20th Century Boys Volume 2 : Prophet Chapter Seventeen Sister's Drawer - Page 115 - Bubbles: (blub)(blub)(blub) [I've been on the verge of death 3 times now.] [2 of them were from falling in the river.] [I found the thought of humans, being land-based animals, swimming in water to be ridiculous...] [Naturally, I shouldn't have been able to swim either...] Chapter 17 : Sister's Drawer - Page 116 - Footsteps: (spat)(spat) [It was my sister who saved the irreplaceable life of the boy who would save the world from danger in the future, me.] Kenji: I'M DYING!! Chapter 17 : Sister's Drawer - Page 117 - Kiriko: You're not going to drown in water that shallow. - Page 118 - - Page 119 - Erika: Wewcoooom. Nametag: Yamada Erika Ootake: Sir, I know why it is that your sales are unsatisfactory. Erika: Fank yoo vewy maaa. Kenji: I... I'm sorry. Erika-chan's got a bit of a speech problem... Ootake: No, I'm talking about THAT!! Kenji: "That"...? - Page 120 - Ootake: What kind of store manager carries a baby around on his back? Kenji: B... but this baby's... Ootake: Can customers feel secure shopping in a store with that thing year round? Kenji: "That thing"...? No, she's... Ootake: Your sister's child. Kenji: Y... yes. Ootake: Your sister's disappeared, and left you and your mother to take care of it. Kenji: T... that's right. Ootake: What are you going to do about it? Kenji: What am I... going to do...? Ootake: I'd like you to decide firmly once and for all!! Kenji: Decide what...? - Page 121 - Ootake: Whether you will take child somewhere else to be raised... Or whether you will break your contract with our company. Erika: Wewcoooom. Mother: My word, that girl's pronunciation is atrocious!! Well, I suppose we have no choice but to send her to a childcare center of some kind. - Page 122 - Mother: Childcare costs on top of those useless part-time salaries we have to pay... This is terrible... And that childcare stuff's expensive... But we don't have a choice. Working day and night with that baby is going to be even worse for us. That damn Kiriko... Leaving us with this baby she had with some man or another... Kenji: Thanks for dinner... Mother: You see? This is why I was against the whole convenience store idea. You get this head company breathing down our necks and taking all our money. - Page 123 - Mother: You should have just kept it a liquor store. This is what you get for destroying your father's business. There's nothing good in running a convenience store. Kenji: Sis... (crik...) - Page 124 - Kanna: Ammmmmmm. Kenji: Don't worry, Kanna... your mama's gonna come back real soon... Sign: Endou Liquor <