Heart Pounding Dive by Chika 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. —01 -1 Heart Pounding Dive Chika —02 -1 Oh, right. Hey, Bucho… ### Bucho is the club president. Library ###sign Hm? Can you please make up the swim club summer activity schedule? -2 All us first years are grumbling about not being able to plan. Oh, here it is. -3 Bucho, you listening? I’m listening. sfx- Fwoosh -4 Hiragi-san! About the schedule, the request’s been received so just wait a bit. sfx- Stunned So pretty… -5 Hey! You need to listen up too! Owie! sfx: Whonk —03 -1 Mayu, you’re acquainted with Sayaka, right? Yeah, I’ve talked with her a number of times. -2 Oho! Here. This is it. -3 Ding Dong -4 I just pressed it, right? Wha? Yeah… Ok, go on in. Eh? -5 B-bucho! W-we shouldn’t! -6 It’s fine. All good. I’ve got a spare key and all. ###handwritten Whaaa? Heeeey! Comin’ in, okay!? sfx- Ka-cha -7 sfx- Tromp Tromp Tromp W-w-wait up! —04 -1 Knew it. She’s still sleeping. Don’t leave me behind… -2 Hey, Sayaka! Don’t just sleep in ‘cause it’s summer vacation! -3 Geez! Get used to getting up already… -4 Kiss —05 Uwhooa! W-what are you doing!? -2 “What”? Kissing her? sfx- Mmnya -3 Good morning, Kana-chan! Morning. Wha? She doesn’t care at all! -4 Hey Sayaka, the books you recommended for me were all on target. Wha, really? I did choose them with you in mind, after all. My image of proper Sayaka-senpai… ###senpai is upperclassman The beauty pageant winner for two years running… that Sayaka-senpai… ### bold or italicize “that” She can smile and make that besotted face? -5 Hey, don’t you have swim practice with your club? sfx- Shhf It’s fine ###handwritten upper left Can I turn on the AC? ###handwritten lower right We’re taking this week off. -6 Huh? It’s Mayu-chan… Ah, hello… -7 Waaaaagh sfx- Pompf What, now you…? ###handwritten Wh-wh-why!? D-d-did you see that!? —06 -1 I told you on the phone yesterday, right? I said she has a problem, so I’d be bringing her over. -2 Ah, yeah, you did say that… -3 So, what’s going on? You should ask Mayu that directly. I have to tell her!? It’s your problem, right? -4 Yeah, you’re right. sfx- Fidget Fidget Um I’ve got someone I’m interested in. And I want some advice… -5 Sayaka? -6 Love, right! —07 -1 Gruuumble -2 I-I’m hungry… It’s lunchtime after all… sfx- Press Ok, let’s go get something to eat. -3 sfx- Whisper She’s really different from school, huh? Cute, huh? -5 sfx- Slurp And? -6 You needed some advice? About Love? Why me? -7 Might be funny coming from me, but, I’m not used to this. —08 -1 Well, it’s… -3 I see. Since I’m a senpai to Hiragi Sanae-chan in the literature club, you want me to help out. -4 I wanted to help out my cute little kouhai in my club, and she knows about us, so… ###kohai is underclassman I’m getting something to drink. Once I heard that, I needed to help. Bucho… -5 Eh, but… It’s not like I like girls or anything, ok? Wha? sfx- Wave Wave -6 You don’t love me? Um, Of course I love you. Ohgawd Making me say that in front of Mayu-chan… ###handwritten -7 For me, it’s because you always come to wake me up. You always listen to your kouhai’s issues with such care. I love you because that’s how you are, Kana-chan. —09 -1 Wow, getting spoken of so sweetly… I’m jealous. -2 Can you bring me some too? Sure. -3 Me too… -4 But you’ll have to drink whatever I bring you ###handwritten Wha!? ###handwritten I want to be like this with Hiragi-san too… -5 By the way Mayu-chan, why do you like Sanae-chan? She’s always reading. I haven’t chatted with her much at all… Ah, so she’s like that with you too, Sayaka-senpai? —10 -1 Hiragi-san’s always reading in class. Oh, come to think of it, you’re both in the same class, huh? Yes. -2 During testing periods, our desks are next to each other. ### Teachers often change seating arrangements, but for formal testing, the seating arrangements can be alphabetical. Here’s yours, Sayaka ###handwritten Thanks ###handwritten And so she helped me out a lot with the last test. Helped? On the day before the test, I was studying like crazy. Then I left my eraser at home. -3 I didn’t realize it until the test had begun, and what’s more, I had marked all my answers on the wrong lines… sfx- Cold sweat… Just as was thinking “oh, crap, what am I gonna do…” to myself, -4 She dropped her eraser and said that I was the one who dropped it… I was so completely grateful that after that… sfx- Whssh I found myself sneaking glances at her all the time. —11 -1 sfx- Grin Grin Ah, young love. -2 S-so… Embarassing… sfx- Pafweee ### or “Blush” -3 Ok, tomorrow, let’s go to the pool, the four of us. Whaa? Why!? You want to get to know her better, right? I’ll tell her it’s for club and invite her. Whaa!? -4 These people Are crazy -6 What am I gonna do…? I can’t get to sleep… -7 I don’t believe it! The school pool? ### bold or italicize “school” Kana-chaaaan! How did you get permission to use it on a non-club day? —12 -1 sfx- Plip Plap For a bucho like me, I can do this in my sleep. Sayaka, you’re too worked up. ###handwritten -3 Ah, she’s here! -4 And, she’s reading even here!? sfx- demure -5 Crap, I must’ve just looked disappointed. Erg… -6 Bow You’re here too, Nakayama-san? Good afternoon. -7 So Reading’s no good? -8 sfx- Whaaah It’s not that it’s not good! It’s good! Books are the best! (?) —13 sfx- Whoa… You’re acting a little creepy, Mayu… We talked! ###handwritten Eheh Eheheheh -2 Killer whale… ###handwritten Sayaka, you’re having too much fun… Kana-chan, hurry up! -3 You wanna get closer with her, right? Now’s your change. Go talk to her. sfx- Urgh Wha? I-i-impossible! -4 Well, give it a shot. Whaaa? -5 W-w-w-what am I gonna do? Ummm, what should I talk to her about? The weather? Or, yeah, no weather in an indoor pool, huh? And she’s reading. Interrupting her would be bad, right? sfx- Th-thump Th-thump Th-thump -6 Nakayama-san sfx- Turn sfx- Gyaaa! —14 -1 Waaa! Sorry! I’m sorry! Th-that startled me… I startled myself! -2 Ah, sorry. My bad. What did you need? I blew it. Ah… -3 Um, well… Why was I called here today? They said it was for club, but I think it might be something else… -4 I thought you might know, Nakayama-san. U-uh… Maybe the senpai are messing with us? -5 Can I sit here? Ah, sure. sfx- Th-thump Th-thump Th-thump Um, listen. It’s been on my mind for a while now… You use polite language for me and the rest of the class, right? Can you use everyday language with me? ### Japanese grammar has different politeness levels. You can be really offensive by using the wrong level with someone. In this case, using polite grammar gives a feeling of someone keeping you at arms length. —15 -1 Ah, Certainly. Oh, maybe I’m pushing it? ###handwritten Ah Um… -2 Sorry, I don’t have any friends, so I’m not good at this… Eh? Really? -3 Yeah, come to think of it, I’ve never seen her Being friendly with someone else… -4 And she seems like such a good girl… Mmm -5 Okay! So starting today, you’re not allowed to use polite language with me! —16 -1 You call me Mayu! And I’m gonna call you Sana-chan, ok? Ah, my name… -2 So that’s why… -3 We’re friends starting now! sfx- smile —17 -1 No? Came on too strong? ###handwritten -2 Mm-nn. That makes me happy. sfx- Smile -3 She smiled! She smiled! sfx- Kyaa So super cute! sfx- Clench -4 Ok, Take it off! Wha? M-Mayu-chan? -5 Eh? sfx- Grasp -6 Whaaa sfx- Dash —18 -4 Ka-bloosh -5 Let’s get along together, Sana-chan! Yeah! You ok, Sayaka!? Sayaka!