Skip Beat Chapter 158
June 5, 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:                                The eyes of the sealed beast open, invited by the tumult of the city.

                The Magnificent Show-Biz Challenge

                Skip Beat!

                Act 158  Violent Mission, Phase 5
                Nakamura Yoshiki              Volume 25 on sale June 18!

                                                                Unbelievable events transpire!!

 

[002-1]   Kyoko:                  These guys

                                                say they want to go play with me.

[002-2]   Kyoko:                  I wonder if I should. . .

 

[003-1]   Kyoko:                  Nii-san?

 

[004-1]   Guy4:                     . . . “Nii-san”?

[004-2]   Guy4:                     Oh.

                                                When you said he was your “important person” I thought maybe a boyfriend, but your

brother?

[004-3]   Guy3:                     Ehhh?

                                                It would have been easier to negotiate with a boyfriend.

                                                There are lots of boyfriends who don’t mind lending out their girlfriends once in a while.

                                                [We’ve had 100% success so far.]

[004-4]   Guy3:                     But a relative can’t leave behind the concern for “one of the same flesh.”

                Guy:                       No, no, relatives are the same way.

                                                All humans are concerned first and foremost for their own well-being.

[004-5]   Guy:                       Isn’t that right,

                                                Onii-san?

 

[005-1]   Guy:                       We won’t judge you.

                                                Just let us borrow

[005-2]   Guy:                       your little sister for a while.

[005-3]   SOUND                  SWF

                Ren:                       . . .

[005-4]   Ren:                       . . .Setsu.

[005-5]   Ren:                       Let’s go.

                Guy:                       !

                Guy3:                     !

                Guy4:                     !

                Kyoko:                  Okie dokie.

[005-6]   Guy4:                     He just ignored you.

                                                [Like you were some kind of pest.]

                Guy:                       How cruel!

                                                I was going to let this go peacefully, too!

                Guy3:                     Who cares?

                                                [Uhyahya!]

 

[006-1]   Guy3:                     Now Kazu-kun has an excuse to blow off some steam.

                SOUND                  CRACK CRACK

[006-2]   SOUND                  CLENCH

[006-3]   SOUND                  RUN

[006-4]   SOUND                  WHOOSH

 

[007-1]   SOUND                  STOP

                Kyoko:                  !!

[007-2]   Kyoko:                  . . .!?
[007-3]   Kyoko:                  . . .

 

[009-3]   SOUND                  GRIN

[009-4]   Kazu:                     . . .Piiiing!

[009-5]   Guy4:                     Oh,

                                                Kazu-kun’s “Serious Mode” switch has been flipped.

                Guy3:                     Eh? What, what? Is this onii-chan a good fighter, perhaps?

                Guy:                       Hehhh, so he lives up to his appearance.

                Kazu:                     . . .If I struck out with the little sister,

                                                I’ll settle for the big brother.

                                                I’ll. . .

 

[010-1]   SOUND                  CLENCH

[010-2]   Kazu:                     play

                SOUND                  GASP

[010-3]   Kazu:                     with you. . .!

                SOUND                  FWOOSH

[010-4]   SOUND                  FWOOM

 

[011-1]   Kazu:                     !!

[011-2]   Guy4:                     He dodged.

                Guy3:                     No one’s ever dodged Kazu-kun’s prized left fist in that pattern.

                                                [He really is good.]

                Guy:                       I don’t know. . .It could be luck. . .?

                                                Because, look,

[011-3]   Guy:                       he’s just running away.

                Guy3:                     [Ah]

                                                Could it be,

[011-4]   Guy3:                     He’s good at defense, but not as good at offense?

                SOUND                  SLIP

 

[012-1]   Caption:                                [Soul of Setsu]

[012-3]   Kyoko:                  --!

[012-4]   Kyoko:                  . . .Tsuruga-san. . .!!

 

[013-1]   Kyoko:                  Wh. . .

[013-2]   Kyoko:                  What should I do. . .?

                                                If there’s a violent incident here,

                Bystander:            [What’s going on? Scary. . .]

                Bystander2:          [That guy in all black and that macho-looking guy are. . .]

                Bystander3:          [Should we call the police?]

                Kyoko:                  won’t everyone find out that Cain Heel is actually Tsuruga-san!?                                                                                         

[Won’t the police investigate!?]

                                                No! If that happens,

[013-3]   Kyoko:                  the movie project will be a total waste!!

[013-4]   Kyoko:                  No! Even if he doesn’t get found out,

                                                once the movie is announced, and Cain Heel goes public,

[013-5]   Kyoko:                  he’s going to face a ton of criticism for this incident. . .!!

                Bystander:            [Maybe they’re filming for some kind of drama with some hidden cameras.]

                Bystander2:          [Oh!]

                Bystander3:          [I’m going to take a video.]

                Kyoko:                  Tsuruga-san is a celebrity,

 

[014-1]   Kyoko:                  so if he were to lay a hand on a member of the general public. . .!!

[014-2]   ~Kyoko:                 If you want to hang out with me,

                                                You’ll have to get permission first.

                                                From him,

[014-3]   ~Kyoko:                 My

                                                important person.

                Kyoko:                  What should I do?

[014-4]   Kyoko:                  If

                                                I hadn’t said that. . .

 

[015-1]   Kyoko:                  If only I hadn’t stayed in character,

                                                and just turned them down and run away from the beginning!

                Kazu:                     You bastard!
[015-2]   SOUND                  SWOOSH             

                Kazu:                     Go on and hit me!!

[015-3]   SOUND                  SWOOSH

[015-4]   SOUND                  WHOOSH

                                                STOP

[015-5]   Guy4:                     . . .

                                                He isn’t hitting him at all. . .

                Guy3:                     He keeps missing him by a hair.

                                                . . .Huh. . .won’t this tire just Kazu out?

                Guy:                       . . .

                                                Maybe. . .that’s what he wants. . .?

 

[016-1]   Guy:                       The strategy is to let your opponent exhaust himself and then finish him with one blow. . .

                SOUND                  WHOOSH

 

[017-2]   SOUND                  SLIP

[017-3]   Kyoko:                  !!!

 

[018-1]   Kyoko:                  That’s right. . .!

[018-2]   Kyoko:                  F. . .For now it would be best to just run away!!

                SOUND                  THUD THUD THUD THUD

                                                GULP

                Kyoko:                  Calm down, calm down, my wildly beating heart!!

                                                That macho thug would grab Tsuruga-san as quick as lightning

[018-3]   Kyoko:                  and drag him back to the fight!!

                SOUND                  WORRY WORRY WORRY WORRY

                Kyoko:                  B. . .But. . .

                                                But what else can we do?

[018-4]   SOUND                  KACHUNK

                                                DRAG DRAG

                                                DRAG DRAG

                Kyoko:                  !!!

[018-5]   Kyoko:                  . . .H. . .

[018-6]   Kyoko:                  Hey!!!

                SOUND                  BAM

 

[019-1]   Kazu:                     . . .!

                SOUND                  PCHING

[019-2]   SOUND                  TWITCH

[019-3]   Kazu:                     Aaaggggggh!!

                SOUND                  BYOO

[019-4]   SOUND                  SKSH

                Kazu:                     . . .!

                SOUND                  SKSH

[019-5]   Kyoko:                  Nii-san, behind you!!

 

[020-1]   SOUND                  SMACK

[020-3]   Kyoko:                  --!!

[020-4]   Kyoko:                  You coward!

                                                How dare you try to sneak up on him!! You’re worse than Fuwa Sho!!

                Guy:                       Hah!?
                SOUND                  BARELY HOLDING ON

                Guy:                       [Anyway, let go!]

                Kyoko:                  [Never!]

                                                I can’t believe anyone could be lower than Fuwa Sho!

                                                Aren’t you ashamed of yourself? Doesn’t that sink you into the depths of despair?

                                                If you don’t like it, let go of this weapon,

[020-5]   Kyoko:                  take your friend, and go get something to eat!!

[020-6]   Guy:                       Ahhhhh!!

 

[021-1]   Guy:                       You’re in my way!!!
                                                [Go on, move!]

                SOUND                  SLAM

                Kyoko:                  . . .!

[021-2]   SOUND                  WSH

 

[022-3]   SOUND                  GRAB

[022-4]   Kazu:                     . . .!

                SOUND                  FWOOSH

[022-5]   SOUND                  CRASH

 

[023-1]   Guy4:                     Wahhhhh!

                                                [Uwahhhhh!]

                Caption:                [Concussion]

                Guy3:                     K-Kazu-kun!!
                                                [Nooo!!]

[023-3]   Guy3:                     [Eek. . .]

                SOUND                  INHALE

                Guy4:                     [Eeeek!]

 

[024-1]   SOUND                  F. . .

 

[025-1]   SOUND                  . . .WA. . .

[025-2]   Caption:                [Evil signal at three bars]

 

To Be Continued in Issue 14, On Sale June 19th!