Soul Eater 52

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SOUL EATER
Chapter 53: Operation: Seize Baba Yaga Castle (Part 7)
[insert text (right): Shinigami: The Ultimate.]

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SOUL EATER: Characters / Story
The Shinigami Academy for Weapons and Meisters (Shibusen for short) // A school founded for the purpose of supervising and raising Meisters and Weapons from a young age, so that a Kishin may never again be born.
[Meister: Maka]
A Scythe Meister attending Shibusen. A girl who always gets excellent grades, and has the courage to face even the most powerful of foes without fear.
[Weapon: Soul Eater]
Maka's weapon; a Demon Scythe. Aiming to become a Death Scythe, he fights alongside Maka!!
[Meister (Assassin): Black☆Star]
The only survivor of the "Hoshizoku" clan of assassins, he loves to stand out. Right now, he's doing battle with Mifune right outside Baba Yaga Castle.
[Weapon: Tsubaki]
[Meister (Shinigami-sama's son): Death The Kid]
Shinigami-sama's son. His sheer power is incredible, but his obsession with symmetry is something of a weakness...
[Weapon: Liz]
[Weapon: Patty]
[Currently Missing: Chrona]
Implanted with the Demon Blade Ragnarok, who has been transformed into the form of "black blood". Joined Shibusen and functioned as a spy there, but has not been seen since.
[Meister (Teacher): Sid Barrett]
Excelling at infiltrations and the like, this teacher carries out both the open and the more covert work of Shibusen. His partner is Kniges.
[Weapon (Doctor): Mira Kniges]
[Meister (Teacher): Professor Franken Stein]
The first partner of Maka's father, Death Scythe. Currently on the run with Marie, searching for BJ's real murderer.]
[shinigami-sama]
The founder of Shibusen. He has bound his soul to Death City, becoming one with it, so he cannot leave its bounds.]
[Medusa]
A witch who was studying black blood for the sake of reviving the Kishin. In return for the true Artifact "Brew", she has been allowed to take command of the operation to seize Arachnophobia's base of operations.
[Medusa's Team]
[Eruka] [Free] [Mizune]
[Arachnophobia]
[Arachne] [Mosquito] [Giriko]
An organisation based around the witch Arachne, revived thanks to the Kishin's Insanity Infection, plotting to overthrow Shibusen.]
[Death Scythes: Shinigami-sama's weapons]
Transformed into Shinigami-sama's weapons by consuming ninety-nine human souls and one witch's soul. Eight currently exist, and they are stationed all around the world.]
[Death Scythe (Maka's father)] [Marie] [Azusa] [Justin]
[shinigami-sama's Revision Corner]
Hey there~!! Kim had been through a painful isolation thanks to the power she possessed (Regeneration Magic). But then, through the power of Ox-kun's love, she regained her morality, and is now working together with Ox-kun...!♪ Isn't that great~?!!
[shinigami: Meanwhile, Kid was moving to destroy the Eighth Tower, when who should appear before him but Free, the Man of the Demon Eyes?!!]

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[side text: The Man of the Demon Eyes, Free, arrives at the Eighth Tower...]
Free: I'll ask you one more time... this is the Second Tower, right?
Kid: No, this is number eight.
Free: ............ // Aaaaaghhhhhhhhhh...
Kidd: Yes... I think you've messed up a little.

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Mosquito: Hahahaha, what a lovely little development. / It seems we will be able to protect the Second Tower quite adequately. // Now, I will not allow you anywhere near the Artifact.
[TN: Rather than the rather long-winded "Magic Tool", which is a more literal translation of "madougu" (or indeed "Demon Tool", considering how everything else prefixed with the "ma" kanji seems to be translated in this manga...), I'm going to go with "Artifact". It's just... nicer.]
Kid: What now? / He's a powerful one...
Free: It must be some manner of Fate that brought me to this place. / I'll help you out here. // Though it kinda pisses me off having to fight alongside a Shinigami...

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Kid: Oh, I assure you I am the disgusted one here. // You unleashed the Kishin upon the world once more... / Placed the entire world into disarray... // However... this is no time for that. / Liz, Patty...
Liz: Right.
Patty: Let's go!
Kid: It's time we paid you back for what happened in the Battle for Brew.

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Mosquito: Hah... // What use are a bunch of brats, no matter how many of you there are? Wandering into Arachne-sama's mansion, trailing mud over our fine floors... I think this prank has gone a little too far.

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Kid: Our objective is to destroy the Locking Artifact. // If either of us see a chance, we proceed, even if it means leaving the other behind.
Free: Yeah, I hear you. / To be able to desert one another without the slightest hesitation... we must be great comrades, huh? // Let's go.
Kid: Quite.

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Free: Woolff Wolves Wolf Wolves...

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Mosquito: Magic...?!
Kid: It worked?! / That tough old guy just...!
Liz: Kid - let's take this chance and move.
Free: GRAAAAAAGHHHH!

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Free: HYOUCHUUKEN!
[TN: "Icicle Fist"]
Kid: Ahhh!! // You fool... // Don't send him flying the same way we're trying to go!! Honestly...
Free: Oh, that's a fair point... / I get it.

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Mosquito: Magic... / That power, and that speed... // You're... not human, are you... // Oh, I know you, Man of the Demon Eye... // A Shinigami... and a Werewolf... // I see going a hundred years back won't be enough for this fight...
Kid: It's just like he said in the Battle for Brew... / He still has further left to transform...
Patty: Ooooh~!
Mosquito: Let's see how you like... my form from two hundred years ago!

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Mosquito: Nnnnnnghhhhhhhhhh..... // ...gggghhhhaaaaaaaahhhh!!

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Mosquito: My form from two hundred years ago... // ...The age when I was at my fastest, and truly my nasal peak!
Kid: ..................

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Kid: !!

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Kid: Ngaah!
Free: Nghhh...

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Free: Ngg... // ...gyaaaahhh!!

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[no text just boom]

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Kid: !!

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[no text just surely-you-can-aim-better-than-that]

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Patty: He sure is tough to hit, huh...
Liz: Ugh! That speedy old guy...
Mosquito: Wahahahahahahahahahah!
Free: Hyouchuutai!!
[TN: "Icicle Pillars"]
Mosquito: !!
Kid: Now your movement is restricted.

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Mosquito: Nghh!!

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[no text just fightings]

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[no text just DIRECT HIT lol]

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Mosquito: (What a barrage... I have to draw back...) // ?!
Free: Hyoubaku.
[TN: "Ice Bind"]

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Patty: Wow, wow!
Liz: That's Kid for you! When he really fights, he's incredible...!
Free: Woolff Wolves Wolf Wolves... // I'm not finished yet...

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Free: A Vasili.
[TN: Okay, what the hell is that katakana meant to be? >_< The kanji read "freezing cell", but I have zero idea on the katakana ("A Vashiri").]
Mosquito: Wh...at...?!
Free: Let's go, Shinigami!!
Kid: Indeed. // Liz, Patty!
Patty: Uh-huh!
Liz: Right!

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Free: MAGANHOU!
[TN: "Demon Eye Cannon"]
Kid: Death Cannon!

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Mosquito: Nguaaaaaaahhhhhhh!

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Kid: ...... // ...Stubborn old man...

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Mosquito: Aahhh...... // Aahhh... Aahhhhh......... // To think... that you could damage me this far... / Even my two-hundred-year-old form is not sufficient... // Shinigami... Werewolf... It seems I underestimated you somewhat.
Liz: H... He's still alive...?!
Mosquito: So be it... You can both bear witness to true Hell...!

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[box: Arachne's Room: The Queen Spider's Lair]
Eibon: It's very noisy out there... what's going on?
Arachnophobe: !!

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Arachnophobe: It seems that some intruders from Shibusen have invaded the castle.
Eibon: Well, now, that's quite something. / But thankfully, Arachne's magic has now reached its final stage.
Arachnophobe: Ahh, that is very good to hear... / ...Eibon-sama.

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Kid: His Soul Wavelength is swelling up enormously......
Mosquito: This is my power of four hundred years past!!

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Kid: !!
Mosquito: Heheheheh...

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Patty: This one's kinda boring, huh.
Liz: He certainly looked stronger before...
Mosquito: I've gone back a full four hundred years for you. / Now see if you can at least last, say, four seconds.

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[no text just ohcrap]

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Mosquito: ...They didn't even last one...
[insert text: Next issue, we take the front cover and colour pages!!!]
[bottom text: To be continued in the October issue (On sale Friday 12th September)]