Mangahelpers Translationshttps://mangahelpers.com/translators/rss2009-12-05T10:33:14+00:00/favicon.icoMangaHelpers Adminsadmin@mangahelpers.comhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/scrubb/releases/18093[English] [Translation] Happy Negative Marriage 2 by scrubb2009-12-05T10:33:14+00:00scrubbadmin@mangahelpers.comHappy Negative Marriage, Chapter 02.
Alright everyone, after much delay, here's my translation of HNM Ch. 02 sans arrogance and bombast.
As always, please get my permission before using this TL, especially while it still has the TL check banner on it. I'm planning to redo some portions of this chapter based on feedback I've received, so please stay tuned.
Raws for this chapter may be found here. Note: The page numberings are w.r.t. the downloaded raws, NOT the online reader or page numbers in the images!
Conventions: Names are spelled out the first time, abbreviated thereafter. Sentences that break across bubbles are continued with lowercase letters and properly punctuated as though they were a complete line. Sound effects are translated with SFX. Translation notes to the editor (not for publication) are marked with "Ed:" Other "TL notes" may be published if you want to edit them in.
01 Top: The Good-for-Nothing Bachelor's Larger-Than-Life Love Story Box: No matter what, it's certain that Box: the other party is going to turn me down. Box: “Her partner, after all, is me,” Title: Amazume Ryuuta presents “Happy Negative Marriage” (Summary box not translated. Read chapter 1 instead.) Box: I kept telling myself. Woman: This is Keitarou Satou-san. W: He is 30 years old. Box: I have to put up a good fight. Box: Because W: Satou-san is your uncle Hatsuhiko's employee. / Hatsuhiko couldn't make it here today. W: But...oh well. He's a busy man. / But! He's wants to hear how it goes. Isn't he such a wonderful person? Keitarou: The boss...That's right. / Even if she were to refuse me... Kei: I have to complete the interview so the boss won't / think less of me...
02-03 Box: So / No matter how beautiful she is, Box: I can't lose my nerve. W: Alright then, Satou-san, / this is... Box: That's all. Box: Just this one time so that Box: this person I'll never meet again SFX: Gulp Box: This person... Shimako: Nice to meet you. / I'm Shimako Akio. Title Happy Negative Marriage (Bottom text not translated. Just an advertisement.) Tagline: Won't this marriage interview be a struggle?! Box: That photograph / doesn't do this hottie justice!! Kei: I mustn't get d-d- / drawn in by her!! Kei: Y-Y-Y-Y- Kei: Y-Y- Kei: You / ...too.
04 W: Well then, this is where I... / stop being a fly on the wall. Kei: Huh? Already...? Kei: Oh!! Uhh, thank you very much. Mako: Thanks a lot, Auntie. W: Mako-chan, contact me when you get back to the hotel. / ...oh, and, Kei: So she's / ...called Mako-chan, / then...hm. W: ...take care...k? Mako: Of...course... W: Ok, from now on... / It's just the young couple. / OHOHO Kei: She's actually saying that aloud... Box: ...Sooo Box: What now... Box: Keitarou...huh?
05 Box: I'm TOTally Box: clueless!! Kei: If I lose my cool, they'll... / say...loser. Kei: They'll go on and on about it. / And the boss's impression... / In order to prevent that...I must SFX: Jingle (Ed: An earring, maybe?) Kei: take the lead. Both: So, um!! Kei: Ahh!! / Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-You first. Mako: Oh...no / It's ok. Kei: I-I am so screwed!! Kei: Guh... Kei: Awkward silence... Box: Calm down, man!! / She looks nervous too. Roommate: What is your annual income, Satou-san? Box: Didn't I practice this stuff last night?
06 Kei: Are you trying to get married to my annual income? / ...Sempai, do you really expect me to say this? RM: OF COURSE!! / She'll definitely ask! RM: They only think of marriage interviews like finding a job. Throw away your dreams, Keita!! Kei: That's right! / I at least wrote down a few safe questions. Kei: Now... / To get my cheat sheet SFX: Crinkle Kei: There. / Now, nonchalantly, without exposing them... Kei: Ummm... Box: Non-cha-lant-ly (Ed: This is pre-hyphenated to prevent confusion in typesetting the narrowest bubbles. Others will be marked similarly below.) Box: Let's...see... SFX: Crinkle SFX: Crinkle Mako: Huh!? Mako: Uhh? SFX: Squeeze SFX: Crunch
07 Mako: You too... Mako: We both made up a Mako: cheat sheet, huh. Kei: Yeeep <3 Box: Things...just got Box: suddenly... Mako: I-I don't really / have many chances to talk to guys. Mako: Last night I asked my little sister about what to say. / I mean, Kei: Yeah, me too. Box: more...enjoyable. Mako: So, um! / What did you write on yours, Satou-san? / Let me see it. Kei: Huh? / Uh...Uhhh Mako: Ah, oh, well then. / Shall we swap lists?
08 Mako: This is the first time I've done a marriage interview. / Mama... Mako: No! I-I mean, my mother!! / suddenly wanted to talk with me and... Box: But I'm still... Kei: Is that so. / I-I feel like I'm the same. Kei: My folks are really stubborn! Box: I see...So even Akio-san, who's Box: new to this too, seems... Mako: Ah! Satou-san, your family is from Niigata, aren't they. Mako: I live in Niigata too, you know. <3 Mako: Hm? / Ummm Kei: Ah... / Her lips... Mako: Hm? Just now Mako: Did I...have an accent? / Awww... Kei: are so / glossy... Mako: To be honest / I'm not actually from Niigata. SFX: lick Mako: ...Oh? / Satou-san? Mako: Umm Mako: What's...up? Box: interested...I...think. Kei: I just spaced out... Kei: Watch where you're looking, Keita!! Kei: A-Ah! / It's getting kinda...warm. Mako: Oh! Yeah, you're right!
09 Kei: Whoa? Hha? Mako: Me too!! / Probably because I'm tense... / I'm all sweaty now. Mako: I shouldn't have worn long sleeves. SFX: Flap (Ed: 3x) Kei: Gha? / Sm... / Smells good... SFX: Sniff Sniff Kei: Perfume? Sweat? / Citrusy...Eh? SFX: Ba-dump (Ed: 3x) Kei: Uh oh!! / I finally calmed down... / What am I thinking!? C'mon!! Calm down!! SFX: Sigh <3 Mako: Let's see... / Ah! <3
10 Box: Haah...Well, Box: Good. Mako: So your job...you work in manufacturing, huh? Box: Akio-san stated that gently. Box: She seems so nice. Kei: Well...It's a sort of plain job. Box: I guess the report the boss gets from her Mako: How nice. Mako: I admire stuff like in-dustrial work. (Ed: Pre-hyphenated) Box: At this rate, / when the interview is over I might even... Mako: I'm just a dental assis-tant, so I don't know / much about other occu-pations. (Ed: Pre-hyphenated) Mako: Now / open wide and say ahhhhh <3 Box: Akio-san's Box: nurse outfit? Box: Nurse Outfit Kei: Whoa / GAH!! Kei: Wh-What am I imagining here!?
11 Mako: Umm, Satou-san? Kei: Ha!? Mako: I noticed something...written on your note sheet. / What's this “Ask about video games.”? Kei: GAH!! / Uh...Umm Mako: G-Games are my only real hobby. / Em-bar-rass-ing. (Ed: Pre-hyphenated) SFX: Ohhhh <3 Mako: Is that so. / I was told that English conversation was your hobby... / Games, huh... Kei: Dammit, mom!! Stop being so fucking pretentious!! / What kind of hobby is English conversation anyway? Mako: PYOING!!
12 Mako: If!! / If you like games, Mako: What about Maruo? (TL Note: I think this may be a play on Mario Bros.) Kei: A...HHA!! Kei: Ma...Maruo imitation? / Uhh... Box: ...Wait. Mako: Ah!! Mako: I-I give up!! Box: I'm... Kei: Ohh, I'm-I'm sorry. Kei: Uh...Umm... / Do you like Maruo? Box: You mean I'm Mako:Yep! / Maruo's awesome, isn't he. <3 Mako: I mostly just play that series!! / Oh, and RPGs with my little sister... Box: having a totally normal Box: con-ver-sation with (Ed: Pre-hyphenated) Mako: But I'm really bad at it... / It always turns into a Maruo massacre. Kei: Speaking of Maruo, Kei: you know there's a movie coming out soon? Box: ...a...woman? Mako: A Maruo movie? / Is it an anime? Box: Me? ...But... Kei: No...Unfortunately, I'd be pretty surprised / if it turned out to be an anime. Mako: Whaaaa!? Now I'm interested. Box: since when did I...
13 (Ed: Starting here, I'm combining consecutive bubbles that form complete lines as long as nothing else seems to be interrupting. I trust you're smart enough to know what goes where. Just keep reading everything in the Japanese order: top to bottom, right to left.) Box: ...That's not it. Mako: Awesommmme! <3 Mako: How cool!! Box: Akio-san is Box: enjoying this...too. Mako: It's Hibiya Park <3 / I've only ever seen it on Mako: TV! <3 Kei: Is this... / a date...? / A date... / Me? On a date? Box: This girl...even with someone like me Box: who's never...
14 Box: felt like this with a woman... Kei: I want / to feel this / forever... Kei: Hm? Forever!? / W-What am I thinking!? / It hasn't even been four hours since I met her!! Kei: This is bad. But! But in such a short time / Akio-san has been so kind to... Kei: Forever... RM: A woman's kindness / is fake! / Keita! RM: It only looks like they're being kind to you!! / It's their survival tactic. Kei: C'mon, sempai... RM: There's a dark side to their kindness. / They expect you to get roped in by it. Kei: You're just trying to persuade yourself of that... / Some-thing prob-ably happ-ened. (Ed: Pre-hyphenated.)
15 Roommate2: If a woman's being nice to Keitarou, / there's probably “sales” involved! / Let's be real. Box: Well...even if some evil woman were trying to RM2: It's not a question of possibility for me... / Alright! Uncle!! Uunnncle!! Box: deceive a worthless guy like me, / it's not like I have anything to lose. Box: Nothing...but, / but...I still look SFX: clench (Ed: as in teeth) Box: ...like I'm terrified. Mako: Ah! Box: Expecting to be double-crossed, / or being made to expect betrayal / really sucks. Mako: That's right, I forgot all about it!
16 Mako: Here! Take this!! RM: At a marriage interview, the guy.../ pays the bill even if it kills him!! / It might appear fine to go Dutch at the time, but later on, your reputation will...women are horrifying!! Kei: Huh? What's this for? Mako: This is for the restaurant we were at! / I noticed that you paid for everything earlier. Kei: Ahh! No!! Kei: It's fine, really!! / Y-Yeah. Kei: We should go get dinner soon. SFX: ba-dump Kei: Ahhhhh, seriously... SFX: ba-dump Kei: I don't have any skills with, or resistance to / women at all...I can barely even make conversation. / This has got me... / totally confused. Kei: Ah...oh well, after dinner Kei: the interview will at least be...
18 Mako: Satou-san! / The money in your pocket... Box: Ahh... Mako: is sticking out. <3 Better take care of it! Box: Oh...c'mon Box: Gawd... Box: ...da- Box: dammit!! Akio-san...Gah!! Kei: Right!! Host: Satou-sama's dinner reservation / was set for 6 PM, however... Host: I'm very very sorry, but / it was moved to 8 PM. / Another customer already had that time reserved... Box: Good grief... Box: This is what happens when you're not used to going to fancy restaurants...
19 Box: So the place Kawakami told me about is no good. Kei: Y-Yeah, that's right... / There ought to be a suitable place on this scene street. (Ed: scene needs to be X-ed out in your typeset.) Box: I'm just...out of options now... Kei: ...A grown man should know these things...but this is my first time Mako: Wow / This is great. / Tokyo is so amazing. / So much night-life. <3 / Wowww <3 (Ed: Pre-hyphenated.) Kei: For now I guess the marriage interview is, Kei: well...I can say it concluded. / It's only facing the boss. Box: ...But Box: ...Yeah, this is Mako: Cool <3 Box: This is where it comes to...an...end. Box: So...now I have to / ...part ways with / ...Akio-san?
20 Box: It's time... Mako: Hakkai-ten (TL Note: Name of the sake on the sign) Mako: ...Uonuma (TL Note: Probably another sake) Box: to say good...bye Kei: Huh? Box: I just want Kei: Uh...Umm / A-Akio-san? Mako: AH!? / Y-Yeah!! Wh-What should we do? Kei: U-Umm... Box: just a little bit more Kei: Akio-san...d-do you happen to like bar hopping? Box: time / together, Mako: Ah!? Well!! Not really!! / ...Just, I-I was just thinking / th-this looks like a Niigata local sake... Box: ...that's all. Kei: It-It looked kinda like you were interested in it. / Sh-Should we go for a drink, then? Kei: Can you have a marriage interview / ...in a bar?
21 Mako: Ah, B-B- / But we can't!! Box: Akio-san...wants to go home...maybe? Kei: No, I mean, / just a little. / How about it? Mako: Uh... / Y- / Yeah... Box: Is she going to hate me because / I'm...stalling for time? Mako: Ye-Y-Yeah. Let's do it. / Just a little. SFX: Gleam Mako: If / If it's just a little bit, / then it's fine! Barkeep: Come on innnn!
22 Mako: W-Well then...umm / May I? Box: Today was quite Kei: Yeah! / Please. Please. Box: a day...to spend with someone like me. Mako: Bottoms up! <3 Mako: MMM... Mako: Ahhh <3 / So del-icious... (Ed: pre-hyphenated) Mako: It's been so long... SFX: Sigh... Kei: She's so happy she's crying?
23 Boxes: Thank you, / Akio-san. / I'm happy you're enjoying this. / She even...seems to feel thankful / Just wanting to drink... / wanting to be with me, / this is / a pretty good way to end a marriage interview / ...or so I thought. Barkeep: Um / excuse me
24 Barkeep: I'm afraid it's last call. SFX: Gulp SFX: Zzzzz <3 (Ed: 2x) SFX: Grip... Kei: Alright. / Check, then, please. Endline: Keitarou...Now what are you going to do!? Bottom: Happy Negative Marriage
HNM 02 ENDhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/scrubb/releases/15406[English] [Translation] Happy Negative Marriage 1 by scrubb2009-08-23T07:42:06+00:00scrubbadmin@mangahelpers.comIf you'd like to use this translation, all I ask is that you send me a message letting me know, put my name in your credits as "Translation by scrubb" (or "English translation by scrubb" if you're using it as a base for some other language), and send me a link to the finished product. Enjoy.
Note (8-29-09): I've incorporated all of the updates from my comments below. If you used this TL prior to today, please check below for the differences!! Note (9-20-09): Updated with corrections/suggestions from Amzy. Thanks also to Unproductive and Maguregumo. I'm considering this to be the final version.
Happy Negative Marriage, Chapter 01. You can find the raw here.
Conventions: Names are spelled out the first time, abbreviated thereafter. Sound effects that I think are necessary to understanding the action are translated with SFX. Translation notes to the editor (not for publication) are marked with “Ed:” Other TL notes may be published if you want to edit them in.
I gave up transcribing the Japanese text after page 13 because it made the process four times slower. This author uses a lot of text variations that are tedious to type out. Hopefully 13 pages is enough starting material for anyone who wants to check their work against mine.
00 (magazine cover) (not translated)
01 Left sidebar: Fuck dating! A loser? Shut up! Leave me alone!! We bring you that kind of new series! 婚活FUCK!草食男子？うるせー！ほっとけ！！そんなキミに贈る新連載！！ Right sidebar: To celebrate the new series we're giving away book cards to 100 people! Check the advertisement on the right hand page for details! 新連載記念！図書カード１００名様プレセント♥ 詳細は右ページ広告をcheck! Title: Happy Negative Marriage ハッピーネガティブマリッジ Box: ...eh? ...え？ Box: ...ehh? えっ？ SFX (little bubbles): haa (Ed: 9x on page) ハア Box: ehh!? えっ！？ Box: is...that? あ...れ？ Box: this この... SFX: SQUISH ♥ ふに Box: This...situation この状...況 Box: This... こ...の Box: This is... こ...れ Box: I オレ Box: At-At- こっこっ
02 Box: At this rate このまま Girl: Mm ♥ んっ SFX: (little bubbles): haa (Ed: 7x on page) SFX (yellow kana): Thump (Ed: 6x on page, heartbeats) ドキッ／ドクン Box: I'll f...finally どう...童貞 Box: get...some... 卒...業... SFX: Gulp ゴクッ
03 Box: Sh-sh-she even かっか彼女も Box: s-seems to want...it... そ．．．そのつも．．．り．．． SFX: thump (Ed: 2x, heartbeats) SFX: SQUISH ♥ モミュ♥ SFX (little): shiver♥ ビクッ♥ Girl: mm... / Ohhh♥ ん．．．／ふぁ Box: Th-this...reaction... こっこの．．．反応．．． Box: D-does that mean th-th-that ももしかしてこここれは Box: I c—c-c-c-can / do it!!! でっででででできるぞ／オレッ！！！ Box: I—I-I-I can / ...Oh!? オッオオオレオ／．．．オ！？ SFX: HAH!? はっ！？ Keitarou: Oh!! That's right!! / If I do it I gotta... / ...ma あ！！そっか！！／こっこのまま手を出すとオレ．．．／．．．けっ SFX: Thump (Ed: 5x, heartbeats) Box: Ma-ma-ma-ma—ma— けけけけっけっ Box: Ma—ma— けっけっ
04 Top section (in English order) Comics コミックス “Love beyond age 30” 「恋は三十路をすぎてから」 The highly-praised Volume 1 will get an additional printing! 絶賛発売中♥全１巻増刷出来！ A good-for-nothing single guy's life-sized love story ヘタレ独身男の等身大ラブストーリー Happy Negative Marriage ハッピーネガティブマリッジ Box: Ma...rry!? 結．．．婚！？ Magazine cover: Change H Pink (Ed: The rest is illegible in my raw) Pink circle: Ryuta Amazume Color Cover and Opening Pages New Comic Anthology [Change H Pink] 7/13 (Mon) On sale!! Tagline: On behalf of the bachelor himself ♥ A drama about love and dating packed with sweetness. 独身男の言い分を代弁♥甘詰流婚活ドラマ
05 Box: Uhh yesterday えー昨日 SFX: chirp chrip chrip ちゅん Box: was June 15th, 2009. 2009年の6月15日をもって Box: I... オレ．．． Box: Keitarou Satou, 佐藤啓太郎 SFX: yawn ふあ。。 Kei: Hm? ん？ Kei: Ah? あ゛ァ Box: Without fanfare, めでたく無事に Kei: It's already that late!? もうこんな時間かよっ！？ Box: In my singles dorm room, この独身寮の自室にて Kei: Ahhhh あーあ Kei: Geez ったく Box: Celebrated (Ed: Note that this and the next box are swapped in TL) 齢30歳と Cake: Happy Birthday! お誕生日おめでとう Box: my 30th birthday. なったのである
06 Kei: Hey...you guys!! / Get up!! We gotta go to work. オラ．．．おめーら！！／起きろッ！！出社の時間だ Chen: It's too earlyyyyy / Honcho (TL Note: He says Ohayou gozaimasu, which means “good morning,” but Keitarou takes the phrase literally in his reply.) オハヨーございます／ハンチョオ Kei: Chen, it's already 8 o'clock, man! チェン早くねーよもう8時だ Glasses: 8 o'clock!? / Seriously!? 8時ッ！？／マジで！？ Kei: Ah! / Don't we have a meeting with Takami-sempai first thing this morning? あ！／高見先輩今日朝イチで会議でしょ？ Gla: GHAAAAA あ゛～～～ Gla: Damn...We don't have time for breakfast. / Hey Keita, can I eat this leftover cake? うわ．．．朝イチめんどくせェな／なァ ケータこのケーキ食ってもいいか？ Kei: Go for it. You're the one who bought it for me. いいですよ先輩が買ってきてくれたんですから Chen: I want some too! ボクもホシイです Kei: Woops! / Sorry Chen おっと！／悪ィチェン SFX: Bump とん Chen: Ack! あっ！？ Chen: Ghaa あ゛ー Kei: Awww あー Chen: Sorry, Honcho スミマセンハンチョオ Kei: No, it's my fault. こっちこそすまんチェン Kei: Just find a tissue and wipe it up. テキトーにティッシュで拭いといて
07 Kei: Huh? Last night... あれ？昨晩．．． Kei: I got 3 phone calls? / Hm? 着信が3件も？／ん？ Kei: Geh!! My mom? げっ！！母ちゃんか Kei: She's persistent... しつこいんだよなァ．．． Kei: Ignore. Ignore...k. ムシムシ．．．と Kei: Hey! You there おい！おまえ Kei: You're 30 years old, dude! / Sheesh, I can't believe it. 30歳だとよ！／ったく信じられねェよな
08 Box: The factory I work in / is a 15 minute walk from the dorm. (TL Note: Some Japanese companies provide corporate housing for employees.) 独身寮から歩いて15分に／勤めている工場がある Box: A professor I met in college got me a job here, what...eh? 8 years ago already!! 大学の教授の紹介でココで働きはじめてもう...え？8年か！！ Box: I do research and development work on plastics. 仕事はプラスチック板の研究と開発... Box: It's simple work...but it suits me. / And they pay my salary, so I can't complain. 地味ィな仕事だが...まァオレに合ってる／給与も含めて不満はない Box: I'm also surrounded by good people...I think. / I'm content. No complaints at all. 人にも恵まれている...と思う／居心地はいい何も不満はない
09 Kawakami: Morning, Keita おはようケータ Box: This is Kawakami. / He's my peer... こいつは川上／オレの同期で... Kei: Ahh, mornin'. ああ おはよ Ka: Sorry, Keita ごめんなケータ... Box: He's a nice, straightforward guy. 裏表ないいいやつだ Ka: Yesterday was your birthday, huh. / Sorry I forgot... 昨日オマエ誕生日だったんだな／忘れてたよ... Box: A real...good guy / Honestly とても...いいやつ／ホントに Kei: I appreciate the thought 気持ちだけでうれしいよ Ka: Well, it's too bad you didn't come over, ya know. / We had an awesome dinner. / It's better than junk food. いやケータもいってくれればよかったのにさ／メシくらいご馳走したよ／ロクなもん食ってないんだろ Box: Almost too nice いいやつすぎて Box: Just...once in a while その...たまに Box: I kinda wish he'd leave me alone. 放ってほしくなる位に Ka: Even if I say that, it's just my landlady's home cooking / But wouldn't it be nice if Miku baked a cake? / And just for you too... っていってもウチのカミさんの手料理だけどな／でもミク ケーキ焼いたりするのうまいんだぜ？／一度ケイタにもさァ... Kei: I'm fine. I'm fine. / There are kids there though, so I'd rather not. / But thanks. いいよ いいよ／そっち子供もいるしさ色々悪いだろ／ありがとうな SFX: Tap Tap とん とん Ka: Well, then next year! まァ来年な！ Ka: Oh yeah! Keita あ！そーだケータ Ka: Mr. Tsuji / was looking for you. He said come by when you're free. 辻部長が／呼んでたぜ？手があいた時でいいからって Kei: GHE!! え゛！！ Kei: The...boss? 部...長？ Box: Wh...what? Me? あ...れ？オレ？ Box: Did I...screw something up? 何か...しでかした？
10 Tsuji: Well, sorry to bother you, Satou-kun! いやホントすまない佐藤くん！ Tsu: So next Sunday it turns out there's something I can't get out of / and I can't go with you. 次の日曜ね！どーしてもはずせない用が入ってしまってね／一緒に行けなくなってしまった Kei: ...huh? ...は？ Tsu: I'm really sorry. / Your parents even left it to me to handle things... 申し訳ないね／キミのご両親にもヨロシクと頼まれていたのにねェ... Tsu: But!! Never fear, it'll be fine! まっ！！安心しなさい大丈夫だ！ Kei: Pa...rents // mine? Huh? // Hah? 両...親／／オレの？え？／／え゛？ Tsu: The other parents are extremely warm-hearted people. むこうのご両親は大変きさくないい方なんだ Tsu: They're my relatives. They aren't that uptight at all. 私の親類だ。そんなに固くなることもない。 Tsu: And the girl is a splendid woman as well. お嬢さんも素晴らしい女性なんだ SFX: Mhm mhm Tsu: I'm sure you'll like her too. きっとキミも気に入るね
11 Tsu: I'm certain I'm being helpful. / ...I really am. その時は必ず私が力になるから／...僕はね Kei: So, uh...this // Ng? Uhhhh // In other...words えっと...これ／／ん゛？あーれ／／まさ...か Tsu: We're also from the same town. It's like I've helped raise you. / This will be your coming of age. / It's a good chance. 同郷出身ってこともあるってね。以前からキミをかっているんだ／これはキミが一人前になる／いいチャンスだからね Kei: E-Excuse me, but / Uuuuummm... しっ失礼ですが／ああああの Kei: Y--Y-Y-You're talking about a おっおおお見合いの Kei: marriage interview...aren't you. / I think. 話...ですよね／これって Tsu: ...Of course. ...勿論 Kei: Right... / Boss はい...／部長
12 Roommate2: MARRIAGE INTERVIEW!!? / WH-WHOSE!? お見合いっ！！？／だ誰がッ！！ R2: Satou-san!? For real!!? 佐藤さんッ！？マジィデェ！！ R2: Hey man, this is serious! おおおい一大事だっ SFX: chatter chatter chatter ざわ ざわ ざわ R3: The emperor of the singles' dorm...married!!? 独身寮の帝王がっ...結婚ッ！！？ R4: Hey!! Where's Satou-san!? おいっ！！佐藤さんはどこだっ！？ Chen: Honcho-san's in the parking lot? ハンチョーさんチュウシャジョーにイタヨ？ Kei: The hell're ya thinking!! (TL Note: Keitarou's speech gets sloppy when he's angry.) 何 勝手なことすてんだっ！！ Kei: Settin up a marriage interview 'thout even tellin me!! オラの知らねートコで見合いの話ばすすめやたって！！ Kei: Fuckin' A!! Think ya can do whatever jus' cuz yer my mom!? ざけんなっ！！親なら何すてもいいんがっ！？ Mom: Shut cher trap!! (TL Note: He obviously learned this from his mother.) 何 言ってんねっか！！ Mom: Yer th' one who's outta line!! Ya neeeever come home 'nymore / An ya don' ev'n pick up ma phone calls!! オメが悪いんでねっか！？ま～で こっちに帰ってこんで／母ちゃんからの電話も出ねえねっか
13 Mom: Yer 30 years old now...30! 大体おめ30よ...30歳 Mom: Yer mom...is getting worried about ya. / I can’t possibly die in peace with the way things are... / Please listen, Keitarou. 母ちゃん...もう心配だておめえのこと／このまんまじゃ母ちゃん死ぬのも死にきれねって...／おねげだすけ啓太郎 Mom: Please think about yer mom's peace...Keitarou 母ちゃんを安心させっと思って...啓太郎 Mom: This'll be my dying request... 母ちゃんの最期のおねげえだ... Kei: Mom... 母ちゃん Kei: Like I care, you hag!! って知るかババァッ！！ Kei: That's just dirty!! Using the boss like that!! やり方が汚ェんがよぅ！！部長を使いやがってっ！！ Mom: Besiiiides, it's not like ya can let Mr. Tsuji down like that, either. OHOHOHO まーさか おめえ辻部長に恥かかすたりはできねェがねェ♡ うふふふ♡ Kei: FUCK!! くっそォ！！ Kei: FUCK!! / FUCK くそっ！！／くそっ SFX: Haa haa ハア ハア Kei: DAMMIT!! このっ！！ SFX: Haa (3x) Kei: Oh? お？ Kei: What is it!! なんだよっ！！ R2: Er. Um. あっいや Background: Arranged? It's true! No way! (Ed: The last one is a guess) 見合い／マジだ／？？？
14 Box: Arranged...? (no bubble): Playing a game to calm himself down Box: Marriage!? Box: And so arbitrarily Box: Anyway! Box: All this real and perceived pressure on me Game: Dec(ide) // Will you attempt it? // I will! // I won't // Return Box: to get married just because I'm old enough Box: is really just Box: a...pain in the ass. Box: The factory...the manufacturing industry itself is still a patriarchal society. Box: There's a “Boys become men when they raise a family.” / atmosphere there. Coworker: Arranged marriage / Sounds pretty sweet, Satou-kun. / This is your big chance! Box: The more it's repeated
15 Box: The more it feels like they mean... CW: Kawakami's the same age as you, but they made him group lead first. CW: I think it's more because he's already married than because of his abilities. Kei: ...Riiight Box: “Can a man without a family really manage a project!?” Gla: Since the beginning! / Society and the company have always mistreated us single guys!! SFX: BAM Gla: Even the company's benefits plan has been that way from the beginning!! Gla: All you need is a wife and kids. Stipends, vacation... / Those bastards!! SFX: BAM Box: The singles dorm I live in Gla: I mean...Well, geez Gla: Maybe we don't know quite how tough it is / to have a family...But still!! Gla: Like taxes even. Only families get reductions!! Gla: What!! Is it a sin to be single!? Box: Is $300 a month for an 8-mat room with utilities, 15 minutes walk from the plant!! (TL Note: An 8-mat room is about 12'x12') Box: What's more
16 Gla: Are you listening, Keita!? Box: I have friends who come over and play fighting games all night. Kei: I-I hear you Sem-pai-!! Box: This...my beloved castle... Gla: And as for us, we're doing just fine the way we are!! Gla: But the company decides that a man ought to be married before he's over 30!! Box: will kick you out when you turn 31 / in other words. Box: So that's how it is... Phone: RIRIRIRING SFX: Slurrrppp Kei: Hm? / A call? Box: And in my case Box: My parents are hicks with antiquated ideals... Kei: Ug Box: who grieve over my singleness like I'm a sinner... Kei: Who'd answer that? Shit!! Kei: Buuuuut Kei: Marriage interview? Kei: Besides... Kei: Arranged marriages and whatnot...
17 Box: Marriage interviews... Box: And marriage itself... Case: You / Tonight Box: I don't have any real interest in them. R2: It's not just a marriage interview. / Whoa, close one. SFX: taptap taptap R2: Isn't it basically sticking together two lame ducks? R2: In other words both sides are leftovers! / Chen, the flash grenade! R2: They're butt ugly, or have shitty personalities. Those are the kinds of people who do marriage interviews. R2: It's a compromise since they're so unpopular. / It's basically giving up on life. / But not me! / Yes! We got his tail! (Ed: Thanks Unproductive and Maguregumo!) R2: Even if the boss orders you to do it / finding a woman is something you do yourself, I say!! Chen: Asakura-san, Honcho-san's right behind you.
18 Box: ...Well R2: I'm sorry! My bad! R2: I'm sorry! My bad! Box: That's how it is. I was just bitching about it to the world. Box: In short, Gla: Ya know...honestly Gla: Honestly, it's lame. Gla: I think marriage is a choice. Box: Problem is... Gla: I thought that from the beginning. Gla: It's just that I don't have a partner... Box: We're just not popular.
19 Box: In 30 years time I've never tried hard to be popular. Kei: Doesn't matter if I'm popular or not / I'm screwed anyway. Kei: Whenever I'm in front of a girl I always tense up for some reason. Gla: I hear that... Box: Me? Box: Get married? Box: Is this really the kind of conversation 30 year-old men have? Gla: Even if I'm not specifically thinking / about getting her to like me... Gla: ......you know / it's the beer talking Gla: But can I ask a stupid question? Kei: Like what? Gla: So when you're married...uh / You're talking to a woman every day, right? / So you gotta talk about the same stuff... Kei: Yeah, I guess so. Gla: Isn't that exhasuting? Gla: I mean... Gla: Beyond that point / I can't imagine what marriage must be like. Kei: I understand that sentiment / ...how sad is that. Box: Ahh...And so / we comfort ourselves / with these lame heart-to-heart chats...
20 Kei: Ohhh yeah / Guess what Kawakami said to me. Ka: It's not a matter of being popular or not! Ka: In your case it's because you always give up right away. Gla: Whoa...I can't believe he said that. Kei: There's more. Ka: When I see your buddies at the singles dorm, I think Ka: He's probably scoring points with the ladies without trying / but they're negative points. Ka: As far as that goes, Ka: You should really be asking yourself “Are these sour grapes?” Both: That dick...
21 Gla: Well Gla: I can't tell you whether or not it's sour, Gla: But at least it's better / than the marriage interviews were. Kei: Were!? Gla: Yeah. / Last year I had three of them. / Don't tell the guys, k? Kei: Wha!? Kei: A-And? H-H-H / How'd it go? Gla: I told you earlier. They totally suck! / ...well Gla: At first, well...we were on equal footing. Gla: We were talking normally and all. Gla: Then suddenly she started asking about my salary, Gla: And demanding that I do the housework, / and it just became list of requirements. Gla: Even though I was doing my best, I started mumbling and didn't give her one good response... Gla: It was a total disaster. / ...Aah, I get goosebumps just thinking about it. Gla: HAHAHAHA Kei: Whhoaaaaaa
22 Gla: By the way, what's this girl like, anyway, Keita? Kei: ...Oh yeah. She sent me a picture, I think. / Umm Kei: My parents are always screaming “Marriage! Marriage!” / They sent me a packet a while back and I ignored it. / Where'd it go... Gla: Just looking at this room, you're a long way from marriage. Kei: Oh leave me alone. Kei: Ah! / Here it is. / This one?... Gla: Umm, Keita, what's that stain? Kei: Uhhhhh the cake fell on it I think. / Gross! The pages are stuck together. Gla: I wonder what kind of girl she is. SFX: grab Gla: She's the boss's relative, right? / Maybe she looks like him? Kei: Oh gawd...As long as it's not her face I don't care. SFX: peel peel
23 Box: That Box: incredible...
24 Box: hottie's picture Box: smelled Box: sweet, just like Box: frosting... Sidebar: Amidst the bitter comes the sweet...the curtain opens on his 30s.