Vol 6 Chapter 1 (1/2)
Chapter 1
The protagonist of the story I a to say next was a man who really amazed me
To be honest, I am not too familiar with this man, and I never met him and talked with him Moreover, the little infor is that he practically never appeared in this story Even so, this is still a story that belongs to him
His nickname was the “Bear Punch” (Bare Knuckles), and it was said that he earned this ridiculous nickname because he once beat a bear to death with his bare hands However, that hat everyone called hioslavia or Congo Perhaps that is because japanese names are harder to pronounce?
He used to be a h many countries, but retired once when he was in his thirties, the age of his physical prime That was because, when he returned to his hometown of japan, he met a woman, and fell in love
nobody granted their blessings for this roe in illegal acts while raising a child, so he decided to wash away the stench of cigarettes and the stains of blood as he settled down in Tokyo
nobody knehy they chose to run a ranificance to it The history of japanese ramen was that it inherited the essence of Chinese ramen, came over from the mainland, from the seas, but the soup absorbed the food cultures from all kinds of different countries, and finally became an authentic japanese cuisine Unexpectedly, this hter both of them had
However, after his wife died earlier, he abandoned his daughter and the ramen shop on a certain day and went back to the battlefield as the “Bear Punch” again The only proof of hi a ramen shop, was the shutters of the shop
His actual name was Hanada Masaru
It was said that when he thought of using his own name as the shop’s naot rid of the ‘da’ and ‘sa’ [1]
—“Ramen Hanamaru”
The story of Hanada Masaru began and ended here, at this shop with that name
Page 12 ところで、ここのところすっかり忘れていたのだけれど、僕は高校二年生で、もうすぐ十七歳になろうとしていた。 By the way, I had forgotten all about it at that tih school sophomore, and was poised to become seventeen-years-old soon
それを思い出したのは、なんと教室でクラスメイトと話している最中 だった。 I re the midst of a conversation with my classmates
そんな馬鹿な。 How ridiculous
心の病気かよ。 I ical disorder
Page 13 でもとにかく、こんな会話だ。 But anyway, it was such a conversation
「あとーヶ月だから、藤島くんも十月中はあんまりバイト入れないで準備手伝ってね」 ”For one month more, so Fujishi+ October; since I have to come over, and help with preparations”
昼休み開始のチャイムと同時に、そんな女の子の声が聞こえた。 At the same time as the chiirl
顔を上げると、ジョートカットに気の強そうな眉に人懐っこそうな瞳が目に入る。 When I raised -willed eyebrows and friendly looking eyes
彩夏だった。 It was Ayaka
僕は午前中の授業をすべて寝て過ごしていたので、頭がぼうっとしていて、話の流れがうまく呑み込めなかった。 I spent all the , so my head was in a daze, and I was not able to take in the flow of the conversation very well
彩夏以外の女子たちまで僕の机のまわりにわらわら集まってきた理由もわからなかった。 I did not know the reason for why Ayaka and the other girls had gathered bustling around my desk
「・・・・・・あと一ヶ月って？」 ”・・・・・・For one more month?”
なんかあんの？ Was so?
「話聞いててよ！ またホームルームの間ずっと寝てたんでしょ、なんで藤島くんは学校に昼寝しに来るかなっ？」 ”Listen to what I say! Fujishi+ain weren't you, why did you come to school just to take a nap?”
最近トラブル続きで疲れてるんだよ、と言い返そうとしたら、脇から女子たちが口を挟む。 When I tried to retort that I was tired froirls interjected from the sidelines
「昼寝っていうか朝からずっと寝てるよね」 ”A nap, rather he was sleeping all ”
「たまに放課後七時くらいまで寝てる」 ”Sometimes he'll sleep after school until around 7:00”
「体育の授業中に寝てたって聞いたけど」 ”And I heard was sleeping during PE”
「マジそれすごくない？ どうやるの？」 ”Really, isn't that a? How do you do that?
僕も知りたいよ。 I would like to know that as well
どんだけ尾ひれつけてんだよ。 Such an exaggeration was made