Gamaran 25

Gamaran
Chapter 25
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Page 01
Summary box：あらすじ　武芸者たちが集う“鬼の巣”海原藩で三十一流派が天下無双を競う海原大仕合が始まる。天幻流（長刀）を撃破した大亀流・黒鉄我間は続く中泉流（弓）にも勝利。残る鏡千流（体術）の大丸左近を破り一回戦を突破した！
Summary: Martial artists gather in the Fiefdom of Unabara, nicknamed “The Demons’ Lair”. There, the Grand Tournament of Unabara, a tournament where 31 schools will compete for the title of “unrivaled”, is underway. Kurogane Gama of the Ogame School masterfully defeated the Tengen school (Naginata). He went on to score another victory versus the Nakaizumi School (bow). Gama then defeated Daimaru Sakon of the Kyousen school (classic martial arts) and emerged from the first round victorious!
Naoyoshi：・・・・・・・・
.........
Naoyoshi：大亀流だと・・・・？
Did they say Ogame School....?

Naoyoshi：ならこいつらは俺の・・・・
If that’s true, then these two...

Naoyoshi：我間の仲間！！
Are allies of Gama!!
White block text：襲撃を受けた直善の前に頼もしい助っ人が二人！！
Naoyoshi is attacked and two dependable people come to his aid!!
Black text at bottom：第十二五話　中丸洋介
Chapter 25 Nakamaru Yosuke
Black text above logo：極限武闘活劇「我間乱」KC一・二巻激賞発売中！！！
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Page 02
Ninja：・・・・あちゃあ
....Oh dear
Ninja：これは想定外だな
This is unexpected
Ninja：あの方の話によれば大亀流は
I heard from that person
Ninja：深手を負った子供一人と聞いてたぞ？
That the Ogame school was just one heavily injured child?

Ninja：辻斬りに見せかけて直善様を暗殺するために
And to go through all the trouble of forcing members of another school to use katanas, which they aren’t used to
Ninja：わざわざ他流の彼等になれない日本刀を使わせたのに・・・・
In order to assassinate Naoyoshi-sama and make it look like someone testing their swordsmanship on a random passerby....

Ninja：しかし
But
Ninja：あの方は何で直善様を嫌うんだ？　
Why does that person hate Naoyoshi-sama so?

Ninja：・・・・こんなやり方
....And this way of doing things
Ninja：本来　僕等の好みじゃないんだがなぁ・・・・
Isn’t even our normal style....

Ninja：・・・・でもまぁ
....But
Ninja：こうなってしまってしかたない
It can’t be helped that it’s come to this

Page 03
Ninja：二回戦であたるかもしれない敵の技
Before I go, I guess I’ll observe the techniques
Ninja：ここで見ていくとするか
Of an enemy I might encounter in the 2nd round

Ninja：・・・・それに上手くいけば
....And if all goes well, not just observe
Ninja：見るだけでなく戦力をけずれる
But also whittle away their strength

Ninja：阿権と白龍のあの二人が・・・・
If Agon and Hakuryuu....
Ninja：本来の武器で戦ればね
Were to fight with their normal weapons, that is

Zenmaru：！？
!?
Zenmaru side of bubble：そでの中から！！
From up their sleeves!!

Page 04
Zenmaru：な　何だありゃ・・・・？
Wh-What’re those....?

Shin：・・・・・・・・
........
Shin：斧か
Axes, huh?

Page 05
Zenmaru：お・・斧・・・・そんなもんで戦る気かよ
A-Axes....they’re really gonna fight with those?
Shin：気をつけろよ　善丸・・・・
Be careful, Zenmaru....

Shin：斧に対して太刀による防御は不可能だ
You can’t defend against an axe with a sword
Shin：もし斧の攻撃を受け止めようとすれば――――
If you do try to stop an axe attack------

Shin：たちまち太刀を砕かれ
It’ll probably break your sword in one heartbeat
Shin：次の瞬間には命を奪われてしまうだろう
And then take your life in the next

Zenmaru：・・・・ねぇ
....Hey
Zenmaru：今　俺が殺されるの想像しなかった・・？
You weren’t imagining me getting killed just now, were you..?
Shin：・・・・まさか
....Of course not

Zenmaru：フン！
Hmph!
Zenmaru：まあ　とにかく斧は受けなきゃいいんだろ！！
Well, in any event, it’s best not to take an attack from axe!!

Shin：一気にキメるぞ！
Let’s do this in one shot!

Page 06
Black side text：大亀流五剣ノ二　焔燃型（カグツチノカタ）
Ogame Sword Technique 2 of 5: The Kagutsuchi Kata*
MARGIN NOTE: *Form of the Burning Blaze. Kagutsuchi was a fire god in ancient Japanese mythology.
Zenmaru：真さんどっち行くよ？
Which one do you want, Shin-san?

Black side text：大亀流五剣ノ四　水龍型（ミズチノカタ）
Ogame Sword Technique 4 of 5: The Mizuchi Kata*
MARGIN NOTE: *Kanji mean “Form of the Water Dragon”. A “mizuchi” is a kind of water dragon originally from Chinese mythology similar to a crocodile.
Shin：お前は筋肉バカ同士
You take the big one
Shin：あのデカいのとやれ
Barbarian vs Barbarian
Zenmaru：だれが筋肉バカだってぇ！
Who’re you callin’ a barbarian!?

Page 07
Hakuryuu：（さぁこい真ノ丞とやら）
(Alright, bring it on Shinnojou, or whatever your name is)

Hakuryuu：（貴様の攻撃はこの斧で確実に受け止め）
(I’ll block your attack with these axes)

Hakuryuu：（その太刀をへしおってやる！）
(Then I’ll smash your sword!)

Hakuryuu：（次の瞬間貴様は死ぬのだ！！）
(And in the next instant you’ll be dead!!)

Page 08
Hakuryuu：（来たか！！）
(He’s here!!?)

Hakuryuu：（ほう・・・・一瞬で間合いをつめたか）
(Ho....he closed the distance in the blink of an eye, huh?)
Hakuryuu：（なかなか迅いだが――――）
(He’s pretty quick------)

Hakuryuu：（攻撃がバカ正直すぎるわ！！）
(But his attack is stupidly straightforward!!)

SFX：シュ
Shoo

Page 09
Black text：水龍型　第一式　“逆鱗”（ゲキリン）
Mizuchi Kata, 1st mode: “Gekirin”*
MARGIN NOTE: *Imperial Wrath.

Page 10
Hakuryuu：！？
!?
Hakuryuu：（バ・・バカな！！）
(R-Ridiculous!!)
Hakuryuu：（防御をすりぬけた！？）
(He slipped through my defense!?)

Ninja：（な・・何だ）
(W-What)
Ninja：（今のは！？）
(Was that!?)

Ninja：（刀の軌道が）
(The trajectory of his sword)
Shin：構えで狙いは読めた
I was able to read your aim from your stance
Shin：鉄の塊に刃を打ち込むほど俺はバカじゃあい
I’m not stupid enough to strike a mass of metal with a blade
Ninja：（急激に変化した！！）
(Changed suddenly!!)

Ninja：（面白いね・・・・）
(How intriguing....)
Ninja：（けど阿権さんの方はどうかな？）
(But I wonder how Agon-san is doing?)

Ninja：（彼の斧は――――）
(His axe------)
Agon：オアアアアアア！！
Oooaaaaaaaahhhh!!

Page 11
Ninja：（投げ斧だ！！）（トマホーク）
(Is a tomahawk!!)
Zenmaru：？
?

Zenmaru：！
!
Ninja：（その距離じゃ防御も回避も不可能！！）
(He can’t dodge or defend at that distance!!)

Zenmaru：下らねえ
What a joke

Page 12 + Page 13
SFX：チッ
Chee
Black text right：（カグツチノカタ第一式）
Kagutsuchi Kata, 1st mode

Black text：（“火柱”）
(“Hibashira”*)
MARGIN NOTE: *Pillar of Fire.

Naoyoshi：何！？
What!?

Agon：（俺の斧を）
(He)
Agon：（叩き斬った――――！？）
(Crushed my axe------!?)

Zenmaru：わはは　びびったか真さん！！
Wahaha, did I scare you, Shin-san!?

Page 14
Agon：！
!
Zenmaru：カグツチノカタを極めた俺にゃあ・・・・
I’ve mastered the Kagutsuchi Kata....

Zenmaru：斬り裂けねえモンはねぇ！！
So there’s nothing I can’t cut!!

Page 15
Agon：ガ！！
Gah!!

Naoyoshi：（こ・・・・こいつら・・・・）
(Th-These two....)

Naoyoshi：（強い――――！！）
(Are so strong------!!)
Shin：フン
Hmph
Shin：やはり筋肉バカらしい勝ち方だったな
That was a barbaric way of winning, just as I expected
Zenmaru：技だよ！技！筋肉で勝ったわけじゃねえ！！
It was skill! Skill! I didn’t win with brawn!!

Page 16
Shin：直善様おケガはありませんか？
Are you injured, Naoyoshi-sama?
Naoyoshi：ああ肩を少し斬られたが平気だ
Yeah, they nicked my shoulder but I’m fine
Naoyoshi：しかしこいつらは何者なんだ？二回戦に出てくる流派のモンか？
But who are these guys? Are they a school that’s going to be in the second round?

Shin：まあ全てコイツに聞けばいい・・・・
Well, I think you can ask him everything....

Shin：そのために命までは奪らなかったのだからね・・・・
I spared his life specifically for that purpose....
Hakuryuu：ぐっ・・・・
Guh....

Naoyoshi：そ・・そんなことが可能なのか？見たところこいつらは訓練された暗殺の専門家だぞ・・？
D-Do you think that’ll work? By the looks of him he’s a trained assassin..?

Shin：・・・・・・・・
........
Shin：どんな手を使っても必ずはかせますよ・・必ずね
We’ll use any means necessary to make him talk..any means

Hakuryuu：・・・・・・く
......Kuh

Page 17
Hakuryuu：！！
!!

Shin：！？
!?

Shin：くっ！！
Kuh!!

Shin：！！
!!
Shin：何だ！？
What the!?

Zenmaru：誰だッ！！
Who’s there!?
Zenmaru：コラァ！！！
Hey!!!

Naoyoshi：み・・見ろ！！
L-Look!!

Page 18
Naoyoshi：男の眉間に手裏剣が！！
There’s a shuriken* between his eyes
MARGIN NOTE: *Shuriken refers to any kind of small, thrown blade.
Hakuryuu：・・う・・う・・・・うう・・・・
..Oo..oo..oOoo....

Zenmaru：死んだ？
Is he dead?

Zenmaru：あっ！！
Ah!!

Zenmaru：あそこだ！！逃さねぇぞコラァ！！
Over there!! Don’t let him get away!!

Page 19
Ninja：無理しない方がいいよ
Don’t overdo it now
Ninja：逃げたり追ったりは大得意なんでね・・それじゃ・・・・
Running away and chasing people are my specialties, you know..see ya....

Shin：くっ！
Kuh!
Shin：しまった！
Shit!

Shin：（手裏剣を）
(To think that someone)
Shin：（あの距離から命中させるなど）
(Could be accurate with a shuriken from that far away)

Shin：（一体何者だ！？）
(Who on earth is he!?)
Zenmaru：ちくしょう！
Dammit!

Page 20 + Page 21
Ninja：あー面白かった
Ah, that was exciting
Ninja：まあ暗殺は失敗しちゃったけど
Even though assassination attempt was a failure

Ninja：しかし大亀流凄まじい強さだったなぁ
But the Ogame school had incredible strength
Ninja：けどまあ・・・・
However....

Ninja：本物の忍術に
It’s not the kind of martial art
Ninja：勝てる武術なんてないよ
That can win against true ninjutsu

Ninja：海原大仕合を制するのは俺達“魂隠流”さ
We of the “Tamagakushi” school will be the ones to rule the Grand Tournament of Unabara

Bottom text：次号！第二十六話！！我間の行方！！！
Next issue! Chapter 26!! The location of Gama!!!