Star Children 15

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{I'm not even sure this chapter was worth translating. :-/ }

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STAR CHILDREN
Volume 1 on sale to favorable reception!!
nb: Two years since that accident... The time of another departure is now---.
---March 2081
...As you know, gentlemen, the revival of the Jupitneer project, as well as a plan for the search & rescue of the previous Jupitneer was announced the other day
Humanity once again enters the time when we will separate from Mother Earth's umbilical cord, the space elevator, and leave our nest for the vastness of space
I would like to congratulate you, who will bear the new era on their shoulders---
#15 Someday, Reach the Stars
Kida Masashi

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183 ASCANs
I now designate you astronauts of CORE Inc!!

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Yuuto!!

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That's where you are. We were looking for you!!

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See you

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Were you talking about something with Minorikawa?
Yeah, just stuff

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Ah, that's right!!

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You and Minorikawa were accepted into Mars exploration training!!
You got the same treatment as the guys from class A!!

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How nice~~~ I wish I could go too~~~!!

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What about you guys!?

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The three of us have been admitted to Cosmic University on the Moon

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I'm enrolling in the spaceship department, I want to learn a bit more about spaceships

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I'll be studying space biology
And I'll major in space medicine

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You guys are awesome, you know where you want to go
What, are you being sarcastic!? Even though you're the most successful one of us!!

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Well, but the final goal is Sirius

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You probably have doubts
About going to Mars

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!!

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Doubts?
Doubts... About taking that Mars training!?

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Eh!? Yuuto, you have doubts!?
There's no way, right?

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Err... Well, it's like...

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How come!?
After you're finally treated like class A!!

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Are you going to mess up your shortest route toward Sirius!?

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You want to try and take it, don't you?
The Sirius exam

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You mean the Sirius exam they'll be giving soon?
Because they want to increase the number of Sirius members in accordance with the Jupitneer plan...?

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E- Even then, you wouldn't take it right now if it means throwing away your chance, right!!?
You can go to Mars training, achieve real results in proper order, and then, in about five years...

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...But
In that case...

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Hey hey hey hey!!

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I hear someone talking about Sirius in a place like this, and who does it turn out to be?
Isn't that the drop-out group!!?

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Kaburagi...

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Did you get fatter?
It just looks that way in weightlessness!

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Hey, Subaru Yuuto!!

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Don't get carried away just because you've been accepted to the same Mars training as us class A graduates!!
It's only because some Canopus people like you a bit, that's all!!

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And you, of all people, would refuse that favorable treatment? Who do you think you are!!?

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You're going to take the Sirius exam on top of that!?
That exam is a barrier that even for Canopus astronauts, only one out of a hundred passes!!

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For us... I mean, for someone like you, coming up from class B, it's not something you could possibly pass!!
Don't mess around!!

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Y- You don't have to go that far!!

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Yeah yeah, break~~~

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Thank you for the warning, Kaburagi-kun
Huh!?

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...But you know

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He's just an idiot who still has doubts even though he knows all of this, so we should just leave him alone
!!

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Wh- What do you mean, I'm an idiot!!?

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Hmm, well, if that's the case...
Yeah
Ehhh!?

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Still, going out of your way to deliver the warning
Surprisingly, you're a good person, Kaburagi-kun

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!...

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Sh- Shut up!! Don't go misunderstanding this!!
L- Let's go, Makime!!

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Subaru-kun!!

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If you're in doubt, you should seek someone's advice
...For example

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The one in charge of the Sirius exam

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Thank you, Makime-kun!!

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Why did you give advice to Subaru!?

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I just thought the less burden we have during Mars training, the better

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...

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Well, I guess we should leave it at that

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...So

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Who's in charge of the Sirius exam?

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Ah, yes
That's...

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The Jupitneer project leader
//The head of the CORE Inc Astronaut Department

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Subaru Daichi

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sfx: knock x2

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Come in
Excuse me!!

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What’s your business!?

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Ah, yes, err...

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If you don't have anything, leave!!
I don't have the time to be worrying about you alone

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...Me alone

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Dad!!
I have something I want to ask dad!!

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Yuuto, starting today you're another astronaut!!
And I'm your superior!!
//Be careful about how you address me at work!!

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I know!!
But right now I came as a son to ask a question from his father, an astronaut Subaru Daichi!!

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Since you're busy, I think it would be a waste of time to ask the same question again in a different place

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...
At least you've gotten proficient when it comes to talking

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...So
What did you want to ask!?

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Should I go to the three year Mars training?
Or should I decline it and take the Sirius exam?

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And you want me to tell you what to do?

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No, that's not what I mean...

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Do you know what kind of a thing is the Sirius exam?

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I know that if someone like me takes it, it's not something they could pass
...But

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You want to be a part of the Jupitneer search & rescue project!!
!!

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I can easily imagine what you're thinking

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The rescue party will not necessarily be safe either

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I've realized how scary space is

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As well as that there are people who will come and save you

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The probability that the Juptineer is alright is low

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I know
But if it's not 0%, I want to go out to the rescue

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Because in space, the possibilities are limitless!!

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So you've decided?
Eh!?

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In most cases, such doubts mean that you already have the answer
What's left is whether you have the resolve to make the decision

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What did your mother tell you
When you said you'd become an ASCAN?

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Since you decided this yourself, from now on it's all your responsibility
Get ready for it!!

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I see

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Dad
I...

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The feelings will reach there. Across time, across space---

Thank you very much for reading! Please expect the next work from Kida-sensei!! --The final Volume 2 will go on sale on May 17 (Thu)--