Wa! 10

[Scanlation with this translation reserved for otakami]
[[i ] means italics, [bold] is for bold where it's not quite evident]

WA!
Chapter 10


p.27
Chapter 10


p.28
I don’t wanna acknowledge it

DAIGO: ......Hm?
DAIGO: She’s the one who’s always with Kikukawa...

DAIGO: Hey, the midget over there
MIZU: .........
DAIGO: Wait a second, shorty

DAIGO: Aren’t I telling you to wait, shorty
MIZU: .........
DAIGO: Don’t ignore me.

MIZU: ...I’m not a midget... I will not turn around...
SFX: griiind
DAIGO: Well, you are a midget...
MIZU: I AM NOT A MIDGET...!


p.29
You may call me Asagiri-sama

DAIGO: There’s something I wanted to ask you.
SFX: slip
SFX: turn away
MIZU: I have nothing to say to someone who calls me a midget.

DAIGO: ...What should I call you then?
MIZU: .........
MIZU: [bold]“Asagiri-sama”[bold]

DAIGO: ...Asagiri
MIZU: ............

DAIGO: ...Asagiri sama...
SFX: turn
MIZU: How may I help you?


p.30
High

DAIGO: At any rate, there’s something I wanted to ask you, Asagiri... sama.
MIZU: The fee for my information is high.
DAIGO: ...How much?

MIZU: Let’s see...
SFX: stare

[none]

MIZU: [bold]Please let me ride on your shoulders![bold]
DAIGO: Is that what she meant by “high”...?


p.31
Muska fan

MIZU: Whoa...
DAIGO: ............

MIZU: Whoa...

MIZU: WHOOOA...

MIZU: HAHAHA
DAIGO: ......
MIZU: The people are like garbage!*
*[reference to Colonel Muska in Laputa]


p.32
Up to Asagiri whether it’s good or bad

MIZU: Now, advance, Tasunami #28!*
*[reference to Tetsujin 28 gou]
DAIGO: Ro... roger...

[none]

[none]

MIZU: .........
SFX: slump
SFX [above]: fsshhh
DAIGO: ...?
DAIGO: Asagiri sama...?


p.33
Let me answer your question

MIZU: ...Since a promise is a promise, let me answer your question.
MIZU: What would you like to know about?
DAIGO: Tell me something about Kikukawa.

MIZU: Okiku-san, is it.
MIZU: Hmm...
DAIGO: ...It can be anything.

MIZU: She doesn’t seem to like being bound very much.
DAIGO: I see...
DAIGO: So she hates being tied down...

MIZU: Also, she’s probably wearing panties with a cartoon bear.
DAIGO: I see...
DAIGO: Pa...!?


p.34
!?

SFX: chatter, chatter
Girl 1 mutter: What is that~
Girl 2 mutter: Whoa~
MIKA: ......?

MIKA: ...What?
SFX: turn
MIKA: What’s with the commotion——

MIZU: Whoooa~
MIKA: WHAA!?

Wh... what’s going on...?
MIZU: Hahaha
MIZU: The people are like garbage!
Who is that girl...??
But wait, piggyback...???


p.35
A rival appears? 1

[none]

DAIGO: .........

MIZU: She was doing a gacha-gacha for a key chain, too. Maybe she likes
MIZU: Bears.
DAIGO: ......

[none]


p.36
A rival appears? 2

[none] x 4


p.37
Break 21
UME: When you’re watching TV commercials these days, they seem to write “※*This is an individual’s opinion” rather often.
*[Japanese asterisk sort of thing]
Sign: ※This is an individual’s opinion
Sign: This drug will make you feel 10 years younger~!
SAKU: Yeah, they do.

UME: Does it not feel like they can just say whatever they want if they write “※This is an individual’s opinion”?
SAKU: Could be.

[none]

UME: Sakurai-san, you are the cutest girl in the school!
※This is an individual’s opinion
SAKU: HUUH!?


p.38
Break 21.5

UME: You’re cuter than any of those idols!
※This is an individual’s opinion
SAKU: Co... come on...
UME: You are the cutest girl in Japan!!
※This is an individual’s opinion

UME: ...So, as you can see,
UME: If you tack on “※This is an individual’s opinion’s” it becomes okay no matter how utterly implausible what you say is.
SAKU: HUUH?

UME: So today I’ll talk to my heart’s content!
UME: This world that discriminates based on looks is wrong!!
※This is an individual’s opinion

UME: Everyone who is prettier than me should die!
※This is an individual’s opinion
UME: No, wait, everyone should just die!!
※This is an individual’s opinion
UME: This rotten world can go to hell!!!
※This is an individual’s opinion
SAKU: ...I wonder if something happened to Ume-chan...


p.39
Don’t think

MIZU: ...There’s something that I’ve always thought was strange.
SFX: wash
KIKU: Hm?

MIZU: You turn the faucet before you wash your hands.
MIZU: That means you’ve touched it with your dirty hands before they were washed.

MIZU: If you touch the faucet after you wash, they’ll ultimately become dirty again.
MIZU mutter: grr
MIZU: It’s contradictory.
KIKU: ...If it bothers you so much, why don’t you just wash the faucet first?

MIZU: [bold]No way, that’s so annoying[bold]
KIKU: Then you shouldn’t think too deeply about it...


p.40
?

KIKU: ...Oh, Mizukichi

SFX: trot, trot

[none]

SFX: trot, trot
KIKU: ...What are you doing?


p.41
Errm

MIZU: I was testing my guilt.
KIKU: Your guilt?

When you cross the crosswalk when the don’t walk sign’s lit you feel like you’re doing something really bad, but,
MIZU: I’m doing something bad...!
Guilt (↑) 100 percent

Even with the don’t walk sign, as your distance from the crosswalk increases, your guilt diminishes.
Light: Don’t walk
Distance
MIZU: Well, if it’s just this...
Guilt (↓) 70 percent

MIZU: According to my sensations, when I’m 5 meters away from the light my guilt halves.
SFX: shine
MIZU: Isn’t this intriguing?
KIKU: ...Errm...


p.42
Best friend

MIZU: Don’t you think the phrase “best friend” has a nice ring to it?
KIKU: A ring to it?

MIZU: Squishy best friend*
SFX: squish
SFX [black]: grab
KIKU: WHOA!

MIZU: Squishy best friend
MIZU: Best friend of squishing*
SFX: squish x 6
KIKU: Hey, you! Stop it, Mizukichi!
KIKU: Mizukichi!!

MIZU: Awww... now if only you were Riko-tan~
SFX: siiigh...
KIKU: ...Why you...

*[So the phrase is “muni no shinyuu” which is literally “one of a kind”/unequaled/irreplaceable close friend, or simply best friend (in a literal sense). She then turns it into “muni” and then “muni muni” in katakana, which is an onomatopoeia for squishing... something along the lines of groping.]


p.43
Break 22

UME: The name “Edogawa Rampo” came from writer “Edgar Allan Poe,”
UME: And apparently the name “Hisaishi Joe”* was likewise parodied from composer “Quincy Jones.”*
*[the “hisa” looks like the “ku” used in Quincy, and “ishi” is like “inshii” (incy of Quincy)]

UME: ...With that said, let’s give each other nicknames based on the names of foreigners!
SAKU: Alright!

[none]

UME: “Steven Seagal” or “Jean-Claude Van Damme,”
UME: Which would you like?
SAKU: [bold]Why those two!?[bold]


p.44
Break 22.5

UME: Hello! I’m Suteibun Segaaru~!!
SAKU: ...I’m Jankuroudo Bandamu~...
[These names are mishmashes of kanji that use the same pronunciations]

UME: What? Why’re you so unenthusiastic??
SAKU: ...I would have liked a cuter nickname...
SAKU: Like Audrey Hepburn or Marilyn Monroe ...

UME: ...[i ]Audrey Hepburn?[i ]

UME: ...[i ]Marilyn Monroe?[i ]
SAKU: ...I’m sorry.