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HIATUS NOTICE

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:59:51 +0000

Due to personal reasons, I will be going on hiatus and when I will return is tbd.
I sincerely apologize to all the groups that I work with for any inconveniences caused by this and to my readers. But alas, things come up in life and I think we can all relate to that!

I will be back some day and maybe contribute from time to time...
Thanks for reading my translations up till today!

peace.

shirokuro

Translation: Detective Conan 705

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:19:38 +0000

Reserved for Endless Youth and Co.

FILE 705: Kobayashi Sensei’s Love

P2

<Metropolitan Police Department>

Satou: Whoa, whoa, whoa.

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Satou: Why do you look sloppy? // You’re a cop and you should look like one.

Takagi: I can’t help it… / I was on a stakeout last night… // <yawn>

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Satou: Geez! // At least fix your tie!

Takagi: It’s fine… // I’ve finished my report and I’m just going home to sleep now…

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Satou: Hey! // Stop moving!!

Takagi: Oh… // Sorry…

--

Takagi: Huh?

P3

Takagi: You know what? It’s fine! // I can do it myself!

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Takagi: See you later… // Excuse me, everyone…

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Cop1: That Takagi… He’s showing off, eh?

Cop2: I heard they’ve been going out to dinner more often…

Cop3: I heard an unconfirmed rumor that they’ve kissed…

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Cop1: What!? Without my permission!?

Cop2: Hey, Shiratori! Do you know anything about this!?

Shiratori: Huh?

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Cop2: About Takagi and Satou!!

Cop4: You’re the highest ranking official of the Satou Miwako protection squad!

Shiratori: Oh…

P4

Shiratori: I think everything is going smoothly between them. // Their feelings are mutual…

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Shiratori: And I’m going to step down from my position of that squad too…

Cop3: Wha… // Shiratori!?

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Cop2: What’s come over him?

Cop2: I heard a rumor that he has a girlfriend now…

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Cop2: And she looks just like Satou-san…

Cop3: Who is it!?

Cop1: I’m not entirely sure, but I heard she’s a teacher… // They see each other and speak on the phone a lot…

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Kobayashi: Okay! // Sure…

P5

Kobayashi: So I shouldn’t go out alone at night?

Shiratori: Right… If you can, please avoid going out after 9pm…

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Shiratori: There have been a lot of muggings in your neighborhood…

Kobayashi: I saw that on the news this morning! / I heard the suspect is a woman…

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Kobayashi: I’m curious as to why… // you always call me…

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Shiratori: I was worried about you… // Am I being a bother?

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Kobayashi: Not at all!! // Not a bother!! / I appreciate it!!

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Shiratori: I’m glad… Please be careful…

Kobayashi: Yes! / Thank you so much!! // Phew… <beep>

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Conan: Uhh…

P6

Conan: We’ve said that we finished cleaning up the classroom a few times now…

Kobayashi: Oh…! // Thanks! <click>

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Mitsuhiko: Was that Inspector Shiratori by any chance?

Kobayashi: Yes… // Why?

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Genta: It’s totally obvious!

Ayumi: You’re all red!

Ai: So?

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Ai: Has he said it yet? // That he likes you?

Kobayashi: Huh?

P7

Kobayashi: What!? // Why!?

Ai: I guess not yet…

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Mitsuhiko: Don’t you recognize Inspector Shiratori from anywhere?

Kobayashi: Recognize?

Ayumi: Like, if you’ve met him when you were a child!

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Kobayashi: Now that you mention it… It doesn’t feel like it’s the first time I’ve met him… // It feels like there’s a memory somewhere deep in my heart…

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Genta: I’ll give you a hint! At the bookstore…

Kobayashi: Bookstore?

Conan: Shh!!

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Conan: Inspector Shiratori said that he wants to tell her directly // about the time he helped her catch the people trying to steal at the bookstore, so we have to keep quiet!

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Kobayashi: Books? Books…?

Genta: Oh, right…

Conan: He’s probably looking for the best time to say it and surprise her…

Ayumi: It makes me anxious!

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Kobayashi: Oh!! // Could it be…

Conan: Oh?

P8

Kobayashi: Is today the day “The 20 Mistakes Made by Kaijin 20 Mensou*” comes out!?
*Kaijin 20 Mensou: Phantom of 20 Faces; a character in a novel by Edogawa Ranpo

Conan: Oh… / Yeah…

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Kobayashi: I forgot to preorder it so I have to buy it today…

Conan: You better hurry up then! / That bookstore you always go to is closing early today because of the fireworks…

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Kobayashi: Are you all going too?

Genta: Yeah! // We’re meeting up at Conan’s at 6:30!

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Kobayashi: That’s a first… // You all always go to Professor Agasa’s house and go with him.

Mitsuhiko: He’s busy helping someone move today…

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Kobayashi: Then you’re going with Detective Mouri?

Conan: He’s going with a friend to drink and watch them… / Ran neechan is away with her karate club members…

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Ai: We’re going by ourselves… // Is there a problem?

Kobayashi: Of couse // there’s a problem!!

P9

Ayumi: Hurry hurry!! // Kobayashi sensei!

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Kobayashi: Sorry… // It was busy at the bookstore… <pant pant>

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Ayumi: Oh no!

Mitsuhiko: There goes the first one!

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Genta: Oh man! We would have made it if it was just us!

Kobayashi: Oh stop! It’s too dangerous! // There have been muggings lately, so we have to be careful…

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Ai: Is that what Inspector Shiratori told you?

Kobayashi: Oh… // Yes…

Conan: She’s head over heels…

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Kobayashi: I’m sure he’s worried because // I can seem helpless sometimes…

Ayumi: But…

P10

Ayumi: I think being worried about someone… // Has something to do with liking that person!

Kobayashi: Re… // Really?

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Kobayashi: You think so?

Ayumi: Definitely!

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Kobayashi: But… I wonder what he would be like a boyfriend? // He’s a police officer… / So I have to worry about him when he’s after a dangerous suspect… // But it might be fun to be able to hear those stories! // You know how I love mysteries… // Hey! // Where did they go!?

P11

Genta: Whoa! Look at all the shops!

Ayumi: I want cotton candy!!

Mitsuhiko: There are fishing games too!

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Ai: Where’s sensei?

Conan: Hm? I told her we’re taking the short-cut…

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Conan: She’s a little helpless, but… // I bet she can follow the people and the fireworks to find her way.

Kobayashi: Oh no… // Where are they?

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Kobayashi: Oh yeah… Maybe I’ll send Inspector Kobayashi a message… // “Inspector, I have a case for you…” // “5 kids vanished in front of my eyes…” // Just kidding…

P12

??: JUST SHUT UP AND HAND IT OVER!! // I’LL KILL YOU!!

Kobayashi: Huh? // Someone’s fighting over there… // Could it be a mugging!?

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Kobayashi: Should I call the Inspector? // But if I’m wrong, I’ll just be a pest… // I wish the kids were here at least… // What if the kids are in trouble? // I have to check it out myself…

P13

Kobayashi: What? // What? // What was that?

P14

Kobayashi: No way…

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Ai: She’s taking a while…

Conan: Geez… / How did she get lost?

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Conan: I’m going to go find sensei so you all stick together, okay?

Genta: Okay!

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Kobayashi: Uh… // Are you okay?

<smudge>

Kobayashi: What?

P15

Kobayashi: Ah… <AAAAAAH!>

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Conan: Se… // Sensei!?

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Kobayashi: No… // way…

P16

Conan: Sensei!!

Kobayashi: Don’t come!!

Conan: What?

Kobayashi: If you come now, that person will…

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Kobayashi: Huh?

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Conan: That person was still here // right now… // The person… // the murderer…

To be continued in Issue 41

Translation: Maid Shokun! 5

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:30:21 +0000

reserved for DFCG

P104

Arumi: You are so... // annoying! // They have to break up or one of them has to quit! // Don't you know that I'm a girl of my words!?

Choco: I do know! But please think it over!

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Choco: You're so stubborn... / Maybe I'll just have to lend a hand...

Arumi: What...! // Don't threaten me!

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Arumi: I... / can't reach...

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Arumi: Hachiya-san...

Hachiya: Let me do it.

P105

Hachiya: It's more convenient. // I'm tall and I'm like the man at this place anyway. / Use me whenever you need me.

Arumi: Thanks...

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Arumi: Hey! // No smoking indoors!

Hachiya: Fine.

P106

Choco: Hachiya-san...

Hachiya: What's wrong, little bird?

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Choco: Um... [Little bird?] // Have you worked here longer than Arumi-chan?

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Hachiya: Yup. // Haine and I have been here since it opened.

Choco: What?! // Oh... / then... // Arumi-chan can't force you to quit then!

Hachiya: Well...

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Hachiya: Arumi is... // Well... / She... // She's special.

P107

Arumi: Yes. / Hachiya-san will have to obey, even if it's my word. // This is the new schedule; you and Airi-san won't work together anymore.

Hachiya: Fine fine.

Arumi: We're a bit short on people / so it's a little hard to make it so you don't work with Pamiru either...

Hachiya: That's okay.

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Hachiya: Hah. // Hahaha. // Well. // There are a lot of days where it's just you and me, Arumi.

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Hachiya: That's bad. // Our customers // will be very disappointed. // Damn.

P108

Hachiya: Welcome back home.

P109

Hachiya: So? // How do I look? / I haven't dressed like this in a while. // Is it okay?

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Arumi: [Humph.] I'm impressed.

Hachiya: It's just in case there's only one of us available to serve. // Today is practice, // for "dressing up" like a girl.

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Hachiya: Please // let me know when you're ready to order.

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Guy1: Uh / um... // You look good. // Your usual style / looks good too, though.

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Hachiya: Thank you.

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Guy2: Wowww wheee...

P110

Guy2: So she was a girl after all...

Guy1: Well, of course...

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Guy2: Yeah, but... / she always gets in between me and Airi-san / and never gives up.

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Guy2: I once almost hit her because she was in my way.

Guy1: I'm glad you didn't.

Guy2: Yeah. / She is a girl, after all.

Guy1: I don't mean that.

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Guy1: Hachiya-san is the daughter of a local karate dojo. // She used to be in competitions a lot.

Guy2: Damn.

Guy1: She's much stronger than I am.

Guy2: Crap.

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Guy2: You know quite a lot...

Guy1: Well...

Guy2: Hey, / do you know Hachiya-san's real name?

Guy1: Stop.

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Guy1: That is private information. // I said too much. // These girls are maids of "mille-feuille."/ We have no right to know anything more about them. // That is the secret to our happiness.

P111

Guy1: We have to keep our distance. / Or else...

Guy2: Or else?

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Guy2: Or else?

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Guy1: We're doomed...

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Maids: A regulation change?

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Manager: Yeah. // We've been treating this place like a cafe, but... // We might need to make some rules.

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Manager: We had that stalker issue, you know. // A lot of other cafes have made some changes too. // I rather have us prepare ourselves / instead of waiting for something to happen.

P112

Choco: What // does it mean? // Regulations?

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Arumi: Not much. // We don't have to worry about things like // how many times the customer can play games with us / or how long they can talk to us.

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Choco: I don't get it...

Arumi: But / you're probably fired.

Choco: Huh?

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Arumi: You're under age right?

Choco: Huh?

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Arumi: It basically means we're going to be an adult-entertainment venue.

P113

Hachiya: We're going to be...

Airi: Yeah // I heard.

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Hachiya: It's probably time to quit.

Airi: Why? // It's not like much is changing. / Our cafe was always strange. // It'll be a relief.

P114

Arumi: To put it simply // a normal cafe like this / doesn't have anyone chatting with customers / or calling them masters, right?

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Arumi: So there's discussion over / if that kind of service should be for adults only.

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Arumi: There’s a fine line between how long a server can chat with a customer // or how many times they can play games with us // because some of those places are adult-entertainment venues. / So some stores get shut down.

Choco: I see…

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Arumi: Even if we haven’t had any problems before, // if there’s a stalker, // an incident like that could lead to our store to get in trouble. // So… // we have to be able to protect our café…

P115

Hachiya: I said I’d stay, so we should keep it as a café. // I wanted it to stay that way // for you.

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Hachiya: You quit the adult-only venue // and now you’re just a girl working at a normal café // so it’s easier to move on // to marriage or full time work.

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Hachiya: Get // married. // To that man your parents suggested.

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Hachiya: I’m sure he’s a great…

Airi: You’re still saying that? // Do you want to fight again?

P116

Hachiya: It’s // getting cold. // Our time is up. // Ai.

P117

Choco: I don’t get it. // He haven’t done anything wrong, // but we could be shut down? // But it’s okay for underage employees? / I don’t get it.

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Arumi: Of course you don’t. / But we don’t get a say in it based on our personal opinions. // It’s a new kind of problem for everyone. // No one can really say what the difference between a maid café and an adult venue is so there are no guidelines. // So we have to follow the old rules.

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Arumi: If the law doesn’t even know // you can’t try to make sense of it either.

P118

Hachiya: It’s not like you can keep working / at a maid café for that much longer anyway. // You’re not a homosexual anyway. / You were just tired of men from your old job. // You stopped working there / and now you serve men that are submissive to women // so things should have changed for you.

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Hachiya: You can make it. / You love children / and you would be a great mother…

Airi: This is ridiculous. / If you say anything more that’s stupid, / I’ll shove sand in your mouth.

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Airi: A normal wedding? / What’s that? // What’s the meaning of it? / There is none. // Except for maybe acceptance from society.

P119

Hachiya: It’s the same situation as our café. // You’ll have all the rights you’ll need. // It may not be perfect, / but you won’t have to worry about a sudden end to everything.

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Hachiya: Let’s say I suddenly died. // Your room // and everything we share // will be taken away by my parents.

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Hachiya: You don’t have any right // to have any of my belongings. // I can’t protect you forever. // I can’t be that irresponsible, // because I love you.

P120

Hachiya: Ai… // You’re smoking…

Airi: I’m not quitting. // I’m quitting quitting.

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Airi: I don’t plan on // having a baby anyway. // If your risk of dying at an early age is high // I’ll heighten mine as well.

P121

Airi: I don’t know the law // and God might not accept up. // But in sickness // and in health // I will hang on to you forever // so you better be ready.

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Airi: You want this?

P122

Airi: Hey // oh no. // Are you crying?

P123

Haine: Geez… // I was out for a few days and now this!? // What the hell is all of this!?

Arumi: Sorry…

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Haine: They’re not getting fired // and they don’t have to break up. // It would be better to fire Pamiru!

Arumi: What?

--

Haine: And there’s no way we’re changing the café. / There’s no reason to. // Okay / we’re back to normal.

Arumi: No! // We have to! / We can’t maintain the discipline of our café!

P124

Haine: Discipline?

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Haine: Arumi… / Noguchi Ayumi.

Arumi: Yes…

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Haine: What is the “discipline” / of this café?

Arumi: It’s… // Haine-san… / You.

Haine: Right. / So what about my decision?

P125

Arumi: It’s // a // must…

Haine: Right.

Choco: Good morning… // oh!

P126

Choco: Haine-san!

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Haine: Hi!

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Haine: Anyway // good job with the café while I was out. // Go. // Do you usual thing. / Your routine!

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Choco: Kae-chan, // Haine-san came back // and // everything is now back to normal! // It’s amazing. // And now // another day starts!

To the groups I work with

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:31:28 +0000

Hi everyone,
I wanted to just throw a message out there to the groups I work with, as well as anyone that reads my translations.
As you might have noticed, I haven't been able to post new translations as frequently as I used to. Things have been really busy in real life and I work full-time, so I haven't really had much time to sit down and do translations.
It sucks, but I still love doing them, so I'm going to continue doing them when I can get a chance to sit down.

If anyone that I'm working with needs to find a new translator and drop me from their group, that's understandable and I won't be offended or anything. I'm sorry if my inconsistent schedule is slowing anyone down, but I hope everyone understands.

Also, I won't be taking on any new projects for the time being since I won't be able to juggle them all. As of right now I'm doing, Alive, Bakuman, Conan, Oresama Teacher, Toradora and Maid Shokun.

Thanks for bearing with me, everyone!

Shirokuro

Translation: Bakuman 52

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:14:39 +0000

reserved for akatsuki group

Page 52: Feedback and the Sprint

We were told that in the next series meeting, our series might become a candidate to be cancelled. We decided to incorporate some battle scenes and the feedback that our readers have written in the fan letters.

Takagi: I've listed up the suggestions our readers have made and it's getting pretty long! We should consider the ones that a lot of readers have mentioned. / The most popular suggestion is, "there should be more scenes of TRAP's school life."

Saiko: We should also check which characters are popular and add more chapters with them in it.

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Takagi: It would be great if we could gain popularity by simply having more scenes of the popular characters... / But that would mean we'd have to do a lot more chapters of TRAP and Ami-chan at school and Ami-chan's dad doing more mystery solving...

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Takagi: It's Saturday already! Do you think finishing the name by Sunday will be okay?

Saiko: Yeah, it should be fine since we don't need to make drafts anymore.

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Takagi: Okay. I'm going to go sleep and then write it.

Saiko: It's already 2AM. I better call it a night too. No one will ever let me draw again if I get sick a second time.

P2

Aida: It's already 3AM.

Aoki: I don't care what time it is.

Nakai: I need to go back and draw...

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Aida: You're saying no, no matter what?

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Aoki: If we're changing it that much, it's no longer my story.

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Aoki: If our series is going to end unless I change the story entirely and abandon my original ideas... / I'll be more than happy to end the series.

P3

Nakai: No... We can't let it end... // Aida-san, say something...

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Aida: I know how you feel...

Nakai: What!? No, don't say that!! You're an editor, aren't you!?

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Aida: What do you want to do, Nakai-kun?

Nakai: You're passing it over to me!?

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Nakai: I... I've said it many times before... I don't want the series to end no matter what. // We finally got serialized and I think we should do our best to keep it going.

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Aida: But Aoki-kun is not going to change her beliefs...

Aoki: Right.

Nakai: That's why you have to convince her...!

P4

Aoki: Then you two should change the story as you please.

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Aoki: But if you decide to do this, please make it very clear to the readers that Aoki Ko is no longer writing the story and replace the writers name with your own.

Aida: We can't do that...

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Nakai: If... I'm allowed to write the story, I'd like to give it a try!

Aida: Nakai-kun...

--

Nakai: Oh...

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Aoki: You have to change the title too.

Aida: Wait, Aoki-kun!

-

Aida: There are things that simply cannot be done... We'll use this name, okay!?

Nakai: What the hell, Aida-san? You're the one that said our series might get cancelled if we keep going this way...

P5

Sunday

Takagi: So?

Saiko: You've included a lot of the stuff that our readers requested.

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Takagi: I'm going to fax this.

Saiko: Wait, I'm not sure if it's all that good though...

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Takagi: That's why we need to have it reviewed.

beep beep

Takagi: It can't be bad. We've included a lot of their suggestions.

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Takagi: It's Takagi. I'm sorry it's a bit late.

Miura: Oh, is it ready? Fax it to my house.

--

buzzzzz

Miura: Where are you, Takagi?

Takagi: I'm at the work place with Mashiro.

Miura: I'm coming over.

Takagi: Huh? Okay.

P6

Miura: We might have talked about changing the story direction, but this is unacceptable! What are you doing?

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Miura: Who made this story for you?

Takagi: Huh?

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Takagi: I... I wrote it...

Miura: Bullshit! This isn't something you wrote! I'm not a fool!

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Takagi: I really did write it... / We read all the fan letters and included as many of their suggestions as possible.

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Miura: So that's what happened...

P7

Miura: That's the one thing you can't do.

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Miura: If the suggestions fit perfectly into what you were originally thinking, it's okay... / You should be open to suggestions like those.

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Miura: But trying to include a handful of different things makes you write something as disorganized as this.

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Miura: Listen. Fan letters are supposed to be encouraging, // but not sources for ideas.

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Miura: If you used every suggestion the fans make, the manga is no longer Ashirogi Muto's, but it's created by the readers... / You get me?

Takagi & Saiko: Yes...

--

Miura: Plus, most of your fan letters are from girls. / You have to take into account both your male and female audience. // But

P8

Miura: The magazine your series runs in is SHOUNEN Jump.

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Miura: If you only take into account the feedback from your fan letters, they majority of suggestions are from a girl's perspective.

Takagi & Saiko: Right...

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Miura: It's not a bat thing that there are many female fans. / But those are female fans of shounen manga. There's no such thing as a manga that starts out by trying to become popular among female readers and I won't let you do that. // The responsibility of a Jump mangaka is to create a good shounen manga!

--

Takagi: You're right... I'm sorry..

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Miura: I didn't mean to lecture, but what I'm saying is common sense. // Plus, you can find more feedback online instead of just from these letters.

P9

Miura: Not to sound cruel, but you can't take into account all the feedback that users submit without much thought. / You should do what you strongly believe in. // I didn't think you two would do something like this, but I guess you both panicked based on what I said...

Takagi: To be honest, we thought there are limitations on brining in battle scenes and it's kind of different from our original direction...

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Miura: There are only 5 more chapters that we can rework before the series meeting... // We have 3 chapters left for now...

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Miura: You should leave the story the way it is for now. / Let's put all of our money on the remaining 2 chapters!

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Takagi: I think that's the best way to go... Do you think we should include battle scenes?

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Miura: You should do what you believe in! Do what you think is best! / But I still think some battle aspects would be good.

Takagi: Okay!

P10

"Kaitou Cheater" author: Hibiki Kyoutarou

Hibiki: I'm telling you that this is different from what I was told! We started it because you said TRAP will be on hiatus until April! // We're both going down now!

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Hibiki: This is a scam! // If the series is cancelled, I'll be made a fool! Do something!

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Editor: Manga...

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Editor: becomes popular if it's good! // I don't think your series is suffering because of TRAP!

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Editor: Stop complaining! Your manga won't get any better from your whining! // You better think about what you can do to make it better!

Hibiki: What!? You...!

--

Hibiki: So it's true that the mangaka and editor stop getting along when a series fails! I've never seen you get angry!

Editor: It's the opposite! This is us getting closer! // Your a failure because you can't even understand that!

Hibiki: What did you say!? Shit!

P11

Miyoshi: You two are acting too depressed!

Takagi: Do you think there's a mangaka that can stay cheerful when their series is failing?

Miyoshi: I'm sure there's one or two.

Takagi: I bet...

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Miyoshi: Is it that bad?

Takagi: Yeah... I bet chapter 28 that's releasing on December 5th will bring back the high rankings...

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Miyoshi: When's the series meeting?

Takagi: December 16th. / So we're putting everything into chapter 28 and 29.

--

Takagi: Oh shit!

P12

Hiramaru: Hey.

Takagi: Hiramaru-san!?

--

Takagi: Where'd you get this Porche from?

Hiramaru: I bought it, of course! Though, I have loans now... [heh heh heh]

--

Hiramaru: The mangaka profession is pretty impressive. / I couldn't even have considered buying this when I was getting paid 25,000 at my old job.

Miyoshi: But this is a pretty big purchase.

--

Hiramaru: Yeah, but when I showed the ad to Mr. Yoshida...

Yoshida: You can probably buy a car now. / It might help brighten your mood.

Hiramaru: He made this suggestion.

--

Hiramaru: But there's a GPS in this car and Mr. Yoshida can track where I am all the time. Ha ha ha. / And now that I got this car...

Yoshida: You should live in an apartment with a parking lot.

Hiramaru: Mr. Yoshida made this suggestion so I moved too. It's pretty expensive to rent...

--

Saiko: I don't really want to say it, but...

Hiramaru: Hm?

P13

Saiko: I think Yoshida-san conned you...

Hiramaru: Huh!?

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Saiko: You're going to have to pay a lot of taxes starting next year... He used the old trick where you have to keep drawing in order to afford everything...

Hiramaru: What are you saying... I'm 27, I know all about taxes...

--

Hiramaru: Mr. Yoshida... You conned me...

Yoshida: How about a Ferrari?

--

Hiramaru: But... well... you know... / I'm getting some requests here and there about "Otter Number 11" getting animated. / My popularity went up when Otter got arrested and I started the "Otter trials."

Saiko: An anime!? Really!?

Hiramaru: Yeah... / It's not officially decided yet, but I think it's going to start next fall... If not spring.

--

Saiko: "Otter" started at the same time we did and it's already...

--

Hiramaru: Okay... Now that I got some fresh air... / I'm going back to my classy apartment and do some work...

--

Takagi: Did he come to show off?

Miyoshi: But he didn't look too happy...

Saiko: Hiramaru-san thinks really hard about weird things, but doesn't think too hard about important things... Even when he decided to become a mangaka... / I'm jealous that even still, his series is so successful.

P14

November 5th: Azuki's birthday

Saiko: Azuki's 18 now... We were saying we'd have an anime by 18...

beep beep

--

beep

The only thing I could write was, "Happy birthday."

--

Azuki Miho
RE: Happy birthday

Thanks. I've been selected to play the daughter in an American TV drama on BS called, "Doctor Family!" The character doesn't appear every week, but I'm so happy to get such a big role! I'll do my best! MIHO

--

She has a role for a TV drama... That's impressive that she has 2 jobs even if she's not the main character. Azuki is officially a professional voice actress... // CROW's anime has started and Otter might become an anime... And TRAP...

P15

Saiko: The phone! Is it Az...

--

Saiko: Oh it's you...

Takagi: What the hell does that mean? I've written our savior chapter so I'll bring it over if you want to see it.

Saiko: I'll go to the work place now too then.

--

Saiko: You brought back the bomber from the chapter we ranked 3rd on and you've created a new detective character...

Takagi: Not all battles have to be killing or fighting! / It's a mystery solving battle against the clock! How do you like it?

--

Saiko: I think this'll do pretty well!

Takagi: Right?

Saiko: I'm going to do my best artwork ever!

--

Miura: Good job. It's well made.

Chapter 28 passed without a problem.

--

Chapter 26 and 27 did poorly, ranking at 17th and we couldn't do anything about it.

Takagi: It'll be okay. Chapter 28 will do it for us.

P16

In the first issue of the year that our chapter 28 was in, Takahama-san's "Business Boy Kenichi" debuted as well.

Takahama: It's an honor to be in the same magazine as you guys!

Takagi: Congratulations!

--

Takahama: I'm planning on buying 10 issues of this Jump on Monday!

Miyoshi: You can buy 10, but it's cheating to submit 10 surveys!

Takagi: What are you saying, Miyoshi...

--

Takagi: I bet you'll rank higher than TRAP.

Takahama: Do you think so? I don't really mind which ranks higher...

Takagi: Well, it's 45 pages long and if it ranks lower than TRAP, you have no chance of serializing it...

--

Takahama-san ranked 2nd, which is rare for a one-shot by a new artist. // Our chapter 28 that was supposed to save us ranked 15th. // Takahama-san didn't express his excitement over his rankings because of our results.

P17

Miura: I can't believe we still ranked 15th... / The quality hasn't gotten worse in any way. / I guess we lost more readers during the hiatus than we thought...

Takagi: Many readers have moved on to "Akechi Gosuke" in Week...

--

Miura: I think you're right... The tanks aren't selling as well as the 1st volume either...

--

Takagi: That means we just have to make our story better... / Even if the competition is a professional mystery writer... / If the series continues on, we'll do everything...

Saiko: The series meeting on the 16th is a Friday, but will you have the results for chapter 29 by then?

Miura: The meeting starts at 2 and the results come in after 3. / We'll get the early reports, but sometimes they differ from the real thing.

Takagi: Chapter 29 has been submitted already... Our ranking for chapter 28 might help us more than getting the early reports for chapter 29 that might not be so good...

--

Miura: Well, they won't cancel the new series / and the candidates are "Cheater" and "Hideout." It'll depend on how many new series they choose to begin... // But you two should prepare for the worst...

P18

December 16th: The day of the series meeting

Miyoshi: You're not going to the work place either, Mashiro?

Saiko: I've told Ogawa-san and the others to just finish up.

Miyoshi: Why's that?

--

Takagi: Why don't you get it? He doesn't want to hear the results with the assistants around.

Miyoshi: Oh... Just in case...

--

Miyoshi: Is everyone just going home today?

Takagi: There's no one home until later tonight.

--

Miyoshi: I'm not going to come over...

Takagi: What? Stay with me...

Miyoshi: Takagi...

--

Nakai: If Aoki-san is going to act this way... // Aida-san can't be convinced to keep going...?

--

Takagi: This might be the first time.

Miyoshi: Huh?

Takagi: I'm seriously praying to God.

P19

Chief: The new series to begin are "Strawberry Short" by Bouri Ayuhito and "Bouon Thunder" by Kimura Kazuki.

--

Assistant: Let's move on to the series to be cancelled.

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Aida: We have to choose 2 out of the 3 that are ranking poorly...

Yoshida: We don't have any series that are concluding story-wise anytime soon.

--

Yes, those 3 are ranking poorly in comparison to the others.

If we have to choose 2 out of those 3...

This one is a must...

They were warned, but they couldn't do anything so it's inevitable.

--

Chief: Right. The series to be cancelled are the 2 on the bottom. // One is "hideout door" / and the other is...

Translation: Toradora! 21

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:16:13 +0000

Reserved for DBR group.

Chapter 21: He's Back!

P2

Minori: That's too bad... // Taiga and Kawashima-san aren't getting along? // They're so hopeless...

--

Minori: But I'm starting to think... / That Kawashima-san is a little different from how I imagined her to be at first. // I want her to get along with Taiga, but.. Friendships between girls can be complicated.

--

Ryuji: But... / Because you're with her... // I'm not too worried about / Taiga...

Taiga: RYUJI!!!

P3

Taiga: Oh no... / What do I do!?

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Taiga: Ki... / Kitamura-kun has been with that class president this whoooooole time! // This whole time! / He's staying with her this entire time! What do you think about this, Ryuji!?

--

Ryuji: I wish... // You hadn't come along because Kushieda and I were in a good place just now...

Minori: Oh Taiga! What's wrong?

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Taiga: Minorin!! // I don't want to be here anymore! / I want to go far away!

Minori: You want to elope!? That's fine!!!

--

Ryuji: Sheesh...

--

Ami: Poor you. / You're all alone now, Takasu-kun...

P4

Ami: Shall we team up now since we're the odd people out?

Ryuji: Huh... // I guess we can...

Ami: Great!

--

Girls: Ami-chan!

Ami: Hehe!

--

Ryuji: Don't you have to go hang out with them?

Ami: It's fine!!

--

Ami: I want to talk to you today!

P5

Ami: Phewwww.

--

Ami: It's finally half-full. // Picking up garbage is a lot of work!

--

Ami: Hehe.
Words in her background: [Aren't I cute and a good girl?]

Ryuji: Crap! / Watch out behind you!!

--

Ami: Huh?

P6

Ami: No... / way...

--

Ryuiji: Ka... // Kawashima?

--

Ami: Ta... / tadpoles...

P7

Ami: No... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO / AAAAAAAHH!

Ryuji: Don't / move!! // Calm down, Kawashima!!

P8

Ami: Noo! / Get them // OFF!!

Ryuji: Okay! / I got it! / Stop kicking! // The tadpoles will be squashed!

--

Ryuji: Here. // I'll leave your shoes here. // They're still wet, but all the tadpoles are gone.

P9

Ami: A... // Ami / chan...

Ryuji: Huh?

--

Ami: I don't... // want to wear this shit // anymore!!

P10

Ami: I can't take this anymore!! // I can't keep this shit up! // Ami-chan is leaving! / Leaving for sure! // AIGHT!?

P11

Ami: Uh... // Just kidding! Hehe!

P12

Ami: Ohhhh stop making such a scary face!

--

Ami: Hehe. // I was so scared I threw my shoes!

--

Ami: Here they are! // I'm glad I found them!

--

Ami: Hey, Takasu-kun. // Do you want to race? // The loser has to give up all the garbage they picked up to the winner! // Then a quota will be done for the winner! // Ready? / Set! GO!!

P13

Ryuji: Kawashima!!

--

Ryuji: Haven't you had enough of that?

P14

Ryuji: What's the point of it all? // What meaning is there / to work so hard to get me to like you?

--

Ami: I don't know? // I don't know what you mean.

--

Ryuji: If you don't get it, that's fine too... / But I'm the one that doesn't get it at all. // Why are you making yourself do all this stupid stuff? // It's pointless.

I didn't intend on confronting her.

P15

Ami: Pointless...? // You don't get it... / Really?

It's just that it seemed like she was doing so much for no reason.

--

Ami: You're not as easy as I thought... // It doesn't work on you... Takasu-kun...

Even if she doesn't do all this, people only think positive things about Kawashima. / She's already popular enough.

P16

Ami: What a horrible day...

--

Am: Achoo!

Ryuji: Are you cold? / You can use this unused garbage bag.

--

Ami: What are you saying?

Ryuji: Cut a hole and wear it?

Ami: NO WAY! / There's no way / I...

--

P17

Ryuji: Uh... // Ka... // Kawashima...?

Ami: Hold on just a bit...!! // Let me stay like this for a bit...! // At least until it goes away!!

Ryuji: It?

P18

Ryuji: That guy!!

--

Ryuji: What's he going here!? / I thought you said it was just a coincidence he was there yesterday...

Ami: He's a stalker.

--

Ami: To... / tell you the truth / he's been stalking me for a while. // I thought I would be free of him if I moved, but...

--

Ami: I even took a break from modeling... / So I thought I was safe...

Ryuji: Kawashima...

--

Minori and Taiga: Ryuji!

Ryuji: Hm?

Minori and Taiga: Kawashima-san! / Ryuji!

P19

Minori: Kawashima-san!

Taiga: Ryuji!

Ryuji: What are they wearing!? // A takoyaki container!?

--

Minori: Maybe / they already left? // I'll check over there.

Taiga: I'll check over here.

--

Ryuji: Hm?? // Uh no...

P20

Stalker: You're cute. // You're small and are dressed strangely; you look like a little demon. // Can I take a picture?

To be continued...

Translation: Detective Conan 704

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:41:09 +0000

Reserved for Endless Youth and Co. Group only

FILE 704: The Quiet Battle

That is my analysis of the situation.

--

Now that you get it, find out the rest // and set us free already.

--

CONAN: Who send this text message? // But the one thing I know for certain... // Is that whoever send this message... // Was on this floor this entire time...

P3

RAN: What's wrong, Conan-kun? // You've got a scary look on your face...

CONAN: Oh... / I was just thinking that whoever sent this is a really great detective...

--

RAN: You're right! It's the same analysis that dad just gave... // It says everything about who the sender of the shirts and the bomber is... / It even decodes the message!

--

RAN: I hope dad wasn't just reading this out loud...

MAI: But it doesn't say anything about how I'm the daughter of the mountain climber that was murdered 13 years ago.

--

MAI: But you knew who I was because Detective Mouri told you, right? // You even called me Maruoka, my maiden name, instead of Seta that's on my name plate...

CONAN: Yeah!

--

CONAN: When I went into your room and said that I needed to use the computer to look up the incident from December 29th, you didn't act surprised. // Normally, someone would ask why I'm looking that up.

--

CONAN: So it was obvious that you were someone that wanted us to know that you have a relationship with someone in the incident... // There was a picture of the mountain climber's daughter on the article and I also saw that you were wearing a wedding ring, so I provoked you... / I wanted to check on your last name since it would have changed!

--

MAI: Wow...

RAN: That's amazing, Conan-kun...

CONAN: Of course...

P4

CONAN: I was told to do all of that by Uncle Kogoro...

MAI: I'm so impressed by Mr. Sleeping Kogoro!

--

RAN: But whoever sent this is also a great detective! // Everything besides that point is spot on...

MAI: I wonder who sent it. / Maybe they're still on this floor...

--

RAN: Do you think they will reveal themselves if we respond with a thank you note?

CONAN: I'm sure they won't... Whoever wrote it clearly didn't want to get too involved... I bet they already left...

BEEP

--

RING RING

MAN: Hm?

CONAN: Huh?

RAN: Oh! / It must be him!

--

RAN: Excuse me! Did you just get a thank you message?

MAN: Yes, I did...

--

RAN: Then you wrote this message?

MAN: No... / I don't know what that is...

--

RAN: Huh? But it came from your phone.

MAN: Oh... Maybe it was the person who found my phone and returned it to me earlier...

P5

MAN: This man came up to me saying, "Is this yours?" // He was wearing a black hat, had a burn on his right cheek and was very stern looking...

--

CONAN: Wha... // WHAT!?

--

CONAN: Where did he go!? / Tell me!

MAN: Oh... / He was right here just now... // I think he went down using the escalator?

--

RAN: Co... // Conan-kun?

--

CONAN: Could it be... // Could it?

P6

JODIE: Why are you in such a hurry?

CONAN: Jodie-sensei...

--

JODIE: Are you by any chance... // Looking for the same person as I am?

CONAN: Uh... // No...

--

CAMEL: It looks like this place is dangerous just like the note said...

JODIE: Huh?

CONAN: Note?

--

JODIE: The note that Shu wrote me!

CONAN: You saw him? // Akai-san?

--

JODIE: No, he secretly wrote it on my coaster while I had stepped away from my seat in the cafe downstairs! // It said, "Run! This area is dangerous."

--

JODIE: So? Why is it dangerous? The bomb scare is over with now...

CAMEL: I saw... // In the hotel window across the street from this department store...

P7

CAMEL: A shadow of what looks like a sniper... And a black 356A Porche parked right underneath...

--

JODIE & CONAN: GIN!!!

--

JODIE: Did they figure out that Shu is alive... // And have come to assasinate him!?

--

JODIE: Camel, I'm leaving this kid with you!!

CAMEL: Huh?

--

CAMEL: But... // He's gone...

--

JODIE: Shu! // Where are you? / Shu!

P8

JODIE: There... // It's Shu!!

--

JODIE: No, Shu!! // Don't go outside!!

--

JODIE: They're after you!! / Please stop!! // Shu...

P9

SUBARU: Oh...

--

SUBARU: I'm sorry... // Are you okay? // But an responsibility of an oversight is divided 50:50... // You too are at fault for not having been paying attention...

JODIE: Yes... // Of course...

--

SUBARU: You seemed to have been looking for someone...

JODIE: Shu!!

--

JODIE: Where did he go!? // Shu!!

--

CHIANTI: There! // I found him!!

P10

CHIANTI: I found the ghost!! // He's on the left side of the main entrance... Right in front of the car!!

--

CHIANTI: If you want to see for yourself, do it already, Gin! // My finger that's on the trigger can't wait any longer... // I'm about to shoot!!

--

GIN: Akai... // Shuichi...

P11

GIN: Vermouth...

--

GIN: Did you get permission... // from the boss?

--

VERMOUTH: Yes... // The boss is always careful to the extreme... / He's the type to ruin the plan by overthinking it...

--

CHIANTI: What's going on!? // Can I do it? // Or what!? // Which is it!?

P12

CHIANTI: WHAT!?

--

CHIANTI: He looked... // He looked straight at me!!

--

VODKA: Gin... // There's something wrong... // All the customers started running back into the store in a hurry...

P13

CHIANTI: Whe... // Where is he!? // Where'd he go!? // Everyone started moving quickly... // I lost my shot...

--

PEOPLE: Hey... What the hell is that? // She has a rifle... // Maybe it's a film shoot?

--

GIN: There's no use in lingering...

CHIANTI: Huh?

GIN: We're leaving...

--

GIN: Contact Korn...

CHIANTI: What's going on!?

--

CHAINTI: Gin!? / Gi...

BEEP

GIN: Heh... That selfish bastard... / I've always hated that fool...

--

KIR: Who are you talking about?

GIN: It's just as you say...

P14

GIN: I wish they only existed in fiction novels... // Those detectives like Sherlock Holmes...

--

PEOPLE: Hey! Hurry up and hand over the coupons! // You're going to give us coupons worth 10000 yen, aren't you?

--

STAFF: What are you talking about?

MAN: A boy in glasses just told all of us that you all will be giving us coupons as an apology from the department store!

--

STAFF: I hadn't heard about this...

MAN: Hey, don't lie! // We all came back for this...

--

CONAN: Phew...

SUBARU: I see. Coupons?

--

CONAN: Huh?

SUBARU: I can't say it was a clever tactic...

P15

SUBARU: But it must have been the only method you could think of to keep everyone safe, hmm?

CONAN: Subaru-san!?

--

RAN: He said he was on the same floor as us during the bomb scare!

CONAN: What are you doing here!?

--

SUBARU: I had to run an errand at the Teito Bank that's next door... // When I was leaving, I saw you three go in here so I tried to catch up and ended up in this mess...

--

RAN: You should have said something when we were on that floor...

SUBARU: You looked busy...

--

MOURI: Who's this guy...?

RAN: His house burned down... / He's now staying in Shinichi's house. His name is Okiya Subaru-san and he's a graduate student...

--

MOURI: I see...

SUBARU: Nice to meet you, Detective Mouri! // I've heard the rumors about you...

--

RAN: But what was that all about? // What did Conan-kun do about he safety of the customers or something?

SUBARU: Oh, there's no use in asking...

P16

SUBARU: It's just a silly story about how some stupid wolves... // let the prey run away...

--

MOURI: Isn't Teito Bank really far from where you're living now? // Why did you come all the way out here to do some banking...?

SUBARU: Oh... I had to come for a different kind of errand...

--

CONAN: What kind of errand?

SUBARU: Remember how there was a robbery at that bank? // There was someone I knew in the footage from that robbery so I was trying to find out if that person uses this bank...

--

SUBARU: If that person uses the bank, they must live nearby... // I was hoping to run into them...

CONAN: So you didn't see them?

--

SUBARU: Well, coincidentally, they were on this floor too... // But it turned out to be just a look alike so I didn't say anything...

--

SUBARU: I know this person from a long time ago... // So there's no way I would make a mistake with a look alike...

To be continued in Issue 40

Translation: Detective Conan 703

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:38:16 +0000

Reserved for Endless Youth and Co.

FILE 703: The Truth Hidden In the Blizzard

P2

GIN: I see...

--

GIN: The entire floor is being held hostage because of the bomber?

VODKA: Yeah... Some fool is causing thisbomb scare... / He's trying to find someone out of it...

--

VODKA: I guess that guy that looks like Akai is also on that floor... // Since no one that looks like him has come out of that department store yet...

--

VODKA: What a pain in the ass... Even if the bomb does or doesn't go off, that exist will be flooded with people... // I dunno if we'll be able to find this guy amongst the crowd...

GIN: No, it's all in our favor now... // His attention will be turned away from our snipers... / And he won't be able to run away as easily with all the people... // He'll be an easy target for Kir* who's waiting above and Korn that's waiting below...
* I think Aoyama Gosho made a typo, and he meant Chianti!!

P3

KIR: Hey, does he know about this?

GIN: He...? / Who are you talking about?

--

Kir: Burbon... // I heard that he went looking for that scientist, Sherry, that betrayed us...

--

GIN: Who knows. He's secretive like Vermouth... // No one can ever guess what he's up to or what he'll do...

--

VODKA: Burbon did hate Akai too... // Even more than you, Gin...

GIN: Well, I wasn't even planning on telling him even if we found Akai anyway...

--

KIR: Why's that?

GIN: He denied Akai's death... He thought that he was the only one who could kill Akai, so I don't blame him...

--

GIN: If this guy really is Akai... // Burbon will surely boast that what he believed was true... // And I don't need to see a smirk on his face...

P4

<no spoken text>

P5

STORE STAFF: Uh, / excuse me sir...

SUBARU: Oh, I'm sorry. I'm leaving... / I just wanted to take a look outside...

--

SUBARU: I'm in no mood to be eating anything... // when another floor on this building is being held hostage...

STORE STAFF: Oh... / Okay...

--

SUBARU: Although... I would like to serve those folks some hot and bitter coffee... // Those folks that are waiting so anxiously in he heat for their prey...

--

WOMAN: How long is it going to take you to figure this out!?

MAN: You ARE the great detective Mouri Kogoro aren't you?

--

MAN: Figure out who is sending the shirts for the bomber already so we can all be free!

MOURI: Oh, yeah...

--

MOURI: I simply don't have no idea... // About who the sender or the bomber could be...

RING RING

--

MOURI: Huh? A text message? // I don't recognize this address...

P6
MOURI: What? // No way...

--

MOURI: Waahhhaa... // Nya... // Wheee....

--

RAN: Wha, dad? // That's where the bomb is...

CONAN (as Mouri): It's fine...

P7

CONAN (as Mouri): I won't let that bomb go off... // I swear it on my name, the great detective Mouri Kogoro...

--

RAN: Does that mean you figured it out? // The person who has been sending the shirts?

Woman: But you said you had no idea earlier on!

--

CONAN: Yes... The mysterious sender and the mysterious bomber... // There's a key to solving this mystery!

--

CONAN: Doesn't all of this seem strange to you? If you look at the receipts that came with the shirts... // You know right away that they were bought every Sunday at the same time of 12:29 at this department store, in this sports section...

--

CONAN: If you came to this store on Sunday around that time, you would eventually be able to figure out who it is...

RAN: The sender probably never came... // That's why the bomber made this man faint in the bathroom and strapped the bomb on him so we'd look for him...

--

CONAN: That's the strange part...

RAN: Huh?

P8

CONAN: For the bomber to strap a bomb on to someone, they would have to be somewhere that's hidden and where there are no people. If the bomber is trying to spot the sender and he's busy doing that, he won't be able to keep watch to find the sender. Do you think he'd make such a rookie mistake?

--

RAN: That's true, but... // Maybe the bomber has a friend that was keeping watch...

CONAN: You idiot! Look around you!

--

CONAN: You see how everyone is on their cell phone? // If the bomber really wanted to keep everyone hostage, he wouldn't let anyone speak on their phone...

--

RAN: Then maybe the bomber strapped the bomb onto this man way before it was 12:29?

CONAN: Nope. The bomb was the last resort... // The bombs near the elevator and escalators can be left and disposed of discreetly if necessary... But it's too risky to strap a bomb onto a person when the sender may appear at any time...

--

RAN: But there's only one bomber right? How can the bomber strap a bomb onto someone while also keeping watch...

CONAN: What if the bomb was always strapped on even before coming here...

--

RAN: Wait, do you mean...

CONAN: Isn't that right?

P9

CONAN: Mr. Bomber... // or should I say, Mr. regular old John Doe?

--

MAN: Uh, what...?

CONAN: You didn't spot anyone on this floor around 12:29 that could be the sender so you thought...

--

CONAN: It was a plan the sender had created to lure you here... // You figured that the sender would be watching you and laughing at your scared face... // So you strapped on a bomb before you came here and kept everyone on the floor hostage... // You were trying to make the sender show themselves!

--

RAN: Show themselves, how?

CONAN: If the sender knew this guy's home address, it means that the sender probably knows his face too... / He was hoping that if he came out shouting that he had a bomb strapped to him and he was going to die, the sender would come out saying it's a lie or something that downplays the situation...

--

CONAN: He didn't really have to go through all the trouble, since I knew who the sender was right away...

RAN: Oh? Really?

P10

CONAN: Look at the receipt! // A customer can come to the store everyday around the same time, / but it's impossible to always have a receipt that says 12:29 sharp every time!

--

CONAN: You might be able to ask a store staff to give you a receipt that says the same exact time... But the store staff would remember any customer that makes such a strange request... // But, no one even remembers a customer that comes by every week to buy the same red shirt, which means...

--

CONAN: The sender printed their own reciept... // So the person in charge of the register of the sports equipment department... // Seta-san // it's you, isn't it?

--

CONAN: The register is in a separate room that cannot be seen by any other workers or customers... // Which means you could print receipts when you wanted to...

--

CONAN: Similarly, the sender and the receiver would most likely recognize each other... // But the receiver was unable to find you... / I knew it was you because you had been hiding in that room the whole time...

P11

MAN: Mai-chan...Is it you, Mai-chan? // Maruoka-san's daughter...?

MAI: Yes, that's me!

--

MAI: I'm the daughter of Maruoka Daisaku that you killed in the mountains 13 years ago!! // How dare you call me by my name like you're a friend or something!?

--

MAN: No... He was caught in an avalanche...

MAI: The avalanche... It was a convenient coincidence that helped you... The police didn't investigate further because of it...

--

MAI: But I found it all written down in my father's journal, on the day that you and my father went to the mountain on December 29th! // He had written about his hopes that you would become a reformed man if he showed you the magnificent scenery from the top of the mountain...

--

MAI: The company consipracy that was unmasked after my father's death! // I know that you framed my father for all the company money that you had used!

--

MAN: What are you talking about, Mai-chan...? // So it's her... // She's the one who...

--

MAN: Are you satisfied? / Now let my son go!!

MAI: Your son? / What are you talking about...

P12

MAN: Stop playing stupid!! // You send me these red shirts every week... / And you're the one that made me pull this ridiculous stunt!!

--

RAN reads the letter: I have your son... If you want your son back, strap the enclosed bomb on yourself and go to the sports equipment section of the Beika Department store and hold everyone hostage... / Know that I will kill your son if you don't find the sender!

--

If you're able to entertain me, I will return your son to you...

MAI: I don't know what this is... / I don't know...

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MAN: Don't lie! My son has been missing since last week!!

RAN & MAI: WHAT!?

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MAN: Give him back!! I did as you were told!!

MAI: Uh... // I...

--

CONAN: I see... Now I know what you were trying to accomplish...

MAN & MAI: Huh?

P13

CONAN: Seta-san is in the disadvantageous position since now you know it's her that was sending you the shirts... // And you're in the advantageous position of having both that letter and the bomb...

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CONAN: That's why you made up that fake random letter, in an attempt to punish the sender once and for all! / But you had no idea that Seta-san has concrete evidence that proves that you killed her father...

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MAN: Concrete... // Proof!?

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MAN: Impossible! There's no way...

CONAN: Look at the 13 shirts Seta-san sent you! // They actually represent a secret code... If you read the code from right to left... // U... // B... / U... // R... // I... / E... // D...*
* It actually says "I saw you bury him" but I tried to fit it into the bubbles...

--

RAN: You buried? // Does it mean the sender saw him bury the body?

MAN: Ha... // HAHA!! It was a bluff!!

CONAN: A bluff?

P14

MAN: Isn't it!? / It was a blizzard that day... Even if there was someone else there...

CONAN: There's no way they could have seen you bury the body?

MAN: Uh... / No...

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CONAN: Since it was the first time you climbed a mountain, you're a novice... // There's no way you would have walked out of the shed you were in to bury a body in the middle of a blizzard...

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CONAN: Which means if we were to dig near that shed you were in, we would find it... // The body of the man that you murdered and buried 13 years ago...

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CONAN: You seemed to have been confident that no one saw you... / But there was a witness... // It was you; both a murderer and a witness...

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CONAN: By the way, about your son... / Has he really gone missing?

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MAN: Yes... I think he ran away like always... // I'm such a fool... I wanted to put my son in a prestigious elementary school so I stole company money and killed my superior that figured it all out... / And now my son has ran away...

P15

CONAN: Please call the police and have this man and Seta-san go in for questioning... // Let all the customers know that all the bombs in the bags are fakes as well!

Store staff: Sure!

--

CONAN: I believe the riot squad should be near by thanks to your call...

MAI: Yes... I told them the bombs are probably fake so they should take care of them right away... / But they wouldn't make their move...

--

RAN: How did you know the bombs were fake?

CONAN: From the lipstick on the man's shoulder...

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CONAN: If he strapped the bomb on himself at home, he would have avoided crowded trains to come here... // So I thought it was suspicious... I was wondering why this man was pretending to be in danger with a fake bomb strapped around himself...

--

CONAN: That concludes our investigation... // Are you satisfied, Seta-san?

MAI: Yes! / So you knew it all along... / You knew I was the one who called you using a voice changer...

--

MAI: I... wanted to see how this man would react to the message that I created with the secret code my father taught me... // I never thought it would make him dig his own grave...

--

MAI: You're just as I thought! Just from that tiny hint... / You asked the boy to double check that the blizzard incident was on December 29th...

CONAN: Oh, that was...

P16

MOURI: Flag signaling is used underwater or in the mountains where it's hard to communicate vocally... // If the message is "U BURIED" it's clearly not meant for underwater, but in the mountains...

CONAN: Huh?

--

MOURI: The receipt was ripped in a way for the shape to resemble a mountain and the shirts were red to symbolize murder... // If there's a murder in the mountains, it must be related to an incident of a missing person... / A missing person incident is not usually reported in hours and minutes, so the 12:29 must mean December 29th...

--

MOURI: That's what it says! In this text message I just got from an anonymous sender...

--

MOURI: So? What happened to the bomber?

RAN: Wha?

CONAN: Text message?

--

Message: That is my analysis of the situation. Now that you get it, find out the rest and set us free already.

--

CONAN: Who... // Who sent this!?

To be Continued in Issue 39

Translation: Detective Conan 702

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:49:35 +0000

reserved for endless youth & co.

File 702: The Bomber’s Plot

P2

Kir: It’s a ghost… // There’s no way he’s alive…

--

Kir: I shot and killed Akai Shuichi… // Right in front of your eyes…

Gin: It wasn’t in front of my eyes… / I only watched through a monitor…

--

Gin: You were in a situation that you could fabricate… // Am I wrong, Kir?

--

Kir: Fabricate…? // But you saw it. You saw him get shot and he was bleeding from his head…

P3

Kir: You told me to shoot him in the head. // You’re also the one that told me to get him to that hill…

--

Kir: I was being watched by other members until I met up with him… // How would I have planned anything?

--

Kir: Plus… If either he or I were absolute geniuses on a God-like level, we might have been able to plan something even past what you were going to say… // If we were like… Sherlock Holmes or something…

--

Kir: Why don’t you stop trying to unfold a mystery that doesn’t exist and just enjoy the fact that your nemesis is gone?

Gin: Yeah… // I’m so happy… // If he’s still alive… // I get to kill him again…

--

Gin: Vodka, drive up to the area right across the street from the department store! // Park in a spot where we can be sure to see Akai if he comes out…

--

Gin: What’s wrong? // Start driving already…

Vodka: Oh, uh… // The thing is…

P4

Vodka: According to Korn, who’s standing watch near the basement exit… // There’s something going on in the department store…

--

Vodka: Hey, Korn! Do you know any details?

Korn: I don’t… // But I saw… // The riot squad and the bomb squad… / A bunch of ‘em went inside…

--

Vodka: The riot and bomb squad!?

Gin: What? // What’s going on?

P5

Mouri: Wait a second!

--

Mouri: Do you understand that the bomber is asking us to figure out who among these people is sending the red undershirts every week?

Staff: Yes…

--

Mouri: The receipts attached to them are from this store… And the only section that carries this undershirt if this sports fitness section! // Plus, the time that's on the receipt is always 12:29!

--

Mouri: And you’re the only salesperson here at that time on Sundays… // Right?

Staff: Yes…

P6

Mouri: Then why don’t you remember? // Wouldn’t someone that’s always buying the same thing at the same time every week be memorable!?

Staff: I really don’t remember…

--

Staff: I haven’t sold any red undershirts today…

Mouri: Did someone else take your place at one point, which could have been at that time?

--

Staff: Never in the last 6 months!

Mouri: Then maybe this receipt is from many years ago…

Staff: No, that receipt style is something we started this year…

--

Staff: I’m always responsible for taking the product and the money from the customer… // And I bring it over to Seta-san who runs the cash register… // and bring back the product in a bag as well as the receipt and change to the customer…

--

Staff: If there was an odd customer like that I would probably remember…

Mouri: But you know… // There are receipts that are proof that they were bought here…

Man: Uh… // Excuse me…

P7

Mouri: AAH! // Bomb-man!!

Man: Stop calling me that!! // I’m not the bomber… // I am an innocent person who had this bomb strapped on to me!

--

Mouri: Didn't I tell you to stand back until we solve this?

Man: Uh yes… / But the boy in the glasses… // He’s playing with… // The red T-shirts…

Mouri: Playing?

P8

Ran: What is this?

Conan: I’m doing what you were doing before… / I’m folding the shirts according to the creases on them…

--

Ran: It looks really creepy when you line them up like this. // It looks like that thing in one of Holmes’ stories…

Conan: The dancing doll?

--

Ran: Yeah! That code!

Conan: This might be a code too! / It might say something if you try reading it from the right…

P9

Conan: OWWWWWWWW!

Mouri: Sheesh! // You’re always fooling around when I’m not watching!

--

Ran: But if you look at the way the shirts are creased… // It might be a code…

Mouri: A code? // No way. // We don’t even know how and when the creases got there.

--

Squad leader: What? The sender of the red shirts?

Squad: Yes! // It seems like that is the goal of the bomber…

--

Leader: And? How many bombs are there?

Squad: According to what we see on the cameras, there’s one by the elevator, the escalator and the stairs… // So at least 3 of them…

Jodie: That’s odd…

P10

Jodie: The bomber has hijacked the entire floor with the bomb threat, but the information regarding it is leaking out pretty quickly…

Camel: That's true…

--

Jodie: And…

Woman: What!? A bomb is on that floor?

Man: Hey, is it okay to be calling me? Won’t the bomber see you?

Jodie: The bomber hasn’t even taken the victim’s phones away…

--

Camel: Maybe they’re a rookie…

Jodie: I hope that's all it is…

Man: You’re stupid, don’t lie to me!!

Phone: I’m not lying! Look at this!! // You see the guy with the bomb strapped to him!?

Jodie: A TV phone…

--

Man: Oh… // shit!!

Jodie: Shu… // Shu!!

P11

Mouri: Trans…. // form!! // Yah! // Hey! // Whoo!

Man: What are you doing, detective Mouri?

--

Mouri: I tried moving in the way the shirts look… // But I don’t get it at all…

Man: Can you just hurry up and figure out who sent those shirts?!

Mouri: Yeah…

Ran: But…

--

Ran: That movement you just did… // It looked familiar.

Mouri: Huh?

--

Ran: I know! // Conan-kun would know… // Wait… // Where did he go now!?

P12

Conan: Oh I see!

Staff: I take it from the customer’s hands…

--

Conan: And you take it to that lady that handles the register?

Staff: Yes… / I say, “Just a moment please” and take it…

--

Conan: Excuse me!

Staff: Oh… // What? // Little… // Boy!?

Conan: WOW! // The register room looks like this!? // I’m going to borrow your computer!

Staff: What… // are you doing!?

P13

Conan: Uncle Kogoro asked me to look something up! // He wants to know about the case of the missing people in the mountains that happened on December 29th!!

--

Staff: Oh… // Really…

Conan: Here it is! / It must be this one! // It’s from 10 years ago… // A professional mountain climber… // got stuck in an avalanche and passed away!!

--

Conan: Okay!

Staff: Oh? // You’re done already?

Conan: Yeah! I’m going to tell uncle Kogoro it was just as he thought!

P14

Conan: Thanks, Maruoka-san!

Maruoka: Oh… // Sure…

--

Conan: Now I know what the sender intended to do… // Now for what the bomber was planning to do… // And the reason why they caused this scene…

--

Conan: I can only see how the bomber will react… // But my assumption is… // The bomber is extremely confident… // Make no mistake on that… // The bomber is absolutely sure… // The incident they caused in the past won’t ever be revealed…

P15

Bomber: Yes… There’s no way anyone knows… // My actions were perfect… // There’s no proof and there are no witnesses…

--

Bomber: Who is this fool that is trying to blackmail me! // I’ll make sure they can’t do anything this foolish ever again…

Subaru: Excuse me… // So it’s the incident in the mountains as I suspected…

<beep>

P16

To be continued in Issue 37

Hiatus

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:09:39 +0000

Hey people,

sorry if i forgot to tell anyone that i translate for, but i'll be away for a bit on vacation! therefore, i'll be on hiatus for the next 2.5 weeks!

see you all soon,
shirokuro

Translation: Detective Conan 701

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:27:19 +0000

Reserved for Endless Youth and Co.

FILE 701: What Red and the Number 13 Indicate

P2

Mouri: Are you serious!?

--

Mouri: You were told that the bomb would detonate unless we find the sender of those red shirts?

Man: Yes… The masked person that put this bomb on me said so…

--

Mouri: And the sender is still on this floor?

Man: Yes… // He said as long as the sender reveals their identity, the bomb won’t go off…

--

Mouri: Did you hear that? // I don’t get what’s going on, but if you’re the fool that’s sending these shirts… / Come out here at once!

P3

Mouri: Doesn’t look like they’re coming out…

Ran: Yeah…

--

Man: He said the escalators should be stopped and we should make sure the elevator doesn’t stop here either…

Mouri: I see… // So we’re all trapped here until we figure out who it is…

--

Woman: No way…

Old man: No… // I don’t want that!

--

Mouri: Hey, stop!! // Wait!! // Don’t get ahead of yourself!!

<slide>

P4

Mouri: Calm down!! // Weren’t you listening? / The bomber is looking for the sender of these red shirts and is positive the sender is on this floor!

P5

Mouri: If anyone leaves this floor before we find this person, the switch goes off! // We can’t call the police either! / If anyone disobeys, we’ll end up with victims… // Is that correct?

Man: Yeah… // That’s correct…

--

Mouri: Excuse me… Can you call someone in charge to stop the escalators and make sure the elevator doesn’t stop on this floor either?

Staff: Sure…!

Mouri: And make sure no one uses the stairs…

--

Mouri: Tell them firmly not to call the police! // There’s a very high possibility that the bomber is on this floor with us to observe our movements…

Staff: I understand!

--

Mouri: So… // What do we do now?

Conan: Maybe we should take a look first?

--

Conan: Those mysterious red T-shirts… // that get sent every week!

--

Man: Oh? Did I say that? / That they come every week…

Mouri: We actually received a call from someone involved with the bomber…

P6

Mouri: Someone that has been receiving mysterious red T-shirts every week will come to the Beika Department Store in the sports equipment section… // So they wanted Mouri Kogoro to hear the whole story…

--

Man: Mouri Kogoro? The detective!?

Mouri: Yes… So I’ll figure out this mystery and find the sender as well as the bomber right away… // So please sit back and watch!

Man: Okay…

--

Jodie: What!?

--

Jodie: A man with a burn on his right cheek just left this store?

Staff: Yes… // Right after you had left to answer your phone…

--

Jodie: That guy… // Was he wearing this hat?

Staff: Yes, he was…

P7

Camel: Is that Akai-san…?

Jodie: What?

--

Camel: I just saw someone in the bathroom… // A man with a burn that looked a lot like Akai-san…

--

Jodie: What!? // He’s here!?

Camel: Yes, but I lost sight of him…

--

Jodie: But why is he here?

Camel: So the person you thought you saw at that bank robbery was…

--

Jodie: Yes, that’s right! He disappeared from that scene when it got rowdy, so I was looking for him! // I noticed that the mark on his hat was that of an original logo that they made here so I used it to investigate!

--

Jodie: I’m sorry… I wasn’t sure yet so I couldn’t say anything to anyone else… If he has amnesia and can’t speak, I can’t confirm either…

Camel: Um…

P8

Camel: Couldn’t this be some sort of trap?

Jodie: What?

--

Camel: You said so yourself that Akai Shuichi is dead! You confirmed his body and fingerprints! There’s no way he’s alive!!

Jodie: But it’s Shu… He can think of something…

--

Jodie: And what kind of trap would this be!?

Camel: Well… // They might be plotting something and are trying to confuse us…

--

Jodie: Huh?

Camel: The riot squad…

--

Jodie: Why?

Camel: I heard there’s something going on on the upper level… / The customers were saying the elevator won’t stop on that floor…

Jodie: That man had to be Shu…

Camel: Huh?

P9

Jodie: Look! // The man with the burn secretly left me this message!

<Run. This is a dangerous area.>

Camel: What!?

--

Camel: Akai-san knew that something would happen here…

Jodie: Yes… Which means his amnesia has gotten better…

--

Jodie: But what? // What is happening? / Shu…

--

Mouri: Hmm… // According t the ripped receipt on the bag the T-shirts were in…

P10

Mouri: Two shirts came 5 weeks ago, 6 weeks ago and 7 weeks ago… // But 4 weeks ago… // There was only one shirt… // 3 weeks ago, 2 weeks ago and last week… // Two shirts came for each of those weeks…

--

Man: Does it mean something?

Mouri: I don’t know… There are 13 in all and that’s a very unlucky number…

--

Mouri: Please don’t come near me!! // You’re wearing a bomb!!

Man: I’m sorry…

Conan: Huh?

P11

Conan: There’s something red on the shoulder of that coat you’re wearing…

Man: Huh?

--

Mouri: Red? Maybe it means something…?

Man: Oh, I think it’s lipstick… // The train I came in was really crowded…

--

Mouri: Sheesh… // Anyway, just stand over there…

Man: Sure…

--

Ran: Huh? There’s something in this bag that was holding the shirt…

Conan: What?

--

Ran: This is the receipt for the shirt. // It says the number of shirts too…

--

Mouri: A receipt?

Ran: Yeah! The bag that was only holding one shirt has a receipt for one shirt!

--

Conan: They’re in the other bags too!

Mouri: What?

P12

Mouri: You’re right…

--

Mouri: The dates on the receipts and the dates on the delivery receipts are the same, so it means they were bought and sent on the same day…

Ran: They’re ripped so we can’t see where they were bought…

--

Conan: There’s something on the receipt from last week’s shirt!

Mouri: Hm?

Conan: Look, it wasn’t ripped very well… // There’s a logo…

--

Mouri: This is…

RanL The Beika Department store logo!

Conan: And all of these shirts were bought…

P13

Conan: All at the same time of 12:29.

--

Mouri: I get it! That’s why it was obvious the sender would be here at this time! // They knew the shirts were always bought in the afternoon!

--

Mouri: Wait… But why are we in the sports section?

Ran: Because these shirts are all undershirts? / That’s what it says on the receipts…

--

Ran: You know? Those shirts people wear when they go jogging… // They absorb sweat and dry easily, / since they’re made of polyester!

--

Mouri: Do you now where these shirts are?

Staff: Yes, it’s probably in the fitness area…

--

Mouri: Please show me!

Staff: Sure…

--

Conan: That’s weird… // The receipts up to the ones from 2 weeks ago were ripped so carefully so no one could identify where they were from, but this one was so careless… And…

P14

Ran: What’s wrong, Conan-kun? Did you figure something out again?

Conan: Oh yeah… / I thought this receipt was weird… // Look… If they wanted to hide where it’s from, it’s only necessary to rip off the top left… // But the top right is ripped too…

Ran: Maybe the person is just careless? // The way the shirts are folded are careless too…

Conan: Huh? / How they’re folded?

--

Ran: Look! The shirt that came in that week where it was the only one, there’s this weird crease… // If you fold is according to it… // It looks like this…

P15

Squad: What do we do? // Should we go in?

Squad leader: No… Wait.

--

Squad leader: The bomber is saying the bomb will be detonated if we go in…

Squad: But… // According to the caller, the bomb is…

Squad leader: We can’t be sure! / They might be saying so just so they can get away! // We should wait… // We’ll have to watch how the bomber moves…

--

??: Hey…. // How long do we have to wait?

--

Chianti: For this ghost that doesn’t exist?

Gin: Be patient, Chianti…

--

Jin: It’s been confirmed that someone that looks like Akai has entered the building… // I want to see for myself if he’s a ghost or not… // If he’s not a ghost… / At that time…

<beep>

--

Jin: I’ll have you become the ghost… // Kir…

To be continued in Issue 36

Translation: Bakuman 48

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 04:22:46 +0000

reserved for akatsuki

Page 48: Mortality and Motionlessness

Insert: The man in charge reveals the reasoning behind the shocking decision!!

Chief: It’s because Kawaguchi Taro died. // We cannot deny that his death was due to overwork as a mangaka. / Kawaguchi Taro was Mashiro-kun’s uncle.

--

Fukuda: Uncle…?

Hiramaru: Died? From overwork as a mangaka…!

--

Saiko: I know someone that worked too hard as a mangaka and died…

Azuki: Mashiro-kun was talking about his uncle when he told me that story… Kawaguchi Taro… I’ve heard of that name before…

P2

Saiko: That’s irrelevant! / Our series and Kawaguchi Taro’s death are completely unrelated!

Takagi: He’s right! Kawaguchi Taro is Kawaguchi Taro! Ashirogi Muto is Ashirogi Muto!

--

Chief: We came to this decision by considering how your parents must be feeling about all of this. // He was your father’s younger brother… One could even say that he sacrificed his life to draw manga… / Your mother is very worried and has said she wishes you would stop drawing manga altogether.

--

Chief: It’s only natural for her to feel that way. No one wants to lose their family or the people they love.

P3

Saiko: I don’t want to go on hiatus… I will draw. // Kawaguchi Taro used to draw no matter what! / Even when he had a high fever and was hooked up to an IV and when he hurt his back, we drew his manga lying down. / He said that the only thing he could boast about was that he never missed a deadline and he never went on hiatus!

--

Chief: It’s a bit old-fashioned, but impressive that he always delivered. / But we can’t always demand that from someone.

--

Chief: It is up to the mangaka to work no matter what condition they may be in, but if we believe the mangaka needs a break, we will ask them to take one. / The mangaka’s health is top priority.

Saiko: If it’s up to us to work, I’m saying I will draw! / If I draw, we don’t have to take a break!

Chief: That’s only if the editorial staff can prepare to continue publishing your series based on the mangaka’s persistence to draw.

--

Chief: But let me say it bluntly. // We would consider it troublesome to have you continue drawing.

P4

Saiko & Takagi: What!?

Chief: The first thing to do is to get better.

Fukuda: Even if he gets better the series is still on hiatus until next April?

Chief: Yes.

--

Fukuda: You’re telling him to get better, but even when he is better you won’t publish the series.

--

Chief: The editorial staff okay-ed a series by high school students because we saw the success of high school managaka prodigy, Niizuma Eiji. // But we’ve now realized that keeping up a series while going to school full-time is not an easy feat…

--

Chief: Our judgment was wrong and we’re reflecting on this. We’re going to ban series’ like this from now on.

Fukuda: Ban!? This series already started so it’s different! You’re the one that started this series! It’s irresponsible of you to suddenly do this!

--

Saiko: Then I’ll quit school!

Takagi: Saiko!

P5

Takagi: I’ll quit too! Then we won’t have a problem!

--

Chief: I won’t take your series off of hiatus even if you do that!

--

Fukuda: What their saying is more rational than what you’re saying! Everything you’re saying doesn’t make any sense!

Chief: I’m telling you to think of their parents!

--

Chief: Do you think your parents will be happy if you quit school to draw manga!?

Saiko: I’m not living for my parents!

Takagi: Yeah! We’re not drawing for our parents, but for ourselves!

Chief: Don’t be a wise-ass with me!!

--

Nurse: Please be quiet!!

--

Nurse: What are you doing? Please don’t induce stress on the patient!

All: We’re sorry…

P6

<Shueisha>

Hattori: Until next April!?

--

Aida: That’s what they decided at the emergency meeting that they had yesterday.

Hattori: Why is it until April? That makes no sense.

--

Aida: I thought it was weird too that they were holding it off for so long so I asked the assistant chief and he just said one thing to me. He said, “We can’t have him die.”

Hattori: Die? That’s such an extreme…

--

Hattori: Kawaguchi Taro… // Mashiro-kun’s…

--

Hattori: “We can’t have him die”… I get it…

--

Hattori: There’s no way those two will be convinced with an explanation like that… I bet Mashiro-kun’s condition will get worse if he’s told something like that!

Aida: April is pretty tough…

--

Hattori: I don’t mean that…

P7

Hattori: Do you know Kawaguchi Taro?

Aida: Of course! The one-hit-wonder mangaka that did “Superhero Legend.”

--

Hattori: He didn’t want his career to end just with that one series so he continued to draw names and died from overwork.

Aida: That’s just a rumor…

Hattori: I’m saying it’s not a rumor.

Aida: How do you know?

--

Hattori: Kawaguchi Taro’s real name is Mashiro Nobuhiro. He’s Mashiro-kun’s uncle.

--

Aida: I get it now… / Then it’s inevitable… We can’t have Mashiro-kun die again…

--

Yuujiro: That’s a horrible story.

Aida: Yuujiro-san.

--

Yuujiro: They’re only stopping him because he’s Kawaguchi Taro’s relative.

Hattori: That’s what it sounds like to me.

--

Aida: It’s the only thing we can do. If anything happens to him, another tragedy would fall upon the family. I think our superiors made the right decision…

Hattori: No, they’re ignoring Ashirogi Muto’s feelings.

Yuujiro: It’s too forceful!

Others: What’s going on? / What’s up?

P8

Saiko: If Kawaguchi Taro wasn’t my uncle, this wouldn’t have happened?

Chief: That’s true.

Takagi: How cruel…

P9

Hiramaru: What is all of this? // It’s nonsense.

--

Yoshida: Hiramaru-kun, where are you going!?

Hiramaru: Where? I’m going to my room. The only thing I can do is draw manga.

--

Fukuda: It’s just as Hiramaru-sensei said. / This is nonsense. // You’re a disappointment too, Miura-san. / You haven’t said a word since you got here and you’re just obeying your boss. / I’m glad you're not my editor.

Chief: Miura has no part in this. He was against it until the end. / This is my decision.

Fukuda: I won’t ever forgive you for this! // See ya Ashirogi-kun!

P10

Chief: I’ll say it again. I won’t publish your series until April even if you draw it. / I’ll promise to publish your series again after you improve your health and graduate from high school.

--

Chief: Miura, I’m leaving.

Miura: I’ll stay.

Chief: Fine.

--

Saiko: Shit…

Takagi: Until April…? Seriously?

--

Miura: Takagi-kun, Mashiro-kun, I’m sorry! // I’m so helpless… There wasn’t anything I could do!

Saiko & Takagi: Miura-san…!

--

Saiko: I’m the one that should be apologizing. // To Shujin, Miura-san and Azuki-san… If only I hadn’t gotten sick… I’m sorry.

Takagi: It’s not your fault. It’s the chief’s fault…

Miura: And my lack of power…

P11

Azuki: Sorry Mashiro-kun, but I’m a little relieved… // There’s no need to apologize to me. // The words that I said on the day we graduated junior high are forever… / So take all the time you need to get better.

Takagi: What did you say? / You won’t tell me anyway, will you…

Azuki: I said, “I’ll wait for you.”

--

Saiko: Azuki-san!

--

Takagi: Azuki is saying this right now because she wants him to get better and not work too hard. // That makes sense… “I’ll wait for you”…

--

Takagi: What do we do…?

Saiko: I won’t give up! I’m going to keep drawing until Issue 32 is out!

Miura: Mashiro-kun…

P12

Niizuma: I can’t forgive the chief editor for doing this to Ashirogi-sensei.

Fukuda: Right?

Niizuma: It’s absurd.

--

Fukuda: I’m not going to draw for JUMP until this is overturned.

Niizuma: Woah!

--

Fukuda: But it won’t be very effective for me to be the only one to boycott.

Niizuma: I understand!

--

Niizuma: If TRAP is going to be on hiatus then I will go on hiatus too!

--

Fukuda: Really?

--

Niizuma: Wait, but won’t Ashirogi-sensei feel guilty if we do that?

Fukuda: We’ll have to make our move in a way that they don’t notice and we’ll tell them after the decision is overturned.

Niizuma: Oh, I see.

P13

Fukuda: I’ll talk team Nakai and Aoki to do the same.

Niizuma: Ohh! Everyone on team Fukuda will boycott! Great!

Fukuda: That won’t be all! Hiramaru-sensei will probably join us too.

Niizuma: Hiramaru-sensei always wants to take a break. I know his contact information.

Fukuda: Okay, I’ll leave him up to you. I’m going to call Nakai-san.

Niizuma: Roger!

--

Nakai: What do you want, Fukuda? / Why do I have to go to Niizuma-kun’s place ?

Fukuda: Just get over here!

Nakai: I’m telling you! I’m too busy! / What? / Aoki-san’s going? // Fine fine. I’ll be there right after I shave!

--

Hiramaru: A boycott? Amazing! I was waiting for someone to say that! // Tomorrow is looking brighter already!

P14

What!? You’re trying to protest?

I want to know more about what happened in the meeting and why the series is on hold until next April.

I want to know too.

Yuujiro, stop it…

Why are you stopping me, Aida-san? I can’t agree to this.

April is ridiculous!

It’s inevitable! There’s nothing more important than life!

What!? You’re on the chief’s side?

Why are we talking about life and death anyway?

It’s just to be on the safe side! We should take all precautions.

Don’t you feel bad for Ashirogi?

Yeah, they just started to get popular…

Hey! The chief is back!

P15

Nakai: A boycott…?

Fukuda: Yeah. // “KIYOSHI,” “CROW,” and “Otter” won’t release until the decision is overturned.

Hiramaru: Agreed.

--

Niizuma: If it’s not overturned, I will draw for another magazine until Ashirogi-sensei can work again.

Nakai: You’re going that far? I don’t think you can since you’re contracted…

Niizuma: I’ll return my contract money! Worse come to worst, I’ll pay for all of us to move to a different magazine! I still want to draw, so that’s what we’ll do.

--

Nakai: But it will only hurt us to do this…

Aoki: You’re not very manly in situations like this, Nakai-san.

Nakai: What?

--

Aoki: The chief’s decision is unfair and we should fight.

Fukuda: Wow, Miss Aoki! We’ve finally agreed on something!

--

Aoki: A boycott is more effective even if it’s one more person taking part in it.

Fukuda: You’re so wonderful today!

Hiramaru: I love Aoki-san too!

--

Nakai: Hey, Hiramaru-san! I think you’re crossing the line… I’m worried about Ashirogi-kun too, so I’ll take part in this too.

Hiramaru: I’m sorry. I just adore young women…

P16

Hattori: Hey there.

Miura: It’s awfully quiet.

--

Yuujiro: I heard about Ashirogi-kun.

Hattori: That’s awful.

--

Yuujiro: You don’t have to give in. We’ll all fight with you.

Aida: Don’t. You’ll get fired.

Miura: Yeah, the chief won’t change his mind just because we protest.

--

Yuujiro: Fukuda…? // Boycott!?

P17

Yuujiro: This is getting interesting!

Aida: What happened?

--

Yuujiro: He said he’s going on hiatus too unless the chief promises to publish TRAP before April!

Miura: What!?

Aida: You’re crazy to say that’s interesting! So KIYOSHI is going on hiatus too?

--

Yuujiro: CROW is too. Niizuma-kun just told me.

Aida: CROW too!? That’s pretty bad…

--

Yuujiro: Otter is too! Hiramaru-kun just came on the phone.

Miura: CROW, Otter and KIYOSHI are all the popular series…

Aida: This is really bad…

--

Yuujiro: hideout door too.

Aida: That’s not too bad… / Wait! That’s my series!

Miura: You’re losing your mind…

--

Aida: So along with TRAP, KIYOSHI, CROW, Otter and hideout... // If they all go on hiatus, this is a tragedy!!

P18

Yuujiro: I bet it’s Fukuda’s idea…

Aida: Where are you going?

Yuujiro: I’m going to tell the chief since they made a decision.

Aida: No, stop!

Miura: What are you thinking?

--

Aida: Our job is to make the mangakas draw. We can't just let them do this.

Yuujiro: I guess you’re right.

Aida: Sheesh…

--

Hattori: Niizuma-kun and Hiramaru-kun were all on that same phone call, right?

Yuujiro: Yeah.

Hattori: That means they’re all together right now.

--

Hattori: I’m going over there to talk to them so find out where they are.

Yuujiro: I’ll go too since CROW and KIYOSHI are my series.

Miura: I’ll go too, since TRAP is my series…

Aida: I’ll go too, since hideout is mine…

--

Yuujiro: You don’t have to come, Aida-san. You’re on the chief’s side.

Aida: That’s irrelevant right now. I’m going too so that we can be more balanced.

Hattori: How about Yoshida?

Yuujiro: He’s pretty aggressive so maybe we should invite him too…

P19

Yoshida: Act normal when you leave the office. / We should leave separately.

Aida: That was fast, Yoshida!

Yuujiro: We need to talk about the boycott.

--

Yuujiro: Yeah, let’s meet at the closest family restaurant… Yeah, all five of us are here.

--

Fukuda: They’re up for the challenge!

Hiramaru: What happened?

Fukuda: Our editors and Hattori-san are coming to meet us in secrecy from the chief. / It’s a battle!

Hiramaru: Woah!

--

Fukuda: It’s good to see you all!

Insert: Mangakas VS Editors… A battle without mercy is about to begin…!?

Translation: Toradora! 20

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:48:03 +0000

reserved for DBR group

Chapter 20: The Lunch Strategy 2

P2

Minori: Hey, Kawashima-kun!! // We’ve started without you!!

--

Ami: What is up with you two…?

Tora: Hurmph!

Minori: Just sit down, Saiya-kun*!
* from Dragon Ball Z

--

Minori: Here / open wide!

Ami: HUH!? // Stop it!!

--

Ryuji: I wonder if she’d do that to me if I was a girl… // So jealous… // Kushieda Minori’s “open wide”…

P3

Minori: Here, open wide!

<Ryuji>

--

Ryuji: Aahhhh.

Minori: Hohoho. You’re so cute, Ryuko.

--

Ryuji: Oh… / wait…

Minori: Ah!

[haha…//hehe…]

--

Kitamura: Are you daydreaming, Takasu? Let’s go!

Ryuji: Waahh!?

--

Ryuji: Huh…? / Go where…?

Kitamura: Over where Ami is. // I asked Aisaka to ask her to hang out.

--

Kitamura: We can’t really leave them alone, right?

--

Ryuji: What do I have to do with this…? // There’s no way I can fit in with the girls.

P4

Ryuji: Well, okay… // Yes! I can have lunch with Kushieda!

Kitamura: Hey! Can we join you?

--

Minori: Why hello! // You can surely sit here!

--

Kitamura: It’s great to be able to eat lunch with girls for a change! [Right, Takasu?]

Ryuji: [Yeah, sure…]

--

Ami: [Ughh…]

Kitamura: Let’s eat!

--

Ryuji: Wow…

P5

Ami: Did you plan this…?

Kitamura: Huh? What are you talking about? / Wow! Kushieda, you’re lunch box is really big!! [Look, Ami!]

--

Minori: Hehehe… Does it look big?

--

Minori: But! There isn’t much in here!! / This is noodle! // And these are konjac!!

--

Ryuji: She’s so cute…

--

Ryuji: The last lunch strategy failed / a month ago… // This time I can really have lunch with her...

P6

Ryuji: My lunch!!!

Minori: Ohhhh! / Why do you do this!? // Why you do you hide your lunch!

--

Kitamura: Uhhhm….

Ryuji: Oh no… / I made the same mistake again…

--

Hmmm….

P7

Ami: Why are Aisaka-san and Takasu-kun’s lunch the same…?

--

Ami: Huh? // Why did everyone get so quiet? // Did I do something…?

--

Tora: You're so weird. / Why are you concerned about this?

P8

Tora: Then.

<Clank>

Ryuji: [Waaah!!] My lunch!!

--

Ryuji: No…!! // My lunch…

--

Ami: Here, have half of mine.

--

Ryuji: Kawashima…

Ami: Why do you let Aisaka-san do this to you? // Is she holding your weakness or something?

P9

Tora: Ryuji was my pet dog in his past life. / He’s supposed to listen to me and wag his tail obediently.

--

Minori: Oh please! / You two are destined to be together!

Ryuji: Right… No way!!

Tora: No way.

--

Kitamura: [Wow…] You eat a lot, Aisaka. // I think it’s better than going on a diet!

--

Ryuji: You did this to yourself / Taiga… // Phew…

P10

Kanou: Today we will / begin our monthly community cleaning, which has been proposed by the student council as volunteer work that our school will do! // Hey, you all! Are you ready!? // If any of you slack off, I’ll kick your ass!!

P11

Ryuji: Why… Am I doing this…

Tora: Shut up. / At least I’m doing this with you.

--

Ryuji: What… You just want to spend more time with Kitamura. // Don’t get me involved…

Tora: Ughh!

--

Tora: I was so embarrassed… // And / I don’t want him to think all I do is eat a lot.

--

Ryuji: How could you do this? / Putting my name on this list. // Your grades are affected if you don’t attend after you sign up!!!

Tora: So / what!? It’s not a big deal to do this! // You have free time anyway!

Ryuji: YOU!!

P12

Kanou: YOU IDIOTS!! // DON’T LOOK DOWN ON OUR COMMUNITY!!! // YOU’LL GET THROWN OFF THIS SHIP IF YOU DON’T GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!!! // ANSWER ME WITH ALL YOU’VE GOT!! // SHUT UP!!

P13

Tora: I don’t like her.

Ryuji: Huh?

--

Tora: What / just because she’s in the student council, she gets to be all over Kitamura-kun?

Ryuji: It looks to me like he’s all over her…

--

Minori: Wait! / You’re doing this too? That’s so unlike you!

Tora: You too?

Minori: Yeah! All the clubs do it in turn and this month it’s our turn!

--

Minori: Takasu-kun too? We can all have fun together!!

--

Minori: Can someone explain everything to that girl over there? [She’s terrifed…]

Kanou: [ARE YOU LISTENING? YOU PIG!!]

Ryuji: Kawashima!?

P14

Ryuji: She’s actually one of the smartest in the school. // The student council was in shambles , but she made it better all on her own. / She’s a living legend.

Ami: You know a lot.

--

Ryuji: Kitamura told me all about it.

Ami: I see… // So she’s Yusaku’s…

--

Kanou: ALRIGHT! / LET’S GO! // EVERYONE’S GOAL IS ONE FULL GARBAGE BAG PER PERSON!

P15

Tora: Oh // this trash looks exactly like you, Kawashima-san. / You can imitate this next time.

Ami: Aw stop. / Your jokes are so harsh! // This trash looks exactly like you, Aisaka-san! It’s uselessly tiny!

--

Minori: Hey, Takasu-kun.

Ryuji: Hm?

Minori: I thought so at lunch too, but… // Taiga and Kawashima-san don’t really like each other, do they? // Maybe it’s…

Translation: Oresama Teacher 16

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:57:27 +0000

Chapter 16

My next-door neighbor is so mysterious. // I sometimes see someone come out, / but it’s always someone different.

--

The only similarity is that it’s always someone beautiful. // That’s about it.

--

Mafuyu: I wonder if those are my neighbor’s friends… // Maybe she’s an OL that works nearby… [So pretty…]

--

But…

P131

I don’t really interact with any of my neighbors even though I’m living alone. // So I’m just a little curious. // That’s all it was…

TV: Next up is your horoscope countdown!!

--

TV: Today’s last place is the Sagittarius! // It’s a day where you’re going to find out about something you really didn't want to know!

Horoscope (what I can make out of it): Nothing will go accordingly. You shouldn't leave the house. You will find out something you shouldn’t have. It’s a horrible day and you should beware of balls, keys and small mistakes! Lucky item: A yellow handkerchief.

--

TV: Beware of balls and keys!

--

Mafuyu: Beware..? // How…?

TV: Next we have the weather for you…

P132

Hayasaka: I think // it’s warning you so you don’t lose your keys.

--

Mafuyu: Well, I get that much… / It just makes you worried when someone picks a specific thing to be wary about.

Hayasaka: You think so? Horoscopes are random like that. [Your lucky item is a pilaf?]

--

Hayasaka: [Oh!] Didn’t you have a wallet chain? [Why don’t you put it on that?]

Mafuyu: [Oh yeah!] Good idea!!

--

Mafuyu: I won’t lose it now! [Time to go home~]

??: Oh.

P133

Banchou: Hey, morse-code girl.

--

Mafuyu: Banchou!

--

Mafuyu: Your suspension is over? [That’s cool!]

Banchou: Yeah, / I guess so, but…

--

Banchou: The conditions on the self-reflection essay has gotten really strict recently… [This is my 5th rewrite…]

Notes from teacher: Rewrite! I have no idea what this means.

Mafuyu: [Ohhhh] I know what you mean. I know someone that had to rewrite it 14 times!

<She did.>

Banchou: Seriously?

<Mafuyu’s>
I won’t ever fight again. Never! Just kidding!! Mafuyu

<Banchou’s>
The spirit in me just moved by itself. By the way do you think if you put salt on strawberries, it would taste good?? I am so curious about that!!

--

Banchou: Oh… / And… // Uh… // About last week… [Uh…]

P134

Banchou: FORGET IT!!

Mafuyu: He ripped it!!?

--

Banchou: So morse-code girl… / What do you think about Nekomata-san?

Mafuyu: Huh…? [Why are you asking me all of a sudden!?]

--

Mafuyu: Nekomata-san…

[Nekomata-san]

--

Mafuyu: I… / like his mustache… [Yes, I do!!]

Banchou: His mustache? / That is an important aspect. [He’s so adorable, but has this adult-side that is charming.]

--

Banchou: Then / here.

Mafuyu: Wha / this is…

P135

Banchou: It’s a thank you gift. // Shut up and accept it.

--

Mafuyu: Wow… // He’s so thoughtful… // Thank you very much.

Banchou: No prob.

--

Mafuyu: Oh no…? He’s…

P136

Mafuyu: Expecting me to…?

--

Mafuyu: So I’ll be taking off now… [Thank you!]

--

Mafuyu: Oh no!! He’s really sad now!!

--

Mafuyu: Oh / maybe I’ll put it on my chain!

<Guilt // Guilt>

--
Mafuyu: Huh…? // There’s no space to put it on… // I’ll first take this off… // Can you hold this for a second?

Banchou: Yeah.

P137

Mafuyu: There we go!!! [Yay! Yay!]

Banchou: Woo hoo!

--

Mafuyu: See ya!

Banchou: Yeah. // Huh? // What do I do with this?

--

Mafuyu: Didn’t my horoscope say I should watch out for balls too? // I wonder what that’s about?

P138

Mafuyu: Seriously…. // a ball…!?

P139

Mafuyu: What is that sound?

--

Oh, you’re the ball from earlier!! // I can’t believe you did that and are acting like nothing happened!!

--

Wait! Stop! Don’t run away! // You’re not manly! Apologize!

--

Kurosaki.

Mafuyu: Hm?

P140

Hayasaka: Kurosaki.

--

Mafuyu: He’s so bright!! [He’s got a huge smile on his face!!]

--

Mafuyu: Hayasaka-kun… / what’s wrong?

Hayasaka: Hey, Kurosaki. Let’s play.

--

Mafuyu: Huh? // You mean like… how friends play?

Hayasaka: What are you saying?

--

Hayasaka: We’re best friends, aren’t we?

Mafuyu: Oh!! God!!!

P27

Mafuyu: I’m… // so happy to be alive…!!

<Catch me in the flower field!>

Takaomi: Hey.

Mafuyu: Huh?

--

Takaomi: Looks like you’re having fun.

--

Mafuyu: Ta… / Takaomi-kun…?

Takaomi: Huh? There’s no ashtray here?

--

Takaomi: Oh well.

Mafuyu: Wait! / Hold on a second…

P141

Takaomi: Oh shit. / Let’s get out of here.

Mafuyu: WHAT!?

--

Wait!! He’s still in there… He’s still… // Hayasaka-kun!!

--

Mafuyu: Huh? // A dream? // Where am I? // I wonder why… / It looks a lot like my room…

P142

Takaomi: Oh // you’re awake.

--

Mafuyu: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! // Wha wha what are you doing here!? / Where am I!?

P143

Mafuyu: My head hurts!!

Takaomi: Shut up.

--

Mafuyu: [OWWW My armmmmm!]

Takaomi: I want to know what you’re doing here too. / Why were you passed out in front of my house?

--

Mafuyu: Huh?

--

Mafuyu: Which means this is…

Takaomi: Strawberry heights.

--

Mafuyu: Which means / this room is…

P144

Takaomi: My room.

--

Mafuyu: No way… // My laundry!!!

P145

Takaomi: Yeah. / I live next door. / Why haven’t you realized that yet?

--

Takaomi: I hinted it when I first saw you / and there’s no way I would actually jump down from the balcony. // I wouldn’t come all the way to your house to drop things off either.

--

Mafuyu: So / what did you do that time!? [You disappeared!]

Takaomi: I climbed over that.

<There.>

P146

Mafuyu: No… A normal person couldn’t do that…

--

Mafuyu: [Oh.] Who are all those beautiful women that come out of your room>

--

Takaomi: You really wanna know?

P147

Mafuyu: No… [Uh…] / I think I can figure it out… [You’ll get killed one of these days… You’re awful…]

Takaomi: [I’ll be fine, I choose ‘em well.] You’re pretty sharp.

--

Takaomi: So // what do you want to do now? // I have no problem with you staying over there.

Mafuyu: I’m going home of course…

--

<Kurosaki>

Mafuyu: My key is gone… // Oh right…

P148

Mafuyu: Hold this.

Banchou: Okay.

--

Mafuyu: Noooooo!! // I never got it back!!

--

Takaomi: I’ll let you in if you beg me, / “Please Takaomi-sama.”

--

Mafuyu: Please… / Takaomi-sama… // But wait // you know what…?

P149

Mafuyu: This is really nerve wracking… // It’s just the two of us!! // And I’m sleeping over! // The silence is so heavy… // I need to say something…

--

Mafuyu: Uh… // Takaomi-kun…

Takaomi: Oh yeah. // Here.

--

Mafuyu: Wah! // What’s this? [A blanket?]

P150

Takaomi: I have an early day ahead of me so I’m going to bed. / You should go to sleep soon too.

--

Mafuyu: He acts so freely!! [Such freedom…]

--

Mafuyu: He should get a little nervous!! // And I have to sleep on the floor? [Well, I guess I can’t complain!!] // But why do I feel defeated… / No, I didn’t lose! We weren’t competing!! // I can’t sleep…

P151

Mafuyu: This is the first time I’ve ever slept over anywhere… // Is that why I feel this way? / There’s this weird feeling…

--

Ever…? // Had I slept over when I was younger? //Why can’t I remember?

P152

Mafuyu: How did Takaomi-kun and I part ways…? // How did we meet / and become friends…

--

My memories are all over the place and it feels weird… // It’s like someone I was friends with in a dream came into the real world. // It feels like that.

--

Is it because I was a child? // Or…

--

Mafuyu: Huh? // Waaah!

P153

Mafuyu: What is this position!? // My head is on his arm!! // I’ve never done this before!! // Why is he so used to this!? // It's kind of annoying!!

P154

Mafuyu: Wait a second… // Aaah!

--

Mafuyu: My waist!! // Don’t grab my waist!! // I have to run away!! // I’m in trouble! // Go me!! Just put all your strength into it!! // AAAAH! // RUN!! // Ughh…!

--

Mafuyu: Wha! // I can’t get away!!? // He’s too strong! // Okay, time for plan B!! // Rocket bazooka!!

<like this>

P155

Mafuyu: Nooooo.

--

It’s useless… I can’t win… // How can he move so accurately… // What are you trying to do, Takaomi-kun… // Elbow me? // I can’t breathe… He’s squeezing me… // It loosened…!!

P156

Mafuyu: Now!! // Yes!! // GYAAAA!!

P157

Takaomi: What are you doing, Mafuyu?

--

Takaomi: You’re so clumsy. / Let's go to the hospital again.

Mafuyu: Shit… I’ll never stay here again even if I lose my key. / It would be 100 times better camping outside…

--

The lesson I learned today is: // There are some things that are better left unknown.

End of chapter 16

Translation: Karneval 13

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:48:41 +0000

reserved for inmeliora

Score 13: Wings that can’t fly

P2

Gareki: Yoataka…! // You…

Yotaka: I’m… // hungry…

Yogi: Ga…!

P3

P4

Yogi: Gareki-kun!

--

Yogi: Take Nai-chan and get out of this place right now.

Gareki: Wha… // No way!! I’m trying to talk to Yotaka…

--

Yogi: You can’t talk to him. / Listen to me before he kills us.

--

Yogi: Here he comes.

P5

Yogi: See you later at Kalasna! / Sorry I can’t go with you…

--

Yogi: See you later.

Nai: Yogi…

Gareki: … / shit!

--

Gareki: Nai! / Come on!!

P6

Gareki: Who the hell does he think? Giving me orders… / I won’t take this! // They are…

Tsubaki: If you don’t have a name, your name is “Gareki” starting today! // You’re family!

Gareki: This is dumb and pointless.

--

Tsubame: Come on!

Yotaka: We were waiting for you to come so we can eat!

Gareki: Huh? / We have to eat together?

--

Man: Why are you making that face? // These scraps from the factory should be enough for you to play with. // You’re always playing with these things, aren’t you?

P7

Tsubame: There he is! // I found Gareki!

Gareki: Did you need me for something?

Tsubame: Need? Uhh… // We were just wondering where you were… So um… // We were worried that you were gone...

--

Gareki: Nai… / Go back by yourself.

P8

Nai: Gareki…

Greki: It’s the path we walked on when we came here. // If you walk straight, you’ll get back to Kalasna.

--

Gareki: Take my jacket and put the hood on so no one notices you…

Nai: NO!

--

Gareki: Woah! // Wha…

Nai: NO / NO… // NO!

Gareki: What…?

P9

Nai: I’m scared… /of that… // I’m scared that you’re going to be broken… // So I want to go too!

Gareki: What…? // Don’t say such a thing.

--

Gareki: If you’re so worried… / Shouldn’t you be worried about Yogi who’s fighting with Yotaka right now?

Nai: Yogi // is strong.

--

Gareki: What!! // You’d be useless if you came along!! [Are you implying that I’m weak!? You stupid animal!]

P10

Gareki: Listen to me, Nai. // Your mission is to see Karoku again. // Keep yourself from getting involved with unnecessary things. // Use the resources the Circus is giving us and keep moving! // I don’t want to sound lame, but…

P11

Gareki: I’m pretty shaken up right now. // I just saw Yotaka become one of those power holders with my own two eyes. / Tsubame might be one too.

--

Gareki: The person that killed Tsubaki… // might have been Yotaka?

--

Gareki: The Circus is an organization to get rid of power holders. // Yogi is going to kill Yotaka. // But I…

P12

Gareki: I can’t just let that happen. // Even if I don’t see them anymore… // They mean a lot to me. // I want they to be safe… // forever.

--

Nai: Gareki…

Gareki: In the entrance to Kalasna!

P13

Gareki: There’s an abandoned building where you can hide!

Nai: Gareki!

--

Nai: …

Gareki: Shit…

<grip>

P14

Gareki: My useless self and // whatever thing that made them this way // should die!

P15

<distance walked>

--

Nai: What did Gareki mean when he said don’t get involved…? // I don’t get it. // Does he mean things that don’t involve me? /Maybe…? // It’s Tsubame-chan…

P16

<panting>

Tsubame: It’s happened again… I don’t remember it… // But there was a dead person… // I must b sick… // If something happens to me… / Yotaka will be all alone… // What do I do… / What…

Man: Hey / are you okay?

P17

Tsubame: Oh…

Man: Don’t be scared.

Tsubame: I… / Uh…

Nai: Tsubame-chan…

--

Tsubame: Oh… / Ah… // Oh blood…

P18

Tsubame: Why…?

Nai: I don’t know… // That person / was scary…

P19

Tsubame: Oh… // Sorry / there’s blood on my hands… // I’m / scary too?

--

Tsubame: I’m creepy right?

Nai: You’re very warm.

--

Nai: Tsubame-chan, you’re warm and // pretty.

Man: That’s nice. // Young people are so cute. / Hahaha.

P20

Yotaka: This guy… // He hesitated before killing me… / why? // Who is this guy?

Tsubame: Yotaka!?

P21

Tsubame: Is that you? // What’s wrong? / What happened?

Man: It’s nice that there are more people! // Let’s have a party…

Nai: Yogi…

--

Man: Ugh!

--

Gareki: Who the hell are you?!

Nai: Gareki…!

Man: I am “someone” from somewhere.

P22

Man: I’m in the middle of playing a nurturing game… // I wanted to data of both twins, but / Yotaka was wary of the medicine.

--

Gareki: Those words…

--

Man: Yotaka started taking Tsubame’s medicine too. // So Tsubame didn’t change in the same way that he did. // He kept taking the medicine for the reward money. / He must really love his family.

Tsubame: Yotaka…!!

P23

Tsubame: Aah / aah / aaaahhh…

--

Gareki: You… / So you… // Tsubaki too…

Man: Oh that…

--

Man: I guess she wanted to save her brother. / When Yotaka started to transform / his body lost control / and she just jumped in not knowing what she was getting into… Hah. // I wasn’t the one that killed her. / I was hoping to get with her soon too…

P24

Gareki: YOU!! // YOU KILLED HER! / YOU SHOULD BREAK OPEN YOUR BRAIN AND THINK ABOUT IT!

--

Man: I remember your face. // Someday you’ll have your own set / of wings that won’t fly. // Or… // do you want them now? // Silly human!

P25

Gareki: Ugh…

<panting>

Man: I thought you were dead… / what a shame. // Yotaka / this is an order.

P26

Man: Kill / them all!

Tsubame: No… // You can’t… // You can’t… // NO!

--

Tsubame: Yotaka won’t do it… / He won’t do that! // He won’t!

Yotaka: I… / won’t kill them. // I won’t… // I… // won’t!

Man: Okay. // I understand.

P27

Man: So you’re resonating in the opposite direction too. // You’re being pulled back into your normal self by Tsubame… // I was wondering why you remained human-like…

--

Man: Hmm / Is it because you’re twins? Interesting. // But / I don’t know what’s so attractive about remaining human when you’re living a poor life.

Yotaka: You… // don’t know why? // I pity you for that!

Man: Enough.

P28

Man: I’ve lost interest. // But let me tell you. // You can’t undo what has already been done. // You can’t go against the transformation. // Understand that you can’t go back!

Yotaka: Ga… // Gareki / Gareki!

P29

Yotaka: Kill me, Gareki!! // I don’t want to… // hurt anyone // anymore…!

P30

?: That’s what he said.

P31

Tsubame: Why…?

Yotaka: Tsubame… // Fly far away.

P32

Tsubame: Yotaka…

Yogi: Huh…? // Hirato-san…?

Translation: Bakuman 47

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:52:40 +0000

reserved for akatsuki

edited by c_k

Page 47: Contradiction and Reason

Insert: The two hands join together as they have chosen the path to continue drawing…!!

Azuki: Mashiro-kun, we can do it. You can keep going. / I believe in you. / Make our dreams come true.

Saiko: Okay.

--

Miura: I can’t tell him to stop drawing now!

--

Saiko: Azuki-san…

Azuki: What?

P2

Saiko: I’m okay now…

Azuki: Oh, sorry!

--

Miura: Mashiro-kun and Takagi-kun, I’m going to be honest… // The editorial staff are already making preparations for the series to go on hiatus starting with the issue that’s supposed to have chapter 19.

--

Takagi: No way!

--

Saiko: We won’t go on hiatus. // There’s no way in hell.

P3

Miura: Alright. I’ll let everyone know how you guys feel when I get back to the office. / Mashiro-kun, I believe you will be able to draw even if you’re in the hospital!

--

Saiko: Yes!

Takagi: Thank you!

--

Takagi: Visiting hours will be over in 20 minutes… Saiko, don’t push yourself too hard and make sure to sleep!

Saiko: Yeah, I’ll finish the four-color pages in a few hours. / I can get some sleep since I don’t have to go to school. / Hey, the name for chapter 19 better be ready by tomorrow so I can make a finalized version of it.

<drawing sounds>

--

Miura: You don’t have to make a finalized version. I can figure out the story just from Takagi-kun’s name. / Takagi-kun and I will discuss it and make sure it’s ready for you on Saturday so you can work on the manuscript.

--

Takagi: Okay, let’s go home.

Miura: Now? We can stay for another 20 minutes…

--

Takagi: Let these two have at least 15 minutes to themselves!

Miura: Oh, right!

P4

Saiko: Geez… Shujin is always making a big deal over nothing…

--

Azuki: I’m going to come here every day that I can.

--

Saiko: Why?

Azuki: I’m worried about you. / We can’t even send each other text messages.

--

Saiko: I could use my cell phone if I step outside of the hospital… / I can get service if I go into the backyard. That’s what everyone else does. And you don’t have to worry that much.

<click>

Azuki: I might be contradicting what I said in the past, but… / I’m happy to be able to see you.

P5

Saiko: Azuki…

--

Azuki: We can see each other while you’re in the hospital. It’ll just be for these few weeks… / Is that okay?

--

Azuki: Am I in the way of your work?

--

Saiko: I don’t know what to say… I’m excited, but also embarrassed… / I might be contradicting myself too, but… // I feel at ease when we’re together.

--

Saiko: It makes me feel like I always want to be with you.

Azuki: Me too…

--

Saiko: But…

<drawing sounds>

P6

Saiko: So… Until I’m discharged.

Azuki: Yeah…

--

Azuki: Thanks. Get better soon.

--

Saiko: Maybe I should be thankful for my poor health… // I think we’ll make some good memories from this.

<click>

--

Azuki: These few weeks in the hospital will be a memorable experience for us… // Mashiro-kun.

--

Azuki: Do you not like the idea of not seeing each other until our dreams come true?

<click>

Saiko: It doesn’t bother me too much, but sometimes it can be hard to deal with.

--

Saiko: It might be harder on us after I’m discharged since we’ve seen each other like this. / But the thought of seeing you motivates me to work hard so we can be together.

Azuki: Okay… / So until our dreams come true…

P7

Chief: What are you saying, Miura!?

Miura: I think they can do it! I don’t want them to go on hiatus!

<Editorial Office // Shounen Jump // Jump Square // Y Jump>

--

Chief: We can probably publish the chapter for issue 31 since the assistants can finish it up and it’ll be complete.

Miura: THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

--

Chief: Did you speak to the doctor and get approval for allowing him to draw?

Miura: No…

Chief: We can’t let him draw if the doctor doesn’t permit him to draw. // I will go to the hospital with you tomorrow. I can’t trust you to handle this alone.

<The next day…>

Doctor: Hello.

Chief: Thank you for meeting with me.

--

Doctor: The patient claims that it is stressful being forbidden to draw, which is even more harmful to his condition. / It’s not a bad idea to allow the patient to do as he pleases, as long as it is in moderation.

Miura: Really!?

Doctor: I will emphasize, “in moderation.”

--

Saiko: I won’t push myself too hard.

Miura: How does that sound?

<rustle>

P9

Miura: Good day, ma’am.

--

Mom: I haven’t seen you in a while. Thank you for helping out with my son’s work.

--

Miura: What? You’ve met before?

Chief: It’s not something to be discussed now.

--

Chief: I’m sincerely sorry about the situation we have gotten into. It’s deeply regretful that this happened under my watch.

Mom: Well…

--

Mom: Moritaka! Stop drawing while you’re here!

P10

Miura: The doctor said that it’s okay in moderation.

Mom: There’s no way it’s okay.

--

Saiko: You’re right. I won’t do it right now. / I’ll take a break…

--

Mom: Sasaki-san, correct? Can I have a word with you?

--

Mom: My husband says, “He’s no longer a child. / Let him walk on the path he chooses.” / But I just can’t agree…

--

Chief: Rest assured that we won’t let this get out of hand any further.

--

Chief: Mashiro-kun, promise me you won’t overwork yourself. I’ll see you later. / Miura, let’s go.

Miura: Yes, sir.

Saiko: Thank you very much.

--

Chief: The staff have already made preparations for TRAP to go on hiatus starting with issue 32. I’ll have to speak to my assistant about this. / You’ll join me for this meeting.

Miura: Thank you very much.

P11

<Hiramaru Kasuya> // <Yoshida-shi not permitted to enter!!>

--

Hiramaru: Yoshida-shi, I think I should go visit Ashirogi-kun.

Yoshida: Where did you hear about that? I was making sure you didn’t find out.

Hiramaru: I can’t tell you my source. You would cut off that line of communication. Niizuma-sensei won’t answer my phone calls anymore thanks to you.

--

Hiramaru: I have visited Ashirogi-sensei’s work place before and he has been very good to me. I think it is the courteous thing to do, as a full-fledged member of society, to go see him in the hospital. / Please tell me which hospital he’s in.

Yoshida: You think a mangaka is a full-fledged member of society?

--

Hiramaru: How cruel! How can you say such a thing… So I’m not even a member of society anymore!? // I had no idea!

--

Hiramaru: Oh I see… I’m a caged bird. No, I’m Yoshida-shi’s pet dog. I’m no longer allowed to act like a human…

Yoshida: Geez you’re so annoying! You’re going to look for the hospital when I’m not here anyway, aren’t you? / We’ll go early next week, but I’m going with you and we’re not going to stay long! Okay?

Hiramaru: It’s rude not to stay long…

Yoshida: SHUT UP!!

P12

Fukuda: Did you hear that Mashiro-kun’s in the hospital?

Nakai: I did. Aida-san told me that they’re going on hiatus starting with issue 32.

--

Fukuda: They’re so unlucky to have to go on hiatus when they’re finally gaining popularity… Supposedly Niizuma-kun already went to go visit him. I’m going on Monday; do you wanna come?

--

Nakai: I have no time to… I’m too pressed for time evey week…

Fukuda: You’re so cold… I bet Miss Aoki will come to if you ask her to.

Nakai: What? Aoki-san?

Nakai: No no no! I can’t! I really don’t have a spare moment. Don’t try to lure me in with your tricks!

Fukuda: Haha! Sorry.

--

Miyoshi: Miho?

Takagi: Yeah, she put her hand on his and… / I thought they wouldn’t be able to hold hands until they’re married, but I guess I was wrong…

P13

Miyoshi: What’s she thinking? The right thing to do is to stop him…

Takagi: No… I realized how much she really likes him from that.

--

Miyoshi: What? If she likes him, she should stop him…

--

Takagi: The ultimate form of love is being able to completely accept what the other person wants… And help them with it…

--

Miyoshi: I would worry about his health and stop him. Miho is a little bit strange sometimes…

Takagi: Azuki is actually really strong and she really loves Saiko.

--

Miho: Yeah, I guess she’s strong if she swore she wouldn’t see the love of her life until their dreams come true. I couldn’t do that. / But sometimes I wonder if she really does like him.

Takagi: But they saw each other today…

--

Miyoshi: They saw each other, but I wonder if they’re going to stop seeing each other again after this. I bet if they kiss in the hospital, they won’t be able to stay apart anymore!

Takagi: You’re crazy! / What kind of reasoning is that? Just from a kiss?

Miyoshi: You don’t understand girls at all!

Takagi: They won’t be able to kiss anyway…

--

Takagi: Okay the name is done. / I can give this to Saiko tomorrow even if it needs a slight touch up. / We’re working at our usual pace!

P14

<Monday>

Hiramaru: You’re in the hospital… But you’re working…!

Saiko: I don’t have enough space, but I don’t want to stop our series.

--

Yoshida: Take a good look. Don’t you think he’s an admirable mangaka!?

--

Hiramaru: Do you think this kind of lifestyle is attractive?

--

Azuki: Yes.

Hiramaru: Yoshida-shi, I will finish my chapter as soon as we get home. I think I've been mistaken all along…

Yoshida: Yeah, you should be embarrassed of yourself. // Great! We can get through this week now.

P15

Fukuda: It’s you… The runaway mangaka, Hiramaru-sensei.

Takagi: Fukuda-san!

--

Yoshida: This is Fukuda-san, the mangaka of “KIYOSHI Knight.” // He doesn’t read JUMP so he doesn’t know…

Hiramaru: I’m Hiramaru.

Fukuda: Hello.

--

Hiramaru: I’m a huge fan! Can you tell me your contact info and your office’s address…?

Yoshida: HEY!

--

Fukuda: I’m impressed that you’re still working on your series.

Saiko: I don’t want to lose to anyone!

Hiramaru: We were just talking about how admirable he is.

--

Saiko: That fax from Yoshida-san was so funny.

Hahaha!

--

??: Sounds like you all are having a good time.

P16

Everyone: Chief!!

Chief: Sorry to interrupt, but can I have a word alone with Takagi-kun and Mashiro-kun?

--

Fukuda: Why is the Chief here?

--

Fukuda: Why do we have to leave?

Chief: This doesn't concern you.

--

Fukuda: Judging from the look on Miura-san’s face… / We’re not completely uninvolved with the matter at hand…

--

Fukuda: Ashirogi Muto is part of our circle!

Chief: Circle? That’s nothing…

--

Fukuda: Of course I mean “rival” when I say “circle.”

P17

Chief: Alright, you can stay.

--

Saiko: You can stay too.

--

Chief: Listen. This is a hospital, so don’t get too rowdy after you hear what I have to say.

--

Fukuda: You’re going to say something that will make us upset? / You’re not…

Chief: It’s just as you thought… It might be even bigger news than what you’re imagining. / We had a meeting last night about going forward with “Gitantei TRAP.”

P18

Chief: “Gitantei TRAP” will go on hiatus until April of next year, which means it will be on hiatus until you all graduate from high school.

--

Saiko: Hiatus…

Takagi: April of next year!?

Fukuda: WHA!?

Hiramaru: I’m a little jealous…

--

Fukuda: What are you saying!? I don’t get it!

Chief: Be quiet.

P19

Saiko: Why… / Why?

--

Azuki: Why?

--

Azuki: I would understand if it’s on hiatus until he’s discharged… But why until next April?

Fukuda: Yeah! That’s crazy talk!

--

Takagi: Miura-san! You said that this name was good to go on Saturday!!

Miura: Sorry… I couldn’t tell you myself… Forgive me…

--

Saiko: Please explain this to us so that we can understand!

Fukuda: He’s right. Give us a good reason!

--

Chief: The reason is… // Because Kawaguchi Taro died.

Insert: An unexpected name comes to haunt Saiko!!

Translation: Detective Conan 700

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:43:18 +0000

Reserved for Endless Youth & Co.

FFile 700: A dangerous area

P2

Gin: What?

--

Gin: You saw… // Akai Shuichi?

--

Vodka: Do you remember the other day…? // There was that bank robbery at Teito Bank on Beika Street?

--

Vodka: The trial for it started yesterday and the news coverage on it did a recap using old footage… // Apparently someone that looks a lot like him was in that group of hostages that were released…

Vodka: But it could just be a look alike…

--

Vodka: You and I saw with our own two eyes… // When Akai stupidly and obliviously came to that mountain pass…

--

Vodka: Kir shot him… // and the bullet went straight through his head…

--

Gin: Call Kir…

--

Vodka: Huh?

Gin: We found Sherry in Haido City Hotel… / When Akai tried to take us out, he tricked us into going to Mouri Detective Offices on Beika street… / The FBI kept Kir hostage in Central Haido Hospital…

--

Gin: And a man that resembles Akai as seen at the bank on Beika Street… // Haido Street and Beika Street are right near each other… / Do you think it’s a coincidence?

P3

Conan: What? // Akai?

--

Ran: Yah! // They said it’s a red long-sleeved shirt!

--

Ran: Someone called saying that they receive a red long-sleeved shirt in the mail every week and they don’t know why… // So they’re coming tomorrow afternoon to talk about it so you can solve the mystery…

--

Conan: Oh, she means the color red…*
* Conan freaked out because “akai” means red, but he thought she was referring to the person Akai Shuichi.

Mouri: And? Did you write down their name and address?

Ran: No, they hung up right after telling me about the problem…

--

Mouri: It’s probably a girl in college that’s facing stalker problems…

Ran: The person was actually using a voice changer, so I couldn’t tell if it was a man or a woman…

--

Ran: Isn’t that scary?

Mouri: If the person looks suspicious, we’ll just turn them down. / We can’t really do anything now since someone is going to come here to talk about some mysterious red shirt…

--

Ran: Oh, uh… They’re actually going to be in the sports section of the 3rd street department store…

Mouri: What!? Why do we have to go out and meet this person when we don’t know anything about them?

--

Ran: But… // I already ate it…

--

Conan & Mouri: Huh?

Ran: When I got home today, there was an envelope in our mailbox that said investigation payment… / There was 100,000 yen inside…

--

Mouri: Wait, so this sushi…

Ran: Yeah… I also paid off our tab at Poalo Restaurant… // I thought it was payment for a case you had already solved…

--

Ran: By the time that person called to tell me that the payment is in our mailbox, I had already ordered the sushi…

Mouri: Sheesh…

--

Conan: Beika Department Store… // Is right near Teito Bank that was robbed the other day…

P4

Store staff: A red-shirt mystery?

--
Store staff: Someone is coming here to ask about that?

Mouri: Yes, this afternoon… / Has anyone come by?

--

Store staff: No… // Why are they coming here?

Mouri: I don’t know…

--

Store staff: There was someone that came in asking about a hat…

Mouri: A hat?

--

Store staff: Yes, that woman over there…

Jodie: Don’t make me say it again!!

--

Jodie: This logo on the hat is an original design of this department store! // Doesn’t that mean it’s a product of limited quantity?

--

Jodie: You don’t remember who came here and bought this hat?

Store staff: I’m sorry… I don’t think a customer like the one you described has come here…

--

Camel: Can you tell me… / What’s going on with this hat and the customer who bought it?

Jodie: You just keep quiet!

--

Ran: Jodie-sensei?

Jodie: What?

Conan: And Agent Camel!?

--

Ran: What are you doing here?

Jodie: Oh… // I had to check on something…

--

Ran: Did your Japanese improve all of sudden?

Jodie: Oh, that’s… // This guy…

P5

Jodie: Yes! My Japanese improved because I love Japan!! / Okay?

Ran: Oh, I see…

Conan: She evaded an explanation…

--

Mouri: You’re that FBI agent that was teaching English at Ran’s high school…

Ran: Didn’t you go back to America?

Jodie: Oh yes… I just had some stuff to do!

--

Jodie: This is my partner, Agent Camel! // We're going to be in Japan for a while…

Camel: So if you see me around, say hello…

--

Mouri: I guess they have nothing to do with…

Ran: The red shirt case…

--

Mouri: Should be go look in the golf equipment section next?

Conan: Excuse me, that American lady… // Did she say anything other than about the hat?

--

Store staff: Yes, she kept asking… // If a man with a burn on his right cheek had come in…

--

Conan: A man with a burn!?

Ayumi: I saw a familiar guy in that bank that I hadn't seen for a while!

Genta: The guy with the really scary eyes?

Mitsuhiko: I saw him too! / He has a burn on his right cheek…

--

Conan: That means Jodie-sensei saw him too… // The man that was among the hostages…

--

Jodie: Shu…

--

Ran: Conan-kun, let’s go!

Conan: Thank you very much!

Store staff: Sure…

--

Subaru: Excuse me…

P6

Subaru: Can I ask you a few questions?

Store staff: Oh… / Sure…

--

James: How much time are you taking for lunch?

Jodie: There’s a lot going on… / I’m in the department café right now…

--
Jodie: As soon as Camel returns from the restroom… // and we finish up our ice teas, we’ll get back to you…

--

Camel: I wonder what’s wrong… // Jodie-san is acting as if she’s a different person… // It’s ever since that bank robbery… // She said not to mention it to James-san… // But I wonder what it is with that hat…

--

Camel: Huh?

--

Camel: Wait… // Wait… // Wait a second!! // That was… // No way…

P7

Camel: No way!!

--

Jodie: It’s strange… // Someone working here would remember if a mute man with a burn came here… // Does it mean this person doesn’t exist? // Then what did I see? / What was it?

--

Jodie: The coaster is bent over… // Was it always… // bent?

--

Coaster: Run. This area is dangerous.

--

Akai: Run! This area is dangerous…

--

Jodie: Shu!!

--

Mouri: Sheesh… // It’s already past 1!

Ran: I wonder where the person is…

--

Mouri: Enough is enough! // We’re going home!!

--

Conan: I wonder what this paper bag is…

Ran: Did someone forget it here?

Man: I don’t think you should touch that…

P8

Man: I bet there’s… // A bomb in there…

--

Conan: A…

Ran: Bomb!?

--

Mouri: What!? // How can you know that!?

Man: That’s… // Because… // I’m… // in this position!!

--

Everyone: A… // bomb!?

--

Mouri: What are you doing with that…

Man: I don’t know how this happened!! / Someone came up to me in the bathroom and I lost consciousness and he put this on me…

--

Man: I put the bags in front of escalators and stairs as he commanded me… // And he threatened to blow me up if I didn’t comply…

Mouri: We should call the police! // We’ll call them and…

Man: NO!!

--

Man: He said he’d push the button if the police some near the department store! / The same thing if anyone leaves this place too…

--

Mouri: What does he want?

Man: He wants…

P9

Man: To figure out who… // has sent him all 13 of these red shirts…

--

Everyone: Red… // Shirts!?

--

Man: He claims… // that person is definitely on this floor!!

--

Conan: He’s definitely…. // On this floor…!?

Translation: Oresama Teacher 15

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:45:50 +0000

A touching chapter!!!!!!! ~shirokuro

Chapter 15

P98

Dear God… Apparently, I am an unwanted person. // I am treated this poorly even in the local area I grew up in… // I’m going back to Midorigaoka Academy now. // Hayasaka-kun is nice so he’ll probably hang out with me. Takaomi-kun also hangs out with me despite his mean attitude.

P99

Mafuyu: I wonder if they will…?

--

Now that I think about it, Hayasaka-kun always looked pale when he was with me… // And I have no idea what Takaomi-kun is thinking most of the time…

--

Plus, those guys that I thought were my friends…

Kangawa: You’re not a part of this anymore.

Maizono: You’re an outsider.

--

Mafuyu: Aww…

--

Mafuyu: The sadness suddenly hit me like a tidal wave. // They're so mean… // So cruel…

--

Mafuyu: Screw them! I hope they lose! / They should lose and come crying to me!!

P100

Mafuyu: Yeah!! Whatever! I’m leaving! // They’re strangers to me! I have nothing to do with them anymore!

--

Mafuyu: But… Maybe they’re looking for me right now…

--

Kangawa: We were wrong. / We needed Mafuyu-san.

<sobbing> [Yeah, you’re right…]

--

Kangawa: Oh crap! I don’t know her number!! // Oh no! Let’s go find her!

Mafuyu: Maybe they’re in that kind of situation!!

P101

Mafuyu: I should go somewhere where they can find me right away! // Maybe in the shopping area!!

--

There isn’t a single person here…

Mafuyu: I’m an idiot for having gotten my hopes up for no reason…

--

I guess they all went to have their battle… // They’re probably strategizing their fight… // Aah! I’m so curious about it!!! // But I was told not to go!!

P102

I should decide with this… // If it lands right side up, I won’t go… // If it lands upside down, I’ll go!!

--

<right side up>

Aahh…

P103

Mafuyu: [That] was practice!! // The next one is the real thing!!

--

<right side up>

--

Mafuyu: You know what they say… Third time’s the charm… / The next one is the last one… Yeah… If it fails the next time, I’ll give it up…

--

Please God!! Help me!

--

Oh no…!! // It’s going to be right side up!!!

P104

YES!!

P105

Mafuyu: Did you see that?

--

Sakurada: You… / are too pathetic… [You’re abandoned, caught by police and now treated like you’re unwanted…]

P106

Mafuyu: What do I do…? // The enemy is being the nicest to me… [I’m about to go over to the Nishi High side…]

Sakurada: So the fact that you’re here now, / means our plans to keep you captured failed.

--

Mafuyu: Oh yeah! How dare you! / You cheater!!

Sakurada: It’s your own fault if you get caught! / Isn’t Higashi High in trouble if both their new leaders are fools?

--

Sakurada: But I bet… // Those two would have been able to get away with ease even without your help.

Mafuyu: Huh?

Sakurada: [Oh well.] The main point was just to scare them anyway.

Mafuyu: What? Wait a second. // It was actually pretty tough… [Getting away…]

Sakurada: Really?

P107

Sakurada: You shouldn’t cause so much trouble for your ex-group members… [You are the ex-leader, you know…]

Mafuyu: That’s not what I meant!!!

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Mafuyu: Your group members made fun of your plans for always having holes in them too! [Stupid!]

Sakurada: What!? / Those holes are part of the whole plan! [Stupid idiot!] / Who the hell said that anyway!?

--

Mafuyu: Who…?

Guy: No. // You’re not the leader anymore. / You’re not even a part of their group anymore.

That’s how it is with delinquents.

Oh yeah, let me tell you something.

--

Sakurada: Hey… // I’m not going to seek this guy out and beat him up or anything. [You don’t have to think so hard about remembering him…]

Mafuyu: No… // It’s not that…

P108

Sakurada: Kurosaki…

--

Sakurada: You should leave. // If you’re not going to fight, / all you can do it watch your old buddies get hurt.

--

Sakurada: Isn’t that brutal? / I wouldn't want to see that. // I would want to protect them. // So…

P109

Mafuyu: Your buddies?

Sakurada: Yeah?

Mafuyu: You care about them?

Sakurada: Yeah…

--

Mafuyu: Even if your buddies don’t think of it that way?

--

Sakurada: Huh? / I don’t know what they’re thinking.

P110

Sakurada: But, // didn’t you guys all have fun when you were together?

--

You’re the only leader for us, Mafuyu-san.

--

Mafuyu: No! / I don’t wanna!

Guys: Knockout tournaments are the best way to settle things! // We’ll come along!!

--

Kangawa: You’re the leader? // How is it that you don’t know me? I’m Kangawa or Minami Junior High.

Mafuyu: [He’s creepy looking…]

--

Kangawa: [I’m joining Higashi starting today!]
Everyone: WHAT!?

--

Maizono: This guy is number 2 from now on.

Kangawa: Were you giving me your best shot!?

Maizono: Yeah, I was.

--

Kangawa: You eat a Taiyaki from the head!!

Maizono: [No!] From the tail! / How about you!?

Mafuyu: From the side.

--

Kangawa: [I changed my style! // I always wanted to do this!!]

--

Maizono: Please don’t ever injure your right hand.

P111

Guys: Mafuyu-san! If you add all of our scores, we equal 100!

--

Mafuyu-san! Maizono-senpai won’t let me tend to his wounds!!

Mafuyu: He’ll like it if you force it on him!!!

--

<Kita Saitama United>
Yay!

The fight for today was cancelled so we’re playing tag instead!

--

Mafuyu-san. // Mafuyu-san.

--

Mafuyu: Yeah. // They were crazy, // but it was fun.

P112

Mafuyu: I’m going too.

Sakurada: What? // You better not be…

Mafuyu: No, / I won’t fight.

--

Mafuyu: I want to see the new leader / and rest easy about it.

Yeah…

--

I’ll stop worrying about the little things… // And stop thinking about it to hard. // I was just unlucky.

Policeman: I caught you.

And that was inevitable.

Kangawa: This // is our battle.

P113

I’m probably really sad and lonely right now // because…

--

Sakurada: Hey, Higashi High. // I’ll applaud you for not backing out.

--

Kangawa: Don’t act like you’re on top yet, fools. / You guys are dirty cheaters.

P114

Sakurada: It’s normal to play it dirty in a fight!!

--

Mafuyu: Wow, ouch!! // Right!! // No, behind you!!

--

I didn’t know… // It would be this brutal when all you can do is watch… // I want to join in…

--

But I can see now // that they’ve gotten stronger.

P115

Or wait, were they always strong? // Did I just never realize it?

--

Nishi High is good at defense as usual. // They’re making sure no one gets too close to Sakurada.

--

Were they always this aggressive?

--

They used to be more…

--

Oh. // I get it.

P116

The way they fight differs depending on the leader… // So that’s why it’s different from before.

--

Okegawa-banchou was powerful by himself. // That’s why his followers were just backups.

--

Sakurada is loved by his followers. // So they all protect him.

--
And Kangawa is…

P117

A banchou that fights alongside everyone.

P118

I don’t know which method is the best way. // But this is probably how it works in the current Higashi High.

--

That’s why I’m no longer needed. // I think I get it now…

Higashi High wins!!

P119

[The train will soon arrive on track 2.]

--

Mafuyu: Yeah. // I’m going back on an earlier train.

--

Mom: Okay? It doesn’t matter but, you didn’t spend much time at home. [You just came for your things?]

Mafuyu: Oh / yeah…

Mom: When are you coming home again?

Mafuyu: Maybe around summer vacation?

--

Mom: Oh yeah, a strange group of people came by earlier.

Mafuyu: What?

--

Mafuyu: [Oh] I have to go. // Okay, bye.

--

Mafuyu: [Uhh my seat is…]

--

Station agent: [Stop!] You can’t do this!

??: Shut up! I’ll pay later!

P120

P121

Mafuyu: Wha? //Wait… [It closed!!]

--

Why!?

--

Why!?

Mafuyu: Why are you here!? // And what are you wearing!?

--

Kangawa: We had to come!! // We went to invite you to hang out, but you weren’t home!!

--

Guys: You didn’t plan this very well!! [It’s full of holes!] // It’s your fault, leader!! [Stupid!!!]

Kangawa: Shut up!!

Guys: It’s not fair!!

P122

Guys: We wanted to // see Mafuyu-san too!! // You’re not an outsider!! // We love you!! // No matter where you are // we’re…

P123

Guys: Friends!!

Letter: Dear Mafuyu-san, // Kangawa-san will probably never say this to you, so we’ll tell you secretly. // We didn’t contact you // or go see you // and said such cold things / to turn you away // was all // so that you wouldn’t get caught up in our fight.

P124

Mafuyu: So…

He acted like it wasn’t a big deal // so I wouldn’t worry? // That was an awkward // and stupid move // but, it was all for me…

P125

Mafuyu: I didn’t… // know that…

--

Mafuyu: Stupid… / Why didn’t they say anything…?

I don’t need that kind of kindness… // I wouldn't might getting caught up… // But, // that's what I love about you guys…

Letter: We’ve realized something since you’ve left. // Mafuyu-san…

P126

Letter: You were a banchou we all looked up to.

--

Takaomi: Hmm. / So they didn’t tell you their numbers / so they wouldn’t try to depend on you?

Mafuyu: They apparently decided that a while ago. [If they could reach me, they’d ask for help.]

--

Mafuyu: Oh yeah. // What were you doing on your day off?

--

Takaomi: Didn’t I tell you? // Student counceling.

--

Mafuyu: [Uh huh…?]

Hayasaka: Hey Kurosaki!!

P127

Hayasaka: Isn’t this about Saeki!?

Newspaper: A Teacher Helps in Rounding Up a Yakuza Member

The police of ○○ precinct arrested the a Yakuza member for extortion. According to our sources, students of a nearby high school were victims of the extortion and blackmail that had been going on for a while. When the police arrived the Yakuza member was already captured by the hands of a Midorigaoka Academy teacher (22), who had been conducting student counceling nearby. A witness claims that the teacher approached the Yakuza member by himself, after realizing that some students were in trouble.

--

Mafyu: What the hell happened!?

--

<Hayasaka-kun’s day off was…>
<Doing nothing in his dormroom>

End of Chapter 15

Translation: Oresama Teacher 14

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:54:23 +0000

Chapter 14

P67

Mafuyu: So // we’re out of that room now, but…

Kangawa: What do we do? [I’m assuming there are more of them inside…]

Maizono: Should be just attack? [All 3 of us?]

P68

Mafuyu: No… Let’s use our brains to take them on.

Both: [Woah!] Our brains!?

--

Mafuyu: Ok. / We’re right here so we’ll all go out at once from each of these points.

Kangawa: Wow! / We’re going to surround them! [So cool!!]

Stick figures: Fish! // Deer! // Seagull!
(They’re actually playing a word-game called “shiritori.”)

--

Kangawa: To be honest, / I’m shocked by how normal your plan is.

Maizono: You’re a fake Mafuyu-san, aren’t you!

Mafuyu: Who do they think I am…!!?

--

Mafuyu: Whatever… / We’ll go on three. [I’m going out the second path.]

Both: Okay. // Okay.

Mafuyu: One…

P69

Mafuyu: Two…

Both: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!

--

Mafuyu: What…?

--

Kangawa: YAAAH!! I’m faster than you!!

Maizono: I won’t lose to you, kid!

Mafuyu: Wai… / Wait…

--

Kangawa: YAAAAAH!! GOAAL!!

Mafuyu: There was no point in making a plan…

--

Kangawa: Mafuyu-san! There are five more of them!

Mafuyu: Argh! You idiot!!

P70

Mafuyu: I understand now that a tricky strategy is too hard for you guys to follow…

--

Kangawa: Sensei! / I think you’re just a bad teacher.

Mafuyu: [Ok.] Go stand in the hallway.

Maizono: Sensei! / I think getting yourself in danger is art.

Mafuyu: [Ok.] Go have your head checked.

--

Mafuyu: Do you guys have any intention of getting out…?

Both: About this much.

Kangawa: [We do.]

Small text on both: This much.

--

Kangawa: We should at least have some fun with this!

Maizono: Yeah, it might work out in our favor.

Mafuyu: Ugh… I just want to go home….

--

Kangawa: So let’s go!

Maizono: Let’s go!

Mafuyu: Don’t split up all of a sudden!! [You’re not children!!]

P71

Kangawa: But / I wonder where we are.

Mafuyu: We should find a staircase so we can go downstairs. [Hmmm… // Maybe we’re on the 3rd floor?]

<Leash>

--

Kangawa: Walking down such a narrow hallway reminds me of those games…

Arrow: <This>

<rolling>

[Aaaah!!]

--

Maizono: Yeah. / I’m sure that won’t happen.

Kangawa: You’re right.

Mafuyu: No way!

--

Mafuyu: Wha…? // Wha…

P72

Daruma*!!?
* No idea how to translate. But it’s those things flying at them.

--

Mafuyu: What the hell!? / I don’t get it, but it’ll still hurt if we get hit!!

Kangawa: I bet it will!!

Maizono: Especially if it hits our shins!!!

Mafuyu: Run to the right!!!

Kangawa: Okay!

P73

Boys: <left>
Mafuyu: <right>

Mafuyu: What… / Wait… // AAAAH!!

--

Kangawa: [Wow…] She sacrificed herself… [She’s so courageous…]

Maizono: She’s so cool…

<He doesn’t enjoy pain unless it’s from a person.>

--

Mafuyu: Help me!!

Kangawa: Uhh yeah… [You can do it!]

After that // I was [always] caught up in the mess they caused.

--

Top pic:
Kangawa: Oops.

Right pic:
Maziono: I have to piss.
Kangawa: Me too.

Left pic:
Boys: [La la. // La la.]
Mafuyu: Aaah!!

P74

20 minutes later.

Mafuyu: I can’t stay with you guys anymore!!!

--

Mafuyu: [Waaah!] I’m going back home!

Boys: Uh oh. // Hey.

I ran.

--

Mafuyu: [Ohhh.] No…

--

Mafuyu: I’m worried about having left those two alone… [I hope they’re not causing too much trouble.]

<Guardian>

--

Mafuyu: But what was up with them? Puberty? [They used to think a little more before making a move…]

P75

Maizono: Mafuyu-san, a leader needs a whip! [Here!!]
Mafuyu: Re… / really!?

Kangawa: Mafuyu-san, / we’re going to go fight the stray dog that’s roaming around!! [We don’t want to keep losing!]
Mafuyu: Stop!!

Maizono: We won the fight so we got these.
<Always wanted a blazer.>
Mafuyu: Go give it back!! [Especially the pants!]

Maizono: I want to be a birdman!
Mafuyu: You can’t fly!!

--

Mafuyu: Oh… Maybe they haven’t changed at all… [They were always like this.]

Guy: Hey.

--

Guy: I found you! / Kurosaki Mafuyu.

--

Mafuyu: An enemy!!?

--

Guy: [Oh] you want to eat this? [I was in charge of getting snacks.]

Mafuyu: [Oh] Thanks.

--

Hm?

Mafuyu: [Uh…?]

Guy: [Wow] your guard is totally down.

P76

Guy: Oh well. // I thought this is how things would turn out anyway.

--

Guy: Our boss’s plans are always full of holes. [We’re used to things going wrong.]

Mafuyu: I wonder if that’s a good thing to be used to…

--

Guy: We were / always subordinate to Higashi High because you were around. // But not that you’re gone, it’s our chance to be on top.

--

Mafuyu: Huh…? / What are you talking about…?

Guy: I’m talking about Nishi High VS Higashi High. / Those two didn’t tell you anything, did they?

--

Guy: It’s a strange story. / There’s always someone strong at Higashi High.

P77

Guy: By the way, the leader before you was supposedly this super strong guy.

Mafuyu: I see…?

He was the only one that actually went out of jurisdiction and defeated all of Kita and Minami as well…

[I’ll kill you.]

--

Guy: Oh yeah, let me tell you something.

--

Guy: The battle will be at the riverbed like it usually is, four hours from now. // We’re going to bring everything we’ve got.

--

Guy: The fight ends as soon as the leader is defeated. / Kangawa is the leader of Higashi and of course, Sakurada-san is the leader of Nishi. We’re basically going for the head of the leader.

P78

Mafuyu: Why are you telling me this?

Guy: Did you not want to know?

Mafuyu: No, it’s not that… / It’s a disadvantage for you if you tell me…

Guy: No // it’s not at all.

--

Guy: You’re not the leader anymore. / You’re not even a part of their group anymore. // You might actually be in their way. // There’s no way you can get involved.

Mafuyu: How… / can you say that?

P79

Mafuyu: We are… // part of a group!

--

Mafuyu: We’re not just some people hanging out with each other. // We have history!

--

Mafuyu: If our relationship is cut off that easily, then we were never friends in the first place! // You don’t know anything…

Just because I’m not the leader doesn’t mean anything… // We’re friends…

P80

Mafuyu: Don’t speak like you know it all when you don’t.

We don’t take our friendship that lightly.

--

It won’t stop being friends just because we’re far apart. // Just because I’m not their leader anymore… // It doesn’t mean anything…

P81

Guy: Well, you’re free to believe whatever you want. / But I don’t think everyone feels that way. // No one showed too much remorse about you leaving.

--

Guy: That’s how it is with delinquents.

--

Kangawa: Oh // Mafuyu-san!

--

Kangawa: Maizono-senpai is saying that you should put sauce on your sunny-side up! [You should put soy sauce, right!?]

Maizono: What are you saying! It’s not Japanese food. [It should be sauce!]

Mafuyu: You’re not children!! [Stop fighting about stupid stuff!]

--

Mafuyu: Huh…? Wasn’t it a serious mood until they came along…? // Um…

P82

Nishi guys: So you’ve made it this far… // You guys are the strongest after all.

--

Wow…

--

Mafuyu: It’s the group with the weapons!!

Kangawa: If we’re going to run into them now anyway, we should have just jumped from the window earlier.

Mafuyu: Yeah…

--

Mafuyu: Don’t you guys have anything we can use? [Like smoke bombs…?]

Kangawa: Of course not…

P83

Kangawa: This is all we have…

<super glue // superball // a suspicious photo>

Mafuyu: Ugh… // That’s right…!!

--

Mafuyu: Wait a second, Mafuyu!! We might be able to use this! Think… Think! // No, it’s probably harming us by having this… // Hm? / Harm…?

--

Mafuyu: I know!!

--

Bully: Heh heh heh… // Even THE Kurosaki can’t do anything now. // I should just capture her now…

P84

Bully: Agh!!

Bully: A superball… // She’s attacking us from afar!! // You!! // She’s gone!?

--

Bully: Shit…

P85

Maizono: Oh…

Kangawa: Woah…

Super glue?

Mafuyu: Wow!! Pervert!!

Bully: What!?

P86

Kangawa: Okay… I get it… // Woaah!! // Cooties!!

--

Bullies: Woah… // Aah!

--

Bully: Don’t be fooled!! // This is their plan!!

--

Bullies: But… // I don’t think we want to get involved…

--

Bully: Shit, you fools!!

Bullies: Ahhh don’t come closer!

--

Mafuyu: Now RUN!

P87

Kangawa: We some how got away…

Mafuyu: They all turned against each other. [I wouldn’t have thought they were that stupid…]

--

Maizono: But I remember how I got bullied when I was younger. [They all say you have cooties and it’s pretty traumatic.]

Sorry!!

--

Mafuyu: So / the battle is going to begin… // If they were able to capture you two / that means their side is probably lacking in power. // But we should be pretty cautious ourselves.

P88

Mafuyu: So that means we should…

--

Kangawa: Mafuyu-san.

Mafuyu: Huh?

--

Kangawa: I was happy to see you again. // Thanks for helping us. // But things are different now.

P89

Kangawa: This // is our battle.

P90

Mafuyu: Huh…?

--

Mafuyu: Why…? // We got this far together, so I’ll come along to the end… [Please let me come…] // I don’t want to be an outcast…

Kangawa: Eh? / No way. // Don’t be pushy.

--

Kangawa: You can’t come. // Please promise you won’t come. / You’re not a part of this anymore.

Mafuyu: Not a part…? // Why…? / Why are you suddenly saying these things?

P91

Kangawa: You’re an outsider now.

Maizono: You don’t even have a title.

--

Kangawa: I’m number 1. // Maisono-senpai is number 2. // And you…

--

Kangawa: Are a person of the past! [You live in our memories.]

Mafuyu: So mean!!

P92

Kangawa: All jokes aside, / I am the leader now. // You understand what that means, right?

--

Mafuyu: Right…

--

Mafuyu: The leader has to be the strongest… // You can’t show any weakness or depend on others…

Kangawa: Yeah. // I will probably depend on you if you’re there.

P93

Kangawa: So if you come along / it’ll be a problem.

P94

Mafuyu: I understand. // So you guys are just a couple of delinquents…

And…

I guess I am too…

Mafuyu: Everyone in Higashi chose Kangawa… [I can’t get in the way…]

P94

Nothing changed after I left. // They just have a new leader.

--

But maybe my thinking there was something more // was just presumptuous.

End of chapter 14

Translation: Alive Omake 66.1

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:08:19 +0000

Reserved for Twilight Dream Scans

P188

Yura: Hey Kanon… // do you play piano or something?

Kanon: Huh?

Yura: Those are fake nails, right?

<falls>

Ken: Yura can…

P189

Ken: Know more about someone // when he draws them.

Yura: [I made her mad… // hehe]

--

Ken: I wish… / I had something that I’m passionate about…

--

I don’t have anything // so I’m probably

<flips pages>

--

hard to draw…

--

Oh…

P190

Kanon: Tada! // I went to the nail salon! Isn’t it cute!?

--

Yura: What!? You wanna fight!?

Kanon: Sure, you wanna!?

--

Ken: Maybe I have something special too… // Maybe I’ll try drawing a picture sometime…

End…

Translation: Alive 66

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:07:22 +0000

Reserved for Twilight Dream Scans

P143

Megumi: Yeah, it’s me, Megumi! Tama-chan is with me. / We’re… // here!

--

Megumi: Really! We’re at the airport. // Where are you right now, Mickey?

--

Megumi: Wow! So pretty!

P144

Megumi: Look Tama-chan!

P145

Chapter 66: Like A Family

P146

Yukie: The “heart”…. // The “heart”…

Taisuke: Get back!!

--

Taisuke: Nami!! / You all should get out of here!!

P147

Taisuke: It’s Hirose!!

--

McPherson: Hirose… Hirose Yuuichi… // That kid… // That… / is a person?

P148

Taisuke: Hirose…

<grinds teeth>

P149

Nami: Kanou! Don’t!

P150

<Bubbling sound>

<Swoop>

P151

P152

P153

Yuuta: The platform is going to sink!

Rei: I know!!

--

Yuuta: Why isn’t anyone coming!? // Come on you guys!!

P154

Taisuke: AAH!

Nami: Ow!

D4: We’re sinking…!

P155

Horner: Aah!! // This is it! The true power!!

--

Text above Horner: Yay!

McPherson: What is that fool doing over there…!?

--

McPherson: We have to go get Doctor Horner! // The “heart” is… // D4!!

P156

D4: What?

P157

P158

Dan: <panting> The “heart”… // I have to get away from the “heart”…

--

Dan: It’s going to continue killing everyone until it’s alone… // But what it wants is…

P159

Dan: Chaos…

Nami: Ugh…

<pain>

Chaos… // chaos…

P160

P161

<slide>

Yukie: Where is the “heart”…!? // Where is it…? // <panting>

<bang> <rumble>

--

Yukie: The “heart” has captured me…

<sliding sounds>

Yukie: But // what I want is different from it’s desires…

P162

Taisuke: Ughh…

Yukie: I have to protect Taisuke with my life since he said he’d sacrifice himself for us… // Rei and everyone accepted this fate. // But… // I haven’t told Aoi yet…

--

Yukie: She’s… going to hate me again…

P163

Yukie: But I must do this!

<lights up>

P164

Yukie: Hirose Yuuichi’s willpower // is not complete yet.

--

<panting>

Chaos… // no… // it doesn’t make sense. // If there’s a chance for us // it’s there…

P165

Taisuke: Ow… // Waah!!

<crackle> <swoosh>

P166

<crackle><swoosh>

Taisuke: Yukie-san get away from there!! // Don’t… / get closer to it… // Yuki…

P167

Yukie: I have something to ask you. / Which one is your true desire? // Do you want to destroy everything and be alone? // Or… // do you want to see your friends?

P168

<stops>

--

Yukie: <laughs quietly>

<grip>

Taisuke: Wha / what are you doing… // Stop!!

P169

Taisuke: STOP!!

Yukie: Don’t try to stop me. // I kept you alive until now to use you in these final moments.

--

I kept you alive // and treated you like family // so that you wouldn’t resist against becoming the “container.”

--

I used all the comrades that I could use. // It would have gone more smoothly is Yuuta’s isolation power didn’t get cut off.

P170

Yukie: Even if this wasn’t the right way to do it…

<panting>

If my family will be saved this way…!

<pant>

Yukie: Hirose-kun… // your wish won’t come true…!

P171

Yukie: To reject the world // is the same thing as rejecting yourself. // So…

P172

Yukie: You should die alone.

<rustle><rustle>

Taisuke: Jun-nii! / Yukie-san is… // inside…!

-

<flies>

P173

<flutter>

Yukie: Ugghh…

P174

Hirose: No way.

P175

Yukie: Oh… She’s going to hate me…

P176

Yukie: She’s going to think I left her again…

P177

P178

Jun: Ugh!?

P179

<splash>

Dan: One more… // old friend…

P180

P181

Megumi: Hirose-kun?

--

Tama: Don’t touch her! // Get out of here!!

P182

<startled>

<bubbling>

Tama: Oh no! The “heart”…!

Megumi: Wait, that’s impossible…

--

Tama: It's your fault!

Megumi: What is!?

--

Megumi: Is it the terrible twos? // [She is 2 after all…]

Tama: Oh well… // Next / time.

P183

Taisuke: Agh! // Hirose! <panting> // Hirose!?

P184

P185

P186

P187

To be continued in Volume 18

Translation: Bakuman 46

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:25:54 +0000

Reserved for Akatsuki

proofread by c_k

Page 46: Staring and Supporting

Insert: The responsibility that comes with love…!!

Takagi: You’re the only one that can stop Saiko, so please! Stop him!

--

Azuki: Mashiro-kun.

Saiko: Yeah?

Azuki: You’re going to wait to draw until you’re better, right?

--

Saiko: Did Azuki come to stop me…?

--

Saiko: I can’t stop now.

--

Azuki: What should I say…?

--

Saiko: Hurry up and bring me the manuscripts, Shujin! Or is he in on this too?

P2

Azuki: Unless you promise me that you won’t draw until you’re discharged from the hospital… / I'm going to stop liking you…

--

Saiko: If you’re going to stop liking me just because of that… Then you’re welcome to do so.

--

Azuki: I won’t leave until you tell me you won’t draw…

Saiko: Fine.

Azuki: I’ll really stop liking you…

Saiko: Okay.

--

Azuki: It’s not fair… / You know I won’t ever stop liking you, so you’re acting like that.

Saiko: It’s even more unfair that you say things like that when they’re not true.

--

Azuki: Okay, you’re right… There’s no way I can stop liking you after liking you for 8 years…

Saiko: It’s the first time she’s ever told me she likes me…

P3

Saiko: Wait, 8 years?

--

Azuki: Yes… Ever since 4th grade.

Saiko: The first time I started to have feelings for you was in 6th grade… When we were at that swimming event…

Azuki: I kept noticing you during that swimming event… / But the first time I started to have feelings for you was in 4th grade at the community festival.

--

Azuki: Do you remember the picture you drew that was on display at the Central Civil Center?

Saiko: My drawings were always up…

--

<Bird Appreciation Week>

--

Azuki’s Mom: Lets go, Miho.

Mina: I want a candy apple!

Azuki: Mommy, I really like this drawing!

P4

<Akekusa Elementary 4th Grade / Mashiro Moritaka / I drew this hoping that there will be lots of birds and greens in the world. The background is the lake by Tanikusa Shrine!>

--

Azuki’s mom: Mashiro… Mashiro-kun got married…? / But this boy is the same age as Miho… // Oh, did Mashiro-kun have an older brother…?

Mina: I want a candy apple!

--

Azuki’s mom: It’s very good… I like this drawing too.

Azuki: His name is Moritaka, but the kanji is saikou. That’s cool.

--

Friend: Your drawing is on display again! // Gyahaha!

Saiko: It’s ‘cuz I’m so skilled.

--

Friend: You wanna be a mangaka when you grow up? Isn’t this drawing style kinda different?

Saiko: No, stupid! It’s important to be able to do the basics first. / Let’s go to the cardboard ship contest!

Friend: Let’s take a piss first ‘cuz it’s not starting yet.

P5

Azuki: Ever since I saw that drawing… I started to have feelings for you.

Saiko: Why is she telling me this now?

Azuki: I saw you a few times in the morning on the way to school since our schools were next to each other… / And, do you remember the Oobayashi Stationary store? I was in there at the same time you were when we were in 5th grade.

--

Saiko: This is the compass my uncle uses! / He puts ink on it and draws with it.

--

Friend: 4500 yen!? I thought you came here to buy a compass for school!

Saiko: Professional mangakas use this! I want it so badly!

--

Saiko: Taka-chan, how much do you have on you? I only have 500 yen!

Friend: There’s no way I have 4000 yen on me. Just buy the 200 yen one…

--

Azuki: Kaya, how much money do you have?

Miyoshi: Huh? About 150 yen. Why?

Azuki: I have 1000 yen… It’s not enough.

Miyoshi: Huh?

--

Azuki: The way you were looking at the compass… Your eyes were shining and I knew you were an amazing person. / Maybe I was also drawn to you because you said you wanted to be a mangaka since I wanted to become a voice actress.

P6

Azuki: Everyday on my way to school and on my way home, I always hoped I could see you. / When I saw you at the swimming event, I continued to watch you and conveyed my love for you through my stare…

--

Saiko: Azuki…

--

Azuki: I was really happy when I found out that I was in your class in our final year of junior high… // Then you suddenly came to my house / and said, “If I become a mangaka and my manga becomes an anime I want you to do the voice of the heroine. When our dreams come true, marry me!”

--

Azuki: I couldn't believe it! / I was so happy I thought I was going to die. // But we wouldn't be able to make our dreams come true if I died… // So, I liked you since the 4th grade.

P7

Azuki: You are a precious person to me. // Please don’t draw until you’re discharged from the hospital.

--

Azuki: Is manga more important / to you than me?

--

Saiko: I can’t even compare the two… // You’re important to me, but so is manga. // But if you’re going to ask me like that…

P8

Saiko: Manga is more important.

Azuki: Mashiro-kun!

--

Azuki: You’re not supposed to see me…

Saiko: Well, you said you were going to stay here until I said I wouldn’t draw.

--

Azuki: I'd have to leave when visiting hours are over though…

Saiko: I’d also have to see you when I go to the bathroom.

Azuki: I would close my eyes or something… Or go somewhere for a little while…

--

Azuki: What am I saying…? / I’m sorry.

Saiko: I’m going to draw. Don’t worry, it’s fine.

P9

<Niizuma>

--

Niizuma: Ashirogi-sensei is going on hiatus… This is too bad, especially since they were supposed to release the opening color pages in Issue 32.

Yuujiro: Yeah, the editorial staff is going crazy.

--

Niizuma: I was trying to think of a good story so my chapter wouldn’t lose to “TRAP”… // I wanted to compete…

Yuujiro: It’s inevitable if he’s sick.

--

Niizuma: I want to go visit him. Which hospital is he staying in?

Yuujiro: I think it was the Civic Hospital. / Yasakusa Civic Hospital.

--

Niizuma: Yakusa Civic Hospital? I’m going right now! I have plenty of time to finish my manuscripts this week.

Yuujiro: Okay, I’ll go with you.

Niizuma: Good. I don’t know how to get there.

P10

Saiko: Shujin.

Takagi: Yeah?

--

Saiko: Manga is great.

--

Takagi: I feel like Joe* when he stood in the ring for the last time.
* Referring to manga Ashita no Joe

Takagi: Huh?

--

Takagi: Azuki couldn’t stop him either… // Wait, Joe dies in his final match…

--

Saiko: I’m on fire right now. Bring me the manuscripts already!

Miyoshi: If you’re really his friend, you have to stop him! You’re so lame!

P11

Takagi: FINE! I won’t stop you anymore! I’ll help you! // Sorry for telling Azuki!!

--

Saiko: So you were in on this… / Our plans to not see each other until our dreams came true were ruined because of you. / If you want me to forgive you, bring me the manuscripts right away.

Takagi: Alright.

--

Saiko: We already saw each other, so why don’t you come inside…

Azuki: Okay…

--

Mom: Moritaka.

Saiko: Crap! It's mom!

P12

Saiko: This… / is my mom.

Azuki: I’m Azuki Miho.

--

Saiko: She was in my class in junior high and she’s my friend…errr, girlfriend, I think?

Azuki: Yes…

--

Mom: I’m not sure what to say at a time like this… // You’re too pretty to be dating my son…

--

Mom: But is it okay for you to be feeling excited in your condition? Hmm…

Saiko: Yeah…

Azuki: Yeah?

--

Saiko: Sorry to ask you to leave when you just came in, but mom, can you…

<rustle>

Mom: Sure sure. Call me if you need anything.

--

Mom: Please watch my son for me. He’ll probably try to draw if we leave him alone.

Azuki: Okay…

--

Azuki: She’s a nice mother.

Saiko: Not really…

P13

Mom: My son has a girlfriend… I thought manga was his only love…

<slam>

Niizuma: Let’s hospital!*
* This is a direct translation, he actually says “let’s hospital;” it’s not a grammatical error on my part for once :) I left it the way it is b/c the way Niizuma speaks portrays his personality and character.

Yuujiro: It’s a hospital! Be quiet!

--

Niizuma: Ashirogi-sensei, I’m here!

Takagi: Niizuma-san.

--

Niizuma: You’re drawing your color pages.

Saiko: Yeah.

P14

Niizuma: Yuujiro-san, let’s go.

Yuujiro: What? We just got here…

Niizuma: I’m not worried anymore and we’re in the way of his work. / I’m glad we came though.

Yuujiro: See ya…

--

Yuujiro: Was that cute girl Mashiro-kun’s girlfriend? I thought she was Takagi-kun’s… / Since I heard his girlfriend always helps out.

Niizuma: Are you stupid, Yuujiro-san? She looks just like Ami-chan, the heroine of “TRAP.” / But she's way cuter than Ami-chan.

Yuujiro: You’re right. I am stupid.

--

Niizuma: Yes, very. I can’t believe you’re an editor. What are you looking at every week?

Yuujiro: Uh, anyway…

<beep>

P15

Yuujiro: What are you doing, Miura?

Miura: I’m looking for a manga to put in place of “TRAP” during our hiatus…

Yuujiro: Mashiro-kun is drawing in the hospital!

Miura: WHAT!? / Okay, I’ll head over there right now. Are you leaving already?

--

<drawing sounds>

Takagi: It’s been 3 years… Azuki looks older and prettier…

--

Takagi: Am I in the way? You guys haven’t seen each other for so long…

Saiko: It’s fine. You have to keep guard and it’s kinda tough if it's just the two of us.

Azuki: Tough? That’s nice…

--

Saiko: You’re okay with it just being the two of us? You’ve grown up a lot… I’m too embarrassed to even look at your face. / Azuki-san wants us to be alone so I’ll have her keep guard instead.

Azuki: No, please stay until I leave.

Takagi: Which one is it…?

P16

Azuki: Help me stop him, Takagi-kun.

Takagi: Can’t.

Azuki: You’re the one that asked me to stop him… So why...?

--

Takagi: ‘Cuz I’m a man. // But you must feel something too, watching him draw with all his might…

--

Azuki: I see that he’s working hard and I want to let him keep going… // But the doctor is telling you to get your rest…

--

Azuki: This is actually the first time I’ve seen him draw manga… // It’s great, but…

Saiko: Are you keeping watch for the nurses, Shujin?

Takagi: Yeah, but I’m more worried about Miyoshi coming here than a nurse walking in. / Oh no!

P17

Takagi: It’s Miura-san! // Hide the manuscript!

--

Saiko: Why should I hide it? I should show him that I can make the deadline.

Takagi: Oh, / right…

--

Saiko: Glad to see you. / I’ve finished inking in chapter 18. I’ll make sure to finish the 4-color pages* for chapter 19.
* I'm unsure of what 4-color means, but it's clearly a manga term. But, I think it's not meant as four colored pages.

--

Miura: That means we can publish chapter 18 in its complete form…

Saiko: I can draw just fine in the hospital. // I won’t ever let a manuscript fail to meet a deadline.

--

Miura: The surgery is only one day… He might actually be able to draw 2 or 3 days after it’s over… // I kind of want to let him do it, after seeing him like this.

--

Miura: But I can’t… // Stopping him is my job…

Chief: His health and well-being are your top priority. / Follow the doctor’s orders.

P18

Saiko: Ughh…

Miura: Mashiro-kun!?

--

Miura: Call the nurse!!

--

Saiko: It’s okay. The doctor said I’ll be in pain from time to time until the surgery is over. // Please let me keep going…

--

Saiko: Ughh…

Miura: No, it’s impossible! // Takagi-kun, call the nurse!

--

Saiko: I’m fine…

Takagi: The call button is by the bed!

Miura: Oh right, which one!?

Azuki: Stop.

P19

Azuki: Mashiro-kun says he’s fine. // Takagi-kun, you brought the manuscripts here knowing all the risks and consequences. / If you’re going to stop him over a little thing like this, you shouldn’t have brought them at all. What was that whole, “I’m a man” thing about?

--

Takagi: Azuki…

Azuki: Mashiro-kun is working so hard to do this…

--

Azuki: Mashiro-kun, you can do it. You can keep going without stopping the series. I believe in you. // Make our dreams come true.

Saiko: Okay...

--

Miura: I can’t tell him to stop drawing…

Insert: Pride gets in the way of stopping him… Their bond cannot be weakened…!!

Translation: Noel la Neige Oneshot : Noel La Neige

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:54:40 +0000

Reserved for Marimo-Box Scanlations

Noel La Neige

P2

The end of the 19th Century France… // Christmas // The whole city was festive and everyone celebrated the happiest day with their loved ones…

--

Bang / Bam!

Ow!!!

P3

??: Owww… // That’s why I hate entering through the chimney!!

--

??: You’re right. Our clothes get so dirty…

??: That’s not the point!

--

Boy: Hey you!!

--

??: Huh?

--

Boy: Who the hell are you guys!? // What are you doing in my house!!?

P4

Boy: Get out!

??: He’s angry.

Boy: Are you listening to me!?

??: Ugh, what a pain…

--

??: You know…

--

??: If we came in through the chimney on Christmas day… // we can only be… you know? You know!

--

Boy: Yeah… burglars?

??: Santa Claus!!

P5

Noel: I’m Noel Christenbell, a government employee of the North Pole, Santa Claus Number 29.

Rudolph: I’m Rudolph, Noel’s reindeer partner. I’m in my human form right now… // [Nice to meet you.]

Boy: Santa Claus… // and a reindeer!? // Are you guys stupid? // There’s no way Santa Claus exists!! // Plus, if he did exist, he’d be a nice old man!

P6

Noel: That’s an image that all of you humans created in your minds. // In actuality, there are many Santas / and our job is to deliver presents to the children we’re assigned.

--

Noel: Why do I have to explain all of this to this kid?! [What a pain!]

Rudolph: [Ahhh…]

Boy: Liar…

--

Noel: Are you listening to me?

--

Boy: Santa wouldn’t come to give me a gift… // Because I… // I’m not a good kid…

P7

Noel: Dean Falmint, 12 years old, born in France, Alsace.

--

Noel: Your name was on my list so we came here. // I don’t care what kind of a kid you are. Just tell me what you want! / I want to get my job done as quickly as I can!

--

Dean: I… // lost the most important thing in the world // so… I don’t… // want anything…

P8

Noel: Okay.

--

Noel: Let’s go.

Rudolph: Are we done here?

Noel: He says he doesn’t want anything, so there’s no need to force anything upon him.

--

Noel: I hate gloomy kids like him that don’t have any dreams.

--

Dean: Kanon…

P9

Rudolph: Noel…

--

Rudolph: You’re Santa Claus… You should be nicer to children…

--

Rudolph: It seemed like there was something up with that last one…

Noel: Shut up! I hate kids!!

--

Noel: Especially that one. He reminds me of my old self… // and it pisses me off.

P10

Rudolph: But, we’re still hanging outside his house and haven’t moved on to our next job yet...

Noel: Did ya say something?

Rudolph: No… Nothing.

--

<Gates open>

--

Noel: Why’d he come to the church? [Haha…] // He rejected a present from Santa Claus but he’s going to pray to God?

P11

Noel: This feeling!! // Dean!

P12

Noel: Get away from there!!!

P13

Dean: WAAAAAAAH!!

P14

Dean: NOEL!?

Noel: Geez… You’ve caused so much trouble.

--

Noel: Rudolph!!

P14

Monster: Gyeeeee!!

--

Rudolph: Leave this up to me! // Take Dean somewhere safe!!

--

Noel: Okay, thanks!!

P15

Rudolph: So… // you’ll be // fighting me for now.

--

Noel: Sheesh…

P16

Noel: I’m the one that gets in trouble if one of the kids on my list dies!!

<pant / pant>

Dean: Uh… Um…

Noel: WHAT!?

--

<pant>

Dean: What was that monster!?

--

Dean: Why did it come after me?

--

Noel: It’s a Jack O’ Lantern… He used to be a human but when he was alive, he made a contract with the devil, so now he can’t go to heaven or hell after he died… // He uses the coal the devil gave him as fuel and continues to wander aimlessly with no where to go. He’s a ghost of despair.

--

The Jack O’ Lantern usually lurks in the world of afterlife… But he senses children’s sadness, suffering and desperation… / A child that strongly feels despair within themselves can bring forth the Jack O’ Lantern. // Then, he uses his burning hook to take the child’s soul to eat.

P17

Deal: Eat… the soul…?

--

Noel: Yeah. // The soul of a child in despair is the Jack O’ Lantern’s favorite dish…

--

Noel: And… // his dinner for tonight, is you!

--

Dean: What?

--

Noel: Your soul is in despair… // and has brought forth the Jack O’ Lantern into our world.

P18

Noel: Rudolph!!

P19

Rudolph: Tsk!

P20

Noel: Rudolph! // Are you alright!?

--

Noel: Did you finish him?

<pant / pant>

Rudolph: No…

--

Rudolph: No matter how many times I cut him… // He keeps standing up…

P21

Noel: It’s as I thought… // The Jack O’ Lantern was brought forth by Dean’s soul in despair… // So unless Dean can be rid of his despair, // the Jack O’ Lantern can’t be defeated by any weapon!

P22

Noel: Rudolph!

--

Rudolph: Are you two okay? Noel? Dean?

--

Noel: You’re the one that doesn’t look okay! You’re wounded everywhere!

Rudolph: Aww, it’s just a scratch.

Noel: You’re bleeding everywhere!

Rudolph: [This is nothing…]

P23

Rudolph: Noel, don’t forget… // The meaning of my existence… // Even if it destroys me and I cease to exist because of it… // I will protect you and Dean with all of my strength. // That is the responsibility of the reindeer…

P24

Dean: Are you stupid?

--

Dean: Why would you do all this to protect me? // I… didn’t even ask you to save me. // I…

--

Noel: What!?

Dean: I… // killed my own little sister! // Don’t I deserve to die!?

P25

Dean: Kanon, I’m home!! // I got paid today so I bought you your favorite walnut bread!

Kanon: Welcome home, oniichan!

We lost our parents in an accident so my sister and I were the only family we had left…

--

Dean: You’re reading again? You’re such a bookworm.

Kanon: Hehe.

--

Kanon was always weak… So I always worked until late at night… // In order to protect this innocent smile…

P26

Kanon: You can’t come home until the day after tomorrow?

--

Dean: Yeah, I need to help with a shipment that’s coming in from the East. // But I’ll make a whole lot after this job is done!! Then I can buy you a new book!

--

Kanon: I see…

--

Dean: Are you okay!? Maybe I shouldn’t go to work afterall…

Kanon: You’re so dramatic! It’s just a cold so don’t worry about it.

--

Kanon: Good luck // oniichan!

Dean: Okay… // See you later…

P27

Dean: It’s so late… // But I have a new book for Kanon at least. // Kanon, I’m home…

--

Dean: Kanon!!?

--

Kanon had a high fever unlike any she’d ever had… // and the next evening, she died…

P28

Dean: It’s my fault. // If only I hadn’t left her alone. // Someone like me… // someone that let their sister die has no right to live…

--

Noel: That’s enough!! // Stop whining about if you should die // or if you should live, you dumb brat!!

P29

Noel: Do you think Kanon would be happy if you died!?

--

Noel: If you still care about your sister, // you should see more of the world // and feel more things // and live her life through yours!!

--

Noel: Isn’t that what you should do as the older brother?

P30

Noel: Dean!!

P31

Noel: Rudolph!!

P32

Dean: Ow… I’m cold… This is… death… // Yes… // Kanon had been fighting against “death” for so long… // But why was I trying to go towards it…?

P33

Dean: No… // I’m scared… // No…

I don’t want to die… I want to live!

P34

Noel: The flaming hook is disappearing… // which means… // Dean’s soul is…!!

P35

Noel: The Jack O’ Lanter didn’t get a hold of Dean’s desperate soul, // so it’s no longer immortal… // I can take him on now! // Concentrate! // Entering battle mode!

P36

Noel: Freeze!! // You beings of the darkness! // Crystal Neige!

P37
P38

P39

Dean: There’s snow… // inside the church… // snow… // It’s snowing!? // [Why?] // And it’s piling up so much!

--

Noel: You sound like you’re all better.

Dean: Noel! Rudolph! And a snowman!!?

P40

Dean: What happened to my wound…?

Noel: I healed it for you… with magic.

--

Noel: But… If I hadn’t taken care of it as quickly as I did you would have gone to the other side. It was a close one.

Dean: Ah…

--

Noel: Anyway, I have work to finish… Bye! [Let’s go, Rudolph.]

Dean: Wait!!

--

Noel: You still need something…?

Dean: Uh…

--

Dean: Is it too late to ask you for my Christmas present? // I just thought of something…

P41

Rudolph: Noel…

Noel: What?

Rudolph: Are we allowed to do this?

--

Noel: Why not?

Rudolph: Because… Presents are supposed to be for themselves…

Noel: It’s fine…

P42

Noel: It’s the one thing he wanted the most…

Translation: Bakuman 45

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:10:55 +0000

Reserved for Akatsuki Group.

proofread by c_k and Amit

P1

Page 45: Sickness and Ambition

Insert: Their weekly series is in serious trouble!!

Mom: I don't exactly understand what it means to have too much GOT and GPT in the bloodstream… / But you’re saying that his liver is weakened and on top of that, it has become infected so you need to extract part of it?

Doctor: That is correct.

--

Saiko: Shujin…

Takagi: Saiko…

--

Saiko: Bring me the manuscripts.

--

Shujin: I have to get surgery. / It’ll take at least 3 months for me to recover and leave the hospital.

Takagi: Yeah, I heard.

Saiko: That means I have to do my work here.

P2

Saiko: The opportunity to do the opening color pages is major. / I’ll do it here.

--

Saiko: Alright, I’ll go get ‘em!

--

Miura: I know how you feel, but...

Takagi: But…

--

Miura: Doesn't he have to rest, doctor?

Doctor: Of course. / Your main focus should be on getting adequate rest and regaining your strength. You’re suffering from mild nutritional deficiency.

P3

Saiko: I’m going home to work.

Doctor: What are you doing!? You must rest!

--

Saiko: People don't die that easily.

--

Doctor: Even if you don’t die right away, if you continue to keep this up, your condition will only get worse. / Please get back into bed!

--

Doctor: Listen to me. If you don’t let us treat you, your condition will worsen to the point that it'll be too late to help you. It’s not a condition you can recover from over time. // I have an obligation to treat you so please listen to me.

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Saiko: Then let me draw here. / We have a weekly series…

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Saiko: You can’t take a break when you’re doing a weekly series!!

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Hattori: Mashiro-kun, just having that attitude towards your series is good enough.

Miura: Yeah, I wish Hiramaru-sensei could have heard that.

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Hattori: But you’re sick so you have to get better. It won’t be a failure or embarrassment, // so take a break.

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Saiko: I don’t want to go on hiatus! We're finally gaining some popularity… If we take a break now, we’ll never make it…! / You’ve been in this industry for a while so you should know that it’s different for us to take a break than for a popular veteran mangaka to take a break!

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Miura: Is it true that you only have to ink-in 2 more pages to finish up chapter 18?

Saiko: I think that’s about right.

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Miura: Let’s have the assistants finish up chapter 18… We can discuss what we’ll do about the next chapters after giving it careful consideration, okay?

Saiko: No… I want to ink-in the characters… I’m a pro…

Miura: How long will it take to do that?

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Saiko: 3 or 4 hours for chapter 18… / But I’ll have to do the 4 opening color pages for chapter 19 and I want to take at least a day to do that…

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Miura: How does that sound, doctor? A day… Or even just 4 hours in order to…

Hattori: Miura…

Mom: Please stop!

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Mom: What are you thinking? Are you trying to kill my son!? // My son is not a manga-drawing robot!!

Miura: I’m sorry. I got ahead of myself…

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Doctor: It will be okay. / As long as he’s under my care, I’ll make sure he gets adequate rest.

Mom: Thank you.

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Doctor: Visiting hours are until 7:00pm and we should move Moritaka-kun to his own room now. // There’s nothing to worry about if he’s resting. // It’s your priority to get better.

Saiko: Okay…

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Miura: It’s Miura. Mashiro-kun will remain in the hospital for a while.

Ogawa: The hospital? // Surgery?

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Miura: Finish up the first 16 pages of chapter 18 that have been inked-in. // We’re going back to the office to discuss our next steps with the superiors. I’ll follow up with you tomorrow at the latest.

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Miura: We have to go on hiatus, don’t we?

Hattori: It’s inevitable.

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Takagi: Shit! Why did this happen to Saiko?

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Phone: Public phone

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Saiko: Shujin, it’s me.

Takagi: Are you well enough to be up and on the phone?

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Saiko: They at least let me go to the bathroom.

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Saiko: Bring me the manuscripts. You’re the only one I can ask. We’re professionals; we can’t let our series go…

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Takagi: Saiko…

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Takagi: But can you really do your work there?

Saiko: There’s only an old man in my room and as long as I keep it hidden from the nurses and doctors, it should be fine. Can you also bring me a flashlight so I can work even after the lights go out at 9:00pm? I’ll do it Nakai-san style and I actually have more time than we did when we were going to school.

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Takagi: Saiko… I'm going to wait until you get better so you have to get better.

Saiko: What the hell are you saying!? We can’t stop now! If we take a break for 3 or 4 months, our current fans will lose interest in us!

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Takagi: But…

Saiko: I won’t die or anything! And I’ll get the surgery done. The only day I won’t be able to draw is on the day of my surgery, but that’s it!

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Saiko: We got a chance at doing the opening color pages! It’s our chance to beat Eiji! What about our promise to show gratitude to Hattori-san!? “TRAP” is just beginning!!

Takagi: Saiko… If you get too excited, you’ll…

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Takagi: Fine… I’ll bring it to you tomorrow…

Saiko: Great! Visiting hours start at 3:00pm. 3:00pm okay?

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<beep>

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<beep / beep>

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Takagi: Miyoshi, where are you?

Miyoshi: Where am I?! I came to our work place to find that you’re not here, everyone’s depressed about something, and your cell phone was off! You’re cheating on me, aren’t you!?

Takagi: Can you go out?

Miyoshi: Where to?

Takagi: Uhhhmm, Momiji Park.

Miyoshi: Okay… [click]

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Chief Assistant: I think we need to rethink the idea of allowing high school students to have their own series…

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Chief editor: Mashiro-kun said that he doesn’t want to have his assistants ink-in the characters?

Miura: Yes.

Chief: We’ll publish the 16 pages that are complete, designate 2 pages for project planning and use 1 page to notify our readers about the series’ hiatus.

Miura: Okay… // So we do have to go on hiatus… I guess it’s inevitable…

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Chief: And based on what you’ve told me, Mashiro-kun will most likely try to continue working while he’s in the hospital.

Miura: Yes… He’s adamant about not going on hiatus...

Chief: You have to go check on him as much as possible to monitor him and his condition. His health and well-being are your top priority. / Follow the doctor’s orders instead of listening to Mashiro-kun.

Miura: Yes, sir.

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Miyoshi: The surgery has a 100% success rate, right!?

Takagi: Yeah, it’s not risky surgery or anything… // But his surgery is 2 weeks from the 10th and he has to stay admitted for at least 3 months…

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Takagi: We’ll probably go on hiatus…

Miyoshi: That’s inevitable!

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Takagi: I know. I know but Saiko keeps asking me to bring him the manuscripts so he can work!

Miyoshi: You can't…. There’s no way…

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Takagi: But, I felt like I had to tell him I would because I know how he feels…

Miyoshi: Takagi…

Takagi: Hm?

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Miyoshi: Are you an idiot!?

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Miyoshi: If you’re really his friend, you have to stop him! You’re so lame!

Takagi: Yeah, I am lame… // But Saiko and I are beyond friends now… // We’re seriously 2 halves of a whole… I don't want to go on hiatus and if I were in his shoes, I'd want to keep going even if it killed me… We both know how important it is to keep going at this stage…

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Takagi: Why did he get sick? I wish I had been the one to get sick… You can draw names in a notebook in the hospital…

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Takagi: I don't know what to tell Azuki…

Miyoshi: You shouldn’t tell her anything…

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Takagi: But she reads JUMP every week so she’s going to notice that we’re on hiatus… We could lie to her for about 2 weeks, but we wouldn't be able to convince her of anything if we’re not in there for over 3 months…

Miyoshi: Then you should at least wait and tell her after he's had the surgery...

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Takagi: What if you were in her shoes? Wouldn't you be upset if your friends didn't tell you that your boyfriend had surgery until after it was over?

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Takagi: Plus, she’s the only one we can ask.

Miyoshi: Ask?

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Takagi: Saiko will only listen to her about getting rest and not doing work in the hospital. // Even though there is the possibility that maybe even Azuki can’t convince him otherwise…

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Miyoshi: But even before that, Miho might break down when she learns about the surgery. She’s that kind of girl…

Takagi: No… Azuki is strong… No one can stay calm knowing their partner is getting surgery… // But we have to tell her because she is Saiko’s girlfriend.

Miyoshi: Yeah… Okay…

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Azuki: Takagi-kun…

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Azuki: Good evening.

Takagi: Good evening…

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Takagi: Listen to me very carefully… // You don’t have to worry too much about it, but Saiko isn't doing too well…

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Azuki: Hospital… Surgery…

Azuki’s Mom: Miho! Dinner’s ready!

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Azuki: Mom… // Mashiro-kun is…

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Azuki: Mashiro-kun is in the hospital… He has to get surgery done to remove a part of his liver…

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Azuki: I want to go stop him from drawing manga… / Takagi-kun said I’m the only one that can stop him.

Mom: Stop him?

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Azuki: Mashiro-kun is supposed to be resting, but he’s claiming that he’ll do his work at the hospital.

Mom: I see… He’s the boy that you care about… And he’s hardworking…

--

AzukI: Yeah…

Mom: Miho…

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Mom: Mina, can you go to your room for a little while?

Mina: But I feel bad for oneechan…

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Mina: It’ll be okay, oneechan! The doctors in Japan are very good.

Mom: Yes, Mina’s right.

--

Mom: You can take the day off from school tomorrow and go see him. You have to be firm yet have a smile on your face, okay?

Azuki: Okay.

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The next day…

--

201
Kinoshita Jyuuichi*
*I’m actually not sure how to read his name…
Mashiro Moritaka

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Katou: It is natural for an assistant to take care of the sensei they work for. / Work starts at 4:00 today, so until then I’ll…

Saiko: But… I don't really need anything taken care of and my parents will come in soon…

Katou: I met your mother yesterday.

Saiko: Yeah, but…

--

Saiko: Where’s Shujin… He’s supposed to bring me the manuscripts at 3:00pm…

--

Azuki: Mashiro-kun…

Saiko: What!?

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Azuki: Mashiro-kun, it’s Azuki.
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Saiko: Azuki!? Why!? // I bet Miyoshi said something unnecessary again…

Katou: His girlfriend…

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Katou: Sorry, I’ll get out of the way.

Saiko: Yes, please take care of the WORK for me.

Katou: You don’t need to stress that our relationship is work-related…

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Katou: Wow! She’s like a doll… I could never win…

--

Katou: And she bowed first… She’s confident about her position…

--

Azuki: Do you think it's okay for me to come in, Mashiro-kun?

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Saiko: What are you doing here? / I thought we weren’t going to see each other until our dreams came true…

Azuki: You tried to come to my house the other day too…

Saiko: That was an emergency situation…

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Saiko: It would be weird to meet now, especially since we’re definitely moving toward achieving our goals… // We’re almost there… If we can keep the series going without taking a break, we can definitely make it…

--

Azuki: Without taking a break…

Mom: Firm yet have a smile on your face..

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Azuki: Okay, it’s a bit embarrassing, but I’ll speak loud enough so you can hear me.

--

Azuki: Speaking to you is okay, right? You won’t tell me to go home, after I’ve come all this way, will you?

Saiko: I guess…

--

Takagi: You’re the only one that can stop Saiko! So please!

Azuki: Mashiro-kun…

Saiko: Yes…?

Insert: Will Azuki be able to convince Saiko!?

Translation: Oresama Teacher 13

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:43:26 +0000

proofread by c_k

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Chapter 13

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This story is from a little while ago. // There was something called, “The Legend of the Powerful Higashi School.” // Higashi High was powerful enough to unify all of Saitama, but there were 3 people that were locally renowned as the most powerful of them all.

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Number 3: Maizono Yuuto, 2nd Year at Higashi High

Number 2: Kangawa Kouhei, 3rd Year at Higashi Junior High

And Number 1: Kurosaki Mafuyu, 1st Year at Higashi High

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“These 3 are dangerous.” // “If you see them, make way for them.” // Those were some of the things that were said about them.

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And today, // they’re meeting again for the first time in a long time.

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Maizono: Mafuyu-san… What are you doing here all of a sudden?

Mafuyu: You don’t seem excited to see me… [Even though it’s been so long…]

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Kangawa: Mafuyu Senpai!!!

Mafuyu: Eeek!

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Kangawa: It’s so good to see you!! / I missed you so much!! // When did you come back!?

Mafuyu: Ow! // Ow! // Ow!

--

Mafuyu: He’s… / trying to kill me… // [Oww…]

Kangawa: You’re still so cool even though your hair is short and it’s not even blonde anymore!! // You haven’t changed a bit!!

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Kangawa: I really thought… // I’d never see you again…

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Mafuyu: Why? // It’s not like I left the country or anything… // [So dramatic…]

Kangawa: Uh… Well…

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Kangawa: I'm not willing to go all the way to the city you’re living in now… [It’s so far…]

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Mafuyu: That’s so cold!! // I hate you!! Go away!

Kangawa: What! That’s so mean!

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Maizono: [Uh,] Mafuyu-san. / I thought about visiting you.

Mafuyu: Liar!! / A lie like that doesn’t make me happy at all!! [It’s cruel!!]

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Maizono: No, I’m serious. I still need you. // I realized that after you left.

Mafuyu: Senpai…

Maizono: So…

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Maizono: If you want to hit someone, please hit me! I insist!! // [It’s not fair that Kangawa gets all the attention!!]

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Maizono: Or what… Is this some sort of technique of yours?* // Okay! // I’ll play along, Mafuyu-san!
* He says “play,” which is kind of an incorrect way that the Japanese use an English word. A “play” refers to a kind of sexual strategy or technique to get someone excited. So Maizono is asking if Mafuyu is purposely neglecting him as a kind of “play,” or technique/strategy, sometimes called “neglect play.”

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Maizono: I really thought about going to see you. / No one hurts me as badly as you used to! No matter who I fight or what I do…

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Mafuyu: Senpai… / When you say you need me…

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Maizono: If you want me to be specific, // I really only need your right hand.

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Mafuyu: Shut up, you masochist!!! [I’m upset for having been happy for a second!!]

Maizono: Oooohhh…

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Mafuyu: If you wanted to see me, you should’ve come right away!!

Maizono: I wanted to wait it out until I was desperate…

Mafuyu: You’re insanely masochistic!!!

Kangawa: Huh…?

--

Kangawa: Mafuyu-san… // why…?

Mafuyu: WHA?

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Kangawa: Your hands… / They’re free…

Mafuyu: Oh. / The ability to get yourself free after being tied up is a basic trick all delinquents should know. // I'll punch anyone who calls themselves a delinquent but can't do it.

Kangawa: WHAT!?

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Mafuyu: Punch!? // Oh no… I'm reverting back to the way I used to talk because of these guys... // This is bad since I've been able to become more feminine these days...

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Mafuyu: I can’t keep going like this!! Mafuyu!! Don't go with the flow!! Be strong!! // Fight it!!

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Maufyu: I have to show them how I’ve grown!! // Sheesh. / You two have me all wrong!

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Mafuyu: I / became a normal girl!

Kangawa: What!?

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Kangawa: No way… You still look like a delinquent!

Maizono: A normal girl…? Gross!!

Mafuyu: I can’t do it…

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Mafuyu: So? // How’d we end up in this mess?

Maizono: Why are you acting like you’re in charge? You were tricked too!

Kangawa: Yeah! [So lame!]

Mafuyu: Wha! // How’d you two end up here!?

--

Kangawa: They just caught me and brought me here.

Mafuyu: Don’t act so proud of that!!

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Maizono: I gave in, in an attempt to satisfy my needs. / It’s one type of strategy.

Mafuyu: This stupid masochist!!

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Mafuyu: Ughhh, I’m so worried about what's going to become of us…

Maizono: How rude. / You’re still partially tied up. [Your feet are…]

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Mafuyu: Don’t be silly.

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Mafuyu: Ooph.

Maizono: Wow!

--

Kangawa: WOW!! How’d you do that!? // You're a magician!!

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Box: Mafuyu’s lesson on how to get untied / Beginners Level

When you’re getting tied up, you should pretend to resist and, in the meantime, make some space so you’re not tied up too tightly. // Make fists and pull your arms apart as much as possible.
Box: Tied horizontally

Overlapping your fingers can also make a lot of space!
Box: Tied vertically

Put your thumbs together.

Mafuyu: If you’re being tied vertically, make sure the rope doesn’t go between your wrists. Guard it well; using your fingers to hold it works too!

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Box: Advanced Level

Oh no! I’ve been figured out!!

Box: If that happens, try this.

When you’re getting tied up, put the base of your thumbs together and leave your pinky side as wide open as possible.

Bubble: It looks normal.

Small text: If you look from below... // There’s a lot of space.

Bubble: Use your hand to make sure the rope doesn’t go too far.

[Guard here.]

If they do tie it vertically, put your wrists together.

Then if you move your hands… // You can get out!!

Mafuyu: It’s important that you do all of this discreetly!!

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If you’re being tied up in other ways, you should hold your breath and flex all of your muscles. // When you stop flexing, you should have some leeway. It’s more effective when you are muscular. // Your sweat can also act as a lubricant!

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Mafuyu: Understand!? [Okay, try it out!!]

Kangawa: That’s so useful!!

Maizono: But we can’t do anything now. / We were tied up before we knew we should do all that.

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Mafuyu: I’ll untie you guys! // That’s the fastest way to go!!

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Mafuyu: That’s pretty tight…

Maizono: I requested for it to be as tight as possible… [They were really willing to do it…]

Mafuyu: [Great job…]

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Maizono: Don’t worry. // I have a lighter in my pocket, so you can use that.

--

Mafuyu: A lighter!? Are you…!?

Maizono: Oh no, / I didn't start smoking.

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Maizono: It’s for lighting candles. [At a low temperature...]

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Mafuyu: [Ok.] // As long as you’re not smoking.

Kangawa: So she’s okay with that…?

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Mafuyu: Which pocket?

Maizono: Oh, / the right one…

--

Mafuyu: Hmmm // I don’t feel it… // What’s this?

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M from Saitama City: The way he ties ropes is artistic.

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Mafuyu: Maizono!!

Maizono: Oops. // That’s the picture I’m submitting.

--

Maizono: It’s this pocket…

Mafuyu: If you can do that, you should have done so in the first place!!! [You did that on purpose!]

--

[Finally, the lighter came out.]

--

Mafuyu: Okay / don’t move.

Maizono: Wha?

Mafuyu: Don’t get excited. [I won’t do anything…]

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Mafuyu: Ready? / Here goes!

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Kangawa: Aaaah! It’s burning!! / Water! We need water!!!

Maizono: Mafuyu-san… / My hands are starting to feel numb… [What’s going on?]

Mafuyu: WATER!!!

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Mafuyu: So… / That failed. // [Sorry!]

Kangawa: I wonder if we can really leave this up to her…

--

Maizono: Don’t you have any other methods?

Kangawa: What!?

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Kangawa: Why are you getting excited!? / Haven’t you had enough? // [You freak!!]

Mafuyu: Methods…?

Maizono: Don’t be silly, I just want to get out of these ropes…

Kangawa: Liar!!

Mafuyu: [Hmmmm] // Another method…

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Mafuyu: I know! Takaomi-kun!! // Once there was a time…

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Today’s lesson

Mafuyu: What’s this? What do I do?

Takaomi: I saw it on TV last night. You have to dislocate your joints.

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Takaomi: I’ll show you how to do it first. // I think it’s like this…

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Takaomi: See? It’s easy.

Mafuyu: NO WAY!! / I can’t do that!!

--

Takaomi: What? // But it could be so useful.

--

Takaomi: Oh shit… // My hands won’t go back to normal…

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Takaomi: I guess it’s a better idea to just… // Beat up someone with a knife and steal it from them. [Hmmm]

Mafuyu: There we go!!

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Bully: Keep it down!!

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Bully: Ugh!

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Mafuyu: Found it!

Guys: Wow!

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Kangawa: Thanks so much!

Maizono: I don’t mind staying this way…

Mafuyu: Shut up and turn around.

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Mafuyu: By the way… // Sakurada said something weird earlier…

--

Mafuyu: What does Higashi High VS Nishi High mean?

--

Mafuyu: [There we go.]

Kangawa: We / should figure out how to get out first!!

Maizono: I want to do something thrilling…

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Kangawa: What… / Safety first, senpai…

Maizono: What are you saying? No girl will like you unless you’re a bit dangerous.

Mafuyu: Huh? // They didn’t answer me…

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Maizono: We should get out using the window, just as I theorized.

Mafuyu: What theory is he talking about…?

Kangawa: But! / There’s no curtain!!

Maizono: Hmm.

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Maizono: There’s / a pipe there.

Kangawa: [Woah!] It’s a delinquent’s dream to go down one of those! [So cool!]

--

Kangawa: I’ll go first.

Maizono: Okay, I’ll go right after you.

Mafuyu: Wait… / You really think we can go down this way?

--

Kangawa: Huh?

Maizono: Why not?

Mafuyu: Look!!

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Mafuyu: They can totally see us.

Kangawa: Whaaat!? Why are they hiding there?

Maizono: I don’t think they’re hiding… [They’re standing guard.]

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Mafuyu: There’s 10 of them… // I bet we can take on 10…

Kangawa: Hey! / Look, Mafuyu-san!! //They all have weapons!!

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Mafuyu: Yeah. //This isn’t going to work. [That’s gonna hurt.]

Kangawa: [Yeah…] That's no good.

Maizono: That’s dangerous.

[Delinquents that are serious about their safety.]

--

Mafuyu: Let’s think of a safer method.

Kangawa: Yeah! / Let’s strategize!

--

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Mafuyu: So // this is all we have with us.

3 cell phones
Weird photographs (a lot)
Chapstick
Superball
Lighter

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Mafuyu: We can’t really use any of these…

Kangawa: Really? / I think we have some cool stuff…

--

Mafuyu: You think so…? //Hm?

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Mafuyu: This is…!! // A cell phone!!!

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Mafuyu: You got one!? [You’re so with the times!!]

Maizono: Huh?

Kangawa: We always had one.

Mafuyu: HUH!?

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Mafuyu: I… / don’t have your numbers…

Maizono: Of course you don’t!!

Kangawa: We didn’t give them to you!!

--

Mafuyu: What!?

--

Mafuyu: Then… / Tell me now…

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Mafuyu: These guys aren’t human!!!

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Mafuyu: FINE!! / I have new friends now! [Shit! I’m going to call them!!!]

--

00. Mom
01. Saeki Takaomi
02. Hayasaka-kun

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Mafuyu: Only 3?! // And one is a family member!

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Kangawa: Oh, Mafuyu-san! / Why don’t we call someone for help?

Maizono: Oh / yeah.

Mafuyu: What?!

--

<beep>

Kangawa: I’ll ask some of my guys. [I’m the head of the group right now.]

--

Kangawa: [Oh crap.] I’m out of batteries. [Nevermind.]

Mafuyu: This guy is showing off with his cell phone… // Does he have everyone’s number!?

--

Mafuyu: I only have 2 options. // Hayasaka-kun or Takaomi-kun. // Takaomi-kun… // No way… I’m too scared to owe him one…

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Mafuyu: But I feel like I shouldn’t tell Hayasaka-kun about a fight…

Hayasaka: I wanna join!!

Mafuyu: He might say that… // That leaves… // Takaomi-kun!!!

--

Mafuyu: Music…?

--

Woman: Hi! Saeki-sensei can’t answer right now!

Mafuyu: A woman!? // This is embarrassing…!!

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Takaomi: Don’t answer my phone… [It’s Mafuyu?]

Woman: Aw!

Mafuyu: Takaomi-kun…

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Mafuyu: Who was that? [You’r girlfriend?]

Takaomi: A student. [Don’t start imagining things…]

Mafuyu: Eh?

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Takaomi: I’m taking care of some students. // Damn, / I can’t believe these kids are going to clubs and partying…

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Mafuyu: [What!?] You’re working on a day off?

Takaomi: Yeah / I was kinda worried about something. [Oh, I found two more.]

--

Mafuyu: Worried about something?

Takaomi: Yeah / it was discussed the other day… / I guess you weren’t there for that.

--

Takaomi: There you are!

Mafuyu: What!?

--

Kyaaaa! Yakuza!!

Shut up!!

Kyaaa!! AAAAH!!

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Student: Sensei! The Yakuza is here!!

Takaomi: I’m coming.

--

Takaomi: So… Did you need me for something?

Mafuyu: No… It’s nothing compared to what you’re dealing with… // Bye…

<beep>

--

[Bang bang?]

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Mafuyu: After hearing that I feel like we’re not in trouble at all. // Yakuza? / He said Yakuza? [And what was that bang!?]

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Mafuyu: Whatever!! It’s not like we’re going to die!! // We’ll take them head-on!! // Let’s go!! Come on!!

Maizono: Okay!!

Chapter 13/END

Translation: Alive 65

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:58:42 +0000

Reserved for Twilight Dream Scans

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Anzu: The hospital? Are you sick?

Rei: I dunno…

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Rei: Aoi keeps saying weird things lately, / and she’s been moving really strangely lately…

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<footsteps>

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Yukie: No way… // Aoi too?

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Anzu: Mama!

Rei: Jun…!

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Yukie: I’m home…

Chapter 65: Mom

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Rei: So… The whole suicide disaster and the reason why Aoi’s acting strange… // is all because of that?

--

Rei: I don’t get it…

Jun: [This is my power…]

Rei: No, I get that…

--

<click>

Anzu: A foreign species…

--

Anzu: An unknown species comes to earth from outer space… / That’s a common scenario.

Rei: You play too many video games…

P100

Anzu: Jun and Aoi turned out okay and have been coexisting with regular people. // It’s also a common scenario for the foreign species to be superior and they disrupt the current ecosystem.

--

Anzu: Don’t use your power in the house, Jun. / You’re going to break my PC…

Jun sfx: <sad>

Rei: You’ve accepted all of this? [You’re listening to what your little sis says?]

--

Yukia: I’m glad Anzu explained it all. / I’m bad with words…

--

Yukie: But I can say this much… // If we leave “Akuro’s heart” the way it is…

P101

Yukie: The world will be destroyed.

--

Rei: You finally came home after being gone for a year, / and this is what you come back with…

--

Rei: Alright. // You’re leaving again ‘cuz you can’t leave this thing the way it is? / How many years do we have to wait for you to come home next time!?

--

Yukie: I’m staying here…

P102

Yukie: This might be a more brutal thing to do to you all… // But this is the only way I can protect you. // We have to find the comrade that had it fall onto him… // The “final weak being” that was born from it.

P103

Rei: I get what mama was saying! // It’s better that the “heart” doesn’t exist!!

P104

The “heart” longs for…

P105

Former friends…

--

Yukie: Impossible…! // The two are going to meet…!?

P106

Dan: Eek!!

P107

Nami & Taisuke: This is…!

--

<shaking>

--

Horner: The “heart” is coming!!

P108

Yuuta… // Rei-kun…

Yukie: Taisuke! // Megumi…

Taisuke: Huh?

--

Yukie: Nothing… // The “heart” is coming! // Hirose Yuuichi too!!

P109

<splash>

--

Rei: Hey, Yuuta, look!

--

Yuuta: Yeah… // That’s “Akuro’s heart”…

P110

Yuuta: I’m so happy…

P111

Yuuta: To see it again…

P112

P113

Horner: That’s it…!!

--

McPherson: [Hmmm…] // What?

P114

McPherson: They’re crying…?

P115

Nami: Why am I… crying…!?

--

Yukie: Because it’s such a great thing… // It’s too wonderful…

Nami: Waahh

--

Yukie: What does it look like to you?

Nami: It’s nostalgic…

P116

Yukie: Something we lost… / Something we wanted… // That’s how we feel it. // That’s why we want to reach out for it… // Even if it kills us…

P117

Nami: Why is Kanou okay…?

P118

Yukie: He’s not okay… / But he thinks he can’t depend on it…

--

Nami: Huh?

--

Yukie: I think to him… It looks… // Like his parents that died because of him…

P119

So he can’t depend on the “heart” // I knew it… / I can use him…

P120

Aoi: Mama! // This is Mama!

--

Aoi: Jun-nii! / This is me!

Taisuke: Who’s this?

Aoi: An-nee!

--

Taisuke: [An-nee?]

Aoi: [Anzu. Anzu-chan.]

--

Taisuke: These are comrades that were looking for me…?

--

Rei: About that “container” story… Wouldn’t it be easiest to just use mama’s “controlling” power? // Then just tell him to become the container?

P121

Yukie: That method would fail… // And… // I don’t want to kill everything about him, including his character …

--

Rei: It’s not like he has parents that would hold a grudge… // Oh, sorry…

--

Jun: I think… if his memory comes back… // He’d want to go home…

Yukie: I’m sure…

P122

Rei: Teach him some martial arts / so he knows self defense.

--

Rei: And you search for the “heart”…

Anzu: Okay…

--

Rei: Let’s leave it up to him to decide if he wants to be the “container”… // But I bet… he’ll…

--

Taisuke: Who’s this curly hair guy?

Aoi: Rei-nii! He wants straight hair.

Taisuke: Haha!

P123

Yukie: He can be the “container”…!

--
Nami: Why is it Kanou? // Why does it have to be him!?

P124

Yukie: You knew…

--

Yukie: Taisuke is special… // Didn’t you feel something different about him when you first met him?

--

Nami: …

--

Nami: It was as if he didn’t know he was a comrade…

--

Yukie: The thing that fell upon him // was very small.

P125

Yura: Are you a… // failure?

Yukie: Someone that only has a little bit like him // won’t overflow and break even after touching the “heart”…

Yuta: Something’s special about Taisuke… // He’s missing a lot of things and is incomplete. // He’s lacking a lot compared to others…

P126

Yukie: Hirose Yuuichi too… // But Katsumata tried to do something more.

--

Yukie: He tried to open up the hole in his hear and make that a “container” but… // That made his ego stronger… // and he soon wanted more strength…

--

Yukie: That’s why he failed.

Small text by Horner: [Eavesdropping]

P127

Yukie: By in between Taisuke and the “heart” // is an immense gap of difference!

--

Yukie: He can…

Nami: I’m against this!

P128

Yukie: That’s your ego…

--

Yukie: But this is mine… // watch her!

Nami: What?

--

Yukie: It’s sad but it’s the first time… // I’ve ever wanted to do something for my children.

P129

Yukie: I can’t believe I wouldn’t have felt this way… // if this hadn’t fallen upon me…

<grip>

Nami: Wha…!?

P130

Yukie: I… // want to… // redo my life as a mother…!!

<rip> <rip>

P131

P132

Yukie: The piece… // of the heart…!

<panting>

--

<panting>

--

Yukie: Yes…

P133

Yukie: Come…!

--

[Staring]

Nami: Ah! // I have to stop it, or else Kanou will…

P134

Nami: Uuh… <tears fall>

P135

Yukie: Here… // Take this…

<panting>

--

Taisuke: But… // I…

P136

Taisuke: I can’t take it…!

--

<panting>

--

Yukie: Your parents… // will forgive you…!

<panting>

--

Yukie: Hurry…

<grip>

P137

Yukie: Mitama… // I win!

P138

<wind blowing>

P139

Taisuke: Stand back!!

P140

Taisuke: Hirose…!!

Chapter 65 / END

Translation: Detective Conan 699

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:28:22 +0000

Reserved for Endless Youth & Co.

[Finally caught up! There's no chapter next week... What a cliff hanger!!]

File 699: There’s Always Tomorrow

P2

Mitsuhiko: It finally starts tomorrow at 4:00 pm!

--

Mitsuhiko: The big game, Tokyo Spirits versus Big Osaka!!

Ayumi: Big won last time so the Spirits have to win this time!

Genta: But…

--

Genta: The Spirit’s Hide can’t play tomorrow's game because of his injury… // So don’t you think we’re totally gonna lose?

--

Ai: Yeah… Big’s Higo-san might score a hat trick, be this year’s MVP and Big might win it all!

Genta: What!?

--

Conan: Higo-san can’t play in tomorrow’s game either because he’s accumulated too many yellow cards…

Ai: What? / Really?

P3

Conan: You didn’t see the article in the sports news this morning? // It said, “Neither hero can stand on the battlefield”!

--

Ai: Oh yeah… I do remember the sportscaster sounded really disappointed when Higo-san got a yellow card in the last game and I felt really nervous about it… So he ended up stuck in a sneaky scam…

Conan: Sneaky scam…?

--

Conan: She knows what a hat trick is, but doesn’t know what it means to be admonished for too many yellow cards?

Mitsuhiko: It’s pretty painful for both teams to not have their best players in the game tomorrow…

--

Genta: Speaking of painful… I have to get one of my teeth pulled tomorrow…

Ayumi: No way! // Sounds so painful!

--

Genta: Crap! Hide isn’t playing and I don’t wanna go to the dentist! // I don’t ever want it to be tomorrow!

--

??: Hey hey, you shouldn’t say such things!

P4

??: Tomorrow is full of hope! // Especially for kids like you!

Genta: Who’s this old man?

--

Box: Daita Kyouzou (62) A passerby

Daita: Oh, I’m just a passerby… // I’m retired so I have lots of time on my hands!

--

Genta: So you have stuff you’re looking forward to tomorrow?

Daita: Yeah… I have too many things that I’m looking forward to…

--

Daita: I’m going to Osaka tomorrow to watch the game… / Then I’m going to meet my friend that I haven’t seen for 10 years to have drinks back here in Tokyo… // The last episode of my favorite drama series is tomorrow too… / And the summer big lotto…!

--

Daita: They’re announcing the winning numbers tomorrow! // I bought a lot of tickets this time so I’m so excited…

P5

Genta: A… // purse-snatcher!?

--

Daita: Th… // Thief!!

--

Conan: You guys stay here!!

Ayumi: Conan-kun!?

--

Conan: STOP!

--

Conan: I… // said… // STOP!!

P6

Conan: Shit!

Ayumi: Conan-kun!

--

Mitsuhiko: Where’s the thief?

Genta: He got away?

Conan: Yeah! / But I got your bag back!

--

Conan: It wasn’t opened up so I don’t think anything was stolen, but look inside to make sure!

Daita: Oh, thank you!

--

Daita: There’s my wallet, house keys, schedule book… // soccer game ticket and glasses case…

--

Daita: Looks like everything’s here!

Ayumi: There’s a sticker picture on your glasses case!

--

Daita: It’s of my niece who’s turning 7 years old this year… // My niece picked this glasses case and sent it to me as a birthday gift… / It’s my most valuable posession…

P7

Mitsuhiko: She’s 7 years old?

Genta: She’s the same age as us!

Ayumi: Does she go to Teitan School?

Daita: Oh, no… // I don’t remember which school…

--

Ai: Here are your lotto tickets! // I picked up the ones I could find…

Daita: Oh! You picked them up for me?

--

Mitsuhiko: I picked some up too!

Ayumi: I found 3 of them!

Genta: I found 5!

Daita: Thanks for everything… / You got my bag back and my tickets…

--

Mitsuhiko: Of course!

Genta: We’re the shounen detective squad!

Ayumi: We help anyone in trouble!

--

Daita: Shounen detective squad?

Mitsuhiko: Yup! We’ve helped solve cases a few times!

Ayumi: We’re good friends with many officers too!

--

Daita: Do you all have time for me to thank you all by buying you dessert?

Ayumi: We do!

Genta: We have lots of time!

--

Daita: Let’s go to a nearby cake shop!

Kids: Hooray!!

P8

Mitsuhiko: Wow…

--

Mitsuhiko: You’re going to see the Big versus Spirits game?

Daita: Yeah! / Look at my ticket!

--

Daita: I made sure to get really good seats!

Ayumi: Wow!

--

Daita: I love both Hide and Higo… // So I’m excited to see their battle!

Genta: Huh?

--

Mitsuhiko: Oh, they’re not…

<ring ring>

--

Daita: Oh, Omi-kun? // I can’t wait to drink with you all night…

--

Daita: What? You have to be back home by 10:00 pm? / That means we can only drink for an hour!

P9

Daita: Do you want to meet at 7:00 pm then? / We’re both retired and have lots of time… // I’ll call the restaurant for us…

--

Daita: I’ll be looking forward to seeing you! Don’t be surprised by how old I look now!

--

Daita: Change my plans to meet my friend to 7:00 pm…

--

Ayumi: Wow, you have a lot of plans tomorrow!

Daita: Right?

Ai: It says “washing machine” in your schedule for today…

--

Daita: I’m going to Akihabara to buy a new one since my current one broke! // I’ve been having to go to the Laundromat because of it…

--

Daita: But I enjoyed going to the Laundromat in my T-shirt and sweat pants… / and reading the newspaper while waiting for the laundry to finish…

Genta: Speaking of the Laundromat…

--

Genta: I’m so excited for Detective Sanmonji’s “Laundromat Murder Mystery”!

Mitsuhiko: Tomorrow’s the final episode!

Daita: I’m hooked on that drama too…

--

Daita: I’m excited to find out who did it! // My guess is that the murderer is…

Conan: I know who it is!

P10

Conan: I read the book that it’s based on… / so I know who did it…

Daita: What?

--

Genta: Really?

Ayumi: Don’t tell me who it is!! Don’t ruin it!!

Conan: Don’t worry, I won’t!

--

Daita: Can you tell me who it is? Tell me secretly…

Conan: Really? But you can find out tomorrow…

--

Daita: I won’t get to see it right away since I’m going drinking…

Conan: But aren’t you going to record it? / You should wait until then!

--

Daita: Thanks for everything! // See you later, shounen detective squad!

--

Daita: My name is Daita Kyouzou! // If you ever see me on the street, make sure to say hi!

--

Genta: What a strange old man…

Mitsuhiko: Yes… He has so many hopes for the future!

Ayumi: Yeah!

P11

Announcer: A train is arriving in track 2! // Please stand behind the white line…

<hiccup>

--

Daita: Yoshimi… // Wait for me…

--

Daita: I’ll… // save you…

--

Conan: It’ll hurt…

P12

Conan: If you get hit by a train…

--

Daita: What?

--

Conan: You’re planning to kill yourself, aren’t you? // So that you can help pay for your niece’s surgery bills…

--

Conan: Is your life insurance worth a lot?

Daita: How… // did you know!?

--

Conan: You kept saying how much you were looking forward to tomorrow… // but you don’t really care about tomorrow!

Daita: Don’t care?

P13

Ayumi: You didn’t know that Hide and Higo-san won’t be in tomorrow’s game, even though you’re going all the way to Osaka for the game!

Mitsuhiko: And it’s weird for you to promise to meet your friend back in Tokyo only 3 hours after the game starts! / A game would last at least 2 hours and there’s no way you can come back to Tokyo from Osaka in an hour!

--

Genta: And you didn’t even count the lotto tickets that we picked up to make sure you got them all back…

Ai: It’s also strange that you wanted to know how the drama ends before you can watch it tomorrow…

--

Ai: It’s as if you’re sure that there is no tomorrow for you…

Mitsuhiko: That’s how we knew that you were going to kill yourself!!

--

Ayumi: We heard all of this from Conan-kun!

Conan: You drank a lot because you wanted it to look like a drunken accident that you fell into the tracks…

--

Conan: If your soccer ticket and lotto tickets came out of your bag and you had us as witnesses to prove that you were excited about tomorrow… // No one would suspect that you committed suicide in order to get your family your insurance money…

--

Ai: So it must have been insurance that is void in a suicidal death…

Daita: How did you know about my niece’s condition?

Conan: If you’re most valuable possession… / You would at least know which school she goes to!

--

Conan: But the fact that you didn’t know was because she wasn’t attending a school… So I figured she must be hospitalized somewhere…

Daita: She’s been hospitalized since 6 months ago…

P14

Daita: She has a condition in her heart… // and we finally found a good doctor overseas and she was supposed to have surgery done soon…

--

Daita: But the costs… This is the only thing I could think of…

Ayumi: But she’d be sad if she got better and you weren’t here anymore…

Genta: You also bought a lot of lotto tickets! Maybe you’ll win!

--

Daita: There’s no way I’ll win! // One person can’t possibly win 100 million yen again!!

--

Mitsuhiko: Again?

Ayumi: You’ve won before?

Daita: Yeah… I won at the end of last month and I praised the Gods…

--

Daita: But… I lost that winning ticket and I can’t find it anywhere!!

Kids: WHAT!?

--

Conan: Did you figure out that you won when you read the newspaper while you were waiting at the Laundromat?

Daita: Yeah… But I couldn’t find it when I got home so I must have lost it on my way home…

Conan: What about your other tickets?

--

Daita: I threw them out to avoid confusion…

Conan: That means you put your ticket away somewhere safe… It’s too risky to put it in your pocket… / And you didn’t have your wallet on you…

--

Conan: Which means the one place it could be is…

P15

Conan: Inside your glasses case!

--

Daita: Here it is!!!

--

Ai: How’d you know he brought his glasses case with him?

Conan: He squinted and put the schedule book further away from him when he was making changes so those glasses are reading glasses! / If he was checking his lotto numbers in the newspaper, he would have had his glasses on him!

--

Conan: He probably hadn’t opened his glasses cases after he thought he lost his ticket because he felt like he let his niece down! // And he didn’t need his glasses to look for his ticket.

--

Daita: I even considered robbing a bank but I’m glad I didn’t!!

Conan: Oh man…

--

Daita: You shouldn’t do bad things! / Yessiree!

--

Daita: Thanks again, shounen detective squad!

Genta: He’s so happy now…

P16

Genta: We just saw some bank robbers just the other day!

Mistuhiko: Yeah! That was pretty scary…

--

Ayumi: I saw a familiar guy in that bank that I hadn’t seen for a while!

Ai: A familiar guy?

Ayumi: Yeah, he was with us when we ended up in that bus-jack!

--

Genta: The guy with the really scary eyes?

Mitsuhiko: I saw him too! / He has a burn on his right cheek…

--

Conan: There was someone like that on the bus?

Ayumi: Yeah! He didn’t have the burn at the time of the bus-jack…

--

Ayumi: He was wearing a black knit hat!

Conan: Wha… // WHAT!?

There will be no chapter next week.
To be continued in Issue 34

Translation: Detective Conan 698

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:16:31 +0000

Reserved for Endless Youth & Co.

[Almost caught up........almost!!!!]

File 698: An Obscure and Fragile Thing

P2

Yuika: I’ll be leaving now!

--

Yuika: I have to let our other friends know about Mihiro’s passing…

Megure: Wait, you can’t leave yet…

--

Megure: There’s something we’re stuck on… Your friend Mihiro-san that you were supposed to meet… // Left the café that you two were supposed to meet….

--

Megure: And for some reason she was found murdered in a restroom in Harajuku…

Yuika: I don’t know why either!

--

Yuika: The only thing that I can say is that I came into this café 10 minutes after Mihiro went to the bathroom… // And I tried calling her a bunch of times because she’s taking so long and when I thought she finally answered…

P3

Yuika: You answered her phone while at the crime scene! // Or what? Are you suspecting that I did it?

Megure: Uh, no…

--

Megure: It’s not that…

Mouri: Chief, Shoudou-san is innocent!

--

Mouri: We talked about this already! If Shoudou-san is the murderer, she would had to call Mihiro to make her go to the restroom in the park… / and then come to the café after she killed her…

--

Mouri: But it would take her 30 minutes roundtrip from the café to the restroom in Harajuku… // There’s no way she could have come to the café 10 minutes after Mihiro-san left…

--

Mouri: And we found fingerprints on the broken glass from the café. // Which means we know for sure that Mihiro-san was in the café!

--

Conan: I wonder why Mihiro-san touched that glass.

Mouri: Huh?

--

Mouri: If you’re served water at a café, you would drink it!!

Conan: But the glass that she dropped and broke…

P4

Conan: Didn’t have any lipstick on it!

Mouri, Yuika, Megure: What?

--

Conan: That goth-loli lady was wearing black lipstick.

Mouri: Oh, you’re right…

Yuika: Maybe you don’t know, little boy…

--

Yuika: A real lady wipes off any lipstick that gets on a cup out of courtesy!

Conan: But I don’t think there were any smudge marks from her wiping it off either…

--

Yuika: Maybe she just moved the cup so that she wouldn’t hit it with her menu when she was looking at it. / So she didn’t get to drink the water before she got up!

--

Yuika: But I accidentally hit the cup with my menu when I opened it…

Conan: Hmmm…

--

Conan: Then you were really lucky about the glass breaking!

Yuika: Lu… // lucky?

P5

Conan: If it didn’t break, the café staff would have cleaned up after you left to come to the crime scene… // and the fingerprints would have been washed away!

--

Conan: Why did you sit on the side that the cup was placed? Wasn’t it clear that your friend was sitting there since the cup was there? / People usually sit on the opposite side of the person they’re waiting for…

Yuika: That… / that’s…

Conan: If you sat on the other side you wouldn’t have broken the glass…

--

Mouri: You idiot! She’s free to sit on whichever side she wants to!! / That broken glass would have been thrown away so we would have lost the fingerprint anyway!!

--

Mouri: If the garbage truck came to pick up the trash, it would have been taken away… // and do you know how many officers would need to go searching through the pile of garbage…

Conan: He’s so annoying…

--

Mouri: do you…?

P6

Mouri: Do… // do… // do…

--

Megure: Hey, Mouri-kun!? Did you…!?

Yuika: Mouri!?

--

Yuika: Are you sleeping Kogoro!?

Conan speaking as Mouri from now on: Indeed I am…

--

Mouri: But I won’t let this case go into eternal sleep… // I will explain it completely…

--

Mouri: How Kuze Hirose-san was killed in the Harajuku park restroom… // and how the murderer was able to create an alibi by coming to the café right after the murder took place…

P7

Mouri: Shindou Yuika-san… // You are the one that committed this crime!

--

Megure: Hey Mouri-kun... // You even said it yourself / that it would take 30 minutes roundtrip to from the restroom to the café…

--

Megure: But Shoudou-san came into this café 10 minutes after Mihiro-san left…

Mouri: Sure, it would be impossible for her to kill Mihiro-san after she went to the restroom…

--

Mouri: But what if she killed her before Mihiro-san came to the café? // Then it’s possible.

--

Megure: Before she came here? // Then who came to the café…?

--

Mouri: I’m sure you thought that the goth-loli fashion is extremely unique when you saw Mihiro-san’s body…

--

Mouri: All of us in the café thought the same thing and our attention went straight to her clothes… // No one really looked at her face enough to remember it…

P8

Mouri: No one would have guessed that the OL-style woman that walked in 10 minutes later… // was the same person as the woman in goth-loli fashion from just a few moments ago!

--

Yuika: What? That’s such nonsense! // Mihiro’s fingerprints were on that glass!!

Mouri: Of course they were!

--

Mouri: You had stolen that glass in advance from the café… // and had it all prepared!

--

Yuika: What!?

Mouri: I’m assuming you served Mihiro-san something to drink in that glass when she came to your house… // and made sure her fingerprints were on that glass!

--

Mouri: When you first arrived dressed in goth-loli clothes, you were served some water… / and then you switched the glass with the one you hid in your purse when you came back in the OL-style clothing…

--

Mouri: You purposely sat on the same side to make swapping easier… // since you had to switch the water into the glass as well!

P9

Mouri: Then you purposely knocked the glass over and broke it… // So that you could get rid of any evidence that Mihiro-san would have left of her sitting there… // and to force us to use the glass as the only thing that we could use… // Plus, if it’s broken, you could try to help pick up the pieces and say your fingerprints got on it at that time…

--

Yuika: But you said if the glass broke, it would have been thrown away…

Mouri: That would only apply if several days had passed since Mihiro-san’s body was found!

--

Megure: So that’s why you kept calling Mihiro-san! // If someone was in the restroom and the phone kept ringing but no one answered, someone would eventually check on the person inside the stall! / That’s especially true at a time the restroom gets crowded!

--

Megure: After Mihiro-san’s body is found, the police would wonder who kept calling her and head to the café she was supposed to go to… // and we would be forced to find the glass to use as evidence!

--

Yuika: Wait a second! // Have you forgotten? // Mihiro came to this store to buy that dress alone yesterday afternoon / and it was the only day the dress was available…

--

Yuika: There’s no way I could have bought t hat dress while I was away on my business trip in Fukuoka until today…

Mouri: The question is not about who bought the dress…

P10

Mouri: It’s about how many…

--

Mouri: Did Mihiro-san only buy one dress yesterday?

Store staff: No, she bought two…

--

Store staff: She had called in to preorder, since she could only come pick them up in the afternoon and she asked for two dresses of the same size… // She was worried that they’d be sold out since we had put an ad up a few days ago and the dress is very popular…

--

Mouri: When the chief asked if Mihiro-san came to buy the dress alone…

Yuika: Is she the only one who bought that dress?

Mouri: You interjected with that question.

--

Mouri: It was to prevent her from saying that Mihiro-san had bought two of the dresses before the question was raised. // You wanted us to focus on who bought the dress opposed to how many she bought…

--

Mouri: Am I wrong?

Megure: But Mouri-kun…

P11

Megure: I understand that you’re saying that she made Mihiro-san buy her the same dress in the same size and bring it with her but… / it would take her a really long time to do her make up and hair after she killed Mihiro-san. How can she do it quickly enough so she can keep her alibi?

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Megure: You’re not implying that they had planned to meet each other looking identical to one another…

Store staff: Oh, about that…

Yuika: THAT’S EXACTLY IT!!

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Yuika: How do you know she didn’t buy them both for herself? / It might have been a spare in case she ruined one of them by accident!

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Yuika: Right!? // There are people that do that!?

Store staff: Yes… I suppose…

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Mouri: My daughter… // helped me solve this mystery…

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Conan: Ran nee-chan and Sonoko nee-chan! // Why are you two hiding over there?

Ran: Wha…

Sonoko: That brat!

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Conan: Everyone wants to see your cute dress!

Ran: Whaaaat!?

Sonoko: Fine fine.

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Sonoko: Tada!!

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Megure: What are you wearing!? And why are you dressed the same!?

Store staff: Oh, that’s…

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Store staff: It’s called twin-fashion… / It’s when really close friends wear the same clothes, same make-up, same hairstyle and even carry the same handbag… / They try to look like they’re twins!

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Store staff: So I thought that Mihiro-san was going to do the same twin-fashion with her friend…

Megure: I see… So you talked Mihiro-san into doing this… / And after you two changed into your clothes in the park restroom…

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Megure: And you strangled her to death!!

Yuika: I don’t know about that… Can you prove to me that I’m the one who did it then?

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Mouri: There is proof… // On your left arm…

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Yuika: What?

Mouri: Earlier on, you went to look at the time on your watch but you stopped and checked your cell phone instead. / The reason why you stopped was…

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Mouri: When you were strangling her… // Mihiro-san scratched your arm…

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Megure: There is a wound here…

Yuika: No! // I did it myself by accident…

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Mouri: Sure… You can make up any kind of excuse about that… / Your skin wasn’t found under Mihiro-san’s nails, presumably because they were caught on her fake nails… / So all you had yo do was remove her fake nails to get rid of the DNA evidence…

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Mouri: Despite the fact that you didn’t have much time since you had to complete your alibi… / You had to remove all of her fake nails carefully… / The reason why is…

P14

Mouri: You wanted to hide the fact that she scratched you at all! // You had to hide the blood that fell from your wound onto a specific place in the restroom!!

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Megure: What is that specific place you speak of?

Mouri: Officer Takagi should be contacting you soon…

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Megure: Yes, this is Megure… // What!? There’s evidence of blood in the stall next to where the body was!?

Takagi: Yes!

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Takagi: The toilet paper cover didn’t have any dust on it so I had someone test it for a luminol reaction!

Megure: And what did you find!?
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Takagi: It’s not the victim’s blood so it must be the perpetrator’s blood! // The murder must have taken place in this stall… / The body must have been moved because the perpetrator’s blood was in this stall…

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Megure: That’s the word! / We would like to examine a sample of your blood…

Yuika: Heh… You can if you want…

P15

Yuika: But Mihiro has stolen everything from me… // so I probably don’t have any blood left to give you!

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Sonoko: Stole what? Your boyfriend?

Yuika: Yes, that’s one thing! The first time she stole something of mine was when we were 20 years old. / I was already depressed but I was fired soon after, got kicked out of my apartment and all of my friends stopped seeing me for some reason…

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Yuika: She was the only one left… // Mihiro spoke to her parents and got me a job at their company… / and I was able to get an apartment thanks to her…

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Megure: She was such a giving friend!

Yuika: Yes… I thought so until recently…

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Yuika: Until I found out that the reason why I was fired, kicked out of my house and lost all of my friends… // was all because of her evil schemes!!

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Ran: Why would she do that?

Yuika: I don’t know… Maybe she wanted me to be dependent on her? / She didn’t have any other friends…

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Yuika: But she betrayed me… When I trusted her… // So that’s why I took everything away from her…

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Yuika: You happy-go-lucky girls should watch out too… // Friendship is an obscure and fragile thing…

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Megure: We’ll hear the rest back at the precinct…

Sonoko: Are you stupid or something!?

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Sonoko: It’s not obscure or fragile!! // That’s why we become stronger when we feel ourselves connected to each other!!

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Sonoko: If your heart is hard as steel and your friendship is only about convenience… // you’ll never be able to connect!

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Yuika: You’re right… // If I could have said something like that to her…

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Yuika: We might have been able to… // connect like we once did a long time ago…

--

Ran: You’re so cool, Sonoko!

Sonoko: Thanks!

Conan: Not so cool when you’re dressed like that…

To be continued in Issue 32

Translation: Detective Conan 697

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:27:00 +0000

Reserved for Endless Youth & Co.

File 697: Cursed Fashion!?

P2

Megure: What a strange look…

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Megure: This woman’s clothes…

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Megure: Is this what’s popular these days?

Takagi: No, it’s called goth-loli… / It’s been a chosen style for some people for a while now…

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Megure: Sorry for being an old man who doesn’t understand these things…

Takagi: Oh, no…

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Megure: Have we identified the victim?

Takagi: According to the driver’s license that she had on her…

P3

Takagi: She lives on Haido Street… // and her name is Kuze Mihiro…

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Megure: There’s a mark from something being wrapped around her neck and Yoshikawa lines… // There’s no mistake that this is a strangulation…

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Ran: Yoshikawa lines?

Sonoko: What’s that?

Takagi: Oh, it’s police jargon…

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Conan: If you’re getting strangled by someone, you’d claw at the rope to try to stop the strangulation, right? // It’s common for scratch marks to be left on the victim’s neck because of it! / When you’re being strangled, you don’t even feel the pain from the scratching because it’s more painful being unable to breathe!

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Conan: The chief of forensics back in the Taisho era, Yoshikawa Chouichisan, first focused on these scratch marks to be evidence of a murder by strangulation… // And ever since, the scratches are called “Yoshikawa lines,” named after him!

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Mouri: Did you see that on TV too?

Conan: Oh… / Yeah…

P4

Megure: Is it true that you folks saw this woman earlier today?

Mouri: Yes… / I came along with these two that wanted to go shopping…

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Mouri: We stopped by a café and these two were looking through a fashion magazine that they picked up in Shinjuku… // Then the victim came in!

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Megure: A café in Shinjuku?

Mouri: Yes… // Then, they came into this bathroom to change into the clothes they bought in Harajuku and that’s how they found her…

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Mouri: In this tragic scene…

Takagi: Was the victim with someone when she came to the café?

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Ran: She was supposed to be meeting her friend…

Sonoko: A OL*-type woman in glasses…
*OL = office lady

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Megure: What time did they come into the café?

Sonoko: The goth-loli girl came in a little before 1:00…

Ran: And the OL-type woman came in 10 or 15 minutes after that…

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Megure: The estimated time of death is between 12:30 and 1:30…

Takagi: Yes… Which means it’s possible for that OL to have called the victim out here and killed her…

P5

Megure: But how did she lock the door after leaving the body in here…?

Mouri: She probably climbed on top of a bucket and used the handle of a brush to lock the door from the outside… / The lock is a slide-type…

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Megure: Is this bathroom always this crowded?

Takagi: Yes, it’s usually crowded around this time… / According to these women, the door was already locked when they came in and her phone went off from time to time…

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Megure: Her phone?

Takagi: Yes… We looked through the call history and it seems like someone called her every 10 minutes during these past 2 hours…

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Megure: Oh! The phone…

Takagi: It’s the same number calling again!

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<beep>

Yuika: Hey, Mihiro! What are you doing!? / I’ve been waiting for you in the café!

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Megure: Hello, this is the police…

Yuika: Police!?

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Yuika: Did something happen to Mihiro?

Megure: Actually…

P6

Yuika: No…!

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Yuika: Mihiro… // Why… // Why!?

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Megure: You were supposed to meet Kuze Mihiro-san today?

Yuika: Yes… // We were supposed to meet at the café at 1:00…

Box: Shoudou Yuika (26) OL

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Megure: And after you met up with Mihiro-san, you both came to this restroom?

Yuika: I hadn’t seen her yet today until now!

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Megure: Huh? But you both came to this café…

Ran: They missed each other…

Sonoko: She came in about 10 minutes after the goth-loli girl went to the restroom…

P7

Takagi: So she just never returned from the restroom?

Yuika: Yes… I asked the café staff to go check because she was taking so long, but she said no one was in there…

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Yuika: I called her every 10 minutes but she wouldn’t pick up and when I thought she finally answered…

Megure: It was me…

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Megure: Why didn’t you go check the restroom yourself?

Mouri: The restroom is outside! / She couldn’t leave before she could pay…

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Megure: So you have been waiting in the café all this time?

Yuika: Yes… // You can ask the café staff to be sure…

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Mouri: Maybe we should go to the café?

Megure: Okay… While everyone’s memory is still fresh…

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Mouri: We’ll head to the café but you stay here, Takagi! / Call me if you find something out!

Takagi: Yes, sir!

Ran: What’s wrong, Sonoko?

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Sonoko: Something doesn’t seem right about her…

Ran: Huh? // What do you mean?

P8

Sonoko: Goth-loli girls usually pain their nails white or black… // but she hasn’t painted her nail at all.

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Sonoko: I guess her nails weren’t painted when she came into the café either…

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Conan: Were there any fake nails or anything on the floor?

Takagi: Oh, no…

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Mouri: Hey, what are you doing? Let’s go! // You guys are witnesses too!

Ran: Okay…

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Café staff: Yes, she did come in! // A little before 1:00… // And sat here…

P9

Megure: And you’re sure it was this woman?

Café staff: Yes, I believe so…

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Café staff: She was very soft-spoken…

Megure: Soft-spoken?

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Café staff: She asked me the time as soon as she sat down, so I told her it was 12:56… // But the clock is right near where she was sitting…

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Megure: Is it true that this woman came in 10 minutes after the other woman went to the restroom?

Café staff: Yes… She said she was meeting her friend… // I think it was around 1:12…

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Megure: And she sat here this whole time?

Café staff: Yes… / She seemed to be calling the other woman many times…

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Megure: If she’s the murderer… // She would have had to kill the victim right as she went into the restroom and come here after the job was done…

P10

Megure: But it would take over 30 minutes by car or train to get to that restroom from here…

Mouri: It’s impossible for her to do it…

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Conan: I think she was cursed to death by an evil witch!

Ran: What?

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Ran: An evil witch…?

Conan: That goth-loli lady looked so normal in her driver’s license picture… / but she looked like she was cursed or something when we saw her!

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Sonoko: You’re so dumb!! Goth-loli people make their skin look whiter with foundation and use mascara to make their eyes stand out!

Ran: If Sonoko or I did the same, we’d look like that too!

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Conan: Then if you dressed the same, no one could tell the difference between you two…

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Mouri: Chief… I think this might be…

Megure: Yeah… We need to make sure that the woman that came in here was the real Mihiro-san…

P11

Megure: Did the woman that came in first order anything?

Café staff: No, she didn’t… // She looked at the menu before she left…

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Megure: Can I borrow this menu then?

Café staff: Sure…

Yuika: I don’t think Mihiro’s fingerprints will be on that…

--

Megure: Huh?

Yuika: I accidentally spilled some water… / When I went to pick up the glass, I put the menu on the spill so I had to wipe it off later…

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Yuika: I also wiped the tabletop and seat off since they were wet… // So Mihiro’s fingerprints or any evidence that she was here is gone…

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Yuika: I guess that makes me the murderer? // Officer?

Megure: Uhh… Well…

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Yuika: Mihiro’s glass also broke when I dropped it…

Mouri: It broke?

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Mouri: Do you still have the glass?

Café staff: Oh yes! // It’s in the trash…

P12

Mouri: These are the pieces?

Café staff: Yes… It’s the only broken glass of the day…

Megure: We should have someone investigate!

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Yuika: Should we go to the store where Mihiro bought her clothes? / I know which store she would go to…

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Store staff: Yes, this is her…

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Store staff: She came yesterday afternoon…

Megure: Alone?

Store staff: Yes…

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Yuika: Is she the only one that bought that dress?

Store staff: No… It’s an original of ours that we started selling yesterday and it’s very popular, / and they’re all sold out within yesterday…

P13

Mouri: Was she one of the people that bought the dress?

Store staff: I don’t know…

Yuika: There’s no way I could buy it! / I was in a taxi coming back from my business trip in Fukuoka when I heard that she bought the dress!

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Megure: Fukuoka?

Yuika: Yes! I got back to Haneda airport at noon today and came straight to the café in Shinjuku!

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Yuika: Why don’t you go double check? / You can ask my coworkers that were on the same flight!

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Conan: If that’s true, there’s no way she could have bought the dress… // But she’s most likely the murderer… // But how?

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Ran: Hey, Conan-kun…

Conan: Huh?

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Ran: I’m borrowing their changing room to change my outfit…

Conan: You’re changing into Lolita clothes in the middle of a murder case?

P14

Ran: How is it?

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Ran: Does it look… // weird?

Conan: I… // don’t think so…

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Conan: Wow… She looks pretty cute!

Sonoko: Hey! / You shouldn’t show that kid, what a waste!

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Conan: Why are you wearing the same thing?

Sonoko: You don’t get it at all!

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Sonoko: This… // Is an important part of fashion…

P15

Megure: Okay… // So you found a fingerprint from the glass?

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Mouri: Her alibi is complete…

Yuika: Can you let me go soon?

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Yuika: It’s getting… // Late…

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Conan: I get it… // So that’s it!

P16

Takagi: Huh? // A section that’s suspiciously clean?

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Takagi: I don’t think there’s anything like that in the stall that the body was in…

Conan: Did you check the other stalls?

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Takagi: Not yet… // Oh!

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Takagi: The toilet paper cover in the next stall… // Is very clean for some reason…

Conan: There it is!!

To be continued in Issue 31

Translation: Detective Conan 696

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:09:41 +0000

Reserved for Endless Youth & Co.

File 696: Goth-loli

P2

Mihiro: Sorry, Yuika…

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Mihiro: About Kadowaki-kun… // If I had been more responsible… / I wouldn’t have gotten you into that mess…

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Yuika: It’s fine, Mihiro… I don’t want to talk about a man that hits on his friends… // I’m just glad I was able to break up with him…

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Yuika: Anyway, did you buy new clothes? // The clothes you’re going to wear tomorrow?

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Mihiro: I did! // I bought really cute goth-clothes!

P3

Mihiro: I’m actually… // wearing it right now!

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Mihiro: I can’t wait for you to see it!

Yuika: Me neither… // Let’s meet where we always do…

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Mihiro: Yuika… // We’re… / best friends, right?

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Yuika: What are you saying! // We’ll be friends until death!

<beep>

Yuika: Until death…

P4

Mouri: Oh, geez…

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Mouri: Why the hell… // do I, Mouri Kogoro, a great detective… // have to go shopping with young girls…

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Ran: Stop complaining!

Sonoko: You should be happy to be surrounded by young girls!

Conan: Plus…

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Conan: It’s not like you have any work to do…

Mouri: Shut up! I was going to organize the TV dramas I recorded… // And I needed to go check out the new pachinko parlor… / And the GI horserace was today…

P5

Sonoko: Basically, you had nothing to do anyway…

Mouri: What?

Ran: Stop wasting your money on betting and pachinko!

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Mouri: I won’t forgive YOU if you waste money on really expensive clothes!

Ran: It’s fine! I only buy cheap and cute clothes!

Sonoko: Yeah!

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Mouri: Just make sure to show me everything before you buy it!

Ran: Wha?

Sonoko: I don’t know about that…

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Mouri: What!? You better not be trying to buy some sexy clothes that you can’t even show me! // Like a china dress that shows off your legs or something…

Conan: That’s only your fetish…

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Ran: Don’t worry about it! // It’s not sexy at all…

Sonoko: I bet he’ll be shocked when he sees it…

P6

Café staff: Welcome!

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Mouri: What is that? She’s so creepy looking like a witch or something…

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Ran & Sonoko: SO cute!

Mouri: Wha!?

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Ran: It’s goth-loli!

Sonoko: It’s so cute!

Mouri: Goth… / loli?

P7

Conan: It means gothic Lolita and it’s mostly black clothing that look like they’d be worn in vampire movies or those gothic types of stories… // and they said on TV that it’s really popular fashion among young girls these days!

Mouri: I see…

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Conan: I bet it would look good on Haibara…

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Mouri: You two aren’t planning on buying that kind of monster-like clothes, are you…?

Sonoko: No! We’re buying cuter clothes!

Ran: Clothes like a doll would wear…

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Conan: Which means they’re going for Lolita fashion…

Mouri: I don’t get it but I won’t allow you two to join that kind of costume crowd!! // Huh?

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<Ring>

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Café staff: Here you go!

Mouri: Uh…

P7

Mouri: That customer… // She didn’t leave because I criticized her clothes, did she…?

Café staff: Oh, no… // She said her friend hasn’t arrived yet… // so she’s going to the restroom… // The restroom is outside…

Mouri: Oh, I see.

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Sonoko: Okay, so… // we’ve all finished up!

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Sonoko: Shall we head out?

Ran: We want to have enough time to check everything out!

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Conan: That goth-loli lady hasn’t come back yet…

Mouri: Eh?

Conan: She should come back to her seat soon if she’s meeting someone…

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Mouri: Women always take too long in the bathroom…

P8

Café staff: Welcome!

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Yuika: Did a goth-loli girl come in? //She’s my friend…

Café staff: She did come in! / She went to the restroom…

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Yuika: Oh no, I’m 10 minutes late… // What did Mihiro order?

Café staff: Oh… // She looked at the menu… / But said she’d order once you got here…

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Yuika: Okay… // Then I’ll wait until she comes back too… //Wah! // Oh no…

<roll>

P9

Yuika: I’m so sorry!

Café staff: Oh, it’s okay! We’ll clean it up…

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Mouri: Come on, let’s go!

Conan: Uh… // Yeah…

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Mouri: Hey! // Hey! // Hey!!

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Mouri: What’s going on!? // Everyone’s wearing some crazy-looking clothes…

Conan: That’s Harajuku…

P10

Mouri: You two better not be planning to… // Where’s they go!?

Conan: Oh, they said to wander around while they go shopping!

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Mouri: What are they thinking? I didn’t need to come out then!

Conan: No, I bet the reason is…

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Conan: To carry stuff…

Sonoko: Let’s go here next!

Ran: This is so cute!

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Mouri: What’s so cute…?

Ran: Don’t look!

--

Mouri: Then you hold it!

P11

Sonoko: Huh?

Ran: Wha…

--

Ran: Oh no!

Sonoko: It’s ice cream!

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Sonoko: What language is that?

Ran: It’s too fast, I dunno...

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Conan: These guys are thieves!

Ran: The… // thieves?

Conan: They use a trick that’s commonly used on Japanese tourists!

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Conan: If you get ice cream on your clothes, you’ll let go of your bags in order to clean up. // Then, while one speak to you in a foreign language really fast to keep your attention, the other one takes your bags and runs…

P12

Conan: I saw it on TV!

Ran: Really…

Mouri: Hey! Wait!!

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Ran: What do we do…?

Sonoko: We can’t go shopping in these clothes…

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Mouri: Why don’t you change into what you just bought?

Sonoko & Ran: Huh?

Mouri: Why not? You just bought it!

--

Ran: Listen up, you two!

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Ran: You can’t laugh, no matter what!!

Mouri: Okay…

Conan: We might be taken aback though…

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Ran: Oh… // there are so many people here…

Sonoko: They’re all doing the same thing…

P13

Woman: Come on already!!

Sonoko: Huh?

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Ran: What’s wrong?

Woman: She’s been in there for half an hour already!

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Ran: Maybe she’s unconscious or something from a heart attack…?

Woman: What!?

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Sonoko: In a situation like this…

Ran: Sonoko!?

Sonoko: You should climb over and…

P14

Mouri: WHAT HAPPENED!?

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Sonoko: Inside… // the stall… // go… // goth-loli!

Mouri: Wha?

P15

Conan: There’s a trace left from a cord on her neck… // and there are “Yoshikawa lines*” from the victim clawing at the cord…
*”Yoshikawa lines” is a term used by the police to describe scratch marks left by the victim to imply they tried to save themselves. It’s named after professor Yoshikawa, who discovered them as a means to determine a suicide vs a murder.

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Conan: Strangulation…

To be continued in Issue 30

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