Bleach 652

Guidelines For Using My Translations

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[Side text: No god can stand before it!!]
[Text: Divine Blade // Hakkyouken]
Barro: ......Hmmm? // What kind of sword is that......?

2
Barro: It gives off... // ...quite the unsightly glare.
Nanao: !
Barro: Why, with all that light, I cannot so much as see its blade...... // How bothersome.
Nanao: ......Is that so. // That’s good to hear.

3
Barro: ?
Nanao: This sword was made to face up to gods and reflect their power. // If it seems to shine in your eyes... // ...then it must be reflecting the “divine” power that you possess.
Barro: Hmmmm............... / I cannot quite understand what you are saying...... // But it does not displease me to be referred to as divine......

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Bleach 652
The Theatre Suicide
Scene 6
Flashback!Shunsui: I couldn’t possibly accept such a valuable heirloom.

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Flashback!Woman: It only affects... // ...members of the Ise line. // It will bring no misfortune upon you if you take it from me...... // .........I have... // ...nobody else I can turn to outside of my own family. // So, please............
Nanao: (The first thing I noticed... // ...was his hairpins.)

6
Flashback!People: Look, him over there! // They’re saying he’s a Captain from the Gotei 13! / He’s come to pay his respects to the academy president!
Nanao: (I could only see his back from afar... // And yes, he wore over his shoulders a brightly-coloured woman’s kimono... // ...but its pattern was the kind one might find anywhere... // ...so while I recalled that my mother might have worn a similar kimono, I thought nothing more of it than that. // His hairpins, though... // I could not shake the feeling that they looked just like my mother’s.)

7
Flashback!People: Whoaaaa~~~! / You’re in the First Division?! // That’s amazing! // All right! / I’m in Division Five! / Lieutenant Aizen is so cool, isn’t he~~! // The Captain there is a real weirdo though... / With his long hair and all. // That’s just your personal preferences! // Hahahaha!
Flashback!Nanao: What? // The Eighth Division...?
Flashback!OldWoman: Oh? / You’ve been selected for the Gotei 13?!

8
Flashback!OldWoman: How remarkable! / A proud soldier, at your young age! // You really are something, Nanao-chan!
Nanao: (Shortly after my mother’s death... / I was taken in... // ...by an elderly couple who I had never met before.)
Flashback!OldWoman: We’ll have to have a proper celebration!
Nanao: (Apparently, they were relatives of the House of Ise, but they were completely unfamiliar to me. // Both of them treated me... // ...as lovingly as they might their own daughter. // When I entered the Spiritual Arts Academy, / I was unable to forge the Asauchi assigned to me into my own blade... // But I showed aptitude in the area of Kidou, so I was permitted to take the Gotei 13 entrance examination at an early age. // Since I had no Zanpakutou of my own, // I chose the Kidou Corps as my requested assignment, // thinking that it was the only place I would have a chance.)

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Nanao: (Yet for some reason I found myself assigned... // ...to the Eighth Division.)
Flashback!Shunsui: Hello there~~~~~! // I’m your new Captain, Kyouraku Shunsui.
Flashback!Nanao: (Ahh... // It’s him.)
Flashback!Shunsui: I treat young ladies with the utmost of kindness, so don’t be scared!♪
Flashback!Nanao: (With the hairpins...)
Flashback!Shunsui: As for young men...I treat them all right-ish.
Nanao: (When I saw you after joining the Eighth Division...)

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Nanao: (You had changed the kimono you wore... // ...and you had removed those hairpins. // It was then... // ...that I felt certain. // He’s the one... / It must be. // This was the man who my mother gave... // ...something very important to that day...)

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Barro: Do you mean to strike me down with that blade?! // Very well! / Just try it! // There is no blade in the world that can cut-

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Nanao: (He blocked me!! // Even though his guard was down completely......)
Barro: Weeeeeeeelll......! / I did think it seemed quite an unusual sword...... / But now that I look closer, it does not even have a blade......! // To come rushing at me with a weapon like that... / ...is awfully dangerous, don’t you know......?

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Barro: To think that it would actually... / ...be capable of slicing my body... // But alas... / This is the end for you. // You should have used... / ...that one strike... // ...to take my life without fail! // An envoy of God... // ...does not make the same mistake twice!!

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Shunsui: (I always...blamed myself.)
Flashback!Shunsui: Executed?!
Flashback!Ukitake: That’s right. She was sentenced by Central 46 on charges of losing a valuable artifact. / The execution was carried out yesterday. // ...I’m sorry. / I probably shouldn’t have brought it up.
Flashback!Shunsui: Oh, not at all! / I’m glad I was able to hear the news so soon...

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Flashback!Shunsui: Thank you. // (It’s my fault. // Why does this always happen? // Everyone always... // ...leaves their most important things with me and then leaves me behind... // Don’t they know I can’t stand... // ...those kind of heavy scenes?)
Shunsui: (Nanao-chan... / I...)

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Flashback!Shunsui: (I don’t want to have to accept that sword from you again... // Nanao-chan... // Please lift this weight from my shoulders... // Please... // Just let me...protect you.)

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Shunsui: Let’s do this. // Nanao-chan.
[Side text: His hand and heart upon hers...]