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| 1 | 1 x 1/2 ch10+a | |
| 2 | ||
| 3 | p1 | |
| 4 | >Hey, does your family | |
| 5 | >not have a dad? | |
| 6 | >... | |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | >It happened so long ago that I don't remember what prompted me to ask | |
| 9 | >but | |
| 10 | >it's been sleeping in the corner of my mind even to this day. | |
| 11 | ||
| 12 | p2 | |
| 13 | >It's a sweet | |
| 14 | >and slightly salty memory. | |
| 15 | ||
| 16 | >By Ayako-san, you mean... | |
| 17 | >That Kisaragi Ayako-san? | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | >Yeah. | |
| 20 | >She's Mori-san now, though. | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | p3 | |
| 23 | >I happened to run into Akira-san the other day. | |
| 24 | >She said Ayako-san's looking for a full-time pharmacy job since her kid is entering elementary school. | |
| 25 | >My dad's getting to that age so... It's perfect timing, don't you think? | |
| 26 | >I see. | |
| 27 | ||
| 28 | >Still, it's surprising. | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | >That Kisaragi Ayako-san's kid is already in elementary school... | |
| 31 | >>blink... | |
| 32 | >Time goes by so quickly. | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | >I remember her well. She was quite the celebrity back then... | |
| 35 | - | >You could even call her a goddess. |
| 35 | + | >She was even called a goddess, I think. |
| 36 | >Indeed. Although thinking about it now, it's like "what the heck?". | |
| 37 | >Brings back memories. Her underclassmen were all such big fans. | |
| 38 | - | >The bars were all filled with tears when they heard she got married... It was quite troublesome. |
| 38 | + | >They cried they eyes out in the bars when they heard she got married... It was quite troublesome. |
| 39 | >>rub | |
| 40 | ||
| 41 | >She was beautiful and had great grades, and she had quite the expression after she got married... | |
| 42 | ||
| 43 | >But man, karma's a bitch. | |
| 44 | >In addition to losing both of her parents so quickly... | |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | p4 | |
| 47 | >she lost her husband too. | |
| 48 | >It was really so sudden. | |
| 49 | >... | |
| 50 | >...Indeed it was. | |
| 51 | ||
| 52 | >So, about her daughter, Asuka-chan. | |
| 53 | >I was thinking she could stay over during spring vacation. | |
| 54 | >What are they talking about...? | |
| 55 | >sneak... | |
| 56 | >That sounds good. Those two haven't come over here before, after all. | |
| 57 | >She'd be worried about leaving her home all day, right? | |
| 58 | ||
| 59 | >Ayako-san is such a worrywart, though. | |
| 60 | >Hah | |
| 61 | >I'm not sure how to convince her. | |
| 62 | >You could say it'd be good if she could become friends with Rui, who's the same age as her. | |
| 63 | >Besides... | |
| 64 | ||
| 65 | p5 | |
| 66 | >Our Onii-chan over here | |
| 67 | >is very reliable. | |
| 68 | >! | |
| 69 | ||
| 70 | >>hide | |
| 71 | ||
| 72 | >What are you smirking about? | |
| 73 | >It's creepy. | |
| 74 | >>smile smile | |
| 75 | >Oh, nothing. | |
| 76 | ||
| 77 | >... | |
| 78 | >Onii-can, huh... | |
| 79 | ||
| 80 | >I was very much a gullible and obedient kid back then. | |
| 81 | >Wow, you're so cool, Jun-kun. | |
| 82 | >>shopping | |
| 83 | >I would always get carried away with my Dad's cajolery. | |
| 84 | >That's our Onii-chan! | |
| 85 | >Hey, greatest in Japan!! | |
| 86 | ||
| 87 | ||
| 88 | p6 | |
| 89 | >Okay! | |
| 90 | >Here I go! | |
| 91 | ||
| 92 | >Swings | |
| 93 | >There! | |
| 94 | >Noooooooooooooo!! | |
| 95 | >!!!?? (Jun) | |
| 96 | ||
| 97 | >Seesaw | |
| 98 | >>Up and down | |
| 99 | >Aaaaaah | |
| 100 | >>flail flail | |
| 101 | >Ooooooooh!? | |
| 102 | ||
| 103 | >Asuka-chan, let's go to the jungle gym next! | |
| 104 | >Nooooooooooo! | |
| 105 | - | >>drag |
| 105 | + | >>drag drag |
| 106 | >Uwaaaah! Wait wait wait! | |
| 107 | ||
| 108 | >Th-Th-Th-This is bad. At this rate it's gonna turn into a serious accident before I know it! | |
| 109 | >>grip | |
| 110 | >What should I do? Maybe I should tie Rui to that tree over there... | |
| 111 | >*Skipping rope | |
| 112 | >Huh? | |
| 113 | ||
| 114 | p7 | |
| 115 | >>clatter clatter | |
| 116 | >Can't you get down, Asuka-chan? | |
| 117 | >Oh dear. | |
| 118 | >I'm too late...! | |
| 119 | ||
| 120 | >C-C-C-C-C-C-Calm down! Just calm down! | |
| 121 | >You're the one who needs to calm down, bro. (Rui) | |
| 122 | >It's okay, don't move, I'll come help you... | |
| 123 | >>slip | |
| 124 | ||
| 125 | >Ah! | |
| 126 | >>fall | |
| 127 | ||
| 128 | >Aaaaaah! | |
| 129 | ||
| 130 | p8 | |
| 131 | >Gyu... | |
| 132 | >>sob sob... | |
| 133 | ||
| 134 | >! | |
| 135 | >squelch | |
| 136 | >... | |
| 137 | ||
| 138 | >Ooh, nice catch, bro! | |
| 139 | ||
| 140 | >Being an onii-chan | |
| 141 | >was really tough. | |
| 142 | >Welcome home, everyone! | |
| 143 | >Woah, Jun-kun. You're covered in dirt. | |
| 144 | >Alright, snack time! | |
| 145 | ||
| 146 | p9 | |
| 147 | >>irritated irritated | |
| 148 | >...It's all... | |
| 149 | ||
| 150 | >>snooze | |
| 151 | >this girl's fault... | |
| 152 | >She's asleep | |
| 153 | ||
| 154 | >>glance | |
| 155 | >Changed clothes. | |
| 156 | ||
| 157 | >>space out... | |
| 158 | >... | |
| 159 | - | >For some reason... |
| 159 | + | |
| 160 | >It seems like... | |
| 161 | ||
| 162 | - | >She seems different... |
| 162 | + | |
| 163 | >she is a little strange... | |
| 164 | >She was screaming with tears when she was being dragged all over the place by Rui... | |
| 165 | >But now I have no idea what she's thinking... | |
| 166 | ||
| 167 | >What's...that? | |
| 168 | >Hm? | |
| 169 | >Ah, it's sakura mochi. | |
| 170 | >You never eaten one before? | |
| 171 | >>stare... | |
| 172 | ||
| 173 | >Aah | |
| 174 | ||
| 175 | >! | |
| 176 | ||
| 177 | >... | |
| 178 | >I guess she likes it...? | |
| 179 | >Maybe she's actually easy to read, after all...? | |
| 180 | >>nom nom | |
| 181 | ||
| 182 | p11 | |
| 183 | >... | |
| 184 | >The leaf is coming off | |
| 185 | ||
| 186 | >Hey. | |
| 187 | >Does your family... | |
| 188 | >>snooze.. | |
| 189 | >Mmm | |
| 190 | ||
| 191 | >not have a dad? | |
| 192 | ||
| 193 | >... | |
| 194 | >>astonished | |
| 195 | ||
| 196 | >Hah | |
| 197 | >Oh crap... | |
| 198 | ||
| 199 | p12 | |
| 200 | >Did I just step on a landmine...? | |
| 201 | >Is she gonna cry...!? | |
| 202 | ||
| 203 | >.. | |
| 204 | >A dad... | |
| 205 | ||
| 206 | >What's a dad again...? | |
| 207 | >I've heard of it | |
| 208 | >Eeh...? | |
| 209 | >I have to start from there...? | |
| 210 | ||
| 211 | >Erm, a dad is... | |
| 212 | >A dad is like the person who's not your mom... A guy... | |
| 213 | >Ah, you don't have two of them to begin with, is there...? | |
| 214 | >Hrm | |
| 215 | >How do I explain this... | |
| 216 | >>chop chop | |
| 217 | >The person who's not my mom... | |
| 218 | >Two of them... | |
| 219 | ||
| 220 | >You mean like Akira-chan? | |
| 221 | >Akira-chan? | |
| 222 | >Who's that?? | |
| 223 | >Yeah. | |
| 224 | >Akira-chan is... | |
| 225 | ||
| 226 | p13 | |
| 227 | >Someone who lived with us before. | |
| 228 | >Heh. | |
| 229 | >>puff puff | |
| 230 | >She made a really big castle. | |
| 231 | >But then she tried to kiss Mom so now I kinda hate her. | |
| 232 | >I-Is that so? | |
| 233 | >Ayako-san's boyfriend, perhaps? | |
| 234 | ||
| 235 | >Hmm, but Akira-chan is a girl, so... | |
| 236 | >She's a girl...? | |
| 237 | >This Akira-chan sure is a mystery. | |
| 238 | ||
| 239 | - | >I guess I do have a dad. |
| 239 | + | |
| 240 | >Maybe a dad is that person. | |
| 241 | >Huh? Is Rui-san asleep? | |
| 242 | >Yep. | |
| 243 | - | >That |
| 243 | + | |
| 244 | - | >person in the photograph. |
| 244 | + | >The one |
| 245 | >on the photo. | |
| 246 | ||
| 247 | >? | |
| 248 | >I don't really get it, but... | |
| 249 | ||
| 250 | p14 | |
| 251 | >You don't seem lonely. | |
| 252 | >? | |
| 253 | >How come? | |
| 254 | ||
| 255 | >How come, you ask... Wouldn't you normally be lonely? | |
| 256 | >Hmm... | |
| 257 | >I don't know... I mean... | |
| 258 | ||
| 259 | >I've never met this Dad person even once in my life. | |
| 260 | ||
| 261 | - | >He's a stranger who I can't meet |
| 261 | + | |
| 262 | - | >so why would I be lonely? |
| 262 | + | >Why would I be lonely |
| 263 | >if I can't meet a stranger? | |
| 264 | ||
| 265 | p15 | |
| 266 | >Besides | |
| 267 | - | >I have... |
| 267 | + | |
| 268 | >For me... | |
| 269 | >Asuka. | |
| 270 | >Sorry, I'm late~ | |
| 271 | >Ah! | |
| 272 | >Mom! | |
| 273 | >step step | |
| 274 | ||
| 275 | p16 | |
| 276 | >Have you been a good girl? | |
| 277 | - | >Hey, I went to the park just now! |
| 277 | + | |
| 278 | >Hey, hey, I went to the park just now! | |
| 279 | ||
| 280 | >>snicker | |
| 281 | - | >You can tell me all about it on the way home. |
| 281 | + | |
| 282 | >You can tell me all about it slowly on the way home. | |
| 283 | >>dumbfounded | |
| 284 | ||
| 285 | >Thank you, Satoshi-san. | |
| 286 | >Sorry to do this during the holidays... | |
| 287 | >Don't worry about it. | |
| 288 | >Asuka-chan is a good kid so she didn't cause any problems. | |
| 289 | >See you soon, Asuka-chan. | |
| 290 | - | >Thank you for today too, Jun-kun. |
| 290 | + | >>smile |
| 291 | ||
| 292 | >Thank you too for today, Jun-kun. | |
| 293 | >Hah | |
| 294 | >Ah. | |
| 295 | >It was nothing. | |
| 296 | ||
| 297 | >Come on, Asuka. | |
| 298 | >Won't you say goodbye to the onii-chan who played with you all day? | |
| 299 | >Okay. | |
| 300 | ||
| 301 | p17 | |
| 302 | >Thank you, Onii-chan. | |
| 303 | >Bye-bye. | |
| 304 | ||
| 305 | >Mm... | |
| 306 | >>blink... | |
| 307 | ||
| 308 | - | >>sit up |
| 308 | + | |
| 309 | >Bro...? | |
| 310 | >>rub | |
| 311 | - | >The pain I felt in my heart at that moment |
| 311 | + | |
| 312 | p18 | |
| 313 | >The little pain I felt in my heart at that moment | |
| 314 | >was probably | |
| 315 | >because the smile she gave wasn't directed towards me. | |
| 316 | >... | |
| 317 | ||
| 318 | >>open | |
| 319 | ||
| 320 | >Oh. | |
| 321 | >Welcome back, bro. | |
| 322 | ||
| 323 | >...Yeah. | |
| 324 | ||
| 325 | p19 | |
| 326 | >What's with the pissed off expression? | |
| 327 | >Did you get dumped? | |
| 328 | >Well excuse me for being pissed off. | |
| 329 | >My expression was always like this. | |
| 330 | ||
| 331 | >Well, I have no reason to tell you to begin with. | |
| 332 | >>sit | |
| 333 | >If you say I got dumped, then I got dumped. | |
| 334 | >If you have to laugh, then laugh. | |
| 335 | ||
| 336 | >Hmm... | |
| 337 | >How should I put it... | |
| 338 | >Asuka is stubborn like that too. | |
| 339 | ||
| 340 | >>bump | |
| 341 | ||
| 342 | p20 | |
| 343 | >... | |
| 344 | ||
| 345 | >Was I being too meddlesome? | |
| 346 | ||
| 347 | >... | |
| 348 | >...No. | |
| 349 | ||
| 350 | >In fact | |
| 351 | >I feel kinda refreshed. | |
| 352 | ||
| 353 | >...I see. | |
| 354 | ||
| 355 | >What do you want for dinner tonight? | |
| 356 | >.... | |
| 357 | >...Mapo tofu. | |
| 358 | >Roger. |