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AQUA AGE VOLUME 1
TL by Maccha
PR by NaweG
Chapter 1.1
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AQUA AGE <THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Moments>
[Age 12—]
[I’m not an adult nor am I a kid // yet, it is still quite early to say that I’m in my “teens”]
[To put this visually//I’m slowly moving from a childhood period of pure white innocence, reaching into an age of teenage “Blue”]
[At the budding stage just in between]
[Those times of “Aqua Blue”]
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AQUA AGE
<The Elementary School Moments>
Chapter 1.1
It’s complicated for Girls
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[I’m Yuuko Kawai]
[I’m a 6th grader that just recently turned 12 years old]
[The age of quite a complication]
Yuuko: I’ll be going now—
Yuuko: Morning—
Friend: Morning—
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[It’s a 20 minute walk to school// every morning, we travel to school together as a group, where groups are formed according to the district each student lives in]
[Us 6th graders are meant to look after the younger ones //so to speak, we’re their guardians]
[This means]
[That 6th graders are the oldest in elementary school but]
[when compared to Middle Schoolers//we’re still just kids after all—]
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[moreover, there have been some unpleasant things going on recently--]
SFX: KEENG KONG KAAN KONG (*=school bell)
Kid 1: Morning—
Kid 2: Morning—
Bubble 1: …”not yet”?
SFX: hiso hiso (*=whisper)
Bubble 2: Nope, “not yet”…
Bubble 3: How about her? // “already”?
SFX: hiso hiso (*=whisper)
Bubble 4: …..
[There’s recently been a rumor going around in my class// and everybody is talking about who are the “already” and the “not yet” people]
[What all this is about]
[are the two things…]
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[The first one is wearing this]
“A Bra”
[And the other one happens to be about this]
“A Sanitary Napkin”
[Am I blessed? I still don’t use either of them yet]
Girl: No way---? Ton-chan, “already”?]
[I feel kinda’ sorry for those “already” kids]
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[My best friend “Ton-chan” // is one of the “already” people]
Girl: Oh dear—, her looks are still young but she’s already maturing—
Yuuko: It’s that Takako talking again// Don’t you care what she says
[The source that spreads out the rumor is Takako]
[She’s always talking about other people’s rumors and being pleased about herself—//but hides everything about herself…]
[Jeez and you? What about yourself!?]
[You’re only wearing a bra because you squeeze in the flesh surrounding your boobs that you don’t even have to fit in it!]
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[But// having said that myself, in fact]
[I kind of feel like I’ve grown some breasts recently]
[Well--]
[If I’m told that I haven’t yet, then I guess I don’t but…]
[Should I better start wearing a bra?]
[But I don’t want to be called as one of the “already”…]
[Hmm---…]
[I wish there was a law to wear a bra no matter if you’ve already got boobs or not]
[Then I wouldn’t need to care about things like this---]
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SFX: Ki—n Ko—n… (*=school bell)
SFX: GAYA GAYA
[well, for the bra part//it is obvious to know if one is the “already” or the “not yet” but]
[The less obvious is the other one--]
SFX: ZAWA… (*=people talking)
Teacher: We’ll be watching a VDO for today’s P.E. class//Boys, please go to the science room and girls to the audiovisual room.
Boys: Hey—What will you guys be watching
Bold text: HAHAHA
SFX: WAI WAI (*=making noises)
SFX: hyu—
Boys: Dividing the boys and girls up is quite suspicious don’t you think-?
Boy: Oi Yuuko//tell me what they show you later ok?
Girl: Hey…//then you’ve gotta tell me what the boys watch too ok?
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Sign: Audiovisual Room
Female’s Body
“—And in this way”
“The nutrition for the baby becomes unnecessary, leaves the womb, and this is what //is called a period”
“…..//….”
Yuuko: ……..
[I actually feel anxious about getting into these stuff—]
[What are bras like? //Does a bra tickle? Do your shoulders ache?]
[What’s a period like?]
[Even having watched the video, I wouldn’t know unless I actually experienced it]
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[….]
[To be honest, I’m scared--]
[Having nothing to do with my mind// It seems like only my body will keep on maturing before I know it …]
[I’m scared of that…]
[The “already” people must have gotten past this feeling of anxiety]
[they seem to be so relaxed about it…//like an adult…]
[I find that amazing--]
SFX: ki—n ko—n ka—n ko—n
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Boy: Yuuko—
Yuuko: Oh Hiroshi
[This kid is my neighbor and a childhood friend named Hiroshi Naganuma]
Hiroshi: Video
[Everyone calls him “professor”]
Hiroshi: The promise we made about what we saw
Yuuko: Oh
Yuuko: [Oh no--]
Yuuko: [How can I say it]
Yuuko: [I can’t possibly tell him the truth…]
Yuuko: …w, what did you boys see
Hiroshi: Us?
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Hiroshi: They made us watch the World Cup Soccer—
[The one that was on TV the other day]
Yuuko: Soccer?
Hiroshi: I’ve already recorded that on video at home so it was boring for me!
Hiroshi: What did the girls watch—
[I see—]
[So the girls mature]
[a bit before the boys do]
Yuuko: In 3 years, then I’ll tell you
Hiroshi: why meanie—
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[But among the boys//there seem to be a few of them]
[Who vaguely knew what the girls were shown--]
SFX: ki—n ko—n ka—n ko—n
Takako: Hey it seems like Hashimoto-san hasn’t yet after all— (hiso hiso=whisper)
Girl: No—really?// then how about Nobuko? (kyaa)
Yuuko: There goes Takako again…
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Yuuko: [uh…]
Speech bubble: Huh---? //Takako there’s blood on your skirt--// did you get injured or something?
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Yuuko: [oh gosh--]
Yuuko: [Hiroshi-kun…]
Boy: Hey professor, don’t tell her
Boy: why did you say “did you get injured?” you’re pointing out the obvious—
Hiroshi: what?//what?//that’s not it?
Boy: Stupi---d, don’t you know what video the girls watched today?
Bubble: It’s a period, a period!
Bubble 2: Takako’s got her period!!!
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Takako: ugh…
SFX: WA----H
Hiroshi: Uh
Boys: PRO-FES-SOR--!
Hiroshi: N…No I…//I didn’t do anything ok!
Hiroshi: What…
Hiroshi: What did I do wrong--!!?
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[After that, the whole class became hectic…]
SFX: わいわい
WAI WAI (*=everyone all noisy)
ハーカーせー
The kids (right side): (PRO-FES-SOR--)
ちがーう!
Hiroshi: (Noo----!)
なーかしたー
SFX The kids on the left: You made her cry--
なーかしたー
SFX The kids on the left: You made her cry--
[And finally Taka chan did not return to the classroom]
[How embarrassing it must have been for Taka-chan….//at least she’s learnt a lesson perhaps--?]
[And I hope as she has learnt her lesson // this “already” and “not yet” rumor would go away--]
Chapter 1.1: It’s complicated for Girls—the end
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