Atashi wa Bambi - Part 1Atashi wa Bambi ~Chapter 1~ by Maki Youko Translation by Sai-chan Archived at Atashi wa Bambi and ::fizzy pop:: (do not take or use elsewhere without sai-chan's permission!) **Thank you Himiko for spotting all the errors in my translation and correcting them for me! Because of Himiko, this translation is a whole lot more accurate than it was before! Thank you, thank you!** ------------------------------------- Translation Guide: "Spoken words" Narration Thoughts Handwritten text [Actions] (My notes) (I didn't translate the sound effects. But I think you know what kind of sound is being made by their actions. =)) If you find any errors in my translation, please let me know by e-mailing me at saimare@magicgirl.com. ------------------------------------- (PAGE 1) From today on is the beginning of my real life. [Mai is standing with her hands on her hips in front of her new school, looking determined.] Mai: "Oookay!" (PAGE 2) [Mai is talking with her best friend, Tomo, while they and other students are walking to the school.] Mai: "At last, I, too, am a high school student. I'm going to do my best!" Tomo: "You're entering with fighting spirit, huh?" Mai: "I probably am! I've only been waiting and hoping for this day." [Mai gets wacked in the head with someone's school bag.] Mai: "...ow" [She rubs her sore head as she and Tomo turn around to see who did that.] (PAGE 3) [They see that a cute guy was the one who hit Mai in the head.] Sen: "It was unintentional." [Sen walks away while Mai's still rubbing her head.] Tomo: "What's with him--!" Mai: "Truthfully... He's cool." Tomo: "No way! You're not angry?!!" (Someone): "Ah! The enrollment ceremony is beginning." (PAGE 4) April. The sakura trees are blossoming this season. (Someone): "From just now, the quietness of the 13th year enrollment ceremony begins." God, [Mai opens the door to her classroom.] Has my heart also arrived at spring? [Mai sees the back of a boy's head.] Mai: Ah! (PAGE 5) [Mai sees the boy's face.] Mai: It's that guy from a little while ago!! [On the board is the seating arrangements, and Mai's seat is right next to the cute guy, Sen.] Mai: ha! No way! Teacher: "These places are where you can sit." Mai: He's next to me. eeee!! [Mai sits down.] Mai: How about that. This is cool. Teacher: "Ah. Well then, to begin we'll have self-introductions to acquaint ourselves with everyone." [Mai smiles as she gets an idea.] Mai: ah (PAGE 6) Student: "I'm Tanaka Yuuko. Pleased to meet you." [Mai stands up.] Mai: "Yoshimura Mai. I'm a Leo, my blood type is B. I'm 15 years old!" [Mai clenches her fist in determination.] Mai: "In high school, I'm definitely going to make a boyfriend! Pleased to meet you." (PAGE 7) Students: "ha ha ha...." Girl: "Good luck--" Teacher: "Hey hey. Do study also!" [Mai smiles and does a peace sign.] Mai: "Yes!" [Mai sits back down.] Teacher: "SECOND." [Sen looks at Mai.] Sen: "You're an IDIOT. Airhead--" (PAGE 8) [Mai's mouth opens in shock and her face seems to crack like glass. "IDIOT" is written next to her head.] Guy (to Sen): "You're next." Sen: "Yeah." [Sen stands ups.] Sen: "Ishigaki Sen. Pleased to meet you." [Two girls in the class are smiling.] Girls: "ah! He's super cool!" Mai: Ishigaki Sen... [Mai narrows her eyebrow.] Mai: I hate him! (PAGE 9) [A bell rings.] Teacher: "Yes. Well then, today was THIS. Tomorrow's class--" Girl: "Done at last." Tomo: "Mai-chan." [Mai turns to see Tomo at the door.] Mai: "Tomo is fast, huh?" Tomo: "Let's go home." [Mai starts to leave but she stops when she hears girls talking to Sen.] Girls: "Hey hey. Ishigaki-kun, where do you live?" Sen: "Huh?" [Mai glares at them.] [Mai and Tomo are walking, ready to go home. Mai looks irritated.] Mai: "AH! Why is he, this morning's person, in my class!?" Mai: "Ah, geez. I really hate him! Let's go." (PAGE 10) Tomo: "You said 'He's cool.'" [Mai puts her hands on her head and shuts her eyes.] Mai: "St-o-op it! Youthful vitality led to that moment! I was dazed!" Someone: "AH-- YOU'RE GONNA BE HIT!!" [A ball hits Mai on the head and bounces off.] Mai: "Huh? owow-!!" [Mai's kneeling on the ground in pain while the ball rolls away.] Tomo: "eee... Mai-chan!" Mai: "..." Yaezou: "It's my fault, it's my fault." [A cute guy, Yaezou, runs over to them.] Yaezou: "Are you alive!?" (PAGE 11) Yaezou: "I'm really sorry." [Mai picks up the basketball with one hand and rubs her head with the other.] Mai: "Hey. Be careful! IDIOT--" Yaezou: "Ah" Yaezou: "Thank goodness. So you're okay?" [Tomo looks at Mai then smiles and laughs.] Tomo: "Mai-chan also got hit in the head this morning... She gets hit as much as she can..." [Mai glares at Tomo.] Mai: "Hey. What's that laugh for? It's self-controlled." Voice: "Yaezou!" Yaezou: "ah" [Mai dusts herself off.] Tomo: "Are you alright?" (PAGE 12) [Sen walks out of a room.] Sen: "What are you doing? If you're going to play, I'm going home first." [Mai sees him and looks shocked in a "not him!" kinda way.] Mai: AH! [Sen sees Mai.] Sen: "ah." Mai: What? Those guys are acquaintances? [Yaezou looks at Mai when he sees Sen notice her.] Yaezou: "Ah, Sen! You know this girl?" [Sen looks at Mai while answering Yaezou.] Sen: "She's PROBABLY in my class." Mai: PROBABLY!? My seat is next to his!! [Mai looks mad/irritated.] (PAGE 13) Mai: "Tomo! Let's go home." Tomo: "yeah." [Sen and Yaezou look on while Mai walks away.] Sen: "What's with HER?" [Mai shuts her eyes and rests her head on her hand.] Mai: "Ah--- Enough. Though it was the first day, it was the worst." Tomo: "yeah-- I also have to get used to my class." Tomo: "We can't go back to junior high, though..." [Mai looks shocked.] (PAGE 14) Mai: "Wait a minute! You said junior high... Stop joking!" [Mai holds up a determined fist.] Mai: "Right, we did not come to speak these things! Let's do our best!" Tomo: "yeah!" [The next day. Mai falls flat on her face during P.E.] Mai: "eeeeee!" Mai: Physical Education... Since it's my first time to go around the campus 10 times, I'm gonna die...!! Handwritten text next to Mai: P.E. in high school is so tough!! Someone: "It's finally noon--" (PAGE 15) [Mai's still laying on the ground while everyone's going.] Mai: Wait a minute! How can you all do that kind of vigorous running!? Above the other students: This is refreshing~~~~ Handwritten text next to Mai: I don't think this will build my muscles. [A leg moves in front of Mai's face.] Mai: OH! [The leg belongs to Yaezou, who's walking over Mai.] Yaezou: "Huh--- Aren't you the person from yesterday?" [Mai pats Yaezou's leg, looking irritated.] Mai: "Hey! Can you get out of the way without stretching over a person!?" Yaezou (in a happy voice): "I'm Azuma Yaezou-kun of Year 1 Class 3!" (PAGE 16) [Mai and Yaezou are sitting on the ground together.] Mai: "Yaezou... That's a weird name." Yaezou: "It is. And you are?" [Mai looks away.] Mai: "You're on good terms with that guy Ishigaki Sen. I won't tell you my name." Yaezou: "Huh!? Sen did something?" Mai: "That guy did a STUPID thing. He's not heading towards being terrific." (PAGE 17) [Mai looks at Yaezou with a mad face.] Mai: "How long have you been together with that guy?" [Yaezou smiles.] Yaezou: "We've had a relationship since primary school." [Mai puts her hands to her head, upset.] Mai: "ugh! That's the worst!" (Can't translate the handwritten text under this, the kanji is too smooshed up for me to read.) Tomo: "Mai-chan!" [Mai sees Tomo standing next to a gate.] Mai: "ah! Tomo." Tomo: "It's noon. Can we eat lunch together?" [Mai stands up.] Mai (to Yaezou): "Well, I'm going." Yaezou: "okay." [Mai turns around to look at Yaezou.] Mai: "Yoshimura Mai" (PAGE 18) [Mai starts walking away.] Mai: "is my name." [Yaezou smiles.] Tomo: "ah. Let's go eat." Mai: "yeah." [While they're walking, Mai notices that Tomo is smiling, but Mai looks sad herself.] (PAGE 19) [It's the end of the day and Tomo walks over to Mai, waving.] Tomo: "Mai-chan, let's go home!" Mai: "ah-... yeah." [Mai and Tomo are standing in front of lockers/cubbies, ready to go home.] Tomo: "The english teacher is fun." Mai: "ah-- I'm not in English yet." [Tomo looks happy.] Tomo: "Ah, that's right! At the study bell our friends from junior high school said for us to meet again." Tomo: "Are you going to meet us this time on Sunday?" (PAGE 20) Tomo: "You'll go, right?" [Mai looks away/down.] Mai: ".......... I'm not going. I..." [Tomo looks a little surprised.] Tomo: "Why? I'm sure everyone also wants to see you." (PAGE 21) Tomo: "Let's go-" [Mai cuts off Tomo's words.] Mai: "AND SO" [Mai looks mad and hurt.] Mai: "Why are you telling me this?" Mai: "Don't you know how I feel...? I'm not going." [Tomo looks surprised.] Mai: "It's wrong, but I'm going home ahead of you." [Mai goes, leaving Tomo behind.] (PAGE 22) [Mai is walking around town. She sees her reflection in a window and looks at it.] (PAGE 23) [Some girls notice Mai.] Girl 1: "...Hey, that girl." Girl 2: "yeah!" Girl 1 (or 2 or 3): "YOSHIMURA MAI!" Mai: What. Mai: This feeling. [Mai turns around.] (PAGE 24) [Three girls are staring at Mai. One is pointing at her, the second is laughing, and the third looks surprised.] Girl 1: "Ah, I thought so. That's right! Isn't she very different?" Girl 2: "Kyaa!" Girl 3: "No way!" Girl 1: "Where did her temper and eyeglasses go? And she's slim!!" Girl 2: "Ah, that's right. You see, she won't talk!" Girl 3: "Her skirt is short!! During primary school she wore it so long!" [Mai has a far-off look.] [Flashback begins.] (Note: The flashback was hard for me to translate and it didn't make any sense, but Himiko cleared it up. So, basically the whole flashback is translated by Himiko, because it was weird when I translated it. ^_^ So, thank you Himiko!) "Yoshimura has a crush on you--" [Flashback people laughing and talking.] "Huh? Who's THAT?" "Ah-- Miss Ankle?" "eh! What's that? Maybe it's because she wore ankle socks!?" "Accept it--!" (PAGE 25) "Because I don't accept such things." "Seriously, stop it!" Mai: NO! DON'T THINK ABOUT IT. [Flashback ends.] (NOTE: Himiko explained that this flashback is about how Mai had a crush on someone, but the guy she liked didn't accept her love because she wore ankle socks and a long skirt, which everyone was teasing her about. The trend in Japan is short skirts and baggy/long socks, so people teased Mai and called her "Miss Ankle" because of her socks.) [Mai bumps in to Sen.] Mai: "...ow." (PAGE 26) Sen: "ah." Mai: huh? Ishigaki Sen! Why's he at this kind of place!! [The three girls notice Sen.] Girl 1: "eh, what? He knows Yoshimura!?" Girl 2: "No way! He's very attractive." Mai: "huh..." [Mai realizes something. There's a picture of a younger her, who looks very different.] Mai: I'm going to change. I'm going to change for sure. (PAGE 27) [Mai grabs onto Sen's arm.] Mai: "geez-- Where did you go--" [Mai's up against Sen, holding his arm.] Mai (to the three girls): "This is my boyfriend." (yay! Go Mai!) [Sen looks surprised and confused, but doesn't say anything.] [The girls' mouths are opened in shock.] [Mai walks away, still holding Sen's arm, while a leaf blows past the three girls.] Mai (to the three girls): "Well, this is me." (PAGE 28) [Out of the girls' sight, Mai and Sen stop. They're silent for a second.] Sen: "What was your plan for that?" Mai: "A discourtesy." (PAGE 29) [Mai starts to walk away.] Mai: "I'm going home." Sen: "Hey! You played with me because I'm popular! Nothing happened! Going home? Don't turn away, you!" Sen: "Hey! Look! You..." Mai: "..............." Mai: "..........You're just like those girls. I hate you a lot...!" [Picture of former-Mai looking down.] Mai: It is not clear to me, that CRUEL disappointment. I have despised those people. [Picture of girls laughing (at her).] Mai: That smiling face. Mai: I have done stupid things. I will not pardon those people. It is not mortifying. (PAGE 30) Mai: Therefore, I have decided that I will change. [End thought sequence.] [Sen looks a little grumpy. Mai stops walking and stomps her foot. Sen's surprised.] Mai: "ah-- ENOUGH!!" Mai: Why do I say such things? Don't look towards. [Picture of Tomo (I think).] [Mai starts to cry.] Mai: "I didn't say things until that place..." (PAGE 31) Mai: "But, Tomo stays with me. My former self remembers..." Mai: "Gradually, it won't be hard..." Sen: "You said why you say such things." [Sen starts walking alongside Mai.] Sen: "Truthfully, I don't jump into talking, but" [Sen looks at Mai.] Sen: "It damages friends. I now understand to apologize." (PAGE 32) [Mai pauses her crying and looks at Sen.] Sen: "Now I don't depend on what the situation is." Mai: "......yeah." [Mai wipes her nose and Sen leans away from her while she does this.] [Yaezou notices Mai and Sen walking together.] (PAGE 33) [Yaezou looks surprised.] [The next day. Tomo is walking out of her house.] Tomo (to family): "I'm going." (PAGE 34) [Tomo notices Mai.] Tomo: "ah." Mai: "Is it okay if we go to school together?" [Tomo looks a little surprised.] Tomo: "...yeah." (PAGE 35) [At school, Mai sees Sen walking and calls to him.] Mai: "ISHIGAKI SEN!" [Sen turns around.] Mai: "Thanks for yesterday. It's possible to fix relationships." Sen: "uh-" Sen: "I'm glad." [Sen smiles.] (PAGE 36) [Mai watches Sen walk away.] Mai: Damn... geez. Mai: Ishigaki Sen. [Mai smiles.] Mai: As I thought, you are cool. (PAGE 37) [Yaezou is now standing next to Mai, who is looking happy, and Yaezou has his hand at his chin like he's thinking something.] Yaezou: "Sen is attractive, huh?" Mai: "Yep." [Mai looks at him, very shocked.] Mai: "Is WHAT!!?" [Yaezou's smiling.] Yaezou: "You've fallen in love?" Mai: "You're-- You're wrong!" [Yaezou moves his hand towards Mai.] Yaezou: "------however" (PAGE 38) [Yaezou's hand is on Mai's shoulder and his face is close to hers.] Yaezou: "Sen is mine, therefore" Yaezou: "I won't let you have him." [Yaezou walks away, whistling.] [Super deformed Mai in outer space.] The curtain of my beautiful senior high school student life opens. [End of Chapter 1.]