Houkago Hokenshitsu by MIZUSHIRO Setona Chapter 11 Translation by Jen http://ttreasures.caithion.net ----------------------------------- .P 01 Setona Mizushiro New volume published by PC, "Houkago Hokenshitsu" (2) out on May 16th!! This is the cover -> Color 40p ........... A fascinating gender game Houkago Hokenshitsu Mashiro has suddenly confided in Sou about his body's secret, but!? .P 03 Sign: Chemistry Room *gara* *door rolling open* .P 04 Chem teacher: Sasaki. Sasaki: Here. Chem teacher: Shinonome. : ......Shinonome? Why isn't he here? : You made sure to tell him that today's class had been changed from the chemistry room to the normal classroom, right? Boy: I did! Didn't I? Boy: Mr. Genius doesn't want to have anything to do with us, so he probably wasn't listening. *Ahahaha* *gara* *door rolling open* Teacher: Ah, you're here, Shinonome? Why are you late? That's unusual. Boy: He came... Boy: Look at him, with that "I've been had" face. *kusu kusu* *snicker snicker* Boy: Too funny.... : Like picking on some idiot kid. Itsuki: ................... : I'm sorry. I made a mistake with the classrooms. .P 05 Kids: *Ahahaha* *gaya gaya gaya* Boy: Always being all high-and-mighty.... Pisses me off. Ugly as some little brat too....... Itsuki: [They're trying to get under my skin? How stupid.....] : [Guys like this haven't grown up at all from when they were kids.] : [Everyone is laughing.] : [They all love to see a "genius" like me brought down, even a little.] : [To see me dragged down to their level-- no, below their level.] : [To see their chance.] : [I can't let them catch me off-guard.] : [If I let them hurt me, I lose.] : [They're all monsters. They're not a living thing like me.] .P 06 : [I've been flung into a herd of stupid cattle-- prey.] : [And if I want to escape and survive from _that_ then I need to outwit _these_.] : [..................Or is it the opposite.....?] : [Am I a target for unhappiness because I'm the "superior intellect".....?] : [..........It doesn't matter.....] : [No one is going to rescue me. The only way to check-mate them is to use my brain.] .P 08 Remembered-Sou: If you want to know about me : you have to get closer to me. Mashiro: [It's hard to face, but...] .P 09 : [When Sou gets like that] : [he's very noble.] : [Compared to me sneaking around making deals behind everyone's back and desperately searching through lists] : [I prefer Sou. More than me, he's much, much] : [Co-...] .P 10 : .......! *KA* *blush* .P 11 *GATAN* *CLATTER* *bata bata* *running away* : [NO! I've gotta stop. I can't!] : [Before anything else, I've got to make sure of his identity!] : [If Sou is that Armor] : [I cannot........ cannot...] .P 12 : ...Ah.... Kure... .P 13 *pata pata* *walking away* : [.....Kureha.......] : [She's.... not going to forgive me that easily.] : [After all, _I_ was the one who promised to protect her.] : [I'm the traitor... More than Shinonome.....] : [I really am the lowest slime...] .P 14 *pata pata* .P 15 *bata bata* *pata pata pata* *ka* *step* Kureha: ............ : Shinbashi.... .P 16 : ........... ...I have something...... I want to talk to you about.... : .....Give me your cell phone number......... Shinbashi: ......!! Ah- Sure! 090-......... : ............... : Ah... no.... Um. : I'll call you. .....I'll get your number from Ichijou.... : I'll call you...... .P 17 : ...Yes.... : Yes... ...How does Ichijou look? .... Um... kind of... : Depressed.... I think he's worried about... you. : .................. Fujishima-san............ Don't. || DROP ME A LINE!! || I'm starting to get my teeth fixed. There's a lot of things I can't eat, so along with my other friends getting their teeth fixed, we're calling ourselves the "Kyousei Sentai Taberengaa" (Fixing-Army Food Rangers). Contact: Setona Mizushiro-Sensei Princess Henshubu, Akita Shoten 2-10-8 Iidabashi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-8108 Japan .P 18 Shin: Don't cry. Kureha: It's my fault. I....... : I'm vicious and I'm not out to help anyone. But Mashiro-kun.... : I thought I was helping him.... But.... : I fell in love with him, and I got even more vicious! .P 19 : I don't want to go near him, I don't want him to see me. : I hate the thought of going to school. To Mashiro-kun.... I...... Shin: Ichijou hasn't started to hate you, Fujishima-san. It'll be all right. : ...Fujishima-san..... Kureha: I can't forgive _myself_! : I just want to disappear from his memories! .P 20 : I : I can't meet him again.... *hiku hiku hiku* *crying hiccups* .P 21 Mashiro: Shinbashi. : How did it go... last night? : After that you called Kureha, didn't you? : How... was it? Shin: ............ "How was it"? ....We talked. Ma: So she really talked to you. Shin: Well, it was on the phone. Ma: Of course, if it's on the phone, Kureha wouldn't feel frightened. I'm glad... If she keeps this up, little by little... Shin: ...Should you be eating with me at a time like this? .P 22 : I don't know what happened between Fujishima-san and you, but it really annoys me to see you looking as if it doesn't bother you at all. That's not "love", is it? Ma: "Doesn't bother me"......? That's not- Shin: It's not like you're breaking down, is it? You don't seem to be panicking over what to do about your girlfriend. You haven't been running around trying to find a solution, have you? : More than that! It's like you're not willing to stick your neck out, and you know it, so you just sit there! : Did you lie awake all night thinking about what you'd say to her the next time you saw her? .P 24 : I have, done that!! I... I have done that......!! Shin: ............I'm sorry. : I went too far. .P 25 : I'm glad to see you looking like this. I'm not worried now. : It seemed as if you.... were preoccupied : about something other than Fujishima-san...... : If that was true, I thought she was suffering for nothing. .P 26 Mashiro: [I know I'm wavering.] .P 27 : [If my body wasn't like this,] : [If I was a normal boy,] : [I'm sure I wouldn't be feeling this] : [worried, lost, and sacred.] .P 28 : [I know that I'm the one making myself weak, from the inside.] .P 29 Itsuki: Yo, Ichijou. : Looking forward to your help in today's Class. : One way or another, let's bring this to a clear conclusion together. Mashiro: ....."clear"........ ...Yes..... let's...... Itsuki: ? What's up with that face? : The worst enemy in all the world is a lack of confidence, eh? I'm counting on you. Mashiro: .......Got it.... .P 30 Itsuki: Well, whatever. More importantly, I've been wanting to ask one of the Class Members. : Ichijou, can you see that? Ma: ? What? "That" what....? : .............What? : Is there something in the sky? .P 31 Itsuki: ...... No. If you can't see it, then never mind. Ma: ? What? Itsuki: Nothing. : I'll go on ahead. I'll see you again in the Dream. I'm counting on you. : Show me what a guy can do when he's being counted on. *po* *pat* : See ya. .P 32 Shin: [Let's see how he works under the pressure to "be a man". If it works well as a self-hypnosis, "luck." If it causes undo pressure, "Bad luck."] : [Well, either a boy or a girl would be useful.] : [But if he's in an unstable condition it's just going to be a drag on me.......] .P 33 Ma: [I know my own feelings are whirling.] : [If I go into the Class in this condition something terrible will happen.] : [.....But.......... I have to go...........] .P 34 : [I have to go.] *GON GON GON* *DING DONG DING* .P 36 *pishi* *crack* *yura* *spin* *Ha!* .P 37 : What's... this? Where am I...? Other: Inside my dream. Don't you think? .P 39 Ma: .....Why are there two of me...!? Girl-Ma: You don't like it? : Well then, why don't you disappear? : Blaming all of your weaknesses : on me.....! *pishi* *crack* .P 40 *gura* *shake* Ma: Ha...! Girl-Ma: It doesn't look like this birdcage can hold both our weights. : You can disappear. : I'm much stronger than a small-minded minion who doesn't know anything like you. : Give me the Tama-no-O. [[Note: Remember from chapter 1? The Tama-no-O is the name for the bead necklace.]] # Mashiro has been split into his male and female halves in the Dream!! Can he beat this other "self"...? Continued in the July issue released on June 6th.