Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou by Tsuda Masami Source: melz, karekano-ml, LaLa Volume 10, 2001 Translated: Dianne Dimabuyo (DiDi) Edited: melz Act 59 And Time Flows On -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou belongs to Tsuda Masami and Hakusensha. This is a fan translation and no money is being made off of this. Note: This translation is loose and must not be taken to mean word-for-word, because that would just be silly and nonsensical, ne? ^^ Don't hesitate to send comments and criticisms, if it so moves you. : text in bubbles <> sound () little text [] translator's additional notes.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -c- Yukino and Arima Returns *heart* World's Best Love Romance Arima Arc Start!! The third autumn I've spent with you, I've loved you, without doubt, all this time... KARESHI KANOJO NO JIJOU Act 59 * And Time Flows On Tsuda Masami -1- To begin with, the beginning of everything One day, a boy and a girl happened to meet and were charmed by each other. -2- The two, who had been living a fabricated lie, made a promise. Yukino: Let's live our real selves from now on. Souichirou: Yeah. This was Spring in the first year of high school. And -3- time flows on---- -4- [a girl carrying a book titled "Fairy Fair" by Sawai Ayaki... Sawada Aya, remember? ^^;] Girl1: What's wrong, Kano-chan? /girls/ Ah! *heart* Yukino: Ka--------no-chan. Why are you hiding from your oneechan---------? Kano: Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!! -5- Yukino: What an impossible child. Oneechan's so sad! Miyazawa Yukino Hokuei Prefectural High School 3rd Year Position: Student Body President Souichirou: Long time, no see, Kano-chan Arima Souichirou Same Hokuei High School 3rd Year Position: Vice President Miyazawa Kano First Year Yukino's youngest sister Kano: Hello, Arima-kun /Yukino/ bu---------- Souichirou: Hello /girls/ Miyazawa-senpai and Arima-senpai kyaaa *heart* kyaaa *heart* -6- Girls: Your sister's so pretty *heart* Arima-senpai's so cool *heart* You're so lucky, Kano-chan, all of them looking after you Kano: I don't like being too public... Off: (So extravagant!) When you say President Miyazawa, it is a name that guides the student council with loud performances, vigor, and such planning power so surprising that my school no longer knew peace. (Actually, you mean that she got the busy Arima-san to reluctantly take responsibility) Vice-President Arima is the sharp and able staff member, that clear-headed, bright-eyed, white-toothed beautiful person admired as though he had bloomed in the school under the moonlight----------- -7- Kano: They're the Charismatic Couple. (Nothing to be thankful about) Kano: Mou------- That's why I don't wanna have anything to do with them! /Kano/ I don't hate them, but... Kano: I just want to have a quiet student life! /Kano/ And if she finds me, she'll chase after me!! -8- Hideaki: Ya a, l o n g t i m e n o s e e, Kano-chan! Girls: Asaba-senpai! *heart* /othergirls/ Who's that girl? How annoying~~~ Kano: . . . . . Kano: You're already a 3rd year student, Asaba-kun, so you have to get it together now, right? Hideaki: Yeah... Hideaki: You haven't seen Souichirou-kun, by any chance, have you? Kano: He was in the courtyard. -9- Kano: ? Hideaki: Kano-chan, let's go on a date some time, you, me, and Tsukino-chan, ne--- It would have been fun if Tsukino-chan came to this school, too, ne. Kano: Hm~~~~~ Tsuki-neechan doesn't really study, so~~~~ But her school seems pretty good. Hideaki: Heeh Kano: In middle school, she started playing tennis for some reason. /off/ you run /off/ ok? Tsukino: ? Tsukino: ? Kano: She made it to the semifinals in the prefectural meet somehow, and got scouted by some rich private school. Kano: She was paired in doubles with this beautiful curly-haired upperclassman and assessed by a perfectionist coach... /girl/ It's not like that. /coach/ Miyazawa /coach/ Aim higher!! Kano: Hoho---- (I've heard that somewhere before...) Girls: You're so lucky, Kano-chan. Asaba-senpai so nice to you... /Girls/ Damn!! Kano: I wonder------ -10- /Tsubaki/ hohohohoho Tsubaki: Ara, Kano-chan, hello Another strong couple!! Tsubaki: Have you seen Miyazawa? /Kano/ Wow, keep running into everybody today /Friends/ So cool~ Kano: Hello. Uh, she was in the courtyard. /Takefumi/ So cute. Tsubaki: Kano-chan's so small and smart and cute as mochi, ne~~~~~~~~~~~ Kano: !!!? /Takefumi/ Hey, old man! Takefumi: Quit doing that to people's little sisters. -11- Girl1: She's really cool, but Girl2: a little dangerous, ne Kano: Yeah. The beautiful unit!!! Maho: Ah, hello, Kano-chan. Maho: Do you know where Yukinon is? -12- Uwaaaaa~~~~~~ They're so pretty!! Kano: That way... Tsubasa: Thank you. Girl2: You must be pretty happy Girl1: being pretty close with those two. Kano: .................. -13- Kano: Mo~~~~~~~~ But I didn't come here because I felt like being a groupie Girl1: So why did you~~~~~ Kano: Well, see /Aya/ Been a while since I've been out, my muscles hurt just walking... !? Sawada Aya-san...... *heart* -14- Kano: Sawada-senpai!! /Girl1/ What, it's just some girl?? /Girl2/ Hey, now, she's a novelist. Kano: Long time, no see. You just got to school, ne. Aya: Ah... my attendance record's eventually gonna get dangerous... Kano: Hello, Sena-senpai Rika: Hello Kano: Your short in last month's issue was really good! Will you be writing a continuation? Aya: Really? I haven't really thought about it... Kano: The story was just too good! I'd like to read more. -15- Aya: Hahaha. That's cuz you have a nice touch, na-- I did what you told me to, and it turned out better than I expected, the story's much more interesting. /Aya/ heh heh heh Aya: You're a pretty good editor. Kano: Aw, shucks. Kano: She's so cool~~~~~~~~ She's not a snob even though she's got that much talent... Kano: I'm so glad I came to this school............*heart* /girls/ Groupie.... Girls: I see... /arrow/ popular even among a small group of girls /Rika/ Seemed lovestruck to me.... Aya: ? -16- Yukino: Ah------ Free time. Rika: The cultural festival and the student council are both over, ne. When are you retiring? -17- Yukino: Next week. But our wonderful underclassmen are somehow already acting by themselves. Tsubaki: You sure whipped them to shape, huh. From then, our time in 2nd year flowed on. A lot of things happened, but we, too, faced our 3rd year of high school that fall. It was time to face our gradual retirement from school activities and from student government, and eventually, face our separate course paths. Have our fun high school life come to an end? Yukino: Which reminds me.. I haven't filled out my career pathway plan form------- Wonder what I should do. -18- Maho: How unusual for you to not know which course you want, Yukinon. Aren't you going into law? Yukino: Hm------- That's what I was planning, but if I think about it as a lifetime career-- (I've been thinking quite a bit) Off: Souichirou-san's going to med-school, right? (Since you've got that big hospital to take care off later---) Souichirou: Well... Off: Oh, yeah. Maho-san's also aiming for med school. How ni----ce. Having good friends who might go to the same college. /off/ Rich kids are so lucky. Maho: Ah.. I guess. The two who don't have a lot of particularly warm feelings for each other. -19- Off: So, you and your boyfriend are both going to be doctors? Cool! Off: How is Takashi-san? Maho: I guess so; he's in America right now. He's in schooling for dentistry. (foreign exhange) Yukino: REALLY!? That's so cool!! But he won't be back for a few years, right!? Maho: Yeah... but I also look up to him as a sort of career upperclassman /Takashi/ Merry Christmas, Maho-chan!! Maho: And we're spending Christmas together in New York... like we promised. -20- ............ Yukino: What's with that global love? Just forget college!! Maho: S.. so mean. [note: ^^; that's yukino getting red-faced frustrated, "kiiiiiiiii"> /Tsubaki&Takefumi/ hahha ha hahha Off: Tsubaki and Tonami-kun aren't going to college, ne? Tsubaki: That's right. We might go to South America for a while after graduation. /Tsubaki/ Tough for you guys, nee. -21- Off: Rika-chan's going to clothes design, ne. Rika: Mmhm. I have a recommendation for the entrance exam for the time being Off: What about you, Aya-chan? You can probably earn your meals with your stories even if you don't go to college, so... Aya: Ah--- There's a college I want to attend so I'll take a half-year break from work and study-- (Just like a student after such a long time!) Yukino: What about you, Tsubasa-chan? Tsubasa: I'm not going to college!! /Tsubasa/ I'm just a stupid girl. -22- Young wife (?) /Tsubasa/ O------h, ufufu Tsubasa: But I'm gonna be Kazuma's WIFE *heart* Nobody can match the speed of their love. Yukino: By the way, you were in the "YinYang" promotion video, ne? As the blue-eyed angel? /Yukino/ They were intermitent shots, but /Yukino/ I remember how you looked tired. -23- Tsubasa: Hm... Well, the band members said that was the image Tsubasa: It seems like I've been doing commissioned staging like that, but I don't wanna be anything more than a model for Kazuma-chan's work and for Papa's clothes. Yukino (thought): So it seems YinYang got a beautiful doll as an exclusive model, huh. (Looks good to me) Yukino: What about you, Asapin? Hideaki: Me? Off: They didn't call you to the student guidance room during summer? Hideaki: Yeah, it was pretty annoying--- Hideaki: I already decided my course. I already turned in my course plan. -24- /form/ 3rd Course Plan Inquiry Class No Name C 2 Asaba Hideaki 1 Host 2 Performer 3 Model Hideaki: They called me back!! Even though I was serious... so then they told me to go to the College of Arts. Yukino: ..... Yukino: Ah! The College of Arts would be good! Hideaki: Eh----- Yukino: Your paintings are great. Too good even. Rika: I agree! Hideaki: But I'm not interested~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hideaki: What do you think, Souichirou-kun? Souichirou: Go to the Art College. Hideaki: ......... -25- Hideaki: .........But I do have to earn a living by myself when I get out of high school somehow, so... Hideaki: Sensei, how about if I earn a living as a host and then go to the College of Arts? Teachers: !!!? Kawashima: ........................ ........................ ........................ Well, we can't really say anything to that... Kawashima: But let us go with you to the interview at the host club? We can look for a decent host club now that'll take you in! Sound good!? Hideaki: No way~~~~~~~~~ Having a teacher come with me is so~~~~~~ it's so dumb! /Hideaki/ What the hell is a decent host club~~~~~ /Hideaki/ No way~~~~~~~~ Souichirou: Why didn't you tell them they needn't bother! Yukino: Looking at you probably really makes the teachers think it's gonna be a problem~~ -26- Rika: I already know it, but Rika: it's gonna be sad when everyone gets scattered into their own directions Rika: I'm really worried, cuz it's gonna be the first time I'm gonna be away from Aya!! Aya: Hey, s.. stop that. We look like a long-distance relationship couple. Rika: Mou! But I don't like it one bit! If I'm not Aya's best friend, then she'd be off somewhere I don't know, being good friends with some other kid. /Aya/ So popular with the girls, what am I ever going to do... Yukino: But truth is, it's Aya-chan who's gonna be much sadder if Rika-chan catering to somebody else. -27- Aya: ............... ............... ............... /Aya/ It's not like that. /Rika/ Not like that at all. Kano (thought): .................. What a complicated age, ne As if with a constricting chest As if with light, airy steps Girl: Miyazawa-senpai, hello-- Guy: Arima-san, hello The hopes and anxieties that we will face in the future -28- Yukino: Hello We have been protected in this secure shelter called a school Yukino: We're probably gonna end up in different schools, too, ne. We've always been together, but those which are enclosed and protected are already disappearing and turning into adults. -29- Yukino: We haven't had any problems all this time we've been seeing each other, but let's continue being good to each other, ne. At that time -30- I looked at Arima, feeling as though this was the first time I've seen his face, a face that I was supposedly used to seeing. A person one usually doesn't find any faults from. There was no one in this school who could match Arima anymore. A beautiful person blessed with every talent. END ACT 58 . And Time Flows On -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Homepage: http://karekano.hazydaze.net/ Email at: lostin[a]hazydaze.net Date: September 3, 2001 Revised: September 8, 2001