Houkago Hokenshitsu by MIZUSHIRO Setona Chapter 12 Translation by Jen http://ttreasures.caithion.net ----------------------------------- .P 01 Volumes 1 and 2 of "Houkago Hokenshitsu" are really popular sellers! ........... A fascinating gender game Houkago Hokenshitsu Setona Mizushiro .P 02 Girl-Mashiro: You can disappear. : Give me the Tama-no-O. .P 03 *GUI* *GRAB* *DON* *BANG* *GASHAN* *RATTLE* Mashiro: Hey-....! What... Girl-Ma: One of us is going to be thrown out. The chain on this birdcage can't hold both of our weights, so we have to do it before it breaks. .P 04 *gura* *waver* Ma: Why am /I/...?! Girl-Ma: Shouldn't the weak and graceless one be gotten rid of? Ma: Let go!! This isn't the time and place for this! : If I don't meet the giraffe... Girl-Ma: Ah, that's right... You won't be able to get the information about Sou. Ma: That's not what... Girl-Ma: Even if you dodge, it's no good. : You're obviously wavering over Mizuhashi Sou. .P 05 : Won't you stop gracelessly running around in circles? *DON* *SHOVE* .P 06 .P 07 *hyooo* *wind howling by* *gi* *squeak* .P 08 Giraffe: ...Ah--damn! I can't affect where I appear. : Squeezing out of this place is...... : Damn, this is annoying. Can I go down such a narrow staircase? .................... *gashan* *clank* .P 09 *GASHAN* *CLANK* *pi* *prick* *GASHAN* *CLANK* .P 10 || DROP ME A LINE!! || I found a neighborhood art supply store with prices comparable to a while ago! Even the numbers of the ones remaining are old! Time has stopped... Contact: Setona Mizushiro-Sensei Princess Henshubu, Akita Shoten 2-10-8 Iidabashi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-8108 Japan Mashiro: Ha.... : Kkk... *zuru* *slide* *kin* *click* *kashan* *clank* .P 11 Giraffe: ...Hey. : Hold on a minute. : There's no way I can move from here anyway. You don't have any reason to thrash a paper giraffe that can't move, do you? After all, there's nothing I can do to stop you from getting the key. : So it's like this. Today, come around to me last. : You need to fight a lot of really strong opponents and destroy more beads, right? .P 12 : So if you've defeated the others and there's still no key, : then you can cut me. Armor: That has nothing to do with it. : It doesn't matter if a key appears or not. : ...I don't come here to graduate...!! .P 13 *ZAN* *SLICE* *pan* *shatter* *ZUBA* *RIP* Giraffe: Guuah! Mashiro: Shinonome...!! : KUREHA!! *ZAKU* *SLICE* Giraffe: AAH! .P 14-15 .P 16 .P 17 *gusu* *rustle* *biiii* *eeeeee* *peta* *pat* *gusun* *rustle* *hiku* *sob* *gusu* *rustle* *piiiii* *eeee* .P 18 *peta* *pat* *hiku* *sob* *piiii* *eeee* *peta* *pat* Ma: [.....Reality.....?] : [When.... did the "class" en-......] : [No. This... The last dream is continuing...] .P 19 *biiii* *eeee* *peta* *pat* Ma: ...Kureha...... I'll help too... *gashan* *clank* *biku* *startled* *gashan* *clank* *gashan* *clank* *pata PATA* *drip DRIP* .P 20 *GARA* *SLIDE/RATTLE* *gashan* *clank* *ga* *scrape* .P 21 *GAN* *CLANG* *GA* *CLUTCH* Ma: ...!! *DO* *SHOVE* Ma: KUREHA...!! .P 22 *DON* *SHOVE* *gashan* *clank* *ga* *scrape* .P 23 *meki* *crunch* *pan* *shatter* Armor: Kkk...... You're not papier.... mache....? : Since when.... *meki meki meki* *crunch crunch crunch* *paki* *crack* *BAN* *FHOOMPH* .P 24 .P 25 Giraffe: ...I'll ask just to make sure... Do you need this key? Kureha: ......No.... Giraffe: Alright. Then I guess I'll take it. *chari* *clink* Giraffe: *Alee-oop...* *CHARI* *CLINK* .P 26 *DON* *BIIIIG MOMENT!/DA-DUM!* .P 27 Itsuki: ...Now then, shall I go...? : Ah, that's right. I promised : to tell you the Armor's true form. : He : The knight is : Your Mashiro: ...Wait!! .P 28 Ma: ......This time...... I didn't do anything. : I wasn't in time for your emergency : And Kureha is the one who put you back together. : You pretty much fought on your own and grabbed the key yourself, didn't you? Itsuki: ............Well, that's true, but.... : Then, do you want to know, Fujishima? *furu furu* *shake shake* Ma: .........And also : I'm going to go looking for the answer in a sportsman-like way. : ...That's what I've decided. .P 29 Itsuki: Really? Well, it doesn't matter to me... : Though I suppose that's the way that seems most like you. : Well then, I'll go ahead. : We have a link, so I'm sure, someday we'll meet again. *gacha* *click* *pishi* *crack* .P 30 *GO* *GAPE* .P 31 *ZUN* *SHUT* *GOON* *DING* Itsuki: .....!! .P 32 *GOON GOON* *DING DONG* .P 33 .P 34 Kureha: .....Mashiro-kun...... : Can you... forgive me...? : I've been ugly and selfish : And said such cruel things to... Ma: I've never been angry with you, Kureha. : Your soul is beautiful, and I know well how kind you are. .P 35 : After all, I saw it again today. .P 36 Remembered: [Even if you dodge, it's no good.] : [You're obviously wavering over Mizuhashi Sou.] .P 37 Ma: [What I wanted to know wasn't the members of the Dream.] : [Maybe it's not even the Armor.] : [All I really wanted to know] : [Was about Sou.] .P 38 .P 39 Ma: ...That thing before... ...I've got to disagree... Sou: What? : "That thing before"? : What are you talking about? Ma: .............. .P 40 Ma: You said I'm a beautiful woman, but I don't think so at all. : My hands are too big : My fingers and everything are too long and bony. There's nothing lovely about me. I haven't got anything resembling a woman's shape... Sou: And what of it? : I think all of it : is just perfect. .P 41 Ma: [I won't flinch.] : This time : ...This time : I will not flinch. .P 42-43 .P 44 .P 45 # Shinbashi has witnessed Sou and Mashiro's kiss!? Continued in the August issue released on July 6th.