The Organ Girl by Tomo Maeda 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 //301 /1 The Organ Girl //302 /1 The girl next door was the “organ girl”. /2 Oh…? //303 /1 Ri-chan…? /3 Whoa, now… It’s been a while! Doing well, Mika-chan? You’ve gotten big! High school? ### small Junior! ### small Eh? ### handwritten in bubble What’s up? When did you come back? How many years has it been? //304 /1 Since I went to college, so five years? You haven’t been back at all? Your poor parents Aha Too much of a pain, so… Ah…! //2 Sorry! The time! Gotta head out. Ah, I see. Well… Hey, you free tomorrow? /3 If you’re free, c’mon over. It’s been a while. Let me hear what you’ve been up to, ok? Doesn’t have to be tomorrow, though. ### small /4 Ok! Is noon ok? Since it’s Saturday ### small /5 Yup! Sounds good. Ri-chan is the girl next door. //305 /1 She got accepted to a college in a big city. But in the past, she played with me a lot. A little curt, but I liked her a lot. /2 So she smokes cigarettes… With makeup, she seems so grown up. Like a different person… But /3 The back of my neck tingles. Somehow it tickles in a funny way. But the way she smiles hasn’t changed. /4 Oh You’re early, huh? Welcome! //306 /1 Thanks for having me… It’s been so long since I’ve been in your house! Oh, a guest? /2 Ah… Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Welcome! I’ll put some tea on. /3 Do you like black tea? Yeah… Thanks /5 Huh…? What was that? A relative? Really pretty, though ### small Yuuko-chan. She’s a former neighbor. But she’s gonna become my real sister. /6 Ri-chan You just have an older brother, just like me, right? Eh? //307 /1 Wha? Satoru Nii-chan is getting married! ### Nii-chan is referring to Ritsu’s brother here. Next week? So that’s why everyone’s back? Yup. /2 So cool, you’ll be sisters! Ah, the organ! It’s still here! Hey, play something for me, Ri-chan. /3 Whaa? No way! Haven’t touched that thing in ten years. Oh, come on. You used to play all the time back then. It’s a faint memory, though ### handwritten No! No! No! Nnnn… /4 Geez ### small Fine, I guess I gotta… Do I remember anything…? Don’t laugh I make a mistake, ok? sfx: Chack Yup! //308 /6 So… //309 /1 Amazing! So cool! You were wonderful! I remembered! ### small …nah, my fingers don’t work well. No surprise there… ### small I haven’t practiced in ages… /2 Eh? What a waste! You could have been so good! … but I hated the lessons. Wha? ###small So why learn it then? /5 Who knows? I forgot. /6 Eh? Ri-chan, you forgot? So mean. ### handwritten //310 /1 You said you wanted to learn after seeing me play, right? You wanted to play with me. I taught you at first, remember? /2 You were always stuck to me, all “Onee-chan, Onee-chan!” ### In this case Onee-chan refers to an unrelated older sister figure. Oh? I see! Here, have some tea. ### small Thank you very much. ### small We took a ton of photos together. Why don’t you show her? /3 They all got lost. All those old ones. /4 Aww, what a shame… You got all jealous because your brother got stolen away. Wait a… ### small Who got jealous!? Ufufu ### small You don’t have to pretend. After you’re the person who lost your graduation album too, hm, come to think of it. /5 Give it a rest, already. Get out of here! You’ve got wedding planning meeting, right? Ah, ###small That’s right. Um, hey… I see… //311 /1 That’s why she feels sad like that. …but? Was she really that close with her brother? Hm…? /2 Something’s… Stuck between pages… /4 Slam /5 Mika-chan? What’s wrong? Um… //312 /1 Errand… I just remembered… That other appointment I have… Sorry! Gotta go home! /2 Wha? At least have some tea… We have cake too…? Thanks for having me! sfx: Whoosh /3 sfx: Pause /4 Can I come again tomorrow? /5 Sure… //313 /1 Mika? What? Back already? Hey! /5 That photo… sfx: Th-thump Th-thump That seemed like it was taken in secret. And was crumpled. And ripped. //314 /1 Why is she so worked up? “Jealous” Of who? “So why learn it then?” No! I don’t want to know. But, why? /4 Welcome! You can stay for a while this time, right? //315 /1 Ok, What should we do? Weather’s good. Go for a drive? Maybe shopping? Or go to the mountains? ###small …gan… Eh? /2 The organ, please… /3 Teach me, Ri-chan. /4 Hellooo? ### small What are you saying? I’m a novice. /5 You can play, right, Ri-chan? But playing and teaching are completely… That’s fine! I’m telling you I suck! ### small /6 C’mon, teach me… //316 /1 You can’t even read music and you want to start with both hands? Presumptuous brat! /2 Normally, you’d just start with rhythm. Can you even find a “C”? Eh? ###small Uuum…. This one? /3 …yeah, that’s right, but, it’s a bit high. Try this one an octave down. That’s one’s hard to play, right? ### small Eh? Down? What do you mean? /4 Giggle ### small …this one. //317 /1 Mm, okay… Let’s find something simple for you to… Ri-chan… Mm? Are you going out with someone? /3 What’s with this…? Do you love them… Even if they have someone else they love? Will you always love them? /4 Do you still love them? /6 I do… But… //318 /1 It’s different from back then. I can accept that they smile at someone other than me. To put it bluntly, it’s a kind of giving up. But if they’re happy, it’s fine. I just naturally came to think of it like that. /2 What I have left is the regret over the things I didn’t say. But! More than that… /3 I can’t help but be interested in A certain someone next door, who seems a little down //319 /1 Maybe I’ll learn organ too. Ohh? You serious? Why all the sudden? It’s expensive, k? ###small Why do you want to… I want to be like you, Ri-chan. /2 The way you said you wanted to learn. Me too. But… /3 You’re not allowed… To marry my brother, Ri-chan. /5 W-why would I marry your brother? I don’t even know him that well!? ### small I want to be like you, but not like that! //320 /1 Someday, I’m gonna tell you, Ri-chan! /3 If that’s the case… Then teaching the girl next door organ Is off limits for you, ok?