3-gatsu no Lion 44

Okay, now that we're almost caught up to the chapters I've translated I'm gonna start getting more of these done.

[3-Gatsu no Lion 44 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Title: Chapter. 44
Small Mumbling

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Sign: Mikazuki Temple
T/N: Mikazuki = Crescent Moon
Someji: Hmmm.
I dunno about this...
Akari: Grandpa sounds stressed over something.
Hinata: Is it his next new creation?
Grandpa.
Someji: Hmmm.
I wanna put together some new product for summer,
but I just can't...
seem to come up with anything.

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Someji: The 'Baked Mikazuki' is great. It's become established as
a specialty of Sangatsu City, but...
I'd really like to get another showpiece if I can...
Something else that could become a local specialty...
Akari: So for that...
We'll need a name and shape that's both easy to remember and one that people won't get tired of...
But also something that will make a good souvenir, so it should have a long shelf life...
so then maybe a baked confectionary?
Hinata: Huh? Wait, wait.
Having a long shelf life is really important, but if it's another baked good, wouldn't it have too much in common with the Baked Mikazuki?
Maybe something more raw would work better?
Like, say, Strawberry Daifuku. It doesn't have a long keep, but it's famous, i~~sn't it?
T/N: Daifuku or Daifukumochi (literally "great luck"), is a Japanese confection consisting of a small round mochi (glutinous rice cake) stuffed with sweet filling, most commonly anko, sweetened red bean paste made from azuki beans. [Feel free to abridge this if you want.]
Someji: Strawberry Daifuku, huuh......?
Well, they surprised me at first,
but they really were good and they became established.
Hm...
Handwritten: Mm... Mm...

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Someone: I see what you're saying.
Something like Strawberry Daifuku.
Paper: New Taste [Left bubble]
Attractive [Bottom left bubble]
Strawberry Daifuku [Big, middle]
Element of surprise [Right bubble]
Someone: It would be nice to have something sort of 'unexpected' in it that would create a new taste.
-----Hina, if you were to pick something, what would you like best to have inside?
What's your favorite?
Hina: Um, maybe apple...
And some fresh cream!!
Someone: Fresh cream......
...Fresh cream, eh?
Fresh cream in a Japanese confectionary...
I honestly get the feeling that would make the good qualities of Japanese confectionary die...
I guess your grandpa
really can't consider such heresy.
Handwritten: Mm...
Hina: But, but, anko and fresh cream taste good together, don't they?
And, hey, there's also stuff like cream mitsumame and cream zenzai...
T/N: Mitsumame is a dessert made of small cubes of agar jelly, a white translucent jelly made from red algae or seaweed. Zenzai is a traditional azuki bean soup.

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Someji: Mmmmm, you have a point there...
Cream mitsumame has cream on it and it's tasty...
Handwritten: I see...
Akari: Cream Mitsumame? That's so delicious!
Sometimes I go to places like Hana no Zen or Mihashi
without really thinking.
T/N: Hana no Zen and Mihashi are chain traditional Japanese restaurants.
SFX: Mmm
Akari: ...But sweets shops are like a trap...
Oh, I'm so tired.
How about we grab something sweet and head home?
Hinata: All right! I agree!!
Handwritten: Let's shop!
Sign: Sweets Cafe Mitsuhashi
Akari: It's nice to indulge in luxury once in a while, right? [Star]
Look, something like Mitsumame is 350 yen!
Paper: Mitsumame 350 Yen
Hinata: Hm, I really would like something with anko on it, though.
Akari: Yeah, that'd be great.
-----And then
if we make it 'anmitsu', that's 430 yen... Well, I guess that's okay. 860 yen for 2 people...
Hinata: Ah, hold on, hold on! Then... for just another 100 yen, we can have 'cream anmitsu'.
Akari: Ah, that sounds wonderful!! I love cream!
SFX: GIRA GIRA (Sparkling) shinken (serious) HUFF HUFF
Akari: Huh...? But if you're gonna go that far
for just another 50 yen, they'll squeeze fresh cream onto it?!
Hinata: Hold on one second,
if we're going to put fresh cream on it, then we need apricots, too, right?!
Akari: Huh?! Then I want banana!!

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Banner: The Final Result
They piled it all on
Labels: Powdered Green Tea
Apricot
Fresh Cream
Banana
Fresh Cream
Ice Cream
Red Bean Paste
Banner: Totaling 1610 Yen
SFX: PAPAAAAAN MOTTERYA
Guy: Thanks for stopping by!
Akari: Aaaaah
Hinata: Darn i~~~t
SFX: YORO YORO... (Unsteady) Donyori... (Heavy)
Somebody: How does this always happen...
We spent 1610 yen
just on a snack.
Hinata: My stomach's so full...
I'm gonna gain weight...
Akari: And we're always pulling out all the stops
trying as hard as we can to be thrifty~~~
If we wanted to burn through 1610 yen,
we could've gotten 2.3 kg of pork that's 68 yen per 100 grams!
With 2.3 kg of that,
we could've eaten for 5 days...
Hinata: The sweets shop trap is a devious one...
Your mind just goes blank...
In Bubble: And then you get fat...
Handwritten: I guess it was punishment
for not telling Momo we were going......
Akari: We'll have to economize even more this month...... Nei-chan learned her lesson...
Momo: What're you talking about?
Someji: Hey, don't get so down!
In Bubble: ......Wait, did this just happen recently?!
SFX: DONYORI... (Heavy) PUYO PUYO (Jellyish) HUUUH?!
Someji: Weren't we trying to come up with ideas for a new product?!
Oh yeah, Momo! What do you think?

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Someji: What would you like best inside something like a daifuku or a steamed bun?
What's your favorite?
Momo: ...........
Gum?
Everyone: HUUUUUUH...?
SFX: BAN
Someji: We have a genius on our hands!!
Handwritten: UOOOO
Akari: G... Grandpa?! Get a hold of yourself!!
Handwritten: Calm doooown!

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Guys: Umm...
Okay!!
Then,
let's all settle down.
Let's settle down and go through this one more time.
Someji: O-
Okay.
Hinata: Yeah.
The tasty thing we want to put in a daifuku...
First we want anko...
and mashed soybeans,
walnut,
powdered green tea,
apple,
strawberry...
Paper: powdered green tea [right side]
mashed [center of the paper]
apple [top left, mostly obscured]
walnut [bottom left]
Hinata: Chestnut...
sweet potato...
salted caramel...
Ah!! And fresh cream!!
Someji: Hey! Are we on that again?!! Don't start drifting too far from sweets, okay?!
SFX: DARA DARA (Mouth watering)
Someji: If we listened to all your sugestions,
Grandpa would end up running a cake shop!
Do you guys not really like sweets?!
Girls: W-We're sorry! We do like them! We really do!

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Hinata: I ca~~~~nt!
I can't narrow this list do~~wn! We can't settle on anything!
Handwritten: Mash, and powdered tea cream, and strawberry cream, and chestnuts...
Someji: That's 'cause women are always covering this and that~~
SFX: HAAAHH
Hinata: But I just can't narrow it down to just o~~~~ne!
Putting lots of flavors together would...
er,
hm?
Guys: Hina,
that's i~~~~t!
Hina: Waaa! So cute!
Someji: Whadda ya thing?! Something like this?
Akari: They're darumaa!
Handwritten: HEEEEW!
Man, I'm good.
HOWAAA
SFX: FUKKURI (Fluffy) Mochimochi (Crunchy) NYAA
T/N: Daruma are a round, traditional doll found in zen buddhism. A snow-daruma is the word for snowman.

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Hina: What do you call it?
Someji: The 'Sangatsu City Fukufuku Daruma' ☆.
It's made up of two different sized mochi balls filled with different flavored bean jam stuck together to look like snowmen.
'Fukufuku Daruma'.
The fuku in the name means both 'good fortune' and 'plump', and putting it twice makes it would seem like a good omen that gives double good luck, right?
This really is a good one...
Handwritten: Mhm, mhm
Someji: You can eat two different colored beans in a set, plus they're cute!
Hina: And you can do things like 'mashed beans and fresh cream'
or 'grains of red beans and sweet potato'!
Akari: There can be lots of variation by just changing the inside.
So we could even change them for the different seasons. Or have them only available for a limited time.
Handwritten: We could have chestnut paste in the autumn and strawberry cream in the spring...
Someji: Okay! Tomorrow I'll try talking it over a bit with Sada-san and the others.
A positive one!!
Guys: All riight! ☆
Hina: Mom, look, look!
Hina came up with a sweet, too!

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Hina: Hey, Grandpa,
Mom came up with the 'Baked Mikazuki', right?
Someji: Hm? What's that? You idiot...
The one who labored over it, experimented with it, made the molds,
and perfected it was your grandpa!!
Handwritten: I'm being inhaled!
Handwritten (Momo): GINYAA GAMOHH CHIUUUHHH
Someji: .....But
the one that came up with that cute shape and the name was Mikako......
your mom.
Mikako, she...
really loved cooking and really loved sweers.
She would say she was making 'trial products' all the time.
By learning by watching others and created all kinds of sweets.
Hina: Really......?

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Akari: Ah! Oh no!
How did it get so late?!!
I've got to go get dinner ready!
Handwritten: KYAHH
SFX: BOON BOON BOON
Hina: I would really be nice
if these Fukufuku Daruma
make everyone happy like the Baked Mikazuki does.
I want people to try them soon...
......
Oh, I know!
SFX: PURURU PURURURU...
SFX: PURURURU PURURURU...
Handwritten: There's still nyahthing there!

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Rei: Ah!
Ah,
yes?
Hello?
Handwritten: Ah... What?
SFX: PURURURU PURURURUR... GARARAH
Hina: Hello?
Rei: Hello?
Hina: Rei-chan, good evening.
Rei: Huh?
Ah.
Good evening...
Handwritten: Surprised
Hina: Do you think you could come over for dinner tonight?
Rei: Um...
Okay.
That would be great.

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Akari: Ah, Rei-kun, it's been a while.
Have you been feeling well?
Was the Human Shogi game fun?
Rei: Ah,
yes...
it rained, but we had fun.
Handwritten: It's Rei-chaaaan!
Akari: Ooh.
What's that? Looks like you've got a lot with you.
Rei: Ah, it's from my senpai. I thought I'd share some with you.
It's from his home in Yamagata...
I can't finish all of it myself, so if you want, you guys can have some...
Akari: Ah, that's great! Come on in out of the cold now!
Hinata: That day, Kiriyama-kun brought us lots of souvenirs from Yamagata.
Onei-chan was so happy. She said that side dishes build bridges and that he was a real life-saver.
For dessert, everyone ate the Fukufuku Darumas that I had the idea for.
---Also,
and this is still a secret for now,
but I've been thinking that if I can, I'd really like to be a 'sweets maker'
and someday run the shop with Grandpa.
-----Hinata
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