#hirano to kagiura translation

[thenon-fictiondays]

Hirano to Kagiura light novel translation 4-5

Chapter 4: Fall.

Part 5

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Soon after walking around the festival while eating lunch with Kagiura, it was time for Hirano’s shift, so at the moment he is dressed as Oiwa-san.

He’s stationed in the area around the exit. In the middle of a passageway where it seems like there’s nothing scary, a fake pillar has been constructed to create a place for him to hide.

It’s an obvious place from the standpoint of the guests walking around, but that’s the point. If the places where they jump out and scare them are too unexpected, they might fall over or something. And this way, the guests will be able to see the SFX makeup.

That’s their plan of attack for this haunted house, and indeed, Hirano looks so terrifying as a ghost that popping up in unexpected places would be too dangerous.

He gives the guests two minutes of downtime upon entering the haunted house, but every time he slowly pushes his wig out of the way to show his face after the initial jumpscare, he gets a delightful scream from the two-stage trick.

Suddenly, he hears the pattering of footsteps.

Assuming they’re running, Hirano refrains from stepping out in front of them. He gets the feeling that the terrified guest is trying to escape the haunted house without letting themselves cry out.

Sure enough, someone is speed-walking a little behind the person they’re chasing.

“Hey, come on, Niibashi! I told you not to run!”

Wait, I know this voice.

It sounds familiar, and he realizes it’s Kagiura.

When he unthinkingly gives him a glimpse of his face, Kagiura looks his way and freezes on the spot.

“What’s with you? Come on, keep it moving.”

And after I told him not to come!

Hirano’s kind of uncomfortable being seen with long hair, and he reaches up his hand to take off the wig. It’s a little early to take a break, but naturally he doesn’t want his close companion to see him in drag.

“I think you even look good like this, Hirano-sa…”

To his disbelief, Kagiura had laid his hand on Hirano’s head. And now, when he tries to push the wig away from his face, he sees the made-up part that’d been hidden and lets out a loud yelp.

Seeing Kagiura play Hirano’s own trick himself is hilarious, and Hirano howls with laughter. He can’t help it, seeing someone play themself like that.

This time Hirano’s the one to close the distance between them.

Why don’t I give him a good, long look?

Kagiura had also started laughing, so Hirano had assumed he’d already gotten used to his appearance, but he screams again and suddenly leaps forward.

Hirano’s feet, clad in geta under his yukata, are particularly susceptible to surprise attacks. He can’t support Kagiura’s weight as he falls, so they go down together.

With a thud, they land in a heap right in the middle of the haunted house’s passageway.

The next guests, who’d caught up to them before they knew it, cry out at the sight of their entwined bodies laying atop one another.

“Huh…WAAAH-?!”

Startled, Hirano and Kagiura clamber to their feet, just as flustered.

Of the two girls who’d arrived, one had been walking a bit ahead of the other, and she’d been the one to let out a scream. For some reason, she grabs the other girl’s hand and drags her back around the corner they’d just come from, her voice coming out a little strange as she speaks.

“S-s-s-sorry! We didn’t see anything!”

“What’s wrong?” Apparently the other girl has not grasped the situation, and raises her voice in concern.

“N-n-n-nothing!”

Hirano thought her voice sounded a bit off, but figures, well, she’s probably just scared, since she just saw a ghost pull another guest down on top of him.

He sets his wig back in place while straightening the disarrayed hem of his yukata.

“Sorry, Kagi-kun. I screwed around too much. Go find your friend.”

“Fiiine.”

“Sorry, that was probably weird to walk in on,” he apologizes to the two girls they’d kept waiting.

“Not at all! We got to see something amazing!” The one girl replies, though Hirano doesn’t quite get her drift. She probably just means because Kagiura’s hot.

“Ah, after all that, we ended up ruining the haunted house vibe, sorry.”

Hirano rummages around in Sasaki’s bag, which was kept to the side, and foists some candy onto the girls.

“I’ll give you this to make up for it, so don’t hold it against us.”

He covers the half of his face with the makeup, which had gotten messed up by the disheveled wig, so he doesn’t scare them. Unfortunately, handing them something in this manner probably just makes it even more like a horror movie. It’d be bad to scare them while apologizing, though.

“Eek! Okay!” Just like earlier, the girl’s voice sounds just a bit off as she replies.

When it’s time for the shift change, Sasaki, portraying Hanako, returns. It doesn’t take him long to notice his bag’s been opened, and he astutely notices the difference from how he left it.

“I kinda feel like some of my candy’s gone.”

“Oh, I gave it to some customers.”

“Why, what for?”

Sasaki adds, “I get them all the time, so it’s fine if it’s just a little,” but he still seems suspicious, and Hirano wonders just how much he should explain.

Well, it’s not that big a deal, he concludes, and gives him the short version.

“It’s hush money.”

He doesn’t particularly want to tell him about his and Kagiura’s horizontal exploration.

“Sounds kinda sus.”

“Huh? No, it's wholesome. Oh yeah, give me one more piece. I’ll pay you back.”

“Uh, as long as it’s not one of the milk ones, I don’t really care. You can just have it.”

“Nah, I’ll pay for this one, since it’s for personal use.”

A strange expression crosses Sasaki’s face at Hirano’s request. The look in his eyes is enough to voice his doubt.

“Hm? ….I kinda feel like you’ve changed.”

His own countenance has changed quite a bit. His smile has stretched into a leer.

Sasaki’s just about the last person Hirano wants to be told that by.

“Huh? Where the hell did that come from?”

“Haven’t you become really considerate?”

Hirano has a hunch that if he doesn’t change the subject, he’s going to end up getting teased.

“No idea.”

Turning his face away as if to push the thought aside, he rummages around in his wallet.

“Here, compensation.”  He hands over some pocket change in exchange for the candy. There are plenty of other pieces in Sasaki’s bag.

If what he says is correct, and he really has become more considerate, that would be Kagiura’s influence.

Even if he’s seriously worried about him, he won’t make a difference just by unilaterally butting in—he’d learned this while living with him. He’s learned about joy and feelings of gratitude, as well.

Lately, he’s been thinking that his parents naturally understanding each other is probably the result of communicating their thoughts to each other before he’d been born, and sharing the feeling of treasuring their partner.

That’s why, he should communicate even with his platonic friends.

“Oh yeah, about what happened before summer vacation.”

Although Hirano is a bit self-conscious, it’s now or never, so he decides to broach the topic.

“Hm?”

“The incident behind the school building. Your injuries all better yet?”

Hirano had been so fired up to find the culprits and resolve the incident before summer break, that what he should’ve said to Sasaki has been a loose thread.

“You’re talking about way back then? They’re long since healed.”

“I see…thanks for helping my kouhai.”

He’d meant to say it nonchalantly, but Sasaki’s voice rises in undisguised shock.

“You saying something like that…wild.”

“Shut up.”

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With that, chapter 4 is a wrap and we have just the epilogue left!!! One more part and it's all over :') which also means one more part before I do the draw for the merch giveaway! To make things easier on yall, I'm just going to say this will happen ONE WEEK FROM TODAY -- Saturday October 7th. You have one week to reblog your favorite part from the novel with a short comment about why you liked it. Full details can be found in this post , or you can DM me if you have any questions!

And as always thank you so so much to my reading list members @jeizet, @jujupanic, @massyworld, @umbreonwolfy, @acidsuzanne-blog, @neoday, @lary-the-lizard, @tsmginc 🙏

[sallyb-sin]

Hirano and Kagiura Chapter 26, English translation:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1e90DGi3VQNcxKV-WO1MldGhd1FmbjrZm

[akandis]

literally me reading hirano to kagiura for the 16848849284th time

[camieiee]

I saw the leaks. Im… im going to combust

[massyworld]

are yall kagihiraheads ready to P A R T Y

[constantlyquestioningg]

okay okay so many thoughts about the new hirakagi chapter. niibashi class 1-A accepted listener of kagi's problems. niibashi the good friend who listens properly but tries to not be too pushy, who is happy his efforts are appreciated. kagi who's trying to make sure he's not being too greedy with his 10 seconds. shirahama kuresawa miyano cameo! SASAHIRA. kagi jealous of sasahira and the Look. niibashi feeling awkward this entire interaction (i would too). sasaki connecting the dots. hirano hesitation before we aren't close. hirano looking for kagi before smiling brightly at him (reverse of beginning of ch 1) (also sasaki's face jshdjs). hirano i was wondering if you were gonna do your 10 seconds of touching me for today taiga. ichinose!! moe sode yashiro. and HANZAWA MASATO my guy aaaaaaaa. so much about that. his face. yashiro's reaction. ichinose's harried explanation trying his best. amazing chapter all around i have to say

[booksandberries]

puts hand on me cheek

WHY DID I GO LOOKING FOR FANFIC ON PIXIV BEFORE AO3

[kalpalatas]

okay see I need to know if he has one of those wallets made with duct tape that was all the rage when I was in middle school (and I'm ancient)

or he genuinely just. tapes his flip phone and his wallet like a paranoid delinquent of sorts

[asterlae]

I have been thinking about fem kagiura a normal amount

[thenon-fictiondays]

Hirano to Kagiura light novel translation Epilogue

Epilogue: Good things

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I know, I know, I'm a day late. But we're finally here! We've reached the end of this way-longer-than-expected journey 🙌 thank you all so much for sticking with me this long, even as the official TL was released. It's been a blast 💖 I'll be drawing the name for the giveaway after this, so stay tuned!

Cleanup for the cultural festival goes by much quicker than the preparations had.

Breaking down everything they’d worked so hard to make was disappointing, but even the wistfulness of the demolition process was a part of the joy.

That, Kagiura thought, was probably what he’d say if he were a bit more sophisticated.

Since becoming a part of the executive committee, being that frenzied during the preparation period was unavoidable. For as much as he’d relied on Niibashi for the paperwork, he planned to work just as hard leading the cleanup efforts.

Thanks to that, his lower back is quite sore.

As a result, his arrival at the dorms is no later than usual.

He’s not sure when, but at some point the kinmokusei hedge had started blooming.

“Hey, welcome home.”

“I’m home. You’re back early, Hirano-san.”

The haunted house had been a large-scale production, so he would’ve thought cleanup would take a long time, but Hirano’s presence in the dorm suggests he slipped out early.

“Did you have something you needed to do?”

“Yeah.”

When he hands him something without saying another word, Kagiura blinks in surprise.

“Hm? Candy?”

“You didn’t get to be scared properly at the haunted house.”

Was that even a problem?

Kagiura had been troubled by not only knocking Hirano down, but by being seen like that by students from other schools. Whether he’d been scared or not wasn’t the issue.

But apparently Hirano had been worried about it.

“It was scary enough, though, that special effects makeup,” Kagiura remarks nonchalantly.

“That’s what got you scared, though. You totally missed out on the best parts of the haunted house. Well, you can have this as an apology. Your throat’s been giving you a hard time lately, right?”

“.....”

He’s always like this, he thinks.

He always meets me where I am with so much kindness.

“Wait, do you not like candy? No, you were eating some brown sugar candy the other day.”

“.....I like it.”

Slowly, Kagiura’s heart grows hot. He shouldn’t be feeling this warm over this, yet here he is.

The act of being considered by Hirano makes him happier than anything. Though, he does also like candy.

“Oh, good.”

“I like it!”

The meaning of this phrase, the true meaning, is too much to convey no matter how many times he says it.

“I got it the first time.”

Hirano’s side profile as he laughs, flustered, is stunning.

And words completely fail him.

They head to the dining hall a little earlier than usual. While Kagiura is eating his dinner, the chair next to Hirano’s is pulled back.

There aren’t that many people he’s gotten close with while living in the dorms. Their visitor is none other than dorm leader Hanzawa.

Usually, Kagiura’s part of the late crowd thanks to club practice, so it’s rare for them to cross paths.

“Where’s your roomie?”

Kagiura startles at Hirano’s nondescript statement.

I wonder if I get called the same way.

It sounds intimate, relaxed.

“He was so busy with the cultural festival that he’s crashed out. I couldn’t wake him up, so I just left him there.”

Traces of exhaustion also tinge Hanzawa’s voice, so it feels like Kagiura’s eavesdropping on a private conversation, and he almost wants to excuse himself.

Having finished his salad, he silently confronts his Chinese stir-fry. But before long, his chopsticks stop in mid-air.

There’s tons of peppers.

Hanzawa, always keen to subtleties, quickly takes notice.

“You’re not going to eat them?” He asks.

Simultaneously, Hirano says only “one piece.” How kind.

“...Okay, fine.”

He can manage just one piece, so he restrains his protesting stomach and somehow swallows down a pepper. Hirano’s eyes crinkle at the sight of his efforts.

“Good job.”

“I did my best. But, I can’t eat anymore…”

“What am I going to do with you?”

Hanzawa’s eyes widen at the intimate exchange. Have they forgotten he’s sitting right there?

The usually well-mannered Hirano reaches his chopsticks over the table to Kagiura’s plate, a gentle smile on his face.

After Hirano finishes eating the remaining peppers, and Kagiura expresses his gratitude with a “thank you, Hirano-san!”, Hanzawa finally pipes up.

“Nothing’s going on between you two, right?”

The tone of voice in which he asks Hirano this question is indescribably awkward.

“What’re you talking about? We’re just bros being bros. Right, Kagi-kun?”

“Bros…that’s one way to put it…”

With Hirano smiling at him so breezily, he can’t quite bring himself to nod along. His reaction ends up a little half-hearted.

“Am I wrong?” Hirano’s expression shows not a hint of foreboding, but Kagiura’s reaction raises some eyebrows. Hanzawa, who’d observed them both, whispers “Maybe so,” under his breath—but then he shakes his head as if to correct himself.

On the other hand, Kagiura says, “No, you’re not,” with a bashful smile.

He’d been called a friend, by Hirano. By the friend closest to his heart.

Joy gradually blossoms through him; when he speaks his words are from the very bottom of his heart. He’s probably grinning ear-to-ear.

“I’m really glad I met you, Hirano-san.”

*****

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I'm emotional, is anyone else emotional? 😭

I'm really glad I decided to translate and post this novel.

One last time, thank you so much to my reading list members. You guys kept my spirits up and let me know people still valued what I was doing after the official TL was released and I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart @jeizet, @jujupanic, @massyworld, @umbreonwolfy, @acidsuzanne-blog, @neoday, @lary-the-lizard, @tsmginc 🥺💖

[sallyb-sin]

Part 1 of Hirano and Kagiura Chapter 26 Spanish Translation. Another gift from a nice user from Twitter.

Part 2:

[quil12]

I wanted to try my hand at translating and typesetting the Hirano and Kagiura Doujinshi preview we got on twitter. I'm still very much a beginner at Japanese, so it might not be a perfect translation, but I did my best to make it make sense

[pinkdoozyxoxo]

While we wait for Ultinam to upload the latest chapter of Hirano to Kagiura, please feel free to check out my fan translation. Just click the link, and please do not save or share any of the pages :)

[somerandommanga]

I swear my brain is broken. I had a dream that someone on Reddit wrote that a scanlation site named "Laguna something" had released a translation of 19 out of the 39 pages of chapter 25. And someone else commented with a spoiler about Hirano hugging Kagiura AWKWARDLY after watching a scene where a bunch of girls were fighting over who should be Kagiura girlfriend with this face:

Assuming it's highly unlikely that the chapter it's about this, I'd like to know instead how many pages it is, just to get a sense of how truly broken my brain is. Thanks for your attention.

[illmamnim]

Hirano to Kagiura chapter 25 spoilers

Translation by @pinkdoozyxoxo

THIS GUY IS SO AROACE OK?!

But genuinely analysis now,

I only have my experience to reference, (and some posts online) but I can genuinely go on about how everything Hirano does absolutely lacks desire and attraction!

People who joke about romance and attraction come from a point of understanding what it means, and for people who don't, those jokes, nods, hints, are all neon lights pointing to something non existent. Or, if it does exist, fogged and shadowed by everything else.

Hirano doesn't get it. He's not naive or repressing, he doesn't overcompensate to an insecurity, he genuinely doesn't understand what any of this means. He's grateful to Kagi for allowing this relationship to be experimental, to be able to take a step back when things get too confusing, and more than anything, he appreciates this honesty that motivates him to be honest to.

People who "get it" talk in riddles, like they're all in on a secret and you can only sit and watch while they casually bring it up. It's normal for them. More than that, it's natural for them.

It doesn't come naturally to Hirano. In some ways, it's wasn't natural to Kagi either, who put romantic relationships on such a pedals that something as gravitating as a mutual attraction wasn't even cross his mind until Niibashi. Without him, how long would it have taken Kagi to actively reach that conclusion?

Romance is highly romanticise, and because it feels nice to be special, people don't question it. But you can be special without the romance. People can mean the world to you without needing some "other" and "more" of a reason.

I don't hold out hope that the manga will end with that conclusion, but the journey Hirano is going through means a lot to me. And I'll continue being a little aromantic pain who can't let people have their fluff for my own self indulgence! /j and hopefully others will feel that too, because it's always nice to be understood.

[constantlyquestioningg]

hi. i'm not over it yet.

This. it haunts me night and day. i think of it every time i read anything in/related to the sasamiyaverse.