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As a warning, I'm only in Level 2 of Japanese Language. I'm doing this partly to improve my Japanese, partly for fun, and partly because I want to help those who know even less than Japanese than I do. Meaning, there are mistakes, and there are some passages I didn't even try to translate. [If a line is marked with '***', it means I had difficulty with it.]
If you know I have something wrong, or understood something I didn't, instead of being snotty, tell me (pixbell@hotmail.com) so that I can learn. I appreciate all constructive critiscm.
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Obligatory Translator's Notes:
* Momiji often talks in German, which causes various problems for me– mainly that I can't translate it because I know none of it! But because sometimes the manga provides a translation in Japanese, I'll give a translation of that. If not, I'll just write in the German.
* Jyuunishi: This refers to the members of the members of the Sohma clan that turn into the animals of the Chinese Calendar. And, of course, it includes Kyou the kitty.
* Pun Trouble: The sound of the '2' in Japanese is "ni" [which is pronounced like "knee."] When saying it, a person kinda-sorta-but-not-really smiles. In order to preserve the joke, I changed the numbers around.
* More Pun Trouble: Tohru starts asking Yuki how his kikan is. She uses two kanji for the same pronunciation-- organ and trachea. She's basically confused as to kanji to use.
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pg. 67
[A black and white picture of Uo wearing a scarf, long white dress, and
with her hair whipping in the non-existent wind.]
pg. 68
Tohru: (It's a bit sudden, but, welcome to our Cultural Festival!)
Girl1: I'm so haa~~ppy! Look at how much I sold!
Girl2: We might have the best in food and drinks!
Boy1: Probably 'cause it's so easy to eat onigiri.
[In a tiny evil little square where half the text is unreadable, it
explains that Hana is telling fortunes in another booth. Of course,
they're her brand of fortune telling-- a girl asks her if she has any
chances with Yuki-kun. Hana tells her something along the lines of how
she's the absolute worst and that she should give up entirely...]
pg. 69
Boy2: The onigiri Honda-san made are delicious.
Tohru [embarrassed]: Eh?! That, oh, uh...
Girl3 [holding up cat-themed onigiri]: The cat onigiri really is cute.
Tohru: Thank you... actually, I wanted to make a mouse onigiri, too...
Uo: Oh, yuck, that's too gross, I'd never it eat.
Kyou [holding the cat-themed onigiri]: (Isn't this cannibalism?)
***Tohru [kind of sad]: ...Still, the one who's contributed most to the
class is–
YukiFangirl1 [off-screen]: Hey, you! No photos allowed!
pg. 70
[Yuki walks by, in the *most* frilly dress ever, and seriously pissed off.]
YukiFangirl1: Don't you remember that Yuki-kun didn't want any?
Boy2 [sweatdropping]: Yeah, he's just... far too cute...
Tohru: Yeah...
Boy3 [blushing]: Yuki-kun's attracting in a lot of customers...
Tohru: (That's right. He couldn't refuse the pleas of the third-year
students, so today he's wearing women's clothing.)
[We see Yuki being surrounded by females, all with teary eyes, begging
him, "Please please, pleeeease! Do it so that we seniors can have this
memory as a present!"]
***Tohru: (The news spread quickly to the other classes. Boys, girls, and
even teachers have come to see Sohma-kun in a dress. So we've sold a lot
of onigiri because of him, but,)
pg. 71
Narration [point to Yuki]: He's sitting in a chair.
[A girl brings Yuki flowers. Yuki and Tohru make eye-contact.]
Tohru: (Sohma-kun seems displeased.)
[Yuki looks away quickly.]
Tohru [worried]: (And, for some reason, I get the feeling that he's
avoiding me. At home, too...) I wonder if I've done anything to make him
angry...
Kyou: Nah, I don't think so.
Kyou: He's probably just dying of embarrassment at being dressed up like a
girl.
pg. 72
Kyou: He's got a huge hang-up over his girly face.
Uo: Really? But a lot of people really wanna look like that.
Kyou [cackling]: It's exactly what he deserves, that rotten Yuki!
Tohru [devastated]: What... what will I do?
Tohru [devastated]: Just now I was thinking to myself things like, "he's
so cute..."!
Uo: Don't worry about it, that's pretty normal.
Kyou [cackling gleefully]: Yup! No matter how you look at it, that's a
girl!
Tohru: (That would mean that Sohma-kun is now really hurt. Really, really
hurt. But he still dared to wear the dress, for everyone else.)
pg. 73
Tohru: (He's a really nice guy--)
[Something catches Tohru's and Yuki's attention.]
[The weird German kid from the previous chapter just jumped onto Yuki's
back.]
GermanKid: Yuki, you look like a girl!
Yuki: !!
Boy4: Who is that?
Tohru: Oh...!! (It's the boy who kissed me on the cheek!)
pg. 74
Kyou [surprised]: What's *he* doing here?
Tohru: What, Kyou-kun, you know him?
Voice: Momiji.
Voice: Don't go wandering off by yourself.
Momiji: Ja!
Yuki: .....!!
[The voice belongs to an older man, in his late twenties. His right eye is
covered with his bangs, but his other eye-- rather freaky looking-- is in
plain view. He wears a vest, a business shirt, and tie. He looks silent
and unfriendly.]
DarkHairedMan: Hello. You look well, Yuki, Kyou.
pg. 75
Yuki [alarmed]: Ha–
Mass of Girls: Kyaaaaaaaa~~!
[A bunch of girls surround Momiji and the DarkHairedMan. Momiji drinks up
the attention, while DarkHairedMan remains stoic.]
RandomGirl1 [blushing]: You're a friend of Yuki's?!
RandomGirl2 [blushing]: Cuuuute!
RandomGirl3 [blushing]: *So* handsome!
*** Momiji: Guten tag! I'm Momiji Sohma, half-German, half-Japanese! And
he's Hatori Sohma. We're Kyou's and Yuki's relatives.
Mass of Girls [hearts flying]: Cuuuuuute!
Tohru: Is that true?!
Kyou [mildly irritated]: ...Yeah. But what the hell is Momiji doing here?
And with *Hatori*?
pg. 76
Tohru [completely surprised]: (What a coincidence! So that's why he seemed
surprised last time. To have run into another Sohma family member like
that...)
Tohru: (So, could these two possible also be part of the jyuunishi...?
Hatori: So tell me, Yuki,
Hatori: Since when were you a girl?
[Yuki does his best not to beat Hatori up.]
Yuki [strained]: ....You've seen me naked *how* many times, and yet you
still say things like that...
[The FanGirls, however, are shocked to hear the suggestion that Yuki is a
girl.]
FanGirls: Eeeeeeh?!
FanGirl1: Ah, Yuki-kun, is that... no, it can't be-- is it true?!
FanGirl2: Sohma, all this time you were--!!
*** Yuki: No.
pg. 77
[Hatori randomly pulls out a stethoscope, and puts it on, and tries to
check Yuki's heartbeat. People watch.]
Hatori: Take in a deep breath. How do you take this thing off?
Yuki: .......He's a doctor.
Yuki: There's probably nothing you could examine here.
Hatori: I'm checking because you haven't come once for your monthly
check-up.
Tohru [concerned]: Sohma-kun, are you ill?
Yuki: What...? No, not at all.
Hatori: ...Yuki has weak bronchial tubes. When he was a child he used to
have fits often. He'll be healthy when he's an adult, but we have to be
careful.
Hatori: ....Are you Tohru Honda?
[Yuki takes note in the conversation.]
Tohru: Um, yes, good to meet you!
pg. 78
Hatori: I get it...
Tohru: ?
Hatori: You really are just an 'ordinary' girl.
Yuki [angry]: Hatori...
Voice: Kyaaaaaaa!
Voice: Don't sit on the counter!
[Momiji is sitting on the food counter, munching on a whole bunch of
onigiri.]
Momiji [in German]: Was?
Kyou: What are you doing, you idiot?!
Yuki [sweatdropping]: Momiji...
Tohru: This is a problem... e-excuse me for a moment....
[Hatori and Yuki are left to talk to each other.]
Yuki: ....
Yuki: Why did you come?
Hatori: I could just say that it's because Momiji saw advertisements for
the school festival.
pg. 79
Hatori: But I'll also tell you that Akito saw the advertisements, too, and
wanted to come.
Yuki: What!
Hatori: He had a fever of 39 degrees, though, so as I a doctor I forbade
him to go. Because of that, he insisted I go in his place.
[Off-screen Hatori talks, and sounds and screams of trying to control
Momiji are heard.]
Hatori: And I came to look after Momiji.
Yuki: ...You're not looking after him at all.
*** Hatori: Hito no sukunai yuugata ni kita dake mashi darou.
Hatori: Don't worry. I'm not here because of Tohru Honda at all. I'll do
*that* only if Akito decrees it.
Hatori: But let me tell you one thing–
pg. 80
*** Hatori: Sono gakkou de sugondemo sama ni naranzo. [Even in that dress
you won't become a Mrs. (?)]
Yuki [sarcastic]: ...Thanks a lot.
[In the back part of the store-- which is closed off from everything
else--, Kyou has gotten Momiji to sit down. There's a band-aid on Momiji's
head, and he's wailing.]
Kyou [pissed]: Now you sit there and be quiet!
Momiji [crying]: Kyou hit me!
Tohru [stepping in]: Kyou-kun...
[Momiji's band-aid magically falls off. He bursts into a smile.]
Momiji: Ohhh, it's Tohru! Tohru! Are you happy? I came to see you! Where
were you?
Tohru: I've been here the whole time... so you're a member of the Sohma
family?
Momiji [in German]: Ja!
Momiji: That last time we met, it was destined, wasn't it!
Kyou [taken aback]: ....
Kyou: You guys know each other?
Tohru: Ah.
Momiji: We met in my dad's building!
Tohru: Eh.
Momiji: 'Cuz it's my dad's building, I go play there.
pg. 81
Tohru: Ehhhhh?! Really?!
Kyou: Hey...
Tohru: I've been cleaning the building of a Sohma family member?!
Momiji [laughing]: Tohru, you silly!
Tohru: But the company name is different, and Sohma-kun, who's walked me
home from there, never said a word....
Narration: Yuki didn't know, either.
Momiji: Hey, Tohru! Tohru, you know about the jyuunishi, right?
Tohru: Yeah, I do.
Momiji: Yaaaaaay! Then I can hug you!
Kyou [grabbing Momiji]: One minute, you brat.
Momiji: But she won't mind if I transform!
*** Kyou: Think of where you are, first!
Tohru: ('I can hug you,' which must mean...!)
Tohru: (That he's one of the jyuunishi?!)
Momiji: Just 'cause Tohru's cute you think you can monopolize her?! I bet
you get to hug her every day!
pg. 82
Kyou [blushing like mad]: WHA-- Who does that–
Momiji [glomping Tohru]: Geronimo!
[From outside the back part, a loud "po--n!" is heard, and a burst of
smoke is seen. The people outside the booth notice the commotion.]
Yuki: !!
Guy1: What's that?! An explosion?
Girl1: Tohru! What happenin–
[They open the curtain to see...]
pg. 83
[A Tohru who's nearly died of a heart-attack, and the cutest bunny you
ever saw on her knee. Kyou, too, is scared to the point that he can't
speak.]
RandomPerson1: What is this? A rabbit?
RandomPerson1: What happened to Momiji?
Tohru: (This is a disaster!)
RandomGirl1 [looking at the clothes on the floor]: Wait a second! Isn't
this Momiji's clothing?! This gaudy pink...
Tohru: Um, ah, er...
RandomGirl2: No way! What happened?! An explosion?!
RandomPerson3: This is all too weird! Momiji left only this clothing?
Where'd he go? ...And where did the rabbit come from?
RandomPerson4: Strange, very *very* strange.
RandomPerson5: What happened, Tohru!
[Yuki is in conflict with himself. We see him clench his hand tightly.
RandomPerson6: This is beyond weird. Say something, Honda-san!
Yuki: ....weird?
pg. 84
[Yuki goes all sparkly and pretends to be deeply, heavily self-conscious.]
Yuki: If that's weird, then, I'm.... strange...
[Everyone turns to look at Yuki.]
Yuki: I mean, a boy like me, I couldn't possibly look good like this.
[Everyone starts blushing, and hearts fly! Everyone-- including the guys--
gather around Yuki to comfort him. Yuki does his best to look sad.]
Guy1: You fool! You're the absolute best!
[Tohru runs away, taking Momiji with her.]
*** Tohru [tearfully]: (Thank you, Sohma-kun. You sacrificed yourself....!)
[The people fade away, but we can still hear them saying things like, "You
make a wonderful girl," "You're just like a girl," "If you really were a
girl, I'd..." Yuki thanks them sarcastically.]
Kyou [yelling]: You brat, do you realize what you just did?!
Hatori: You're grounded for a week.
pg. 85
[Hatori, Kyou, Tohru, and Momiji have run away to the school roof. Momiji
rests on Tohru's shoulder.]
Momiji: But, but....! Tohru, they're scaring me!
Kyou: Don't go sucking up!
Tohru: So you're the rabbit... and a male.
Hatori [stoically putting on his coat]: That was close. The only thing
that saved us was Yuki's distraction.
Kyou: That guy's hobby is tricking the other sex. I tell you, no matter
what he says, he likes that girly face of his–
[Yuki comes out of nowhere and punches Kyou sky-high!]
Yuki [darkly]: I can make you go higher...
Kyou [holding his bleeding nose]: Damned rat...!
pg. 86
Yuki: We told you to be careful, didn't we?
Hatori: Think about what you've done. For now, let's get going.
Momiji [perched on Tohru's head]: Already?! But I wanna stay and talk to
Tohru!
Tohru: You guys could stay a bit longer...
Hatori: You promised, "If anything happens, we'll go home at once!"
Momiji: Harii is meeean....
Kyou: Go home!
Hatori: Oh, I almost forgot... Yuki, Kyou, stand over there.
Yuki: Why?
[Yuki and Kyou stand next to each other.]
Hatori: Answer me concisely.
Hatori: What's two plus one?
pg. 87
Kyou and Yuki: Three?
[Hatori pulls out a camera and takes a picture of their rather idiotic
smiles.]
Hatori: Akito told me to take a picture.
[Hatori takes Momiji and starts leaving.]
Hatori: I got a good shot of the two of you. Bye.
Momiji [waving]: See ya later!
Kyou: HAAATOOORIII!
Kyou [off-screen]: Come back here! Gimme that camera!
Tohru: (I didn't end up learning very much about Hatori at all... I wonder
if he's one of the jyuunishi?)
pg. 88
Yuki: This is a disaster...
Yuki [severely depressed]: If Akito sees a picture of me like this, who
knows what he'll say...
[Yuki takes off the shirt part of his dress.]
Tohru: Kyaaaaaa! Sohma-kun! Yo-you'll catch a cold! Your organs... your
trachea! {2}
Yuki: My trachea's fine..
Yuki: I can't stand to wear this anymore!
Tohru: But it made everyone so happy...
Yuki: Calling a guy cute upsets me.
Tohru [embarrassed]: ...Forgive me. I, too, thought that you were cute.
Yuki: ....
Yuki: ...I didn't want you to see me like this. It's indecent. I'm such an
idiot...
pg. 89
Yuki: I should have refused to do this.
Tohru: Um, um, but, you know, when my mom called me cute, it made me
really happy.
Tohru [smiling, remembering her mom hugging her]: She'd say she loved me,
and give me a biiiiiig hug when she said it.
[Flashback]: Kyouko: You're soo cute!
[Flashback]: Weee~~!
Tohru: It always filled me with happiness.
Tohru: (A form of affection.)
Tohru: (Mom... mom, never again...)
pg. 90
Tohru: (Will you say it, but...)
Tohru: So, in other words, I think everyone is saying that the love you.
Um! Uh,
*** Tohru [flustered]: T-this is just self-defense, I don't have anything
else to say...
Yuki: Not at all... it's funny, but what you just said made be feel better.
Yuki: So I'll continue with the favor to the third-years for a bit longer.
But before that–
Yuki [referring to the shirt that's stuck on his head]: Would you get
this? The buttons got stuck in my hair.
Tohru: Taking it off or wearing it, either way the dress is troublesome.
Yuki: I think you'd look good in it, Honda-san.
Tohru [laughing]: Hardly! But I have to say, you really look like a
princess.
pg. 91
[Tohru has both hands on Yuki's head.]
Yuki: You'd be cute.
[Tohru moves back a bit, surprised.]
Yuki: I'm sure you'd be cute in this dress.
[Yuki smiles at her coyly.]
pg. 92
[Yuki smiles embarrassedly.]
Yuki: ...Thanks.
Yuki: Let's go back to the classroom.
Tohru [freaking out]: Uwaa! (...I get it. Before you could call him
'cute,' or, 'pretty,')
*** Tohru: (Sohma-kun is first and foremost 'dashing.')
*** Tohru [freaking out]: Uwaaaaaaa..... (My heart's beating like mad from
the surprise and emotion...!)
[Back in the classroom.]
Yuki: Did you get the camera back?
Kyou: I couldn't, so shut up.
pg. 93
Yuki: By the way, Honda-san.
Tohru [still flustered]: Y-yes?!
Yuki: I wanted to warn you about Hatori. If you ever meet him again, be
careful about being left alone with him.
Tohru: Eh? Why?
Yuki: It's not that Hatori is a bad person...
Yuki: I've already told you how when I was younger some kids discovered my
true form. The one who erased their memories was Hatori.
Tohru: !
*** Yuki: Because of that, I was worried... so I wanted to tell you...
[The school PA system turns on.]
PA: Tohru-san Honda of Class 1D, Tohru-san Honda of Class 1D. Please come
as soon as possible to the first floor lounge.
pg. 94
PA: Calling once again, Tohru-san Honda of Class 1D...
Tohru: Wha, what?! Me?!
Yuki: What for...?
Tohru [nervous]: Um, off I go...
Yuki: Okay.
[Flashback] Yuki: The one who erased their memories...
*** Tohru: (I never thought that I'd get to meet the person who...)
[Awaiting Tohru in the lounge is, of course, Hatori.]
Hatori: Hello.
[Tohru freezes from shock.]
Sorry to call you here, but if Kyou and Yuki were there I couldn't speak
to you straightforwardly.
Tohru: (Yuki warned me not to be alone with him!)
Hatori [handing Tohru a piece of paper]: It's a bit sudden, but here's the
address to the Sohma housing. Come by on your next school holiday.
Tohru [surprised]: What?!
pg. 95
*** Hatori: I want to talk to you about a very important matter. Of
course, you're not to mention this to the others, and you must consent to
come.
Hatori: Do you get what I'm saying?
Tohru: ("The one who erased their memories is Hatori, the one who erased,
erased, erased...!!")
Tohru [getting dizzy]: (What should I do?! If I refuse, he might erase my
memory right here and now! But, but, he really might be being truthful
about the discussion. Mom always told me to not be distrustful....)
Tohru [still dizzy, but determined]: I... I understand!
Hatori: Excellent. Who knows, you might even meet Akito.
Tohru [heart-attack!]: Eh?!
pg. 96
[Momiji pops out of nowhere and hugs Tohru loosely from behind.]
Momiji: Don't worry! To make sure Harii doesn't do anything perverted I'll
come chaperone! So please come, Tohru!
Hatori: You...
Momiji: Tohru is a girl, so she's probably scared to be alone with a guy.
Tohru: (When did Momiji get here...?)
Tohru: (Knowing that Momiji will be there makes me feel better.)
Tohru: (I wonder why Hatori-san so suddenly called me and decided we
needed to talk...?)