He mentions about not being able to be alone together lately
since it is only occasionally eating lunch together and they don’t go home
together. Sawako wants to see him but since he is struggling, she couldn’t
bring herself to say it for she is also working hard. Shouta tells her that he
still wants them to see each other alone so they’ll meet in the morning,
earlier than everyone else. This made Sawako asks if he isn’t forcing himself.
To her shock, Shouta admits to her that right now, he is already forcing
himself [/having a hard time with this]. Freaking out, she apologizes and
decides to hang the phone for interrupting him and she did a bad thing. The
phone rings and Shouta angrily says, hey. She freaks out again since he’s
angry. She kept on apologizing that he explains that not creating time alone
would be making things difficult for him[/make him force himself]. He tells her
to keep in mind that he likes her the most. She exclaims okay. So, the next
day, they meet early in the morning in class. After yawning almost at the same
time, they greet each other good morning. When Shouta mentions that he is very
happy since they get to be alone, she tells him that she is also very happy and
for him to say that yesterday. She says that she’s happy to hear his voice even
if they didn’t see each other. This made Shouta glad. She also tells him to
keep in mind that she likes him the most, and she might be saying some willful
things at times. Shouta smiles and says that he’s happy. She tells him to tell
her if he’s forcing himself. He just says yes and mentions about wanting her to
say some willful things. So, that’s their morning date. At night, jogging Ryu
sees Chizuru waiting for him. She stands up and says that she knew that he’s
coming. He blushes and she starts to scold him for being quite late and she’s
itchy because of the mosquitoes. He informs her that they’ve won. While
thinking that’s great and congrats, She just says, ya, she heard. He says that
he’ll also win the next one. While telling him ya, Chizuru thinks that he must
absolutely win. He says because he wants to go to advance to all-Hokkaido
[<-全道/
major baseball competition in Hokkaido]. Thinking that he must not lose,
she says ya. He strokes her hair and bids her good night. As he left, Chizuru
recalls someone asking her why she is studied at that high school and she says
because no matter what, she wants to cheer for Ryu and she’s the person who
wants to cheer on him the most.
At school again, Kent mentions to a friend about not going
to the canteen with him for a long time. The friend says that it is because he
is always eating with his girlfriend. Recalling what school Ayane wants to go,
Kent mentions about his friend also always eating with a girl. Then, Kent
notices Ayane’s favorite bread on sale so he wants to buy it. After telling his
friend to go ahead, Kent suddenly calls out for his friend ‘don’t go’ then he
apologizes to the friend by saying that he’s practicing. Meanwhile, the three
girls are on the roof to eat lunch together. After some complaints from Ayane that
they’ll get sunburned, Sawako is moved since it has been a long time since they
get to eat together. They also don’t get to be together after school since
Chizuru has work and the other two go to cram school. Recalling Kent, Ayane
asks Chizuru about her and Ryu. Chizuru mutters then shouts that their
relationship is not bad. The two are happy for her. She says that even so, she’s
really awful. Chizuru is getting too excited about this that the other two
tells her to calm down and what is it. Chizuru tells them that in high school,
she thought of becoming the manager of the baseball club but she felt that it’s
wrong for that is the world that Ryu worked hard in and even if she wants to
cheer him, she always felt that she shouldn’t meddle. It is possible that at
that time, she likes Tooru and she don’t quite understand but she is always
cheering Ryu on and she felt that she is his biggest supporter and she wants to
be that person no matter what. So in short, she wholeheartedly want to cheer
him on and always want to do that but right now, she couldn’t cheer for him for
she just don’t want to separate from him. This seems to surprise the other two.
She tells them that if Ryu achieved it, he will use baseball to go to college
and go to a far place. Obviously, he works so hard but she couldn’t cheer him
on and she is doing something that she doesn’t want to do the most. “I’m obstructing
[/holding back] Ryu. I obviously like him. Because I like him so I cannot cheer
him on. I’m truly quite awful..” Kent who is standing behind the door overhears
them. Later on, Sawako goes to the classroom and sees Shouta napping on the
desk. She thinks that he is always studying until it’s very late. She strokes
his hair and recalls what Chizuru mentioned earlier. Sawako thinks that for
her, Shouta is forcing himself.
Comment: Sawako and Ume bonding nicely and becoming good friends.
It is nice how Shouta insists on time together with Sawako. The two are
becoming more vocal about what they want and what they feel. As time moves on,
the problem still remains regarding the possibility of separating with one’s
lover who’ll go away to pursue his/her dreams. Well, for the ones who’ll be
left behind, the problems is to support or stop them from leaving. After
overhearing that, Kent might change his mind about telling Ayane not to go.
Chizuru still couldn’t bring herself to cheer Ryu on. Shouta is going with the
flow and well, it is already mentioned that he won’t say it and let Sawako
decide on it. In a way, he is similar with Kent in doing their best to catch up
with their girlfriends who are better/more ambitious than them. I wonder how
Sawako and Ayane would think/act after hearing the side of someone who’ll be
left behind. Scans by 夜莺工作室
Quote of the day:
Life's challenges are not supposed to hold us back. They're
supposed to give us strength to advance forward and press harder for what we
want in life. ~ Edwin Mamerto
Hallo,
ReplyDeletei love it. cannot wait for more.
i want to no how it will end....
thanks
You're welcome ^-^
DeleteThanks for share
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading, Shinohara ^-^
DeleteGood work Kat, this is one of the most sweet stories out there, though I never actually ventured to read it because it was incomplete. I only saw the anime (seasons 1 and 2). It is a cute one nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteThanks, RoseFleur ^-^
DeleteIs that so. In my case, I didn't watched the anime. =P
Thanks so much as usual, Kat!! I'm finally free grom college, so I plan on spending my days off reading the series you suggested last month! Anyway, as for the chapter, I keep feeling terrible for Kento but I'm so in love with the Person Kazehaya is becoming, he's impressing me quite a lot lately. The Ryu and Chizuru scenes are being adorable and it's nice to see her finally explainign why she didn't manage the baseball club (which would make perfect sense), I worry for Chizu but I feel like Ryu too is pretty aware that he's messing it up a bit with how long it took him to tell her and how he's been avoiding bringing it up that he plans on leaving and stuff. Ack, can't get over how miserable Kent is gonna be haha, tbh, I'm feeling bad for pretty much everyone right now, like, Ryu's clearly working super hard and all Chizu can say is "ya ya ya" when she truly wants to be supportive (though I love that she's being selfish/possessive since it's very her) and I know their story will still have a couple more fights in their way, Ayane is making a mess out of her life right now and the only couple "working" fully is SawaKaze though it's clearly just peace before a big storm breaks. ANYWAY, once again, thanks so much for the summaries! Earlier this week I've started reading Kyou no Kira Kun and caught up with it just to find out you write summaries for it too! You're a blessing! HAHA Thanks!! <3
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Thatu ^-^
DeleteCongratulations ^^
Indeed.
As for Kent..I'm preparing myself for that...well, more or less, prepared. =P
Possible..and hopefully, it won't shake things too much for the main couple though it seems Shouta is somewhat prepared for the possibility of her leaving him temporarily for college.
Thanks for reading and the comment ^-^
You're welcome, svines85 ^-^
ReplyDeleteThank you Kat, as always for your awesome summary! Wish I could turn this thanks into a million dollars for ya to keep it up haha!
ReplyDeleteThis story right now is very true to life. Brings back memories of my college days. I left my boyfriend of two years to go to college 2,000 miles away. But I missed him so much and the long distance relationship was hard, so I only went for one school year then came back and finished at a local college. We are celebrating 14 years of marriage this summer haha. I made a sacrifice on my schooling, but don't regret it at all.
It feels like the last few chapters have been pretty boring since it is just dealing with the characters
indecisiveness and studying for entrance exams, etc. I miss the romance. It is VERY true to life right now haha. Just boring with the weight of big decisions on everyone's shoulders. The humor and love/passion of this manga is momentarily gone. Hoping it comes back a little, and soon.
Thanks for reading and the comment. ^-^ Haha, that would be nice ^^
DeleteWow, is that so. ^^ Congrats ^^
Indeed...it is basically that lately. Hopefully ^^ Though in some way, I think the manga try to inject that a bit with the main couple's lovey dovey.
Thank you Kat !
ReplyDeleteThere's a mistake, 'Chiharu' instead of Chizuru.
This chapter is another good one about life. I love it. Sawako and Ume have a special bond, I like that they're slowly becoming good friends.
Chizuru explaining why she wants to support Ryu, to the extent that she wanted to manage the baseball club, this is sweet. She always wants to support him and now she can't, I feel bad for her.
The main couple is adorable :)
You're welcome and thanks for the correction. ^-^ Lol, I tend to type her name wrong ^^;;
DeleteIndeed.
Yup.
Thanks a lot
ReplyDeleteI am a fan of skip beat in korea
I am looking forward to seeing your review always
You're welcome and thanks for the support ^-^
DeleteI've just come from your translation of Skip Beat. I didn't realise you translated so many! And so many that I'm in to as well! I realise you get this a lot but seriously thank you so much for all of this and sharing it all
ReplyDeleteYup, and thanks for reading them ^-^
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