Smile de Ikou Chapter Ten Nakayoshi November 1999 by Andou Natsumi Disclaimer: This translation is meant as a guide for those who wish to read the manga. Please don't steal this translation or do anything illegal with it. Please don't use this for commercial use or sell it, etc. >.< Another note is that I am translating with Japanese One basic knowledge- there are very well mistakes in this. I welcome all help/corrections. Arigatou, minna. * "Sekaiichi no Onna" is a very weird translation...it's as "Best Girl in the World"... ^^; But I'm unsure, this might be some kind of Japanese competition like Miss America/Universe...? Sore ja! -Meimi Translation by Meimi (KSaintTail@aol.com) %thoughts (side notes) [narration] $flashbacks ------------------------------------------------------------ pg 1--cover Emi looking depressed with her hair blowing in the wind Non-Stop Climax!! Maiden's Nonsensical Love Story Smile de Ikou (Go With a Smile) Chapter Ten by Andou Natsumi pg 2 Reporter: Good afternoon, everyone. I'm now standing in front of the ramen house. I wonder if Kouda Mariko-san really lives in here... Reporter: Kouda-saaaaaan! Please talk to us! Reporter: Oh! Please look at this. There's this many reporters trying to shove their way in. Reporters: Is what was in "Monday Week" true? pg 3 Nao: There's so many... Emi: ... Emi: % Why did this... Magazine: Monday Week Hikaru: Dammit!! They just write what they want...it's none of their business... pg 4 Emi: Hikaru... Yuu: This riot will settle down soon... After all, they say that rumors only last forty-nine days... Nao: It's SEVENTY-FIVE days. TV Reporters: Kouda-san, please wait! Is it true that you have a hidden child? Could you talk to us just a bit? Emi: % Mariko-san... pg 5 TV: Although it's a disappointment that we could not talk with Kouda-san... There is a photograph that was published in "Monday Week", and... Yuu: But how did that picture get...? Hikaru: ... ...there's one picture missing from my album. Emi: % Wha...? pg 6 Yuu: From your album...? Emi: % Then... Saeki: $ "Could I do a little research on your room, Emi-chan?" Emi: I...I... I'm going out for a bit! Yuu: Emi! It's dangerous to go out there now- pg 7 Hikaru: EMI! Reporters: Hey! You, you! Are you a kid form the ramen house? Oh, could you be the one from the photo? Hikaru: It's none of your business!! Move it! pg 8 Hikaru: $ ...one picture missing from my album... Emi: % It can't be... % It can't be! % It must be wrong! % It can't be Saeki-san! % But... pg 9 Saeki: Emi-chan! I was thinking I'd go see you today... What's wrong, today's... Emi: Saeki-san... pg 10 Saeki: (Right, right.) I broke my promise to you yesterday. Sorry. Emi: U...um... I...have to ask you something... Saeki: Huh? magazine: Monday Week Saeki: Oh, right. I've already seen it. It looks like I tricked you, sorry. This is pretty much the scoop of the year, so the media's making a big deal out of it... pg 11 Saeki: I'm really grateful to you, Emi-chan. Emi: % It can't be... % Then...it was from the beginning...? Emi: You're cruel... Why did you...I'm... pg 12 Saeki: "Why?"...because it's my job. You let me trick you so easily. So it's your fault too. Saeki: (Anyway.) I'll retun the picture I borrowed right away. Oh, right! Since you're here already, think you could talk to me about it? I'll pay you, of course- Emi: I don't have anything to say!! pg 13 Emi: % I'm such an idiot... Emi: ... Hikaru: $ "Isn't it better for you to quit?" Emi: % And when Hikaru said that so harshly... % And this is my fault... pg 14 Hikaru: Emi!! Emi: Hikaru... Hikaru: ...! Saeki: Oh, so you came too. pg 15 Hikaru: You... Apologize to Emi!! Just because Emi really wanted to be a model, you... Emi: Hikaru... Emi: % I... pg 16 Emi: % There's no reason that Hikaru should be defending me... Hikaru: Hey...Emi... Emi: ...I'm an idiot, huh. Being tricked that easily... pg 17 Emi: % This isn't a time for crying...but... % I can't stop it... Emi: I'm sorry... So sorry, Hikaru... Hikaru, you told me to quit it... I never listened...I went on being stubborn...like an idiot... pg 18 Emi: How can I apologize to you and Mariko-san... I'm sorry...sorr... Hikaru: ... Sorry. Emi: Why...are you apologizing to me, Hikaru? pg 19 Hikaru: Because I said that... You acted even more stubborn... And got hurt... pg 20 Hikaru: So don't blame yourself so much. Emi: % Hikaru... pg 21 Hikaru: So... Let's go home. Everyone's worried. Emi: Yeah... pg 22 Woman: What are you two doing? (Out here...) Hikaru: EEK. Woman: Oh, no... Mariko: It's me! If I don't do this, we can't get home... Emi: Mariko-san! pg 23 Yuu: I'm so happy you all got home safely~~~ Mariko: I'm so sorry. I'm causing such a fuss for you, Yuu-kun... Yuu: Of course not! (No way...) It's calmed down considerably...so I'll open the shop now! The people shouldn't be ther- Reporter: Excuse me, please talk to us! Reporter: Where is Kouda-san?! pg 24 Nao: ...the reporters aren't going away after all. I think this might even keep escalating... We can't open the shop like this! Emi: I'm sorry, Mariko-san... I'm... pg 25 Mariko: There's no need for you to apologize, Emi-chan. The whole reason for this was that I didn't tell the truth before. Reporter: Kouda-san, you're in there, aren't you! Talk to us! Mariko: Yuu-kun. pg 26 Mariko: I'm going to leave the country quietly. I have a place in Los Angeles that I can stay at... I think that if I go, things will calm down here a bit. I think you'll be able to open the store that way. Yuu: B-but! Mariko-san! Mariko: It's all right. It's only for a month or two... And no matter where I go, I'll be thinking of you, Yuu-kun. Yuu: I will, too! pg 27 Mariko: Mind the store while I'm gone... Make the best ramen in Japan, too... Yuu: O-of course! Emi: Mariko-san! I'LL PROTECT HIKARU! Mariko: Emi-chan... Emi: Hikaru! I won't let the reporters lay one finger on you!! Hikaru: You sound like a guy talking to his girlfriend... pg 28 Hikaru: But thanks. Emi: % I can't fool myself any longer. % Hikaru...I lo... pg 29 Hikaru: ... Yuu: Mariko-san, take this "Ramen Fujiwara" deluxe with you... Mariko: Thanks, Yuu-kun. Emi: Mariko-san, you're really leaving so quickly? Mariko: Yes, before there's even more reporters... Emi: I-I'll go look to see how many reports there are! pg 30 Yuu: But are you really all right alone? Mariko: I'm fine. Don't worry... Yuu: But... Hikaru: % ... Emi: % They're still there after all... % (Even more than yesterday.) % I wonder if Mariko-san will be okay... Hikaru: Emi. pg 31 Emi: Wha... Hikaru: ...I'm... ...going with Mom after all.