Kurenai 31

Chapter 31

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Text: Volume 5 goes on sale Friday July 2nd!

Shinkurou: Eh?
Shinkurou: You already left?

Lin: Yes.
Lin: An important person from a certain country suddenly came to Japan.
Lin: Murasaki-sama will be busy dealing with that person for a few days.

Lin: We won't need you to come get her during that time.

Shinkurou: I see...

Lin: Well, we're busy now, so I'm going to hang u-
SFX: Swipe

Margin: They just missed each other...

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Murasaki: Shinkurou!

Shinkurou: Ah...
Shinkurou: Murasaki?

Murasaki: Yeah...
Murasaki: It's me...

Shinkurou: Are you okay?
Shinkurou: You spent a whole day at a big party last week, didn't you?

Murasaki: I'm fine...
Murasaki: As long as I can hear your voice...
Murasaki: I'll be fine.

Shinkurou: Don't push yourself too much, okay?

Murasaki: ...Yeah.
Murasaki: Yeah.
Murasaki: Thanks, Shinkurou...

SFX: Beep

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Murasaki: Cell phones sure are convenient...

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Text: I want to feel the touch of the person watching over me...
Bottom left text: Don't miss "Glass Magic" the new one-shot appearing in Square 19!!
Title: Chapter 31 Festival!
Credits:
Original Work: Katayama Kentarou
(Shueisha: Super Dash Bunko)
Manga: Yamamoto Yamato
Script: Koyasu Hidemiki
Continuity Organization: Furuya Daisuke

05

Text: A few days later

Murasaki: Oh, so this is a "festival"!!
SFX: Clank

Murasaki: What's that, Shinkurou!?

Shinkurou: How about you calm down a little, Murasaki?

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Murasaki: What are you saying!? I haven't been able to have fun with you like this in a while!!
Murasaki: How am I supposed to stay calm!?

Shinkurou: Oh, yeah.
Shinkurou: This is your first temple festival, isn't it?

SFX: Sizzle

Murasaki: Wow...They're so round.
Shinkurou: Those are takoyaki.
Shinkurou: There's octopus inside them.

Murasaki: So it's a delicacy!
Murasaki: Okay.
SFX: Rummage rummage

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Murasaki: Shopkeep!
Murasaki: I'll pay with this card...

Shinkurou: M-Murasaki!! I'll pay for it!!
Murasaki: Why?

Shinkurou: Your card doesn't have a credit limit.
Shinkurou: You shouldn't use it for kid things.

Shinkurou: Oh...Do you want any, Lin-san?

Lin: No...I'm fine.

Shinkurou: Oh, you're wearing a yukata, too.
Lin: Murasaki-sama...
Lin: ordered me to...

Shinkurou: Sorry for making you...
Shinkurou: clear your schedule for this.

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Lin: There's no reason you need to thank me.
Lin: Every minute of Murasaki-sama's schedule is full tomorrow...
Lin: so I thought she could at least have this.

Shinkurou: You really do care for Murasaki, don't you?

Lin: So do-
Murasaki: Shinkurou!!

Murasaki: It's true!!
Murasaki: There really is octopus inside!!

Murasaki: See, Shinkurou!
Shinkurou: Yes, yes.

Lin: ...So do you.

Tamaki: Murasaki-chaaan!
Tamaki: This is good, too!

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Murasaki: Wow...

Murasaki: This is amazing...
Murasaki: There are so many delicious things at this festival!

Murasaki: I have to tell Kirihiko about it all later!

Tamaki: Kirihiko-chan isn't coming?

Murasaki: ...No.
Murasaki: She said she was busy today, too...

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Tamaki: Then you'll have to enjoy everything here so you can tell her about it all!

Murasaki: Look, Kirihiko!
Murasaki: This is takoyaki!
Kirihiko: It's so round.
Murasaki: This is cotton candy!
Kirihiko: It's so fluffy.
Murasaki: This is roast squid!
Kirihiko: You really know a lot, Murasaki-san. I'm impressed.

Murasaki: Yeah!!

Meiri: Hee hee...
Meiri: It looks like everyone's here.
Shinkurou: Ah.

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Shinkurou: Meiri-san!
Shinkurou: Chi-chan!

Meiri: Oh, my...

Meiri: She's so engrossed in it...
Meiri: How cute.
Shinkurou: Ha ha...

Meiri: But look.
Meiri: My Chi-chan is cute, too.

Shinkurou: Yeah.

Shinkurou: It looks good on you, Chi-chan.
SFX: Squat

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Murasaki: What about my yukata, Shinkurou?
Shinkurou: Eh?

Shinkurou: Ah...
Shinkurou: Yeah.
Shinkurou: It looks good.

Tamaki: Hey, hey.
Tamaki: What about mine?

Shinkurou: T-
Shinkurou: Tamaki-san!!

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Yamie: What about my outfit, boy?
Shinkurou: That's what you always wear, Yamie-san!!

Meiri: Mine looks good too, right?
SFX: Squeeze
Shinkurou: Meiri-san!!

Murasaki: C'mon, Lin-san! You too!
Lin: D-don't drag me into this!! Wah!!

Yuuno: There he is.

Yuuno: I'm glad you came, Shinkur-

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Shinkurou: Y-
Shinkurou: Yuuno-san...

Shinkurou: Um...Thank you for...
Shinkurou: telling us there was a festival at the shrine you work at.
Shinkurou: Murasaki's really enjoying it.

Yuuno: You're welcome.

Meiri: Yuuno's in a bad mood.
Shinkurou: Eh?

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Meiri: This is the shrine for...
Meiri: a god of matchmaking.

Meiri: She called you here using the festival as an excuse...
Meiri: but now that it doesn't look like she'll get to be alone with you...
Yuuno: Wh-
Yuuno: What are you saying, mother!!?

Murasaki: What's "matchmaking"?

Tamaki: It means if you pray to the god here...
Tamaki: guys and girls can get along even better.

Murasaki: Is that true, Shinkurou!?
Shinkurou: Eh?
Shinkurou: Uh, yeah...That's right.

Murasaki: Let's go pray to the god! C'mon!!
Tamaki: Wait...Murasaki-chan!!

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Murasaki: Nnh...
Murasaki: There are a lot of people here...

Yuuno: This is the busiest time.
Yuuno: So let's wait until the crowd dies down so we can take our time,
Yuuno: Shinkurou-san.

Text: Mh...

Murasaki: I'm going now!
Shinkurou: Ah!
SFX: Dash

Shinkurou: Hey, Murasaki...!!

SFX: Bump
Shinkurou: Wai-...!

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Shinkurou: Ah...I-I'm sorry!!

Shinkurou: Huh?

SFX: Running quickly

Woman: Hey, did you know...

Woman: that there's another shrine in the forest out back?
Woman: And if you go there...

Shinkurou: Ginko!!

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Shinkurou: So you came too!
Shinkurou: How about you come with us and-
Ginko: No, I'm fine...

Yuuno: Good evening,
Yuuno: Murakami-san.

Yuuno: Are you here to pray to the matchmaking god, too?
SFX: Smile smile

Ginko: No...
Ginko: I'm just here for a normal shrine visit.

Yuuno: Oh, I see.
SFX: Smile smile smile
Yuuno: I came here to pray to the matchmaking god about Shinkurou-san and me.

Yuuno: I guess that has nothing to do with you.

Shinkurou: Um...
Shinkurou: Can we just all have fun together...?

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Tamaki: Wow. Yuuno-chan's smiling solely with the muscles in her face.
Meiri: Oh, my.
Meiri: Thos two really are terrible.

Meiri: I guess I'll take this chance to steal Shinkurou-kun away.

Yuuno: M-mother!!!
Yuuno: Don't seduce Shinkurou-san!!
Small text in the left of Yuuno's bubble: That's all you've been doing!
Meiri: Hee hee hee... How cute. He's blushing.

Lin: Kurenai...
Lin: Where is Murasaki-sama?
Shinkurou: Eh?

Shinkurou: She's...

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Lin: She's...
Lin: She's not here!

Lin: I can't find Murasaki-sama!!!

Shinkurou: L-let's split up and look for her!!
Yuuno: U-understood!
Tamaki: Murasaki-chaaan!

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SFX: Clank

Lin: Murasaki-sama...
Lin: Murasaki-sama...!!

Lin: Ah...
Lin: Where is she!?

Meiri: It looks like she didn't come this way...

SFX: Pant

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Lin: I'll call in help from the Kuhouin family...!
Lin: N-no, wait. That would ruin the festival for her...

Lin: She was having so much fun...

Lin: Wh-

Lin: What am I supposed to do...?

Lin: If something...
Lin: happens to her...

Meiri: Calm down, Lin-san.

Meiri: Don't worry.
Meiri: Murasaki-chan's strong.

Meiri: If only...
Meiri: there was some way to contact her...

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SFX: Pant pant

Shinkurou: I can't believe we can't find her after this much searching...
Chizuru: ...Onii-chan.

Shinkurou: Chi-chan!
Shinkurou: What is it?
Shinkurou: You should be with Meiri-san...!

Chizuru: ...I saw her.

Shinkurou: Eh?

Chizuru: Murasaki-chan...
Chizuru: went up the hill back there...

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Murasaki: Pant
Murasaki: Pant

Murasaki: Pant
Murasaki: Pant

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Murasaki: Uuh!
SFX: Fall

SFX: Pant pant

Murasaki: Th-
Murasaki: There it is...

Murasaki: Oh, god...
Murasaki: I...

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Murasaki: want to be with Shinkurou more.

Murasaki: Lately...I haven't been able to see him very often.
Murasaki: There are...
Murasaki: so many things I want to talk to him about.

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Murasaki: Is that too hard to grant?

Shinkurou: Murasakiiii!

Murasaki: Shinkurou!

Shinkurou: Mu-

Shinkurou: Why are you up here, Murasaki!!
SFX: Shock

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Shinkurou: Everyone's worried about you!!
Shinkurou: Don't leave without telling us like this...!!

Murasaki: I-
Murasaki: I'm sorry...

Murasaki: A bit ago...
Murasaki: I heard in front of the shrine...

Murasaki: that there was a smaller shrine in this forest back here.
Murasaki: And that if you prayed at it, whatever you asked would come true.

Murasaki: ...Sorry for causing trouble.

SFX: Reach out
SFX: Jump

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Shinkurou: I'm glad you're okay.

Shinkurou: We need to get back and put Lin-san at ease.

Murasaki: ...Yeah.

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Shinkurou: Oh, that's right.
Shinkurou: Rummage

Shinkurou: I thought I'd give you this as a gift.
Murasaki: Eh?

Shinkurou: I wish I'd given it to you sooner...

Shinkurou: It's a cell phone.
Shinkurou: You don't have one, right?

Murasaki: ...For me?

Shinkurou: With this, you can at least talk to me even when you're busy.
Shinkurou: And we can find you right away if something like this happens again.

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Murasaki: Wow...
Murasaki: It already came true!!

Shinkurou: Well, we'll have to come by hear a lot as thanks.
Murasaki: Yeah!!!
Murasaki: And I'll give lots of offerings!! I know, I'll use my card...
Shinkurou: No!
Text: That would surprise even a god!
Bottom Text: To be continued in Issue 8