Chapter 69: Making A Difference
Translated by : Kaori Hasegawa
Sponsored and brought to you by : Alberto Mazzetto
Story and Art by : Masakazu Katsura
<106>
Ai: If you're not related to it at all, then why are you
taking responsibility?
<107>
Takashi: No... Maybe not directly, but i caused it, too...
Boy: The money I borrowed from Yamada got bigger than I
thought it would, so i could hardly pay him back,
therefore, he was blackmailing me...
Boy: And he said... If I managed that girl, then he said
he would forget about the money, so... And you said,
"I don't care about that girl," so...
Takashi: If there weren't a typhoon that day, what were you
going to do? Moemi-chan wouldn't be alone.
Boy: Then...
<108>
Sound: Gu.
Takashi: Tell me everything!! Now!
Sound: Gu.
Boy: U.
Boy: Then... I'd do something else... At first I would
call her and tell her, as your message, "Come right
now," and...
Boy: I call her just in case that day, too...
Sound: Guwa.
Boy: Wuwa!! Sorry!! Forgive me!!
Takashi: Break up...
Takashi: The band is breaking up...
<109>
Takashi: The band broke up, I broke up with my girlfriend,
and I lost my best friend...
Horrible...
Takashi: But it's all my fault, so I can't complain... Like
that guy in our band said, it's true I said I didn't
care about Moemi...
Takashi: But, I made a difference, so I feel refreshed...
Takashi: I feel fine now.
Ai: I wonder... If I made a difference, then I would be
refreshed, as well.
<110>
Youta: It's been two weeks since I was told, "Say by me,"
by Moemi-chan... I don't feel good...
Youta: I'm sure my mind came first in protecting
Moemi-chan, but I can't get further than one step.
I'm beginning to know the reason...
Youta: I think that's the reason why I don't go to
school...
Moemi: Gee, you could've waited for me inside.
<111>
Youta: Ah... I feel embarrassed, so...
Moemi: For others to see you as my boyfriend?
Youta: No! No!
Moemi: Oh yeah.
Moemi: Oh no, this is a bad one.
Moemi: I should have looked more when I bought it.
Youta: You have the receipt, don't you. Let's go exchange
it later.
<112>
Moemi: Well...
Sound: Gasa gasa.
Moemi: Next week is fine.
Moemi: I'll go exchange it next week, so would you go with
me?
Youta: Eh... Yeah, sure.
Sound: Fu.
Sound: Niko niko.
Youta: What's up? You're smiling...
Moemi: I'm happy about that promise, it's like a small
guarantee, but furthermore... I feel...relaxed...
<113>
Youta: Oh...
Youta: But... The promise has...
Youta: Ha.
Youta: Well... I'll go to the bathroom.
Moemi: O-Okay.
Sound: Gata.
<114>
Youta: "The promise has no guarantee on the process of
love."
Youta: Why do I have to say such a thing... Such a thing
that makes her sad...
Youta: I'm putting a break on getting deeper. If I were
told something nice...
I can't face her no matter what, is it because...
<115>
Moemi: It's boring being with me...
Youta: Eh.
Moemi: But, I'm used to it, so...
Moemi: Niimai-kun was the same way.
Youta: I think...I'm going to school...tomorrow.
<116>
Moemi: Oh! You finally decided to go to school.
Youta: yeah... I'm thinking about meeting Nobuko-chan.
Moemi: Eh?
Youta: It's for us...
Youta: We ended it unclearly, so I want to make it
pronounced... I think I can get...some kind of
answer if I see her...
<117>
Moemi: ...Some kind of answer... Aren't you sure? Then you
feelings may return to her?
Sound: Doki doki.
Youta: Honestly, I won't know myself unless I see her,
so... I don't want to give you a deep answer for
it...
Youta: But, I asked you to go out, and... I don't want to
make you sad, so... I can't tell you not to worry,
but...
<118>
Moemi: ...I trust you, so...
Moemi: I...
I trust you.
Youta: I'll make it clear... I'll wait at the back gate
after school, so we can go home together.
<119>
Youta: Are you going without eating breakfast.
Ai: Yeah... I don't have an appetite recently...
Ai: Hey! Are you going to school!! You decided!!
Ai: I see, I see! Good, good!
Sound: Gui gui.
Youta: I'll go make a difference...
Ai: Eh?
<120>
Youta: I wonder...how Nobuko-chan will react...when she
sees me...
Nobuko: Talk? I have nothing to say to you now.
Youta: She'll act cold like that...
Or...
Nobuko: How can you come to see me!! After you hurt me so
much! I can't believe this!!
Youta: She might complain, or...
Youta: Either way, it won't be easy... Can I get an answer
like that? ...But what if, 0.001%...
Nobuko: How have you been? Senpai...
Youta: If she smiles and forgives me for everything...
Youta: My feelings might move... Is this the right thing to
do... To see her now...
Ai: What a depressed looking face! Throw out your chest!
Your chest!!
Sound: Ban.
Youta: Oh, yeah...
Ai: Everyone makes a difference... Difference, huh...
<121>
Youta: I finally got to school... In the last minute, I'm
very tense...
Youta: I came to school after a long absence, so people are
looking at me like they're looking at a national
monument, and giving me more pressure...
Youta: Anyway, I'm afraid of whether or not my feelings
will move, and honestly, this is a pain...
Ai: Ah... Here she comes.
Sound: Doki.
Youta: Y-Yeah...
Sound: Doki doki.
Sound: Doki doki doki.
Sound: Doki...
Youta: Nobuko-chan...
<122>
Nobuko: Oh, no! It's you!! Long time no see!!!
Youta: Wh-What...!?
Nobuko: Hey, look, look.
Nobuko: Don't you think my breasts got bigger.
Nobuko: It's because you massaged them,.
Youta: Eh?
Sound: Kaa.
Nobuko: Kyahaha, So cute, you turned red.
<123>
Nobuko: As I talk about it, this is where I confessed my
love... At that time, you said, "This Saint Monster
can protect our school, but not us..." It was true,
it didn't save us...
Youta: ...yeah...
It's an unexpected reaction... I don't know how to
act now... I might no be able to distinguish...
Nobuko: Senpai... Did you start liking someone?
Youta: ...Yeah...
Nobuko: Oh... It's a little shocking.
Youta: S-Sorry...
Nobuko: No, don't apologize. We broke up, so.
Youta: I see... She's clear-cut about this.
Nobuko: Oh, I know. That's why you cam e to... Oh, now I
know...
<124>
Nobuko: You worry too much. There's that part in you!
Nobuko: I thought you were a loose person, but... It's not
like that, you're just doing your best for anybody.
But... Either way, I think it's not nice!
Nobuko: If you have someone you like no, then love only her
with all your might!
Youta: Nobuko-chan...
Nobuko: I want to say that... But i was treated cruelly by
you, and I can't calm down!
Let me hit you once! Then you can love her with all
your might.
Youta: S-Sure...
Nobuko: Good!
Nobuko: Then, ready!
Youta: Sure, go ahead!
<125>
Youta: Um?
Nobuko: Don't mind about me anymore! I've revenged my
feelings with it! Okay!
Senpai!
Youta: It was magic, to make fine a cloudy sky. My mind was
surprisingly calm, and my whole body was like the
blue sky. It's like the stuck hurdle disappeared and
now I can run straight. Without looking around,
straight... Of course the goal is Moemi-chan's
smile...
End of Chapter
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