The Chrysalis and the King 7

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

Legend:
// - action
[] - translator's notes
() - character's thoughts

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: I'll start handing out sign-up forms for the practice exam.
Anyone wanting to participate in it should bring back this form filled by tomorrow.

Pg 8:
[book reads "Math"]
Yanagi: And for the results of the mini quiz---
//scritch scritch//
Sekina: (It still doesn't erase the fact I got turned down by him though...)
Sekina: (But I have to accept it.)
Sekina: (No matter how much I still like him, it'll never go beyond this point.)

Pg 9:
Sekina: (There's no space for me in his heart.
If only he'd looked like he was happy,
I think I'd be able to get over him faster.)
Sekina: (I wonder if my feelings for him will stay with me forever..)
//rattle rattle//

Pg 10:
Ageo: Is Sekina here--?
Ageo: I'm here to pick you up.
Ageo: Let's go on a date!
Sekina: (Ageo?!)
//kyaaa---!//
Ageo: Teacher, when will homeroom be over?

Pg 11:
Yanagi: Soon...
Ageo: Oh, okay.
//smiles//
Ageo: Then I'll be waiting outside.
Ageo: Don't keep me waiting, Sekina.
Girl: Who is he?! He's such a hottie!
//kyaa--!//
Girl: You have an older boyfriend!?
Since when--?!
[SL: Girl: I had no idea--!]
Sekina: (What's with him?)
(Why did he...)

Pg 12:
Sekina: (come here--?!)
Ageo: Hey, hey, what's with the long face?
Is there something wrong with me coming to pick you up?
Sekina: Nooo--! But why did you have to come to my class...[SL: You embarrassed me!]
Ageo: Haha, why not? There's nothing wrong being spontaneous every once in a while.
Ageo: Please be nice to Sekina!
//kyaaaa--! They're so lovey dovey!!//
Ageo: And anyway, it serves him right.

Pg 13:
Ageo: Cheer up, Sekina.
//pat//
Ageo: If there's anywhere you want to go, I can take you there.
Sekina: (Ah...)
Sekina: (He...)
Sekina: (came here because he was worried about me..?)
Sekina: Don't worry about me!! I'm full of energy! [SL: If you keep being such a worrywart, you're going to end up bald in your 20's!]
[SL: Ageo: HEY!]
Sekina: Ah...
since you're here anyway, there IS one place I want to go to...
Ageo: Hmm?
//puppy eyes//

Pg 14:
Ageo: I never thought I'd end up visiting my old high school today...
Sekina: Wow---! It's so huge!
Sekina: (So this was where Yanagi and Ageo...)
Sekina: It's so different from middle school!
Ageo: You think?
//slide//

Pg 15:
Sekina: (Even though they're only a year older than me,
they seem so much more grown up.)
Sekina: (Maybe it's because of their school uniforms...?)
[mangaka's message:

Volume 2 of Sanagi to Ousama has been released! Woohoo!
I'm so happy I could cry!

Because, listen to this!
Until the release of this volume, I could swear I was cursed! (cries)
I ended up going to the hospital like 20 times (cries)
(I had to try out lots of different kinds of medicine!)
My soul even went through a beating!
It really was a "Hey, God! Shouldn't I be through with all this pain already?!" moment.

But it made me realize how amazing humans are.
I have nothing to fear now that I've gone through such a trying part of my life!
Hehe, way to go me!
Telling you this lets me say with confidence that I've finally blossomed into a butterfly.
While I was still a chrysalis,
I was always complaining about this and that, and there were times I felt I was worthless.

But now, I feel like I can fly, it feels so great.
I can gaze at the blue sky, and I can feel the wind.
Thanks to everyone, I was able to become a beautiful butterfly....]

Pg 16:
Ageo: Look, look! This is the shortcut to the corner store!
Sekina: Eh?
Ageo: It takes a lot longer through the main gates,
so we cut this hole.
Sekina: WHAT?! [SL: Isn't that illegal?!]
Ageo: Since they haven't fixed it yet, I guess there's still people here who use it.
//chuckles//
Ageo: Oh, and you HAVE to go and take a look at some of the classics written in the guys' bathroom!
Sekina: Ageo, I don't think that's such a---
Sekina: (They have so many memories here.)

Pg 17:
Sekina: (The times they spent here...)
Sekina: (The school uniform they wore...)
Sekina: (I wonder what they talked about?)

Pg 18:
Sekina: (I'm excited just imagining it all!)
Sekina: Why did you quit school?
Sekina: You seem to have a lot of good memories here, so...
Ageo: Yeah, well, you know how I'm a one-task kinda guy, right?
When I get really into something, I end up dropping everything else, including homework.
Ageo: And...back then, I fought alot with the guys in my band.
Ageo: And things weren't going great...
Ageo: Everyone laughed at my dream of making it big in a band,
Ageo: but he was different. [emphasis on "he"]

Pg 19:
Ageo: Yanagi always stuck by me, through thick and thin.
Ageo: Thinking back now, I don't think going to high school was a waste,
Ageo: because I met him.
Sekina: (Happy moments...and sad ones...)
Sekina: (he experienced them all here...)
Ageo: Sekina, don't give up.
Ageo: The exams are killer, but if you brave it through, good things'll be waiting. I know it.

Pg 20:
Sekina: Yeah, you're right.
Sekina: Okay, I've made up my mind!
Sekina: I want to try out for this school!
Ageo: Sekina..? I told you "don't give up" but I didn't say anything about you going here...?
Sekina: So what? I want to go to this school!
//vein pop//
[SL: Ageo: How can you decide something so important so easily?]
Sekina: I didn't really care what high school I go to,

Pg 21:
Sekina: but my heart's pounding right now.
I feel really jealous.
Sekina: I want to experience what you and Yanagi experienced here!
Ageo: But if you go here...you probably won't be able to forget about Yanagi..?
Sekina: I don't care.
Sekina: I've thought it through, and I know now it's impossible to completely forget about him.

Pg 22:
Sekina: If I can't forget about him, then I shouldn't have to!
Sekina: (I have to remain true to myself.
There's no need to try to erase my feelings for him.)

Pg 23:
Sekina: (Even if he'll never feel the same way towards me, as long as I feel this way,
I shouldn't try to deny it...)
Kimika: How long are you going to stay here?
//twirl twirl//
Kimika: I'm bored of this place already.
Kimika: Mind if I stay over at your place tonight?

Pg 24:
Yanagi: Let's just end this.
Yanagi: This is a waste of time.
You don't care who you're with. It doesn't have to be me.
Yangai: And I feel the same way---
//squeeze//
Kimika: You're right.
Kimika: But let me ask you, are you really going to be okay with it?
Kimika: I don't think there's ever going to be anyone else who'll understand you like I do.

Pg 25:
Yanagi: Don't be full of yourself.
Yanagi: I've never felt love for you enough to open my heart to you.
Yanagi: There's no point in staying together,
when neither of us loves the other.

Pg 26:
//giggle//
//giggle giggle//
Yanagi: ...What are you laughing for?
Kimika: AHAHAHA! Because!
Kimika: I never thought I'd hear that kind of trash from you!
Kimika: You've been living this way your whole life...
Kimika: Since you want to just end it all, I'm guessing you woke up and "saw the light"?
Kimika: And now you're wanting a relationship based on "love"..?
Don't make me laugh. What a joke.

Pg 27:
Kimika: You've come this far destroying your relationships, and NOW you realize it's what you wanted all along?
Kimika: Aren't you being a bit selfish?
Kimika: You just said so yourself.
Kimika: You've never felt love. Either to or from others.
Kimika: And it doesn't apply to just me.
It's to everyone.
Kimika: You aren't capable of loving anyone.

Pg 28:
Kimika: You're a fool, you know that? You're in some kind of dreamland.
Kimika: You'll never change.
//chuckles//
Kimika: You would've been better off living your life never realizing that fact.

Pg 29:
[paper reads "School Orientation"]
Ageo: You're reading the school pamphlet, AGAIN?!
//tense//
Sekina: Haha, yeah. Just reading it gives me motivation to study...
[SL: Sekina: It's telling me "don't give up!"...]
Ageo: Well "I" give up trying to convince you otherwise...[SL: Do what you want.]

Pg 30"
Ageo: Since you..
might change something in Yanagi...
Sekina: Eh?
Ageo: Nothing! I'm starving so I'm going to go and grab something to eat.
Sekina: I should really get down to studying! [SL: It looks like a hard school to get into!]
//creak//

Pg 31:
Sekina: Yanagi!
Sekina: Perfect timing! Listen to this!
Today I---
Sekina:...What's wrong?
Sekina: You don't look so good..
Sekina: You should sit down.
Sekina: I'll be right back with some water---
//pull//

Pg 32:
Yanagi: Why...
Yanagi: do you like a guy like me?
Yanagi: I'm a terrible person.
Yanagi: I can never trust anyone, and I've never loved someone from the bottom of my heart.

Pg 33:
Yanagi: And I could never love myself either...
Yanagi: I know all this...but there's nothing I can do to change it...
Yanagi: You shouldn't get involved with me...