Tokyo Toy Box 1

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<> - sound fx
[] - notes
[TL Note: ] - major note

(translated top to bottom, right to left)

Cover:

Ume [TL Note: name of the artist/writer duo]

People think that games are something they can do without when they grow up. [in red circle]

Ume

001

level.1 Taiyou Burns?

Taiyou: I want to become a "Game Developer"--

Taiyou: If you write that in your elementary yearbook, your old man'd think that you'd spend your whole life fooling around and smack you.

004

Taiyou: Heh, there's no mistake......

Taiyou: I can't do it...... as much as I try to to be humble about it,

Taiyou: I'm a genius......!

005

Tokyo, Akihabara [electronics, otaku goods, arcades, maids, etc]

Taiyou: <bold>Tou-!!</bold>

Taiyou: <bold>Access!!</bold> [TL Note: kanji - link]

Taiyou: <bold>Career Change!!</bold> [TL Note: kanji - transform, as in sentai/ultraman/kamen rider/etc]

Taiyou: <bold>Cyber Soldier Mobiler......</bold>

Taiyou: <bold>Load Complete!!</bold> [TL Note: kanji - arrival complete]

006

Taiyou: <bold>For that reason</bold>

Taiyou: <bold>a part of the specifications will change!!</bold>

kata kata kata <typing fx>

Taiyou: Rejoice everybody...

Taiyou: things will get interesting again.

007

kata kata kata kata kata kata

Taiyou: Hey hey, what's the matter with all of you?!

Taiyou: Show some spirit!!

Employee: It's not that...

Employee: It feels like you'll keep on making changes.

Employee: Have you forgotten that the reason the company went bankrupt was because of your actions?

Taiyou: Hmph...

Employee: The pachinko slot machine movies are sure to bring in some cash.

[not sure what most of the stuff written on the gantt chart mean, one says view, and one says poly(gon)...the rest are acronyms or shorthand]

Employee: Thanks to you, the schedule's a mess too!!

Taiyou: <bold>But we're a game company!!</bold>

008

Taiyou: <bold>I won't ask you to believe in me!!</bold>

Taiyou: <bold>But!!</bold>

Taiyou: <bold>I believe in you!!</bold>

Employee: Next we'll cut it down by 6MB, and go with that.

Employee: Uuuss (grunt of assent)

Taiyou: ............!!

Taiyou: <bold>I'm being</bold> [kanji - ignored, different reading]

Taiyou: <bold>ignored?!!</bold>

Taiyou: <bold>Who threw that at me?! Well? What?! Is this it?!</bold>

Taiyou: <bold>Take a look at this ingenius proposal!!</bold>

Employee: Someone please shut that idiot up.

009

Tokyo, Ootemachi [TL Note: huge ass office buildings, near the imperial palace]

-IT Integration Business InfoSelect-

Tsukiyama: The construction of our privacy protection management system and

Tsukiyama: the compliance program's selection support...

Gossiper: Did you hear about Tsukiyama-chan? [TL Note: name - Moon Mountain]

Gossiper: Bah, a billion earned... Monkey's getting ahead of himself... [TL Note: the person they're referring to is actually named Saruwatari, which is a normal given name that literally means monkey crossing/bars, but the furigana indicates that they nicknamed him Saru/Monkey, probably because they hate the guy's guts]

Gossiper: I heard, I heard... You mean the talk that it was all part of Tsukiyama-chan's plan.

Gossiper: I thought it was absurd for someone like Monkey to end up division chief...

010

Tsukiyama: ...and that's the comprehensive solution I'm proposing.

pachi pachi pachi <clapping fx>

Gossiper: Haa... it's really an advantage to have such an excellent subordinate.

Gossiper: Not at all. Rumor is, she's just using Monkey.

011

Saruwatari: Well, well, well. Nice presentation!! Tsukiyama-chan!!

Saruwatari: How about it? We've got a meeting tonight but-

Tsukiyama: I have another meeting with those clients starting right now.

Tsukiyama: As division director, shouldn't you have been informed as well?

piku <twitch fx>

Saruwatari: ...........

Tsukiyama: You'll excuse me.

012

katsu (shoes on floor fx)

Gossiper: Ooh!!

Gossiper: She can treat Monkey so lightly.

Gossiper: Well, she's different from a phony like Monkey, right?

Gossiper: The next HR evaluation is coming up. She'll be promoted over Monkey soon, won't she?

Saruwatari: ...........

013

shaaaa- <shower fx>

kyutsu kyutsu <faucet squeaking fx>

014

Tsukiyama: Pheeeew--

Tsukiyama: Well well,

Tsukiyama: another mediocre week of work... [I'm not sure what that stray べ is doing there, might be Akita slang]

pitsu patsu <button clicking fx>

Caption: Akita native [TL Note: Akita prefecture, her monologues are a bitch to understand, because she uses Akita-specific slang]

015

TV: <bold>o/~ He's always <italics>ubiquitous</italics> o/~</bold>

TV: Cyber Soldier Mobiler [above logo]

Tsukiyama: ..........

Caption: Sunday Morning's Guilty Pleasure

Caption: As a mature (?) and independent young woman, this secret side can be shown to no one.

016

TV: <bold>Access!!</bold> [TL Note: kanji- link]

Tsukiyama: Uh-...

kyun <blush fx>

Tsukiyama: Perhaps I... have a weakness for guys with messy hair...

Elementary school crush: Shuu-kun

Middle school crush: Yoshinori-kun

University crush: Kobayashi-kun

TV: <bold>Career Change</bold> [TL Note: kanji - transform]

Tsukiyama: Career Change [TL Note: kanji - transform]

TV: <bold>Cyber Soldier Mobiler</bold>

017

Tsukiyama: Cyber Soldier Mobiler

kaki <lock fiddling fx>

Tsukiyama: eh...........?

kachi kachi <lock fiddling fx>

Tsukiyama: The lock...!!

Tsukiyama: The door is locked...

kachin <door luck slides open fx>

018-019

GIIII--- <door creaks open fx>

020

Tsukiyama: Kyaaaaa-

baki <smacking fx?>

Tsukiyama: <bold>Hello?! Is this the police?!</bold>

Tsukiyama: <bold>A pervert!! A pervert's in my home!!</bold>

Tsukiyama: <bold>Please come quickly!!</bold>

Tsukiyama: <bold>If you don't hurry, he'll wake up!!</bold>

021

Officer: Tenkawa Taiyou [TL Note: name - Heaven's River, Sunlight]

Officer: 32 years old

Officer: Single......

Taiyou: I......live downstairs......

Taiyou: I was going to go in my room.......

Officer: Occupation, game company......

Officer: Hmmm, you sell games?

Caption: Tentatively Made-up

Taiyou: No, we make them.

022

Officer: Game company?

Taiyou: Yeah...... something like that......

Taiyou: The place is somewhat dirty......

Taiyou: and it also kinda stinks......

Officer: Why do you pick the lock on your own door?

Taiyou: Actually...... I lost the key.

Officer: So you use an umbrella clasp and a swiss knife to pick your lock? Fuh-...

Taiyou: No, that's a tool knife.

clasp (closeup)

tool knife

Taiyou: When you push up the bottom pin, always keep the load on the cylinder, with the point......

Officer: ......you pick people's locks regularly?

023

Taiyou: Calling up the locksmith takes time and money......

Taiyou: and if I get any mail or packages, I have to go back to my work station......

Taiyou: I keep pulling all-nighters, so everything turns into a hassle......

Taiyou: A......

Taiyou: Also......

Taiyou: I heard Mobiler's opening theme!

Tsukiyama: ......................!

024

Officer: Mobiler...?

Officer2: It's a Tokusatsu program aimed at kids. [TL Note - literally "special fx" show, stuff like kamen rider, sentai, etc.]

Officer2: My kid watches it too.

Taiyou: I'm doing work on it right now......

Taiyou: so my head's filled with nothing but Mobiler.

Officer: You watch that sort of thing?

Taiyou: You were watching right?

gyuu <clench fx>

Tsukiyama: <bold>I wasn't.</bold>

025

Taiyou: Wh......

Taiyou: <bold>Why are you lying?!</bold>

Tsukiyama: <bold>I'm not!!</bold>

Tsukiyama: <bold>Why would I watch that sort of...!!</bold>

Officer: Err-----

Officer: He really does live right under you. We've had it confirmed.

Officer: But all the same, he was still trespassing--

026

Officer: Should we file a complaint?

Tsukiyama: Please do!

gaan <shock/doom fx>

Taiyou: Heh......

027

Taiyou: Katsudon in the interrogation room......

Taiyou: that's not so bad......

Taiyou: Anyhow, if I go back to work..............

Taiyou: I'll just let myself be abused by my crabby staff..............

Tsukiyama: ............?

Officer: Well, we'll continue this at the station......

Taiyou: However......

Taiyou: <bold>It's sad but I'm a game developer, aren't I?</bold>

Officer: <bold>Ah!!</bold>

Taiyou: <bold>I don't have the free time to enjoy eating any Katsudon!!</bold>

029

Taiyou: <bold>You <italics>blocked</italics> my transformation, Jersey-Lady!!</bold>

Tsukiyama: I......

Tsukiyama: I could have watched it......

TV: See you next week [below the logo]

030

BAN <bang fx>

Tsukiyama: ......hold on,

Tsukiyama: why am I......

Tsukiyama: <bold>the one being sent?!</bold>

031

Saruwatari: The conglomerate that the company we acquired recently belongs to

Saruwatari: has a game company that seems to be bankrupt, you see.

Tsukiyama: <bold>That has nothing to do with me!!</bold>

Saruwatari: There's been a request from higher up for us to send in one of our best.

Saruwatari: If it's you, it should be fine. As far as I know, you're the best person for the job.

Saruwatari: Since you made someone like me division chief, right?

032

Tsukiyama: Sorry,

Tsukiyama: can I have another bottle?

Tsukiyama: A game development company, huh...?

Taiyou: Game Developing

033

Tsukiyama: Must be full of people like that...

kari <popping fx>

Tsukiyama: <bold>Ah-- It pisses me off!!</bold>

gokyu gokyu gokyu <glug fx>

034

Tsukiyama: Being sent to a company with unknown circumstances,

Tsukiyama: anybody would think of quitting but,

Tsukiyama: I have no reason to run at this point.

Tsukiyama: None at all!!

035

Cat: nnaaaaaa---

Cat: naa?

Tsukiyama: A black cat passing by...

Tsukiyama: Here I go but...

Tsukiyama: Excuse me.

Taiyou: <bold>Access!</bold> [TL Note: kanji - link]

Taiyou: <bold>Career Change!!</bold> [TL Note: kanji - transform]

Taiyou: <bold>Cyber Soldier Mobiler...</bold>

036-037

Taiyou: <bold>Load Comp......</bold> [TL Note: kanji - arrival complete]

038

Caption: -------This was my first meeting with the only man

Caption: who has ever seen me in my jersey, Tenkawa Taiyou. -------

level.1/Fin