Riki Ch 2

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1: Chapter 2 - The Greatest Mistake of a Lifetime

PAGE 27(right):

1: Man, Aniki, that rain yesterday just came out of nowhere, huh?
2: It just suddenly came down the moment I got home, it seriously pissed me off...
3: Hey, Aniki, you listening to me...?

PAGE 27(left):

1: I-I feel like that yazuka sitting in front of me has been staring at me for a while now...
2: That middle schooler sitting in front of me keeps glancing over at me for some reason...
3: A-Aniki!! Those chicks are checking us out over there!!
4: What?!

PAGE 28(right):

1: Which one?! Where?!
2: L-Look, those two girls standing over there!

PAGE 28(left):

1: That face is really something, right?
2: Y-Yeah, it’s one of those faces you’d never forget.
3: That guy’s Riki from Hanatsubaki!!
4: Basically he’s just a super infamous delinquent!! I’m sure you could tell that much just from his face though, right?
5: It’s pretty intimidating, that’s for sure...
6: He’ll probably never get a girl in his entire life with a face like that...
7: Unbeknownst of what was really going on, Riki was struck with surprise... Throughout his whole life, whenever he met eyes with a girl, they’d either laugh out loud, let out a scream, or give him a slap across the face...
8: But this was the first time in his life that a girl looked back at him with a wide smile...

PAGE 29(right):

1: Hey! You!
2: Hmm?
3: W-Whoa! What the hell, man?!
4: Y-You’re Shiratori Genzou! A-Aniki, it’s Genzou!
5: A-Another yakuza!!
6: What the heck is going on here...?!

PAGE 29(left):

1: That was dangerous, asshole!! My heart almost stopped beating right there, you monster!!
2: Y-You’re the damn monster!! Don’t you dare point that finger at me!!
3: A-Are these guys really high schoolers?! It’s kinda hard to believe...
4: Ahh! That’s Shiratori from Tenbou!!
5: You sure are knowledgeable with this stuff, Kyouko...
6: If those guys are staring each other down like that, then it’s bound to happen!!
7: Huh? What’s bound to happen?
8: There’s only one thing that could possibly happen from an idiot dog and a halfwit monkey running into each other! // A fight, obviously!!
9: What?!


PAGE 30(right):

1: You wanna go?!
2: I knew it!!
3: ...Please stay behind the line...

PAGE 30(left):

1: Kyaah!
2: Uwaah!
3: W-What the heck was that...
4: Why do I always find myself caught up in situations like that!

PAGE 31(right):

1: That Genzou bastard!! I’m gonna murder him the next time I see him!!
2: I’ll kill that guy!!
3: Ahh, damn it! I’m hella pissed!! Let’s go, Sabu!!
4:  A-All right! ...Hmm?!
5: This ID card belongs to that chick from earlier...

PAGE 31(left):

1: Gimme that!!
2: It was on the floor right here!!
3: I-It’s that girl!!
4: RItsuko... So her name’s Machida Ritsuko...
5: What’re you doing, Sabu-chan?! Let’s hurry up and head to school already <3 Gahahaha!
6: O-Okay...?

PAGE 32(right):

1: D-Don’t tell me...
2: this place is Hanatsubaki High School...?!

PAGE 32(left):

1: Hey!! You!!
2: Huh?
3: What’re you doing just standing over there?
4: Geh!! It’s that yakuza from earlier!!
5: Yo, Riki!! Numaki and Jun are fighting again!!
6: Hurry up and come stop them!!
7: What?! God damn it, hang on, I’m on my way!! Why isn’t Itou doing anything about it?!
8: I don’t know where the hell he went!!

PAGE 33(right):

1: That’s a high schooler...?
2: You can’t be serious...
3: (4th panel signs, right to left)
Don’t ride your bike inside the school!!
Don’t come to school in anything but your uniform!
Don’t bring any sharp objects to the school!!

PAGE 33(left):

1: ...And so...
2: Y-You call this a lecture...?!
3: I-I feel a fever coming on...

PAGE 34(right):

1: Whoa!
2: Watch it, asshole!
3: Ah!!
4: S-Sorry, I’ll be more careful!!

PAGE 34(left):

1: ...Who’s that kid?
2: Did we have a kid like that here?

PAGE 35(right):

1: What should I do...
2: I was actually bullied a lot at my previous school...
3: and I ended up running away because I just couldn’t bear it anymore.
4: I transferred schools just because of a small handful of delinquents...
5: but now the entire school’s full of delinquents... I-I’m basically in the delinquents’ home turf now...

PAGE 35(left):

1: Hey, new kid!!
2: What’re you doing over here?!
3: Eek!!
4: You were in the same train as us this morning, right?
5: Y-Yes, but what about it...?
6: Umm...
7: What was your name again? Hiropon or something?
8: H-Hiropon?! My name’s Hiromoto! Hi. Ro. Mo. To!!
9: So... Hiropon, right?
10: Stop saying it like that! (TL Note: The “moto” in “Hiromoto” can be read as “pon”)
11: Anyway, you saw that gorilla freak this morning too, right? He’s from Tenbou Tech, you better watch out for those guys!!
12: .........

PAGE 36(right):

1: I-I’ve got nothing to do with that!! Leave me alone!
2: H-Hey, Hiropon!
3: It’s Hiromoto! Don’t call me by something that sounds like a drug!!
4: W-What’s with him? I was just trying to be nice!!
5: ...What I want to know is why a little twink like him would come to our school out of all places. He was acting jittery the whole time, this obviously isn’t where he belongs.
6: Maybe he got the wrong place.
7: How the hell would that happen...

PAGE 36(left):

1: T-This is the biggest mistake I’ve ever made in my life!!
2: It’s like if I moved to the North Pole with only a shirt on even though I hate cold places!!
3: I’m eventually going to get murdered if I stay in a place like that!! I-I need to find a new school to transfer to!!

PAGE 37(right):

1: If she smiled at me when we met eyes, maybe she likes me...
2: N-Nah, that can’t be...!! B-But...
3: if I give this back to her...
4: I might be able to lead things in the right direction...
5: Hmm?
6: Ah!
7: It’s her...!!
8: C-Calm down, Riki...!! S-Smile, you have to smile...!!

PAGE 37(left):

1: U-Um... Excuse me, you two...
2: Uh... h-hi there...
3: Um... I believe this...
4: Nooooo!
5: T-They ran away... I-I mean, of course they did... Haha...
6: I-I just got the wrong idea... There’s no way a girl would smile at me...

PAGE 38(right):

1: I got the wrong idea, damn it! I’m such an idiot!!

PAGE 38(left):

1: Several days later
2: Hey, Ritsuko!! That Hanatsubaki monster chased after us again yesterday, didn’t he?! What’s with that guy?! Could he be a stalker?
3: Hmm... Maybe there’s something he wants to talk to us about.
4: Like what?! I don’t care if he wants to talk to us, we’ve got nothing to do with him!!
5: He has to be a stalker, I’m telling you!

PAGE 39(right):

1: Ow!!
2: Ah!!
3: Hey, who did that?!
4: Oh...?

PAGE 39(left):

1: I-It’s raining again...?
2: It’s been a few days since I’ve come to Hanatsubaki... I really want to transfer already... That’s the only thing that’s been on my mind...
3: Heeeey, Hiropon!!

PAGE 40(right):

1: Yo!
2: S-Sabu-kun!!
3: Just so you know, it’s Hiromoto, not Hiropon! Hi. Ro. Mo. To!! How many times do I have to tell you?!
4: I know, I know. Anyway, Hiropon...
5: Ahhh! You’re doing this on purpose!!
6: Have you seen Aniki at all lately?
7: Saotome-kun? No, I can’t say I have...
8: Damn it, where the hell did he go off to?!
9: I felt that Tanaka Saburou was the person I could relate to the most in Hanatsubaki...
10: Kyaaah!
11: Oh?
12: T-That’s the scream of a girl!! All right, let’s go, Hiropon!!
13: W-Wait, Sabu-kun! We probably shouldn’t get involved!!

PAGE 40(left):

1: Hey!! What do you guys think you’re doing?!
2: S-Sabu-kun!!
3: Ah!!
4: Who the hell are you?!
5: Don’t clench your asshole once you hear this!! I’m the underling of Hantatsubaki’s Saotome Riki, Tanaka Saburou!!
6: Never heard of you... What about you guys?
7: Nope...
8: T-This is bad!! Let’s get out of here!!
9: N-Never heard of me?! All right jackass, then I’ll show you who I am right now!!

PAGE 41(right):

1: Ah!
2: What the heck... Is this guy an idiot...?
3: ...Hey, you!!
4: What’re you gonna do, huh?

PAGE 41(left):

1: P-Please... h-help us...!!
2: You wanna go, huh?!
3: Ah...! W-Wait...!!
4: Kuh...!

PAGE 42(right):

1: R-Riki-kun!!
2: Hiro... Don’t run away...
3: What’re you acting like a scaredy-cat for?!
4: Are you just gonna run away from everything like this from now for the rest of your life?
5: Stop running!!

PAGE 42(left):

1: Ahh! It’s the stalker...!!
2: W-Who the hell are you?!
3: Urgh...
4: T-This bastard...

PAGE 43(right):

1: Don’t underestimate us, punk!!
2: Wha?!
3: Watch out!!
4: R-Riki-kun!

PAGE 43(left):

1: That fuckin’ hurt, asshole!
2: All right bitch, I’m gonna throw you, so you better fuckin’ fly!
3: Uwooh?!
4: Ready, set...

PAGE 44(right);

1: Go!
2: Ooooohhhh!

PAGE 44(left):

1: K-Kyaaah!
2: Uwaaah! Ruuuun!!
3: Wait!! Machida Ritsuko!!
4: Huh?!

PAGE 45(right):

1: ...Here.
2: Huh?!
3: You dropped this at the station a few days ago, right? It’s your student ID! You need this on you, right...?
4: Huh...? So this whole time you’ve been trying to give this back to me...?
5: She left after saying “thank you very much.” She looked like she smiled at me again for a moment, but I’m sure I just got the wrong idea again...
6: I finally managed to return her student ID, and now this time she ended up dropping her handkerchief... Just who does she think I am?

PAGE 45(left):

1: Heeeey, Hiro!!
2: Hiro!!
3: That idiot went running off again...
4: Ow!
5: S-Sorry, I should’ve been more careful...!
6: I-It was a friggin’ telephone pole, damn it!!

PAGE 46(right):

1: W-Why am I...
2: so pathetic...?!
3: Riki...
4: Saotome Riki from Hanatsubaki High, huh...?

PAGE 46(left):

1: Man, the rain just keeps getting heavier...
2: Hmm?
3: Genzou!!
4: Heeeey!! Gen-chan ♥
5: Hmm?!
6: All right, that felt good! I suppose this is as good of a time as ever to head on back ♥


PAGE 47(right):

1: D-Damn you!! I’ll murder you, asshole!!
2: Oh, yeah? You wanna go? Bring it on!!
3: Hey, what are you doing laying around in a place like this? Did something bad happen? You’re going to catch a cold, you know?
4: Leave me alone...
5: Chapter 2 END