Smile de Ikou Chapter Nine Nakayoshi October 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. Sore ja! -Meimi Translation by Meimi (KSaintTail@aol.com) June 9, 2000 %thoughts (side notes) [narration] $flashbacks ------------------------------------------------------------ pg 1 Emi: I can't stop...my dream. Or...my love. Maiden's Nonsensical Love Story Go With a Smile Chapter Nine by Andou Natsumi pg 2 Photographer: Show me that smile once more! pg 3 Photographer: Okay! Good job! Saeki: Emi-chan, good job. You were great! Emi: Saeki-san! pg 4 Man: Wow~! You're really lucky you discovered her... She's the best model yet! Saeki: Isn't she? Emi: Am I? Saeki: That outfit looks great on you, too. It'll be my present to you. Emi: Really?! Emi: % I get to wear beautiful clothes like this... % And get published.. % It's like a dream! % I'm so glad I decided to become a model... pg 5 Saeki: If she's this great, we can probably use her for the Corner... Emi: Hm? Saeki: The Corner to see what kind of rooms and lifestyles models have. We're thinking we'll be publishing it in a new magazine targeted towards girls Emi-chan's age. Would it be all right for me to research Emi-chan's room? Emi: % MY R-ROOM?! % ...THAT room? pg 6 Emi: You've gotta be kiddi- N...no... My house is really small and it's not an especially cute room, either... Saeki: Exactly what I wanted. Emi: Huh? Saeki: WHAT?!! This girl is SO cute but her room is normal! (Just like ME!) We have something in COMMON! ...that's the kind of feeling I want, so that the reader wants to be more and more like you! Emi: W...Will they? Saeki: THEY WILL! pg 7 Emi: % Actually.. % Ever since I grew close to Mariko-san, I've wanted to be more % and more like her. Man: We're thinking of making you the main focus of our magazine! Saeki: Can't we, Emi-chan? Emi: Then...um...if it's just for a little bit... I'll go home, then. Photographer: Saeki-san, what should I do with the film we took? Saeki: Isn't it obvious, it's not needed? pg 8 Emi: My room's on the second floor. Saeki: Hmm... Emi: % Mariko-san's working... % Hikaru said he'd be out, so it should be fine. Emi: It's a very small shop, so it's kind of embarrassi- Mariko: Oh, Emi-chan, welcome home! Emi: % !! pg 9 Mariko: I'll be going to work no- Saeki: W...What's wrong? Emi: There are lots of customers... The second floor has an entrance of its own, let's go through there. Mariko: ? Emi: % Whew, that was close... Emi: Come in! pg 10 Emi: This is my room. Saeki: % It really is small... % If Kouda Mariko really in this kind of place? Emi: Y-You came over so suddenly, so everything's a bit out of order... (Ohoho!) Arrow: Hikaru's uniform Emi: I'll go get some tea! Saeki: Oh, thanks. pg 11 Saeki: Now then... Saeki: All my hard work better not end up being worthless... Even if it's a single hair, there has to be something! Something related to Kouda Mariko! Something... SOMETHING... pg 12 Saeki: % There's... % NOTHING. Saeki: Dammit, I came all this way for nothing- Saeki: Oww~ What w... pg 13 Saeki: % !! Saeki: T...This is... Saeki: ... pg 14 Hikaru: What are you doing? Saeki: Oh, hi! Ojamashimasu! Hikaru: You're the one from befo... ...why are you here... pg 15 Emi: Saeki-san! I have coffee and tea, which one would you li- H...Hikaru! Y-You came home?! Hikaru: Yeah, just now. Where'd you go? Emi: HUH? pg 16 Emi: Um... A photo shoot at the studio. Everyone on the staff is really nice... Oh! Saeki-san is an editor for Kougaku Publishing! Saeki: I'm planning to work with Emi-chan for a new magazine. Hikaru: Oh, really. What's the magazine's name? Emi: (E-Excuse him!!) Saeki: (UM...) OH! I'm running late!! pg 17 Saeki: Sorry, Emi-chan. I have to go research something else now. Emi: Oh, you're leaving already? Saeki: I'll meet you tomorrow to tell you the details...in front of the train station. Okay? Bye, then... Emi: % Ooh... pg 18 Emi: I-I went to all the trouble of getting this, so let's drink it! Hikaru: ... Emi: % He doesn't need to act all depressed about it. % I do feel bad that I didn't tell him, though... Hikaru: ...you... Emi: Hm? pg 19 Hikaru: Do you really need to be a model? Shouldn't you just quit it? Emi: W-Why? Hikaru: What do you mean, "Why?" It's way too careless of you to let a stranger into your room! Don't you think it's a little too accepting of you, to trust a suspicious guy like that? Saeki: (Hi!) pg 20 Emi: He's not suspicious! Saeki-san's an editor for Kougaku Publication! Hikaru: So you let him in the house just because he's some editor?! Emi: That's because...he said he wanted to do research on my room... He already gave me this outfit, I couldn't say no! Hikaru: You mean you'll let ANYONE in the house if they give you something like that?! Emi: That's not true! Emi: What's with you... Emi: % Why does this always happen... pg 21 Emi: % Even though I don't want to say things like this... Emi: I know you don't like everything about what I'm doing, Hikaru. Hikaru: You're wron- Emi: But what I do has nothing to do with you, Hikaru, does it? Leave me alone- Hikaru: ...! pg 22 Hikaru: YOU'RE WRONG! Hikaru: I L- pg 23 Emi: What...? Hikaru: ... pg 24 Yuu: Emi! Could you help me out in the store? Emi: C-Coming! Hikaru: % I l... Emi: % What was he going to say...? pg 25 Emi: % I don't know how to tell him clearly... % The truth is... % All I've ever wanted is for Hikaru to accept me, and support % me...that's all... pg 26 Emi: % I didn't sleep a wink. % Ah...I look awful. Emi: Nao! I'm going out, so I don't want l- Nao: (Okay!) Emi: % No...it's too hard to face Hikaru... Emi: I'm going. pg 27 Hikaru: ... Nao: Did something happen with Emi? (Did she do something stupid again?) Hikaru: Not really. Hikaru: % My album? What's it doing here... pg 28 Hikaru: One's missing...? Hikaru: % !! Emi: Saeki-san's late... I wonder if I got the time wrong... Just from lack of sleep, ugh, look at me~~~ Emi: % Where's a phone? pg 29 Emi: % Oh, there it is!) TV: It's time for "Good Afternoon Wild Time"! This is our top story today. It's a rumor that the actress Kouda Mariko may have a hidden child. Emi: Wha... Guy: (Are they serious?) Girl: (Isn't Kouda Mariko-san the actress who does dramas and stuff?) pg 30 TV: This is a photo that's going to be published tomorrow when "Weekly Monday" goes on sale... Emi: % !! TV: My, I was suprised. Although it's true that nothing has been published about Kouda Mariko-san's past... The office has denie... Emi: % W... pg 31 Emi: % WHY...?