone 7 years younger than me? Seriously?

That day...

Ow

3-4 If I didn't end up owing him one

3-5 Owing him...

4-1 Well...

It normally comes

Ah... um

To this

sfx: th-thump

4-2 Umm
Well

What do you think?

Gimme a break

4-3 This is what you planned all along

Sure
Let's go on in

4-4 Get it on...

And get it over with...

sfx: shhh

5-1 Ahhh...

That asshole
To shower first? Really?

5-2 Um, well, I don't really know what's normal or not

Maybe this is how it's done?
Ah, geez

sfx: flumph

5-3 Just why

is this happening?

5-4 *Mm-hm* Ueda-san? Have a moment?

This is Yuu Yamada.
He's being assigned to the 2nd design dept. today

5-5 He's the best of the new hires

5-6 Yamada-kun, this is Uehara-kun. She's a vet who's worked her way up

You'll be learning under her for a while

5-7 His hair was short at first. And black.

Nice to meet you.

5-8 Yeah!
Nice to meet you too!

He was cute like that...

6-1 Sempai

You didn't learn this either in college?

You're really slow at this

Sorry!

Uehara sempai

Sempai, is this ok?

6-2 Uehara sempai, can you check this?

6-3 Sempai, here

Uehara sempai

Sempai...

6-4 Sempai...
You have long eyelashes, huh?

Moron

6-5 Yeah...

If I think about it, from the start...

7-1 From the start

He was an asshole
Really

7-2 He's clever, easy to get along with

But the execs always take notice of him

Always favor him

7-3 College grad...

Good at his job...

7-4 Uehara-kun, how's Yamada-kun done over this year?
Give it to me straight.

He's excellent

7-5 Good intuition. Does more than he's asked.

To tell the truth, I don't have much more to teach him

And that pisses me off

I see...

7-6 I'm glad to hear it

7-7 You see, Uehara-kun

This hasn't been totally decided yet, but

8-1 We're reassigning you next year
Probably as a receptionist

Eh?

Asano-kun will become dept. chief
Yamada will be assistant dept. chief

...I

8-2 I-I've been in this department since I was hired!

H-has
Has there been a problem with my work?!
Is it because I'm a high school graduate?

Of course there's been no problem with your work
But, that's a separate issue

From now...

8-3 Start letting him make decisions as he'll be taking over

Ah
Uehara sempai
About that ad

I had time so I laid out your rough draft

8-4 Don't just go doing things!

8-5 Aw, see!?

You jumped to conclusions
And now all of this has to be redone!

8-6 As if you know how to do this!

Ah,

I'm sorry, I'll...

8-7 Enough!

I'll do it all

But this is due tomorrow?

9-1 Whatever! Just go home!

sfx: shhhh

sfx: excited

9-2 The asshole...

Is me

30 years old
...and it's me

Split ends...

9-3 Um... sempai

If it's ok...

sfx: th-thump

9-4 Use

A condom

9-5 Ah, right!
Jus-Just a second

10-1 When was

The last time?
High school, I guess.
I was dating back then

It just hurt
I haven't use "that" since then
It'll be ok...
I hope...

Huh?
Is this the back?
It's stuck

Oh shit
I tore it with my nail

sfx: th-thump th-thump

10-2 My vagina was stinging
Did I bleed?

Oh god
What am I going to do?
Well, not much I can do

Sigh
If I wasn't thirty

sfx: th-thump th-thump

sfx: press

10-3 I might be able to

Set a mood

Be a little more sweet

Hah? Why should I be sweet for Yamada?

10-4 This is taking too long

What's wrong?

Ah, not quite yet

sfx: Erk

10-5 What?

Ah, stop sempai!
Hey!

Eh?

sfx: press

11-1 Ah!?
I'm!?

sfx: touch

11-2 Spurt

11-3 Ah ah ah

th-thump th-thump th-thump

11-4 Yamada...?

Huh?
Are you...?

sfx: th-thump

11-5 A virgin?

12-1 S-s-s-s-s
S-so what's wrong with being a virgin?
You gotta issue with that?

Eh?
...Yamada
So... are you?

Well
it's my first time

NO WAY!?
You... in college, right?
You did it...

sfx: blurp

12-2 I-I always went to all-male schools.
So when I got to college, I was all awkward and never
Ah!?

I see...

It's nothing to laugh about, ok?!

S-sorry
But...
I thought you really played around

So that's it
That's how it is

You're mean!
...I mean that you thought that about me

But you seem that way!
You have a nice figure
You're so sociable
And you take pains to dye and grow out your hair

And cute [though bubble]

That's cause you...!

sfx: Ehe
Ehehehe

12-3 ...me?

T-that's 'cause when I asked the girls in another dept. about it,
they said you liked
that idol Takki.
So I did my hair the same way

12-4
I just said that to make conversation
I couldn't care less about idols

Anyway, I hate guys with long hair

12-5 Eh? Huh?
Ummm... me?

So...
Does that mean you
don't really like me?
That really, you felt like you had to
date me?

Huh?
No way...

12-6 Well,
That's about it

13-1 No way...

Hmm?
Yamada's reaction is pretty funny
Oh?
Somehow

Things have gotten kinda fun
I wanna tease him more

sfx: whumph

sfx: snicker snicker

13-3 And somehow
Yeah

The weird tension has melted

13-4 That must be why...

13-5 I'm relieved

sfx: th-thump

13-6 So that idiot Yamada's a virgin.

So...
he hasn't played around...

So he hasn't

...I guess

Hm? What am I so happy about...?

sfx: th-thump

13-7 I guess...
I've got no chan... [word is cut off here]

sfx: gulp

14-1 SE...!!!

Sempai!
No matter... I...!

I love you, sempai!

sfx: glomp

14-3 I... I thought
That day... I made the mistake
of thinking you liked me, but

14-4 But! But even if
we can't do it today...

14-5 I...
I still want a chance to...

Listen, Yamada

sfx: Gulp

14-6 That hardly makes sense when you've got something that hard ready to go

sfx: rub rub

14-7 Ah!?
S-sorry

This...
This just...

14-8 Means I'm serious, so...

15-1 It's ok, alright?
After all, tonight, I'm here for just that reason

sfx: kiss

15-2 Eh

Eh

O...

15-3 Ok!
sfx: wag wag

But listen
Yamada
Be gentle

15-4 Y-Yamada, that's enough
It's been 30 minutes already
Hah

hah

Haaahh

OOoo...
Ah

[Insert random sucking/slurping sounds here. You're ecchi, you know what to do]

15-5 O...ok!
Ok then...

...yeah

sfx: wipe

15-6 ...put it in

16-1 th-thump
th-thump

16-2 Nn!?

sfx: twitch

16-3 It's

It's in!?

Iiii

Ahhhh!!?

16-4 Wow...
I'm being filled

Se-sempai

But it doesn't hurt much
I'm... glad it still works

ha ha ha

16-5 F-feels so good!
So warm, so soft

It's totally wrapped around my...

Jackass!!
Don't narrate!!

sfx: biff biff biff

16-6 I can still...

I can still do it

hah hah hah hah

17-1 I'm going to move

Ok...

Slowly...
Withdraw slowly, ok?

Hah hah hah

17-2 Fuu!?

Haaaa...

Haa...

I-I'm putting it
in again

sfx: Sllick

sfx: shhhmph

17-3 sfx: Sqursh

sfx: Shhlk

sfx: twitch

sfx: twitch

Nn!?

Fuun!!

17-4 Hm?
Here?

You like it here?

Hyaa!?

Ah

sfx: Gsch

17-5 Ya
Nnnn!!

Aah!
Ah!

Sfx: Whmp Whmp

sfx: Slsch

Glsh

18-1 hah hah hah

So why...
me of all people?
You should be after
younger women

sfx: rub rub rub

sfx: Shup

18-2 Ah...
I'm starting...

to get into the rhythm...

hah hah

sfx: rub rub

18-3 You're for me
I love you, sempai

sfx: grab

sfx: kiss

18-4 kiss smack mm

18-5 Don't be stupid
What's attractive about...
A 30 year old woman?

Ahhhn

Ah

Rraaah

Sempai... 'cause you're so cute

sfx: bam

sfx: shudder

18-6 hah hah hah

19-1 C...cu...!?

I've always thought that you were cute, sempai

Y-you jackass
No 30 year old woman can be called "cute"
I-it doesn't make me happy to hear that!!
And look, Yamada
At a time like this
Can you cut out the "sempai"?

Ah

Hya

Yaa

Ogyaa

Hyaa

Ah

Hah hah hah

sfx: [Insert wet thrusty sounds here]

19-2 It ruins the mood...

hah hah

19-3 hah hah hah

sfx; touch

19-4 Y-you're right

Ok

19-5 stroke

20-1 You're cute, Sakura

hah hah

20-2 You're so cute!
I love you!

hah hah hah

21-1 Come to think of it...

It's been a while

Y...
You jerk!

sfx: bluush

sfx: th-thump

21-2 Jerk

Since someone's called me by my first name

Jerk Jerk

Let me see your face, Sakura

21-3 Sakura... you're so cute

Since when...?

Hmph

21-4 This is embarrassing! Geez, c'mon!

But...

sfx: th-thump th-thump

21-5 I-I've...
been interested since

Since we met

21-7 ...but

21-8 Sakura

Sakura...
That day, I...

sfx: Shup Shup Shup

Hah

Hnn

Kiss

Kiss

21-9 Kiss Kiss Kiss Kiss

21-10 Aaah

I knew it...

Th... th...!!

22-1 That day

I saw your crying face
...I

I knew it
That I loved you Sakura!!
That day...

sfx: sploosh

sfx; th-thump

23-1 Crap

I might not make it by tomorrow morning
I shouldn't have sent Yamada home
...er?

sfx: slurp

23-2 W-what are you thinking, Sakura?

You've overcome everything before this!

sfx: slap slap

23-3 Yeah...
By myself!
Always...

I can do it
I can do it

I can...

23-4 Pfft

23-5 ...no way

Blackout?
Blackout!?

All my data
and it's due tomorrow

Responsibility
Trust...

23-6 Back up?
Don't have one

Time...

So I should have...

Stupid pride

No way I'm going to make it

Trust...

That's why they are going to transfer me

I can't believe I...

23-7 ...ah

shoot

23-8 Fine. Whatever.

Go ahead and cry

After all

24-1 After all
No one will hear me

Crying

Aaaaaaaa

24-2 Ah, this feels good
To let it all out

Let me just go blank
And cry

Aaaaaaa

24-3 Like I didn't cry when

My parents asked me to give up on college
...yeah

UUUeeeee

24-4 Cry!

Cry it out!

Aaaa

24-5 Sniff Sniff Sniff

25-1 Um...
Sempai

Uuu

Eee

Sniff

25-3 Are you ok?
I got worried and came back

25-4 This block seems to be blacked out

Geez... Just what happened?

25-5 Why...?

Ah, the job!!
We might be overstepping bounds, but

sfx: sniff

sfx: sniff

25-6 Why does it have to be that asshole?

Let's borrow some UPC's from the server room [uninterruptible power supplies]
and hook them up to the PC's for now
We'll salvage what data we have...

25-7 Yamada!!

Sempai! It'll be ok!!

26-1 My office is right over there
With my laptop, we have two PCs...

My tears...
Continued to fall

With the two of us, we'll get it done, Uehara sempai!
I'm going to get a power cord from the server room

Is it because I'm mortified?
...or is it because I'm relieved?

sfx: sniff sniff sniff

26-2 ...sempai?

I never cried

26-3 You saw, huh?
You saw me...

Crying

Eh?

In front of my parents

sfx: snif snif cough

26-4 Not ever by myself...

I-I owe you one

I'll... pay it back!

26-5 Um

This may not be the best time, but

26-7 How about this Sunday
For that payback?

27-1 You can pay me back

By going on a date with me

27-2 U-um Uehara sempai
Uh
I just want be clear on one thing
Um

That felt...

27-3 ...great

27-4 Sempai, do you really...
Do you really not like me?

GREAT
...unbelievably

Yeah, I really hate you

That... was just at first,
Right?

Always

Sex...
Feels really good

Eh? But!
But!
You went out with me today...
And we just...

It... it just ended up like this!
You asked me out. I paid up.

30-1 My hips are still shivering

B-but that day!
Ever since you let me see your crying face

Aaah... I've lived for thirty years already

I had no idea this kind of thing was possible

I didn't show you!
You just happened to see it!

30-2 ...ok, ok
Well then

Oh, I get it

...I still have

30-3 I'll buzz my hair
You like short hair, right sempai?

Lots of things yet to learn

30-4 And I won't call you cute anymore, sempai
I won't do anything you don't like

30-5 ...well
Every once in a while is ok

We're pretty simple, the two of us

Eh?

"Cute". You can call me cute

We'll just face the future
and this is all due to you

30-6 Which...
is it?
Can I say it? Or is it forbidden?
I don't get it

You asshole, Yamada!

Ah, come on!
A 30 year old woman is not that simple!
If you can't understand that
What are you going to do from here on out!?