Houkago Hokenshitsu by MIZUSHIRO Setona Chapter 17 Translation by Jen http://ttreasures.caithion.net ----------------------------------- .P 01 ........... A fascinating gender game Chapter 18 Houkago Hokenshitsu .P 02 Mashiro: [Failure.] : [I had just decided in my heart to live as a man] : [and then I cried like that.] .P 03 Ma: [After that, Kurosaki-sempai swung back into his rhythm as if nothing had happened, and I calmed down slightly, but-] : [But what was that senselessness of mine?] : [Where can you find such an irresolute man?] Girls: Did you see this? It comes with a discount entrance ticket! : I saw! I saw! : Yes! I got one too! .P 04 Kureha: Mashiro-kun, did you see this? Ma: Eh? Kureha: A flier for Mysticaland. It's a new horror house that got made! Ma: Oh...? : I saw people crowded around below and I figured they had made something. So this is it? *And a ticket...* Girls: This is great! It looks scary! : Yes. You think so? You don't think it's a little childish? Ku: Everyone says they're going this Saturday. Won't you come too, Mashiro-kun? Ma: Ah.... : Um..... .P 05 Ma: It looks interesting, but... I'll pass. : You're going with your girlfriends, right? I won't really fit in with all that giggling. Girls: Is the truth that you're scared, Mashiro-kun? Boys are always more scared of roller-coasters and haunted houses. Ku: Ah! I bet that's it! Ma: You're wrong!! I just don't want to be the only boy in a crowd of girls... Ku: Sure, sure, I understand <3 You don't like haunted houses <3 *How cute* Ma: No, I TOLD you... Geez- || DROP ME A LINE!! || I've been amusing myself everyday with that mind improvement game for the Nintendo DS. I was getting a mind age of 50s at first, but now I've regressed back to 20! Contact: Setona Mizushiro-Sensei Princess Henshubu, Akita Shoten 2-10-8 Iidabashi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-8108 Japan .P 06 Ma: [If I'm by Kureha's side, I can be a man.] .P 07 Ma: [No matter my imperfections, Kureha can see the man in me.] : [If it's Kureha.] .P 08 Ai: Sou, how was your day? Sou: How was...? How was what? Ai: Ichijou Mashiro <3 Sou: I didn't lay eyes on him, and we didn't have any business, so I didn't speak to him. Ai: Like that... Doing everything you can to shut Ichijou out of your sight? Sou: It didn't take effort. He's just... another one of my male classmates. .P 09 Ai: That's true. That's exactly right. Sou: ... More importantly, don't hold my hand in public like this. Ai: It's fine <3 It's not like anyone can see. Sou: That's not the problem..... Ai: Sou. : Do you still want to run away from me? : Well then, this time I'll pick you a good girl. .P 10 Ai: Before you used to not care who it was, any random girl : So you wanted to fall in love fo real, and so ended up with Ichijou Mashiro, right? You'd seen too many girls. : This time I'll search for a girl who really suits you. Sou: No need. : I don't want anyone. .P 11 Sou: I have you, sister. And that's enough. : I don't want anyone else anymore. Ai: ......I see. : That's good. .P 12 Ku: ...Mashiro-kun, how was lunch today? Ma: Mm... delicious. Ku: Which was the most delicious? Ma: The cream croquette <3 Ku: ..... I just warmed that up in the stove... Ma: Huh?! ..... Uh... well.... : It may have been frozen food, but... yeah, it was the perfect pick for the menu. Ku: ...Today is the day for the class in the basement, isn't it....? Ma: Eh? : Oh... Yeah... .P 13 Ku: It would be nice to not have a scary dream. : I'm so very happy right now, if my dream was a play, it should be a really pleasant one... Ma: ...No matter what the dream, I'll come to save you, so don't worry. Ku: Mashiro-kun, will you kiss me? .P 14 Ku: ...That's all? .P 15 Ku: You kiss like the prince in a fairy-tale. : I like that, but... : If you love me, kiss me like a man. : I want to feel more of the passion of someone who says he has fallen in love with me. : .....Is that kind of kiss : not possible for you? .P 16 Ma: [A manly] : [passionate kiss.] : [What would it be like?] : ..... I can. : [I] : [know.] .P 17 Ku: ..........I'm so happy. : You really are amazing, Mashiro-kun. Ma: [I chose Sou's kisses as my example...] .p 18 Ma: [That's horrible of me, isn't it?] : [If I was trying, the least I could do is pick a better man...] Nurse: Are you all right, Mashiro-kun? You look depressed. Ma: ...... I'm fine... .P 19 Ma: [Kurosaki-sempai] : [He's always a calm and reliable person.] : [Habitually straight shoulders] : [A bright profile.] : [That's it. I want to be that kind of man.] : [A man like Kurosaki-sempai...] Nurse: Mashiro-kun. : Mashiro-kun, aren't you going to graduate? .P 20 Ma: ....... What? Nurse: It's fine. You can graduate whenever you want. : When you're satisfied with what you've done. : When you feel that you've filled in whatever you're missing. : When you think you've found an answer you can believe in, you can come down here at any time. : You don't intend to drag out your school life forever, do you? .P 21 Ma: That's true... but..... Nurse: You have a misgiving about how you are now? Ma: Not at all...! I'm not wandering any more. : I found the correct answer. Nurse: Isn't that enough? Ma: But....! : Uhm..... : ...The girl I'm dating is here...... She... After she graduates, I'll leave... .P 22 Nurse: If it's your problem, why are you bringing other people into it? *DONG* *DONG* .P 23 *DONG* *squeak* *tap* *squeak* *tap* *squeak* Ku: ..... Where..... am I......? .P 24 *shhhh-crack* *scream* *shred* .P 25 Ma: ...Kureha.....! : Kureha! : [An old.... castle? It's trashed and looks abandoned...] : [Whose dream is this...?] *tap* .P 26 Ma: [This is... that horror house from the flier.] : ["The Castle of the Queen of Death"!!] : [The queen's portrait is...] .P 27 Ai: It's the nurse's picture. : Hello, Ichijou Mashiro <3 Ma: [Mizuhashi Ai.] Ma: .... He...llo.... : [Sou's... older sister....] .P 28 Ma: That's an exit.....! We can probably get outside. *runs* Ai: Be careful! That's a trick! Ma: [It really is. It's a fake painted onto the wall...] .P 29 *click* *shake* *ruuuuuuuumble* Ma: [Wha-?] .P 30 Ai: The floor is sinking!! Quick!! This way!! : Run! *thunk* *roar* *rumble* : Hurry!! *roar* *roar* .P 31 Ma: ...Thank ..... you....... Ai: You almost drowned there. Ma: But this is a haunted house, isn't it? It's a little too serious... *Whose dream is this?* Ai: What does it matter? It's a dream. Now, stand over there. Ma: Eh? Ai: Tread carefully. It's coming. Ma: Huh? *wham* .P 32 *shatter* *thump* Ai: Oh no. That's all it took to break your bead? I told you "It's coming". Ma: Ooo...www... Ai: The Key? Ma: Whu...? Ai: Doesn't look like there is one. I'll try again. Ma: Wha-?! Wait a- Ai: Don't worry. I don't intend to kill you off. Ma: *Sigh of relief* *That was close* Ai: I'm just making sure to see if you have a Key in you or not. .P 33 Ai: I'm looking for a Key. Come with me. : I'll help you graduate today. Ma: .......Why....? Ai: Because I want you gone. Just your presence is enough to hurt Sou. So I'll help you graduate. .P 34 Sou: Please don't go deciding things for me...! If I just disappear, Kureha will be sad. I have no intention of going ahead and leaving her behind! Ai: What are you saying? She won't be sad or anything. When you graduate she'll forget all about you. She'll go on living just as she always has. : You really are he kind of person who goes on living complacently, aren't you? But if you're that content, why not graduate now? : You've firmed your resolve now to stop wandering and live as a man, right? : So then you should graduate right now. .P 35 Ai: On the other side of that door : a paradise where you can live as the perfect man spreads out. : So, shall we go? .P 36 Ai: It doesn't look... like they dropped a Key. Let's go on to the next one. : What are you so blue about? Ma: Because... that's someone's blood. Signs of how hard they struggled... Ai: What? Do I have to tell you again that it's only a dream? Ma: It might have been Kureha. I promised her that I would come to save her...... .P 37 *rattle* Ai: Hey. : Great strength is born from wounds and weakness. : Your princess doesn't have any strength of her own. : She simply doesn't know what to turn to or what she should make of herself. : She thinks arrogantly that if she has to protect herself she can't graduate. It would be better if you left her. Ma: ...If that's so... Why are you so strong? Did you get hurt? Ai: I wonder. ...Surely I'm strong because I don't wander. Ma: ...Then why haven't YOU graduated...!? Ai: Because I don't want to. I want to be here. : I love Sou, and I don't want to let him go. .P 38 Ma: ... You're really brother and sister, aren't you? That's a little... disgusting. Ai: It doesn't matter what you think. Sou loves me too, and we're fine here. Ma: ...! Ai: Oops. Watch your step. : There's a wire strung here. : Did a Key drop? Look closely. Ma: ...Doesn't look like it... But... *rattle rattle rattle BOOM* .P 39 *thump thump* Armor: K... .P 40 Ai: Oh no. There's a good sight. *clank* Armor: Damn it... ... Are you two together this time? Ai: That's right. Any objections? As much as I'd love to leave you there looking pitiful, I can't. I'm looking for a Key. : Do excuse me. *swish* *snap* .P 41 *snap* *clank rattle* *swoosh* .P 42 Ai: ...There's no Key... And that's the last of the members that I have confirmed. ...Meaning : I've determined where the Key is. Let's go. Ma: Eh...! ...Uhm..... : ............Uhm... Ai-san. Ai: Yeah? Ma: ....If you... If you know, there's something I'd like you to tell me... Ai: What? Ma: That armor : It isn't... Sou...? .P 43 Ai: ...Oh no. Are you saying the reason you've been unwilling to graduate is because you wanted to know that? : Fine. : I'll tell you as a farewell gift. .P 44 Ai: That was Sou. : The armor who bluffs by showing off his big sword, and who forcibly disgraced you. : That is Sou's form. # The armor was Sou after all...! Can Mashiro graduate with things as they are now?! Continued in the February issue released on January 6th.