Rokudenashi Blues 81

Chapter 81: Tatsuyoshi

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Person: Hey, Ken-chan! // Don't run like that, you're gonna fall!

Ken: Hahaha! // C'mon, come and get me! // Wah! // Uh...sorry, mister...

2
Ken: Ow!

People: C'mon, ya don't hafta hit 'im... // He's just a kid! // Ken-chan!

Ken: GYAAH!

3
People: Wh-wh-what...he kicked 'im... // Whoa, man...

Yakuza: Hey, fuckers, get outta the way! // Don't stir shit up around here, aah!? // The fuck ya doin' with that kid? Turn around and look at us! // Don't fuck with us! // YA LITTLE... // Guh...

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[Tatsuyoshi glaring at you]

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[Tatsuyoshi grinning at you and making you wish he was still glaring]

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Youkou: GWAH!

Yoneji: Ma...Maeda-san!

Katsuji: Jesus Christ:

Fujio/Maeda: *hff* *hff*

Dad: Ya came home cause ya were both worried about me. // So I might forgive ya. // WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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Youkou: Hai-YAAAAH!

Dad: Quit it. // First there's somethin' we gotta discuss.

Youkou: Gwah...

Maeda: Wait...so Youkou's head got shaved because he's going to inherit the temple?

Dad: He's gotta be a qualified monk fer that, ya morons. // He's in high school now, so I figured I'd shave his head so I could get 'im started on trainin' // That's why he's bald now.

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Youkou: I knew I was gonna be shaved, but I didn't think it'd be like this... // Now girls don't like me and even kids point n' laugh at me...I gotta wear a hat whenever I leave the house... // That's why I wanted ta take revenge, Taison-nii-chan.

Maeda: .... // Haha...

Fujio: But...didn't you want to inherit?

Youkou: I got dreams too! // I... // .... // I wanna play baseball. // For the Hanshin Tigers...

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Dad: Oh, well, we can talk about that later. // Don't go back to yer inn too late or ya friends'll get in trouble!

Katsuji: Uh...we were just...

Dad: Come back and visit when ya got free time, ok, Taison? // I'll be keepin' Fujio dangled from the temple bell as a hostage until ya do!

Fujio: You...you...

Maeda: I...I got it...

Katsuji: What are you gonna do, Maeda-san? You can't just become

a monk! // I mean, it'll suck at school without you!

Maeda: .....

Chiaki: ....

Maeda: ....

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Fujio: Daaad...let me down, dammit! You're not gonna hang me theere...

Dad: Shut up. // Ya ran away and never came back... // Right,

Youkou?

Fujio: Huh...

Dad: I thought he was here...

Maeda: Huh...

[Sign on left: Teiken High School]
[Sign on right: Yonekura Commerce High School]

Everyone: ...

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Yoneji: The hell? Yonekura's here too!?

Youkou: (I'll shave ya... // I'll shave ya...)

SFX: *snip* *snip*

Maeda: Ch...whatever, it's not like we'll see them any time soon...

Katsuji: Huh?

Maeda: Huh? // WHY THE HELL ARE YOU HERE RIGHT NOW?

Shimabukuro: MAEDA!

Youkou: Ok, now!

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Maeda: YOU FUCKING...!

Everyone else: Shimabukuro-san! // STOP, NOT NOW!

Maeda: Huh?

Shimabukuro: Whoa!

Youkou: WAAA...not again... // TAAAH!

Shimabukuro: Wh...what the hell is your problem?

Maeda: What the fuck are you doing here, Youkou!?

Youkou: Gwah...

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Shimabukuro: WAIT, THAT'S YOUR LITTLE BROTHER!?

Katsuji: Yeah. // This is Maeda's little brother, who flipped out when he had his head shaved so he could inherit the family temple.

Shimabukuro: Your...your house is a temple!?

Maeda: Uh... // WHAT DID YOU TELL HIM THAT FOR!?

Katsuji: S...sorry...

Yoneji: Anyway, he looks really embarassing that way. // I'd be angry too if I had that mark on my head!

Someone: Yeah, totally! // Gyahahaha!

Shimabukuro: Anyway, you saw him give me that freaking haircut?

Huh?

Maeda: Uh...I...

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Sunglasses: Yeah, they're definitely stayin' at this hotel. // Yeah, his name's Maeda.

Tatsuyoshi: You gonna bring 'im ta me?

Sunglasses: Nah, there's too many of 'em. // But I found a real funny l'il punk to bring ya instead, Tatsuyoshi-san.

Tatsuyoshi: Who?

Sunglasses: Maeda's l'il brother.

Tatsuyoshi: Hm... // Bring 'im ta me.

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Receptionist: Hello, this is the Osaka Union Hotel; we're terribly sorry about making you wait. // Maeda from Teiken High School, you said? // Hold on a minute, I'll tell him he has a call.

Shimabukuro: Don't worry about it.

Receptionist: Hm?

Shimabukuro; I'm Maeda's underling. // Hello, this is Maedaaa... // And who might you be? // Hm...

Person: We're takin' care of ya li'l brother.

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Person: Ya want him back, ya gotta come up to Kyokutou High; Tatsuyoshi-san's waitin' for ya.

Shimabukuro: What the... // How do I get there? I'm afraid I don't know.

Person: Ya take the Midosuji line ta Tennouji station. Ya know the station, right? Ya can see Tsuutenkaku from there. // If ya don't come, ya know what'll happen ta him?

Shimabukuro: Hey, just between you and me...

Person: Aah!?

Shimabukuro: Here, don't worry about it. Thank you!

Receptionist: ....

Person: .....

Shimabukuro: Jesus, that little dumbshit... // He got kicked out of the hotel and now he's trying to take his brother with him... // But if I just tell Maeda what he told me...that should be interesting.

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Shimabukuro: Oh, there he is. // Hey, Maeda!

Maeda: Mh... // WHAT'S YOUR DEAL, DAMMIT!?

Katsuji/Yoneji: St...stop it, Maeda-san! // Let's not fight in

the middle of the hotel!

Maeda: Wh... // What do you want!?

Shimabukuro: Kh...your brother's been kidnapped.

Tatsuyoshi: Ain't he comin'?

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Tatsuyoshi: Looks like ya brother don't give a shit about ya. // Poor bastard. // Sufferin' cause yer own family's so cold...

Youkou: ( N... // Nii-chan... )

Shimabukuro: Hahaha // Looks like you're not going to go save his stupid ass! // Of course, he did try to shave your head...

Maeda: Who's got him?

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Shimabukuro: I think they said come to Kyokutou High or

something... // The guy was Tatsuyoshi...

Maeda: ( Kyokutou! )

Shimabukuro: GWAH! // THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?

Katsuji: Maeda-san!

Maeda: ( Youkou! )

END

Translator's Notes

pg. 8: Youkou's referring (again) to the local Osaka baseball team.

pg. 9: In the original, Maeda's dad uses the traditional word 旅館 ryokan instead of the modern word ホテル hoteru; ryokan is usually used for a Japanese-style inn rather than a Western-style hotel.

pg. 10: You know Maeda and Chiaki are having a really deep conversation right there.

pg. 15: Shimabukuro changes his pronoun from the more prideful/arrogant ore to the humbler boku.

pg. 16: Tsuutenkaku - "Tower Reaching Heaven" - is a famous Osaka landmark, famous for its height of 103 meters, or 338 feet.