Kobato Drop 17 translation

[starlady]

So my friend Sandy, aka merin_chan, is doing her doctoral research on transnational animation fans and fandom, and she has a link to her survey about the same up here at her LiveJournal. I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel weird saying, "Oo! Survey!" so soon after SurveyFail, but unlike Drs. Ogi and Sai, Sandy isn't a creeper, is a fan, and is a pretty cool person. And unlike their survey, her survey is a) completely anonymous; b) has been approved by an accredited IRB; and c) isn't full of skeevy questions. I took it myself the other day and it only took about 20 minutes. I know there are quite a few international readers of this journal, and I know she's looking for as much non-USA, non-North America participation as possible, so if you feel like checking it out, please do!

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And without further ado, this week's chapter, with an OMG crossover at the end. Thanks hugely to nekocat17 for the scans!


!!! page 01
Woman: Yes?

Kobato: Um,
About, you mentioned submitting divorce papers,

Um--

You got married,
And then, um--

Woman: Yes,
And then I got divorced.

I was married, but--
I wonder--

Ioryogi: What do you want to say, Kobato!!

Woman: You can't get divorced unless you're married.
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!!! page 02
Kobato: Um,
Er, er,
Um, um--

FX: Breathing

Kobato: You loved enough that person enough
To get married, huh.

Woman: ...That's right.

Kobato: But
Now you don't want to be together?

FX: Gasp

Kobato: So--
I'm sorry! Saying weird things!

Woman: Rather than "we don't want to be together"
It feels like "we can't be together."
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!!! page 03
Kobato: Huh?

Woman: I loved him enough to get married.
But as time passes, that will change.
Various things.

Thoughts, circumstances, yourself, your partner.

Kobato: Is it bad to change?
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!!! page 04
Woman: I was glad of the good changes.
But while we didn't correct the little gaps, the gaps got bigger,

FX: Like this!

And then correcting them was impossible.

There's nothing to be done.

Kobato: Nothing
To be done?

Woman: Yes, nothing to be done.
It's a result that we discussed.
We've each already affixed our seals.

FX: Stopping
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!!! page 05
FX: Swiftly

Woman: ?

What?
Do I have something on me?

FX: Head shake

Kobato: You're crying.

Woman: Me?

I'm smiling.

Kobato: There aren't any tears flowing,

But
You're crying, aren't you?
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!!! page 06
Woman: ...I'm not crying.

Kobato: Do you not want to submit the divorce papers?

Woman: ...Even if I did, it's too late now.

Kobato: No matter what?

Woman: No matter what.

Since on the other side, there's another person he loves.

Kobato: A person
...He loves.
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!!! page 07
Woman: No matter how much I love him,
That person loves another person.
So it's impossible.

I know that person--she's an incredibly good person.
More than anything, more than that he be with me, he seems happy.

So my feelings are something to fold up and hold onto.
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!!! page 08
Kobato: ...To fold up?

Woman: Right now I've only held onto them for a little while.

Just as long as I've had the divorce papers in my bag.

It would be easy if I could throw away my feelings when I submit the papers,
But that's impossible too.

FX: Tears welling up

FX: Tears

Woman: Oh, now--
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!!! page 09
Kobato: I'm
So--rry,

Asking you all this--

Woman: It's fine.
I said that I'd answer.

FX: Worried

Kobato: You're the one who wants to cry,
But I'm the one crying--I'm sorry.
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!!! page 10
Woman: Not at all.
I'm glad.

That you cried for my love that's ended--

I
Haven't been able to cry even once, when someone's there.
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!!! page 11
Woman: Really, thank you.

FX: Light

FX: Clink

Ioryogi: .....
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!!! page 12
FX: Cheerful

Ginsei: Why do I have to tie up the boxes?

Genko: Because doing that is when it first becomes a commercial good.
Isn't that obvious?

FX: Crunch

Genko: Hey! Don't break the box!

FX: Sulky
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!!! page 13
FX: Rustle rustle

FX: Crunch

Genko: I said not to break them!
Like always, you're clumsy off the battlefield!!

Ginsei: ....

FX: Grimace

FX: Ding dong

FX: Door creaking

Guest: Hello.

Genko: Welcome.

You've come to buy again, huh.
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!!! page 14
Guest: Yes.

Shuuichirou-san loves your baumkuchen, Genko-san.

Geisei: You
An angel?

Kohaku: Yes.
I'm the angel Kohaku.

Comments

[lian]

why, I might just be the person...

*takes the survey*

[starlady]

Hee.

Yeah, she's joining the OTW, and I might ask her if she'd be interested in volunteering...

[lian]

:3 do!

[lian]

oh, hey, which reminds me -- should I go link to the survey from my lj? There should be a couple of non-US animation fans reading.

[starlady]

Sure! The more the merrier, I'm sure. ^_^

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

bought a store-made jp-import baumkuchen from the local asian grocery out of curiosity because of this manga. i should really try one from an actual bakery as this one tasted like pound cake.

thx for the translations.

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

No, they're basically pound cake. Maybe slightly spongier, but the principal ingredients (flour + sugar + butter) are exactly the same.

[haruko-chan1995.livejournal.com]

WOW *w* thanks a lot! kohaku! x3

[levels.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the translation, as usual! ♥

(And to echo everyone else -- Kohaku!)

[wanderingdreamr.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, Wish crossover alert! Need next chapter ASAP!

[laury-kos.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the translation!!! *o*

[sjou.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[neera-pendragon.livejournal.com]

thanks for sharing! <3