Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou by Tsuda Masami Source: LaLa Volume 5, 2005 Translated: Dianne Dimabuyo (DiDi) Act 101 haru sangatsu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou belongs to Tsuda Masami and Hakusensha. This is a fan translation and no money is being made off of this. Note: You'll have to pardon me if I have any errors. It's been over a year since I last translated, and I've barely been exposing myself to Japanese since then. Comments and criticisms to me, please. :) : text in bubbles <> sound () little text [] translator's additional notes.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -269- Big hit! Love-Love Romance, Straight to the Climax!! Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou Act 101 . Spring March Saa, It's time to set off... *heart* Tsuda Masami * New release HC "Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou" volume 20 is super popular on sale!! Read it clear through, alright *heart* * "KareKano"'s final zen-in service is starting!! It's an absolutely wonderful set, so don't miss it!! -270- [Asapin bursts in looking radiantly happy] -271- [Asapin glomps on to Souichirou's back, as he stands about reading. Yukino and Rika cheer on in the background, as....] /sign/ Accepted to the College of Arts Hideaki: I PASSED Souichirou: Good for you. /Hideaki/ You're so cold. Yukino&Rika: Wow! Congratulations! You do really well when you try! Hideaki: It was really painful! I had to face those old geezers every day------! [shot of Hideaki turning blue as Kawashima-sensei watches him study] /Hideaki/ Kawashima-sensei had me constantly studying. [shot of Hideaki sweating as Arima Shizune's father stares at him sternly clutching onto his paper] /Hideaki/ Under Shizune-papa's (Arima's grandfather, a Japanese painter) personal direction with sketching /Hideaki/ IT WAS HELL!! [Hideaki's eyes overflow with tears, to Souichirou's annoyance] Souichirou: You owe them a lot of gratitude, so be thankful!! -272- [Image of Maho, blushing] /sign/ Accepted to the Women's Medical School /Maho/ I did it *heart* /note/ A more perfect examinee. [Image of Aya looking blue in the face as she weeps, perhaps in terror, with Rika spazzing out in the background] /sign/ Accepted to fill in a vacancy at the her number one choice Literary Group. /Aya/ Sa.. safe!! /note/ She memorized every single thing that Arima and Yukino pointed out. (Only her memory is really good) But she forgot everything she had studied.... /note pointing to Rika/ The person who built in the breakfast menu, as a true friend. -273- [Image of Souichirou flushed and ecstatic, as Yukino stares at him like he's crazy] /sign/ Passed the examination for the police force /Souichirou/ WAHYA-------------!! /note pointing to Souichirou/ He's got connections there, too. A lot of people from the kendou and judou clubs went to the police force. /Yukino/ Such high tension... This is the first time I've seen Souichi-kun like this... [View of the school from outside the gates] Everyone's paths were safely settled. The spring when everyone would take off has finally come. -274- [Kano looks off to the side] [Kano and two of her friends watch a group of third years from behind] Kano: ? What's going on with them? Friend: They're having their graduation rehearsal. They're finally done as third year students, Kano. [Sideways shot of Kano as she continues to watch them] Kano: Ah... Graduation's already tomorrow, isn't it? [Souichirou looks back and sees Kano] -275- [Souichirou comes over.. to Kano's surprise, it seems] Souichirou: Kano-chan! [Souichirou smiles] [Souichirou tousles Kano's hair, as she blushes, and her friends watch in awe] Kano: .................. Kano: Arima-kun... What? Souichirou: Kano-chan, you've gotten a little taller, ne. Yukino looked just like you when she was in first year. Kano: O.. Oh yeah? Souichirou: It makes me a little nostalgic. -276- [Souichirou leans in to whisper in Kano's ear, as she blushes, looking wooden] Souichirou: I'm coming by your place later to hangout. Kano: Ay... [Souichirou walks off with a wave] Friend: Arima-senpai really is so cool~~~~~ Friend: He's come to have a gentler atmosphere about him.. which makes him even more popular, ne! [Kano's friends look jealous and dreamy as she giggles] Friend: It's gonna be so lonely when they leave tomorrow---- You're lucky, Kano. You can see him anytime you want cuz he's your sister's boyfriend. /Friend/ Besides, you look like Yukino-senpai, so he's really affectionate with you... Kano [thought]: ................ /Kano/ As "my sister's boyfriend"... right now, he's actually more like my real "ONIISAN *heart*, ne -277- [Yukino's group is gathered in a circle as they chat] Friend: Because senpai-tachi are the star troop Friend: it's going to be really lonely when they graduate, ne...... [Kano looks calculating and her friends are surprised when she says...] Kano: What, what! From now on, it'll be our age as the new stars! Friend: U-wa---- No aura! Friend: That seems impossible----- We don't seem to have that star quality--- Kano: Don't say we don't have star quality! [View raises up to the ceilings as they laugh] -278/279- [View of the stairs] [View of the classrooms] [View of the pathway outside] [Yukino is looking through a binder in a classroom] At that time, this place is where I first met you. -280/281- [Image of Souichirou looking in] [View of the sky, looking up] From then, I was able to taste every emotion. -282/283- [View of the city in the dark] [Same view as dawn comes] [A view of the school from the main entrance] /sign/ Kanagawa Prefectural High School Graduation Ceremony Souichirou [smiling]: -----Taking everything that has come to pass, I think I want to amend the speech for graduation. Announcer: The representative of the graduating class, Arima Souichirou -284/285- [Image of the parents crying in the audience... Souji and Hiroyuki crying openly. Shizune, covering herself up with a handkerchief, Miyako staring at Hiroyuki] /sign/ Crying aloud /music/ Think about it, these days are precious [Image of Kano sweat-dropping, as the rest of her classmates cry.. <____<;;] /sign/ Crying aloud /music/ From here on, it's a turning point /Girl/ Asaba-senpai /Girl/ Arima-senpai [Image of Kawashima-sensei] /sign/ Welling up with emotion /music/ And now, farewell------- [Image of a camera being pointed] [Off]: Ok, I'm taking the picture---- [Off]: Smile, smile---- [Image of the graduating troop: Hideaki, Souichirou, Takefumi, Rika, Yukino, Tsubasa, Aya, Tsubaki, Maho] -286- [Image of backpack] Tsubaki: Ok, then! Tsubaki: Well, everyone, take care! Tsubaki: We'll write to you when we get there. [The rest of the group stares at them] Maho: .................. Where are you going? Tonami: EGYPT *heart* Group: HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!? From here!? You're going to Narita!? In your uniform!!? /Group/ What's up with that~ Tonami: No~~~ I was already going to leave the country when I left home /Tonami/ I left them a letter at home. -287- Yukino: What about making the memory of graduation last longer!? Didn't we decide we were going out to tea or something together?? Or what about talks of going on a grad trip? Tsubasa: What about my wedding? Tsubaki: Sorry! We don't have any money, so we can't do that trip. Tsubaki: As for Tsubasa, we're just gonna mail to you then or something /Tsubaki/ for congratulations /Tsubaki/ Something adequate Maho: Ahh! Then I'll just go with you guys. Takashi-san's arriving in the country at 1 today. /Tonami&Tsubaki/ Wa-----i! Really~~~~ Maho: It's the night he's arriving but for the time being, I'll see you guys off!! Maho: I want to be close to Takashi-san and go to New York, too, so I should probably plan to travel soon. Maho: Ah, but I'm definitely coming to Tsubasa-chan's wedding. -288- [The rest of the group stare at them as they leave, dazed] Yukino: Ok--- Gotcha. Rika: They're so energetic, na...... [Off]: Well, I guess that as for the trip, the people who can go should, ne. [Off]: Our group's just suddenly petering out, ne. [Tsubasa looks out the window] Tsubasa: Are, it's Kazuma-chan. /Tsubasa/ And the guys from YinYang. Tsubasa: Ah, I forgot----- We have to go see the dress get completed today. /Group/ YOU TOO!! -289- Tsubasa: Well, everybody. I'll see you at the wedding-- Yukino: Ok, see yah. [The rest once again stare at the retreating figure, dazed] Yukino&Souichirou&Rika&Aya: ............................................................ Aya: Hey, wait! Aren't we lonely!? Isn't this lonely!? WE GOT LEFT BEHIND AT GRADUATION! Yukino: ARE WE THE ONLY ONES WITHOUT PLANS!? /Yukino/ THEY'RE SO CRUEL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -290- [Off]: Let's create an alliance of sorrow! Even if the others come to invite us out, we'll already be off having fun! /note pointing to last statement/ The flaws of friendship on graduation [image of cellphone ringing from a purse] [Aya picks up the cell phone] Aya: It's my cell phone. Aya: ? It's from the publisher. Wonder why. [The others stare] Aya: Hello. Thank you very much for everything. Aya: Yes. Yes. [black background] Aya: Yes? A 10-page short? [Aya starts sweating heavily, as she continues to talk on her cellphone, her world turning into nauseating marble colors] Aya: ................................................Ah, that's right, huh. Of course, I'm doing it. Aya: In no way did I forget about it! [Aya becomes smaller as her world darkens] Aya: I was going to write it at a better time. I had my graduation today, you see... Aya: Would it be alright if I could have til tonight to do it... Aya: Yes Aya: Yes... -291- [Yukino and Rika stares at Aya's still back as she hangs up her cell phone] [Aya turns her head nervously, tears in her eyes] Yukino: Nah, we understand the situation. Yukino: We won't criticize you for it. [Aya runs off in a panic, Rika following frantically afterwards, Souichirou&Yukino peeking from the door to the classroom] Aya: OK, SEE YAH!!! Rika: I'm going to help, too! Yukino: GOOD LUCK!!!! -292- [Souichirou and Yukino are left behind in the classroom, watching Aya and Rika disappear] [Yukino turns to Souichirou with a smile] Yukino: Now, it's just the two of us. Yukino: I wonder when this group will next be all together again. I think it'll be hard for all of us to be all present~~~~~~ -293- Yukino: By the way, where's Asapin? [View pans out to the yard where Asapin is having his picture taken with a girl, while other girls wait for their turn behind the picture-taker] Souichirou: He's having a 2-shot picture-taking session out in the courtyard. Yukino: If you think about it, Asapin is our oldest friend, right? Yukino: Even if everyone goes off to lead different lives after graduation, I have a feeling that Asapin will be the only one who will always be with us. Souichirou: Eh!? That's depressing. Yukino: But, in the beginning, there was just the two us. -294/295- [memory of Yukino jumping out of the school window to get away from Souichirou] [memory of Souichirou and Yukino sitting together at student council] [memory of Yukino and Souichirou finding each other after a frantic search during the school festival] [memory of Yukino standing in an empty classroom] [memory of Yukino, Tsubasa, and Maho on stage for the play, "Steel Snow"] [memory of Souichirou and Yukino passing each other unknowingly when taking the entrance exams (From Act Zero)] [memory of Yukino and Souichirou hiding in the closet as Souichirou plans to skip school] [memory of Yukino confronting Souichirou in the library] [memory of Souichirou laying face down on Yukino's lap] [memory of all their friends greeting Souichirou openly as Souichirou comes back to school, attempting to forget about his birth mother] [memory of Yukino and Souichirou sitting around] [memory of Yukino and Souichirou talking in school] [The two of them hold hands and smile as they reminisce] -296/297- [View of the hallway] So many things have happened here, haven't they. -298/299- [A view of buildings] [A view of the traffic lights] [A view of people on the pedestrian crossing] [An aerial view of the city] 16 years have passed since then. TO BE CONTINUED. * What has happened 16 years later to the Karekano-mates who have gone their own ways...!? The exciting final chapter that you definitely cannot miss!! Look forward to it *heart* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Homepage: http://karekano.isgreat.net/ Email at: lostin[a]hazydaze.net (change the [a] to @) Date: May 2, 2005