Asatte no Houkou 17

**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 119

Let’s not give up keep searching // and we’ll return to normal
We found Iokawa…! / all that’s left is the stone!!
I have to do something…

The past is fixed so it cannot be erased and although the future is full of possibilities, it’s difficult to do as we like…but

I’m still // just a useless child

The wishing stone is just a fairy tale

Pg 120

Chapter 17

Pg 121

Pg 122 (119)

K: Welcome home Hiro-nii

H: I’m home

S: You’re always this late every night?

Pg 123

H: Shouko…!

S: …it’s good to see you

S: You’re doing real estate related work? / it’s a little shocking
H: I couldn’t find work similar to my old job…

Pg 124 (121)

H: What have you been doing lately… / Shouko

S: If you’re worried about me, you should charge the battery!

S: What were you going to do if Karada-chan didn’t contact me?
H: I was going to….after we…settled down a bit…

S: After you settle down…

S: Is that “settle down” the kind that’s similar to “giving up”?

Pg 125 (122)

S: You’re okay / remaining this way?

K: I don’t want to remain this way

K: Hiro-nii // I don’t want to stay like this

K: My body is an adult // but I can’t do anything

Pg 126

S: We discussed this earlier // we both // want to return to norma

It might be selfish // to make a wish // have it come true // and have second thoughts

K: If there’s even a tiny possibility // Even just a little bit

K: I want to return to normal / and // grow up into the adult / that I hope to become

Pg 127

K: I…already know that I’m… / not Hiro-nii’s real sister // I’m Aunt Youko…mom’s child, right?
H: …yeah

K: Every time you worked so hard for me / Hiro-nii // I became sad that I was a child who couldn’t do anything

Pg 128

S: If we continue on like this / you might continue to feel that way
S: Maybe even more strongly because you’re an adult

S: We have to start over / we have to turn back

H: Even though we don’t have any leads…?

S: If there is…will you keep searching?

Pg 129

S: It’s true that the “stone” wasn’t there anymore // but the possibility still exists

S: It’s not // zero

Pg 130 (127)

There USED to be a lot of those “wishing stones” in that town / the stones in that shrine were put there by people who picked them up in the mountains or on the road

With the stones collected in that one spot // and the stone that Karada-chan and I found from there made our “wish” come true…

After the stones turned into ashes // we couldn’t find any similar stones in the area // and when we did find similar ones we could only find one or two

And I heard an interesting old tale // about the shrine by the sea where the stone had gone missing

According to the tale, the stone may have been taken to this town

Pg 131

It might just be a fairy tale / but at least // this town is involved with this stone / we MIGHT find the stone that was brought there / we MIGHT find the stones if we keep looking in the mountain

H: It’s only a possibility…

S: It might sound like just a fairy tale that’s just a fantasy without any leads… // but its reality

Pg 132 (129)

S: Are you going to do the same thing when you left me… // you’re going to run again? // If there’s a possibility… / I’ll go after it

H: Shouko… / you’ve changed
S: Have I?

Pg 133

K: Um // you’re saying things like “left me” and “you’ve changed”…

K: What was the relationship… // the two of you had?

K: Wait / were you… // you know…

Pg 134

S: You’re smoking
H: …was thinking about it

S: Thanks for being conscientious about me

H: Shouko
S: Hm?
H: Thank you

H: I might have continued to live this life pretending not to see / Karada trying to hide her suffering
S: Don’t worry about it / I don’t think you were entirely wrong in your actions

Pg 135

It’s still a possibility that we won’t turn back / it’s actually a high percentage // we’ll have to think more about the future in the way we are

But! / If there’s a possibility I want to try it / nothing can begin without trying!

H: You did…change a little

S: What are you talking about
H: You didn’t used to say things like “we have to try”
S: I have thought a lot about it!!

I’ve had a lot to think about…
Like about Youko-san

Pg 136

I want to hear more about it

But just because my body went back in time / doesn’t mean my heart will go back in time

But if I hadn’t turned back into a child / I wouldn’t have been able to change / at least into the person I am now

I wouldn’t have been able to
H: Shouko…

Pg 137

H: Why did you want to turn back into a child?
S: eh?

S: That… // is a secret
If I turned back into a child I could be more honest // and I wish I could have stopped you back then // is // what I was thinking

S: I won’t tell you / even if we turn back

T: No

Pg 138

T: I can only find ones like this

They were looking for wishing stones too…

Useless garbage stones

Oops

Oh, grandfather

Pg 139

G: You’re still awake
T: Yes / but I’m about to go to sleep // um…I asked you before / but do you know about the wishing stone?

G: It’s the “stone” from the shrine that turned to ash, right? / the tale about your wishes coming true
T: It’s not any wish, it transfers time between people / like a child turns into an adult and an adult turns into a child

G: The shape / is a little different / but this stone is not like any other…
T: right! Right!

G: I know

Pg 140

G: I saw it in the shed up in the mountain / it hadn’t turned into ash
T: What!

T: Really!? / Let me see!! Let me see it!!

G: It’s too late now / you can see it tomorrow after school

G: But there it is under one condition

T: okay okay // anything!! // I always listen to anything you say grandfather!

G: That’s true… / keep your promise

Pg 141

T: Of course / I will!!

Phone: call from Amino Tetsu

Pg 142

T: Shouko-san!? / it’s me!!

T: Don’t get mad about calling you so late!! / okay!! Okay don’t freak out!!

We might be able to find it!! The “wishing stone”!!

Pg 143

Plus! It might be at our house! / There’s a shed where we keep a lot of stuff! I’m going to check it out tomorrow! If we find it then you can turn back right? // and so can she!? // so can Iokawa!

Hello?

Say something Shouko-san

Um…

…Iokawa?

Pg 144

Wait… / Don’t…

S: Oh sorry did we wake you?
K: Um…just now…

Okay then tomorrow…yes thank you

Pg 145

S: Hmm it’s hard to believe just hearing it // let’s return to the town tomorrow / Karada-chan, you too

H: Alight, I’ll catch up later as well
S: Can you make it?
H: I’ll do something! // It is for my family

S: So! Karada-chan!

Pg 146

S: We might turn back! // We might…!

It was like // the air that had stopped // suddenly started moving
S: Karada-chan

S: I got tickets for the 3:00 shinkansen (bullet train) / is that okay?
The wind

K: Oh I’ll have to… / I have to take the day off from work
S: Work!?

The wind has

Pg 147

Passed through my heart // if everything turns back to normal // then this time I’ll grow up to be a real adult // into an adult that can do anything

Excuse me

Pg 148 (145)

You’re Iokawa / Karada-san / right?
Yes?

S: Oh Karada-chan
K: Shouko-san / I’m at the station now…

S: Why? The train is at 3:00…
K: It turns out the wishing stone… // is…
The train is about to depart

Pg 149

K: So I’m going to go to Amino-kun’s house first…
The doors will now close

S: Wait! Karada-chan I can’t hear you…

K: Hello? Shouko-san? Oh

You’re not allowed to use your phone inside the train
K: Oh I’m sorry // I can’t use it here either…?

K: Huh?

Pg 150

T: …eh? I didn’t call her // I only know your number anyway / so that’s why last night too…
S: I can’t reach her…

T: Iokawa!? What!? // Hey! What does that mean!! / Weren’t you guys coming here today!? // Hey!!

Pg 151

Yumi!
I’m sorry, but I won’t go collect stones with you today

Oh // Okay

Kikuko-sama has a task just for me // only me, she said to come alone

Don’t you want to hear about it?

…so // what is it?

Hehe // I’m not telling!

Pg 152

Oh just kidding // I don’t really know the details

Are you done with your phone call?
K: My battery ran out…

I don’t know anyone’s number without looking at the phonebook

Hiro-nii is still at work / I’ll try again when we’ve arrived

It’s

Pg 153

K: So…the wishing stone is turning into ash? // I need the stone in it’s normal state!
Everything // going back to normal

Yes but it’s okay, we’ll make it in time

An important guest // is here

Man: I have heard that if someone who has transformed touches the “wishing stone” // it will stop turning into ash...