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Mahou Sensei Negima! 295

The Final Choice!!

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+ posted by cnet128 as translation on Jul 7, 2010 14:35 | Go to Mahou Sensei Negima!

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1
[Insert text: Mystery classmate Zazie... What secret lies behind her fearless smile?!]
Setsuna: Wha...
Tatsumiya: R... Ridiculous... // Zazie... // Zazie Rainyday...?
Negi: Zazie...san...?
Zazie: *smirk*
Tatsumiya: Tch...
Negi: Tatsumiya-san!
Tatsumiya: It is impossible for her to be here! This is a trap!
Negi: But...!

2
Tatsumiya: Sorry, but there is no room for discussion!! // Kaede! Setsuna!
Kaede: Mm.
Tatsumiya: Don't move.

3
Mahou Sensei Negima!
Period 295: The Final Choice!!
[Insert text: Is she friend? Is she foe? Is she even real?!!]
Tatsumiya: Let's hear some answers. // Who exactly are you, to take the form of our own classmate in a place like this? // !

4
Kaede: !!
Setsuna: ?!
Setsuna: (Wh... What is... this power...?)
Negi: Ngh...
Zazie: ...Don't move now, pyo.
Negi: ?!
Zazie: ...I have no intention of hurting you, pyo.
Negi: Wha...? // [aside]p... 'pyo'?![/aside]
Zazie: ...I merely intend to stop you. // ...Poyo.

5
Zazie: You are mistaken, pyo. // You are currently a dangerous entity, poyo.
Negi: (Th... This is...)
People: Aaaaahhhh!! / What the... an earthquake...?! // L... Look at this...!

6
Misora: Wh... Whaaaaaaaa?!
Natsumi: Zazie-san?!
Yuuna: Whaaaaa...? Z... Zazie-san...? As in, Zazie-san from our class...?! // As in, the mysterious acrobatics-club girl who's the quietest in our class but kind of mischievous at times, and always cool as ice...?!
Asakura: Now this is an unexpected turn of events...
Konoka: [aside]...did she always say 'poyo'...?[/aside]
Chisame: No, no, no... this is just not happening! / [aside]it's just stupid![/aside] // [aside]...and that speech quirk...![/aside] // You can't just throw stuff like this into the story out of nowhere...! Where's the foreshadowing?! / I - I mean, okay, so Zazie has been the most suspicious member of our class since God-knows-when, but still...!
Sayo: S... Still, I get the feeling that this girl isn't actually Zazie-san, even if she does look similar...
Chisame: Y - You think so...? / [aside]I mean, that uniform...[/aside]
Tatsumiya: Ngh... // (I'm being restrained by some kind of invisible force...! // What is this power of hers?! // Certainly, I always suspected that Zazie Rainyday could not be just an ordinary human... // Indeed, in a class containing robots, time-travellers and even vampires, it seemed all the more likely that she was not... // But this pressure... this outrageous level of magical force... it does not feel like the Zazie I knew at all...!)

7
Zazie: ...The path that you pursue will result in greater bloodshed than the path which Fate seeks... poiyo. // ...I think that should be enough for you to understand my meaning, pyo.
Negi: ?!
Zazie: I will grant you one final choice, pyo.
Haruna: Wh... What's going on here?! / The scenery around us is being... rewritten...?!
Chachamaru: Enchantment unknown... Magical power immense...
Negi: Wha...?
Zazie: If you agree to leave now...

8-9
Zazie: ...then I will return you at once to this place.
Kaede: I... / Impossible...
Setsuna: It... / It can't be...!
Students: [aside]are they recording a movie or something? // Nah, it'll be the Tech Club again, don't you think?[/aside]
Shiori!Asuna: Th... / This is...
Negi: Mahora Academy...
Haruna: Mahora Academy?! That's not possible! // Is this forced teleportation? An illusion? A Phantasmagoria?
Chachamaru: Situation unknown! Readings appear to indicate that our surroundings are genuine!
Haruna: Seriously?!
Zazie: Indeed... I should say...

10
Zazie: ...that this would bring an end to more than half of the problems you currently face, would it not?
Chisame: Hah... you sure know how to hit us where it hurts. / And what happened to your 'poyo', huh? Where did that go?
Zazie: ...... // ...Would it not, zazi?
Sayo: [aside]m... maybe she really is Zazie-shan?[/aside]
Chisame: You're going 'zazi' now?! / [aside]okay, so it's not completely out of nowhere like 'poyo', but...![/aside]
Zazie: ...Would it not, ponyo?
Chisame: ...Uh, I think that would raise some serious issues. / [aside]if this really is her, then she's more of a joker than I thought.[/aside]
Tatsumiya: Tch... // Don't be taken in, Sensei! That cannot possibly be the real Zazie!! // Movement between worlds is currently impossible! This is a trap!!

11
Setsuna: It's true that with all the Gates destroyed, the two worlds should be entirely isolated from one another! / It makes no sense for Zazie-san to be here...! // This situation makes no sense, either! / Please be careful, Negi-sensei!
Asuna: B... But don't you think we should at least hear what she has to say?! // She is our classmate! If we don't listen to her, how will we ever know what's really going on?!
Negi: ......!

12
Homura: Where have the intruders gone?!
Shirabe: They seem to have disappeared.
Homura: Disappeared?!
Shirabe: Immediately after making an emergency landing in the lower cargo bay of the Gravekeeper's Palace, / Negi Springfield and the occupants of his two Ala Alba-affiliated ships encountered an unidentified individual. // After a brief skirmish between the two parties, all signs of the intruders and their ships vanished completely.
Homura: A mystery intruder?!
Shirabe: This is the individual in question.
Koyomi: Hmm... Can't say I recognise her...
Tamaki: Ahhh...
Koyomi: Sh... She's strong! Who on Earth is she?! // Oh, I see! She must be a secret trump-card that Fate-sama prepared in advance! // [aside]that's Fate-sama for you![/aside]
Fate: Hm...? // I have never seen that girl before.
Koyomi: Eh?

13
Koyomi: Th... Then was it you, Dynamis-sama?
Dynamis: Hm...? // I know her not. // [aside]do not call upon me over such trivial matters, cat.[/aside]
Koyomi: Ehhhhh~~?! / [aside]then who?![/aside]
Fate: ...... // This does not please me.
MysteryIndividual: ...Worry not. It was I who called her here. ...She is an old friend of mine.
Koyomi: Ahh...
Fate: You...

14
Zazie: I will ask you once more, poyo. / The path that you pursue will result in more bloodshed than the path which Fate seeks to follow. // Will you pursue it nonetheless... poyo? // ...The path that you seek to follow will doubtless lead to the future which Chao Lingshen sought to prevent, poyo.
Setsuna: Eh...?!
Chisame: ?!
Haruna: !!
Negi: ...... // ...I am... // ...aware of that. / I suspected it to be the case.
Chisame: Wha...?!
Zazie: Oh...?

15
Negi: Even so... I mean to continue along this path. // In my father's footsteps.
Zazie: Is that so, poyo? // Then I have no choice, poyo.
Tatsumiya: (An Artifact Card!) // Negi-sensei!
Zazie: Artifact... // Magic Lantern Circus.
[Insert text: As Negi casts his final choice aside, a baptism from his own classmate awaits?!!]
[Bottom text: Next issue, Negima will be taking a break so that the author can collect data. See you in Shonen Magazine Issue 34, on sale Wednesday 21st July!]

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#1. by Shadow Limiter ()
Posted on Jul 7, 2010
Thanks for the quick translation cnet.
But i think you might have missed something on page 06. In between Chisame & Nodoka, there seems to be a bit of side-text. Here is the pic below i have pointed the part out.
http://i32.tinypic.com/t5poo8.jpg
#2. by Arcanis ()
Posted on Jul 7, 2010
I think Zazie never says "pyo". That would be ピョ right?

She only says ポヨ which is poyo.
#3. by duron ()
Posted on Jul 8, 2010
Dunamis? I thought he was spelled Dynamis?

Anyway, thanks for the translation.
#4. by quigonkenny ()
Posted on Jul 8, 2010
She says ポヨ, which is unquestionably "poyo", and also ポョ, which is a more complex question in that it is similar to a youon, or consonant+y+vowel dipthong (kya, ryo, pyu, etc.), except those by definition require a full-sized consonant+i character to go with the half-size y+vowel. Since ポ is consonant+o, it's not immediately clear what the correct pronunciation is, likely intentionally.

Personally, I suggest "poyo" on the precedent of half-size vowels being used to trail off, or to extend the vowel of the preceding consonant (and also making it so you don't have to keep track of which is being used at any one point), but they can also replace the vowel sound of the preceding character if different from it, which is used to create sounds like "ti" and "si" which don't normally exist due to the consonant sounds differing in "chi" and "shi" from other "t-" and "s-" line characters.

So, long story short, it doesn't really matter, and KA is off having a laugh somewhere about us...

Hella quick translation, cnet. Now we have even longer to wait for the next chapter... Thanks a lot... ^_^

@duron: As for Dunamis, that reflects the pronunciation used, but the Greek root of his name is the basis for words like "dynamic" and "dynamite", so it's often transliterated as "dy". Greek doesn't have an official transliteration method, IIRC...
#5. by Shadow Limiter ()
Posted on Jul 8, 2010
Cnet, if possible could you use the original Japanese name of Zazie's artifact ("Gentou no Circus" based from CanonRap's translation) in your translation & keep the translated one in brackets.

That way it would feel much better when reading this chapter.
#6. by quigonkenny ()
Posted on Jul 10, 2010
The artifact name is fine how it is, although I personally prefer "Slide Show Circus" (kanji means the same, and I think the alliteration makes it sound better). The usage of an obvious English word in the artifact name ("circus") means there's no reason to not make it all English. This is translation, after all, not dictation. Plus, no need for unnecessary translation notes.

Besides, it's likely moot, as there's a good chance KA will change it to an all-Latin/Greek name for the tankoubon, like he's done with a couple others since his Latin/Greek expert left his employ.

>>"In between Chisame & Nodoka, there seems to be a bit of side-text. Here is the pic below i have pointed the part out."

That's an aside by (presumably) Nodoka, about the "poyo". I say Nodoka, since if it were Chisame, it would interrupt the momentum of her rant, but by position, it could be either. It should be something along the lines of "(And) that sentence ending..."
#7. by arimareiji ()
Posted on Jul 11, 2010
Just wondering, because 1) you're one of the foremost experts on remembering details of Negima and 2) you'd be the most familiar with distinctive speech patterns in the original Japanese... do you think MysteryIndividual's speech pattern gives us any clues on who they are?
#8. by cnet128 (MH's Best Translator)
Posted on Jul 11, 2010
Missing P6 side-text inserted.

Dynamis spelling consistency failure fixed.

I'm quite aware that she's not saying ピョ, the "pyo" is for the sake of preserving the distinction between ポヨ and ポョ.

As a rule, artifact names have both a Latin name and a more casual Japanese version of that name; I leave the Latin name as-is and when the Japanese version comes up either translate it or substitute the Latin one, depending on which sounds more appropriate in the circumstances. Since this is the Japanese version, I've translated it. If it turns out to be one of those few Artifacts that doesn't have a Latin name at all... I still think the name fits better translated, so no problems there.

And I'm pretty sure the mystery individual has to be Zect.
#9. by arimareiji ()
Posted on Jul 12, 2010
Thank you. (^_^)
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