Hadaka no Taiyou 2

Yeaaah, as long as this continues to be less wordy than a 19 page chapter of Gintama, I think it'll be something I continue to translate.

The scantlation of chapter one is here BTW.



(Side text- She took his weak hand and lead him into a manga competition?!)

Runa: Let's have a contest to see who will win a prize with their work!

Ichinose-kun.

If you decide to run off, I'll tell everyone you like drawing manga!

{T—This sucks....what should I do?}

Runa: Choose a magazine you like.

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(Sfx- Saaah ssshft)

(Top text- Uneven youth manga club life!!)

(Bottom text- The Shounen Zank that he has long admired becomes the target for his submission and his incoming crises!!!}

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HADAKA NO TAIYOU
YOSHIKI MASAKAZU
Chapter 2: It's a contest!!

{I've decided....this will be where I send my first submission...}

{But, although I say that it's not all that easy...}

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Taiyou: I've got to buy that before I go back or else...

{Since this morning, those people have all been standing and reading the same mag..}

{As usual its Shounen Zank.....it's a pretty incredible publication..}

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{If I can get serialized in that magazine...}

{That would be awesome...no, the best.}

Matsuki: What'cha leering into that convenience store for?

Taiyou: Matsuki...

Matsuki: 'Sup, Taiyou!!

Are some cute girls in there?

Taiyou: N—no man...

Just watching the people reading....

Matsuki: Oh yeah...I used to read Zank back in the day....

Taiyou: Back in the day?

Matsuki: Back when I was a second year, There was nothing I wanted to do other than read manga...

Taiyou: You stopped to pick up chicks right?

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Matsuki: No way idiot! I have to study obviously!!

Taiyou: Matsuki?!

Matsuki: Girls are great and everything but I gotta get into a good college, dude.

I want to get in the circle of speed dating, and of course see me some exposed secrets of the female body...

Taiyou: Female body...

Matsuki: But you don't have those problems do you Taiyou, since studyin' comes naturally to you.

You'll have your pick of whatever college you want.

{Entering College huh...}

{I know if I do that my future is assured, but what guarantee do I have that I’ll become a manga artist?}

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Taiyou: Aah..

{It's a female body...of the dead variety?!}

Taiyou: Anezaki-san!!

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Taiyou: Eh?

{A camera?!}

Runa: Hey! Could you not get in my way?!

Taiyou: W—what?!

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Runa: A pose for my illustration! A poooooose!!

Taiyou: Po—Pose?!

{Ah...}

{Well...that's true, Anezaki-san did have a pretty awesome illustration for her detective manga...}

Runa: Did you come here to formally declare war? For our manga award..

Taiyou: W—wait a minute!!

Runa: What?!

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Runa: Ah...

So that's how it is!

Taiyou: So if you could keep the fact that I draw manga secret...

Runa: Hmph. How totally foolish.

As a man, shouldn't you let your actions do the talking? To be straight to your own words?

Ichinose-kun, you DO want to be a mangaka right?

Taiyou: That's...

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Taiyou: If I can become a manga---

Girl: Ahaha...

So then what did you do?
Taiyou: Ngh...

But it if it gets out to everyone and becomes a spectacle...

I'd be really embarassed...

{How incredibly halfassed!!}

Runa: Whatever. I could care less.

Taiyou: W—wait...

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Runa: Just to let you know, If I win our contest...

I'll tell everyone everything.

See you later, red-faced Ichinose-kun.

(On paper- Weekly Shounen Zank new manga entry...//Advance on the path of mangadom with your soul raring!!}

Taiyou: Za...

Zank...

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Taiyou: Let's take our battle to..

Weekly Shounen Zank!!

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Runa: Weekly Shounen Zank huh?

Fine by me.

It has about 300 hundred thousand magazines in circulation....it's the number one manga magazine.

But you knew that right?

Taiyou: Of course I did.

Runa: I entered about 4 times...

But I only got an honorable mention once.

Taiyou: Eh?!

Runa: Their level of expectation is that high up you see.

Taiyou: Gulp

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{Now it's on!!}

{I said I'd boldly go into this...and now that it's turned out this way I can't lose...}

Taiyou: But 30 pages in 6 weeks...

I've already started drawing the pictures but will I really be okay?

...Okay.

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Taiyou: Owww...

I haven't gotten used to drawing using this pen...

I managed to get three panels done...

And it's already 12 midnight...

So I should get some sleep.

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Taiyou: Hmm..

I've got three weeks and 20 pages to go...

I'll need to pick up the pace...one page per day isn't going to cut it.

Matsuki: Why are you keeping a memo Taiyou?

Taiyou: Oh..um, its a study schedule.

Matsuki: You wanna go to Karaoke tonight dude?

The employee there is really hot....

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Taiyou: Sorry Matsuki...

I've got something to do at home today...

Matsuki: You've been saying that a lot lately..

Taiyou: Yeah, I'm gonna be busy the whole month.

Runa: Ehe...

(Sfx- Nyahh griiin)

{Dammit...}

{I really want to...}

{Get home quickly...}

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Taiyou: Dammit...dammit!!

That face doesn't look right at all!!

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Taiyou: Ah!!

Ouch...

Why's this gotta be so hard...

There's only one week left...

And there's still so many white sheets...

left over...

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Taiyou: I can't...

Keep my eyes open...

Matsuki: Hey, can I see your Japanese history notes?!

...More like, are you okay?

Taiyou: Don't worry about me...
Matsuki: Dude, these letters are dirty and unreadable..

Are these really your notes Taiyou?!

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Taiyou: My right hand...

Sorta hurts...

Matsuki: You been studying too hard dude?

Taiyou: Something like that...

{I wouldn't be in this much pain...}

{From just studying.}

{I took drawing pictures too lightly..}

{To think the labor would be so difficult...}

{Since I can't draw here at school...}

{It's no wonder my progress hasn't advanced as much as I'd like...}

{If I were to draw during class like Anezaki-san...}

{Then I'd be a little...}

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{If I were..}

{More like Anezaki-san...}

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(Sfx- Charin charin briiing briiiing)

Taiyou: Anezaki-san...

Runa: Are you finished your manuscript?!

Taiyou: S--
Sorta.

Runa: Then hurry up and take it out!

I'm late you know.

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Taiyou: I've loved Shounen Zank since I was a kid.

Runa: Huh?

Taiyou: Waiting for Thursday each week felt like an eternity.

So when I started wanting to draw manga Zank seemed like the place to go...

For my very first submission, but...

I'm sorry!!

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Taiyou: I couldn't possibly...

Turn in an embarrassing manga like this..

The art is crappy at best, and the backgrounds aren't much better.

I don't want to give them such a half worked manga.

I know you already finished yours Anezaki-san....

And I really am sorry...

Runa: Whatever.

Taiyou: Eh?!

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Runa: I did everything I possibly could...

To meet the deadline.

We decided on the deadline together and I didn't want to be late.

And I didn't want to utter something as foolish as 'oh I'm just a newbie so I'll naively take my time!'

Cause at pro level this isn't something that can be forgiven!
Taiyou: Ngh...

Runa: There will be times where blood is rushing to your head, and you feel like vomiting...that your arms and legs will be crying out in pain...

But this is a responsibility for those who choose to seek serialization.

If you really want to make this your way of life in the future...you must understand...

manga is harsh!

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Runa: I said doing things halfway would mean your death...

Don't you remember that?!

{Ah...}

Runa: If you do things halfway you'll die..

This competition was supposed to be a means of motivating you...but it seems it was too much.

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Taiyou: Would you...

Read my manga?

Runa: I'm not particularly interested in doing that.

Taiyou: I know now that liking manga doesn't translate into being able to draw it.

But I still want to bring this to you.

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Taiyou: Because I want to become...

More like you Anezaki-san.

I want to give my full attention to college exams...

Which is why...

Even at the end I don't want you to dismiss this....I want to hand this over.

Cause I want your honest opinion Anezaki-san.

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Runa: Fine..as long as...

I can read it right here.

Taiyou: Eh?!

Right here?!

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Runa: All right. Sounds good.

Taiyou: Ah...

P—please if you will...

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Matsuki: Hm?

That's Anezaki and..

Taiyou?

Runa: A fantasy manga...?

In this genre, the drawings are the series's lifeline....

Th—this sucks...

(Panel: F—fine, look at this.)

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Runa: The lines are rough! The backgrounds are messy!

Even the white spaces are dirty!

Speaking of white there are too many purely white spots in this..

If I had to be honest...

The art is garbage.

{The art is garbage huh...}

{Her honesty is kind of relieving though...}
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Runa: Heh...

Taiyou: Eh?

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Runa: He apologizes to his enemy?

This is dejavu!

Taiyou: Ah..?

(Panel- I'm sorry!)

Runa: Indecisive, inconsistent, naive...a weakling....

But incredibly honest.

This protagonist is the splitting image of you, Ichinose-kun.

Taiyou: R—really?

Runa: What's going on here? The quality is terrible..

and the manga itself is bad...

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Runa: But...

I can't help but smile?!

{Drawing a manga and making it perfect in time for the deadline is absolute!!}

{But that's not the only thing...}

Runa: When you draw a manga....You put everything about yourself into it.

Let me see your manga! If I can read what you drew then I can understand you...

{You can do good work after all, despite being embarrassed about every little thing...}

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Runa: All right! It's been decided!

I won't tell everyone that you like drawing manga!
Taiyou: Eh?

Runa: But in exchange you have to keep drawing this manga.

{Ichinose Taiyou still has a long way to becoming an artist, but I think with some forging you could be someone really intriguing...}

(Sign- Manga club.)

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{Don't you think so? Haihara Meishi?!}

(Bottom text- Next time there will be a color page!! In the manga club, the nice guy Haihara awaits him....?!)

CONTINUED IN ISSUE 9.