Kami no Shizuku 21

Proofread by Lanie

Reserved for IEM^^

//Shizuku 21//

p.43
Box: #21 Father and daughter.

p.44
Shizuku: In terms of French cuisine, beverages aren’t served to clear the characteristic of food, / rather for enhancement. // At least, for wine it is.

Shizuku: Now, I remember my father called this relationship between French cuisine and wine- // a “marriage”.

Girl: A “marriage”…
Man: …I’ve heard of that word, / but since I can’t drink alcohol, I’ve never thought about it seriously…

Girl: They enhance each other... // That’s right. That must be it.

p.45
Girl: Sometimes I feel that wine makes a delicious French dish even more delicious. / Sometimes it works the other way around and the dish brings out the best in wine. // That’s the “marriage”.

Shizuku: A real marriage is the same thing too. / An ideal marital relationship means encouraging each other…
Text: in many ways…
Girl: What do you really mean…?
Man: …

Man: The banquet menu for tomorrow? // Hmm. I haven’t decided yet…

Wife: You should. // I can’t decide which wine to serve if you don’t decide the dish.

Man: Don’t worry about it. You should just rest well. // I’ll take care of the restaurant.

p.46
Wife: … // You’re right…

Wife: I’m sorry…

Man: …My wife brought the wine list with her into the hospital when she was hospitalized for cancer. / Every time I visitted her at the hospital, she would worry about what wine should accompany the banquet. // Though, all I could do was to cook…

Girl: Your wife must know what the “marriage” means.
Man: Perhaps. But all I did was-

Man: -just get angry. When a critic censured my restaurant, I was only thinking that the critique was an accusation. // I didn’t think about what I'd done wrong. / I’m ashamed.

p.47
Shizuku: More importantly, we don’t have much time now.
They: !
Shizuku: Let’s think about how we can create a marriage of food and wine--, to triumph over Issei Tomine!

Girl: Th-, that’s right. / I got an idea while I was listening to Shizuku-san. // Basically, what “marriage” means is to match something similar in taste and aroma, doesn't it?

Girl: If that’s the case, I think we can find the dessert wine easily.
Man: Ca-, can you give me some examples? / My restaurant’s signature desserts are something with strawberry or cranberry, / and the chocolate cake that I just served...
Text: Oh, she’s possessed by god of sweets now… // Tehehe…
Girl: …

p.48
Girl: How about… // a red Port wine for a fruity dessert that has the fragrance and sourness of fruit? / It’s rich in the aroma of fruit and matches well with fruity desserts.

p.49
Man: I see, I see.
Shizuku: A “Port” wine is a Portuguese wine, isn’t it?
TN: The sign on top of Shizuku’s head means "beginner".

Girl: That’s right. Its fermentation is stopped by adding brandy that has over 70 percent alcohol content. // That’s why it has the sweetness and fruitiness of grapes.

Girl: I think we could serve a bit better one by the glass.
Shizuku: Oh, I see.

Shizuku: Ah! // Speaking of which, that Noble Rot I had recently!!

Shizuku: “D’ Yquem” was it? // It went really well with chocolate. {small: It was a bit off, so I drank it with chocolate and was so nice <3

p.50
Girl: “D’ Yquem” is too expensive, // but if you look for other regions than Sauternes, you may be able to find an affordable Noble Rot…
Man: I see, I see.

Man: Then what about the Bourgogne that I served with the main dish; ris de veau and foie gras’s saute with madeira sauce?

Shizuku: Like I said just then, after eating the dish, only its sourness stands out, // and there’s no delicacy of the wine left.

Shizuku: Matching the Bourgogne with a greasy meat dish that comes with sweet madeira sauce is like // asking a skinny white-skinned female book-lover to go out with a suntanned and stubby-faced soccer club president.
[[[[ No offense to soccer club presidents……….. xD ]]]]

p.51
Girl: Hmmm. One could say that the collapse of their relationship is obvious. / Perhaps a girl with a quirky, firm character would be better suited for those bold and severe sort of boys--.
Shizuku: !

Shizuku: That’s it!! // Miyabi-chan. / Do you know any wine that has a quirky and firm character?
Girl: Eh… / It’s too sudden to…

Girl: Watanuki-san, what kind of wine did your wife used to serve with it?
Text: Don't ask me...
Man: Ah, hmm. / I don’t really have much knowledge in wine.

Man: Come to think of it, // my daughter’s taking care of the stuff that my wife left. There must be a wine list too.

Man: Just a second.
Girl: He has a daughter?
Shizuku: Yeah.

Shizuku: …

p.52
Girl: …

Girl: …
Phone: Rrring.

Girl: What is it?
Phone: Suzuka, you have mom’s wine list, right?

Girl: I have it, but what’re you going to do with it?
Phone: There’re people who know about wines in the restaurant now, / and we’re looking for some wines that would go well with my food. / So, it’s just to get some information--.

p.53
Girl: …!

Sfx: Open.

Girl: …

Man: Oh, / thanks for this.

Shizuku: It’s nice to see you again. // Oh, I haven’t introduced myself. / I’m Shizuku Kanzaki from the wine section of Sun Beer…
Girl: Why don’t you quit doing this, dad.

Shizuku: Eh?

p.54
Man: Suzuka…?
Girl: After mom’s death, you hired that irresponsible sommelier and that’s the reason why we’re in this state. Haven’t you learned?

Man: You’re talking about that again?

Man: These people are not like that. / They came in because they saw me having trouble…
Girl: Who knows!

Girl: They just want to sell some wine for their convenience since you don’t know about wines, I guess?
Man: Suzuka.

Man: Since when have you become so twisted? // What would your mom say about it if she was alive…

p.55
Girl: That’s my line!

Girl: You didn’t understand mom’s feelings at all. // That’s why you left all the wines untouched that mom found and bought right before she died!

Shizuku: !
Girl: On top of that, you followed the guy who just wanted to make some money out of you and put those expensive wines on the list.

Girl: It’s your fault that…
Man: That’s enough, stop it!! Otherwise I really--

Shizuku: Wait--!!

p.56
Shizuku: Watanuki-san. / Where are the wines that / your wife bought?
Girl: H-, hey, you…
Sfx: Push.

Man: O-, oh, there were just too many wines that couldn’t go in the cellar so I left all of them in the underground food storage. // However, it’s been already 2 years so / I’m not sure if they're still drinkable…

Girl: If it’s underground, perhaps some are still fine. / Why don’t we go and see it!?
Girl: Hey you guy don’t just,

Shizuku: Suzuka-san, were you?

p.57
Shizuku: I don’t know why you’re being so hard on your father, / but at this rate, this restaurant will surely be closing soon.

Shizuku: The guy who caused the restaurant to fall this low will be coming back here on Monday.
Girl: …

Shizuku: Until then…
Girl: It has nothing to do / with you right!?

Shizuku: It does. // He,
Sfx: Swish.

p.58
Shizuku: this Tomine guy // has taken over my house of wine too.

Girl: Eh?

Shizuku: Well, so why don’t we work together?
Text: And where’s the underground?
Man: Is he really OK?
Girl: H-, huh, yeah…

p.59
Man: These boxes are the ones.
Shizuku: What do you think, Miyabi-chan?

Girl: These are from Rhône.

Girl: That is to say, most likely, the grapes are Shiraz and Grenache. / Unlike the delicate Pinot Noir from Bourgogne, considering this environment, its condition should be fine.

Shizuku: Rhône region. // South France, was it?
Sfx: Peel.

Shizuku: Miyabi-chan, do you know about this wine?

Girl: Hmm… Nope. // It hasn’t been imported into Japan much I suppose… // Though I haven’t studied much about Rhône wine, so…

Girl: Ah, but those well known wines from Guigal and Chapoutier are popular in shops, / and I've drunk some too.

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Girl: Most of them are pricey, though one of them got almost 100 points from a critic called Robert Parker Jr. / They’re spicy and powerful…
Shizuku: What kind of dish goes well with it?

Girl: Well, mostly meat dishes, especially quirky meat like venison and lamb.
Man: Does it go well with my signature dish that I just served?

Girl: Well, I’m not sure unless I taste it… // Even though it says Rhône wine, there’re a variety of them.

Shizuku: May I have one?

Girl: …

p.61
Girl: !

Thought: Shizuku Kanzaki? Kanzaki… / Don’t tell me this person is,
Shizuku: It’s very thick, as thick as ink.

Sfx: Sniff.

Sfx: Clink.

Girl: How come you’re not going to drink that?

p.62
Shizuku: Let’s wait for 30 minutes.
They: Huh?

Shizuku: I don’t know why but I have a feeling that “god” is whispering me to do so.

Shizuku: The “god” that inhabits this wine--.
Girl: …
Foot: #21 end.