[Himura Tohru] Hanarai [Eng]

Nanas BY HIMURA TORU Raws by aornadara Translated by aomadara Cleaned by aomnadara ‘Typesetted by aomadara Proofread by laughing wolf & madamesyaoi

HIMURA TORU HERE, NICE TO MEET YOU. THIS IS MY FIRST COMIC AND | HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT EVEN A LITTLE BIT. BEAUTIFUL BURSTS MAKE FOR GOOD SKYROCKETS WHILE SPARKLERS ARE GOOD FOR HANDHELD FIREWORKS. I 1920979006676 a= | mS = PYROTECHNICIAN MADOKA IS SET TO SUCCEED HS 2 GRANOFATHER'AS THE THRD GENERATION PROPRIETOR “OF MANTENTA FREWORKS STUDIONR ‘(HOWEVER iN THE MIDST OF PREPARATIONS FoR THE SUCCESSION HS GRANDFATHERS FORMER LOVER A TSUN, HAS ENTERED THE PICTURE MADOKA FEELS NOTHING BUT GROWING : CONFUSION AS HE BEARS WITNESS TO THER REUNON FILED WITHN MTSUKTS HUGS AND TEARS AND HS] GRANDFATHER SHIGEKAZU'S SMILING RECEPTION. § TO ire, x. WHAT KIND OF CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT MITSUKI. AND) SHIGEKAZU BE KEEPING TO THEMSELVES? — § Op

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-— oe - _ _ IT WAS LIKE... stuck IN THE BOTTOM OF ‘MY CHEST, HAS BEEN YOUR SMALL BODY, WHICH CAME INTO MY SIGHT, WAS BRIGHT WITH THE SPARKLING POWDER OF our MEETING HAPPENED SUDDENLY AND UNEX- PECTEDLY.

ye uty. WHEN THE - RAINY SEASON : Is OVER AND ae THE HEIGHT OF a sul is PYROTECHNICUNS eo Ae ARE BUSY . [ PREPARING FOR THE NEW SEASON'S FIREWORKS SHOWS. 2 y ‘ HERE AT “MANTENYA`, WE'RE ON A SHORT BREAK. BECALISE TODAY IS we THANK YOU THE NAME FOR BEING ‘SUCCESSION APART OF, DAY FOR 'MANTENYA' THE THIRD FOR SUCH A | ppopRIETOR. LONG TIME,

= I RETIRE FROM 3 TODAY TODAY BUT... ON- WARDS, My GRANDSON ‘MADOKA WILL TAKE OVER MY WORK AND HE WILL BE IN CHARGE = OF LEADING THE 2ND PROPRIETOR (OF `MANTENYA® TENMA SHIGEKAZLL AS USUAL, WANT EVERYONE To SUPPORT ‘MADOKA AND WORK TOGETHER WITH HIM, I'M NOT SAYING. Tuis gust BECALISE HE Is My GRANDSON! NOW LET'S HEAR SOME WORDS FROM THE THIRD,

y, = i FI Zp tiv y OF `MANTENYA® TENMA MADOKA = OVER THE BUSINESS SN Ano sust cor INTRODUCED...

1 WANT EVERYONE WHO WATCHES OUR FIREWORKS, EVERYONE WHO MAKES THE Ss FIREWORKS aS AND EVERYONE WHO'S INVOL- VED IN THE FIREWORKS... I WANT TO MAKE ‘ALL OF THEM SMILE WITH OUR FIREWORKS. THAT I WANT

To succeeD IN THE FIREWORKS ‘SHOW IN 2 WeeKs! THE THIRD, PROPRIETOR AND THE FUTURE OF MANTENYA-... AND TO SHOW OUR RESPECT FOR YOU, GRANDPA!

$WHY IS HE INTRUDING wiTHouT: SHIGEKAZU- SAN TOLD ME TO STOP BY ANYTIME! BY THE WAY, WHO THE HELL ARE YOU? RIGHT? SHIGEKAZU- SAN” T COULD ASK YOU THE SAME THING!! . THE THIRD i PROPRIE- TOR? mireux, GS & 4 He Just zs TOOK OVER j My WORK. - tis Is — MADOKA, MY = ‘GRENDEON. Be FRIENDS i WITH HIM. > YES. A \ Z 0 You HAVE ANY comp. LaInTs? ze \ — Z$

TLINt HE LITERALLY CALLED HIM YOUNG BIRD, HENCE THE CHICKEN THERE. A STRANGER LIKE You HAS NO SAY YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE A BRAT LIKE Tus? SHIGEKAZL- SAN'S EX-LOVER! Z /

$wwe . IVES He) DID YOU FY cone Here LONG & Don't TALK ‘BY YOUR- oO oO NONSENSE! SELF? by 7 AM en? rf \— ves. 4] A ef ae BES SLATS Si \ , | \ AGH, y & y TOONT LIKE WHERE T HAVENT: = HE'S GOING DECIDED 0 you | WITH THIS. a HAVE A a = PLACE TO rm ee Stay? TELLING YOU THE TRUTH! . THEN Qe 0 you WANT TO en =| stay at my cite PLACE? YOU ARE AS f SWEET AS EVER. ne T LOVE YOU, At SHIGEKAZU-SANY : a [Pe oS : - eS So 2 | Se e EE NN) - oe TREK oe Ne . —\ NS HOW LONG ARE : YOU GONG 70 _ ——— STAND THERE?$

WHAT DOES HE MEAN BY EX-LOVER? HE ISA MAN. 8 GRANDPA I TRIED 10 UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION OVERNIGHT... AGuY WHO CLAIMS TO BE MY GRANDPA'S EX-LOVER APPEARED.

MITSUKL IS. GOING TO STAY HERE FOR A WHILE. Let HIM ACCOMPANY YOU WHILE YOU ARE WORKING. = TN. novo on, |} 1] / IV) T HAVE NO GRANDPA! TIME TO * ts} BABYSIT = S /| HIM! 3 wow!

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I'VE ALREADY READ ALL THE ICANT DIVORCE MY WIFE... THEN, MAKE ‘ME YOUR MISTRESS, A LOVER! TO BE WITH YOU-

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I Just THOUGHT THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN FIREWORKS LIKE THAT. I COULDN'T TELL HOW IT DIFFERED FROM OTHERS BACK THEN HOWEVER COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE. WHEN I SAW THE FIREWORKS, I COULDN'T HELP BUT RUN.

I WANT To MEET THE PERSON v WHO MADE `THE FIREWORK`, THOUGHT TALK TO THIS PERSON.

$Bur THE Last AWESOME ‘ONE, Tap & \4 (2 19 you HM. THAT one |: WAS... very BEAUTIFUL AND BIG... AND...$

THAT WAS THE BEGINNING. SHIGEKAZLZSAN'S SMIDEVAND > We GUAL EF IGLUNZOWDERY MAKE ME YOUR LOVER!

THOSE HOUSES ARE DIVIDED INTO EACH ‘STEP OF MAKING FIREWORKS. THE PARTHEST ONE IS THE STORAGE FOR GUNPOWDER. YOU CAN'T GO IN THE STORAGE witHout PERMISSION > ARE YOU LISTENING? BASICALLY, IT HASN'T CHANGED ‘MUCH SINCE THe Last TIME I WAS LISTENING TO HIM AT ALL SINCE T WAS HAVING A FLASHBACK.

HAS BEEN My NOT, BECALISE MENTOR FOR THE LAST 10

AGH, SHIT. I DON'T WANT TO HUMP TAKE CARE OF HIM ANYMORE. THOUGHT ALL FIREWORKS WERE THE SAME UNTIL THEN, woe MY FIRST FIREWORK I SAW OF SHIGEKAZU- BUT HIS < 4 is.sRaweD SAN'S FIREWORKS J 2 WERE TOTALLY Z ORY. DIFFERENT. FIRST, HIS FIREWORKS OPENED BEALITIFULLY AT THE HIGHEST POINT WHERE IT LOST THE ENERGY TO GO UP!

RIGHT. 2 g GRANDPA'S g FIREWORKS 8 WERE sURPRI- s SINGLY ROUND AETER THE AND BEAUTIFUL. 3] *star* came our THEY WERE OUT- & QUICKLY, IT STANDING. SE) ooKeo Like ir i | staves tere ® FOR A WHILE. fos & = BS 2 > TT MIGHT HAVE UST BEEN MY MOREOVER, ALL You Gor it IMAGINATION, = 4 THE SPARKS: RIGHT, I GUESS. ‘BUT IT FELT LIKE | DISAPPEARED IT WAS JUST TIME STOPPED. AT ONCE. THE A MILLISECOND FIREWORKS OR TWO, BUT IT FOR SOME THEMSELVES BURNT LONGER REASON, THEY WERE NOT SO THAN THE ‘TOOK EXTRA UNique BUT THEY OTHERS. SECONDS TO Ne { ‘MOVED PEOPLE... DISAPPEAR. is SHIGEKAZU- SAN'S FIREWORKS (Od, T KNOW HAD POWER, ie GENEROSITY AND ~ DECISIVENESS!

$WAS 00 =~ \ ‘ user FOR MY mi Xx vWHY THE HECK GRANDPA GETTING =~ e/ ee AML arin “OMPL 4 COMPLIMENTS. , ri SAY I'MA MANIAC FOR ‘MY GRAND- Pheee ITS KINDA Dis- 1 aust THOUGHT MADOKA-CHAN IS A SHIGEKAZU- irs ene, f AGO. c a GEEZ, WE WERE - EE CHATTING FRIENDLY / LA Cini NOW You GoT THE GLUM LOOK AGAIN.$

I'M GOING 0 DO THE ‘THANK ME FOR HAVING YOU i THE HERE. STAY ee PROCESS QUIET AND OF MAKING ‘JUST WATCH. A FIREWORK CAN BE DIVIDED INTO 4 STEPS.

$YOU TOOK je AFTER SHIGE- KAZU-SAN. - WHY? = IF YOU WISH TO MAKE YOUR ORIGINAL FIREWORKS, I'M STUDYING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT COLORS OF THE FIRE. I THINK YOu A ‘SHOULD HAVE ye SHIGEKAZU-SAN'S c TECHNIGUE AND SE THERE ARE A : Lot OF New CHEMICALS DEVELOPED AND PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE BRAND NEW COLORS. = |. AREN'T YOU GOING T0 DO IT? T'D LOVE TO WATCH IT FROM THE VERY 1ST STEP. AT MY. UNIVERSITY, aS - oS 7 \*< | oo +} YET THEY ARE KIND OF OLD AND T Guess THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH coLoRS. MANTENYA'S FIREWORKS ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL.$

I BELIEVE THAT ‘THE FUTURE OF MANTENYA NEEDS: TO CHALLENGE NEW THINGS. ONLY I CAN TD LIKE HE SURPRISED ME. HE ALWAYS PRAISES GRANDPA'S FIREWORKS, SO, I DIDN'T THINK HE WANTED TO CHANGE THAT.

ALTHOUGH, ‘ HE'S BEEN UNDERSTANDS = . LALIGHING FOOLISHLY, BETTER THAN I 00...

sul YOU CALL ME THAT AGAIN, TILL KICK YOU OUT. His OCTUPLE-PISTIL CHRYSANTHEMUM [ SHIGEKAZL-GAN WAS REALLY REAT AT ie Rear WAS GREAT A1 MAKING ALL KIND ‘AWESOME. en ). OF FIREWORKS, Pisti suetts, “ BUT HE WAS BEST ESPECIALLY AT THE SIMPLE CHRYSANTHE- ONES. ‘MUM ONES!

jj TOLD You To q ‘BE QUIET AND q JUST WATCH!! No! ‘AND MICCHAN ARE ALREADY GOOD FRIENDS! 11's NICE TO PEEL LIVELY AT

TILL CHECK IT OUT NEXT TIME. TUIRSTY AFTER TLL RUNNING Get us Some. AROUND. THING TO. DRINK.

I WAS ENJOYING FOOLING AROUND WITH HIM...7 «+» THE FIRST FIREWORKS SHOW SINCE I TOOK OVER MANTENYA IS COMING UP.

I Guess GRANDPA IS STILL AWAKE... WHY DON'T T

WHEN T SAID I WANTED TO BE YOUR YOU TOLD ME TO GROW UP TAKE RESPON- SIBILITY FOR MY REMARKS AND ACTIONS.

HAVE You THIS LONELINESS IN YOUSTHAT YOUR PARENTS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF.

$tie AK ws Ke — WS \ Ss VSa\ ‘SOMEONE & i ’ WHO TRULY = Reb TS NEEDS f > /\\ \ \ | ae WILL YOU KEEP IT? YOU'RE SUCH A GENTLE AND ‘SMART YOUNG Boy. TIM LUCKY TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE You THis Love you NEED IT FOR WHEN, YOU MEET ‘SOMEONE.$

HIS HANDS ARE ALL I EVER WANTED. YOU'RE A HORRIBLE PERSON, SHIGEKAZU- SAN. T Guess YOU'RE RIGHT.

$TURNING ME DOWN $0, GENTLY AND PAMPERING ME AT THE SAME TIME. THAT IS JUST LIKE You, YOU'RE Just ‘AS SWEET AS MADOKA. THOUGH, HE GETS ANGRY VERY EASILY. \ X\ \ S\ Ne$

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I WOULD WITNESS THIS BETWEEN MITSLUKI AND MY GRANDFATHER?

$.) “A EMlNoy 4 BORED i WHY DO You \\ CARE? WHETHER T CATCH A COLD OR NOT IS NOT YOUR CONCERN.$

$TT fom] 7 aS \ “TB d 7 EM Nor Ye ALWAYS THis z < TALKATIVE > 60, SAY ~ SOMETHING. o> 1 = DEciveD & ONCE THE FIREWORK SHOW IS OVER TOMORROW. DON'T BE MEAN TO OTHERS JUST BECALISE YOU GOT YOUR HEART BROKEN. Suir. wuar.. HEAR US CHANCE?$

I PLANNED (ON STAYING ACTUALLY, T THOUGHT T WOULD COME BACK AFTER T GRADUATED , HE WOULD BUT TO BE HONEST, I OFFICIALLY DON'T SEE FIREWORKS MAKE ME HIS IN MY HEART, AND I DISCIPLE THEN. DON'T FEEL CONFIDENT | ENOUGH TO CREATE THEM. THar's WHY TILL quit. FIREWORKS, 00.

$et AND YOU TS i S ‘ gust cive upp \\ i BECAUSE OF = Sf ONE SMALL j OBSTACLE : , HU? y YOU SUDDENLY g HAVE KNOWLEDGE cares (foo ABOUT FIREWORKS apis THAT GO BEYOND ae THAT OF AN . INSTEAD OF AMATEUR, HAVING SOME PATIENCE? y SSWhapoI Pekehyas ONCE I'M GONE YOU'LL FEEL RELIEVED, 00... E GIVING, LR, SN You. } { — shouvo'r \ ii HI Gil) 2 \ SAY STUFF HATA | | as LIKE Har 60 Won) 4 SERIOUSLY. i “| FiReworKs?| |) | @ | | T'M BEING ) Lb SERIOUS. oe 4$

$YOU'RE FULL OF SHIT! STUDYING FIREWORKS. 16 THAT HOW YOU REALLY FEEL ABOUT FIREWORKS!? / if \\S MARNE YOU WEREN'T JUST PRETENDING FOR THE SAKE OF GRANDPA! YOL\WERE 60 HAPPY\DOING ALL NORTHIS.... DO You REALLY DISLIKE FIREWORKS?!$

TL KNOW NOTHING gout You OR YOUR FEELINGS... BECAUSE I'VE NEVER HAD A PARTNER, ALL YOU'VE BEEN DOING 1S LOOKING AT GRANDPA. I WANT You TELL ME ALL (OF YOUR FEELINGS.

NEVER PLAYED WITH FIRE BEFORE, HAVE YOU? > ee ——_ < ® Zz & 8 Zz & $ e HEARD ONCE You've EXPERIENCED IT, YOUR FIREWORKS WILL BE BETTER. FOUND OUT TUE REASON WHY YOU'RE LACKING AS A PYROTECHNICIAN.

TT WILL KEEP ON ACHING FOR IT. ‘ONCE YOUR BODY HAS BEEN TOUCHED

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$ARE YOU BEING SERIOUS? THE MOOD EVER 7, SINCE WE GOT YOU CAN dust Lie DOWN LIKE A GooD BOY \ AND LET ME RUB HAVE MY WAY WITH YOU... YOU'RE ALREADY way are ROCK HARD. YOU $0 GRUMPY ABOUT IT?$

Ze > GOING BACK. T y yy WON'T STOP /, EVEN IF YOU START CRYING. YOU'RE THE (ONE WHO INVITED ME APTER ALL.

$Is THis Your FIRST TIME BY ‘ANY CHANCE? AMT REALLY SUPPOSE TO PUT IT IN HERE? MADE UP My MIND! ore \ eA v SS | ’ —~‘ T ALWAYS Loveo SHIGEKAZU- | eae ©. ‘AND NEVER WANTED 70 DO IT WITH ANYONE \ WHAT? ELSE BUT HIM... MADOKA...$

HOW SERIOUSLY YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT MANTENYA, AND NOW T ADINIRE WHAT AN AMAZING Guy YOU ARE. T REALIZED HOW MUCH YOU LOVED FIREWORKS 1S MITSUKI ALREADY ASLEEP? STARTED TO ‘SPEND TIME WITH YOu. THERE'S NO WAY THAT A SMALL FRY LIKE YOu

BUT IF You SEE MY FIREWORKS TOMORROW HOPE IT REACHES YOUR HEART. THEYRE FAR FROM BEING ABLE To Keep up wit GRANDPA'S... Loken at GRANDPA AND FIREWORKS ‘THAT WOULD BE TROUBLE- ‘SOME FOR YOU. THE FIREWORKS TILL SHOW TOMORROW...

COME BACK ‘ONCE YOU GRADUTE UNIVERSTY. —— — I DON'T WANT / ANYONE ELSE

TODAY Is THE FIRST PERFORMANCE IS IT OKAY IF OF THE THIRD T SAY SOME GENERATION OF woRDs? THANK You TO —- MANTENYA. EVERYONE WHO GATHERED HERE TODAY. LET'S MAKE OuR DEBUT AS THE THIRD GENERATION SPECTACULAR, LEAVE IT To us! GRANDPA, WELL THEN, T WILL COUNT ON YOU TO THE VERY END.

BEAUTIFUL ROUND FIRE- | | WORKS THAT _| WERE HANDED DOWN BY SHIGEKAZU- SAN. ARE MADOKA'S FIREWORKS

HANARAI.... Lt MADOKA-CHAN, WHAT KIND OF FIREWORKS 00 YOU LIKE? 18 THAT REALLY HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT FIREWORKS?!

I DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE MY THOUGHTS `ARE OVER= FLOWING. BECAUSE I...

MADOKA, X ape | THEYRE = BEAUTIFUL —— FIREWORKS. GRANDPA... -— oO OVER THERE YOU'RE SUPPOSE To SEE THEM THE BEST. LEAVE THE REST TO US AND GO WATCH THE SHOW WITH EVERYONE fe po

$suice- KAZU-SAN MADOKA'S WN FIREWORKS erst VAN whe SAY THIS? Ih VI HANARAL Is SUCH A BRIGHT A WY AND LIVELY MDa — TT Bus up your FIREWORK. IZ FEELINGS AND , Be Ae THEN DISPERSES. \ eS PROFOUND | — 2 x} Vz \ = ~ = ~ eur , wrap LIKE A WARM THEMSELVES FEELING SLOWLY AROUND THE BEING POURED. HEARTS OF \ THE VIEWER wim KINDNESS. REALLY LIKE THEY'RE Not AT THE SAME LEVEL AS SHIGEKAZU-SAN'S FIREWORKS$

T WOULD LIKE TO HELP THEM Grow. rr s HEY, YOU SAY? WHAT D0.

$IT'S STILL NO REASON TO HAHAHAHA! \ HUH?! WA... WHY ARE You LAUGHING? as — way | YOU ALAWAYS: 2, ‘SOUND 60 *T WILL STRONG. HELP YOU GROW! ‘SOUNDS Z MORE / | LIKE You. fe / | THE TONE IS ALL WRONG. VF ——_—=>$

YOU CAN COME BACK, ALWAYS BE WAITING FOR YOU.

I WONDER IF SHIGEKAL-SAN WILL BE WAITING. YOU'RE STILL HUNG UP ON GRANDPA?! IT's FINE.

‘THE ONE WHO LIKES YOU... NEVERMIND, WAHHI!

[ WILL I BE ABLE TO TELL HIM ONE DAY? I'M SURE. ONE DAY I'LL BE ABLE TO TELL HIM THAT I LOVE HIM.

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HEY KIKUZAWA, ARE YOU GOING TO THE APTER PARTY AS WELL? YOU HAVE TO MOVE OUT ‘TODAY? SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE BUT I GOTTA WELL, THEN WE'LL SEE EACH OTHER AT THE CLASS

BY THE WAY, WHAT'S wit THE HAKAMA? It LOOKS LIKE SHRInCr?, YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY TO SHICHI-GO-SAN TENS SHICHI-GO-SAN A TRADITIONAL RITE OF PASSAGE FOR THREE AND SEVEN-YEAR- OLD GIRLS AND THREE AND FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOYS. MADCKA BASICALLY SAID HE LOOKS LIKE AKiD. TLIN: HAKAN IS A TYPE TM Just JOKING! THAT WAS. DANGEROUS! T'M DRIVING!

UNEXPECTEDLY ARRIVED BOUGHT THIS FOR ME. ( Way N RE AND WHEN T k) OPENED IT T A THEY HAD AN IMPORTANT MEETING TO ATTEND TO. THEY STILL THOUGHT OF ME,

SCHEDUELED ON SITE TOMORROW TT SEEMS LIKE MADOKA HAS BEEN IN HIGH SPIRITS RECENTLY SO PLEASE TELL ME TF HE SCREWS AROUND TOO wHat's WITH THE FUNNY FACE?

sure THisis | OKAY? IT's Your GRADUATING LAS THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT JUST A SECOND AGO YOUR FACE AT LEAST A WANT TO SPENT SOME TIME TOGETHER, Just THE TWO OF Us.

$YOU'RE ALWAYS IN COULDN'T GET THE BACK OF DOESN'T ‘MY MIND. MATTER IF TIM HOME OR ‘AT COLLEGE We i 50, WHEN T SAW YOU PICKING ME T COULDN'T up Tovay FORGET THE TWO WEEKS T ano wanten to SPENT WIM SEE YOU AGAIN ,|| AS SOON As TT MADE ME ee > \\ Possieve. You MIGHT Rae: FEEL THE ZY ie$

ME NEITHER... YOU ALWAYS My TMouGHTS AS WELL.

BECAUSE... YOU KNOW... YOU AREN'T *| mareying nto PS —— ‘MY FAMILY BUT YOU DON'T MIND ME COMING ALONG AS PLANED THOUGH? HUH? MADOKA-CHAN, YOUR FACE LOOKS SO STUPID 50 DIs- +} | oRGanizer~ THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM TOMORROW ON. FUAHAHA!!

B S EXTRAORDINARILY. D i << / er Fi ot Se aK * '} 5“. =)

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$|| FIREWORKS. DUE TO DIFFERENT FEATURES OF THE BALL. THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED A REPUTATION FOR HAVING =] GZ ‘AMAZINGLY Bat ae SHAPED — FIREWORKS. | UM... APTER ALL a MY RAMBLINGS ARE BORING... SORRY... WHAT A DETALED EXPLAINATION q TODAY, A oe Hee cACH ‘SHOP CALLED, \ shop. Was ‘MANTENYA IS a) ‘THEIR OWN SHOWING: His © DISTINCTIVE NS » FIREWORKS _ | Fireworks ARE PROFOUND AND INTERESTING! THEY Possess AMAZING COLORS THAT VIVIDLY CHANGES EVERY ‘MOMENT... IN ADDITION TO THEIR SHAPE, YOU'LL LISTEN To \ ME... 2$

TO MAKE ‘SMILE EVEN EVERYONE MORE. WHO SEES THEM GO ON AND. ENJOY YOURSELF ‘BUT DON'T GET AND LET'S MAKE EVERYONE IN THE VENUE _ THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR TODAY'S WORK!

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HAHAHA... YOU THINK? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THAT'S GRANDPA. wos! 16 TAT SHIGEKAZU-SAN os) SRF AS ALITLE CHILD? $0 CUITE~ AND IT'S IN BLACK AND waite! HM... YOU CAN SEE HOW HE SLOWLY GOT THATS IT OF SHIGEKAZU-SAN... THERE ARE SOME ‘OF YOUR PICTURES INXED IN... T SHOULD FLIP OveR THEM.