Samurai Usagi 1

Credit to Bomber D. Luffy for basis of translation for the first 1/3 (about) of this chapter, and I need the raw to chapter 2. And damn (excuse me for my bad language) this chapter was 20 some pages on a word document! :darn
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Samurai Usagi 1
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(If I became bald)
(I shall honestly retire)
[between the rabbits] Edo, Undercastle Residence
ST: These feelings are the starting points!
(If a fly flies by)
(I shall act as if I did not see it)
Ya!!

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The ups and downs of life! A pure story of a samurai who fight on without getting bald!
(To become a splendid Samurai!)　

Rabbit 1: The Rabbit leapt, and leapt is the Rabbit!

Count Vassal Udagawa Gousuke [it’s a rank called gokenin in Edo bakufu, but that’s probably the equivalent in European Feudalism]

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(The Clumsy fellow finds the most important to him.)

(15 year old and married!)

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The beginning of this thing // starts about half an year ago

Gousuke: Ah...i woke up early this morning… // Looks like I won’t be late for the work at the castle...

Crap...

There’s my superior, Asano-dono....

Today he wore Asagi Town’s cheap kimono
Gousuke: What should I do?

I’m wearing something pretty expensive…

I guess i'll have to dirty it up a bit...

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(And so the day at the castle.)

(Start with checking the clothing of my superior )

Gousuke: Good…
Seems like there’s no threat here...

(Someone who respect others’ Social Status)

(And detests dirtying their own reputaion)

Gousuke: But why is he wearing such cheap stuff? // Maybe it’s because his laundry didn’t dry up?

(That's what's called "Bushi")

(For Example...)

(If you wear even a bit nice looking Kimono....)

Guy: Bastard! Wearing a nicer looking Kimono than mine! Take this!

(This happens)

(On the other hand, if you wear a kimono that’s a bit shoddy and come...)

Guy: Bastard! Wearing a shoddy kimono and coming here...take this!!

(That happens)

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(In the end, today I was...)

Guy: Bastard! Wearing a dirty Kimono! Take this!

(I got hit again.)

Guy: Nah not really… never thought of that

Isn’t that pretty easy to do? If you do your job appropriately [here doesn’t mean the best, rather medium quality] and meet up with people appropriately,
You won’t have things to eat unlike the peasants and townspeople.
Guy2: Well thats what its like to be a samurai, Gosuke
Guy1: Saying “I didn’t want to be born in a samurai family”, // you are a pretty strange fellow
(Without doing it better or worse than anyone, // Being “appropriate” is more than the best I can do)
(Even though I understand it’s bad to disrespect others)

(I never thought these are the things....that you bet your life on)

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(The occupation Samurai is hereditary)

In other words, if the father was a Bushi, // then the child’s future is naturally to be a Bushi

(Day in and Day out, I watched my Dad's hair thinning.)

(I imagined in my child’s mind how cruel the life of a Bushi would be.)

(However, the eldest son usually takes over the household)

(I rested assured that it wouldn't be me then.)

(But..)

Lady: Dear! I know you must go...// But it is also about time you Retired!

Dad: My active duty goes throughout my lifetime.

There is no samurai that does not have their hair in topknot!

I shall go to the castle.

Lady: D...Dear!

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Dad: Good morning to you, My lord! [ometsuki is a higher rank than Kenin, Gosuke’s family rank]
Tsukeyaku: Hm...Its you Kihee

Huh...what is this scent of the seashore?

That was the desperate plan of my father, who has gone bald

Top Text: Seaweed.

Dad: I’m sure....
Spring is on its way...

With the reason he came with an absurd head
He committed Seppuku [samurai Suicide Style]

(After that, Brother became the next Bushi of our family…)

Bro: Ugh...flies…
Shoo shoo.

Gah! So persistant! Shoo! Shoo!!

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Big dude: Hey....do I really smell that bad?
Smells that bad?

Bro: Huh? Wha?
Superior: How did you know I pissed in my pants?

(And he committed Seppuku.)

Gosuke: Waaaaaaaaaaaah!

Mom?: Gosuke, don’t you blame anyone… // this is the way of a samurai…

(I took on “a job where you die from flies and baldness”)

(“After that sort of Brother and Dad, I am this way” )

(I didn’t even have to think how bad my reputation was)

Samurai: ahh so it’s him.

Samurai: Yeah yeah the Nochoge. [An abbreviation for Seaweed-haired]

Gousuke: Nochoge?

Even though it was a war or anything, but just to survive each day was all I focused on. There was no way I hoped for something else. )


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However I can’t
Be always concerned with what kimono my superior wore

Gosuke: I was planning to learn about sword skills, but...

What do you think?

Guy: Don’t you ever try...

Guy2: Gosuke, even if you go to Dojo,[Dojo is a place to practice sword] // though with your luck you'll screw up and have to commit Seppuku!

Gosuke: I’ve already been taught of the basics by my father and brother

To be a full-fledged samurai, this is the only thing I can rely on!

Guy2: Why do you want to do that Gosuke?
Gosuke: A…Actually I…
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Guys: MARRIED?!?

Gosuke: Yeah...

Up until now I’ve been getting low pays, but daily life has become painful unless I take a side job...

For that I’m thinking to be famous with my martial art..

Guy: But...how did you end up like this?

(You’re close...)

Gosuke: Well the truth is...my Senpai...

Senpai: Yo....Gosuke chan...You’re a single right?

How about my little sister? She's a looker, and her personality isn't a problem either.

"The Exact type of a wife of a bushi" I say, but nobody wants her...

Gousuke: Ah...Ehh...

Guy: Hm...

Guy2: Is that so....

(Yeah its something like that.)
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(A Bushi is different from townspeople, // the rules says you will marry by a woman you selected

(Usually families with similar social status stick together…)

(In summary.)

Man: I won't hand over my daughter to someone with lower social status!

(That’s what happens.)

(Though I still do not know what kind of person is my wife)

(And of course I have no method to answer these two’s dirty questions.)

Gosuke: It’s famous even in the undercastle residence
I will go there, Kyomei Shinchiryu Dojo!

Guy: That place....knock it off.

Gosuke: Why?

Guy: Theres something you should see first before going.
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Guy: The practice using the real sword is popular there,
And I screwed up ended up…

Guy2: Me too...

I'm not thinking of going there again.

(Grrrrr.....)
(Making a fool of me...)

(I know those wounds's origins. // Izaemon’s was caused by....)
Holding back the fee for tatooing

Izaemon: eeeeyouch!!!

(Uemon...
he was trying to get thinner.)

Uemon: Ow! Dammit this doesn’t work!
It hurts! It hurts!
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(I glimpsed the hidden desire of the two to prevent me from success in my life, or rather I saw it whole.)

Gousuke: Anyone in?

(I got angry so I went to the Dojo at the dusk of the day)

Old man: Hmm....How can i help you?

Gouskue: H...ah! My name is Udagawa Gosuke, the County Vassal! [There’s a rank that he says here wbich I don’t understand…]

I was hoping i could be accepted here to learn how to use a sword!

Old man: All right
please enter.
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Hmm..You sure have a interesting stance...

Itou!

Itou: Yes!

Gosuke: Huh?

Gosuke: What are you…
Old man: First let’s just see how good your skills are.

Begin!

Itou: Yaaaaaaaaaaaah!!

Gosuke: Huh? Wai---

Itou: Yaaaa---
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Not yet!!

Old man: Hm...

As i thought.

(I have completely forgot about that fact since I had to watch the atmosphere surrounding me)

(The thing I recalled by holding the blade again)

(From the time i was a kid...)

(I loved swordplay.)
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(I remember now, that Dad tried to teach me some things.)

Dad: Guh!!

Heheh, You're not too bad Gosuke. It’s a shame you are not the eldest

Gosuke: Thank you.

Now please allow me to go again!

Dad: No thats enough! As expected your body needs to rest some. We'll pick up tomorrow.

It’s kinda troublesome if you aimed for my head all the time

Gosuke: Huh? That’s… of course...

Dad: Ah no no, I know that’s everyone’s weakness and all… but..

I don’t know whether it’s because of this, it feels like my hair is getting thinner each day....

Gosuke: Hahah, dad you're weird!

Old man: Splendid!

Always guard your forehead!

Gosuke: Yes…sir...

Old man: There may not be a war, but lately the importance of martial arts has become more and more minor.

The task of a Bushi is to sharpen their sword skills

Old man: You can use it to get stronger.

Or you can use to help you succeed in your life.

Speaking of your talent and efforts…

The sword will not lie!
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(I should have noticed it earlier....)

(That if mending my reputation didn’t go well.)

(All i can search for another road to go down.)

Gosuke: Don’t tell....It increased again...

I've returned now!!

wawawah!!

?: Ah!!

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Girl: Welcome back!

You're late!

(During the time I went to the castle.)

Gosuke: U...yeah...

I just went to the dojo for a bit.

(My wife Shino had been secretly making masks, To support our finances.)

Gosuke: The number increased…
Unbelievably…

although...
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Gosuke: This...

What the hell is this kind of mask?

Shino: Oh, that’s mean… They're all Rabbits!
Gosuke: These are rabbits? and.....ALL OF THEM?!
Shino: Teeheehee I love them!
Rabbits that is!
Gosuke: But..wouldn’t you be laughed at if you said this is rabbt

The ears should be more up like this...

Shino: Huh? Really?

This felt like what it should be…

(The wife that senpai had told me about....)

(Was nothing like he said.)

(Her manner, word-use, or any other element of her)

Shino: Now for breakfast!

Gosuke: Uh...Yeah.

(Does not resemble the wife of Bushi…)

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(But minding my own honor // I can’t be too nagging…)
Shino: Here you go! // I made a lot!
Gosuke: EH?
You made this?
Shino: What’s wrong?
No….It’s nothing…
(The time When I become bald carelessly)
(And times when I drives away the flies…)
(The quality of the superior’s kimono)
(The only one who should care about those things is me)
Gosuke: Usually…this is the work of a servant…
(But I should be able to complain about the rabbits…
Gosuke: (It’s … delicious)
Shino: The people from the warehouse is coming to take the masks tomorrow! Good night!
(We sleep in separate beds)
(Five days since)
(To honest, I still)
(Feels like I’m living with an unfamiliar woman)
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(The same)
(Goes to the other side too )
Nun! Ah!
(I can’t stay forever as)
(“The unfamiliar man”)
To!
(You have to work hard, Gosuke…)
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Recently…
Things related to my clothes calmed down
Although my superior liked Sumo,
It doesn’t have to do with Harite Shikosanjiro’s continues wins.
That’s because I formed a new habit of waking up early for Dojo…
And got the chance to check on my superior’s kimono
Gosuke: hmm…the popular Komon kimono…
I somehow became prouder of myself
And I even got taller.
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Gosuke: Wha….
Me… did you say?
Teacher: Yes, that’s right…As the one with the skill from our prestigious Kyoumei Shinkyuryu
I want to you to attend a match in the castle three days later…How about it?
The counts and marquises up in the castle will see you too
Isn’t it a perfect opportunity for you, who desires to go up in the social ladder?
Don’t worry, // No one will begrudge you
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The decreasing number of Shinais
The withered floor
And Above all
Your own palm
Tells everything about you.
To talent and effort, the sword
Will not lie
Man: Good for you Gosuke!
Good luck!
(Within in me the sword is…)
(More than just a way to get up the social ladder)
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(That night…Tempted by my wife, I went to eat some Night Stand’s Soba)
Hmm…Which one should I… // Oh Tempura for me! [Type of fried stuff]
I…give me Wakame Soba…
Salesperson: Alrighty, Tempura and Wakame, right?
Shino: By the way what’s that towel?
Gosuke: hmm…
…I’m cold
It’s not cold at all! You are weird!
(I’m more normal than you)
(It is said to be demeaning for a Bushi to eat at such place)
(If a mere sheet of towel can protect your honor, then everyone will do that)
Shino: Yam! It’s good!
(same goes for me…)
Shino: Thank you very much!
Thank you
No problem. Please come again
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(After returning to home, my wife made a few more masks)
(and went into the other room to sleep)
That was the first day
We slept with our futon next to each other [Japanese people used to sleep on tatami, which is the ground, and they only puts the futon in between.]
The day my wife came to my house
I remember it clearly.
Hmm…Hello!
Umm?
What have you heard from your brother about me?
Well…
I think it was…
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A Good looking, caring
“The Bushi that cannot be missed” and splendid samurai
Her brother is truly // A unbelievable liar
Probably Sempai has
Thought of her as a pain in the ass and an extra mouth
That night…
The sleeping Shino was…
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Shedding tearing that made her pillow wet
…that’s probably the way it is…
To add the fact that she was wedded for convenience,
The samurai was the exact opposite of what she heard
The son of Nochoge…
Just hold on for a little longer…
Eeeiii!
I might not achieve
“The Samurai that cannot be missed”, but…
My sword skills
I shall succeed using them!
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I will become a splendid Samurai!
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And so
The day of the match has come
The stage where I will shine
The teacher is the referee
Although I don’t think he will be doing me a favor // somehow I feel encouraged
As if they forgot how to blink
They turned all the attention here
And so
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(There it is! )
(The road to success!)
I’m pleased to be here
Please go soft on me
Begin!
Facer! [Kendo word meaning to strike the face]
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hmm?
(What? // I won so easily…)
Guu…
Teacher: Shallow!
(So it was shallow…. // however, it won’t be hard...)
(This time I will…)
Facer!
(How’s that?)
Shallow!
(again…)
Facer!
(Shallow)
Faaaceerr!
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Too Shallow!
(What’s that… // I’ve never heard of such thing…)
Weakling: Bastard…I don’t which minion samurai are you… // but stop screwing around…
I’m from Chigyodaka, the Hatamoto with 1500 Goku [Hatamoto is about the rank of a duke, and goku is the amount of…rice production on the land, I think. ]
Read the atmosphere, // you idiot.
It looks like
He is saying “do not dirty the honor of the noble samurai”…
“To effort and talent the sword will not lie,” huh?
I see…
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The family you are born to is also one of your talent
The moment I realized that
The entrance to the road to go up in rank became narrower
No body is wishing for my victory
Even if I knocked out my opponent by hitting him farther,
I know what’s gonna happen…
Teacher: Begin!
The image of the father with Seaweed topknot,
And the brother continuously driving away flies poped up in my mind…
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Someone who is as good as me
Is welcomed by the upper class Bushi
By doing that sort of matches over and over again // That dojo has been able to acquired money and the prestige as the best.
Of course, there was no effect on my status whatsoever
…
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Dammit!
God damn it!
Shit!
It’s all my fault…Shino…
Your husband will continue to be
The son of Nochoge!
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Woaa!
Haa
*spit *spit
Well well, // What are you doing here?
!!
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Shino: I just went to eat Soba again!
Gosuke: …….Shino…
Shno: Hmm? Are you crying?
What happened?
Gosuke: The…There’s no Samurai who sheds tears in public!
It's water! The water of the river!
Shino: Really….
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There!
Hey….?!
G: Wha…What on earth are you doing?
S: Hehehe // it looked pretty comfortable, that’s why
(She’s got her rabbit mask on again…)
(It looks so much more like a rabbit now than before)
G:…You really like them, don’t you?
Hmm?
G: I’m talking about rabbits
S: Yeah!
Because rabbits are…
The ones working real hard to
To reach the moon by leaping each hops!
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….?
(Whaat??)
Gosuke: You know… Rabbits shouldn’t be that sort of animal to…
Shno: What?
Gosuke: Hmm…well, usually their loveliness or…// that’s the sort of reason people like rabbits…
Shino: Does it upset you?
G: No! No, there’s none of that…
S; Then isn’t that good enough?
To me, that’s the way
They look like to me!
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(That’s it…// for Shino)
(Rabbits are that sort of animal.)
S: the reason the eyes of rabbits are red
Is because they are working without sleeping!
G: For real?
(Night Stand’s Soba are tasty instead of humiliating)
(And People in river seems “comfortavle”)
S: It’s true!
(The things she believes // Has no connection with pride or statues)
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(Even if I succeeded in the world of Samurais)
Aschoo!
Shino: Oh! Not good!
Should we go up?
(She won’t view me as high as the Rabbits…)
(All right)
(I’ve decided…)
G: Shino…
S: Yeah?
I will in this town [T/N Technically this part of the town]
Establish the best Sword Dojo in the whole world!
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The status of anyone who comes won’t matter!
It’s a dojo where the ones who truly loves sword get together
And swing their sword the way they like!
S: Sounds good to me!
Looks interesting!
From today I will …
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I found out from her in person
That my wife’s tears were not related to me.
Well, I understood it
Long after that.
Wow, it’s a rabbit!
Ahaha // you are slow noticing it!
Now the repair on the Shoji [Movable Paper Screen] is done, // I shall depart
S: Let’s make masks!
(And so I started
Walking toward the Dojo I studied at)
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The dojo that I spent so much time at
Changed so dramatically that I thought I went to the wrong place
Teacher: Hmm…You say you want to quit…
That can’t be done…//your talent as a swordsman… and your effort…
Those are still things needed in this Dojo…
Men: Who was his again?
The guy who worked hard during the last match, right?
Oh, that midget?
G: The talent as a swordsman for such wild spree…// I don’t think it’s necessary.
Teacher: Oh I forgot…
You reward for doing a good job a while back…
Take this as you wish
There’s half a pound [An old unit of measuring gold and silver, not sure exactly how much it is, but probably about this much or less.]
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G: I’m not swinging my sword to lose just and get some money!
T: Now Excuse me!
Well, then
What for?
G: To…
To Become a “rabbit”!
Offended by this huge amount of money?
In the end with that sort of reason
I cannot let you go.
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SFX: Gan!
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I… I will establish the best dojo in the world.
Please don’t get in my way
Cut him up as you please…Until he says he will remain in this dojo
WuooooYaaa!!
…I will show you
The world’s best sword technique
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This is my sword!
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Rabbit Style Sword Swing!
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“I’m sorry, Sorry! // I will give you this dojo!”
That was the last words of that old man…
Haa, haa…
Indeed, twenty on one was pretty tough, but…
This is refreshing!
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Oh…my stomach is…
Since I moved that much so….
On the way home, // I ate some Soba for lunch
This is why Shino likes it
The Soba you eat without the towel
Tasted exceptionally good.