Koi ni Kitaisuru Mono - The Things We Do For Love From UCHIDA Kaoru's Chotto ya Sotto ja Tomaranai pg 02 Joutarou: 'Morning! *Yo... good to see ya!* Student: *Breakfast on-the-go?* Riku: YOU'RE LATE, JOUTAROU! GEEZ! *DO DO DO DO DO DO* *sound of pounding feet* : YESTERDAY WAS AWFUL!! HE SAW US!!! MY FATHER- MY FATHER!!! Jou: What? What did he see, Riku? Riku: Tetsuji and I KISSING. Student: *Eh?!* *gossip gossip* student2: *GAH! A guy!?* Jou: Oh my. What did Tetsuji say? Riku: Cool down a bit, hey? Sign: Imitation Remembered-Tetsuji: *Now, now.* Riku: THAT BASTARD- HE'S TRYING TO TEAR US APART!! *blow* Jou: Well, that's not going to solve anything. Girls: *No way! Is Riku-kun blowing his nose?* pg 03 Jou: Don't give up over something like this! : I'LL TELL YOUR FATHER OFF!! : *I'LL FUCKIN BURN HIS ASS.* Riku: Joutarou... I'm depending on you-!! *blurp* Jou: Bleck. : HEY! POPS!! *twitch* pg 04 Jou: GIVE HIM YOUR BLESSING TO BE GAY! Father: WHAT? YOU LITTLE BASTARD, DON'T YOU HAVE ANY MANNERS?! *gakaa* *crack of thunder* Riku: Jou...Joutarou, I didn't bring you here to fight... Jou: Huh? Father: Riku! : Yesterday you brought THAT guy home, and today it's THIS! Riku: D-don't say it like that... pg 05 Father: All the men you've been dating are completely useless!! Riku: ...That's enough... Jou: Eh? Father: That's right, Riku. You should listen to what an adult like me says. Riku: Whatever you say, father, it's no good. I'm never coming home again! GOODBYE! *click* Father: Wha-? *SLAM* *rattle rattle rattle* Father: ..... Jou: Woah- pg 06 Jou: HA HA HA HA HA HA! *That was funny!* What're you going to do, Old Man? *Hmmm?* *pat pat* Father: ........ Jou: *ha...* Father: You get out too. Jou: ......... *shuts* Jou: Somehow... : [He seems really sad.] Riku: Joutarou-! pg 07 Riku: Sorry about yesterday. Jou: No problem, but- Where did you go? Riku: Tetsuji's place. *Ehehe!* Jou: ...You know... You're really depressing your dad? Riku: It's fine! He should be depressed for a while. : Hey, Joutarou. <3 : I'm sorry, but- Could you go get some things for me from my house? Jou: ...Well, I guess so. Riku: Ah... And... if you could check and see how my dad looks... Jou: Huh? Riku: Well, look- My mom died when I was real small, you know? My dad's on his own, so I feel- I don't know what to think. pg 08 Riku: Wh- whaaat? Jou: Heh heh heh. : All right! Leave it- *big slap* Riku: Guah! Jou: ALL to me!! : [Of course, he IS his father, and Riku is a softie.] Riku: *Stop being stupid! That hurt!* Jou: *Ah ha ha ha! Sorry! Sorry!* *ding-dong* Jou: Hm? *ding-dong* Jou: Hm? *ding-dong* Jou: Hm? *ding-dong* Jou: Hm? *ding-dong* *DING-DONG* Jou: [...He gave me-] : [-a key. I guess it's alright--] : Let's see. Pants and uniform and--- school books and---? pg 09 Jou: What else? Was I supposed to get his pillow?!! *Alarm-clock? I can't remember!* *tap* Jou: Hm? Father: ...You. Arrow: Just woke up. Father: So you're a sneak-thief too? Jou: Woah? What the hell?! *swish* Father: Don't ask stupid questions!!! Jou: No, look-- I rang the doorbell I dunno how many times, but no one came. : Riku asked me to come get his things for him-- *Eheh* I came in using the key he gave me. pg 10 Father: God, he's pitiful! Why didn't he come himself?! Jou: *HA HA HA HA HA HA* : He knew you'd lose your head and start howling; that's why he didn't come!! Father: I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO AN INSENSITIVE BASTARD LIKE YOU!!! Jou: ...Ah... *biku* *surprise* Jou: [I should go.] : [I've already poked my nose in where it wasn't wanted.] : Um, Riku is staying at Tetsuji's... : So... That's what has you worried, right? *cough* Father: Well.... I'm glad to know where he's living... But I don't like his whereabouts! Jou: ! : Th-then you're not worried?! pg 11 Jou: I- : I could fill in! I can come and report on Riku! Father: Hm. That's true. I do want to know how he's doing. : You can help me with this, but... Jou: ALL RIGHT, POPS!! LEAVE IT TO ME! Father: You must cease calling me 'pops'... *It sounds like some masked rider.* Jou: *Then should I call you 'master'? <> Jou: Harumi-san! Heya! It's Joutarou! : Ah, were you sleeping? I've come to report! Harumi: Whu... *wobble* Jou: Today Riku had the second-best score on the English test! Harumi: ....... : ...That's it...? Jou: Yep, that's right! Why? pg 12 Jou: Hey, hey!! Harumi-san, you're a writer, right? Harumi: [Wh-what in the world did he come here for..?] Jou: You go work and I'll make some tea!! *click* Jou: Harumi-san won't get lonely with me here to take care of him!! Harumi: ? What's with that boy...? *crash* Jou: WHERE ARE THE TEA LEAVES!? Harumi: Jeez! : Leave the tea where it is! Don't rearrange things!!! *clatter* Jou: I'm learning where everything goes; I won't leave a mess! Harumi: LEARNING...?! Jou: Can I eat these? *I found them!* Harumi: Yes, please go ahead. Err, but that's not what I... : Joutarou-kun... What are you intending to do...? *smile* Jou: I'm going to be tenacious, so that you regard me well! Harumi: ? ? Wuh... : [...What?] pg 13 Jou: I'M HERE! I'M COMING IN! *CLOMP CLOMP CLOMP CLOMP clomp clomp* *thud thud thud* *slam* *clomp clomp* Haru: [Why does that boy come every single day?] Jou: HARUMI-SAN! WHERE ARE THE SNACKS? Haru: *ARGHH!* : There are Carls in the bottom white cabinets, so be quiet! *rattle* *rustle rustle* *rattle* *SLAM* Jou: YO! I brought you tea!! Haru: Open and close the doors quietly!! : And I've already told you to knock when you come into a room! Jou: Right! *POUND POUND* Haru: TOO LATE! *And not so loud!!* Jou: Here, tea. *swish* Haru: Why not hand it to me directly?! Jou: Oh! How erotic!! Are you an erotic novelist, Harumi-san?! *Wow! No way!* *nudge nudge nudge* Sign: Jostling Haru: Under-age kids can't read this! pg 14 Jou: All right!! I can give my older brothers advice for a achange! Haru: You came herre to report, not for this sort of thing!! Why are you so crude?!!! *silence* Jou: ...I- It would be better if I were more mature, you mean. *crinkle crinkle* Haru: I... I'm sorry. : You're underage, so you can't read it! Your older brothers are adults, so they can give advice about this sort of thing. : Anyhow... I'm glad you... feel that way, but ... don't be in such a rush to grow up. Jou: ...Okay. *click click* *fwoomp* Haru: Doesn't anyone in your family say anything about you coming out so far from your house? pg 15 Jou: Nah-- There's only guys in my family. With five older brother, nothing worries them! *chomp chomp* *chomp chomp chomp* Sign: 5th bowl Haru: .... Jou: I'm so happy to be able to settle down and eat!! Haru: ...Really? Jou: Harumi-san, your cooking is really delicious!! *bump* : Ah! NOOOO~! *splash* Haru: Oh. It's fine. Finish eating! *thump* Jou: I'm sorry! Geez- Let me! Your clothes! Haru: Steady. *ka thump* Jou: Ow! Haru: Ah, here! : ...Riku also was at his cutest when he needed someone to hold his hand. : Back then, when my wife had passed away... pg 16 Haru: I didn't know what was best, and it was difficult. But my memory of that time when I did so much for him hasn't dimmed. : ... It's the fault of my job... that he's grown up incorrectly, I suppose. Jou: THAT'S NOT RIGHT! Riku is a good guy!! There's nothing wrong with him! : HE TOLD ME TO LOOK AFTER YOU!! Jou: [AH-!] Haru: You're a good guy too. pg 17 Jou: [---What should I do...] : [It looks like] : [I really love Harumi-san.] *patter patter* Jou: He'll probably say I should stay the night! : I don't want to get wet! I don't want to get wet! *steady downpour* *ruffle* *rustle* Haru: [Ah, it's a;ready night...? It's quiet... Joutarou-kun must not have come today. *creak creak creak* pg 18 *click* Haru: ! : The idiot was doing laundry? ...He's taken on another job. : ...If he sleeps in the middle of this tangle he's going to catch a cold... *steady downpour* : Hmph... *rustle* : You remind me of a three year old. Riku seems older than you... pg 19 Jou: Mmmm--... *shock* Haru: ! : ........... *clatter clatter* Jou: [Hm?] : [The light's on?] *click* *fwoomp* *tap* : [It smells nice; like Harumi-san.] : HUH?! *clutch* : Oh! I meant to help! : *I thought you were sleeping.* : Harumi-san, when did you wake up? pg 20 Jou: You must be really worn out after all that work, hm?! If I make some ramen, shall we eat together--? *thump thump thump* Haru: ...Joutarou-kun. : It would be best if you didn't come to my home again. Jou: Wh- What? Harumi-san? Haru: ...Because there is no need. Jou: [It's because I've been crude-] : [-And insensitive and noisy...!!] : I-I won't get in your way when you're working anymore! I'll keep myself busy! I won't ask for you to feed me! : I'll watch what I say! pg 21 Jou: I won't be any trouble, so won't you let me come until you reconcile with Riku? Haru: Please don't come again. *down pour* Remembered Haru: "Convey this to Riku." Jou: [I wonder if I somehow revealed that I loved him...] R-Haru: "The problem is between father --and son." Jou: [He opposes it in his son... It must disgust him...] R-Haru: "You and I have no connection from the start." *plop* pg 22 Jou: [Harumi-san... hates me.] Riku: Ah, man~~ Now what? Whatever three-cornered conversation it is, I don't want to hear it! *shake* : Joutarou- <3 Take this printout to my father- Jou: ...I'm sorry. Riku... I'm no longer... Riku: EEEEEEH!? pg 23 Jou: I'm sorry... I'm sorry. Riku: ...Joutarou ...what? Jou: I'm sorry. Riku: !? Jou: I... I'm the worst... : ...Even your father hates me... Because I've fallen in love with a friend's father... : I'm sorry, Riku. I'm sorry for... *squeeze* Riku: JOUTAROU!! : HOLD UP!! pg 24 Riku: So you fell in love--- What does the fact that he's a friend's parent have to do with it?! Jou: ..... *shake shake* Riku: Who was it who told me not to give up!? Letter: Formal beginning of a Japanese letter. Harumi-on-Intercom: ...Why are you here? Jou: I came because Riku asked me to bring you a letter. Harumi-on-Intercom: Put it in the letter slot... pg 25 Jou: A...um, I! I...I'm not asking you to talk to me, but there's something I need to tell- to tell you! Harumi-on-Intercom: ......... Jou: I love... you. *click* : [I doubt he's still even listening.] : [We had fun.] Remembered-Harumi: Sit and eat! Remembered-Jou: Snacks? *shuffle* pg 26 Haru: JOUTAROU-KUN! : I... AM COMPLETELY SEPERATED FROM YOU. I'M AN ADULT!! YOU'LL ALWAYS BE THE SAME AGE AS MY SON... AND I'VE BEEN FORCING MYSELF TO THINK OF WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU... Jou: [What?] : [What are you saying? Harumi-san...] pg 27 Haru: Age doesn't effect it. I've fallen in love with you...! Jou: ...What? "Love"...? pg 28 *click* Haru: Yesterday... You didn't catch a cold going home without an umbrella, did you? Jou: Mm-... pg 28 Jou: Ah... : H-Harumi-san... *lap* : N-! *thwap thwap thwap thwap* : Ah! Ah! : Uah! Ah! *zoku zoku zoku* Jou: Ah~~~~~~... *shlurp shlurp shlurp* Haru: Joutarou-kun. Does it feel good? Jou: Noo! Harumi-sa...! pg 30 *shock* *suction* Jou: UAH! AH! *gakun* *gakun* : I- I'M COMING, HARUMI-SA... ...NN! *KO-PU* *splatter* Jou: Ah! Ah! *biku biku biku* *shocks* Haru: Joutarou-kun. ...What am I doing... with a child...? Jou: NO! No- Oo~~ <3 *gasp gasp gasp* Jou: ...Harumi-san? Are you sorry, since I'm just... a brat? Can't we do anything more intense? pg 31 Haru: Not at all. You're doing just fine, Joutarou-kun. Jou: Mmm... Um... : Mm. *shlurp* : Nn! : Hu... : AH! N-! *gasp gasp gasp* *gu gu gu* : AAH! Haru: Joutarou-kun! You're alright? Nothing hurts? *nyuru* Jou: No waaay! You're... IN me! Haru: Uh... pg 32 Jou: Uwah! : AH! HARU...! : [Harumi-san.] : *Ehehe...* Tetsuji: Riku, do you think things will be all right if we stick around like this? Riku: Whatever do you mean, Tetsuji-kun? <3 The only reason they're together is because of u~~s. <3 Tetsuji: I love you like this-- <3 END ==================================== If you like this comic, support the artist and buy the entire book: "Chotto ya Sotto ja Tomaranai" ISBN: 4-8124-5705-X