TABI AND APPROACHING
KANOKO AND TRAVELLING
KANOKO AND WOUNDS
TABI AND WOUNDS
TABI AND THE MOON
TABI AND MEANING
THE ROAD TO SCHOOL
THE SEA AT MY BACK
EVERY DAY, WITH A DAY’S WORTH OF CONFIDENCE, I HEAD OUT
STOP!
IT SEEMS SO, ACCORDING TO THIS NOTE HE LEFT...
…
I’M LEAVING THIS TOWN!
WHETHER KANOKO LOVES ME OR WHATEVER
THE SEA IN FRONT OF ME
EVEYR DAY, WITH A DAY’S WORTH OF SIGHS, I HEAD HOME
YUKI-NII LEFT HOME?
A RECAP
RECAP OF THE EVENING
TABI AND APPROACHING
THAT’S WHY I BELIEVE
THAT MY SOUL IS ROOTED IN THIS SEA
OOOH
IT’S THE SEA!
I CAN SEE THE SEA, TABI!
IDIOT
THIS IS THE BEST VIEW WE’VE GOTTEN SO FAR
WE’VE CAUGHT GLIMPSES OF THE SEA NEARLY EVERY DAY, YUKITAKUN
……
YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE HAVING FUN JUST NOW, TOTO
THANKS TO THE NOTE TOTO GAVE US, WE MANAGED TO GET TO SUCH A HIGH PLACE
I’M GRATEFUL AH
I FINALLY FULFILLED MY HEART’S DESIRE OF PLAYING WITH [FRIENDS]
I DO NOT WANT TO DISTURB YOU
BUT 5PM IN THE EVENING IS WHEN I PROMISED TO GO HOME
… YOU DIDN’T HEAR WHAT I ASKED, DID YOU
YOU CAN ASK THEN I UNDERSTAND, YET I DO NOT UNDERSTAND
AH
THAT WAS [YESTERDAY]
WE’RE HOME—!
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
……
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO CALL THE POLICE! ^ SERIOUS
YUKITAKUN, TABIKUN!?
THEY SEEM LIKE [HANDPRINTS] AND [GUARDIANS] FROM THE THE EDO EDO PERIOD*
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THEM TOGETHER
OH, SO SUCH A THING HAPPENED
PERIOD?
TRAVELLERS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PASS UNLESS THEY COULD PROVIDE HANDPRINTS AS PROOF OF IDENTITY
… I THINK
[SEKIMORI] WHO CANNOT CROSS THE ROADS [TEGATA] FREELY THAT ALLOW YOU TO PASS
YEAH, IN THE PAST, AT IMPORTANT LOCATIONS THERE WERE KEEPERS CALLED ‘SEKIMORI’
* IN JAPANESE, THE WORD FOR ‘HANDPRINT’ IS PRONOUNCED ‘TEGATA’ AND THE WORD FOR ‘GUARDIAN’ IS PRONOUNCED ‘SEKIMORI’
I SEE, [TEGATA] AND [SEKIMORI]
I THAT’S THINK JUST MY ... OPINION! AS EXPECTED OF NISHIMURAI SAN! A THINK...PROFESSOR OF KNOWLEDGE! HISTORY MANIAC!!
THEN, SEKIMORI ALSO
PROTECTED SOMETHING?
TOTO TOLD ME [STARSAMA GAVE ME A TEGATA]
THIS [STARSAMA]…
THE INABILITY TO CROSS THIS CITY’S ROADS NORMALLY I WONDER IF THEY’RE RELATED
ALSO…
FULFILLING THE WISHES OF THE SEKIMORI AND
WHAT ON EARTH IS IT?
YEAH A PROFESSOR OF KNOWLEDGE!!
UWAH SINCE WHEN DID YOU BECOME SUCH GOOD FRIENDS!?
THIS SEKIMORI PLUSH TOY!!
EHH BUT YOU’RE A PROFESSOR OF KNOWLEDGE!
ARE YOU ASKING ME…?
I DON’T ACTUALLY KNOW THAT MUCH
LISTEN, TOMORROW IS COMING!
ARE…
BEFORE THIS CITY BECAME WEIRD, I THOUGHT THIS VIEW WAS BORING WHEN I PASSED HERE ON THE WAY TO HIGH SCHOOL BUT
BUT THIS VIEW!
THAT NEIGHBOUR -HOOD IS TOTO’S HOME
IT’S GOOD TO SEE IT AFTER SO LONG
WHEN YOU PASSED ON THE WAY...
COULD YUKITAKUN BE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT …
… WHAT
TO HIGH SCHOOL?
DO I NOT LOOK LIKE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT!?
I’M IN FIRST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL... EVEN THOUGH I LOOK LIKE THIS I’M A THIRD YEAR! THIRD YEAR!! DON’T LOOK DOWN ON ME KID—!!
WHY DID I WANT TO COME TO THIS CITY
……
WHY WAS I AT THE STATION FOR SO LONG
OH YEAH, I
DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YUKITAKUN
HEY, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
YUKITAKUN IS A THIRD YEAR
POLICEMANSAN!
BUT YUKITAKUN SAID IT LOOKED LIKE SUGOROKU* SUGOROKU…
JUST THE STATION MAP
CORRECT!
BUT THAT WOULD MEAN THAT TOKYO IS “UPWARDS”
……
* SUGOROKU: A TRADITIONAL JAPANESE BOARD GAME PLAYED WITH DICE
PO...
THE TRAINS THAT HEAD “UPWARDS” WITHOUT KNOWING ANYTHING
BUT IF THE GOAL ISN’T HAPPINESS, IT’S NOT SUGOROKU
THEY’LL BE BROKEN DOWN WHEN THEY REACH TOKYO
THE IRON SCRAPS COLLECTED THIS WAY ALLOW THE BUILDINGS OF TOKYO TO GROW TALLER YEAR BY YEAR
THEY GO TO TOKYO TO BE DEVOURED BOTH TRAINS AND PEOPLE
TOKYO IS A PLACE THAT I’LL NEVER GO TO IN MY LIFETIME
POLICEMAN -SAN, ARE YOU SHOCKED?
IN THAT CASE, IN MY HOME ANY LIES OR TRUTHS ARE THE SAME
AH, NO…
WHY DOES EVERYONE…
WANT TO GO TO TOKYO…
BECAUSE TODAY, HE’S HAPPILY EXPLORING THE CITY WITH TABI-KUN
IT’S OKAY, YUKITA-KUN WON’T GET ON THE TRAIN
WITH… ANOTHER GIRL? IN THE CITY?
WHY AREN’T YOU THEIR CHAPERONE! BECAUSE POLICEMANSAN IS FRIENDS WITH YUKINII YOU KNOW ABOUT IT, RIGHT?
POLICEMANSAN, YOU IDIOT!!
YUKI-NII DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL
HE’S TRYING TO GO TO TOKYO
YES, I HEARD …… HE WANTED TO BECOME A STAGE ACTOR BECAUSE HE HAS A DREAM
HALF A YEAR AGO
THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO BECOME FRIENDS
I BUMPED INTO YUKITA -KUN BY ACCIDENT WHEN HE WAS PLAYING TRUANT
IT’S TRUE THAT I’M TOO SOFT ON YUKITA -KUN
BUT I THINK IT’S GOOD THAT HE’S MORE DRIVEN NOW COMPARED TO BEFORE
FOR A PERSON WHO RAN AWAY FROM SCHOOL STUDIES TO BECOME A STAGE ACTOR…
POLICEMANSAN SHOULD UNDERSTAND , BEING AN ADULT
THE WORLD ISN’T THAT KIND
YUKI-NII NEVER TALKED ABOUT A DREAM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT
HOW CAN HE ACHIEVE A DREAM THAT REQUIRES MANY TIMES MORE TALENT AND EFFORT THAN A NORMAL JOB?
FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE COURAGE TO FACE THE BORING FUTURES OF THEIR BORING SELVES
TALKING ABOUT DREAMS OR TOKYO IS JUST ESCAPING FROM REALITY
IT’S CLASS TIME NOW, AN ISN’T IT? IMPORTANT FOR A TIME TO MIDDLE STUDY FOR SCHOOL THE HIGH THIRD YEAR, SCHOOL SUMMER IS EXAMINATIONS, RIGHT?
… WHAT ABOUT KANOKOCHAN?
THAT’S BASICALLY THE KIND OF HIGH SCHOOL YUKITA-KUN DOESN’T TO GO TO, RIGHT?
MY FIRST ASPIRATION IS TO GO TO A HIGH SCHOOL THAT DEFIES PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS SKIPPING IN THIS CITY SCHOOL FULL OF HIGH ONCE OR HOPES TWICE IS NO PROBLEM
YEAH UM, I’M SKIPPING SCHOOL BUT
WA OKAY, CAUGHT
WA
WAIT MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION IS COMPULSORY~~
FROM TODAY ONWARDS I’M GOING TO SEARCH FOR YUKINII
EHH
I WON’T TELL THE SCHOOL SO BE ABOUT SURE TO THIS ATTEND YOUR AFTERNOON CLASSES
IT’S A BIT HARD TO THINK OF, BUT I THINK HE STILL USES ‘-KUN’ INSTEAD OF ‘CHAN’ FOR HER*
……
OH, RIGHT
KANOKOCHAN
DO YOU KNOW WHY YUKITAKUN IS HANGING OUT WITH A GIRL?
* ‘-KUN’ IS THE SUFFIX USED TO ADDRESS A BOY OR TOMBOYISH GIRL, WHILE ‘-CHAN’ IS THE SUFFIX FOR A GIRL. NISHIMURA IS TRYING TO SAY THAT YUKITA SEES TABI AS MORE OF A CLOSE FRIEND THAN A GIRL.
KANOKOCHAN HASN’T BUMPED INTO YUKITA-KUN YET, RIGHT?
… 5TH PERIOD HAS STARTED!
THIS CITY REPEATS THE SAME DAY OVER AND OVER
NORMAL PEOPLE AREN’T AWARE OF THIS
THE ONLY ONES WHO NOTICE ARE THE SEKIMORI AND THOSE WHO HAVE MANAGED TO OBTAIN A TEGATA
THE REPEATING MORNING
THE REPEATING EVENING
THE REPEATING DAY THAT NORMAL PEOPLE DO NOT NOTICE
A CHANCE TO REPEAT “DON’T GO” THE DAY “DON’T GO”, AGAIN IF I REPEAT AND IT, SOMEDAY AGAIN SURELY
TO GET THE WORDS I WANT…
I UNDERSTAND! I WON’T LEAVE KANOKO’S SIDE
BUT EVER SINCE [TABI] CAME YUKI-NII HAS SPENT LESS TIME AT THE STATION
MAYBE THAT PERSON’S ANSWER WILL CHANGE
WHO ON EARTH ARE YOU—...
REPEAT ...
HEY—
TOTO WHERE ARE YOU—?
AND…
[TABI]!
THAT IS…
DON’T LEAVE MY SIDE TABI!
REPEAT…?
YOU’RE SO SUFFOCATING!
IF YOU MOVE AROUND SO FREELY, YOU’LL BE SWALLOWED BY THE ROAD AGAIN
I WON’T BE ABLE TO ASK HIM THE QUESTION I HAD TODAY BUT THAT TOTO, SINCE HE HASN’T COME HOME I THOUGHT HE’D BE IN THE PARK
]THANK YOU] IS MY OWN CANDY BALL
… SOMETHING THAT YOU GIVE OTHER PEOPLE
AHH BUT...
IF I ASK…
… DON’T
BUT [ASKING] IS SOMEONE ELSE’S CANDY BALL
[WHY WERE YOU ALWAYS AT THE STATION?]
IF HE HATES ME FOR ASKING…
DON’T FOLLOW ME HERE, TABI! CAN I?
A MERE CANDY BALL, BUT STILL A CANDY BALL … WHICH MEANS
IT MAY BE A CANDY BALL THAT YOU CHEERFULLY ASK FOR
IF YOU THINK OF IT AS A CANDY BALL—...
IF IT’S THE OTHER PERSON’S TREASURE…
[WHY DID YOU APPEAR IN THIS TOWN?] THE QUESTION HE HAD TODAY
IS IT OKAY TO ASK WHAT IT IS
[THANK YOU] IS WHAT I TO ASK WANT TO OR NOT SAY TO ASK?
FOR YOU
HE ALREADY HATES ME!?
HEY
IT’S HARD, FIGURING OUT THE WORDS THAT ONE WANTS TO SAY
THAT WOULD BE GREAT
I LIKE YOU SO STAY HERE YUKI-NII!
WHEN I MEET THAT PERSON SOMEDAY…
SHOULD I INSIST …
… AH
OH RIGHT, BECAUSE OF THE REPEATS. ..
UH… UH…
IT SEEMS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS PERSON IS MEETING ME
CAPTAIN CANDY BALL…
WHAT!?
BECAUSE I
REMEMBER YOU!
FORGET GREETINGS LIKE “NICE TO MEET YOU”
WHO ARE YOU!
DON’T BECOME THE DEVIL OF MY WORLD!!