Josei Danshi 24

Josei Danshi 24


p1: ===============================
Every band…
plays the same pieces?!
24th: Be My…

…….

p2: ===============================
[TL/N: As always, angle brackets == spoken in English]
<<Will you perform in my bar? Or not?>>

----…I’ll do it!!
Please, let me play!!

[sfx]: Chatter

p3: ===============================
<<We have different people perform here every night. Tonight, it’s John and Billy.>>
<<They have a pretty good rep around here.>>

[[Japanese gibberish]]
Wow.

[sfx]: Plop
Wah!

<<Those are the tunes played here. I guess you could call them my bar’s image songs.>>

[sfx]: Strum x2

p4: ===============================
<<Here they go. Listen close.>>

I like this song!!
/ Is gentle, and make me feel happy.
Yeah, it does.

It really is a nice piece, and has a pleasant melody.
Everyone’s having a good time listening to them play.

p5: ===============================
[sfx]: Strum

[sfx]: Clap x4

[sfx]: Clap x3

[sfx]: Clap x3

p6: ===============================
[sfx]: Pat

<<You’ll be performing on Tuesdays and Thursdays!>>
<<Get lots of practice in before your first night here!!>>

Y-
/ Yes, ma’am!!

[sfx]: Strum…

[insert]: Mnah…
[insert]: Zzz…

p7: ===============================
It made for a good lullaby for all of them,
maybe because it’s such a gentle piece.

However…

[sfx]: Rustle

When the two of them played it at the bar, it felt different somehow.
Was it because they were a duo? When I play, it doesn’t feel as profound, or…

But I’m pretty sure I’m playing what’s written on the score…
[sfx]: Jang

p8: ===============================
[sfx]: Bustling

[sfx]: Cheers

[sfx]: Nervous

<<I heard we’ve got a new performer tonight.>>
<<So she’s a young Asian girl.>>

[sfx]: Slowly

p9: ===============================
Each of my customers has a good ear for music, so do a good job up there!
[sfx]: Bathump

I have to make sure I don’t screw up,
or make any mistakes…

[sfx]: Inhale…
--…
Okay…!
[sfx]: Firmly

[sfx]: Strum

p10: ===============================
[[text here is English gibberish]]
[sfx]: Murmurs

Huh…?
[sfx]: Murmurs
[[text here is English gibberish]]

No one’s listening…?!

[sfx]: Bathump x2

p11: ===============================
[insert]: Ah hah hah hah hah.

[sfx]: Glance x2

[sfx]: Chatter

Why… Why isn’t anyone..
listening to me play?!
[sfx]: Glump x2

[sfx]: Jang

p12: ===============================
[sfx]: Tottering

In the end, I received no tips at all…

[sfx]: Shake x2

Maybe I didn’t practice enough?!! Next time, I’ll make sure to practice lots more first!!
Besides, it looked like there were a lot of regulars, so maybe it’s important to get yourself known?

p13: ===============================
---However…

Next Thursday

Next Tuesday

And the Thursday after that…

[sfx]: Empty…

It’s empty?
Why?!

The two people I heard the first time…
[sfx]: Hah!

p14: ===============================
What do the others have
that I don’t?

[sfx]: Rustle x2

[sfx]: Pop

There’s about four thousand yen…

Okay…!!
Until I run out of money, I’ll focus on listening to other people play!!

p15: ===============================
[sfx]: Chatter

Thanks for coming with me, Jane.
Is fine. I like here.

Oh, Ms. Mary!!

[sfx]: Tap
Oh,
/ orange juice!

Oh, I’ll pay. How much is it?!
<<It’s on the house. You seem to be having a rough time, so try to learn something from the others!>>

Said no need money,
/ that you listen close to songs.

Thank you very much!!

p16: ===============================
Oh, she’s started.

[sfx]: Strum

!!

Good song, yes?
It’s different…

Huh?
It’s completely different…!
[sfx]: Bathump x2

p17: ===============================
It’s the same song, but it sounds completely different!!

[sfx]: Pwah…

<<I wonder if she’s figured it out yet.>>

p18: ===============================
[sfx]: Bathump x2

[sfx]: Strum

[sfx]: Clap x3

The next day

It’s the same with them…!!

And the day after that

And him!!

p19: ===============================
There’s more to music than just playing the notes…!!

Yeah. It’s like when I was playing before all the kids,
when it felt like the music was alive!!

What I’m missing is…

p20: ===============================
Tuesday

[sfx]: Chatter

<<Oh, guess this was the wrong day to come.>>
<<What’s wrong?>>

<<The show.>>

<<That girl, the Asian newcomer, she doesn’t play very well.>>

<<Really? Wanna come back some other night?>>
<We could. But for starters, I’m at least finishing this beer.>>

p21: ===============================
[sfx]: Strum

!!
[sfx]: Stir

[sfx]: Stir x2

?!

p22: ===============================
<<Huh? She sounds pretty good to me.>>
<<Bwuh? That’s weird…>>

What I was missing…

was originality!!

p23: ===============================
Let this be more than just some song…

Be my sound!!

Today is August 27th.

Ageha currently has 4,280 yen. The ticket home costs 78,000.
Fourteen days remain until the concert tryouts.