Atashi wa Bambi - Part 2Atashi wa Bambi
~Chapter 2~
"Make a Boyfriend! High School Life!!"
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!)
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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.
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(PAGE 1)
God, I have a premonition that I'm about to be in unexpected love.
[Picture of Mai with her eyes closed, thinking about Sen.]
(PAGE 2)
Yaezou: "Do-n't."
[Imaginary image of Yaezou with his hand on Sen's shoulder.]
Yaezou: "Sen is mi--ne."
Mai: "hee~~~~~!!"
[Tomo is surprised by Mai, who is shaking her head.]
Tomo: "What's wrong, Mai-chan?"
Mai: "eh! What, where is this place!"
Tomo: "We're in the middle of attending school, but-- what! Perhaps you were 
walking while seeing a dream!?"
Mai: "....... Yeah, it seems that way. HAHAHAHA..."
Enough. Yesterday Yaezou was separated from his head.
(PAGE 3)
Tomo: "What's wrong, not enough sleep?"
Mai: "No..."
[Mai sees Sen and Yaezou. Yaezou's showing a book to Sen, who is yawning.]
AH!
Yaezou: This is better, right?
Sen: fua... (yawn)
(PAGE 4)
Me bumping into those two now is too painful! ahhh!!
[Mai tries to hide behind a tree.]
Tomo: "Mai-chan, you're strange! Why are you hiding in the shade of the trees?"
Tomo: "Mai-chan!"
[Both Sen and Yaezou perk up when they hear Tomo calling Mai-chan.]
[Everyone watches as Mai tries to hide behind the tree while Tomo pulls her leg 
to try to get her to come out.]
Tomo: "Mai-chan!!"
Text next to Tomo: Making lots of noise.
Sen: "What's with that person."
(PAGE 5)
[Mai peeks from behind the tree.]
Mai: Are they gone?...
[Sen and Yaezou are walking away, but then Yaezou turns his head towards Mai and 
smiles.]
Mai: "ugh..."
Why that expression...
(Handwritten text that I can't translate goes here.)
(PAGE 6)
"Sen is MINE, therefore"
Is what he said... I think Yaezou likes Sen, but still...
[In the classroom, Mai is watching Sen. Sen notices her watching him.]
Sen: "What are you looking at?"
(PAGE 7)
[Super-deformed Mai covers her eyes.]
Mai: "What? I'm not looking."
Sen: "You were looking!!"
But I still like him!
At least he showed his face.
Sen: "And so-"
[Sen blows steam, his nostrils get big, and he gets one of the "pochi" nerve 
marks.]
Sen: "What is it? A secret or something? Speak!"
[Mai looks defensive.]
Mai: "Ah!"
You!
Sen: "Ah?"
What's your reason for liking either a man or a woman!!?
(PAGE 8)
[Mai falls onto her desk.]
Mai: "Ah~~~~~~"
Sen: ".......... (pochi mark)"
[Mai clenches her fist.]
N-no, I can't... I can't ask Sen!!
[Mai goes to talk to Yaezou.]
Mai: "Hi."
Yaezou: "Hi. (heart)"
(PAGE 9)
[Yaezou's scratching his head and looking off.]
Yaezou: Ah, a bird.
Yaezou: "So, what is it?"
Mai: "But listen straight."
Mai: "Do you... really like Sen?"
[Yaezou smiles.]
Yaezou: "Yeah. I like him."
[Super-deformed-ish depressed Mai in front of a planet.]
Yaezou: "...Se- Sen is..."
(PAGE 10)
Mai: "Sen is...?"
[Yaezou puts his hands on Mai's shoulders and pushes her back a little."
Yaezou: "Pitiful..."
Yaezou: "However,"
Yaezou: "Sorry. We're already joined in our love."
(PAGE 11)
Yaezou: "Do you understand the meaning of what I said?"
Mai: "Somehow."
Yaezou: "So, shouldn't you give up?"
[Yaezou walks away.]
Yaezou: "Bye!"
[Mall falls to her knees.]
Wait a minute.
(PAGE 12)
I'm really pitiful.
When I became a high school student, I forgot everything about my unpleasant 
memories of junior high school.
I'm in love. I thought everyday is supposed to be enjoyable.
Despite this,
(I couldn't translate this next part at all. I looked everywhere, EVERYWHERE, 
but I just couldn't find the translation for that first word! grr!)
(PAGE 13)
[Mai sees Sen and Yaezou sitting together. They're laughing.]
Thank goodness, before it became serious. yeah yeah.
Sen and Yaezou: ha ha ha ha
[Yaezou notices Mai watching them.]
Yaezou: "hm?"
Yaezou: "What? Mai."
Mai: "Nothing."
[Super-deformed Mai gets mad.]
Ah, what luck!!
[Sen sees Mai.]
[Mai gets an evil-looking face.]
However, this guy... I will expose everything about them. I wonder.
HMPH. Let me see. That's right!
EXPOSE their lack of courage!
Yes Yes Yes
(PAGE 14)
Sen: "Mai."
[Mai looks surprised.]
Mai: "huh."
Just now,
He said "Mai." (In Japan, to call a person by their first name means that 
they're close.)
[Sen hands Mai a little drink box.]
Sen: "Here."
Mai: "eh! What's this?"
Sen: "Throw it away."
[Super-deformed Mai holding the drink box. The white thing in the corner says 
"Trash Can" on it)
[Mai squeezes the drink box.]
(PAGE 15)
That Ishigaki Sen!!
I understand!
[Mai has a freaky look on her face.]
Sen: "AHH!"
Sen: "What is it!? You! Disgusting------..."
I understand, and therefore
[Mai runs away. Sen looks irritated. Yaezou looks cute. (hehe, sorry, I can't 
describe his expression.)]
Sen: "What's with her!"
(PAGE 16)
Tomo: "Mai-chan, is something bothering you?"
[Mai and Tomo are walking.]
Tomo: "You're going to die."
Mai: "I'm not dying."
Tomo: "No, you're dying."
Mai: "I'm living!"
Tomo: "I truly was not sensitive the other day!! But with support, you can do 
your best!!"
[Mai looks annoyed.]
Mai: "No-----... Enough about my past. Nobody at all. It's okay."
Mai: "Doesn't someone feel before they're done suffering?"
Tomo: "Mai-chan!? You're going to!!" (going to die)
[Mai is running in P.E. class, but she looks tired or in pain.]
Mai: "hee~~~~!!"
(PAGE 17)
P.E. Teacher: "HEY, YOSHIMURA!!!"
P.E. Teacher: "What are you doing, running so slow!!!!"
Mai: "So... Sorry..."
eep- I forgot about the next P.E. class.
[A girl talks to Mai, who is holding a volleyball.]
Girl: "Ah, Yoshimura-san. He has that look in his eyes. But I think the P.E. 
teacher is in charge of that figure. Don't laugh."
Mai: "....."
P.E. Teacher: "Yosuimura, you clean up!!" (NOTE: The P.E. teacher, from here on, 
likes to call Mai "Yosuimura" instead of "Yoshimura.")
(PAGE 18)
Mai: "eh? Why don't you use the P.E. attendant?..."
P.E. Teacher: "Don't answer with your mouth! You have ONE MARK! HEY!"
I'm mad.
[Mai grabs a cart of volleyballs.]
I'm mad.
[Mai is rolling the cart of volleyballs.]
I'm really mad!!
Mai: "Don't fool around!"
[Mai kicks the volleyballs.]
(PAGE 19)
Mai: "KYAAAAAA!"
[Mai is sitting on the ground in pain next to the cart of volleyballs.]
(Sorry, I can't translate the handwritten text pointing to her.)
[The P.E. Teacher comes up behind Mai.]
P.E. Teacher: "iYosshiiimuuruuoa----!! (Yoshimura)"
P.E. Teacher: "Bitch-- WHAT are you doing to the volleyballs with your foot!!"
(NOTE: In Japanese he said "teme," which is pretty much as rude as "bitch" in 
English. Bitch really doesn't seem to fit here, though, but it's the closest 
translatable word. Second NOTE: Sorry, I can't translate the handwritten text 
next to him. Why is the handwritten text always so hard? ugh!)
Mai: "........."
Mai: "Shut up."
P.E. Teacher: "AH!? I can hear you!"
Mai: "...shut-"
Voice: "Teacher----"
(PAGE 20)
[Sen walks over to Mai and the P.E. Teacher.]
Sen: "Is it okay for you to threaten this student?"
[Mai looks surprised. Sen is standing in front of the teacher.]
P.E. Teacher: "Why? Who are you?"
Sen: "A gentleman."
This guy is...
Why.
(PAGE 21)
Why...
[Sen puts his arm around the P.E. teacher and talks to him with their backs to 
Mai.]
Sen: Well well
P.E. Teacher: Why this person!!
[Sen leans in towards the teacher's ear.]
Teacher: "....."
[The teacher looks like he realized something.]
[Sen and the teacher wave.]
Both: "Bye!"
Mai: "........."
[Sen walks back to Mai.]
Mai: "What... How did you persuade that guy? Teach me that skill, too!"
Sen: "I won't say."
(PAGE 22)
[Sen (I think) puts the volleyball cart away.]
Sen: "Look."
[Super-deformed Mai is on the ground holding her leg.]
Mai: "Sorry."
Sen (to SD Mai): "How old are you?"
Sen: "Hey, I'm going back."
Mai: "Wait a minute. Just now, the strong man's actions..." (I think she's 
talking about the P.E. teacher. Or I could be totally wrong.)
Sen: "What!? Strong man?"
Sen or Mai: "ah! Why that!!!"
[Close up of Mai's leg and the bruise on it. Next to her leg it says "Blue 
Bruise."]
Sen: "Maybe... He hit you? In public just a while ago?"
Mai: "No... perhaps more like..."
Mai: "I kicked the iron. After all, I did it to myself..."
Sen: "IDIOT! Bitch--!" (NOTE: Once again "teme" was used, and even though, 
again, bitch doesn't seem right for the situation, that's the best word I can 
think of.)
[Water is tuned on.]
(PAGE 23)
[Sen is standing at the sink.]
Sen: "Hand me a handkerchief."
Mai: "eh?"
Sen: "I have one."
Mai: "Okay."
[Sen is whistling while wetting the handkerchief. Mai is looking at him.]
............  ..............
[The handkerchief is put on Mai's bruise.]
Mai: "Thank you."
(PAGE 24)
Mai: "oh! Sorry. You want to go home, right? It's okay to go home. Thanks."
Mai: "I'm also going home soon."
[Sen rests his chin on his hand.]
Sen: "It's okay. Nothing special."
Ah--- What? YOU? What on earth!?
(PAGE 25)
All in all, there was that other day, too. Why does he help me? Why? Totally.
Why? He called me "Mai."
No way. I've fallen in love.
[Mai starts to get red and cry.]
But, it didn't take me anywhere.
[Sen notices Mai crying.]
Sen: "AH! It hurts that much!!? Did you break it??"
Mai: "uh- uh--------"
(PAGE 26)
A thought that doesn't get communicated.
Such a sad and lonely thing...
Mai: "Are you happy?"
Sen: "um?"
Mai: "You succeeded in having a sweetheart. Listen!!"
Sen: "SWEETHEART!?"
Mai: "He said it was okay to not hide it. I already know."
Sen: "I wonder what the reason for saying something like that was..."
[Sen looks a little irritated.]
Sen: "I don't have a girlfriend."
[Mai stops crying.]
(PAGE 27)
Sen: "So, I'm not hiding anything. I don't understand."
Mai: "What on earth? What? You understand! Tell me!"
[Mai grabs Sen by the shirt.]
Mai: "Don't you have a boyfriend?"
Sen: "Boyfriend...? Are you okay?"
He said he doesn't have a boyfriend?
[Mai looks to the side in an "I'm-thinking-about-someone-else" way.]
Mai: "That bastard..."
(PAGE 28)
[Mai lets go of Sen, stands up, and runs away. When she runs away her shoe falls 
off.]
Sen: "Hey!"
Sen: "geez... She took off her shoe..."
[Footsteps.]
(PAGE 29)
[Mai rushes to Yaezou's classroom, where he's packing.]
[Mai stands in front of Yaezou, breathing heavy from hurrying.]
Mai: "Yo."
Yaezou: "Yo..."
(PAGE 30)
Mai: "I'm not giving up."
[Mai gets up.]
Mai: "That's all!"
[Mai leaves the room.]
(PAGE 31)
(Mai is walking away mad, and one shoe is missing.]
I said it.
I finally said it.
Yoshimura Mai. 15 years old. I have shown enough tears. Until it breaks, I will 
win.
 
[End of chapter 2.]