Takano-saaaaan ;~;
Man, I think poor Takano-san is my favorite character in this series ;~; I feel so bad for the guy, even if he needs to seriously learn you can't make someone remember they love you by raping them >_> at least he's not as bad as Hatori... Anyways, behind the cut is a translation (text-only) for Takano Masamune no Baai which seems to have come after chapter 10...
Page 1
[Though you probably don't know this...]
Takano: I'm tired; scoot over.
Page 2
Ritsu: No.
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Takano: You're directly disobeying a superior?
Overhead: "We'll soon be arriving at OX station, OX station."
Takano: I'm still recovering from my cold, you know.
Ritsu: That has nothing to do with me. You should just get better faster.
Takano: Whose fault was it I got absolutely soaked to the bone and now have to recover? [note: I'm pretty sure this refers to Chapter 10...]
Overhead: "The doors on the right side will open."
Ritsu: Oh look! A seat way over there opened up!
Why don't you go and sit down!
Page 3
Takano: Right right.
(Why's he gotta be so pissy all the time now?
He was so much nicer back then...)
[Well...
His basic characteristics certainly haven't changed at least.]
(But still,
I'm pretty sure there's no way he'd come out and just say, "I love you," with that personality he has now.)
[That reminds me...
I knew who he was...
...before he even confessedd to me, didn't I?]
-----
Takano: [Huh?]
(So tired...)
[How did I know who he was again....?
Oh...
Right...
That was...]
Ritsu: I love you...
...Sempai.
Page 4
Takano: ["Oh shit."
I know that's the face I made after he confessed.
Because I knew...
...his name already.]
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Takano: [Oda Ritsu.]
...You want to go out with me?
[My stalker.]
Teacher: Be sure you turn in your slips by next week detailing the desired date for your parent-teacher-child meeting!
And talk over your university choices with your parents! (Every year I hear some parents saying they've never heard anything about this!)
Girl: Umm, Saga-kun?
Would you mind if I borrowed your notes for World History?
Takano: Why?
Girl: Ah, y-yesterday I was absent...
And I heard your notes are always really easy to understand...
Thank you!
Page 5
Other girls: Good job! You did it!
Takano: [Only 4 o'clock...
It's my daily routine...
...to kill time in the little-used library that no one ever comes to until I just before they kick everyone off the grounds.
The reason is...
...because it's boring being at home.]
Ritsu: Ah!
Sa-
Saga-sempai...
-----
Takano: Aren't you going home?
Ritsu: Oh, yes. I am.
Ah, I mean--that is--
I wanted to...ask you something...
Takano: What?
Ritsu: Ah..
Umm...
You...and me, umm...
...When you said yesterday...that we would date...
...That was...
...a j-joke, right?
Takano: ...Why?
[It wasn't a joke...but I wasn't being serious either, really.]
Page 6
Takano: [I knew about this guy from before.
When I went to re-borrow a few books I'd read before, thinking to give them a second read,
I recognized his name right below my own.]
(You're telling me there's someone else who'd read a weird book like this?)
[I didn't think much of it then, but...
...Then I saw it had happened with every book I'd read up to that point,
And around the same time, too...
And there happened to be a lowerclassman around who always seemed to be watching me...]
(That guy, huh?)
[When I realized it...that's when he confessed.]
-----
Takano: [To tell the truth, I really don't get it.
This guy...
We've never even spoken to one another--what does he know about me?
Even if it was love at first sight, that's even harder to understand.
And we're both guys--what the hell's with that?
But still, this guy...
...really seemed to genuinely like me.
So...]
Page 7
Takano: I'm home.
Takano-papa: You're late.
Where've you been off hanging around?
High-schoolers should act their age.
Takano: (Not even a "welcome home," huh?)
Takano-mama: Masamune, what's that cat?
Takano: I adopted it the other day.
Takano-mama: You know I hate animals!
Takano: What're you both doing here at the same time anyways?
Takano-papa: I came back to get my things and we just happened to meet is all.
-----
Takano: [My father's a surgeon, my mother's a lawyer.
From a public view, we're a pretty high-status family.]
So umm, about my university choices...
They told us to find out when you can come to a parent-teacher-child meeting.
[...but my family's collapsing spectacularly.]
Takano-papa: Have your mother go.
Takano-mama: I just can't--it's the peak trial season right now.
I don't have time to go to something like that.
Can't you decide where you want to go on your own?
Here are this month's living expenses.
Takano: [Sometimes I feel like...
People who turn criminal are those who still have hope that if they give off some kind of SOS sign, things will work out.
But for me, I don't even have the will to try such a thing.]
Page 8
Takano: [Even though I still have hope, I know it's useless.
That's how I was raised.
So I'm really cold to others.]
(I've had girlfriends before...
...but the more serious they got about me,
The colder I got with them, huh.)
[I tried being in love with them, but...]
(So?
How do you date a guy? Is it like with a girl?
Huh? Wait--so, you can do sex stuff, too?
Man, I'm so not down with that...)
[That guy...
He's totally giving off this aura of "I was raised in a loving home"...]
-----
Takano: [...It actually just pisses me off.]
(Oh right...
...The new issue was supposed to come out today.
Guess I'll drop by the bookstore.
Ah.
What's he doing?)
Page 9
Employee: WELCOME!
WILL YOU BE DINING INSIDE? OR WILL THIS BE TAKE-OUT?
Ritsu: Um, i-inside...
Employee: UNDERSTOOD. I'LL TAKE YOUR ORDER WHEN READY!
Ritsu: Umm...uh, then I'll have this...
Employee: A TUNA-CHEDDER-ONION SANDWICH, RIGHT? UNDERSTOOD! WHAT SIZE SANDWICH WOULD YOU LIKE?
Ritsu: Eh?! Ah, umm, I guess a normal-sized one...?
Employee: WE HAVE HALF, REGULAR, AND LARGE-SIZES.
Ritsu: Eh?! Umm, then I guess a half-size...
Employee: WHAT KIND OF BREAD WOULD YOU LIKE?
WE HAVE PLAIN, SESAME, CHEESE, AND HONEY.
Ritsu: Eeeh?
Employee: WHAT KIND OF DRESSING WOULD YOU LIKE?
WE HAVE WASABI, CAESAR SALAD, FRENCH, OR SWEET CHILI.
Ritsu: Umm, uh...!
Employee: WOULD YOU LIKE ANY EXTRA TOPPINGS?
Ritsu: Ah--ah, um--!
Employee: HOW ABOUT A DRINK?
Ritsu: Eh--um...!
-----
Ritsu: ...I'm sorry.
Takano: It's fine. You're all right with the same thing as me, right?
Ritsu: Ah--yes, I'm fine with it.
I'm sorry...it's actually my first time coming into a place like this...
Takano: Seriously?
Ritsu: I was jealous when I saw a friend bring some in for lunch earlier and I wanted to try it myself...
But I never expected to be met with a mountain of questions like that!
(And so many people lining up behind me, I had no clue what to do...!)
Takano: "Questions"? You mean your order?
Ritsu: Wow, this is delicious! It's my first time eating something like this.
Takano: You never have fast food?
Page 10
Ritsu: Ah, no--my parents don't like that kind of stuff.
Takano: Instant?
Ritsu: Never tried it.
Takano: Not even once?
Ritsu: Not that I know of...
Takano: [Are you kidding me?]
(A little prince raised in luxury...)
Ritsu: Ah, but--even if it was just a coincidence, I'm glad I was able to come someplace like this with you.
I'm really really glad.
Takano: [He's probably speaking straight from the heart.
Maybe it's just me being contrary, but...]
-----
Takano: [When I see someone like him, all innocent and forward-loooking,
It makes me realize all the dark, dirty parts of myself...
...and it irritates me.
Makes me want to destory all that in him.]
What're you doing after this?
Ritsu: Ah, I was thinking of dropping by the bookstore.
There's a magazine I want to buy.
Takano: Which?
Ritsu: A novel one.
Takano: "Shosetsu Koharu"?
Ritsu: Huh? Yes, that one!
They just started serialized pieces and one of them caught my eye.
Takano: "Usami Akihiko"?
Ritsu: YES! YOU READ HIS STUFF TOO?
Takano: I just thought he wrote some weird stories...
Ritsu: THEY'RE INTERESTING, RIGHT?
Page 11
Takano: (Apparently he's not that much older than us.)
Ritsu: (Seriously?! Amazing!)
Takano: [Shit.
I just let myself...
...get carried away with excitement.]
(What am I doing with that guy?)
I'm home.
[And yet...
Being able to talk about something I love as much as I like...
...was seriously fun.]
(And it pisses me off for some reason.
Geez, they're still here?
They always bitch at each other if they run into one another.
They should just schedule their times when they're gonna be here.)
-----
Takano-mama: Ah, Masamune.
You're just in time.
Here's that printout for the interview you mentioned.
Takano: Eh? So what, you're actually going to come?
Takano-mama: Wait a minute--we're not done talking!
Teacher: Umm, so...
Your parents are aware of your university choice, correct?
Letter: [Thank you for taking care of our child. Unfortunately, due to work reasons, we'll be unable to attend the meeting. Regarding the school of choice, we've left this entirely up to our son, so please discuss it with him. -- Saga Kotoko]
Takano: I don't know.
I mean,
I don't think they really care.
[anger anger anger anger anger]
Girl: Ah!
Takano: [After all this time,
I hardly even want them to care, really.]
Girl: Saga-kun!
-----
Girl:Are you headed home?
Takano: Nope.
Girl: Ah, I see. Well, bye!
Takano: Bye...
[But the fact that I can't shake these feelings of anger and frustration...
...doesn't that mean that somewhere, deep down, I want them to?
I don't understand it...
...so I distract myself in the library.]
Ritsu: Ah!
Sempai!
Umm, I brought that magazine we were talking about the other day!
Takano: Huh?
Page 13
Ritsu: It's the story we were discussing.
You mentioned you hadn't read the beginning of the story,
And I had a copy at home, so--here!
[anger anger anger anger]
Takano: [What is with this guy?
Why does he look at me with that face?]
Hey...
...Why do you do stuff like this?
Ritsu: Eh?
Takano: [Aah...]
Ritsu: "Why"...?
Well that's...
...because I thought you'd be happy...
Takano: --oying.
[It pisses me off.]
-----
Ritsu: Eh?
Takano: You're annoying.
So--
What's your deal?
Ritsu: Eh?
Takano: What do you know about me?
Ritsu: Eh? Umm--se-sempai...
Takano: Telling me you love me when we haven't even had a conversation, I seriously don't fucking understand you.
Ritsu: U--um!
I'm so sorry--I--
Takano: Why the hell are you apologizing?
Ritsu: No, I mean--
Takano: Do you even know if you've done anything worth apologizing for?
You go and get all excited on your own, and I seriously just can't follow you.
Ritsu: I'm s--sorry, umm, I--
Takano: And anyways, you are SERIOUSLY--
Page 14
Takano: --just gross!
Ritsu: ...Ah, umm...
I'm sorry...
...Umm, I...
Takano: You know,
I'd really rather be alone right now.
Ritsu: Ah, right.
I'm sorry.
Please excuse me.
-----
Takano: [So I hurt him...
...right?]
(I can't believe I exploded like that...)
[Even though I know not to expect anyone to come swooping in to save me when I just hurt someone else...]
(Well,
That's how it is
I'm not involved anymore.)
[Who cares about him.
Really,
Who cares...]
Page 15
Teacher: You're still here?
Run along home.
The news said the weather's going to get bad.
Takano: [Heading home in this rain is gonna suck.]
(I don't have an umbrella either...)
[And even when I get there...
...there won't be anyone but the cat around.]
(I wonder if there are any spare umbrellas...)
-----
Ritsu: Ah, umm
I thought maybe you'd forgotten to bring an umbrella, so...
I'm sorry. I know it's none of my business.
If you've got one, then that's fine. I'll just leave.
Takano: ...Aren't you pissed off for what I said earlier?
Page 16
Ritsu: Ah, no--I mean, I understand perfectly well that I'm kind of gross...
I'm at fault--I'm sorry.
Takano: ...Why do you like me so much in the first place?
Ritsu: It...
IT'S A LONG STORY.
It--
IT WOULD TAKE THREE DAYS TO TELL.
Takano: (Damn, that IS long...)
Ritsu: U-um, sempai...
I'll listen to whatever you say, so--please talk to me.
-----
Takano: Huh?
Ritsu: If I'm the reason, then I apologize--
But lately, you've looked...really pained,
So I wondered if there wasn't something I could do for you.
Takano: And you think talking it out will solve my problem?
["Pained"?
What's he talking about.]
Ritsu: It--it might not solve anything, but--
I think even just getting some of it out will help you release some frustration from your body.
Takano: Huh?
Ritsu: And I just thought--if it would help relieve you even a little bit, then...
Page 17
Takano: Where's your bag?
Ritsu: Ah--at home.
Takano: Home?
Ritsu: Yes.
When I got home, it had started raining, so I came back...
Takano: ...Gimme the umbrella.
Ritsu: Eh? Oh, yes, here!
Takano: [People who are nice to others...
...I always thought they did that expecting something in return.]
-----
Takano: [But really...
...with this guy, it's probably...
...that he just...
...loves me.
Just that.]
Page 18
Ritsu: AH--UMM AH, UM--
PLEASE BE CAREFUL GOING HOME!
Takano: (...There is seriously something wrong with him.)
[But...
...Because of him showing up in my life, I really feel like something has changed within me.]
-----
Takano: [And it's true I've done something unlike myself in touching someone.
But it's also true that I realized how truly happy I could be...
...just by someone seriously thinking about me.]
(What is this?)
[What is this feeling?]
Page 19
Girl: I love you,
Saga-kun.
Takano: Umm...
Girl: You don't have to respond right away!
Just please think about it!
-----
[Board: All school, morning greetings in the gymnasium]
Students: Aah, what a pain in the ass.
The principal's speeches last forever!
We should all just pretend to faint!
Takano: (Ah...)
Student: What're you doing?
Page 20
Takano: (What's with that guy...
...Did I just laugh?
What the hell am I doing?)
[SFX: *heartbeat*]
Page 21
Takano: [What...is this?]
Page 22
Takano: ...I'm sorry.
Girl: Do...
...Do you have someone else you like?
Takano: ...Kind of.
[I still...
...don't really understand it.]
-----
Ritsu: Ah, sempai!
Takano: [Why does he get such a smile on his face just by looking at me?
Even when I spoke to him like that, it baffles me how he can still love me.]
Ritsu: That author you like--
--a new volume just came out so I bought it and read it.
It was really good!
Would you like to read it?
I don't mind if you take it home to read.
Takano: Hey...
[And the even stranger thing is...
...is that I've started to feel like I might like that fact, too.]
Today...
...wanna come over?
Page 23
Takano: [This is...]
...If you don't want to, you don't have to.
Ritsu: Eh--?!
Oh--no!
Takano: [What is it?]
Ritsu: I mean, YES!
I'll--I'll go!
Please let me go!
Takano: [Oh...
...Yeah, I get it.]
-----
Takano: [This is that "love" thing...]
Page 24
Ritsu: TAKANO-SAN.
Overhead: "OO station, OO station."
Takano: Huh?
Overhead: "The doors on the left side will open."
Ritsu: Don't "huh"! We're almost there--please wake up!
Takano: *yawns* You should've let me sleep, I was feeling good.
Overhead: "The doors are about to close."
Ritsu: How would it look for the editor-in-chief to be absent for the meeting first thing in the morning?
Takano: Hey, why are you so pissy all the time?
You used to be so cute and straightforward...
Ritsu: To tell the truth--
IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT, YOU KNOW.
-----
Takano: Oh--shit, my head really hurts.
Ritsu: Wai--hey, Takano-san!
Are you all right?
Takano: Oh crap, I'm gonna be sick...
Ritsu: Wait--
Hold yourself together!
Should we go to the toilet?
Can you stand?
Umm--if it looks too tough we can call a station attendant...
Takano: I'll be fine, just let me sit here for a second...
Ritsu: Umm--I'll call the office, and after you rest a bit--
Takano: Aah...
Page 25
Takano: If only you were this nice all the time...
But seriously, I'm feeling really tired here...
It's a pain, so I guess I'll take a sick day or two...
Ritsu: GO TO WORK. If you take a fake sick day I'll tell the whole company!
Takano: And you call yourself my subordinate?
Anyways, I really want to be near you today...
Ritsu: Wh--what the hell is that?!
Just go to work already!
Takano: Yeah yeah...
-----
Takano: I'll go already...
...but give me a little energy boost, will you?
Page 26
Ritsu: H--how much is "a little"?
Takano: [When I first met him, I never thought I'd fall this much in love.]
Overhead: "Please wait just a moment."
Takano: [You weren't the first person I dated...
...but you were my first love.
Though you probably don't know this...]
Page 1
[Though you probably don't know this...]
Takano: I'm tired; scoot over.
Page 2
Ritsu: No.
------
Takano: You're directly disobeying a superior?
Overhead: "We'll soon be arriving at OX station, OX station."
Takano: I'm still recovering from my cold, you know.
Ritsu: That has nothing to do with me. You should just get better faster.
Takano: Whose fault was it I got absolutely soaked to the bone and now have to recover? [note: I'm pretty sure this refers to Chapter 10...]
Overhead: "The doors on the right side will open."
Ritsu: Oh look! A seat way over there opened up!
Why don't you go and sit down!
Page 3
Takano: Right right.
(Why's he gotta be so pissy all the time now?
He was so much nicer back then...)
[Well...
His basic characteristics certainly haven't changed at least.]
(But still,
I'm pretty sure there's no way he'd come out and just say, "I love you," with that personality he has now.)
[That reminds me...
I knew who he was...
...before he even confessedd to me, didn't I?]
-----
Takano: [Huh?]
(So tired...)
[How did I know who he was again....?
Oh...
Right...
That was...]
Ritsu: I love you...
...Sempai.
Page 4
Takano: ["Oh shit."
I know that's the face I made after he confessed.
Because I knew...
...his name already.]
-----
Takano: [Oda Ritsu.]
...You want to go out with me?
[My stalker.]
Teacher: Be sure you turn in your slips by next week detailing the desired date for your parent-teacher-child meeting!
And talk over your university choices with your parents! (Every year I hear some parents saying they've never heard anything about this!)
Girl: Umm, Saga-kun?
Would you mind if I borrowed your notes for World History?
Takano: Why?
Girl: Ah, y-yesterday I was absent...
And I heard your notes are always really easy to understand...
Thank you!
Page 5
Other girls: Good job! You did it!
Takano: [Only 4 o'clock...
It's my daily routine...
...to kill time in the little-used library that no one ever comes to until I just before they kick everyone off the grounds.
The reason is...
...because it's boring being at home.]
Ritsu: Ah!
Sa-
Saga-sempai...
-----
Takano: Aren't you going home?
Ritsu: Oh, yes. I am.
Ah, I mean--that is--
I wanted to...ask you something...
Takano: What?
Ritsu: Ah..
Umm...
You...and me, umm...
...When you said yesterday...that we would date...
...That was...
...a j-joke, right?
Takano: ...Why?
[It wasn't a joke...but I wasn't being serious either, really.]
Page 6
Takano: [I knew about this guy from before.
When I went to re-borrow a few books I'd read before, thinking to give them a second read,
I recognized his name right below my own.]
(You're telling me there's someone else who'd read a weird book like this?)
[I didn't think much of it then, but...
...Then I saw it had happened with every book I'd read up to that point,
And around the same time, too...
And there happened to be a lowerclassman around who always seemed to be watching me...]
(That guy, huh?)
[When I realized it...that's when he confessed.]
-----
Takano: [To tell the truth, I really don't get it.
This guy...
We've never even spoken to one another--what does he know about me?
Even if it was love at first sight, that's even harder to understand.
And we're both guys--what the hell's with that?
But still, this guy...
...really seemed to genuinely like me.
So...]
Page 7
Takano: I'm home.
Takano-papa: You're late.
Where've you been off hanging around?
High-schoolers should act their age.
Takano: (Not even a "welcome home," huh?)
Takano-mama: Masamune, what's that cat?
Takano: I adopted it the other day.
Takano-mama: You know I hate animals!
Takano: What're you both doing here at the same time anyways?
Takano-papa: I came back to get my things and we just happened to meet is all.
-----
Takano: [My father's a surgeon, my mother's a lawyer.
From a public view, we're a pretty high-status family.]
So umm, about my university choices...
They told us to find out when you can come to a parent-teacher-child meeting.
[...but my family's collapsing spectacularly.]
Takano-papa: Have your mother go.
Takano-mama: I just can't--it's the peak trial season right now.
I don't have time to go to something like that.
Can't you decide where you want to go on your own?
Here are this month's living expenses.
Takano: [Sometimes I feel like...
People who turn criminal are those who still have hope that if they give off some kind of SOS sign, things will work out.
But for me, I don't even have the will to try such a thing.]
Page 8
Takano: [Even though I still have hope, I know it's useless.
That's how I was raised.
So I'm really cold to others.]
(I've had girlfriends before...
...but the more serious they got about me,
The colder I got with them, huh.)
[I tried being in love with them, but...]
(So?
How do you date a guy? Is it like with a girl?
Huh? Wait--so, you can do sex stuff, too?
Man, I'm so not down with that...)
[That guy...
He's totally giving off this aura of "I was raised in a loving home"...]
-----
Takano: [...It actually just pisses me off.]
(Oh right...
...The new issue was supposed to come out today.
Guess I'll drop by the bookstore.
Ah.
What's he doing?)
Page 9
Employee: WELCOME!
WILL YOU BE DINING INSIDE? OR WILL THIS BE TAKE-OUT?
Ritsu: Um, i-inside...
Employee: UNDERSTOOD. I'LL TAKE YOUR ORDER WHEN READY!
Ritsu: Umm...uh, then I'll have this...
Employee: A TUNA-CHEDDER-ONION SANDWICH, RIGHT? UNDERSTOOD! WHAT SIZE SANDWICH WOULD YOU LIKE?
Ritsu: Eh?! Ah, umm, I guess a normal-sized one...?
Employee: WE HAVE HALF, REGULAR, AND LARGE-SIZES.
Ritsu: Eh?! Umm, then I guess a half-size...
Employee: WHAT KIND OF BREAD WOULD YOU LIKE?
WE HAVE PLAIN, SESAME, CHEESE, AND HONEY.
Ritsu: Eeeh?
Employee: WHAT KIND OF DRESSING WOULD YOU LIKE?
WE HAVE WASABI, CAESAR SALAD, FRENCH, OR SWEET CHILI.
Ritsu: Umm, uh...!
Employee: WOULD YOU LIKE ANY EXTRA TOPPINGS?
Ritsu: Ah--ah, um--!
Employee: HOW ABOUT A DRINK?
Ritsu: Eh--um...!
-----
Ritsu: ...I'm sorry.
Takano: It's fine. You're all right with the same thing as me, right?
Ritsu: Ah--yes, I'm fine with it.
I'm sorry...it's actually my first time coming into a place like this...
Takano: Seriously?
Ritsu: I was jealous when I saw a friend bring some in for lunch earlier and I wanted to try it myself...
But I never expected to be met with a mountain of questions like that!
(And so many people lining up behind me, I had no clue what to do...!)
Takano: "Questions"? You mean your order?
Ritsu: Wow, this is delicious! It's my first time eating something like this.
Takano: You never have fast food?
Page 10
Ritsu: Ah, no--my parents don't like that kind of stuff.
Takano: Instant?
Ritsu: Never tried it.
Takano: Not even once?
Ritsu: Not that I know of...
Takano: [Are you kidding me?]
(A little prince raised in luxury...)
Ritsu: Ah, but--even if it was just a coincidence, I'm glad I was able to come someplace like this with you.
I'm really really glad.
Takano: [He's probably speaking straight from the heart.
Maybe it's just me being contrary, but...]
-----
Takano: [When I see someone like him, all innocent and forward-loooking,
It makes me realize all the dark, dirty parts of myself...
...and it irritates me.
Makes me want to destory all that in him.]
What're you doing after this?
Ritsu: Ah, I was thinking of dropping by the bookstore.
There's a magazine I want to buy.
Takano: Which?
Ritsu: A novel one.
Takano: "Shosetsu Koharu"?
Ritsu: Huh? Yes, that one!
They just started serialized pieces and one of them caught my eye.
Takano: "Usami Akihiko"?
Ritsu: YES! YOU READ HIS STUFF TOO?
Takano: I just thought he wrote some weird stories...
Ritsu: THEY'RE INTERESTING, RIGHT?
Page 11
Takano: (Apparently he's not that much older than us.)
Ritsu: (Seriously?! Amazing!)
Takano: [Shit.
I just let myself...
...get carried away with excitement.]
(What am I doing with that guy?)
I'm home.
[And yet...
Being able to talk about something I love as much as I like...
...was seriously fun.]
(And it pisses me off for some reason.
Geez, they're still here?
They always bitch at each other if they run into one another.
They should just schedule their times when they're gonna be here.)
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Takano-mama: Ah, Masamune.
You're just in time.
Here's that printout for the interview you mentioned.
Takano: Eh? So what, you're actually going to come?
Takano-mama: Wait a minute--we're not done talking!
Teacher: Umm, so...
Your parents are aware of your university choice, correct?
Letter: [Thank you for taking care of our child. Unfortunately, due to work reasons, we'll be unable to attend the meeting. Regarding the school of choice, we've left this entirely up to our son, so please discuss it with him. -- Saga Kotoko]
Takano: I don't know.
I mean,
I don't think they really care.
[anger anger anger anger anger]
Girl: Ah!
Takano: [After all this time,
I hardly even want them to care, really.]
Girl: Saga-kun!
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Girl:Are you headed home?
Takano: Nope.
Girl: Ah, I see. Well, bye!
Takano: Bye...
[But the fact that I can't shake these feelings of anger and frustration...
...doesn't that mean that somewhere, deep down, I want them to?
I don't understand it...
...so I distract myself in the library.]
Ritsu: Ah!
Sempai!
Umm, I brought that magazine we were talking about the other day!
Takano: Huh?
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Ritsu: It's the story we were discussing.
You mentioned you hadn't read the beginning of the story,
And I had a copy at home, so--here!
[anger anger anger anger]
Takano: [What is with this guy?
Why does he look at me with that face?]
Hey...
...Why do you do stuff like this?
Ritsu: Eh?
Takano: [Aah...]
Ritsu: "Why"...?
Well that's...
...because I thought you'd be happy...
Takano: --oying.
[It pisses me off.]
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Ritsu: Eh?
Takano: You're annoying.
So--
What's your deal?
Ritsu: Eh?
Takano: What do you know about me?
Ritsu: Eh? Umm--se-sempai...
Takano: Telling me you love me when we haven't even had a conversation, I seriously don't fucking understand you.
Ritsu: U--um!
I'm so sorry--I--
Takano: Why the hell are you apologizing?
Ritsu: No, I mean--
Takano: Do you even know if you've done anything worth apologizing for?
You go and get all excited on your own, and I seriously just can't follow you.
Ritsu: I'm s--sorry, umm, I--
Takano: And anyways, you are SERIOUSLY--
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Takano: --just gross!
Ritsu: ...Ah, umm...
I'm sorry...
...Umm, I...
Takano: You know,
I'd really rather be alone right now.
Ritsu: Ah, right.
I'm sorry.
Please excuse me.
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Takano: [So I hurt him...
...right?]
(I can't believe I exploded like that...)
[Even though I know not to expect anyone to come swooping in to save me when I just hurt someone else...]
(Well,
That's how it is
I'm not involved anymore.)
[Who cares about him.
Really,
Who cares...]
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Teacher: You're still here?
Run along home.
The news said the weather's going to get bad.
Takano: [Heading home in this rain is gonna suck.]
(I don't have an umbrella either...)
[And even when I get there...
...there won't be anyone but the cat around.]
(I wonder if there are any spare umbrellas...)
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Ritsu: Ah, umm
I thought maybe you'd forgotten to bring an umbrella, so...
I'm sorry. I know it's none of my business.
If you've got one, then that's fine. I'll just leave.
Takano: ...Aren't you pissed off for what I said earlier?
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Ritsu: Ah, no--I mean, I understand perfectly well that I'm kind of gross...
I'm at fault--I'm sorry.
Takano: ...Why do you like me so much in the first place?
Ritsu: It...
IT'S A LONG STORY.
It--
IT WOULD TAKE THREE DAYS TO TELL.
Takano: (Damn, that IS long...)
Ritsu: U-um, sempai...
I'll listen to whatever you say, so--please talk to me.
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Takano: Huh?
Ritsu: If I'm the reason, then I apologize--
But lately, you've looked...really pained,
So I wondered if there wasn't something I could do for you.
Takano: And you think talking it out will solve my problem?
["Pained"?
What's he talking about.]
Ritsu: It--it might not solve anything, but--
I think even just getting some of it out will help you release some frustration from your body.
Takano: Huh?
Ritsu: And I just thought--if it would help relieve you even a little bit, then...
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Takano: Where's your bag?
Ritsu: Ah--at home.
Takano: Home?
Ritsu: Yes.
When I got home, it had started raining, so I came back...
Takano: ...Gimme the umbrella.
Ritsu: Eh? Oh, yes, here!
Takano: [People who are nice to others...
...I always thought they did that expecting something in return.]
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Takano: [But really...
...with this guy, it's probably...
...that he just...
...loves me.
Just that.]
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Ritsu: AH--UMM AH, UM--
PLEASE BE CAREFUL GOING HOME!
Takano: (...There is seriously something wrong with him.)
[But...
...Because of him showing up in my life, I really feel like something has changed within me.]
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Takano: [And it's true I've done something unlike myself in touching someone.
But it's also true that I realized how truly happy I could be...
...just by someone seriously thinking about me.]
(What is this?)
[What is this feeling?]
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Girl: I love you,
Saga-kun.
Takano: Umm...
Girl: You don't have to respond right away!
Just please think about it!
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[Board: All school, morning greetings in the gymnasium]
Students: Aah, what a pain in the ass.
The principal's speeches last forever!
We should all just pretend to faint!
Takano: (Ah...)
Student: What're you doing?
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Takano: (What's with that guy...
...Did I just laugh?
What the hell am I doing?)
[SFX: *heartbeat*]
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Takano: [What...is this?]
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Takano: ...I'm sorry.
Girl: Do...
...Do you have someone else you like?
Takano: ...Kind of.
[I still...
...don't really understand it.]
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Ritsu: Ah, sempai!
Takano: [Why does he get such a smile on his face just by looking at me?
Even when I spoke to him like that, it baffles me how he can still love me.]
Ritsu: That author you like--
--a new volume just came out so I bought it and read it.
It was really good!
Would you like to read it?
I don't mind if you take it home to read.
Takano: Hey...
[And the even stranger thing is...
...is that I've started to feel like I might like that fact, too.]
Today...
...wanna come over?
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Takano: [This is...]
...If you don't want to, you don't have to.
Ritsu: Eh--?!
Oh--no!
Takano: [What is it?]
Ritsu: I mean, YES!
I'll--I'll go!
Please let me go!
Takano: [Oh...
...Yeah, I get it.]
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Takano: [This is that "love" thing...]
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Ritsu: TAKANO-SAN.
Overhead: "OO station, OO station."
Takano: Huh?
Overhead: "The doors on the left side will open."
Ritsu: Don't "huh"! We're almost there--please wake up!
Takano: *yawns* You should've let me sleep, I was feeling good.
Overhead: "The doors are about to close."
Ritsu: How would it look for the editor-in-chief to be absent for the meeting first thing in the morning?
Takano: Hey, why are you so pissy all the time?
You used to be so cute and straightforward...
Ritsu: To tell the truth--
IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT, YOU KNOW.
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Takano: Oh--shit, my head really hurts.
Ritsu: Wai--hey, Takano-san!
Are you all right?
Takano: Oh crap, I'm gonna be sick...
Ritsu: Wait--
Hold yourself together!
Should we go to the toilet?
Can you stand?
Umm--if it looks too tough we can call a station attendant...
Takano: I'll be fine, just let me sit here for a second...
Ritsu: Umm--I'll call the office, and after you rest a bit--
Takano: Aah...
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Takano: If only you were this nice all the time...
But seriously, I'm feeling really tired here...
It's a pain, so I guess I'll take a sick day or two...
Ritsu: GO TO WORK. If you take a fake sick day I'll tell the whole company!
Takano: And you call yourself my subordinate?
Anyways, I really want to be near you today...
Ritsu: Wh--what the hell is that?!
Just go to work already!
Takano: Yeah yeah...
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Takano: I'll go already...
...but give me a little energy boost, will you?
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Ritsu: H--how much is "a little"?
Takano: [When I first met him, I never thought I'd fall this much in love.]
Overhead: "Please wait just a moment."
Takano: [You weren't the first person I dated...
...but you were my first love.
Though you probably don't know this...]