Adventure Boys Chapter 7 Sketchbook - Page 177 - Chapter 7 - Sketchbook - Page 178 - [10 years,] [Since I was hired.] Sign: Yagamo Bank [Transfers are a part of business...] - Page 179 - SFX: honnnk - Page 180 - Miyade: This was it. The entrance was here... This was the kitchen... And, over there was... Cat: (meow) Miyade: Yep. This was it. [10 years,] [...in the past.] - Page 181 - [The ragged apartment became a parking lot.] [The pawn shop,] [now a ramen restaurant.] [The book store,] [a beauty salon.] [The town I had spent my college years in...] [Had entirely changed its complexion.] - Page 182 - [As well as...] [The man who had been a college student...] Sign: Coffee Timestop - Page 183 - Sign: Coffee Timestop SFX: Vmmmm - Page 184 - [The cafe's title was not misleading in the least.] [The tables and chairs...] [Walls and ceiling...] [Even the framed photos on the walls...] [All were as they had been 10 years ago...] [Stopped in time.] - Page 185 - [There was a customer already seated in my traditional spot when I was a student, so I could not sit there...] [Even the coffee, which none would have called "delicious," tasted the same...] [The space around the old manga bookshelves I spent so much time with] [filled me with a strong sense of yearning.] [...Back then,] Manga: Go on. *squeak* Woohoo, cuttlefish! Yummy! Wait a sec. Senpai, I have a request! *Jump* {I knew it!!} What?! Your mom?! That's right! She thinks I'm a great ballplayer! Well that's your fault for writing all that crap in your letters! *neener neener* Not again! [I would read this manga and laugh out loud...] - Page 186 - [I would lament, mourn and rage at the newspaper and magazine articles...] [I would ravenously watch cheap, terrible movies,] [And virulently argue with any who would listen...] [I chased my dreams without a clue as to my real worth,] [In those days...] [And then,] [I was dumped by the first girlfriend I ever had...] Man: WAAAAHHH! - Page 187 - SFX: Dash Man: (Wahhh) [I even cried out loud in public, like he just did...] Women: All right, I won. 1,000 yen each. I don't believe it! A man like him, crying out loud! Yeah! I TOLD you he would cry. I had him dancing on my strings within two weeks. You saw my brilliant acting. - Page 188 - Women: If he kills himself, you both owe me 10,000 extra. Oh, come on. Do you really think so? You never know. I was probably the best thing that ever happened to him... SFX: Splash Woman: Wh-what?! What was that for?! Waitress: You don't need to pay your bill. Just leave. Woman: Who do you think you are?! You're just a waitress here! Owner: You don't need to pay your bill. Just leave. And I'm "just" the owner. - Page 189 - Woman: Hmph! Let's go. [The owner] [hasn't changed in 10 years.] Waitress: Sir, he left this behind... Owner: Keep it safe. I'm sure he'll be back to retrieve it. Waitress: Okay. [I guess he wouldn't remember me.] [I've changed so much since then...] - Page 190 - [...at any rate,] [The more I remember of what I used to be like back then,] [The worse I feel inside.] SFX: honnnnk - Page 191 - [What I realized when I found work,] [Was that I was much better at it than I'd thought I would be.] [By plunging into my job and not thinking about anything else,] [I was soon able to leap past my peers.] SFX: vrmmmmm [And thanks to the same, I'm still single now...] Sign: This store has closed Kudo Shops [No matter what was happening with the world at large,] [I gained the confidence to survive.] Sign: Rooms Open - Page 192 - Guys: Whaddaya think?! It's perfect! Yer a genius! SFX: Gyahaha [...idiot college students.] Phone: (ting-a-ling) Sign: Miyade Phone: (ting-a-ling) (beep) Miyade: Hello? - Page 193 - Sakamoto: Hey, Miyade?! It's me, Sakamoto! [One of the few college friends I still kept in touch with after I graduated.] Sakamoto: Are you settling in now? Miyade: Yeah. Most of my stuff is still in boxes though. [He was the son of a grocery store,] [And now he's married and runs it...] Miyade: Tomorrow? "Timestop," in front of the station? Yeah, looks like it's still in business. All right. I'll see you tomorrow. Phone: (beep) - Page 194 - Clock: (tik)(tik) <