3-gatsu no Lion 50

Okay, well this one took a LOT longer than it should have, but it's all done. But I had a crazy busy week. I'll see if I can do any better with the next one.

[3-Gatsu no Lion 50 Translation by Kewl0210]
Page 122-123:
Title: Chapter.50
June

Page 124:
Handwritten (Next to flower shape on top): Right now I'm obsessed with these mock-outdoors things.
Handwritten (Next to arrow): I bought this little 'nature stove' and I'm really enjoying it.
Handwritten (In rectangle): *A little aluminum box that you put things like tissues, pinecones or dried branches in and light them fire.
Handwritten (Center right): I put a net and a pot on top and went to a corner of this big park near my house and enjoyed having some coffee with my parents in a corner of a barbecue area.
Handwritten (Right, near flower shapes): At the end when it had turned into hot embers, we baked some mochi. They cooked reaaally well.
Handwritten (Top left): If the sticks are half-dried, tons of smoke comes out!!
Handwritten (Left center): This is really in one of the 23 wards of Tokyo?! Mizumoto Park is always so refreshing and astonishing...... It's such a lovely place.
Handwritten (Right Bear): This mochi is so goood!
Handwritten (Center Bear): Dad (Tsuneo Hair)
Handwritten (Left bear): The mochi is stretchiiing!
Description (Right): Me
Description (Left): Mom (Aya-chan)
Banner: Umino and her Happy Friends ~Family Edition~

Page 125:
Guys: WOAAAAHH!
They're huuuge!
They're freakin' enormous!
Man,
whose shoes are these?!
SFX: DOON
Guy: Aren't they Kumakura 9-dan's?!
Smith: Yeah, they are.
He's in the preliminaries for the Kiryuu Championshop today, then.
What size do you think they are?!
Guy: How about we measure and find out?!
SFX: DONN
Guy: Woah, 29.5cm!
They're seriously almost 30 centimeters!!
Now I understand how he was able to kick a hole in that hotel wall.
These are really something else!!
Handwritten: There's no way you could fit these on a shoe rack!
SFX: GOGOGO GOGO GOGO

Page 126:
Smith: But...
I'm really surprised...
Kumakura-san, a man who's always cool like a stone...
But he actually kicked in one of the hotel's walls when he lost a title match... ["Kicked in one of the hotel's walls" big/bold.]
Handwritten: I can't believe he was hiding such passion underneath that quiet demeanor......
Guy: KUUUHHH! He just gets cooler and cooler!
I wanna kick through something, too!
Handwritten: Kengo's so cool!!
UOOOHH
Somebody: I'll get stronger if I put these on, right?
I'll get closer to A-class, right?
----That's the impression I get from these things.
Maybe you will!!
Like, get closer!
What do you think?!
Smith: His feet are huuuge!
Guy: So, you think I can make A-class now?
Handwritten: What do you think, Smith?!!
Smith: Well, I can't say it looks balanced.
But
it's good!!
SFX: GUHH

Page 127:
Kuma: Sorry to put a damper on your fun, but...
Smith: HUHH?
Kuma: Could I have my shoes?
SFX: NUHH GIKUH (GULP)
Smith: S-
SORRYYY!!
In Bubble: KYAAAHH
Guy: I'm so sorry, sir!!
In Bubble: WAHAAA
GUys: Man, he's huge.
So cool.
Look at that torso.
That's really not the body of a shogi player!
Is he really a 5-dan in judo?
I heard he got an invitation from K1.
Ah, oh man.
It's been 25 minutes already?
We only have 50 minutes! We're gonna miss our one and only lunch break!
Hurry!
Dammit, we've only got time for Kado's Rokkaku Soba now!
SFX: DADAAAAH

Page 128:
Someone: Hmm.
SFX: ZAWA ZAWA (Talking)
Nikai: Well, it looks like we both
cleared our first battle, huh?
Text: Nikaidou Family Deluxe
30-Item Bland Healthy Shoukadou Bento
T/N: A shoukadou bendo is a kind of traditional black-laxquered bento box.
SFX: Mm Mm MAGUMAGU MUCCHI MUCCHI MUGIMUGI......
Nikai: The Newcomer Championship
is for players 26 years old and under...
SFX: FUKKURI SHITTORI HIGH-CLASS-FEELING...
Nikai: Players below 5-dan compete...
in a championship with 42...
total people, but...
Rei: Whenever I see you eating, it's always something healthy and extravagant...
Handwritten: Please eat or talk, but not both...
SFX: MOGU MOGU MUGI MUGI MOGU MOGU MOGU MOGU MOGU MOGU

Page 129:
Sign: Nikaidou [Both top right boxes]
Kiriyama [Both top left boxes]
Center top: *Start of a Legend
Starburst: Finals
Nikai: Understand?
If we get three more wins each, we're in the finals.
You and I won't have any rank-deciding matches this year.
If we're going to face each other in an official match,
no matter what it takes, I need you to survive.
Rei: 'I' have to survive...?
So you're utterly confident you can make it that far, then?
Handwritten: Where'd that confidence come from...?
SFX: FUKI FUKI
Nikai: So you got it right? You've gotta make it to the finals no matter what.
That's where the legend of you and I begins, ya know?!
Handwritten: Theme song
(Overture)
Jyarooojyarojarorarooo
Hyarirooooo
Screen: Top Ranker
Project F
Meijin Nikaidou's Challenge Match
~The Rivalry of Dear Friends~
Nikai: I'll astound everyone and become a Meijin
and when they do a special feature program on TV kinda like Project X
And they'll intersperse it with freeze frames of that battle!!
Description: '2010----During the newcomer championship----
Proto by Nakanogawa Banki

Page 130:
Nikai: 'At this point'...
'Nikaidou'.....
'-----thought'......
It'll have narration like that with it!!
Rei: Uh, don't you think you're going a little too in-depth with this whole layout-for-the-future thing...?
Handwritten: Uh, are you crying?
SFX: JIIIIN FURU FURU (Shaking)
Someone: The Newcomer Championship, eh...?
That really
brings back memories...
Guys: HUH?
SFX: BIKUH
Guy: But lad,
you should wait till after you've beaten this old man before all that idle chit-chat.
C'mon now.
Handwritten: A pie in the sky may tasty, but one in your stomach is superb!
HAHAHA...
Nikai: Yes sir!
Thank you for all you've done today!!
Handwritten: We're sorry for disturbing your meal!!
SFX: NIKOYAKA~~ (Smiling)
Nikai: Why'd you do that, Kiriyamahh?
He got mad at me because of you, ya know?!
That gentle old man, Arimoto 9-dan!!
Rei: That was quite clearly all your fault.
Handwritten: You were the one yelling about wanting to defend titles and become a Meijin so you'd appear as a top-ranker on MHK......
HAAAA...
SFX: KIPPARI (Flatly)

Page 131:
Nikai: ----Kiriyama,
You may always take that
'I'm not going to get greedy' sorta air and act like you're coolly looking down on everything like a spectator, [quote bold]
but I know what the real deal is!!
Rei: Huh?
Nikai: Regarding being Newcomer King,
you're thinking 'Well, if all goes well, I should generally be able to win it.' [quote bold]
-----Something like that, right?
Rei: Um, what?
Handwritten: W... Where did this come from?
What?
Nikai: Even if you're not making a big fuss about the Newcomer King, you're still thinking "Yeah, of course I'll get it."...
---Or rather,
'Regarding the age restriction, I don't have anything to worry about anytime soon,
but, well if I had to pick something to worry about, it's that I'll probably rank-up in classes soon and end up a 6-dan,
so I'll have to win soon or I could lose my chance.'
'Well, if that time comes, there'll be plenty other tile matches so I'll just need to work hard on those.'
----Something along those lines, right?
In Bubble: In your head!!
Rei: Huh?
What're you talking about? I am not thinking that.
Where would you get crazy ideas like......

Page 132:
Rei: -----...Geez.
Handwritten: ...Sheesh.
SFX: ZURUZURU (SLURP)
Rei: ......
Handwritten: Like I would ever think anything like...
SFX: MOGU MOGU (CHEWING)
Handwritten: I would never....................
Rei: ...
Huh?
What?
....
Ah...
SFX: KAAAH...
Arimoto: Were you not aware of that, Kiriyama...?
Don't let it go to your head, kid.
Handwritten: ......Geez... What an cute kid, dammit.
Guy: Yyyep. That's what happens with the middle-school debut
prodigies... Man they piss me off.
Handwritten: Such a dope.
Guy: Is that idiot turning red?
In Bubble: Damn that's adorable.
Nikai: Relax, Kiriyama!
No matter how much of an arrogant, fake-herbivore shogi player you are,
I will never abandon you!
SFX: MOGI MOGI (Chewing) MOGU MOGU (Chewing) GOKU GOKU (Drinking)
Nikai: And that's because
I am the one any only person that understands you.....
because I your dear friend and rival!
Handwritten: ...Uh, hey, wait! I'm not done talking yet!
Handwritten (Rei): WAAAA! This is so embarassiiiing!
How could I think like that!
WAAAAA
SFX: PYUUUUH

Page 133:
Arimoto: Aah! Aah!
He's really upset! (Hehe)
Those are the tumultuous teens for ya.
Well, just leave him be, Nikaidou. It'll be interesting.
Nikai: Kiriyama...
Ari: ----Sheesh, Kiriyama,
don't let it get to you, but this place has always been a den of demons.
The only ones here are strong-willed people
with prides like balls of fire.
Someone: Yes.
Sales of the 'Fukufuku Daruma' are gradually starting to go up through word of mouth.
It's really starting to take root
as a specialty product of Sangatsu City.
That's all thanks to you, as well.
Your Jii-chan is so happy.

Page 134:
Someji: ----On that note,
would you wanna come up with another new sweet with me?
Sash: Sangatsu City Specialty Food Creation Association
SFX: DON
Akari: SO next
we need a 'Summer Japanese confectionary', huh...?
Something that's refreshing to look at,
and something that goes well with chilled green tea...
Handwritten (Cat): Maybe some katsuobushi or niboshi......? Just a little is okay.
Handwritten (Hina): Already writing
Handwritten (Cat): Could you just give me maybe one pet?
SFX: GOROGORO... (Burring) KAKIKAKI (Writing)
T/N: Katsuobushi is dried, fermented smoked skipjack tuna and niboshi is dried sardines.
Akari: But when summer comes,
our staple is the waterfront series that uses agar, isn't it?☆
That's right. Staples are important!!
If we can just add a little bit novelty to it, we'd be all set.

Page 135:
Akari: Any ideas, Momo-chan?
How about this... what do you like to see floating in ponds?
What do you really like?
Momo: Weeell...
...Duckies?
Somebody: Ducks?!!
Ooh, that sounds good.
So cuuuute!
That's my grandchild!
Akari: Ah... But,
if people buy it as a souvenir and carry it around with them
the duck could fall off, couldn't it?
Someji: Oh, as a present that would never work.
-----Then what if we sunk it?
Into the agar.....
Akari: ......
It kind of...
really lost something with that...
Handwritten: This way it...... kind of feels really unlucky......

Page 136:
Someone: Momo,
is there anything else?
Like, something that goes 'plunk' into the water?
Can you think of anything?
Momo: ......Something that goes...
plunk...
.........
A sandal?
Handwritten: Aah! Don't cry!
I'll buy you another!
You dropped it in accidentally, did you?
There there [Bottom right]
WAAAAN
Momo's sandal felllll...
Aahn...
Waaahn...
Asterisk: (*Imagination video)
Someji: Did you say...... sandal?!

Page 137:
Someji: We have a prodigy on our haaaaands!!
Handwritten (Bottom right): My grandchild is the greateeeest!!
Handwritten (Top Left): Could this child be a blessing from the god of sweets?!
Handwritten (Bottom Left): Her senses are beyond new!!
They'll sell like mad!!
Handwritten (Akari): Huuuh...?
Akari: Ojii-chan......
Will Mikazuki Temple... be all right...?
I'm not so sure about Ojii-chan,
right, Hina?
Hina: ..........
SFX: KAKI... KAKI... (Writing)
Akari: Hiiina!
Sorry I took so looong!
The bath is freeee!
...What's wrong?
You seem down.

Page 138:
Hina: No,
I'm fine, really...
Okay... Hina should
get in the bath, too.
Akari: .........
Someone: Okay, be careful with the fire, okay?
You're the last one, so make sure you stop it, okay?
Hina: Okay, got it.
Akari: Goodnight.
Hina: Goodnight.
......
Now that I think of it
we had some food left over...
SFX: TON TON TON
Akari: I wonder if...
something happened to Hina at school...
......

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Bottom: Chapter.50 E N D

Page 141:
Top Right Small: An article by Senzaki Manabu
Top Right Big: Senzaki Manabu's Lion Shogi Column
Big Right: Are Shogi Players Herbivores? Or Carnivores?
Article: Nikaidou-kun declares that Kiriyama-kun is an 'Herbivore Man'. But, well, let's consider him. He's someone who gets drunk on his own words as he eats from his shoukadou bento box with 30 bland healthy items in it. Well, he sure is cute in the upper right panel of page 130, isn't he? My heart gave a leap when I saw that (Personally, I like the line by Arimoto 9-dan in the panel below, 'A pie in the sky may tasty, but one in your stomach is superb!').
It's fun to read, but in real life, characters like Nikaidou-kun that are seemingly somewhat depressing aren't really found in the shogi world. There are very few that just straight-out say what's on their mind. I would say there are far more like the herbivorous (?) Kiriyama-kun that hide their fighting spirit inside and live while carrying the conflict in their private lives with them.
It's a small world after all, some say. Because they have the same human relationships from when they're kids to when they're adults, it wouldn't help anything to start acting tough now.
Nevertheless, you couldn't say that there are many faint-hearted people. If you didn't hate to lose, you couldn't become someone like a shogi pro. But that's basic. Something you'd expect to be there. In this world, having a fighting spirit is a minimum requirement. So most players do not show it openly.
It may have to do with the nature of the game of shogi. If a pro shogi player flies into a rage, they lose. If you get too heated, your moves won't be good ones. Player are of course well aware of this, and so are excellent ant controlling their own emotions.
This has a connection to the severity of the matches. After all, no matter how tough you act, you look like a clown if you lose. Emptiness bounces back to you.
And so the conclusion is that shogi players, while they may hold a carnivore personality type, are a type of people that will behave like a herbivore type. Oh...... This may actually be just what Nikaidou-kun was saying on page 132. 'A fake-herbivore player'.
Caption: Are all shogi players "fake-herbivore players"?