Kimi ni wa Todokanai - I Cannot Reach You - Manga fanblog

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Kakeru: Eh?! A mixer? sfx: That has a brilliant ring to it!!

Fujino: Aye. Or rather than a mixer, a middle school friend of mine is now in a girls-only high school and and she wants to hang out with boys from another school. So, I was wondering how about it Kakeru? Scribble: Well, with the way it looks like, you could call it a mixer? sfx: slurp Kakeru: Eh, is it fine for me to go?! Yay!! I'll go, I'll go!! Scribble: That's my first mixer

Fujino: Btw, it would be helpful, if one more came. Do you know somebody who stands out? Kakeru: Then how about Yamato? The one in our class.

Fujino: Eh... sfx: zurp

Yamato, that was your childhood friend, right...? I'm not good with him... Kakeru: Eh? Why! Yamato's a good guy?! Fujino: No, I mean, if you ask why...

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Yamato: ... A mixer? sfx: Blank.

Fujino: Scary... sfx: shift Kakeru: Right! It's this Saturday, how about it Yamato? Ah, or do you have your part-time job there?

Yamato: No, I haven't, but... Are you going Kakeru? Kakeru: Yep, so you come, too, Yamato!

Yamato: ... Fine I guess...

But what are we going there for? sfx: What are we going there for?

Fujino: Th-That is well, to like, go out to eat with some girls and have some fun talking with them, or so... Yamato: I don't talk much, though... sfx: bam Kakeru: That's ok, that's ok! It'll be picturesque just with you joining in!! sfx: Alright, it's decided!

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The appointed day

Girl 1: Yamato-kun, you're really cool!! sfx: kyaa Yamato: Ha... sfx: No mask. Girl 2: You're not bored, are you?! sfx: kyaa Yamato: No... I always have this face...

Girl 1: Hey, we're the same age, why so polite? Don't tell me, you're nervous? Yamato: A bit... Girl 2: How honest~ btw, don't we look like in a host club right now? sfx: oh not Girl 1: I did think that~!! sfx: Ahahaha

Fujino: Your childhood friend is quite the riot... sfx: His communication skills with girls are something... sfx girl: Yamato, order something more. What do you like? Kakeru: Yamato's always been popular with the girls. Although, he's often been said to be hard to talk to.

Kakeru: Yamato seems like he's enjoying himself... Girl scribble: Yamato, tell me you line id~ Yamato: I don't use it. Girl scribble: Eh?! Kakeru: Glad I invited him after all. Scribble: And the girls are cute.

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Kakeru: That thing the other day after classes was just my misunderstanding after all... sfx: I held my breath for a moment? Kakeru: I got all conscious on my own, how lame. Embarrassing! Kakeru: Hoshikuzu Loneliness, huh...

Akane: Kakeru-kun, do you want some snacks? Scribble: Loneliness? Kakeru: Eeh, aah, yeah! I want some! I think... Akane: Ahaha, Kakeru you look a bit like my little brother, so you're easy to talk to~ Kakeru: Eeh?! Ah, no, isn't that a bit weird...? sfx: Ahahahaha...

Girl 1: Hey, Yamato-kun, do you really not have a girlfriend?

Why? Scribble: What are the girls at your place even doing? Yamato: Why you ask... Girl 2: Ah, do you perhaps have really high standards? Girl 1: Aah~ That's frequent with cocky handsome. Then what's you prefered type? Tell us! Yamato: My preferred type...

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Yamato: A childhood friend...

sfx: HU....H?

Girl 1: Eh? Sorry, srsly, what? Scribble: That's not a type...? Girl 2: We're completely out, are we...? sfx: gulp gulp Girl 2: Isn't he just wanting to say "not you"? Scribble: Pisses me off

Akane: Kakeru Here's an assortment of snacks. Scribble: Have some sfx: tremble tremble tremble

Kakeru: ??????????????????????? Sign: Heard that Sign: Childhood friend sfx: tremble tremble Akane: ? What's wrong? Background: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no way, no way, no way, no way, no way, no way, no way, no way, no way, no way, no way, out of the question, out of the question, out of the question, out of the question, this is about Yamato, so that’s absolutely---

scribble: The End

Note: Hoshikuzu Loneliness is a band, https://twitter.com/hoshikuzunet

Note: In the tweet answers, a reader, overwhelmed by the feels, questions if this doesn't effectively amount to a public confession. Mika-sensei's answer to that is they only noticed from the feedback, but yes, this is basically a public confession.

Note: The bam (ドン) sfx on page 2 is still present in the official version. The English release has left it untranslated.

Post Chapter Scribbles:

https://twitter.com/mika_nist/status/993424451386593283

Image 1:

Initial draft of Yamato

Yamato was the name already then.

Loves Kakeru a lot.

(has a complex)

It was a setting with an expressionless, tall, beautiful girl.

Image 2:

If I were a girl, I wouldn't be so troubled, would I...

Is that why I was turned into a guy...?

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Chapter 1:

Pixiv: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/69350711 Twitter: https://twitter.com/mika_nist/status/984770611292471297

Note: Several lines of this chapter are identical to the serialized official version (and thus the English publication). I have read the Japanese versions before reading the official English translation, but this translation has been made afterwards. I still made them on my own (and with no heed to editing relevant things such as bubble adequate shortness), so there will be differences in phrasings. (Note 2: There are also several lines that are indeed not identical to the serialized official version, hence not all differences are due to my choice of words.)

Title Page:

Kimi ni wa Todokanai (I Cannot Reach You) @mika_nist

Page 1: Sign: Yamato Yamato: Erm, in this case you first use the cosinus rule to the the value of one angle... Sign: Kakeru Kakeru: Yamato What's the cosinus rule again?

Yamato: ... You just used that one.

Kakeru (narrative): Yamato and I are childhood friends

Text line: Kimi ni wa Todokanai (I Cannot Reach You)

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Kakeru (narrative): Yamato has good grades and his outer appearance is, as you can see, quite cool (I think)

Just, if there was anything scratching on his flawlessness it would be his always surly looking face and that he hasn't got much of any friends beyond me. Talking grades I'm even below average and my physics are also very ordinary. The same goes for my outer looks. No matter how much the childhood friends card may be Yamato is a good guy to still hang out with someone on such a different level.

Yamato: Now use the sinus rule for the radius of the circumscribed circle... Kakeru: Sinus rule? The one from before? Yamato: That was the cosinus rule

Kakeru (narrative): By the way, he's helping me out on my make up extra class right now.

Kakeru: Even though it would do him good to get some more friends... That's to say, if he wanted he could have any number of friends or girlfriends...

Yamato: Are you listening?

Kakeru: Ah!

sfx: Hmmm

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Kakeru: That reminds me, is it true that Fujiwara from Class 4 confessed to you? Yamato: Kakeru, you're in the middle of an extra class? Kakeru: Ah, yes... Yamato: Is that of relevance right now? Kakeru: Ah... I'm sorry...

Kakeru: Well, true, it isn't any of my business.... Yamato: I turned her down. I haven't even talked to her before. Kakeru: Ah, I see...

EH?! Why?! Fujiwara is a beautiful girl, what a waste! Yamato: Would you date somebody just because of a good face? Also, you miscalculated here. Kakeru: Eeh, ah, sorry...

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Kakeru: I see... But when I thought that somebody other than me understood your good points I was pretty happy as your childhood friend Yamato: ..... There is already you there Kakeru.

Kakeru: Oh no, after all things said and done, I'm just a childhood friend As far as I am concerned, I'd like you make more friends or get a girlfriend or something after all.

That's why I want to help you out, so...

I was wondering do you have somebody you like?

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Kakeru: ... Ah

S-sorry, I don't mean you to tell me if you don't want to.

No matter how much we are childhood friends that doesn't mean you have to talk about things like these! It's just that you never talked about these things before, so I got a bit curious... Well, more importantly, back to the extra class...

Yamato: ... Kakeru Page 6:

Kakeru: ....... sfx: ?

.... ... yes?

What is it?

Page 7:

Yamato: .... Kakeru sfx: slump

Kakeru: Aye? sfx: ?

Yamato: ... Kakeru Kakeru: Y-Yeah? Yamato: ...Ka... Kakeru Kakeru: Like I said, what is it? sfx: ? ? ? ?

Yamato: ... Kakeru... Kakeru: And. I'm. Asking. What is it? What's wrong all of sudden with you, Yamato?

Yamato: ....... .....

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Sorry, I need to go to my part time job now. So I'm leaving before you. sfx: clatter Kakeru: Ohh, it's already this late? Thank for today! See you tommorow~

sfx: thud thud thud

Yamato: ..... That's how it works out, does it... sfx: sigh

sfx: scribble scribble scribble scribble scribble scribble...

Kakeru: .... sfx: shake shake shake Th--

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That gave me a start...!!! sfx: ?! ?! ?!

T-t-t-t-that guy!!! Saying things so misleadingly...!!

For a moment I totally got the wrong idea...!! I'll give him a punch...!!

No, no, no, no, no way, no way, no way, no way, out of the question

This is about Yamato, so that's absolutely impossible!!

.......

It can't be...

The End

Post Chapter Scribble:

https://twitter.com/mika_nist/status/986902521712029696

Tweet Text: I haven't really thought about a continuation, so this is not a really thought out picture (I'm sorry...)

Image:

Kakeru: Yamato, What's wrong? sfx: pat pat Yamato: .............. Sign: Happy

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Trivia: When Yamato talks about the cosinus and sinus rules he uses their proper kanji. When Kakeru is mentioning them they are written in hiragana. The effect is roughly how a child would repeat some phonetics of a difficult word an adult uses without having any clue what it means.