Chapter 51: Unexpectedly
Translated by : Kaori Hasegawa
Sponsored and brought to you by : Alberto Mazzetto
Story and Art by : Masakazu Katsura
<103>
Ai: No.
Ai: Please, stop!! What did I do to you!! Do you hate me
so much!?
Mai: It's not hate. It's just that if you'll disappear,
then I can be friendly.
<104>
Clerk: Here.
Nobuko: Thanks.
Natsumi: So.
What kind of girl was your ex-girlfriend? Was she
cute?
Youta: It doesn't matter, right.
<105>
Sound: Ga ga.
Girl: I'm sorry, sorry. Did you wait!?
Nobuko: Oh! You're late!!
<106>
Girl: Sorry, sorry.
Nobuko: Tomoko will be upset if we're late.
Girl: Anyway, I wonder how much longer she'll have a
birthday party*?
* In Japan, birthday parties are considered to be
childish when they're planned by the birthday
person.
Nobuko: I don't know.
Tomoko: Even if I get old and even if I marry, I will have a
birthday party!
Nobuko: That's what she said, so maybe until she dies?
Girl: She shouldn't gather up her girlfriends, she should
get a boyfriend and have it with him.
Nobuko: Yeah.
Girl: Ah. Sorry.
Nobuko: No. It's okay.
<107>
Nobuko: .The place Senpai chose Amano-san over me.
Nobuko: I still haven't forgotten him. It's so painful,
painful. I might tend to him if I see him now. Even
though I decided to separate, the separation is
decided.
<108>
Ai: .Demon!
Mai: My playing time is limited as well, so I'd like to
finish my destiny around today. I'll erase you!
Ai: Eh? What? Playing time!? Is there such a thing!?
Sound: Ka.
<109>
Sound: Don.
Sound: Go go go go go.
Mai: You got away from it. I'm proud of you. I thought
you would have lost energy since your arm
disappeared. You're surprisingly strong.
Ai: I thank you for telling me many shocking things. I
didn't know there was such a thing as playing time.
If I think well, we're Video Girls, so there are
ends to our tapes.
Ai: But, since I know it now, it makes me want not want
to disappear here!
I'll be alive as long as my playing time!!
Sound: Bu.
<109>
Sound: Byu.
Ai: An.
Sound: Kaysu.
Sound: Gasha.
<111>
Ai: Goho goho. Gu.
Sound: Su--.
Sound: Hyu.
Sound: Su--.
Sound: Hyu.
Sound: Pashi.
Mai: What would you prefer, to fight here, or run away?
<112>
Sound: Garan garan.
Sound: Gu.
Sound: Da.
Sound: Da da.
Sound: Ta ta ta.
Ai: Haa haa haa.
Ai: Haa haa haa haa.
<113>
Ai: Haa haa.
Ai: Haa haa.
Mai: You're breathing heavy.
Sound: Za.
Sound: Byu.
Mai: Oh.
<114>
Sound: Ga. Gu.
Ai: U.
Sound: Do.
Mai: Not any more. You should give up and disappear.
Youta-kun doesn't need you anymore, right? Then
there's no meaning to play.
Ai: You don't understand feelings, I just want to be
with someone I like.
Ai: That!
Sound: Byu. Bushi. Suton.
<115>
Ai: She's making fun of me! .Intentionally dodging so
low!!
Sound: Suku.
Sound: Gatsu.
<116>
Ai: I'll die.!! Youta! Youta!!
Youta: N-Now. Ai-chan's scream.
Natsumi: Eh?
Natsumi: I didn't hear anything.
Youta: Yes. I certainly heard "I'll die.!"
Sound: Da.
Natsumi: Hey! Where are you going?
<117>
Ai: Ah ah ah ah ah ah.
Ai: Ah.
Sound: Dofu.
Sound: Hyu.
<118>
Sound: Baan.
Sound: Dosa.
Ai: U. Gu. Gugugu.
Ai: Um. It really hurts. But, I'm saved by a clothes
pole. And, she made one mistake, now I can run away.
Anyway, I have to run away. Like this, I'd be
perfectly killed.
Ai: Hey! You failed. Even you can't jump this high! A
Video Girl isn't Superman!!
Mai: .Fu, that's right.
<119>
Ai: Bye! If we can, I'll see you again!
Ai: How long am I going to hold onto this pipe. I don't
need it now.
Ai: Wh-what?
Sound: Gugugu.
Ai: It doesn't leave!?
Mai: Hah. It won't leave you because I put my magnetism
into it before I gave it to you. Look closely. My
magnetism is all around your hand!
Ai: Wh!? U.
Mai: Like magnets attract each other!! Therefore, unless
you can get rid of the pipe, no matter how far apart
we are, my magnetism will hit you 100%!!
Sound: Ba.
<120>
Ai: U.
Sound: Kui.
Ai: Kya.
Sound: Buwa.
Mai: This time, you won't just lose an arm.
Ai: Gyaa!!
Sound: Ba.
<121>
Youta: Uu!! A-Again! The bad expectation is getting
stronger. Where are you, Ai-chan!
I feel she's somewhere around here, but. Where:!?
Nobuko: Oh. Oops. I was asked to buy snacks.
Girl: It's okay. We can worry after we get there.
Nobuko: It's okay. You go ahead, I'll go buy them.
Girl: Okay, sure.
Nobuko: Ah.
Youta: No-Nobuko-chan.
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