SHANGRI-LA Volume 2

Yo! Second volume for the Shangri-La serries. You might have heard of the anime... Well, it has hardly anything to do with how crazy and awesome this manga actually is.
For the scan, this way, please.

Cover page
Those of the Cathedral stand up against the government's perpetual oppression! Houjou Kuniko, leader of Metal Age takes the guerrilla with her - men armed to the teeth in heavy weaponry - and seeks to invade Atlas! However... Although successful, the infiltrators have an army's worth of frightening, state-of-the-art weapons born of ultra-nanotechnology standing there, lying in wait for them...!!

Caption: An overwhelming writing style, daring you to enter its astounding, futuristic world! Comics volume 2!!

001
*waaaaaaaaaiiiiil*
Speakers: Issuing warning. Heavy downpour first class, incoming! Citizens are enjoined to take shelter!!!
Crowd: Here it is?!*plic plic*
Crowd: Run for it.
*PLISH PLASH*
*BBBRRRROMMMM*

005
Nagiko: Will the deluge kill us first?/Or will the forest beat the rain to it...?//The former capital had perished eaten away by the forest as well.
Takehiko: And they say Earth is a sweet place to live in!!/The ground level bears little difference with actual Hell does it not?!!
Nagiko: The government wants to turn the ground level into a big forest/and create a paradise up in the sky........

006-007
Nagiko: Such is Atlas./Our Utopia.

008
Takehiko: Atlas has cast us out. There's nothing utopian about them!!/Nagiko-sama. As Metal Age's supreme ruler, you cannot say those things!!
Nagiko: ... Hehe.//There is no place left on the ground for people to live in./Face the facts, Takehiko!!!//(Whether Atlas becomes our Utopia or not...)*brrroomm*

009
Nagiko: (I think it all depends on you/Kuniko!!)*fshaaaa*
Kuniko: ... If we lose this fight//we'll have no choice but to die here, on the ground.*kwip*
*slam*

010
Kuniko: (As the leader of Metal Age/I, Houjou Kuniko shall revolutionize this world!!!)

011
Kuniko: I can't afford to lose./Definitely not...*kyu kyu* *woosh*
Momoko: KUNIKO!!!/What are you doing? Everybody's waiting for you!!!*twang*
Kuniko: Momoko!!
Momoko: Those clothes you're wearing, they're all mine!!!/And these cosmetics cost me a fortune!!!/That's like millennia ahead of schedule for you!!!
Kuniko: Gniiiiiii.*scrub scrub scrub*
Momoko: You're gonna change immediately, then we can go!!!
Kuniko: EEEEEEEEK

012
*FSHAAAA* *BOM*
*BRRRRRR*
People: Wwaaaaaaah

013
Takehiko: Those things were still out there?!!*aaargh*
Takehiko: Temporary change of strategy. Everybody move to the attack!!!
Kuniko: Aah, Takehiko. Covered in wounds, yet again.
Takehiko: KUNIKO-SAMA//Aah!!!*GWOOO*

014
Kuniko: Hoh.*SBAM*

015
Takehiko: Yikes?!!!
Kuniko: HOH HOH HOH./My fists are more than enough for a common weed!!!*sssshhhhh*
Takehiko: Ba... Bare-handed... >That's crazy...<
Kuniko: Ah. That gooey substance is kinda stinky, though./I won't be doing that a second time.*gwooo*
*WHACK*
Momoko: YOU'RE FULL OF OPENINGS ONCE AGAIN, KUNIKO!!!

016
Momoko: How many times need I tell you?!!/A woman keeps on fighting until her make-up wears off!!!*BLAM*
Kuniko: Auuuugh. That smeeeells.//But you're always there to save me, Momoko, aren't you? ...*tilt*
Momoko: Y... You stink...//How much longer do you plan on talking like this. That's why you're still depending on your parents.../ORA ORAAA.*BAOM*

017
Takehiko: Kuniko-samaa./We can no longer hold this place.//Please, we need your help, quickly.*BLAM*
*BRRRR*
Man: Gulp.
Takehiko: Normally, we would've waited until the storm was over, but...
Kuniko: It's alright. It should help with the camouflage.//To Atlas./Let's go.

018
*GRRRRR*
Takehiko: !!//Dick. It's attracted to the engine's heat.*woooo* *rustle*
*JERK* *PAH**
Kuniko: ?!

019
*GGG GRRRRR*
Momoko: HUNGHH UNGH//Go, quickly!!/Kuniko!!!*Grrr*
Takehiko: NO WAY. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ONE PERSON ALONE...!!!

020
Kuniko: Well./Shall we go?
Takehiko: EH?!
*vroooaaar*
Momoko: ....../Uh?*creeping* *squirming*
Nagiko: Heh heh heh. You counted on her to come back and save you?*bof*

021
*DUN*
Nagiko: To think she'd sacrifice you, her foster parent like a pawn./I see she's able to resort to cool-headed decision-making, now.*churn churn* *splosh*
Nagiko: Could Kuniko be growing into a more self-conscious leader?
Momoko: ... No.
Nagiko: He he he.

022
Momoko: I don't think so./Not with the face she was making./Haa.
Nagiko: ....../Ah yeah?
Momoko: Oh, well. Regardless./I'm ready to put my life on the line to answer the girl's expectations.
Nagiko: True enough... He he he.*VLAM*

023
*GWWWOOOOO*
Takehiko: ... Was the Cathedral.../really that insignificant?

024
*BEEP* *BEEP*
Takehiko: !!
Pilot: Oh, no.//We've been caught into Atlas' aerial defense system.
Takehiko: Eh?! So soon?//BLOODY IDIOT. All the planes are disguised as a fake civilian flight!!!/We should have been able to deceive Atlas for a good 30 minutes.//If we can take advantage of this time to sneak past the radar/Victory is ours!!*tow tow tow*
Takehiko: We have no option left but to press forward!!!

025
Kuniko: SAY, TAKEHIKO./Could you stop making noise while I'm eating?!!!
Takehiko: Well. Hum.... This is an emergency//... Kuniko-sama, what's this?
Kunuko: A special lunchbox from Momoko.
Takehiko: Maybe I should've taken Momoko's share. I could do with a bite or two./Kuniko-sama. Momoko is.......
Pilot: We have an emergency call from Atlas!!!
Atlas: Atlas is currently at war with your guerrilla organization. None of your aircrafts is to be allowed in./Any further approach shall be considered an act of terrorism, and met with lethal force.*CLANK*

026-027
*chink chink* *beep beep*
Pilot: Over 10.000 canons targeting us!! ?!
*gah*
*vroooaaaar* *bom*

028
*crack crack*
*vvvrrroooaaaar*
*jolt*
Takehiko: ... Tha That's like/the ninth level they're constructing.//So that's how huge our enemy is...?

029
*BAOM*
Takehiko: Gasp.*rattle*
*Bof* *sshwooooo*
Takehiko: MISSILES?!!//WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?!!*wooooo*
Kuniko: Takehiko, use the flares.

030
*vrooooaaar*
Pilot: Only two engines still in good condition!! Unable to ascertain enemy aircrafts' positions!!!
*boom*
Pilot: Oops.
Takehiko: We did it!!*bom*
Takehiko: We've lost the missiles...!*rattle* *pow*
*KABOOM*
Takehiko: ?!!//FROM THE FRONT?!!
Pilot: Left wing engine stopped!!

031
*gwoooo* *boom* *GWWOOO*
Kuniko: Everyone...
Takehiko: Damn it//We won't make it./We really can't make it, then?*bump*
Takehiko: (It's so close. Right before our eyes./Yet it seems so far away...!!!)

032
*baom*
Kuniko: Wh??//A swarm of insects?!!
*dun*

033
Kuniko: I get it./They're fleeing the monster plants as well!!
*clang clang*
Kuniko: What?/They're bumping into the clouds??
*chink* *buzzzzz* *chrr chrr chrr*

035
Takehiko: The. The clouds./They're turning into warplanes??
Kuniko: Just like that girl did...?!
Takehiko: Kuniko-sama. We're being targeted again!!!
*vroooo* *rattle*
Takehiko: But the plane can't avoid the next volley in its sorry state...//KUNIKO-SAMA!!!

036
*slip*
*plank plank* *brrrrrrr*
Kuniko: My breath's coming out white./haa/Is that what they call winter?*vrooo*

037
*vroooaaaar* *bom bom bom*
*bom* *brrrr* *plink plink plink*
Takehiko: Kuniko-sama, this is insane. *gaah*
Takehiko: An unprotected human being can't go battling those warplanes directly!!! [tn: Not to mention the large host of physical and biological laws that get cheerfully trodden upon so she can stand atop a plane flying at full speed hundreds of feet above the ground AND PARRY A BUNCH OF FUCKING MISSILES without any kind of ill effects. Less spectacular but every bit as jarring, how can Takehiko poke his head out of the plane like that?]
Kuniko: We can't let the plane take much more punishment.

038-039
Kuniko: Bring it./Let me show you what true wings are about.

040
*zzzz* *clank*
*bom* *brrrrrr*
Takehiko: KUNIKO-SAMA/You can't challenge a bunch of state-of-the-art warplanes with something as primitive as a boomerang...//THAT'S CRAZY! [tn: Okay, so basically he's here to remind us how awesome Kuniko-sama is at every turn, just in case we forget.]
*bom* *WOOOSH*

041
*BAM*
*BRRR* *BAOM*

042
Craft: Hyperion 3, going to confirm that target "α" has been taken down.//Unable to conduct uninterrupted experimentation of the camouflage armor's efficiency.//Going to finish their remaining forces.

043
*vroooaaar*
Craft: !!!//That's ridiculous!!!/How could an unprotected human get the better of a bunch of missile shots?!!
*VLAM*
Kuniko: Fly.

046
Nagiko: Wow. You're putting up quite a show.//It's still only the beginning, though.//Don't you let your guard down even for a second./Eh, Kuniko.

047
*CLANG*
*rattle rattle*
*crackle crackle*
Kuniko: ... Eh?
Takehiko: The insects have caused the defense system to go haywire./We'll have to go for an emergency landing on Atlas.//Please get back in quickly.
Kuniko: Okay. I got...

048
Kuniko: ... it.
Takehiko: !!!//Kh

049
Takehiko: KUNIKO-SAMAAAAAaaaa.//..............This can't be./Fuuuuuck.

050
Kuniko: MOMOKO?!!//It's you, Momoko. I'm saved.
Momoko: Kuuu-niiiii-koooo.//I can't believe it.../you really left me behind, didn't youuuu?

051
Kuniko: I knew for sure you'd be coming for me./Because you're Momoko.
Momoko: Yeah, thought so.//The bird's really not ready to leave its parent's nest./Not anytime soon./Uh?

052
Momoko: The "plane" is loaded beyond capacity./You should consider letting go of that boomerang, Kuniko!!
Kuniko: Never.
Momo&Kuniko: Aaaaaah.

053
Courtesan: Sayoko-sama./The guerrilla forces have slipped their way past the defense system. And infiltrated the fourth level.

054
Sayoko: And you are willing to disturb Mikuni-sama in her sleep.../over that kind of nonsense?

055
Courtesan: But the boomerang-wielding girl is among them.../And it appears she has dispatched the newly created camouflaged air force!!
Sayoko: ... Oh, yeah?//Not to worry./Inside of Atlas, there's nothing those without an Atlas rank can do.
Courtesan: It's probably a mistake, but all the same/she's another Triple A!!!//In addition, that boomerang she uses
Mikuni: U...nh.
Courtesan: I doubt it is just an ordinary weapon...!!!
Sayoko: ... Care to say that again?

056
Courtesan: She's another tri...
Sayoko: I didn't need you to tell me. I've already taken a few suitable measures.//(And Atlas shall be your fucking tomb/Houjou Kuniko!!)

057
Sign: Shinjuku District.[/end

059
Naruse: The 3 Sacred Treasures are indispensable if House Naruse is to be restored./Having one of them stolen from you is an unspeakable failure.//I have built Atlas./I can't have a girl from the corporation make a fool out of me!!
Ryouko: Haa. Haa. Haa.
Naruse: My dear Ryouko.../Certainly you understand.*zap*
Ryouko: ...Yes... Grandfather... [tn: Alright. When she isn't busy being abducted and raped in JUNK, Ryouko enjoys spending some quality time with her grandfather.]

062
Takehiko: ............ We've lost Kuniko-sama./Many of our comrades have fallen......//Now there's only one way left for us...

063
Takehiko: There are 13 pillars, or Shafts supporting Atlas./We're going to occupy one of them. The Hibiya Line Shaft!!!//We'll take the elevator that runs inside the Shaft/and use it to bring in the bulk of our forces from the ground!!//ALRIGHT, BITCHES!! LET'S GIVE 'EM A TASTE OF THE STRENGTH FROM BELOW!!
Forrest Gump: Some nice stuff they got there.

064
Takehiko: That's a hand grenade........
Soldier: THE ENEMY'S ATTACKING./GO TO THE BUIDINGS AND TAKE COVER.
Takehiko: WAIT. DON'T START JUST DOING WHATEVER!!!

065
Mohawk: ... UH?
Soldier: The door... Gasp./Argh!!!
Soldier: Takehiko-san. Over there!!!
Takehiko: What is it this time?!!

066-067
Soldier: I saw that ship in the Akibahara database...//That characteristic bridge. And those 46cm/45 caliber cannons on their 3-gun turrets./That battleship... was used in the great war during the Showa era [tn: Emperor Showa's reign, 1926-1989.], and it was deemed the largest and the most powerful./THE YAMATO. [tn: Okay, folks. Time for the history lesson. Simply put, the Yamato is a Japanese boat built during WWII, and was indeed one of the largest, most heavily-armed (if not THE largest and most heavily-armed) warships ever built. For a more complete explanation, Wikipedia is your friend.]

068
Takehiko: Wah!!!!//What is the Yamato doing in Atlas...?//No way. They can also...

069
Screen: X1000 Zoom./Cloaking Program./RUNNING.
Kusanagi: ... Considering all the trouble you went through just to make your way here...//That was disappointingly quick./Takehiko-san.

070
Kuniko: We've landed pretty far from the other guys.
Momoko: Let's go look for them. Takehiko must be crying like a child as we speak.

071
Momoko: You gotta give it to them, though./Atlas is one mighty fine city.*note*
Momoko: AAAAAH. I've always wanted a jewel like this./Gasp!! Judging by the color, that brand is a limited edition!!!//Auugh. And there. That's Gallé furniture./*eeeek*[tn: Anybody knows of a brand of luxury furniture by the name of Gallé, Gallay, Garet, or anything similar, please let me know.]

Momoko: Atlas rooocks!!!
*BOM*

072
Momoko: !!!//... Ahem. Hem./What's wrong, Kuniko-chan?
Kuniko: For a second... I saw that pretty town and I thought of our battle as foolish.//I went mad at myself for it. That's all.

073
Kuniko: Quick. We need to go save Takehiko and the others.
Momoko: Of... Of course!!!*tchrr tchrr*
*tchrr tchrrr*
Momoko: Ouch?!!*slit*
Kuniko: Momoko?!
Momoko: The ring I've stolen...!!!
Kuniko: ......
Momoko: ... Ah.*tchrr tchrr*

074
Head: Heeeyyy theeeere.//You accursed thiiiieeeef.

075
Momoko: Aaa. Ah.../Haa.../I take back everything I've said.
Kuniko: Over there.
Momoko: THAT TOWN IS THE SUCKIEST THING EVER.

077
Head: Oraa.
Momoko: Hic
Kuniko: Wwah.//Hell.
Momoko: No, Kuniko. Don't!!!//That weapon takes an excessive toll on your body.//You can leave things to me here!!!

078
*Ka-chink*
Momoko: OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIIIIIIIIIT!!!!
Kuniko: That kind of stuff shouldn't exist./Must be something altered and weaponized by the government. Quite like those battle aircrafts.
Momoko: And in bad taste, too./Certainly they could have found something better.

079
Kuniko: !!!

080
Kuniko: Pant. Pant.
Head: ?!!
Momoko: Kuniko!!!*grrrrr*

081
Momoko: It's split itself into 2 different bodies?!!
Kuniko: So that's their true form...!!!
Kusanagi: ... I expected no less from you, Kuniko-san

082
Kusanagi: Otherwise./There would be no point in defeating you.

083
Kuniko: You're Kusanagi, aren't you?!
Momoko: Kuniko!!!
Kusanagi: I've been waiting for this day//Ever since my debacle at your hands....../This is the first time I've ever felt this way.//WITH THE ADDITION OF A PROTEAN SUIT AS A COMPLEMENT TO MY ART OF STEALTH ASSASSINATION/THERE'S NO WAY LEFT IN WHICH YOU TO DEFEAT ME!!!!

085-086
Kusanagi: Agh.

086
Ryouko: Hello, you two. How are you doing?

087
Momoko: Naruse./Ryouko!!!
Kusanagi: What....... What the heck.//!!!! [tn: Now it's official. The man is a joke.]
Ryouko: How about......... you turn off the cloaking on the tank battalion, sublieutenant?

088
Dude: ... Looks like Zeus has answered negatively.//There's really nothing that can be done about that girl?
Nose: Rumor has it Zeus classified her as another Triple A.
Dude: But it's not like there could have been an oversight regarding her lineage.
Nose: You're probably right... Waiting for a little while to see how things play out sounds like a good idea I suppose.........

089
Dude: At any rate, how long does she plan on keeping us waiting? .... The bratty little girl.
Sayoko: Bow those heads lower, people.//Her royal majesty Mikuni-sama is in attendance.

090
Gremlin: Today, Mikuni-sama we would like to present you with this gift.//For the time will come. The day you become our Empress./And we expectantly await that moment.
Mikuni: ... That's it?
Gremlin: ?!
Mikuni: You've come all the way here just to say that?/Must have been hard.

091
Mikuni: You've been waiting forever./Right?
Dude: Not at all...
Gremlin: Most certainly not.
Nose: We barely arrived here a few moments ago.
Gremlin: In truth...

092
Sayoko: Is everything alright, Mikuni-sama?//The heads of the government are influential into the corporation. If only a little.
Mikuni: I'll be fine./They're just weak, flimsy bags choke full with dirty lies.//Sayoko. I need to ask you a favor./Care to listen?
Sayoko: ... That depends on what it is./But whatever Sayoko can do, she will...

093
Mikuni: Hahahah. That's the obedient Sayoko I know and love./You're the only one who never lies to me.//Say. I wanna meet her./I wanna see the other Triple A!!!

094
Momoko: Something's wrong with this town.//I never thought there'd be that many shapeshifted tanks around./That was really spooky, Kusanagi-chan.//Be prepared./We're going to use you until you fall apart.//... Now.

095
Momoko: You... What do you want?/Appearing out of nowhere like we're just passing through, are we?//This time around, if you go after Kuniko again/I will show no mercy.
Ryouko: If you think you can take me, bring it on./....... Grandpa.

096
Momoko: WUT?!!!
Ryouko: Don't worry./This time I didn't come looking for a fight.//Houjou Kuniko.*pant pant*
*bam bam*
Ryouko: Assuming this is how you made your way into Atlas, I must say I'm impressed.//I take it/you guys are here to bring down the government?

097
Ryouko: I can help you there./I happen to have a grudge to settle with the current administration myself.
Kuniko: Alright./Welcome on board.

098
Momoko: ........./... DUH?!!!!//But!! Kuniko!!! She's......
Kuniko: Right now we need all the fighting power we can get./And somebody like her who knows Atlas' every nook and corner is more than welcome.//It's okay./If anything goes wrong I'll just have to trounce her again.
*Hah*
Ryouko: Some big mouth you got there.
Momoko: Kuniko...*vrooooaarr*

099
Momoko: WHAT'S THAT?!!!
Ryouko: A stealthy battle aircraft?!!

100
*YEEAAAAAAHHH*
Takehiko: Ku/KUNIKO-SAMA!!!!
Kuniko: Takehiko?!!*squeeze*
Takehiko: Kuniko-sama. Thank goodness you're unharmed!!!
Kusanagi: That's impossible./How the hell did they...

101
*yeeeaaaah*
Takehiko: As we were being bombarded, we chanced upon that fallen aircraft./That material is really something. On top of its lightness it can repel anything, cannon shots included.//However....... Most of our comrades.......
Kuniko: ... I'm glad you guys made it alive./Thank you...
Takehiko: Kuniko-sama...
Ryouko: Sorry to interrupt your touching reunion...

102
Ryouko: But we have company.
Momoko: I take it that Holy Archway wasn't there a few moments ago... [tn: You can find Torii (rendered here as Holy Archway) in most Shinto shrines. Much like what a belfry would be to a Catholic church.]
Takehiko: More survivors... maybe?
Kuniko: ......./No... Whoever it is...
*fshhh fshhh*

103
Kuniko: There's something a lot more sinister about them........[/end

105
Ryouko: Over here. Quick!!
Kuniko: Kusanagi's protean tank??
Ryouko: I can control it thanks to the suit I stole from the dude.
Kusanagi: Mmhh.*be-beep*
Kuniko: Oooooh.
Ryouko: I give it instructions through the nano-sized computers...//And in so doing, I can alter the disposition of the carbon molecules within.//Now it looks like nothing more than a pile of rubble.*tchrr tchrr*
Kuniko: ... Here they are.

106-107
Kuniko: Who the heck are those guys?
Momoko: They aren't shapeshifted, right?
Ryouko: ... The Yatagarasu crest. There can be no mistake.
Kuniko: (They're stopping?!!)
Ryouko: They're from the Atlas corporation's Inner Sanctum.

108
Ryouko: This is the enemy/you have to prevail against.
Sayoko: ...You mongrels.//You have allowed the guerrilla men to slip through your fingers...?
Soldier: ...Yes./But their hours are numbered.//They should no longer have the strength to put up a...

109
Sayoko: The flapdoodle has to be coming from somewhere. Your mouth, maybe??/The corporation gives you technology to equip and use as you see fit, all for nothing.
Soldier: ...GH
Mikuni: Sayoko./Can I see the guerrilla girl?*gulp*
Sayoko: Rest assured./This humble Sayoko shall bring her to you without delay.

110
Soldier: Gasp.
Takehiko: !!!
Dude: Ugh

111
Kuniko: They're shooting even at their own allies. [tn: Let's see: condescending demeanor, repeated instances of gratuitous violence and cruelty, mass-murder, salvaging a WWII warship... Just in case someone still didn't get it, the government is evil.]
Ryouko: Originally, the protean material was used in the construction of Atlas itself. And they're able to pierce through that...!!
Sayoko: Such a foul smell.//No need to hide./I can track the filth of a ground-dweller by scent.//Rejoice, guerrilla warriors!!/In her magnanimity, Mikuni-sama has deigned to honor you with an audience!!!

112
Sayoko: Now you can die in blessed happiness...
Momoko: That girl's a freak. And I know what I'm talking about. >She's a bright spot on my weirdo-meter.<
Kuniko: Who's Mikuni?
Ryouko: This is our chance.//You guys buy me some time./I'll use the opportunity to capture her royal majesty Mikuni.
Takehiko: ......!!!
Ryouko: If all goes well, this should put me in an advantageous position/to negotiate with the corporation and the government.//(I'll let you guys have a taste of Mikuni's power.)/We get back into the game in one move.

113
Kuniko: THIS!! IS!! SPARTA!!! UNWAVERING/OPPOSITION!!![tn: Sorry. It was too tempting to resist.]
Momoko: !!!
Kuniko: The number one priority is to attend to the wounded!!/Flee the scene at once and go for the Megashaft!!!//There, we will make temporary preparations...
Takehiko: Kuniko-sama./I shall take care of the woman...

114
Takehiko: Until now we've been fighting yet we haven't landed a blow!!/More of our comrades have fallen to them than I dare to count!//Without fail. Even if I am stricken down//I, Takehiko...
Kuniko: BLOCKHEAAAAD!!!!
Takehiko: BWARGL
Kuniko: YOU HAVEN'T MADE ANY PROGRESS AT ALL

115
Kuniko: DID YOU COME ALL THE WAY TO THIS CHILLY PLACE JUST SO YOU COULD DIE?!!
Takehiko: That is my wish./Please allow me.
Kuniko: DENIED!!!!/THAT IS A COMMAND FROM YOUR LEADER!!!
Takehiko: This time of all times........... I will not back down no matter what you say!!!
Momoko: KUNIKO, GIVE IT A REST

116
Takehiko: If you keep insisting on stopping me/I will resent you for the rest of my life.
Kuniko: ......
*baf*
Kuniko: Suit yourself!!
Soldiers: Ku. Kuniko-sama. Wait...
Kuniko: Let's move out, boys.
Momoko: Kuniko, wait a minute!!!
Takehiko: MOMOKO!!!!

117
Takehiko: I beg you.../Please take care of Kuniko-sama.
Ryouko: I don't like where this is going./Oh my oh my.
Takehiko: Take away the cloaking.
Ryouko: Are you trying to draw them in?*beep beep*
Takehiko: No idea./I'm just not expecting anything from someone like you.

118
Takehiko: (I feel bad I won't be able to see Kuniko-sama's evolution for myself though...)/Oh, well... You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Ryouko: ......*tchrr tchrr*
Takehiko: HEY YOU.//YOU WANTED US OUT. HERE WE ARE./WHICH ONE OF YOU GOES BY THE NAME OF MIKUNI OR WHATNOT?!!

119
Sayoko: I thought I heard something.../Another dung fly I see.
Takehiko: You can say whatever.//THAT DUNG FLY FACE OF MINE/I'LL MAKE SURE YOU NEVER FORGET!!!

120
Soldier: We've been able to see it for a while now, yet it doesn't seem to get any closer....
Kuniko: Spirits up! Once we make it to the Megashaft we can ask our main corps for reinforcements./Let's gooo.
Soldier: Kuniko-sama.

121
Soldier: As long as you stay alive/The people on the ground are guaranteed to know peace someday.
Kuniko: ... Lads?
Soldier: ... Please go ahead.//We'll be joining Takehiko-dono.//So far, fighting by your side/has been an honor.

122
Momoko: You really okay with that, Kuniko?
Kuniko: They went ahead ignoring my orders.
*swish* *swish*
Kuniko: They're free.
Momoko: ... But you know... There's no law forbidding not to yield when you know something isn't quite right.//You agree, even though you're aware they can't do without you?

123
Kuniko: THEY'RE JUST DOING WHATEVER THEY PLEASE.
Flashback!Takehiko: If you keep insisting on stopping me/I will resent you for the rest of my life.
Kuniko: If they're so eager to die, they don't need me to do so.
*SLAP*

124
Momoko: It's not like/they're fighting out of some kind of death wish!!![tn: The arbitrary close-up on Momoko's leather-clad bottom is a bit of a moment killer there.]//But fight they must, even if it costs them their lives./THEY FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL.//You can't possibly have been naive enough... to think you'd get a happy end where everyone makes it out alive?!
Kuniko: Shut up. Shut up.

125
Kuniko: YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH!!
Momoko: Yes I do./You're my daughter aft.....
Kuniko: THAT'S A LIE!!!!//YOU'RE NOT MY MOTHER AND I'M NOT YOUR CHILD!!/SO FORGET I EXIST!!!

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Momoko: Ah yeah?/I did give birth to you, you know?//Look. You can see the traces of my pregnancy right there...
Kuniko: That trace is a mark from the zipper because you're too fat for your clothes, more like.
Momoko: ... Aaah./Maybe I've spoiled her too much, what with her being my only child...//Alright then. If that's really what you feel like doing.

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Momoko: You stay there and mope around all you like.//Hop.
Kuniko: ... Mo//....... Momoko.

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*pant pant*
Mikuni(?): GYAHAHAHAHAHAHA//Not not bad. Not bad at all. A reward seems to be in order!!
Takehiko: ........ Humph./I'll seize the opportunity to say it, then.

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Takehiko: Allow us ground-dwellers to live in Atlas./There should be more than enough room here for everyone!!
Sayoko: Pft.//HAHAHAHAHAHA
Takehiko: ?!!
Sayoko: Hhah hhah hhah hhah. What?/Do you think Atlas is some kind of Noah's Ark suspended above the woods?//Don't tell me you came all the way here just to say that!!/Hah.
Takehiko: ...!!!

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Takehiko: WHAT'S SO FUNNY?!!!//WHAT?!
Sayoko: Take a good look at the town./Hah hah hah./You still haven't noticed anything?
Takehiko: YAAAAAAAAAAARRRRH//Haa. Haa.../Uh??

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Sayoko: Nice cutting edge./Hmm.//It's a bit heavy, though... Hurts my arm a little.
Takehiko: AAAAAUUUUUUUGH
Sayoko: Now let's put an end to this, shall we?
Takehiko: AGHH

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Guard: Ack.
Guard: Bwah.
*chink*
Soldier: TAKEHIKO-DONO/WE'RE WITH YOU, SIR!!!*YEEAAAAH*
Mikuni: Wow.*note*

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Sayoko: More scrubs. Coming out of the woodwork, and all fired-up. Incorrigible.
Momoko: (So dead!!!)*SBAAAAOOOM*
Momoko: She dodged?!!

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Sayoko: Oh. So there was another one?//You took me by surprise.
Momoko: !!!//Gh.(Who the heck is that girl?! I can't read her movements!!!)
Sayoko: FINISH THEM.*clank*

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*pow pow pow pow pow*
*pow*
Mikuni: ...........

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Soldiers: Uuugh.../cough.
Sayoko: Still alive? You folks are persistent.
Soldier: Urggghh
Sayoko: It is only fitting for bugs to be crawling on the ground.
Soldier: Gasp
Mikuni: Enough, Sayoko./Things have become entertaining.

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Sayoko: MIKUNI-SAMA.//You can't get out of your cart!!!
Mikuni: I'll be fine. The sun is almost down.//These people have impressed me./I feel like giving them a chance.

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Mikuni: Abandon Kuniko and swear loyalty to me./Do so, and I will allow all the ground-dwellers to immigrate in Atlas.//This is what you're here for, isn't it?//I will say this only once./I will not suffer lies to be told in my presence.
Momoko: You stupid or what?!/WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM!!!/DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'RE DOING?!/DON'T TAKE US METAL AGE LIGHTLY!!!
*BOM*
Soldier: MIKUNI-DONO!!!

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Soldier: IF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS TRUE/THEN WE PLEDGE OR LOYALTY TO YOU AND YOU ALONE.
Momoko: Ah... What are you doing......?
Mikuni: Good. Good!!*creak creak*
Mikuni: A wise decision.//....... A pity......//But the Mirror of Yata lodged in my right eye tells me.

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Mikuni: Those words you said/You didn't mean them at all.

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Mikuni: Oh./Looks like some of them weren't lying.
Momoko: Why...//WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS/THEY'RE HUMAN BEINGS JUST LIKE YOU!!!
Sayoko: ... Human beings... Just like her...?//Mikuni-sama? On par with these fools?

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Kuniko: What a bunch of complete idiots.

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Sayoko: ?!!//(My 6th Sense didn't work........?!!)
Momoko: Kuniko!!!
Kuniko: I just wanted to protect everyone.../That's why I became their leader.//That... That's all I ever wanted. And yet...
Mikuni: So YOU are Houjou Kuniko? ....../You're more of a scrawny kid than I expected.

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Kuniko: I'm-a send you crying to Mommy. Mark my words.*DUDUDUDUUUN*
Mikuni: Do you know what happens to those who try to bluff in front of me?/They die. That's what happens.[/end

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Kuniko: Once this is over./Let's all get back to the Cathedral.//It's freezing cold around here.
Sayoko: These men's blood won't go to waste./It shall help solidify the artificial land that is Atlas.//Your deaths.../will bring salvation to this world.

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Mikuni: This Ancient Mirror can reflect the truth of things/and also have the power to exorcise evil.//When someone speaks lies, it can reflect them/And mete out punishment...//Such is the power of the Yata no Kagami./One of the Three Sacred Treasures!!!

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Momoko: You get killed if you tell a lie?//I can do without such a silly death, thank you very much.//(By my reckoning/Kuniko should no longer have the strength to use her boomerang...//.........The lonely girl/The weepy little kid who kept clinging to me...)//Something must have happened when I wasn't looking...

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Sayoko: You little piece of shit./Do you really think you'll make any difference now that you're on your own?
Kuniko: ... No quarter.
Sayoko: MIKUNI-SAMA.//RUN AWAY!!!!

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Kuniko: NOW//GOOOOOOOOOO
*blam blam blam*

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Mikuni: ...So that's/the other Triple A's power.........//SHOOT HER DOOOOOW!!!

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Guards: Gh./Argh.
Momoko: You're really going overboard.*ache*
Momoko: Gh...
Guard: I feel bad having to kill that woman.
Kuniko: Momoko's a drag queen, you know?
Guard: ?!!

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*KA-BOM*
Guard: Bwarf//Gargl
Guard: !!

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Kuniko: GAH//?!!
*BOM*
Kuniko: Ugh
Momoko: Kuniko!!!
Sayoko: Putting Mikuni-sama in harm's way, are we.../A human's death would be too good for your sorry ass.

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Sayoko: This is the monster born of our analysis of the Sacred Treasures./HIRUKO. [tn: Water Leech.]
Momoko: What IS that thing.........?//Talk about a bad joke...

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Sayoko: Wretched child of abhorrence who clings to life in your anger and hatred.
Hiruko: AAAAAAAAAUUUUUUURRRGH. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts it hurts./The pain. The pain. Pain pain pain.*floc*
Sayoko: HIRUKO!!!//Go feast upon that girl!!! Do so and your soul shall be freed.
Kuniko: Ouch...//!!

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Hiruko: Yar*BAOM*
Kuniko: Waah.//In that case...!!
Momoko: When did she...
Kuniko: Momoko's whip!!!

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Hiruko: You miss. You miss. You suck. You suck. You suck haaaaard.
Kuniko: Agh.
Hiruko: AH

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Hiruko: ??//Ouch. Ayyyyyye. That hurts hurts huuuurts.
Sayoko: No way.../She was aiming for her boomerang from the beginning........!!!
Hiruko: DAMN. DAMN YOUUUUUU. LOOK./SEE HOW THE PAIN STRENGTHENS MEEEEEE.//..........???/What IS that blade...? It can't be.......

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Hiruko: AMA NO MURAKU.........*BAAOOOM*

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Sayoko: ... Ridiculous.//To obliterate Hiruko............
Mikuni: Sayoko.
Sayoko: (There can be no mistake!!//This is one of the Sacred Treasures./Ama no Murakumo!!!
*beep beep*

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Sayoko: Mikuni-sama./Run away immediately.//This humble Sayoko will buy you the time you need...!!!
Mikuni: No. I don't want to./I'm not going anywhere without you.
Sayoko: Mikuni-sama.*KABOOM*

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Sayoko: She's a monster.//... You can't have...//Don't tell me you've used up all your strength./Well of course you did. The power of the Sacred Treasures is too much for you to handle, asswipe.

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Sayoko: Now this is the second Treasure to enter Mikuni-sama's possession.//?!//We're being bombarded?/From where?!!*poke*

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*CRACK*
Sayoko: !!!//No.../It's not a bombing.//The Daedalus we've released on the ground./It's reproduced itself?!!!//It's been able to perceive the heat from the flames here?/From down there on the ground?!!

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Sayoko: !!!
Mikuni: Ah!!//Sayoko!!!
Sayoko: Who do you think is responsible for creating you?!!!
*PAH*
Sayoko: Haa. Haa. Haa.*sss*

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Sayoko: Ama no Murakumo!!!
Speaker: A state of emergency is declared on the level number four.//"Zeus" has issued the command. The fourth level is to be cleansed. I repeat.*clank clank clank* *bbrrrrr*
Sayoko: This is bad.

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Sayoko: Mikuni-sama!!!
Mikuni: Sayokooo.
Momoko: Water?!!

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Speaker: City planning for the whole district initiated.//12.000 seconds to reconstruction.

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Momoko: Kunikooo. Takehikooo!!!//Look at what they've done to their own city......../It won't make much of a difference with the ground level now.//You'd think more people would be coming out in such a situation. Yet I see no one./The fourth level's inhabitants should number in the millions...
Flashback!Sayoko: Your deaths.../will bring salvation to this world.
Momoko: It can't be...
Mikuni: ... Sayokooo. Where are youuu-hooo?//... I don't wanna be aloooone...

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Flashback!Kuniko: ...You there//Care to play with me...?
Momoko: ... Kuniko...

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Momoko: WHA!!!
Mikuni: Take me to Sayoko.//Now move it, conger-woman!!
Momoko: WUT?!
Mikuni: Are you gonna leave me behind?!!
Momoko: Make no mistake. My first intention is to find Kuniko........//Anyone stands is my way, and they're gonna get it.
Mikuni: ......//It's your fault if I ended up like this./You're like those infectious diseases that run rampant on the ground!!!

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Momoko: Haa./... Maybe the parents are to blame for this.
Mikuni: ...?/If Sayoko was there you wouldn't be around to displease me./She's gonna wipe you out for me.
Momoko: Pathetic./And that's what you call/a true parent-child relationship?//Not like it's any of my business...
Mikuni: ... Then

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Mikuni: Then.../What of you and Kuniko? Are you really parent and child?
Momoko: !!
Mikuni: No answer?/That was a lie, right?//BECAUSE WE TRIPLE As/HAVE NOBODY TO CALL OUR PARENTS!!!

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Momoko: I don't know about the Triple A business or whatnot./But Kuniko and I are really parent and child.
Mikuni: ......./........Wh//Why./If you hadn't said anything, you would've been able to go!!
Momoko: I know.../But you see

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Momoko: I couldn't help it./That "lie" is more precious to me than anything else.
Mikuni: Why do you go that far... for a lie.../A lie.//Why...
Ryouko: ... Well well well. Does it really matter?
Momoko: Aah... Man./Talk about a bad day....

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Momoko: ... I'm sorry.../Kuniko

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Kuniko: ... Momo... ko.//Momoko!!!//Where are youuu?//(There she is!!)//?

183
Kuniko: That girl!!!
Mikuni: Uuuh...
Kuniko: Mo. Momoko. What the heck are you...//... Are you... Are you really... Momoko?

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Ryouko: Not quite.

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Kuniko: ...Ah.
Ryouko: If you're looking for grandpa, he must have dropped dead somewhere./Oh, well. You've made things a lot easier for me./I am grateful.//Kuniko-sama.*heart*

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Ryouko: Reinforcements from the upper level.../Time to go.//I have two of the Sacred Treasures./The keys to Atlas' main frame: "Zeus" itself...... Now only one remains.//And the world will be mine to control/The Earth shall belong to me. Ryouko!!!!

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Speaker: City planning complete. Beginning reconstruction.
Kusanagi: Aren't you an inglorious one./Kuniko-san.//Come on....... Let's go back to the ground level.

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*WWOOOOOOOO*

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Nagiko: So she's gotten her hands on two of the Sacred Treasures./Unlucky, aren't we? Eh, Keiichirou?//Come, then./Come for the Yasakani no Magatama. Come before me!!!