Bakuman 92

Really difficult logic in this... But I got it, all done. Check it out.

[Bakuman 92 Translation by Kewl0210]
Page 1:
Iwase: Understand? I'll be number 1 in Jump and number 1 in Japan. Losing to something like "PCP" is inexcusable.
Miura: B... But, "NATURAL" has an anime starting in April... It'll be fine... [Faces after titles]
Ah, that's right.
Here, for the role of Mimiya Sayano in the anime, who appears in the manga starting at chapter 16, these are the four chosen by the producers out of those who applied.
They asked me to have you and Niizuma-kun listen to samples and get your opinions...
And, if possible, for you to come to the audition this Saturday and choose one there.
Iwase: !
Card:
Voice Actress Profile [This is small on the top]
Azuki Miho [That's the name in the big top square]
Birthday - November 5th, 1993 (20 years old) [The first words of each of these are the left column, then the description is everything past that]
Data Height: 152 cm / Weight: 40kg
Birthplace Saitama Prefecture, Tokyo Resident
Works Performed in:
St. Visual Girls' Academy
Tomboy Ninha Squad
BS America[Cut off]
Insert Text: Why did you...
For that role...!?
Other Insert Text: ?The anime production is going great!! Broadcasting begins this fall!!
Page 92 Disposition and Decision
Original Story / Ooba Tsugumi Manga / Obata Takeshi

Page 2:
Iwase: ..........
Miura: ?
Iwase: This Azuki Miho, she was a classmate in my third year of middle school.
Miura: Eh!? Really!? What a coincidence.
Ah! That girl...
Is Mashiro's girlfriend...
Iwase: ! Girlfriend?
Miura: I'm sure of it... I'm don't know if they're still going out, though..........
Iwase: Those two are..........
Azuki Miho... Mashiro Moritaka... Takagi Akito...
Ashirogi Muto...

Page 3:
Shuujin: Is it too much to have Mai even be good at sports?
Saikou: Like I said, she's a heroine, so going that far's fine.
Saikou: !? Miura-san? [Face after name]
Miura: Mashiro-kun, that Azuki Miho-chan, it was you who was her classmate in middle school, right?
Saikou: Eh... Yes.
Miura: The middle school you went to... What an incredible class it had, eh?
Ashirogi-kun and Akina-kun, and Miho-chan is a voice actress......... It's yielded quite a surprising bit of success.
That Miho-chan is one of the the final candidates for the role of "+NATURAL"'s Mimiya Sayano. [Make sure you get all the faces! :)]
Saikou: A candidate for the Sayano role?

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Miura: Yep. This Saturday's the audition. What, you didn't know?
Saikou: .......... No, I haven't heard anything from her.
Miura: Is that so? Well, be sure and give her your support.
Saikou: O... Okay.
Shuujin: ......
.........Azuki in "+NATURAL"..........
Why...?
Shuujin: Saikou.
Kaya: What was that call about? Miho, right?
Saikou: Well, you see...
Shuujin: The Sayano role!?
Kaya: An audition on Saturday!?
Comic: Um...
Sayano-chan, put that egg in the fridge.
Below Comic: ? Akina Aiko - Niizuma Eiji / Shueisha [Make sure the copyright icon encodes right]
Saikou: ..........
Shuujin/Kaya: ..........
Shuujin: But, why would Miura tell you that.........
Saikou: He's "NATURAL"'s editor. It sounded like he was just saying how amazed he was that she was a voice actress.

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Kaya: Wh... Why would Miho take that kind of role? ...........
Miho is gonna be Annojyou Mai's role if "PCP" becomes an anime, right!?
Shuujin: This "Sayano" took a while to show up, but there are no outstanding female roles. And, as soon as she appears, she'll become a well established heroine........
Kaya: I know, right!? If Miho's gonna be the heroine of Ashirogi Muto's anime, she can't do another one!
Not just another one, but those who you consider rivals, of all people's. There's no way she can do Iwase and Niizuma's manga... Stop her, Mashiro. [Faces still after names]
Saikou: No.
Kaya: !
Saikou: It would be a big boost for Azuki's career.
Work is work. I do manga... and Azuki tries her hardest to earn an income as a voice actress.
That distant dream...
By doing that with Eiji and Iwase... she's getting there with "NATURAL". There's nothing we can do.
Shuujin: ......
Kaya: Wh-What're you saying!? You can't mean that!

Page 6:
Kaya: You must be crazy!
Miho's gonna be the heroine for your guys' anime......
That was...
Shuujin: Kaya-chan!
Kaya: What!?
Shuujin: Kaya-chan, you shouldn't interfere with this.
Kaya: ..........
That's so unfair... I'm thinking of what's best for everyone.............
Shuujin: I understand how you feel, but we're in no position...
Right?
Shuujin: W-Well, I'm gonna spend the rest of the day at home.
Saikou: ! Eh... Okay... Good job today.
.........

Page 7:
Shuujin: You can't talk like that in front of Saikou.
Kaya: Eh?
Shuujin: I don't think Saikou wanted to say his true feelings out loud,
but there's no way he could stop Azuki from working on something she chose herself.
Kaya: Why?
Shuujin: That's the way he is.
Kaya: .........The way he is, huh...? I kind of understand... In that situation, Mashiro couldn't be honest.
Shuujin: Azuki isn't totally innocent, either.
Kaya: Eh... Yeah, you're right... Why would she go for the Sayano role............
Shuujin: Normally, it'd be like...
"There's no wa~~y I could be in the anime of Mashiro-kun's rival!"...Right? [quote is bold]
But, Azuki's not that type of person.
Kaya: .........
Yeah.
"Since it's work, I'll give it my all." [This sentence in the double bubble]
She'd say something like that.
Shuujin: It's Azuki's job, so if it's going to be halted, she'll be the one to decide. Let's both go to Azuki's place tomorrow and try.
Kaya: O... Okay.

Page 8:
Box: The next day
Shuujin: .............We happened to hear it from "NATURAL"'s editor.
Kaya: Why would you take a role for "NATURAL"?
Azuki: My manager sent an application in on his own accord.
Kaya: Oh, so that's it. So then, it's gotten pretty far through.
So what do you think you're gonna do about the audition?
Azuki: ? What am I gonna do?
..........
Kaya: ......... I'm saying you shouldn't do it. It could be really bad if you got the part.
Shuujin: If our series were to be made into an anime, due to being another "Jump" series, it would overlap if you were chosen for the role of Sayano and were the voice actress of our work's heroine, Azuki-san.
So then, no matter how much we authors might contend it, you'd be doing "NATURAL", you see.
Azuki: Did Mashiro-kun say that?
Kaya: Mashiro's being the same as always.
He's insistent on saying that it's your work, so it's your decision.

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Azuki: ......... Yes. That is the kind of thing Mashiro-kun would say.
Shuujin: That's the kind of person Saikou is, so I understand how he feels, but...
I don't want you to do it.
Although there's no proof our work will be becoming an anime anytime soon, you were going to play the heroine when it did............
Azuki: Takagi-kun......
Kaya: And "NATURAL" isn't the only anime! It's crazy to purposely move farther away from your dream!
Stop being stubborn and be true to yourself.
Azuki: ..........
Kaya: I mean, I'm sure Mashiro will be happy if we tell him you're not going to the audition, Miho.
Shuujin: That's right. I'm sure it would relieve Saikou to hear you say that, Azuki-san.
And if Saikou were to ask you to not take it, you'd be happy, too,
right?
Azuki: ..........

Page 10:
Kaya: Yeah, yeah! You two are way too stubborn. Anyhow, it's obvious you at least shouldn't do the role of another "Jump" work's heroine.
Azuki: ......
Shuujin: ........Well, like Saikou said, it's your job, so it's for you to decide, Azuki-san.........
But...
I'd like you to stop for the sole reason that "Mashiro-kun didn't stop you".
Azuki: .........I understand.
I'll send a message to Mashiro-kun today and try discussing it with him.
Kaya: Eh!?
Like we said, even if you talk to Mashiro, we already have a general idea of what he'll say.
Azuki: Even so..........
Shuujin: Kaya-chan, Azuki-san said she understands, so our job is done. It's for Azuki-san and Saikou to decide from here on in, so let's go home.
Kaya: Eh? Isn't that kinda indecisive!?
Shuujin: It's fine. Azuki-san, we'll see you later.

Page 11:
Saikou: Azuki doing the Sayano role...
Azuki: I'll definitely become a voice actress, and it would be a dream to be in your anime.
I'll wait forever.
Saikou: Dammit.
A message?
Azuki!
Phone: Miho Azuki [the 'from' part]
Good evening [the 'sub' part]
Are we just being stubborn?
Saikou: .........
Stubborn... huh.........?
Phone: *pi*
*pi*
*pi*
Re: Good evening
I'm not sure.
Send [bottom left]
Azuki: .........

Page 12:
Box: With only that one text exchange, Friday arrived.
Hattori: "PCP" is 2nd!
"CROW" is in 3rd, and "NATURAL" is 5th. [Faces after titles.]
Shuujin: ALL RIIIIIIIGHT!!
But it's still just the 2nd chapter... "NATURAL" has an anime starting in a month, so he said not to let our guard down just yet.
Saikou: ......If chapter 2 is in 2nd then we're okay... There's a fan response...
Even so....... For Azuki to do the role of "NATURAL"'s Sayano...... Is it really okay for me to let that happen? ................ The audition's tomorrow.
Shuujin: ! Saikou.........
Saikou: Eh! Ah, I'm glad. Let's keep trying hard, like this.
Shuujin: .........I told Azuki before that even if she takes the audition, "you didn't stop her" so it she actually shouldn't do it.
Saikou: !
Wh... Why......?
Shuujin: I'm sorry for poking my nose in, but...
Saikou: ......No...
Thanks...
..........

Page 13:
Saikou: Azuki is working hard as a seiyuu for Azuki's sake...
[The phone is the same text as the one Azuki sent]
I guess that's just how I feel... I respect Azuki's feelings, I have faith in her.........
If Azuki doesn't refuse, I won't stop her...
...Which is it?
...Like Shuujin said, is that just pushing Azuki to a conclusion?.........
Phone: I'm not sure.
Azuki: Mashiro-kun...
Sign: Niizuma Eiji Limited Company
Miura: Did you listen like I asked?
Were there any people you liked?
They say they want to cater to the author's intentions as much as possible.
Eiji: They're all good. It's hard to say who's the best.
But,

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Eiji: I don't think Azuki Miho-san should do it.
Miura: Eh!? Is Miho-chan no good?
Eiji: No, she's not. She's Mashiro-sensei's girlfriend.
If she appeared in Akina-san's and my work, I don't think Mashiro and Takagi-sensei would be happy about it.
Miura: R... Really?
When I talked to him about her being a voice actress before...
Well... Anyhow, her audition's tomorrow and I haven't heard anything against it, so...
Eiji: I know, but still...
Box: The next day
Miura: I think we got here a little too early......
Eiji: CHARARA~~~~~RAARARAAAAA!!
Let's audition!
Iwase: ..........

Page 15:
Iwase: It's been quite a long time.
Azuki: Ashirogi Muto...
What meaning does that pen name have?
I realized that the "A" came from you, Azuki-san. Mashiro-kun's "shiro" and Takagi-kun's "gi"......
And "making your dreams come true"?
TL Note: The "Mu" and "To" in Ashirogi Muto are the kanjis for "dream" and from the verb "to come true" respectively. The parts from the names are as Iwase says.
Eiji: .......
Azuki: The meaning is...
That when Mashiro and Takagi-kun's manga becomes an anime, I'll be the heroine.
That's our dream!
Iwase: !
Eiji: That's a fantastic dream!
Iwase: ......Getting into manga with such a frivolous idea...
Azuki: And that's why...

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Azuki: I came here today to decline the role.
Eiji: Ooh.
Iwase: D... Don't mess around with me.
After hearing that story... I...
Wanted to use you, no matter what............ You would make Sayano into the ultimate heroine.
And to decline for someone's love like that, I can't allow it.............If you say no, it's gonna be a big problem.
Azuki: I don't care.
Eiji: Th-There are girls this scary?
Miura; Yes, there are.
Eiji: Ooh, Ashirogi-senseeei!!
Azuki: Eh?

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Azuki: .........Mashiro-kun!
Saikou: Let's go!
Azuki: Eh?
Where are we....?
Saikou: Let's get out of here!
Azuki: !...
Okay...
Iwase: P... Please wai....
Eiji: Ooh,
Ashirogi-senseei!!

Page 18:
Eiji: That was totally cool!!
Leave the rest to me. I'll use my authority to get Miho-san to back off! Nobody'll have any complaints!
Saikou: Thanks, Niizuma-san!
Azuki: Thank you very much!
Saikou: Haa
Haa
Now I've really gone and done it...
Azuki: But I'm really glad.
Saikou: Even though I interfered with your work, Azuki-san?
Azuki: I was just declining the role, too.
Saikou: EH!?
Azuki: We both did the same thing...
Looks like we were right on the same wavelength!
Saikou: ......
Azuki: And also,
You took my hand, Mashiro.
Saikou: Eh...
Ah!
Sorry!
Azuki: Eh?

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Saikou: S... Sorry, I let go.
Azuki: You were really reliable today.
Saikou: Am I usually not reliable...?
Azuki: ...Yes. Outside, when you're working on manga, there might be a few places where you're not reliable...
Saikou: .........
Azuki: Times when you're stubborn.......
Saikou: You could say that for both of us.
Azuki: For people so stubborn, we really are no good.
We weren't going to meet until our dreams came true... but how many times is this now?
Saikou: It was an emergency. It's unfortunate, but that's how reality can be.
Azuki: You think it's unfortunate, Mashiro-kun?
Saikou: Yeah, I didn't plan on holding your hand until our dreams came true.
......... I guess we really are pretty stubborn.
Insert Text: Only now... they don't want to unclasp those hands, even if only for a brief moment...
Bottom: Bakuman
...Page 92
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