Ocean Fishing with Koupen-chan

C: There are snacks in the backpack too!

Adult Penguin: “I love ocean fishing!”

Koupen-chan: “I’m coming along~”

C: The salty sea breeze is coating my face and all*

(To be continued tomorrow)

TN:* Not 100% certain on petapeta’s meaning here.

These two came to rock fish.

K: Yay, we managed to catch some!

E: We didn’t get to catch a lot, but it was really fun, wasn’t it!

Sea chub: 20 cm (umitanago)

Black Rockfish: 22 cm (mebaru)

C: It was fun, wasn’t it~

(To be continued for a bit)

E: After we get home, Adelie-san will cook them for us!

K: Yay!

E: Koupen-chan, did you find anything on the seashore?

K: I found a sea anemone in the tide pools!

E: Oh wow, that’s great~

K: [And] there was a tiny crab!

E: Oh my! What a big discovery!

P: Hey, welcome back

K: We’re home!

P: Did you have fun?

E: Yes! Thankfully, we did! (or “Thanks to you, we did!”)

TN: “Get skunked” for fishing means having caught no fish at all on a trip. In Japanese, this was bouzu ボウズ.

E: Ah— Even if we got skunked, it still would have been fun!

P: Oh my, that’s true~

K: Get skunked…?

C: It will be braised in sake, soy sauce, and mirin*

(To be continued in a bit)

TN: Mirin is a sweet rice cooking wine.

A: Ohh, ohh! You were able to catch two! It would be delicious as sashimi too, but this time I guess I’ll braise it.

E: I’m looking forward to it!

K: Thank you!

A: Botamochi-san, I’m glad ya didn’t get skunked

E: Ahaha, Polar Bear-san was just telling me the same thing earlier

K: That “get skunked” again…

C: Memories of the Ocean

The End

Sequel

You can see the sequel to this comic on the following page!

houjicha-tl.com/translation-blog/new-title-bouzu

C: There are snacks in the backpack too!

C: The salty sea breeze is coating my face and all*

(To be continued tomorrow)

TN:* Not 100% certain on petapeta’s meaning here.

C: It was fun, wasn’t it~

(To be continued for a bit)

C: It will be braised in sake, soy sauce, and mirin*

(To be continued in a bit)

TN: Mirin is a sweet rice cooking wine.

C: Memories of the Ocean

The End

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