Ice Revolution 2

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Ice Revolution
act 2: Before You Learn To Skate
[Insert text: She has obtained a dream for the future...]

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[Insert text: Their first pair exhibition......!!]
Dream!Masaki: (Kaoru...)

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Dream!Masaki: (Kaoru......!)
Masaki: ...Ahh... // ...a dream...

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Masaki: (Kaoru... // ...the beautiful guy who saved my life... // I want so much... // ...to have him hold my hand again... // And that's why I'm gonna change! // I'm gonna become a proper girl!)

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Masaki: (A figure skater!!)
Father: Say that again...?

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Masaki: ...Like I said. // I want to seriously take up figure skating...
Father: And when did I ever... // ...raise you to do a thing like that~~~~~~~~~~~~?!!
Masaki: Guaaahh!

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Father: You wait right there, Masaki!!
Masaki: Maybe it is just impossible...
Coach: You live in a karate dojo... / ...your father is the instructor... // ...and you became world champion last year...

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Masaki: Yeah... // I've kinda had a karate-based life...
Coach: ......... // [aside]hmmmmmm...[/aside]
Masaki: What's up?
Coach: I would have thought that was obvious. // Look, the thing about figure skating... // ...is that it is a very costly endeavour. This isn't a sport you can take up without your father's backing.
Masaki: And so? // [aside]hup...[/aside]
Coach: [aside]don't sit down![/aside] // And so... // We need to get that father of yours... // ...to let you stop being some karate elite... / ...and support you in becoming a figure skater!

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Masaki: Agh......
Coach: All right! This is no time to be just sitting around! / You go and sort things out with that father of yours right away! // Otherwise, you'll never be a figure skater!!
Masaki: R... Right! // (...is easy enough to say, but... // Convincing that old man of mine...) // *sigh~~~~~~~~~* // (What do you think I should do... Mother...? // ?!) // ...Huh? // (It's gone...)

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Masaki: (My mother's ring... // ...is gone!)
Kaoru: (It has to belong to that girl...)

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Kaoru: (I hope I can return it someday...)
Masaki: (That's weird... // Where the heck could it have gone...? // Hm?)

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Masaki: (Aaahhh...! // This girl really is... // ...totally different when she's skating!)
Saaya: !
Masaki: Hey!
Saaya: .........
Masaki: Hey, hey! // You don't have to be like that!

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Masaki: Hey... / I was wondering how... // ...you got your parents to let you take it up? Figure skating, that is.
Saaya: ...Does that really matter?
Masaki: Hey... // Wait up, Katakura! // Huh - ?

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Masaki: Ungh...!

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Saaya: Don't you dare touch me like that.
Masaki: I... I actually... // ...couldn't react in time... // ............ // ! // ...Th... // ...That's...

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Masaki: ...IT.........!!
Saaya: Wha...?!
Masaki: You're comin' with me!!
[Sign: Oosawa Style Karate Dojo]
Masaki: Old man~~~~~~!!

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Masaki: *pant* // *pant* // *pant*
Hamada: Gah... what's she doing with Katakura-san...?!
Father: ...... // And who exactly is SHE?! // This dojo is men-only, you know!
Students: [aside]whoa... // she's cute...![/aside] // How long has it been since there was a girl in here?! // I know, right~~?!
[Label: Girl]

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Masaki: Old man... / This is no mere "girl". // This is... // ...a figure skater.
Father: WHAAAAAT...?! // And why exactly... / ...have you brought someone like that to this dojo?
Masaki: Check this out.

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Father: !
Masaki: I was given this wound by a kick from this girl! // It is the scar of a warrior!!
Student: Somebody actually wounded Masaki...?! // No way...
Masaki: In other words... // If I become a skater... // I can learn the kind of powerful kick... // ...that makes karate kicks look like nothing!

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Masaki: I can become even stronger than I am right now! // So come on... / Let me become a -
Father: WHAT KIND OF A FOOL DO YOU TAKE ME FOR, IDIOT SON OF MINE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!
Masaki: Aghhh...!
Father: Of all the ridiculous things you might say... / ...you actually mean to convince me that figure-skating produces superior kicks to karate?! // Don't make me laugh.
Masaki: But it's true! // Come on, Katakura! // Ahhh, dammit!

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Father: I will never permit this nonsense. Not a chance.
Masaki: But why?!
Father: Why do you think?! Do you think I raised you to the level you are at today for no reason?! // I did it so that you could be the greatest karate-ka in the world! (...in a unisex grading system...)
Masaki: Well, I won't! // I... / ...like karate. // But right now, what I want to do is skating! // Can't you understand that, old man?!
Father: Masaki. // Hurry up and get changed. // It's time for training.
Masaki: .........

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Masaki: I WANT TO BE A FIGURE SKATER!!
Hiroto: Aniki...
Father: All right. If you really want it that much...
Masaki: !

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Father: Ten men. // You take out all ten of the men in this room right now, in a row.
Masaki: !!
Father: As you can see... / That includes Kouya, my greatest student. // This is truly an assembly of elites... // But if you can defeat them, then I will allow you to take up figure skating.
Masaki: Old man...!
Father: However... / ...if you cannot...

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Father: ...then you will devote yourself to karate for your entire life... // ...and never mention this nonsense about becoming a skater again! // Are you ready to go that far?
Masaki: I'll do it.
Father: There's no turning back now.
Saaya: [aside]can I leave yet...?[/aside]

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Father: BEGIN!!
Hamada: Your first opponent is me... // Hamada Ken! // Oh, sure, I've not had much to do up until now... // ...but now it's time for me to -
Masaki: Next!

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Masaki: Two! // Three! // Four! // That's five!
FifthGuy: Guaaaahh!
Masaki: Next!
Hiroto: Aniki...
Masaki: Hiroto!
Hiroto: Brothers fighting amongst one another... // It's a pretty sad state of affairs, right...?

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Hiroto: So let's stop this... / Yeah?!!
Masaki: Next! // HYAAAAHHH!
Students: [aside]too... strong...[/aside]
Saaya: [aside]............[/aside]

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Masaki: Last up... // Kouya-aniki...
Father: Kouya! / I know ordinarily, pinning techniques are forbidden... // But just for this match, you have special permission to use them! // I don't care how you do it! // Just beat Masaki within an inch of his life!
Kouya: Right!
Masaki: You really think... // ...I'll let you do that?!!

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Kouya: You've always... // ...been the only one who could fight on a level with me. // After all, you're not just about power... // ...you also know how to work a situation to your advantage.
Father: (That's right... // Masaki has more than just power. // He has that moment-to-moment flair of the true karate master... // ...the power to identify the critical moment!

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Father: It's not calculation... // ...it's an instinct that Masaki was born with.
Masaki: (Shit... // Shit...! // I can't possibly afford to lose here!)
Kouya: Looks like the advantage lies with me today. // But I can tell you this for certain! // You'll always be the best at karate!
Masaki: Nguahh!
Kouya: That's why for your own sake...

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Kouya: I'm going to defeat you!

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Fantasy!Kaoru: Are you all right?
Masaki: (Kaoru.........!!) // Aniki, my ass!

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Kouya: Wha...?!
Father: ?!
Masaki: Love will prevail!

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Masaki: Father... / I've defeated the ten men. // And now like you promised... // I'm gonna be a skater!
Father: ............... // ......All right... // I will allow it...
Masaki: All right!
Father: I will allow you to take up figure skating... // However...

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Father: You're not having my money!!
Masaki: Wha...?! // C... C'mon... // That's not fair, is it?! That's totally not fair...!
Father: W... Well, I suppose... I can't really be that nasty... // As such... // The next opponent shall be me. // I will grant you your expenses... when I myself lie defeated!

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Everyone: Whaa~~~~?!
Father: And if I stand victorious... // Then I will not pay a single yen!
Masaki: Oh, come off it already!! That's not even CLOSE to fair! // I just fought against ten people in a row!
Father: It seems you are misunderstanding me... // It is not you I wish to fight. // It is that girl!!
Masaki: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAA?!

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Masaki: Old man... / You can't be serious, right? You've gotta be kidding...
Father: Ohhh? Now you feel the need to hesitate? // Was it not you who told me only minutes ago... // ...that the kick of a figure skater surpasses that of a karate-ka?
Masaki: Wh... Why, you... I really can't believe you sometimes...
Father: If she does not defeat me, then forget this skating! / You will do karate, and that is all!
Masaki: DAMMITALL~! // ...Will you help me out here, Katakura? / Can you somehow defeat this stupid old man of mine?! // Please...? / I'm begging you!

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Saaya: No way. / [aside]I mean, I couldn't.[/aside]
Masaki: (W... Wait up already...! That guy told me I can't possibly do figure skating without financial support...! // Even though he's said I'm allowed, without the money, it's all going to be for nothing...!)
Father: Heheheh... // It looks like the result is clear enough already. // Now you listen here. // Karate is a proud and ancient sport, combining heart, technique and physique. // A sport representative of Japan itself!

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Father: Truly the pinnacle of power! / The pursuit of a man among men! // Nothing could possible be more beautiful! // And figure skating? What is that? // Paper-thin little foold... // ...who could be blown over by the wind... // ...waltzing left and right, back and forth... // Skating... // ...is a sport for Western-wannabe weaklings.

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Father: Nothing more than a game!! // Hmph. // Hmm...?

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Father: Ahh... // Aghhh... // Aaaghhhhh...!

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Everyone: !!
Hamada: [aside]owwww...[/aside]
Saaya: Figure skating... // ...is a proud and noble sport combining both physical skill and artistic talent. // Don't you dare look down on it.
Masaki: Old man!

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Masaki: ...A... // ...All right~~~~~! / Right, everyone?! You saw that, didn't you?! // The old man promised, didn't he~?! // All right! // I did it! // I... / I can be a skater! // All right~~~!
Saaya: [aside]Tch...[/aside]

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Masaki: Well, I'm off~~~!

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Coach: You did actually get that permission, right...? / I'm not going to get slaughtered by that monster someday, right...?!

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Masaki: All right~~~! I'm gonna skate!!
Coach: Gah...! // Your knots are in a total mess! // Hey, listen to me~~! // ...Honestly... // ...............Hm? // Wha... // (Ahh...)

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Coach: (H... He's here... // The monster...) // W... Well, well... // (Oh, gawd...!! I'm going to be killed!!)

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Coach: !! // [aside]AAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHhhhhh....[/aside] // ...... // ......... // ?

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[topright: Integrated Bankbook]
[topleft: Account Number]
[bottomleft: Tokyo JSQ Bank]
[Name: Oosawa Masaki]
[TN: Okay, I'm re~ally not sure which way to interpret this. I've left it as just "Oosawa Masaki" to be safe for the moment, but the original Japanese reads "Oosawa Masaki-sama", where "sama" is the standard equivalent of Mr/Mrs/Miss in these situations. My first thought was "The dad has the same name as the kid", because, well, that would be an interesting little twist (especially as the father has been left nameless up to this point...) And since it's the father giving the parental support, I'd've thought it would be his name on the bankbook. So my instinct was to translate as "Mr. Oosawa Masaki". But I could be totally wrong, and it could actually be Masaki herself on there for whatever reason (in which case obviously the correct translation would be "Miss Oosawa Masaki"), particularly since edict lists this form of "Masaki" as a female given name (though various other kanji combinations reading "Masaki" are masculine...) I honestly don't know which it is. Any second opinions?]
Coach: ............
Flashback!Mother: Dear...
Flashback!Father: What is it? // Hitomi.
Flashback!Mother: I don't mind as long as Masaki wants to learn karate... // But you will let her stop if she doesn't, won't you?

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Flashback!Father: Hm? // What are you talking about? // Just look at her! // These beautiful, fluid movements! // Why, she's going to grow up to be the greatest talent in four and a half billion...
Flashback!Mother: You say that... but Masaki is a girl, you know. // Just like when I first met you... // ...I truly felt myself a woman for the first time...

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Flashback!Mother: Masaki, too... // Masaki, too... // ...will, one day.........
Father: Here...

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Father: Please... // ...take good care of Masaki.

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Coach: I accept... // ...this responsibility.
[TN: It's actually a sort of pun ~~ He's saying "I take this into my care", the standard phrase when you're being given an official document like this, but it can just as easily mean "I take her into my care".]

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Masaki: Ahhhh... // I'm going to be a skater! // I'm going to be a skater!! // Now...

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Masaki: Now...
Fantasy!Kaoru: A toast to Masaki-chan!♡
Masaki: I'll be able to... // [aside]eheheheh! // heheheh...[/aside]
Father: .........
Coach: .........
Father: Oi.
Coach: Yes...?

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Father: You ARE going to take proper care of Masaki... / Right? Hmmm?
Coach: O... O... Of course I will... // (You idiot~~~~~~~~~~!)
Masaki: (Mother... // I'll make sure I find your ring... // So you just wait, okay?!!)
[Side text: She takes the first step...]
[Insert text: The first step towards tomorrow!!]