Original story & art Copyright (C) 1993 Nagano Noriko/Kodansha This English translation Copyright (C) 1993 Goddess Studio Translation by Kaori Hasegawa Proofreading by Iain Sinclair (axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au) < > Indicates dialog outside speech bubbles. ( ) Indicates dialog that is not spoken (ie., thought). [ ] Indicates a translator's note. ============================================================================= Chapter 7: "Look at Me" -------------- p.33 (Window-shopping in town) Matsuzawa: Oh... Pretty soon, it'll be Christmas... God, I ask you... please look after the students during the winter break. Sugekoma: Well, Miss, this year is drawing to a close. Matsuzawa: Oh, Sugekoma-kun. Sugekoma: If it's the end of the year, then it's time for ``Aramaki Salmon'', right? Matsuzawa: A-Arama...? -------------- p.34 (Suddenly, Matsuzawa is tied up, wearing a vaguely salmon-looking costume. A sign saying "Oseibo" is affixed to her knees.) [An oseibo (御歳暮) is an end of the year present for someone who took care of you. -KH] Matsuzawa: All of a sudden, in the middle of the city... aah.. Sugekoma: Sugekoma: Ku ku ku. How do you like that? Do you understand the hanging salmon's embarrassment! Matsuzawa: What do you expect me to do after I understand it!? Sugekoma: HAH! Being so happy because the winter vacation is nearly upon us... Do you think you can run away from me!? While your eyes stray elsewhere, you don't know what I'll do. Matsuzawa: Eh!? Sugekoma: Because the stupid teacher was irresponsibly eating a mandarin... TV: What a ridiculous room. -------------- p.35 Sugekoma: ...the serious student will suffer catastrophically!! Junko: Who's this serious student? Matsuzawa: What are you going to do!? Sugekoma: (GAAN!! Visions of Sugekoma as a baby) Matsuzawa: Ah!? A 410 coin in his mouth!? Sugekoma: Waaa! Matsuzawa: Sugekoma: Daa. Matsuzawa: Putting his hand in boiling water!? Sugekoma: Matsuzawa: Crawling to the lit stove!? Matsuzawa: (Junko belts Sugekoma with a Xmas tree) Junko: You aren't twelve months old! Tomoko: Miss, leave him alone!? That kind of guy!! Junko: Don't act like a spoiled kid, huh! -------------- p.36 Matsuzawa: Sugekoma-kun. Matsuzawa: ...I understand that since you're in puberty, you feel self-destructive... ... But that's why... Nagano: Matsuzawa: ...you have to take care of yourself more!! Okay? Sugekoma: That... Sugekoma: ...I don't want to be told that by someone who enjoys playing around like this! Matsuzawa: I'm not enjoying it! (Sign: Specially picked crab) Sugekoma: Now, since it's finally turned the special color, I'll do LSD. It's Miss's fault, Miss's fault. Wa--i! Matsuzawa: Even though you saw this, don't ever do it! [Nagano has problems, doesn't she. :-) -IS] ============================================================================= Chapter 8: "See You in My Dreams" -------------- p.37 Matsuzawa: Wow. Matsuzawa: 39.5 degrees C!! Matsuzawa: Oh.. no. ... I have to be absent from school... at the beginning of the new semester... Sugekoma: It's all because that horrible boy, Sugekoma-kun, strung you up half-naked in the cold winter air, right? Sugekoma: Sugekoma-kun is the cause of your cold. Matsuzawa: If you say so... -------------- p.38 (Sugekoma, in a large squid-like suit, grabs Matuzawa in his tentacles) Sugekoma: What do you mean!! Calling me a virus. Excuse me. Matsuzawa: Kyaa! Matsuzawa: No, gee, Sugekoma-kun!! What is that for!? Sugekoma: You can tell it's me with one glance, our relationship has progressed that far. Sugekoma: Don't you know? What this is... Matsuzawa: A.. Weiner octopus? Sugekoma: Oh no!! This is a joke for ``birusu=VIRUS=vairasu''. Haven't you seen ``Gamera vs. Vairasu!? [The pun on inconsistent romanizations 「ビールス=VIRUS=ヴァイラス」 is totally untranslatable. -IS] Matsuzawa: I haven't!! What are you talking about. Ah. Sugekoma: Well, then it's okay... Matsuzawa: It's not! Matsuzawa: Why is Sugekoma-kun at my house!? Good kids should be at school right now! Sugekoma: Because... --------------- p.39 Sugekoma: This is an illusion! Matsuzawa: I...Illusion? Sugekoma: Wa--i! Because of the fever, you're having hallucinations. Sugekoma: See!! You can see flowers and animals that aren't supposed to be here, right? Matsuzawa: Ah... Sugekoma: The rice soup you don't remember making is done, too... Matsuzawa: Gosh!! Sugekoma: And... Sugekoma: The real Sugekoma-kun wouldn't be this nice, right? -------------- p.40 Matsuzawa: That's right... This is a dream... Matsuzawa: Sugekoma-kun... Matsuzawa: He's always such a good, kind boy... Matsuzawa: Somehow, your teacher is feeling better! Sugekoma: Eh!? Matsuzawa: I'll go to school tomorrow for sure!! . Sugekoma: N-No, take it easy!! Sugekoma: Keep yourself warm, you have to rest. You're 'high' because of the fever. Matsuzawa: I'm fine. Sugekoma: You have to go back to bed! Matsuzawa: I'm fine, really!! (Sugekoma suddenly ties her up) Sugekoma: E--i, what a docile woman. Matsuzawa: -------------- p.41 Matsuzawa: A.. ah... This, seems, somewhat more like reality... Sugekoma: Idiot, are you saying there were sleeping pills in the rice soup!? (Teddy bear: There were, definitely.) Matsuzawa: Ah. Sugekoma: Now, eat, eat, eat it up. Sugekoma: Good girl, eat and go to sleep. Matsuzawa: Y..yes. Sugekoma: I could move to her room, so I have a lot of things to do. (Bag: Present) Tomoko: So, it's hard to do if she's awake. Junko: To kill an illusion wouldn't be a crime, right!? Right? Matsuzawa: Coo... I don't care anymore. Sugekoma: Wa--i!!! ============================================================================== Chapter 9: "Raging White Monster!" -------------- p.43 Sign: Young Ski School Junko: Miss!! Look, look. It's the wedge!! Matsuzawa: Oh, everyone's improving, aren't they. (Something meteor-like shoots through the sky.. Kiiin!) People: Ah. What's that!? (ZUUN! It crashes into the earth.) People: Wah-! (An enormous, long-haired monster rises out of the snow, with Sugekoma on top of it.) -------------- p.44 Sugekoma: Ha ha ha. You guys are losing your heads, so wimpy. Matsuzawa: Sugekoma-kun!! [Sugekoma's jumpsuit has "DEVO" written on it. DEVO (=devolution) is a band who were most popular in the early 80s. They cultivated a bizarre, nerdy image by wearing jumpsuits, flowerpot hats, etc. In some ways, Devo is the perfect music to put on while reading Nagano Noriko mangas. :-) -IS] Sugekoma: This is just a fake. Junko: Don't make such a big scene! Boy: He's really annoying. People: Matsuzawa: Oh-! (glint) Sled: Yamabiko Lodge No. 24. Kiddy Slide Matsuzawa: Stop it everybody. Matsuzawa (close to tears): He must feel lonely because he can't ski... Junko: So he made a 35m Mach 3 monster? Sugekoma: Hah, so what! Matsuzawa: Sugekoma-kun. (Matsuzawa grabs onto Sugekoma's Kiddy Slide, which careers into the forest below...) -------------- p.45 Matsuzawa: Wait... Hey... Ah... Matsuzawa: We really got lost after all. Matsuzawa: It's dangerous if we can't move and we fall asleep!! Matsuzawa: Sugekoma-kun, let's climb to that light!! Don't worry, I'm with you! Sugekoma: ...Sorry... Miss Matsuzawa... I was only trying to.. Matsuzawa: Sugekoma-kun... Sugekoma: Oh yeah!! There are clothes in my backpack!! Sugekoma: Let's wear these and keep ourselves warm!! Matsuzawa: -------------- p.46 Teacher: What is this!? These ``clothes'', goodness, no... Sugekoma: Ah!! Somehow Miss is suddenly in a situation where she can't move!? Sugekoma: Ah!! And if she goes to sleep, it's not good. (slap slap) Sugekoma: Miss!! No, don't go to sleep. Matsuzawa: Sugekoma: Don't sleeeeeeep! Hyahahaha! Junko: Hey!! Matsuzawa: Heeeeeee! Sugekoma: The disaster was too lenient. Sugekoma: Fine, I know the sled can't be better than skis. Gonta: BAOON People: Wah-! Junko: We don't have a reason to be hated by the likes of Bigfoot. Matsuzawa: ============================================================================== Chapter 10: "``Wara wara'' Spring" [``Wara wara'' is the general expression of creepy crawly things. -KH] -------------- p.47 Boy: Are you serious... Sugekoma: Yeah!! I saw it!! I really saw it. Sugekoma: That teacher, Matsuzawa!! Hey!! Can you believe it!? Sugekoma: As soon as she opened the cabinet!! Like ``Bah!!'' Sugekoma: ...Wara wara, just like when you turn a rock over in the garden...!! Note: <- He likes it and does it often -------------- p.48 Sugekoma: ...Bizarre things came out one after another, they came out, they came out... Matsuzawa: Who is it!? Who's speaking falsehoods. Sugekoma: Oh no, I was saying, ``I wished you were''! Matsuzawa: What are you wishing for. What. Sugekoma: I just wanted to have the mood of the season... Like in early spring... Bugs and frogs sense springtime and come out of their holes, wara wara... Matsuzawa: By telling people things that aren't true...? Matsuzawa: You don't have time for wara wara, Sugekoma-kun. Matsuzawa: Sugekoma-kun and Murata-kun are making bad grades in ethics, at this rate, you'll flunk. Sugekoma: I understand Murata, but why me!? S's Badge: Genius, brilliant Murata's Badge: Stupid Sugekoma: I'm a genius. -------------- p.49 Matsuzawa: It doesn't matter if you're a genius or anything else. What you've written doesn't make sense. Murata: Hey, YOU'RE the stupid one. Sugekoma: So was Gorbachev... Gorbachev: Sugekoma: Great people cannot be understood by the common people... Sugekoma: I've been thinking it over in my mind, since the Soviet Union collapsed... __________________________________________________________________ | CLOSING DOWN! __ __ __ __ | | SPRING SALE /_ / /__/_// /o/ ___ __ __ | | Thankyou for your __//_/ /_//_/ /o / //_ /_ / | | support over the years /__// / o | | FIRE ALL Display items only! | | warawara The final, ultimate _ _ _ _ _ | | MISSILES! clearance sale! |_|| | \ | | || |/ | | | ||_|_ _\ | |_||_|\ | |----------------------------------- __ _ _ _ | | Black Box (brand new). |\/|| |\ | | _| | | | | | First come, first serve! (only 1) | ||_|_\ | |_||_| . . | |----------------------------------- ___ | | (USSR) SOVIET |\X-| Today until March 31st | | * Dollar payments welcome |___| Funabashi Special place | |__________________________________________________________________| Sugekoma: That... Sugekoma: ...I only "wish it were!" Junko: Don't wish for anything. Matsuzawa: Even though you wrote it on the test... Matsuzawa: You too, Murata-kun. -------------- p.50 Murata: How can I go there, huuuh?! I'll never be the "class rebel" if I'm scared of flunking! Matsuzawa: Yeeek! Junko: Oh, flunk, flunk. Junko: I feel so good about him going to a different class! Right!! Everyone!! Murata: B-Boss... Murata: Oh... Boss used harsh words on me, like Seitaigou's words. [I think this is the last emperor of China's aunt. She cut off people's legs and arms and put them into vats. Not very nice. -KH] Junko: Who's your ``boss''! Murata: Since boss said to me, Murata, so many supportive words, I'll complete the supplementary class as best I can! Murata: So... so, Boss, hey, Boss. Junko: (Murata prostrates himself before Junko) Murata: Please say those words again, now I'm in this position... Junko: -------------- p.51 Sugekoma: Yay, Yay, flunk out, rin rin ran ran. Flunking, rin rin ran ran flunking. Murata is a flunk out. Murata: YOU'RE the flunk-out, FUCKER! Sugekoma: If you hit me, you'll look like a pig. Hit me and flunk, congratulations. [Making fun of a Japanese kids song. -KH] Matsuzawa: Anyway, if both of you come to the supplementary class, you'll make progress. Sugekoma: Well, I can come if you want me to... Sugekoma: Then can you try to make me want to come!? As a teacher. (GAAN!) Matsuzawa: ``T-Try!?'' Sugekoma: Take care of your costume, and... Matsuzawa: Sugekoma: Therefore, the mood of the classroom should also be cosmic. Coolness... Wara wara, aliens and monsters come out one after the other... Junko: Who the hell do you think you are!? -------------- p.52 Sugekoma: J.. Just like spring, wara wara. Ah, wonderful. Matsuzawa: You say wara wara, but... Junko: Miss!! He won't stop if you let him talk. Junko: From the beginning, what is ``wara wara''. Murata: A guy who talks so selfishly can flunk, right, flunk out!! Heheheh. Sugekoma: ``Wara wara'' is... Sugekoma: Like this, if I might show you!! (BAGOOON!! warawara... Cephalopods, bugs and odd plants squirm all over the classroom. Sugekoma wears a spacesuit that has WARA^2 written on it.) Matsuzawa: Heeee.. Junko: You showed me, and made me more confused! Sugekoma: Now then, the supplementary class... Oh my? Murata-kun isn't here, has he decided to flunk out!! Murata: Miss... Here!! Murata is present!! I'm present!! ============================================================================ Chapter 11: Tactics for Kidnapping -------------- p.53 (Miss Matsuzawa is gardening. Butterflies flit back and forth, and birds are singing.) Old Man: Well, it's a fine day, isn't it, Miss Matsuzawa. Matsuzawa: Hehee, it certainly is. Matsuzawa: Oh-! (An arrow with a letter attached thuds into the ground) Matsuzawa: What can this be... Letter: To Miss Matsuzawa, I have Sugekoma. If you want to save him, come to the secret base, alone. - The Evil Terrorist Anaconda. Matsuzawa: Wh-Wh-Wh!? Matsuzawa: Sugekoma-kun was kidnapped by the Evil Terrorist Anaconda? (GAAN!) -------------- p.54 Matsuzawa: Oh my God! (Matsuzawa comes across a small theatre-like building with a sign that says "SECRET BASE".) Matsuzawa: Oh, it must be here!! I'm glad it was easy to find. People: Oh no. It wasn't here yesterday. What is this. Matsuzawa: Sugekoma-kun. (GAGONN! Inside the "SECRET BASE" is a harem of exotic women, slugs, machinery, mushrooms and snakes.) Sugekoma: Miss..! Anaconda: You came, Matsuzawa. [Anaconda looks quite a bit like the Black Queen from `Barbarella'. -IS] Matsuzawa: Erm, excuse me... But did Sugekoma-kun do something bad again...? Sugekoma: Anaconda: He's unbelievable, this Scientific Genius Boy, Sugekoma. -------------- p.55 Anaconda: Even though he has enough scientific knowledge to challenge all the world's militaries, he uses it solely to harass Miss Matsuzawa. Anaconda: What are you, ``Professor K?'' (Anaconda bashes him with her fan) Matsuzawa: Profe....K? Anaconda: In ``Star-Cloud Mask Machine Man'', that evil villain played by Hideyo Amamoto, eh.. Sugekoma: Ah, it's saying things that are known only to specialists, a scary ot*ku attack!! Anaconda: Therefore, Sugekoma-kun must die. (GAAN!) Matsuzawa: Please, please, forgive Sugekoma-kun. Sugekoma: Waaa, Miss, I'm scared. Anaconda: If you want him to be forgiven... Anaconda: use this 2-5 meters long snake... -------------- p.56 Anaconda: ..to dance with! Matsuzawa: D-Dance!? (Sign: Captivating Snake Dance) Anaconda: Are you playing Zuutorubi reacting to Eve (Golden Half) in ``Laugh and Laugh for Sixty Minutes''!! [Zuutorubi and Golden Half are both music groups from the seventies. The former is a comic music group from the seventies, making fun of the Beatles... Change the ``bi'' and ``Zuu'' and you'll see. The Golden Half is a ``sexy'' music group composed of all half-Japanese-Caucasians, of which Eve was a member. -KH] Sugekoma: Waa, the villain made a joke like an otak*, which might cause problems with continuing the manga! Matsuzawa: Dance... Dance... How can I... (Matsuzawa, in a snake-dancer's costume, strokes the snake. Music beats in the background.) Anaconda: See!! Dance like when you got an A in Creative Dance in P.E., When you were in eighth grade. (Sign: The spirit of springtime) Matsuzawa: Heee! Matsuzawa: What a scary organization!! She knows even that, heeee... Matsuzawa: Such an organization holding my important student. Sugekoma: -------------- p.57 Matsuzawa: I have to do it!! Matsuzawa: I'll dance...!! Matsuzawa: I'll do my best as a teacher... (Music: Dontsuku Dontsuku Pa--payappa paya paya pa--) Sugekoma: Ah... Wonderful, wonderful, Miss! (Note: <- Innocently) (Matsuzawa brushes by Anaconda, causing her to fall...) Matsuzawa: Ah!! Sorry. (Anaconda's body collapses into a pile of bio-mech components) -------------- p.58 Matsuzawa: F.. fake!? Matsuzawa: What kind of body is this!? Matsuzawa: No way... the whole thing was set up by Sugekoma-kun...