蛍火艶夜 chapter 1

ch1
--Flight Petty Officer First Class Shizuma Tanaka--

##p1
MARCH 1945.
TOKUSHIMA. I'M HERE
TO PHOTO-
GRAPH...
THE
SPECIAL
ATTACK
UNIT.
OH.
MR.
YODONO.

##p2
COME
ТАКЕ МУ
PICTURE
AGAIN!

##p3
**HAHAHA**
**SERIOUS**
THAT'S
ENOUGH,
TANAKA!
ARE
YOU TRYING
TO FILL HIS
NEWSPAPER
WITH YOUR
FACE?
YUP! MR.
YODONO!
MAKE
SURE I
MAKE THE
FRONT
PAGE!
SHIZUMA.
YOU LOOK
GOOD AS
ALWAYS.
I WISH I
COULD GET
YOUR PHOTO
ON THE
FRONT
PAGE.
*CLICK*
HEHEHE!
OH,
PLEASE
DON'T
TAKE
SOME
OF ME
LAUGHING!
TAKE
A MORE
SERIOUS
AND TOUGH
LOOKING
ONE!

##p4
GUYS
OF THE
SPECIAL
ATTACK UNIT
ARE ALL...
YOUNG.
AROUND
20.
WHEN I
POINT MY
CAMERA,
THEY ALL
SMILE SHYLY
AND LAUGH.
BUT
WHAT
I NEED
ARE...
PHOTOS
FOR PR
RATHER
THAN FOR
JOURNALISM
THAT TELLS
THE TRUTH.
COOL
SOL-
DIERS...
THAT YOUNG
PEOPLE WOULD
ADMIRE, I NEED
PHOTOS FOR
PROPAGANDA TO
CONVINCE CITI-
ZENS THAT THE
WAR IS GOING
WELL.
THAT'S WHY
I WANTED
A GOOD-
LOOKING,
PHOTOGENIC
PILOT.
Flight
Petty
Officer
First
Class
Tanaka
EXCUSE
ME!
YOU'RE
SO HAND-
SOME!!
CAN YOU
STRIKE A
POSE?

##p5
HE
MUST'VE
BEEN DE-
LIGHTED.
SINCE THEN,
HE'S ALWAYS
BEEN HAPPY
TO SEE ME.
AM I
REALLY
THAT
GOOD
LOOK-
ING?
I CAN'T
TELL MY-
SELF!
PLEASE DON'T
PRAISE HIM,
MR. YODONO. IT
GOES STRAIGHT
TO HIS HEAD.
I-I'M
SORRY.
He won't
stop talking
about it.
BUT
FOR SOME
REASON, HE
WON'T WEAR
THE WHITE
SCARF, THE
SYMBOL OF
THE SPECIAL
ATTACK UNIT.
THAT MADE
HIM LESS
PHOTOGENIC.
SO FAR, I
HAVEN'T SENT
HIS PHOTOS
ANYWHERE.

##p6
HE
LOVES THE
ATTENTION
SO MUCH...
I'D
LOVE TO USE
HIS PHOTOS
SOMEWHERE,
AT LEAST
ONCE.
SHIZUMA.
LET ME TAKE
YOUR PHOTO
WITH A WHITE
SCARF JUST
ONCE.
IT'D
LOOK
SO
MUCH
BETTER.
... NO?
ОКАУ.
ALRIGHT
THEN.
READY?
ONE...
TWO...
THREE...
**CLICK**
TO BE
HON-
EST...
I FOUND
SOLACE
IN TAKING
PHOTOS
OF THIS
LOVELY
BOY...
WHO
WASN'T ANY
GOOD FOR
PROPAGANDA.

##p7
FLIGHT
PETTY
OFFICER
FIRST
CLASS*
SHIZUMA
TANAKA.
I WAS
IN LOVE
WITH
HIM.
ТАКЕ МУ
PICTURE.
MR.
YODONO.
IN THE
PHOTOS
ONLY I
COULD
SEE...
WOULD
ALWAYS
PUT ON
THE MOST
HANDSOME
LOOKS.

##p8
I wish to join the Kamikaze
Special Attack Unit
No
Yes
Shizuma TanaKa
Kamikaze
Special
Attack
Unit
EVERY
DAY...
THEY GO
THROUGH
BRUTAL
TRAINING...
FOR
SUCCESSFUL
KAMIKAZE
ATTACKS.
YOUNG
MEN
WHO ARE
TRAINING
TO DIE...
AND
MAKING
PLANS
FOR
THEIR
DEATHS.

##p9
I COULD
FEEL MY
SPIRIT
PLUMMET...
EVEN
THOUGH
ONES
TRULY
SUFFER-
ING...
MUST BE
THESE MEN
WHO HAVE
CHOSEN
THIS PATH.
**SPLASH**

##p10
**SPLASH**
**CHATTER**
**CHATTER**
MR.
YODONO!
WHAT ARE
YOU DOING
HERE?
**TMP**
HUH?
HEY...

##p11
HAHA...
I GUESS
I CAN'T
USE
THAT.
I'M
SORRY.
MR.
YODONO.
SHIZUMA.

##p12
CAN
I...
GET A
DRAG?
OH.
SURE...
**INHALE**
**EXHALE**
THERE
ARE A
LOT OF
GUYS
IN THE
UNIT...
WHO
MAKE THE
SAME FACE
YOU MAKE
LOOKING
AT THE
BASE.
I COULD
TELL
RIGHT
AWAY.
BEING
AROUND
HERE...
GETS
TO YOU,
RIGHT?

##p13
I KNOW
VERY WELL
HOW HARD
IT IS...
TO BE
THE ONE
LEFT
BEHIND.
I ALREADY
MADE UP
MY MIND
TO GO...
SO
I'M JUST
FRUSTRATED
I HAVEN'T
УЕТ.
BUT...
YOU...
MUST
BE
SCARED.
МАУВЕ
I COULD
SHARE
IT...
WITH
YOU.

##p14
I GOT
THIS
SCARF...
FROM
YAGI...
SOMEONE
WHO
ALREADY
LEFT ON A
KAMIKAZE
MISSION...
WHEN
I THINK
ABOUT...
SEEING
HIM AGAIN
ON THE
OTHER
SIDE...
I
JUST...
WANT IT
ALL TO
HAPPEN
NOW.
HE
USED
TO...
MAKE THE
SAME FACE
YOU DO.
IT
GOT ME
A LITTLE
WORRIED.

##p15
y-...
YOU
AND
THIS
GUY...
WHAT
KIND
OF...
RELATION-
SHIP DID
YOU...
**Huh?**
WELL...
STRANGE
ONE I
GUESS.
WE
WERE DOING
THINGS THAT
ONLY...
A MAN
AND A
WOMAN
DO...
USUALLY.

##p16
WHAT?!
I DON'T
KNOW FOR
SURE, BE-
CAUSE...
I DON'T
HAVE ANY
EXPERIENCE
WITH ANY-
ONE ELSE.
BUT
WHENEVER
HE WAS
ANXIOUS...
HE'D PUT
HIS FACE
AGAINST MY
NECK...
AND
SMELLED
ME LIKE HE
WAS HUNGRY
FOR IT.
I LIKED
IT WHEN HE
DID THAT.

##p17
UM.
UMM...?
OUCH!
YOU
DON'T
GET
IT?
I
THOUGHT
YOU WOULD,
BECAUSE...
YOU
LOOK
EXPERI-
ENCED.
**GLANCE**
**CREAK**
WHAT?
LIKE
THIS...
**SNIFF**
**SNIFF**
MNN...
Hff
Mmm
HE
DID
IT...
JUST
LIKE
THIS.

##p18
I'M
GUESSING
THAT...
MEN
DON'T
DO THIS
TO EACH
OTHER.
WELL...
I DON'T
KNOW.
МАУВЕ
SOME
PEOPLE
DO.
Huff.
THEN...
WILL YOU
DO IT TO
ME?

##p19
PANT
PANT
PANT
SNIFF
Hff!
THIS
ISN'T
OKAY.
WHAT
I'M DOING
IS NOT
ОКАУ...
**SHIVER**
AH!
AH...
SHIVEI
Mmmm
SNIFF
AH...!

##p20
PANT
MR.
YODO-
NO...
PLEASE...
KEEP
DOING
THAT.
**CLINK**
**SLIDE**
HFF!
**SLIDE**
**SLIDE**
HFF!
HFF!
Haah!
Hff!
**SLIDE**
**PLOP**
**SLIDE**
**STROKE**
**STROKE**
**GRAB**
HAAH!
HFF!
MN!
MNN!!
Hff!
Hff
**SNIFF**
MNNN...!

##p21
AH...
AH.
H-HEY?!
SHIZUMA...
**GRAB**
**GRAB**
**STROKE**
**STROKE**
MN!
MN!
MNNNN!
**PULL**
Mmm
**SNIFF**
**SHLP**
DRIP
**SHLP**
**GRAB**
**SHLP**
Hff.
WHAT
ARE
YOU...
SHIZU-...NO! HE'S
NOT THE
KIND OF
A BOY...
TO DO
SOME-
THING
LIKE
THIS.
OH! MR.
YODONO...
Haah!
PLEASE
TAKE YOUR
PANTS OFF
TOO...!
Haah!

##p22
COME
ON, MR.
YODONO.
YOU
THINK I'M
GOOD-
LOOKING,
RIGHT?
**CLINK**
**CLINK**
**FWIP**
AHH...
**SHIVER**
HFF!
HAAH...
**CLINK**
MMM!

##p23
M-...
MY
PANTS
ARE
OFF.
NOW
WHAT
SHOULD
I DO?
c-
COME
BACK
HERE...
AGAIN.
**SQUEEZE**
MNNNN
HFF!
**TWITCH**
AH!
AHHH...
UMM...
**SHLP**
**SHLP**
**SQCH**
**TWITCH**
AH!
MMM!
**PUSH**
**SQCH**
**PUSH**
ммM..
NGH...

##p24
WHAT'S
NEXT?!
Haah!
Haah!
SHIZUMA...
INHALE
SNIIFF
 **TWITCH**
UFF!
AHH-
HHH!
**SHIVER**
**SHIVER**
Hff.
AH....
AH...
**SHIVER**
**SHIVER**
DO
WE RUB THEM
AGAINST EACH
OTHER?
LIKE
THIS?
Hff.
AH...
AH!
AH...
OR SHOULD
I GRIP THEM
TOGETHER?
Ah.
Ah.
**SQCH**
Hff.
IT'S
CALLED
FROTTING,
RIGHT?
OKAY.
I'LL DO
WHATEVER
YOU WANT!

##p25
ISN'T
THERE
MORE?
SOME-
THING
YOU
WANT
ME TO
DO?
**TWITCH **
**TOUCH**
I'VE
COME
THIS FAR,
ILL DO
EVERY-
THING.
TELL ME
EVERYTHING,
SHIZUMA!
P-

##p26
BITE
MY NECK
AS HARD
AS YOU
CAN...
THEN
JERK
ME
OFF.
M-...
MAKE IT
HURT.
Hff.
MAKE
IT HURT,
PLEASE.

##p27
AGH!
**SHLP**

##p28
AH!
**SHIVER**
**SHIVER**
HA!
**CHOMP**
**PING**
SHLP
SQCH
**STROKE**
**CLENCH**
**CLENCH**
Huff!
SQCH
**THRUST**
**TWITCH**
**TWITCH**
**THRUST**
**TWITCH**
AH!
OH...
MM...

##p29
Hff!
AH!
OH...
Huff.
MN!
AH!
**SLIDE**
**SQUEEZE**
**SQUEEZE**
**PULL**
MNNNN!
**BITE**
AH!
EEK!

##p30
**SHLP**
OH!
**SHLP**
**SHLP**
**TWITCH**
OH!
AH.
AH!!
**SHAKE**
**TWITCH**
HFF!
**FLICKER**
HFF!
HFF!
**FLICKER**
I'M...
C-
COMING!

##p31
COMING...
IM
COMING,
COMING!
AH!
YAGI!
AH!
**BATHUMP**
AAAAH!

##p32
**SHIVER**
**SHIVER**
AH...
AH...
NGH!
AH...
Hff.
HFf.
AH!
Haah Haah
AH...
**YANK**
AAH...
Hiff!
**SQUEEZE**
**TWITCH**
Hiff!
**SHIVER**
Hff
**TWITCH**
**SHIVER**

##p33
YAGI...
I MISS
YOU.

##p34
**VRRRRRR**
DON'T
YOU
WANT...
YOUR
PHOTO?
TANAKA?
AFTER
THAT..
THINGS
BECAME
AWKWARD
WITH HIM.
AND A
MONTH
LATER...

##p35
HIS UNIT
WAS TRANS-
FERRED TO
KAGOSHIMA.
HEARD
THAT...
WAS GONE
SEVERAL
DAYS AFTER
THAT.
I WASN'T
SAD.
WITH
HIS BLACK
SCARF...
HE
PROBABLY
GOT TO BE
WITH YAGI.

##p36
THEN...
THE
WAR
CAME
TO AN
END.
I COULD
FINALLY
PUBLISH...
Featured
the justice
of Potsdam
Declaration?
What
was
that
War
for?
Kamikaze
THE REAL
PHOTOS
THAT HAD
NOTHING...
TO DO
WITH
PROPA-
GANDA.
EVEN THEN,
I DIDN'T WANT
TO USE HIS
PHOTOS FOR
WORK.
SO I
TOOK
THEM
TO HIS
FAMILY.

##p37
THANK
YOU...
THANK
YOU SO
MUCH.
SHIZUMA
LOOKS...
SO
HAPPY.
THANK
YOU, MR.
YODONO.
H-..!
HEY!
I SAID
THAT
HURTS!!
I TOLD
YOU NOT
TO BITE MY
NECK!
OH!
S-...
SORRY!

##p38
FIVE
YEARS
LATER...
YAGI...
AND TEN
YEARS
LATER...

##p39
Ten years since...
What was the Special Altack Unit?
Young
souls
lost
in the
war.
I STILL
COULDN'T
FORGET
HIM.
AND
ANOTHER
TEN YEARS
LATER...
IF YOU
FIND NEW
MATERIALS ON
THE SPECIAL
ATTACK
UNIT...
PLEASE
CALL ME,
YODONO.
THANK
YOU!
ESPE-
CIALLY
PHOTO-
GRAPHS!
WE
COVER
THE REAL
STORIES!
YES, OF
COURSE!
HE'S
AWFULLY
PASSIONATE,
THAT MR,
YODONO.
Jeez.
**Hahaha.**
HE'S
FAMOUS
WITH HIS
OBSES-
SIONS.
I
WON'T...

##p40
STOP
LOOKING
FOR THE
PHOTOS...
OF
KAMIKAZE
PILOTS AT
THIS POINT.
NOT UNTIL
I FIND A
PHOTO OF
YAGI WITH
A BLACK
SCARF...
NOT UNTIL
I SEE HIS
FACE...