Bakuman 127

The yaoi undertones in this chapter are hilarious. I mean, seriously, so many lines in the chapter can be taken out of context and thought to be straight out of a yaoi/BL manga XD



01
b1: Fu ha ha ha ha
a1: Roars of laughter!!

b2: ...

b3: Hahaha...
b4: That was a total failure
a1: Page 127 Hot Blood and Utter Defeat

b5: You know what?

b6: ...

b7: I LOOOOOOOST!!

02
b1: DAMMIT!

b2: ...

b3: I was so sure this was the way to go...
b4: Hah
b5: Hah

b6: It's not so easy to make something good just by gathering a bunch of people
b7: If you're going to create a team, then they need both talent and a sense of responsibility, and the lesser members you have, the better...

b8: And even so, it would be a difficult method to employ for a young author like Nanamine-kun
b9: ... Don't you be speaking so high and mighty after looking at the results...

03
b1: So "Yuuigi~" was in nineteenth, huh... It dropped in the rankings quite a bit once again, didn't it?
b2: ...
b3: Even with the same set-up, story- and art-wise "PCP" was superior... You could say that 9 out of 10 people thought so

b4: If only Nanamine-kun would mend his ways after this...

b5: Whatcha lookin' at, Saikou?

letter:
To Ashirogi Muto-sensei
Congratulations on the serialisation of "Detective TRAP"!! I am very happy for you. I have been a huge fan of Ashirogi-sensei since I read "Money and Intelligence" in Akamaru Jump! Both "Money and Intelligence" and "Detective TRAP" are different from other manga in Jump, and I like the darker atmosphere they have. I have been drawing stuff that is sort of like manga since I was in my sixth year of elementary school, but now I'm determined to seriously become a mangaka like Ashirogi-sensei. (TN: @ typesetters, as you can see some of it is cut-off but I just c&p-ed the whole letter translation from ch117, so use your discretion :3)

letter:
drawing
I'm determined to seriously become a mangaka
I'll do my best!
(TN: @ typesetters, discretion again~ ^^)
b6: The first fan letter we received from Nanamine-kun

a1: We were his goal
a2: He aimed to outdo us...
b7: ...

b8: ... I doubt he's going to turn over a new leaf that obediently...
b9: Huh? Yeah...

b10a: I've practically never spoken to Nanamine-kun face-to-face, so I can't really say anything
b10b: But all we can do is leave things to Kosugi

04
b1: Ahhhh, geez, I've had enough!
b2a: To be honest, I guess I myself was only satisfied with "Shinjitsu no Kyoushitsu", on which I had the luxury of spending as much time as I wanted...
b2b: I'm through

b3: Hey... Nanamine-kun...

b4: Your serialization is still ongoing!
b5: Besides, didn't you promise me that if you lost to Ashirogi-kun, you'd start afresh with me!?
b6a: My defeat was way too uncool. It's over
b6b: No matter how much I struggle now, I'm just gonna get canceled at the next meeting anyway, no?

b7a: The next serialization meeting is on the 29th of January. In other words, the results of the chapters you draw from now will also be taken into consideration
b7b: If you can get it to rise on the rankings now, you might be able to avoid cancellation
b7c: It's too early to give up!
b8a: Get it to rise on the rankings?
b8b: How?

05
b1a: Thanks to that idiot Nakai, all my internet advisors are gone
b1b: Of course, Nakai gets the axe too
b2: I don't have anyone capable of that left

b3: That's why I'm asking you to work with me

b4: If I work with you, never mind rising - the rankings'd fall

b5a: In the first place, we were at sixteenth, sixteenth, nineteenth, and the latest manuscript I completed for issue #7 would also be around nineteenth, right?
b5b: There's no way it can fall any further, but with you around, it's clear as day that it's not gonna rise
b6: We won't know till we try, will we?
b7a: I'm telling you, I already know. Anyway, I can't stand being embarrassed
b7b: Hurry up and let me end this

b8: Don't joke around. Just how many rookies do you think there are out there who try so hard to get serialized, but never even make it that far?

b9a: Well, my quitting opens up a space to save one of them, no?
b9b: What could be better?

b10: ?

06
b1: !

b2: Wha... What the hell are you doing...!

b3a: I hate your guts but no matter what, the one thing about you I didn't hate was your attitude in wanting to be the best no matter what
b3b: No, on the contrary, I thought it was something respectable. Are you giving all that up!?

b4a: ... A violent editor... You're the worst...
b4b: So you're the kind of person who's so dumb he has to use his fists to get his point across, huh...
b5a: You think this is something common nowadays?
b5b: Or do you think assault...
b5c: I know
b6: I should just sue you for assault

07
b1a: There are already allegations of my having taken ideas from the internet... And of plagiarism
b1b: And now I'll be the mangaka who sued his editor for assault...
b1c: There's no way the editorial division would want to keep an author like that, so they'll get me canceled even before the serialization meeting rolls around
b1d: And you get dismissed too

b2: I see, that sounds good!

b3: !!

b4: ...

b5: Alright, now call the police!

b6: You wanna do that? Then do it!
b7a: Daaammit...
b7b: Piece of trash!

08
b1: ...

b2: I give up
b3: I pass on become the talk of the town on the internet because of you...

b4: You've come this far depending on the internet, haven't you? This time, let's end this with both of us spreading information on the internet

b5a: Even if we didn't do that, things are already over
b5b: How many times do I have to repeat myself?

b6: It isn't over!
b7: As if I'd let it!

b8a: Nanamine-kun, you have talent. "Shinjitsu no Kyoushitsu" was originally created by you and the art was drawn almost entirely by you
b8b: Wasn't it!?
b9: ...

09
b1a: I had the luxury of time back then
b1b: The only idea I came up with myself was the idea about "getting killed if you told a lie"
b1c: The rest was totally...

b2: And I plagiarized from various manga, and when that didn't go so well, I turned to asking people on the internet for ideas

b3: That was the wrong way of doing things, but where are the guts and energy that led you to do those things?
b4: Like I said, everything's crumbled. Gone.

b5: I'm here, aren't I!? I can be the one to give you advice and help you from now on!
b6: We can start back at square one with the two of us!

b7: Until you say you'll do it with me, I'm not leaving, neither am I letting you leave! (TN: oh, the yaoi undertones ._.;)
b8: HUH!?

10
b1a: Assault and now confinement?
b1b: That isn't something a normal human would do!
b2: It's thanks to being around an idiot like you that I've become this weird... Go home!

b3: I'll say it as many times as necessary: I'm not leaving till you say we'll do it together
a1: ... No matter what, I have to set him back on his feet...

b4: In that case, I'm leaving
b5: !

b6: Are you serious...? You won't let me leave even if you have to exert all your strength to prevent me from leaving...?
b7: Yeah

b8: ... I don't know if you're just trying to play the role of the hot blooded editor, but I'm telling you that in this day and age, no-one does that anymore!

b9: No, it's my pet theory that what shounen manga needs more of now is "hot-bloodedness", "uncouthness" and "the smell of sweat"

b10: ...

11
b1a: In that case, you don't suit me
b1b: And, if you think that way, then you're never going to suit me
b2: Now move

b3: In that case, you have no choice but to defeat me

b4: ... You sounded kinda cool there...

b5a: But there's no point in that. You're just wasting your time
b5b: Kosugi-san, you hate me after all, don't you?
b6: It baffles me how you can do such idiotic things

b7: Isn't it obvious...?

b8: IT'S BECAUSE I LOVE YOU, NANAMINE-KUN!one1!1!!
b8: It's because I'm your editor, Nanamine-kun
b9: ...

12
b1: ...
a1: This guy... He looks like he'd be just dandy even if I didn't say I'd work with him till Monday...

a2: Geez, it's like he...

a3: HUH!?

b2: Su...
b3: Su...

a4: He... HE'S ASLEEP!?
b4: Su...

a5: Just how big an idiot is he...?

13
b1: Well, that's good, now I can take this opportunity to get outta here

b2: Zz...

b3: ...

strips from top to bottom:
- Nanamine... He's really the lowest of the low...
- I don't care about the results for this week, I'm gone
- Me too...
- Bye, Liarmine-sensei
a1: It isn't over! It's too early to give up!
a2: Nanamine-kun, you have talent!

a3: Geez, what the hell is wrong with him!!

b4: *chun*
b5: *chun*

b6: Mm...

b7: Ah! Crap...
b8: Nanamine-kun...

14
b1: So noisy

b2: ...

b3: ?

b4: The name

b5: You... You drew one?
b6: ...

b7: If you just fix the things I pointed out, it'll be OK...

b8: As I thought, you can do it on your own, can't you?
b9: Only if it's something of that level

b10: It's a given that I'm going to get canceled at the next meeting. Until then, I'll do things on my own and bring everything to an end... You can't possibly have any complaints about that

b11: Nope...
b12: Now I've said something cool, I don't want to be told anything by a half-asleep editor. Now, go home

b13: Forget it, I'm going home

15
x1: 11th January, Monday, New Year's Party
b1a: It's going to be so awkward if we run into Nanamine-kun
b1b: Why? We won, so it's fine for us to hold our heads high

b2: Please, Hiramaru-san, please don't call me "Yuri-tan" in a place like this...
b3: Listen up, Hiramaru-kun, you'd better not drink any sake in a place like this
b4a: What's with the two of you using the same expressions
b4b: You guys a couple...?

a1: Hah

b5: It couldn't be that Yuri-tan and Yoshida-shi are actually...
b6: Awawa...
b7: Ah, I've got an good idea...

b8a: No, we have enough love stories...
b8b: Both Aoki-kun and Hiramaru-kun were serialized after the love festa, after all
b9: No, I will write one no matter what
b10a: More importantly, "+NATURAL"'s anime ends in March
b10b: Please ensure its popularity doesn't fall
b11: Why, of course
b12: Guess it's good that Iwase's the same as ever...
b13: Yeah

b14: Are those the concept drawings for the "Road Racer GIRI" anime? They're fantastic
b15: They're so-so, I guess
b16: I'm telling you they're awesome

b17: Even Fukuda-san's got an anime, I'm so jealous...
b18: Yeah...

b19: Ashirogi-san, it's been a while
b20a: Takahama-kun
b20b: Good evening

16
b1: "Seigi no Mikata" got a TV drama
b2: Drama!?
b3a: Amazing! Congratulations
b3b: It was more suited for a drama than an anime, huh?

b4a: Everyone's so amazing...
b4b: We may well be outdone by even Fukuda-san and Takahama-kun...

b5a: Hah...
b5b: Guess I've still got a while to wait before I can have kids
b6: EH!?

b7a: Ah
b7b: You know, I graduate from college this year, and I've already got my driver's license, and even Kaya-chan's saying it's about time
b7c: Whaddaya think?
b8: Don't ask me!

b9: Saikou...
b10: What now!?

b11: Nanamine-kun
b12: !

b13a: ...
b13b: He looks considerably more worn out than the last time we saw him...

b14: Hello
b15: Thanks for your hard work

17
b1a: Not too long ago, he made the unreasonable request of running the same story
b1b: But now Nanamine-kun isn't being picky about how he does it, he just wants to quit drawing manga
b2: !
b3: Quit drawing manga...

b5: Kosugi-san, what are you whispering about over there?

b6: Ashirogi-sensei, it's been a while

b7: Yeah, it's been a while
b8: Good evening

b9a: ...
b9b: I was utterly defeated
b10: No matter how I struggled, I could never beat "PCP"

b11: But...

18
b1a: Next time I'll win for sure
b1b: With a brand new method

b2: !
b3: Brand new method...

a1: Nanamine-kun... So you aren't going to quit drawing manga after all...

b4: We don't have any intentions of losing to you either, Nanamine-kun, not when you see Ashirogi Muto as your goal
b5: Yeah, as your goal, we'll show you that we can rise ever higher

19
b1: That's all for me!
b2: Eh... What do you mean, "that's all"...? The new year's party hasn't even begun...

b3: It's alright. I only came to say what I did to Ashirogi-sensei

b4: Please wait, Nanamine-kuuuun

a1: A formidable enemy leaves... Leaving behind a premonition of his return...