Wa! 13

[Scanlation with this translated reserved for otakami]

WA!
Chapter 13

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Chapter 13


p.88
We’ll be going

Box: Ashihara Middle School, Year 1 Class 3, Komachi Shiina (12)
KOMA: We’ll be going then~

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SFX: open

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p.89
Have a nice trip [1]

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SFX: close

RIKO: Now, our mother saw us off, so let’s get going soon.
KOMA: ……
KOMA: Uh huh…
…Recently I learned that seeing us off like this wasn’t normal.


p.90
Regulation

KOMA: …But still, it’s mysterious how in the world [ i]that[ i] mother and [ i]that[ i] father met each other…
*[note: They use otou-san and okaa-san for dad and mom respectively]
RIKO: Oh?
RIKO: You didn’t know, Koma-chan?

KOMA: Huh? You know, Onee?
RIKO: Uh huh.
RIKO: I’ve heard of it from our father before.

KOMA: That’s not fair, Onee!
Tell me too~!!
RIKO: Sure, okay.
RIKO: …Oh… It might actually not be OK.
KOMA: Why’s that!?

RIKO: Because it’s rated R
KOMA: [ b]Rated R!?[ /b]


p.91
Want to hear it?

RIKO: Something like content-wise it’s not really good if a child hears this.
SFX: Ahaha
RIKO: That’s what father was saying.
KOMA: ……
KOMA: What kind of meeting was it…

RIKO: But I was about your age when I heard this.
RIKO: Maybe it’s fine if I tell you…
KOMA: You can’t follow it yourself…
KOMA mutter: The R rating…

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RIKO: …Want to hear it?
KOMA: ……
SFX: errr
KOMA: I kinda do, I kinda don’t…


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It’s okay!

RIKO: When father was young, he ran away from home and was working in the city at night.
KOMA: [ b]…The city at night!?[ /b]
KOMA: Right away this story seems so dangerous…

One day father was asked “I’ve got a nice paying job, wanna give it a try?” by the manager of the store he was working at.
That was a door-to-door sales job that was popular in those days where you say “I’m from the fire department” and sell fire extinguishers at exorbitant prices…
KOMA: W…wait a sec!!

KOMA: O…Onee, isn’t that scamming…!?
RIKO: Ahaha
RIKO: It’s okay Koma-chan!

RIKO: It’s already prescription!*
*[Prescription – The limitation of time beyond which an action, debt, or crime is no longer valid or enforceable. Also called negative prescription. Except I dunno if I used it correctly :D]
SFX: Ahaha
SFX: shock
KOMA: Is… is that the problem!?


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I wonder if it’s okay?

Father, who had trouble making ends meet, took on the job without a second thought.
Mother was the one he met with going door-to-door.

Mother, who was reclusive from that time, didn’t come out when the doorbell was rung.
Father, having been told “when no one’s home, check the type and amount of their laundry” by the manager-san, went around to the backyard.
KOMA: W…wait a sec!!

KOMA: Wh…why would he do such a thing…?
KOMA: I can’t see it as anything other than preparation for some sort of crime…!?
RIKO: Ahaha
RIKO: It’s okay Koma-chan!!

RIKO: It ended as an attempt!
SFX: Ahaha
KOMA: …You’re too unshakable, Onee…………


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Is that… okay?

At any rate, that’s where father and mother had their destined first encounter.
What a dramatic first meeting!
KOMA: …Kind of like detective dramatic, though…
KOMA mutter: Police documentary-esque? [2]

It seems father was 18, mother was 13 at the time.
And the following year their first daughter, that’s me, was happily born.
KOMA: S…stop right there!!!

KOMA: Their ages! Their ages are weird!!
KOMA: Especially mother’s!!!
RIKO: Ahaha
RIKO: It’s okay Koma-chan.

RIKO: An age gap is nothing if you have love…!
SFX: daze~
SFX: shock
KOMA: No that’s not what’s weird!!


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Notice

TEACH: Okay~ I’m giving you handouts~
KOMA: …I heard a very heavy story right from the beginning of the day…
SFX: Urgh…
SFX: ache
KOMA: I’m not as broadminded has Onee, so it hit me pretty hard…
Mutter: My stomach…

Girl: …Here Koma-chan, handouts…
SFX: flap
KOMA: Huh?
KOMA: Oh… handouts?

School parent’s day notification
To all family members
Ashihara Middle middle school principal (×× ○△◇)

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p.96
Break 32

UME: There are a lot of words in English that I just can’t accept. [3]
SAKU: Such as?

☆Stress
[Meaning]
Physical, mental, or emotional tension.
Strain, anxiety.

☆Distress
[Meaning]
Acute physical or mental suffering.
Pain, grief.

UME: …Why so similar!?
SAKU: [ b]You’re right![ /b]


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Break 33

UME: This is just the tip of the iceberg. The next is even more amazing.
SAKU: Oh really?

☆Regardless
Having or showing no regard.
In spite of everything.

☆Irregardless
Having or showing no regard.
In spite of everything.

UME: Why aren’t they opposites!!?
SAKU: [ b]English is mysterious![ /b]


p.98
Sunday Sundae

RIKO: …Huh?
RIKO: Are you going out somewhere, Koma-chan?
KOMA: Wha!?
KOMA: Oh… yeah, for a bit…
SFX: oh!

RIKO: In your uniform? Even though it’s Sunday?
KOMA: It…it’s fine!
KOMA: I’ll be going then~!

RIKO: ……?
DAD: What’s up Riko?

RIKO: Oh, father
You see, Koma-chan was…
SFX: yawn~
DAD: Mmm…?


p.99
He came

TEACH: Okay, now everyone, your family is present but we’ll have class just like usual.
Students: Ye~s
SFX: chatter, chatter
KOMA: ………
KOMA: … I wasn’t able to give them the handout after all…

KOMA: Well, mother can’t leave the house and father’s always sleeping until evening anyways…
KOMA: Well it [ i]is[ /i] just like usual, but…

DAD: [ b]Hey~ hello, hello,
Sorry, up front, ‘scuse me ‘scuse me[ /b] [or maybe some bubbly text]
SFX: chatter…
SFX: chatter…
KOMA: ……!
DAD: [ b]Oh, can I stand here? [ /b]

KOMA: F…father…!?
SFX: chatter chatter
DAD: [ b]Geez, like, I overslept, whoopsie~[ /b]
SFX: cackle
DAD: [ b]Or somefin~?[ /b]


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Chararyman*
*[Portmanteau of “flashy” and “salaryman”]

KOMA: Wh… why is father…?
SFX: glance glance
DAD: Wow~ but really…

DAD: Surrounded by all these beautiful missuses, I’m in heaven right now~
DAD: If parents’ day is so fun, I wouldn’t mind doing this every day~

Oh my… <3

1: Beautiful you say, you have a way with words!
DAD: Naw, seriously, no kidding eh?
2: Are you serious about that?
DAD: Seriously, no kidding!
TEACH: [ b]May I please ask you to quiet down!?[ /b]


p.101
The body remembers

DAD: Oh, that’s no good~
DAD: Missuses, please quiet down!
The teacher’s totally rad class is gonna start!

DAD: Here’s to today’s star! Sensei’s special order coming right up~ Thank you very much!!
DAD: Now then, teacher! Show us the wonderful part of you! Show us!
Here you go!!
SFX: honk honk

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TEACH: Th…
SFX: steam~
TEACH: This is hard to do…


p.102
Habitual

TEACH: …And the answer is… Makishima-san?
MAKI: It’s… 20.

TEACH: [ b]Yes, good job.[ /b]
MAKI: ………
SFX: clap clap, clap clap
SFX: oh!
DAD: [ b]……![ /b]

DAD: Now, everybody, put your hands together!
DAD: Applause! Applause!! Applause!!! [4]

TEACH: Be quiet!!!
DAD: [ b]Oops[ /b]
SFX: slap
DAD: [ b]It’s an old habit![ /b]
Mutter: Sowwy sowwy~
KOMA: ………


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Sorry

KOMA: …Aah… it was the first time he came to a parents’ day, but then…
SFX: plod plod
SFX: cry…
KOMA: What was with that enthusiasm…
You’re not a host, you know…
Mutter: Wait, was father’s old job a host…?
*[A host is one of those male entertainer thingies]

DAD: [ b]…Hey, Komachi[ /b]
DAD: [ b]I was waiting for youuu[ /b]
KOMA: Huh?
KOMA: Father?

KOMA: You were waiting in a place like this?
Mutter: We’re almost home…
KOMA: We might as well have gone home together
DAD: Mm~? Naw if we do that they’ll find out, right?
DAD: That I’m your father~

KOMA: Huh…?
DAD: …Sorry about today, eh?
Daddy came to parents’ day on his own and all~


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Sorry-y*
*[Combining “gomen” (sorry) and “mengo,” an unused 80’s slang for sorry.]

DAD: Komachi, you may not have wanted me to come since daddy’s like this, but…
DAD: I was thinking I wanted to do something fatherly every once in a while, so~

KOMA: ……
DAD: …Oh, but it’s okay! I slipped out from the meeting so no one should have found out my name.
DAD: And this’ll be the last time!

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DAD: …But like, sorry-y, seriously…
KOMA: …It’s all right father.
KOMA: Besides…


p.105
Let’s go home

KOMA: I’m starving already.

KOMA: [ b]Let’s hurry on home![ /b]

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p.106
Family

KOMA: [ b]We’re home~[ /b]
DAD: [ b]We’re back Miyako-chaaan[ /b]
MOM: …………

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SFX: shut
DAD: Whoa~ Miyako-chan’s in a good mood today~
KOMA: Yeah, you’re right~
…Today was a pretty not bad Sunday.

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~~notes~~
[1] Greetings are very commonplace and basically standard procedure in Japanese culture, like “ittekimasu” and “itterasshai” for example.

[2] Originally she says “Keisatsu 24-ji” (police 24 hours), which is apparently a name for documentaries on the Japanese police. Don’t know much about this one.

[3] First of all, they were obviously talking about Japanese words. The first was “sewashii” and “sewashinai” which mean the same thing: “busy; restless.” Next was “zotto suru” and “zotto shinai” which aren’t opposites and mean: having hairs stand on “end; fearsome” and “not interesting; not impressed.” I know dictionaries say irregardless is not a real word, but they’re only trying (in vain) to kill it because the parts of the word don’t properly make sense. But it’s mostly because it’s all I found to replace it with.

[4] He says “ote wo haishaku” which seems to refer to the Japanese custom of “tejime,” rhythmic hand clapping. Lookup-able.