Kagijin Oneshot

Here is the translation for Kagijin, a oneshot featured in the winter issue of 2008 Akamaru Jump. It is going to be serialised in Weekly Shonen Jump starting in issue 33. This is done by Tanaka Yasuki, the mangaka of Hitomi no Catoblepas, a rather short lived manga from several years ago. Let's hope he has better luck with this one.

Anyone is free to scan just give me credit.

Page 1

-(top) The key in their hand will open the door to these two's future!! A new age fantasy, colour 55 pages!!
-(bottom) A "key" --- is now opening the power, and also that closed off heart!
-(title) Kagijin (TN- Kagijin is literally key person, but it can also mean as a race of people)

Page 2

-(side) The boy is looking up at the sky...so vast and beautiful --- that is a thing that will always allow you to believe in the future.
-I'm telling you the world long ago was filled with plants. / They were called "forests".
-They were a paradise where hundreds of thousands of living things lived...
-But everyone is an idiot so they don't believe it.
-(SFX) Pyu
-There were birds in that sky.

Page 3

-Birds freely soaring across the world...
-Human civilisation has sunk into the sand.
-The earth is practically dead, a star of sand.

Page 4

-Great East Asian Desert, 13th Salvage Camp
-In order to live in this world of nothing, / There is a job called "salvaging".
-Relics of a time of mankind's bounty---
-They are excavated from the middle of the desert. / And then turned into resources.

Page 5

-Hey Boss! / What on earth was that thing that we just pulled up then, that scrap.
-What, you don't know?
-That was something that they used to ride in the old times. / It was unbelievable, so fast you would be able to fly.
-You series...!? / How could that huge heap do that?
-That's all I know. I was told everything by Tsubame. / Right Tsubame!
-Heeh...that guy knows all sorts of strange stuff in detail.
-(SFx) Shaa (shovelling)

Page 6

-O-y!
-Isn't that right, Tsubame! (TN- Tsubame's name means swallow, a type of bird)
-Tsubame!!
-(handwritten) Oy
-(SFX) Domu
-(SFX) Shaa
-Don't ignore me
-Deeh!

Page 7

-What are you doing, you damn old man!!!
-(SFX) Zukizuki (angry)
-You're being so spirited in your work. / Working too much isn't good for the body yeah~~?
-Keep it down!! / I'm not in the mood to spend my whole life amassing all this dirty rubbish.
-Digging, digging, digging even more, then saving some money... / I want to be saying goodbye to this place as soon as I can!!
-Hah! I've been hearing that line for the past seven years...
-Shut up, / Die!

Page 8

-(TN- The character on the book means swallow, same as Tsubame)
-(SFX) Gayagaya (creaking)
-You,
-You have the same name as that bird right.
-Yo...you should eat together with everyone some time.
-Shizubee huh...please forgive me for drama earlier.
-Keh...you're with that book again!
-Migratory birds travelled to the sea and to the mountains. / They could easily fly where ever they wanted in the country.
-It would be so cool...being free...

Page 9

-I like this type of bird.
-Hmph.
-A beaten up book from the old times is a bunch of sheets of paper... / Sell it! Paper is a valuable treasure.
-We can make money!
-No way in hell.
-Why not, / You could acquire a more co-operative personality! / You're too conceited, I'm your senior you know!
-Benda! For heaven's sake...
-We've hear him speak casually with the boss!!

Page 10

-...I'm going to leave here someday.
-I don't need to make any friends.
-Keh!
-What will you do if you leave.
-Live freely.
-Just like this bird I want to travel to all sorts of places, and want see all sorts of things, and someday... / I will find one of these, not just a photo but the real thing.
-That kind of bird is already extinct moron...
-Oh for God's sake you two!
-It's terrible!!
-We've found something terrible!!

Page 11

-You seriously brought it out of the sand?
-Yes Boss... / We pulled her up with the crane...she's still breathing.
-There's a "Bird Cage' on her choker... / That's the coat of arms of the Gabbia Empire.
-Oy, it's a girl!?

Page 12

-This is a slave of the empire...
-Slave..!?
-She must have been swallowed by quicksand while she was escaping through the desert.
-I haven't hear good things about that place...it's a country that stinks of an addition to war.
-Her body is covered with horrible wounds.
-why...quickly take her to the medical room.
-Th...that is... / Look at that girl's wrist...!!
-Huh?
-Move out of the way!
-Move!
-Wah
-You can clearly see it.
-That keyhole mark...!!

Page 13

-...You lot, this girl is....
-Known as a "Kagijin"...
-A Kagijin!?
-That famous legend!?
-Kagijin...
-Their other name is 'The Black Demons'...A hundred years ago in the final war, all the great countries of the old times made use of them as soldiers.
-Destruction and massacre were repeated
-I don't know if it is true or not but, they were apparently monstrous people with extrodinary military capabilities, a single Kagijin was the equal of three battleships.
-They who destroyed the world are called "The Kagijin".

Page 14

-So she has the keyhole mark of a Kagijin... / But why was she a slave of Gabbia...
-It's a bad omen Boss...!! / They say that the Kagijin are demons who have come from hell!!
-This girl is still living from a hundred years ago!? / Th...then...she isn't a human, she's a demon...!!
-What sort of thing have we unearthed!!
-You're all idiots...
-Wha!?
-Tsubame huh...
-What do you think?
-Oy, Tsubame!?
-Wh...what are you doing that for!!

Page 15

-Getting all scared of a demon, pathetic...
-"Kagijin" you day...do you really believe in those fairy tales!
-Boss!!
-Well...it's like Tsubame says.
-Can you see a demon in that girl?

Page 16

-Please stand back Captain!! / It's dangerous!!
-"Black Lightning"...!! Su...superb.
-Is it a success?
-(SFX) Sugook (expanding/twisting)
-(SFX) Bokoon
-Uhh!?

Page 17

-No good huh...
-Even if we are able to catch a glimpse of the "Pitch Black Power" the body can't withstand it...
-I thought that he wouldn't be someone compatible with the 'key'.
-We need many more test subjects, Captain...!!
-...Do not fret, they are slaves so we can use a great many of them.
-It was regrettable what happened to 'Number 28'...
-Forget about it. / That talk from 7 years ago...
-According to the legends,

Page 18

-The "Key" was made by the Kagijin to be a key to open the door to hell. / Coming out from the door would be a black avatar of death and destruction.
-The Kagijin, when entwined by that pitch blackness,
-Was exactly like a demon from hell.
-Everyone thinks that that sort of thing is just a fairy tale... / However!!
-...The "Key" is real!
-The "Key" is a crystal from ancient sciences, power given to humans by demons and turned into a terrible weapon...!! / We excavated this "Key Chain" from the depths of the sand!
-With just one more step...our empire can gain the mightiest of power to destroy civilisation!

Page 19

-Everything is for the sake of our empire's prosperity... / We must hurry up so that we can achieve completion.
-Of the legendary
-Black Demon.

Page 20

-(TN one of the books in the bookshelf is a Shonen Jump)
-You sounded like you were having a nightmare.
-You can relax. / This is a salvage camp.

Page 21

-(SFX) Patom (book closing)
-Hmm...
-I'm Tsubame. / What's your name?
-(SFX) Boron (shaking)
-Do you want some water?

Page 22

-(SFX) Gokun (shifting)
-(SFX) Shiron (scowling)
-...Ah...
-I'll go and get some more.
-...Childa...

Page 23

-...Childa...my name... / Th...this delicious water...
-It's the first time I've drunk it....
-Is that right.
-Wa...wait!!
-Water is valueable. I can't take any more than this. I'm a slave... / I cannot carry it...!!
-I'm going to leave soon!
-I'll cause trouble for everyone here.

Page 24

-And besides I---
-Thanks for helping me.
-Wait up...
-Ehhh ehhh
-What are you crying form, kiddo...

Page 25

-You a lost child?
-Are you going to go wandering around? / You'll be discovered by Gabbia's men.
-I'll negotiate with the Boss about letting you stay here for a short while.
-You don't want to go back to that bird cage any more right?
-Why does this person...
-Alright.
-Know that I?
-(SFX) Kira (shine)

Page 26

-That key is?
-U...m...
-The smell.
-Eh!?
-First you need to take a bath. (handwritten) You stink
-Uu...
-(SFX) Za (walking)
-(SFX) Za
-Unbelievable, Tsubame is taking care of a person.
-Yeah.

Page 27

-I thought he was a guy who didn't give a care about other people... / And what's more a suspicious slave at that...
-He was a slave long ago as well.
-...Boss!!
-And even more so, he was the same a that girl...a slave of Gabbia. / When Tsubame was a small child both of his parents were killed in a war by the empire.
-That's why he's doing all those things. / That girl is Tsubame's charge.
-Are you serious...
-Don't say I told you. / He doesn't like to talk about the past.

Page 28-29

-Tsubame doesn't smile, / ...But...he's a kind person...
-He's completely different to that guy...!!
-That guy was always smiling, but he was a scary person...
-No...I don't want to think about it anymore...!!
-(SFX) Gogogo.. (engine sound)
-What's this!?
-What, what is that thing!?
-A pirate raid!?
-No it's not, It's a Gabbia battleship!!

Page 30

-Did they come searching for that girl!?
-Hmm, it's odd... / Using a battleship just to search for a single slave...
-Hiih
-Search under every rock.
-Uwah!?

Page 31

-Hold it right there!!
-Have you come to this camp to start a war, Mr Empire.
-If you are going to go invading someone's territory then at the least shouldn't you explain your actions for doing so as a matter of politeness. / If you don't then perhaps we should---
-Hiding an escaped slave is a serious crime in the empire. / Didn't you know...?
-Wh...at did you say...

Page 32

-Boss!!
-Wh...what did he!?
-I am Captain Dejanira of Gabbia. / First I will place all of you criminal scum under arrest.
-Those that resist will be charged with treason to the empire and be executed under that sentence.
-Dammit, let me go.
-Who is a criminal.
-Ouch
-It's him!!!
-Hurry up and walk!
-There's no doubt...he's come here looking for me.
-Why he is here...!?
-Everyone...everyone has been captured...!!

Page 33

-It's useless...!! There's no escaping from him...no matter what I do...
-I can't have my freedom after all...
-Tsubame...
-(SFX) Za (stepping out)
-Captain!!
-(SFX) *smile
-Well well...
-So you really were here.

Page 34

-There is an escaped slave before me... / I placed a homing device on your choker before.
-And I carry the key to your choker...it is useless no matter where you run...
-Number 357.
-Ah, wait, wait.
-Violence is no good. / This girl is still an unfinished product.
-(SFX) Su... (reaching arm)
-Ahh
-You're a naughty girl for running away... / You are my possession.
-Possessions do not have freedom.
-Possessions should return to their owner's place.
-Uuh...
-Bring her.

Page 36

-Eh...

Page 37

-Tsubame!? / Why are you...d...don't come here!!
-Oy, stop right there you.
-Stop!!
-So there was still some rubbish left over.
-Can't you hear us!?
-Kuh!
-Captain!!

Page 38

-Tsu...
-Tsubame...
-Take it easy.
-I'll get you your freedom.

Page 39

-What should we do Captain!?
-Could it be...that was...did I see wrong just now!? ...No, but...!!
-That monkey that was riding on his shoulder...!!
-Hanging around it's nexk was---!?
-Eeeh
-Eliminate him!!
-Watch out...!
-Run away Tsubame.

Page 40

-Watch carefully Childa.
-Eh
-Keys exist to open doors.

Page 41

-Captain
-That power of a Kagijin that you wanted.

Page 42

-A keyhole mark on the body of a receptor
-Did he...
-just say Kagijin!?
-Identifies a Kagijin who is compatible with a key.

Page 43

-A key that opens the human body
-It calls the instinct kept hidden inside the body.
-That is a battle instinct

Page 44-45

-It's perfect that everyone isn't here... / I didn't want anyone to see this form.
-That is is order to eliminate the enemies who are right in front of their eyes.
-Th...this is...
-Just like the legends say...!!
-That fighting instinct takes the form of a weapon.

Page 46-47

-"The Pitch Black Power"
-That black majesticness
-Ah...
-Is what was identified as a demon in the legends.
-To think we would meet again in this sort of place... / Have you forgotten me.
-Captain Dejanira...!!
-It's the same...as that time!!
-Could it be that you are...
-The massive firestorm that happened at the research institution 7 years ago!!!

Page 48

-The cause was a key being released in order for a test subject to escape
-The survivors said that that power was a black flame
-That burnt down the research institute in an instant
-And that test subject disappeared
-Along with a key---
-...Number 28.
-...Bl... / "Black Flame"...
-This is your..."Pitch Black Power"...!!

Page 49

-Today is the first day I am thankful for this power... / I can teach this guy that Kagijin aren't demons.
-Wait Number 28!!
-I'm sorry, think about this!!
-You should use that power for the sake of our army. / You won't have to work here in the desert collecting rubbish!!
-Water, food, money!! I can give you anything that you desire in your life!!! / So...so spare me...
-...Well!?
-...How 'bout it...?
-...No way in hell.

Page 50

Page 51

-I am a swallow, Tsubame.
-Sorry but, it isn't a bird that you can keep in a bird cage.
-What on earth happened over there... / That explosion just now!?
-Tsubame! / Where did you go hiding off to...?
-Did you see something!?
-Are you alright Gramps!!
-The wounds are light... / This isn't enough to keep me down.
-O...oy, Tsubame!

Page 52

-More importantly, could it be that power---
-Why did that battleship explode. / They must have self destructed.
-...Don't press that issue.
-Tch... / Fine...
-Now you are free.

Page 53

-Fr...
-Free...
-I let you see because it was you. / Alright...don't tell anyone else that I am a Kagijin...
-Everyone will get scared otherwise.
-...I...
-Don't think that you are scary
-I won't say it.
-I def~~initely won't say it!!
-Ah...Oy!
-Tsubame isn't a demon!!
-Sorry... / I still stink.
-(SFX) Guka (palm hitting)

Page 54

-Oy, Gramps!
-A key is something that opens a door
-She wants' to work here starting from today!
-Eh
-Is that alright?
-Aah...no problem.
-(SFX) Pyu pyu
-Thank goodness, Childa...

Page 55

-He's smiling...Tsubame that is...
-Something must have happened...
-It's fine isn't it, we were saved weren't we!!
-A key is
-Hey, Tsubame...!!
-A magical power that opens a door / To the future.
-Dry yourself up!
-(side) A huge power is frequently a wicked thing...however this time it was chosen for the path of justice!! Carrying a strong heart, from the opened door...it's the first step!!