Bakuman 121

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tl by molokidan

19)
1: Aug. 28, Friday - the serialization meeting
2: Huh?
3: Kosugi still isn't here? This was supposed to be the fated day when he finds out whether Nanamine-kun gets a serialization or not.
4: Good moooooorning!
Page 121 - Confidence and Resolve
white: he always enters with a refreshing aura!!
5: Ehh?!
6: Nanamine-kun, you're going to wait for the results from the meeting here?
7: I heard there used to be a lot of authors like that, but...

20)
1: Which means you must have a lot of confidence in it!
2: I've got noooo confidence!
3: I just want to show that I'm serious, so I asked Kosugi-san if I could come along. That way I can quickly reflect on our failure once I hear about it.
4: Right, Kosugi-san?
5: What? You're all energetic, Nanamine-kun, but why does Kosugi look so down?
6: Ah...no...
7(2b): Well, it's his first serialization meeting, so I can understand his tension. Just relax, and remember, what have you got to lose?
8: ...is it really OK to give him a serialization like this...? I can't say it's either his or my work...
9: ...it'd be better if it was just rejected altogether...

21)
1: Ahhh, I can't calm down...
2: If Yuri-tan gets a serialization while I don't, then...
3: I don't like people who don't work. Farewell.
4: Uwaaaaaah! Noooo, please, anything but that!
5: ...no, wait...
6: If you don't get a serialization here, then you won't even be able to stay as a tea friend...
7: Yoshida-shi may have said that, but who knows if Yuri-tan actually thinks that way herself? Yuri-tan isn't that kind of person...
8: Yeah! It's not like I won't be working at all. I just got rejected one time...
9: Right?
10: Mmm.
11: I...I should give Yuri-tan a call and tell her my feelings...
12: Good idea!
13: OK!
14(2b): Beep beep

22)
1: I...it's Hiramaru...
2: Hello.
3: ...umm...
4: I hope we can both get serializations together.
5: !...so you mean it'll be bad if I don't get a serialization?
6(2b): Of course it'll be bad! Let's run our serializations together!
7: Bad...
8: Huh? Hiramaru-san...?
9-11: Of course it'll be baaad!
12: Oh no...
13: If I don't get a serialization...
14: she'll give me the cold shoulder...!

23)
1: Ahh, Yuujirou-san! Good morning! Thanks for all your help!
2: Huh? Are you waiting for your serialization to be decided?
3: No, of course not! There's no way I could get a serialization at 18!
4: Well, I dunno about that. Niizuma-kun, Ashirogi-kun. Shizuka-kun, and Shiratori-kun all got serializations in their teens...it isn't a very rare thing these days.
5: Really? But I'm still not...
6: Good morning!
7(2b): Nanamine-kun's cheerful as always. That last line of his filled with ease, though. He wouldn't be here unless he was confident.
8: I hope Aoki-san gets his serialization, though.
9: Aoki-san and Nanamine-kun's works both deal with love, but the nuances are different, so it wouldn't strange for both of them to start up.
10(2b): ...maybe...but...if Nanamine-kun's starts, it has the danger of being too similar to Shizuka-kun's...which really isn't in a good position...
11: But it's in an academy, it's serious, and deals with psychological stuff, so isn't it most similar to "PCP?"
12: Yeah, cuz he said himself that he looks up to Ashirogi-kun and sees him as his goal. "PCP" is popular, though, so I think it's safe.

24)
1: They're here!
2: Yamahisa, congratulations. Aoki-sensei's "Kami-sama ga Kureta..." will start in #44.
3: Ohh, hooray!
4(3b): Nanamine-kun's "Yuuigi na Gakuen Seikatsu ni Hitsuyou na Sore" will be from #45. Those are the two serializations.
5: I thought so!
6(2b): Ah...then that means Hiramaru-san's... "Boku ni Tsuujinai" is...
7: Mmm...this is really frustrating...
8: What about Shizuka-kun's "True Human?"
9: Relax, it hasn't been canceled in any way yet.
10: Then what's going to end?

25)
1: Hooooraaaaay!
2: Uwaaaah!
3: I never thought I'd actually get it!!
4: This is all thanks to your accurate advice, Kosugi-san!
5: We still have to hear the team leader's report, Nanamine-kun, stay quiet.
6: Haha...
7(2b): Ahh, I'm sorry. I'll wait silently in a corner somewhere then.
8: Eh? "Loveta & Peace" is going to end?!
9: Sorry, I was surprised about it too...
10: It's been in the double-digits lately, and he's still young, so we're excited to see what he can cook up next...
11: That's pretty harsh...
12: Well, you see, we have no current titles in slumps right now, so it was harder for us to decide what series to end than what to begin.

26)
1: Then I'll have a meeting with Nanamine-kun outside...
2: Kosugi, you got a minute?
3: Um...yes...
4(2b): You're looking pretty glum for someone who just got a serialization. What's wrong?
5: No...nothing...it's just, I hope that someone inexperienced like me can do a good job...
6: That's not all it looks like to me...
7: That reminds me...
8: If Nanamine-kun gets a serialization, we'll have to take responsibility and crush him with "PCP!"
9: Yeah!
10: I thought they said that because they didn't want to lose to him based on how their content was similar, but still, it sounded strange...responsibility? I understand their competitive nature, but to say they want to "crush" him...

27)
1: What did you talk about when you took Nanamine-kun to Ashirogi-kun's office?
2: I had work then, so I was only there for less than ten minutes...
3(top left): Ashirogi-kun said they want to crush his series with "PCP."
4: I see...well...if that will wake Nanamine-kun up, then...
5: Hm? What do you mean?
6: No, nothing! I'm sorry!
7(2b): Nothing my ass! You just heard your own work was gonna be crushed, and you didn't even get angry, but said something like that?!
8: No, I just meant, if that'll make the series more interesting, then...
9(2b): It...it's really nothing. I'm sorry, but Nanamine-kun is waiting for me!

28)
1: Ehhhhh? I was dropped?! And Yuri-tan got her serialization?!
2: Sorry...you were one of the three candidates to start, but they all had to do with school, so...
3: Hiramaru-kun?!
4: goodbye~
5: It's over...it's all over...
6: Hiramaru-kun, don't get hasty!
7: That stuff about Yuri-tan giving you the cold shoulder was just a strategy of mine to make you work harder!
8: Hey, Hiramaru...
9: I...it's true that I don't want to think of Yuri-tan as that kind of person...but just a minute ago...
10: Of course that's bad! Let's run our serializations together!
11: she said...
12: No...maybe I misunderstood what she meant...I...I'll have to ask her one more time...
13(2b): beep beep

29)
1: vibrate
2: Ahh, sorry to interrupt the meeting.
3: No, that's ok, go ahead.
4: Hiramaru-san.
5: But I can't talk to him at a time like this...
6: beep
7: You sure?
8: Yes.
9: It was a private call.
10: Anyway, I think it's best to give this series cleaner content this time around.
11: Yes.
12: You know, to make it as different as possible from Nanamine-kun's work...
13: Sh...she hung up...
14: without saying anything...
15: I'm really...
16: finished!!

30)
sign: Shiratori
1(2b): Oh really...? I thought that might be the case when I got the phone call...so it's going to end...
2: I'm sorry. To be honest, I underestimated this.
3: Being a mangaka is really fun, though.
4(3b): It really fits me as a person, so I'm glad I found it. I borrowed your help for "Loveta & Peace," Takagi-sensei, but this time I'm going to do it all on my own. I was able to serialize for close to half a year. I have confidence now.
5(2b): And my mom, who was against it for so long, finally managed to acknowledge that at least I'm working hard. I hope she'll embrace everything with my next piece!
6: Alright, then let's make the next one a big hit.
7: Yes!
8(2b): Ashirogi-kun's place is close by here...

31)
1: Listen carefully. WE'RE going to make the manuscripts.
2(2b): As the 51st person, Kosugi-san, you'll only be allowed to give your opinion. Each week's story will of course be thought up by me, planning the next developments in advance.
3: ...this isn't my serialization anymore...I haven't done anything for it...
4: there's no reason for me to be an editor here...
5: What are you doing?
sfx: tap tap tap tap
6: Kuih
7: You can leave now.
8: Man, what a pushover. Now I can do what I like without having to listen to any orders from any pesky editors.

32)
1: If you know anything, please tell me.
2: Kosugi is still only in his first year, but he seems too stressed out over Nanamine-kun.
3: What did Kosugi-san say about Nanamine-kun?
4(2b): No, he won't say anything, that's why I'm asking you. Whenever there's talk about the serialization, though, he always makes a grim face, and acts different than usual...it's really strange...
5: ...Kosugi-san must have figured out how Nanamine-kun's doing things.
6: Shuujin...
7(2b): I think it's Nanamine-kun's problem alone as to what method he chooses, but, if Kosugi-san's suffering as a result, then we should tell Hattori-san about it.
8: About what?

33)
1: Mmmmmmm, I see...
2: I thought there was some inconsistency with the story and dialog...
3(2b): I've never thought highly of Nanamine-kun ever since he released "Shinjitsu no Kyoushitsu" online...but this is really a dirty way to go about this...no, it's a disgusting way...
4: But you can't say that it's something that can absolutely not be done.
5(2b): No, if that had been known beforehand, it at least wouldn't have gone through in the serialization meeting. And if I had to say more, it might even be possible that this news could cancel it altogether...
6: So that's what you meant by taking responsibility and crushing it with "PCP."
7: Sorry...but telling on him like this felt wrong, and cowardly...
8: Besides, when we learned that he was a fan of us, and that's what led him to start drawing manga, we felt that we had to do something about it...
9: No, I understand how you feel.

34)
1: It's Nanamine-kun!
2: Ahh...you exchanged numbers with him right after you met him, didn't you?
3: Hattori-san, can you keep quiet about us crushing him?
4: If that'll wake Nanamine-kun up...
5: Alright, let's crush him!
6: Yes sir!

35)
1(2b): It's Nanamine. I got my serialization. See, my way was the right way after all.
2: This is the new generation's version of friendship, effort, and victory.
3: Friendship, effort, and victory?
4(2b): The friendship of 50 people, the effort of sharing ideas with the aim of getting a serialization, and then a perfect victory!
5: "Shonen Jump" is really quite the pushover, you know.
6(2b): It may be a new way...a "new bad way." And I'd prefer it if you waited for victory until your series became a big hit.
7: No
8: We'll never let you say that, though.
9: Huh?
10: You won't let me say it?
11: We're going to crush your series with "PCP!"

36)
1: Huuuh? You think can beat my series?
2: I have 50 idea men behind me.
3: Saikou.
4: Yeah!
5: There's no way we'd lose to such a patched-together manga.
6: Manga that's born from people taking responsibility for their own work, banging their head in frustration,
7: feeling cornered and like they want to escape, and then using that extreme situation, mental ability, stamina, and panic to create...would never lose to some soul-less manga that's just made up of other people's ideas
8: without any kind of resolve!

37)
1: ...that's an old way of thinking. I'm really disappointed in you, Ashirogi-sensei.
2: You probably think you're saying something cool right now, but in the end, it's the good manga that wins.
3: Well, you're a good artist, so normally I'd say there'd be no way for us to get you canceled in 10 weeks, but...
4: Shuujin!
5: Yeah!
6: Ahhh
7: Sorry, Nanamine-kun.
8(2b): Huh? You're already apologizing? I guess that's to be expected. There's no way you could get my series canceled...
9: Mashiro said there'd be no way for us to get you canceled in 10 weeks, but...
10: Yes?
11: We're still gonna make it happen!
white: A proclamation of war!!