Horizontal no bbl: 女の子ムダつかいマンガといわれちゃった We've heard we're not using our girls the right way.
side of page: 早くも女の子マンガでなくなってる気が。 Though we get the sense that it's quickly becoming less of a "girls'" manga
千年前に鳥羽僧正が描いた世界最初のマンガ「鳥獣戯画」．．． Vert box right: One thousand years ago, the world's first manga, "Choujuu Giga" was written by Toba Soujou...
その絵で再び世を席巻する事が末裔たる我々の使命である。 Vert box left: ... to once again take the world by storm with this picture; that is the duty passed down to us, the last members of
our bloodline.
第３話:インシ伝統 Chapter 3: Printed Legend
Panel 1 Toba: わかっております Understood
Panel 2 その悲願が達成されて初めて我ら一族も日の目を見ることができるのですね。 ?: We will fulfill this request and our family will be brought out of the darkness of obscurity and into the light.
うむ Toba: Yes
No panel だがその前にもうひとつ ?: But before you do that,
悲願があるだろうっ ?: there is something else you must do
．．．
Panel 4 よもや忘れたわけではあるまいな ?: You mus'n't have forgotten
まさか忘れるなどという事は．．． Toba: I musn't forget to...
Page 2
Panel 1 ．．．えーと．．． Toba: ...ummm...
Panel 2 テヅカ賞への入選です Toba: be selected for the Tezuka Award
Panel 4 うむその通りじゃ ?: Exactly
ハイ．．．それら悲願をかなえるために精進いたします。 Toba: Understood... I will train hard to fulfill those commands
Panel 6 お兄ちゃん．．．前から言おうと思っていたんだけど Toba sister: Brother... I was thinking of asking this earlier but
今言うね Toba sis: I'll ask you now
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Panel 1 何で「テヅカ賞」なの？ Toba sis: Why the Tezuka Award?
なんでって．．．手塚先生は偉大だからなその方が主催する賞を目指すのは当然のことだ。 Toba: Why, you ask? Because Mr. Tezuka was a great man. It's only natural to aspire to win an award sponsored by such a man.
Panel 2 ユタカお前テヅカ先生をバカにしてるのか Toba: Yutaka, are you speaking poorly of Mr. Tezuka?
違うのそーじゃなくて Yutaka: No, it's just...
お前だけだぞ難癖つけてるのはボクと父上は何も疑問に感じてない Toba: Only you have any qualms. Father and I have absolutely no doubt.
No Panel 学校の人たちにちょっと聞いてみてよお兄ちゃんたちがおかしいって言うと思うよ？ Yutaka: Ask your friends at school. I think they'll tell you it's a little weird No Panel #2 よーしわかった聞いてみるよ Toba: Alright, I'll ask them
Panel 3 という話を Toba: And that's the conversation I had
ゆうべわが家でしたわけだけど．．． Toba: With my sister last night
Panel 4 どっちの言ってる事がおかしい？ Toba: What do you guys think?
妹の方が変でしょ？何もおかしくないね？ Toba: My sister's saying weird things, right? There's nothing strange about it, right?
うーん．．． Collective: Sure...
ていうかさ Hajime: Hold on
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No Panel 手塚先生って最近の人だよね Hajime: Mr. Tezuka is a pretty recent icon
ちょっ．．．全然最近の人じゃないわよ Sayo: Wait a... He's not a recent icon!
Panel 1 かなり昔の人でしょ連載やってたのだって私たちが生まれてもいない頃だし Sayo: He's a historical figure, he was writing periodicals before we were born.
やーそーゆーレベルの話じゃなくて Hajime: That's not what I'm talking about
Panel 2 あのカエル描いた人と比べたらの話 Hajime: I mean compared to the guy who drew the frog
SFX:ああ SFX: Ohhhhh
あの．．．ちょっと待って Toba: Um, guys
「カエル描いた人」言い方はやめてほしいんだけど．．． Toba: I wish you'd stop calling him "the guy who drew the frog"
Panel 3 「鳥羽僧正」と呼んでくれないかな Toba: Call him by his name, Toba Soujou
一応ボクの祖先だし Toba: After all, he was my ancestor
Panel 4 ご．．．ごめんなさい部長 Hajime: Sorry, President
それと「カエル描いた人」だと「ド根性カエル」の作者の人だと思われそうで困るし Toba: Also, when you say "the guy who drew the frog" people might mistake him for the creator of Do Konjou Gaeru.
Panel 5 まそれはさておき Ema: Well, putting that aside,
Panel 6 せいぜい数十年の人よ Ema: Even though he lived several decades ago
手塚先生が昔の人といっても．．． Ema: If we said Tezuka was a historical figure...
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Panel 1 部長のご先祖様は九百年前の人でしょ Ema: The President's ancestor lived nine hundred years ago right?
なるほど．．．でもそのギャップがでかすぎるからわかりにくいな Sayo: I see... the gap is so big, why is he going for the Tezuka Award?
Panel 2 つーかそもそも「手塚賞」って新人賞じゃなかったっけ？ Sayo: Hey, isn't the Tezuka Award for new artists?
いいんじゃないですか部長は新人ですし Sasha: That's fine, the President is a new artist
何言ってんの部長は九百年の歴史があるのよ Ema: What are you talking about, the President has nine hundred years of history!
いや九百年は部長のご先祖では？ Hajime: Nah, that's the President's ancestors, isn't it?
Panel 3 というか新人賞なんてスケールが小さいのよ Ema: So then a new artist award would be too small-scale.
では芥川賞や直木賞なんかどうでしょう Sasha: Then what about the Akitagawa Award or the Naoki Award?
あーもう！ちょっと待って Sayo: Ah, geez! Wait a sec
Panel 4 私ちょっと気になることがあるんで．．．わかりやすく表にしますね Sayo: This is getting interesting so... I'm going to make a graph so we can understand this more easily
No Panel こんな風に．．． Sayo: Something like this...
おおー Collective: Ahhh
Panel 5 ここが手塚先生で Sayo: Here's Mr. Tezuka
Panel 7 ここが部長のご先祖様 Sayo: Here's the President's ancestor
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Panel 1 でここから Sayo: Then from here
Panel 2 Sayo: ここまで約九百年の開きがあるわけで．．． to here there's a gap of almost nine hunded years...
Panel 3 ここからここの間にテヅカ賞を目指したのはわかりますが．．． Sayo: It's understandable that you were aiming for the Tezuka Award during this time frame but...
Panel 4 ここからここまでの間．．． Sayo: In this period...
Panel 5 この九百年の空白期間何を目指してたんでしょう！？ Sayo: During this nine hundred year empty period, what were you trying to accomplish!?
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Panel 1 いくらなんでも唐突すぎやしませんか？ Sayo: Isn't that way too sudden?
九百年間カエルで突然テジカ先生ですか？ Sayo: For nine hunded years it was frogs and the all of a sudden Mr. Tezuka?
というか今でもカエルは描いてます。 Sasha: And he's still drawing frogs.
それだったらカエルじゃなくて鉄腕アトムを描くべきじゃないですか！？ Sayo: If that's the case, shouldn't you be drawing Tetsuwan Atom instead of frogs!?
Panel 2 でもそう言う唐突さも部長の家系の魅力じゃないでしょうか？ Hajime: But isn't that abruptness part of the Toba family's charm?
No Panel え？ Sayo: Hunh?
九百年もの間ずーとカエルに没頭してたけど Hajime: For nine hundred years they focused on the frog but
ある日突然手塚先生に啓蒙された．．．そういう切りかえって素晴らしい事だと思いますよ Hajime: One day they were enlightened by Mr. Tezuka... I think that sort of a switch is great.
Panel 3 ．．．うん Toba: Yes
Panel 4 まさにボクが言いたかったのはそれだよ Toba: That's what I truely wanted to say
ホントですか！？ Sayo: Seriously!?
Panel 5 ．．．とってつけたように．．． Sayo: ...It seems like you're just agreeing with her...
何とでも言ってくれ Toba: Will you let me say something?
Panel 6 ただ．．． Toba: I just...
これだけははっきり言っておきたい Toba: Want to say one thing clearly
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Toba: ボクはご先祖様も好きだけど．．． I love my ancestors but...
それと同じくらい手塚先生も好きです Toba: I love Mr. Tezuka just as much.
Panel 2 何かそういう風に言われちょっと反論できないね Sayo: Well if you say it that way, I can't really argue with you.
でしょ！ハイ部長の勝ちですよー！ Hajime: Right? The President wins this one!
Panel 3 ハイこの話はおしまいっ Hajime: Well, that's that.
助け舟を出してくれてありがとう Toba: Thanks for helping me out back there
Panel 4 ボクは未熟というか．．．まだまだ漫画の本質もわかってないのかもしれない．．． Toba: I guess you could say that I'm still a student... I still don't understand the true nature of manga...
Panel 5 らしくないですよ部長もっと自信を持ってください！ Hajime: That's not true President, show more self confidence!
Panel 6 何かひっかかる事でもあるんですか？ Hajime: Is there anything you were particularly interested in?
うん．．．そもそも手塚さんって人が誰なのかも知らないし Toba: Yea... who is this Tezuka guy, anyway?
TOP (Horizontal) 伝統的ショートコメディ。のハズ。 A traditionally short comedy. Or so we thought.
TOP (Vert) みなさんこんにちは。なんだかんだで私宇佐美はじめは伝統芸継承部に入部しました。 Hello everyone. I, Hajime Usami have somehow been accepted into the Preservation of Traditional Skills Club.
いつも熱心に何かを筆で描いています。 always passionately drawing something with a brush.
Panel 2 あの佐々さん Usami: Umm... Ms. Sasha?
何ですか Sasha: What is it?
Panel 3 部長さんていつも描いてますけど Usami: The President is always drawing something but
何してるんですか？ Usami: What is he doing?
はあ．．．部長さんはですね．．． Sasha: Hmmm... the President is...
Bottom of page 第２話：ポリ伝統 Chapter 2: Poly-traditional
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Panel 1 マンガを継承しています。 Sasha: Preserving manga.
マ．．．マンガ！？ Usami: Ma...Manga?!
Panel 2 あの．．．そんなモン伝統芸でも何でもないと思うんですけど Usami: Well... I don't think there's anything really traditional about that.
かなりいいぐさですね。 Sasha: That's not your place to say.
Panel 3 だけど．．． Sayo: But...
伝統芸で「マンガ」って何か変じゃないですか？マンガって最近のものでしょ？ Sayo: Isn't it strange to call manga a traditional art? It's a recent phenomenon right?
Panel 4 アナタたち．．．ひょっとしてこういう今風のマンガを想像してませんか？ Sasha: You guys are probably imagining this sort of mondern manga right?
ハイもちろんっ Usami: Of course
Panel 5 実はマンガっていうものは昔から描かれていて歴史があります。 Sasha: Actually, what we call manga has a long history.
古くは「鳥獣戯画」と呼ばれていました。 Sasha: There was an old manga called Choujuu Giga.
ちょーじゅーぎが．．．？ Usami: Choju Giga...?
Panel 6 鳥獣戯画京都高山寺に伝わる四巻の白描絵巻で平安時代末から鎌倉時代初めにかけて製作されたと想定されている猿、兎、狐、蛙などを擬人化した絵巻 Sasha (No bubble): Passed down through the Kouzan Temple in Kyoto, Choujuu Giga consists of four
black and white picture scrolls which personified monkeys, rabbits, fox and frogs. They were
imagined and written from the end of the Heian Period until the beginning of the Kamakura Period.
その日本最古のマンガを千年くらい前に鳥羽僧正っていうお坊さんが描いたんです。 Sasha (still no bubble): Drawn by a monk named Toba Soujou about one thousand years ago, it is
Japan's oldest manga.
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Panel 1 そしてその鳥羽僧正が．．． Sasha: And it seems that Toba Soujou is...
鳥羽部長のご先祖様だそうです。 Sasha: President Toba's ancestor
Panel 2 へーすごい Sayo: Oh, wow
その「鳥獣戯画」ってどんなマンガだったんですか？ Sayo: So what kind of manga was Choujuu Giga?
えーと．．． Sahsha: Ummm...
Panel 3 こんな感じなマンガです。 This kind of manga.
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Panel 3 あの．．．スイマセン．．． Hajime: Ah... 'scuse me but
続きはないですか？ Hajime: Is there more?
続き？ Sasha: More?
Panel 4 続きなんかありません。これで終わりです。 Sasha: No, there's no more. This is it.
えー！？ Collective: What?!
これで終わりですか？！ Sayo: That's it?!
Panel 5 昔のマンガはこれでOKだったんですか．．．？ Sayo: So in older manga just this was OK?
昔に生まれなくてよかったね。 Hajime: I'm glad I wasn't born back then.
まあ今とは風習も文化も違いますから Sasha: Well, our culture and customs are different now
Panel 6 で．．．部長はこの鳥獣戯画を今に継承しようとしてるんです。 Sasha: So... our President is trying to revive the Choujuu Giga.
Panel 7 もちろんこのままじゃ今の人に受け入れてもらえないからアレンジしているらしいですが．．． Sasha: Of course modern people wouldn't accept the work as it is so it has to be adapted...
あまりアレンジしすぎるとよさが消えるので難しいそうです。 Sasha: It seems like pretty hard work because if you change it around too much, it loses its
appeal.
へーちょっと見てみたいかも部長のマンガ Sayo: Hmmm... I think I might like to see some of the President's manga
あ！見たい見たいっ Hajime: OH! Me too, me too!
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No Panel えー Toba: Hm?
ボクのマンガを Toba: My manga?
Panel 1 ええ．．．ぜひ鳥羽家伝承の技を Sayo: Mm-hmn... We'd be honored to see the Toba Family's traditional skills.
何かドキドキするね Hajime: I'm so excited
Toba: うーん．．．そこまでいうなら... Well, if you put it that way...
Panel 2 さっきも見たと思うけど... Toba: I think you saw this before but...
Panel 3 ころがオリジナルの鳥獣戯画 Toba: This is the original Choujuu Giga
え？なになに？ Kabe: Oh? What's this?
副部長例のアレです。 Sasha: Vice President, it's <that>
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Panel 1 そしてこれがボクがアレンジした今風のヤツ。 Toba: And this is my modern version.
...
Panel 5 あの．．．すいません．．． Sayo: Ah... sorry...
Panel 6 両方並べてもらえます？ Sayo: Could you hold them side by side?
ああいいとも Toba: Ah, good idea
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Panel 2 どう？ Toba: What do you think?
Panel 3 ドコが違うんだろ？ Sayo: What did he change?
同じにしか見えない．．． Hajime: They look exactly the same...
失礼な事言っちゃダメです。 Sasha: Don't be rude.
Panel 4 ちゃんと今風にアレンジされてます違いがわかりませんか？ Sasha: He did a great job at modernizing it. Can't you see the difference?
じゃドコが違うのか教えてください。 Sayo: Then show us what's been changed!
Panel 5 えーと．．． Ummm.....
Panel 8 ここです注目してください部長のはブーツをはいています。 Sasha: Look here, in the President's version the frog is wearing boots.
あ！そっか！！ Sayo: Ah, you're right!
言われて見ればそうだね。 Hajime: Now that you mention it...
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No Panel あと．．．ふたつありますね Kabe: But... there's two more
Panel 1 あと．．． No bubble: Two...
ふたつ．．． No Bubble: More...
．．．．
Panel 3 はいはいわかりました Hajime: Oh! Oh! I got it!
ハイ宇佐美さん Kabe: Yes Ms. Usami
Panel 4 紙のココが汚れている。 Hajime: The paper is stained here.
Panel 6 ブッブーはずれでーす Kabe: bzzt, wrong answer
やだー何か面白くなってきちゃった Sayo: This is fun!
次小夜の番ねー Kabe: Sayo, it's your turn
間違い探しじゃない！！ Toba: This isn't Spot the Difference!
TN: Here's a site about the 鳥獣戯画: http://www.kokingumi.com/ChojuGiga/index.html For moree, check your local wikipediahttps://mangahelpers.com/t/rubix/releases/15261Translation: Double J 12009-08-19T20:42:45+00:00rubixadmin@mangahelpers.comPage 1
Double J
Story: Nonaka Eiji
Illustration: Asakura Maru
新連載 New Series
のほほんゆかいガールズ（男子１名）マンガ A manga about rambunctios girls (and one guy)
「魁！！ころマティ高校」の中英次が「女子」マンガで「エコと一緒」亜桜マルが「バカ」マンガで1+1=1 "Charge! Cromartie High School's" Nonaka Eiji's girls stlye manga and "Together with Eco," Asakura
Maru's slapstick manga style make 1+1=1
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Panel 1 ナガシマ高校 Text in box: Nagashima High
Panel 2 私は宇佐美はじめ１５さいー No bubble, right: My name is Hajime Usami. I'm 15 years old.
念願だったナガシマ高校に入学した。 Still no bubble, left: Just as I'd hoped, I got into Nagashima High
No Panel この高校は部活が必須で No bubble, right: In this high school, you're expected to be in a club so
とりあえず友達の小夜と帰宅部を探していたら No bubble, left: my friend Sayo and I were searching for the clubless club
Panel 3 いろいろな部の中一際目を引く名前の部があった No bubble: Among the various clubs, there was one club whose name really caught our eye.
Panel 4 伝統芸継承部 Sign: Preservation of Traditional Skills Club (POTS club)
Panel 5 伝統芸継承部．．．？ Hamjime: POTS club...?
なにコレ？ Hajime (same bbl): What's that?
Panel 6 なんだかイミがわからなかったけど．．．私たちは吸い込まれるように入っていった．．． No bubble: We weren't sure what it meant but we entered as though we were being sucked in.
Page 3
Panel 1 そして．．． And then...
No Panel ますますいみがわからなくなった We grew even more unsure
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Panel 1 あら．．．新入生の人たち？ Kabe: Oh... are you freshmen?
Panel 2 私は副部長の長宗我部ですこれ名刺です。 Kabe: I'm Kabe Chouso. Here's my card.
あ．．． は はい．．． Hajime: OK...
どうも．．． Sayo: Thanks...
Panel 3 でも何というか．．．伝統芸を継承する部活って変わってるというか珍しいというか．．． Hajime: But, a club that preserves traditional arts? That's... different. Unusual even.
Panel 4 い．．．いえ！別に「変」というわけじゃないんですけど．．． Hajime: I... I'm not saying it's weird or anything, but...
No Panel みんなそう言うわけど。。。こんな部活がひとつくらいあってもいいんじゃないかしら？ Kabe: Everyone says that... but isn't it OK to have at least one club like this?
Panel 5 見ての通りよ能面職人や宮大工職人に畳職人．．． Kabe: As you can see, we have a Noh mask artist, a carpenter, a tatami maker...
みんな文化の火を消さないようにがんばってるの Kabe: Everyone is working hard to keep our cultural fires burning.
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Panel 1 圧巻だった．．． No bbl: It was amazing
Panel 2 友禅染をしてる人 A person dying cloth
Panel 3 障子の張り替えをしてる人 A person repairing shoji
Panel 4 何だかわからないけど何かしてる人 A person doing I-have-no-idea-what
Panel 5 パソコンや携帯やネットに当然のように囲まれて育った私たちの目には Right no bbl: In the eyes of someone who has been raised with computers, cell phones and the
internet at our fingertips,
その光景はとても新鮮に映った Middle no bbl: This scene was a welcome reprieve
古き良きアナログの世界がそこにあったのだ Left no bbl: We had found the good old world of the analog
Panel 6 でも Right no bbl: but
その中でとりわけ目を引いたのは．．． Left no bbl: Amidst the chaos, there was someone who drew our undivided attention...
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Panel 3 何か細い棒のようなものを彫っている No bbl right: She was carving a thin piece of wood
つまようじのような細い棒だった No bbl left: that looked like a toothpick
Panel 4 あの．．．その Hajime: Ummm... that
つまようじみたいなのは何ですか？ Hajime: That sort of looks like a toothpick but, what is it?
．．．
Panel 7 つまようじだけど Sasha: It's a toothpick
あっ．．．つまようじですか．．． Hajime: Ah... it's a toothpick...
Panel 8 つまりその．．．つまようじを作ってらっしゃる職人さんなんですよねっ？ Hajime: So then... that makes you a toothpick maker right?
Panel 9 違います Sasha: Wrong
Hajime: あう．．． Hunh...
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Panel 1 このつまようじのミゾの部分がありますね？ Sasha: You see the decorated end of this toothpick?
はあ Hajime: Un-hunh
Panel 2 私の家は代々このミゾを彫っています Sasha: My family has carved these grooves for generations Panel 4 。。。ですから。。。つまようじを作ってるんですよね．．．？ Sayo: ...so then... you're making toothpicks, right?
いいえつまようじのミゾを彫ってるだけでつまようじを作ってるわけじゃありません Sasha: No, just because I carve the ends of the toothpicks doesn't mean I make toothpicks
Panel 6 あの．．．ちょっとうかがいしていいですか？ Sayo: Ummm... may I ask you a question?
何でしょう？ Sasha: What is it?
Panel 7 何でそんなことやってるんですか！？ Sayo: Why would you be doing something like that!?
だから家で代々やってると言ったでしょ！私だって好きでやってるわけじゃないの！ Sasha: Didn't I tell you my family has been doing this for generations?! I'm not doing this
because I enjoy it!
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Panel 1 いっときますがここは伝統継承部なんですわかってますか？ Sasha: I'll have you know, this is the POTS club, understand?
Panel 2 ．．．
私は感動した No bbl: I was taken aback
Panel 3 つまようじなんててっきり一人で作れるものだと思っていたのに．．．いろんな職人さんの手で作られてなんて．．． No bbl: I thought for sure that a toothpick was made by one person and one person only... but to
think that it actually passes through the hands of many laborers...
はじめ はじめ Sayo: Hajime, Hajime
Panel 4 こんなトコ入部したらヤバイよ早く行こっ Sayo: This club sucks, lets get outta here
え？ Hajime: Hunh?
Panel 5 せっかく来たんだしもう少し見てみない？ Hajime: But we just got here, don't you want to look around a bit more?
え！？マジ？ Sayo: What? Are you serious!?
こんな部聞いたことないし珍しいでしょ？ Hajime: I've never heard of this club before. Isn't it interesting?
Panel 6 あなたたちは入部希望者？ Ema: Are you looking to join our club?
え？ Hajime: Hmm?
Panel 7 はじめまして Ema: Nice to meet you
私は北条絵馬雨樋職人の娘よー Ema: I'm Ema Houjou, daughter of a gutter-maker
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Panel 1 あ。。。はじめまして宇佐美ですっ Hajime: Ah... I'm Hajime Usami, pleased to meet you
聞いたと思うけどココはみんな伝統芸に携わる職人の家系よ Ema: I think you've heard, but everyone here works to uphold the traditional arts of their
bloodline
No Panel つまり先祖から何かしらの伝統技能を受け継いできた人たちなワケ Ema: Basically, these people have inherited various traditional skills
Panel 2 は．．．はあ．．．そうですか．．． Hajime: Oh... is that right...
アナタのお父さんは何の仕事をなさってるの？ Ema: What kind of work does your father do?
Panel 3 あ Hajime: Ah
うち．．．お父さんはいないんです Hajime: My father... is gone
Panel 4 ．．．
そう．．． Ema: I see
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Panel 1 。。。ならお母様はいるんでしょ？何をされてる方？ Ema: In that case, your mother is still around right? What does she do?
え．．．えと．．．お母さんは．．．その．．．内職をしてまして．．． Hajime: Umm... mom is... she's a... she does odd-jobs...
Panel 2 内職？ Ema: Odd-jobs?
あ。。。はい！造花を作ったりとかあと．．．最近は封筒にノリをつける内職がメインなようです Hajime: Un-hunh! She makes fake flowers and stuff. It seems like recently she's mostly been busy
putting glue on envelopes
Panel 3 ふ Ema: ha
封筒にノリをつける仕事って．．．アナタこの部をバカにしてるの？ Ema: Her job is putting glue on envelopes, you say... are you trying to make fools of us?
Panel 4 バカにしてるのはアンタじゃないの！？ Sayo: Aren't you making fools of yourselves?
Ema: は？何が？ Hunh? What do you mean?
やめて小夜 Hajime: Stop it Sayo
Panel 5 封筒にノリをつける仕事の何がおかしいのよ！ Sayo: What's so funny about putting glue on envelopes!?
立派な仕事じゃない！ Sayo: It's a respectable job!
Panel 6 ぶっちゃけ封筒もつまようじも大して変わらないと思うけど！ Sayo: Honestly, I don't think there's much of a difference between an envelope and a toothpick
ちょっとつまようじさんをバカにしてるの？ Ema: Wait a minute, are you making fun of Toothpick
あのー私の名前はつまようじじゃないんだけど．．． Sasha: Umm... my name isn't Toothpick
Hajime: ああ．．． Uh-oh...
Panel 7 よさないか Toba: Stop this
え？ Ema: Hunh?
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Panel 1 親御さんが何やってたって関係ないじゃないか Toba: It doesn't matter what your parents did.
Panel 2 と．．．鳥羽部長．．． Ema: Pr... President Toba...
うちの部に入りたいなら誰でも大歓迎だよ Toba: We welcome anyonne who wants to join this club with open arms
で でも．．．伝統芸の技能をまったく持ってない人を．．． Ema:Bu But... People with no apptitude for traditional skills...
Panel 3 サッカーができなくてもマネージャーとしてサッカー部に入部する人だっているじゃないか Toba: Even people who can't play soccer can still join the soccer club as towel boys, right?
Panel 4 僕が思うに．．．技術や技能よりも大事なのは Toba: I think... a person's willingness to support the club
その部を支えたいと思うその人の意気込みではないか？ Toba: is more important than their skills or abilities.
Panel 5 で でも．．．！そんな素人を．．． Ema: Bu But... These amateurs...
そういう閉鎖的な姿勢が現代日本の伝統芸の世界そのものーだから伝統芸が衰退してきているとは思わないかい？ Toba: That's the sort of closed-minded stance the entire Japanese traditional arts world is
taking. Isn't that why traditional arts are fading away?
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う．．． Ema: Hmph...
Panel 2 というか Toba: In other words,
Panel 3 封筒にノリをつけるのもつまようじの先を尖らすのも大して変わりないんじゃないの？ Toba: Is there really that much of a difference between sharpening the tip of a toothpick and
putting glue on envelopes?
違います！つまようじさんは先を研いでるんじゃなくてミゾを彫ってるんです！ Ema: Toothpick doesn't sharpen the tips, she carves out the grooves!
いや私の名前はつまようじさんじゃないです！ Sasha: Hey, My name isn't Toothpick!!
Panel 4 まあまあおちついて Toba: Now, now, settle down
す．．．すみません部長 Ema: Sorry, President
Panel 5 では新入生のお二人さん Toba: Well then you two,
Panel 6 もしやる気があるのなら Toba: If you want to join,
明日またここにいらっしゃい Toba: come back again tomorrow
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No Panel あの部長さんっていいカンジだよね Sayo: The President seems like a good guy, hunh?
そうだね Hajime: Yeah
SFX:ちょっと辛気臭いけど SFX: A little annoying though
Panel 1 Sayo: で どーするの？明日行くの？ So, are you going tomorrow?
ん．．． Hajime: Un-hunh
Panel 2 私．．．入部してみようかな Hajime: I think I'll join
Panel 3
ええ！正気！？ Sayo: What! Are you sure!?
だってアンタ何やってるのよ！？伝統芸なんかできるの！？ Sayo: Can you do some sort of traditional skill!?
いや。。。失礼かもしれないけど。。。さっきつまようじのミゾを彫ってた人いたでしょ Hajime: Nope... it might be rude but... there was a girl who was carving toothpicks, right?
Panel 4 なら私はー Hajime: What if I told her-
つまようじの先を尖らすことならできそうかな．．．って Hajime: I could sharpen the ends of her toothpicks
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Panel 1 ああーそれは盲点だった Sayo: Hmmm... I hadn't thought of that
Hajime: ねっでしょでしょ？それくらいならいけそうじゃない？ Right? Right? If I can do that, I might be able to join.
Panel 2 でもさ．．．言っちゃ何だけどあのつまようじさんってすごく気難しそうじゃない？ Sayo: But... I hate to say this but Toothpick seems like a really difficult person.
Panel 3 「先を尖らすくらいならできそうな気がするんですけど」とか言ったらカチンとするんじゃないの？ Sayo: If you say something like, "I feel like I can at least sharpen the ends," you'll have to do
it properly, right?
ホラ自分の仕事に誇りもってそうだし．．． Sayo: I mean, it seems like she takes a lot of pride in her own work...
あーそうだね．．．． Hajime: Hmmm... that's true...
それにもしかしたら万が一だけどアレが難しい可能性あるしね．．． Hajime: And then, it's not likely but, even <that> could be pretty difficult, right?
Panel 4 そうよね．．．万が一だけどミゾより難しいかもね．．． Sayo: True... it could be more difficult than carving the ends
とにかく．．．気を悪くしないように慎重に聞いてみるよ Sayo: Anyway... Let's try to ask her subtly so we don't upset her
Panel 5 翌日 Text in box: The next day
Panel 6 あの．．． Hajime: Ummm...
あ．．．明日の．．． Sasha: Ah, the girl from yesterday
Panel 7 実は．．．ちょっと相談したいものがありまして．．． Hajime: Actually, I have something I'd like to discuss with you...
何でしょう？ Sasha: What is it?
Panel 8 あの．．．私．．． Hajime: Well... I...
Hajime: 伝統芸としてつまようじの先を尖らしたいと思うんです．．．！ I think I'd like to try the traditional art of sharpening toothpicks!
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Panel 3 そんなのムリに決まってるでしょあきらめなさい Sasha: Forget about it, that would be impossible
は はあ．．． Hajime: Oh...
そ そうですよね．．．ハハ Sayo: Of... Of course... haha
Panel 4 しょせん私たち素人にはムリですよね Hajime: It's impossible for us amateurs after all
分不相応でしたすいません Sayo: It seems we've stepped out of line. Please excuse us.
そういうコトじゃなくてえ Sasha: That's not what I meant
Panel 5 先を尖らせるのは機械でやるから Sasha: We use a machine to sharpen the tips
ああーそうなんですか Sayo: Ah- I see
Panel 6 じゃ 全部機械でやれよ Collective: Then use a machine to do the whole thing!