Yasuko and Kenji 2

RESERVED FOR IVYSCAN

p51

BL1: It's been a long time, hasn't it, Oki Kenji

SFX: rumble rumble rumble rumble

BL1: Preparing the frying pan

p52

SFX: Rumble rumble rumble

b1: Wha-What!? They know each other!?
B2: It would seem so

b3: Those two somehow seem a lot alike.......
b5: Ah?
B6: Ah?
B7: Ah?
B8: Ah?

BL1: E-Erika-san...
b9: That lady and the boss will cut each other into mince meat
b1: Tsubaki Flower? I've heard the name Tsubaki somewhere before...


p53

BL1: What kind of relationship could they have!?
SFX: rumble rumble rumble rumble

B1: I don't know you
SFX: rumble rumble
b2: Move

BL2: Hey!!

BL3: ....heh....

b3: Did you just say you forgot the mighty Erika, the Black Rose.....?


p54

BL1: Erika
BL2: The Black Rose

b1: !?

b1: That's right, Tsubaki...... Tsubaki Erika
b2: The Black Rose

b3: Who can silence a crying child
b4: Who can kill you with a smile
b5: Her!

B6: Wasn't she the leader of the Fiendish Ladies gang~~~~~
SFX: Bam!

b7: Huhhhhh?


P55

b1: Erika was leader of the Ladies!?
B2: Here it comes...

b3: ........ The Black Rose...
b4: Ahh... Now I remember......

b5: You memory seems like it's even worse than I thought.

b6: That time when you attacked us hard at night

BL1: Night attack!?

SFX: Bachi bachi bachi
SFX: Sighh...


P56

b1: Now, now, just forget about that, it's in the past
b2: You guys are adults now, (right?)

BL1: Shit
BL2: He just got right in between them
BL3: What's up with this kid

b3: Get lost, runt!
B4: Don't call my brother a runt!

B5: You asshole! So you're her brother!
BL4: So it all is going according to plan, huh!?
SFX: grab
B6: What are you doing to Jun
b7: Sto-


P57

b1: Stop it, stop it!

B2: Taking girls to your house before marriage-- What are you planning!?
SFX: shake shake
b3: Hey!
b4: Did you feel like kidnapping her, you bastard!?
B5: What are you saying!? Stop it~~~~~~~~~~~~

b6: He's the worst

BL1: Stop it~

b7: He really is the worst~~

b8: I'm sorry.


P 58

b1: You're right, I did hang out with her and make her late coming back from cram school

b2: It was my fault

b3: I'm sorry.
BL1: Tsubaki-kun...

b4: No, it's my fault! I was the one who invited you
b5: You don't need to apologize!
SFX: Push

b6: And I'm sorry, about him
b7: Are you alright!?

P63

b1: No, you're a girl so it's natural for him to be worried about you
b2: I should have brought you home earlier (I'm sorry)

b3: ....Tsubaki-kun...

b4: He's talking to me like this even though he saw what a jerk my brother is...
BL1: That's just like my brother!
SFX: Hmph

b5: I've gotta become his bride!

Note:
2) So that's done with. I'm ridiculously forgetful. It's totally horrible. I even forgot what I'm being forgetful about. Everything. Overall. So much that it's producing problems in my everyday life. What I've been thinking about especially lately is the movies and music that have really moved me. I mean when my nose is running and I'm crying out loud. And yet after a little while I forget about it. I can remember the scene and the feeling and parts like that but, the details just fly off somewhere. Even if there's a movie that really moved me, I don't talk very lively about it. “I saw it. It was moving.” is all I can say. Even though I liked it~ I'm like that with movies, music, and books.
(writing on side) dummy.
To page 111


p64

b1: Let's go.

B2: Runt, from now on you'd better stay away from Yasuko.

BL1: calling me “runt”

BL2: OK, we're going
SFX: grab (actually - collect)

b3: !? Hey wait a minute, let go of me!

B4:I'm not gonna allow this with that runt.
SFX: What!?

B5: Makes me sick...

B6: On top of that, he's that damn woman's brother! Not rocking.


p65

b1: ........... Isn't that just first-class...

b2: Don't call me that!
b3: You won't see this face again!
SFX: Whoosh
bag: rough salt

SFX: Pshhh----!
Arrow: salt
B4: !!

BL1: Fuckin' guy
BL2: Hey!

B5: No way......
b6: Even Erika-san........
arrow: salt

b7: Salty!
SFX: Spit
BL3: Salt
b8: !!


p66

SFX: glare glare glare

SFX: Hmph!


P67

BL1: What!?
SFX: pull

BL2: What's going on
SFX: pull

BL3: Tsubaki-kuuuun

SFX: thud
SFX: bang

b1: Mosu, make her study while I work
BL4: Alright

b2: Not even one step! You better watch her carefully
BL4: Yessir


p68

b1: .....................

b2: um hey...

b3: how do he and Erika-san know each other?
B4: No, please study

b5: It's bothering me, I can't!
BL1: Telll meee

b6: ...... Alright
BL2: If I tell you though, please study afterwards

b7: Erika and the boss met 9 years ago......
SFX: beep----
BL3: Rewind

b8: When Erika first saw the boss
b9: She fell in love with him right away
Jacket: Hundred devils night walk [it says in the dictionary “many monsters, spirits, etc. forming a line and walking through the night; (2) veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about presenting a most scandalous sight” -- I thought maybe it would be better literal. Or maybe “plotting devils” or something?]

Side of page: Wears his gang jacket even in summer


p69

b1: Huh!?
B2: Love at first sight!?
B3: Erika-san!?
B4: With my brother!?

BL1: So she confessed
b5: Oki Kenji
b6: Go out with me
sfx: beep
BL2: Pause

b7: Who is this lady...
b8: That's Erika the Black Rose (she looks like a different person, I didn't recognize her before)
b9: Erika-san!?
Sfx: beep
BL3: Play

b10: I can't hold a woman who's bigger than I am
BL4: Instant rejection

b11: He turned her down just like that!? Isn't that mean!? It's horrible! He's a demon, a demon!
BL5: What the hell!!!


p70

BL1: Erika dieted and attacked again
b1: Date me

BL2: And...
b2: I don't like a woman who walks like a crab
BL3: killer rejection

BL4: Even so, her confessions continued until the third year of highschool.....
BL5: I like you
BL6: Gross

BL7: I like you
BL8: Get lost

b3: So that's what happened...........

BL9: Erika-san fell in love with him at first sight...
b4: So she planned the night attack because he was always rejecting her so harshly...

b5: No, that's not what happened

b6: Erika wasn't the one who launched the night attack on the boss
BL10: Huh?


P71

BL1: Around that time a group of bad guys called “Snake” was around
BL2: Their leader, a guy called Aota was chasing after Erika

BL3: Of course she wouldn't accept him
BL4: I've decided on only one man, and that is Oki Kenji.

BL5: Resentful, Aota launched a night attack on the boss using the Black Rose's name
b1: I didn't find out about this until much later though...

b2: So that means.. Then Erika didn't do anything bad!
B3: None of it is true!

B4: It seems like the boss still thinks that Erika did it though.

b5: We smashed Snake ourselves
BL6: Because they were a pain in the ass
BL7: but we left the Black Rose alone because she's a woman
b6: but even after the team disbanded, I heard that Aota was still following Erika around
b7: Even now!?

B8: Yes... He always was a persistent guy
B9: What is wrong with that Aota guy!?

B10: Erika thought she might cause trouble for the boss, so she left town
BL8: Farewell
b11: What----


p72

BL1: Poor Erika-san!

B1: Then, he misunderstood the night attack! We have to explain it!
B2: It's too late now, Yasuko-san.
SFX: Sigh...

b3: What terrible timing for love
BL2: It's already too late

b4: On top of that, when Aota finds out that Erika and the boss have started up again,
b5: who knows what he'll do

b5: You shouldn't have anything to do with her either
b6: Not even with her brother!

BL3: !!

b7: So that's what happened
b8: And Tsubaki-kun and I parted like that..

B9: I've gotta apologize at cram school tomorrow!


P73

BL1: ...............

BL2: ...Poor Erika-san.....
BL3: She likes my brother even now....
BL4: Naw, couldn't be

SFX: chirp chirp

b1: You don't have to go to cram school anymore

b2: What?
B3: I already finished the withdrawal procedure, so you can't go anyway
SFX: rustle
BL5: Your table manners are awful

b4: Wh—Why!?
B5: You're going to have a tutor
b6: Is it because of Tsubaki-kun!?

B7: I made you a daily schedule
BL6: You'd better follow it to the word!!
SFX: snap
paper: Yasuko's schedule ~weekday version~
4AM Wake up – jogging
5AM Study (preparing for school)
Breakfast
8AM Leave for school
School
4PM School day ends – come home
Study (review)
7PM Dinner preparations – dinner – bath
Study (review)
9PM Bedtime – lights out
b8: Hey wait a minute!


p74

b1: You decided all this on your own!
BL1: If I have to quit cram school I can't see Tsubaki-kun anymore!
B2: I hate it when you do that!
BL2: I object!

B3: Cut out all the whining!
BL3: Shot down

BL4: Someone please stop that tyrant!
Corner: School

b4: If it stays like this, I really won't be able to meet Tsubaki-kun normally anymore
b5: It's all his fault!

B6: This isn't a joke!
SFX: Ding dong ding

Sign: Tsubaki Flowers

BL5: She came
b7: ...........


p 75

B1: Ah, it's Erika-san!

BL1: It's the gentle Erika-san
b2: I can't believe she was the leader of the Ladies.....

B3: What are you doing?
B4: WA!!!

BL2: Tsubaki-kun
b5: Hey, why aren't you at cram school? (Skipping?)

B6: Uhhh.... Umm....
b7: Actually I quit
side: My brother made me
b8: Really?

B9: .........
BL3: Ah, that guy from yesterday...
b10: What about you? It's time for Cram school now, isn't it?

b11: ...Actually, she made me quit too.
BL3: Good afternoon!
B12: No way!

BL4: Seriously
b13: ............

b14: I guess we've made trouble for each other
SFX: puff..
b15: Yeah


p76

BL1: Erika-san doesn't want me and Tsubaki-kun to see each other either...
b1: Ahh, I'm sorry about yesterday.
BL2: It turned into a big mess

b2: No, I'm sorry
b3: Did you come here just to say that?

B4: Umm... Yeah, I guess so

b5: I really wanted to see you...
b6: Go home!!

SFX: Huh?

B7: Don't come back!

B8: Ugh..... Aota was here again
b9: What?
BL3: Aota!?

B10: Hmm?


P77

b1: What are you two doing?
B2: Why are you together?

Sign: Tsubaki Flowers

Sign: Erika's Room
b3: Yasuko-chan

b4: I'm sorry I was so mean to you yesterday.......!

BL1: I'm sorry, I'm really really sorry!!

b5: No! I'm sorry!
B6: I heard about what happened with that guy Aota, too. I mean, about the night attack

b7: About what happened with Aota!?


P78

b1: Who told you!?
B2: Did you hear it from your brother!?

B3: What did he say about me!?

B4: ...............

b5: Umm.... Actually it wasn't him... I heard it from Mosu, that guy who was here yesterday

b6: ........Ahh........ His old head bodyguard, right?
B7: Yes........

b8: Oki Kenji doesn't care about me...
b9: There's no way he would talk about me
b10: ....

SFX: dejection...

SFX: Alright.
B11: Well, I'm going back to my room.


P79

b1: You can't do that, Jun!
B2: Yasuko-chan is your guest, you have to stay!

BL1: Here, sit next to her

SFX: Whisper
b3: Sorry, Jun's a bit dense sometimes

b4: ?

BL2: Uh—umm... How's the shop doing?
BL3: It's already closed
BL4: Our parents are cleaning up
BL5: Relax and enjoy yourself

b5: She's late!
Sign: Oki

b6: Yasuko is taking her sweet time coming home again
SFX: Irritated

BL6: It's still evening
BL7: Yeah

Page 80

b1: Waaaaaaaah!
B2: This is amazing, Erika!
B3: By middle school my nickname was “Sekitori.” Even at arm wrestling I was stronger than the boys. (sekitori - sumo using strength rather than technique)
Note: Erika's album

SFX: Gyahahaha
b4: That's so cool!!!
b5: Wasn't it actually “Yokozuna” (sumo grand champion)
Side: Your nickname
b6: That was after the first year of highschool

SFX: Haha....
BL1: ........

BL2: I-Isn't that........

b7: It seems like my brother is in a lot of these...
BL3: Huh?

B8: AHH! No way, it's a coincidence!!
b9: It's not like I was secretly taking pictures of him or anything!!
b10: Huh?

SFX: Shine (???)
Books: Cyborg Rabako by Kenken

b11: You have two of each of his manga....
BL4: One to keep and one to read...?

b12: It's just because I love this kind of manga
b13: Of course I didn't buy it just because it's by him!


Page 81

BL1: Ah, Rabako is so cute
b1: ........

b2: ... Erika-san.....
BL2: It couldn't be, even now....

b3: You don't like him or anything, do you.....?

b4: What am I talking about? There's no way! Sorry I asked!

SFX: blush

BL3: What?

B5: A-Are you serious!? Him!? What do you see in him
BL4: Get a hold of yourself!

B6: I'm related to him and I'll tell you, he doesn't listen to people, he's selfish, he's violent, his shit stinks, he's got athelete's foot, and umm, umm
b7: I know there are a hundred things like that


Page 82

b1: I still like him though

BL1: Erika-san.....

b2: Ahh, it's because I know he has good points too
BL2: It's useless, I'm bad at giving things up...

BL3: No matter how many times he rejected her with those terrible words....
BL4: Even so, she still thinks about him...
BL5: She's so brave

BL6: There's no person as nice as her!!
b3: Erika-san!

B4: If you want that mad dog, then please take him!
BL7: Even though you're too good for him

b5: I want him so badly I could scream (actually, “I want him so badly a hand could come out of my throat,” maybe there's a more dramatic expression)


Page 83

b1: When I get close to him though, all I do is cause him trouble........

BL1: “There's a guy named Aota”
BL2: “Erika thought she might cause trouble, so she left town”

BL3: She still cares about him so much!!

b2: Trouble has nothing to do with this! I'll be cheering for you!
B3: I'm on your side!

B4: Yasuko-chan!

SFX: Squeeze

BL4: I don't know what will happen with Aota or whatever else, but I want the misunderstanding about the night attack to be cleared up
BL5: Sorry to interrupt but...
b5: Hey


Page 84

b1: Shouldn't you be getting home soon?
side: I'll walk you

b2: Wahh, it's already this late?

SFX: Dadadada dadadada

b3: Ah, it's that jerk
Screen: Receiving call: That jerk

b4: She has him down as “that jerk” in her phone
b5: Hello?

BL2: Don't you “hello!” me!
BL3: What time do you think it is!? What are you doing, where are you!?

B6: Ah, well right now...

b7: .....
SFX: thump thump thump

b8: Should I give you the phone? Do you want to talk to him?
BL4: No! It's nothing!


Page 85

B1: What are you acting dumb about?

B2: ...Sigh..........
SFX: Fed up
b3: Hey!
B4: Brat!
B5: .........

b6: Yasuko-chan, give me the phone
b7: Let me say hello
Side: I want to apologize
BL1: That I kept you late

b8: H-Hello?
B9: Huh!?
SFX: Thump
B10: ......

b11: ........
SFX: Thump thump thump
b12: .....
b13: What!?

BL2: You can do it, Erika-san!
SFX: thump thump thump thump

b14: I have Yasuko-chan here
b15: If you want her back, you'd better come here and get down on your knees

SFX: Click beep beep beep beep


Page 86

b1: What did you say, Erika-san!!?
BL1: Aghhh!
b2: It's no use!! I can't act nice even now!!

b3: I hate myself!
SFX: Dash
b4: Erika-san!

B5: Calm down, Erika-san!
B6: I'm such an idiot
SFX: Bam bam
b7: Calm down, let's try to talk to him again, ok?

BL2: Ok, I'm calling him back. Just calm down, alright?
BL3: Alright.
SFX: Thump Thump

SFX: Shhht... (pulling up?)

SFX: Surprise

b8: Good Evening, Erika-san.


Page 87

b1: Aota!
BL1: What?

BL2: This guy is Aota?
B2: Shall we go enjoy the night scenery together?

B3: No! Get lost!
BL3: He really is still following her around even now
b4: Mmmmm

b5: Even your angry voice is lovely, Erika-san

BL4: Ewwww

b6: Hmm... Who is that brat over there

b7: None of your business!
SFX: slide slide (I think it's them moving in front of her)


Page 88

b1: Erika-san... Tsubaki-kun.....
SFX: Rattle rattle

SFX: Rattle

SFX: Rattle rattle

SFX: Bang!

B2: Yasuko! Are you alright!?


Page 89

b1: What the hell was that on the phone!?
B2: You punk! Did you kidnap Yasuko again?
B3: It's not like that!
B4 Calm down, Jun.
B5: Hey! What are you doing to Tsubaki-kun!?
B6: Calm down!

B7: CALM DOWN! I SAID CALM DOWN!

B8: YOU calm down!!

BL1: Aghh, my car!

B9: -------!

b10: Hey, aren't you Aota? What are you doing here?
BL2: !!
B11: O-Oki Kenji!?


Page 90

b1: ..I see......

b2: This is your doing, isn't it, bitch

b3: Wha-
b4: That's not true!

B5: What are you planning with Aota!?
B6: I told you, that's not how it is!!

b7: Listen well.

B8: If you do anything at all to Yasuko
b9: I'll won't even have mercy on your daughters.


Page 91

BL1: “Yasuko! Are you alright!?”

b1: Erika-san... Tsubaki-kun...

b2: I'm sorry my brother is like this.......

b3: What do you think you're apologizing about!?

B4: After the night attack you planned a kidnapping?
B5: You've got a lot of free time, don't you lady


Page 92

b1: I told you, she didn't kidnap me!
BL1: Why is it always like this

BL2: Without knowing anyone's feelings
b2: Erika-san wouldn't do something like that!

B3: Knock off the bitching! We're leaving!

SFX: Snatch (her pulling back her arm)

b4: I don't want to go a home with you in it.


Page 93

b1: You're always like that.
B2: Saying there's no way you're wrong and misunderstanding me...
b3: Try thinking about other people's feelings for once...........
b4: I've had enough.

B5: I'm sick of it!


Page 94

b1: Yasuko-chan!

BL1: E-Erika-san!?

SFX: dash

b2: ...........


Page 95

b1: ..........
b2: This isn't a time for you to act dumb, onii-san.

B3: There's no reason for me to be called onii-san by an asshole like you!
B4: Ok, ok, sorry
b5: Where did that idiot Yasuko go?!
B6: She ran that direction

SFX: dash

b7: ......

b8: Why was Oki Kenji meeting with Erika-san.....


Page 96

BL1: There's no way I'm going back to that house

b1: Shit...

b2: Oki Kenji, you bastard...
b3: I won't forgive you........


Page 97 – picture page

1) It's gross, isn't it-
What is this? He is obviously farting, ne
Before I started making shoujo manga, I wanted to make one picture like this, and this came out.
Since it popped up, I decided to put it in here!!

2) I think I drew the pictures on page 139 around the same time. The other pictures are of naked old men and girls and things like that.

3) It was too gross so I couldn't include it here. That's the kind of person that I am but somehow I'm drawing shoujo manga now. I actually really like pure love stories!! I'll keep at it!!

2005! It's summer! Aruko

(sidenote:) speaking of “aruko,” I discovered a pet shop by the same name. I feel close to it...