Hatsukoi Limited 1

[TN: Well, this is a new genre for me ^_^ I'm trying to do the SFX in this chapter... if there are any I'm not sure on, I'll just put in something likely-sounding, though ~_~]

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New series: Hatsukoi Limited
Have you ever been in love?

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[bottom-left title:]Hatsukoi Limited
[bottom-right chapter title:]Chapter 1: Beautiful Girl A and Monster Z
[Top-right giant text: NEW SERIES]
[Just underneath: Opening in colour; 46 pages!!]
[Centre text: Many tales of first love are about to begin.]
[bottom-centre author's name: Kawashita Mizuki]

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Ayumi: (Being an adolescent girl... // ...is just one problem after another.........)
[sFX: tick // tick // tick]
Ayumi: (...5, // 4, / 3, // 2, // 1...)
[sFX: click]

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[sFX: DING DONG / DING DONG // (partially obscured "ding"s and "dongs" through following frames)]
[sFX: screech]
[sFX: clatter]
[sFX: fwip]
[sFX: snap]
Kei: I'm telling you...!

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Kei: If a guy who you don't even like goes and confesses to you, it's just a pain in the butt!
[box: Enomoto Kei (Middle-school Grade 2)]
Koyoi: Yeah, you're right... // 'Cause, if any guy other than my Onii-chan said they liked me or anything, it wouldn't make me happy at all!
[box: Bessho Koyoi (Middle-school Grade 2)]
Rika: There goes Koyoi with her brother-complex again...
[box: Dobashi Rika (Middle-school Grade 2)]
Nao: But still, it kinda makes a girl jealous, with you being so popular and all... don't'cha think so, Ayumi-chan?
[box: Chikura Nao (Middle-school Grade 2)]
Ayumi: Uh-huh! // I'd like to see what it'd be like, just once at least, to have a guy confess to me!
[box: Arihara Ayumi (Middle-school Grade 2)]
[TN: I <3 Koyoi already, don't know about y'all :p]

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Ayumi: And then I wouldn't even stop to think... we'd just end up going out just like that......! <3
[sFX: pyon]
Kei: Ehhh? You serious?
Ayumi: I mean, having someone who cares about you is the important part, even if you're not as keen on them!
Rika: Oh, dear...
Kei: But there are all sorts of things you have to think about before you go out with someone! Like their looks, and all that...!
Rika: A-ha...! So Enomoto picks her guys for their looks, does she? [aside]I get it...[/aside]
Kei: [aside]What'cha saying...?![/aside]
Rika: [aside]No~thing...[/aside]

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[sFX: sweat drop]
Kei: I'm telling you, looks are impor -
Rika: Ahh!!
[sFX: *menace*]

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Kei: (Uuh... / Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! / Wh - wh - wh - what's with this monster...?!! [aside]A demon reborn into the 21st century?[/aside])
Koyoi: (H - he is wearing a high-school uniform...)
Nao: ........................!
[sFX: tremble tremble]
Ayumi: (Wh - wh - wh - wh - wh - what should we do?! He's just standing there staring at us...!)
Rika: (W - we've gotta run for it before it's too late.........)

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Misao: .........
[sFX: slip]
Girls: (Aahhh!!)
[sFX: rustle rustle]
Girls: (What is it?! What's he taking out?! / A knife? A stun-gun?! Or maybe...)
[sFX: thrust]
Girls: AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!
Ayumi: Aaaaahhhhh! Aaaaahhhhh! // Stop, forgive me, don't kill meeeeeeeee!!

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Misao: .........
[Text: 194 cm // 152 cm]
[sFX: ah...]
Rika: Eh?
Kei: A - a letter...?
Koyoi: (A - Ayumi-chan, what is that...?)
[sFX: creep~]
Rika: (I get it! It's a challenge for a duel!!)
Ayumi: (Could you not say scary things?!) // Look, it's not...
[sFX: flutter...]
[Letter]
Arihara Ayumi-sama
I like you.
Please go out with me.
-Zaitsu Misao
[/Letter]

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Misao: Y - you don't have to answer right now......
[sFX: turn]
[sFX: whoosh]

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Rika: ...*gulp*
Koyoi: Ehe...
Kei: Hahahahahah!!
Rika: Isn't that great, Ayumi?! It's a confession of love!! / Take a look at this love letter! That frame! Such cute writing!
[sFX: guffaw]
[sFX: hahahaha]
Kei: Getting a confession from a monster like that... that's the worst! You're gonna have to be careful how you handle this!!
[sFX: sweat / sweat]
Ayumi: Th - / This isn't something to laugh about~~~!
Kei: Well, what're you waiting for?! Go after him and say "yes"!
Ayumi: No way!! How could I go out with a monster like that?!

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Nao: But, Ayumi-chan... // If you refuse him... what might he do then...?
[sFX: Uuuhh...]
Rika: .............................. [aside]that's true...[/aside]
[sFX: ahhhhh...]
Kei: Ah, whatever... he did say you didn't have to answer straight away...... Let's just head home for now!
Ayumi: I... I'm so scared my body won't move...

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Ayumi: [aside]Waaaaahhh![/aside] What on Earth am I supposed to dooo~~~~?!!
[sFX: Waaaahhh]
Ayumi: (If I turn him down, he'll get so mad... // And I mean, just look at him! I'll get killed if I'm not careful!)
[sFX: *pant* // *pant*]
Ayumi: B - but...
[sFX: Muahahah...]
Ayumi: (Going out with a guy like that...!) // No!! / No way, no way! Who knows what he'd do to me if we were together...!
[sFX: *flailing around*]

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Ayumi: It doesn't even matter which I choose, I'm doomed either way!!
[sFX: Aaagh!]
Ayumi: (But in that case... // Should I just go for it and actually try going out with him? // If we were together, he might at least treat me nicely... // [aside]Or at least not kill me...[/aside]

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Ayumi: (But... // Could I really bear it...? // Those huge hands... // That huge mouth... // ...all of that focused on me......! // Not to mention... / [aside]wait, what am I thinking?![/aside])
[sFX: ha ha ha // ha ha ha]
Imagination!Ayumi: Ah- ahh!
[sFX: bluuuush]
[sFX: click (door opening)]
Brother: Oi, Ayumi.
[sFX: *surprise*]
Ayumi: Aaaaaahhh!!

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Ayumi: DON'T COME INTO YOUR ADOLESCENT SISTER'S ROOM WITHOUT KNOCKING...!!
[sFX: get out!]
[sFX: WHACK]
Brother: Aaagh... [aside]*splutter*[/aside] // I - I'b thorry... / I was just worried 'cause you never came down for dinner...
[sFX: *tremble* *tremble*]
Ayumi: You were... // ...worried... // That's it! You might be able to help me out!!
Brother: Uh-huh!
Ayumi: Listen, there's this guy I need you to beat up for me...!
Brother: Who is it? Some guy from your class?
Ayumi: Nah... it's this high-schooler called Zaitsu Misao! <3
Brother: !!

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Brother: Ayumi... you can't just blurt out that name like that...
[sFX: shake shake shake]
[sFX: creeeak]
Ayumi: Hm? So what about beating him up?
Brother: IDIOT! Don't you even care about your brother's life?!
Ayumi: But I thought you were worri -
[sFX: SLAM]
Ayumi: (Idiot brother!!! // ...Although I doubt he could win in a fight, really...)
[sFX: glint]
Ayumi: At this point, there's only one thing to do... // SLEEP!!
[sFX: FWUMP]
Ayumi: (Once morning comes...)

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Ayumi: (Maybe this will all have been a bad dream or something......) // ([aside]or not...[/aside] ...like that would happen... [aside]why's he showed up already?[/aside])
Kids: Aaaaahh! That guy's scaryyyy!
Kei: So, he hasn't just been following you after school, he's been following you on the way to school every day too?!

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Ayumi: That's ri~ght... / The stress is getting unbearable... he's even following me in my dreams now... // At this rate, I'm gonna die from lack of sleep...
Kei: But that's just because you're putting off giving him an answer, isn't it? // Just go out with him! / You'll be the first one of us all to have a boyfriend! Ahh, I'm so jealous...
Ayumi: Stop thaaaaat! // You're not even TRYING to sound like you mean that!! Can't you do anything but come out with those useless remarks, you... granny-faced middle-schooler!!
Kei: Oi...! Who're you calling granny-faced?! I'm just mature for my age...
[sFX: CRASH]
Kei: ...Ayumi?!
[sFX: whoosh]
Ayumi: It's no good... I used up the last of my strength in that outburst...

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Ayumi: Uugh... I'm aching all over... [aside]somehow I'm sleepy already...[/aside]
Kei: You can't! We've got Maths with Mizoguchi next, you'll get killed!!
Ayumi: [aside]I'm gonna die...[/aside]
Kei: [aside]Dummy! Don't die![/aside]
Zaitsu: .........
[sFX: clatter]
Zaitsu: If she's not feeling well, shall I take her to the nurse?
Kei: Huh? // Y - yeah, that's right! Come on, Ayumi, let's get you to the nurse!
Ayumi: I'm tellin' you, I can't move...
Zaitsu: Ah, well, nothing for it...

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Zaitsu: Hup!
[sFX: whoosh]
Ayumi: Huuuuuuuuuuh?!!
[sFX: *flail* *struggle* *flail*]
Zaitsu: Don't move around so much, you'll make me drop you!
Ayumi: [aside]B - b - b -[/aside] But carrying me like a princess or something...
Zaitsu: Well, I could carry you on my back instead... but then your - you chest would be... [aside]...against...[/aside]
Ayumi: Ah! Uh, this is fine, really!!
Crowd: Hm? // That's kinda hot...! // Lemme see! / What's going on? // Whoa... // Are those two together...?

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Ayumi: (I... I've always just been dreaming about someone falling for me... [aside]someone other than him...[/aside])
[sFX: thump thump thump thump]
Ayumi: ...but in the end, a girl's always going to fall in love herself like this...!!
Zaitsu: I want to become an paramedic when I grow up. [aside]So I couldn't just leave you like that...[/aside]
Ayumi: Ah, how lovely! <3 // (I wonder what you should study to become a paramedic's wife... / ...and we should have two kids, a boy and a girl...)
[sFX: grin / grin / grin]
[sFX: plop]
Zaitsu: What're you muttering about? [aside]We're here already...[/aside]
[sFX: ehehe...]
Ayumi: Thank you so much, Zai...... // AH!

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Ayumi: (Zai...tsu...-kun?)
[sFX: *tremble*]
Zaitsu: Well, then, take care!
Ayumi: ("Zaitsu"... "Zaitsu"......!!) // H - hey, Zaitsu-kun! // Y - y - y- you wouldn't... // You wouldn't happen to have an older brother in high school or anything... would you...?
[sFX: sweat sweat sweat]
Zaitsu: Uh-huh! // I'm surprised you noticed, we don't look anything like each other. Aniki's really heavy-built and has curly hair.

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Ayumi: (Ahh...)
Zaitsu: Ah, did you get it from our family name? After all, we're the only Zaitsus around here... / Ahh! [aside]Arihara-san?![/aside]
[sFX: cra~sh]
[sFX: ahh-]
Ayumi: (This is a nightmare...!)
[sFX: HA~ HA HAH]
Ayumi: (So, then, if I was to marry Zaitsu-kun (the younger one)... // ...that beast-man would be my brother-in-law...?!)

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Ayumi: (My long-awaited love had just appeared before me...)
[sFX: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH]
Ayumi: (But in the end... // ...am I doomed never to be able to escape from him?!!)
Zaitsu: It looks like she's having some terrible nightmare...
Nurse: Do you think we should call an ambulance...?
[sFX: uuuh...]
[sFX: twist, turn]
Ayumi: [aside]Ahhhhhh... Noooo... // What did I ever do wrong...?![/aside]
Rika: The whole class is talking about you and Zaitsu-kun, you know...

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Ayumi: Ehhh... No waaaay... That's baaad... How terrible...
[sFX: eheheh...]
Rika: Ya really don't sound very convincing! [aside]Here, take your bag.[/aside]
Ayumi: I mean, who cares if there are rumours?! Zaitsu-kun's really nice... he's so cool... so reliable... <3
Kei: Although Zaitsu-kun himself has denied everything. // [aside]What, you fallen for him or something?[/aside]
[sFX: splat]
Kei: And so I figure nobody's going to be talking about it any more by tomorrow!
Ayumi: [aside]Shaddup, you du~mmy![/aside]
Rika: Whoa, whoa! // Right now, shouldn't we really... // be worrying about the *other* "Zaitsu" more than this one?

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[box: Out of the school gate, turn right, walk straight... // Ten metres... // Fifty metres... // Left at the traffic lights, and right in front of them...]
[sFX: boom]
Ayumi: He's he~~~~~~re... [aside]Aaaahhh...[/aside]
[box: Girl who still can't get used to it]
Kei: [aside]But they really don't look anything like each other, for brothers![/aside]
Rika: [aside]A genetic mystery...[/aside]
[box: Girls who are dealing much better than they did to start with]

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Rika: Hey, would you do something about Monster-kun already, Ayumi!
Kei: Yeah, yeah! It's a pain, Koyoi and Chikura are so scared of him they won't even walk home with us!
[sFX: stab stab stab]
Rika/Kei: [aside]Well then,[/aside] / Good luck with that!!
Ayumi: They're right, of course... // It's not just me who's being affected by this... it's a problem for everyone... // It's for their sake... I just have to think of it like that! I can say it, right? I just have to do my best, right?!

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Ayumi: Um...!!
Misao: ......... // Yeah...?
Ayumi: (I... I haven't actually looked at him for a while... // He's so scary!!!)
[sFX: Ahhh...]
Ayumi: (Uuuh...)
[sFX: shuffle]
Ayumi: (...Why?! // Why am I the one who has to go through this...?!)

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Ayumi: (Why did this guy... // ...have to go and fall for me...?)
[TN: Because you're so damn cute, idiot.]
Ayumi: [aside]It -[/aside] It's bothering me! You following me every day like this!! [aside]'cause you're really big and really scary...[/aside] / I - I'll come and give you my answer myself when I'm ready, so... // So please, stop following me around...!!!!

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[sFX: Ahhh...]
Ayumi: (Run for it!)
[sFX: DASH]
Ayumi: I am the second-fastest runner in my class...!!
[sFX: run~~~~~~~~~]

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Ayumi: Th - this should be far enough...
[sFX: silence...]
Ayumi: ...... // (He's not following...... // Well, I did kinda tell him not to... // Wait...! / Why am I starting to feel kind of guilty...?)
[sFX: worry worry worry]

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Evildude1: All right, little girl. // If ya don't wanna get hurt, I suggest you come with me for a bit, yeah?

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Ayumi: (No... // No way! [aside]How did this happen...?![/aside])
Evildude2: Ya reckon that Misao punk even got our email?
Evildude3: We've finally got a chance to take that bastard down!!
Evildude1: But honestly, must be something wrong with the guy, falling for a middle-schooler like that. / [aside]With that face... he's just a perv.[/aside]

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Ayumi: So this is all about him, after all... // [aside]and these guys are cooler than he is, too...[/aside]
Evildude3: But, ya know... // Why d'ya think he let the girl walk home alone today? He was always keepin' an eye on her before...
Evildude1: Ehh? / Wh - who knows? Maybe he needed to take a shit or something, don't ask me...
Ayumi: (......)
Evildude3: Oh, come ON! / Ya really think he'd just wander off looking for a toilet when he KNOWS this chick's his weak point?!
Evildude1: Shaddup...!! Don't you underestimate the call of nature, it can catch up with ya suddenly! Don't ya know how nasty it can be when it reaches critical point?!
Ayumi: He isn't going to come, you know!!
[sFX: Gah]
Evildude3: Wh - what's with her all of a sudden?!
[sFX: Waaaaaah]
Ayumi: 'Cause, I said some horrible things to him back there!! // He's gonna be really mad at me! There's no way he'd come and save me or anything!!
[TN: No, Ayumi. Of course he won't. </sarcasm>]

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[sFX: Waaaaaah! Waaaaaah!]
Evildude1: What, you been havin' a little lovers' tiff?
Evildude2: Hey, wait, though... if Misao ain't gonna show, there's no point... [aside]What should we do...?[/aside]
Evildude1: Ah, whatever... stop cryin'! Misao's totally still into you. / He'll definitely come for you, all right! So stop it with the -
[sFX: BAM]
[sFX: SMASH]
Evildude3: Ungh!

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[sFX: thump]
Ayumi: Mi - Misao...!!!
[sFX: *pant* *pant*]
Misao: I came just like you asked. Now, would you let her go? / ............That... // Aaa - aaayu - aaaaanyu.... ai - a ...-chan!!!
[sFX: mutter mutter]
Evildude4: He's so shy he can't even say her name?! [aside]What a pure-hearted idiot...[/aside]
Ayumi: (He really is strong!! // Now then! Beat them all up, Monster-kun...)

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Evildude1: Dumbass! We've got a special use for this hostage!!
Ayumi: Eh?
[sFX: slash]
Evildude1: Check it. <3
Ayumi: [aside]Ah -[/aside] AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
[sFX: ka-fwip]
Misao: GUAAAAAAAAAAHHH?!?!
Ayumi: ([aside]...idiot...[/aside])
Evildude1: If you fight back, this chick's... special parts... are gonna be laid bare for us all to see! / Now, even I don't wanna do a nasty thing like that to a sweet little girl like this, right?

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Evildude1: ...So damn well stay put and let us hit you!!
[sFX: SMASH]
Evildude1: Well, well! The undefeated Misao was brought down by the four of us...!!
[sFX: grin, leer]
[sFX: smash, pound, bash, crunch, etc (next panel as well)]
Ayumi: (...even though he could probably take the lot of them if I wasn't stuck here like this... // ...Even though this would never have happened if I hadn't driven him away...)

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Ayumi: DUMMY!! // Don't worry about me, just fight back, you idiot!! // You're strong, aren't you?!!
[sFX: more whacking noises]
Ayumi: That's why they can't even stand up to you without resorting to this, right?!!!
Misao: Bu - // But...
Evildude1: Hahah, that's right!! // But bad girls who talk to much get punished, you know! Let's give everyone a better view, shall we?!
[sFX: slip]

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Evildude1: Ah......
[sFX: SMASH]
[TN: Well, he was totally asking for that one. Even if he did give us a nice view.]
Evildude1: M - / My nose...
[sFX: spurt]
[sFX: wobble]
Evildude2: H - hey!! // How did you... the ropes...!
Ayumi: Oh, these? They were loose the whole time. / But I acted like I couldn't move because I didn't think I could get away.
[sFX: stare~~~]
[sFX: shift]
[sFX: hide]
Misao: ......Now then...
[sFX: crack, crack]
Misao: Time to fight back.
[sFX: AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH]

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[sFX: caw, caw]
Misao: Are - / Are you... all right...?
Ayumi: Ugh!! // You really made me scared!!!
[sFX: SMASH]

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[sFX: hop, hop, hop hop, hop]
Ayumi: (Owwww... / [aside]My ultimate attack...[/aside]) // Eh......
[sFX: KA-BOOM]
Evildude2: She... she took him out...
Evildude3: Nobody's ever done that before...
Evildude4: Well, this is the girl that Misao chose we're talking about...
Evildude1: You mean... the strongest one here is... the... girl...?

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Evildudes: WE'RE SO SORRY!!
Ayumi: Eh... // Ah...
Misao: (Ah... I saw Ayumi-chan's panties... <3)
[sFX: thump thump]
Ayumi: (Being an adolescent girl is just one problem after another. // But maybe guys have it pretty tough as well.) // Y - you've got it all wrong...!
Zaitsu: I - I though I'd try following Aniki, but... / Arihara-san is so strong...!!
[side text: Next issue's "first love" is the girl next door!!]
[bottom text: To be continued in "Yamamoto-san", with colour and 23 pages, next issue!]