O/A 6

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

O/A
Chapter 6


p.1
Taki: “Two people in one role”———

Taki: With this setup,
Taki: We will build up a shining new image of an idol.
Chapter 6: Hippo and Radio and ——— [three blanks]

Taki: And that——
Operation Aurora
Taki: Is this!!


p.2-3
Chapter 6:
Hippo and Radio and ———


p.4
Chapter 6: Hippo and Radio and ———
Chapter 7: Goldfish Swim Surprisingly Fast
Chapter 8: A Certain Ancient City’s Symmetry
Chapter 9: Welcome to the Hamburger Hill!
Chapter 10: 24 Hours
[Translations of chapter titles subject to change depending on content of chapter, notably ch.8 and ch.10]


p.5
Announcer: This year’s Best Newcomer* for the JFK Music Awards goes to———
*[Newcomer’s Award, rookie of the year award?]

Announcer: Horiuchi Yutaka!!!
Announcer: Congradulations!!

SFX: open!
Yutaka: Huh?


p.6
Voices: *Whisper
Voices: *Whisper
Voices: *Whisper
Voices: *Whisper

Voices: For an idol to not be able to make ends meet due to debt......
Voices: There was something going on between her and the office’s president............

Voices: She is only about superficial cuteness after all...
Yutaka: ...N...no......

Yutaka: No,
——Why!!?
Yutaka: Why do I have to go through this!!?


p.7
Voice: It’s because you have hair there...... [even putting the “there” there is stretching the translation a bit, but I felt it could clarify a bit]

Yutaka: Huh?

Voice: To have hair down there even though you’re an idol...
Voice: A letdown...
Voice: I won’t forgive you for leaving it like that...

Voice: Jungle.........*
*[she’s actually saying “Amazon”]
Voice: Jun~gle~
Voice: Jun~gle~
Yutaka: Nooooo


p.8

Yutaka: Urgh~~
SFX: zzz x 2

SFX:
Yutaka: Jungle...
Yutaka mutter: ugh~

SFX: Flushhh

Yutaka mutter: ugh~
Yutaka mutter: ugh~


p.9

SFX: glint

Yutaka: U...gh...
SFX: snuggle x 2

SFX: Shave

SFX: whomp

Yutaka: Don’t try to pull something like a yobai.*
*[Like, approaching someone at night for sex.
LOL http://www.japanfortheuninvited.com/articles/yobai-night-crawling.html]
SFX: driiip


p.10
SFX: chirp, chirp

Yutaka: I really thought I was gonna to be raped there.
Harumi: You seemed very restless, Yutaka-san,
So I thought you weren’t comfortable sleeping –

Harumi: And tried to make it a bit breezier between your legs.
Yutaka: You must be retarded!!

Harumi: Like shaving away your chastity?*
*[originally a pun with teimou, shaving, and teisou, chastity]
Yutaka: That’s not funny! Not at all!!
Box: Yutaka-san vacated the large apartment she was in.


p.11
Box: Ultimately, while shouldering a staggering amount of debt,
SFX: Thump
Harumi: Whoops,
Box: Yutaka-san started her idol activities again.

Box: Who knows how long it will taker for her to pay it all off.
Harumi: Yutaka-san~~
Harumi: Can’t you do anything about these boxes?

Harumi: The apartment floor’s going to fall through~~
SFX: gargle
Yutaka: There’s no other choice.
Yutaka: My stuff won’t all fit into Tsuka-chan’s room.

Yutaka: There’s no more space to sleep there, even.
That’s why I’m here.
SFX: spit
Tsuka: It won’t fit any more~!!
Harumi mutter: Ootsuka-san...
Harumi: I feel bad for her............

SFX: Knock, knock
Yutaka: Speak of the devil———


p.12
Tsuka: Look, look,
Tsuka: My new card’s finished.
Box: Ootsuka-san, the manager......

Box: Became a president herself and established “Lincoln” professional entertainment.
Yutaka: It says president.
Harumi: Wow~
Tsuka: There’s only Yutaka and me, though.
Box: Though she decided to keep supporting Yutaka-san...

Yutaka mutter: No~
SFX [black]: roll
Box: Yutaka-san was rolling around saying “I don’t want to do anything other than work for idols.”
Yutaka mutter: I don’t wanna~
SFX [black]: roll

Tsuka: Well,
People just don’t grow up right away, do they.
Box: Ootsuka-san’s pain can be felt.


p.13
Tsuka: I’ve brought news of a job today.
Yutaka: !? What kind?

Tsuka: Guess what, a request for a commercial shooting!
Yutaka: Really!?

Harumi: That’s great!!
Yutaka-san!

Harumi: That’s amazing to get a commercial right after returning!!
Yutaka: Eh...... heheh, [fu......fufu, there’s slight indication of nervousness or hesitation or something.]
Yutaka: Of course, obviously!!!

Tsuka: They wanted to film as soon as possible.
Yutaka: Of course there’s no problem with that!!
Bring it on!!


p.14
Yutaka: It’s a hippo!!
Tsuka: Yeah......

Yutaka: It doesn’t matter who’s in it if it’s like this......
Tsuka: They demanded someone who could sing and dance.

Yutaka: It annoys me how oddly realistic the costume’s made.
Note: The ears on the sides move independently.
Yutaka mutter: The gimmick...
Staff: We’ll be going on to the filming now.

Staff: Alright, ready—
——Action!!


p.15
Its fragrance reaches ahead 5 miles,

Smiles, smiles,
Everybody smiles,

Ru~ ruru~~ Ru~ ruru~~ [localized with la~ dida~~ or something]

Smile curry, prepared with smile
Hippo mark, from Kabayou Foods.

Staff: That’s good!!
Yutaka: This has nothing to do with dancing...

Miho: Kyahahahahahahahahaha
SFX: twitch, twitch


p.16
Miho: You look like an idiot!!!
SFX: Kya ha ha ha ha ha

MiHO: Cuz you’re a hippo!!!*
*[She uses “baka” above, and then “kaba,” which means hippo]

Yutaka?: Kaieda...
Tsuka?: Miho!!?


p.17
Yutaka: Why are [ i]you[ i] here?
Miho: I just happened to be filming nearby,

Miho: And I heard there was a singing and dancing(?) hippo here!!
SFX: giggle, giggle
Miho: Kyahahahahahahahahaha
Yutaka: ...............

Yutaka: So you just came to laugh at me.

Miho: I’d like you to call it encouragement.
Miho: You seemed to be criticized a lot recently.
I thought I wouldn’t mind being the one to defend you.
Miho: Cuz you’re a hippo!!

Miho: Well, that looks like it wasn’t needed.
SFX: Hmph
Miho: I’m relieved you seem fairly energetic.


p.18
Miho: I’ll be filming on location at Okinawa from tomorrow, so this week’s radio will be a recording.
SFX: pulls in
Miho: I’ll be listening to your show at the hotel.

Miho: Well, do yourself a favor, break a leg and sweat some blood.
Miho: Cuz you’re a hippo!!
※ Hippos secrete red sweat
Yutaka: She likes it now, doesn’t she...

Yutaka: Tsuka-chan......
Tsuka: ?
Yutaka: I’ll definitely make sure to climb up...... and then—

I’ll brush that girl’s teeth with a mop......!!
Yutaka mutter: brush~ brush~
Miho mutter: Ababa ba ba
Cuz you’re a hippo——!!?


p.19
Yutaka: I’m tired...

Harumi: Welcome back.

Harumi: How was it? Your work.
Yutaka: Hippo.*
*[kaba]

Harumi: Cover?*
*[kabaa]
Harumi: Are you going to sing a famous song?
Yutaka: I don’t even have the strength to correct you now......

Yutaka: Having a staring contest with a light bulb? What’s wrong?

Harumi: The light bulb in the bathroom burnt out,
Harumi: So when I asked for a “long-lasting one” at the electronic store,

Harumi: It cost 3900 yen.*
*[~$46.5 (12/17/10)]
Yutaka: wat


p.20
Yutaka: Isn’t this an LED bulb?

Harumi: Elleedee——...
Yutaka: Sure, they seem to be longer lasting and cheaper to use, but......

Yutaka: Looking at the cost of incandescent lamps, it’ll take several years to break even.
Harumi: Urgh...

Yutaka: Are you planning on living here that long?
SFX: clap
Harumi: B– but......
Since the electric bill’s lower it’s...... It’s green!!

Yutaka: Green is a form of luxury!!
Yutaka: It’s ridiculous to talk about green when we’re in a state
Where we can’t eat tomorrow if we don’t work today!!
Harumi: Er~~~

Yutaka: Goodness.
SFX: Siiiigh
Yutaka: You’re lacking in a little something called common sense.
[Possibly: “You’ve got a few screws loose.” However, “common sense” might be desirable considering all that follows. Actually, the word is “joushiki” and can refer to general/common knowledge, which puts me in a pickle since that’s what the story’s about.]
SFX: Pu~~


p.21
Harumi: Like you should be talking, Yutaka-san!!
Yutaka: WHAT!?
How am I lacking in common sense!!?

Harumi: Like you use other people’s rooms like you own the place;
Most of all,
The one thang ah can’t stand is, [there isn’t actually an accent (although there’s slur/slang), but it seemed appropriate. This might also be some sort of reference.]
A hairy idol!!
Harumi: You have hair there even though you’re an idol!!

Yutaka: Wh... what does the hair have anything to do with this?
Harumi: You should also measure the “greenness” of body hair!!

Harumi: Even I shave down there.
SFX: Ah
Hem!!
Yutaka: You’re kidding!!
Yutaka mutter: Seriously?

Harumi: I’m not lying,
See!
SFX: stomp, stomp
Yutaka: You don’t have to show it!!


p.22
Miho: Haa...
Miho: An...
Miho: Haa,

Miho: Ah......
Miho: Nng...

Miho: Aah—
Miho: R...right there—

Miho: Aaaaah
Miho: That’s amazing~~~ [This line was supposed to be more massage-oriented, but I couldn’t come up with anything]


p.23
Masseuse: Thank you~

Miho: Aah, that felt great.
Miho: Massages should be a given for filming on location.

Miho: It’s already started.
Miho: There we go.

Miho: I’ll listen to you just like I promised,
Miho: Hippo-girl.
Radio: We’ve prepared a corner this week!


p.24
Radio: Quiz!!
Horiuchi Yutaka’s common sense!!!

Yutaka: We~~~ll, this project was suddenly prepared due to [ i]a certain member of the staff[ i]
Yutaka: Questioning the common sense of idol Horiuchi Yutaka.
Yutaka: ............


p.25
Yutaka: How did things end up like this...
Harumi mutter: Ehehe...

Yutaka: Why!?

Yutaka: We don’t need a stand-in now that I’m here.
Why a live broadcast with two people again......
Taki: It’s not a stand-in.
You will [ i]do Horiuchi Yutaka with two people.[ i] [ew, that doesn’t sound right. “You two will act as HY.”?]

Yutaka: Why'!!?
Taki: Why?
The answer’s as plain as day.


p.26
Taki: That’s obviously
Taki: Because it’s more interesting that way!!

Taki: Of course be sure the listeners don’t find out.
Loser: Forceful again......

Taki: Outwardly Harumi-chan will always be in front of the mic as a part of the staff.

Tsuda: I suppose I won’t have anything to do again.

Yutaka: So you’re letting Harumi talk as well!?
Yutaka: No way, she might say something weird about me ag——


p.27
SFX: crush
Taki: If you won’t do it together, you’ve no choice other than to step down.

Yutaka: Wha—
Taki: This is a show that basically stays afloat on listener ratings...
Since there are sponsors.