Marmalade Boy Volume 2, Chapter 5 "From Wataru to You II" pages 163-171 Written and illustrated by Yoshizumi Wataru Translation & editing by : Craig Nishida Additional translation by : Paul Hirose Yutaka Sasagawa Additional editing by: Jeanne Hedge Last revision : 02-01-96 Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? Please send them to: mboy-trans@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu --------------------------------------------------- p 163--TITLE PAGE 1 [Our beaming manga-ka stands in tennis sweats and grasps a racket in her right hand. Two tennis balls lie at her feet.] Title: [in English] FROM WATARU TO YOU II Yoshizumi Wataru: Hello. Yoshizumi here. konnichi wa-- YOSHIZUMI de--su ______ In this 2nd volume, a kono (2)-KAN ni wa tenisu no tennis match makes an in-this-volume-2 (contrast) tennis 's appearance... SHIAI ga DEte-kimasu ga match (S) appear and/but ______ And since I think there are ru--ru o SHIrinai HITO mo OOi a lot of people who don't rules (O) not-know people too a-lot-of know the rules, I'll explain a little abou-u-ut to OMOu no de chotto it. thinking-that since a-bit KAIsetsu shima--su explain Yoshizumi Wataru: But I won't check in any demo TOKU ni HON to ka wa particular books and just but in-particular book and-such (T) write the information that's inside my head... SHIRAbenai de not-check-up-on-(and) WATASHI no ATAMA no NAKA no inside-my-head (nom) CHISHIKI dake de KAkimasu kara just-information write that's-why So even if I might be a bit moshi ka shite chotto CHIGAtte-tari wrong, or the explanation it-is-possible a-bit is-wrong-(or) isn't sufficient, please overlook it, 'kay? explanation (S) even-though-wasn't- sufficient-(or) MInogashite ne overlook (rhet) caption at bottom: By the way, this isn't chinami ni NANSHIKI de wa naku softball tennis; it's by-the-way softball-tennis is-not hardball tennis. ______ KOUSHIKI tenisu desu. hardball-tennis is --------------------------------------------------- p 164 1 [Our manga-ka's head appears up beyond the bottom of this panel.] caption at right: ______ First, in regards to mazu kaunto ni tsuite scoring. first count in-regards-to narration: ______ Points are: pointo wa _rabu_ _pointo_ Love...0 points 0...0 TEN 15...1 point 15...1 TEN 30...2 points 30...2 TEN 40...3 points 40...3 TEN ...counted like that. to KAZOemasu (quote) count notation at bottom (with arrow): <--- Why isn't it 10, 20, <--- nande 10, 20, 30 ja nai no?! and 30?! why is-not ...is what you might be to o-OMOi desho-- ga thinking, and I'm sure (quote) a-thought poss-be and/but there's some basis for this. NANI-ka YURAI ga aru some origin (S) is-there n da yo kitto. (explan) surely narration: _pointo_ If either player gets 4 dochira-ka ga AITE ni 2-TEN IJOU points and leads by 2 or either-one (S) by-opponent 2-or-more-points more points, then 1 game _pointo_ is over. SA o tsukete 4-TEN TOreba lead-(and) 4-points if-receive ______ 1 ge--mu SHUURYOU desu 1-game end is Yoshizumi Wataru: ______ ________ In calling scores, you ko--ru wa sa--bisu GAWA o SAKI ni say the service side's call (T) service-side (O) first first. Iimasu say Yoshizumi Wataru: For example, 15-love, tatoeba 15-0 0-30 30-40 30-30 nado... love-30, 30-40, 30-30, for-example etc. etc... 2 narration: ______ _____ 40-40 is not "forty-all"; 40-40 wa fo--ti o--ru de wa naku instead, you say "deuce." (T) forty-all is-not #DEUCE# to Iimasu say-that 3 narration: For example, a case where tatoeba YUU to GINTA ga Yuu and Ginta play a match for-example and (S) and it becomes deuce... ______ SHIAI o shite du--su ni natta play-a-match-(and) became-deuce BA-AI... case [Ginta and Yuu stare daggers at each other. Both hold tennis rackets.] 4 [Ginta pumps his fist.] narration: ______ If Ginta gets the next TSUGI no pointo o GINTA ga TOreba point, then... next-point (O) (S) if-get umpire: [off] ____________ Advantage Suou! adobante--ji SUOU! notation with arrow pointing at in the line above: ___ Means that it's YUURI to iu imi advantageous. advantageous/favorable called meaning Ginta: Right!! ossha!! 5 narration: If Ginta proceeds and gets sono TSUGI mo TSUZUkete the following one too, that-following too continue-(and) then... GINTA ga TOreba (S) if-get umpire: [off] ______ ______ ___ ___ Game! Game won by Suou! ge--mu! ge--mu uon bai SUOU! narration: ...is what it is, but... ----na n da kedo is (explan) but [Ginta raises both hands in joyous victory.] crowd: [off] Wahhh! wa------_ 6 narration: ...if Yuu gets it, then... YUU ga TOttara FUTATAbi (S) if-get again umpire: [off] Deuce! #DEUCE#! girls: [off] Kyaaaa! kya----_ [Yuu flashes a "V" for his fans as Ginta trudges off.] Yuu: Heh! fu_ Yuu: I won't be taken so easily. so-- kantan ni torare ya shine-- yo like-that easily is-taken not-do Ginta: Shi-i-it... kusoo.. 7 narration: _pointo_ In that way it goes on and ----to yu-- fu-- ni 2 TEN on until someone leads by in-that-way 2-points 2 points. _____ SA ga tsuku made en'en to TSUZUkeraremasu until-lead lengthy is-continued umpire: [off] ____________ Advantage Matsuura! adobante--ji MATSUURA! _______ Deuce! du--su! ____________ Advantage Matsuura! adobante--ji MATSUURA! _______ Deuce! du--su! ____________ Advantage Suou! adobante--ji SUOU! --------------------------------------------------- p 165 1 [Our cute and smiling manga-ka points up at a diagram of an overhead view of a tennis court. A stick figure stands at one service line and four possible ball trajectories radiate from him. Only one is a fair serve.] narration: ________ ______ Service alternates after sa--bisu wa 1 ge--mu goto ni each game. service (T) every-1-game KOUTAI shimasu alternate Yoshizumi Wataru: ________ Incidentally, you can hit chinami ni sa--bisu wa 2-HON made up to 2 serves. incidentally service (T) up-to-2 Utemasu can-hit _fa--sutosa--bisu_ ______ Even if you miss your first 1-HON-me ga SHIPPAI (foruto) serve (fault), it'll be 1st-service (S) miss fault okay if you drop in your _sekandosa--bisu_ 2nd serve. shite-mo 2-HON-me o even-tho-do 2nd-service (O) Irereba ii wake if-put-in okay reason diagram notation: _____ Sizes in this diagram are kono ZU wa sugoku saizu ga awfully haphazard (sweat this-diagram (T) terribly size (S) bead>. iikagen desu haphazard is Yoshizumi Wataru: If you miss your 2nd serve 2-HON-me mo SHIPPAI suru to as well, it becomes a double 2nd-(serve) too if-miss fault, and your opponent ____________ gets 1 point, so you have daburuforuto to natte AITE ni to be sure to put your turn-out-double-fault-(and) by-opponent second serve in. _pointo_ 1-TEN TOrareru kara 1-point is-received that's-why _______ ________ sekando sa--bisu wa KAKUJITSU ni second-service (T) surely Irenakya ikemasen must-put-in notation at bottom left: _______ ________ That's why a second service da kara futsuu sekando sa--bisu wa is usually weaker in power and-so usually second-service (T) than a first one. ________ fa--suto yori IRYOKU ga YOWAku naru than-first power (S) become-weak 2 [Yuu smiles back at us, index finger raised to make a point.] narration: ______ In tennis (in matches of tenisu de wa (aru a certain high level of in-tennis (contrast) a-certain standard), the side that ______ serves has a decided TEIDO reberu no TAKAi SHIAI de wa) advantage, so while you high-level-of-standard in-match (constrast) make sure you get your ________ service games, that means sa--bisu suru GAWA ga danzen whatever you get in your serving side (S) decidedly receiving games is also ________ ______ important. YUURI na no de sa--bisu ge--mu o advantageous since service-game (O) KAKUJITSU ni TOri-tsutsu ika ni surely while-get what(ever) _________ ______ reshi--bu ge--mu mo TOru ka receiving-game too get (?) to iu koto ga JUUYOU desu that-means important is Yuu: ________ ______ When you get your service sa--bisu ge--mu o TOru koto o game you've kept serve; service-game (O) get (nom) (O) and you say you break ______ serve when you get your ki--pu suru (MAMOru) AITE no opponent's service game. keep keep/defend opponent 's ________ ______ sa--bisu ge--mu o TOru koto o service-game (O) get (nom) (O) _______ bureiku suru (YABUru) to Iimasu break break/destroy say-that 3 narration: ______ And then the side that soshite 2 ge--mu IJOU SA o tsukete first scores 6 games, and/then 2-or-more-games lead-(and) leading by 2 or more games, ______ takes that set. 6 ge--mu SENSHU shita HOU ga scored-6-games-first side (S) _____ sono setto o TOreru wake desu that-set (O) can-get reason is [Ginta rests his head back against both hands and addresses us with wide eyes.] Ginta: ______ ______ ______ In calling out the game ge--mu kaunto no ko--ru wa tatoeba scoring--for example, game count 's call (T) for-example 3-love, 4-1, 5-5--you say the winning side's score 3-0 4-1 5-5 to KAtte-ru first. (quote) is-winning HOU o SAKI ni Iimasu side (O) first say notation (with arrow): Probably a little uncertain tabun... chotto ayashii . probably a-bit uncertain Ginta: And so, after that, you de sono ato ni DARE ga tack on who is winning and and-so to-that-afterward who (S) what set it is. _____ KAtte-te NAN setto is-winning-(and) what set -me ka o tsukekuwaeru (ordinal-counter) (?) (O) add/append Suou leads in first set, SUOU #leads in first set# to ka ne and such... and-whatnot 4 narration: But, in cases where true shikashi JITSURYOKU ga abilities are evenly but real-ability (S) matched, it isn't easy to lead by 2 games. HAKUCHUU shite-iru BA-AI nakanaka be-nearly-equal case -easily ______ 2 ge--mu SA ga tsukazu 2-games not-lead "6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8..." 6-6 6-7 7-7 8-7 8-8...... to (quote) There is the possibility itsu made tatte-mo Owaranai that, no matter how much how-long even-tho-passing not-be-ending time passes, it won't come to an end. OSOre ga arimasu it-is-feared-that/there-is-the-possib-that And so, in order to reduce soko de JIKAN no TANSHUKU no tame ni the time... so-then time 's shortening for-sake-of umpire: [off] ___________ Tie-break! taibure--ku narration: ...is the system that was to iu SEIDO ga TSUKUraremashita created. say-that system (S) was-created --------------------------------------------------- p 166 1 [Our manga-ka stands and talks to us. Her speech bubbles crowd in against her on either side of her.] narration: This means that when it's kore wa 6-6 ni natta toki TSUGI no 6-6, the next game is this (T) when-became-6-6 next played in a special way, ______ and the match will be 1 ge--mu wa TOKUBETSU na yariKATA o settled accordingly. 1-game (T) special-way-of-doing (O) shite soko de do-(and) accordingly KETCHAKU o tsukechaou to iu mono shall-settle-(a-matter) which-means Yoshizumi Wataru: What do I mean by "special?" dou TOKUBETSU ka to iu to what special (?) when-say-that So that things aren't FUKOUHEI ga nai you ni unfair, they alternate unfairness (S) so-as-not-to-have every 2 serves, and also ________ switch courts every 6 sa--bisu wa 2-HON -zutsu KOUTAI points. service (T) (counter) apiece alternate ______ ______ ______ ko--to mo 6 pointo goto ni chenji court too every-6-points change comment at end of arrow (from "alternate"): ---> This is slightly ---> SEIKAKU ni wa chotto inaccurate, but... accurately (contrast) a-bit chigau kedo ne wrong but Yoshizumi Wataru: Getting cramped bead>. narrow/confined Yoshizumi Wataru: _pointo_ And then, the side that soshite 2-TEN IJOU SA o tsukete first scores 7 points, and/then 2-or-more-points lead-(and) leading by 2 or more points, _pointo_ wins. 7-TEN SENSHU shita HOU ga KAchi scored-7-points-first side (S) win to iu wake desu for-that-reason ______ Scoring is kept in the kaunto wa 1-0 3-3 4-3 to iu fuu ni form of 1-love, 3-3, 4-3. count (T) in-that-way toru take 2 narration: _____ ______ And then, (if it's a 3-set soshite (3 setto matchi nara) match) the first side to and/then 3-set-match if-it-is win 2 sets becomes the _____ winner in the eyes of all. 2 setto SENSHU shita HOU ga scored-2-sets-first side (S) HArete SHOURI-SHA to naru no desu openly turn-out-the-winner (explan) [Ginta, tears streaming from both eyes, raises both hands in victory.] crowd: [off] ____ ____ ____ Wahhh! Wahhh! Wahhh! wa-- wa-- wa-- 3 boxed caption on right: _____ Next, in regards to types TSUGI ni purei no SHURUI ni tsuite of play... next play 's types in-regards-to narration: First of all, ichiban SAISHO ni Utsu no ga (i.e., "hitting") is number-1 to-begin-with hitting (S) "service," and opposing ________ that, (i.e., "sa--bisu" sore ni TAIsuru "returning ball") is service oppose-to-that "return." _______ HENKYUU ga "rita--n" return-ball (S) return top caption: ___ ______ __________ Hitting on one bounce is wan baundo de Utsu no ga "sutoro--ku" a "stroke." in-one-bounce hitting (S) stroke [Yuu demonstrates.] bottom caption: ____ ______ ______ Hitting on no bounces is no-- baundo de Utsu no ga "bore--" a "volley." in-no-bounces hitting (S) volley [Yuu demonstrates.] left caption: ________ Hitting overhand like a ko-- yu-- fuu ni sa--bisu mitai ni serve in this sort of in-this-kind-of-way like-service way is a "smash." ________ UE kara Utsu no ga "sumasshu" from-above hitting (S) smash [Ginta demonstrates.] --------------------------------------------------- p 167 1 narration: __________ ______ With stroking and volleying, sutoro--ku ya bore-- ni wa respectively, there are 2 to-stroke-and-volley (contrast) types--"fore" and "back". sorezore "foa" to "bakku" no respectively fore and back 's 2 SHURUI arimasu 2-types there-are [Ginta demonstrates each type.] right caption: Hitting on this face of the kotchi no MEN de Utsu no ga racket is a forehand stroke/ on-face-of-this-side hitting (S) forevolley. ________ __________ _________ foahando sutoro--ku foabore-- forehand-stroke forevolley left caption: Hitting on the opposite HANTAI GAWA no MEN de Utsu no ga face of the racket is a on-face-of-the-opposite-side hitting (S) backhand stroke/backvolley. __________ __________ ___________ bakkuhando sutoro--ku bakkubore-- backhand-stroke backvolley 2 narration: _shinguruhando_ There are 2 ways of UchiKATA wa KATATE Uchi to hitting--single-hand way-of-hitting (T) single-handed and and double-hand. _daburuhando_ RYOUTE Uchi no 2-tsu ga arimasu double-handed 's 2 (S) there-are _daburuhando_ ________ You can hit the ball RYOUTE Uchi da to sugoku pawafuru na double-handed with amazing double-handed if-is amazingly-powerful power, but your footwork ______ must be good (because the bo--ru ga Utemasu ga sono kawari racket won't reach as far ball (S) can-hit and/but but/instead as single-handed.) ___________ futtowa--ku ga YOkunai to ikemasen footwork (S) must-be-good _shinguruhando_ _______ (KATATE Uchi hodo raketto ga single-handed extent racket (S) TOOku made TODOkanai up-to-a-long-way-off not-get-to/not-reach kara) that's-why __________ _________ ___ With pro tennis players, it purotenisu pureiya-- de foa wa is often the case that they with-pro-tennis-player fore (T) use one hand for forehand _____ shots and two hands for KATATE bakku wa RYOUTE backhand shots (Agassi, single-hand back (T) 2-hand Ivanisevich, etc.), but Seles and others use two to iu HITO wa yoku imasu ga hands for both and their person-who (T) often is-there and/but shots are awfully powerful. ______ _____________ (agashi, iwanisebitchi #etc.#) Agassi Ivanisevich ______ seresu nanka wa RYOUHOU Seles and-such (T) both _daburuhando_ ________ RYOUTE Uchi desu sugoku pawafuru double-handed is awfully-powerful 3 [Yoshizumi-san smiles and raises her index finger to raise a point.] narration: ________ _daburuhando_ Powerful double-hands are pawafuru na RYOUTE Uchi mo ii kedo nice, too, but I like those powerful double-handed too good but who hit one-handed backhands ______ that are beautiful in form WATASHI wa kirei na fo--mu no (Graf and Edberg and such). I (T) beautiful form (nom) _____ KATATE bakku o Utsu HITO ga one-hand back (O) hit person (S) ______ _________ SUki desu (gurafu to ka edoba--gu like Graf and-such Edberg to ka) and-such Yoshizumi Wataru: _____ Yuu and Ginta hit one-handed YUU to GINTA wa KATATE bakku backhands, while Rokutanda's and (T) one-hand back is two-handed. _____ ROKUTANDA wa RYOUTE bakku desu (T) 2-hand back is Yoshizumi Wataru: I wonder if there was KIzuite-ta HITO ita ka na? anyone who noticed? was-noticing person is-there I-wonder 4 narration: Getting back to the basis HANASHI o moto ni MODOshite... for this talk... a-talk (O) to-origin returning What's called a "lob" is "robu" to iu no wa something like this. lob called (nom) (T) ko-- yu-- no desu this-kind-of (nom) is [Oblique view of a tennis court. Two stick figures with rackets play, and one sends a high lob over the surprised head of the other, who is playing at the net.] lob FX: poa----n narration: ____ If you hit it too deep it FUKA-sugiru to auto shichau will go out, and if too if-too-deep hit-out-(finality) shallow, you'll fall victim to a smash... shi ASAi to and-besides if-shallow ________ sumasshu no ejiki ni naru shi... fall-a-victim-to-a-smash and-besides ____ Putting up a good lob is ii robu o Ageru no wa difficult. good-lob (O) offering (T) MUZUKAshii no desu difficult (explan) __________ ____ What's called a topspin toppusupin robu to iu no wa lob is a lob that was hit topspin-lob called (nom) (T) with a powerful spin put on it, so that it bounces high, TSUYOi KAITEN o kakete and it's awfully hard to powerful-rotation (O) put-on-(and) get. ______ ____ TAKAku baundo suru you ni Utta robu so-as-to-bounce-high hit lob sugoku TOri-nikui awfully difficult-to-get --------------------------------------------------- p 168 1 narration: _______ ______ What's called a "drop "doroppu shotto" to yu-- no wa shot" is done this way... drop-shot called (nom) (T) ko-- yu-- fuu ni in-this-kind-of-way [Another oblique view of a court with two stick figures. The player on the right taps the ball just over the net. His opponent, standing at his baseline, sweats in surprise and dismay.] dropshot FX: chon notation at bottom: If you take it too easy, AMAi to Oitsukarete tatakareru. it'll be overtaken and if-naive is-overtaken-(and) is-hit hit back. narration: ______ You deaden the ball's bo--ru no IKIOi o KOWAshite momentum and drop the ball 's energy (O) break-(and) shot just over the net. _____ ______ netto giwa ni Otosu shotto desu at-net drop shot is 2 Yoshizumi Wataru: [smiling] I wonder if I'm now finished kore de daitai no toko wa with explaining the main now/with-this main-points 's points (T) points? SETSUMEI shi owatta ka na? explain finished I-wonder Yoshizumi Wataru: If that was hard to wakari-nikukattara gomen ne-- understand, I'm sorry... if-was-difficult-to-understand sorry (rhet) 3 [Yuu stands in a flashy tennis outfit, hands in his pockets and with a soft smile. Various portions of his outfit are captioned with arrows.] Yuu captions (with arrows): ____ _______ ---> Flashy bandanna ---> hade na bandana ____ ______ <--- Flashy shirt <--- hade na shatsu ____ ___________ <--- Flashy wristband <--- hade na risutobando ____ __________ ______ <--- Flashy cycling <--- hade na saikuringu pantsu (?) pants (?) narration: _____ I drew this look of Yuu's YUU no kono kakko wa "MATSUOKA with the intention of 's this-appearance (T) doing a "Matsuoka Shuuzou _____ look." SHUUZOU rukku" no tsumori de look with-the-intention-of KAkimashita drew Since Matsuoka-san often MATSUOKA-san wa #CM# ni mo appears in commercials (T) in-commercial too too, I think that a lot of people know him, but he's yoku DEte-ru no de SHItte-ru a super-person who has often is-appearing since are-knowing the best tennis skills in Japan, a good face, stylish HITO mo OOi to OMOu kedo clothes, and on top of that, a-lot-of-people-too think-that but is the son of the president ______ of Toho, the motion picture tenisu no UDE wa NIPPON-ICHI company. tennis 's skill (T) Japan's-best _______ KAO yoshi sutairu yoshi face all-right style all-right shikamo EIGA-GAISHA - TOUHOU no moreover movie-company 's ________ SHACHOU REISOKU... to iu su--pa-- na president's-son super HITO desu person is There is quite a lot kekkou KOSHOU ga OOi kedo standing in his way, but I quite a-lot-of-obstacles-(S) but want him to do his best and go higher and higher. gambatte motto motto UE made do-your-best-(and) more more to-higher Itte hoshii na want-to-go 4 [Our manga-ka shows just her head over the bottom edge of this panel. She smiles and waves tiny Japanese flags in her hands.] narration: _________ After all, I'm glad when NIPPON-JIN pureiya-- ga Japanese players play an Japanese-players (S) active role. KATSUYAKU shite-kureru to when-play-an-active-role-(for-us) yappari ureshii after-all glad Lately, the women have SAIKIN wa JOSHI ga TSUYOku natte become strong, and I'm lately (T) women (S) become-strong-(and) absolutely delighted. tottemo ureshii desu utterly-happy am Yoshizumi Wataru: Date-san and Sawamatsu-san DATE-san mo SAWAMATSU-san mo and everyone, do your and and best . minna gambare-- everyone do-your-best --------------------------------------------------- p 169 1 [She becomes serious, crossing her arms while addressing us.] Yoshizumi Wataru: Well, about that shaved sate GINTA ga Iidashita head penalty that Ginta well (S) began-to-speak/proposed proposed... ________ BOUZU penaruti no koto desu ga about-shaved-head-penalty is and/but notation at bottom: This time, I drew myself KONKAI chotto JIGAZOU a little too cute, huh... this-time a-bit self-portrait kawaiku KAki-sugita na... drew-too-cute (rhet) Yoshizumi Wataru: In the tennis team at my WATASHI no DAIGAKU no tenisu-BU ni wa college, there was a rule in-my-college-tennis-club (contrast) that said heads would be shaved for tardiness and CHIKOKU & MUDAN KESSEKI wa BOUZU playing hooky. tardy-&-play-hooky (T) shaved-head ______ to iu kimari ga arimashita a-custom-(rule)-that-said (S) there-was (Just the men's team.) (DANSHI-BU dake) For male college students, DAIGAKUSEI no DANSHI ni totte a shaved head seems like college-students 's men in-the-case-of an extre-e-emely unpleasant thing and the men were BOUZU to iu no wa mo_nosugo~~~~ku ne-e-ever tardy. that-shaved-head extremely/terribly ___ iya na mono rashiku DANSHI wa unpleasant-thing seem-like men (T) ZETTTTAI ni CHIKOKU nanka shite-konakatta absolutely didn't-go-and-be-tardy 2 narration: Since the women's team was JOSHI-BU wa DANSHI-BU to unlike the men's team and women's-club (T) with-men's-club was easygoing... CHIGAtte be-different-from-(and) AMAkatta no de was-easygoing/rosy since [Wearing an embarrassed smile, our manga-ka holds up a box in one hand.] Yoshizumi Wataru: Sorry-y-y. I overslept. go_me--n NEBOU shichatte saa sorry oversleep-(finality) So I went and bought sashiire KAtte-kita kara something for you. thing-sent-in- went-and- that's-why to-a-prisoner bought Forgive me! 'Kay?! YURUshite! ne! box: _________ Donuts do--natsu narration: ...it was settled with konna mon de sumasarete-ita... things like this... with-thing-like-this was-being-settled notation at left: That sometimes incurred the sore ga DANSHI no IKAri o men's wrath . that (S) men 's anger (O) KAttari mo shite-ita was-incurring-(or) 3 narration: But being that no matter shikashi ikura MUCHIKOKU how earnestly they exerted but no-matter-if not-tardy themselves, or whether or ______ not they were tardy or MUKESSEKI de majime ni absent, there was a pitfall not-play-hooky are-(and) seriously --that if they dropped to a lower division in league gambatte-mo OtoshiANA play, there was an unfair even-tho-do-your-best pitfall/trap custom that ALL THE TEAM MEMBERS, from 1st year to to iu no wa aru mono de 4th year, would jointly that there-is being-that SHAVE THEIR HEADS... ______ ri--gu SEN de SHITA no BU ni Ochitara in-league-match to-lower-divison if-fall RENTAI SEKININ de 1-NEN kara by-joint-responsibility from-1st-year 4-NEN made ZEN'IN BOUZU---- to-4th-year all-the-members shaved-head ______ to iu RIFUJIN na kimari mo say-that unreasonable/unjust a-custom too atta no desu... there-was (explan) 4 narration: This "team failure," which metta ni Okoranai kono "BU Ochi" hardly ever happened... scarcely-ever not-happen this-club-fail That is, until I was in 3rd sore ga WATASHI ga 3-NEN no TOKI year, when the team fell that (S) I (S) 3rd-year 's time from 3rd to 4th division! nanto 3-BU kara 4-BU ni what! from-3rd-division to-4th-division KOUKAKU! fall-in-rank [A herd of unhappy men stand with shaven heads.] men FX: zura_ men: (How come we have to do (nande ore-tachi ga konna...) this...?) why we (S) like-this men: (It isn't fair...) (RIFUJIN da...) narration: It was a magnificent SOUKAN deshita... spectacle... notation below panel 4: There were about 40-50 guys DANSHI-BU-IN wa 40~50-NIN kurai on the men's team... men's-club-members (T) about-40-50-people ita... there-were --------------------------------------------------- p 170 1 [A guy with a shaved head glares at an embarrassed guy with a short haircut.] narration: ___ There wasn't a single person BOUZU ni naru no o iyagatte-nakatta who wasn't unwilling to becoming-shaved-heads (O) wasn't-unwilling shave his head... HITO wa hitori mo inakatta person (T) 1-person too there-wasn't kedo but But there were those who isagiyoku MARUGAri ni suru manfully had their hair manfully have-one's-hair-clipped-short cut short, and those who _____ _________ were poor losers and yatsu OUJOU giwa WARUku supo--tsu -GAri deceptively got sports fellow be-a-bad-loser sports-cut cuts... _____ TEIDO de gomakasu yatsu... degree by deceive fellow It was amusing to see the iroiro NINGEN-SEI ga MIete various kinds of human various human-nature (S) is-seen-(and) nature. ________ omoshirokatta was-amusing sports cut guy: Heh heh! he he_ 2 [Tsutomu portrait, after he got his hair cut.] narration: Incidentally, ever since chinami ni ROKUTANDA wa Rokutanda shaved his head, incidentally (T) his popularity zoomed! BOUZU ni shite kara since-making-into-shaved-head NINKI KYUUJOUSHOU! popularity a-zoom narration: Even though, in the SAISHO suggoku kirawarete-ta beginning, he was a-start amazingly was-being-disliked disliked... no ni ne-- even-though (rhet) Tsutomu: Hmmph. fun 3 Yoshizumi Wataru: [beaming] Oh! That's right. a_ sou sou When it's over, it's Owaru to AITE to AKUSHU suru customary to shake hands when-finished with-opponent shake-hands with your opponent. ______ kimari ni natte-masu is-becoming-a-custom ________ In doubles matches, you daburusu no BA-AI wa mazu first shake hands with doubles 's occasion (T) first your partner, and then __________ with your two opponents. pa--tona-- to AKUSHU shite sore kara with-partner shake-hands-(and) then AITE no 2-RI to shimasu with-2-opponents do Yoshizumi Wataru: Therefore, that Ginta and da kara GINTA to YUU ga AKUSHU shita Yuu shook hands wasn't therefore and (S) shook-hands because they were being emotional over their victory no wa SHOURI ni KANDOU shite and didn't mean to, but that (nom) (T) in-victory being-moved-(and) it's customary. OMOwazu... tte wake de wa naku involuntarily (that)-isn't-the-reason ______ __ kimari na n desu yo a-custom is (explan) Yoshizumi Wataru: To make sure... NEN no tame. 4 narration: Changing the topic... HANASHI kawatte... This year as well, I bought KOTOSHI mo WATASHI wa 4-GATSU 9-KA tickets to the April 9th this-year too I (T) April-9 quarterfinal matches of _____ ______ the Japan Open, but... japan o--pun no JUNJUN KESSHOU no Japan-Open 's quarterfinal-match 's _______ tiketto o KAtte-arimashita ga ticket (O) was-bought but narration: __________ JAPAN OPEN AT Ariake #JAPAN OPEN AT# ARIAKE koroshiamu Coliseum. 5 [Our manga-ka closes her eyes, tears streaming from them.] Yoshizumi Wataru: (I couldn't go after all... (yappari Ikenakatta... after-all couldn't-go Because of work...) SHIGOTO de...) Yoshizumi Wataru FX: shiku shiku shiku shiku --------------------------------------------------- p 171 1 [Our beaming manga-ka and her beaming female friend stand amidst the crowd and throw their arms wide.] narration: ________ But I certainly went to demo ONAji HI no dorikamu no a "Dreams Come True"* but same-day 's Dreams-Come-True 's concert on the same day. _________ konsa--to wa shikkari Itta concert (T) positively went crowd: _____ _____ Kyaaaa! Kyaaaa! kya-- kya-- Miwa-cha-a-an! miwa-cha--n TADASHI-cha--n TADASHI-cha-a-an! _________ Eek! ni--hya-- <*Commentary (YS): Yoshizumi-san uses a shortened form, for the name of this popular band. Yoshida Miwa is the lead singer and there are two other guys whose names I can't remember. I guess one of them is a Tadashi. ^_^> tag: Yazawa Ai YAZAWA ai narration: Six days before a SHIMEKIri 6-KA MAE... deadline... deadline 6-days before ______ Still hadn't completed mada ne--mu wa KANSEI shite-inakatta... the name stage... still name (T) wasn't-completing notation at lower left: It was almost finished, hotondo dekite-ta kedo ne though... almost was-completed but (rhet) narration: I'm sorry, Mr. Editor. TANTOU-san gomennasai 2 [Our manga-ka clenches a fist.] Yoshizumi Wataru: _________ Well, this year, Edberg ma KOTOSHI wa edoba--gu mo didn't come either, and well this-year (T) Edberg too Chang and Courier both ____ lost early, and things KOnakatta shi chan mo didn't get lively, so not-came and-besides Chang and that's okay. _______ ku--rie mo HAYABAYA to MAkechatte Courier too early/quickly lose- (finality)-(and) MOriagannakatta not-livened-up/not-got-into-the-swing kara ikka that's-why = okay Yoshizumi Wataru: GUTS! #GUTS#! Yoshizumi Wataru: I'm definitely going next RAINEN koso wa ZETTAI Iku! year! next-year (indeed) (T) absoluteness go _______ No, before that there's iya sono MAE ni 10-GATSU no seiko-- the Seiko Super Tennis in no before-that October 's Seiko October! ________ ______ su--pa-- tenisu da! super Tennis is Yoshizumi Wataru: Why is it always at deadline do--shite itsu-mo SHIMEKIri-DOKI time? why always deadline time na n da yo-- is (explan) 3 narration: And so... to iu wake de No matter how well-received ikura NIPPON de wa baseball is in Japan, or no-matter-how-much in-Japan (contrast) whether the J-league is booming, or whether YAKYUU ga YUUGUU sarete-yo-- ga basketball is booming, I'm baseball (S) whether-or-not-is-receiving a tennis fan . courteous-treatment ______ ______ #J# ri--gu bu--mu daro-- ga J-league boom or-is ______ ______ basuke bu--mu daro-- ga basketball boom or-is ______ ___ WATASHI wa tenisu fan I (T) tennis-fan [She stands in tennis sweats as before, holding a racket up high and looking to practice her swings.] notation at bottom: ______ But I'd like to go see demo #J# ri--gu wa ippen mi ni the J-league once... but J-league (T) once to-see ikitai... want-to-go ______ And I like basketball, basuke mo SUki da shi too... basketball too like and-besides Yoshizumi Wataru: I don't just want to MIru dake ja nakute JIBUN demo watch, but I want to play, is-not-just-to-see-but even-self too... _____ purei shitai na-- want-to-play (rhet) I haven't been able to SAIKIN ZENZEN dekinakutte... at all lately... lately -at-all not-able-to-do Yoshizumi Wataru: ______ But I want to play golf, demo gorufu mo shitai shi too, and... but golf too want-to-do and-besides Anyway, I wanna keep tonikaku KARADA UGOkashitai yo-- acti-i-ive. anyway body want-to-move 4 P.S.: _____ ______ I've been trying to collect saikin MORINAGA choko bo--ru no angel marks of Morinaga lately chocolate-ball 's chocolate balls, lately. ______ ______ enzeru ma--ku o ATSUmeyou to shite-masu. angel-mark (O) am-trying-to-collect _______ (I want "Kyoro-chan," that (omocha no kanzume ni haitte-ru comes in a toy can...) in-toy's-can is-containing _____ kyoro-chan ga hoshi-- no...) 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