Reserved for Simple Scans etc.

Prepare yourself for a rushed ending... don't say I didn't warn you. Wonder if the tanko has some extra pages to ease the transition...

Also, smooth sailing from here until ch32, so I'll go focus on my other series now.

Have a great Christmas, all.

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Jio and Gold and Forbidden Magic
Kirihata Ayumi

The touching climax!

Chapter 26: The Inverted City

[2]

Jio, who has passed the test and won over the Curses of Fire and Ice!

1 Er...
2 ... I'm back...

3 Jio!

SFX grip

[3]

1 Welcome back!

2 Rin...
3 It's my first time seeing her make that expression...

4 ...Yeah,
5 I'm back.

6 Sure took your time, huh.
7 Saza.

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1 Though, letting time pass might've been the only way you'd... Read More " "

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The smiles of the brothers who trust each other...

Chapter 25: The Truth behind the Curse
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Thank goodness...

It didn't end in a tragedy...

[2]

Eh? But this is the Curse of Ice's past...?

Then, why's the Curse of Ice---...

Even though it should have ended with smiles all around...?

Sei completely let down his guard.

Because he trusted in me, so he---...

[3]

So he fell, so simply...

[4]

1 Sei!

SFX grab

SFX whud thud thud thud

[5]

n/a

[6]

1 Such a pity, Kai.

2 Sleep with the demon.

3 Only you can save the world.

4 What do you mean
5 Save the world?

[7]

1 I'm a lost cause.
2 But Sei...

[8]

1 Sei!
2 What the hell's this?

3 Is... Read More " "

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Slowly getting there... 25, 26, 28, 33, (34?) and the last chapter to go...

Incidentally, Jio's ended, but I didn't get around to finishing ch33 (and 34?). I hope someone's got a copy of it floating somewhere...

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1 Seal away your younger brother.

Text: What Jio sees in the Curse of Ice's world of the past...

2 Save the world, Kai.

3 Before Sei's memories of being a demon returns.

4 Before he becomes a true demon.

Title: Jio and Gold and Forbidden Magic

[2]

Chapter 24: Kai and Sei

1 Only you can save the world.

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1 Brother?

2 Are you okay?
3 I'm, I'm fine.
4 It's dangerous, y'know?

5 So I say, but... Read More " "

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Dead tired. Sorry for the delay.

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Text This is the world of the past for the Curse of Ice, who hates Jio...

1 Oh, Sei.
2 Welcome back.

[2]

1 ...What are you holding?
2 A cat corpse?!

Text (top) [ad]

Text (right) The frozen kitten corpse... So the killer really was...?!

3 I killed it.

Chapter 23: The Ice Demon
[T/N: demon: literally translated as 'magic person'. Compare with 'magician' (magic user)]
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[3]

1 Why?
2 Hm?

3 It got run over by a carriage...
4 It was dying... // And I didn't want it to suffer...

5 I see.
6 Well then, let's bury it.

[4]

1 Sei, help me dig the hole.

2 Kai, why're you home so early today? Are you out of a job?
3 How... Read More " "

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Technically done with 1.5 of the 2 other chapters I have to translate, but seeing as they released ch21 of Jio already... I figured I might as well TL this one.

Lequios really is a pain to translate.

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1 If you wish to obtain the power to defeat the masked man within a short span of time, you must draw out your own abilities to their very limits...
2 I shall assist you with this.

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3 However, this process may result in your death...
4 And should you survive this process, you may still not be the masked man's match.

5 With this in mind, are you still prepared to undertake this trial?
Text The next trial from... Read More " "

EDIT: oh yeah, disclaimer and all. Reserved for Simple Scans.

Also, I'm not dead, just busy. Will do TLs for 2 other series before hopping back to Jio.

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Top right: Chapter 21: Azaard's test

1 'Defeat me'---?

Top left: To gain the power to defeat Gin...!!

2 Then again, you are far too small and frail.
3 So the outcome is obvious.

4 I'll grant you power.

[2]

1 Azaard, // you---!

[3]

1 Hm...?
SFX pat pat

2 Nothing's happen...

SFX wham

[4]

n/a

[5]

1 Nothing can save you from being reduced to ashes in a heartbeat, not even immortality.

2 You're the only one left.
3 I'll let you go if you turn tail now.

[6]

SFX kring

SFX screech

SFX screech

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1 Power is // Filling me.
2 I can use it.

3 I can do it.

4 I'll do... Read More " "

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As a side note, it's oddly relaxing, alternating between Facebook games and translating.

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Chapter 20: Mystery behind the Mists

Kirihata Ayumi

The two of them are my dearest friends.

[ad]

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1 Following Oribiretis, Ruwell too falls...
2 It's the same as Oribiretis...!

3 Then, the Ruwellians...?!

4 Well, they're probably dead.
5 It's what most people would think.

6 But, that mist---...

[3]

1 Squirt.

2 You were in the mists of Oribiretis.
3 What was it like in there?

[4]

1 Anyone and everyone who how a country was

"annihilated in one night" would think the same.
[T/N: i.e. anyone who saw the annihilation would

automatically... Read More " "

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Next chapter TL might be a little slow in coming-- busy with RL, and also, I need to TL 31 before the chapter vanishes off the online reader.

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Chapter 19: Otherwordly Being

I can't do anything the way I am now...

But, some day I definitely will!

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1 It's useless...

2 It's no good... I failed.

3 I didn't win...

4 Uwaa

Text Defeated, Jio has been sucked into the enemy's black magic, and now...

[3]

1 Uhuuuu...
2 ...hic.

3 Uwaaaa...
4 What's wrong?

5 Why're you crying, // Jio?

[4]

1 Iregaura!

2 It's no good, // I lost.

3 Is your opponent strong?

4 Strong, // He's strong.
5 How strong is he?

[5]

1 Very...
2 Enough to wipe out an entire country by... Read More " "

Simple Scans.

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Man, stayed up to TL this... Gonna regret this tomorrow.

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Chapter 18: Unexpected Power
Kirihata Ayumi

They have things they cannot speak of...

[ad]

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Jio and the others are lying in wait in the ravine to catch Gin in a pincer attack, but...

1 Really...

2 So that's how it is...

3 I have a general idea of things now.
4 There's an apprentice senior to you called Gin...

5 And you don't know // If he's the same person as Gin Taxibises.
6 ... Yeah...

7 ... I'm not sure it's definitely a lie anymore...
8 But I don't want it to be true.

9 Iregaura and I didn't contact each other that often. That's why...

[3]

1 It wouldn't be unusual even if he hadn't... Read More " "

EDIT: again, reserved for Simple

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Lightning flashes from behind Jio and the others, as they flee from the Parnoas army!!

That magic...

[2]

T/N: to the cleaner, please just black out that front cover and ad at the bottom. Doesn't take much effort, no?

Chapter 17: Iregaura's Apprentices

I'll fight! To protect!!

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[3]

1: Sure is the worst outcome possible.

2: Even though the Ruwell army was annihilated, the Parnoas guys are pretty much unscathed.

3: As for us, the only thing we've done is run away.

4: It's my fault.

5: I underestimated them.

[4]

1: That is probably a type of dark arts, but...
2: I've never seen anything on... Read More " "

EDIT: realised I forgot to change Gin's honorific, fixed now

Reserved blah blah Simple Scans blah blah blah...

I should pick up my pace again.

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Title: Jio and Gold and Forbidden Magic

Text: Everyone in style (music note)

Kirihata Ayumi

Chapter 16: Jio's Plan

[2]

1: Oh boy...

2: At this rate, everything's gonna get sucked into that black magic!
Text: The Butterflies of Magic execute an attack using lake water! But...

[3]

1: Saza?

2: From what we saw just now, it's only the spell horses behind him that aren't getting sucked in.
3: In other words, if we get behind him...

4: This is futile!

5: There's no more time!
6: Flee now!
Lit: we won't make it // flee

7: We'll do something about this!

8: Hurry up... Read More " "

Edit: as usual, I forget to mention that it's reserved for Simple Scans. But it should be pretty obvious by now, no?

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Chapter 15 Black Magic
T/N: strictly speaking, 'black-coloured magic', but it's real awkward. So black magic = dark arts (in subsequent chapters) or dark magic, and black-coloured magic = black magic. Confusing, I know

Let me show and bewitch you // With the Butterfly's dance---

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Jio and Gold and Forbidden Magic

[2]

Parnoas is invading Ruwell... // Can they be stopped by the Butterflies of Magic?

1: Look at this...

2: Where is the Parnoas'... // No, the Ruwell army?
3: ?!

4: Oh yeah, I don't see anyone where the Ruwell army was at.

5: This means... They didn't... Read More " "

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Forgot to post this.

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Chapter 29: The Cursed One
Lit: the one in whom the curse resides in

Text (right): Watch me play my role!
T/N: ugh, katsuyaku

Text (Left): ad

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[2]

1: The possessor of the Curse of Gold... Is the world's top magician...
2: And at the moment, the world's top magician is...

[3]

1: I'm the world's best magician?

2: Really? This child? // Reisel, lend me that true sight monocle!
3: All right.

4: Woah, what the, I don't believe this!!
5: ?!

6: Fi, take a look yourself.

7: My, my...
8: Yeah---?

9: What?
10: What the hell...?

[4]

1: This is called a magic true sight monocle, a machine that's capable of seeing the... Read More " "

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Chapter 30 Money's most important?

Text: The Curse of Gold is mine~~!!

Kirihata Ayumi

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[2]

Side: The enemy who is targetting the owner of the Curse of Gold, Jio, is arriving at any moment?! Jio declares that everyone should protect him, but...

1: We all agree that I need to be protected...
2: Why don't we have everyone each come up with a plan?

3: Not everyone agrees, but then again you never bothered asking for our opinions.
4: And what's up with that attitude?!

5: If you don't want... Read More " "

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We'll always be together!!

Jio and Gold and Forbidden Magic

Chapter 14: Butterflies of Magic

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1: This will do...

2: Saza.

3: Are you done shopping?
4: Yeah.

5: Uh, what's THAT...?
6: Hm? // This?
Text: To stop the war, to learn about himself, they set off to meet one of the Three Sages... But first, some shopping.

7: This, well... Something like a staff.
8: Staff?!

9: Something I didn't know about again...
10: Well, so I say, but it's specialised for riding on.
T/N: So tempted to translate that as 'surf'...

[3]

1: Riding?
2: Yup.

3: There... we go.

4: I'm gonna have my hands full holding you and the squirt up while flying.

5: Aah, but if you hug the... Read More " "

Same old, reserved for Simple and Ala Altra Scans...

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1: Iregaura and Gin are like family to me... // Gin being my brother... an older brother...
2: Whether I was looking at him from behind or not, no matter what he looked like, I was supposed to be able to recognise Gin as Gin.

Text: There in Parnoas, he sees a man with the same name as his senior apprentice, Gin... Are they really the same person...?

3: I'm supposed to know...
4: Yet...

5: Why...?

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Chapter 13: The Gin they remember

Text: The masked man throws Jio's mind into turmoil!!

1: Why...
2: Am I not sure...?!

Hirihata Ayumi

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1: Is it because he's wearing a... Read More " "

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1: Thank you, // Jio.

2: The key is...

3: I'm the key...

Text: Rin's heart, which had been closed up all along, opens up to gentle Jio's words...

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Chapter 12: The City that exists for Magicians

1: The key to the door...
2: Of the passageway that leads to the inverted city...

Text: The gears of destinies are falling in place----

Kirihata Ayumi

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[3]

1: Inverted city...?!
2: You mean...!

3: The thing that appeared when we saw the past through the magical tool...

4: You certainly are a freaking amazing key.

5: ...So, where would that door be? Or is it something that appears using magic?

[4]

1: As for the the key, is it something... Read More " "

EDIT: I keep forgetting, but these translations are reserved for Ala Atra and Simple Scans.

Liberal translation warning as usual...

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Text: A cursed Jio... and the composed Saza, who stand talls despite the hole in his stomach... They're invincible...!!

Kirihata Ayumi
Jio and Gold and Forbidden Magic

1: Why're two of these...
2: Monsters together...?!

[2]

1: Saza...
2: Is alive...

3: Saza!

4: Hm?
5: What?

5: Ah...
6: Um...

7: Is your wound okay?

8: Yeah.

[3]

1: I'm sort of immortal, see.

2: ...!
3: My face is a result of that as well, though... Truth is, I had a little 'curse' cast on me when I was a kid.

4: So an attack like that? It's like getting bitten by a bug.

5:... Read More " "

EDIT: I keep forgetting, but these translations are reserved for Ala Atra and Simple Scans.

Oh, I forgot to mention, please PROOFREAD this before using it, because I occasionally make a typo. Especially with the names.

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1: A curse...!

Chapter 10: Jio's Rage

Text: The curses are unleashed---

2: Moreover... it's two of them, fire and ice...?!

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Jio and Gold and Forbidden Magic

[2]

SFX: roar

Text: Jio's rage against the barbaric enemies explodes. He unleashes his curses, but...

[3]

SFX: rumble

1: Such power.
2: It's about to break the three-fold barrier we put up.
Lit: three-layered wall

3: But,

4: Two of them...
5: Yes, the two of them.

6: Fire and ice cancel out each other!

[4]

1: His... Read More " "

EDIT: I keep forgetting, but these translations are reserved for Ala Atra and Simple Scans.

In case you're wondering why they're so many translations, it's because Jio is really easy to work with. Especially compared to some other projects I'm sitting on... Moonlight Mile anyone? Or light novels...

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Title: Jio and Gold and Forbidden Magic

Mangaka: Kirihata Ayumi

Text: She feels like a princess...?!

Chapter 9: The girl's true identity

[2]

Text: What? The true identity of the myterious girl is...

1: Rin Taxibises...
2: Gin Taxibises...

3: Gin Taxibises might turn out to be the Gin I know...
4: But...

5: You say he's family, but what are you to him?
6: A younger sister? // His daughter?

SFX:... Read More " "

EDIT: I keep forgetting, but these translations are reserved for Ala Atra and Simple Scans.

Edit: on second thought, I'll keep Rin as Rin, so Gin/Rin is obvious.

I really need to start working...

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Chapter 8: The Mysterious Girl

Text: He's always smiling--

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Text: A magician who single-handedly wiped out an entire country...
Text: Gin Taxibises.

1: So, what's your senior's full name?

2: ... I don't know.

Side-text: His senior apprentice, Gin, has the same name as the magician who destroyed a certain country... Are they the same person?

3: As I thought.

4: But your senior, Gin, and this magician, Gin Taxibises.
5: The possibility that they're... Read More " "

I'm totally procrastinating...

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Chapter 7: Saza's Punishment

Guilty? Innocent?

Kirihata Ayumi

Jio and Gold and Forbidden Magic

[2]

1: A death penalty for Saza---?!

2: W... wait, but...

3: Saza just used it to see my past...
4: The one to blame should be---...

SFX: twitch

5: Don't move.

Text: The magical tool that was broken when used to see Jio's past turned out to be the 'national treasure'...

[3]

1: Y- // Your Majesty...

2: For the crime of destroying the national treasure, "Kakomi".
3: I will carry out the punishment on Sazaai'Aries.

[4]

1: Where's this...?
2: A dimension my father created out of magic.

3: Basically, the only person who's free to come and go as he... Read More " "

For those who haven't noticed, there're translations of chapters 3 and 4 out already.

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1: If that's your story, then go ask Ashitabara yourself.
2: He's completely wrung dry, like a rag.
3: Geez, what a pain in the ass... // Seriously? As if I'd go check out if some guy's okay~~~

Shinigami Infirmary

Aimoto Shou

Consultation 5 My Hero

Left: It's here!! The Oni!! Danger!!
[T/N: or use 'ogre' for oni, if you want]

[2]

1: Uh-woahwoahwoahwoahwoahwoah // woa-

2: Gya------!!!

3: Ashitaba-kun, it's me. // Calm down.

4: Curse you... // For getting in the way...!!

[3]

1: !!

2: Kuh...?!
3: If you want to chat Mimasaki-kun, I'm more than happy to do so... // As many times as you want.

4: Eeeekk
5:... Read More " "

EDIT: sorry, I missed out the last page. Added now. Also, another group with a dedicated translator seems to have picked up the project, so I'm dropping this project again.

Long chapter is long, or rather, there's way too much talking going on.

I'll look over it again tomorrow to see if I messed up on anything.

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1: Ashitabaa
2: Hm?

Text: The visitor is?!

3: A girl from class 4 is calling for you!
4: A girl?!
SFX: throb

5: Why would she? Am I going to get forced into doing stuff for the Committee? // Or does she want me to takeover her cleaning duties...?
6: Oi, you...

7: Ah!
8: Hi---

9: Oh, it's Kaburaki-san. // What's the matter?
10: Actually, there's something I want to discuss with you, but...... Read More " "

Misread one of the names-- the magic research institute should be Elzion, and not Energion (however much I prefer the latter).

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Top right: Chapter 28 / World's Top Magician
Right: Leave it to me!!
Left: ad
Bottom: Kirihata Ayumi // Jio and Gold and Forbidden Magic

[2]

Text: Jio is being hunted down by the Magical Research Institute, Elzion...

1: Die, and make me, Ride Varoudia the world's top magician,

2: Jio.
3: Aaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!

[3]

1: Shit---!
2: This ain't funny--!!

3: Wah.
4: Woah!
SFX: bam bam

5: You trying to kill me here?
6: I'm gotta die if I get hit with that!

7: Wait a sec, how come there aren't more people on my tail?
8: They're the same people waiting for me on the train.

9: Heh, // If... Read More " "