Houkago Hokenshitsu by MIZUSHIRO Setona Chapter 7 Translation by Jen http://ttreasures.caithion.net ----------------------------------- .P 97 \ Houkago Hokenshitsu / Part 7 The Nurse's Office After School .P 98 Sou: Because : I love you...... Mashiro: [I'm an idiot.] .P 99 Mashiro: [Why did I run away?] : [Why couldn't I just say something calmly?] : [Why is he so confident that I'm a woman?] : [That was my chance to get a clear answer.] : [I can't sleep.........] .P 100 : [What am I saying? I don't want to lose.] : [Next time I bump into him.... I have to say something to discourage him...] : [No. I should take it easy. .... Better to leave it alone.] *goso* *toss-and-turn* : [I'm not a girl... and I don't have to get along with him.....] *goso : [Why did he... me...... is he serious....... I wonder.......] : [..........I can't sleep..........] .P 101 Sign: Library Kureha: And uuuup! *katsu* *step* *katsu* .P 102 Kureha: KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Mashiro: ...KUREHA!? *da* *run* .P 103 *GARA* *door rattling open* Kureha: Mashiro...kun..... !! .P 104 *ka* *angry flush* Ma: KEEP AWAY FROM KUREHA!! Shinbashi: ........Sor.......... Um........I............ Ma: You're Shinbashi from D-Class. \\Note: 'Shinbashi' means 'new bridge'.// : What were you doing to Kureha?!! Shin: 'What'... No... : ...... I hadn't yet... Kureha: "YET"! What's THAT mean!? : What were you planning to do!!? .P 105 : Disgusting!! Don't touch me, you maggot!! I'm gonna die!! *gyo* *shock* Mashiro: ...Wai... Kureha...? : That's going a little too far... Shin: It's fine. ...I'm sorry. : It was my fault. .P 106 : I'm really sorry....... : I won't come near you again, so don't worry. Ma: ......Eh? : He just stood behind you...? .P 107 : Then he didn't do anything to you? Kureha: I thought he was going to do something so I gave a scream! : Why are you looking at me like that? : Would you be happy if he HAD tried something!? Ma: That's not it, but...... I don't understand why you called him a "maggot"... You really did go to far... Kureha: All men are maggots! Lower than maggots!! : Why don't you understand!? You know how much I suffered! How can you say that!? .P 108 : It would be better if all men died......! They can't do anything but "That"...!! Ma: [That's right.] : [I've only seen this side of her in the Dream.] : [It's completely different from the real Kureha, but it's the true shape of her soul.] : [Those hate-filled eyes are her true eyes......] .P 109 Kureha: ...You think I'm a horrible person...? : I have an ugly soul..... Ma: ...I don't think that at all... But : I'm a man too... That makes things a little complicated. Ku: YOU'RE SPECIAL! You're completely different from other boys!! : Isn't it obvious!? Ma: ..........."Special". Because in the end I'm half-female? : Because my body isn't entirely male you don't have to worry.....? .P 110 Ku: WHAT ARE YOU SAYING!? : I'm saying my love for you is special! : You're a man, right!? How can you have so little confidence...!? Ma: .......Of course..... I'm sorry......... : ["So little confidence"...] : [These things are always on my mind.] : [I can't shake the worries.] .P 111 Sign: --High Boys' Dorm .P 112 *sa* *whoosh* Ma: Hey! Wai... Don't run away!! I have to talk to you!! : Unbelievable..... You were just trying to help her get a book off the shelf? : You should have said so. Shin: ...It didn't feel like an apology would be possible... The two of you were so fierce. Ma: *That's true.....* I'm sorry... I was a little upset too. .P 113 Shin: And, I wasn't entirely truthful before. I did have another purpose... Ma: ? What do you mean? Shin: ...Well, It's not something I'd say in front of you, her boyfriend, but..... Ma: [*Boyfriend...*] : [*Somehow that has a strange ring to it.........*] Shin: Because I love Fujishima-san. .P 114 : I've always simply watched her from afar, so I thought I could do this small thing for her. : But in the end I only frightened her. So all I can truly say for myself is "I'm sorry". : As I thought, it's best that I only watch. It seems that it's better for people with no character to do nothing. Ma: .............. : Hey, you're a nice guy, Shinbashi! Shin: Really? I think I'm a really normal man. Ma: Normal is good! I think Kureha should make friends with a guy like you! .P 115 Shin: Hm... Ma: I'll try and talk her into hanging out with you. And clear up today's misunderstanding. Shin: "Hang out"........ : Should her boyfriend to be saying that? Ma: ["Boyfriend"....] : It's because I'm her boyfriend that I'm saying it! I don't think she can continue on like this. : Don't worry. I'll definitely talk to her. Shin: ..............I think it's better to give it up..... Ma: What? It'll be fine! You can't be so negative, Shinbashi! Shin: .............. .P 116 Kureha: No way! I'm not interested in Shinbashi, and I won't be friends with any boys! Ma: But... yesterday was a misunderstanding. Shinbashi wasn't trying to hurt you. Don't worry, if you become friends everything will be good. .P 117 Ku: WHY!? Why are you talking about me being friends with other boys!? : Don't you hate me being with other boys!? Ma: I don't hate it. Shinbashi is a nice guy. : I think you should make male friends. : Because then when something like that happens....... You can overcome your fear. : If you don't, you won't ever be able to graduate, right? Ku: ...! : This is for me to graduate...!? : You want to get me out of this school that badly, Mashiro-kun!? .P 118 Ma: I'm not saying that at all....... Ku: YES YOU ARE!! Introducing me to boys, making me make friends, making me graduate quickly. That's cruel...!! Ma: Listen, I'm not saying... Ku: Mashiro-kun, do you really love me!? Ma: I love you! So I'm thinking of things for you... Ku: A lie!! That "I love you" is such a lie!! Ma: What!? It's not a lie!! .P 119 Ku: Then kiss me, right now!! Ma: WHAA!? Ku: What do you mean, "Whaa?"!? What kind of reaction is that!? I knew it, you don't love me! Ma: No, but... I can't just suddenly kiss you....... Not when we're arguing like this. I c-can't do it. *Ringed Round By Spectators* : Anyway, I'm not saying you have to be alone with him right away. I'll be there too, so... Ku: IDIOT!! *bashii* *whap* .P 120 : You don't understand anything!! You're so cruel!! You Fraud Prince!! : Ooooh! Don't speak to me again!! *bata bata bata* *running* Ma: Wai......! Kureha.......!! : ......What the hell is a "Fraud Prince".........!? : Why are you mad at me........!!? .P 121 Shin: I think that's the only reaction you could expect. : That's why I said it would be better to give it up. Ma: I've never seen her so angry... I can't believe it was something like that which set her off. Shin: I'm surprised, you have no idea about a woman's heart. Ma: "Surprised," you say..... I'm not a woman, how can I understand? .P 122 Shin: I always thought popular men understood women. Ma: Popular men....... I'm not really..... Shin: Then what are you? Ma: What?... : A nor...mal...... : [That's a lie.] : [I'm not normal at all.] Remembered-Shin: "I think I'm a really normal man." .P 123 : [I envy Shinbashi.] Shin: Are you depressed? Don't worry about it. Fighting is part of being a couple. Ma: [He can say, "I'm a normal man" without hesitation.] Shin: Don't worry about me any more. I never planned to become friends with Fujishima-san. : I'm sorry you got dragged into this. Ma: [In the end I haven't gotten used to being a man or being a woman.] : [Not just my body] : [but my heart too........] .P 124 Sou: ...You've been hanging out with Shinbashi a lot lately. \\Note: This could be a very bad pun. Sou uses the word "suru", in one of it's incarnations it can be used to refer to building a bridge over a river.// : Quite the surprising pair. .P 125 *gata* *chair scraping/thumping* Ma: [...I won't run away.] : [This time I'm going to fight it out.] Sou: What's brought you together? Ma: ...It's none of your business, Sou. Sou: Hmm. But I'm interested. Ma: Why? Sou: ............ "Why?".......... .P 126 Ma: ...I have a lot of things I want to ask you. : From the beginning, everything. Why did you............... : ......... kiss me in the elevator.......... Why did you say 'that'. Sou: Do you want me to say "I love you" once more? *ka* *blush* Ma: [.....!] : [No! I have to stay calm!] Sou: ...Ah, I see. So you kissed me because you like me... .P 127 Sou: Of course. What, you think I'd kiss someone I didn't like....... : ..................... : I did, didn't I. : *I'd forgotten.* Ma: ............. : *This man.......* : Sou... Sou... what basis do you have for deciding that I'm a woman? : I'm not a woman. I don't understand women's hearts at all. Sou: I don't understand them either. || DROP ME A LINE!! || Congratulations to Monthly Princess for their 30th anniversary! I think they will evolve into a stronger magazine from now on, though it may be one small bit at a time. I'm sure they'll try their hardest! Contact: Setona Mizushiro-Sensei Princess Henshubu, Akita Shoten 2-10-8 Iidabashi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-8108 Japan .P 128 Ma: ...I thought popular men understood women's hearts. *<- parroting* Sou: Hm. : ................ Ma: ["Hm"...? *Is that a denial? Or humility?*] Sou: Then, you understand men's hearts? : For example, how should they feel when the woman they love seems to be becoming good friends with another man.....? Ma: .............. I'd say, "Oh, she's made a friend." Sou: You wouldn't disagree with it? Ma: Nothing bad about it if he's a nice guy. Sou: It would be even worse if he was a nice guy. Or are you saying you don't love the girl? *ka* Ma: ...No, I'm not! .P 129 Sou: I wouldn't want her talking to someone else. I wouldn't want to see her smiling with someone else. : I'd want to know what they were talking about, no matter how boring it might be. : Everything. I'd want to make her mine. *dokin* *heartbeat* Ma: .................... *dokin* : Even if you had to...... use force? .P 130 Sou: Even if I had to use force. : .......I'd use force if it would make it possible... Ma: [I knew it! It was him.......!!] : ...You could be such a selfish jerk!!? Sou: I am selfish. Is that wrong? Is it wrong to think of selfish things? Ma: Everyone knows it's wrong! You shouldn't even think of things that you shouldn't do!! Sou: You've never loved anyone before, have you. .P 131 Sou: I was the same. : For a very long time, I wasn't serious about anyone. : But I : fell in love with you. .P 132 *gata* *clatter* Ma: STOP IT! I've TOLD you, I'm a man!! *dokin dokin* : ...I'm going back to my room... It's almost time for lights-out. Sou: ....... If you insist that you are a man... : Then show me your body. .P 133 Ma: I CAN'T DO THAT! IDIOT!! Sou: ....I'm joking. : But your reaction just now; isn't that how a "woman" would think? *gyuu* *clench* Ma: ...You creep............! : I was an idiot to think that I could talk with you! .P 134 *gara* *rattle* .P 135 Kendo: One : Two : Three : Four *ton* *smack* *koro* *roll* Girl: Here. Ma: Thanks. Kureha: ...Mashiro-kun. .P 136 Ma: .........Thank goodness. : You're not angry anymore...... Kureha: I am. I am angry, but...... : I love you. I don't want to spend our time together fighting. .P 137 Ma: You're right.... I'm sorry..... : I wasn't thinking that I wanted to get rid of you, Kureha. : It's just that : you seem in so much pain..... inside the Dream... : So I wanted to help you. In the Dream, and in Real Life. Ku: ...Alright. .P 138 : Thank you...... Ma: Sensei. : What happens to the people who graduate? : I want to make both my body and soul male. ...Will my wish come true? .P 139 Nurse: It will. : Everyone has a wish they want granted. : The class is necessary in order for you to get the power to make your wishes come true. : The school exists so that this class is possible. Ma: ...Hearing that calms my worries. : ...So then... The people who have graduated are all happy now... *GOOOON* *bell ringing* .P 140 *GOOON GOOON* Voice: What....... This... is the Dream? It's just the school. Boring. : ...The ceiling is low. It's hurting my neck... Guess I'll have to go outside. Damn. *mishi* *creak* .P 141 Ma: ...Kureha! Are you alright? Ku: Mashiro-kun..... Ma: I found you. Ku: I heard the Armor's footsteps... and I hid. Ma: It's alright, he's not here anymore. .P 142 Ma: [A GIRAFFE........!?] : [WHY A GIRAFFE!?] Giraffe: ............ : Yo. .P 143 Ma: [IT TALKED!] : You're a student too..... : You were called to the nurse's office in the basement... Giraffe: That's right. : Today is my first time in this class. Nice to meetcha. : But.... Ichijou Mashiro. : You're the only one who's shape matches how you look in reality... .P 144 : Everywhere I look there are horrific shapes. I was surprised. : When I think of how warped they are on the inside, : I'll probably laugh involuntarily when I see them in real life. Ma: [What is he saying....] : [I don't know who anyone is in real life.] Giraffe: Fujishima Kureha. .P 146 : I thought you were a cute girl; : how disappointing. Ma: Wha-! : [He] : [can see the real identities of the participants.........!?] Part 7 / End