Arakawa Under the Bridge Omake 47.1

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Nakamura Studio returns

I'm a fan of youkais, and today in Arakawa...
I witnessed an unbelievable thing.

There it is.

No doubt.
It's definitely...

A Kappa!
O-ho!

Hey, you, schoolboy!
The dragonfly flew away because of you!
You are...
You are a Kappa, right?

Ah? Yes, that's right.
I'm a huge fan!
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Give me an autograph!
Autograph!?

This elegant form...
Various sumo techniques...
I think that Kappa is a youkai among youkais!

You're a connoisseur, boy.
I'll give you my autograph!

Give me some paper.
Thank you very much!
Aah!

What should I do? I have paper, but there's no pen!
Eh?
Ah, okay, I have a pen with me.
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Around here...
Ah

Sorry, I've got only a pencil.
It's a 2H. It's a bit light.

Are you okay with this?
Ah, thank you, no problem.

The "boy" was actually quite an mature adult, and he politely erased it only after returning home.
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Irokawa and Umiushi

Irokawa came here with her SP!
Look, he's really protecting her!
{She's rich!}
{Awesome!}

Irokawa, you have a great SP!
Not at all.

He just told me about a method to lose weight.

It only just looks like he is protecting me!
He's really weak!
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I used to be very shy even when I was just walking outside.
But when I put on my headphones, I become more confident.

I think it's because I stop noticing anything around me.
I've become confident!
Ah, that girl is cute! I'll flirt with her!

Hey you!
Sorry!

That's why once in a while I hear angry voices.
Know your place!
I'm terribly sorry!
In the past, I've been beaten up several times.
What's your name?
I'm Umiushi!

Cooking practice.
Irokawa, have you brought some eggs?
Yes.
A hen? That's unexpected!

It's a hen that produces golden eggs!
Amazing!

It's solid.

I'll call a road roller.
Irokawa, it's important to have courage
to admit your own mistakes!
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Irokawa cam here with her personal doctor!
Look, he's holding her clinical records!
{She's rich!}
{Awesome!}

Irokawa, you have a great doctor!
Not at all, Izawa.

He's a pro tic-tac-toe player.

Wearing doctor's costume is just his hobby!
Stop!
Don't play tic-tac-toe using my name as a field.
Oh, that doctor.
// TL note: first kanji in Izawa's name looks like this: ѕ®

The birthday of Irokawa, the idol of our class, is coming up soon.
I don't want to be a mere observer this year.

I'll put on my headphones and attack!
Irokawa! Is there something you want now?

Paris.

Know your place!
I'm terribly sorry!
No matter what I do, I'll be Umiushi!
//TL note: Name "Umiushi" means "sea slug".
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Afterword.
Arakawa volume 2 is out! I'm very happy. Thank you very much for buying this volume. Speaking about gratitude, I'd also like to thank all the people who came to my autograph session in July, it was really exciting. I was very happy to see so many wonderful people reading my works; I'll try to use this experience to write more manga I'd be proud of! I also need to practice signing...
Inspired by this, I decided to write an extra chapter.
{Isn't it a name?}
{Why would you do this?}
{The editor and the published also helped me a lot}
{Isn't it stupid?}

By the way, Mrs. Nakamura.
It'd be nice if we could know more about the characters!

An experienced artist like you
should have visited Siberia or something like this for reference.
{Well, that's true, but...}
I think the characters would be quite rigid.

If you want to understand the characters...
What are you doing?
{Square Enix}
Imagine the headlines:

Manga Artist Nakamura Lost in Arakawa's World!
What Will Happen To Her?
{What is he thinking?}
Quickly turn to the next page!
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Nakamura appeared under the bridge thanks to the Editor's magic (Pressure).
It's started!
What should I do, I don't know!

I don't want to meet them...
I'm not sure about their reactions, I should just flee...

Who are you?
Oh no, everyone is here!
Errmm
You have only 4 pages, so you don't have time to be surprised.
{Get used to it quickly.}

Who is the easiest to talk to?
The protagonist, I suppose.
Protagonist?

So, it's me?
Yes, yes!
You have some common sense, it'd be asier to talk to...
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It's common sense for me...
to be in the center of the world!

So what did you want?
{...not cute at all}
I should have made your hair style more weird.

Explanation.
The prototype of the bridge was the Senjuu bridge.

So you are the author of this "manga".
That's how it is.

...it's very serious.
You're wrong!
A-ha-ha! I'll believe you!
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Really?

Sure!
And seizing this opportunity, I'll give you some advice.
There are many masterpieces
where the protagonist dies in the end.

But antagonists like you who play the role of a foil also die often!
{They are the first to die!}
A-ha-ha, what are you saying?
Should I tell them that this is a comedy manga?

Hey, want some fish?
Ah, hello, heroine.

I want to apologize
for forgetting to draw your eyebrows!

Women's eyebrows...
I think it's no problem if they sometimes appear and sometimes disappear.
I don't understand what you are talking about.
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Well then, I think I have to go.
I see.
Wait a minute, I have to give you a name!

Even though I don't live here?
{At any rate I don't want to hide in my room...}
Why not?
Hmm, I see, I see.

What?

Uh.

"Relative"?
You look similar...
Now I have a Kappa in my family.

When I was in junior high, my brother used to call me "Kappatsu-kun" (I wonder why?). And I think it was gradually shortened to Kappa. I don't understand it at all...
See you in volume 3!
{cup: Kappatsu-kun}
{near the cup: He made this cup specially for me. He was picking a fight.}
//TL note: Kappatsu = vigor

and special thanks to Naomi-san, Minamoto-san, Michi-san, Sugiyama-san, Ai-san and all editors!
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Chapter X-2. Bottom.

If you compare a person's heart to a sea...
then its water would probably be stagnant.

The ripples on the surface...

would be...
"joy"

or "anger".

No...
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That sea is too deep...
to describe it with such words.

If you want to find out...
what lies on the bottom of this deep sea...
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the only way to reach it is to open your eyes...

and swim...
through the cold heavy water.

If you want to understand yourself...
even if there is no bottom...
The place where the truth lies is there.