Yotsubato! 61

Yotsubato! chapter 61

page 1:
top: Today is always the most enjoyable day. (itsudemo kyou ga, ichiban tanoshii hi.)
title: Yotsuba&!
chapter 61: Yotsuba & Balloons (dai-61-wa Yotsuba to kikyuu)

vertical text: Expectations are inflating! (kitai, fukuramu!)

page 2:
Koiwai: Yotsuba ... (Yotsuba ...)
Wake up -- it's the balloons. (okiro kikyuu da zo)

Koiwai: Yotsu-- (Yotsu...)
SFX: SLAP (bitsu)
Yotsuba: Nrr! (n---!)

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Koiwai: It's still dark ... (mada makkura da na...)

Koiwai: Yawn (fuaa)

Asagi: Good morning. (ohayou gozaimasu)

Koiwai: Ah!

Asaig & Ena: Ah!

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Ena: Yotsuba isn't awake? (Yotsuba-chan okiranai no--?)
Koiwai: She gets cranky if she's made to get up while still sleepy, (jibun de okiru toki wa iyou ni mezame ii n'da kedo)
so it's better to let her wake up on her own. (mada nemui no ni okosu to okoru n'da yo)
[TN: freely swapping order of clauses and rendering one a little loosely ... ]

Ena: Yotsuba, wake up. (Yotsuba-chan oki na yo--)
Yotsu-- (Yotsu...)
Yotsuba: It's not! (inai!)

Ena: What's not ... ? (inai no ... ?)

Ena: Jeeze -- we have to leave even though it's still night. (mo---- yoru da kedo shuubatsu suru no ga ii no ni)
Asagi: Ah -- she's here. (a kita)

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Koiwai: Morning. Please take care of us today ... (ohayo-- kyou wa, yoroshiku--)
Ena: Torako, morning. (Torako-san, okayo--)
Torako: Eh? (e...)
This many ... ? (konna ooi no...?)

Torako: I didn't hear about this ... (kiite nakatta...)
Asagi: Yeah. (un)
I didn't tell you. (ittenakatta)

Torako: Why? (nande?)
Asagi: I though I'd surprise you. (hikkuri suru to omotte)

Koiwai: Sorry to be a bother, but please take care of us. (ojama ka mo shin'nai kedo yoroshiku)
Ena: Please take us. (tsuretette kudasai)
Torako: No ... the thing is, I'm good with it, but ... (iya ... kore wa ii n'da kedo ... )

Torako: my car's a four-seater ... (uchi no kuruma 4-nin nori ... )

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Yotsuba: Ng (n--)

Asagi: Too bad, Ena. (Ena warui kedo)
Ena: NO! (IYA!!)

Ena: That's right! We can take Father's car! (sou da! otou-san no karuma de ikeba ii yo!)
Asagi: I think Father said he's using the car today, so ... (otou-san kyou karuma tsukau 'tte itteta ki ga ... )
Ena: Then let's go in Mother's car! (jaa okaa-san no karuma de ikou!)

Asagi: But Mother is sleeping now, and it'd be bad to wake her to ask, so ... (demo okaa-san ima neteru kara karireru ka kiku no ni okosu no mo warui shi ... )
Ena: I'll go ask her! (watashi ga kiite kuru!!)

Ena (off): Moooother (okaa-sa--n)
Asagi: Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha (ahahahahaha)
Koiwai: She's a sadistic big sister. (ijiwaru na onee-chan da)
Torako: This one's a terrible person. (koitsu wa HIDOI yatsu desu yo)

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(silence)

page 8:
(silence)

page 9:
Ena: It's gotten light. (akareku natte kita)

Asagi: It's twilight. (tanbo bakka da)

Koiwai: Something smaller. (un chiisai hou ga ii na)
Torako: A new car like the Fiat 500? (atara karuma nara Fiat500 to ka?)

Koiwai (off): Jumbo said the same. (Jambo mo sou itteta na--)
Someone: Torako ... (Torako wa kata-yottemasu yo)
[TN: I can't figure out what sense of yoru is meant here]

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Koiwai: It think it's near here (kono chikaku da to omou n'da kedo na--)
The site ... (kaijou ... )

Torako: I think it's somewhere in this area ... (kono hen de atteru to omou ... )
pamphlet: ---n festival (--n fesutibaru)
Oct 11th/12th/12th

Asagi: Ah! (a)
Koiwai: Over there? (atta!?)

Asagi: There was a child skipping! (ima kodomo ga sukippu shiteta!)
Just over there. (chika-sou desu)
Koiwai: Eh? (n!?)

Ena: Sign! (kanban)
Turn left after the next light. (tsugi no shingou sasetsutte)
Koiwai: Ah -- right. (a yo--shi)

page 11:
sign: Balloon Fest--(cut off) Parking

Someone: It's just a river-bed. (tada no kawara da)
Someone: There's a lot of people here (sore narini hito iru ne--)
This early in the morning. (konna asabbara kara)
[TN: Guessing at how to read that -bbara]
Someone (Ena?): There's no balloons. (kikyuu nai yo--)

Somone: There -- we've arrived. (ho--i touchaku--)

page 12:
Yotsuba: Just now? (tsui tano!?)
[TN: ??? Is she mispronouncing something?]
Disneyland? (disuni--rando!?)
Koiwai: How the--? (nande!?)

Koiwai: Nng (n--)

Yotsuba: It's Tora! (Tora da!)
You came too! (Tora mo kiteta!)
Torako: Yeah (un)

SFX: pat pat (pen pen)

page 13:
Ena: Yotsuba, let's go look over there. (Yotsuba-chan atchi mi ni ikou)
Yotsuba: Oh (o--)

arch: Balloon---(cut off)

page 14:
Ena: They're setting up. (junbi shiteru kana)
tape: NO ADMITTANCE

Koiwai: No going past there. (sokkara haitcha dame da zo)
That's what it says. (sou iiteru)

Yotsuba: Even I can't go in? (Yotsuba mo haittara dame?)
Koiwai: Even for you. (Yotsuba de mo dame da)
What, are you a V.I.P.? (nani? kimi erai hito?)

Yotsuba: Huh. (fu--n)

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Yotsuba: What's going on? (nanka yatteru?)

Yotsuba: Is it a festival booth? (omatsuri no omise kana--?)

Woman: Yes, good morning. (ha--i ohayo--)
Here. (douzo--)
Yotsuba: You're giving it? (kureru no?)
Free? (tada?)

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Woman: Yes, free pork miso. (un tada tonjiru yo)
It's hot, so be careful, okay? (atsui kara ki o tsukete ne)
Yotsuba: It's miso! (o-misoshiro da!)

Yotsuba: I can't have a candied apple? (ringoame wa moraenai no?)
Woman: I'm sorry -- we don't have that. (gomen ne-- sore shikanai no)

Yotsuba: Okay, okay (ii yo ii yo)
It's okay even if it's miso. (o-misoshiro de mo ii yo)
Koiwai: I'm sorry. (suimasen)

Ena: I got some too. (watashi mo moratta)
Yotsuba: You too? (toku shita na)
[TN: Guessing there.]

Yotsuba: I used tact. (Yotsuba enryo shita)
Koiwai: Wha--? (e---?)
[TN: Yotsuba remembers chapter 15 better than he can, it seems.]

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Yotsuba: Thanks for the meal. (gochisousamashite kita)
Ah -- that was yummy. (ha-- oishikatta)

Yotsuba: Head back now? (mou kaesu?)
Koiwai: Wha--? (ee?)

Asagi: Yotsuba, why did we come here? (Yotsuba-chan koko ni wa nani shi ni kita n'da 'kke--?)
Yotsuba: To get some soup? (o-misoshiro no mi ni)
Ena: No, the balloons. (chigau yo kikyuu da yo)

Yotsuba: That's right, that's right. (sou datta sou datta)
That's going to fly. (are ga tobu)
Koiwai: Cars don't fly. (karuma wa tobanai)

Yotsuba: I'll fly! (jaa Yotsuba ga tobu!)
Koiwai: Huh? (u?)

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Yotsuba: Helipocter! (heripokuta--!)
SFX: fwip (sa)
Koiwai: Ah -- OK OK. (a-- hai hai)

Yotsuba: Ah-ha-ha-ha (ahahaha)
Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha (ahahahahahaha)

page 19:
Yotsuba: Ah -- that was fun. (a-- tanoshikatta)
Koiwai: My eyes are spinning ... (me ga kawaru...)

Yotsuba: Asagi next! (tsugi Asagi!)
Koiwai: No, no. (iya iya)

Koiwai: Eh!? (e----!?)

page 20:
Voice: Also going 'round. (yappa murimuri)
Yotsuba: Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha (ahahahahaha)
Torako: They've gotten close. (nakayoshi da na)

Koiwai: I think I'll have to hold your legs to spin you. (ashi o kakaete kara mawaseru to omou)
Asagi: No, I must decline. (ie enryo shimasu)

Yotsuba: I'm going up the hill too. (Yotsuba mo dote no ue iku!)
Koiwai: Don't trip on the stairs. (aa kaiden koke n'na yo)
Ena: Ah, I'll get one of those pamphlets. (a watashi panfuretto moratte koyou)

page 21:
SFX: da da [footsteps]

SFX: SWISH (zubon)

SFX: RUSTLE RUSTLE (gassa gassa)
Koiwai: Use the STAIRS! (kaidan tsukae yo!)

Yotsuba: I grabbed a super-big grass! (sugoi ookii kusa tsukamaeta)
Koiwai: That's pampas grass. (susuki da)

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Yotsuba: Pampas grass-- (susuki--)
Koiwai: Wah! (uwa)
You're covered with burrs! (omae kuttsukimushi-darake!)

Koiwai: Ah. Arg. (a-- a--)
Asagi: Ah. (a--)

Ena: This gives what the balloons will be doing. (kikyuu dou yaru no ka kiite mata)
Yotsuba: Pampas! (susuki)

page 23:
Ena: The balloons will leave here soon. (mou sugu koko kara kikyuu ga shuu-patsu suru n'datte)
pamphlet: Balloon Festival

Ena: They'll head toward a distant point where they'll drop a marker. (sore de hanareta tokoro ni aru pointo ni mukatte itte ma--ka-- o otosu no)

Ena: The winner is the one to drop their marker the closest to the point. (pointo ni chikai tokoro ni ma--ka-- o otoshita hito ga kachi)
Koiwai: So it's that sort of game. (naru hodo sou iu ge--mu ka)
There, picked most of them off. (hore daitai toreta)

Asagi: There's a lot of photographers, isn't there. (shashin totteru hito ippai iru ne)
If Torako took some pictures, they'd come out pretty good. (Torako mo tokkara toreba yoku toreru yo)
[TN: That's clearly the sense, but I'm lost with the tokkara.]

Torako: With everyone taking photos, I don't want to. (minna ga totteru to toru ki ga nakunaru)
Asagi: You're a contrary one. (hinekure mono da naa)

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Ena: Ah! Look! (a! hora!)
Koiwai: Oh! (o--)

Yotsuba: They've all swelled up! (minna fukurande kita!)
Oo! (o--)
Koiwai: Oo (o--)

page 25:
Yotsuba: I'm gonna get closer! (chikaku itte miru!)

Koiwai: She's always hurrying up and down. (agettari sugettari isogashii yatsu da na)
Take the stairs. (kaidan tsukae yo)
Asagi: She's gonna fall ... NOW. (koteru! wa--!)

SFX: SLIP (zuru)

page 26:
(silence)

page 27:
(more silence)

page 28:
Yotsuba: HUGE! (okki--!!)

Yotsuba: What is that thing? (nanda kore wa--!!)
Koiwai: It's a balloon (kikyuu da)

page 29:
Asagi: It's beautiful.
Wow. (he--)
Yotsuba: There! It's beautiful because it's stripey, right? (are! shimashima dakara kirei na!?)

Yotsuba: Ah! That's number 4! (a! are 4-ban!)

Yotsuba: 4! That's my number. (4! Yotsuba no 4)
[TN: As you know Bob, her name is written with the kanji meaning "four leaves".]
Why? (nande--!?)
Asagi: How's that? (nande?)
Ena: AH! (a)

page 30:
(silence)

page 31:
(awed silence)

page 32:
Yotsuba: Daddy! Wow! Wow! (to--chan! tonda! tonda!)

Yotsuba: Have a safe trip! (itterassha--i!)
Have a safe trip! (itterassha--i!)
[TN: Itterasshai is of course normally said to someone leaving the house.]
SFX: wave wave wave (bun bun bun)

Yotsuba: He waved! (te-- futta!)
Ena: He did! (futta ne!)

Yotsuba: Have a safe trip! (itterassha--i!)

Yotsuba: Was that an alien? (are uchuujin!?)
Ena: Uh -- whaa--? (e!? nande!?)
text: So there will be more balloons next time! (to iu wakete jikai mo kikyuu!)