I"s chapter 69: Playing Dumb* Translated by Bill Adams Presented by Jim Zubkavich and the Masakazu Katsura Shrine ====================================================================== page 191 SETO: Perhaps it would have been better if I had drowned... I regret that first moment.... I"s Chapter 69: Playing Dumb* By Masakazu Katura Translated by Bill Adams November 20, 1998 *Thanks to Watanabe Sensei for helping me figure out the title. ====================================================================== page 192 sfx: water dripping... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SETO: What hard, cold eyes....I hate the way she's looking at me... sfx: sweating ====================================================================== page 193 Furthermore, why this heavy silence... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At least go "KYAAAHH!!!", or "WAAAAHHH!!!", something! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nami! Why aren't you saying anything? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everything is so still! No one seems to be breathing! Oh, this is too much pressure!! Damnit!! I was very bad evening... Help me!! Why! I could have endured hiding a little longer! Why! Teratani surely wouldn't have set this up for this! Why! WHY!! ====================================================================== page 194 Izumi: So! Isn't it great that everyone's nude!! Seto: ! Izumi: Nudity makes for a closer relationship! Since no one has anything to hide, we can get to talking about our REAL wants and fears!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's real conversation time! Blah, blah, blah! SETO: Hey! What did she just say!? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Izumi: Saying that! uh, Iori-san, was it? Come next to Seto-san and confess your true feelings to him!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SETO: Is she nuts? She's making this worse!! ====================================================================== page 195 Look around you!! She's fanning the flames!! How will Iori-chan interpret her response... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hm? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maybe I should speak... I believe that Isozaki-san wants to see this resolved!! And this is in front of everyone! Even if she doesn't believe me, please let me know at least SOMETHING here!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seto: uh.. Iori: You still want to know how I feel? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SETO: ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eh?... Uh... Iori-chan, what... ====================================================================== page 196 Iori: As for Seto-kun, He's only a classmate to me. Nothing more, nothing less... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SETO: OW! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iori: And now... I don't ever want to see his face again. ====================================================================== page 197 Sfx: DOUBLE PUNCH!! Seto: (griting teeth) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SETO: I was only a friend to her... And now I'm not even that! Iori: Let's go, Nami! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nami: Hey Seto! How long have been doing this? I'm disgusted. This isn't finished. Bye. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All of a sudden, my summer has moved directly to winter... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Izumi: You might say she abandoned you. You want some advice? You shouldn't mind what she said. Seto: ..... ====================================================================== page 198 Izumi: If she truly loves you, I believe she will eventually understand. You shouldn't be around here much longer, but... I won't mind if you need someone to talk to. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perhaps you need a new direction in your life. Take up something less heart-breaking. Seto: Ah, I get it. That has been the story of my life... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- But, I love her... I don't care if I do look stupid... ====================================================================== page 199 Izumi: Well you do look pretty stupid right now, if that's any help.. Seto: ...... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teratani: Strange... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He's been in there for a long time. What's going on in there? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It should have gone like: "This is the girl's bath!" "KYAAAHH!!!" It shouldn't last this long... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nami: I misjudged that little pervert! He's not in our circle of friends anymore!! Teratani: ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh no... I have a bad feeling about this... ====================================================================== page 200 Seto: Sigh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teratani: Hey Ititaka! We're going to the Bon Odori.* You want to come along? *Bon Odori, the Lantern Festival Dance ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nami: Hell, no he can't come! Let's get out of here! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teratani: Sorry, Ititaka, I just didn't see this through... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sfx: cold breeze ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seto: Sigh... ====================================================================== page 201 Izumi: No need to feel lonely... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That's not the time for that. Do something with your summer sweetheart, instead. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morisaki: Eh? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He was caught peeping in the girl's bath? No Way! That's unforgivable! Nami: And how many times has that guy been caught flirting with someone else? He's not MY friend anymore! He's really strange, I tell you! Don't you think so, Iori? Iori: eh? uh, yeah... ====================================================================== page 202 Teratani: Yeah, well, why don't we just lighten up a little and let this slide. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nami: WHAT WAS THAT!? Teratani: ....... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nami: Still, that girl he flirted with before was there, she didn't seem to mind his presence... Teratani: Eh!? Nami, are you serious? What about me? What about me? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Koshinae: Do you think Seto likes this new girl because she resembles Yoshizuki-san? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morisaki: Eh? In what way? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iori: No, he likes her because she reminds him of Itsuki-chan... ====================================================================== page 203 Izumi: Hey! Look, Look! See how pretty it is! Let's do another one, Seto-san! SETO: Is this what my trip to Izu has led to? Here, apart from my friends? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Izumi: Oh WOW! The colors are changing! Whee!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AWW, Jeez... It's over... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seto: Uh, Isozaki-san... ====================================================================== page 204 Izumi: Izumi! Call me Izumi! We're sweethearts, remember?! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seto: I- Izumi-chan, SETO: Wha, What have I gotten myself into... Izumi: Yes? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seto: Back there (in the bathing room), all you merely had to do was ask me to spend time with you. Why did you make me promise to be your summer sweetheart? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Izumi: Jeez, Why must you be so focused on the details! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seto: I just want to know why you are so interested in me. After all, we only met today. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Izumi: Love at first sight? ====================================================================== page 205 Ah! There is one option you haven't considered... It could be simply because you're a man of fate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seto: That... That can't be true. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Izumi: I think you are, so it must be true. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seto: Eh? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Izumi: Suppose there's a person who was in an unrequited love relationship and would like to forget about it. And suppose this person wished that someone would come along put some sort of order to her messed-up life. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SETO: I knew it! There had to be a reason! I wonder what kind of jerk would do this to her. ====================================================================== page 206 Izumi: As for you, I imagine that you must have frequent desires to attack and hold me close... Perhaps when we're together, we can help each other with our broken hearts. SETO: Iori-chan always scorns me, but at least this weird girl is severely cute. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perhaps I should stop pursuing Iori and go out with Izumi, instead. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Izumi: However, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I believe you were merely playing dumb so you could deceive us. I saw it in your eyes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- But, now there's a new problem to adress... ====================================================================== page 207 When summer ends, what becomes of us, then... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SETO: Would it be ok if I do decide to stop chasing after Iori-chan? If I'm not careful about this, I might become deeply attached to her... =========================================================================== end Note. This was one of the toughest issues I ever wanted to translate. A lot of this stuff was taken from the gut and if notice any mistakes, then please let me know. My address is