Akuma to Love Song 16

Devil and her love song --- Chapter 16
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[Page 58]
Devil and her love song

[Page 59]
Hana: I trusted you,
But you betrayed me.

[Page 60]
Maria: I betrayed you...?!

Maria: I didn’t do that!
Everything I told you was true.
Hana: But Yuu-chan just said he was rejected by you!

Hana: Opening up your heart about your love interests
Is the proof of friendship, you know?!
I trusted you and told you so many things,

[Page 61]
Hana: but you trampled on my sincerity.
You’re inhuman, Kawai-san!

Yuusuke: Hana-chan?
Hana: You’ve got to think about the things you’ve done without running away, Kawai-san.
If you keep on betraying your friends like this,

Hana: You’ll meet with misfortune.

[Page 62]
Maria: Do you like being pitied on by others?

Hana: Eh...?
Maria: Well, when I look into your eyes, I’m reminded of the sisters at my old school.
Sorry, I got sidetracked. Anyway, it seems that you misunderstood it.

[Page 63]
Maria: I don’t like Kanda in the romantic way, and the same goes for him.
So don’t worry.

Hana: What...?
I don’t get what you’re saying at all.
I mean, what do you mean, “don’t worry”?!
SFX: blank look
Ayu: Hana.

Hana: What do I have to worry about? Whether you and Yuu-chan will become an item or not?!

Maria: You asked me yourself earlier.
Hana: You’re making it sound like I want Yuu-chan to return my feelings.

[Page 64]
Hana: I only wanted to be in love with him. that’s enough for me...

Ayu: Hana!

SFX: Slam
Ayu: Wait, Hana!

Ayu: Devil Maria!
You’re really the worst!

[Page 65]
SFX: rattle
SFX: slam
SFX: stomp stomp stomp

Guy: Man...
And we were getting along so well, too, for a change.
SFX: noisy noisy
SFX: disappointed
Please, Kawai. Do something about that attitude.
*Seriously.

Yuusuke: That wasn’t Maria’s fault.
It was all because I tried to cool things down.

Guy: I don’t care who’s at fault,
But what are you going to do about this? The girls got mad again.

[Page 66]
Maria: It’s just a small misunderstanding. She’ll understand if I talk to her.
Guy: Oh, yeah?!
Stop talking all those unnecessary things, Kawai!
*Just be quiet!

Yuusuke: Are you OK, Maria?
Maria: Yeah. But more importantly,

Maria: I know this sounds weird, coming from me, but is it OK for you not to chase after her?
She confessed to you after all—

Yuusuke: Ah, I already know that.
Or more like, everyone in our class knows that.

[Page 67]
Shin: “I only wanted to be in love with him. that’s enough for me...”

Shin: We’ve already heard that so many times
In the girls’ conversations in the classroom.

Guy: Argh, let’s put an end to it.
Shall we go home?
I don’t feel like doing it anymore.
< It’s kind of late, but I just realized
< that when she said I was her friend,

[Page 68]
< I was happy...
“It’s only normal for friends, you know?”

Maria: What exactly does she mean
When she says “friends”?

Ayu: We understand how you feel, Hana.
Don’t let that devil Maria bother you!
SFX: noisy noisy
< But this is reality.

[Page 69]
< There aren’t
< that many smiles around me.

Girl: Are the guys going home, too?
Guy: There’s nothing we can do there.
Girl: That’s true.
SFX: ahahaha

SFX: sigh

[Page 70]
Teacher: Looks like
I’ll have to switch the leader position to Hana.
Ibuki Hana?
She got discharged from the hospital, didn’t she?

SFX: happy
Teacher: Yes. Actually, everything changed after she got back.
The air just got so bright all of a sudden.

Teacher: Well, I knew from the beginning that it was impossible for Kawai to be the leader, though.
SFX: pfft
Leader...

Teacher: Sensei,
Let’s keep Kawai as the leader.

Teacher: What are you talking about? Hana finally—
Actually,

[Page 71]
Teacher: Recently, a certain TV channel
Mentioned that they want to collect data about high school events.

Teacher: And?

Teacher: You see, judging from the number of applicants we have,
We’re going to be under-enrolled next year.

So why don’t we have Kawai Maria advertise for us?

[Page 72]
Teacher: Something like a violent student that elite school Katria already gave up on
Being reformed at our school into someone who seriously gives it her best into singing in the choral contest.
SFX: creak

Teacher: We can pass it off as... let’s see
“A school where unbelievable, devilish students”

[Page 73]
Teacher: “can become angels.” How does that sound?

[Page 74]
Maria: Ah,
I can see Katria from here.

< I might be missing something very important.
< Something like the warmth and gentleness that everyone should have within themselves.

< Being able to not make others feel uncomfortable around me.
< Ahh, that’s right.

[Page 75]
< I cannot make anyone happy.

Yuusuke: You’re singing alone again, Maria.

Yuusuke: I heard your voice, so I came over to check. Turns out you’re really here!

Yuusuke: You were also alone like this on the day you transferred here, right?
Could it be that...

[Page 76]
Yuusuke: You sing when you’re sad, Maria?

Shin: She sings when she’s really mad, too.

Shin: It was like that when you sang into my back, right?

Yuusuke: Megu?! Why are you here?

Shin: What are you doing?
*Hiding at the door
SFX: flinch
Tomoyo: A-aha.

[Page 77]
Shin: You’re concerned about her, too, right?

Yuusuke: Hey, Maria, why don’t we try using the music room, starting tomorrow?
You’ve tried so hard to get this many students to participate.
Our teacher should change his way of thinking.

Shin: Early in the morning, there won’t be anyone there, so we can just use it as much as we want.
Yuusuke: Eh? Really?

Maria: There’s no longer anything I can do.
No...

[Page 78]
Maria: The single thing that I can do
For the people around me is probably not doing anything at all.

Yuusuke: W-what are you talking about, Maria?!
Why are you—

Tomoyo: I—

[Page 79]
Tomoyo: It’s too late for you to say that now!

Yuusuke: T—
Tomoyocchi?
SFX: huff
Are you mad?

Tomoyo: U-up until now,
I could get by without having to look at the things I don’t like about myself.

[Page 80]
Tomoyo: But after you came to this school,
I was made to realize all those things.

Tomoyo: I had no choice...
But to change myself!

Tomoyo: I couldn’t not change myself!
And yet, now you’re saying that you won’t do anything—

Tomoyo: Ah
Um...

[Page 81]
Yuusuke: You know,
You probably made me realize
That I’m not that worthless.

Yuusuke: Every now and then, you’d be really harsh to me, and it hurts,
But well, it feels good, too—

Yuusuke: Ah!
Don’t worry. I’m not a masochist, OK?
Don’t pull back like that!

Yuusuke: Maria...