I"s Manga Translations- Volume 1
Chapter 2: The Furious Wind

Translated by Kelvin Goh (gohzibin@mbox2.singnet.com.sg)
Put together by Jim Zubkavich and the Masakazu Katsura Shrine

Pg59
[ Cherry Blossoms...]
[ I thought that as long as I've joined the EXCO, spring would come for
me... ]

Pg60
[ At Wanda High School, promotion is automatic from the 1st to 3rd years,
hence there is hardly any change in classmates. ]
[ Since the first year, I had fallen in love with Iori...]
[ ... it was literally love at first sight. It came very suddenly for me. ]
[ To date, I had been secretly in love with her for a year.]
[ Recently, Iori's photos appeared in a magazine, causing a great sensation
among the male population of the school.]
[ As the bunch of creeps that surrounded her increased daily, I finally lost
my temper. ]
IC : (flashback) Prepare to die! Bastards!!
Guy : (flashback) There's no one who does not know your motive for appearing
in the magazine!
Guy : (flashback) You just want some guy to strip you naked!
[ In the end, Iori mistook me for that guy who insulted her. ]

Pg61
[ Since that incident in the morning, I had not seen her for the rest of the
day...]
TE : Ichitaka... I think... I should try to help you explain to her!
IC : Huh? Nah, forget it...
TE : Why not?
IC : After some thought, I think she is not all that wrong about me.
IC : I am no better then those bunch of creeps.
IC : Yesterday, as I was looking at her photos, I was entertaining some
perverted thoughts of her...
IC : Even my little brother was standing up! (Literal for 'I got an
erection'.)
IC : This, despite of the fact that I know she didn't like such things. I'm
lowlier then those scums...

Pg62
IC : I have absolutely no right... to love her.
TE : Let's go back... I'll treat you to McDonalds...
IC : I rather stay a while longer... I haven't even planned a single item
for the coming Freshman Welcoming Ceremony.
IR : (Imagined) Ichitaka...
IR : (Imagined) Teratani had told me everything...
IR : (Imagined) I'm sorry, I was wrong about you.
IC : *Sigh* Moron...
[ I actually mistook the sound of the door banging in the wind for Iori's
voice. I guessed I am finished now... ]

Pg63
[ Only in my imagination can I be together with Iori.]
Mom or Dad : Ichitaka! There's a friend looking for you!
TE : Seeing your hope-filled expression, I bet you were expecting Iori.
IC : Hmmpf! What do you want?
TE : Why so cold? I knew that you would be depressed, that's why I've came
to comfort you.
TE : Hehe... I'm finally done making this. A miraculous souvenir of the
EXCO.
IC : Forget it, what's so miraculous about this...

Pg65
TE : My older brother helped me to create this on the computer, combining
the photo of a naked woman and that of Iori from that magazine.
IC : You scum! At this kind of time, you are still messing around with this
type of nonsense! What are you thinking of anyway?
TE : You don't want it?
IC : I'll take it then.
TE : You are a scum too.

Pg66
IC : You're right, I AM a scum! Since I've fallen so far, I might as well
degenerate further, so that I can give up on her!
TE : I did not bring this today so that you would give up on her!
IC : Uhm...
IC : A certain part of my anatomy is feeling very excited now.
TE : Good! At least this shows that there is nothing wrong with you!
TE : Anyway, what's important is that you go look for her tomorrow and
explain everything.
IC : Easier said then done.
TE : It is that easy.

Pg67
[ If I could speak naturally with her, this misunderstanding could be easily
solved.]
[ But this never ending wind is like some premonition of disaster.]
[ Truly the wind of bad omens...]
Girl : Waah!
Girl : Damn!
Girl : Pink! It's pink!
[ Maybe not... ]
[ Now thinking about it, would Iori come to school today?]
[ She had suffered a considerable (emotional) shock yesterday... perhaps he
would take a leave of absence...]

Pg68
IR : AHAHAHA! That's terrible!
IC : She's laughing. What's going on?
TE : What an emotionally strong girl... not at all like you, who still
cannot get over yesterday's affairs.
IC : Teratani!

Pg69
IC : Well, since she's fine, I'll drop the matter...
TE : HEY IORI! Ichitaka would like to speak to you!
[ Wha... what are you doing?!]
IR : Is something the matter?
IC : Uhh...
IC : Err...

Pg70
[ In the end I had no choice but to find a suitable place where we can
speak.]
Sign : Library
IC : Damn...there's a teacher here.
teacher : Why are you still here? Didn't the bell just rung?
IR : Hey... where are we going!
[ I was looking for a place with some privacy but the music room was locked
and there's people at the stairs... ]
[ Finally we had no choice but to go out.]
[ The wind had subsided somewhat...]
[ That helped me to calm down a little.]

Pg71
IR : Didn't you have something to say?
[ We are still members of the EXCO...]
[ ...and we have to work together, whether we like it or not.]
[ Shall I continue to endure this agony, which is worse then hell itself? ]
[ Courage, Seto Ichitaka! Explain everything to her now! ]
[ (flashback) What an emotionally strong girl... not at all like you, who
still cannot get over yesterday's affairs.]
[ To hell with him! I will not lose out to her...]
[ I can be like her!]
[ Say it! Say it now!]
IC : Uh... er... about this...
IC : Yes...yesterday that line*, it...it was not I who said it!

Pg72
IR : I know. It didn't sound like you.
[ Huh?!]
IR : That's all?
IC : Uh...uh...

Pg73
IR : I thought you were angry with me... for not attending the planning
meeting yesterday.
[ What?!]
IR : Are you really angry?
IC : No.
[ Why should I be angry?]
IR : May I ask you a question?
[ Question? What question?]
IC : Go on.

Pg74
IR : That line 'Prepare to die. Bastards.'
IR : Were you the one who said it?
[ OH NO! She heard it!]
[ What should I do? How shall I answer her? If I admit to saying that,
wouldn't that amount to a declaration of love?]
[ But if I deny it, would she end up asking why was I hanging around with
those guys?]
[ AH DAMN! To hell with thinking! Just tell her the truth!]
IC : Yes, it was me. You have a problem with that?
[ GOD! What make me say that?!]
IR : I knew it was you! I was wondering if it were you...
IR : But since you hated me so, I couldn't be sure.
IR : Actually...what you said made me feel so much better.
IR : Thank you.
[ I guess it isn't strange that she thought I hated her.]
[ I must get rid of this habit of saying what I don't mean.]
[ But...this is great...besides not mistaking me for the guy who insulted
her, she even thanked me!]
[ And she recognizes my voice! I'm so happy!]
IR : I'm so sorry about yesterday. Did you come up with any ideas on your
own? May I have a look?
IC : Huh? Noth... nothing much. I didn't think of anything.
IR : Let me see would you!
[ The symbol of our love...]
IR : Let's see...
[ This might be the happiest moment of my life...]

Pg76
IR : AHHH!
[ (flashback) Don't act coy! You are more of a slut then anyone else aren't
you?]
[Last night]
TE : (flashback) I'll just insert this here... take it as a good luck charm.
IC : (flashback) Uhm

Pg77
[ IT CAN'T BE!!]
[ It can't be! It can't be! Damn that Teratani!]
[OH SHIT!]
[Waah!]

Pg80
[ At that instance, I didn't even feel that pain.]
[ The distance between us was less then 30 centimeters...]
[ My mind was a blank...]
IR : So, you are one who would do such a thing to a girl...
IR : Pervert!
IC : I didn't...
[ At that moment, I couldn't think of anything else to say...]
IC : I... I DIDN'T!!

Pg81
IC : You...
[ When I came to my senses...]
[ I discovered that that demonic gust of howling wind...]
[...had stopped.]
*Refers to :There's no one who does not know your motive for appearing in
the magazine! You just want some guy to strip you naked!

*End of Chapter 2*