<5>Sign: [Video Girl] Sign: [Chapter One: A Heart's Distance] Translated by : Kaori Hasegawa Sponsored and brought to you by : Alberto Mazzetto Story and Art by : Masakazu Katsura Moemi: It's hot isn't it? Moemi: Dress.. I might want to take it off.. Moemi: Look the other way Youta: Yeah. Sound: Su. Youta: What should I do? I feel like I'm doing something very bad... Moemi is bold Sound: Doki doki doki doki Moemi: Okay, you can look Youta: A person.. Moemi: What? Moemi: Oh. Moemi: Youta-kun Youta: Wait! You!! Sign: [Chapter One: A Heart's Distance] Sound: Gu. Sound: Gura. Sound: Do do do do do. Youta: Gyaa! <10> Youta: Ouch... shit. Youta: I had the same dream again today... I couldn't see her during Winter break. Since I haven't seen Moemi I've had this dream. Moemi. Youta: Oh, but there was a stranger in today's dream. I wonder who...? Youta: Video!!! Youta: The result of my part-time job...sweat and tears... Yesterday the new video deck just arrived!! It shouldn't be broken! Shit!! Today I haven't had luck all morning! Youta: -that's what I thought, but today winter break finishes. Today I'm going to ask her out!! Youta: Seeing her at school and dating her during the break are very different! Hmm. Moemi may not like this color. Sign: ["Not Motenai Youda"] Sign: [Moteuchi Youta, Age 16] [("motenai youda," means, "seems not popular." People make fun of him by calling him this)] Youta: Well."What is the Fashion to be Popular?" I see. Youta: Today, I'm going to settle this! Moemi: What, a date!? Great! Moemi: Youta-kun, hurry up! Hurry up! Moemi: Kya - scary. Youta: I'm beaten. Sound: Doki doki doki doki. Youta: No way - Anytime I come here, my feet can't move. Sound: Kuchu kuchu. Youta: Ha- Sound: Pu. Youta: Clean breath, good!! Youta: I have flowers and the perfect clothes! Youta: Finally I need. I need to ask her nicely!! Youta: Eei! I'm going!! Sound: Dada. Youta: Moemi-chan Sound: Doki. Sound: Kyu kyu kyu. Sound: Guru. Sound: Ga. Youta: Oh! Youta: What's this!? Youta: Takashi! Takashi: What do those flowers mean, "Motenai"! Sign: [Niimai Takashi] Youta: This guy has been my best friend since we were kids. And he's very popular with girls. He's the only person who knows I like Moemi!! Youta: It's not "Motenai", it's "Moteuchi"!! Takashi: Are you going to use those flowers as bait to get Moemi to go out with you? Takashi: You're an idiot! It's not very good to do that. Youta: You're kidding! My manual said that girls are happy when they receive flowers! Takashi: You. She is going to be embarrassed if she gets flowers at work. Takashi: It's wasteful to throw them away, so I'll take them. Youta: He-Hey! Takashi: Anyway, those clothes are also from your book? Youta: Oh, this. It's pretty unique, isn't it? I used "Lessons to Dress Neat Just for You," for today's reference. Takashi: It's the other way around. Look around you. That's why people call you "Motenai Youda." Sound: Wiiiiiiiimu. Youta: What? Youta: Why? Sign: [Everyone dresses almost the same!!] Takashi: Hey, let's go inside. Sound: Gui. Youta: Wait, I'm not ready! Youta: I'm finally here! Sound: Doki doki doki doki. Youta: Moemi is nearby me. Sound: Doki doki doki doki. Moemi: Wow! Niimai-kun! What's up? Sound: Doki. Youta: Extremely three demensional! So realistic! So real! Sound: Do do do do. Youta: What do I say?! This is so great!! Youta: I kissed those lips in my dreams. Youta: .I am not "Motenai". Moemi: Long time no see. Youta: H-hi. Youta: This is reality. In the dream we were so close, and yet now we are just close. Youta: Sadly, the distance between our hearts is far. Youta: I don't being in this situation! Takashi made the chance to get close to her possible. I must ask her for a date. If I don't ask, nothing can begin. Moemi: What are those flowers for? Takashi: Oh, these? Just awhile ago, a girl gave them to me. Moemi: I see, because Niimai-kun is popular. Youta: Th-these, I'll give them to you!! Sound: Ba. Moemi: No - I don't want them. Sound: Gon. Takashi: Idiot! Youta: Gosh, what am I doing? I must be losing mind! Youta: Hey! Don't you work until one o'clock, right!? Sound: Gaba. Moemi: Y-yes. How do you know? Youta: After that, let's go do something!! Takashi: Wow, he said it. Moemi: Well? Umm. Takashi: Let's go! Winter vacation ends today! Moemi: Tha-that's right. Then, I want to go to the pool! Youta: The pool? The pool, in winter? Youta: Well, the pool in winter is fine too! Even though Takashi interfered, I will be lucky to see Moemi in a bathing suit!! Youta: No, no!! I mustn't look at her like this. Sound: Maji maji maji. Youta: I feel sorry for Moemi. In my dreams I even look at her naked without her knowing. I feel very guilty. Girls: Wow, really?! There's Niimai-kun! And Moemi. Sneaky, she took Niimai-kun for herself!! Youta: I'm here too. Takashi: Gosh, stupid girls from our class. Moemi: Because we were talking about going to the pool. <24>Girls: Hey, "Motenai" is here too!! Youta: It's not "Motenai"! It's "Moteuchi"!! Youta: You wouldn't understand my good points! Girls: It's fine not to understand! Youta: Well. Takashi: I'm going to go visit those noisy people, so enjoy yourself. Y & Moemi: What? Youta: Takashi. Youta: Moemi-chan! Maybe she's upset because Takashi is gone. Moemi: That's fine. We'll play ? Youta: Moemi-chan!! Moemi: Let's go dive! Sound: Zapa. Youta: Just the two of us, just the two of us. Moemi: Hey. Moemi: What's wrong? Let's go! Youta: Lucky ? I can hold her hand!! Sound: Doki doki doki doki doki. Youta: Happy. Sound: Tsuru. Youta: No kidding!! So soft!! I wouldn't mind dying now!! Sound: Battshyan. Youta: Puha- Moemi: I'm sorry! Are you alert!? Youta: Oh, no, my foot. Sound: Doki doki doki doki doki. Moemi: I'm sorry. Youta: Wow! I can't bear th-this! Youta: It might go well!! Sound: Zoro zoro zoro. Moemi: It's dandy to swim during winter, don't you think? Youta: I feel very close to her, so I think I can say it! Youta: Yeh, it's the best. Youta: We're very distant from everyone else, also. Now's my chance to tell her!! Youta: Now, say it. I'll be okay, so far she doesn't think bad of me!! Tell her! Tell her, "I like you!"!! Youta: Moemi-chan. Girls: Wow, there's "The House of the Fortune Teller", Moemi! Look, look! Moemi: What? Youta: In fact. Moemi: Wow, it is. Let's go, let's go! Youta: Well. Sign: [House of the Fortune Teller] F. Teller: Welcome to the House of the Fortune Teller. Well, who want's to know their fortune? Girls: "Motenai," you go! Youta: What? Me? F. Teller: Ummm. I see you have a big love problem. Sound: Giku. Youta: T-that's right. Girls: "Motenai" has love trouble. Moemi: It's not nice to laugh! F. Teller: I see. Youta: Not good. Don't say anything strange. F. Teller: Oh! The person you love is in this group. Girls: No kidding. Girls: I hope it's not me!! Takashi: Hey. Youta: While I was in the bathroom. Youta: Where were you? What about everyone.? Takashi: They're riding the roller coaster. I sneaked out. Takashi: I've got an idea, so I'll get rid of everyone else. Youta: What are you talking. Takashi: I'm planning to trick her into telling the truth. This way, you can't get hurt directly. Youta: Um? Takashi: I'll tell her, "I think you're the person Youta likes." Youta: What!! Takashi: They know the person you like is in the group because of the fortune teller, right? Takashi: Of course, Moemi-chan is one of them. Takashi: So, it's not funny that I tell her that, because of the fortune teller. Takashi: If she looks troubled, that means no hope. If she looks happy, later you can tell her how you feel! See! It's perfect. Takashi: So, I'm going to disappear, then you can take her to that hill when she comes out of the bathroom. See you. Youta: H-hey! Youta: Testing her feelings doesn't seem like the right thing to do. Moemi: Hey, is it true what the fortune teller said? Who is it? Youta: What? Youta: Are you asking me who. Moemi: It's okay, right? Tell me. Moemi: Right? Youta: Don't give me that cute face! Moemi: Hey, tell me. Sound: Koshyo, koshyo. Youta: Um. Youta: Okay, okay! Moemi: Um?! Who, who? Youta: Just kidding, I'm not going to tell you. Moemi: You tricked me. Youta: Ehehe. Youta: Under this warm air. Youta: It's just like the dream. Youta: The air is the same as in the dream.! Youta: Maybe Moemi-chan might like me!! It's sure I'm not hated! So maybe I'll tell her!! Youta: Then, if I tell you, are you going to tell me who you like? Moemi: What-!? Moemi: There's no hope, in my case. Youta: What? Youta: Bad expectation! Moemi: The person I like is very popular, so. Takashi: Well, now I'd better go to help them. Moemi: There's so much competition, and I'm not good at competing with somebody, so I'm trying to give up, but. Youta: It must be Takashi, must be Takashi she is talking about. Moemi: Plus, he doesn't seem to care about me, so. Moemi: Now, you have an idea, right? Now you have to tell me! Youta: Ah. Youta: Don't give up! You don't know anything yet, right! Do your best!! Youta: What am I saying, what.! I'm the one with a broken heart.! Takashi: It's hard to interrupt them now. It's a good mood, both of you! Youta: Gee! Don't say it, Takashi! That plan is upset! Don't say it!! Takashi: Maybe, isn't Moemi the one Youta likes? Moemi: What? Sound: Dokun, dokun, dokun. Youta: It's a joke, just a joke!! Don't say that, Takashi!! ha ha ha ha ha. Takashi: Oh, yeah, that's right, it's a joke, just a joke!!I'm only kidding Moemi. Ha ha ha . Moemi: Gee!! You'd say that! Tell me the truth! Youta: Shit, I can barely smooth it out! Moemi: I already told you, I like Niimai-kun, so. Youta: Moemi-chan!! You said it. Takashi: Sorry, you're not my type. Youta: Idiot, Takashi!! Such a thing to say!! Moemi-chan, really, about you. Worse and worse!! Moemi: Eeeen. It's too bad. Then, I have to look for somebody else. Takashi: Sure, I'll introduce somebody nice. Youta: Ah!! Takashi: Ah? What's wrong, Youta? Youta: Moemi-chan! Takashi, idiot!! Youta: I should have been courageous!!Everything that Takashi intended for me happened in reverse. I'm okay. I'm a man. I'm used to lost love. But. I Shouldn't have hurt Moemi-chan!! If I had courage. poor Moemi-chan. Youta: Poor Moemi-chan. Sign: [Video Rental Shop] Youta: What's this? A video rental shop? Sound: Ga-n. Sign: [Action] Sound: Za- Sign: [Adult] Youta: I'm that kind of person. Starting in front of the Adult section. Youta: A. Sign: ["I comfort you ? ," Ai Amano] Youta: I like this girl, Ai Amano. "Kind, neat, Ai-chan is Sweet-Sixteen." She's my type. Youta: I want to rent it- I just bought a video deck, too. But probably no one under 18. I bet. Old Man: You like that girl, don't you? Sound: Giku. Youta: What? Not popular, this shop is. Old Man: This shop is only visible to those people who are pure-of-heart. For example. Old Man: Like when one is hurt more, but cries for someone else's feelings, only those pure-of-heart. Youta: H-how do you know this? Sound: Niko. Old Man: This is a special membership card. If you have it, you can use this shop anytime. Youta: What about the initial fee? Rental fee? Youta: Excuse me. Youta: I reluctantly rented the tape from the strange video shop. Youta: I'm this kind of person, watching an adult video during the daytime when I'm broken-hearted. Sound: Gachakon. Sound: Zee- Youta: Um. Sound: Ga ga ga ga ga. Youta: Dammit, is it broken because of this morning? I wonder if it's okay? Ai: Hello. Sound: Pa. Sound: Kyun. Ai: What's wrong? You seem down. .Oh, you're disappointed by love. Youta: Gosh, this tape is just perfect for me now. Ai: Don't look so sad. That girl doesn't understand that there are so many nice things about you. Youta: Thanks. Ai: Am I not enough for you? Ehe. But I'll do my best to comfort you. Youta: I knew it was only a tape, but I had never been treated so kindly by a girl, so. Youta: I really wanted her to comfort me. I really wanted her to stay with me. Youta: Ai-chan. Ai: Deep down, you need me, don't you? Okay, I can stay with you anytime from now on. Youta: What? Sound: Paaaa. Sound: Byuuu. Youta: Uh. Youta: What happened? Ah. I feel so good. like I'm surrounded by something warm. Sound: Ga ga ga ga ga. Ai: Uh. Sound: Bari bari. Sound: Pachi. Ai: Kya- Youta: Wh-what? Sound: Dott. Sound: Zizizizizi Youta: V-v-v- Video, the girl came out of the video!? Youta: While my mind was so confused, I kept thinking, "If I think about it, she looks like the person in my dream".