Skip Beat Chapter 153

February 18, 2010

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: I’ll give you this

if you’ll just ignore me.

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[002-1] Girl: . . .Wha. . .

[002-2] Girl: What’s wrong with that girl?!

She went over to that guy, who looks like he’d be absolutely horrible even when

he was just in a bit of a bad mood. . .

SOUND CHATTER CHATTER

SHOCK SHOCK

Girl: And. . .

[002-3] Girl: . . .in that uniform, gaudy-colored enough to rub anyone the wrong way. . .

[It’s like she’s saying, “Please punch me!”]

Girl2: She must have a death wish! Somebody, call the police!!

[003-3] Kyoko: . . .

. . .Tsuru. . .

[004-1] Kyoko: . . .ga-san. . .

[004-2] Kyoko: . . .It’s you, isn’t it. . .?
[004-4] SOUND WAVER

[005-1] Kyoko: . . .!

[005-2] Kyoko: . . .

. . .Tsuruga. . .-san. . .?

[005-3] SOUND SKF

[005-4] Kyoko: . . .Is it. . .?

I wonder. . .

[005-5] Kyoko: . . .Is it really. . .?

[006-1] SOUND ERK

[006-2] Cain: . . .

[006-3] SOUND GNASH

[006-4] SOUND PATOOIE

[006-5] SOUND SHOCK

[006-7] SOUND CRUSH

[007-1] SOUND LOO

OOOOM

[008-3] SOUND WOBBLE

[008-4] SOUND FWUMP

[009-3] SOUND WHFF

[009-5] Kyoko: . . .!

[010-1] SOUND RUSTLE

[010-2] SOUND FWA

[010-3] SOUND SNAP

[010-4] SOUND GLANCE

[010-5] Caption: [He just stepped over her.]

SOUND WAVER WAVER

People: [EEEEEK!]

SOUND SCATTER

SCATTER

[011-1] SOUND CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER

[011-2] SOUND CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER

Kyoko: . . .Ah. . .

[011-3] Kyoko: . . .Finally,

the feeling came back to my fingertips. . .

Caption: [She’s just been sitting here for 15 minutes.]

[012-1] Kyoko: . . .I feel as if. . .

SOUND THUMP THUMP

[012-2] Kyoko: my heartbeat

SOUND THUMP THUMP

Kyoko: and my breathing

[012-3] Kyoko: have just been revived. . .

[Gasp!]

Ah! All right! Now I feel like maybe I can stand up. . .

Caption: She’s like a newborn calf.

[012-4] Kyoko: —It was almost as if

[012-5] Kyoko: for a moment

he went

right through me.

[013-1] Kyoko: And if

someone cut me

[013-2] Kyoko: I wouldn’t even

bleed.

[013-3] SOUND SQUEEZE

[013-4] Kyoko: . . .Something’s wrong with me. . .

[014-1] Kyoko: I can’t believe

I would mistake someone dangerous like that for Tsuruga-san. . .

[014-2] Kyoko: . . .But. . .

I saw him. . .

So clearly I couldn’t be mistaken.

[014-3] Kyoko: Judging by the Tsuruga-san Scale* I’ve formed in my head. . .

Caption: [*The Tsuruga-san Scale refers to the detailed data Kyoko used to make her

ultra-realistic Tsuruga Ren doll. Also known as a mold.]

The head is certainly the same,

and the proportion of the head to the body,

and the proportion of the upper to lower body,

and the proportion from shoulder to elbow, and elbow to wrist,

and the proportion of thigh to calf,

and even the angle between the shoulder breadth and hips.

[014-4] Kyoko: And I could judge the form of his muscles even through his clothes.

Caption: [Data included muscular form.]

Kyoko: [The biceps branchi muscle was. . .]

[and the pectoralis major and oblique and latissimus dorsi muscles were. . .]

. . .And using that information to infer the bone structure. . .

Caption: [Data included even bone structure, invisible to the naked eye]

Kyoko: [The ground line from hip to skull was. . .]

[And the humerus's line from the shoulder and the scapula. . .]

[014-5] Kyoko: . . .At any rate. . .

. . .There’s no way. . .

that two people so alike could exist on this Earth,

[015-1] Kyoko: let alone two Japanese people. But. . .

SOUND SHUFFLE SHUFFLE

Kyoko: . . .I’m glad. . .

[015-2] Kyoko: . . .it wasn’t

Tsuruga-san. . .

. . .I mean. . .Tsuruga-san is scary when he’s really mad. . .

[So much you want to cry and beg for forgiveness. . .but. . .]

[015-3] Kyoko: He was different. . .

He wore his murderous intent as his armor and sword,

[015-4] Kyoko: without even the hint of a heart inside.

[016-1] Kyoko: He was completely different. . .

[017-1] Girl: She sure has guts to walk around in that color uniform.

Anyone else would keep that strictly indoors.

SOUND HEE HEE

[017-2] Girl2: Right?
[The poor thing]

If her social sense is that bad, she must really be stu. . .

[017-3] Girl2: Huh. . .?
SOUND CHATTER CHATTER

CLICK CLICK CLICK

[017-4] Girl2: Where’d that weird pink girl go?

[018-1] Kyoko: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!! [Mfffryyy]

[018-2] SOUND WRITHE WRITHE

Kyoko: Mnnfff

fffffrrry

Mmmnnfff

fffry!

[018-3] SOUND POP

Kyoko: . . .!

[018-4] Kyoko: . . .sorry!

I’m sorry!

I’m sorry I talked to you!

I’m sorry I messed up!

[019-1] Kyoko: I’m sorry I mistook you for someone else~~~!!
Caption: [Pill bug]

Voice: . . .

. . .Mogami-san. . .

                Kyoko:                   I’m sorry I’m wearing this annoying uniform!
[019-2]    Kyoko:                   I’m sorry the Love Me Section has such a stupid name!
                                                I’m sorry I have such a weird boss, too!
                Voice:                     Mogami-san, calm down.

SOUND PAT PAT

[019-3] Voice: You don’t have to be so afraid.

SOUND PAT PAT

[019-5] SOUND GLANCE

[020-1] Ren: . . .You didn’t mess up

or mistake me for someone else.

[020-3] Ren: . . .You were right. . .

SOUND HEH

[021-2] Ren: Yep.

[021-3] Kyoko: Tsuru-

[Mmph!]

. . .!

Ren: Yes, yes. Sorry, but you’ll have to keep your voice down.

I’m on a top secret mission.

[022-1] SOUND FLOAT FLOAT FLOAT

[022-2] SOUND FOOO

FWAAA

FWA FWA

[022-3] SOUND LOOK

[022-4] SOUND FWOOO

[022-5] Lory: . . .Are you

some kind of idiot?

Ren: . . .

Kyoko: . . .

[022-6] Lory: What are you doing revealing your own identity?

This is top secret. You’re Actor X, Cain Heel, who’s going to play BJ.

Ren: . . .I know, but. . .

I was sure that Mogami-san would be able to keep the secret. . .

[023-1] Ren: And she got so unexpectedly scared that I felt bad. . .

Lory: Hoh hoh?

You don’t say. . .

[023-2] Lory: He must have frightened her so much he got depressed and lost his nerve.

[Can’t say’s I blame him. That’s how men in love operate.]

. . .Besides,

[023-3] Lory: I didn’t plan for Ren to reveal himself,

but I did plan to explain everything to Mogami-kun in the end.

I guess the result is the same either way. . .

[023-4] Lory: . . .

[023-5] Lory: . . .Mogami-kun.

[024-1] Kyoko: . . .Yes, sir.

Lory: [Let’s see. . .]

I suppose you’ve heard just about everything from Ren, then?

[024-2] Kyoko: . . .Ah. . .

Yes, mostly. . .

Lory: Hmm. . .

[024-3] Lory: . . .Then,

I’m sorry to do this, but. . .

[024-4] Lory: I wonder if

you could do one more job for me. . .

Kyoko: Eh. . .?

[025-1] Lory: For this next acting test,

Ren must come out on his own.

If Ren was able to keep his identity a secret from you,

then I'm not too worried about him being discovered by anyone else. . .

[025-2] Lory: However,

it would put me at ease to have just one person by his side who knows his

circumstances.

[025-3] Lory: And since Yashiro will be unable to be with Cain Heel. . .

Kyoko: That’s. . .true. . .

[025-4] SOUND GASP

Kyoko: Ah.

[025-5] Kyoko: I know!

[025-6] Kyoko: You want me to stand in for Yashiro-san, right!?

[Leave it to me! I have prior experience. I, Mogami, will do the job perfectly!!]

SOUND BOMF

Lory: No.

That’s not what I’m asking.

[026-1] Kyoko: Eh?

[026-2] Lory: The “dangerous job”

SOUND SMILE

[026-3] Lory: has just begun

[026-4] Lory: as far as you’re concerned,

I want you

to act

[026-5] Lory: as a protective charm to Ren.

Mogami-kun. . .

To Be Continued in Issue 7, March 5^th!