Translated by Kudou Omi
Note: I already wanted to apologize. This translation is far from being perfect, I'm sure there are mistakes and misunderstandings, but you must know that I started to study Japanese quite recently and I can't Translate Japanese without a dictionary. Also sorry, my English isn't perfect either since it's not my first language. Still I hope this translation will help you understand this great manga. Enjoy!
Legend: When someone is talking, there are either " " or not, depends if it's main text or small handwritten sentences. Thoughts are between / /. Texts in blocks (often thoughts or narration) are in [ ]. Description are in * *. I renew these signs with each new bubble, even if it�s the same character talking/thinking (I hope it will make it easier for you to follow). Also, after their first appearance, I reference to some characters with the first letter of their name, like Y for Yoshitsune etc� It's about all! ^^;
This was done by a fan who just wants to spread her love for Yorozuya. I earn no money doing this, since I own no rights on the manga. If you notice mistakes or just want to give your opinion, feel free to mail me here: [email protected]. Thank you!
P4
*inside a burning house*
Yoshitsune : �Father ! Mother !� �Are you ok ?� *he finds his parents, but they�re separated by fallen blocks*
Shima-san (Yoshitsune�s father) : �Yoshitsune ! Go out of there first !�
Y : �But��
S-san : �We�ll join you later.� �Trust me.� *smile*
*the fire suddenly spreads*
Y : *crying* �FATHER !�
P5
Y : *waking up in his room* �Hu ? What ? Since when have I been sleeping ?�
*the computer beeps*
Y : �Ho ? An access came.�
(message) Responsible person for the Jack of all trades : Shima Yoshitsune-sama, 1 work request; Since I don�t have much time I thought I should specify the date and time. I want to directly give you the details of the request�
Y : �The name is� -Suruga Kaori-� a woman ?� �Tomorrow 10am, on the bench under the clock tower in the hill public park��
*waiting on the said bench*
P6
Y : �But it�s already past 10, that jerk�� [� Take the same magazine as me � as a sign is ok but this woman�] Impossible ! I�ve been deceived ? ? ? ? �Suruga you bastard ! ! Don't think because you'r from Toukaidou like me that I'll forgive you! ! !� *angry*
People : What the hell with this high schooler ?
Y: �No matter how beautiful she is� no� I won�t forgive� no way��
?: *someone coming from behind* �Hey!�
Y: *turns* �What hey!!! I�m not a kid, I don�t need to be guid��
Man: �Sorry. I�m late.� *shows the same magazine as Yoshitsune*
P7
Y: *stunned* �The same face as on the magazine��
Man: �It�s me too.� �My real name is Suruga Kaori.� �Kyou is my modeling name.�
Y: �Ha� since it was Kaori I thought you were a woman.�
Kaori: �Now that you mention it, you look like an high school boy.�
Y: �That�s because I had a startled voice� By the way I should tell you my name� �I�m Yorozuya�s Shima Yoshitsune.�
K: �Ok! To put it bluntly, I wanted to hire you because of your great reputation.�
Y: �Can you tell me about your request right now. CM Drama�s growing top model Kyou is��
K: �Stoooooooop�
P8
K: �Don�t call me Kyou.�
Y: He�s of the difficult kind� �I got it, Kaori-chan.�
K: � First, this strange letter from a fan reached the agency.� �The sender is a certain �snowman�.� �It�s the 30th letter this month. The subject looks like a love letter, it begins with �I love you�.� *sits on the bench* �Then it goes on describing my actions.�
Y: ��snowman�� is it about a snowman?� �Do you have any love interest or connection?
K: �No one.� �Second, I had a silent phone call at home.�
Y: �Silent? Weren't the letters received at your agency? He can�t have gotten your phone number thanks to the address.�
P9
Y: �I guess you feel bad because you�re being spied.�
K: �Exactly. So I want you to investigate about this snowman�s real nature.� *lights a cigarette up*
Y: *shocked by the flame* �I also have a favor to ask you�� �don�t smoke in front of me.�
K: �Haa� Sorry.� *gets rid of his cigarette*
Y: �By the way, you�re younger than me�
K: *puzzled* �Hu? How old is Shima-san?�
Y: �I�m 18.�
K: Heeeeeeeeeeeee!!? �You�re older than me by two years?!� *sweatdrop*
Y: Shut up! �Let�s first investigate at your house.�
P10
*the scene switches to Kaori�s place*
Y: �There are no bugs, no hidden camera either�
K: *drinking what is most probably beer* �Shima-san is very skilled!�
Y: �It�s because my father was a detective.�
K: �Was?�
Y: �Yes�� *opens a drink* �You said the letters arrived at your agency. If this man has checked in the garbage, it�s a good way to get your agency.� *drinks* �If Kaori-chan is ok, I�d like to be your guard for some time, during the investigation.�
K: �No problem, it�s ok!�
Y: �Tell me� I thought about something some time ago� It�s unusual, you looked like you were talking to me as a friend.� �I thought models were more high-handed. It�s totally different from what I had expected.� It�s good though. *noticing Kaori�s silence* �Ha� You feel bad?�
K: �I didn�t say that.�
Y: �Hu?�
P11
K: �I like when Shima-san calls me Kaori� *smile*
Y: Hu? *blush* [He�s really a model. He�s an expert at charming people�]�By the way, do you have a girlfriend?�
K: �No no.� why?
Y: �I thought that if you had a girlfriend the stalker may give up.�
K: �It�s impossible, Yukinobu-san wouldn�t forgive me.�
Y: �Yukinobu?�
K: � He�s my severe manager since my debut. Well, there�s no one I love right now.� �But on the contrary the guy would aim at my girlfriend� HA!� *realizes something* �Wh�what�s this!?�
P12
K: �Shima-san�has really a cute face��
Y: Hu? *sweatdrop*
K: �With some make-up it should be ok. Also with clothes��
Y: �Wait wait waiiiiiiiiit!�
K: �But Shima-san, you said yourself the stalker would stop if I had a girlfriend. *takes Yoshitsune�s chin in his hand*
Y: �It should turn out well if I entice him out��
K: �EXACTLY SHIMA-CHAN. And tomorrow you�ll come with me to the studio.�
*the day after, at the photographing studio*
Man: Kyou!
K: Ha! �Good morning, Yukinobu-san!�
P13
Yukinobu: �You�re late. You�ll have 5 minutes cut on your midday break.�
K: �I�m sorry�
Yukinobu: �? who is the woman behind you?�
K: �Ha� this girl is��
Y: *dressed as a young woman* �I�m Yoshitsune Shima, Kaori-chan�s girlfriend!� Nice to meet you!
Yukinobu: �A girlfriend!? Kyou� you��
K: �No, actually Shima-san is� OUCH! *is being hit by Yoshitsune*
Y: � You told me to be quiet and cute!� hohohoho
K: *to Yoshitsune* �What�s with Shima-san?� *not at ease*
Y: *to Kaori* �We don't know where is the enemy!� �The ones who deceive you first are friends.� �Because lying can sometimes be the simplest thing to do.�
P14
Yukinobu: �Well, since you�re truthful��
Y: [Is it that simple? The studio inspection didn�t reveal anything strange�] [He wasn�t as severe as Kaori-chan said.] [A real fan could steal in rather easily I guess] [Moreover something unusual would attract attention]
P15
Y: /Somehow� he looks like a different person. Is this� Kyou?/
Man: �Hi! Are you Kyou�s girlfriend?�
Y: �Hu?� yes
Man: �I�m in the same model agency as Kyou. I�m Miyazawa Atsushi� Nice to meet you. �Were you surprised?� �About Kyou�s transfiguration.�
P16
Atsushi: �He�s got such a great fame in business.� �Since his debut as a model at 10 years old and up to now, this �properly used� assistance�� �I really admire him too.�
Y: /hum� Certainly, the fact of being observed is in his job�/
Man: �Atsushi! Could you come please?�
Atsushi: �I�m coming!� *to Yoshitsune* �See you!�
Someone: �It was perfect, Kyou!�
Y: /I�m realizing there�s a fragrance, a perfume in the studio/
P17
Y: /Kaori-chan is ok/ Thankfully *sweatdrop* / what?/ /Someone�s looking at me�?/ / I can also feel hatred�/ /Yukinobu�..!?/ /that guy�/
P18
Y: *opens a door* �Kaori-chan!� �Could you tell me everything you know about this Yukinobu?�
K: �Shima-san opened the door violently�� �What did Yukinobu-san do?�
Y: �No�� /hu?/
K: �Yagami Yukinobu is 30, single. After he graduated from college, he entered the company as an employee.� �He�s been my manager since I began 6 years ago and has always offered his assistance.� �I thought your preference was to appreciate movies��
Y: �Wai� wait!� �Who� are you?�
P19
K: �I am Kyou.� �I appear when I am working. Shall we say that I am another personality. Since recently I have this job and I have merely enough time to have fun.� �To be a model let me very few time. Kyou appeared since this time.� �But now, to go on doing this job, I have to divide personalities. Also this business is very confusing and there is a section too.� �That�s why� a distinction between Kaori and Kyou�s time was made.� �You call Kyou the model, and I wanted you to call the visible being Kaori.� �Because I thought who Shima-san would like to meet was Kaori.�
P20
Y: �Why� saying such a thing to me�" *sweatdrop*
K: �It�s simple� �I wanted to know what kind of person was the man who managed Yorozuya. I wanted to have a proper request and the opportunity came.�
Y: � But I� do this job to get money. Your expectations are not like his.�
K: �No� �Could Shima-san call him Kaori as usual.�
Y: /What is he saying? He�s got the same smile as Kaori./
K: �If you only watch Kaori as usual, it will be enough.�
Y: �You�re wrong� /There is no reason that he catches my attention because he�s a model. At that time, these kind eyes and this smile had charmed me/ �Kaori-chan too, Kyou too�� /For father�s manners and his warm smile/
P21
Y: �You lump everything together.� �It�s because of you.� �Don�t flee, it�s useless to try to escape.� �I have been doing my best too.� �Two years ago, my home caught fire.� �At that time a series of fires occurred. My father was investigating the case.� �He concluded that the crime was committed late at night. Most people escaped too late and families died.� �My family wasn�t an exception.� �Father and mother too, they told me a kind lie so that I could escape.� /Trust your father/
p22
Y: �They died.�
K: �I... I'm sorry�� �That�s why that time Shima-san didn�t want me to smoke.�
Y: �I got it.� �From now on we both won�t do anything unreasonable. We�ll do our best.�
P23
K: �You�re ok now?�
Y: ��� �When did Kaori-chan come back?�
K: �I came back a little while ago, after I stopped working.� �I�ll have an appointment with Yukinobu-san for my schedule in a few minutes. What do we do?�
Y: �Oh yeah! Yukinobu!� �It�s possible that he�s the stalker.�
K: �Hu!?�
Y: �That �snowman�, hasn�t he written about �yagami�, the number �8� and �god�. �Daruma� can come to one�s mind when in association with the number �8�, and��
Yukinobu: *entering the room* �Kyou, we go!�
K: *hiding Yoshitsune who puts back his wig on his head* �WAa!�
Yukinobu: �? What�s happening?�
Kaori: Well� well� �No! It�s nothing at all!�
P24
Yukinobu: *hand reaches for Kaori�s face* �Hasn�t your face a bad color?�
K: �I�m� I�m fine! My stomach hurts a little that�s all.� �I worked a lot, it�s ok.�
Yukinobu: �I see� �Excuse me, Yoshitsune-san, but could you come back later? I�m sorry but I don�t know when we�ll have finished.�
Y: �Ok~! Yukinobu-san, take good care of Kaori-chan!� /that jerk is looking down on me!/ *leaning against a wall after they�re gone* [�Yagami Yukinobu� = �Snowman�] [�8� = �Daruma�, �Yuki� = �snow�, Yukinobu�s attachment for Kaori (�Kyou�) is quite strong] [Also his glare towards me wasn�t normal. As a manager, he can easily get his phone number and know all of his actions]
P25
Y: [Getting more information too�] *exits the room*
?: �Ha! Shima-chan!�
Y: �Ha, the people from that time�� /The same fragrance again!/
Atsushi: �I�m Atsushi! And this person is a new model, Izumi-chan.�
Izumi: �Waa! Cuute! Kyou-san�s girlfriend!�
Y: �Th� Thank you�� *doesn�t seem to be happy*
A: �Compared to Yagami-san for sure.� �This person should be careful because of danger.�
Y: �Hu?�
A: �Once Yagami-san had let drop his notebook and I had a look inside.� �There was a picture of Kyou.�
Y: �Kaori�s�!?�
A: �Yes. That�s why, honestly, that Yagami-san forgives Yoshitsune-chan would be surprising. Up to now, words such as �image going down� are forbidden!�
P26
Y: �Do you have Yagami-san�s business card?�
A: �Hum� Where did I put it��
Izumi: �Since he just gave it to me, I have it!�
Y: �Thank you!� / !! /
A: �Shima-chan, what about having lunch with us?�
Y: �I�m sorry but I�ll pass this time! I borrow this card�
A: � Ok! See you!�
I: *Yoshitsune is away already* �She acts like a guy, just like a message bearer.�
A: �You think so? She�s quite my type.�
*scene changes: Kaori and Yukinobu in a room*
Yukinobu: �Good job� *offers Kaori a hot drink*
K: �Thank you!�
Yukinobu: �Kyou. I�d like you to trust me.�
P27
K: �Trust you?�
*thinks about Yoshitsune�s words*
Y: �It�s possible that Yukinobu is the stalker.�
Yukinobu: �I�m talking about you going down.� �Don�t do that, definitely.�
K: /Impossible� such a thing�/
*scene changes again: Yoshitsune in his bedroom*
Y: [I�m really stupid� Now I have the criminal�s letter�] [� and I just managed to get a business card�]
P28
Y: [ I have to think hard. The criminal is someone within the office.] /Then, it is not Yukinobu!/ [The criminal made a mistake. This �snowman� thought I would charge Yukinobu of being the criminal.] [On the contrary it�s a hint ] /The kanji for �yuki� in the name �Yukinobu� isn�t that of �snow�/ /It is written with the kanji for �shiawase� (happiness)/ [The criminal heard the name Yukinobu, thought it was written with the kanji for �snow� and thus changed it]
P29
Y: �I guess he had it in hand, had a single look at it and couldn�t remember! Haa! I�d like to have another clue!� �I�ll have to see what was used to write this letter, and to compute the area it was sent from thanks to the postmark�� *lets the letter fall on his face* *he suddenly realizes something* �HA!� /that bastard!/
*later*
K: �Shima-san!� *waves hello*
P30
*Yoshitsune pulls his hair so that he can talk in his ear*
K: �OUCH!� *Yoshitsune murmurs (we don�t know what he�s saying)*
Y: *when he�s finished* �See you later! I have to go now!� I have some work to do!
K: �Hu? Wait!�
Yukinobu: �Kyou. Let�s begin the data collecting for the magazine. This person was� Yoshitsune-san?�
Y: �Ha� yes�� �What� Do you think �the riddle was solved�?� you wanted to say it.
Yukinobu: ���
P31
Man: �You worked well.�
Atsushi: �Ha, thank you!� *enters his room*
Y: *waiting for him* �Hi!�
Atsushi: ��Shima-chan?�
Y: �Yes, Mr. Snowman� *shoves him the letter* *Atsushi is shocked*�It was in your bag, right?� �Why?�
P32
A: �That�s because� I asked Kyou if I could help him looking for the criminal�
Y: �Besides there�s no postmark.�
A: �I give up!� �You�ve found me.� �What made you suspicious?�
Y: �First because of �snowman�. Don�t you know how to write properly Yagami�s full name?� �Yukinobu is written with �shiawase� (�happiness�) and �nobiru� (�grow�).�
A: �I see� I was deceived.�
Y: �But what made me realize it was you is the perfume you use.�
A: �Perfume?�
P33
Y: �There are many people here who use perfume. But yours is different from theirs.� �Some time ago I heard someone from the staff saying that yours isn�t sold in the country and is almost impossible to obtain. It�s obvious that in this office you�re the only one to possess it.� �This fragrance was sent with the letter.� �Some of it was washed away.�
A: �When Kyou tried it, it was as if he was more confident.� �I thought this perfume could change weakness into sensibility.� �You�re really an impressive dog!� *Yoshitsune has a nerve popping up* �Kyou is just a scapegoat!�
P34
A: �That guy has much more work than me!� �He is much more famous than me! Although I�m cool� I won�t lose to that jerk with a double personality!� �That�s why� It would be good if he stopped being a model� That�s what I thought.� �But as time passed he didn�t seem to want to quit. He had to stop quickly!�
Y: �You�re not cool.�
P35
Y: �There�s nothing cool in you. But I can understand you.� �This guy is really cool!�
A: �SHUT UP!� �If I snatch you away from Kyou, will you cry?�
Y: That hurts� �What are you��
P36
A: �I heard you say something about being obedient� Wouldn�t it be great?� *lights up a lighter*
Y: [It�s hot� It�s painful�]
A: �It would be bad if this cute face was burnt.�
Y: *flashback* �Father! Mother!� [Help! Father! Mother!]
P37
Y�s father: �We�ll join you later. Trust me.�
Y: [A lie. Father�s lie. I knew these words were only lies.] [Why have you saved me? Now that I�m alone, what good can I do?] [Father! Mother! I beg you to catch my hand!]
P38
?: /You�re not alone!/
K: �Shima-san�
Y: /Kaori�?/
K: �You�re fine now. I�m here.�
Y: /This hand is big and warm�/
K: �Everything is ok.�
Y: /That I have helped them� is only a dream./
P39
*much later*
�One case solved.� Isn�t it?
�Che��
K: �What will you do now, Shima-san?�
Y: �That�s right, you�ll be very busy.� �You broke through, and the kick you gave him was really impressive!�
K: �We~ll�� �But Shima-san�s virtue was in danger�
Y: You�re scary�
K: �By the way! Yukinobu-san made a mistake.� �He apologized for his suspicion.�
Y: �Hu?�
P40
K: �Well to be honest it seems that Yukinobu-san somehow thought you were the stalker.� �He didn�t believe the �girlfriend� stuff and worried.�
Y: /I see�That�s why he held such an hostility against me�/ �What about Atsushi?�
K: �We didn�t want this to become a police case. It seems he�s seriously thinking about what he�s done.�
Y: �Perfect. Because the sense of competition is really violent, here too.� �It�s not unusual.�
K: �From now on, I want to escape from this �Kyou� mask.� �Atsushi had a different method to use this way of fleeing. He thought he was doing something good, but it wasn�t the case. Perhaps was I being cunning too.�
P41
Y: �To escape isn�t being cunning.� �To be cunning is to go on fleeing.� �Until when you�ll stop looking before you.� �Now it�s a match.�
/If we flee, we�ll be able to mutually strike our back./
p42
K: �Hey! By the way! I�d like to have a job in Yorozuya!�
Y: �WHAT? But I don�t have work! What are you saying!!!� You jerk!
K: �It�s ok! And then Shima-san would be my boss!�
Y: �Boss��
K: �And if I get the job, I�ll cook today�s lunch!� *heart*
Y: /What!?!/ �Ok! There�s no other way I guess� Well then! The company�s name is �Yorozuya Toukaidou Honpo�! Let�s start again!�
K: �Shima-san��
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