Ohoshisama ni Onegai!
by Fujisaki Mao
Source: Volume 1
Translated: Dianne (DiDi)
Chapter 1
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Disclaimer: Ohoshisama ni Onega! is owned by Fujisaki Mao. This is a fan translation and no
money is 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.
: text in bubbles
* floating text
> sound
[] translator's additional notes..
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Page 3
* Back then, I don't think anybody could tell I was a girl at a glance.
* I was the leader (boss) of all the boys in the neiborhood.
* The saying "that looks like a boy" was like a reward for me.
* But I had a secret I never told anybody.
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Cover page
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> kyu (she snaps her fingers)
Tomo: Handkerchief, good
Wallet, good
Tomo: I have my student card.
* This is Sasahara Tomo's new world.
Tomo: Everything's ready..
Tomo: I've been wanting thi-----s. *heart*
A room like. this. *heart*
> BOFU
* But the truth is I've always hidden it.
I really like it like this.
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* I think it was when I got to elementary school.
'Til then I really hated them.. but really, I started to like "girly" things.
* But now, I'm embarassed... The many years I've acted like a boy won't disappear that quickly.
Teacher: Sasahara-san! You're a girl, aren't you!
Fix your language! You're going to be a junior high student next year!
* 'Til then I thought it was ok, because I had an ally.
Ishikawa: Sasahara, don't worry about what sensei said.
Tomo: Ishikawa...
Ishikawa: You're not a girl inside, so you're best to talk to..
You're fine just the way you are.
Tomo: Ok.
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* But 3 years after one of these happiest moments, this ally
easily betrayed me.
Ishikawa: I don't hate you but
if I'm gonna see somebody, I'd like one who acts like a girl---
> BOZU
Tomo: (fuhahaha) Stop thinking bad thoughts!
* ha
Mom: Tomo------ you're going to be late to your school entrance ceremony---!
Tomo: Yea-h!
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Mom: That's good. Clean up the stuff we moved in 'til the school entrance ceremony..
but Tomo-chan, aren't you gonna go to the same high school as your old friends?
Tomo: It's ok. I'm glad to be in a new city.
* And
* And here, there won't be a single person who knows about me.
Mom: ?
* (Mom) Maa.. My daughter's burning...
> GOKOOOO
* It's the perfect chance to fix my life from the start!!
?: But
* I've decided to "act the way I'm supposed to" in this new town.
Head teacher: To continue, we will introduce the teachers for each grade.
Tomo: (thought) If I think like that, then the school entrance ceremony is going to be really
embarassing again..
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Other teachers: This is really tasteless---
It's just regular flower and bonsai decorating.
* (snoring)
Tomo: ...
* (snoring)
She looks to her right.
* (snoring)
She looks to her left.
* (snoring)
Tomo: (thought) Th.. this is kind of uh....
* (snoring)
Girl: (thought) Well, now..
Teacher: Eh.. Next is 1st year section 4 (1-4)... isn't it..
Tomo: (thought) What? My class adviser is late?
Late teacher: I'm really late.
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Late teacher: Sorry to have kept you waiting.
: AAAAAA...
Head teacher: A-- You're just in time.
Well, let me say it over.. 1-4's class adviser Shimazaki Akira of the math dept.
Tomo: ~
Girl to the right: hanya?
Girl to the left: bu?
Mom: Ara ara..
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> KINKON KANKON (school bells)
Several girls pass by, talking..
: Shima-chan's ikebana performance was pretty good--
: I heard that Yomuin-san forgot to turn off the gym air con.
Shima-chan's flowers are wilting so he's going to get new ones..
: He came in holding a boquet in his arms. In his 3 minutes, he got an applause for his
fresh flowers.
: E- I wanted to see!
: Ok. 1-4's Shima-chan is in charge.
: I want to change. ["my class" probably]
Tomo: ch..
* (Tomo) If that's so, then I'll trade with you.
* Right away!!
Tomo: Sensei-- I've got the copies.
> GARA
Late teacher (Akira): Hai
Akira: Thanks.
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Tomo: Excuse me!
Akira: Give those copies to each of the classes.
Then we'll have tea.. Japanese tea is so cool..
[Don't ask me.. It's pretty random.. ^^; ]
Tomo: ~~~~
Tomo: ARGH! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS TO ME?!
Akira: Oh yeah.. It's been a while since we've seen each other anyway, so...
Akira: I don't know what you're talking about.
Akira: Chi. ma. chan
Tomo: I'm telling you to stop calling me that!!
* That's right.. This guy's one of my so-called childhood friends.
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* 5 years ago, he suddenly moved away from our neighborhood.
* Being an only child, he was like a real brother to me.... In short
* As much as I hate it, he's someone who knows about my past.
Tomo: That's why having you as my adviser isn't going to be good!
Akira: I'm honored to receive your pleasure.
Tomo: IT IS NOT!
Akira: But I guess it's better than it used to be.. A long time ago, you used to follow me
around, saying "Aki-nii Aki-nii".
* How nostalgic.
Akira: I always saved you from falling in the river when you used to drive around recklessly
on your tricycle.
And while you're making a scene, I'm cleaning up after you.
Tomo: DON'T TELL ANYONE ABOUT THAT!
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Akira: Why?
> (BEAT)
Tomo: Eh!?
Th.. that's.....
Akira: Hm. So, it's a guy?
* GAAAAAAH
Tomo: .....
Akira: ..
Tomo: ~~~~ANYWAY
I'm serious! Don't tell anyone!
> BYU (chucks the cup at him)
> BAN
Akira: (thought) ..As unreasonable as ever.
> pashi (catching the can)
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* So that Chima and a love affair, huh..
* Chi-ma!
* (Tomo) When I grow up, I'm gonna be Ultraman.
* (Tomo) And then I'll always protect Aki-nii.
> PIPIPI PIPIPI(cell phone rings)
> PI
Akira: Yes.. Yeah..
Akira: Don't worry. I'm watching very closely.
Mom: But isn't it great? I'm happy that Akira-san's a teacher.
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Tomo: (thought) It's absolutely embarassing.
* There hasn't been anything I've hidden or stayed hidden from Aki-nii.
Akira: Your clothes ripped again?
Akira: What did you today? Climb a tree? Did you play in your secret base?
Tomo: I just fell.
Akira: ...Hmmm..
Akira: A. Oh, yeah. Do you eat chocolates?
Tomo: I do!
* Hah..
* Hands covered with splinters... covered with mud..
Akira: Put it out. Show me your hands.
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* Aki-nii would then have this smile, like he won..
* It's annoying, but lovely...
Tomo: (present:thought) It's not like that!
* At any rate, he's had good insight for a long time..
* And much more..
* And he can see so much more through things like these..
Tomo: (thought) It was such a perfect cover, too.
* I should throw away this postcard.
[The postcard is her invitation to her junior high class reunion.]
* Why don't I throw it away?
* unya
Koba (the girl who fell asleep on her right): Ara.. Do you have a class reunion?
> BIKU (surprise)
Tomo: Huuuu-uuuuuh? Koba-san! You're still here?
Koba: You can just call me Koba.. I was looking at some magazines in the library.
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Koba: But isn't it really hasty?
Tomo: ... yeah. Hey. Since I'm the only one who moved away and separated from them, I'd look
like I'm worried.
Koba: Heeeh.. It's really popular..
Tomo: Ahaha.. It's not like that.
Tomo: Everyone likes to get together and make merry. Not me.
Koba: Ahaha.. But shouldn't we go?
Tomo: E
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Tomo: Y.. yeah..
Koba: What? Is there someone you don't want to run into?
> GISSU
Tomo: EEEE!?
Tomo: No--! It's not like that!
Akira: (thought) She's always so easy to figure out..
: It's really far.
: Where is it?
Akira: ...
* (Tomo) I didn't want to see him now all of a sudden.
* (Tomo) But it's too bad it's gonna look like I'm avoiding him.
..And, I couldn't throw the postcard away.
Akira: Ok. Next. Double-sided copy. A thousand sheets.
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* (Tomo) Why is he bugging me!?
Tomo: AHH! Is it alright for a teacher to seem like he's threatening a student, even for just
a little while!?
Akira: Eh? I only asked, didn't I? Isn't that just the way you see it?
Akira: Is there something dark about my back? [since she's glaring at him]
> RRO (teeth grinding?)
* SHIIIIIT
Tomo: (squeaking, trying to hold her anger)
Akira: Would you warm tea afterwards?
> TAN
Akira: I'm done.
Chima. My shoulders.
Tomo: What!? Your shoulders are like steel, Aki-nii!
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Akira: Finally, you call me that.
> TON
Akira: I was really looking forward to seeing you when I found your name on the class list.
* (Tomo) Aki-nii...
Tomo: I see..
Akira: I thought I might get to play and tease that roly-poly puppy..
* Not thinking about her feelings.
* (Tomo) Dog?
Tomo: ~~~~~~
> POKA POKA POKA (scratching his back)
Akira: Ahh.. That works..
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Akira: So which guy is it?
The one who made you set on being more like a girl.
Tomo: I..
Tomo: IT'S NOT LIKE THAT! It has absolutely nothing to do with you! [her reason, she means]
Akira: I see-- A self-discovered interest.. But.
Akira: You should leave this guy who'd make you think you had to hide your past. I'm sorry.
Tomo: Wha...
Akira: It's not really even about your past..
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Akira: First, you're not the type to continue holding up a lie.
Akira: You should be yourself. Don't turn into someone else.
* (memory of Ishikawa's words) You should be yourself
Tomo: ...
Tomo: I had confessed!
Tomo: I confessed my feelings. But he told me no...
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Tomo: The truth is, I knew it. He liked girly girls.
* (Ishikawa) Hey, hey.. Isn't that girl cute?
Tomo: But.. I was embarassed.. and for it to come out like that after so long..
But that's why..
* (Tomo) That's why.
* (Tomo) I thought I'd confess at the start.
* (Tomo) I thought I could change from then
* (Tomo) but it wasn't the right time. [to confess]
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* (Tomo) It wasn't the time for that love.
Akira: ... (remembers a time when she cried)
> GYAAAAAAAAA
> GYAAAAAAAAAA UGAAAAAAAAA
Akira: Cry as much as you want to.
Tomo: What! I'm fine!
Akira: Ma. This has something to do with it, too.
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Akira: I'm watching you, so become a good woman.
Tomo: .....
* (Tomo) ...to him
Tomo: Hue..
* (Tomo) I wanted him to say that. I wanted him to look at me.
* (Tomo) A place where I can properly turn into a girl.
* (Tomo) Because it was a love to which I thought I'd lose my facade I'd had 'til then.
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* (Tomo) I can say that what's great is great.
* (Tomo) I can tell what I like that I like them. That's how I've always wanted myself to be.
Tomo: It's okay. I'll go home by myself.
Tomo: Besides the 6:00 rush, buses are gonna be roughly 30 minutes late.
* (Akira) There are only 3 buses after 6:00 in Chinami.
> BUKYURURU
* (Akira) haihai.. get in already.
Tomo: Oyajiguruma [old man car]
* (Panda alarm) It's a good car!
Akira: To tell you the truth, I don't let anybody but good women ride in the passenger seat.
Tomo: Fine, I'm getting off!
Akira: Hey, brat.. Hey, if you don't hurry up, the shops are gonna close.
Tomo: ?
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Akira: Is it good?
Tomo: Uh.. y.. yeah.
Mom: A.. You're so cuute!
Akira: (thought) Wow.. She looks like a toy..
Tomo: B.. buuut.. A.. Aki-nii? Um..
* (Mom) Isn't it nice?
Akira: Do you like it?
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Tomo: Y..yeah
* (Panda alarm) Change already.
Akira: Hmm, ok. We'll take this one please. Charge it on the card.
Saleslady (i assume since we don't get to see): Ok.
Tomo: EH!?
Akira: Are you going to wear that tomorrow?
Tomo: Wh.. where am I going?
Akira: Fujisawa's Karaoke Park Alpha.
Tomo: Huh!?
> (squeak)
He's holding the postcard for her class reunion.
Akira: It's the meeting place for K's 2nd junior high 3-2 class reunion.
Tomo: AAA
Tomo: I'M NOT GOING TO THAT!!
Akira: Ah, I see. So you're going to run away?
Akira: If you do that, you'll just be continuing to hide and you can never truly say that
you've changed.
Tomo: .....
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Akira: ...It'll make you feel better. ["You'll feel refreshed"]
* (Tomo) Shi...
* (Tomo) How annoying!!!
* (Tomo) But in the end, Aki-nii found out what I've been hiding.
Tomo: (thought) Is it the age difference? His different experiences?
Tomo: (thought) Is it because I'm simple?
* (memory of Akira's words) So you're going to run away?
Tomo: ...
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* (Tomo) That's enough.
Tomo: I'm leaving for the class reunion now.
Mom: Ara.. Maa.. Tomo-chan! How's your dress?
* (Tomo) I've had enough already.
Mom: The class reunion.. Wait! The train today is...
* (Tomo) I don't want to run away anymore.
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* (Tomo) To really start all over again.
Station announcement: At this moment.. Due to a traffic accident, the whole line will be stopped.
We are sorry for the inconvenience--
Station announcement: Furthermore, until the reconstruction, please select a bus in the
neighboring station..
Tomo: PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOING THROUGH A WHOLE LOT OF TROUBLE!!
[yeah, that was a really loose translation.. i got "people have a whole lot of determination"]
* (Tomo) This is really my chance to let go!
Tomo: (thought) If I can somehow get to the Tokyo station...
Akira (offscreen): Chima!
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Akira: Come on!
Tomo: ...Aki-nii...
Tomo: (breathing heavily) Aki-nii, why?
Akira: Didn't I say I'd look after you?
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Receptionist: The party room is the 2nd door to the right? Should I lead you?
Tomo: No, it's alright.
Tomo: (gulp)
> GACHA (opens the door)
Girls: Chima!?
Girls: Kyaa-- So cute!
Classmates: O---i! It's Sasahara!
* O?
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Girls: I'm surprised you'd wear something like that, Chima.
Tomo: ...yeah.
Tomo: The truth is, I like it this way. But I didn't say anything 'cuz I was really embarassed.
Girls: Mou.. That's silly! You're cute!
* (Tomo) Yeah. I was an idiot.
Girls: How's the new house?
Girls: Are there any cute guys?
Girls: Listen! Shizu's already got a boyfriend.
Tomo: Heeee--
Shizu: Mou... Stop it!
Guys: Hey, next!
* (Tomo) I could never do these simple things 'til now.
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Ishikawa: Sasahara
Ishikawa: ...I guess I was wrong, huh?
Tomo: Huh?
Ishikawa: Did you wear that dress for me?
Tomo: ...
> umu umu
Ishikawa: That's right, huh. You *are* a girl after all.
Ishikawa: ...but at that time.. I was thinking again..
> (she stands up quickly)
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> BAKI (she socks him)
Girls: Chi.. Chima!?
Tomo: Nah.. This was just another miscommunication..
Tomo: It hurt just like this.
Ishikawa: ...
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* (Tomo) Yeah
Tomo: Byebye
* (Tomo) I feel better.
At the station..
* (Tomo) I want to see Aki-nii.
* (Tomo) Somehow, I really
* (Tomo) want to see you.
Tomo: ......
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Tomo: Aki-nii...!
Tomo: Were you waiting!?
Akira: ...So do you feel better?
Tomo: ...Yeah.
Tomo: I do.
Akira: Well, might as well give you a ride.
Tomo: You won't let anyone but nice women ride?
Akira: The kid's an exception.
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Tomo: ~~~~~
> POKA POKA POKA (hiting his back again)
Akira: Ah--- Hey, a little lower.
Akira: It's a quick ride. Driving to your graduation celebration.
Akira: Put on your seatbelt.
> (pulling)
Tomo: Ah. ok.
> (struggling with seatbelt)
Tomo: b---
Akira: Ah.. Here..
> (BEAT)
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* A...
> DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI (heart pounding)
* (Tomo) Are?
Akira: Causing a panic as usual. You're a thoughtless kid.
Tomo: Mu.. Not so! The dress is bulky!
Akira: I see.. You were panicking..
Akira: even though you're not clumsy..
Tomo: ...but it wasn't even handy..
> pora pora
Akira: I know that well enough.
* bu---------
Akira: (clucking) ku ku ku
* (Tomo) He was watching over me.
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* (Tomo) I want to yell
* (Tomo) in a loud voice.
* (Tomo) What?
Tomo: (sees sakura petals floating in the wind) u
Tomo: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
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Tomo: U------WA--------
Tomo: UWA-----
UWA---------
Akira: (thought) Is she a dog?
Akira: Chima, watch your step! The petals are sliding!
[I guess the petals are flying around so fast she might get blinded and trip]
Tomo: I'm. o. k.
Akira: whoops.
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Tomo: Isn't it great?
Tomo: They're so pretty!
His eyes widen..
Akira: Chi..
Tomo: AAAAAHHHHHH
He catches her as she trips.
> DO..
Tomo: Hya---- So-rry-
Her eyes widen.
Tomo: ...Aki-nii?
> ZA--------
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He's kissing her.
* (Tomo) What is this feeling?
END CHAPTER 1
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Date: August 20, 2000