Ohisama Egao 4

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Translation by Seki

Title Page
Osakana Capriccio

Page 1
The winter of my senior year...
When all you can do is repeat every day
Ho
Ho <-- whenever you see any bubble that looks like that, that's the translation

I, Nakamura Shizu, would prefer to relax
But here I am, even at this time, doing training with the swim team

Oh!

Hmm
Not bad, Shizu!

Page 2
I won't loooooooose!!
... brat

He's Kitano Katsuo
Former captain of the swim team
Like me... he's still showing up at the team's activities

Nakamura-senpai and Kitano-senpai are so close
/i don't like winter because we have to keep jogging~
/keep going keep going
... really?

-... Nakamura-senpai
Is it ok for you to keep showing up at the team's activities like this?

-... hm
I guess if the third years keep showing up like this it's distracting?

Page 3
Ah, no, I'm glad you're showing up like this!
/it's fun when the senpai are here!
/you don't have to worry about us like that
No, no...

Because... you have the university examinations coming up
/ah, Nakamura-senpai's an honour student so she's fine
-... just, being swept along without resistance along the soft currents

Is this alright...
Is this normal?

Page 4
I'm returning the tests from yesterday
Come get it when I call out your name

Wa-n it was horrible this time, how were you, Shizu-chan?
Well it's probably perfect or 90 or...

Oyo?
That's rare
Well I guess there're days like this sometimes

I guess
/she's not answering that at all

Page 5
Senpai good bye
Kay

It's gotten really late...
Shortcut shortcut
/if I go through here it's faster

Sound of water?
/maybe a stray cat fell in or something?

Page 6
Yo, Shizu!

What are you doing, Katsuo...
It's really cold, I guess swimming in it is impossible

You're really out of whack
/you're wanting to swim in the middle of winter?
Well I don't think I'm that-
It wasn't a compliment

Page 7
Alright Shizu
Big brother will walk you home
He's a senior, but I still can't figure out why Katsuo is this simple-minded

Our school won't make it a hot-spring pool

If only they'd that, then Shizu and I could always swim freely

Well, this guy probably has no worries or anything
I'm ready

Page 8
... what?

You... haven't been very energetic lately

I don't... think I'm any different, though?

Page 9
Hmm...
It's really rare for Shizu-chan to get consecutive bad scores

Well, with a storm of tests like this
See, Shizu-chan's working out with the team, too, maybe she's tired?

Hmm, this bowl of fried-fish and rice, the shrimps are small
... she's not minding at all?

Oh, Nakamura's still showing up at the team activities at this time?
Maybe that's eating away at your study time

It's not a bad thing to work on what you want to do now
But you need to keep studying for what you want to do in the future
... what I want to do?

Page 10
Right... like Minami, wanting to go into the same university as her boyfriend (Houno) and have a sweet four years
S- Sensei!
Hohoooooooo I see, Ryouko

What, Aoi was working hard to get into the same university as Youta-san too!!
No- nooooooo not so loud!

Well, just don't enjoy the present so much that you forget you're an exam student
What I want to do...

... it's not like I'm clinging to the swim team
But studying for the exam was also just a side-thought that I should work to get into a university

I guess... everyone has their own goals
I wonder what I want to do

Page 11
-... I don't really have... one...

... maybe that's really a sad thing

Well anyways, I'm still an exam student

I'll work hard
/good

Page 12
Katsuo...
I wonder if he's still here

Guess... not

I wanted to talk to him about the team
Oh well, I'll just talk to him another time, time to go home time to go home

Page 13
There he is...

What are you doing there?
Yo... Shizu

Baked potatoes

It's the winter of your senior year... and Katsuo's still having fun

Page 14
Yup!
There's not much more fun than this

Shizu-kun, are you enjoying school life?

... it's not boring, but if I guess it's dull
Well you can't swim in winter

The cold of winter and the cold of the water
It doesn't feel real

It's like I'm someone else

Page 15
If you feel dull, it's because you're not doing something you like

So, what did you want to talk about?
... yeah

Katsuo, what are you going to do after graduating?
/is there something you want to do?
Me?

I'm going to become a fish
I want to keep swimming freely

Page 16
I'm stupid for even asking you

Katsuo... tell the swim team members for me
Hn... what is it?

I'm... going to stop showing up

Page 17
What are you going to do instead?

Of course, study for the exam

Well...
Farewell, captain

Page 18
Since then, I...
Went full-force into my studies

Days and months went by quickly, and before I realized it, the second semester was ending
I began acting more like an exam student

-... however...

It's your last test exam of the year, but what's with the grade
Hah...

If it keeps going down like this you'll be in trouble getting into your school, ok?
That's odd...
But I've spent even more time studying?

Page 19
Even if it's a slump, if it's going on this long this could be bad

Shi-zu
What's wrong, you look downcast

Tomorrow evening... after the graduation ceremony, we're having a Christmas Party at the Sunflower, where I work
Shizu-chan do you want to come along, too?

Sorry...
It looks like I'll be in trouble unless I study

Page 20
... Alright

But we'll be waiting
If you change your mind, come over
/you'd better!
Ok...

What am I doing...
Turning down invitations from my friends

Is this the exam student's blues?

But I don't feel any rush
It doesn't feel real

Page 21
Every now and then... it feels like I couldn't care less about what happens
And I'm afraid of that

Yo, Shizu!

What a coincidence... let's go home together

Page 22
You going home at this hour, that's unusual, isn't it?
/how about the team?
Mmm... I also go home early some days

You probably heard I've been down from Oogata Ryouko and the others, so you waited for me
/what do you mean, a coincidence
I hate having people worry for me

Will you leave me alone?

Page 23
And Shizu is bad for wanting people to do that

If you don't want people to worry about you, then make sure you don't make them worry in the first place

When are you saying I ever made people worry about me?
... always

Page 24
Until the summer, Shizu was free
You spread out your limbs and swam... breathed

But right now, in water where you can't see ahead
You're a fish that stopped swimming

Page 25
I can't believe you

The hell do you mean, fish...
Grow up

We're seniors already
It's no longer the time to just keep doing what you want to do

... bye bye

Page 26
What am I doing?

I didn't...
Want to say that

I hurt Katsuo...
All he did was worry about me

Page 27
I can't see ahead nor behind me...
I don't know what I'm supposed to do

I don't understand myself

Snow...

Ryouko's party's started by now

Page 28
It's a white christmas pretty enough to make you sad

Page 29
The water...
Looks a bit muddy

It's like the future of us seniors

Page 30
Shizu isn't very kind to herself right now

Even though she actually wants to swim, using the exam as a reason, she refuses to let her arms and legs move...
And so she can't even manage to breathe right

Page 31
I'm an exam student, there's no helping it

... I don't really get those difficult things

But I know this much
I'm... a fish

Fishes swim
And so I...

Page 32
Swim when I want to swim

Page 33
H... hey
Katsuo!?

I... love myself when I swim

... you're doing such insane things
For the high school exam, I was worrying so much I was about to stop swimming

But all of a sudden...
I couldn't do anything
In the end... all I could do was loosen up my shoulders and swim through the muddy waters again

Page 34
Shizu-...
You're probably also a fish

Even if you can't see in front in the water... if you swim like you always do
You'll quickly regain yourself and start breathing again

I...

Liked...
Shizu's swimming

Page 35
Spreading out your limbs as far as they could go...
Swimming happily, that glowing Shizu
I've watched you these past three years

Don't push yourself...
Loosen up a bit

Page 36
You...
Need an asylum

Page 37
Hyoooooooooooooh!!

Wh- wh- wh-... what happened, Shizu?

What happened...
You said to come, so I came
Not that!
Why are you all wet!?

Well I did some swimming in the school pool
/doshieeeeeeee

Page 38
Why in the middle of winter...
/these kids...

/here, Shizu-chan, towel!
/Katsuo-kun too!

I wanted to swim, so I swam

... I see
I'll just be myself

Page 39
Even in heavy, cold water where you can't see ahead...
If I swim like myself
Then that's that, but more importantly

At the end of high school life...
A future that suits me will be waiting


Winter Term End