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Title: Hot Road
Volume: 4 (of 4)
Mangaka: Tsumugi Taku
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Proofread by: Mars
Translation Completed: December 2, 2007

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[] - translator's notes
() - character's thoughts

Pg 3:
Kazuki: Don't go Haruyama

HOT ROAD
Tsumugi Taku

Pg 4:
Teacher: It's about time you had a serious talk with your mother
//kyaaaa!//
//thud thud thud//
Teacher: You can't stay at Morishita's house forever,
and you have high school to think about too.
//AHAHAH//
Teacher: Your mother will be coming here after school today.
Teacher: We can talk it over, just the three of us.
Teacher: Now don't you go running away.

Pg... Read More " "

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Title: Hot Road
Volume: 3 (of 4)
Mangaka: Tsumugi Taku
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Proofread by: Mars
Translation Completed: November 11, 2007

Pg 3:
Kazuki: (The roars of the motorcycle and the night lights
always steal Haruyama away)

HOT ROAD
Tsumui Taku

Pg 4:
//vrooommm//
Kazuki: (There was a small article in the newspaper a week ago,
that mentioned how the leaders from five gangs were rounded up and arrested.)
//vrooom vrooomm//
//clank//
Kazuki: (I don't know
if Tooru-san
was able to get away,
or if he was arrested.)

Pg 5:
[on the far left reads: HOT ROAD]
//slide//
Kazuki: (Ever since... Read More " "

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Title: Hot Road
Volume: 2 (of 4)
Mangaka: Tsumugi Taku
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Proofread by: Mars
Translation Completed: October 7, 2007

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Pg 2:
Kazuki: ("If you go out with him,
you'll change.
All his girlfriends
end up crying in the end.")
HOT ROAD
Tsumugi Taku

Pg 3:
//whistle//
//clatter clatter//
//click//
Eri: H-Hello?!
Eri: Hiroko-san?!
Eri: Hiroko-sa----
Eri: K-Kazu---
Eri: Kazuki's----
Eri: Kazuki's----

Pg 4:
Eri: Kazuki's gonna get hurt!!
//splash splash splash//

Pg 5:
//ring ring ring//
//ring ring//
//click//
Guy: Yes---?
Guy:... Read More " "

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Title: Hot Road
Volume: 1 (of 4)
Mangaka: Tsumugi Taku
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Proofread by: Mars
Translation Completed: July 7, 2007

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[] - translator's notes
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Pg 1:

HOT ROAD

Narrator: The blue road of sunrise.
The red tail lamp.
The passing glance of a thin figure, fading off into the distance.
Just once more,
I wish I could meet with those people from back then.


Pg 2:
Narrator: (Just once more...)
HOT ROAD
Tsumugi Taku

Pg 3:
Miyaichi: (Today is my mom's birthday)
//rattle rattle clank//
Woman: You thieves!!

Pg 4:
Girl: Wahhhh!
Girl:... Read More " "

Title: Tokyo no Casanova
Mangaka: Kuramochi Fusako
Volume: 2 (of 2)
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: December 23, 2007

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Pg 4:
Yuzuki: Hanyuu-san, I'll introduce you to him
Yuzuki: He's the one who's been taking my photos
His name's Mizukami Akira-san

Pg 5:
Girl: It's Hanyuu Kaori!
//noise noise//
Girl: Hanyuu Kaori's at our studio!
Girl #2: Where? Where?
Tamiko: Chii-chan...
Akira: Ah...
nice to meet you
Kaori: Hello

Pg 6:
Yuzuki: Hanyuu-san
was with daddy today because they were working together,
so I thought it'd be nice to bring her up here to meet you
Akira: ....Oh,
I thought my heart... Read More " "

Title: Tokyo no Casanova
Mangaka: Kuramochi Fusako
Volume: 1 (of 2)
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: December 19, 2007

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Pg 3:
Tokyo no Casanova
Kuramochi Fusako

Pg 4:
Girl: Wow! It's Hanyuu Kaori!
Girl #2: She's so pretty! Is she really 16?!
Girl: This is probably for that new movie she's in, the "Kumajirou Series"!
Girl #2: Yeah, I read in a magazine that she got the lead!
Girl: I'm definitely gonna go see it!

Pg 5:
Man: Everyone quiet!
This is the real deal!
Man: And---ACTION!
Man: Scene 25, Cut 2!
//click//
Man: Kaori-chan!!

Pg 6:
[sign reads "Hotel Inekari"]
Man: Kaori-chann!
Girl: I wonder if she's... Read More " "

Title: Shounen B [Unrelated One-shot from Sanagi to Ousama (The Chrysalis and the King)]
Volume: 2 (of 2)
Chapter: 11 (LAST CHAPTER)
Mangaka: Natsumi Rin
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: December 20, 2006

Pg 1:
Shounen B

Pg 2:
Takao: Midori!
Mi-dori-chan!
Takao: Let's go home together!
[SL: Takao: I've come to get you, honey!]
//slam//
Takao: Whoa!
Midori: How many times do I have to tell you?!
[SL: Takao: Ow..]
Midori: Don't be so buddy-buddy with me!
Midori: And that's Midori-SENPAI to you! [SL: No chan, no nothing else!]

Pg 3:
Takao: Geez...
//sigh//
Takao: When are you going to stop with that whole name-thing...
Takao: There's no hierarchy when it comes to... Read More " "

Title: Sweet Apple [Unrelated One-shot from Sanagi to Ousama (The Chrysalis and the King)]
Volume: 2 (of 2)
Chapter: 10
Mangaka: Natsumi Rin
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: December 20, 2006

Pg 1:
Long Time No See! Two One-Shots!

<Sweet Apple>
This was my first one-shot. I remember I had a tough time finishing this. [SL: Oh no~]
I had absolutely no time, and I made the story through Image Character Formation --> Title --> The Story,
which is the opposite of how I usually do it (right now, I do it The Story---> Title ---> Image Character Formation)
At first, I wanted to go for a bitter-love kind of story, but that didn't work out, so
it ended up becoming completely... Read More " "

Title: Sanagi to Ousama (The Chrysalis and the King)
Volume: 2 (of 2)
Chapter: 9
Mangaka: Natsumi Rin
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: December 20, 2006

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Pg 34:
//clank//
Sekina: ...uu---

Pg 35:
Sekina: ...Nn...

Pg 36:
//tense//

Pg 37:
//push//
//clatter//
//step step step//
Yanagi: Ow..
Yanagi: She...
Yanagi: clashed her teeth with mine...

Pg 38:
Sekina: (I couldn't figure out...
whether these tears were
from sadness or anger
or embarrassment.
But the tears kept rising to my eyes, one after another.)

Pg 39:
Sekina: (My first kiss
was very painful for some reason...)
//rustle rustle//
Girl:... Read More " "

Title: Sanagi to Ousama (The Chrysalis and the King)
Volume: 2 (of 2)
Chapter: 8
Mangaka: Natsumi Rin
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: December 20, 2006

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Pg 1:
Sekina: (How can I turn my back on someone like him?)

Pg 2:
Sekina: I...
don't really know how to explain it,
Sekina: but if you really were such a bad guy, you wouldn't think that way.
Sekina: And plus, if what you said was true, me and Ageo wouldn't be friends with you.
[SL: Sekina: Yup! Yup!]

Pg 3:
//squeeze//

Pg 4:
Sekina: ...Yanagi...?
[top left corner reads "Sanagi to Ousama 2"]
Sekina: (I can't see his face...)
Sekina: (but I could feel...
... Read More " "

Title: Sanagi to Ousama (The Chrysalis and the King)
Volume: 2 (of 2)
Chapter: 7
Mangaka: Natsumi Rin
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: December 20, 2006

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Pg 1:
Sanagi to Ousama (The Chrysalis and the King)
Natsumi Rin
Shocomi Flower Comics

Pg 2:
Sanagi to Ousama 2 (The Chrysalis and the King)

Sanagi to Ousama (The Chrysalis and the King)--5
Sweet Apple----99
Shounen B (Young Boy B)---151

Pg 3:
Sanagi to Ousama (The Chrysalis and the King)

Pg 4/5:
[this is a summary of volume 2, but I'll skip it since people who pick up volume 2
have probably already read vol. 1]

Pg 6:
[no text]

Pg 7:
Sekina: (I won't run away anymore...)
Yanagi:... Read More " "

Title: Sanagi to Ousama (The Chrysalis and the King) by Natsumi Rin
Volume: 1 (of 2)
Chapter: 6
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: Feb 12, 2007

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Pg 1:
Yanagi: Don't ever come here again.
Sekina: (Being pushed away by the person you love,
feels like having your heart ripped out...)

Pg 2:
Yanagi: Suzuki.
Yanagi: Sonoda.
//mumble mumble//
Yanagi: Takeuchi.
Yanagi: Tsumura.
Yanagi: Tsumura..?
Girl: Didn't we see her today?
//whisper//
Girl #2: Maybe she went home...
//whisper//
Yanagi: ("I love you.."
"...I can tell you I love you and mean it...")

Pg 3:
Yanagi: ("I trust the Yanagi I... Read More " "

Title: Sanagi to Ousama (The Chrysalis and the King) by Natsumi Rin
Volume: 1 (of 2)
Chapter: 5
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: Feb 12, 2007

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Pg 1:
//screechh//
[mangaka's message:

Yanagi

I'll be blunt.
I knew from the very beginning that I wanted to draw someone who wasn't just a "cool and goodlooking" character. (laughs)
But I also knew that as long as he was a jerk, I had to make him that much more goodlooking to make up for it.
He ended up being such a jerk my manager tried to stop me from going through with it. Hahaha.
So I tried to draw the line at a "reasonably normal jerkiness" level. (Does... Read More " "

Title: Sanagi to Ousama (The Chrysalis and the King) by Natsumi Rin
Volume: 1 (of 2)
Chapter: 4
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: Feb 12, 2007

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Pg 1:
Sekina: Yup..so I'll be staying one more day...
I'll make sure to take some medicine and sleep...I won't disturb him...
Sekina: I want to straighten everything out on my own before I go home....
...yeah...
Sekina: The party? No, it's okay. Just forget about it...
Sekina: (I'm exactly what he said I am.
I'm still just a small chrysalis.)
Sekina: I wouldn't mind meeting him...
Sekina: (But slowly, one step at a time...)
//click//

Pg 2:
Ageo: Congrats... Read More " "

Title: Sanagi to Ousama (The Chrysalis and the King) by Natsumi Rin
Volume: 1 (of 2)
Chapter: 3
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: Feb 12, 2007

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Page 1:
Sekina: ("the warmth of a person reaching out to me"...)
Sekina: (That's what I've...
always wanted...)

Pg 2:
Sekina: (Where am I...?)
Yanagi: So you're awake?
//flip//
Sekina: Eh...I'm---
Yanagi: You ran a fever because you stood out in the rain for so long.
Here, you should keep this on.
Sekina: Ah...
//rustle//

Pg 3:
Sekina: Noooo--!
Sekina: Why?!
Why am I wearing this?! Did you t-take my clothes o-off---
Yanagi: Yup.
//swish//
Yanagi: I'm an... Read More " "

Title: Sanagi to Ousama (The Chrysalis and the King) by Natsumi Rin
Volume: 1 (of 2)
Chapter: 2
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: Feb 12, 2007

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Pg 1:
[no text]

Pg 2:
Sekina: (I can't believe...)
(HIM of all people would end up coming to my school...)
Yanagi: Yamura.
Yanagi: Yoshida.
Yanagi: Watanabe...

Pg 3:
Girl: Hey, psst! Sekina---isn't Yanagi-sensei a major hottie?
Sekina: Eh?
Girl: We're so lucky we got him as a teacher--!
Sekina: Reallyy--you think--? He seems cocky to me.
Girl: He's not your type?
Sekina: (But...)
(I'll definitely be able to see him everyday...)
Yanagi: I'd like to start off today's class... Read More " "

Title: Sanagi to Ousama (The Chrysalis and the King) by Natsumi Rin
Volume: 1 (of 2)
Chapter: 1
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: Feb 12, 2007

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Pg 1:
Sanagi to Ousama (The Chrysalis and the King)

Natsumi Rin
Shocomi Flower Comics

Pg 2:
[no text]

Pg 3:
Teacher: Tsumura.
Teacher: Tsumura Sekina?
Teacher: She's skipping AGAIN?
Teacher: Does anyone know why she's not in class?
Well, it looks like SOMEONE doesn't care about what happens to her future.
//whisper whisper//
//rub//
//squish//

Pg 4:
Sekina: You're so lucky.
//squish squish//
Sekina: You never have any problems.
All you have to do is eat all... Read More " "

Title: Ashita mo Kitto Koi Shiteru [I'll Still Be in Love With You Tomorrow]
Volume: 4 (of 4)
Mangaka: Fujii Akemi
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: September 2, 2008

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Pg 7:
Ashita mo Kitto Koi Shiteru [I'll Still Be in Love With You Tomorrow]
Fujii Akemi

Pg 8:
Imai: ...Sorry about last night.
//heat wave//
//clatter//
Mitsuki: I said forget it, okay?
You had to go out because of your friend from high school, right?
Imai: ...Still, I'm sorry.
Mitsuki: ("A phone call. It was from a chick.")

Pg 9:
Mitsuki: Arrghh, you can be such a dope sometimes, Imai-san!
You only have four days left of your... Read More " "

Title: Ashita mo Kitto Koi Shiteru [I'll Still Be in Love With You Tomorrow]
Volume: 3 (of 4)
Mangaka: Fujii Akemi
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: September 1, 2008

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Pg 7:
Fujii Akemi
Ashita mo Kitto Aishiteru

Pg 8:
Mitsuki: A two-bedroom apartment, huh?
Chizu: Yep
Mitsuki: Wow...so you guys're gonna be getting your own place...
that's so awesome...
//dreamy look//
//exhales//
Chizu: What's so "awesome" about that?
I feel sick just thinking about having to re-organize everything once we move in

Pg 9:
Chizu: I want the place to be livable by wedding day, so we have to start moving our stuff in a... Read More " "

Title: Ashita mo Kitto Koi Shiteru [I'll Still Be in Love With You Tomorrow]
Volume: 2 (of 4)
Mangaka: Fujii Akemi
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: August 27, 2008

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Pg 7:
Ashita mo Kitto Koi Shiteru
Fujii Akemi

Pg 8:
//honk honk//
//vrooom//
Imai: ...Looks like we're stuck.
I guess there's no helping it. It's the start of the new year. //sigh//
Imai: Well, we'll probably be able to make it before it gets dark--
//tense//

Pg 9:
Imai: There's no need for you to be that nervous.
It's just a vacation
Imai: where we won't need to pay for a place to sleep.
//vrooom//
Mitsuki: B-But...
Mitsuki: (I'm in a huge... Read More " "

Title: Ashita mo Kitto Koi Shiteru [I'll Still Be in Love With You Tomorrow]
Volume: 1 (of 4)
Mangaka: Fujii Akemi
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: August 25, 2008

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Pg 9:
Mitsuki: (...Talk about bad timing!)
Mitsuki: (I don't even have enough time to go home and change)
//slam//
//Sorry!//
Mitsuki: (Ughhhh this sucks!)
[bell reads: 5pm---
I'll be waitin---]
Mitsuki: (//sighs//)
Mitsuki: (He finally sends me the message I've been waiting for so long, and THIS is what happens?---)
Mitsuki: (Not to mention, It's my first time in two weeks seeing him too!)
//clang clang//
Mitsuki: Ah...
[sign reads... Read More " "

Title: Present
Volume: 1 (of 1)
Mangaka: Ikuemi Ryou
Translated by: oceansportrait
Translation Completed: January 5, 2009

p3
I'm going to come and see you.

p4
-Part "The Spring of Youth of my 13th Year"-
Kawata: (Yocchi, Inomata, and Sumiji
all ended up in div. A.)
Kawata: (That might not be such a bad thing though.
Things weren't going that great between me and them lately anyway.)
Rena: Hey, Kawata-san, is that you?
//YAY!//
Rena: let's sit together!
Rena: I'm Sakura Rena!
Kawata: Err...hey, nice to meet you.
//AHAHA//
Rena: What's up with the politeness?! "Nice to meet you"? Ahaha, you're a riot!
Rena: I live in the same apartment complex as Sumiji.
I've known her... Read More " "