Faster than a Kiss Chapter 38

Hi Fans of FTAK,

Sorry to keep you waiting. The cover page of this chapter says it all. Fumino in a Wolf costume and Maa-Kun in a rabbit costume. ^_^ She is like a devouring wolf hungry for a bite off the delectable bunny! XD

Fumino has not been sleeping well since the date at the amusement park.

At home, she is avoiding eye contact with Maa kun and he notices it too. Maa kun asks her but she refuses to answer or look at him. He holds her face and make her stare into his eyes. Looking into his eyes, Fumino is remindered of kissing Maa kun's neck and the kiss (thru his hands, please refer to previous chapter if u r confused).

Both of them blush as they look into each other's eyes. Not knowing how to handle the emotions Maa Kun evokes in her, Fumino pushes Maa-kun away. She is shocked she is having lewd thoughts of Maa-kun. XD

Maa kun has fallen asleep at the desk. Fumino covers him with a blanket. Looking at Maa kun's sleeping profile, she cannot help herself but stretches out hand to touch him...

... Fumino in a bid to control herself, stops herself from touching him. She turns around and tells Teppei if he sees her reaching out to touch Maa-kun, he is to blow the whistle to stop her.

Scene switches to the swimming pool. Fumino looks so irritated. XD

At the swimming pool, Teppei blew the whistle several times to stop Fumino from touching Maa kun. Fumino wonders how she can calm herself down... suddenly, she spots a cigarette butt.

She passes it to the coach in charge. Before she leaves the pool, Fumino overhears the coach asking Oka san to stay back to practice swimming...

Scene switches back to home with Maa kun... Maa kun asks Fumino about the cigarette butt. Again, Fumino avoids Maa kun's eyes. Maa kun envelopes her in his arms and tells her that he will not let go unless she answers his question. Maa Kun ask her whether her behaviour is due to something done by Shouma.

Fumino is surprised. Maa kun explains that her behaviour was similar to the kissing incident with Shouma. She cannot tell Maa kun the real reason... She turns around plants a kiss on his cheek. Maa kun is shocked. Teppei blows the whistle. Realising that she has kissed him, Fumino apologises profusely and runs out...

Fumino bumps into Shouma. Shouma passes a gift to Fumino, a peace offering to apologise to Maa kun for his behaviour. As they were talking, a beach ball bounces off Shouma's head.

Looking into the swimming pool via the gate, Fumino sees Oka san being harrassed by two men. Without warning, Fumino dashes into the swimming complex to save Oka san.

Fumino recalls the cigarette butt she found in the pool earlier. She suspects these are the ones who dirtied the pool. Fumino uses her handphone to take photos of the 2 men in the swimming pool as evidence.

Shouma and Fumino are caught by the two men. Fumino takes a photo of one of them upclose. They chase after her.
One of them takes her handphone and throws it into the pool. Without thinking Fumino jumps in to save the handphone as it is a gift from Maakun.

Both Shouma and Maakun jump into the pool and save Fumino as well as the phone. Maa kun angrily stares at the 2 men and demands what they have done to his lovely students. He further exclaims that he will execute due punishment on them. XD He is very protective when it comes to Fumino...

The police are called in. When they are left alone, Maa kun asks Fumino for an explanation of her recent behaviour, why did she run from him and was found with Shouma.
Finally, Fumino explains that she is too embarrassed to tell Maa kun of her own responses towards Maa kun and she has been trying to endure. Maa kun is surprised to hear this, looking at her intently, he tells her she need not feel guilty and she may do as she likes. XD

Maa kun closes his eyes and Fumino leans forward. At that moment, Shouma douses a pail of water on both of them. Maa kun asks Shouma whether there is a need for him to do that...

Ok. I apologise for the brief summary but I have been rather busy and I know many of you are waiting for this. Thought to get it out for you and not hold on to it anymore. This chapter details Fumino's awaken desire. Just when I thought they will finally kiss, Shouma has to interrupt them... Sigh... I believe the mangaka has the intention to tease us and we will never get to see the kiss until the last chapter of this series.

Dakara Koi to Yobanaide Chapt 11

Fans of DKY, I will briefly describe Chapter 10 before going into Chapter 11. I was thinking of starting at Chapter 12 but thought Chapter 11 is too important to miss.

In Chapter 10, Kokoro and some classmates (3 other girls), together with Jirou Sensei went for Hatsumoude (first Shrine visit of the year). There Kokoro prayed for Jirou. She prayed that he will be intimate and happy again with someone he loves. She made that prayer thinking that she wanted him to be in love and happy even though that person he loves is not her. As she prayed, she began to tear. (Kokoro really loves Jirou)

Whilst looking to meet the rest of the class again, Jirou and Kokoro bumped into Kokoro's younger sister. As fate would have it, Kokoro's sister's was with her teacher. And her teacher was Mizuki (Jirou's elder brother's girlfriend). Jirou had a crush on her when his brother was alive. Kokoro put one and one together and figured that Mizuki must be someone who is very important to Jirou. Kokoro tried to convince Jirou that meeting Mizuki was not by chance and she tried to encourage Jirou to cease the opportunity to meet up with Mizuki again. As she spoke, she suddenly began to tear again (thinking that her prayers are answered so immediately and Jirou will fall in love with someone else). That ends Chapter 10.

Chapter 11 begins with a snapshot of Jirou's meeting with Mizuki. Kokoro is crying and Jirou wonders what causes Kokoro to suddenly tear. Trying to cover up, Kokoro tells Jirou that she has not been very stable emotionally as she is fast approaching her final year and she worries about the courses she can take in university. Jirou is confused as Kokoro still has about 3 years before graduation. In a bid to control her emotions, Kokoro puts on a smiling face and tells Jirou not to worry about her. Jirou does not know what to think or say... After that incident, Kokoro puts on a happy expression and soon they meet Kokoro's classmates who were sitting on a bench waiting for them. Jirou bids all of them farewell as he decides to leave first.

Kokoro and the her classmates decide to go to the Karaoke box to sing. Even as they are singing and enjoying themselves, behind Kokoro's smiling facade, she's thinking about Jirou and whether he had left to meet up with Mizuki.

At the restroom, Kokoro is reminded of Jirou and feels sad again thinking that she really loves him. She tries to control her emotions and puts on a front before going out to meet her friends again. Her friends observe that Kokoro seems beside herself. When they asks her, she bursts into tears... After saying goodbye to Kokoro, her friends wonder about Kokoro and Jirou Sensei's relationship. One of them thinks that it is ok for a student to like a teacher. Another one comments that the problem is that who does Jirou Sensei like. They talk about the lady that Sensei and Kokoro met at the shrine and wonder who she is. One of friends feels that Kokoro lacks confidence and she should transform herself to gain confidence. Yet another of them thinks that this should end before Kokoro falls too deeply in love. They were thinking that it was better when Kokoro liked Fuwa. However, before they know it, Kokoro stops talking about Fuwa and starts talking about Sensei...

Meanwhile back home, Jirou is feeding Saburo (the dog). As he looks at the dog eating happily, he cannot help but thinks about the meeting with Mizuki. He is reminded of his brother's death. He thinks it is no use seeing Mizuki again. He wishes his brother is alive again...

End of winter vacation and everybody is back in school. As Jirou enters the class, Kokoro cannot help but feels happy to see him.

It is time for everyone to pick a number to decide their sitting positions. Kokoro's friend picks 2 numbers. Jirou tells her that each person is allowed to pick only a seat number. Her friend explains that she is picking another one for Kokoro. Jirou wonders if Kokoro is still feeling emotionally unstable. Kokoro's friend tells Jirou that she can't tell him the reason. Jirou wonders why...

In the new sitting arrangement, Kokoro gets to sit beside Fuwa. Fuwa takes out a card and passes it to Kokoro..

As Kokoro stares at the envelope. She cannot help but notices that Fuwa has very nice handwriting. Fuwa tells her that the drawing and the word "Rabbit" is written on the card but... Embarrassed and thinking she must appear rude, Kokoro quickly denies looking at what was written on the card... Fuwa continues and says:"Rabbit is to thank you for I have burdened you by being a terrible trouble last year." Kokoro looks at Fuwa in surprise and replies:"I have never felt you were trouble." and she smiles at him as he looks at her.

Jirou passes a notice of an interview he will conduct with his students individually...

It is Kokoro's turn to meet Jirou sensei. Jirou asks Kokoro about her choice of studies and university she is thinking of going to. Kokoro says that she is thinking of doing arts/humanities in a private university instead of applying for a national university. Jirou feels that it is his duty to help her do well and offers to give her tuition to help her do better. Kokoro replies to say that her parents agrees with her to go for private university too. Jirou leans forward and holds her shoulders and asks whether it is because of his teaching... At the same time, Kokoro flinches away... Kokoro:"Please, leave it alone..."

Realising that she has overreacted, Kokoro tries to ask Jirou about his meeting with Mizuki. She suggested that they can continue from where they left off. In a serious tone, Jirou cut her off before she can finish her sentence:" There is no continuance..." Kokoro wonders why. They are both teachers thus they should be well-matched.

Jirou:"Teacher? Do you think so?" "I don't seem to get along well with people. With my father too... Mizuki cared for me because I was the younger brother of my elder brother. Because of that I hated my brother...I was thinking wouldn't it be great if he disappears... I'm the worst type of person."

Kokoro is shocked to hear this. She disagrees with Jirou and tries to tell Jirou how she sees him. But Jirou continues to put himself down. Kokoro, not being able to take Jirou putting himself down anymore, shouted: "Stop!" With tears streaming down she cries out:"Please don't slander the person I love. Stop slandering the person that I love very much..."

Kokoro realises that she has confessed her feelings to Jirou. Blushing, she tells Jirou to forget what she has just said. Jirou is dumbfounded... Looking at him and blushing at the same time, Kokoro tells him that she wish he would stop putting himself down... and she runs off. Unbeknownst to both of them, Fuwa overhears the conversation...

Scene switches to Jirou cycling... He is thinking of Kokoro as he cycles. He remembers that Kokoro was serious when she confessed to him and the confession was an unusual one... It is a first for him...

That is the end of Chapter 11. I believe that Jirou has never felt good about himself. It will be good if he can see himself as how Kokoro sees him. Things are getting interesting as now Fuwa is also aware of Kokoro's feelings for Jirou. Nice chapter. Story is moving along very nicely. ^^

News!

Earlier, I shared on my dilemma. Which comics magazines to get: Betsufure or Margaret? Many of you have contributed your suggestions and thoughts. This is the results of the poll. Seems like most of you prefer Betsufure. ^_^

Which magazine should I subscribe to? Margaret or Betsufure? Selection Margaret 62 votes Betsufure 84 votes 143 voters pollcode.com free polls

I went to the bookshop recently and bought a copy of each magazine (Margaret's and Betsufure's October issue) to sample.^_^. Sigh... such a difficult decision. I think the reason is that I'm following most of the manga serialised in these 2 magazines. I really wish space is not a concern for me. Sigh... After much struggle, I going to subscribe to Betsufure. Main reason, Margaret is published fortnightly (a definite hazard to my already crammed shelves).

Reading the October issue of Betsufure, I was disappointed that Kare wa Diablo (thank you Kanade for recommending this manga) was on hiatus. The series seems very interesting. It should be up in the November issue and I'm a few days away from getting the magazine! \^^/

The Nov issue of Betsufure looks so yummlicious! I am likely to summarise Shiro no Eden & Kare wa Diablo. Look out for them.

As for Kinkyori Renai's fans, I'll be missing about 9 chapters if I start summarising from the magazine, thus I will probably wait for the tankubon before summarising.

Junai Labyrinth/ Pure Love Labyrinth Chapter 15-16

I'm going to give a very brief summary of Chapter 15 and a more detailed Chapter 16 as the latter is more interesting ^^

In Chapter 15, Reira asks Umi to accompany him back home as he has no courage to go home. He believes his dad disagrees with his choice of career (entering the entertainment industry). Reira's parents own a very famous traditional unagi restaurant. Later on with his mother's (Reira's mother is very beautiful) help , he found out that, although his dad never articulated, his dad was actually very proud of him and have kept all his records and newspaper clippings of him. Reira was touched when he found out.

Chapter 16 opens with Umi and Haru at the TV broadcasting station. Umi has taken up the part time job of being Haru's manager. She is trying desperately to protect Haru from hordes of screaming female fans... At the end, Haru is the one who rescues her from the scene. Umi is upset that Haru does not allow her to do her job as his manager. Haru looks at her intently and tells her that he rather not have her be injured. Umi blushes at his comment.

As they move towards Haru's dressing room, Umi reports to Haru his schedule for the day. Haru takes the opportunity to ask Umi where she has been yesterday. Not thinking much, Umi tells Haru that she went to Reira's parents' place and they cooked for her. She tells him that his parent are good cook and Haru should go with her the next time. Haru is shocked to hear this! He is so upset he tears his shirt wearing it.

The Stylist is called in to help mend his shirt. The Stylist takes the opportunity to flirt with Haru. Haru is taken by surprise and is thinking to himself that this doesn't feel good at all. At that moment, Umi enters the room. She is shocked to see the Stylist flirting with Haru. As Haru and Umi leave the dressing room for Haru's next assignment, Umi kicks Haru's leg, feeling angry that he is so easy to seduce. Haru tells her to stop kicking him. He tells her that next time, he will just borrow the sowing kit and run away from the Stylist. Umi tells him to keep to his promise. Haru adds that he believes Umi will take 100 times more time than the Stylist to mend the shirt. Umi is speechless to defend herself... (this couple is quite cute and funny, I like their chemistry together, they so comfortable with each other)

Today, Haru and Reira are filming a scene together. Reira, with his script on him, is sleeping on the set. Umi walks up to him and calls out:"Hippo man. Hippo man." Reira wakes up with a start and shouts: "Who is the Hippo man!" He sees Umi laughing away. Thinking to impress her, Reira tells Umi that he has a big news for her. He tells her that the "Husha By Baby" has entered two original contents in the Uikuri Chart. Before he could finish, Umi thinks of Haru's debut CD. She runs towards Haru to tell him the good news. Rei tries to stop her, he's thinking:" Heh! How about me? The composer?"

Umi calls home and tells everyone the good news. She goes to the shop and buys 3 CDs (1for keeping, 1 for listening, and 1 for her friends). When they reach home, everyone, including their father (came back earlier) to celebrate Haru's success.

Late at night, Umi is baking cookies. Haru asks why she is doing so. She tells him that she wants to thank everyone for helping Haru. Haru stays up to taste the cookies for Umi. Umi chases Haru to sleep as he has a long day tomorrow. Haru turns, sniles and asks Umi:" I am a good older brother, right?" Umi is capitvated. She answers back,:" Not before you r famous." After Haru has gone to bed, Umi holds on to her chest where her heart is beating furiously and notes that Haru seems different to her.

"Ring... ring... ring..." (background sound)

"Wait...don't go... Haru chan..." Umi stretches out her hands. She suddenly wakes up and realises that she has been dreaming. She looks at her alarm clock and realises that they r going to be late.

"Haru Chan! Wake up!" Umi shouts and she jumps out of bed not realising that Haru is already awake...

Scene switches back to the set where Haru and Rei are shooting their drama series... Umi presents her cookies to all the crew members. Reira takes a cookie and eats it. Umi sees his pained look thinks that the cookie must taste terrible. With a serious voice, Reira tells her that the cookie taste delicious. Umi is pleased. Reira asks her what occasion is the cookies made for. Teasing him, Umi says it is for purifying. Reira was hopping mad hearing that!

During break time, Reira tells his manager that he is going to the convenient store to get something. In actual fact, he wants a change of mood. Suddenly, he sees Umi sitting against a wall and sleeping.

Looking at her sleeping profile, he cannot help himself but bends down to plant a kiss on her... At that moment, Haru kicks Reira away.

Reira shouts at Haru:"What did you do that for?!"

Haru:"Do not put out your hand easily!"

Reira:" If it is not easy, is it ok, elder brother?!"

Haru stares angrily at Reira...

Umi sleeps through the rackus.

I love this chapter and how this story is developing. I like how Haru loves Umi, so protective and concerned over her. Unknown to Umi, Haru is not her blood brother. Haru knows and he is obsviously in love with her. Reira is also in love with Umi (again, she is not aware). Reira seems to suspect that Haru feels more for Umi than a brother will feel. I wonder how the story will develop.

Dakara Koi to Yobanaide/穿越时光的歌声 Chapter 1 - 11

First and foremost, a big thank you to all who have voted and some even shared your thoughts for the magazines I should subscribe. Thank you that you care enough to do so! I'm touched. ^^ Till date more have shown their preference for Betsufure. I've not decided yet. I may just end up getting both! (My poor shelf... No space...). Will ponder over this dilemma carefully... ^^

As promised, I'm going to talk a bit on Dakara Koi to Yobanaide. ^^

I have in my collection another works of Fujiwara Yoshiko. That is Koishi Tagari no Blue. I love the story. It was touching and interesting. However, when I first read Dakara Koi to Yobanaide, I thought the story was interesting but slow, thus I couldn't be bothered to translate. However, now, I feel the story is developing and moving on. ^^

A quick summary of the chapters before giving you the latest chapter serialised in Cheese!.

Female Lead: Naruse Kokoro is a 17 year old high school girl who has a crush on Fuwa. A serious and good-looking boy in her class. However, he seemed aloof and not interested in having a relationship. Things start to change when a new teacher arrived. Takayanagi Jiro, 26 years of age, looked like a misfit as teacher. His suit was oversized and he looked unkempt. In fact, he was also ostracized by the other teachers thinking that he got into teaching because of his dad who is a famous politician.

Kokoro's first impression of him was that he was a delinquent who smoked. Later on, she realised that he was her teacher. He disclosed his past to Kokoro on several occasions and each time, she was moved to tears thinking of how he had suffered. Jiro had an older brother (who died in an accident) who excelled in everything he did. Jiro, on the other hand, lived up to the image of the youngest, useless son with a nonchalant attitude. Their father was proud of his older son but towards his younger son, Jiro, he often expressed his disappointments. However, his older brother loved him and was kind to him even though his father would often compare Jiro to his older brother.

His brother had a girlfriend and Jiro had a crush on his brother's girlfriend. On one occasion, out of jealousy, Jiro wished that his brother was not around and then his brother met with an accident. Jiro, I think, felt responsible. He took up teaching because it was his brother's dream to teach.

Jiro, as a teacher, seemed clumsy and incompetent. At the beginning of the series, Fuwa expressed his dislike for Jiro as he viewed him as not serious and incompetent. However, Jiro through time, showed that he cares for his students. Jiro managed to get a delinquent student who almost attrited to come back to class. Furthermore, towards Kokoro, Jiro was especially kind. He observed that she had a crush on Fuwa and tried to pair them up. He was there to "rescue" her when she was placed in embarrassed situations.

The last few chapters showed that Kokoro began to realise that she had fallen in love with Jiro. At the same time, Fuwa seemed to warm up to Kokoro... (I think a love triangle will develop)...

I like it that the mangaka is developing the key characters and giving them more depth. Each of the key characters have a past and a reason to their current behaviour. Eg, Fuwa's coldness or jaded attitude is due to him feeling redundant and leftout by his family. His mom has passed away and he felt that his presence at home is a burden to his step mom. He studies hard so as to leave home as quickly as possible. As for Jiro, his seemingly nonchalant facade hides his insecurities. Nice! I like all the angst that comes with this.

Look out for the latest chapter.

Which Magazine to Subscribe?

Hi All,

It has been awhile since I last blogged. I have been really busy with work. So very, very busy that I have little time to do others... There are a few things that I need to catch up on once I am less bogged down with work. ^^ Of course reading and summarising certain manga series rank high in my priority.

I'm thinking of summarising Dakara Koi to Yobanaide/穿越时光的歌声. In the past, I posted 2 chapters of this series with no translation. I wasn't too interested then. Now, after reading the latest chapter, I'm kind of interested to pick this up again. Will give a brief summary of Chapter 1-11 and give a more detailed summary of Chapter 12 (the latest chapter serialised in Cheese!). Look out for it!

Also, I'm owing summaries of Junai Labyrinth/Pure Love Labyrinth. I mentioned in my earlier entry that I will be providing regular summary of this series. I'm still interested in doing so just need to find time. So sorry for those who have been waiting. Will try to get the latest chapter up soon too.

Finally, to all fans of series from Betsuma. I'll not be posting further summaries of any series from Betsuma. This is because I have stopped subscribing Betsuma. Currently, I'm subscribing Cheese! and Lala. To add to these, I'm thinking of subscribing Margaret or Betsufure.

Margaret has series such as Switch Girl, Kimi janakya Dame nanada/非君莫属, Akuma to Love Song, etc.

Betsufure on the other hand has Kinkyori Renai and L-DK, etc.

What do you think? Which magazine will you be interested to read summaries from? Let me know your thoughts.

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Kanojo wa Uso wo Aishisugiteru Chapter 18

Dear All,

I apologise for the late posting. I have been very, very busy, thus collected my magazine late. Just got this last night.

Last Chapter ended with a cliffhanger. Aki revealed his identity to Riko. Aki told Riko that he would like to meet her parents formally and introduce himself, Ogasawara Aki, to them...

Riko stares at Aki. She is in shock! She thinks:"Now what?..." Suddenly her handphone goes off. She takes the opportunity to leave immediately. Riko says: "Yabai! (Whoops!) Because of my dad I have to go now!" Aki tries to get her to wait up as he intends to send her home. But Riko rejects his offer, saying that she is leaving immediately and she is fine to go home on her own. Aki shouts after her (as Riko runs off) to send him a message when she is near home.

Aki is left standing at his doorway speechless...

As Riko runs home, she apologises to Aki mentally. She finds herself running along the route where she first met Aki and ringing in her head was Crude Play's song. That song she heard him hummed when she first met him was Crude Play's song. She is certain that Aki is Crude Play's Aki.

Scene Switches to Shun. Shun is having a shower in his hotel room at the Ritz Carlton. He gets out of the shower in time to hear his phone goes off. His manager is calling him. Shun tells his manager that he will go down and meet him after 15 mins. His manager tells him to turn on the TV.

Shun is shocked to see that the programme was talking about Mari and his secret relationship is now made known publicly. They even interview Shun's mother. His mother agreed with the match. The newscaster commented that Shun's mother is very pretty. Apparently, she used to be a model.

Scene switches to Riko who was having her breakfast. Her father points out to her that her favourite band Crude Play is on TV. Suddenly, Riko asks her dad to suppose that he has a favourite person who is a talented musician and when should this person lie? Riko's dad is confused by her question. Riko suddenly burst out, even if one is a greengrocer, one is not a greengrocer, when should the favourite person lie?

Riko's dad looks at her and replies:"When you detest the greengrocer." Riko looks really sad thinking about what her dad has said:"...when you detest..."

Riko wonders what Aki wants and why did he lie. She wonders what he detests... She wonders whether Shinya has lied to her too...

Scene switches back to Aki at Takagi's office. Aki asks Shun what is going on? Shun replies that the reporters talked to his parents when they were leaving. It was unexpected. Shun apologizes to Aki and tells him that he is starting to date his former girlfriend. Aki tells Shun he is lying. Shun laughs. Shun tells Aki that dating Mari is a lie but he kissed her. Aki was surprised. Shun asks Aki how much he knows about Mari. He asks Aki does he like her no matter what.

Aki tells Shun he doesn't like Mari any more. However, he wonders why Shun is covering up.

Scene switches back to Riko and her friends at Takagi's office. They are posing and taking photos of the company's logo. Shinya appears and greets them.

Sou asks him about Mari and Shun's relationship. Yu thinks it is not true because Shun is rumoured to be gay!

At that moment, Shun walks out of the room. Shinya saw Aki sitting in the room. He says that to Shun's friends knowledge, Shun is not dating Mari but...

he asks isn't Mari and Aki a couple? Riko looks so shock and sad to hear that. Shinya asks Riko why she looks so surprised.

Aki turns his head at the mention of Riko's name...

Woah.... Shinya really knows how to play the game... Riko is already quite uncertain about her relationship with Aki. I wonder how this piece of information will affect their relationship... How is Aki going to explain himself? I like this manga however, I can't help but hope that it can go at a faster pace.