Skip Beat Chapter 148

Skip Beat Chapter 148

October 20, 2009

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Dialogue is listed by page number-panel number [000-00]. The page corresponds to actual page numbers and not file numbers when page numbers are available.

Line breaks indicate a new speech bubble.

Text in italics indicates thoughts/internal monologue.

Text in italics after a speaker’s name also in italics and preceded by tilde ~ are flashback/memory sequences (example: ~Tanaka: That was back in the day. . .)

Text in [square brackets] indicates asides/handwritten text.

Sound effects are in ALL CAPS.

[001-1] Caption: Cool Star

The Magnificent Show Biz Challenge

Act 148 Valentine’s Day XXXX

Nakamura Yoshiki Volume 23 Now on Sale!

[002-3] Woman: He seems to be in a much better mood.

[To be honest, that face is a little strange, too, but. . .it’s better than how he

looked before.]

Manager: Yes. . .well, sort of.

SOUND GRIN GRIN GRIN

[002-4] Woman: Something good must have happened

when he saw Kyoko-chan.

[Did they get back together?]

Manager: . . .I don’t know. . .

[002-5] Manager: I actually don’t know the details myself.

[I didn’t go in with him.]

[002-6] Manager: --But. . .

[003-1] Manager: it’s likely

[003-2] Manager: that he

[003-3] Manager: did something. . .

[No doubt about it.]

That inappropriate smile

full of self-confidence. . .

That’s right,

the vocalist from Vie Ghoul is not the enemy.

[That’s not really the issue anymore, though.]

[003-4] Manager: He did something that he thinks he can use

as a trump card

to beat Tsuruga Ren. . .

[003-5] Manager: Jeez. . .what in the world did he do?

[That kid. . .]

I shouldn’t have been considerate and let him go in there by himself.

[004-1] SOUND WF. . .

[004-4] Sho: . . .She’s. . .

so transparent. . .

[005-1] Sho: Since this is Kyoko we’re talking about. . .

~Kyoko: I know!!

SOUND SQUEEZE

[005-2] ~Kyoko: My first kiss will be in a beautiful church like a castle, and I’ll wear a princessy

dress, and it will be a vow of the eternal love between my prince and me, right!?

[005-3] Sho: [Heh heh.]

There’s no doubt, that’s what she thought.

[005-4] Sho: So when I, someone she hates, stole it from her for some cheap reason,

she must have been thinking. . .

Caption: First, shock,

when she comes to,

and reality hits her, the rage within her will bubble. . .

~Kyoko: . . .!

[006-1] Sho: And right about now. . .

~Kyoko: Shoootaroooo!!!

[I won’t forgive you!!!]

How dare you take my lips before I become a bride!!

[I will satisfy this grudge even if I have to pursue you to the end of Hell!!!]

Sho: she’s like that.

[006-2] Sho: And her head is full of me!!

Sho: Follow me, wherever I may go.

[006-3] Sho: Look only at me, like before, so much that you can see nothing else.

Grow ever angrier,

so that nothing but me remains in your head.

[006-4] Sho: And then,

when you’ve become more obsessed with me

than ever before,

[007-1] Sho: you shall

hate me, more and more!!

Caption: [A Warped Desire to Monopolize Her]

Sho: Now, Kyoko. . .

[008-1] Sho: Think of me!!!

[008-2] ~Kyoko: I know!!
SOUND SQUEEZE

[008-3] ~Kyoko: My first kiss will be in a beautiful church like a castle, and I’ll wear a princessy

dress, and it will be a vow of the eternal love between my prince and me, right!?

And of course, of course,

my prince is Sho-chan!!!

[Oh, Kyoko! You’re so silly!! Such a pervert!!]

[009-1] ~Kyoko: !

[009-2] ~Kyoko: Uh-oh!
[Come to think of it.]

I came here to look for my lunch.

Caption: [Sho’s class fans threw it away.]

~Kyoko: Is this any time to have delusions from a resort brochure someone threw away?

Caption: [But she’s taking it with her.]

[009-3] Caption: [One frame of the brochure.]

[009-4] ~Kyoko: I have to hurry. Lunch will be over soon.

SOUND RUSTLE RUSTLE

~Kyoko: Ugh, gross, I guess I’ll leave the lunch, but I want my chopsticks.

[009-5] ~Kyoko: Those are the precious chopsticks that the mistress bought for me~~~

Caption: *Sho’s mother.

SOUND RUMMAGE RUMMAGE

[009-7] ~Kyoko: . . .Ah. . .!

[010-3] SOUND CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER

[011-1] Kyoko: . . .I just remembered. . .

something unpleasant. . .

Caption: [She dropped a chopstick.]

[011-2] Kyoko: --Come to think of it,

I thought those foolish thoughts,

(Repeat of first kiss delusion, hand grabs out “Sho-ch” from the dialogue)

Kyoko: until last year.

[011-3] Kyoko: Never would I have believed

that he would steal my first kiss,

No! That was definitely not a kiss!!

and that I would be so enraged.

Not even in my wildest dreams.

SOUND CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER

[011-4] Kyoko: Back then. . .

I’ve firmly resolved never to love again,

and it’s not like I was saving it for someone. . .

Caption: [She’s forgotten all about choosing who your first kiss is.]

[012-1] Kyoko: But still. . .!

[012-2] Kyoko: When I think of that absurd situation,

and the mocking way in which he stole it,

[012-3] Kyoko: even if I’ve recovered from the shock, my blood boils with rage!!!

SOUND NU NU NU NU NU NU

Kyoko : [Damn you. . . !]

Shotaro. . .How dare you sully a maiden’s lips for such a base reason!!!

[013-1] Kyoko: I’ll never forgive you!!!

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE

Kyoko: I’ll take this grudge with me even into the next life!!!

[013-2] Caption: Bullseye.

[013-3] Yashiro: . . .

[014-1] SOUND GASP!

Yashiro: . . .It everything okay. . .?
Ren: . . .

[014-2] Kyoko: Ah. . .!

Yes!! It’s fine!!
[Look! Just look!]

[014-3] Kyoko: I am confident that it is not soiled in any way!!

[If I didn’t know I’d dropped it, I could use it without scruple!!]

Yashiro: . . .No. . .I wasn’t asking about the chopstick when I asked if everything was

[014-4] Kyoko: But, it’s probably unhygenic, so I’ll go get a new one.

Yashiro: [Ahh. . .]

Yeah, that’s true.

[014-5] Woman: There are a lot of chocolate desserts today, aren’t there?
[Since it’s Valentine’s Day!]

I took one of everything!
Woman2: Are you stupid!?

[014-6]    Woman2:               You’ll get fat again, for sure!!
                Woman:                 I don’t care!
                SOUND                  HOMF

[015-1] Woman: This one melts in your mouth, so delicious!
SOUND POP

[015-2] Caption: [Melts in your mouth]

SOUND QUIVER QUIVER QUIVER QUIVER

Yashiro: . . .Kyo. . .

[015-3] Yashiro: Kyoko-chaaan!

[Heeeey, snap out of it!]

Kyoko: [Gasp. . .!]

[015-4] Kyoko: E. . .Excuse me.

I’ll be right back.

[Please start without me.]

[015-5] Yashiro: . . .Kyoko-chan. . .

[015-6] Yashiro: I guess she can’t help thinking about it.

[She’s making some scary faces.]

Even if you tried to convince her that that wasn’t a kiss. . .

[016-1] Yashiro: It was Fuwa, after all. . .

she might not be able to forget it that easily. . .

[017-1] SOUND CLACK

Kyoko: [Sigh. . .]

. . .Ahh, it’s no use. . .

[017-2] Kyoko: Everything I hear or see seems connected to him. Pisses me off. . .!!

Caption: More and more bullseyes.

Kyoko: [I can’t even stand the smell of chocolate. . .! I keep having flashbacks and

getting more and more angry. . .!]

[017-3] Kyoko: Ugh. . .this is terrible. . .at this rate, I’ll remember that every year on this day.

All day I’ll be irritated and angry and my mind and body will be tortured. . .!

Kyoko: You’re kidding me, right? They start selling Valentine’s chocolate in January!

And I hadn’t been thinking about him day and night lately, too. . .

[017-4] Kyoko: I’ve gone back to square one. . .

Kyoko: Valentine’s Day has gone from a stupid holiday to a festival of nightmares.

It’s even worse than before. . .

[018-2] Kyoko: . . .

[018-4] SOUND PEEK

[019-1] Kyoko: --Tsuruga-san.

[019-3] Ren: Hm?
Kyoko: . . .Um. . .

[019-4] Kyoko: I wonder. . .if you had a little free time right now. . .

Ren: ?
. . .I suppose I do. . .

[019-5] Ren: What is it?
[Heh.]

You’re asking so formally.

[019-6] Kyoko: . . .

[020-1] Kyoko: Actually. . .

[020-2] Kyoko: There’s something

I’d maybe. . .

[020-3] Kyoko: . . .to give. . .

[020-4] Kyoko: to you. . .

[020-5] Kyoko: perhaps. . .

Sign: Tsuruga Ren-sama

[021-2] Kyoko: . . .

[021-3] Ren: . . .Mogami-san. . .?
Kyoko: . . .

[021-4] Kyoko: I made this gelée au vin. . .

And I thought. . .

you might like it

for your dessert. . .

[022-1] Kyoko: I thought

if even I gave you chocolate,

you might be troubled.

[022-2] Kyoko: So,

I thought about it.

And for Valentine’s Day,

[022-3] Kyoko: I thought

I’d give you something slippery and easy to eat.

[022-4] Kyoko: . . .So. . .

Maybe, gelée would be

[022-5] Kyoko: slippery and simple. . .

[022-6] Ren: I see. . .

I’m the only one

[023-2] Ohara: [Thank you!]

[023-3] Ren: who didn’t get chocolate. . .

[023-4] Ren: . . .Can I try it. . .?
Kyoko: !!

[023-5] Kyoko: Yes, please. . .!

[023-6] Caption: [Rose-colored.]

[023-7] Ren: . . .Déjà vu. . .?
[Maybe it’s just my imagination, but I feel like I’ve seen this somewhere

Caption: [Has no interest in sweets, so he usually just overlooks them.]*

*Note: These are long spoons usually used for parfaits and the like.

[023-8] Kyoko: The spoon I brought was a little too short.

Caption: [Realized it in the dressing room this morning.]

Kyoko: I saw these in the cafeteria and realized they’d be perfect, so I took one.

[I’m so stupid,]

I always get caught up with the utensils. . .

Ren: Uh-huh. . .

[024-1] Ren: But, I understand what you mean.

The way you can see the red wine jelly through the crystal roses. . .

[024-2] Ren: It’s quite beautiful.

Kyoko: Isn’t it!?

[024-3] Kyoko: When I saw this glass, I writhed in agony over how perfect it was!!

Ren: . . .Yes. . .this is definitely her taste. . .

[024-4] Kyoko: Because, look, this glass’s shape. . .

Isn’t it just like the Queen Rosa!?

[024-5] Kyoko: So I thought, if I’m going to give gelée to Tsuruga-san, I absolutely must have

[024-6] Ren: . . .If I. . .

[025-1] Ren: were to think

receiving “special” treatment right now. . .

[025-2] Ren: that would be dangerous. . .

Caption: [Composed.]

Ren: Yes, it’s delicious.

Kyoko: Really!?

Caption: [Learns from his frequent experiences.]

[025-3] Kyoko: I’m glad. . .!

This is actually my first time making gelée au vin,

so I thought, what if Tsuruga-san doesn’t like it. . .?

[025-4] Kyoko: . . .My heart beat so fast. . .

[026-2] Ren: . . .Oh, my, no. . .

[026-3] Ren: Even if you make that face, I won’t be deceived.

Kyoko: [I still have a long way to go in my cooking.]

[026-4] Ren: [It’s fine.]

[026-5] Ren: won’t be swayed. . .

[027-1] Ren: . . .!!?

Caption: [Vein]

[A deeply furrowed brow]

[Dilated pupils.]

[027-2] Caption: [Mind Completely Polluted with Fuwa.]

[Prajnaparamita.]*

*The perfection of wisdom/enlightenment in Buddhism.

[028-1] ~Kyoko: so I thought, what if Tsuruga-san doesn’t like it. . .?

[028-2] ~Kyoko: . . .My heart beat so fast. . .

[028-3] ~Kyoko: I worried that anything I like would be too childish in taste for you, Tsuruga-san.

So, until it came out,

I sampled it many times. . .

[028-4] Kyoko: Sampled. . .!?

[028-5] Narrator: . . .And so. . .

Caption: [Prajnaparamita.]

SOUND IRRITATED

[028-6] SOUND . . .KSH. . .

[029-1] Ren: . . .Mogami-san.

[030-2] Kyoko: Eh?

To Be Continued in Hana to Yume Issue #1, On Sale December 5^th!