I Dive, Into Myself - Asahina Mafuyu Fes Card Story (Translation)

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Mafuyu's Card Story - Part 1

Mafuyu: Alright, then, see you all tomorrow.
Classmate: See ya tomorrow, Mafuyu!
Mafuyu: You too. Be careful on your way home, alright?

Mafuyu: I’m home.
Mafuyu’s Mother: Welcome home, Mafuyu. How was school today?
Mafuyu: It’s just like usual. Although, there was an English pop quiz today…
Mafuyu’s Mother: Oh my, did you do well on it?
Mafuyu: Of course, I had no problems with it. I duly prepared myself for the lesson and reviewed everything, after all.
Mafuyu’s Mother: Fufu, that’s our Mafuyu.
Mafuyu’s Mother: By the way—I bought this textbook that’s perfect for you.
Mafuyu: Reference book?
Mafuyu’s Mother: Indeed. An acquaintance of mine recommended all sorts of reference books to me that'll help you pursue medicine.
Mafuyu: I see…
Mafuyu’s Mother: I’ll get you more some other time.
Mafuyu: … Okay! Thank you, Mother.

Mafuyu: …………
Mafuyu: How many books does this make…?
Mafuyu: (For just reference books, this is the 20th one.)
Mafuyu: (The bookshelf’s full of books my mother bought.)
Mafuyu: (For today, I’ve got an assignment, cram school prep, and 25-ji work, but—)
Mafuyu: (... I’ll read this and think about it.)
Mafuyu: …………
Mafuyu: (... What am I doing?)
Mafuyu: (I’m reading a book I’m not even sure I want to read, I’m doing things I’m not even sure I want to do…)
Mafuyu: (What in the world am I even—)
Mafuyu: … No.
Mafuyu: If I keep this up, I’ll start feeling that pain again…

Miku: Welcome, Mafuyu.
Miku: … You don’t look good. Do you feel unwell?
Mafuyu: … Let me rest here for a bit..
Miku: Sure. Sit next to me.
Mafuyu: Okay…
Mafuyu: … Hahh.
Mafuyu: (Ever since I started searching for “myself” with Kanade and the others, I started feeling something little by little…)
Mafuyu: (But…)
Mafuyu: (To feel… is painful…)
Miku: Mafuyu…
Mafuyu: … Never mind, I have to go now. I have lots of things I need to do.
Miku: Ah… Wait, Mafuyu.
Mafuyu: … What?
Miku: Over there.
Mafuyu: Over there…?
Mafuyu: Ah… Something’s shining.
Mafuyu: It looks like it’s some sort of small gemstone, but I can’t see it well because it’s so bright…
Mafuyu: I don’t think this was ever here before, though…
Miku: Certainly, this is… a fragment of your feelings.
Mafuyu: A fragment of my feelings?
Miku: Sekais are born from your intense emotions and feelings. But, there are some emotions that don’t become a part of them.
Mafuyu: They haven’t become part of my Sekai… So that’s a thing, huh.
Mafuyu: … So, is this also part of my emotions?
Miku: Ah, Mafuyu. If you touch that—
Mafuyu: Ah—

Mafuyu: Agh… Where is this…?
Mafuyu: … A library?
Mafuyu: There are bookshelves everywhere. But there’s no one here, and there’s no map of the library either…
Mafuyu: (... I didn’t want to read a book, so I came to the Sekai… Wouldn’t have thought I’d have found books here too.)
???: —There’s so many books.
Mafuyu: Eh…
Mafuyu: You’re here too, Miku…
Miku: Yes.
Miku: The fragments of your feelings that didn’t become a whole Sekai can sometimes show you places like these.
Mafuyu: Oh, I see.
Miku: There’s so many books here… How fun.
Mafuyu: Eh?
Miku: Mizuki has been bringing a lot of books over here lately. Manga, picture books, all sorts of fun things.
Mafuyu: … I see. Well, besides that, the exit is—
Miku: Ah… There’s bookshelves in here, too.
Mafuyu: … Hahh.
Mafuyu: Just for a bit, okay, Miku?

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Mafuyu's Card Story - Part 2

Miku: Over there, too, there’s so many books…
Mafuyu: (It’s true, there’s books all over the place. How far does it go?)
Mafuyu: (And besides, what kind of books are even—)
Mafuyu: … Reference books?
Mafuyu: (I’ve seen this one before…)
Mafuyu: (... Here, too. This reference book, and this collection, they’re all books my mother bought—)
Mafuyu: … Did my feelings… create this place, too...??
Mafuyu: But, why? I don’t want to see these things…
Miku: … … Mafuyu, do you not like books?
Mafuyu: Eh?

Miku: Books write about all sorts of things you wouldn’t otherwise know.
Miku: So, are books not fun things?
Mafuyu: Fun…?
Mafuyu: I don’t… really feel the same way.
Mafuyu: To me, books are just something for putting information in.
Miku: … Then, do you dislike this book, too?
Mafuyu: This is… a picture book?
Miku: Yes. This is certainly yours.
Mafuyu: It’s mine? But a picture book… I’d never…
Miku: You really haven’t seen this before?
Mafuyu: Why the incessant questioning? What is it about this picture book…
Mafuyu: … … Ah, this is…
Mafuyu: (Right. This… It’s a picture book I had back in the day. But, if I remember right, this was…)

Flashback

Mafuyu’s Mother: —Besides, you don’t need this anymore, right?

Flashback Ends

Mafuyu: (Thrown away… by my mother…)
Mafuyu: (... But, I remember reading this over and over again.)
Mafuyu: (If I remember right… It’s a story about a black rabbit that can’t sleep at night. It snuck out of its house in order to meet a white rabbit.)
Mafuyu: (They met, and then…)
Mafuyu: (... Just how did it end? I don’t remember…)
Mafuyu: (Even though I read it so much…)
Mafuyu: But… …
Mafuyu: (Seeing as I read it so fervently, I imagine this book might have made me feel some strong emotions as a child.)
Mafuyu: (Then, maybe, this might be a hint to what I’m searching for—”myself”…)
Mafuyu: … I’ll read this for just a bit.
Mafuyu: … Ah…

Mafuyu: Eh…
Mafuyu: It’s gone? Why…
Miku: … Because it was created by a fragment of your feelings.
Miku: Unlike the Sekai, its existence is fleeting.
Mafuyu: … I see.
Mafuyu: Right as I was about to find something out… In the end, nothing’s…
Miku: But… that place was full of a “desire to know more.”
Mafuyu: What do you mean?
Miku: From books, you get to learn tons of new things. When you’re studying, and when you read picture books, too.
Miku: That’s why, perhaps, if that place was born from your feelings—
Miku: You are feeling a “desire to know more,” too... is what I think.
Mafuyu: Know more…
Mafuyu: Is that… so…
Mafuyu: Nngh… Wha?
Mafuyu: Since when… did I go back to my room…?
Mafuyu's Mother’s Voice: Mafuyu, it’s almost time for dinner.
Mafuyu: Ah… Okay, I’ll be out soon!
Mafuyu: Was that… a dream?

Mafuyu: See you tomorrow, everyone.
Classmate: See ya tomorrow, Mafuyu!
Mafuyu: You too. Be careful on your way home, alright?
Mafuyu: … … Hahh.
Mafuyu: (I should get home quick.)
Mafuyu: (After all, if my mother's bought me another book, it'll take some time to read...)
Mafuyu: … Huh?
Mafuyu: They have that picture book at the bookstore…
Mafuyu: They’re doing a picture book fair. But…

Flashback

Mafuyu’s Mother: —Besides, you don’t need this anymore, right?

Flashback Ends

Mafuyu: —I think I’ll buy it.