That Lovely Person is… by Mamezakana ###original Japanese title: sono uruwashiki hito wa, 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. —01 That Lovely Person is… Mamezakana Original Draft: Hana to Yume Editorial Dept —03 -1 That Lovely Person is… Mamezakana Original Draft: Hana to Yume Editorial Dept —04 -1 That Lovely Person is… Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 I am Loved by a Goddess ###I’m skipping the 2nd story because it’s not yuri. (Extra) That Lovely Person is… This a work of fiction. Any semblance to persons or events past or present is purely coincidental. —05 -1 That Lovely Person is… Chapter 1 —07 -1 Summer vacation ended… and Kuyou Miki went missing. —08 -1 Ousei Girl’s Academy is renown for attracting famous young ladies of standing. -3 I made it! -4 Working again today? Good job, Ichikawa-san. But… —09 -1 By an unbelievable stroke of good luck, a low class nobody like me was able to enroll. She ok? I’ve never seen someone sleep in class like that She ok? My legs are numb… Wow. Your’s is so original ###Ichikawa is unable to sit seiza-style for flower arranging lessons. And her lack of experience with it shows here How about afternoon tea? At this cafe here? Sorry! Gotta run to my job! -2 None of the rich girls here would dream of working like you do. Ah… my family’s just normal. But thank’s to her, I’m having a good time at school. ###bold and italicize “her” -4 Good morn… Doesn’t anyone know anything?! —10 -1 We don’t know anything either! This just happened! But for her to just disappear? ###bold and italicize “her” This is an emergency! -2 Hey, ! We’ve got a crisis! -3 What the heck’s going on?! -4 They say Fumi-senpai has gone missing! -5 She’s not at school! Not at home either! No one can get in touch with her and everyone’s freaking out! —11 -1 You’re the kohai she’s closest with, right? Don’t you know anything? No… nothing… -2 Fumi-senpai is…? I mean… she’s the model student! -3 She can do anything! She sets an example for everyone! For someone perfect like her to up and disappear? There’s got to be some clue somewhere! —12 -1 You’re right! She’s the face of the academy, after all! -2 Senpai! Senpai! She’s so on a different level than us! -3 …as daughter of the head of Kuyou hospital, everyone knew you could do it! -4 And the speech you gave was just so amazing! You’re just so different from us! —13 -1 That’s not right… -2 I saw your most recent trophy in the case at the school entrance! At this rate, every shelf is going to be filled with your awards, right? -3 Speech Grande Prix First Prize ###banner National Mock Exam First Place 53rd National Tennis Championship First Prize I’m so happy I can go to school with you! -4 First place on the mock exam? So amazing! -5 Senpai… My parents want you to have this! It’s a limited edition from a famous chef! —14 -1 Are you sure? Then let’s have some together… No way! We prepared this for you, Fumi-senpai! -2 That’s not right! Thank you… -3 Fumi-senpai is really… —15 -3 Ah. You woke up. —16 -2 sfx- Clank Waugh -5 What?! You didn’t prank me or anything, right? Who knows? If I did, you didn’t notice. —17 -1 I’m joking. But you were drooling so much, I just had to stop and take a look. You’re so mean! -2 And, I’m taking your pudding. -3 My precious pudding! I worked for that money… Would you like some? -4 Of course! Ahhh -5 Swish —18 -1 I’m telling Mei-senpai! Fumi-senpai took my pudding! Oh? What’s this now? Wait! Sorry! -2 I pushed it too far. You just react differently than everyone else, and that’s funny. -3 Here you go. —19 -1 Chompf -2 sfx- Nom Nom Nom If Evbdyy ‘z… Knehw shempah whihp rhight? What? -5 It’s ok… —20 -1 I only show this side of myself —21 -1 to you, Koto, okay? -2 The Senpai I knew… Often teased me. She was always timid. —22 -1 That’s the kind of person she was. -2 Ding dong Dang dong -3 Senpai’s missing? -4 Fumi-senpai ###phone Senpai, where are you? -5 What’s going on? -6 Student Council Room About Fumi-senpai? —23 -1 That’s what we all want to know! sfx- Clamor Clamor So no one knows a thing… -2 The exam for med school is coming up, so why now? sfx- Clamor Clamor Clamor If she got kidnapped, I’ll never forgive that guy! I only come to school because of Senpai! -3 What about the police? The teachers and her parents have already called them, it seems. -4 I mean, it’s her family, right? ###bold and italicize “her” Kuyou Hospital —24 -1 But they don’t want rumors flying, so it looks like they’re keeping it quiet. -2 That’s… Everyone! sfx- Bam The whole school is panicking, so first things first. We’ve got to deal with the assembly. I’ve made an appointment with the teachers! -3 Koto you help with prepping the auditorium! Ah, got it! -4 But look… She’s on track to take over Kujou Hospital, right? If she disappears, it’s no joke! —25 -1 This is so messed up. Senpai… -2 Ah. -3 I haven’t been down this walkway in a while. We don’t use it except for emergencies. -4 There…? —26 -3 Hey… She’s in the student council… What’s this? -4 Huh? -5 Maybe she doesn’t feel good? —27 -1 Are you ok? -3 I’m fine. Thank you. Are you a first year? Yes. -4 Um, this blew away… -5 Oh! Losing this would have been bad. Thank you very much. -6 She looks awful. What is this? —28 -1 It’s my speech. For my engagement party. -2 Engagement party?! -3 It’s just for show, but my family is so into it for some reason. Whoa. Different worlds! -4 I guess… I just practiced it one too many times. -5 That’s actually a bit of a relief. —29 -1 Relief…? -2 That the Senpai I’ve heard so much about actually gets nervous? -3 I don’t get nervous. I’m the successor of a hospital, after all. -4 If I’m not perfect, then… —30 -1 Senpai? -2 Can you please… not tell anyone you saw me here? -3 I mean, I don’t want the student council to know that I’ve been working myself to death or anything. -4 I won’t, but… —31 -1 If you push on this pressure point, it’s supposed to help with anxiety. But I’m not… -2 I am. -3 I mean, you’re way more beautiful than I heard. What with that? And… -4 And having to grind so hard everyday? It’s going to kill you. —32 -3 That’s… The first time someone’s said that to me. —33 -1 Wha? At my house, we say it all the time. -2 And… The one who showed me this point was my dad… -3 Huh? -4 Ah! Sorry! I just grabbed your hand! I didn’t think and just… -6 You seem… close with your family, huh? —35 -1 Fumi-senpai… -2 Fumi-senpai Senpai, where are you? Plz text back -3 Not even on read. -4 I would like to convene the National School Assembly… Was she acting weird the last time I saw her? It was back in summer vacation… -5 Ah. -6 Fumi-senpai? —36 -1 Senpai? You’re spacing out. What’s up? -2 Are you tired? Sorry. I’m okay. -4 She seems down. -5 Ah. This poster… -6 Senpai, the summer festival’s tomorrow! Summer Festival —37 -1 Are you going with that fiancée of yours? -2 …No. And not in the future either, I bet. Huh? What’s with that? -3 Sen… What about you, Koto? Me?! -4 No plans right now! But I wanna get a boyfriend too someday. -5 Koto… Do you want a boyfriend? -6 Nope. Just a hope for someday… -7 I see. —38 -1 Hey Koto, what’s your type? -2 Huh? Oh, yeah… Like, someone nice? -3 Yeah? Someone interesting? Yeah? Yeah? What else? -4 What else… Someone who’s not perfect… —39 -1 If I’m gonna go out with someone, I want someone normal. I mean, I’m just a regular person, right? -2 I want to go on dates after school with them like everyone. sfx- Her image Cutting class together sometimes. -3 Things like that. -4 But I’d sure love to go on a yukata date. That’s my dream. And if they were good looking, that’d be icing on the cake! —40 -2 Senpai…? -3 …Hm? —41 -1 It’s nothing. At that moment, she seemed strange. sfx- Clamor Clamor -2 sfx- Whisper I’m worried about Fumi-senpai. -3 Is it true she’s missing? sfx- Clamor -4 I mean, that family? With that rep? There’s gotta be a million reasons. You just like the way she looks, admit it. -5 But… Maybe someone got killed? —42 -1 Wha? Ah. Like she’d do that? No, the opposite. Like her dad might have done it. Why would her dad do it? -2 I saw it on that drama… that the perfect little princess was the murderer. -3 Wha? So that means her dad is innocent, right? -4 But the setup was the culprit was perfect and could do anything. That’s her dad, right? -5 Well, It’s true they’re beyond perfect. —43 -1 If her dad was using being perfect as camouflage… -2 Then it might be a good thing she disappeared. —44 -1 Senpai… -2 Is not that kind of person! —45 -1 If Senpai appears to be perfect… it’s just because of all the effort she has poured into that. Everyone just says whatever they want! -2 Without knowing a damn thing. Sempai is always doing her best… -3 Only to you, Koto, okay? -4 No one… —46 -1 Knows the truth. -2 So, okay… -3 If I don’t find her, then… -4 But… Student Council Room —47 -1 There’s no clues! -2 There must be… something! -3 Oh, right… -4 Senpai… what are you writing? -5 Hm? My diary. -6 sfx- Diary —48 -1 I just jot down what happened on any given day. What I felt about it. Things like that. Whoa. Soo serious! -2 Senpai! Forgive me! I’m going to take a look! -3 Jan 25th I visited a college campus. I’m glad I could say hello to Arimori-sensei. 12th At the student council meeting, we made good use of time, and the other students It’s just normal stuff. -4 Everyone thinks I’m Senpai’s favorite. —49 -1 Honestly, I do think we were close. -2 What the heck…? -3 But… I also didn’t know anything about Senpai. —50 -1 “I’m going to kill them and end their existence that brings me so much misery. When I think that they will finally be gone, I’ve never felt my spirit be so free.” —51 -1 Senpai…? —53 -1 Chapter 2 I’m going to kill them… and end their existence that brings me so much misery. Senpai? Going to kill them? I can’t believe it… -2 Maybe someone got killed? There’s no way she could do that… —54 -1 But in any case… I have to hide this diary! Just where the heck did you go, Senpai? What the hell are you doing? -3 I couldn’t sleep at all. sfx- Clamor Clamor I told you! —55 -1 Something’s going down? We were so shocked! But thank goodness it wasn’t an accident, Fumi-senpai! -3 I’m sorry I made you worry. Ok? Fumi-senpai?! —56 -1 Fumi-senpai! Where have you been?! I was so worried about you! -2 Ah, sorry to worry you. I just had something to do… -3 “Something to do?!” You’re blowing me off! Just what did you… -4 What… the…? —57 -1 She won’t look me in the eye. -2 Okay, first bell’s about to ring. See you later. -3 What the…? -4 Right? …so glad! -5 Something’s… not right. -6 That was a shock! She just came right back! —58 -1 She said she went off somewhere far away to pray for her exams. That she was just too anxious and had to go right away. So even she gets anxious too. -2 But the teachers and her parents all seem to be good now. Praying for her exams? All the sudden? To do that? -3 And there’s all that stuff with her diary… -4 Something’s off here, right? Something… sfx- Hnngh Nnngh -5 Twang —59 -1 The only thing to do is ask her directly! sfx- Klank sfx- Jolt -5 Senpai! —60 -1 Koto… What’s the matter? -2 Where you really ok? They said it was because of your exams, but… was it really? -3 It was. It’s a famous med school, so I was anxious. I needed to go all the way out to a famous shrine, and ended up causing a fuss. -4 Thanks for worrying about me. I knew it. —61 -1 By the way, have you seen my diary? She’s acting weird. Really? -2 Huh? It’s not as if I’m doubting you, but… there’s something I just can’t shake. -3 If I’m not mistaken… It’s something she only can say to me. -4 You can tell me anything! -5 Does it have anything to do with you, Koto? —62 -1 Shudder -2 I’m all worked up over this exam, so don’t pressure me, ok? -3 Don’t talk to me like that! I’m been so worried! —64 -2 I’m sorry… But I think… I want some space for a while. -5 …right? And then… —65 -1 Spaced Out -3 We were so close… up ‘till just now. -4 So hot… —66 -1 Koto, be sure to water all of it. Okaaay. -3 She’s just… Like acting too cool. -5 Wow. —67 -1 Senpai! Look! Look! There’s a rainbow! Ah…! -2 Bloosh -3 sfx- Dripping wet I’m… I’m so sorry… -6 Ahahaha —68 -1 Senpai, you’re drenched! It’s the first time something like this has happened to me. —69 -4 Just why was she suddenly so cold to me? sfx- Sniff -5 And what was with her disappearing for a day? Ko. To. Chan! —70 -1 Ah, Mei-senpai! -2 Yo! -3 Mei-senpai. First meeting. Hey, you got any thing to dish on Fumi-senpai? She loves to gossip. But she’s Fumi-senpai’s friend. What with you today? -4 I just heard something juicy! -5 Look at this! —71 -1 A relative in Kyoto sent this to me. Don’t you think this is Fumi? -2 Where is this? -3 It’s a famous shrine in Kyoto! -4 She saw her on the day she disappeared! Yukigawa Shrine —72 -1 It’s rad she’s back, but… would someone really go all that way just to pray for exams? Ah, don’t tell her I showed you this. -2 She’s right. But is this place really that famous? -3 Yup! Let’s see, it’s famous for… -4 Argh… I forgot! sfx- Droop —73 -1 Sorry, my bad! There was some story about the place. But I’m not all that familiar with it, so I can’t remember. I’ll tell you when I do! -2 But, you know… Going and doing something like that… -3 It’s almost like she ran off to elope, huh? -4 Hah? What?! It’s just my intuition, that’s all! Meiii! -5 Ah, someone’s calling me! Laters! Wha? Ah! Thank you! —74 -1 She sure knows how to wind people up… -2 But why would Senpai go there? So a shrine with some significance attached to it? I wonder why? -3 It’s almost like she was eloping, huh? sfx- Shake Shake -4 Geez… Mei-senpai’s gone and stuck that in my head now. It’s just… It’s just… —75 -1 I’m so uneasy about this. -2 Just why… wouldn’t she tell me what happened? -3 Ah! Her diary! I’ve got to give it back! —76 -1 I want some space for a while. -2 I’ll write a note apologizing… and put it back where it belongs. -4 Student Council Room -5 But just what… was that sentence about anyway? -6 I read a little of the contents. I’m sorry. Koto. —77 -1 I’m going to kill them… that’s what she wrote. -2 I bet she won’t answer if I ask. -5 Well, forget about it! -6 I’ll just put this back, and give her space like she wants. And then… And then… we can go back… —78 -1 To how things were. -2 Fwhoosh -3 Huh? Augh! -4 Are the gods messing with me? This is an act of god, ok? -5 Huh? —79 -1 These… are all… -2 Letters? My feelings just keeping getting bigger… -3 No recipient… -4 I can’t tell you directly, so I’m putting it down here -5 What’s this? -6 Bwoop -7 Huh? What? From Mei-senpai? sfx- Bwoop —80 -1 Mei-senpai Koto-chan I remembered! About that shrine… -2 It’s famous for ending relationships! -3 Ah… Being able to laugh over the same things that day made me so happy —81 -2 She reminded me of Amaterasu today as well. Even though I promised just to watch over her -3 Just watch over her. laugh over the same things I get it now… -3 The person Senpai went to kill is… —83 -3 Senpai! —84 -1 I… figured it out. -2 The reason you disappeared. —85 -1 I figured it out. The reason you disappeared. -3 What going on, Koto? Why are you suddenly… -4 Chapter 4 I… ended up seeing a little of your diary. -5 I’m going to kill them and end their existence that brings me so much misery. —86 -1 It… sure took me by surprise. -2 It’s not like you are really a murderer or anything. So it made me really think about what you meant. -3 Did I really write something like that? I’ve just been worked up over my exams, and… -4 You went to Yukigawa Shrine in Kyoto, right? -5 …That’s right. -6 It’s famous for helping students who… A relative of Mei-senpai… happened to see you there, Senpai. —87 -1 You went there to cut off a bad relationship. Because it’s famous for helping people end relationships. -2 So… When I thought about why you’d go all the way to Kyoto… -4 In a drawer in the Student Council Room… My feelings just keeping getting bigger… I found lots of letters. -5 I can’t tell you directly, so I’m putting it down here —88 -1 They weren’t addressed to anyone, but… I figured out who they were addressed to. -2 Being able to laugh over the same things that day made me so happy. Even though I promised… just to watch over her, I’m writing this letter. —89 -1 Every since she took my hand that day my heart has been burning. It would have been so nice to go with her over summer vacation. I would be wonderful if we could always be together. -2 I mean, everything written there… all of it… were memories of us. —90 -1 Ever since she smiled at me… -2 Yukigawa shrine’s famous for wielding great power to end relationships. It’s someplace people go when they want to break it off. -3 The person you went to kill is… -4 For me… —91 -1 When I think of you… …Nn -2 So you figured it all out, hm? -4 That day… the day you talked about the summer festival… —92 -1 At home, there was talk of my engagement being finalized. I was in shock. -2 It made me realize I couldn’t run away. -3 I hate the idea of being forced to be with someone I don’t like. -4 So… I ended up hoping for something. -5 And I asked you that. Hey Koto, what’s your type? —93 -3 And through that… I understood. -4 That you weren’t into me. -6 And what’s more… -7 And I have to take over my family’s business. So those feelings were nothing but a pain. —94 -1 I wanted to be decisive. And so I went to that shrine. -2 Since a relative once went there. -3 Senpai… -4 The first day we met… -5 You held my hand, remember? —95 -1 You were The only person… who ever treated me like that, Koto. -2 As so I did everything I could to lure you in. -3 So you’re right. I went to kill my feelings of love. —96 -1 I’ve loved you ever since that day, Koto. —98 -2 I have to end this love. I have to kill it dead. —99 -1 And now it’s over! -2 I’m sorry you had to go through all that. -3 And now… we don’t need to have anything to do with each other. -5 Why…? Why do you always go shouldering things all by yourself? —100 -2 …Because… This feelings are a burden on you… That’s not true! -3 When I found out you had feelings for me… I was so happy! —101 -2 Ever since I met you, Senpai… my boring, normal, everyday life… has gotten more fun, little by little. -3 Everyone thinks you’re so perfect, but I think it’s cute when you’re all weak. -4 I absolutely loved spending every day with you. —102 -1 So please don’t go thinking that those days were only special to you! -4 I… can’t tell you if what I feel… -5 is the same as what you feel, but… —103 -1 But I really hope it’s true. I want us to find out together. -2 You are absolutely necessary… in my normal everyday life. -3 C’mon… Don’t you love me, Senpai? —104 -1 It’s okay. I can forget. -2 It’s ok. I will totally forget. Fumi-senpai! I’m so happy you’re ok! -3 It’s ok… Senpai! —105 -1 Aaaah… -3 I’m… Not normal at all. Are you ok with that? —106 -1 Senpai… You’re just a hard working girl… who sucks at asking for help. —107 -2 You’re just a normal girl. -3 The kind of normal I long for? You’ve already totally got it. -4 So can’t we please just stay together? —108 -1 sfx- Ding …what do I do about my engagement? -2 Aaaargh! I’ve never gone against my parents ever. Why not?! -3 sfx- Actually, that’d be about right I just thought that’s what kids had to do. -4 So… I’m afraid to push back against them, I think… —109 -1 But… You’ve already done the thing you were most scared of. So don’t you think you’ll be ok? sfx- Nudge -2 Me…? I did? Like what? -4 You… were trying to convince yourself you weren’t in love with me. You were scared of not loving me, right? —110 -1 Can you say something, already?! -2 You’re making me seem all conceited Yeah, you’re right. -3 I was scared of that more than anything. —111 -1 Graduation Ceremony -2 Thank you for listening. I have been… your Student Representative, Kujyou Fumi. —112 -1 Fumi-senpai! -2 Would you take a picture with me? Me too! And me! -3 Ok, well take turns! I’m sorry! I have someone waiting for me! -4 Whaa? Aw, too bad! She was able to go to the university of her choice, and not that med-school! Really amazing, right? And she shot down her engagement by saying, “I’ll choose who I spend my life with myself!” —113 -1 Seems like it was the first time she stood up for herself that way. I heard her parents folded and are still crying about it. Really? -2 But look… -3 Did Fumi-senpai ever have such a lovely smile like that? -4 She sure was amazing back when she was perfect, but… she totally amazing now! Thanks for waiting! —114 -1 You’re late, Fumi-senpai. -2 You were getting mobbed again, right? What’s with that expression? -3 Koto-san, could you be jealous? -4 Wha? No way, okay?! Sorry, my bad. -5 But… -6 On both your speech, and your exams… Congratulations! You worked hard! —115 -1 Thank you… -2 Hey, Koto… Yes? Can you tell what I’m thinking right now? -3 Hmmm… “Now that I’ve graduated, let’s be together forever?” -4 Something like that? -5 Ah! I nailed it! Of course I will, Senpai! —116 -1 There’s one more thing… Huh? -5 Th… this is sudden! —117 -2 Student Council Room Koto? Are you asleep? You’re pudding’s getting warm. —118 -1 Zzz -6 Sigh… I wanna kiss her… —119 -1 Heh heh. -2 Call it a graduation present. -3 Th-that was my first kiss! I wanted it to be more special or something! I’ll keep moving forward! Right next to Senpai… Right with this lovely person. That Lovely Person is… The end. —154 -1 A little before graduation -2 sfx- Slam Senpaiiii! Are you free after school on the 8th? Yes. Let’s talk in the rear garden, ok? Yay! That Lovely Person is… -5 What’s with that expression? No, it’s just… —155 -1 It’s the season! And that’s the place! sfx- Rear garden That sure sounds like she’s planning do a graduation confession to you! -2 Seems like it. You’re not taking this seriously! It’s a confession! -3 What? Are you jealous? Wha?! -4 You seem really into this, Senpai. -5 That’s right. It totally makes me happy when someone says they love me. —156 -1 …That so? -2 But you’re the one I love Koto. -3 …That so? -4 What about you, Koto-san? -5 Do you love me? —157 -1 …I love you. -2 But… -3 Aren’t confessions… you know, complicated? sfx- Waaah sfx- I got turned down -4 You, uh, seem to get off on making them cry… Wha?! Does it look that way? —158 -1 Mmm… you may be right. If they’re serious, then yeah, it’s complicated. But mostly, they’re just trying to make a memory. -2 Like that girl just now. So she’s the kind to get those types of confessions… -3 In cases like that, In addition to enjoying being told that they love me, There’s also something else that makes me happy. —159 -1 Like what? -3 I whisper it in your ear. —160 -1 It makes me happy to tell them, that I have someone I love. -3 That Lovely Person is… The End The next day… So the reason she’s always said no is that she has a fiancee?! Just what the heck?! Who is it?! Rumors started flying. —161 -1 Afterword Thank you so much for picking up That Lovely Person is…! It’s the first time I’ve turned someone else’s plot into a manga and it was so fun! And it was really fun to draw so many girls… Mamezakana -2 Special Thanks Chicken-sama. My editor, everyone on the editorial staff. Everyone who help print and prepare this for sale. All my readers. Thank you so much! I would love any feedback! 101-0063 Tokyo-city, Chiyoda-ward, Kanda Awaji-city 2 chome 2 banchi 2 Shiroizumi Co. Hana to Yume Editorial Dept. Mamezakana