Soramiyo 4

Comment: At first I was going to complain here how if I had known in advance this manga would send me searching all over Wikipedia for astronomical terms, I wouldn't have started translating it. But having finished it, I can safely say it's one of those stories that get better as they go on and end on a high, emotionally satisfying, note. I am very glad that I picked it up.

Note: Page numbers correspond to file names in the raw, not actual page numbers on the scanned pages

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Chapter 4

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After all that
//The semester finals have ended
Scores (right to left):
<First years>
1. Aida Souji
2. Kousaka Ranko
3. Sen Kousuke
4. Okui Kyouko
5. Murakami Tomomi
6. Izawa Yuu
7. Matsumoto Kaoru
8. Takigawa Youichi

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Sign: Soramiyo Club
---Inner planets and outer planets?

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Yes, as seen from Earth

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Bubble: It's a way to split the solar system into the interior and the exterior
Sign: The Solar System
Diagram (right to left): Sun Mercury Venus (Inner planets) Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto (Outer planets)
*At that time Pluto was still considered to be a planet.

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The inner planets are Mercury and Venus

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Youichi: The outer planets can be seen at night same as other stars
Youichi: The inner planets are visible for a brief period only in the morning or the evening
//Youichi: Especially Mercury can be seen very rarely
//Youichi: Because it's orbit is low~~
Minato: Hmm
Ranko: Aha, I've heard the famous astronomer Copernicus wasn't even able to observe Mercury in his lifetime

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In short,
//When looking from Earth, you can see the inner planets in the direction where the Sun is
//But they are hidden by the Sun's brightness
Diagram (top to bottom):
Sun
Inner planets
Earth {left}: Evening {top}: (Day) {right}: Morning {bottom}: (Night)
Outer planets
Stars and other galaxies

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Youichi: The first star you can see is Venus
Minato: So that's how it is---
//Minato: The first star is actually a planet

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I was sure it's a real star somewhere far away
Non bubble: ♫ La la laaa ♪

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....
What a strangely cheerful voice...

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Paper: The Astronomy Club
Souji: We got~~ the club budget~~~
Souji: The club budget~~~ we got~~~~
//Souji: Ah

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SFX around Souji: Spin spin, round and round
Youichi: Awesome! We can buy equipment now
Ranko: Alright! Let's go shopping!!

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Ranko: Let's go together, Minato ♥
Minato: Y-
//Minato: Yeah

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So what is it? This atmosphere...

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Souji: We bought it, we bought it-- ♪
Minato: Ranko-san, it's not too heavy?
Ranko: Piece of cake

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Yeah
//But we didn't manage to buy a telescope
//Binoculars are pretty expensive too

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Souji brought a telescope, so we can try to use that---

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We should start saving up our club budget to buy a new one though
Yep, engaging the economy mode
//Roger!!

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Let's... see
//What we still need is...

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Coffee
//Tea
...Candy?
Paper: Coffee Tea Candy

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Coffee Tea Candy (crossed out)

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Candy (crossed out)
Candy (same thing spelled using kanji)

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Even if you spell it in kanji, it's a NO---!!

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Didn't you hear what we were talking about just now!?
//We don't have the spare funds for things like candy--
Under panel: Classic ↑

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Oh

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Souji: It's for the tea~~~~
Minato: Even if you cry, it's a NO!!

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Souji: Ooo Minato is like a housewife
Ranko: Isn't she cute...♥
Minato: Really-

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...But

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How long has it been since
I've played like this with others?

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I spent every day like this back in junior high

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I'm sorry

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Minato: Even though we promised we'd all go to the same high school
//Minato: Only I failed
Friend1: It's not your fault, Minato
Friend2: We're still friends, even if we'll be in different high schools!
Friend3: Let's all hang out together again!

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I wonder what they're all doing
How it's going for them
They haven't called at all

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They're probably busy with their new lives too---

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Souji: What's wrong, Minato? Why did you stop?
//Souji: Did your battery die?
Minato: Eh?
//Minato: N- No
//Minato: It's nothing
Minato: And by the way {larger text}: What do you mean, "battery"?

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Hmmph
//You know, Minato
I've been wondering for some time

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Souji: You don't say out loud what you're thinking, do you?
Minato: Eh!?

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Souji: See, something like this
Minato: Don't mess with manga bubbles--

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Others are not exactly telepaths, so if you don't say it, no one will understand
Well, whatever

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SFX: Turn

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Wha-
What was that all of a sudden...?

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So cool
//Nabecchi was awesome today
True. As soon as I remember tears come out
Ahahahaha

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Ah------

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What a coincidence
To run into them here
They haven't changed a bit

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Everyone
//It's been so lo-----

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Ah--
//This reminds me

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Isn't the Houka High around here?
Yeah, the one Minato went to?
It's been a while since I heard that name---

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Huh? No one's talked to Minato at all?
Same as you

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Yeah, seems like we've never even called her
But you know, didn't she alone go to a higher level school than we did?

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Yeah, back when all of us applied together
//Didn't it look like she flunked on purpose?

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Ah, that's what I thought too!
//But honestly, it was for the better
Not the most pleasant person

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Yeah, she did have kind of a shy, or reserved, side to her
//She just couldn't say it straight out

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Eh...
Eh...!?

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She's now probably forgotten all about us and is enjoying her new life?
The fact that she never got in touch proves it

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But we're having fun too, so it's fine!
So true

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What's wrong?
Just as I thought you started running, you stopped---- Ah

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Don't tell me, you run on solar batteries?

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Are you alright, Minato-chan?
//Are those girls someone you know?

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...I'm
//sor ry

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Minato: I'm
//Minato: Going home
All: Eh!?

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Souji: Ranko, please take care of my load
Ranko: Eh
Youichi: Mine too
Ranko: Eh

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I

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I

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I never meant for it to happen that way---!!

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Haa
Haa

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Ahhh...
It's just like Souji-kun said

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I can't ever say anything
But words of apology
Bubble: Ooo...

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Boo...
//Hoooo

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Ah ah
//You're looking down again

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...I'm so-
I'm sorry
//Saying I'd go home all of a sudden
Eh
//Let's see

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I'm not feeling well...
//I'm so unwell I'm crying
That's all there is to it

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Oh, I see

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By the way, Minato

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The very first star can be seen now

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In the middle of the dark gradient
A single star is shining---

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---Although it's hidden when the sun shines
As soon as it darkens a little, it comes out

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Here
//Use this to look at Venus

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Minato: It's a crescent...!?
Souji: The inner planets wax and wane just like the Moon

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They look like a crescent when close to Earth
//And they become full when they're far away
Diagram (top to bottom): Sun, Inner Planet, Earth

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Hanging in the sky that was beginning to darken
That chipped star was all alone

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It looked like a teardrop----

Chapter 4 END