Bakuman 7

One done, and right into another...

[Bakuman 7 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Saikou (Box): Having decided to go into "Jump" by the end of summer vacation, for Shuujin and I
Shuujin: I've got to get the name done by the start of summer vacation. But no matter how much I rewrite it, I don't like the second half.
Title: Page 7 Smile and Blush
Saikou: And I'm still not at the level where I can do a manuscript.
But in the worst case scenario, you can write the second half while I'm drawing the first half.
Saikou (Box): it felt like our only time for rest was when we were in school.

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Kaya: There they are.
Saikou: Hey, that's Miyoshi, right?
Shuujin: Yep. #31 of Class 1 , Miyoshi Kaya. Best friend of #3 of class 2, Azuki Miho.
Kaya: Ta-ka-giiii come here a secooond!
Saikou: She's calling you.
Shuujin: I don't wanna go.
SFX: SUTASU
Kaya: Takagi, I've got something to talk to you about.
Shuujin: What?
It's fine, stay.

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Kaya: Miho said "Why does Takagi-kun know about your dreams of the future? You told him, didn't you?", she's mad at me.
Shuujin: It doesn't really matter, does it? I just checked with her to see if it was true.
Ah, and I told this guy. He's my friend Mashiro-kun.
Saikou: .........
Kaya: ..........
Miho's shy, that's why I told you not to tell anyone.
Shuujin: I know. I won't tell anyone else.
How about you ask her how she's gonna be a seiyuu if she's that shy.
Kaya: How could I say that to her?
Shuujin: Anyhow, I won't spread it anymore so relax.
Kaya: So you get rejected by her?
Shuujin: Huh? You've gotta be kidding.
Kaya: You said you talked with Miho, right?
Shuujin: I'm just saying it was on my mind, so I asked her to see if it was true. Anyway, she likes someone else.
Kaya: You're kidding.
Who?
Saikou: She doesn't know...

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Shuujin: I don't know, but third year middle school girls usually have someone they like, right?
Kaya: Yeaaah... Most usually do,
but Miho never said anything about that so~~~~
Say, wait a second, why were you probing me about Miho, anyway?
Shuujin: Hm? Well, that's because...
I wanted to talk to you, Miyoshi.
Saikou: Now you've done it, Shuujin.
Shuujin: ?
Kaya: L... Let me think about it.
Shuujin: Eh?
Hang on, Miyo...
SFX: GUI

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Saikou: If you say you were joking, she'll either cry or get pissed.
You know her. She's been in nationals for karate or aikido or something.
Shuujin: ..........
Saikou: Also, she likes you in the first place, doesn't she?
Shuujin: You're kidding.
Saikou: I mean, she told you Azuki's secrets even though she's Azuki's best friends, seems pretty friendly, doesn't it?
And she said "let me think about it". There's no way she'd say that if she didn't like you.
Shuujin: Now that you mention it......
Saikou: But I really don't think I can let it go like this.
She's not bad, that Miyoshi.
Shuujin: Eh? Not bad?
Saikou: I think.
Shuujin: Why?
Saikou: She's Azuki's best friend, so she must be a good person.
Shuujin: .........

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Kaya: Miho-----
Your classmate, Takagi, hit on me.
Azuki: No way.
So Takagi-kun and Kaya spoke again...
I don't think he'd say anything about Mashiro and I, but...

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Kaya: What do you think?
Azuki: Hm? About what?
Kaya: Takagi.
Azuki: Well, he's good at studying and exercise, and he's tall.
Kaya: Y... You're right. I'm not good enough for him.
Azuki: That's not so.
Kaya: Everyone in my class is sure Takagi'll go out with Iwase.
Azuki: I don't think Iwase-san is very popular with boys.
Kaya: Why? She's ridiculously smart, and she's pretty.
Azuki: From boys' point of view, she probably looks stuck up, don't you think?
And boys don't think about whether someone's suited to them or not, Takagi-kun probably just thinks you're cute, Kaya.
Kaya: I'm cute?
Azuki: Yes.

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Kaya: So who do you like?
Azuki: Eh?
Nobody.
Kaya: I thought you'd say that. But Takagi and Mashiro said you've definitely got someone, and it's written all over your face.
Azuki: Owwww, what did Takagi-kun say? But by how she's saying it it doesn't look like it got out about Mashiro-kun, I'm glad about that......
Kaya; Huh? Who is it, who?
Azuki: Th...
There isn't anybody.
SFX: AHAHAHA~N
Kaya: There isn't eh......?
Hey,
You said Iwase was "stuck up", but won't people see you as stuck up, too?
Azuki: Eeeeeeh?
Kaya: I've been friends with you for 5 years but I've never seen you talking with a boy. If I think about it, you're really cute. Being cute but not talking to boys is stuck up, isn't it?
Azuki: ..........

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Azuki: Kaya.
Kaya: Yes?
Azuki: I'm not stuck up, I'm embarrassed with boys so I can't talk to them.
I really like boys even more than you, Kaya.
Kaya: Wha?
Azuki: Maybe it's because I don't have any brothers, but I get really self-conscious and go bright red from just trying to talk to them, so I can't. Understand?
Kaya: ..........
It's really funny when you start talking like a teacher, Miho.
But when you do, you're always serious so I know you're not lying.
Ah, lunch break is over.
Are Takagi and Mashiro back?
SFX: KIIIIN KOOOHN KAAAHN KOOOHN

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Azuki: If you're gonna tell Takagi you'll go out with him, do it alone. I hate being around for those sorts of things.
Kaya: Eeeeeh?
Well, right now I'm gonna ignore him and go back to the classroom.
Azuki: See you later.
SFX: Chira
Shuujin: Maybe we're on the same wavelength.
Saikou: All Miyoshi did was turn around.
Shuujin: Hey, if Miyoshi says "I'll go out with you", what do I do?
Saikou: Haha. Yeah, you can't say you wanted to talk with her but didn't want to go out.
Shuujin: "Haha"? Real nice, Saikou...
Saikou: This was about the only thing that happened that was out of the ordinary, first term.

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Saikou: Oh, one more thing that happened was...
Shuujin: I'm telling you, if you just remember these two formulas, everything in this area will come together.
Saikou: Ooh, I can't understand this at all.
Before the end of term test, Shuujin told me how to get a good score, so I went from 19th in the class on the mid-terms to 6th place.
Paper: [cut off]shiro Moritaka [The name in the box, under the 85]
Saikou: Shuujin and Miyoshi started being aware of each other, but they didn't go out our anything.
And I went into summer vacation without exchanging email addresses with Azuki, either.
Board: Summer Vacation

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Saikou: Once summer vacation started, Shuujin and I convinced our parents to let us sleep over at the work place.
SFX: JIII JIII JIII JIII (cicada)
Saikou: The only thing we had comparable to pros was getting four hours of sleep a night.
Although Shuujin got the name done in the beginning of August, so he got plenty of sleep. After that, all was left was for me to get the manuscript done.
Shuujin: .........
......He's honestly over-exerting himself. His body's not gonna hold out.
Maybe we should call Azuki and have her do the cleaning, the laundry, and the cooking.
and have her wear a main outfit the whole time. And she can live-in here, what do you think?
Azuki (On Page): Master, your meal is ready.
Shuujin (On Page): Ah, thank you.

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Shuujin: I'm kidding.
I'm sorry, Azuki-san isn't that kind of girl!
Th... This is bad. He's already not getting jokes.
SFX: SHAAAH GAH
Saikou: Did you finish my summer vacation homework?
Shuujin: Yeah, you've just gotta copy it. I even purposely made mistakes in places it looked like you would make mistakes.
Saikou: You're a real help doing all that, thanks.
SFX: Kari... (scratch)
Shuujin: Who's paying the heating and fuel bills here, anyway? We've been having the AC going 24 hours a day.
Saikou: My parents of my grandpa.
SFX: KOOOO karikari (scratching)
Shuujin: ...If we sell, we've gotta pay them back. No, even if we don't sell.
Saikou: We're definitely gonna sell and pay them back a hundred times.
Shuujin: R...
Right.
SFX: KAPAH
Shuujin: The look in Mashiro's eyes has changed ever since he saw that issue of Jump...

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Saikou: Niizuma Eiji's work that won the semi-finalist prize in the Tezuka Award, "Large bander" ran in Jump, and it was even better than we expected.
Manga: You're already late
The large viruses have increased 100,000 times.
They keep destroying. [This is the top right manga.]
Live con[cut off. Has the first kanji for "continue". This is the one ion the back.]
Destruction trigger!!! [Front manga.]
Saikou: Even Mr. Confidence, Shuujin, acknowledged we couldn't match that right now.
But this became a desire "not to lose", and became even more self-conscious of how much I hated losing with regard to drawings.
Riding on that motivation, I got to finishing touches at the end of August.
Shuujin: ......Shouldn't you sleep a little? There are still 4 days left in summer vacation.
Saikou: No, at this rate we'll be done while it's still vacation.
SFX: SAH SAH
Saikou: OOOOOKAY! Done with the whiting. Now just for attaching the screen tones.
Shuujin: Heeeew.
.........
SFX: BAH BAH

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Shuujin: Saikou, can I help out?
Saikou: I didn't interfere with your name. I thought you weren't going to interfere with my artwork, either?
Shuujin: No, I just thought this way we'd both be working on it at the moment it was finished......
Is that okay?
SFX: GUWA
Saikou: Okay, first attach these to all of the earth soldier's pants.
Shuujin: Ooh, thanks!
Saikou: We're almost there!
Let's keep going nonstop until we're done!
Saikou (Box): For the end, we were up all night. And on August 28th 2008, our joint work "Futatsu no Chikyuu" was completed.
Saikou: D...
Done......
Hew.
SFX: Haa... Haa...

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Shuujin: It may not be enough to match Eiji, but it'll be a good work to show them our talent.
Paper: Title: "Futatsu no Chikyuu"
Saikou: We did it.
Shuujin: The drawings are good, but I dunno about my story.
Saikou: The story is good, but I dunno about my drawings.

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Shuujin: Saikou.
Saikou: Wh... What? Don't you think this is a little embarrassing?
Shuujin: Th-Thank you, Saikou.
Saikou: Shuujin cried a little, but I didn't make fun of him for it.

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Shuujin: O-Okay. Now to call Shuueisha and tell them we're bringing it in.
Saikou: You do it, Shuujin.
Shuujin: I thought you'd say that...
Saikou: You're better at talking with adults. You were talking up a storm with Azuki's mom, weren't you?
Shuujin: I'm not that good, really.
SFX: HUA...
Shuujin: ..........
If I call from this phone you don't think they'll say "There's a phone call coming from Kawaguchi Tarou's work place! It's a ghost!", right?
Saikou: Of way. No one remembers. Call on your cell phone if you're that worried.
Hurry it up.
SFX: DOH
Shuujin: ......How should I say it?
Saikou: Just something like "I'd like to bring in a manuscript", duh.
Shuujin: Yeah, you're right.
SFX: Kuuu-
SFX: MIIIIHN MIIIIHN
Saikou: They said to go to the reception desk tomorrow at 3PM and say "We have an appointment with Weekly Shonen Jump's Hattori-san."
Saikou: Tomorrow... That's fast... Well, it's before our second semester starts, so it's fine.
SFX: PACHIH Bah

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Someone: Haaaah. This time some middle schoolers are bringing something in... Two days ago it was a High School Student from a manga club...
Poster: SQ. First Issue
Guy: That's why you don't answer the phone from unfamiliar outside numbers during summer vacation.
SFX: GACHA
Saikou (Box): August 29th 2008. Shuujin and I finally made it this far.
Shuujin: I can't believe middle school boys like us can bring in a manuscript. It's like a dream.
Saikou: As long as you just write a manuscript, they say anyone can do it. The problem is whether that work is judged well.
Sign: Shuueisha
SFX: ZAH
Bottom: 1 Dreams and Reality (End)

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Ooba Name
Obata Name
Complete!
Bakuman。vol.1
"Until it becomes a manuscript"
Page 7, p200-201

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Bakuman。

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[Credits and copyright info... And well that's Volume 1 done.]