An Unusual Garden by Sagara Chie ### The title plays on the kanji for 園 which means garden by itself, and is part of the word 
“academy” in the school name. “Unusual” could be swapped for “funny” or “strange” but given the story, I think Unusual is the best fit, even though it makes for an inelegant title. ### Page numbers jump a bit TL by boke ### TL notes indicated by hash tags like this: ### ### Page numbers indicated by — for example, page one is: —1 ### Panel numbers indicated by - for example, panel one is: -1 ### Unless otherwise noted, panel and text balloon flow is from upper right to lower left. ### Sometimes my comments are snark or color, so feel free to ignore those. ###CHAPTER 1 —04 -1 New Serialization —05 -1 An Unusual Garden Sagara Chie —07 -1 Standing, a Chinese Peony. Sitting, a Mountain Peony. Walking, a Lily flower. ### this is a old poem/expression that describes a woman’s charms. Look! It’s Reika-sama ###handwritten She’s so stunning, as always… ###handwritten -2 Good day. -3 sfx- Kyaaa That’s the appropriate greeting for me, Hanazono Academy’s #1, Takasaki Reika. sfx- Fufun —08 -1 Come to think of it, they are posting the exam results today. My, then let’s hurry over and take a look. -2 2nd Semester Midterm Exam ###sign Well, I do expect that I will be top ranked. -4 Nono Satsuki Takasaki Reika Himeno Koyuri -5 Kaede… Yes… Just who might this Nono-san be…? Wow! Satsuki, you rock! —09 -1 Number one! Whoa, no kidding… -2 Nono Satsuki. She’s transferred in during 2nd semester. -3 Transfer student…? The new student in class two seems amazing, huh? I heard all about it! Yeah, the girls in my class were talking about it at one point… ###box -4 Huh? -5 But that doesn’t matter. Hey! You! —10 -1 Just what study methods might you be using? Won’t you please share? Wha? Ah, I know about her. That’s Reika-sama. -2 Um… I’m not really doing anything special… -3 Oh really? Then your tutor must be really good. No, I study by myself. -4 By yourself…? So to rank higher than me, and I have a tutor come everyday…? -5 Nono-san, you’re amazing! No, just lucky. sfx- Fuss Fuss Never would have thought that the school’s #1 would be in our class! Right, right! Reika-sama’s always been topped ranked. —11 -1 I can’t let this stand. First place belongs to me… ###handwritten sfx- Grrrrr Reika-sama The next class is about to begin… -2 Nono-san! -3 I may have slipped this time, But I’ll absolutely won’t be defeated next time! sfx- Whish —12 -3 Ah… Well… -4 I’m not all that crazy about competition like that. -5 So, sorry. —13 -1 sfx- Ding dong Dang dong -2 Ah Gotta get to class. Let’s go ###handwritten Yeah ###handwritten -2 Nono-san’s amazing, right? To make Reika-sama be like that… ###handwritten Too bad for Reika-sama, though… -3 Nono Satuski… To embarrass me like that? You’ve got guts. -4 Kaede. Gather information on Nono-san, if you please. I understand. —14 -1 I’ll defeat you, just you watch! -2 Cooking Room And so… -3 New club members: Takasaki Reika and Kuragi Kaede. -4 We didn’t have enough members, so we’re so thankful. Right, Nono-san? Kueda-san? Yeah… Bucho, this is fantastic, huh? -5 Nice to meet you. -6 I didn’t expect this club to be low on members… ### if you don’t have enough members in a club, it can get disbanded. —15 -1 Ok, for today, how about starting with something simple and baking cookies? Okaaay! -2 But this is my chance. I’ll show you that studying isn’t the only thing I can do! ###box I show you I can whip up cookies in my sleep! -4 sfx- plomf You can’t do that! You need to measure it out! -5 Oh? Just a little more should be fine, right? A “little” will change the flavor and consistency. That’s why you have to follow the recipe. ###handwritten -6 Hmph… —16 -1 It seems… ###box You have to separate the yolk and white. Separate? Like how? -2 Wah! You can’t just put in the flour like that! You have to sift it! Sift…? Cooking is… ###box -3 Ok, can you pre-heat the oven, please? Preheat…? More of a pain than I thought. ###box -4 Crumbled… -5 Ok, let’s dig in! I’ll put on some tea. Yay! They look delicious! -6 They’re distorted… —17 -1 To never bring shame to the Takasaki family name, That’s what I have always endeavored to do. Maybe I have no talent for cooking. -2 Glance -3 Mm Yummy. -4 But… ###box Look! Look! I made this one! —18 -1 I wonder why it is that… sfx- Crunch -2 But they taste better than they look… I had so much fun I forgot my original purpose. ###Chapter 2 —61 -1 An Unusual Garden Sagara Chie —62 -1 Look! It’s Reika-sama! -2 Reika-sama looks so beautiful when she’s reading something. I wonder what she’s reading? ###handwritten For Beginners Cooking Encyclopedia ###book -3 Reverse lookup Glossary ###page title. All the text is lorum ipsem type garbage Mmn… There are sorts of specialized terms in cooking, huh… -4 I’ve got to get this all down before the next club activity. -5 Nono-san… -6 Huh? Nono Satuski! —63 -1 Yeah, laugh while you can! Whether it’s studies or cooking, I’m going to be number 1! -3 Reika-sama, Permission to use the cooking room after school has been received. Thank you, Kaede. -4 And to do that, I have to undo the mistakes I made last time. Cooking Room —64 -1 Ok, first off, I’m going to try to make it myself. Kaede, don’t say anything or help out. Understood. -2 Ok, First off, the ingredients, right? -3 Pastry flour, 160 grams and 100 grams butter. 40 grams of sugar and one egg. For Baking Pastry Flour ###label on bag is cut off -4 Cream the melted butter and sugar together… -5 Once thickened, add the flour and mix thoroughly. -6 Put it in an oven preheated to 160C, And bake for 15 to 20 minutes. sfx- Th-thump Th-thump 
 —65 -1 sfx- Ding It’s done! -2 I see! Just follow the recipe as written and it’s easy! -3 Ok, then let’s taste… sfx- Crunch -5 A… Awful!? Why!? sfx- Wah —66 -1 You mixed up the sugar and the salt. -2 sfx- Slump How could I make such a rookie mistake? -3 Mmph! -4 One more time! Reika-sama, have you subtracted out the weight of the bowl? sfx- Uh It’ll be fine. Just calm down. -5 It’ll be ok. I can do this. Kya! Smoke’s coming out the oven! It smells burnt! —67 -2 Ding -3 It’s done… -4 sfx- Crunch sfx- Th-thump Th-thump -5 Th… They’re delicious! Kaede, try some! -6 Ok, thank you. -7 Mm! They are good. Right? Right? -8 Fufu Ok, I’ve got cookies down now! sfx- Sliiide —68 -1 Huh? -2 Today’s not a club day, right? -3 Nono Sasuki! ###CHAPTER 3 —99 An Unusual Garden Sagara Chie —100 -1 No… Nono-san, just what is your business here? ###bold or italicize “your” -2 I forgot something here and came to get it. Ah, here it is. -3 Recipe Notes No.3 Recipe notes…? Yeah. -4 So you’re someone who needs review as well, Nono-san? Review? -5 You’re writing notes about the recipes you’ve made, right? And then you review them later ###handwritten —101 -1 Ahaha No, no. It’s not like that. -2 I collect all my original recipes in this. -3 Original… recipes…? Yeah. -4 Wha? Doesn’t all cooking just come from old recipes? Original recipe? So something you think up yourself? —102 -1 That’s kind of amazing! Takasaki-san, are the two of you making cookies? Yes. -2 Huh? Can I have one? -3 Ah, no… Those were just for practice! She’s going to make fun of me for sure! Those are for… Wait ###handwritten -4 Mm! Really good! —103 -1 Wow, these are perfectly done compared to the ones you made during club. -2 Ah… Of course they are! This is just par for the course! Hm-hn! -3 Mm-hm. -4 sfx- Pat You are a hard worker! —104 -1 sfx- Hah Wha-wha-wha-wha-wha…!? -2 Oopsie. It’s already this late. -3 Ok, see you at club tomorrow. Bye bye ###handwritten Good day. -5 Are you ok, Rika-sama? sfx- Huh? —105 -1 I-I-I’m fine! It’s nothing, ok!? -2 I understand. Let’s hurry and clean up and go home already. -3 Nono Satsuki… Not just once, but you had to go and do it again! —106 -1 You had to go and shame me…! -2 Reika-sama? Are you ok? ###handwritten I said it was nothing! -4 Nnngg There’s no way I’m going to forgive you! ###CHAPTER 4 —97 -1 Sagara Chie An Unusual Garden —98 -1 Good morning, Reika-sama! -2 Good day. -3 Huh? -4 Satsuki-sama! Good morning! sfx- Grr —99 -1 Nono Satuski! Ahaha Drop the “sama”, ok? Morning! ###handwritten She’s just acting like a fool today too! -2 Ok, see you! -3 She did it again! And those girls are eating it up! —100 -1 Why…? For me just remembering it is so… Aaah, geez. This really get to me. -2 But… -3 You are a hard worker! How long has it been since someone’s called me that? —101 -1 To never bring shame to the Takasaki family name, That’s what I have always endeavored to do. Everyone around me just takes it for granted that I can excel. -2 That’s why working hard has been pushed into the background. ###italicize “working hard” So that no one knows. No one notices. So that Takasaki Reika can be Takasaiki Reika. -3 My feelings are all jumbled up. —102 -1 Ding dong Dang Dong -2 Cooking Room -4 Just why isn’t anyone else here, I wonder. This is awkward… ###handwritten -5 Ah ###handwritten The club prez said she had a standing meeting and would be a little late. Oh. I see, then. Riri has day duty in the classroom today. Kaede will come after her day duty as well. —103 -2 Um… look… Maybe I’m mistaken, and that’s fine if I am, but… Have I done something to piss you off? -3 Wha? Piss me off? -4 Hmm? Huh? Just wait a… second… Come to think of it, I… -5 N… No… nothing. You haven’t done anything. —104 -1 I’m so glad to hear that. -2 When I think about it I’ve just been going off all by myself. Making her my rival. sfx- Whish I’ve just been getting worked up all by myself. -3 Even though Nono-san hasn’t done anything wrong, I’ve made her the bad guy here… —105 -1 I’m… I’m sorry… I… -2 I’ve been getting worked up and treating you coldly… -3 Eh? So I must have done something after all… No! You really haven’t done anything at all. -4 Geez, just how dumb have I been? I was just laying my shortcomings at your feet, Nono-san. —106 -1 So, I really am sorry. sfx- Droop -2 Mm I don’t really get it, but… -3 I think you’re pretty cool, Takasaki-san. -4 Wha…? What’s this all the sudden? -5 I like people with self-discipline like you. —107 -1 I wonder why… Ah, I wished I would have come and talked to you earlier. I was so nervous for nothing. Somewhere deep in my heart, something wants to shed a tear. -2 I wonder what this is? ###useless lesbian trope -4 It’s warm and fuzzy. Let’s get along, ok? —108 -1 Just like on that day, Sorry to keep you waiting! -2 When I first ate the cookies I made by myself… Ok, so what should we make today? The feeling in my heart is like that.