3-gatsu no Lion 70

[3-Gatsu no Lion 70 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Title: Chapter.70 Small Palm

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Megumi: Hey, SEnsei.
How long are you gonna keep calling me here?
-----I mean,
I apologized, right?
Like, already.
Kokobu: Yeah...
Verbally, you did.

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Megumi: So I'm
really sorry for what I did.
---I gave
an apology and everything.
I did what you told me,
so shouldn't we be done now?
Kokubu: Understanding what it is you did
is also part of it...
Megumi: What'll happen if I understand?
Will something change?
If something changes, will something good happen?
Hey, Sensei,
if we keep living, are good things going to happen?

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Megumi: My mom and dad and everybody
all tell me I've gotta study hard and go into a good school.
But even if I get into a good school,
I don't know if I'll be able to get any job at all, let alone a job at a good company, right?
They always say 'If you work hard, good things'll happen', but nobody really knows, right?
Don't you think it's a little weird to just be constantly saying 'work hard', 'work hard'?
Like, even if you work hard your whole life and in the end it goes bad,
nobody's gonna take responsibility, right?
Koku: ---Hm, I see.
So you're saying that
you're worried about your future----
and your parents don't understand you...
So?
What about that has anything to do with Karamoto or Sakura?
It has nothing at all to do with them, does it?
SFX: HM HM GIKKO GIKKO

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So do you think you could stop that 'It's the whole world's fault'
sort of generalizing attitude?
Handwritten: If you're gonna say all that, then why don't I start talking to you about the Showa Period 20's?
That was right after the war, you know!!
......I know, whenever we tell you kids stuff like this you always say 'Augh, what does that stuff have to do with what's happening now?' right? Geez!!
Megumi: Sensei,
you don't understand how I feel.
Kokubu: Yup.
That's why I'm listening.
How 'bout we talk about it?
Akari: Ooookay.
That should do it for the perilla.
We can put the basil right next to it.
----And let's out the mint somewhere else.
It's growing too much.
Hina: Okay.
All riiight...
Now let's give them some water. Don't be stingy!
Hina: Got it.
Black Bars: ---Last week during homeroom
Sensei said in a far-reachign voice

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Kokubu: Oookay.
Today, there's a few things I would like you all to listen to.
---First,
Arai,
Takashi, Kimura,
Mochizuki,
Takagi,
and Wakabayashi.
-----These six have some questions they'd each like to ask.
So you'll be going with one of the teachers
to a different classroom.
Black Bars: It was at this point that the class realized
that the school was seriously starting to intervene in the darkness that existed in the class.

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Black Bars: That this teacher seemed set on making sure the whole thing was settled.
Kokubu: Ooookay.
Now,
let's try and get started, shall we?
So,
speaking honestly, what do you think
about the current situation?
SFX: NYAH (GRIN) DONN...
Black Bar: ---That the keep-quiet rule that exuded through in this classroom would disappear.
And that spending every day in fear
that 'I might end up as the next target' may end.

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Black Bar: ---And so... the curtain fell.
Megumi: ......
Umm,
I'm sorry.
Kokubu: Kaahh!
That hasn't got an ounce of honesty to it!
We've got a looong way to go!
SFX: GIH GIH
Black Bars: With words that
Hina: Sensei...
is it
okay if I don't forgive them?
Black Bars: made it hard to tell if it had fallen at all.

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Hina: ----If they have no punishment at all...
if it just ends up as 'You'll be forgiven if you apologize'...
When I think about how Chiho-chan had to change schools
it's...
just too much......
'Sympathy'...?
I don't think so.
I don't think that's realistic. She sounds more like...
insincere,
maybe...
She's thinking more like...
Do I really have to?
Or something.
Kokubu: ..........
'Education'......?
'Education' I think is a good way of saying it...
SFX: HAAAAAH

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Kokubu: ---It means 'to teach'
and 'raise'...
T/N: The Japanese word for education (教育) means teach and raise.
Kokubu: Without the 'raise' kanji,
it gets thrown way off.
And then all this...
SFX: BURORO...... KATAN

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Akari: !!
Hinaaa!
It's from Chiho-chan!!
Chiho: ----Hina-chan,
I'm sorry for taking so long to reply.
I'm currently studying with a teacher
at a place called the 'Heart Care Center'.
It's a quiet, pretty place that's surrounded by mountains and forests.
Next to the center is a ranch and a farm.
They let me help out there every once in a while.

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Chiho: This little one is a baby goat that was born on the ranch. Her name is Mei-chan.
Next to her is the dog, Hana-chan.
Whenever I go to the ranch, they rush over as soon as they see me.
---They're the first friends I made here.
All the people at the farm and the ranch are really good people. So are the people that live nearby...
The other day
we all made
sake with plums, plum syrup, and plum jam.
My mom had lots of fun, too.
My dad works away from home at a place I can get to in not too long by car
so he drops me off every day.
I'm really happy I can talk to him so much now.
---When we came here
I felt really lonely, since everything was so unfamiliar.

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Chiho: Then Satou-sensei from the center
taught me something called 'the three steps of making friends'.
'First, let's make friends with animals.'
'Once we do that,
let's make some older friends...'
---And today

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Chiho: Sensei
told me 'Let's move on to the third step.'
The third step is
'Make a friend with someone your own age.'
---When I heard that
your face popped into my mind.
And I really
really
started to miss you.

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Chiho: ---Once I get the plum syrup tasting good
I want you to taste some, Hina-chan.
We grew corn, too.
They're going to be ready to eat in August.
I want to eat some with you.
Could you come over to play during Summer vacation?
---You don't mind waiting, do you?
From Chiho
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