xxxHOLiC 179 translation

[starlady]

From the "Insanely Early Scans" Department...

ETA: Now with the two pages I forgot the first time around, with thanks to Narcolico.

!!! page 01
Watanuki: Um,
How
Were they?

Client: It was horrible.
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!!! page 02
Client: After I ate your rice balls--

The taste of the rice balls that I made.

Watanuki: ...Huh?
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!!! page 03
Client: Your rice balls
had a kind flavor.

I thought that you thought about me while you made them,
So I thought I'd try believing what you said:

"If he's a person who can make rice balls like that."

I molded and tried eating them myself.
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!!! page 04
Client: I tried eating them...

...They were horrible.

The beauty was only in their shape.
They had no flavor,

And no characteristic,

Or personality.
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!!! page 05
Client: If cooking shows who you are,
I have nothing inside me.

I didn't want to know.

Such things.

No,
it was exactly because I knew

That I didn't want to eat what I'd made.
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!!! page 06
Client: Because
I

Hate myself more than anyone.
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!!! page 07
Client: ...I apologize.

Watanuki: I didn't...intend to hurt you.

Client: I understand.

It's because

I ate the rice balls.
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!!! page 08
FX: Straightening

Watanuki: This...

Client: They're rice balls that I made.

Things I don't understand...
No,
Things I hate.

I understand that, until now, I made other people eat them.
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!!! page 09
Client: I wondered the whole night whether it was all right to give this to you.

But,
Because this is me, now,

I thought that, if you were going to teach me, it was better that you know me, now,
Sensei.
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!!! page 10
Watanuki: ...Sensei?

Client: Will you
Not teach me anymore?

Cooking.

Watanuki: No,

But, am I okay?

Client: I have a favor to ask you.
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!!! page 11
Client: Because you're the person
Who made me realize.

...My wedding...

I thought of talking to my fiance and asking him to call it off.
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!!! page 12
FX: Clutch

Client: Because I can't have him eating things that someone like me has made every day.

He said he'd wait.

Until I decide my flavor.

So,
I humbly ask you once again, sensei.

Watanuki: Likewise!
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!!! page 13
Client: That's right,
Lesson fees...

FX: Rustle

Watanuki: This is enough.

Client: But, the flavor in that really...

Watanuki: I thought it was fine even if it taught me what sort of person you are.

I will treasure it.

Client: To you, cooking really is a beloved thing, isn't it?

Watanuki: ...Yes.
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!!! page 14
Client: I heard
That that shop had some sort of mysterious power to grant wishes.

But that wasn't the case.

You crossed over every day,

And made me move with those emotions.

Watanuki: No,
That was just all I could do.

If it had been Yuuko-san, I think it would have been very different.

Comments

Narcolico says:

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks a lot. I always wait for your translations.
I think you missed 2 pages.
The crazy early chapters make me happy lol.

Re: Narcolico says:

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

oh yeah, I did miss two pages. Thanks for the heads-up.

Re: Narcolico says:

[(Anonymous)]

You are welcome =)
Glad I could help.

[herm-nefer.livejournal.com]

YAY! A resolution to the cooking lady! FINALLY!

Did Yuuko say, the shop granted wishes, to that lady?

Thanks for translating

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

I don't think Yuuko said it to her; I get the impression that that's the word on the street.

[ariadnechan.livejournal.com]

Thanks!!! so she is a plain void ohhh at leat she wants to change and have a a sweet fiance

[(Anonymous)]

gah!

I know it would destroy the metaphor, but the idea that she can't marry without being able to cook is sooo annoying.

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

It's so Japan, too.