Natsu is Like Summer by Nacht 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 //379 /1 Once again, that season is coming on. Hello! /2 Along with that girl. //380 /1 It’s okay already, right? I’m only going to be like this Just for this moment. ### this is the vertical text Natsu is Like Summer ### Ok, the title is a play on words. Natsu, the protagonist’s name is a homophone for “Summer”. The Kanji actually used for her name means “to pick up, to take up something”. ### I’m not going to translate all the books and such scattered around (mostly just textbooks), but it is worth noting there is a yuri manga mixed in there. //381 /2 It’s been a whole year, hm, Natsu? Yep! A whole year! /3 Today seems pretty empty. Up ‘till last week, all the rooms were full. Yeah, I know. I saw the festival on TV. /4 Ok, first things first, go hit the baths. Okaaay! I’ll go help out in the dining hall later. sfx: Thump /5 sfx: Mumble I’m glad to see you seem to be doing ok. //382 /1 She’s grown up, hasn’t she? /5 She sure has. //383 /1 Ten years ago. To help out with renovations of this Ryokan, I was married into the family here. ### Ryokan is a traditional Japanese style inn, often with hot springs attached. /2 And without knowing anything about my husband’s background, I ended up… Congratulations on the remodel! Cheers! sfx: Clink /3 Oh my, Saki You’ve really become someone! You might just look like a pro in those clothes! ### the expression mago ni ishou has the meaning ‘the clothes make the person’ and can be considered a little rude when said directly to someone. So pretty! Thank you, Onee-san… Ruri-chan. ### onee-san is older sister /4 Hey! Waka Okami! Can I get some sake over here? ### Okami is a traditional title used for the proprietress of an inn/bar/resteraunt, etc. Waka, mean “young” and indicates she’s next in line to take over. I want a draft! Me too Y-yes! sfx: Wahaha /5 sfx: Clatter /6 Sigh //384 /1 Natsu-chan? /2 What’s wrong? Don’t you want to chat with everyone? /3 …I’m fine. /4 Mom and everyone likes Ruri better. Since Ruri is a good girl. /6 It’s not just Ruri-chan, Natsu-chan, you’re also.. Yeah, everyone says that, But //385 /1 But if I just act like myself, no one likes me. Since I’m not a good girl, that’s how it is, right? /2 She’s like me back then, I thought. So… /3 It’s fine. You don’t have to be a good girl. /4 Even so I think someone will come along who loves you. //386 /1 So then will you be the first to love me, auntie? /2 Will you swear it? Stake your life on it? Sakiko /3 What the hell are you doing? C’mon! I know. W-well, see you, ok? /6 That was the start of it. //387 /1 The next summer. Hello! I can come all by myself now! /2 Hello? Onee-san? Oh geez, so she really went there? Shit, I talk to her about grades and it ends up like this? I’m staying! I’m staying! sfx: Jump Jump Well, she’s taken to you, so pound some manners into her, ok!? Hey, don’t just… /3 Ok, I have to go pick up Ruri now, so… sfx: click Hey! /4 Auntie! Auntie! Auntie! I joined the exercise club! sfx: Run Run /5 I don’t like to study, but I’ll work hard and help out! //388 /1 I see… Ok then, I’ll look forward to having you help. Yep! /5 Have you come to love me yet? /6 What are you talking about? I’ve always loved you. Really? ### handwritten Ok! So I’ll become your kid then, and we can be Okami together! /8 That makes me happy, But you’d better not… ### rope marks… //389 /1 Ok, then I’ll be your bride! I’ll treat you like the most important thing ever! /3 I’m looking forward to it. I liked work, and working made me forget the days. /5 ### the dead cicada indicates summer is over. /6 The summers she brought along are the only thing I remember. //390 /1 Hello! Welcome! Oh, my… /2 You’re already in junior high, hm? I’m a middle schooler! /3 I’m an adult already, so I can help out more! I’ve been training hard in club, so you can count on me! /4 Auntie? Ah I was just thinking it’s been a year… //391 /1 I think “ah, summer’s here” when you arrive, Natsu-chan. /2 Ah, I saw Ruri-chan’s photo, her music… That’s enough about home. /4 More Im•por•tant•ly! sfx: Clap /5 Since I’m not in Junior High, I want a present! Ah… What would be good? Money? Oh, come on! I’m in Junior High. I’m an adult, right? //392 /1 Kiss me. On the cheek is fine. /2 Wha…? All my friends are all getting boyfriends and stuff, even this manga… Ah But you should only do that with the one you love, hm…? /3 I love you! Auntie, don’t you love me? /4 When… Someone really accepts me, I can try so much harder. /5 Is it just that she’s lonely? That she want to be friends? sfx: Agitated ### lower right Hey! Hey! It’s all good, right? ### handwritten What’s going on? ###small at top I just don’t understand today’s kids… Ah, it’s Natsu-chan ### small top left /6 Well, the way this is going, it’s better that her going out with some strange guy… //393 /2 Ok, now to work! Natsu-chan? I’m… I’m sooo happy!! You’re exaggerating. /3 There will be even better things in the future, ok? Really!? Better things? /4 Like succeeding in school or in a job? Oh wow… Eheheh I’ll keep this a secret from Uncle, yeah! /5 To bind yourself to a lover or a parter? //394 /1 Just what are “better things”? /3 The gods surely must be laughing… //395 /1 Natsu-chan! Welcome! Oh, you’ve gotten so big, Natsu-chan! /2 You really have grown up, hm…? I’ve grown more than 10cm, ok? /3 I’ll be able to help out oven more, so count on me! You’re just relying on medicine and supplements and stuff, and you can’t keep that up! /4 Y-yeah, you’re right. Ok, so promise me! Promise? My pills are only in my bedroom So she’s implying //396 /2 That she knows. /3 Hold on… Natsu-chan? Just Natsu is fine. I’m going to call you by your name too. /4 She’s now at the age where she can reach… /6 Saki-san, you do it too. You love me, right? Or… Do you love uncle more? //397 /1 It finally hit me. That she’s serious. /2 If you don’t do it to me, I’m going to do more to you. /4 I know you. You’re prettier than anyone. Courageous. Hard working. /5 But even so //398 /1 Unrewarded. /4 Crumple /5 I-I’m… I’m sorry /6 Hey, Saki-san //399 /1 You said it was ok not to be a good girl, right? /4 The days of pretending to be a good wife, Days gone by with nothing good to be said about them. /5 Those days ended suddenly. //400 /1 It was a humid day, with the smell of earth. /2 That was last summer. …-san… /3 Saki-san /4 Saki-san! And then //401 /1 We had a request for more stew… But you’re tired. I’ll get it, so just rest up! /2 Eh…? …ok, then. I just took a bath, so I’m good to go! Ok?! /3 Natsu-chan, Thank you. This daikon is really delicious. I love it too! ### japanese white radish /4 This year, Summer has come again. //402 /2 Ok, work’s all done! /4 Saki-san /5 Natsu… Why did you come here again? Because I’m pitiful? Oh, come on! I’ve said it over and over again. //403 /1 You’ve always been the most important to me, Saki-san. /2 Don’t do that here! ### in front of the family alter, where her dead husband is “watching” So anyplace else is cool? No, that’s… /3 The one who is pitiful is uncle. /4 Even though you rejected him, He was always trying to dominate you. And at the end he had an accident during festival preparations. //404 /1 The gods must be laughing… Saying “Not going to give you jack shit” /2 Since he always treated you like a toy. /3 Don’t say that! //405 /1 Sfx: What So, still covering for him. You’re too nice. /2 sfx: Clench Clench /4 No… What would you know? /5 I’m not nice /6 I’m not like that! /8 Do you remember? You said “You don’t have to be a good girl. I think someone will come along who loves you.” //406 /1 I’m already the most important thing ever, right? //407 /2 You must have been hoping for this a least a little, hm? If you didn’t you would have turned me away at the door. sfx: Riiiiiiiingg /3 Let’s do naughty things together Saki-san 
 //408 /1 sfx: Beep S- So sorry to keep you waiting… This is the Kirishima South Villa… ### kirishima means fog island. /2 Tonight? Yes, that’s fine. Can I have your name and contact information? /3 Yes Nng… Yes /4 We’ll continue the rest when you arrive. /5 Ok, then. We’ll be waiting. ### looks like there may be peony flowers in this panel. Peony flowers are often used in literature to symbolize when someone loses their virginity. //409 /1 Thanks for everything! /2 Na-chan, take care, ok? Yup!! /3 Natsu Saki-san /4 Hey, after graduation, I’m thinking I’ll come here. That way we can always be together, hm? /6 So see you next summer. //410 /1 Just when did my summers become /2 Look forward to it, ok? /4 Dyed in her colors?