Eyeshield 21 320

Translating weird Japanese puns so that they look good in English can be a hassle, but it's actually an interesting challenge for the mind. I just hope I'm not failing too much at it^^;

Oh well, enjoy this chapter full of pretty art and imaginary stuff <3

Eyeshield 21(Neo) chapter 320

Page 01

Left : The crown... Something that the powerless can't touch. Something that the powerless can't grasp. Something that the powerless can't take away.
320th Down : The country of merit

Page 02

Top : Determination, once again...!!

Morgan : Gahahaha!
Morgan : Mr Don is showing off already!

Announcer : For the title of MVP,
Announcer : Including the chairman of the World cup, Morgan,
Announcer : There are 5 judges who will take care of the votes!

Announcer : Who will get the privilege of becoming a pro!?
Sena : It looks like a point system.
Sena : Are they gathering votes like that...

Monta : Rather than the MVP title,
Monta : The most important is the team that wins, Sena!
Suzuna : So the ones who can't help looking are those who'd actually like the MVP title but won't admit it.

Page 03

Gaou : Yeah, that's right.
Gaou : I'm not interested in the MVP title.

Gaou : I'm not interested in who wins the match either.
Someone : Wait, isn't it the whole point!?

Gaou : I've made a promise with Kurita
Gaou : my strongest rival and friend.
Gaou : I'll definitely protect Hiruma and the others.

Gaou : Mr Don,
Gaou : I'll kill you...!!

Panther : D... Don's
Panther : helmet...!

Kurita : … He said friend.
Kurita : Gaou-kun said
Kurita : I was his friend.
Kuroki : What are you so happy for, that's disgusting.
Hiruma : If you've got the energy for fidgeting like that, stop your blood loss, fucking fatty!

Don : Ooh...! You're right, it's no good if you don't keep the promise you've made with a friend.
Don : But it's sad...
Don : The power of a man
Don : doesn't increase with promises or feelings.
Don : That's just a sad dream of commoners...

Page 04

Gaou : I wonder.
Gaou : But rather than arguing about it,
Gaou : Let's find out directly with our bodies.

Agon : Kukuku, in some way, this is a funny story.
Agon : The very same dinosaur that broke Hiruma's arm, Gaou
Agon : is getting fired up about protecting Hiruma now.

Shin : ... There is neither justice or evil
Shin : in destruction.
Shin : There are only opponents and allies.
Shin : That's American football.

Page 05

GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Page 06

Caesar riding a dinosaur, only in Eyeshield 21!

Page 07

Someone : Yamato!!

Guy : Gaou and Yamato!
Guy : Awesome, the two strongest tanks working together...!!

Gaou : Stay out of this, Yamato Takeru.
Gaou : Mr Don is my prey...!!

Yamato : I'm sorry, but I can't do that.
Yamato : Because I too have something
Yamato : that I have to settle with Don...!

Announcer : Gaou-kun and Yamato-kun are pushing away Mr Don,
Announcer : And Sena-kun comes to break through with the speed of a bullet!
Announcer : The strongest trio of freshmen
Announcer : Is going to break through the center by force!!

Page 08-09 (spread)

Don : it's sad...
Don : I'm sad.
Don : With just the strength of two decently strong commoners
Don : Did you really think you could destroy the top...??

Don : HAAAAAAAAAAA!!

Kurita : Eeeeeh, Gaou-kun and Yamato-kun
Kurita : At the same time...
Riku : Damn... With both shields down,
Riku : Sena is defenseless!

Someone : Dodge!
Someone : Sena!!

Page 10

Sena : Devilbat Ghos...

Don : Don't come, it's useless.
Don : From the beginning, the quarterback Hiruma
Don : Didn't give the ball to Sena.

Sena : Gho...st...
Sena : Err...
Sena : Busted...
Sena : They saw through it immediately, after all...

Mizumachi : here comes a new technique, the Devilbat Ghostbusted!
Suzuna : That's not a new technique.
Suzuna : Wait, who makes Ghostbusters jokes in our era anyway.
(Translation note : Sorry. Original pun is on Go-sukkaran, sukkaran meaning “completely empty” (mostly referring to a wallet) and being an old, unused word. As it was impossible for to translate it and keep the spirit of the original pun, I had to improvise. Please don't lynch me >.>)

Clifford : Gaou and Yamato
Clifford : didn't come to take down Don together.

Don : In order to make it less obvious Sena wasn't carrying the ball,
Don : They made a wall to hide him
Don : With these two tall guys...

Hiruma : Kekeke, seems like you got it pretty well!
Hiruma : It's a long pass!
Hiruma : catch it, Tetsuma!

Page 11

Hiruma : YA-HA!!

Someone : Woooh!
Someone : A showdown between Tetsuma and the pentagram's Bud!!
Someone : A catching battle between
Someone : heavy class players!!

Bud : Hey, Train boy!
Bud : Did you forget I sent you flying already?
Bud : Do you think I'd let you get such a naive pass?
(Xophien's note : remember, Testuma's name means Iron Horse, thus train boy)

Bud : Well, I guess
Bud : I'm happy if I get a chance to shine before Clifford, though...

Page 12-13 (spread)

Someone : Monta!?

Bud : Whaaaat!
Bud : Monkey boy...!?

Monta : Who's a monkey!! (under Monta's head : Mukiii!)

Someone : Impossible
Someone : He jumped from that distance...

Monta : I won't lose to anyone in the world in aerial battles!
Monta : Take this!
Monta : Devil Backfire Neo!!

Sena : Neo!?
Sena (small text) : That thing with the feet...!?

Page 14

Mukyatch MAX!

Page 15

Someone : Woooh, Japan's long pass succeeds!
Someone : He got it!!

Aki : He really likes to show off, screaming “Neo!” and all but
Aki : It's the same thing as the other Devil Backfires so far.
Taka : No...

Bud : Just after such a complex overhead catch,
Bud : He protected the ball in an instant
Bud : So that I couldn't steal it from him.

Monta : because in the Christmas Bowl,
Monta : Taka managed to get the ball during my Devil Backfire.
Monta : I'll never make
Monta : such a stupid mistake again...!

Sena : Monta...!
Sena : So that sleeping posture,
Sena : It wasn't that he was catching it with his feet, but that...!

Page 16

Taka : Raimon Tarou.
Taka : Whenever he's losing to an opponent,
Taka : He's improving by as much...

Morgan : Tch...

Someone : Ooooooh, Monta
Someone : got three votes for the MVP at once!

Monta : Wait, I told you, I'm not interested in the votes or whatever, a man has to focus only on the victory of his team during a match...
Taka : It was written in this book that a man becomes more talkative when what he says is different from what he thinks...

Kakei : As long as the play is great, no matter who did it,
Kakei : it will be acknowledged.
Kakei : That's the way of America,
Kakei : the country of merit...!

Page 17

Yamato : Mr Don... is beyond anything I've expected.
Yamato : We have no way but stopping him with several players.
Yamato : Let's show the strength of Japan's teamwork...
Gaou : No.

Gaou : There's no problem.
Gaou : I will face him one-on-one.

Gaou : For Japan's teamwork,
Gaou : Yamato Takeru... Your strength
Gaou : will be needed after that.

Yamabushi : that Gaou...
Yamabushi : Does he have some kind of plan...?
Marco : Aaaaah, either way it can't be good, I'd say...

Someone : Awesome, Japan's all-star!
Someone : With the trio of freshmen and
Someone : the receiver tag team of Monta and Tetsuma,
Someone : Thanks to that teamwork...

Page 18

Someone : They got all the way
Someone : until the kick zone!!
Field top : Red Zone
Field middle : Kick Zone

Announcer : It's already well within the reach
Announcer : of Musashi-kun's giant kicks!
Announcer : Will Japan get the first points...!?

Musashi : At this distance, it's about fifty-fifty.
Musashi : if you don't advance a bit more...

Monta : Now that we've secured the 3 points of a kick
Monta : Let's go all the way until the touchdown!!

Bud : … For the pass defense
Bud : Let's switch from zone defense
Bud : to a man-to-man one.

Page 19

Bud : I'll directly stop the monkey boy.
Bud : I want to show off before Clifford.

Bud : Raimon, you're the closest man
Bud : to the pentagram,
Bud : the five strongest players of the world.

Bud : So I, Bud Walker of the pentagram,
Bud : will personally tear off your wings.

Monta : … yeah, I was waiting for it.
Text : Catch the world!!
Monta : because if I defeat you,
Monta : I'll be the number one in the world...!