Josei Danshi 23

Josei Danshi 23


p1: ===============================
23rd: Evolving

p2: ===============================
[third row on the sign]: Sora

[sfx]: Chatter

There’s so many more people than last time…

Heh heh heh.
What?

p3: ===============================
Last night, there were 30 people,
/ but at this club there’s 70!!
Our ticket quota was bigger, too, but we sold every last one!!

Wow!!

Sora’s evolving, little by little, so let’s keep this up!!

…Yup!
Let’s do it!!

YEAH!!

p4: ===============================
[sfx]: Nervously

[sfx]: Bump
Oh, sorr—

Geh!!
/ Sho’on?!!
Leon?
/ What’re you doing here?!

Wait, ain’t that Seiya?
[sfx]: Twitch

Oh!! They’re starting!!

p5: ===============================
Uh,
hello.

We’re Sora.
Thanks for coming.

Pochi-chan, you’re so cute!!
[fans]: Po / Chi
[sfx]: Twitch

[sfx]: Ba-dum-dum

[sfx]: Strum

p6: ===============================
<no text>

p7: ===============================
[sfx]: Stirs

Damn! Their vocalist’s amazing.
She’s so cute!!
……

But that said…

Their act’s just OK, you know?

p8: ===============================
[sign]: Michael Gabriel-sama’s Waiting Room

[sign]: Michael Gabriel-sama’s Waiting Room

[sfx]: Sulk

Umm, Michael-sa—

[sfx]: Throw!
Uh—whoa!

Why?! Why won’t Pochi cwome?!

p9: ===============================
Well, we haven’t had any word one way or the oth—

[sfx]: Pound!
Whoa!

After all me did for her,
/ this makes absolutely, positively zewo sense!
[sfx]: Temper tantrum
Why won’t she cwome?!!

Umm, regarding Pochi-san…

Nyoh?!

I’ve been tracking Pochi-san’s activities using her Web site.
Lately, she seems to have begun performing at local neighborhood clubs.

p10: ===============================
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NYOHHH!
Wah!!

But me said me’d pahfohm with her?!
And with me, she’d zoom wight into the big weagues!

So why’s she so fwixated on dat bohing wittle band?!
Fnyohhh!!

Umm… Michael-san…?

She’ll pay…

Huh?

p11: ===============================
She’ll pay
for making a fool outta me!!

p12: ===============================
[note is already in English obviously]

*Sigh*

I can’t believe it’s come to this…

p13: ===============================
[TL/N: As always, angle brackets == spoken in English]
<<Ageha, >>
<<there’s a letter for you. >>

Huh?
It’s from the music store owner…

She’s the one who gave me the ticket to come to New York,
[sfx]: Flip open
so maybe she’s sent me the ticket home?

Hey, Ageha. Doing well? The orphanage there took care of me, long ago.
/ Give my regards to the caretaker.
Oh, and I don’t know how much money you brought with you,
/ but at least earn enough money with your guitar for the flight back home. Take care!!
[note: the letter in the background has the same text as the boxes]

p14: ===============================
Huh…? Bwuh??
[insert]: How much is the plane ticket?!

<<Given that, you should get to work already.>>

………..

*Sigh*…

Just 300 yen and change,
after a full day?

How many years is it going to take me
to make it home?!

p15: ===============================
[sfx]: Shrieks x2

*Sigh*.

Ageha!!
[sfx]: Climb…
?!

p16: ===============================
Do well?

Huh? You speak Japanese?

Hey!
/ I is Jane!
[sfx]: Jump

Wow! This is great. Not being able to talk to anyone had me feeling so uncomfortable.
/ Nice to meet you, Jane!

Play guitar today?

I’m a little tired, so maybe I’ll skip today.

p17: ===============================
Ageha, you gathering money playing guitar?
Oh.
/ W-Well, yeah. Not that I’m making much.

I know good place!
Place where went
/ with people from here!

…Huh?
Where’s that?

[sfx]: Chirp chirp

Jane,
wait up!!
[sfx]: Run

p18: ===============================
Ageha, is here!!

Here…?

[sfx]: Step x2

[sfx]: Creak

p19: ===============================
<<Oh my…>>

<<Ms. Mary!!>>

<<Jane!!>>
<<How have you been? It’s been so long.>>
[sfx]: Glomp

p20: ===============================
<<Guess what? Another Japanese guitarist showed up at our orphanage! And you see…>>

[[Horizontal lines of text here are garbage]]
……

What are they talking about in English…?
[sfx]: Fidgeting / Glancing about

p21: ===============================
Can I really perform here…?

<<I heard your story.>>
<<You want to play the guitar?>>

Huh?

She asked, you play guitar?
H-Hai! <<Yes!>>

<<We get a good number of people in here every night, so you’ll have better luck here than on the roadside.>>
<<However…>>

[[text here is Japanese gibberish]]
[insert]: Okay, okay.

p22: ===============================
<<If you play here,>>
<<you’ll only be allowed to play certain tunes!>>

<<Every band that performs here plays under that condition.>>
<<Do you still want to play?!>>

p23: ===============================
<<Oh, also, your pay is what the customers give you in tips.>>
[sfx]: Exhale
-------…

--------is what she said.

Huh?! Every band has to play the same pieces?!

……..

Do I play here,
and test my mettle?!