Gokinjo Monogatari
Neighborhood Stories
Story 2 Osanaji mitte yatsu
He's my childhood friend
Cat - Meow
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Cat - Meow Meow Meow
Mikako - Nnn...
- You're noisy....
- And heavy...
Cat - MEOW
Mikako - What do you want, you house cat~~?
Pop
Ding Ding Ding
-- It's already 5:30? I hardly got any sleep. I can't
keep this up forever...
Snore
--Mom must have just gone to sleep...
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Mikako --She must have just finished this colour picture.
--It's great.
- A name. What can you're name be? Tama? Chibi? Pochi...
no. Those are dog names.
- Well, you're definately black so mabe you should be
called Black. Kurobe- Kurosuke... It's simpler to just
call you Kuro.
(Note: Kuro is the Japanese word for Black.)
Ding
knock knock
Ding Dong
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Tsutomu - Hey Alisa! I brought you some breakfast. TADA
Kuro - Meow
Mikako - Alisa? Is that what you said?
Tsutomu - That's exactly what I said.
Mikako - His name is Kuro! Kuro!
Tsutomu -- Kuro~~? That's not a very loving!
Kuro - Meow
Mikako --Weren't you in a hurry, Tsutomu? I was just getting
ready to leave.
Tsutomu -- But, you should rename her Alisa...
Mikako -- If you want to name him Alisa, then I will name him
Issei!
Ruriko - It's like this every morning with the two of them.
Can't they stop for one day?
Noriji - Good Morning to both of you. You seem like good
good friends today.
Mkk+Ttm - We're nothing like friends!
Note: To Mom,
Good Morning. Remember to heat this up before eating it.
Mika
Mikako - After school today, would you like to come shopping
with me for things for Kuro?
Tsutomu - Sure, I kinda feel sorry for him for having to use
a paper toilet.
Announcer -- First train... on White lines... to Uchisoba...
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C-Clank C-Clank
Mikako - ouch...
Announcer --Now leaving
Mikako - He's so lucky that he doesn't have to suffer during the
morning rush on the train.
Ribbon - Height: 150cm
-- Tsutomu...
-- A cool face
-- Has he gotten taller recently?
-- He'll be almost two meters soon... (Scary)
-- I guess he's not the young monkey I knew before.
- ......
[Even so]
[Does all this mean he's becoming a good-looking monkey?]
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Mikako -- The high-grade girls seem to think so...
--Or maybe it's just because he looks like Ken Nakagawa
(the lead singer) and he's one of the girls favorites.
Tsutomu - What is she staring at...
-- Is it me?
Mikako - Yup. I understand. He's better looking.
Arrow - Evil staring
-- He definately looks like a star of some sort.
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Sign - Yazawa Art Academy
Lisa - What? A loveletter?
- Aren't the girls with the white Sailor uniforms from a
really presigious school? They must be smart. And they're
after Tsutomu Yamaguchi.
Mikako - When they gave it to him they called him "Ken-chan"...
-- So they really didn't know it was him...
Lisa - Yeah. But, even so, Tsutomu is becoming cuter.
Mikako - Wha! Cute!!
-- No way! You think that monkey is cute!
Lisa -- Giggle
- Worried?
Mikako -- Snore
Lisa - I get it. I'll leave you alone. I guess your old enough
that you want to keep some things to yourself.
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Mikako [It's not that I don't want to tell you]
[I just do want anyone to know I'm worried]
-- Honestly, he's really important to me, but if I
let people know that they'll think we're together.
-- But I care about him differently than that.
Girls - Kouda-san! Kouda-san!
First Girl - This... You're mom is the one that wrote this manga.
It's really something. Could you get your Mom to
autograph my copy for me?
Second Girl --Oh! Non-chan, that's brilliant!
Mikako - Uh... Sure. I'll thank you for my Mom.
First Girl - It's really good isn't it. When I read it, I cried and cried.
Second Girl - Me too! Me too!
Mikako - Really?! You cried?
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Mikako - A manga can make you cry...?
First Girl - I cried! Kouda-san, you've read her manga, haven't you?
Mikako - I read it.
Second Girl - I get it...
- You don't get emotional about the manga because you're Mom wrote it and it's
too much like home.
Mikako - I really don't think that's why...
First Girl - What about it...
- Makes me have this feeling in my chest?
Second Girl - Yeah,
- It's beautiful.
Mikako - .......
[I don't get it]
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Mikako [I am]
[a young girl with love problems]
[But I don't understand]
-- That is to say, I should.
-- After all, isn't love the same for everyone?
- Maybe not
- Maybe I'm just weird
-- But, in regard for whether I like Tsutomu, what everyone says is different
then things actually are.
-- We've been together for 16 years, it's natural that we move apart eventually.
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Letter - How do you do. I'm a third year student council member from Y- girl's school.
I am Nami Nakamura. I know this is a little sudden, I don't usually write these things.
I'm sorry, I hope I didn't scare you, but ever since I first saw you, I had to do
something. Everytime I think of you I get a warm feeling in my chest. Do you get the
same when you're with a girl? .......
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Yuusuke - Tsutomu-kun
Tsutomu - Yuusuke...
-- You startled me
Arrow - Teary eyed
Yuusuke - Four times now, you've missed class. You must be purposefully missing class
now and not just forgetting. At least that's what Teacher says.
- Alright Strawberry!
Tsutomu - Hey, that was my strawberry milk!
- WHOA! JIRO! That's mine...
Jiro - This is a love letter isn't it!
Sign - Student Cafeteria
Yuusuke - This is really depressing you know. Why don't you share some of the girls you're
constantly getting letters from?
We're good looking too, you know.
Tsutomu - I guess I'm just cuter than you two right now. A ha ha! Now what should I eat?
- Rice Omlette!
- What about you Jiro?
- I packed a lunch.
Yuusuke - Well, have you talked to her yet? Body-ko, I mean.
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Tsutomu - Huh?
Yuusuke - About the party. About Karaoke-ing. Didn't you say that Mariko had some
girl friends from school that would come out with us when you asked?
Tsutomu - Oh, yeah!
arrow - Just eating
Tsutomu - You mean the girl's at S-girls school who will come party with us as soon
as I buzz them on my Beeper.
Ysk+Jiro -- ALRIGHT! We're partying today after school
Tsutomu - Huh? Today? Isn't that sudden? Can't we do all this some other time?
Yuusuke - We don't have girls like you do! We need Body-ko to introduce us to some!
Girls are _very_ important, like Esu! And Mimizu!
Tsutomu - Mimizu?
- Uh--- but, I'm busy today. I promised Mikako...
Mikako - This is a cat reminder
Yuusuke - Mikako...?
Jiro - Look, you have to...
Yuusuke - Ah! Sure. The Dwarf can come but only if she isn't a pain and she stays away
from our girls!
Tsutomu -- The Dwarf is a pain?
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Yuusuke - Just in case, are you sure the girls will be ready?
Tsutomu - They'll be ready.
- When I spoke with Body-ko about this the first time, she said that the girls
that wanted to come could be ready at any time.
Yuusuke - Well, are you going to be ready?
Tsutomu - I have to come!?
- ......
Mikako - Huh? You're not coming?
- Why--?
Tsutomu - Well
- I have to do a favor for Yuusuke.
Mikako - Yuusuke? Oh, right. He's the guy with the scary eyes.
Tsutomu - I'll see you tomorrow.
Mikako - But, what about Kuro...
Tsutomu - Can it go this one time?
Mikako - But what about what you said, why the sudden change...
Tsutomu - I've been busy with various things lately, I can't keep all my promises to you
any more.
- ......
- What about tomorrow...
Mikako - Forget it! I'll go myself!
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Mikako [Tsutomu's an idiot!]
Yuusuke - That voice.. She's your neighbor?
Jiro - She looks like her.
[I hate him!]
[I really hate him!!]
Lisa - Mikako, we're in the practice room next.
- We'll be late.
- We can get together afterschool today because I have a day off of work.
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Mikako -- I can't keep all my promises to you any more...
P-chan - Mikako, Lisa, let's to the Practice room.
Girl -- A ha ha! P-chan has such a squeaky voice. It echoes!
Lisa - Sorry, Sakii.
- Mikako has a stomach ache... I'm going to take her to the first aide room.
P-chan - Huh? Is she alright?
Lisa - Uh... Yeah.
-- She'll be fine once she goes home. Can you tell Teacher about this please...
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Mikako - I didn't have to go home you know...
Lisa - A ha ha, I'm sorry.
Mikako -- Even though I cried then, she was good at covering everything up.
- Thank you...
Lisa - I understand, you're still in love with Tsutomu Yamaguchi.
Mikako - That's impossible!
- I hate him!
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Mikako - I'm so angry! Just look at my face!
-- I can't believe I have to live next to him! Damn it all!
Lisa - But...
- All these "itsukiichiyuu" feelings...
(Itsukiichiyuu : literally "one happy one sad", meaning a kind of "rollercoaster-ing" of emotion)
- does it mean you're in love? The world...
- will think so, right? So, why not just go for him?
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Mikako - Because!
- I have to go now. I have important afternoon classes!
Lisa - No way, she's going to the afternoon class?
Mikako -- I don't care what the world will say.
-- If I'm angry, I'm really angry!
-- If I hate him, I'll really hate him!
-- So he won't ever do this again!
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Girls - Whoa! For real?! That's Ken Naka!
Arrow - Ken Naka is short for 'Ken Nakagawa'
Mariko - What did you say? His real name is Tsutomu. You should call him that.
- Well then, let's go Karaoke-ing! KARAOKE!
Girl 1 - Say, Tsutomu, will you sing one of Manbou's songs?
Girl 2 - Sing "Angel Smile"
Tsutomu -- Uh, sure.
Mariko -- Hey!
-- Leave him alone, he's going to sing with me!
Yuusuke - That idiot took them all again.
Jiro - And I had an eye on Mimizu
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Yuusuke - Tsutomu, you should take Body-ko somewhere.
Tsutomu - huh?
Yuusuke - This is a great change for the two of you to get closer. Take her to the park.
Greeter - Thank you for coming.
Mariko - Say, Tsutomu, where are we going?
Tsutomu - ......
-- Getting closer?
Mariko - I'm getting kinda hungry, let's stop at McDonalds to eat.
-- What the?
Tsutomu - Damn
Mikako -- All the stuff I bought for Kuro--
-- It's so cute--
Lisa -- Do you want to go home now?
Mikako -- Yeah
Ttm+Mrk - ......
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Tsutomu - Why...
- When she was crying before...
Mariko - Say, Tsutomu, about that girl...
- When you hid behind that wall?
- What is she to you? Just a old friend of yours?
Tsutomu - Uh, yeah
-- She's to young for me anyways
Mariko - ...... Oh...
- Well, then why can't our relationship be more serious?
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Mariko - I... Am I not allowed to have a little fun?
- Me and my boyfriend aren't going very well. He didn't meet me somewhere when
he had promised he would. It's too bad.
- Tsutomu, do you hate me?
Tsutomu - Wha? Noo... I don't hate you.
- I just don't love you.
Mariko - Well, that's good. It's decided.
Tsutomu - Wait... a minute, senpai!
- We didn't decide anything
- This is so sudden... It's...
Mariko - I just want to be more serious.
Tsutomu - .......
Mariko - Consider it at least.
- I can wait.
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Tsutomu - Serious. Well, at least she's direct. She knows what she wants, Strange girl.
-- But, she's defintely a babe.
Yuusuke - Whaaat!? You and Body-ko?
Tsutomu - No... She just asked things to be more serious.
Yuusuke - Well, what are you waiting for!
Tsutomu - She might be joking...
Yuusuke - That's even better! Serious girls are no fun!
Tsutomu - I guess...
Yuusuke -- I'm so envious of you. You and Body-ko, NICE body-ko...
Tsutomu - Uh, Yuusuke, what happened with the S school girls yesterday?
Yuusuke - Forget it!
Jiro -- Hey
-- You guys, we have to go to gym class.
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Tsutomu - Ah, Mika!
Yuusuke - Ah
- That's the pain-in-the-@ss-chan
Tsutomu - Wait! Why didn't you talk to me at school today! I have something to say to
you. What an attitude!
- I want to appologize for yesterday! Okay!
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Mikako - I don't want to hear your appology! I don't want to have anything to do with you!
Lisa - ......
Tsutomu - ...Not cute~~~
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Tsutomu - You'll never get a boyfriend with that attitude!
Mikako - I don't need one!
Jiro - Tsutomu, about Gym class...
Tsutomu - I'm skipping it!
Yuusuke - You are!? Hey!
Lisa - Just let him appologize...
Mikako - But!
- He'll only say "sorry"...
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Mikako - I'll be the exact same thing over again.
-- I can't keep all my promises to you anymore!
- I'm just not that important to Tsutomu anymore.
- Slowly, other people took my place.
- For sure, this will keep going...
- I can't stop him. I can't do anything. So an apology means nothing!
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Mikako -- But I'm lonely...
-- And I can't do anything...
Lisa - I...
- see...
- Childhood friends can make
- difficult relatioships...
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Mariko - There you are, Yamaguchi!
-- Aa ha ha ha
- What are you going? You must be out of practice!
Tsutomu - Senpai...
- Geez~~~
-- Those pants are short
Mariko - Yuusuke told me all about it. Tsutomu, you should be in class right now, right?
Tsutomu - ......
Mariko - Well, did you think about what I said yesterday?
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Mikako [Inside my chest]
[feels broken and]
[it hurts.]
Tsutomu - If you don't mind it,
- Then I agree.
Mikako [If this is what it's like,]
[Then I don't want to fall in love]
[I don't thing I could take it.]
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