Kokou no Hito 19

This story has no hero.

[Kokou no Hito 19 Translation by Kewl0210]
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19th Climb Antihero

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Sign: Principal's Office
Principal: Is this true!?
Oonishi-kun!!
Paper: [Under Upper Left picture] North highschool Student Climbing without a rope.
Starburst: Special Report
事故発の絶壁で命綱無し
Small words above headline: At the beginning of the incident on the precipice without a lifeline!!
Headline (center, across the pages): Yokosuka North High School's climbing club's running wild scoop
A reckless attempt without any safety ropes!!!
Lower Right: Is this the rolling-zoku of mountains!?
TL Note: Rolling-zoku is a kind of off-road motorcycling where parts of the bike are modified and recklessly raced illegally.
Lower Left Caption: The scene at Futago Mountain (Photographed the same day)
Bottom: Is the sport of climbing competing with danger...?
[You better not skip anything... I'll be mad as hell if scanlators skip anything I write in a translation]
Oonishi: Yes, there's no mistake.
It's the truth.

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I forget this guy's name: Mori Buntarou... Him again!!?
Oonishi: More didn't do anything wrong!!
He saw a club member who fell and went to help them.
He's absolutely not the dangerous character depicted in the report!!
出版社には正式に抗議して訂正記事の掲載を求めます
I'm going to lodge an official complaint with the publisher and have a corrected story ran!!!
Teacher: Don't speak so carelessly about this!!
事を荒立てれば学校側の責任問題にも発展しかねんぞ
If the situation is aggravated then it'll undoubtedly grow to question whether the school is the one responsible!!!
Oonishi: But that's the truth...!!!
SFX: Gyu
あいつはクライミングをを通じて今やっと周囲に心を開き始めたところなんです
Through climbing, that boy has finally started to open his heart to his surroundings.
If we don't protect him now, what do you think will happen!!?
Teacher: O... Oonishi-ku-
Principal: I understand.
それならば学校側としては少なくともクライミング部に何らかの罰則を課す必要がありあます
In that case the school must impose some kind of punishment on the climbing club.
Any objections?
Oonishi: ...........No.

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Fukumoto: S... Seriously!!?
クライミング部無期限の活動停止
The climbing club is suspended indefinitely!!?
We're third-years, ain't we!? With something like this happening we're just gonna be graduating and out of here in now time!!!
Oonishi: Sorry, everyone...
なるべく早く活動が再開できるように俺も動きかけてみる
I'll be working to get the activity started again as fast as possible.
Yumi: Sorry, it's my fault.
If I hadn't acted so selfishly...

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Miyamoto: AAAAGH GODDAMMIT!!
What's with this piece of shit article!!!
...Whatever, if they say we can't use this wall
there are plenty of rocks we can go climb outside.
Hmph. I'm hungry, I'm gonna go eat.
Yumi: H-Hang on, Miyamoto...!!!
SFX: Gashi gashi
Fukumoto: Well, guess there's nothing we can do about it.
I guess I'll go back to the classroom and read manga.
SFX: Kyu

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Mori: Sorry...
I'm the one who's most at fault.
Oonishi: Don't worry about it Mori, it was an accident.
お前のとった行動は間違っていない
The actions you took weren't in the wrong.
Mori: You might be right...
...But

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Mori: When I'm involved, it always goes wrong.
It's been like that since a long time ago...
Oonishi: !!
Teacher (flashback): He drove a classmate to suicide.
Oonishi: Suicide...!?
Teacher: Yes...
When the classmate jumped off the roof he was the only one in the area.
Mori: I...

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Mori: I...
Just like I thought, I'm probably better off alone......

Page 191:
Oonishi: Wait, Mori...!!!
Don't go!!!
Stay by my side,
don't go alone......!!!

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Takeda: You sure are enthusiastic about work, Kurosawa-san.
To be even going on a stakeout...
Kurosawa: You idiot.
You know how big a prize this is.
In Europe, climbing is a sport that's on the same level as soccer and road racing. [Does that mean it's really popular or really not? I can't even tell...]
If one hero shows up a boom can happen even in Japan.
億単位のビジネスになる
Someone managing or sponsoring him can become a hundred-million yen business.

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Takeda: Then why'd you write that article?
If you tailored it to make him out as a hero then wouldn't it obviously raise him up more!!?
Kurosawa: You idiot. Society doesn't want honor students.
It wants to see monsters.
Takeda: M-Monsters...?
奴らは口では危険だ非常識だと批判しながら
While out loud they judge it as dangerous and lacking common sense,
in their gut they look forward to him doing seeing him do something else outrageous.
One of em: Ah, here he comes.
The monster's shown himself.

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Kurosawa: You there!!
You're... Mori Buntarou, right?
Could you come hangout with an old man like me for a sec? [Can't think of a non-pedophilic way of saying it. But Mori's 18 I think so... whatever.]
I'm a freelance journalist, Kurosawa Mutsumi.
If I tell you an article I wrote, maybe you'd recognize me easier?

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Kurosawa: I'm truly sorry!!!
この通りだ許してくれ
I'm betting you, please forgive us!
But your climbing the other day was amazing.
I've done some mountain climbing, too... And I knew you were no ordinary climber the first time I saw you.
I might've written in a bit too flashy a style,
but you need to have impact to make an article.
I'm sorry!!

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Kurosawa: By the way, we checked up a bit on you.
Seems you threw away a rope even in a competition and got disqualified, huh?
Mori: !!
Kurosawa: ......You like climbing by yourself?
Mori: I'm going home.
SFX: Zuh
Kurosawa: Please wait a sec,
take a look at this!!

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Mori: -------!!!
It's that mountain.
The one that looked at me...!!!

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八ヶ岳の主峰赤岳
Kurosawa: It's the highest peak of the Yatsugatake Mountains, Mount Aka... [All these mountains are real. Makes translating the names easy...]
Elevation 2899 meters. Right now it's still covered in snow.
Mori: Yatsugatake...
Kurosawa: Mori-kun, do you have any experience in ice climbing?
Mori: I...
Ice climbing?
Kurosawa: I mean climbing snowy mountains.
TL Note: This is an explanation of the English phrase "Ice climbing" in Japanese. These happen a lot. Doesn't translate, really.
Mori: ......
Kurosawa: I see, so you're a beginner...?

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Kurosawa: I'm glad----
This means I get to witness the birth of a genius climber!
Mori: !?
Kurosawa: You see, I've actually been thinking of running a series of these.
And was hoping you'd try climbing harder and harder mountains.
We'll take care of the expenses.
And of course we'll definitely guarantee your safety
I think it'd be great if I could write an article "Mori Buntarou Has Performed Another Amazing Feat!!"
Mori: .........
Kurosawa: Snowy mountains are good.

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Kurosawa: All of the dirty and unpleasant things of the world below
get washed away in the pure whiteness.
[GAH! The drawing quality suddenly went way down.]

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Takeda: Do you think he's on board?
Kurosawa: He took the picture with him, so I've got no doubt about it.
Takeda: And you really moved him. I never thought you had that kind of purse side, Kurosawa-san.
Are you gonna climb with him? On the snow mountain?
Kurosawa: Aah?
SFX: Shupo
Kurosawa: I've never gone climbing er anything.
'Specially not a snowy mountain.
SFX: Fuuuuh

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Kokou no Hito
The Climber