Goodbye To The Miniskirt by Yoshida Maruyou 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. —263 -1 Goodbye To The Miniskirt Yoshida Maruyou —264 -1 Alright! Here’s the problem for you! If I say “Let’s make the country stronger!” Miyu, What’s your answer?! Bribes! Aw, she’s useless! Ok, so then listen to our newest single! To Make Our Group Stronger! Iron Curtain Shogunate! —265 -1 The six member Middle/High school girl idol unit “Heisei Kneesock Committee”. Or KneeCom for short. ### The name of the group actually refers to the area of exposed leg between the top of the socks and the hem of the skirt. -2 I’m Ishiwata “3T” (Tsurime, Tsundere, Twin-tail) Mayu. ###bold the three capital “T”s in the parenthesis. ### Tsurime means slanted eyes ### Not that it makes a difference in the editing, but Mayu use the male pronoun Ore. Mayu-chaaan! -3 sfx- Glomp Good job today! She’s Hanzawa “Little devil with an angel’s smile” Miyu. -4 I forgot a dance step today and totally was in a panic but then I looked over at you Mayu and saw where we were You’re hair’s so pretty did you change it up? But Mayu, you’re so slim and super ###last line is cut off I can’t tell if she does this on purpose or is an airhead. I have no idea what’s she’s thinking. -5 Hey! sfx- Flinch —266 -1 You totally messed up the dance! You spaced it off again. Again! Reika, tone it down. -2 You’re the loud one, ok? But Rio, you’re the one with the big boobs. Shaddup. ### above is all handwritten Those two are seniors in high school, right? You think they're gonna quit KneeCom? -3 Well even if they quit, they’ll make a go of it. They seem to get work with music and dramas and stuff. No, not that… -4 Miyu, there’s one thing I’ve decided on! -5 I’m definitely gonna die before I’m 18! That way I’ll die while I’m cute, and I’ll be an idol forever! —267 -1 And I’ll bring the person I like along for the ride - and right at the last moment, they’ll kiss me! Mega romantic, don’t you think? -2 I can’t imagine a bigger pain in the ass. Fufu -3 But yeah, I like you Mayu. -4 Let’s always stay together. I really don’t get her. -5 Ok, see ya! Whoa, headed back to the studio? Good for you. Seems like she likes this job for the moment. But that’s for the moment. Recently, talk of the future has been… —268 -1 Clouded with a vague uneasiness. In the idol biz, you can only sell when you’re young, right? -2 I don’t have any special talent, unlike the Committee chair or Reika. So is the way I am now ok? -3 Don’t sweat it. -4 Things don’t fall apart that easily. Don’t worry. Just focus on being an idol. Really? —269 -1 Really? Is that the way it is? Well, we’ll figure out something. Biku Camera ###building, sign cut off on both ends Subscribers Get Handshakes ### sign on pole Biku Camera theme song: In Your Eyes - Biku! ###left table sign Heisei Kneesock Committee ###right table sign -2 I was stupid to think I could talk to you about this. Well, I’m gonna die right? I better start looking for someone to die with. -3 I can’t believe you say shit like that. Fufu -4 There’s no one I can’t get to fall for me. But… —270 -1 I’m SO cold! I can believe they send us out dressed like this in this weather! Excuse me… -2 Wow! Thank you sooo much! Wha? No! I’m not cold at all. I’ve got a little extra chub, teehee. -3 Yeah, it’s true she’s cut out to be an idol. But for me? I dunno. —271 -1 Pulling all-nighters answering fan letters? Cutting back on meals to diet? Buying and watching endless dance DVDs? Practicing dance until your hips hurt? -2 Why does she push so hard? Why is she so obsessed about this work? -3 Miyu-chan, we love you! I also love all of our fans! -4 You’re really selling it. Do you want to be popular that badly? —272 -1 I hate that side of you. -2 Hehe Yeah, I love you Mayu. -3 So, they say going by train is the most surefire way! -4 But since there’s so many, don’t you think it’s awesome I made it all this way by myself? Wow. Amazing. Huh? -5 Our producer… And the CEO? —273 -1 How are things going with KneeCom recently? Mmm… Not well. -2 It’s hard whipping up crowds for the lives shows, and the CD sales are trending down. The two high schoolers in the group are graduating next year, so… I see. -3 Well it may be about time… -4 To start planning for them to disband. —275 -1 Sfx- Slam You give up too easy! -3 Wha… —275 -1 You tried pushing us at every CD shop in Japan? Live event production companies. TV production companies. Hey…! Magazine publishers and movie production. Municipal event production. There’s all sorts of other places to go try and get us publicity. Hey! Miyu! -2 Were you the ones selling CDs by hand out in the February snow? Researching the fan base to find out what dances they liked? What about researching the songs? Stop this! If you don’t go that far, you don’t really have any business training up idols. -3 Well, not that it matters to me. —276 -2 Miyu…? -3 Dash —277 -1 Hey! Mayu… -2 Do you like this work? -3 I dunno. -4 You’re stupid. If you’re in the biz… —278 -1 Even if it’s a lie, you say “yes”. -3 I’m definitely gonna die before I’m 18! I’ll stay an idol forever! -4 The two high schoolers in the group are graduating next year, so… Well it may be about time… -5 Quickly disposable consumer goods. That’s what people in the arts are… —279 -1 I’ve know that all along. But if KneeCom get broken up, what will everyone do? -2 What will she do? -3 A train will be arriving at platform two. While it will stop at this station, this train is out of service. -4 Ishito ###nametag —280 -2 Please take care not to board this train. —281 -1 Don’t rush it! —282 -3 What are you talking about? -4 I can’t even wait for a train? —283 -1 ‘Cause you go talking about dying and stuff! -2 I mean, look! Even if it’s a on in a million chance, you’re gonna make me worry! I know we don’t get along normally, and I’ve seen that’s what people online think, but! But, you know… You know… -3 If you go and die on me, there’s nooo way I’m gonna be sad or cry about it or anything! No way! —284 -1 You can scream all you want, throw shit around, have the most stupid-ass expression on your damn dumb face as you die, but I promise you that! If you get it, then fine! Go kill yourself, bitch! -2 Well, I guess there’s no option… If you’re gonna go that far, I’ll stay alive for you. -3 Let’s disband, Maya-chan. —285 -2 I guess there’s some part inside me that’s busted. -3 But what you said back there, Mayu? That made me happy. -5 People often tell me I have no talent. But being cute is my only talent. —286 -1 If I lose that, then I have nothing at all. -2 Talent, talent… You talk about talent… But if that’s all you have, nobody’s going to love you. For example, And this is just an example… Ishito ###nametag -3 In 10 years, in 20, in 100 years… Even if you’re all wrinkled, even if you’re selfish, even if you’re fat. Stop ###sign —287 -1 There’ll be some weirdo out there… -2 Who will love you, right? -4 You don’t have to get all embarrassed about it. Who’s embarrassed? ###bold or italicize “who’s” —289 -1 Bye bye, Mayu-chan. —290 -3 There’s no one I can’t get to fall for me. Wha…. -4 Just what in the hell am I blushing for…?