Short Note at the beginning:
Othello by Satomi Ikezawa
Released in monthly Betsufure Magazine/ Kodansha

italics- thoughts
*actions*- description of what happens
//sound words//
(translators opinion)

Thanks to mylk and Lee for translations help!!!


Nana: I am Nana
Yaya: I am Yaya
Both: Like two sides of a medal…
Both: We complement one to another..

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*Nana has her hand around Yaya, she's making the "rock sign", both are smiling*
We are one person!


Othello Ch. 7: "Happening Rain"
(Hey that's not my translation, that what's the title says in Katakana)

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Moriyama: Hey Yaya!
Yaya: Eh?

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Yaya (completely shocked): Mo-mo-mo-mo-moriyama. J-j-just now…
//kyaaaa//
Moriyama: I didn't do anything
Yaya: This Ya-Ya-Yaya
Moriyama: Because I called you Yaya?
//zukuuuun//
*Yaya is completly done*
Moriyama: I prefer Yaya over Higuchi. I can leave out one syllable. It's more practical for me.
(He means it like "Ya-ya" (2) and "Hi-gu-chi" (3), however…)
Moriyama: That's why you can also stop adding "-kun" when you speak to me.
Yaya…
*Yaya looks extremely happy*
Yaya: O-Okay. I'll try.
He called me Yaya…!

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Moriyama: Now that I think about it… Wanna come to our next live concert?
*Yaya looks even more happy*
Yaya: I'll go, I'll go! How much is it?
Moriyama: It's for free. The event is an open air concert.
//pichin//
Yaya: Heee?
Moriyama: … but could you do us a favour?
Moriyama: Could you distribute flyer for us? Hm?
(What the heck is a "chirashi"???)
Moriyama (small text above his head): To promote our band
Moriyama: We need a helping hand…
Dart: That's the reason for the invitation!

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Moriyama: We also wanted to know if you'd like to joint our band's staff.
//nishishi//
…I am
A member of the staff of Moriyama-kun's band…..?

Yaya: C…could I do this?
*Moriyama grins and makes the V-sign*
Moriyama: No problem. You only have to distribuite our flyers.
Yaya: I…I'll do it.
Yaya: I'll do my best
//pekooooo//
Yaya: I want to do it!!
Moriyama: Okay, it's settled!

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*Yaya excited*
Yaya: I'll do my best. What's with the preparations? Where do I have to go and when? Do you want me to bring something along?
(motsu here actually means "to have something")
//awa awa awa awa//
Moriyama: Cool down. It's nothing to lose control of.
Moriyama: Come 30 minutes before the beginning.
Yaya: All right.
(Direct translation: So that's how it is)
Moriyama: Do you also want to watch our practise?
Moriyama: But then you'll have much time until the actual performance.
Yaya (happy): Okay!

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*Yaya is in her room, searching for clothes*
Yaya: Wh…what's that? What should I wear
Yaya: I found …
Yaya: …those clothes… No!
*Yaya is holding up her cosplay clothes*
//bou//
*Yaya closes her eyes*
a dream…
It feels like a dream….

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*Yaya comes to the stage*
Woah, it's real big..
Moriyama: Yayaaaaaaaaaa!
Moriyama: Heeeeey!
Moriyama: Did you decide on the little girl style today?
*he's looking at her clothes, Yaya gets a shock*
Yaya: Eeeh? Aren't they okay?! Not good for your staff? *sweatdrops*

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Moriyama: It's all right, it fits to you.
*Yaya blushes*
Yaya: Th… thank you….
//kaaaa//
Moriyama: I'll introduce you to the members
Moriyama: Awane-kun, he plays the guitar. It's Awa-chan
Awane: Cheese!
Moriyama: Then there's Furota-kun on the drums. He's Furo-chan
Furota: Hey
Moriyama: Ukon-kun play bass.
Ukon: Nice to meet you
Moriyama: And I. We 4 are "Blackdog"
*Yaya blushes and bows*
Yaya: Nice to meet you. I'm Higuchi Yaya.
//kachin kochin//
Moriyama: Don't be so formal, they won't do anything to you.
Members: Cut it out, Moriyama. You are still in high school.

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Moriyama: Ah! Here you are.
*Moriyama puts the backstage pass on Yaya's forehead*
//Pito//
Yaya: What's that?
Moriyama: The backstage pass. It's the proof that you are from our staff. Without this you casn't go backstage.
Guy at sound machine: Blackdog, please come to the soundcheck.
?: Hey, he meant us.
Moriyama: And this thing is for your clothes.
*Moriyama points at Yaya's pass that is still on her forehead*
Yaya: It's not there for putting on your body?
He could have said so earlier
*Yaya sity down*
But I'll…
…treasure this for the rest of my life.

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Moriyama: Excuse me, I'd like to have more sound on the monitor.
Ukon: And also more bass.
I'm a newbie….
("shinsen" means "fresh" or "new")
It's my first time at a performance like this….
Loudspeaker: Blackdog has 5 more minutes.
Awane: Let's play the new song another time. I'm still insecure.
Ukon: Me either.
Moriyama: What's with you guys. I have no mercy with you.
*However Moriyama also fails*
Moriyama: …
//paku paku//
Dart: Forgot the lyrics
Band member: No way, you're an idiot.
Moriyama: So…sorry. Once more.
*Yaya giggles*

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Band member: One ,two, three…
*Blackdog begins to play*
//baan//
*Yaya is surprised*

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*Moriyama is singing, Yaya is looking at him*

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Moriyama: Please support us later during the main performance.
Guy from the soundcheck: Good luck
Yaya: Moriyama,-kun, I absolutely liked the last song.
Moriyama: Really, really? It's our newest song, we also like it.
(that's not the exactly what Moriyama says here, but you know, some things are really short in Japanese and have a longer meaning in English. It means something like "we did this song with a lot of self confidence". Thanks go to Alina!)
Furota: Don't praise him, otherwise he'll take off.
Ukon: That's right, that's right.
Moriyama: Shut up. I'm a genius.
//idede//
Yaya: Moriyama, you created that song…? Cool
Moriyama: Except of the members, you are the first person to hear that song.
I am the first person….
Yaya: Uwa, what an honour.

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Moriyama: Our band will have a meeting now to discuss the performance. Is it okay for you to be by yourself for some time.
Yaya: All right!
*Yaya walks away happily, she passes by a blond haired guy with sunglasses and a black shirt*
Yaya: Where should I go?
*As Yaya walks away we see the guy for another time, he's looking on the ground*
(And even though we shouldn't be able to tell from his looks, every reader already knows who THAT guy is….)
*On the streets*

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It's so cool
I can't get this last song out off my head, although I only heard it one time.
I'm so happy

/gyahahahahaha//
Smoking woman 1: This girl who's just crossing the streets…
//gyaa gyaa//
Today my heart is filled with Moriyama-kun's song.
Nothing can bring me down now

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Moriyama-kun's song…
…makes me extremely happy.

Smoking woman 1: No way, is that true!?
//kuru//
*her burning cigarrette touchesYaya's dress*
//tschuu//
Yaya: Kyaa
//tschu tschu tschu//
Yaya: a..aaah

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Smoking woman 1: Ah, no way, I'm sorry.
*The women just leave*
Smoking woman 2: Idiot!
Smoking woman 1: My cigarette's gone out, can I have your lighter?
The dress I chose to wear today….
my backstage pass I wanted to treasure for the rest of my life

*There's a big whole in Yaya's dress and on one edge of her backstage sticker*
*The traffic light turn green*
//chika chika//
Why am I unable to talk
Why is this happening to me?

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Why didn't I talk back to these people!?
//papapa//
Cardriver: Don't just stand there!
//papaaaaaaaaaaa//
Cardriver: Move!
Cardriver: Do you want me to kill you?
(Not sure about last line >_<)
*Yaya's slowly looking up*

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Nana: Hey, smoking girls, wait up!
Smoking girl 1: Did you hear anything?
*The smoking girls turn around, they are in shock*
*Nana is standing on a car*
Nana: Do you think your sorry just now was enough?

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//da//
Smoking girl 1: C'mon, let's go! What's with this girl.
Nana* wait up!
*Nana chases them*
//da//
*Nana grabs them*
//ba//
Smoking girls: Kyaaa

Nana: This outfit was darn expensive and I burned myself.
Smoking girls: H…haa
Nana: And you can't buy this pass with money.
(here the meaning is more like "this pass means so much to me!)
Smoking girls: Is that so?

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*Nana is holding the cigarettes to the girl's faces*
Nana: The test of yourage by burning you ciagarette on you skin…
(That's exactly how it was described in the dictionary O_O)
Nana: Do you know it?
Smoking girls: Forgive uuuuuuuuuuuuus!
*outside a shop*
Saleswoman/-man: Thank you very much!

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*the smoking girl bought Nana a new outfit*
Smoking girl 1: Cooool, it really fits you!
Smoking girl 2: Awesome!
Nana: Something's still missing.
Smoking girls: See ya, we're leaving!
Nana: wait!

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*back at the festival*
?: The weather doesn't look to good, right?!
Ukon: Uwaaa, please no rain!
Moriyama: Where's Yaya?
Awane: Maybe she lost her way. She appeared kinda clumsy to me.
Awane: Who's contributing the flyers now?
Moriyama (thinking): Well she is clumsy.
Moriyama (thinking): Where could she be?
Smoking girl 1: Waaah, you look great!
Smoking girl 2: Sooo cool!

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*Nana has a new hairstyle now*
Nana: Well…
Nana: That's how I am. Really cool.
Nana: But… something's still missing.
Smoking girls: Ge!!! She still wants something.
*Nana got a navel piercing*
//niiiiii//
//kira//
Nana: It's perfect now!

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Nana: This time, I'll show mercy.
Smoking girls (thinking): I could kill her
Nana: What?
Smoking girls: Nothing!!
Nana: And be cautious with your cigarettes.
Nana: So…
Nana: This would be the punishment from heaven

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Nana: …
Smoking girls (thinking): Die… die…
*it starts raining*
//po po po//
Nana: Rain?
*it's past 3.15 already*
No way, I forgot the time

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*Nana arrives at the festival, the band has already begun to play*
It already started…
Sorry Moriyamaaaaa

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*it rains even more now*
//dosabaaaaaaaaaa//
Nana: Ge!
Audience: Noooo
Aah, it doesn't look good for Moriyama
Moriyama: Hya, what's that
Moriyama: Everyone, I'm sorry. I'm not to blaim, only…
I pity him
Moriyama: I think it's typical for a happening, isn't it.
Moriyama: It makes a concert turn out cool and fun.
(those two lines are real simple, but it's almost impossible to put them into English imho)
*Moriyama tries to cheer the crowd up*

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Moriyama: And I hope no one here feels different
*the crowd screams*
//waaaaaaaaaaaah//
Nana: Yaaaaaay!
Nana: 10 000 points to Moriyama
Moriyama: Soooo… our newest song now!

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*Blackdog starts playing*
//Ban//
Nana (thinking): Cool! The song from before!

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//batchiiiii/
*Moriyama touches the microphone with his mouth and gets an electricity shock*
What? Just now…
Guy: Damn he got an electricity shock
Nana (thinking): An electricity shock…?

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Moriyama looks okay
Only his voice…

Guy 1: I think just now the microphone gave up.
Guy 2: No, the microphone is working…
Guy 1: Then why can't you hear the vocals?
Moriyama (thinking): My voice…
Moriyama (thinking): I lost it.

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Moriyama (thinking): Because of this electricity shock, I lost my voice.
*everybody is staring*
Moriyama……!!

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Awane (thinking): No way, we should stop.
Furuta (thinking): Aah!
*Nana goes up on the stage*
*she takes the microphone and starts singing*

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Moriyama (thinking): What's with her?

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Moriyama (thinking): But she….
Moriyama (thinking): … isn't bad!!

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*they are performing together*

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*the crowd cheers them up*
//waaaaaaah//
*In the crown we see the man with the sunglasses and the black T-shirt from before. He's removing his sunglasses and he is smiling a little*
Guy: …
Guy: I'm soaking wet.

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Nana: Sorry for just coming up here. However he wrote this song.
Nana: But I had to help Moriyama just now.
Nana: So… that's it.
*Moriyama is staring at her*
//ihihi//
Moriyama (thinking): Y… you!
//poku poku//

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Moriyama (thinking): You are the one from the last live concert.
Moriyama (thinking): The kissing woman!!!
Moriyama (thinking): But the text from our new song…
Moriyama (thinking): How did you know it? Are you a spy?
Nana: Moriyama, did you lose your voice? So unlucky!
Crowd: Sing another song with them!
Crowd: Right, continue!
//muuuuuu//
Dart: Moriyama is to pity.
*Awane shows Nana the playlist*
Awane: Do you know the next song?
Nana: Yes, I know it.
Dart: Playlist

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Awane: Your voice will be okay Moriyama. But for now, we should trust this girl, otherwise we have to cancel the concert.
Awane: But if you aren't okay with this…
*Moriyama goes to Nana and pats her shoulder*
*He's doesn't look happy, but she smiles at him*

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Nana: So I'm going to sing another song for you!
//waaaaaaaaah//
Nana: Let's hope that Moriyama's voice will be okay soon.

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*Nana points to Awane*
Nana: Guitar!
It's so much fun!

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*Nana holds the microphone cloase to her navel piercing and also gets an electricity shock*
//batchiiiiiii//
Guy: Not again….
Guy (tho it looks as if Moriyama is saying this, but he has no voice O_o): Stop!
?: Are you all right?

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*Yaya can't move, she's still in the same position*

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Yaya: Ah…
Yaya: I…
Moriyama: Good that you are okay. And I have my voice back.
Yaya: Aah, I… what I am doing…
Yaya: Wh…what…
Yaya: What am I doing here…?
//gaku gaku//
Yaya: Mo...
Yaya: Moriyama

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Moriyama (laughing): Did the electricity shock affect your brain?
Moriyam: Heey, kissing woman. What do you remember?
Yaya: Ki…kissing woman? Are you talking about me?
Yaya: Mo… Moriyama-kun…
Yaya* It hurts…
*Yaya has tears in her eyes and Moriyama is suddenly staring at her*

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Moriyama (thinking): Just now… what did she say?…..
Moriyama-kun…..?
….."kun"….?
Moriyama: Y...you
*Moriyama covers his mouth with his hand*
Moriyama: That's impossible. You are….
Moriyama: Ya….

OTHELLO CHAPTER 7 END