O/A 4

[This chapter has already been scanlated by Maigo. This is just the original translation.]

O/A
Chapter 4
“Beautiful Dreamer”


p.01
Chapter 4: Beautiful Dreamer
Right now, for me,

There is someone
who I want to smile more than anyone.

So, that’s why,

For that person,
I will speak!!


p.02
Chapter 4: Beautiful Dreamer


p.03
Harumi: Let’s go, Yutaka-san!!
Harumi: To the second radio broadcast tonight!!

Harumi: I’m sure everyone must want to hear your voice,
Harumi: So please!


p.04
Yutaka: .........
Yutaka: ...I don’t want to.

Yutaka: That producer’s also probably given up on me already.

Yutaka: No one would enjoy it even if I spoke.

Harumi: No way...

Harumi: You are an idol*,
*[idol in bold or italics]
Harumi: That can’t –
SFX: Twitch


p.05
SFX: stop/pause
Harumi: !!

An idol riddled with debt
Yutaka: I’m fed up with it.
and stained by gossip, is just...

Yutaka: Just let me be...


p.06

Ueda: I’m against this.

Ueda: Although circumstances made her inclusion in the first one an unavoidable emergency measure.........
Ueda: It’s different this time.
Ueda: We’re having her talk in order to wait for Yutaka-chan, who may not even come.

Ueda: This will even go against the duty that you were telling Yutaka-chan about.
Taki: Oh, well then, as director you can just oppose this more strongly, you know?

Ueda: Like you would listen even if I did.
Ueda mutter: I’m just saying even though I know.
Taki: You do get it, don’t you.


p.07
Taki: Well, this really is ridiculous.
I’ve been thinking since then.

An idol and an entertainer... Their standings and their personalities are different;
Two people with the same voice.

And they came across each other in the radio station that day.
If these two meeting was not a coincidence,


p.08
I may just be trying to find the reason for it.
Ueda: 10 minutes to go.


p.09
SFX: bang!!
Tsuka: There you are!

Tsuka: pant, pant
Tsuka: Yutaka!

Yutaka: .........

Tsuka: Geez, you’re making me worry again,
Tsuka: I looked all over for you!!

Tsuka: You didn’t even call!!


p.10
Yutaka: ............
Yutaka: ......How’d you find me/this place?*
*[alt. How’d you know? if it doesn’t fit or something.]

Tsuka: Harumi-chan told me through Taki-san.
Tsuka: She wanted me to bring you to tonight’s broadcast for sure.

Yutaka: .........
Tsuka: I... won’t tell you to go against your will.*
*[alt. I... won’t force you to go.]
Tsuka: But,

Tsuka: You aren’t planning to quit being an idol like this, are you!?


p.11
Yutaka: I’m not an idol anymore.

Yutaka: I’m worthless now that I’m not an idol.........

Tsuka: .........
Tsuka: You are an idol.


p.12
Yutaka: ......I’m not.

Tsuka: You are an idol.

Yutaka: Liar.

Tsuka: You are an idol.

Tsuka: As long as there are people who place their dreams in you,
Tsuka: You are an idol.


p.13
Yutaka: ...Dreams......?

When we first met at the office,

I saw a glimmering star in you.
SFX: chew x 2
Yutaka: Nice to meet you.
I felt my purpose was to watch over this girl until she reaches the top.


p.14
Tsuka: Yutaka,

Tsuka: Not a day has gone by that I haven’t dreamed of you singing under the dome.*
*[Tokyo Dome, most likely. Place for big events.]


p.15

Sign: Yamato Broadcasting

Glasses: I wonder what they’re planning on doing for today over at Ace.
Chubby: You mean for Horiuchi Yutaka? I don’t suppose she’d be able to go on radio...

SFX: slurp
Glasses: But I haven’t heard anything about them switching programs.

Miho: This is no fun!!
Glasses/Chubby: !


p.16
Miho: There’s no fun in quitting......
SFX: squeak x 2
Miho: It can only be called perfect when I, Kaieda Miho, win in all the numbers including the listener ratings.*
*[I’m not sure if there’s a suitable term, but it’s the percent of people that listened to it]

Miho: My victory, that is!!
Miho: You understand?


p.17
SFX [big, black]: thud
Miho: Gyani!!
SFX: smack
Glasses/Chubby: !!

Miho: Pigyaaaa!!
Chubby: Are you alright!?
Glasses: She’s such a handful...

T-Mom: Takamasa-kun,

T-Mom: I brought your midnight snack.

Taka: Sure.


p.18
Mom: Good night~

SFX: thump
SFX: thump

Yutaka: The dome......


p.19
Tsuka: Yep,
Tsuka: That is my dream.

Yutaka: But......
SFX: click
SFX [underneath]: static

Display [above the AM]: alarm
Radio: The midnight announcement, brought to you by Radio Ace.*
*[actually something like Radio Ace informs you that it is midnight >.>]
Radio: Beep,
Radio: Beep,

Radio: Bleep~ [or toot~ or whatever, if you can imagine -_-;;]


p.20
Radio: “Horiuchi Yutaka Aurora Plan!!”

Harumi: *inhale/*breathe in~


p.21
Harumi: Oh, good evening~!!!


p.22
Taki: ......Y–

Taki: You idiot!! Are you trying to destroy our listeners’ ears!!?
Ueda: Thank God we had a limiter. [or maybe “it was capped” or something]
Yutaka: Ahah, ahahahahaha

Harumi: Uuuh, once again, good evening everyone.
Radio: I’m Horiuchi Yutaka~


p.23
Radio: I’m really sorry for breaking out in such a huge voice.

Radio: Um, there was a lot that happened,
Radio: So there may be a lot of people who wondered what would happen to this program.

Tsuka: Harumi-chan...

Radio: But as you can see,* I’m sitting in front of the mic this week as well!
*[it’s a figure of speech, obviously >.>]
Taka: It started!!


p.24
Harumi: That said,
Harumi: I, myself, feel that talking here again is like a dream.

Harumi: Since I was little, grownups have told me that I seemed to be dreaming even while I was awake.
Harumi: Now, it’s a bit abrupt, but I suppose I will talk a little about dreams.

Harumi: I say dreams, but there are all different kinds of them.
Harumi: Dreams you see when sleeping, your future dreams,
Harumi: There must be girls out there who dream of becoming comedians.
Harumi: There was a saying,
Harumi: Something like dreams won’t betray something, or something—— [1]
Harumi: *cough, *cough

Harumi: Uuum~, dreams and time will anti-galaxy......*
*[she’s mixing it up, with uragiru (betray) sounding like ura ginga (nonsensical “reverse” galaxy). I guess you could leave a note and change it to “dreams will be trees with time......” or something to that effect.]
Harumi: mumble, mumble
Taki: Hey, hey,
Taki mutter: Just give it up [in a “don’t push yourself” kind of way]

Harumi: We idols are said to be tasked with bestowing dreams to people.


p.25
Radio: Dreams are not things we bestow.
Radio: We all work to envision it – that’s what a dream is.
Radio: By dreaming together with everyone,
Radio: we idols are able to shine.

[What’s that face for, Harumi...]
Harumi: An idol is just a single person, too.


p.26
Radio: We get tired.
Radio: We go to the bathroom.

Radio: We grow hair.

SFX: sluggish
Tsuka: There she goes again...

Yutaka: Heh,

SFX: stand
Yutaka: Seriously......


p.27
Tsuka: Yutaka......

Radio: Houston we have a problem, a hairy situation ......... [2]

SFX: dash


p.28
Tsuka: Yutaka!
SFX: run x 3

SFX: pant
Tsuka: What’s the matter, suddenly running out like that?
SFX: pant
Yutaka: .........

Yutaka: *inhales/*breathes in

Yutaka: I have to tell her directly
Yutaka: to stop with the dirty jokes.*
*[Literally “lower jokes,” or nether region (+ ass) jokes. Kinda like sexual innuendo, but that doesn’t imply comedic purpose.]


p.29

Yutaka: I’m going.


p.30
SFX: slam
Yutaka: Abo! [yeah, I’ve given up on these XD]

SFX: roll
SFX: crash
Tsuka: Yutakaaaaa!!?


p.31
SFX: dash
Tsuka: A, are you alive!?

Yutaka: *snicker [fufu]

Yutaka: An idol is just one person...
SFX: rustle x 2
Yutaka: heheheheheh
Yutaka: eheheheheheh

SFX: emerge
Yutaka: Of course we bleed too!!!
Yutaka: Right!!!?


p.32
Yutaka: This is getting fun!!!
Tsuka: ......
SFX: ha ha ha ha ha

Yutaka: Wait,

Yutaka: This isn’t the time to be laughing. I have to get to the station quickly.
Yutaka: I need a taxi......
Tsuka: Yutaka,
Tsuka: Get on!!

Yutaka: Huh?

Tsuka: We hired this.
Tsuka: I called one before coming here.
Tsuka: You need it, right?
Driver: Uh, um, your injuries –


p.33
Yutaka: ...Tsuka-chan
SFX: vroom [sorta. I can’t think of something more suitable]

Driver: Is it really okay not to go to the hospital?
Yutaka: Nevermind that,
Yutaka: Floor it to Radio Ace!!!


p.34
Yutaka: That’s right, the radio!!
SFX: Static [a real onomatopoeia might better here]

Radio: Which reminds me, I found a frayed hair stuck between stuck between the pages of a book before, you see,
Yutaka: How long are you going to draw out the hair topic!!!?
Driver: Huh? This voice...?
Driver: What’s going on?
Yutaka: Ooooh, just hurry it up!!!
Chapter 4: End


~~notes~~
[1] Probably trying to say dreams will not betray time, as in dreams will not betray your time. I believe it’s from song “Yakusoku no basho” by Chemistry (or perhaps a very similar phrase from Galaxy Express 999). Here’s one interpretation, for the inquisitive:
http://rxma.spaces.live.com/blog/ (look for Yakusoku no Basho)
Something I randomly found:
http://www.animenation.net/blog/2008/12/30/singer-wins-lawsuit-against-leiji-matsumoto/

[2] I’ve localized it here (hey, don’t look at me like that >.<), but she literally says pretty hairy (a lot of hair all over), cat ash all over. Just something one might spout, and it could be used as a sarcastic phrase in a rant or something to mean “oh, good for you” or “well, isn’t that great.”