Sket Dance 47

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[insert text: Whoa! It's a limited-edition chocolate series!!]
Bossun: Ahh! / I got it!! // Right here! / I FOUND ONE!! // It's a smiling Drymon chocolate!!
[TN: Um. If you can't figure out what "Drymon" is a parody of, then... well.]
Himeko: No way! Lemme see that!!
[box: "Drymon Chocolates" – a single box contains twelve chocolates, and they each randomly have either a "cool" or "pouting" face. // However, very rarely, one can find a chocolate with a smiling face. Rumour has it that eating one of these will bring true happiness.]
Himeko: IT'S TRUE~~~~~~~~!! // He's grinning like crazy!!!
Bossun: I did it!!! I finally got one!!!
Switch: Allow me to photograph you eating it.
Bossun: Aahhh~! // Mmmmmmmm! // I... I did it!! W... Will I find true happiness?!!
Switch: You will! I'm sure you will!
Himeko: Aw, man... you're so lucky... / I've gotta find one too! A grinning Drymon!

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Himeko: ............... // 1... / 2... / 3... / 4...
Bossun: I'M GONNA FIND TRUE HAPPINESS~~~~~!!!
Himeko: ......... // Oi. You. / Dumbass.
Bossun: I'm - // ..."Dumbass"?
Himeko: You stole one of my chocolates, didn't you.
Bossun: Huh?! What? / I didn't do that...! // I bought these myself this morning!
Himeko: I bought MINE this morning, an' all!! // Look! There's only four of 'em left!! And I only ate six of 'em so far, so there should still be six in here!! // You took two of 'em from my box, didn't you!!!
Bossun: Whaaaa?!!

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Bossun: I didn't do that!! I mean, your box has been sitting right there on your desk this whole time!! / You really think I could open the box, take two of your chocolate, and close it again without you noticing?! Huh?!!
Himeko: Ahh... I guess you're right...
Bossun: You see?! You shouldn't suspect people so easily!!
Switch: No... taking the chocolates from within may be a difficult feat, but you could still have taken the chocolates in an instant.
Bossun: Eh?
Switch: ...By switching her box with your own.
Bossun: Aghh!!!
Himeko: SO YOU DID STEAL 'EM AFTER ALL!! // YOU! HERE! NOW!!!
Bossun: Switch, you evil little...!!!
Switch: Oh, I just happened to get a perfect shot of the crime. Pure coincidence.
Himeko: Get your shirt off and sit.
Bossun: Wh - Whaat? I'M SORRY!!! I'm really really sorry!!
Himeko: Switch – hold him down.
Bossun: Whaaat?!!
Himeko: I'm gonna bleed a third of your blood outta you.
Bossun: I'M SORRY!!! / I'M REALLY, REALLY SORRY!!!

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Sket Dance
Chapter 47: The Confounded Angel Returns
[insert text: And without further ado... a new client!! ...Wait, it's Dante-kun?!]
Bossun: Ehhhm... // It really is a pain trying to get any kind of sense out of this guy. / "Lost", he says... that's English for "missing", right?
Himeko: Guess he's gone an' dropped something somewhere again... // Ahh! He noded!! He really has!
Bossun: So he wants us to find it, huh... // And the "Winged Blade"... must be this mechanical pencil thing, right? // Then what is it you've lost?
Dante: Trojan Horse.
Bossun: Aagh! This is gonna be a difficult one!!!

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Switch: The "Trojan Horse" is known for having something concealed within. // In other words, perhaps he has lost something that he was keeping inside the pencil?
Bossun: Is that it, Dante?
Himeko: All right! We're gettin' there!!
Bossun: So I guess you lost... the lead for the pencil, right?!
Dante: ............
Himeko: Guess it's not that... / Ugh... what now? // What else could it be?!!!
Dante: S... Spiral God.
Bossun: "Spiral"?! Is this Naruto again?! / Agh, I just don't GET you at all!! // What the hell did you have inside that pencil of yours?!! // "God"... "Kami"... "Paper"? / A rolled-up piece of... paper? // Is this about that good-luck love charm that's all the rage right now?
Himeko: Good-luck love charm?
Bossun: Yeah – you write the name of the girl you like on a small piece of paper, roll it up, and put it inside your favourite mechanical pencil. // Apparently if it stays there undisturbed for three months, then your love will be fulfilled, or something. // Well, a lot of people are doing it right now.

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Bossun: So what – you were doing the charm, but you managed to lose the piece of paper?
Himeko: Huh? Really? Dante has a girl he likes?
Bossun: ...I guess so.
Himeko: What's with the whole "yes-no answers with his face" thing, anyway?!!
Bossun: So... / Let me get this straight. // Dante has a thing for a girl in Class F, Izumisawa Yukie-san.
Himeko: Huh... she's pretty cute, an' all! He ain't got bad taste!
Bossun: So then a week ago, he wrote her name on a piece of paper and put it in his pencil... // ...but today he noticed the paper had vanished from inside. // That's the deal, right?
Dante: Stray Lamb...
Bossun: Right! We get the situation.
Himeko: Still, it's kinda weird, don't ya think? How do you lose a thing like that?
Bossun: Mm... / There's a cap on the end of the pencil, so just dropping it wouldn't be enough to lose the paper inside.

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Bossun: In other words... // It was stolen.
Himeko: Huh? But who'd do a thing like that? There's no point, surely?
Bossun: Oh, I wouldn't say that... / For instance... // If they wanted to interfere with his love. // Apparently, if the paper does get taken back out again before the three months are up, your love is supposed to go unfulfilled for life. // So if there was another guy who liked Izumisawa-san, he might have taken it out of there in an attempt to get Dante out of his way.
Switch: I see. Sounds feasible.
Himeko: But then it'd have to be someone who knew that Dante's doin' the charm in the first place. / Is there anyone like that?
Bossun: Sure. // Dante, there must have been somebody who told you about this charm in the first place, right? // Who was it?

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Jougasaki: Wh... What?! // I didn't do a thing like that!!
Bossun: You're the only one who could have done it! Jo... Jousa... Jose... Josei-ga-saki!!
Jougasaki: It's "Jougasaki"!!! // Don't make it sound like my name means "Ladies First"!! When are you gonna learn my name properly, huh?!!
Switch: Jougasaki Mitsuru. Though he calls himself a man, he has a liking for divination and good-luck charms, and has often been known to spread such rumours around the school. // Incidentally, he was the source of the urban legend about the smiling Drymon chocolate, as well.
Himeko: Ugh, no way!
Bossun: But we totally went for that one and everything...!
Jougasaki: ......... // It's true that I was the one who told Date about the love charm in the first place. / But why would I want to steal it from him, huh?
Bossun: There's a girl you like... isn't there?
Jougasaki: H... How did you...?

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Bossun: The girl who you like and the girl who Dante likes are actually the same person! / That's why you stole the paper from Dante's pencil!! // That's the truth, right?!!!
Jougasaki: Ngh... // D... Date!! // Is it true?! Do you like the same girl as me?! // Dammitall! If that's true, then I should never have taught you about that damn charm in the first place!! // I never thought you would like Takahashi-san as well!!!
Bossun/Himeko: .........?!
Jougasaki: Dammitall!! // You're my rival?!!
Dante: ............

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Bossun: Huh...? The Captain? // Not Izumisawa Yukie?
Jougasaki: Huuh? // What're you talking about?! The girl I like is Takahashi Chiaki-san!!
Bossun: Y... You liar!!
Himeko: Bossun! He's tryin' to make excuses so he looks innocent!!
Jougasaki: I AM NOT!! // Ugh...! // Just take... // ...a good look... / ...at THIS!!!
[Paper: Takahashi Chiaki]
Everyone: ...............
Himeko: It's true...
Bossun: It's the Captain...
Switch: It seems that we were the ones in the wrong here...
Bossun: Sorry for suspecting you, Joe Kisaragi!
Jougasaki: Who's that meant to be?! Some half-Japanese guy?! My name's Jougasaki, dammit!!
Himeko: But you should give up on her, y'know, Jou Shirasagi.
Jougasaki: Shirasagi-jou?! I'm a castle now?!
Switch: Yes, she turns down a very high proportion of guys, Joukamachi.
Jougasaki: JUST REMEMBER MY NAME ALREADY~~~~!!!

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Bossun: Besides... you just opened up the paper.
Switch: Loveless for life, lol
Jougasaki: AAAGHH!!!!
Bossun: But if it's not Joe Kisaragi... I don't know how we're gonna find the real culprit.
Himeko: I think we've got some investigatin' to do...
Dante: Sweet Temptation!
Bossun: Hm? / Oh, sure, you can have one.
Himeko: You could just ask for one like a normal person...
Bossun: Damn that Kisaragi... making us all crazy about getting a grinning Drymon chocolate...
Himeko: Yeah, he may look dumb, but he's pretty damn knowledgeable when it comes to that kinda stuff. / Charms, fortunes, ya know.
Switch: Come to think of it, that wasn't the only love charm that Kisaragi has been spreading around. // There's a girls' version.
Himeko: A girls' version?

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Switch: It involves obtaining an item that the object of the girl's affections is always carrying or using. // If she then keeps that item on her person for three months straight, then her love will be realised.
Himeko: Huh, what's with that? If you can get your hands on a thing like that, you've gotta have, like, confessed to the guy already...
Switch: Yes, that's why the charm never really seemed to catch on.
Bossun: Something that... / ...the guy carries... // ............ // Of course! // I've got it!

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Bossun: Oi, Dante! That pencil of yours, it looks kinda weird and stuff... / ...but this is just something you could buy anywhere, right?!
Dante: ......... // Angels' Palace.
Bossun: Oh, STOP doing that!! Give us a proper answer!!
Switch: "Angels' Palace" is the name of a shop specialising in unusual stationery.
Himeko: IT ACTUALLY EXISTS?!!
Bossun: Right! Himeko, Switch, get investigating!! // We need to find someone who bought a pencil just like this one recently from this "Angels' Palace" place!!
Himeko: Huh? Why?

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Bossun: And so... // Izumisawa Yukie. // The one who bought this pencil a few days ago... was you! // I mean, it's not that I don't understand why you did it... / But you can't just go stealing people's stuff, you know.
Yukie: Wh... What are you talking about?! // Accusing me all of a sudden... / Explain yourselves properly!!
Bossun: Heheh... // It's all about the love charm.

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Bossun: You wanted something belonging to the guy you like... // More specifically, this pencil. // But you couldn't just ask him for it outright, so the only other choice was to steal it. // And so the strategy you came up with... // ...was a switch. // You bought a new pencil, exactly the same as the one you were after... // ...and during gym class or whatever, you secretly switched them around. // They're both the same pencil, so the guy wouldn't even notice anything wrong. // But to you... // ...to a girl in love, that identical pencil that he owned wasn't the same at all... // It was an incredibly important object that you had to obtain at all costs.
Yukie: .........!! // I... // I'm sorry.

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Yukie: I... knew it was a bad thing to do... / I'm sorry... I just wanted it so much...
Bossun: Well, that's the power of a young girl's heart...
Himeko: I'm sure the owner will forgive you.
Bossun: Now... / This is where it gets interesting. // Eheheh.
Yukie: Huh?
Bossun: You probably didn't even know anything about it when you took it... / ...but there's something inside that pencil that you might find very interesting. // Go on, have a look.
Yukie: Something... interesting?
Bossun: Have you heard of a little charm where a guy writes down the name of the girl he likes and then puts it inside his pencil? / Well, that's what's hidden inside there.

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[Text: Izumisawa Yukie]
Yukie: No way...!
Switch: I think that means she found it interesting.
Yukie: Huh?
Bossun: He's waiting for you in the classroom right now.
Yukie: Huh?
Bossun: You go on ahead.
Yukie: O - Okay!! // Thank you!

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[bubbleSFX: thump // thump]
Yukie: Wh...
[bubbleSFX: thump]
Yukie: Wh... // Who are you?!
Dante: !!!

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Bossun: Whaaaaaat?!! // But...! You took Dante's... I mean Date's... pencil, didn't you?!
Yukie: What?! / No, I didn't!! // I wanted Murakami-kun's pencil!! I took it from his seat, right here...!!
Bossun/Yukie/Dante: .........
Dante: M... // My Seat...
Yukie: ............
[Label: Murakami-kun, who sits here, just happened to have the same pencil.]
Everyone: Confounded Angel... ("You got the wrong seat...")
[insert text: An angel's efforts in vain!! The very borders of heartache!!]
[bottom text: Next issue, an incredible teacher might make an appearance!]