Hibiki - Shousestsuka ni naru houhou

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A dancer stands on a small stage in a small town.
She lives in a small apartment with her parents and her sister who's three years older.
She is engaged to a 22 year old man who's working in a shipyard.
8: Book making

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"Kayo-chan's novel is more or less a light novel"
"It's the kind of story where a normal high school girl gets married to a vampire prince"
"Her style has Rika-san's influence all over it"

"Takaya's is, well, more like a diary compared to a novel"
"Anyways, he probably just wanted to get it over with"
"Ryouta-kun's is your standard young adult fiction*..."
*A novel targeted for the teen years.

"He made a tidy piece with proper story progression"
"He really is a closed minded kid"

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"...kuku"

"Hibiki-chan's story is interesting, right?"

"Tch"

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"Okay, everyone has read them from start to finish"

"We got the manuscripts together"
"Now time to make the book"

"The magazine we'll make for the cultural festival will be a proper book after bringing it to the printing press"
"But for other times, we'll just make them ourselves using a copy machine for copying and a stapler for putting it together"
"There's a printing room in the school, so I'll take you there"

"We may have a printing room, but are we allowed to use it on our own?"
"No, we need the permission of our advisor"
"It'll be fine. I'll run it by him"

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"Ah"

"Oh yeah, we do have an advisor"
"It's been a month since we entered, but I've never met him"
"Me neither"
"Ahaha, you don't ever need to meet him for your entire life"

"He's such a scumbag, he'll surprise you"

"So that thing's still alive"
"Takaya, if you're gonna say that, do something about it"
"...what kind of guy is he?"

"He's been the ethics teacher for three years, Kuroshima Satoshi"
"He's the type of guy you'd find in every school, the one who's mad in the head"

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"Well, don't worry about it"
"Takaya and I are really bad with him, so we don't see him much"
"Huh..."
"Another scary person..."

"By the way, Hibiki-chan"
"I just wanna ask"

"Do you"
"Have any authors in your family?"

"Nope"

"I see"

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"Okay, we're here"

"Oh, there are people here"
"Ah!"

"Ryouta"
"Akui-san"
"Hey"
"Oh? You know them?"

"They're my classmates"
"I believe they're in the drama club"
"Hmm"

"Oh it's Rika-san"
"And there's a scary demon guy there"
"Scary"

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"Oh, did you come to use the copier?"
"Yeah"
"That's weird, the drama club reserved the slot until 4pm"

"Kuroshima you moron, you didn't get the reservations ready"

"I'm sorry, the literature club also booked this slot, but it looks like we have a schedule conflict"
"It sure does"
"What now..."

"So like"
"If you're only using one copy machine, can we use this one?"
"Ah, sure"

"Hibiki-chan"

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"The five of us can't do anything about having only one machine"
"And it's cramped because of the other girls"
"So I'll just ask you to copy them"

"50 copies each, double sided"
"Ask your friends how to use the machine"
"We're gonna do some other work in the club room"
"So have fun"

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"Uhhh..."

"Well..."
"If it's alright, should we teach you how to use the copy machine?"

"So press A5"
"And choose monochrome printing..."
"Is she trying to get Akui-san closer to us?"
"Her ability to sense the situation is impressive"

"Akui-san, you're always reading books"
"Which ones do you like...?"

"A bunch"

"I see"
"A bunch"
"Whoa"
"We're talking"

"I don't really read much"
"But I really like Sobue Akihito..."
"Tch"
"Some people don't"

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"Hey"

"Four girls"
"Well whatever"

"Uhh..."
"Well, don't worry about me"

"I just came to smoke"

"Wha"

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"This school doesn't have a smoking room"
"And they told me I can't smoke outside for some reason"

".......he's actually smoking"
"Who is this guy"
"A teacher?"

"What club are you from?"
"The... drama club"

"And..."
"Akui-san's the only one from the literature club"

"Literature..."
"Akui..."

"I see, you're Akui"

"I heard about you"
"I heard that"

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"On the day of the entrance ceremony"
"You picked a fight with the club's members"

"It would've been great if you got the club abolished"

"Oh yeah, I haven't told you yet"
"I'm Kuroshima, the literature club advisor"
"Uh"
"He really is a teacher"

"Honestly..."
"Being a club advisor just pisses me off"

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"I have to work overtime, and my pay doesn't get any better"
"So it's basically free overtime"

"Hey Akui, could you get one more member to quit?"
"Then you'd lose members and I can abolish the club"

"He's saying some unbelievable things"
"Is he really a teacher?"

"He's scary"

"Or why don't you quit?"
"Aren't they bullying you by making you copy everything by yourself?"

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"Don't ignore me dammit"

"She isn't shivering"
"No matter how I look at her, she's just a simple gloomy lit geek"
"That ganguro girl just made up the fact that she chased the second years out"

"If I hit her a bit harder, could she actually leave...?"
"If you quit"
"You'd help me a lot here..."

"Uh"

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"Kuku"

"Kidding, kidding!"
"You don't get scared at all"

"Did you really think I was gonna burn you?"

"There's no way I'd..."

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"Aaaaghh..."

"...hey"

"Kidding"

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"Huh?"
"She pushed it really hard..."

"I may be joking,"
"But I'll still do it"

"So cool..."

"What kind of person is Kurojima-sensei, specifically?"

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"Damn"
"Why am I..."
"He's weak against the strong, but he's strongest against the weak"

"If you get involved with him, you should make the first strike"
"Then he'll become a little puppy"
"Huh..."

"Uhh..."
"Aahh, Kayo-chan, he's dangerous for you"
"You're the kinda girl he'd most likely target"

"What the heck"
"Is Hibiki-san's story...?"

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"Is there a genre like that?"
"There isn't any proper progression, any climax, or any punchline..."
"But"
"How do I put this..."

"It's super interesting..."

"Pure literature"

"Is that..."
"I call it that, but it really isn't since there isn't any proper progression"
"There isn't any clear definition"

"Well, Hibiki-chan's story really felt like pure literature"

"I'm just going to say this"

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"Pure literature isn't interesting"
"Hibiki-chan's stories are"

"That girl"
"Is so special, she's an anomaly"

"That's why, don't even try to think about copying her"
"Your story wasn't bad either, Kayo-chan"
"No I wouldn't..."

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"I'm done copying"
"Oh, thanks"

"Did you come across any problems?"
"No not really"

"Okay, now take one page from each"

"Staple them together"

"And done"
Hokuseto High School
Literature Club Magazine
May Edition

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"And repeat this 50 times"
"Then, it's done in a flash"
"Whoa"

"Making 50 copies..."
"Are we going to distribute them?"
"We'll leave them in the leaflet counter in front of the staff room"
"And the distribution corner of the local library"

"Wait, we're going to leave it in the library?"
"Well, nobody really reads them"

"They're mostly there for old men and women to pass the time"

"I see"
"People I don't know will read them"

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Contents

Semelean Babies - ric@ (2nd year)
Everyday - Takaya (2nd year)
VAMPIRE LOVER - Sekiguchi Kayo (1st year)
Penny rain - Tsubaki Ryoutarou (1st year)
Thousand year blossoms - Akui Hibiki (1st year)

keep it up dude, you already slept like half a day

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9: Talent

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"The initial sales for 'A chance meeting in the afternoon' has come out"

"We printed 3000 copies"
"And we sold 28% of them..."
"......honestly"

"These are pretty bad numbers"
"......uhh"
"Honestly,"

"......next time"
"It might become harder"
"To get your books out under our label, Nakahara-san..."

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"......is"
"That so"

"We printed 5000 copies of your previous work, the debut work, and we sold 35%"
"Those are also pretty bad numbers"
"On top of that, they managed to fall..."

"......of course, it definitely doesn't mean that you won't get it next time,"
"But it depends on your plot"
"This may be called pure literature, but there are genres which have different levels of success..."

"Well,"
"You may not really like those kinds of genres though"
"But we have to expect certain numbers..."

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"...I will write"
"Next time"
"I'll do my best..."

"Is..."
"That so"

"Okay, send your plot to me when you're done"
"I'll be waiting"
"......okay"

Nakahara Aika
A writer
And a novelist

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>>158758534
Thank you so much TL anon

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Graduated from a major university in the Tokyo-Nagoya area with a literature degree

Ever since her student days, she submitted works to literary magazine newcomer awards.
Hers was chosen at age 28.
The winning work, 'Lotus flower village' was published.

30 years old.
Her second work 'A chance encounter in the afternoon' was published.

"......will I"
"Still write...?"

"Will I? No"
"Of course I will"
"If I quit now, then what did I work so hard for..."

She has no job,
Never had a boyfriend,
She just lived to become an author

"I became a pro"
"I have talent"
"I came so far..."

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"It wasn't in the library"
"Buy it at a styore"
"Like I said, we made a reservation"

"Just wait for a month"
"I wanna read it now"
"...what a young mother"

"I wonder if she's my age"
"Her kid's pretty big..."

"I mean, why do suddenly want a book now?"
"Ugh..."

"......oh yeah"
"I'm"
"Already 30 years old"

"It wouldn't be strange to have a child that age..."
"I was just reading in the bookstore up to now, but I can't do it anymore..."
"Oh..."

"Have you been holding yourself back the whole time?"

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If

I never wrote any novels,

"Fine then, just one"
"Really!?"

Maybe I might have that future...

"Crap..."
"Nowadays I just wanna shift all the blame onto the novels..."

>>158758983
Did you miss the second buble in the third-to-last panel, or did you just condense the two for whatever reason?

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"My books aren't selling very well,"
"And I can't buy enough books, so I'm going to the library"
"Even though I became an author, my lifestyle hasn't changed from when I was a student"

"What should I do from now on..."

From now on...

"A high school literary magazine"
"How nostalgic"
"I made some before too"
"In the literature club"
"With my pres..."

>>158761224
It's missing
>>158758983
>pan 6 bub 2: She's just showing us the girl's world...

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Everyone
Praised the story I wrote

I was better at writing than everyone else.
In high school,
In college...

"......in the end"
"It was the same as a student..."

Haaah
"The past form again..."

"I'll cheer myself up by reading some amateur work"
"Thinking about it, I also wrote some terrible stuff in high school"

"What I need now is confidence"

I've been eyeing this manga for awhile now. Is it going to have any lewds?

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"Here we are"

"This is the library where our magazine is being distributed"

"It's far from school, so you've never come here before, right?"

"Nope"

>>158761462
Nope

>>158761473
But the volume covers are sexy!

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"......am I the only one you called over?"

"Yeah"
"The others don't seem to be very interested in libraries"

"I also wanted to talk to you a bit, just between us"

"Look, there's the distribution corner"
"They're already there"

"Oh, that's rare"
"A young gal is reading the magazine" [TN: チャンネー is gyaru for 姉ちゃん, so I tried to localize it]

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"How is it, miss?"
"Is it interesting?"
"Uh..."

"Hm..."

"Ahh, we're the ones who made that magazine"
"We're from the Hokuseto High Literature club"

"Are you"
"Akui Hibiki-san......?"

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"Sorry"
"It isn't me"

"Hibiki-chan is this beautiful girl"
"Not as beautiful as I am, though"

"This 'Thousand year blossom'"
"Was written by you...?"

"Yeah"

A kid...
This kid
Wrote...

"Did..."
"You plagiarize or something...?"

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"No way"
"What a rude girl, right from the get go"

What...
Did I...
Just...

"I'm so sorry!"
"I just..."

"Your story, 'Thousand Year Blossom'"
"Was so interesting..."
"I never expected the author to be so young..."
I wanna die

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"Ah"

"No no, Hibiki-chan"
"Don't lay a hand on her"

I was so envious of her talent,
I called it 'plagiarism'
I wanna die
I wanna die...

" 'Nakahara Aika' "

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"......san?"

"Yeah"
"Aaaaah!"

"Yeah yeah"
"I thought I saw you somewhere before"
"From the author's photo of 'Lotus Flower Village'"

"How do you know"
"About that book?"

"I read it"

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"......shake"
"my hand"
"......please"

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"Huh?"

"Hey"
"What's wrong?"
"What's wrong, miss author?"

"You're depressed...?"

"I'm sorry..."
"I was acting disgraceful..."

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"No, it's fine"
"Do you have a trauma about handshakes?"
"N-no"
"That's not it"

"I cried from joy..."
"I'm"
"really sorry"

"Uhh..."
"You're ric@-san, right?"
"Yeah"

"Your 'Semelean Babies' was super iteresting"
"I really couldn't imagine you as a high schooler"

"After Hibiki-chan, huh"
"Thanks"

"Hibiki-san"

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"Okay"
"Goodbye"

"Good luck with your job!"

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"What a weird girl"
"That's an author for you"

"It's"
"The first time I met an author"
"Oh, well congrats"

"Let's have a small chat"

Editing department

"Hello, this is Nakahara"
"Yes, sorry about awhile ago"
"Yeah"
"This is about the next work"

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"I give up"

"I saw true talent"
"I thought to myself, I lived my dream"

"And now, I don't really need it anymore..."
Author Nakahara Aika
Retired

"Thank you for everything"

"I wasted ten years of my life"
"Now I gotta try and get a job"
After retiring,
She worked at a neighboring bakery.

>>158761998
>"Do you have a trauma about handshakes?"
Fucking Rika.

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"Maybe I should think about getting married"
Half a year later, she began dating an office worker who frequented her shop.
2 years later, she got married at age 32.

"Then I'll have some children..."
"But I can't imagine myself as a mother"
She gave birth to a girl at age 34.
2 years later, she had a boy at age 36.

After creating a modest and gentle family,
She recollected about 'Her happy life after giving up on being an author'
At age 82,
She passed away, surrounded by her two kids and five grandchildren, feeling happy about her life.

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"Hibiki-chan"

"Wanna become a novelist?"

Gonna be back in about 1-2 hours to finish this

Man, I wish I had access to my computer so I can typeset it. Seems good so far.

>>158762234

Holy fucking shit

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>>158763037

Thanks for translating this anon

This manga is one of the few recently serialized that were interesting. Hope we can catch up to the raws

>>158763299
I'm not TL anon, but yeah you're right.

Thanks anons

>>158762234
>After creating a modest and gentle family,
>She recollected about 'Her happy life after giving up on being an author'
Is this another Abenomics manga?

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What kind of piece of shit high school is this? If you pay for it, use it.

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10: The future that lays ahead

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"This is about the next work"

"I give up"

"I saw true talent"
"I thought to myself, I lived my dream"

>>158762097
>Spend a chapter struggling with giving up your dream career
>Instead of finding inspiration in the younger generation and being satisfied that someone enjoyed her work, she stops altogether

Hits home

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"......Nakahara-san, if you wish to do so"
"Then I"
"Can't say anything irresponsible..."

"......but personally,"
"I wanted to read"
"Nakahara-san's novels"

"I figured out that I can't make stories that can sell"
"I think the fact that I became a pro author is good enough"

Even if you can't sell now,
Next time......

"......I'm very sorry"
"I didn't do enough......"
"Oh, no"
"Taihei-san, I was just being a burden on you..."

"......thank you for everything"

>>158764599
Copies cost money, it's there for school-related use, and they don't need dumbasses wasting it making 500 copies of hardcore porn for shits and giggles.

>>158764968
But you just make students pay for it. In my old school, it was 5 cents (€) per black and white A4 page. Let kids print whatever they want as long as they pay for it.

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"Nakahara-san"
"Really is quitting"

"Wasn't she creating a plot up for her next work?"
"Until awhile ago"
"It seems she had a change of heart"

"And you didn't stop her?"
"Like I could, moron"
"Would you have stopped her, Hanai?"

"I can't stop her, we can't even guarantee that we can put her next work out there!"
"That's not what I'm talking about, you said that you wanted to read her next work as one of her readers"
"I also tried to stop her as her reader"

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"You can't survive in the novelist business just by title alone"
"Your books have to sell or else you can't make a living"

"I have to give an author I enjoy her final notice..."

"Haaaaaah"

"Being an editor is a shitty job"

>>158758534
looks interesting. picked up

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"Hibiki-chan"

"Wanna become a novelist?"

"......why?"

"Uhh, like, a pro author praised you awhile ago"
"You got some attractively high praise there" [TN: I think she's talking about Hibiki, but could be herself too]

Thanks for reminding me to check on the latest release. Haha, what the fuck with that chapter 7 ending? It was too good?

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"......I dunno"
"I never really thought about it"

"But"
"Hibiki-chan"
"You definitely have a choice here..."

"Well, you can't really know your future"
"You're still 15"

"......yup"

"Telling her to strive to become an author goes beyond my powers as the club president"

I only saw one short story,
But I know that this girl has abnormal sensitivity

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"She can truly create a new world"

"That's"
"Real talent"

"......I'm going home today"
"Oh really?"

"Bye then"

"Well, she's a girl who really likes books"
"No matter what path she takes, she'll end up as an author"
"The only thing to worry about now is her preference"

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"...and you?"
"Hm?"

"Do you wanna be an novelist?"

"Maaan, I can't be a pro"
"It just feels like a completely different world"

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"Goodbye"

"Man oh man"
"It's been a while since I got ticked off"

Hibiki-chan did nothing wrong.
But
She just can't see her own story as a spectator.

"This isn't something you can measure with numbers, like physical power"
"It's hard to realize your own talent on your own"

"Sense has a clear upper and lower bound"
Hibiki-chan still doesn't know
How far her own senses surpass others.

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>>158758534
>read the first chapter
uhhhh what?
but it's pretty interesting

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The huge difference between you and me.

"Damn genius"

I wonder what direction
She'll head from now on...

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"No waaay, did you make this cake?"

"Yeah, I guess..."

"This is just way too amazing, right? You're a guy who can cook!"
"Oh no. I just made it as it appeared in the book"
"Even so, that's amazing! I'm the kind of girl who'd burn a hotpot!"

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"Maaan, we really found a jewel in the rough here"
"I never expected such a fashionable cafe in this normal city"

"And it comes with a hot shop attendant"
"Well now, hahaha..."

"Ryoutarou-kun, when are your shifts?"
"I'll come over when you're here"
"I have school on the weekdays so only on Saturday"

"Maybe we go to the same college"
"Wow, you would look so good in girl's clothes"
"Ah, well I'm in high school"

>>158766383
Yes, she noticed Hibiki's power level.

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"No waay, you serious!?"
"You're the first night and prim high schooler I ever met!"
"What year? What year?"
"......a first year"
"And you're a first year in high schooler"

"Oh man, an active JK" [TN: JK: 女子高生: High school girl]
"Well, he isn't a girl"

"How about a DK?" [TN: DK: 男子高生　High school boy]
"What the hell, that's just funny"
"...compared to high school girls"
"I feel like college girls are dumber"

"Ryoutarou-kun, even though you're a high schooler, it completely works"

"Ugh"

"......what's wrong?"
"I'm actually like a super rich lady, so I can't hold anything heavier than chopsticks..."
"And it looks like my wrists can't handle the weight of a fork..."

"There's only one bite of cake left and I can't hold my fork..."
"Fine, I'll use my last resort"

>>158762234
Shit, I got the chills from this page for some reason.

>>158766383
It's funny because she was the one who talked about talent as an innate skill you're born with. she said that because she was good.
now her pride was crushed.

>>158762105
kek

>>158764777
you're a boss anon

Sorry about taking long, fixing ch 8 for release now

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>>158761402
>I'll cheer myself up by reading some amateur work

>>158759933
muh dick ,look at that nipple,all that tan plus she is smart!

>>158760545
Tank you TL anon.also pure virgin OL is the best!

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"Aaaaaah"

"Whoo whoo"
"Aaaah"

"Mm"

>>158768401
#cucked

>>158768437
>#cucked
Please leave.

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"So goood"
"Ahaha, Ryoutarou-kun, you give too much service"

"Hey hey hey, so like, do you have a girlfriend right now?"

"No"

"That's like totally destiny!"
"I'm also like, miraculously free now"
"I..."
"feel free and am free"

"So like, Ryoutarou-kun, you seem to like your elders"
"How about if they're 5 years older?"
"Weelll..."
"Personally, there's a girl in my year..."

"No waay, so am I like, no good?"
"I often get mistaken for a high school girl"

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>>158768437
Hibiki x books for life

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"Ryoutarou-kun, an awful customer just came in"
"She seems like super unfriendly..."
"You know her?"
"Yeah"

"That's the girl I have a one sided crush on"

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>>158768401

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"Thank you very much"
"He's hot, tall, and can cook"
"He's a sure runner up"
"His tastes in women are like fucking terrible"

"Wheeeeww"

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"Did you go somewhere today?"

"......the library"
"With Rika"
"With Rika-san?"

"We met a novelist"
"Oh?"

"Nakahara Aika-san"
"Nakahara..."
"Ohh, the one who wrote the book you're reading"

"Oh? So did you actually meet the author!?"
"That's awesome!"
"......yeah"

>>158758534
This manga really jumped the shark fast.
The first volume was so good, it's a shame the quality dropped so much.
Is there a manga equivalent of "jumping the shark"? "Sailing the boat"? " Introducing power-levels"?

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"She was reading the literature club journal"
"And she said"
"My novel was interesting"

"Huuuh"
"I imagined authors as eccentric people"
'But they can actually pay attention to others"

"......I guess"
"So"

"Aaaaaaah"

>>158768697
How did the quality drop?

>>158768697
What exactly were you expecting of it?

>>158768697
are we past the first volume now? because so far it hasn't dropped imo.

Chapter 8 with the fixes has been uploaded to Batoto.

>>158769577
Yes, chapter 7 is from volume 1 and 8 is form volume 2.

>>158768745
>>158768749
The plot became stupid, I thought at first it was a interesting take on the young talented protagonist in the high-school settings, but now the plot devolved a lot: the titular characyet go from an awesome get mildy autistic genius to basically your run out of the mill mary sue, that with the power of talking and LITERATURE make people have a change of heart and put them back on the right path, some interesting point are dropped and some character get dumbed down, the scary dude and the other girl in the club.
Also some more technical aspect get worse in this volume, for example the interesting paneling, that was interesting and fresh in the last volume and now seems a little bit boring and uninspired
I'm not really sure what I was expecting, probably more focus on the editors plot, but certainly not a washed up typical shounen story, a lot of this volume felt void and unnecessary to me.
I might be picking stuff that doesn't bother a lot of people, but this volume really felt a lot sorse than the last one.

>>158770121
Thanks for the detailed answer will have it in mind when reading vol.2.

>>158770121
To be fair, this is still volume 2. It took 2 years for it to win the manga taisho. Which means that it probably got better somewhere later along the line. Unless of course, you read further.

Thanks OP.
Hope someone will typeset this

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"Hey theeere"

"Wah!"
"Huh?"

"Rika-san"
"Takaya-san, Kayo-chan"
"What're you here?"

"I met Hibiki-chan awhile ago"
"And I was wondering where she was going after we parted"
"So I kinda followed......"

>>158770276
>>158770319
Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy it a lot, and keep in mind it's mostly my impression about it, so it might be me having shit taste.

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"We're going in a cafe, and I just wanted to get everyone together"
"I called your phone too"
"Ahh, I don't have my phone during work..."

"Ryoutarou-kun, do you work here?"
"I guess it's work, but this is my home"

"Huh? So..."
"Is work just flirting with Hibiki-chan at your family business?"
"No! There aren't any customers now..."

"Do you two act like this all the time if there aren't any customers?"
"Ryouta-kun, there's a place for everything"
"No, we don't do this all the..."
"We aren't doing anything!"

>>158770540
If you haven't read any further, all the characters do get fleshed out eventually.

>>158768509
ohhh he said it

>>158769906
Thanks TS anon

>>158770519
>>158770620
ok, now I like both mc

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"Nakahara-san's novel is actually the type of pure literature which can confuse readers with its literary style"
"I guess it's a plain work..."

"I guess it's the kind of book that doesn't sell..."

"If there is a force in the literary world, an author will surely rise to the surface"

"Even if we can't do anything about Nakahara-san..."
"I really want to create a revolution in the business now"
"And recreate 'the literary age' once more"

"The editor in chief is now in the smoking room"
"I'll head over there"

"What for?"

"A direct appeal"

>>158772053
Personally, I don't like the guy. For several reasons.

After some thought, I'll just take a nap now. Same deal, if thread's up, I'll continue working on it. Otherwise, I'll wait until TS dumps chapter here. Then I'll restart TLs after I finish checking the new chapter.

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>>158772869
sleep tight, hammer

>>158772869
thanks TL anon

>>158759066
Thanks anon, this one manga is very interesting.

>>158768738
Just fuck already

>>158767225
What a slut!

>>158775005
first comes the hand holding

>>158772350
>Personally, I don't like the guy. For several reasons.
why? he seems like an average nice guy mc

>>158778611
>why? he seems like an average nice guy mc
I agree with the other anon, MC wants to see Hibiki getting the same path as Nakahara, he wants that she becomes "normal". It's stupid.

so this girl can turn her horniness and autism into literature... hmm interesting

>>158779534
agree, hibiki is good as it is

>>158768697
>Is there a manga equivalent of "jumping the shark"?
O

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BUMP

hibiki should be single

>>158781824
MY
But I mean, HxH can actually be grouped with "Sailing the boat".

>>158772869
Thanks OP.

>>158772869
Thanks for doing god's work anon

>>158768530
I can't stand bit characters like this.

thanks anons

Wow you guys really like this

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11: The literary age

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"A direct appeal to the editor in chief..."

"Is this about Akui Hibiki?"

"Yes"

"Even though we tried to look the girl up, we couldn't figure out anything"
"Maybe..."
"She probably won't contact us anymore"

"There's no point in covering it up any further"

"Well yeah..."

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"If you think about it realistically, you're right..."

"Hanai"
"Yeah"

"I'm sure that it's impossible to convince the old man"
"But well, good luck"
"Okay!"

"Anyways, I wanna do everything I possibly can"
"No matter how nonsensical I'm being, we both work under the same roof"
"He probably won't give in though"

"Seeing that we're both publishers"
"He might understand if I talk to him"

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"Ahaha"
"I envy you, you have a villa in Shounan?"

"I believe you also have one in Northern Europe or the Mediterranean"
"All authors really do love villas..."
"No no, not me"

"Editors are just office wrkers"
"The best we can do is just make a cramped house with a garden on loan"

"I'm sorry, excuse me for a bit"

"In a rush?"
"No, it can be after your call"

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"Hello"
"Well, I'm very sorry, it seems my subordinate has some kind of emergency"

"I'll give you another call right away"
"Yes, excuse me"

"Oh dear, Hanai-chan"
"Even though you say that it's not an emergency, I can't help but worry about making you blatantly wait"
"......I'm very sorry"

"It was a pretty important phone call"

"So, what is it?"

Is Rika the daughter of Sobue-sensei?

the plot thickness

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"......it's about the newcomer awards"

"Is this about entrusting the second round to outside sources?"
"We all should've talked about it together in the meeting before"

"Talked about it together?"

"......no, this is different"
"Yeah"

"I read a number of applicants for the newcomer awards"
"And among them, only one"

"Was a masterpiece"

"Huh, I'm looking forward to it"

"......but it isn't just a masterpiece"

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"It's even more sensational than"
" 'Solar eclipse'*, 'Snakes and Earrings'**, and 'Almost transparent blue'***......"
[Left side] *'Solar Eclipse'... the maiden work of Hirano Keiichirou. Won the Akutagawa Prize.
** 'Snakes and Earrings'... the maiden work of Kanehira Hitomi. Won the Akutagawa prize.
*** 'Almost Transparent Blue' ...the maiden work of Murakami Ryuu. Won the Akutagawa prize.

"Now I'm looking even more forward to it"
"So?"

"...but"
"There's one problem"

"It looks like the author forgot to write her details"
"Address, phone number, and any sort of contact address..."
"Oh I see, that's too bad"

"So?"

"An exception..."
"Hanai-chan"

>>158779534
>he wants that she becomes "normal"
>>158780897
>hibiki is good as it is
Wait, what? He said he wanted her to have a normal life, he didn't say he wanted her as a person to change.

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"If that masterpiece makes it to the final round"
"What'll you do?"

"If it wins, what'll you do?"

"The copyright belongs to the author"
"But the right to publish it under application rules"
"Even though we can't get the author's contact, it won't be a problem later..."

"We don't have any right to publish things without the author's consent"
"The author has the right to not present the works they wrote"

>>158758534
>glasses
Dropped

Just popping in to say I like this series and hope you continue translations. Thanks for your work.

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"......it really is"
"A miraculous work"

"So what about copyright"
"I think it's just an insanely small problem..."

"This can create a revolution in the literary world"

"Yeah"
"Well"
"It's really too bad"

>>158801769
What's her deal? Trying to drag more people to force Hibiki to publish shit? She just couldn't do it alone is it?

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"Ah..."

Ah......

"I..."
"I'm very sorry..."
"......Hanai-chan"

>>158802078
What? She's trying to get permission to include the story in the competition, that's all.

>>158802233
Without Hibiki's contact and any related stuff? She should have know where to start instead off doing the literal impossible.

>>158802297
> Without Hibiki's contact and any related stuff?
Yes.
> She should have know where to start
She did, she fucked it up. Have you not read the previous chapters or something? This is 300% clear, I don't see what's confusing you.

>>158802397
I know they met before, but shouldn't trying to pursue Hibiki again be the better choice?

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"Hey hey"
"Calm down, calm down"

Twitch

"......I'm very sorry"
"Yeah"

"Hanai-chan, so what's this"
"Revolution in the literary world that you're talking about?"
"Uh..."

"You see"
"I'm going to rouse the business which is now in recession..."
"And create 'the literary age' once more"

>>158802588
She seems to have despaired of that, as of >>158794723

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"Receding? Is it?"

"Huh?"
"I don't think so"
"But good works continue to be created now, just as they did before"

"But"
"The number of books printed have decreased compared to 30 years ago"
"Ahahaha"

"I see"
"Hanai-chan, your process of thought says that things will go well if they sell"

"That's not what I'm saying!!"
"Yeah, figured. Man, that shocked me"

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"Hanai-chan"

"Literature"
"Above all, pure literature, is an art"

"Indeed, there was a 'literary age' way long ago"
"But that was back in a time when there wasn't any other form of pleasure"
"The age when literature had to sell is long past"

"The job of pure literature nowadays isn't to sell, but to exist"

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"Our job is to keep them existing as the 'art' which lays the foundation of culture"

"I'm telling you to publish Akui Hibiki's novel on 'Mokuren'"

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" 'Pure literature is an art' is not an answer"

"Like I said"
"The only thing I can say"
"About that is 'too bad'"

"Is that enough? I just want to continue my phone call"

"Editor in chief"
"Yes?"

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"Just because you couldn't make it happen"
"Doesn't mean you get to think I can't do it"

"So the newbie's name is Akui Hibiki?"

"If her work still remains next week, at the end of the first round"
"We'll confirm whether or not it satisfies the application requirements"
"If you aren't ready for it by then, we're dropping it on the spot"

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"Pff"

"Hello?"
"Hello, it's Kanda"

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"I'm so sorry for cutting our phone call midway awhile ago"
"Sobue-san"

"What did your subordinate have to say?"
"Well, nothing really important"

"Is it so bad you have to inform the author?"
"It's troubling. But it's completely on our side"

"What happened?"
"Oh dear"

"See, it's my subordinate Hanai"
"You know her. She gets the scripts from your place"

"Ohh, the one with the big boobs"
"Yeah"

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"So yeah..."
"Oh..."

"That's fine, right? If it's interesting, just let it pass"
"Authors would say stuff like that"

"Well whatever. That's what authors do"
"It's their job to have a flexible imagination"
"And the editor's job is to get that talent to follow regulations then send it out to the world"

"If we completely match pace with the author, it will end up all over the place, and this job will vanish"
"Since you guys always want to oppose society..."

"Kanda-san"
"Yes?"

"Can't you talk to the author about this?"
"Yeah, I told you that's the problem"

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"More importantly, back to the main topic"
"I read the 'White Zouerat"
"Maaan, it was amazing"
"Sobue Akihito, you are 50 years old, and yet you're blazing new ground"

"I am definitely"
"Looking forward"
"To your next work"

"I'll remember that"
"Thank you very much"

"Well anyways, what is urgent here is the serialization column"
"And the newcomer awards committee. Good luck"
"Yeah"

"The newcomer award..."

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"It seem like my girl is writing novels in her high school club"
"Ohh that girl"

"So how is it? Can you see a glimpse of the second coming of Sobue?"
"No, she won't let me read it. She's embarrassed since she's coming of age"

"But as her father, I'm kinda curious about the novel she wrote"

"Could you publish it on 'Mokuren'?"
"Ahaha, I don't mind. I would welcome a second generation Sobue"

"...you serious?"
"Not really"

"Were you actually being serious?"
"...a little"

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"......you're a daddy now, Sobue-kun"

"Same for you, Kanda-san"
"A real editor in chief"

"We're getting old, you and I"
"Yeah"

"Then that's about it"
"Ok, see you"

"......oh yeah"
"It's been a while since I heard that"

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" 'The literary age' "
"Huh"

"First off, searching for Akui Hibiki is impossible..."
"I can't expect any more calls from her"

"On top of that..."
"I went too far"
"And it got the attention of the editor in chief..."

"......just one week"

"I'm done for..."

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[TN: For pan 3, see chapter 8 for details]

"Where're we going?"

"Mom"

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12: Last name

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"I told you to do your best..."

"But do your best as far as being an adult goes"
"You grabbed the collar of your boss and picked a fight..."

"What, I talked because you asked, and now you're lecturing me?"
"I'll grab your collar too, Taihei-san"
"Huh?"

"I'm sorry"

"That's"
"Enough"

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"Everything the editor in chief said is fair"
"You couldn't respond with logic, so you picked a useless fight"
"And now, you even put attention on Akui Hibiki..."

"The deadline for the first round is in one week..."
"There's no way I can go any further..."

"Just..."
"This time..."

"I'll give up"
"On Akui Hibiki"

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"I'm ho..."
"Get in the car"

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"Where're we going"
"Mom?"

[See ch 8]

"Get off"

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"Where"
"Are we?"
"Get over here"

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"Rika-san"
"If you've read Sobue Akihito before, which book would you recommend?"

>>158805565
>>158805583
>>158805594
I see the roots of autism go deep.

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"Kayo-chan, are you interested in Sobue's novels?"
"Uhh... I found that pure literature was interesting after reading Hibiki-san's novels"
"And Sobue Akihito is the most famous author of pure literature"
"So I got a bit interested"
"If that's it, then you'll be fine, no matter what you read"

"Because they say 'Every novel he wrote is interesting', truly a rarity in the world"

"Ohh, that's awesome"
"It pretty much is"
"Well, those kind of people should be the only ones who write novels"

"Huh? Why is that?"
"Why not read his first work since you might as well?"
"Hello there"

"Ohhh, there you are, coffee boy"

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"Oh, where's Hibiki-chan?"
"Did she go buy another book?"
"No, she went home"

"I don't really know why,"
"But her mother told her to come home right away"

"Mom..."

"What kinda family does Hibiki-chan have?"

"Her family doesn't run any store"
"They're just..."
"Normal parents"

"What do they do?"

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"Oh, her mom's a normal housewife"
"Very pretty..."

"She normally looks very stiff, but she's a little relaxed"
"She often comes to our store wearing her apron"

"Her dad's a public official for the city hall"

"And she has a big brother in college who lives outside the prefecture"
"He played with me a lot"

"......oh I see"
"She really does have a normal family"

"Wow..."

"She has no special background"
"She just has the talent"

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"I am truly sorry about what happened"

>>158804865
g-goo job, hanai.
that went well.

>>158805871
lel

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Fixed something

"My Hibiki got into a really big fight with your Takaya, which broke his bone..."
"Even though it happened a month ago..."

"No no no, no need, Akui-san"
"We talked on the phone, so don't worry about it"

"Actually, we're the ones who are grateful"
"The one who fought him turned out to be a cute girl"
"It took us so long to visit you to apologize..."
"And I only found out about it yesterday"

"Seriously, don't worry about it"
"I mean, Takaya was the one who made a stab at Hibiki-chan"
"I didn't......"
"Wait old lady, what the hell's happening here..."

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"See. you heard that? He called me an old lady"
"Normally he just says ma, but he puts on airs in front of his friends"
"I'm so sorry about my child, Takaya-kun..."

"This girl... is a little strange in some respects"
"But she's a really nice girl"

"Ryouta-kun was her only friend because she always reads her books..."
"But she joined the literature club this year"
"And it looked like made friends aside from Ryouta-kun..."
"And I finally thought she became a normal girl..."

"I never thought..."
"She would get in a fight with someone..."
"And she hid it from me..."
"...hey"

".....how do you know about this?"
"Don't 'how do you know' me! Why aren't you telling me anything important!"

"Hii-chan,* I bumped into Ryouta-kun at the market by sheer chance, and I heard about how high school's going for you..."
"That's where I first found out about it!"
[Left] *Hii-chan = Hibiki

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"That ass"

"This may not be enough to make amends..."
"And I will pay for the medical expenses"
"No no, I can't accept all this"
"Becuase Takaya does weird things..."
"No I don't"

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"Huh, so you live in that multi-story apartment, Kayo-chan"
"That may be so, but it's normal"
"It's cramped and pretty old..."

"By the way, Takaya's place is also an apartment"
"Oh yeah, the guy said that his mom called him back today too"

"Ryouta-kun, what's wrong?"
"Ah, nothing"
"Everyone really does have a normal life"

"Whaa, but you have a stylish book cafe, Ryoutarou-kun"
"Don't magazine guys come over for articles?"
"Ahaha, no no"
"It isn't like the stores you'd see in Yokohama or Kamakura"

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"We just have some books at our store"
"It's a normal cafe you'd find all over Japan, no matter where you go"

"And this school"
'Is only a prep high school"
"It's a normal public school in the region"

"Getting good rapport from magazines and TV"
"Is something we'd probably never experience in our lives"

"So, Rika-san, what's your house like, Rika?"
"An apartment? A single house?"

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"A mansion"

"If you want, why don't you guys come over?'
"We got a lotta books"
"You sure?"
"Do you have a famous family...?"

"Ah..."

"Oh yeah..."
"I don't even know your last name, Rika-san"
"Me neither..."
"Oh, I never told you?"

"Kidding"
"I try not to say it much because it's old and lame"

"Old?"
"Yeah"

"My name is"

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"Sobue"
"Rika"

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"Oh"
"It's not lame..."

"It's a rare one"
"Huh?"
"Sobue?"

"What a coincidence......"
"How about coming over this weekend?"
"I don't know if papa's gonna be there or not"

"Papa..."
"Huh...?"

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"That guy"

"For now"
"I'll give up"
"On Akui Hibiki"

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" 'For now'? "
"Yes"

"Akui Hibiki is probably a very young girl"
"Same as me"
"I guess 25..."

"I can't imagine"
"A talent that young not writing again for her whole life"

"Well, there are a lot of geniuses who're satisfied after writing one work"
"I feel like being young really doesn't have much to do with it..."
"That's fair"
"I feel that way too"

"As fair as it may be, the world will not change"

"So you aren't completely obsessed"
"That's not true"
"The fact that 'the magazine belongs to the editor in chief' just hit home"

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"I don't really know when exactly I can read Akui Hibiki's work next time"
"It may be after 5 or 10 years"

"But until then"
"In the shortest time possible"

"I'll become the editor in chief"

"Anyways, I have to have the power"
"I don't want to lose any more talent"

"So what're you gonna do..."
"About Akui's 'Fairytale garden' now?"
"I can't really return it"
"So I'll keep it in a special place at my place"

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"For the day"
"5 or 10 years down the line"
'When I meet Akui Hibiki"

"The editor in chief in 10 years..."

"Well..."
"I guess the old delinquent is no longer of this world..."
"......who's the old delinquent?"

"10 years later aside,"
"You should probably get the job now done"
"You've just been all about Akui Hibiki as of late"

"I haven't delayed it for a minute"
"I pretty much finished sending everything for this issue to the press"
"And now"

"This weekend"
"I will go to Sobue-san's place to get the column"

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13: Visit
"Rika, this may be sudden, but papa and mama are going to Finland"
"Huh!?"

"I said that my school friends are coming tomorrow, right? There are probably some kids that you want to meet to"
"But Papa said that he needs inspiration..."

"He may be a shy person"
"But maybe he could meet his daughter's friends"
"Yeah..."

"We'll come back after a week"

"Oh and Hanai-san from Shouronsha is coming, so give her the manuscript"
"They're in papa's study"
Mokuren
"Okaaaay"

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Sobue Akihito
50 years old
Novelist

13: Visit

>>158807132
Wait... so Rika is not ganguro? Her skin and hair are natural and come from her mother? Or is her mother also ganguro? The plot thickens...

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Left Touryou University in the middle of his literature degree.
After that, he went to Belgium by ship,
And wandered throughout every country in Europe.

At 26, he opened a cafe in Finland,
At 27, he got married to a Finnish woman there.

At 29, he wrote a novel and submitted it to a Japanese literary magazine from Finland.
'De Rijke Park Hills', which would become his maiden work, got the newcomer award.
The same work won the Akutagawa Prize.

At age 34,
His eldest daughter, Sobue Sofia Rika, was born.

At age 37,
The closed the cafe he worked in and moved back to Japan with his wife.
He became a full time novelist

Now at age 50,
His major work, 'Waning August' has sold 15 million copies worldwide.
He became the representative novelist of Japan,
But he was distant in the literary world, and had little friends of the same occupation......

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"Hibiki"

"Do you wanna go to the zoo now?"

"The weather's nice"
"And it's great to see the kangaroos"
"......you don't wanna go to Rika's place?"

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"I'd like to go, so you can go to the zoo alone, Ryoutarou"
"Have fun with the kangaroos"
"Hibiki"

"......Are you still mad about the fact that I talked to your mom about Takaya-san?"
"Yeah"

"It's not like I don't wanna go to Rika-san's place"
"But I mean, it's Sobue Akihito's house"
"He's a novelist that everyone knows and every bookstore has him"

"We're just normal high school students"
"It just doesn't feel realistic"
"And I have a bad feeling..."
"Shut it"

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"Woooow"

"The house is from a novel!"

"......you're right"
"This really is Sobue Akihito's house"
"Exactly right. Now you can accept my intelligence, right?"

"I guess so..."

"Takaya-san, have you been here before?"
"Shut up"
"Die"

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"Are you still mad..."
"I can't do anything about it..."

"Come in"

"How many people are in your family?"
"Papa, mama, me"
"And they aren't here today, so the housekeeper is coming"
"This garden..."
"And a gardener for the garden. No amateur can keep this"

"So how does it feel to be Sobue Akihito's daughter?"

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"I've never been someone else's child, so I don't know"

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"Oh, by the way, papa and mama aren't here today"
"They went to Finland yesterday"
"Woooow! They went overseas on their own!"

"It isn't really amazing"
"Mama's Finnish"
"They're just going home"

"Huuh..."
"Woooow..."

"Rika-san, are you half blooded!?"
"You can tell with my non-Japanese hair color, right?"

>>158807706
Edit at several places
>pan 1 bubs 3 & 4: Woow
>pan 3 bub 3: And they aren't here today, but we have housekeepers come over.

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"......did you know that?"
"Yeah"

Haaaaah

"This is my room"

"Just sit anywhere"

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"So you have a library in your room"
"The library's in a different room"
"These are just my bookshelves"
"Don't fiddle with other people's things!"


"No it's fine"
"Hibiki-chan hasn't been relaxed the whole time for some reason"
"She's really excited"

"She likes people's houses and enjoys fiddling with everything"

"Hmmm"

"Rika-san, what's this?"
"Papa's old game console"
"Wanna give it a shot?"

"You turn it on with the switch there"
"You can play with 2 people, so why don't you try, Ryouta-kun?"
"Sure"

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"Oh it started"
"Wah, the screen's shining brightly"
"Okay, I'll go pour some coffee. So if you wanna look around the room, go ahead"
"My panties are in that drawer"
"Not doing that!!"

"Tch"
"Whoa"
"Whoa"

"Rika-san, this is awesome"
"You're dad's a novelist"
"Your mom's a foreigner, and you live in such a nice house..."
"It's like we're in a different world..."

"Rika-san is Rika-san"

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"She's the Hokuseto high literature club president"
"She's a small, cute girl with leadership skills"
"That's Rika-san for us"
"It has nothing to do with parents or house"

"I guess"

"Will you try it out, Takaya-san?"
"It's pretty fun"
"I'm gonna die right away"
"Not playing"
"I'm going home right after my coffee"

"I just came along because I had no choice, it's a club activity"
"It's just tiring..."

"Okay, while the coffee isn't here"
"How about we play together, and if I die first, I give you 100?"

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"Baby's breath, lilies, and sweat peas..."
"That will come to exactly 3000 yen"
"Thanks"

"Thank you very much"

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"To get up higher, I'll make an ally out of the most influential author"
"And more importantly"
"Get a hit out there..."

"The work of an editor await me, no matter what I do"

"I'll wait for talent to appear..."
"I'll wait for them to bloom..."
"I'll get a bunch of supporters ready"
"Since editors aren't creators"

"I wanna see talent that's never been seen before"

"I wanna drop a bomb on the world..."

>>158807012
Edit in pan 3 bub 2
>I guess the old delinquent is climbing up the ladder...

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"Hey die die"
"No no no"
"Kayo-chan, behind, behind"

"Ah..."
"I killed you"
"Takaya, you lose, Kayo, you won"

"Dammit..."
"Takaya, if you stop the game, you pay a penalty!"

"Hey. Lose and switch, lose and switch"

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"Oh"

"It's someone I'm expecting"
"I'm gonna go out for a bit, so keep track of the chart, Ryouta-kun"

"I think I might take long, so I'll just say this"
"The bathroom's on the right"

"The left room is my papa's study. So don't go in"

"Oh no, the fireball"
"Don't push, don't push"

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"Fumi-chan, heyoo"
"Hey, Rika-chan"

"Hibiki, fireball!"
"Ah"
"Yaaay"

"Time to switch"
"I'm gonna go to the bathroom"
"Okay"

"Bathroom's on the right. Don't go in the room on the left"
"Kay"

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>autism intensifies

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"Click"

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Double spread

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"......who're you?"

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14: Who're you?

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"Fumi-chan, heyoo"
"Hey, Rika-chan"

"Oh what's up with the flowers? You gonna give them to papa?"
"I mean, he isn't here today"
"Fufufu, this is for you"

"Your debut has been set"

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"We got the okay from our editor in chief yesterday"
"Word is going around the business, and they're all really excited"

"Rika-chan, the first time I met you, you were doe with middle school, right?"
"And just like that, you're already a 2nd year in high school"

"Congrats"

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"Thanks"

"I think it's gonna get pretty big"
"How do you feel about the media interviews and your face on TV?"

"Hmmmm"

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"What's up, Fumi-chan?"
"It's been a month since I last saw you"
"Did something happen then?"

"Uhh, not really?"
'It's fine, don't force yourself"
"You're kinda resisting it"

"You're making your debut with the catchphrase 'second generation Sobue' and 'active high school girl'..."

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"Well..."

"If you wanna rethink it now, just say it. I don't mind"
"Uh"

"No, I really don't mind"
"I mean, they've already decided on my debut already, right?"
"It's fine, either way works"

"Oh man"
"I'm actually not that worried..."

"......but"
"I'm just kinda thinking"

"If my novel gets the newcomer award"
"Do you think I can actually accept it?"

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"Rika-chan, the quality of your novel is way different compared to the others"
"There's no way it'll be dropped in the prep reading and the first round"
"But it'll garner the interest of the authors who're judging the final round..."

"Yeah"
"Sorry for asking something weird"

"Kidding"

"Rika-chan, your novel can win the newcomer award for sure!"

"I guarantee it!"

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"Sorry, Fumi-chan"
"I was just thinking about a lotta things this month......"
"Got it!"

"Oh that and"
"Can I get Sobue-sensei's column?"
"Ah, it's in papa's study..."

"Fumi-chan, you can get it"
"I'll go pour some coffee"

"Sure"

Thanks for translating anon, I love this series. Rica a cute

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"I'm being toyed with, huh"

"Well, can't really do much"
"From Fumi-chan's perspective, I'm more of a simple kid than I am an author..."

"Pisses me off"

I'm gonna show plain old Fumi-chan...

"......god dammit"

"I talked more than I should've..."
"I don't have the luck to get up there"

"......well whatever"
"Of course I'd have troubles with that girl"
"She's still just a kid"

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Thanks for translating.

>>158808025
>"My panties are in that drawer"
Dammit Rika

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>>158809197

thank you for translating this anon kun

>>158808025
>You're dad's a novelist
>You're
I'll find you IRL, and I'll meme all over you. Consider yourself meemed, kiddo.

>>158807258
>>158807494
>half finnish

>>158810362
Sorry for the typo.

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"Please die!"
"Don't push me moron!"
"Oh"

"There we go"
"Die"
"Rika-chan's friends?"
"That's rare, she called people over"

"There's no way one of them would enter Sobue-sensei's study on their own, right?"

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"I thought so"

"......who're you?"

"Hello there, you're Rika-chan's friend, right?"
"This is Sobue-sensei's study, so did you get permission to come in?"

"Who're you?"

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"I'm the editor in charge of Sobue-sensei"
"This isn't a place for kids to enter"
"Okay, get out"

"This has nothing to do with you"
"It does. I told you, I handle Sobue-sensei"

"Like I said"
"This has nothing"
"To do with you"

"What do you mean?"

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"This is the room where Sobue Akihito writes his novels"

"What does an editor have to do with it?"

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"Calm down"
"This is a kid here"

"Yeah"
"I have nothing to do with the actual composition"

"The job of an editor is to make the magazine where the author can present his work"
"It's a job where we support and follow up on the author"
"Like collecting the necessary documents and data for him to write"

"And that includes chasing outsiders from their study"
"Now get out"

"So you can lie with a straight face"
"Just revolting..."

"Lie?"

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"You don't seriously think that an editor's only job is to support the author, right?"
"? I think so"
"Where's the lie?"

"You're talking to people about your job, but there's a surprising lack of emotion in it"

"Don't you think you're missing some words?"
"......I don't"

"Really?"

"......what's up with this girl"

Hibiki is special needs.

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"You think that you're a creator as well, don't you"

"......we stay by the creator's side"
"And support them"

"Now there's your real opinion"
"Huh?"

"I'm gonna ask a question which is answerable with a yes or a no, okay?"

"One more time"

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Rephrasing

"Are editors producers?"

"......damn brat"

"I probably won't ever see you again, so I'll answer that"

"I intend on being one"