bleachness

ETA: New scans from Athena at the IchiRuki FC at BA The boys are really cute too!

Annie has some yummy gleanings for you this morning from 2ch and

sketchbaka did the translations.

From the IR FC at BA and Annie:

Some of you already know about Bleach Novel: Letter from the Other Side is releasing a new edition. A quick info for those who didn't know what it is, it's the first Bleach novel that came out before Honey Dish. It based on the first 14 (or 10?) chapters of Bleach manga and yes, it's Kubo approved but he didn't write it. This new edition has extra chapter or something. Anyway, Kubo sensei drew some cute pics so I have to share them.with you (credit from 2ch)

Translations by

sketchbaka :

書下し短編はルキアたん主人公だった
寝起きで眠そうなルキアたん
朝食のハムサンドに入ってたきゅうりに嬉しくて頬のゆるむルキアたん
それを一護に指摘され赤面するルキアたん
翡翠のエルミタージュのアニメの再放送を欠かさず見ているらしいルキアたん(商
店街の電気店に見に行ってるらしい…)
筆記テストがある事を知らなかったルキアたんは一護に勉強教えてくれと頼むが
断られる
断られたルキアたんは何とかするべく外に出て、
井上&たつきにあったり水色&ケイゴを見掛けたり、浦原に滋養強壮剤を貰ったり
方々まわって結局勉強出来ずに帰ってくる
そしたら一護がルキアたんにチャドのノート(かなりわかりやすい)を借りてきて
てめでたしっつー話

いやルキアたん満載で良かった。これからルキアたん丸々主人公のも読む

The main character in short story is Rukia.
She just woke up and feeling sleepy.
She was happy because there is cucumber in her ham sandwich that her face softened. Ichigo noticed and pointed that out, which made Rukia blushed.
She went to the electric shop in one shopping mall district to watch a rebroadcast of some fishing anime.
She didn't know that there will be a test so she asked Ichigo to teach her but she got rejected.
She didn't know to do afterwards so she decided to go outside.
She met Inoue, Tatsuki, Mizuiro, Keigo, she also got some kind of tonic nourishment from Urahara, a lot of things happened but after all she didn't get to study so she went home.
After that Ichigo lend her Chad's notes (it's easy to study) and everything went well.

Quote:

まあ大体の流れはバレ来てるが、実際読むとすんごいぞ。ニヤニヤが止まらん
一護が押し入れのルキアを起こしに来るところとか、キュウリのくだりもいいし
イチルキコンもある。
勉強教えてくれと言ったルキアに一護が冷たい言い方して断ったとコンに責めら
れちょっと後悔し始める一護ｗ
「…ああクソッ！」って言いながらチャドに電話かけるｗ
一護がチャドにノート借りに行く場面もちゃんとあってそれがすごい萌える。
「お前が使うのか…？」とチャドに問われ「お…おう、そうだ！俺が使う！！」
と挙動不振な一護。
それを見たチャドに(転入生絡みか…？)と何故か気取られるｗ
そんで最後にルキアにチャドのノート渡すところも良い！ぶっきらぼうながら…
つーか照れてるだろ一護！な感じ。
最後はルキアの「一護…ありがとう。」

Ichigo was the one who woke Rukia up.
Kon blamed him when he coldly rejected Rukia then he started to regret it. "Aah, damn it!" he called Chad after that. He went to Chad's house to take the notes. Chad asked him, "Are you going to use it?" then Ichigo replied, "Y-Yes, of course I am!!"
Seeing his behaviour, Chad somehow noticed, "He's concerned about the transfer student, isn't he...?"
Ichigo was shy and awkward when he passed the notes to Rukia.
Last, Rukia thanked him, "Ichigo... thank you."

ETA: one last bit of translation from Sketchy--

Quote:
最後にルキアに｢一護…ありがとう｣と言われたが、何も答えない一護
が、ほんの少しだけ口もとを緩めるｗ
The last, when Rukia said, "Ichigo... thank you," Ichigo didn't reply anything, but his mouth was opened a bit.