Bakuman 129

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01
b1: Move aside!
b2: No way in hell!
b3: If we do this on the road, we'll get in people's way, so let's take it to that park over there

a1: Page 129 Youth and Destiny
a2: Hiramaru's in full power mode!!
a3: If we do it here
a4: Yuri-tan'll be able to get a good view even from her window!

b4: Now, bring it!
b5: But don't expect to win with that unwieldy, fat hunk of meat you call a body!
b6: ...

02
b1: HMPH!!
b2: Hyaa

b3: Hiramaru-san (small text: So weak...)
b4: *open* (TN: sorry, I fail at SFX. What sound does a window make when it opens?)
b5: Aokiiiii
b6: ...

03
b1: TORYAAAAAA!!

b2: No, Yuri-tan....
b3: You absolutely mustn't come out here!

b4: Hiramaru-san!
b5: Aokiii~~ I'm coming over right now, so just stay riiiiiiight theeere~~
b6: Uiii
a1: ... I think I'd better call the police after all...
b7: ...

04
b1: ...
b2: ...

b3: Saikou, your hand isn't moving
b4: Eh... Yeah
b5: Even if things weren't the way they were, we were just a little too late in going to see how Nakai-san was
b6: "A little too late" doesn't even cut it
b7: In any case, just stop thinking about Nakai-san already
a1: ...
b8: I know

b9: Anyway, are you going for the class reunion?
b10: What about you, Shuujin?
b11a: It's a Sunday, so as long as I can finish the name I can take some time off for it
b11b: It's at the pub in front of South Yakusa Station, right?
b11c: We can get there by bike, can't we?
b12a: When you think that you're meeting your second grade classmates again, it really hits home, doesn't it?
b12b: That feeling like, "Why did it take us this long to do this?"...

05
b1: When we were back in second grade, we didn't even talk to each other, huh?
b2: Yeah, and I didn't even remember that we were in the same class to begin with...
b3: You remember a girl called Naoi Ichiko?
b4: Who's that? Doesn't ring a bell...
b5: I liked her quite a bit back then, you know
b6: ... You already had someone you liked back in second grade, huh

b7a: But then she transferred away in fourth grade
b7b: I'm really looking forward to seeing what became of her, assuming she comes for this reunion

b8a: I guess I do wanna see Yama-chan, whom I was real close to back in elementary school
b8b: He went to a private middle school, so that's as far as our friendship went, somehow or another...
b8c: As you cycle through different classmates and schools, some friendships tend to just die out, you know?

b9: In that case, let's both RSVP for it
b10: Got it
b11: *music note*
b12: !
b13: Eh? It's Fukuda-san
b14: Something like, "Thanks for just now"?

06
b1: Hah
b2: Hah
b3a: Stop getting in my way!
b3b: I have business with Aoki!
b4: And I'm telling you to tell me what that is, and I'll relay the message, got it?
b5: And I'm saying it has nothing to do with you

b6: Of... Of course it does!
b7: I'm Aoki-san's tea frieeeeeeend!!!!
b8: Hyaaa

b9a: Hiramaru-san and Nakai-san are fighting!?
b9b: Didn't Nakai-san just go to some other girl's house just a few hours ago!?
b10: Fukuda-san said Aoki-san called to tell him that...
b11: ... Let's just leave it already
b12: This time it's not only about Nakai-san! Aren't you worried about Hiramaru-san and Aoki-san? I'm grabbing a cab!

b13: ... Guess I don't have a choice~ Geez~

07
b1a: You never learn, do you...?
b1b: Don't involve yourself with Aoki-san any more
b2: Hah
b3: Hah
b4: Oh, shut up
b5a: Everything's that woman's fault...
b5b: If only that woman didn't exist...

b6: ... Alright, i... If Aoki-san really did something wrong, then just let me take full responsibility for them, okay?
b7a: You don't cut it!
b7b: I ain't gonna be able to calm down till I've beaten her good!

b8: Violence is a no-no on women!
b9: It's not something a man would resort to
b10: Shut the hell uuuup!!

08
b1: ...
b2a: What's this? Can't stand already?
b2b: Hmm!?
b3: Hah
b4: Hah
b5a: Well, you shoulda tried to be more persistent
b5b: The only cool thing anyone saw outta you was when you first entered!

b6: Uhehehehe~
b7: !
b8: ...
b9: !

09
b1: What're you pulling here?
b2a: You guys again...
b2b: Persistent bastards...
b3: *kachi*
b4: I won't go down as easy as Hiramaru-san, ya know?
b5: *poki*
b6: *peki*
b7: Hold on
b8: Fukuda-san

b9: Don't interfeeeeere!

b10: !
b11a: I... I'll protect Aoki-san with my own strength... Please don't interfere
b11b: Besides, this doesn't concern you guys. This is a problem involving Nakai-san, Aoki-san and me...
b12: And no-one else!
b13: !
b14: ...

10
b1: You said something about everything being Aoki-san's fault
b2a: What did you mean!?
b2b: Spit it out!
b2c: Depending on what you say, I may spend my whole life shouldering that debt
b3: ...

b4: I had nothing but manga...
b5: I came to Tokyo when I was 19, dreaming of getting serialized. At 21, I started out as an assistant...
b6: I sacrificed my youth...
b7: I gave up playing around and forwent romance

a1: ... The very essences of youth...
b8: But that woman ruined it all!

b9: Ruined?!
b10a: In other words, Aoki-san was so charismatic... You fell in love with her...
b10b: And your own manga career went out of whack...?
b11: That just means... That Nakai-san's feelings towards manga were only worth that much, no?
b12: Wha... What did you say...

11
b1a: HOWEVER...
b1b: I understand that feeling well! I feel the same!!
b2a: No...
b2b: I might feel even worse than you do. It pains me to say it but it may well be so!
b3: !?

b4a: I hate drawing manga... I'm practically drawing manga only to earn Aoki-san's favor
b4b: If Aoki-san dumped me, I'd be unable to draw manga... That's why I understand your feelings all too well...
b5a: ...?
b5b: That... That's totally different from my story
b5c: You seem to be doing well with Aoki-san...

b6: Ah, is that so... I'm sorry...
b7: But that's what we call misplaced hatred!
b8a: Aoki-san's beauty is not a sin! And so, I will protect her with my life!
b8b: Shouldn't you be jealous of the sinful me, who was able to be promoted to Aoki-san's tea friend!?
b8c: In that case, you may inflict pain on me until you're satisfied!!
b9: ...

12
b1: Hiramaru-san, Nakai-san, both of you stop it please!
b2: !
b3: Yuri-tan
b4a: Wah
b4b: She totally shouldn't have come out!

b5: There's no reason at all for Hiramaru-san to get beaten up, is there?
b6: Oh, no, this is something between men...

b7a: If you want to beat each other up that much, then just beat me up
b7b: That ought to be Nakai-san's greatest wish as well

13
b1: Oh, no, Yuri-tan, that's... If we did that, everything I'd fought for up till now would have been...
b2: I'd thought Hiramaru-san was stronger than that
b3: Hyaaaaaa I'm sorry! But for Yuri-tan's sake, I...
b4: Hiramaru-san, be quiet for a bit, okay?

b5: Go on, hit me, please
b6: Please hit me until you're satisfied

b7: I never thought Aoki-jou had the guts to do something like that
b8:If he really hits her, then never mind mangaka, he fails even at being a human
b9: ...
b10: UOOOOHHH

14
b1: ...

b2: I... I know this hatred is misplaced...

b3a: I
b3b: Really had nothing but manga
b4: I worked my ass off for it
b5a: ...
b5b: Didn't seem like it when we were all assistants at Niizuma-shishou's place
b6: He may be drunk on alcohol, but did he get drunk on the mood as well...?
b7: ... You two...

15
b1a: When "hideout door" was serialized
b1b: I was happy
b2a: But then I lost all of that... And I have nothing left
b2b: I don't have a job... Nor do I have a girl, nor do I have friends... Not even money...
b3: I know it's my own fault... I have no other desires now... Just how should I live my life from here on out...?

b4: Nakai-san
b5: !?

b6: Why the hell is Hiramaru-san crying!?
b7a: Well, he sounded really pathetic and...
b7b: ...
b8a: Manga is a scary thing...
b8b: After being manipulated by my editor, I have found that... My future is nothing but darkness
b9: Five years from now... Ten years from now... I don't have a clue what'd have become of me by then...

16
b1: Nor do I know when I'll fall as low as to become a pathetic uncle like Nakai-san
b2: Yo... You...
b3: Nakai-san!

b4: Will you become my assistant!?
b5: !?

b6: EHHH
b7: We should be able to forge a relationship over the fact that we are both individuals enamored by Aoki-san
b8: ... I doubt it...

17
b1a: No! Nakai-san could be my destiny! (TN: Ohba-sensei on a yaoi roll these few chapters? :p)
b1b: When I think about it that way, I just can't leave things be!
b2: ...

b3: Hey, that logic's totally screwed!
b4a: Destiny...!? Is he expecting to get dumped by Aoki-san and lose his serialization?
b4b: That's the same old negative Hiramaru-san, but...

b5a: Hi... Hiramaru...
b5b: Ju... Just now, when you said "I will protect her with my life"... I thought to myself...
b6: That it might be okay to entrust Aoki to this man after all...
b7a: IS THAT SO! THANK YOU!
b7b: It may sound arrogant to say "leave it to me", but thank you!

b8a: Alriiiiight! For the time being, let's go get a drink!
b8b: Of course, they'll be on me!
b9: Yeah
b10: ...
b11: Ehh...
b12: How did this happen?
b13: A drink? Aren't they already...

18
b1: I thought you were a pretty irresponsible guy at first, but now that I got to talk to you, you're really a great guy, Hiramaru!
b2: Nakai-san, you're a worthless guy... But in that worthlessness I found humanity...!

b3: ...
b4: Nakai-san's drunk so that's why things went like that... But I really don't think he'll do a good job as Hiramaru's assistant
b5: Really? If he does a good job, "Boku ni wa Tsuujinai" would get a real power up
b6: ...

b7: Sure you're okay with that?
b8: Yes! I believe in Hiramaru-san
b9: Haaaah you know what! We've been brought on a ride by Nakai-san the whole damned day! How stupid
b10: Yeah, and in the end we were totally useless (small text: Achoo!)
b11: But it's good that things didn't get worse than they did, no? Let's head home

19
x1: The next day
b1: Hmm
b2: Some... Somehow the bed feels kinda hard...
b3: Hmm? HMMMMMMMMMM!?

b4: Wh... Why the hell are you sleeping in my bed!!
b5: ?
b6: We hit it off real well last night, didn't we?
b7a: No...
b7b: Eh?
b7c: I don't remember...
b7d: No... I only remember until the part where I asked you to be my editor...

b8: So, Hiramaru-kun, it's okay if I stay here, right? And it's okay if I collect my assistant's salary early too, right?
b9: Like hell I'd live under the same roof as you! This is the home I got for one day living with Yuri-tan...
b10: Do... Don't make me jealous by talking about Aoki-san like that! I'll wring your neck!
b11: ... G... Got it. So, how much do you need?
b12: Until I find a house, I'll need cash, living expenses and an allowance...
a1: The rain fell, and the ground... Hardened?