Skip Beat Chapter 149

December 2, 2009

translation by unrelatedwaffle [at] gmail

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unrelatedwaffle’s manga translation key:

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:                 A painful thorn

                                                on a black rose.

                                                A sweet nectar

                                                tainted by a poison with no antidote.

                The Magnificent Show-Biz Challenge!
                Skip Beat!
                Act 149  The Poison Flower

                Nakamura Yoshiki                Ever-Popular Volumes 1~23 Now on Sale!

 

[002-1]    Kyoko:                   It was almost

                                                as if I’d gone back to that moment.

[002-2]    SOUND                  WAVE WAVE

[002-3]    Kyoko:                   Back

[002-4]    Kyoko:                   then

 

[003-1]    Kyoko:                   Whatever I saw,

                                                whatever I heard,

[003-2]    Kyoko:                   he occupied my mind.

[003-3]    Kyoko:                   He seized

                                                my consciousness.

[003-4]    Kyoko:                   His poison invaded

                                                my entire body,

 

[004-1]    Kyoko:                   so much

[004-2]    SOUND                  CREAK

[004-3]    Ren:                        . . .Mogami-san.

[004-4]    Kyoko:                   that I couldn’t get away

[004-5]    Kyoko:                   under my own power.

 

[006-1]    SOUND                  CREAK

                Kyoko:                   --Eh?

[006-3]    Kyoko:                   EH?

 

[008-2]    SOUND                  SMOOCH

 

[009-3]    SOUND                  SMILE

[009-4]    Ren:                        The gelée au vin

                                                was delicious.

[009-5]    Ren:                        . . .Thank you. . .

                Kyoko:                   !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[010-1]    SOUND                  KABAM

                                                WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH

                Little Shos:            Whaaaat!?

                                                Uwaaaaaaah!

                                                [Aaaahh!]

                Caption:                 [The Shotaro Brigade, nesting in her mind]

 

[011-1]    Kyoko:                   [W-] EEEEEEEEEEEEH!!???

[011-5]    Caption:                 [Chocolate]

 

[012-1]    Hiou:                      Thank you!

                                                I’m

                                                so happy. . .!

[012-2]    SOUND                  SMACK

[012-3]    Matsuda:               [. . .Um!]

                                                Hey. . .!

                                                [What are you doing?]

                                                Hey, Hiou-kuuuun!

                SOUND                  FLAIL FLAIL

                                                STEP STEP

                Hiou:                      You can have those, too.

                                                You can eat them or drink them or whatever you want.

                Matsuda:               Honestly~~~!

[012-4]    Matsuda:               Why do you always get so mad~~!?

                                                You really are a two-faced, violent kid!
                Hiou:                      Say that I’m considerate, instead! I read the room and react accordingly.

                Matsuda:               [But that’s being two-faced.]

                                                Most boys would be happy to get chocolate on Valentine’s Day.

                Hiou:                      [Hmmph!]

                                                Happy, nothing!

 

[013-1]    Hiou:                      You know what those girls are thinking

                                                when they give me chocolate, don’t you?
[013-2]    Matsuda:               Ehhhhh?
                                                [What?]

[013-3]    Girl1:                       Hiou-kun’s so cuuuute!
                                                He’s so tiny!
                SOUND                  KYA! KYA!

                Girl2:                       He’s really too cute to be starting seventh grade!

                                                So tiny!

                Matsuda:               [That’s all I can imagine them saying.]

                                                All I can figure is that they’re not giving you chocolates as a “man.”

                                                [Hmmm.]

                                                [Mutter mutter]

                Hiou:                      . . .Matsuda. . .

                                                [Why, you. . .]

                                                Keep your internal monologue to yourself.

 

[014-1]    Matsuda:               [Owwieee]

                Caption:                 [A mallet for punch-lining Matsuda-san.]

                                                [Says a lot of careless things]

                Hiou:                      I’m not happy-go-lucky enough to enjoy chocolate

                                                that’s not even at the level of giri.

                                                [And I’m not enough of a kid to be happy just at the sheer amount of chocolate.]

[014-2]    Voice:                     My. . .aren’t we happy-go-lucky today?

[014-3]    Annoying guy:     Kanae-chan! Our happy day has come!!

                Hiou:                      Ah. . .!

                SOUND                  STEP STEP

[014-4]    Annoying guy:     I’m ready to receive whenever you’re ready to give!
                                                [Chocolate or a confession from you!]

                                                [Now, now, come on, come on!]

                SOUND                  IGNORE

                Kanae:                    . . .You’re as much of a downer as soon as you appear as ever.

[014-5]    Kanae:                    I’ll just hurry to Hiou-kun’s dressing room and have him chase this guy away.

                Annoying guy:     [Jeez]

                                                Kanae-chan, you don’t have to be coy!
                                                [It’s so vexing!]

 

[015-1]    Annoying guy:     This is my chocolate, isn’t it?

                SOUND                  GRAB

                Kanae:                    Ah!

[015-2]    Kanae:                    Hey!!
[015-3]    Kanae:                    Give that back!! That’s not for you!!

                Annoying guy:     [Ehhhh]

                                                Don’t worry about the timing or the situation!

                                                [You’re so cute!]

                                                If it was from you, I’d accept them even if you just held them out without

ceremony.

[Ahahahaha!]

                Kanae:                    And, so!!

                                                Like I said, those aren’t for you!!

                Hiou:                      . . .

[015-4]    Kanae:                    [Just how stupid are you!?]

[015-5]    Kanae:                    [Jeeeeez!!!]

Quit playing around and give it back!!
Annoying guy:     Oh, my. . .!

[Hahaha!]

[You’re cute when you’re angry, too!]

I’m telling you, it’s okay! Just let me have them now!

 

[016-1]    Hiou:                      Hey, you.

[016-2]    Both:                      . . .Ah.

                Annoying guy:     [Tch!]

[016-3]    Hiou:                      She doesn’t like that.

                                                Give it back.

[016-4]    Hiou:                      What are you, in elementary school? Teasing the girl you like. . .

                Annoying guy:     [Wha. . .!]

                                                A brat just called me a brat. . .!!

[016-5]    Hiou:                      You’re about 20, right? You’re an adult, already, how embarrassing.

                                                [What a painful sight to see.]

                Annoying guy:     . . .!

                Hiou:                      [That is]

                                                When I think that the fate of the world rests on the shoulders of cheap adults like

you,

 

[017-1]    Hiou:                      it makes my chest tight with worry.

                                                [What’s going to happen to our future?]

                                                [Hmmph.]

                Caption:                 [Gazing into the distance]

                Annoying guy:     . . .! . . .!

                Kanae:                    . . .Mmph. . .!

[017-2]    Annoying guy:     . . .

[017-3]    Annoying guy:     . . .Don’t be so cocky. . .

                                                You fucking brat. . .

[017-4]    Annoying guy:     You probably think. . .

                                                I’m holding back on you because you’re a kid, right?
                                                Are you stupid?
                                                [Of course not.]

                                                I’m not holding back because you’re a kid.

[017-5]    Annoying guy:     It’s because I’m scared of you. . .!

                Kanae:                    You’re the idiot here!!

                                                [How can you say that so confidently!? Is that something you’d say without

shame!?]

                Hiou:                      . . .

[017-6]    Annoying guy:     If I went all out on you, a kid,

                                                your parents would make their backlash

 

[018-3]    Annoying guy:     I. . .

[018-4]    Annoying guy:     hate tactics like that.

[018-5]    Annoying guy:     Even if it means I have to fight a kid,

or talk myself into a hole,

[018-6]    Annoying guy:     I'm not going to hide

my hatred for kids.

Even from a kid from a showbiz family.

[018-7]    Annoying guy:     But you probably wouldn’t care for that kind of behavior, would you?

If your parents flapped their mouths to the leaders of the entertainment world about how much they hate me,

                                                I wouldn't be able to keep my head above water anymore.

 

[019-1]    Annoying guy:     That’s why I’m not going to lay a finger on you.

                Kanae:                    . . .

[019-2]    Kanae:                    . . .What’s with this guy. . .?

                                                I thought he was just a regular idiot,

                                                but he’s a complete moron.

                                                [I’d rather he was just a regular idiot. . .]

                                                At any rate. . .

[019-3]    Kanae:                    He really shouldn’t act like his reasoning is valid.

                Annoying guy:     Hey, brat,

                                                make no mistake.

[019-4]    Annoying guy:     People in the showbiz world are only polite to you because of your heritage.

                                                They don’t actually admire you.

[019-5]    Annoying guy:     The reason you can get acting work

[019-6]    Annoying guy:     is because your mother and father are famous actors.

                Hiou:                      !

 

[020-2]    Annoying guy:     Huh? What’s that face?

                                                Did it just hit you?

                Kanae:                    . . .

[020-3]    Annoying guy:     You sure are stupid.

[020-4]    Annoying guy:     This is why I hate kids. They never think things through.

                                                No matter how talentless they are, second- and third-generation members of

showbiz families always have a sure road ahead of them.

                                                You’re just riding along the smooth pavement your parents have laid out for you.

[020-5]    Matsuda:               . . .

                                                . . .So cruel. . .

 

[021-1]    Kanae:                    . . .Hiou-ku. . .

                Annoying guy:     Remember this.

[021-2]    Annoying guy:     The reason you’re able to survive in this world

                                                is not your talent.

[021-3]    Annoying guy:     You’re just riding

[021-4]    Annoying guy:     your parents’ coattails.

[021-5]    Annoying guy:     Geh!
                SOUND                  GRAB

 

[022-1]    SOUND                  KASLIDE

 

[024-3]    Kyoko:                   . . .I’m sorry. . .

                Voice:                     . . .

                                                I wonder what happened to Kyoko-chan.

[024-4]    Guy1:                      She just keeps freezing up.

                Guy2:                      She was doing fine before lunch break.

                Guy1:                      [Hmmm. . .]

                                                She’s freezing up in a lot of different places, which means it’s probably not

because she’s forgetting her lines. . .

 

[025-1]    Guy2:                      I wonder if something happened. . .

[025-2]    Ren:                        . . .

                                                [Hmmm.]

[025-3]    SOUND                  CLICK

[025-4]    Yashiro:                 . . .Ren.

                Ren:                        . . .

[025-5]    Ogata:                    So,

                                                why don’t you take a little time out and concentrate on your role?

 

[026-1]    Kyoko:                   Yes, I definitely will!!

                Ogata:                    Okay.

                                                All right, we’re going to shoot some other scenes now, then.

[026-2]    Kyoko:                   I’m really sorry. . .!
[026-3]    Ogata:                    It’s all right.

                                                Even pro athletes sometimes lose their concentration and find it hard to get back

in the game.

[026-4]    Ogata:                    . . .But,

                                                Kyoko-san.

                Kyoko:                   Yes. . .?
[026-5]    Ogata:                    If you can’t think of a solution yourself,

                                                please come and talk to me about it.

[026-7]    Kyoko:                   . . .Even if. . .

 

[027-1]    Kyoko:                   . . .I can’t find a solution. . .

                                                I could never tell him.

                                                Director Ogata. . .I. . .

[027-2]    Ogata:                    May I have your attention, everyone? We’re going to shoot scene 70 first.

                Voices:                   [Ah]

Yes, sir!

                SOUND                  CLATTER CLATTER

                Voices:                   On standby!

                SOUND                  CHATTER CHATTER

[027-3]    SOUND                  CHATTER CHATTER

[027-5]    ~Ren:                     It’s quite beautiful.

[027-6]    Kyoko:                   . . .What should I do. . .?

[027-9]    ~Ren:                     It’s good.

[027-10]  Kyoko:                   I. . .

[027-11]  Ohara:                    Mio.

[027-12]  Ohara:                    . . .Thank you.

 

[028-3]    ~Ren:                     . . .Thank you. . .

 

[029-3]    Kyoko:                   . . .No matter

[029-4]    Kyoko:                   what I see,

                                                what I hear,

[029-5]                                    he

                                                occupies my mind.

[029-6]                                    He’s seized

                                                my consciousness.

 

[030-1]    Kyoko:                   I can’t get away

                                                under my own power.

[030-4]    Kyoko:                   He’s. . .

[030-5]    Kyoko:                   invading

                                                my whole body.