Houkago Hokenshitsu by MIZUSHIRO Setona Chapter 14 Translation by Jen http://ttreasures.caithion.net ----------------------------------- .P 01 ........... A fascinating gender game Chapter 14 Houkago Hokenshitsu Setona Mizushiro Mashiro and Sou have suddenly become close. But, "the girl" won't stay quiet....!? .P 02 Remembered-Sou: "Can I touch you?" .P 03 Nurse: It feels like your soul isn't here, Mashiro-kun. Mashiro: ....... Sometimes it's like that. : And there are times when reality is too much even when I'm not dreaming. : ...Is that wrong? Nurse: It isn't wrong. .P 04 : Both worlds are *GON* *DONG* : preparing you for the reality you must face. *GON GON* *DONG DONG* .P 05 .P 06 Mashiro: Where is this.....? .P 07 : [......? I can't... see their faces] *goshi* *rub* .P 08 *gasha gasha gasha* *clank clank clank* .P 09 Ma: [The knight... he's nearby......] : Who's house...... is this? : Which of the class's participants....? *BUSHI* *SWISH* .P 10 || DROP ME A LINE!! || Lately I keep losing the air-conditioner and TV remotes, which is a problem. I hate these high-tech gadgets which won't run without remote controls. Contact: Setona Mizushiro-Sensei Princess Henshubu, Akita Shoten 2-10-8 Iidabashi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-8108 Japan Goth-Girl: I won't let you go past here. : I won't ever let you see this dream. Voice: ...What is it, Ai? A visitor? .P 11 *BUSHU* *SLASH/SPLASH* GG: I won't let you see. *BUSHU* .P 12 *pan* *shatter* GG: Don't go near that boy. Don't just take him on a whim...! *bushi bushi* Ma: Uh! : [What....?] : [What boy...!?] GG: You'll only hurt him. Don't touch what's mine. : The only one who can save that boy is me. You can't do anything......!! .P 13 *BUSHI* Ma: Kuuuuaaah! *gaku* *splat* *pusha* *shatter* Ma: *gasp*............. *boro* *roll* *ha ha* *gasp gasp* GG: .....This is your warning... Ma: ....Sto... GG: Stay away from him. .P 14 *BUSHU* MA: AAAAAAAAAAAAAH *ha... ha...* .P 15 *ha ha ha* Nurse: Welcome back, Mashiro. *ha ha* *ha* .P 16 Remembered-GG: Don't go near that boy. Ma: ["That boy" ... couldn't be....] .P 17 Ma: .............Sou.... Sou: Yeah? Ma: Sou, your sister : What's her name? .P 18 : ...Mizuhashi Ai... .P 19 GG: "Ai". Remembered-Sou: "She's a great girl." : "She's beautiful, smart... and kind.] : "....... My sister told me to." : "She said, 'Kendo is cool!'" .P 20 Ma: [I knew that girl's real form] : [wasn't like the child in the dream.] : [Sou's.... older sister......] : [I've met her before in the dream, she's known about me.....] : [Sou's face] : [when he talks about her.] Remembered-Sou: "I don't think there's another woman as good as her." .P 21 Rem-Ai: Don't touch what's mine. Ma: [...I'm not sure why, but it gives me a really bad feeling.] : [As if there's something black close to my heart.] : [Heavy.] : [Dark.] : [It hurts!] : ...Ah, no more! What is this feeling...? .P 22 : Ah... Shinbashi. : *I was just talking to myself...* Shinbashi: ....................... Can I sit here? Ma: Ah! O-of course. Shinbashi: ........ Ma: What's with that look? : ....What? Shin: ...Somehow.... Your expression right now looked just like a girl's. .P 23 *dokin* *ba-dump* *dokin* Ma: .......... Eh? *dokin* : ........................... *dokin* Shin: ........! Ah... Sorry. I'm saying some rude things. I was just imagining it! Sorry. Now that I look at you, hey, you don't look like a girl AT ALL!! .P 24 *zuki* *pain* Shin: No one would think you were girlish! Not to mention a hypocrite prince! Or think that you looked like a cold kind of guy. Hey... you're really popular with the girls, after all. Shin: *Ah- Not that I'm saying you're putting on a show "to be popular with the girls" or anything like that...* Ma: ....... Shin: Uh... Anyway : My eyes are just bad, is all. Don't worry about it. .P 25 .P 26 Rem-Shin: You don't look like a girl AT ALL!! Ma: [I knew that.] : [Everyone thinks that. Even I think that. That's why I've always been a boy......] : What... am I depressed about? I'm a bot, so I should be glad that everyone accepts it so easily. Why...!? .P 27 Sou: ...Ichijou? What are you doing? .P 28 *da* *runs* Sou: Ichijou? : Hey! : Why are you running away!? : ...Hey! Ma: Don't come near me!! I've had enough!! .P 29 *batabatabata* *run* Sou: Hey! What the hell!? *gacha* *click* Sou: ...Hey! *BAN* BANG* .P 30 Sou: What was that about!? Running off as if you wanted to be followed!! /That's/ the kind of thing that proves you're a girl!! Ma: ...What...... What about me...!? : I CAN'T be a girl! .P 31 Ma: Whenever I think about being a girl I get frustrated. : If I competed with a girl, how could I ever win...!? : I've always thought men have it easier. Sou: ....You'll be a man because it's easier? Ma: Don't say it like that...! ...And you, Sou..... : your ideal woman is one with long, flowing hair who'd look good in a black dress........! .P 32 *GUI* *SHOVE* *DON* *BUMP* *BATAN* *BANG* .P 33 Sou: If you can't say yes on your own : I'll do it for you. .P 34 : It's true that only you can save yourself, but I think you need power from someone else... Rem-Ai: "The only one who can save that boy is me." Ma: ........ And you, sou...? .P 35 : Is there anything... I can.... : ...Anything : I can : Do for you...? .P 36 Sou: ....I don't think there's anything you can do. : But... : You're necessary. .P 37 : ...If you ever change your mind and feel that you want to become a woman, I... .P 38 Ma: [...For a split second] : [I couldn't think at all.] : [If the rain poured down on me, I think I would have thought "that's fine".] : [Someone] : [Sou, for example] : [could decide for me.] : [While I closed my eyes] : [and let him do to me what he wanted.] .P 39 : [For a split second] : [Like that for just a second.] *basa* *rustle* Ma: *Gasp* : ......! .P 40 # Mashiro is letting the current pull him along... Will he really let Sou continue!? Continued in the October issue released on September 6th.