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<Narration, signs>
(Dialogue outside of speech bubbles, sound effects)
Thoughts
pg 1
Title page
pg 2
<The snow falls steadily in drifts,
and the city is a totally white world>
Yuuta: (haaa)(haaa)
Mike: Yeah, it's piling up!
(U hi hi ho)<-Laughing
Mike: Look, Yuuta, a snow bunny
Yuuta: So it is.
Yuuta: (Sniff sniff)
pg 3
Mike: But to have the results posted on a day that snows
Mike: I heard the trains are delayed
Yuuta: So they are
Mike: We're lucky that we live in the area for that
Yuuta: So we are
Mike: You're just saying 'so it is' over and over!
Yuuta: What's wrong with that? Don't get annoyed
Yuuta: Mike, you're worried that you didn't get in, right?
Yuuta: Because your grading was bad
<Bulls-eye>
Yuuta: (You read sasei? as sashimi)
pg4
Mike:(That's right)
Mike:Yeah, that's right, so I'm going to go see it first!
(Mike, you're energetic huh)
Mike:See, there's still no-one...
Mike:No one...
Mike:____...
pg 5
Mike:Wow, black from top to bottom
Mike:In the snow
Mike:It looks like an ink splatter
(scrunch scrunch)
Mike:But he sure is tall, I can't see the board
Mike:Will he finally move__...
pg 6
Mike:......ah, maybe he failed?
Slip
Mike:WA!
Mike:......
Mike:Gyooh, how embarrassing! I fell back as if I fainted!
pg 7
Mike:...ah thank___...
Mike:Mowahh! I fell before I could see the board!
Mike:(Could this be)
{ed. This says something about writing about summer achievement or
something, I'm not sure if it means Mike was looking at the wrong board
or what}
Mike: And over there too (waah)
Mike: Ah-I'm sorry, I didn't even thank-
Mike: (How could I)
Mike: (Eh heh)
pg 8
Mike:...He's gone...
Mike:...His feet are big too
Mike:(Maybe size 28)
Yuuta: Mike----!
pg 9
Yuuta: So? Did we get in?
Other students: (Ah, there it is)(Where?)
Mike: Ah-I forgot to look
Mike: (Eeeh, what number was I)
<Chop>
Yuuta: Hmm, 058, 058
Mike: 061, 061
Mike and Yuuta: Congratulations----!! Thanks!
Yuuta: There's something in your hood
Mike:Heh?
pg 10
Mike:...an earring...
Mike: (It's beautiful...)
Mike: It's Black-kun's...
Yuuta: (Black-kun?)
Yuuta: Who's that?
Lady: (Congratulations)
Yuuta: Hmmm...something like that happened...
Yuuta: But, you know
Yuuta: If you met here, won't you see him in school?(Why don't you
return it then?)
pg 11
Mike: Urmmm...
Mike: Yeah, but
Mike: His expression was that of having failed! (That's definitely how
it was!)
<The sureness of one who passed>
Yuuta: Well, then, what can you do
Mike: Hmmmm, hmmmm
Mike and Yuuta's stomachs: Grrooowwwwwllllll Grrrr Grrrr
Mike and Yuuta: (What shall we do)
Mike and Yuuta: (Pu)
Mike and Yuuta: Well! First we have to celebrate! Let's
eat!
Mike and Yuuta: (Ya-Hoo!)
Mike: __But you know
pg 12
Mike: Black-kun, standing alone in the middle of the white snow
Mike: Had such a strong presence that it seemed he was asdkfj everything
around him.
Mike: Yes
Mike: It was a black that sfsad more than anything else
pg 13
Yuuta: See you later then
Mike: Yup, later
Mike: "I'm Home!"
Mike: (Praise me, praise me!)
Mike: YYYeaaahh!! We both got in!
Mike's Mom: Congratulations, you were late getting home, I was worried
Phone home at least!
Mike: (Sorry!)
Mike: We celebrated at McDonalds
pg 14
Mike's mom: (But)Yuu-chan's father will be happy too, he's brought
him up all alone.
And he's a high school student already
Mike: Speaking of whom, today he's coming home late so Yuuta said he'll
eat dinner here
Mike: (Ah, Chiikama<----???)
Mike: (He'll be here after he changes)
Mike's mom: Oh? Well then, we'll have to feed him well
Yuuta: Pu-haa, I ate well I'm full
[Miake]
pg 15
Yuuta: Your mom's cooking is definitely the best
Yuuta: (burp)(Thanks for the delicious meal)
Mike: (U fu fu)
Mike: Hey, I have something fun
[Album]
Mike: Da-dummm
Yuuta: Ooh, how nostalgic Let's go through it
Yuuta: Your and my albums have mostly the same pictures in them, huh?
Mike: There's no help for it, we've been next door neighbours since
birth
Yuuta: That's right
Mike: Right
pg 16
Mike: ...And we're even going to the same high school...
Yuuta: ...For another three years, yoroshiku (I don't know how to translate
this)
Mike: ...Yup
(Knock knock)
Mike's mom: Miake, hurry up and...
Mike's mom: ...these children can't be helped
Mike's mom: (Really)
pg 17
Mike's mom: ...Good night...
pg 18
[30th Kitasumi Middle School Graduation Ceremony]
Students: (Bye bye~) (Keep in touch)
Mike: Aah. Maybe I'm getting to be a cold person
Mike: It's the last of middle school and I couldn't even cry
Yuuta: Well, me too
Yuuta: Don't worry about it, there's no reason for us to cry
Yuuta: From now on there's only fun things awaiting us (I'm going to
play soccer in high school)
Mike: ........
Mike: That's good
Mike: Yuuta, you always think about the future (How mature)
Yuuta: It's just that Mike, you don't think enough
Mike: (Horrible)
pg 19
Mike: ...A...(That's right)
Mike: This earring...
Mike: Whooa, cute!
Mike: Right?
Yuuta: Asking me "Right?"...
Yuuta: (I wanted to play with friends)
Yuuta: I wondered where you would bring me on this important spring
break, and...
Mike: I wanted to check out about how much this earring is worth
Mike: This store is cute, eh? (Are you mad?)
Yuuta: Oh really
pg 20
Yuuta: What a waste of time...
Yuuta: Ah! This mountain bike!
Yuuta: This is the one I've wanted for so long! Cool!
Yuuta: It's so great, I'd love to ride it--...
Yuuta: Mm?
pg 21
Yuuta: ........
Mike: Diamond!?
Salesclerk: Yes, it's a platinum and diamond earring
Salesclerk: I think it's pretty expensive (Here you are)
Mike: I didn't realize it was such an expensive thing...what should I do?(Maybe I should go to a police box)
Salesclerk: Miss
pg 22
Salesclerk: Since you're here, why don't you get your ears pierced?
(I'll make it cheap)
Mike: ...Piercing...that would be nice...
Mike: ...But it seems painful, and I'm scared of doing it alone--
Yuuta: Hoo, Mike--! I just met the nicest person over there (I don't know who it is, but)
Yuuta: Ah, you know, I wanted this model too (It's really cool huh?)
Guy: ....
Yuuta: Would you let me ride it..possibly?
Yuuta: (Just for a little bit)
Guy: .....
pg 23
Guy(in Yuuta's memory): If we ever meet again
Yuuta: He said...huh?
Mike: (Yes, that was not a nice person)
Mike: Forget that, Yuuta
Mike: Will you get a piercing with me?
Yuuta: Eh?
Yuuta: Eh? [Sparkle] Eh?
Yuuta: GYAAA!!!!
pg 24
[Entrance Ceremony]
[thump][thump]
Mike: Aah, I'm so nervous, I'm so happy
Yuuta: .....
Mike: Hey Yuuta, put on a smile
Yuuta: Look you, see this? After that, it swelled up, it was really
bad!!
Mike: I said I was sorry-Ouch!
Mike: Waaa, I apologized so much
pg 25
Yuuta: ...But I'm glad, we're in the same class (Let's go)
Mike: ...ok.
[1-A Girls]
Mike: Um, is it here?
Announcer: Please take your seats in your class sections...
Mike: ...Wow...
Mike: What a pretty girl (I want to be her friend)
Mike: ...Excuse me [thump][thump]
Announcer: Well then, now we'll...
pg 26
Mike: I'm from Kita Middle School, my name's Miake Yoshida
Mike: Yoroshiku----
Mike: Umm--?
Mike: ...Could she not hear me?...
Announcer: Now then-------
Announcer: Please return to your classrooms
Students: (Ah, yoroshiku)
[1-A]
Mike: Haa---for some reason, I suddenly feel apprehensive...
(slip)
Mike: WA!
pg 27
(thud)
Mike: Aah
Mike: ---...this feeling...
Guy: Ow
Mike and Yuuta: Aa! Ah! Ah! Aa! a
pg 28
Mike: Black-kun!!
Yuuta: Bisekoo-kun!!
(->Black-kun, Bisekoo-kun)
Male students: Hey, Bisekoo is talking about bicycle, right?
Male students: Don't make up nicknames right after starting school
Male students: (They're both weird names)
pg 29
Mike: Then you did get into this school (and in the same class!)
Yuuta: Hey, about that bike
Mike: Thanks for helping me that time
Yuuta: All through spring break I was thinking
Yuuta: I looked for you in town, but you weren't there
Mike: Ah, you just helped me again now, thank you
Yuuta: Your promise
Mike and Yuuta: (Hey hey)
Guy: One at a time
Mike: (Waa an Iron Claw) {ed. I think this is a Bruce Lee
move, check Enter the Dragon}
[Nachi]
Mike: (ah) Your name is Nasu-kun
Mike: What an appropriate name
Mike: The vegetable nasu (eggplant) is black too
Nasu: .....
Yuuta: Dummy, Mike! You read that 'Nachi'!
Other students: (That's right)(That's right)
Mike: Eh? A-So-Sorry
Nasu: (I really don't care)
pg 30
Mike: That day, you lost an earring, right?
Mike: I've kept it, thinking to return it
Nasu: .....I don't know anything about it
Mike: Eh? No way, it's definitely Nasu-kun's
Nasu: My ears aren't pierced (let me go)
Mike: Just wait a second!
Mike: See look, you do have your ears...
Mike: pierced
Mike: Eh?
pg 31
Mike: Kya!
Nasu: I don't want it!
pg 32
Student: (Scary)
Yuuta: Ah-Nachi! What I was talking about-
Mike: .......
Mike: Wh-
Mike: Whhhyyy---? He didn't have to
Mike: Get so mad, did he?
(throb)
Mike: ...marks...
Mike: Nasu-kun is a black that isn't absorbed by anything
Mike: A black that sucks in everything
Mike: --and he also
Mike: marked me with a little black--...
End of Chapter 1
