Totemo hontou ni owattano! (Clannad:Another Story translation)

In a child’s journal, this entry would begin along the lines of “I was meaning to write in here more often, but I’ve been so busy.” It amuses me how so many enterprises begin only to lose that initial inspiring luster when the first unexpected difficulty is chanced upon. Much like this work that is to be the primary subject of this post.

For some background, the following short story is from a collection of works published by Key in the book, “Clannad:Another Story.” My roommate bought the book at a convention about a year ago, and around then I slowly started translating the pieces within. This was my first real stab at translating things, and it’s been a project that was put off and on amidst many other personal endeavors, including other translations. The translation was done a long time ago, but editing (a lot of which had to be done) was a completely different story. It’s a sweet story, but I’d rather have the words speak for themselves, so without further ado…