Pg 4: Yuzuki: Hanyuu-san, I'll introduce you to him Yuzuki: He's the one who's been taking my photos His name's Mizukami Akira-san
Pg 5: Girl: It's Hanyuu Kaori! //noise noise// Girl: Hanyuu Kaori's at our studio! Girl #2: Where? Where? Tamiko: Chii-chan... Akira: Ah... nice to meet you Kaori: Hello
Pg 6: Yuzuki: Hanyuu-san was with daddy today because they were working together, so I thought it'd be nice to bring her up here to meet you Akira: ....Oh, I thought my heart was going to stop beating for a second there Akira: You're full of surprises, you know that? Yuzuki: Yeah! But it's a good surprise, right? Kaori: "Mizukami".... Kaori: That was the name of my first manager Akira: Oh, that's my mother Tamiko: (No! She's going to find out!)
Pg 7: Akira: According to my mother, she quit after having an argument with the president of the company, so she didn't want me to mention her Akira: but it's in the past, so what's the harm in it, don't you agree? Kaori: You're right. Kaori: Oh, I remember her saying something about having a son Tamiko: (She's mixing him up with Oo-chan) Tamiko: (I want her to find out the truth) Tamiko: (but at the same time, it might be easier for me to stay his little sister) Tamiko: (Why can't they just change the topic?) Kaori: If you'll excuse me Kaori: Yukari-san, Kaori: your father's waiting for you downstairs. Shall we go?
Pg 8: Tamiko: (What? She's leaving already?) Kaori: Oh... Kaori: Let me give you this Kaori: This is the invitation to my party to celebrate my 20th year since I debuted [card reads: Hanyuu Kaori 20th Year Party] Akira: WOOHOO! Tamiko: Wow! Way to go Chii-chan! Akira: I'm... a huge fan of yours. I know you might not believe me, but I want to become a pro photographer because I want to take photos of you. Oh geez... why can't I think up of better stuff to say?
Pg 9: Kaori: I won't let you take photos of me Tamiko: Why...? Akira: I will.
Pg 10: Tamiko: She was mean, don't you think? Akira: Huh? Tamiko: Hanyuu Kaori Akira: Oh yeah Akira: But it gives something to work for, you know? And she's famous for being picky about who takes photos of her Akira: Did you know? Even though she's that famous, she hasn't even allowed the release of one photo book of her Akira: One day, I'm definitely gonna release a photobook of hers--- Akira: What's up?
Pg 11: Tamiko: I'm just disappointed... that's all... Tamiko: (It was the first time he met his real mother... and it turned out like that...?) [side comic:
Otohime's Depressive Episode Hime: GYAAAA! [title reads "Japanese Rockers"] Hime: This is terrible! I'm not THIS ugly! Guy: She's at it again? Takashi: Let me see Takashi: Whoa! Continued on P 51]
Pg 12: Grandma: I heard you got to meet Hanyuu Kaori? Tamiko: Who'd you hear that from? Grandma: Akira was talking about it this morning Grandma: That's great. Did you get her autograph? Tamiko: She wasn't nice at all! Tamiko: Chii-chan was as disappointed as I was! Grandma: Did you shake her hand? Tamiko: Grandma! Are you even listening to a word I'm saying?!
Pg 13: Tamiko: (Does Grandma really know nothing?) Tammy: Hey! Tammy: Why are you making Yuzuki Yukari's costume too? Tamiko: Because she's busy modeling for my brother Tammy: If she... Tammy: ends up dating Akira-san.... Tamiko: Hey, Julie! Forget Akira! My other brother recently go a hair cut, and it turned out awesome! He's got a great personality, and he's honest on top of that! AND he's never the type to get mad! //CRASH//
Pg 14: Takashi: Ya fuckin'~ Takashi: Why can't ya get an automatic door installed?! //SLAM// Tamiko: Oo-chan?! Takashi: Damnit! This is it! The band's over!
Pg 15: Tamiko: The front entrance is a mess Tamiko: the stand where we kept the phone is all smashed up Tamiko: my friend's outfit is torn into pieces--- Tamiko: and to think I went through all that trouble of saying nice stuff about him to my friend! And for what? //whistle// Mom: Oh Mom: Mind taping paper to the front door?
Pg 16: [no text]
Pg 17: Tamiko: KYA! //rip// Akira: Hey! Tamiko: Chii-chan! Mom: What is this?! Mom: Don't tell me you went out and sold something of ours again?! Akira: Huh? Mom: Last time you sold your father's car and bought yourself a motorcycle!
Pg 18: Mom: Not to mention, you quit school and used your tuition to buy a camera... Akira: That's my paycheck! Akira: And this is some sweets for grandma Akira: I've got a pretty steady job at the company now. Most of it is what Kawabata-san let me take over when she went abroad, but I decided to take advantage of it Akira: Now you won't have to work so hard Mom: Life isn't that easy! This is chump change! Mom: Go and make more money! Tamiko: Oo-chan's--- Akira: It's so cold!
Pg 19: Tamiko: Otohime's disappeared?! Tamiko: WHY? Takashi: How the hell should I know? Takashi: She didn't show up to a concert, and none of the other joints will even hire us now because we've lost their trust Akira: I ran into her at the Toshimaen amusement park a couple of days ago Takashi: We were performing there that time! Why didn't you keep her in check?! Akira: I didn't know I was supposed to be her babysitter Akira: And anyway, Akira: don't you think you're the one with that job?
Pg 20: Takashi: Me? Ha! Takashi: I'm no good Takashi: She's too into good-looking guys Takashi: Say you were in our band. I bet she'd never even think of disappearing off like this Akira: Nahh, if she saw your new look I'm sure she'd change her mind! Takashi: Haha, no way Takashi: I'm no match for your looks Takashi: You're know the right things to say at the right time, so you get along great with the relatives Takashi: If only you didn't exist Takashi: If only you weren't here Takashi: I wouldn't have had to feel like this! Tamiko: Oo-chan!!
Pg 21: Takashi: I could've lived life without ever feeling this miserable! //SLAM// Tamiko: STOP IT! Tamiko: Geez, what's with him?! Akira: Ugh could ya give me a break from that? It stings like crazy Tamiko: Just because he can't find Otohime, he's taking his frustrations out on you!
Pg 22: Tamiko: What a loser! Why is he letting a girl like her control him?! Akira: She's a nice girl though when it comes right down to it. I like her. Tamiko: You like ALL girls. //squeeze// //OWWW// Akira: No, it doesn't matter if the person's a girl or a guy Akira: Everyone I like is nice Akira: Maybe I like them because I don't ever want to seek out the evil in people?
Pg 23: Tamiko: Looks like someone's good at lying! Tamiko: Those feelings can't be real though if you only see one side of them. Akira: You're leaving? Akira: You haven't been sleeping with me lately Tamiko: (How can I? Idiot!) Tamiko: I told you I was going to be more independent, remember? Akira: Awww, well there goes my heater!
Pg 24: Yukari: Are you mad? Akira: Why would I be? Yukari: You were surprised after finding out Hanyuu Kaori's REAL character, weren't you? Akira: Not really Yukari: Akira, wanna go for a drive after this? Akira: Sorry Akira: I have somewhere to go tonight Yukari: Then after you're done that. I can wait Akira: Haha, what're you gonna do 'til then? Waste your time at 7-11? Yukari: Don't you get it? My parents don't mind if I stay out all night!
Pg 25: Akira: You're still in high school Akira: I bet your dad would cry if he heard you say that Yukari: Where do you have to go anyway? Yukari: Don't tell me you're planning on going to Hanyuu Kaori's party? Akira: Look this way Yukari: You're only going to be disappointed. Even more than you are now //flash// Akira: I'll leave Sunday open //flash//
Pg 26: Akira: Sorry I'm late Tamiko: Wow! This is nice! Where'd you steal this winner from? Akira: Haha, I'll go and turn myself in soon enough Akira: Did you find out from Oo-chan the places Otohime might go to? Tamiko: Oh, here Akira: Why the change of heart? Why'd you suddenly start saying you'll help out finding Otohime? Akira: You seemed to hate her a lot Tamiko: Not really.
Pg 27: Tamiko: You have hair on you... Tamiko: See? This long hair Akira: Isn't that yours? Tamiko: (No, it's not) Akira: Ta-ko, mind if we take a bit of a detour? Tamiko: Sure! Tamiko: Oh, and I brought you Tamiko: a necktie Akira: ...You knew? Tamiko: Haha, well I am your sister after all! Akira: Now you're starting to be able to read my mind?
Pg 28: [sign reads Hanyuu Kaori A Party to Celebrate the 20th Anniversary in Show Biz]
Pg 29: Kaori: So you ended up bringing flowers instead of a camera? Kaori: Well I see someone's spineless Akira: Congratulations //clank// Kaori: Are those... Kaori: the keys to your car? Kaori: Well how convenient. Will you give me a ride back to my place? Guy: [SL: What?!] Kaori-san! I can drive you to the second meeting hall Kaori: No, I'll be going straight home Guy: B-But...
Pg 30: Tamiko: Look at all these awards! Tamiko: It feels like a dream to be able to be here like this! Tamiko: Wow!! The scenery's amazing! Tamiko: I wish I could take this view home with me!
Pg 31: Tamiko: You liked hanging around places like that since you were a kid! Tamiko: Haha, and oh yeah, remember how during Christmas--- Akira: Oh please, don't mind us. We'll be leaving shortly Kaori: No, that's quite alright. I just came here to get a drink Tamiko: Wow...I never thought the day would come when I'd see her pour a cup of coffee Akira: I wish I could take a photo... Kaori: Go ahead, you can now //laughs// Kaori: Of course, this was IF you had a camera with you Akira: But I do. Akira: This pocket camera right here
Pg 32: Kaori: What...? //flash// Akira: Thank you very much! Kaori: Nice going kid... Tamiko: This is so delicious! Akira: This'll probably be the first and last cup of coffee we'll have that's poured by you Akira: Smoking suits you well
Pg 33: Akira: I don't usually like when females smoke Akira: but I don't mind when it suits them as well as you do Kaori: You're old fashioned then, I'm guessing? Kaori: But thanks, I'm flattered. Akira: Please try Akira: to hold back on doing too much of it though Akira: Especially when you're expecting a child, you should only do it in moderation Akira: How was it Akira: when you gave birth to the baby?
Pg 34: Akira: You gave birth to a baby when you were 16, did you not? Tamiko: Chii-chan! Tamiko: Stop it!
Pg 35: Kaori: How Kaori: did you know that? Akira: You could've just gotten an abortion, and had it over with Akira: So why? //laughs// Kaori: What a foolish question Kaori: Because I wanted to give birth to him
Pg 36: //clatter// Akira: Thanks for the coffee Kaori: Say hi to your mother for me
Pg 37: Tamiko: //exhale// Tamiko: How could you say that?! I was surprised she didn't try to knock out your front teeth! Akira: Haha... Akira: Did you see her face just now? Tamiko: Chii-chan, where are you going? The elevator's this way Tamiko: Chii-chan! Akira: Haha... [sign reads "Emergency Exit"]
Pg 38: Tamiko: Chi...
Pg 39: Akira: To think... Akira: I wanted.... Akira: to hear those words.... Akira: from that person for so long....
Pg 40: Tamiko: (Ah...) Tamiko: (He knew all along?)
Pg 41: Tamiko: (Chii-chan knew about it all along!) [these are all lines from previous scenes:
Oo-chan: If only you weren't here Tamiko: Of course you love me! We're related! Akira: You think? Akira: If it's so easy, then YOU go do it! She's not your maid! Tamiko: He was saying how...even if you never took things seriously he couldn't hate you for it.... Tamiko: and that he's proud to have you as his brother...
Pg 42/43: [no text]
Pg 44: Tamiko: Chii-chan, you knew this whole time? Akira: Yeah
Pg 45: Akira: You knew too, right? Tamiko: How'd you guess? Akira: Because you stopped sleeping in the same bed as me Tamiko: ...No, we can't!
Pg 46: Tamiko: I told you NO! Akira: Why? You're the one who kissed me first! Tamiko: But that was different! Akira: You're my heater!
Pg 47: Tamiko: ("Maybe I like them because I don't ever want to seek out the evil in people?") Tamiko: (Maybe he was talking about Hanyuu Kaori when he said this?)
END OF CHAPTER 6
Pg 48: Tamiko: Yeah but in the real world, siblings don't kiss each other Akira: But we're not siblings anymore Tamiko: We still are! Tamiko: And... And.... my kiss...was the same the one as the one I'd give to a cat! Akira: Well my kiss is the same as the one I'd give to a raccoon! Akira: Ah! Hey, grandma?
Pg 49: Akira: Has Oo-chan called yet? Yeah, Otohime's disappeared, and we're looking for her Why? Because they're having a concert tour soon and--- //haha// Akira: Nooo grandma. "Tour" NOT "Tower"... Tamiko: (Ah....) Tamiko: (I've completely thrown my self-confidence out the window) [heart mark says "Chiki" = "Chii-chan" + "Kiss"]
Pg 50: Tamiko: (I don't know if this is was a good or bad thing...but everything's out in the open) Tamiko: (I can't hit the brakes... The brakes!) Tamiko: ("Even if I wasn't related to him, if it was you, Yuzuki-san...") Tamiko: (I just don't know...)
Pg 51: Tamiko: (Oh... so that's one way to hold myself back) Tamiko: (Why did it have to be her though? If it was that person, or that other girl, then I would've fought it for all it was worth) Tamiko: (Why did it have to be her?) [side comic:
Guy: T-This is that technique they use to make people's faces look fat! Guy #2: Yeah, and not to mention it's a shot from below---the worst angle! Otohime: Wahhh! I wish I'd been born pretty! If I was, then our band would've been more successful! Guy: N-No, thats not true! We're not selling because us guys suck at playing! Otohime: I know
Continued on Pg 105]
Pg 52: Akira: Hurry, grandma didn't seem to be in too good of a mood Tamiko: Really? Akira: We're ho-- Tamiko: Nothing... Tamiko: Akira: We're home! //clatter//
Pg 53: Grandma: Well weren't you two out late Akira: Is Oo-chan home yet? Grandma: How should I know? Just when I was cleaning around the house and needing the strength of two boys they're not home! Akira: Whoa, you aren't even halfway done yet Grandma, where're you gonna sleep? Grandma: In your bed Tamiko: (I should be used to this... Acting as if nothing had happened.)
Pg 54: Tamiko: (Which his smiles up 'til now were real?) Tamiko: (I've never seen flawless acting like his) Tamiko: (He isn't just some 19 year old guy you can find thousands of in the city. He's Hanyuu Kaori's son, there's no doubt about it) //I'm home// //Fight-o! Fight-o!// Akira: Hey I'll help you, here.
Pg 55: Grandma: That's okay. We've got boys who go chasing after girls, but none capable of carrying heavy goods! //pulls// Akira: Whoa
Pg 56: //grips// //RIP// //THUD THUD CRASH// Grandma: You can't even save your grandma? Akira: If you weren't wearing those cheap clothes of yours, I would've been able to Grandma: You little rascal! If I was a young lad, I would've saved the other person even if it meant I had to take a lunge for it! Tamiko: Grandma, the car's here
Pg 57: Grandma: Hmm...where did I put my glasses? Mom: Just forget about all this junk Grandma: Well ain't that a suprise. It doesn't hurt anymore at all Grandma: I don't have to go to a doctor--- //AHHHHHH!// Akira: Sorry Grandma: Tamiko Grandma: Take a photo of us right now for me, will you?
Pg 58: Tamiko: Ah, Youko Auntie? Tamiko: Happy New Years! //clank// Tamiko: My mom's at the hospital right now Tamiko: My grandma broke a bone and ended up getting surgery done. Yeah, My mom wanted to stay with her today because it would've been lonely for grandma being there all by herself She should be back by tomorrow. Yup. Tamiko: No, Takashi-chan's a bit busy right now too. Oh, but Akira-chan's here. Okay. Tamiko: Thanks, you too.
Pg 59: //clank// //stares// Tamiko: If only we had one of those covers for the phone...it'd look cute Tamiko: Who you calling? Akira: Yukari-chan Tamiko: You're going on a date? Akira: We were, but I'm gonna cancel Tamiko: What! Why? Akira: Because. How can I go out and have fun while grandma's in the hospital? //beep beep// Akira: And you being by yourself on New Years is... //click// Tamiko: Ugh, scratch that. Your acting sucks.
Pg 60: Yukari's Mom (YM): Yukari YM: There's someone I'd like you to meet. So let's go have lunch together Yukari: Mommy, no! After I'm finished with this, I made plans to go out with a friend! YM: Oh well how unfortunate. I'll call your friend and say there's been a change of plans Yukari: N-No! YM: Gojou-san! YM: This is the wife and eldest son of Gojou-san, one of your father's clients Akira: Yukari-chan!
Pg 61: Akira: You look amazing! Yukari: Akira! YM: Y-Yukari! YM: Your friend...was a boy?! Yukari: She's my mother! Akira: Oh! Akira: Nice to meet you! Akira: I'm Mizukami Akira Akira: I'm the one who's been taking Yukari-san's photos in the magazine //bows//
Pg 62: Akira: Yukari-san has such talent, Akira: that I convinced her to be my model even though she refused to be at first. Thank you for letting her help me out. YM: Oh... um...so you're.... yes, I've heard a bit about you from her YM: I know this might be a bit too much coming from her mother, YM: but she's a truly gifted child. For a professional such as you to be able to see that is an honour! Guy: Um... YM: Oh, you two made plans today? YM: Then we'll just excuse ourselves Yukari: I can't believe what just happened! Yukari: I never thought she'd suck up to you like that! I've never even see her take that kind of attitude towards one of my friends! Akira: Where do you wanna go?
Pg 63: Yukari: None of the stores are open since it's New Years Akira: Oh there's a place that's open where we could go dancing Yukari: But I'm in my kimono Akira: Don't worry about it Girl: Hey! You said you'd come before the start of the new year! Akira: My watch stopped. See? Girl #2: Liar!
Pg 64/65: Yukari: This isn't really relaxing, is it? Girl: Akira! Girl #2: Akira! Yukari: They're calling for you. Why don't you go dance with them? Akira: Nah, that's okay Yukari: If you're staying here because you feel sorry for me, then there's no need to be! Akira: I like sitting here and watching other people dance Akira: I squint my eyes and the lights and the people all mix together Akira: The lights dance around like people Akira: and the people become transparent like light Akira: It's almost like watching sound with your eyes
Pg 66: Girl: Akira! //snaps out of it// Girl: Use this lighter Girl: It's one of the stuff we got from the New Years bash Girl: Make sure you don't lose it! Akira: Thanks! Yukari: Akira Yukari: Is there anything you want? Akira: Nah. Let's go and slow dance Yukari:Isn't there even ONE thing you want?
Pg 67: Yukari: Like a necktie or socks. There must be something Akira: Nah Yukari: Liar! Akira: Then a telephone cover! Yukari: Weirdo Akira: I'm scared Akira: of ruining your kimono Yukari: It doesn't matter...
Pg 68: Akira: I can't help but feel as if we were meant to meet Yukari: I feel that way too Yukari: I was drawn to you at first sight, and I knew you were the same Yukari: We can understand each other the most out of anyone in the world. We can love each other the most out of anyone in the world //ring ring ring// //AHAHAHAHAHA//
Pg 69: //ring ring// Girl: AHAHAHAHAHA Guy: WAITTT! //ring ring// Guy: I SAID WAIT!! //ahahahaha// //ahahaha// //ring ring// Tamiko: (So it was a dream...)
Pg 70: //click// //click click click click// //sigh of relief//
Pg 72: //squeak squeak// //clank// Tamiko: ("Joe, why would you say something like that?") Tamiko: Joe! Tamiko: (I can't believe I was surprised by my own voice) Tamiko: Joe, why would you--- //roommmm// Tamiko: say something... //vrooommm// Tamiko: (That's Chii-can's bike!) //dash//
Pg 73: Tamiko: Welcome home! Tamiko: How was Yukari-san? Was she psyched?! Akira: Whoa, whoa whoa. Tamiko: Where'd you go? Akira: Diamond Paradise Tamiko: Oh, to a disco? Okay, and where to next? //squeak squeak squeak// Akira: Then we went out to eat Tamiko: Chii-chan, you're really good! Akira: Leave it to me! I honed my skills being a waiter back when I was in high school! //splarkling clean//
Pg 74: Tamiko: Then was it the waitress there? Akira: Huh? Tamiko: The girl you went out with Akira: We didn't really go out... she sold me the bike I ride now at a really great price... Tamiko: What kind of girl was she? Akira: I don't remember Tamiko: Was she prettier than Yukari-san? Akira: Haha, no. Yukari-chan's prettier Tamiko: Then you DO remember Tamiko: What do you want? Meat or Fish? Akira: Whichever Tamiko: Which one? Akira: Meat! //glances// Tamiko: What happened next?
Pg 75: Akira: Can we have some juice? //steam// Tamiko: What's inside? Akira: There's nothing in it, just the bun. That's what's so great about it Akira: "The Wakakusa Story"? Did we go and see a movie like that way back? I don't remember what it was about //sizzle sizzle// Tamiko: Yeah, and Yukari-san has the part of Joe. Tamiko: She beat out all the grade 12's for the part! Akira: What about you? Tamiko: The fourth sister, Amy Akira: Is that the main character? Tamiko: Are you even listening?! I said the main character was Yukari-san's part! You're really starting to resemble grandma, you know!
Pg 76: //chomp chomp chomp// Tamiko: It took me forty minutes to make it, and it takes you only 5 to eat it all up? //clatter// Akira: It was great! //clank clank And what score should we reward this group?!// //drum roll// //blank// Akira: And under these restrictions, for "t" to exist under 2 and 3, what kind of circumstances... Akira: Let's turn the TV off Tamiko: No! Seiko isn't on yet! [She's referring to Matsuda Seiko, a very popular idol in the 80's] Akira: Then let's finish this off later! It's New Years, we should relax! Tamiko: Then could you finish it for me by the 9th?
Pg 77: Akira: Look, Seiko-chan's on //pull pull// Tamiko: Nooo, that's not her, that's Kyon Kyon! [referring to Koizumi Kyoko, another popular idol in the 80's] Akira: Hey, weren't you saying something about becoming more independent? Tamiko: Kyon Kyon's been showing up everywhere lately Tamiko: I'm pretty good at guessing who's gonna be famous, don't you think? Tamiko: I wonder if they have a TV at the hospital? Tamiko: Doesn't grandma watch this every year? Akira: Yeah, they probably have one there //clatter// Tamiko: Where you going? Akira: To take a leak Tamiko: Make sure to be back before Seiko comes on!
Pg 78: //And now everyone! Happy New Years!// //---brought to you by, Shuueisha// Tamiko: Chii-chan? //step step step// Tamiko: What're you doing?! It's no fun watching by myself! Akira: Sorry Tamiko: You're going to bed already? Tamiko: It's just, I haven't had any sleep since New Years Eve, you know?
Pg 79: Tamiko: Oh... Akira: Wanna sleep together? Tamiko: What... Tamiko: ...No we can't. Akira: Why not? Tamiko: Remember? ...I said I was going to be more independent... Akira: Well I don't want to sleep by myself. How's that?
Pg 80: //step step step// Tamiko: Heh. Okay, then I'll stay here and do my homework Tamiko: Chii-chan, aren't you going to put your PJs on? Akira: Then give that back to me Tamiko: Oh, right. Tamiko: This feels completely different from before!
Pg 81: Tamiko: You always had your back turned to me! //rustle// Tamiko: If you look this way, you'll make me nervous! Tamiko: Well... it was probably because... Tamiko: you knew about it that you kept your back to me... //snickers// Akira: I can just see grandma trying to weasle her way in here Tamiko: Did you hear about it from grandma?
Pg 82: Akira: From the family register. Tamiko: You too? Tamiko: How long have you known? Akira: Does it even matter? Akira: As long as I know that I was someone born into this world wanted, that's all I need. Akira: For me, the difference between that and the opposite, meant the world of a difference
Pg 83: Tamiko: I wonder why mom and dad didn't just officially make you their son though? Tamiko: Why did they keep you under "adopted"? Akira: So that marriage is still possible Tamiko: Huh? Akira: If they did that, then marriage would've been impossible Tamiko: Oh.... Tamiko: Huh? Who's gonna marry? Akira: Us
Pg 84: Akira: Grandma said she ignored all the bad stuff everyone around them were saying, and adopted me in because she wanted to make me your groom Akira: because I was cute, ya know? Tamiko: What! Tamiko: Haha... Tamiko: So it was grandma that... Tamiko: That's SO like her! Akira: Yeah, it is. Tamiko: Then grandma knew all along, that you knew? Akira: Well I guess that's another way of seeing it, Akira: but it was more like Akira: she saw the kiss
Pg 85: Tamiko: What kiss? Akira: That I gave to you Tamiko: But that was just recently... Akira: No, I'm talking about way before that Akira: back when I was still in middle school Akira: you were asleep... Tamiko: (Ah...)
Pg 86: Tamiko: Ah... ....I... Tamiko: completely thought that was a dream... Akira: Heh Tamiko: Ha..ha Tamiko: (I thought it was a dream) Akira: Are you mad? Tamiko: No... Akira: Well that's good
Pg 87: Akira: Wanna know something scary? Akira: Whenever my hands touched you, Akira: to the tips of my fingers, I've never thought of you as my sister Akira: Always, always Akira: in the back of my mind Akira: I was hoping for you to realize it...
Pg 88: Grandma: You like Ta-ko? Grandma: You can have her. Grandma: I was waiting for this. Grandma: Good thing you two aren't related, huh?
Pg 89: Akira: (Ta-ko) Akira: Ta-ko, I love you. Akira: Ta-ko, Akira: you're so cute
Pg 90: [no text]
Pg 91: //slide// //thud// Tamiko: I-I can't breathe! //wheeze wheeze// Akira: Why didn't you just breathe? Tamiko: Because... my nose is all stuffed up... //wheeze// Akira: What are you, an idiot?
Pg 92: Akira: Geez... you ruined the mood. Tamiko: ("Do you love me?") Tamiko: ("So much that I feel like I'm going crazy at times") Tamiko: ("Idiot") Tamiko: (I was stupid one.)
END OF CHAPTER 7
Pg 93: [no text]
Pg 94: //snore snore//
Pg 95: //tickle// //hahahaha//
Pg 96: //rolls over// Akira: ("Let me braid her hair!") Akira: ("Please! Please?") Akira: ("No, because it won't be even") Akira: ("Don't worry! I learned how to braid from a girl in my class!") Akira: ("Come on! Can't I even braid just one side?")
Pg 97: Akira: ("Noooo I could've done a better job than that!") Akira: ("Why can't Ta-ko be mine?") //snickers// Akira: 'Morning
Pg 98: Tamiko: Why did you braid my hair? Akira: It looks cute on you //yawns// Tamiko: Why did you do only one side then? Akira: Because I only had one necktie Tamiko: Last night, I... Akira: I didn't do anything Tamiko: Noooo that's not what I was gonna say Tamiko: I couldn't sleep at all... //COUGH// Tamiko: Aren't you going to shave? Akira: Nah, because mine doesn't get as thick as Oo-chan's Tamiko: Don't grow a beard like him, okay?
Pg 99: Akira: Don't think too much about what I said last night, okay? Akira: You're gonna meet a lot of guys in the future. And after all that you still think I'm better, then give me a chance Tamiko: Shave! //brush brush brush// Akira: Yeah, but I think beards look pretty nice... Tamiko: No! It scratches when you kiss! //brush brush brush brush//
Pg 100: Akira: Pervert! I bet you're always thinking of stuff like that! Tamiko: Noooooo, it's dirty too and it gets-- Akira: I won't, I promise. Tamiko: WAHHH! Tamiko: Grosss! Tamiko: Chii-chan, can I say something? Akira: Sure
Pg 101: Tamiko: Ditto what you just said Tamiko: If you find someone you like even more than me, then choose her, okay? Akira: ...Why would you say that? //clatter// Yukari: Hello? Tamiko: I'm still in my PJs! Chii-chan, you go get it! //push// Akira: Yes?
Pg 102: Yukari: Akira... Akira: Yukari-chan? Yukari: Akira... please... Yukari: come with me to the Emperial Hotel right now... Yukari: They're planning on some arranged marriage between me and that guy yesterday!
Pg 103: Tamiko: B-But Tamiko: you're still in high school! Yukari: My daddy needs a successor to his company Yukari: since I'm an only child, he's planning on making the person I marry as his successor Tamiko: Chii-chan Tamiko: why don't you go with her? Akira: What would I do anyway? I've got no business being there Tamiko: But if that guy sees you and her together, then he'd be able to put the pieces together, you know?
Pg 104: Akira: I don't want to stick my head where it doesn't belong Akira: If you don't like what they're trying to do, then you should just say so Tamiko: How could you be so mean?! Akira: I'm--- Yukari: Just forget it. Yukari: What you said is right. Yukari: But Yukari: at this rate, I won't be able to marry a person I love. Tamiko: Wai--- //thump//
Pg 105: Tamiko: Wait, Tamiko: Yukari-sa--- [sign reads "To Akira I knew you were joking, but I made it last night anyway From Yukari"] Akira: Ah... Akira: she... Tamiko: What's that? [side comic Tamiko: I can't believe you're letting her sleep in my bed! Takashi: She's just gonna be resting a bit until she's feeling a bit better //hiccup hiccup// Tamiko: WHAAAAA!! Otohime: Your leg looks like a lotus root. Continued on p 151]
Pg 106: Tamiko: Idiot! Tamiko: Why did you tell her?! Tamiko: Even if it was a joke, it's rude to mention something I want to some other girl! Tamiko: Is your head all messed up because you've gone out with too many girls?! Tamiko: I didn't say this because I know she would'nt have wanted me to say this... Tamiko: but she loves you!
Pg 107: Tamiko: I do too, Tamiko: but if you guys ended up going out... Akira: Then you'd give me to her? Akira: "Love" isn't some cheapass thing Akira: that you can just control however way you like. Akira: It's more precious than some $80 steak, or some fur coat, or a 100 karat diamond, or Keio plaza, or the Tokyo tower. It's much much Akira: more precious!
Pg 108: YM: Gojou-san, I apologize for yesterday. Please let me introduce you YM: to my daughter, Yukari. YM: Yukari! //bows//
Pg 109: Guy: I thought you'd be a bit more talkative if it was just the two of us, but I guess not Guy: I wonder if all those who're in acting are like this? Guy: When is the play you're the lead for? Yukari: Next month Guy: What are people your age interested in? Yukari: Guys Guy: Oh, now that you mention it, that friend of yours at Harajuku yesterday, Guy: I don't really recommend you to converse with people like him...
Pg 110: Yukari: I should get going... Guy: But why? Not much time has passed at all! Guy: How about we go out to dinner? Yukari: I'm not hungry Guy: I konw a great place Yukari: But... //THUD// Akira: Hey
Pg 111: Yukari: Akira Yukari: Akira, I'm so happy you came Akira: I was gonna decide if I was gonna help out once I saw what the guy looked like //giggles// Akira: Thanks for the phone cover Yukari: I knew you were joking, but I thought it was something you could use regardless Akira: I'll give you a ride Yukari: Mind giving me a ride to Aoyama then? Yukari: There's just one way Yukari: I can convince them so I won't have to have an arranged marriage
Pg 112: Yukari: My daddy had a kid with his lover! Yukari: My mommy's against it, but what he really wants to do is let that guy be the successor Yukari: Because if you think about it, it'd be better for someone who's related to him to take over, you know?
Pg 113: Yukari: I heard daddy got a phone call recently from his lover saying she found their child. She never knew where he was either. Yukari: My daddy's holding back because of mommy, so I'll take the first step! //vrooommm// Yukari: What's wrong? You look pale
Pg 114: Akira: His lover... Akira: is Hanyuu Kaori, isn't it? Yukari: Bingo Yukari: I guess it's a no brainer you could come to that conclusion seeing as I told you alot of stuff in detail Akira: I wanted to avoid this if I could Akira: but it's something you should know...
Pg 115: Akira: I'll make it easier for you //honk honk honk// //vrooom vroommmmm// Akira: Hanyuu Kaori's my birth mother
Pg 116: //vroom...// Yukari: What... are you saying? Akira: You said I reminded you of your dad, right? Yukari: Stop it //police siren// Akira: I'm not related to the Mizukami's... I share the same father as... Yukari: Stop joking around! //police siren// Akira: Ah...
Pg 117: Yukari: I'm going home...
Pg 118: Akira: Yuka--
Pg 119: //squeaalllll// //crash//
Pg 120: //slam slam// Grandma: You told Akira what?! Grandma: What a cruel child you are! Tamiko: Well it's not like I "WANTED" to say it. You wouldn't understand, grandma. Grandma: After I went through all that trouble to set you two up. Thinking about what Akira must be feeling right now... poor child...poor child... //sobb// //scrunch scrunch//
Pg 121: Tamiko: If you're just going to be digging through it, give it back to me! Grandma: It's mine now! Tamiko: I'm going to go help out mom with the laundry! Grandma: Wait! Grandma: The reason why we didn't officially make him part of our family wasn't because we wanted you two to marry //munch// Grandma: it was so Hanyuu-san could come back for him any time Tamiko: (What is that... supposed to mean?)
Pg 122: Tamiko: ("What a cruel child you are!") Tamiko: (Poor child...poor child...) Tamiko: (I feel like...it's written in the stars for us to not be meant to be with each other) Nurse: Mizukami-san! Nurse: Your brother was rushed into the hospital just now. He was in an accident.
Pg 123: Tamiko: (See? We're not meant to be with each other!)
Pg 125: Akira: I got a ride in the ambulance for the first time ever Tamiko: //sigh of relief// Tamiko: I thought you weren't gonna make it... Tamiko: Chii-chan! Tamiko: Chii-chan!
Pg 126: Akira: Ta-ko Akira: Yukari-chan and I---
Pg 127: Akira: Ta-ko, Yukari-chan and I are half-siblings Akira: Let's go Ta-ko Tamiko: Yukari-san didn't come to rehearsal yesterday either Akira: Just concentrate on your part.
Pg 129: Tamiko: Oo-chan, Otohime's--- Takashi: Yeah, I just got a phone call from Akira Tamiko: She's here. Hurry! Akira: Welcome back Takashi: ...Yeah Takashi: Thanks. Takashi: Hime! Hime: What happened to your hair! Hime: Hahahaha! Takashi: ...huh?
Pg 130: Tamiko: It looks better, don't you agree? Hime: Well yeah, compared to what it was like before--- Takashi: Oh, you're talking about this? Yeah... Hime: But yeah, I guess people without a fashion sense can only go so far Takashi: Wh... Takashi: Who cares about my hair! Takashi: Don't you feel even a bit guilty letting your fans down like that?! Akira: Let's go. We don't have enough time. Hime: "Fans"?! What fans?! Last time only three people showed up!!
Pg 131: Hime: Can you even "BEGIN" to comprehend what it feels like to sing in front of only THREE people?! Tamiko: Oo-chan was always saying the places were packed Hime: Ughh! Hime: I wanna marry already! Takashi: Fine. Takashi: I'll let you be engaged to Akira Tamiko: Hey! What do you-- Akira: He isn't serious, calm down.
Pg 132: Tamiko: I bet he is! Akira: Will you just cut it out? I like you, okay? Akira: So why do you keep on about the people around us? Akira: What are you so worried about? Tamiko: I don't know... Tamiko: I guess it's become a habit...
Pg 133:' Girl: Could you adjust the middle lights a bit? Girl: Okay! That's great! Girl #2: Hey! My zipper's broken! Hurry, someone fix it! Girl #3: Director! Director? Where'd she go?! Girl: Has Yuzuki-san arrived yet? Tamiko: No, not yet
Pg 134: Julie: Tammy, do you have a sec? Julie: I want to say hi to your brother Julie: I brought some chocolates too, even though it's a bit early Julie: Hey! What's going on?! Why are those girls--- Julie: Come on! Introduce me to him! Quick! //creakkk// Man: Excuse me
Pg 135: Tamiko: (Hey, Chii-chan... looks pretty nice with a moustache...) //snaps out of it// Tamiko: (Who is...he?)
Pg 136: //noise// Girl: Hey //noise// Girl: What Girl #2: No way! Girl: It's Hanyuu Kaori Girl: No way! But I thought she said she couldn't come?
Pg 137: [no text]
Pg 138: Tamiko: (Now I get it...) (He's Yukari-san's dad... and Chii-chan's!)
Pg 139: [no text]
END OF CHAPTER 8
Pg 140: Yukari: Daddy! Yukari: I found him! Yukari: So let's bring him into our family! Yukari: He should be showing up at the school play Yukari: Hanyuu-san knows him, so you should take her along with you!
Pg 141: //The express train to Tokyo will be arriving at platform 4...// //Please stay behind the line// //kya! Kya!// //hahahaha// Girl: Hey? Look over there Girl #2: It's Yuzuki-san Girl: I wonder where she's heading? Doesn't she have the lead for today's play?
Pg 142: Guy: Can I help you? Guy #2: We're not open until 5 Guy: To be honest with you, we can't have teenagers like you hanging around here
Pg 143: Guy: Remember? She's the girl Akira brought with him on New Years Guy #2: Oh, right! Hey, wait--- //whisper whisper//
Pg 144: Yukari: Can you... Yukari: turn Yukari: that one on? Yukari: Along with this one Yukari: and this one Yukari: I'll pay as much as you want
Pg 145: Yukari: Turn on the same song that was playing back then Yukari: and bring the people who were there that time
Pg 146: //noise noise// Tamiko: (Why are they showing themselves to him now?) Tamiko: ("The reason why we officially didn't make him part of our family was so Hanyuu-san could come back for him any time")
Pg 147: Girl: Oh! Girl #2: What! No way!
Pg 148: Guy: I'm sorry to interrupt Guy: but are you Mizukami Akira-san? Akira: ....Yes //clatter clatter CRASH// Akira: Ta-ko! Akira: Excuse me for a moment
Pg 149: Tamiko: I'm fine, I just got my skirt caught in the chair Akira: ...what? Tamiko: Don't talk to him Akira: Who is he? Tamiko: He's going to take you away Akira: What're you talking about? Tamiko: He will, I just know it! Tamiko: Come with me! Akira: But it's rude to just--- Tamiko: This way!
Pg 150: Tamiko: I'll introduce you to my friend [sign reads "Non-Personells Prohibited") Tamiko: This is... Julie: U-Um, this is chocolate! Tamiko: Wait, Julie Julie: Ah... Tamiko: This is my friend... Julie: U-Um I used to go to the same middle school as you and... Tamiko: Julie... Julie: Ah! Girl: Mizukami-san, Ikoma-san Girl: We need to gather for last minute preparations Girl: We're going to decide who's going to have Yuzuki-san's role Tamiko: What!
Pg 151: Tamiko: B-But that's Yuzuki-san's role! Tamiko: I'm sure she'll come! I'll phone her house! Girl: There's no need. I asked her father over there Girl: and he told me she left early in the morning. Tamiko: (Ah...!) [side panel Hime:I heard you want to become an actress? //stares// Hime: Then you must have confidence in your looks Tamiko: Looks has nothing to do with it! It's how well you can bring out the character's personality! Hime: But you still have confidence in your looks, right? Tamiko: I don't! Hime: You do. Continued on P 187]
Pg 152: Girl: Some girls from school saw her at the train station heading in the opposite direction Girl: It's not that we've given up hope of her showing up at the last minute, Girl: but there's no way we can prolong the start of the play Girl: so just in case it's better if we decide who'll take over
Pg 153: Girl: What! You didn't have any backups?! Girl #2: Why don't you do it, Mariko? It's your lucky break! Girl #4: But it's the part of Joe, right? There's just no way! Girl: There's no way anyone can memorize the lines at a time like this! Girl #3: Mariko-san, can you do it? Mariko: If I...can have an hour to memorize. Girl: It's time to ring the bell to start the performance! Girl: Is it okay if I ring it? Girl: Is it okay? Mariko: W-Wait... wait...
Pg 154: Kaori: Go ahead Kaori: but do it ten minutes from now Kaori: I'll keep the play going for an hour Kaori: Give me the script and Yukari's outfit
Pg 155: Girl: Wow! I never thought I'd be able to act alongside Hanyuu Kaori! //Kya! Kya! Kya!// Girl #2: It's like a dream! //flash// Tamiko: Don't you think it's weird that a mean person like her would get up onto our stage with no strings attached? Akira: I thought you were a fan of hers Tamiko: NO! I was making an ugly face just now, I know it! Akira: Then stop making those kind of faces Tamiko: I can't. Whenever I think about her, I can't help myself Akira: Then I guess I'll take more photos of you looking ugly! //flash// //smile//
Pg 156: Tamiko: It really pissed me off though Tamiko: how Hanyuu Kaori was looking at you before. You noticed too, right? Tamiko: I don't know why Tamiko: but there's something about her I don't like //flash// Tamiko: And--- Tamiko: What're you doing? Is this a new way of taking photos? Tamiko: Julie was really disappointed! She was saying how she wanted to shake your hand before she got on the stage! //giggles// Akira: How about a dance? Tamiko: Sure, I don't mind Tamiko: Wearing this kind of dress makes me want to dance!
Pg 157: //bell ringing// Akira: "You're wearing those same shoes" Tamiko: "Yeah" Akira: "You're smart, you know that?" Tamiko: "Well no duh! For 17 years I've been living under the same roof as you!"
Pg 158: //thud// Joe (Kaori): I wanted books!
Pg 159: Girl: If only I had new musical scores... //whistle whistle whistle// Amy (Tamiko): High quality sketchbooks and pencils Tamiko: (Ah!) Tamiko: (I forgot to say "some" at the beginning) Amy: ...that's what I want
Pg 160: //rustle// Joe: Since it's Christmas, why don't we go buy all these stuff?! Tamiko: (This is making me panic. She's completely different from Yukari-san in the way she acts) Girl: You're right, I've been working everyday lately Girl: so a little piece of happiness like that shouldn't hurt Tamiko: (She forgot to say "as a tutor!") Tamiko: (The line after that is gonna be messed up...!) Joe: What're you suggesting? Joe: You don't go through half the hardships as I do since you're working as a tutor for some rich family! //sigh of relief//
Pg 161: Tamiko: (The audience doesn't realize all the misses we've made, and how she's helped to cover them all up) Tamiko: (The person standing in front of everyone acting in this crude manner, is Hanyuu Kaori, there's no doubt about it. But I wonder if the audience's realized it?)
Pg 162: Amy: You two have got it easy! At least you don't have to go to school Amy: I'm doubly tired because of it! Amy: They make fun of me if I don't finish my homework Amy: and they look up on me because I'm poor Joe: "look up"? //snickers// Joe: You mean "look down" //jabs// Tamiko: (She adlibs alot) Amy: Well so-rry! It was just a slip-of-the-tongue
Pg 163: Tamiko: (Everyone's panicking because all the movements are completely different from how we've practced it Everyone's being turned this way and that by her) Girl: It's Hanyuu Kaori, I know it! Girl #2: No way! //whispers// Yukari: (Let's stop...) Tamiko: (It's not the assembly hall, it's not the audience,) Girl: Let's stop arguing! We're just like what Joe said we were, a happy lot, don't you think? Tamiko: (we're being drawn in by Hanyuu Kaori!)
Pg 164: //flash// Tamiko: (Chii-chan) Amy: Joe! Why would you say something like that? Joe: A happy lot! A happy lot! //whistle whistle// Joe: A happy lot!
Pg 165: //giggles// Amy: Stop it! You're acting like a boy! Joe: If I could be one, then I'd choose to be in a second! Amy: I hate people without manners! Joe: I hate people like you who act all high and mighty! Amy: (It's as if me and Chii-chan are fighting)
Pg 166: Amy: Mark my words Joe! You're going to live to regret it! Joe: HA! Joe: Amy! Joe: Where did you put my script?! Amy: How should I know? Joe: You know where it is! Now tell me! Amy: KYAAA! I threw it into the fire, okay? Joe: What did you just say?!
Pg 167: Joe: How could you! I'll never be able to write what I did again! Amy: KYAAA! Girl: Stop it you two! //wheeze wheeze wheeze wheeze//
Pg 168: Tamiko: (Her expressions, her movements, they all remind me of Chii-chan)
Pg 169: Tamiko: (They all remind me of the Chii-chan that I love) Joe: AMY! Guy: The ice broke, and she fell in!
Pg 170: Joe: Mother, I wonder if she'll be all right? Joe: If she dies, it'll be my fault Joe: It was because I... Tamiko: (Ah...)
Pg 171: Tamiko: (Even though it's her first time touching me, her touch feels familiar)
Pg 172: Tamiko: (She's the person who gave birth to...Chii-chan) Tamiko: ("Maybe I like them because I don't ever want to seek out the evil in people?")
Pg 173: Girl: Thank you very much! Kaori: I'll leave the rest up to you Girl #2: Thank you so much! We're very--- Kaori: There's no need. Get back to your play. Girl #2: Y-Yes.... Girl: She's scary, but she really is amazing, don't you think? Tamiko: ...yeah
Pg 174: //clap clap clap// //rustle// //pulls// Akira: I shouldn't have expected any less from you. Wonderful performance, as always //rustle rustle// Kaori: I know a place where you can take great shots from
Pg 175: Akira: It's a nice place, but it makes me want a X-ray camera Akira: Now if you'll excuse me, I'm here today to work. Kaori: Yukari-san's father is wanting to bring you back into the family as his son-in-law Akira: What a convenient set-up
Pg 176: Kaori: Mizukami Misako-san Kaori: I heard she went through quite a bit of hardship having to support three children. I heard she even worked in mizushoubai at one time [basically the "night entertainment business" as hostess, etc. Basically, not a job you'd be proud of.] Kaori: I even heard the reason why her husband left her Kaori: was partly because of you Kaori: I'm sure that it'd have been easy to come to the wrong conclusions when she suddenly shows up with a child one day who has a different blood type Akira: Can't you... just drop it? //step step//
Pg 177: Kaori: If you become the successor to the Yuzuki family business, then you'll have more than enough money to let the Mizukami's live in relative prosperity Kaori: You want to pay them back for all they did for you, do you not? Akira: I plan on doing that even if it takes a long time Kaori: That girl who's always trailing behind you Kaori: Is she your sister? Kaori: She's a diamond in the rough Kaori: but at this rate, she'll be even lucky to graduate this place Kaori: Poor child. Did you see those shoes of hers? They were practically falling apart!
Pg 178: Tamiko: Hey, that's weird. Chii-chan's disappeared off somewhere Tamiko: I wonder if he went to the bathroom? Julie: No way! Akira-san goes to the bathroom?! [I guess it's like how girls don't want to invision famous idols going to the bathroom, she looks up to him so she doesn't want to imagine him doing something like that? ^^] Julie: I'll go look for him since I don't have anymore lines Tamiko: Then I'll go with you! Julie: You can't do that. You've still got a couple of scenes to go, remember? Girl: Mizukami-san! Hurry! Julie: See? Tamiko: (Once Hanyuu Kaori left, it went back to being a normal school play)
Pg 179: Kaori: You know how he owns an arts theatre, don't you? Kaori: If she enrolls there, then I can put in a good word for her Kaori: You like her don't you? I could tell just by looking at you Akira: There's no way I can marry Yukari-san, now can I? Kaori: I heard he's planning on introducing you to Yukari-san's cousin All you have to do is take over the business Akira: Oh, so I can't even choose who I marry?
Pg 180: Kaori: Akira... Kaori: Akira Kaori: Akira
Pg 181: Kaori: The truth is... I... Kaori: wanted to see you...
Pg 182: //whoaa// Kaori: You probably hate me Kaori: but I didn't want to let you go, you have to believe me. You were someone I gave birth to out of my own free will! Kaori: But I couldn't do anything about it being in the position I was back then! Your sister is planning in going into the same business as me, Kaori: so you understand at least a little bit, don't you?
Pg 183: Akira: I don't remember ever having hated you Kaori: I'm so happy...you're such a smart child... Kaori: then you'll do as I say, won't you? If you do, then everything will go smoothly... Amy: My dream is to go to Rome and become the number one artist in the world!
END OF CHAPTER 9
Pg 184: //clap clap clap//
Pg 185: Tamiko: (To stand here and perform this play today, was something tough on Yukari-san, so much that she chose to run away from it. I can understand. Only those who fell in love with Chii-chan can understand this feeling)
Pg 186: Tamiko: Julie! Did you find Chii-chan? Tamiko: Let's ask him to take a group shot! Julie: W-Well I... Girl: Hey! There's something going on outside! A lot of reporters are gathering! Girl #2: I heard they caught a hold of Hanyuu Kaori! Where? Where? //kya kya// Julie: I knew it! Julie: I saw AKira-san and Hanyuu Kaori hugging and kissing each other!
Pg 187: Guy: This is "Television Akebono"--- Guy: This is The Sparrow Weekly--- Hanyuu-san! We just received a phone call at our headquarters from a young female saying you have an illegitimate child! Guy #2: Please get out of the way! Guy: Is it true you're meeting him here today?! [side comic: //lifts// //KYAA!!// Akira: Ta-ko? Hime: You're wearing pretty cute underwear! Where'd you buy 'em? Hime: What's the brand? Tamiko: What're you doing?! Akira: (Whoa...) Continued on P 189]
Pg 188: Guy; Mizukami-kun! Akira: Oh, hey! You're The Pink's--- Guy: So you were Hanyuu Kaori's son? Akira: What...? Akira: What are you joking around for? Guy: I'm not joking. It's true, isn't it? Guy: You're famous in the company for being very talented Guy: It all makes sense when there's Hanyuu Kaori's blood running in your veins! Tamiko: T-That's a lie!
Pg 189: Tamiko: We saw them! Tamiko: They were kissing each other! Tamiko: Right, Julie? Julie: Y-Yeah! It's true! Tamiko: There's no way a mother and son could kiss like that! Tamiko: Don't you agree? [side comic //rattle// Tamiko: Mommmm--- Tamiko: KYAA! //slap// Akira: What're you doing?! Tamiko: Chikan!! Tamiko: Pervert! Akira: I didn't see anything! (Even though I wanted to) Hime: I wanna be pretty... //sob// THE END]
Pg 190: Guy: Are you sure that's what you saw? Julie: Yes! There's no doubt about it! It was those two! Guy: You didn't mistake them for someonebody else? Julie: No! I only caught sight of them for a second, but they were hugging each other and--- Guy: In what kind of way? Julie: Err...in a... Julie: uum.... Julie: Err.... Kaori: Like this
Pg 193: Guy: Oh, so it's just another one of her flings. Guy: Hey, what's your name, kid? Where'd you meet her? Guy #2: Hey, call up our company. Tell 'em we found out Hanyuu Kaori's latest conquest is a boy younger than her Tamiko: How could you just go on kissing her like that for so long! Weren't you even a BIT embarrassed?! //Bathroom for Guests// Akira: Yeah, but you don't come across an opportunity like that everyday to kiss "THE" Hanyuu Kaori Tamiko: I can't... believe you. Tamiko: Should I not have said anything? Akira: Nahh, I think what you did was fine. It's better than them going around and trying to dig up dirt
Pg 194: Tamiko: AH! Tamiko: We were waiting for you! Tamiko: I wanted you to wear that outfit.... Yukari: I don't get it...
Pg 195: [sign on door reads "Cleaning Equipment"] Yukari: I went through all that trouble to set it up for you, so why didn't you tell them you were her son? Yukari: You're her scapegoat. Don't you feel even a bit of hatred towards her? Yukari: I hate her Yukari: I hate that woman who gave birth to you! Tamiko: Ah... I... didn't like Hanyuu Kaori either Tamiko: but when she took your place in the play... Yukari: Who cares about the play! //SLAP//
Pg 196: Yukari: I shouldn't have done that //SLAP//
Pg 197: Yukari: W... What... What's wrong... Tamiko: Uu... Tamiko: UUUUuu.... Yukari: Hey! Yukari: I never thought she'd get mad at me--- Akira: Whether she has a kid or a lover, it's not that much damage to Hanyuu Kaori's reputation right now
Pg 198: Akira: The ones who'll bear the brunt of the damage wouldn't be her, but your mother and father. Yukari: Akira... Yukari: Akira...
Pg 199: Yukari's Dad (YD): It was an amusing scene YD: He was probably ecstatic being able to share a kiss with his mother Kaori: Did that Kaori: look to you like a kiss between a mother and child? Kaori: With that one kiss, those around us believed what those children said Kaori: With that one kiss, I was able to read everything he felt towards me Kaori: That was a man's kiss
Pg 200: Kaori: [SL: Haha...] It's like not a thought ran through his mind that I was his mother! YD: Strange, isn't it? YD: Weren't you the one who wanted to deny that fact? [that she's his mother] Kaori: You're right Kaori: How Kaori: ironic, that both mother and son would choose to deny it Kaori: We're so much alike
Pg 201: Kaori: To think Kaori: I was the one thrown away YD: Stop it. It's not like you YD: to cry this way
Pg 202: Tamiko: Whoa... look at my face! Tamiko: Ah! And this one too! Akira: Here Tamiko: Hmm?
Pg 203: Tamiko: For ME?!!!?! Tamiko: What's up? Tamiko: It's the first time you've ever given me anything besides matchbooks! Akira: Well what's wrong with gifts every now and then? Tamiko: Whatttt, haha Tamiko: Are you gonna have to go without lunch for a while? Akira: Yep, for about a week Tamiko: Was it embarrassing for you to go and buy this? Takashi: Akira! Tamiko: It's Oo-chan! Akira: But I thought he was still touring? //thud thud thud thud// Takashi: AKIRA!
Pg 204: Hime: Akira! I made reservations for our wedding ceremony! Hime: Leave May 3rd free, okay? Akira: What! "Our" wedding?! Hime: Remember? Takashi promised me that you and I would be engaged! Takashi: B-But Hime, what's the rush? //laughs// Hime: Yeah, Hime: but I'm pregnant
Pg 205: Akira: What...? Wait... Akira: What do you mean you're pregnant... Hime: Remember? Hime: The first time I came here, you gave me a ride back, and then at my apartment we--- Akira: Oh... that time...?
Pg 206: Tamiko: Chii--- Takashi: You fucking---- Takashi: You gotta be kidding me....
Pg 207: Akira: Yeah, I am Takashi: WHAT?! Mom: Hey! Stop it! Akira: Of course I'm kidding! //THUDD// Takashi: Owww
Pg 208: //SPONK// Takashi: OUCH! //SPONK// Hime: Why couldn't you get mad like this earlier? Hime: Even when I was all over Akira you were just grinning and bearing it! I thought you didn't care for me at all! //SPONK// Hime: You better leave May 3rd free, Takashi
Pg 209: Tamiko: I don't like the thought of this... Akira: What? Tamiko: Once they marry, they're not gonna have enough to live by themselves, so they're probably gonna live here with us, right? Akira: So you mean we'll have to cut back on all sorts of stuff? Tamiko: No, that's now what I meant Tamiko: I'm worried that you and Otohime might really get together! Akira: Ta-ko! Akira: You want me to attack you or what?! //THUD// Tamiko: Why don't you? Tamiko: ...Chii-chan
Pg 210: //beeeeeeppp// //The train doors for platform 4 will be closing// Tamiko: KYAAA! Mom: Is everyone on? //CLOSES// Akira: Hey grandma, there's an open seat over there! //clank clank// Mom: Akira, could you put these up here? Grandma: Misako-san! There's open seats over here! //clank clank// Tamiko: Oo-chan's out of it
Pg 211: Akira: A wedding ceremony, huh? Tamiko: You went to a friend's wedding once, right? Akira: Yeah, and when they were doing that "giving flowers to the parents" thing, the "Mother's Song" began playing in the background... Tamiko: Haha! How corny! Akira: Hey, that's the hospital grandma was staying at Tamiko: Yeah Akira: Ta-ko, let's go over there Tamiko: No, the doors for Shinjuku open on this side! Tamiko: What're you laughing at?
Pg 212: Akira: Come closer Tamiko: No. Mom and the others can see Akira: HEY! Tamiko: ?! Akira: You returned the shoes?! Why do you put other people's kindness to waste?! Tamiko: I told you! I wanted to help out with Oo-chan's wedding! I thought you of all people would understand! Mom: Hey, you two! Akira: Yeah, but there's no reason for you to be walking around in those rags you call shoes!!
Pg 213: //clap clap clap// //PISSED OFF// Announcer: And now, the cake cutting will begin! Those who wish to take photographs, please come up to the front! Mom: Tamiko! Don't you be acting like that at your brother's wedding! Mom: Akira! What happened to your necktie?! //GRRR// //YAWNS// Mom: Grandma!!
Pg 214: Announcer: Next, we will be presenting a message from the bride's middle school acquaintance, Kataoka Youko-san Announcer: Mizukami-san, Miko-san, and parents, congratulations on this celebration Announcer: Miko-san, since her teenage days, was a thoughtful Announcer: and kind person... //BLOWS// Tamiko: Weddings are so boring! And they're needlessly extravagant! Grandma: Yeah, it's like throwing away money Mom: Grandma! Tamiko! Please be quiet! Tamiko: If Chii-chan's not going to have any of his, I'm gonna have it! //stab// Announcer: And now, Announcer: will be a performance by the bride and groom!
Pg 215: Man: Next will be the flower presentation, please come this way Mom: Looks like there won't be any time for me to eat! Tamiko: (It's "Mother's Song"...) //giggles//
Pg 216: //flash//
Pg 217: //flash flash// //clap clap clap//
Pg 218: //flash flash flash//
Pg 219: //clap clap clap// //toss//
Pg 220: Tamiko: I wonder if they made it to Sendai safely? Mom: They've probably already started their concert Tamiko: Why did they choose to have a concert on the day of their wedding anyway? Girl: Auntie, where's Akira-chan? I want him to take me to the top of this building! Woman: Ayumi right here's taken quite a liking to Akira-chan Grandma: Cousins can marry you know, Ayumu Girl: Oh, but that's not what I---
Pg 221: Grandma: Now that I took a closer look at you, you're starting to look like Tamiko! //clatter// Grandma: Where are you going, Tamiko? Tamiko: To the bathroom! Mom: Akira sure is late. I wonder where he could be? Grandma: Don't worry about him. Just sit down and relax Mom: This is so exhausting! //sigh// Mom: Weddings are so tiring! Just thinking about having two more of these makes me want to... Grandma: Well there is a way to make it so there's only one more...
Pg 222: Tamiko: Where'd you go? Akira: I was getting some change //clank clank// Akira: I'll let you listen in to Oo-chan's concert. Let's go Tamiko: Are you still mad? Tamiko: But... but you see... I have a luxury called "Chii-chan" and... Tamiko: to have even more luxury than that is... Akira: You call shoes a "luxury"?!
Pg 223: Tamiko: Why... did you go and buy me shoes all of a sudden? Akira: Ta-ko...? Tamiko: Because you suddenly have money coming in? Tamiko: Is it because you're going to go and live with Yuzuki-san's family? Akira: You heard about it from Yukari-chan? Tamiko: If that's why you bought me those shoes, then I don't want them!
Pg 224: Tamiko: All I want is you! Tamiko: Your footsteps are the shoes that I want! Your voice is the hat that I want! Your hands are the clothes I want! Akira: Okay, I got it... I got the message... Tamiko: No you don't! You don't get it at all! Tamiko: Akira...
Pg 225: Tamiko: Akira Tamiko: Don't go, Akira Tamiko: There's no one in this world like you...
Pg 226: Tamiko: I want my body to be so if I'm not in your arms I'll suffocate to death Akira: That's it? Tamiko: If you're planning on going to live with them, then take me before you go! Tamiko: Take me! Akira: Is here okay?
Pg 227: Akira: I'm just kidding Akira: Don't go around saying stuff you don't mean Tamiko: But I do! Akira: I said no to that the second Hanyuu Kaori brought it up Tamiko: What...!
Pg 228: Guy: Yes, this is the Evening Moon.. Akira: I'm really sorry, but could you please let me talk to a woman there who's wearing a flower-printed dress with a flower in her hair? //SMACK// Tamiko: (Idiot! How could you make me say something so embarrassing?!) Guy: Please wait just a moment Tamiko: (Don't do stuff like buying me shoes all of a sudden then!) //SLAM// //giggles// Tamiko: I can hear Otohime singing...
Pg 229: Guy: Hello? Guy: There's no one here who fits that description... Guy: Hello...?
Pg 230/231: THE END
END OF CHAPTER 10 END OF VOLUME 2 END OF TOKYO CASANOVA!https://mangahelpers.com/t/oceansportrait/releases/19969[English] [Translation] Tokyo Casanova Volume 1 by oceansportrait2010-02-15T18:48:02+00:00oceansportraitadmin@mangahelpers.comTitle: Tokyo no Casanova Mangaka: Kuramochi Fusako Volume: 1 (of 2) Translated by: Oceansportrait Translation Completed: December 19, 2007
Pg 4: Girl: Wow! It's Hanyuu Kaori! Girl #2: She's so pretty! Is she really 16?! Girl: This is probably for that new movie she's in, the "Kumajirou Series"! Girl #2: Yeah, I read in a magazine that she got the lead! Girl: I'm definitely gonna go see it!
Pg 5: Man: Everyone quiet! This is the real deal! Man: And---ACTION! Man: Scene 25, Cut 2! //click// Man: Kaori-chan!!
Pg 6: [sign reads "Hotel Inekari"] Man: Kaori-chann! Girl: I wonder if she's okay? Girl #2: I thought she was acting when she fainted! Woman: Could everyone please let me get through? Man: Hey! You're Hanyuu Kaori's manager! //noise noise// Man: Will you let us in too? Woman: Perhaps later
Pg 7: //shut// //sigh// //click// //WAHHHHHH!//
Pg 8: //WAHHHHH// Man: Why Man: didn't you get an abortion? Kaori: I was too busy Woman: Here, Kaori. Take some medicine Man: You weren't even noticeably pregnant! //WAHHHH// Kaori: I guess that's just how my body type is Man: Who's the guy?!
Pg 9: Kaori: Does it even matter? It's already done and over with Man: Mizukami-kun! Mizukami: Yes, boss? Man: You're supposed to be her manager! How could you not notice this?! Mizukami: (---And it all comes full circle to me) //ring ring ring// //tense// Mizukami: It's the director.
Pg 10: Mizukami: I'm sorry, but we'll have to cancel--- //swish// Kaori: I apologize for the delay I'll be there in 30 minutes. Man: K-Kaori?! //clank// Kaori: Mizukami-san //stands// Kaori: Will you call for the makeup artist? I'll go and take a shower. Man: ...What a gal
Pg 11: Kaori: (Yeah. How can she just give birth to a baby and just go back to work like nothing had ever happened? Is this what a normal 16-year old girl would do? It's true though--- that there's something about her that draws people to her) [left panel:
Marble Chocolates Tamiko: This is Chii-chan's! And this is mine! [SL: Tamiko 7 years old] Akira: What about Oo-chan's? [SL: Akira 9 years old] Tamiko: This is Chii-chan's This is mine, and this is Oo-chan's Akira: What about mom? Tamiko: This is Chii-chan's This is mine, This is Oo-chan's, and this is mom's Akira: What about grandma? Tamiko: This is Chii-chan's... and this is.... //panicked/ Akira: I don't want any anymore.]
Pg 12: Man: Mizukami-kun, Man: since this scandal happened due to your lack of responsibility, Man: I'll leave getting rid of the baby up to you. Take it, and leave. As of today, you're fired! //hahahaha// Mizukami: What do you mean "Take it and leave"...? Mizukami: I already have children of my own--- Man: Just go throw it away Man: at some orphanage or church! That's what I'm saying! //WAHHH// Mizukami: (But...that's----)
Pg 13: //WAHHHH//
Pg 14: I'm gonna try asking him out on a picnic Where to? The mountains? The beach? The plateau? But he'll probably answer like this: "I want to climb a building! I want to swim alongside the road! I want to sprawl down in the middle of town!
I love the top floor of high-rise buildings I love the glittering neon lights I love the smelly traffic jams
I love the city that's sprinkled with lights and I love the people who bring life to the city even more" He'll nonchalantly swing a backpack over his shoulder, and press the elevator button to the high-rise building
Pg 15: Tamiko: Chii Nii-chan.... [Nii-chan = big brother] Tamiko: Chii-chan Akira: Ta-ko? [short for "Tamiko" but sounds similar to "octopus" too ^^;]
Pg 16: Tamiko: I had a nightmare Do you mind if I sleep with you Akira: Go aheaddd.... //rolls// //rustle// Akira: What kind of dream? Tamiko: I don't remember anymore Akira: Tako! [Tako=Octopus ^^;]
Pg 17: Takashi: 'Morning //ring ring// Takashi: The phone's ringing Mom: Good morning Mom: Would you mind getting it? Mom: I'm getting ready to head out Takashi: Yes, Mizukami residence Takashi: Yes, just a moment please
Pg 18: Takashi: There's a phone call from a GIRL named Kawabata for Akira! Mom: Don't tell me that. Go and tell Akira yourself //perks up// Takashi: Yeah, but I have to leave soon so--- //dash// //haha// Mom: You've succeeded in getting her to do the dirty work, I see Takashi: It's so easy to pull her strings Tamiko: Mom and Oo Nii-chan's leaving. Tamiko: Oo-chan's a fashion victim as always, I see I'm surprised he's in a band with that kind of fashion sense
Pg 19: Tamiko: I feel sorry for mom too. She's been working ever since dad left Tamiko: You should become a pro photographer as soon as you can Tamiko: because it looks like it might take me a while before I can become Hanyuuu Kaori #2 Tamiko: Hey, you're going to collect stuff for an article on Hanyuu Kaori today, right? Akira: I dunno. I'm just an assistant Tamiko: Oh Tamiko: Then, you're gonna be free tonight? Akira: No Tamiko: Well that's great! I'm going to Setagaya today, mind coming to pick me up? Akira: I said I'm NOT free! Tamiko: This girl I know who lives there, she REALLY wants to meet you!
Pg 20: Akira: I bet you just want a ride on my bike //hehheh// Tamiko: Welll Setagaya's pretty far by train! Tamiko: She's really cute! Akira: What time? //Yay!// Tamiko: 5! Grandma: Akira! //SMACKEROOO// Akira: WHOA! Grandma: What do you think? My hairstyle's the same as Akira's! Tamiko: It looks great on you! You look a lot more fashionable than Oo-chan! Grandma: What! Don't compare me to him! Grandma: Don't you think his hairstyle's so ugly? //talk talk talk talk// //hahahhahaa// Akira: He's an embarrassment to this family!
Pg 21: Grandma: Oh! I almost forgot! Grandma: Akira, do you know a Yamada-san? Akira: No Grandma: Then maybe it was Kobayashi? Akira: No, I don't know who that is either Grandma: This smells like you //breathes in// Akira: What does that person want? Grandma: There's a phone call for you //rustle// Akira: Why didn't you say so in the first place?! [left panel
Ice cream Tamiko: I want chocolate Akira: I want orange-flavored Takashi: I want mint Akira: Mint?! Takashi: It'll probably a taste for grown ups! Tamiko: Whoaaa then it's probably gonna taste like beer! Akira: Or maybe cigarettes? Tamiko: That doesn't sound too good.... Tamiko: I want chocolate Akira: I want orange-flavored Takashi: I'll have vanilla... ]
Pg 22: Tamiko: Grandma, was it a girl? Tamiko: Then maybe it was "Kawabata"? Grandma: You mean she's his reko? [She makes a mistake ^^ Usually it's "kore" (this). She's holding up her pinky finger, and asking if the girl's his girlfriend ^^] Tamiko: I don't know, but she's a photographer at the publishing firm he's working part time at. She's been calling him alot lately Akira: Hello? //IDIOT!// Woman: What're you missing work for?! You're fired! You hear me? FIRED! Akira: Sorry Woman: I won't let you off with some half-hearted apology! I waited 15...no, 18 minutes! Woman: You pick up tonight's bill! You hear me?! //haha// Akira: Okay, okay Woman: Oh, and Hanyuu Kaori's interview's been cancelled because of some change in schedule Akira: Whatt?!
Pg 23: Woman: What do you mean "What?!" Don't tell me you're a fan of hers?! Akira: Yeah Woman: No way! But...she's...OLD! I mean, she's old to someone your age! Woman: She's 30, no.....35 this year! Woman: Why would a kid like you like an old--- Akira: She's not old Woman: Sorry....are you mad? Akira: Haha, no. Woman: You just surprised me, that's all. I thought you'd be into more of the cutesy actresses Akira: My whole family's a fan of hers because my mother used to be her manager Woman: Oh, so that's why
Pg 24: [sign reads "Publishing Firm"] Akira: Good morning! Woman: What do you mean? Man: As I said, it was decided at today's meeting--- Man: Since it's a female model, it would be better for a male cameraman to take her photo, so the results will be sexier-- Woman: We aren't doing some porn magazine! //So we will use whoever's better suited---// //Who do you think I am?!//
Pg 25: Woman: Hey I was bored so I showed myself around the dark room [where pictures are developed] Woman #2: Akira! Give me a cigarette, will you? //pissed off// Akira: Good morning, Kawabata-san Akira: You're better off drinking juice than smoking a cigarette. It's healthier for you. Akira: You seem tired, so take this. Woman: Don't tell me you're on their side?! Me being mad has nothing to do with me being tired!! I'm mad because of that air-head of an editor! Woman: I'm supposed to be the exclusive photographer for this firm and he goes along and brings along a cameraman that I absolutely CAN'T stand!!
Pg 26: Akira: Yeah, but doesn't that give you all the more reason to follow along with what he says? //THUD// Woman: It's not that easy! Woman: They don't take me seriously because I'm a woman Akira: If you think that way, it'll come out in the way you handle others If that happens, then it'll really turn out like you say Akira: What's most important in this profession is trust between all people, remember? Woman: Don't act so high and mighty! Woman: Just because you got your ass felt up by some model doesn't mean you've suddenly got the rights to tell me this and that! Akira: Haha, as always, your eyes never miss anything.
Pg 27: Girl: Thank you very much! Woman: Good work! Woman: Want to go out for some coffee? Akira: I want to go out and grab a bite to eat. I found this really great place near here that has tofu dengaku [it's a tofu dish that's coated in miso] Woman: Remember, the meal's on you! Woman: You're the first assistant of mine that's kept a promise about having dinner together, you know that? Woman: You're the first to speak up against me too Woman: Since I'm scary, you know?
Pg 28: Akira: Hey, isn't he the editor for our--- Man: Yeah, she probably has the talent, you know? But she's trying too hard to not lose against the guys, you get what I'm saying? Man: When a woman reaches 30 and she's still single, she becomes stubborn Guy: No way! She's 30??! Man: Yeah! Next time, take a look at the wrinkles she gets between her eyebrows when she's yelling at someone! Man: [SL: Heh] Her makeup powder works its way into those wrinkles! Woman: I'm 25.
Pg 29: Man: Uh... what I said just now--- Man: wasn't about you, Kawabata-san.... Woman: Let's go, Akira! Akira: Kawabata-san! Akira: There's no reason for us to run away! Akira: Kawabata-san.... Woman: Don't look at me! Woman: Ah... //slap//
Pg 30: [SL: Haha] Akira: Are you taking what they said seriously? Kawabata: A kid like you wouldn't understand! Akira: Everyone in the world gets wrinkles when they're mad. That's a fact! Kawabata: Haha...my powder really does make their way everywhere Kawabata: I'm 30, just like they said Akira: You're acting like a kid, you know that? Cry, cry, that's all you're doing Kawabata: I hate people like you! Kawabata: Are you what most kids are like these days?! Don't look down on me!
Pg 31: Akira: You're a hard person to please, you know that? You don't want to be treated like an old lady, and yet you don't want to be treated like a kid either Kawabata: What's wrong with treating me like a normal human being?! Like a NORMAL person!! Akira: What's your definition of "normal"? Kawabata: Go and make fun of me for all I care Kawabata: You're having a good laugh aren't you? Making a woman 10 years older than you blush, and turn pale with a single word Akira: Sorry.... Kawabata: Ya little bugger!
Pg 32: Tamiko: What! He can't come pick me up?! Grandma: Yeah, I just got a phone call from him saying that //clank clank clank// Tamiko: But I waited 40 WHOLE minutes for him!! Grandma: Just come home by train Tamiko: But my friend's wanting to meet Chii-chan!! Grandma: Well what am I supposed to do about it? Tamiko: Geez, just forget it! //SLAM// Tamiko: Sorry Girl: Don't worry about it. You were doing me a favor, anyway Girl #2: How idiotic. When are you going to stop obsessing over your brother?
Pg 33: Girl: What's with you? She's never even once bragged about her brother! Girl: She was just doing me a favor, because I've liked her brother since I was in middle school... Tamiko: It's okay Girl #2: What a waste of time! Girl #2: I want to go home Girl: I don't know what kind of rich family she comes from, but--- Girl: Why did you ask her to come with us anyway? I wanted to show YOU Hanyuu Kaori's video, not her. Girl: So you're going home by train? It's rush hour, but since you're heading in the nobori, it shouldn't be too full ["nobori" means "to climb", and she's saying this in reference to where the Japanese emperor's living quarters are located in Tokyo] Tamiko: (What's with Chii lately, anyway? He never used to be like this when we were kids) //clank clank clank//
Pg 34: Tamiko: (He's been like this ever since he started getting calls from that woman named "Kawabata") Tamiko: ("Chii-chan, I want to become an actress just like Hanyuu Kaori!") Tamiko: ("Then when I become a famous cameraman, I'll take photos of you!") Tamiko: ("Great idea!") Tamiko: ("Haha, but wouldn't it be hilarious if Oo-chan was still living that lonely life of his? Nooo I'd feel sorry for him! It'd be awesome if all three of us could hit it big!") //swish// Tamiko: (Is it the air conditioner?)
Pg 35: Tamiko: (No) Tamiko: (It's that guy behind me breathing on me) //exhale// Tamiko: (Ew, I can almost feel his nose hairs just flying my way) Tamiko: (Why does he have to stand so close to me when the train's this empty anyway?) //step step step// //THUD//
Pg 36: Tamiko: (NOOOOO!) //Next stop is Soshigaya Ookura---// //dash//
Pg 38: Tamiko: C-Could I please speak to Mizukami-san? GUy: Oh, Mizukami-kun's currently not--- Wait! He just came back Guy: Mizukami-kun, phone call for you, from a GIRL Akira: Yes...? Akira: Oh, it's just you. What's up? Tamiko: I'm at Soshigaya Ookura, so come pick me up right now!! It's you fault I ran into a chikan! If you just picked me up like you promised--- [chikan=guy who feels girls up in the train ^^] Akira: Oh really? Tamiko: That's ALL you have to say?! Idiot! Come pick me up! Akira: I still have work I have to finish up Akira: Don't be such a baby.
Pg 39: //clank// Tamiko: (What was that just now?!) Tamiko: (I just went through something REALLY scary and he treats me like THAT?!) //throws//
Pg 40: Tamiko: (I don't care how many promises he breaks in the future,) Tamiko: (I just wanted him to come THIS time!) Tamiko: ("How idiotic. When are you going to stop obsessing over your brother?") Tamiko: ("No way! You sometimes sleep in the same bed as your brother?! I have a brother too, but I could never do that! Just thinking about it gives me the heebie-jeebies!" "But I guess your brother's another story, huh?") Tamiko: (Maybe I do rely on him too much?) //click// [sign reads "Thirty-Two Ice Cream"] //dash//
Pg 41: Guy: Welcome! Tamiko: (I hate it...that Chii-chan's my brother) Tamiko: (I'll probably feel really sad the day he finds some girl to settle down with) Tamiko: Could I please have the Caramael Ribbon? Tamiko: (I better start becoming more independent!) Tamiko: Oh, scratch that. Could I have Mint Chocolate instead? Tamiko: (I should just start thinking that I DON'T have a brother at all. Because if you look at it, if I was an only-child, I'd have to deal with chikans and those kind of stuff on my own and, I would never have to wait to be picked up")
Pg 42: Tamiko: (Yeah, I should be more independent!) Tamiko: One more Mint Chocolate please! Guy: Thank you for waiting--- Tamiko: Chii-chan!
Pg 43: Tamiko: You came?! Akira: I have a taxi waiting over there. Hurry! Tamiko: You didn't come on your bike? Akira: I didn't want to risk getting into an accident over something stupid like this [emphasis on "stupid" ^^] Taxi Driver: Hurry! There are other cars waiting to go through! Akira: Sorry about that. Could you drop her off at Kichijouji, and take me back to the building I got on from? Akira: I'm so thirsty I could die
Pg 44: Tamiko: You know that girl I was talking about? I got to know her in my acting class. She used to go to the same middle school as you Akira: Oh, that's nice... Tamiko: Oh yeah, and I asked out this other girl in our acting class to hang out with us too. She's kind of different, you know? But she kind of looks like you, so I can't be mean to her. Akira: Oh, that's nice... Tamiko: (What's his problem?) Taxi Driver: All the roads ahead are one way streets. There's no way I can make a turn Taxi Driver: If we don't make a turn at exit 8, it'll end up being a long one Akira: What about the corner over there? Taxi Driver: No, that won't do Akira: Then that's okay. Take whatever road you think is best.
Pg 45: Taxi Driver: Well ain't that a surprise. The road led to Taxi Driver: Setagaya Doori Taxi Driver: I'm not too fond of Setagaya myself Taxi Driver: It hasn't changed since olden times, so the streets are still really crowded Akira: I didn't know that... Taxi Driver: It never had to endure any bombs during the war Taxi Driver: and the earthquakes they had weren't that destructive, so unlike most other places, the roads haven't been organized to make it easier to drive Akira: What's so bad about that? I'd like to try living here Taxi Driver: You would?
Pg 46: Akira: Yeah! Because doesn't that mean this is a really lucky part of town to live in? Akira: I wanna try living here, Akira: don't ya agree? Tamiko: Yeah! Tamiko: (He thinks about things differently from everyone else) Tamiko: (I have a blast just being with him. I feel really happy when I'm with him)
Pg 47: [no text]
Pg 48: Woman: Good morning! Today's guest, Woman: is actress Hanyuu Kaori-san! //yawn// Mom: Oh, I almost forgot Akira was saying he wanted to watch this Grandma: Takashi, could you go and wake up Akira? Takashi: Wake up---- Takashi: Akira---!
Pg 49: Tamiko: What's going on... Oo-chan? Tamiko: What's up? //slam// Akira: What is it...? Tamiko: I don't know... I'll go and see //step step step//
Pg 50: Grandma: Hurry! Hurry! It's going to be over soon! Takashi: Hey, grandma Akira and Tamiko's---- Takashi: Are they always sleeping together like that?
Pg 51: Grandma: Yeah, they seem to be sleeping together lately Takashi: And you're fine with that? Takashi: I didn't want to bring this up Takashi: I've been keeping quiet about it for a long time, because I didn't want to cause trouble, you know? Takashi: I even kinda got the feeling it was a dream... but I have this memory in the back of my mind Takashi: of the day Akira came to live with us.
END OF CHAPTER 1
Pg 52: Grandma: Ha...
Pg 53: Grandma: Hahahahhahaa... Grandma: Misako-san! Misako-san! Grandma: [SL: Hahahaha] Takashi just said something really funny! Takashi: GRANDMA!
Pg 54: Akira: BOO! Tamiko: KYAAAAA! Akira: What're you doing? Tamiko: Ch-- Chii-chan! Grandma: Akira! Listen to this! Takashi--- Takashi: NOOO! Takashi: It's nothing! Takashi: Grandma! Just drop it, will ya?!
Pg 55: Akira: What, Tako? [tako=octopus] Tamiko: I'll tell you in a million years! Akira: I won't be alive then! Akira: Aren't you gonna grab a few more Z's? //yawn// Tamiko: ....I'll go sleep in my own room Akira: Oh, okay. Yeah, you go do that. Oh yeah, and just to let you know---your breath stinks like hell when you're sleeping! [Side cartoon:
Pg 56: Tamiko: Y-You smell more than I do! Tamiko: (You've gotta be kidding me... ...he's not my real brother...?) Tamiko: (There's no way... that could be true...) Akira: Whaddya want?
Pg 57: Kawabata: Akira //whistle// Akira: Lookin' pretty foxy today. What's up? Kawabata: I had an omiai [omiai = arrangement usually by the parents who get together their single sons/daughters with other singles] Akira: Oh, so that's why! Akira: Could I have a cup of coffee? Akira: How was he? Kawabata: He was a 35 year old who works at some trading company
Pg 58: Kawabata: He had a GREAT sense of humor, he had FABULOUS sense of style, not to mention he had a beer belly //ahahahahaha// Kawabata: But he seemed like a honest guy Kawabata: So I'm starting to seriously consider taking the plunge Akira: Yeah Akira: If you like him, then I don't see what's the problem Kawabata: I thought you'd say that //chuckles//
Pg 59: Akira: Trying to test me, I see? //chuckles// Kawabata: This is the new schedule Kawabata: It's been decided we're gonna be collecting info on a couple of groups for an article on the national concert headlines Kawabata: Tomorrow, we'll be starting off at Shibuya with "Baby Revolution" and "Waraji". The day after is "Otohime Miko" Akira: I haven't heard of any of these groups before Kawabata: Yeah. Oh, the movie's about to start Akira: Okay, okay. [side panel:
Shibuya //So we decided to not meet in front of Hachikou. Instead, we decided to meet at the entrance to Shibuchika// Tamiko: You said we're gonna meet at the top of the stairs! Akira: I SAID it'd be better to meet at the BOTTOM of the stairs so we wouldn't get wet if it rains! //So, we decided to stop meeting at Shibuya all together// [sign reads "Shibuchika"] Dog: Woof!]
Pg 60: Woman: Everyone line up! We'll be practicing "the Mirror" next! [sign reads "Kanasugi Private All-Girls Academy"] Woman: When you do this, Woman: If you just try to copy what the other person is doing, then it won't work becaues you'll be too slow Woman: that's why it's important to try to read the action of the other person BEFORE they actually do it
Pg 61: Tamiko: (It's so easy to be her shadow) Tamiko: (I can read what she's about to do next I can figure her out better than Ikoma-san, who I'm closer to) Tamiko: (Maybe our senses are alike?) Tamiko: (I don't know why, but I have this feeling like I could become really good friends with her if I tried) //thud//
Pg 62: //wheeze wheeze// Tamiko: S-Senpai! Yuzuki-san's--- [senpai=upperclassman] Yuzuki: I SAID I'm fine!! Tamiko: But still--- Yuzuki: Just leave me alone! Girl: What's wrong, Yuzuki-san? Yuzuki: Nothing! She just thought my acting was real.
Pg 63: Girl: Yuzuki-san tries to cover up the fact her body's weak because she thinks she wouldn't be able to get parts otherwise! Girl: But don't you think if she's gonna go through all that trouble, she might as well start walking home on her own instead of having that driver of hers come pick her up? //giggles// Girl: I guess she is //waver//
Pg 64: Tamiko: Let's go back to school! Girl: What! But I want to go to your place and hang out! Tamiko: Yeah, but this is more important! Girl: Then why don't we bring her over to your place? Girl: We can go to your place by taxi. I'll foot the bill! Tamiko: ("I'll foot the bill", huh? I guess I shouldn't have expected any less from a private all-girls academy. I can't keep up at times, but since their acting class is really famous, I guess I'll have to grin and bear it) Tamiko: I'm home! Girl: Wow! Your house is huge! Tamiko: (Yeah, but it's a rental, and it's really old on top of that) Tamiko: Oh yeah, there's a nail sticking out on your side, so be careful
Pg 65: Tamiko: Yuzuki-san, I let the people at your home know what happened Girl: Wow! Matchbooks! Tamiko: Yep, I collect them Tamiko: My brothers go to a lot of places, so they bring me back lots Girl: That's so cool! Have they come home yet?
Pg 66: Tamiko: Ah! Grandma! These are my friends, Ikoma Jyuri-san and Yuzuki-san Grandma: Hello Tamiko: Where are Chii-chan and the others? Grandma: They haven't come home yet Girl: Oh, okay, then can I take a look at Akira-san's photo album until they come back? Girl: Kyaaa! So cute! Girl: I want this photo!
Pg 67: Girl: There aren't too many photos of him and a girl I wonder if he's going out with anyone? Tamiko: I don't know... he's been going to an all-guys school since high school Girl: Why do you call him Chii-chan when his name's Akira? Tamiko: Well, since he's the second oldest, I call him "Chii-chan" [short for "chiisai" which means "small/youngest" brother] My oldest brother I call him "Oo-chan" because he's the oldest [short for "ooki" meaning "big/oldest" brother] //turns// Girl: That makes sense! People call me Julie! Girl: Call me that instead of Ikoma-san, will you? Tamiko: "J-Julie"? Girl: What about you, Mizukami-san? Tamiko: Me?
Pg 68: Tamiko: I don't really have a nickname... Girl: Then let me think one up for you! Since your first name's Tamiko, how about "Tammy"? //giggle// Tamiko: Whatt! "Tammy"?! Girl: Yep! I'm "Julie" and you're "Tammy"! Isn't that an awesome nickname?! //giggles// Tamiko: I-It might take me a while to get used to it! Girl: Let's practice then! "Tammy", isn't Chii-chan home yet? //blush// //slam// Tamiko: Ah! He's back! //sigh of relief//
Pg 69: Girl: I'm so nervous! Tamiko: Chii-chan? Tamiko: Chii-chan! Akira: What, "Tammy"? Tamiko: Hey! It's rude to listen in on people, you know that?! Akira: You guys were talking so loud, I could hear from a mile away
Pg 70: Tamiko: My friend that I was talking about last time's here. She wants to meet you! Akira: Oh, that's too bad! I still have work to get back to. I forgot my wallet so I just came to get it. Tamiko: But--- w-wa- wait right here, okay? Okay?! //step step step// Tamiko: Chii-chan! This is Ikoma Juri-san Girl: N-Nice to meet--- Tamiko: (Hey!!)
Pg 71: Man: Thank you very much for taking care of her //bows// Yuzuki: Shioda! What're you doing?! Let's go already! Man: I'll be going now. Thank you again. Girl: What's her problem anyway?! Couldn't she have at least thanked us?! Tamiko: Yeah well, anyway, I'm really sorry Ikoma-san Girl: It's "Julie", remember? Girl: I'll come again soon, Tammy! Tamiko: Ah, okay! See you...Julie
Pg 72: Tamiko: Chii-chan's STILL not back yet? //grrrr// Takashi: He said he'll be late tonight //SNEEZE// Tamiko: (He's really getting on my nerves!) //SNEEZE// Mom: Grandma! Cover up! You're making us lose our appetites Mom: Tamiko!
Pg 73: //clip// Tamiko: (I wonder what's up? It's unusual for him to be out so late)
Pg 74: Takashi: What? You're still not asleep yet? Takashi: Don't worry, he's just out late working Tamiko: He's out working THIS late? Takashi: Well, you know he IS 19... it wouldn't be strange if there are some days when he doesn't come home at all Tamiko: (What...) Tamiko: (N-No way! What is that...supposed to mean?)
Pg 75: //knock knock// //swish// Akira: Ta-ko! //knock knock knock// Akira: Ta-ko! //clatter// Akira: Sorry! The front door was locked
Pg 76: Akira: You're a lifesaver //covers// Akira: You're still mad about what happened earlier? I'll meet your friend next time, okay? Akira: Ta-ko, hold out your hand for a sec Akira: Give me your han--- Tamiko: Don't! Dirty old man! Akira: Shhhhh Tamiko: Where were you anyway?! You've never had to work this late before!
Pg 77: Akira: SOMEBODY's causing a fit Tamiko: HA! Akira: You act like that at home, but outside you act out the role of a "picture perfect" girl, huh? Akira: Let me see...your luck at finding marriage... isn't too good... let me guess, you're one to go for looks, aren't you? Akira: Oh noes! I see in your future, a life as an old-maid! You must make sure to make your move while you still can! //giggle giggle//
Pg 78: [matchbook reads "Roppongi"]
Pg 79: Tamiko: ("I even kinda got the feeling it was a dream... but I have this memory in the back of my mind of the day Akira came to live with us.") //squeeze//
Pg 80: Mom: Where were you last night, Akira? Akira: I had to stick around to do an article on some concert, and they happened to know Oo-chan, so I hung out with them, and it turned into an all-nighter Mom: Well you could have at least phoned Akira: Yeah Akira: 'Morning Tamiko: Where's grandma? Mom: She's out for a walk Mom: Well, I'll be off now
Pg 81: Takashi: Wait! I'm gonna go too Takashi: I'll see you at 7, okay? Akira: Got it Tamiko: Are you two gonna go out somewhere? Akira: Yeah Mom: You two aren't going to go anywhere you're not supposed to, are you? Akira: Nah Mom: I didn't raise you two to--- Akira: We're doing a coverage for Oo-chan's band Tamiko: Really?! Take me along with you! Akira: It's work! So no! Tamiko: I'll go as a fan of the band! Akira: That's why I didn't want to mention it while you were here!
Pg 82: [sign reads "Shibuya Train Station"] Tamiko: (I wonder if she's waiting for her boyfriend?) Tamiko: (She's been waiting there since before I got here. It's already past 6---I wonder what time they're supposed to be meeting up? Oh, and that guy's going to the phone booth to call someone)
Pg 83: Tamiko: (Watching them like this makes me kinda feel like I know them. It's almost like I'm having some silent conversation with them) Akira: I told you to wait at the tail side of Hachikou, didn't I? [Referring to the statue ^^] Tamiko: No, you said the nose side Akira: I SAID there are alot of people who wait at the nose side! Tamiko: Well, you didn't tell me clearly enough! //giggle giggle//
Pg 84: Akira: Let's go We have to get there before Kawabata-san Tamiko: What! Kawabata-san's coming too?! Akira: No duh! She's the one who's gonna be taking the photos! Tamiko: So I finally get to meet her face-to-face, huh? Akira: Did you say something? Tamiko: No, nothing Akira: Ah! I'm sorry I'm late!
Pg 85: [sign on the right reads "advanced tickets are on sale everyday at three--[cut off] are on sale at the register---[cut off]] Akira: Ah, she's my sister, Tamiko Kawabata: Oh, your little sister? Kawabata: For a second there, I thought you two made a nice couple! Well I guess that's a no brainer since you're family! Kawabata: Nice to meet you, I'm Kawabata Reiko. Tamiko: Hello Tamiko: (I don't know why....but she comes off as really...uptight for some reason...?)
Pg 86: Guy: We've got a problem, Kawabata-kun Kawabata: Oh, so it's a no-go? Kawabata: The lead singer for Otohime Miko's a bit of a strange one Kawabata: Apparently, she hates being photographed Kawabata: She won't even let us backstage Akira: Otohime Miko doesn't hate being photographed Kawabata: And how would you know this? Kawabata: IDIOT! Why didn't you tell me earlier that your brother's the bassist for the band?! Akira: Eh? Well since it's personal, you know? I didn't want to---
Pg 87: Takashi: But it'd be a waste to pass this opportunity up, Hime [Short for her name "Otohime". It also means "Princess"] Takashi: It isn't everyday you know that we get a chance to be in a big magazine like theirs Hime: I said no Hime: I don't want to be photographed in my normal clothes! Hime: And my hair's a mess! Guy: Takashi! Your brother's here Takashi: Okay, thanks Akira: What's up? I never heard that she hated being photographed Takashi: No, it's because the clothes she was supposed to wear won't make it in time for the shoot. She's just acting the spoiled princess
Pg 88: Hime: I'm not! Hime: You don't know how important an outfit is to a singer, do you?! Akira: Yeah, I can see her point there. Why don't you start paying more attention to what you wear so the audience concentrates on the music and not on your lack of fashion? //snickers// Takashi: Are you trying to start a fight with me? Hime: Are you the person who's going to be taking the photos? Takashi: He's my little brother Takashi: He's the cameraman's assistant
Pg 89: Guy: Hey! Otohime's showed her face! Hime: I can't believe you're related to Takashi! You've got a pretty nice style Hime: Comparing you to the rest of the guys in my band would be a crime. They're always just dressed in whatever. They have no sense at all! You understand, don't you? Hime: Are you going to be taking my photo?
Pg 90: Kawabata: Sorry, but I have the honors Kawabata: He's my assistant Akira: She's amazing. She'll make you look your best even if you couldn't wear the outfit that you wanted Hime: I want him to take my photo
Pg 91: Kawabata: Don't be a spoiled brat! Hime: I want him to take my photo! I won't let anyone else do it! Guy: I understand. Let's let him take it then Kawabata: Hey! Guy: Why not? This time around, as long as we have ONE photo of them, it doesn't really matter who takes it It'd be more stupid to take a nameless band like this seriously! //whisper whisper//
Pg 92: Akira: I won't do it Kawabata: Do it, I don't mind The editor gave the OK, so why not? Kawabata: Use the "Snow Cloth"* Akira: Are you serious?! Kawabata: Yeah, but in exchange, you have to go out with me after this is over [* "Snow Cloth" is a type of filter used on the camera]
Pg 93: Hime: Hello everyone, this is Otohime Miko! This is the first time we've played in over two months! Hime: I'll be starting off with a new song of mine--- Hime: One... Two...
Pg 94: //flash// //flash//
Pg 95: //flash//
Pg 96: [no text]
Pg 97: [no text]
Pg 98: Hime: Thank you very much! Kawabata: Akira! //flash// //Kya! Kya!//
Pg 99: [no text]
END OF CHAPTER 2
Pg 100: Guy: These are illustrations done by the readers Guy: I was surprised that almost all were of the same photo Woman: Yes, this is The Pink editing department-- //ring ring// Guy #2: Is this the photo from this month's magazine that Kawabata-kun took? Guy: Oh, no, this is the photo that was taken by that boy working part time Guy #2: So it was Mizukami-kun.... Guy: Mizukami-kun! The Editor-in-Chief's calling for you!
Pg 101: Guy: Sorry I'm making you do this, since this is a personal request Guy: but go take photos of Asakusa for me, will you? Guy: My father, who's been hospitalized recently got a case of nostalgia but there's no way we can take him there, so I thought he might like to see some photos Akira: No problem Guy: I'll make sure to cover your pay! Akira: No need! I've got a soft spot for seniors! Guy: Haha, I'm sure Pops would be pleased!
Pg 102: Akira: Nah, I was talking about you! //SHHHHH!// Guy: MIZUKAMI!!! Guy: If I was like any other editor-in-chief, you'd be fired! You know that?! FIRED! Guy #2: The young people lately have made it practically their profession to PRETEND to do work, but never actually get anything done Guy #2: He on the other hand, puts alot of effort in Girl: Yeah, I even get him to help me out on some editing projects Kawabata: He's just good at faking it, that's all Girl: You say that, but don't think no one's noticed how you've been dressing younger! //giggle giggle// Kawabata: Thank you very much for noticing, but I AM young
Pg 103: [sign reads "Cafeteria"] //clank clank// Guy: Then you're planning on using Mizukami-kun for this month's Asakusa special? //clank// Guy #2: Yeah, but I thought he'd refuse because he wouldn't want to feel as though he's taking Kawabata-kun's job, so I didn't tell him Guy #2: I've been thinking since a while back that a boy like him would go well with the target audience for this magazine Guy #2: This would be a great opportunity to go ahead and create some kind of photo corner for him Guy: Yeah, but if that happens, Kawabata-san probably wouldn't be pleased! //slurp slurp// Guy: She does guard her property with an iron-clad fist! Guy: Yeah well, that women's battle at Otohime's concert wasn't something to be missed, I tell ya!
Pg 104: [sign reads "Family Register"] Tamiko: ("This is my sister, Tamiko") Tamiko: ("Oh, your little sister")
Pg 105: Tamiko: ("For a second there, I thought you two made a nice couple! Well I guess that's a no brainer since you're family!") Tamiko: ("I want him to take my photo! I won't let anyone else do it!") [paper reads "Adoptive Mother" Mizukami Misako "Adopted Child" Akira]
Pg 106-107: Tamiko: ("I even kinda got the feeling it was a dream... but I have this memory in the back of my mind of the day Akira came to live with us.") Tamiko: (But I'm truly greatful to fate for this)
Pg 108: Takashi: Hey, you're back. Are you free this Sunday? Akira: No Takashi: Then when are you free? Takashi: What's up? Akira: Aww man, mom's working over time again? Ta-ko's not gonna give equal portions to everybody, especially not to me
Pg 109: Akira: I don't know why Akira: but she's been mad at me lately. She's been ignoring me Akira: I'm home, Tammy-chan! Akira: Tasty lookin' pickled radish there Akira: WAHHHH! Tamiko: It's fried egg! Tamiko: I won't give any to a guy who's drooling over some girl just because she paid him a little attention!! //lick// Akira: You're STILL bringing that up?
Pg 110: Tamiko: And----And--- Grandma: Tamiko, Tamiko Tamiko: Don't try to stop me, grandma! Grandma: (If you're a REAL cameraman...) Tamiko: Oh, yeah, right! If you're a REAL cameraman, you should just keep on shooting even if the person you're taking photos of comes right up to you! But that's not what you did! You looked like you were gonna drop your camera at any second!! Akira: Yeah, Kawabata-san got mad at me over the same thing Tamiko: Ha! I bet that's not the only reason why she was mad! //HA!// Akira: Ta-ko, I'm going to Asakusa on Sunday wanna go with me? //tap!// Grandma: Dealt the royal flush!
Pg 111: Grandma: Asakusa! How nostalgic! Tamiko: Grandma!! Tamiko: (I'm so glad I'm taking acting lessons) Tamiko: (I was able to act normally around him, right?) [side panel
Bargain Tamiko: Hey, does this look nice on me? [sign reads "Huge Sale"] Tamiko: Hey... [sign reads "Bargain Bargain"] Tamiko: Hey! Hey! Hey! Tamiko: Why didn't you stay by my side?! I had to keep on pretending like I MEANT to talk to her! ]
Pg 112: [no text]
Pg 113: Tamiko: It's my first time in Asakusa Tamiko: Hey, are they having some kind of festival? They have a lot of shops set up Grandma: Oh, no. Don't tell me you don't know? Akira: This is yeah, Akira: way back, Sumidagawa used to be a lot bigger than it is now. This all used to be a river.
Pg 114: Akira: Just around the time you first started walking, well wouldn't you believe, one tako [octopus] came Akira: and this is the festival to celebrate the first time it set foot on Asakusa //snickers// Tamiko: (But) Tamiko: (I love those unbelievable "little white lies" of his too) Tamiko: (My heart's still pounding like crazy. For me to be able to think that I love Chii-chan, is---)
Pg 115: Tamiko: It's okay, I don't need my picture taken Akira: Just act like you normally would Tamiko: (I love his camera too) Tamiko: Then I'll do this... Tamiko: (I love his voice too) Akira: Haha... okay, don't move Tamiko: Hey? //turns// //flash// Akira: Hey! What did I tell you--- Tamiko: Look at this!
Pg 116: Tamiko: Don't you think there's something weird about this mannequin? Akira: You think? Tamiko: Oh yeah, now I see it! The hairstyle and kimono don't go together at all! Tamiko: This probably came from some fancy department store Tamiko: Look! It's balding! It probably got handed down to lots of shops before ending up here Tamiko: I kinda feel sorry for it Akira: Nah, Don't. 'Cause this mannequin Akira: was able to come to Asakusa because it's old and worn out //flash//
Pg 117: Akira: Haha, it's great though that you're back to normal! Tamiko: Do you like me that much? //flash//
Pg 118: Akira: Huh? //click/ Tamiko: Do you like me? Akira: Yeah Akira: I do. I really do. Tamiko: Do you love me? //flash// Akira: So much that I feel like I'm going crazy at times Tamiko: Idiot
Pg 119: Akira: Make sure to go at it like that for your actual performances Akira: Where's grandma? Tamiko: She's gone ahead to the shrine Akira: What! What's she doing going without us? Tamiko: (Idiot!) Tamiko: (That's not the "love" I'm talking about)
Pg 120: Tamiko: What Tamiko: are you doing? Tamiko: (Geez...)
Pg 121: Kawabata: Hey, I decided to stop by! Kawabata: You were saying how you were going to be taking photos here, right?
Pg 122: //clank clank clank// Grandma: What's with her? She showed up out of nowhere Tamiko: Maybe they made plans to meet from the very beginning? Grandma: Is something going on between those two? Tamiko: I don't know. But there's no way he would go out with someone who's that much older than him Grandma: Oh, you think? Tamiko: Yeah! 'Cause he kinda looks grown up but inside, he's still a kid I think he's just pretending to be mature, you know?
Pg 123: Tamiko: At the end of the day, he's still just a kid Tamiko: There they are! Tamiko: They're just buying some ramune! [it's a fizzy drink. Kinda like 7-up. But tastier ^^] He's a hard nut to crack when it comes right down to it!
Pg 124: Akira: What?! Akira: New York? Kawabata: Yep. I want to become a freelance photographer. I want to keep working with you though. //clip// Kawabata: Hey //fizzle// Kawabata: Why don't we go together? Akira: That sounds pretty amazing! Kawabata: Then you'll go with me?! Akira: But there is that little issue of my little sister... //falls// Kawabata: Oh, right Kawabata: she's still very much attached to you, isn't she? Kawabata: This time around though, you'll have to choose. Between her or work.
Pg 125: Akira: Ta-ko, sorry but we have something important to discuss Akira: Do you mind going home ahead of me? Tamiko: ....Okay Tamiko: sure, I don't mind. Kawabata: Sorry, Tamiko-san Kawabata: I'll borrow "Chii-chan" for a while, okay? Grandma: OWWWWWWW My stomach hurts!!!
Pg 126: Grandma: That was worth an Academy Award, don't you think? Tamiko: You really scared me, you know! Grandma: Yeah, but thanks to my performance, Akira came home with us! Grandma: Don't try to hide it! You were happy, weren't you? //nudge nudge// Tamiko: Well...you were too! Mom: Don't cause too much trouble for Akira, you two. //clatter// Takashi: I'm home! Tamiko: Ah, it's Oo-chan //cough// Takashi: I'm home!
Pg 127: Tamiko: What are you... Takashi: Hey, I'm back [side panel
Mom Mom: If it's mom, it'll cost 30 yen Mom: If it's Tamiko, then 10 yen Mom: Oh, hey, mom? Mom: I'll be late tonight because of work, so could you finish off dinner--- Mom: ...I said I'll be late tonight //clank// Mom: ...as I was saying, could you finsih--- no, it's because of work Mom: ...Could you just get Tamiko on the line for me?! //clank// ]
Pg 128: Takashi: Oh, this is my sister Tamiko Hime: What a country bumpkin Tamiko: Huh? Takashi: Where's Akira? Tamiko: ...He hasn't come back from work yet Hime: Oh, then I'll wait for him here Tamiko: W-What's Tamiko: going on? What is she doing here...? Hime: I feel really gross, mind if I use the shower? Takashi: She's a nice girl deep down, I swear
Pg 129: Akira: What? Akira: What're you talking about? Tamiko: Go and see for yourself Akira: See what...? Hime: Hey, could ya lend me one of those fluffy things? Akira: Hey! Tamiko: P-Put on some clothes! Hime: Yeah, but first get me that fluffy thing! Tamiko: A fluffy what? Hime: Isn't that what you call 'em? You know, that fuzzy one you wear after taking a shower? Tamiko: Chii-chan! DON'T LOOK! Hime: Oh, hey Akira!
Pg 130: //Did you wait long?// //No...// Hime: Haha! Talk about getting dramatic! //Hahaha// Hime: Yeah, but watching this Hime: made me wanna, I don't know, Hime: kiss Akira for some reason //SPRAY//
Pg 131: Mom: ...It's time for dinner //YAY!// Tamiko: Oo-chan, is she planning on staying over? Takashi: I-I don't know... Hime: Oh, Akira's mom, could you get me some water? Mom: What? Hime: I can't eat without it. Tea just doesn't cut it for me Hime: Thank you!
Pg 132: Hime: Hey? There's no ice in here! Takashi: Hime, water without ice is just as good--- Hime: But tap water just by itself smells funny! It's completely different if you put ice in it! Mom: I don't mind. It's just ice Tamiko: Hey, what about yours, mom? Mom: Oh, I don't like meat very much. Hime: Oh... so you flavored it with salt and pepper... //chew chew// Tamiko: (Oh, I get it. So mom's went to her)
Pg 133: Hime: This kind of meat, you know, tastes really good with ketchup //chew chew// Hime: Would you mind doing it over with ketchup? It's really easy-- //SLAM// Akira: If it's so easy, then YOU go do it! She's not some maid you can order around!
Pg 134: Akira: If you think people are going to be at your beck and call in the real world, you're dead wrong! Takashi: Hey, Akira... Tamiko: (Whoa...he hardly gets mad and he...) Takashi: H-Hime, don't worry too much about it. If you want it ketchup-flavored, I can--- Hime: No, that's okay
Pg 135: Hime: It's delicious as it is. It's not like I hate salt-flavored meat, anyway //chomp// Hime: It's amazing! Hime: You set an example for wives everywhere! Takashi: Aren't you exaggerating a bit?
Pg 136: Takashi: Hime, you're gonna miss the last train Hime: Okay. Let's do one more game first though! Takashi: Yeah, but it's not like there's lots of taxis around here. If you don't--- Hime: You said Akira rides a bike, right? Akira: ...I need a bit more time to think about it Akira: Do you need an answer right away, Reiko-san? Akira: No... Akira: It's not like that-- //click//
Pg 137: Hime: Hey Akira, mind giving me a ride home? Akira: ...I'll send you right back to where you came from Hime: See ya, Takashi! Tamiko: You're really gonna give her a ride home? Akira: You want her to stay over? Tamiko: I...don't want that either Hime: Oh, you can go back inside Takashi: Come on, Ta-ko!
Pg 138: Hime: This is the style a lot of girls are riding too, right? I wonder if I could ride it? Akira: Do you have anything with you? Like bags? Hime: Heh...well this... Hime: is for you! Akira: What?! Hime: I made it while I had time in between concerts Hime: It turned out pretty nice, if I do say so myself Hime: Why are you looking at me like that... Akira: No, I was just thinking...you don't seem like the type to knit... Akira: But I really don't have any reason to get a present like that from you Hime: It's because you took beautiful shots of me
Pg 139: Hime: I'm ugly, ya know? Akira: HUH? Hime: My eyes are droopy, I'm fat, an my legs are shaped like daikon [Japanese radish ^^] Hime: If you compare me to someone like your sis, it's like night and day you know? She's really cute Hime: You're used to seeing girls like her, so I'm really ugly compared to them Akira: You're a weird one, you know that? Hime: But when you were taking photos of me, I felt really beautiful Hime: Every time the camera flashed, it was as if it was telling me "You're pretty!"
Pg 140: Hime: While you were taking the pics, I started thinking that they'll definitely turn out really good, Hime: and it really shocked me when I saw the photos and saw that it really did make me look beautiful! Akira: You're not ugly //clank// Hime: You'll wear this for me, won't you? Akira: Thanks Hime: Well, how are you going to thank me, Akira? //rustle//
Pg 141: Hime: Give me a kiss Tamiko: (That's weird... I don't hear the sound of his motorcycle...) Akira: Okay, but don't take it the wrong way okay? Hime: I won't, I won't
Pg 142: Hime: My heart's beating so fast! Hime: It's my first time kissing a guy like you! Akira: Haha, it's my first time too---dealing with an annoying brat like you //giggles// Hime: What! That's it?! Hime: Come on, put some heart into it! Do you know how long it took me to make that swea--
Pg 148: Tamiko: (That dream) Tamiko: (I had back when I was still in middle school...) Tamiko: (I might've been some princess, or Juliet...) Tamiko: (and someone leaned in for a kiss...)
Pg 149: Tamiko: (I knew it was someone I loved) Tamiko: (it seemed like it was Chii-chan, but at the same time, it didn't) Tamiko: (but he looked like Chii-chan) Tamiko: (While at school the next day, I ended up writing a secret message beside the date in my notebook) [page reads 12/3 Thursday Chi-Ki] //I dreamt that Chii-chan Kissed me [circle around "Chi" and "Ki"] Tamiko: Haha
Pg 150: Tamiko: (But in reality, the girls he kissed were never me) Tamiko: (It was always someone else!) Tamiko: (As long as I don't tell him that we're not related...) //creak// Takashi: Oh...it's just you Takashi: What... Takashi: are you doing sleeping in an uncomfortable place like that? Tamiko: Oo-chan...are you crying? Takashi: I'm just yawning Takashi: Get out of the way, or I'm gonna end up pissing in my pants
Pg 151: //pulls// Tamiko: When was Chii-chan's first kiss? Takashi: W-What? How would I know? Tamiko: Liar! You're guys! I know you've probably talked it over! Takashi: Grade 10 Tamiko: With who?! But he went to an all-guys school! Takashi: She was a co-worker of his, or something //step step step// Tamiko: (He's been playing around behind my back) [ Secret Message Teacher: I'll be returning your notebooks! Reacher: Mizukami-san, what is this? [12/3 Thursday Chi-Ki] Tamiko: ....Err...it stands for..."Chi"kuwa...and "Ki"yabetsu [Chikuwa=round fish paste Kyabetsu=Cabbage]
Pg 152: Tamiko: Then what's going on between him and Kawabata-san?! Takashi: What're you asking me that for? You're old enough to think of what people their age do for play! Tamiko: They play cards! Takashi: Go back to sleep! //click// Tamiko: But I saw a scene like that in a movie once! //SLAM// Takashi: He's just fooling around Takashi: He's smart enough to not pay attention to girls who might get serious about him Tamiko: I hate people like that! He's just being a jerk!
Pg 153: Takashi: If he wasn't related to us Takashi: If he wasn't related to us, you know? I might've thought he was a jerk too Takashi: but it's different, because he's my little brother //click// Takashi: But it's because he's the way that he is, that I think he's an honestly bright kid. He doesn't lie to himself or to others. Takashi: It's great, having a little brother like him. Gives something to brag about when I introduce him to girls Takashi: Even if I end up fading into the background, you know? Takashi: I'm glad he's my brother....
Pg 154: Akira: 'Morning Mom: Oh, you're up early--- Mom: What happened to your face? Akira: Nothing //clatter// Tamiko: I'm done! I'll be going now--- //HA!//
Pg 155: Tamiko: Did you know? Chii-chan has a hickey on his face!! Akira: I-Idio-- Akira: Don't be a retard! You're the one that scratched me! Tamiko: Playboy! Mom: Hey, you two! You're too old to be acting like this! Hey! Mom: Akira! Don't get Tamiko too worked up! //wheeze wheeze wheeze// //GRRRR// Mom: And you! Tamiko! Get to school already! Tamiko: Oh no! The bus already left!
Pg 156: //vrooom vroommm// Tamiko: Can't you ride any quieter? Tamiko: Everyone's looking this way! Tamiko: Chii-chan! //SQUEALLL// //thud// Tamiko: I swear! You're making all this noise on purpose! Akira: Your voice is louder //SLAP// Tamiko: Pervert! //vrooommm//
Pg 157: //splash// //pourrr//
Pg 158: //hahahaha// //whistle whistle// //hey there boy// //beep// //vrooommm// Akira Hey! You're crossing on a red light! //honk honk//
Pg 159: //wheeze wheeze// Akira: Come on! Move over to the sidewalk, quickly! //honk honk// Akira: If you're not feeling well, want me to give you a ride to school? Do you go to Kanasugi?
Pg 160: Girl: You really think Girl: I'd fall for that? Girl: That's why I hate guys like--- Akira: Well, you're gonna catch a cold if you don't get out of this rain. Why don't you catch a break at that cafe over there? Girl: I'm fine... I'm just a bit anaemic. It'll pass soon enough... Akira: Oh, okay. Then you should at least use an umbrella //pop// Girl: Hey! Akira: See ya!
Pg 161: Guy: Well well, look who's here Guy #2: Long time no see, Akira Akira: I just gave my sis a ride to school. I thought I'd stop by for a bit before heading to work //thud// Guy: How is Tamiko-chan? Guy: Just the other day she brought some friends of hers from acting class She's growing prettier by the day Akira: Well whaddya expect? She's my little sister, afterall
Pg 162: Guy: She was saying how she might get a part in the school festival in the fall Akira: Oh, really? Guy: You don't know? Akira: Yeah, lately we've been fighting alot, so--- Guy: I'm surprised! You got along so well, just like a couple-- Guy #2: Let me guess! You got a girlfriend and that got her mad! Guy: Welcome! Girl: Who do you think you are anyway? You left me there looking like an idiot Akira: I guess you're feeling better?
Pg 163: Guy: I didn't know you knew a cute girl like her Akira: Would you mind getting her a towel? Girl: I can hear the thunder outside Akira: Oh, so you're afraid of lightning? Girl: Stop it. Do I look like I'm young enough to be scared of something like that? Akira: Sorry, it's just my little sis is still scared of it //Kya!// Girl: Whoa...that definitely hit the ground Tamiko: Hey, do you know if it strikes motorcycles too?
Pg 164: Girl: Tammy! Girl: Did you see the latest edition of "The Pink"?! [page reads: Special Section Asaku--] Tamiko: Why?! These are all Chii-chan's photos! Girl: Yeah, look at this! Tamiko: No way! [reads: Photo Mizukami Akira] Guy: You're a student, aren't you? Do you not have school today?
Pg 165: //rustle// //turns// Guy: Here ya go Akira: No thanks Guy: What?! Girl: What's with you?! Don't leave me with the bill! //dashes// Girl: Hey!
Pg 166: Girl: Don't just leave! Akira: Huh? Akira: I just wanna move my bike out of the way Girl: Yeah but leaving me all alone in that cafe is-- //flash// //RUMBLEEE// //KYAAAAAA// Girl: I was just caught off guard, that's all. It came out of the blue. Akira: Yeah, but don't all lightning usually come out of the blue?
Pg 167: Akira: Go back inside-- Girl: No, I don't want to! Akira: Then, how about here--- Girl: NO! Akira: Then what do you want? Girl: I want to get to school already! Girl: You're speeding, you know that? My driver never drives like this Akira: You're the one who said she wanted to get to school already Girl: And they never put me in the passenger's seat either. It's dangerous you know, if we get in an accident Akira: Well there's not much I can do about it, this car only has two seats
Pg 168: Girl: You remind me a bit of my father Girl: My daddy's old, but he's still good looking Girl: I heard he played around when he was young Girl: Even now, he has a lot of mistresses Girl: Since you do have a pretty nice face, if you just tried hard enough you could become like my daddy--- KYA! //SQUEALLL// Akira: We're here Girl: Why did you step on the breaks so suddenly?! I felt like I was gonna throw up! My body's not that strong, you know!
Pg 169: Akira: Oh? Akira: I never saw a sick person with a healthy looking skin color like that Girl: Ha! Akira: Take care Akira: Oh, and by the way, I don't plan on following after your daddy's footsteps Girl: Why are you still here? You can go now Akira: Yeah... once you go inside, I will.
Pg 170: Girl: Mizukami-san, I heard your older brother is a photographer? Girl: Ikoma-san showed me that spread in "The Pink" Girl: I wanted to ask you a favor--- would he be able to take pictures of our upcoming play? Tamiko: What?! Girl: We always asked the photography club, but ever since that incident last year when they lost the film, we've lost our trust in them Tamiko: But...senpai... Tamiko: he's so busy with work...that I don't think he'd be able to... Girl: Oh.... Tamiko: I'm really sorry
Pg 171: Girl: Aww that sucks! I thought I'd be able to see him! Tamiko: He's not gonna come unless you dangle a bait like Hanyuu Kaori in front of him Girl: Really? Girl: She's going to come this year Tamiko: ("You know how every year a famous person comes to see our play, right? Since this is our 30th anniversary, we're negotiating to bring Hanyuu Kaori-san") Tamiko: Wow! I shouldn't have expected any less from an acting school!
Pg 172: Tamiko: Yuzuki-san? We're starting practice today Did you forget? Tamiko: Everyone's in the gym Yuzuki: Oh, really?
Pg 173: Tamiko: (Yuzuki-san's smiling!) //thump thump thump// Tamiko: Yeah, then do you wanna go with me? Oh, but I have to phone my brother first Tamiko: Did you know? Hanyuu Kaori's gonna come to our school! Yuzuki: Yeah, I heard that already Tamiko: Really? My brother's a big fan, so I wanna tell him //giggles// Yuzuki: Are you sure Yuzuki: you two aren't engaging in incest? Tamiko: What?! Stop it! As if! Yuzuki: Yeah, but you seem a bit excessive. Yuzuki: If you like him though, then there's no crime in admitting to it //smile//
Pg 174: Tamiko: Last night I saw him kiss a girl and I got really jealous Yuzuki: Then why don't you get him to kiss you? Tamiko: Not in a million years! Yuzuki: Boys have to be good kissers. You can think of it as them practicing for that one breathtaking kiss they'll give to the one they truly love
Pg 175: Yuzuki: That's a line I got from daddy Yuzuki: He panicked when I saw him kissing his mistress, and he told me that Yuzuki: I like people like him Yuzuki: but at the same time, I think he's really dirty... Tamiko: Yuzuki-san... Yuzuki: Go phone him already Tamiko: I met someone like daddy today... Yamiko: but he was really pure...
Pg 176: Tamiko: Oh... Kawabata: This is "The Pink" Publishing Firm. Hello? Hello? Kawabata: Oh why hello, this is Kawabata Kawabata: You're looking for Chii-chan, right? He's having an important discussion with the editor right now Is it something urgent? Tamiko: No... then I'll just phone back... Kawabata: Wait! Kawabata: I don't think he's talked this over with you yet Kawabata: but I think Akira-san will be going to New York to work with me Tamiko: ...what? Kawabata: If you really want what's best for him, you'll support his decision, won't you?
Pg 177: Tamiko: Is he...is that true? He never told me any of this... could you please let me talk to him--- Tamiko: Could you--- Kawabata: Ah Akira: Ta-ko? //tense// Tamiko: I heard...you're going to New York? Tamiko: G-Good....for you
Pg 178: Akira: I'm not going Tamiko: Liar! Kawabata-san said you were going just now Tamiko: ...I'm sorry about Tamiko: scratching you last night Tamiko: Oo-chan was saying Tamiko: how he couldn't hate you even if you don't take things seriously Tamiko: and that...he was glad to have a brother like you Tamiko: Oo-chan...will be sad if you go Tamiko: He'll be really sad.... Akira: Ta-ko, tell everyone I won't be able to come home tonight, okay? //click// Tamiko: Chii-chan?!
Pg 179: Kawabata: It's still 2 Akira: I'm going home Kawabata: Why? Akira: I have a feeling my little sister's waiting up for me Kawabata: She wouldn't. You told her over the phone Akira: Hey, have you seen my shirt? Kawabata: Oh, that? I'm going to keep it!
Pg 180: Akira: Don't joke around Kawabata: But I really like it! Let me keep it as a souvenier, won't you? Akira: What am I? Some travel destination? Kawabata: Are you sure you don't want to go? Akira: I want to, but I won't. There's too many things I have to do before I could go to New York Kawabata: Well, that's true Kawabata: I knew what I meant to you in the first place anyway Kawabata: You have someone you like here, don't you? Akira: If you know, don't ask Kawabata: Is it Otohime? The others don't seem to be as likely Kawabata: Maybe it's Hanyuu Kaori? Akira: Bingo! Kawabata: Idiot. She's a celebrity, get over it.
Pg 181: Kawabata: You're never going to go far in this world if you choose a girl over work Akira: Yeah, yeah, I look up to you in that respect Kawabata: Can't you even say that you liked me? Even if it's a lie? Akira: I look up to you Akira: for always Kawabata: You brat...
Pg 182: //rattle// //rattle rattle//
Pg 183: Akira: I told you I won't be back Tamiko: But you came back Akira: Are you stupid or something?
Pg 184: Akira: What else did Oo-chan say? Tamiko: Huh? Akira: You know, about how he was glad to have me as his brother? What else? //grins// Tamiko: Nothing. Akira: What about Otohime? Tamiko: You like her that much? Akira: Nah //clank// //stretchhh// //stare// //realizatoin// Akira: H-Hey, Ta-ko! Tamiko: What?
Pg 185: Akira: Wanna go cut Oo-chan's hair? //SHHHH!// Akira: Watch your step Tamiko: It's so dark! Tamiko: He's the only one I know that uses those shutters! Akira: Can you see okay? Tamiko: SHHH!
Pg 186: Akira: Don't cut his eyebrows Tamiko: I SAID SHHH!!! //snip// //snip snip snip// Tamiko: Ah.... Akira: What's up? Tamiko: I thought this was the back of his head, but it turned out to be the front! Akira: What! Akira: Give that to me! //snip snip snip// Akira: Let's leave his beard 'Cause he looks okay with it Akira: Woops, I cut it off Tamiko: What?!
Pg 187: Akira: I wonder what he looks like now? Tamiko: We were just cutting into the dark Tamiko: He has a really high-bridged nose, I never knew that Akira: His thick lips were kinda creepy though Tamiko: What about you, Chii-chan? Tamiko: You're skin's so dry! Tamiko: (His hair... his eyebrows... eyes... nose...) Tamiko: (No matter what kind of woman touches him, I'll disinfect him with my hands)
Pg 188: Tamiko: (his lips...) Tamiko: ("Then why don't you get him to kiss you?") Akira: Hey, hey //STRETCHHHH// Akira: Hey! Don't fall asleep here!
Pg 189: Akira: That's why I told you you should've gone to bed instead of waiting up for me! Akira: Hey, come on. Go sleep in your bed Tamiko: You said you wouldn't be back... so I thought you might've gone to New York... Akira: I told you I wouldn't go, didn't I? You don't believe me? Tamiko: No! Tamiko: (Disinfection complete!)
Pg 190: Mom: Tamiko! Tamiko! Mom: Where are you two sleeping?! Akira: Ahh! I feel like I'm getting a cold! Mom: Tamiko, a friend of yours from school is here to pick you up Tamiko: A friend from school?
Pg 191: Tamiko: What! No way! Yuzuki: I was just passing by, and... Yuzuki: You look happier Tamiko: Oh Tamiko: you mean about yesterday? Tamiko: Thanks! Everything's fine now! Mom: Akira! Go change your clothes! CLOTHES! Tamiko: Come in, come in! I'll get ready right away
Pg 192: Tamiko: I can't believe it! I never thought you'd go through the trouble of coming here Yuzuki: You're overexaggerating Akira: I feel chills coming on //step step step// Mom: Well it's your fault for sleeping in a place like that Tamiko: Ah, that's my brother. I'll introduce you to him! Yuzuki: Oh, that brother of yours that you were talking about? Tamiko: Chii-chan! This is my friend from acting class! Akira: Is she good looking? Tamiko: Shut up! She can hear you! Akira: Nice to meet you...
Pg 193: Akira: ...or not. Akira: Oh, so you were Ta-ko's friend? Tamiko: Eh?
Pg 194: Akira: You know her? Akira: I met her for the first time yesterday Yuzuki: Ah... Tamiko: Huh? Yesterday? Tamiko: You mean... Tamiko: ("I met someone like daddy today")
Pg 195: [no text]
END OF CHAPTER 4
Pg 196: Kanasugi Private All-Girls Academy Yuzuki: Don't get the wrong idea Yuzuki: the boy I was talking about Yuzuki: wasn't your brother
Pg 197: Yuzuki: He was a waiter in a cafe I met while I was waiting for the rain to pass Tamiko: Yuzuki-san Yuzuki: What?
Pg 198: Tamiko: I have this feeling like you two were meant to meet each other Tamiko: I've been thinking, ever since I met you, how alike you are to my brother like that atmosphere you give off when you're not talking, your expressions, and the way you move Tamiko: You know how there's that saying about couples who're mirrors of each other? Tamiko: That's why I knew you two'd be drawn to each other if you'd met Yuzuki: I SAID it was a waiter! Tamiko: I've been living together with my brother for 17 years! You're so much like him, I can tell what you're thinking!
Pg 199: Tamiko: There's no way...I wouldn't notice Tamiko: At the end of the day, I'm just his little sister. I wouldn't mind if it's you, Yuzuki-san Tamiko: All the girls up till now I was jealous of partly because I didn't like them Tamiko: but you're different Tamiko: even if I'm not related to him... Tamiko: if... Tamiko: if... it's you...
Pg 200: Yuzuki: How idiotic Tamiko: (But I have this feeling, that if Chii-chan falls for Yuzuki-san...)
Pg 201: Akira: Yes, I understand Akira: I know this might come off as rude, but I already said no to this the other day. Editor: Yes, but you're saying that because you're worried about her position Editor: But what is your true feeling on this matter? Akira: My goal is to become a photographer like Yoshizumi-san, and Kawabata-san. Someone who isn't all that out there but who produces steady work Editor: You're a strange one, ou know that? Editor: I've come across modest types like you time and time again in my profession, but the first thing they usually say is "my skills are still lacking"
Pg 202: Editor: What I like about you, is that you seem modest at first, Editor: but underneath that is someone with quite a bit of confidence Akira: What is this? Editor: It's from Kawabata-kun Editor: Before she left for New York, she told me to give you this if it seemed like you won't take it up Editor: What does it say? [Letter:
To Mizukami Akira-kun You were a great assistant. But, you're a bit of a stubborn one. I'm worried that that stubborness of yours [cut off] will affect how well you do in the real wor--[cut off] I have faith in your phot--[cut off] Take up this offe--[cut off] This opportunity is fat--[cut off] This will be the first step in your phot--[cut off] [cut off] meeting [cut off] ]
Pg 203: Akira: "Take up this offer" Akira: "This will be the first step in your photography career as a pro" Editor: Oh is that right! //smile smile// Editor: What else? Akira: "...meeting" Editor: What was that? Akira: Yeah well, the rest pretty much repeats that. Akira: ("Don't let you meeting me go to waste! You met me because you were meant to receive this letter from me. I want to become the woman who changes your fate. Bye from New York, with love.)
Pg 204: Tammy: What! Tammy: So he's going to get his own column in "The Pink"! Tammy: That's so awesome! Maybe that letter I wrote to them actually worked?! I wrote in the survey for the "Asakusa" page that it was "great"! Tammy: Oh, but, what if he becomes really famous because of it? Tammy: Are you going to be the model for his photos then? Tamiko: Haha, no. Tammy: I wonder if I could be his model? Tamiko: Hey Julie, I have somewhere I have to go. Mind going ahead of me? //See ya!//
Pg 205: Yuzuki: I'm surprised you don't get fed up having to deal with people like her Tamiko: I don't mind people like her. Yuzuki: Yeah, but she's just using you to get to Akira Yuzuki: Do you always hang onto other people's arms like that?! Tamiko: Sorry. //depressed// Tamiko: Hi! Guy: Hey! He's waiting for you over there.
Pg 206: //beep beep// //clank clank beep// Akira: Hey! Tamiko: I brought Yuzuki-san with me.
Pg 207: Akira: It'd be great if you could do this for me //clank// Akira: but it's up to you. I won't pressure you to. Yuzuki: What is it then? //clank clank beep beep// Akira: Be the model for my photos! //clank// Yuzuki: My daddy doesn't really like stuff like-- Akira: Then he can come along with us! Yuzuki: And you don't call this pressure?
Pg 208: [Amusement Park] Yuzuki: I don't like rides where they spin you Yuzuki: and if it sways even a little bit, I get sick
Pg 209: Yuzuki: I'm scared of heights Yuzuki: Ugh... there's so many people here...I'm not feeling too good... //kya! kya!// Tamiko: He always chooses spots where there's a lot of people //Mommy!// Tamiko: Your hand's so cold! Tamiko: Your body's weak, right? You're gonna catch a cold. Tamiko: Oh, I have an idea! You can just wear this. It's Chii-chan's Yuzuki: Do you think he'll mind?
Pg 210: Tamiko: No, not at all! He wears my shoes all the time without asking anyway! Tamiko: Listen to this! And he like, steps on the back of the shoe so the shape becomes all screwed up Tamiko: Looks great on you! Yuzuki: It's a bit big... Tamiko: (Yukari-san, it's because it's you, that I'm letting you wear his clothes)
Pg 211: Akira: Whoa, that was a weird coincidence! Akira: I ran into Otohime Tamiko: What! Why's she here? Akira: Haha, she was yelling at me from the top of the roller coaster. She's a riot. Tamiko: She's the girl that kissed Chii-chan! Akira: Ta-ko! Akira: Could you get out of the way for a sec? Tamiko: Ah!
Pg 212: Tamiko: Sorry! //pulls back// //flash// Akira: No, it's fine for you to talk. Keep on at it. Tamiko: But....if you say it like that... Akira: So you're wanting to become an actress? //flash// Yuzuki: Yeah Akira: Who's your goal? Yuzuki: I heard you like Hanyuu Kaori Yuzuki: I also heard you took up the job as the photographer for our school play because she was coming Akira: I'd still take it up even if she doesn't show up //flash// Yuzuki: Well that's a relief. There were some schedule mix-up, and it turns out she won't be able to make it Akira: No way!! Are you serious?! Yuzuki: Who's the liar here? //giggle//
Pg 213: Yuzuki: You should just get over her already //flash// Yuzuki: She's just a bitch Yuzuki: Not too many people know this //flash// Yuzuki: but she had a kid Yuzuki: when she was 16 Akira: WHATTTT! Akira: No way! Yuzuki: It's true! Akira: No! That can't be true! Yuzuki: I told you, it is---
Pg 214: Tamiko: Chii-chan, I'm going to get us something to eat What do you want? Akira: Yakisoba Akira: Then you've met her before? Yuzuki: Well, yeah Akira: No fair! I've only ALMOST met her!
Pg 215: Yuzuki: My daddy owns a theatrical company as a hobby, and she used to go there Yuzuki: So when it comes to her, I know quite a bit about her Akira: Act scared! Tamiko: Geez! So this is where you guys were!
Pg 216: Tamiko: I looked all over for you! //flash// Akira: Hey... //wheeze wheeze// Akira: Just move around anyway you want //flash flash// Tamiko: She looks like Tamiko: a real model! //giggles// Yuzuki: Why don't you take a photo of her?
Pg 217: //peace sign// Akira: Haha //giggles// Yuzuki: She's such a kid Akira: That's great //flash//
Pg 218: Yuzuki: Are you really serious about taking photos of me riding on something? I don't know if I can Akira: I'm starving! Yuzuki: Hey, Akira-san do you mind taking a photo of us together? //sits down// Akira: Sure, why not? Tamiko: No, that's okay Tamiko: I said no, Chii-chan! Tamiko: Just take a photo of her, that's what you came here for, right? Akira: Get in line.
Pg 219: Tamiko: NO! Tamiko: DON'T! Tamiko: I don't want you taking photos of me! Akira: What're you acting like a spoiled brat for? Yuzuki: Kya!
Pg 220: Hime: Who are you? Akira: Ah... Hime: Akira! Why is she wearing the sweater I knit for you? Tamiko: Huh? Akira: I just let her borrow it for a bit, that's all
Pg 221: Hime: Don't go around lending it to girls! Yuzuki: No, he gave it to me. Yuzuki: Akira-san gave it to me //snap//
Pg 222: //SLAP// //SLAP// Hime: Ah! Hime: WAHHHH! How could you! Who is she anyway?! Yuzuki: I got her back for you
Pg 223: Yuzuki: There's no way I'm going to ride that! Yuzuki: Do you plan on killing me?! Akira: It'll be fine. You survived a car ride with me, it'll be a piece of cake Yuzuki: Still! Hime: Just leave her alone, she doesn't want to ride? Fine! Akira, ride with me! Akira: Come on, let's go
Pg 224: Hime: Akira! Over here! Akira: OK Tamiko: Hey, aren't you going to ride with Yukari-san? Akira: But if I ride with her, I won't be able to take photos of her Tamiko: What's his problem... he's the one that wanted you to ride this Yuzuki: It's okay, I don't mind
Pg 225: Yuzuki: I envy her Yuzuki: She can just be with him freely. Unlike me, she doesn't have to think about talking about Hanyuu Kaori to keep him interested Tamiko: (Eh?) Yuzuki: It's the same with you. No matter what you do, you'll never have to worry about him hating you Yuzuki: The only time I don't have to worry about whether he hates me, Yuzuki: is when he has his camera towards me
Pg 226: //beeeppp// //squeeze// Guy: Hey! You!
Pg 227: Tamiko: Chii-chan! Switch with me! Tamiko: She's gonna pass out! Tamiko: Go ride with her! Tamiko: Hurry! Guy: Be more careful next time, won't you? Akira: Sorry 'bout that Yuzuki: She's just...overexaggerating
Pg 228: Yuzuki: Akira... Tamiko: (Bye, Chii-chan)
Pg 229: Akira: It's just a bit more! Another 200 metres! Tamiko: My strap fell off Akira: You've been wearing that since middle school, right? Akira: Why don't you buy new shoes? Tamiko: No, that's okay Tamiko: I can just rip this out and replace it with a ribbon
Pg 230: Tamiko: Ah! Tamiko: Heh. You've got your work cut out for you Akira: You're so heavy! Tamiko: Shoot... and this is right after I promised myself I'll be more independent Akira: Don't talk! You're heavy! Tamiko: Heyy! Heyyy! Tamiko: ("No matter what you do, you'll never have to worry about him hating you") Akira: Whoa!
Pg 231: Akira: Don't lick me, it's creepy Tamiko: I-I didn't lick you! Tamiko: That was a kiss! Akira: Oh really? Then wanna give it one more go? Tamiko: No, that's it. It was my goodbye kiss Tamiko: I'm going to be more independent from now on Tamiko: Because if I don't, Tamiko: I'll never be able to get a boyfriend Tamiko: Dating someone is really great, don't you think? You're loved on another level than the love you get from family Akira: Well I love you too
Pg 232: Tamiko: But that's different. You're my brother. Of COURSE you love me! Akira: You think? Tamiko: Yeah! Tamiko: (There I go again... I have a feeling I shouldn't have brought this up...)
Pg 233: Tamiko: ("She had a kid when she was 16") Tamiko: (There's times I've thought about it) Tamiko: (Hanyuu Kaori's 35. Take away 16, that makes 19) Tamiko: (Chii-chan's 19) Tamiko: (And my mom was her ex-manager. It all seems to come together)
Pg 234: [no text]
Pg 235: Akira: It's a fan letter for you Yuzuki: For me? Really? Akira: Sorry it took so long. I'll give you a ride home Yuzuki: Oh, that's okay Yuzuki: my daddy's coming to pick me up today
Pg 236: Akira: What! That famous daddy of yours? //walks back and forth// Yuzuki: I wonder if he'll find his way here okay? I'm going to go out for a second and check Tamiko: Chii-chan Tamiko: Do you mind if I not help you out with your work anymore? Akira: Yeah, sure. Since she's gotten used to being photographed now, I think it'll be okay //rollll// Tamiko: Wow! That's cool! Let me do it! Akira: What's so fun about this? It's just pushing a button Tamiko: Let me do it! Let me do it! Akira: Okay, but make sure you do it right
Pg 237: Tamiko: Look Chii-chan! Look! Guy: Yes, the studio's this way--- Tamiko: Ah, they're here
Pg 238: Akira: Okay, got it //slideee// Tamiko: (Huh? I hear a woman's voice) Tamiko: (Didn't she say her dad was going to come?) Tamiko: Chi---
Pg 239: Chii-chan! Tamiko: (Hanyuu Kaori!) <TO BE CONTINUED>