Bakuman 130

Examurai is half-done. My manga reader crashed halfway while I was translating and I figured that was a sign to stop. Well, I'll continue whenever I can.

Now, sleep... Oh wait. Daily animanga news <.<



01
x1: 24th January, Sunday
b1: Class reunion, huh...
a1: Going to meet some dearly missed old friends!!
a2: If it were during our third year of middle school, it wouldn't have been possible, huh...
b2: Next time we meet, let's kiss
a3: ☆JC Volume 13 goes on sale 3rd June (Fri)!!
b3: Shuujin's late... The class reunion's probably starting already...
b4: *music note*
a4: Page 130 Fever and Ashes
b5: Sorryyyyyyy!! Kaya-chan suddenly came down with a fever...
b6: It's almost 40 degrees celcius, so I'm gonna bring her to some doctor who's open on Sundays
b7a: I'll be fine! If it's just going to the doctor, I can take care of myself!
b7b: Akito-san, just go for your class reunion already!
b8a: You heard that? That's what she says, but I'm really worried
b8b: Yeah... Yeah...
b9: I said I'm fine! Just go!
b10a: I'll try my best to make it if I can
b10b: Okay, bye!

02
b1: I hope Kaya-chan's okay...
b2: Saikou!
b3: Hey!
b4: Suzuki! And Nakajima, too! Suzuki, we were even in the same class in our third year of middle school, weren't we...
b5: Haha, more importantly, Saikou, you're amazing! "PCP"'s doing awesome!
b6a: I heard about it just now and was real surprised! I can't believe you're a mangaka with "Jump"...
b6b: Where's Takagi?
b7a: He's got something urgent to do, so he'll try to drop by later if he can...
b7b: Anyway, Suzuki, try not to tell too many people about it, okay?
b8: Why not? It's fine since it's something really amazing!
b9: Ashirogi Muto-sensei is heeeeeeeereeee!
b10: Eh... Oi...
b11a: There he is!
b11b: Mashiro, gimme your autograaaaaph!
b12: Me toooo!
b13: ...

03
a1: *chatter chatter*
b1: AWESOME! You're good! Just what you'd expect from a pro!!
b2: Damn, I should have brought a sign board too!
b3: Tadah! Sign on this for me, please!
b4: Wow, you buy our comics! Thanks!
b5: My nephew loves it and is always imitating that pose with the tape measure!
b6: My little brother imitated some of the perfect crimes in "PCP" in his middle school and got scolded!
b7: ... Sorry 'bout that...
b8: Have you met "ONE PIECE"'s Oda-sensei?
b9: Well, a couple of times...
b10a: AWESOME!!!
b10b: But yeah, guess it's only natural since you're both in "Jump"...
b11: He's totally living in a different world from all of us, huh?
b12: Of course! I bet he's rolling in cash too!
b13: Not to mention he's doing something he loves! How lucky!
a1: Doing something I love... It's not really that simple, actually...
a2: And living in a different world from them...? Is that really how they view us...?

04
b1: I bet you're real popular at goukons and stuff, aren't ya, Saikou!? I mean, you're serialized in "Jump" at such a young age! (TN: A goukon is a sort of party or group date where guys get to meet girls and vice versa)
b2: ... Nah, I've never even been to a goukon...
b3: Eh!? Are you kidding me!?
b4: Why not?
b5: I heard mangaka don't go to goukon, but they go to parties and rub shoulders with celebrities!
b6: Wow!
a1: ... Somehow it seems like they've gotten the wrong idea altogether...
a2: OHH AMAZING!
a3: Just as I expected!
b7a: Hey, hey, everyone!
b7b: The moment Mashiro walked in we bombarded him with autograph requests! Let's cut him some slack and fill 'im up with some beer!
b8: Well, Imma pour some sake!
b9: Yeah, Ichiko-chan
b10: Here you go, sensei
b11a: Ah...
b11b: This is the girl Shuujin liked, Ichiko-chan
b12: ...
b13: This... This is like, kinda risque or something...
b13: Ah... I can't drink beer...
b14: What about wine or champagne?

05
b1: Guess you only drink at clubs in Ginza or Roppongi, huh? Damn, am I jealous! (TN: Ginza and Roppongi are high-class areas in Tokyo, frequented by the rich)
b2: I don't go to those kinds of places! I just can't drink alcohol
b3a: So where do you go to have fun, then?
b3b: You've got lotsa money to spend, don't you?
b4: Wah, lucky~ Let's go have fun together next time~ *music note*
b5: ... I don't play around, nor do I have the time to
b6: No way!
b7: At all?
b8: Yeah
b9: ...
b10a: Umm... I spend my weekends drawing names, which are like drafts of the manga itself
b10b: Then I work on the manuscripts till Friday
b11: Even so, now I'm able to make enough time in a week to drop by the training institute once a week, so at least things are better than they used to be
b12: ...
b13: You don't have any breaks...
b14: We... Well, I did hear that mangaka were busy people... But THIS busy?
b15a: Mashiro, we're planning to go skiing!
b15b: Whaddaya think?
b16: Nah, I... I can't afford to risk injuring my hands...
b17: Wow...
b18: His hands are covered in ink...
b19: Besides

06
b1: Besides, I don't have the time
b2: ...
b3: Ah... My bad
b4: I wanna go!
b5: Me too! I wanna snowboard!
b6: I don't mind going to ski, but since we're going with girls, let's plan one to the beach, too!
b7a: Too soon!
b7b: We've already graduated, so why not go all out and take a trip to Hawaii instead?
b8: Wah, let's! *music note*
b9: Let's time it to accommodate those who've already got jobs and leave on the night before the 3-day holiday and get back on Monday morning
b10: ...
b11: Oh, Yamashita! You're late!
b12: Sorry, sorry, I had some university parties to attend
b13: You ought to prioritize us over those!
a1: Yama-chan...
a2: He hasn't changed at all...

07
b1: Well done, Yama-chan! Heard you got an offer from KNN Telecommunications?
b2: I guess... Haha
b3: That's the No.1 company everyone wants to get employed at!
b4: Ehh, KNN? That's awesome!
a1: Wow, Yama-chan got an offer from KNN...!
a2: I knew he got into a good university since my parents were talking about it and sounded pretty envious
b5: Guess it's really the best to get a job in a stable company, huh?
b6: That settles it! Marry me, Yama-chan!
a3: ... A stable company, huh...?
b7: Manga is a scary thing... My future is nothing but darkness
b8: Five years from now... Ten years from now... I don't have a clue what'd have become of me by then...
b9: ... Even we don't have any guarantee that we'll still be serialized five years from now...
b10: Saikou
b11: Hey
b12a: Heard you went and became a mangaka
b12b: I was surprised, since you said you'd given that up when your uncle passed away
b13: Looks like you've gotten yourself a good job too, Yama-chan, congratulations!

08
b1: Gotta be tough, huh?
b2: Eh... Ahh... Well... I get the feeling I've been doing nothing but manga since I was in my third year of middle school...
b3: A sink-or-swim gamble... And you don't have a choice but to bet your whole youth on it. And even then, only one in tens of thousands can say they've made it as far as you have
b4: ...
a1: My whole youth...
a2:I had nothing but manga...
a3: I sacrificed my youth...
a4: ...
b5: Yamashita, you wanna join us for skiing?
b6: Oh, skiing? When?
b7: ...

09
b1a: Haaaah, I've drunk my fill~
b1b: Where to next? Where to next?
b2: Over here's the karaoke gang!
b3: Bowling's over here!
between b3 and b4: Ahahaha...
b4: Not going, Saikou?
below b3: Kyaaaa
right of Yama-chan: Wahahaha
b5: Yeah, sorry, I've got work...
b6: I see... That's a pity, but I guess it can't be helped if you've got work
b7a: ... I feel like we didn't really get to talk much, but, till next time, I guess...
b7b: Let's exchange cell phone numbers and email addresses
b8: Yeah

10
a1: Goukons, karaoke... Bowling, skiing...
a2: I haven't even gone skiing since that ski clinic I went for in elementary school... And I've never been to the beach either since becoming a mangaka. Overseas trips have never even so much as crossed my mind...
a3: Everyone else talks about them like it's perfectly normal to them
a4: A normal youth, a normal life...
a5: Somehow, I feel like... I'm starting to become a social misfit...
b1: SAIKOUUUU
b2: Is it over?
b3a: Yeah
b3b: They've got some afterparty going on now, but I've got the manuscript to take care of so...
b4: Ahh, dammit! Guess I'll head back, too, then...
b5: Is Kaya-chan alright?
b6a: They gave her an intravenous drip, so I think she'll be fine
b6b: Besides, she wouldn't stop bugging me to go
b7: Why not go for the afterparty, then...?
b8: I'll pass, since Saikou's not going either. And I still am kinda worried about Kaya-chan

11
b1: So, was Naoi Ichiko there?
b2: Eh... Well... She was kinda risque... And she gave off the feeling of being the type of female college student who's really used to being around guys...
b3a: Uwa... What the hell?
b3b: Could she be working some weird part time job?
b3c: I guess it was a good thing I didn't go!
b4: ...
b5: ?
b6: Saikou, aren't you gonna tell me anything else about the reunion?
b7: Eh!? Ah...
b8: Umm, everyone looked like they were having fun
b9: ... Everyone...? You mean you weren't, Saikou?
b10: It was great to meet up with Yama-chan, I really missed that guy, but...
b11: But?
b12: ...
b13: But what...?


12
b1: We're different from everyone else, aren't we... We've been doing nothing but manga since our third year at middle school, and we haven't really done much of anything fun, have we?
b2: I've never been to a goukon, nor karaoke, and I've not been to the sea or gone skiing even once since I started drawing manga...
b3: Saikou, you wanted to have fun like everyone else?
b4: ...
b5: ... No
b6: If I did that, we wouldn't have what we have now. And I think what we're doing now is fulfilling to me
b7: It's just that, it dawned on me that we were so different from everyone else
a1: I'm married to Kaya-chan, but Saikou...
b8: It's at times like this where Saikou's favorite "Ashita no Joe" truly comes alive
b9a: Yeah
b9b: When I was talking to everyone, I recalled Joe and Nori's conversation in my head
b10: ...

13
b1: "Mashiro-kun, aren't you lonely?"
b2: "Youths your age are going to the beach, to the mountains, hanging out with their lovers, singing out their youths..."
b3: ...
b4a: "It may be a little different from the kind of youth that Shuujin is talking about singing out, but I've definitely felt the feeling of a keen sense of satisfaction many times"
b4b: "Right in those ink-filled manuscripts"
b5a: "I ain't smouldering and incompletely combusted like those guys over there"
b5b: "Even if just for a moment, I'm gonna burn so bright and so red, I'll dazzle everyone"
b6: Was that it?
b7: That makes it sound like the manuscript's on fire!
b8: Haha

14
b1: "And all that'll be left is pure white ash"...
b2: ... That was cool, huh
b3: I wonder if we've been as completely combusted as that?
b4: Yeah, we've come this far doing our best and pouring our all into it, our eyes never wavering from the goal... And now we're serialized...
b5a: I see... That's right...
b5b: We're still en route to our dream
b6: We haven't beaten Eiji, and "PCP" hasn't gotten first place on the rankings since its first chapter
b7: Not to mention the anime adaptation
b8: Yeah

15
b1: I'm glad I went for the class reunion, even if only for this chance to talk things out again with Shuujin like this
b2: Really?
b3a: We are indeed only en route to our dream. We have a long way to go yet and can't enjoy ourselves like everyone else can
b3b: But we're happy
b3c: We're happy that we've got this far, embracing our dreams...
b4: We may not have gotten your standard youth experience, but we spent our youth inking in stuff! (TN: Pun, because "beta" means both "cliched/hackneyed/standard" and the parts of a manga that are colored in solid black)
b5: Haha
b6: Let's work hard from now onwards, too! Toward our dream!
b7: Yeah!

16
b1: I'm home
b2: You're early
b3: Why aren't you in bed!?
b4: I didn't think you would be back so soon, so I...
b5: Besides, I was hungry!
b6: You seem healthy...
b7a: And up next on the news
b7b: An unknown person broke into XX Branch of XX Bank and, although he took nothing, he left behind a letter...
b8: Eh!?
b9a: Th... This is straight out of "PCP", isn't it?
b9b: That's what Makoto and Minoru talked about doing before they formed PCP...
b9c: It's exactly like what they said, which was something like, "Wouldn't it be cool to get into a bank, not steal anything but leave a sticker to say we were there"
b10: The contents of the letter were but the single sentence, "I broke in"...
b11: Ah...

17
b1: In fact, there is this manga in "Shounen Jump"
b2: !
b3: It's called "PCP -Perfect Crime Party-"
b4: We break into a bank, but we don't take anything and just leave a note that says "We were here"
b4: Wouldn't that be cool!?
b5: Yeah, that would be cool
b6: Plus, we wouldn't be causing any trouble to anyone
b7: But wouldn't the reliability of the security companies plummet?
b8: Ah! You're right
b9: Besides, bank- ........ Reliability (@typesetter: ....... = cut off)
b10: And ...... Now ..... Not
b11: Perfect Crime Party, huh...
b12a: Wow! They even showed a page from "PCP"!
b12b: Is it really okay for them to do that? Did they get permission?
b13: !
b14: No... I didn't hear anything about this...
b15: You didn't...? It doesn't matter if it's TV, intellectual property rights still hold...
b16: Don't worry about unnecessary things, Kaya-chan! Like I said, just worry about your own health and go to sleep already!

18
b1: ...
b2: G... Good night...
b3a~b3b: *pi*
b4: ...
b5: A shounen manga extremely popular among children...
b6: Wherein the protagonists perform perfect crimes...
b7: *music notes*
b8: Shuujin
b9: Umm, right now on Sakura TV...
b10: Yeah, I saw it, too

19
b1: Things aren't looking too good for us, are they...
b2: ... Well, I can't help but see it as just a form of publicity for "PCP"...
b3: .... "PCP"... Will be alright, right...?
b4: Of course it will be... They only found out about the incident in the evening, and if it really was anything bad, we'd have received word from the editorial division by now
b5: No, but today's a Sunday! There's no-one at the editorial division! The whole division isn't working today...!
b6a: Ah, I see, but...
b6b: Ah, now it's on channel 16, too...
b7: According to the police, at around 4:30pm today, officers responded to a report...
screen: Imitating popular manga ....... Attention-seeking criminal?
a1: ... It'll be alright... There's nothing to worry about...
a2: An entirely unexpected TV debut!!