Sidonia no Kishi 1

Kinda surprised we managed to get this release out so fast, while Blood Cross lags way behind. And any funky characters you can't read on your computer are courtesy of Hindi words.

Oh yeah, it's SIDONIA no Kishi, not Cydonia no Kishi.

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Blue lines: uncertain areas

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[1]

Left: The fierce, white knights who protect humanity.

Bottom: Knights of Sidonia // A tera-scale SF that surpasses [Blame!] and [Biomega!]!!//New serialisation/Tsutomu Nihei

[2]

Side-text: Tsutomu Nihei triumphantly returns with a new serialisation!

Bubble 1: This is the second mining bureau.
T/N: bureau, office, section...

Bubble 2: A gauṇa have appeared!!
T/N: gauṇa (gauna, Hindi): literally means "that which possesses qualities” or "that which is secondary.” Relates to a quality, having qualities; connected to the three gunas (qualities of material nature) ; subordinate, secondary, unessential.
Kanji for gauna: strange/curious | office/situation | child. Yeah, I don't understand it myself.

SFX: zu zu (approaching/reaching out)

Bubble 3: We are under gauṇa attack!

SFX: gooooo (zoom/high-speed)

SFX: pin pin pin (ping ping ping/beep beep beep)

Bubble 4: Let me make it in time!!

[3-4]

Right: Tsutomu Nihei

Middle red text: New serialisation!! / It is not for the sake of hegemony. It's simply a fight for survival.

Middle yellow text: It finally begins! The path of righteousness, a tera-scale SF!!
Left: Knights of Sidonia

Bottom: Chapter 1 / Nanigaze Nagate's Choice

[5]

SFX: zu zu (creeping forward/approaching)

Text: A huge creature is attacking humans!

Side-text: The terror at a gauna's sudden appearance on the small planet!/Intercept it, Knights of Sidonia!!

SFX: go go (menacing/loom)

[6]

SFX: kiiiin

SFX: hyuun hyuuun (whiz whiz)

SFX: do do do (rumble)

Bubble 1: That machine...?! It's the Sidonia's Tsugumori!!
T/N: Tsugumori is the name of the machine. Kanji: successor | guard

[7]

Nothing to TL

[8]

Top: Knight sof Sidonia. The path of righteousness in SF manga will unfold right here before your eyes!!

[Side-text:
About the mangaka/creator: Tsumotu Nihei
I'm delighted to return to Afternoon once again. I'll try my best!]

SFX: Hyuuuuun... (humming)

Screen:
1st place Nagate 999999etc.
2nd place Nagate
3rd place Nagate

SFX: gun (thump)

Text: Guardian Virtual Training Facility
T/N: I'm guessing it's the same as what he says later on, 衛人仮象訓練装置, but the second character really doesn't look like a 人 to me :/

Text: gii (creak)

Text: ton (tap)

[9]

Top and side: ads

Bubble 1: I'm home.

[10]

Top: Knights of Sidonia / Tera-scale Robot SF

[Side: ads for Blame academy]

Bubble 1: bako (click)

[11]

[side-text: ads]

Bubble 1: Tomorrow I'll go and secure some rice...

SFX: gachichi (creak/scraping sound)

Right sign: 8th Food Warehouse

Left sign: To Nagate. / Don't go this way. / Hiroki

[12]

Top: Knights of Sidonia / Distant future . Distant universe. Distant encounter
T/N: the word for 'distant' is 'en', so ENcounter is a bit of a pun.

Side: Blame! ads

Box 1: I went against Grandpa's will and entered the left passage.
Lit: advanced leftwards. You can translate jii-san as 'old man' as well...

[13]

Side: ads

Bubble 1: !!

SFX: zuru (slip)

Bubble 2: ga (grab)

Bubble 3: Buu!

Bubble 4: Haa (pant)

Bubble 5: Hagaa (wheeze)

SFX: gouuuuuu (rumble)

[14]

Top: Knights of Sidonia / The Universe . Giant robot . The chosen young man.

Side: ads for NOiSE

Bubble 1: This smell...

Kanji: rice

Text: Number 4 Threshing Machine
T/N: de-husking = threshing I think?

SFX: gogogogo (thud x 4)

Box 1: I seriously didn't notice the hole at all.

[15]

SFX: zapo (thump)

SFX: zu... (shhh... (sound of rice/grain pouring))

SFX: go x 4 (whud x 4)

[16]

Top: Knights of Sidonia / Tera-scale big structure!
T/N: don't blame me, it's what the furigana reads

SFX: goun goun (whump x 2 (similar to the sound of washing machines...))

SFX: gogo (thump x 2)

SFX: gouuuuu (whirrr)

Bubble 1: Ahh!

Bubble 2: What's the matter?

[17]

Side: ads

Box 1: I had never met any human besides Grandpa.

Bubble 1: You're... Stealing the rice?
Lit: you... can it be, [you're] stealing [the rice]

Box 2: At that time, I honestly believed that you'd be turned into fertiliser if you were caught.

Bubble 2: Wait, you bastard!!

SFX: gaba (swinging the backpack over his shoulder sound)

SFX: ga--- (screech)

SFX: paa (jump)

[18]

Top: Knights of Sidonia / This is "21st Century style SF"!!

Side: ads

SFX: gagoooo (clank)

SFX: gon (wham)

SFX: gaga--- (thudadud---)

SFX: gashaaan (crash)

SFX: doo (thump)

[19]

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[20]

Bubble 1: A residential area?!

Bubble 2: It's the rice thief!

Bubble 3: Don't let him get away!!

SFX: baki (punch)

[21]

No text

[22]

Bubble 1: doo (thump)

Bubble 2: zapaa-- (fumpshhhh (rice spilling out))

[23]

Side: ads

Bubble 1: He died 3 years ago?

Bubble 2: That's what the family register says. // We processed the death report for your Grandpa, Saitou Horiki, 17 years ago.

Bubble 3: And you know, there's no such person called Tanigaze Nagate exists in Sidonia!

Bubble 4: Give us your proper name!!

Bubble 5: Can I change the way I sit?

Bubble 6: I'm a little diz...

SFX: gon (thud)

Bubble 7: Oi?!

[24]

Top: Knights of Sidonia / The extermination of humanity, and 'before that'---.

Side: ads

Bubble 1: You passed out after a mere two days of not eating.

SFX: gaba... (sit up)

Bubble 2: Must be pretty troublesome not being able to photosynthesise, huh.

Bubble 3: ...

Bubble 4: I- I definitely don't have anything like an organic converter reactor inside me!!

[25]

Side: ads

Bubble 1: Ah- aah. It's good you didn't get any serious injuries.

Bubble 2: We did a full body check-up, but there're no other problems. You're healthy.

Bubble 3: It'll be a long time beore you turn into fertiliser.

Bubble 4: ...

Bubble 5: There's someone who wants to become your guarantor for your identity.

Bubble 6: I'm the representative of that person.

Bubble 7: We can't discuss the details here, but will you come?

Bubble 8: Be sure to wear your safety belt around your waist.

[26]

Bubble 1: Is sansai all right with you?
T/N: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansai

Bubble 2: I didn't have any time to eat last week either.
俺も先週何も食う暇がなくてな

SFX: shuuu

Bubble 2: Perfect timing. We're gonna ride on that.

SFX: gouuuu

Side: ads

[27]

SXF: go go go (rumble)

Bubble 1: Are you finished already?

Bubble 2: It was very delicious. Thank you very much.

Bubble 3: Ahh, you can go easy on the formalities.
Lit: take it easy

Bubble 4: I'm Ochiai. Nice to meet you.

[28]

Top: Knights of Sidonia / A story about the Universe, mechas and school.

Side: ads

Bubble 1: Nagate! I'm Tanigaze Nagate!

Bubble 2: Pleased to meet you!
Lit: good day!

Bubble 3: This is the final stop, the highest level for the ordinary residential area.

Bubble 4: You have to take a private plane to go any higher from here.

Bubble 5: This is as far as I can take you.

Bubble 6: Now then, go on in.

[29]

Bubble 1: Nanigaze Nagate, is it?

SFX: zazu (ker-chunk)

Bubble 2: There's something I want to show you.

[30]

Side text: ads

Bubble 1: This is Nagate-kun's room.

Bubble 2: Your clothes really smell, so hurry up and change into this.

Bubble 3: ...

Bubble 4: ?

Bubble 5: Aah, I had this done when I got a huge injury as a child.

SFX: gyuuuu (spin)

Bubble 6: But it's all right. This has never once gotten into the way of my job as a dorm mother.

[31]

Side text: ads

Sign: Canteen

[32]

Side text: ads

Bubble 1: You're!

Bubble 2: Why're you here?

Bubble 3: Ah...

Bubble 4: !

Bubble 5: Quick, hide

Bubble 6: It- it's all right, I'm already...

[33]

Bubble 1: Hey! You!!

Bubble 2: You aren't wearing your safety belt!!!

Bubble 3: Do you know how many people died when gravity failed a hundred years ago?

Bubble 4: No...

Bubble 5: I don't know anything about the numbers.

Bubble 6: ... Is that so.

Bubble 7: You'll need to relearn everything about safety belts starting from square one.

[34]

SFX: gacha (click)

SFX: guin (pull)

SFX: gari gari (scratch scratch)

Board: Safety handrail durability test chart

SFX: gacha (click)

SFX: guin (pull)

Bubble 1: Haa... (sigh...)

SFX: pushii----

SFX: gacha (click)

[36]

Textless

[37]

Sign: Female photosynthesis room

Bubble 1: Uwaaaaaaah

Bubble 2: Kyaaaaaa!!

Bubble 3: Aaaaaah

Bubble 4: Gacha!! (rattle)

Bubble 5: Ah!

[37]

SFX: pakiiin (wham)

SFX: zuzuzu... (slide...)

Bubble 1: Ga!! (pull)

SFX: kurun (spin)

SFX: mura---- (dangle)

[38]

Bubble 1: Now then, introduce yourself.

Bubble 2: I'm Tanigaze Nagate.

Bubble 3: A good day to everyone.

[39]

Bubble 1: Good day, you say...

Bubble 2: rumble... growl (stomach grumbling)

[40]

Top: Knights of Sidonia / A new dimension fabricated by the world's one and only Tsumotu Nihei!!

[41]

Side: ads

Bubble 1: What's its distance to Sidonia?

Bubble 2: Within 3 light years from us. It's entering the third high-security sector.
三光年内 第三厳戒宙域に入うている

Bubble 3: No. We still haven't pulled out of their enormous territory.
奴らの広大な領域から 我々がまだ抜け出せていないのだ

Bubble 4: The Saṃghāta Ship has remained silent ever since it was discovered. There's also the possibility that it has nothing to do with Sidonia
T/N: Saṃghāta (Samghata, Hindi): The third of the eight principle hells, where two ranges of mountains meet to crush the sinners who committed sexual immoralities.

Bubble 5: It's also possible that it will just pass by us unless we challenge it.

Bubble 6: Our opinions are divided between the two.

Bubble 7: Your vote will determine our policy on this.

[42]

Bubble 1: Gauṇa...

[43]

Side: ads

Bubble 1: A Saṃghāta Ship has appeared in our high-security sector.

Bubble 2: The gauṇa are threatening us once again.

[44]

Bubble 1: It is impossible to communicate with the gauṇa.

Bubble 2: There's also no guarantee that it will simply pass by Sidonia.

Bubble 3: The only way for humanity's continued survival is the use of resolute force.

Bubble 4: The 28th Sidonia Captain...

Bubble 5: This is the voice from yesterday...

[45]

Bubble 1: This is the outside.

SFX: go x 3 (dramatic sound)

[46]

SFX: gagogo (clank rumble)

SFX: gogogogon (rumble rumble thuuud)

SFX: go go (more dramatic sound)

Box 1: The Intergalactial Space Ship Sidonia // A seed ship that has been voyaging for thousands of years ever since the solar system was destroyed by the gauṇa to ensure the continued survival of the human race.

[48-49]

Box 1: To the me at the time, something like this wasn't much different from what appeared in the Guardian Virtual Training Facility I had repeatedly operated thousands of times underground.

Bubble 1: That day, standing there was...
T/N: this is a standalone sentence.

Box 2: I, who found out about the reality of the outside for the first time, had yet to learn fear.
Lit: yet to tremble

Bubble 2: Are you serious?!?

[50]

Box 1: But of course, I replied the captain's request with 'I'll do it'.

Box 2: This is how I became a Guardian pilot.

Text: This enormous armour is no virtual image. Nagate casts himself into the battle against the gauṇa.

[Box: Knights of Sidonia // Chapter 1 / End // Next up, his first battle!