Wild Life 24

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Ryoto: Uhmm, I think this one has an enteritis syndrome.
Infobox: Enteritis Syndrome is caused by an imbalance of intestinal sterilization and results in diarrhea and serious illness.
Chapter 24: Playing with the Panda


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Ryoto: I think we should examine him for his sake. He’s really sick!
Staff: OK!

Kid: Eh... What kind of illness? U-chan...
[T/N: U-chan is the name of the pet. I think it's short for Usagi which means rabbit.]

Ryoto: It's gonna be OK.
Ryoto: It's quite difficult to pronounce the name of the illness, are you worried?

Ryoto: You don't have to worry too much.
Ryoto: Big Bro here will make sure to make him well.


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Kid: Uhm!!
Kid: Thank you, Doctor!

Tessho: ...hey what's this...

Tessho: Why is Ryoto helping out the 1st Division with physical examinations? (Moreover, he's being really nice...)
Tessho: What kind of wind has gone into him?
Seno: It's such a change of wind, Doctor!

Seno: It looks like it's the effect of the father incident.
Tessho: That old man?
Seno: After that, he said something.

Ryoto (flashback): From now on, I'll follow Tessho's example to...
Ryoto (flashback): As long as there's time, wherever it is, I'll help out the patients.

Seno: That's it.
Tessho: ......

Tessho: Ohh, I see! That's good!

Director: ......certainly.... that's a good thing to happen...
Tessho: !!

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Tessho: Director? (What's with the uneasy face.)

Director: However, questionable books are placed all over the examination table...
Director: Truthfully, I'm still anxious.

Seno: It's...It's OK! Those are just for relaxation, for relaxation!
Seno: Even if others doubt him, please trust him Director!!
Tessho: That's right Director!
Tessho: I seriously believe in Ryoto!!

Director: .......
Director: Hmm, trust in him huh...

Director: Ah, right Tessho...


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Director: I think you'll be OK for that.
Tessho: !?

Director: Starting tomorrow for 3 days, Wild Life will be doing the annual collaboration with Uero Zoological Garden for the physical examination of their Pandas.
Director:Ryoto is in charge of it this year but......
Seno: Ehh, Panda...

Director: Ryoto is busy performing physical examinations in the 1st Division.
Director: Iwashiro, he said you'd go there instead and do it.

Tessho: Eh!? (How come!?)

Director: You trust him, right?
Tessho: Uhmm yeahhh.....

Director: Then, it's decided.
Tessho: ......


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Ryoto: Phew~~~ I worked hard today~~~
Tessho: Hey, Ryoto, you asshole!

Ryoto: Oh, Tessho
Tessho: What's the meaning of this, I heard from the director about tomorrow's Uero zoo...

Ryoto: I'll entrust the Pandas to you for tomorrow
Tessho: OK.

Tessho: ......

Tessho: This isn't right! Why do I have to do it before I even know about it? Moreover, it's your job!
Tessho: I bet helping out in the 1st Division is just an excuse!
Ryoto: ........

Ryoto: That's because Pandas are really troublesome... Nope, I mean they're very helpful animals.
Ryoto: So I thought it'll be good for you to study them.

Tessho: ....what's with the very helpful animal....


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Tessho: You see Ryoto, whoever the patient is, I examine him.
Tessho: Since you're the one asking, you’d better teach me properly about Pandas.

Ryoto: It'll be OK

Ryoto: Because it will just be a simple physical examination. It's not like you'll be doing medical treatment or anything like that.
Ryoto: Moreover, isn’t diagnosing whether an animal is sick specialty? (Cause you have "Absolute Pitch")

Tessho: Well yeah but, maybe a little something.
Tessho: Like a pointer, or advice.

Ryoto: It can't be helped! The "Mild Life" I've ordered in the bookstore will be delivered today so I wanted to go home early...
Tessho: Can't be helped! (Whose job is this anyway!?)

Ryoto: Well, first of all, play with them.


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Tessho: Play?

Ryoto: Yes, you will be examining 1 year old Pandas that were born and raised at Uero Zoological Garden.

Ryoto: Those guys are not wild and are used to being around humans.
Ryoto: That's why you'll have plenty of time to play with them.

Ryoto: If you do that, you'll open up their hearts little by little, / by playing with them while doing the physical exam, you'll know their physical condition.
Tessho: OK.

Ryoto: Look, I've said that you're a guy who fits the saying "Vets don't just look, they use their entire being to be of service".

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Tessho: Yeah, you could say so, that's my specialty field; you think it will be alright...
Ryoto: Yeah, I think so.

Tessho: But, are there any rules on how to play with them?
Tessho: Until tomorrow will you mail me. / For any way to do it?

Tessho: Uhmm, is there any common illness that pandas contract?
Ryoto: Hhmm, let's see... Ahh, right~~~

Ryoto: Panda is originally a carnivore that has shorter intestines than a normal herbivore. / that's why, once in a while, Panda suffers from PANS Disease.

Tessho: PANS?

Ryoto: Right now, what kind of weird things are you thinking?
Tessho: PANS = Panda's PANS
Tessho: Eh...?


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Ryoto: To be exact, Pants is a slightly different kind of sickness. / Since Panda's intestine is short, when it eats bamboo grass leaves, the fiber from the bamboo grass leaves are not digested properly.

Tessho: hmm hmm...

Ryoto: Then, these fibers get stuck on the intestine mucus membrane for 2 to 3 months...

Ryoto: If the condition worsens, symptoms like a person suffering from constipation will develop. / That is Pans.
Infobox: Pans is not it's official name. Since it resembles the Women's menstruation (phenomenon where intrauterine's mucus membrane get unstucked), a personnel in Ueno Zoological Garden coined this term.

Ryoto: That's why, if you see one, you should give them a lot of milk with lots of sugar.

Tessho: ...that's strange~~~~


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Tessho: Why would panda live by eating bamboo grass if it causes constipation?
Tessho: Shouldn't they just eat meat since they are carnivores to begin with!

Ryoto: Well, that~~~~
Ryoto: still remains as a mystery to the biological society.

Ryoto: Though, if you ask me, isn't it because they love eating it.

Tessho: Love it...
Ryoto: Yeah, just like me

Tessho: Is there any other things I should take note of?
Ryoto: Uhmmm....


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Ryoto: Pandas are way stronger than humans! Furthermore, the incidents of panda breeders getting hurt by pandas are second only to elephant breeders!!
Ryoto: ...thus, from afar, their appearance is a dangerous animal!

Ryoto: ...those things I just said now are actually just a prank, will he be alright? (Oh well! Young pandas are safe creatures anyway.)
Tessho: What is it?

Ryoto: Anyhow, I've already taught you the important things.
Ryoto: If you come across something you don't understand, contact me.
Tessho: OK!!

Tessho: Hey, that's my Oolong tea that you're drinking!!
Ryoto: Indirect kiss~~
Tessho: Idiot!!

Infobox: Next day~~~


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Infobox: Uero Zoological Garden Panda Habitat


Page 14

Guy (painting): Hmm....

Guy (painting): This is not it! (I'll redo it!)

Caretaker: So, here's Nennen's...

Guy (painting): Huh?
Guy (painting): I haven't seen him before.... (moreover a blond hair...)

Caretaker: Well then Doctor, I'll leave Nennen to your hands.
Tessho: OK

Seno: Please do your best Doctor. (When it's necessary to do a surgery, I'll be with you~~~)
Dog: Woof Woof!!
Tessho: Okay!


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Tessho: Well then! *Pankou, let's play first!
[T/N: Tessho calls the panda as Pankou. Pan is from panda and kou is a familiar or derogatory suffix after a name.]

Caretaker: Like I've said, his name is "Nennen"....

Tessho: Oh, right!

Tessho: I got the rules when playing with Panda.
Tessho: Let's see...

Tessho: "First, face towards the Panda to play tag"
Tessho: "Then, dodge quickly and run"
Tessho: OK!

Tessho: "Pandas raised by humans knows how to go easy on someone. Act as a dog's play-biting object."
Panda: Ke~~
Tessho: "But never let your guard down with a carnivore."

Tessho: Huh...so, how do I do that?
Panda: Kea Kea


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Tessho: "Run around the entire breeding space until you get cornered"

Tessho: "When that happens, hold the panda's head and push him away."
Tessho: Like this?

Tessho: "Hereupon, pandas roll like a circle when they fall down."

Tessho: It really did! This is interesting!!

Note: *This way of playing by Vets is actually is called by Mr D. Teera as "Panda's Remake Strategy".

Guy (painting): ...what is that guy doing...


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Tessho: "But, doing this is overkill... / It's better to go easy on them at first, then gradually raise the intensity of playing with them."

Tessho: Certainly... but shouldn't you have mentioned that earlier...
Tessho: than later...

Tessho: "Though you're getting along well now don't you?"

Tessho: Well, maybe he's right. (Chase me. Chase me.)

Tessho: "....even if it's a young panda, when it becomes serious, with its 100 kilos of muscle lump"
Tessho: "humans won't have a chance to withstand it"~~~~!?

Tessho: Huh....!?


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Tessho: Are you kidding me~~~!! (Say that earlier~~!!)

Guy (painting): Really... what is that guy trying to do...

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Tessho: shit...

Tessho: "Repeat this reliable advice later and you'll succeed~~~!?"
Tessho: What's with this mail!!


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Tessho: ....that rascal~~~~~ leaving this tiresome job to me~~!
Dog: Woof~~
Seno: Are you alright Doctor~~~~!!

Seno: To do the physical exam, you challenge the panda to a fight. Doctor, you really are a different Vet~~~~~
Tessho: That's not it! That was Ryoto's advice. I've just overdone it!!

Tessho: Well, it looks like I'm OK anyway; this time, I ended up safely...
Guy (painting): Hey, hey...

Guy (painting): Are you a Vet?

TesshO: Huh? Yes though...
Tessho: What's this? If this is for a newspaper, then I'll decline.
Guy (painting): I see, just as I thought!

Guy (painting): Well... I don't understand what you were doing with the panda so....
Guy (painting): I was wondering what that was all about.

Tessho: Well, hmmm~~~~ no wonder you couldn't understand....

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Tessho: I was doing the physical examination while playing with the panda.
Guy (painting): Ehh? You were doing a physical exam!?
Guy (painting): but doing it while playing!

Tessho: Vets don't simply look, they uses their entire body to serve! / there was such a saying!
Tessho: Well, I don't quite understand it but......

Guy (painting): What does it mean.
Tessho: You're being nosy!

Tessho: To make it simple, it's necessary to develop a relationship of mutual trust with the animals!
Guy (paiting): Hmmm... I see....

Guy (paiting): Being a Vet is tough job...

Tessho: Hmm? So, what are you? A painter?

Shouta: Oh, I'm Yamagura Shouta.
Shouta: 2nd year student from Uero Senior High's Arts Club!

Tessho: Uero... (this place?)
Shouta: Do you know it? It's a famous school around here.


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Tessho: I don't. Not at all. (I'm not that kind of person.)
Shouta: Ah, is that so.

Tessho: Huh!

Tessho: Wow!! It looks exactly like Pankou~~~!! (You're good!)
Shouta: Pankou...? Isn't Nennen?
[T/N: See T/N on page 15 for the meaning of Pankou]

Shouta: Hehe...Since then, I've loved drawing animals.
Tessho: I see, so he's the perfect model. (Its pattern is quite easy.)

Shouta: Not at all! That pattern and expression that I don't quite understand~~~
Shouta: Right now, drawing the freshness of that guy is my goal!

Tessho: Eh! That's cool!
Tessho: No matter what, do the things you love to do!

Tessho: When I was in high school too, I did what I wanted to do~~~~


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Tessho: ?
Tessho: Did I just say something unnecessary?

Shouta: Bu...But... / With this, that guy will also be relieved!
TesshO: Uhhmm yeah?

Tessho: Wha...What do you mean by being relieved?

Shouta: Well, that panda somehow looks like it’s sick?
Shouta: I thought that with this, he will be cured!