Toradora! 19

Chapter 19: The Fateful Decision

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Ryuji: What is that…? // Kawashima…

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Tora: I might have told you to go running… / but I never said anything about running around in my neighborhood. // You… brat…

Ami: Eek!!

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Ryuji: WHAA! // Wait! / Don’t you get it? Don’t you?

Ami: I’m so scared!

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Tora: Listen to / what I say!!!!!!!!

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Stalker: AAAH!

Tora: Hm? // What’s that?

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Tora: Who was that guy? / A friend?

Ami: Uhh… // He came over to me when I was shopping one day… // I think he’s some maniac fan or something…

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Ami: There are some people like that… // Haha…

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Ami: Um… / I’m too scared to go home alone… // He might still be around… // Can you let me hide out in your house a bit?

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Ami: Please!!!

Ryuji: Kawashima…

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Ryuji: Which do you prefer? // The 2nd floor of a rented wooden shack // or the 2nd floor of a glamorous new apartment complex?

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Ami: The glamorous // apartment complex!

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Ryuji: So…

Tora: Fine. You can stay. / That’s MY house.

Ami: Huh?

Tora: The wooden shack is Ryuji’s house.

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Ami: No way!! You’re lying…

Tora: You fool. / Don’t you get this is an emergency situation!? // It’s too late if something happens / so come on!

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Ryuji: You’re…a great kid…

Tora: I’m not the devil. Our battle is put on hold for now.

Ami: Really?

Tora: Oh / of course.

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Ami: Takasu-kun… // Thanks for yesterday.

Ryuji: HUH!!?

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Ami: What? What?

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Ryuji: You seem pretty tired… / I guess you’re pretty shaken up…

Ami: No… / I’ve been in Aisaka Taiga’s house for 5… / no 6 hours…

Ryuji: Did she do something!?

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Ami: She threatened to kick me out if I didn’t obey… / so until midnight…

Ryuji: Wha… / What…?

Ami: I danced… // and / sang… // 150 songs in a medley, doing weird impressions…

Ryuji: Cruel…!!!

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And / Taiga was in a good mood that morning unlike Kawashima...

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But that mood turned cloudier by lunch time.

Tora: My heart… // is about to explode!!!

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Ryuji: Huh? / What? [Your heart? What do you…]

Tora: I’m suffering!!

Ryuji: What! If you have something to say, just say it!!

Tora: Ki… / Kitamura-kun said… // He wanted to me to be nice to Kawashima Ami // and have lunch with her!!!

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Ryuji: Why!? // Why…?

Tora: I don’t know!! // Waaaaah!!

Ryuji: No one can be happy in that situation…

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Tora: I want to say no!!

Ryuji: Hey.

Tora: But I can’t say no to Kitamura-kun’s wished!! // But! // But! // But // FINE!!

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Tora: Endure the unbearable // and the bearing of the bear!!!*
*She’s screwing up a idiom.

Ryuji: [Uh…] You almost had it… // She’s almost losing it…

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Ami: What? // Did you just say!?

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Tora: I SAID LET’S HAVE LUNCH TOGETHER!!!

Ami: What are you thinking…?

Maya: Ami-chan! Let’s have lunch together!

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Ami: I’ve already promised Maya-chan.

Maya: What’s wrong?

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Ami: I’ll be there in a second…

Maya: I wonder if she wants to have lunch with Ami-chan?

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Maya: Are you having lunch with Aisaka-san?

Friend: Then, let’s go. / It’s too bad. // Maybe next time!

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Ami: Uh…

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Tora: Come on, let’s go!

Ami: No way!! // Why do I have to have lunch with you!?

Tora: Michael Jackson as a tour guide… // the Mona Lisa attacks at 200km/hr… / Tsunku tries desperately to sing an American song he can’t sing… // all are in my digital camera.

Ami: FINE! / I’ll have lunch with you!! [Shiit!]