Uchuu Kyoudai 4

Uchuu Kyoudai
Chapter 04 – The man with the most advantage.

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Uchuu Kyoudai v01 c04
Page 01
B1: Yes I’m serious.
B2: Please take off your UNDERWEAR too.
B3: stretch

B1: So this is
B2: the infamous medical examination….

B1: Um…does everyone have to do this kind of examination?
B2: Definitely.
B3: Even women?
B4: Of course.

B1: Are you serious JAXA…..
B2: Namba-san, I’ll say it just in case, but….

B1: Please…. Don’t think of anything weird right now.

B1: Ah… Yes!
B2: Yikes----!

B1: ……
B2: I’ll think about it later…..


Page 02
<< #4 >> The man with the most advantage.


Page 03
BOX: From a tiny trace of an ol~~~~d fracture,

BOX: to my split end that points the sky,

BOX: every single corners of my body has been checked.
BOX: Upon reaching the 3rd day,

BOX: a tube was passed through anything that can be called a hole,
BOX: and they observed places that even I haven’t seen before.

B1: Hmm
B2: Only two words appeared at the back of my brain;


Page 04
{ “Humil” and…. }
{ “iation”! “ } #or just “dis” and “grace” }

B1: Okay, today is
B2: the fitness examination.

B1: We want to observe everyone’s cardio-pulmonary function.
B2: Please keep running till you hit your limit.


Page 05
B1: Argh, I can’t do it.
B2: Ha
B3: Ha
B4: Takagi-san, 4 min 32 seconds.
B5: Pi pi
B6: Ha
B7: Nakamoto-san, 5 min 50 seconds.

B1: Ha
B2: Ha
B3: Ha
B4: Ha

B1: Ha
B2: Ha
< step step >

B1: Oops
< fall >
< slam >

B1: Arghhhh~~~~
B2: Good work---

B1: Namba-san hit 8 minutes flat.
B2: 8 minutes!
B3: Yes! “8” minutes!
B4: My future is bright!

{ Fufufu }
B1: Ha
B2: Ha


Page 06
{ If I can run 8 minutes nonstop, }
{ Vamos, Pass! }
B1: then my cardio-pulmonary function must be same as back then!

B1: Good work
B2: Mutt-kun

B1: Hey, Kenji. { Hahaha } // How many minutes were you able to run?
B2: Nah~~~~ My fitness is completely gone so it’s pretty bad.
B3: 12 minutes.

B1: Eh!
B2: …..

B1: You….
B2: You’re pretty good….
B3: Really?

B1: There are still people above me.
B2: They’re still in their 20s and they’re quite fit.


Page 07
B1: Phe~~~~w
B2: Sawaki-san that was 15 min 31 seconds.

B1: Okay, Mizoguchi-san, it’s 16 min 22 seconds.

B1: Mm….?
B2: …..?

B1: For some reason…. They’re looking at you, Mutt-kun.
B2: Eh, me?

< chatter chatter chatter >


Page 08
B1: Ha
B2: Ha
< step step >
B3: Ha
B4: Ha
< step step >

B1: Eh……

B1: ……
B2: Oh….Ohh……
BOX: Everyone was shocked.

B1: Ha
B2: Ha

BOX: That day, longer than anyone,
BOX: the one who ran 6 km in 18 minutes was----


Page 09
BOX: her.

BOX: Itoh Serika-san-----
BOX: apparently she’s a doctor.

BOX: Running women…..
BOX: are nice.


Page 10
B1: Japan Aerospace EXploration Agency // ……hence “JAXA”
B2: Correct!

B1: That’s too basic, Mutt-kun.
{ Another problem! }
B2: Th-….. then….how many employees are in JAXA…..?
B3: 2549 people!

B1: No-….not bad-- // ……
B2: Then what’s JAXA’s former∙ former…. chairman’s hobby?
B3: I don’t know such a thing, but….

B1: Oh, you’re talking about Oota-san.
B2: Even though he spent 28 years designing satellites, at home he’s interested in model trains. // Especially cargo trains like M250.


Page 11
B1: ……..
B2: Correct!

{ This guy…. }
{ he studied way more than me…. }

< step >
B1: Hello, Namba-san.

B1: My name’s Mizoguchi.
B2: I’m Sawaki.

B1: Ah
B2: The running youngsters.

B1: You’re getting pretty famous. // As the older brother of the astronaut Namba Hibito.
B2: Oh--- really,


Page 12
B1: You’re at an advantage.

B1: ….
B2: Huh?

B1: I’m so jealous.
B2: You get to learn everything from Hibito-san beforehand.

B1: From the contents of this exam to the ways of dealing with numerous interviews ahead….
B2: Don’t you even know the details of the secret 3rd Examination already, // and already prepared for everything?

B1: …..

B1: Sh……oo

B1: Shoot!
B2: I should’ve done that……!


Page 13
B1: Hahaha jusk kidding.
B2: It’s just a joke!

B1: Sorry for suddenly saying something weird
B2: No…… it’s nothing……

B1: Well…. Let’s all do our best in order to pass.

B1: …… // Yeah.

{ Wh-…….what is this…. }
{ prickling uneasiness…….!? }

{ This is bad….don’t think! }
{ My hair’s going to split again! }


Page 14
{ Shoot----! }

< slam >

BOX: Probably…. Everyone in here
BOX: thinks that I learned the contents of the examination from Hibito beforehand…..

BOX: and therefore believes I’m the one with most advantage…..!

B1: Stop! Don’t think

BOX: So…. in order to surpass this “advantageous me”, they must’ve….


Page 15
BOX: studied much much harder and trained their bodies,

BOX: and came prepared as much as possible for this!

B1: ……That means, in some sense…..

B1: I’m the one with most disadvantage…..!


Page 16
B1: Ha
B2: Ha

B1: So far, I haven’t been able to win a single thing against Kenji or the youngsters…..!
B2: At….at this rate, I’ll fail-------!

{ If I can’t be number one at everything----! }

B1: What…..what am I gonna do…..
B2: Mutt-kun, let’s go.

B1: Next is testing the lung capacity.
B2: Eh…….

B1: Lu…..
B2: Lung capacity!?


Page 17
B1: ……

B1: Bubble bubble bubble bubble
B2: Bubble bubble bubble bubble
B3: 60 seconds.

B1: Bubble bubble bubble bubble bubble
< float float >

B1: Bubble bubble bubble bubble
B2: Bubble bubble bubble bubble

B1: Phew
B2: Bubble bubble bubble bubble bubble
B3: 75 seconds past.

B1: The record is 112 seconds, so please do your best.
B2: Phew


Page 18
B1: 90 seconds past

B1: Phew

B1: Cough
B2: Cough

B1: Phew
B2: Ha
B3: Ha
B4: Argh, that was tough

B1: Bubble bubble bubble bubble bubble bubble

B1: Bubble X7
B2: Bubble X6 #yes, I got lazy.

B1: That’s amazing… he’s still going on.
B2: Cause he’s young.


Page 19
B1: Bubble bubble bub…..

B1: Phew
B2: Ha
B3: Ha
B4: Haa

B1: Hehe….
B2: Ha
B3: Ha

< Bubble bubble bubble bubble bubble >

B1: ……!?
B2: Eh!?

B1: Bubble X8
B2: ……..


Page 20
< bubble bubble bubble bubble bubble >

< Bubble bubble bubble bubble bubble >

B1: Bubble X4
B2: Bubble X4
<< #4 >> End


### End of Chapter 4 – so many bubbles XXXXXD ###