Hatsukoi Limited 28

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Hatsukoi Limited
Chapter 28: The Boys' Escape
Part 2: The Pursuing Sleepless Dreamers
[insert text: We will give chase.]

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Flashback!Kusuda: (...Picking on me... confusing the hell out of me... // I hate the hell out of people like you, okay?!!)
Teacher: ...to... / ...nomoto... // ...Enomoto! Seat number seventeen, Enomoto Kei!!
[sFX: twitch]
Kei: Y - Yessir!!
Someone: What's up with you? Spacing out like that.........
Teacher: So, let's see, absent today we have... / Kusuda, Zaitsu, and Sogabe... three students.

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[side text: Last issue: Run towards a new day!!]
Sogabe: I think it's time for a little break...
[sFX: whe~~w!]
Sogabe: Ahh, this juice is good!!
[sFX: roa~~r (of traffic, I s'pose)]
Mamoru: We really have come a fair way, huh? // ...Say, you guys, don't you feel hungry?
[sFX: rumble~~~]
Mamoru: I didn't have any breakfast before I left, myself.........
Kusuda: Good point... I'm feeling a little hungry myself. / Lessee... Sogabe, you were in charge of food, right?
Sogabe: Uh-huh... // Here.

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Kusuda: You call this "food"... this is just candy!!
Sogabe: Well, you know, this "Nmai" stuff's tasty, right?! / And such a nice, economical size, too!
[TN: He says the "Nmai" (the brand of the candy-bars) is "nmai" (which is a slur of "umai" - tasty).]
Mamoru: Th... That's not all you've brought, right?! I mean, you had more than that in your pack...
Sogabe: Oh, that's just my pillow / [aside]had it for ten years...[/aside]
[sFX: gloo~~m]
Sogabe: Look, I'm a delicate sort of person - if I don't have my pillow...
Mamoru: Guys, how much cash do we all have right now?!
Kusuda: [aside]hm?[/aside] Lessee... I've got 300 yen...
Mamoru: Meeting!! I'm calling an emergency meeting~~~!!! // ...So all together, we have a grand total of 2000 yen... and twenty-four of those candy bars left... / At this rate, even if we don't go back for three days... Ugh, this is ridiculous!!
[sFX: mutter // mutter]
Sogabe: I've said I'm sorry, you don't have to be like that...
Kusuda: Hahahahahahahah! // You gotta admit it's kinda fun, though, like this~!
[sFX: snap]
Mamoru: THIS IS NOT FUN!

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Mamoru: Honestly, the two of you have no planning ability whatsoever... / Ugh... my head is starting to hurt... / [aside]unghhhh...[/aside]
[sFX: mutter // mutter]
[sFX: whisper]
Kusuda: I guess a journey like this really makes people show their true colours...
Ayumi: I wonder how Zaitsu-kun is... maybe he has a cold... / I bet he's in bed about now, moaning all "unghhhh..."-like...
Koyoi: Hey, what if the three of them are pretending to be ill and just skipped to have fun together or something? / [aside]eheheh...[/aside]
Kei: (.........)
Nao: D'you think we should go and pay Kusuda-kun a visit too, then? / [aside]Sogabe-kun, as well...[/aside]
Kei: Eh - ?! // N - No, that's fine... let's just leave it at Zaitsu-kun!
Ayumi: Oh, I'm sure you're just dying to know how he is...
Koyoi: So, where does Zaitsu-kun live, then...?
[sFX: SLAM!!]

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[sFX: pant... pant... pant... pant...]
Misao: Ma... Ma... // Mamoru... Mamoru......!!
Ayumi: !!
Kei: Aaaaahhhhhh!!!
Misao: MAMORUUUUU! MAMORUUUUUUUU!!!
[sFX: aaaaahhhh! // GUAAAAAAHHH!!! // whatever-the-sound-of-someone-beating-his-chest-is // aaaaaahhhh! // stop]
Yamamoto: What are you playing at, Misao?!!

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Yamamoto: Can't you see you're scaring those poor girls?!!
Koyoi: (The enemy appears!)
Misao: Misaki~~~~~!
[sFX: whi~~~ne]
Yamamoto: So what exactly has happened to Mamoru.........? // [aside]there, there[/aside]
Ayumi: [aside]wow...[/aside]
Everyone: .........
Misao: [aside]mamoru~~~![/aside]
[Note:]
To everyone kind enough to worry about me
Right now, I'm stuck in a slump; I'm a completely useless person. I've truly come to hate the state that I'm in. As such, I'm going on a journey. Please don't look for me.
Zaitsu Mamoru
[/Note]
Yamamoto: ...This...

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Yamamoto: This... certainly fits the bill for a "runaway" note, but... it could also be a suicide -
[sFX: spin~]
Ayumi: Noooooooooo!!!
Misao: A - Ayumi-chan!!
Kei: Hey - there's more down at the bottom...!
[Note:]
- Sogabe-kun and Kusuda-kun really have nothing to do with this.
[/Note]
yamamoto: ............
Kei: I guess this means the three of them must have run off together...! Right?! // Maybe I should try giving Kusuda a call......
[sFX: bip bip]
[sFX: ah - !]
Flashback!Kusuda: I hate the hell out of people like you, okay?!!
Kei: .........
Koyoi: Hm? What's wrong, Kei-chan?
[sFX: snatch]
Ayumi: .........Give me that!

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Kusuda: Hey, don't you think we've kind of taken a wrong turn...?
Sogabe: Well, we couldn't help going this way, could we?! If we'd kept on straight, we'd have ended up on the motorway!
Mamoru: ...You know, I really can't tell where we are from this map... // Hey, guys, which way is east, anyway.........?
[sFX: buzzzzzz / buzzzzzz]
Kusuda: Mmm? Hello...
Sogabe: "Hello"?! "Hello"?! // You've just RUN AWAY FROM HOME!! You don't ANSWER THE PHONE!!
Mamoru: He's right, you know - you should hang up, quick!!
Kusuda: Oh - ah - well...
Ayumi: Zaitsu-kun! Is that Zaitsu-kun......? / *beep*
[sFX: bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz]

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Koyoi: .........He hung up?!
Ayumi: Yeah... but it looks like the three of them really are together!! // ...But we still don't know where they could be...
Yamamoto: !
Misao: Mamoru~~~~~~~~~~!
Yamamoto: Hey... / Look, Misao, just because you're worried about Mamoru...
Misao: [aside]waaaaahhh! waaaahh! waaaahhh![/aside]
Yamamoto: Say, doesn't Mamoru's mobile phone have a GPS location feature? // Do you think we could use that... / ...and find out where Mamoru is right now...?
Kusuda: ...From Enomoto, huh...
Kusuda: Guys! I think we should turn all our mobiles off! // Aaahh... reminding me of the one person I don't want to think about right now...

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Misao: What're they doing in a remote place like this...?
Ayumi: Ah - I've lost the signal!
Nao: But now we know where they are, which way they went...!!
Ayumi: .........Let's go after them! // Right, Kei-chan......?!
Kei: ...Eh - ?

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Kei: I just... // I can't...
Ayumi: But why?! / You and Kusuda-kun are friends, right?! // Are you just going to let him run off on his own like this?!
Kei: But...!! // Kusuda, he... he said he hates me... // I'm sure he wouldn't want to have someone like me... chasing after him...

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Nao: Kei-chan...
[sFX: Guaaaaahhh!]
Misao: Even if he did say that, you still have something you want to say to him, right?! // Right?! // You can't just lay about like that! / Do you really want to just let him go without saying anything to him...?!! // I mean...

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Misao: Even if you know how it'll turn out... still... // ...It's gotta be better than just moving on without saying anything.........!!
Kei: Ayumi!
Ayumi: Y - Yes?!
[sFX: twitch]
Kei: You need to confirm that GPS route, and the speed they're travelling at! / We need to know how they're moving, as well... Koyoi!!
Koyoi: Yes - !! // Travelling along a route like this, they can't be travelling too fast... / [aside]hmm...[/aside]
Misao: Bikes!! Of course - his bike's been missing since this morning!
Kei: Right - Chikura-chan, find us a train route that takes us close to their location! / They'll have to rest at night, at least... if we can estimate the route they'll take tomorrow, and get ahead of them...
Ayumi: K - Kei-chan...

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[sFX: grin]
Kei: We'll head home briefly to collect some luggage together, and meet back up at the station in half an hour!! // We're going to track those idiots down!!
Everyone: Yeah~~~~~~~!!

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Misao: ...Misaki, are you going too?
Yamamoto: Oh, I'd like to go along and give him a good thumping... // But I doubt it would help Mamoru for me to show up... // (And so... / It's up to you, Ayumi-chan, you guys...)
Koyoi: [aside]hey, hey, should be take 300 yen or so for a snack...?[/aside]
Sogabe: Why is this route uphill the whole damn way?!! / I'm worn out! I can't pedal any more! Aaagh...!!
[sFX: pant, pant // pant, pant]
Kusuda: ...Oh, shaddup... We haven't found anywhere to sleep for the night yet, so we've gotta keep going, right? / Frankly, I'm amazed you have the energy to whine like that, hungry as you are... jeez...

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Kusuda: What happened to your "journey of rebirth", huh, Sogabe...?
Sogabe: Well, you know, I... ahh...
[sFX: rumble~~~~~~~]
[sFX: train noises ~_~]
Koyoi: Kei-chan, you have a tangerine too~!♡
Ayumi: Koyoi-chan, why are you even here...?
Kei: (...I wonder if Kusuda has stopped to rest yet...)
[sFX: more train noises.]

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Kei: (But honestly... where is he trying to run off to...?) // ...Huh? // Aaaaahhhhhh! A - a pack of wild dogs!!
Kusuda: IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT FOR STEPPING ON THAT DOG'S TAIL, SOGABE~~~!!
[sFX: ruff ruff ruff etc. // whooooosh]
Kei: Kusuda!! Kusuda~~!!!
[sFX: whoooosh]
Ayumi: K - / Kei-chan, stop that, it's dangerous!!

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Kei: Stop!! Somebody stop the train~~~~~!!
Ayumi: Th - They can't do that, Kei-chan!!
Sogabe: Pedal!! Pedal for you lives~~~~!!!
Misao: Anyway, I've gotta go after those guys too!
Yuuji: Dammitall... Where could Ayumi have run off to at this time of night...?
Yoshihiko: Koyoi~! Koyoi~~!
Everyone: Ah...
[sFX: train noises again]
Misao: ...
Yoshihiko: A - Anyone want a tangerine?
[side text: One after another, the youths move out into the unknown!!]
[bottom text: Next issue... even the older brothers have joined in this mad dash of a journey?! To be continued in Part 3!!]