Bye Bye, Fujimaru-san by kurimo 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. —109 -1 Bye Bye, Fujimaru-san ### Big, split on left right Goodbye to my everyday life. Hisui Award Winner Debut Appearance in this Magazine! —110 -1 Nakabayashi-san? —111 -1 Eh? Nakabayashi-san, right? I’m Fujimaru! We’re were grade school together! -2 Fujimura Yuki-san? -3 Right! Wow, you remembered! -4 sfx- Glance Glance Ah… Would you like to join me? -6 Wha? Can I really!? —112 -1 Um… We were in the same class, huh? Was it 5th and 6th grade? From 4th to 6th. We were in class 1, then class 3, then class 4! Wow, you remember! -2 Ehehe, But, wow… Who would think that we’d see each other here? -3 I’m happy to see you. Ehehe I remember her. -4 We were always together, but… I wouldn’t call her a close friend or anything. That I was nice to her is one way to put it, but I’m not sure that’s entirely accurate. —113 -2 Fujimaru Yuki-san. -4 I… Hated her. —114 -1 I ended up moving back here. -2 Nakabayashi-san, what are you up to? Have you always been here in our home town? -3 Mm-nn. I’m in Tokyo. I’m a corporate drone. Just happened to come back for a bit. -4 sfx- Whoa You work in Tokyo? -5 So are you, like, an OL? That’s so cool! So does that mean you’re living alone? ### OL = office lady or a corporate worker. Wha? Uh, yeah… —115 -1 Hmm… That rocks! I’d never be able to do that. I’ve got no confidence I’d be able to make it on my own. -3 Nakabayashi-san, you’re amazing! -4 Nakabayashi-san, you can do anything! Dude. You haven’t changed at all. -5 I’ve never been able to handle That part of you. sfx- Wow —116 -1 Hey, Nakabayashi-san, What kind of work are you doing? Hm? -2 Ah! Is that one of those things I shouldn’t be asking? Is your profession a secret? sfx- Oh! A secret? Nothing like that. -3 Like I said before. Just a boring corporate drone. If you have to know - web design. Whoa… -4 Working in the big city’s nothing special, ok? Anyone can live on their own. -5 I just wanted to get out of the sticks and went to Tokyo. Dreams? Goals? Didn’t have anything like that. Hmmm. -6 But… You may call it normal… But I think it’s all pretty cool. —117 -1 No matter what I try, I never seem to get it. I’m terrible at learning on the job. I’ve been that way since I was a kid. It’s even obvious to me. -2 I didn’t last long at my first job. Ah, I wasn’t fired or anything, but I quit since I was coming back here. I see… -3 I moved when I hit Middle School, right? Since then I’ve always thought… That whatever I try never goes well. That I can’t keep it up. That everything is something I’m unable to do. -4 When we were close, Nakabayashi-san, you always helped me with everything. —118 -1 So that’s how she sees it. I see.. -2 I just… Thought that’s what I gotta do. -3 Hey, look. -4 sfx- Snicker Snicker Fujimaru-san’s getting scolded again. It’s been everyday this week! —119 -1 Everyone in class laughed at her. Shit talking her behind her back. Not including her. -2 I really did think… That I had to be nice to kids like that. -3 Fujimaru-san… —120 -1 Not going home yet? -2 Sensei says I have to submit the math worksheet before I can go home. -3 The homework one? What’s wrong? Did you lose it? -4 Mm. I think it’s somewhere. sfx- Crammed full “Somewhere”… -5 How about emptying out your desk? I’ll help you, ok? -6 Really? You’re so nice, Nakabayashi-san! …it’s fine. Just empty out your desk. She’s a real go with the flow type kid, huh? sfx- Wow —121 -1 ### top three pages Division 1 ### lower right with circled number 1 Information about Home Visits ### middle New Kanji ### left -2 This is last week’s homework… Ah, so that’s where it went! sfx- Crinkle -3 This one you need to show to your parents. This one is already over. sfx- Organized! Hmm -4 You’re amazing, Nakabayashi-san. You can tell which ones are important? It’s not amazing. If you’d listen to the teacher, you’d know too. -5 Why is she ok with this? -6 The teacher gets mad at her over the same things everyday… Does she even realize that everyone in class makes fun of her? —122 -1 It made me think… I hate this kid. sfx- Crinkle -2 Ehehe Thank you Nakabayashi-san! Getting scolded. Getting made fun of. Even in the face of all that, she was still smiling. I didn’t get it, but all of it made my heart hurt. -4 Even now… I still don’t get it. -5 Why would she talk about getting helped out all the time? Come to think of it, This part of town hasn’t changed much, huh? -6 Mm? Yeah, I guess. There’s been no new buildings, so it’d look the same. Yeah, right? The part I lived in as a kid has changed quite a bit. I was a bit shocked. They’ve put up lots of new houses. —123 -1 It makes me just a little sad… But it’s not like the memories will fade or anything. -3 Ah, but maybe it’s not like that? Maybe I’m the only one who’s sad. Ah… I don’t think so, but… -4 Look, I don’t live here anymore, right? So I don’t have that much emotional attachment… -5 I see! -6 Fujimaru-san, you like this town? Yeah! I love it! I have all sorts of good memories here. —124 -1 Since you were there, Nakabayashi-san, everyday was fun! Because I really liked you! -2 Everyone really relied on you, right, Nakabayashi-san? Our classmates. Everyone in your club. Even our teacher… You got along with everyone, and paid attention to people. -3 To have someone like you nearby… Made me really, really happy. -4 I’m sure it wasn’t anything special to you, but… But to me, it’s a special memory. —125 -2 So… Fujimaru-san had fun… You’re going overboard. Fujimaru-san, you’ve changed from before, huh? You think so? Ehehe. I try pretty hard in my own way. -3 I never gave any thought to what she might be thinking back then. Hey, Nakabayashi-san. Y’know… Since I don’t have friend back here, I haven’t told anyone yet, but… -4 Since we were able to see each other today, Can I tell just you? Huh? —126 -1 Actually, I’m getting married. -3 Eh? Ah… I see! Congratulations! Ehehe… Surprised? Mm… A bit. -4 I see… Marriage, huh? I always wanted to come back here. -5 It’s a town full of memories for me. And I thought It’d be awesome to raise a kid here. —3 Fujimaru-san… has got her act together, more than me, maybe… -4 I couldn’t like her when I was a kid Not her. Yeah, That sounds awesome. -4 But I’d like to really get to know her. Now? after all this time? Maybe it’s just my own self conceit, but… —128 -1 Nakabayashi-san, thanks for today. No, the pleasure was mine. -2 When are you coming back next? Hmm… Probably it’ll be next year. I just come back each year for New Year’s. -3 Oh, ok… So today really was lucky, huh? If our schedules had worked out, my boyfriend wanted to meet you too. Whaa? Wh-why? -4 Because I’ve told him all about you! After I told him how much I owed you for Grade School, he wanted to meet you. Wha? Really…? I’d be a bit embarrassed, so… -5 What kind of person is your guy? —129 -1 Wha? What kind of…? -2 Yeah! Like how was he when you met? -3 It’s not a very interesting story, ok? Friends of my parents knew him. Sorta like an arranged introduction? We dated for a while and I thought he was nice, so… -4 I talk a lot, right? And he’s not much for talking. But he never shuts me up. Just always listens. When there’s something I can’t do or have a hard time with, he helps me out. -5 Heh heh. Wow, sounds like a great guy. -6 Yeah… -7 We have completely opposite personalities, but… I feel safe and cozy with him. —130 -1 Ehehe… -2 What? What’s wrong? Ah… Ehehe… Um, you see… I just realized it now while talking. -3 My boyfriend Is someone like you, Nakabayashi-san. —131 -2 I see… After all this time, I had thought I should be a bit less condescending, but… -3 Ok, Nakabayashi-san, Let’s meet up again sometime! -4 And there’s nothing I can do about it, but… I finally realized… —132 -2 Bye bye, Fujimaru-san. —133 -2 The one who was looking at her… Wasn’t the me of right now. -3 There’s nothing I can do… about this feeling. -5 But it’s better than continuing to hate her. —134 -2 I’m a person trapped in her own memories.