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Please note: I am NOT a professional and my level of JP is very, very basic. I do this for practice and to share with other fans for fun. Please take my translations with a grain of salt as there may be mistakes. If you see any, please let me know and I can correct them. If anyone else has this card and wants to translate this at any time then please feel free to do so!
Touma: Yo, Haru!
Touma: How’s school going?
Haruka:
Haruka:
Touma:
Haruka: You’re already so intense and it’s only noon
Touma: And you’re using such low energy stamps even though it’s already noon!
Touma: Is there something in class you didn’t understand? If so, make sure to ask your teacher!
Haruka: Stop acting like my guardian! 😒 I’m doing fine in school!!
Haruka: So, what’s up?
Haruka: Didn’t you rabbitchat for something?
Touma: Well, I just finished my Idol Stage lessons so now I’m eating lunch
Touma: But you had school today, so I was just wondering how you were doing! 😄
Haruka: I see
Haruka: So you were just bored?
Touma: I mean, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t bored lol
Touma: It’s about lunch time now, right? So I just wondered if you were also bored by yourself!
Haruka: Uh
Haruka: How did you know I was by myself?
Touma: I remembered the other day while looking at the schedule, you whispered “Izumi and Yotsuba won’t be there on the next day of school”
Touma: I thought you might feel lonely without the two of them, so if you’d like you can rabbitchat with me 😆
Haruka: I’m not lonely!!! Don’t treat me like a kid!!
Haruka: And you don’t have to remember each and every little thing I say!!!
Touma: My bad 😅 Then, what if you made friends other than Izumi and Yotsuba?
Haruka: I don’t need to
Haruka: I don’t need someone to hang out with
Haruka: Besides, if I suddenly talk to them, they’d just get nervous
I’d also be wary if it was the other way around 😒
Touma: You’re really cautious 🤔
Touma: When a costar you’re not well-acquainted with talks to you, you become meek as a lamb(1) and hide behind Mina’s back!
Haruka: I’m keeping an appropriate distance!
Haruka: Actually, aren’t you too close with others!?
Touma: Me?! I’m normal!
Haruka: Not normal at all!
Haruka: You already call them a friend after costaring for just a bit! I’m pretty sure your sense of distance is totally messed up
Haruka: They might seem happy but you don’t know what they’re saying behind your back, and not everyone is a good person.
You should have a bit more awareness
Touma: Hmm, well yeah.
Touma: Maybe you’re right and I should be more self-aware..
Haruka: Yeah
Haruka: I was expecting you to say “if you chat some more, you’ll realize they’re a good person!” so I was kind of disappointed
Haruka: Wait, did something already happen? Like something you can’t tell us? Are you alright?
Haruka: Have you told Utsugi-san?
Touma: Ahhh!!! Sorry Haru!!!! That’s not what I meant!!
Haruka: Then what?
Touma: Yesterday, while walking around the station, I saw a guy who I definitely thought was Riku even though he was wearing a hat! I was like, “Long time, no see!” and wrapped my arms around his shoulder from behind
Touma: But then
Touma: It was Kujo!!!!!!!
Touma: He smiled at me and said “long time no see”!!!!! I apologized profusely!!!!
Touma:
Haruka: Hey
Haruka: I was so disappointed I dropped my smartphone and got weird looks from my classmates!! 💥
Touma: No, I was scared too!!
Touma: I should be more aware of my distance and not wrap my arms around shoulders so easily 😭😭
Haruka: That’s not exactly what I was getting at, but if it makes you more aware then whatever….
Touma: Thanks for worrying about me, Haru! I was kind of touched ✨
Haruka: Worried for nothing 😤
Haruka: But, thanks for rabbitchatting
Haruka: Because of that, I wasn’t bored during lunch
Haruka:
Touma: Haruuuu!!
Touma: You gonna be alright on your own after school? Should I pick you up?
Haruka: Absoluuuuutely not!!!!!
Haruka:
Touma:
[End of Rabbitchat}
TL Notes:
1. "Meek as a lamb" - The phrase used here is literally “borrowed cat” and is a Japanese idiom for someone who becomes quieter than usual, so I just used an English equivalent
[Disclaimer: I’m NOT a professional translator. I’m using my knowledge from 4 years of university. Please, feel free to let me know if you notice mistranslation/typo/error of any kind]
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Torao: Minami, are they already gone?
Minami: Hello, Midou san. Who are you talking about?
Torao: C’mon, you know who I’m talking about
Torao: The little guys
Minami: Little guys?
Minami: Ah, you’re referring to the kittens they kept at the agency. The four of them all found a caretaker
Torao: I see
Minami: Do you feel sad, Midou san?
Torao: Not at all!
Torao: You were the one who found them abandoned under the rain, after all
Torao: It’s good that all of them were adopted!
Minami: The staff looked for a place for them, so it’s thanks to them that they were brought to some kind owners who will take good care of them
Torao: I see…
Minami: 🐱
Minami: You must be really sad, Midou san
Torao: I already told you I’m not!
Torao: I thought that you may have felt sad. Recently you've done nothing but go to the agency to take care of them
Minami: Thank you so much for worrying about me
Torao: Nah, Haruka was the one worried…
Minami: Oh, my… and you were not, Midou san?
Torao: That’s not what I said…
Torao: He said that you were very fond of those kittens. Also, he talked about how nice it would have been to keep them at the agency
Minami: Yes, I had that thought once as well
Minami: However, we’re part of the entertainment world and the staff of the agency has lots of things to do. The kittens would have ended up feeling lonely
Minami: It’s good they were adopted before we got too attached to them
Torao: Yeah. I’m afraid we would have been too busy to take care of them
Torao: Also, if they got sick we may have missed the signs
Torao: They’re in a new home now, ready to start a new life
Minami: Yes. Just like us
Minami: By the way, Inumaru san is allergic to cats. Do you think he had a hard time?
Minami:
Torao: Yeah. He needed to wear sunglasses and a mask every time he passed by the agency, so I guess it wasn’t easy for him
Minami: I’ll probably never forget Isumi san looking at him and saying “You must feel like quite a celebrity, showing up like this at your own agency! So cocky!”
Torao: He’s a celebrity for real, though
Torao:
Minami: I have some pictures of Torao and the others, so I can show them to you when you miss them
Torao: Torao…?
Minami: Yes. The bigger, tabby kitten 🐱
Minami: He had a pouty look and seemed quite full of himself, but he was actually a good boy who always came to me when I called his name
Torao: W-wait
Torao: There are many things I’d like to investigate, but first of all tell me the other kittens’ names
Minami: The lively, energetic kitten was Touma. And the spoiled, clingy one was Haruka
Minami: Lastly, the kitten who always groomed the other three and acted as if he was their foster parent was Shiro
Torao: Shiro, the foster parent…?
Torao:..wait, that’s not what's important. Why did you name them after us??
Minami: I chose those names just so we wouldn’t get too attached to them
Torao: It’s more likely the opposite! It only makes the thing even more difficult, if you ask me!
Minami: However, since I noticed that the number of toys increased every time I went to take care of the kittens, I guess it was already too late
Minami: Torao loved the mouse toy you brought
Torao: D-did you know it was me…?
Minami: I saw you playing with the kittens and I decided not to bother you, so I silently closed the door
Torao: You did what?!
Minami: You seemed like you were having so much fun, after all.
Minami: I have a video of Torao, Haruka, Touma and Shiro playing with that toy. You were not there the day I recorded it, but I’ll show you tomorrow at the Idol Star recordings
Torao: Mh, I’d like to watch it
Torao: However, the names you chose make the whole thing pretty awkward. I can’t get the image of us playing around with a toy out of my mind…
Minami: Since I call you by your surnames, it doesn’t affect me that much
Torao: Yeah, I thought as much
Torao: Speaking of which, will you call us by our surnames forever?
Minami: Would you like me to call you by your names?
Torao: Nah, I don’t really mind. You can call us whatever you like
Torao: It would definitely pump everybody up if you called us by name
Watch the American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 now: https://youtu.be/bWiW4Rp8vF0?feature=shared
The American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 broadcast recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by active climate leaders. Watch to find out which finalist received the $50,000 grand prize! Hosted by Vanessa Hauc and featuring Bill McKibben and Katharine Hayhoe!