Chihayafuru 35

*Only for use by Lazy Ass Scans

tl by JinHea

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- Fukui Prefecture, Awara City
- Katsugi Books
Logo insert: 35th song

- The three books come to 1520yen.
- Ah, I don’t need a bag.
- I beg your pardon.

Magazine title: Weepy heaven
Magazine corner: November issue

- Thank you very much.
- See you.

Mag: November issue

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- Boring!
- Eh?
- Not enough flirting!!

- Your grandpa used to be called the Clint Eatwood of Awara City, so I’m really… / looking forward to seeing you turn into a CHARMER like him!
- I’d rather not be subjected to pressure to live up to an image built up by questionable magazines.
- Arata-kun! Arata-kun!

- Someday, this shop will be filled with charming ladies… / not middle-aged ones…
- My daughter missed out on buying the assigned reading for her high school…
- It’s a novel with the name of an animal in its title, but I can’t recall!! / even though I was told about it just this morning… / Do you have it!?

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- Our store has 12 novels with animal names in their title… / 8 are paperbacks…
- Eh?
- Among those, the one likely to be assigned reading in high schools is…

- “Sarumaru Genshikou”. [NB. Literally “Sarumaru’s phantasm journey”. Saru means ape.]
- Ah! Right, something like that!
- Manager, / innermost middle shelf, 3rd row down, 5th book from the right. Please bring it here.
- Don’t order your manager around!
- Whoa, it’s really here!

- You’re the only dependable one around. / Don’t you quit working here!
- Thank you very much.

- Don’t get ahead of yourself…
- Eh…

Paper slip: Julia strips!
Book below slip: Julia
Middle book: Fantasy / Matsuda Erika

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- Now then— what’re you gonna do? Huh?

- What’re you gonna do when you’re asked to recommend something of the small-breasted variety? / Well? Well?
- People who buy these kinds of books don’t ask clerks for help…
- Is that so? / I hear it plenty often.
- It’s to do with personal virture…

Cover: Ayase Chitose / [NB. Chitose = Millenium] First photo book

- Ah~~~! Nuh-uh, don’t do that to the merchandise! / Thank goodness it’s wrapped in vinyl.
- This is, you know— Ayase Chitose, you know---? / Chicks that start out as models don’t have enough sex appeal, you know—
Manager: I’d prefer her to be a bit more plump---
- Amazing! Amazing! Amazing!
- Chihaya’s big sis!!

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- They’re sisters after all. So alike…
- If she wasn’t made up, she’d be more…

- Ayase Chihaya

- Bam / bam
- So amusing!
- This is why I can’t give up the “show Arata-kun erotic books game”!

- Arata—
- Ah! / Mom!
- Mom!?
- I took care of the contract you asked me to. / what’s going on?

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- Ah! / So there really are people who don’t have cell phones in this day and age…!

- Why does it have to be this neon pink colour?
- Isn’t it cute? / I was chatting with the staff about how I actually wanted a girl!

- Now gimme the money.
- For the cell!
- Ah—

- Manager.
- Ah—

- It’s pay day today

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- Okay, I’m going. / Thanks for the hard work!
- Go on, be off with you!

- Manager-san… / Don’t you think Arata’s changed?
- Eh? / It’s nothing you need to be concerned over, mother!

- Ah! But he did say he wanted to reduce his shifts!
- What’m I gonna do!?
- You know, Arata…

- started playing…
- competitive Karuta again.

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- Ah!
- Murao-san!

Hard to make out the words but above 420: West Japan Company Lines
Beside 420: yen trip
Below 420: Children 210 yen
- Hand in ticket when alighting

- Huh? / Where are you going? / Today’s a practice day…
- Ahh… / Something’s come up, so…

- Eh? / That reminds me.
- The west japan qualifiers are going to be held at the end of the month…

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- Listen up.
- You just have to do your best.

- I’m a bit…
- tired.

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- Corporate body / National Karuta Association / Fukui Prefecture Karuta Association

- Guess I’m the first one here…

List: B-Level // 1st place / Nishida Yuusei // Runner-up / Mashima Taichi

- clack

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- Would you laugh at me for being impatient?

- But, far away…
First two names: Nishida Yuusei / Mashima Taichi
- my friends are doing their best.

- I aim to be the west japan representative at the Meijin qualifers.

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- Thank you very much.
- Thank you very much.
- All right, then. / We’ll have our 2nd match after a 15 minute break.

- Chihaya-chan, I’m off to the shops. You want anyth…
SFX: sigh—
Shirt: Karuta

Shirt: Karuta Club

- I can retreat 7 rows behind the match line when playing Kana-chan.
- Around the same number goes for when playing Desk-kun.

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- Meatbun-kun and Taichi are getting stronger.
- But, don’t be impatient.
- I’ll try retreating 3 rows.

SFX: fhhh---

- Three syllable breath.
- Four syllable breath.

- “Ha. Na.
- Sa”

- “Ha. Na.
- No”

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- “A. Ra.

- Shi”

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- The breath is important…
- and care is paramount. I know that.

- Still…

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SFX: huff

SFX: huff

- What do I need to do…

- for that left hand to disappear?

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- Apart from being fast, how…

Linked: That concentration…

- If she used even one tenths of that on her studies… / she would not be the 5th worst student in our year…
- Wah!

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- I heard from Mashima-kun about the Tournament in Kawaguchi City this Sunday.
- Ayase-san…

- I cannot allow you to participate.

- Wh… why, sensei? / The Yoshino Meet Tournament is the final one held right before the Meijin and Queen Tournaments, and…
- it’s the last chance for us to practice, so we all gotta go…!!
- The Monday after the tournament, what day is it?

- Sea day?

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- It’s the first day of the term tests! / Ayase-san, keep this up and you’ll be held back a year!
- bam
- Eh!? / For real?
- For real? You serious?

SFX: sigh…

- I know that you put your all into Karuta.
- But… / you still haven’t filled in your career form, have you?

- You have to start thinking about your future.

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- Queen
- East Japan Qualifiers
Chihaya: My future…
- Shinobu-chan
- food
- Yoshino Tournament
Box: map of what’s been on her mind lately
Arrow points at: my future
Box: first appearance
SFX: poof
- New daddy bear merchandise

- And on that note, this is your exclusive tutor.
- Please strictly teach her all the materials.

- I don’t wanna~~~ Desk-kun~~~
- Call me Komano-sensei.
Kana aside: So many failing marks…
- Ko… / Komano-sensei…

- Please provide me with your guidance…
- Meatbun-kun…
- I’m kinda failing maths and english… / just a bit / it ain’t pretty…

- So what about the Yoshino Meet Tournament? / Are we holding a study meet?

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- I’ll go.

- The Yoshino Meet Tournament is for A-Levels and B-Levels only anyway.
- I’ll go by myself.

- No club activities today?
- Then I’m off to Shiranami Meet.
- Hey, Mashima…

- I’ve been thinking of asking you this for a while… / you got runner-up at both the high school preliminaries and the Saitama tournament, didn’t you.
- Normally you’d be able advance to A-Level after achieving runner-up status twice. / How about you ask your coach?

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- Nah. / Shiranami Meet has just one requirement for rank advancement – get first place. I heard about it before.
Box: Different Karuta Meets have different policies.
- So yours is like that too! Strict, isn’t it! / We have the rule of first place advancement too, so everyone works their butts off…

- That’s why the other day… / when I went to tell them that I got first place…
- You’re awesome, Yuusei!!
- Finally, you’re an A-Level player!!
Arrow: Coach
- It’s thanks to my Coach and my senpai…

- Hbfft!

- Don’t get uppity!
- You so hated to lose when you were little. You returned…

- thanks to your friends.
- Aren’t I right!?

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- Since winning’s the only way, I’ll do it..

- I’m off.

- The Yoshino Meet Tournament…

- The last chance to enter this year’s…

- east japan qualifiers.

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- It’s too late to change your very brain at this point in time! / In any case, memorise like your life depends on it!
- Think of it as a match and remember it all!
- I’ll forget right away like that…

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- huff
- Made it through round 2!
- huff
- good!
- I feel like today is… / going well.
- huff
- Starting from the 3rd round, matches are held in the big hall together with the A-Level ones. Finally!

- Eyelashes-kun!

- You’re winning your way up!
- How is it going for you, Harada-sensei?
Aside: My floor cushion
- I’m winning! Obviously! / I’m going all out today!

- Lots of strong A-Level players aiming to play in the Meijin Tournament participate in the Yoshino Meet Tournament.
- There are players from Kansai and Kyushu too. / It’s a good chance to test my abilities.

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- They’re aiming for the Meijin Tournament…
- all the A-Level players…

- I’m the same.
- Oh, that’s right. Have you seen him yet?

- Eh?

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- scritch scritch [ad infinitum for the bubbles in this panel]

- …hey… / Isn’t Ayase taking her time…
- scritch scritch scritch
- in the bathroom…?

- It’s gotta be number two! / Or maybe she’s sleeping.
SFX: chala-la— chala-la—
Arrow above panel: Theme song of rocky

- I forgot to set it on vibrate…

- Ah!
Cell: Komano-sensei I’m sorry. I’m going to cheer on Taichi. / Chihaya
- That girllll!
- <continued in volume 7>

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- Extra 4-panel comics
- my treasure

- Love

- I’m sure of it.

- The most thorough reader of my photo book in the entire country is…
- my little sister.

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- Eyes [circle] 1

- I must work up the courage to make sure…
- if he really is the one!

- Desk-kun.
- Ah. / Big sister.
- I have a request. / Could you take off your glasses for a sec?

- I’m sorry!
- Eh?
- I know this is an impossible demand… / but please forget about me!

- Eyes [circle] 2

- Why’s Desk-kun all down?
- He was dumped by Meatbun-kun’s big sis…
- Eh—?
Aside: He’s feeling down?
- Apparently she ran away after he took off his glasses.
Aside: That would be quite a blow.

- But my big sis is the type that thinks Mashima and Ayase are ugly.
- Maybe it’s just his eyes that are – surprise! – like Brad Pitt…
- Or he might have pretty eyes. You never know.
SFX: whisper whisper
- Nah, but the orthodox appearance should be…

- Which?
- I’m definitely not showing you guys!

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- The loneliness of the club prez [circle] 1

- Taichi, what are you thinking so hard about?
- Do you want to talk about it?

- Chihaya…

- I’m bad when it comes to the lower left part of my territory too. The middle section’s also difficult. It’s really easy to fault around that area, no? / I read somewhere that you should try using your left hand to practice. Let’s try it out next time.
Below panel: Nothing but Karuta talk

- The loneliness of the club prez [circle] 2

- Mashima… / we might not be able to help much, but we’ll listen.
- Tell us anything.

Linked: yesterday, I found…
- a strand of chest hair…

- You! What you just said cut the female votes by around 30%, you know!? / Think before you speak!
- But the male votes might’ve gone up by 20% or so…
- Don’t talk about chest hair in a shojo manga!
- But people call this a shonen manga too…

Square: Hyo
- I'll probably be on the cover of volume 7!