Smile de Ikou Chapter Six Ran in Nakayoshi July 1999 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. Sore ja! -Meimi Translation by Meimi (KSaintTail@aol.com) June 8, 2000 %thoughts (side notes) [narration] $flashbacks ------------------------------------------------------------ pg 1--cover Picture: Emi winking, wearing a bright yellow dress with daisies falling around her Embracing happiness with a light smile...just how far will that take me? Girl's Nonsensical Love Story Smile de Ikou Chapter Six Andou Natsumi pg 2 [ad] pg 3 Emi: % I... % can't become Miss Kon?! Man: Next is number five, Ookuma Saki-san. Saki: Yes! Man: Her talent is horseback riding, and she's at the national level. Hikaru: ... pg 4 Yuu: Hikaru-kun? So you came after all. Is Emi doing well? (I was worried about it, so I stopped by in the middle of a delivery.) Hikaru: She...isn't on stage... Yuu: Huh... That can't be. She got up this morning, so enthusiasic... Yuu: Hikaru-kun! pg 5 Hikaru: % Emi...what are you doing...!! Guy: How many times do I have to tell you? I can't let you on stage. Emi: But I got a notice saying that I passed! Guy: That's what you say, but your name isn't here. I can't do anything about it. Emi: No! Please wait! Emi: That might have a mistake on it! Please, check! pg 6 Guy: What school do you go to? Emi: Wha... Kita Middle... Guy: Kita Middle, huh. We don't usually accept people from just any school. So just give it up now? Man: Next is number ten, Yuuki Saori-san. Emi: % It can't be... % I promised Hikaru. % Isn't there anything I can do? pg 7 Emi: % There's nothing else I can do but give up?! Emi: Ooh... Hikaru: Emi?! Emi: Hikaru... Hikaru: Oh, so you're here after all... pg 8 Hikaru: Why didn't you go out on stage? Course you would have done something clumsy anyhow, so... Whatever you were gonna- Hikaru: ! pg 9 Hikaru: What...what are you crying for... Emi: I don't know...they said my name wasn't there...I couldn't be in it... That there was nothing else I could do but give it up... Hikaru: ... pg 10 Hikaru: Are you just going to give up that easily? You're the one who was saying you could do it! Hikaru: H-Hey... pg 11 Hikaru: My dad... When I was about four, he left us. Went off with some other woman. I was really little, but it was such a shock to me... Emi: % Huh? Hikaru: After that, I didn't know if it would be okay if I believed in anything... Because someone might betray my trust again... pg 12 Hikaru: So after that...I decided that it would be better not to believe in anyone... Emi: % Hikaru... Hikaru: I really thought that... But you were completely different. No matter how many times you were turned away, you always ran into everything full-force. Any mistake you made, you met it standing up. pg 13 Hikaru: And when I saw that, I thought, it might be okay to believe just a little. Hikaru: So show them what you can do. Emi: % That's right...I can't give up like this. % To show Hikaru...to make him understand perfectly... pg 14 Emi: % I'll do my best!! Emi: Right! Judge: She's been doing ballet in competitions? Judge: Every year since she was three. Judge: Wow...amazing.... Man: Now, all fourteen contestants have finished their self-PR. So now, the examinati- Emi: Please wait!! pg 15 Emi: Number fifteen! Fujiwara Emi! Please watch me! Man: Wh...what are you doing? Emi: Please! Man: How dare you just charge on stage! pg 16 Emi: No matter what, I want people to watch me! PLEASE!! Girl: Hey... pg 17 Judge: "Fujiwara Emi"... Oh, are you the girl who called in to say she wouldn't be able to participate? Emi: % Huh? Emi: But I never... Judge: Well, we have her profile chart. Shall we give her a look? Judge: All right. Emi: % Yes!! Emi: T-Thank you very much! pg 18 Judge: Now then... You said that you've learned the tea ceremony. What school did you learn it at? Emi: % What? % School? % I don't remember anything about that... Emi: T-That's...um...um... U~~~~m... Judge: Then what about tennis? Have you won a tournament? Emi: % Tournament...? pg 19 Girl: You never should have entered. And we went to all that trouble to make sure you wouldn't make a fool out of yourself, too... Judge: $ Are you the girl who called in to say she wouldn't be able $ to participate? Emi: % THEY did it...!! Judge: Fujiwara-san? ...well? Haven't you won awards at anything else? Emi: % I don't have any appeal if I haven't won anything? % No... % That's not true! pg 20 Emi: I have something that I'm much better at than either tennis or tea. I can wash fifty plates in one minute! Girl: Huh? What an idiot! Judge: But that's silly- Hikaru: How is it silly? pg 21 Hikaru: I think it's a great talent, hat's so funny about that? Emi: % Hikaru... % Here I go! Emi: Number fifteen, Fujiwara Emi! Please watch my introduction! Emi: Welcome! pg 22 Emi: Can I take your order? Girl: (Huh?) Emi: I reccomend the mixed ramen, six hundred yen! And the wanton ramen, six hundred and fifty yen! (Tax not included!) Girl: Wha...is she advertising for a store? Emi: Oniichan, one mixed ramen! Yuu: R...Right! Emi: Here it is! pg 23 Emi: Sorry for the wait! pg 24 Emi: Thank you very much! Please come again! Emi: % Did...I overdo it...? Girl: (She was great!) Guy: (So entergetic!) pg 25 Emi: % Well... % It's okay. Judge: Thank you for waiting. The middle school divison judging has ended. The winner is... Number fourteen, Nabejima Izumi-san! Judge: (Congratulations.) Izumi: (Thank you so much!) pg 26 Judge: Ah, Fujiwara Emi-san! Your introduction was suprising, but it was very good. You really stood out. Emi: T... Thank you very much! pg 27 Girl: Hmph. Because of SOMEBODY, now Miss Kon's pride is lostt... (Doing that...) Emi: Because all of you teased me... I ended up feeling even better in the end. Girl: ...! pg 28 Emi: Thanks a lot! Girl: (What's up with her?!) Emi: % I didn't win, but I still feel great. % I'm sure... % This feeling... pg 29 Emi: % Hikaru feels it, too... Hikaru: You were pretty cool. Emi: I showed you that it's possible to do it, didn't I? Hikaru: Yeah. When I see you... All kinds of small troubles don't seem to matter anymore. pg 30 Hikaru: About Mom's wedding, too. I've lost to you. pg 31 Emi: % W-Wha...? % Huh, why am I blushing? Hikaru: You look pretty out of it. Careful, you might trip and fall flat on your face. Emi: A-After all! I have the qualities to become the BEST GIRL IN THE WORLD! Hikaru: The qualities to run a RAMEN SHOP. Emi: N-NOOOO!! pg 32 Emi: % He's always teasing me, but... Hikaru: (But it's true!) Emi: % He's really very kind. Emi: (Geez.) Emi: % And he understands me. % And I feel like I udnerstand him more now, too... % Somehow I feel so happy... Yuu: Emi! pg 33 Emi: Oniichan! Mariko-san?! (You're back from Paris?) Emi: % No matter what happens from now on... % We'll be able to surpass it all together. Hikaru: (What's with you?) Emi: (Hee...let's stay together from now on!)