Kamakura Deco & Kofu Life 8

Kamakura Deco & Kofu Life Ep 8
Translated by Niffer


Deko: Blonde guy in white shirt – café owner
Kofu: Black hair in Japanese clothes – sword shop owner
Gafu: Tanned guy Kofu’s brother
Fuuka: Black haired girl Kofu’s sister
Momokuro: Glasses. Owner of incense store
Secchuan: Bamboo grove owner, long white hair. American (speaks in katakana)
Koukundou: Owner of incense shop.
Futabatei: Owner of competing restaurants
Cordelica (Delica)


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Kamakura Deco & Kofu Life

Text: Hello!

Text: My name’s Deco, I’m the manager of a café in Kamakura.

Text: It’s a small shop.

Text: Quaint, carefree and local.

Text: People like Koukundou-san, an incense shop owner.

Text: The American Secchuan-san.

Text: And the unemployed Gafu-san, are all drawn to this place.

Gafu: Hey! I’m not unemployed!

Text: But…

Text: There is one strange thing about this shop…

Text: …which would be this corner.

Text: And the man to blame for it is…


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Hot guy café
and sword shop intertwined
in a slow paced life.

Kamakura Deco & Kofu Life Episode 8


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Kofu: Hmm…

Kofu: This swords smell means… it’s from Muromachi.

Old man: You’re amazing Kofu-kun.

Man: Kofu-kun is the star of our sword society.

Old Man: There are fewer and fewer young people opening sword shops nowadays.

Old Man: Speaking of…


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Old Man: I hope the joint management with the café is going well?

Kofu: Yes…

Kofu: Deco’s assistance is greatly appreciated.

SFX: haha

Man: Deco-kun would be angry if he heard you say that.

Man: Hey, that reminds me.

Man: I got a really interesting object from the warehouse.

SFX: clunk

Kofu: Ooohhh, a mechanical doll.


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Kofu: Hahaha, she’s so happy.

SFX: clang clunk

Man: Does that mean you’re interested?

Man: You can have her if you like.

Kofu: What?

Kofu: I couldn’t possibly…

Man: Then why don’t you try and sell her? You have a licence as an antiques dealer after all.

Old Man: Ooh, good idea.

Man: She was broken when I got her.

Man: Besides, it seems fitting you sell her on.

Kofu: Deco.


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Deco: Hey. I thought you were coming straight back.

Kofu: I got you a gift.

Deco: What?

Kofu: I got you a waitress.

Deco (thoughts): Wait…

Deco (thoughts): I get to have…
An adorable waitress in my shop?

SFX: looks around

Deco: Wh-where? Where is she?

SFX: swish swish

SFX: squeak


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Deco: How is this a cute waitress?!

Deco: It’s terrifying!

Kofu: Who said she was cute?
I’m actually going to sell her in my shop.

Kofu: Although she’s a tea carrying doll, so she’s not that different from a real waitress.
I’ll sell her to you if you want.

Deco: No thanks.

Kofu: It seems like her moving mechanism is broken but I wonder if she can carry…

Kofu: Hey, bring me some tea.

Deco: Don’t be bossy.

Deco: Oh? It moved.

Kofu: Amazing.

SFX: clank clank clank clank

Deco: Oooohh.


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SFX: THUNK

SFX: squeak squeak

Kofu: She really is broken… shall we hire her?

Deco: We can’t hire it idiot!


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SFX: ca-tunk

SFX: click click

Deco: It’s terrifying!

Kofu: It’s not my fault you’re scared.

Kofu: She’s acting really weird after we made her carry something.

SFX: woosh woosh woosh

Deco: It’s too weird.

Deco: You need to cover that thing up. It’s going to scare my customers.


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Deco: Welcome Ladies

Deco: I hope you enjoy yourselves.

Girl with glasses: What a cute shop! Even if that corner is a bit weird.

SFX: clatter

Girl with bob: Isn’t it?

Girl with glasses: Wha?!

SFX: jump

Girl with glasses: Thank you very much!

Deco: Ah!

Kofu: Hey Deco, I got the salt.

Kofu: … What?


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Deco: It’s your fault the customers ran away again!

SFX: dodge

SFX: hmph

Kofu: I thought it was a bit empty.

Deco: That thing keeps moving.

SFX: twitch twitch

Kofu: Can’t be helped then.

Kofu: Is this better?

SFX: clatter clatter

Deco: That’s worse!

Deco: Last night…

Deco: …when I was shut in the shop in the dark by myself…

Deco: …it was extra terrifying.

Deco: You can at least take it home with you at night.

Kofu: Aren’t you scared of enclosed spaces anyway?

Police: Huh?


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Police officer (thoughts): It’s late.

Police officer (thoughts): There’s a suspicious man in traditional clothes.

Police officer (thoughts): Walking around with a strange object.

Police officer: Excuse me, can we have a word?

Police officer: What do you have there? Can you show it to us please?

SFX: flap

Police officer: Wha-?

Police officer: Can you come to the station?

Kofu: Why?


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Kofu: Hi Deco. You know you can’t come and get me every night.

SFX: da da

Deco: What the hell are you doing!?

Deco: Let’s throw it away.

Kofu: You’re so mean.
I was given this you know.

Deco: You say that but it can’t be helped.

Deco: It’s scaring the guests.
You got arrested.
It creeps me out.

Kofu: Hmmm.

Kofu: I guess it wasn’t mean to be…

Kofu: But.


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Kofu: I can’t throw her away.
I could take her to my parent’s… No, that won’t work.

Deco: Why not?

Kofu: My big sister’s a scaredy-cat.

Deco: Ohh, that’s surprising…

Kofu: I don’t really want to abandon her.
But the way she moves around is going to disturb my sleep.

SFX: flip

Kofu: I wonder if I can fix her… I wonder if I can open her up.


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Deco: So this is what it looks like inside.

Kofu: I have no idea.
A really old artisan made this.

Kofu: No good.

Deco: Hey.


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Kofu: Hm?

Deco: Put its clothes back on.

Deco: Anyway…

SFX: scratch

Deco: For now let’s leave it somewhere it won’t stand out.

Kofu: ….?

Kofu: Hey, what’s up with you all of a sudden?

Deco: What?

Kofu: Weren’t you just going on and on about how we should throw away the doll?

Deco: I wasn’t going on and on…

Deco: …It’s just.


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Deco: When I realised there was someone who made such a delicate thing.
I thought… that person’s amazing.

Deco: I guess… I’m an artisan too.

Deco: To throw it away… well… I’d feel bad…

Kofu: Hmm…

Kofu: Japanese artisans are amazing.

Kofu: I know, let me explain netsuke* to you.

Deco: Erm… ok…

*Small wooden carved sculptures used to fasten the cord of a bag together.


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Deco: But…

Deco: …this thing’s still scary.

Kofu: Oh really? So she hasn’t
grown on you then?

Deco: Only a weirdo with the same taste as you could get used to something like that.

Kofu: Why do you have to be so negative all the time?

Secchuan: Hm?

SFX: rattle

Deco: Ah. Welcome!

Secchuan: What’s this?


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Secchuan: What a beautiful
doll!!!

Secchuan: I need it Kofu!

Secchuan: I’ll give you all my money!

Deco: Ah… speaking of weirdos.

Secchuan: It’s soooooooooo cuuuuuuuuuute!!!

Deco: Oh, you really do…

Deco: Well.

SFX: pet

Deco: Good for you.


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Text: And so the doll…

SFX: clang clunk clang clunk

Secchuan: Please, have a drink.

Text: …found a loving home to work in.

SFX: BANG!

SFX: splash

Deco: Th-thank you very much…

Text: Let’s dig-in then.

To be continued…