Tegami Bachi 13

UPDATED 12/01/10. Slowly reworking the older TB translations. Volume 4 will be first, hopefully to be re-released by JAC with the omake added too.

International Translators / Scanlators: You're welcome to use this, but please include a credit for Niphredil.

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Corrections, comments, and advice always appreciated!

-001-
A peaceful moment envelops Lag.

-002-
Text bottom right: Asada Hiroyuki
Text bottom right: Chapter 13: Honey Waters

-003-
A therapeutic melody which heals one's Heart ––

Zaji: Ooh! Haven't heard that in awhile

Zaji: The Deputy Director's Spirit Restoration Heart Bullet
Zaji: Sounds like "Air on the G String, Orchestral Suite No. 3"...
Zaji: Tch~!

Zaji: Why am I the only one with a special delivery to do?
Zaji: What a drag!
Dingo: Rawr

-004-

Dr. Thunderland: That's a beautiful melody...
Dr. Thunderland: Hmm
Dr. Thunderland: Even a scientist with no interest in art can see that

Fanboy babble: ~sigh~ Deputy Director ~ Beautiful ~ Ahhh I'm so distracted ~ Me too ~ So jealous of the new kid... getting so close...
Textbox: Members of the AG Science of Living Creatures Advisory Board, Third Division
Dr. Thunderland: Get back to work...
Dr. Thunderland: ...

Lloyd: It's beautiful, but...
Lloyd: Somehow it seems sad

Dr. Thunderland: Even the Director's here?! What about your work...
Lloyd text: Mmm tea
Lloyd: It's a tune that makes you think about

Lloyd: Someone you can't meet with

Lag: ......

Lag: Gauche...

-005-
Lag: I can feel Miss Aria's Heart...
Lag: Her feelings for Gauche
Lag: Are overflowing...

Lag: It figures, that even now
Lag: When it comes to Gauche, she still...

Lag: Her Heart...
Lag: It's so warm...

Lag: Wait for me, Miss Aria, Dr. Thunderland...
Lag: On this delivery
Lag: I'll find clues to Gauche's whereabouts...

Sidetext: Special Info: Jump Comics' Tegami Bachi Volume 2 will be out 4th Feb!

-006-
Lag: I'll definitely find them!

Connor: You're so lucky, Lag!
Connor: Hardly anyone gets to hear the Deputy Director's Spirit Restoration Heart Bullet!
Connor: You're soo lucky!

Lag: Yeah... it really felt like I was being healed somehow...
Lag: My body felt really light too!
Connor: You're sooooo lucky!!! I've never heard it!

Lag: There really are a bunch of different ways to use Heart Bullets, aren't there... it's just like Gauche said
Connor: HOW WOULD I KNOW! So lucky!!!

-007-
Lag: Hmm...
Lag: Let me check the route...

Lag: The destination for the Letter Dr. Thunderland gave me is Honey Waters, a town in Northwest Yuusari
[Map right marker] Starting Point: Yuusari Central
[Map left marker] Destination: Honey Waters
Lag: We shouldn't have to worry too much about Gaichuu appearing... but the problem will be once we get to the town

Lag: "The Man Who Couldn't Become Spirit"...
Lag: Hmm...

Connor: Apparently, Honey Waters was removed from delivery routes 5 years ago
Connor: It's full of anti-government factions so we better be careful
Lag: Yeah! Thanks, Connor!

Lag: Thank goodness...
Lag: I feel a lot better knowing you're coming with me this time

-008-
Connor: Well... you know!...
Connor: And.. oh yeah! Don't worry about the money for renting the cart either, Lag my man
Lag: My man?!
Connor: Just leave it to Connor Cuhl!
Lag: Th.. thanks...

Lag: Though... I'd feel even better if Zaji was with us too
Connor: What?!
Connor: Tch...
Connor: We do get together in teams for dangerous deliveries... but the teams change depending on who's right for the job

Connor: When it comes to fighting Gaichuu, Zaji's really focused
Connor: Butt other than that he's not interested in deliveries and doesn't think much of them either
Lag: Really...? How come?

Lag: ......
Lag: Connor?

Connor: When Zaji was young...
Connor: His parents were attacked by Gaichuu
Connor: And they both died
Lag: !!

-009-
Connor: He told me he became a Bee to get revenge on Gaichuu...
Connor: I think that's why Zaji's priority in work
Connor: Is Gaichuu extermination, rather than deliveries

Connor: Until he hunts down and kills all of his enemies, Gaichuu,
Connor: I don't even think the title "Head Bee" will mean anything to him

Lag: Hey Connor...
Lag: How do Gaichuu...
Lag: Kill people..?

Connor: ......
Connor: I've never actually seen it happen...
Connor: But...
Connor: I heard they completely consume your Heart...

-010-
Connor: And that people whose Heart has been consumed can't speak or eat
Connor: So they weaken and eventually die...

Lag: ......

Lag: I wonder if Zaji was there...
Lag: To see that happening...
Lag: ......

Connor: Lag...

Connor: It'd be cool for the 3 of us to team up one day
Connor: If that happens, let's help Zaji defeat his enemies

Lag: .....
Lag: Connor...
Lag: Yeah...

Connor: Okay! You better hold on, Lag!
Connor: We're speeding up!

-011-
Lag: Hey, we've almost reached the town, you know!...

Lag: Connor?
Lag: Let's hurry!

Connor: Gehaa--
Connor: Haaa---
SFX: Hafuuu... Bafuuu... *cough cough* *cough*
Connor: I said... wait... this path... it's so steep...
Connor: Why... haa—wouldn't the cart... haa—come here.... –haa—Lag... please... water....
Lag: ...

Lag: Sooorry, I don't have any water left~
Lag: So unreliable!
Lag: Keep going, Connor!
Niche: Lag!

-012-
Niche: It's rushing out
Niche: It's water

Lag: Niche, that's spring water!
Lag: Huh... what's wrong with this water?
Lag: It's the same pretty golden colour as your hair

Lag: Maybe there's honey or something added to it?
Lag text: Let's try it

Connor: Lag!! What're you doing?
Connor: That water...
Connor: You mustn't drink it!!!

-013-
Connor: .......
Connor: Ahhh...
Lag text: You're still that far away...
Lag: Why not?

Connor: It's dangerous to drink the water around here
Connor SFX: Huff huff
Connor: It's called Honey Water...

Connor: One glass of it has enough poison to paralyse your entire body in just a few hours
Lag: What?!

Lag: Ni... Niche!!
Lag: Don't drink the water!!

Niche: What's wrong?
Lag text: Up there?!
Lag: !! Niche...

Lag: ......
Lag text: Thank goodness...

-014-
Connor: I heard there were always people going in and out of this town...
Connor: But it's so quiet right now...

Lag: Connor... look at that!
Connor: Hm...

Lag: There's so many people.. I wonder what's happening

-015-
(Sara): Right now, thanks to the heads of government, our Empress' rule has already been broken down, and our god is nothing but a front!
(Sara): The Man-made Sun! The day of the flicker! The fall of the investigation airship!
(Sara): And the mysteriously large number of the creatures called "Gaichuu"!
(Sara): The Amberground government is covering up all of these important matters and hiding them from us!

(Sara): Do you people know the truth about the appearance of huge numbers of Gaichuu in places visited by Bees?!
Lag: ?!

(Sara): Master Hunt was certain of the truth and spoke out!
(Sara): That the Amberground government produced Gaichuu!!
(Sara): That they're living weapons used to isolate towns, limit information about the world, and maintain the class system!

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(Sara): The proof of this has been carved onto Master Hunt's own body!
(Sara): Look closely at the government's terrible deed!

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Niche: Claws!
Lag: Wha..
Lag: What?!

(Sara): While he was a government employee, Master Hunt fell victim to the government's plan, to their experiments
(Sara): And became this pitiful creature
(Sara): All because of this evil experiment to try and manufacture the energy which existed in ancient times...

(Sara): ...This plan to produce Man-made Spirit Amber!
Connor: ?!

(Sara): But when all the plans ended in failure, the government tried to bury the proof...
(Sara): ...to bury Master Hunt in darkness!

-018-
(Sara): Just before they could do this, we escaped from the capital.
(Sara): We husband and wife!!

(Sara): And so he lives on as

(Sara): "The Man...."

(Sara): "Who Could Not…"
(Sara): "Become Spirit"....!!

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(Sara): In order to restore the rule of the true Empress
(Sara): And to create a blessed world with no class discrimination
(Sara): Master Hunt has lent his hand to a powerful anti-government organisation!

(Sara): We must continue our actions to restore the righteous era of the past
(Sara): "Reverse" is our ally!

Crowd: Lady Sara!
Crowd: I came from a nearby town!
Crowd: Lady Sara! Please do it!

Sara: Do you have an offering?
Crowd: Of course!
Crowd: Lady Sara! Do it to me too!

Sara: This is the crystal which houses spirit energy!
Sara: The Spirit Amber!!

-020-
Lag: !!
Lag: Black...
Lag: Spirit Amber...?!

Sara: Be healed

Sara: Let your Heart be restored...

Sara: Spirit Bullet
Sara: Loaded...

-021-
Sara: KUROBARI!!!!
[Black Needle]

Lag: !!!

-022-
Lag: No way!!!
Lag: How—?!
Connor text: Ah...
Connor: L… Lag!!

Man: Hey... You guys..
Connor: H... Hello...

Man: They're Bees!
Man: There are Bees here!!
Man: Government tools have snuck into the meeting!

Bees: !!

-023-
Connor: This... uh... this could be bad...
Connor: Lag... we should leave town for a while...

Connor: Lag—
Lag: Why…

Lag: Why do you have
Lag: Gauche Suede's Spirit Amber?!

-024-
Sara: Boy...
Sara: I have no idea what you're talking about
Sara: More importantly...
Sara: I thought this town had been removed from Bee's delivery routes a long time ago

Sara: What are you boys doing here?
Sara: That's what I'd like to know…

Connor: Lag, my man...
Connor: We really should get out of here...

Connor: SCRAMBLE DASH!!!
Connor: Run, Gasu!!

Sara: Don’t let them get away! Capture them!
Hunt: Sara!

-025-
Hunt: Why don't you give it up
Hunt: How long do you want to do this...

Sara: Hunt!

Sara: Stop wavering!
Sara: There's no going back now!

Crowd: What is that?!
Sara: !!

-026-
Lag: Niche!
Lag: Stop!
Lag: You'll injure people...

-027-
Lag: Ni…
Lag: ?!

Niche: That was
Niche: "No Hurting People CHOP", you know?

Lag: Niche...
Lag text: She remembered...

-028-
Man: Stop there!
Man: You damn government worker bee!
Lag: !!

Connor: Ow!
Lag: Connor!

Lag: Niche!
Lag: Help us...
Lag: First let's get out of here!

Man: !!

Crowd: Uwahh!! She's coming...

SFX: shake
Niche: ......?

-029-
Lag:!!

Lag: Ni...
Lag: Niche?!

Niche: Grr

SFX: kotete = clumsily
Niche: O
Niche: !!

-030-
Niche: La...g....?
SFX: tremble

Lag: Niche?! Steak...
Lag: What's...
Lag: ...!
Lag: Oh!....

Lag: That water from before!
Lag: Niche and Steak must have drunk that honey water...
Lag: Niche…

-031-
Hunt: Please run away

-032-
[…]

-033-
Lag: Ugh...
Lag: *cough*
Lag: Niche...

SFX: grab

Lag: ?!
SFX: drag quickly

Man: ?!
Man: Where'd the other one go...
Hunt: He headed for the bridge
Man: Y-Yes, Master Hunt
Man: Hey, this one's heavy! Give us a hand!

Lag: Wh...
Lag: Who are y—
Woman: Shh...
Lag: ...

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Lag: Niche!... Steak...
Lag: Connor!

Lag: ......
Woman: Come with me
Lag: Wha...
Lag: What do you guys want...
Woman: Don't get the wrong idea

Woman: I'm not one of their believers
Woman: But... if you want to make it safely out of this town...

Woman: Then please help me!
Woman: Bee

-035-
Woman: Please deliver
Woman: My Letter!!
Text: Suddenly an order! What is this girl's true intention?!

Gasu: ...

Tegami Bachi --- to be continued in Issue 3 (out 4th Feb)