Asatte no Houkou 16

**I've skipped ahead to volume 4 as a request to translate volume 4 and 5. since this was a request, please ask me before you use it for anything! thanks!**

pg 85

When I take a quick look // there's an adult

in the mirror

Chapter 16

pg 86 (82)

lady: Good morning, it's cold today
Karada: good morning

Karada: I have to try my best

I'm trying my best

pg 87

and it almost seems like I can reach

those things that are far away

but I can't

...I have to become an adult
What should I put in the miso-soup today...

and become as old as I look

pg 88

You can still stay in bed for a little longer / Hiro-nii

Sorry...

You went to sleep pretty last last night / so you should sleep a little more // I'll let you know / when breakfast is ready

Pg 89 (85)

It's been a month since Karada and I left that town / it's the second time Karada and I have moved

MM // this miso-soup is different than the usual

pg 90

K: Hehe could you tell? // you first sautee it with oil

H: We're growing tired because of several things

K: The grocer I always go to / told me the burdocks and tofu are good today

I was a little worried if it would be oily but // the combination of komatsuna and abura-age is good so // I'm going to find out some more cooking tips again today

H: Well! / that sounds like fun

pg 91

H: I'll be going now

K: Hai // have a good day

H: Right when we moved

pg 92

Karada caught a cold

H: She has a fever too...
nurse: is it her first time here? do you have your insurance card?

Oh / yes

H: ...sorry / I have left it at home...
nurse: will you be going to get it? otherwise you have to pay the whole fee.
H: No / I'll pay 90% / then you can see her without her insurance card, correct?

...they would // be suspicious of the date of birth

pg 93

in a few years will she be able to pass it off?

She can't...go to school anymore

No one would believe any explanation

...I have to think about the future

man: you used to work in a research lab? / so why are you looking into a job here? it's a completely different field
H: I heard your employment conditions and company is well-developed! / ...I have a family I need to support

pg 94

I will work my hardest / so please consider me for the position

There's no guarantee that she'll return to her normal state

So what I'm doing // is the best direction we can go in based on what I can do

K: I finished cleaning and laundry // and putting up the ofuton

pg 95

what else is there to do...

I too

...wish I could do something

What should I make for dinner...

pg 96

K: wow! / you're so busy today
grocer: Oh! / it's you!

our product apparently was on TV and the store suddenly got so busy! // there are so many people I'm too scared to refill the stock in the store

grocer: Aah my wife is away on vacation at such a bad timing / my son is at "work" // but he should help his family business!!
customer: hurry up
grocer: yes yes, I'm coming

K: um

pg 97

Would it be okay if I helped?

grocer: thanks for helping!
K: was I of use?
grocer: if you're free tomorrow, can you help me for a couple of hours again?
K: of course!

sorry it's not in cash / but this is for your help

H: I'm home

pg 98

Hiro-nii! welcome home / so today...

H: ...sorry / I'm just wiped out / can you tell me tomorrow...

K: Um / ...the nice grocer told me more about / making lunches that are okay eaten cold...

K: So I thought I'd make you lunch like I used to...
H: Tomorrow...//have to leave early.../...

pg 99

K: good night...

H: This is Iokawa // yes, I've finished going around...

I have an hour until the next round but I'll return... / okay then I will continue...

Fuu


pg 100

I can only eat lunch when I have time to and it's on the go...//I can't take a break like I did back at the lab...

pg 101

Hiro-nii!? / what happened!? it's still noon... // did you forget something?

H: Here

K: ? what is this...
H: see you

the instruction booklet is in the bag!

pg 102

...looks like the supermarket stocked up on their products...

grocer: sorry, you came back to help and all
K: don't worry

K: I have a lot of time.../ah
grocer: mail? go ahead, check it

Mail: This is Hiro. It's our first mail. // It looks like I can come home early today

pg 103

grocer: oh no, you don't know how to use picture icons?
Mail: Let's go eat dinner somewhere. I will mail you later.

grocer's son: I'll teach you how / this model has lots of decoration icons
K: Uh um / how can you put heart icons...

Mail: I'm so happy. I'll be looking forward to it. I'll be waiting.

Iokawa-kun

pg 104

H: Yes
Boss: We're going to have a meeting with Hamanaka Building Contractors // come along // this is part of your job too...
H: I understand...please let me write just one mail

Mail: Sorry. I actually will be late tonight.

I'm home

pg 105

H: ...did she go to sleep? // I wonder if I reek of alcohol...

H: I'm sorry about today

Mail: welcome home

Mail: I was waiting for you

H: I'm really sorry // but my job... / but that's an excuse... / I did indeed break our promise

pg 106

Mail: I know! // It's your job // but! next time it's a promise // good night

H: ...yes / it's a promise

H: ...good night
K: Mail is so convenient

pg 107

Mail: I have good news // thanks to your help Karada-san // I have become a full-time employee! // I won't be able to get time off too easily anymore // but I'll work my best so that we can live together from now on

pg 108

I want to let // Hiro-nii be free

...I don't want to be // a burden anymore

That's why // I made that "wish"...

Mail: I'll work my hardest from now on

Tetsu: Soo it's a kusa-kanmuri (part of kanji) and...
Shouko: Please... if you can't read it, take a picture and send it to me // are six graders this incapable of reading?
T: What!! I'm a pretty good student!!

T: Plus it took a lot of effort to get permission to take this book out!

S: yes yes, you're great Amano / oh sorry, I have another call // yes hello...

K: Hello... is this Shouko-san?

S: ! Karada-chan!?

pg 109

S: Where are you!? // I heard you moved...

This is...

pg 110


K: Shouko-san! Over here!

S: Looks like you're doing well
K: You too...

S: Coffee please // I didn't know what we would have done if you hadn't contacted me
K: I thought the same thing

K: ...Hiro-nii and I thought we should wait until we settled in a little bit more... / but we haven't found anything...

S: Oh, actually this one
waitress: ok

pg 112

K: By the way Hiro-nii has another phone he bought for work.../the old one is still on the table...
S: and I'm assuming it hasn't been charged

K: well he / ...is very busy...

S: I wonder if he really has been working to find a way to / turn back to the way we were!

S: Oh Karada-chan! look look / I studied as much as I could about the "stone" // and I think I've uncovered some useful info

S: That kid Amano-kun / he's been helping / and we sometimes exchange info

pg 113

S: ...so you didn't tell him your new address? / he's worried about you, a lot...

I asked him if he wanted to come along // but he said "it's okay as long as she's happy"

He said to tell you "we're going to find the stone and turn us back"

K: Oh...really...

S: So / let me hear about you these days / I bet it's been tough
K: Oh...well

pg 114

There's a lot og things I want to tell you about...but

They're all such small things / and.../ they're nothing out of the ordinary...

like I'd do the same thing as someone because it's what adults do

or laugh like nothing is the matter

it's basically stuff like that...

S: Is "Not complaining" and "being stoic" / really the key to become an adult?

But

pg 115

When kids hold back on saying what they're thinking it piles up // and they want to let it go but while they look for ways to make it go away, it all comes out // you don't have to rush into becoming an adult because your appearance is that way

you're allowed to take your time

pg 116

Let's not give up and keepy searching / and / ...let's get our lost "time" back

I've found Karada-chan / she seems well

T: ...Ok so now...

pg 116

T: I have to find the "wishing stone"!!!

T: Hm / did someone come by?

Oh, yes // it's a package for your father

pg 117

T: hmmmm