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pg01 [And the last vote]
[is always decided by something called fate]
on the board: Kayano Rika Ishibashi Izumi **正is a way of keeping count in Japanese; Rika and Izumi both have 19 ticks or votes on the board
pg04 *rustle*
*turns* -: ... the April performance of "Gone with the Wind"...
-: the role of Scarlett //will go to //Kayano-san
pg05 Rika: ...huh? //Me?
[See]
Rika: What... //no... why //I'm not suitable... [I knew it]
Rika: Instead of me, Ishibashi-san is more... Izumi: That's not true Kayano-san //That //last piece of paper is in my writing
pg06 [The name I wrote feeling 100% resigned //ends up being the last vote of all things]
-: Congratulations! //I'm expecting a lot.
-: Work hard, okay?
Rika: Wait, just wai- //I can't
-: What are you talking about? Everyone decided this together.
[This is because of my fate. //I don't know who decided it, but]
Rika: The main role... //I'm fine with a supporting role...
[Always //always //always //no matter how many times //I'm destined to lose to her]
pg07 [Since she first showed up //everything I've wanted //all the things I treasured]
Izumi: "Even if" //"my pride is hurt," //"even if I lose everything," [The one who took them away was //none other than //her]
Izumi: "I have the soil of this land"... I do not need anything else **Izumi is quoting something [I don't feel angry //and my tears dried up a long time ago //...I'm bored already]
pg08 [At times like this,]
[it'll be okay if I run as hard as I can //back to the school residence]
[Until my legs cramp up, //until my heart almost tears //running and running and then dropping off to sleep //And the next day, a different morning will come]
pg09 [Yes, like that time... //Like that time]
pg10 [Running through the wild land of Africa //with his back straight, the "Courageous Lenbron".] **"Courageous Lenbron" is a cartoon in Izumi's world
[Protecting the weak //fighting the strong]
[Back to the time when I was waiting... //dreaming of a hero like that] Wataru: Hey, Izumi, it's started already.
pg11 Wataru's dad: Are you guys watching it together again? above their heads: Izumi 10 years old Wataru 11 years old
Wataru's dad: You're really good friends, aren't you Izumi's sister: Sensei, sorry for Izumi always coming here... //I keep telling her to stop coming to my workplace **Sensei is a polite way to address a doctor or a teacher Wataru: Welcome home, dad. //Hey, humans are bad, aren't they? Izumi: Oh! It's Wataru's dad!
Izumi: The handkerchief in the lost-and-found at the hospital. //It's been 6 months, so can I have it?
Izumi's sister: No, Izumi! Wataru's dad: Lost-and-found... oh, that box...
pg12 Izumi: It's a "Lenbron" handkerchief. //If the person who lost it doesn't appear, then it should become the finder's. Wataru: But someone's used it already. Isn't it dirty?
Izumi: Just wash it then. Wataru, you're so dumb. Izumi's sister: Izumi!
Wataru's dad: .....That's certainly true but, //Izumi-chan, if you want that handkerchief, //uncle can get you a new one as a present. //Right, isn't it almost your birthday? Izumi: Ah, no thanks, no thanks. Izumi's sister: Here, you have to drink milk Wataru: Put sugar in it~
Izumi: If you do that, I'll have to get a return gift. //My sis is always going on about how much trouble that is. **By trouble, Izumi means financially *punch*
Izumi's sister: She's such an uncute kid. Oh, such a handful! *OHOHOHOHO* **this is exaggerated laughter Izumi: Ouch
pg13 [Hyuga Wataru's house is a pediatric hospital, and //since he didn't have a mother, lived alone with his kind father.] [They were pretty well off, and even had satellite antennas. //I could only watch "Lenbron" on TV at Wataru's.]
[My sister worked as a nanny here //while studying to become a nurse.] Wataru: So that's why Izumi //didn't come on my birthday. Izumi: I told you that before.
Wataru: Then from now on, //let's have parties without presents. //We can tell Yamashita, Nobuo and everyone.
pg14 Izumi's sister: Really! //Why did you say that! //Now they'll feel bad for us. //On top of that, you actually kept that handkerchief! *slam*
Izumi's sister: You need to push some of the things you want to say to the back of your throat. //You shouldn't just say everything you want brashly
My sister...Wataru's dad... Izumi: Sis, you like Wataru's dad, don't you? SFX: brashly
SFX: drops Izumi's sister: T-
Izumi's sister: that's what I mean, don't say things like that so clearly! Izumi: Why not?
pg15 [I'll become 11 years old next month. //Even if I don't have a father and a mother, //I have a hardworking older sister (but she's scary when she's angry). //Even though we have to be thrifty, I still managed to get a "Lenbron" handkerchief. //School is fun and I had a lot of friends.]
[Above all, I was quite happy] Izumi: What's wrong? //Wataru? //You look depressed
pg16 Wataru:...There's an annoying guy in my class Izumi: Annoying? //How? Wataru: Izumi-chan knows him too... //He's the most visible guy in our grade.
Izumi: Oh, the blondie?
Wataru: You know how he transferred to our school a while back? Izumi: Yeah Wataru: He lives in the housing area for government workers in the 2nd city block.
Wataru: He's //like a monster.
Wataru: At noon, when the sun shines on it, //his hair becomes more and more yellow. //If you keep watching, it really becomes all yellow. [Changes? His hair? //I want to see.]
pg17 [You can't tell what he's thinking and //he doesn't talk. Even if I invite him to play, he won't come. //I want the class to be one, //but he won't cooperate. //He can't read or write, //so during Kanji tests, he always //RUNS AWAY] **This was Wataru speaking *excited yelling* -: What what? -: Wow, look look! -: Who is it? Someone's climbing the forbidden Live Oak! -: It's the blondie from class 3!
pg18 [When the sun shines on it, //his hair glows yellow] -: Brad! //Come down //Brad, how many times do I have to tell you that that's dangerous!?
[AH! //Up that high. //Oh, so cool. //I wanted to try that too] -: Brad, I'm going to call your parents!
pg19 [What will I see //if I climb that high //What will I see?]
Izumi: Wataru! Can you climb up there?
Wataru: Wha... That's just trying to show off. Izumi: I want to climb it. //Let's climb up there some day~ Hanndwritten text: It's too scary today, but
Wataru: Izumi, you...
pg20 Wataru: -like showing off too, surprisingly- [That day in the park //there were middle school students playing soccer. //We got scared so we looked for a different place to play] -: What would Tunnels' Kinashi do in this situation? **Tunnel's is a comedy duo Izumi: I like the way you think.
-: Who was it //that wanted to be a soccer player? -: It's Sakamoto. //He really does run fast.
*kick* -: Oh, sorry. //It went left again. -: I think //you're kicking it weirdly.
pg21 *bounce* [We all realized a while ago //but pretended not to notice]
[If he wanted to play with us, he should have just said it //How uncute]
pg22 [I'm not gonna invite that kind of guy //Absolutely not]
*bounce bounce bounce*
Brad's mom: Brad!
pg23 *bounce* *roll*
pg24 [It was]
pg25 [a well-practiced kick]
[The level of play suddenly got higher. //Everyone]
[was nervous, //even Aoyama was kicking to the right place,]
[with the intrusion of an alien]
[I was nervous //and excited to see //when his hair color would change //so I smiled at him over and over]
pg26 -:Hyuga-kun
Wataru: I'm going to prep school. I'll come another time.
-: Darn. Lately he hasn't been hanging out with us, //that Wataru -: He's aiming to go to a private middle school. -: I heard he rides the train to prep school -: It's only the 5th grade and he's already worrying about middle school examinations? What a worrywart.
-: But I heard //there's a cute girl at that prep school. -: What? //A cute girl? Izumi: Oh, Wataru just came out.
pg27 -: Hey, //let's follow him. [That day was a "Courageous Lenbron" day and I wanted to watch it with Wataru.]
[But Wataru's been awfully distant lately. //No fun.]
-: Hey, isn't it that girl? -: Oh it's that girl. //She's wearing a ribbon. [Now that I look back]
[I wish I hadn't gone]
pg28 [I regretted it for a long, long time afterwards]
[Suddenly I heard a sound in my chest //"But it's mine" //From a place deep down, it shook my entire body]
[Maybe it was intuition]
pg29 ["Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep..." //A siren is ringing //It //feels like I shouldn't be near this girl]
[That girl is]
pg30 Wataru: Hey, what the heck. Stop following me guys. //I've already decided I'm not going to play with you guys. -: Why not? //Is it so you can study? //Are you gonna cut of ties with us?
Wataru: I know you guys were playing with that "show off idiot" //Traitors
Wataru: I HATE that guy Izumi: You've got a small butt-hole //Nodame in Nodame Cantabile uses the same expression. Describes someone who's narrow-minded.
Wataru: You're a girl! Stop saying dirty words like 'butt'. I want you to stop. Izumi: Wataru's the one who's not acting like a boy. We're not your minions!
pg31 Wataru: My friend's mom said the reason you talk dirty //is because you don't have parents and isn't educated properly! *punch*
*crying* -: Izumi's burst punch! -: Her strongest attack! [Who's this friend?]
[Weren't we your friends? //Your friend's mom //Who is that?]
Izumi's sister: Problem sets are getting expensive too... [It's a bit out of my reach...]
-: Izumi~, you're too slow
-: We're gonna go ahead! Izumi: Sorry, sorry. I'm out of HPs! //Health points
pg32 [Izumi]
-: Oh, that girl's running by herself again. -: I wish someone would let her ride with them.
-: But isn't piggybacking on bicycles not allowed?
Izumi: I'm home! //I mean, welcome back! //Sorry! //I messed up the fried rice.
pg33 Izumi: It was fine last time, but //we were out of soy sauce. Using water instead probably wasn't a good idea. Handwritten text: It looks like porridge. Izumi's sister: Hey Izumi
Izumi's sister: why don't you go and buy a bicycle
Izumi: Huh? Izumi's sister: Tomorrow, go to the bicylce shop in front of the station //and pick one you like. //I'll go pay for it later.
[W]
pg34 Izumi: Why, why? Izumi's sister: It's your birthday. //But in return, no presents for the next 80 years.
Izumi: 80... you mean a lifetime. Izumi's sister: Bring your friends over tomorrow too. //I'll take the afternoon off from Wataru-kun's house.
Izumi: Whoa, really!? My dear sister! //Wow, sis, you really are my sister right? You're not someone in disguise? *touch touch touch*
Izumi: Tonight... are you going to commit double suicide...? *heart racing* Izumi's sister: Idiot!
[Whoa- Whoa- //For real? Really? //A bicycle and presents? //Did I do something good? I must have]
pg35 Izumi: Mai-chan and //Yamashita. //Nobuo too! //Everyone, no presents! //We don't have a lot of food but
Izumi: we have the "LIFE" board game! It's great! Handwritten text: Every house has one. Though it's odd. -: Are you sure you can't connect video games to it? //What kind of TV is that?
Izumi: Wataru! //Come to my house later and I'll show you a surprise. //It's amazing! //It has tires, pedals, and makes a ringing noise. //What do you think it is?
pg36 -: Okay. //Tell me your address one more time? Izumi: Yup! I'm Ishibashi Izumi //from Oota District, Higashiyukigaya //37th city block. //I'm 11 years old and 68-60-75 from the top. //I'm currently single! **Izumi is listing her 3-size as a joke.
Izumi: My sister will pay for it later. //I'm not stealing it! -: Okay, okay.
-: Will you be alright? //Isn't it your first time on a bike? Izumi: Yes! //But I'm good at sports so I'll be fine! *unsteady unsteady* Handwritten text: Are you sure?
pg37 [Woohoo! //It's quick, like I thought //The scenery is flying by //This is mine now //Alright, let's go to Wataru's house like this //Let's show this to Wataru] Sign: STOP
pg38 -: Are you okay? -: Did you run her over? -: No, I think she slipped in front of us [... Got carried away]
pg39 [... It feels good... //Like wings... //Haha, on clouds... //Am I pedaling on a cloud...? //Oh //It's warm //Why...?]
[Where... is this? It's pretty but it's not Wataru's house. //There's a strange face here. //A strange smell]
[A new... house? A weird house. //Why is there a weird face like that there?]
[I've never seen this] Doctor: Her head's okay. She just has scrapes on her knees and forehead... //She does have a bit of a fever though Rika's dad: Okay, so no worries for now -: Oh it's class 1's Ishibashi Izumi. Rika's mom: Here, //why don't you come in too.
pg41 [What...? Wataru...?]
[Yamashita...] Handwritten text: Oops she found us
Handwritten text: Oh no, oh no. [Maichan....too?]
[All these face I've seen somewhere...]
Rika's mom: Today is //our //Rika's birthday *shock*
pg42 [Birthday... //that girl's... //this is...]
Rika's mom: We invited //all her friends. //And you? Are you in the same class? [that girl's house...]
Izumi: Wataru *startled*
Izumi: I thought you were coming to my house today? //Maichan and Yamashita and Nobuo too *ssh ssh*
-: A...//after... we were gonna go after this was done, right? -: Yes, //yes Handwritten text: Nice! Wataru: We...were thinking of going any minute now.
["Beep Beep Beep Beep" //The siren is ringing.] Izumi: It's okay already. //My place is small so you wouldn't have fit.
pg43 Wataru: Izumi, //you said you don’t like parties. //That’s why we didn’t tell you.
[That’s not]
[what I’m talking about] -: Bye
Handwritten text: oh no
Izumi: Sorry to bother you Rika’s mom: Huh? //Ah, wait, //that’s ours…
Wataru: Izumi *clank*
Izumi: Go away!
pg44 -: Izumi-chan!
[Who is that girl //What is that girl //Why is her birthday on the same day //Why does she have a Lenbron backpack //Wataru, Mai-chan, everyone else //why were they in HER house? //Where’s my bicycle? //My bicycle’s gone!]
pg45 Mika: Izumi! [Did Wataru]
Mika: Sensei! //Come! //Izumi has //an awful fever [feel this way too]
[Sorry Wataru //that time
[I felt sorry for that kid]
pg47 [When I got back that day, //I had a fever of 41 degrees]
[My 11th birthday present was //“measles”]
Wataru’s dad: She can rest at our house. That should be easier for you too? Mika: Yes… //….Thank you //It’s all thanks to sensei…