Less Than a Sister

p1
>I want an Onee-chan.
>When I asked that, my Mom said...

>"You had a real onee-chan, Mii-chan."

>But I don't have an onee-chan?

>"Onee-chan gave up being an onee-chan
>to become a part of you, Mii-chan."

>The heck does that mean?

p2
>Hey, did you know?
>That factory by the river.

>Bad children who don't do as they're told get taken away to that place.

>Maybe Onee-chan was unable to become my onee-chan because she was a bad girl
>and got dragged to that factory...?

p3
>Does Onee-chan know I'm her little sister?

>Ah.

p4
>Onee-chan...?

>Onee-chan.
>Were you lonely being by youself all this time?

p5
>About as much as you were, Mii.

>I was lonely.
>I always thought... that it'd be nice if Onee-chan was with me.

>My friend Yocchan has an onee-chan too!
>But they're always fighting!
>You won't hate me, right, Onee-chan...?

>...
>Do you love me, Mii?

>Yeah! I love you!

p6
>Then
>I feel the same way.

>I'll make dinner today!
>You rest up, Onee-chan!

p7
>Let's see. Soy sauce. Soy sauce.

p8
>Onee-chan.
>We're out of soy sauce, so...

>Ah!!

>Don't!!

>These photos...
>have only you, Mom and Dad in them...

>...

p9
>Am I...
>dead?

>Mom said...
>Onee-chan didn't die.

>She said Onee-chan disappeared before she could become my onee-chan.
>She said that you were surely born together with me as a part of my body...

p10
>If Onee-chan is a part of me,
>then the you that's in front of me is...

>Just who...

>am I, I wonder?

p11
>...Oh right, the soy sauce!
>I need to buy some soy sauce!

p12
>I'm home...

>Onee-cha...?

p13
>Thank you, Onee-chan.