Skip Beat Chapter 156

Skip Beat Chapter 157

May 28, 2010

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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]�� Kyoko:�� Yes, I got a taste

�� of this emotion

�� in the not-too-distant past. . .

[002-1]�� Caption:�� They�re dangerous siblings

�� in many senses of the word.

The Magnificent Show-Biz Challenge

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[003-2]�� SOUND�� SIZZLE

[003-3]�� SOUND�� FWAH

[003-4]�� Kyoko:�� Nii-san.

[004-2]�� Ren:�� . . .Have you decided?

[004-3]�� Kyoko:�� It�s a little expensive. . .

�� Ren:�� . . .I don�t care.

[004-4]�� Ren:�� What did you pick?

[005-1]�� Caption:�� Bahamut (A Demon)
�� 700,000 Yen for the Costume Set

�� Sales clerk:�� . . .That�s our shop�s eye-catcher for the month. . .

�� Ren:�� . . .

[006-2]�� SOUND�� GLANCE

[006-3]�� SOUND�� STARE

�� Caption:�� [Her eyes say she�s obviously expecting something.]

[006-4]�� SOUND�� THUMP THUMP EXCITEMENT

�� THUMP THUMP EXCITEMENT

�� Caption:�� [So obvious it doesn�t need to be put into words.]

�� Ren:�� . . .

[006-5]�� Ren:�� . . .Setsu.

�� Kyoko:�� What?

[006-6]�� Ren:�� Is this what you really want?

�� Kyoko:�� [Gasp]

�� !

�� Yes.

�� SOUND�� NOD

�� Ren:�� I see.

[006-7]�� Ren:�� We�ll take the set.

�� SOUND�� BLUNTLY

�� Ren:�� [Take it off the mannequin.]

�� SOUND�� TURN

�� Sales clerk:�� Th-thank you!!
�� SOUND�� START

�� Kyoko:�� !!!

[007-1]�� Kyoko:�� Nooooooooooooooo!!

�� SOUND�� GRAB

[007-3]�� Ren:�� . . .What. . .?

[007-4]�� Kyoko:�� . . .A. . .are you okay with this?

�� Ren:�� With what?

�� Store guy:�� . . .

�� Kyoko:�� It�s really expensive, you know?

�� Ren:�� Don�t worry about it.

[007-5]�� Ren:�� It�s nothing I can�t afford.

�� Kyoko:�� Have just a little hesitation! There are five zeroes in that price!

�� Th. . .

[007-6]�� Kyoko:�� The design is quite unique, as well. . .

�� Ren:�� It�s all right.

[007-7]�� Ren:�� Everything looks good on you.

�� [Because you�re cute.]

�� Kyoko:�� This stupid brother!!!

�� SOUND�� IRRITATED

�� Kyoko:�� Just how indulgent are you!?

[008-1]�� Kyoko:�� Just saying �you�re so cute, you�re so cute� won�t raise a cat or a dog or an

intelligent child!

[Family means properly scolding one another when necessary!!]

�� SOUND�� URGH

[008-2]�� Ren:�� . . .

[008-3]�� Ren:�� . . .What�s wrong with you?

�� Didn�t you want this?

�� Kyoko:�� No! I don�t want those ugly clothes!

[008-4]�� Ren:�� Then why did you say that you did?

�� [What a nonsensical girl. . .]

�� Kyoko:�� It�s obvious.

[008-5]�� Kyoko:�� I wanted you to give up and say uncle!

�� I wanted you to scold me, saying �it�s too expensive� or �it�s not practical.�

�� But you just went along with whatever I said!

�� I just wanted to put you in an awkward position.

[009-1]�� Ren:�� Is this the mouth saying all these insolent things?

�� [Are you in your rebellious phase? How outrageous!]

�� SOUND�� PULL PULL PULL

�� Kyoko:�� [. . .Y. . .]

�� You�ve got it all wrong, nii-san. . .those are my cheeks!
�� Ren:�� Is this the mouth saying all these insolent things?

�� SOUND�� PULL PULL

[009-2]�� Ren:�� [Your mouth, right? Not your ears or your nose,]

[009-3]�� Ren:�� [This right here. This is your mouth, isn�t it?]

�� Kyoko:�� . . .

[010-1]�� Kyoko:�� T. . .The politics of fear. . .!!!

�� . . .I. . .I�m sorry. . .

�� [This is my mouth, yes. It�s just as you say, no matter how you look at it. . .]

�� [Ugh]

�� No little sister could love a big brother like this!!!

�� Ren:�� Okay. . .this game stops here.

[010-2]�� Kyoko:�� [Eh!?]

�� He was messing with me!!

�� Ren:�� Anyway, Setsu. . .

�� Kyoko:�� [He actually did hurt my cheek, though.]

�� SOUND�� STING STING

�� Kyoko:�� So confusing!!

�� [I can only conclude that he�s threatening me.]

[010-3]�� SOUND�� TOSS

�� Kyoko:�� !?

[010-4]�� Ren:�� Try

�� those on.

[010-5]�� Kyoko:�� . . .

[011-1]�� Kyoko:�� . . .Pants. . .

[011-4]�� SOUND�� TOK

[011-5]�� SOUND�� PULL

[011-6]�� SOUND�� TUG TUG

�� PAT PAT

�� Kyoko:�� Hm.

[012-1]�� Kyoko:�� These are easy to move in.

[012-2]�� SOUND�� KACHAK

[012-3]�� Kyoko:�� Sorry to keep you,

�� SOUND�� SHUT

[012-4]�� Kyoko:�� Nii-san.

�� Caption:�� [The inner shirt was also chosen for her.]

[012-5]�� Ren:�� Yeah.

[012-6]�� Ren:�� How are they?

�� Kyoko:�� Good.

�� They�re comfortable.

�� They fit well and are easy to get around in.

�� --He probably. . .

[012-7]�� Kyoko:�� realized how hard it was to move in that tight ultra-mini-skirt.

�� The undershirt was kind of flashy, too. . .

�� Maybe. . .

[013-1]�� Kyoko:�� . . .Maybe,

�� Tsuruga-san was being considerate about it, too. . .?

[013-2]�� Kyoko:�� . . .Thank you. . .

�� Nii-san. . .

[013-3]�� Kyoko:�� Actually,

�� I wanted

�� . . .something like this. . .

[013-4]�� Ren:�� . . .Uh-huh. . .

[013-5]�� Ren:�� . . .I thought

�� you might say that,

[013-6]�� Ren:�� so I�ve already bought ten identical pairs.

�� SOUND�� RUSTLE

�� Salesperson:�� Sorry to keep you waiting!

�� Kyoko:�� !!??

�� Caption:�� [1 pair is 18,000 yen.]

[014-1]�� Caption:�� Cain-nii-san has a nasty spending habit.

[014-2]�� Kyoko:�� You�re too reckless with money, Nii-san!
�� [Why would you buy ten pairs of the same pants!?]

�� There ought to be a limit to how wasteful one person can be!!
[014-3]�� Ren:�� I can spend the money I�ve earned however I deem fit.

�� Kyoko:�� Yes, that�s true!

[014-4]�� Kyoko:�� If you were spending it on yourself, I wouldn�t say a word!
�� But I�m concerned because you�re spending it all on me!

�� Ren:�� . . .But there�s no helping that, is there?

�� It�s more fun to spend money on you than on myself.

[015-1]�� Kyoko:�� [Urgh. . .]

�� . . .B. . .

�� But. . .!

[015-2]�� Ren:�� . . .Or,

�� are you going to take

�� the one pleasure I get

�� other than work

[015-3]�� Ren:�� away

�� from me. . .?

[016-1]�� Kyoko:�� Wh-

[016-2]�� Kyoko:�� What things he�s saying with that face!!

�� [With those abandoned puppy dog eyes!!]

�� Caption:�� [Pitiful look]

�� SOUND�� STARE

�� WHINE...

�� Box:�� [Cain]

�� Kyoko:�� [Stop it, stop it!!]

�� It�s like I�m abusing him!!

[016-3]�� Kyoko:�� Uuuh. . .

�� Caption:�� [Guilt]

�� SOUND�� STAB STAB

�� Kyoko:�� . . .I�m. . .

�� not really. . .

�� SOUND�� STAMMER STAMMER

[016-4]�� Kyoko:�� I didn�t say you had to stop completely!

�� I�m just saying you should have some limits!

�� So, like now. . .

[017-1]�� Kyoko:�� I�m upset because you bought me ten pairs of pants when two would suffice.

[017-2]�� Kyoko:�� . . .I. . .

�� I mean. . .

[017-3]�� Kyoko:�� Of course I�m happy

�� when you buy things for me. . .

[017-5]�� Kyoko:�� . . .So, please,

�� go back to the store,

[018-1]�� Kyoko:�� and return all but two of the pants,

so I can say �thank you� honestly. . .

[018-3]�� Ren:�� . . .

�� . . .Three pairs.

�� Kyoko:�� . . .!

[018-4]�� Kyoko:�� No way!

�� Two pairs is quite enough!

�� Ren:�� . . .

[018-5]�� Both:�� . . .

[018-6]�� Ren:�� . . . . . . .Three pairs. . . . . . . .

�� SOUND�� SULK

�� Dogs:�� [Whine whine whine]

�� Caption:�� [There are more of them.]

�� Box:�� [Cain

�� Cainmaru

�� Caing�]*

*Note: These endings are usually found in dogs� names.

�� Kyoko:�� !!!!

[019-1]�� Caption:�� [Gave up]

�� Kyoko:�� . . .!

�� . . .!

�� SOUND�� SWSH SWSH

[019-2]�� Kyoko:�� . . .

�� . . .What in the world. . .

[019-3]�� Kyoko:�� is this sibling relationship. . .?

�� . . .Why. . .

do I sometimes have to humor and soothe him, and other times be strict?

[019-4]�� Kyoko:�� Isn�t that usually what the older sibling does instead?

�� . . .He�s a little. . .

�� different than the older brother Cain I imagined. . .

[019-5]�� Kyoko:�� I thought he would be. . .

�� [More. . .I don�t know]

�� cool and composed, and clumsy with expressing himself, and kind only to me. . .

�� A mature man who was protective and tolerant.

[020-1]�� Caption:�� He doesn�t go easy on me.

[020-2]�� Caption:�� He doesn�t plan ahead.

[020-3]�� Caption:�� And furthermore. . .

�� Ren:�� . . . . .Three pairs. . . . .

�� Kyoko:�� When he acts all spoiled that way,

[020-4]�� Kyoko:�� and depends on me,

[020-5]�� Kyoko:�� I can�t. . .

�� I can�t help but think. . .!!

[021-1]�� Kyoko:�� He�s so cute!! Shit!! I want to make him make more dependent faces!!

�� [Uryaaahhh!!]

�� Caption:�� [The new Setsuka that was suddenly born within.]

�� Caption:�� [An impertinent kid.]

�� Kyoko:�� That�s what I think!!!

�� [Huff huff huff]

�� SOUND�� SQUEEZE SQUEEZE

�� Caption:�� [Writhing in heart-wrenching agony]

�� Kyoko:�� When Cain-nii-san makes that kind of face,

�� and acts like such a little kid,

[022-1]�� Kyoko:�� that�s not playing fair!!

�� Ahhh. . .

[022-2]�� Kyoko:�� I want. . .

�� . . .!

�� to see more.

[022-3]�� Kyoko:�� I want to see how Tsuruga-san will react

�� to my words and my actions, as Cain.

[022-4]�� Kyoko:�� I want to see more!!

[023-2]�� Kyoko:�� . . .I

�� remember this feeling. . .

[023-3]�� Kyoko:�� Yes,

�� I felt it in the not-too-distant past.

�� This is. . .

[026-1]�� SOUND�� STEP STEP

[026-2]�� SOUND�� PAT

[026-3]�� Kyoko:�� !

[026-4]�� Kyoko:�� . . .

[026-5]�� Kyoko:�� Welcome back.

[026-6]�� Kyoko:�� Did you apologize to the person at the store?

[027-1]�� Guy:�� Hmmmmm?

[027-2]�� Guy:�� I didn�t apologize.

[027-4]�� Guy:�� Because we weren�t the ones at fault.

�� Guy2:�� I mean, what kind of restaurant has rice that isn�t perfectly fluffy?

�� [Isn�t that horrible? Isn�t that chintzy?]

�� Guy:�� I think it�s only natural that the customers would get mad and mess up the place.

�� SOUND�� APPEAR APPEAR

�� Guy3:�� I don�t think the owner could complain no matter how many of his teeth we

broke.

[028-1]�� Guy:�� So,

�� we�re going to go get another meal somewhere else.

[028-2]�� SOUND�� GRIN GRIN

[028-3]�� Guy:�� Why don�t you come with us? Our treat.

�� And we�ll pay for whatever we do after, too.

[028-4]�� Guy:�� We�ll take you somewhere fun.

[028-5]�� Kyoko:�� . . .I. . .

[028-6]�� Kyoko:�� don�t mind. . .

�� Guy:�� !

�� Really!? All right!

[028-7]�� Guy:�� I thought a girl who looked as easy-going as you would say that.

�� [I love cute, easy-going girls!]

�� Guy3:�� [Me too, me too!]

�� Kyoko:�� I said. . .

[029-2]�� Kyoko:�� . . .I didn�t mind. . .

[029-4]�� Guys:�� [. . .Hm. . .?]

[029-5]�� Kyoko:�� . . .Sorry, but

�� if you want to hang out with me,

�� you�ll have to get permission first.

[029-6]�� Kyoko:�� From him,

�� Guys:�� !

[030-1]�� Kyoko:�� my

�� important person.

�� To Be Continued in Volume 13, On Sale June 5^th!

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