Nanoha Yougashiten no Ii Shigoto 1

Nanoha Yougashiten no Ii Shigoto 1 //The Quality Work of Pâtisserie Nanoha
//Translating this chapter was pretty much because of three reasons:
//1) I liked Kaminomi
//2) I liked the previous bakery oneshot by Wakaki (which is almost completely unrelated to this series)
//3) Someone asked me to and I had time
//But I didn't really love it, it's just ok (ch2 was slightly better though)
//idk if I'll keep translating it regularly or even continue translating it at all but for now, I hope you enjoy this

cover

p1
Top Text: Tamiki Wakaki Presents
Blue Text: Lead color pages A total of 37 pages
Circles: Renewal Opening
Taimu: Seiji-kun,
Taimu: We just don't get any customers---
Text left: The stage for Wakaki Tamiki's new serialization is a Pâtisserie at the top of the hill!!!
Seiji: Taimu-niisan, //or Time, I went with Taimu as it's written as 大夢 which means "big dreams" and has nothing to do with Time XD
Papers: 100 yen discount coupon
Seiji: Have customers ever come to our shop?
Seiji: Paseriiiii!! Where did you go? //or Parsley, in this case you could actually use Parsley as his name is written in hiragana
Seiji: Is he playing with Sachiko-san...?
Taimu: Seiji-kun, we'll definitely get some customers today!!
Taimu: Because today is...
Taimu: Ladies day!!
Sign: Ladies Day 300 yen discount on all products
Circle: Sunday's Strongest 55 new Serialization Number 55
Le travail de qualité de la pâtisserie Nanoha
Nanoha Yougashiten no Ii Shigoto

p2-3
Top text: Just one year after "Kaminomi"!! A comedy in a Pâtisserie at the top of the hill begins!!
Top Circle: The diligent coupon maniac and second son - Seiji
Middle Circle: The nightmarish genius chef and eldest son - Taimu
Bottom circle: The angelic third son - Paseri
Text(right): If you go up that hill, three brothers will receive you. Welcome to "Pâtisserie Nanoha", we'll serve you the most delicious cakes!
Recette 1 The Strawberry Shortcake and the Three Brothers at the Top of the Hill
Le travail de qualité de la pâtisserie Nanoha
Nanoha Yougashiten no Ii Shigoto
Small Brown Text: The super popular 25 volumes of "Kami nomizo Shiru Sekai" are on sale!!
Tamaki Wakaki Presents

p4
Box: Hello everyone!!
Box: This is Harutsumi Ichigo's Strawberry Blog!!
Box: Harutsumi Ichigo A.K.A. Kiyamachi Ichigo(16)
Box: I'm on a terrible mood today!!
Box: I mean, something really bad happened at school today!!
Square: A sweeeeet manga that will make you forget about all the bad things is about to begin (music note)!!
Box: It's precisely on those times when I eat sweets!!
Box: If I eat a cake my feelings will reset in a flash!!
Box: Because I'm always 100% cheerful!!
Box: So, look forward to my sweets report!!

p5
Ichigo(thinks): That's the kind of blog entry I wanted to write......
Ichigo(thinks): But all the shops are closed!!
Ichigo(thinks): Why are all the shops in this town closed on Wednesdays!?
Ichigo(thinks): Gosh!! I can't get 100% cheerful like this!!
Ichigo(thinks): Maybe I should take a tour to the neighboring town...
Ichigo(thinks): That's it!! This sweets fever won't stop once it began.
Ichigo(thinks): I'll go to the next station!!
Ichigo(thinks): And!! I'll walk to it!! (To diet a bit too)
Ichigo(thinks): Hm!?
Ichigo(thinks): This is...

p6
Ichigo(thinks): P...Pâtisserie Nanohana...? //this isn't a typo, it's read "Nanoha" but the kanji for "ha" can be read "hana" which is the mistake she makes
Ichigo(thinks): There was a bakery up here...
Ichigo(thinks): And today is ladies day
Ichigo(thinks): All the products have a 300 yen discount!?

p7
Box: A 300 yen discount on all products would mean...
Box: That a 400 yen cake would be just 100 yen, you know!?
Ichigo's sd: I guess it's some kind of mistake
Box: That's kind of worrying so minus one point!!
Ichigo: I'm a strict blogger!!
Box: Anyway, let's go in!!
Box: Current Grade (2/3 stars)
Ichigo: Th-This hill is quite steep...
Ichigo: I won't forgive them if they're closed after all this!!

p8
Paseri: Sachiko-san, let's practice flying together.
Ichigo(thinks): What's with this kid...?
Paseri: !!
Paseri: Seiji-kuuuun, a customer came!!
Seiji: Alright, I've finished it!!

p9
Seiji: The bargain sales map
Seiji: For the Shopping district in front of Nagumo Station is complete!!
Seiji: I compiled the contents of the bargain sales of every shop in the shopping district in a single map!!
Seiji: It includes everything, from coupons to URLs!!
Seiji: This is the best...Why didn't I do it before...?
Box: Who's this comiket soldier-like boy...?
Seiji: !!
Seiji: A customer!?

p10
Seiji: W-
Seiji: Welcome!!
Ichigo: Are you open?
Seiji: We're open!!
Seiji: Please come inside!!
Seiji: Nii-san!! Taimu-niisan!!
Seiji: Where are youuuuu!!? We've got a customer!
Box: Oh, it's a family business...
Box: That's pretty nice!!
Box: And those two boys were cute!!
Box: (star) +2 points!!
Box: Current Grade (4/4 stars)

p11
Ichigo(thinks): This place sure is old...I wonder how long it's been running.
Ichigo(thinks): I've never heard of it, though...
Ichigo: But, you can't say the atmosphere is bad here.
Ichigo: Well then...Let's see what cakes they have.
Ichigo: Eh...?
Ichigo: They only have one kind of cake...?
Ichigo: !?
Ichigo: One crème brûlée...
Sign: Crème brûlée 1 for 70,000 yen
Ichigo: Costs 70,000 yen!?

p12
Taimu: Wow, Conan-kun sure is smart.
Taimu: Ah,
Taimu: Welcome.

p13
Taimu: Ah!!
Box: What!?
Taimu: Wasn't this kinda like the Nebuta festival?
Box: No, that's not the point!!
Box: He's a clerk!? Or worse, the chef!?
Ichigo's sd: What's with the wings!!
Box: Tobacco!?
Box: He has a cigarette in his mouth in a bakery!!
Box: This isn't a ramen restaurant!!
Box: This place is no good at all!! It gets -10,000 points!!
Box: Current Grade 4 - 10,000 = -9996(star)
Ichigo: U-Ummm.
Ichigo: There's only one kind of cake in the showcase...
Ichigo: Are the rest sold out?
Taimu: Nah, that's not quite it.

p14
Taimu: Truth is, I could only make brûlée today.
Ichigo: Why?
Taimu: I overslept.
Box: -20,000 points!!!!
Box: I really should go to the bakery in the next station!!
Box: But I just want to ask this one question!!
Ichigo: Anyway, that price!!
Ichigo: It's some kind of mistake, isn't it?
Ichigo: A crème brûlée for 70,000 yen...
Ichigo: Normally, even the expensive ones cost around 400 yen!!

p15
Taimu: That's a good question...
Taimu: There's a deep reason for this price tag.
Taimu: As you can see, this shop
Taimu: Is located on the top of a hill where no one comes.
Taimu: Our grandfather's generation was amazing, though.
Taimu: But now everyone's forgotten about us.
Ichigo: ?
Ichigo: Weren't we talking about the price?
Taimu: Now, that grandfather's three grandsons:
Taimu: The angelic youngest grandson, Paseri-kun,
Taimu: The reliable second grandson,
Taimu: Seiji-kun,
Taimu: And me, the genius pâtissier...
Taimu: The eldest grandson, Taimu-kun!!

p16
Taimu: Our parents are gone so the three of us run this shop.
Taimu: That's harder than you could imagine.
Taimu: The expenses that making the cakes involves, our living expenses, the school tuition...
Taimu: The sudden price increase of butter...The increasing number of sweets shops...
Taimu: The situation we live in
Taimu: Isn't sweet as cake!!
Taimu: According to Seiji-kun, this shop needs to earn at least 300,000 yen a month!!
Taimu: That's 70,000 yen a week!!
Taimu: Which is the reason for this price.
Ichigo: Don't try to earn one week worth of earnings with one cake!!

p17
Taimu: You're really lucky. Today is ladies day so it only costs 69,700 yen (star)
Ichigo: I don't want it!!
Taimu: However,
Taimu: This crème brûlée is delicious, you know?
Taimu: I
Taimu: Made it putting my life on the line.
Seiji: What are you joking around for!!?
Taimu: Ogh!!

p18
Seiji: Where on Earth can you find a shop with only one kind of cake!!?
Seiji: Make at least three different kinds!!
Taimu: But Sachiko-san laid only a few eggs today.
Seiji: They sell eggs in the supermarket!!
Taimu: The eggs sold at stores are from hens that are fed with food for fish.
Taimu: They smell like fish so I can't use them!!
Seiji: Even when I'm saving so much money!!
Seiji: Nii-san, you should work at least a bit!!
Taimu: Oh, Seiji-kun, that's it!
Taimu: I heard you've been hanging with the neighborhood's Mesdames and getting money from them.
Taimu: Even if we're poor you don't have to use your body as a weapon...
Seiji: Those are the ladies I make joint purchases of vegetables with!!

p19
Seiji: At least make some baked sweets!!
Taimu: I'm against violence!!
Ichigo: I'm going hooooome.
Seiji: Wait, please!!
Seiji: We'll make something for you!!
Seiji: Nii-san is really skilled!!
Taimu: Don't decide that by yourself.
Seiji: If there's something you want to eat please tell me!!
Ichigo: ......Cake.
Ichigo: A Strawberry Shortcake.
Ichigo: I want to eat a shortcake.

p20
Ichigo: When I'm depressed...
Ichigo: I always eat shortcake!!
Ichigo: Today
Ichigo: Was my birthday but...
Ichigo: In the whole day
Ichigo: No one at school said anything to me......
Taimu: Oh?
Taimu: You don't have any friends?
Ichigo: That doesn't matter now!!
Ichigo: It's nothing special anyway,
Ichigo: I'll be 100% cheerful if I eat some cake!!

p21
Taimu: They sell shortcakes in the convenience store over there. They cost 300 yen.
Ichigo: You idiooooot!!
Ichigo: Those aren't real cakes!!
Ichigo: Cakes are special!! They make people happy!!
Ichigo: A bakery should have a showcase with sparkling cakes and kind clerks,
Ichigo: It should be a place full with dreams!!
Ichigo: You guys just don't understand that!!
Ichigo: I'm going to destroy you in my blog!!
Seiji: Nii-san!!
Seiji: Are you ok with this!?

p22
Taimu: Jeez...I got it.
Taimu: Let's make it.
Taimu: You want a shortcake, right?
Seiji: Wow!! You're making it!?
Taimu: We're a pâtisserie, you know? Shortcakes aren't my specialty though.
Paseri: I want to see him make the cake.
Paseri: Let me see!!

p23
Taimu: Good grief, I feel bad for Sachiko-san.
Taimu: I'm going to use her eggs for such a simple cake.
Ichigo(thinks): ......!
Ichigo(thinks): Hmm...?

p24
Ichigo(thinks): Hmm? Is that the same guy from before!?
Ichigo(thinks): It's so beautiful...!!
Ichigo(thinks): That bowl...
Ichigo(thinks): Is shining!! Why!?

p25
Taimu: (music note)
Seiji: The batter nii-san makes shines!!
Seiji: That's just how meticulous he is!!
Ichigo: Stop lying. That doesn't make things shine!!
Seiji: I'm not lying!!
Seiji: Please wait on the table!!

p26
Taimu: Here, it's done!!
Taimu: Pâtisserie Nanoha Quality - Shortcake.
Taimu: Chantilly à la Fraise!! //Not really sure about the "Chantilly" since that's シャンティイ not just シャンティ but I couldn't find any other translation for it

p27
Ichigo: It's a
Ichigo: Shortcake!!
Ichigo: Wow, wooow, wooooow!
Ichigo: It's full of strawberries!!
Ichigo: I'm getting really fired up!!
Taimu: Only amateurs get fired up at this point.
SFX: *cough*
SFX: *cough*
Taimu: A cake
Taimu: Is all about slices!!
Saiji: Well, well...This is a nice slice, nii-san...
Taimu: All the layers are exactly 1cm wide.
Taimu: That's something a perfectionist like you would love, isn't it, Seiji-kun?
Ichigo(thinks): What's with them...?

p28
Ichigo(thinks): But it looks so good!!
Ichigo(thinks): Choosing this shop might have been a good idea...
Ichigo(thinks): I might
Ichigo(thinks): Really end the day with a smile!!
Taimu: Now,
Taimu: Go ahead!!

p29
Taimu: Oh goooosh!!
Taimu: It's deliciouuuuus!!

p30
Taimu: The smooth sponge is almost melting!!
Taimu: And the top and bottom layer of strawberries were made differently!!
Taimu: What!!? The strawberries on top of it are special!!?
Taimu: Each one of them has a different aroma!! Rose and lavender!!
Taimu: It's so playful!!
Taimu: It's fuuuull of the fun and excitement of a shortcake!!
Taimu: I've never eaten such a marvelous shortcake!!
Taimu: Ichigo is now 100% cheerful!!
Taimu: Now I may even genocide bears!!
Ichigo: Wait a second there!!
Ichigo: I'm supposed to say that!!

p31
Taimu: Phew, that was great. Let's eat the rest later.
Seiji: Nii-san!! Didn't you make it for her?
Seiji: Why did you make it?
Seiji: This isn't some gourmet manga---
Taimu: Cakes are dreams?
Taimu: Bakeries are full with happiness?
Taimu: That's ridiculous!!

p32
Taimu: Cakes are violence.
Taimu: They're power to beat down our stupid customers' tongues.
Taimu: My cakes have power.
Taimu: That's why this store needs no grace, dreams, or stories.
Taimu: People who want dreams should just go to the convenience store!!
Ichigo: Goodbye!!
Taimu: Ah, that's it, Ichigo-san...
Ichigo: What now!?

p33
Taimu: Have this crème brûlée.
Taimu: It won't sell anyway.
Taimu: I've melted the caramel again so dash back home and eat it.
Taimu: By the way, going to bakeries alone is a shortcut for a life of loneliness!!
Ichigo: Leave me alone!!
Ichigo: What's with that shop!!
Box: Ichigo's house
Ichigo: I'm in the right here!!
Ichigo: Why did he say that to me!!?
Box: Ichigo dresses plainly at home

p34
Ichigo: I don't need a crème brûlée!!
Ichigo: It doesn't even have strawberries!!
Ichigo: Throwing it away would be a waste so I'll eat it though!!
Ichigo: Waaaah!!

p35
Seiji: Nii-san!!
Seiji: Why did you do something that might ruin our reputation again!!?
Seiji: How many times do I have to tell you!!?
Taimu: Rest assured, Seiji-kun.
Taimu: I told you, cakes are violence.
Taimu: That crème brûlée is a bomb.
Ichigo: What's this!?
Ichigo: It's incredibly good!!!
Taimu: She must be getting destroyed by my brûlée right now.
Seiji: I wonder about that.

p36
Box: Pâtisserie Nanoha......
Box: Is this kind of shop.
Box: The eldest son, Nanoha Taimu, 20 years-old.
Box: The third son, Nanoha Paseri, 7 years-old.
Box: And me, the second son, Nanoha Seiji, 16 years-old.
Box: It's a Pâtisserie we three run on top of the hill.

p37
Box: Making this shop the best in to...No, in Japan
Box: Is my dream.
Taimu: Hmm, Seiji-kun, you were the main character?
Taimu: I thought Ichigo-san was the main character.
Seiji: Nii-san, just shut up!!
Text: Next time we have an extended total of 24 pages and baked madeleines (music note) Look forward to it!!
Seiji: She's wrote terrible things about us.
Box: Strawberry Blog
Screen: Pâtisserie Nanoha is the worst of all!! I'm never going there again!!
Taimu: Whaaaaat?