nikkitranslates | [Wind Boys] Prologue Page 2: First Year Section F

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Sensei: your character

---- April, School Entrance Ceremony

Ousei: Ohhh, Soshu! Come look at this! Look...!

Soshu: What now, Ousei? You're noisy.

Ousei: This riceball is made of salmon and salmon roe! Look how my mom made it with so much spirit!

Soshu: ....Right. So why are you eating a riceball right now? We haven't started homeroom yet, tou know? There's a limit to eating your lunch before lunch time. Moreover during the school entrance ceremony.

Ousei: I'm nervous so I became hungry~. Want one?

Soshu: No. You're already in high school but you're still...you haven't changed at all since kindergarten entrance ceremony.

Ousei: It's too late to say that now.

Ousei: ...Anyway, it's the entrance ceremony today. The school song will be performed by the school concert band, right?

Soshu: ...It would seem so.

Ousei: Right. I was wondering what's gonna happen this year. I do hope there is still a band...

Soshu: That's...

Soshu: Well, Atsukage-senpai is here so I'm sure---

Takara: Haah..haaah... Ah, thank goodness, I made it just in time!

Ousei: Huh, what's this. Coming in almost late at the first day of school? How fearless!

Soshu: Don't say that when you were still asleep and scratching your tummy until I came to pick you up.

Takara: Ahaha...I miscalculated the time I should leave home. I forgot that this school is farther than my middle school.

Ousei: I feel you! When I was in middle school, I can still watch the horoscope segment in Mezamashi Channel. Now I have to leave way earlier or I'll be late~.

Ousei: Oh yeah, I'm Kiyoshima Ousei! Nice to meet you.

Takara: Ah, yes. I'm Kuramoto Takara. Nice to meet you, too.

Ousei: Takara, huh. Alright. Then, the four eyes over there~...

Soshu: At least let me introduce myself.

Soshu: I'm Kaneko Soshu. "So" from the politician "Kasou" and "Shu" from "Joshuu" from the Three Kingdoms. (1)

Takara: .....Hm?

Soshu: That reaction is....!

Soshu: Don't tell me, you haven't read Shima Jouzaburou-sensei's masterpiece....?!

Takara: Ah...no, sorry. I'm not very knowledgeable with that. Nice to meet you anyway, Soshu.

Ousei: Don't worry about him. He's a Three Kingdoms otaku. You can ignore him.

Ousei: Ah, the teacher is here!

Sensei: Good morning, everyone. Please settle into your seats. It's nice to meet you, First Year Section F. I'll be your homeroom teacher. I'll also be your teacher in classical literature, so let's take care of each other in our literature class and in homeroom.

Sensei: Then, I'd like to do the roll call first. Then student number 1, Iizuka-kun?

Male Student: He doesn't seem to be here.

Sensei: I see. A while ago, his guardian contacted me, saying he'll be late. So, student number 2...

Sensei: ....Then, that's everyone. The entrance ceremony should start soon, so shall we proceed to the gymnasium?

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Sensei: Everyone, please stand by over here and enter once we're given the signal.

Sensei: I'll go and try contacting Iizuka-kun again. He might not be able to get here in time for the ceremony...

Soshu: Honestly. I can't believe someone would be late to the entrance ceremony.

Takara: A...ahahah...

Sensei: I'd like someone to be in charge of gathering everyone during the entrance. Let's see...

Soshu: Then, I offer to do it. I'll do my job to the best of my ability.

Sensei: Thank you, Kaneko-kun. Then, I'll leave it to you.

Soshu: Understood. Please leave everything to me.

Ousei: Ohhh, Soshu is so cool~.

Sensei: It'll be difficult if it's just Kaneko-kun so I think we need one more... Kiyoshima-kun, won't you assist him?

Ousei: Ueehh!? Me!?

Ousei: ...Well, alright. You'll worry if it's just Soshu!

Sensei: Great! I'll be more at ease if it's you two.

Ousei: Hahaha, leave it to me, Sensei!

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Ousei: ---Huh? That guy's from Ikine Middle School...what was his name again? Uh...

Ousei: Hey, Soshu, who's that guy again in the other class?

Soshu: Hm? Ah, Mito Hibiku.

Ousei: Yeah, that's him! Huh, so he also came to Ibuki High.

Ousei: ---Ah. Oi, Soshu. Look over there! That's Tobaya Kuri from Chousoku Middle School!

Soshu: Ngh...Ousei, didn't I tell you that I don't want to hear that name?

Takara: You guys know a lot of people here.

Soshu: Well, it's not like we know them. Just that we saw their faces a lot during the club convention in middle school.

Takara: Heh, what club were you guys in?

Ousei: Wind instruments club! I started playing in middle school but Soshu started playing the flute when he was 5 years old, right?

Soshu: That's right.

Takara: Wow, you've been playing for a long time.

Soshu: Well, more than anything, perseverance makes one stronger.

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Sensei: (---Well then, I wonder what happened to Iizuka-kun. Even his guardian isn't answering my calls...)

Sensei: (He had been in the US until middle school and arrived in Japan just last month. He must be still not used to being here. What if something happened to him on the way to school...)

Sensei: (....Hm? Someone's coming this way. )

Sensei: (It might be...!)

Sensei: Excuse me, are you Iizuka-kun?

(?Reito): Huh? ....I'm not.

Sensei: Ah, pardon me...

(?Reito): Well, it's not like I'm angry.

Sensei: Is he an enrolled student? But he's going to miss the entrance ceremony... what's he doing out here at this hour...

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(?Reito): (---So no one's here.)

/One year ago, in April.

(?Mitsuyuki): That performance by the concert band's amazing! I wonder if we'll be able to play like that next year, too?

(?Reito): Next year? You....We just finished the entrance ceremony, what are you doing thinking already of what to do next year? /

(?Reito): ........

(?Reito): Ah!

(?Sogaku): Reito-kun....? Good morning.

(?Reito): I just came to get something I forgot.

(?Sogaku): Ah...

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Translation notes:

(1) Kasou (CN: He Zong) is a historical person mentioned in Romance of the Three Kingdoms while Joushuu (Xuzhou) is a historical toponym for an area in ancient China, also used in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Characters in this chapter by order of appearance:

Kiyoshima Ousei (CV: Kikunosuke Touya)
Kaneko Soshu (CV: Murakami Kouhei)
Kuramoto Takara (CV: Uchida Yuuma)
Moto Hibiku (CV: Takatsuka Tomohito)
Tobaya Kuri (CV: Komada Wataru)
Tsuji Reito (CV: Ishikawa Kaito)
Notohara Mitsuyuki (CV: Amatsuki)
Matsubara Sogaku (CV: Ono Kensho)