Page 3 Title 15th. day - The birth of an actress!? Page 4 1 Ejiba Let's stop it!! Male transvestite!! 2 Masahiko Huh? Ejiba It's your little finger!! Recently you started extending it when you drink. I see...!? You never noticed. 4 Ejiba Really, you have the face of a girl. Masahiko Why all of a sudden? 5 Ejiba Well, at the time of the entry to school you usually had a dark, severe facial expression. I became aware that you have the face of a girl. Page 5 1 Ejiba But this placed changed your facial expression into tender, it became gentle. 2 Masahiko Really... that's the time when I came to the Wakanae home... Now I have very much gotten used to that environment. 3 Ejiba With your little finger and your girl's face you're eating like a male transvestite!! Masahiko Ah, then I can certainly do the welcome service in a store. Bad mood, hahaha 4 Director Girl's face... Indeed you keep your hand like that too... 5 Masahiko Ah, Sempai 6 Director The truth is that for the next movie we don't have enough performers, it's a problem. Yanagiba-kun, wouldn't you come forth? Ejiba Sempai, do I take Giba? 7 Masahiko Hah... Avoid me... Director All right!! It has been decided, a man doesn't double deal!! Page 6 1 Director Well, we're saved. We expect something from you as an actress, Yanagiba-kun!! 2 Masahiko Huh....? Ejiba Now he appears to be an actress? 3 Shion Wearing women's clothing...? 4 Shion Heh, you'll appear as a female actress in a movie, amusing. Masahiko Not amusing!! It makes me very ashamed!! 5 Masahiko That sempai didn't film you nude yet and now he holds a grudge!! That's why he does this to me. 7 Shion But he thinks that you are the most suitable actor. Masahiko Yeah, sure, in any case I have a girl's face. Page 7 1 Shion Don't worry, our family is specialist in dressing in women's clothes, aren't we. We're able to turn you into a perfect woman. You don't understand!! Entrust it to us and you don't have to be ashamed. 2 Masahiko ...That sort of thing, I have a hunch that I cannot rest completely comfortable... 3 Shion I won't be in charge of it, when will you ask your girlfriend? Masahiko Girlfriend? 4 Shion Asaoka-san stopped by today. 7 Masahiko I'm coming in. Page 8 1 Hako Hiya, Giba-chan. 2 Narration She is Asaoka Youko and since that uproar she comes often here. Masahiko Where shall I put it? Sora Coffee time again. Hako Somewhere. Narration She would occasionally come to help at moments when Sora-san was heaped with work. 3 Narration She told Sora-san that she draws. It appears like she now is a temporary assistant. Sora We are saved by Asaoki-kun coming, in this way we can take a break. Hako Don't pull my leg, usually I'm too scared. 4 Makoto As I thought, with 4 assistants the efficiency is great. Hiromi Yeah, when published weekly, 3 persons is absolutely too few. 5 Makoto? When will we return to a 4 person organization like before? 6 Masahiko Huh, before you were 4 persons? Makoto Yeah, until last year summer. The reason is that that person is now on temporary leave. Page 9 1 Hako Temporary leave...? Hiromi To go to the USA. I'm envious, I too would like to go. 2 Makoto But Sensei, will Yokota-san really come back? Sora Hum? Makoto He was saying he would be back in spring. 3 Hako Yokota...? 4 Sora He wanted to come back when he was ready... He's keeping contact. 6 Hako Really now you say so, he was two years above us in high school, I think. Masahiko Heh? 7 Hako He was with me in the same art club, his manga were skillful... Masahiko Ah, he painted that awful painting that was not shown, Yokota-sempai!! 8 Masahiko He appeared as tough as Sora-san's manga. Sempai too was a fan of Sora-san. Hako Oh yes, I remember, hearsay had it that after graduation he became an assistant for a famous mangaka... Page 10 1 Kazuko ... What is the full name of that person...!? Masahiko Let me see, if I'm not mistaken... 2 Hako Susumu.... It is Yokota Susumu. 3 Makoto & Hiromi Susumu-chan!? 6 Voice It's a small world... Page 11 2 Masahiko Well, Sempai will come here? Hiromi Ahahaha, this will be a masterpiece. 4 Masahiko The temporary leave, Yokota... Hako I somehow understand... 5 Masahiko? Since sempai was a manly person, in this environment... Hako? He didn't fit in... surely. Makoto or Hiromi Ah, that was not true. 6 Hiromi He got used to it, Susumu-chan. Masahiko Huh? 7 Hiromi I told you, Susumu-chan took a temporary leave to go to the USA... 8 Sora Huh? Who is it at this time. I hope it's not Mori-san... Masahiko I'm leaving. Page 12 1 Masahiko Yes, who is it? 2 Person Say... you are... Masahiko Huh? 3 Person Sure, Yanagiba-kun, isn't it? What are you doing here? 6 Masahiko ...Yokota-sempai!! Page 13 1 Makoto & Hiromi Susumu-chan!! 2 Susumu Everyone, it's been a while. How are you? 3 Sora Why! Did you get back to Japan, you where supposed to keep in contact!! Susumu Excuse me, Sensei. I was thinking to surprise everyone. I come directly from Narita*. *Narita: Tokyo airport. Hiromi It's been a long time 4 Makoto Great breasts!! Maybe they're too... Susumu It's the real thing!! 5 Susumu It's okay for you to touch them, there's no padding already!! Makoto Really!! 6 Susumu I'm an authentic woman already!! The rod too, balls too, everything. Page 14 1 Excited voices ?????????????????????, really!! Of course for that reason you went to the USA, didn't you!! Great, I'm envious. 2 Masahiko ...He went to the USA... Hako For a sex... change operation... 3 Masahiko? I don't believe it... 4 Makoto & Hiromi Kya, kya 6 Susumu I'm surprised!! You two a couple. And being at Sora-sensei place!! Page 15 1 Masahiko We too... were surprised... Hako Sempai is... this..., how do I put it... 2 Voices of other guests Look... a male transvestite, over there. Really, it's a male transvestite. 3 Susumu Really... 4 Susumu Shut up all of you!! 5 Susumu I'm a registered woman, I have no rod nor balls therefore!! Masahiko Se...Sempai... Page 16 1 Susumu Ah, excuse me for just now... Hako It's okay. 2 Hako But... Still, I don't believe it... Sempai is a male trans... became a woman.... 4 Susumu Did the two of you ever attend the party of Sora-sensei's group after they finish work? 5 Masahiko ...Once... Hako I am still... 6 Susumu It was great, wasn't it? Masahiko Ha... Page 17 1 Masahiko I don't recall... Hako That... great? Susumu Really... Really it scared me in the beginning also out of my wits. 2 Susumu But I came to study manga. In this world, a person must be himself... They don't stop to tell you what to do. 3 Masahiko He's got a manicure...!! Susumu But, that party every week was painful. 4 Masahiko Ah, you did that every week!? Susumu Of course. It was part of work!! 5 Masahiko You could stand it that well... Hako It must really be great... Susumu But... one day seeing them I thought that it was great fun... 6 Susumu Maybe because it was so painful, I started thinking... 7 Susumu And one day, when I noticed... Page 18 1 Susumu I entered the middle of the circle and danced naked. 2 Susumu It was fun... Masahiko ... I can picture it Susumu Thus far I had closed myself off, but now it was like my true character opened up... 3 Susumu After that it didn't take much time before I became like this. 4 Masahiko Senpai, however it is not not too late yet to return to be a man... Susumu Fool, I have the body of a woman. 5 Susumu This is... the real me. Page 19 1 Susumu I myself am getting used to it... I think it was a really good thing to do. 3 Hako Really... I don't get it. To go to the extend of going to the USA to get a surgical operation however, surely Sempai's real... 4 Masahiko It cannot be true!! 6 Masahiko You were so manly!! Long ago, you helped me, didn't you!! Page 20 1 Masahiko I admired Sempai!! Boy How could this anachronism? rascal Admiring boy That guy looks strong, that, that, 2 Masahiko That.... 3 Susumu Well, what are you crying for, Yanagiba-chan? 4 Susumu You too, before long you will understand. Because you too will get properly used to and settle down. Masahiko Huh? Page 21 1 Susumu There cannot be two types of persons over there!! Either those who cannot put up with it and who instantly run away!! (Or the ones) who settle down and enjoy it. 2 Masahiko Huh? 3 Susumu Until now many persons interested came as assistants to Sensei's place. Many could not stand it for more than 1 day. The only ones left are: Mako-chan, Hiro-chan and Kazuko-chan... At first all of them were ordinary men!! 4 Susumu Over there, of the remaining persons, everyone is the same!! Page 22 2 Hako ...Chan Giba-chan... Hey, Giba-chan!! 3 Masahiko Eh.... Hako What are you doing next. Are you going? 4 Hako You aren't thinking too much about what we talked about with Sempai? 5 Hako You're there for two months already, this isn't an omen for you. Masahiko ...Sure 6 Hako Besides... Page 23 1 Hako This good woman is your girlfriend!! 3 Masahiko Sure... Hako Sure it is, if you despite of me become a transvestite, I'll loose all self-confidence. 5 Masahiko An omen? 5 Masahiko "You're becoming a transvestite: you're stretching the little finger while drinking recently.." "Girl's face. You eat like a transvestite!!" 6 Masahiko That cannot be the case!! Absolutely!! Page 24 2 Yukari Masahiko-san, come, come. 4 Masahiko What's this...? From Shion I heard that you have to wear women's clothes? Shion We immediately had to try a rehearsal. 6 Masahiko It's fine this... Yukari We'll perfectly give you the look of a woman!! I have become skilled. Page 25 1 Masahiko Because it doesn't suit me to wear women's clothes... Yukari No way, you wear them. 2 Masahiko No, really I don't want to talk about it... Wah Yukari It's all right, you'll see however. Don't be slow!! 3 Masahiko Just a second, please stop. Wah. Shion? Don't be a bad loser, it's only women's clothes you're wearing. 5 Shion Teehee. Yukari Ye..s, this dress, I wonder. 6 Shion Look, have a look in the mirror. Masahiko What are you laughing so weird for, hey!! 7 Masahiko I don't want to see my face! I'm just a toy!! Shion It's all right, have a look. Page 26 1 Masahiko Huh...? 2 Shion Look, straighten your back some more!! From where is this woman watching, you think!? 4 Masahiko This... Page 28 1 Masahiko Atashi..?* *Note of translator: Masahiko uses here the feminine way of saying 'I', normally he refers to himself as 'ore', a very masculine way of saying 'I'. 3 Yukari After this you'll be a splendid actress. Later we'll chose the clothes. Shion There isn't much that fits. I don't think that anyone will laugh. It's obvious that you are mama's nephew... It's the blood relationship, isn't it. 4 Masahiko Blood relationship... 5 Shion Ah? Yukari Masahiko-san? Page 29 2 Masahiko SHIT!! 3 Masahiko It's a joke, isn't it. To wear women's clothes!! 5 Narration ..."Atashi"*... That word came out of my mouth spontaneously. Masahiko I'm a man!! A man. Narration That went round and round in my head forever and ever....