Posted by Nina on 3/1/2003, 9:57 pm ((c)Nina, last updated 3/1/03)
Message modified by board administrator 3/2/2003, 12:00 am
Touma: "For example, during the fight with Youja, we are only junior high students. However, Shin, the high school student, (imitating Shin's tone) "I have to fight even when I can't get the credits!" (Note: Touma used "Boku" here to address himself. "Boku" is a polite self-address term, and Shin is the only one among the troopers who uses this term to address himself)
Shuu: "Who is 'BOKU", WHO IS?"
Touma: "(Imitating Shin's tone) Even though my dream is to have maybe a farm, to grow maybe some cherry tomatos in the countryside at Yamaguchi Province (Note: Shin lives in Yamaguchi Province, in Southwest Japan) quietly by myself..."
Seiji: "I recalled Shin mentioned that his family does not own any farm."
Touma: "(imitating Shin's tone)...and there are cute dogs, cats, dragonflies, pheasants, monkeys, mongooses, Yanbarukuina (Note,Yanbarukuina is a kind of bird that only resides at Yanbaru, Okinawa province, the Southern Island of Japan)...."
Seiji: "Why is there Yanbarukuina in Yamaguchi Province?"
Touma: "(Imitating Shin's tone)..The Wife goes to the mountain to do the laundry, I go to the river to bully [others]..... "(Note 1: "iji-waru" means ill-natured, bully. It may be used to describe anything from a light case (such as always teasing others) to a very serious case (such as bully someone to the point that this person refused to go to school.) (Note 2: In Japanese folk tale, it's a common way to describe a typical elder couple's daily life by saying "Ojii-san [old man] goes to the mountain lumbering, Obaa-san [old man's wife] goes to the river doing the laundry." Touma's sentence here is a parody of it. And yes, Touma said wife goes to the "mountain" instead of saying the "river". After all, Shin is the one that connect with water [river].)
Shuu: "This [bully] part does sound like him."
Touma: "(Imitating Shin's tone) But even such small dreams are destroyed by Arago and the Funny Party." (Note: "yukai" means pleasant/silly/funny)
Seiji: "Touma is much more funnier than they are."
Touma: "(Imitating Shin's tone) I....hate Arago!"
Ryo: "(screaming) IT'S ALL MY FAULT!!"
Shuu: "W....Why so suddenly!!"
Ryo: "It's...It's just because that I'm not dependable, Shin can't go home even when he wanted to!"
Seiji: "If he really wanted to go home, he would go no matter what."
Ryo: "I know that just because I acted so unmanly..."
Shuu: "(imitating Ryo's tone)..and caused everyone so much trouble."
Ryo: "I WON'T FORGIVE YOU!! SHUU!! STOP JOKING!!"
Shuu: "I apologize....I APOLOGIZE!!"
Ryo: "Shin....if something happened to Shin, I'll,I'll..."
Seiji: "Ryo! It's not only your fault!"
Ryo: "Seiji!"
Seiji: "I also troubled him a lot. I must be blamed that I left Shin taking care of all the housework just because he is good with it."
Shuu: "Me too...although I just made Ryo angry..."
Ryo: "Shuu!"
Shuu: "Me, too. I always fight with him. I ate the cheesecake that he saved carefully for later without telling anyone. I keep silence when I broke his book. I acted like I didn't know anything when I broke his bed. At midnight, I ate all the rice that he cooked to be make into rice balls on the following day. I stole all his main dishes during dinner. In addition, I..."
Ryo: "THAT'S NOT IT!! IT MUST BE MY FAULT!"
Seiji: "NO, IT IS MINE."
Shuu: "NO, MINE."
Ryo: "I'M THE ONE TO BLAAAAAMED!!" SHIIIIIIN!!!(screaming)"
(door opened)
Shin: "What?"
Ryo: "(long pause)....Shin?"
Shin: "Hey...Ryo. What's wrong? Why are you so tearful?"
Seiji: "Shin...you, what happened with the doctor."
Shin: "He is gone for quite a while"
Shuu: "You...but you looked so painful at the time."
Shin: "[It's not worth] No mention of it! It's just the appendix. Nowaday I can take the medicine and suppress it, so it's not very painful anymore. However, I thought it's a good chance anyway, so I asked the doctor to cut it just in case."
Ryo: "(lower the voice)....the fight with Youja..."
Seiji: "(lower the voice)...the cherry tomato in the farm..."
Shuu: "(lower the voice)...go to the river to bully...."
Shin: "Everyone, what are you guys talking about? I did tell Touma that "It felt like the appendix. The medication is working, so don't worry about me.""
All 3: "WHAAT? TOUUMAA!"
(bird singing)
Touma: "Ah! Sounds like the rain finally stopped."
All 3: "TOUUUUMAAAAA!"
Touma: "Then, Shin, let's go and get your appendix."
