Dagashi Kashi 24

043:

第
24th Sweet: Yatta! Men
[translation note: "yatta! men" means "yippee! noodles"]

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ア
won

044:

う
Ugh...

１
I only have 120 yen...

ま
Damn, I can't buy any art supply with that... Why does it cost so much to draw manga...?

つ
Pops could at least give me some money for tending the store...

お
It sounds like you have money troubles!!

は
Ah!!

は
Ah, that voice...!

誰
There's a simple way to make money, anyone can do it...

今
If you want, I could make an exception and teach it to you right here, right now...

う
That sounds sooo fishy...!!

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045:

シ
Shikada
Dagashi

あ
I'm not suspicious...

全
I'm definitely not anyone suspicious...

ほ
No, you're pretty much always suspicious, Hotaru-san.

そ
Let's get back on the topic...

こ
It's an original money-making technique I have developed myself. I haven't told anyone about it yet.

メ
Money-making technique...

コ
You're really very lucky, Kokonotsu-kun!

僕
Erm, I never said I was going to do it...

ま
Now, now, now!! Just listen to what I have to say!!

や
It's actually very simple.

使
It only uses this...

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046:

ヤ
Yatta! Meeeeeen!!

ヤ
Yatta! Men

チ
A chicken-flavored dagashi designed after noodles. Since there's so little to eat, people tend to eat a few in a row, but they're very salty, so be careful!

[on the yatta! men]

ヤ
Yatta! Men

[end of yatta! men]

こ
We'll use the winning "Yatta! Men".

ア
The winning ones?

そ
Exactly... Here, 10 yen.

あ
Ah, thank you...

普
When you win something with a dagashi, in most cases, it's the right to eat another one...

[on the morocco fruit yogul]

あ
won

[end of morocco fruit yogul]

[on the garigari-kun]

あ
won

[end of garigari-kun]

な
But, when you win with a "Yatta! Men"...

現
you actually get some cash!!

現
Well, no, it's not really cash, but a coupon.

２
20 yen

２
Can be exchanged against 20 yen of dagashi.

ま
Now, now! Anyway, if we just keep winning with these...

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047:

お
then we'll just keep getting more and more money.

は
lost

は
Y-You lost!!

こ
It's the principle of perpetual motion.

多
I don't think that's it!

は
And you lost!!

そ
Indeed, I lost...
I have lost countless times.

そ
And a thought was born from all these losses...
Isn't there a way to tell the winning ones from the losing ones...?

物
Isn't there a reason for everything that happens in this world...?

シ
Sheeeh...!
[translation note: "Sheeeh!" is Iyami's catchphrase in "Osomatsu-kun", a manga by Fujio Akatsuka]

パ
Isn't the drawing on the package a rip-off from an old manga...?
By Fujio Aka*suka...
[translation ntoe: the character on the "yatta! men" package looks a lot like Iyami]

そ
That's the one thing you're not supposed to say!!

そ
And then I heard it was drawn by the director of the company that makes "Yatta! Men" himself...

い
Come on, I just told you...
What, for real?!

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048:

こ
Look at this one. Its lid is a bit dented, right?

あ
Yes, it is.

こ
It's a winning one.

っ
That's what the kids I met here told me.

こ
This one's dented, see? They're winning ones more often than others.

そ
Really?!

そ
Is it really true...?

信
/They have zero credibility!!/ They don't win more often than others!!

と
Anyway, we have to try it!!

無
I think it's just a waste of time, though...

ぺ
*rip*

お
Oh!

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049:

す
Wow!

１
10 Yatta! Men
or 100-yen of goods

ほ
I really won!! And 100 yen, too!!

こ
I can't believe that it actually works...!

ほ
How did it go for you, Hotaru-san...?

え
Huh? W-Well...

良
I'm happy for you, Kokonotsu-kun...

あ
Huuuuuh?! It looks like she lost again!!

そ
After that...

ど
Why...?!

…
...

立
she tried to win again and again, but to no avail...

ド
Draw!!
[Yu-Gi-Oh! reference, maybe?]

は
lost

オ
Ooooooooh

そ
And finally...

は
Haah...

は
Haah...

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050:

…
...

は
lost [*17]

コ
Kokonotsu-kun...

私
I admit my defeat...

は
Haah... Haah...

勝
We weren't competing now, were we...?

ま
I can't believe she lost every single time...

実
To tell you the truth...

駄
I have never won anything with a dagashi. Not even once.

な
Then why did you decide to use this method?! Wait, not even once?! That's actually amazing in itself!!

信
I wanted to believe...

自
in my own possibilities...!!

こ
Kokonotsu thought to himself that he should never let her try gambling ever.

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