Mangahelpers Translationshttps://mangahelpers.com/translators/rss2009-10-22T20:57:48+00:00/favicon.icoMangaHelpers Adminsadmin@mangahelpers.comhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/boke/releases/17031[English] [Translation] Sakura no Sono 4 by boke2009-10-22T20:57:48+00:00bokeadmin@mangahelpers.com[boke's comments in brackets like this] [Thanks to NaweG for proofreading]
[ver 1.0, Oct 19, 2009]
Page 133 panel 1 Flower Storm
135-1 I don't know when it started, but I always find myself unconsciously slouching in photos with my friends
136-1 Huh?
136-2 What? What's wrong?
Eh? Ah... nothing. Just wait a sec.
136-3 Something's written on my desk...
136-4 Blown by the wind, the flower petals land on my sleeve. Reminding me of traces of you.
137-1 Ah... I bet this is from
The Manyoshu [An ancient collection of poems. Italicize "manyoshu"]
Yeah, this poem was in there
137-2 I didn't notice...
And it's my own desk
Blown by the wind, the flower petals land on my sleeve. Reminding me of traces of you. [on desk]
137-3 I wonder who wrote it.
A poem about secretly loving from afar
I wonder how long it's been here. The pencil lines are thin and have almost vanished
137-4 Cho! I'm going, ok?
Ah, Wait, wait! I'm coming now!
sfx: skrrrch [chair being shoved in]
138-1 I wonder who they were thinking of when they wrote it
138-2 Morning
Morning
Secret love
138-3 [Going across R to L, then the bottom]
Whoa, this is still tight
Come here for a sec
Must be nice
Whoever wrote this
Must be wonderful, I bet
Ah, someone zip me up, please
Huh? Where's my ribbon?
Oh no, the thread's fraying
139-1 Sensei...
139-2 Um, this is still pretty tight across the chest...
Oh, really?
Well, we've already let it out a lot
139-3 But we don't have time to fix it Can you tolerate it somehow?
Y-yeah
sfx: press
139-4 But you girls nowadays sure have nice bodies
In the old days it would have been really baggy
hahaha
139-5 Whoa, Cho, you're pretty stacked
Wh-what are you talking about?
139-6 Okay, let's start from scene one
This is icky My bust seems to be too obvious...
140-1 Kurata-san! Come on already, you're slouching!
Straighten up already!
140-2 Five more days left, huh...
140-3 I'm starting to get nervous
Hey Atsuko, is Shin-chan coming?
Mm, it seems that way
140-5 He said he's bringing a friend
Ooh? If he's cute, introduce us
141-1 Ah, that's right. My sister said she's coming. With Yamamoto-san too.
141-3 When I see "him" my body always shrinks, and I slouch without realizing it
141-4 sfx: slide
I'm home
141-5 Huh? Dad's home?
142-1 Oh geez, look at this!
142-2 C'mon Dad! Don't just leave the window open!
Ah, flower petals all over the place
142-3 Aah, clean up's gonna be a pain...
Mom's gonna get mad at him again...
142-5 But it's beautiful...
143-1 Hey, did you hear about Shimizu-san?
Sakura no Sono [paper. Sakura no Sono is "the cherry orchard", a play by chekov] Cast List
Ranevskaya - Kurata Chiyoko
Anya - Nakano Kyoko
Vanya - Inoue Mi
Duniasha - Shimizu
Yasha - Sugi
...efa Ta...
143-2 Mm?
143-3 Shimizu-san was called in for disciplinary action
143-4 Wha? No way!
Shimizu-san!? What for!? [bottom right]
Mm, I only heard a little from Chika-chan
I don't know the details
143-5 Something about coming to school with a perm
And that it was completely obvious [perms are not allowed in many school dress codes]
Shh
143-6 sfx: shut
144-1 It's true...!
Yeah, no way to hide that one!
144-2 Whoa! What happened? You look great!
144-3 That's nice! It really suits you
144-4 Recently those two have been close
144-6 But somehow, Shimizu-san's gotten prettier
145-2 Huh? She's looking at me again
145-3 I saw him. That despicable fellow.
So it's not my imagination
Recently, she's only been looking at me
Why? Did Keiko pay?
The Cherry Orchard. Vanya and Anya's conversation. [under frame]
145-4 Oh geez, what's going on?
It makes it kinda hard to perform
Makes me self conscious
145-5 Good day
Good day
146-1 That costume
146-2 Eh?
146-3 It looks tight in the chest
146-4 Ahaha... Despite how I look, I have pretty large boobs
146-5 Lemme see
sfx: squeeze
146-6 Oh, you're right
Shi-Shi-Shimizu-saaaann!!
146-7 About the same as me
I'm relieved
147-1 Eh?
147-2 Kurata-san
I thought you were like a guy
147-3 But you're really feminine
147-4 Oh, what's wrong?
147-5 Nothing...
148-2 Listen, I...
148-4 I think I may quit the drama club
148-5 Eeh!?
148-6 I might... ok? [italicize "might"]
149-1 No way...
149-2 If you quit, Shimizu-san
Who is going to be bucho? [club president]
149-3 What about you?
149-4 Why don't you do it?
Wha? I can't! No way!
149-5 I don't have it together like you, Shimizu-san
I'm pretty sloppy...
I couldn't get people to follow me...
150-1 I...
I don't have it together
150-2 Really
150-4 I don't have it together at all
Even if you think so, it's just appearances
150-5 Good bye
150-6 click
151-1 "Really"
She said that like she was singing
151-2 But appearances are important
151-3 After all, I fell in love with a guy who's like an idol. Like a star.
152-2 People have said I was like a boy since I was young
Before I knew it, I started to believe it too
152-3 God is so cruel
152-4 Before I knew it, I developed really nice boobs, but I don't think they don't fit with this body... with this face
I can't stand it. It's like I'm a scrawny little tree with one nice big apple.
153-1 Aa-ah
It would have been better if I was a boy
153-2 I wanna get married... to someone I love...
153-3 Morning
Morning
154-1 Hey, did you hear?
Shimizu-san told sensei she didn't want to be bucho anymore
No way!
154-2 So she was serious
154-3 So what are we going to do about the bucho position?
She'll still participate in the play, right?
Look, sensei probably said something to her about her perm
But, I can't believe it
154-4 Shimizu-san
154-5 Hey, you really gonna quit?
No way, right? You've done it all this time!
155-1 Finally. You stopped using polite Japanese.
155-2 Hey, c'mon already! I'm asking you seriously here!
Come with me!
155-3 Mmm, as far as I'm concerned, I'd continue, but...
Sensei said...
155-4 Sensei said something?
155-5 Look
My hair
155-6 "As bucho, you need to be blah blah blah"
That's total nonsense!
155-7 Who cares about a perm nowadays!
Is he stupid, or what!?
156-1 I really think you should consider being bucho
156-2 Eh... me?
Naw, it wouldn't work... I...
156-3 'cause it's a pain?
Mm-mn. More than that, it's...
156-4 It's like it's too much of a fit
156-5 I'm not trying to be conceited... We go to a girl's school, right?
There's only a couple people who can pull off boy's roles
And the underclassmen get all crazy... I don't particularly want to be in the Takarazuka or anything [an all girl's drama troop, where even the male roles are played by women]
157-1 I see...
157-2 So you're a girl after all, Kurata-san
That'd be a pain, alright
157-3 Ok, then
That's how it is
So what should I do...
I used to get some pleasure out of it back then
157-4 I'd get a attitute and act like a boy
157-6 "Kurata-sempai, I'm a huge fan!"
"Please accept this chocolate"
158-1 "I love you"
Ambiguous words that can be offered up both to girls and to boys
158-2 "Reminding me of traces of you." [this is the ending of the poem]
158-3 Those girls, thinking of someone like that, might have ended up crying
And then...
159-1 God is cruel after all
159-2 Huh? That guy...
Let's take the road over there
Eh?
Come on already, let's go that way
159-3 Ah...
159-4 That guy...
Hey, don't stare like that
Aaah, that's...
159-5 Don't worry, that's gotta just be his friend!
Or maybe it's his sister
Shh
159-3 Please. Don't notice me.
Please. Just continue on your way.
160-1 I don't want to see what kind of girl she is
Just seeing the back of her head is more than enough
160-2 I'm going to get a look at her face!
Stop it!
160-4 Ah...
160-5 I don't want to see I don't want to see
Sorry
I don't want to see her face
Sorry, it's nothing
161-1 If I see her, I'll end up hating her
161-2 A short girl better suited to you
161-4 Compared to when all the feelings were piling up
Snuffing them out is simple
162-1 Ah, great. You haven't gone home yet.
Hey, Kurata-san...
162-3 Mn
Ah, what?
My eyes are hurting a little...
162-4 Hey, won't you join me on the roof for a bit?
I brought something nice
Something nice?
What?
162-5 It's a secret
Bring your costume
162-6 Hey, what's the "something nice"?
162-7 Here, look
Wow, that's cute
163-1 If you wear this as an accessory, your bust won't be as noticeable
163-2 Let me have that
I'll sew it on for you. I brought needle and thread
163-4 My breasts are pretty big too, so...
It's been a pain in my ass since I was little
163-5 They say "she's developed for her age"... And guys I didn't even know started pawing my breasts
163-6 I thought it was nothing but Trouble
164-1 Slumping when I walked, and stuff
164-3 Well...
I have my height to deal with as well...
164-4 When I'm with everyone, I feel I stick out even more
164-5 As for me I'm jealous of you, Kurata-san
164-6 Whaa?
Look, you're cool like a guy... And that makes you look all indifferent, I think
165-2 I...
Wish...
165-3 I had been born a little more feminine...
Like Atsuko, or you, Shimizu-san
165-4 Me?
165-5 I've never been called feminine or girly even once.
I'm always being told "you've got it together"
I've never wanted to be called that. Not even once.
166-1 Ok, it's done!
This will make it less...
166-3 If I was smaller and more feminine
Then maybe someone would love me
166-4 ...does it have to be a guy?
166-5 I love you, Kurata-san
166-6 Maybe I'm not good enough
167-1 Mm-nn. That's not true.
167-2 I love you, Kurata-san
Yeah
167-3 I really love you
That makes me happy. Say it more.
167-4 I love you
I really love you
Really
Yeah...
168-1 I loved you. Really. Even though it never worked out, but I'm happy now
169-1 Wow, Cho, You look great!
169-2 Really! Since you're tall, that looks great on you
I'm jealous. Must be nice.
169-4 Anya, Duniasha, how do you do?
That dress is sooo nice. I have the only guy role...
How do you do, mother?
How do you do, mistress?
170-1 Everyone! Hurry! 10 minutes till curtain!
Okay
170-2 I wonder if Shin-chan came
Ah, him
Hurry up and clean up that cord!
People at stage front, all ready?
170-3 Almost time
Yeah
170-4 Let's do it
Waaah, lot's of people! [bottom right]
Yeah...
Whoa... What am I gonna do? [bottom left]
171-1 Ladies and Gentlemen. Thank you for waiting.
The High School division of Oka Academy is proud to present Chekov's "The Cherry Orchard" on this anniversary of our school's founding.
171-2 Briiiiing
172-1 Briiing
Ah
172-2 Oh, no
I knew I was off by 30 minutes
Ah, Atsuko is going to flatten me
172-3 Can we get in?
Yeah. Once they start, the main doors are locked
172-4 But, don't worry
There's a door in the back
I did go here for 6 years, after all
172-5 Amazing cherry trees, huh?
Yeah, right?
Each year the graduating class adds one
173-1 And it's a tradition for each year's Founder's Day to put on the play "The Cherry Orchard"
Whoa...
173-2 Actually, I was in the drama club too
I joined as soon as I got into high school
173-3 Taking the hem of that dress
Bending my knees into a curtsey
When the wind starts to scatter the last of the cherry blossoms [I think these are lines from the play]
173-5 Gazing at the dancing petals in each other's hair with a bittersweet feeling
Saying "I love you", "I hate you"... ten times, a hundred times
It's strange
All I remember is the unimportant stuff like that
174-1 It's a place where only feelings rule
A country ruled by unmarried queens
These cherry blossoms
174-2 Are decorating our crowns overheadhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/boke/releases/16941[English] [Translation] Sakura no Sono 3 by boke2009-10-19T06:56:07+00:00bokeadmin@mangahelpers.com[boke's comments is brackets like this] [Thanks to NaweG for proofreading]
[ver 1.0 oct 16, 2009]
Page 91 Panel 1 Drunk on Flowers
93-1 I hate spring
The wind is strong
94-1 To get to our school at the top of the hill, everybody has to trudge up this slope
94-2 Morning!
Morning
94-3 Morning
Ah, it's her
94-4 Whoa, I blew it. I forgot my dictionary and had to scramble home to get it
95-2 Ah, good morning
95-3 Morning
95-4 This wind's something, huh?
That's not it
Yeah, the poor flowers are blowing away
That's not what I want to say
95-5 Well, see you after school
Ok
96-1 Kyaa
sfx: Whooosh
I hate this!
96-2 The wind blows away the late blooming cherry blossoms. It also stirs up my heart.
96-3 Ooh, my cute little... My gentle, wonderful garden!
Good bye, my love! Good bye, my happiness! Good bye...
97-1 Mama!
97-2 One last look at the walls, the window... She loved walking in this room, my dear, departed mother...
97-3 That's nice, Kurata-san. Just like that, ok?
It seems like it'd be better if you placed the chair a little better
And Nakano-san, have Anya use a softer voice, like she's calling out from far away
Ok
98-1 Hey, did you hear? Sugiyama and the other 3rd years are whoring themselves out
Whaat? Really?
98-2 Stop saying things like that, you two. What are you going to do if you're wrong?
Just saying you're joking around won't cut it And look, it's the middle of practice. Cut the conversation.
98-3 Ah... Ok...
Sorry...
Ah, I'm overstepping again
98-4 This is why people avoid me. I'm always being harsh like that...
98-6 Well, it's not like I like those girls very much either...
sfx: slide
99-1 I want to check this out please
Ok
99-2 Huh?
99-3 Shimizu-san, you still haven't gone home?
What about you? Why are you still here, Sugiyama-san?
99-4 Well, I am on the Library Committee. [Italicize "am"] I skip a lot, though.
99-5 Ok, name and class, please.
Ok
99-6 Thank you for before
99-7 I didn't think you'd be the one to stand up for me... I thought you didn't like me. I do skip a lot, so... [italicize "do"]
100-1 Ah... no... that's...
100-2 Ok, the due day is the same day next week
Ok
100-4 Um, hey... Sugiyama-san...
100-5 Why does everyone use polite Japanese with me?
100-6 Wha?
100-7 Um... well... Because you're the bucho, I guess... [bucho is the club leader]
But even though I'm the bucho, we're all the same age
101-1 It bothers you?
Mmmm...
I wouldn't say that it bothers me, but...
101-2 I guess it's because you have it together
101-3 You think I come off that way?
101-4 "You're so mature, little lady"
They've said that since I was a young girl
"You're cute, little lady"
"you're pretty, little lady"
Nobody's ever called me something like that. Not even once.
102-1 I'm home
sfx; creak
102-2 Guests?
Yeah, yeah Akira-chan from uncle Ooiso's place.
You remember him?
102-3 sshff
102-4 Akira...
Yeah, you called him "Kitty cat big brother". You really liked him, remember? He works around here now
103-5 Pediatric asthma. It gets better when you become an adult
sfx: flick
103-6 Hmmm....
104-2 When I was in elementary school
I lived in a seaside town
I could look across the sea from my 2nd floor window
104-3 My cousin Akira, because of his asthma, would commute to school from our house when it became winter
104-4 When he had an attack, his voice,
down in his chest would sound like the rumbling of the sea, like the purring of a cat
104-5 Back then, I'd listen to that strange sound
"Akira-chan, it sounds like you have a cat in your chest"
You say the craziest things, Yuko-chan
105-1 My first love
105-2 Yuko?
105-3 What's wrong? You went straight to your room.
Mm
After Akira-chan made the effort to come over
106-1 And you used to be so close to him
106-2 I was a grade school kid then
106-3 That's right. It's been six years.
Akira-chan was a high school student. I've gotten older too
107-1 Join the Exercise Club!
Now taking new members!
We'll take our turn. Go have some lunch.
Ah, thanks
Join the manga club!
Drama club [sign]
107-2 I wonder how many new members we'll get
107-3 I wonder how many will stick around to the end without quitting
107-4 Kurata-sempai
107-5 Do you best with "Sakura no Sono". We'll definitely come see you! [Sakura no Sono is the name of the play]
Um, can I shake your hand?
Uh...
108-1 You're totally popular! 'cause you did the handsome guy role last year
Don't joke. Popular with the girls? What's that going to do for me?
108-2 Shimizu-san, want to buy something from the vending machines?
108-3 Shimizu-san?
Eh? Ah, yeah
108-5 Shimizu-san
108-6 Hm?
109-1 Shimizu-san... You like Kurata-san, right?
109-3 ...what do you mean by that?
109-4 What do I mean...?
109-5 Just what it sounds like...
110-1 Somehow, I just think so
110-3 Why do you think so?
Mmm... The best I can do is just say "somehow, I just think so"...
I'm not saying you're a lesbian or anything...
110-4 Sugiyama-san, why did you come to a girl's school?
Eh?
110-5 It's more like my dad forced me I wanted to go to a mixed school
110-6 But it's turned out ok
I mean, I don't have to worry about guys leering at me
I hear it's tough at a mixed school - when you have your period and stuff
111-1 Guys get worked up if they spot you carrying the pouch you carry your napkins in
So you have to find a way to dash to the toilet, I hear
111-2 That's right. Come to think of it, that was a pain in elementary school
111-3 Guys noticing and then teasing me
What? That's awful.
111-4 Yeah. It was awful.
I had it wrapped up in a handkerchief, but a boy yanked it out in front of everyone and yelled "Look what Shimizu's doing"!
111-5 What a brat
Yeah, a total brat
111-6 That's why I'll never forgive him
112-1 No matter what kind of adult he turns into
For me, he'll always be the the same Waving my napkins around. Always just like that.
112-2 Come to think of it
There was a girl with big boobs who started wearing a bra. They noticed the line of her bra and totally teased her.
She ended up crying
112-3 I'll never accept the excuse that they were just kids
112-4 I'll hate them as long as I live
I'll never be able to forget that time
113-1 That right
There's no reason to forgive them
113-2 So that's why you went to a girl's school?
Yeah... I think that's got a lot to do with it.
113-3 Hey, did you know?
Huh?
113-4 The sex of these cherry trees is male
113-5 Eh
sfx: whip
113-6 Ahaha Oh, Shimizu-san
You really do hate guys [bottom right]
Oh, stop teasing me
But it's true the cherry trees are male
114-1 So that means this school is
Surrounded by 100 males
It's a bad joke. Grotesque.
It's just like calling this place "Sakura no Sono" [Sakura no Sono mean "the cherry blossom garden"]
114-2 Back in 4th grade
My father looked at me as if looking as something different
114-3 You're sure developing early. You're still in grade school.
114-4 Kids sure grow up fast nowadays.
That's great, huh, Yuko? You're an adult now!
Instead of sekihan, cake. [sekihan is red-bean rice. It's cooked for celebratory occasions, and is traditionally cooked by girl's mothers when a girl first has her period.]
114-5 Good day
Good day
Good day
115-1 "This kid's developing fast. We'll have to keep an eye on her"
"Look, guys are going to start hitting on you. You've got the body of an adult, see?"
115-2 Back when my grandmother was still alive, there was something stiff in the tone of her voice
When she died, I was unable to cry
115-3 Hey, you guys! This isn't good, you have to greet people properly!
You're 3rd years, right!? You have to set an example for the 1st years, right?
115-4 Good day
Good day
Good day
Ok, good.
Shit. This is so dumb.
116-1 Ahhh, crap. How long do we have to keep doing this?
We're trapped
117-1 Her eyes... around her mouth... She looks like him
I've known this for a while
117-2 Yuko-chan!
117-4 What's up? Going home?
Yeah...
117-5 What are you doing, Akira-chan?
Mm, business. I had to go to local publishing company. How about tea or something? I'll buy you some cake
117-6 ...yeah
Ok. Thank you.
118-1 So you're a 3rd year in high school now. Man, I'm getting old.
118-2 It's been 6 years, huh?
118-3 Oh, so you're going to that girl's school with all the cherry trees. Hmm... Well, it's sure got a lot of those trees
118-4 They started with 50 at the founding of the school. Each graduating class adds one.
Whoa, that's cool
118-5 Really? Seems dumb to me...
It's getting crowded with trees... it's like it's hard to breathe
118-6 This is just like the old days...
Huh?
You've always been the kind of girl to say odd stuff like that
119-2 Akira-chan
119-3 Akira-chan, do you remember?
119-4 I should say it I have to say it
When I was in 6th grade. You said I was "mature" for my age
I don't think I'll get a chance to ask again. Please remember... I want to be saved...
119-5 Wha? I did?
Did I say that?
119-6 You did [bottom right]
I did? [top bubble]
Mmm... I don't remember [bottom left]
"She's sure developed early"
"You're an early bloomer"
"Developed" That one word was imprinted like a sin into my heart
120-1 You said it
120-2 You did
121-1 Huh, Yuko-chan?
What's wrong? Ah what do I do now...?
Sorry, ok? Did it bother you that much?
121-2 He didn't remember after all
122-1 Everyone must just forget
Those boys. Those men as well.
122-2 But I can't forget
Binding my budding breast with cloth. Walking slouched over without realizing it
My chest was like it was going to burst open
Was it my misery? Was it the cruel pain of my breasts?
123-2 Huh?
123-3 How did I end up back at school...?
123-6 So pretty...
124-2 Ah
124-3 Sorry, you go on without me
Ok. What's up?
Mm, just something I remembered
124-4 Shimizu-saaan
125-1 Didn't you go home earlier?
125-2 Yeah, I did, but...
I came back
125-2 Did something happen?
125-3 Yeah...
Something...
126-1 This feels great I feel like I could get drunk on the fragrance
126-2 This is the peak
After this, they just scatter
126-3 Sugiyama-san
Mm?
126-4 To tell the truth, I didn't really think much of you or Narusawa-san.
126-5 Yeah
I know
127-1 I was really a little jealous
You could do all the things I couldn't
127-2 But there's a big penalty for doing so
This and that...
127-3 Sugiyama-san, you seem to have changed, huh?
It was like it was... harder to deal with you
127-4 Yeah, right?
I think I've changed too
127-5 Like I can think positively about things now
I've stopped thinking people don't care about me. And I'm trying to be nice to myself.
128-1 I see
128-2 It's true that I love Kurata-san.
She... Doesn't seem like a girl... and how should I put it? ...doesn't seem fake. I want to be like that...
128-3 But more than anything
She looks like someone I loved
129-1 It's got to be that. I bet...
130-1 Wanna get ice cream or something on the way home?
Yeah
130-2 Oh, that's right...
What?
130-3 Hey, can you wait for me by the gate?
Sure. Forgot something?
130-4 Mmm... Something...
130-5 Wait for me. I'll be right back.
131-1 Slide
131-6 Slide
132-1 Blown by the wind, the flower petals land on my sleeve. Reminding me of traces of you.
Sorry to make you wait
Hey, Shimizu-san, I just remembered just now
Back when we were fitting costumes, I glanced over and... Kurata-san, she's pretty stacked, huh?