I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her 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. —01 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her Life? It’s just all about money, amirite? -2 That’s why I’ve been saving up as much as I can since I was young. I’m in this biz to accumulate capital. I’m not interested in love, but I’d consider marrying for money. -3 Yeah, I had it all planned out, but… Starting up with a special one-shot! ###vertical —02 -1 A special one shot ###circles Me? Getting made by a college girl? No fucking way! ###vertical on right I'm a Hostess, But… Have I somehow screwed up? A College Student Made Me Fall For Her Our story starts in a shabby old apartment 4 koma yuri love comedy ###circles —03 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her No way, right? ###vertical on right Wha? What’s with this dump? Where am I? Last night there was an event at the bar… Crap! I can’t remember anything! Did I drink too much?! -2 And I’m naked! So does that mean… I did it? -3 hw- Noooo! Me? Doing it with some poor dude in this shitty apartment? hw- And I was a virgin! sfx- Shiver Shiver Shiver sfx- Ka-cha Ah, Yuki-san. Good morning! -4 I have to get to my lecture, ok? But there’s breakfast in the kitchen if you want it. —04 -1 It suddenly hit her. ###vertical Good evening! Good evening. -2 Thank you. Drink as much as you’d like. -3 Good morning -4 Whaa?! A girl?! hw- Me? Uh, I’m an old fart, ok? —05 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her Memories coming back from the dead ###vertical Right, right… I was drunk and gave the wrong address to the taxi driver… I lost my way, and that girl called out to me… sfx- Ugh sfx- Hick Uh, miss? Are you ok? Wanna come to my place? -2 If you need to throw up, you should. Huuulk -3 Hey, I’m really cold… warm me up? -4 I’m swearing off booze! I came on to her! You said that three days ago too. —06 -1 I ended up coming ###vertical What a blunder. Even if I was drunk, I would never… And not with such a plain girl! -2 Well, what’s done is done. hw- Oh, spinach is cheap. And I’ll never see her again anyway. -3 It’s not like I’ll ever step foot in that old apartment again… ###bold and italicize “that” -4 Huh? Just when did I…?! hw- And I brought groceries too… —07 -1 Getting it back ###vertical Noooo, no. This is just, y’know… Paying her back for the nice thing she did is only proper. I mean, I did eat the breakfast she made me, so… hw- It was yummy -2 But, what the hell am I doing! It’s in the middle of the night! C’mon, have some common sense! You don’t go knocking on someone’s door at this time! -3 Geez, I end up doing shit like this sometimes! My self confidence is shrinking -4 But despite that, I’m able to give adroit replies to my customers! sfx- Tappa ###repeat sfx- Be-whoop Be-whoop Be-whoop My self confidence is growing! —08 -1 Self Confidence sfx- Twitch -2 Ah… oh. Thanks for your help last night. Um… you’re… I’m Hotaru. -3 Ah, right, right. Hotaru-cha… You forgot, huh? Even after you were calling my name over and over? -4 It’s fallen again! Thanks! hw- What are you going to do about this?! What has? —09 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her A nice workplace ###vertical You’re coming home pretty late. I had overtime at work. -2 Oh, sounds rough. No, it’s a really nice workplace. So no prob. -3 Today a coworker collapsed from overwork. And so we didn’t have enough people. The company president came back to work and told us “this is the kind of situation where we gotta stick together!” After supporting us like that, we all came together and kicked ass. -4 I didn’t get overtime pay, but I got a big sense of satisfaction! You need to quit that place! That’s totally a shitty workplace! —10 -1 You look lonely ###vertical Um… So I’m guessing you don’t remember last night? Uuh… I’m sorry. Just bits, to tell the truth. -2 Hm… Shucks. -3 Th-thump —11 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her Young lady… ###vertical hw- Hmph I thought she was just some little girl, but actually she’s pretty cute. sfx- Ka-cha If you’d like, why don’t you come in? -2 Um, well, today… I’m just returning the favor, ‘cause I stayed the night and had a meal. So, if you’ve already eaten, that’s fine, but… What am I all embarrassed about? Over some girl? ###bold and italicize “her” -3 What? You’re going to make something for me? sfx- Beam -4 Over some girl…! sfx- Heart-throbbin! I was so busy I didn’t get a break, so I’m really hungry! Yeah, you need to quit. —12 -1 I can’t win against that. ###vertical C’mon Yuki, what are you getting all excited about? hw- So you’re left handed, huh? I mean, I’m the heart throb here, right? -2 I guess I’ll give the newbie a taste of my full power work mode. hw- Well, not like I’m in the sex trade, but… Precisely angled upward gaze ###box Calculating Onee-san appeal ###box I’ve never made food for anyone before… So don’t get mad if I make a whoopsie, ok? -3 C’mon… Innocent eyes ###box There’s nothing better than you just making something for me, Yuki-san. Pure heart. Straight shooter. ###box -4 Throb! W-what was that sound? My stomach! Just forget it! —13 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her The old days ###vertical So do you live around here, Yuki-san? hw- The pasta is great! You must be joking. Shinjuku. Oh? So why were you around here last night? -2 I used to live around here with my mom when I was young. When I got in the taxi, I slipped and gave the old address. I can’t believe I made a mistake like that. -3 Hmm… I guess you must have been longing for the old days. —14 -1 Hell ###vertical You must be joking. It was a place older than this one. No bath. Six people had died there over the years. Why were you in a place like that? hw- It’s like accident central -2 Dad racked up debt, and the money just bled away. It’s a story you often hear around here. sfx- Heh Just what kind of neighborhood…? -3 And we got swindled by a relative and what little savings vanished. That’s a one-two punch you don’t see too often, huh? -4 And then there was a mysterious fire that burned everythi… Stop! Just stop already! sfx- Whish Did you know there’s no end to the depths of hell? —15 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her Back to her original plan ###vertical That’s right… -2 I’m done with this lifestyle. sfx- Whssh Yeah, she’s a little cute and all, but… It’s not like I could marry a college student for money. ###bold and italicize “her” -3 Kiss Hm? -4 —16 -1 Wait up ###vertical Kiss Hm… -2 Kiss Kiss -3 Grope sfx- Shudder Ah -4 Kiss Kiss Ah… Hey… Wait a sec! sfx- Slide… —17 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her Difficulty level ###vertical Um… Let me go take a shower… -4 Huh? Don’t tell me I’m easy? —18 -1 A room like that one ### vertical -3 They looks the same somehow. Like the one back then. —19 -1 I'm a Hostess, But a College Student Made Me Fall For Her Back then ###vertical Back then I never got a single thing I wanted. hw- That’s a cute dress! I always felt miserable. Daddy bought it for me! -2 sfx- Roll But… -3 Maybe there was more to it than just that. hw- These came out perfect! —20 -1 A strong woman ###vertical Well I guess something like this -2 Might not be bad in small doses. sfx- Blink We await your impressions! ###vertical -3 Hyeah, right. What? Nothing. -4 By the way, what’s your mom doing now? After repaying the debt, she got remarried to a real estate mogul. hw- Hohoho! You find yourself a good man too! Strong! The End