Sket Dance 85

Dear Lord, I don't think I've ever translated so much Sket Dance in such a short space of time. And just so you know, it nearly killed me, but at least I did it (which is more than I thought I was going to manage), so I guess you could say one good thing came out of a certain bunch of evil assholes coming out of nowhere and trying to steal my series in a surprise attack of unprecedented bastardliness. Don't bother thinking this takes them off my death list, because they're still on there until every trace of those goddamn scanlations is wiped clean off the internet, but if they would stop releasing the series RIGHT NOW, then that would at least be a nice start ^^

Now, without further ado, I present translation number fourteen of my fifteen-Sket-Dance-translations-in-about-three-days marathon.

Guidelines For Using My Translations

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Sket Dance
Chapter 85: Happy Birthday (4)
[Insert text: Now that he knows the truth... what will this boy think...?]
[Text: Even if we aren't related by blood... / My mother and Rumi are still my family. // I knew that much. // But now that I knew the truth, I couldn't get that idea out of my head. // That I was alone in the world...]

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Flashback!Taisuke: It looks like it was a present for his wife. // There's a letter inside.
Bossun: (A watch...)
[Text: In the box lay a woman's watch, half-smashed. // Stopped forever at 2 PM, 11th November, 1992.]
[Envelope: To Haru]
[Letter: Dear Haru / It's your birthday today, right? The 11th of November... nice and easy to remember.]
Bossun: Huh... my real Mum had the same birthday as me... / Heheh...

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[Letter: I just bought my present for you. It's something I've had my eye on for a while. I'm writing this letter in the coffee shop. // Sorry if it's a little plain.]
Bossun: (So he wasn't playing pachinko after all... // Of course... he was buying a present in secret...)
[Letter: It won't be long now before the birth. / That's amazing, isn't it?! // It's a beautiful event, and of course, it holds a special meaning to us in particular. / I've never been happier in my whole life! // Male, female, personality... all the details of the life sleeping within you are still unsure... / ...but one thing I do know: they will be part of our family, bearing half my blood and half yours. // We'll have to raise them with love and care. // I'm sure the birth will be tough, but you just hang in there and bring our beautiful, healthy new family into the world.]

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[Letter: Happy birthday.]
Bossun: (There's another sheet...)
[Letter: Now... to the family I have yet to meet.]

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[Letter: Once you get out here, you'd better be ready! // 'Cause I'm gonna love you... // ...and punish you... // ...and make damn sure I pound everything I've learned in life into you.]
Bossun: Not if you go and die first...
[Letter: First things first - make sure you're born safely. // I want to raise you to be strong, and to care for your parents and siblings.]
Bossun: I don't have any of either...
[Letter: Your mother and I are only here today thanks to the help of others. // So one day, I hope to be the kind of guy who can help others, too. // I want to help people who are in trouble. // And I'm hoping you will grow up to be the same way.]

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Bossun: *pant* // *pant* // What right have you got to tell me that?! // Helping people out?! Hah!! // What use is that if you go and get yourself killed?!! // What's so great about helping out strangers but leaving your family behind with nothing, huh?! // Don't give me that crap! You're just a self-satisfied little hypocrite!! // Well, I say screw helping people out!!!
[Text: Right then...]

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[Text: ...I actually felt pretty damn proud of my father.]
Bossun: You pathetic excuse for a dad... you can just go die!!! // Oh, right... you already did... // Ughh! // I'm not... going to go around helping people or anything, all right? // I'm going to live life for my own sake.

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Trouble: So this is the brat, huh?! // Huh, you don't look up to much.
KarateKid: Wh... What is this about?
Bossun: That's... the guys from yesterday...
Trouble: Well, the thing is, ya see... my cute little kouhai came runnin' to me. Somethin' about getting beaten by you in a karate match at school? He was pretty down about it. // So... we thought we'd see if the guy really is all that. / How about it? Feel like going a round with us? Heheh...
KarateKid: A round...? But... there's three of you, and only one of me...
Bossun: (Hm? // I think I saw this guy yesterday too... walked right on past...)
Trouble: It's not three-on-one. I'm not getting involved.
[TN: Hey, is it just me, or does that guy look kind of like Michiru from the Student Council?]

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Trouble: I guess that makes it two-on-one, then! / [aside]pisses me off, but...[/aside] // Sound fair? I mean, you're hot stuff, right?
KarateKid: Ahhh... // I... I am leaning martial arts, that's t - true, but... // Actual fights... beating people up... I can't stand that kind of...
Trouble: What're you mumbling on about, huh, little brat?!!
KarateKid: Ngh...
[TN: That couldn't be Tsubaki, right? I mean, Tsubaki knows karate... and this kid looks kind of like him without the glasses... but that would be one heck of a personality shift >_<]

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Bossun: (Huh... // What's with those eyes...? // You didn't bother to help me out yesterday, now, did you? // Oh, I remember, you selfish little punk. // What if I were to run in and help you and get myself beaten up? // What if I were to die? / Well? // Who cares about some random guy? // I'm going to... // ...going to live my life alone.)
Trouble: Where d'you think you're lookin', huh?!!
KarateKid: Ungh...
Trouble: Hyaahh! // Hahahah!

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Flashback!Taisuke: I still remember those words your father said to me that day. // And I'm trying to live the kind of life that he would have wanted.
Bossun: (...............)
[Letter: I wonder, am I finally starting to sound like a parent? // Well, there's one thing I want to write down now, while I remember. / It's a message from me as I am now, to you.]

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[Letter: Friends are a treasure. // Help your friends out, and treasure those bonds all your life. // Even if people betray you, don't you ever betray them. // And finally...]

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[Letter: If you see someone in trouble, don't you dare walk on by. // Once you've made it into this world safely... // ...that's one thing I'll tell you time and again. // Thank you for being born. // Love, your father.]

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Trouble: Ohh?! And who the hell do we have here?!
KarateKid: Y... You!
Trouble: Hmm? Hey, this is the guy from yesterday! // You know this kid? Who the heck are you, anyway?
Bossun: Hm? / Me? // I'm... // I... I'm...

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Bossun: A helper!
Trouble: Huh~?!! / What, just some guy with nothing better to do?! Why the hell would you save some kid you don't even know?!
Bossun: Damned if I know. // Now, if you're gonna come at me, then hurry it up, assholes! // (It's not like... // ...I'm doing this because there's anything in it for me... // I just... // Just...)

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Bossun: Can you hear me up there, you fucked-up old man?!!! // It pisses me off, but I'll carry on what you started!! // You listening?!!!!
Trouble: Wh... What the heck is this guy going on about...? // Stop shouting out such weird crap already!!

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Bossun: *pant* // *pant* // *pant* // *pant*
KarateKid: I... I'm so sorry... / Are you all right?
Bossun: Sure, this is nothing...
KarateKid: I feel... ashamed of myself. Even though I'm trained in martial arts, when I end up in a situation like that, my legs just cramp up...
[TN: ...He's got to be Tsubaki...]
KarateKid: You're... a strong person, aren't you.
Bossun: Were you not watching? Did I look strong to you? / I just got beat black and blue... / Ughhh...
KarateKid: I don't mean that kind of strong. // Besides, to be honest, I didn't really see much of what happened... // I lost my glasses... / Even now, I can barely make out your face.
[TN: If he's not Tsubaki, I'll eat my hand.]

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Bossun: Nah, that's fine. / It's not like we're gonna see each other again. // I'll be going now.
KarateKid: Ah - wait...! // Thank you...... really. // I think thanks to the courage you've given me... / ...I might be able to become a little stronger myself.
[TN: On a scale of "Tsubaki" to "definitely Tsubaki", this guy is somewhere over the 9000 mark.]
Bossun: ...............
KarateKid: Could you at least perhaps tell me your name? I'd like to thank you properly later. // I'm Ts -
Bossun: Don't bother.
[TN: lulululululululululululululululul]
Bossun: (I get it...)

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Bossun: I just helped you out because you were in trouble. // I'm nobody worth putting a name to.
Tsubaki: I know what it is that I'm missing... a strong heart to face up to evil. // I have to become stronger. / To become a real man. // Will I be able to...? // Well, for starters, I'll cut my hair... // ...and try wearing contacts.
[Insert text: Meetings... awakenings. These young men truly gained something that day!!]