Banoten! 1

[Scanlation with this translation reserved for otakami]

Banoten!
Chapter 1
The Same 3 as Always


[Back cover]
The silly treasurer, Chinatsu, for whom the spur of the moment is important.
The bespectacled vice president, Renji, whose seriousness is not just for show.
The big-breasted president, Minka, who keeps getting attacked by the sandman.
It’s the opening of a loo~se student council comedy woven by these three.

In the middle of being forced to reflect


[Front flap]
Kawazoe Taichi
Nice to meet you everyone, it’s me.
A large number of people supported me,
And finally my first tankoubon came out.
I will keep working hard from now on
Without forgetting my gratitude towards everyone
And that feeling of “high school’s so nostalgic”,
So I’ll be in your care.


[Front inside cover]
Switching perspectives.
Renji: …Nostalgic.
SFX: Heeee~ *
*[I think it’s probably some reference to the show “Trivia no Izumi” with “hee~” meaning something along the lines of “wow~” in an “I didn’t know that” kind of way]


[Back inside cover]
Chinatsu: There are 4 types of Minka in all!!
Besides the race queen, there’s magic girl, China clothes, and a seminude
Renji: No there isn’t.


p.01
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p.02
Chapter 1: The Same 3 as Always
Chapter 2: Lady of Arrest
Chapter 3: Clothes Quarrel
Chapter 4: Treasury Work
Chapter 5: Bright Red Lunchtime
Chapter 6: Things You’ve Never Done Before
Chapter 7: Chii-chan’s Neverland


p.03
Chinatsu: It’s not like I have a special talent
Chinatsu: And I don’t have any experience in the student council.

Chinatsu: But my drive to do this is second to none!

Chinatsu: If I become an officer,
Chinatsu: It may not be much, but for the sake of this school,

Chinatsu: I will do my very best!


p.04-05
Chapter 1: Always the 3 of Them


p.06

Renji: “It may not be much,

Renji: But for the sake of this school, I will do my best.”

Renji: ………Is it.
Sign: Student Council Room

Renji: …………
Amazing.


p.07
Renji: You’re not even doing what little you can.

Chinatsu: Yup
Student Council Treasurer
1st year
Chinatsu Seno

Renji: “Yup,” you say……


p.08
Chinatsu: Once I’m elected, I've already won.
Renji: You’re the worst!

Renji: ………Well,
I did know things would turn out like this, but still……
Student council Vice President
2nd year
Renji Date

Renji: I was the idiot
Renji: For seeing your speech first trimester and thinking you straightened up a bit after getting to high school.

Chinatsu: Even I would work if there was work to be done!


p.09
Renji: There is work.
SFX: Click
Board: 11 [Fri]

Renji: There’s the simple but burdensome job of
Renji: Stapling the handouts for the cultural festival.

Chinatsu: ………

Chinatsu: It’s too easy so there’s no need for me.
Renji: More like this is about the only thing I could let you handle, so help!!


p.10
Book Cover/Spine: A Certain Humble Inbox

Chinatsu: You tell me to work,
SFX: Click
Chinatsu: But there’s someone else loafing too.

Chinatsu: You should wake up Minka too.
Renji: Urgh……

Renji: ……
Renji: Minka, you should……

SFX: zzz zzz

Renji: ………
Renji: ……N’t have to wake up.
Chinatsu: Hey!


p.11
Renji: Let’s do Minka’s share together.
Chinatsu: That’s tyrannical!

Chinatsu: A coup d’état breaks out!!
SFX: wham
Renji: Gyah

Renji: Don’t throw the stapler!!
Chinatsu: Shut up! It’s your fault, Renji!
Justice is mine!!
Minka: ?
?

Minka: Oh? Why am I in the student council room…?


p.12
Minka: I was just at the department store…
Student Council President
2nd year
Minka Kyunyou

Board: 11
Minka: Oh!

Minka: I sent both of you year-end gifts.
Renji: Minka… it was a dream that you were at the department store.
Renji: Besides, it’s not the season for year-end gifts yet…

Chinatsu: She’s a pain when she’s awake as well.
Renji: Like you can talk!!

Minka: What are you doing?


p.13
Renji: We’re stapling handouts.
It’s for every student so it’s pretty burdensome……
Minka: Is that so, I’m sorry for sleeping… I’ll help too!

Renji: It’s not like I was saying “do it” you know!
Chinatsu: Tell her to do it.

Chinatsu: All this here is your share of the work, Minka!!
Renji: Wha!? You!!

Minka: You left my share for me?
Minka: Thank you.

Chinatsu: Wha……

Chinatsu: ……Well… I’m free too…
I could help you……
Renji: If you’re going to feel guilty, you should do it in the first place.


p.14
September 11 [Fri]
Chinatsu: ……Hmm, it’s already second trimester~

Chinatsu: I even got into the student council, but it’s all boring work~

Renji: What kind of work do you want to do, Chinatsu?

Chinatsu: Work that stands out!
Renji: That’s mighty vague.

Chinatsu: I want to stand out and become popular and be adored!
SFX: nodding off
Minka: ……
Renji: So you became part of the student council for a reason like that…

Renji: Too bad for you, but our work is mostly backstage, alright?


p.15
Renji: But those behind-the-scenes efforts lead to the success of events.
Renji: The student council is an organization that works for the sake of the school, and is not something to catch the attention of the students.

Chinatsu: ———And Renji gives off his “I’m giving a sound argument” aura.
Chinatsu mutter: Annoying~
Renji: Huh!? Wasn’t it an actual sound argument!?

Chinatsu: Then the students should see those behind-the-scenes efforts.

Renji: How?

Chinatsu: I tried stapling a paper like this with the handout.
Paper: Stapling was a lot of trouble
The student council members
Renji: What an impertinent message!!


p.16
Chinatsu: Everyone who sees this will think:
Chinatsu: “The student council’s working really hard”
Renji: We’ll be thought of as a vile bunch and that’ll be the end of it.

Chinatsu: I also tried my hand at tsundere you know?
Paper: It’s not like I did this for you!! I like you a lot!
Renji: Hey-… it’s a pain to remove them, so can you stop churning them out!?

Chinatsu: I see, if we write something different for each student it’ll invariably be well-liked!
Renji: That’s enough, don’t move anymore!!

Renji: And besides, Chinatsu… your work’s too sloppy.
Chinatsu: Huh?

Renji: The edges aren’t aligned.
Chinatsu: Such a perfectionist~…


p.17
Renji: And there’s two of the same handout put together……
Chinatsu: Th…that’s a freebie!
Renji: It’s a nuisance.

Renji: To think you can’t even do such simple work properly.

Chinatsu: Wha-at~ Minka definitely hasn’t done it either!

Board: September 11
Renji: Minka works neatly, unlike you.

Renji: Whoa, she fell asleep!?

Chinatsu: I thought she was quiet, but she was asleep, huh.
Renji: It can’t be helped. It’s not like she’s being malicious…
SFX: zzz~


p.18
Renji: The handouts fell prey to the drool…
Renji: It’s a good I printed more than we need…

Chinatsu: Your Minka’s drool collection increased by another one, right?
Renji: I don’t do that!!! What kind of fetishist am I!!!?

Renji: …I’ll do the rest of the work by myself so don’t do anything either, Chinatsu.
Chinatsu: That’s what I was intending in the first place.
Renji: Before I even told you!?

Chinatsu: Now that I think about it, what kind of things does the student council do around the time for the cultural festival?


p.19
Renji: Creating timetables for lending out equipment as well as the gym and music room…
You can’t even count them all.
Renji: Well, the cultural festival executive committee will help with most of it.

Renji: And since you’re the treasurer, there’s accounting work for you to do for each class, Chinatsu.

Chinatsu: Wow!
I get to handle a lot of money, right!?

Renji: I’ll tell you this now: not a penny will be going to you, okay?

Renji: Rather than that, deliver these to the teacher’s office when I’m done with them.
Chinatsu: Who’re you saying that to?
Renji: The idiot right in front of me.


p.20

Renji: Listen. We don’t need any inapt stupidity okay? Deliver them normally.
Label: For submission
Chinatsu: Even I wouldn’t act stupid when I’m alone.

Renji: I’ll leave it to you.
Chinatsu: Easy peasy~


p.21
It slipped from my hands…

Chinatsu: It… it wasn’t on purpose…
Label: For submission

SFX: oh!
Chinatsu: That’s right!

Chinatsu: Everyone’s going to go through the stairs when they come to school anyways.
We can just have them pick it up here.
Chinatsu: If we do that, we can avoid the toil handing them out in class for the teachers.


p.22
Chinatsu: Everyone’s happy~
Renji: Hurry up and gather them.

Chinatsu: ………Right.

Sign: Student Council Room

Minka: Pohwa…… I fell asleep again.
I have to hurry do the rest of the work…

Minka: ?
Ren-kun and Chii-chan aren’t here…
Minka: There’s… no work either.

Minka: ……I got it.
Minka: This is a dream, right…?
SFX: sleep, sleep


p.23
Chinatsu mutter: Phew…
Chinatsu mutter: I finally finished putting them in.

p.24
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