Sket Dance 68

Sket Dance 68

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Red lettering across top- A gift of appreciation for all your postcards! A centre colour announcing the results of the popularity contest!
(ignore the blue lettering on the top left – just crap about when tankouban are released)
Maroon tagline- The sunlight is streaming through the leaves of trees overhead as the afternoon falls
-With cool model faces for once!
-Chapter 68
-The first ever
-Character Popularity Contest Results Announcement
Red Arrow- What place did your favourite character get? For the detailed vote results, after reading this manga, hurry to page 392!

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N- Summer Grasses are
All that is left behind of
A warrior’s dream (this is a haiku, again had to modify it to be 575 in english)
N- I am currently above the Gachinko Vivage Battle’s location, the target ground Tsukino Shimata where many exciting battles have taken place
N- Yes, from now on this will become the Gag manga you know and love
N- Now we will host the character popularity contest results announcement!
N- As per the rule ‘One postcard per person’, written on the advertisement page of Jump vol. 42, the votes are all genuine!
H- One postcard per person!
N- On an unrelated note thankyou for the 8176 subscriptions!
Au- (handwritten- author) Huh? There was a rule like that?
Au- It’s more interesting if there are joke votes
P- (handwritten: Person in charge) Well this way it’s more accurate
N- Who has attained the crown for first place??
Little bubbles around Bossun- Dokin (sound of heart racing)
N- No matter what you say the main character Bossun’s position is what everyone’s interested in
H- He’s been like this all day
A- The commentary will be done by me, Entry 49, with an unrelated impressive 0 votes
N- Tsk
N- This is Nitta here
H- We heard that tongue click!

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N- Now I have returned to the broadcasting tent on location
Crowd- Why were you in a helicopter in the first place
C- Hurry up and do it
C- Get another reporter
N- I think we want to move onto the announcement of the results right away
N- Because there are a lot of characters we will begin the announcements from 30th place
C- That’s a lot
N- Lots of characters have come today!
N- Without further delay, here are the results
J- I’m kind of nervous
G- I get the feeling you’ll be about 30th Jou-kun
N- In 30th place is
N- Abrasimovich!
H- What???
N- Abrasimovich the first princess of the Abrasimo house in the mystery game Hyupelia, in the admirable 30th place!
Jou- Eh!? I even got thrashed by that thing!?
Jou- Eh!?
Box – 50th place (I CANT READ HIS NAME so I hope you know it)
N- It’s interesting to note the younger twin sister Abrasimodach fought her older sister for the crown and got 33 place with 32 votes
?- The younger sister also got double my score??
?- Eh!?
H/W- Others in 33rd place
Right box – OG 3
Left Box - Tetsu

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N- Let’s move on
S- We started suddenly with one off characters
H- I have a bad feeling
N- Next is a tie for 28th place
N- With 41 votes, Crappy Koita-kun and
N- Master Huang!
Right box – 28th Place – Crappy Koita-kun
Left box – 28th Place – Master Huang
H- Wait a second!!
H- Eh!? Don’t tell me it’s all like this!
N- The traditionalist Master Huang from the suspiciously bad quality games Hyupelia and Genesis
N- And the student character given life by Roman-sensei who wants to be a manga-ka, Crappy Koita-kun both ranked well!
H- What’s up with that drawing!?
N- Incidentally Roman-sensei placed 43rd with 22 votes!
Box – 43rd – Roman-sensei
Outside the box – A frightening child!
N- Her eyes are wide open and white because she lost to her students!
H- It seems like all the characters so far have been imaginary…
S- That’s because there’s so many plays within a play
N- Moving on to 27th!
N- With 43 votes, the sadistic realist magic swindler, Reality Maji!
Box – 27th Place – Reality Maji
H- That’s enough! Bring on the human characters!!!

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N-And in 26th place, Otakura-kun!
Box – 26th Place – Otakura-kun
H- There it is!!
N- The representative geek who doesn’t lose to Switch-kun in otaku knowledge, Otakura-kun shows us his victory pose!
H- This guy kind of pisses me off
N- And gives us a look of superiority!!
O- Oh, how many people was there below me?
H- THIS GUY KIND OF PISSES ME OFF
O- Nah, truthfully guys like me are often called gross so I’d assumed I wouldn’t be getting many votes
N- Continuing on
T- Well you can’t really read that much into ranks down this low
H- Yeah… true
H- Bring out the serious characters
Box – 36th place – Yaza-chan
N- Next are three characters in 23rd place with the same score!
N- Oni, Obaanyan and Perorin!
Right box – Oni
Left Box – Obaanyan
Top box - Perorin
H- WHAT IS UP WITH THIS MANGA!!

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H- Seriously what the hell, is this really genuine voting?
N- Attacked by an invading army in ‘Momotarou revised’, the unlucky tribe Oni! And the moe character heroine Obaanyan rank in!
H/w- It’s Obaanyan!
Obaanyaaaaaan!
S- It’s kind of scary having the characters from a play within a play in the same dimension isn’t it?
N- And the legendary give-away Peroin doll that Ryuuga Saki-kun won by sending in a winning lottery ticket he picked up is also in 23rd place
B- Next is 22nd…
B- I wonder if I’ll be up soon…?
H- Bossun!
H- It’s not like that you won’t be up for a long time yet, hang in there!
N- In 22nd place, Little Bossun!
LB- Huh!!?
Box – 22nd place – Little Bossun
B- Huh!? What? I shrunk!
H- Aww, it’s mini Bossun!
N- The problem result of when Bossun’s body was returned to it’s youth by one of Chuuma-sensei’s medicines in ‘Grumpy Little Bossun’, Little Bossun!
B- Hold on!!!

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LB- What’s with this ‘Little Bossun’ thing, don’t just name me as you please!!
LB- I wasn’t even entered in this thing to begin with!!
H- Aww he’s talking so desperately…!
H- I wanna take him home!!
LB- It’s pretty much a waste to make us separate characters isn’t it!?
LB- I might be small but I’m still me so
LB- Count my votes for ‘Bossun’!
N- I can’t acknowledge that you are completely different characters
LB- …Why!!!
LB- I won’t consent to that!!! Waaah do over!!!
H- What’re you saying, kicking up such a fuss what will we do with you!!
LB- Eeeeeh!?
H- Everyone went out of their way to vote for you!!
H- You shouldn’t speak so selfishly!
H- Honestly what will we do with you
H- Apologise to everyone!
B- Doesn’t that mean ‘Mummy Himeko’ is a different character too!?

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D- Hahaha
D- Isn’t it good to be so energetic?
D- Children are the country’s treasures
D- They should grow up free and strong
D- Then one day they will-
D- Become warriors of Chuu-kun!
N- 21st place with 54 votes, Heavy Warrior Dodondondodon!!
Box – 21st place - Dodondondodon
H- Someone amazing showed up!!
N- Oh could it be that he turns back into his figure form as soon as he’s reached the limit of his imagined form?
H- What kind of worldview is that!? Is that really okay!?
N- Well you’ve come this far Dodondondodon
N- Among the Hyupelia figures he got the top vote for keeping the Abrasimo sisters in check!
N- The majority are of the opinion that his drama ‘feels manly’ and ‘Hyuperhythm is serious business’
H- What the hell are you saying no one even understands you!!
N- Now from here on in is the eagerly anticipated top 20 but there’s not many pages left
N- Let’s proceed at a run
H- How come it’s the high ranks that get neglected!?

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N- In 20th place with 57 votes the craft teacher with the scary face, Jason-sensei!
H/w – Yay- do your best-
Box – 20th place – Jason-sensei
N- Many are of the opinion that he should get married at some time during this comic’s serialisation!!
N- In 19th place with 63 votes, the guy somehow got here Shinba Michiru (kanji in bracket – laugh)!!
H- Huh?
Box – 19th place – Shinba Michiru
N- In 18th place with 64 votes, Usui Masafumi (in bracket – tears)!!
Box- 18th place – Usui Masafumi
N- In 17th place with 68 votes, Shinohara Kenta!!
S- Dowaa! I suddenly showed up!!
Box – Shinohara Kenta, 17th place
?- What’s wrong? Yelling out all of a sudden
S- Ah… no…
S- It’s nothing…. Ah could you beta this bit here?
?- I hear a voice from the heavens
H- Today’s just too far gone already

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N- Continuing on
N- Tied for 15th place with 78 votes, the natural young lady Unyuu Mimori!!
Box – 15th place – Unyuu Mimori
N- And the maiden of horror, Yuuki Reiko!!
Box – 15th place – Yuuki Reiko
H- That’s a kind of incredible 2 shot right there!
N- Unyuu-san is the tidy, natural, busty, tasty character who was a hit with the majority!
N- The female voters say they identified with Yuuki-san, that they defiantly hoped she’d find happiness and she’s cute even though she has as sombre face
Y- It seems my nen got through
S- Nen? (T/N: in case you’re not familiar with it nen is like ki… energy crap)
N- Continuing to 14th place the unfortunate chemist Chuu-san!!
Box- 14th place – Chuu-san
C- Isn’t my frame a bit small?
N- In 13th place with 86 votes, Captain!
Box – 13th place – Captain
H- She’s huge!!
N- Captain, Takahashi Chiaki-san took two titles in 2nd year class B’s number 1 contest, Miss Pretty and Miss Sporty
N- And the staff picked her as the number one character they’d want for a wife
H- I never knew that
N- If the character popularity polls had been after the Ogress arc the results might have been different, keep it up Captain!!
H- Are you her fan too?!

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N- Moving on rapidly to 12th place with 91 votes,
N- Well-known supporting actor Yaba Sawa!
Y- N’gd!! (Bracket: means not good)
Box – 12th place – Yaba Sawa
H- Eh? It seems to have given him quite a shock
N- In 11th place with 97 votes, made to lose face by the principal, ponytail character Daisy!!
Box – 11th place – Daisy
N- I agree with the M opinion ‘Truthfully I want to be stepped on by this girl’!
H- Just die!!
N- Now we’ve proceeded with such a good tempo that we’ve arrived at the top ten in no time at all!
B- I… I’m still in, I’m in the top ten!
H- Well yeah, you’re the main character
N- But before that I think I want to play with the obviously false votes below 30th place
N- Let’s introduce a few of the votes among the one per person rule that were made by people who seriously wanted to pull a prank
N- In 66th place, the card tower Bossun made ‘Bossun tower’ with 11 votes!
H- 11 votes!?
N- In 75th place, the Morning Star Grip used in Genesis and the fashion brand that puts tails in similarly coloured groups, One Piece Fairytale!
H- What the hell are you talking about!?

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N- In 80th place with 6 votes, the monsters that Bossun thought up (Dog, pig and sheep drawn by Himeko)
H- Fuck you guys!!
N- In 81st place with 4 votes, Lethal Crasher Guy!
H/w – Lethal Crasher Guy
H- I knew it the guy who was written in is there!
N- Everyone below that had only one vote in 92nd place
N- The old guy who was jumped by Reality Maji!
H- These kind of guys get put in a lot
H- The name is painful too!
N- The owner of the restaurant where Kawagami pulled a dine and dash ‘if you’re going to give him a name please make it Jody Kuwabara’
N- as you requested Jody Kuwabara!
B- You’re giving him a name?!!
N- Bosuu
B- Hey there!
B- As I said that’s me!!
N- Tsukikage-sensei!
H- She’s not there!!
N- Chapter 67 Maegami Passon’s child
H- Who!?
B- Chapter 67 that’s last week! Quit foretelling things!

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B- Huff huff, no more
B- I’m exhausted!
N- Himeko-san, Bossun-kun, good work on the tsukkomi, that’s enough
H- That tone kind of pisses me off!
N- And now finally the top ten!
N- From here on in it can be said the ranks are serious so let’s let the numbers speak for themselves
N- Everyone should compare their estimates with the actual results!
N- Let’s go, 10th place Dante-kun!
N- 143 votes!
Box – 10th Place – Dante-kun 143 votes
N- If it’s troublesome-ness he’s number one! But the power he certainly has as the pure hearted vocalist of the Visual Kei band Jarudan was made clear!
D- An angel of charm?
N- The female voters said ‘If you look close he’s handsome?’, an amiable 10th place!
N- Continuing on with two people, let me introduce 9th place with 159 votes, Last Samurai Takemitsu Shinzou!!
T- Yeah I did it!
Box – 9th place 159 votes Takemitsu Shinzou
N- And 8th place with 263 votes, the young actress Kibitsu Momoka!
Box- 8th place Momoka 263 votes
M- Po

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H- Congrats you two!
N- Shinzou-san gave his heart, soul and strength to Sket Dan
S- Oh how embarrassing
N- Momoka won favour with her cuteness and her Cinderella story
A- O… oi Tsubaki
A- Isn’t your heart kind of pounding?
A- Not being called yet means you could either be higher… or be below 30th
A- Tsubaki!!?
A- Are you alright?!!
A- You’re making the same face as Fujisaki!!
A- For you who usually has no strong feelings this is forbidden!
N- Now let’s continue on
N- In 7th place
N- With 303 votes, the student council president figurehead
N- Agata Soujirou
N- Oh there I am
Box – 7th place 303 votes Agata Soujirou

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N-And in 6th place with 342 votes the hot-blooded vice president
N- A man who can read the atmosphere, Tsubaki Sasuke!
Box – 6th place 342 votes Tsubaki Sasuke
N- Oh this is Tsubaki-kun’s speechless expression!
N- Is he truthfully relieved but had been aiming for something a bit higher?
N- But these two rated high with the females!
?- It’s fine isn’t it I was 19th!
Box – 81st place Shinobarusu
N- Now for the top 5!!
N- What place will the main character Bossun, who’s been thinking ‘5th place is looking pretty good’, get?
B- 5th huh…. 5th sounds good
H- Quit saying that!!
H- It’s pathetic!
N- I will now announce 5th place!
N- With 346 votes!
N- Switch!!
H- What!?

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N-…’s Bossun!!
H- UEEEE!!?
B- I…
B- It’s a drawing!!
B- It’s a drawing that Switch did!!
N- What could this mean, a mere illustration has gotten into the top 5 in this fierce battle!
N- I remember that first appeared as a portrait drawn on the sign from the farewell party when there was that confusion about Bossun quitting the club
N- After that there was the Enigman quiz confrontation and Roman-sensei’s encouragement
N- Recently there was the Cheer up message that was shot out of the bazooka in Mandocel’s mouth
Sign – Cheer u-
H- That’s enough it’s confusing!!
N- On the postcards we received there were multiple opinions that ‘Switch’s feelings, Bossun’s cuteness, Himeko’s joy at seeing this drawing and the Sket Dan’s relationship is reflected in this drawing’
N- Thankyou very much
N- Extremely popular Switch’s Bossun
T- I lost… to a drawing
N- Now there’s just 4 people left!
H- No more
H- Your face has turned an unhealthy colour
N- Announcing 4th place!
N- With 361 votes –

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N- Can’t stop the romance!
N- Saotome Roman!!
Box – 4th place Saotome Roman 361 votes
N- You’ve come this far Roman-chan!
N- If you do badly or if you take 1st place will you appear on stage again? A voice whispered… (sorry, the scan quality is particularly bad I just can’t read it with my crappy eyesight)
S- Thankyou everyone
N- Hey… please stop that! Please stop riding on top of the letters!
H/w- Oh-
amazing
As you’d expect
N- Lots of people commented ‘Super cute’, but many people also sympathised with her positive attitude ‘always facing forward’ and ‘trying her best’
H- We get it so quit writing things in midair!
Midair – Thanks (the ‘tha’ is backwards)
H- And it’s not even right!!
N- Now!!
N- Now! Now!
N- All that’s left is the top 3! And it’s too obvious! The only remaining lead characters are the Sket Dan trio!
B- Top 30…
B- I want to be in the top 30…
H- Bossun we’re up to the top 3 already!
N- Laugh or cry there are three left! Let’s do them all at once
N- Simultaneous announcement!!!

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N- 3rd place with 834 votes, Himeko!
Box- 3rd place Himeko 834 votes
N- 2nd place with 1213 votes, Switch!
Box- 2nd place Switch 1213 votes
N- And in 1st place with 2003 votes, best of the best!!
N- Bossun!!!!
Box- 1st place Bossun 2003 votes

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H- Bossun…
B- …uu…
B- I…
B- I did it...
B-…I did it!
B- WAAAAAAH!!!
B- WAAAAAAAH!!
B- I DID IT!!!!
B- Waaaah
B- Is someone there? S… someone give me a hug!
H- Bossun! I’m here!
N- And so the glorious 1st place of the 1st ever Sket Dance Character Popularity Contest was!
N- The main character Bossun, Fujisake Yuusuke!
B- Waaah~ I’m so relieved~!

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N-Now, from the total number of subscriber votes in this character popularity poll, half were for the Sket Dan trio
N- Within that over Bossun-kun got over 2003 votes
N- There were ‘If we don’t give him 1st place he’ll sulk’ sympathy votes amongst those but we received many ‘He’s kind’, ‘He thinks of his friends’ ‘He’s cool’ main character-like comments too
N- Let me introduce a few postcards. ‘He’s plain and obsequious and mentally weak but I really love the good at drawing, weird faced, kind Bossun’
N- ‘His good points are that he thinks about what he can do himself and gives people who have lost their sense of values a push forward’ Everyone truly… thankyou very much!
H- No more
H- Why does a character popularity poll make me cry so much
B- I did it didn’t I
H- You did it
B- Switch-kun was 2nd place… I feel kind of bad
S- No…
S- I also voted for Bossun #^o^# (<<blushing face)
B- Switch!!!
N- Alright then Bossun-kun come up to the front
N- Now let’s have a few words from Bossun-kun whose shining brightly in splendid 1st place

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B- Ha… well…
B- Thanks to everyone… I came 1st
B- I guess… if you try your best… one day like me you can…
B- Like me you can…
H- I can’t watch anymore! Let’s throw him in the air!
S- Up up!
M- Hup!!
B- High!
Right block writing – 1st ever Character Popularity Poll 1st place Fujisaki Yuusuke (Bossun)
Left – Thankyou for all your subscriptions!!
Tagline – I’m happy!! I’m so happy!!