Shounen Note chapter 02 Translation
I did not add who said what, but it is in order and I think it is not too much of a trouble.
Unsure phrases exist. Corrections are appreciated. Especially if I got some musical vocabulary wrong.
This is just a quick draft. Please DO NOT USE FOR SCANLATIONS, unless properly proofread by somebody well capable of Japanese.
page 1
The is nothing eternal in this world
Neither humans
nor the neighbourhood
nor the river
nor me
page 2
Only the sound of the sea
Second Sound:
Person who echoes
"sidebar": Even to fading thinfs, the heart is astir
page 3
Aoi-kun, good morning
page 4
Tomo-kun, good morning
What are you doing? You'll be late....
Eh?
This
The Tadokorus have thrown it there, but I can't pull at it. Even if I jump I can't get it.
*wahahaha*
These... They did it again!
Did you look for a stick or sorts of?
Eh...
No...
When I through about what to do, there was the sound of the ship
Ship?
Look
page 5
The sounds... The ascend from the water
Thank you! As expected~
*That's great*
I don't get him...
I wonder if I can grow as big as you...
It's as great a thing to grow big
even if you say you are only 12 years old, nobody would believe you
page 6
I am always being mistaken for an elementary schooler
In fact
when I first saw you I wouldn't think of you as a classmate at all
I thought so, too.
Ah, that, did you get it?
Yes, Tomo-kun did
That's fine then.
What~ That's boring~
Don't meddle with Aoi-kun, you two!
page 7
I see, it's the alliance of the giant clan and the Hobbit clan
[Note: Allusions to the fellowship from the Lord of the Rings, in case somebody does not know the triology]
If a dwarf enters the trio, it would be the formation of dreams~~~
Tadokoro-kun you are like a dwarf, aren't you?
This is...
*What do you mean by that, you...!*
*hahahahaha*
That might be the [系 system] of his, that I have to follow up. (unsure)
page 8
Yutaka
Machiya-san
Good morning
Good morning
There is a meeting in our club after school. Do you think you can make it?
Meeting?
The day after tommorow at the welcome party for the freshmen the clubs will be introduced.
And the chorus club will sing a song there.
I really want to have you take a soprano part.
page 9
But I am a freshmen...
No problem
You are a special slide (unsure)
After Homerroom, come to the room in the old school building
Do you know the place?
Erm
Is it okay, if I come with him?
I also want to enter the chorus club!
Sign: Chorus Club
Clubroom
page 10
No.
Why?
I can sing low! Can't I do something in bass?
But haven't you amusia? [i.e. no ear for music]
I was bad because of my vocal change!
Didn't you also have a time, when you had an awful voice?
Don't mix that up, that was on a totally diffrent level.
But Betsuyaku-kun, we would get a valuable male member...
Makishi, please be silent
page 11
Chief, is it alright to be extravagant, even through have to increase the number of males to be able to create parts?
Moreover, doesn't one have the freedom to choose which club to enter and leave?
Tomo-kun, there you are!
See, the ones from the sports club are calling you
*Tomo-kun*
Aren't things like basketball or tennis more suitable for you?
You are mean to judge by appearances!
How great to be scouted, Tomo-kun...!
Don't admire me!
page 12
Chief, didn't you get the consent from Yutaka's homeroom teacher yet?
Whether to let Yutaka sing on the welcome party
Will Aoi-kun also sing with us?
He is a freshmen, is that alright?
To go as far as getting acceptance to have you participate...
If he takes part, the boys will assemble
Perhaps.
?
page 13
If they see how Yutaka's singing blends into those of the girls'
The possibility that the boys, who are before their vocal change might get interested will get higher
If they enter, we will eventually be able to to have bass-parts
*I see*
I think that this "occasion" is essential....
page 14
Wait a moment
Why is Machiya deciding this?
Is it alright to use a freshman to invite freshmen?
In fact, Takamine is right
Even if you are the vice-chief, isn't that taking too much liberty?
And anyway, who would like to happily listen to a male soprano...?
page 15
At least, I would be glad to
The chief is also interested
Listen...
Well, well,
we don't have much time, so let's practice
We will start from the second phonation, so line up, line up
page 16
The "la" sound starting with the bass
The chief was once the only bass part
Substituting an advisor, he also plays the piano and does the direction
Altos, join up, 1-2-3
Soprano 2
Aoi, Soprano 1
1-2-3
page 17
sfx: UAN
UAN
page 18
What a amazing volume...
It's coming from the throat of such a small body
Aoi
Aoi, could you drop your voice's volume a bit?
I am sorry
When I through about being able to sing,
I was so happy and...
*happy*
page 19
You don't have to apologize
It was a compliment
*Are we singing this piece?*
*I like this a lot, I'm so glad*
*That's great then*
A much too straightfoward look at a song
Put a bit more solitation into it
It's too pure
page 20
It's not like as if
it doesn't _hit_ my calculations
Aoi really loves to sing
What a long breath
An equilibrium of a soprano
page 21
Isn't Yutaka terrific?
Finished, I'm tired~
Sssh
page 22
...?
Just continue
Hm?
Huh, this boy...
The one who clung on the school building's fence in spring break to sing?
What, you've entered the chorus club
I am Yutaka Aoi!
Pleased to me-
You are being likened a lot, aren't
page 24
Wouldn't it be better if you waited a little bit more, until you enter it?
Please leave him alone
Right now it's still fine
but soon it will get all raspy and you won't be able to sing anymore
Excuse me
Hm?
page 24
If you are here just to says things like these, it would be really splendid of you, if you would just return to the staff room.
Machiya...
We will endeavor ourselves to practicing with all our might, so please be at ease.
This will economize the waste of time for all of us
page 25
Ah, is that so... That's appreciated
Well, give your best then.
It's not like I dislike you
KE
KE
KE
page 26
Midori said what was to be said
I don't know what she was thinking, but she was all sober, wasn't she?
Even in the past, you know, a boy, who laughted that "choruses are gross", apologized to her
That's amazing!
It seems she is pleased of you, Aoi-kun, but be careful
Zvatt will come, Zvatt will
[Guess: Zvatt (Zubat) is the character from Kaiketsu Zubat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiketsu_Zubat; however his name is written completely in Katanakana, but here it would be mixed with hiragana, perhaps that speaks against it]
page 28
Pleasantly cool
Like a forest with a carpet of moss
Eh?
When Machiya sings, her voice sounds like as if calling from the middle of a forest
Calling...?
Even through she sings with the chorus...
and blends into it perfectly...
far away
far away
page 28
Deeply
An echo joins into the blue atmosphere
page 29
The voice finally reaches, matches with the chorus
This voice
page 30
Haaa....
page 31
On saturday, how about going out together and I show you around here?
You don't know the place well, since you have just moved here, right?
Really?
I can also take you to the café in the shopping district, in which my uncle works.
Thank you! I'm glad!!
The streets... really make a gentle sound
I thought that I want to hear and be surrounded by each single sound
Again "sounds", huh?
Ah, Machiya-san!
page 32
Uwah
What are you doing, Machiya-san?
Practicing
Abdominal breathing
In such a place?
I'll also do that, do that!
Aoi-kun, wait...
Breath in with all your might from the lungs to the bottom of your stomach
You do this quite often, right, Yutaka?
I mean that a smooth voice and deep breathing are pretty much the same thing
Machiya-san, you like choruses pretty much, right?
Does it look like that?
Yes.
page 34
I wonder, do I like choruses?
Didn't you invite me to the chorus club, because you like choruses?
No...
I was interested
In your Soprano
That's all?
That's all
page 35
Eh...
I am interested
in things that will eventually be lost
page 26
I am surely...
trying to find the reason for my singing within that
Somehow...
Somehow I don't really get that, but
*cool*
page 37
For me so act as if I habe 11th grader sickness (unsure)
See you tommorow then
...
Machiya-san... She is quite a mysterious person
You, too, you know
*It's the sound of the day sinking*
*Tomo-kun*
*UWAH*
*Did you hear that?*
Machiya-san
is a mysterious person
page 38
That has been the photography club
sign: Welcome to East Kawaumi Middle School
Freshmens' Welcome Party
Next is the chorus club's introducal
Well, please listen to our song first
The piece is called "Kimi wo Nosete" (Carrying you)
[Ending to Gibli's Laputa]
*It's from Laputa*
*From Gibli*
We only have one bass, but we are trying our best, so please listen to it carefully
A mysterious person
echoing from far away
page 40
I like Machiya-san's singing voice
and I like everything that is with Machiya-san's singing voice
page 42
That boy, his voice is like a girl's
Isn't he embarassed to alone amidst girls?
Hey, be silent and listen
*Boys are absolutely welcome*
*Let's get the glod price from the rally together*
page 43
We are beginners, but can we get skillfull?
I hope for the same parts as Machiya-senpai!
Me, too
Me, too!
sign: Club Joining
13th April
Desired club activity: Chorus Club
Name: Yutaka Aoi
~Chapter End~
Unsure phrases exist. Corrections are appreciated. Especially if I got some musical vocabulary wrong.
This is just a quick draft. Please DO NOT USE FOR SCANLATIONS, unless properly proofread by somebody well capable of Japanese.
page 1
The is nothing eternal in this world
Neither humans
nor the neighbourhood
nor the river
nor me
page 2
Only the sound of the sea
Second Sound:
Person who echoes
"sidebar": Even to fading thinfs, the heart is astir
page 3
Aoi-kun, good morning
page 4
Tomo-kun, good morning
What are you doing? You'll be late....
Eh?
This
The Tadokorus have thrown it there, but I can't pull at it. Even if I jump I can't get it.
*wahahaha*
These... They did it again!
Did you look for a stick or sorts of?
Eh...
No...
When I through about what to do, there was the sound of the ship
Ship?
Look
page 5
The sounds... The ascend from the water
Thank you! As expected~
*That's great*
I don't get him...
I wonder if I can grow as big as you...
It's as great a thing to grow big
even if you say you are only 12 years old, nobody would believe you
page 6
I am always being mistaken for an elementary schooler
In fact
when I first saw you I wouldn't think of you as a classmate at all
I thought so, too.
Ah, that, did you get it?
Yes, Tomo-kun did
That's fine then.
What~ That's boring~
Don't meddle with Aoi-kun, you two!
page 7
I see, it's the alliance of the giant clan and the Hobbit clan
[Note: Allusions to the fellowship from the Lord of the Rings, in case somebody does not know the triology]
If a dwarf enters the trio, it would be the formation of dreams~~~
Tadokoro-kun you are like a dwarf, aren't you?
This is...
*What do you mean by that, you...!*
*hahahahaha*
That might be the [系 system] of his, that I have to follow up. (unsure)
page 8
Yutaka
Machiya-san
Good morning
Good morning
There is a meeting in our club after school. Do you think you can make it?
Meeting?
The day after tommorow at the welcome party for the freshmen the clubs will be introduced.
And the chorus club will sing a song there.
I really want to have you take a soprano part.
page 9
But I am a freshmen...
No problem
You are a special slide (unsure)
After Homerroom, come to the room in the old school building
Do you know the place?
Erm
Is it okay, if I come with him?
I also want to enter the chorus club!
Sign: Chorus Club
Clubroom
page 10
No.
Why?
I can sing low! Can't I do something in bass?
But haven't you amusia? [i.e. no ear for music]
I was bad because of my vocal change!
Didn't you also have a time, when you had an awful voice?
Don't mix that up, that was on a totally diffrent level.
But Betsuyaku-kun, we would get a valuable male member...
Makishi, please be silent
page 11
Chief, is it alright to be extravagant, even through have to increase the number of males to be able to create parts?
Moreover, doesn't one have the freedom to choose which club to enter and leave?
Tomo-kun, there you are!
See, the ones from the sports club are calling you
*Tomo-kun*
Aren't things like basketball or tennis more suitable for you?
You are mean to judge by appearances!
How great to be scouted, Tomo-kun...!
Don't admire me!
page 12
Chief, didn't you get the consent from Yutaka's homeroom teacher yet?
Whether to let Yutaka sing on the welcome party
Will Aoi-kun also sing with us?
He is a freshmen, is that alright?
To go as far as getting acceptance to have you participate...
If he takes part, the boys will assemble
Perhaps.
?
page 13
If they see how Yutaka's singing blends into those of the girls'
The possibility that the boys, who are before their vocal change might get interested will get higher
If they enter, we will eventually be able to to have bass-parts
*I see*
I think that this "occasion" is essential....
page 14
Wait a moment
Why is Machiya deciding this?
Is it alright to use a freshman to invite freshmen?
In fact, Takamine is right
Even if you are the vice-chief, isn't that taking too much liberty?
And anyway, who would like to happily listen to a male soprano...?
page 15
At least, I would be glad to
The chief is also interested
Listen...
Well, well,
we don't have much time, so let's practice
We will start from the second phonation, so line up, line up
page 16
The "la" sound starting with the bass
The chief was once the only bass part
Substituting an advisor, he also plays the piano and does the direction
Altos, join up, 1-2-3
Soprano 2
Aoi, Soprano 1
1-2-3
page 17
sfx: UAN
UAN
page 18
What a amazing volume...
It's coming from the throat of such a small body
Aoi
Aoi, could you drop your voice's volume a bit?
I am sorry
When I through about being able to sing,
I was so happy and...
*happy*
page 19
You don't have to apologize
It was a compliment
*Are we singing this piece?*
*I like this a lot, I'm so glad*
*That's great then*
A much too straightfoward look at a song
Put a bit more solitation into it
It's too pure
page 20
It's not like as if
it doesn't _hit_ my calculations
Aoi really loves to sing
What a long breath
An equilibrium of a soprano
page 21
Isn't Yutaka terrific?
Finished, I'm tired~
Sssh
page 22
...?
Just continue
Hm?
Huh, this boy...
The one who clung on the school building's fence in spring break to sing?
What, you've entered the chorus club
I am Yutaka Aoi!
Pleased to me-
You are being likened a lot, aren't
page 24
Wouldn't it be better if you waited a little bit more, until you enter it?
Please leave him alone
Right now it's still fine
but soon it will get all raspy and you won't be able to sing anymore
Excuse me
Hm?
page 24
If you are here just to says things like these, it would be really splendid of you, if you would just return to the staff room.
Machiya...
We will endeavor ourselves to practicing with all our might, so please be at ease.
This will economize the waste of time for all of us
page 25
Ah, is that so... That's appreciated
Well, give your best then.
It's not like I dislike you
KE
KE
KE
page 26
Midori said what was to be said
I don't know what she was thinking, but she was all sober, wasn't she?
Even in the past, you know, a boy, who laughted that "choruses are gross", apologized to her
That's amazing!
It seems she is pleased of you, Aoi-kun, but be careful
Zvatt will come, Zvatt will
[Guess: Zvatt (Zubat) is the character from Kaiketsu Zubat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiketsu_Zubat; however his name is written completely in Katanakana, but here it would be mixed with hiragana, perhaps that speaks against it]
page 28
Pleasantly cool
Like a forest with a carpet of moss
Eh?
When Machiya sings, her voice sounds like as if calling from the middle of a forest
Calling...?
Even through she sings with the chorus...
and blends into it perfectly...
far away
far away
page 28
Deeply
An echo joins into the blue atmosphere
page 29
The voice finally reaches, matches with the chorus
This voice
page 30
Haaa....
page 31
On saturday, how about going out together and I show you around here?
You don't know the place well, since you have just moved here, right?
Really?
I can also take you to the café in the shopping district, in which my uncle works.
Thank you! I'm glad!!
The streets... really make a gentle sound
I thought that I want to hear and be surrounded by each single sound
Again "sounds", huh?
Ah, Machiya-san!
page 32
Uwah
What are you doing, Machiya-san?
Practicing
Abdominal breathing
In such a place?
I'll also do that, do that!
Aoi-kun, wait...
Breath in with all your might from the lungs to the bottom of your stomach
You do this quite often, right, Yutaka?
I mean that a smooth voice and deep breathing are pretty much the same thing
Machiya-san, you like choruses pretty much, right?
Does it look like that?
Yes.
page 34
I wonder, do I like choruses?
Didn't you invite me to the chorus club, because you like choruses?
No...
I was interested
In your Soprano
That's all?
That's all
page 35
Eh...
I am interested
in things that will eventually be lost
page 26
I am surely...
trying to find the reason for my singing within that
Somehow...
Somehow I don't really get that, but
*cool*
page 37
For me so act as if I habe 11th grader sickness (unsure)
See you tommorow then
...
Machiya-san... She is quite a mysterious person
You, too, you know
*It's the sound of the day sinking*
*Tomo-kun*
*UWAH*
*Did you hear that?*
Machiya-san
is a mysterious person
page 38
That has been the photography club
sign: Welcome to East Kawaumi Middle School
Freshmens' Welcome Party
Next is the chorus club's introducal
Well, please listen to our song first
The piece is called "Kimi wo Nosete" (Carrying you)
[Ending to Gibli's Laputa]
*It's from Laputa*
*From Gibli*
We only have one bass, but we are trying our best, so please listen to it carefully
A mysterious person
echoing from far away
page 40
I like Machiya-san's singing voice
and I like everything that is with Machiya-san's singing voice
page 42
That boy, his voice is like a girl's
Isn't he embarassed to alone amidst girls?
Hey, be silent and listen
*Boys are absolutely welcome*
*Let's get the glod price from the rally together*
page 43
We are beginners, but can we get skillfull?
I hope for the same parts as Machiya-senpai!
Me, too
Me, too!
sign: Club Joining
13th April
Desired club activity: Chorus Club
Name: Yutaka Aoi
~Chapter End~