Those Who Chase the Ageha 3

Notes:

Page 18: I made a correction to the poster on this page since its appearance in the previous chapter. It should have been “If you recognise this face, call 110”. (110 is the number for the emergency services in Japan.) Sorry about my mistake!

Page 36: The 死留刃阿 in 「死留刃阿臨時集会」 is the word シルバー (silver) written in kanji. Silver is often used to refer to older people in Japan (e.g. silver seating is priority seating for elderly people on buses and trains).

Thank you to the wonderful Meriken for helping with the meaning of 死留刃阿. :)

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1.

Text [top of page]: Yagami’s popular “naked” fantasy has a colour centrefold!

Man 1: Information about the wanted person has come in!

Man 2: It was leaked from the police, huh?

Man 1: I’ve let the others know.

Text 2: Calling all bounty hunters!

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Man 3: I heard ya.

Text 3: Her name is…

Girl: I heard you.

Man 4: Okay! Fastest one wins!

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Man 5: The wanted person?

Man 6: It’s obvious! // Not only is she cute, you’ve got to see her naked to be sure it’s her! That’s why people have been talking about her!

2-3.

Bubble: The escaped death row inmate Ageha!

不惑を迎え　初心に帰った著者が放つSF（すごいフリーダム）コメディ第３回！
Text 1: Chapter 3 of the SF comedy series, by the author who has returned to his roots upon approaching his forties!

＃３袋のネズミ
Text 2: Chapter 3 - Trapped

逃走する奴ぁ許さねぇ
この手で捕まえ、即脱が～す！
Text 3:
I won’t forgive anyone who escapes!
I’ll catch them with my own hands and strip them immediately!

4.

丘―を超―え／ほにゃ―らら―
Box: Climb over the hill… / What will be there?

[Note -「ほにゃらら」was the word a particular game show host in Japan used in place of a blank (as in “The capital of Japan is _____”). I considered that it’d make sense to phrase it as a question when translating, because it seemed awkward when I translated it more literally.]

[SFX bubble] huff [x2]

[SFX bubble] sigh

Text 1 [bottom of page]: Even if you haven’t read the previous chapter, you’ll still enjoy this manga!

Text 2 [left side]:
A rough summary
Ageha was sentenced to death for a crime she had no memory of committing and succeeded in escaping from prison.
On a plane, she suddenly encountered the prison guard Kyosuke, who she had tricked and escaped from.
Ageha took off her disguise so that she could catch the hijacker, but this meant she was discovered by Kyosuke and chased.
Without considering where he was, Kyosuke started stripping everyone inside the plane and was beaten up by Maki.

5-6.

Box 1:
Galactic Calendar Year 2039
City of Eden

Box 2 [right side]: To where the incident took place…

Ageha: It may have been because I thought I wouldn’t return again…

Text 1 [inside the box]: Note - Ageha

Ageha: Even though it’s been half a year at most, it still feels really nostalgic…

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Text 2: Still, I can’t lose focus.

Text 3: I’m being chased…

Text 4: The real killer might still be in this town.

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Man: Hey, / Miss.

Box 3: The hunt for the woman with the butterfly tattoo begins!

7.

Man: We’re looking for this escaped prisoner.

Poster: Escaped death row inmate

Man: She’s a master of disguise, but apparently she has a butterfly tattoo on her back.

--

Ageha: Bounty hunters…!!

Man: So, could you take off your clothes and show us your back?

Ageha: Eh?! / Here? Now?

8.

Text [left side]:
A proper summary
Shiraishi Ageha was accused of murdering four people, and decided to escape from prison in order to prove her innocence. Using the disguise techniques she learned during her time as an actress, she succeeded in fooling the prison guard Kenzaki Kyosuke and escaping. Following the one lead he had, Kyosuke begins a journey to find the woman with a butterfly tattoo on her back…that’s Yagami’s take on the story of a fugitive.

Man: We don’t care if you don’t want to. / We’ll force you to do it.

[SFX bubble] hehehe

Ageha: I get it! I’ll take my clothes off! / Stop being violent!

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Man: Hmm…I see you understand!

Ageha: I’ll only show my back…

[SFX bubble] pop

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Ageha: Could you turn around while I’m undressing?

Man: Tch… // Even though I wanted to watch her undress…

9.

Man: Even so, she’s cute… / I wanna see her undress…

[SFX bubble] pop [x3]

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Man 1: Dude! // Hey, dude!

Man 2: What is it? Shut up!

Man 1: Isn’t she taking kinda long?

10.

Man: She tricked us! // Damn it! Find her!

[SFX bubble] huff [x2]

Ageha: That’s it… / I thought there were an unusually high number of personal boats… // The bounty hunters are gathering…

11.

Maki: Huh? / Say that again.

Man: I said take off your clothes / and show me your back.

Maki: Since I came to this town, that’s been happening all the time.

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Man: If you won’t do it, then I’ll force you to!

Maki: Kyosuke!

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Maki: Let’s hurry to the scene of the crime! Ageha will be there, right?

Kyosuke: It’d be suspicious if she did that now.

12.

Kyosuke: She showed her real face at the hijacking, that’s the reason for all these bounty hunters. // It’ll be difficult to get close to the scene of the crime.

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Kyosuke: If I were her, I’d quietly get a day job and earn some money. // I’d hide myself somewhere bounty hunters didn’t go.

Maki: Like where?

Kyosuke: Hmm…

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Sign:
From today, you too can be a bounty hunter!
An introduction to bounty hunting
3rd floor of this building
Lecturer: Miss Galaxy

Kyosuke: An introduction to bounty hunting…?

Maki: Miss Galaxy?!

Kyosuke: That’s it!

13.

Kyosuke: The lecturer must be Ageha!

In panel text:
Escaped death row inmate Ageha

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Maki: Huh?

Sign:
From today, you too can be a bounty hunter!
An introduction to bounty hunting
3rd floor of this building
Lecturer: Miss Galaxy

Kyosuke: She’s got a pretty good way of doing things!

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Kyosuke: Disguising herself, working as a lecturer and ripping off her students! / If that’s the subject of the course, then the active bounty hunters won’t come near here!

Ageha: From today // you’re a bounty hunter too!

In panel text: Ageha

In panel text: Bounty hunters

Kyosuke: It’s a perfect example of killing two birds with one stone!

Bounty hunters: An introductory course? // What’s more important is where to find Ageha!

14.

Maki: I don’t think she could work as a lecturer just by disguising herself.

Kyosuke: Maki, we’re going to take the lecture!

Maki: Are you serious?!

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Man 1: Hey, wait!

Man 2: Eagle, can you hear me? / We’re in pursuit of a woman who may be the target!

Man 3: I’ve intercepted the rival transmission!

Man 4: It could be Ageha!

Jellyfish: We’re going too!

15-16.

Bubble: Whooooa!

17.

Ageha: This is bad!

[SFX bubble] huff [x2]

Ageha: An acquaintance that could help me…

In panel text:
You won’t be able to leave until everyone’s naked!

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Ageha: No! / Not a strong person… // Someone who can help me!

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Text 1: That’s it! Akemi-san who owns the bike store!

Text 2: If you’re ever in trouble, come to me.

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Sign: Akemi Motors

Ageha: It’s their regular closing day… // Akemi-san! // Akemi… // Ah…

18.

Poster:
Escaped death row inmate
Shiraishi Ageha
If you recognise this face, call 110

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Woman 1: Did you hear about it?

Woman 2: You mean the rumour there’s a murderer in this town?

19.

Bubble 1: How frightening!

Bubble 2: I wonder what the police are doing about it.

Bubble 3: The murderer was given the death penalty, so they should just be shot to death.

Bubble 4: That’s right!

Bubble 5: They murdered four people!

20.

Text 1: So this is where I stand now…

Text 2: If my family were around, this would cause them a lot of trouble…

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Man: I’ve caught you!

[SFX bubble] huff [x2]

Man: I’ve had to run all this way!

21.

Ageha: What do you want?

Man 1: Urgh! // I got the wrong person!

--

Man 1: Damn it, where did she go?

Man 2: We completely lost sight of her…

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Men: There’s no choice but to go back to Plan A… // Damn… // How about going to the scene of the crime?

--

Ageha: This means they won’t strip me…though I don’t know what their standard was…

In panel text:
Sellotape
Seaweed

[SFX bubble] rip

Ageha: I should be able to go to the scene of the crime then…

22.

Ageha: Ah… / Akemi-san…

23.

Text 1: If I talk to him, I wonder if he’ll understand I’m innocent…

Text 2: How stupid…if that was possible, then I wouldn’t have been given the death penalty.

Text 3: I won’t reveal myself.

24.

Text: But, at least I can…

Ageha: Those look heavy. // Shall I help you?

--

Akemi: What was that?

25.

Akemi: Hmm… / I knew it. It’s you, Ageha.

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Akemi: Come with me. / Before that, take off those coloured contacts.

Ageha: Wait… / Akemi-san…

Akemi: Shut up. You’re going to carry my things, aren’t you?

Sign:
An introduction to bounty hunting
3rd floor of this building
Lecturer: Miss Galaxy

26.

Sign:
An introduction to bounty hunting
This way

Bubble 1: I’m interested in Miss Galaxy.

Bubble 2: Me too.

Bubble 3: I haven’t heard of her though.

--

Bubble 4: I wonder what kind of beauty she is…

Bubble 5: Hehehe…

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Kyosuke: A lot of people sure turned up!

[SFX bubble] hmm

Maki: Everyone’s here for the wrong reasons though.

Bubble 6: Sorry to have kept you waiting! / Please give Miss Galaxy a round of applause!

Bubble 7: Ah!

Bubble 8: This is what we’ve been waiting for!

27.

Miss Galaxy: Okay! / Hello!

28.

[SFX bubble] crack

29.

Miss Galaxy: I’m the lecturer, Miss Galaxy. / The autograph session will be at the end…oh? // Why is everyone leaving?

Man 1: Tch…

Man 2: What planet is she from?

Man 3: I dunno.

Man 4: The galaxy’s a big place.

--

Maki: That’s not Ageha.

Miss Galaxy: Wait! // I’m Miss Galaxy, you know!

Kyosuke: I saw it…

--

Maki: Eh?

Kyosuke: I saw it for a moment… / the zip on her back…

30.

Kyosuke: Ageha must be inside!

Maki: No way. / Their heights are completely different…

Kyosuke: As if I’d waste this chance! // Whooooa!

31-32.

Kyosuke: I’ve got you, Ageha!

33.

[No text]

34.

Ageha: Eh…?

35.

Kyoko: Oh! / It’s you, Ageha!

Reika: Welcome home!

[SFX bubble] clap

Mari: You really did cut your hair! / It suits you!

36.

Ageha: Kyoko-san…Reika-san… / and Mari-san too!

Kyoko: There was a rumour that you’d come back here in secret.

Mari: We prepared a welcome party in secret too!

Blackboard:
[text]
Silver Gathering
Welcome back, Ageha!
[bubble]
Thanks for your hard work!

--

Akemi: In fact, I’m okay with things, but my stupid wife really thinks you’re a murderer! // Sorry!

--

Mari: Akemi, where did you find Ageha?

Akemi: That’s it! Listen to this. // Never mind that she was in disguise / she treated me like a stranger.

37.

Akemi: She said the same thing as she did when we first met!

Ageha: Is that so…?

In panel text: I don’t remember.

Akemi: That’s why I knew right away. // Don’t underestimate me.

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Akemi: I know / everything about you!

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Kyoko: But you didn’t recognise her face.

Akemi: Shut up! I recognised her a little!

Kyoko: Liar.

Akemi: Kyoko, you wanna fight?

38.

Kyoko: Akemi, aren’t you the one who wants to fight?

Akemi: Do you wanna or not?

Kyoko: Let’s take this outside.

Ageha: Uh…

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Ageha: Uh… / Ah…

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Ageha: WAAAAAH! // WAH! / WAAAH!

39-40.

Ageha: WAAAAAAH!

41.

Kyosuke: AHHHH!

Miss Galaxy: KYAAAH!

Maki: Eh? / Kyaaah?

42.

Ageha: WAAAAH!

Kyoko: Akemi, let me hug Ageha too!

Akemi: Shut up! Don’t get in my way!

Kyoko: What did you say?

Akemi: You wanna fight?

Mari: The room next door is really noisy.

Kyosuke: Who are you?!

Miss Galaxy: Give me back my clothes!

Maki: I don’t know why she bothers wearing clothes…