Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou
by Tsuda Masami

Source: LaLa Volume 12, 2000
Translated: Dianne (DiDi)

Act 49                                          Act 49
Rain                                            RAIN

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Disclaimer: Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou is owned by Tsuda Masami and Hakusensha. This is a fan
translation and no money is being made off of this.

Notes: These translations are *loose* translations. I've translated them so they make sense, 
not as much as you may understand everything word-for-word. Why? One, it doesn't always
make too much sense. Two, I've been told I can be too strict on it sometimes, and I should
just translate to vernacular. Mind you, I'm still trying to be as accurate as possible. If
you've found a translation that is closer to the dictionary meaning, yet still makes sense,
please don't hesitate to inform me. Thanks.

Cast list: Finally! We've got names to the YinYang members.
Ushio (base)
Atsuya (guitar)
Martin (drums)
Joker (keyboard)
and of course,
Kazuma (vocal)

: text in bubbles
* floating text
> sound
[] translator's additional notes..
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The title page reads, "No matter how long, being together with Kazuma-chan is good."

"Very popular love romance, Tsubasa & Kazuma arc"

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Page 352

<rain falls in sheets>

<door shuts>
<spatter spatter>
Kazuma: "Tadaima"

<silence>
Kazuma: "Guess nobody's home yet. Well, I guess I'll take a shower for now..."

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<door closes>
<step step step>

Tsubasa: (thought) "Dropped just my socks off to finally get them dry."
* (point to Tsubasa) She was in the place where they dry their clothes. 
* It's just always dirty, so she's going to hand-wash it.

<door opens>

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Page 354

<drop>
* (point to boxers) The boxers he was wearing

* KYA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* (point to scream) Kazuma.

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Tsubasa: "Geez, Kazuma-chan. Are you still sulking about it?"

Tsubasa: "It's NOT THAT BIG a deal!"
<ZUKI>
* (point to Kazuma) became nervous
Kazuma: !!!

Tsubasa: "I made that yakiniku on soysauce that you like so much for lunch, Kazuma-chan.
          I'll make you something you like for in-between meal snacks, too."

Tsubasa: "Hotcakes, lemon-honey donuts, iced espresso, blueberry cake."

Kazuma: *niko* "Put in Mint Choco ice cream in the short biscuit!!"

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Page 356

Tsubasa: "The rain's not stopping, is it.."
Kazuma: "Tomorrow's the day we go to the amusement park, ne."

Tsubasa: "Even if it's bad tomorrow, something else will be fine. I like being at home with 
          you."

Tsubasa: "ufufufufu"
Kazuma: "fufufufufu"

* It's only less than a year since Tsubasa and I became siblings but it seems like we've been
  together since we were born.
* Like friends, like an older sister and a younger brother, like an older brother and a younger
  sister, a comfort

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Page 357

* Tsubasa is little and surprising and pretty and cute and nice to me.
* I'm happy I can be her brother.
["I'm happy I can be siblings with her."
* A harmonious feeling

* Tsubasa makes me feel good within myself.
* I can't listen to those things without feeling awkward.

<ring>

Kazuma: "Hai, this is Shibahime."
Kazuma: "Ah, kaasan."

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Page 358

Mom: "Since we suddenly have people absent today, I might not be able to come home. Sorry about
      that. What about Toshiharu-san?"
Kazuma: "Both of you are having trouble, ne. Toshiharu-san will be staying somewhere else
         tonight, too, under the circumstances."

Mom: "...........................................................
      If you mess around with Tsubasa, I will KILL you, ne."
[Note: Just had to keep the ne in there.. ^^; found out that "chokkai" can mean "make a pass
 at"... ^^; Just a little related trivia.]
Kazuma?: "HANG UP ALREADY!!"

* My son is a good younger brother and he won't be like that with a childish one in there?
Mom: (thought) ".................?"

Tsubasa: "What is it?"
Kazuma: "N, Mom said she can't come home today, either."
Tsubasa: "Hmmmmm... It's going to be lonely, ne."

<rain pours>

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Page 359

<rain pours>

Kazuma: "nHA"
<snap>
* (Tsubasa) snore

Kazuma: (thought) "Shouldn't do this... Afterwards, Tsubasa and I had dinner, sang karaoke,
        played games, played Dance Dance Revolution, got our energies zapped, and fell asleep."
Kazuma: "Tsubasa. Wake up. Let's sleep in the room."

Tsubasa: "Hm~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kazuma-chan's room?"
Kazuma: "Tsubasa in Tsubasa's room!!"

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Kazuma: (thought) "She looks like a sleeping princess."
[Note: Although, Venkarel's suggestion of "sleeping beauty" is probably what it denotes.]

<yawn>

<door closes>

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Tsubasa: "It's still raining after all..."
<ding dong>

<door opens>
Kazuma: "Ha---"

Atsuya: "Kazuma, don't you want to go to the mountains?"

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Kazuma: "NO!!"

Atsuya: *You were so stiff the other day* "At home, if you only play games, you'll become
        bean sprout boy. But in the great outdoors, you'll become a huckleberry!!"
Kazuma: "What are you saying at a day with this weather! They said on TV that it's dangerous
        in the mountains when it's rainy!"

Martin: "It's okay, cuz Joker used to part-time at a mountain hut." *He's a guy who knows the
        mountains.*
Atsuya: "People who are said to be like that are the most dangerous. Because everyone has the
        ability, we can be more adult."
* (Kazuma) Anyway, you guys aren't dressed for the mountain!
<kicking, struggling>
Atsuya: "Shut up. They say that the ingredients that come from the trees one way or another
        can cure the heart."

Tsubasa: "What's going on, Kazuma-chan?"
Kazuma: "Uwa! Tsubasa, you can't come in here!!"

<grin>
<kick, struggle>

Atsuya: "Seize the targets!"
<bang>
<car starts up>
Atsuya: "Withdraw immediately!!!"
[Note: They've run into the get-away car with Tsubasa and Kazuma under Atsuya's arms]

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Martin: "Tsubasa-cha-----n"
Martin: "I'm the beautiful-faced oniisan---"
* Martin

<scratch>

Martin: "Uwaaaa! My beautiful face!!"
* scary...
Atsuya: "She's mad, she's mad. That's too bad~~~~~~~ She scratches~~~~~~~~~"

Kazuma: "She is mad. If it had been nice out, we were planning to go to the amusement park, 
        but since we can't in the rain, we're being taken to the mountains by some scary
        oniichan."

* amusement park....*heart*

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Atsuya: (thought) "What.. Are they on a dating relationship!?"
<DOKI>
Joker: (thought) "Damn. When I was a high schooler, why didn't _I_ have sweet home life memories 
        like this!?"
[Note: Loose, loose translation.]
<DOKI>
Martin: (thought) "I.. it's just like a shoujo manga's golden genre~~~~~~~ 'Hitotsu yane no 
        shita love *heart*'~~~~~~~~~"
[Note: I think Martin's alluding to one of the more famous Japanese drama in the 90's. 
 "Hitotsu yane no shita" (which means "under one roof") was a story about a bunch of siblings
 who get together again once the oldest brother is of legal age, since they were separated
 many years ago when their parents died in a car accident. One of the siblings happens to have
 been adopted and was in love with the oldest brother... although the 2nd to the oldest was in
 love with *her*.. It's just a really cute series, really. 13 episodes. Was shown English-
 subtitled on TV a few years ago... One of my favorites.. ^^ But then again, Martin could just
 be using the phrase...]
<DOKI DOKI>
Kazuma: "?"

Atsuya: "Well, then. Leave it to us! Hang out with the great oniisama s. Outdoor life is really
        cool!"
Kazuma: "I guess....."

<za------------------------->
Group: "....................."

Atsuya: "It's cold!"
* That's cuz you came in a T-shirt
[Kazuma gives his shirt to Tsubasa.]
Atsuya: "Light up the fire!"

Off-shot: "Uwa! Wet logs really smoke a lot!"
* They got frozen during the day!!
<busu busu busu>

Atsuya: "Let's make some curry and barbecue! Hey, Kazuma, this is fun, isn't it!!"
Kazuma: "..........."

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Atsuya: "Nature's great isn't it------"
<wind blows>
<shiver>
<shiver>
Kazuma: "Ne, If you can't take it, then let's go home already. If we keep going on like this,
        I'm sure we're all going to DIE."

[Back in the car, where Kazuma is drying Tsubasa's hair.]
Atsuya: "A------ It was a great Sunday--------!"
Kazuma: (thought) "Why can't adults admit their mistakes?"
<wipe wipe>

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Kazuma: "Are you alright? Are you cold? I'm sorry for letting weird people make us go out with
         them."
* straight.
* What's that!? Kazuma!!

Kazuma: "You probably don't like it."
<shake shake>

Kazuma: "Are? You had fun!?"

Atsuya: "She really doesn't talk much, does she------ Is she like this at home, too?"
* Like a bug.... *heart*
Kazuma: "She's as usual at home. Tsubasa's just really shy."

Joker: "Don't be shy. It's just like when Kazuma first met us--"
Marin: "Yeah-- yeah--!"
Kazuma: "Ah~~~~~~~~~ Let's not talk about that!"

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Off-shot: "Wasn't it when we dove in and were lead by our friends' older brother to the first 
          live 'YinYang' went to?"
Off-shot: "....Yeah."
Off-shot: "Well, we were working out the coming and going details in a short while but I 
          remember there was a guy pretending to be a high school student, who said he wanted
          to work part-time at the live house. But it leaked out that the people forming a 
          band were disguised uner a part-time job in the place they often went to, called 
          'Izakaya'."

------------------------>START MEMORY SEQUENCE------------------------>

* Likes working fairly well

* Ah! "YinYang"-san, hey!
* Konnichiwa!

Atsuya: "............."

Ushio: "What is it, Atsuya. You seem out of it."
* He's always out of it anyway.
<irritated>
Atsuya: "He's been glaring at us since he got this part-time job the other day."
Ushio: "Huh?"

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Atsuya: ".........!"
<gets up>

Atsuya: "Hey you! What you glaring at!!"

Kazuma: "......!"

Atsuya: "Oi! Wait a mi..."
<grab>

<buwa..>

Kazuma: "I wasn... I wasn't glaring......."
* uu... scared

* (Martin&Joker) Wah! He's crying!
Kazuma: "When I'm nervous, my face gets scary..."
* scared-------

<------------------------END MEMORY SEQUENCE<------------------------

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Page 369

Off-shot: "From then on, we came to love him as a younger brother."
Tsubasa: "................"

------------------------>START MEMORY SEQUENCE------------------------>

Off-shot: "At that time, Atsuya was the vocal but they called us the 'great without the singing'
          band since Atsuya represented as badly with his off-key singing." 
* A--------
* be-------------n!

Kazuma: "Today's live was great! Especially the part when you go.."

[Kazuma is posed to sing]

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Ushio&Atsuya: "................."
[Note: I guess they liked his voice. ^^;]

Atsuya: "I see I see. Well, you can watch from the stage in the next live."
* kyau *heart*
Kazuma: "Really!?"

* YINYANG---------
* WAH-------------

Kazuma: "Wow. It's nerve-wracking, watching from here."
Off-shot: "It probably is"

Martin: "Cuz you're coming out."

<DADADADADADA>
<DADA>
* WAH---------------
<DADA>

<------------------------END MEMORY SEQUENCE<------------------------

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Kazuma: "Even now, I think about it, but........... You think you can just do something
        irresponsible like that!?"
Atsuya: "That reason is the wonderful world of Industrial."
[Note: Jica mentioned that "Indies" is probably "Industrial." Most probably so! ^^]

Atsuya: "I only did it since nobody else could sing. We forced Kazuma into it so I could 
        concentrate on the guitar."
Kazuma: ".............."

* (Kazuma) I want to do guitar, too!! Twin guitar--------
* (Atsuya) No way. You don't have the sense for it.

* (Kazuma) How mean!!
* (Atsuya) Well, Kazuma's guitar-playing is, kinda, uh....
* (Martin) It's pretty weak... pretty sloppy....
* (Martin) You'll make people feel unsettled.

Tsubasa: "............."

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Kazuma: "Hmmmmmmm.... Well, we're finally home."

Ushio: "I'm sorry we bothered you on the Sunday you've been waiting for."

<turns>

Ushio: "The princess is upset."

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Atsuya: "Oh.. sorry we were going to go up just by ourselves." *We'll talk about music next
        time*
Martin: "But I'm kinda envious. You get to be really close to a girl that cute."

Atsuya: "...So how's it going to be?"
Kazuma: "How's what?"
Atsuya: "Don't lie~~~~~~~~ She's tired and leans in to you like so... And suddenly, it comes!
        I wonder if you'll kiss~~~~~~~~"

Kazuma: "HUH?"

Kazuma: "Mou.... You have it all wrong!? Even our friends and Mom say that, it's not like that."
Kazuma: "Because Tsubasa's my sister!?"

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Atsuya: "A.a.a.a.a.are you for real!? Are you talking seriously? Don't you notice her always
        looking at you with loving eyes when she calls you 'Kazuma-chan *heart*' so sweetly!?"
Atsuya: "Is that man inside yourself 2 years old!!!"

Kazuma: "I"

Kazuma: "think looking like that is impure, by all means."

* ..............

Atsuya: "Uuuuuuuu..... A dirty adult like me can't understand this excessive pureness........"

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Ushio: ".........."

Kazuma: "Tsubasa"
Kazuma: "Tsu------basa"


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Kazuma: "I'm sorry. We were going to hang out by just ourselves. But they're nice people."

Tsubasa: "No luck. It's okay. You sure know a lot of people."

Tsubasa: "But Tsubasa's more popular than anyone. Only because Tsubasa runs from place to 
         place. Isn't everyone just ladidah to Tsubasa."
* (Kazuma) What are you doing!?

* When we're alone, I forget but Tsubasa is hopelessly shy and doesn't open up to most people
  except me.
* I probably missed something but I usually do with Tsubasa. I'm looking at the person who
  will love me best and choose only me.

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Kazuma: "It's not good if you don't get even a little used to other people. We can't be together
        forever cuz we're just siblings."

Tsubasa: "I'm not marrying anybody."
Tsubasa: "You don't have to, either. Then we can be together forever."

<gyuu>

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Page 378

* At times like this, I know there's a slightly lost feeling inside myself.
* As far as Tsubasa is concerned, I might not be able to think of her with great clarity.

* Something is calling me

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Page 379

* in the midst of the hustle and bustle
* on top of the pattern of the stripes on the sidewalk
* below the wires
* under the flooding neon lights
* in the train coming home in the glow of the setting sun

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Page 380

* when I sing

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Page 381

* even in my dreams

* the sound of people talking echoes in my chest.
* An omen of something changing. It's always there. It won't leave me alone. 

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Page 382

* And so, I can't say it.
* That I always want to be by Tsubasa's side.

END ACT 49
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Vocabulary:
tadaima: "I'm home"
kaasan: "okaasan-->mother"
oniisan: "older brother"
aniki: "oniisan"

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Date: November 21, 2000