Longing For Shadow By Maeda Tomo 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 Longing For Shadow Maeda Tomo //02 /1 Longing For Shadow Maeda Tomo //03 /1 sfx: Punch Yuki-chan? /2 Harumi-senpai… Morning! You’re early. What’s up? /3 Library duty… What the…? Just when I thought I wouldn’t see you. Let’s go together, since we’re neighbors. /4 No. You’re too slow, Senpai. Wha? I always make it in time! Wait up! ### handwritten I keep telling you, I don’t want to run for it. //04 /1 Look, If you miss it the train, it’s an hour wait. In the morning, there should be at least two, huh? Ah, here it is. sfx: Click Klack Click Klack /2 I was trying to avoid this… /3 Pshhhh /4 It’s crowded today, huh? sfx: Click Klack Click Klack /5 Eh? …really? Mm… Ahaha You really are a city girl, Yuki-chan. Better hurry up and get used to the country. sfx: Click Klack Click Klack //05 /1 sfx: Click Klack Click Klack ### small sfx at top and one at bottom But this is crowed for here. Sometimes we get it to ourselves. I want to go to the end of the line sometime - even though I’ve got no reason to. Oh, sorry… sfx: Bump sfx: Click Klack /2 sfx: Click Klack Click Klack sfx: Fluff /3 sfx: Click Klack /4 Senpai…? Eh? Yuki-chan, what shampoo do you use? /5 Wha…? It smells good. Yeah, you come off as refined, even though we have the same uniform. /6 You’re hair’s so soft sfx: Shhf /7 It’s nice. So long. /8 But if it’s long, it’s pain to blow dry. Split ends, too, huh? Um… Mm? //06 /1 Can you not touch my hair so much? I’m not good with this sort of thing… /4 Oh, really? Is it a problem at the salon? Must be a pain? Me too, I mean, the upper part of my neck gets ticklish sometimes… /5 Ah! Wah! Aaahhh… sfx: Rummage Rummage //07 /1 What I am gonna do? I can’t answer it… ### It’s rude to answer your phone on the train in Japan “Do”? Just call him back after you get off at the station. We’ll be there in five minutes. /2 But… If I don’t answer, he sulks. /4 I’ll just tell him I’m on the train, then hang up… Uh-humph! /5 Right. Nope. Umm…. Y-yeah… Ah… sfx: stare /5 Sigh… /6 He hung up… Just call him back. It’ll be fine. Yeah… sfx: Sign //08 /1 Yeah, that’s right… Haaah /2 Sounds tough… to have a long distance romance. Nnn… Neighboring town Neighboring school ### small text /3 Aha If only… Our schools were the same, right? But no way. All girl’s school, after all. ### handwritten They should just give up… That guy sounds like a serious pain… Oosaki ### train sign /5 Ok, Senpai… I’m heading off first. Eh? Wait up! I’ll go with you. But… Your call… /6 I’ll be done soon! I’ll just tell him I’ll call him tonight! sfx: Grab //09 /1 Be done soon, ok? Um… Hey, Haru-chan? Morning! /2 Ah, Akko! Morning! You’re early! What’s up? /3 I’ve got duty today. You? Morning practice. /5 Oh, working hard. Go track and field! Hehe /6 See ya! Yup! Later! bye bye ### small text /7 Ok, then… /8 Huh? /9 He’s not picking up. Maybe he’s in transit? //10 /4 Splash /5 Sigh /6 Getting up early… I’m really pushing myself. //11 /1 Any earlier, and it’ll be the first train. That’s tough ###small text “Let’s go together” “No fucking way” “I don’t want to be with you” /4 But if I say that, it’ll hurt her feelings… //12 /6 Splish //13 /3 Creak /4 Thumpa Thumpa Wa… /5 Wait up! Wait up! Yuki-chan! sfx: Thumpa /6 See! I’m early today! Plenty of time! Even though I ran… ### small text What do you think? Thinking better of me now? //14 /3 I don’t want to be with you… /5 I don’t want to be near you. /8 Being close enough to touch you hurts. //15 /1 I’m this close… But only being able to touch your shadow is too… //16 /4 Senpai…? /5 Ah… Yuki-chan. Morning. Sorry, I was up early and headed off first. Did something happen? /8 Eh… Ah… //17 /1 Ah… You figured it out? …have an argument? /2 Not quite like that, but… We’re not meshing with each other… Recently our timing sucks and haven’t been able to connect by phone. Both of us. /3 And now it’s all awkward, maybe? We’re having trouble keeping the conversation going. I just wonder where it went wrong… /6 And…? Eh? Uh… That’s it, but… but… //18 /1 Sigh… I know it’s super boring… I know! But…! /2 Seriously? A reason like that? But it makes me worry, okay? /3 I mean, before we went out, we never talked or anything… Just what does he see in me…? /4 That face. /6 He wouldn’t date you if he wasn’t interested. If you are worried, just ask him. Mmph …yeah. I know, but… You’re strong, huh, Yuki-chan. sfx: Click Klack /7 Just how I am supposed to follow up on all this? /8 This is so stupid… /9 What? sfx: Stare Mm… //19 /1 Maybe if I was as pretty as you, Yuki-chan. sfx: Blush /4 It’s not like… It’s a good thing. /5 People tell me they can’t tell what I’m thinking… And the person I love won’t love me. Yuki-chan… //20 /1 You have someone you love? First I’ve heard of it… Who is it? What kind of person? Do I know them? /2 Have you confess… Not happening. Nothing’s coming of it. /3 What? Really? But… I… sfx: Click Klack I’ve been pretty obvious with how I feel. /4 Kind of childish, ok…? But… Then they tell me they get super down when their boyfriend doesn’t call. sfx: Click Klack /5 Oh… Huh? ###small Eh? Yu… sfx Pshhht Oosaki Oosaki //21 /1 Ah… We’re here. For those getting off, please take your belongings… Let’s go, Yuki-chan. /2 Grab /5 Yuki-chan? /6 That person… Get’s all down when there’s missed connection with her boyfriend, but… When I’m obvious about my feelings, nothing happens. They just seem fine with it. //22 /1 That means whatever end up happening is fine, right? Whether you love me or hate me. /3 Yuki… /5 The doors are closing. Please stand clear of the doors. The doors are closing. //23 /1 Please stand clear. Doors are… sfx: Fweeeeeeeet Hey! You student there! It’s dangerous! Get back! /2 sfx: Psshhh /4 sfx: Click Klack sfx: Flop /5 sfx: Click Klack /6 sfx: Click Klack Did she get it? /7 Yeah, I’m sure she got it. She had to. Tomorrow… I’ll take the first train… I’m sure I made her feel bad… sfx: Click Klack //24 /1 sfx: Click Klack /2 This is fine… It’s better that she hates me. No matter how close I am, I can only touch her shadow. sfx: Click Klack /3 It’s way easier to be distant… sfx: Click Klack /4 Whump //25 /1 What the…? She should have gotten off back… Yuki-chan… sfx: Click Klack /2 You always seem so composed and like you’re fine with everything. But when you’re worked up, your eyebrows scrunch up. And, I think that’s… Eh…? sfx: Click Klack /3 Pretty darn Cute, okay? sfx: Click Klack /4 sfx: Click Klack /5 No… No way… Scrunched up? ### handwritten sfx: Click Klack I’ve always wanted… /6 To ride to the end of the line. But I always thought there’s no real need. sfx: Click Klack //26 /1 Wanna go Check it out? /3 Ah /4 In her eyes A shadow… sfx: Click Klack //27 /1 My shadow.