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Evelyn Belitz says:

Hello Ms Puddle!! Yes thank you for the compliment, but I still make many mistakes specially when it comes to expressions 🙂 You are correct. My primary language is Spanish which I still speak and continue to build and improve. I moved to the US when I was 16 and learned English from scratch. I’m now 41 …don’t tell anyone ;). Anyway, while in elementary school through 5th grade, I attended a French/Spanish school so my French is not great nor fluent, but I understand quite a bit of verbs and simple conversational french.

I always go back and forth between the Spanish and French translations of the manga. In addition, I try to follow the spoilers and I completely agree with your way of seeing the ending of this story. I’d like to jump in when possible to comment on your blogs because this story has captivated my interest and I strongly feel that Mizuki has always intended for Albert to be the one for Candy. I read you post from May 21, 2014, “Dance Like A Nymph”. In it, you left a link for one of your readers to the letters of the Epilogue on CCFS which was translated by a Japanese fan. If these letters are accurate and correct, there is no doubt that Candy and Albert are in love with each other and Albert dearly cares for Candy. We see a more real Albert who went through stages in his own life from his own perspective from childhood to a young adult. Also, it is so cute to see how the two of them joke and kid around with each other but always with a hint of puppy love and care for each other. I’m so excited that you now own a copy of CCFS so that you, with your knowledge of the Japanese language, in time can interpret and translate these letter and probably the entire book for us 😉 …no pressure 🙂

You mentioned that Candy decided to move back to Pony’s home for some untold reason. You are right! When she first had the idea of moving back to Pony’s home, she was missing Albert tremendously so Pony’s home had always been her place of refuge. I don’t have the exact French words in front of me as the link I was using for reference has been disabled, but in the French manga Albert said something like this when he responded to Candy: “…it is like you to want to do this”, in other words that it was Candy’s nature to want to go back and help at the Pony’s home or selfless. (Please someone correct me if I’m wrong), In the Spanish version he says: “Si eso es lo que deseas…” or “if that is what you desire(want)…” I think, perhaps, Candy may have wanted to get away to analyze her situation and her feelings toward Albert after his revelation of being her mentor. Remember when she separated from Terry which was a life changing event, she went back to work as hard as she could? In this case, maybe she was just trying to process her feelings and thoughts by keeping busy, because this also was a life changing event? After Albert’s response, she thought to herself “on the other hand, I do not want to separate myself from Albert…” (from the Spanish translation). So the way I see it is that she is trying to process or cope with her feelings and thoughts and that it might be a good time in her life to move back to Pony’s home to help with the children. After all, she knew now where Albert was. He was no longer missing person in her life so she was at peace in her heart, and Albert could always visit her when he wanted.

Sorry about my long post, Ms Puddle. It is my pleasure to “meet you” as well!! 🙂 Have a wonderful evening!