Skip Beat Chapter 143 Translation
[001-1] Act 143
Valentine
[002-2] Kyoko: .
. .Eh. . .?
[002-3] Kyoko: .
. .Wha. . .t. . .?
Shoutarou. . .
. . .Could
it be. . .
that
you. . .
[003-1] Kyoko: meant
the Beagle when you were talking about it being unorthodox?
Shou: I don't care about that
now!! Answer the question!!
Kyoko: No,
this is more important!!
[I don't understand.]
How.
. .
[003-2] Kyoko: How
do you know I'm giving chocolate to the Beagle?
SOUND GASP
Kyoko: Only
the two of us should know about it.
Shou: !!!
[Shit.
. .!!]
SOUND YIKES
Shou: There it is!!
[She
totally passed over my question!!]
[003-3] Kyoko: How
do you know?
SOUND STARE
Shou: [Eep]
. . .!
[003-4] Kyoko: Howww!!??
SOUND STARE
NGUH
Shou: ~~~~~
[004-1] Chocolates: Heart
to Beagle
Shou: !
SOUND GASP
[004-2] Shou: There was nothing to it!!
[To figuring it out.]
You wrote “Heart to
Beagle” on them!!
[004-3] Kyoko: .
. .Hah?
[004-4] Kyoko: . . .I didn't write that.
[Why would I have
written that sort of lovely message to the Beagle?]
Shou: You did write it!!
[Are
you trying to play dumb!?]
[004-5] Kyoko: No,
I didn't!!
Shou: Yes, you did!!
[004-6] Kyoko: No, I didn't!!
Shou: Yes, you did!!
[005-1] Reino: . . .Oh.
. .
[Phew.
. .]
I’m glad.
. .you didn’t write that. . .
[005-2] Reino: I wouldn’t want chocolate
with only that sort of quickly-dissolving, cotton-candy-like sweetness
baked into them.
Other Guy: [Eh?]
That shabby beat-up
box with tire tracks on it is for you, Reino?
SOUND PICK
PICK
RUSTLE RUSTLE
Caption: [Putting
the broken chocolate back together.]
Both: !!!
[006-1] Kyoko: Th. . .the Beagle!?
He’s at
Shou: . . .!
Reino: Yes,
this
chocolate. . .
[006-2] Reino: has been made especially for
me, and you were full of thoughts of me while you were making it.
SOUND TWITCH
[006-3] SOUND GLARE
Kyoko: .
. .Wha. . .
[006-4] Kyoko: What. . .!?
[That
glare! Are you trying to kill me?]
Shou: . . .You.
. .
[006-5] Shou: What are you thinking?
[006-6] Shou: Who was the one who went
pale when she was being stalked by that bastard!?
So,
[006-7] Shou: How did you go from that to
gallantly giving him homemade chocolates!?
SOUND CLICK
Woman: . . .!
[007-1] Manager: . . .
. . .That voice. . .Shou.
. .?
Kyoko: I.
. .
[007-2] Kyoko: I.
. .
I have my reasons!!
Shou: Reasons!?
Manager: Eh. . .
What!?
[Hey]
[007-3] Shou: No matter what the reason,
you felt like giving chocolate to that bastard in the end!!
[There, I’ve said
it!!]
Kyoko: Th. . .that’s. . .
Manager: Those two. . .are
from Vie Ghoul!?
And
the one over there with Shou is. .
.
[007-4] Manager: Kyoko-chan!!
Kyoko: No
matter what I say, you won’t believe me, anyway!!
Shou: That’s not my problem!!
[007-5] Manager: What’s this!?
This
picture has the same composition as the nightmare in Karuizawa. . .!!
[007-6] Shou: Rather than me not
believing you,
you
just don’t want to tell me!!
[008-1] Kyoko: What
the hell?
What’s that supposed
to mean!?
[008-3] Reino: [. . .Heh. . .]
[008-4] Reino: . . .Kyoko.
. .
[008-5] Kyoko: !!
[008-6] Reino: . . .It’s
no use trying to hide it.
Just tell him the
truth. . .
[009-1] Reino: About. . .
what
happened between us. . .
[009-3] Reino: Fuwa
vaguely realizes it.
Kyoko: !?
[009-4] Kyoko: . . .!
[009-5] Kyoko: .
. .Is that. . .true. . .?
[010-1] Shou: How despicable. . .
[010-2] Shou: He was your enemy until a
few months ago, and now he so easily captures you.
Kyoko: But. . .!
[010-3] Kyoko: But
it was no use!!
I never thought he’d capture me in that way, either!!
Shou: . . .
[So you’ve accepted it, clearly!]
It’s. . .
[010-4] Shou: because you leave yourself
open that he can barge right in!!
Kyoko: How
dare you act like you’re blameless!!
[010-5] Kyoko: You’re
the one that made the openings in my heart!!
[012-1] Kyoko: . . .
. . .Sh.
. .
[012-2] SOUND CLENCH
[012-4] Kyoko: . . .Sho.
. .
Manager: Shou. . .
[012-5] Shou: !?
SOUND CLICK CLICK
Manager: I’m
sorry.
[013-1] Manager: Shou. . .we’d better go to the
recording studio soon. . .
[013-3] Shou: . . .Yeah.
. .
SOUND TURN
Manager: Sorry,
Kyoko-chan.
Kyoko: Eh?
No,
I wasn’t really. . .
[013-4] Shou: . . .
SOUND STOP
[014-1] Manager: .
. .Shou. . .?
SOUND CLICK CLICK
Kyoko: . . .
[014-2] Shou: . . .Kyoko.
. .
Kyoko: .
. .Wh. . .
What.
. .?
[014-3] Shou: . . .You.
. .
[014-4] SOUND GLARE
[014-5] Kyoko: !?
[014-6] Shou: . . .really
are
a
stupid, boring woman,
who has nothing but love on her mind.
[015-1] Shou: I demote you.
[015-3] Kyoko: Hah?
[015-4] Kyoko: Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!!??
SOUND STOMP
STOMP STOMP STOMP
[016-1] Other Guy: [Mmph. . .]
SOUND SLAM
Other Guy: Sigh.
. .
[016-2] Other Guy: He
left, totally and hilariously misunderstanding the situation.
[That
Fuwa-kun.]
Reino: [. . .Heh. . .]
SOUND GRIN
GRIN
Reino: Even if their connection is
severed, it’s my gain.
[016-4] Other Guy: . . .
[016-5] Reino: . . .What?
Other Guy: Hm?
No,
I was just thinking,
even you would resort to those petty tricks. . .
[016-6] Other Guy: Even
though you know Fuwa completely misunderstood,
you
struck the final blow with those cryptic words.
Reino: . . .
Is there something
wrong with that?
Other Guy: No?
Not at all?
[017-1] Other Guy: Though
I was the one who told you to gain an interest in a real, flesh and blood woman
instead
of forming attachments to women who don't really exist all the time,
[017-2] Other Guy: .
. .I never. . .
thought
it would be that woman.
I’ve introduced you to
so many cute girls,
[017-3] Other: but you’d always say, “those
women are boring,” and that was that.
SOUND QUIVER
QUIVER QUIVER QUIVER
Kyoko: . . .Wha.
. .
[017-4] Kyoko: What. . .
was that. . .
just
now?
Those
last words. . .
[017-5] ~Shou: .
. .You
[017-6] ~Shou: .
. .really are
a stupid, boring woman, who has nothing but love on her
mind.
I demote you.
[018-1] Kyoko: What
the fuck?
[018-2] Kyoko: Why has this turned into talk about love!!?
[What’s the logic!?]
[And furthermore!!]
How
dare you speak of love, something I balled up and threw so far out into the
galaxy it made
me insane!?
SOUND ROOOOOOAR
KABOOM
Kyoko: How dare you. . .!!
SOUND BLAM
[019-1] Kyoko: You spit that out, didn’t you!!?
SOUND ROOOOOAR
Demons: [Kill!!]
[Kill!!]
[Kill!!]
[Kill!!]
Caption: [Killer
comet.]
[019-2] Other Guy: .
. .Well,
[019-3] Other Guy: To
be sure, being able to release little vengeful spirits into the cosmos is a
special and interesting
skill.
[019-4] Other Guy: But
I don’t understand that you would want chocolate so badly that you’d threaten
her.
Caption: [Deep
space and the killer comet.]
Reino: . . .
Caption: [Using
psychic photography.]
[Making photos of
things you see.]
Kyoko: !!!
SOUND HII!!
CLUTCH
[019-5] Kyoko: You
two!!
You’re
still here!?
Other Guy: [Yeah]
Reino: . . .Well,
[020-1] Reino: We should probably be going,
soon, ourselves.
[I just got an email
from our manager that said, “Hurry up!”]
But before that. . .
[020-2] SOUND SHOW
BEAT UP
[020-3] Reino: Take these back.
[020-4] Kyoko: Hah!!??
[020-5] Kyoko: .
. .Wh. . .What?
You’re not. . .
[020-6] Kyoko: .
. .going to say “remake these,” are you!?
Reino: .
. .No, there’s no need for that.
[020-7] Reino: I actually prefer these.
Chocolates: [Damn
you. Beagle! Why do I have to do this? You devil, you demon, you monster! I
hate you!]
SOUND GRR
GRR
HATRED
Kyoko: They’re fine!!
[020-8] Kyoko: I. . .I. . .If you like them, then just take them now!!
Reino: No.
[021-1] Reino: It isn’t
Valentine’s
Day yet.
[021-3] Kyoko: . . .
It’ll be the 14th
in 6 hours.
[021-4] Kyoko: Just
take them and go! What a nuisance.
Reino: I refuse.
I won’t take them
until tomorrow.
[021-5] Caption: [Stubborn.]
Kyoko: . . .!
[What
the hell’s with this guy!?]
Why is Valentine’s Day itself so important!? They’re not “honmei” chocolates!
[They’re not even “giri” chocolates, so who cares!?]
What the hell!?
[021-6] Kyoko: This guy is incomprehensible!!
[022-1] Kyoko: ~~~
[022-2] Kyoko: . . .
[Sigh.
. .]
. . .All
right. . .
[022-3] Kyoko: .
. .Fine.
As you wish.
I’ll give them to you
tomorrow.
[022-4] Kyoko: On
one condition.
I am an actress, after all.
Dark Moon is almost
over, and I’ll be on set all day tomorrow.
[022-5] Kyoko: If
you say you’ll come to the set,
I’ll give you the
chocolates.
[022-6] SOUND SMILE
Kyoko: Of
course,
only
if you care to.
[023-1] Kyoko: As
long as you don’t mind
if
Tsuruga Ren is there.
[024-2] SOUND ROOOOOOOOAR
Other Guy: ?
[025-1] SOUND FWUMP
[025-2] SOUND DEAD
TIRED
Kyoko: I
[025-3] Kyoko: am exhausted!!
. . .Even though I was on that quiz show,
[025-4] Kyoko: what tired me out most was those two!!
[Jeez!]
I
couldn’t do my “Natsu” makeup carefully and have fun
with it because of those stupid men!!
[025-5] Kyoko: Everyone said it looked okay, so it probably
looked fine, but. . .
SOUND ROLL
Kyoko: If I’d had any more trouble with the Beagle, that could have been bad. . .
[026-1] SOUND HEE. . .
[026-2] Kyoko: The Tsuruga-san
effect
[026-3] Kyoko: absolutely
Reino: . . .I
guess it can’t be helped.
But
just this once.
SOUND SLIP
SLIP
FADE OUT
STOP
Reino: But I’ll only take them on
Valentine’s Day next year!
Kyoko: worked on him, but. . .
[026-4] Kyoko: Whaddya mean, next year? He’s going to extort
chocolate out of me again!?
[He’s trying to harrass me in advance!? He’s really a pest!!]
[026-5] Kyoko: This
is no joke!!
I’ll
have to make sure he can never take a hostage like this time ever again!!
[Shoutarou!! My heart rankles just
hearing your name!!]
Caption: [The
little Kyo grudge, back home.]
Kyoko: I’ll never have anything to do with the
Beagle ever again!!
[027-1] Mrs. Darumaya: Oh,
Kyoko-chan,
you’re
home?
Kyoko: Oh!
[Gasp]
[027-2] Kyoko: I’m
home!!
Mrs. Darumaya: Welcome home.
Good work today.
[027-3] Mrs. Darumaya: Have you eaten?
Kyoko: [Ah]
Yes, I have.
Mrs. Darumaya: (in the connected bubble) Is
that so? Would you like some tea?
Kyoko: [Yes!]
I’ll make it.
Mrs. Darumaya: [Oh,]
Thank you.
[027-4] SOUND BLUB BLUB
BLUB
[027-5] Mrs. Darumaya: . . .Oh,
come
to think of it,
[027-6] Mrs. Darumaya: something came for you in the mail today,
Kyoko-chan.
[027-7] Mrs. Darumaya: I left it right inside the door to your room.
[027-8] Mrs. Darumaya: You can go check it out later.
[028-1] Narrator: Kyoko-san
was relieved.
[028-2] Narrator: the ordeal with Vie Ghoul
[028-3] Narrator: had been resolved,
[028-4] Narrator: however,
[028-5] Narrator: Kyoko-san
did not realize
SOUND WSH
WSH WSH
[028-6] Narrator: that there was still a problem
Kyoko: Okay!
[Yeah]
It’s cute!
[029-1] Narrator: with this one
[029-2] Narrator: and that one
[029-3] Narrator: even if the Vie Ghoul ordeal was resolved.
Kyoko: I
hope Tsuruga-san will be happy
SOUND FUSS
FUSS
[029-4] Kyoko: with
his birthday present.
I’m done!
SOUND PAT
Narrator: The day
[029-5] Narrator: she had been waiting for,
[030-1] Narrator: The day
that should be so much fun
[030-2] Narrator: Kyoko-san’s
[030-3] Narrator: Valentine’s Day
Kyoko: Ah.
. .
[030-4] SOUND TOCK
Narrator: has
Kyoko: It’s
the 14th. . .!
Narrator: just begun.
To be continued in Volume 17,
August 5th!