Saike Once Again 25

And another Saike. Fukuchi said recently that this "series" is almost over, and he's already well into "series" five. It'll be interesting to see what happens at the end of this, and if we'll finally get a heroine.




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Ana: I found you.
(Side text- To defeat Ana, they redo today!!)
SAIKE ONCE AGAIN.
(Side text- Volume #3 of the manga is in stores everywhere!!)
Take 25: A pointless ability.
FUKUCHI TSUBASA.

002
(Side text- Now, raise the curtain on this second “today”!!)
Eiji: Be careful Saike.
The strength fumes are pouring out of her.
She's an ability user!!
Saike: What?!
A little girl like that?!
(Sfx- Guhh tpf)
(Sfx- Bahhhh fwooom)
Ana: Take this.

003
(Sfx- Bakiiii crack)
(Sfx- Periihh flip)
(Sfx- Biiiiihhh fweeeh)
(Sfx- Pashihhuu fwip)
Ana: Now, I do wonder what'll happen next?
(Sfx- Betaaah fwap)

004
Ana: 3....
(Sfx- Shakiiiin sheeen)
(Sfx- Dooonnn thooom)

005
Ana: Wha...
“Scissors”?!
(Handwritten- But why...)
{A few hours earlier...}
(Sfx- Pinpon ding dong)
Eiji: For now I've just gotta stay positive and upbeat when I talk to him.
(Sfx- Doki doki throb throb)
(Sfx- Gachaaah clack)
Saike: Let's talk inside.
(Handwritten- We can eat that Cheesecake too.)
Eiji: Ana Egerton?
And you're saying that she's going to attack us after you get out of school?
Saike: Yeah.
That's why I'm doing today for the second time.
(Sfx- Gasaah tk)
(Sfx- Gosooh sfft)

006
Saike: First thing is first. Let me explain the “enemy's ability.”
(Sfx- Gotohh tkkk)
Saike: If my hypothesis is correct, then her ability is...
Eiji: Packing tape?
How the hell do you fight using something like that?
Saike: Of course it's not ordinary packing tape...
It's “tape measuring” packing tape.
This doll is you, Hizu-kun.
Eiji: He couldn't have been a little more serious with that?
Saike: So what she'll do is stick this on your face....

007
Saike: And then stretch out the packing tape.
(Sfx- Bishiiihhh fwwiiip)
Saike: After which she'll stick a part of it on a wall...
(Sfx- Bachiiii dsssshh)
Saki: And bring it back.
Get it?
Eiji: I get it. If used like this, it sorta is like an attack.
(Handwritten- Basically it hurts upon the return, yeah?)
(Sfx- Bachiiin clip)
Saike: Exactly! First, I'd like to get the “specs” on that packing tape.
Eiji: Specs?

008
Saike: Yeah.
For example, will it fall easily to a pair of scissors?
(Sfx- Zuzuhh sllurp)
Saike: Is it resistant to fire? Or weak to it?
Can one never remove it once they've got it stuck on them?
(Handwritten- And after that, maybe an idea of how thick and tough it is.)
Eiji: C'mon man, how are we possibly supposed to investigate that?
Don't tell me you're gonna try something crazy like investigating all of this while fighting her or something.
Saike: Yup!
Eiji: You serious?
Saike: As a heart attack.
(Handwritten- Your face is kind of close.)
Eiji: You're a certified moron. I doubt she's generous enough to give you enough time to take notes on her.
It's all gonna be decided with the very first attack.
(Sfx- Zuzuhh sluurp)

009
Saike: And that's why I'll just redo that “first attack'.
I already know when and where that first attack will take place.
So it's child's play for me to wait for her to level that move at me and investigate her ability!
(Sfx- Dododododo)

010
Saike: Experiment number 1...
“Scissors”....!!!
(Sfx- Gachi gachi gachi clip clip clip)
Saike: No dice, huh...
The teeth aren't able to leave a mark!
{However this doesn't “hurt”.}
{So it's as I thought, the tape isn't a part of the skin, huh?}

011
Ana: Kuzushiro Saike...
This isn't you first “today” is it?
Too bad!
No matter how many times you return to this point, my tape will not be broken!
Not by your pointless ability!!
Return!
(Sfx- Gigiih gigiih grrinnnd)
(Sfx- Biiiin thoooing)

012
(Sfx- Gyuuuuoooohhh fwooooom)
Saike: Woaaaaaaaaaaah!!!
(Sfx- Doofuuuhhh Thooom)
Ana: Hmph.
(Sfx- Bogoooohhh craaash)

013
Ana: With this you should understand...
That no matter how much you return you will never break my tape.
The ability to return to the morning of this day?
Using such a pointless ability to warp the fates of others...
Just to to satisfy your obsessive need to be a hero...
It's sickening.
Enough to make me want to vomit.
Ana: What's this? Why are you suddenly so quiet?
Was the shock of seeing your master defeated enough to silence you?
(Sfx- Bahhh poit)

014
Ana: No way....
(Sfx- Hyoooooh wfffff)
(Sfx- Doooooon doooom)
Ana: H—he's not here!
He escaped?!
But that's...
For him to go headfirst into a concrete wall and walk away unscathed is...

015
Eiji: Sorry.
I turned that wall into Styrofoam..
In advance.
In addition,
On the other side of this wall is lime that we dropped down there.
When Saike went flying through that wall, the smoke rose and he was able to get away unseen.
{Lime}

016
Eiji: And now he's able to redo “today” to his heart's content.
Just so that he can investigate your ability –the packing tape.
This time I was able to help him escape,
But once we wind back the clock, you wouldn't have even noticed.
So you'll be able to experience it over and over...
That so-called pointless power.

017
(Mogura pond.)
Saike: Hah..
Hah..
Hah...
{Thank you Hizu-kun.}
{Now for my role....}
(Sfx- Pota pota drip drip)
Saike: Hm?
(Sfx- guii wipe)

018
(Sfx- Tsuhhh sft)
Saike: Huh?
I guess when I went through the wall I hit my nose?
Well, whatever.
(Handwritten- When I get back to the morning, my wounds are all returned to the way they were before.)


(Sfx- Dopoooon blooosh)
{You distort the fate of others to satisfy your obsessive need to be a hero.}
{It's sickening.}
{Ana...}

020
{Why did you have...}
{Such sad eyes?}
(Side text- The strange phenomenon in Saike's body is...what? And moreover what is Ana's weakness?)
TO BE CONTINUED IN ISSUE 39 OUT AUGUST 26th (WEDNESDAY).