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Beat Chapter 151
January 1, 2010
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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: This is my
battle
wear!!!
No
more love!
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Challenge
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[002-2] SOUND CLICK CLICK CLICK
[002-3] SOUND CLICK. . .
Kanae: . . .Huh?
[003-1] Kanae: What?
You’re
at the home office today, too?
[003-2] Kyoko: !!!
[003-3] Kyoko: Mooooko-saaaan!!
[004-3] Kyoko: I thought you’d at least let me hug you, since we
haven’t seen each other in so long. . .
SOUND POUT
VMMMM
Kanae: . . .What do you mean “so
long”?
[004-4] Kanae: We just saw each other when we
made chocolates the other day, didn’t we?
Kyoko: !
[004-5] Kyoko: Come to think of it,
how
was it, Moko-san?
Kanae: How was what?
[005-1] Kyoko: Hiou-kun!
Was
he happy about the chocolates!?
There’s
no way he wouldn’t be.
Kanae: . . .Not
really. . .?
[005-2] Kanae: He didn’t look particularly
happy.
[Now,
now, now, here, here, here, take them, take them, Hiou-kun.]
Hiou: [Uh.
. .okay. . .]
Kanae: [Well, I did practically force
them on him. ]
[So
it's no wonder.]
[005-3] Kyoko: Ah!
[005-4] Kyoko: Then, did he frown?
Did
he knit his brow when you gave them to him and look like he obviously didn't
want them?
Kanae: No!!
[How
rude!!]
[Just
how unwanted do you think my chocolates were?]
[005-5] Kyoko: Ehhhh. . .?
[Man. . .how boring.]
Kanae: .
. .
[005-6] Kanae: .
. .
[006-1] Kanae: What
about you?
Kyoko: Hm?
[006-2] Kanae: You
gave everyone the chocolates, right?
Kyoko: Yeah.
SOUND VMMMM
Kyoko: Everyone was really glad to
get them.
[006-3] Kanae: .
. .
[Everyone. . .?]
[006-4] Kanae: [.
. .But. . .]
.
. .What about. . .
[006-5] Kanae: .
. .Tsuruga-san. . .?
[007-2] Kanae: Why
are you frozen!!??
[I. . .It couldn't be. . .!!]
I
knew it!!
[007-3] Kanae: After
Tsuruga-san found out he was the only one not to get
chocolates,
he sulked like a little kid. . .!!
[And
then he racked up one more grudge against this girl. .
.!]
[007-4] Kanae: I
was sure that Tsuruga-san, of all people, wouldn't do
that, but. . .
Kyoko: . . .Of
course. . .
[008-1] Kyoko: He was very happy.
If I recall. . .
[008-2] Kyoko: So much so that I was extremely
troubled. . .
SOUND INHALE
Caption: [Darkness]
SOUND GLOW
JERK
[008-3] Kyoko: Thanks to him, I learned that
when you can't discriminate between "thank you"s
and other
boundaries they only become dangers. . .
And
that all human behavior should be carried out in moderation. . .
[008-4] Kyoko: So, for the peace of the world. . .!!
[008-5] Kyoko: Let us protect grey Japan's
national character, with which one cannot express things clearly!!
[Shy,
reserved Japanese citizens, banzai!! Banzai!!]
Sash: Personal Peace Party Mogami Kyoko
Caption: [Whooooooaaa!]
Kyoko: [Be modest and humble until
this world rots away!!]
Kanae: .
. .So. . .in other words. . .
He
thanked her so excessively that the peace of her heart was disrupted. . .
[009-1] Kanae: [Hmmm. . .]
.
. .
[Could
it be. . .?]
[009-2] Kanae: .
. .I wonder if he kissed her or something.
It
wouldn't be unusual for Tsuruga-san to use his skills
in that arena that way.
[009-3] Kanae: It's
easy to be taken in by his warmth and gentlemanly behavior, but. . .
[Rather. . .]
She's
used to it, so he could hide his real intentions that way. . .
Kyoko: [Please offer your
cooperation!! Let's protect this country with a modesty ceremony!!]
First,
when you thank someone,
second, you cannot touch them. No kissing!
[Ah!]
You,
too, you look like someone who caters to the flesh.
[Why
don't you become a shy boy?]
[Okay!]
Third,
don't look at people unless you have to.
Kanae: .
. .
.
. .Well. . .
[009-4] Kanae: If
Tsuruga-san thanked her, she must have given him
something.
[You're embarrassing me. Stop that.]
Kyoko: [Mmph
mn mmmmmppph! (Live in
peace!)]
Crowd: [That's the Love Me Section. . .Only someone from there could be this eccentric.
. .]
Kanae: I'm
glad that there wasn't any sort of argument like I was imagining, though.
[009-5] Kanae: .
. .Honestly!
I
don't care if you want to be a weirdo,
but I'd like you to tone it down when you're with me!
[010-1] Kanae: They're
going to think “oh, she's friends with an oddball!”
SOUND CLICK CLACK
CLICK
CLACK
Kyoko: You're mean!
[I'm
not an oddball!]
Besides,
besides,
I
may not be an oddball,
[010-2] Kyoko: But we are friends,
aren't we?
With
a bond so strong it's like a curse,
[010-3] Kyoko: a bond of beautiful
friendship.
The
only two members
of the Love Me Section. . .
[011-1] Kyoko: We're friends, aren't we. . .!?
SOUND KACHAK
Kanae: Don't
talk about it in that disgusting way!
[“Beautiful” and “bonds” and all that!]
If
that's the alternative, I'd rather our bond be because of a curse!!
[011-2] Girl: . . .Really.
. .?
SOUND DING DONG DINGA DONG DONG DONG DONGA DONG DONG DONGA DONG
[011-3] Guy: . . .Really.
. .
[011-5] Girl: . . .I'm
so happy. . .!!
SOUND GRAB
[012-1] SOUND GNASH
[012-2] Guy: [In exchange, you should
know that I'm extremely jealous. Is that okay?]
Girl: [It's totally okay!
Leave it to me!]
SOUND GASH GASH
GASH STARE GASH GASH GASH STARE
Caption: [Poison Notebook]
[What
the hell is this? You can tell very well she's acting. She should stick to
singing, which she's
just as lousy at. It's unbelievably frustrating how many
people think they can get by in this world
just on their looks!!]
Both: . . .
[013-1] Kyoko: . . .A.
. .
Amamiya-san. . .!?
[Gasp. . .! Come to think of it. .
.]
[There
are three people in the Love Me Section. . .]
Kanae: .
. .
.
. .Who's
that girl. . /?
[.
. .At any rate. . .she's giving off an aura of the
type I'm not good at dealing with. . .]
[013-2] Chiori: I've
been in the Love Me Section since last month.
I'm
Amamiya Chiori, from the
agency Soft Hat.
[013-3] Chiori: Nice
to meet you.
[014-1] Kanae: Soft
Hat?
.
. .I don't think I've ever heard of them. . .
Chiori: [Hee hee]
It's
a small company.
I
told them I was quitting to join the Love Me Section.
[014-2] Chiori: But
the president cried and said I couldn't quit.
Caption: [Their biggest
money earner.]
Chiori: So
Soft Hat's president negotiated with LME's president
so that I could be in the Love Me Section and still at his
company.
Kanae: Hah!?
[014-3] Kanae: [Eh. . .?]
Then,
wait. . .do you mean. . .
[014-4] Kanae: You
volunteered to join the Love Me Section. . .?
[Really. . .?]
Chiori: Yes,
of course.
SOUND BLUNTLY
[014-5] Kanae: .
. .An oddball. . .!!
This
girl's an oddball, too!!
SOUND TERROR
Kyoko: [. . .Um.
. .]
.
. .So, Amamiya-san. . .
[015-1] Kyoko: What are you doing in here. . .?
Chiori: . . .Oh.
. .
[015-2] Chiori: I
have to write response papers. . .
[I
haven't written a single one yet, though.]
Caption: [She's been
immersed in her poison notebook.]
Kyoko: . . .Response.
. .papers. . .?
Chiori: . . .Yeah.
[015-3] Chiori: On
all of these Kawagoe Michika dramas.
SOUND SMACK
Caption: Three series
total
Kyoko: [Ehhh. . .?]
.
. .Why do you have to do that here. . .?
[015-4] Chiori: I
just came here to say hello to the people at LME.
[015-5] Chiori: And
then I met the president,
Kyoko: I see. . .
Chiori: and
he asked me something. . .
[015-6] Chiori: and
I answered on reflex. . .
Kyoko: . . .?
.
. .What. . .did he ask you. . .?
[016-1] Lory: Oh,
you're here! How was Valentine's Day,
SOUND FFFT FFFT
Lory: Love
Me Section members?
[016-4] Caption: [An inner tube. . .?]
ANACONDA
[017-1] Lory: [She's
not poisonous, and she's still a baby. You don't have to get that scared. . .]
[Takarada-san will play with you later, Natsuko.]
Caption: [Natsuko-chan.]
[Because she likes humans (natsukkoi).]
Lory: .
. .So?
[017-2] Lory: How
were your Valentine's Days?
Kanae: I
gave chocolates to a boy I'm acting with in a drama.
Kyoko: . . .I.
. .
[017-3] Kyoko: I gave homemade chocolates to
people at work and the couple that owns the boarding house I live
in.
[017-4] Kyoko: Oh,
and to Moko-san.
[We
made them together, so I gave them to her then.]
Lory: Oh?
Kanae: .
. .
[017-5] Lory: It's
unusual to hear that the two of you have participated in a love-related event.
[I
admire you.]
Both: . . .It's
not like we participated voluntarily. . .
[Forced against their will out of desperation.]
[017-6] Lory: So,
you must have had a fun day.
SOUND TWITCH
[018-1] Caption: [Fun. . .???]
SOUND GLOOM GLOOM
Kanae: .
. .!
[018-2] SOUND GLOOM GLOOM
Kyoko: . . .!
[018-3] SOUND BYOO
Kyoko: !!!
[018-4] Lory: So,
in conclusion,
[018-5] Lory: what
is Valentine’s Day
to you?
[019-1] Kyoko: An unlucky, nightmarish day that threatens the peace
and should be avoided at all costs!!
SOUND DADADADA DUMMMMM
Kanae: A
public nuisance of a day
that makes stupid people even stupider!
[020-1] Kanae: .
. .Damn, I just replied on reflex.
[With
exactly what I was thinking.]
Kyoko: Now we have to write response
papers, too. . .
[Is
this payback from the boss? He seemed mad. . .]
Chiori: Count
yourself lucky.
[020-2] Chiori: Your
theme is the love between the two main characters. . .
So
at least you’re writing something about the plot. . .
Kyoko: What are you writing about, Amamiya-san?
[020-3] Chiori: .
. .
.
. .My theme. . .
[020-4] Chiori: is
this Kawagoe Michika, who gets by in her acting on
cuteness alone.
Kyoko: Heh. . .?
[020-5] Kyoko: Why is that your theme?
[The
boss assigned it, right?]
Chiori: .
. .I told you I answered the boss’s question on
reflex, right?
[And
that’s why I’m writing these reports.]
Kyoko: Ah. . .
Chiori: He
asked me. . .
[021-1] ~Lory: What is Valentine’s Day
to you?
[021-3] Kyoko: . . .So.
. .
.
. .what did
you say?
[021-4] ~Chiori: Kawagoe Michika,
who has gotten ahead on her looks alone, appeared in her first drama three
years ago on that
day!!
[And in the lead role!! You’ve got to be kidding me!! That idol that’s gotten
the world handed to
her on a silver platter just with that wispy smile!! She
ought to tumble to the depths of the depths of the Earth!!]
February 14th is the most terrifically
terrible day in the calendar of my life!!
[021-5] Caption: [She used the
prefix “terri-” twice. . .]
Kanae: .
. .
Kyoko: . . .
[021-6] Kyoko: . . .It’s
rare for you to say something like that out loud. . .
[You
usually seal those thoughts up in your notebook. . .]
Were
you that angry about it?
About that Kawagoe Michika-san. . .
Chiori: .
. .Yes.
I
suppose.
[022-1] Chiori: She’s not the only one, though.
. .
[My most terrifically
terrible day. . .there are lots of people who become
popular
without suffering.]
Caption: [Poison
aura]
[022-2] Chiori: . . .So
then Mr. Takarada reprimanded me. . .
[022-3] Chiori: He said that people should be
jealous of others whose talent gains them
popularity,
but if you can't acknowledge someone's good points
honestly and in a
sportsmanlike way, then you can't grow as a person.
Even
if you think that person isn’t as talented as you.
[022-4] Kyoko: [Ah. . .]
So.
. .
You’re supposed to
write response papers on Kawagoe Michika’s good
points in
her acting. . .?
[022-5] Chiori: Yep.
Kanae: . . .That’s
fairly impossible. . .
[023-1] Kanae: What could you possibly say
that’s good about this girl?
Chiori: I know, right?
[023-2] Chiori: She’s got a complete air of
“I’m acting right now.” It’s pathetic. . .
[023-3] Kanae: And those tears just now were
obviously eyedrops.
[You can fool an
amateur, but you can’t fool a pro.]
Chiori: Really.
The more I watch, the
more annoyed I get.
[023-4] Chiori: If you can’t cry when your
scene demands it, you shouldn’t be acting at all.
Kanae: Can’t argue with that.
[023-5] Kyoko: . . .Huh. . .
They
seem to agree on everything.
[023-6] Kyoko: Hm?
[024-1] SOUND ROOOOOOOARRRRRRR
Kyoko: !!!!
Eeeeeek!!
Chiori: Eh?
What?
[025-1] Lory: To be honest, after not
seeing a single shred of growth in my Love Me members,
I have gone from
sadness to anger.
[025-2] Lory: Mogami-kun,
Kotonami-kun.
Both: Y. . .Yes. . .?
Caption: [Seiza]
Lory: Just what have you been
doing all year?
[025-3] Kanae: . . .Well.
. .
[Um.
. .]
. . .I’m
sorry. . .
. . .Nothing,
really. . .
[025-4] Kanae: No one’s made any requests for
work of Love Me members. . .
Lory: Fools!!
[025-5] Lory: What is one to do when
those who are supposed to work for the love of others
are always so passive!?
[026-1] Lory: If no one offers you work,
then you must go and get it yourselves!!
You may have forgotten
this, but the aim of the Love Me section is. . .
to
do the things that people want done before they think it,
to
move them with your heart-filled work, and be loved by them!
[026-2] Both: .
. .Yes, sir. . .
[026-3] Lory: . . .
. . .You
say that, but. . .
[026-4] Lory: Your faces say, “We’re
already working real acting jobs,
so
we don’t care about the Love Me section.”
SOUND START
[026-5] SOUND EXHALE
Lory: . . .Well,
I expected as much.
[027-1] Lory: All the more reason
it
was worthwhile to have prepared these.
[027-2] SOUND RUMMAGE
RUMMAGE
[027-3] Lory: Now,
Mogami-kun,
Kotonami-kun,
Amamiya-kun.
[027-4] Lory: Each of you
take
one.
SOUND TADA
Slips (from RtL): Amamiya-kun
Something
Fun
Kotonami-kun
Something Messy
Mogami-kun
Something Dangerous
[027-6] Everyone: . . .
. . .What
are those. . .?
[028-1] Lory: I have most carefully
and
diligently selected for you
[028-2] Lory: these drastically necessary
requests for work.
Both: No,
thank you!!
Kyoko: [It even says ‘dangerous’ on
it!!]
Kanae: [Whaddya
mean ‘messy’!?]
Chiori: Oh!
[028-3] Chiori: Then I will take mine,
gratefully.
[It says it’s fun!]
SOUND GASP
[028-4] Kyoko: Amamiya-san!!
[Don’t.
. .!!]
Kanae: Don’t do it!!
Something the boss
thinks is “fun” certainly won’t be!!
[And he said this was
his most careful selection!!]
[029-3] Chiori: . . .I
refuse.
Lory: No givebacks.
[029-4] Chiori: Bossss~~~!!
[I can’t do it!! I
just can’t do it!!]
Kyoko: . . .
SOUND WALK
WALK WALK WALK WALK
[029-5] Kyoko: .
. .I w. . .
I wonder what it was.
. .
Kanae: [. . .Who
knows. . .]
. . .I
don’t know. . .
[029-6] Kanae: Well. . .
At least we made it
without accepting them. . .
Kyoko: Th. .
.that’s. . .
[029-7] Kyoko: true.
. .
[029-9] SOUND GLANCE
[030-1] SOUND GASP
[030-2] Paper: Mogami-kun
Something Dangerous
[030-3] Paper: Kotonami-kun
Something Messy
[030-4] Both: . . .!!
[030-5] Both: [NOOOOOOOOO!!]