Hajimete No Aku 73

Almost caught up. I'm beginning to wonder if this series will end when Jiro leaves? Since it has no plot anyway....

(Black box- The blue summer comedy!)
HAJIMETE NO AKU
(Middling text- As we overcome just ‘one more summer’, our hearts soar free into the season. Splashing into the water where lifelong memories begin.)
FUJIKI SHUN
Chapter 73: Now that’s summer.

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(Side text- Summer, summer, summer!!)
(Sfx- Miiin miin miiin miin miiiiin *reee reee reee reee*)
(Board- Japanese Studies.)
Teacher: And that’s a wrap.
Student: Ugh!! Just one more minute!!
Teacher: No can do. Pass your papers up to the person in front of you.
Kyouko: It’s finally over!!
(Sfx- Petaaa *fwomp*)
Yuki: How’d you do Kyouko?
(Sfx- Wai wai)
Kyouko: I barely managed to answer all of the questions.
How about you?
Yuki: Pretty good.
Kyouko: Geez…

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Kyouko: Well, at least I wasn’t nearly as bad as that bunch.
(Sfx- Puun puun pun *siiiiigh*)
Kimura: I suck at taking tests during the summer!! Akuno, you understand right? It’s hard to concentrate when the school uniforms make it so easy to see the bra of the girl sitting in front of you.
Jiro: WHAT?! DON’T LUMP ME IN WITH YOU, LOUSE!! I’m just lacking when it comes to Japanese studies!!
(Sfx- Pon *pat*)
Aki: See, I’m just not good with books and knowledge. Bring on the physical fitness, and we’ve got a winner.
Kyouko: In essence, you guys failed hardcore, huh?
Group: GRRH!!
Kimura: But now it’s time for the after party! Let’s carnival everyone!!
Aki: Dance till you drop! It’s a party!!
Jiro: You too, Kyouko.
Kyouko: Why me?!
Yuki: Poor thing, getting dragged in are we?
But you know,
They’re like, right! The tests are all over now!
(Handwritten- So let’s put that aside.)

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Yuki: Summer is almost here!!
Everyone: YAAAY!!
(Kimura’s flag- Party.)
(Sfx- Kururi *spnnn*)
(Sfx- Garaaa *clatter*)
Akagi: As soon as I heard ‘Summer Vacation’, I knew I had to be here!
(Sfx- Baaan)
Jiro: You guys!
???: Maan, those tests sure were hard huh?
???: But now we’re free!
???: The promised mecca of summer awaits us!!

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{Hi everyone, I’m Watari Kyouko.}
{As the seasons of the year turn, we find ourselves starting summer vacation.}
{Of course, summer vacation is when all sorts of events take place.}
{We’re all amped up and ready to go have some fun.}
{Of course, there’s the business of deciding what it is exactly that one wants to do…}
Yuki: By the way…
What will all of you be doing this summer?
Aoki: Bug hunting!
Kimura: Catching crabs!
Jiro: An illustrated summer diary!
Aki: Are you guys in fourth grade or something?
Midoritani: I don’t have any plans yet, maybe I might paint something?
Aki: Aw, c’mon…I was thinking of a nationwide road trip…
Kyouko: There, there.
Yuki: So you guys totally have free time right?
That’s awesome!

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Yuki: If that’s the case, I suggest that…
We all totally go to Jiro-kun’s house this summer!
Jiro: My home?
Kyouko: Kyuushuu?
Yuki: Kyouko-chan, you told me about a festival they have there that totally sounds like fun~!
(Sfx- Miin miin miin miin *ree ree reee*)
Yuki: So I was thinking, we should totally go there too!
Besides, this is, like Jiro’s final year here isn’t it?
Right?
Kyouko: Yuki…
Yuki: And hopefully, this will finally light Kyouko-chan’s flame!
Akagi: Admittedly, I would like to see an evil organization’s base of operations.
Aoki: I’ve heard that Kyuushuu’s got some pretty awesome food too.
Kimura: And we’ve got nothin’ else to do.

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Aki: All right then! Akuno’s house it is!
(Sfx- Waaai!!)
Yuki: Let’s go!
Everyone: Yeah!!
Yuki: Are you, like okay with this Jiro-kun?
Jiro: My, my. It is supposed to be a secret from civilians, but I suppose I can make an exception for you.
Aki: Okay, when should we go? The beginning of August?
(Sfx- Hah!)
Akagi: What’s up, Midoritani?
Midoritani: Well, I’m not sure if I’m ready for something like this!
After all..we are taking a day trip to Kyuushuu…so you know what that means, right?
Akagi: What it means…?
(Sfx- Poku poku poku *tptptp*)
(Sfx- Chnnnn *swiiiing*)

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Akagi: It means we’ll be staying overnight with the ladies!!?!
How could something THIS fortuitous happen to us?! Are we actually dead?!
(Sfx-Dodododododododo *dooooom*)
Midoritani: I thought so…
Kyouko: But we’re talking about putting down some serious cash! A trip like this can cost up to 40000 yen!
I was lucky enough to get it last year but….
Aki: Seriously?! That’s a bit pricey for us…
Guys: WAIT A MINUTE!!!
(Sfx- Gatsuuu *sheeeen*)
Jiro: Whoa!!
Akagi: We just need to find part time jobs!
If we go in August, we can save enough to stay about 10 days!
Jiro: A part time job? That could work!

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Akagi: There’s plenty of jobs around during the summer!
If we work together, we can cast a huge enough net to snare the big bucks!
(Sfx- Niii *sneer*)
(Kimura’s sign- Please step on me.(
{No go.}
(Handwritten- What are you doing Kimura?)
Aki: You guys are worthless.
Akagi: W—Wait! There’s got to be another way! Just give us one more chance!!
Aoki: We can’t give up now!!
Aki: I guess if we all go looking, we should find something.
All right, first order of business is finding jobs! Okay?!
???: Sounds good.
???: Yeah.
???: Here we go!

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Jiro: It’s a bit strange.
When we talk about summer activities, I can’t help but get excited!
Kyouko: Yeah…if only everything didn’t depend on money.
Jiro: Now now, part time jobs can have their appeal too!
Anyway, summer vacation is incredible!
{It might be the last one I get to have with him…}
{So a part time job to make it happen isn’t so bad.}
Kyouko: It’s sure going to be tough though…
But without money, there’s no fun to be had.
{Sign- Books.)
Girls: Excuse us-.

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Yuki: We’ve been looking, but no luck so far…
(Sfx- Miin miin miin *ree ree ree*)
Aki: It’s pretty harsh, yeah.
Yuki: But I was hoping to go to Kyuushuu and celebrate Jiro’s graduation….
Aki: Oh? So that’s what you were planning on?
Yuki: Yeah! Totally! It’s much more fun to tease Kyouko-chan when Jiro-kun is around.
Aki: I see.
Well, let’s hit the streets again!
Yuki: Kay!
Midoritani: Hmm, nothing here…
But I have to do this! For a roadtrip with Shinonome-san!!
(Handwritten- Big brother is sure working hard…)
Aoki: A chance to create summer memories with Watari-san and her friends!!
Kimura: A chance like this won’t come again!!
Akagi: Keep searching! This is a do-or-die situation!!
(Sfx-dododododo)
(Sfx- Miin miin miin *reee reee reeee*)

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(Sign- Grille Nakatsugawa.)
(Sfx- Zuuuuuu *doom*)
???: Ngh, STILL no job…
???: They’re not interested in people who only want to work for the summer…
???: Looks like our plans are going to be a bust…
Kimura: Nakatsugawa! Another helping of squid eggs, please!
Midoritani: Kimura-kun, eating too much at the grille can be poisonous for your body.
Jiro: How about that Seishun 18 train? It’s tickets are fairly cheap.
Kyouko: That would have been a good idea, but it was a limited time deal.
Aoki: Hitchhike!
Midoritani: We’d still have to look at time, and the fact that we have girls with us.
Akagi: Hmm…

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Akagi: Akuno, don’t you have any inventions that can help us?
Jiro: Nothing that can fix money problems.
Akagi: Oh…
(Sfx- Zuuuuuun *droooop*)
Guy: Boss----
Are you heading out to your beach house this year?
Aki’s dad: The beach house?
I’d like to, but it’s not possible.
I’m going to be really busy here this year too.
Especially since we’ve got no extra help.
Guy: Why not leave the house to Aki-chan then?
A girl her age would love it out there!
(Sfx- Jiiiiii *staaaare*)
Aki’s dad: Hahah, actually that isn’t such a bad idea!
But Aki’s probably going to want to hang out with her friends this summer!

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Everyone: That’s it!!
(Sfx- Bikuun *poooit*)

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Kimura: No! That’s no good!!
(Sfx- Baan *salaam*)
Yuki: What?! But it’s, like a maid outfit!!
(Handwritten- It’s so cute!)
Kimura: So what?! What brings in the customers is a swimsuit! That’s just COMMON SENSE!!
(Handwritten- It’s what women are for!!)
Aoki: But we’re supposed to be running the grille out there right? Does anyone know how to cook?
Midoritani: It’ll be fine, I think I’ve got the hang of it.
(Handwritten- Nurse then!)
(Handwritten- More like naked!!)
Midoritani: It’s serving the customers that’ll be a problem.
Kyouko: Showers, lockers…and the parasols…gee, there’s a lot of work to be done..
Aki: It’s what we signed up for right?
Akagi: Of course, we’ll need to get the word out…that’s the basics of running a good buinsess.
Jiro: I see! It’ll be similar to the culture festival then!

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Dad: Dammit…look at them having a good time there…it’s supposed to be work!!
(Sfx- Wai wai)
(Sfx- Buru buru *shiver shiver*)
Aki: Thanks pops! I owe ya one!
Yuki: Thank you sir!!
Dad: Hahah, I’m just full of generosity!!
Jiro: To think we’d have the chance to own our own store…
This should be quite the summer for all of us!
Kyouko: Well, it’s going to be a whole lot of work,
I guess we have you to blame for it, huh?
(Handwritten- Wear this?)
(Handwritten- After you.)
Jiro: Mine?

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Kyouko: Everyone’s doing this for you.
That’s why we’re all going out of o ur way.
Jiro: D—don’t be foolish woman! I’m a man of evil! I care not!!
Kyouko: He’s blushing!
Jiro: ALL RIGHT YOU LOT! LET’S GET GOING!!
I WON’T ACCEPT ANYTHING LESS THAN PERFECTION!!
(Sfx- wa *roar*)
Everyone: Kay?
{And so, our summer vacation out on the beach…}
{Begins!}
(Side text- It looks like fun! Next week, a huge uprush!!)
TO BE CONTINUED IN ISSUE 34.