3-gatsu no Lion 89

[3-Gatsu no Lion 89 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Title: Chapter.89
Child of Sangatsu Town

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Somebody: 'Let's all go get monja together!'
Kiriyama-kun invited us
before Takahashi-kun left on his trip to Kouchi.
T/N: Monja is a type of pan-fried batter filled with various ingredients.
Someone: So,
uh,
Congrats on graduating, you two.
And
I wanna wish you good luck ad Kouchi Private School, Takahash-kun...
Uhh...
Handwritten: Seems to have gotten even bigger......

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Taka: Ah, excuse me,
before you go on...
Kiriyama-san,
congratulations on making it up to B-2!!
Handwritten: That's awesome!!
Hina: Huh?!
Ah...
C-Congratulations, Kiriyama-kun!
Rei: Oh,
Wah! Thank you.
Handwritten (MIddle): Looks like she just got it
Handwritten (Bottom): Cola
SFX: GUIHH GOHH
Taka: Gramps was real happy about it.
He couldn't believe he knew somebody in B-class.
It looks like he can't contain wanting to boast about it.
Handwritten: Yahooo! My sensei made it to B-class!
Kiriyama-kun is a future meijiiin!
Rei: Uwaa... I'm grateful for that.
An, then,
I'm sorry I lost so early in the MHK Cup that was just held...
Handwritten: I know he was looking forward to that...
Taka: Naw, Gramps is already getting hyped for later.
'Next is the Shishi-ou Championshi~~~~p!!'
Someone: Okay everyone, sorry for the wait! Salmon monja and some pollack mochi with cheese.
Thanks!
Thank you very much!
SFX: DONN

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Taka: You're totally my grampa's idol, Kiriyama-san.
He's had a tendency to sleep in a lot, but lately he's been poking his head into the local shogi club.
My dad and mom are really happy he's perking up.
He's always talking about how amazing pros are...
I want
to be a pro soon, too.
Hina: 'I want to be a pro'.
Not 'someday',
he said 'soon'...
Taka: Ah,
I'll do it.
Hina: I see.
In Takahashi-kun's mind, being a pro has changed
from being a 'dream'
to a
'goal'.
Rei: Are you sure?
Taka: Yeah, just let me handle it.

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Taka: A guy who helped me out a lot in my little league days is working as a supervisor at Takachi Private School now.
----So he invited me.
All the good players and noted names in baseball gather in Tokyo.
There's too big a talent pool for infielders.
...And on top of that, there're dozens of schools.
SFX: JYUUUU... KAH KAH KAN KAH
Taka: I
want to raise my chances of going to Koshien as high as I can.
T/N: Koshien is the stadium where the Japanese high school national baseball championships are held.
So I decided to go to where that supervisor is.
Hina: Takahashi-kun's skillful use of his hands, the clanging of the trowels,
and the that great smell
rising up with a sizzle just like always.
----But soon, this Spring in Sangatsu Town,
Takahashi-kun will be gone.

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Rei: Do they have monja over there in Kouchi, too?
SFX: JYUUU JYUUU...
Taka: If they don't, I'll make my own.
I'll just need a hot plate.
SFX: JAN KAN JUWAAA (SIZZLE)
Taka: And I can get all the ingredients at any 'ol supermarket.
Small In Bubble: ...Ah. I might have to bring the sliced squid with me.
They said they're going to have a welcome party for me at the dorms,
so I thought I'd make them something as a way to say hello.
It'd be a way of saying "I'm from Sangatsu Town".
Rei: Ah,
I see...

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Black Bars: All of a sudden
I really felt like I was going to cry.
He really was
going to leave soon.
Rei: We are
kids of Sangatsu Town.
Hina: Mhm.
That sounds like a good idea.
Even if they've head of monja, I'll bet they've never eaten it before.
Yeah, I'm sure it'll be great if you make it, Takahashi-kun.
Rei: No matter where we go, that won't change.
Taka: Of course!
Ah, but grampa told me I 'At least had to take some trowels with me'.
Some bamboo ones for using with hotplates.
he said 'There's now way they'll sell those there.'
Rei: Yeah, you've got a point. I don't think they'd sell these little peeler ones there.
They might have big ones though.

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Black Bars: It really made me happy
that in the end, Rei-chan had been able to talk with him and invite him.
I'm really glad that we got to eat monjya together.
I really am.
Guys: I was
about to cry a bunch of times
so I held my breath.
When are you going?
Next Saturday.
That's the day of the cherry blossom festival, isn't it?
Yeah.
It's too bad I'm gonna miss it.
Are you going to do another stand, Kawamoto?
Yeah.
This time we're gonna have two flavors of sweet red-bean soup!!
Is that so?
Give it your all!
This time is precious.
Thanks!
----But there was no way
to stop it from passing by.

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Narr: ---And
the morning of the cherry blossom festival arrived.
Sign: Sweet Red-Bean Soup
Adzuki Rice Flour Dumplings
Walnut Rice Flour Dumplings
300 Yen
Mikazuki Temple
Akari: Ooo-
kay.
Preparations are complete.
Hina: How about we get started?!!

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Girls: Welcoooome!
Would you like to try some of the Mikazuki Temple's sweet red-bean soup with rice flour dumplings?
[This sign's the same one as the last page]
Woman: Oh, Mikazuki Temple's come up with something scrumptious again I see!
Syrupy, sweet, and sour, is it?
Handwritten: This'll sure warm me up. The side of the river is still so cold...
Other Woman: Oh, then
I'll have a walnut soup.
Hina: I'm glad you like it!
It has white miso in it.
Akari: Yes! ☆It's going great!
It's stilly chilly out so it looks like we struck gold going with something warm!
Handwritten: Tupperware containing the cash from sales
Ojii: Sooo, how're things goin'?!
If we're runnin' low on flour dumplings, gimme some notice!
Handwritten (Left): I'll boil up as many as ya want!
SFX: HAF HAF GIRAGIRA (GLISTENING) ZUSSHIRI (HEAVY) HUHAAA NYUUUN
Akari: If we get to that point,
then the secret word will be 'brown sugar syrup soybean flour'!
Ojii: Undersrood!!
Akari: Roger!!

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Akari: Are you sure you don't
wanna go say goodbye?
Hina: ............
Yeah.
'Good luck!'
I'm sure.
Takahashi-kun...
I'm going to give it my all here.
Someone: Excuse meee!
Two walnut flour dumplings pleaaase!
Hina: Yes!!
Coming right up!

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Aunt: Huuh?!
Hina cut her hair?!
Wait...
That's a major event in a young girl's life, isn't it?!
Handwritten: It couldn't be... Did she cut her hair because a small love of hers ended?!
Handwritten: HUUH
AAA...
KYAAAAH
It's so bitterswee~~~~t!!
Akari: Really?
Last night she just suddenly came out with it!!
Hina: Onei-chan.
I...
think I'm gonna cut my hair...
SFX: HUU...
Akari: Huh?!
W... Well I guess that's fine, if you want to.
Handwritten: HUHH?
Could this be that legendary...
Hina: I want to cut my hair
to give a proper goodbye to my childhood self
----and to take a step forward to being a new me...

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Akari: ---I just know she had
a poem like that running through her head...
It just... It just makes me so worried! It's so awkward!!
Auht: Akari? Uh...
Do NOT talk to Hina about this, okay?
Handwritten: Err...
Hina will totally self-destruct, you know. From embarrassment...
HandwritteN: AAAHH
Akari: My little sister... is just being so cute!!
I guess this is youth!!
Handwritten: Hinahhh! Oh... It's so bittersweet!!
Onei-chan feels like sugar is about to spray out of her mouth!
I'm home!
Hiiinaahh!
How'd it go at the beauty parlor?
...Huh? What's wrong?
Handwritten: HUUUH?!
SFX: DONYORI (CLOUDY)
Hina: It was a failure...
Akari: H-Hey, now, let me see.
Hina: I'm not going outside anymore.
I'll start high school in the second semester...

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Akari: A...
Ah, Hina...?
It-It's fine...
Yeah...
How should I put it...
SFX: FURU FURU (SHAKING)
Hina: You look very middle schooler-like
.........Ah, no,
Um...
You look just like a high schooler...... ["high schooler" in bold.]
Handwritten: Yeah!
SFX: CHINMARI... (Scrunched up) PURUPURU (SHAKING)
Akari: A-Anyhow
it totally suits you!!
Hina: I... I asked them to give me a bob cut to make me look more adult...
Handwritten: Uu...
But the lady at the beauty parlor, Kimura, that I usually get had the day off...
And... And the only one there was this old lady...
Handwritten: OoH! Hiha-chan, a bob cut? Okay! Just leave it to me!
SFX: SHAIIIN

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Narration: The next day
Oji: Oh, what's that?!
Is that Hina? I thought that was a zashiki-warashi!!
T/N: A zashiki-warashi is a child-like youkai (demon) that occupies a home.
Akari: Ojii-chan!!
Handwritten (Right): HEEYYY
Handwritten: I told you not to say anything!!
Momo: Hina-chan!!
Look!!
Handwritten (Right): Appears to be trying to encourage her
Hina: I'm not a kokeshi doll!!
Handwritten (Left): Momo, you idiot!
SFX: DAHHH HAUHH
Hina: I can't go outside anymore!
I'm living indoors from now ooooon!!
Akari: Oh, I can't take it!
Please, Hinahh!
Just hold this for a second, would you?!!
Tin: Sakuma Drops
Hina: Y-You, too, Onei-chaaan?!
SFX: WAAAN
Bottom: Chapter.89 E N D
T/N: The drops are a reference to the Miyazaki movie Grave of the Fireflies that had a character with Hina's haircut who carried a tin like that.