Joshi Dansei chapter 3

I actually wanted to post this yesterday, since it was my birthday. However, I had to give up on the plan and reviewed for my final exam this morning. Anyway, it's all over now, so enjoy your newest chapter (although it's a bit late since the raw was released 10 days ago).



Chapter 3 raw

Translation

Page 1

Title: Josei Danshi

大声援、大感謝
Great encouragement, great gratitude

3rd: I've fallen for you...
Kenmotsu Chiyo
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Page 2

P1B1: Please!!
P1B2: Become our vocalist!!

P2B1: B-But I...
P2B2: have never sung in front of people!

P3B1: Everyone starts the same!!
P3B2: Please!! Join us!!

P4Side: How will the fate of Pochi, who was forced to crossdress, be like?!
P4B1: Um... But...
P4SFX: Fidget... (x2)
P4B2: But...

P5B1: How vexing!!
P5B2: Wait for me here!!
P5B3: Ah...

P6B: Whoa-
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Page 3

P1B1: This one is...
P1B2: for girls...

P2B1: Excuse me, all of these, please!!
P2B2: Yes, miss!

P3B1: Eh?! Eh?!
P3B2: Eh?!
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Page 4

P1SFX: Fidget (x2)

P2B1: Urg... How embarrassing... I can feel everyone looking at me...
P2B2: And the skirt feels breezy down there...

P3B: Hey Ageha-chan, do I have to dress like this no matter what?
P4B: You HAVE to. I can't get close to guys, that's why.
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Page 5

P2B: Karaoke...?

P3B1: Yeah.
P3B2: You won't be embarrassed if we do it here, right?

P4B1: I still haven't let you hear my song,
P4SFX: Thud!!
P4B2: so please listen for now.

P5B1: Or rather, decide after you listen to it
P5B2: or I won't be content.
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P1B1: O...
P1B2: Okay...
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Page 8

P1B1: A great song...!! I...
P1B2: love this song...!!

P2B: If I were... to sing this song...
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Page 9

P1B: How was it?
P1SFX: Startle

P2B: I-It was amazingly wonderful!!
P2SFX: Clap (x3)

P3SFX: Tug

P4B1: See?! I told you!!
P4SFX: Thump
P4B2: It's my proud work after all!!
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Page 10

P1F: Sh-She's too close...

P2B1: Well, long ago...
P2B2: I was saved by music...

P4B1: When I was truly in agony... that I didn't know what to do...
P4B2: I heard a song by a certain band.

P5B1: If it wasn't thanks to that song... I wouldn't be here... smiling like I am now...
P5B2: Therefore, this time I wanna give someone courage like that band did...
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Page 11

P1B1: There might be girls who are feeling like I used to out there!!
P1B2: I can't stand that... so it's my turn to...

P2F: Huh?!
P4B: L-Looks like I couldn't help telling you this...

P5B1: Anyway...!! I'm serious about that!! I think I'm serious about wanting to compose great music!!
P5B2: To make my dream come true, I need your voice, Pochi!!
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Page 12

P2B1: Can you help me?
P2B2: I... I'm really happy... This is the first time... someone has ever told me so...

P3B1: But...
P3B2: But...

P4B1: Creepy!!
P4B2: What's with this voice?! It's ridiculous!!
P4B3: Don't come over here, voice!
P4B4: No way-
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Page 13

P1SFX: Sob (x2)

P2B1: Whoa!
P2B2: Why are you crying?!

P3B1: Waaaaah...
P3B2: I can't think it through...

P4B1: Hey...
P4B2: Errm...

P6SFX: Glance (x2)
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Page 14

P1B1: Ageha-chan, are they your acquaintances?
P1B2: Eh? Who...?

P3B1: Yaahooo! You two are by yourselves?!
P3B2: Shall we sing together?!

*TL Rant: Fuck this shit!! Why assholes all the time?!*

P4SFX: Clink...
P4B: Stiffen
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Page 15

P1B: Wooow ☆ This chick is cute!!
P1SFX: Closer

P3SFX: Vomit

P4B1: Arrgh! She vomited!!
P4B2: Why?! Hey!!

P5B1: Oops!! Ageha-chan said she can't stand men...!!
P5F1: Right now I'm dressing like a girl, so I have to take the advantage...
P5B2: I've gotta save her now...!!
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Page 16

P1B: S-Stop it!!

P3B1: You're super cute too!
P3B2: Which school are you in?
P3B3: Eh?! U-Um...

*TL Rant: (middle finger)*

P5B1: A-Ageha-cha...!!
P5B2: Wow!! Nice skin you have there!
P5B3: And nice legs to boot!
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Page 17

P1SFX: Roll

P2B1: No!! Hey...!! Stop it!!
P2B2: Terrific!! Your voice is cute too! I love it!

*And your face pisses me off the most*

P3B1: Hey babe, let's kiss.
P3SFX1: Thud (x2)
P3SFX2: Speechless...
P3B4: What's your name?
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P1B1: So cute~
P1B2: Are you embarrassed?
P1B3: St...

P2SFX: Grope

P3B1: S...
P3B2: Stop it...!!

P4B: DEAR CUSTOMERS!!
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Page 19

P1B: Please stop causing troubles for other customers!!
P2SFX: Tremble (x2)

P4B2: Okie.
P4B3: Hey...

P5SFX: Snap...
P6SFX: Huff... (x2)
P7B: Sorry for running away... I really just... can't stand men...
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Page 20

P1B: I-It was my fault. Sorry for being unable to be of help.

P2B1: Puff
P2B2: That was quite a close call for you.

P3B1: Ehehe, getting in such a situation for the first time made my heart pound like crazy.
P3B2: Tee hee hee

P4B1: Seriously...
P4B2: You're so cute.

P5B: Eh...
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Page 21

P1B: Your skin is absurdly smooth and nice.

P2B1: I can understand why guys swarm around you.
P2B2: You're just incredibly charming.

P3B1: Th...
P3B2: That can't be...
P3B3: true...

P4B: Say...

P5B1: Pochi... How do you...
P5B2: think about me...?
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P1B1: W-Well... You can compose music... That's amazing...
P1B2: P-Plus you're... c-cute.

P2SFX: Smile
P2B: Thank you.

P3B1: Well... My meeting with you...
P3B2: I think it was fate...

P4B: I...

P5B1: I've... fallen for you...
P5B2: It can't be anyone... but you...
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P1SFX: Thump

P2B1: Please...!!
P2B2: Go out with me...!!

P3B1: I didn't think... Ageha-chan would fall for me like this...!!
P3B2: But... I still haven't prepared myself...!!

P4B1: Say...
P4SFX: Hold...
P4B2: Do you agree...?

P5B: What should I do...? What should I do...?
P6SFX: Thump (x2)
P7SFX: Thump (x2)
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P1B1: Y... Yes...
P1B2: If you're fine with me...

P2B1: R...
P2B2: Really...?

P3B: YAAAY!!
P3SFX1: Hop
P3SFX2: Startle!!
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P1B1: So it's decided. Our vocalist will be Pochi!!
P1B2: I've fallen in love with your voice.

P2B: Eh?! So you were talking about the vocalist of your band...?
P2SFX: Shocked

P3B1: Eh?
P3B2: Ah, never mind... It's nothing... Really.

P5B1: Ah.
P5SFX: Splash

P6B1: S-Sorry! I spilt it all over you!!
P6B2: I'm fine!
P6B3: Gotta wipe it off-
P6B4: Ah... But...
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P1B: Ah!! That's my...

P2B1 (big bubble): Pomp
P2B2 (elephant): Yan♥
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Page 28

P1B1: I almost forgot!!
P1F: Gyaaaaah
P1B2: YOU'RE A GUYYYYY!!

P2Side: Tapping at Pochi
P2B1: S-Stop it, Ageha-chan!
P2B2+B3: Tap
P2F: Noooooo
P2B4: It hurts! It hurts!

Bottom: To be continued on May 17th

Josei Danshi chapter 2

Chapter 2 raw

Translation

Page 1

P1B1: The owner of that cute voice... is a guy?!
P2B1: And it's you, Pochi, of all people?!

Title: Josei Danshi

P2Side: An encounter with the best voice in the worst form

P3B1: Kyaaah!! Don't touch me!!
P3Box1: To sum up,
P3Box2: up until this part was the story of the last chapter.
P3Box3: Let me tell you a little about Pochi this time.
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Page 2

Top: Kenmotsu Chiyo
2nd: I won't let them hear me sing!!

Vertical: Falling in love with the voice
Near bottom: Chapter 2 of the new series ♪♪
Bottom: Josei Danshi
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Page 3

P1Sign: Karaoke
P2SFX: Nervous (x2)
P3SFX: Look around
P4SFX: Ka-cha
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Page 4

P1B1: Here I can voice out loud however I want!!
P1B2: It's still so much fun to sing!!

P2B1: Here is your drink.
P2SFX1: Ka-cha
P2SFX2: Startle

P3SFX1: Stare
P3B1: Sorry for the intrusion.
P3SFX2: Ka-cha

P4B1: Guess he didn't hear my voice...

P5B1: Songs for girls are indeed easy to sing.
P5Sign: History
P5Box: Yeah...
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P1Box1: My voice is just like that of a girl.
P1Box2: When everyone's voice started to change, I ended up falling out of the place.

P2Box1: I was often teased, and was bullied, too.
P2Box2: I didn't want to be made fun of because of this voice anymore.
P2Box3: With that in mind, when I entered a high school far away from my home town, I stopped speaking as well.

P3Box1: But
P3Box2: I just can't stop singing!!

P4Box1: I love singing and listening to music ever since I was a child.
P4Box2: Even though I now can't say a single word in front of people,
P4Box3: I still go karaoke and let my voice go wild like this.
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P1B1: Hm?
P2B1: Record your song on CD with 1000 yen...

Pamphlet *section for advertise crap*
- Put your voice on a CD!!
- Only 1000 yen
- Let's challenge
- Give your voice a shape

P2B2: Audio recording service...?

P3SFX: Gulp

P5B1: Ken, don't stay up late. Hurry up and go to bed.
P5B2: Okaay...

P6B1: Phew...
P6SFX: Ka-cha
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P1B1: So...
P1B2: I did it...

P2B1: M-My voice is my treasure. It's really bugging me of how it sounds to me...
P2B2: Y-Yeah! I'll try listening!

P3B1: Clatter
P3SFX: Thump (x2)

P4SFX: Thump (x2)
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Page 8

P1B1: ...Yeah.
P1B3: It sounds just like a girl.

P2B1: But this voice is my ability as a guy, so I have to show it off...
P2SFX: Thump (x2)
P2B2: I wonder if everyone will say "gross"...

P3B1: By any chance...
P3SFX: Thump (x2)
P3B2: If there are people who will say that my voice is "nice"...

P4SFX: Click (x2)
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Page 9

P2B1: Beep
P2Tab: Video submission is completed.
P2Bottom: Nipo Nipo Douga

P3B1: Whoa!
P3SFX: Roll (x2)
P3B2: I did it! I really did it! I uploaded it to the Internet!!

P4B1+B2: Click

P5B1: Click
P5Text: Number of playbacks

P6B1: Click

P7B1: Yeah, that must be it.
P7B2: Nobody would want to listen to this...
P7B3: Well... At least I had one listener, so...
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P1B1: Time to sleep...
P1SFX: Beep...

P4Text: Number of playbacks

P6B1: This voice is...!!
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Page 11

P1SFX: King Kong
P2B2: Snap

P3B1: Pochi,
P3B2: go buy us coffee and milk.

P4B1: Oh, you're asking pochi to run an errand? Count me in.

P5B1: Oh, 'kay 'kay. Good dog, aren't ya?
P5F1: Hahaha
P5B2: I'm counting on you, Pochiiii.

P6SFX: Trudge (x2)
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Page 12

P1B1: Come to think of it, I wonder what happened to the vid I uploaded yesterday...
P2B1: I-I'm not expecting anything!!
P3SFX: Beep

P4 (Nico Nico Douga)
- lolololololol
- What's this shit? Gross.
- lololololololololol
- It's here!
- ☆321 (x16)
- ★123 (x8)
- Mai waifu
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P2
- lololol
- What's this shit? Gross.
- lolololol
- lololololol
- It's here
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P1SFX: Tick (x3)

P2B1: Beep
P2Text: Please wait

P3Text
- Your video has been deleted.
- Nipo Nipo Douga
- Video top... Help... Terms of Use... BBS

P4SFX: Run

P5B1: What a foolish thing I've done.
P5B2: How could I... think that someone might gladly accept my voice, something everyone ridiculed so much back then...
P5B3: I'm one hell of an idiot!
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Page 15

P1B1: I will never let anyone hear me sing again!!
P1SFX: King Kong

P2SFX1: Noisy (x2)
P2SFX2: Chatter (x2)

P3B1: Okay then, let us begin the singing test.
P3F1: Ehh?!

P4B1: I've just decided that I won't sing again, yet...!!
P4B2: All right, step ahead-
P4SFX: Shocked
P4B3: Eh-
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P1B1: Wh... What should I do?
P1SFX: Thump

P2B1+B2: Okay, good job.
P2B3: The next one.

P3SFX: Thump (x2)
P3B1: What should I do?

P4B1: Okay then, next.
P4B2: Shibata Ken-kun...

P5F (big): Gross
P5F (small): What's this shit?

P6F1: What's with his voice? How gross-
P6F2: Don't speak like a girl.
P6F3: Creepy
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Page 17

P1B1: Shibata-kun, what's wrong?
P1SFX: Thump (x3)
P1B2: No...
P1B3: Shibata-kun!!
P1B4: Stop it...!!

P2B1: Kyaaaaah!!
P2F1: Huh...
P2B2: Urg...
P2B3: Urgh...
P2F2: What... did I...
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Page 18

P1F1: Ah... I remembered...
P1F2: I jumped out of the window...

P2F1: I'm so glad... This means...
P2B1: Somebody--
P2B3: He jumped down from the second floor!
P2B4: No way--
P2F2: things have ended... without me being laughed at...

P4B1: This place is...
P4B2: the infirmary...?

P5B1: Nobody...
P5B2: is here...?
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Page 19

P1B1+B2: Tick tock
P1F1: Kyahaha...
P1F2: Whoa...

P2B1: Lunch break...
P2B2: So I was just lightly wounded...
P2F1: Owww...

P3B1: Heh...
P3B2: Heheh...

P4B1: Ahh, the infirmary feels so nice!!
P4B2: I can rest at ease, and nobody is here!!

P5B1: Guess I'll listen to some songs♪
P5B2: Where was my earphone again?
P5B3: Oh, here it is♪

P6SFX: Squeak

P7B1: Ahh, how nice.
P7B2: This song still sounds nice to me.

P8F1: ...
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Page 20

P2B1: My voice is not going to reach anyone anymore...
P2SFX: Drip (x2)
P2B2+B3: Never... again...
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Page 21

P2B1: I love singing so much...
P2B2: yet this is my last time...

P3B1: Farewell... my voice...!!
P4SFX: Slide
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Page 22

P1B1: The song just now...
P1B2: Whose was it?

P2B1: S-Someone heard it?!
P2SFX: Thump (x2)
P2B2: Crap...!!

P3B1+B2: It was... amazing...!!
P4B1: Eh?

P5B1: Someone praised my voice...?!
P5B2: It sounded so lovely that it fascinated me!! You are truly amazing!!
P5B3: Nah, I'm gonna be laughed again if she sees me...!! I've gotta escape!!
P5B4: Hold it!! Listen to me...
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P3B1: Eek-

P4B1: No way...
P4B2: A guy...?!

P5B1: Kyaaah, don't touch me!!
P5B2: I knew it!!
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Page 24

P2B1: Heh, so you're telling me to forget about the song since you just uploaded it on a whim
P2B2: and you hate voicing in front of people?

P3SFX: Nod

P4B1: Sigh, that was an epic fail!!
P4B2: Who would've thought that voice's owner belongs to the kind I hate the most:
P4B3: GUYS!!
P4B4: And it was "Pochi" to boot...
P4B5: Hm?
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Page 25

P1Notebook: Can I go back now?

P2B1: Say the damn line out!
P2SFX: Kick

P3B1: But isn't it gross?
P3SFX: Tremble (x2)

P4B1: Yeah.
P4B2: Right.

P5SFX1: Shocked
P5SFX2: Twitch

P6B1: The way she says that face-to-face hurts so much.
P7B1: But...
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P1B1: Your song was... w... well...
P1B2: Amazing!! Very nice!!
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Page 27

P1B1: Arrrrgh!! This is the worst!! If you were a girl, there wouldn't be any problem!!
P1SFX: Startle

P2B1: If you were a girl...!!
P2B2: Hm?
P2B3: If you were a "girl"...?

P3B4: I've come up with a good idea...!!

P4B1: Please!! Listen to my lifetime request!!
P4B2: Trust me!!
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Page 28

P3B1: Look around

P4B1: Finished?
P4SFX: Shake (x2)

P5B1: Finished, haven't you?!
P5B2: I'm going in!!

P6B1: I-I've tried putting them on, but...
P6B2: Will this really be okay...?

P7B1: Looks pretty fine.
P7B2: The rest is to put on a wig and...
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P1B1: Girl form
P1B2: complete!!

P2B1: You have no breast, but this will make youu look like you have it...
P2F1: Pad

P3B1: You have a girly face...
P3B2: Nice figure with sufficient flesh, and a small build to boot...

P5B1: It's... embarrassing...
P5SFX2: Sob (x2)
P5B2: Aren't you a guy?! Don't cry over such a trivial matter!!
P5B3: I'm telling you, my plan is flawless!!
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P1B1: Now that he's in this form, even a man-hater like me...
P1B2: may touch him normally... if I think of him as a girl...!!

P4B1: I can touch him!!
P4B2: I may think guys are disgusting
P4B3: but apparently my brain isn't resisting at all!!

P5SFX1: Grope...
P5SFX2: Shudder (x3)
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Page 31

P1B1+B2: Yeah... He's a girl...
P1B3: Ah...
P1B4: S...
P1SFX: Touch... (x2)
P1B5: He looks just like a girl...

P2B1: Stop it...!!
P2B2: It's...
P2B3: It's embarrassing!!

P3B1: Ba-dump

P4B1: Crap... His voice is really...
P4B2: Ba-dump
P4B3: giving me a thrill...!!
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P1B1: It's decided!!
P1SFX: Grab!
P1B2: When you are in this form, you are the vocalist of Sora... "Pochi"!!

P2Right: The birth of a crossdressing guy with a girl's voice?
P2B1: Eh...?
P2Bottom: To be continued on May 3rd

Josei Danshi chapter 1

This manga is translated per request from a friend of mine. For convenience, I decided to post my translation here instead of having my scanlation group edit and typeset it because it'd take too long to do all the shit as my group don't have enough manpower to do multiple projects at once. You are free to use my translations however you want. I don't care if you credit me or not, as long as you don't credit someone else as the translator while using my translations. The raw is taken directly from Square Enix's main site, so it is at max quality and doesn't require any cleaning. Redrawing, typesetting and proofreading will be needed, though, if you want to make something decent. Don't worry much about the speed, since the manga is biweekly and completely within my translation capability. For now enjoy the first chapter of this new trap manga. It doesn't look very good at first, but hopefully it'll get better in later chapters.



Chapter 1 raw


Translation

 Page 1

P1Box1: There was a songstress
P1Box2: whom people had to acknowledge to have the voice of an angel.

Right: A work of love comedy about one with a feminine voice♪

P2Box: But the songstress had a secret that she could not reveal...
Green text: New series!
Title: Josei Danshi

P3Box: And that is...
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Page 2+3

Top: The love comedy about a male vocalist with a female voice, start!
Circle: Biweekly

1st: The cute voice
Big heart: New series♪
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Page 5

P1B1+B2 : Music sounds
P2: H...
P3 SFX : BAM

P4 (Niconico douga window)

wwがwwwしあ
lolololol is lololol

プロ乙
So pro

ああああ
cooooomes

っますぎワロタwwwwww
So hilarious I lololololed

俺の嫁
Mai waifu

ktkrwwwwwwwww
Shit got real lolololololol

ネ申
Epic

P5B1: HERE IT COMES! I've been waiting for a girl who can sing with a cute voice of this caliber!!
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P2 SFX: Kyaah (x2)
P4: Wooooow
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Page 7

P2B1: Here she comes! Ageha!!
P2B2: Damn! She's so cute!!
P2B3: Go out with me!
P2B4: So sexy! Look over here!

*TL rant: Wat? Not even STFU when peeping?*

P3B1: Ageha-chaan!!
P3B2: So cute!
P3 SFX: Bustle

P4B1: Ageha!
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Page 8

P1B1: Yaho
P2B1: Wow! Kotori-chan and...
P3B1: Tsubasa-chan!!

P4B1: What is this I don't even?! A joint between class 3 and class 4?! This pool class is fabulous!!
P4B2: Isn't this a grand gathering of hot chicks?!

P5B1: Ahhh, I wonder which one of them I should go out with...
P5B2: Huh? Ya don't know anything?
P5B3: Know wat?
P5B4: Those three
P5B5: are notorious man-haters for ya!!
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Page 9

P1B1: Aozora Ageha.
P1B2: Famous as the greatest beauty of our school for being both gifted and pretty.
P1B3: Countless guys have approached her, but she shook them all off.

P2B1: Hanaoka Kotori.
P2B2: A midget with glasses and huge tits, and a diligent committee chairman.
P2B3: Has a big and well-established fanbase.

P3B1: Takai Tsubasa. Boyish, quiet, tall, stylish and mysterious.
P3B2: Aside from fanboys, she also has many fangirls.
P3B3: And all of them have no interest in guys!! Or rather, they hate guys!!

P4B1: Hah, such a waste... They all look so cute...

*TL Rant: Fuck this shit! Retard fags made my brain melt*
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Page 10

P1 SFX: Splash
P2B1: Sensei!! The boys are peeping!!
P2B2: Oh crap!

P3B1: HOLD IT!! Did you skip class?!
P3 SFX : Run
P3B2: Shit! Get outta here, fags!!

P4 SFX : Waaah
P4B1: What is it? Peeping toms?
P4B2: Did they skip class?
P4B3: Really?
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Page 11

P1B1: Hmph,
P1B2: guys are all nasty!
*In this manga, yes*

P2 SFX: Chatter (x2)

P3B1: Hey, about that topic...
P3B2: Hm...

P4B1: Mphone?
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Page 12

P1B1: I've found a vocalist!
P1B2: Nobody but this girl can sing with a cute voice of this caliber!!

P2B1: Heh, Nipo nipo douga? But isn't it difficult when it comes to the Internet?
P2B2: Like she lives in Hokkaido...

P3B1: No prob! No matter how difficult it is, I'll overcome it!! For the sake of getting this voice!!
P3B2+B3: All fired up aren't you? Did you mail her?
P3B4: Already sent one!! Now waiting for reply!

P4B1: After all, I feel a limit with just the three of us...
P4B2: I can't do vocal at all.

P5B1: By all means, in order to complete our "Sora" band,
P5B2: we need a vocalist with a nice voice!!

TL Note: Sora means "Sky". And no, this isn't another "according to keikaku" thingy. This is a name.
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P1B1: If this girl joins us, even a major debut will be no dream!!
P1B2: Ageha-chan, it's about time you cover your boobs.
P1F1: You're showing too much.

P2B1: Let's go all out with our band!!
P3B1: Yeah!

P5B1: Aim for our girl band!! By girls, for girls, and brings energy to girls!!
P5B2: SURE THING!!
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P2B1: Now then, today we're having a singing test.
P2B2: Step ahead and sing when you're called, okay?

P3B1: Holy shit! Can't believe we still have singing tests in high school.
P3B2: Err...
P3B3: Whoa, I really shouldn't have selected music.

P4B1: We'll start from you, okay?
P4B2: Y-Yes ma'am!

P5B2: Listening like this really is making me feel how incredible that girl on the Internet was...
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P1B1: I've also tried vocal, but I just couldn't do any good...
P2B1: Next, Shibata-kun.
P3B2: Shibata-kun?

P4B2: Hey, isn't "Pochi" the next one?!
P4B3: Whoa!! Sounds exciting!

P5B1: Pochi...?
P5B2: Have you ever heard Pochi's voice?!
P5B3: Nah! Never!!
P5B4: Apparently he hasn't spoken even once since he entered school, you see.
P5B5: That must be it, right? He listens to anything you tell him to like a dog, so he's called "Pochi", isn't he?
P5 SFX: Kyah (x2)

P6 SFX: Clatter
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P1 SFX: Clatter (x2)
P2B1: Now, step ahead and sing. Don't be so nervous.

P3B1: Heeey, Pochi!! Try barking!!
P3F1: Hahaha
P3B2: What? Are they bullying him?

P4B1: Bullied guys... really are pathetic.
P4B2: I can't stand them.

P5B1: Okay, here we go~
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P1B1: Ah! Shibata-kun?!
P1SFX: Run
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P1B1: Kyaaaah?!
P1B2: He jumped down?! This is the second floor, you know?!

P2B1: How's he now?!
P2B2: Is he safe?!
P2B3: E-Everyone! Back to your seat!!

P3B1: What's wrong with him...?
P3B2: Not wanting to sing so badly that he had to jump out of the window...
P3B3: I can't believe it. Just how much does he hate music anyway?

P4B1: Never mind, this means the class is now suspended.
P4B2: Come to think of it, I wonder if she has replied...
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P1B1: No way...
P1Screen: Unwatchable
P1B2: The URL has been removed. I can't listen to the song now...

P2 SFX: King Kong...
P3F1: Lunch
P3 SFX: Noisy

P4B1: Not even a reply... What am I supposed to do?! The communication was cut off! But why...?!
P4B2: Guess I need to consult the two of them for now...
P4 SFX: Clack

P5B1: Ageha-chaaan!
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P1B1: Yahoo

P3B1: So cute!!
P3B2: With a closer look, you sure are pretty!!
P3B4: Ah, nice to meet ya. We bros play music, too. We're wondering if we can be friends with...

P4B1: Move!!
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P1B1: Huuh? So the rumor about you hating guys is true?
P2B1: Now, come on.
P2B2: We're not doing any harm to you, okay?

P3 SFX: Grab
P4B1: Eek
P5B1: DON"T TOUCH ME!!

*I'd punch that annoying fag in the face if it was me*
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P1 SFX: Run
P2B1: She freaked me out.
P2B2: She didn't have to be so angry...
P2B3: See?

P4B1: Sigh... If only I had gone to an all-girl high school...
P4B2: But private schools are expensive...
P4 SFX: Grunt (x2)
P4B3: And I can't be such a burden for that person...

P5B1: Hm?
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P2B1: No way...!!
P2B2: This voice is... the voice of that girl on the Internet!!

P3B1: Where did it come from?!
P3B2: It's a capella. She must've been singing live!!
P3B3: Don't tell me she's around here?!

P4 Sign: Infirmary
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P1B1: Who was singing just now?!
P1 SFX: Slide

P3B1+B2: The song just now... Was it yours...?

P4B1: It was amazing... You posted your song on the Internet, didn't you?
P4B2: It sounded so lovely... I was fascinated by it in just a moment of listening...!! You are... truly amazing...!!
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P1B1: I...
P1B2: I don't know...

P2B1: No!! There's no way I could mishear it!!
P2B2: You were singing just now, didn't you?!
P2B3: Why do you hide yourself?! You have such a wonderful voice!!

P3B1: Hey, listen to me!! There's a song I'd love you to sing!!
P3B2: We're forming a band called "Sora". We want to invite you to join us as our vocalist...!!

P4B1: Wait just a moment!! I'll use my guitar to play it for you, so...!!
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P1B1: I...
P1B2: I'm... s... sorry...

P4B1: Why...? Is my band not good enough...?
P4B2: Come on, please, can you just... listen to a song and then decide... if...
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P1B1: Hey...
P2B1: Yeek!
P3B1: H-Hold it!!!

P4B1: Listen to me!!
P4B2: I think our vocalist can be nobody but you!!

P5 SFX: Tug
P6B1: Kyah!!
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P1B1: Oww...
P2B1: Eh?
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P1B1: Th-This guy is...
P1B2: Pochi...?

P2B1: The owner of that voice...
P2B1: IS A GUY?!
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P1 SFX: Squish
P3B1: Kyaaaah!
Bottom: To be continued on April 19
Left: 2 weeks later until the next chapter!

Show off 2

It's all thanks to BC and his acquaintance that I finally got my hands on MiX! vol 2, Otoboku 2 vol 2 and Sh@pple, another trap manga illustrated by Uira Akuru-sensei. As usual, these books are totally worth the money I spent. Carnelian's art is as beautiful as always.

fortissimo EXS & Da Capo III

Last night, my friend Yukira sent me some scans from the newest issue of Comptiq. Among those were some notable pieces :

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Knowing that one producer of fortissimo is tororo-danchou, the president of Circus, I wasn't very surprised when I saw this. The new version will include 2 new routes for Momiji and Sayuki, who received the highest number of votes in the last character poll. The name of each route will be as follow :

Akkord：Ein Kirschenbaum (Sakura)
Akkord：Ahorn der Flamme (Momiji)
Akkord：Schnee Kristall (Sayuki)

In addition, EXS will have ero content, unlike EXA. Plus we'll get to see new weapons & skills. I don't know about other characters, since they have yet to show any pics, but Sayuki's new form looks pretty cool.

Next, we'll have another theme song by fripSide. Well, I doubt it will be as good as the first OP, since it's currently the best fripSide song ever made (at least to me), but we can expect something nicer than those songs for the crappy Railgun anime.

Finally, it seems they are adding a new guy, who looks exactly like Reiji while having the same scarf as Sakura. They have yet to tell the true identity of this guy, but I guess he's Reiji in another timeline.

Here's the link for the new version : http://lacryma.info/nextphase/

They still haven't shown any info on the site, but they will do that sooner or later.

Also, more info about the latest DCIII. This will be Circus' new cash cow. Knowing how the company does business, let's expect 10+ extra stories and spin-offs from this new game.

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A method for photo shooting

Today is a great day, mainly because I've just found a way to take pictures of manga at a much greater quality compared to those I showed you in my last post.

Normally, because of limitation of zoom lens and the flashlight, when the camera is set near the book, the picture becomes extremely blurry or bright, making it impossible to see the text on the picture. On the other hand, if the camera is a little bit far from the book, the text becomes so small that you can't read anything. Moreover, changing the focal length of the camera is of no use, and the picture only becomes blurry like shit. However, after hundreds of attempts and failures, I decided to put a magnifier in front of the camera, and it showed great result. Depends on the angle of the camera, the picture can be rather dark or bright, but the text and details of some areas become even clearer than what you can see with naked eyes. Here's a demonstration :



You see, in this case, the text is completely readable. The sharpness is even close to that of scans. For me, this will save a lot of effort when translating the manga and novels I order, since I won't have to open them so many times to read the text again just because I can't take picture of the text.

Show off 1 (Dec 2010)

Finally, the two books I asked my friend to help me order from Japan are now in my hands : Volume 1 of Otoboku 2 (manga) and MiX! (light novel), so I'll be using the script from the original version to translate Otoboku 2, as planned. Hopefully it will not take a lot of time.


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