3-gatsu no Lion 84

Aaand, on to volume 9, let's fuckin' gooooo! Wooo! Anyhow I'll see how long I can keep this up for now.

[3-Gatsu no Lion 84 Translation by Kewl0210]
Author Flap:
Top: 'Recent Photo of the Author('s cat)'
Text: PWAAAH. I guess I will rest here.
I love the feel of this paper.
Especially these papers Mama is trying to make into manuscripts, they have such a lovely texture.
I am very particular about materials, so I will always choose fine-quality paper over any other!
Once in a while, Mama gently tries to get me to move, but I will not move from my spot!
If I lose my obsession, I will not be able to live a fine-quality life!

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Chapter.84 Summer Vacation (1)
Chapter.85 Summer Vacation (2)
Chapter.86 New Year
Chapter.87 Passing Time
Chapter.88 Spring Comes
Chapter.89 Child of Sangatsu Town
Chapter.90 The Man Called a Grim Reaper
Chapter.91 Family (1)
Chapter.92 Family (2)
Chapter.93 bug
Chapter.93 Family (3)

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Title: Chapter.84
Summer Vacation (1)

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[Spacer paaage]

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SFX: MIIIIN MIIIN MIIIN (Cicadas chirping)
Hina: That was so much fuuun...
I just love the Sangatsu Town Festival.
Handwritten: WHEEEW
SFX: PWAAAN...
Akari: Though I wish we'd prepared more syrup.
I never would have guessed we'd have sold out before 8 o'clock...
Such a pity!
Ojii: Actually, you two got everything too high a cost and gave too much away.
After getting ourselves drenched in sweat like that, this is all the net profit we have...
I'd say this is what they call 'Great pains but all in vain.'
SFX: BACHI BACHI BACHI

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Oji: ----But
with all those customers
showing up in droves
really gets my blood pumping.
SFX: MHM
Ojii: Thanks to all those people coming
we sold our staple sweets really well, too.
Those eye-catching goods really are huge for bringing in the customers!
Akari: Like how if a supermarket says they have milk at 128 yen a carton, that gets me there.
Handwritten: Or something like ham at 68 yen for 100 grams or 78 yen for a can of tomatoes...
And then of course I'll end up buying other things!
Ojii: Your mom and grandma
were really pretty good
when it came to business.
They always have a lineup
for sweet things, to sour things, and all kinds of other things.

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Hina: I'm gonna keep working hard!!
I'll make a great lineup just like Mom and Grandma!!
I-I've gotta go come up with a menu right away!
Akari: Hin! Calm down!
SFX: GASHIHH FUOOOOOOH GATANN
And anyhow, first you have tests to study for!!
What have you done about your first choice of schools?
Hina: Ah, oh, yeah!!
Handwritten: That's right!!
Aka: Tomorrow is your summer testing day. It's summer vacation, but still a school day, right?
Did you study everything you had to?
Hina: Ah, yeah.
I think so. I've just got a little left...
----Oh, right. Onei-chan,
what do we do about jelly?
Akari: HEYYY!
Your hands are stopping!!
Wrap it all up quickly!!
I feel bad for the Dorayaki!
Hina: Ah, okay!!
I'm sorry, Ojii-chan!

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Hina: I was thinkin' how important this was during the festival.
I wanted ta show you two.
Akari: I remember.
The Nyanko-yaki and Bonbori-yaki.
Those bags with the huge ribbons were so cute.
T/N: Nyanko-yaki = Kitty Cat Grilled Treat. Bonbori-yaki = Paper Hand Lantern Grilled Treat.
Akari: She always used to say 'Put in the effort and you won't have to spend money☆'.
I used to help out putting everything in bags.
It was so much fun.
Ojii: You two did pretty darn good for your first time.
Of course sales and that sorta thing were great,
but your finesse and insight still have a ways to go... ["insight" in italics.]
Mm.
You're free to try again next year.
Hina: Huuuh?
Really?!
It's okay?!

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Guy: I cannnn't!
I-I-I
I just can't!!
That's just too much for me!
Me? Homeroom teacher for 3A?!!
Handwritten: I can't!!
I really really can't!!
SFX: GAKU GAKU BURU BURU... (TREMBLING)
Bu: Oh, you'll be fine, honestly.
Handwritten: ...Probably.
Bu: I'll be with you for now, too.
Handwritten: AWAWAWA WAWAWA...
SFX: ZAKU ZAKU BURU BURU... (Tremble)
Guy: It's too heavy a burden!
You've seen it, haven't you? The threatening attitude that Takagi mother takes?!
I... I honestly do not think I could go head to head with her, you know?
Mother: WH-WHAAAAAT?! A new homeroom teacher...?
You're entrusting a middle school third year class's all-important last semester to some this young?!
What is the school's opinion on this matter?!
Guy: I can't!! I'm still a newbie here!!
Bu: well if you're a newbie I'm an oldbie!! ["newbie" and "oldbie" in white/shadow]
And anyhow, it's physically impossible for me to be homeroom teacher for 2 classes!!
Handwritten: I can't watch over 90 students alone! And I have head-of-year duties on top of that!!
SFX: WAAHH

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Guy: And...
this
talk you had with Takagi... How long did this go on for?
Bu: I told you, didn't I?
'Getting them to understand what they did'
is part of our job.
Guy: ...
And you'll have to excuse me but,
there's no use talking to her anymore.
She's decided that she's 'refusing'
to feel guilty about what she's done at all.
Why do we have to go this far?
It's rather odd.
We're giving all this close attention to 'the person that did the bothering'..
and Sakura Chiho, the one that was bullied, not only changed schools
but she still isn't even going to school where she is now, you know?

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Guy: E-Even if I take her at her word
that she really didn't purposefully act maliciously...
I mean,
at this point
it really doesn't make a different if she had bad intentions or not!!
Bu: Komigawa...
Komi: How about I write it on her student report?
As new homeroom teacher, I'll lay everything in the open.
'Self-righteous and shows a strong aggressive attitude towards others.'
'She takes leadership roles in groups
and causes large-scale problems inside class'!!!
---If you cause something,
you have to take responsibility for it!
That's something I firmly believe!
She should pay a price!
----If she doesn't

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Komi: it just wouldn't be right, would it?!
SFX: GARAH...
Takagi: Hey, Sensei,
did you find an answer?
The reason why everybody has to do their best and work so hard.
Did you find it?
Bu: ----Well,
I've been thinking about a lot since then.
----And...

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Bu: I couldn't find the answer.
SFX: MIIIN MIIIN MIIN... JIIIWA JIIIWA...
Takagi: Huh...?
You couldn't...?
What... do you mean?
Bu: I racked my brains over it,
----but when I really got down to it, I honestly couldn't find a single reason.
It's quite an odd thing...
----Yeah, when I thought about it, I realized I never had a problem with that. ["that' in italics.]
I wonder why that is...
All I ever thought was 'putting in effort' is exhausting, but it's 'just something you have to do'...

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Bu: And while I was doing that,
I caught onto the idea of 'Effort is something you do for yourself.'
It was a phrase drilled into me so much
that I don't even remember who I heard it form or where I read it at this point.
Now that I'm the age I am, I finally felt
'Yeah, that line really is true.' from the bottom of my heart.
----I think I probably just always
wanted to become 'a better person than I am now'...
Haahh...
Looks like the subject suddenly switched to me.
Takagi: Should we extend the session?
SFX: KIIN KOOOHN
Bu: ......
No.
Time's up.
Today, my duty as your temporary class homeroom teacher is over...
SFX: KAAAN KOOOHN... KIIIN KOOOHN KAAAN KOOOHN

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Bu: Hey, Takagi...
I know right now you're probably so anxious you don't know what to do.
You still haven't done anything with your life so you don't even know your own size...
----That's the source of your anxiety.
SFX: KIIIN KOOON KAAAN KOOOHN KOOOHN...
Taka: ......
Sensei...?
Bu: The reason you can't put effort into anything
is because you're scared of being disappointed
when you do learn your own size.
But Takagi,
it's okay even if you are disappointed.
Once you know 'your own size',
you'll finally know 'what you should do'.
And once you understand yourself,
'what you want to do'
gradually comes into focus.

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Bu: If you do that...
then you can at least escape
from that 'enormous anxiety'.
That much
I can vouch for.

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Hina: ---That night, after the test ended,
I drew lots of pictures
of the pretty-colored sweets that were in my head.
Akari: Hinaaa!
How long are you gonna sleep?
Hina: They were
overflowing so much
Akari: Hurry, get in the bath...
Hina: I just couldn't stop...
Akari: Hey!
If you leave the electric fan on
you'll catch a cold! Ohh...
Hinaaa!
Sheesh,
what are you...
..........

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Akari: Huh... What are these?
They're so cute!
They all
look really delicious...
Yup!
They look great!!
I'm getting excited!
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