AKB49 - Renai Kinshi Jouretsu 44

[] = text in boxes or in the panel but not in a bubble
** = translator's comments
// = new bubble or new section of a bubble
*sfx*

pg01
Hiroko: I’m… I’m sorry dad... // I'm sorry
-: What is that? Enko?
**Enko = enjo-kosai or compensated dating
-: Isn't that a father-daughter?

-: How embarrassing~

[It still… // ended up like this]

pg02
Hiroko's dad: I've contacted the school. You can take a break for a while starting today // You don't need to worry about studying. If you do as I say, you won't be left behind.

Hiroko's dad: You've wasted a lot of time but // we just need to correct your path one step at a time...

Hiroko's dad: Got it?

Hiroko: ....Yes

pg03
*tick tick*

*tick tick*

[2 hours until the Kenkyuusei Performance // If I go now, will I make it?]

[But... // there's no way I can go]

[From the start // it was impossible]

pg04
[From the start]

Hiroko's mom: What...? Be an idol?
[watashi to kimi ga]

[koi ni ochite // yeahx2]
Hiroko: Yup! I'm practicing from now on.
HIroko's mom: Wow. And you know all of the dance? // Good job~

Hiroko: Do you think I can become an idol?
*turns*
[Yoshinaga Hiroko 1st Grade]

Hiroko's dad: What are you saying?
*turns off*

Hiroko's dad: There's no way you can become an idol // You need to cut it off with the stupidity

Hiroko's mom: D-Dear...!

pg05
[When I was small, I didn't really understand what my dad was saying but... // if I listened to him quietly, he was kind, and he was always thinking about me -that's what I thought]

[But even when I got older]

[Itoshikute wow x 2 //Watashi wa koi no android~]

*mesmerized*
Hiroko: Cute...

pg06
Hiroko: D...dad!!

Hiroko: T...that's...

Hiroko's dad: How long are you going to //hold on to this stupid dream?
*crack*

Hiroko's dad: Do you think you have the talent to be an idol? //I understand your potential the most
*crack crack*

Hiroko's dad: You're almost in middle school. You need to start being realistic.

pg07
Hiroko's dad: Do you understand // what dad is saying?

Hiroko: But I...!

Hiroko's dad: Do you understand?

Hiroko's dad: It's almost time for bed. //Go back to your room.

pg08
Hiroko: ....Yes

[I shouldn't have dreamt]

[AKB48, who are //active at Akiharabra's theatre]

[These young ladies chasing their dreams // are shining, aren't they~?]

pg09
[Boku ga boku de aru tame ni //shodo ni sunao ni narou]

[No...dad won't //allow it]

[There's no way it'll be //allowed]

[From the start]

pg10
[From the start //there was no way I could have this dream]
*doorbell rings*

pg11
Minoru: Yesterday, Yoshinaga-san left her cell phone at school
Hiroko's dad: Right. Then I'll take it.

Minoru: Also, I need to explain yesterday's handout... //It's difficult to explain without doing it face-to-face so

Minoru: as the class rep //I'm here to…

pg12
Hiroko: Oh //Yoshinaga-san

Hiroko's dad: Hiroko, did you really forget your cell phone?

Hiroko: Urayama-kun?

Hiroko: Y...yes...

Minoru: Well then I'll explain the handout...

Hiroko: Um... what... //handout...

Minoru: No time for that!
Hiroko: What?

pg13
Minoru: Let's go! // To the theatre!!

Hiroko: What!?

Minoru: I heard everything from Urakawa-san! // I have my bicycle parked outside! If we go now, you can make it!

Hiroko: From Minori...?

Hiroko: ...It's impossible // There's…no way my dad will allow it...

Hiroko: This didn't just start now // I'm used to having to give up my dream...

pg14
Hiroko: And... I don't have the talent to be an idol // From the start, it was an impossible dream...

Hiroko: Even though you cheered me on // I'm sorry Urayama-kun

Minoru: I have one too. // A dream!
Hinori: What...?

pg15
The card says:
I hope Yoshikawa can become AKB's center

Minoru: But with my power // it's really difficult

Minoru: It's like, can I really overcome this? // It's a super high hurdle!

Minoru: A lot of the time // I'll think I'm an idiot, but

pg16+17
Minoru: No matter how impossible, // there's no such thing as a dream you shouldn't have!!

pg18
[Right then, Yoshinaga was]
Hiroko: I don't know...
Minoru: What?

Hiroko: If I should really be doing this...

[trembling the whole time]

pg19
Hiroko: If I should give up // or if I should continue // I don't even know what to do myself

Hiroko: But....

Hiroko: But I still // want to be true to my dream!!

[But even so, // until my clothes almost tore]

[she held on strongly to my back]

pg20
Minoru: Let's go!! Yoshinaga!!!