Abundant Snow and Red Madder by Chitose Asahi 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. —59 -1 My beloved childhood friend. Momose Yukiko. She’s 20 and a 2nd year in community college. ### Yukiko means “child of the snow”. Akane-chan, got a sec? -2 Yeah! Of course! ###small Whassup, Yuki-chan? I’m home! ### handwritten And me, Kousaka Akane, totally in love with Yuki-chan! I’m 17 and a 3rd year in high school. Lastly, my asshole onii-chan, Kousaka Satoshi. 24 and working. ###box ### The kanji for Akane’s name is the red madder plant/dye -3 sfx- Snicker Hey, don’t just go ignoring me! Shaddap, Satoshi-nii! -4 Hey, I’ve got something important to tell you. Hear me out? Yeah…? Abundant Snow and Madder Red -5 What’s going on? Gotta bad feeling about this… So beautiful. Gentle and cute. My Yuki-chan. —60 -1 We’re getting married after I graduate from community college! Abundant Snow and Red Madder ### the title is hard to translate. Literally, it’s more like “Luxurious Snow”. Red madder is a plant based dye. Akanesasu can be translated as “glowing deep red”, but I think the pun in Red Madder makes for a better title. These words from my childhood friend hit me like a car crash. ###box Chi Tose A Sa Hi -2 Ding Dong -3 W… —74 -1 Uwwwwwaaaaah Nooo! I hate thiiiis! sfx- Bwaaaah -2 My beloved Yuki-chan! My Yuki-chan….! How can she marry my stupid brother! sfx- Whaaah sfx- Sip -3 sfx- Hey! Are you listening, Ichika? Look how miserable I am! Yeah, yeah. Imma listening. -4 I was gonna confess after I graduated! She should be my wife! If I knew this was going to happen, I should have been way more forceful when I confessed! ###handwritten -5 Listen, you knew they were going out. You should have figured this day was coming. Ugh. -6 B… But… -7 But I thought… Marriage was way off in the future… sfx- sniff ### in bubble sfx- Mutter Mutter What a brat… —62 -1 When they said they were getting engaged, it’s time to bow out gracefully, right? Let’s it become a sweet memory of your first love. Fuck no. Wha? -2 I’m definitely not giving up! I’ll break up their engagement! -3 Hah!? Just how you gonna do that? -4 Smirk -5 Caw Caw -6 Heheheh… —62 -1 If I can get a pick of Satoshi-nii cheating on her, it’ll overwhelm her love and they’ll break up! I’ll swoop in to console Yuki-chan, and it’ll be game on! -2 It’s a flawless plan! Hey, aren’t you embarrassed by this? sfx- Weirdos Really? How can you believe that? But, uh, are we being all suss? -3 And anyway, If he doesn’t cheat this plan doesn’t amount to crap, hm? If it comes to it, I’ll fake the evidence. I do whatever it takes! Really, now. ###handwritten -5 Hmm… -6 It’s the first time I’ve seen Satoru, but he’s got a cute face. You look like him. sfx- Wha!? I don’t. I don’t look like him! Ichika, you got crappy taste! ###handwritten If you look like him, that helps you out with Yuki-chan, huh? And don’t shout. ###handwritten -7 sfx- Yeah! I see! Great idea, Ichika! Thank you! ### handwritten …you’re welcome ###handwritten You’re too easy to lead… You gonna be ok? Seriously? ###small —64 -1 sfx- Excited -2 Hey… Ichika, you like Satoru-nii’s looks, right? Kinda. Then you should marry Satoru-nii! -3 Then that would free up Yuki-chan! And we’d be sisters too! Such a good idea! ###handwritten Ah, sorry. No gonna happen. -4 I… Have someone I love. -5 That’s why I can’t become sisters with you, Akane. Soz! sfx- Shake Shake Ah, Mm-nn. Sorry to drop that on you. -6 Hmm, So Ichika has someone she likes. Wonder who ### small Ah, he’s on the move. Ah, right! -7 Ok, so let’s follow him! sfx- Tippy Tap —65 -1 Library ### sign It’s been a week since I started tailing him… -2 On his days off he hangs with his bros. He comes straight home from work. I haven’t been able to take a single photo of anything coming close to that. ### bold or italicize “that” -3 I guess I’d better find someone to photoshop something for me… At this rate, they’re gonna end up married! ###handwritten -5 Ah, a text ###handwritten Maybe Ichika? No! It’s Yuki-chan! sfx- Whoosh sfx- Kyaa -6 From: Yuki-chan To: Akane I know we’re supposed to meet up today, but I can I push it back a bit? I have something critical to do at school, and can’t get away… Once I’m done, I’ll head over right away! -7 Wow, she sure seems busy with school. It’s too bad, but what are you gonna do? If I complain, she’s going hate me. ###handwritten sfx- Depressed Gotta reply… ###handwritten sfx- Aaand… sent. —66 -1 Thanks! We’ll still make our reservation at the restaurant, so take your time. We’ll celebrate your birthday! Look forward to your present! Fufu Yuki-chan’s so nice. ### small We won’t have as much time and that sucks, but it won’t change the fact that it’ll just be the two of us. I’ll just follow Satoru-nii until it’s time to meet. -2 Fufu Today’s gonna be awesome! sfx- Eheh -3 Laaa la Laa sfx - Tmp -4 You sure seem happy. Yeah! Today, I’m one step closer to adult! -5 Ah, right. It’s your birthday. sfx- Heh —67 -1 You want to stop and get cake somewhere? My treat ###small Ah Sorry, I can’t today. I’m going to celebrate with Yuki-chan. We have a reservation at a restaurant I wanted to go to! Ehehe ###handwritten -2 I see. -3 What? You jelly? As if. Huh? -4 Hey, Akemi… Your onii-san’s with some girl. Looks like he was waiting for her. Let’s get behind that landscaping! ###handwritten Wha? A woman? Wait a sec, lemme grab my camera! Yeah sfx- Rustle -5 Her back’s to us, so can’t see her face. But they totally look friendly ###handwritten Where? ###handwritten Over there. ###handwritten -6 Fufufu! I finally got evidence, you cheating bastard! I can’t miss this shot… —68 -1 What’s up? Not taking the pic? -2 Yuki-chan… Wha? Yuki-chan? Your childhood friend? -3 “I have something critical to do at school…” Welcome! -4 Ah… Maybe they’re choosing their engagement rings, huh? “…can’t get away…” Yeah, that’s the vibe. Too bad. -5 …ki… -6 Eh? -7 Yuki-chan… You liar. -8 sfx- Knock Knock Akane-chan… I’m coming in. —69 -1 Creak -2 You weren’t at our meeting spot, and weren’t answering your phone. I was worried. What’s the matter? Did something happen? sfx- Shhf -3 If you’re feeling bad, should I bring some medicine? -4 Ah! I got the restaurant to change our reservation. The day is different, but we can still go together, ok? Not going. Wha? I’m not going with you, Yuki-chan. -5 …why? -6 Did I do something to make you angry? sfx- Toss -7 “Why”…? -8 Yuki-chan, Why did you lie to me? -9 That’s what I want to know. —70 -1 You lied about being busy at school. You went shopping with Satoru-nii. We had a date first, so why did you break it? Because you love Satoru-nii more than me? So no matter how much I love you, Yuki-chan… ###box -2 Erg I’m sorry, Akane-chan. It’s true I didn’t have anything at school… -3 Satoru-nii is more important than me? sfx- Sniff -4 I love you just as much, Akane-cha… Yuki-chan, you’re… ###box -5 Yuki-chan, you’re… —71 -1 If you love me just as much, Don’t marry him, marry me! -2 See? You don’t feel that way… -3 Clench -4 Don’t go throwing the word “love” around! But I can’t come… To hate you. -5 Chirp Chirp -6 sfx- Thump Thump Thump Hey. ‘morning. —72 -1 You really slept in, huh? You want some coffee? -2 …last person I want to see… -3 Akane… sfx- Tromp Tromp Hey, at least answer! Akane-chaaaan! -4 Geez! Shut up, already! I don’t need your coffee! sfx- Whoosh Here sfx- Shff -5 What’s this? Your B-day present. Happy birthday! ###small Thanks… It’s from Yukiko. -7 Hey Open it ’n take a look. Y… Yeah… -8 sfx- Ka-pah A silver right… —73 -1 It’s cute… Didya know? If you get a silver ring in your teens, it means you’ll become happy. You know Yukiko, as soon as she heard that, she had to change what she was giving you. So yesterday we went to buy that for you. -2 That jewelry shop… -3 sfx- Clench It wasn’t engagement rings. -4 It was for me… -5 I don’t know if you two are fighting or what, but make up already, ok? She’s depressed. Really down. OK, I gotta get to work. sfx- Pat Pat -6 You’re a beloved younger sister to the both of us. -8 Drip Drop —74 -1 Sniff Drip -2 I really did know… That no matter how hard I tried, I was just the younger sister. -3 If I was a guy, would things be any different? If I was the same age as Yuki-chan? sfx- Whump sfx- Roll If I wasn’t her childhood friend…? -4 Yuki-chan This ring? Like I would want this. -5 I… I… —75 -1 Didn’t want this ring! I wanted to wear wedding rings with Yuki-chan! -2 Akane-chan! -4 And so, six months passed. —76 -1 I couldn’t get to the point where I could face Yuki-chan. And now the day of the wedding has rolled around. -2 Ichika! Here! Over here! sfx- Clamor Clamor —3 Sigh -4 This is a pain. Why do I have to be here? -4 Because if it was just me, I’d just run away. -5 Y… You mad? Nope, not mad. Just shocked at myself. Wha? -6 But forget that, look. Hmm? -7 Yuki-chan… —77 -1 Th-thump -2 Haaaah Ok! -3 Um, um… Akane-chan, I… Yuki-oneechan! -4 Throb -5 My beloved Yuki-chan. ###box I love you. I hope you are happy …Onee-chan. -6 I can’t say I’m over it yet, but… ###box —78 -1 Akane-chan… Thank you… -2 But I do always pray for your happiness. ###box Thank you. -2 You are the one I love. ###box -3 You did good. There, there. ###handwritten sfx- Sniff But I hate making Yuki-chan cry. sfx- Wipe -4 And! I’m not giving up! I’m gonna work to become a woman that can make her happy anytime! They might break up, after all ###handwritten sfx- Flex You really don’t know when to give up. -5 Well, not like I’m one to talk.