O/A 10

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

O/A
Chapter 10
24 Hours


p.01
1: Good work~
2: Thanks for your hard work~

Taki: Phewww~
SFX: Chara cha cha cha~

Taki: ............
Chapter 10 24 Hours
Taki: ...Hello.
Chapter 10 24 Hours


p.02
Chapter 10 24 Hours


p.03

Yama: What’s wrong?
Drink up.

Taki: I’ve got a motorcycle.
Yama: Same as always......
You still riding the GSX1100S Katana?
Box: Yamato Broadcasting Producer Yamanaka

Taki: I’m getting too old to rev it up.
Taki: I’m using the GSX-R600 now.
Yama: I guess it’s a difference of how much.

Yama: How’s Ace these days?


p.04
Taki: Mmm~~~
Taki: Nothing in particular.

Taki: Oolong tea.
Yama: Inside that “Mmm~~~”

Yama: It’s Horiuchi Yutaka... right?

Taki: .........

Yama: Mha, thought so.
Yama: It was quite sensational when it started out.
Yama: I’d like to do a broadcast like that at our place, too.


p.05
Yama: It’s just, recently...
Taki: .........

Taki: Geez......
Taki: I wonder why everyone can’t just be honest with each other.

Taki: If you can be honest with how it’s “interesting,”
Taki: At the very least, you wouldn’t be miserable yourself...

Yama: That part of you is also the same as always...
Taki: Oolong tea.
Yama: Leaving that aside,
I was asked to deliver a message. Can I give your e-mail address?

Taki: E-mail address? To whom?
Yama: Well, it’s indirectly...


p.06

Kusaka: It’s already been a month...

Kusaka: Since Harumi-chan stopped coming.

Tsuda: She’s not even coming to her original radio assistant job, right?
Kusaka: Yeah.
SFX: Fizz
Kusaka: They said they got word from her comedian senpai that “she’ll be away for a while for training.”


p.07
Tsuda: I’m worried...

Kusaka: About which one?
Tsuda: Both...
Especially Harumi.

Tsuda: She’s not even answering her calls...
Kusaka: If you’re so worried......

Kusaka: You should just go out with her.

Tsuda: H-
How did it lead to that!?
Kusaka: I’m joking~


p.08
Anon-san tayuu (Sat)
Aurora wasn’t too good this week either.
I might not listen to it next week.
Anon-san tayuu (Sat)
It’s all according to the writer’s script anyway.
Anon-san tayuu (Sat)
Boring

SFX: Tch

Anon-san tayuu (Sat)
It’s boring as hell.
The show’s staff and people who’re listening to it are idiots

Yutaka: ............

Studi [cut off]
(20XX.X.X) At Kyoto
[can’t really tell what the one of the left is]

Image014


p.09

Tsuki: Oh, that’s a photo of when we went to Kyoto that time.

Yutaka: He-hey, don’t suddenly stand behind me!!
Tsuki: The bath’s free.
I reheated the water, so why don’t you hurry up and go in?

Yutaka: A-all right, I got it!!


p.10
Tsuka: Geez......
Tsuka: If she wants to see her, she should be honest with herself and go see her......
Right?

Yutaka: Fuaaaa~~
Yutaka: It’s great to take a nice, long bath by yourself.
Yutaka mutter: Though there’s not much space

Yutaka: Her place didn’t have a bath, so it was always the public bath......


p.11
Yutaka: I wonder how......
Yutaka: The goldfish are doing.

Why...

Yutaka: I wonder why I got so serious.

SFX: Knock knock


p.12
Tsuka: Yutaka
Tsuka: You have a video message.

Yutaka: Video message?
Tsuka: Right, from Taki-san.

Tsuka: Make sure not to drop it in the water~

Yutaka mutter: Hm? Oh, like this.
Phone: Is this thing already taking it?
Phone: Go ahead.

Phone: Hello~~~!!!
Obaka-san.
Phone: Or kaba-san?
It doesn’t matter which.


p.13
Kaieda Miho!!?
Phone: You’re getting too close!
Phone: Oh, is that so?

Phone: We~ll we~ll, you seem to be doing you show boringly~
I listened to your recent broadcast.
Phone: Well, when I first listened to it, it was much too ridiculous that I turned it off, you
Know!!!

Phone: Kyahahaha hahahahaha
Yutaka: ............!!

Phone: But—


p.14
Phone: A ridiculous show
Phone: Is much better than a boring one.

Phone: You understand?
Aurora wasn’t too good this [cut off these lines appropriately]
I might not listen
An
It’s all according
Tayuu
Borin

Phone: Seems you had the numbers for a period of time,
But if they listen to your recent broadcasts,
Don’t you think many would think it’s boring as hell?
Phone: If you say it’s okay like that now, well that’s that.
I’ll be happy with that too.


p.15
Phone: Well,
Phone: It just goes to show that a poor, debt-riddled idol will have a poor heart as well!!
Phone: Kyahahaha hahahaha
Phone: You’re too close!

SFX: Kyahaha hahaha
HACK
Cough cough
Ahi
Phone: Oh geez....


p.16

Harumi: I wonder why I said something like that......

Harumi: Oh...... It’s almost time for my newspaper delivery job.
It’s a little early, but I’ll go out.

SFX: Click
...Shut


p.17
SFX: click
SFX: pat, pat, pat

Harumi: I’m going.

Harumi: Alright, with that I’m......... done.


p.18

Harumi: The sun’s started to rise earlier.

Harumi: Oh!!

Harumi: Did I turn off my alarm!?

Harumi: If it rings, It’ll wake up Yutaka-ch——
Harumi: Ah.........


p.19
Harumi: ............

Yutaka: There! It’s her!!
Taki: Huh?


p.20

Yutaka: What kind of way to stop was that!!
Harumi: .....
Taki: Ahaha
Sorry, just out’a habit.


p.21
Taki: Anyway, c’mon.

Harumi: Yu...Yutaka-san...

Harumi: Uh......
Harumi: Um...

Harumi: Yutaka-san,
Harumi: I’m sor—
Yutaka: You see, I—


p.22-23
Yutaka: Am fine with being called boring myself.
Harumi: .........?

Yutaka: But......
I know the faces of people who listen to my show with interest.

Yutaka: I know the amount of letters we get every week.

Yutaka: I know the faces of those who are involved with the show.

Yutaka: Having all of that called boring
Yutaka: Pisses me off.
Pisses me off!!
Yutaka: Really pisses me off!!!


p.24

I found out...
The reason why I got serious.

Yutaka: This week is special. The listening rate survey period............
Yutaka: Tonight’s broadcast...... I’ll prove with the numbers.

I know

That this girl is actually “funny.”
Yutaka: But I don’t know how to make this show funny by myself.
So,


p.25
Yutaka: Come with me.
Yutaka: Please.


p.26

Harumi: How could you, Yutaka-san.
Yutaka: !

Harumi: You appear out of nowhere and say what you want.

Harumi: There’s no chance for me to apologize......


p.27
Harumi: Yutaka-saaan!!!
Harumi: I’m sorry!!

Harumi: I’m sorry.
Yutaka: That’s enough!!

SFX: Beep


p.28
SFX: Vvvv~ vvvv~

Tsuda: Hello?
Tsuda: Oh, Taki-san.
Good morning.

Tsuda: I was going to take a nap, though...
Tsuda: Yes, I’m the only one at the station right now.
Ueda-san and Kusaka have already left.
Tsuda: ......Yes.
———Huh? Right now?

Tsuda: Gathering at a family restaurant.........?
Is it the usual place near Shiba Park?
Tsuda: A meeting——
About today’s OA?


p.29

Guy: Whoa!

Guy: What is it?

SFX: Pfah


p.30
Yutaka: At any rate, a plan that’s funny!!
We’re going to show off to Kaieda with overwhelming numbers!!
Harumi: Then how about the Atsu Atsu Oden I mentioned before?
Yutaka: Like I said, you can’t see that over the radio!!

Waitress: Excuse me~, your order...?
Yutaka: Jambalaya!!
Harumi: Meat spaghetti!!
Tsuda: Hello.
Waitress: I’m sorry, it’s only the morning menu right now...
Taki: Ah~~ you’re here.


p.31
Tsuda: Harumi-chan!
Harumi: Um.........
Harumi: I’m sorry for making you call me so many times...
Yutaka: Corn soup!!

Tsuda: Just go out with her
Tsuda: ....

Harumi: ............?
Harumi: Is something the matter?

Tsuda: Oh......

Tsuda: No
Yutaka: Mixed grill!
Tsuda: N-nothing...
I’m glad you came again.
Harumi: Ehehe
Taki mutter: Hmm


p.32

Taki: I’m off to the day show then.
The rest is up to you.
Tsuda: Okay.
Tsuda: She’s tough.


p.33

SFX: Vvvv~ vvvv~
Tsuda: Oh!

Tsuda: ......Yes,
Tsuda: Hel—

Phone: HHEEEYYYY!!!
Phone: How long are you going to take!!
Taki

Tsuda: Huh......!! Oh shoot—
Tsuda: I was asleep...!!
Phone: There’s no time until we’re on-air!!
Just hurry over here!!


p.34
Tsuda: Whoa......! There’s been 30 calls since this afternoon.
Yutaka: Why didn’t anyone wake up!!
Harumi: No one had enough sleep last night, huh.

Yutaka?: Hurry, hurry!
Tsuda?: Let’s go in from the back.

Radio: Onto the next news item...

Guard: Cup ramen on a Friday night...
Guard: Maybe I should get an early shift, too......

SFX: BFF!!


p.35
Guard: Hey, you there!!

Guard: ———What,
You again?
Yutaka: Oh, good evening.

Tsuda: Here, this is the pass.
Yutaka: Hurry~~
Guard: Oh what, so there’s someone from the station.

Guard: You’re making such a huge fuss. What in the world
Guard: Is going to start?

Yutaka: ...............
What’s going to start?
Yutaka: That’s obvious.


p.36
Yutaka: Operation Aurora!!!
Chapter 10 End


p.37
[none]


p.38
Afterword
Broadcast Room (2)

Shiho: “Afterword Broadcast Room” corner~!!
SFX: honk~
Miharu: These pages are a corner in which we divulge the backstories of “O/A.”

Shiho: This time we’ll answer the feedback and suggestions
Shiho: From those who read “O/A” volume 1, which is already released~
Let’s start right away———

Shiho: “What the heck is ‘Operation Aurora,’ I can’t understand what it means at all”
Shiho: ......
Miharu: .....

SFX: toss
Miharu: Heyyyy!!!


p.39
Shiho: But if we tried to answer this, we’ll only come up with blatantly frank words....
Miharu: That reaction just now was also plenty frank!

Miharu: There’s also feedback about the cover.
It says because Yutaka’s holding a guitar, this person thought it was something about a band like a certain anime.

Shiho: To tell the truth, he liked this anime so he drew a guitar, but....
Actually, the cover was originally supposed to be a different picture, and this was a rough one drawn for the Young Ace cover.
Miharu: Having headphones on is a vestige of that. Because of this, it turned into a getup that you can’t tell whether it’s a concert or a recording...

Shiho: Incidentally, the art that was originally planned to be used as the cover became the opening for chapter 8.
Miharu: This kind of seems like a reflection session and is lacking in interestingness....
How about a topic that feels more backstage story-ish?


p.40
Shiho: Hmmm... How about the story where he got a chance to talk with W-san,
The scenario writer of some famous late night radio program, but he chickened out and ran away?
Miharu: Chicken episodes of the author like that aren’t interesting....

Shiho: There’s also——
Shiho: Volume (1)
Miharu: Waaaaaah
Shiho: Release was [blocked like crazy]
Miharu: Waaaah waaaah

SFX: crack
SFX: wham
SFX: splat

Miharu: Uuuum

Miharu: Now, we only have a few pages left.
Miharu: We couldn’t even introduce ourselves last volume, so I’d like to part after presenting our design sheets.
Alright then, let’s meet in volume 3~
Shiho: Ah... maga...mi [dunno what this is]


p.41
・Name: Miharu
・Half
・Hobby is gathering LP’s
・Name: Shiho
・Has a younger brother
・Broadcasting committee member

Cat: ....

Cat: What about me?
Shiho/Miharu: Who’re you!!
To be continued

Those who helped me
Sunabe Tooru, Sunabe Osamu
Editor
Kimura Kazunori