page 1: Natori's aunt: When things are scary, close your eyes and cover your ears... / Look, when you can't see or hear anything / there's nothing scary at all.
Natori: Um / Can you close your eyes?
page 2: Matoba: Oya, that never bothered you before. Why?
Natori: It's not that I didn't care, it's that I didn't notice. [aside: the "always keeps his eyes closed" type] / Or rather... You always stare at people too much.
Matoba: Is that so.
Natori: It is! Hasn't anyone ever told you it's rude?
Matoba: No.
Natori, thinking: I guess they wouldn't be able to say anything about it even if they were thinking it...
Matoba, thinking: Look, right there. (Immediately!) / Well, it's just a habit of mine. / Thanks to this, my field of vision is limited. If I want to see anything, I have to strain my eyes to do so.
Natori: --No / Back then, you--
[sfx: kiss]
Matoba: I'll take care of any violations of kissing etiquette / so, shall we move on?
page 4: Natori, thinking: The reason that Matoba doesn't close his eyes or look away is because it isn't necessary. / He's not being deceptive, it's genuine-- / "There's nothing scary at all" is--
... [throb] / Is this regret? Jealousy? Self-pity? / Even these trivial things remind me of the difference between us. / But
page 5: Natori: But it's not that I... / Seiji / I / (want to reach you)
目を閉じない的場のはなし
page 1:
Natori's aunt: When things are scary, close your eyes and cover your ears... / Look, when you can't see or hear anything / there's nothing scary at all.
Natori: Um / Can you close your eyes?
page 2:
Matoba: Oya, that never bothered you before. Why?
Natori: It's not that I didn't care, it's that I didn't notice. [aside: the "always keeps his eyes closed" type] / Or rather... You always stare at people too much.
Matoba: Is that so.
Natori: It is! Hasn't anyone ever told you it's rude?
Matoba: No.
Natori, thinking: I guess they wouldn't be able to say anything about it even if they were thinking it...
\\Industry big shot// clan head~
Matoba: You often look away.
page 3:
Natori: ! / ...I don't know what you're talking about.
Matoba, thinking: Look, right there. (Immediately!) / Well, it's just a habit of mine. / Thanks to this, my field of vision is limited. If I want to see anything, I have to strain my eyes to do so.
Natori: --No / Back then, you--
[sfx: kiss]
Matoba: I'll take care of any violations of kissing etiquette / so, shall we move on?
page 4:
Natori, thinking: The reason that Matoba doesn't close his eyes or look away is because it isn't necessary. / He's not being deceptive, it's genuine-- / "There's nothing scary at all" is--
... [throb] / Is this regret? Jealousy? Self-pity? / Even these trivial things remind me of the difference between us. / But
page 5:
Natori: But it's not that I... / Seiji / I / (want to reach you)