Mangahelpers Translationshttps://mangahelpers.com/translators/rss2009-08-16T00:18:21+00:00/favicon.icoMangaHelpers Adminsadmin@mangahelpers.comhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/meriken/releases/15177[English] [Translation] Q & A 4 by Meriken2009-08-16T00:18:21+00:00Merikenadmin@mangahelpers.comQ&A, Chapter 4 (Monthly Shounen Sunday, September 2009)
<1> =I'm back in my hometown for the first time in 6 years.
=The fond memories are everywhere...
=The people are full of kindness, =Here,//One extra meatball.
=My childhood friend—
=Has matured into a beautiful girl,
[left margin]Mitsuru Adachi breaks new ground with this new series, already in its 4th installment...!!
<2> =My friends of old,//Are my friends of today— At-ku—n!
=Blessed with good people,//Blessed with a good environment,
=I, Atsushi Ando,//Am a high school freshman starting this spring—
=I shall gab with friends, fall in love,//Study hard and play sports, =I shall sing the praises of youth with all my might. This is the springtime of my life.
<3> =For my deceased brother, too—
=*grin*
=Hey hey,//Stop changing the story to suit yourself.
=You gotta give an accurate summary of what's happened so far,//Or else you're gonna confuse the readers.
=RAAGH!
<4&5> Mitsuru Adachi Chapter 4: He's Late "Short Program: Girls Type" & "Cross Game" Vol. 1~15 In stores now!! [above title logo] A story of ghosts and adolescence!! [page left]With his high school enrollment right around the corner, what's in store for Atsushi Ando in the coming days—!?
<6> =Just give it up already,//You gotta accept reality as is. [x2]MUNCH
=How am I supposed to do that!? =It's the middle of the day, and there's a ghost in my room eating crackers and reading manga!
=This is a dream!//A dream, I tell you! =Man, shut up.
=Oh,//That reminds me.
=I found this thing in the bag that Yuho returned the manga in.
[video title]Rakugo [left box on cover]Masters [note]Rakugo; A traditional form of Japanese comedy, usually involving an extremely long and complicated narrative recited by a single individual. Typically enjoyed by people of older generations. Similar to stand-up comedy in concept, except the performer recites his lines sitting down on a mat, as shown on the cover of the video.
=Yuho's big bro probably put it in there by accident. =He might be looking for it, so you better return it to him right away.
<7> =Well well,//It's been a while since I read this, but man. This is an awesome series. =I'm sure his newest work, "Cross Game," is just as good.
=Try to keep the advertising to a minimum.
=Rahh!
THUD
<8> =Hi-yah! WHACK
=Heh-heh... =How many years has it been since I looked forward to the school starting...?
=—Actually,//I've never looked forward to it! =Hyuk-hyuk-hyuk!
=First, we gotta hold our annual training camp to welcome the new team members. =Annual? =Training camp?
=A one-night stay at an outdoor hot springs hotel. How's that?
=By how, you mean...?
<9> =Maybe the absentminded manager can reserve a hotel that only offers mixed bathing.
=No way... =That's a little too—
=Did you say something?//Absentminded manager. =Huh?
=We don't have to go through all that trouble.//Why don't we just put a two-way mirror in the girls locker room! [bubble]HEE
=Idiot!//That would count as a crime! WHAM
=—Wait a sec, =How 'bout this?
=Once the girls go into their locker room,//The mischievous club member switches the sign with the guys locker room. [sign under arm]Girls Locker Room [sign held up]Boys Locker Room
<10> =Then I come walking by as the innocent bystander,//And open the door.
=Wouldn't it be locked?
=Obviously, we make sure it's broken beforehand.//—Right? Mr. Mischievous club member. =I don't see how that wouldn't be counted as a crime too...
=Oh well,//We've still got plenty of time.
WHACK
=Time to look after Ando's kid brother,//Too.
<11> =Hyuk-hyuk-hyuk! WHAM THUD
[sign]Maezawa
=What's this?
=I told you, it was in the bag that you returned the other day, and—
<12> =Oh.
=Oh,//Yeah! =Man,//Thanks a lot.
=I was wondering where it went. =I see,//So it got mixed into that bag, huh.
=...Yep.
=Did you watch it?
=Huh?
=—This.
<13> =Oh, no.//I'm not really interested in rakugo.
=Oh,//Okay. =Well yeah,//That's normal.
=That's quite a collection//Of rakugo DVDs. =Huh? Ohh.//I guess so.
=I see,//A high schooler, eh? =That At-chan...
=I remember,//You were always scurrying behind Kyu-chan trying to keep up with him.
=By the way,//Didn't you always carry around a big box of tissues with you?
=Yes,//I used to have nasal allergies. =But they're gone now.
<14> =You two were real good friends,//Weren't you...
=Going back to that house brings back lots of memories, doesn't it?//About Kyu-chan... =Huh?
=Oh,//Well, =No,//Not really...
=It doesn't really feel like he's dead...
=Yeah.//You're right. =Kyu-chan's spirit is gonna be with you forever. =Oh, well,//Actually...
=Kyu-chan loved his little brother.//He's probably keeping an eye out for you up there in heaven.
=Right... =I wish he were doing it from heaven...
<15> =Ghosts...
=Huh?
=Oh,//You believe in them, right? =As a horror novelist, you believe ghosts must be—
=Hah.//No way.
=Huh?
=The reason people can write all kinds of things about 'em and still get away with it,//Is because they don't actually exist.
=Besides, they only show up when there aren't that many people around.//If all you need is a witness or two, mistakes and assumptions can make them spawn out of just about anything.
<16> =They can show themselves in front of a crowd of 50,000 at the Koshien if they wanna prove me wrong!
=I'm not gonna take any convenient excuses about how only certain people can see them! WHAM
=Oh.
=What's wrong?
=Well,//I forgot I was writing a story that uses the exact same convenient excuse. =Hah-hah!
<17> RATTLE
=Big bro!//You hid my laundry again, didn't you?!
=Whaddya mean again!//Huh?!
=The clouds were looking a little threatening, so I brought them inside just to be nice—!
=Where do you see threatening clouds!//That's about as clear a sky as you'll ever see!
=Hey!
<18> =—Gosh!
=Yuho,//Go get At-chan something to drink.
*turns!* =Oh,//Please get him something to drink.
=—Here,//I'm returning this.
=It's been washed, as promised.
=Oh, what's this?//You two are in that kind of relationship already?
=Sharing sweatpants with each other, eh? I'm sooo jealous. [bubble]HEE
=You need to get your brain checked up.
<19> =Hey!//That's no way to speak to your own brother!
WHAP
=—Man!//Her underwear's the only thing that's gotten more lady-like.
GRR—
=Hey, At-chan.
=Huh? [x2]SNIFF
<20> =Oh,//I'm gonna get going now. =Alright,//Thanks for coming by.
=Good luck with your novel. =Righto.
CLICK
=Hey.
<21> [label]KAN Coffee
=Oh,//Shoot!
=I forgot to ask if he had a book on exorcism.
=Oh,//Well.
<22> =He—y,//Ando!
=C'mere for a sec! =Why?
=Just c'mon!//I'll show you something nice. =Huh?
[sign]Ken-chan's Place
<23> =H-//How did you get all these?! =Cool, huh.
=Someone left them at the garbage collection site this morning. Almost like they were trying to hide them.
=But taking them without asking...//Isn't that a bad thing to do?!
=So you don't wanna watch them? =Now that would be even worse,//Wouldn't it!
=—Alright! =Then you wanna check this one out first?
=Very good, sir.
[bubble]PIP
WHIRRR
<24> GRR—
HO—NK
=Now lemme pass it on to the next man up.
<25> =Huh?//That's weird.
=Alright,//Next. [bubble]PIP
[x2]DUM DUM
=Ehh—//Here's another silly one for you folks out there.
CAW...
<26> =See ya.
=Oh, you're gonna head home? =There's still 2 of 'em left...
=—Man!//You gotta be kidding me. =What did I do to deserve being forced to watch rakugo DVDs till this late!?
=Big bro—!//Wait up—!
TICK TICK TICK...
SPLAT
WAHHH—
<27> AHH— =What're you doing? =You okay?
=I'm bleedi—ng! =Don't cry!//It's just a little scratch.
=Here, c'mon.//I'll carry you on my back.
=You better hang on to that ball. =Yeah.
=Run, big bro! =Don't get carried away, stupid!
GONK [sign]Garbage Collection Site
<28> [sign]Garbage Collection Site
[sign]Maezawa
=*yaaawn*
<29> =Man, I'm tired.
=—Alright,//Guess I could use a little break right about now...
=Maybe watch a routine,//From my favorite rakugo DVD—
=WEE HEE HEE
=I'm back in my hometown for the first time in 6 years.
=The fond memories are everywhere...
<30> =My childhood friend has matured into a beautiful girl.
=My friends of old,//Are my friends of today— =Hyuk-hyuk-hyuk! THUD WHACK
=—And,
=Man,//Atsushi's late. =At our beloved home is...
It would kill him to admit it, But he's always looking out for his little brother...https://mangahelpers.com/t/meriken/releases/13909[English] [Translation] Q & A 3 by Meriken2009-07-08T23:20:31+00:00Merikenadmin@mangahelpers.comQ&A, Chapter 3 (Monthly Shounen Sunday, August 2009)
<1> Chapter 3: Pink, Right?
<2> Maezawa Pharmacy
<3> PLOP
=Ack! [x2]SCRATCH
=Kousei Maezawa (age 25)//Big-time mystery & horror novelist. =—Is his goal. He's still living off his parents. Eldest son of the Maezawa Family.
GWUU—SH
[x3]GATHUNK
<4> =What are you,//Doing over there—?
=Hmm. STARE—
=I'm having trouble coming up with an opening. GWU—
GWU—
[bubble]BEEP//BEE—P
<5> =Yuho? GACHUK
=Don't you know how to knock!? =Sorry.//Cliché scene, you know.
=So the Ando Family is back, huh?
=So what if they are?
=Well—I never got to return these to Kyu-chan.//Manga volumes.//Go return these to his little brother At-chan for me.
=Why me?! =I'm in big trouble unless I come up with an opening for my novel before tomorrow.
<6> =Trouble?//For what?//With no deadlines?//And no plans for getting a serial? =That's exactly why!
=If I don't make it big, I'll be single forever!//And turn into a brother who sells borrowed manga volumes to used bookstores just to get some allowance!//You're okay with that!?
=I see,//So you're afraid you might go and sell these if you don't hurry up and return them. [bubble]UCK
=Anyways, I'm counting on you, alright?
=—Gosh. GACHUK
=Oh, by the way.//Your panties were dry so I brought 'em in for you.
=Die!//Idiot brother! BLAM
<7> ="Die,"//"Idiot brother..."
=—Alright!//Guess I'll start off with the appearance of the hero's dead brother.
[sign]Ando
[bubble]=WUF
<8> =Oh,//Yuho-chan.
=Come on in, the door's open.
=Hup. Hup. [x3]FLAP
=Are you okay? =My gosh!//I wish Atsushi would hurry up and unpack on his own!
=Whoopsie. CRASH =Oh,//Would you like some help?
<9> =I'm ho—me. CHUK
=Oh, I didn't know that.//Wow— =Isn't that so silly?
=What are you doing?
<10> =Can't you see?//She's helping out because you can't clean up on your own.
=Oh,//Thanks Yuho-chan. You can stop now. =Oh, but...//I'd hate to leave this half-finished.
=Then come downstairs when you're done.//I'll make you some tea. =Yes ma'am—
TAP TAP TAP..
=So,//Why are you here? =Came to return some books.//My brother asked me to.
=Your brother?
=Ohh—//The college student—? =6 years ago.//Couldn't stand it if he still called himself a college student.
<11> =I'm leaving this junk over here, okay?
=Oh,//Sure.
=Hey—!
=What?
=Oh,//I'll take care of this! SCRAMBLE SCRAMBLE
=You sit over there.//It's dangerous if you stand up. =What?
<12> =It's pink today.//Pink. =Ahhh!//Shaddup!
=Hey! =What do you mean,//Shaddup?!
=Oh,//I was talking about, =This junk... [x2]RATTLE
=Two shot.
=Die! Idiot brother.
=...Oh wait, he's already dead. =—So, =What's he up to now?
=Huh? =Oh,//Your brother. The former college student.
=Ah.//Ahh—
<13> =Big-time mystery & horror novelist. =Wow—
=—Is his goal. He's still living off his parents.
=Wow—
=He just sits around all day.//Surrounded by weird books about spirits and devils and stuff.
=Does he have any books on exorcism?
=Huh?
=Hey hey,//What are you interested in reading up on that?
<14> =Horror novelist, huh...?
=That reminds me,//He liked taking the kids in the neighborhood over to the shrine to tell scary stories back then,//Didn't he?
=You were there?//Back then...?
=Sure I was. =She probably didn't notice 'cause you were scared and hid behind my back the whole time.
[x2]BWHUP =What are you doing?
=Oh, nothing.//I haven't gotten much exercise lately.
<15> BWHAP..
=She dropped it on purpose...
=Really...
=He was amazing at everything, wasn't he.//Kyu-chan...
<16> =He's the same age as Jin, so...//He would've been a high school senior this year.
=He'll be in elementary school this year and the next.
=He could've been a huge track star by now. =You don't see that kind of speed everyday.
=Wait,//It's not like Kyu-chan influenced you, =To start track.//...Is it?
=It's... =Possible.
[x2]NUDGE
<17> =What've you been doing?//These past 6 years.
=Huh?
=Oh,//Never mind. =Not interested. =Huh?
=Hey... Wait. TAP TAP TAP
=Well well,//We finally got this room cleaned, huh?
<18> [x2]=TAP
=Jinno-san—!
<19> =Why are we running—? [bubble]HEE [bubble]HAH
=Idiots!//Did you forget I'm on the track team!? =And I'm the almighty captain!
=Sure you are, but you haven't gone to practice at all these past two years...
=And you're only captain because you threatened the other members and forced them to—
GONK
=I'm going to practice every single day once I become a senior!
=Ohh—//Right. =Yuho Maezawa's entering high school.
<20> =That's not all.
=Girls track uniforms are pretty sexy these days. GONK =That's not all!
=Ando's little brother.
=Huh?
=I'm gonna force him to join the track team.
=The Meika High School track team is famous for its tough workouts... [bubble]GWE-HEH-HEH =Tough workouts? =Famous?
BWHUP =Oh, it's famous! =It's super famous!
<21> =In-school violence wouldn't be a smart idea,//But the school should be willing to overlook a little hazing during practice sessions... =Right!? [bubble]Y-//Yes sir
=Heh-heh... My last year of high school... =Looks like I'm gonna be having some fun.
=And girls track uniforms are pretty sexy these days. =HEE-HEE. =We've covered that,//Already.
GONK =EEK!
<22> PLOP
=Hmm— =You think I should insert a sexy scene right around here?
[x2]=CHIRP
[bubble]WOOF
<23> WHOOSH
SPLISH
[x2]SHUFF
=He—y,//Dang it!
=Gotta wash it all over again.
GACHUK
<24> GONK
=Wha?! BATHUMP
<25> =What are you doing?
=Ohh—//Yuho-chan spilled a glass of water on her skirt. =It was strange, it spilled even though she hardly even touched it.
=Are Atsushi's sweatpants okay?//Don't worry, they've been washed. =Sure,//Thank you.
=That little—!
<26> GACHUK
=See?//Pink, right? Just like I said.
SWOP
[x2]SWOP
=A bit slow, aren't you.//I told you last chapter too.//You can't touch me.
[x2]=HUFF
<27> =Don't worry, it's not that big a deal.//Yuho's no stranger—
=To perverted guys... AH-CHOO
=Atsushi—//Yuho-chan's going home.
=Oh,//Sorry about before... =Ask her not to wash the sweatpants before she returns them. [bubble]WEE-HEE
GONK
=What are you doing? [bubble]OO—F
<28> =You don't have to walk me home. =Oh no,//No problem.
=My brother is unable to leave the house until evening... (See previous chapter).
=Serves you right.
=What was that? =No,//Nothing.
=Well, I've returned those manga volumes my brother borrowed from Kyu-chan.//Don't you forget. =Oh,//Right right.
=See ya.
=Good luck,//With the track stuff.
<29> =Kyu-chan always brags,//About how you started track because of him.
=Oh, Kyu-chan appeared in a dream and told me! =I'm serious!
=These sweatpants. =Huh?
<30> =I'll wash them before I return them,//So not to worry. =Oh.
=Well,//No. =You don't need to wash them...
=—Actually, =I'd rather you—
HO—NK
=Is this story,//Really that interesting...?https://mangahelpers.com/t/meriken/releases/13122[English] [Translation] Q & A 2 by Meriken2009-06-10T19:08:57+00:00Merikenadmin@mangahelpers.comQ&A, Chapter 2, Monthly Shounen Sunday, July 2009
<1> Chapter 2: Dero!
<3> ZWUU—SH
GLUB GLUB GLUB...
GACHUK
[x2]BARK
<4> =Atsushi—
=Did you eat those cakes—?//The ones from last night?
=Wasn't me.
=Then who was it?
=It was... Q-chan.
=...Okay.
=You're right, it must've been Q-chan. =No, wait!//See,//It really was Q-chan!
<5> =Sure it was. PSS—T
GACHUK
<6> CHIRP CHIRP..
=I'm back in my hometown—
=For the first time in 6 years—
<7> =My father, Kouichi Ando (age 43)//Is off to work.
=We moved out of this place 6 years ago when the old man got a transfer,//—And that winter...
=My brother, Hisashi Ando (aged 11)//Aka Q-chan. =Died in an accident.
=My mother, Reiko Ando (age 40)//Is doing some housecleaning.
=My brother died in an accident...
=And I, Atsushi Ando (age 15)//Am in the middle of changing.
=My dead brother...
=—Alright!
<8> =We're now a family of three. [sign]Ando
=Atsushi—//Give Dero his breakfast. =—Plus,
=One dog—
=Dero,//Breakfast!
=He—y,//Can't you hear me?! =Dero!
=Dero!
<9> =Yes? [note]The dog's name "Dero" (デロ) is homophonous with "出ろ" the Japanese word for "come out." Hence the brother's sudden appearance.
=M-//Mom!
=What?
=He-//He's here! =Don't waste your breath.
=Who?
=There!//There! =Nobody else can see me or hear my voice...
=Where?
<10> =Here!
=You,//Missed a spot...
=You sound like a mother-in-law.
[x2]BARK
=He can't talk,//But looks like Dero can see me too. =Don't equate me with a dog. [x2]=HUFF
<11> =Hey,//Where you going? =Leave me alone!
=Mom,//I'm going over to Ken-chan's place for a little bit.
=You sure? =Shaddup!
=Jinno's waiting for you outside.
=What was that?
<12> =See?
=Man...//He looks real pissed.
=And whose fault is that?!
=Oh!
=That bellybutton is—
=What're you guys doing here?
<13> =None of your business.
=Actually,//I think I already know...
=What?! =Spit it if you're so sure!
=Q-chan always beat you up, so you're trying to get payback by beating up his little brother. =Bingo—! WHACK
=He tried to make me eat mud pies yesterday!
=Mud pies? =Yeah!//That guy brought 'em over to my house pretending they were from Monsieur's!
=What a grade schooler. =Indeed...
<14> =Anyways, everyone was mad 'cause no one from your place showed up for morning town-cleaning. =Ohh.
=Old man went drinking last night. =Guess he's still asleep.
=Then you go and do it for him.
=Hey!//Watch your language when you speak to Jinno-san! =Just 'cause you're a girl doesn't mean—!
=Hurry up! =Listen, you little—!
=ACK!
=Fine. =I'll go.//I'll go, damn it!
<15> =You guys are coming too! =Huh?
=Looks like,//Yuho got rid of 'em for you.
=Jinno sent her a ton of love letters during junior-high, and she kept 'em as collateral. =That's why he can't stand up to her.
=Ohh—
=Oops...
[x2]=TAP
<16> =Hey, did you know//That Yuho started track 'cause of me?
=Yeah right. =I'm serious.
[x2]WA—
<17> WA—
[sign]Sports Day
=But man, that brother of yours.//He really was fast, huh?
=And he wasn't just fast.//He broke the school records for pretty much every event by 5th grade. [sign]Ken-chan's place
=Oh yeah,//Remember the time when he—? =Dude...
<18> =It's been 6 years, and all you wanna talk about is my brother?
=Oh,//My bad.
=Yeah—It's been 6 years, huh—?//Well well,//Back then you were—
=What were you doing again?
=Right,//See ya. =Yeah. =Maybe in 6 years...
=—Geez.
<19> [bubble]CAW//CAW
=Yo,//Little Ando...
S-SWISH...
<20> =U-//Umm, =Do you believe in spirits?
=Huh?
=Well,//You see,//They're kinda like ghosts... =And...//Some of them are like, bad...//Uhh—
=...So they sometimes play pranks on people. =Like changing cakes into mud pies?
=R-//Right! =Exactly!
<21> =Hyuk-hyuk-hyuk!
=I like your spirit. =Huh?
=Oh—//A pun. I get it.
=What's that?//My right fist is telling me something. =Huh?
="Give him a spirited punch."//—I see...
=Oh,//I didn't hear that! =Nope,//You misheard!
=This'll lift your spirits!
<22> =You're lucky it's after sunset.
=Huh?
=You little—!
SWISH
=I gotta stay in that house until its dark out.//Get it?
<23> =Hi-yah!
SWUP
=Bigger frame, but the same old moves.//He never learns.
=Th-That pose—!
=Huh?
<24> =Jinn!//What're you doing here?
=Not again...
=Your father was looking for you. =What about?
=He wanted you to run over to the liquor store.
=Damn it,//Is he ever gonna start working for real!?
=Alright,//We'll settle this next time, Little Ando.
=Don't let him get away! =Huh?
<25> THWHACK
=Spirit punch, Atsushi! =Huh?
BWHACK
=Cut it out!//It's not fair to attack when your opponent isn't looking!
=...Y-Yeah. =Hey hey,//Didn't she just attack you when you weren't looking?!
=Besides, Jinno started it!//Tell her, Atsushi!//Tell her there's no rules for fighting! =Just shut up...
<26> =—Gosh!//You're such idiots! =All of you!
=Hey, wait! We're not like Jinno! =Huh?
BWHISH
<27> =What a grade schooler.
=Um,//...Yeah.
=Gee—//Doesn't it feel great when it's dark—?
[bubble]Oooh—//Boo!
=Stop fooling around.
<28> =Besides, if you can move around like that,//Then why didn't you just follow us instead of waiting around for 6 years.
=I couldn't—//There's a limit to how far I can travel. =You see,//I'm only allowed to haunt this neighborhood.
=Alright,//Then how come you can move my body around,//Even though I can't touch you?
=It doesn't work for everybody. =I can touch objects and stuff,//But not other people.
=—But I can touch Dero,//So I guess it only works with guys that can see me.
=Might wanna decide on that right now. =It might get messy later on...
<29> =No no,//There's still a lot we don't know about ghosts. =The scientists and editors can only learn so much...
=You'd better not be planning to leave it at that.
=Listen, Q-chan. You're— =Hey—
=Don't call me Q-chan anymore.
=Why?
=Well, you know...//The name and the character...//People might start complaining. [note]Reference to the main character of Obake no Q-taro (lit. "Q-taro the Ghost), a popular series by Fujiko Fujio that ran during the 1960s and 70s.
=Then what am I supposed to call you?
<30> =You're in high school now,//So it's gotta be "big bro." =Big bro.
=Since when do high schoolers refer to grade schoolers as "big bro?"
=Say it.
=What're you blushing for?//Say it.https://mangahelpers.com/t/meriken/releases/12271[English] [Translation] Q & A 1 by Meriken2009-05-14T04:32:09+00:00Merikenadmin@mangahelpers.comQ & A, Chapter 1 (Monthly Shounen Sunday, June 2009)
<2&3> Chapter 1: Bro's Little Brother
=Two croquettes.
<4> TAP
[x2]TAP
=There, 30 yen is your change
=Huh?
=Doesn't buying 2 croquettes get me an extra meatball...?
=—Oh.
=I remember we used to do something like that//But this day and age you can't keep a business doing that sort of thing. [sign]Ichihara Deli
<6> =—But wait,//That was only for little kids. =How old are you?
=—I'm 15.
[poster]Retail space available//Kudo Market//We're bankrupt
[right poster]We're almost bankrupt//Hattori Furniture [center poster]Sale 60% off [left poster]Futons
=Day and age... Huh.
<7> =Wow—So there's a new building over there, huh.
[x2]TAP
TAP
<8> TAP
=6 years... Huh.
[x2]KONK
=—Geez, if we'd known the transfer would be so long, we might have rented this place out. [sign]Ando
<9> =We couldn't have. KONK
=This house is filled with all our precious memories...
[x2]ARF
=Look at how happy Dero looks, he's been like that ever since we got back.
[x2]HUFF
[x2]=*whimper—* [x2]SHUFF
=Is he okay? Did he hit his head or something while we were packing?
<10> =Where's Atsushi, by the way?
=Oh— =He said he'd take a walk around the neighborhood
=—Hmph! He hasn't even helped unpack yet.
[x2]WUF
<11> =These stairs must be slippery...
=Thanks a lot, Jinno-san!
<12> =What's with the stinginess? Only drinks? =Jinno?
=Why don't you ever buy me like, a mont blanc deluxe or a creme puff from Monsieur's. Gotta be more considerate, ya know.
=Hee-hee =But gee—Your violence is as splendid as ever—
=Idiot, don't tell anyone cuz it's too embarrassing
=Can't believe it took me 3 minutes to beat down 3 guys at the same time. =Hyuk-hyuk-hyuk!
=It's Jinno... Riki Jinno.
<13> =You've renewed your win streak from 6th grade yet again. =Indeed, ever since 6th grade, you've been totally unbeatable, Jinno-san.
=I mean, the Jinno-san since 6th grade on has been totally— [bubble]GUFF THWUCK
=Just shut up about sixth grade already.
=Oh,//By the way, did you hear the news? =What news?
=That Ando family's coming back! To this city— =Uck...
=Whaat?!
<14> =And they said he's been admitted to our high school and he's starting in April—
=Starting?
=...The younger brother.
=Oh, =Oh—
=Hey—Please don't scare us like that. =We wouldn't be talking like this if it were the older brother!
=Yeah... Right.
=I see,//So that bastard's brother is coming to our school, huh...
=That's good. =It's about time I got in some payback.
<15> =This sorta thing keeps me up at night. =I'll pay it all back. Too his lil' bro. BICK
=And with 6 years worth of interest!
=Hyuk-hyuk-hyuk!
=What's that mean?
=6 years worth of interest?
<16> =What's that mean?
[x2]TAP
=Gosh... You've gotta be kidding me...
TAP
THUD
<17> =Hey you!
=Huh?
=You've been following me around all day,//Whaddya want?! =Huh?
=N-Nothing! =Just a coincidence!
=Okay, =Fine.
=What's her problem...?
<18> =Besides, you look way to sketchy,//Aren't you hot wearing all those layers?!
=Hey! I've been feelin' kinda sick since yesterday, okay. =Maybe you shouldn't be running around with your bellybutton all—
[x2]TAP
=He—y. =She's fast...
CLINK
<19> DROP
WAA—
=You can join the team if you bring your brother.
CLINK
=Oh, you alone?//Where's your brother//Where's bro?
WAA—
=Yo, how's your bro been?//Say hi to your brother for me!//Wassup, little brother!
=AACHOO!
<20> =Uh-oh, I think I'm really getting sick now. SNIFF
=Better head on home with some meds...
[sign]Maezawa Pharmacy
=Cold medicine please—
=Symptoms? =Uh— =Runny nose and chills, I guess.
<21> =Huh?
=Aren't you the Ando family's—
=I'm ba—ck.
=Hey—//Not again! =I knew it! =Hang on!
=Mom, this guy's...! =At-chan, right?
=Huh? Oh, =...Yes. =Mom?
<22> =—Which means... =Who? =You know, Atushi-chan from Ando-san's place.
=Ando? =Yuho Maezawa?
=Oh come on,//Q-chan's younger brother!
=Ah—
=Ah— =Ah— =A crow imitation?
=We were in the same class in 1st and 2nd grade, right?
=Oh, really? =Really!
<23> =Wow—So you came back with your family. =It's been 6 years? Wow—
=Where are you going for school? =Uh, Meika High School.
=Oh my—,//Yuho, did you hear that? At-chan's starting Meika High in April too! =Mom! You ate that yogurt I had in the fridge, didn't you?!
=Of course not. =Then what's this empty can doing on the table?! =Remember to take out the trash on Wednesdays, okay?
=Oh,//Well, I'll be going now...
=Take care.
WHUUSH
<24> =What're you doin' Dad? Yo
=Saying hi to our new neighborhood.
=New? We just moved back to where we used to live.
=This kinda stuff is important, you idiot. =It gets rid of silly disputes and it makes life easier.
DING-DONG— =Excuse me, it's Ando from next door—
=Silly disputes... Huh.
<25> [sign]Monsieur's Bakery =Thank you— TING
[package]Monsieur's Bakery
=Quite an investment, but it's a necessary expenditure for making life easier.
=—Geez! And all I had were fond memories of this city.
=Why the heck am I having to—
=Huh?
=Huh?
<26> =Huh?
=...Huh?
[sign top]Land//Property//Sales//Rent//Brokerage//Management [sign bottom]Jinno Real Estate
=Hyuk-hyuk-hyuk!
=All right, all right! =I'm likin' this whole thing about coming over and introducing yourself!
=Grudge?//Idiot—No way.//That was ages ago! =My heart's as clean as a freshly ironed shirt, right?//Remember?
<27> =And hey, I'm surprised you knew about my thing for Monsieur's— =It's the mont blanc deluxe and the creme puff.