A Soft Memorial by Hanima 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 //511 /1 A Soft Memorial Gently Embracing Something you once had. Moving ahead, one step at a time. Hanima New release of a one shot in the big volume! //512 /1 Sarasa-san has brought in her hamster from home. /2 Let’s all take good care of it, ok? Ooookay! /3 Pet duty… Sooo dull. Yeah, it’s a real pain, huh? /4 Snicker Sarasa-san’s a bit weird, right? She can’t read the mood, yeah? Right! /5 Just why the heck Did she bring her hamster? /6 I mean, it’s just gonna die soon. //513 /3 Whoa, that would be a little heavy. Wouldn’t bird be better? Like a parrot? Ah, I want tropical fish! /4 You should bring it up in class! I’d get scolded. Ok, well How about a rabbit? /5 Ah A rabbit would be nice, huh? Whew… //514 /3 The hamster didn’t die. /4 When we graduated, Sarasa-san took it home. /6 Nene, Sign my yearbook! Okays! Me too! Let’s take a selfie! /7 Click //515 /1 It’s so sad everyone’s going to different middle schools! …it’s fine by me. /2 Just fine by me. /3 Things like hamsters, they all disappear sometime. Just like friends. /4 Nene, You always seem so happy, huh? Student Council 20XX Let’s Shine! East Junior High ### upper left sign Student Council ### lower left Culture Clubs Club Presentation ### lower rightmost Wind Ensemble ### 2nd from right Athletic Clubs Volleyball Club ### 3rd from right /6 Really? Well, it’s just - You’re always smiling. //516 /1 Today you forgot that we’re going to Karaoke. And even forgot your student ID, right? Ahaha If it was me, I’d be a little down about that. /2 Why are you so positive all the time? It’s fine. It’s fine. I’ve got 3 hours to burn. /3 Hey You should feel a little bad or something. Geez ### handwritten //517 /2 Another school’s uniform? What was it? The private school near by…? ### private schools are less prestigious than public schools in Japan. /3 What is she doing here? /6 Why is…? //518 /2 Ah You’re here. /3 Huh…? That’s good. Since I couldn’t find your shoe box. /4 Normally, wouldn’t you say “hey, it’s been a while” or something? Ah… What are you doing? Mm? I came to see you, Nene-chan. /5 That’s right, she’s… ### in box A pretty weird kid… Me? I thought you might still be here. Wow, I really lucked out, right? //519 /1 What do you want with me? Why are you… /2 It’s dead. The hamster. /3 I thought I’d come And tell you, Nene-chan. /4 I mean, it’s just gonna die soon. /5 Nab //520 /1 Uh
Hey!? Let’s go bury it. Whaa!? Hey, Nene? /2 What are you… Uh, what? A friend? /3 Oh, so you had plans with her? No! It’s… No, it’s ok. Really. sfx: snatch /4 Your friend came all this way to see you, right? You should go hang. /5 It’d be weird to take you away now. We’ll go once you have your student ID. ### to get the student discount at Karaoke, you need your student ID. No, that’s… I’m not… sfx: Grab //522 /1 Just how did this end up happening…? /2 To come find me like this… It has to be about what I said back then, right…? /3 Coming all this way just to tell me it died? Is she trying to get back at me? Just how angry is she? /4 But anyways Just what’s with I’m afraid to look back and talk when walking. ### in interior bubble. what she said? This silence is way more scary! /6 This is stupid. I’m not doing this. //523 /4 Heeey? /5 Let’s go. //524 /3 This way. //525 /2 It’s really gotten cold. /3 Bye bye. /4 Nene-chan, Say goodbye too. //3 Okay? Eh? /4 N… No way I’m not touching it. /6 I see… sfx: Tmp //527 /1 Here /2 It’s Calpis I’m really good at making it. ### Calpis is sold as a powder and you mix it at home. /3 Have you decided where to bury it? /4 I have. Shiroyama park over in the next town. I thought I’d bury it under a tree. /5 You’re going all the way to the next town? It takes 10 minutes by train. You have money, right? //528 /1 Wha? You mean to make me pay for myself? Of course. It costs money. No, this is stupid. /2 It’s not. ###handwritten If you have money, then it’d be weird to lend you some. Lend? ### handwritten You’re the one making me go there! /3 You said you had 3 hours. Oh, c’mon! ### handwritten I didn’t say that to you! sfx: Bam /4 Plop /7 Ah //529 /1 It’s fine. It’s already dead. sfx: Tap /3 Sigh… What. Ever. Already… /4 We’ll leave once we’re finished drinking. //530 /2 Ah /3 Hold this a sec… Eh Gotta buy something. /4 Don’t have a trowel. //531 /3 I should have just gone home… Should have kept going /4 Gone right on down the hill without stopping. /5 Hooked up with my friends, and gone to Karaoke. /6 Act like nothing happened. /7 Just like back then. //532 /2 Hey, Don’t look at me like that. Since I’m trying not to see anything, ok? //533 /1 Everyone must have been put off… Just pretend like it didn’t happen. /2 Maybe they really don’t like me… There’s so such thing as “all of us” anymore. /3 Maybe I’m going to blow it again. Even you. You’ll up and disappear sometime. /4 Just when is “sometime”? /6 Thanks for waiting. //534 /1 Thanks. I’ll carry that. /4 Do you want Croquettes…? No way. Our famous, fresh Croquettes ### sign //535 /4 Let’s go. /5 Nene, You always seem so happy, huh? //536 /3 Well, it’s just You’re always smiling. //537 /1 Why are you so positive all the time? //538 /1 Just why have things come to this? /2 Because I’m paying for my sins. //539 /3 Sarasa Camelia Camelia Family Camelia Genus ### sign Sarasa Camelia… /4 Sarasa…? ### Sarasa has the same name as the tree. Do you think it’s strange? No… /6 …are you satisfied? /7 I think so… I did everything I came for… //540 /1 What about you, Nene-chan? /3 Gi… Give me a break!! /4 I don’t get this at all! I mean, I… /5 I did say something awful, but Have you been chewing on that all these years? It’s weird. It was just a hamster… /6 I mean, it died anyway, right? This is so stupid!! /7 …I’m not apologizing, ok? //541 /1 For saying That a hamster would soon die… /2 What are you talking about…? //542 /2 Oh, give me a break! /3 Don’t play dumb I know you’re trying to get back at me… /4 That it would soon die…? You said that? /5 I don’t remember that at all. //543 /1 Th-then just why the hell did you invite me to bury it? Ahh, that’s… /2 Because you cared for it more than anyone else. /3 Hah? /4 But you did, right? Pet duty. /5 I did… But… You were the only one who never skipped a turn. Eh!? //544 /1 You always worked hard and took good care of it. Um, that was… I was impressed. /2 So I thought I’d be sure to tell you that this time. Wha!? /3 That I always thought you were such a good girl. Wa… Just wait a sec! /4 What? /5 No… /7 That’s not true. //545 /1 You’ve got it all wrong. It’s true! I checked every day! No, not that… /2 …that’s I just did that for myself. /3 But The hamster was cared for in any event. //546 /1 That might be true… /2 But, still, it’s different. /4 Well… It’s true that it’s dead now. /5 Just because it’s dead doesn’t erase the fact it existed, right? /6 So… //547 /1 Give it some pats? /2 Pats? Yeah. Pats. /3 The fact it existed won’t disappear. Remember every now and again. /6 So soft. //548 /1 This is so dumb… //549 /2 Thanks for helping taking care of it. //551 /1 Come hang out sometime. //552 /1 No way. If we see each other in town, don’t call out to me. Whaa? //553 /5 …um hey… But… /6 But… Let’s go flower viewing together. //554 /1 It’s definitely gonna be pretty.