Soul Eater 57

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[Insert text: Kage☆Boshi, Zero no Kata: "Masamune" VS Infinite Ittouryuu...!!]
[TN: I don't even know what my stance is on translating technique names in this series any more >_< I think it's something along the lines of "when I feel like it"... I do at least try to be consistent, though...]

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Soul Eater
Chapter 57: Operation: Seize Baba Yaga Castle (Part 12)
[Insert text: Beyond this deadly battle of souls...]

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BlackStar: I have no indecision. // As long as I walk the path of the warrior, I am fully prepared to die.
Sid: ......
Mifune: I see...

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Mifune: Then let me ask you... / Are you prepared for the other outcome?

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Mifune: I threw away everything... // If you aim to be the ultimate warrior, then try to surpass me.
BlackStar: That's what I mean to do......

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Mifune: You will never defeat me... // ...with hesitation in your heart.

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[no text just blades and stuff]

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Soul: Arachne's... dead...?! // Impossible...
Medusa: (.........So it has... come to this...)

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Medusa: Maka-chan... // Can you tell anything with your soul-perception abilities?
Soul: (It feels as though the darkness is squirming... // I can feel it through Maka...)

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Soul: (This requiem of insanity... // Who it is being sung for...? // For the singer's own sake......? // No......)

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Soul: (It's for us...)
Maka: Arachne is in this room...

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[no text just swordplay]

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Kniges: What's going on... Sid...?
Sid: That irregular side-stance Black☆Star's using... / It must be designed specifically to combat the Infinite Ittouryuu's stream of attacks from all directions...

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Sid: But it's not something he did consciously; he naturally felt what was needed. That boy is a heaven-sent warrior... // And Black☆Star's own attacks are fluid, ever-changing... // He uses brilliant footwork to always find and attack from the opponent's weak spots. // Mifune, meanwhile, is combating these attacks with the Hasso stance...
[TN: One of the basic kendo stances; looks... well, pretty much like the image of Mifune there. Literally, "eight-form stance", so called, I believe, because it somewhat resembles the kanji for the number eight (八)]

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Mifune: (Head-on... // An invitation...)

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[no text just swords and shadows]

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Mifune: (Even if I get sliced in the process... // ...I have to aim for his landing!)

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[no text just combat]

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[no text just moar combat]

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BlackStar: Nguaaaaahhhhhhhh!

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BlackStar: !!

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[no text just hm.]

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Sid: (So what if you're of the Hoshizoku...? You are who you are...)

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Sid: (You're not the same as White☆Star... // So fight!!!)

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Flashback!Stein: Sid... what the heck do you think you're doing... // ...bringing that baby here?
Flashback!Spirit: Oh, come off it! He couldn't just leave it there to die, could he?!
Flashback!Stein: I didn't mean he should just throw it away... / ...!! // Ah yes, of course. / You're going to have a child of your own soon enough, aren't you, Senpai?
Flashback!Spirit: Yeah. // An energetic little kid like that would be real nice...

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Flashback!People: There was still a survivor of the Hoshizoku left?!! // Give me back my mother, you murderer!!! // Life is more important than money... don't you bastards get that?!!
Flashback!Sid: Still not managed to retrieve a single soul?
Flashback!BlackStar: I was on fire again today~~~!
Flashback!Sid: You were born here at Shibusen...
Flashback!BlackStar: !
Flashback!Sid: ...and raised here at Shibusen; take pride in that.
Flashback!BlackStar: .................. // Shaddup already, dummy.
Flashback!Sid: You are no demon child.

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Mifune: Fight!! // I accept you as a warrior, and am prepared for any outcome. // You are not the only one prepared for death upon this warrior's path. // Or do you not accept me as a warrior?
Sid: He's abandoned his Infinite Ittouryuu...?!

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Mifune: Come. // Let's finish this.
Masamune: Black☆Star, you stated your intention to bear all regrets. // To bear all regrets is to inflict fear, defeat, resentment, and despair upon one's opponent... // Take a single wrong step on the path of the warrior, and you slip onto the path of carnage... // You made your resolve, did you not?

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BlackStar: Tsubaki...... / Regulate our soul resonance and reduce yourself to the weight of an ordinary katana. // You can do that, yeah?
Tsubaki: What?! // But...!
BlackStar: I want to fight Mifune on equal ground. // Thank you for everything.

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BlackStar: Let's go. // Hyaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

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[no text just swordplay desu]

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[still no text just swordplay and plenty of blood]

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BlackStar: (I will... // ...master... // ...the way of the warrior...)

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BlackStar: (...and become a "Bushin"!!!!!)
[TN: Left untranslated both because "warrior god" doesn't sound particularly great, and to highlight the parallel with "Kishin" (literally "demon god").]

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[no text just mifune]

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[no text just blackstar]

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[no text just mifune and blackstar]

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[Insert text: Where will this conclusion lead...?! Colour pages next issue!!!]
[Bottom text: To be continued in the March issue (on sale Thursday 12th February)]