I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her Ch02 by Amazaki Suika TL by boke ### TL notes indicated by hash tags like this: ### ### Page numbers indicated by —XX for example, page one is: —01 ### Panel numbers indicated by -X for example, panel one is: -1 ### sfx- means the following is a sound effect. ### hw- means the following is handwritten text. ### Unless otherwise noted, panel and text balloon flow is from upper right to lower left. ### This TL indexes on file number in case the page numbers don’t match. ### Sometimes my comments are snark or color, so feel free to ignore those. —340 -1 Due to great response to the the one shot - fast tracked to serialization The popular chapter 1 is available on Comic Walker! Amazaki Suika Chapter 2 I'm a Hostess, But… ###vertical right I thought money was everything, but… A College Student Made Me Fall For Her ###vertical left A love comedy where a Hostess get charmed by a poor college student! —341 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her The story so far ###vertical My name is Yuki. I’m a big city girl working as a hostess. -2 Up until recently, my life has revolved around the idea that money is everything. But once I met a certain college student, I’ve started to think that might not be the case. -3 But I’ve realized I’ve got one big problem. They met in a run down apartment, and had a lovely time together… —342 -1 What am I? ###vertical So am I going out with her? So, just what am I to her? -2 As far as we’ve heard, you had a one night stand. hw- Zip me up? Twice! The number of times doesn’t matter. -3 Well, it’s true we haven’t gone on dates, but… We’ve made meals and eat together. Hm. -4 So she’s not just offering up her body. She cooks for them too. On her back for the price of green onions. sfx- Whisper Whisper She gets paid in green onions! ### this is a hard to translated idiom. “a duck bearing green onions on their back” means something like “good fortune has dropped in my lap”. I’ve stretched the TL just a bit to match the flavor of the dialog. Paid in green onions?! —343 -1 Chapter 2 —344 -1 Hobbies -2 Just ask her, ok? Like, “Am I your girlfriend?” I’d suck if she said no, right? -3 Then just ask her to be your girlfriend. But that would seems like I want to go out with her… ###bold and italicize “I” You don’t? -4 I hate things when they are unresolved. I just want some clarity. hw- It’s not like I want to Waitta sec… Is it that Yuki just doesn’t have much experience with dating? Bulleye. -5 She’s the kind who only gets enjoyment out of the total of her bank account. hw- Kiss Kiss sfx- Hick hw- Preddy gud How do you know that?! You told me while you were drunk. —345 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her We’re on the Hostess side, ok? ###vertical But are you sure about her? You’re not being played? Seems like she’d have other women. -2 She doesn’t. She’s totally hooked on me. Hm? Like how? -3 She sends me messages on Line before bed each night. And she uses heart emojis. hw- Sometimes And… Um… -4 Ah! She remembers the things I like! Like what mushrooms I like! You talk like an old geezer infatuated with a hostess! —346 -1 Who’s infatuated? ###vertical You don’t believe me? I’ll show you. She’s so totally infatuated with me. sfx- Click -2 sfx- Bewoop See, I send her a selfie and I get an immediate response! sfx- K-chik -4 Kyaa! I just can’t…! Sooo cute! Wanna see? Waddya think? Ehehehe —347 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her Strange happenings ### vertical -2 Yuki-san! Glad you came! sfx- Beam There isn’t a sus bone in her body. Still pretty warm out there. Yeah. Can I take a shower? -3 Those two don’t know what they are talking about. Hm? —348 -1 Shadow ###vertical What the hell’s this? -2 Long black hair… It’s not mine. It’s not Hotaru’s… -3 Seems like she’d have other women. -4 sfx- Ka-cha Huh? That was fast. —349 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her Before they fall ###vertical Sorry, I got called by a customer. I have to go. -2 Now? Wow, that sucks. You said it. Seems like he’s out drinking relatively close. He’s a big spender, so I have to show my face. -3 The taxi’s coming, so I’m going now. Yuki-san… -4 Take care, okay? —350 -1 Better watch and learn ###vertical Huh? What’s with her? Who knows… -2 I’ve never seen Yuki-san space out like that. sfx- Spaced ouuut. It’s like her heart’s missing or something. -3 I bet something happen with that girl. sfx- Zoned out Poor girl. hw- She seems like a different person… -4 But her hands are totally on autopilot! hw- She’s not looking! sfx- Tappa ###repeat She’s just texting customers. What a pro! —351 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her Encounter ###vertical -2 No, no… If I think about it, it has to be friends or family, right? -2 When it comes to things like this, it’s best just to ask directly. Keep it cool… —352 -1 Not keeping it cool ###vertical sfx- Knock Knock -2 Yes? Ah! Yuki-san! Perfect timing! I was just making dinner… -3 I can’t believe the day would come where I’d have to use such a clichéd expression… Huh? -4 Who’s the other woman?! —353 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her Name Huh? -2 Where’s the woman? Woman? -3 Long haired… She was here, right? Aaaah. You mean Reiko-san? —354 -1 The truth ###vertical I’m sorry, I knew I would going to have to tell you someday… I knew it. It’s another woman. -2 I’m so stupid. Letting myself get all carried away… The truth is… -3 This place… It’s haunted. -4 Hah? This place is haunted. —355 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her Not there ###vertical Whaa?! Ah, but only one person died, ok? Like the people matters! -2 So… You’re meaning to tell me what I saw was a ghost? Yes. -3 Don’t fuck with me! She’s just hiding somewhere! sfx- Slam -4 Ka-cha -5 Sliiide See? —356 -1 It’s not a cat or anything ###vertical Aaaugh! You’re joking, right?! That’s scary! sxf- Hug -2 I heard she ended up hanging herself. I don’t want to hear it! -3 But she hasn’t done anything scary at all. Actually, she makes it pretty cool in summer. And this is the only apartment that is free of mice and cockroaches too. -4 I’m sure Reiko-san is eating them all for us. hw- It’s a big help! That’s creepy in it’s own right! —357 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her Popular wisdom ###vertical I’m sorry… I was afraid that if I told you, you’d stop coming over.. sfx- Ba-dump -2 Oh, right… I heard this from a customer… Apparently ghosts are adverse to sexual activity. Oh? If we do something she doesn’t like, maybe she’ll disappear…? -3 Do you want to try? sfx- Shhf -4 No. It’ll be a problem it Reiko-san disappears. Who’s more important here, me or that damn ghost?! —358 -1 Thinking ###vertical sfx- Blink sfx- Zzz -2 Thirsty… -3 Wobble Wobble —359 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her Nice to meet you ###vertical No, this can’t be true, yeah? sfx- Chmmf -2 Making a fool of me! A ghost?! And I just went and fell for it. hw- I’ll just have some barley tea. -3 I’ll grill her about in the morning… sfx- Whumpf —360 -1 Things are shaking out ###vertical Kyaaaaa She believes. -2 The next day. sfx- Huh?! So just what am I to her? Next time - It might be a sleep over with the three of them! ###vertical Cune To be continued