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Translation: REAL 66

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:15:19 +0000

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tl by molokidan

185)
1-4: haa

186)
1-4: haa
5: What is "despair"?

187)
1-6: hah

188)
1: The Lightnings...!!
2: What's going on?!
3: The Lightnings regulars...VS
4: the 10 remaining try-out players!
5: This is the final test!!
6: What a joke.

189)
1: Alright, let's begin.
2-3: Thank you.
4: Ohhh...it's Anzai Yoshiki...!!
5: Looks like he has no intention of acknowledging me...

190)
1: Thank you.
2: Listen up, guys. They're the Lightnings regulars,
3: but we can still take them.
4: Where's your proof?
5(2b): Hideshi, their #2, Jou, is more of a slasher than a shooter. He's a good defender, but he's got no outside game.
6: Their center, Brooks, has the highest rebound count in the entire league.

191)
1(2b): We have to all block him as if our lives depended on it. They've got some weak points too.
2(2b): Their #3 is bad at blocking in the paint. So pushing strong with a center formation could be a good strategy.
3: I got all the Tokyo Lightnings data
4: right inside here.
5(2b): Now let's go own
6: the regulars.

192)
1: Gohh
2: Bleggh
3: Defense!

193)
1(2b): Dammit! I'm good at getting charged...
2: Haa
3: but it's too early for that...
4: haa
5: This is fucked up...
6: Why was Nomiya picked...?
7: He's just a run-of-the-mill point guard...!!
8(2b): Oh yeah, I forgot. Anzai Yoshiki's offense is pretty much always 1 on 1...
9: even if it ends up in a mismatch on someone like me.
10: And he never passes!!
11: So help me out.

194)
1: The goal of this tryout is to find the kind of players we're currently in need of on the team.
2: It doesn't necessarily mean we'll pick the 10 best players.
3(2b): Team...so it's all about teamwork...?
4: If that was what you were after, then why didn't you tell us at the beginning?
5: I always put my team first.
6: But I was staking my life on this tryout,
7: so naturally I tried to show off my own skills...!!
8: So are you saying that what you showed me today wasn't the real you?
9: When does the real you come out, then?
10: Right now, there's someone...

195)
1: on the bottom of the basketball pyramid--
2: who's vying for the top.
3: He doesn't belong here...!!
4: Woahhh!
5: Rebound!!
6: Nice one!

196)
1: To be honest, Tanaka-san,
2: I don't get what you see in that point guard.
3: What's his forte?
4: Well let me ask you, then, how does he look to you?
5: What's your general idea of him?
6(2b): He's 174 cm. Small, and not especially fast.
7: He handles the ball...okay, I guess.
8(2b): He sucks at shooting, has little experience.
9: ...Overall, he just seems unfit to play at the pro level.
10(2b): Mmm...okay.

197)
1: So you don't see any potential in him...

198)
1: Jewels...
2: and stones--
3: Potential can be spotted in the blink of an eye.
4: But sometimes, that can make you blind to the natural gifts...
5: of young players.

199)
1: The natural gifts that come from here.
2-4: haa
5: It's really pathetic.
6: You were only picked to fill an empty spot.
7: You have no right to be playing on the same court as me.
8: Where are you going, Yoshiki?
9: We aren't done yet.

200)
1: Why am I here?
2: Come back.
3: I don't want to risk getting injured.
4: You lack respect.
5: Towards your teammates,
6: and toward the game.
7: Come back.
8: I know it.
9-11: haa
10: He's gonna come for me.

201)
1: You're dead.
2-3: hah

202)
1-5: hah

203)
1-3: hah
4: That's the Yoshiki I know.
5: There's no way I can stop him.
6: But...

204)
1: I studied him--
2: And I found his weak point!!
3(2b): He sucks at defense--I can get past him!!

205)
1: I can't get through him.
2(2b): I'll have to push through with pure power!
3: Nuohhh
4: Power...

207)
1: Even power-wise...
2: It's like a kid and an adult...
3: The real thing...
4: and a fake...?
5: Despair--

209)
1: What is "despair"?

210)
1: That's what despair is.

211)
1-3: hah
4: Not this.

212)
1: This

213)
1: is joy.

214)
1: Uooooohhhhhhhh
2: People show their true value when they get smacked down.
3: Do they look down?
4: Do they look forward?
5: Do they continue to challenge themselves without giving up?
6: That's the most important thing, something that's often hidden by talent and experience.

215)
1: The natural gifts that come from the heart.
2: Bring it.

216)
1: He's faster...!!

217)
1: He never passes--

219)
1: Yes, go!!
2: A steal!!

220)
1: Yeaaaahhh

221)
1: Did you
2: hear anything today?
3: Nothing.

222)
1(2b): Only those who were chosen from the try-outs get calls.
2: It's been a month now--
3: Wanna go get some okonomiyaki?

Translation: REAL 65

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:14:56 +0000

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tl by molokidan

149)
1: Uggh...nope. Sorry...I need some more sleep.
2-3: zzz...

151)
1: Yeaaaah!
2: Awesome!

152)
1: L-let me try it one more time!
2: What?!
3(2b): Hey Tomo. You don't know how to play games, so just wait over there.
4: Yeah, don't try to peek, fatty.
5: Oh, wait.
6: Actually, come here, Tomo.

153)
1: Let's see what's in your pockets.
2: Yeah!
3: Take that!
4: The new Mario game just came out.
5(2b): But my mom said she's not gonna buy me any more games.
6: You got some money today, don't you, Tomo?
7: Show us what you got.
8: C'mon, don't get all serious like that.
9(2b): We just wanna see, fatty!
10: C'mon, let go of it!
11: Hm?

154)
1: A foreigner!
2: What's he talking about?!
3: Hey, you know some English, don't you?
4(2b): But he isn't speaking English! I can't understand him!
5(2b): Let's go! Goodbye!!
6: C'mon, Tomo!

155)
1: Okay?!
2: If you buy it for us we'll let you play with us!
3: Let's all play it together, Tomo!
4: Thank you!

156)
1: Let me see!
2: Hurry, open it up!
3: Hey, he's pretty fast for a fatty!
4: Woaaaaahhhh!
5-7: Hah

157)
1-6: hah

158)
1: You and me are on a team.
2: So it'll be us vs. these three.
3: That's probably what he was saying...

159)
1: click
2: Oh, Tomo, you're awake?
3: I'm sure you remember, but...I need a lunch for the hike tomorrow.
4(2b): Uggh...I drank too much again...sorry...
5: Lunchbox?

160)
1: Tomoooo!
2: Did you bring your lunchbox?
3(small): I bet
4(small): he's got
5(small): a lot of change...

161)
1: Huh?!
2: Hey Tomo, did you forget something?!
3: Sensei, Tomo's running home!!
4-8: haa

163)
sign: Please Do Not Litter

165)
1-2: Huh?

167)
1: Hm?
2: Your name!
3: Ah...Tomo.

168)
1: Ugo?
2-3: Ugo.

171)
1: I heard "Adios." I think that means goodbye.
2: He hasn't been back since then...
3: Ugo...what was he always trying to say...
4: To me...?

172)
1: Maybe it went like this--
2: Tomo.
3: You probably think those kids aren't letting you be their friend, huh?
4: But...hold on a second.
5: Do you really think those three kids are friends?
6: What did he mean?
7(2b): Those three are always playing together. I'm the only one left out.

177)
1: Ugo...
2(2b): Hey, did you hear about the new game that just came out? I'm not allowed to
play games at home, though...
3(2b): Hey, fatty!! Get over here.

178)
1(2b): Come on, show us your pockets!
2: No thanks.
3: We'll let you play with us.
4: No thanks.
5(2b): C'mon, we'll be friends! Just come over here!
6: No thanks!
7: Huh...?!
8-10: hah

180)
1: Can I play with you?
2: Tomo.
3: I'm Tomo.

181)
1: Hooooooo
2: I'm caked with sweat.

182)
1: It's on...!!

Translation: REAL 64

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:14:37 +0000

*Only for I-M.

tl by molokidan

113)
1: Come on, that's it!
2: This scrimmage will decide the last 10 remaining players!!
3: Do your best!!

114)
1: 10 players--!!

115)
1: Woaaahhhh
2: screeeech
3: Offense!
4: They're really going all out.
5: Heh.
6: Well?
7: Got your 10?

116)
1: Yep.
2: Pretty much.
3(2b): Me too. All the guys out there look pretty good this time.
4: First, we have the point guard, Naruse--
5: He doesn't have the sharpness he did in his golden days,
6: but he's got charm.

117)
1: We'll need to check up on the condition of his knee--
2: but as far as I can see, he'd be a perfect back-up for Anzai.

118)
1: ...I couldn't follow it!
2: Watching someone and being matched up against them are two totally different
things!
3: And they say he's past his prime...just how fucking good WAS this guy?!
4: This is what it means to be pro.
5: Right now, I'm

119)
standing in a totally new zone--

120)
1: Pfft!
2: This spot's all slippery with sweat!
3(2b): Goddammit! Haa, haa
4: Get serious, (you asshole!)

121)
1: Second--
2: will be the ex-NBA power forward, J.J. Watson.
3: He only had two ten-day contracts,
4: and then started traveling around Europe, South America, and Asia--
5(2b): He doesn't really have any scoring ability, but he's more the type to take
on all the dirty jobs with little trouble. I thought you might like him, Tanaka-
san.
6: How old is he?
7: Ummm...34.

122)
1: Doesn't look like that garbage shooting of his will get any better, then.
2: Woahh!
3: But he's got some power!

123)
1: Japan may be the last chance for me to get a contract...
2: This is all I've got...!!

124)
1: Woahh!
2: Look how high he is!!

125)
1: That 210 cm beast is from Argentina.
2: Jorge Aguero.
3: Shiiiit.
4: That guy's just too tall.
5: Hmph! He may be tall, but he's slow.
6: He's got good shooting and handling for his height.
7: There's just one problem...

126)
1: He doesn't know how to behave.
2: There're rumors that he's even been arrested before. (Who knows)
3(2b): Next, E and F...
4: I have a request.
5: Can we make this part tournament style too?!
6: That way the ones who win can still have more chances to show what they've got--

127)
1(2b): We have to, or else...since our point guard never passes, I hardly have any
chance to do anything.
2: Wh-what do you think?
3: We can't just change the rules all of a sudden.
4: Sure.
5: That'll make things more exciting.
6: I was just starting to wonder if this whole day would just be a big
disappointment, anyway...

128)
1: (korean)
2: Who's that?
3: Kim Chan Ho -- he's played in the KBA for 5 years.
4(2b): No, I know who Kim is. I'm talking about the guy with the dreads.

129)
1: Yeahhhh!!
2: A whole new zone...
3: (korean)

130)
1: Ppphhh
2: Woah!
3(2b): Sakamoto Hidekichi. He grew up in Chicago.
4: He comes from the street.
5: He's got some guts.
6: He must, to be able to hold his own on the inside with Kim.

131)
1: Hmph!
2: (korean)
3(2b): Then we have the Inui twins from the independent SJBB league's Kouchi Black
Dogs,
4: a team that was abolished due to lack of funds.

132)
1: Kenichi--
2: and Kenji--
3: Did you ask them?
4: No, they said they couldn't do something like that.
5: Sorry.
6: They can run circles around the defense
7: and mix things up with their unique combination plays.

133)
1: They might be useful as super subs.
2: Regardless of their size problems--
3: Ukita Kazuya.
4: A lefty shooter.

134)
1: He may look like a pushover, and he isn't fast,
2: but he has a unique rhythm...it's hard for guys to stick on him.

135)
1: I won't lose to that guy...
2: How come?
3: They're the same type.
4: Yeah.
5: Let's go.
6: Yeahhh!
7: Let's go!

136)
1: Alright guys!!
2: Yeah!
3: He's got energy.
4: Hoo...let's go.
5: Don't be afraid.

138)
1(2b): That skinhead started off like shit,

139)
1: but he's gotten used to the speed now.
2: Huh? Who?
3: Haa
4: Good, he didn't get away from me.
5: Haa
6: I've learned that he's most dangerous when he starts dribbling.
7: If I can just get past that point...!!
8: Man, if I had done something like this earlier,
9: I could have gotten even better!

140)
1: I don't want to leave this court.
2: Woahh!
3: Nice cut, Hideshi!

141)
1: Woahh!!
2: Secretly,
3: I've got confidence in my dribbling.
4: Take it up there, alone! Offense!
5(small): Not like we're gonna win this.
6: Look, he got stopped.

143)
1: That guy can change a catch to a release so fast.
2(2b): Hidejima Souichirou. A college student?
3: The #14 guard is...
4: Nomiya...Tomomi?
5: Here's another guy who's cute name doesn't match his face. How old is he...?

144)
1(2b): C'mon, defense! This is where it counts!
2: Yeahhh!
3: If you stop them here, they're done!

145)
1: Now then, we'll announce the 10 remaining players.
2: If you hear your name called, step forward.

146)
1: Nomiya Tomomi.
2: That makes ten.
3: Wh...
4: Why him...?!
5: After a ten-minute break, we will proceed with the final test using these ten
players!!

Translation: REAL 63

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:14:16 +0000

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tl by molokidan

78)
1: This is completely made...
2: for basketball...

79)
1(2b): Its capabilities must be completely different from the one I'm in...

80)
1: Wait.
2: First I need to
3: stop my own.
4: This should be the right position.
5: Just need to get it close...
6: Alright.
7: I'm gonna get on.

81)
1: No, just a little more.
2(2b): A little closer...as close as I can get...
3: Now.
4(2b): Just move a bit forward...get a bit lower...
5: One, two,
6: Mmmm
7: Next...

82)
1: One...two!
3: Now this one...
4: Mmm
5: Hoo
6: Next...
7: I got it...
8: I just need to move sideways...

83)
1: For people who play basketball in wheelchairs...
2: this is nothing. It's a daily thing.
3: They change wheelchairs every time they go to practice.
4: Haha!
5: How can I let something like this stop me?!

84)
1: OK
2: Don't fall!
3: This is it...

85)
1: I need to support my entire body
2: with just my arms...
3: Time out!
4: Wait...
5: rub rub
6: Wait a minute.
7: Alright.
8: Mmm...
9: Guh
10: You can do it.
11: I know you can.

86)
1: Guh...
2: Dammit...

87)
1: I need more...
2: rehabilitation.
3-4: haa
5: Now just my legs...
6: Mmm
7: Wahh

88)
1: Oh?
2: Nnnnn
3-6: haa

90)
1: Woah?!
2: It's so light!! What is this thing?!
3: It's completely different!
4: I'm free!!
5: With this, I can--

91)
1: Huh?
2: Wait...umm...
3(2b): I need balance. And I can't strain myself.
4: Okay...

92)
1: Dammit!!
2(2b): What is this?! Something's wrong with this thing!!
3: Heh heh...

93)
1: They could all move so freely.
2: Why can't I?!
3: I feel like I'm on ice--

94)
1(2b): Hah! NOW you finally show your true face.
2: Ah!

95)
1: Who said you could get on that, faggot?!
2: I-I'm sorry!

96)
1: This is the first time I've ever seen your real face.
2: Huh?
3: Forget it.
4(2b): Can't handle that tool, can you? Heh heh...
5: Go ahead, try to tame it...if you can.
6: Takahashi Hisanobu.

97)
1: That's the first time she's called me by name...
2(small): While scratching her butt...

98)
1: 4 vs. 3 offense drill--
2: If you win on offense, you stay in.
3: The more you win, the more chances you get to show what you're made of.
4: Hah
5: I know it should be obvious, but...
6: Hah

99)
1: These guys are good...!!
2: How many guys do we have with league experience?
3: ...About 60%.
4(2b): Over half of the remaining 40% are college students. And a little more than 10% of the remaining guys...well, they're just nobodies.
5: Any players aside from the ones you know that stand out...?
6: Hmmm...I hope I can find some.
7-8: Fast, tall,
9: built...
10: Their shots get in...

100)
1: Yeahh!!
2: It's the first time I've ever played at this level!!
3: If I relax for even a second, I feel like I'd get smacked away...
4: But...!!
5-7: haa

101)
1: Hey!
2: Hmph...
3: You're my enemy too--

102)
1: Woahh!!
2(2b): Classic Naruse. He's far past his prime, but he's still top-notch!
3: Dammit! I thought Naruse retired?!
4: I need to do something, or he'll totally snub me out.
5: Bring it in!
6: Next will be a 5 on 5
7: scrimmage test!
8: We'll squeeze it down to 10 people with this one!

103)
1: Take note of the following rules!
2: First of all--
3: I've gotta find a way to show off this time.
4: Don't hold me back, dammit!
5(2b): You cannot foul out! But fouled players will get one foul shot.
6: The clock will continue running throughout.
7: There will be no time outs!
8: That concludes the rules!

104)
1: Hey, let's go!
2: They figured out the characteristics of us white team guys during the 4-on-3.
3: Hey!!
4: Hand it over!
5(small): Shut up...
6: This guy reminds me...

105)
1: of Takahashi...
2: His speed or physical abilities aren't anything special, but he's a good jump shooter.
3: And he never passes.
4: Well, whatever. I'll just let him shoot.

106)
1: He's come this far on his own.
2: Just like Takahashi.
3: Alone.
4: I...
5: Hey!

107)
1: Free!
2: Black's ball!!
3: Sheesh...
4: This time all five of us have gotta step up.

108)
1: That's the kind of point guard I wanna be.
2: Hm...?
3: Hey, is that...

109)
1: The Lightnings!
2: Anzai's there too.

112)
Anzai Yoshiki
"The Answer"
181 cm
Point guard

He's a strong and fast player. He doesn't get along with Tanaka.

Translation: REAL 62

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:13:55 +0000

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tl by molokidan

41)
1: Japanese basketball? Forget it.
2(2b): Hey, come on, Tomo-chan! I got an extra ticket here!
3: Why don't you just go alone with Yoshida? She plays women's basketball.
4(2b): Sssshhh! I just barely managed to ask her, that's my limit!
5(2b): Please! I don't know anything about basketball, so we won't be able to make
any conversation!
6: I watch the NBA, but...
7: C'mon, don't be like that!
8: Any basketball is still basketball, right?

42)
1: The game's started already!
2: So many open seats...
3: Any players you know?
4: ...nope.
5: This way, Yoshida!
6: What's wrong?
7: Sorry, Yamamoto, Nomiya...
8: I'm leaving.
9: What?!

43)
1: My mom said she's not coming back. (Sorry)
2(2b): Wait! Wha...
3: ...(there she goes.)
4: That's what you get for trying to fish her with basketball...
5: I guess I'll just watch the first half and then go home.
6: I bet it's funner to play basketball than watch it anyway.

44)
1: A ball...
2: I should have brought one.
3: So I'd at least have something to do...
4: That's some noise.
5: Those guys work out that much?
6: I need to do some myself.

45)
1: Ah!
2: I get it.
3: They spin when they get into position.
4: That makes it harder to cut.

46)
1: What's that
2: point guard's name?
3: Woahhhh!
4: Naruseeeee

47)
1: What grade are you in?
2: Seventh!
3: Write "To Tomo-chan!"

48)
1: Everyone is my enemy.
2: Hmph.

49)
1: Five years have passed--
2: I did hear that he retired once because of a leg injury.
3: But to think he'd be here...standing in front of me...
4: I hope
5: we both get selected...

50)
1: Tests of skill--
2: The try-outs begin with various tests aimed at determining basic personal skill
3: gradually moving toward more practical examinations,

51)
1: and ending with a scrimmage.
2: The color of your jersey determines your team.
3: White!
4: OK, white team, over here!
5: Let's introduce ourselves.
6: I'm Nomiya Tomomi, from Nishi High. I'm a point guard, nice to meet you.
7: I'm Hidejima.
8: Ahh!!

52)
1: I'll pay you back tomorrow, I promise!!
2: Don't worry about it!
3: Why are you acting like the leader?
4: Oh, you're that one guy.
5: I'm Nomiya. Nice to meet you.
6: Just don't drag us down.
7: Nishi High, huh? I didn't even know they had a team.

53)
1: Box drills,
2: defense footwork...
3: Next!
4: Alright! I'm up!!
5: Oooooooooh
6: Ohhhhhhhhh

54)
1: Hey, Yeah!
2: Ohhh
3: Hoooo

55)
1: Mikan drills,
2: which involve approaching the basket alternating from left and right,
3: including reverse lay-ups,

56)
1: I should have practiced my lefts more.
2-4: haa
5: I missed a lot.
6: tap drills,
7: Okaaaay!
8: Ahh
9: I missed!
10: Ahhh
11: Don't worry!!

57)
1: Cone drills,
2: to examine dribbling skill,
3: Here we go!
4: Zig-zag through the cones on the floor--
5: First go through with a front change to a roll,
6: This is it!
7: then through the legs the second time,
8: and a behind-the-back for your third time.
9: This is the big one...!!

58)
1: What the?!
2: He always has to stand out.
3(2b): Is he trying to show off for the coach? Geez.
4: That wasn't it.

59)
1: It was the moment he had been waiting so long for.
2: The end of the promise
3: he had kept quietly to himself through his entire life.
4: Practicing in secret,
5: without a chance to ever show anyone--

60)
1: If I stop practicing for one day then I'll quit basketball.
2: It was his lifeline, as a short basketball player.
3: Therefore, it was also the source of his confidence.
4: And this was the day
5: when light finally shone down on the skills he had honed--

61)
1: Ohhh!
2: This is the last one!!
3: Ohhhhhhhhhh

62)
1: Yeaaaah!
2: Nice one!
3: Next!!
4-7: Haa

63)
1: I'm so glad I practiced everyday.
2: But now comes the real test.

64)
1: This is the real...
2: Is my voice shaking?
3: What's going on?
4: NOW I'm getting nervous?!
5: You did more than enough,
6: for a nameless player.
7: Don't listen to it!
8: But you don't belong here.

66)
1: I'm going forward.
2: Farther forward.
3: Sorry to keep you waiting, white team!!
4: We're all gonna pass this test!!

67)
1: Huh?
2: You played basketball?

68)
1: Guh...
2: Guhhhhhhh
3: Okay! That's it, Nobu!!
4: Good work!
5-7: haa

69)
1: You do hold the ball differently.
2-4: Haa
5: Nobu's changed.
6: His sulkiness is gone.
7: There's fire in his eyes.
8: Seems like his mother's gotten out of the hospital, too.
9: Looks like we're entering a new stage.

70)
1: This is good.
2: Really...
3: Except...
4: on the other hand...
5: Ahh...!!

71)
newspaper: King of the city!
1: That guy!
2: Nagai...something!
3: The Dreams...
4: The representative team...of Japan...!!
5: On the other hand...
6: I'm worried about Scorpion...
7: Shiratori-san...?

72)
1: Your mother got out from the hospital. -Dad
2: She's out...

73)
1(2b): If she comes, I'll apologize.
2: Die.
3: I promise.
4: It's strange...
5: It used to look so far away.
6: But now it looks closer than it did yesterday.

74)
1: Hey! Who the hell's in here! Do you know what time it is/!
2: ...you again, faggot?
3: Just who I wanted to see. Go put this in the back room for me.
4: Huh...me?
5: It's a wheelchair...

75)
1: for playing basketball.

Translation: REAL 61

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:13:33 +0000

*Only for I-M.

tl by molokidan

8)
Tryout Arena

9)
1: ziiip
2: I'm going
3: to change my life.

10)
1: Nishi Hiiiiiiigh
2-3: Fiiiiiiight

11)
1: Yeaaaaaaahhh
2: Hey
3: Oh
4: Hey

12)
1: Natsumi Misa
2: How's the manga going?
3: We're in the same shoes, now, you know.
4: I figured out there's only one thing I wanna do.

13)
1: Become a pro basketball player.
2: If you wanna laugh, then go ahead and laugh!!

14)
1: Hohhh

16)
1: I'm finally here...
2: The people putting it on aren't even here yet...
3: I'm too early.
4: I knew I'd be, though...
sign:
Tryouts start at 12:45
Please do your warm-ups beforehand
We accept no responsibility for lost belongings.
5: clang

17)
1: Tomorrow--
2: pull out that sheathed blade of yours.
3: I know...!!
4: glug

19)
1: Huh

20)
1: Woahhh
2: What time is it?! Shit!
3: Registration time!!
4: I've only got one minute left!!
5(2b): The registration desk will be closing momentarily. Is there anyone else who has yet to register?
6: Haa, haa, haa!
7: Wait a minuuuuuuute!
8: I'm Nomiya!
9: Haa, haa
10: Nomiya...is that right?
11: I made it...cough, cough
12: It's 5000 yen for registration, right?
13: Where's my wallet?

21)
bottom right: Was it stolen?
middle top: ........
bottom left: But I just used it to buy some coffee...
1: The fee...I'll pay it afterwards, I promise!
2: What are you talking about?
3: You're time's up, I'm sorry.

22)
1: We're risking our lives on these try-outs.
2: If you came here thinking this was some kind of game, you've got a big surprise waiting for you.
3: No, I'm the same as you...
4: Heeeey, move iiiiiit! (You!)
5: Wait a minute, registration!
6: I'm Hidejima!! I'm registering!

23)
1: Phewwww, I made it!
2: Technically, you're late, you know. Here's your change.
3: It's thanks to that guy over there that I haven't closed up this table yet.
4: Sorry, Nomiya.
5: If that's the case, then...
6(2b): I mean, I owe you, in a way. And I don't like having to owe people.
7: Ahhh....
8(no bubble): Thank youuuuuu
9: The opening ceremony's about to begin, hurry!

26)
1: Whewwww, that guy really saved my ass.
2: I know one of these guys stole my wallet...dammit!
3: No wait, I need to stay calm.
4(2b): Now then, a word from our head coach, Tanaka Junichi.
5: Ohhh!
6: It's Jun-chan.

27)
1: I assume that you've all gathered here because you feel you're ready to play at the pro level.
2: Thank you for coming.
3: Now, today, I want each and everyone of you to show me
4: your skill,
5: and your spirit!!
6: There really are a lot of tall guys here...
7: and some foreigners, too.
8(2b): I expected that, though. And none of them are my enemies unless they're also aiming for point guard.
9: They're actually my allies...

29)
1: Bring it in!!
2: Can I have a minute, Kanegon?
3(2b): I'd like to introduce the friend I told you all about earlier.
4: Huh? I don't remember hearing about this.
5: Mm? Didn't I tell you guys?
6: This is Hara-san.

30)
1: Uhhhh, hi...
2(2b): I'm Hara. It's an honor to be here.
3: Huh?
4: Ahhh...
5(2b): Hara-san is a friend...er, a senior of mine who fought together with me in Australia.
6: Oh, so you were in Australia?
7(2b): Just for a little bit.

31)
1: He retired last year, but I couldn't help myself and forced him to come out here today!
2: Hahahaha!
3: Hara-san! Let's turn back into tigers!!
4(2b): It's time for a tiger comeback!! Please!! OK?
5: This sucks.
6: I was just starting to relax...
7: Ryou! (C'mon!)
8: Hara-san, this is Ryou.
9: Oh, so this is the kid.
10: I like the look he's got on his face.
11: How old are you, Ryou-san?
12: S-sixteen.
13(2b): Good, good. It's good to start early.

32)
1(2b): I'm 41. It's a critical age.
2: It's an honor to be able to play with you all.
3: I'm gonna make you into the best player there is, Ryou.
4: Seems that there's one last piece of unfinished business for Hara-san.
5(2b): I want to take all that I've built up for 22 years, since I was 18...my technique,

33)
1: My wisdom...my theories.
2: Up until now, I've used them only for myself.
3(2b): But now, I'd like to teach them to people. Help people grow.
4: Share them, basically.
5: I'm so thankful that Mitsuru-kun gave me this chance.
6: Ummm...
7: You were once a member of the Dreams, weren't you, Hara-san?
8: What, really?

34)
1(2b): Before I went to Australia--in the twilight of my career.
2: I had always wanted to share the experience I had in that period, but for some reason I held back...
3(2b): I knew it was the right thing to do, but on the other hand...I feared that I others would feel I was overstepping my boundaries.
4: ...so does that mean you know the weaknesses of the Dreams members...?
5(2b): Like, Fujikura's weakness...you know about him?!
6(2b): There were times when I had suggestions for him.
7: Woah!
8(2b): He knows all their weaknesses! Awesome!
9: Welcome to the Tigers!
10: The young ones now don't know about them, though.
11: Heh...I held back then, but now...

35)
1: First, we have to make sure you're ready for the cup match in three months.
2: But that isn't our ultimate goal.

36)
1: I intend to teach you everything I know,
2: but it's up to you whether you become #1 or end up as a second-rate.
3: Which fate would you prefer, Ryou-san?
4: #1...!
5: Then I won't hold back.

37)
1: Umm...
2: Excuse me!
3(2b): You're Hirose, aren't you? From the Urawa Bruins!
4: When I was a kid I--
5: Go away.
6: Unless you want the shit beat out of you.
7: No one's gonna beat me.

38)
1: I'll show you what it really means to be pro.
2: I'll make it so you'll never want to play basketball again.
3: I used to watch his matches all the time when I was a kid.
4: I even shook his hand when I was in 7th grade...
5: Everyone here is my enemy.

39)
Tanaka Junichi. He's a good coach. He's got a long face. He's got some flab on his chin, but he tries to use his beard to mask it.

Translation: Gifuu Doudou!! 1

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:40:09 +0000

*Only for use by I-C.

24)
1: In the autumn of Taishou 4 (1576) --
2: At the Kasugayama Castle in Echigo --
3: The estate of Uesugi Kagematsu --

25)
1: Sentouin (52)
2: As the blood elder sister of Uesugi Kenshin, she was much like a mother
to him. She was taken as a wife by Nagao Masakage, the leader of the
Sakato castle in Uedasou, Echigo. However, Masakage died 12 years ago, so
she shaved her head and became a Buddhist nun, renaming herself Sentouin.
3: Kagekatsu!!

26)
1: Uesugi Kagekatsu (21)
2: ...mother.
3(2b): The eldest son of Masakage and Sentouin, and nephew to Kenshin.
After Kagekatsu lost his father at the age of 9, Kenshin adopted the boy.
After Masakage's death, Kagekatsu became the lord of Sakato castle.
However, one year ago, in order to receive education so that he could
become Kenshin's successor, Kagekatsu was called to Kasugayama castle.
4: Kagekatsu...
5: Have you seen Yoroku?

27)
1: Why won't you answer? Kagekatsu!
2(2b): Kagekatsu was a man of few words, and is said to have never smiled
once during his entire life. By this point in his life, there was already
a vertical wrinkle etched into the man's brow.
3(2b): Nobody's seen Yoroku for the past three days. Yoroku is your page!
As his master, you should always know where he is!
4: Kagekatsu!
5: Look at your mother in the eyes!
6: Yoroku...
7: Mmm?
8: Went to Azuchi...

28)
1: A...Azuchi?!
2: Th...the same Azuchi where Oda Nobunaga
3: is building a castle?!
4: Th...that's enemy territory! Uesugi is fated to do battle with Nobunaga
someday!
5: He really went there...? Why didn't you stop him?!
6: Because I could not.
7: What?!

29)
1: He said he was going to study Nobunaga.
2(2b): There is a theory that says "Know your enemy, and you can safely
fight 100 battles." Therefore I did not stop him!
3(2b): Th...that eccentric boy!!
4(2b): Koushuu (Oumi) - Azuchiyama

30)
1: Nuuun!!
2: Sorya
3: Hoisa!
4: Louder! Shout louder!
5: Soryaaa
6: Yoishooo!
7: Nobunaga announced that he would be building Azuchi Castle in the first
month of Tenshou 4 (1576). By the second month, Nobunaga had taken the
initiative and moved his estate to the land. He intended to direct the
construction himself.

31)
1: To prepare for the construction, at the base of Azuchiyama Mountain,
2: huts were built for the tens of thousands of hired laborers hired from
all over the country.
3: The town soon came alive with merchants and prostitutes who flocked
there to prey off these hardworking men.

32)
1: Oraaaaaaahhh!!
2: Uwahh
3: You wanna diiiiie?!
4: Hand that woman over to me or else!!
5: Guahhh!
6: No, please, anyone but herrrr!
7: H...have mercyyy...
8: That's it...
9: Now, now, that's enough violence.

33)
1(2b): This can be settled by talking like civilized people, can't it?
2: Now, let me explain it simply so that everyone can understand.
3: crack...
4: That woman is one of my slaves, who I brought back myself from the
battlefield at Shinano!

34)
1: If anything, she should be returned to her master, shouldn't she?
2: B...but I bought her for 5 kan from a merchant!
3: In this period, taking slaves from the battlefield was a common thing
for men to do. And for daimyo and foot soldiers, these slaves could become
a great source of income. Whenever a battle ended, crowds of slaves being
led by slave merchants could always be seen on the highways.
4: Hiee!
5(2b): That merchant stole her from my place, you know that? If you've got
any complaints, tell it to that thief!
6: crack
7: Well? Easy to understand, isn't it?
8: Uuu...
9: Now give her back!
10: Nooooooooo!

35)
1(2b): P...please, stop! This woman is no one's slave! She's my wife!
2: She even carries my child in her stomach!
3: Ohh...a child, eh?
4(2b): Uhh...one, two...
5: OK, then. This'll be even easier to understand.
6: I'll make a deal with you and sell BOTH of them to you for 10 kan!
7: 10 kan?!
8: You think I have that kind of money in my house?!
9-10: crack

36)
1: Then we're done talking!
2: This is what you get for being a pain in the ass!!
3: Hieee!
4: Trying to reason with idiots likes you always makes my shoulders cramp
up!
5-6: tap
7: Owwww! You're stabbing me, boss!
8: pssh
9: tap
10: Oh, sorry! I stole this, so I'm not quite used to its length yet!
11: pssh
12: Ahhh! You're still doing it!

37)
1: Steal or be stolen from! That's the only law in these Warring States!!
2: And if you get something stolen, you need to steal it back by force!!
3: Easy to understand, isn't it?!
4: Hmm?
5: Ahh

39)
1: I don't know about that.
2(2b): Does that law really apply here, in the land of Azuchi?
3: Who the hell is that monk?!
4: He's huge...
5: And he's dressed really flashily...
6: The law of this land states
7: that if someone buys something that they do not realize is a stolen
good, then they cannot be punished for any crime! That is one of the laws
of this town, is it not?

40)
1(2b): In other words, as long as the stolen good is sold in a lawful
manner, the buyer is safe! Even though it was stolen, the person who it
was stolen from can do nothing about that lawful exchange!
2: Exactly.
3: Well said, monk!
4(2b): That is the law of Azuchi. Haven't you ever read the rules posted
on the bulletin board?
5: crack
6: Uhhh
7: crack
8: You idiot!!
9: You think our boss could read such difficult laws like...
10: that
11(2b): Ohhhhh really?! There's a law like that on the board?!

41)
1(2b): Unfortunately, however, I have poor eyesight! I couldn't read it!
So if I can't read it, then how do you expect me to follow that rule?!
2(2b): ...are you saying that eye is a fake eye?
3(2b): You bet it is! What...would you like to give it to you to prove it?
4(2b): rub
5-11: sniff
12: ...your...

42)
1: eye is rotting, you know that?
2: It smells like rotten fish!!
3: twitch...
4(2b): Wha...?! He's going too far!
5: He's going to get himself killed!
6: My eye...smells like rotten fish?
7(2b): Yeah. Like a fish I could never eat...
8: And I bet even a cat would pass it even right by.

43)
1: Stop making fun of me, you stupid mooooonk!!

45)
1(2b): Wh...what...? I didn't see anything...
2: Well of course not! I stabbed your eye with my crosier!
3: Y-you bastard!
4(2b): Hey now, he's the one who said he'd give me his eye.
5: W...wait! Hey!
6: Be patient! I'm almost done!
7: Guh...gggghgaaggghh!

47)
1(3b): Oh...ohhhh...my eye...is looking...at me?
2: I don't...understaaaaaand!
3: Boss!!
4: How dare you?!
5: Want to try me?
6: Pfft!
7: Y...yeah! Bring it on!!

48)
1: You villains.
2: Just hurry up and run away!
3: Ahh?!
4: Who the hell are you?!
5: A prostitute...?

49)
1: Why should we run?!
2(2b): Because the law that monk was just speaking of was decided on by
Lord Nobunaga. If you decide to break that, you'll be beheaded right here
where you stand.
3: Gggh...
4: Additionally, Lord Nobunaga rewards those who put the heads of
criminals on display.
5: Look carefully at the men around you! These are vagrants who've
gathered here from all over the country.
6: You aren't the only tough guys in this town.
7: Gggh
8: uuu...

50)
1: Well, what'll it be?
2: Your heads all look like coins to these men.
3: lick...
4: Hiieeeeeee!
5: Mrrrow!
6(2b): Hey, monk. You're really crazy, you know that?

51)
1: Putting a price on an unborn child...
2: That's beyond inhumane.
3: But...thank you.
4: Thanks to you, I didn't have to kill the rest of them.

52)
1(2b): This man is Higuchi Yoroku, later known as Naoe Kanetsugu.
2: Because of his unusual height, he looks very adult, but at this time,
Yoroku was only a 16-year old.

53)
1: What's wrong? You're so quiet...does your wound hurt?
2: No, no, I'm fine.
3: It's that monk...
4: Just who was he?
5: I feel like I've met him...
6: somewhere before...
7: Hooo...

54)
1: Just who are you?
2: I don't believe there's ANY monk out there who could make me cum three
times in a row...

55)
1: You need to cross on to the Tokkaido Highway from the Hokkoku Highway
to get to the capital...
2(2b): But now there's this castle here...it must have been built as a
barrier for when Uesugi decides to proceed to the capital...
3: You're making a big mistake there.
4: Huh?
5: There's no tax in this town, and it welcomes outsiders.
6: There's no other town like it in this land.
7: On top of that, Nobunaga apparently burned down the estates of all his
retainers who didn't move here.
8: Huh?! He burned down the houses of his own retainers?!
9: Pfft.
10: Yeah, Nobunaga's really serious about this.

56)
1(2b): That's why other vassals and merchants are all gathering here.
Nobunaga clearly intends to make this the new metropolis.
2: But why would he want to change the capital?
3: He said that a new country could never be made while the capital is
still in Kyou.
4: A new...country...
5(2b): But who cares about that stuff? There's something more fun we
should be doing...

57)
1(2b): Fu...fuhahaha!
2: What's so funny?
3(2b): Nobunaga's mind is being read by a woman! The intuition of women is
really something. I'm impressed.
4: My name is Shino.
5: What's yours?
6: Mmm...my name is--...

58)
1: Kasugayama--
2: Uesugi Kenshin's personal manor--

59)
1: Uesugi Kenshin (46)
2: Sometimes called the dragon of Echigo, he referred to himself as the
reincarnation of Bishamonten, the Buddhist god of war.
3: Always honest and reliable, he lived in a world where retainers
supplanted their lords, and forged iron bonds with the vassals that served
him.
4: He always vowed to achieve victory, and pledged himself to a lifelong
observance of Buddhist commandments. He was a genius of war, truly a man
fit to be connected to the name of Bishamonten.

60)
1: He was such a righteous man, in fact, that his enemies Takeda Shingen
and Houjou Ujiyasu even admitted that if they both died, the only man they
would feel right in entrusting the country to would be Kenshin.
2: Yoroku went to Azuchi?!
3(2b): When he comes back...I'm going to give him a scolding he'll never
forget!
4: grip...
5: I just...hope he comes back at all...

61)
1: You see him as your own child, don't you, sister...?
2: What's so surprising about that?
3: I'm the one who raised him as Kagekatsu's page ever since he was a
child!
4: Fuah, fuah, fuah, fuah!
5: W-what's so funny?!
6: You're such a compassionate woman.
7: That deep love of yours healed me many a time when I was a child, too.

62)
1: Is this really a time to be light-hearted?!
2: Fuah, fuah!
3(2b): Sister...Yoroku is a cloud.
4: A cloud?
5: Therefore he cannot stay in the same place forever.
6: But...

63)
1(2b): I also...wanted to become a cloud.

64)
1(2b): Wh...what are you talking about?!
2: Are you jealous of Yoroku?
3: I raised a flag of duty...
4: Pledged myself to the Buddhist commandments, and became the
reincarnation of Bishamonten...
5: I have lived a narrow life...
6(2b): S...stop this! How can you speak in such an imprudent manner?!
7: If you hadn't done such a thing,
8: there would have been no way of quelling the selfish desires of your
vassals in this period of warring states!

65)
1: I understand that...
2: more than anyone else.
3(2b): In that case...you must give up on Yoroku.
4: I myself am fine with how I turned out.
5: But Yoroku is a cloud!

66)
1: And that cloud will be able to see things from the sky that I, Kenshin,
was never able to spy!
2: And someday, he will come to protect me...that is what I believe!!
3: Cloud...
4: Hm? Cloud?
5(2b): Yes. That's it, that's it!

67)
1: Cloud!
2: I'm a cloud!

68)
1: Everyone must call me "Cloud!"

Translation: Air Gear 345

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:35:02 +0000

*For A3S.

tl by molokidan

416)
1: Are you alright?
slanted: Takeuchi Sora's memories...why does he fight...?! Here, his
beliefs become clear!
2(2b): My back's all wet and it's gross so I just don't want to move...if
I had gotten serious with those guys, they'd be dead.
3: Thinking about it now, I don't really care.
4(2b): Heheh...I like it when boys act tough like that.
5: Huh?

417)
1: More importantly...
2: The thing that pisses me off
3(2b): was that when the thugs started beating me up after I yelled at
them for cutting, the other people there just stood around and watched
like it was some kind of show.
4: Good one!
5: Let's go outside, kid!
6: W...
7: We were there...too.
8(2b): But we...couldn't do anything. That gang's really famous around
here.
9(2b): At that time...I didn't know anything.

418)
1: See ya.
2: You can keep that handkerchief.
3: I came here to check on you because I didn't want to see you dead on
the news tomorrow...I'm glad you're alright.
4: The owner of the shop was really mad.
5: If you hadn't said anything, there would have been no fight.
6: Why
7: did I come "outside" in the first place?

419)
1: The world I had been wanting to see
2: was 99% composed of trash like that.
3: Understand?
4: Hoo.

420)
1: Mrow!
2(2b): Poor things! They're shivering!
3(2b): Awwww, they really like fried chicken sticks! They're eating it
right up!
4: Mrow!

421)
1: I was called a broken product.
2: Flesh trash with no value.
3: That's why I came out.
4: To grab something else.
5: To know why I was born.

422)
1: But this world is just like me.
2: Broken!!
3: What in the world...
4: did I get this body for...?
5: Got a minute?

423)
1: That's when I got the Wind Regalia,
2: Moon Droop Bagram from that old man.
3: These wheels are...a bit special.
4(2b): (Idiot!) You think that stupid disguise is actually working? What's
he planning this time...?
5: ...hey.

424)
1: Do you...
2: believe in "spirit?"
3: I decided
4: to kill him.
5: But...I couldn't finish the job.
6(2b): We have "weight" in our bodies...and because we each have our own
mass, we each have our own gravity.
7: Somewhere within...I had expectations for him.
8: In that case.
9: I was broken...I had been called trash.
10: I wanted to know why he came all the way out here to see me.

425)
1(2b): Who decided that the soul itself has no weight?
2(2b): Mass is just clumps of energy. E = mc2...even kids know that stuff.
3: But if souls have energy...then it should be removable.
4: That's why I made those wheels.
5: To practice that.
6: Use the "wind" of the soul...in other words, brain energy, and convert
it with that system.

426)
1(2b): Takeuchi-kun...I'm thankful to you. You gave me a very important
hint.
2(2b): When Gazelle died, I learned what my own mistake had been.
3: Wings will not spread if they're only given.
4(2b): Your "body" is broken as a Gravity Child. That's why I'm giving
these wheels to you.
5: If you're weak,
6: then you need to spend blood, sweat, and tears in order to prove your
worth.
7: Energy...
8: of the soul...
9: Hey...wait a minute, old man.

427)
1: What the fuuuuuuuck?!
2(2b): We're gonna kill you once we're free! So let us go, please!
3: I don't get it!
4(2b): Stupid kid! W...who the hell do you think we are?!
5(2b): Yeah...these are the guys who beat me up a while back. I can't
believe you guys were actually famous...it was so easy to find you.
6: You're....uhhh....errr....anyway!
7: I don't know what's going on here, but we'll apologize! So let us go!
8: Huh?
9: Hmm?

428)
1(2b): Uh...ummm...
2(2b): Huh? No...uh, we're...
3: Who the hell are you two?!
4(2b): What are those!? Are you serious?! You're going to film this? What
is this, some kind of punk'd thing?!
5: Hey!
6: Come on, just call out the producer!
7: What day is today?
8: Friday the 13th!
9: You guys had some problems with these thugs too, didn't you?
10: I'll finish them off, don't worry.
11: Um...what?
12: Once I blow off their heads
13: I'll let you leave here alive.

429)
1: That's what they call courage!
2: Secure your life with your own power!
3: GET IT!
4: C
5: Crazy...
6: They're totally insane...
7: Yeah, you won't be able to clean blood off this thing...
8: Ohhhh, I like that! Nice touch!
9: It looks like an executioner!
10: I...I can't do this! There's no way!
11: Yeah! That's it!!
12: Besides, I...I have to finish reading this book by tomorrow or my
teacher will get mad at me!
13(2b): We're friends, aren't we?! I'll talk to that damn teacher of yours
for you!
14(2b): Look, now he's crying! Whenever Masashi-kun cries it takes so long
to shut up him up again! I'm going home!
15: OK, bye bye, four-eyes!
16(2b): Ggggyaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!

430)
1(2b): I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! It's my fault! I'm sorry! Please
forgive me!
2: What a waste of time this was.
3: They're not in the wrong because they did something.
4: Higyaaaaahh
5(2b): Ahhhh
6: See ya!
7: It was their "not doing anything"...just squeezing a little bit of
courage out would have given them the energy to do something, but they
were too lazy, so they died.

431)
1: I...finally understood the meaning of the human soul.
2: I just need to be put in danger...to be backed up against a wall!
3(2b): I'm just like the 99% of useless trash out there. I need to create
my own worth with my own hands in this world!

432)
1: --In order to do that
2: I shaved off
3: my life.

433)
1(2b): Oh...you can go now.
2(2b): Your life was saved by the courage you spent in giving me your
handkerchief.
3: Aren't you happy? Your soul
4: weighs as much as a handkerchief.
slanted: Forcefully leaving only worthwhile people in the world...this is
where Sora's ambition was born.

Translation: Gifuu Doudou!! 00

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:34:06 +0000

*For IC.

4)
1(2b): Our story begins in the end of the Warring States Period -- in
Yonezawa, Doumori, of Dewa no Kuni (currently Yamagata Prefecture).
2: Here, where fresh clean water flows out endlessly from the mountains,
3: there existed a lonely hermitage known as "Muku." (*tl note: lit. means
"No pain")
4: The master of this hermitage--

5)
1: was Maeda Keiji.

7)
1: It was the same Keiji who had made his name in the Warring States
Period as both a fierce warrior and a full-fledged dandy--
2(2b): Well over the age of fifty, now, however, he led a quiet life
adoring the beautiful nature around him--as a joke, he went by the name of
Kokuzouin Hyottokosai. (*tl note: Hyottoko means jester).
3: Yoo!
4: Want to have a drink with me?
5(2b): rattle
6: Gosuke, more sake!

8)
1: Yeees, sire!
2: Lord have mercy on me!
3: This is Gosuke -- Keiji's servant.
4: Lord have mercy on me! Yes sire!
5: Gosuke...you're acting odd. Why would you be praying while pouring me
sake?
6(2b): Ah, but sire...praying is free, isn't it?! So if it's free, then it
can't hurt me to pray all the time, can it? It can only possibly help!!
7: You're equating faith with economics...?
8(2b): Oh my, we're already out. Doesn't really surprise me, though.
9: Allow me to go and get more.
10: Lord have mercy on me!

9)
1: Gosuke.
2: Yes?
3: Nothing.
4: Eh?
5: Sheesh...
6: Lord have mercy on me!
7: Gosuke!
8: What?! What do you want?!
9: Nooooothing.
10: Grrr...
11: ...hmph! Lord have mercy on me!
12: Gosukeeee!!!
13: Master...! Please don't call me if you don't want anything!!

10)
1: That's it!
2: That's no different from that praying you're doing!! If you keep on
praying through all hours of the day, you're going to piss off Amitabha,
and then he won't even listen to you!
3: Amitabha would never reward such indiscreet behavior!
4: Ahhh, master! You're completely right!!

11)
1: I'd lose more as a result! Talking would incur me losses!
2: Yes sire!
3: You're right, you're right!
4: Sire...
5: Hooo.
6: Talking would incur losses, huh...? Accursed fool...
7: Go ahead, laugh. Not even ol' Keiji can keep up with the youngsters
these days.

12)
1: Eh, Sir Kanetsugu?!
2(2b): This samurai is Naoe Kanetsugu (41).

13)
1(2b): There's a fine moon out tonight, so I wanted to share a drink with
you.
2(2b): Kanetsugu hailed from the Uesugi family, and was a governor of
Yonezawa with a 300,000 koku fief. He was also a cordial friend of
Keiji's.

14)
1: Hmmm?
2: And so, the two shared drinks while gazing at the moon. They didn't
really talk about anything in particular.
3: They just drank with the moon. That was all.
4: However, the atmosphere that encompassed them was truly a refreshing
one, and Gosuke was mesmerized by the sight of it.

15)
1: Two hours later--
2: That was delicious sake.
3: "How are you?" "Well, I'm still alive." That's all they meant to
confirm from one another.
4: These two had charged through the battlefield together. They didn't
require any more words than that.

16)
1(2b): I haven't had my fill yet, Gosuke. I'm going back to gaze at the
moon some more. Come with me.
2: oh my!
3: Can I ask you something, then?
4: What?
5: About Master Kanetsugu.
6: Master Kanetsugu is deeply trusted by the leader of Yonezawa, Uesugi
Kagematsu, so he pretty much controls the area. But...
7: strangely enough, no one knows any stories about Kanetsugu when was
young, and still called Yoroku.
8: So I thought you might know a few, Master...

17)
1: Why do you want to hear them?
2: Ah! I thought then I could brag a little to the townsfolk!
3: Are you prepared to die for that?
4: Eh?
5: What was that, sire?
6: Die? Over such a thing?

18)
1: Those are all secrets I intend to take to the grave.
2: You're better off not hearing them.
3: Trust me.
4: Yes, siiiiire!

19)
1: Hoo...
2: I refused to tell him,
3: but it's still a bit unsettling...to go on carrying all this myself...

20)
1: How about it, moon...? Will you drink with me tonight...? Let's tell each other everything...
2: About that just and dignified (tl note: this is what gifuu doudou means) man.

Translation: One Piece 656

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:26:50 +0000

*Only for MS.

1)
Chapter 656 - "Adventure on the Burning Island"

text:
* The fifth fan book, ONE PIECE BLUE DEEP goes on sale on March 2nd
(Friday)!! Check the next issue for more details!! "That story" that
everyone's been wanting to hear may be included too...?! Check the news!!
*This week is the final OP Dome Tour at Nagoya Dome!! The voice actors
from the entire crew are appearing day in and day out from Feb. 17 to Feb.
19!
*OP Spring Festa in Sanrio Puroland is happening from Mar. 17 to July 10!
*On page 10 we have news about One Piece's first original picture
exhibition, the OP Exhibition!

From the Decks of the World Vol. 38 "Water Seven -The Second Sea Train is
Finally Complete-"

2)
slanted: What is this dragon doing here...?!
1: Grrrrrrr...!!!
2: rumble...
3: Hey!! This thing talked just now!!!
4: Yeah right! You were just hearing things!!!
5: --Are you sure...?!
6: I still can't even believe this is actually a dragon...!!
7: He looks like something straight out of a fantasy tale...!!
8: Gurorororo...

3)
1: Don't tell me...!!!
2: Uwaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!

4)
1: He breathed fiiiiiiiiire!!!
2: Owowowow! There's no way something like this could exist!!! We're
dreaming!!!
3: Interesting...!!
4: Uhahahahh!!!
5: Gomu Gomu nooooo...!!!
6: Dorurun!!

5)
1: JET BULLET!!!
2: Gurorororo...!!!
3: Ohhh!!
4: This guy's really hard!!
5: Hyuh!!
6: Hm?

6)
1: Gurororororo!!!
2: Uwahhh!!!
3: Luffy!!!
4: Bring it on.
5: I can sense your auras! Buh!!
6: Eh?

7)
1: Uwahh!!
2: You were right, Luffy, this dragon just said something!!
3: Three-sword style...!!
4: Ul
5: tra hunt!!!

8)
1: Uooohhhh!!!
2: Dammit...!!!
3: He isn't just durable, he's strong, too!!!
4: ...nnnnnnn!!!
5: Stupid dragooooooon!!!
6: Guroroooo!!!

9)
1: Luffy!!
2: It spoke!!!
3: See, I told you!!!
4: I heard it too...how?!
5: It flew!!
6: Uhoooohh!!
7: Gurororooo!!!
8: Buh!! Are you more allies of the Shichibukai!!?
9: Uwaaahhh!!!

10)
1: Gyaaaaaahh!! it's so hot!! It's hot, and the dragon spoke again!!!
2: Hah
3: It said Shichibukai...maybe it has a grudge against them?!
4: Luffy!! Leave this guy to me!!
5: clamp...
6: I'm gonna cleave him in two!!
7: OK, got it!!
8: Alright!!
9: Nnaaahh, it's hot!!
10: I'll knock him down for you!!

11)
1: gah!!
2: Wahh!!
3-4: Hot!
5: His body's hot, too!
6: huh??
7: Buh...nothing beats this breeze!!!
8: The breeze of these flames-buh!!!

12)
1: Heeeey!! Guys!! On the dragon's head!!
2: Huh!!? What's going on!!?
3: There's someone stuck on the dragon's head!!!
4: --so the one who spoke was...
5-6: Wah
7: Fine, you're asking for it!! Take a bite out of your own wing!!
8: Ogggggh
9: Shishishi!! Stupid!!

13)
1: Gurororororooohh!!!
2: Zoro, he's falling!!!
3: Usopp!!
4: Got him!! Hissatsu Midoriboshi!! (Special Technique - Green Star)
5: Trampolia!!
6: One-sword style
7: Gurororororo!!!
8: Iai...!!

14)
1: Shi Shishi Sonson!!! (Lion's Song of Death)

15)
1: Wooaaaah, awesome!!!
2: Nahahahaha!!
3: This dragon looks yummy!
4: We can BBQ him with the flames on the island!

16)
1: Southwest of the island, aboard the Thousand Sunny--
2: click!! Nami-saaaaaaan! This time I've brought
3(3b): a cold deep sea crepe for you! With some champagne...huh?! You're
asleep...
4: Kaaaaah
5: Fog?
6: Uuu!!!
7: This isn't fog!!
8: Damn, I breathed in a lot!!
9(2b): This gas put everyone to sleep!! Is it natural gas? Or did someone
sneak on board...!!?
1(2b): ...!!! Luffy's group on the island...I hope they have that Baby
Den-Den Mushi...!!!

17)
1: I have to
2: let them know...
3(2b): koh...koh...
4: Two humans and one humanoid iron man.
5(2b): koh...koh...
6: And one pet...
7: Tie them all up.
8: Roger!!
9(2b): They're pirates...how ideal...let us present them to "M"
(Master)...
10-11: koh...
12: No one would notice...if some pirates suddenly disappeared.

18)
1: Punk Hazard --
2: I'm gonna pull him out!!
2: Hey!! Who are you?! Let me go!!
3(2b): I'm gonna pull you out, just sit still!! Oooone, two!!
4: Pop!!
5: Gyaaaaaaaahhhh!!! I ripped his legs off! I'm sorryyyyy!!!
6: You idiot!! You think sorry is gonna cut it here? You killed him!!
7: Ehhhhhhhh!!?
8: Ohhh!! I got separated-de gozabuh!!
9: It spoke!!! What is this, a zombie!!?
10: It's a monsterrrrrrrrrrr!!!

19)
1: What's going on? There's no trace that his body got rippd in two.
2: You mean he was only a pair of legs from the start?!
3: He's pretty tall...
4: Who's there? What are you doing? I can sense you...!!
5: ...you're really unique.
6: For...I have no eyes or ears...!!
7: Buh! I don't know who you are, buh, but let me pass-buh!!! I cannot die
in a place like this-buh!!!
8: Uwahhhh!!!
9: I will not let my target get away-buh...!!!
10: Ahh!! He's running away!!
11: That foolish Shichibukai!!!
12: Ahhh, wait!! Join my crew!!!
13: STOP IT!!!
slanted: What in the world is going on?!

Translation: Bleach 480

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:26:21 +0000

*Only for MS.

1)
1: What's the Sutra scale?
2: It's currently at Category four...grave.
3: Well, aren't you in a leisurely warning stance?
4(2b): I'm sorry...there were so many trifling situations before this,
that only minor adjustments were necessary to deal with them...
side: A life-or-death situation in the afterlife?!

2)
1: 102 Hollows destroyed in 902-0201 as well!
2: 51 destroyed in 6603-8983!!
3: Adjusting the barrier invasion rate to 0.24!
4: Notify the correction squad!!
5: Akon-sanseki! (*tl note: denoting his third seat)
6: The Hollow just keep disappearing!
7: I already reported that!
8: At this rate, in a few days, the barrier between here and the material
world...
9: If you don't have any other information, then step down!
10(2b): I...I'm sorry!

3)
1: ...Captain...
2: This is the work of...
3: ...a certain party, obviously.
4: The only ones capable of removing Hollows from existence itself...
5: are THEM, and them alone...!

4-5)
yellow: BLEACH charges into its final chapter!! An extra-large color cover
and 22 pages!!
red: The end approaches --
--The final Holy War

7)
1: ...ki
2: Yuki Ryuunosuke!
side: He's still half-dreaming...
3: Y...
4: Yes, I wasn't listening!!
5: I know that!! You were completely asleep!!
6: How can you be asleep on the first day of a new mission that your
senpai is trying to explain so that you can take over for him?!
7: I'm sorry...
8: I was so nervous last night that I didn't get much sleep, so I can't
help it...
9(3b): What do you mean you can't help it?! You make it seem like you had
no choice but to stay awake!! Besides, I already heard that excuse once
when you came in late! See, I listen to everything YOU say!!
10(2b): I...I expected no less of you, Kurumadani-senpai!
11(2b): Shuddap!! Just open those damn eyes of yours!!

8)
1: You sure know how to make people mad, as usual.
2: Over here, idiot!
3: Owww!
4: Please don't slap me like that, Shino-san!
5: I have to, or else you won't notice me!

9)
1: Get yourself in gear! You and I are leaving for the mission point this
afternoon!
2: I know that...but aren't you scared...?
3: Why would you be scared if you're with me?!
4: No, it has nothing to do with that...I just heard that the Hollow
appearance rate in Karakura is high...
5: So I just wondered if it's OK for someone like me to go there...
6(2b): Besides, I heard that there's already a really strong Shinigami
Representative there...if that's the case, then why do I need to go...?

10)
1: WHY ARE YOU
2: BEING SUCH A SISSY?!
3: They assigned two people to the town just so that they wouldn't have to
ask for the help of that Shinigami Representative unless they absolutely
need it, but then they were relocated!!
4(2b): And you were chosen as the #1 replacement!! In other words, someone
acknowledged your abilities!! Why aren't you proudly sticking out your
chest?!
5(2b): No, wait! Even if they didn't acknowledge you yet, this is the
perfect chance for you to prove...?
6: ...what are you laughing for?
7: No...it's just...
8: "Why aren't you proudly sticking out your chest..."

11)
1: Shino-san doesn't even have a chest TO stick ou
2: crack

12)
1: Alriiiight, we're here!!
2: Incidentally...
3: What happened to your face, Yuki?
4: Ehh?!
5(2b): Is...is something wrong with my face?! I'm pretty sure this is the
face I was born with!!
6(2b): ...really...? Well, if that's what you really think, then I'll
believe you, but...
7: He's agreeing with me...what a guy...
8(2b): I've done my part, then!! Work hard at exterminating Hollow, and
don't fight with each other!!
9(2b): Got it?! No more fighting, you hear?! And I'm not trying to use
reverse psychology on you, okay?! I really mean it...

13)
1(2b): Alright. Let's being making the rounds.
2: I'll go north, so you go south.
3: Ehh?! We aren't going around together?!
4(2b): Are you nuts? That'd be such a waste of time. There'd be no point
for us both to be here!
5(2b): Wait, don't tell me you're scared! Be honest with me, dammit!
6: Y...
7: Yeah, I'm scared!!
8: Don't get all serious on me, it's pathetic!!
9(2b): I'm outta here! Go around on your own and try to straighten
yourself out!
10: Ehhhh?!
11: But I was just being honest like you said! You're so mean, Shino-
saaaan!
sfx: clang
12: ...clang?

14)
1: Waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh

15)
1: I found one, I found one, I found ooooone!
2: I found one, Shino-san!!!
3: Owahh!
4: Hey,
5: Shino-san!
6: C'mon, I need you
7: to make fun of me!
8: Say something like "You sound like you're advertising a new product"
9: or something, Shino-san!!

18)
1: Shino-san--...!!
2: I have to...
3: It's only us here...
4: I have to save her...

19)
1: Buh
2: Eh?
3: Her hand isn't moving.
4: Neither is her body.
5: No way. Why...
6: How could one hit do that...
7: Am I going to die in one hit too?
8: Uwahh
9: blood
10: so much...
11: No!
12: I don't want to die!
13: I haven't even
14: saved Shino-san...

21)
1: ...are you the one who's taking over for Imoyama-san?
2(2b): You'd better get in gear. You need to be more help than him, or
else you're useless.
3: ...wh...
4: ...who are you...?

23)
1: Kurosaki Ichigo.
2: Shinigami representative.
black bar: The Final Chapter -- The Thousand-Year Blood War Arc
side: A suspicious shadow appears!!

Translation: Naruto 573

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:25:55 +0000

*Only for use by MS.

1)
1: Difficult...names?
2: What are you talking about?
3: A-HAAAAA...
4: You don't know them, do you?!
5: Heh!
6: I'm not gonna tell you!
side: With the nine names in his heart, he steps forward!!!
573: The Path Toward Radiance
7: Yoh!!

2)
1(2b): Seeing Naruto having grown this much...makes me feel really old.
2(2b): ...what's the matter? This isn't like you...! It may sound strange
coming from me...but let's just agree that our springtimes of youth aren't over yet, alright?
3: ...the fact that we're here means...
4: Don't say anymore! You're going to make me even sadder!
5: Now that's the Guy I know.
6: That face...
7: slip
8: drip
9: Sweat...?

3)
1: ...no...it's rain...!
2: plop
3: ...Why...would I ever begin to sweat against an opponent like that?!
4: plop
5: Naruto is merely a pawn to be used to stimulate Sasuke...
6: He's just a kid, with no further purpose than to amuse me!!
7: I know how the limits of his power...!
8: This strange feeling isn't coming from his strength...!
9: Then what is it?!
10: What happened...?!
11: ...no...it matters not.
12: It matters not a bit what Naruto really is...

4)
1: This war will make all pasts, all futures...and all existences...
2: completely irrelevant.
3: A...amazing...
4: pwack
5: Did you feel that just now?!
6(2b): ...I can't believe it...but there's no mistaking it...that's the
power of the nine-tails!
7: Yeah...
8: ...but...it feels a bit different...I can feel something else...
9: What's the situation?

5)
1: Uzumaki Naruto is keeping the masked Madara at bay with an unbelievable
amount of power...the chakra he has is unreal!
2: No...actually, they're pushing Madara back...just the four of them,
Naruto, Bee-dono, Kakashi-dono, and Guy-dono...!!
3: Inoichi! Use all the power you have to convey the news of Naruto's
group to all of the reinforcements!
4: You have 15 seconds!!
5: I want to up everyone's morale all at once!!
6: If those four are fighting with all they've got, then we've got to use
all our power to do what we can here!!
7: Tell everyone about them!!
8: Everyone...?!
9: Telling everyone will create great stress on the chakra channels...it
could be dangerous...!!

6)
1: Don't be ridiculous...10 seconds!
2: Inoichi-san!!
3: I'm sorry...but this is very important!!
4: Do all you can in that short period of time.
5: I'm not a good speaker, but leave it to me!
6: News from the HQ...!

7)
1: The conditions are good at the reinforcement point!
2: Meaning--
3: Uzumaki Naruto is holding is ground!!
4(2b): Naruto and Bee-dono, who we're here to protect,
5: are currently fighting with all their heart on the front lines!!
6: The same goes for Kakashi and Guy!!
7: We want you all to join them...!!
8: Everyone's powerful feelings coming together...

8)
1: will foretell our victory!!
2: tssss...
3: Ahh!!
4: Cough!
5: Hah...
6: I'm really...bad at talking...after all...
7: Haa
8: wheeze
9-11: haa
12: It ended up taking...20 seconds...
13: ...Captain...
14: ...yeah...
15: That just goes to show...how strong your own feelings are.
16: Sorry.
17-18: haa

9)
1: Naruto-kun...
2: I've always...always been chasing after you...
3: Even...now.
4: ...but...once this war ends,
5: I'm going to stop once and for all.

10)
1: Next time, I'll be next to you, holding your hand...
2: Walking WITH you!
3: Wait for me!!
4: Naruto...I marked you a long, long time ago...
5: as my rival!
6: Take care of Madara until I get there!!
7: I'm going to fully support Naruto with my ninjutsu...
8: I don't need...a reason why!

11)
1: Looks like Naruto's...doing well...
2(2b): ...it's him, after all...I couldn't imagine him doing anything
other than OVERDOING it...despite how he looks...he actually has a short
temper.
3(2b): Naruto's stupid, and I'm fat...that was always the joke...but
people aren't always what they seem!!
4: Wait for me, slightly-stupid Naruto! Slim Chouji's coming to back you
up!!
5: He isn't the type to calmly think of a plan, though.
6: That's why I'm here...wait for me, Naruto, I'm almost there!

12)
1: Thank you, father...!
2: You conveyed Naruto's powerful feelings to everyone...
3: I have to make sure that foretelling...comes true!
4: Is Guy-sensei alright?!
5: I hope he's protecting Naruto!!
6: Kakashi-sensei's there too...so they should be alright...
7: ...if only it wasn't raining...I could have sent my Choujuu Giga to
him...
8: Stop complaining and speed up, Sai-san!!
9: Now's the time for us to charge forward
10: and respond to the heroic efforts of Gai-sensei and Naruto-kun!

13)
1: Mmm...
2: This...is what it means to have friends...I understand it perfectly
now...Naruto.
3: Naruto...you saved Konoha...
4: And now you're trying to save the entire shinobi world...
5: You always get left with these insurmountable tasks.
6: ...but no matter what you say this time...we're going to be together...
7: Not just me...
8: We're going to all fight together this time!

17)
slanted: Their seperate paths still have yet to cross...but now, carnage
is about to come to the battlefield!!!

Translation: Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl 2

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:43:53 +0000

*Only for I-M.

tl by molokidan

108)
1: You never know where they may be watching us from.

109)
1: Sorry, but you'll have to go alone on this one...
2: Look!
3: Eww, what's wrong with that girl? He clothes are in tatters.

110)
1: Hey, you!!
2: What's with those shoes?
3: Huh? ...these are mine...and I like them.
4: They came from this store, you know.
5: They're far too gaudy! And you aren't supposed to wear worn-out products! Would
it trouble you to act a little more PROPER around here?
6: I'll be expecting a much different outfit tomorrow!
7: Okay, I'm sorry.
8: Hah!!
9: Proper my ass! You're the gaudy one here.
10: I don't get paid enough for this, I should just quit!
11: Who would even pay this much for this crap?
12: Look, there's a customer!
13: Hello!
14: Hmph.

111)
1: H...Hello.
2: ...are you
3: looking...for something?
4: Th...this is a very famous brand, isn't it? The...clothes look a little
different from what I was imagining...
5: I want to become a charming, beautiful woman.

112)
1: ...what the hell...
2: What a weirdo...
3: Where'd you get those shoes?
4: Huh?
5: I want a new life, so I want to wear something adventurous.
6: I like your fashion sense.
7: ...depending on who you ask, it's gaudy.
8: ...h-how much do you get paid?
9: W...want to do a little job for me?
10: What?
11: ...I'll pay you twice what you get here...or even more...
12: I have a lot of money.
13: So will you come with me for a bit?
14: I want to be...pretty.

113)
1: Sure.
2: We can't stay here, though.
3: Let's go.
4: Hey!! Where do you think you're going?! We have customers here!!
5: What's the meaning of this?!
6: I was planning on quitting anyway.
7: Hey!!
8: Hmph...you have a nice face. Your basics are good, so I'm sure anything will
look good on you.
9: You should change your makeup, though. Have you ever worn contacts?
10: Oh, and I need an outfit for a male, too.
11: A male?
12: HEY!!
13: I got it, so you want to look good with your boyfriend. Leave it to me!
14: Ahh, that looks much better.

114)
1: Don't you think the top's open a little too much...?
2(2b): What are you talking about? You have a great body, so flaut it!
3: Anyway, thank you.
4: Sorry for taking this much from you!
5: ...I
6: have no family...
7: Hey, don't stare!
8: No friends, no lover...
9: I've always been alone...
10: Even when I was in Tokyo...
11: You're a lovely, seductive woman. I guarantee it!

115)
1: I think he wanted...to meet around here.
2: Mr. Kuro...

116)
1: Look at that chick!
2: She's probably a model.
3: ...I can't wait to show him.
4: But what's taking him so long...?
5: Where did he go?
6: ...Mr. Kuro?
7: Did he leave me here...? No, I don't think he would...
8: Ahhh

117)
1: A-are you alright?
2: OK...got it...

118)
1: I'm so...stupid.
2: What's with the car?
3: That was a dumb question.
4: H...how do I look?
5: W-weird?
6: I wanted some violent clothes to match yours...

119)
1: Shark skin?!
2: It's one of a kind.
3: I like it.
4: ...wow.
5: That looks so good on you...
6: And you transformed into a beauty,
7: just like I expected.

120)
1: H...hey, wanna take a picture?!
2: A picture?!
3: We're so dressed up.
4: Here, John Woo, I got you a new collar, too.
5: ...I...
6: Hey, wait!!
7: I was along for soooo long...
8: ...but...

121)
1: ...hey.

122)
1: You were on the phone earlier, right?
2: Who's this person in Tokyo...
3: We're going to meet him.
4: His name's Shiota. He's good at finding escape routes.
5: ...can we trust him? What does he do?
6: If they're catching up to us, then...
7: Don't worry about Shiota...
8: He respects me. We got into a lot of trouble together...he's the only one I can
count on.
9: He's like my brother...like family.
10: ...family...
11: Hmm...
12: So even you have someone like that...hm.

123)
1: Hmm.
2: Sh...
3: Sharkie!
4: Is...is that really you?!
5: S...Sharkie?!
6: Where have you been...what have you been up to all this time?!
sign: Ramen

124)
1: You look cool, as usually.
2: She picked this out.
3: ...she's really pretty. Are you really gonna take her with you?
4: They're really bent on finding you.
5: Yeah, I met Tanuki.
6: Oh...really?! Good job making it out in one piece.
7: ...I got married, you know. I got a wife.
8: Really?!
9: She's gonna give birth soon. I'm gonna have a family.
10: I'm...back in the real world now, so I don't want them to start messing with me
again. I'm not on my own anymore, so I can't go as wild as I used to.
11: My family's the most important thing to me now.
12: So...I'm sorry, Sharkie...but this is gonna be the last favor...

125)
1: Sorry.
2: Okay!
3: ...here's a present for your child.
4: Sorry to ask for your help in a state like this.
5: I used a lot so far, so I don't have much left.
6: You're giving me this much?!
7: ...I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Sharkie.
8: I'm sorry for taking this much and not being able to help you even though you're
in trouble, Sharkie.
9: I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
10: I'm sorry!

126)
1: ...what was with that guy?
2: Can you really trust him? He's seen us now...
3: Shiota is a good guy. He won't betray us...we can trust him...no problem...
4: And he won't lie to us, either...
5: Mr. Tanuki told me to come check your place.
6: I...I don't know where he went!!

127)
1: Hiieeee...
2: What's wrong?
3: Toshiko...you're such a doll.
4: ...we're gonna get away. We're gonna survive! We won't lose to them.
5: ...I was never this attached to the whole living thing before I met you.
6: I was pretty crazy, you know.

128)
1: You're...such a doll...
2: ...I told you...I don't know...
3: I...I think my shoulder's broken...
4: Heheh.
5: I'm trashed...me and my ramen stand...
6: Heh...b-b-but
7: I still have the money Sharkie gave me.
8: Heh...heheh...
9: Heh...heh.

129)
1: Haa, haa
2: Haa

130)
1: Haa, haa
2: Toshikoooo...

131)
1: Where's the boss?
2: I dunno.
3: He disappeared again? This is HIS hotel, he should be out here running it...
4: ...it's been a week since Toshiko disappeared...
5: Why won't she come back...
6: I can't believe she's with a man...it...it must just be some passing fancy...
7: You aren't that type of girl...
8: Where are you...dammit! Is some man having sex with you right now?!

132)
1: I gave you everything you wanted...
2: Pfff
3: ...you're mine...Toshiko!
4: My little girl...
5: I won't hand you over to anyone...
6: Toshikoooo

133)
1: Ahh...
2: Haa, haa

134)
1: Haa, haa
2: Haa
3: Hey.

135)
1: I'm sure we don't have much money left...
2: We used it without even thinking about anything...
3: Yeah...
4: I should have brought my savings...
5: I had some, you know.
6: ...what are you thinking about?
7: If only I hadn't left that car back there...

136)
1: Car?
2: ...it could have sold for a billion.
3: I left it in that cabin's garage...
4: ...the cabin?
5: I fucked up...all I was concerned with was getting away.
6: ...but.
7: As long as they haven't found it, it should still be sitting there...
8: Yeah...but it's too dangerous to go back there.

137)
1: ...but we need money...
2: It doesn't matter where we go...they're everywhere...you said it yourself!
3: And besides, we need some cash
4: to get any farther.
5: ...are you serious?
6: ...I'm fine.
7: As long as I'm with you...

138)
1: ...I'll
2: protect you...
3: We'll be together...no matter what.
4: ...alright! Let's go get the car!!
5: Once we get some money, we'll run to a place where they can't find us.
6: I'm getting goosebumps!!

139)
1: Yeah!
2: I learned how to use a pistol too.
3: So I won't hold you back now.

140)
1: I'm pretty ridiculous,
2: but you can really give me a run for my money...
3: Sorry, John Woo, but you stay in the car...
4: Here's some good hotel food for you. Forgive us!
5: Let's go, Toshiko!
6: ...I thought...I'd never go back there again, but...

143)
1: ...I can't believe we made it out of here.
2: ...the locals don't even go deep into them. There aren't any street signs or
landmarks like on the country roads.
3: This is one of the virgin forests designated for national protection.
4: If you get lost in there, you're done for.
5: Let's go to the hotel first...
6: The hotel?!
7: ...just forget about my savings...
8: I don't have THAT much...
9: It's not that. I want to meet your family.
10: What?!
11: I'm alone, you know.
12: Same here! I have no family!
13: Didn't I tell you this already? I don't want to see my uncle!
14: I have no good memories from my time there!!
15: That's why...I wanna go back.
16: Toshiko!

144)
1: ...fine.
2: That old man doesn't scare me anymore.
3: Although...I should see what the situation is before we get there.
4: They might have gotten there already...
5: Where's the boss?!

145)
1: Boss?
2: Toshiko's coming back?! I knew she'd be back eventually!
3: Boss?
4: I'm waiting for you! Heheheh!
5: Yeah, there's no way she could run away with a man like that...she's not that
strong...
6: But wait...what if she brings the man with him?

146)
1: ...I think this is the area...
2: Uncle.
3: T...Toshikooo!!
4: Sorry to call you out to a place like this.
5: Did you bring my cashbook...?

147)
1: Toshiko...
2: Is that you, Toshiko?
3: Where are your glasses...?
4: ...y-you're so beautiful...
5: In just a few weeks, you've changed...
6: I don't see anyone else out here...
7: ...that man over there...are you with him?
8: This is my stuff...where's auntie?
9: ...she went to town for a meeting with a travel agency...she won't be back for a
few days.
10: After you left some yakuza came to the hotel.
11: They asked about the man...
12: Are you being chased too, because of him?

148)
1: It doesn't matter...
2: This is what I want.
3: ...you've really changed...Toshiko.
4: ...what are you going to do now? Keep running around with that man?
5: It's a much better way to spend my time than sitting around here.
6: You'll be sorry.
7: You still have a chance now...you can still come back to me.
8: I'll take care of you just like before...so...

149)
1: I'm going.
2: H...hey!! Wait, Toshiko!
3: Let me go of me!
4: Toshikooo!!
5: All you need to do is listen to me...
6: I'm not letting you go free!
7: A hunting rifle?!
8: You're mine, Toshiko.

150)
1: Y-yeah right!
2: E...enough already!!

151)
1: Huh?

152)
1: Ahh!

154)
1: K...Kuro...
2: You let that man touch you, didn't you?!

155)
1: Ugh...
2: You should have just listened to me...
3: He's tricking you!
4: That lowlife belongs dead! Like a maggot...
5: Just wait, Toshiko...I'll clean things up for you...
6: He's dead meat anyway...

156)
1: Dammit!! What's that old guy trying to do?!
2: ...I sold him out to save you...
3: His old friends will be here soon...
4: Pff
5: ...I won't hand Toshiko over to anyone!
6: No one...
7: Nnn!!

157)
1: Haa, haa
2: A dog?
3: Haa, haa
4: Shut up...stupid dog...

158)
1: John Woo?!
2: Toshiko?!

159)
1: Toshiko...?

160)
1: Ahhh

161)
1: What the?!
2: That old fart!!

162)
1: Toshikooo!!
2: What in the hell?!
3: Dammit!
4: ...there you are.

163)
1: What's that look for?
2: I'm the one who should be surprised.
3: I didn't think you were stupid enough to come back here.
4: Ta...nuki...
5: Hmph! You're really nuts, you know that...?
6: I don't care how good you are, you're done for now.

164)
1: Let's finish this once and for all,
2: Shark Skin!

165)
1: ...ugh.
2: Ohhh, so you're awake now,
3: Toshiko.
4: Y...you're safe now.
5: I saved you.
6: Wh...where...are we?
7: In a mine cart. It's fine, we're in the mountains, no one can touch us.
8: Just you and me...all alone.
9: We're here, Toshiko.

166)
1: I had a feeling this might happen someday, so I stored some food in the mine up
ahead.
2: It's in a secret place only I know about. We'll hide there for now.
3: Wh...what are you talking about?
4: Ahh! Don't worry about that guy back there.
5: He's probably been caught by his greasy friends. You don't need to worry.
6: ...wh
7: WHAT?!

167)
1: C'mon, let's go, Toshiko.
2: I've been waiting for this moment...
3: Beyond here is a world only for me and you...
4: I...
5: Is this some kind of joke?!
6: Fuck you!
7: You pervert!!

168)
1: Buoh
2: Ahhhhh
3: Toshikooo!
4: Th...that's what you get for disobeying me...
5: I...I won't hold back now...so c'mon.

169)
1: The mine is just ahead...let's go there and rest...Toshiko...
2: I bet you're tired.
3: Ugh...
4: Y...you're insane...
5: I...I didn't think you'd ever do this...
6: Ugh...

170)
1: Guhh

171)
1: You sure caused us a lot of trouble.
2: Now, it's time to teach you
3: what happens to people who betray the group.
4: So that you don't ever forget...Shark Skin!

172)
1: We're here, Toshiko.
2: Here's the mine.

173)
1: Guohhhh
2: Ggggghh...

174)
1: Alright, you do him, Fuguta!
2: We'll take it nice and slow here.
3: B...bro
4: Ugh...
5: Ggh...

175)
1: ...He's standing up...
2: it's...the "invincible man-eating shark"...
3: Heh!
4: You think...I'm gonna go down just like that?
5: You...
6: son of a bitch...
7: I can't die here...
8: B...bro
9: Do him! Fuguta!
10: NOW!!
11: Kill this ingrate!!

176)
1: ...hoo
2: Fuguta!!
3: Are you really going to kill me?!
4: ME?!
5: You shut up!!
6: B...bro
7: Huh?! Think about it, Fuguta!!
8: If you're serious about this, then I'm gonna get serious too!!
9: Wh...what...what should I do?
10: Wh...where's Mitsuko?
11: You idiot!!
12: Fugutaaaa!!
13: Ahh

177)
1: Oaaahhh

178)
1: Broooo
2: Hah!
3: Sorry, bro!
4: But it's your fault!
5: You betrayed us!!
6: Heehee!

179)
1: Fugutaaaa!!
2: Uoohhhhh
3: Hiee
4: Gyaaaahhh

180)
1: Waaaahhh
2: Fu...Fugutaaa!
3: Wah! Don't shoot, you idiots!!
4: Shark Skiiiiiiin!
5: Stop it!!
6: Fuguta's wearing full-body bullet armor!

181)
1: You idiots! Enough already!!

182)
1: We're going down!!
2: Tch!
3-5: haa
6: You've really gotten so beautiful...
7: Toshikooo

183)
1: S...stop it!
2: ...did that man change you?
3: That's what happened, isn't it?
4: Isn't it? Toshiko?
5: During your secret little love affair!!
6: Y...you're mine, you know!!
7: You slut!!
8: ...I belong to no one.
9: Y-you've gone completely bonkers.
10: Go ahead and hit me, you dirty pig!!
11: Ahh!!
12: I...I told you I'd have no mercy!
13: Toshiko!

184)
1: Ugh...
2: ugggh...
3: ...Toshiko. Just listen to me...
4: Let's be happy like we used to be...
5: After all, I'm your uncle!
6: Haa, haa
7: Haa
8: D...don't touch me...
9: Pervert...

185)
1: Uggh
2: Ugh...
3: Toshiko
4-5: haa, haa

186)
1: Ugh...
2: Hiiee
3: Wha...my glasses!! I can't see anything...
4: Toshikoo
5: Ugyaaaahhh
6: S...shoulda worn contacts!!

187)
1: Haa, haa
2: cough, cough
3: Where are you, Toshiko?! Stay with me!!
4: That man of yours is dead by now!!
5: If you leave here, you'll just be running for the rest of your life!
6: haa, haa
7: You'll end up dead! you're heading toward destruction!!
8: Toshikooo?!

188)
1: Gyaaaahhhh
2: cough, cough

189)
1-2: wheeze
3: Guhh
4: Why did you do it...for money? For...women?
5: You...you had M-Mitsuko...
6: B...bro...

190)
1: Toshikooo...where did you go?
2: Toshi...ko!
3: Toshiko?!
4: ...where's Samehada's girl...?
5: Toshikoooo!
6: There's a trail of blood here...
7: Toshikooo

191)
1: Haa, haa
2: Haa
3: cough, cough
4: I know...Mr. Kuro's alright.
5: I should meet up with him if I head to the garage...
6: He said he'd protect me!!
7: I don't...I don't want to go back to being alone!!

192)
1: Where's the shark?!
2: Hyaaaah, the man-eating shark's coming this way!
3: You idiots! Why are you running away?!
4: Uwaaaahhh

194)
1: ...a gun...

195)
1: Man eaterrrrr
2: Diiiieeeee

196)
1: Uoooooohhhhhhh

197)
1: ...Mr. Kuro?
2: Ahh!!
3: Kiieeeehh

199)
1: Haa, haa, haa
2: ...so you're Shark Skin's woman?
3: ...I'm surprised...you look completely different than how you did in the
hotel...
4: Ahh!
5: I...I've seen you before...you're...
6: That irritating customer!

200)
1: ...stupid girl...
2(2b): You think you're really with him...? You think he'd get serious over some
little baby girl like you?
3: If he wants money, he steals it. And if he wants women, he finds a stupid girl
like you to sleep with.
4: All he cares about is fulfilling his own desires.
5: And now...karma's catching up to him.
6: ...t-that's because...
7: he was alone up until now...
8: But now we're together!

201)
1: Hah! That's a good one...put down the gun, girl. You don't need to die with him.
2: Once I take out Shark Skin, I'll let you go. I promise.
3: I...I'm different from how I was before. Don't underestimate me!
4: You're the same...I won't shoot you.
5: Shooting a gun means you're going to kill someone. You really think you can
become one of us? A breaker of laws?
6: You sure about that?! You'll never be able to return to your old life!!
7: You still have a chance!!
8: I don't want to turn back!!
9: Then di...

203)
1: Gah
2: Ahh
3: H...hey!
4: What the hell...
5: Ahh

204)
1: That bitch!
2: You...can't turn back now...
3: Ha...hahaha...
4: Die.
5: Uggh...
6: ...that bastard...
7: How does he have this much strength left...

205)
1: Heh...heheheh! I'm still good to go...heheh!
2: Heh...heheh!
3: Guh

206)
1: Dammit! I won't die here, Toshiko!
2: How could I die here?!
3-4: haa, haa

207)
1: cough, cough
2-3: haa
4: Haa, haa
5: haa
6: Where...am I?
7: Which way is the cabin?
8: I don't know anymore.
9: Wh...where's Mr. Kuro...?
10: Mr. Kuro!

208)
1: Where are you?!
2: I found you!!

209)
1: I...I can't...
2: Die, bitch!!

210)
1: Hie

212)
1: M...Mr. Kuro!
2: It...it's no good...
3: I don't...
4: have any strength...left.
5: ...I'm sorry...
6: for dragging you into this...

213)
1:: Wh...what are you talking about...
2: You liar!
3: You said you were going to protect me!
4: That was all a lie.
5: What...what?!
6: I thought you liked me!
7: So it was all just a lie, after all!!
8: You lied to me?!
scream: Nuooooooo

215)
1: Uggh...
2: Toshiko...where are you?
3: Don't leave me here.
4: M...my eyes...
5: Ugh...I can't see anything!
6: Toshiko? Is that you?
7: Toshikooo?

216)
1: Hyaaaaaaaa

218)
1: I'll kill you myself, you maggot.
2-3: haa, haa
4: Shark Skiiiin
5: haa, haa
6: bam
7: Uoohhh?!

219)
1: Guh
2: haaa, haaa
3: wheeze
4: Nooo...

220)
1-2: wheeze
3: Bzzzzzzz
4: Hey! Someone answer!!
5: Dammit! It's malfunctioning!!
6: haa, haa
7: ...which way did I come from?
8: haa, haa
9: I can't tell what direction I came from...am I lost...?
10: haa
11: haa, haa

221)
1: Dammit!! Where am I?!
2: Where am I?!

223)
1: This...might not be the way to the cabin.
2: I'm not sure. What do you think, Mr. Kuro?
3: Mr. Kuro?

224)
1: Mr. Kuro!!

225)
1: What's wrong? It was like you couldn't hear me...
2: Y...you're really bleeding a lot.
3: ...I'm fine...
4: ...you should rest here, Mr. Kuro.
5: I'll go ahead a bit and check if we're heading in the right direction.
6: We need to get out of here ASAP.
7: ...yeah.
8: A little rest will fix me right up...
9: Then we can go...

226)
1-2: haa, haa

227)
1: wheeze, wheeze
2: I...I followed the blood trail!
3: Wh...
4: Which way is the exit?!

228)
1-2: wheeze
3: Heheh.
4: Heheheh.
5: What's so funny? Tell me how to get out of here!!
6: Have you gone insane?!
7: Heheheheh...
8: ...This is...
9: just too funny an outcome...Tanuki...
10-11: wheeze
12: You maggot!!
13: B...
14: Heheheh...
15: Bastard...
16: Ahh

229)
1-4: haa
5: Drop the gun!!
6: Which way is the exit?!

230)
1: ...the exit?
2-3: Haa, haa
4: Hah!
5: Heh...heheheh.
6: I don't know either...heheh.
7: What's so funny?!
8: Heheh...this truly is a funny turn of events.
9: Heheheh.
10: ...are we all just complete idiots? ...I'm gonna kill you.
11: Aw, come on. Play with me for a little bit longer, Tanuki...

231)
1: We're getting out of here!!
2: Drop the gun!!

232)
1: Heheheh.
2: Heheh...just tell me one thing.

233)
1: Did you two...

235)
1: What...?
2: What kind of ending were you expecting? One where they got out of the forest?
3: No way...really? Hahaha! That sort of ending doesn't apply here.

Translation: Shamo 57

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:41:22 +0000

*Only for use by I-M.

tl by molokidan

65)
Chapter 57 - Hard Dragon, Cut Softly

66)
1: The mat is splattered with a frightening amount of blood!!

67)
1: The referee stops the match!
2: Doctor!
3: Yoshioka is sent for a doctor check!
4: Continuing the match like this would be...
5: Doctor...
6: Please don't stop me.

68)
1: Looks like you won't listen no matter what I say...
2: I owe you.
3: Fine, you can go.
4: I'm a fan of yours. Not of the athlete Yoshioka Daigo...
5: but the warrior Yoshioka Daigo.
6: The doctor gives an OK for the match to continue!
7-9: Yoshioka!!
10: Cheers for Yoshioka herald the match continuing!!

69)
1: That was a dangerous wound...
2: It's the first time I've seen his face like that.
3: He's beyond us now...
4: in a very far-off place.
5: The match continues in the center of the ring
6: in the exact same position as before!!

70)
1: Fight!!
2: Guh...!!

71)
1: Haaaaah!!
2: Yoshioka Daigo is at death's door!!

75)
1: What a throw!!
2: #4's right arm was broken!!
3: Referee!!
4: #4?!

76)
1: Move it...
2: Yoshioka...
3: you're the real thing...
4: Goddamn monster...
5: I get it. As long as you have a lever, you could even move a planet...
6: Is this to say that this stunning throw didn't work on #4 either?! What frightening stamina!!
7: Was the "soft" defeating the "hard" only a fantasy to begin with?

77)
1: #4's right arm dangles at his side!
2: Yoshioka's throw completely shattered it!!
3: --but!!

80)
1: Yoshioka's entire body is slammed into the mat!!
2: Yoshioka's in danger!!
3: Gah...!!
4: This is strongest karate fighter...

81)
1: at full power!!

83)
1: #4's 120kg+ body leaps into the air!!

84)
1: Lighting shoots out from the sky!!

Chapter 57 - END

Translation: Shamo 56

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:40:59 +0000

*Only for I-M.

tl by molokidan

45)
Chapter 56 - Simple

49)
1: What move was that?!
2: That's the Yoshioka I know...
3: #4 is slammed into the mat head first!!
4: #4 takes a crippling blow!!

50)
1: This guy's...
2: a monster....
3: Ooooh.
4: I felt that one.

51)
1: If that had been asphalt instead of a mat...
2: crack
3: you would have busted my skull.
4: You're finally making me want to fight, Yoshioka...
5: C'mon now, let's continue this little conversation.

52)
1: #4 displays an unbelievable degree of toughness!!
2: Fight!!
3: Yoshioka's genius moves aren't working on him at all!!
4: Heh.

53)
1: Kuh...!!

54)
1: Yoshioka's in danger!!
2: He's assaulted by extremely powerful strikes!!
3: It's like #4 is swinging massive logs toward him!!

55)
1: He takes a powerful right middle!!
2: Yoshioka's body folds inward!!

56)
1: Kuhhh...!!
2: Haaaah!!

57)
1: No jabs or feints!!
2: Guh...!!
3: Each single strike is capable of ending this match on its own!!

58)
1: #4's fists could punch straight through the corner posts!!

59)
1: #4 grabs on to both sides of Yoshioka's collar and lifts him up!!

60)
1: What monstrous power!!
2: Guhh...!!
3: He has Yoshioka pushed into the corner!!
4: Yoshioka can't move!!
5: Kuh...!!
6: As a child, I learned there's only one way to win a fight...
7: Grab onto the opponent's collar...
8: and pound him!!

62)
1: Guh...!!
2: #4 sends forth his fists, without any care as to Yoshioka's guard!!
3: Kuhh!!
4: Yoshioka is pinned in the corner!!
5: Simple is best.

64)
1: Blood splatters out from Yoshioka!!
2: The greatest treasure of Japanese judo, Yoshioka, is now a hideous sight!!

Chapter 56 - END

Translation: Shamo 55

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:40:36 +0000

*Only for I-M.

tl by molokidan

25)
Chapter 55 - A Zone Only for Us

26)
1: He moves into a sliding lapel strangle!!
2: Again, perfect form!!
3: Nuu...!

27)
1: #4 stands up!!

28)
1: #4 knocks off Yoshioka's right hand!!
2: Mmm...!

32)
1: Yoshioka pulls off a tomoe nage!!

33)
1: Still not a point!
2: Yoshioka!!
3: Both fighters are frozen!!

34)
1: They remain locked together!

35)
1: Break!!
2: The referee has stopped the match due to their frozen state!
3: The match will be continued from standing positions!
4: Yoshioka should have had a point -- but this is mixed martial arts!!
5: Fight!!
6: #4's monstrous strength continually repelled each of his attacks!!

36)
1: Yoshiokaaa...
2: Your moves are really sharp and perfect...
3: ...but you've spent too much time in the world of sports.
4: This isn't an olympic ring...
5: This is a zone only for the two fighters, void of any spectators...

37)
1: You and me...
2: A zone only for us.

38)
1: #4 takes a stance for the first time in the fight,
2: signaling that we're about to see the strongest karate chop in the world!!
3: Heh.

40)
1: A low kick sends Yoshioka into the air!!

42)
1: Yoshioka flies into the air!
2: What power!!
3: Guh...!!

43)
1: Yoshioka's in trouble!!
2: A powerful stomp with all of the massive #4's weight behind it comes slamming down!!

44)
1: Heh.

Chapter 55 - END

Translation: Shamo 54

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:40:10 +0000

*Only for I-M.

tl by molokidan

5)
Chapter 54 - Collar & Sleeve

6)
1: #4 has outstretched his sleeve again!
2: His color is also completely unguarded!!
3: To the genius judo fighter Yoshioka Daigo, this is a humiliating taunt!!

7)
1: C'mon, show me what you've REALLY got.
2: Gooooo, Yoshiokaaaaa!!
3: Beat his ass!!
4: Yoshika grabs him!!

8)
1: Guh...!!
sign: Narushima Ryou
2: Guaaaaahhhhhhh!!
sign: Narushima Ryou
Changing Room
Entry Prohibited

9)
1: You crock!
2: Do you really know what you're doing?!
3: Don't move. I need to be careful with my hands.
4: You fuck up...
5: and I'll kill you!
6: Ryou! Just stay still!
7: Don't move, you little fucker.

10)
1: What will Yoshioka do?!
2: How will he budge the massive body of #4?!
3: Mmmmm

11)
1: Yoshioka is locking #4's right hand!
2: He's preventing #4 from using his herculean strength!!
3: You won't be able to win like this, Yoshioka.

14)
1: He's down!!
2: Yoshioka moves into a scarf hold!!
3: No, wait...!!

15)
1: Into a lighting fast
2: cross reverse armbar!!

16)
1: His form is excellent, this is a perfect hold!!
2: Kuh...!!
3: Mmmm
4: The minute #4's right arm gets extended, Yoshioka wins!!
5: It's extending!!
6: Not even #4's monstrous strength can let him escape from this!!

17)
1: Get him, Yoshioka!!
2: Break his arm!!
3: You idiot!
5: What did I tell you?!
5: nnggh
6: #4 desperately struggles!
7: But despite standing up, his arm is still locked in there!!
8: Nnn...ggh!!

18)
1: Would you look at that! #4 is raising Yoshioka with only his right arm!!

19)
1: Heh.
2: And then he smashes Yoshioka down!!

22)
1: A one-arm shoulder throw!!
2: Yoshioka sends #4's massive body into the air!!
3: That's not a point!

24)
1: Yoshioka is on #4's back!!
2: He moves into a sliding lapel strangle!

Chapter 54 - END

Translation: Homunculus Volume 15

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:39:12 +0000

*Only for use by I-M.

tl by molokidan

4)
1: click

5)
1: Wooow, look at this!
2: It's a white Christmas!
3: tap..
4: Mm...

6)
1: Wh...
2: What the...
3: What is this...

7)
1: Wh...
2: What's happening...
3: to me...

8)
1: Nakoshi-san.
2: I brought an organic
3: christmas cake!
4: What's wrong...?

9)
1: Another Homunculus got inside me.
2: Why...
3: Why...all did was "look"...why did it have to go inside me...?

10)
1: What the hell is...
2: with these things...!!

11)
1: Nakoshi-san...
2: You...
3: already know the answer to that, don't you?
4: You know
5: what they really are, don't you?

12)
1: They're the proof, the medals that show you've "seen" what you've seen...
2: Clumps of egotism
3: saying "Yeah, look what I saw!"

13)
1: Wh...
2: What...?
3(2b): The more "Homunculi" (human distortions) you see, the more medals of proof
that you "saw what you saw" build up and warp within you...
4: It's simple...
5: You must understand it somewhere within.
6: Wh...
7: What are you talking about...

14)
1: It's nothing more than a simple expression of desire, hope, and expectation.
2: You "saw" someone, so you want someone else to "see" you.
3: It's a simple side-effect from the act of "seeing."
4: You just want something in return.
5: "Look at me."

15)
1(2b): Wh...what are you talking about...
2: I've never, EVER
3: asked someone to "look back at me"...
4: Exactly. That's why those "suppressed feelings" of yours are appearing in a
distorted shape.
5: No!
6: These aren't some dirty things like that.

16)
1: What do you know!
2: You can't see anything!
3: These things...
4: There's some special message hidden in them!
5: They need to be seen by someone else who can see them...
6: I need someone to look at my Homunculus...!

17)
1: You're
2: wrong, you know....
3(2b): It's true that what you're seeing isn't merely a hallucination. I imagine
you're seeing something that can't be explained through science.
4: However,
5: the things that "possessed" you bear no meaning...
6: They're simply manifestations of your selfish demands.

18)
1: You know, "looking" isn't something you sould expect compensation for.
2: What...
3: You always have a scientific explanation for everything. What are you getting
all romantic on me for...?
4: The one who asks for nothing in return...
5: The stalker...is the more human one.
6: Shut up...

19)
1: Wait...
2: Then what does it mean to "look?"

20)
1: I don't know...

21)
1: You're...
2: creeping me out.

22)
1: You're creepier.
2: Oh well.
3: I guess the creepy one has to leave, then.

23)
1: Car guy!
2(2b): W...we...we got trouble!!

25)
1: Why...
2: Why would he...
3: Ita-san...
4: You had a place to return to...

26)
1: Ita-chan...
2: He cleaned his tent up so nicely...
3: He was probably deciding...
4: whether or not to go back to his daughter...
5: But...
6(2b): All he need to do was muster up a little courage...and go back home,
right...?

27)
1: Just a little courage...
2: Car guy.
3: No one blames anyone for not having courage in this place.

28)
1: This is bad...
2: I need to find somewhere to go...

29)
1: I need to find somewhere to go...!

32)
sign: TRAFFIC VIOLATION

33)
1: Fuck.
2: So I can't even park here now, huh...?
3: I can't be here anymore?

35)
1: Then where the hell am I supposed to go?!

37)
1: ...Nanako...

39)
1: Hello.
2: Uh...
3: Uhhh...
4: Who's "Nanako?"

40)
1: Somewhere to go...

41)
1: Huh?
2: Did you say something?
3: No...

42)
1: Here.
2: rustle
3: I figured you'd be OK if I brought you this much.
4: Uh, sure...
5: Can you give me a ride?

43)
1: I'll pay for it.
2: I don't need your money.
3: What?
4: Just your "consideration"...
5: "Consideration"...?
6: Get in.

44)
1-2: slam
3-4: bzzzzz

45)
1-3: bzzzzzz

46)
1: beep
2: You alright?
3: Don't you need to go to your daddy's place today?
4: What do you mean
5: by "daddy?"
6: Today's
7: business got rescheduled.

47)
1: It's alright.
2: She can't completely fake it...
3: There's no power behind her lie...

48)
1: We're here...
2: rustle
3: Wait a moment.

50)
1: Th...
2: This is...
sign: Extras

51)
1: Hey. Hey. HEY!

52)
1: What do you think you're doing...
2: bam

53)
1: Here.
2: What's
3: this for?
4: Let me sleep in this car
5: for 7000 yen tonight.
6: What...
7: has gotten into you...
8: Please.

54)
1: You think both of us can sleep in this cramped space...?
2: It's alright.
3: I can curl up and sleep.
4: Let's just go for now.

55)
1: Where?
2: Please don't go back THERE...
3: You mean "in front of the hotel"...?
4: Then
5: where would you like to go?
6: Just...
7: keep driving...

56)
1: Nakoshi-san.
2: Nakoshi-saaaaan.

57)
1: That woman's ugly daddy...

58)
1-3: brrriiiing
4: rustle
phone: Itou
5: beep
6: Hello?

59)
1: Where are you, Nakoshi-san?!
2: I heard that the homeless guy from yesterday committed suicide this morning!!
3: Yeah...
4: I went to your car, but it wasn't there...
5: I got scared...
6: I found a place to go.
7: What?
8: What did you say?
9: Nothing...

60)
1: Also,
2: that creepy sugar daddy from yesterday...
3: it looks like he's a yakuza!
4: You shouldn't get further involved with that woman!!

61)
1(2b): OK, got it.
2: See ya.
3: Wait...Nakoshi-san...
4: beep
5: Something wrong?
6: Nope,
7: everything's fine.

62)
1: Man...
2: look at all that snow.
3: What did you see...yesterday?
4: Huh?
5: Remember all that stuff you were talking about at the pier?
6: Just...

63)
1: what can you see?

64)
1: Hearts.
2(2b): At least...that's what I think they are...
3: Huh?
4: H...
5: Hearts...?
6: You keep saying that word...but how can you see something like that?

65)
1: What do they look like?
2: Explain it to me in concrete words.
3: But you already know.

66)
1: You opened up a hole in your skull?

67)
1: People looked like robots and sand monsters to you?
2: Homunculus?!

68)
1: What is that...?
2: It sounds like some kind of disease...
3: it's just some kind of hallucination, isn't it...
4: Yeah...
5: Probably...
6: Don't think I believe that stupid story about you opening a hole in your head...
7: slip

69)
1: Here...
2: Touch it.
3: What?!
4: Check it for yourself.

70)
1: touch...

71)
1: Ewww!!
2: There's two.
3: Here's the other one.
4-5: rub

72)
1: flick...
2: Faceless.
3: Huh?

73)
1: You're faceless.
2: You've got no "face"...
3: Did opening holes in your head
4: make you go crazy?
5: where did you leave
6: your "face"...?

74)
1-2: pop
3: You really
4: must be hallucinating after all.

75)
1: Heh...
2(2b): A pig's nose, droopy eyes, and gross teeth...
3: What are you
4: talking about...
5: I thought so.
6: You left your face with that ugly guy
7: who has the mole on his nose.

76)
1: Don't loooooook!
2: Waah.

79)
1: Maybe your real face
2: is the ugly face that appeared in that Homunculus.
3(2b): No...that isn't my original face...
4: Maybe you just forgot
5: what you really looked like.
6: There's no way...

80)
1: Ahhh!
2: Woah.

81)
1: Buhaaah.

82)
1: A...
2: Are you alright?
3: Y...yes...

83)
1: Th...
2: That's money...

88)
1: Pfft.
2-3: Heheheheh!

89)
1: Ah...
2: What...?

90)
1: "Money" (Lies), huh...?

91)
1: Where'd you get all that...?
2(2b): It's what you saved from using your "lies" (body), right?
3: You can't escape
4: now...
5: from the abyss known as "lying."

92)
1: And yet despite all that, you have this shallow expectation that "maybe he'll
look at my "truth" (heart)."
2: That's why
3: you came to me, isn't it?
4: Hilarious!
5: Who would look at the "truth" (heart) of someone
6: who only believes in lies?

93)
1: Who would look at a big pile of lies?!
2: Idiot!
3: haa...

94)
1: Fuck you!!

96)
1: That "truth" (heart) you keep talking about doesn't exist!
2: All that exists is what you see before you!
3: All "people" (men) ever look at...
4(4b): are my "lie" (face), "lie" (body), and "crotch" (lie)!!

97)
1: You were
2: no different!!

98)
1: I changed my face
2: hoping that it would change things,
3: but look at me now.
4: Go ahead and laugh!
5: Haha...
6: Ha...

99)
1: In the end, not a single person
2: looked at my "heart" (inside)...

100)
1: And all I can look at are people's "lies" (faces), "lies" (money), and "lies"
(things)!!

102)
1: Liaaaaar!!

103)
1: You're lying about not looking at the heart...
2(3b): Liar, liar, liar.

104)
1: Don't you remember?
2: There was one man whose "truth" (heart) you saw...

105)
1: He had a pig's nose,
2: droopy eyes,
3: and gross teeth...
4: But you weren't fazed by his "ugliness" (exterior),
5: and you saw his "heart!"

106)
1: Yes...
2: And he saw you too.
3: Your heart...

107)
1: I fit in here...

108)
1: Ugly...
2: Looking down...
3: Staring at nothing but my feet as I walk...
4: ...empty days...
5: of...
6: nothing...

109)
1-2: throb...
3: Then...
4: you looked at me...
5: You came right into
6: my downward field of view,
7: looking up at me.

110)
1: You even drew a picture of me...
2: of my heart...
3: It was shocking to me.
4: I thought only the things you could see before you mattered.

111)
1: "You" (She) could see the invisible.
2: You...
3: were a genius of sight...!

112)
1-2: Please look.
3: Please look more!
4: As much as you can...
5: I was gradually able to raise my face...

113)
1: Staring forward...
2: For the first time, I had the courage to look at other people.

114)
1: I could face people.
2: I wanted to see.
3-4: More.

115)
1: I want to see you...
2: More and more...
3: I want to see you!!

119)
1-2: psh...

120)
1: Na...
2: Nanako...

121)
1(2b): Then...why...
2: Why...

122)
1: Why did you run away?!

124)
1: Why...
2: did you run away...

135)
1: Why...
2: did you run away...

136)
1: You're cold...
2: Let's get in the car.
3: I'll pick up all the money.
4: Let's go.

140)
1: Why did you leave me...
2: Satoshi...
3: My eyes were on nothing but you...
4: On you, yourself...

141)
1: I had thought...
2: about getting cosmetic surgery
3: long before I met you...
4: I wanted to escape my empty days
5: of looking downward...

142)
1: Then,
2: I met you...
3: and you looked at me...
4: you let me look forward.
5: But when I looked forward,
6: all I could see...
7: was what lied beyond "the truth" (Nanako).
8: Nothing but the gorgeous "lies" (material world)...

143)
1: The people I hated the most,
2: those bitches who had nothing but looks, and only wanted people to lookat them.
3: Their faces, breasts, waists, and legs...
4: kept flashing in front of my eyes...
5: Every time my eyes slipped over to the lies...
6: Nanako
7: would come back into view,
8: looking at me...

144)
1: It was scary...
2: You always looked up at me...
3: It was like you were some "underground girl," staring up at me from the bottom
of a deep well.

145)
1: Here I was, being danced around by the gorgeous lies above.
2: And every time I looked down...
3: I saw the "below," ever ready to suck me down...
4: I was scared...

146)
1: You're terrible...
2: Just a few glances like that
3: was enough to make you get a big head...?
4: Yep...
5: That's exactly what happened...
6: It was Christmas...

147)
1: When "lies" (the material) shines its brightest...
2: I just...
3: didn't want to spend Christmas...
4: with an ugly girl...!

148)
1: I gripped the flyer...
2: of the cosmetic surgery clinic once more...

149)
1: and decided to throw myself into the "fake world."
2: I threw away my old face...
3: Threw away Nanako...

150)
1: What are you talking about...
2: That isn't all you threw away...

151)
1: That isn't all...

152)
1: You threw away the child in my stomach...

154)
1: You ran away from our child as well...
2: I can understand, though...
3: You wanted to throw away your ugly self and be reborn, have a new life...

155)
1: You didn't want to see an ugly clone of yourself appear before your eyes.
2: Yeah...
3: I didn't...
4: You're right...
5: It was the pregnancy...
6: that made me decide to get the surgery.

156)
1: No one looked at me, and I left no impression on anyone...I was ignored, never
valued...
2: It didn't even feel like I was living...
3: I wanted to escape
4: from my "nothing" self...

157)
1: My face,
2: Nanako,
3: and my child.
4: I wanted to throw away everything...!
5: And what did you get, in the end?
6: In the end...

158)
1: I ended up having to fun another escape route...
2: Searching for a place to go...
3: Trying to figure out where I SHOULD go...
4: Everyday,
5: I did nothing but search for an escape...

160)
1: But I'm different now...
2: I finally found
3: where I need to go.
4: I'm

161)
1: going to look at you.

162)
1: From here on,

163)
1: I'm going to look at nothing but your heart.

165)
1: ...at me too?
2: What?
3: Will you...
4: look at me too?
5: At my heart...

169)
1: I...
2: don't know how to look at "hearts" (people) anymore...
3: That's not true.
4: You may not be able to now, but you used to be able to...
5: The clouds!
6: Huh?
7: Clouds?

170)
1: You looked at my "pure white clouds,"
2: Nanako!
3: It's alright.
4: I know you can see.
5: You've known this whole time...

171)
1: I'm not "Nanako"...and I can't see any "clouds."

174)
1: Ahhh!
2: Owww.
3: D...don't grab my hair.
4: What...?
5: I'm saying I'm going to look at you.
6: Why can't you just reply with "I'll look at you too?"
7: What?

175)
1(2b): You're already 30, aren't you, Nanako?
2(2b): That "lie" (body) that everyone looks at you for is going to get old and
wither soon.
3: Am I wrong?
4(2b): The older you get, the less and less people will look at you. You've already
started to notice it, haven't you?
5: Nanako.

176)
1(2b): But that doesn't necessarily mean that someone who will look at your "truth"
(heart) will just come sauntering along.
2(3b): If you have no one to look at your "lie" (body) or your "truth" (heart),
Nanako, then how will you go on existing in this world?
3: Hm??

177)
1: How will you go on living?
2: You don't want to die a lonely death...

178)
1: whisper whisper
2(2b): Wh-what are you doing to my ear...?!
3(2b): I said I'd look at you. At YOU.
4: All you need to do is look back at me.

179)
1: Just a simple "exchange" (romance)...

180)
1: I look at "your heart" (you).
2: You look at "my heart" (me).
3: That's all...
4: You won't need to cover your "truth" (heart) with "lies" anymore.

181)
1: Not to people...
2: Not to me...
3: You won't need to lie anymore...
4: You...
5: just have to...

182)
1: lie a little to yourself.

183)
1: A...
2: demon...

186)
1-3: crunch

188)
1: What's wrong,
2: Nanako?

189)
1: Wh...
2: Why...
3: do I have to look at you...?!
4: Isn't it obvious...?
5: Because I'm looking at you.
6: At your heart.

190)
1: Heart...heart...
2: That's all you keep saying...
3: The only thing you're seeing
4: is hallucinations!
5: Come back to reality!!
6: There's no way
7: anyone can see a "heart!!"

193)
1: Wh
2: Why...
3: I stuck a GPS in one of the wads of cash.
4: Whoopsie...
5: Can't believe you'd try to skip town
6: with the group's "hidden stash."

194)
1: H...
2: Him...
3(2b): He threatened me and made me go with him!!
4: It's his fault!

195)
1: Please, believe me!

196)
1: Ahhhhh!

197)
1: Who'd believe you.
2: you old hag.

198)
1: Nggh...
2(2b): I thought you'd be the perfect hiding spot, and look what happens.
3: You should've learned to shut up and follow your orders, like a good old hag.
4: That hole of yours is the only useful thing about you, you know that?!

199)
1: One, two,
3: three.

200)
1: Are you with her?

202)
1: What are you doing...
2: Trying to throw me off guard with some weird movements?
3: Let's be more simple here.
4: chk...

203)
1: I want to see you crawl in the snow.
2: push...
3: Put the gun down.

204)
1: Put the gun down.

205)
1: What'll you do if it shoots her eye out?
2: Her eye...?
3: Your little sister...?

206)
1: Your little sister...
2: The gun...
3: What happened?!

207)
1: rub
2: Y...
3: You...

208)
1: Your little sister's
2: eye...?
3: Ahh.
4: It's a toy gun...!
5: What the...hell...
6: is with you...
7: I get it...

209)
1: Your little sister's eye...
2: with a toy gun...
3-4: What?
5: Ahh...

211)
1: Wh...
2: What is this...?

212)
1: I...
2: I didn't mean to...
3: I know...
4: ...Yasuko...
5: slip...
6: You don't need to do that...

213)
1: You loved her,
2: and she loves you too.

214)
1: Waaaaaaaahh

216)
1: Now,
2: hurry up and go to her!
3-4: Yeah.

219)
1: C...
2: could it be...
3: You can...
4: really...
5: see
6: hearts...?
7: I told you...

220)
1(2b): So...you can really
2: see me...?

221)
1: Of course...
2: Nanako.

222)
1: I...
2: wonder if..
3: I can
4: see yours too...?
5: It's alright...
6: I know the perfect thing!

232)
1: whine...
2: Oh, Tarou.
3: Where's Take-san?
4: whine...
5: Isn't he here...?

233)
sign: KEEP OUT
1: Take-san...
2: So you need to find somewhere to go too...
3: whine

235)
sign right: Trepanation Equipment
sign left: All doooooone!

238)
1: Nakoshi-saaaan!

239)
1: Huh?
2: He's gone...
3(2b): All that work on this organic christmas cake was for nothing...
4: Where'd he go...?

241)
1-2: click

242)
1-2: click

243)
1: clink...
2-3: clink

244)
1: Relax...
2: I'm going to numb you up, so you won't feel anything. Just some little
vibrations.
3: Opening this hole won't hurt your brain at all. It's no different from dental
work.
4: They do this overseas all the time. And look, I've done it twice already.
There's no danger to it.
5: It'll just...
6: It'll just...?

245)
1: make you see "hearts" a little bit.

246)
1: Alright...
2: you're alright.
3: Once your hair grows back no one will be able to see the wound.
4: Now then...

248)
1: Nanako.

249)
1: There's something I want you show you...
2(2b): Huh? Wh...what?
3: Relax...
4: With this,
5: we'll be able to look at each others' hearts.

256)
1: Well?

257)
1: What do you see?

258)
1: N...
2(2b): Nothing...
3: Well?
4: Nothing...

259)
1: How about now?
2: clasp
3: Nothing...
4: I see.
5: The effects didn't appear immediately for me either.

260)
1: Just take your time and look...

261)
1: Can you hear it?
2: What?
3: Close your eyes and listen.

262)
1: throb
2(2b): I...I can hear it...
3: what is this...?
4-6: throb

263)
1-2: throb
3: Your brain's palpitations...
4-11: throb
12: These are...

264)
1: human palpitations.

266)
1: I'll keep looking at you
2: until you can see.

270)
1: wh...
2: what the...
3: It's you.

271)
1: So you finally appear.

272)
1: Why did you have to start off
2: with those confusing Homunculi things?
3: You should have
4: just done this from the start.

273)
1: I was waiting for you...

281)
1: Ready?
2: Yeah...
3: Let's become one...

283)
1: I'm looking at you.
2: Now you...
3: look at me.

284)
1: Let's look at each other...!

286)
1: ...um.
2: What?
3: I'm gonna cum...

287)
1: Cum!
2: Ahhhhhhh
3-10: cum
11: C...

288)
1: ...um
2: pop...
3: pop

289)
1: Huh?

290)
1: That isn't me.

291)
1: Ahhhhhhhhh

294)
1: What...
2: that isn't me...
3: Yeah...

295)
1: It's you...

296)
1: jerk

297)
1: Nanako.
2: Hey, Nanako!
2-3: zzzz
4: She must have lost a lot of blood...
5: I'll let her sleep.

299)
1: slam
note: TO Nanako...
I went to go get some food upstairs. I'll be back soon.

303)
1: Nakoshi-sama...
2: Hi.
3: Nakoshi-sama,
4: I'm very sorry...

304)
1: You seem to be troubling the other customers,
2: So I'm going to have to ask you to leave today...
3: Huh?!

305)
1: Hahahahahahahaha.
2: Na...
3: Nakoshi-sama...
4: Hahahahahah.

306)
1: Sorry, sorry.
2: sniff sniff
3: I didn't notice myself...
4: Haha...
5: Yeah, I guess that's to be expected, after how I lived...

307)
1: Sorry, sorry.
2: Na...
3: Nakoshi-sama...

309)
1: Pff...
2: I never should have come here in the first place...
3: I was just lost...

311)
1: Wh...
2: What the...

312)
1: That's me.

313)
1: Hey, you two.

314)
1: Hey...
2: Don't look away from me.
3: Huh?
4(2b): Um...excuse me??
5: I know you're bad at expressing your feelings.

315)
1: Just...
2: It's stupid to waste time without looking at anything or saying anything.
3: You need to move forward.
4: Heeeey!

316)
1: clamp
2: You too.
3: H...
4: Hey...

317)
1: Don't lie.
2: Words aren't just things you spit out.
3: It's fine to be embarrassed.
4: You should always be honest about your feelings.

318)
1: Stop throwing lies at each other.

320)
1: Yo.
2: Hey.
3: 'sup.

321)
1: Huh?
2: You know that guy?
3: No...
4: Then why did you say hello to him?
5: I dunno...
6(2b): Hey, it's Christmas, isn't it?

325)
1: The Homunculi are me...

326)
1: Not "monsters"...

327)
1: Not "hallucinations"...
2: Not "reality"...

328)
1: Just "Homunculi." (truth)

333)
1: Am I in Heaven...?

334)
1: Or Hell?

336)
1: --One year later--

343)
1: I finally found you...

345)
1: You've gotten pretty.
2: Huh?
3: So...

346)
1: You came to see me, didn't you?
2: Huh?
3: You came to look at me.
4: That's why you came, right?

347)
1: I'm tired...

348)
1: Tired of looking...

349)
1: I couldn't get that "Nanako" girl
2: to "look at me"...
3: I was searching
4: for "someone" (a human) who would.
5: No...
6: I've always been...

350)
1: Will you look at me?

353)
1: Yeah...
2: I mean, this is all your fault to begin with.
3: It really...
4: is my fault...
5: You need to take responsibility.

354)
1-2: It's my fault...

355)
1: pull...
2: Please...

356)
1: Look at me.

357)
1: I'll look at you...

358)
1-2: I'm sorry...

365)
1: Hey.
2: It's you guys!

Translation: Homunculus Volume 14

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:38:46 +0000

*Only for use by I-M.

tl by molokidan

4)
1: Hooo
2: It's cold...

5)
1: Nanako...
2: slurp...

6)
1: It was unlocked.

7)
1: Will you give me a ride?

10)
1: Nakoshi-san...
2: This isn't the right way...

11)
1: I need to make a stop somewhere.
2: Come with me.

14)
1: What are you trying to do, bringing me to such a moody place like this?

15)
1: Doesn't it bring back memories...?
2: What?
3: snicker
4(2b): Aren't you mistaking me for someone else?
5: snicker snicker
6: smack
7(2b): I've never been here before.

16)
1: Her face changed...
2(2b): Which means...she's lying...?

17)
1: Will you draw me a sketch...?
2: What?
3: Sketch
4: how I look now.
5(2b): What?! A sketch?! No waaaay...
6: You can draw, can't you?
7: Please!
8: I'm too embarrassed...

19)
1: What is this...
2: I told you, I can only draw
3: simple caricatures...

20)
1: Since when did you stop seeing...?
2: What?!
3: Stop seeing...what?
4: Since you changed your face?
5: Since you started did cosmetic surgery, right?

21)
1: When did you change your "face?"
2: Ever hear of the word "delicacy?"
3(2b): Everyone does minor cosmetic surgery like getting creases in their eyelids.
It's rude to talk about something like that with women, you know.
4: A lie...?

22)
1: I changed my face
2: right after I broke up with you...
3: "Broke up"...?
4: We've never went out...
5: Nothing's changed about your face
6: since we last met, Nakoshi-san.
7: A lie...

23)
1: Nakoshi-saaaaan.
2: This whole time,
3: you've been mistaking me with someone else, haven't you...?
4-6: A lie.

24)
1: Why do you only tell lies...
2: No wait,
3: I know why.
4: Because that's all you CAN say?

25)
1: You can only see lies,
2: which means you can only tell them...
3: If you can only hear lies,
4: then you have no choice but to say them...
5: On that "face" of yours is nothing but

26)
1: a "false mouth,"
2: a pair of "false ears,"
3: and a set of "false eyes."
4: All that "changing your face" [having cosmetic surgery done] got you was a bunch
of lies...

27)
1: There's one thing you'd never be able to see with "fake eyes"...
2: "The truth" [the heart]...

28-29)
1: Now it's my turn to look
2: at YOUR "truth" [heart].

32)
1: Oh really...?
2: You had cosmetic surgery done,
3: Nakoshi-san?
4: Wow.
5: Is she smiling...?
6: Hmmm.
7: Or is she angry...?

33)
1: I can't tell what kind of expression she's making...!
2: The Homunculi are nothing but
3: "conversations with yourself"...

34)
1: Ah...
2: Ahhh...
3: I...
4: changed my face...
5: Why did you
6: have cosmetic surgery done?

35)
1-2: B...
3: Because I was ugly...
4: grit...
5: Obviously...!
6: heh heh heh
7: You must have been
8: HIDEOUS.
9: Y...yeah...
10: I was...

36)
1: Isn't that
2: what your father said...
3: Father...
4: When I...
5: was in elementary school...

37)
1: I put a girl's clothes on
2: by accident.
3: And she said
4: "You're ugly! And gross!"
5: Then pushed me down so I hit my head.
6: But to my child's heart, the shock of hitting my head
7: was incomparable to the shock of being called ugly...

38)
1: That night, my father saw the wound
2: and took me with him when he went to go yell at the girl's parents.
3: Her dad said "What's wrong with calling an ugly person ugly?!"
4: And my dad replied with "Yeah, so he's hideous! So what?!"

39)
1: I heard the entire thing behind him.
2: His words shocked me...
3: And at the same time, I thought
4: "I have no father!"

41)
1: Yeah...
2: From that moment forward, I started to look down...
3: hiding my face and staring at nothing but my feet as I walked...

42)
1: ...through those empty days...
2: There was no strong wind...
3: nor stagnant wind...
4: Just a human in a frozen space, whose transparent existence even went
unnoticed...

43)
1: All I saw then...
2: were textbooks and dirty magazines.
3: I drowned myself in my studies.
4: If my outside was no good, then I had to fill up my inside, I thought. And I
filled it as much as I could.
5: And if my face was no good, then I had to make my body look as good as I could,
I thought.
6: So I worked out every day.
7: I even learned to throw up food when I ate too much.

44)
1: Even when I became a high schooler,
2: I still kept my head down and studied straight through lunch.
3: To everyone else,
4: I was nothing but an ugly nerd...
5: It was a period when everyone was sensitive to things like "love" and "sex,"
6: and my male and female classmates happily mingled.
7: But I...
8: just gave them all sidelong glances...

45)
1(2b): A...among my classmates, there were guys like you, with handsome faces, who
the girls would pine over.
2: When I saw you, I'd think, "his face is the only thing he's got going for him."
3: "He's empty on the inside. He's below me." I laughed at you in my head.
4: "Stop looking at that empty fool! Look at me...!!"

46)
1: bzz...
2: bzzzz...
3: Y...
4: Yeah...

47)
1: When I worked part-time as a gasoline stand attendant...
2: I was surprised by how many beautiful women I saw sitting in passenger seats.
3: The better the car,
4: the more beautiful the woman.
5: One day,
6: I saw a woman sitting in the passenger seat to a Porsche.

48)
1: She was radiant.
2: But the man in the driver seat smirking and squeezing her thighs
3: was ugly. I was shocked.

49)
1: How could it be...
2: How could such an ugly man like you...
3: get his hands on such a beautiful woman...
4: But it wasn't about the face anymore.
5: Those "cars" with their beautiful women
6: started to look
7: appealing to me...
8: So I saved up my money and bought "a cheap Carol." [this car]

50)
1: My life of nothing but studying finally paid off,
2: and I easily got into a university in Tokyo and moved there.

51)
1: In Tokyo,
2: the first thing "funned me for" (they made fun of me for) wasn't my "mug"
(face)...
3: but my "accent" (words)...!
4: The women only looked at people's faces and words -- the surface, jeering at
everything they saw...
5: Weren't there any who looked on the inside...?
6: When I took a look around myself, I realized I was surrounded once again by
women pining over men who had nothing but looks going for them...

52)
1: "Izzat" (Is that) really all there is to life -- looks...?!
2: Aren't there any women out there who look "inside" (to the heart)...?

53)
1: Ah...
2: "Ah..." (I...)
3: I had no choice,
4: so I kept walking with my head down in Tokyo...
5: Then I saw
6: something fall at my feet.
flyer: MALE COSMETIC SURGERY

54)
1: It was a flyer for a cosmetic surgery clinic...
2: I wanted a "new face"...
3: for people to look at...
4: "Ah..." (I...)
5: I thought about discarding
6: "mah face" (my face)...

55)
1: Then
2: bzz...
3: I met "Nanako" (you)...

56)
1: "You"...?
2: Are you mistaking me for someone else again...?
3: Get out here...
4: Nanako.
5: bzz...
6: First you say you're going to look at me,
7: then you launch into some long speech...

57)
1: All I can do is speak with the "Homunculi" (what I see before me)...
2: Ah...
3: Ahh...
4: It's just as "you" (Itou) told me.
5: I think I'm just talking with myself.

58)
1: The faces that keep changing into one another
2: are all "people" (faces) I've known...
3(no bubble): snicker...
4: Yeah...
5: This is all nothing more than a figment of my imagination...
6: But I have no choice but to keep watching...
7: to keep talking...!

59)
1: Talking with the "Homunculi" (self I see before myself)...is the only way to see
the "heart"...!

60)
1: Now
2: get out here,
3: Nanako!!
4: pop

61)
1: Th...
2: That's not you...
3: So...
4: How was it to change your face?
5: Th...
6: This isn't you...
7: You can only talk to what's in front of you, right?
8: D...
9: Dammit...

62)
1: Y...yeah...
2: That's right...
3: You're the first girl I slept with
4: after I "got cosmetic surgery" (changed my face).
5: As I changed my face,
6: the women I chose got better and better...
7(2b): Meanwhile, I joined a foreign capital company, and thanks to all the money
and material goods that presented me with,

63)
1: "people" (women) started to look at me.
2: slip...
3: I slept with women,
4: fiddled with numbers,
5: and drowned myself in money.
6: ...but...

64)
1: I didn't feel anything...
2: What...
3: is this...?

65)
1: It...
2: looks like the inside of a Porsche...
3: Not just people...
4: now my entire environment's changing...!

66)
1: I really am...
2: hallucinating...

67)
1: That's right...
2: "They" (The women) weren't really looking at "me"...
3: but at my "Porsche" (cars)...

68)
1: at my "presents" (things)...
2: and at my money...
3: They were only look at "my face" (the material)...

69)
1: All they did is look at what they saw in front of their eyes...
2: Not a single "one of them" (person) saw "the real me" (my heart)!
3: Just like before, I..."didn't exist" (was invisible)...

70)
1: Stressed out,
2: I would often
3: come to the ocean and scream out "myself" (my accent),
4: eat "myself" (my semen), which emitted my scent and my temperature,
5: then spray "myself" (the semen) into the faces of the women and defile them.

71)
1: But...
2: there was one time
3: when I saw "humanity" (feelings) beyond the "work" (numbers)...
4: When I happened to meet with someone from a huge corporation I sent under, who
had fallen to the lowly position of taxi driver out in the country...

72)
1: All...
2: I ever intended to do was fiddle the numbers...
3: But I ended up getting a scent of the smells and temperature of the humans on
the other side...

73)
1: And then...
2: people entering government employment agencies...
3: homeless people sleeping on benches...
4: Homeless people gathering around vents...
5: Soon that was all I saw.
6: Among them...
7: I knew, were people from the companies I had destroyed...

74)
1: All I had done thus far was destroy.
2: I hadn't built up or created a single thing...
3: I was a human who could give birth to nothing...

75)
1: Suddenly, I could no longer control the numbers as I used to be able to...
2: And so naturally, I ceased to be a good worker...
3: No matter how much I played around with women,
4: I could no longer enjoy anything, and spent my days lost in thought...

76)
1: Then,
paper: Nanami
2: I invited you over...
3: And...
4: you left the sketch you drew of me...

77)
1: in the trash...

78)
1: That was it...
2: That was when I failed at my job and lost everything.
3: Why did you draw that...?
4-5: I...
6: I wasn't a pitch black, faceless monster, was I...?

79)
1: I was a "pure white cloud," wasn't I...?
2: Nanako!!
3: I know you saw what I was...
4: My "truth" (heart)!
5: Right...?

80)
1: Look at me one more time...
2: at "me." (my heart)

81)
1: Enough with the "look at me" stuff.
2: Look at "the real me" (my heart)...
3: "Just look at me!" That's all you're trying to say with this, isn't it...?
4: How could someone like that
5: see anything in ME?

82)
1: It was the same in that hotel.
2(2b): You told me that huge lie about seeing my "truth" (heart)...
3: But what you really saw was my
4: lips (lie),
5: breasts (lie),
6: legs (lie),
7: waist (lie),
8: and crotch (lie).

83)
1: Everything that comes out of "your mouth" (you) is solely to get ahold of my
body.
2: Words (lie),
3: money (lie),
4: things (lie).
5: In your "sketch" (face)
6: I used to the pen to black out
7: your fake mouth, fake nose, and fake eyes.

84)
1: You became a pitch black, blank face.
2: Your face looked like nothing but a clump of lies.

85)
1: And all you've been doing here
2: is blaming the fact that no one will look at your heart (you) on the outside
(your face)...
3: I'm sick of hearing it.
4: When did YOU ever look at someone's "truth" (heart)?

87)
1: All you ever cared about was young, cute, beautiful girls.
2: Their faces and bodies..
3: Everything "on the outside" (you could see).
4: That's all you looked at.

88)
1: From the beginning, you were looking at nothing but "the outside" (lies).
2: An ugly guy looking at nothing but "the outside" (the material,)
3: asking people to look at his "inside" (heart)...
4: You have no right.

89)
1: You've never even seen a piece of someone's "truth" (heart).

90)
1-2: Y...
3: You're exactly right...

91)
1: No liar like you could ever see my "truth" (heart)!!

92)
1: I...
2: I can...
3: see the "Homunculus" (self)...!!

93)
1: You're still going on about being able to 'see,' at a time like this...?
2: What a liar.
3: You've talked about nothing but yourself.
4: "Look at me, look at me!" On and on...just what part of me do you think you're
seeing?
5: All you can see
6: is my "lie," (face)
7: My "lie" (body)
8: and my "lie" (crotch).

94)
1: B...
2: Believe me!
3: Right now
4: I'm looking at "your heart" (you).

95)
1: I can see it now.

96)
1: Really...?

97)
1: Yeah...

101)
1: Don't look at my "truth" (heart).
2: Let's look at each others' "lies" (bodies).

102)
1: What's wrong, Nanako...?
2: You used to be a girl who could only see the "truth" (heart)!
3: Huh?
4: I was so "lacking" (ugly), yet you looked at my "truth" (heart).
5(2b): Heart...? How could I see something invisible like that?

103)
1: You saw it...
2: I did?
3: Because looking at the "truth" (heart)
4: is one of your "characteristics" (qualities).

104)
1: You aren't a liar!

106)
1: Wh...
2: Who is that...?
3: I...I don't know this face...
4: I've never seen it before...

107)
1: An upward-pointing nose,
2: droopy eyes,
3: ugly teeth...
4: and...
5(2b): is that a mole...on the nose?

108)
1: H...
2: How do you know that?

109)
1: A beard...
2: ...a man...
3: How...
4: can you...
5: see that...?!
6(2b): I...I don't know...I've never even seen it before myself...
7: You're hideous!
8: I...
9: I said...

110)
1: How can you see
2: Satoshi?!

111)
1: Hey!

113)
1: Who was...
2: that guy?
3: It was a Homunculus...
4: I've never experienced nor remember...

115)
1: I started to look down...
2: hiding my face and staring at nothing but my feet as I walked.
3: Like a "noppera-bo" (faceless creature).
4: ...through those empty days...

116)
1: Then,
2: she looked at me...
3: You looked at my "truth" (heart).
4: I took back my face...
5: and gradually brought it up...
6: so that I could look forward again.

117)
1: Look forward...
2: snap...
3: But right after I looked forward,
4: I...
5: snap...

121)
sign: KEEP OUT
1: Over the past two days,
2: even more tents vanished...

122)
1: No open fires inside the park!
2: You know the rules.

123)
1(2b): You're not even allowed to put up a tent here, y'know. That's another rule!
It can't be broken.
2: Got it?

124)
1: People from Tokyo.
2(2b): Oh, Take-san.
3(2b): It's the end of the year...they're getting desperate about clearing out the
park by next year.
4: Are you listening?!
5: No open fires! Put out the fire this instant!!
6: It's a rule! It's a rule!

125)
1: Those sorts...
2: piss me off the most...
3(2b): That high-handed attitude they take...just who do they think they are? Makes
my blood boil...
4: clasp
5-6: pop

126)
1: A beat-up umbrella...

127)
1: Hurry up and get out!
2: Tch.
3: Well,
4: I guess you're only here because you have no place else to go.
5: Ah...

128)
1(2b): A...knife...?
2: Heheh...
3: Oh no...

129)
1: Hey, car guy...

130)
1: Hey
2: you.
3: Hm?
4: What do you want...?
5: There's
6: crow shit on your shoulder.
7: Ahh!!

131)
1: Waaaaaah!
2: Wh...
3: When did that fall there...?
4: Dammit...
5(2b): This place is a gathering zone for injured crows.
6: Shit falls like rain around here.

132)
1(2b): You can't resist what falls from above, can you? You'd better leave before
you ruin your clothes.
2: Waaaah!
3: Dammit...
4: We'll be back!
5: Hurry up and get that out of here!
6: It's a rule!

133)
1: You alright, Ita-chan?
2: Hey, you...
3: Thanks...

134)
1: clasp...
2: A mirror...?
3: He's a mirror?

135)
1: What's this egg thing...?

136)
1: Ah.
2: Yo.

137)
1: Today we have organic vegetables and rice with 16 different sprout grains mixed
in.
2: ...tastes good.
3(2b): Doesn't it? And that hamburger patty's made out of tofu.
4: By the way...
5: That coffee shop "Marimo" your ex used to work at still exists.

138)
1: The owner's still in good health,
2: and he remembers Nanako.
3: She was smart, good at drawing,
4: and used to doodle on the back of receipts.
5: When I asked "Was she cute,"
6: he said, "she was a charming girl," and skirted around the question.

139)
1: He was a man of method, and apparently kept all the resumes of his old
employees.
2: Seems like he'll search for her for us.
3(2b): He said he'd call if he finds her.
4: I see...
5: It was a really run-down place.
6: Like it's been around for a looong time.
7: ...yeah...

140)
1: That's where we met...
2: In my empty days...
3: that continued, even after I came to Tokyo...
4: I kept looking down,
5: doing nothing but reading and studying.
6: I went there a lot.
7(2b): One time, someone spilled coffee on my shoe. It was Nanako.

141)
1: Ohh.
2: As an apology,
3: she gave me new shoes. But I returned them, and that's how we started meeting.
4: Bound together by ugliness!
5: Yesterday, I saw that woman.
6: What?! Again?!
7: ...so,
8: did you do her?
9: No...

142)
1: Then...
2: How did it go?!
3: Was she your ex?
4: I don't know...

143)
1(2b): But...just like you said,
2: the Homunculi are all figments of my imagination.
3: Up ntil now,
4: It had only looked like people were turning into weird "Homunculi" (things)...
5: Yesterday,
6: my car turned into a Porsche.
7: Non-human things started to change...

144)
1: And...
2: All the Homunculi and settings I'm seeing...
3: are people and things connected to me in some way...

145)
1: I knew it.
2: Yeah...
3: The Homunculi are hallucinations.

146)
1: There's just one...
2: "person" (face) that I don't know.
3: Who is that...?
4: It's a face I've never experienced nor remember...
5: Someone I don't know...!

147)
1: I see, I see.
2: You probably just forgot.
3: It's someone that's been locked up deep within your subconscious.
4: Someone connected to something traumatic that you can't consciously recall.
5: It can't be...
6(2b): I really...don't know...that guy...

148)
1: Guy?
2: What kind of a face was it?
3: A pig's nose,
4(2b): droopy eyes, gross teeth...
5: a really ugly guy.
6: Isn't it
7: just your old ugly face?

149)
1: No...
2: You saw my old picture, remember?
3: Yeah,
4: true...
5: But that "picture" (thing),
6: was that really you?
7: Maybe you completely forgot what you looked like...?

150)
1: Maybe your true face
2: is the one that appeared in that Homunculus?!
3: There's no way something you've never experienced could appear as a "Homunculus"
(hallucination)!

151)
1: There's one of her...
2: sugar daddies.
3: Geh.
4(2b): I can't believe she can sleep with such a gross old guy...
5(2b): If her "lie" (body) is shown, then all she can see are "lies" (money)...
6: An eye for an eye...a tooth for a tooth.

152)
1: They're just exchanging lies...
2: She must be pretty up in her years by now.
3: If the "lie" (body) she uses to make her exchanges gets old and withers, then
she won't be able to get any more "lies" (money).
4: Then where will she go...?

153)
1: She'll just have to have someone look at her "truth" (heart).
2: How could a "liar" (bitch) completely submerged in a world of lies like that
3: all of a sudden have someone see her "truth" (heart)?!
4: Who in the hell
5: would be able to see it?

154)
1: Heeey.
2: Car guy!
3: Take-san.
4: Oh.
5: It's the fag from before.
6: I...I'm not a fag...
7: What the...
8: You look even prettier now!
9: E...
10: Excuse me...?!

155)
1: More importantly!
2: Ita-chan's in trouble...
3: Ita-san?
4: Oh yeah...
5: He should be feeding the pigeons over there like he always does,
6: ...but he isn't.
7(2b): Can you come with me for a sec?

157)
1: Ever since he started fighting with the Tokyo people,
2: he's been feeding the crows...
3: They're noisy,
4: and they poop so much.
5: More than anything, they give me the creeps...
6: The other guys have been complaining too...

158)
1: Ita-saaaan!
2: rustle
3: I understand how he feels.
4: The more homeless the government gets rid of,
5: and the more KEEP OUT signs they put up,
6: the more afraid I get..

159)
1: They all have nowhere to go...
2: Where are we supposed to go...?
3: He doesn't want to leave the park...
4: or his tent...
5: or that "egg" (place)...?
6: That place...?

160)
1: Hey.
2: What?
3: If you have a mirror,
4: can you lend it to me?
5: Huh?!
6: A mirror...?
7: Um...
8: Ummm...
9: Well...
10: I do have one...
11: Here...

161)
1: Where
2: will you go...?

162)
1(2b): H-hey...
2: Nakoshi-san...

164)
1: I'm coming in...
2: Ita-san...
3: clasp

165)
1: Ita-san...

168)
1: How about coming out...?
2: I...
3(2b): I can't...leave...
4: the park...

169)
1: Of course not!
2: But you don't need to leave
3: the park or the tent.
4: But how about coming out from "that egg" (yourself)?

170)
1: My...
2: self...?
3: Yes.
4: From that egg.
5: Egg...?
6: You're inside, aren't you?
7: I knew you were in there.

171)
1: Come out.
2: Come...
3: out...?
4: Where am I supposed to go...?
5: Where...?
6: I mean,
7: YOU probably have somewhere to go.
8: You never had the balls to come all the way into the park...
9: You just lived half-assedly in that car of yours.

172)
1: You always had a place to return to...
2: You just came here to play around...
3(2b): I don't have anywhere to go either.
4: Tch!
5: Don't lie to me!
6: I failed at my work and resigned the other day. I have no job.
7: Privately, I lost all the stocks and money I had invested, so my apartment was
taken away. I have no place to live.

173)
1: L...
2: Liar...
3: I'm not lying...
3: I...
4: I also...
5: don't have anywhere to go.
6: Except my car...!

174)
1: You're a really good liar, you know that...
2: What about your friends...
3: ...I don't have any...
4: Right after I lost my job and my money...
5: All the people around me...
6: up'n disappeared.

175)
1: I have no one to count on.
2: What about your family...
3: M...
4: My family...
5: Ah can't go back to 'em!

176)
1: I haven't been back since before I got cosmetic surgery...
2: It's been about 14 years...
3: I've done nothing but send them money. Not a single photo.
4: And even'f ah did go back, my face is all diff'rent,
5: so they woul'nt recognize me anyway.

177)
1: Ah can't
2: go back now!

178)
1(2b): Why are you speaking with an accent...?
2: Huh?
3-4: A...
5: Are you making fun of me?!

179)
1: Y...
2: You've...
3: been making fun of my accent.
4: N...
5: No...
6: Ah'm just talkin'
7(2b): n...normally!

180)
1: D...
2: Don't lie...
3: Ah'm not!
4: A...knife...?
5: You're...holding a knife again...?!

181)
1: H...
2: How do you know...?
3: Why...
4: are you holding a knife...?
5: D...
6: Do you...
7: know...
8: about dat?!
9: An accent...?!

183)
1: What do the "accent"...
2: and the "knife"...
3: hafta do wit each other?!
4: So...
5: you DO know...

184)
1: Blood...
2: Ya (You)...
3: used that...
4: to stab him?!

187)
1: S...
2: Something's there...

188)
1: N...
2: Nothing...

189)
1: split
2: bloob bloob bloob
3: bloob

190)
1-2: split

191)
1: It's just turning inside out...
2: It's still just an egg...
3: slide

192)
1: Oh...
2: So he was inside...
3: the mirror shell surface...!

193)
1: You're...
2: so invisible to yourself
3: that you're in your own mirror...?
4: How many years has it been
5: since you've seen yourself?

194)
1: S...
2: Stop it...
3: When I see my face...
4: I...
5: remember my past!
6: Unless you look back on your past...
7: you won't be able to see your future!

195)
1: I don't need a future...
2(2b): Ah'm gonna stay here forever!
3: Look at yourself!

196)
1: I've...
2: gotten old...

198)
1-4: bloob
5: Come...
6: out...

202)
1: Wh...
2: What the...

203)
1: What's this Homunculus...?!
2: It's like a bunch of mirrors are matched up...
3: an infinite corridor...

205)
1: Ah...
2: It's going in chronological order...
3: You did judo.
4: I see.
5: You've always had a strong body.
6: H...
7: How...

206)
1: You finished middle school,
2: and immediately started on a path to become a chef.
3: H...
4: How do you know this...?!

207)
1: Huh.
2: You got married earlier.
3: Married...
4: You look...
5: really happy...
6: Happy...

209)
1: I'm sure you had a good wife.
2: Yeah...
3: She was the life of the restaurant.
4: The other cooks were jealous of me...
5: She was a good wife...

210)
1: And you were blessed with a good child.
2: A girl?
3: Yeah.
4: She was lovely.
5: She made me serious about my work,
6: and I was excited to come home every day.

211)
1: I was happy...

212)
1: Your wife passed away...

213)
1: J...
2: Just...what...
3: are you looking at...?
4(2b): I don't know either...
5: Are you seeing Michiko's ghost?!
6: Nothing like that.
7: Oh...

214)
1: It was so sudden...
2: Acute pneumonia...
3: It was over so quick...
4: We had her cremated.
5: Her white ashes went dancing straight up into the clouds in the sky.

215)
1: It was like Michiko
2: had become a pure white ghost...
3: I couldn't stop crying...

218)
1: After that...
2: I neglected my daughter,
3: turned to alcohol,
4: and when I got drunk at the bar, I'd get violent...
5: My daughter often went to the police station to pick me up.
6: I caused her a lot of pain.

219)
1: One day,
2: I went into the kitchen drunk...
3: got into an argument with an employee.
4: Before I knew it, I started speaking in my old accent.
5: He made fun of me for it...
6: So I stabbed his right arm...
7(2b): I didn't take his life, but because of the place where I stabbed him, he
became unable to use his right hand...

220)
1: I got a year of time...
2(2b): The only one waiting for me when I got out
3: was my daughter...
4(2b): Even though I wanted to go back to being a chef, I was too afraid to hold a
knife again...
5: When I picked one up, I started to shiver...
6: I had no job, so I just started drinking again and accumulating debt...
7: Nothing mattered to me anymore...

221)
1: And...
2: then...
3: Oh yeah...
4: I escaped here...
5: with nothing but a knife in my pocket,
6: so that I could die at any time...
7: ...then...
8: my daughter...

222)
1: You left your daughter?!

223)
1: Y...
2: You abandoned her?!
3-4: Uhh...
5(3b): YOU!

224)
1: Your daughter was the only one who looked at you...
2(2b):and you abandoned her, you!
3: Uhhh...
4: You weren't looking at anything in the present...
5: you were just staring at the clouds, searching for a way out...

225)
1: Uhh...
2: Why did I abandon her...?
3: She always had her eyes on you...

226)
1: Why did you abandon her...
2: H...
3: Hey, car guy...

227)
1: ...Nanako...
2: Did you also...

229)
1: It's your fault.

230)
1: I didn't look at "the heart" (you) in front of me...
2: My eyes were blinded by the "lies" (material) beyond...
3: I abandoned "the heart" (you)...

231)
1(2b): I purposefully ran right into
2: a world of lies...
3: You have no place
4: to return to...!

232)
1: She was always so excited to eat the christmas cake
2: every year...
3: It was right before Christmas Eve...
4: when I ran away...

233)
1: This Christmas...
2: how about eating a cake with her...?
3: You have somewhere to return to...!

236)
1: Yikes!
2: Wahh!

237)
1: Snow...

238)
1: Ugh...
2: Ugggh...
3: Car guy...

239)
1: It isn't just "machinery" (the car) for you...
2: You have the power to feel 'humans' too...?
3: 'Humans' and 'machines'
4: are completely different.

240)
1: Nakoshi-san.
2: Car guy!
3: We heard the entire thing from out here.
4: Just what...
5: Nakoshi-san...
6: "What"
7: did you see?!

241)
1(2b): Ahh, Nakoshi-san.
2: Nakoshi-san!

243)
1: rustle

244)
1: Where should I go now...
2: Where...

245)
1: ...where...

Translation: Gamaran 126

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:46:37 +0000

*Only for use by Tank Baba.

tl by molokidan

1)
1(2b): Watch closely, you stupid monkey. This is a special lesson...
2: ...huh?
3: I'm going to teach you here and now
4: which path you should go down...
slanted: The sword instructor risks his life on this lesson--.
5: By defeating this spoiled dandy!

2)
1: Defeat me?
2: ...heh. I can't wait to see you try.
3: K-Kashitarou, be careful.
4: He's strong.
5: Hmph...who do you think you're talking to?
6: But that's not all!
7: It feels like he has something else beyond physical ability that I lack...
8: Can he really be beaten?
9: Kashitarou lacks both strength AND stamina...
10: ...fufu.

3)
1: Are you the one who trained Zenmaru-kun?
2: Your katana looks shorter than average.
3: But honestly, you don't look like an assassin.
4: I was born a weakling. I can only use a short sword.
5: But I have a bit of confidence in my abilities.
6: At least enough
7: to defeat you.

4)
1: Fufu...good.
2: Please, go ahead and try.
3: We'll see whether that confidence is well-founded or not...
4: B-be careful about his fingers!
5: He has the ability to paralyze people!!
6: What?!

5)
1: Don't take your eyes away!!
2: "TENMYAKU KISATSU" (Heavenly Pulse Killer)
3: I'll take your left arm first--

6)
1: What?!
2: H...he stopped me?!
3: Ah, so you were aiming for my vitals...

7)
1: That's a move built on a surprising amount of technology and intelligence. And it's truly fast -- but.
2: Because you focus so much on accuracy, the thrust is a bit weak.
3: --That isn't enough...
4: to stop me!!
5: O-oh no--
6: Yeah!
7: This is it!!

8)
1: pih
2: wha

9)
1: Kuh...it was shallow...
2: gih
3: A-amazing!
4: Kashitarou's...
5: It was shallow,
6: Hoo.
7: but it was still an easy success!!
8: I'm surprised...
9: I had confidence in my physical abilities too...
10: But you're a bit above me...
11: Damn...

10)
1: It'd be such a waste
2-3: throb
4: to kill you here!
5: That's--
6: Wh-what fist is that...?
7: It looks so unusual--
8: What's going to come next?!
9: This one'll be fast.

11)
1: Wha?!

12)
1: Oh--
2: He scooped out my flesh...
3: Although I did manage to dodge a direct blow!!
4: Guh

13)
1: Kashitarou!!
2: H-he's too strong, after all!
3: No matter how physically strong Kashitarou may be, that's not enough!
4: You can't beat this guy with physical abilities alone--
5: Kuh
6: Fufu...that was a deep one.
7: Looks like I managed...to get some kind of reaction.
8: The next one
9: will finish this!!

14)
1: Your weak point is that you're too lacking in the basics--
2: gih
3: Not relying on one's power may be the true path of the warrior,
4: but remember, the muscles are what move our bodies!
5: You

15)
1: can't escape my fists!!
2: Die!!

16)
1: --what?!
2: Wha...
3: Whaaaat?!

17)
1: Guahhh!
2: I got slashes?!
3: I-impossible. He was barely able to dodge it before.
4: Why--
5: I took that last attack on purpose.
6: What?!

18)
1: For two reasons...
2: One:
3: To accurately grasp the speed of your attack.
4: And two:
5: To make you think that I couldn't dodge your moves
6: to pull you into my range.
7: Wh-what...
8: The first attack...when I let you go there, that was the end of this battle.
9: I have the ability to deal with your speed, but not the pure power to take you down.
10: Therefore I utilized your full-power charge and attacked you!
11: Without you even realizing that I was attacking.

19)
1(2b): I was not blessed with a strong body -- but.
2(2b): Using your characteristics and abilities to their fullest will allow you to beat even the strongest of adversaries.
3: Don't take the initiative, pre-empt the opponent taking theirs!
4: This is only possible with the most perfected of physical movements. That's how I fight.
slanted: To fight means to know yourself, and utilize yourself! Got it, Zenmaru?!
Next issue, does Kiyomori counter?!

Translation: Code:Breaker 156

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:45:13 +0000

*Only for use by Tank Baba.

tl by molokidan

34)
1: Sa...
2: Sakurakouji...!!
slanted: Sakura has been cut in two...!!
3: Sa...

35)
1: Sakurakouji-san!!
2: How dare you?!
3: Damn you...!!
4: What do you think you're doing to my precious rare specimen...?!
5(2b): Hmph...what a bother.

36)
1: These flies are just so noisy...!!
2: Kuaaahhh!!

37)
1: Uuu...
2: What power...
3: Kuh...
4: She blew off all that ash covering the school with a single swipe...!!
5: Uuu...oww. What's up with that girl?!
6: Hiyori...?!
7: Oh, so Saechika and Aoba were dummies created with Hiyori's "Balloon"
ability...!!
7: ...I see, so the ash covering was to reduce the effects of the rare
suppressing water! So that Hiyori could still use her abilities!

38)
1: Hiyori...!! You're hurt...
2: Hiyori...
3: ...I can still use my abilities!!
4(2b): ...that katana isn't any normal katana. It blew away not just ash,
but the rare suppression liquid in the school that our abilities can't do
anything against.
5: And for some reason, even though I had my eyes on it, it disappeared
for a moment.
6: I couldn't follow it...but why?!
7: Damn...we won't make it to Sakura-chan with this many unanswered
questions...
8: There's only one thing I know.
9: This stinging feeling,
10: this elation...

39)
1: I know for sure that this woman is big trouble...
2: I could make you into candied dumplings with all the ash here.
slanted: One of the four Elites, with overwhelming strength!! What's her
hidden goal?!
code:157 Right and Left of One Mind
3: She...must be one of the 4 elites who created Eden!!
4: ...why?
5: Sakurakouji-san did nothing wrong...
6: Explain...!!
7: Huh?
8: What are you talking about?

40)
1: You can go on playing your little game of justice and evil all you
want.
2: I kill because I want to. That's all.
3: Wha...
4: Blood!!
5: The sound of flesh ripping!!
7: I love watching the moment when life is torn away from a creature.
8: It's like falling in love. There's no logic to it.

41)
1: Taking another's life...is something

42)
1: that I cannot forbid!!
2: ...huh?!
3: Mmm?
4: (unreadable)

43)
1: T-two...?! Tiny...?!
2: Yeah! You were cut in two, why did you split into two little people?!
3: That's what I wanna know!
4: Did she really cut me?
5: You feel the same way, Right Sakura?
6: Yeah, I do, Left Sakura!!
7: Th...they're talking to each other...
8(2b): What's wrong, Oogami? Are you in pain?
9: ...nothing's wrong.

44)
1(2b): Everything's...fine.
2: Oo...
3: gami?
4: What do you look so happy for?
5: What's going on?
6: I'm not happy...
7: No, you look VERY happy!!
8: Yeah, and relieved!!
9: Nice one, Right Sakura!!
10: Ooohh!! Not bad, Left!!
11: Stop screaming into my ears, both of you!!
12: But why did this happen...?
13: A long time ago...I heard a story in Shibuya.
14: That there's a katana that works on both ability users and rare
species...
15: But it wasn't a katana for killing, but rather...for some lost state
that rare species can fall into--...

45)
1: Ohhh!! Is that why I'm small?
2: But then why are there two of me...?
3: Now, I'm gonna kill you all.
4: OK?
5: Kuh!!
6: Stop this!! One of the 4 Elites!! Code Breakers and Code Names can
never kill anyone!!
7: It's absolutely forbidden!!

46)
1: You just want to survive. Why should I listen to you?
2(2b): ...especially someone like me, who only wants to kill. You can't
stop me!!
3: Mammon!!
4: He stopped her...!!

47)
1(2b): My katana, stopped by an ability user...? Didn't that girl over
there just say that this couldn't be stopped?
2: Fwah...
3: Oogami...
4: ...you just wanna kill, huh? You're honest, I'll give you that.
5: But.

48)
1: I can't stand unprincipled people like you!!

49)
1: She's...
2: I've met her...
3: One of the 4 Elites is your real mother...
4: It can't be--
5(2b): Oh...okay, that's fine. Sakura-chan, Rei-kun, you pass.
6: Huh...?!

50)
1: Don't forget those hearts of yours.
2(2b): Once you find out about the truth of Dec. 32, you'll be faced with
an important decision...Your beliefs may differ, but deep down, there's
emotion connecting you two...so don't forget it.
3(2b): That way, you should be able to make the correct decision. Oh, and
one more thing.
4: Hey!! Wait...

51)
1: They say to "let cute boys leave the nest," but it looks like this one
left before he was ready.
2: I was right in splitting Sakura into two after all...I'm counting on
you to take care of the rest, Rei-kun.
3: What the...
4: ...she's gone.
5: What...did she mean about the two...
6: One's gone...?!

52)
1: Hey!! Where did the other one go?! Sakurakouji-sa...
2: I dunnooo?
3: Liar!!
4: You know!! Because it's a part of you!! Now where did it go...
5: ...gone.
6: Shigure and the others are gone...!!
7: N...
8: No...way...

53)
1: She went with Shigure's group to the EDEN hq?!
slanted: Little Sakura on a journey all alone!! What will she see, what
will she hear, what will she feel?!
next: tons of self-conceit

Translation: Air Gear 344

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:43:36 +0000

*Only for use by Tank Baba.

tl by molokidan

230)
1(2b): ~~~Weeeeelll?!
slanted: Bottomless! Knows no Heaven!! That's the strength of Takeuchi
Sora!!!
2: Takeuchi Soraaaaaaaaa!!!

231)
1(2b): What's going on?! Takeuchi Sora's going oooooon!! It can't be!! But
yet it is!! No one ever thought he was fighting like THAT, and yet he
was!!!
2: kachik

232)
1: He removed his AT batteries!! Such a thing is unheard of! Is this to
say he's been fighting this entire time without any power?!

233)
1: What do you say...we begin?
2: He makes it sound like everything up until now was just foreplay!!
3(2b): However!! As long as he's not playing a trick on us, or lying, then
that is indeed the truth!!!

234)
1: Whaaaat?!
2(2b): Woah...woah woah!
3: What in the...
4: Friends....friendfriendfriendfriendfriend
5: ATs without any power!! They're just shoes with wheels on them, nothing
more!
6: Then how the hell was he running so fast up until now?!
7: Crow...

235)
1: ...I had a
2: slight feeling that might be the case...
3(2b): Sora...so that's it...you still "haven't done anything"...have you?
4: This time, either.
5(2b): I tried...to make sure multiple times. When I was in Sleeping
Forest...even in Inorganic Net...
6: ...so not even they...were enough for him?
7(2b): Nah...that's not true. It was a fun fight.

236)
1: I just didn't want to give in
2: and let a small fry like you try to "trick" me into getting "serious!"
3: That man is going to show us
4: himself for the first time.
5(2b): As far as I know, he has never once gotten
6: "serious"...!!!
7: He's never powered on his ATs...!!!

237)
1: It's not so difficult.
2: All you need to do is grab on to the wind.
3(2b): Bagram run on air energy. Up until now, I've only ever used the
Regalia when someone near me's activated Infinity Atmosphere.
4: That uses air on every "path," you know...so I used its power.

238)
1: ...wait, what...?
2: Haha...umm...
3: Is this a joke?
2nd panel:
No way.
Is he lying?
It could be possible.
Yeah right.
I think they had 2x2 battery models.
Don't fall into his pace!
Relax.
He's trying to shake me.
Just calm down!
What if I had tried to fight him before?
One hit and I'll be dead.
So what?
Just ignore him.
4: C'mon.
5: You can beat me, can't you?

241)
1: If I can just stretch my arm out
2: I can touch him.

242)
1: I thought I had this in the bag.
2: Huh?! Wh...what was that?! Just now?!
3: Was he using magic?!
4: He didn't...do anything...
5: The wind pressure from him moving...
6: was enough to knock me back...!!

243)
1(2b): Aw, man. It's been so long I can't really move around that well.

244)
1: No...it's alright!!
2: This is where the real battle starts!!
3: Huh? What, what? What's going on?
4(2b): Remember...he's the Crow!!! He's used to hitting tough winds head
on!!
5: Y-yeah, you're right!!
6: Spread your wings, friend!
7: Yeah, he's our guy!
8: He's #1! He's got this all under control!!
9(2b): ...it's true...up until now...
10: He's always managed to change his troubles into fuel for his "dash."

245)
1: ...but...!!
2: I've never seen him make that face before!
3: I can't see him.

246)
1: Everything...I had imagined...
2: ...hey, kid...you know what?
3: was wrong.
4: You don't know anything.

247)
1: All the lives I've devoured up 'till now.
2: I...didn't know a thing...
3(2b): This can't be...
4: about my brother...
5: That's what fuels me.
slanted: What kind of a past does Takeuchi Sora bear...?!

Translation: Air Gear 343

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:43:11 +0000

AIR GEAR #343

tl by molokidan

185)
slanted: Fighting for himself for the first time! Don't miss it! Ikki has evolved!!
1: That's right, you're the "Storm King"...excuse my insolence.

186)
1: I'll get serious
2: now.

187)
1: ...finally,
2: I'll be able to see it...the Ultimate Thorn Battle Form!
3: Ulti...
4: You know what it is?
5(2b): ...I've only seen it once. When Rika and I were still members of Sleeping Forest...

188)
1: ...ah...
2: Whee...
3: Hic
4: Huh...?
5: Hyan
6: Stop that, you criminal!!!
7: whoo
8: ...Mmm...
9(2b): I was drunk, enjoying this new technique..."tickling women's breasts with static electricity from a distance."
10(2b): It was frightening...just remembering it makes me shiver...!! ...I remember it very well, though. (Since I was drunk.)
11: Thanks for all that COMPLETELY USELESS information!!
12: Your parents should disown you.
13: Hey, wait up, you!
14: Yeah, we want to be your disciples and inherit your "God Hand!!"

189)
1: ...gah...

192)
1(2b): Oh no, this is turning into a one-sided fight! This is crazy, yo!
2: Nuoooohhhhhh
3: Friends, join meeee!
4(2b): Naaah, sorry, I can't. It even had me rolling on the ground coughing up blood. I even resisted it the third time.
5: Hey, wait, you said you only experienced it once! You knew what you were getting into the other times!
6: Uhh, I don't really know what to say, but...I hope you die.
7: Sorry...Rika.
8: Can you do that trick...one more time?

193)
1: Right here...she caught me with that feint,
2: jumped out to the right, then caught up to me at the turn.
3: I can see it.
4: ...brother.
5: What would you do...at a time like this?

194)
1: Whee...
2: A wind barrier...just like Nike.
3: But...
4: This move...

195)
1: won't work on
2: a thorn whip...!!
3: Correct choice, kid.

197)
1: He kicked the barrier up!!
2(3b): Fuck!! He reflected it off the floor and ceiling and upped its air pressure!!!
3(2b): Resistance increases equal to force. Just like bullets from a .44 magnum ricocheting off water.
4: Ngahh
5: ---so..!!
6: If I...!!!
7: Ricochet her,
8: she speeds up!!
9: He changed my trajectory...
10: Oh no...
11: Sora!! Move...

198)
1: I see.
2: So you've finally

199)
1: come this far!!!

201)
1: Rika...you just go after Crazy Apple.
2: With the speed the kick and my trick gave you, you should catch up in no time...the cold shouldn't be a problem to that wind barrier, either.
3: I had to use the power of the ceiling and the floor to reflect that trick...and he just did it with his leg...!!
4: Heheh.

202)
1(2b): Man...I've been waiting for this. Alright? I'm doing to do something special, OK?
2(2b): I don't mind...it's just, I...
3(2b):...er...huh? What is...that...?
4: Nothing special.
5: Just my...AT battery.
slanted: He's not even going to use his AT?!
6: Huh?

Translation: Hunter x Hunter 334

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:41:23 +0000

*Only for use by MS.

1)
yellow: TV anime now on air! The Chairman election comes to a climax with this color cover page!!
right: Those hands embrace
left: love and hate...
Chapter 334 - Complete Defeat

3)
1: Now then, Candidate Leorio!! Please tell us once more!!
2: If you become Chairman, what will you do?
3: Save Gon!!
4: I'll make every Hunter work their hardest to save him!! That's all!!!
5: This would be perfect timing, but...
6: I'm not exactly "God," so...
side: What's going through Pariston's mind...?

4)
1: So then you have no thoughts on future personnel matters or organization restructuring?
2: Huh?
3: Of course not!!
4: I don't even know why I'm standing here right now, honestly!!
5: Hahahaha. Of course you don't.
6: That's my only question.
7: It's useless, Pariston. Everyone already knows that, and they still voted for Leorio!!
8: They intend to completely support him, that's why they clapped...!!
9: Do you have any questions for me, Candidate Leorio?
10(2b): No, come on!! Let's just finish this already!!
11: Alright then!! Now then,
12: I would like to make an urgent motion!!

5)
1(2b): Huh? Umm, what are you talking about?
2: An emergency motion!!
3: I would like everyone to now
4: choose your votes according to the 8th and 9th Hunter Commandments!!
5: The theme here is...

6)
1: Rethinking the 10th Commandment and the Hunter Exam!!
2: I would first like to request the abolition of the current Hunter Exam regulations!!
3: All those who agree with this abolition, draw a circle!! All those who are against, draw an X!!
4: Hold on a minuuuuuute!!!

7)
1: We Zodiacs already decided in a meeting that the Hunter Commandments are absolute!!
2: You shouldn't be bringing this up right now!!
3: No.
4: You're wrong. -> Stupid Tiger.
5: You're exactly right!! In the meeting, it was 11 to 1!! I was the only one who agreed we should change the Commandments, correct?
6: If Cheadle and Mizaistom were still on stage right now, I'd be upholding the rule we agreed on in the meeting! In fact, I intended to stay quiet about it until the election was over!!
7: However, both of them have lost!! And Chairman Leorio has no idea about what went on in that meeting!!
8: And so, this is the only situation in which I can independently bring up this opinion of mine once more -- not as a Zodiac, but as the Vice-Chairman!!
9: Do you understand now, Kanzai?!
10: "Now" is perfect timing for me!

8)
1: Guh...
2: Of course, if the 8th Commandment was to be utilized to its full potential, it could be possible for me to ignore what went on in the meeting and force this movement instead!!
3: However!! I didn't want to do that!! Because the Zodiacs were an important group to the Ex-Chairman...
4: Heeeeey! You mess with this guy, and he'll pay you back tenfold!
5: Honestly, I would just like to finish this as efficiently as possible without any trouble!!
6: Ugh
7: However!!
8: What the late Teradain and Bushidora insist is entirely true!!
9: I have no choice but to say that Commandments 3 and 4 have severely harmful effects on the exam!!
10: He isn't thinking about winning,
11: or about losing.
12: You're right.
13: What an asshole.
14: It's because he doesn't have to worry about victory
15: that he can stay so cool and neutral, without worrying about his profit or losses...

9)
1: He controls others' emotions, abuses the rules,
2: and chooses to do the things we hate the most!!
3: Got a minute? -> Rabbit.
4: Sure, what's wrong?
5: If Candidate Leorio wins this election, I will act as his advisor!!
6: And in that event, I promise to drastically improve the Hunter exam!!
7: If any of you are enthusiastic about Candidate Leorio, but somewhat worried about his business abilities,
8: It's no use trying to shave off Teradain's floating votes!!
9: I'm going to stifle all your counter-arguments!!
10: I promise to support him in this regard, even if it means leaving the Zodiacs!!!
11: Hey, hey, hey! I don't care about all this motion shit or whatever!!
12: I just want to save Gon as fast as possible! Alright?!

10)
Leorio!!!

11)
1: Gon!!!!

12)
1: Gonnnnnnn!!!!

13)
1: Leorio!!!
2: YOU HAD ME WORRIED SICK, GODDAMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!

14)
1: I'm so glad! I'm so glad you're alriiiiiiight!!
2(2b): Buohhh! Did I really look that bad?
3: You were in a category beyond bad!
4: Leorio!! Stop it!!
5: He's fine, so just get over it!!
6: Yeah, you're right!! Yeah!!
7: clap clap clap
8: Ahh!
9: Everyone else was worried about you too.
10: Ahh,
11-12: Thank you.

15)
1: We're...finished...
2: Pariston WANTED to save Leorio for last...!!
3: With this...Leorio's lost both his motive,
4: and his support for becoming Chairman...!!
5: Leorio...do NOT tell Gon that Killua was the one who healed him, no matter what...!!
6: Huh?! Why?!
7: You should be the next Chairman!!
8: Who's the bald guy next to you?!
9: I mean it!!
10: Promise me this! For Killua!!
11: A...alright.
12: I promise.
13: Pariston...
14: When?

16)
1: When did you start to imagine...
2: that things would go this way?
3: Hmm?
4: Hahaha! Oh, no, I don't have any sort of ability like that!!
5: Things just happened to turn out this way!!
6: Please...!!
7: I really want to know...!!
8: It hurts...
9: But I've completely lost now, so...!!
10: When Ging...
11: said he'd become a candidate.
12: What...?!

17)
1(2b): When I provoked him after he said that, Ging said "Gon won't die," didn't he?
2: Go.
3: Gon won't die.
4: That's when it entered my mind.
panel sfx: CLAP
5: this whole scene...
6: I figured that it'd be Ging and I standing here,
7: and that Ging would be the one to win, though...
8: It was really...just the fact that Ging said Gon "wouldn't die" that did it.
9: I knew right then and there that there had to be a way to heal Gon.
10: Then I knew...that if I tried to work Gon into the election,
11: that I wouldn't win.
12: Understand?
13: ...gh
14(2b): At that moment, I had already "completely lost."

18)
1: But then Ging dropped out of the election,
2: DIE!!
3: and Leorio appeared and punched him.
4: I heard him say that "my friend's risking his life to save Gon,"
5: Please!!
6: and the picture finally came together.
7: It was just a few moments ago that I realized I'd win.
8: When I felt that aura.
9: "His friend saved Gon,"
10: I thought.
panel sfx: CLAP
bottom sfx: Waaaah!
11: Then I knew I just needed to drag things out until Gon himself came here...
12: Oh, by the way, I retract my motion. Don't worry about it.
13: That's the only information you had...?!
14(2b): You mean you believed in someone you didn't even know, someone you've never even seen?! YOU?!

19)
1: I trust Ging,
2: as an enemy.
3: This was a friend
4: who Ging thought was "good enough" to trust his son to, correct?
5: I believe in him!!
6: Of course I do!!

20)
1: Become a candidate now!!
2: I'll vote for you if you do!!
3(small): Wow, I can't believe my ears!
4: Say something on the stage!!
5: Speech, speech!!
sfx: CLAP
big sfx: Waaaah

21)
1: Ging...?!
2: Ohhhh man.
3(small): I thought it'd probably happen, but...
4: This is bad...!!
slanted: The one meeting...everyone's been waiting for!!

Translation: One Piece 655

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:40:40 +0000

*Only for use by MS.

tl by molokidan

1)
Chapter 655 - "Punk Hazard"

From the Decks of the World Vol. 37 "Water Seven - The Galley-La Company's genius secretary is 10 years old!"

2)
slanted: They're already making waves in the New World!!
1: splash!!
2: Owaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!
3: Look!! A volcano just erupted on that island!!!
4(2b): I know!! So you need to listen to me carefully, Luffy!!! NONE of the three compasses are pointing toward that island!!
5: It's weird even for a weird place like The New World!!
6: Take care of yourselves, family of Labooooooon!!!
7(2b): I don't care, I wanna go there!! Besides, we can see it already!! Who cares about the compasses!!
8: We can't! We can't get any closer!!

3)
1: That's a "Sea of Fire!!"
2: That doesn't make any sense!!
3(2b): Hey, Luffy! I have some bad news. You know that deep sea fish we caught?
4: Aside from the pieces I cut out, it all got burnt to a crisp.
5: Gyaaaaaahh!!
6: A fish got burned IN THE OCEAN?!
7: Then it's only a matter of time before it's our ship getting burned!!!
8: No way guys, the Sunny's super-not-gonna-lose to something like that!!
9-10: pop
11(2b): Who cares about winning or losing?! This ocean's crazy!! Look, all the fish we're seeing are all bones! BONES! BONES!!
12: Yes? You rang?

4)
1: Puohooooo! Hohohooooo! Puohooooo!
2: Puohooooo! Hohohoooo!
3: Puohoooo! Hohohoooo!
4: Hey, the Den-Den Mushi's crying!!
5: What's wrong, did you get a stomach ache or something?!
6: You idiot, that's the "emergency signal!!" Someone's calling for help!!
7: So if I pick it up I'll be able to talk with them?
8(2b): Wait, Luffy!! There's less than a 50% chance that this "Emergency Signal" is the real thing!
9(2b): There's a big chance it could be a trap that Marines often use. If you answer and the Den-Den Mushi gets tapped, they could discover our location!!
10: That's our Robin! Hey, Luffy! Think carefully about this one!

5)
1(2b): Hello? I'm Luffy!! I'm the guy who's gonna be Pirate King!!!
2: click!
3: You didn't even wait a second! And you said way too much!!!
4: Help meeeeee!!!
5: Ahh...it's so cold...is that you, boss...!!?
6: No, this isn't your boss. Is it cold there?!
7: The crew...keeps getting killed one after another...!!
8: They keep getting killed by the samuraiiiiii!!! Haa...
9(2b): Hey!! What's your name?! Where are you?!
10: I don't care who comes, just please, someone...help us! We're on
11: Punk Hazard!!!

6)
1(3b): Gyaaaaaahhhh!!! Slash!! Bsssh!!
2: Uwaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!! He stabbed meeee!!!
3: ...! Smells like trouble!
4: HE JUST SAID HE GOT STABBED!!! THIS IS TROUBLE!! HE JUST GOT KILLED!!!
5: --But if he was acting just now...it could be a trap!
6: Stay cooooooool~ C'mon!
7: What was that "samurai" thing he mentioned...Brook?
8: Ahh, "samurai" is what they call swordsmen of Wa-no-Kuni. (The Country of Harmony)
9(4b): Wa-no-Kuni is a country with a closed-door policy to outsiders...they aren't even affiliated with the World Government. Their "samurai" swordsmen are so strong...that not even the Marines go near there.

7)
1: I didn't even know there was a country like that...!!!
2(3b): But he didn't say Wa-no-Kuni, he said Punk Hazard! Could it be that fire island?!
3(2b): I imagine that would be the only island in this range that a Baby Den-Den Mushi would be usable with...
4: Alright!! Let's so save that guy!!!
5: Noooooooo!!!
6: We're probably already too late!
7: Samurais sound scaryyyyy!!!
8: I'm scared too!
9(5b): bzzz...Punk Hazard! ...gyaaaaaaaaahhh!! Bsssh!! bzzz...
10: Smoker-san! Did you hear that...?
11: Dammit...just what kind of route did they take...?
12: Black Den-Den Mushi (For Tapping Usage)

8)
1: There's a 1 in 3 chance.
2: Normally, at least...
3: Owww!! This is hot, help meee!
4: Gyahahaha!!
5: Stop that, men!!!
6: Stop torturing the pirate!!
7: The three islands that compasses would point to from Fishman Island are Risky Red Island, Raijin (Thunder God) Island, and Mystoria Island.
8: Vice Admiral of G-5, the 5th Marine Grand Line Station - "Smoker the White Hunter"
9: I had bet on the fact that Luffy would have chose Raijin Island, since that'd be the island targeted
10(2b): by the needle shaking the most violently...I never thought he'd ignore them all...

9)
1(2b): But Smoker-san!! Punk Hazard is a deserted island that's been closed off
2: psssh!!
3(2b): ever since the incident that happened four years ago!! It's strange that there would be people there.
4(2b): --true. It doesn't seem like the kind of place where any sort of creature would exist now...
5: But that's our only clue.
6: We're setting out, men!!
7(2b): Whaaat?! Vice-Admiral Smoker!! Don't you know it's prohibited to disembark there!!
8(2b): You lowlifes have no right to talk about laws with me! Now move the damn ship, you scum!!
9: Aye-aye siiiiir!!!

10)
1: Here you go, one deep sea fish lunch box!!
2: Uhohhhh! I can't wait!!!
3: Who pulled the winning straws?
4: We did.
5: Ufufu! I'm so excited!
6: Someone trade with meeeee!!!
7: Milky Rod!!
8: Ohhhhhh!!
9(2b): Wooow!! She made a road of clouds!! So you learned how to do that thing we saw on Sky Island!!
10: Eheheh! <3 But remember, they're clouds, so you have to move while they're together!

11)
1(2b): Alright!! Let's go survey the island!! I'm counting on you, Mini-Merry!!! Wow, this deep sea fish is delicious!!!
2: Good luck, everyone!!
3: You just got lucky this time...
4: We'll get to go later.
5: Yohohoho! Be safe!
6: Hang in there, Usopp!!
7: SOMEBODY TRADE WITH MEEEEEE!!! Oww, hot!!
8(2b): Ohhh, we're going up!! This is fun!! We're heading right over the sea of fire!!
9: Are these still going to be here when we're ready to leave?!
10: Good thing it stopped raining.
11: Perfect weather for surveillance!
12: I'M BURNING UP HERE!!
13: Do the clouds stretch all the way to the island?
14: Who knows.

12)
1: Ahhhh, I'm so glad I lost in the "Who goes with luffy lottery"...I'm no good in the heat.
2(2b): Well, we can't let him go there all alone. He'll come right back once he realizes there's nothing there.
3: tie
4: Alright!! Now I'll whip up a cooooool deep sea fish dessert for you, Nami-san! <3
5: Yaaaay!!
6: Hey, look!! That must be the entrance!!
7(2b): Oh, come on!! I know there might have been people here at some point in time, but WHO THE HELL WOULD LIVE IN A PLACE LIKE THIS?! That Den-Den Mushi call must have come from another island! Right, Robin?
8: It didn't look very good, but this is actually quite delicious <3
9: Why are you two eating lunch now?!
10: Aren't you gonna eat too?
11: I couldn't keep anything in my throat like this!!
12(1): Ahh...so your cowardice from two years ago is resurfacing now...
12(2): I'm no coward! I just have the "can't set foot on new islands disease"...!!!
13: We know.

13)
1: Let's bring Merry up on to the shore...
2: Punk Hazard Island --Entrance--
3(2b): This has got to be the place...it has the same name!
4: So that emergency call must have come from in here.
5(2b): We're forbidden from entering this island!! Ahh!! Luffy!! Look at this!!
6: Look!! The World Government...!!
7: And the Marines' marks are here!!!
8(2b): --so if anyone's here, it's got to be people from the government!! This is a waste of time, let's go back!!

14)
1: You people are criminals now!!
2: Although, I guess we're already pirates...
3: This place is like a furnace...!!
4(2b): Fine, go ahead, what do I care if you pick a fight with the World Government!!? Although, I guess we already have...
5: But it doesn't seem like this island was always on fire...was it a natural disaster or an accident that causedd this?
6: Either way, it's so hot here...!!

15)
1: I doubt this is a village...it looks like it used to be...
2: Some sort of government base...
3(2b): So then, was this place locked up with all that exaggerated security because of the danger from the fire,
4: or the danger of what this base used to be?
5(2b): It's also a bit fishy...that the Log Pose didn't respond to this island.
6: Heeeeeey!!! Whoever called me on the phone, are you heeeere?!
7: We came to save youuuuu!!!

16)
1: Come on ouuuuuut!!
2: Samurai!!!
3: Don't call for them, they're murderers!!
4: So, NOW you're hungry?
5: Shut up! I'm just binge eating from the stress!!
6(2b): One thing that's been bugging me...was how that guy was talking about it being "cold!"
7: Ahh, it's cold...
8: Is that you, boss?!
9: You heard him, right?!
10(2b): Yeah, it's blazing hot here. How could someone be cold...?!
11: ...maybe he was just an idiot.
12: What kind of a hypothesis is that?!
13: Maybe there's a cold place on this burning island...?
14: Or maybe he was so frightened he felt cold...?

17)
1: Something wrong, Nami...?
2: ...yeah.
3: The clouds...
4: Now that I've taken a good look at it...something's wrong with the sky at this island. The other side looks like the sky during a frigid winter...
5: Haha, yeah right!!
6: Uwahh, is that a giant?!
7: No, it's bigger than a giant.
8: clatter!!!
9: Grrrrrr!!!
10: Eh?!
11: ...!! Huh!!?
12: WHAAAAAT!!?
13: Woah? ...!!?
14: These things actually exist?!
15: No...they're just from fairy tales!!
16: There's no way they could be real!!!
17: But look at it...!!
18: There's nothing else you could call it but...

18)
1: A dragon!!?
2: Pssssssh...

19)
1: Punk-Hazard Dwelling
Dragon
2: Who are you...?
3: HUH!!?
slanted: What is it?!

Translation: Naruto 572

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:40:09 +0000

*Only for use by MS.

tl by molokidan

1)
slanted: The Bijuu dama is perfected!!!!
572: 9 Names

3)
1: It hit the bottom a bit and then bounced up a little...damn, though, that was a good shot...and what range!
2: ...the Nine-tails is hella strong!!

4)
1: I got all the stakes!!

5)
1: Let's go, Kurama!! I'm going to pull them all out at once!!
2: I'm gonna release them all!
3: Then I'll save them all!! No matter what!!!

6)
1: We've been waiting...
2: This is like what happened with Son...
3(2b): So managed to get in this deep this time...? It's just like the four-tails told us.
4: This isn't the same place as where the four-tails was.

7)
1: We're completely linked now, so we're farther down in the tail beasts' minds.
2: Look! The Jinchuuriki themselves are here too.
3: Also, the four-tails was bound by chakra chains.
4: I don't really understand what you're saying...but hey, everyone's here, and the stakes are gone...so we can relax more this time!
5: That masked man can't get in here, either...
6: Thanks for coming. As the representative of the Jinchuuriki and the tail beasts, I thank you.
7: Honestly, I've been wanting to meet you, Uzumaki Naruto!

8)
1(2b): Wow...you're smaller than me, you look even weaker and more like a kid...you really must have had it rough as a Jinchuuriki...
2(2b): And on top of that...you've even left this plane of reality now...just thinking about that...it's too much...without knowing what good ramen tastes like...or what a kiss from a girl tastes like...!!
3: Hey...! You've never kissed a girl either!
4: Besides, I was the ex-4th Mizukage! I was pretty respected, you know!! And I'm an adult, too!!!
5: You haven't even kissed a girl, yet you somehow managed to kiss Sasuke a while back!
6(2b): Don't remember stuff like that!! Bleeeecccch!! Blech, blech!!
7: Hey...that's too much barfing!! What in the world did he taste like?!
8(2b): throb throb
9(2b): Wait a minute, I was the one speaking here!! You know, you're exactly like the four-tails described! You never listen to people!!
10: The four-tails...? Was Son here too then?!
11: Finally...
12: Yes...
13: ...then that bearded grandpa guy was...
14: Yes!

9)
1: Be sure to teach him...
2: ...Also, I gave him a little bit of my chakra.
3: ...Do you remember the last words the ol' Sage of the Six Paths said?
4: This kid...is probably what he was talking about. That's what I felt.
5: ...He'll probably come down here wanting to save you.
6: Look after him then.
7(2b): I'm being pulled away by the Mazou now...see ya.
8(2b): Four-tails...it might just be me, but...

10)
1: ...I think maybe...
2: We might have had the option to go down the same path as him...
3: Keh...that's funny coming from you. You're more hard-headed than the Tsuchikage's axe!!
4: Maybe...if you had remembered my name when you became my Jinchuuriki...
5(2b): I haven't become soft enough over these 40 years to say your name...! But I haven't forgotten it...
6: Then...say it out loud for me.
7: Is "Son" ok?

11)
1: The four-tails urged us to gather here.
2: We promised to stay here to tell you some things.
3: Wow...he did all that...?
4: Heheh...anyway, I'm just glad you're all here hanging out together!
5: That was after the four-tails and Roushi disappeared, though.
6: Naruto...it's thanks to you.
7(2b): Naruto-kun. Come before me and put out your hand...it's time for me to keep my promise to the four-tails...no, to Son Gokuu.
8: My name is Matatabi.
9: Nii Yugito.
10: I'm Isobu.
11: I'm the ex-4th Mizukage, Yagura.
12: I am Kokuou.
13: Han.
14: I'm Saiken, alright?!
15: Utakata.
16: Lucky Seven Choumei!
17: Fuu!

12)
1: tap
2: I won't be here much longer.
3: Shukaku, Matatabi, Isobu, Son Gokuu, Kokuou, Saiken, Choumei, Gyuuki, Kurama...
4: You will always be together, even if you are separated. And one day, you will all become one...

13)
1: With different names...in different forms than you exist now.
2: And unlike when you were within me, you will be led down the right path.
3: When the time comes...
4: ...for you to know what true power is...
5: It's been too long...old man!
6: Uoryaaaaaahh!!

14)
1: Guooohhhhhhhhh!!!
2: You're all thinking the same, thing, right?
3: The old man was talking about Naruto...
4: Yeah...
5: Y...yup.

15)
1: Yes...
2: You're right...
3: Uh-huh...
4: poof

16)
1: ...I can't believe he'd be able to completely control the nine-tails as well.
2(2b): Although...it looks like he won't last long. This changes nothing.

17)
1: clamp
2: Good job...Naruto!!
3: Things have changed...
4: Because I just learned
5: a bunch of difficult names all at once!!
slanted: Entrusted with their souls!!!

Translation: Hunter x Hunter 333

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:09:15 +0000

*Only for use by MS.

1)
1: Everyone, please quiet down!! And please refrain from using your phones!!
2: vibrate
3: beep beep
slanted: What's Pariston's true goal?!
4: I understand how you feel, but please, Mr. Pariston's speech is about to begin!!
5-6: vibrate
7: Alright...I'm going to scream at you all now!
8: Go ahead, everyone, please, talk on your phones!! That's the true spirit a Hunter must have, I say!!
9: I also promise to do everything in my power to help Gon once this election ends!!
10: However, we must think about that and the election separately!!
11: Now, I believe that out of the four of us up here, the most fit candidate to become the next Chairman is

No.333<>Rumbles

2)
1: Candidate Mizaistom!!
2: There's something I learned after serving as Vice-Chairman to Chairman Netero for 3 years!!
3: And that is that there are 3 vital requirements to being a good Chairman!!

3)
1: First is strength!! This is an absolute necessity because of the nature of our work!! The incident that happened recently is clear proof of this!!
2: Second is experience!! One's intelligence is increased through experience!! The longer one's history as a Hunter, the better!!
3: ...why...? Why is it that whenever he talks...
4: my emotions start to boil?
5: I know.
6: And the third is
7: caliber!!
8: It's because I know.
9: He isn't showing even a bit
10: It's not every day that I run across someone who makes me think
11: "You know what, the Hunter Organization would be absolutely fine in his hands!!"
12: of his true feelings...
13: Candidate Cheadle has strength!! And Candidate Leorio has experience!!
14: No...I can't let my emotions control me.
15: But I lack all three!! Go ahead, laugh at me!
16: But the one person who has them all!!
17: What's he after...? That's the important thing here!! -> Me
18: I believe that it can be none of us but Candidate Mizaistom!!

4)
1: 120 of the 290 votes that Pariston controls are from temp hunters...and 30 more are from the executives of the businesses Pariston controls, including the examination department.
2: Thank you very muuuuch!
3: Pariston is probably using signs to control these votes, and this speech has no effect on them.
4: The remaining 140 votes are composed of proactive people who strongly support Pariston
5 mixed with passive people who could vote for someone else based on the circumstances.
6: Now then, we will begin the candidate debate!
7: Now because of Pariston's speech,
8: all of the floating votes that should have gone to Leorio...
9: will be split...possibly like this.
Leorio: Leorio's votes / Cheadle's votes / Morau's votes / Teradain's votes
Pariston: Temp Hunters/Executives / Pariston lovers
Mizaistom: Mizai's votes / Pariston's votes
Cheadle: Mizai's votes
10: But that would just mean that the election will get extended, and it's no different from my goal...
11: Is something going to change
12: during this debate...?
13: glance

5)
1-2: nod
3: Fine!!
4: I'll just think about it myself!!
5: May I begin, please?
6: No, me first.
7: Like I said before, I have no intention of becoming Chairman!!
8: No, you said you didn't necessarily NOT want to become Chairman!
9: It's just that this isn't about YOU, Candidate Mizai.
10: It's about everyone!!
11(2b): In this situation, the one who is most fit MUST carry out this task!! That's what it means to have caliber!!

6)
1: Let's stop being selfish here!!
2: Let's stop playing games, and leave this decision to our Hunters!!
3: You have no right to say that...!!
4: But why is he pushing Mizai so much?
5: Is he trying to make it look like we're being greedy to push Mizai into the 2nd spot instead of Leorio?
6: There's no way!!
7: Because all of Leorio's votes are basically floating votes.
8: If Leorio falls out, his votes may go to Pariston.
9: But if Leorio stays, the votes I've gotten control over and the votes from Mizai, who's obviously anti-Pariston, will of course go to Leorio...!!
10: Teradain's votes are anti-Zodiac, and Morau's votes are completely anti-Pariston!! In other words, Pariston wouldn't get a single vote!!
11: Understand? -> Mizai.
12: Yeah, I understand.
13: The best thing to do here is push Pariston out.

7)
1: That's what my intuition as a Crime Hunter is telling me to do...!!
2: I have no proof...!! He hasn't lifted a single finger himself, but there's a possibility...!! And that's not all!!
3: This man is clearly someone from the dark side of society...!!
4: We cannot let him do as he pleases with the organization any longer!!
5: Just look at what happened. Not even Chairman Netero...
6: could keep this guy down...!!

8)
1: We must use this election
2: to completely destroy the Pariston machine...!!
3: Any other questions?!
4: Alright, then, let's move to the voting!
5: Please write your name and the name of the person you wish to vote for
6: on the sheets we've passed out, and then drop them into the voting box!
7: The votes we collect will be immediately calculated by Beans,
8: so please relax until we announce the results!!

9)
1-2: Hand.

11)
1: Please...!! It.
2: Heal Gon...!!
3: 'kay.

12)
1: What power...!!
2: What's going on in there...?!
3: Who's...doing that...?!

14)
1: Ohhh.
2: Hahahahahahahahaha
3: Amazing...!!

15)
1: I will have IT
2: HAHAHAHAHA
3: at any cost...!!!
4: IT
5: IS MINE!!

16)
1: The 8th Election for the 13th Chairman
1st: Leorio - 282 votes (44.4%)
2nd: Pariston - 250 votes
3rd: Mizaistom - 58 votes
4th: Cheadle - 16 votes
Voting Percentage: 95.4%
2: Oh my! With this, Mr. Leorio has risen into the top spot!!
3: Mr. Pariston has been knocked out of the top spot for the first time!!
4: However, his votes did not top 50%,
5: so we will now proceed to the final election with the top two candidates!!

17)
1: You guys sure about this?
2: I'm gonna make it private!
3: What is this...?!
4: I've never
5: felt anything like this before...!!

19)
1: Now, then, here are our last two candidates!! Is there anything you would like to declare before we finish this?
2: If not, then we will begin voting at once!
3: You're finished!!
4: No matter what you try and say this time!! -> Pariston!
5: Well...I have a feeling this this election is pretty much over.
6: However, there is one question I might as well ask Leorio, now that I have the chance.
7: Please tell me one more time
8: what you're going to do if you become Chairman...!!
top left side: Next issue...the shocking conclusion, with a color cover page!!

Translation: Hunter x Hunter 332

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:27:13 +0000

*Only for use by MS.

tl by molokidan

1)
1: I'll become the sacrifice...
2: in order to knock Pariston out of the top spot...!!
slanted: Only four remain...the election reaches its climax!!
No.332 <> Applause
3: I'll make this brief. I believe that out of these four candidates,
4: Cheadle is the most fit to become the next Chairman!!
5: I won't say that I don't want to become Chairman myself! But it now is not my time!!
6: Before that, I'd like to raise my students up to become the finest Hunters they can be, and earn the title of Triple Hunter!
7: Also, in order to end this election here today!!
8: I would truly appreciate everyone respecting my wishes!! That is all!!

2)
1: Hmmm...what should I say...
2: Now then, we'll be hearing from the candidate who got the third most votes in the previous round...
3: Miss Cheadle, please step forward!!
4: I'll make this brief as well. -> ladies and gentlemen
5: I would like to strongly recommend that you vote
6: for Mr. Leorio.
7: That is all.

3)
1: Eh, no one's going to vote for me anyway.
2: And I don't want them to, either! I guess I'll just talk about what I want to...I've got more important things to worry about than this election, anyway.
3: What...
4: What are you thinking, Cheadle...?!
5: Ummm, thank you very much!
6(2b): Now then, we'll be hearing from the second place candidate next, Mr. Leorio! Please come forward!
7: What happened to your smirk,
8: Pariston?
9: I absolutely refuse
10: to let you have your way!!

4)
1: Umm? Mr. Leoriooo?
2: Please, step forward!
3: Mr. Leoriooooo!
4: Leorio!!! What the hell's wrong with you, are you asleep or something?!
5(small): Don't make me slap you, dammit!
6: Woah!
7: Uhh, it's my turn?!
8: Ummm...please excuse that just now!
9: Please, Mr. Leorio, step forward!

5)
1: Seriously...
2: What am I doing here...?!
3: Dammit. I haven't straightened things out in my head yet...
4: Ah well. Whatever.
5: I'll just talk.

6)
1: Ummm...I'm just going
2: to talk about what I want here.
3: If I become Chairman
4: I'm going to make the organization...my private property!!

7)
1: And my first order to you all
2(2b): will be to act immediately in order to save Gon!!!
3: You know...I really shouldn't be here right now.
4(2b): ...I mean...it's not like I could do anything for Gon even if I went to his side right now.
5: He...right now, Gon...
6: he's on his deathbed...

8)
1: He's my ally...my friend...but...
2: it wasn't until recently that I knew that...!!
3: While I...was doing nothing but working for myself...
4: studying...drinking...changing rooms...
5: jacking off, bringing girls into my apartment, screwing around on the internet...
6: he was fighting
7: for someone...!!
8: with the Ex-Chairman
9: and his allies!

9)
1: And right now...one of those people
2: Mmm...
3: is still fighting, risking his life to save Gon.
4: Ahhh!
5: Brother!
6: Good morning.
7: Did you sleep well?
8: Mmm. Where are we?
9: The hospital.
10: My friend's here.
11: Sick in bed.

10)
1: I want to...make him feel better again.
2: So I have to turn into "it" again?
3: Nooooo!
4(small): Pffff!
5: I want to stay here with you!
6: Don't worry...don't you remember what I told you? From here on, we'll always be together.
7: I promise.
8: So please.

11)
1: I knew it.
2: The rules don't apply to Killua, and Killua alone.
3: Is this because its Killua?
4: Or because it's after he asked her to heal someone? I need to find out.
5: OK, roger!
6: Either way, Alluka's ability to both destroy and fix things
7: could become an unbelievably strong tool if tamed.
8: So sinister, so cruel...
9: His evil ambitions have even caused him to stray from the path of an assassin...
10: It's so tragic...
11: that in this situation, a life being controlled would bring less pain...

12)
1: Alluka only awakens when "it" is asleep. Alluka's time here is both long, and short.
2: After one of "it's" wishes doesn't come true, and people die, during the period of time until "it" asks someone else for a Level 1 wish,

13)
1: during the period of time when someone who's been asked to grant a wish for "it" moves away from "it" and the wish is canceled,
2: and during the period of time after "it's" healed something and someone's has asked a request of Alluka, and Alluka has completed that request.
3: The best thing...would be to make this wish the last, and to never ask "it" for anything ever again.

14)
1: I could do nothing...but call out to Gon...
2: Nothing but call out to him, over and over again...!!
3: That's why...if I become Chairman,
4: I'm going to keep calling out to you all!!
5: Please!!
6: If there's anything I can do, tell me!!

15)
1: Help Gon!!
2: Just use your heads!!
3: And when you think of something, do it!!
4: I'll do anything!!!

16)
1: Ging.
2: Now I know
3: why you didn't dodge that punch.
4: That was the moment when you thought:
5: "this guy might just be able to do it."
6: Fine...he can become the Chairman.
7: Dammit...I shouldn't have said that much.
8: Forget about the jacking off part...the end!!
9: As long as we support him.

17)
all sfx: clap
1: He'll surely
2: be a good one...!!

18)
1: Now then, we'll hear from the candidate who was 1st last round, Mr. Pariston!
2: Everyone, please, be silent and listen!!
3: You're finished, Pariston.
4: No matter what you say here.
5: My 87 votes, Mizai's 72 votes, and the 57 fluctuating votes.
6: They'll all merge with Leorio's 95 votes...
7: That makes a total of 311...!!
8: That's over 50%!!
9: The 13th Chairman
10: will be Leorio...!!

19)
1: "It."
2: Return Gon...
3: back to normal...!!
4: 'kay.
slanted: The time...finally comes...!!

Translation: One Piece 653

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:26:04 +0000

*Only for use by MS.

tl by molokidan

1)
Chapter 653 - "A Hero's Hat"
From the Decks of the World Vol. 35 "The whitebait mermaid Kokoro-san's Magnificent Holiday"

2)
1: Fishman Island - Coral Hill - Mermaid Cafe
slanted: The day of departure arrives...
2: Madam Shirley!
3: Luffy-chin's crew are going to leave the island!
4: --oh really? Go see them off.
5: Okaaay!
6: Madaaam <3 Can we go tooooo?
7: Hmmm...? Fine then, we'll have to close up shop temporarily.
8(2b): The customers that idiot Hodi was keeping away will be back soon. Make sure to keep the cafe alive with energy, girls.
9: Leave it to us, Madam!!
10: Ah...

3)
1(3b): About the crystal? That's it for me...truly...I won't be telling another fortune.
2(2b): "Straw Hat Luffy will destroy this island"...I didn't want to see such a terrible fortune to begin with.
3(2b): Nothing would make me happier...--than if I was wrong...
4: She's more scared than anyone else, because she knows she's never been off...the future she saw may come in a year or so...there's no proof that she's truly wrong yet...
5: But Madam...Luffy-chin and his crew would never do such a...
6: Keimi...
7(2b): Forgive me for suspecting your friends...--I know...I can believe him, can't I?
8: That boy in the straw hat...
9: ...!! ...yeah!!!

4)
1: Waaaaaaaah! You're really leaving, Luffy-sama?!
2(2b): But we just became friends...please, just one more day...no, one more week! No, one more year!!
3: You've been doing nothing but crying, Weakhoshi!
4: I...I'm so sorry, I'll stop being a crybaby! Hic, hic...
5(2b): Ahh...the Mermaid Princess of Fishman Island...how long I've dreamed of seeing you with my own eyes...but to think I'd see you give us a tearful goodbye like this...!! I wish we could stay here for another year!!!
6(2b): I feel your pain, yohoho! "Life on Fishman Island is a Dream" will be my new single!! One, two, three, four...morniiiiing! Wake up, good MERning~~~
7: That's a good idea, I agree. You should definitely stay here, nosebleed boy.
8: What did you just call me, marimoooo?!

5)
1(2b): Be careful during the next meal we have! I'll teach you not to mess with your own cook!!
2: Bring it on!! I'll digest poison, razors, whatever you've got!!
3(2b): Your majesty, we have to tell them...!! The tamatebako that Luffy sent to Big Mom will explode when it's opened...
4: Mmm...but look over there...
5(2b): We're finished...one of the Four Emperors is after us now!!! We're going to the New World to die...!!!
6: I wonder if maybe we gave her all the treasures we found from here on out, she would forgive us...
7: We couldn't tell them "You've already sent her a bomb" at this point...
8(2b): --that bomb was put in there 10 years ago, though, wasn't it...? Maybe there's a possibility it won't go off, Minister of the Right?
9(4b): You're such a positive thinker, your majesty! But you have a point...Ryuuguu Palace is pretty damp, after all...and who knows, there's nothing saying that Big Mom will definitely be the one who opens it!! --All we can do is resign ourselves to praying for the best!!
10: What have you two been whispering about all this time?

6)
1: Huh?!
2: What is this?!
3(2b): It's a Log Pose to use in the New World! It's my present, so take it with you. I can't believe you were trying to navigate the sea with only one compass...
4(2b): There are three compasses attached to this! How come?
5: Look at the Log Pose you used on the first half of the Grand Line...
6: What's that, a new Log Pose? Woah, it looks pretty cool!
7: Ah...
8(2b): I already thought it had recorded the Log for this island. But it's moving a little bit...!!
9: I'm sure it already has. This island's Log only takes half a day to record.

7)
1(2b): On the Grand Line, Log Poses record the magnetic waves coming out from the next island you're going to, allowing you to use that to navigate your ship...but on this second half...
2(2b): There exist islands with differing ocean currents, weather, and magnetic waves -- which have been your only trustworthy source thus far!!
3: There are even some islands that lose their magnetic waves while you navigate toward them.
4: Whaaat?! Then how can we get to those islands?!
5: If you were only using one compass, you'd be shipwrecked then and there.
6: --but what about if you have three at once?
7: One of the compasses is shaking like your Log Pose,
8: but the other two are completely still...!!

8)
1(2b): Each of those compasses logs the magnetic waves of a different island.
2(2b): --In other words, you must use your own intuition to choose your path -- and depending on how you choose, it can mean life or death!!
3(2b): Master navigators can find safer routes just from seeing subtle changes in the movements of the compass needles.
4(2b): Basically, the stranger the movements of the needle is, the more dangerous the island you're heading to is...!!
5(2b): Whaaat?! No!! I don't like this!! I'd rather not know at all!!
6: Why? If you don't search for safer routes, you could die out there...
7: It's going to tell me how dangerous each route is?! Nooo! Break this thing, I don't want it!!!
8: Let me see it!
9: Ahh!

9)
1: Look, the one the middle is REALLY shaking!
2: Noooooooooo!!
3: Let's go to that island, it looks fun!!!
4: He overheard us!!!
5: Luffy, you just be quiet!!! I'm the one choosing which route we take from here on out!!
6: Says who?! I'm the Captain here!!!
7: Please, Captain! Listen to your navigator!!!
8: Nami-san's so cute when she's scared~
9: Coupled with the b-side "Requiem For Us!"
10(2b): Alriiight, guys!! We're all ready to set out! I learned how to float up, too!! Ready to go?!
11: Let's gooooo!!!

10)
1: Nyuuuu! I'm going to help them repair the factory. You don't mind if I don't guide you, right?
2: Don't worry about it! The adventure getting here was fun, you know!
3: Yep! That's right! We don't need people to guide us!! Because when men go on a journey, they're always heading to Hell!!!
4: Yeaaaah!! It's war out here! And we like it that way!!!
5: So desperate...
6(2b): Come back sooooon, everyooooone! <3
7: We'll be back, you bet!!! You're the All Blue of my heart, ladies!!!
8: What a cheap dream.
9: What'd you say?!
10: You're so funny, Sanji-chan!
11: You have nothing but my gratitude...!!
12(2b): Thank you!! I pray for your safety on your next journey.
13: OK!

11)
1: Next time you meet us, we'll be leading the strongest army on the ocean floooooor! Manbo!!
2(2b): Yeah, yeah! We're going to completely rewrite the Legend of the Great Neptune Knights, mi fa so la mi do~
3: Heheheh!! I can't wait to see it!!
4: Fufu...
5: Jinbe!!
6: Yeah!!!

12)
1: OK, set saaaail!!! We're setting off!!!
2: See you later, Fishman Islaaaaand!!!
3: We'll be back!!!
4: We'll have more sweets and meat for you to eat!!
5: You made us like humans!!
6: Oh, and raccoons and robots too!!
7: What about skeletons?
8: Take care!! Luffy-chiiiiin!!
9: Come back and eat some takoyaki!!
10: We love youuuuu!
11: Shishishi!
12: We love skeletons too!!
13: Why thank you!

13)
1: Luffy-sama, if we...
2: If we ever meet again...!!
3: Owaaah! Weakhoshi!!
4: Shirahoshi-chaaaan!
5(2b): Haa...haa...when that time comes...I won't be a crybaby anymore...!!
6: ...so please take me on another fun walk...!!
7: A walk?
8: You want to go to your mom's grave again?
9(2b): ...next time I want to go farther...!! To the surface...to see a real "forest!"
10: Ohhhh...that's right, you've never been out to sea! OK, sure.
11: Next time we meet, I'll take you there!
12: It's a promise!

14)
1: Yep, sure thing!!
2: It's a promise!!
3: gah!!
4: Luffy, don't we all have responsibility for that?
5: Luffy-san!! You have to keep your promises no matter what, you know?!
6: Ok then, Shirahoshi, I promise too!
7: Me too! <3
8: And me too!
9: Are you alright
10: with this many promises?!
11: Shishishi! Alright, now no more crying!
12: ...okay!!

15)
1: Do not forget this debt of ours.
2: Of course not!!!
3(2b): Hey, father! Father!! Buy me a straw hat! We want to play heroes!!
4: But you can only buy straw hats on the surface!!
5: Then go there and buy one!!
6: Yeah right!! There are tons of scary humans on the surface who hate Fishmen...
7: Huh?
8: Ahh...well, I guess there is one every now and then, but not everyone's like that...
9(2b): I'm sure there are a lot of strong people like the Straw Hats, too...ahh, Boss Jinbe, what good timing!!
10: I overheard...I'll send a merchant ship out.
11: Really, boss?!
12: You wanted 'a hero's hat,' was it? Wahaha!

16)
1: Ahhhhh, that was the best...mermaid heaven... <3
2: Alright, everyone, it's time to get serious again!! Once we're back out on the sea, there won't be any time for resting!!
3: We're going to be passing through the dark, black sea again!!
4: What is that thing, Franky?
5: Those "Kuigosu wood chips" are extremely buoyant, so I'm using them to float our ship up. (*tl note: "Kuigosu" is "Super buoyant" in Japanese backwards)
6: We can change our speed by the amount we dangle out.
7: ...? What's wrong, Luffy?
8: ...once we reach the surface...
9: We'll be in the same ocean as Shanks!!!
10: Okay...
11: ...I really wanna see him.

17)
1: I'll give this hat to you.
2: It's a very important hat to me,
3: So you need to bring it back to me someday...
4: Once you become a great pirate.
5: I know you can do it...!! You're my little brother...!!!
6: Realize it!! There's still something left for you to do!!!
7: Go to the top!!!
8(2b): People also call that final sea by another name.
9: The sea where those who create the next generation gather!! And the one who conquers that sea
10: becomes the Pirate King!!!

18)
1: Once we get to the surface!!
2: We'll be in the strongest sea in the world...!!!
3(2b): We're finally here...I'll cut everything down!
4: Please wait for me, Laboon! I'm halfway there!!
5: I'll take us anywhere we want to go!!
6: That's right, the Sunny can handle anything!!
7: Fight as much as you want, everyone!!
8: You won't need to worry about food as long as I'm here!!
9: And remember, you've got a warrior of the sea riding with you!!!
10: Fufu...
11: Let's go, you guys!!!

19)
1: To the New World!!!!
slanted: Finally, they head out to the "final sea!"
2: Uooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Translation: Naruto 570

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:25:33 +0000

*Only for use by MS.

tl by molokidan

1)
1: pssh...
2: psssssh...
#570: Kurama!!
slanted: Naruto gets serious, bursting the stake out!!!!
3: It's ouuuuuuut!!!

2)
1: Yes...
2: That's the real you!!
3: Hah!!
4: kah

3)
1: Rasengan!!
2: smack
3: Uwahh!
4: Not bad, kid!
5-6: haa
7: Why haven't the chains disappeared?!
8-9: haa
10: wheeze

4)
1: Heh...so they haven't, after all...
2: Why not?! I pulled out the stake!!
3: That stake...was just a temporary way to bind my chakra to the Jinchuriki's body...
4: My chakra itself is still in the hands of that masked man, through his Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
5: And you knew about it?!
6: hah
7: Then I haven't saved you at all!
8: You...were being serious...?
9: Of course I was!!
10-11: haa
12: wheeze
13: This kid...
14: Is he serious...now, as well...?

5)
1(2b): I just told you how to stop me...not how to save me!
2: You should have told me everything from the beginning!!
3-4: haa
5: wheeze
6: So?! How do I save you?!
7: haa
8: ...before that, there's something I want to give to you.
9: What?
10: Put out your hand...
11: haa
12: rustle
13-14: haa
15: Hm...? What is it?
16: Something you'll like...it'll help you out, too.
17: haa

6)
1(2b): It's sucked up the four-tails like a meatball! He was still being controlled after all!
2-3: haa

7)
1-3: haa
4: wheeze
5: You only stopped the one-tail, and it already looks like you're knocking on death's door.
6: But I don't intend to be stingy here.
7: You have some very valuable things that belong to me now...and I'm going to receive them all.
8: Guoooohhhhhhhhh

10)
1: wheeze
2: haa
3: ...this is bad, no matter how you look at it.
4: And you're about ready to fall over!
5: haa
6: Just...you watch me...
7: wheeze
8: If you want me to lend you my power,
9: I could, you know...Naruto.
10-11: haa
12: You're a lot more talkative lately, you know that?
13-14: haa
15(2b): I'm happy that you're willing to lend me your power...but before that, there's something I need to talk to you about.

11)
1: Thanks for the help...back there with Madara.
2: That...really saved me!
3: Don't thank me, it's weird!!
4: I'd just rather be under your control than Madara's, that's all I was thinking about!
5: And besides, because of this prison I'm in, I could only give you a tiny bit of my chakra!
6(2b): And now, I just want to see you fight a little more! That's right...I just want a good way to kill some time!
7: I was thanking you, why the hell are you getting mad at me?!
8: I don't care if you keep glaring at me, but the least you can do is fix the way you respond!! Otherwise--

12)
1: Meld your chakra with mine...
2: ...don't tell me...
3: We're gonna play chakra tug-of-war again...?!
4: Idiot! You don't have to do that this time!
5(2b): Although...I am a bit bored right now...so if you want to play, I wouldn't mind!!
6: tap

13)
1: Heheheh...
2: Hmph.

14)
1: Let's go...B!
2(2b): Alright, but I'm the leader of the duo this time. Makin' you take the front line like that would be a crime.
3: Remember we're up against five tail beasts.
4: If you can't even transform, then you have to work as a support!
5: Both you and the eight-tails are hurt, B...this isn't a question of who's support or who's on the front line!
6: We're going out together!
7: Hey...Naruto!
8: Besides, we're actually a pair of duos, right?

15)
1(2b): Naruto...don't tell me the nine-tails...
2: I still have a ton of power left!
3: They don't acknowledge me.
4: Because I'm a monster fox.
5: But *NARUTO* is different!
6: He...he's the stellar student that *I* acknowledged.
7(2b): ...he puts forth effort, works with his whole heart...yet even despite that, he's a bit awkward, and can't get anyone else to acknowledge him...
8: But he knows what it means to feel true pain.

16)
1(2b): He isn't a monster fox anymore. He's Konoha-gakure's...
2: Uzumaki Naruto!
3: Kurama.
4: Keh...!

17)
1(2b): You aren't...a monster fox anymore.
2: You're of my teammates from Konohagakure...
3: Now let's go!!!