Kiseki no Kakera 1

Translation For: Kiseki no Kakera
Chapter 1 - Fragment of a miracle

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0002
Right page
Fragments of a Miracle
Sunset drops
Timetable

Left page
1st paragraph
If I'd known earlier the words I shouldn’t have said,
the words I didn’t want to hear,
-----
and also,
the words I wanted to say…
-------
We are always so stupid to bump into each other
brushing each other and passing.
--------
But I know,
once in a while, miracle-like moments will come to pass------

0004
Left page
*beep* x4
Kieko - Mum ...!
Kieko - what is it?
Mother - Kaoru...
Mother - Go look for the fragments of a miracle ...

0005
Right page
*rattle*
Guy - Keiko,
Guy - what about mum ...!
% A few days before the summer vacation began,%
% mother died.%
% Only her last words remains at my side.%
Paper - Furuya Kaoru
Kieko - Hm... From the address I found in her possessions, / the place should be around here...

Left page
*thump*
*bump* <bigger sfx>
Kieko - Wa!
Kieko - -----Oh, / sorry.
Kaoru - No, I'm sorry
Kaoru’s mother - Kaoru, / where are you going?
*gasp*

0006
Right page
Kaoru’s mother- Are you going to work again? / Even if you don't go you...
Kaoru - It's because I want to accumulate my social experiences, Mum.
Kaoru - Then I'll be going.
%Our deceased mother, / was the person father remarried 10 years ago.%
% I have heard a little %
% about the time before she became my mum.%
% Long ago, she fell for a married man, and even had his son.%
% After that, the child was brought up by the other party.%

Left page
% And,%
% the child's name is Kaoru.%
Kieko - I was startled for a moment, Kaoru was actually a guy.
%Still, if I compare this,%
% I never thought Kaoru and Mum were so alike%
% Yes, he is Mum's biological son%
*turn*
Kaoru - About that... are you looking for me?
Kaoru - You have been continuously following me since just now, right?

0007
Right page
Kieko - Ah...
Kieko - Well...
Kaoru - Only employees are allowed to enter here
Kieko - [Ah] That... that,...
Kieko - You,
Kieko - Do you know what is the fragments of a miracle?
Kaoru - What?
Kaoru - Sorry, I don't have much interest in religion.
Kieko- No, that /... I don't mean that...[ Wait a minute!]

Left page
Kaoru - [What?]
Kieko - That...
Kieko - I want to work here! [It's like this.]
% ---Kaoru, go find Fragments of Miracle ---%
%That sentence may have just been nonsense, / the truth is, she had almost lost consciousness.%
% But,%
%Because I heard that sentence,%
% I feel that I must convey it.%
% Tell “Kaoru” ...%
% Her last sentence--------%

0008
Right page
Bubble - --------Which means,
Bubble - This is Onouchi Keiko who will be starting work here today.
Keiko - Please advise me
%...First,%
%I have to find out things which are related to Kaoru%
% Then, I'll think of a way to convey the message.%
Guy - If you have any questions, feel free to ask Furuya, / he is our expert here. (or he is very experienced)
Kieko - Please advise me) / I'm very sorry about yesterday.
Guy - What? Furuya, do you know each other?
Kaoru - No, yesterday she called me, wanting to persuade me to join some religious group.
Kieko - Sorry already! I said I made a mistake!
Guy - Don’t pretend. Your target is Furuya-------
Keiko - What...!

Left page
[He didn’t change one bit. I really feel welcomed ~~]
Keiko - That...
Keiko - It’s not like this.
Kaoru - I don’t mind.
Kaoru - As long as you can concentrate on your work.
% What?!%
Keiko - I said I made a mistake
%What’s his problem, the jerk!?%
Girl - Don’t be angry, Onouchi / because many girls come here for Furuya. [So he is always very precautious]

0009
Right page
Girl - No matter how you say it, he is the heroic figure in the famous school./ And is also a future doctor
Kieko - So it’s like that?
Girl - Yes!/ Isn’t there a large hospital on the hill, / he is the son of the hospital’s chairman.
Girl - And he is also has demeanour (or spirit)
Kieko - Wow...
Girl - But because his personality is very callous (or unkind) /, no one could get to him
%... Hm...%
% It’s like he is a %
% very famous pampered son.%
Kieko - But that is called having demeanour(or spirit)?
% As I expected, he really doesn’t know...%

Left page
% About stuff related to Mum-------%
Kaoru - What are you staring at?
Kaoru - Do it quickly.
% Still,%
% this jerk%
% is really insensitive!%
Kieko - I get it!
Kieko - Whatever heroic figure and being liked by everyone,/ you think you’re so remarkable?!
% Mum,%
%do you know Kaoru is this kind of person?%
% Nevertheless, I have my goal, I cannot back down!%
Kieko - Welcome
Kieko - Two seats for you?

0010
Right page
Kieko - Here’s your menu.
Kieko - Sorry to bother you, / please bring this to table 3
Kieko - Are you hurt? / Please wait a moment.
Guy - Well,
Guy - That girl is so efficient and dexterous, not bad
Kieko - It’s fine if I work hard right!
Kieko - I’m not boasting, but everyone is saying that I’m a person that deserves to be trusted!
Kieko - The number of customers have started to decrease.
* Yahahaha * - laughing
*Ahaha*(above the 2 boys) - laughing
Kieko - I’m sorry, / if you want to smoke, please move to the seats over there.

Left page
Guy - What? / Shouldn’t it be up to me to decide where I want to smoke?
Kieko - Sorry, smoking is prohibited here.
Guy - What? Are you ordering us?
Kieko- Drunkard.
Kieko - No, that’s not what I meant.
*splash*
Guy - You’re so noisy!
Kieko - What…!
*blush*
*Yahahaha * - laughing
Kieko - Wait a minute! You two ...

0011
Right page
Kaoru - Sorry,
Kaoru - Can you two please leave?
Guy - What? Do you know we are customers?
Kaoru - It’s obvious that you are “trouble-making customers”
Guy - [Ah] What! What did you say? You brat! / Do you want a beating?

Left page
Kaoru - I dare you to!
Guy - Hng! (or whatever)
Guy - Hey! / Let’s go!
Kaoru - Don’t care about those kind of customers
Kieko - Even if you say that...
Kaoru - When you meet up with those situations, just get the waiters to handle them.

0012
Right page
Kieko - … Thanks…
[Heh!]
Kieko - Wha… / What!
Kaoru - No… / you are really very strong, Onouchi
Kieko - What!? / I’m very sorry!
Kaoru - …No,
Kaoru - you’re fine like this too.
Kaoru - But you’d better be careful if this happens again.

Left page
Kieko - --- What about you, what would you have done if you had really been hit?
Kaoru - It’s no big deal, my home is a hospital,
Kaoru - I can get treatment immediately.
Kieko- That’s not this problem!
Kaoru - Is it?
%What’s his problem! The jerk...%
%He look even more like mum when you laugh%

0013
Right page
At the side
%It must be because of this…%
%That I suddenly feel flustered--------%
Guy - Oh, Onouchi you really helped me in such a big matter,/ Thanks for arranging so many shifts.
Kieko - Haha, / that｡ｯs because I｡ｯm free.
Kaoru - You must really be free this summer vacation.
Kieko - Isn’t it the same for you!
Kieko - To fit Furuya’s working hours, I ended up almost having to take shifts every day.
Kieko - Actually I don’t mind,
Kieko - Anyway, I don’t plan to play this summer vacation.
Kaoru- Onouchi.
Kaoru - Do you want to eat?
Kieko - Ah… are we allowed to do this?
Kaoru - With all the work we have done, we deserve this.

Left page
[ Welcome.]
[A table for two?]
Kieko - It seems like there are many customers today.
Kaoru - Ah, it’s because there is a fireworks gathering
Kieko - Oh-----
Kieko - Ah, customers.
[Welcome---]
Girl - Kei----ko----!?
Girl - What are you doing here?
Kieko - Ah…
Kieko - Um… / working…
Friends - Working ~~~~~~?
Kieko - I should be asking you, why are you here｡ｭ
Friends - Oh, it’s because there are fireworks today.
Friends - Anyway, we didn't expect you to be working｡ｭ
Friends - Ah? Didn’t aunty pass away not long ago?

0014
Right page
Kieko - Ah
Kieko - Because there were some things｡ｭ
Kieko - Let me see to you first.
Kaoru - Hey,
Kaoru - What were you talking about just now?
Kaoru - Did someone pass away?
Kieko - My mother passed away two Sundays ago.
Kaoru - Eh…?
Kaoru - Then shouldn’t now be your mourning period?
Kieko - It doesn’t matter, don’t worry.

Left page
Kieko - It doesn’t matter,
Kieko - since,
Kieko - she isn’t / my biological mother anyways.
Kieko - I, / maybe I’m too indifferent
%”You’re not even my biological mother----”%
Kieko - Before she died, we quarrelled and we didn’t even make up.

0015
Right page
Kieko - It was only about some boring <menial> stuff, / like she interrupted when I was talking to my friends…
Kieko - It really is a small matter.
% Even later,%
%I still didn’t get to apologize.%
Kieko - So,
Kieko - it’s fine.
% I…%
%What exactly am I saying?%

Left page
Kaoru - Is not being related by blood that important?

0016
Right page
% “Kaoru,%
%Go find Fragments of Miracle.”%
% “Kaoru ---------“%
Kieko - These words,
Kieko - I don’t want to hear them from you…!

Left page
Kaoru - Ah…Then…
Shouting - Hey---- What are you doing--- You two!
Kieko - Sorry, I’m going over now.
%Mum,%
% What is the fragments of a miracle?%

0017
Right page
% I don’t even have a clue-----%
*creak*
Kieko - Today was so tiring.
Kieko - Furuya…
Kaoru - ...I’m very sorry,
Kaoru - about what happened in today. <during the day>

Left page
Kieko - Ah... / Um.
Kieko - Me too… / My attitude wasn’t that good either…
Kieko - Sorry…
Kieko - He apologized so frankly, I still feel…
*bang* x3
Kieko - Fireworks?
Kaoru - I think it has started.

0018
Right page
Kaoru - Over here, Onouchi.
*bang*
Kieko - Wow--- It can even be seen from over here------
Kieko - Even though it’s far.
Kaoru - So simple and crude.
Kieko - So beautiful!
Kieko - What~~~~~ You’re not cute at all! [It’s so beautiful!]
Kaoru - How can it be, obviously it’s the result of cutting their budget!
[What! You’re too much!]

Left page
[ It’s the truth.]
%Ah,/ He’s smiling.%
% For the first time today.%
Kieko - ---Ah, is that the hospital the Furuya family started? [It’s on the hill]
Kaoru - Ahh, yes.
Kieko - Wow-------, it’s so big.
Kaoru - ----About that,
Kaoru - what happened during the day,
Kaoru - maybe I was saying that sentence to myself…
% “Is not being related by blood that important?”%

0019
Right page
Kaoru - Me too…
Kaoru - I don’t have any blood relation with my mother.
% So he knew? / Furuya…%

Left page
Kaoru - Even though no one told me, but I realized when I was in the mainland.
Kaoru - I am dad’s extra marital child,
Kaoru - It seems like he raised me because he had no children.
Kaoru - Though not long after, my brother was born.
Kieko - …Is this… / the reason you came out to work…? / Because it’s very hard to stay at home…
Kaoru - No,
Kaoru - But I think my brother should inherit the hospital, / it’s easier for them to act normally if I’m not around.
% Furuya,%
% said it as if he was analyzing the situation%
Kieko - -----Hey,
Kieko - Since it’s like this,
Kieko - About stuff related to your biological mother… / Will you mind?

0020
Right page
Kaoru- I wouldn’t,
Kaoru - I already have Harumi
% Furuya,%
% After knowing the truth,%
% up till now,%
% What did he think of to get this far?%
% Unlike the Kaoru I thought he was, everything he went through and thought of.%

Left page
%Tiny fireworks,%
% Shine upon his words.%
Kaoru - Good morning.
Kaoru - Weird? / Isn’t Furuya here yet?

0021
Right page
Kieko - He’s sleeping.
*blink*
Kieko - Ah!
Kieko - That…
Kaoru - Good morning.

Left page
Kieko - Hi,
Kieko - Good morning.
Kieko- Hey---!
% Why?%
% When I look at Furuya’s face now, I don’t feel that it looks like mums.%
% On the contrary, my heart got rid of that feeling…%
%Why is that-------?%
Kieko - [Ah!] A slight fever…
Kieko - What should I do, would it be better to take leave?

0022
Right page
Kieko - I don’t care, / I want to go!
Guy - Ah----- it’s raining.
Girl - What! I didn’t bring an umbrella!
*crash*
Girl - Are you ok?
Kieko - Sorry, I accidentally knocked into you.
Guy - You’re always in a daze.
Kieko - But I fell down by accident!
Kieko - Ah----I think my fever became more serious?
*slam*
Guy - Hey!
Shouting - Ah--- Onouchi!
Kieko - In the end, / I still left early…
Arrow - [borrowed]

Left page
Kaoru - I’ll see you to the bus stop.
*appear*
Kieko - Ah… Never mind
Kaoru -Since there are not many customers on rainy days, and the supervisor also said I can.
Kaoru - Let’s go.
Kieko - Thanks…
Kaoru - Yeah…

0023
Right page
Kaoru - I’m not scolding you, but…
Kaoru - You should have said so earlier if you weren’t feeling well!
Kieko - I’m sorry…
Kaoru - You’re often too strong in weird aspects.
Kaoru - You had a cold since this morning right? / Then take leave, / if not, dragging your sickness will…
Kieko - But,
Kieko - Furuya is here!

Left page
Kieko - It’s just that…
Kieko - Furuya will be in a difficult position
Kieko - If a group of people from the same shift suddenly takes leave,
Kaoru- Yeah…
*drip* x2


0024
Right page
*drip*
%So it’s like that…%
% I…%
% I came only to meet Furuya.%
%Just---%
% Wanting to see him.%


Left page
Kieko - Thanks.
Kaoru - You sure you’re fine?
Kieko - Yeah.
Announcement - The train is arriving.
*rattle* x4
Kieko - Bye.

0025
Right page
*rattle*x3

Left page
*rattle x2*
Kieko - …The cold…/ is contagious.
Kaoru - It doesn’t matter.
Kaoru - You’ll get better faster if it spreads to someone.
Kieko - ...What will happen if Furuya comes down with it?
Kaoru - It doesn’t matter, my family’s hospital will help me see to it.

0026
Right page
Kieko - Is that so?
*chatter* x2
*train call----*
*rattle*

Left page
%It seems…%
%as if I’m dreaming.%

0027
Right page
Guy - Ah…
Guy - Onouchi, is your cold better?
Kieko - Yes, all thanks to your blessings.
*heart thump*
Kieko - Good good good good morning.
Kaoru - Are you feeling better?
Kieko - Yeah.
Kieko - What about Furuya?
Kieko - Are you fine?
Kaoru - …Yeah.

Left page
Kaoru - …Ah---
Kaoru - This, / the supervisor gave this to me just now.
Kaoru - Since neither of us have a shift tomorrow…
Kaoru - Do you want to go?
Kieko - …yeah.
% This is-----…%
% This is…%
%This is…%
% a date!%

0028
Right page
%If I think back,%
%Before this,%
%That kiss was------%
Kieko - The white dress is still better.
Kieko - Wait---…/ I think I sent that piece for dry cleaning…
*thud thud* x2

Left page
%Will it matter?%
% I will tell him the truth after a while.%
% Only a short while, I still want…%
% I want to stay at your side,%
%As a colleague-----%
Kaoru - Mum, I’m going out tomorrow.
Kaoru’s mother - Is that so?
Kaoru’s mother - ------Oh, ok.
Kaoru - What is it?
Kaoru’s mother - Your dad wants to check some documents in the house.
Kaoru - Then I’ll go and find them?
Kaoru’s mother -It’s the yellow folder placed on the table.
*door opening*
Kaoru - The folders are placed everywhere again.

0029
Right page
Kaoru - Onouchi…?
%” My mother died 2 Sundays ago.”%

Left page
Kaoru - ------You got to know me because you already knew about my affairs.
Kaoru - In other words, your deceased mother, / is my biological mother?

0030
Right page
Kaoru - Why?
Kieko - The last person mum called was you!
Kieko - “Kaoru,”
Kieko - “Go find the fragments of a miracle.”
Kieko - I’m here, / to tell you her last words.

Left page
Kaoru - What does it matter?
Kaoru - I don’t understand it at all…
Kaoru - Strange words said by someone I have never even met, / I don’t even want to know!
Kaoru -You’re such a busybody!
Kieko - But, mum shouted your name!

0031
Right page
Kieko -And not my name…!
Kieko - Sorry…
Kieko - But I have already told you her message.

Left page
Kieko - From now on,
Kieko - I will never appear in front of you again.
Kieko - Sorry.
% ------That’s right%
% It’s not because,%
%of things like,%
%”I have to pass on her last words”%
% I’m just,%
% very angry…%
% very annoyed…%
% At that time,%
%It’s like someone saying “You are not my real child”.%
%That’s why I wanted to know what type of person “Kaoru” was.%

0032
Right page
%I was just,%
% So stupid.%
% How could I… Fall for him…
% - just like that-------%

Left page
Girl - Ah? Supervisor, / did Onouchi resigned?
Guy - Yesterday she called and said her family had problems, so she couldn’t continue working.
% Immediately%

0033
Right page
% Summer is going to end------%
% If,%
%We met accicidentally,%
% Would it have made a difference?%
%Or will we never meet each other again?%
% Mum.%

Left page
% Why did you leave those words?%
*flop*
Kieko - What, so I had this little homework!
Kieko - It’s so boring.
% Furuya,%
% What is he doing now?%
*Ding dong---* - Bell ringing
Kieko - ---Hello?

0034
Right page
*clatter* x2
*slam*
Kieko - Wh… / Why?
Kaoru - I asked supervisor for your address.
Kieko - …not about that,
Kieko - why are you…
Kaoru - I feel…
Kaoru - I should at least pay my respects…

Left page
Kieko - Please… / Please come in…
Kieko - What’s wrong?
Kaoru - … Know.
Kieko - Eh?
Kaoru - I recognize that person.

0035
Right page
Kieko - Eh...?
Kaoru - ---When I was young, / I often went to play at some playground.
Kaoru - Sometimes I would meet her there.
Kaoru - I…/ Originally, I thought she was the mother of a child there…
Kieko - So…/ Mum went there specially just to see you…
Kaoru - I don’t know
%It must have been like that.%
Kaoru - ----Ah,
Kaoru - The fragments of a miracle is….

Left page
Kieko - Ah…/ Wh…what?!
Kaoru - …Ah…/ I have talked to her once there.
*flap*
Young Kaoru - Auntie, / You dropped this.
Keiko’s mother - Ah…
Keiko’s mother - ---Yes.
Keiko’s mother - …Thank you. / This thing is very important to me.
Young Kaoru - Ah----- / But this looks only like a piece of paper.
Keiko’s mother - Well this,
Keiko’s mother - Is a connection of fragments of a miracle.
Young Kaoru - What? / Miracle?
Young Kaoru - What is that? Is Auntie a religious person?
Keiko’s mother - …For example, / Do you have anyone that is important to you?
Young Kaoru - Ah------ / I know!
Young Kaoru - My little brother! / He’s a new born and is very small.

0036
Right page
Keiko’s mother - Just like this,
Keiko’s mother - In such a large crowd of people, who each has his own life, / Where everyone can communicate with each other, it is like a miracle.
Keiko’s mother - Whether it’s family,
Keiko’s mother - Friends, / Or strangers
Keiko’s mother - So, if the feeling you get from someone is important to you,
Keiko’s mother -it is also a fragment of a miracle.
Young Kaoru - I don’t understand at all.
Keiko’s mother - Maybe, / But you must remember this.
Keiko’s mother - These fragments are scattered in many different places.
Keiko’s mother - Don’t miss them,
Keiko’s mother -Go find the fragments of a miracle----
Kaoru - …right, / since then, I have never seen her again.

Left page
%” Go find the fragments of a miracle------“%
Kieko - Those were her final words
Kieko - Mum, / must have remembered that time.
Kieko - Ah…
Kieko - What happened after that… / What was the piece of paper mum was holding?
Kaoru - …wait,
Kaoru - that---…
Kaoru - I think it was a letter
Kaoru - Clamped between a red colored book
Kieko - I remember there should be a box specialized for putting our ancestor’s treasures!
Kaoru - This, / Can I open it?

0037
Right page
Kieko - Furuya! / This? / Is it this?
Kaoru - [I can’t tell---] Let me see its content.
*flip*
Kaoru -This is!
Kieko - She lied…
Kieko - This is…

Left page
% Fragments of a miracle refer to-------%
Kieko- She lied…
%The letter I wrote to her ten years ago.%

Letter
My dearest Mother
Mother, my previous mother died long ago, because of illness, so I cannot remember her. I am very sad, so being able to have another mother, I am very happy.
Even though I have not called you mother before, I have asked father, he says I can, so I want to can you mother, can I?
Last to lines
Asahi school First year fifth class
Onouchi Keiko

0038
Right page
Kieko - She lied…
Kieko-Mum---
Kieko - Why would
Kieko - this type of thing happen…/ only now…
Kieko - What do I do…
Kieko - I… / have said so many overboard things to mum…
Kaoru - It doesn’t matter.

Left page
Kaoru - Because, you like mother a lot right?
Kaoru - She definitely will understand.
Kaoru - Because even I can understand.
Kaoru - You specially came to look for me, / And even worked like a fool.
Kaoru - All because if you didn’t, you would feel bad.
Kaoru - You feel upset,

0039
Right page
Kaoru - Because you love her.

Left page
%I always…%

0040
Right page
% I always / always,%
%Wanted to cry.%
% But, so many things happened, / I didn’t know what I should cry for,%
%So I didn’t cry.%
%In fact,%
% It’s just,%
%I was very sad, that mum isn’t alive anymore.%

Left page
% Furuya’s arm was very warm%
%After a long time, my tears still couldn’t stop.%
Kaoru - Can I ask you something?
Kaoru - What type of person was mother?
Kieko - Eh, … a very hardworking, yet very capable person.
Kieko - Sometimes, because she worries, she can become a little naggy.
Kaoru - …Can I say something?

0041
Right page
Kaoru - You two are exactly the same!
Kieko - Lie, / Liar~~~
Kaoru - You two are really similar. / Right, hiding your status and getting close to me is also very similar.
Kieko - Ah~~~~~~! I still feel, / like I got hit by your words.
Kaoru - Why?
Kaoru - I really like, / These aspects of you.

Left page
% To us,%
%Other than just our blood relationship stuff,
There are still many things that connect us%
Kieko - What…
Kieko - Eh…
Kaoru - Can’t you hear it?
Kaoru - I’m confessing to you.

0042
Right page
% Because, having a heart and body that can be felt like this,
having thoughts and feelings that can be passed on like this,
%Having %
% a feeling that you love someone deeply like this%
Kieko - Me too,
Kieko - I also like you!

Left page
% Now, put together,%
% it is a fragment of a miracle.
% <Fragments of a miracle> *End%