Vol 7 Prologue (2/2)

「Really? Mana whill remember it! What is it!」

「Carve it into your flesh and bones!! 仙道波蹴ッ!Sendou Wave Kick!」[9]

「Gywan-! Onei-chan kicked me!」

Come to think of it, that e started to be in bad terms

Mana’s mother came in a while later

She had the same blonde hair and blue eyes

She was as beautiful as a Hollywood star, but on the inside she wasn't anything even close to pretty She was that type of woman

「Just so that you know, I don’t love Ryuuji」

「What I love is the Ryuuji's money and family fortune And he knows this too」

Just why did you suddenly just pop up to say so like that? My eyes turned into dazed tiny dots

「It would be good if you too, could also do the same」

「You have things you desire, right? You can use Ryuuji to make it happen」

That train of thought really made a deep impression on me I was shocked

I decided to negotiate with my father

「If I act o back to my mother?」

He accepted ht away

Frohter of the Natsukawa Faantly

It didn't matter who it was, I dely to the standard of a good child To avoid exposenature, I acted childishly from time to time too

Mana’s mother also acted as a fine wife and mother in front of everyone

Mana still acted however she liked, but then I was able to take care of her and iood sister In the eyes of the world, it was a beautiful relationshi+p

But in reality, ere all just fakes

Things went according to my father’s plan, and society viewed the Natsukawa faard

We dealt athered at our home This was how my father built his connections in Sweden

How is that? Eita

Did your ie a little?

My 「fake」visage was certainly perfect overseas

I was actually the biggest reason for attracting successful business, the source of the wealth of my family

But so you

I wonder what I did wrong……?

About two years later, so happened

The letters and JoJo volumes from my mother stopped

Even though I received them frequently and without fail ever since we separated

Myas important as this

「Father, did you hide Mother’s letter?」

「I」

「You’re lying! You definitely hid them!」

「Don’t troubleme?」

I could no longer read what happened in JoJo anymore

The last volume she sent me was the part where Polnareff became a turtle!

What will happen to my Polnareff-kun!?[10]

I decided to escape from this place

By avoiding ot myself a ticket to japan

After being separated for three years, it was finally time to reunite with my mother

I used the key card that I had preciously saved to get into the house

The house —— was empty

The luggage, the furniture… alone

Only the volumes of JoJo were left in the corner of the room

While I was shocked, the phone that was left behind in the living roo

｢Are you satisfied now? Masuzu｣

It was my father’s voice

Everything had been on the palm of his hand the whole time

｢Where did you take my mother?!｣

At that time, I really wished I could kill people just with my voice

｢I don’t know｣

｢You’re lying You chased her away didn’t you!｣

｢I repeat, I don't know It looks like she left of her own volition｣

｢I can’t believe those words As a father, you're nothing but a liar｣[11]

｢………Well, it's true It's just like you said｣

It was a voice that seeive up'[12]

｢Anyways, Masuzu, co with a japanese cabinet minister To expand my business, you’re required｣

It took a considerable ae to throw the phone

This man was still like this to the very end…

But, back then

I remembered what Mana's mother told me

｢I understand, Father I’ll do what you tell me to｣

｢Thanks, that's helpful｣

｢I ork hard for the Natsukawa fae for my work? ｣

｢What do you mean?｣

｢Give and take, this is the basic of business right?｣

If I attacked without a plan, my father definitely would not tell me the whereabouts of my mother

I could only look for her myself

I needed to increase my status, therefore I needed results

I need to increase nore me, until he accepted me

I worked harder as my father’s tool

I don't re called the 「Jewel of the Natsukawa Family」

Time flew, and it was October last year

「Father, I have a request」

「What is it?」

「I want to return to japan next spring, and attend Hanenoyah School」

My father, of course, didn’t give ood look

「I think I still want you to continue acting as a helpful hand at my side, Masuzu」

「But, you don’t have intentions of staying in Sweden forever, right?」

「Of course, once I have trained someone that I can trust, I will head back to japan」

「Then, why not let o back first? I'll spread my name as the “Jewel of the Natsukawa Fainally lived; this doesn't sound like a bad idea at all, right?」

My father was silent in deep thoughts

「I normally wouldn’t allow this but— Masuzu, you have worked hard for the Natsukawas As your reward, I will give you special permission to do so」

「Thank you very much」

「But, I’ll say this first Forget about that It's for your own good」

Hmph

As the person who got rid of mother, what could he possibly say?

That was how I got back to Hanenoyama city

I stayed at the apartment where I once lived with my mother

If I wait here, mother will definitely come back

Why? Because, she left these JoJo volumes here

「Read these volumes while you wait for me」

Surely, this was the e that my mother left here

You already knohat happened from there on, Eita

I went to study at Hanenoyah School, the place where I met you all

I was shocked when I spoke to you

There was actually a man who could keep up with my JoJo references!

Because my mother read to me the first and second parts, most of my references were centered around the ｢Ripple Arc｣ It's odd if you think about it, since the naly representative of the stand battles Of course I also really like Jotaro, Josuke, Giorno, Jolyne, Gyro and Jousuke, but the ones who taught me about life are Jonathan and Joseph[13]

That's e were at the pool and you told me that reference from the second part, I was really happy

Discussing the a you really like with someone, really could be that fun

I never knew

Yet, you were always so indifferent

You always acted cold towards me, and always ran off to the side of that childhood friend

That hy I tied you up I tied you up with a chain called BoyfriendFake

Just like how my father tied me up with my family name, I tied you up

Ufufu It serves you right

But in the end, you broke the chain by yourself

I never expected Akishi+no-san would be the one to say that 「People can grow」, I probably forgot Jonathan’s words At that time, my defeat was already settled

A fake, can never beat the real thing

Atrelationshi+p with Harusaki-san

No, or should it be said that perhaps my existence improved your relationshi+p with her?

How ironic[14]

How, foolish

This should be what they call a punishment

The punish Harusaki-san

This is what a fake gets after deceiving the real thing

After everything I did, it should be natural that I fall to hell

But, Eita

To be alone in hell, it's too cold

To fall into hell together with you, that doesn't sound bad at all

This is a letter written by Masuzu; which never reached Eita

Before putting the letter into the send box, Masuzu herself tore it to pieces

At that very sathened

Translator notes and references

Jump up↑ How she phrased it, it can be Scandinavia or any norther Europe country

Ju

Juuesses (no honorific)

Jua, I doubt that you don't know about it

Jump up↑ Those are all sound effects so they don't have a proper translation Do a i, they will lead you to many iconic scenes

Jump up↑ calls him shi+ranai ojii-san here

Juendary Jojo line that evolved into a meme here, it's だが断る

Jump up↑ It's a pun here, ”Stands” are called as such because they (normally) ”stand” behind their user Normally stands have no personality and can't interact with others; they can't been seen by people without stands and users can't even seen the as a stand

Jump up↑ This is ait at the ti knee, like what Masuzu is doing

Ju, this is a spoiler for part 5 Actually, the fact that Polnareff is in is already a spoiler for the late game of part 5

Ju hi

Ju any veracity, he isn't ad kicked the mother out; thus he realized that he can't convince her

Ju time ”Stand Battle” is commonly referred as the parts where you battle with stands, Here Natsukawa lists the main characters fro Gyro, who is the h he has for about as onism as the lead does)) The reason of why ”Josuke” is listed twice, it's because there are 2 leads named Josuke, but use different kanji (which is what Masuzu used on the list) The first one is 仗助 and the second one is 定助 ; they are both read as ”Jousuke” but I took a small liberty to tell them apart Joseph and Jonathan are -of course- the leads of part 1 & 2 respectively

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