Hana Monogatari by schwinn
### Hana Monogatari means Hana’s Story or The Story of Hana, but it’s also a seminal work of girl’s love written by Yoshiya Nobuko. Stories from the book are frequently referenced. TL by boke ### TL notes indicated by hash tags like this: ### ### Page numbers indicated by —XX for example, page one is: —01 ### Panel numbers indicated by -X for example, panel one is: -1 ### sfx- means the following is a sound effect. ### hw- means the following is handwritten text. ### Unless otherwise noted, panel and text balloon flow is from upper right to lower left. ### This TL indexes on file number in case the page numbers don’t match. ### Sometimes my comments are snark or color, so feel free to ignore those. ### In this story the characters are speaking in Kansai accent, which is the area around Kyoto/Osaka. To replicate this, I’m having them speak in something (vaguely) resembling a US southern accent. Also, the women in this story are older, and have a very polite way of speaking. So I’m writing the dialog in a more stilted, formal way. ### I’m having Hanayo’s husband speak in the heaviest dialect. Hanayo’s in the middle, and Yoshiko and Riko have the least amount. However, Yoshiko often speaks standard, formal Japanese while working. ### I’m trying to be consistent-ish with the dialect, but don’t want to overwhelm the reader. ### Hanayo will typically drop the final g - for example, gettin’. I’ll add other things here and there for color. ### Yoshiko will occasionally will drop the final g. ### Rico will mainly drop the final g. ### Hanayo’s husband uses ah, yer, drops the final g and other things for color. —01 -1 Hana Monogatari —03 -1 Today… Is sure a day to do nothin’. -2 It’s a day to do nothin’, but… Dahlia ###book XXXXX -3 But somehow the thought of that dress I wore way back in the day came to mind. -4 It’s gotten a tad loose on me, but… ‘taint bad at all. —05 -1 Hana Monogatari —06 -1 Sure is a nice day. But it has hotted right up. -2 Sniff -3 The perfume I bought in spring is about done run out. I’ll have to go buy myself some more. -4 I guess I’ll go do the shopping later this afternoon. -5 Bonito… —07 -1 I want some bonito. Green onion, myoga and garlic… Chop it up all nice ’n fine. -2 Maybe I’ll buy myself a little bitty bottle of sake. -3 I’m discovering I fancy sake. Never would have expected that. -4 Nishida-san! -5 Good morning! —08 -1 Today we thought we’d go out to lunch at that new place on the shopping street. If you’re free, would you like to join us? -2 We’re going to try out a course on making handicrafts at the cultural center. If it’s no imposition, how about you join us after that? Oh, why that would be lovely! -3 Wonderful! It’s on the way to the futon shop, so you’ll see it straight off. It says Cafe Orca on the sign board. If you have any trouble, just give a ring. —09 -1 Oh! Do you have my number, Nishida-san? Ah, not yet… -2 I’ll go fetch my phone! -3 And just like that, my plans have changed. -4 Goodness, I had better get my hat out of mothballs so I can beat the sun back. I should have the perfect hat for this dress up on the top shelf of the closet. —10 -1 Today was a day to do nothing. These kind of days can be all sorts of fun. -3 Yes, I love doing detailed work, but it depends on what we’re making. And it sure tires out the eyes. sfx- Blink Blink hw- This is what we made today And the shoulders sfx- Krik —11 -1 I-I see… Well, I think I’ll pass on joining. -2 Trying to learn things after sixty gets you thinking about things. -3 I mean, since I’m finally able to get away from some of the stressors in my life… I want to have a good time! -4 I used to be a pre-school teacher, you see? -5 So if I don’t keep myself a little busy, then… —12 -1 My daughter calls on me whenever I’m free. sfx- Waaaaaah hw- Please! Just two hours! hw- But I really want three! To be honest, until 10pm! My, my… -2 I certainly help out. I do want to support them, of course.. However… -3 I don’t want to work for anyone else anymore… Ahahaha I do get where you are coming from! —13 -1 But learning something that makes you move your body would be nice. Like Tai Chi or dance or something? Mmm, I might be to embarrassed to try that. Ah, here it comes! Let’s dig in! -2 MmHm! -3 Ah, Nishida-san… -4 That dress brings me back. Ah, this ol’ thing? -5 I’m ashamed to say that it’s forty years old. Really? -6 My grand daughter… Gran, look… —14 -1 She’s studying fashion right now. You could totally wear this right now! It’s such a waste if you don’t wear it! -2 And do you want me to lengthen this? How about 5 cm? And then let me borrow it! And how about putting sleeves on this one? And then let me borrow it! She’s teaching me about all sorts of things. -3 Oooh, that sounds so fun! You sure are blessed with a lovely grand daughter. Mmm! -4 I guess old fashions look cool to the young kids. Whoaa… —15 -1 But you’ve really held on to things! At my place, things just get tossed out. It’s if old, it’s gone! -2 That’s right, Yoshioka-san! -3 Didn’t your daughter get mad at you for recycling her her old movie magazines? If she wanted them, she should have told me! -4 I had to go running down the street like a mad woman to get them back. What a mess! hw- Waaaait! hw- Goodness. hw- What a disaster! -5 But, Yoshioka-san… —16 -1 That’s the first time I’ve seen that stole. Ah. This? -2 My daughter had to go on a business trip, and brought this back for me. It’s Oshima Tsumugi weave. ### A very expensive fabric. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cshima-tsumugi -3 How lovely! Was it expensive? Well, it’s so silky, so I have to imagine that it was. -4 It’s so summery and looks nice and cool. It’s lovely. -5 Huff… —17 -1 My! You’re sweating up a storm, Arima-san! Are you that hot? Do you want to sit here? The air conditioner is blowin’ on this seat! No, I’m fine. -2 It’s, you know… A hot flash. -4 Oh, my! Well, Arima-san, you’re so young! —18 -1 Mmn, I’m already 63… -2 You wouldn’t think it’s menopause after sixty, right? -2 But the doctor said that was the most likely thing… Well, people differ, right? -3 It’s not causing me any big problems, but the doctor’s keeping me under observation. -4 Darn it! Just when I thought I was over that monthly inconvenience! It just won’t leave me alone! -5 It was so bad in summer… hw- Flowing like a fountain hw- Gramma, what’s wrong? I sweat like crazy. I mean, I was prone to sweating before, but… -6 When I put on make up, it gets ruined… I know. It’s just so unpleasant! —19 -1 Was was that Chinese medicine I used to take for it? But you should do as your doctor says. Well, I guess I just have to deal with it somehow. Just the other day… -2 hw- All you need is this! They were advertising waterproof makeup on the TV. I thought that would be nice so… sfx- Oh? -3 But it’s no good at all. And it was expensive. What a waste. Wai… -4 Rather than buying off the TV, you should go ask someone. Like at a department store? I know, but… don’t you get intimidated there? And they all push expensive brand stuff. I don’t like that. —20 -1 Well… If you’re interested, how about we stop somewhere on the way home? -2 Well if it isn’t Hanayo-san! And you brought friends! Yoshiko-san… -3 This is Arima-san. She has some questions. Um… -4 I see! -5 And… if it’s possible, if there is a sampler I could try, that would be great. I’ve never really anything that suits me. —21 -1 I understand. It’s a waste if things don’t work for you. If you just try to put up with what you have, it’s bad for your skin. -2 I have the perfect thing for you. -3 Here. It’s sebum control smooth powder. It’s really popular among the young girls now. And it’s an inexpensive cosmetic. -4 Um… will that… will that be ok on skin as old as mine? Actually, it’s better than you might think. -5 How about you try some over your foundation? —22 -1 My… So smooth… -2 When you put things over foundation or concealer, it can be noticeable, so the powder is made super fine. I see. This feels great. -3 And when you’re our age, it helps the makeup to stay put. It will last all day. When I tried it, all I needed was one application. -4 It needs very little touch up. Wow… —23 -1 This is just my experience, but… -2 Honestly, I found no matter what I took, it didn’t change the fact that I sweated like crazy. -3 Shoot. I knew it. -4 But when you want to wear makeup, you just want to do it, right? -5 So that’s the reason I’m thinking you’ll be fine with just this one product. —24 -1 It’s fine to try out all sorts of things. Of course, there’s differences in price and quality and you have to be discerning. -2 But that’s why this shop is here. -3 There’s a million kinds of skin out there, and as many cosmetics to match. Sometimes the answer is found in the kind of cosmetics you wouldn’t think to look at. I see… -4 Um… How much is this? -5 Heh. —25 -1 730 yen. 730 yen! -2 I’ll take it! No, you can pay later. After you see what you think of the sample. -3 No, I already want to start trying this. Like when I go out to play with my grand daughter. It’s just as she said, if you don’t try things, you’ll never figure it out! —26 -1 I do have some foundations I recommend, so I’ll include some samples. Those are also pretty inexpensive. Wow! I love you! Yep, yep. hw- I surely do know how you feel. -2 Please feel free to drop by and ask questions anytime. I will! -3 This is such a nice shop. Thank you, Nishida-san. -4 No, that’s… —27 —3 Yasuko-san! -4 Why, that’s a Dahlia! -5 Yes, indeed. It’s a Dahlia. —28 -1 I just re-read that story this morning! “Dahlia” is a story in Hana Monogatari. Michiko was born poor. She couldn’t attend school, but worked as a nurse. She was charmed by Sahouka’s daughter, who she was caring for. Both the girl and Sahouka entreated her to quit the hospital and move in with them. But seeing both parent and child as being poor and sick, she refuses. -2 So in the end, they couldn’t catch a break about their love. -3 But both were the apple of each other’s eye! Mm-hm. I thought so too. —29 -1 But Michiko-san did chose her work in the end. -2 Yes, but… Why couldn’t they live happily every after? -3 It’s the same in every story, right? Almost always, the heroine is unable to be with her love. -4 That is… -5 Quite the serious research topic. —30 -1 Huh? -2 But that’s jus’ the way the author wrote the stories, right? They’re nothin’ to research there… -3 Yes, perhaps so. However… -4 Wouldn’t that just be a tad boring? -5 The key is in interpretation. -6 As you research somethin’, it’s necessary to study a variety of viewpoints. So there’s viewpoints beyond how you’d normally read a story? —31 -1 There’s as many viewpoints as readers, sugar. -2 And then you can put them to use. You can try them on for size. -3 And in that way, a single work can show a variety of facets. -4 And within those various facets, you’ll be able to find the answer to your question, Hanayo-san. Goodness… —32 -1 For example? The number of times the wind blows. Huh? -2 Natsume Souseki wrote the book “From then”, right? And there were times when the winds blows at night. When did the wind blow? And when did it not? When I was in college, I wrote a report on that. -3 You can write a report about that? I surely did! —33 -1 Don’t that beat all! -2 It does indeed! -3 And after I counted them all up… It seemed the wind had nothing to do with the protagonist after all. Actually… Actually? Today is a day to do nothin’. -4 But is there really such a thing? —34 -1 Gramma, did something nice happen today? Eheh.