Until I Become Me - Ch. 66

[Thrembs]

RIP your Facebook page. Unfortunately, it seems like all social media sites turn to crap after reaching a certain threshold.

We should go back to individuals having their own websites.
Pay a service fee instead of letting them mine your personal information and induce rage to drive engagement.

 

[Sandmann1st]

Thanks for the translations! This chapter was a tad confusing and was all over the place. But new GB person announced! I think it would be cool if they were now a boy.

 

[Orangechrisy]

Wonder if the 2nd Place "Big Breasts" is the one with the Illness 😐 Since it oddly focused on her blushing

Speaking of sex-ed i really hope the story wont the take the "You're now a girl, so you suddenly and inexplicably feel attracted to men, for the sake of it" 🤔 Considering Akira made it look like she's somewhat attracted to Rumi on some occasions

Highly doubt they would do that given how frequently the manga has brought up the idea of "you can love whoever you want" and also everything with Akira and Rumi especially lately. If anything its leading towards Akira explicitly having to confront that notion in order to figure out her feelings

 

[WangthePhoenix]

thanks for the translation Smiley!

 

[rotationplus]

asexual rep!!!!

 

[MuYu]

Imagine if the other one is Rumi though...

...I kind of hope that's not the case, but wow I could see this manga doing it, and I'd respect the author if they did - Akira finally gets to grips with herself, accepts herself as a girl, accepts that it's fine for her to like girls as a girl herself and to pursue something with Rumi... only for it to turn out Rumi caught the same illness at some point recently, and Akira having to once again challenge herself, see if she can like a boy even as a girl despite part of her mind still considering her as a boy.

I'd much prefer the yuri ship, but I could really see them doing the double-gender-bend-straight-ship

 

[BULLETTIME11]

Illegal cliffhanger, see everyone a month or two from now

 

[nightnyx]

Finally the another person just like me arc

 

[gomichandesu]

I've always supported you just posting here. I know there was.... drama about all that 3 years ago but I think enough time has passed. No need to go back to FB imo, it wasn't a very great platform for scanslation anyway. Keep doing your thing smiley.

 

[Kanade0021]

thanks for the translation!

 

[Karendesuu]

Thanks for the translation!
Smiley, you're doing god's work TLing this series. Really do hope that the FB stuff won't mean a dropped TL.

 

[Neutronoid]

Unfortunately, it seems like all social media sites turn to crap after reaching a certain threshold.

It has a name, Enshittification

 

[Smileyguy]

Was this weird TL or just a weird chapter in general?

While I admit that this chapter was a more tricky to translate than others, and that my translation always has room for errors, this chapter was just weird in general too.

What is the thing "everyone in school" is talking about on page3? "Tension" between rumi and akira? thats weird why would people care or suspect anything

That was just Aoi being a drama queen, as you can tell the bubbles for Akira's monologue have perfect rectangular shape, while when Aoi tried to play narrator, her bubbles were rectangular but had a slight round edges.
Also, Akira is rather popular even outside her own classroom, as well as her friendship with Rumi, so at least some people should be able to notice that there's some awkwardness right between her and Rumi that normally is not there. Still, it was mostly just Aoi being a goofball.

And what the fuck is the teacher talking about? She called akira over and then they just apologized to each other and left???

Sonoda(the teacher) called Akira over with the intention to ask her if she wanted to talk to the person who had also contracted the sex-change disease. But Akira always felt slighly uncomfortable by Sonoda, and the expections she felt Sonoda was putting on her, so she took this chance to make it known that she didn't like that, and she could not be the kind of studen she was expecting her to be.
Sonoda felt embarrassed because Akira was right, and now she probably thinks that Akira wants nothing to do with her, so asking her to talk to the other sex-changed person was out of the window. But since Akira said that she still wants to rely on her when the time comes, she now knows that Akira doesn't hate her, and that the opportunity to bring up the topic was still there. So she did, albeit rather embarrassed.
Overall, the interaction was weird, but it was clear at least in my opinion.

Anyway nana when

Not anytime soon I'm afraid lol.

Srry for the rant, hope that clears most of the doubts!

 

[Hexxy]

They're really playing up Akira's guilt over Nana, I can almost hear her heart break every time she sees something that reminds her of even the idea of childhood friends. I'm hoping they'll be able to talk it out.

I'm glad to see us asexual people being mentioned, as always.

 

[TakeiDaloui]

Thanks for the chapter. Shame about your facebook page and getting hacked. That stuff sucks.

 

[mgRdr]

and the expections she felt Sonoda was putting on her, so she took this chance to make it known that she didn't like that, and she could not be the kind of studen she was expecting her to be

What are these expectations? I didn't quite catch that

 

[GambierBay]

Every chapter has me waiting in the wings saying "do your best akira-chan"

 

[Panino]

Thanks for the translation smileyguy, thanks for persevering through the digital nightmares.

The next girl with the disorder... I'm guessing Tanaka Makoto. Gender neutral name (like Akira) and "serious and plain" with an aloof look is a good armor for anxiety, confusion, and resignation. And maybe little familiarity with styling or makeup compared to many of the other people in the biased rankings.

That would set up two good contrasts: Her and Akira who is handling this well by now, and her 2-2 classmate Yagisawa Hana who manifests girl power like a mystical creature. And Yagisawa was introduced around the same time.

If you want to know who this new character is, go to the author's twitter page (https://twitter.com/hatukisu). Before publishing the full chapter on Comic Walker he posts the pages there, 4 each week as he finishes it.

I'm a little disappointed, it's also a boy who turned into a girl.
I thought, just a little, if it could be a girl who turned into a boy.

 

[ChristineGuinn]

2 new characters were introduced this chapter
One is a mean girl
The other is an "unapproachable beauty" with similar looks to akira and a unisex first name
You tell me who it is lol

The "unapproachable beauty" was Takashita Sugino. I know SuginA is female, but SuginO?
The other one, Uno Seira IS unisex. Also called "scary", which could be because they used to be a boy, and aren't dealing with it well.

 

[Kampfarsch]

The "unapproachable beauty" was Takashita Sugino. I know SuginA is female, but SuginO?
The other one, Uno Seira IS unisex. Also called "scary", which could be because they used to be a boy, and aren't dealing with it well.

Sugino is unisex, seria isnt wdym