Kobato Drop 12 translation

[starlady]

If ladydarkmoon  can stay up to scan it, I can stay up to translate it.

!!! page 01

Kobato Drop 12: You Musn't Hit!
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!!! page 02
Ioryogi: Wait.

FX: Whoosh

FX: Whish

Ioryogi: Give this to him.

FX: Motionless staring
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!!! page 03
FX: Stare

FX: Anger

Ioryogi: Please...give this to him.

!!

FX: Smooth

Ushagi FX: Bye-bye

FX: Whish
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!!! page 04
FX: Whish

Shaking

Bird: Woah--You had terrible eyes.
That's the first time I've heard anything like "please" out of your mouth.

FX: Flapping

Bird: "Do it" or
"Just do this" is your way!! Hah--

I've heard that thousands of times.

FX: ROAR

Bird: AGAIN--!?
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!!! page 05
FX: Smooth

Okiura: Yo--
Kyokazu-chan.

Fujimoto: Showing your face in front of Sayaka-san--
You forgotten already?

Okiura: I remember perfectly.

Fujimoto: Then why?
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!!! page 06
Okiura: Why do I have to listen to what you say, Kyokazu-chan?

FX: Suddenly

Kobato: Fujimoto-san!

FX: Sudden
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!!! page 07
FX: Spin

FX: Barely containing

Okiura: !!

Oh--

Kyokazu-chan, seems you've gotten stronger again somewhat.
Are you training?

FX: Barely

Fujimoto: You bastard!

FX: Sudden stop

Okiura: Oh ho--
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!!! page 08
Kobato: Please let go of Fujimoto-san!

Okiura: But it seems like he'll hit me if I let go of him.

FX: Grinding

Fujimoto: ...!

Kobato: Fujimoto-san has intense jobs every day!
Before this he was sleeping in the corridor!

But even so he helps out perfectly at the kindergarten!!
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!!! page 09
Kobato: He's really, really tired!

So please don't bully him!

Fujimoto: Hey--!

Okiura: These jobs for the kindergarten?

Fujimoto: I absolutely won't allow behaviour
That will make Sayaka-san cry.
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!!! page 10
Okiura: In that case,
Persuade Sayaka quickly and go somewhere else.

Kobato: Okiura-san...?

FX: Sudden

FX: Quick
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!!! page 11
FX: Backstep

Okiura: See.
Right?

He tried to hit me.

FX: Sudden

FX: Quick & energetic

Kobato: You musn't!
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!!! page 12
Fujimoto: Stand aside.

Kobato: You musn't hit him!

Fujimoto: This guy's, the kindergarten...

Kobato: But you musn't hit him!

Okiura-san will hurt too,
But you'll be in pain as well, Fujimoto-san!
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!!! page 13
Kobato: That way,
I always...!

Huh?
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!!! page 14
Fujimoto: ...What?

Kobato: No,
Um...

                                                  
Well, of the three of them Kobato wears the pants. Also, Okiura totally hid behind a girl. That's not cool.

TN: I'm just going to go with "him" for now when Ioryogi uses the undistinguished, but hugely informal, 3rd person singular in reference to that certain person up above. I suppose I'm reproducing patriarchy in the minds of all here, since I'm assuming that an absent authority is male. It could be "her" too. Maybe I should adopt the feminine non-specific? Anyway, yeah, the point is it's ambiguous.

Comments

[jlarinda.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the translation! Augh, I want to know wtf was Kobato going to say.

[go0dlikdat.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I've been waiting for this! ;D

[(Anonymous)]

thank you very much Starlady, you are awesome. Now this can tide me over while I wait for a scanlation now

[laury-kos.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the translation!!! :D
wow, this chapter was intense, Why did kobato stopped talking at the end?! what was she going to say?! @_@

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

I wish I knew. The Japanese gives absolutely no clue. Tune in next month, maybe?