Zettai Karen Children 228

Chapter 228

01

Sakaki: When you're in a hotel, you've gotta watch the pay-per-view porn!
Sakaki: I told Tim and Bullet they could watch it.
Minamoto: Middle schoolers shouldn't watch that!

SFX: Shock

TV: With the three of us together...
TV: we make a clique!

Sakaki: Middle schoolers...
Sakaki: need to watch what they shouldn't watch!!!

Kaoru: Hey, Feather.
Kaoru: There's a big difference in your size between bird form and human form.
Kaoru: How does that work?

Feather: The material stretches out so it's thinner.
SFX: Vnn...
Feather: Watch!

SFX: Dent

Feather: It's more delicate, so it takes up more energy.
SFX: Pop!!
Kaoru: What's with those folk-art-like sound effects!?
Kaoru: Are you hollow!?

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02

Text: Oh, Romeo! Are The Children aiming at being actresses!?
Title: 228th sense. Phantom Portrait (1)
Bottom: Shiina Takashi

03

Kids: Did you hear...
Kids: about Class A?
Kids: Yeah!
Kids: They're doing a play for the cultural festival, right?

Kids: Wait. By Class A do you mean...
Kids: Year 1 Class A!?
Kids: The one with all the cute girls in it!?

Kids: What play are they doing!?
Kids: Apparently they haven't decided on that yet...
Kids: but the lead parts...

04

Kids: are Akashi-san as the prince...
Kids: and Kumoi-san as the heroine!!
SFX: Shake shake
SFX: Blush
Kids: Kyaaaah! Can they do that!!?

Kids: What about the others!?
Kids: Like Sannomiya-san and Nogami-san!?
SFX: Chatter
Kids: I'm interested in Tsukushi-san myself!!
SFX: Chatter
Kids: Hello, mom!?
Kids: Buy me a new camera!!
SFX: Chatter
Kids: But what's our class going to do?
Kids: Who cares!?

Bottom: Previously: The Children spread their wings at the spa resort. But while watching over Feather, Hyoubu became convinced that Yuuri is the Black Phantom brainwasher controlling a number of espers!!

05

Patty: And so...
Patty: a lot of focus is being put on us because the information leaked out!

Patty: Let's work together as a class to make this a success!!
Class: Yeeeeah!!

Yuuri: Um, I've never been in a play before...
Yuuri: I can't be one of the leads!!
Kaoru: Also...
Kaoru: don't you usually decide what play you're doing first?

06

Patty: How naive.
Patty: You can't get ratings that way!
Aoi: Patty, those are my glasses!!
Kagari: Why is she in charge of this!?

Patty: What do people find moe!?
Patty: That's right. Characters!!
Patty: You need a moe cast first!!
SFX: Energetic action

Patty: Just give me a story...
Patty: and let me corrupt it!!
Mio & Kazura: You're going to corrupt it!?

Shiho: Who else is going to be in it?
Patty: Good point...

07

Patty: Nogami-san!!

Patty: Sannomiya-san!!

Patty: And Mio-senp...I mean...
Patty: Tsukushi-san!!

Patty: And also Tamaki-san and Hanai-san!!
Chisato: Eh, me!?

Patty: It'll be the group in our school known as the "Beautiful Eight"!
Patty: The B8 for short!!

Kaoru: That number doesn't match.
Kazura: Patty's part of it, too.
Kaoru: And the last one?
Kazura: Did you forget to count yourself?

08

Patty: Although personally...
SFX: Glance

Patty: Ah...no!!
Patty: I can't do that!!
Patty: I wouldn't be able to stay calm enough to produce the play!!
SFX: Fidget fidget
Text: Kyaah kyaah!
Touno: What!? What's she imagining!?
Kagari: Believe me. You don't want to know!!

Teacher: W-well, anyway...
Teacher: It looks like the usual quiet Patty has changed personalities and become quite assertive.

09

Teacher: We're running out of time, so let's just name some ideas for what play to do.
Teacher: Any ideas?

Minamoto: So...
Minamoto: why are you asking me!?
Minamoto: And why are you all over here!?

10

Mio: What!?
SFX: Vvvvn!!
Mio: Is there something wrong with going over to a classmate's house!?
Minamoto: No...
Minamoto: but you're all from P.A.N.D.R.A!
Patty: Just give us your thoughts!

Minamoto: "Romeo and Juliet".
Minamoto: "Cinderella".
SFX: Rustle
Minamoto: "Heidi".
Minamoto: ...All of these could be good.

Patty: I just wish there was...
Patty: some play that just pierced my corrupted heart.
SFX: Clench
Minamoto: Your heart is corrupted!?
Minamoto: Is it from Hyoubu's influence!?
Shiho: Well, I suppose you could say that.

Mio: You know about things like this, right?
Mio: You're that annoying kind of guy that always seems to be showing off that he has culture.
Minamoto: Could you ask me in a less insulting way!?

11

Minamoto: A love story that isn't in your list already...
Minamoto: Hmm...
Momotarou: What the hell!?
Momotarou: Quit staring at me!!

SFX: Stare
SFX: Tremble tremble
Momotarou: I-I'm not afraid of you!!
Momotarou: You wanna fight!? Huh!?

SFX: Smile
Feather: Heh...
Feather: How cute.

SFX: Shock

12

Momotarou: Air Missiles, fi-
Minamoto: Stooooop!!
Minamoto: Are you trying to destroy the house!?
SFX: Vhhhh

Minamoto: Why did you bring him!?
SFX: Squeeze
Mio: He said he wanted to come.
Mio: I didn't know you had a bird like that.

SFX: Kyuhn!!
Kazura: This is...
Kazura: no bird.
Kazura: Is this Kugutsu-san's material?

Kagari: So it's that esper!!

SFX: Flap flap
Feather: Hey, Minamoto!

13

Feather: What about "The Nightingale and the Rose"?
Minamoto: Where did you learn about that story?

Feather: I don't know.
Feather: And yet I know about it.
Patty: What...
Patty: kind of story is that!?

Minamoto: It's a fairy-tale by Oscar Wilde.
Minamoto: It's a sad love story about a small bird and a young man...
Minamoto: who both have an unrequited love.

14

Aoi: Wow. It sounds kind of boring, but also like it could be good.
Shiho: What kind of bird?

Minamoto: As the title suggests, a nightingale.
Minamoto: The name nightingale comes from the fact that they sing at dusk and dawn.

Minamoto: The nightingale in the story always sang a beautiful song of love each night.
Minamoto: But...
Minamoto: she had never actually fallen in love before.

15

Minamoto: One day, the nightingale...
Minamoto: saw a young man and fell in love with him.
Minamoto: She finally experienced the true love that she had only sung about before.

Minamoto: But he already had feelings for someone else.
Minamoto: He loved a woman who was beautiful but was also selfish and cold-hearted.

Shiho: How about this?
Shiho: If you go get me a red rose...
Shiho: then I'll dance with you.

All: Then what!?

16

SFX: Waves...

Mio: We're back.
SFX: Zzzzzn.

Hyoubu: Welcome home.

17

Hyoubu: Now...
Hyoubu: could you tell me...
Hyoubu: what happened at school today?

Mio: Yes, major.
SFX: Kyuhn!!

Hyoubu: The cultural festival, huh?
Hyoubu: An excellent opportunity. I'll go check it out.

18

Kazura: You'll come!?
Hyoubu: Of course.
Hyoubu: We're looking forward to your performance.

Hyoubu: Aren't we?
Magi: Yes, major.
Yo: We can't just overlook...
Yo: something that looks like so much fun.
Text: It looks like a storm is coming to the cultural festival!!
Box: To be continued in Issue 40