MANGAKA: Morishima Akiko TITLE: Kanojo no Button wo Hazusu Toki / "When I take off her button" tl note: R = Rikako, M = Miyuu; C and K appear here from "Romance Girls' File", though they aren't explicitly named here == IMG 259 == PANEL 1 Text: It's been half a year since the two of us started dating, R: Miyuu, is doing this kind of thing... R: No good? Text: And for the first time we're spending the night together. PANEL 2 Text: Scared, my girlfriend Miyuu said-- M: No... I'm happy if it's Rikako-san, but... M: My clothes... I don't want to take them off. PANEL 3 R: Eh? Text: She doesn't want to take off her clothes? PANEL 5 Text: But I still loved her, R: Okay, I understand. == IMG 260 == PANEL 1 Text: And that remains unchanged, even after half a year. R: Miyuu, R: It's already 8 o'clock. == IMG 261 == PANEL 1 Text: Miyuu has low blood pressure and never can get up in the morning. R: Your sleeping face is so cute. sfx: Chuu / Kiss Text: In turn, I wake up early on the mornings she stays over and end up teasing her in various ways. PANEL 2 R: You're not waking up~ R: I'm going to rub your chest. sfx: Chuu chuu / Kiss kiss PANEL 3 R: She's sound asleep. PANEL 4 Thought: Even if I undid her button, Thought: I wonder if she wouldn't wake up? == IMG 262 == PANEL 1 sfx: Bun / Swoosh Thought: ...no! (tl note: actual text is '-tte' which is an emphatic particle w/o any meaning on its own) Thought: Hey, hey, heyyy! PANEL 2 sfx: Yo / Oof. Thought: Don't think of such foolish things to wake her up... PANEL 3 Text: I have never seen my girlfriend naked. M: Good morning, Rikako-san. R: Good morning~ Sound: Wan / Woof PANEL 4 R: Since it's going to be 15 more minutes until the brown rice is done cooking, Why don't you go take a shower? M: Okayyy. == IMG 263 == PANEL 1 Text: Of course she changes her clothes, but... I've never even seen her in just underwear. Thought: She's stripping. sfx: gosogoso / rustle rustle Sound: Shuru / *undo* sfx: Pasa / rustle PANEL 2 Text: Flirting together in the bath :heart: It's really a pipe dream. Sound: Kyu / squeak (tl note: it's the sound of her turning on the water) sfx: Za~~ za~~ / *water pouring* Thought: I wonder where she washes first. sfx: Za~~... / *water pouring* PANEL 3 Thought: A girl who doesn't strip (or get stripped) in front of her girlfriend, huh... sfx: Za~~ za~~ / *water pouring* Thought: A top, or rather, boyish style? I wonder if she could be transgender, but... PANEL 4 M: I'm giving you my handmade cloth pads! R: ...no matter what I might think, she's 100% a girl. PANEL 4 BACKGROUND Title: Miyuu-chan's Profile Text: Name: Minami Miyuu Age: 19 years old Occupation: In school for aromatherapy Hobby: Making gluten-free sweets Favorite Food: Brown rice that she grew herself Favorite Clothes: Her organic cotton one-piece dress Title: Rikako-san's Profile Text: Name: Togawa Rikako Age: Twenties (around thirty) Occupation: Pharmacist Hobby: Studying pharmaceutics Favorite Clothes: Her white coat == IMG 264 == PANEL 1 Text: It's a mystery... PANEL 2 M: Hooray! Today's nukazuke is eggplants~ :heart: R: As expected, the tsukemono is homemade with lots of lactic acid bacteria from the plants. M: Homemade is delicious~ PANEL 3 Side text: It tastes different depending on your house, right~ PANEL 4 Thought: Her size is around a C-cup, I think. Thought: What color could her nipples be? M: Rikako-san, Are you listening? PANEL 5 Side text: Ha! R: Ah... no... M: Were you thinking about something medicine-related again? Side text: Fufu! PANEL 5 BOOKS (right to left) Text: Structure and [...] Sanitary Chemistry Public [...] Prescription Analysis PANEL 7 R: You knew? R: Recently I've been enjoying reading literature on herbal medicine... M: Just as I thought! == IMG 265 == PANEL 1 R: Sorry, sorry. It's my day off, so I'll forget about it and have fun. Is there any place where you want to go? M: Nuh-uh. PANEL 2 M: Since I'm not good with crowds. R: If Rikako-san wants to read pharmaceutical books, then watching Rikako-stan study is what I'd like to do. PANEL 4 R: But now, R: I'm not really in the mood to read books. PANEL 6 Text: Even though the me of the past only studied, and had no interest in romance... Thought: I met Miyuu by chance and somehow became this sort of woman. == IMG 266 == PANEL 1 Thought: Even though I already love her so much I can't stand it, I'm burning so much with a hidden frustration... PANEL 2 Text: When we have sex we close the shutters and blackout curtains and make it totally dark. PANEL 3 Text: Even if she does it clothed, her clothes would definitely get messed up, so we can't let even a little light in. PANEL 4 Text: Groping in the darkness, I touch Miyuu. R: Miyuu, you've lost a little weight recently. Text: Awkwardly, I put my hands in her clothes. M: Maybe so. == IMG 267 == PANEL 1 R: But your boobs got bigger. M: Oh... really...? R: Yeah. Text: With the feeling conveyed from my hands, I imagine her naked body. PANEL 2 Thought: And so, as much as I touch her, Nothing really is going to change... PANEL 3 Thought: I want... to see her naked. PANEL 4 M: ...Rikako-san. R: Mm... Yeah...? == IMG 268 == PANEL 1 M: I love you. Text: I want to see what kind of face she makes when she says that. R: I love you too. Text: I want to tell her that while looking at her face. PANEL 2 C: I looked into Miyuu-chan's circumstances~ R: As expected of a pro detective! I'm sorry, you must be busy. (tl note: original phrasing is 'I'm sorry; even though you're busy...') PANEL 3 C: Don't talk so standoffishly. I received my investigation fee, so don't worry about it! R: Well, I'm grateful. My uncertainty went away. PANEL 4 C: ...so, the investigation results. It looks like ever since middle school, she tended to be absent from school. R: Skipping school? == IMG 269 == PANEL 1 C: Not so much skipping school, but rather, it looks like she hated PE, and she never attended it in high school. R: I get that. I also would skip marathon classes and hide inside the laboratory. PANEL 2 C: Besides that, she was also absent on the day of her physical examination. She didn't participate in her class trip either. PANEL 3 R: That's... C: Probably. R: Because she doesn't want to take off her clothes? PANEL 4 R: I wonder, does she have a mark or scar or something? C: I don't have any medical records of a cause like that. PANEL 5 C: Well, brats in puberty are cruel, so maybe she was bullied about whatever the deal was with her body? C: Like that her legs are fat, or her nipples are black, or some other unimportant thing. R: It does seem likely... (tl note: literal phrasing is more like 'the likelihood seems high') == IMG 270 == PANEL 1 sfx: poroporoporo / *crying* sfx: gyo / shock PANEL 2 C: Don't cry, Rikako! R: But... when I think of Myuu feeling hurt... PANEL 3 C: Isn't Myuu-chan attending school fine now? R: Yeah. C: And wouldn't she be happy to have a lover who cries like this? PANEL 4 R: ......... C: She would! (tl note: original phrasing is more like 'that's how it is/that's right!') PANEL 5 C: Anyway, I'll keep investigating, so I'll contact you if I figure something out. R: Thanks. == IMG 271 == PANEL 1 Side text: See you! C: Good luck with your afternoon work! R: You too. PANEL 2 Thought: A scar on her heart from adolescence, huh... PANEL 3 Thought: To other people it wouldn't mean anything, but for her it must be serious. PANEL 4 M: Rikako-san! sfx: DOKI! / *sudden heartbeat* PANEL 5 R: Miyuu!? M: Today's afternoon lecture got canceled, so I came. PANEL 6 R: A-ah, sorry, I didn't notice your message. I was just eating lunch with a friend. M: A friend? That person just now? == IMG 272 == PANEL 1 R: Yeah. M: She's a really beautiful person. PANEL 2 Side text: Now that you mention it, she is a beauty... R: Well, yes... M: ...... PANEL 3 R: She really is just a friend! M: I know. PANEL 4 M: Since I don't have any friends myself, I got jealous. PANEL 5 R: ...... M: But now, I have Rikako-san. PANEL 6 R: Yeah... M: Listen-- == IMG 273 == PANEL 1 M: Of all my life up until now, M: Right now I'm the happiest. PANEL 2 R: Me too. M: So then, PANEL 3 M: So then... PANEL 4 M: ...... PANEL 5 M: N-nothing! R: ? == IMG 274 == PANEL 1 Text: Half a year ago, I summoned up what little courage I had and confessed to Miyuu. PANEL 3 Text: I was incredibly scared too, but Text: Myuu, shy and vulnerable, must have been even more scared. PANEL 4 Text: Becoming intimate with someone. M: My clothes... I don't want to take them off. Text: What she refused was especially painful. PANEL 5 Text: Miyuu has always felt indebted to me. Text: What can I do to make her comfortable? == IMG 275 == PANEL 1 Text: What do I do...? Sign: PHARMACY | PRESCRIPTIONS PICKUP (tl note: word in the box is literally 'DRUGS'. the rest of the sign says 'prescription' but then the next word is cut off) PANEL 2 Sign: PRESCRIPTION PICKUP | DELIVERY Thought: ...of course, I wonder about living together. Side text: This medicine is to be taken after meals... PANEL 3 Thought: If we lived together, naturally... I mean, even if it's unpleasant for her, when relaxing, Box: Illustration of relaxing Thought: She shouldn't worry about wearing clothes or being naked, right? PANEL 4 Text: A relaxing Miyuu! :heart: Thought: All right! Text: But the two of us in my current apartment is a bit tight! Speech: Togawa-san. PANEL 5 R: What is it, chief? Speech: I need to have a quick talk with you. == IMG 276 == PANEL 1 M: Rikako-san's becoming a pharmacy manager? sfx: haa haa / *panting* sfx: haa haa / *panting* PANEL 2 R: Yeah, the current person is retiring, and they need a successor, after all. M: So a pharmacy manager oversees the other pharmacists? R: Mmm... yeah, that kind of coordinating. PANEL 3 M: It sounds difficult. R: I don't really want to be the person responsible for it, but... Sign: LEASES Sign: APARTMENT SEARCHING LEASES SALES PANEL 4 M: Can't you refuse? Side text: Aaaahh... R: Well, it's inconvenient, but it'll increase my income. R: And then we can move into a little larger of an apartment, maybe... PANEL 5 R: My apartment now is overflowing with books, isn't it? BG Text: Rental Apartment R: Ahaha. PANEL 6 R: A-ah, this looks good! Two bedrooms; a kitchen; storage, living and dining rooms; and pets allowed! (tl note: it's a 2SLDK apartment with pets allowed) M: Ah, I'm getting a good impression! PANEL 6 DIAGRAM Title: Rental Apartment Room labels (from top-to-bottom/left-to-right): Storage room: ~5 mat Western-style room: ~5 mat Counter Living/Dining/Kitchen: ~14.5 mat Balcony Western-style room: ~6 mat == IMG 277 == PANEL 1 Sign: LEASES SALES APA-- (tl note: last word is cut off) M: The bedroom here, In this room we can arrange the bookshelves into a reading space for Rikako-san! Side text: kya! kya! R: Yeah, yeah! Side text: kya! kya! PANEL 2 R: And over here we could put Miyu's aroma shelf and desk. ...how about that? PANEL 4 R: Wouldn't you be happy if we could live together, just the two of us? PANEL 6 M: No. == IMG 278 == PANEL 1 R: Hey, Miyuu, wait! sfx: sa sa / *fast steps* PANEL 2 M: I don't want Rikako-san to overwork and take an unpleasant job for my sake! sfx: gacha / clatter PANEL 3 R: It's not particularly that bad of a job... and I won't be overworking. sfx: patan / *shuts* M: ....... PANEL 4 M: Listen, M: Because taking my clothes off myself is hard for me, M: Rikako-san could strip me? == IMG 279 == PANEL 1 Text: !? PANEL 2 M: I... I actually overheard... M: Rikako-san! PANEL 4 M: ...that conversation from earlier between Rikako-san and her friend. PANEL 5 M: It made me happy. PANEL 6 M: But the truth is, I've always understood. Rikako-san wouldn't hate my issue. R: Of course I wouldn't! PANEL 7 R: Even as it is now, of course I wouldn't hate it! R: Don't push yourself, Miyuu!! == IMG 280 == PANEL 1 M: I'm not pushing myself! M: It's a little scary, but, PANEL 2 R: But... Text: Miyuu saying that and smiling, Her smile is so beautiful. PANEL 3 M: Because I love Rikako-san... == IMG 281 == PANEL 1 Text: And then, Miyuu... Text: Miyuu was so completely beautiful. PANEL 2 sfx: Tourururu tourururu / *phone ringing* PANEL 3 Phone: Togawa Rikako Calling... C: No reply, ehhh... C: Even though I figured out the completely unexpected truth... K: Unforeseen? PANEL 4 M: ...Rikako-san. PANEL 5 M: Do you hate me after all...? (tl note: actual wording is 'watashi no koto' which means 'my thing/deal/etc.') == IMG 282 == PANEL 1 R: It's not like that! R: I'm really happy now! PANEL 2 K: Her face and body are really beautiful, and that girl is aware of that too, but she doesn't feel proud. Living together makes you feel inferior! (tl note: original wording is 'you get jealous from living together') C: Why? Side text: "Why"... PANEL 3 M: Then, show yourself too, Rikako-san! R: Th-that's... wait a little! Compared to Miyuu, I don't have the courage to show myself yet... M: I love all of Rikako-san! R: Waah! That's my line! Text: But because we have love, we're okay!! Text: END