Psyren 1

By request, I've completely reworked the old Psyren translations.
Starting here with Ch1, TOC & Covers for the actual v1 tank. Fixed quite a few mistakes...what was I thinking over a year ago?

RESERVED FOR BINKTOPIA. ...but okay to use for international translations

WORDS LIKE *THIS* MEAN ITALICIZE.
PAGES BROKEN UP BY PANEL

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Cover:
IWASHIRO TOSHIAKI (red)
black text below PSYREN: "Urban Legend"

rear:
"Help me!!" were the final words that Amamiya Sakurako uttered before going missing. In order to track her down, Yoshina Ageha dials into the "Secret Society of Psyren," a group rumored to be responsible for a number of mysterious disappearances nationwide. Next thing he knows, he's part of a game...which may cost him his life!!

00 (book insert?)
IWASHIRO TOSHIAKI
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I decided to give this another go. It's hard to stay focused, but I'm going to give these manuscripts my all.

So...ladies and gentlemen, say hello to Yoshina Ageha & Amamiya Sakurako!

()Included works complied from Weekly Shounen Jump issues H20 #1-9
(t/n - can just erase this last line)

01 inside cover
on top of "1" - "URBAN LEGEND"
IWASHIRO TOSHIAKI

02 TOC
Vol.1 --- "Urban Legend"

CALL.1 "URBAN LEGEND"
CALL.2 "PARADISE"
CALL.3 "DANGER ZONE"
CALL.4 "ALFRED, THE TAVOO"
CALL.5 "SPECTACLE"
CALL.6 "SURVIVAL"
CALL.7 "HOMECOMING"

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-Who're yous?
-You pickin' a fight wit US?
-Hando-saaan! Says he needs ta' speak with you!!
-Ahaha! The kid's got guts!

---Whaddya want with me...runt?!

-Yoshina Ageha, reporting from Shirakou High's class 1-C!
-My classmate Kuraki Madoka said she's been stalked by a gorilla!
-I'm here to teach him a lesson!
CALL.1 "URBAN LEGEND"

-Nice to meet you~

-UWAAAAAAA! IS HE STUPID!?
-H-H-HE'S GONNA DIE!!

& HO HO HO...well ain't you the comedian?
-Lemme guess...you're it? And you got a deathwish?

-Bzzzt!
SFX bubble - crack crack
-You got the last part wrong!

04-05 spread
CALL.1 "URBAN LEGEND"

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07
-Ha-hando-san!!
-Get it together!!
-Phew....

-How'd the "stalker bust" go?
-Ah...!

-Ageha did it!
-The guy's unstoppable...

-"All your troubles gone for just 10,000 yen!!," huh?
-Ageha really enjoys helping people, doesn't he?

-No way! I've known that kid since middle school--he's just using that as an excuse...

-"...looking for any reason to go wild..."

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-Damnit! Knocked my jaw loose again...

-Sigh....
-...life sucks.

-I head on TV
-That one way or another, our earth's already done for...

09
-'Cuz of all those toxic gases humans are producing, this planet's getting hotter and hotter
-One day the oceans will overflow, drowning us and stuff

-Yo! All done~
-Saka! Hiro!

-Mankind still starts wars and makes nuclear weapons, with no end in sight

-They say that every 15 minutes, someone commits suicide in Japan

-These days, there's been a huge rash of disappearances all over the country
-There's even people saying we face a 1 in 4 1/2 million chance that a meteor will collide into earth three years from now
-...and stuff about our national pension possibly drying up

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---but
-I don't give a damn...

-What's wrong, Yoshina-kun?
small: want some coffee?
-Shut up, I'm tryin' to think about life's problems here!

-Try putting your brain to use by studying, Ageha
-Hahaha...when did you grow up, Hiroki?!

-Well, it's not like anyone could possibly know the future
-As long as I'm alive, that's all that counts

---that's all...I need...

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-SHIT--!! I'm going to be late!!
-If I don't get home fast, sis is gonna beat me black and blue!
sfx> riririiiiing

-huh?
-riririiiing
-riririiiing

-The payphone's ringing...?

-Well, it's just a payphone. I mean, if you know the number you can call it from anywhere...right?
-Should I answer it? Guess I will...

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-Hello? Hello~~o? Who is it?
-Hello? Hello~~o? Who is it? (t/n - voice sent back)

-Pi...
-Pi...
-Gagaga...

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-W-WHO'RE YOU?!
sfx: patan (close cell phone)

-PI---GAh---
--Q!! small: Piii
-GAGAh!

-Go--
-It's gone!!

-...I must be losing my mind!
-Yeah, I could really hit the hay...
-Pi
-Pi

-...?
-Now I'm hearing things...??
sfx's are "Pi"

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-Someone left their calling card?
-Was this even here just a moment ago?

-Um...P? Psh...Ph-shy-ren?

-AH.

-OH, SHIT! 3 MINUTES TO CURFEW!?
-CRAP!! CRAP!!
-...give me a break...!

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-'Sup!
-What's with the long face, bro?

-Sis lectured me for like 3 hours yesterday
-Woah!
-She may be a beauty but she's scary as hell, huh?

-Hold up.
-You mean she found out about your fight?
-Yeah, right. I'd be DEAD if that happened!
-Yoshina-KUN!!

-Morning!
-Know what? That Hondo guy came up to me and promised not to follow me around any more!
-You're great!! Thank you!!

-Since it was for you, Madoka-chan, it was a breeze! Aha-ahahaha....!
-Oh, right...I promised you a reward
-I think it was 10,000 yen?

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-N-nah, keep it! I'm glad to help you out for free, Madoka-chan!
-Whenever you're in a pinch, lemme know!

-Really!? Then could you help me find my missing kitty, Mii?
-S-sure! Leave it to me!
spiky head: 'Sup Hiroki
hiroki: 'morn'n

-Never thought I'd see the "I'll solve anything for 10,000 yen," Mr. Trouble-shooter (and Maker) going gaga in front of some girl...
-He's weak to those cute, outgoing, animal-lover chicks...

-Say Saka, aren't we blessed to be alive?
-Just take a look at that gorgeous morning sun...
-Can it already!

-Oh! It's her highness!

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-Well, well. Guess who came to school

-My classmate, Amamiya Sakurako
-Everyone calls her the "Snow Queen"

-She's always reading some book. You never see her with friends.
-I bet not even half the class has ever talked to her

---It all goes back to when joined our school, sometime in the beginning of April
-What she said then to a group of girls explains everything...

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-Could you leave me alone until graduation, please?

-Talk about cold...

-Psyren is coming!
-And when it does...
-Neither you nor I will be able to stop it!
-Until then, you'd better enjoy your pointless youth to the full!!

---Conclusion: Amamiya Sakurako is "untouchable" (never talk to her)
book title: Can you feel the cosmos?

-"Ice-cold" & "Goth"
-Were the labels she earned from that day forward.

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-...But I still remember
-the time we were little kids, and we were in the same class

-She was bright, intelligent, and very popular

-When mom had died, and I was really a mess,
-She was the one who cheered me up

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-100 points on the layout, Seka!
-Hiroki, your illustration couldn't be better!
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flyer:
(white) <-cute round eyes
name
<-brown Mii
*Goes "meow"
*DOB: June 2007
~~~~~~
contact: xox xoo oxox
Have you seen me!!
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-Now all that's left is to make 200 copies and put 'em up around town! With me, boys!?
-DO IT YOURSELF!

-You wanna ruin my chances at a relationship here?
-Heartless bastards!

-Flush

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-Madoka-chan?

-Ha ha! What do you think she'll do!?
-Probably stay up all night searching for it!

-What...the heck...

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-Amamiya
pic: Amamiya Sakurako

-...hey, I know this card---!!

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-Amamiya
-I believe this is yours?

-Fine. Don't say thanks.

-The wallet...I found it on the ground.
-Uh...I mean...
-I know. It happens all the time.

---Thanks

-Yeah, n-no prob.
-B-by the way, I couldn't help but notice that red calling card you got. How does that word go again?

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-Calling card? What are you talking about?
-I don't have anything like that! Quit joking around, Yoshina Ageha!

-Listen to me
-There's tons of things you're better off not knowing in this world

-You'd better curb that curiosity of yours before you...

-....ch
-Not now!!

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-Hey! Where are you going?
-Don't follow me!

-If there's anything bothering you, tell me!
-I'll hear you out for 10,000 yen!

-...h

-help me...

-Ama...?

-I was sure
-Amamiya had said something...

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---and that was the last day anyone saw Amamiya Sakurako.

tv: another disappearance/this time, female student

-All sorts of rumors started flying

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-Her parents joined some new cult religion, she was involved in domestic violence, the Yakuza came to collect debts....yadda yadda
-Everyone had something to say about her, since she always showed up to school black and blue

-I wonder where she is now...

-Psyren's coming...<huh>

-HEY! WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!
-WHO IS SAIREN?! WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!
-Wah!!

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-A...Amamiya said it! Y'know, when those girls went up to talk to her?
-Y-you heard it too!

-PSYREN...oh yeah...so that's how you say it

-psyren? You mean that urban myth?
-That "secret society of psyren" group?

-Urban myth, "the secret society of psyren"--!!

-It's a rumor flying around the net lately
-Something about a secret society that gathers those sick of reality and leads them to "paradise"...

-You know how in the news people are going missing all over the country?
-Well, the media is calling it the "Spirited Away" kidnappings...
-And the online BBSes are saying that society's behind it all

-I don't know anything more than that
-Why don't you go ask that Occult club's Okumura-kun?

sign: Occult Club

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-You'd better give up on pursuing the secret society of Psyren, Yoshina-kun
-Whenever an amateur dabbles in this stuff...
-They lose their life!

-Tell me more

-I'm sure you know about the abductions all over the news. The "spirited away" kidnappings...
-Your average, everyday people are suddenly going missing, without a trace

-The majority of victims have had nothing in common. And without clues, the police have been baffled how to pursue the case
-But--!! In the midst of all this, a certain rumor began spreading all over the net

-"The one behind those spirited away is the Secret society of Psyren!"...and,
-"Their leader is the mysterious Nemesis Q"!!

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-Nemesis...Q?

-What I am about to tell you is just a theory I've put together from different parts of the net, but...

-No one knows what Psyren's leader, Nemesis Q, looks like. He can appear out of thin air
-and disappears just as quickly, leaving a red calling card behind for people who want to go to "paradise," leading them to Psyren...
-In fact, there have been reports that many of those who have gone missing actually did have a red card!

-It seems the only way to actually contact Psyren is with that special card
-Those who've gone missing have secretly used the card...and were subsequently taken away...

-Hmph! I don't buy it! I've heard a million of these stupid horror stories...!
-Ah, but get this:

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-Someone started a campaign offering 500 million yen
-to anyone who can figure out the truth behind Psyren!!

-f-FIVE HUNDRED MILLION!?

-Since the sponsor is a famous fortune-teller millionaire, it seems the offer's real
-Anyway, the prospect of instant wealth caught on like wildfire

-Occult mania swept the nation, engulfing politicians, CEOs, even yakuza...everyone wanted a piece of the action!

-The only real clue to unraveling this mystery is Psyren's red card
-You wouldn't believe the number of calling cards for sale on online auctions! Though, I bet almost 99% are fake...

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-But if...just *if* you could get your hands on an unused one...

-You're guaranteed at least 5 million!
-f-five mil...!?

-But I'm warning you, it's best not to get involved at all...

-Network administrators who were running sites about Psyren have met with bizzare ends
-Their rooms were trashed, their PCs stolen...and right before their deaths...
-many of them wrote on their Blogs that they were sure they were being watched

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-Not to forget, there are many dangerous members of the underworld aiming for that reward...
-Many are paying top yen for any information about Psyren...
-As long as those cards keep floating around, these bizzare cases will never end...!

-If you get involved, you may not live to regret it!

-5 million!!
-UWAHAHAHA!

-SHOW ME
-THE MO-NEY!!

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-PREPARE YOURSELF!

-H-hold on, sis!

-GUWAAAAAA!!
Ageha's older sister
Yoshina Fubuki (24)

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-Our next door neighbor saw your little fight yesterday, it seems
-I thought I warned you what would happen if you started causing trouble!

-Like I keep sayin', I was helping someone, and I couldn't avoid using force!

-Shove it, kiddo! You haven't even grown any hair down there!
-I HAVE TOO!
-oh? What, about as much as a pair of tennis balls, I bet
-IT'S LIKE A FRIGGIN' JUNGLE!

-You're already in high school, but you haven't changed a bit
-You pick fights, pull pranks, stay out past curfew...you're a regular delinquent!

-Have you ever thought about your future? Mom'd be in tears if she saw you now!

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-Leave mom out! She's got nothing to do with this!
-That so? Then why don't you go brag to mom about everything you've done?

-As long as dad's working, I'm in charge of the house
-And you, young man, are grounded for two weeks!!

-You step one foot outside and i'll slit your throat!

-Yeouch! You'd think she could hold back a little on her only brother...

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-Have you ever thought about your future?

-...like anyone can tell their future...

-...well,
-At least my finanical future is lookin' good!

-Dangit, how do you auction stuff online again?
-Guess I'll go ask Hiroki tomorrow

-...and now, our continuing report on the nationwide kidnappings
-authorities are struggling to make headway as even more cases are cropping up nationwide

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-Whereabouts unknown
-Amamiya Sakrakou-san (16)

-A secret society that leads people to paradise...
-The only way to contact Psyren is that red calling card...

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-help me...

-Psyren is no mere urban myth
-getting involved may cost you your life...

sfx - batan

-If I lend you a hand, it's gonna be 10,000 yen
-You'd better pay me back, Amamiya

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sfx bubbles: shake shake

-5...million!!
-If I don't use it...I'll make 5 million!!

-SHUU

-VWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
-IT ATE MY CARD!!
-IT ATE MY CARD, AMAMIYAAAAA!!!

-Beep boop beep beep bip boop (however a telephone sounds when it dials!)

-torurururu
-torurururu (phone connecting)

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-Greetings! Your world is now co-nect-ed!
-You've reached the Immigration Offices of Psyren

-Ah...!
-You are about to take our immigration examination

-Please answer the following questions

-Each question has two choices
-If your answer is yes, please press one. If your answer is no, please press two.
black: It's a woman's voice, but it sounds automated...

-Question 1
-Are you a Japanese older than 12? Yes or No

-What kinda question is that?
small: Uh...1?

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-Question 2
-Do you feel the future of this country is bleak? Yes or No

-Question 3: Have you ever suffered a brain injury or been diagnosed with a serious illness? yes or no
-Question 4: Do you have chronic difficulty breathing, or have you ever felt that your planet's atmosphere is difficult to breathe in? yes or no
-Question 5: Have you ever dreamed of talking sheep? yes or no
-Question 6: Do you believe there's life in outer space? yes or no

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-Question 12: Do you believe we can communicate without speech? yes or no
-Question 13: Have you ever bled blue blood? yes or no
-Question 18: Would you prefer to live on a mountain covered by mushrooms over a village surrounded by a bamboo forest? yes or no
-Question 24: Do you have a very close friend? yes or no
-Question 30: Have you ever killed a living thing larger than a human? yes or no
-Question 31: Have you ever spilled liquid hotter than 80 degrees celsius on your face? yes or no

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-Question 60:
-Is this a quiz show?!
-No more...!
-Do you feel unsatisfied with your high school life?
-Question 61: Does the future make no difference to you?

-Question 62: Are you willing to break your curfew?
-...huh?

-Hold up. Why did this thing just ask me that?

-Your older sister is acting in place of your deceased mother as your legal guardian
-And she's always in your way!

-Only by giving in to your violent impulses
-are you able to forget the gloomy feelings that plague your mind

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-Okay, show yourself!! Quit hiding!
-I know someone's out here!

-How the hell does that phone know about me!? Or even about mom and sis!?

-Is this thing really automated!?

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-Goddamnit! Where the hell did you go!?
-You're the one who called in the first place, so stop acting high and mighty, you piece of shit!
-Filthy little maggot! I'm doing this for YOUR sake!

-Forget it! You kids are all the same!
-ALL the same!
-You think that the world revolves around you! You believe you can do anything!

-WELL GET OVER YOURSELF! GODDAMN VIRGIN!

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-SHUT THE F*** UP, BITCH!
-GIVE AMAMIYA BACK RIGHT NOW!
-I'M SHIRAKOU HIGH'S YOSHINA AGEHA! SECRET SOCIETY MY ASS! YOU'RE JUST A BUNCHA FRIGGIN' KIDNAPPERS!

-....ah...
small: uh oh...

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-Question 63
-Would you like to go to "Psyren"? yes or no

-Hey, wanna come or not?
-Yes or No

-...kuku.....
-Making a fool of me, are you...!?

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-Just you watch!

-I'll grab you by the tail...doing things MY way!
-Psyren!!

-This completes the examination.

-We will contact you regarding the results...

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-I'm off!!
-Hold it, Ageha!

-Where were you last night!?
-I was sleeping!
-Trust your younger brother for once!

-huff
-huff

-What are those men doing?

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-This is the place, Usui-san. No doubt about it.
-He called from this phone at exactly 0100 hours

-Gi
-Gu
-Ugi
-Gah....!

-Ugi...!!
-Ga...!

-I can see...it...a kid...high school student...calling on this phone...he's not too bright...
smaller bubbles are heavy breathing (haa/fuuu/fuuu)
-What's this? "Shut the f*** up, bitch"..."I'm...Shirakou High's...Yoshina Ageha!"...fufufu...I see...kukuku

-To the high school, Miyake!
-haa
-haa
-Good work, sir

-ku ku ku...we'd better go teach this amateur his lesson...for trying to get involved with Psyren!

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sign: Teachers' Office

-good day

-I'm with the police...

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-I-investigation? Has one of our students done something?

-No, no. We just need to have a brief word with one of them.
-May I see a list of those enrolled, with pictures?

-Yoshina Ageha of 1-C! Report to the principal's office at once!
-What's it this time, Ageha?
-Seems bad...
-Yoshina Ageha! Report to the principal's office NOW!

-Don't tell me the principal found out we took nude photos on the hood of his BMW...
-You're kidding, right?
-No, it was me and Sakaguchi
-Oi! Don't drag me into this!
small: you sick freak

-Hey everybody, check it out! There's cops in the principal's office!

-C-COPS!?

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-Ageha!
-Oh, Hiroki!

-Those two aren't cops!

-I've seen plenty of police notepads since I was little
-And I can tell you theirs is a well-made fake!

-Just what I'd expect from the son of a lieutenant! See ya! I'm gonna run while I still have time!
-Ageha!

-Yoshina-kun!!

-Hey, did you find my Mii?
-I was so worried I couldn't sleep!

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-What cat?
-If that cat's so important to you, go find it yourself!

-Wha...
-Huh?! Wait a sec...

-What's your problem!?

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-Okumura's rumors were right!!

-Two suspicious guys disguised as cops...
-Everyone who gets involved with Psyren ends up paying for it! But how the heck did they find out about me!?

-And where might you be off to, Yoshina Ageha-kun?

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-heh heh
-Got some kinda business with me? I know you ain't cops

-This will be over quick
-We'd like you to hand over that red calling card of yours
-we promise not to hurt you

-Huh. I wonder what you're talking about
-Don't play dumb with us. We know
-We've been tapping every single phone line in the entire district

-Keh...So you're the dangerous guys aiming to cash in the cards...

-Cash? hehe...a simple kid like you has no idea of that card's true value!

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-He's strong!

-Definitely a seasoned fighter!

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-We're pros. You shouldn't have underestimated us.

-You know nothing, boy. About the card's true power,
-Nor the true meaning of Psyren

-Psyren is no secret society
-It's an even greater notion...

-It's an entire world...

-Search his pockets, Miyake
-We need that card before it "awakens!"

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-Miyake!!?

-Geh--!!

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-AGHAAA!!

-kukuku!!

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-ririri
-riri

-Gu...

-He ran away!
-After him, NOW!

-Damnit!!
-Haa
-haa

-My eyes!!

-ririri
-riri

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-ririririnnng
-ririririnnng

sfx in the backround = ringing

-Find the kid, quick!
-The card's awakening!

-A phone?
-What? Where's it coming from?
-It's getting louder and louder

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-Oh yeah, my cell
-I can call for help!

-Hiro!! Saka!!
-Damnit I can't see a thing!!
-Phonebook...!! Redial...!!

-Shit!! Stop ringing already!!
-What the hell!? DAMNIT!!

-FOUND HIM!!

phone:
incoming call
Caller unknown

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-Hello?! Anyone!?
-Somebody, anybody! Just pick up the damn phone!!

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-Instant

-Silence

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-What...
-What the
-hell!?

-Turns out I hadn't *placed* a call back then, I had actually *answered* one
-A call coming from Psyren's one and only "mysterious nemesis Q" himself!

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-This marked the start of a very deadly game...

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-"Psyren"...a completely different world...

-Your world is now
-co-nect-ed...

70 (sketch)
< F >
age: huh...?

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