Karin 23

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Karin, Volume 6

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Embarrassment #23 A suspicious pair and Kenta's Anxiety
Embarrassment #24 Kenta's confusion and Fumio's agitation
Embarrassment #25 Kenta's distress and Karin runs away from home
Embarrassment #26 Fumio's confession and Kenta's rejection

Chapter 23:
Pages: 5-42

Page5
Frame1
Lady: ( I just found out )
Lady: ( I'm pregnant )
Lady: ( It's our child, Shuu-san, mine and yours )
Frame2
Shuusei: ( uh... ah... )
Frame3
Shuusei: ( Well thats great! )
Lady: ( What the hell are you talking about? )
Lady: ( Think about it )
Lady: ( Who in their right mind would want to have a kid with you, Shuu-san )
@BR: Embarrassment #23 A suspicious pair, and Kenta's Anxiety

Page6
Frame1
Lady: ( I'm going to have an abortion )
Lady: ( So give me money to pay for it )
Frame2
Shuusei: ( Huh!? )
Frame3
Shuusei: ( <italic>You B- )
Lady: ( What, are you going to hit me !? )
Frame4
Shuusei: ( STOP FUCKING WITH ME!
Do *not* accuse me of being kind of guy who would hit a woman in your state )
SFX:DO GAsshan -- crashing sounds
Lady: ( Kyaaaa! )

Page7
Frame1
Shuusei: ( You don't want my child, huh )
Shuusei: ( I can't fucking believe you said that )
Frame2
Shuusei: (... )
Shuusei: ( Fuck )
Frame3
Shuusei: ( huh!? )
Frame4
Shuusei: ( That was close )
Shuusei: ( Here I am, back in front of <italic>her</italic> house again... )
Frame5
Voice: (Enough, cut it out already!)
Voice: ( Has it not been more than half a year now!?)
SIGN: Usui
Frame6
Voice2: ( I'm sorry, Usui-san )
Voice2: ( I lost her trail after Tokyo Station... )

Page8
Frame1
Old Lady: ( I've had enough of you reporting just to pass the time! )
Old Lady: ( I want you to find Fumio (her daughter) as soon as possible... )
Shuusei: ( What is that old lady going on about now...!? )
Frame2
Old Lady: ( Him... It must have been that Iidzuka!) Iidzuka took my daughter away somewhere! )
Shuusei:( ME!?)
Frame3
Shuusei:( <italic>I</italic> took Fumio away somewhere...? What is she talking about...!?)

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Embarrassment #23 A suspicious pair, and Kenta's Anxiety

Page10
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Fumio:( .... ta )
Fumio:( Kenta.... )
Frame2
Fumio:( Wake up )
Kenta: ...Hm...?
Frame3
Kenta: What are you doing this early in the morning Okaa-san...
Kenta: It's too early to do anything...
Kenta: Still....Sleepy...

Page11
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Kenta: (Huh...?)
Frame2
Kenta: does my room...
Kenta: look like this....?
Frame3
Fumio: ( If you don't wake up soon )
Fumio: ( <bold>That person</bold> is going to catch you... )
Fumio: ( So come on )
Frame4
SFX: ha-- gasp
Frame5
Frame6
SFX: gaba -- waking up sound

Page12
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Kenta: ( ...Mom... isn't here...)
Kenta: ( She went to the employment office already...)
Frame2
Frame3
Frame4
Kenta: ( Th- that's right...)
Kenta: ( This is an apartment in western Shiihaba city)
Frame5
Kenta: hm?
SFX:chi chi chi -- chirping of alarm
Frame6
Kenta: ( <bold>AAgh! My alarm clock...! )
Frame7
Frame8
Karin: ( Ah , Usui-kun )
Karin: ( You were almost late )

Page13
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Kenta: ( I.... I made it...)
SFX:zee zee -- wheezing
Karin: ( Hurry up and change okay )
Karin: ( It looks like we're going to have a lot of customers today
because it's the end of the year )

Frame2
SFX: sukon ---
Frame3
Frame4
Frame5
Ladies: ( We'd like separate check's please )
Frame6
Kenta: ( Yes Ma'am )
Kenta: ( You had the Japanese-style set meal and a drink... )
Kante: ( Ah )
SFX: biro biro biro -- tongue sticking out sound (tape)

Page14
Frame1
Manager: ( Usui-kun, you've really gotten used to this job,
Well at least as far as remembering who ordered what but, )
Manager: ( The cash register seems to hate you... )
SFX:pata -- closing register
Kenta: ( I'm... I'm sorry)
Kenta: ( I'm not good with machines )
Kenta: But I didn't mean to hit the wrong buttons...
Frame2
Karin: ( Thats right, the only thing machine-like at your house Usui-kun is the refrigerator )
Kenta: ( No, I finally bought a heater just recently )
Frame3
Kenta: ( But I have no problems with that )
Kenta: ( If you flip the switch it gets warm )
Kenta: But I'm worried about the breakers and electric bill so I keep it on low...
Frame4
Manager: Hold on, hold on- It sounds like Maaka-kun has been over to Usui's house before
Lady: I knew it, those two are dating!
Lady: I thought they were suspicious from before too...
@BB below frame: The same thing even at their work
Frame5
Karin: ( By the way,
Usui-kun, you took a temp job for the winter break, didnt you?)
Frame6
Kenta: ( Of course )
Kenta: ( Break Time is Saving Time )

Page15
Frame1
Kenta: ( I'm working for the moving company Damien's again )
Kenta: ( And on New Years Eve I'll be delivering "Year's End Soba" for a noodle place&#9825; )
Karin: ( Your schedule is always so tight... )
SFX: hu... huhuhuhu -- contented laughing
Frame2
Kenta: ( Well, I can't work when I'm in school, so vacations are the only time I can earn money and save up)
Karin: ( School is actually more like vacation for Usui-kun... )
@L: Usui Kenta was quite harried
Frame3
@TR: His mother's income had all but stopped since she was fired from the grocery store.
(And the Hotel where she worked as a cleaner went bankrupt before she could get paid )
@TL: For now, the Usui houshold is nearly completely dependant on Usui-kun's income from his part time job
@Fumio: each one is
0.05 cents...
@BL: Fumio occaisionally does day labor, or at home piece-work
Frame4
@T: The rent for their apartment is ¥15,000, which is very cheap, however
on a high school student's income from a part time job they are barely making it.

Page16
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Lady: ( I'm sorry )
Lady: ( But we just can't use you at this time.. )
Frame2
SIGN: information desk
Frame3
Fumio: ( I see... )
Frame4
Frame5
Fumio: ( What should I do... )
Fumio: ( What should I do... )
Frame6
Fumio: ( At this rate ....)
Fumio: ( Is it impossible for me to get .... )
Fumio: ( a normal honest job ....)

Page17
Frame1
Fumio: ( But "night" work.... maybe )
SIGN @TR: Free membership
Nurse Cosplay
SIGN @R: Massage
Sensu-
SIGN @L: Private rooms!
Cheap!
SIGNS @farLeft: Spain
Japa-
Frame2
SFX: ha -- gasp
Frame3
Fumio: ( NO! )
Fumio: ( What am I thinking )
Fumio: ( Based upon the experiences I've had so far, nothing good will come of that )
SFX:bun bun -- swish swish
Frame4
Fumio: Plus,
Fumio:I don't want Kenta to look down on me anymore...
Frame5
SFX:puaaaaaan -- sound of bullet train

Page18
Frame1
SFX:daka daka daka -- pounding keyboard
Frame2
Shuusei: ( Hey there)
Shuusei: detective guy )
Frame3
Shuusei: ( I see youre always pounding on your computer there 24/7, but )
Shuusei: ( Is it really that interesting? )
Frame4
Investigator: ( You are really stubborn )
Investigator: ( No matter how far I go, you're always there stalking me )
Frame5
Shuusei: ( That's because you suck at losing tails )
Shuusei: ( Hm? What the hell are you typing ? )
Shuusei: ( "Iidzuka is stubborn... the kind of person I hate", do you mean me? )
Investigator: ( <bold>Stop it please! You shouldn't be peeking at people's memo's! )
Investigator: ( <bold>I'll sue you for interefering with my work! )
Frame6
Investigator: ( <bold>No- I'll turn you in to the police )
Shuusei: ( .... Don't be so stingy. C'mon, we're both trying to find the same woman, aren't we )

Page19
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Investigator: ( I heard all about you from my client )
Frame2
Investigator: ( Iidzuka Shuusei-san )
Investigator: ( 34. Single.)
Investigator: ( Unemployed )
Frame3
Investigator: ( After all this time.... Why do you want to meet my client's daughter )
SFX: patchi -- latching shut
Frame4
Investigator: ( After what you did to her... And its been over 15 years since you separated, hasn't it? )
Frame5
Shuusei: ( Is asking me about things I cannot change.... )
SFX:gasshi -- grab
Frame6
Shuusei: ( <scary>Endlessly and persistently a hobby of yours, detective!?)
Shuusei: ( <scary>You bastard,...If you think I'm going to put up with that shit forever then youre making a big mistake )
Investigator: ( Ah aaaagh )

Page20
Frame2
SFX: ba -- sudden movement
Frame3
Investigator: ( Please dont chase me anymore )
SFX:da da da da -- running footsteps
Investigator: ( Go away )
Voice: ( Do not run on the platform please )
Frame4
SFX:gatan gatan -- train sounds
SIGN: TRANSFER
Frame5
Shuusei: ( This is pretty far from Tokyo station )
Shuusei: ( How many times have we been down this way already? )
SFX:zee zee -- wheezing for air
SFX:haa haa -- panting
Investigator: ( For the mean time, I'm going around to places where people with the name "Usui" reside... )
Frame6
Shuusei: ( Damn, We're getting nowhere )
Frame7
Shuusei: ( ....She might have changed her last name, ya know...? )
Investigator: ( Maybe so )

Page21
Frame1
SIGN: Sotohama Circuit: Shiihaba Station
Shuusei: ( .... Why )
Shuusei: ( Did she run away in the night anyway )
Investigator: ( My client seems to like to blame you for that )
Investigator: ( I mean, it is your fault after all.... isn't it )
Frame2
Shuusei: ( This is what you get for being so stubborn )
SFX:bakko -- bump
Frame3
Karin: ( Ah, Usui-kun )
Kenta: ( Hm? )
Frame4
Karin: ( Hey, you have to hurry up- or you'll be late for your next job, right ?)
Kenta: ( Nah, I was thinking I'd just walk normally .... )
Frame5
Karin: ( In that case, is it okay if we ... walk together for part of the way?)
Kenta: ( Uh, sure )

Page22
Frame1
Kenta: ( Huh )
Frame2
Kenta: ( You look alot better than yesterday )
Kenta: ( Did you... )
Karin: ( Ah! )
Frame3
Karin: ( Ah, yeah )
Karin: ( I ran into just the right type of person )
Karin: ( So I bit them )
Frame4
Karin: so um ( Pl- )
Karin: ( Please don't worry about me... )
Kenta: ( Oh )
Kenta: ( ....I see.... )
Frame5
Karin: ( Huh? )
Karin: ( Usui-kun seems kind of dissapointed!? )

Page23
Frame1
Kenta: ( You can bite my neck.... )
Kenta: ( As much as you want )
Frame2
SFX:gabin -- surprise
Karin: ( Ah! Could it be..
Usui-kun was kind enough to say that to me, but )
Karin: ( I've been doing my best to avoid it )
Karin: ( Maybe I've hurt his feelings !? )
Frame3
Kenta: ( ...because I said... "It's okay if you bite me" .... )
Kenta: ( I wonder if instead she's started being extra careful... )
Frame4
Kenta: There she goes worrying again
SFX:dara dara -- sweating bullets
Kenta: Your feelings show right through... Maaka
Frame5
SFX: teku teku teku -- walking steps
Kenta: .....ummm.....

Page24
Frame1
Karin: ( Ahhhh, how am I supposed to respond in this situation ? )
Kenta: What should I say to her in this situation?
Frame2
Kenta: If I were to say "It's okay if you bite me" again
Kenta: It seems like I'm being pushy about it
Frame3
Kenta: besides,
Kenta: If I did get bitten by her
Kenta: I don't even know what kind of reaction I'd have
Frame4
Kenta: Ahhh, maybe what I said
Kenta: was bit reckless
Kenta: I think....

Page25
Frame1
Kenta: .... No
Kenta: What I have already said, I can't take ba-
Karin: ( U )
Frame2
Karin: ( <bold> Usui-kun, um )
Karin: ( <bold> Before, when you said it was okay to bite you )
Frame3
Frame4
Karin: ( <bold> I made me really happy )
Karin: ( <small> B- but)

Page26
Frame1
Karin: ( I'm happy, but at the same time )
Karin: ( I,
um )
SFX:tara tara -- sweating bullets
Karin: ( well,
A little)
Frame2
Karin: ( Em-
Embarrassed )
Karin: ( I mean,
To bite you Usui-kun )
Frame3
Karin: ( I'd have to put my hands around your neck, and
Karin: ( hold you close to me and stuff.... )
SFX:iiwake iiwake wake wake -- making excuses
Frame4
Karin: ( Up till now I've always avoided biting people who I knew because its so embarrassing, so... )
Frame5
Kenta: ( Bu-)
Karin: ( Huh? )
Kenta: ( Hahahahahahaha )

Page27
Frame1
Karin: ( U- U-
Usui-kun !?)
Kenta: ( My-
my stomach hurts )
SFX: ku ku ku -- laughing
Kenta: ( It's way too late to worry about that... )
Frame2
Kenta: ( You already .. )
Kenta: ( Tackled me to the ground once already )
SFX: bo -- blush
Karin: ( gyaaa! )
Frame3
Karin: ( I was unconscious that time )
Karin: ( Forget about that!
Please! )
Kenta: ( How can I forget such an intense experience )
Kenta: ( No way )
Karin: ( Noooo! Please!)


Page28
Frame1
Karin: ( Uuuugh )
SFX: shuu shuu shuu -- steaming
SFX @L: busshu -- steam hissing
Frame2
Karin: ( Aaaah)
Karin: ( There was something I wanted to ask you, Usui-kun )
Karin: ( Bu- But now I forgot what it was! )
Kenta: ( Seeing her study throughout the second semester I realized this--
Maaka really can't think of two different things at once! )
Frame3
Kenta: ( ....Well, I have to go this way )
Karin: ( Ah, you do? )
Kenta: ( If you want to ask me something, then ask me next time ok )
Frame4
Karin: ( Okay, bye )
Karin: ( I'll see you at Julian's tomorrow )
Frame5

Page29
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SFX: te te te -- walking steps
Frame2
Text: It's been more than half a year since we came to Shiihaba
Frame3
Text: Alot of things have happened since I met Maaka
Frame4
Text: I thought she was a strange person at first, but I never guessed I would know all her secrets like this
Text: Ignoring her blood increasing problems...
Text: She makes lunches..... she's always very considerate...
Text: She's a really good girl
Frame5
Text: I've never thought about it until now
Text: But I wonder
Frame6
Text: How does Maaka think of me... ?
Frame7

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Page31
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Text @L: Person who froze when she was caught staring
Frame2
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Frame5
SFX:da -- dashing away

Page32
Frame1
Frame2
Karin: ( Ah)
Karin: ( <small>thats right</small> I wanted to ask Usui-kun when his birthday was )
Karin: ( <small>Man....<small> How can I forget things like this )
Karin: ( *sigh* )
Frame3
Karin: ( Well, I've got some time, maybe I should stop by Maki's house)
Frame4
Frame5
Maki: ( Ah, )
Maki: ( Karin! )
Maki: ( Come in! )
Frame6

Page33
Frame1
Karin: ( Ah )
Karin: ( You're minding the store )
Maki: ( Yeah, I do it sometimes )
Maki: Cool, huh ?
BB: ( Maki's house is a bookstore )
Frame2
Maki: ( The new years's issue of Ponpii is out )
Karin: ( Eh, Really&#9825; )
Maki: ( Because its the end of the year, Magazines which normally come out at the beginning of the month are coming out around now instead )
Frame3
Karin: ( Yaay, is it okay if I have a look? )
@TM: The continuation of Tokimeke&#9734;Smash
Maki: ( Hey, you're supposed to buy it first, right? )
Frame4
SFX: do-- bump
Karin; (Kyaa)
Frame5
Karin; ( Excuse M... )
Karin: ( Huh!? )

Page34
Frame1
Karin: ( Usui-kun !? )
Frame2
SFX: gasshi -- grab
Frame3
Shuusei: ( What did you say? )
Shuusei: ( Little girl..... )

Page35
Frame1
Shuusei: ( You didn't say )
Shuusei: ( "Usui" just then, did ya? )
Frame2
Karin: ( Ah....)
Karin: ( Eh!?)
Karin: ( Who is he!? )
Frame3
SFX: gui -- grabbing
Shuusei: ( Come with me for a minute )
Karin: ( Ah )
Frame4
Karin: ( I'm sorry, I mistook you for someone else )
Shuusei: ( Just come on! )
Frame5
SFX: doku -- heartbeat

Page36
Frame1
Karin: ( NO! Stop it )
Karin: ( You're hurting me )
Shuusei: ( I'm going to ask you a few questions, that's all )
Frame2
Shuusei: ( You recognize my face, don't you young lady )
Frame3
Karin: ( ..... oh no )
Karin: ( He really does resemble Usui-kun, doesn't he )
Frame4
Maki: ( <bold> SOMEBODY HELP! A strange guy is attacking a high school girl!! )

Page37
Frame1
SFX: zawa zawa -- crowd noises
@MR: What's going on?
@ML: There is a suspicious guy at Maki-chan's bookstore
Frame2
@BR: I've never seen him before
Shuusei: ( Urk )
@BL: He must be an outsider
Frame3
Frame4
Maki: ( <small>Oh my god .....Usui-kun....? )
Frame5
Frame6
Investigator: (....Eep!)
Frame7
Shuusei:( Ah!)
SFX: da -- dasting away

Page38
Frame1
Shuusei: ( Wait Dammit! Don't leave me here! )
Investigator: ( Don't follow me, they'll think we're friends )
Frame2
Shuusei: ( It's your fault this happened- I was waiting for you to come back from town hall )
Investigator: ( Please stop blaming everything on other people! )
Frame3
@BR: Oh Well
@BL: At least nothing bad happened
Frame4
SFX:zoro zoro -- crowd sounds
Maki: ( K-
Karin
You okay? )
Karin: ( Uh..... Yeah.....)
Frame5
Karin: ( Maki... Did you ....see that guy? )
Maki: ( Yeah.....
The reselmblance is too strong for him to be unrelated...)
SFX:do do do -- heavy footsteps

Page39
Frame1
Karin: (...... Could that be )
Karin: ( Usui-kun's .... )
Maki: ( Naaah, there's no way, not a low life that that )
Maki: Saying that isnt fair to Usui-kun
Maki: ( They say there are always three people in the world with the same face )
Frame2
Karin: (But.....)
Shuusei: You didn't say
Shuusei: "Usui" just then, did ya?
Frame3
Karin: When that guy grabbed my arm
Karin: My blood started increasing
Karin: The same way as with Usui-kun
Frame4

Page40
Frame1
SFX: shaa -- running water
Frame2
Fumio: ( *Sigh*...
Ive even run out of housework to do.....)
Frame3
Fumio: ( I wonder if Kenta is coming home late today.... )
Guy: Usui
Guy: Take care of the living room next
Kenta: Okay
Frame4
SFX: goso goso -- rummaging
Frame5
SFX: su -- sliding out
Frame6

Page41
Frame1
SFX gusu -- sniffle
SFX poro -- tear rolling
Frame2
SFX gusu gusu -- sniffle
SFX poro poro -- teardrops rolling
Frame3
Fumio: ( I want to make everything right, but )
Fumio: ( Why do things always end up this way.... )
Frame4
Fumio: ( Shuusei-san )
Frame5
SIGN: Business Hotel - New Mexico
Frame6
Investigator: ( This is a single room ! )
Investigator: ( Don't come in ! )
SFX: gugigi gi - straining of door
Shuusei: ( You're not telling me to sleep out under the cold cold sky are you? )
Shuusei: ( Please, let me in&#9825; )
Investigator: ( Nooooo! )
SFX: Mishi -- creak

Page42
Frame1
SFX baki -- thud
Frame2
SFX: gubi gubi -- gulp gulp
Shuusei: ( Man.... What a lousy Investigator )
Shuusei: ( It took him so much time to finally get here )
Frame3
Shuusei: ( Now there is no doubt those two are somewhere in this town )
Shuusei: ( I guess I'll stop by that bookstore again tomorrow )
@B: Embarrassment 23, Over