Laika Releaseshttps://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/rss2010-11-30T21:12:27+00:00/favicon.icoMangaHelpers Adminsadmin@mangahelpers.comhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/26322Translation: Gisèle Alain 52010-11-30T21:12:27+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comP149 Chapter Five
Sfx: Gasa Three today...
Sfx: Gui
Sfx: gi-
P150 Pan- !!
!? ...Tch Sfx: yoro Sir!? [Senpai]
What happe... ! Sfx: Pan Sfx: Pan Agh-!
Wha...
Are these... Acorns!?
Where's he aiming from...? Sfx: Bin
Sfx: Gura
SFx: basha- Uagh!? Watch your movements! [stop moving so carelessly]
- Captain!!
P151 We are not here to fight with you! Could you please show yourself to us?
Listen to what
we have... Sfx: Gui
Sfx: gashi- !!
Sir!? [Senpai!?] ... Urh!
Si... Sfx: Zu-
Ugah! Sfx: Baki-, Dosa Garcia!? [Garushia]
Hey, are you al... Sfx: Za-
!
P152 Captain !!
P153 Captain...
Captain, please listen to us, this is for your sake as well.
Urgh! Sfx: Pyu-
Captain, I beg of you...
Ugh... Sfx: Pyu Sfx: Pyu
Leave.
P154 Chapter Five The city is in springtime, have the grass and trees grown thick? [note: this is from a Japanese transliteration of the Chinese poem this title is based on]
P155 P156 What do you think? It is a prime location, no?
It's right next to the residential district and the streets that run along it are always packed.
Sfx: Tui- Tui- The river is right next to it and there's a church as well.
We'll build a playground with a swing for the children, and a water fountain as well. !
The plans have been moving along with the engineers and... Uh huh, uh huh. Are you listening? Miss Alain!
... I lost sight of him.
P157 ? A bird, perhaps? [was there a bird?] There _was_ a bird but there was also a disheveled looking boy in a tree.
What? Where!?
Well, I did say I lost sight of him. ...
[Written]Sfx: Ha- [sigh]
That lad is the Captain. The Captain rarely shows himself in front of other people.
If you approach carelessly you'll be attacked...
So that's what happened? [Lit: This?][the injury] Yes... Is he a wild beast?
P158 He is most likely around ten or twelve years old. Some years ago he began living in a scrapped vessel that had been abandoned in that forest. And now [the situation is that] no adults can do anything about it.
Why don't you just pick somewhere else? We cannot do such a thing, the location has already been decided!
Hmm How troublesome... adults are...
This isn't such a bad deal for him either. If he is in the orphanage he won't have to worry about food or staying worm.
Ah yes, I did have one proposal in particular... ?
Perhaps... Miss Alain could go by herself to persuade the Captain.
P159 Why? Well, we have no ulterior motives
However... Sfx: Kara It seems he is especially on guard towards adults.
Perhaps the words of a young lady such as Miss Alain might... prove... Hahaha
I see.
So you want a child to deal with a child. [written] Oh no, now you've made her mad. What a simple and cliche train of thought.
No, no, of course not, that is not what I mea... It's not important. [whatever, never mind, who cares]
I shall give it a try.
P160 Is that it over there?
...
Sfx: Karan
P161 What a beautiful forest.
Sfx: Kun [sniff]
Sfx: Mozo
Eek! Sfx: Buin
Sfx: Ko-n
Acorns?
Sfx: gasa
P162 Sfx: Za
Wh-
Sfx: Dan Sfx: Go- !!
Sfx: Ga-
P163 Sfx: Za-
Don't move.
Answer me. Who are you?
What have you come here to do?
...
P164 ... Hey?
Sfx: Gakun
Sfx: pofu
... ...
P165 Sfx: Gaba-
-
Sfx: Dokun Dokun [badump badump]
[written] Ha- [sigh of relief]
... it smells like dead leaves...
P166 -...
Sfx: Gasa ...
Where am I...?
Sfx: koto
P167 Sfx: gishi
...?
Sfx: gi-
I'm on... [This is...]
a boat...!?
P168 Sfx: Basa Basa Sfx: chichi- !
I'm sorry! Sfx: chichi-
Sfx: gui-
Whoa! Sfx: topupupupupu
Sfx: dokidoki ...
P169 ... Sfx: Uzu
Don't touch that!!
Who are you?
... Captain? I'm the one asking the questions here, Did you-
P170 Did you make this all by yourself? What's it to you if I did?
-...
You're amazing...!
... Sfx: Gura- Agh!
! Sfx: Bota- Captain!?
Who on Earth are you...!? Me? Gisele, Jack-of-all-trades. I was hired to persuade you. [the Captain]
...! But I'm quitting that.
This... is leagues more interesting than any park.
P171 Giving this away to some adults would be such a waste!
A... Are you being serious?
? Of course I am!
-...
You're strange.
P172 Sfx: jiririririn Sfx: gacha
Yes? Bierre [Bea-ru] translation company.
Oh!
Is this the little lady?! That's right~!
What is it? Someone's birthday again? What!?
Ah... That's fine, I'll try asking. But in exchange come help us with some work again. Yes, sir, Mr. President!
P173 Excuse me, Gisele? If my memory serves me right... [Lit: if my memory is not mistaken]
wasn't your job to help turn this forest into a park... I've changed my mind!
"Changed your mind" ...? But what about the people in the cit- Don't say it! That's just going to complicate things. Whaaaat...
I used to go on dates all the time with my husband in this forest. I'd hate to see it disappear. [It would be lonely if it disappeared]
I'd rather have a forest then a park full of screaming children. [it's better than a park only full of loud children] I like playing in the forest.
Thanks so much, everyone! If you guys have any other good ideas, please let me know! [written] Okaaaaaay ...
What is the meaning of these posters? I haven't a clue! [written] They just sprang up one night throughout the city...
P174 I wonder if a letter of protest, or something like that, would be too formal? [lit: basic/standard]
That's a good idea, isn't it? If we did it by telephone we'd be found out, but a letter would work. Though we would want a large amount of them.
I'll ask the girls at the joint to help out. And I'll try my old friends. I'll ask my friends too.
...
Maybe if I used an alias... Don't worry so much about it, Gisele. [You don't have to over do it] [written] You won't be able to get your friends out at night!
Is this good, Giseley? [Gisele-chan] Yup, it's perfect!
Are we being inspected by some charity groups or something, sir? Not that I can recall. Sfx: Dosa
Sfx: kari kari kari
P175 Sfx: Uzu uzu Sfx: kari kari Sfx: Pata Pata
Sfx: Cha- Eek! Hey! Kitty!!
Oh, that's a good idea.
Sfx: Pan- !!
Sir!? ...
Damn it! Sfx: Zaba-
Why is this all happening...
And all that's left is...
P176 If you want her returned unharmed you'll put a stop to all of the construction plans right now!
... Sir, what should we do?
F- For now, just go and call over her partner! Okay! Sfx: Da-
Sir, I called him but all he had to say was "None of my business." [lit: I don't know anything about it, I don't carea bout it] SFx: Bata bata ...
Sfx: 177 Oh my, where is she from? Is this what the posters were about? He's so young, what are his parents doing? Hurry up and save them! Make sure the boy is cared for as well...
Sfx: Basha- [camera] Hey!
[written] Ha- [sigh] Sfx: gashi gashi [scratch] Have I been cursed?
When you've reached a decision ring the bell over there. You have five days. Don't forget.
Sfx: Za-
... Simon [Shimon] Yes
Okay, the show is over everyone, nothing to see here! [Lit: This isn't a show] Please return to your homes. Sfx: Don [written] Ah
For the time being let's head back and go through everything. Yes, sir.
Sfx: Jiri...
P178 Ahahahahahahaha It was perfect!! [lit: masterpiece]
That was the first time I've seen them actually worried. Sfx: Hi- No matter what I did to them they never reacted like that before.
...
Gisele,
you are amazing. You're a genius!
P179 Wha...
N- No. I'm... not.
Was... [Lit: but]
I able to help you a little?
What are you saying!? You were amaaaazing!
Come with me. I've got something to show you! [There's something good]
P180 They're so sweet! I know, right!?
... Captain?
This is the first time since I was separated from my parents that I've eaten something with someone.
You were... I was abandoned. Many years ago.
They must've thought I'd die right away. Haha. Now look at me.
... Oh yeah, that reminds me.
Gisele, you have a home, right? And parents...
P181 ... But I ran away and came here.
... What? Sfx: Gatan
Captain,
are we friends?
P182 Of course we are! Stupid! Sfx: Gochi- Yeah, you're right-!!
Nothing can stop us. [Lit: We are invincible.]
P183 Oh... tell me your name. Huh?
J... Just call me the Captain. No- I want to call you by your name!
I just said you don't need to.
...
Captain? What's wrong? ...
I can smell something... smell something?
...
P184 Sfx: Za-
Wha... What's going on?
Captain!? Sfx: Ban-
P185 Capt... !?
-... Wh... Get out of the way, Gisele!!
Sfx: Zaba
P186 Sfx: Buzu Buzu Buzu
...!
Sfx: Bon- !!
The engine!?
Captain, we can't stay. We have to run!
... Captain-
Sfx: goron
Sfx: Do-
P187 P188 Gisele!
Are you alright? Do you have any injur... ...
Gisele?
Sfx: yoro
Sfx: ga-
Sfx: dosa-
P189 Captain, are you okay? Captain...
...Ngh
My ship... Sfx: Biku
My..
My ship...!
P190 I...
I thought I'd be able to do something [about this]
I... [lit: if it were me] told myself I could do something [about this]...
This isn't something for children to beat themselves up over. [Lit: to over do, etc]
Sfx: pasa- When you become adults
there'll be a little more that you can do.
P191 -...
P192 Sfx: gi
Got everything with you? [do you have anything you forgot] Yes, I'm fine.
... Well, then... ... Yeah.
P193 I still don't know your name. [haven't heard your name]
You aren't the Captain anymore.
So, tell me [lit: its troublesome]
So I can [lit: at a time] say g... [lit: like this...]
... [written] Haa
Sfx: Pu-
P194 It's Luca. [Ryuka]
! Sfx: Ta-
Sfx: Ta ta ta ta ta
Lu...
Luca!
I... I'm going to grow up [be an adult] one day, so...
- Yeah, me too!
P195 Even if we grow up to be adults, we'll still always be friends!
-... Yeah.
He seems at home in the city as well.
... he does.
P196 ...
Excuse me, Mr. Monet. [Mone] Sfx: gacha The master said to bring his newspaper...
Mr. Monet!?
The [news] publishers are on a temporary holiday today.
There is no newspaper.
P197 ... I see...
Are we clear, Miss Marie Martin? [Mari- Marutan] Yes, sir!
Well said. You understand what is good for you. Now, then...
From today onward I will be away shortly. Sir? I will be taking a trip to undergo treatment for a particular illness I have contracted.
Sfx: Basa- I trust you can take care of everything.
Make sure you burn the rest.
Ah- Shall I call the carri... There is no need. He's going to walk!?
Sfx: gasa-
... Is this...?
P198 Lady Gisele?
Sfx: Burororororo
Sfx: Za-
Chapter Five: The End.
P199 This is Luca. He'll be staying with us starting today.
Everyone, please be nice to him.
Sfx: Wa- Hi, nice to meetcha! I'm Cheryl! [sharuru] I'm Nina! I'm... Where ya from? You're so small! Your hair is so long!
... D... Sfx: Wara wara wara
Don't touch me! [Written] Eeek [kyaa]
Sfx: [written] Ha- Fu- [pant/sigh]
Sfx: Goshi Goshi ...
Are your eyes itchy? It's because of how long your bangs are.
I'm Remy. I'll cut your hair for you later. ...
P200
https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/26080Translation: Gisèle Alain 42010-11-18T15:05:14+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comP113 Chapter Four Should a dangerous bridge be crossed [at least] once? [The play on words here is from an idiom "crossing a dangerous bridge" meaning to put yourself at risk, I suppose the idea here is to try anything once, even if its risky]
P114 Sfx: Tsu-
Sfx: Soyo
Sfx: Fuwa
P115 ?
...
Sfx: Basa-
? What's wrong?
... S- Something's inside.
What? Something climbed inside... There's something on my back...
!!
P116 Ugh Gross What is it? Get out...
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Put your clothes back on. [down] Stop that!! Now!!! [Lit: Put it down!! Hurry up!!!] Sfx: Basa Basa But, butttt!
Sfx: Piyo
SFX: Pote-
P117 ... That's a...
... spider. I suppose.
That's a spider...? It's sort of cute.
Really? ...
What did you just say? Huh? Well, I mean, they always look sort of grotesque when you look at the pictures of them in the encyclopedia...
No, that's not what I was saying, you mean you've never seen a spider? Nope. A bug that you can find anywhere like that?
See, look, this place is covered in cobwebs. Yeah...
It's because the maids would clean everyday. Maids are amazing.
P118 About those maids, couldn't you get a couple of them to come here and help? No way.
It'll be fine, don't worry. We'll get through this somehow!
You can tell me not to worry but it still won't put me at ease [I'm still very worried.] Sfx: Gata
about being able to clean this entire place with just two people...
P119 SFX: Gyu
Ngh SFx: Gui-
I'm finished with the garbage bags! Sfx: Gata Sfx: zuruzuru [drag drag]
If you drag them they're going to tear. [written] 'cause the floor is rough. Oh, I see.
Shall I give you a hand with carrying them out? There we go! Sfx: Zuruzuru
P120 ...
Don't worry about the ones that are too big for you. ... Okay.
I got it.
SFx: gata
Jeez, my muscles are going to be sore tomorrow... Sfx: Gigigi-
!? Sfx: Gigigigigigigi- Gisele!?
Didn't I tell you not to bother with the large ones? It's not that large... Those sort of chairs are really heavy, you know.
... now I do. [lit: I see]
P121 Whoa. Sfx: Gata
Sfx: Yororo
~tch
Sfx: Gui !
It's dangerous if your hands can't reach the sides. ... Okay.
The frame has glass in it, and the edges seem quite heavy too.
Just work on something lighter. [Lit: Something lighter will be fine] Please don't over do it.
... Okay.
P122 ...
Sfx: gatagatagata ... Are you all right?
G-get out of the way, Eric. Sfx: Yoro yoro Wai- Just set it down. [once] I'll be fine.
I'll be f... Sfx: Ga-
P123 Awwwww
Gisele, are you okay? You didn't hurt yourself, did you?
It's broken ...
P124 It's because you're trying too hard and carrying too much. There was nothing inside the drawers so I thought it'd be light...
Well, don't worry about it. All it means is that there's a little more junk to deal with.
You're not thinking... [could it be] Hm?
I'm more trouble than I am help? [Lit: not really all that helpful?]
Yeah, you are. [Written] There we go.
You're overdoing it and that's why you're messing up.
P125 Sfx: Za-
Sfx: gara gara gara
Sfx: kyu
Sfx: tobo
Sfx: gochi
...
P126 Sfx: fuwa
Sfx: Hachoo [hekushu]
What's going on? Sfx: Naa
Oh? The fireplace? ... Yeah.
It's really dirty. It is, isn't it...
Guess we should clean the chimney. Hmmm.
P127 ... ... Ugh.
No, we can't. It's impossible.
Why? It's too narrow, I can't fit inside.
Hmmm.
These sort of things are best left to the specalists... Sfx: Achoo [hekushu]
!? Eric,
I fit inside...
P128 ...
... Eric,
I think this is something that only I can do!
It's a pretty tough job though. I know. [Lit: ok]
It's dark, dirty, cramped, and dangerous. No problem! [lit: ok!]
-...
P129 Sfx: dosa dosa
What? Sfx: Cough... [keho] Cushions. Just in case you fall.
And I'll go upthere and drop a rope down so make sure you fasten it around your waist. -Oh...
I won't fall.
I hope not.
I'm gonna go up to the top then. Be careful, okay?
Over there. That's where I used to live. [my parent's house.]
Huh? Which? The huge one right in front.
... The one that looks like a castle? Yeah. ...
P139 Can we see your home from here? It's over to the west, it's a house with a brown roof.
There are too many houses with brown roofs, I can't tell which one it is. That's true.
Sfx: Zuru
Ahhh Sfx: zuruzuru The horizon looks amazing... [written] Though it's slanted.
It must have been tough. Yeah. Harder than I thought.
I'm exhausted-
P140 Sfx: Go-n What's that?
Ohh... That's the noon bell on the clocktower.
Oh, I see. I wonder if I'm able to hear it when I'm int he house...
Want to go get something to eat after your break? I do! Sfx: gaba-
Oh, but, Gisele, ?
the way you look now is a little...
I don't have anything else to change into. That's true...
P141 Oooh! I had a store nearby pack these for me.
...! Please take your time with them. Mm...
Ah! Sfx: Boro
Hey, come on, you're eating it too fast. It's hard to eat! [written] Everything in the city is!
And, on top of that, for some reason it's really tasty! [written] Even though it's just a plain ham sandwich. Well, food always tastes good after a hard day's work. [after you use your body and work, food is tasty.]
Hmm. Is that so?
P142 Gisele, what were up to in that castle over there?
Mmm, Language studies, math, music, chemistry, literature, history, conversational skills, social skills, dance steps, table manners...
Wow. They were all things that I had to study. [that i was made to do]
Sfx:Puha Cold lemonade is the best! Table manners, huh...?
P143 Oh, so that's where that mysterious translation ability came from? Yup. [Written] Wow-. [regular] That must've been tough...
It was. But, you know, I like studying.
Being inside that house was also so dreary and boring, I had the most fun when I was reading books.
Biographies, travel records, books on history and thought... From stories of adventure to novels about romance. There was every kind of book you'd want in that house. [There were no books that I couldn't find at home.]
And yet
P144 I'm having the most fun right now!
What? Being covered in soot is fun? Yup!
The grass...
is unexpectedly prickly, but it's so nice and cool. It feels so good.
P145 Ah! Sfx: Yoro
[Written] Ah Sfx: Dosa
Are you okay? I'm fine, I'm fine!
I have so very many [as big/much as the mountains] things I want to try out.
Anybody could tell that just by looking at you.
P146 All right! It's about time we finish the rest! Yes, yes... [written] Aren't you full of energy. Just one "yes" will do!!
Sfx: Basa Basa
Sfx: Shuru
Sfx: Gyu-
Chapter four: The End.
P147 Uh, well, uhm, SFx: Gashu- I guess it's my fault too for not noticing but...
? What is? Don't be so ambiguous.
When it comes to cleaning chimnies you're probably supposed to start from.. the top... I guess...
Uhm, so, all the soot falls to the bottom.
... Oh.
Ahhhh ...
[written] These kind of things [written] happen all the time, [written] you know...https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/25886Translation: Gisèle Alain 32010-11-09T14:19:39+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comLittle edits
P77 Chapter Three
SFX: Peel [Piri]
Excuse me, you, over there. Y-yes!? [written] me!?
Are you familiar with this address? Might it be nearby?
Uh... Mmm
Well...
It's guess you could say... that it's pretty close... !!!
It's the third house after you turn [that] the corner. Oh, really?
P78 Thank you.
Chapter Three Does love lie beyond expectations? [Lit: Is love outside of expectations?]
P79 Stop running, Eric! [lit: wait]
We're going to go find some work!! Go by yourself!
I said stop! !? Wha... Gisele!
Watch ou- [Lit: That's dangerou...] Huh!?
Please, move aside!
P80 Too slow! [Lit: There's an opening] Wahhhh
P81 Sfx: Boing [Muni]
Sfx: Ssss [su]
Sfx: lap [pan] Ugh
P82 Ahh, geez, Sfx: Badump [Dosa] Owww.
Now you've gone and hurt my hand... [Lit: You're going to make my hand swell...]
What? Who are...
Sfx: Badump [dosa]
Sfx: Wobble [Fura]
I'm...
P83 I'm Colette... Who? [Don't know you]
Oh, my, you were just so cute that I...
I'm sorry.
Are you a resident here? Yes, and?
Then maybe you might know something? About this poster, that is... SfX: gasa
"Gisele Alain's Jack-of-all-trades"
It's located here, isn't it? It's rare to find a woman running a jack-of-all-trades but... That is I.
P84 Gisele Alain who runs the Jack-of-all-trades is I.
I would like you to find me a room. A room? Yes.
To be honest, this morning...
I was chased out of my previous accommodations for a crime I did not commit... My belongings are heavy, I have nowhere to go, and I am completely exhausted.
Anywhere will do. Though if possible it would be nice to find somewhere close to your place. [written] I wish! [or just kidding]
P85 Is that all? Then why don't you just live here?
Are there rooms available here!? Sfx: Gata Yup. [written] You can keep pets too.
Then I'll take it. Take me to the owner... It's I. What?
I'm the landlady as well. Sfx: Pini
... Ah. I see... There are two rooms available, which one would you like?
I want the one closer to you! Hmm, well then
P86 How about the third floor? Right next to Eric.
G... Gisele-san!
I suddenly remembered that I had something very important I needed to talk to you about. Please come over here.
Gisele-san, are you really going to let that woman stay here?
It's true that she's a little bit strange but... Not just a little bit!
Having one self-indulgent lady doing whatever she pleases around here is more than enough! [Lit: having one noble who i cannot figure out, gisele, is more than enough, but colette isn't an aristocrat so this would not work] How cruel.
I'm the star at one of the small strip joints there. [Lit: small strip shop, but this doesn't seem "period" correct, replace with star at a small cabaret if you like] It pays quite well.
The red-light district? A star at a strip [joint]...? Really?
Sounds interesting!! [lit: What is that!?] Sfx: sparkle [kira] [written] Teeheehee I have a bad feeling about this...
Hey, Gisele, do you have more work to attend to after this? No, not particularly.
I just had a brilliant idea <3.
P88 Now wait one...
What do you mean by hiring her as a "companion for a day!?" Doing whatever is asked is what a jack-of-all-trades does, isn't it? [written] My, my,
We refuse anything illegal. [written] Well How rude. What is illegal about it?
I'm coming along. Sfx: gugugu That won't do. Why!?
What you did... to me [my breasts]... a moment ago... was traumatizing... I'm scared...
Gisele, are you really going to go!? ? Yes. It's a job.
You're such a strange fellow. Weren't you telling me to go by myself just a moment ago?
[written] Ugh T- that was-
P89 Besides, this will be my first time in the flower district!! [written] And at a strip [joint] too!! ... You are aware it's not like going on some nature excursion, aren't you? [Lit: You know it's not like the sea and the mountains, this line won't work if you don't use "flower district" and I cannot really think of a similar line using "red-light district," unless you want to use something like, "you know it's not actually covered in red-lights, don't you?"
She will be fine. I'll have her back by evening. [I'll return her in the evening] And what reason do I have to believe you? Just believe me.
See you lateeeeer <3 I'll be back soon. Sfx: wave
Ah, Eric.
How fortuitous, I had something I wanted to ask you to do... Oh, my, the landlady is not with you? ... Gisele has been
swept away. What!?
P90 SFX: Kyu
...
Sfx: Kyu kyu ... ...
Say, are you really all right with it? I'm fine.
That's not what I'm talking about. I'm referring to the landlady. Are you really not going to go after her [mind after her]? It's just cleaning the windows, it can be done anytime you want.
Sfx: ha-
... It's fine. I don't really care. Sfx: Kyu
P91 She has seriously been running me ragged this entire time. This morning she even came into my room while I was eating breakfast saying we were going to go look for work. Even if/though I want to pay the rent I don't have any time to look for a job...
I'm so fed up with it all that I actually feel relieved about the whole thing.
It'll be good for her to get a taste of how harsh reality can be. Sometimes people have to learn the hard way.
Sfx: Zabu
...
Eric, my dear... What is it? Did I miss a spot?
You're feeling lonely, aren't you?
... Wh- ...
P92 Don't be ridiculous. There's no way I'd feel that way! Your face is completely red, you know?
... Please don't tease me because I'm young. [lit: ... please don't tease young people]
Oh? But I was being serious.
... That's really not how it is.
Sfx: Gyuu
Sfx: Kyu
Isn't that the spot you just cleaned? Ah-
P93 Sfx: Kyaaaaa
Who is she!? She's so cuteeeeee!!
Teehee <3 She's my new landlady. Nice to meet you Whaaaaaaat!? No waaaaaay! She's soooooo cute!!
But Colette, didn't you say you broke up this morning? Ahaha, you sure are fast. ? You're even into kids like her? Her breasts are so small!
Sorry, but she's just my landlady. Right, Gisele? Yup. You call your landlady by her first name!? [written] Scandalous!
You guys [she's being very informal here] strip too?
Did you hear her? She called us, "You guys!" We do! Make sure you watch us.
P94 This is the stage.
... Striping is... sort of like opera, right?
Puh Ahahahahahaha!! Opera!?
You don't know what stripping is? ... I don't.
She doesn't know what stripping is! I can't believe it! She's a real live aristocrat!
Stripping is... you know... a naked opera.
P95 Marie! Don't make the noble mad! [written] Eek [Kyaa]
This is the first time I've seen a noble lady. Opera, what a joke! Sfx: heeheehee [kusukusu]
You're one of those people who have it all, huh? You can get by without having to take off your clothes. I'm so jealous. All it means is that her parents have got money, right? How nice that must be.
Sfx: heeheehee I can hear everything you're saying.
Oh, really? Don't worry about it!
... You people- [she's being gruff again] Gisele.
[Written] Eek [Kyaa] The princess is mad! We're sooooo sorry!
Aren't you ashamed of yourselves!? Gisele, come with me.
... tch. Here.
P96 Sfx: batan
I'm sorry about that. They don't mean anything by it. ...
Is this your room, Colette? Well, I suppose. It's the green room.
You enter the stage from that green door over there. [blue/green door]
What kind of job... is stripping?
You really don't know anything about it? No, I don't.
...
P97 Is what those girls said bothering you? They were just gossiping. It's frustrating.
Sfx: Kyuuuun
You're so cute, Gisele... It's okay, you don't get to chose how you're born.
Ah, she smells so nice... If you don't know what something is you should get some hands-on experience with it. [lit: for things that you don't know anything about, you should try to touch/experience them]
I'll show you.
P98 Sfx: blublub [Kopopo]
Here you go. Thank you for your hard work. Thank you.
Sfx: clank [kacha]
...
Are you worried?
You are, aren't you? About what?
District nineteen... I wonder what is happening. And you know how she can be... What's happening...? What do you mean what's happening? To who!?
... Sfx: Urk! [Ha-]
P99 You're worried about her, aren't you? No w... Love must be in the air, hmm!? [lit: it's a blue spring, isn't it!?] Wha!?
I said there was no way!! Teeheehee Then there's nothing for you to get embarrassed about, right?
You're getting so flustered over it, you should just be more honest with yourself.
... I am being sincerely honest with myself. [I am conducting myself honestly with my own heart]
But, really, how scandalous...
After all, there's not not only a difference in social position, but a difference in age! How romantic!! Sfx: Pfbhht
Oh, dear me, Eric, are you okay? Sfx: Koff koff [GehoGohoGeho]
P100 P101 P102 Sfx: Gishi
What did you think?
It was amazing... Stripping is so beautiful.
Thank you, that makes me so happy...
P103 Thank you for everything today, take care of yourself. It was nothing.
Say hello to the landlady for me as well. ...
Sfx: tan tan tan
Sfx: kacha
Sfx: sigh [ha-]
Sfx: Ko-
What a troublesome person...
P104 P105 Did that catch you off guard? [surprise you] Yeah...
You've got lipstick on you. Ahaha...
Hold on, I'll find something to wipe it... ...
Ah There's my handkerchief.
Gisele...
Gisele!?
P106 Oh my... Was that a little too much excitement for her?
Heehee.
She's still just a child. What a shame.
Well that should've been obvious. You devious woman. Cradle-robber! [Child-abuser] Why were you girls watching!? [Don't watch!!]
Her keeper is here for her, Colette.
P107 Sorry to keep you waiting, Eric.
Here you go. I'm returning her back to you.
Wh...
Why's she all worn out like that!? Hmm... I guess we must have over did it a bit.
Over did it? Over did what!? [written] Hmmmm That's a secret. [written] This and that.
Sfx: Slap [pan]
P108 She's still just a child.
[written] Hmph [fu]
That's right. Too bad for us both. What?
I'm sure you'll be in for a treat in two or three years. [written] I'll be looking forward to it too. What are you talking ab...
P109 ... Eric?
Oh, are you awake? ... I'll walk by myself...
Are you all right? Yes.
Did that woman do something to you? Hmm?
? Sfx: twirl [kuru]
P110 ...'s what she did.
...! ...!! ...!!!
See! Something like that would catch you off guard too! [surprise you] Ahaha!
Ah~ today was so much fun! I'm starving.
I want to go buy something to eat! I'll treat you to something too so... Eric?
[written] Control yourself!!! [lit: reason] [written] Why won't you just hurry and grow up!? [lit: please hurry up and become an adult] [written] In more than one way [in various meaning]
Chapter Three: The End.
P111 Colette! Sfx: Kusa You were amazing tonight as usual!
You men are so persistent! Hey, isn't it about time for you to get married to me!? Colette is ours! Be quiet! sfx: gui gui
What wonderful bouquets. They're all so lovely. And they're all that I'm willing to receive from you boys. [lit: that's why I will only take/receive the flowers] Whaaaaat!?
[written] That's so cold! [written] Marry me! [written] Ahahaha ....
Sfx: Kyu
What are you doing over there? D- Don't look! https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/25744Translation: Gisèle Alain 22010-11-02T08:43:28+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comRevised a little and took out the honorifics.
P40
P41 Chapter Two Hmm "Gisele Alain's Jack-of-All-Trades" "From walking your dog to helping you skip town"
"No problem too large" [unreasonable requests] "all" "requests" "welcome"
Yup
What is it Arsene? [Aruse-nu]
Ah Hey
Geez
P42 Chapter Two Does the sly[skillful] cat keep her claws hidden?
P43 Gisele, I found the paper in the storage but
what do you do need... Huh?
She's sleeping...
What was she writing?
Sfx: Sha- Ow
...
"No problem is too large; all requests welcome" What could she possibly be thinking. Skipping town? Wouldn't that be abetting a crime?[written]
...
sfx: scribble scribble
P44 However, we refuse any illegal solicitations.
Hmm
... Was she actually planning on filling these all out by hand? Sfx: Supi-
SFX: Knock Knock Excuse me
Gisele, someone is at the door. Hmm...
Eric, you go...
[Written] What? Why me!? Because... you don't pay rent
... Sfx: Fua Okay, fine. Comiiiing.
Yes? Sfx: Gi- Oh.
P45 Eric? Why are you...
I guess you could call this a part-time job... I suppose. Ahh, I see.
Is the proprietress in? She is Gisele- Eric
What is this? What do you mean we refuse any illegal solicitations...
Hm? My name is Riche [Rishe], I'm the tenant on the first floor. Sorry to bother you while you're busy. I had a small request to make...
P46 I heard from Mrs. Crepel [I don't remember what I render her name as] that you were starting a Jack-of-all-trades business or something of that nature...
Yes, we are currently up and open for business! From walking your dog to helping you skip town, searching for your cat or life consultation, no problem is too large. Please come in <3. [written] I don't need any help skipping town, miss...
I can't, I really have to get going, but thank goodness you're doing this
Huh? Come on, Emily.
Could you take this child to the botanical garden for me today? ...
P47 Now if you'd excuse me, I have to hurry to my office. Thank you for taking care of this for me. Emily, behave yourself.
Sfx: Slam [Batan]
Hmm... ?
... First, we must do something about that hair!
Come here! Sfx: Squeeze [Gui] Huh?
Gisele-san, where are you planning on taking her!? Next door.
You get ready to leave too. What!? Why do I have to as well!?
The rent. Sfx: Slam [Batan]
P48 Emily, your hair is so nice and shiny. Just like the sun.
... Miss proprietress, Just call me Gisele. Giseley's... hair is pretty too...
Thank you.
P49 Sorry, I can't do anything more complicated than that. No!
This is the first time I've had my hair braided. Thank you.
Should we put a ribbon on it too? Is it okay to? Of course!
P50 How does she look?
Oh, you look very cute, Emily! Doesn't she?
... But this is somewhat unexpected.
What is? Ah Uh, I mean,
you did this for her, didn't you, Gisele? It just doesn't really fit my image of you [written] at all... Oh, I guess.
P51 Well, at home I always left it to the maid so I really can't do that much. And after coming here I had my hair cut.
Was your hair long before? Down to my waist. [Written] Really? ... So,
how do we get to the botanical gardens, Eric?
... You're asking me that seriously, right? I suppose you must be... I'm always serious. [Lit: I don't lie, however int his case it's not really a "lie"]
Don't just accept these requests so casually when you don't even know where the place is!! Well, you were there so I thought it'd be fine.
It's a bit far... and we have Emily with us, so shall we ride the tram?
The tram it shall be! [The tram!][Since she uses the kanji I just buttered it up a little bit]
P52 Emily!
P53 Can we sit wherever we like? They're all the same regardless.
[Written] Ohhh. It's moving!! Dad, hurry up!
Hey, come on, don't run. It'll be fine!
[Written] Which stop is the botanical garden? [Written] Hmm...
[Written] The seventh, I think?
Emily, is something wrong?
N- No it's nothing...
P54 Emily, your father was actually supposed to go with you today, right?
... Yes.
Daddy promised me for my birthday but daddy said after his work was finished.
I don't have a mommy, so I understand it's hard for daddy.
It's okay! I love my daddy!
You're such a good girl, Emily. Your father must be so proud to have a daughter like- Be quiet, Eric!
... be a good girl you say?
I just can't stand by that.
Eric, how do we get to twenty-three Janin Crossing in the fourth district from here? If we get off on the next stop it's quite close...
Why? What is that the address of? It's the address of Riche's workplace.
...
What? [written]What are you doing? [What's with those hands] You can't do this, Gisele.
What can't I do? And why not? Why not? Because you are not a child.
He is working as hard as he can right now.
P56 You may not understand because you were brought up as an upper-class lady, but there is much that regular folk are forced to endure.
So please, restrain yourself, don't say such childish - Sfx: gata
Childish? Are you trying to insult me?
That is not what I was referring to at all. Can't he even keep his promises? This has nothing to do with being a child or a lady!
... Well, that's...
It's the next stop, right? We're getting off. Eric, you make sure you stay with us. ...Yes.
W- wait...
P57 ... I
I'm sorry, but... I'm fine really... so...
No. And that's final! We're going! But... Gisele-san!
Please, put yourself in Emily's place! It will be fine!
Emily was against it, which you witnessed, Eric.
However, I[Gisele Alain] would hear nothing of it.
And so ... with that, let us go! Written: Ughh
P58 Ladies and gentlemen, we shall protest!
Bierre Translation Company [Bea-ru]
Yes? Who is it ...!? Sfx: gacha
Emily!?
No. I cannot.
P59 Why not!? He cannot go while the work is incomplete!
Riche, hurry up and continue with the rest. Yes, sir. We are to finish it by noon tomorrow, got it?
As for you, aren't _you_ something, showing up here like _that_. Whose daughter might you be?
Maybe you haven't worked a day in your life, but that child you're with there won't have bread to eat with no money to pay for it.
SFX: Fu-
You children should just hurry home. You're getting in the way of our work.
P60 ... Do women and children have no right to speak?
What? Sfx: Snatch [Pa-]
SFX: Guri
Don't smoke when there are children present.
-hmph
Miss, Sfx: Gata if you continue to make a ruckus I will be forced to throw you out.
Why don't you try, that is, if you think you can.
P61 It is good and all to work for money, that much is obvious. Sfx: Ga-
And it is fine to work for your family as well. Sfx: Ko-
But, what exactly does the phrase "for your family" indicate?
Does it mean that you're excused if you can't even keep a promise for a single day that comes along once a year just because you work?
Being an adult must be so easy, don't you think?
You insolent brat!
Giseley, stop it!!
P62 Emily...
Daddy, I'm sorry for saying such
selfish things.
I'll go home...
I'll be okay.
I'll be okay so...
Emily, you silly girl.
P63 I'm the one that's saying all those selfish things.
Huh? What? But... Now then...
Sfx: Hyoi
You're translating this, are you? Ah, excuse... Sfx: Basa
Well, I hope you're ready, Riche! What!?
... And the girl was
P64 completely eccentric, clad in a bizarre appearance. Her petite frame housed black pupils that sparkle and shone.
And as for her hair: raven back, rumpled and disheveled.
She stood out excruciatingly.
Her eyes were... What are you doing? Write this down!
Ah,
Yes! ... a complete enigma.
P65 And nestled among that mysteriousness dwell silhouettes of the cold the clever and the uncertain.
Ah Sfx: Basa basa
Thank you.
Little lady,
would you give those here to me?
P66 Renault, [Runo-] revise this.
Huh?
If this seat isn't taken, shall I offer my assistance?
You know how to use a typewriter? I used one before for another job I had previously. I see.
P67 And...
We're doneeeee!! Phew.
P68 I beg your pardon... may I ask milady for her name? You certainly are back to being quite formal.
Well, reluctantly so... You can call me Gisele.
Lady Gisele, I'd like to discuss something with you... If you aren't currently employed perhaps you might consider...
... Unfortunately I'm currently at work right now.
[written]Huh? Isn't that right, Emily? [whoa perspective problems]
Though, I suppose I would be glad to help anytime to fill in for Riche-san's special job
P69 rather than as a substitute for a birthday promise or the like.
Emily
... Daddy, um... Um,
it doesn't have to be today, or any time soon at all, but, I want daddy to take me to the botanical garden.
P70 Okay, I understand.
I would like that too.
I'm sorry, Emily.
Happy birthday.
Now look here, you two!
Take a look at the clock. Did you forget why we were finishing that work? The botanical gardens are open until seven.
Seven?
P71 Mr. President? What do you want?
Work is finished. I'm going home to bed.
[Written] Ahhhh I'm gonna go home and sleep toooooo.
What exactly do you do as a job anyways? [written]A broker for parents and their children? Gisele-chan!
Thank you!
I'm a jack-of-all-trades.
P72 P73 P74 ...
What is this? Leaflets for the store!
Because of the president at the translation company I was able to get the printing office to print these for me! [written] Awesome, right!?
Let's go hand them out right away! here, these are for you. Sfx: Basa What!? Why do I...
Okay, I get it... Then let's get started with the entrance of the building!
Chapter Two: The End.
P75 Side Story
!
Excuse me, sir, terribly sorry, but we're about to close.
Ah, okay.
... We'll come again, okay? Okay...
Good night. Good night.
Daddy! Daddy!! Sfx: Bata Bata
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Page 225 Chapter 11
[already did the TL for the notice so not doing it here]
Page 226 Sfx: kachi kachi kachi
Sfx: Don There we go.
Page 227 Whoops, I'd be screwed if I forgot my permit. Hunting Gun . Air Gun Permit
Shit, I'm not gonna make it there by eight!
But I'm so tiiiiiiired 'cause I've been up all night.
Ah, I better go take a shower to wake up. [it's no good. lets go take a shower]
Sfx: fura fura (wobble) Gotta take a shit first.
Nakata's storyboard... Sfx: Gasa Goso
Page 228 [Already translated this]
Phew
Page 229 Hmm....
5:48 Emergency broadcast Please refrain from going outside He's really is good at what he does... [it really is interesting, nakata-san...]
Anways, I need to just, apologize to Tekko. [tv]--surgent outbreaks in various places. Please refrain-- For those of you living in the city,
Probably'll be faster for me to get there from Shakuji through Akitsu. lock your doors and refrain from leaving...
Sfx: Tontontontonton Mommy, is that good enough? Sfx: KachaKacha Mix the eggs a bit more.
Page 233 Whoa, it's starting to rain.
Hmm?
What's that smell?
Page 234 It's only six, so I'll just say hello.
Sfx: kon koko konkon koko (knock knock, etc)
Page 235 Sfx: ki-
Page 236 Tekko?
Page 237 Hey there, how ya feeling?
Tekko?
Oh, sorry, did I wake you up?
Page 238 Ah
Page 239 Sfx: dosa- You don't have to get up... [it's okay, you can sleep]
Page 240 Page 241 Tekko?https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/24928Translation: I Am A Hero 102010-09-23T10:04:53+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comNope, there's a bunch of stuff i have to check over like some time shit and then I should really go back and check to make sure all the manga terminology is consistent/correct because of all the weird terms for tones and betaflash and shit like that I don't really know the english for.
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Page 207 Chapter 10: critical [Upon some reflection this should be critical rather than breaking point, if you interpret it it should probably be critical point, but he left the name as rinkai rather than rinkaiten so idk.]
Matsuo-sensei office [place of work] hang up / pick up Sfx: brrr [Puru}
Page 208 Tekko!?
Heeeeey there, it's Matsuo... I told you you could have the day off but we really need you here, can you come out?
Hello?
Ah! Sorry! Yeah, sure, got it!! No, no I'll be there right away! Sfx:Batata
Page 209 Sfx: Gacha Gacha Gacha Check.
Sfx: Kan kan kan
Post card: Hideo-sama
Page 210 Zoshigaya Gun Club please join us for some shooting practice We hope that all of you are in good health this wonderful spring. We will be having a group meet-up to practice some shooting at the location and date below. We hope to see you there. --09 [heisei 21] May 3rd (Sun) 8:00 AM --shooting range Tel 0555-xx-xxxx --[gather] at the reception desk in front of Trap A --Skeet, 20 each --40, 10m trap 20 100 total. [not sure what trap is here, have to check with people who have shot at a range] --Maximum 72 members, please register --Cut off 9:20 (strictly enforced) It's tomorrow? I haven't been there in a while either, my permit's gonna get revoked for lack of use.
SFX: Pi- Poi Sfx Pi- Poi-
Tekko...
Page 211 Hideo-kun you forgot number sixty-two on the dick head. Oh, sorry!
Mitani-kun, how much longer for the background of the city? Sfx: Su-
Sfx: sha sha sha one hour - no, I'll finish it in forty minutes.
The heroine's pubes on page 13 are a bit too thin, draw them in thicker. And then put the mosiac tone on.
Okay, I'll fix it. Sfx: kari kari kari
Sfx: Shaka Shaka Shaka Aughhhhhh
Page 212 Okay, okay. We're almost done. Huh? How many pages do we have left?
Sfx: Paku paku paku
Check how many pages you guys got~ I've got five. Six here. Oh, yeah... I'm not feeling too well.
Sfx: Ba- Ba-
Let's see, five pages need backgrounds and finishing touches. Hm? Yes, the pen work for the chracters are done. Yes... well, it is 5 in the morning.
Oh, you can't get in touch with Kazu-san? I see, well, you know... Sfx: Shaka Shaka
Page 213 phew~~~ I feel so tired...
Sensei, you're bleeding...
... Ohhh.
I'm going to go take a shower... Oh, okay.
Page 214 Hemorrhoids?
... Yeah, I guess, seems like all he does is work, after all.
His chair is soaked in blood. And he hasn't looked too good recently.
But still, only five pages finished and it's already five in the morning? Mi-chan taking the day off is really making it hard on us.
Why's Mi-chan taking the day off? Dunno. Sensei said, "She's probably on her period or something". Sfx: kari kari kari kari kari
Page 215 Hmph. [Chi-]
Hey guyssss, hate to do this but I need to take a nap. Wake me up if you finish, got it? And go out and get yourselves some food for the night. Okay, got it.
So, what do you guys want? Beef bowl!
Page 216 I'm back with the food. Thanks~
Seems like there are a lot more police around than usual. Did something happen around here recently?
Who knows. Hey, Mi-chan, turn on the tv.
or, rather, Mi-chan's not even here.
... Hmm, which one of these is the TV remote again? No clue since Mi-chan was the one who was in charge of all them.
Page 217 Ohhh, it's Kamogawa Crystal! She's looking foxy tonight. She must be living the life. [Her personal life must be going well] Gun fire at a hospital --rrent state of the minster unclear.
Mitani-saaaaan, the minister might be dead you know. --nfire heard in the ward the minister was hospit-
Are you even paying attention to the news?
Not one bit. I just like watching the female anchors trying hard to do the best they can.
Haha.
Sfx: Bacha Bacha Bacha
Phew. Come on! It's go-time!!
Page 218 Let's do this!!!
Sfx: Sha- Which one was it for Akemi's pussy again? Akemi's a huge slut so use number sixty-five.
Sfx: Shu Shu Shu And then put on the mosiac tone.
If you do that, it's just gonna end up pitch black when it gets printed!
There's really no quality late-nite Saturday radio programming. But the programming for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are so good. And FM radio pisses me off so much... Sfx: Kari kari kari
Page 219 ... I don't get it, why haven't I gotten a message yet.
Huh!? I sent Mi-chan a total of ten text messages since yesterday.
... Well, it's two already, she's probably asleep already.
... No,
Page 220 when she does respond, it's always the same 2 words: "got it", and I even spent more than an hour typing up a super long message with some text art thrown in there too.
... Well, if you consider it from Mi-chan's perspective, maybe she was thinking about it too much since it was from you and didn't want to give such a short response.
No way, Mi-chan's going out with sensei so she wouldn't care about that.
... Oh, r-really?
You didn't know? If you just follow her around for a bit, it's obvious. When she's done with work she spends about thirty minutes at the convenience shop just killing time and then heads back here.
Page 221 ... Well, I don't really care, Sensei's a popular guy after all... But he's got a wife and kids, he doesn't need Mi-chan too, does he? [on top of that, he has mi-chan, isn't he taking too much?]
I started working as an assistant right after I graduated from highschool and it's been twenty years already... I'll be over forty soon, and I'm getting hard over the heroine in this [sensei's] ero-manga that looks exactly like Mi-chan while I'm filling in the blacks.
I've got nothing at all.
Let's draw some freakin' manga!!! Mitani-san!!! You get that big hit and those legs will spread for you!!!
Page 222 Hideo-kun, I'm just jerking off here. [I think the play on words works here] I don't need _you_ to tell me that. I'm in the middle of realizing my thousand page epic. [in the middle of thinking about my 1000 page + big work]
I'll be pullin' for you!
Hideo-kun, sorry for the late responce! For some reason my body suddenly felt super tired and I was sleeping it off. (it's so cold~ my body's all creaky) Have you been really busy with work-? I'm gonna go to the hospital tomorrow. I'm sorry about all that stuff with Nakata-san!! I won't ask for his storyboards anymore. I love you Hideo. I just want us to get along. I'll talk to you again tomorrow. Work hard!
I won't ask for his storyboa-- I love you Hideo. ---s to get along.
Page 223 Hey, how many pages do you have left on hand? Uh, just one left!! I've got one left to finish up too.
All right! Yeah. Let's get it to them by five AM no matter what!! Yup.
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Page 189 Title: Kurokawa Tetsuko-sama Thanks for the yakisoba yesterday night. Speaking of which, it's been 3 years since we first met that winter, I had just struck out with my serial and was starting work as an assistant and you had just gotten out of a relationship back then.
Suzuki-kun, you don't have to bother straightening up everyone's shoes. Oh, okay...
That jacket's from "Monoclair" isn't it? Was it expensive? Uh, not rea.... yeah, I guess. I see...
Page 190 Oh yeah, hey, Kurokawa-san, that Suzuki-sensei you like so much is finally here. Sfx: Gacha
Sfx: Dota Dota Hmm!? weally!? Ohkway, I'll be wight there!
Book: Uncut Penis
Page 191 Uhm, uhm, Shijooki shensei!!
Kurokawa-san, nobody's gonna understand you with that cigarette in your mouth. [You can't talk while you're smoking] Sorry, I just lit it up so I didn't want to let it go to waste- but I couldn't just fling Suzuki-sensei's book around one-handed, that would be rude.
Page 192 If two people like that got together, you'd think they'd probably end up disappointed quickly. But,
Suzuki-kun here's gonna take over for Nakata-kun starting today. Ah, Nice to meet you all.
Yay-! Sfx: Pachi pachi pachi (clap)
Your comic was a real hit around here. We were waiting for the new chapter every week. Oh, Thanks a lot.
Hmph. [Chi-]
Page 193 Suzuki-kun, take care of the flashes [betafura] on the 3rd panel, got it? SFX: Sha sha sha sha
And when you finish with that, put on the rest of the finishing touches.
Suzuki-kun, put number sixty-three on that dick head, all right~? [they're drawin porn] Sfx: Hahi Hahi Ok, got it, sixty-three, sixty-three. Sfx: Sha-
Hey, Suzuki-san, why did your manga end so abruptly like that? Uh, well, you know, it wasn't all that popular so...
When I confronted my editor about it, he said the main character didn't have anything special about him or like, any real presence, and apparently that sort of thing doesn't really work...
Really? I thought that was done well and made it feel more real.
Y-yeah, I know, right~? But,
Page 194 Even with all that going for it, the second half really didn't keep up the level of suspense at all. [the tension clearly lowered]
... Well, it was about then that they decided it needed to end so... You shouldn't have done that though, don't you feel sorry for the character?
It's your work, isn't it? You need to take some responsbility for what ends up happening.
W-well... that makes a lot of sense but... As one of the readers, I have to say, it was completely disappointing. [If you would let me say this as one of the readers,]
Ah...
I'm sorry, I really loved that manga... I can't stand seeing you of all people abandon the character after spending so much effort developing him.
But, seeing someone emphasize with my manga which had been cancelled, honestly, it really gave me hope. [i was saved by it]
Page 195 That girl is so annoying, isn't she? Uh, huh? What do you mean...
That girl used to go out with the guy you replaced, Nakata-san. Oh...
That girl will say anything to make herself look good, Nakata-san probably dumped her 'cause he got sick of it.
You better watch out, Suzuki-san. ... Sure.
... Sigh, Guess I'm not a mangaka anymore, huh... Sfx: Gaaaaa
Page 196 I'm not really sure but, I might have already been jealous of that person named Nakata, who I had taken over for and was just breaking out as a mangaka. Then, one day,
Sfx: Zuzu Ah~ Get started after you finish with your take-out. It's gonna be another all-nighter. Got it, boss! Sfx: Gacha Gacha
An all-nighterrrr Sfx: Kacha Kacha I better get serious...
Page 197 So, what do you think about my storyboard? Sfx: Kacha-
You're storyboard is awesome! There are like, no main characters at all, and even though its a mystery the villain gives up on his master plan half-way through! I can't believe it got rejected!! Huh? Uh, really?
Page 198 Well, Don't you think whodunits that revolve around some sort of gimmick are lame? I just wanted to draw something with a antagonist that felt human...
but the main character didn't seem to play any part in it at all... Sfx: kachi kachi You've got the same person in charge of you as Matsuo-sensei, right? That guy named Kazu?
Hello? Chougakkukan? Is Kazu from the "Weeky Strip" editing department there?
Hey! Whoa! What the hell are you gonna tell him!? Hello? Anyone there? I'm gonna chew him out for you! How dare he reject an amazing storyboard like this, that hack of an editor!!
Page 199 I couldn't believe what had happened, but I had never met anyone like you before and I was bewildered and entranced at the same time.
Kurokawa, what do you think of this?
... If it were in the middle of that field it'd just be produce but... if it's on the street it's really no different than some bike that's getting in everyone's way because it was parked in the middle of the road.... Sfx: Doki Doki
Page 200 In my opinion, we did the right thing by cleaning it up!! I agree! Let's buy some pork, cook it up, and get rid of it!!
Wa ha ha~! My apartment's a dump so don't get freaked out. W-what? No way, don't worry 'bout it!
Well, excuse me~. It's a mess though.
Been planning on moving for a while so... hey, don't stare~! Ah, sorry 'bout that~
Page 201 Can you put the portable gas range on the table~? Sfx: beriri Ah, sure!
Let's have a toast to bein' poor! Sfx: Bekon If you mathed it out, we're only making like 300 yen an hour~ If it weren't for finds like these we'd probably be dead in a ditch. [we wouldn't be able to get by]
Page 202 Are you serious? You can't stomach tomatoes?
But they're so nummy. You can eat these small cherry-tomatoes, can't cha?
N-No, I can't, Kurokawa. I used to hurl whenever I ate them as a kid. My body just can't deal with 'em!
That ain't no good at all~ Your mangas are all for wussy virgins anyways.
H-hey, what? We weren't even talking about manga. Stop complainingggg~! Haven't ya heard? The way ya live your life comes out in yer work. If you play it safe all the time you'll never get readers.
You ain't no virgin, are ya? If ya got a pair then you betta show me you're a man, ya douf.
Page 203 That's no fair. Don't pressure me with that be-a-man crap.
Jeez, then howza 'bout I show you I'm a lady? Whattaya gotta say to that?
Aghhhh you said it, not me. All right then,
If I eat that cherry-tomato whole then, I-I'm gonna... I'm gonna sleep with you!!
Page 204 Pretty convenient for you, isn't it? ... Really?
Okay, say ahhhh.
It's not gonna count if you just swallow it. ... Mhm. Sfx: Mogyu Mogyu
Page 205 K-kurokawa... I mean, Tetsuko... Hmm? How many people have you done this with?
Hahh (pant)
Hahh (pant) I don't know... hey, take off your glasses...
I-I'm gonna make you forget about all the other guys you've been with!!
Page 206 And that's how we hit it off, but instead of making you forget about Nakata-san, I ended up rushing it and becoming more insecure. Tetsuko-san, I'm so sorry!! I've tried calling you so many times but you haven't picked up so I'm texting you. I can't deal with the silent treatment.
Tetsukooooo please respond to meeeeee I don't wanna be alone I'm scaredddd.
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Page 171 Shakuji park, Shakuji park. Passengers heading to Oizumigakuen or Hoya station please transfer to the next local train. Sfx: Fura fura (wobble)
A hit-and-run? What? Didn't they catch the guy who did it? Sfx: Zawa Zawa Ba~ro~
Page 172 Sfx: Bun Bun A man's sure weak~ but women and kids are extrodinarly tough~
All right. I'm gonna do it!! I'm just gonna come out with it and lay it on her!!
Page 173 Sfx: Kon KoKo KonKon Koko (knock)
Page 174 Waaaaahhhhhh. Kazumasa~
Shucks, I guess papa just really fancy female anchors. [dunno who this is supposed to be a ref to]
Ah, he's so good. Sfx: Bubi-
Eyes!? Waugh!!!
Page 175 Jeez~ You really freaked me out~ Text me or something if you're gonna drop by~
Here you go, some water. Y-yeah!
You don't go out drinking all that often. Was it with the other assistants? ... Yeah, something like that...
Hmmm...
It wasn't a group mixer or anything was it? Bphht!! N-n
No-way-kiss!
Page 176 But, uh, why were you crying like that?
Uh, well, I love Murata Kazumasa and whenever I watch him I end up in tears without noticing it .
Huh? Why? I wonder... He doesn't look like anything like my late father or something. But he's super cool~!
Did you eat a lot when you were out drinking? Or should I make you some yakisoba? Yay~! Yakisoba!!
Ah,
No, I can't do this. I mustn't run away. Sfx: Butsu Butsu (mumble)
Page 177 Sfx: Ja- Gata Gata Ja-
I gotta, lay it all out on her.
Here we go, all finished. Ya~y!!
Yum yum
Page 178 So, so, didja read Nakata's storyboard?
... No, not yet...
Aw, that's too bad. You _have_ been pretty busy with work. I wanted to hear what you thought about it.
If you have some free time give it a look. It's really good. ... yeah, sure... Sfx: Mogu Mogu (chewing)
Well, anyways, did you read my text?
Page 179 Sfx: Zu-Zu- *slurp slurp. ... Nope, not yet.
Why nawwt? You should read your text messages~! It was pretty important, you know.
Sfx: Gatu- Gatu- You bumped into Nakata-san at the editing department, right?
And Nakata-san, he said your storyboard was really good, right?
He said that editing department is pretty strict but that you'd definitely be able to get it green lit with others. He said that he'd introduce you to some other publishing companies. Don't you think that's great?!
Oh, yeah.
This is completely unrelated but, you know that big tree we were talking about before? Today when I was near there this little elementry school girl suddenly jumped out at me and...
Page 180 Urghh!
Page 181 GOD DAMMIT I REALLY HATE THAT HIPSTER FUCK!!! [subculture asshole] NAKATA THIS, NAKATA THAT, I AM GETTING SO SICK OF IT, WOMAN!!!
Those indie shits wringing every last bit out of that "it's so bad it's good" bullshit, or just not even giving a crap about making the effort to improve. They might get away with it 'cause they can just call it "personal style," but they're just foolin' themselves! And you know what's worse? They're just using manga as a stepping stone so they can do movies, appear on tv, or pretend to be pundits.
They don't freakin' care about drawing manga, they just want to be called "cultured"!! All they see manga as is some tool to be used to make themselves look better!!
Page 182 And you know what else!? As far as those shits are concerned, they've all gone to college, they're smarter, they know more, they work out, they play the guitar, you know, girls love them.
I mean, come on! There's no freakin' necessity for those guys to draw manga!!! Everyone already loves them!!
They've got EVERYTHING!!! [there's nothing they don't have]
And you expect me? Little old _ME_ to win against _them_!?
Page 183 There's no way I'd even have a shot!
You guys can do whatever you want!! You don't have to draw mangaaaaa! Manga's all I've got. I'm beggin' you, don't take that away from me... I've got nothing else.
Page 184 The head of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare suddenly hospitalized.
Hmm, they said he's in critical condition.
... Huh? Hideo-kun why are you being so quiet? Is your stomach upset? Did the pork already go bad?
Hey, Hideo-kun?
Yajima... That's right.
Hate to be the one to break it to you but that was all in your head, she couldn't hear any of it. [they were all the yells from your heart]
Page 185 Hideo-kun, what's really going on? I'm really dense so I can't figure it out on my own.
Did I say something wrong? [Did I say something you didn't like?]
Please tell me, I'll do my best to fix my faults. You always just keep it all bottled-up inside.
Page 186 You're not s-still... g-getting dickings from N-nakata, are you...? C-cause... I don't want his... s-sloppy seconds... [I don't want to be hole brothers]
Page 187 ... You're the only one, giving them to me now.
Page 188
I'm sorry, I've got work early tomorrow so... I'm gonna sleep by myself tonight...
Aughhh. I'm such an idiottt.
Car: Metro Police
https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/24728Translation: I Am A Hero 72010-09-18T01:25:46+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comWhatever. Don't use.
IAmAHero7
Page 153 Chapter 7 Gaaaa Buroooo
Gon Gon Gon Jiririri-n Jiririri-n
Jiririri-n Jiririri-n
10:10 Alarm 10:20 Alarm 10:30 Alarm
Jiri- Pi-
Page 154 Phew...
Good morning, Hideo-kun! You looked so cute while you were sleeping. Anyways, I got Nakata-san to send me his storyboard by fax, it's awesome! I think you might be able to learn something from it so make sure you read it!! - Tekko Title: Bitch!! You've been demoted to my mistress!!! Nakata Korori
Page 156 ... L- Learn something from _this_~? Sfx: Gusha-
Sfx: Ba-
... No, This isn't the storyboard's fault. Sfx: Ton Ton Ton
... Man, don't freakin' fax your exes in other people's houses...
Page 156 SFX: Gaaa Gooo Hey, My cell's ringing.
From: Passhi- Hide To: Hideo Sending out some info about the group date- 2009 May 1st 9:30 Mark as unread Hey Hideo-kun, are you busy~? There's gonna be a group date tonight at 7 and I was wondering if you could come. We're missing some bodies. They're supposed to be some real gems in the mix. As usual we don't have girlfriends so -- help us out-
... Man, a group date? I'm getting ready to work my ass off here.
I'm really sorry~, Kazu went straight home yesterday so I wasn't able to get in contact with him. ... I see.
Oh, could you send this storyboard to the editing department? I'm sorry for all the trouble. I'll try and call his cell again. Group dates, yeah that's all Sfx: Butsu (mumble) puttin' hoes before bros. Sure, got it!
Page 157 Please leave your message within 15 seconds after the beep... ... Hey, hello? Kazu-san? This is Matsuo.
Mi-chan, did you catch Opa4(oppayo) this morning? Yeah, I did. I was up till dawn working on my storyboard. Whoa~ All right. I sent the storyboard to the editing department so.
Hideo-kun, You're in the group Kazu-san leads, right? He didn't tell you anything? Ah, Nope, sorry. I don't have his cell either so... You can't get in contact with him? Been up all night working on the storyboard, and I've been trying to reach him all morning but I can't get through. ... That guy's usually always on time, I don't know, sorta strange. Let me read it some time. No thanks. I'm fine.
... You know, Hideo-kun, things have been... pretty strange recently, right? Huh?
Mi-cha~n, It's 6 o'clock so turn the TV on to channel 6. SFX: Ji~ (stare) Oh, okay. Hey~ Sensei, you promised you wouldn't smoke in the workplace! Yeah yeah...
Page 158 [Anchor] Murata is out sick today so, Oomori Akari So I will be bringing you the news. And now, our top story.
What? Murata is out sick~? And they picked that charmless Oomori to sub in? The fact that she's able to make everything easy to understand without making any mistakes just makes her even less cute.
This early morning at a little past 3 in the Nerima district at the Shakuji Park a Taxi struck a wom... What!? That's right over there!! A large amount of blood was left on the road, but the whereabouts of the woman remain unknown. News: The taxi driver -- held by police
According to ongoing investigations, the taxi driver under suspect, Mr. Tamura, testified that, "while I was calling the ambulance, the woman walked off somewhere", furthermore...
Hello? Kazu-sa~n, are you there?
Page 159 Well, that's all for today. If we don't have Kazu-san's OK then we can't do anything else, so we've just got to sit tight. What? Are you sure? What about the manuscript?
... It sort of feels like they're never gonna give us a real deadline...
Ah, dammit, give it a break already, I wish those two would stop having sex in the office...
W-wha? S-Sex? T-those two? Sfx: Ton Ton
I'm talking about Sensei and Mi-chan. He's got lipstick all over his damn neck.
... Oh, I didn't even know...
He~y Mi-chan, let's go take some pictures of the scene of the accident-. Sorry, I've got some revisions to make to my storyboard...
Page 160 Cheers! Sfx: Gacha Cha
Well, yeah I guess you could say we're like ... Uh, you know, Mangaka in development... uh, we're the eggs, yeah!? Waiting to hatch!! She's really cute...
Whoa~ That's cool! What publisher are you drawing for?
Page 161
Huh? Oh, no, we... I mean, hey, come on guys, right?!
Huh... I'm an assistant... err. Oh! Suzuki-kun, he's had a published series.
Yeah mayne! This dude right here, he's got books out by a major publishing company, Chougakkan, you probably heard of that!! ...I-It was only two books for a half a year...
Wow~ Awesome! How much did you make from royalties?
... Well, you know, I was a new author and it wasn't really popular so... it didn't really get that many copies printed... Hey, come on! Show some respect! Don't be bringing up cash money all of the sudden like that!!!
We're like, raw diamonds here! Like prime real estate, untapped oil fields! Am I right, guys?! ... Uh, Yeah, totally.
Page 162 How old did you guys say you were?
Oh, I'm 35...
He's 35. Yeah, "prime" real estate, for sure.
I'm 28... 27. 25, I guess.
... God dammit, you're all over 30. Sfx: Chi-
Sfx: Go- Go- Go
Well, I guess that's 'nuff for introductions! Let's rotate seats!! SFX: kyahahaha- What~? But the girls haven't gone yet~ Shut those traps! Ya'll were 40 minutes late. We ain't got no time for no 2 hour course!!
Page 163 From: Kurokawa Tetsuko > Hide To: Hideo > No Subject 2009 May 1st 6:13 PM Mark as unread Hideo-kun, I heard you met Nakata-san at the editing department? He said your idea was really good and that you might have better luck if you tried some other publisher. Maybe he could introduce
So, uh, like, Huh? Were you, like, talking about something?
what's your pussy look like? I've got reference books, like a whole Encyclopedia Britannica of pussy! I can look it up for you.
... What~?
Page 164 Don't What~ me! Answer the question! What would you do if I were the CIA? Whoa! This guy is, like, seriously, freakin me out.
Hey guys, let's sing the pussy song! Bm Tssh, here we go Four twisted cunts, ah shit that hurts~!
Ugh, God, like, I can't believe this. Seriously. ... Uh, well, one of us lives far away so we aren't gonna make it in time for the last train so we're leaving.
Byebye. Ah, yeah, later...
Page 165 The last train? It's freakin' 9 o'clock.
But... damn, That frigid looks that women give you if they don't think you're anything special really freaks me out.
They didn't even look at us like men. Nah man! They didn't even look at us like human! Especially those two ugly bitches!! Those two rank ass hoes never even came back from the bathroom.
And they started snortin' when I mentioned goin' dutch. It's like, who the fuck would buy you dinner!?
Page 166 Don't fuckin' mess with me!!!
I've got the potential to make it big!! If one of 'em sells a million copies, that's fuckin' fifty million yen. Fifty million!!!
You fuckin' dumb cunts, enjoy shittin' all over guys while it lasts 'cause once you start packin' on those years it's gonna be a whole one-eighty. Don't you get it? You dumb-asses.
... You're being way too loud, man. Hideo-kun, that's pathetic man, quit that shit!
Page 167 He was pounding those brews. Somethin' up with him? Well, I mean it was his fault that the girls left but... I didn't know he had this in him. [Was Hideo-kun this kind of character?]
Had it in me!? I don't got shit!! [Character!? I don't have any character!!] Whoa, Okay, I hear you.
Yeah, so what!? I'm like a minor character so whatever I draw is minor!!
I might be able to learn something from it!? Who the hell do you think you are!? Don't show me you ex's freakin' storyboard and shit! I was serialized for a whole half-year, dammit!!
... The hell is he even talkin' about? ... beats me.
Sfx: Gu-
Dammit, am I just here to make Tekko and Nakata look good!? Shit... I...
Page 168 Page 169
I don't have to be the hero, but I wanna at least be the main character of my own life.
Page 170 All right, I get it. I mean, I don't, but, I do. Come on, get up. If you wanna be the main character, you just gonna keep drawin'.
... My storyboards were all rejected...
... Damn son, shit like that happens everyday.
Come on, Hideo-kun. I'll buy you some ramen, cheer up, bro!! Know any good shops? Owwwwwww You sell that manga and the pussy will come to you!! Hey, come on, watch your step, that's dangerous!
The way of manga's tha' way of the beast ya heard!? Don't get lost on tha' precarious path, come wit' me!!
Yeah!!
https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/21761Translation: Kiben Gakuha, Yotsuya Senpai no Kaidan 32010-04-20T17:42:12+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comI'm sleepy.
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Page 1 Yayoi Hinano is mine.
Then tell me [Then why]
You don't want it to be stolen until you need it so you hide it.
it really becomes something that belongs [only] to you.
When you've got something you really like, don't you wanna make sure you take real good care of it / keep it safe? [the extent that you have something you like...]
[Then] why did you kill her?
His words - poised to strike!!! [The words approach/draw near/pressure]
Kiben Gakuha Yotsuya Senpai no Kaidan (The circle[school/sect] of sophistry, the terrifying tales of Yotsuya-senpai) Chapter 3: I'm ready Furudate Haruichi
Page 2 - What?
I'm asking you [why]
why did you [the girl] kill the girl? [you killed her?] SFX: Gishi Gishi Gishi
Kill...!? // What the hell-
are you talkin- // !!
SFX: Ba-
SFX: Ga-
SFX: Gataga
SFX: Sa...
Huh?
Page 3 SFX: Shishishi...
SFX: basari -!!? SFX: ba-
SFX: Biku- Why did you kill her?
Page 4 It... It wasn't me!!
Why did you kill her?
I didn't... not yet-
Then what was it that you just saw in front of your eyes? [Then what did you just see now in?]
I didn't kill her yet!!
Then why don't you [Then why don't you with those eyes] go take another gander [once again] with your own two eyes and tell me what you see / and make sure. [go see for sure, wouldn't that be fine?]
SFX: Gu-... You're afraid because you're aware of it: aware of the fact that you killed her. SFX: Mishi mishi You kept her squirreled away in this place for days. // There's no way her mind could've taken it / she could've endured psychologically. SFX: Bakin-
Page 5 - That night you came here [old school building] in an anxious haste, didn't you?
The kids who would be showing up on a whim 'cause they were dared [just for fun to test their courage]... if you didn't do anything, they'd find out you kept her locked up in here... [at that rate... the 'confinement' of Yayoi Hinano would be found out] [In] the place that you consider your "temporarily storage." [the place where you 'temporarily store']
- I didn't want to let anyone even catch a glimpse of _MY_ Yayoi-san. [I didn't want to let _MY_ Yayoi-san enter into the eyes of even anyone] // after all // she's the apple of my eye. [I took a real liking to her] [glimpse -> idiom involving eye OK!?] That's why I thought, [for that purpose] maybe I would just silence her forever.
But if she's silenced herself by her own hand then it can hardly be called my fault, right? If only she had just lay there without anyone finding her...
Ahhh~ // what a shame/waste. -!!!
SFX: Ba- You don't have to sound so disappointed. // [Aren't] We [are] still in the midst of a delightful game of hide-and-seek.[?]
Page 6 SFX: Gishi "Hide-and-seek at the old school building" - I hope you'd be so kind as to lend me your ears for the conclusion of this tale... [I would like very much for Tsuchiya Senpai to listen to the ending to this story]
Now let me reveal it!! [Now let me tell it to you, now... let me recite it to you, etc etc Idk, catch phrasin] A story [created] for you!!!
When my story begins !
You will play "it" for hide-and-seek. [demon/ogre/oni]
The "it" [Hide-and-seek's]
O-ne Tw-o Th-ree
from hide-and-seek. [Oni/ogre/demon]
Page 7 Fo-ur Fi-ve Si-x Haha- That story that has got everyone in a frenzy? Sev-en Ei-ght I don't believe in that ghost crap! Ni-ne Te-n Ele-ven Yayoi Hinano became "it?" // "It" doesn't [even]- [Yayoi Hinano became a ogre/oni/demon? That sort of thing doesn't-] Twe-lve Thir-teen Four-teen
eexxiisstt
What...? Yes, // didn't I say these very words on the broadcast as well?
Yayoi Hinano isn't "it," she's waiting for "it." [oni/ogre/blahblah] She's waiting to be found.
Ha!! Well her corpse has already been found!! The game's already finished!!
The game's over?? Then- am I to believe you do not hear "that sound"? [are you saying you cannot hear...]
Page 8 It goes.. skratch skratch [SFX: Kari kari]// skrich skrich... [SFX: Gari gari]// like something scraping at the floor boards. This very sound SFX: gari gari gari
It's the sound of her frantically calling out trying to tell "it" that she's here in this dim dark classroom.
Skrich skrich // skratch skratch Twenty-tw-o Twenty-thr-ee It's // the sound of her desperately trying to claw her way // out [it's the sound of her desparately clawing at the floor boards] Twenty-fo-ur
Scratch
Twenty-Se-ven Twenty-Ei-ght Scratch scratch scratch scratch scratch scratch scratch scratch Twenty-Ni-ne No! It's impossible! Thir-ty Thirty-O-ne Thirty-Tw-o Thirty-Thr-ee Thirty-Fo-ur Thirty-Fi-ve Thirty-Si-x Thirty-Se-ven I mean, she's supposed to be dead already! Thirty-Ei-ght Thirty-Ni-ne The hell with hide-and-seek!!! Four-ty
The hell with... SFX: Pita-
Page 9 Sfx: Kari Kari [Scratch scratch] !? SFX: Ga
SFX: Garigarigarigarigari N- // No, this isn't happening-!
What isn't happening? This "sound" isn't happening? SFX: Garigarigarigari
Why are you covering you ears? It's because you hear it, don't you!? -Shut up! Just // stop it // please
It'll never stop.
The moment you hid Yayoi Hinano the game [hide-and-see] began.
Page 10 You were the one who started it. So you must be sure to play until the end.
Right, senpai? SFX: Fu- Fuu- [pant] -Ninety-Fi-ve
-If Hinano -Ninety-Si-x has been entangled in a never-ending game of hide-and-seek just like in that story
then I'll Ninety-Sev-en -be "it." [the ogre/demon/oni] Ninety... Ei-ght
Page 11 I'll find her And put an end to it. The game of hide-and-seek isn't finished yet, senpai,
because "it" is still
Ninety... nine... frantically searching for her.
One hundred.
Page 12 Are~ you~ rea~dy?
Page 13 I'm~ rea~dy~
Page 14 SFX: kachikachikachikachi
Page 15 SFX: Gachigachigachigachi
I I'm sor-
Page 16 I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry !? SFX: Gatan- The illusion.. that appeared before Tsuchiya-senpai because he was seized by terror-... [that his frightened heart showed him] why can I see it too?
I can feel/touch it! Hey...
Page 17 I can feel/touch it!!!
Makoto! W-w-why... Why!?
I never once said // she was ever dead.
!!? -!!?
This is // all tomato juice!!?
Page 18 Ahhhhh SFX: Hetari I used up all that was in the vending machines so it was quite a formidable amount!!! SFX: Fuhahaha I'm sorry, Makoto... I ended up fooling you too...
Phew-...
Found ya!!!
The story of "Hide-and-seek at the old school building" SFX: Gaba- SFX: Waaaa!!? This is
Page 19 the end.
The long // game of hide-and-seek was finished.
"Temporarily storing"
At the point in time that freak of a senpai of yours mentioned that // he still hadn't completely hidden his valuable "treasure." He would without fail come to move her from the place where he feared might be found to somewhere safer.
And so // on that night I lay in wait for him at the old school building.
Page 20 In appreciation for saving me... I agreed to "play dead" for a day... !?
I'm really sorry...
Why didn't you tell me any of thissssss I ended up looking like a fool all by myselfffff. Well // wouldn't be much of a game of hide-and-seek if "it" already knows where everyone was.
Are you kidding me-!? [That type of reason again!?] Now that you mention it... what was that "noise" that sounded like scraping-
All I did was place this in the class room ahead of time. SFX: Garigarigarigari
Hee hee hee, it was just perfect! More smoke and mirrors... [another trick to fool kids, another stupid trick, another silly ruse]
Page 21 SFX: Guja... SFX: Pupu Guah... // I feel like even Kumakichi was in on it... but [Even Kumakichi did it to me/tricked me]
Yotsuya-senpai, dank yew so muckh [runny nose] for faiding Hinano for meh!!!
You're the one who was "it" in the story so it was really you who found her.
Besides, it just happened to turn out that way. I told you already, all I do is just create the stories.
Once again I had witnessed // the destination that Yotsuya-senpai's stories just happened to stumble upon.
Page 22 I really can't take scary stories and I hate frightening "incidents" even more. Get up and walk by yourself!
Stories and actual events are things that seem similar but are also completely different.
But the two are connected at one point in truth/reality.
He lures and reels in the truth/reality from the banks [side] of fiction [scary stories] - That is who Yotsuya-senpai is.
The tale we created this time was superb, however // Hinano-chan, the main point of all that dread, is just gonna show up at school like normal tomorrow, hmm... S- // Sorry....
Hm!? No, no! Mayhaps it'll cause a stir and provide some entertainment...!? SFX: Wakuwaku dokidoki If you asked her, that not the main point at all // but
I...
Page 23 still really can't deal with scary stories but [it hasn't changed]// for some reason I don't really seem to hate // your [yotsuya-senpai's] scary stories!!
I see, I see! You like scary stories, do you!? Of course you do!! Then it must mean you're ready to go all out and bring me back some juicy details, huh!? How laudable, Nakashima!! Huh- // Wha- I never said that!!
With my narration and your performance we'll fill this school with blood curdling screams together!!
What-!?
And so began my creation of bizarre creepy tales with Yotsuya Senpai. SFX: Hahahahahaha https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/21656Translation: Kiben Gakuha, Yotsuya Senpai no Kaidan 22010-04-16T14:03:20+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comThere's bound to be some crap that isn't consistent with 1 since these series love to ham it up with catch phrases. Good thing nobody uses this anyways, so I won't have to bother spending much time checking over that.
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------------------------- Page 1 Kiben Gakuha Yotsuya Senpai no Kaidan The circle[school/sect] of sophistry, the terrifying tales of Yotsuya-senpai "Let's take a trip to the dark side," the voices call out. [toward the strange/suspicious side the voice calls] Chapter 2: Are you ready? [Or "Ready or not, here I come." referring to Hide-and-seek]
Page 2 Yotsuya-senpai, will you // listen closely to what I have to say [will you hear what i have to say closely again?]
The events head toward the bizarre again-!! [The event heads toward a new 'bizarre']
about [the details] of what happened on the day that Hinano disappeared?
Those details may/should be [a story/talk] fitting for // a tale of pure horror. [shouldn't they?]
Page 3 "Are~ you~ rea~dy...?
A voice that keeps on searching rings out.
"Are~ you~ rea~dy...?
"It/the demon," left all alone, [It as in "It" in hide-and-seek or "the demon/ogre/oni" in the Japanese version of the game]
"Are~ you~ rea~dy...?
is still searching for "someone" right this very moment.
- Now then, just what could the true form of "it/demon" be?
The second night: Hide-and-seek in the old school building [or schoolhouse or w/e] Bg text: One more time
Page 4 Hinano's been a close friend of mine ever since elementary school-
and from way back then we would walk home together. On that day we were supposed to meet up in front of the old school building like normal, // though I was always the one that was late.
Hinano would wait for me without saying a word. She's reliable and sweet/kind, like a big sister- ... but on that day
she disappeared leaving only her belongings behind.
- "Hide-and-seek"
Page 5 Hide-and-seek...? This person is Yotsuya-senpai. Other than that moniker, he's a classmate (I guess?) whose age and other various details are all unknown. // He has stayed in this school in the same class "2-A" for years-
... or so goes the rumor [around school.] - It's a story that happened some years ago.
Students were playing hide-and-seek at that school building, which was still being built back then. There was one student that didn't return home. Construction ended up being finished without the student ever being found.
... And ever since then [... This is what happened after that]
This was it. Yotsuya-senpai's "scary stories." So scary that even if you wanted to cover your ears- you couldn't.
The rhythm, pacing, and intensity [volume] in which he recounts - the words funnel through the ear drums and take control of the brain as if it were hypnotism- from inside the new walls a voice asking,
Page 6 Are~ you~ rea~dy...?
seemed to be able to be heard. Even as time passed, and the "new" school building became known as / called the old school building,
you can still hear it // coming from the middle of nowhere Are~ you~ rea~dy? Are~ you~ rea~dy? Are~ you~ rea~dy?
But you mustn't ever // respond to this query. For if you do... // then // you [If you answer than in the end... // the next // ogre/demon/it]
WILL BECOME "IT!" [Will be you!] SFX: Gaba- BOaaaaaa!!?
Ah, what a nice scream. Delish! [Omnomnomnom-!] [Itadakimashita~!]
The reason why Yotsuya-senpai has stayed in school for so long-
Page 7 Hey! I was being serious! I was being serious too!!! Making people scream is serious business to me!!! [I'm more serious than anyone about hearing screams] is to create a "tale of pure horror." Spreading the stories he makes, // and hearing the screams of his victims [the people's screams] seem to be his greatest purpose in life. It's a twisted hobby- but
with the "multiple incidents of abduction-murders of young schoolgirls" that had shocked the neighborhood [our world]... // Yotsuya-senpai's "scary story" was what ended up cornering the culprit of that incident which claimed the lives of three people.
Now go spread that story I just told you around. ... the one that you just... used [what happened to] Hinano to make? If you don't want to, then fine. But the paths to "the truth" [reality] that you are seeking
all stem from this story. [all of the beginnings are from...]
Come on now, if you get it then chop chop [get going], my little horror bug!! [fear virus/germ]
Oh, and when you're telling other people the story make sure you do it _like this_. SFX: Su-
Page 8 "Don't tell anyone else, got it?"
What did you say!? What!!?
... Hey, listen! Didya hear the one about "the never ending hide-and-seek??" If ya, like, go to the old school building // you'll hear "it" all by itself asking you if you're ready or not!! SFX: Kya- ahaha
-And like, I heard this rumor that the real identity of "it" back at the old school building, could actually be that girl who's missing, Yayoi Hinano! No way!
I dare you to go out there next time!! [Let's go over there and test our courage!!] You're on! [Sounds fun!] 3rd year C class Tsuchiya-senpai
Page 9 Tsuchiya-kun!
I made some cookies, do you want some? I remember you like sweets, right!?
Ooh! Yeah, I love 'em! Thanks!!
SFX: Su...
Huh? Aren't you gonna eat them?
When you've got something you really like, don't you wanna make sure you take real good care of it / keep it safe? [the extent that you have something you like...]
I'll put it // somewhere nobody will find. SFX: Ji-
Page 10 What!? You're acting like a little dog~! You better not feed any of those cookies to Kumakichi! SFX: Jayruri I'm not gonna do that! I've got these especially for him! Oh! You must really love dogs!
Everyone seems to be real excited and is daring one another to go out there. [Everyone seems to be getting excited saying to go there to their courage] Here you go~
Excellent, excellent. // Get them even more fired up! Hee hee hee!!?
!!? // Hey... Where's my "Red-bean-soup-in-a-can!?" Uh, y'know, it was sold out. I sorta just closed my eyes and hit a button [on the vending machine].
Are you // messing with // meeeee!? And [of all things] why the hell is it "straight from fresh off the vine!!!" [freshly picked straight (straight should be referring to like, no added crap)] Either way, dat's all dat was left. SFX: Zu- Then what are you drinking!? [Then what do you have!?]
I brought this from home! Kumakichi~ come here!
Page 11 Ah It's that guy. [senpai]
He's feeding Kumakichi snacks again. He really seems to like... Huh!?
Ahhhhhh That's...
my lunchbox!!!
SFX: Kozzen
SFX:dododododododo Ku-ma-ki-chiiiiiiiii SFX: Gikugiku-n!! SFX: Ba- They're green! [panties i guess] When did get your grubby little paws on my lunch boxxxxx!!! [When did you [verb] my lunch boxxxxxx!!!]
Page 12 Every time I give you those bones you hide them too!! SFX: Purupurupuru It's a complete wast-
SFX: Kuwa- You'll eat it later, won't you, Kumakichi? What!!? He's just "temporarily storing it."
You don't want it to be stolen until you need it // so you hide it. It's a really natural mindset. // I can totally understand how he feels.
Look, Kumakichi, if you don't hide it better someone's gonna find it [it's gonna be found by someone] SFX: Za- Za- Jeez~ Okay, I get it, you don't have to act like a dog too~ [Jeez, don't play around like you're him~] See // hide it more...
Uhm- SFX: GariGariGari MORE
More more more more more more more more SFX: garigarigarigarigari
Page 13 Hey... Uh, Senpai...!? Stop it already!!! [Stop it please!!!] SFX: Garigarigari
When you hide something that you get your hands on
that's when [that's the first time]
it really becomes something that belongs [only] to you.
Tsuchiya-senpai is... strange.
Now I understand! So it's the yearning for something you've taken a liking to and the pleasure of "concealing" it. SFX: Boro-...
A compulsion to possess something all for oneself that borders psychosis. [a desire to monopolize that goes so far as an disorder]
Page 14 There are all sorts of freaks/weirdos out there. You got that right! Gimme dat!
You got my lunchbox completely covered in mud... // so you could "temporarily store" it... SFX: Wa-shi Wa-shi Hey! [Senpai!] Don't give that bone to him till I say so, Okay!? [That bone, for kumakichi, [give it to him] later when I give permission please]
- ... "The beautiful young girl that was hidden away"
What?
Yayoi Hinano. Perhaps she's been hidden away.
Hide-and-seek at the old school building... Is what was trapped there and is wandering about alone [Is what was trapped there and wanders by itself] really an "it"-? [really an "ogre"-?] [This line doesn't really work for the English equivalents of "hide-and-seek" because of the use of "it" in the English for the person designated as the seeker, where the Japanese use "oni" demon/ogre/monster etc.] SFX: zazazazazazazazaza
SFX: zazazazazazazazaza
SFX: zazazazazazazazaza
Page 15 SFX: Jari...
SFX: Gi Gi
SFX: Gi Gi Sign: Science Lab[Preparation] Room
Are~ you~ rea~dy...? SFX: Bikuri-
Now what could you be doing in a place like at a time like now? !? Could it be that you're here on a dare too? [Could it be that you're testing your courage too?]
Page 16 It's dangerous here... There's that rumor that "it" [demon/ogre/monster] [from hide-and-seek] will appear...
"It?" [demon/monster/ogre] Oh, the one from the scary story... Well I don't believe in those. What about you? What are you doing in a place like this- I'm a student here too, I've got the same uniform on, don't I? // I came here on a dare. [to test my courage]
See, I just // love scary stories, but if you aren't here on a dare [testing your courage]// then just why did you come here?
SFX: Kuru SFX: Kishi Kishi Kishi ... It's none of your business...
Sign: Science Lab[Preparation] Room
Page 17 Hey-! // When "it" appears at the old school building, is it really the ghost/spirit of Yayoi Hinano!? [Is the thing that 'appears' at the old school building really the spirit...]
Huh? But I heard she was just missing. S... she might be- [The case of death may be-] Come on! You guys are being way too loud about it!
But... how many days have passed since she's gone missing? It's not looking too good...
The one who hid Yayoi Hinano is Tsuchiya-senpai. !!!
Page 18 Student ID Yayoi Hinano !!! This... This is... Where did you-!!?
What about Hinano!!? Senpai!! Where's Hinano!?
HEY!!? What about-
- No.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Page 19 The 'audience' for this time has been decided [made clear]. I'm going to put the final touches on the story. // You'll help me
... Why?
Are you going to [The "Truth"] avert your eyes from the truth? [Is it Okay not to see it?]
But // We already know that Tsuchiya-senpai is the culprit.
It's just a matter of time until he's caught!! Won't that be the end of all of it!!?
I ended up // not being able to do a thing...!! Not one thing at all! It's already over, isn't it... Naw, this hide-and-seek ain't over yet-
Page 20 SFX: Kako-
This particular scary story
won't be complete [end/finish] without the person who was searching all this time [The person who was searching for the hidden Yayoi Hinano] for [the hidden] "Yayoi Hinano"- You ["Nakashima Makoto"]! [Nakashima Makoto, if she isn't here, then it won't finish]
You can't play // hide-and-seek by yourself. Who else // besides you
can find Yayoi Hinano?
Even if you have to face what must be a cruel reality for you, if you're going to search for your friend until the end
Page 21 then the answer is sure to reach you. [surely the answer will come back/return to you]
- When my story begins You will play "it" for hide-and-seek.
I'll go call out the 'audience.'
Time for the climax!
Let's go! It's time-
to go create a new tale. [since these are catch phrases, they should be consistent, so it would be a good idea to go with something that won't get too stale]
I'll be the one [This hide-and-seek]
Page 22 to finish [I will] this game of hide-and-seek [bring an end to it]
SFX: Kashi Kashi Huh!?
Hey! No! Kumakichi!! SFX: Gui Gui
Don't squeeze yourself into the old school-
SFX: Gaga Ah! No! He slipped in!!!
SFX: Chan chara chan chara
Good morning everyone~! This is the radio crew! [broadcasting committee/club]
Sign: Vending Area Gawdddammit! This piece of junk is all freakin' sold out!? Huh~? Isn't that the announcement for tha' mornin' 'cast!? School's already frikkan over, man! [It's already after school!]
Now we'll start today's broadcas- SFX: Butu-
SFX: Ga--Zaza Gaga Za-- za-- gaga ou~ rea~dy...?
Page 23 Are~ you~ rea~dy...?
Are~ you~ rea~dy...?
Sign: Radio/Broadcasting Room
-Salutations, everyone... Let's begin our scary story for today!!! Sign: Please keep quiet in the broadcasting room-
This is how he's going to call him out!? Hee- Hee- Hee- Hee- Hee- Hee- Hee N-No way! Is this- Could it be...? Drinks: Red bean soup, Tomato Juice
Yotsuya-senpai-!!?
-On a bloodstained evening at the old school building- [red evening] a single student vanishes without a trace.
Page 24 Are~ you~ rea~dy...? // [The person who was] "it" [the demon/ogre/monster] who was left behind all alone is still searching for "someone..."
-And soon // she'll find that person, won't she?
Now then, just who is really searching for whom? The game of hide-and-seek that has yet to end-
The one who roams the old school building is not // "it." [the demon/ogre/monster]
Where'd you go, Kumakichi~!?
Getting in Kumakichi's way again? SFX: Gishi SFX: Pita-
Tsuchiya... senpai-!!!
Page 25 Give me back... Hinano!!
"Give her back?" // You know what I did? ... Yayoi Hinano is mine.
I hid her so she's mine. // The place where I hid her // must never be found [disclosed]. Kumakichi might be timid but // if someone lays a finger on something that belongs to me
I bare my fangs.
Page 26 SFX: Gishi- -And so, the boy who appeared quite harmless [gentle/quiet] at first glance
SFX: Gishi Gishi chases after the girl like a mutt driven mad...
SFX: Gishi Gishi Or perhaps... he had done the same to another girl before?
Insanity is about to consume him... but then, unexpectedly- [The approaching madness] SFX: Gishi Gishi Gishi A clammy... cloying breeze blows through [c c b b]
SFX: Gishi
SFX: Zazazazazazazazazaza
Page 27: SFX: Zazaza
Yotsuya-senpai!!!
Seems like you heard the broadcast that was on, hmmm, Tsuchiya-senpai? // Well, then-
Let's begin [the tale] shall we?
The incident heads toward the crux of the matter-!!
https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/21156Translation: Kiben Gakuha, Yotsuya Senpai no Kaidan 12010-03-30T20:56:26+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.com4/5 To everyone pming about using the script:
Go ahead and use it, if you want to credit me for it, send over the QC version when you're done typesetting and editing for me to Okay it. If your PR has questions you can send them to me. Otherwise if you don't want me to okay it, just don't put me on the credits, I don't really care.
Whether I put out any other scripts for this is really not certain. I like the series, but I don't like sticking to a schedule and I'm not going to stick to a schedule on something that I'm just doing for fun if I'm not working exclusively with certain people / a certain group.
-------------------------------- I think it deserved a little bit better.
I guess senseis aren't accessible so they gotta be made into senpaiz. Anyways only real important characterization is Yotsuya, and I imagined some sort of depp-esque build for him. His vocabulary is pretty quirky. If some of his tone isn't consistent it's because I worked on this on and off over a span of many days. Makoto's pretty whatever since she's just sorta a character for the reader to paste themselves over so didn't really worry too much about how she sounded.
Ghost story vs scary story/tale vs mystery... Not really a mystery series, and not really GHOSTS in the western definition... 1st chapter about a doll, second, third, about demons and hide and go seek...
I have no plans to continue to work on this, but honestly, this series deserves a little more attention then what it's been getting.
Words in brackets indicate notes, alternative wording, clarification through literal tl, and words that can be added or left out for flow.
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Kiben Gakuha Yotsuya Senpai no Kaidan The circle[school/sect] of sophistry, the terrifying tales of Yotsuya-senpai
Page 2 [Is it] fiction[lies] or truth? [Is it] truth or fiction? [Seems to sound better if you reverse it and start w/ truth] The tale begins- [gonna just use tale for kai, not ghost story, or whatever, guess it should work... tales of the crypt etc]
One of the froshies said they actually saw Yotsuya-senpai. [One of the first years said they saw "yotsuya-senpai"] Shut yo-! I know you ain't talkin' bout _that_ Yotsuya-senpai! [Wha!? _that_ "yotsuya-senpai"!? just talkin' bout shaft...]
Of the countless words that clamor in the wind[air/sky], occasionally one steps out from the crowd.
I hear he'll get to the bottom of any freak events or weird crap[bizarre phenomena] that happens for you. What-? I thought he like, got your crushes to fall in love with you. [Wasn't it that he...??]
Rumors spiral into/lead to more rumors. [verb here is hasigo, lit: ladder/stairs, i like imagery of spiraling stairs a little more]
- I mean, does he really even exist? That, uh- "Yotsuya-senpai"
And so, is what comes into being[birthed] and falls [upon our ears]
Page 3 fiction or truth? [still sounds better w/ order reversed, go for truth first imo] [blahblahblah liner notes new series /lazy]
The titillating terrifying uncanny tales called forth by rumors. [kikikaikai: bizarre/weird/mysterious, let's go for alit with 4 t's, alternatively: unearthly uncanny terrifying tales for 2 and 2 since titillating is a tiny bit out of place] Chapter 1: "Yotsuya-senpai" By Furudate Haruichi
Page 4 "I'm still missing something, I'm still missing something, I'm still missing one [piece/limb]" [It's not enough, it's not enough, i'm still missing one... Ugh find some scarier way to phrase this] Sfx: Skrich... Sk- Sk-... [Zuru... Zu- Zu...]
Constructed by human hand, for human use, in the image of humans. Dolls.
Sfx: Skrich... [Zuzu...] These precious little girls are searching for something important; even now, they are roaming about.
Now then, just what could the prized item that these girls seek, possibly be?
The first night: "The three-legged Mika-chan doll"
Page 5 Well- I'm sure you all have been hearing all about it on the news and such but
multiple abduction-murders of young schoolgirls have been occurring in the neighborhood, so make sure you're not alone whenever you're going home from school or out and about. The frightening news was spreading through the town.
Two days ago, all traces of my close friend suddenly vanished. The days following passed by without her returning home or any making any sort of contact. Nakashima Makoto (Middle School eighth grade)
Lost Dog: Kumakichi [How can he be a lost dog if he's right here, I suppose it means that he's lost for someone, but the english...] SFX: Ha- ha- ha- ha- Where'd Hinako run off to, Kumakichi~? If you tell me I'll give you this yummy bon- Hey! No! Not the face! Bad dog!! [You're too close, etc whine]
-Two days ago we were going to walk home together just like usual and had planned to meet at the old school building that is [now] off-limits. [Since it says "keep off" already in the picture w/ Hinano, one assumes that it was already off-limits before said disappearance occurred despite how it is phrased]
Page 6 I was the one who was always late but, Hinano never said a word and would just wait for me. Sign: No entry
But on that day Sorry I'm la-
she wasn't there. Sfx: Zaa
That's the third person so far, isn't it? She was murdered... It was like, another five year old [girl]. [MAKIN CHARACTERS SOUNDS LIKE AIRHEADS YEEEAAAH] Sfx: Jyagagagaga
This time her left leg was like, missing! [was taken]
Creeeepy~ [Eeek!] The first victim didn't have a left arm, the second a right arm, at this rate, the fourth will be a missing right leg!? And... have you heard??
You know, about "the doll limbs?"
Page 7 how, like, among the four limbs, one of 'em is removed [taken away, carried away], and for each of the different limbs, well... like, as if in "exchange" the leg or arm of a doll is left with the body.
That's so scary! How could the murderer do that!? [What is the culprit thinking!?] Everyone was in a fuss about the shocking events happening around them-
Hey- hey! And have you heard about "the three-legged Mika-chan doll?" - and stories that were different than what actually happened [the incident] were spreading [being whispered about] as well.
At the scene those parts that were left with the body were, like, from a "Mika-chan doll," right? And, like, I saw this on the 'net...
Some time ago, like, because of an accident that occurred during the production of the dolls like, a Mika-chan doll was made with three legs on her. So like, 'cause she was, like, a defective product and stuff they threw her in the incinerator to get rid of 'er. And because of what happened Mika-chan holds a grudge and now...
indiscriminately attacks humans!! Three legs, ludicrous speed! SFX: Zubabababa
Page 8 Gaaah!! [Gyo-!!] What the-!? [WAa-!?]
Makoto!! How long have you been, like, standing there!? She's shakin' like a leaf... There's no way something like that could... b-but-
what should I do if Hinano's gotten herself mixed up in it!? [if she was dragged into it] Hey! C'mon! Chill out! She probably just, like, split home for a bit! [lit: left her house for a bit, quotes would go well with some expression, took a little trip, went sight seeing for a bit, idk]
Besides, that was just one of those creepy stories / scary stories [ghost stories] people tell. [Ghost stories would require actual ghosts so ghost story doesn't sound right at all] But... ... Hey... Like, it's just a rumor, but, when it comes to strange events-
I heard you should you should go pay a visit to "Yotsuya-senpai" [Onegai here is in quotes, but hard to say request/implore here]
"Yotsuya-senpai"
- A figure that's somewhat of a urban legend unique to our school - SFX: Gokuri
Page 9 People say that he's a ghost that dwells at our school, or that he's a demon, or maybe even Cupid himself; [or cupid of love? Bit C cupid or little c cupid...?] [He's] the "phantom student" shrouded in a haze of vague rumors. However-
in class 2-A in the back by the window there is indeed a seat that has remained empty for an eternity belonging to one Yotsuya-senpai.
The staple of the rumors behind Yotsuya-senpai was that he was a person who would unravel the mystery behind any bizarre event for you. ["he'll unravel the mystery behind any bizarre event for you" - he was a person like that]
- So like, the only way you can meet Yotsuya-senpai is with... "a tale to tell." [The thing you need in order to meet Yotsuya-senpai is a story you can offer] A tale?
There's like, this rumor that Yotsuya-senpai lives by feeding off "the bizarre." So, he'll, like, see you if you bring him some weird tidbits!! [if you bring something that has bizarre/weird contents] [man tidbit should be a perfect words for this, food nuance + news & gossip nuance]
- And so I found myself invoking his name before the door to the school roof. Yotsuya-senpai, Yotsuya-senpai If you're present, please come forth. This is like using a ouija...
Please... tell me where I can find Hinano!!!
Page 10 SFX: Shi-n...
'Course he wouldn't be around... probably doesn't even exis- SFX: ... Gi
That... SFX: Zo-
may be fitting for... a "tale of pure horror." [scariest scary story]
Agh!!! [Ko!!! Choking sound?]
WAAAAGHHHHHHHHH!!![DOAAAAAA-!] SFX: Biku-n!!
Page 11 Hya- ha- ha- ha- ha!!!
SFX: BIku- You
have a delightful scream.
Page 12 The badge on his uniform belongs to "2-A!!"
_All of the world's screams_ This person is-
Belong to me. - Yotsuya-senpai-!!?
Page 13 It's 2-A all right, but even if it's got 2-A plastered all over it...
There's no way he's a middle school student!! SFX: Doshi-
And... SFX: Kyoro
we're still at school, right? Alrighty then... Although I came here thinking I might be able to find something out about Hinano,
is this guy even going to be able to tell me anything-? Come awwwn! What kinda story d'ja bring me!? Hurry up and show me the goods!! Hee- hee- hee- hee- Ugwahh~ Nope, not likely!!
-But, since I was able to meet him anyways...
Page 14 I might as well just ask him! [Let me just try asking him!] ...Y-you know about the incidents that have been occurring around here recently... right!?
The details of the incident and other strange stories of interest[concern] have been circulating-... If the rumors are true, he should surely be able to tell me something-!
-Within the topics of conversation among the student body... a certain story of "the three-legged Mika-chan doll."
Are you aware of the true story behind the epithet "three-legged?" [perhaps behind the story would fit better here]
- The voice in which he weaved his tale, rather than through my ears, felt as though it was entering straight into my brain...
It was bone chilling. It does not mean that she possess three legs.
As a defective product, she was disposed of in the incinerator and sadly... she lost all of her limbs. SFX: Don...
Page 15 And so that doll is still searching for new limbs to replace the ones that she lost
Skrich-... Skrich- That is the sound of her melted limbs dragging along [the ground]... [Zuru-... Zuru-...]
New limbs... the arms and legs of little girls that fit her perfectly... A left arm, a right arm, a left leg... SFX: Ton Ton...
All she's missing [For her to have a complete set] is [she's still...] one more [piece]. [missing one.]
"four limbs"- In other words, with her legs and arms combined, she only possesses three. That is the true form of the "three-legged" Mika-chan. SFX: Gokuri... -And so the doll searches for her last leg/limb-
Your right leg
Give-
Page 16 GIVE IT TO ME!! GYAHHHHHH!!? [Ogyaaaaaaaa!!?]
Stunning! Splendid!! Your shrieks are simply delectable! [I've really taken a liking to your screams] Weirdo! Creep! Pervert!!!
W-w-why did you tell me that kind of story!? Aren't you supposed to solve cases for peopl- Solve them? Who cares!
You see I _love_ scary stories.
Taking hold of the audience's heart, driving the imagination wild with words, spreading dread with one's lips, [the spreading fear that follows one's mouth] [gerund for consistent grammar]
and then the scream!!! There is no pleasure greater!! SFX: Bikuri-
Page 17 I shouldn't have come hereeeeee. What happens once you spread the rumors to the students and collect the stories...? "Collect?" What are you talking about?
[Scary] Stories are something that you _create_. Create!!?
It's true that there are plenty of these tales floating around, but, they're always other people's stories that happened in other places. [someone's story that happened somewhere far away]
That's not how it's supposed to be... Scary stories should be scary because they feel immediate. [they feel like they're happening close (proximity)]
Besides, who cares about screams that are the byproduct of other people's drivel. [screams that other people create] W-what-!?
That's why I'll create it:
A unique [original] "tale of pure horror"
Page 18 Pure... horror...? To create a tale of pure horror there are certain necessary elements - they are: The performance[production], the revelation [telling of the story, recitation, recounting, narration, etc], and the audience.
The moment that all the components align the tale [of pure horror] will [be] ripe[n]. [ready/finished]
And then the school shall be awash in screams. Goosebumps ground zero!!! [ITS A TORIHADA (goosebumps)] A-and you've stayed in school all these years just for that...?
It's precisely because schools are such odd spaces that they are quite appropriate for creating scary stories. [odd spaces known as school] Even if you're forcing it on people who don't want to attend [misanthropes] there's still a point in going!!
Anyways, data collection came to a standstill and I suppose I sort of forgot to graduate!! [inadvertently failed to graduate] How old _are_ you again!?
Oh, yes-
Page 19 There seems to be a [person among the] student[s ] who hasn't returned home yet, correct? A certain- Yayoi Hinano?
You might be rushing headlong into it, but trying to find where your friend is on your own is quite brave! Though if you don't hurry up and find her soon...
little miss Hinano might have her arms and legs snatched away by Mika-chan. Heehee-
What happened to her isn't some made-up story!! [Hinano's situation isn't some story from the middle of some fiction!!] Don't treat her like one of your creations!! [don't put her together with]
He doesn't care about getting to the bottom of any of this!! He's just getting off on the misfortune of others!
Ahh! You are certainly correct! I'm sorry!! Then, as for the story we discussed-
Page 20 let's just keep that between the two of us.
You don't have to tell me twice!! [Obviously! No shit! Of course! etc] I made a mistake coming here!!
I won't be back! SFX: Gacha- BAN- Yeah~ go on~! SFX: Gosso Goso And so that brings us to today's classes for 2-A...
SFX: Zubo-
Oh~ Home ec. in the afternoon, huh?
Heeheehee
You're a carrier now; a virus. SFX: Nottu Nottu You'll spread the fear in my place.
Page 21 SFX: Kin Kon Kan Kon
Little miss Hinano might have her arms and legs snatched away by Mika-chan. That sort of thing wouldn't happen... would it...?
Chalkboard: DIY T-shirts Oh. Uh, hey-
Don't tell anyone else but, [keep it only here] do you know guys about the story of "the doll that's looking for new limbs?"
Ahhhh-!!
Quit it alreadyyyy~! Aren't you the one who's supposed to be the bad with these [scary stories]!? Oh... Yeah... Sorry...
Okay, girls, are we all making progress-!? [Don't think there are any boys in homeec are there?]
Page 22 Home Economics teacher: Mr. Hariko Hmmm That color combination just won't do, will it~? Use this color with that one. And this pattern... should like like this, right dear~ [FABULOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS] So fussy [too detailed...] Hey, hey Mr. Hariko~! [teacher, sensei w/e you wanna use]
That [one piece] dress is your work, isn't it!?
Is it for kids?? It's so cute! Is it finished yet!? No... not yet... Oh, really~! Hey~ did you see it!? It's so cute, right~~ But...
one more [piece] and it'll be complete... SFX: Ga- ga- ga- ga-
SFX: Ga- ga- Hey~~~
Page 23 I just heard this scary story from Makoto! Hey! I said not to tell anyone about that- AOOOUCH!! SFX: Bu-
SFX: Mou~ [Jeez] You're so bad at this! There's a first aid kit in the cabinet over there. Hrnngh... SFX: Karara...
-And then the doll said, "Gimme your right leg!" SFX: Gurari... SFX: Gyaaa! Ahaha!!
Page 25 You did this, didn't you!? This sick[tasteless] prank was your idea wasn't it!? SFX: Kakun And you helped me spread it's story so well! I didn't do that on purpose!
-Where did you toss her right leg anyways!? She looks so sad with out it! Don't throw a fit, I've got it. Her right leg is an important ingredient in the story after all. *Ki ki ki-
Why are you doing all this for a mere story. a "mere" story!? You're making fun of them, aren't you!?
Nakashima, didn't you come here seeking information on your friend? That's really none of my concern, but-
what would you do if these stories [may want to use fiction to throwback to the beginning] were connected to the truth. [other side] [Might want to reverse the order of stories and truth, dunno, seems to sound better if you reverse it]
Page 26 -Open your eyes, Nakashima. They may be mere stories, mere rumors; but rumors blossom [swell] and mutate- [undergo a chemical change] [膨張 swell/expand as in yeast expanding/leavening, something with an organic feel (blossom, burgeon) should go well with mutate]
and every now and then, they reveal the truth.
SFX: Zaza...
You hear about the monster that appears in the Home Ec. room!? Yeah, man!!
It's body is like, half charred[half burnt] and it chases after you at 60 km/hr, right!? Is that how it went...? From that chaotic day onward, the legend of[scary story about] the Home Economics room spread throughout the whole school.
Yo, wanna hit up the Home Ec. room after class t'day!?
Page 27 But the head teach's always prowlin' the halls, 'eez like clockwork~... [The head teacher always makes his rounds consistently on time] Watchu talkin' bout, dun? Ay'erd he busted 'iz knee and waz s'ppose'd t'be out 'til t'day. [What? But he's injured now, and I heard he's on break till today]
Today is the fourth day that has passed since Hinano did not return home. Despite a search request being put out, I'm still completely in the dark about where my friend has gone. [I still know nothing about the whereabouts of my friend]
Aghhhh~ I'm lateeeeee SFX: Tatatata
-more... -piece...
Whose voice was that just now-...?? Sign: Home Economics Room
Ahhhh~ This is a such a bad idea, in these sort of situations you're not supposed to look. SFX: Kara... Why am I even looking? I'm such an idiot! Idiot, idiot, idiot-...
Page 28 -more... piece ... complete-... just one more piece- just one more piece-
The pale white right arm that matches the faint pink of the material... the coloring of the still fresh scabs that decorate the left arm; the disparate hues that add to it's accent... the left leg with it's lovely bruises- [or birthmark, but in the case of scabs seems like bruises are more likely]
These parts that had blood flowing through them just a moment ago- will now give life to my creation...!!
Page 29 Just one more piece... If I can get my hands on a fitting [ideal] right leg- my [one-piece] dress will be complete...!!
-The voice... from the Home Economics room.
Then I guess it wasn't another one of your pranks after all... Seems like there were other students who heard voices as well... They're all starting to gossip about how Mr. Hariko is really fishy. [suspicious]
It's only a matter of time until it'll reach the other teachers- And now a follow up from last week: In regards to the multiple abduction-murders of young schoolgirls-
We have gotten word [now know] that another five year old girl, living in the same city, has now been declared missing. The police are approaching it with the possibility that it could be the work of the same suspect and are investigat-
The fourth victim-[person]!!
Page 30 Heehee- He's getting impatient. Eh-!? SFX: Su
Well, then that pretty much narrows it down to Mr. Hariko. [it's going to be him 8 or 9 times out of 10] [LOL WHAT DOES THIS EVEN MEAN YOU MUST BE JORDAN: So the culprit was Jucchuuhakku Harico, huh?] Whaaaaa!? All right! You're going to help me out, Nakashima!! Huh!? Wha!? I don't even- Hold on... Where are we going!?
We're off to throw a wrench in his plans to unlock the "Mika-chan full set complete!!" achievement! [We're going to prevent him from finishing the "Mika-chan" 'Four limbs complete!!'] Doll: Thanks to you, all of the pieces [them] have been gathered. 'Cause If he ends up collecting all the legs and arms the tale won't be valid anymore!
How can you-... This... isn't a [scary] story, this is a crime we're talking about!!
It's been 5 days already since whatever happened to Hinano, and I still haven't gotten my hands on anything... I don't have time to play along with your games- [I don't have time to help you with your hobbies] "What should I do if Hinano's gotten herself mixed up in it"
You came here because you wanted to find out if that was true or not, correct?
If that's the case, then help.
That's why I don't get it!! What's this got to do with-
Tell me...
Page 31 What kind of entity[thing] do you think a "tale of pure horror" is? SFX: Ba- !? ... the scariest... spooky story??
In order to create the "scariest spooky story" there are necessities: the performance[production], the revelation [telling of the story, recitation, recounting, etc], and finally, the presence [existence] of "the audience."
The audience...
The tale that has been spreading throughout the school still isn't complete. It's still missing the final touch.
"The audience" - The one who is most scared of this particular story, the person who doesn't want[try] to believe it, [order is reversed in literal] when we make that person listen, only then will the tale's true horror be manifest.
That is when the first tale of pure horror be finished.
Page 32 But... what does that have to do with anything!? I just... want to know if Hinano's gotten herself involved with what's happened or-
Then... why don't you just ask the culprit himself?
What...? SFX: Pokan I'm about to venture over to where "the audience" is and recite the tale. -In other words, where the chap [guy] who is the most frightened of this particular story is.
And- just who could this chap be? [Who is "the guy who's most frightened?"]
... Mr. Hariko-!!
Page 33 So I'll be going to put the final touches on the story, and you'll be going to find out the truth. See! Two birds with one stone! But... how do I help with something like-
Oh, I see... so you'll help! I didn't say that! Good! Good! Then you-
hold this. Sfx; Nuuuuun And wait for my signal outside the Home Ec. room. [Standby outside...] What... am I supposed... to use this for...?
Don't worry about that, just hold that and stand outside the window.
And- when-the-lights-go-out-in-the-room, that-is-when-you-come-in. [Every single word can not express, the love and tenderness] Got it? Wha- I'm not read- Let's go! It's time-
Page 34 to create a new story.
Sfx: Zazazazaza
Sign: Home Economics room
Ahh... finally... It will finally complete...!! SFX: gapa-
Page 35 The styling is perfect.
All that's left is your right leg and it'll be done.
The color of the skin... the placement of the mole... Mmphh! Mmphh! Ah~ wonderful...!
No other right leg [If it weren't that leg] would be perfect for my dress. [then it wouldn't match my [one-piece] dress.]
Page 36 SFX: Gasa-
Ughh, what is Yotsuya-senpai really planning on doing? [You could say] This is supposed to be for finding Hinano... But I'm scared, I'm really scared. SFX: Gasagasa...
Mmphh! Mmphh! Huh!? SFX: Biku-
I think this place is around- the room where food is prepared-? SFX: Koso
Now I understand! Not a doll whose clothes you change, [dress-up doll] but one whose limbs/parts you change!!! [attach-up doll? attach and change doll]
Page 38 Just as we choose clothes that fit the part [ourselves], you choose parts[contents] that fit the clothes.
Are you... a student...? All the students- should have gone home already...?
Page 39 Well, I can't go home yet! Sfx: Kakko kakko
'Cause the best time for a scary story is after class. [What is fitting for a scary story...]
SFX: Kashan Door: Closed/locked
A scary story? So you're the one who has been spreading that ridiculous tale? I've been a real predicament since kids keep coming here on dares. And you could say I was just able to finish too.
No,
your creation will not be finished.
If Mika-chan actually ends up gathering all four limbs, then the story will end up losing it's punch. [the story won't be interesting anymore]
She must roam about for eternity seeking the last piece, for that's the kind of "scary story" it is.
Page 40 -However, there is one other ending to this tale... and I came here, SFX: Yurari
because I wanted to tell it to you in person [directly], Mr. Hariko.
Now I shall reveal it [to you]!! A story [created] for you!!! [double 'you' ending sounds dumb]
... Skrich-... Skrich-... [Zuru- Zuru-]
Searching for a part of her body- a wandering voice echos-...
"I'm still missing something... I'm still missing something... I'm still missing one piece..."
Could, that missing leg be here?
Page 41 While it's certainly true that for the Mika-chan doll what she lacks is a right leg, but couldn't there be others besides here? Other little girls searching for their arms and legs?
The little girls that had their arms and legs torn/cleaved/plucked off by you, Mr. Hariko?
Skrich, skrich, [Zuru] skrich, skrich, That is the sound of them dragging their bodies along... skrich,
skrich, Ha hahaha! They're dead! [The people I killed?] skrich, How would they be able to move!? skrich,
skrich, skrich, skrich, And... I made sure I gave those girls [something] in "exchange!!"
Ha ha ha- You're really serious!!!
Page 42 Did you really think that was a fair "exchange!?" Plastic cannot serve as an "exchange" for flesh and blood, can it!?
Soon, Sfx: Kako...
those little girls will come knocking... SFX: Biku- to take back their real arms and legs and to return their fake[plastic] ones.
With fake[plastic] arms and legs in hand, [actual line 3] [while] dragging the 3 [actual line 2] limbs they have left, [actual like 1] Sfx: Skrich... Skrich... [Zuru... Zuru...]
after all, Mr. Hariko, if they take [combine] all of your limbs,
Page 46 Then they'll have all four.
SFX: Gakugakugakugakugaku
Your left leg, right arm, left arm, and right leg, all of them- [to me]
Page 47 give them to me. [give them]
Page 48 give them to me. give them to me. give them to me. Sfx: Zu- Zu-
-!!
Page 49 Huh?
What!? What's wrong!? No- Please! Don't take them! Don't take them!
Was there something just in here...?
Not my legs!
Who can really say? But Mr. Hariko seems looks like he saw something.
Page 50 He probably, just imagined there was something here, didn't he? Heeheehee- ??? Sfx; Kakko Kakko Kakko Kakko
The story of "the three-legged Mika-chan doll."
This is the end.
Phew~ Thank god that girl was unharmed~!
... But he didn't know anything about Hinano...
Page 51 By the way, who was trying to open the door to the classroom back then...
5 o'clock, right on time!! That's when the head-teacher always makes his rounds like clockwork. It was just him!? [his rounds!?]
Surely you heard he recently sustained an injury and his foot was impaired? SFX: Zuzu... Aghh, this is killing me.
What!? That's all it was.
That's all that it was. He was just doing his rounds... and all I was doing
was just standing there. Ah! The lights went off! -That's all that they should have been, yet
Yotsuya-senpai's "narration" gave no room to distinguish that...
Page 52 The revelation [telling of the story, recitation, recounting, narration, etc], the performance[production], and the audience...
To create a "tale of pure horror," each story needs it's best "audience" so- that "audience" must be a person who is deeply involved with the event of the tale's origin... which means-
a "tale of pure horror" is always... connected to the truth behind the matter...??
Who can really say? I just create the stories. It's none of my concern if they just happen to be connected to the truth. The only thing important to me is "making the audience believe."
Depending on that, reali[sm/ty] is bestowed upon[born] to the story, and an even greater sense of fear spreads.
And because of that, Mr. Hariko ended up like that... My- leg- My- arms... Please don't take them...
You didn't traumatize him, did you...?
Page 53 The dread that Mr. Hariko felt was equal to the magnitude of what he himself did. He most likely won't even be able to look at a young girl or a doll ever again.
Hee- hee- hee- hee- hee -And as for you!
Didn't you say you'd never come back here again?? I've got no use for people who don't have any details for me.
That's right, I hate scary stories.
I was so adverse to the idea of having what happened to Hinano being made some detail that I was relieved that the incident that we just dealt with had no connection to what happened to her. Yet, "rumors blossom [swell] and mutate- [undergo a chemical change]"
Page 54 "and every now and then, they reveal the truth." those words still ring in my ears. [won't leave my head]
Considering the events of what happened and the story that entrapped the murderer... If I ask this person for help, the perhaps... He might really be able to... Yotsuya-senpai,
[Is it] truth or fiction? [actual order reversed]
Will you listen to what I have to tell you
fiction or truth?
Page 55 about what happened on the day that Hinano disappeared?
The circle[school/sect] of sophistry. The terrifying tales of Yotsuya-senpai spiral upwards upon rumors and arrive at a/the single truth.
Page 56 Though it remains unknown if that may be the actual intent of the person himself. Hee- hee- hee- hee- Those details...
may/should be fitting for... a "tale of pure horror." https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/19140Translation: I Am A Hero 12010-01-22T07:39:52+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comNot for use.
SFX: Ga- ga- mugu ga H: Yum... H: This is good... SFX: Pochi- SFX: PI-
SFX: Pi- SFX: Pi-
Page 17 H: ...Sunday, huh. SFX: Mugu
SFX: Pa- TV: Fire at a senior citizens' home; 13 dead H: Oh-
SFX: Ga-
SFX: Kopopopopopo
Page 18 SFX: Kacha Kacha H: I...
TV screen: Dog bitten; in critical condition TV: That should be “bitten by dog” and not “dog bitten”. Our apologies for the typo.
H: really can't stand female anchors. [should probably change announcers to anchors later on. Lit: hate female anchors/announcers]
Page 19 Y: Huh?! Y: Why? Y: They're the kind of people that, like, everyone wants to date once.
H: ...You really want to hear it, Yajima? Y: Yeah, lay it on me!!
H: Their personaaalities... [lit: self absorbed, always looking out for themselves first] H: and, like, major disaaasters...
Page 20 H: See, first of all, like, the younger bunch on TV these days are just bad. Only those pageant-winning types trying hard to look good are worth a damn. [he's sighing here, so this line should give the impression that he feels like he's educating Yajima]\this second sentence gives me a case of the wtfs. It sounds like exactly the opposite of what he's saying.\ H: So... obviously... [another sigh, he's playing teacher] H: If, like, some major disaster happened during a live news broadcast, you think they could snap out of their usual role of only concerning themselves with the steamy sex lives of pro baseball players and the young elite? H: You think they wouldn't just abandon their journalistic responsibilities? You think they'd be able to report on it calmly when they're the type of people who only look out for number one?
H: Nope. No freaking way. They'd probably just be running around in circles screaming their heads off. You get it now? [another sigh] H: All things considered, I find flight attendants, who are putting their lives at risk for their job, far more admirable.
H: Besides, news anchoring shouldn't be about selling fresh faces. After they've done, like, ten years of grunt work, H: and they're mentally and physically capable, over thirty, seasoned and ready, then they should be on screen. TV: Thank you for watching. [Lit: Broadcast finished]\boy has it been a long time since I saw a TV station sign off at night\
Page 21 H: But, you know, in the end, even though I really don't care that much about female anchors or flight attendants, H: like, H: if one threw herself at me, I'd still hit it.
Page 24 SFX: JiJi- Radio: Yesterday evening after ten... a senior citizens' home... Radio: ...caught fire. Thirteen were unable to escape in time... Radio: ...according to authorities, one of the residents... an eighty-four year old man, set fire to... SFX: *Zazaza
...Shit. They're here.
Page 25 SFX: Ba-
SFX: Bikuku
Page 26 H: You asssholeeeee.
H: This is all 'cause you were telling scary stories at work. SFX: Pechi- Pechi- H: Punk assss. H: Just stick to talkin' 'bout your precious news skanks! [lit: only talk about female anchors/announcers]
Page 27 Radio: And our next song will be... Radio: Yamazaki Hako's “Curse”. Song: ... Klang, Klang, Klang, driving the nails in.
Song: The tatami crackles beneath your feet. SFX: Bu- SFX: Ba-
SFX: Fuu [panting] SFX: Fuu
Page 28 SFX: Chira [glance]
H: ...3 o'clock.
SFX: Gu- H: ...Namu Amida Butsu. [Amitabha have mercy on me]
H: Namu Amida Butsu! Namu Amida Butsu! [Amitabha have mercy on me] H: Namumyou Houren Gekyou! [Glory to the Lotus Sutra]
H: ...maybe I should go to the convenience store. Page 29 H: Namu Amida Butsu H: Namu Amida Butsu. H: Granny prays to you every day. [I guess his grandma is alive] H: Namumyou Houren Geeeekyoooou. [stretching out the last phrase] H: Namu Amida Butsuuuu. [stretching out the last syllable a bit]
Page 30 H: Not even a minute... H: has passed...
Page 31 H: And I can't hear any cars at all... H: ...hffff [fuu, panting]
H: But I'm right next to a highway... time has stopped... \そして、時が動き出す.\ H: hffff
Page 34 Manga: Homunculus, Poohtarou the Bear, Saruman [Puutarou and Winnie the Pooh are different things]\but the similarity of spelling (クマのプー太郎 vs. クマのプーさん) makes me want to transliterate it like this\
Y: Whatcha doin'?
H: Making a [magical] circle of protection. [get all magic the gathering up in this bitch]
H: To me, Nakagawa Isami-sensei's comics occupy a space far removed from the realm of fears. [dread/fear/horror in the general sense, not his specific fears, this is the reason why I don't like, “takes me away from my fears,” maybe “takes me away from the space of fear...”]\and the manga shown is, of course, Poohtarou the Bear by Nakagawa Isami\ Y: Whoa! That's a unique take on them!
Page 35 H: Textbooks should be good too. H: They're always so overly serious and artificial that it's somehow sort of funny. They're far from scary. \shooting for 'stilted' while still keeping 'cold, inhuman, robotic' in mind\ Books: Japanese 1, Japanese 2, (A detailed guide) New Geography, Modern Society, Japanese Literature, (A detailed guide) ??
Book: 1985 Yearbook H: And, finally, an old yearbook. H: My middle school and high school ones won't work well, but my elementary school one should still be full of hopes and dreams. I'll be able to use that.
H: I spread them out evenly like this, H: and I'm pretty much done. H: ...All that's left is my ace in the hole.
Girls: All together now... Girls: Goo~d morning!! [yes there is a pun here, ohayou, opayou, oppai, fuck that though]
Page 47 H: Good morning...
Page 48 H: ...and good night. SFX: Pa-paa SFX: Burororo
https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/19134Translation: Short Piece Oneshot : Cannabis Country2010-01-21T23:40:59+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comOtomo says: 420 BONG TOKE PARTY WEED BOB MARLEY SPLIFF CHEEBA TOKE BONG MARLEY JOINT WE$D YEAH BOWL PACK WEED SMOKE YEAH NIGGER LEGALIZE SMOKE POT DANK WEED BUDS FRUIT OF LIFE KOTTONMOUTH KINGZZZZZZ BONGHITS ONEHITS DUGOUT BUBBLER STEAMROLLER ZIG-ZAG PHAT BAG SINSEMILLA HEMP SMOKE GRASS GAS OR ASS NOONE RIDES FOR FREE PAPERZ LIGHTARZ LEGALIZ0RZ WHIPITS Laika says: stop trollin' Otomo. ----
Cannabis Country
Page 99 Cannibis Country
Page 100 *Gacha-
*Gacha-
*Gacha
*Gacha Gacha Gacha
Senpai: ... I can handle this...
Ughhh
Page 101 hot~~~
Glasses: How long's this heat gonna last!?
Beard: 'Til we go down to the cafe...
Stache: Don't even act like you can afford that. We don't even have any money for ramen.
Glasses: Ugh Stache: The day's finally come.
Beard: There's no where in this tiny room that the [western] sun doesn't reach... Glasses: Ah~ It's coming, it's coming!
Beard: Don't come over here, it's already hot enough as it is. Glasses: There's no where else to go! Stache: Ahhhh, is this gonna be [how I spend] the last summer vacation of my college life...?
*Kon Kon
Glasses: Money! Beard: The landlord? Stache: Food!
Glasses: What's with that get up...? Beard: Hey, go hide everything that's worth something... Mustache: We don't have anything worth _anything_
Senpai: Here we go... *Gacha
Senpai: Now then... Listen up, today...
Senpai: I actually have a really interesting prospect to tell you about... ayup.
Glasses: Oh that's too bad, you showed up just a bit too late. [you almost just made it] Beard: Ahhh, yeah, yeah. Stache: It's pointless, I'm telling you.
Senpai: This is the prospect I came to tell you about.
Page 103 Glasses: T-that's a... Beard: Is that a maple leaf... or something? Stache: Idiot, that's cannabis!
Stache: Please, senpai, tell us about this interesting prospect of yours.
Senpai: Ah, of course. That's what I came here for, after all.
Senpai: I went with two or three friends of mine to Konpaku peak to catch kabuto beetles.
Senpai: We were enjoying the mountain's refreshing breeze as it wiped away the grime of the city and searching for kabuto beetles worth 200 yen a piece.
Senpai: However... not a single beetle was to be found. And then...
Senpai: On the fateful day that we had finally used up all the bait and were about to leave...
Page 104 Senpai: Why aren't there any beetles around...
Senpai: Huh...?
Senpai: It was a complete and honest coincidence, ayup. All: *Yup Yup
Senpai: And this is what I found. Beard: Hmmm
Senpai: There's no doubt about it, it looked like there was a considerable amount of cannabis growing naturally in the upper areas of the stream... ayup.
Stache: ... So, tell us, where is this stream...?
Page 105 Senpai: It's all here! I wrote down all the details here.
Glasses: What?
Senpai: I'll give it to you for a mere 10,000 yen... Senpai: Just 10,000 Yen.
Senpai: Pretty cheap... right...!?
Senpai: You guys don't believe me!
Glasses: ... But... Stache: We do...
Stache: I'll go get the money now... Beard: Hey! Hey, wait a second!
Senpai: Ah... Senpai: I guess that's asking a bit too much.
Glasses: Idiot! Don't be rash! Beard: Has the sun fried your brains!? [gone mad from the heat]
Senpai: 2... 2000 yen, that'll do... ayup.
Page 106 *Gacha Gacha Gacha Gacha
Beard: You stupid idiot! He was obviously scamming us! Glasses: He took a whole 2000 yen!
Stache: But that leaf was the real deal.
Glasses: That might be true, but you can't go around believing everything that guy says...
Stache: Maybe so, but he might not even know the whole situation.
Beard: What situation...?
Stache: At the foot of the Konpaku peaks there's a mountain named Mt. Shirako.
Stache: Last year, I heard they had gotten rid of some cannabis that had grown naturally by burning it...
??: Hey! Are you sure it was that on that mountain? Stache: Yeah... I'm sure, it was even in the newspapers. *Gacha Gacha Gacha
107 Glasses: So what you're saying is that the leaf he just showed us...
Beard: was carried down by the current from upstream in the Konpaku peaks...?
Stache: That's right... 2000 yen might have been a pretty small price to pay for this...
Glasses: Hey... what do you think? Beard: If I had 2000 yen, I'd have some Katsudon and some Tenpura Soba...
Stache: This is the last summer vacation of our college lives. Do you really intend to idle away the rest of the days till September in this tiny room?
Beard: But... a trip would cost money... and we don't even have a cent...
Glasses: And, on top of that, this map is a joke... *Su-
Forests ? Forests Camp ground Spot where I discovered it Waterfall Camp Ground 1 Pine Tree Cross bridge 3 ceder trees jizo statue Bus stop
Page 108 Beard: What the heck is this? This is just like some sort of treasure hunt for kids.
Stache: If we don't go take a look then we won't know...
Glasses: You really gonna be able to find it with somethin' like this? *Pan
Stache: Fine, I bought it, so I'm gonna go- *Sukku
Beard: Come on, if we had money then we'd go...
Stache: Hmmm
Glasses: And we've got nothing left to sell. Beard: And I'm not gonna get my allowance for a while either. Stache: And If I go to my part time job then I won't have any time for this.
Beard: If there really is like a whole kingdom of weed up there then we might end up super rich.
Stache: ... Hmmm.
Stache: The only thing in here left to sell are the tatami's themselves. *Chi-
Page 109 *Gacha-
??: Okay, nobody's around.
Stache: Hurry up, hurry up!
*Ga-n
Glasses: ... Oww...
Stache: Okay, all clear. Beard: Be quiet! Glasses: Oww, owwwwwieeeee
[gangsta dog] Page 110 Train number 5 is now entering the station. The train will be leaving at 12:20... *Goton Goton Goton
This train is bound for Matsumoto~
*Basa-
Sir, you haven't paid yet!
*pata patap pata...
Someone catch him!
*Hoi *Basa *Dosa
Come back-!
Page 111 *Don Kya-
Beard: Are you all right? I'm sorry that was my fault.
THIEF!
Beard: Hehehe, thanks for the meal.
Glasses: Oh, hey, over here.
Glasses: Man, I'm starving...
Wa- Thief! Wa-Wa-
Thief Beard: It's been way too long since I've had an unagi bentou!
Page 113 Beard: Hee hee hee... it's the treasure mountain...
Glasses: ... I'm gonna buy me a woman. [I'm gonna go to the soap land.] Stache: I'm gonna have one of those super tempura dons at the station. Heeheehee.
Tendon! Dodeskaden! [i have no idea what this is referring to, is the kurosawa movie about hidden treasure?] Women!
Beard: Money, moolah... Stache: Two shrimps about this big... Glasses: A little smooch over there and a little grab over here - [I'll do this to her there, and this here]
??: It's the bus stop! ??: And there's the jizo statue too!
Page 114 Glasses: This way. Stache: Hmmm.
Glasses: If we head a little further, there should be 3 cedar trees... Stache: I want to take a piss.
??: There it is!
Glasses: I didn't think his map was gonna be this accurate.
Beard: We're getting pretty close to the treasure.
Stache: The shrimp come out like this from the batter.
Beard: Money... Money... Glasses: Women Women Women Stache: Shrimp Shrimp Shrimp
Beard: The cross bridge should be soon! Stache: But... we can't really seem to tell where we're going because of the grass...
Page 115 Glasses: What's over here...
Beard: We've made it... *Gasa
Beard: into someone's backyard... *Gasa-
Glasses: That's weird~ Beard: It is _his_ map, it's been weird from the start.
Stache: Are you sure you didn't make a mistake? Glasses: Don't be stupid. there's only one road!
Beard: I knew this would happen! This is why I didn't want to come! Stache: How can you be saying that now! I can't believe you!
Beard: That's why I... Glasses: The map says... Stache: You're always like this at these sorta times.
Beard: Don't shove me, you asshole. Glasses: Was it back there at the three trees... Stache: Ah... Ah! You hit me, you hit me just now, didn't you! *Don
Beard: What were saying? I'm always like what? Glasses: Let's go back to the start once more. Stache: You always get cold feet and start bitching, dumbass! [You're always complaining when it's too late!]
Beard: When have I done that, retard!? Stache: You're doing it right now, Jerkoff! Glasses: Oh... Over there.
Page 116 ??: The cross bridge is even here. Just a bit further.
Stache: Man, I feel sick.
Stache: Huh?
Girls: Hey there~ [Ya hoo~]
Glasses: Oh oh! C-c-chicks, dude!
Glasses: CHICKS! Beard: Come on, let's go get in their pants. [He uses the verb Yobai: paying a 'secret' visit to them at night to get it on with them]
Stache: Guess it's no mystery how these guys turned out lookin' at who they took after. [lit: with senpai like that it's not strange that the kouhai ended up this way] [this sentence is dumb]
Page 117 Glasses: *Pant* *Pant* *Pant*... N-next we just need to find the single pine...
Glasses: ... Just how wrong could he be... Beard: They continue back all the way until there. Stache: There's a hundred of 'em.
Beard: This is why I told you I didn't wanna do this! Stache: Damn, can it already! It's too late to be crying, you big baby!
Glasses: Hey, hold on guys.
SFX: Zazaza Glasses: I can hear a waterfall... Beard: Huh... Stache: Over there.
Beard: All right! It's the stream.
It's the treasure stream!
Page 118 Stache: Take a look! It's the waterfall!
Glasses: Okay! Let's head up stream!
??: Here we... go.
Stache: He must've found it around here. SFX: Dopon
Beard: Look, the stream has got to be coming from that forest over there.
Beard: Keep your eyes peeled for anything that's even remotely green. [don't overlook any kind of grass]
Page 119 Stache: Ah!
Glasses: What? D'ya find it? Beard: One? Two? Ten of 'em!?
Stache: A snake! There was a snake. It was huge...
Glasses: Ah! Beard: What!? What now!? You too!?
Glasses: It's over there!
All: YEEEEUUUSSSS! [Yatta~!]
Beard: Money! Money! Stache: Shrimp! Shrimp! Shrimp! Glasses: Women~! Beard: I didn't think we were gonna find it so quick...
Sfx: Go Go Go Go
Page 120 SFX: Go Go Go Go Go Go Go Glasses: An earthquake?
Beard: Aaaaahhh...
Beard: Ah....
Sfx: Go Go GO Go Go Go Go Go
All: Ahhh~
Sfx: GoGoGo
What the hell are you goons doin'!? Tryin' ta get yourselves killed!? [it's dangerous!] Sign: Shirokawa Golf Greens Site
Sfx: Go Go Go Go Go ...
Page 121 Sfx: Ki Ki Ki, Puaaaan, Gya Gya, BuBuuuuu-
Stache: Sigh...
Glasses: What are we gonna do about the tatami mats we pawned...
Beard: We went through all that, and this is all we have left?
Beard: So that's it! Hahaha~ Glasses: Let's do it!
Glasses: Alrighty then...
All: Oh-! Oh-!
Page 122 Beard: This is around where we encountered those girls...
Mustache: Guess it was... something like this...
Glasses: Alright! We're done... Beard: It's better then senpai's map, at least.
Beard: Make sure you sell yours for at least 2000 yen.
Stache: Let's get our tatami mats back! Beard: And get some food! All: YEAH----!
Stache: I'll go 'round by Yamada, Takenaka, and Satou's. Beard: Good luck, man! Glasses: Stay away from senpai's buds.
... And so...
Don't push me-! Yo! You're here too...? Hey! Over here, over here! Get your ice cream! Ice cream! What the hell, everyone here is from our school!
https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/16074Translation: Short Piece Oneshot : The Gentleman's Cinema Club2009-09-13T11:58:53+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comAnother oneshot that really shows off Otomo's love of film and film culture. I think this oneshot is a bit hard to appreciate without considering when it was written and the cinema trends in Japan around the time. Also, another cute note is the fact that he basically mimics in format and composition what was being done with roman porno and pink films when the characters in the narrative shoot their own film. I guess you could say this is a pink mango about a blue film.
The Gentleman's Cinema Club.
Page 75 The Gentleman's Cinema Club.
Page 76 I'm sure you all understand well the reason why I've called you here today.
In regards to our film for the coming cultural festival...
I thought we should come to a decision on the creation and the filming of our production...
Our film last year, "My home was a test taking center," was met with great acclaim, so this year I would like to continue that and finish with a positive balance again.
How about filming the actual experiences of high school students with a documentary spin on it? [No reality TV please Otomo]
Hey, Nakamura, about that... Huh? He's not even here?
Page 77 Yo-! Nakamura-!
What? If it's your money your after, I ain't got it.
Miyajima was lookin' for you.
Is he with you?
Ain't over here, why don't you try the club room?
Arigato~ [he says Sankyu-] Oh yeah, Nakamura!
Hm...?
Hurry up and pay me back, you punk!
Page 78 Gosh... I want to make an animation like, "Space Battleship Yamato!" You know? [Okay he didn't say gosh, but look at this NERD]
Documentary Period Piece Innocent Love Story Occult SF A
SF anime... and
Well, I guess that's about it. So let's go ahead and pick one of these.
Hey, what'd you want? Idiot, didn't I tell you there was a club meeting today?
Did you? Hey, Nakamura, got a sec...?
Uhhh, so let's pick one of them from the list...
Actually... it's about that person... What'd he just say? Space Battleship Yamato?
Oh, yeah, Nakamura, do you have any ideas?
How about a roman porno staring our lovely assistant director? [roman porno, pink film, soft core]
Page 79 Well... I wonder who might play my partner then.
What? It's times like these that I'd hope you'd call on me
It wouldn't end up being a porno unless Boris Karloff was besides me. [I guess she has the hots for Boris Karloff]
How about talking about things that would actually pass the film ethics committee.
Hmm, you sorta look like him though... Who cares about that, dumbass. Back to what I was talking about, that person's...
I was really moved by Yamato... And so I wanted to try making something like that in anime...
But you can't make an anime unless you can actually draw, and it takes a lot of time... 45...!! Then she's just an old broad!!
Hey, Nakamura-kun! If you're not planning on participating then could you leave?
45... old broad...
Page 80 Uhhh, then I guess we've decided on the documentary...
The scenario, composition, and all the other details we can take of at our next meeting on Friday...
Make sure you think about it, everyone.
Seriously? A documentary?
What else do you expect? The only other choices were Yamato and porno.
Anyways, that old broad thing you were talking about before, it's not what I think it is, is it?
Well, uh....
Sorry...
You son of a bitch, that's not what you said at all! We ain't got no choice! Hey guys, hold on!
Page 81 What? What's wrong? Take a look over there.
What are you doing over there.
What do you mean, "what?" I'm wiping the black board.
Tsk, don't stand there trying to listen in on our conversations. Go home already.
But... it seemed like you guys were talking about a pretty interesting topic.
Yeah, we're gonna make a blue film. [Amateur/Underground Porn]
Blue...
Hey... Nakamura...
... Hmph.
Page 82 ... Hmph.
I mean, the fact that you got to do it really pisses me off. I know!
Why do I have to do it with some 45 year old broad?
Oh yeah, you know, my mom's 45 too.
Gross, man! This isn't no joke to me! Idiot, stop with the weird tangents.
There just weren't any other girls who would act in a blue film.
There's nothing else left... can you just put up with it?
No matter how much you stress that this is all for the movie, this is my virginity I've kept for 17 years and 5 months we're talking about- pure as the fallen snow... and to some 45 year old broad to boot... Man, what a damn waste.
Page 83 Oh, come on, she actually looks unexpectedly young. She only looks like she's in her 30s.
In her 30s...? 30 what?
30... 9, I guess. Retard.
*Kin kon ka ka-n
*Ka- ka-
Cinema Studies Club. Man this movie is a total drag.
*Gara- It's so dated to have a car chase here. Oh, it's the assistant director.
Have you seen Miyajima-kun and them?
They were on the roof a bit ago.
Page 84 This is the entire scenario...? Isn't it a bit short?
Can we even have a screening that's longer than an hour for the club?
But, all you wrote about was doing the deed.
Well, no shit, it's a blue...
Whoa!
W-what is it all of a sudden... Don't creep up on us like that.
Pathetic chumps with guilty consciences always get all frightened like that.
Hmph, what do you want?
Page 85 Oh right. The camera. Give me back the camera.
You're not filming your documentary yet, why do you need it?
The baseball team has a practice game tomorrow... I want to film it...
Then you can wait till tomorrow, right?
Fine, but....
*Ji- [Stare]
I don't know what you're filming but...
Hmph.
You better give the camera back to me tomorrow.
Phew. Did she hear us? It'll be fine.
Page 86 Nakamura
That's enough already, isn't it?
I think I'm gonna burp.
Yeah... I guess that's good. We're counting on you.
Bu...rp.
She should be here soon...
Is it really gonna be okay? What about your mom and dad. ... Eh?
It'll be fine. My parents went out to the countryside and my brother's in his dorm at college. *Cha- I can't really seem to calm down.
Page 87 I guess the light should be like... this?
Well, I think, hard light will make it look too bright, use soft light or put something over it. [direct light, reflected light, gauze]
Yeah I guess it'll be more realistic if it's a bit darker.
Hey, Miyajima! Nakamura!
She's here!!
Please, come in.
T-this is Sasae-san... right? Thanks for casting me. [calling on me]
Page 88 You know, I used to think about becoming an actress. Huh? Oh... T-then that's just right for this.
See, just like I said, she doesn't look 45 at all!
Hey, we're gonna get started!
Yo, it's tough bein' a pimp, huh? Hehehe. [or player, or somethin] *Don
Dude, what the hell is that? What...? She's not that bad, am I right?
I'm gonna go have another raw egg...
*Fu-
... So, Sasae-san here will be alone, comforting herself when you...
Page 89 Ah-
U- U- Ah- Ah- U-
Mu- Tahaha...
*Su-
*Ha- fu- ha- fu- ha
*Gepu [Burp]
CUTTTTTTT! Retard, don't you mean, "Gulp?"
S-sorry, I had too many raw eggs.
Page 90 Yikes! Who are you!?
Ehe- Ehe- Me? This is... *Kacha Kacha
who I am! *Zuru- KYAA!
Kyahahahaha Ahhhahahaha
Cut! Hey, come on, do it seriously.
But if I do it with this brat...
S-sorry, ah, this doesn't usually happen~ [This is really weird]
What's wrong? You ate those raw eggs, didn't you? You ought to be...
It's no use, we won't be able to get anything out of him. *Au Au
This is supposed to be a blue film, not some coming of age flick, jeez. [Adolescence film]
Page 91 *Fu-
Ha- ha- ha- ha- ha- ha- ha-
You're still not ready?
Ahhhhh~ *Buru Buru
You dumbass! Stop that, you're wasting it all! Sorry... *Do-
What the hell are you doing, if you come now what the hell are we gonna do about later? But-
It'll be all right, I'll get you back up and running. Right, sonny?
Now...
Page 92 Here we go!
Ah...
See? *Rero Rero Shabu Shabu
*Gulp
H-Hey, I'm shooting, get the light... Y-yeah, sure, I'll get it.
The light! Man the light! Come on, hurry up!
O... okay...
Mommy~ *Ji- [Stare]
*Gacha-
Huh?
Page 93 What the hell are you doin'!?
What's the problem, it's more realistic if it's a little darker.
That's not...
Uooooh! *Hyo- Hyo- Kya-
Kya Kya Kya O-- Korya U- U- Ahhh- Hii Hii
Uu Ooh Put it back in! Oopsies.
God dammit! *Ji-
Miyajima-!
Switch with me!!!
Page 94 *Pa- Pa- Minuma High school
The cinema studies club will be having a screening at 2. Everyone please come!
It's about 1 o'clock now, Senpai. Okay, we better start getting ready...
I'm leaving everything else to you, okay? Okay.
Cinema Studies Club. Hee hee hee
[Board] Earnings Target 100,0000 Yen. It was sorta like some sort of PBS program. [It was sorta like some educational TV program] But it wasn't as boring as them. [But it didn't make us sick of if, unlike those]
Well, we are talking about our Miss Wertmuller. *Gara-
Page 95 We took a look at the documentary. It was really pretty good...
Thank you. *Kata-
Make that money for us. [GET PAID BABY]
I'm going to invite all the teachers, starting with the principal, to a private screening at 2... Would you like to come?
We have to go help out at the exhibition hall.
Later then.
*Kyoro Kyoro
*Kon Kon
Page 96 Ok
It appears that our preparations have been concluded. We will now show our feature presentation.
So without further adieu...
Cinema Studies Club Dark [Room] Now developing Film! Don't open the door! - Cinema Club. *Peta
All right, we're ready. *Gatan
Ah--- Nobuko! Be quiet! We're starting! Hey, stop touching my ass. Nakamura, give me back my money! I gotta piss, I gotta piss. It reeks in here!
*kata kata
*kata kata
Page 97 Documentary High School Students, [Mi]numa High Cinema Studies Club Presents *Pa- Man, it looks just like something by the cinema studies club. Don't push, don't push. I told you to stop touchin' my ass!
T-This is! Shit's really gonna hit the fan now!
*Da- They're in the auditorium on the third floor!
Are we gonna make it?
Iya! Kyah! Ah... What is this!? Hey! Stop this right now! What are you trying to do!? In session! Documentary "High School Students" Screening Room Cinema Studies Club
Page 98 Kya- *Gara- A-amazing
Uh- Er- Um- *gata-
... It seems,
that if you were in such a rush...
then it looks like it wasn't on purpose, huh?
But really, you call that a scenario!? It was completely unacceptable!
Hmph.
https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/16049Translation: Short Piece Oneshot : School-boy on good time2009-09-13T00:13:18+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comKore tte seishun no yatsu da yo ne
School-boy on good time
Page 51 泉 ピン子 Izumi Pinko 島田 陽子 Shimada Youko 松本 ちえ子 Matsumoto Chieko 長山 藍子 Nagayama Aiko 木之内緑 Kinouchi Midori 森 昌子 Mori Masako 岡田 奈々 Okada Nana 片桐 夕子 Katagiri Yuuko 三田 佳子 Mita Yoshiko 浜 美枝 Hama Mie 高橋 洋子 Takahashi Youko 小山 明子 Koyama Akiko 桜田 涼子 Sakurada Ryouko 酒井 ゆきえ Sakai Yukie 新珠三千代 Aratama Michiyo アグネスちゃん Agnes-chan 山口 百恵 Yamaguchi Momoe [These are all actresses, we can see Otomo's film influences here]
Page 52 Hmmmm...
Yup, it looks like her, you got her eyes down pat. Wah!
W-who said you could look!? [Don't look!] Ah, I'm sorry.
Page 53 Hey, what's going on?
Nothing, Kawaguchi-kun was just showing me his "flower."
You guys are done with your extracurricular classes?
Idiot, why the hell would we go to those? [I was talkin' 'bout] Your lectures on the rooftop? Wow, that's horrible. [talking about her drawing]
Page 54 Does it really smell that much? It reeks.
We'll do it at my place today, so bring some [drinking] snacks. Oh, I've got some whites left from last time, so I'll bring that. [dunno what kinda snack whites refer to here] *Sniff Sniff
Senpai, I'm comin' too-
Later See ya' Hey, make sure you bring somethin'.
[Reversed] Art [room] *Gatan
Jeez, it smells like cigarette butts. Those two are really making the art club look bad. [those two seem to be bringing down the art club's reputation]
And you wannabe cool-kids, since when did the art club become a hive of scum and villainy?
Page 55 Minuma Cultural Festival
You doing anything for the cultural festival?
Mmm, does it really matter? We're seniors already. Oh!
Hey, that was pretty nice... wasn't it? Huh? What was...? Oh, that girl? Man, who cares...
Man, whatever, it doesn't matter who it is, you find them all ugly. [It's better than being like you, no matter you look at, they appear ugly to you] Oh, that girl...
You know her? What year, what class? I do, but...
You don't wanna mess with her... She's a part time student named Torashima. You've heard about her brother, right?
Page 56 So, I can count on you... right?
Well, the junior girls have guidance counseling tomorrow so we'll be late.
Then, Kawaguchi-kun, how about you?
What? Me?
I think it's my turn to clean up the classroom tomorrow so... [I'm sure I've got weekly duties tomorrow so...] What do you mean? You've done this before haven't you?
See... it's all written down. And it's already been paid for, so just hand this to them.
I won't be around tomorrow so just leave it on my desk. The receipt too.
Page 57 Hey, you got any money? 2000 Yen.
Goodbye. Oh,
g-goodbye.
Kawaguchi! Hey! What are you doing, hurry up! Huh? Oh, yeah.
Good evening.
Guess who. Hey, we brought a little somethin' somethin'.
Page 58 See, that's what I mean.
The fact that you can say something like that means you're prejudice.
No, you've just got a prejudice toward me having a prejudice.
What the hell are you guys even talkin' about.
You know who Torashima Ryouko is?
What's this? Oh, you're talking about being prejudice against other people. Yeah, I know Torashima, she's in the class next door to mine.
I'm not really being prejudice here, but I haven't really hard anything good about her.
Hmm. Izumi Painting Supplies Drawing Paper Charcoal Thinner
Page 59 You know her brother's a yakuza? He's probably two years older than you two. Yakuza? Isn't he just part time? But I heard he joined, a little less than a year ago...
It seems like he's working at this bar called, "Risa," in one of the alleys by the station but... Well, maybe we shouldn't be talking about this.
Hey, what's this? Huh?
Something I got asked to pick up... for the teacher.
Hmm.
Oh yeah, this guy- Yoshimi said goodbye to him or something and, he like, toaaaaatly spaced out.
Okay, okay. What the hell are you talkin' about, stupid! That's what happened, you were like, "Duhhhhhh..." You know what they say, where there's smoke, there's fire. [There's no smoke if there's no fire]
Page 60 Members of [cultural] clubs can go first. Everyone else, carry your desks out to the halls.
I've got this killer hangover. Hey, you better not puke on me.
My stomach's turnin' loops. [my chest is feeling queasy] *Ka... Ka...
Hey-
Hey, you're here. Here, you drink up too. *Burp Huh?
Red Eel Drink?
Why do you have so many of these? *Kyu-
Page 61 You've got eight bottles to take care of.
Huh? There's no way I can finish that much.
Quit complaining. I've got 10.
What do think you're doing, boys? If you're drinking all those energy drinks how about helping a little?
Oh? What happened to guidance counciling? It finished.
All right then, why don't you...
Ah, no, we'll take care of it! Right, Kawaguchi? W-what?
Whoa! Amazing! What a masterpi- Oh wait, do I have it upside down?
Senpai! That's a bit too cruel, don't you think?! *Uwaaaaaan
It was just a joke, stupid... Jeez.
Izumi Painting Supplies Okay... Here we are... We clear on what we're doing? Crystal.
Page 63 This is something only you guys could've thought of. [As expected, this is something that only one year older guys think of] Whatever, hurry up and get in there.
Good day. *Gacha-
Welcome.
I'm here for the art club of Minuma highschool and... Yes, I've heard.
Drawing paper, charcoal, thinner, and india ink... correct?
...So the teacher said go buy another piece of coal and can of thinner. I told her it wouldn't enough... All right.
Page 64 Can you give me another receipt for the extras? I'll pay the cost now.
Sure. Charcoal and thinner, right?
*Grin
Senpai! I've finished washing all the bottles. Hide them over there and make sure they don't get found.
Kawaguchi Ryou "Flower" Heh
Go put it over there, along with the receipt. And then all that's left is to, "wait till it's dark," right?
Page 65 Oh, it's me. Is my mom... Okay, then please tell her I'm going to be staying at the club room tonight.
All right, I'm done here. Sorry. *Gacha-
Don't spill any. *Toku Toku
Finished? Yeah, just now... my head's spinning like crazy. *Gara-
All right, let's go.
We filled 'em all up one after another, I almost feel like knocking one down. I think you're just feeling dizzy.
Senpai! Let's open the windows, it reeks in here. Good idea, go open one.
Page 66
Stand Bar White Rope -pori
Hello Welcome, it's been so long since I've seen you. Risa
Tora-chan someone's here for you. Huh?
Who is it? Ryouko?
Ah, Torashima-san, It's me, sorry.
Just you, huh? What do you want? Yeah, actually...
Red Eel Drink
Page 67 What? You selling? [What? Anpan? [Anpan must be 70s slang for something? Or maybe people just hawk red bean bread on the streets in japan]] Just 500 yen, cheap, don't you think?
Haven't seen you around here before.
Four people? Yeah, four people. Looked like they were high school students...
... So, what were they up to?
They went into a cafe.
This sucks. Just five bottles. We can't even make break even. Hmm, I wonder if we put enough in it. [Hmm I wonder if the supply [ref to amount of thinner per bottle most likely] was enough]
Page 68 Bring them to me.
Hey kiddies, you mind if I borrow a bit of your time? Ah, you're that guy from before.
How about it?
Thank you. I guarantee you we'll pay you a good price.
Here we are.
It's Torashima. That's him? I brought 'em, Torashima-san.
Page 69 Give them here.
Give what?
Don't fuck with me! This right here!
You're the only ones in on this, right?
AH! *Gacha-
Let me teach you kids a little respect. [greeting] Don't worry, it'll be light...
*Gya- *Auu
Page 70 To~ra-chan. No, we can't, my brother's...
Mmn, mmn!
Hey, stop that, don't you know where we are?
Ryouko, sorry to keep you waiting... huh? Ah-
What are you doing? Who is that? Uh, well, later. Hey, wait, say hello to my broth...
*Pan Brother, this isn't... Kyah! Shut up, idiot!!
What the hell were you doing! You're still just a kid! It was just a kiss! I'm not a kid! I'm an adult! I'm a woman! I can do...
Page 71 You can do what? Say it. Come on! SAY IT!
Who was that guy...? Who knows. My jaw's still rattlin'.
*Bashi-
We're leaving. [going]
Page 72 Let's go, you can get up now, can't ya?
Owwwww, Son of a bitch!! He kicked me pretty damn hard.
Minuma Highschool Cultural Festival
Class 2-3's Bazaar
Art club
Page 73 What's on your mind... that girl again? *Su-
I guess everything about Torashima Ryouko ended up being true. *Ha-
*Fuu [letting out his smoke]
Senpai- Hey, so you're still alive.
Senpai, have you seen Kawaguchi's drawing?
The flower? The same as everyone else's isn't it?
What! It's a picture of Yoshimi! Second Year Kawaguchi Ryou "Flower" Ahahaha, it says she's Kawaguchi's "flower."
That idiot put it up there himself. Really?
Page 74 Where the heck is everyone? [Nobody's even here]
Hahaha, he really did it.
*Shu-
Second Year Kawaguchi Ryou "Flower"
Hey-! Who's that up there on the roof smoking-!? Hm?
It's me, Kawaguchi Ryou from class 2-3 [motha fuckaaaaaa]!
School-boy on good time: end
https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/15987Translation: Short Piece Oneshot : 'Round About Midnight2009-09-10T12:09:35+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comOtomo Mahjong Mango Madness Shout outs to Rafe for helping me understand what the hell's going on.
'Round About Midnight
Page 27 'Round About Midnight
Page 28 I guess it's... around 9:30 now...
It's 9:40 huh...
*Gacha-
*Gacha-
Page 29 The room at the end, huh?
*Gacha-
How's it look? Anyone around?
Yeah, the light's on in the room at the end at the bottom.
What? Isn't there supposed to be no one around on Saturdays?
Page 30 Don't worry about it, it's the room down there all the way at the end.
Well, as long as we're quiet about it.
Who is it...? Oosawa...?
Heya
Yo! Everyone's already here, huh. *Gacha-
How is it today? Nobody around in the apartments, right?
The guy downstairs goes to bed pretty early, but the dude to the right of us might be coming home pretty late.
Page 31 But I don't think there'll be much of a problem.
Then it's about time,
we get started.
Shigemasa, get it out...
Here we go~
*Ban
Ready...? Hurry up!
*Tan
Waa-! The tiles, the tiles! Hey~ No~ It's mine! My mahjong! It's been a whole week~ I've missed you so much!
Page 32 Now then... [The table cloth is now mahjong themed and not star/planets themed ala first oneshot]
Hey, hurry up and discard something already... Mmmnnn
Are you really that desparate...
for me to call riichi?! Riichi! [calling riichi means you discard everything except the tile you are waiting on]
Page 33 Shit
All right, It's a kanchan. I'm in tenpai now... [kanchan: some hand, tenpai: 1 tile away from winning] Should I call riichi, or should I... *Kachi Kachi
That damn Oosawa... He's probably already in tenpai even though I'm still in Iishanten. [Iishanten, idk, probably some state that's not as close to winning as tenpai]
Maaaan, why's my luck so bad with tsumos. [tsumo, your draw, winning by draw]
What's he talking about...
Oh ho, here's a dora. [Dora, indicator for bonus hands or somethin']
Iinpin... Iinpin... Let it be an iinpin. [pinzu, a tile type, Iinpin = 1 pinzu] *Shuba-
Ain't much of a hand so it'd be better if I just played it safe.
Hmph
Damn, I'm not drawin' anything good... *Kachin
Page 34 He cut his tsumo again, could he be in... tenpai?
Is Konno waiting on a pinzu? [circle tile] What wrong? Aren't you pretty close?
Damn.
That look in his eyes... I guess he must not be in tenpai yet...
What the heck were you thinking calling that riichi. Mmmmnn.
Well, I think this'll probably pass.
Ehehheh~ ro~n! Tooooo baaaaad.
Penalty, penalty! Time for the tally. You know, I was just thinking about giving up on it...
Page 35 I'm starving, let's get something to eat.
The one in last should go out and buy it... right? Obviously.
That's fascist. Let's do it democratically. With rock, paper, and scissors.
Who's in favor of Shuuji going out to buy it? *Hai Hai [me me]*Hachi
I believe that those kinds of conduct that ignore the opinions of the minority is clearly a misrepresentation of democracy.
Therefore, I suggest we determine it fairly using rock-paper-scissors.
*Pon [shoot of the rock paper scissors shoot!]
Hey kid-democracy, hurry up and go get it.
... But... This sucks... Ah- Yeah!
Page 36 Who's deepest in the hole...? *pachin
Mmnn, it's Shuuji with minus 40.
Didn't I ask you for smokes too... Hey, that's mine -slurp- give it back -slurp-
That's gross man, how about talking after you finish eating, jeesh. Sure -slurp-
Whoa, seriously? I'm in tenpai for suuankou.
A nine-man tanki wait... not one of them have been discarded yet. [tanki = a wait on a pair]
Page 37 Ah-
*Nine-man Nine-man Nine-man *Bu-
S-sorry bout that, it got stuck in my throat... Ah- man, that is so gross, you asshole!!
*hahahaha sorry sorry What a jam, he's got the other three nine-man tiles... guess I won't be seeing one anytime soon.
So that's what Shuuji's waiting on... if I don't change my hand... It's cause you were eatin' too fast. *hahahahah...
Dammit, I'm not gettin' jack. *Bashi-
Okay, I'll start changing my hand. How about this one? *Bashi-
I win~! Wha-
You were waiting on a nine-man? That's why I was thinking about changing my wait, but I lucked out...
Page 38 Shigemasa, I heard you got a girlfriend. *Cha-
Ah! Penalty! Penalty! You've got to pay a mangan! [8000 points, if dealer 12000] Shut up, your face is a penalty. [penalty-jerk]
Ah, you've got lipstick on you...
Oh, my bad, it was just my snot. That's weird, when did that get there.
Ahhahaha, gross~, jeez man, hahaha What the hell are goin' on about. I'm not gonna forget 'bout that suuankou.
Come on, [kawaii~] Aki-chan, gimme a five~ [I guess Aki-chan is his girlfriend they're talking about] I'll take a 13 please~ Mmm and I'll take it in the ass~ [again he's pretending to be a girl or gay or w/e] *Chara Chara
Page 39 It's all souzu tiles. You piled 'em all up, didn't you, punk-ass Shuuji. [souzu, bamboo tiles]
I got dealt a horrible hand. So the dora is... *Katan
That idiot messed his own dealing up, hahaha.
Whenever Oosawa starts fixing his hat it means he's got somethin'. [there's something to be careful about]
Whenever Konno gets quiet it usually means his hand is pretty bad.
Man my stomach feels like ass, maybe I shouldn't have drank that milk a second ago. [my ass is all blocked up lol]
That the north tile? Pon. [kita, north, calling pairs or w/e off others discarded tiles]
This is what I think of your pon! [Whaaaat, so I dealt you a pon?] *Buu- [fart]
Calling a pon on the north tile? What could that bastard Oosawa be making?
Page 40 Man, this... stinks...
Hm?
It stinks! This is all you, isn't it, Shuuji! Shut up, you gotta be jokin'. *Shu- Shu- Ughh, this is unbearable~ open the window! *Ge- Geho- Geho- [cough cough cough]
What the hell did you have for dinner? Wheeeeehooo
*So-
*Chira-
*Doki- Ron! Ron!! *Dododododo
I knew that was gonna happen even though I waited till everyone was distracted.
Page 41 All together that's, toitoi, doradora, guess that's a hane.
Ah~ it stinks, it's gettin' in my eyes, christ.
God dammit, I'm never gonna treat Oosawa to a beer again.
*Pachin
Ba- Ba- Ba- Ba-Ba It's Kozue's Late late late late night hour
To all you lovers of Saturday night...
*Kacha- Kacha
Riichi.
Page 42 Riichi? Oh, you're still here? I completely forgot you even existed since you haven't done anything. What? Are you stupid...?
Hmph, say whatever you want.
With the reverse dora... it'll be a mangan, hehehe.
Oosawa, give up! If you don't I'm gonna make you pay me back all the money you owe me.
Shigemasa doesn't have the brains to feint with his discarded tiles so...
Shuuji! Just give up already! I'm not gonna forget about that suuankou!
This should pass... *Kachin
*Patan
Grr... Sunnova bitch...
Hey, congratulations, you looked pretty cool there. *pon
Shut up! Do the points! Go count up your own points or somethin'! *Ba-
The next song's a request from mister... 30... four, five, six thousand... Here's Baabu Satake with, "A woman's heart!"
Who's on top...?
Shigemasa's on top with plus 24. *Ni- [Grin]
Next is Oosawa, with plus 17. I'm losing to this idiot?
Next is Kon-chan with minus 10. Oosawa you bastard, God dammit. I'll remember that Haneman.
And whoever else with minus 31.
Come on, next round.
Shuuji's gettin' all fired up...
East... east, where's the chuu, the chuu... [ugh dunno what I should do about these tile names] Ah- That punk Konno took the chuu...
Page 44 *tsumo
Shit! *Ban
Your wall [mountain] is all word tiles for some reason, huh?
What are you tryin' to say? Nothin'.
Oh, pon on that.
Man, I can see everything you're tryin' to do.
Riichi!
I hate quick shooters, they're all speed and no substance. Hmph.
White... it's gonna be a white... This one's...
Page 45 Yes! White! A high one shot tsumo! [ippatsu tsumo, tsumo on the next turn after you call riichi]
Oh, sorry, that's a pon. Again...?
That last tile that got discarded.
What are you talkin' about? You're too late, I already tsumo'd.
I couldn't see it because your hand was in the way.
Just let him call the pon.
Don't be ridiculous! I already tsumo'd!
I'm layin' it down. *Patan
Ah-! That's dirty-! [cheap, whatev]
Page 46 Yeah right, what's wrong with winning after I call a tsumo?
It's cheap cause you were losing, don't eve pretend! I already won...
Riichi, one shot tsumo, dora three, it's a hane man.
You can't do that, man, give it back to him. six thousand... three thousand...?
*Bara *Ba- I'm not gonna put up with this kinda mahjong!!
Ahh- That was dirty, you punk!!
Who's dirty, idiot!?
Waaaa~ God dammitttttt
Page 47 Hey, keep it down, it's the middle of the night.
It's his fault. Not mine. Ah- I wasn't even trying' to make a fuss about it.
Don't _push_ me. Ah-
I didn't push you! [Who pushed you!?] Ah Ah-
Aah- that's the hat my girlfriend...
What're you "Aah~"in' about... the ugly bitch.
Shut up~! *Pe- Ah-
Aah~ the leather jacket I worked 3 months to buy...
Ugly bitch Piece o' trash jacket [cheap]
Page 48 Ugly bitch Piece o' trash jacket [cheap] You only spent like a thousand and 50 yen on that, jeez. Stop it, you idiots, the book case is gonna fall over.
*Don Don Open up! What do you think you're doing! Open up!
Ah-
Now we're not gonna be able to play [mahjong] here [in this apartment] either. How do you like that!? Yo-yo~ Yookoooooo *Gue- Gue-
You must be out of your minds! What time do you think it is in the middle of night!? I-I-I'm really sorry.
Ugly bitch Piece o' trash jacket [cheap]
Page 49 Hahaha, for real?
I didn't think the reverse dora was really gonna appear there...
Aaaah I'm tired. *Yawn
I'm hungry.
Let's get somethin' to eat... How about the ramen place at the station.
No way~! Though I ended up winnin'. I'm tellin' you, I was on a tanki wait for a suuankou.
But man, it really stank~ Shut up about that already. Where are we gonna play next week?
'Round About Midnight: End.https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/15963Translation: Short Piece Oneshot : Space Patrol Shigema2009-09-09T08:49:32+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comMore Otomo Wackiness
Space Patrol Shigema
Page 3 Space Patrol Shigema
Page 4 Shuuji! Hm?
Yo! Oh! Konno!
You just get off that last train? Yeah, you too?
Oh, you bought some. Yeah...
I swiped some yakitori from my job.
Page 5 Those guys are late... I'm sure I told 'em 9 o'clock.
You know what time it is around now? I don't know, probably around 9:30.
Maaaaan, what a sad new years party. [lonely/desolate new years party]
Ugh, this is all we've got left.
*Kon Kon [knock]
Oh- they're here!
You guys are late, we were getting desperate about the alcohol. [we were getting worried about the alcohol] What'd you get? A bottle of Nekomasamune's finest. Whoa!
Page 6 You guys want it chilled or warmed?
You think we'd want it chilled after walking here in the cold?
Come to daddy! I've been waiting for you.
*Kata Kata
The alcohol is probably about ready.
Can you believe it? We're gonna be 23 this year. [:-(]
Yeah, I know, I know. Then, I mean, why haven't you got yourself a girlfriend? Women again...?
Page 7 I've just got an innate hatred for women.
And I've got an innate love for them. Oh, you dog, you're making me blush. [he's immitating a woman here]
But, women sure are hard to understand, you're gonna end up like Oosawa.
So, I heard you had your heart broken~
Waa- Cheers!! *Kachi-
I'm trying to deal with it... but it's just so tough, man.
Taekooooooooo!
What the hell was that!? Ahhahaha hahhahaha. Man, that's hilarious. Once he starts cryin' it's over.
Page 8 Hey, shut the window, it's cold... Ah, sorry.
Ain't got no booze left. Yup.
You know, it's gonna be pretty boring if this is all we're gonna do. Don't you guys wanna do something?
Like...?
Like, why don't we share some secrets about ourselves that we've never told anyone else before.
You've got some bad taste.
I'm down for it, but are the rest of you gonna talk? Well, I'm all liquored up, and I've got nothing to hide. Though I'm pretty boring...
Page 9 If you're really gonna talk, then I guess I'll play along.
All right then, Oosawa, you go first.
You've probably got the most interesting thing to reveal.
I don't know... are you guys really going to talk too...?
Stop stalling! Hurry up!
Okay... you guys might not believe me but...
I'm... actually from the planet Venus. [a Venetian]
Hey, this is the truth! I'm for real! Ah man, I knew this was gonna happen. So, then, you're a Martian, and I'm... from Mercury.
Page 10 Huh? Since when did you go from being a heart broken chump to being from Venus?
Hey, this is 'cause you guys were tellin' me to talk. You guys don't believe me? *Don
Man, and here I thought we were gonna have a serious conversation. Seriously, Venus?
What? What's wrong?
Ah!
Oosawa...
Whoa! *Pakin
Page 11 What... what'd you just do... How 'bout it? Believe me now? That wasn't a trick or anything. *Pakin kachin Kan
Well, you guys are next.
Konno, say something! Um. *Kara Kara Kachin
To be honest... I'm also... er, I mean...
I'm from Mercury.
When the hell did this kinda joke become so popular. And you guys said I had bad taste.
That alcohol is cold, right? Hey, come on, enough with the cups already. [or, don't break another cup]
*Poko-
Ah jeez, that's hot! Konno, did you do that!?
Page 12 *Gobo-
And now that brings us too... Shuuji, it's your turn. *Kachi-
Everything you guys have said has been a bit fishy but... I guess I've got no choice
Shigemasa... this is what you call, bad taste.
... Shuuji, you...
Sorry guys, I'm a Martian... Hope it's not too big of a shock... [Have I completely shocked you?]
You're right, that is bad taste... wearing a mask under another mask...
Page 13 I'M A MARTIAN~ WOOOH- GO-- Ahhh!
You idiot! You tryin' to burn down the apartment or something!?
Most earthlings would consider it pretty grotesque but... There we go... *Zubo-
You guys probably all actually look like that too. *Go- Kasa- No way, I look way better than you.
Idiot, maybe with that face you got on now. Hahahaha, can you believe this guy, Shigemasa?
Oh yeah, Shigemasa... That's right, you're up next.
Page 14 You heard our secrets but you're not going to tell us yours? Yeah, what's going on?
Heh heh heh
What's going on? Is he laughing at your face, Shuuji? Dumbass, what are you talking about?
Ahahhahaha hahhahaha
Don't be shocked when you hear my secret! *Gata
Ready? *Gara
Page 15 Dosa-
Mmn-
*Ji-ppa
Oops!
What? So you're gay? Whoa, stop that, jerk!
So he's a flaming homo. [A gay boy] Now that's truly bad taste. Shut up, I'm...
I'm placing all you guys under arrest. How do you like that?
Ah, I've got it backwards.
Page 16 Has it gotten smaller?
And the helmet... and here's the belt...
Helmet? ... Belt? ...
Name's Shigema from space patrol! Earth subdivision, Milky way department! I knew it...
My mission is to capture alien scum like you.
Hey, you'll catch a cold in that skin tight outfit. Were those clothes expensive... Made in the USA? Man, you don't even have any space shoes. [You're barefoot] Shut up! All of you!
Page 17 Hey, where the heck are we going this early in the morning. Aren't you freezing like that? Ughhh brrrrr-
*Gacha Gacha Ughhh I-I-I ain't c-c-cold.
What's with this gun, it doesn't even shoot. *Pu-n Pu-n
Don't touch that. It's not charged up.
Hey, I heard that the girls 'round here get harrassed sometimes. [girls get pranked/teased] That's got to be the work of an alien. This is a LA-SER-GUN!
He probably uses it as a vibrator too. Shut up! I'm taking you guys over to the ship. [flying saucer] The ship?
Page 18 He~y, come on, hurry up.
Take a look, those guys down there are still starin' at us. Shit... this is embarrassing.
Lend me some money for the train, I forgot my wallet. I think I left it back there... Man, don't talk to me!
Everyone's starin' at Shigemasa. They're starin' at us too. Wouldya look at that.
This ticket won't come out! This God damn ticket! Sunnova bitch! Don't underestimate me! Man, I think it'd be less embarrassing if he were actually drunk. [It'd be better if he were drunk] *Ban Doka- Doka- Ban Ban
Page 19 *Ha-
Hey, where the hell are we goin'? Huh?
I gotta take you guys down to the space patrol HQ, obviously.
Is that around Hachiouji? Ahahaha, you guys all having fun? [you guys find us interesting?] Hahaha Yeah!
These guys are headed to Andromeda. Are you retarded? Hey hey. Andromeda...
You guys don't have a branch down 'round Shibuya?
These guys are pretty interesting, aren't they? But they're all bad space aliens. Retard! Hey, be a good kid and run along. [go over there] Oh! Aliens!
Page 20 Shigemasa! You came all the way out here...!?
Well it's not like I could just leave my ship at a parking lot.
Hm? I left mine at a school...
Excuse me, are you filming something for TV...? For the kids?
Uhh, yeah... it's a new program called "Space Patrol Shigema"... Oh, I thought so... that's what it looked like.
Hey, where's your mom?
I'm here by myself... but, are you guys really aliens?
Page 21 No-no-no, no way, that's just a joke. You know, a joke!
But that guy says you're an alien. Shut up! What do you mean, a school!?
Wait a second. Hey, we're here.
All right, let's hurry up.
Here we are.
It's cooooooold~ *Biya-kusho-n [sneeze]
That kid followed us out here.
Page 22 Hey kid, go home~!
*Waa- Enbann! [Nonsense]
Man, you wouldn't want your parents to see you like that.
He's calling his space ship, isn't he...
*U-mu
*Gobo Gobo
Page 23
*Za za za za
He did it.
Heh heh...
Page 24 Aha Ahaha
Heheheh hahaha
Ahahahahaha Maaaan, whatta helluva new years party. Yeah, it's been pretty interesting.
It really was interesting, wasn't it? You idiot, what are you talkin' about. Yeah, you were the most interestin' one.
Page 25 *Ahahahahaha ha-ha-ha-ha-ha- haha
I knew it... Aliens really do exist!
https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/15942Translation: Kaze no Ou Oneshot : Kaze No Ou2009-09-08T09:03:15+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comHave some Mohiro Mecha Macross-esque Music Manga Minus Moeblobs
Kaze no Ou
Page 1 On that day, I encountered a legend.
Supreme one shot, center color 37p The King of the Wind From "Bokurano," and "His Murder Scheme" creator, Kitoh Mohiro
Page 2 A village shrouded in the sounds of a pipe-organ. Nothing has threatened their peaceful rest, until now...
In the night, the notes of the pipe-organ, blended with the whispers of the wind that enveloped the city, can be heard.
Rising and falling, [or, the highs and the lows] twittering and bellowing, the beautiful chords.
In the workshop by the entrance of the road to the village the old man is tuning the pipe-organ. The notes of a melody that beckon us toward a peaceful night: a lullaby for the village.
Page 3 But the children did not share this sentiment. To them, those notes were the voice of the king of the wind.
The sonorous battle cry that would play when the king of the wind fought.
The one who protected this village. The King of the Wind.
Page 4 Hmmm. You're unexpectedly childish, Mareo.
But someone had to have fought them off, right? What lie nearby the roads to the village was an [iron] armored soldier abandoned by a group of raiding crusaders.
Page 5 Do you believe in it?
When I was still a babe, the crusaders had attacked the village.
Nobody knows who drove them off. It's said that the pillagers fled that night. Ever since, this rusted armored soldier has stood as a symbol of peace [nonaggression] for this village.
Page 6 Hey, gramps! [not actually his grampa obviously]
You were at it again last night, huh? Oh, was it too loud?
Page 7 Not at all. I don't sleep that well if I can't hear those notes.
This old man, [gramps] is a pipe-organ craftsman. 20 years ago he came to this village from somewhere and built a pipe-organ for the church.
After that, he's been living in this village while helping out as a smithy.
Mareo, could you give the new pipe-organ a play though? Sure
Page 8 Page 9 He always gives such an amazing performance.
I was talking about the performance!! That's all!!
It wasn't that great. Eh!?
Page 10 Oh, I was talking about the pipe-organ.
But that's not true, right? Mareo?
Yeah, but if gramps says so...
But no matter how it sounds, grampa never stops tuning it. He could take his time and ease up on it a bit more.
But then we wouldn't be able to hear the lullaby at night. Father.
Page 11 I... I see.
It's something that only the maker would understand. Wouldn't it be for the best to let him do it until he is satisfied?
Then how about letting Mareo take care of the performance at night?
If we do that, then grampa will be able to listen to the lullaby, and I'll sleep soundly too.
But, I have no right to hear such thing.
Page 12 What's going on?
The neighboring village was attacked by the crusaders. Three people died.
And they took two young girls with them. Hey! That's not something you should be telling children about.
Page 13 In exchange for a guarantee of safety for villages under its control, the raiding crusaders demand a tribute in money and slaves.
If a village refuses, then they would be in danger of being raided without warning. [with no room to negotiate]
Can't we go see the government officials at the capital and have them do something about it...? If something like that did anything then other villages would be doing that.
After all, there have even been rumors that the machines they use were created with the government.
This village hasn't been targeted for more than 10 years. Everyone has forgotten how to fight. That's not true, we can fight. What about weapons then? They've become scrap iron rotting in your barns.
Page 14
One of the scouts of the crusaders was spotted around the entrance of the village roads!
They're aiming to make an example out of this village. [They're intensively targeting this village]
This village hasn't been raided in a long time. To them it must be like fruit waiting to be plucked. [Like a garden of treasure]
And they've got a grudge against us. Have I done something that I shouldn't have? [Did I do something unnecessary]
Page 15 Don't be ridiculous. The fact that we can even be standing here worrying about something like that is thanks to you.
The things that happened when you appeared in this village with that wayward look on your face, I haven't forgotten about them.
This is, [This village] a nice village. [is a nice village]
Even if the people of the village may not be aware of it, over the last 20 years, you've protected this village a countless number of times. It's time that you've been absolved of your sins already.
Is that your way, of telling me I'm getting old? That's not it at all.
A normal person wouldn't be able to handle that device of mine.
Page 16 There is, one person.
He's still a child.
Even children have things they want to protect.
I'm going to go tune the device.
Page 17 The whole village is in a frenzy.
Notes rang out from the old man's workshop.
Now's not the time for music! [Organs at a time like now!?]
The music [notes], has stopped...
Page 18
What's wrong, Fii?
Grampa has-!
You fell, and hurt yourself?
Page 19 I guess this means, I have gotten old. Otherwise I wouldn't have slipped and fell on the scaffolding.
Something like that could happen to anyone if they weren't being careful. *batan
How is he?
It's not looking good. To be honest, I'm not sure if he'll last. How could that be?
The excessive amount of old wounds he's incurred up 'till now have...
Page 20 What a pathetic sight I must be, [What a pathetic sight I've shown you] at such a important time like this.
Don't worry about that. You just stay here and rest.
[It'll be okay] 'cause I'll be fighting too.
I'll protect you and Fii.
Where are you going, Mareo? Everyone's getting read to fight.
Mareo, wait!!
Page 21 What do you think you're doing!?
You shouldn't be moving around! But there's nobody who can move it besides me...
Page 22 I have something, I need to talk to you about.
You've heard the rumors, about the king of the wind, haven't you?
Yes, and?
Page 23 This is gramps' work shop. I've never been back here before.
This is...
Page 24 This is... the king of the wind.
Page 25 This is the pilot's seat. It's cramped so be careful.
Gramps, this... That's right, it's the same as the organ in the church.
Air is sent into the cylinders by the engine and it compresses the springs. And that's when they're ready for action.
The keys release the valves on each of these cylinders. It's operated through the power of the springs of the cylinders that have their valves released.
When the air is released from this valve...
*Kyu-
Page 26 You can hear a note. [A note is played/playing] *Fooo Gashuu
There are 400 cylinders in this one. On the 187 keys, there are five stops. [stop valves maybe?]
The problem lies in what you have to play to get it to move the way you want...
I'll be fine. I've listened to the lullaby that you've played ever since I was born.
Page 27 *Faaaau Gashu The armored soldiers that the crusaders use, are driven by the enormous gears that they're made with,
so they're heavy and slow. Because of that the patterns of their movement are limited.
In exchange for how difficult it is to operate, the king of the wind doesn't possess any of those weaknesses.
As long as 4 passages of the the air valves exist, you'll be able to use it. Also, you must pay attention to the amount of compressed air left inside the wind box.
Its head... It's just a front made using casted metal. A charm like that was something that was necessary.
As long as its fighting head on, the king of the wind is invincible.
Page 28 *Fa Fa Pi Po- Fa Fa *Dosu Dosu
But why did you keep it hidden? If the existance of something like this became wide spread, it would not end well. Only a certain few people know about the king of the wind in the village.
Also, it's more intimidating to enemies if it's true form is not known.
Page 29 You mustn't tell anyone about it. Not even Fii.
Listen, please never tell the children... that I was once a member of the raiders.
Page 30 I see, so this it how it sounds to the village.
The notes... are changing...
Has he come in contact with the crusaders?
Page 31 The chain's been expanded. Has he been surrounded by foot soldiers?
Rotate it's circular chest.
What is he doing?
He's got it. Good.
He's pulled back the side chest 4 times in a row?
The notes are getting chaotic. [disarranged, confused]
This is not good. He'll be over powered.
Page 32 Now scoop him up with your arms. Can you do it?
You've got him...
That's good. You've got him.
The notes are clearing up.
An unfaltering tone. I've got nothing to worry about.
Page 33 Scooping him up with your right arm while rotating the chest. Well done. Rotating it's waist while walking? Were you protecting the engine? Amazing, you're already capable of that.
What a beautiful melody.
So this is, the lullaby.
Page 34 Father, [hey]
that child is truly gifted at playing the organ, isn't he.
I'm going to, sleep for a bit.
I never would've thought it'd come to this. Even though I never lost a single battle. Father... [hey]
Page 35 Is that grampa playing...?
No, the way it's being played,
Mareo's [Areo [sic]] playing the lullaby.
Page 36 Rising and falling, [or, the highs and the lows] twittering and bellowing,
Page 37
And bringing us a peaceful night. [So that a peaceful night comes]
The youth that makes the wind sing becomes a man. And so the legend continues. The King of the Wind - Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/15902Translation: Short Piece Oneshot : Nothing Will Be As It Was2009-09-07T09:57:13+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comQuick one, not ready for use yet, to be proofed.
Nothing Will Be As It Was 147 Nothing Will Be As It Was
152 Hey, what's wrong? You just gonna let me do whatever I want? [I'm rolling you around]
Huh? What's that? Stupid? A fool?
That's what you called me, right... Huh? Hey!
You don't remember...? ... You really need to stop lying all the time.
What else... a moron... an idiot... retard... pervert, and...
You even said shit about, me being a homo and a faggot!
Rot in hell.
153 Why don't you try explainin' yourself? [Why don't you try sayin' somethin?]
Always talkin' shit about other people...
You fuckin' asshole!
Say something! *Doka- Baki-
Hey, where do you think you're going!?
154 C'mon now, you gotta pull yourself together... you look like a wreck.
Here it comes...
Say hello to Satan for me! [Fuck you, drop dead, go to hell etc]
*Gan
*Doka-
Shit! Fucking SHIT! *Dosu Dosu
*Pant Pant Pant The world's better off... without a prick like you.
155 Assholes like you...
*bibibibi
*bibi- Whoa
*Dosa
*Pant pant
You scared me, you bastard!
... always fuckin' with me...
Hey!
HEY! This is all your fault, you hear me?
156 *Goto-...
Hey...
*Pant Pant T-that's what you get... heh heh heh [How do you like that]
I-I've got to do something... about... this body...
157 *Ha-
... Oh... it's morning...
I'm so sleepy...
AHH! [WA!]
158 *Pant Pant
Man, you look like crap. You scared the hell out of me.
Well, I did beat the hell out of you yesterday.
If I don't hurry up and deal with this...
... God dammit.
159 If you just... If you just... Shit
Shit, shit, _SHIT_
*Chi- Chi- Chi- Chi- Chi-
*Goshi Koshi
*Goshi Goshi Maybe I should use hydrocholric acid to get rid of him...
There's no where close by I could burn it... I guess I could just chop him up and toss him somewhere... Or give him cement boots and let him sleep with the fish... [Use cement and submerge him in the lake]
160 Here we go, a kitchen knife... a saw, and a cleaver.
*Gacha-
*Gacha Ah, Mr. Kirisaki, Huh!?
Someone called from your job. [You had a call from the store]
161 Oh, sorry about that. You haven't been down there for three days so I told them you were probably sick and sleeping it off...
You really don't look too well, are you going to be all right? [You face looks really green]
... Um, I'm just a little tired, that's all.
*Gacha-
Phew
That fucking bitch. [Shitty hag]
Heh heh heh...
I blew my entire savings on this.
162 *Gi-
*Kon Kon
*Dobo- Dobo-
*Kata-
*Gobo Gobo Jya-... *JyaJya-
163 *Batan
*Gacha-
Never would've imagined there was that much blood in a human body.
Guess that ought to be about it...
Yep, no more's coming out.
Here we go... you're pretty heavy...
Okay. Show time. [BIG O]
164 *Zaku-
*Ga- ga- ga-
*Gishi- Gishi-
*Pant Pant
Damn this is slippery. Jesus.
*Ki-ko- Ki-ko
165 Hmm
*Chew chew... *munch munch *crunch crunch
*Nga- [Gulp]
*Chew *Chew
*Cough Cough Hack Cough
166 *Pant Pant
I didn't think it was going to take this long.
It must be because of the fat and blood clotting...
But, If I don't hurry up and do this, it's going to start rotting.
167 *Doka Doka
*Do...
*Baki-
*Gorori [Roll]
*Pant pant *Pant
All right, almost, just one more leg left.
168 *Ton Ton Ton
What do you think...? Hmmm
I don't think he's any different...
But he's put on some weight and he looks better than before...
But you saw it didn't you? It was all over the ceiling in my room.
I had my friend at college look into it and he said it was human blood.
I see...
... Let's have a talk with the land lord before we call the cops.
169 *Kan Kan
*Juu Juu
I guess this should be enough.
Let's see what's for tonight.
Should I have chicken wings, or roasted thighs... Liver Sashimi Entrails Etc -> Stew Garlic Sautee Yakitori
Let's go with this. If I don't get sick of it... I'll be done in 2 weeks...
Well then... I guess I should top it off with an egg. [Use an egg to bind the food together, dunno the english word for this]
This energy, it's over 9000! [What's with this energy!?] This is bad! This is really bad! We got to get out of here!
*Gyoeeeeeeeeee
Page 220 Takuro-!
I- It...
It hurts~! I told you not to move!
Page 221 The Last Chapter: Goodbye
*Pu Gueeeeeee I- It stinks~!
Stay still!! *Dosu- If you're still alive, then of course it hurts!! Oof-
Page 222 Leaving me by myself so quickly... You deserve to suffer for a bit.
Idiot...
Hey, old lady,
Page 223 old lady,
*Su-
*Gu-
Page 224 Can you see me, old lady? I-I'm not an old lady!
... You...
Save Takuro-san, make sure he lives.
This is all your fault. Hurry up and disappear!
If I disappear, The Takuro-san of this world will be all alone.
This one won't be dying! You lost!
... Takuro-san, chose this world over reality.
He chose a fake over the real thing. He chose me over you.
Page 225 Poto-
It's my win.
I-it's not over yet! Come over here and fight it out! You're capable of that, aren't you!? *Domu- Domu- Domu- *Bofu- Bofu-
If I were in the real world, it still wouldn't be much of a competition. You're pitiful.
Excellent!! Come over here!! I'll take you on any time!
*Ui-n *Biku- *Kasha- Hey there.
Page 226 Doctor! [Old man Furi: Doctor] ... That's right.
There actually is a method, to bring her into the real world.
She's a virtual life form that was raised on a computer created from DNA by a man named Kanzaki. Her virtual DNA contains the same information as human genes.
The game company I used to work for, was originally focused on Bio-technology.
Using a copy of virtual DNA, they conducted an experiment to create life in the real world. Though from an ethical stand point, the creature wasn't exactly human. And I'm not really sure what really happened to that creature, but...
It's possible, for Tsukiko to be born into the real world. There's only one problem.
She needs a body to serve as her surrogate mother, in other words, she needs a female.
I don't know what kind of influence she'll have on the mother's body, and of course, Tsukiko's memories would disappear...
Do you... want to live?
Page 227 Do you want to die!? Or do you want to live!?
I want... to live...
I want to live... I want to live...
I want, to live.
Fine then. I'll give birth to you.
Page 228 In exchange, I'll raise you so you'll never fall in love with men like this. Deal?
Tha-nk Y-o-u...
But, I'll... definitely...
*Gyu-
Page 229 Ehara... Don't be so depressed, it's not your fault.
*Zuzu- Hey, don't cry.
The only thing we can do with animals that don't pull in a crowd is deal with them. [are dull, aren't interesting]
Nowadays, people can look at virtual wild animals in the, "Unreal."
It's even more realistic than a wild animal in a cage. It's so ironic...
Page 230 Reinhart-sama. Oni-chama. Hey, Reinhart.
He's sleeping... Let's leave him alone.
The extinction of mankind was narrowly avoided unbeknownst to the world. After that, it became clear that the accusations of terrorism related to Takuro were fake however, Because of the theft of the bike, and due to his long stay in the infirmary, he lost his job.
And so time passes on. The year 2030, Tokyo- The world has continued it's march of progress. *Pirorirorin Piroriropi
What? A lunch box!? [Bentou!? PINKU!?]
Page 231 *Uiiiiii- Why!? It's my birthday isn't it!?
I've already bought you some new clothes, and treated you to a nice lunch, isn't that enough? At least let me take it easy for the night.
Mom's a dummy. DUMMY. That's why she doesn'thave a man. Dummy~. Yup. You just got yourself 3 slaps in the face.
I'm sorry... Say it louder! I'M SORRY!
Stop biting your stuffed toy, it stinks of spit. If you keep acting like a baby, you'll never find a boyfriend.
I-it doesn't stink!! And it's not that I can't find one, it's that there aren't any good enough!
Page 231 I want one that's got a handsome face and fit body, who's good at sports, super smart, and has got a great personality! If he doesn't have them all, then I'm not interested. I'm not like you, mom, falling in love with all sorts of strange men while saying she's grown disillusioned of 'em.
That kind of make believe man, [man that stinks of lies] only exists in virtual reality.
Hmm, that's what it really seems like. My friends all have boyfriends in virtual reality, but you know~
I wanna find one in the real world. I'm definitely gonna find one.
Good.
Oh, this [lunchbox] shop should be fine. Sakamoto Lunchboxes Whaaaat? But it's all worn out!
Page 236 H-happy birthday. [Congratulations] Thank you, for being born. [Even if this sounds a little strange, I think this should not change]
... Thank you. The fingers touched then, were comfortingly[surely] warm.
Ressentiment - End -
Page 237 Ressentiment afterword Huh? Echigo?
It's been 1 year and two months since I started this serial, if you include the preperation period, it'd be 2 years. Looking back on it after having completing it, it feels like the whole thing happened in a flash. For some reason I can't bring myself to reread it. To put it bluntly, it was my first serial, and it made me realize my own shortcomings [lack of ability, made me realize just how much I still had to learn] I hope to make use of that knowledge in whatever I do next. But for the time being I hope to enjoy an imaginary vacation with my 7 imaginary girlfriends, and would like to refresh my heart and body. To all the staff that went along with my constant schedule changes, to my former manager, who even lent money to a sketchy guy like me (Please wait a bit more for it,) to my new manager whose personality changes every time I see him (Bloodtype: AB,) and finally, to the readers who came along for this, "story about useless bums, which includes the author himself," THANK YOU!! 2005. 2. 15 Hanazawa Kengo Currently 168 Cm, 31 Years Old, 73 Kg. I guess I'll be jobless, starting tomorrow, what am I gonna do...? *Fuu...
The second episode of the critically acclaimed serial Go, Mobuyama-sensei! The Last Chapter: Goodbye, Mobuyama-sensei Mobuyama-sensei it's been decided that you have to bring the story to an end. *Pyon Mohya!
And you're getting a new manager. Heya! But this is already the last chapter...
Sensei! We've just got one more panel left, let's make it a good one!! and now it's a 4-koma, mohya-!!
The End https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/15741Translation: Ressentiment 482009-09-02T02:28:40+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comRessentiment 48
I'm not talking to you, old lady! *Ban Ban Who the hell's an old lady? You're just a toy!
I'm not a toy, I'm alive! Let Takuro-san go! He probably doesn't even want to be with you! If you don't hurry up and come back, I'm going to destroy the real world!
He's happy as can be with me! [Double negative involving not wanting to be there] *Giri Giri
Nobody believes you! If you're so tough, why don't you put your money where your mouth is! [If you can do it, then why don't you show us. You think anyone would believe what you're saying!?]
Page 186 I'm telling you, I'll do it, I'm just one step away! *Gyahahaha- Don't bother.
Nobody ever believes it if you suddenly start talking about nuclear war. *Gyahahaha- I actually wanted to see the world in panic while you pitiful humans scream and cry, but having them realize it after they're already dead might be fun too.
What are you after? You'll end up dead like this too.
It's simple... the end of the human race, nothing more, nothing less. I don't know when my body's going to give out, get it? It's a battle to see who'll tap out first: me or the human race? [It's a contest to see if i'll be the first to kick the bucket, or if the human race will end first.]
Hey, stop butting in! Whoops, my bad. I'll be quiet so keep up the progress. [continue your work]
Fine! *Gui Let's make an exchange!
What?
I'll deposit more money than you could ever spend in your life time into your bank account. I'll pay whatever you want.
Page 187 Do we have an agreement? A-are you stupid!?
Takuro-san, you're just going to be unhappy for the rest of your life if you stay in the real world with a scary person like her.
In the real world, you're old and fat, and you're bald and gloomy, there's nothing redeeming about you at all! You're just useless! Hey, that might be true but- But if you come over here, you're young and your hair's all poofy. You're really cool! That's not really Takuro!
You were a billion times more energetic when you were over on this side. [healthy] Takuro-san, You can be happy if you come over to this side.
Page 188 I will, [can/will whatev, also DAW but for all the wrong reasons] make you happy!
Page 189 *Gya gya gya gya gya gya
*Don
*Shubaaaaaaa
*Booooo
*Bokon
Reinhart-sama, shall we rest for a bit?
No, I'm fine, let's head to the next spot.
Page 190 *Don-
*Papapapapapapa *Zudodododododo *Dadadadadadada Die! Die! Dammit, we're being pushed back!
*Gogogogogogogogogo
*Shu-
What? Outsiders!?
Everything taken care of here? Yes.
*Shu- Shu- Shu- Shu-
Let's go take a look at what's going on. *Buwaaaa
Page 191 *Kun Kun
Takuro-san...
*Gui-
Don't go. [You're not allowed to go, etc]
Page 192 How long are you gonna keep this up, I'm getting hungry, over here.
Huh, what's that?
This is bad, something troublesome has turned up.
Target confirmed Commencing attack.
Page 193 *Bibibibin
Mobu-san...
*Bashi- *Poka- *Bishi-
Oh? An American made virus? Can he beat 'em?
*Bibibibibibin
Page 194 *Mohya- *Poka-
I'm okay. *Mobu~ [Kengo Hanazawa could draw comics just based on cute factor too...]
*Shibibi- *Zuru- *Shibibi I'm fine...
T-Tsukiko-chan! What's wrong!!?
It's all right... Don't worry...
Mobu-san, let's run away. *Bibibibibi
Page 195 Huh? *petan
I can't move. [I'm too weak, I have no power]
All right!
She's been infected by the virus! The Japanese made MOB is strong.
If all goes well, 80% of the ballistic missle denfense systems will be under our control. You did it Mrs. President! The world is yours!
Tsukiko-chan, I'll be right there!! Doctor, lend me some gear so I can plug into the Unreal!! All right then.
Page 196 Takuro-san, not there! Huh, why?
I don't want that woman around... [I want to meet you where that woman isn't]
N- Nagao-san...
I'm sorry!!!
Page 197 *Shaka Shaka Shaka
Oh, man, I didn't think reality was gonna lose. Hey, sis', if you don't hurry up and chase after him, Moon's gonna turn Takuro into worm food. *Gyahahahaha
Miss, It might be hard to believe but, Tsukiko plans to kill Takuro so she can keep him trapped in virtual reality.
What are you going to do?
I'll kill him first. [I'll kill him]
Page 198
Takuro-san, climb up onto the rooftop of that building over there... Got it!! *Shaka Shaka Shaka
Tsukiko-chan, wait for me-!! *Da
*kan kan kan kan
*kan kan kan kan T-T... Tsukiko-chan!
*Buhi~ Buhi~ Buhi~
Tsukiko-chan's not here!? *Shibibin Shibin Gon
Page 199 Both of you do your best~!
HEY!!
WHERE THE HELL, IS TSUKIKO-CHAN!!?
Hey, hey, no need to get rough, "Moon" is taking shelter over there. The only one who can enter is you.
If you go, you won't be able to return to the real world. [To reality]
Hey, hey, you two sure are lively this afternoon~ *Gahahaha Huh?
Looky looky, If it isn't the terrorist who's wanted for questioning.
Must be my lucky day, here comes my 1 billion yen~ *Bikuu
T-that was just a fake report. Do you really think someone with such a stupid face could be a terrorist?
Page 169 I know, I know. But if you're out here enjoying yourselves, you'll get spotted right away.
Come over here. Do you know where my panties are? N-nope.
Alrighty then. Sit where ever you want.
Man, you really got yourself into a big mess... Takuro. How's Reinhart, Good? Wha- *Biku Who are you?
Hey, come on. How could you forget such a handsome face?
Page 170 Ah,
D-doctor-!? Oh, so you finally remember.
Who is this guy? Umm, I met him in the game. Usually people change their faces, but he looked the same as he does in reality.
I just don't understand those people who change their own apperances and shape. The guys who developed this system, some of them even changed their own personalities. If you go that far, aren't you a completely different person then? How sad it is.
Y-you're the creator of the game? Well, I'm one of them. I got chased out of the company, and this is what I'm up to now.
What exactly is going on right now? He was attacked by robots and almost died!
It's all "Moon's..." Tsukiko's doing. [power]
Page 171 All the computers that are connected to a modern network, make use of the Unreal Online System that we developed. *Kacha kacha kacha
The game, as you know, extends to communication systems, financial institutions, and even military installations. *ka ka ka ka ka ka
The entity that controls and manages those systems is the AI, "Noah." After it terminated the virtual version of "Kanzaki" it fell silent. "Noah's" other self, "Moon" can also control all these systems.
The traffic jam that's happening now, the misbehavior of the robots, even these wild Aibos here, though they're fine now since I've modded them. The TV jacks also happen to be part of it.
Then, what was the suspect's attitude when it came to work? Well, to put it bluntly, he really wasn't much help.
It's pretty hard to believe that idiot is a terrorist. Though he does look like he'd rape someone. [It looks like he'd cause sex crimes] That asshole... News A co-worker from the company that suspect, Sakamoto, worked at.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. If she felt like it, she could even arm the nukes... *ka ka ka ka ka ka
*Pa- We're way ahead of ya!! [That's exactly right!!]
Page 172 So you've finally shown yourself, Furhur Ehara. Are you the real one?
None other. I've got "Moon" next to me too.
So you're the one pulling the strings behind the curtain. What exactly are you planning?
Oh ho! That's obvious. A world wide revolution! In order to the defeat the imperialism of America the Virtual world must... Liar, you only desire destruction.
Kyaha- I guess I can't fool you, can I? [You saw through me? I guess so!]
Page 173 You got it. What I'm after is the destruction of the human race.
What the hell is he talking about!?
Hey, if it isn't the ham-legged loser. I'm jealous. Ack.
W-W- W-W-
Where is, Tsukiko-chan!?
Huh-? I don't know! Didn't you just say she was next to you? Get me Tsukiko-chan!!
Take a look.
Page 174 Right now, she's in the middle of concentrating so she can control all the nukes in the world. She looks like she's having a little trouble with America, so hold on for a sec. *Pachi Pai- Bi-
T- Tsukiko-chan!! *Pipi- *Bashi-
Page 175 Mrs. President! [or would it be Madam President?]
M-Mrs. President! We've got an emergency report from the department of Homeland Security. Please come with me immediately to the crisis center! I understand, I'll be right there.
I'm getting bored of the cigars already, Bill.
Yes... *Fowwww
Page 176 The ballistic missle defense systems of Russia, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia have all been,
knocked offline due to cyber terrorists. [made inoperable]
Furthermore, we've got a report that says the ballistic missles of those nations are all ready to fire!
Bump the Homeland Security Advisory System from yellow to red. Lil' late on that one. Ah, the third firewall has been penetrated. [3rd defense barrier] That's fast! You call this a hamburger? I told 'em to supersize me! And there aren't even any pickles.
It sure has become a real mess, Mrs. President. Even though it was peaceful as usual 15 minutes ago.
At this rate, within the next 45 minutes we'll be entering the third world war. If the human race goes extinct then we won't be able to eat anymore hamburgers.
Page 177 Mrs. President, could I have a word? What?
Right now, we're all trying to defend against the hacking, but isn't that the least of our problems? [is it really okay] If all we're doing is defending, we won't respond in time if another country launches a nuke.
But if the terrorists take over the system controls, then who knows what will happen. We can leave the return fire on the other countries to our nuclear subs. Though if we do that the states will be wiped out.
Ah, I found out where they're attacking from! [Their means of entry]
Oh, where? Let's take a look.
It's Japan
More percisely, it's coming from the Japanese game, "Unreal." A game!?
Page 178 It's the virtual enemy state that defeated our army in the military simulation, the Ninth Empire. We're in trouble now, even if we want to counter attack, that country doesn't even really exist.
Is our fate as humans, to be exterminated by beings that don't even exist...?
Huh? The cyber attacks have stopped. Yeah.
Eat this! I'm gonna infect them with my newest virus!! [Time for a counter attack]
Let's show 'em that the United States ain't no slouch when it comes to cyber technology!
Page 179 T-Tsukiko-chan!!
Page 180 Page 181 Draw your blades!!
Page 182 Come back here, Takuro-san. Ah damn, She woke up.
That's correct. Those bastards have finally made their move.
Currently, their troops are advancing into the demilitarized zone, the field of attachment. On Fantasia's side, they're creating an allied army in order to to hold them back, with the Astonia kingdom at it's center.
Though they have the advantage by numbers alone, regretfully, there are actually way too many guilds so they're not capable of systematic combat. Some small skirmishes have been occuring but they've lost all of them to the Ninth Empire.
Page 153 Lord Reinhart,
I've come as a represenative of the Astonia kingdom. We wish to borrow your strength.
We must combine the strength of the RPG guilds and the Gal-game guilds, and defeat the fuhrer of the Ninth Empire, Ehara. Ehara only desires destruction...
Under your lead as a magic user who has experieced the two great wars, we will be able to rally our cause! Fight with us, Lord Reinheart!
What's going on? Are you going somewhere?
King of Astonia, my stance on this matter has already been decided.
Page 154 This is the only world I have. For the sake of this world, and for the sake of these girls, I shall stake my life.
Lord Reinhart Wolf Gang Schnaufer, by order of the king of Astonia, you are now the head commander of the Fantasia allied army.
Karen, if you join me in this battle, you might die once again... Knowing that, can you still join me?
Of course.
Even if I lose my memory, will I still be able to live with you?
Payment Due Notice of Rent From the Landlord
Of course... We'll be together forever, Karen.
It's all that God damn Takuro's fault. I can't have sex cause I dont have my body suit!
Page 155 Jeez~ I finally got in. I ended up getting off the bus midway and walking the rest~
How many people are we at so far? About half.
Hey, the news is on.
Oh, this news caster is pretty cute. It's all CG. CG?
Computer graphics. I guess it's good enough for news casters. *ZaZa... The areas where the restoration of the traffic lights are delayed are...
Her face is changing. Must be some technical difficulties. This is the first time I've seen _her_... she's pretty cute.
This is a special announcement. Authorities have come to the conclusion that the sudden suspension of all traffic lights in the metropolitan area was an act of terrorism. The criminal responsible currently appears to be hiding within city limits.
Page 156 The suspect, a Sakamoto Takuro is currently wanted for questioning. Sakamoto Takuro was formerly a member of a guerrilla organization in the Middle East... ... For those who can provided us with important information leading to the apprehension of this criminal, NO WAY!! [For real!? I can't believe it!!]
the government is willing to pay a cash prize of 1 billion yen. 1 billion!? Whoa~
We hope that you'll all cooperate. T-Tsukiko-chan...
L-Let's just run away!!
Why do you still have your computer with you!? Get rid of it! But it'd be such a waste...
*Ui AGHH!!
Page 157 N-not the hair, please!! *Shaka Shaka Shaka
Ku Ku Ku... You're not gonna get anywhere taking your time like this. Let's just nuke 'em. No! There's no reason to kill people who've got nothing to do with this.
All we need to do is capture him. Takuro's DNA is the only thing I want.
If that's all we need, the special reality work squad of our army has already procured the garbage bags from the Sakamoto household. And wouldn't you know, they've found some jizz tissues in 'em. So we've already secured his DNA.
So now you can launch the nukes without worrying your little head too much, right?
If Takuro's still alive in the real world, then the one over here has to be a fake. You need to make the unreal world, the real thing.
Page 158
Why am I, wanted for questioning? *Shaka Shaka Shaka How the hell should I know!? Why don't you try asking that bitch!?
More importantly, have we lost those vacuum cleaners!? S-Some how. But they made off with a huge chunk of my hair... You're a man, aren't you!? Stop crying about it!!
Nagao-san, do you want to switch? I'm fine!!
I've already decided~ That I wasn't going to hold back anymore~ *haa haa haa [pant]
Page 159
I'll protect you even if it kills me! [I'll definitely protect you]
*Fuga Fuga You think I'm just gonna~
roll over dead and give up~ the man I like to someone else~?
Hey, are you even listening!? I-I'm listening~
Got it?
So,
Page 160
Don't leave me by myself!
*Zuru Wah!
Uwah! *Gasha-n Kya-!!
Hey, doesn't that look like the dude who's wanted for questioning? OW-! Nagao-san are you all right? Eh? You can find fatties like him all over the place.
Sorry. Is the computer all right?
I-I'll pedal.
Page 161 I said it was fine. You've got to hold onto the computer, right? *Haa Haa [Pant]
*Fu- Fu- Fu- G-G-G
Get the fuck outta here-!! [Fly away-!!] *Buon
Enough already!! Just ride behind me!!
Okay...
... What's that? Huh!?
Whoa!! *Gashon gashon
Page 162 H-Hey, *Shaka Shaka d-don't grab hold of my nipples. But they're the only thing I can hold onto.
Wait, it's me! Takuro-san, it's Tsukiko!
I-it's sort of anti-climactic, isn't it? [There's no feeling of tension] 'Cause it's ended up being so slow... W-where should we run, Nagao-san?
Hey, call me by my name. [Call me Maria]
M-M-M-M-M-M-M-Maria-san... Drop the -san!! M-M
Page 163 MARIA, COME WITH ME!!?
Takuro-san...
Yeah!
Whoa! *Ga-kun Kya-!?
Takuro-san, wait! Hey! Stop picking up the garbage! *Poi Poi
Page 164 T-There's never a dull moment with you. S-sorry...
*haa haa haa
*Buhi- Buhi- Buhi-
*Buhi!!
*Kacha Kacha
*Gu-
*Poi-
Page 165 *pa-
Mmnn,
Takuro-san is,
getting further away...
Page 166 I'm all alone...
*Kyahahahaha Whatcha gonna do, "Moon?"
Everyone... can rot in hell. [Everyone can go die]
Mmh Ah-
What the heck are they doing in the middle of the afternoon?
Takuro-san... where are you? I don't see you. Why haven't you come home, Takuro-san?
Takuro-san!! Y-yes!? *Sasa-
Page 137
Jeez, and I... was waiting for you with nothing on but an apron cause you like it so much.
T-
Tsukiko-chan, I... *gugu-
Takuro-san, I'm not mad, so hurry up and come back home, okay? <3 Let's have lots of sex. I'll do whatever you want me to do.
Tsukiko-chan... I...
I... I...
I- *Su-
Page 138 Sakamoto-kun, said he won't be coming back to you anymore~ What a shame~
Give me back, Takuro-san.
No thanks.
Give him back, you old hag.
Who the hell would give him back... to a bitchy brat like you. [A brat that smells like piss... .-.]
Page 139 If you want him that much~ *Gu *meki meki meki meki
then come and get him!!! *Bakya-
Hey, Sakamoto-kun. ... Yes?
What the hell was that just now!? Why was she on your cell phone! *Giri Giri Giri I-I don't know what's going on ei~ther, please stop pulling my hair~
What the hell were you doing back there. Why didn't you just break it off with her?
You piss me off so much!! Get out of here!
Page 140 *Awawa
*Uii-n Uii-n
Women are so scary...
Takuro-san...
Page 141 What are you going to do? She said to come and get him. *Ku- ku- ku- But you know that's impossible.
So all you have to do, is make one in this world. A "Sakamoto Takuro."
I can do that? It should be easy for you.
If you can get your hands on just a single hair on his head from the real world... then you'll be able to decode all of "Sakamoto Takuro's" genetic information and create virtual genes. And I've got plenty of friends who can help us out in the real world.
All you have to do is inject his genes into a virtual egg, and then let him mature. Well, we can stop the process before he turns out like this chump over here. Yeah...
However... his head will be completely empty like that. He won't have any memories.
Page 142 So all we have to do is install the memories of the time he spent together with you. He doesn't need any other memories than that. He doesn't have any other memories worth saving anyways.
He'll only have memories of the time he spent with you. He'll be a, "Sakamoto Takuro" just for you. [A Sakamoto Takuro just for you will be born]
Just... for me.
That's right. Just for you.
Page 143 And then,
if you delete the "Sakamoto Takuro" that exists in the real world. Then the newly made Sakamoto Takuro will become the real thing.
You should do as I say. If you do, you'll get him back.
Or would you rather have him stolen away by that woman.
... I understand.
... Good girl.
Page 144 Pachi- Huh!
Ouch....
How many kilometers did I walk. My muscles are so sore.
Page 145 *Pon Pon Pon
I don't even know what the situation is now... Did I get dumped by Nagao-san? If that's the case then I might as well get my computer back and make up with Tsukiko-chan... *Guuuu
No~! NO~! I can't be that indecisive about it~! *Bun Bun Bun
Then, what the hell should I do?
... Jeez, Why won't this light turn green...
*Kasha- Kasha- Kasha- Kasha-
Huh?
Page 146 *Kasha- Kasha- Kasha- Kasha-
W- Wild Aibos!!?
Shit! I'm so pissed at Sakamoto~ *Pachin
Page 147 And,
Why the hell is it so slow? What's going on!?
We now interrupt this program for an emergency traffic report.
Currently, all of the traffic lights in the city are red.
Please exercise caution while driving. If there are any police officers present, please follow their directions...
No way, I can't believe it...
*Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaa *Wan *Shaka Shaka
Page 148 Sakamoto-kun? *Purururururu
Oh, my cellphone's ringing. *pururururu
Good morning~
It's Tsukiko. Oh, your make up doesn't look too great. It must suck getting older~
Anyways, I'll be taking Takuro-san back.
Later. Bye bye!
That little bitch!! *Gyagyagyagyagyagya
Page 149 *Shaka Shaka Shaka *Wan wan wan
New orders received! confirmed! Now undoing the billboard!
*Buon
Watch out, Sakamoto, move!!! *Ga- Bakya-
Page 150 Nagao-san!?
Ahh, fine!!
*Gon
*Don
*Gya gya gya *Pi- tan Whoa!
What the hell are you doing!? Hurry up and get in!! ... O-okay...
Page 119 Chapter 43: Applause [The title of this chapter comes from the title of the song Nagao sings]
Page 120 Gyahha-!
Gyahahahaha *Gusu [Sniff]
I never expected this! I can't believe he's got a girl in the real world!
Hey now, don't cry, you've still got me. You wanna have sex or somethin'? I'm still a virgin though.
I said SHUT UP!! *Mugyu- Uwah She's pissed, she's pissed! Run away! [So scary] *Goro [Tumble]
Look at that. Those two are at it again.
*Mu-ka- [pissed off, annoyed]
Stop that, stupid-! Let go of Takuro-san! It's not fair, he's only kissed me once before! [He's only done this once for me] *Bun It's useless.
Page 121 Those two are in the real world. You can't lay your hands on them... for now.
You got lipstick on you again.
What the heck is the real world!?
It's the world that built this one. The actual world.
Page 122 You were built in the real world too, as nothing more than a toy.
There's no way a toy, can compare to a real woman.
Page 123 Ta- Takuro-san...
Takuro-san, can't you hear me!?
Takuro-san!!
*Boroboroboroboro [tumble] *Biku- [Shock]
Page 124 ... A... Akuro-san...?
Ooh!! Just when I thought... reality would start appearing... *Gyahaha!! I knew it, he's just some ugly chump!
Do you have someone to drive you? I'll do it myself. These are their true apperances! This is the chump that you got tricked by!!
Page 125 He tricked you by changing his ugly mug,
and he tricked you about his woman in the real world.
*Ka- YOU ARE ANNOYING!!!
*BO-
*GO- *Zun Gyaha!
Gyahahahaha!
That was close~
Page 126
Hey, what are you doing!?
You think I'm just gonna give him to you!?
You listening to me!?
I can't believe it! Stupid! Idiot!! *Da-
Page 127 Tsukiko-chan...
Ta- [(Q_Q )]
Page 128
Takuro-san!!!
Page 129 Is that everything?
Yes... I'm closing it.
*Ban
Okay, then let's go sell it after we finish work. Shibuya, was it? Yeah...
I'm gonna say this in advance, You're paying me back my 100,000 yen. Yes...
Then I'm gonna get going... Good night. G-good night...
Wanna come to my place?
Page 130
The message that arrives while I'm singing my love songs had a black boarder~
N-Nagao-san... are you singing a song? Oh come on~ I sing sometimes! S-sorry~
Target confirmed. All I know are old songs though.
I don't know any recent songs at all. Oh, me too.
*Uii-n... Uiin... Uiin... Uiin... Uiin... Uiin... I guess I've always been a little out of sync with the rest of the world. Even when it comes to dating guys, I get the order all mixed up. It might be a little late to ask you this but, are you really sure you want to be with me?
Page 131 O-of course, if anything, Nagao-san's way too good for someone like me! I'm just throwing this out there but, I'm pretty hard to deal with, you know. T-that's just the way I like it!
All right then, give me a smoke. Ah- Okay!
Light. Yes, m'am!
*Su-
*Puha-
This is my last one. I'm going to quit smoking.
You don't like women who smoke, right?
Page 132 Y-you don't have to do that! You don't have to go that far, I'll be fine. No, I've already decided.
I was thinking about quitting anyways.
In exchange, you better make sure you keep up with your diet. Okay!? O-okay~
And another thing~ You're way too timid! S-sorry.
You need to be a little bit more manlier.
O-okay... I'll try.
Well, whatever. Let's just take it slow-
Okay...
You're really manly when we're having sex though... R-really?
Page 133 Hey, these are all snacks! What happened to your diet!? S-sorry!
*Pi- Pi-
*Ji-
What? Huh? Where's my Wallet!?
3290 Yen please. Okay...
That was so embawassing~ now I can't shop at that place for a while. S-sorry~
It's a little bit messy, but please come in! O-okay then... [I'm coming in]
Page 134 Sorry, do you mind if I take a shower first? O-of course not! Please don't mind me!!
*Sha- *Doki Doki
*Kata kata
I've finally got a real girlfriend! *Gusu Uuu [Sniff, cry]
Everyone looks the same. [They've all got the same face]
Page 106 You're on your own from here. The Furher is waiting at the top. Furher?
If you meet him, you'll understand. The Furher will teach you everything.
*Ko ko ko
*Goon
*Byuuuuuuuu
Page 107 Hey...
So you've come... "Moon."
Um... what's "reality?"
Haha-, asking questions right off the bat are we... Fine... on the way here did you see anyone who looked different? [were you able to see anyone that had a different face]
... I think, I saw one that sort of looked different...
Those are our true apperances. We live in a different world than this one. *Go- Go-
Your boyfriend, also came from that other world.
Page 108 And that's "reality." Do you want to see the world of reality?
Your power has already been released. If you wish to, you can see the world of reality.
What do you want to see?
Takuro-san... *Byuuuuuuuu *bachi-
Page 109 *Se- se- se- *Sha sha sha
*Nade nade [rub rub]
I'm sorry...
Tsukiko-chan...
Page 110 So, umm, Sakamoto-kun's house used to be in the business of making lunch boxes? That's right. But after my husband collapsed, we've been on break ever since.
I see...
*Doki Doki
Do you want some Karintou? [Fried Dough Cakes] I got them from the old lady in the back. Ah, No, I'm fine...
Will Sakamoto-kun eventually inherit the business? We hope so, but that child can't cook.
It'd be nice, if he could find a nice girl to cook for him.
Ah, I'm, I'm just a co-worker, we're not like... that. I know, I know~
Page 111 He's never even invited a woman over to the house before...
That's enough to make me happy. I thought that he'd never have any luck with women for the rest of his life.
Takuro- how long are you keep cleaning!? Nagao-san is here waiting!
I-I know! *Dota dota dota dota
N-Nagao-san, please come up... Take your time. Ah, okay... Ah, yup.
Watch your step on the stairs. You've got a nice mom~ Really~?
C-Come in. There's really not much here but...
Page 112 It really, is a dreary room...
Um~, do you want some chips? No!
Do you always eat this sort of stuff? Yeah, pretty much everyday... That's why you're fat! Even though your job involves physical labor!!
From now on, no more snacks! What!? You ought to lose plenty of weight just by not eating these!
I mean, you're eating dinner, aren't you? Well~ I've got a pretty big appetite. [It's like I've got a second stomach]
I'll stop eating snacks.
Page 113 You sure are lucky- living at home. Really!? Yeah, of course. You come home and the bath is ready and the food's on the table. And what more, your laundry's all folded.
Where were you born, Nagao-san?
Mmm- Aomori.
What? Really? I thought you were definitely a city girl, 'cause you don't have an accent at all. That's 'cause I've been living here for more than 10 years, so it's disappeared.
Though, my accent used to be pretty thick and it made things really tough.
I wanna hear it...
No way! I used to have a big complex about it. I wanna hear it, I wanna hear it, I wanna hear it!!
Page 114 I-I won't stop 'till I hear it. Why!?
Thish is sho~~ embwassing~~
S-so cute...
Cute... What? It's so cute... Shut up! Too cute...
Jeez!
Page 115 Takuro-, you dummy!
Mmm,
No, we can't.
I came here today... to help you pack up your computer... You're the one who kissed me first~
Page 116 A kiss is all you're getting today. *Pachi Pachi Pachi Pachi
Your mom's downstairs, isn't she? ... Yeah.
Page 117 Wha...
*Kyahahaha What the hell is this!? Man, what a suprise! He's got a woman in the real world!!
What are you going to do, Moon!? He's not gonna come back here to you anymore!!! *Gogogogogogogogogo
Page 118 *DON
*Gatagatagatagatagata
*Go- *Zuzu-n
Onii-chan!! W-what's going on!?
Don't worry. It'll stop soon.
Is something big happening!? [Is something beginning!?]
https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/15734Translation: Ressentiment 412009-09-02T02:24:59+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comNo it hasn't changed.
Ressentiment 41
Page 85 Chapter 41: A Choice
Page 86 *Ga- Ga- Ga- [Nom nom nom yum yum yum]
Page 87
Hmmm, so this is, "Moon?"
She looks so normal. Oh, all she's got on is an apron. Let's take it off.
Page 88 Since we're here anyways, we should all engage in some obsence activities. [I have no idea why the Japanese is phrased so awkwardly, I guess to mimic the middle school concept of sex] *Doki Doki Oh- that's a good idea. I wanna come inside her-. It's not like she can get pregnant.
You dumbass middle schoolers...
Do you even have, "Dick cases!?" Shut up! Why would I have something expensive like that.
Then you can't have sex, can you!? God dammit- I only get a 5000 Yen allowance~
The assault squad was selected from, people who don't have, "Dick cases." [don't ask me why he keeps putting dick case in quotes]
Move your hand aside. Yes, sir...
*Puha-
Page 89 Damn~ I wanna try it... Maybe we can fist fuck her? Shut up already! What's wrong? Cat got her tongue? [She too surprised to talk?]
What the hell are you maggots doing, hurry up and finish kidnapping her. Retards-! What...?
Who do you think you're givin' orders to!? You, retard!! Stop- that- right- now~
Quit it, you two! Don't get so rowdy!!
If, "Mob," starts up, what are we going to do? Our PC's will get fried in an instant.
Page 90 Hey, what's this, "Mob?" You don't even know that? It's the program that guards, "Moon," and "Noah." Though it's just a legend.
*Mobu~
What happened to your boyfriend? He's still not back from, "Reality?"
"Reality"...
That's right, "Reality." You want to know about it, right?
If you come with me, I'll show you everything there is to know about this, "Virtual Reality."
Page 91 I'll even show you the true form of your boyfriend.
No, not my glasses...
M-move the boxes~
Page 92
I don't want to.
N-Nagao-san's tongue is...!? Is this a french kiss!? [deep kiss] Oh, it tastes like fried rice...
Wha- Blood!? Is it my gingivitis!?
Page 93 Pu- Puhi-! [Catching his breath]
*Puhi~ Puhi~ Puhi~
S-sorry... Was it unpleasant? [Ugh I don't know what to do with this line]
Huh?
N-n- not at all!!
No way, I'm the one that's unpleasant!! D-did something happen? Why would you do that with my dirty mouth! Did you hit your head or something? Are you so stressed out that you want to soil yourself!? [that you're taking it out on yourself, that you're becoming self destructive, that you want to dirty yourself?]
Page 94 Quit babbling! Don't talk about yourself that way.
I-I hate you but... I just can't leave you alone...
I-if you don't have a problem with me then...
... Um,
Uh, Uhm, it's a real honor but, I've got Tsukiko-chan so...
Page 95
Uugh, Huh!?
OE~ [barf]
P-please throw it all up. It's because you kissed someone like me... *Geho- Geho [Cough Cough] I-idiot, that's not it, UE- [Barf]
Sorry... No... L-let's forget about it, I'll forget about it too.
*Gata Gata
Page 96 P-please, rest for a bit. I'll take care of the rest.
Are you, really really, gonna play that game for the rest of your life?
I-I've already given up... on women in the real world. That submissive attitude of yours really pisses me off.
Have you ever tried putting in any effort before you give up...? You just quit on your own before you even do anything.
But 97 B-b-but but but... I'm fat and I'm bald and I've got gingivitis, And on top of that my foreskin's messed up [I've got phimosis, maybe we should change to like, my dick's curved or something .-.] Do you really think I could get an actual girlfriend like that!? You can't-!!
Right!? Ah, no, that's not what I meant.
Nobody cares if you're bald, and if you're fat then just exercise some more. If you've got gingivitis then go to the dentist. Those are all things that you can do something about!!
But I'm missing the most important thing. Someone to do it for!!
There's one, right in front of your eyes!!!
Page 98
You have me, right...?
I-I-I, I have...
T-T-Tsu, Tsukiko-chan...
All right.
Page 99 If I can get a real girlfriend, I won't play that game!!! *Bouuuuuuuuu Q_Q
I won't play...
Then, quit...
Okay...
Page 100
Sakamoto-kun, you're heavy... Oh! I-I'm sorry!
Sakamoto-kun... You don't have... any of those do you. T-those? Yeah, those... Those?
C-condoms! Co-!!!
Y-you don't, right? S-sorry... to suddenly...
I-I've got one!! I've got one for some reason!! *Jubi-
*Pu- Bu- *Gyahahahahaha
Page 101 Then, you wanna do it?
Yes...
H-here we go.
Hold me...
O-o-o, OKAY~!
Y-you're so heavy! You really need to go on a diet, okay? Okay~ I-it's been a while for me, so don't rush, okay... Okay~
Page 102 Oh, you made it in time! Ah!
Tsujimoto-san, Good morning~!
Nagao-nee-san you can't do that! If you spend all night working with that fatty you'll get raped!! *kuru kuru What are you talking about, I'm the one who raped him.
Ah~ the weather's so nice!
Takuro, did you use it? I-I don't know what you're talking about, Tsujimoto-san!!
What's going on, Tsujimoto-san, talking about sex again first thing in the morning? No, of course not...
https://mangahelpers.com/t/laika/releases/15733Translation: Ressentiment 402009-09-02T02:24:29+00:00Laikaadmin@mangahelpers.comPoop on a stick.
Ressentiment 40
Page 67 Chapter 40: The Two That Can't Go Home
Page 68 We got a complaint, about the ink bleeding~? We did it just like we do it every year.
Well, it did bleed a bit but, it's not like it's any different than it was last time.
Hmmm, the ink that gets used for secondary pass doesn't dry well so no matter what we do it always bleeds. And on the flip side, if you don't use enough ink because you're trying to make sure it doesn't bleed, the words won't be dark enough and the tint won't match up with the first pass.
That's true, and up until now it hasn't been a problem but... The person in charge has changed and suddenly they're being a lot more stringent about the ink bleeding [checks].
But what do you want us to do? Reprint everything?
Hey, you gotta be kiddin' me~ I won't be sure until I inspect it, but the second pass will probably have to be...
Page 69
For the time being, if we can finish the 30,000 sheets that make up the Kantou region by tomorrow afternoon's deadline, then we'll have time until the next deadline, so I think we'll be able to make it somehow.
This is all my fault [my mistake], I'm sorry! I'm sorry to ask you to do this when you're always tiring yourselves out working overtime everyday.
And you're saying this is all because the person in charge changed? If it's one of your male co-workers, couldn't you just have taken him to a cabaret club and treated him to some expensive food and gotten out of it somehow? Isn't that a part of your job [as [the] sales [department.]] *Para
And on top of that, you're a woman, if you were just more charming, [sociable, aimable, maybe servile might even hammer in the macho nuance well here] then wouldn't he have said okay?
Page 70
It's exactly as you say. I'm very sorry.
And you're basically telling us we gotta work all night to finish it, so we're the ones who end up with the short end of the stick. Tsujimoto-san here works overtime everyday and even comes out on Saturday, give the poor man a break. [Lit: he's completely exhausted]
Nah~ I'm... And why didn't you contact us a bit earlier about this?
*Gyu-
Page 71
I, I'll take care of it! [I'll do it!]
Tsujimoto-san, I can finish it up by myself, go home and get some rest. If I start the presses now I can finish the 30,000 sheets by the morning, so I'll take care of it!
Well, no shit! You're obviously gonna be the one doin' it after you took such a nice long break! What's with that act you're puttin' on!? *Girigirigiri Not the hair~
Page 72
Anyways, it's got nothing to do with us, 'cause we're only responsible for the first pass, so we're leaving. The spares have already been printed so just use those.
Takuro,
You really gonna be all right by yourself? Want me to help? I'll be fine! Tsujimoto-san, you get some rest. *Don
I got it. Well, I'm givin' you this, so do your best.
Tsujimoto-san what the hell are you thinking!? On second thought, please help me out!
Something happen? Hi- [Ack Eek, etc] N-no, not at all.
Page 73
*Kacha Kacha
*Kunyu
*Sha sha sha sha
... All right. *Toro-
Preperations OK! The memory's been lowered and the concentration's been diluted so...
W-what? *Ji- [Stare]
Page 74
Oh, nothing, It's just that this is the first time I've really seen you working, you know what you're doing? *Kusu Kusu [Chuckle]
W-what are you talking about? I know what I'm doing... sort of. Nagao-san I'll be fine by myself so you can go if you want.
What do you think _you're_ talking about? I'm taking care of this too. I just need to attach this with tape, right?
Uh, you've got the wrong side up. [the crease side is reversed] Eh? Really?
Okay, it's not bleeding through.
The color is a bit light, but there's nothing we can do about that. Let's go with this!
O-Okay.
*Gugyurururu [Rumble rumble] Hey, now.
I'm sorry... I totally forgot. [didn't notice]
Page 75 *Ta- I'll go out and buy something, so go ahead and start the printing. Okay...
*Dota dota dota This is bad! I've got to be faithful to Tsukiko-chan... Tsukiko-chan, I'll be home soon~
*Ja~
*Jaa~
*Jyaka Jyaka Jyaka
D-did you, make this yourself? [Nagao-san's hand cooked?] Y-yeah, should I not have? No, no! I mean, isn't it difficult to make fried rice?
Enough already! Just shut up and eat!! Okay~ *Ga- *Ga-
Page 76 It's good. Anybody could make something like that.
It's really good. It's good. So good. Goody good good. Shut up-!
This is the first time that a woman other than my mother has made food for me...
W-who cares, about that.
*Ga- ga- ga-
Page 77 *Don Don Don Don
What are you doing!? Here, drink this! *Kopo Kopo Kopo
-What!? Isn't this beer!? *Go- Go- *Puha---
It'll be fine, it's just one glass. This is already the second... If I don't get anything to drink, I'm gonna go crazy! [if we aren't allowed to drink, I won't be able to take it anymore]
That bald geezer, runnin' his mouth off sayin' whatever he wants!
You think it's that easy to be charming!? *Baro- [BUUURRRRPP]
Page 78
After all, I've got no charm. That's why I always lose men to women who do.
I, I think, [Nagao-san] you're cute. [is cute.] What part of me!?
See! You can't answer, can you!? Uhhhm, well, er...
You've got a very wonderful smile. My smile~!?
When have I ever smiled before? Weren't you just smiling a second ago.
You don't even look people in their faces anyways. You're always shrinkin' before people and that's why women won't approach you. I-I've got a girlfriend so...
Page 79
A girlfriend~~~?
Don't make me laugh. That's just a game. You'll just get sick of something like that eventually.
I-I'm not gonna get sick of her.
You're gonna get sick of it! I won't! Then are you gonna hole yourself up in that room, and play that stupid game for the next 10 or 20 years of your life? *Gusha-
That girl Tsukiko doesn't even really exist! Isn't it meaingless!? [pointless, futile, all in vain, meaningless, etc]
I-it doesn't matter, if it's a game or reality!!
Page 80
I-I, I LOVE TSUKIKO-CHAN-!!!
H-how stupid. *Zuzu...
I don't care anymore. Go ahead and run away from reality for the rest of your life!