i live on burger king's daily specials but they make me sick. every time i eat one of their sandwiches i have 10 mins of stomach pain afterwards. yet i still keep eating.
bokura no ibasho
pg.1
/from where I live in Osaka, I rode the shinkansen for 2.5 hours/
/to Tokyo/
teppei: /It's nice~~~~~/
mom: Teppei~ what are you doing, it's time to go~
teppei: coming
pg.2
/from here on this is it/
(wait up mom)
/I will be working in the entertainment industry/
staff: what are your interests?
teppei: I like music
in highschool I played guitar for the folk club
staff: Hmmm-------
staff: thank you for your hard work
teppei: thank you very much
*thud*
teppei: Um...
is it okay for this door to be open?
should I close it?
staff: (ahaha) it doesn't matter
then, how about closing it
teppei: okay!
pg.3
/There is so many things I don't know about/
/I'm uneasy/
teppei: /I couldn't talk well/
/during the photos I definately made a weird face/
/Haa~~~~~~/
/Today/
/I am going to met someone who works in the same company as me/
teppei: Wentz Eiji-kun
staff: He's the same age as Teppei-kun and he also likes music
He has played bass on a program
teppei: program...?
mom: mom knows
he was on "Tensai Terebi-kun"
teppei: Eeh~~~
staff: even though he's the same age as you, in this world, he's your sempai
pg.4
/What/
/What should I do? I'm nervous/
/a geinoujin/
/not to mention/
/also a foreigner!!/
*don don don*
teppei: /Aahh I have to greet him!!/
/but am I really okay with using english/
/Hello-?/
/can I say "hello" at night!?/
/Ah, at night it should be "good night" right!/
/No! that's for sleeping!!/
teppei: Eh
Ah
*don don don*
pg.5
wentz: konbanwa
teppei: /Wa-!!/
/He said "konbanwa"!!/
/What does "konbanwa" mean in japanese!?/
/Japanese.../
teppei: /...huh?/
teppei: kon...banwa...
wentz: do you like gyoza?
teppei: Ah...yeah
wentz: then, gyoza for four
waitress: okay
/.............../
wentz: I did modeling since I was four
it's been more than 10 years now
mom: eh, that's amazing
wentz: So you've come all the way from Osaka today?
/He spoke a lot of japanese.../
pg.6
wentz: want gum?
teppei: eh?
wentz: cuz we just ate gyoza
wentz: here
sfx: *drop*
teppei: /huh/
/even though he's a geinoujin he's super nice/
guy: how about exchanging emails?
wentz: aa
pg.7
/wentz eiji-kun/
/withinin tokyo/
/within the entertainment world/
/my first friend/
wentz: /somehow I only talked to that guy's mom/
/it's like the mom's debuting/
pg.8
teppei: /since going from Osaka to Tokyo for work would be too troublesome/
/I've decided to live in Tokyo by myself/
/the high school I was admitted to is a geinou class/
teppei: /aahhh, that girl's in the morning CM!/
teppei: /amazing, everyone's all sparkling/
/will I really be okay..../
/The day I went to tokyo,/
/my dad, mom, and little brother/
/came with me in the 10 hour ride from Osaka by car/
/"good luck Te-chan!"/
/"Do your best teppei!"/
/my Osaka friends saw me off too/
/"Good luck Koicchi*"/
/"Go for it koiQ*"/
(*nicknames)
pg.9
/I already decided I'm going to do this/
/I'm going for it!!/
eiji: Heyyy~~~~~`
teppei: welcome ei-chan
(you cut your hair)
eiji: sorry for intruding
teppei: ei-chan you're always coming when it's raining
you're definately the "rain boy"
eiji: nah, it's just by chance
teppei: why are you taking off your clothes suddenly
pg.10
eiji: coz I'm wet
teppei: then use an umbrella
eiji: that's bothersome
teppei: ............
teppei: /I sometimes mail eichan or call him/
/in Osaka and Tokyo/
/but since I moved to Tokyo it's now become who's house should we go to talk about music or have (music) sessions/
teppei: okay, kobukuro-san
eiji: aren't you just picking your specialities?
teppei: (ahaha) well, anything is okay
pg.11
/the only thing i have in common with eichan is our love of music/
/other than that we are complete opposites/
/if we were in the same class, we definately wouldn't be friends/
eiji: za~n♪
teppei: ahahaha
eiji: ♪I want someone to listennnn♪
teppei: ♪someone please listennnn~~~♪
eiji: i think we're pretty good at this
teppei: yup I think so
eiji: if we play outside a lot of people would come
like "don't push" "don't push"
teppei: that's too much
eiji: they'll make too much noise!! like a festival!!
teppei: a festival! (ahaha)
pg.12
eiji: encore! encore! Wa~!!
teppei: Ah
teppei: Oh yeah, I bought a new CD
eiji: eh what CD?
teppei: wanna listen?
teppei: the guitar is really good
eiji: yeah it is
teppei: the lyrics and the tune is good too
eiji: yup I like it too
teppei: .....isn't it great
eiji: n?
pg.13
teppei: this kind of music that's able to move people is awesome
teppei: wouldn't it be great if I can make this kind of music
eiji: then make it
eiji: let's make it
teppei: /....it was awesome/
/it was like something magical/
pg.14
teppei: Ok!
/it felt like we could do anything/
manager: then why don't the two of you try street live?
teppei: wo-wow.. there's a lot of people
eiji: ye-yeah
eiji: Let's let everyone listen to our music
teppei: ye-yeah but is it okay just to start suddenly
eiji: i-it's okay isn't it?
eiji: Th-then... please listen to "misaki meguri"
pg.15
/we stood on the street full of self-confidence/
/when I think about it, it was embarrassing/
/we weren't skilled at all/
pg.16
/even though there was a lot of people there/
/no one stopped for us/
/reality/
/wasn't so sweet/
pg.17
eiji: that was completely a failure...
teppei: completely...
eiji: what festival...
teppei: ..........
teppei: ...if we don't practise more it's no good
teppei: we have to practise more if we want to be skilled
teppei: and only then will everyone listen
pg.18
eiji: Okay! Let's do it!
/we praticed nonstop/
/I wanted people to listen/
/I don't want it to be the same as just now/
*piki*
eiji: Arm Cramp!!
teppei: EEH!?
/I wanted someone to listen to the music that we love so much/
pg.19
*su~~*(snore)
*DOKAN* (kicking impact)
*turn*
teppei: *girigirigirigirigirigirigirigirigirigirigirigiri*
eiji: /he's violent and he's noisy/
/I wanted someone to understand the us who love music/
/anyone.../
teppei: ...why
everyone is busy
pg.20
/It's expected that reality isn't so sweet/
teppei: /we practised so much/
/how many times have we stood here/
/with the same result/
girl A: ahh that kid was in a magazine recently
girl B: Ah Wentz!
/Sometimes there were people who stopped/
/But/
pg.21
*flash flash flash*
"Look this way!"
*flash flash flash*
girl C: Aha cute~~~~v
/The music that the two of us had practiced/
/no one listened to it properally
pg.22
*zaa----..*(raining sounds)
teppei: ahh today we can't even do our street live...
eiji: ..............
teppei: ............
/...what should we do/
*pokon pokon*
pg.23
teppei: /when am I suppose to submit this print/
Ah...
classmate A: Ah, tommorow I have a photoshoot for a drama so it's no good
classmate B: Me too, I have to cover an event
classmate C: then, how about the day after tommorow?
classmate A: OK----!
classmate C: yay---
(let's go to karaoke)
(karaoke~~~~)
teppei: ...........
it'll be okay if I turn it in early...
pg.24
teppei: the photos they took the other day
I knew it..my face looks weird...
*flip flip flip*
pg.25
teppei: /ah, I forgot to buy the rice on my way back/
/there's no dinner/
/mom: welcome home Teppei~~/
/dad: how was school today?/
/bro: Tecchan we're having nabe for dinner~~~~/
/When I came here everyone told me "do your best!"/
/But I haven't done anything/
teppei: ......I couldn't do anything...
TV: ....'s live broadcast
pg.26
TV: please enjoy a new song for this week's number 1 ranking
/It's far away/
/Being in the same world as the person inside this TV/
/seems so far away/
pg.27
*zuu..zuh..*
/I have to try harder/
/I want to go to that place/
manager: What happened to you guys practicing!!
teppei: w-we did...
manager: is that a lie!!
pg.28
manager: you guys should just stop already!
teppei: !
teppei: I don't want to stop!
I want to do music!
eiji: we want to do it!
/I don't want it to be like this/
teppei: what should we do so people will listen
eiji: .......what about an original piece...?
teppei: making the song and composing the tune...
I don't know how to do things like that at all
eiji: that..we have lots of people to teach us
teppei: .......a song by the two of us
eiji: our song
pg.29
/Summer vacation is just perfect/
teppei: the air is great
eiji: this feels good~~~~
/This is training camp/
pg.30
/Me and Ei-chan will be making music/
manager: when you've put away your luggage come quickly!
Time to run~!
W & T: EH!?
(haaa~~~~ haaa~~~ haa~~)
eiji: I don't understand why we have to run if we're making music
teppei: bu..building our physical strength...?
(haaa~~~~ haaa~~~ haa~~)
teppei: what should we do about the lyrics?
eiji: how about just writing down the things we've always thought about
honestly
teppei: like when we were doing street live
eiji: yeah
pg.31
eiji: "bokura no"
teppei: yeah, ah, is this okay?
eiji: then put that with this...
/listening to our song even a little/
eiji: uu~n something's wrong!?
teppei: it's okay I like this
eiji: ...really?
teppei: yep like that
/even a little/
/our feelings can be conveyed/
"bokura no ibasho"
pg.32
eiji: then...um..
the first original piece we've made at training camp
teppei: please listen to it☆
(ahaha)
*doki doki doki*
"bokura no ibasho"
pg.33
chanto boku wo mite soshite
hanashite kudasai
omotai nimotsu wo soko ni
oroshite kudasai
bokura no mae ni aoizora to michi ga aru deshou
sono basho kara ima kimi ni
nanika mietemasu ka?
bokura no kimochi ga chanto
todoitemasu ka?
bokura wa itsumo
koko de matteru kara
kimi no kao wo misete
hanashite kudasai
bokura wa itsumo
koko de utatteru kara
subete tsutaeru no nante
muzukashii kedo utatteru
pg.34
kono saki no mirai ni nani ga atta toshitemo
futari no ibasho wa kawaranai kara
hitori ja nai yo ochikonda toki wa
kimi wo egao ni kaetemiseru kara
utatteru
girl 1: that was really good!
girl 2: I'll come to listen again!
good luck!
pg.35
eiji: thank you
teppei: thank you
/There is
/Something that I can do/
pg.36
/Something that can reach someone/
/after a while we decided on a unit name/
pg.37
Wentz
and
Teppei
(WaT)
/easy to understand isn't it?/
/And lots of people started coming to our street lives/
/We also made an indies CD/
/I did dramas too/ (Waterboys 2, Gokusen 2)
/WaT did lives too/ (WaT Entertainment Show)
pg.38
/I noticed/
/3 years have passed since I met Ei-chan/
"A major debut's been decided!!"
"Congradulations!!"
(dragonzakura)
teppei: Huh?
*clap clap clap clap*
"Awesome!!"
teppei: uh
"that's awesome congrats!"
teppei: Ah
teppei: Hello Ei-chan?
Did you hear?
eiji: "Major debut?"
teppei: Right?
eiji: "Yeah."
pg.39
teppei: Um....what should we do
eiji: "What....Um......Um....."
eiji: "how about we make..."
teppei: a song
pg.40
eiji: Wow!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!
teppei: REALLY~~~~!! WHAT IS THAT!!!
eiji: UWAAAAAAAAA THAT'S TEPPEI AND ME~~~~~~
eiji: Awesome~~~~~~~ so this is major debut~~~~~~~~
person 1: Hey!
person 1: There! It's the real thing!
person 2: The real thing!
eiji: Teppei let's take a photo a photo v
teppei: Eh, Ei-chan we have to go
eiji: Whyy
<-in commerence for WaT's major debut event assembly hall
staff: sorry but the handshake event's assembly hall has to be changed!
pg.41
staff 1: there's so many people that the current place will be dangerous...
staff 2: ........
staff 3: ........
W & T: ........?
staff 1: please come over here
W & T: okay
*pata pata*
pg.42
"kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
"Teppei-ku-----------------n"
"Ei-cha--------------------n"
teppei: all these people...?
eiji: ......it's a festival...
(Teppei-kun~~~)
(Ei-channnn)
pg.43
/Can it be that this many people/
/Have always been supporting us/
("congradulations-!!")
("I bought it-!!")
"3"
"2"
"1"
pg.44
"------------------"
"Please ejoy the one hour live broadcast"
*doki doki doki doki*
teppei: /First live broadcast/
/live/
/live/
*doki doki doki doki*
/"Teppei"/
eiji: Let's do our best
pg.45
teppei: Yeah
pg.46
/It's good that I'm with Ei-chan/
/It's good that I'm in WaT/
/It's good that I'm Koike Teppei/
pg.47
/the road i've walked up to now/
/it is my precious treasure/
pg.48
/The place where I am is here/
/From here on I'll continue walking/
the end.
(not super accurate translation)
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lol for some reason i felt like i just read a BL manga
i cut my own hair and it looks really really really bad hahaha......well, i'd been thinking about buying new hats anyways.