Kono Oto Tomare Chapter 142 Scans and Rough TL
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Scans: Kono Oto Tomare! Chapter 142 – Rawkuma
Page 1 Event assistant: We'll collect the evaluation sheets here once for score tabulation.
Side text: As the lingering emotions remain…
Judge: I believe we just...
Judge: heard something truly incredible...
Judge Kurokawa: Certainly...
Judge Agata: ....
Judge Tatsumi: ---I
Page 2
Judge Tatsumi: This is the first time I’ve ever not wanted to rank them.
Judges: We feel the same.
Page 3
Kota: Haaah, all the performances are over now.
Sane: It feels like it all went by in a flash.
Mittsu: Damn... I feel kinda sad now...
Sane: Don't say it...
Hiro: There’s about an hour and a half until they announce the results, if I remember correctly.
Sane: Seriously!?
Chika: So, what do we do 'till then?
Sane: Wanna hit up some tourist spots nearby?
Takezou: No, there's a social event next...
Chika: Social event?
Satowa: You guys really don’t know anything, do you…
Mashiro-senpai: Takezou!!
Page 4
Takezou: Senpai!?
Mashiro: Congrats on the performance!!
Senpai 2: It was the absolute best--!!
Takezou: Eh- Why...?
Takezou: Wai- Wha-? You all came to hear!?
Mashiro-senpai: Of course we did!!
Page 5
Kota: Mashiron-senpai---!
Sane: Long time no see!
Hiro: Then… does that mean the others are also—?
Takezou: Ah, yes! They are my senpais!
Takezou: Guys, these are the Tokise Koto Club OGs!
Sane: Uoooh for real?
Chika: Hello!
Senpai 3: Waah, you're making me blush. Hello there--!
Senpai 1: You guys were amazing!
Senpai 2: Yeah, I was bawling my eyes out!
Senpai 3: I was so moved---
Page 6
Senpai 2: And you, Takezou--- you’re so strong and mature now~~
Senpai 3: You've grown way too much since the last time we saw you---!
Takezou: Ah- Wai-
Senpai 2: I honestly could've never imagined it… That the Tokise Koto Club would give such an amazing performance on the national stage.
Senpai 2 & 3: We didn’t even have the slightest clue that Suzuka-chan had a talent for composing.
Kota: Ooooh, Suzu-chan looks like he is feeling awkward.
Mittsu: What a rare sight...
Suzuka: I'll smack you.
Page 7
Mashiro: Takezou
Mashiro: And everyone else, too
Mashiro: I truly thank you,
Mashiro: For taking the Tokise Koto Club with you to such an amazing place.
Page 8
Mashiro [memory]: Takezou!
Sign: Aiming for Nationals!!
Takezou: It's because of you Senpais...
Takezou: Because this is what you senpais passed on to us.
Page 9
Senpai 3: Come ooon, stop making me cry
Senpai 2: You've grown, kouhai--!
Page 10
Tweet: Tomo "I'm a member of a koto club. I don't want people like this to play. I don't want to be near them. They're a nuisance."
Audience stalker guy: Maaan, Tokise was amazing--!
Audience stalker guy 2: Who would've though I could be this moved by a koto performance!
Audience stalker guy: Dude, you were crying.
Audience stalker guy 2: You're one to talk, your nose was all runny and all.
Page 11
Audience stalker guy 2: Still, what was that whole scandal even about in the end?
Audience stalker guy: Who knows? I mean, people forget stuff like that pretty fast, right?
Audience stalker guy 2: True.
Tomoe [thoughts]: They forget pretty fast
Tweets/Comments:
"People like them are trash to society. The world’s better off without them."
"Idiots like that should just disappear already."
"Ban them from participation"
Satowa [memory]: You haven't done anything that warrants an apology, have you?
Page 12
QRT of previous Tweet:
"I heard Tokise’s performance at the High School National Cultural Festival today.
It was
Page 13
QRT of Tweet (cont):
"It was a very sincere and earnest performance.
It was the
It was the sound of countless hours of practice
I don't know if that video was real or fake
I don't know that, but
Surely
Surely
There is no lie in that sound."
Page 14
QRT of Tweet (cont):
"I acted like I understood everything just from a single video…
I'm ashamed that I joined in on the hate and slander
I'm taking back the comment I made quoting it.
I'm sorry."
Page 15
Tomoe's friend: Tomoe!
Tomoe's friend: What are ya doin' here? Everyone's lookin' for y--
Tomoe: Eh? Ah... Sorry.
Page 16
Tomoe's friend: What a nice day...
Tomoe's friend: The world our eyes have seen is still very small
Page 17
Tomoe: Yeah...
Isaki: Huuuh---? Where are Chika and the rest--?
Tetsuki: They stand out so much, you'd think we would find them right away...
Tetsuki: Ah, there they are.
Isaki: !
Isaki: Brother, could you hold my things for a bit?
Chika's father: Eh?
Isaki: So you can't run away with them.
Chika's father: ....
Page 18
Takezou: We should head back to our seats soon.
Chika: Okay---...
Isaki: Chiiika!!!
Isaki: Great job on the performance!!!
Chika: Isaki!!
Kota: Isaki-san---
Isaki: You guys, too. Good job, good job---!
Isaki: Man-- It was so good I cried myself dry.
Sane: Thanks!
Isaki: Over there.
Page 19
Isaki: Also, Chika...
Page 20
*No text*
Page 21
Chika: -----
Page 22
Chika's father: Holding a purse and CHIKA Cheering fan
Chika: Pwah-
Page 23
Chika: Ha... Um... Wha....
Chika's dad: ???
Chika: What's with that fan...
Chika's dad: Ah-
Chika's dad: Th- that's not it, this is---
Chika: Ha--- So weird---
Page 24
Chika: It doesn't suit you
Chika [memory]: Dad!
Chika's dad[memory]: Aaah... That's right.
Page 25
Chika's dad: ---...So you can laugh like that...
Gen: So you could laugh like that...
Page 26
Chika: Gramps said exactly the same thing.
Page 27
Chika's dad: ...I'm glad I came to hear your performance...
Page 28
Isaki [memory]: You see, after you guys finnished your performance, my brother was the very last one to stop applauding you.
Page 29
Isaki: Uzuki, your fan was incredibly useful in the end!
Uzuki: Eh?
Isaki: It brought out Chika's smile, didn't it?
Isaki: That's all thanks to your support.
Isami [memory]: It brought out Chika's smile
Page 30
*No text*
Page 31
Isaki: You're gonna burst into tears now---!!? Hahaha good for you!!
Isaki: This is good, all good
Chika: This is amazing
Page 32
Sane: ...Looks like he's fine
Takezou: Yeah.
Page 33
Sign: Judges room
Page 34
Contest official: The total scores from all the judges have been calculated!!
Contest official: Here they are.
Judge Tatsumi: !!
Page 35
Contest Official: …… Please discuss the final ranking based on the total score you see there
Page 36
Judge Tatsumi: Haha... Sigh... This has...
Judge Tatsumi: Turned out to be quite a bit of a situation.
Side text: A storm brews behind the announcement...
---Kono Oto Tomare will continue in the next issue!---