Random Walk Author: Yoshizumi Wataru Translator: Amy [IispundreamsII@aol.com] Act6 Amy's note: Here we are entering Tank. 2. I hope no one minds that I'm not translating Wataru-sensei's Free Talks. I'm not very good at reading free hand kanji... so most of my translation might be wrong of that. Speaking of mistakes, the parts with the camera might be a little off...I'm not very camera literate. Translation note: Sound effects are in <> [] Represent actions and different scenes. Thoughts are in Italics. --- page 1: [A VERY cute opening of a young Yuka and Akimitsu] Akimitsu: Don't be afraid to fall in love with someone. It's a very difficult thing to meet someone whom you can really love. But while dating someone you might begin to worry that person isn't really the person for you. So do your best. Even if you have to leave him in the end, you will learn many things from the experience. Yuka: Be afraid? Learning? Yuka: [thinks/present day] I understand, dad. I won't cry, I'll be ok even though I'm heartbroken. I'm not thinking that I won't fall in love again, anymore. But, right now, I'm still depressed. Touwa: Are you ok? Yuka: huh? Touwa: You look like you're not all right. Yuka: Oh...yea. My heart was broken. He likes someone else, so he turned me down. Touwa: ...It doesn't mean that she is better than you. Falling in love takes a combination of two people. There's someone else who you'll get along with better. Yuka: [think] Surprise, he encouraged me. I didn't know that he could be kind to me when I'm depressed. [Aloud] Thank you Aniki. I'm fine now. In return, here's my latest impression. Po-pe Momo. Touwa: I keep telling you to stop. [Note: I used Aniki instead of translating to Big Brother, because I think it sounds better. Plus I couldn't translate the name of the character she's impersonating. If anyone can help, please email me.) Yuka: Good morning Katsura. Katsura: Good morning Yuka. Yuka: Look! Look! I bought a camera that's made in Russia, its called Lomo. Katsura: Wow! Cute! It looks like an old design. Yuka: Right? I'm going to take a lot of pictures. I joined the photo club <3. I'm going through a period where I want to change myself. I want to try something that I can do by myself before I get a new boyfriend. That's why I joined the club. Katsura: Is that right. Yuka: The club isn't very strict. We can take pictures freely. Not as much obligation as there is in the sport's club. Touko: Waaa...you joined the photo club. Yuka: Good morning Touko. Katsura: Negishi-san do you belong to any clubs? Yuka: Yes, of course she is. Touko's a member of the gardening club. Touko: [notices Katsura's facial reaction] What type of reaction is that. Yuka: Ah! I saw senpai from the photo club. I'm going to go say hello to her Saori-senpai!! Touko: It's strange that I belong to the gardening club? Katsura: Oh, no I just can't picture you. [Yuka runs over to Saori] Saori: Good morning Yuka-chan. Yuka: Good morning! Please look at this. My camera <3 Saori: Ah, a Lomo. Cute <3 Yuka: hehe, I picked it out because of its looks. Should I have gotten a manual one? Saori: No, it's not necessary. To have a camera that you like is the best. So if you want to try a manual one, borrow it from the photo club. Good luck. Yuka: Ok!! [thinks] Saori-senpai is such a nice person. Beautiful. Mature. The floral pictures she takes are very nice. I hope I can be like her when I'm in my last year. Yes! I can do it! [Clenches fist] [Yuka is taking pictures around her school] Yuka: Hmmm, are there any better objects? Ladybug. Lovely. Ok, let me get closer. Ah, oh wait...I lost. [The bug flies away] Guy: Ha - what are you doing? Yuka: huh? Um, I'm taking a picture of the ladybug. Guy: hahaha, ladybug? Good luck, I hope you get a good one. Yuka: [thinks] Who is he? It's still morning, is he leaving school? He must be cutting. [Aloud] Oh, no good. ...But he's got a pretty face. Youko-mama: Oh, nice pictures. The four corners are a little darker, but it gives it more taste. Yuka: Right? This camera is really good. Still, it's not easy to focus it. Also, the shutter is kind of heavy. It causes the camera to move. Youko-mama: ...I'm glad. You look like you're recovering. [Flashback: Yuka: I was dumped] Yuka: I'm sorry that I made you worry. I'm ok now. I'm completely fine now, I cried only then. Youko-mama: But, you're wonderful Yuka-chan because you could give him up and forgive him for changing his mind. Yuka: Yes, but I didn't have any choice. The only thing I could do, when he told me he liked someone else, was to give him up. Youko-mama: If I had been you and Akimitsu had dumped me because he had another girlfriend...I'd probably cry and never let him go. I'd try to have got his attention again, and after that I'd be miserable. Yuka: Wow...you're even greater! You sound cool. Youko-mama: Am I? Yuka: [thinks] I see. That I could give him up easily meant I wasn't serious about him. One day I want to be serious like Youko-mama. Youko-mama: Oh, oh. Yuka-chan, I have a favor to ask you. Could you be a model for my magazine? Yuka: Readers model? For Cool Teen? Youko-mama: Yes, we're planning for a new project, one that the readers can participate in. A professional make-up artist who will do hair and make-up will see whomever we choose. Also a fashion stylist will choose clothes and we will take five professional pictures like a real model. Yuka: Are you sure I'm ok? Youko-mama: yes, please? I can pay you a little bit. Yuka: Oh, ok, I'll do it! Sounds interesting <3 [Yuka is at the shoot] Yuka: Woooooow. This is like what I saw on TV. The models are very pretty. Youko-mama: Yuka-chan, come here. In the small room you'll have make-up put on then change into this. [Yuka gets her hair and make-up done] Youko-mama: Ah, are you ready? Yuka: This is my first time wearing so much make-up. I feel embarrassed... Youko-mama: No, you look good <3 Very cute. Let's go take a picture. Guy: Stand here. Put your feet this far apart and look back a little. Please look this way. Yuka: Y,yes. [they begin taking pictures] Guy: Look this way, you look great. Youko-mama: Good job. Here, wooron tea. Yuka: Thank you. I'm very thirsty. Youko-mama: How did it feel to be a model? Yuka: I enjoyed it a lot! Whoever did my hair and make-up did it beautifully And I got to see how a professional photographer worked. A career woman looks cool. Camera man-san, hair artist-san, stylist-san... and of course you, Youko-mama. Youko-mama: Thanks. Yuka: Is it ok if I stay? And watch the shoots? Youko-mama: Of course. In that case, let's go eat something delicious after the shooting. Yuka: YAY <3 ...Oh, it's him!? Youko-mama, that boy! Youko-mama: Kaito-kun? He's a professional model. We don't hire male models that often. Today he's here by chance. Yuka: [thinks] He's modeling. He has a pretty face and is tall. When I saw him the other day he might have had a job. ??: Yes, it's ok. Good work. [Kaito notices Yuka sitting] Kaito: What, you... [Yuka bows her head] Why are you here? I don't think you'll find any ladybugs here. Yuka: ...no. My stepmother asked me to be a model. Kaito: Ohh, I'm seeing you around a lot. This is the third time. Yuka: Huh? Isn't this the second time... Kaito: The first time was when you were coming down the stairs and were crying. Yuka: Ge! O...oh you saw that ugly face...[thinks] that's the worst!! [blushes] Kaito: You were cute. You were very open; I couldn't stop watching you cry. You looked innocent. Yuka: ...ah, thanks... [he leans in and kisses her on the cheek] ??: Kaito-kun, come here for a minute Kaito: yees. Youko-mama: Which is better? Girl: Can you try a bit... Yuka: ..... [the next day at school] Yuka: Hey, do you know the model named Kaito? Katsura: Nope. Touko: I know! Kaito Furuya-san! He's a senior. He's cool. What happened with him? Yuka: ...he kissed me. Touko&Katsura: What!? Amazing Yuka!! Yuka: I don't like the pretty boys too much. He looks good enough, but if that person likes me first I might change my mind... Touko: Wai,wait Yuka. It's hard to say. Yuka: Kaito has a girlfriend? Touko: Actually, Yuka, you know her. Saori Itou-san, from the photo club. Yuka: What. Did. You. Say!? [thinks] Geez. And I was beginning to like him too. Why didn't he say from the beginning that he was Saori-senpai's boyfriend. [sees him coming down the stairs and gives him a nasty look] Yuka: Hmmph. Kaito: What happened? Why are you being cold to me? Yuka: ...I heard about you. Furuya-san, you're dating Saori-senpai. Kaito: Yes. Yuka: [thinks] Wow, he didn't deny it! [aloud] In that case don't do that to me anymore. Kaito: ...the kiss? Yuka: Of course. You shouldn't kiss other girls when you already have a girlfriend. You're not being nice to either of them! Kaito: But. I can't stop because I like you. [Yuka is in shock] -end of act6 Note: Wow, Yuka sure knows how to find them. *nikoniko* Touwa was cool in this chapter... Why is it that every guy Yuka finds cheats on her in some way? She needs someone good...someone like Touwa ^^ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments, corrections and suggestions are welcome, contact Amy at: IIspundreamsII@aol.com Find more Random Walk translations at: http://www.zaha.net/yo/random_walk.html Also for more Random Walk: Random Walkml ( RandomWalk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ) Thank-you! ^^ -----------------------------------------------------------------------