Shoujo Nemu 5

Shoujo Nemu 5

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vol. 5 A Special Night

What's wrong? You have something you want to talk about, right?
Come in.

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*Shuuu...

*Kacha...

You came into a man's room in the dead of night.
Even if you get raped, you've got no room to complain.

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At the cafe...

You didn't tell me anything.

About your work, kid?

Uh... I mean, your work? [He starts with a ruder form of "you" and corrects himself to be more polite, i guess this will be the best way of approximating]

Well, drink up.

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In other words,

You want to be praised.

Eh...?

Everyone who seems to draw manga is like that.
If they're praised they're happy, if they get criticized they get pissed.

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Arrogant people who don't have the ability to listen to other people's opinions are the ones who aim to be "Mangaka." I used to be like that too.

... I...

In reality, those are the only type of people that pass for professionals.

I...
didn't show Kimura-san my manuscript just to be praised!

Okay, okay...

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*Pori Pori

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Are you... a delinquent?
Huh...?

I was just thinking that the only ones that were out on their own will this late
were delinquents whose parents had even given up on them [The break here in the English doesn't really accurately reflect the Japanese]

So I wouldn't be noticed...

From the second floor window... of my own room... [Changed up the order here]

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*Gishi Gishi Gishi

*Zuru

*Doshi [Not a very nimble cat.]

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Wahahahahaha

He thinks it's funny...

Wahahahahaha
So you're a delinquent after all.
... No...

Continue what you were saying before.

Hey
How much do you know about me?

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Um... Uh...

Kimura Goro-... san, goes by the same pen name.
A professional mangaka who's come out with quite a few tankoubon.
You were working in Tokyo for a while but, you came back here recently...

That's what I heard... from my cousin Tama-chan.

Well...

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That's exactly how it is.

He's angry...

*Za

*Dan!!

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In Tokyo...

I was drinking beer like it was water [Literal idiom is like he was bathing in it] [Alt: drinking like a fish or w/e]

I was always getting in fights.

And hitting on women.

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One day I just got sick of that life
and came back to my home town...

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Goro--san...

Don't worry,
I don't drink as much as I did now

It's hard to hold a conversation...
I mean, I'm just drinking because it's sort of embarrassing.

What were we talking about...

My manuscript...

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You want me to critique it?

*Don...

Without a doubt, you could become a popular Mangaka.

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However...
If that's really a good thing or a bad thing...

I really don't know. [I'm tempted to add a +right now for congruency on the next line. Also tempted to switch the order of the lines so it sounds more natural in English]

What I do know now,

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is that you shouldn't rush and confuse yourself.

That's all I can say. [Because the way the 3 lines are spaced for dramatic effect, I tried to account for this. The literal is more like, For me right now, don't rush and confuse yourself, that's all I can say.]


I'll take you back, you better get going.

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Don't fall down

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*Gishi *Gishi

Ahahahahaha

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Ah! is that new the one!?
Oh, let me see!

Going anywhere on your way back?
Mickey D's
Getting a Milkshake and Big Mac
Where'd you buy that
I got it
From who!? Tell me who!
And so, this guy was crying and kept on following me
Gross, that's so embarrassing
So did you throw it away?
Well one of them...
[I didn't bother to spend much time on these]

*kiiko *kiiko *kiiko

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*kiiko kiiko etc

Goro--san

Will you...
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meet with me again some time?

Yeah...
I'll meet you whenever you want. [Literal verb is meet, but I think more natural would be like, can i visit you? yeah you can visit me w/e you want" but since she's timid, and the language is constructed passive voice too...]

*kiiko kiiko

vol. 5: A Special Night: End