Starlight Melody by Fuki 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. —04 -1 Memory Lovers Lovers Syndrome I Want To See You Good Night Syndrome The Secret Word Unclear Distance After School Date —05 -1 Iku-chan -2 You’re early today ###handwritten Good morning -3 Good morning You’re 45 seconds late, Aki. sfx- Smirk Wha!? A-aren’t you fussing too much over small details!? We’ve been childhood friends since kindergarten. -4 If you’re gonna hold me to that standard, You were 10 minutes late last week, right!? Ugh Ah… That day the earth cracked open, and when I awoke, I had fallen in… -5 The heck? Ahaha -6 Ever since… I’ve been watching Aki. —6 -1 Memory Lovers —07 -1 Hey! Hey! You’ve got a cat at your house, right, Aki-chan? What kind of cat? What’s it’s name? -2 Wha!? Eh… Um… Uuwa…. Um… -3 Silence -4 L-let’s go, Miki-chan. Yeah… -5 Aki has always sucked at talking to people. -6 sxf- Whud Kyaa!! —08 -1 Fujisawa, you talk weird! Crybaby! -2 I’m… s… Soory… sfx- Twitch Hey! You guys! -3 I told you to lay off Aki, right!? -4 Crap, it’s Koizumi! Shit. Let’s go. -5 Iku-chan… Thank you.. -6 But the fact that she only talked to me, her old friend, At the time, probably made me happy. Ok, let’s go, Aki. —09 -1 sfx- Mangled Social Studies Stupid You suck Year 5 Class 2 ###top book Keep yourself in check! ###bottom book -2 Crap… ###handwritten Iku-chan… that’s… Ah, this bites. They’re crap, even for guys… -3 Why… -4 It’s… It’s my fault this is happening to you too… Why do you hang out with me…? -6 B-because we’re old friends. That’s why. That’s only reason. I couldn’t tell her I just wanted to be with her. —10 -1 Even after getting into high school, our relationship hasn’t changed. -3 sfx- Whisper Whisper See? It’s that girl. -4 sxf- Whisper It’s Fujisawa-san’s fault, right? -5 Hey…! -6 Grap -7 It’s ok. It’s my fault… Aki… -8 Yesterday, there was a group presentation… And it was my fault that it was ruined… -9 So I can’t fault them for saying that… —11 -2 Koizumi-san, We’re all going to karaoke today. Wanna come? -3 Sorry, I have stuff to do today. -4 I see, that’s too bad. How about I invite you again? Can I have your contact? ###handwritten I’ve been wanting to talk with you for a while, Koizumi-san. -6 Iku-chan… Mm? -7 Why… Why did you turn down Karaoke? —12 -1 Wha? What stuff did you have to do? Iku-chan, you don’t work today, right? -2 You heard that? It’s just… It’s a pain. That’s all. -4 I’m sorry… Don’t be, Aki… -4 It’s not your fault. Because… I want to do it this way. —13 -1 Ding Dong Dang Dong -3 Fujisawa-saaan -4 I’ve got a date right now, So having to clean is not gonna work for me, see… -5 You’re ok with that, right? sfx- Nod Nod Ok, see ya. -6 Hey! —14 -1 Don’t push that onto Aki! -2 What are you talking about? Fujisawa-san said it’s ok! Lemme go ###handwritten -3 She didn’t any such thing! She just can’t talk back to you! -4 None of your business! It’s not even your class! It is my business! Um… ###handwritten -5 sfx- Whish Lemme go, already! —15 -1 Wham -2 Iku-chan…!! -3 Oww… You ok? Let’s get out of here ###handwritten -4 Sorry… I’m… It’s my fault… Sorry… Aki… I’m completely fine. -5 Sorr… -6 Aki, you did nothing wrong. sfx- Clench —16 -2 sfx- Beebeebeebeep sfx- Yaaawn Nn? -3 Aki ###top of phone I’m going to school ahead of you. -5 Aki. sfx- Jolt -6 What’s with this morning? Did something happen? —17 -1 Aki…? -2 L… Let’s start going to school separately, ok? -3 Hm. Why? -4 And… Lunch, and after school… No! C’mon, what’s going on!? -5 I’ll be ok by myself. —18 -1 What are you… I want to be alone… -2 Hey… Aki, what’s going on? Is this a joke? -3 Aki? -4 Go… -5 Let me go. -6 Whssh —19 -2 I get it. -3 It’s not a joke. -5 I know since I’ve been watching Aki all this time after all. —20 -1 Ding Dong -2 Um… Is Fujisawa here? She’s here. But just rushed off somewhere. -5 Have the things I’ve been doing… -6 Mail ###left 0 Messages ###right -7 Been a pain for Aki…? —21 -1 Aki… She hasn’t gone home yet. -3 Fujisawa-san, sorry, but… -4 Aki! We all have something to do. And we’ve gotta hurry. So take care of the cleaning, ok? -5 It’s them again… —22 -1
 sfx- Pause I’ll be ok by myself. -3 Aki… Doesn’t need me anymore… -4 Gawd, that time before, it was Koizumi, right? From class two? Yeah, sticking her nose into a different class’s business. -5 Makes me sick when hypocrites like that stick their noses in… -6 …logiz… Eh? —23 -1 Apologize to Iku-chan! -3 Wha!? Apologize! Apologize! Hey… Wha…!? -4 sfx- Lean Apologize… Ge… Get away! sfx- Shove —24 -2 Aki! -3 Ugh… What a pain. Not again ###handwritten Let’s get outta here. -4 Aki… You ok? Iku-chan… Why…? -5 That surprised me. I never would have thought you’d talk back like that… -6 But… They were talking crap about you, Iku-chan. —25 -1 But… Why? You suddenly didn’t like me anymore, right? ### upper left Why did you stick up for me? -3 It’s… It’s not like that! -4 I can’t… Be together with you Iku-chan So that’s why… I’m always causing you trouble… And you still stick with me… —26 -1 I’m just tying you down… -2 I know we’re childhood friends, but… It’s ok, you don’t have to be with me. -3 Why do you stay together with me? I… It’s ‘cause we’re childhood friends… -4 No… It’s not a pain or anything. —27 -1 I’m the one tying you down. I… always, always want to be with you. -2 Not as childhood friends. I really love you! -3 Wha…!? L… Love…? Uuh… Ugh, so embarrased! Gyaa ###handwritten —28 -1 If that’s the reason, can I stay with you? —29 -1 Lovers Syndrome —30 -2 South Ryoukoku Station -3 sfx- Th-thump Th-thump -4 W-what now…? I got here way too early. D-do I have bed head? Crap! I had rice stuck to my face! -5 It’s the same place we always meet up. -6 sfx- Th-thump But today is different from other days… —31 -1 That’s ‘cause yesterday… I-I-I… I love you, Yukino! M-more than just friends! -2 Sfx- Steam H-Haruna!? -3 Me too. I love you Haruna. More than just friends. -4 Eh…!? Really? -5 Yeah… So we became lovers. —32 -1 sfx- Blush So embarrassed! Just remembering makes me break out in sweat… -2 I was afraid she’d hate me, so I didn’t say anything for a long time. So that made me soo happy! -3 Haruna! -4 Good morning! -5 Wow, unusual for you to be so early. Ugyaaa R-really? -6 sfx- Ba-dump Ba-dump What with these palpitations…? Whadda I do? —33 -1 Thissiz bad… Gotta calm my ass down… -2 What wrong? Let’s go! Ah… Y-yeah!! -3 sfx- Glance Yukino… Seems the same as always. -5 I… wanna hold hands… —34 -2 Aaand, couldn’t do it. sfx- sign Yukino! -3 sfx- Glomp Morning! -4 Gaah! -5 Wha? What’s wrong, Haruna? N-n-nothin’! —35 -2 sfx- Clicka Clicka Clicka Clicka Sigh… -3 Getting worked up over that hug? Seriously? -4 But… You ok with this, Yukino? Am I the only one getting worked up…? -5 Did my confession yesterday really get through to her? -6 I wanna do more date-like things! Here Ahhh ###above two are small —36 -1 Tch. Just what am I fantasizing about? I’m shameless! sfx- Uugh -2 sfx- Whssh No, no, no! That’s all normal stuff, right if you’re dating, right? I’ve got to be more proactive about stuff! -3 Right! sfx- Tappa Tappa Text Entry Wanna go on a date after school? ### phone screen Let’s start with this! -4 Ok! Let’s send this! sfx- Shake Shake Annnd send… Send it, already… -5 Argh, maybe I should invite her out to hang like always… -6 Hey, Takatsutki, what do you think you’re doing? sfx- jolt sfx- Beep -7 I… I sent it! —37 -1 Um… -2 Where do you want to go? So nothing to do but do it! -3 Mm, how about a movie? That one you wanted to see, Haruna? I want to see it too. -5 Bam Bam Crash Kyaaa -5 Sniff Sniff sfx- Drip -6 Wow, that was great! Haruka, you were crying sooo much (lol) And you were raising such a racket! ###handwritten But it was so moving! Ah, now that I had a good cry, I’m getting hungry. Let’s grab something. —38 -1 So good! -2 Hit the arcade? -3 Hey… Crap! One more try! -4 Ah, right, can we stop by the bookstore? There’s a manga that went on sale today… -5 Huh!? What am I doing…!? -6 I totally forgot we’re on a date! We’re just doing the same old shit we always do! sfx- Dooong —39 -1 Hey Yu-kun, let’s go to a photo booth. -2 C’mon! C’mon! Wha? We did that last week. -3 We just seem like nothing but friends… -5 Haruna… what’s wrong? —40 -1 I… was just getting carried away by you telling me you loved me. ###combined Wha…? -2 I just thought that since we’re going out, we needed to be doing date stuff… Kinda dumb, huh? -3 Haruna…? -4 And even though I said date, we're just doin’ the same old same old. —41 -1 So… -2 Let’s do some stuff more like lovers do… —42 -1 N… -2 Eh… Ah… Ooo… sfx- Blush -3 Sorry to make you worry… -4 But… When you told me you loved me, It made me soo happy, okay? —43 -1 But… y’know… I was soo conscious of you… That I thought I’d better act like normal… -2 It’s not just you, Haruna, I’m getting carried away too. -3 Th-thump —44 -1 Was… Was that enough like lovers…? -2 sfx- Steam Y..yeah B-but… I-I wasn’t planning on kissing just yet… sfx- Blush Wha!? S-sorry! ### handwritten Slowly. Without rushing. We can move forward together. —45 -1 Starlight Melody —47 -1 I Want To See You —48 -1 Welcome! Soup ###sign -2 Mmmnn… -3 Ah, they still have it! Great! ###handwritten -4 Huh!? -5 Ah… S… sorry…! Can you wait just a moment? Are you ok? ###handwritten W-where… Where did I put my wallet? -6 Um… -7 Mm? That’s… —49 -1 Honda-san!? sfx- Rustle Rummage -2 She seems freaked out… Nah, can’t be her. After all, Honda san is… -3 She’s the class rep! So serene, an honors student! sfx- Serious Way different than me (lol) Or that’s how she seems, anyway… -4 Mmm… ###handwritten Well, Yeah, they look alike… -5 Ah, crap! -6 Na… Nakahara-san!? —50 -2 U-um… Thanks so much for paying for me! sfx- Bow Bow C’mon… It’s fine. I can spot you 100 yen. -3 But I was surprised that you live in the neighborhood! And seeing you like that too! Ahaha ###handwritten -4 sfx- Blush To tell the truth, I’m pretty forgetful… Really!? You!? -5 Like yesterday, I took a bath twice… S-seriously? Does she really not have it together!? -6 I’ve never talked to her before, but she’s easy to talk with. So you don’t normally wear glasses? ###handwritten -7 She’s pretty different than at school. Yeah, my eyes aren’t too bad. ###handwritten She’s pretty cute… —51 -1 Whoa! It’s already this late? -2 Better get home. Honda-san? -4 I… Got into a fight with my parents and left the house… Wha? My cram school test scores dropped… We were fighting about that. Oh, wow… I see. -5 I guess… I just gotta try harder. Sorry to keep you with this nonsense. —52 -1 That’s not true! You’re always working hard! -2 Eh!? Ah… Y’know… They often say don’t tell some one who’s working hard to work hard! Honda-san… You’re the class rep for the whole grade, you go to cram school, you’ve got good grades… You’re really rad. -4 I’m always getting red marks on my tests and barely squeaking by. -5 Sorry, comparing things doesn’t help, right? Th-that’s not true! Thank you! -6 Ah, Right, here… sfx- Rustle Rustle —53 -1 You can have this. You might not want it though. ###handwritten -2 Phone strap? Yeah, they come with the juice I buy, and I collect them, but it’s a double. -3 Kinda gross, kinda cute, right? -4 Bwaha What’s with this? The face’s so weird… Ahaha ###handwritten So you’re collecting these, Nakahara-san… -5 uWhoa… Honda-san looks like that when she laughs? sfx- Th-thump -6 Ah, sorry to keep you. N-no… It’s ok. Let’ go! It’d be nice to talk with her more at school tomorrow. —54 -2 Slide -3 Oh! -4 sfx- Whssh Honda-san! Good morning! Yesterday, I… -5 Sfx- Whssss Morning… -6 Huh? —55 -1 Sakiko! Pass! Pass! -2 Am I imagining things? sfx- Whap Was Honda-san being a little distant this morning? -3 Ding Dong Dang Dong -4 I couldn’t talk to her at all to day. Ah!! -5 Honda-san! Going home!? Then… sfx- Tmp Tmp -6 Sorry, I have to hurry. -7 I see… Why didn’t I get it sooner? Sakiko, were you friends with Honda-san? Yesterday didn’t mean anything to Honda-san… —56 -1 I’m just making an ass of myself… Eh!? -2 That strap! -3 Throb… -5 Aahhhgh I’m so restless! What the hell! sfx- Whumpa thump But seriously, why do I even care!? —57 -1 I not going to be able to talk like that with her anymore. -2 Even though I wanted to. -3 Honda-san… ###right Morning… ###upper left Doesn’t think anything about me at all… -4 But… -5 Then why did she… sfx- Whoosh -6 Sakiko, going somewhere? Yeah, be back soon. —58 -3 Maybe… Maybe it might just be… -5 Welcome… sxf- Huff Huff sfx- Glance Glance -6 Yeah… -7 Haha… Right. Like she’d be here. -8 What the hell am I doing? Ah, Yeah… I’m really being dumb… —59 -1 sfx- Shhhft ### door sliding closed, I think Let’s go home… -2 Nakahara-san! -4 Wha!? Honda-san! Why are you… -5 Ah… um… About today… At school… I’m sorry! Wha!? -6 I-I… I really don’t have it together… I’m shy, forget things, get all nervous… -7 But at school… I’m the class rep, so I have to put on a front. That’s what I tell myself… So I can’t talk normally anymore… —60 -1 S-sorry, ok? I know this is weird, right? No! Not at all! -2 But, I… I thought how you were were last night was a little cute, so… Wha!? sfx- Blush -3 Honda-san, you’re trying too hard. You don’t have to force yourself, ok? -4 If you’re ok with it, I’ll help with the class work… Nakahara-san… -5 Ah, but this is great! I thought you didn’t like me… No way! I wouldn’t… -6 I… I wanted to talk with you like yesterday… So… —61 -1 I wanted to apologize, But more than that, I wanted to see you and that’s why I came back here! I though maybe I could see you again… -2 But… We really did end up meeting! Like, wow! -3 Ah… sfx- Th-thump Haah…!? She smiled… —62 -1 Ah! Um! That makes me happy! sfx- Th-thump Me… Me too! -2 I thought I might meet you too Honda-san… sfx- Th-thump I want that smile all to myself. -3 I want to know all sorts of things about her. Shall we trade contact info? ###handwritten Yeah ###handwritten This feeling… This pounding in my heart… I wonder what it is… —63 -1 Good Night Syndrome —64 -1 Brrrrriiiing ### bleeds into next panels -2 …de… Kanade… Kanade! -3 Just how long are you gonna sleep? We’re gonna be late! -4 sfx- Shove Shove Ritsu… Just a little a longer No way! -5 C’mon, act your age! It’s like this every. Single. Day! ###handwritten Sigh… And, stop crawling into my bed. But I’m lonely! I wanna sleep with you, Ritsu. —65 -1 But are you ok just spacing out? It takes longer for you to get to school. Wha!? sfx- Whhsh -2 It’s already seven thirty, right? Eh!? Eeeeeh!? -3 We’re heading out! -4 sfx- Stuck Together ### this is the sfx on the left and right Hey, Kanade… Stop hanging on me while we’re walking. It’s fine, right? We’re about to split up anyway. ###right -6 sfx- Glance And so… ###handwritten Hard to walk like this… And embarrassing… ###handwritten —66 -1 South Ryoukoku -2 Later. -3 Bye bye. sfx- Psshtt Ahh… -4 I should have gone to the same school as Ritsu. -5 Hey, Kanade-chan, you’re a twin, right? Wha? Really!? Yeah. -6 Oh, I wanna see! Me too! Me too! Sure, here’s a photo sticker. —67 -1 Wow, identical! Cute, huh? Which high school? Does she have a boyfriend? -2 Boyfriend!? Rits… Uh, my imooto… ###Younger sister She’s in a girl’s private school. Don’t think she’ll have a boyfriend. -3 Oh, I see. What a shame. Yeah, She seems like she’d be popular. Kaede’s cute too. ###handwritten -4 It’s ok. No way that would ever happen… I mean, no guys around, right? So she can’t get a boyfriend… —68 -1 sfx- Ka-cha I’m home… -2 Ritsu! -3 You’re late! It’s already eight! -4 sfx- Shhhf It is what it is… The tourney is getting close, so club finishes up late… -5 Hey… sfx- Vrrrrrrr -6 sxf- Flip —3 Who is that? Um… It’s my club senpai… -4 Ah, From tomorrow, I’ll have morning practice. So we won’t be able to go together. -5 sfx- Slam Ritsu, you idiot… —70 -2 Sigh… The student counsel meeting ran late. -4 Ritsu…!? -5 Ri… —71 -5 You never show that expression to me… —72 -1 Ka-cha I’m home… -2 sfx- Thump She’s being quiet… -3 Hey, Ritsu… -4 That person you were with at the station… Who was that? —73 -1 My senpai… from club. -2 Vrrrrrrrr -3 Ah… -5 Whish -6 Hey…! Wai… Gimme that! -7 So, that’s person you’ve been texting with? And this is from theme too? ###handwritten —74 -1 What’s… this? -3 sfx- Bluush -4 Give me that! -5 Ritsu… -6 Hey, don’t tell me.. You like… —75 -1 Are you stupid!? You’re both girls! -2 Shut! Up! It has nothing to do with you Kaede, right!? -3 Ritsu! sfx- Whoosh -4 Why? Just why…? —76 -1 Ritsu, you’re going already? I told you I got morning practice. -2 Oh? Ah Kaede, hurry up and have breakfast. -3 sfx- Glances away I’m leaving… -6 Thanks for dinner. Ah, I’m sleeping in the living room again tonight. Oh? Again? —77 -3 Sigh… Yeah, I just can’t calm down when I’m alone. sfx- squeeze -4 Ritsu… She’s mad, huh? Yeah, ‘cause I went and said that. Are you stupid!? You’re both girls! -5 Girls… Dating girls… -6 …nn -7 …me too. —78 -1 Creak… -3 Ritsu… -4 I’m sorry about yesterday… sfx- Hug I… Really said something mean… -4 Uuuuhh… Sniff… -5 Ritsu…? Why are you crying? —79 -1 Senpai… She turned me down. -2 It’s just like you said. -3 She said she’s got a boyfriend… Yeah… I really was stupid… —80 -1 I knew it… I knew it would never work out between girls. -2 Th… That’s not true! -3 She’s gotta be blind if she goes and dumps someone like you! Ritsu, you’re smarter than me, you have your act together, You’ve always been so nice and you’re the cutest in the world! I guarantee it! —81 -1 Ritsu, you’re so cute! -2 Bwahaha! fufufu ###handwritten Wha? What are you laughing about? -3 C’mon… Cutest in the world? You have the same face! Ugh… Shaddup! I’m cute too, okay? -4 Thanks… -5 Ritsu… —82 -1 I love you! sfx- Squeeeeze Wah! Hey… Kaede, that hurts… -2 It’s cause… I get lonely when I sleep by myself. -3 Ju… Just for today, ok? -4 Because we’re twins. Because we’re girls. That’s why I get to be closer to her than anybody. But… I want go get even closer to her, I think. I wonder… When will I be able to tell her… Ahaha You’re cute when you’re embarrassed, Ritsu ###handwritten Sh-shut up already! ###handwritten —83 -1 Starlight Melody —85 -1 Rei, are you and Nanoka going out? The Secret Word -2 Wha!? Eh… whaa!? Wh-why? Why are you asking? -3 ‘Cause Nanoka said so. Weeell, must’ve been a joke, right? Haha ###handwritten -4 Rei-chan! Whatcha doin’? -5 Ah… The teacher’s calling me… sfx- Scape -6 Nanoka, you too, right? Eh? Me? ###handwritten —86 -2 What’s going on!? Why did you tell them we’re going out!? We decided we wouldn’t tell anyone! Oh, be quiet. It’s fine. It’s the truth, after all. Wha…? -3 Seriously. What’s wrong with it? -4 It’s… it’s… -5 I don’t want people to think we’re weird. —87 -1 So does that mean you think you’re weird? -2 That’s not what I’m saying… -3 It’s not, but… -4 Rei-chan, Do you love me…? -5 Wha? Well? Do ya? Do ya? -6 Th-that’s not what we’re talking about here! I’ve got work today, so I’m leaving! sfx- Whssh —88 -2 Rei-chaaaan -3 Good morning! sfx- Glomp Kyaa… -4 Where’s my morning kiss? Mmm ###handwritten Wha!? Wai… What are you talking about!? -5 No! It’s… It’s not like that… Ahaha You two sure are close, huh ###handwritten —89 -1 Here. Say aaaah… -2 Here, Rei-chan. Don’t you want it? -3 Hey, what are you doing? This morning too! Stop it! It’s fine, dude. -4 What’s this? You two going out together after all? -5 Yep. I said so earlier, right? Wha…? -6 Wha, really? Yeah. sfx- Blush Wow! How does it work between two girls? I wanna know! —90 -1 She’s lying… Eh? -2 We’re not going out or anything. -3 So don’t go believing that, ok? It’s all just a joke, see? -4 We’re just friends, and that’s impossible, right? B-between two girls… ahaha. -5 sfx- Glance Eh? Really? Well, I guess. That’s what she said. -7 Na… —91 -1 Whoosh -2 Eh? Nanoka? What’s wrong? Where did she run off to? Went to the bathroom, maybe? -3 sfx- Clatter Sorry, I’m going to the bathroom too. -4 Nanoka! -5 Why are you here? We’re not going out, right? —92 -1 No… That’s just… I mean, that’s the way it is, right!? We can’t just go announcing it left and right! -2 Why do you have to keep… -3 Because I’m scared! -4 I’m worried… That I’m the only one in love… -5 I’m always… always… So scared… -6 Wait… Nanoka… I didn’t notice. —93 After all, Nanoka’s always so cheery and smiling… -4 Are… are you dumb or something!? There’s no way that’d be true! -5 If I didn’t love you… I wouldn’t go out with you! —94 -1 …really? -2 Really! -3 Really, truly? You love me? -4 Ah… Geez… -6 sfx- Grasp Wha… —95 -1 Kiss -2 I love you. You get it now, right? —96 -1 Rei-chan… You really are Tsundere. Sh-shut up, already! Don’t call me Tsundere! -2 Hey, Kiss me again. Not on the cheek this time. N-no way! No way in hell! Whaaa? -97 -1 Unclear Distance —98 -1 Dribble Dribble -2 Call it out! Okay! Nice shot! -3 Fwhish -4 sfx- Shoof Nice shot! -5 Ta… Tachibana-senpai! —99 -1 Working hard! P-please use this! -2 I’ve got my own… Ah… Thanks… -3 Sfx- Herk Tachibana-senpai, lookin’ good! Wheeet Wooo! ### wolf whistle -4 Dang, Natuski, all the kouhai are all over you right from the morning, huh? sfx- Whssh Fu… Futaba! -5 G-gimme a break, here! And, I said you don’t have to come to morning practice, right? So mean. And I brought something nice, too. —100 -1 …something good? The chocolate you like, Natsuki. When I was at the convenience store, they had a new flavor. Here, you can have it. ###handwritten sfx- Ta-dah! -2 Since our classes are different, I thought I’d drop it by. sfx- Smile -3 Ah… Thanks. sfx- Blush -4 Futaba’s my friend here at school. We met back in junior high. Practice is over, right? I’ll wait. Ok, lemme change and I’ll be back. Because of family stuff, my family moved to Tokyo when I was 2nd grade in middle school. —101 -1 Since I was shy, I couldn’t fit in with the class. It was hard to talk with friends, even. But that’s when… -2 Tachibana-san… -3 Want some chocolate? -4 Eh? But… Ah! Put it away fast! The teacher’ll see it! -5 Th-thank you… No prob. I’m Kikuchi Futaba. Let’s be friends. It made me so happy The way she was so straightforward. —102 -1 Natsuki, Let’s go home! ###handwritten Futaba’s so fun to be with. -2 It feels like the only time I can be myself is when I’m with her. -3 But before I knew it, having fun hanging out with Futaba, -4 Ok, see you at lunch! -5 Had changed into deeper feelings than friendship. —103 -2 Sigh… -3 What’s up…? -4 A guy at work keeps pestering me to go hang with him. I finally caved in and said yes yesterday. -5 A guy… Hmm… You’ve been popular with guys since middle school, huh, Futaba? Yeah, no shock that Futaba’d get herself a boyfriend… -6 Natuski, so… got someone you like or anything? sfx- Th-thump —104 -1 …nope. Like there would be… But because I’m weird… ###box I see… Hmm… -2 Having fun in class? and because Futaba’s so nice, -3 More or less, I suppose… But it’s fine. I’ve got friends to talk to. -4 ‘Zat so? Good job, good job. sfx- Pat Pat -5 Crap! I’ve got PE next, so I gotta wolf this down! sfx- Blush I end up feeling like this… —105 -1 Ding dong Dang dong -2 Bye bye -3 Mm? That’s… Natuski and one of her kouhai from club? What are they doing? -4 Bow -5 Whoosh -6 sfx- Leans in Don’t tell me that’s a love letter! —106 -1 Uwah! F-Futaba!? Don’t scare me! -2 Natsuki, all the kouhai loooove you! It’s… it’s not like that! -3 But wow, this stuff really does happen in a girl’s school, huh? You gonna go out with her? I-I keep telling you it’s not like that! -4 Yeah, just joking. She’s a girl, after all, huh? Ahaha… ###small sfx- Stab —107 -1 But, that kouhai was a cutie, huh? sfx- Clench -2 I knew it… Sorry, Futaba… I… I gotta go to club. -3 Eh… I know, but… Ah… yeah, ok… -4 I really didn’t want to hear those words. —108 -2 sfx- Whssh Good morning, Natsuki! -3 sfx- Clang No morning practice today? Let’s head upstairs together! What am I gonna do? -4 S-sorry… I got PE first period and need to hustle… I can’t look -5 Futaba in the eye. —109 -1 It’s almost mid-terms, huh? Yeah… -2 So tired… ###handwritten Sigh… Gotta hit the books… Today’s gonna be a pain… -3 Today!? -4 A guy at work keeps pestering me to go hang with him. …nn This is making me so uncertain… -5 Sorry sfx- Whish So irritated… -6 I’m going back to class first… sfx- Ding dong Eh!? Hey! Natsuki! —110 -1 Sfx- Nab Hey! Wait up, Natsuki! -2 Why are you being so cold? Did I do something to piss you off? -3 It’s not like… I’m mad or anything… -4 You are mad! If you have something to say, then just say it! sfx- Th-thump! Like I could… -5 sfx- Pa-whish Look, I’m telling you! I’m not mad or anything! —111 -1 S… Sorry, I’m being a pain, huh? That’s not what I meant to… ###box -2 Ah… I’m… I’m gonna go… -3 Futaba’s just worried about me… -4 And I’m taking it out on her. Dude, I suck. —112 -3 Sign… -4 sfx- Shff Maybe… I’ll cut club today… Tachibana-senpai! -5 Are… Are you going home? sfx- Whoosh Sasaki-san… -6 I’m not feeling that well… Wha!? Are… are you ok? -7 Yeah… I’m ok. Thanks ###small I’m glad to hear that… Ah… um… About the letter… Y-yeah… —113 -1 I’m sorry… I can’t go out with you, Sasaki-san… …nn -2 …Tachibana-senpai, That senpai that often comes to practice… You’re in love with her, right? -3 Why is she bringing up Futaba…? sfx- Huh Eh? W-why!? -4 I just got the feeling… Because when she’s there… You look like you’re having so much fun… -5 When I’m with Futaba? Me…? —114 -1 Yeah, it’s true… I can really smile when I’m with Futaba. -2 But I can’t tell Futaba what I really feel… That’s… Hey, Sasaki-san… Didn’t you worry that I’ll hate you after you confessed? -3 I… I wanted to tell you my feelings. And I believed that you were the kind of person who wouldn’t do that. -4 I… —115 -1 Did I do something to piss you off? If you have something to say, then just say it! -2 I’m just afraid to face my own feelings… And because of that, I hurt Futaba… Senpai…? sfx- Clench -3 Natsuki Even though she’s so nice, that she thinks of me so much. -4 I want to be who I am in front of Futaba! ### horizontal -5 Sorry! And, thanks! sfx- Whish -6 Sigh ### poor honest little kouhai… —116 -1 Touwa Station -3 Futaba! Wait! Futaba! sfx- Huff Huff -4 sfx- Nab Don’t go! -5 N-Natsuki!? Why…? —117 -1 I’m sorry about today! I… was just so irritated! I hated myself for not being able to say what I really meant.. And I took it out on you, Futaba! -2 What… you really meant? -3 Futaba… I… I love you as a friend…! -4 But! —118 But just as much… I really love you as a girl! —119 -1 Eh…? Eeeeh!? Ah… As a girl? Eh… um… -2 I’m sorry. I know it’s weird… -3 But I just wanted to tell you my real feelings … -4 …no! That’s not! That’s not what I…!! I was just surprised!! —120 -1 It’s just… I’ve always just seen you as a friend… -2 And, being with a girl? It might be weird, but… -3 I don’t mind it! I’m really happy you feel that way! Really!? —121 -1 Eh…? sfx- Drip -2 Oh, whoa ###handwritten Na… Natsuki!? Hey… ###small Sfx- Rub Rub I… Uwhaa… Why am I…? -3 Ah, ‘come on… Don’t cry, ok? S-sorry… Uuuuww… -4 Natsuki… Don’t you have to go to club? I’m taking today off… -5 I see. Then that’s perfect. sfx- Grip Wha? —122 -1 Today, I wanna be with you, Natsuki. So let’s go someplace fun! -3 Yeah… My feelings got through and closed up the distance between our hearts a bit. Finally, we’re starting down the path of our love… —123 Starlight Melody —125 After School Date -2 Today, I’m on an after-school date with Rei-chan! -3 Mmn, I’m getting hungry. What should we have, Rei-chan? Ah, right… I’m onna date with Rei-chan I’m onna date with Rei-chan -3 Ah, right! -4 Rei-chan! Rei-chan! Let’s hold hands! -5 Wha!? —126 N-no way! Wha? Why!? What with that “no way”? I.. I mean, someone might see us! What are we gonna do if that happens? It’s fine! Who cares? -2 It’s not fine! Anyway, no means no! So, you’re hungry, right? You wanna get crepes? Hey? ###handwritten sfx- Hmmph -3 Mm! Soo good! -4 Rei-chan, what did you get? Looks yummy! ###handwritten Strawberry with whipped cream. -5 Let me have a bite. sfx- Chomp -6 Hey, Have some of mine! It’s yummy! ###handwritten —127 -1 Blush -2 I don’t need any… Eh? Why? I’m fine, that’s why! Rei-chan ###handwritten Whaa? Just a bite? It’s so good? -3 I-I told you I don’t need any, right? ### girl, get your tsun on. sfx- C’mon! sfx- Twitch -4 Sniff Uuuw… -6 Rei-chan! Look! look at this! -7 Isn’t this super cute/ It’s got stars on it! ###handwritten Yeah, it is really cute. ###bold or italicize “is” —128 -1 Let’s buy them together! Eh!? -2 Shine Gleam Ugh ###bubble -3 Look, look! Rei-chan and I have pair-rings! ###top That’s def gonna happen ###handwritten -4 No way. -5 Why? Come on, doing something like this should be fine. Yumi and Kana have matching bracelets, right? -6 No means no! Let’s go ###handwritten -7 What’s with you? You’ve just been saying no since we started. Ah… ###box -8 I knew you didn’t like me… Whatever… —129 -1 Shit, I did it again… -2 Nanoka… S-sorry!! I… It’s not that I don’t like it, it’s… I’m… I’m just too embarrased, ok? -3 So it’s ok? sfx- Gleam Ugh… Yeah… -4 Yay! -5 Rei-chan, look! I knew it was going to be cute! Yeah… -6 I’m so happy. Ehehe ###handwritten -7 Yeah, matching is no big deal… —130 -1 Ok! Let’s put them on already! Eh? Wha? Now? Yeah! That’s right! Hurry, hurry! sfx- Rustle Rustle Heh, wait a… -2 There. sfx- Shine -3 I’m matching with you, Rei-chan! -4 Uh… -6 Th-the… left… Wearing it on the left… That’s… like m-marriage… sfx- Blush -7 Yeah, can’t do it! Whaa!? -8 And just as I thought, she’s showing it off. ###box Look, look! Rei-chan and I have matching ones! Wow, cute! Aww, that’s nice. It’s she stupid or something? ###bottom —131 -1 Afterwards -2 Nice to meet you. I’m Fuki. First off, thank you so, so much for buying this book. sfx- Bow -3 You could say my life is composed of Yuri, anime, manga and drawing, and you wouldn’t be wrong. Recently, my doujinshi have not been fitting on the shelf. It’s a problem. ###handwritten My money almost entirely goes to these things. -4 But, I love feeling really fulfilled when I spend a lot of money on that. I bought a box set! ###handwritten Everyday I think to myself that I’m really glad I was born in Japan!