Houkago Hokenshitsu MIZUSHIRO Setona Ch 4 .P 153 HOUKAGO HOKENSHITSU Chapter 4 .P 154 Mashiro: ............. .......... ...Wh...y........ .P 155 Mashiro: [WHY A WOMAN'S UNIFORM?] : [I am a man...] : [I persuaded myself so.] Memory Nurse: "You are simply pretending that you desperately want to be a boy." : "Isn't that proof that you're not?" Mashiro: [...This is Sou's fault....] : [It's because he did that...] *gyu* *clench* .P 156 : [...My appearance has nothing to do with it.] : [It doesn't matter that my core is a half male and half female fragmentary body.] : [I have to go help Kureha......!] : [Water tracks....] : [If I follow these I'll find Kureha.] .P 157 *ha* *gasp* *GA* *bang* *dosa dosa* *fluttering of books* .P 158 : ...You planned that rather close......! *gasha* *clank* Armor: ........ *buso* *whoosh* *don* *thud* *ga* *thunk* .P 159 *gasha* *clank* *ba* *grab* *gan* *clang* *do* *wooong* *gasha* *clang* Mashiro: [I DID IT!] .P 160 *zushi* *thud* : [HEAVY...] *gasha* *clang* Armor: ...You cannot use it... It is my burden, my destiny. *gasha* *clank* Armor: What a brave guy. Facing of right in front of me. : But you don't know if you are a man or a woman, do you? : If that's so, I'll teach you. : You are a woman. .P 161 : I'll make you a woman. Mashiro: N-! : .....! NOOOO! *pan* *shatter* *ban* *boom* .P 162 Mashiro: ...... ....... Thank you........ Goth Girl: What? I wasn't doing it to help you. : I put a stop to it because it was getting too vulgar to watch. The key? Did he drop it? Mashiro: Eh...! : No. Nothing like that here. GG: Well. As expected. *suta suta* *rustle rustle* .P 163 Mashiro: You may be small, but you're strong. ...No. You just don't look your age on the outside. After all, you're a student in my school. GG: .......... Ever since you came, this class has gotten interesting. : The Armor's desire to know that you are a woman is bared, : and the "Arm" always stayed meekly behind corners... .P 164 *zaku zaku zaku zaku* *puncturing noises* *giri* *squeeze* Kureha: Why...... attack..... me.....? Mashiro: KUREHA!! *gu* *rising* *giri* : Kureha! Damn it, you... let her go!! .P 165 : [It's warm.] *ba* *snatch away* : It's... body temperature... GG: Well, it is a human arm. *giri giri* *paki* *shatter* Mashiro: Kureha...! : You have to do something...! Lend me your strength! You're strong!! GG: Hah? : Are you stupid? Give it a rest and try to get a clue about this class! : Just watching things like this is interesting, isn't it? .P 166 *PAN!* *SLAP!* Ma: Aren't you embarrassed to be saying such things...?! : Someone is hurting, and you just smile and watch! *DON* *energy impact* *meki* *pachi* *shatter* *kehu* *cough* : [.....! My ribs....] *dosa* *sound of a body/cloth hitting the ground* .P 167 *meki* *suck* GG: ...! Aaah.....! *meki meki meki meki* *ka* *thud* .P 168 No-Face Girl: ...I want your face... Your face is lovely. : Please. : Give it to me... *MEKI* Ma: N-! *MEKI MEKI MEKI* : Nooo.....! .P 169 Midori: Well then, let's decide the acts for the school festival! : Please fill-out your respective ballots. Girl: Midori-- I don't understand this. Teach me? Midori: Sure. It's like this... Teacher: Okui-san, I have something to ask you... Midori: OK, Sensei! Mother: ....Midori. What is this report card? : I told you it was no good if you didn't get 5s in everything, but you got a 4 in social studies and physics. .P 170 [[Note: The following section was dropped from the tankoubon, but I think they're cute, so I'm leaving them in the translation.]] || DROP ME A LINE!! || I'm currently fascinated with summer vegetable curry and KFC Red Hot Chicken. Spicy foods are good at keeping your appetite down in the summer, huh? (Though they don't help me). Contact: Setona Mizushiro-Sensei Princess Henshubu, Akita Shoten 2-10-8 Iidabashi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-8108 Japan Midori: But....... I'm on the school festival committee, and I have club activities, and there's Sasaki-sensei's flower arrangement class too... Mother: Well, of course! If you're going to be a candidate for R University, : you're going to need favorable recommendations from your teachers! And of course, good grades too! : You're not very good under pressure, so you need to apply yourself feverishly on the test days to get into a better school. Midori: I *know* that... Teacher: Okui. I'm sorry, but would you take on class rep. duties? Midori: ...But I already did it last semester.... Teacher: No one else will do it and I'm in a tight spot. Please! Remembered-mother: Don't make your teachers angry this time! Midori: .... I understand. : If you need me, I'll do my best! .P 171 Girl: You're always doing such a good job being a rep and things, Midori. We could never do it. : You just radiate "I enjoy school life!" Midori: [I don't want to do this!!] : [This isn't the real me!!] : Yes. : I love doing these kinds of things... : [I'm just playing the part of the model student! If you can deceive everyone, you should.] : [You have to do whatever is necessary to get recommendations. Because if you all] .P 172 : [want to become winners, you have to smile and live from the bottom of your heart!!] *pyoko* *pop/swish* GG: Quite the idiot. She turned college into a life-or-death situation! Mashiro: ...Why... If she so earnestly believed it was important, others have no right to laugh..... But ........ : ...Midori-san! GG: It's no use. She can't hear you. Right now we're only watching her past. ...Like a movie. .P 173 Midori: ...What is this? : I wasn't accepted to R University... Teacher: It was the university's decision. Starting this year they're no longer requesting recommendations from us. Midori: [What... is this...?] Teacher: But of course your grades and your student record are superior... If it's a matter of recommendations, how about J University? It's a very popular school. Midori: [What *is* this?] Teacher: Your standard scores aren't quite high enough for R.U., but a clearly active child like you will fit right into the school atmosphere... Midori: [I've humored you all for six years.] : [This is my reward?] .P 174 : [This...] : [I can't smile from the bottom of my heart......] Girls: Midori-! : You've been accepted to J.U.? Congratulations-! Midori: Th...thanks..... Girls: How lucky. We're going to have to really race to get through. : But you'll fit right in at J.U.! : Yeah! : And, it's a little early, but all the girls wrote you a good-luck card. : We all owe you so much... .P 175 Midori: ...Thank you, everyone... for doing this even though you're so busy studying for exams. : [It's nice, but.... all this gratitude doesn't do me any good.] : [I couldn't get what I really wanted.....] Card: --Take care! Abe Mako : You always smiled and did your best, Midori<3 Thanks so much! Kazumi : --to the stars! --Well done-- : I've always respected you, Midori. Let's always stay friends. Yuka Midori: [What is this?] .P 176 Card: You always try so hard and you're very kind, Midori. Kaori Midori: [This isn't me.] : [This gives me the creeps.] : [Who do they see?] : [I don't know this person.] : [The...] : [The real me..........] .P 177 Girls: Let's still hang out, Midori. : I'm going to follow your example and try my best--! : Let's stay friends even after we graduate.<3 *da* *run* : MIDORI!? : Midori, what's wrong? Midori: [NO! ....] : [Every one is creeping me out.] .P 178 *gaku* *thump* *dosa* *thud* Girls: Midori!! : Are you alright? Midori...! .P 179 Midori: [I'm not here.] : [...I wonder how long I've been gone?] No-Face/Midori: ...My face... I can't find it... : I'm not here. I've gone away somewhere. : I can't go anywhere like this. : Help me... .P 180 Mashiro: N-! Let me go!! *meki meki meki* *butsu* *rip* *do* *impact* : [My arm...!!] *meki meki meki* .P 181 Midori: Please... Give me your face. Fill in this hole. : Do something........ *pi* *high-pitched noise of energy* *PI* .P 182 *pan* *shatter* *bashu* *suck/slap* GG: There's nothing weaker than being swallowed by that girl. *sigh* : ...But more importantly, that noise just now? Your princess is being tormented. *giri giri* *squeeze squueze* Kureha: NOOOOOO! .P 183 Mashiro: ...KUREHA!! Kureha: Mashiro-kun.... Help me! .... Mashiro: You....! Here! : Let go of Kureha!! : Which part of you made you into this disgusting form? Do you know!? *pan* *shatter* *dokin* *heartbeat* : [....Just now.... I ....] : [I "damaged someone's spirit"?] .P 184 *pan* *shatter* *yura* *slither* : Stop! ... Who are you...?! : Sto-! : Oo! .P 185 *zuru* *slide* *PAKI* *SHATTER* *haa haa haa* *harsh breathing* *haa* .P 186 *ha ha* Nurse: Good morning, Mashiro-kun. : Well done. See you next Thursday. *haa ha* *za* *running water* Mashiro: Ueh! .P 187 Kureha: Are you all right? Mashiro: ...I still feel sick...... : Today was one thing after another. *Being broken into pieces. Having my arm ripped off.* : It's only the second class... and my nerve is failing me... : Are you alright, Kureha? You looked like you were in a lot of pain. Kureha: Yeeeeah. : It was painful, and that was the first time the Arm attacked me, so I was surprised. But it's only a dream in the end. I've gotten pretty used to it. <3 Mashiro: Used to it.... That's how it goes...? Kureha: That's right!<3 You've already gotten used to it this much.<3 .P 188 Mashiro: ...Seems wretched to me... I just wanted to protect you, but.... Kureha: That's okay. I don't want to graduate yet. : I want to have more time with you. *gyuu* *hug* .P 189 Voice: ...Merry had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb. .P 190 : Merry had a little lamb... ...... Letter: Sou, don't be so hurt. I've thought of a way to make Ichijou Mashiro yours. --that Ch 4/END