CHAPTER 16
Code:
(T) - thoughts
(text) - summary
New paragraph = new frame
Also, I shorten long names when indicating who’s speaking (i.e. Oo = Ookami)
[Page 2 - page 7]
(Mii tells her readers that she’s putting her “Tora to Ookami” story on hiatus, and they whine about it. She heads down into the restaurant, and her grandmother tells her that because of various kinds of damage (something about power failure and the fridge breaking), she won’t open shop today. Also, there’s something she’s been thinking about lately...
Mii arrives at school, classmates complain about last night. Kawada asks if Mii is okay, Beniko appears.)
[Page 8]
?: Ah, Beniko-chan, good morning.
Ben: Good morning!
Ben: Yesterday was pretty shocking, huh... // I never thought it’d turn out like that.
?: Yeah, // I know right.
Ben: Did the organizer herself apologize to you yet?
?: Not at all. She’s just acting like nothing happened.
[Page 9]
Ben: Geez, Mii-chan. // You shouldn’t be like that.
Ben: What does that say about you as a person?
Ben: Go on and apologize.
Mii: I’m... // ...sorry about yesterday.
[Page 10]
Mii: But... // Beniko.
Mii: I won’t apologize to YOU.
?: What’s that supposed to mean? // Why not?
?: How mean.
?: Beniko-chan, do you know why?
Kaw: Hey, // Torisawa.
Kaw: What’s up with that girl? // She’s not in our class, is she?
[Page 11]
Kaw: Ah.
[Page 12]
Flashback: The teachers too,
please don’t come here anymore.
It’s hard on me.
For the sake of this restaurant as well...
Please don’t come anymore.
[Page 13]
Flashback: If the others think we’re too close,
I get ignored in school.
Kaw: Huh? // Hey, what’s going on?
[Page 14]
Yay: It’s unusual of you not to bring your own lunch, Mii.
Mii: Yeah. Our fridge broke, see.
Yay: Huh? // Isn’t that bad for the shop?
Yay: … // I heard a rumour that you had a whole bunch of people over yesterday...
Yay: Is it because of that?
Mii: Yeah,
Mii: but it’s also because everything in the shop is really old and worn-out.
Yay: ...Mii-chan.
[Page 15]
Yay: Are you okay? // If something’s wrong, tell me, okay?
I can’t get Yayoi-chan involved.
Mii: Do I really look that down?
Mii: I’m fine, I’m fine!
Mii: I guess having only bread for lunch doesn’t provide enough energy.
Yay: Ah, here, have some of my lunch too.
Mii: Yay, thanks. // Yum!
[Page 16]
Yay: It’s been awhile since I ate at your restaurant.
Yay: Is it okay if I come today?
Yay: Oh, that’s right. // Your fridge broke...
Yay: Are you closed until it’s fixed?
Mii: ...
[Page 17]
Mii: The restaurant...
Mii: Himawari...
Mii: ...is closing down.
Yay: Huh... // Closing down?
Mii: Yeah.
Mii: My grandmother told me this morning.
Mii: It seems her health isn’t too good lately.
[Page 18]
Flashback:
Gran: Because I’ve had you help out at the shop since you were in middle school, // you were never able to live a normal student life.
Gran: When I saw the other girls from your class yesterday,
Gran: I noticed how lively and unreserved they were,
Gran: and I realized that it’s my fault that you’re so unlike them.
Gran: This whole shopping street is gradually dying away anyway.
[Page 19]
Gran: I think this is a good time... // …to close down.
Yay: ...I see. // So the restaurant won’t be there anymore.
Yay: That’s too bad...
Mii: Yeah.
[Page 20]
Mii: But I mean, if you think about it, // this means I don’t have to go straight home after school every day anymore,
Mii: and I can spend my time as I please.
Mii: Looking at it that way, // I quite look forward to it.
Shi: What do you look forward to?
Mii: Ah.
Mii: Shishio.
[Page 21]
Shi: Come with me for a sec. // I’ve got some new information.
Mii: What new information? // By the way, it’s been awhile since you last came to school, huh.
Shi: Yeah.
Shi: I’ve been asking around a little.
Shi: About Kotani Beniko.
Shi: She’s messed up.
[Page 22]
Shi: She’s called “Beniko the Destroyer”. // Seems she’s pretty famous in my neighbourhood.
Shi: If she comes across someone who seems happy, // she locks onto them, making them her prey.
Shi: She goes after them until she’s taken everything from them, // and they’re left worn-out and broken.
[Page 23]
Mii: ...I see.
Mii: So she’s famous...
Shi: So? // What do you want to do?
Shi: Can I take care of her for you?
Shi: Should I reveal her true nature and drive her away?
[Page 24]
Mii: No, no.
Mii: You don’t have to do anything.
Shi: Huh?!
Shi: Nothing at all?
Mii: Yeah.
Shi: Are you an idiot?
Shi: She’s made you go through a bunch of shit, right?
Shi: It’ll just keep going on if you leave it like this.
Mii: As long as... // ...Tora and Ookami are left out of it, I don’t care.
[Page 25]
Shi: …
Shi: ...Don’t you... // ...care what happens to yourself?
Mii: Me? // I’ll be fine!
Mii: I’ve always had few friends, anyway.
Mii: But now Yayoi-chan, // and Kawada are both looking out for me...
Mii: And so are you. // I’m really grateful.
[Page 26]
Mii: But it’s enough now. // Thank you.
Mii: The restaurant is closing down as well. // I’ll take this chance to retrieve my adolescence!
Shi: …
Shii: Adolescence...
Shi: Haa...
Shi: Since you’re always only talking with your grandma, // you sound like an old woman, you know.
Shi: Alright!
Shi: Let’s go on a date.
[Page 27]
Mii: D- // date?
Shi: You’re retrieving your adolescence, right? // There must be a mountain of things you’ve never done before.
Shi: Let’s go through ‘em one at a time.
Shi: C’mon, raise your fist.
Mii: Ah.
Flashback: Shi: Wheey.
Mii: W- // WHEEY!
Shi: Ouch!!
[Page 28]
?: Hey, // check it out.
?: Torisawa-san... // ...and Shishio-kun, isn’t it.
?: Cutting class and everything, where d’you think they’re going?
Mii: Huuuh? // Karaoke? But I’ve never done it before!
Shi: Nevermind that, just sing.
[Page 29]
Mii: U-uhm, I don’t watch much TV either, so I don’t know many songs... // Just a few anime ones.
Shi: That’s fine, just do a bunch of anime songs, then.
(She sings some random song)
Shi: Why are you standing all stiffly...
Mii: I can’t sing if I’m sitting down.
Mii: Ah, I know this one too. It’s from an anime I watched as a kid.
Shi: ‘Kay, then pick that one next.
Mii: Aren’t you going to sing?
Shi: Nah.
Mii: Why? Are you tone deaf or something?
Shi: ...
[Page 30]
Mii: Oh? // Bull’s eye?
Shi: Singing is the only thing I just can’t do.
Mii: Heh... // So even you have a weak point, huh.
Mii: Poor thing.
Sfx: grin grin
Shi: Don’t look so happy.
Mii: Ah! // I want to sing this too. // This was in our music textbook, wasn’t it?
Mii: I know this one as well. // Karaoke is so much fun!
Mii: So this is the kind of place people stop by after school... // I’ve always had to hurry back home, so I didn’t know.
[Page 31]
Shi: The girls I know... // If there’s something they want, they grab it,
Shi: if something bad happens, they complain about it, // and they all know how to let go and relax.
Shi: You should look for ways to do that, too.
Mii: … // Yeah.
Shi: I’ll tag along anytime, you know. // Unless you tell me to sing, that is.
Mii: Ah, // thanks.
This guy...
[Page 32]
...is a good person. // Though I didn’t like him much at first glance because he seemed so showy...
Shi: Okay! // Next up...
Shi: A friend of mine’s working part time at a shop near here.
?: Welco... // Ah. // Shishio.
?: How rare to see you wearing your uniform.
Shi: Hey.
?: Who’s this? Girlfriend? Hello!
Mii: I’m not! // But h-hello.
[Page 33]
Shi: This is Mii. // Mayu, do you have time right now?
Mayu: Sure. The manager’s not here today.
Shi: Can you help dress her up cutely?
Mii: What?!
Mii: Huh? Why?!
Mayu: Sure.
Mii: No, I’m fine, really.
Shi: You’re an adolescent, right? // You can’t only wear aprons.
[Page 34]
This is becoming kind of strange...
Mayu: Hmm. You’ve got a pretty plain image.
Mayu: What sort of clothes do you normally wear?
Mii: Trous-... // P-pants.
Mayu: Then let’s go for a skirt now. // A new one came in just today.
Mii: O- // okay.
Mii: ...This is cute.
Mayu: Right? // I’m thinking about buying it myself.
Mayu: Let’s go with this for the top.
[Page 35]
Mii: ...I kind of... // ...feel like I’m in a drama.
Mayu: Hmm? // Because you’re having fun?
Going to karaoke after school...
Trying on clothes at a trendy store...
Mayu: Ah, // let’s try something different with your hair as well.
Mii: Y- // yes.
It’s like I’m really just a normal high school girl.
Mayu: Shishio. // Look, look. What do you think?
Shi: Ohh.
[Page 36]
Mayu: Isn’t she cute?
Shi: Ohh? // You look totally different.
Shi: Super cute.
Mii: R- // really...?
Huh...?
[Page 37]
This is the kind of after school activity I’ve been dreaming about, but...
...the inside of my head...
...is full of vegetables and stuff I’ve prepared for cooking.
Mii: It’s- // it’s the first time I’m wearing clothes like these. // It feels weird.
Mayu: Hm? It looks great on you, though.
Mii: Ah, // it’s already this late.
Mii: I have to hurry to the restaurant and put up the noren. [*(short) sign curtain hung at shop entrance]
Mii: ...No. // Huh?
[Page 38]
Mii: That’s right. // The restaurant...
Mii: ...is closed.
Mii: Geez, what’s with me.
I can’t help but end up thinking about...
...that small restaurant.
Mii: …
Mii: I- // I’m going to chance, okay?
[Page 39]
And I can’t help but think about those two...
...even though they’ll probably never come again.
Mii: ...Wha-
[Page 40]
Shi: It’s okay to cry.
Shi: You’re just a high school girl, right?
[Page 41]
Yeah.
Just a 17-year-old...
[Page 42]
...who’s lost everything.
[END]
BENIKO IS INSANE and that is so annoying, gah. GO AWAY. GO AWAYYYY. I really like Mii, though. Mii is great <3
Code:
(T) - thoughts
(text) - summary
New paragraph = new frame
Also, I shorten long names when indicating who’s speaking (i.e. Oo = Ookami)
[Page 2 - page 7]
(Mii tells her readers that she’s putting her “Tora to Ookami” story on hiatus, and they whine about it. She heads down into the restaurant, and her grandmother tells her that because of various kinds of damage (something about power failure and the fridge breaking), she won’t open shop today. Also, there’s something she’s been thinking about lately...
Mii arrives at school, classmates complain about last night. Kawada asks if Mii is okay, Beniko appears.)
[Page 8]
?: Ah, Beniko-chan, good morning.
Ben: Good morning!
Ben: Yesterday was pretty shocking, huh... // I never thought it’d turn out like that.
?: Yeah, // I know right.
Ben: Did the organizer herself apologize to you yet?
?: Not at all. She’s just acting like nothing happened.
[Page 9]
Ben: Geez, Mii-chan. // You shouldn’t be like that.
Ben: What does that say about you as a person?
Ben: Go on and apologize.
Mii: I’m... // ...sorry about yesterday.
[Page 10]
Mii: But... // Beniko.
Mii: I won’t apologize to YOU.
?: What’s that supposed to mean? // Why not?
?: How mean.
?: Beniko-chan, do you know why?
Kaw: Hey, // Torisawa.
Kaw: What’s up with that girl? // She’s not in our class, is she?
[Page 11]
Kaw: Ah.
[Page 12]
Flashback: The teachers too,
please don’t come here anymore.
It’s hard on me.
For the sake of this restaurant as well...
Please don’t come anymore.
[Page 13]
Flashback: If the others think we’re too close,
I get ignored in school.
Kaw: Huh? // Hey, what’s going on?
[Page 14]
Yay: It’s unusual of you not to bring your own lunch, Mii.
Mii: Yeah. Our fridge broke, see.
Yay: Huh? // Isn’t that bad for the shop?
Yay: … // I heard a rumour that you had a whole bunch of people over yesterday...
Yay: Is it because of that?
Mii: Yeah,
Mii: but it’s also because everything in the shop is really old and worn-out.
Yay: ...Mii-chan.
[Page 15]
Yay: Are you okay? // If something’s wrong, tell me, okay?
I can’t get Yayoi-chan involved.
Mii: Do I really look that down?
Mii: I’m fine, I’m fine!
Mii: I guess having only bread for lunch doesn’t provide enough energy.
Yay: Ah, here, have some of my lunch too.
Mii: Yay, thanks. // Yum!
[Page 16]
Yay: It’s been awhile since I ate at your restaurant.
Yay: Is it okay if I come today?
Yay: Oh, that’s right. // Your fridge broke...
Yay: Are you closed until it’s fixed?
Mii: ...
[Page 17]
Mii: The restaurant...
Mii: Himawari...
Mii: ...is closing down.
Yay: Huh... // Closing down?
Mii: Yeah.
Mii: My grandmother told me this morning.
Mii: It seems her health isn’t too good lately.
[Page 18]
Flashback:
Gran: Because I’ve had you help out at the shop since you were in middle school, // you were never able to live a normal student life.
Gran: When I saw the other girls from your class yesterday,
Gran: I noticed how lively and unreserved they were,
Gran: and I realized that it’s my fault that you’re so unlike them.
Gran: This whole shopping street is gradually dying away anyway.
[Page 19]
Gran: I think this is a good time... // …to close down.
Yay: ...I see. // So the restaurant won’t be there anymore.
Yay: That’s too bad...
Mii: Yeah.
[Page 20]
Mii: But I mean, if you think about it, // this means I don’t have to go straight home after school every day anymore,
Mii: and I can spend my time as I please.
Mii: Looking at it that way, // I quite look forward to it.
Shi: What do you look forward to?
Mii: Ah.
Mii: Shishio.
[Page 21]
Shi: Come with me for a sec. // I’ve got some new information.
Mii: What new information? // By the way, it’s been awhile since you last came to school, huh.
Shi: Yeah.
Shi: I’ve been asking around a little.
Shi: About Kotani Beniko.
Shi: She’s messed up.
[Page 22]
Shi: She’s called “Beniko the Destroyer”. // Seems she’s pretty famous in my neighbourhood.
Shi: If she comes across someone who seems happy, // she locks onto them, making them her prey.
Shi: She goes after them until she’s taken everything from them, // and they’re left worn-out and broken.
[Page 23]
Mii: ...I see.
Mii: So she’s famous...
Shi: So? // What do you want to do?
Shi: Can I take care of her for you?
Shi: Should I reveal her true nature and drive her away?
[Page 24]
Mii: No, no.
Mii: You don’t have to do anything.
Shi: Huh?!
Shi: Nothing at all?
Mii: Yeah.
Shi: Are you an idiot?
Shi: She’s made you go through a bunch of shit, right?
Shi: It’ll just keep going on if you leave it like this.
Mii: As long as... // ...Tora and Ookami are left out of it, I don’t care.
[Page 25]
Shi: …
Shi: ...Don’t you... // ...care what happens to yourself?
Mii: Me? // I’ll be fine!
Mii: I’ve always had few friends, anyway.
Mii: But now Yayoi-chan, // and Kawada are both looking out for me...
Mii: And so are you. // I’m really grateful.
[Page 26]
Mii: But it’s enough now. // Thank you.
Mii: The restaurant is closing down as well. // I’ll take this chance to retrieve my adolescence!
Shi: …
Shii: Adolescence...
Shi: Haa...
Shi: Since you’re always only talking with your grandma, // you sound like an old woman, you know.
Shi: Alright!
Shi: Let’s go on a date.
[Page 27]
Mii: D- // date?
Shi: You’re retrieving your adolescence, right? // There must be a mountain of things you’ve never done before.
Shi: Let’s go through ‘em one at a time.
Shi: C’mon, raise your fist.
Mii: Ah.
Flashback: Shi: Wheey.
Mii: W- // WHEEY!
Shi: Ouch!!
[Page 28]
?: Hey, // check it out.
?: Torisawa-san... // ...and Shishio-kun, isn’t it.
?: Cutting class and everything, where d’you think they’re going?
Mii: Huuuh? // Karaoke? But I’ve never done it before!
Shi: Nevermind that, just sing.
[Page 29]
Mii: U-uhm, I don’t watch much TV either, so I don’t know many songs... // Just a few anime ones.
Shi: That’s fine, just do a bunch of anime songs, then.
(She sings some random song)
Shi: Why are you standing all stiffly...
Mii: I can’t sing if I’m sitting down.
Mii: Ah, I know this one too. It’s from an anime I watched as a kid.
Shi: ‘Kay, then pick that one next.
Mii: Aren’t you going to sing?
Shi: Nah.
Mii: Why? Are you tone deaf or something?
Shi: ...
[Page 30]
Mii: Oh? // Bull’s eye?
Shi: Singing is the only thing I just can’t do.
Mii: Heh... // So even you have a weak point, huh.
Mii: Poor thing.
Sfx: grin grin
Shi: Don’t look so happy.
Mii: Ah! // I want to sing this too. // This was in our music textbook, wasn’t it?
Mii: I know this one as well. // Karaoke is so much fun!
Mii: So this is the kind of place people stop by after school... // I’ve always had to hurry back home, so I didn’t know.
[Page 31]
Shi: The girls I know... // If there’s something they want, they grab it,
Shi: if something bad happens, they complain about it, // and they all know how to let go and relax.
Shi: You should look for ways to do that, too.
Mii: … // Yeah.
Shi: I’ll tag along anytime, you know. // Unless you tell me to sing, that is.
Mii: Ah, // thanks.
This guy...
[Page 32]
...is a good person. // Though I didn’t like him much at first glance because he seemed so showy...
Shi: Okay! // Next up...
Shi: A friend of mine’s working part time at a shop near here.
?: Welco... // Ah. // Shishio.
?: How rare to see you wearing your uniform.
Shi: Hey.
?: Who’s this? Girlfriend? Hello!
Mii: I’m not! // But h-hello.
[Page 33]
Shi: This is Mii. // Mayu, do you have time right now?
Mayu: Sure. The manager’s not here today.
Shi: Can you help dress her up cutely?
Mii: What?!
Mii: Huh? Why?!
Mayu: Sure.
Mii: No, I’m fine, really.
Shi: You’re an adolescent, right? // You can’t only wear aprons.
[Page 34]
This is becoming kind of strange...
Mayu: Hmm. You’ve got a pretty plain image.
Mayu: What sort of clothes do you normally wear?
Mii: Trous-... // P-pants.
Mayu: Then let’s go for a skirt now. // A new one came in just today.
Mii: O- // okay.
Mii: ...This is cute.
Mayu: Right? // I’m thinking about buying it myself.
Mayu: Let’s go with this for the top.
[Page 35]
Mii: ...I kind of... // ...feel like I’m in a drama.
Mayu: Hmm? // Because you’re having fun?
Going to karaoke after school...
Trying on clothes at a trendy store...
Mayu: Ah, // let’s try something different with your hair as well.
Mii: Y- // yes.
It’s like I’m really just a normal high school girl.
Mayu: Shishio. // Look, look. What do you think?
Shi: Ohh.
[Page 36]
Mayu: Isn’t she cute?
Shi: Ohh? // You look totally different.
Shi: Super cute.
Mii: R- // really...?
Huh...?
[Page 37]
This is the kind of after school activity I’ve been dreaming about, but...
...the inside of my head...
...is full of vegetables and stuff I’ve prepared for cooking.
Mii: It’s- // it’s the first time I’m wearing clothes like these. // It feels weird.
Mayu: Hm? It looks great on you, though.
Mii: Ah, // it’s already this late.
Mii: I have to hurry to the restaurant and put up the noren. [*(short) sign curtain hung at shop entrance]
Mii: ...No. // Huh?
[Page 38]
Mii: That’s right. // The restaurant...
Mii: ...is closed.
Mii: Geez, what’s with me.
I can’t help but end up thinking about...
...that small restaurant.
Mii: …
Mii: I- // I’m going to chance, okay?
[Page 39]
And I can’t help but think about those two...
...even though they’ll probably never come again.
Mii: ...Wha-
[Page 40]
Shi: It’s okay to cry.
Shi: You’re just a high school girl, right?
[Page 41]
Yeah.
Just a 17-year-old...
[Page 42]
...who’s lost everything.
[END]
BENIKO IS INSANE and that is so annoying, gah. GO AWAY. GO AWAYYYY. I really like Mii, though. Mii is great <3
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