Bakuman 87

Well, looks like it's no good... Maybe they'd do better in Sunday?
Haha... Yeah, right...

[Bakuman 87 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Sasaki: It's no good.
I don't think this can win over "CROW" and "+NATURAL"... [Faces]
Insert Text: Could this be their death sentence!?
Title: Bakuman
Page 87
Cake and Powerful Enemy
Text above authors: ☆Jump Comics Volumes 1~8 on sale with rave reviews!!
Authors: Authors: Original Story / Ooba Tsugumi
Manga / Obata Takeshi
Yahagi [Based on process of elimination, this has to be his name]: ....Th...Then it's....3 for win... 4 for lose......
So that means by the majority vote, Ashirogi Muto's "Kanzen hanzai Club" is a "no"......?

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Editor: The meeting's going longer than I expected.
Maybe there's a dispute about Ashirogi-kun's work.
Miura: Eh? "Kanzen Hanzai Club" is interesting and hasn't gotten any complains, hasn't it? And it got good assessments from everyone.
Editor: It's interesting, but if the editor-in-chief is serious about what he said...
If it's not judged as being able to win against Niizuma Eiji, then it won't be serialized.
And if they're not serialized, Ashirogi-kun won't be able to draw in Jump anymore, so you should be cautious.
Miura: Do you really think the editor-in-chief was serious? .........
Editor: Probably.
Miura: ......Is the reason senpai was making that brooding face because...............
Well it's a work that can definitely fight against Niizuma-kun anyhow...
Hattori: That's for the higher-ups to decide.
Miura: .........

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Saikou: They sure are taking a while.
Miyoshi: How about we just start eating the cake already?
Shuujin: What're you talking about? We're not doing that till after our serialization is decided.
...We'll be all right this time. Third time's the charm...
And when we get serialized, our third time serialized will also be the charm... I'm sure we'll do well...
Saikou: Just a little while you said that if it didn't work out, we would draw a popular manga another magazine and overtake Eiji, didn't you...?
Shuujin: Eh? Yeah. But only if that happens.
また「ジャンプ」に持ち込みからならいい
Saikou: ................If it's no good, we're going from scratch... Are you okay with it being like we're heading into Jump for the first time again?
戦力外通告された後の川口たろうがずっと持ち込んだみたにか
Shuujin: Wouldn't be like how Kawaguchi Tarou always went back in even after he was notified he was out...?
Saikou: Yeah.
Shuujin: But out situation's a little different from your uncle, Saikou...... "Tanto" got ended by us so then we got "If it's no good next time, you can't draw in Jump"...
Saikou: Yeah... You're right.
Miyoshi: Oh, why is it you guys always get so negative on serialization meeting days? I told you it'd be okay.
Right, Akito-san?
Shuujin: Yeah...... This time we believe in ourselves...

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Oonishi: P... Please wait a minute...
Yahagi: What is it, Oonishi?
Oonishi: If Ashirogi-kun gets a "no" here, then they won't be able to draw in "Jump" anymore...
Yahagi: That's right. That's what the majority vote was based on...
Oonishi: ......
......Then... I......
I'm changing to "win"!
Yahagi: ...Then... Change...? H-Hey,
Oonishi: If I change to win, the vote is 4 to 3 in favor of "win"......
馬鹿げてる繋ぎ止める為に僕は勝ちにします
A... Ashirogi-kun doesn't deserve to be dropped from "Jump" because of a majority vote like this... it seems so foolish. I'm changing my vote so we can hold onto him.
They'll be fine if they do it in another magazine?
A... Authors should be cherished more!

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Aida: That's true. We're in a position where we influence authors' lives.
Oonishi: I'm going with "win", so "Kanzen Hanzai Club" is a yes.
Heishi: ......
Yahagi: Oonishi......
Sasaki: ......
Heishi: I'm changing my vote to Ashirogi-kun winning, too.
Yahagi: ! Heishi-san?
Heishi: It's just as Oonishi says.
It's odd to oust an author this way... Maybe if the vote were 7 to 0, but with it 4 to 3... A a narrow margin like this...
Regardless if it can beat Niizuma-kun or not... We shouldn't decide it here by majority vote.
I think we should entrust it to the readers' judgement.
That Ashirogi-kun will win............
No, one vote cast in hopes that they'll win.

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Yahagi: ......That makes it 5 votes win..... Two votes lose, but.........
Sasaki: .........
This Guy: Well, uh......
"Kanzen Hanzai Club" is interesting... In normal circumstances it's at the easy level for "yes"...
...Leaving it up to the readers to decide.........? That's how we've always done it... I... I change to Ashirogi-kun winning!
Yahagi: ......
.....
Yahagi: Th... That's 6 votes for win......
The only lose vote is Editor-in-Chief's.
Yoshida: ......
Sasaki: ......You guys...
I guess I've got to...

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Sasaki: Ashirogi Muto's "Kanzen Hanzai Club" is a yes!!
Editors: !
しかしあくまで私は負けの方だがな
Sasaki: But I was going with "lose" till the end.
Yahagi: ......
Now then, "Kanzen Hanzai Club" is a yes!
カタログ請求の神ジョン
Next... "Catalog Seikyuu no Kami John", by Amada Shigeo. [Title is big/bold]
TL Note: Catalog Seikyuu no Kami John = Catalog Request God John.
Uchino Koike is the editor.
Yahagi: The newly serialized works and completing works are both decided.
Are there any other matters?
Aida: Yes.
Ehhhh,
Hattori is saying that with "+NATURAL"'s original author...... Akina-kun, it seems it's difficult to have meetings with her... [Face after name]
Yahagi: ?
Difficult to have meetings? ............ What do you mean by that?

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Yuujirou: Here they come!
Aida: Miura! Ashirogi-kun's serialized!!
Yamahisa: Owah, just as I thought.
Miura: All right!
Miura: Senpai!
Hattori: I'm glad.
Miura: Thank you so much!
Hattori: Hey! ?
Stop it
That's gross!
Miura: I'm gonna call Ashirogi-kun.
Hattori: Hey, you haven't heard the whole story from captain yet......
Miura: I'm just gonna say one sentence, "You got serialized".
Hattori: I'm glad for now...
But will they be able to match up with Niizuma-kun later.............?

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Shuujin: ! There it is...
Here it comes.
Saikou: Come on.
Miyoshi: Hurry.
Saikou: AAAAALL RIIIIIIIIIGHT!
Miyoshi: KYAAAAAAAAA
Miura: Th... That was loud...
Shuujin: Aaah, that's a relief.
This time's definitely the biggest relief...
Miura: This is just a quick report for now... I'll call you again with the details.
Shuujin: Okay.
Cake, Cake... Huh? Where'd the knife go? Huh? Wha? How bout we just eat with our hands?
Somebody: Aah, I'm so happy!
Uhah

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Saikou: We did it!
Miyoshi: I was about to cry, thinking "what's gonna happen if you can't draw in 'Jump' anymore".
当たり前って言えば当たり前だけどな
Shuujin: If I say it's definitely gonna happen, it'll definitely happen.
Miyoshi: But you had to win against Eiji, so I couldn't relax.
So, how far did you win by?
そう言われる
Shuujin: Hm? Where would I be told something like that?
Saikou: Were we thinking it'd be fine if we just competed with him for the next serialization meeting? That's too naive...... We've gotta compete forever, don't we? What do you think?
Miyoshi: If we're always above him, it's no problem.
Shuujin: Always?......... That'd be being number 1. Well, let's stop thinking about little details like that.
Saikou: Yeah. It's not something for us to judge.
Miyoshi: Yeah, yeah. Let's just be happy.
Shuujin: Yeah. Let's just eat the hell out of this feast Kaya-chan made.
Yuujirou: Good for you, Miura.
Miura: Ah, thanks.
Yuujirou: But it's not getting above "CROW". [Crow face]
I'm gonna go let Niizuma-kun know.
He seemed a little worried.
Anyhow, congratulations.
Eiji: OOoh, I knew it, Ashirogi-sensei got serialized!!
They did it, they did it, they did it-piin, yeah!

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Eiji: So
It's the kind of story that could even fight against mine? That's part's important.
Yuujirou: Yeah. From what I saw, it wouldn't be odd if it went even higher than "+NATURAL" or "CROW'. [Faces]
Eiji: ! Really!?
Yuujirou: It's true.
Eiji: I'm hanging up.
Click
Yuujirou: Eh?
Phone: Pi
Pi
Shuujin: Huh? Marhiro, your phone's ringing.
Saikou: Eh. My hands are all sticky.
Eiji.
Eiji: Congratulations. I'm happy for you, too.
Saikou: Thanks a lot.

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Eiji: So the real battle between Ashirogi-sensei and I starts here.
Saikou: !
Yes. This time, we're not gonna lose.
Shuujin: Saikou, let me on!
Thank you very much Niizuma-san, it's thanks to you we could do it.
Eiji: What do you mean?
Shuujin: Because of you... Because we were always trying to catch up to you...
At some point, we decided you were our rival...
No, actually, it was in middle school when we saw your name as a semi-finalist for the Tezuka Award.........
And we thought we'd quit "Tanto" and aim for higher precisely because you were our rival.............
Eiji: Okay.
You two and I are destined and eternal rivals.
Someone that I could write as a "powerful enemy" and call a "friend"...[Things in quotes are big]
That kind of feeling.

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Sign: Jump
Square
Jump
Photo [All these are cut off on the ends]
Somebody: Huh? An editor change email?
Eh... An editor's getting reassigned?
Box: After the serialization meeting there was discussion with editor-in-chief and the assistant editor-in-chives about an editor change. A notice was sent by email to the computers at each desk.
Hattori: ......
Yamahisa: Huh? The editor for "Kanzen Hanzai Club" isn't gonna be Miura-san?
Eh, Hattori?
Miura: !
.........They changed the editor from me to Hattori-senpai......
Editor: ......
Aida: A... After he finally managed to snatch serialization......... It's too bad...
Miura: .......
D... Do you think the fact that it was mostly because of what you did got out...?
Yamahisa: Eh? Is that so? That ain't good.
Yoshida: Hattori's been working behind the scenes again? Cut that out already.
Hattori: I wouldn't say it was exactly "behind the scenes"...

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Miura: I'm going to apologize to the editor-in-chief.
Hattori: Wait, Miura......
Yoshida: Yeah, you'd better take responsibility for your mistakes.
Yamahisa: He's gonna get his neck wrung.
それにしてもだからといって
Hattori: ............At any rate, while I may be Ashirogi-kun's editor again......
Miura: Ah, Editor-in-chief.........
I'm truly sorry!
Sasaki: Hm? What is it? Did you do something again?
Miura: Eh...... Um...
"Kanzen Hanzai Club" got made by getting help from Hattori-senpai,
and I treated it like I did it all on my own............
I'll accept this editor change as a matter of course.
Sasaki: .........
助言をくれる者がいてそれをプライドを捨て聞く耳を持てればだが
It's not a bad thing to seek advice from other editors. If there's someone who gives good advice, if you have a good ear you'll throw away your pride and listen...
Miura: !

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Sasaki: This serialization, Miura, is the result of your actions for wanting to find a way for it to happen for Ashirogi-kun.
You did well.
Miura: !
Editor-in-chief!
Sasaki: Well, I knew that Hattori played a big part. There are those who say that he understands Ashirogi-kun the best.
So I saw it as a good thing to entrust it to him.
On the other hand, you should try helping Hattori this time.
Hattori's given a ton of complaints to the captains...
Miura: Th... There are some things even senpai isn't good at......?
Sasaki: It's natural for fellow editors to compete with each other, but cooperating with each other is also important, don't you think?
時には差し伸べる姿勢も必要
There are times when there's a need to extend a hand, too......
You could say that this time, Ashirogi-kun survived because of that.
Miura: A......Anyhow, th... thank you very much.
.........
I'm sure senpai wanted to be Ashirogi-kun's editor, too......... This way might be best.........

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Yuujirou: Anyhow, they're unusual authors.
They actually got their serialization decided at the year-end meeting three years in a row......
You could say that's because they've got talent, but they also got canceled twice without lasting a year either time. If they're not a success this time, there won't be another chance.
? What is it? You got back to being Ashirogi-kun's editor, just like you wanted, yet you've been making that gloomy face the whole time.
Hattori: ...
Shuujin: Oh, Miura-san. That'll be the rest of the report.
Eh, we're changing editors!?
Saikou: ! ..........
H... Hang on, again!? Now that we got serialized..........
Miura: It's not a bad editor change for you guys. You can be honestly happy about this.
Shuujin: Honestly happy with an editor change?
Saikou: !
Could he mean......


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Shuujin: Eh, Hattori-san!? We're going back to Hattori-san!? [Face after name.]
Ah... no... But, we're... We're really happy, but you've done so much for us, especially recently, and we finally got this far...
Miura: ...
I'm saying just be happy about it!
Shuujin: .........Miura-san.
Miura: And with Hattori-senpai, make sure you make "Kanzen Hanzai Club" a big hit!
Shuujin: Right!
He said to make it a big hit with Hattori-san...
Saikou: Let me have it for a sec.

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Saikou: Miura-san, thank you so much. We'll definitely make a huge hit.
Miura: Oh, Mashiro-kun, just who I wanted to hear!!
Saikou: Just who you wanted?
Eh...
Miura-san, you're becoming "+NATURAL"'s editor!? [Egg thing after title]
Shuujin: EEH?
Miura: Yeah. It's a simple switch of senpai and me as editors.
I'm saying "Make a big hit", but I'm still not gonna lose to you! If I lost, I wouldn't be able to show my face in front of senpai again!
Saikou: .........
Even though if we lose we won't be able to draw in "Jump" anymore?
Miura: That's right!
Saikou: We definitely won't lose either! Not to you, Miura-san, or Niizuma-san!
Shuujin: Not to Akina-san, either!
Miura: All right! Then it's on!!

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簡単な引き継ぎで先輩と一緒に行くと思うからその時に
Miura: ...........Well, I think I'll be coming over with senpai for a simple transition, so until then.
Saikou: ......Right.
......
Miyoshi: Th-This sure has a good "men's world" feel to it......
Ah, there are the girls Iwase and Aoki-san, too......
Shuujin: Hattori-san as the editor is the perfect condition for "Kanzen Hanzai Club".
Miyoshi: You get even stronger with him, huh?
Saikou: Yeah, just as Miura-san said, let's be genuinely happy about this and move forward.
Hattori: .........
Is it really all right for me to be Ashirogi-kun's editor?
Yuujirou: Eh!?
Insert Text: Surging authors!! Sinking Editor!!
Bottom: Bakuman
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