Kandachime 33

Kandachime 33

Notes: Haba: is Habakirimaru
Kaworu can also be written Kaoru, choose the one you like

p1
Title: Chapter 33: If you're the real thing
Haba: This is.....

p2
Haba: ......
Haba(thinks): I thought it was the end for this body...

p3
Haba: ...Old man
Haba: Are you there?
Haba: It seems you did just like I told you...

p4
Man: Where did you hide him?
Old Man: Wh...
Old Man: What are you talking about? I have no idea...
Man: The young man you took to Nabejima, you brought him back right? //Nabejima = Nabe Island use the one you like best
Old Man: I...
Old Man: I told you I don't know...
Old Man: ---Hey...
Old Man: He hasn't come yet...?
Old Man: Good Grief, where did that Nii-chan go? //Nii-chan here is for a young guy, i thought it sounded good like this XD
Old Man: If I'm careless it'll be night
Old Man: Though losing five times the ferriage is regretable...
Old Man: I have no choice but going back, huh?---...

p5
Old Man: Hm?
Old Man: !?
Old Man: Uhyah!? Iiiit came ouuuut!! //this is a typical phrase for when a ghost/youkai appears
Old Man: It came out...
Old Man: Huh...!?
Old Man: Ni, Nii-chan?

p6
Old Man: What...You didn't have to come swimming Nii-chan
Old Man: You scared me...
Old Man: Y...You
Old Man: What's up with that injury!?
Haba: ...It's nothing...It's just a...scratch
Old Man: There's no way it's a scratch!!
Old Man: Aah, Enough, shut up, I'll take you to the coast...
Haba: Old man
Haba: I'm ok
Haba: Could you rinse this with fresh water
Haba: ...and
Haba: Wipe it with a dry cloth......
Haba: Please

p7
Haba: Sorry... I'll sleep a bit
Old Man: ......
Old Man: I'll just have to take my client back
Old Man: That's a ferry's work
Old Man(thinks): Don't die Nii-chan
Old Man: Hey
Old Man: I told you I don't know...

p8
Man: Do you want to feel a little pain?
Old Man: Eek...
Man: Sorry, this is our work too
Man: It's not a situation where we can choose our means
Kaworu: Then
Kaworu: I won't choose too!!
Man: What yo...
Man: Who uwo!?

p9
Kaworu: Hmmmm...
Kaworu: As I thought I must choose my means
Kaworu: Good grief, I can't go easy!!
Old Man: Ka...
Old Man: Kaworu-chan!!
Old Man: Is it Kaworu-chan!?
Kaworu: My name is Sekiguchi Ankiken
Kaworu: Spare me from that way of calling me
Old Man: ---That's why
Old Man: I was troubled with what to do next...
Kaworu: That was unfortunate

p10
Old Man: I like swordsmen so, I wanted to do something but
Old Man: I never thought people from Nabejima wherer this rude...
Old Man: Actually I wanted Kaworu-chan to help me...
Kaworu: What!
Kaworu: If it's like that---
Kaworu: I understand!
Kaworu: Leave everything to me, Sekiguchi Ankiken
Old Man: Oh!!
Old Man: You've come to yourself Nii-chan!!
Haba: Old man

p11
Old Man: It's great, It's really great
Old Man: I couldn't show it to a doctor so I worried about how everything will go
Old Man: I brought you a change of clothes
Old Man: I'm relieved you're more healthy than I thought
Old Man's side dialog: It's something that looks modern
Old Man: Can you eat?
Haba: Who's that?
Old Man: He's an old acquaintance of mine
Old Man: Sekiguchi Kawo......
Kaworu: I'm called Sekiguchi Ankiken!!
Kaworu: I've been roughly told about the situation, It seems you have some circumstances
Kaworu: If you'd like can you tell me?
Old Man: You can trust him......He's talented, so rest assured
Old Man: You can talk to him, he might be helpful

p12
Haba(thinks): He's talented?
Haba(thinks): ......
Haba: I'm sorry but
Old Man: I,I see...
Kaworu: I understand
Kaworu: There's some things you can't talk about, I won't force you
Haba: I'm indebted to you, old man
Haba: I left the money there
Old Man: Aah...
Kaworu: However...
Kaworu: What are you planning to do with your sword?

p13
Haba: What?
Kaworu: If you crossed swords and fell to the sea your sword is probably considerably damaged
Kaworu: I think you should sharpen it but
Kaworu: Do you know a sword sharpener?
Haba: No...
Kaworu: I know one sword sharpener...
Kaworu: No, two of them...

p14
Kaworu: If you'd like I'll reffer you to them
Takachiho: Hmm...
Kaworu: For Kenichirou-dono to be absent...
Kaworu: Where did he go?
Takachiho: He's staying over for a sword's delivery
Takachiho: There are some clients that only want Dad to do it so
Kaworu: I see... Hmm, What should we do?
Takachiho: I'm sorry, even though you specially came here
Takachiho: But I can accept the sharpening job

p15
Kaworu: Oh! Is that true!
Takachiho: Yes
Takachiho: First I need you to show me the sword's condition... then
Takachiho: It depends on the condition but, can we hold on it for aproximately two weeks?
Haba: I can't do that
Takachiho: Eh?
Haba: This sword is my life
Haba: Until you finish sharpening it I'll be by its side
......
Takachiho: ---Understood
Takachiho: I can't entertain you but--- I'll do what I can
Kaworu: Oh!! I'm indebted to you Takachiho-dono
Kaworu: By all means I beg you to do it!!

p16
Takachiho: I'm Zushi Takachiho
Takachiho: Pleased to meet you
Haba(thinks): Zushi...?
Haba: I'm Habakirimaru
Takachiho(thinks): Is it the sword's inscription?
Kaworu: Then I'll make my leave...... He must be worried so I must hurry back
Takachiho: Ah, I'll take you to the entry hall
Haba: Give my regards to the old man
Takachiho: ---Who's that person?
Kaworu: Hm...
Kaworu: I don't know any details either, It looks like he has some circumstances...
Kaworu: Maybe it was for the best that Kenichirou-dono was absent
Takachiho: Well, dad would have refused

p17
Both: But, it's interesting
Both: !
Kaworu: ---I want to have a match with him
Kaworu: ---He looks really strong
Takachiho: You can understand with one glance that he's other-worldly
Takachiho: I'll know if he's strong or not
Takachiho: When I see his sword

p18
Takachiho(thinks): This is
Haba: ...What?
Takachiho: ...nothing
Takachiho: It's considerably damaged...
Takachiho: You haven't sharpened it in a while?
Haba: Yeah
Takachiho(thinks): This aren't scratches from drawing it or practicing Katas //kata = standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.
Takachiho(thinks): This are marks from "crossing swords"
Takachiho(thinks): And... It hasn't cut only one or two persons

p19
Takachiho: ...I'll look at the blade
Haba(thinks): I don't have a good feeling about it
Haba(thinks): To entrust my blade to a human's hands
Takachiho(thinks): It's just like when I touched those two---

p20
Takachiho(thinks): Kurogane Shiki!?
Takachiho: Haa //breath
Takachiho: ---...
Takachiho(thinks): ---Calm down, I'm not possesed right now
Takachiho(thinks): It's only that the creation period is near and the characters shape looks alike
Takachiho(thinks): ---It might be a coincidence
Takachiho(thinks): ...And, even if this man is a Kurogane Shiki

p21
Takachiho(thinks): No
Takachiho(thinks): All the more because he is a Kurogane Shiki
Takachiho(thinks): This chance will not come again!!
Flashback: This sword is my life
Takachiho(thinks): I see
Takachiho: You're using a really old sword, I'm astonished
Takachiho: The ones I usually sharpen are mostly modern ones---
Haba: I thought so
Takachiho(thinks): I'm not being possesed because it hasn't lost it's human host?
Takachiho(thinks): Or maybe it's just that it can control me anytime it wants---?

p22
Takachiho: I've roughly seen it
Takachiho: It isn't fragmented but, it has small scratches... it also has some rust in some places
Takachiho(thinks): I want to sharpen it
Takachiho: If it's like this It'll take some time... The fastest is three days--- it also depends on the type of sharpening
Takachiho: ---It's old but it's good iron
Takachiho(thinks): Even if it causes hazard
Takachiho: And it's an item that magnificently condenses the swordsmith's ability, tenacity, and aesthetic sense---
Haba: You say that as if you had seen it
Takachiho: If I couldn't make this kind of judgement I wouldn't be able to polish
Takachiho: Then---...
Takachiho(thinks): I want to touch it and make sure of it
Takachiho: How should I sharpen it?

p23
Takachiho(thinks): Should I polish it beautifully as if it were an Artistic Sword?
Takachiho(thinks): Should I sharpen it roughly for it to cut makiwara easily as if it were an Iai Sword? //Makiwara = straw post for training sword strikes, karate punches and arrow hits Iai=art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
Takachiho(thinks): Or maybe
Haba: Ask the sword
Haba: If you're the real thing
Haba: You should understand just by looking at the sword

p24
Takachiho(thinks): ---As i thought
Takachiho: ...understood
Takachiho(thinks): This is a Jatou, a Kurogane Shiki
Takachiho(thinks): It's a sword that continually cuts people
Takachiho: Then, I'll start sharpening it without delay
Haba: Yeah

p25
Hagane: Hm....
Hagane: Uuuuuum
Hagane(thinks): mm... I woke up before the alarm
Hagane(thinks): It's like I didn't sleep well...
Hagane(thinks): I'll wash my face...

p26
Takuma: Wah!?
Hagane: Kya...
Hagane: Zu...Zushi-san!?
Takuma: G...Good Morning
Hagane: ...Good morning
Hagane: You're up really early
Takuma: Ah, yes
Takuma(thinks): Pajamas...
Takuma: I thought I should run a little far away today...
Hagane: Far away?
Takuma: To Ougiyama
Hagane: Ougiyama? You'll run there?

p27
Takuma: It'll take about an hour right?
Hagane: Yeah...
Takuma: Well then... I'm off
Hagane: Ah...
Takuma: Eh?
Hagane: Ah no...
Hagane: Take care...
Takuma: Yeah!

p28
Big letters: ---Ougiyama Momijino June 9th 6:20 A.M.