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Translator: Asahina

Proofreader: Yuki-chan

Read along with Japanese raw scans here, and/or Chinese cleaned scans here.

A single slash ( / ) symbol means that the dialogue is from another bubble that is still visibly associated to the previous one. Double slashes ( // ) mean that some dialogue is from bubbles completely detached from the previous one, but are still being spoken by the same character. The asterisk ( * ) symbol are for non-auditory or auditory onomatopoeia. Brackets ( [ ] ) are for the small text that floats around the characters or bubbles. The italicized text is for a character's thoughts. “SFX” basically refers to an action that any character(s) demonstrate. “T/N” are the translator's/proofreader's translation notes so you can understand it better. Any words within parentheses ( ) are mostly any side comments that the proofreader has in addition to the translations.

Page 1

Text: Chapter 2

Page 2

Box: Clarines Kingdom, Capital City, Wistal

Shirayuki: Excuse me. / I have an appointment with Kiki-san or Mitsuhide-san in the Imperial Guards...

Guard #1: Ah?! / Ah—! Could you be...?

SFX: Whack

Guard #2: Yes! / We've been informed that His Highness Zen had a guest!

Shirayuki: Zen?

Guard #1: “Red-haired Shirayuki-dono!”

Shirayuki: Ah, / yes.

Page 3

Top of page says “Akagami no Shirayuki-hime [1]”

Guard #1: That surprised me... That was the first time I've seen someone with red hair!!

[So cool—]

Guard #2: It was also surprising to hear her addressing His Highness without an honorific... / I can boast about this to everyone later.

T/N: Usually, when speaking to someone of a higher standing, a person would address them with an honorific to acknowledge their statures. Honorifics are words like -san, -chan, -dono, and so on. In English, instead of having an honorific at the end, we put it at the beginning. For example, you would address a teacher by putting “Ms.” or “Mrs.” before their name. Not putting an honorific before or after their name gives a sense of informality and closeness.

Box: By nature, I have / apple-red hair.

[I'll take you there.]

[Thank you.]

Because that is rare, / [I'll have one!] / I was chosen to be a concubine for the Prince of Tanbarun, the country I was born and raised in.

As a form of protest, I left my country and arrived at a forest in the neighboring country. / There, I met a person, and he helped me.

Maid: Ah! Zen-sama?! Your guest...

*Run / Run*

Box: That person was Zen, the Second Prince of the Clarines Kingdom.

SFX: Stops

Zen: Shirayuki?!

Page 4

Shirayuki: Sorry for intruding.

Box: and his close aides—

[Eh?]

Shirayuki: They're not here...

Maid: Shall I take her to the guest room?

Zen: No, here is fine.

[I wonder if tea would be okay...]

Shirayuki: —Zen, / today, Kiki-san and Mitsuhide-san—

[Names of his close aides.]

Zen: Ssh!

*Sneaky, sneaky*

Zen: Right now, I've been scattering around.

Shirayuki: What?

Zen: I'm just trying to exercise myself a bit. / I can't let my body become dull after doing so many official duties.

[Sigh—oh boy.]

[Why is he covered in leaves...?]

Shirayuki: In other words, you're escaping from official duties?

(LOLLLLL, Shirayuki is so bluntly honest! She's a perfect match for Zen!)

Zen: Well, yeah. // —I haven't seen you for a while, / so I thought I'd take a little time off and complain some...

Page 5

Zen: So, / we got to meet, Shirayuki. //...But...

Shirayuki: Hmm?

Zen: This feels formal....

SFX: Steps

Mitsuhide: She's not in the guest room nor in the garden—

Shirayuki: [Ah.] / Mitsuhide-san! Kiki-san!

[Tch.]

(HAHA, Zen's face is priceless!)

Mitsuhide: Hey, Shirayuki. / [Morning—] / What are you clicking your tongue for, Zen?!

Page 6

Zen: That's fast, Mitsuhide. Have you already caught up with me? / All right, it's your turn to run away next!

[Ha ha ha]

Mitsuhide! Uwah! He's trying to drive me away, Kiki!

[ignoring]

Kiki: / That's rare of you to come here, Shirayuki.

[Yes]

Shirayuki: I'm out of town now, though. // I just remembered that Zen once told me to tell him in times like this, so...

[WHAT?!]

Zen: Don't tell me on the very day! Where are you going?!

(I feel sorry for Mitsuhide. I would slam my head into a wall if I had to deal with that side of Zen too. xD)

Shirayuki: I'm going on a day trip on a ship until it reaches the vicinity of Mount Koto.

Zen: The town ahead, near the ocean, huh...? // At first, I planned to sneak out of the castle to accompany you, / but I guess it can't be helped. Now... I'll see you off at the port.

—I'm leaving Clarines now. / Right now, I'm studying medicine.

[Studying...]

Zen: Shirayuki, weren't you a herbalist in the first place?

Page 7

Shirayuki: Yes, but / I want to practice medicine using my own medicinal plants.

Zen: Hmm?

[So that's why you go to the mountains, huh?]

[Oooh.]

Shirayuki: It's that ship.

*Clang / Clang*

*noisy / noisy*

*noisy*

Shirayuki: Zen, / here.

*noisy*

Zen: Hmm?

Shirayuki: The man at the pharmacy gave me this.

*noisy*

Zen: “...Important points of recruitment.”

Shirayuki: I decided to aim for it. / I'm just telling you.

Akiduki Sorata's Corner:

Box: Akagami no Shirayuki-hime

First chapter.

I finished the story for this chapter in one sitting.

Well... this idea of writing something based off a fairy tale just came to me so suddenly. I was so excited to do it that I finished it so fast.

So I decided to base it off “Snow White,” and I was thinking what kind of Snow White I wanted her to be. The first I thought of was:

No princesses.

I had fun doing this chapter. I think it really screamed out, “Look at the title!”

I also thought about retaining the poisoned apple for Snow White.

The heroine has red hair.

That's how I came up with that idea! It just came to me like that.

Symbol on the front cover.

Page 8:

Shirayuki: Pharmacist of the Imperial Court. // I can't use the reason that I'm a guest / to get inside the palace forever, right?

Zen: I see.

*Ha / Ha*

Zen: To happen to bump into you inside the castle like today, / was pretty interesting as well!

Box: Koto Town.

[What—?]

Sailor: Little girl, that's some rare hair colour you have there!!

*noisy / noisy*

Page 9

Top of page says “Akagami No Shirayuki-hime [1]”

Sailor: I'm a sailor, so I've travelled the continents, / but I've never seen red hair—

[Ho—]

Shirayuki: Continents, you say? / [That sounds nice—]

Guy: What?! Red hair?! // There was a huge rumour at Tanbarun before / that there's a girl who the stupid prince was fascinated with, and wanted to make her his own, but couldn't!

[Oh?]

*noisy*

*pu / pu / pu*

Woman: What are you doing today? Sight-seeing?

*Heeh—*

*noisy*

Shirayuki: ...Mostly so, yes.

[Uhm, about the ship at night... // Oh?]

[Wah—]

[Hello.]

Shirayuki: All right.

Page 10

Shirayuki: Next—

Mihaya: —You still have business on this mountain?

*Rustle*

Mihaya: How do you do? // Looks like that red hair of yours / is pretty useful.

Shirayuki: Eh?

SFX: Whack

Shirayuki: ?! / …!

SFX: thud

Page 11

Top of page says “Akagami no Shirayuki-hime [1]”

[Pain.]

Shirayuki: Urgh...

SFX: gets up

Shirayuki: …! // Ah...?

Box: Where is this place...?

Page 12:

Shirayuki: I remember. / Someone caught me during the day...?

*Scrape*

Shirayuki: That... / hurts. / [Uwah.] // My belongings are not here... / !!

Box: There's someone / there. // The person who hit me...?

*stare*

Shirayuki: …!

(Mihaya, you need to chill. You already scared her enough without your glare.)

*Rustle*

Mihaya: You woke up?

Page 12

Mihaya: You should have said something, at least.

Shirayuki: …...

SFX: Scrape

*Creak*

Mihaya: I'm Mihaya. / I introduced myself at the bottom of the mountain. Do you still remember?

Shirayuki: ...That was a pretty interesting way to introduce yourself. // Do you have... any business with me?

Mihaya: I can't talk to you if I don't?

Page 13

*Clack*

Mihaya: Hey, / what do you think of something that even the prince of a kingdom couldn't get his hands on?

[What?]

Mihaya: No matter where I present you, / I'm sure that I'll get heaps of rewards. // ...For example, / a girl with red hair / that seems adorned with jewels by nature... or something like that.

Shirayuki: …!

(Bad Mihaya! On a different note, what are jewels made by nature? Would that be like diamonds or sapphires harvested from caves? If so, doesn't that make every jewel made by nature?)

Mihaya: Actually, I was as well—when I saw you.

Page 14

Shirayuki: Are you saying... / that you plan to sell me somewhere...?

*crackle / crackle*

Mihaya: That sounds crude. / I said I'll present you. Present you. // There are tons of rich people who are curious.

Shirayuki: Who's the crude one here?

[How did he come up with something like that...?!]

[I've got to get away.]

*scrape*

Mihaya: Well, / I guess I should wait until your hair grows longer, though.

*grabs*

Mihaya: It's not too bad to keep you by my side until then, / huh, / Red?

(BUT ZEN IS THE ONLY ONE FOR HER. BACK OFF, MIHAYA!)

Page 15

Shirayuki: NO!!

SFX: Whack

*wobble*

Mihaya Wah...?

*dash*

Mihaya: You...! // As if I'd let you get away.

SFX: whack

SFX: thud

*whack*

Mihaya: Hmph. // For your information, we are in the middle of the mountains, Red. / You think you can run away on your own?

*lean*

Shirayuki: …

*scrape*

[Just a little bit more...!]

Page 16

Mihaya: Even though I look like this, I want to treat you courteously, // so be obedient.

*RIP*

[ !! ]

Shirayuki: …! / I // have a place that I decided to go to on my own,

*clack*

Shirayuki: so please find someone else!

SFX: Smash

Mihaya: Where did you...?

*falls*

Mihaya: HOT!!

*crackle / crackle / crackle*

Page 17

[Ba]

Shirayuki: ! // My bag...!!

SFX: Grab

*Run / Run / Run*

Shirayuki: Anyway, I've got to get outside...!!

*pat pat*

Mihaya: Damnit, I'm burned...

SFX: gets up

*cough*

Mihaya: What's with that girl?

Shirayuki: huff— huff—

Page 18

Shirayuki: I think this door... / leads outside...

*push / push*

Shirayuki: But there's no use. / There's a lock.

Shirayuki: huff / huff

*clang*

Shirayuki: Is there another door...?!

*dash*

*Run / Run*

Shirayuki: huff / huff // huff

Shirayuki: The windows have lattices, I can't get out. // …......

*Run*

Page 19

Shirayuki: Where can I get out...?

*Run*

Shirayuki: If I keep running around like this, I'll get caught...!!

*Run*

Mihaya: —Aah, / found you. // You're still on the first floor.

Shirayuki: …...!!

[Why is he up there?]

*creak*

Mihaya: There's no exit, right?

(He looks like a stray cat on a railing.)

*jumps*

Page 20

[Geh. / He jumped?!]

Shirayuki: Crap, I've got to run.

*Lands*

*dash*

Mihaya: —Too bad. / That way is a dead end.

*huff / huff*

Shirayuki: Shoot... / I can't go any further.

*huff*

*clack*

Shirayuki: !

[The sound of footsteps...]

*clack // clack*

[He's coming this way—]

Shirayuki: …!! / There must be something in my bag that I can use.

SFX: Opens bag

*rustle / rustle*

Shirayuki: A book... A lamp... Ah, sweets that Mitsuhide-san gave me... / And...

Page 21

Shirayuki: Medicinal plants...

[—I can use these...!]

Shirayuki: There's not enough, / so I can't use the right amount.

*burns*

Shirayuki: There's no other way...

*clack // clack *

*close*

*clack*

Mihaya: …... / What? // Have you given up on running away, Red?

*hides*

*thump*

Page 22

Shirayuki: Not really...

[Just now, he was on the second floor.]

[That must mean he doesn't want me to get up there.]

*thump*

[ ? ]

[Then there has to be a way out!]

*thump*

*gets closer*

Mihaya: Then you wouldn't complain even if I catch you, right?

SFX: Woosh

SFX: Smash

Mihaya: Oh.

(Is that all you have to say when a girl smashes a light against a wall? I am very disappointed in you, Mihaya.)

*smoke*

Mihaya: [cough] / ?! / What the... smoke...?!

Shirayuki: It worked...!!

Page 23

*stagger*

Mihaya: …...?!

*cough*

Mihaya: What...?

Shirayuki: ...I burnt a type of grass that has a paralysis effect. / I think your senses will grow dull... // Please take your time and have a break!

*Run*

Mihaya: …...!

Shirayuki: I'm pretty sure I saw a staircase leading to to the above just now... / There it is!

*huff // huff*

*Run / Run*

*Bam!*

*huff*

Shirayuki: …...!! // There are no lattices... on the windows...!

Page 24

Shirayuki: I wonder if there's a ladder or something... to get down. // Oh, well. / [I'll jump down from that tree.]

*Rustle*

Shirayuki: I see, the lattices on the first floor / were to prevent stray animals from getting // IN.

*Jump*

*Lands*

Shirayuki: …!

*huff // huff*

[I got out...!!]

Shirayuki: The sky is still bright, but... Oh well. / The mountain is dark... // My lamp was broken... / [I can only see the matches now...]

Page 25

(GET YOUR GRUBBY HANDS OFF OF MY SHIRAYUKI!1!1!)

Mihaya: If you want fire, I have it.

*woosh*

Mihaya: At any rate, / you can't win against me in this mountain. // Looks like the drug just now... / was not that effective, huh?

Shirayuki: …! You were able... to climb the stairs?

Mihaya: No? / There was no need to // because I have... the keys to the doors of the first floor.

Shirayuki: ! / …!

Page 26

*dash*

Mihaya: Ah...! // Tch!

Shirayuki: !

SFX: BAM

Mihaya: I said wait!

*crackle*

Shirayuki: It's hot...

*burning / burning*

Mihaya: —Hey, you, / even if you run away, there's a possibility that some other guy will have a go at you.

Page 27

Mihaya: As long as you are sold to the aristocracy or royalty, you should be safe, right? / You can live in luxury while being protected. // Don't you think that's an easy way to live? / Right, Red?

Shirayuki: I // I have no interest in living my life that way.

(SQUEEE, that's my Shirayuki! Please don't ever stop being such an inspiration!)

Page 28

Mihaya: …! / Then I'll take you with me.

*Rustle*

*Clack*

Mihaya: …?!

*Woosh*

Page 29

SFX: Whack

Mihaya: ARGH?!

*crackle*

Shirayuki: …

*thud*

*touch*

Page 30

Zen: Hey, Shirayuki. // So it wasn't a one-day trip, huh?

Shirayuki: ...Z / en.

(Proofreader's note: I'm not sure why Akiduki Sorata did Shirayuki's speech bubbles like that? There wasn't a particular reason for it—at least none that are clear to me.)

Zen: Are you hurt anywhere?

Page 31

Shirayuki: [Ah!] / I'm fine!

*flutter / flutter *

Shirayuki: I'm not hurt at all.

[Phew—]

Zen: I see.

Mihaya: ...Urgh. / Tch.

*wobble*

*cough*

Mihaya: Heh... / So you have a bodyguard...

Zen: What the—

Mihaya: Before this, / I also worked... as a bodyguard.

Shirayuki: And yet you came up... with something like this?

[You're so incorrigible...]

Mihaya: Ouch... / That's right.

Page 32

Mihaya: Even if you have social status or family honour, / once your fortune is gone, you're penniless.

[That hurts.]

Mihaya: Why shouldn't I earn money using all means?

Zen: Shut up.

(Let me speak on the behalf of everyone in the AnS fandom when I say we want to tell him that too.)

*Rustle*

Mihaya: …!

Zen: I don't want / to know what you think of her,

Page 33

Zen: but Shirayuki // is not a tool for you to make money with.

(Well said, Zen, well said!)

Page 34

Top of page says “Akagami no Shirayuki-hime [1].”

Mihaya: … / So she's called Shirayuki, huh...?

Zen: Don't say her name with your mouth!

Mihaya: What the—are you her dad or something?

[He called me her dad...]

(HAHA! ZEN'S FACE IS PRICELESS! AKIDUKI SORATA, YOU ARE A TRUE MVP!)

Zen: Shirayuki, / does he have any other comrades?

Shirayuki: Eh? Ah, I wonder... / I didn't see anyone else, though.

Zen: ...If he's alone, I guess we can take him down the mountain. / We can hand him over to the government officials at the bottom of the mountain without having to escort him to the palace...

Mihaya: PALACE?!

[You came from the palace?!?!]

Mihaya: You... Just who exactly are you? What's your name?

Zen: … / Zen.

Mihaya: …! / Heh. // I remember hearing that name.

Page 35

[The name of the Second Prince of Clarines—]

Zen: I'm Shirayuki's friend.

Informant*: After investigating, it seems that man was not a thief or a criminal.

Shirayuki*: Aah.

Informant*: ...But just to be on the safe side, we will keep him here for a while.

Zen*: Okay.

(Proofreader's note: *I'm really just guessing as to who is saying what in this conversation. I put “informant” because I've no idea if the person speaking was a guard, Shirayuki, or even Zen. There aren't any visual cues to help me out, so I'm sorry! xD)

Page 36

Shirayuki: Zen, you're mad...

Zen: Not at you.

Shirayuki: …

SFX: grab

Shirayuki: Then // just a bit is fine. Turn this way. // Ten seconds! // Zen, / you came to pick me up... Just saying it isn't enough, but // thank—

*Ruffle*

(SQUEEE! This is just too cute!)

Zen: —Five seconds is enough. // More than enough.

Page 37

Zen: ...Shirayuki, // what that bumpkin asked you when he was taken away, / the question that you didn't answer,

[“Hey, Red-head, / where's the place that you said you'd decided to go?”]

Zen: do you mind me asking?

Shirayuki: Ah— // That's.... / the reason that I decided to come to this country. // I want to know how you live in this country.

Page 38

Top of page says “Akagami no Shirayuki-hime [1].”

Shirayuki: Therefore, // I will find a place where that comes true.

[The path that I want]

Zen: ...I would be grateful / if you could find that place. // Shirayuki, / I want to thank you as well.

Page 39

Zen: For staying safe for me.

[must be a place where a dazzling tailwind blows.]

Zen: All right, Kiki and Mitsuhide should be here soon. / They're also good at sneaking out of the palace, just like me.

Shirayuki: Also good at sneaking out, huh...?

~Akagami no Shirayuki-hime Chapter 2 // END~

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akagamiproject · 8 years ago

Photo

Translator: Asahina

Proofreader: Yuki-chan

Read along with Japanese raw scans here, and/or Chinese cleaned scans here.

Page 1

Text: Chapter 1

Page 2

Raji: Mirror, mirror, on the wall, // Who is the girl with the beauty that can captivate everyone’s eyes in this country? / Who is the most appropriate to be my new concubine?

(Way to bring out the creepy vibe on someone no one knows, Akiduki Sorata-sensei.)

Informant: I am not a mirror, Prince Raji. I’m an informer. the informer of the town.

Raji: Shut up!! / You tell me what you see, so “Mirror” suits you well!

[You really can’t read my mood!]

Informant: Okay...well, then. / There is a young girl that I think might suit your taste. // She was born with extremely rare... and beautiful / apple-red hair. her name is Shirayuki*.

T/N: *Literally means “Snow White” in Japanese.

Page 3

Big Text: Akagami no Shirayuki-hime

Text in lower right-hand corner: Chapter 2

Page 4

Shirayuki: What a joke. // No way... A street girl like me being picked as the Prince's concubine because of my hair colour. // I will shame the prince.

Guard: The prince has taken a liking for you, so nothing else matters. / Anyway, you will be formally received at the castle in three days, so dress yourself up. // I will excuse myself for today, then, Shirayuki-dono.

[Nothing else matters, huh...?]

Shirayuki: ...Can’t go against him, huh? / Even though he’s well-known for being stupid, he’s still a prince...

*stand up*

Shirayuki: —There’s no helping it.

[That path that I walk on]

*snip*

[is, so to speak, my own story.]

Page 5

*plop*

Shirayuki: I will leave this country.

Box: I cannot draw with someone else’s brush.

Shirayuki: Ah—... / I should have rested before I entered the forest after all.

[Rustle]

SFX: much / much

Shirayuki: ! // There’s no light. // Excuse me! Is someone in there—?! // ...A vacant house?

[I guess I can’t... just enter.]

Shirayuki: I’ll call it a day...

[Zzz-]

Page 6

[Chirp / Chirp]

Zen: It would be great if this house was a stable, huh? // If something happens, we can run immediately if we have horses.

Mitsuhide: Why don’t you make one as you like? / No one would enter this forest beside the highway, though. / All right,

[You are so cold, jeez-]

*rustle*

SFX: Stuck

Zen: ?!

SFX: Thud

Mitsuhide: ?! / ZEN?!

Akiduki Sorata's Corner:

Box: Introduction

Hello. I’m Akiduki Sorata. Nice to meet you.

You are now reading the first volume of “Akagami no Shirayuki-hime.”

This is my first work. Thanks for reading it!

--BELOW BORDER--

Akiduki Sorata (pen name)

Grew up in Aichi Prefecture reading manga.

Born in March, with blood type AB.

Has made it a rule not to turn on the air-conditioning while watching high school baseball in the summer.

Sometimes.

Page 7

Zen: …!

*shake / shake*

*appears*

Mitsuhide: Aah! Are you okay, Zen?! Did you twist your wrist?! You didn’t hit your head, did you?! // What’s one plus one?!

Zen: Two. / Oh, who are you again?

Mitsuhide: !! / I’m Mitsuhide!

Kiki: Aah! So that’s your name!

(LOL, way to add insult to the injury, Kiki!)

Mitsuhide: What? Even you, too, Kiki?! Don’t tease me like that—

Zen: —So,

*gulp*

Zen: who are you really? // Just what are you doing in this deep part of the forest?

Shirayuki: No, I... Um, I just left home. / I just wanted to go through the path that not many people walked—

*Cha*

Shirayuki: !

*Woosh*

Page 8

*Rustle*

Everyone: !!

Shirayuki: Ah.

Zen: ...You have a strange hair colour, huh?

(You take off a girl's hood with the hilt of your sword and that's all you have to say afterwards? An apology would be nice!)

Shirayuki: That’s right. I’m often told that. // Crap...

Shirayuki: A-Anyway, you hurt your right arm when you fell down just now, right? Zen: ...What is that?

(Common manners. Care to learn about them?)

Shirayuki: I’m a pharmacist, / so I have compress medicine and stuff like that. / [Just go ahead.]

*rustle*

Zen: Medicine? // Hmm. // I don't need those.

Page 9

Zen: As if I can use something that is suddenly offered to me, which I’m not yet sure if it’s poison or not! // I’m not a stupid kid in the forest. / I can’t trust strangers so easily. // In other words, we have no need for you here. // If you understand that, go away.

Shirayuki: … // Well... he’s right. / But... // There are so many people ordering me around. // I’m fed up with this...

*clang*

[Oh?]

Zen: You want to fight me?

*AHWCK*

Zen: ?!

Shirayuki: …!

[Hurts more than she thought it would.]

Page 10

*spread / spread*

Zen: …

*plop*

Shirayuki: —I’m sorry, but // it’s not my hobby to carry poisons around with me.

*drop*

Mitsuhide: A Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! // She got you, Zen!

[Eh?}

[Ku...]

[Kuku*...]

T/N: *Kukuku literally translates to “Hehehe.” It’s meant to be a snicker.

Page 11

Zen: Ha—... / Sorry, then. // I'm counting on you. // It was half your fault to begin with that I screwed up when I landed. // Take responsibility. // You’ll take care of me until my pain goes away, right?

SFX: grabs

Zen: This is just a vacant house where we hang around. / You can stay here however long you want. // Right, Kiki? Mitsuhide?

Mitsuhide: That’s right, but... don’t decide things on your own.

Zen: Okay?

Page 12

[Responsibility...]

Kiki: For now, let's go inside.

Box: After the palace / is the forest...

Shirayuki: Like I said! / Even if I tell you the reason I left home, you wouldn’t find it interesting, Zen.

Zen: Like I said—it’s not interesting if you don’t tell me, Shirayuki. // Don’t be so cold like that. / see, our bandages are also friends.

[Haha, they match, see?]

Zen: … // Come on, smile.

Page 13

Shirayuki: Kiki-san, Mitsuhide-san! / I’m going for a small walk.

*Smile*

[Okay, okay...]

Zen: You only like those two...

(Maybe it's because they didn't tell her she wasn't needed or expose her hair with a sword? Just a thought.)

Shirayuki: —So why did you follow me, Zen?

Zen: It would be a disgrace for a gentleman, like me, to let a girl, who is hurt, wander around the forest alone, / Even though you are so unkind to me.

[Ha—...]

Shirayuki: I study medicinal plants, so I’m already used to mountains and forests. I’m fine.

*tighten*

Zen: Hmm.

Shirayuki: The forest is different from the town. Time and space have their own flow. / It’s also comfortable here.

Zen: Yeah. / I know that.

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Shirayuki: You were honest just now, huh?

Zen: !

Shirayuki: OUCH?!

Zen: Ah— / Your hair got stuck in the tree... somehow, there’s only one bundle of long hair?

Shirayuki: Eh?

[Ouch, ouch.]

Shirayuki: Ah, I cut my hair when I left home, so that must be why... / Sorry, Zen, but can you cut it for me? / [I can’t untangle it...]

Zen: What? // …!

*grin*

Page 15

Zen: No, no! By no means would I cut a girl’s hair! // What does cutting off your long hair have to do with leaving home? / If you don’t tell me the reason, I cannot help you...

Shirayuki: ...You are so...

(There's a new barbershop open for business; Zen's Hair Salon! He'll cut your hair if you tell him a secret. What a deal!)

Zen: A rich guy told you to be his concubine?!!

Shirayuki: He’s a famous guy who knows the ins and outs of the Red light district* by heart. People saw that he grew up eating gold coins**.

T/N: *Area where prostitutes (can we use that word?) and other questionable characters reside.

**Grew up in privilege and wealth; basically, very spoiled.

Shirayuki: He said that he thinks red hair is rare, / so he wants to have me.

*speechless*

Shirayuki: If I let him do that, // I would be like an apple that he buys from a fruit store.

Zen: Shira...

Shirayuki: —That’s why

Page 16

Shirayuki: I thought he’d get tired of looking at a piece of it, / so I bunched my hair and left it behind.

Zen: [Pu!] / That’s great! / HaHAhahaHAHAHAHAha!

(Zen can laugh for a long time, can't he?)

Shirayuki: Ahahaha, it’s not a laughing matter, though.

Zen: No, no. / You made the right decision. // Let him experience being cut off by a low-ranked girl.

Shirayuki: ?

Zen: People say that red / is the colour of fate, right?

Page 17

Zen: Now you may think it's only troublesome, // but it might connect you with something unexpectedly good.

Shirayuki: Th--... / That’s an awesome way of thinking...

Zen: Oh, yeah? Respect me now?

Mitsuhide: ...Looks like Shirayuki is not a bad person after all, huh, Kiki?

Kiki: On the contrary, it seems like Zen is quite taken with her.

Mitsuhide: It would be a disaster for Shirayuki / if she’s caught.

Page 18

Messenger: This is a present from Tanbarun!

Zen: Tanbarun~~~? // What? something from the neighbouring country to this deep in the forest...

*thud*

Shirayuki: EH?!

Zen: Shirayuki?

Shirayuki: …! // That’s... / the ribbon that I used to tie the hair that I cut...

Zen: What?!

[?]

Page 19

Zen: Can I... look inside the basket?

Shirayuki: What? / Ah, sure... // Apples—...

Zen: In short, / the sender of this was worried about you having to leave home to travel so far away, // so he will come to pick you up at your town at the border of Tanbarun... // ...A pretty spiteful gentleman, huh?

Shirayuki: He’s good with words.

Zen: What are you laughing about?! // Is he so high-ranked that you had to cross the country border to run away?!

Page 20

Shirayuki: … / the person who wants me as his concubine...

Zen: …

Shirayuki: —... / is Tanbarun's... // First Prince.

Zen: !

*bam*

Zen: That stupid prince called Raji?!

Shirayuki: Wow... even people from the neighbouring country know him... // ...That’s who I’m dealing with. / Well, // I might have been followed after I crossed the country border.

Page 21

Zen: He thinks that anything he wants / belongs to him.

[I expect no less from him.]

Shirayuki: … // He wouldn’t think that he can put me in a basket, would he....?

Zen: Eh...

Page 22

Top of the page says “Akagami No Shirayuki-hime [1].”

Shirayuki: Just kidding...

*gets up*

*slowly*

Shirayuki: Zen?

Page 23

**bites*

Shirayuki: Ze—...

Mitsuhide: What bad manners—you shouldn’t do that, Zen.

[You’ve got to hold the apple yourself.]

SFX: Cough // Cough

Zen: Wh—.... / What are you looking at...? / I didn’t call you. Mind your own business!!

Mitsuhide: Uwah! / Don't hurt my feelings!

Zen: — —

Mitsuhide: Uwah—

Shirayuki: … // Zen.

*gets up*

Zen: What?

Page 24

Shirayuki: … / I said something stupid. // Sorry.

(Haha, the look on Zen's face in panel two! I bet he didn't expect her to apologise to him like that!)

*stagger*

Zen: …?! // ...Shirayuki, / Don’t... eat that apple.

Shirayuki: Eh?

Zen: Kiki, Mitsuhide... / sorry... // Don't get / mad...

Mitsuhide: Zen?

*stagger*

Zen: …!

SFX: Thud

Everyone: ZEN!!

Page 25

Mitsuhide: What’s wrong, Zen? / Hey!! // Zen!!

[“Don't / eat that apple.”]

[Eh...?]

*creak*

Mitsuhide: ! // Who's that?!

Guard: —I’m a messenger. // ...Good grief. / So it wasn’t Shirayuki-dono* who ate the apples?

T/N: *“Dono” is a term of great respect and reverence. It’s often translated as “Lord” or “Lady” in English translations.

Page 26

[Hmm.]

Guard; Oh well...?

Shirayuki: ..You... / came to my house before...

Mitsuhide: What’s the meaning of this...?

Guard: —Shirayuki-dono, // Those are poisoned apples. // Please do not worry. / there is someone who has the antidote. // ...You will go / with me, won’t you?

Page 27

Guard: Prince Raji, / I have brought her here.

Raji: So she’s come! All right, you can get out.

*turns around*

Raji: Oh, so this is you! // I see... this is amazing. / Your red hair is real. // Come this way, Shirayuki-dono.

*close*

Shirayuki: ...Can I have the antidote for my friend, Prince Raji?

Raji: That’s for later! because of a sneaky thief, I don’t have much time for you.

Shirayuki: Wha—...

*Katan*

Raji: This is such a dreadful thing... / It seems that I have become a laughing stock for everyone in the suburbs as well as in the palace for letting you run away from my courtship, Shirayuki-dono.

[Puu*..]

T/N: *”Puu” is the SFX for “puff” in Japanese. He's basically puffing out his cheeks in annoyance.

Raji: Really... thanks to this, my reputation might drop very low!

Page 28

Shirayuki: Your reputation is already too low to drop down anymore to begin with. // ...And?

Raji: If I admit your crime, it would mean admitting that the rumour is true. / —Therefore, to redeem my reputation, // say that you want to become my concubine. // Even though you’re only a street girl, I don’t want to embarrass you. / so I, who have been emotionally wounded, will accept you.

Shirayuki: ...Auditory Hallucination?! // Don't joke.

Raji: Aah! / It was a coincidence, // ...but I was truly lucky to have all the ingredients for the poison.

Page 29

Raji: Do you want to / go visit your friend once, Shirayuki-dono?

*drop*

Raji: —But // It would be a pity to let the girl who can entertain my eyes so much // go somewhere far away.

*roll*

[“They say red / is the colour of fate.”]

Page 30

[“It might connect you / to something unexpectedly good.”]

[He // said those words / to me.]

SFX: smack

Raji: ?! / What are you...?

Shirayuki: Oh my,, that's impolite. / Prince Raji, // ...Please // take me with you as you please.

Page 31

Zen: I OPPOSE!!

*wham*

Everyone: ?!

[Eek!]

Zen: Will you please // stop spouting nonsense that will dirty her ears?

Shirayuki: Zen...

Raji: W-Who are you? / What are the guards...?

Page 32

Mitsuhide: It’s okay, it’s okay. // We're guarding.

Raji: !!

Shirayuki: Zen...!!

Zen: Hey, Shirayuki. / Tie this for me.

[It was unfastened.]

Shirayuki: Eh? / B-But before that, your body...

(That look that Zen gives her just gives me the wrong idea. xD)

Raji: !

[Ah!]

Raji: That’s right. / So you’re the guy who ate the poison! // Oh no, what misfortune! / I planned to make Shirayuki-dono unable to move so that I could take her here.

Zen: ...So you’re the one who sent the apples.

[Hmph.]

Raji: Show more respect to me. / Our social statuses are different, you know.

Zen: ...That’s impolite, / Raji-dono.

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Zen: All right, this is troublesome, but let me introduce myself. / This is the first time you’ve met me.

*Clang*

Zen: I’m Zen, the Second Prince of the Clarines Kingdom.

Shirayuki: … / Second... Prince?! // Ze-... Zen... Get a hold of yourself!

[Do you know me?!]

Zen: I’m still sober, Shirayuki. // Just in case, / I got myself a little bit accustomed to poisons...

Page 34

[He looks pale...]

Zen: ...But I never thought / that I would be poisoned by a prince of a neighbouring kingdom, / Raji-dono.

*approaches*

Raji: …

*turns around*

Mitsuhide: He’s the real thing. / Right, buddy?

Guard: H-... / He’s telling the truth! he has the crest on his belongings...

Raji: ...Fu*. / Is there any evidence that I... that I** poisoned the apples?!

*flustered*

Zen: There should still be some around, right? / For example, something left in your residence? // You wouldn’t mind an official search, right?

Raji: Th-...!! / That's …

Zen: Then should I deal with you myself, stupid prince?

T/N: *”Fu” can translate into a variety of sounds, but in this context, it’s a sarcastic chuckle, since Raji doesn’t really believe Zen.

**At first, he used a slightly more informal way of addressing himself. Raji kinda meant to imtimidate Zen with his royal title.

Page 35

Zen: If you don’t want me to reveal your foolish behaviour this time to the public—swear // never to involve yourself with Shirayuki again, // and never to call her name again.

Raji: ..Why even her name...?

Zen: Shall I make you swear with my sword?

Raji: I GOT IT! I SWEAR! I JUST SWORE!

Zen: —Shirayuki! / You have tons of things you want to tell him, right?

[Eh!]

Zen: If you want to tell him off, now’s the time.

[Go ahead.]

Shirayuki: —...Okay.

*bends down*

*Picks up*

Page 36

Shirayuki: Here you go, Prince Raji.

SFX: Shove

Shirayuki: This is my gift for visiting you.

[It fell.]

[2 cm]

Shirayuki: —Also, // hurry up / and give Zen the antidote! // —Thank you.

Page 37

Zen: What’s that, Shirayuki? //

[Why are you sitting up straight?]

Shirayuki: You helped me... // but I'm sorry. // I... / was only poison to you.

[Ha / ha / ha]

Zen: Am I... supposed to laugh there? / Is it because the poisoned apple I ate and you are both red?

Shirayuki: ...It’s kind of different.

Page 38

Kiki: It’s okay, Shirayuki. It’s not something that you have to apologise about. / Zen ate the apple himself.

[Kiki-san...]

Kiki: But you really had us worried, Zen! / Mitsuhide even said that if you died, he would die as well, and he got all teary.

Zen: I got it, I got it! / Sorry about that. // Next time, I will have him peel fruits for me before I eat them...

Mitsuhide: That’s not the point!!

Zen: —...Shirayuki,

*kneels down*

Zen: Do you still remember / what I said in the forest? // To me, / being with you now / is fate, and I’m happy about it, okay?

Page 39

Zen: You met us in the forest that you entered. / We got involved, / and we protected each other. // Will it all end now, // or will it / continue to connect us? // It is up to you to decide.

Shirayuki: ...No... / that.... / is that something that I can decide?

Zen: Of course! / I also decide my fate // Decide / and whether you walk on that road or not totally depends on you.

Page 40

Mitsuhide: …. / Zen, you....

[He sounds so grand.]

[Yeah.]

Zen: What?

Shirayuki: That's really a great way of thinking.

*clang*

Zen: It’s not a way of thinking. / It’s a way of living. // —What’s your answer, // Shirayuki?

[That is, / so to speak, my own story.]

Page 41

Shirayuki: I will—

[If I had a wish, I would wish / that the sound of the turning pages of my story after this encounter / would resound like the sound of footsteps.]

Mitsuhide: He’s just showing off, though. / His immediate fate would be returning to the castle and getting people mad at him, Shirayuki.

[Hoh—]

[He snuck out of the castle for a few days again...]

Kiki: And we will suffer the same fate. / Wonderful, wonderful.

~Akagami no Shirayuki-hime Chapter 1 // END~

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