Densen Complex 7

[boke's comments in brackets like this]

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Graduation day
Everyone walked on the embankment just like in "Kinpachi Sensei" [a popular drama about a teacher]

But even though that's just last year

146-3 "Next year's the test!"

I'm still tired of hearing those words
Whenever I hear them

147-1 "If you don't crack down now, you'll never get into University"
I get it. I get it more than anyone.

147-2 Forget about enjoying school life, just study, study...

Get into a good school, and then what?

147-3 If I fail, all that time will be wasted. Who's gonna take responsibility for that?

147-5 Matsunogawa girl's acadamy. Must be nice to be on an escalator [some private schools are a "system" where you automatically get promoted from junior high to high school. Most students must take entrance exams to get into high school]

When you've got a silver spoon, no worries, eh?

148-3 Whoosh

148-4 Ah
Our eyes met

Cough

148-5 Um...

149-1 Do you have

A cell phone?

149-2 Nah...
Don't have one

I'm poor, princess

I see...

149-3 Ok, then
Um

I'm sorry, but can you make a call for me at a pay phone?

149-4 Tell them I want them to pick me up

149-5 Um, if you're feeling sick or something, I guess I'll do it, but
If you can go yourself, find your own phone

hmph

150-1 Mmm
I would love to, but

150-2 This is how it is

150-5 Flinch

Her leg...

151-1 But, it's ok
If you're in a hurry, I'll ask someone else who comes by

No
Um
Sor...

151-2 Shit
I'm shaking

Um

sorry

If that's how it is

151-3 Um, well
Ph...
Phone

Phone, right?

Just be normal
Be normal

151-4 I'll go look

Ah

152-1 Grab

152-2 Ah
That shocked me

152-3 W-well...
What am I supposed to do?

I didn't notice, after all

152-4 It's not like

152-5 It's not like I was ignoring it or anything

153-1 Just where did you plan on calling?

153-1 Yeah, really

So stupid...

Sorry

sfx: Huff huff

152-3 Ok, then

H-hey wait a sec!

sfx: snatch

152-4 Why don't you rest a minute
I know you're in a hurry, but

You're really sweating

154-1 haah...

But what

154-2 What

Do I say now?

154-3 Where should

I look?

154-4 Mmm

Um, hey

154-5 If you are stressed about being bothered by my leg

It's normal to be bothered by it, so don't sweat it

155-1 I'm Haneda Maiko.
Matsunogawa Girl's freshman
You?

155-2 Ah...
Yanagawakita High Sophomore. Matsuda Mizuki.

155-3 Sophomore?
So I should be using polite Japanese with you?

Uh, it's ok
Don't

155-5 Do guys and girls get along at co-ed schools?

Well, some do, some don't
It varies

Have you started your culture festival preparations?

I think... some classes have started

That's early!

155-6 ...and in the same way
I don't mind if you ask me stuff

Even about my leg

156-1 She...
She saw right through me

Uh...

Yeah

Really

Ok, then

156-2 Um... when I was going to call, I didn't know how to explain the situation

Um...
How did you get here?

156-3 I walked

Mmm?

156-4 Yeah. Really.

I've got an artificial leg, so I can walk

I've got one...
but

157-1 Haneda-san!

157-. What?

157-4 Is it true you got a letter from Kenji?

Letter?

Yeah, I did, but...

Why!?

157-5 "Why"...?
How would I know? He gave it to me along with a book he borrowed

Probably his impression of the

That's so not true!

157-6 How could this happen? So cruel...
To butt in like that

Listen, you know that Yuka has a thing for Ken-chan, right?

158-1 I did...!
I do...!

But I don't have any feelings for him, ok?

158-2 Liar!

After we felt sorry for you and let you hang with us!

158-3 After all, you just use that leg to get pity!

158-4 Say you're sorry!

No way
Why should I apologize?

You're the one's being rude

158-5 Say you're sorry!

AB-solutely not!

I'm going home

159-1 Oooww...
What are you do...

Miki!
Se-chan!
Hold her arms!

Whud

159-2 Stop it!
No! Stop!

What are you doing!

What's up with this? How do you get it off?

How would I know?

159-3 Got it!

159-5 Splash

160-1 So

Over there, somewhere

160-2 Wh...

What the hell?

That's so shitty...

160-3 I mean, it's really a problem for you, right?

Yeah...
You see, it's really a pain to get it fitted

Not cheap, either

160-4 But it's already dark
And it'll be washed away by tomorrow

So I'm not going to think abo...

You can't!

161-1 Eh
Wai...

Wait!
It's ok!

Better to do it now!

161-2 Ah
Aaaaah

161-3 Ugh
The river...
It's dark and I can't see

Yuck

161-4 Splish

161-5 It's...
Uh

Slimy

Might be glass
Yeah

I'm regretting this a little

162-1 About here?

Yeah

It fell about there
But, hey, it's ok, so you can stop?

162-3 Oh man
It's is harder than I thought

sfx: splash splash

162-4 But I don't want to stop

162-5 She can't walk

If I leave her, I feel like it'd be a sin

162-6 "After we felt sorry for you and let you hang with us!"

I don't want to be like those girls

Willpower?
Am I showing off?

sfx: splash splash

163-1 Ugh
Wah!

But

I stepped on something!!

What the hell?
But it's definitely not what I'm looking for

163-2 flop flop

163-3 This is rough

T...
Take a little break

Hey, it's ok!
Let's stop

163-4 Yeah

I'll take a little break

Huff

163-6 ...are you pissed?
At the girls who did this?

If you wanna get back at them
I'll help
Want me to put a stop to this?

Eh?
It's ok! It's ok!
I don't want to do anything like that

164-1 But look
They are such bitches

164-2 That was so unreasonable

To do something like this

164-4 'After we felt sorry for you and let you hang with us!" [italicize "let you"]

164-5 It's fine
Those girls just want to think they're superior to the "girl with no leg"
Unless I handle it this way, I can't think I've won this one

I've never once thought I want someone to come along and change my life
I've never thought "oh poor me"

165-1 It's a shock that they were never my friends, but
Since all they could do was attack my body, it means I've won

Right?

165-5 I'm going to look one more time

No way!

It's fine!
Listen, it's ok, alright?
It's dangerous

165-6 If you get injured, it'll be a big mess!
I can't help you!

It's ok

I'll take responsibility

166-1 Since it's not raining, it shouldn't have washed too far down

About here?

166-2 Whoa
Who's the asshole who threw a bottle in here?

If it had broken, it would have been bad!

166-3 Wah

Something's there!
Something alive!

It slid right past me

166-4 Question:

"Relate those qualities where you feel superior to that girl"

166-5 Oh!?

sfx: clonk

167-2 splash

167-3 Found it

167-4 Found it!

168-1 ...and

...we're good!

168-2 Huh?
I can't tell at all

168-3 Yeah, right?
And when I walk, see?

Oh.
Hmm, I see.

I can run too

168-4 I study for the exams

But
Getting up to speed is tough
With this

Because they tell me to

sfx: th-thump

169-1 I've also been just floating along

169-2 Can you swim too?

I'm practicing

169-3 So are you now more interested
In me than my leg?

Eh

I think there must be

Many things I have to think over