Isobe Isobee Monogatari～Ukiyo wa Tsuraiyo～ Oneshot

If you translate this into another language, PLEASE credit me (lynxian) as the original Japanese to English translator in your release. If you can't/won't do that, then don't use my translation.

This is the oneshot of the recently-serialized "Isobe Isobee Monogatari", and it's something I started on a whim which turned out to be a really funny series. The Ukiyoe art style just serves to give it a certain charm. It's unlikely anyone's going to pick it up, but... I can dream, okay?

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[p001]

(right, box): The Story of Isobe Isobee ~this fleeting life is painful~
(below box): A sudden appearance by Nakama Ryou

(Isobe): My dream
(Isobe): is to become a respectable samurai!!
(Isobe): Watch me,
(Isobe): mother, father!!

(left, star) Wooorn out.

[p002]

(right, star): A world's first?! The curtain rises on an Ukiyoe-styled manga!!
Isobe: Mother?

Isobe: Henceforth, I shall be studying in order to become a samurai.
Mother: Go right ahead.

Isobe: I shall be concentrating, so please don't disturb me.
Mother: Alright.

Isobe: Do not open this door under any circumstances, if you would be so kind!!
Mother: Okay~
(sfx): Shunk

[p003]

Box: I have been awaiting this moment,

Box: such that I may view the shunga which father left in my room.
(on book): Shunga
Box: "Shunga" refers to erotic drawings that were in vogue during the Edo period, which men were thought to enjoy night after night. As for why the first character is the one for "spring", how should I know? Go look it up yourself.

(book, right): Voluptuous
(book, left): Shunga

Box: Whoops, that won't work.
Box: I can't see it if I'm too close.

Box: Not being able to see when you are too close holds true for love, too.
Box: It's not like I've ever dated, though!

Isobe: Well, enough of my rambling.
Isobe: No time like the present!

(sfx): Flip

(Isobe): Woaah...

[p004]

(sfx): Slide
Mother: Isobee, it's your mother.

Mother: Would you like me to make you anything?

Isobe: I am quite late in introducing myself. My name is Isobe Isobee, a young man devoting each and every day to my goal of becoming a respectable samurai.

Mother: What a splendid introduction.

Mother: Hm? You don't seem to be studying, however...
Isobe: Haha. It's image training. That's why I will have difficulty if you so much as enter the room.

Mother: I apologize~ I thought you might want something to eat.

Isobe: Candied chestnuts with sweet potatoes.

Mother: Alright. I will make a lot and bring it in.
(sfx): Ka-shunk

[p005]

(Isobe): Mother (you old hag)...

(Isobe): I told you not to open the door, didn't I... woaah...

Mother: All done.
(sfx): Slide

(sfx): Fwip

Isobe: That was fast... it's done already?
Mother: Ufu~ your mother ended up going all-out.
Isobe: I don't really understand what you would get so worked up over, but...
Isobe: Well, that's fine. Thank you.

[p006]

Mother: It has to do with the high hopes I have for your future.
Isobe: Ahh, I see. Don't worry, I shall work hard, so I would appreciate if you would leave all the quicker (seeing as it looks about to fall).
Mother: Yes, alright~

Isobe: Mother!!
Mother: Ufu.

(Isobe): Can't let myself get so nervous. That hag's candied chestnuts with sweet potatoes is
tasty... ah... this is... woaah...

[p007]

(sfx): Shunk
Mother: Say, what do you think of this kimono?

(sfx): Shove

Mother: Oh my, what's the matter? Lying on the floor like that.

Isobe: Ahh~ I was just getting a feeling for the earth.
Mother: For the earth...
Isobe: My sword is the strength of both the earth and the skies, making it one with the universe.
Mother: Hmm... the world of the sword is a bit hard for your mother to understand...

Mother: That aside, what about this kimono?

Mother: Hey...

(below Isobe): Becoming one with the universe

[p008]

Mother: Oh no. Am I possibly getting in the way again?

(below Isobe): YES

Mother: I've gotten in the way without realizing it~ Ohohoho.
(sfx): Shunk

(above sword): A samurai's soul

[p009]

Box: How pitiful I've become... but if she comes again, I cannot let matters repeat themselves.

Box: For I, who have difficulty getting along with women, can only experience them in times like these...
Box: This is a tiny ray of hope bequeathed to samurai on the verge of becoming NEET, like me...

(Isobe): I will never let anyone extinguish this lighoooooly wow!!!

Mother: Isobee~ open up~
(sfx): Rattle rattle

[p010]

Box: Enough already, you demon haaag!
Mother: Hm? This door isn't sitting well at all.

Box: I have already made arrangements to prevent you from entering. This is my victory! I am victorious!
Box: Huh?

Box: UARRGH!! This is bad!!
Box: The katana looks like it's going to break!! Just how hard is that hag pulling on the door!!

Mother: There's probably something stuck in there on that side!!
Isobe: I don't know, maybe it's clogged with dust.
Mother: Oh, is it?

Mother: There's something I want to ask you about, so open up!!
Isobe: Hrm. Why don't you say it through the door?!
Mother: I want to see your face!!
Isobe: Why?!!

[p011]

Mother: Haa!!!
Mother: A parent is one who wishes to see her own son working his hardest!! Haaa!!
Isobe: Nuoo! I'm a child, so I had no ideaaa!! Sorryyyy!!
Mother: Now that you know, open up and let your mother see that cute face of yours!!!
Isobe: Let me concentraaaate!! Ah! I see, you don't even care about me becoming a respectable samurai!! So that's how it is!!

[p012]

Mother: I want you to become one! My dream is for yours to come true! Now please open the door!!
Mother: Haa!!
Isobe: Huuuuh? You haven't let me make my feelings clear at all!! And I am doing all of this to make you happy, too!!!
Mother: To make me happy... Uuu... you're making me cry, my soooon! Let me hug youuuuuu!!!
Isobe: Guaaah! It had the opposite effect!! She is so intent on opening this door that she has turned heaven and earth sideways!!

[p013]

Mother: I may have to get serious soon, you know?!
Isobe: The force keeps increasing! That katana is really going to break! Mother should definitely become a samurai!!

Mother: I truly have something I want to say to you, Isobee!!
Isobe: I won't fall for thaaat!!

Isobe: But what is it, anyway?!

[p014]

Mother: ...Ahem... The thing is...

Mother: Your father seems to have forgotten a shunga in that room.

(large sfx): Ka-shunk
(small sfx): Boing

Mother: Iso... Isobee, why such a pained expression... oh!

Mother: Here it is.

[p015]

Mother: I'm sorry. To think your father would leave behind something so shameless...
Mother: It must have been quite the hindrance, right?

Isobe: It truly was!!

Mother: Indeed. This is the one thing which shouldn't be in the room of a boy at "that" age.
Isobe: I... have no knowledge of that... what did you call it? Shunga? ...Whatever is it?
Mother: Isobee! Are you actually saying you've never even heard of a shunga?!
Isobe: Right.
Mother: H-how can you be so pure?!!

Isobe: I am a samurai, after all!
(left, small text): That sword truly represents his soul!!