Junk Record of the Last Hero Volume 5

Author's Foreword:

When was it again? What's the first scene where scores of superheroes started to go rampant? It's become commonplace now, and military fiction has gone down the drain. By the same token, there was only one JUNK unit, and now we have plenty of them coming out of the woodwork. Perhaps because I've been influenced by superhero stories, but can't state that as a fact. Anyway, those who have received that power have seen their respective takes on life change gradually, and I wanted to portray that contrast in my drawings.

If you've been reading JUNK up until now, there's something you must have noticed. The weirdos and monster types who antagonize those superheroes are nowhere to be seen.

If you regard whatever and whomever stands in the way as an enemy, then our characters all have something in their lives that would count as such. What would it take to defeat such a foe? The JUNK units will help them in their desperate struggles for an answer.

Promotional Color Page:

Destiny toys around with the supermen.

Will the Koufuku company bring salvation to the world?

JUNK Systems and their secrets.

Natsuki, face to face with the facts.

Hiro and Ayu get closer together...

JUNK VOL.6
COMING SOON!

003
Justice 21: Junk Impact

004
Hiro: Wai... Wait a minute........
Ayano: What?
Hiro: Well, um... Nothing. Do we really have to do this?
Ayano: You don't want to?
Hiro: ... I don't know anything about you.
Ayano: Let's get to know each other, then.//Do you really think Tsujidou and I are just ordinary counselors?/The kind who would bother with a hikikomori and a NEET like you?
Hiro: You're not?
Ayano: Humph.//Really, aren't you a dense one./And the icing on the cake...

005
Ayano: You've got such a fine woman on top of you./Yet I see no reaction.
*fondle*
Hiro: Wah...
Ayano: There we are! We're definitely going to be friends, you and I./Because the two of us are partners./United, body and mind.
Hiro: (Partners?/United, body and mind?)

006
Suzuki: Total destruction of evil!! That's what justice is destined to do. What justice is meant to do./And this costume has the power to do just that.
Lisa: If you really feel that way, you should leave the place. The press has been monitoring the area for a while, now.
Suzuki: How about going right after whoever's responsible for this and squash 'em?//Oookaaaay./Go look for him, then.
Lisa: .....
*tilt*
Suzuki: Hey there.
Lisa: This isn't the place to stand around matching wits. Now go home and get some sleep. (What the heck is wrong with you?)./I still have work to do.*frush* *frush* *frush*

007
Suzuki: Someone's running out of time.
Lisa: !*startle*
Suzuki: You're using a model from the previous generation. I take it your time is limited to a couple of hours. Sorry to break it to you, but mine lasts 6 hours.//I can't wait to see what a girl with such a juicy ass looks like./Hehehehe. [tn: Can't blame him.]
Lisa: I'd like to see your face too./Someone with your crude mindset and foul mouth must look so dumb.
Suzuki: Woohoo. Are you trying to pick a fight? With ME?*frush*
Suzuki: Aaalright. Sorry if I mess up and you end up dead.
Lisa: ......

008
*tow tow tow*
*wail wail wail* *screeech*
*vvrrrr*
Lisa: I won't fight for now.*frush*
Lisa: It's not the right time for this.//But next time, if you get in my way again... Then...*frush frush*
Lisa: Then I'll give you the fight you want.

009
Suzuki: Awwrite./I'll be looking forward to it, then.//Sigh. I'm disappointed./And here I was, thinking I'd know the White JUNK's identity at last. Oh, well. Time to get outta here, I guess.

010
Suzuki: Those helicopters have been making quite some noise, though.//Bummer, really./Hah!!*whoosh*
Heli: Wah.*BOM*
*crack *crack*
Suzuki: ........
*WHAM*

011
*BAAOOOOM* *brrrrr*
Suzuki: Aaaah. Now I feel better.//Next time, mind me when you go flying around.*gwwooooo*
Suzuki: Because I am justice. I alone.*brrrrrrr*

012
TV Specialist: In my opinion, the gas inside the balloon in Shinjuku was filled not with highly inflammable gas, but one with a strong paralyzing effect of the human nervous system...//There's no doubt in my mind it was a gas with a fast dispersal rate./Though there's no knowing for sure until the matter has been properly investigated.
Announcer: How come the damage was some extensive?
TV Specialist: It appears this gas has had a strong influence on many people. Given the early evening hours in the Kabuki district and its many restaurants, a fire would have started easily./Then, I wouldn't know whether or not it's a coincidence, but in various places, tanker trucks with large stocks of gasoline have set the shops and nearby buildings on fire.

013
TV Specialist: And four trucks, no less... For the record, a message written on the Internet claims this to be the work of some terrorist./I'm wondering if the fire was also part of their plan.
Fujiwara: Soon they'll need to put someone in charge of the superman case./Probably they'll call for us too.
Kaji: Fujiwara-san.//We've just received a report from the emergency units. The female, white super-human was helping the wounded.
Fujiwara: The white superman's been known for doing that kind of thing in the past.
Kaji: And according to the eye-witnesses, she's been talking to some black superman look-alike.
Fujiwara: A black superman......../Is it the same guy as before? Or the bloke who's been rampaging lately is someone else?
Kaji: We don't know that much... Whatever the medics saw they just chanced upon...
Fujiwara: Is there anyone out there with an eye on our boy?
Kaji: Yes sir.//We're been having regular reports for some time, but he hasn't left his house ever since the police drove him back home.

014
Ayano: Haa./Hah./Ha.*creak* *creak*
Ayano: Ah... Ahaaah. Ah.*creak* *creak*
Ayano: Hah./Haa./Ha.*poof*
Hiro: ......./Haa./Haa.
Ayano: What is it? You tired or something?/Really. Why didn't you just say so earlier?
Hiro: .........
Ayano: Or what? Are you gonna tell me you're just at 70% or something?

015
Hiro: No... No, I.../That's not what I...
Ayano: But now we're not strangers to each other any more./We can become partners. The real deal./Yup.*bolt*
Hiro: Eeerrr.//What's with that partner thing? You're supposed to be my counselor, aren't...
Ayano: I am. Officially... But I'm also your partner.
Hiro: So Tsujidou-san was too?
Ayano: That's right.//When someone is given a suit, they're automatically assigned a partner./That's me. And it was Tsujidou before me.

016
Hiro: !!/When someone is given a suit...?//So... That means you're...
Ayano: Yeeees.//I'm part of the JUNK Systems company./Counselor and partner to the first JUNK suit's recipient.

017
*creak*
Lisa: I'm home.
Shanlan: Welcome back, Lisa. I understand you've had a hard day... Right?
Lisa: Right.//Lots of stuff had happened. I stayed as long as I could to help people, but I wonder how many will make it.../Mh?//What's up, Shanlan?*thud*
Shanlan: Ah... Ah.
Lisa: ?

018
Suzuki: Yo!
Lisa: ?!
Suzuki: It was probably the wrong thing to do I guess, but I've followed you. Hahhaa!

019
Lisa: So you're a stalker too. I confess myself surprised.
Suzuki: See, I ran out of patience. But I was able to see your face, so I guess it's okay.//And those looks of yours are the real shit, too./You look a helluva lot like Hiiragi Manami.
Lisa: Say one more word, and you'll regret it.*grit*
Lisa: I don't need someone like you to tell me. I'd figured it out just fine on my own.
Suzuki: You want a piece of me? But you can't change, can you?/Your transformation item is still out of commission.//Well I, for one, still have 2 hours left. I'm gonna be...//JUST FINE!!*BASH*

020
*crash*
Lisa: Ugh...
Suzuki: Oh, my, oh my. I've scratched your face. My bad.*clang*
Suzuki: Hahahaha. Sorry about that.
*pat pat*
Lisa: Am I to understand you see me as evil?
Suzuki: Naaah.//Just thought I'd make a pass at you./*snort...*
Lisa: There's no difference between you and a stalker or a pervert./I stand up against these.//I'll put it bluntly./To me, you're evil.

021
Lisa: There's no figuring out anything with that pitch-black form of yours. Talk about a cop-out.
Suzuki: Ah, that? Probably a new function. You wouldn't have it.
Shanlan: Night Cloaking. A newly developed appearance altering mode./Simply put, it's like when ninjas put on black clothing and work at night. They become that much harder to find out.//Of course, the stealth is only efficient up to a certain point...
Suzuki: Hahaaa. You're the white JUNK's counselor? Hot girls. Two of them. Great.
Shanlan: This mode is usually meant for nightly use.
Suzuki: We're at night already.//What's gotten into me? It's a bad thing to point at people's mistakes.*beep*
Suzuki: Okay, okay. Let me introduce myself properly.
Lisa: .........
*buuuuuuzzzz*

022-023
*DOOOM*
Suzuki: Pleased to meet you. I am JUNK the Red./Hehe...
Shanlan: Thi... This is
Lisa: A new version of the JUNK suit...
Suzuki: Righto! How do you like it?

024
Ayano: I have no idea why Tsujidou didn't tell you about it.
Hiro: Uuh.
Ayano: Maybe for some reason, he felt it was his duty. Observing you, from up close or from afar./Grooming you into a honest-to-goodness hero.//You've run off the handle, and destroyed a publishing company's building./Tsujidou took responsibility for this, and he got kicked out.
Hiro: Tsujidou-san was fired because of me...?/...
Ayano: Come on.*plic*
Hiro: !

025
Ayano: You got to meet me as a result, so it's all for the best, isn't it?/We even get laid, to boot...
Hiro: Mh...//Mh... Mh.
Ayano: Oh, my. Youth is such a beautiful thing.

026
Ayano: Huhuhu.//I've read Tsujidou's report. I think you lack something to focus upon, Hiro-kun./You improvise your life's every day and every moment.//Am I right?
Hiro: Yeah. I've got ten times more freedom ever since I stopped going to school.
Ayano: You should try having an objective. Think about it for a second./Is there anything you want to do? [tn: Bloody hell! How does she manage to do that and speak properly at the same time?!!]
Hiro: Uuuuum... No, nothing...
Ayano: Ever had anything you wanted to do as a child? Like being a baseball player, for example.

027
Hiro: I didn't.../No childhood dream... Uuuum.
Ayano: What you need is a goal.
Hiro: A goal.
Ayano: You need to have a purpose to work out for.//If long term planning is too much for you, try something closer...//An immediate objective.../Well, I take it there's not much of a choice outside making the finding of a goal your goal.

028
*VLAM*
Suzuki: Tsk.../Don't you run away from me./Though I guess that's your only option seeing as you can't transform.
Lisa: The hell? How come JUNK Systems only hands out its costumes to worthless scumbags?
Suzuki: Why, sorry for being worthless./But with the power I have, I can bring about justice and make evil disappear from the world.//Or maybe I'll become evil and that's gonna force people to behave./As a result, evil will go away. Maybe JUNK Systems also thought about that when they gave me my costume.

029
Lisa: Deluded and violent. Bummer.
Suzuki: That's what I do, have you been listening?//I'll show you a little trick you old models don't have./It's something funny.//One, two.*buzz*
*ZZZAAAAAP*

030
*BRROM* BRROM*
*BRRR* BRRR*
*THUD*¨
Passer-by: Waaaaah.
*brrrrr*
Suzuki: Hoo hoo hoo hoo. (evil laugh).*brrr* *brrr*

031
Suzuki: Oh, my oh, my. You're okay. Good./Pheww.*GRRRR*
*buzz*
Lisa: Dick...

032
Suzuki: Those Laser Fingers are the shit.*buzz*
Suzuki: Just like that action novel I read some time ago. They were claws rather than lasers, though.//Don't worry, I'll make it painless./I'll cut you up faster 'n you can say "shish kebab".//Now wake up! Time to die./So long, white JUNK! Can't have flocks of super-humans running around!!*buzz* *buzz* *buzz* *buzz*
Lisa: Damn. There's nothing I can do!
Shalan: Lisa...
*buzz*
Suzuki: See ya...

033
Sign: Fortune.[tn: Also the first Kanji in the name on the company.]
Monk: Jura-sama. Jura-sama.//Jura-sama!//There's been a great catastrophe./Just as you said.
Jura: I know. I've heard the restless screams of pain./People are crying out for salvation.

034
Jura: And we are here to provide.
Monk: Yes sir!
Flags, from right to left: 嘉 Goodness; 楽 Comfort; 善 Virtue; 福 (Good) Fortune; 宝 Wealth; 幸 Happiness; 幸 Abundance; 祥 (Good) Portent.

035
*crackle*
Suzuki: Uh...
Lisa: What?
Natsuki: I suggest you quit going overboard. Like right now.

036-037
Natsuki: You're not exactly the standard article./So if you kill off a fellow JUNK suit owner, I'm the one who's gonna get yelled at.*crackle*
Suzuki: Natsuki!!

038
Ayano:That's it for today. I'll be going.//I'll drop by again if anything happens.
Hiro: Yeah.
Ayano: Ah!
Hiro: What?
Ayano: Wanna know where your girlfriend is?
Hiro: Ryouko?! Where is she?
Ayano: Oh, God... You wanna see her?//Here.*flip*
Ayano: If you want it, kiss me.
Hiro: Eh...

039
Hiro: 'Kay.
Ayano: Here you are.*paf*
Ayano: That kinda pisses me off...........
Hiro: Okinawa...
Ayano: GOODBYE!!
Hiro: Ah... Yeah. Sorry.
*slam*

040
Hiro: Ryouko...//Ryouko's in Okinawa.../Ryouko...[/End

041
Justice 22: Junk Divergence
Natsuki: You've done enough already, don't you think? Let's go home.
Suzuki: Sure. But I won't mind if you let go of the "Pause" button first....
Lisa: .....
Natsuki: Gimme a minute. You've been a bad boy, you know...
*Gwooooooo*

043
*beep*
Suzuki: Aaaaaah.*tilt*
Suzuki: Oh, fuck. Sucks to be a prisoner.
Natsuki: Come on. Let's go.
Suzuki: Aaaalriiight. You really got a big mouth, for a kid.
*slip*
Sukuki: Aaaaaaah. Okay, okay. I got it!!//So let's get outta here.

044
*FIUUUUUU*
Lisa: .....//You okay, Shanlan?
Shanlan: Ye... Yes.
Lisa: I guess you can't okay after something like that.*WOOOOOO*

045
*clank* clank*
Natsuki: Bloody hell. Really!!
Suzuki: What are you angry for? Calm down.
Natsuki: Shut up!//The building, cut in half.//Because of which, the elevator was useless, and I had to use the bloody stairs!/I spent forever climbing all the way up!!//So what the hell?!!*BRRRRRR*
Suzuki: I got it already. Quit crying!!

046
Hiro: ...//Ryouko's in Okinawa.//Okinawa, eh?//What are you doing right now? ......./Ryouko.//Okinawa..... Maybe I should go.

047
Hiro: But... What do I do when I see her?/What do I tell her...?//Ryouko?//.....//......//Ryouko...

048
*FIUUUUUU*
Kaji: So you're saying you have no idea how it happened?
Lisa: Yes.//Can I have a break? I've been answering the same questions since morning, and from God knows how many people./I'm tired.
Kaji: A little more patience, please.
Lisa: Pheeew. How did this happen? Last time I checked, it was still your job to find out.//Besides, with my home gone, I have a lot on my plate at the moment.
Kaji: Hey! Wait a minute!!
Lisa: I won't be able to help you, I'm afraid.

049
Kaji: Ah...
Fujiwara: Who was that?
Kaji: The building's landlady. She lived right on the floor that's been cut off.
Fujiwara: Humm.//I just had a little glance at her, but she looks like Hiiragi Manami's twin sister...
Kaji: That's right! I thought the exact same thing, actually! I would've bet my right arm it was her...
Fujiwara: Huff. The superman and Hiiragi Manami... Even here, the two subjects seem to have a lot in common. Odd.
Kaji: Agreed.
Fujiwara: So. Anyone else who saw that super-human look-alike?
Kaji: No. No one outside that married couple we started with.
Fujiwara: I see... And that superman... or whatever. He was really red?
Kaji: Yes sir. Red.
Fujiwara: A red one, a black one, and a white one.../Oh, God, what's up with the whole mess?*slap*

050
Kaji: And that er... red superman... look-alike./He had a young girl with him.
Fujiwara: WUUT?!
Kaji: They just walked out of the building, by the looks of things.
Fujiwara: Excuse me?//That can't be the superman, can it?/Just a couple of cosplaying siblings.//And what's with them "walking out", by the way?
Kaji: Er, well. You see...
*clac*
Kaji: Heeeey. Fujiwara-san. Where are you going? We aren't done questioning...
Fujiwara: Most of the people have taken shelter already. They're gone. That, and it's time for lunch, so lunch it is!! You should eat something too. Clear your head some. Then, you can give it another thought.

051
Narrator: Okinawa.
*kaaah*
*sllip*
Hiro: That way.

052
Hiro: Traveling by day's really tough, here. That's Okinawa for you.//Well, time to go, I guess...//Let's take a taxi...
*vrrrrr*
Hiro: .....//(Maybe dropping by just like that wasn't such a good idea, after all...//But they might have told me not to come if I'd called first.../This is the only solution I could think of.)

053
*flsshhhaaa*
*fshaa*
Kaori: Ryouko... We need to go.
Ryouko: Okay...

054
Fujiwara: Thanks for the nice meal.
Kaji: Fujiwara-san. You should take the time to chew your food.
Fujiwara: Uh?//What are you babbling about? You're my mom or what?*slurp*
Fujiwara: 5 minutes are more than enough to be done eating.
Kaji: That's not good for your health. And good health is really capital in our line of work.
Fujiwara: When did you become so chatty?
Kaji: I've always been like that.
Fujiwara: *Haaaah*/Ah... Right.
Kaji: But what happens to the superman case, now? He might be involved in that ad-balloon explosion in Shinjuku, don't you think?
Fujiwara: You know, if people knew in advance what was going to happen, no one would bother.//We're gonna have to drag the real specialists into this./Mh?

055
TV guy: The 171th Parliamentary committee meeting for the joint examination of national policies.../has been the stage of a personal confrontation between Prime Minister Izumida-souri and Demoratic League representative Tanimoto-daihyou. [tn: The Diet is the Japanese Parliament. 総理 (souri) means "Prime Minister", and 代表 (daihyou) stands for "representative". The 民主党 = Minshuutou = Democratic Party (here altered to "Party for Democracy" but which I rendered as "Democratic League") is the greatest opposition party to the 自民党 = Jimintou = Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has ruled over Japan for practically the whole of its post-WWII history, give or take a few years. By the same token, Izumida is a thinly-veiled reference to Junichiro Koizumi, LDP leader and Prime Minister at the time this manga was written (probably). Even looks like him.]//Now the images.

Kaji: The government doesn't plan on doing anything about the superman, then?
Fujiwara: What would we do if we were them?//This government... This country.//I wonder if it's really heading in the right direction.//Where's our Japan going at?
Tanimoto: Well first, we have yesterday's ad-balloon explosion in Shinjuku. 1344 victims, 41dead.//Nothing quite like 9/11 in New-York, but this is unmistakably an act of terrorism. We've been wondering on and on when this would happen. Now it has./I wish to express my heartfelt sympathies and concern to the unfortunate people harmed in Shinjuku. Now, I 'd like to discuss the super-humans, as they are called, who've been the cause of so much public unrest recently.

056-057
Tanimoto: Some individuals, named supermen, and clearly gifted with powers beyond those of normal people, have been committing acts of destruction for which the label of "terrorism" wouldn't be misplaced!! First Suginami and Nakano, then Jinbou district, Niigita, and the Super Arena in Saitama./On top of which we have eye-witnesses speaking about other minor cases in which they might be involved! Are we supposed to just leave them be in spite of all this?! Why? They are a threat to democracy just like terrorism is!!

058
Tanimoto: Of course, full responsibility for this situation lies with you, Prime Minister. Enforcing public order is your duty./I wish you would take this matter into serious consideration, and would like to hear you opinion on the subject, assuming you do have one!
Koizumi Izumida: There's a great many things. Too many things about those super-humans we don't know. As of now, there is no definite way of dealing with them.//In my opinion, we need to get a good grasp of the situation first, and then we can come up with a method to take care of it.
Fujiwara: ......
Tanimoto: I've lost count of how many times I've heard that kind of vague response from you! It's really deplorable when you consider those words comes from a Prime Minister. Someone who runs an entire country./How much more damage must the supermen cause before you can make up your mind?!
Izumida: Supermen and hurricanes aren't the same thing./We have no idea where they will show up or what they are, or nothing.
Fujiwara: Humph./Let's go.*slam*
Kaji: Ah. Fujiwara-san. Wait./We haven't paid for anything yet.

059
Izumida: Are you telling me you are ready to run headlong into an enemy you know nothing about? At least you'd die honorably.
Tanimoto: Who said anything about that? I was just asking whether you were planning on taking no counter-measures and giving them free rein.
Izumida: What do you mean, giving them free rein?!! Everybody starting with the police has been put on the case.
Tanimoto: I am quite aware! I'm not blaming anyone who's on the field doing their job.
*slip*
Tanimoto: A country should protect its citizens. And the government...
Kaori: !
Tanimoto: The government has taken no preemptive action to tackle this problem.
Kaori: Ah...

060
Izumida: Talking about preemptive strikes against an opponent whose manifestations are unpredictable? Preposterous.
*flap flap flap*
Kaori: Hiro-kun... What are you doing he...
Hiro: ... You just vanished without a warning. So here I am...
Izumida: We need to investigate who, what and where the supermen are before we do anything else.

061
Kaori: I'm sorry... Given the situation......../I had... no other choice.
Hiro: Don't be./It was also my fault...
Kaori: Certainly I had it coming. My conduct was wrong.../But...//Ryouko had nothing to do with all of this.
Tanimoto: Really now. What a careless answer. When the damage really becomes catastrophic, it's gonna be too late./There might be a superman standing right under people's noses as we speak!
Hiro: Um... Where is Ryouko?
Kaori: You want to see Ryouko...? Since what's happened to her, she's developed a phobia of adults... Especially men.......

062
Hiro: A phobia of adults... [tn: If there's an actual name for that, please let me know.]
Tanimoto: Someday, that threat will...
Kaori: Ever since.../She's been rejecting even doctors and medical staff, the men hardest of all... Ultimately, they had to make the staff female-only...
*flap* *flap* *flap*
Kaori: ......//But yes.../Since it's you, Hiro-kun. Maybe I can let you see her.

063
Hiro: Where is she at?
Kaori: Gone to the aquarium...
Hiro: The aquarium? The place must be jam-packed with people.
Kaori: On weekdays, she goes early when it opens, and late, before the closing.//This way, she can spend an hour or two without meeting too many people...
Hiro: She's alone?
Kaori: No... She has a counselor with her. A woman.//Hiro-kun. You must promise me something! If Ryouko rejects you when she sees you.../Don't try to go near her...//Give her a choice.../Let her decide if she wants to meet you or not...

064
Kaori: Please give her a choice.

065
Eyebrow: The Kabuki district in Shinjuku and the surrounding area is still out of bounds./ I want to make it plain I think the probability of super-human involvement in this affair is exceedingly low.//The cause of this disaster would be those trucks we have spotted in 6 different locations, and the stocks of hazardous material they contained.//Maybe it's a coincidence, but my gut tells me this was as intentional as they come.//Somebody or some group raised those balloons and took dispositions for this to happen...
Announcer: All the drivers are dead, and their identities are still being investigated...//Forgive the awkwardness, but why so contrived...? It looks like they were trying to pull a domino effect or something.
Kayo: ......//Nothing to do with the superman, eh?/Humph.

066
Kusano: What is it, Kayo?
Kayo: Aaaah. Director Kusano.//I was wondering if there was a superman involved in the Shinjuku incident.
Kusano: There isn't a superman behind everything./Even super-humans would need to rest sometimes.
Kayo: Humm. Rest, eh? Then maybe they're human too?
Kusano: Uh? What are you talking about?
Kayo: You see, I'm on the lookout for superman-related incidents. Even went to Suginami, where the whole thing started.
Kusano: Uh-huh. How 'bout you submit a project, then?
Kayo: How 'bout you give me a hand, then?

067
Jura: This country is ailing. It needs to be saved./I have the power to guide its people. And a mission to do so...
Monk: Even the non-religious?
Jura: Of course. Open wide the door to whoever seeks aid and relief.//The Koufukuju doctrine, the Red Cult of Blissful Longevity will bring balance and harmony to the world.[tn: The name probably contains a couple of puns the meaning of which isn't really apparent right now.]//Push open our door. Open it wide.
Monk: As you wish.
Jura: First, extend our helping hand to Shinjuku./Bring light to the lost. To those who have no more home or employment!!

068
Sign: Okinawa Oceanic Aquarium
Hiro:The aquarium...//(Ryouko is...//Ryouko is in there...)

069
Hiro: !//Ri.../Ryou... ko...

070-071
Rouko: Hiro...-kun...?

072
Hiro: Ryouko...
Ryouko: .....
Hiro: Ryouko...
Naitou: Are you okay, Ryouko-chan?

073
Ryouko: Hiro-kun.//Wait...//I've missed you.

074
*screech*
Ugly: Take your eyes out your ass when you're driving, bitch!!//Don't screw around with me!! You...*PAH*
Ugly: Uh...
Suzuki: Whuu? Da hell?*kih*
Suzuki: How about you take your eyes out of your ass? Uuuh?
Ugly: Yo... You

075
Suzuki: Riding a big car doesn't make you a big man!!
Ugly: Hic.*buzz*
*ZAP*
Ugly: Ah...
*BOOM*
Suzuki: LET'S SEE YOU DRIVE NOW YOU'RE DEAD./Oops... My own car is blown up too.

076
*fshaa* *fshaa*
*fshaa*
*fshaa* *fshaa* *fshaa*
Ryouko: Sorry for disappearing so suddenly. Mom wanted to leave Tokyo because of all the trouble we were going through.
Hiro: Uh... Yeah.//(So she doesn't know about me and her mom... I see...)
Ryouko: I didn't.......

077
Ryouko: I didn't even have the time to tell anything to my classmates. Next thing I knew I was already in Okinawa.
Hiro: Do you like it here?
Ryouko: Yeah... It's easy to get used to... The wind and the sea are just fine...//But I don't know anyone here.
Hiro: I... See... (Ryouko...)
Ryouko: Say, Hiro-kun. I need to ask you something.*swip*
Hiro: Yes? What is it?

078-079
Ryouko: You're the superman, aren't you?*fshaa*
Hiro: Eh...?

080
Hiro: Ho... How...
Ryouko: ......
*fshaahhh*[/End

Justice 23: Junk Reunion

082
Ryouko: You're the superman, aren't you?
Hiro: Eh... Ho... How did you...?
Ryouko: Too many things didn't make sense since that day... that night...//But...

083
Ryouko: I thought if you were the superman...//Everything would fall back into place... I had no idea what that meant.
*fshaa*
Ryouko: Also...
Hiro: Also...
Ryouko: The superman assaulted Tani-kun and the others who were bullying you...//When he disappeared, it was near your house...
Hiro: .......

084
Ryouko: And then...//He was the one who saved me.../The superman.//I only have vague memories, but...//The way I felt around him... The way he breathed...
Flashback!Hiro: *pant* *pant* *pant*
Ryouko: These I remember clearly enough. "He's somebody I know", I thought.//And when I thought about who that could be...
Hiro: Your conclusion was me...?

085
Ryouko: Un-huh.
Hiro: .....
Ryouko: .....
Hiro: E... Errr...

086
*BOP*
Hiro: Ow.
*plaf*
*step* *step* *step*
Ayano: 'Scuse me.
Hiro: Eh?
Ayano: I've launched that shuttle a little bit too hard.../Are you hurt?
Hiro: Ayayaye./No. No harm done./I'll be... fine...

087
Ayano: Really! Good.../My apologies.*grit*
Hiro: (Ho.../Hoshi Ayano... Jesus. She's come all the way here...?)//Here you are.
Ayano: Thank you very much.
*step step step*
Ryouko: Are you okay?
Hiro: Uh... Yeah.

088
Ryouko: I didn't notice someone'd been playing badminton around here...
Hiro: Ye... Yeah, indeed.//But back to what we were talking about...
Ryouko: Yup.
Hiro: I'm not the superman... I take it the coincidences accidentally gave out that impression./But if I were him...//that'd mean I'm the one who put my old man and my mother to death.../I was probably saved by the white JU... the white superman myself. That would explain things.
Ryouko: Is that so...?/I see. Sorry...

089
Ryouko: Sorry about your parents' deaths...
Hiro: Uh... Thanks.../Well...
Ryouko: I'm tired. I need to go home...
Hiro: Ah... My bad.
Ryouko: How long will you be in Okinawa?
Hiro: I haven't thought about it.

090
Natsuki: Are you stupid?*PAF*
Suzuki: What are you doing? That hurt.
Natsuki: I've watched yesterday's news!! You transformed and killed a truck driver over a squabble./That's overkill.
Suzuki: He rubbed me the wrong way./And I lost my car in the process.
Natsuki: You reap what you sow.
Suzuki: Shaddap!!
Natsuki: Heww.//(Why did JUNK Systems pick a guy like him...?)

091
Suzuki: Charging complete!!*grab*
Suzuki: I'm out. Today, I've got a shitload of things to do.
Natsuki: !//Stop right there. Where do you think you're going with your suit on?/Suzuki, are you listening?!!
Suzuki: I'm off to confirm the reason why I've been given that power.*clank*

092
Fujiwara: The terrorism victims in Shinjuku are still being evacuated. The teams are working out day and night.//I'm still having trouble imagining such a thing happening here in Japan.
Kaji: Tell me about it.//Speaking of which, our young boy has gone to Okinawa, it seems.
Fujiwara: Okinawa? What for?
Kaji: According to our information... His girlfriend lives there.
Fujiwara: Girlfriend?
Kaji: Um... The girl who was abducted.
*flap *flap*
Fujiwara: Hum?
Cultist: Please form a line./There is more than enough food for everyone!! So wait in line, please!!

093
Fujiwara: What's that?*screech*
Kaji: Uum. A religious organization. Koufuku company. They've been providing all kinds of help ever since the terrorist event... Distributing free food and blankets here and there in Shinjuku and the vicinity.
Fujiwara: Koufuku company... Yes. They have their headquarters in Kyoto.../I've heard a thing or two about them.//What are they doing in Shinjuku?
Kaji: Who knows? Proselytism, no doubt?//They help people, and that brings them recruits.
Fujiwara: Well, I have a good feeling about them. Maybe because I don't know them much.
Kaji: Why don't you join in, Fujiwara-san?/They help people with no regard for religion, and they don't discriminate.
Fujiwara: Idiot.

094
Fujiwara: Sorry, but I haven't belonged in any religion ever since I was born. And don't you find it weird to just pay up to see your dreams come true?/Relying on some god for help. The thought never crossed my mind. If God does exist.......//He's right here. In people's hearts.
Kaji: Uh...?
Fujiwara: Wha... What is it?
Kaji: Nothing... You don't sound like yourself, that's all...
Fujiwara: Ne... Nevermind that, let's go!! Start the car!!*wail*
Kaji: Ye... Yes sir!!
Fujiwara: Oh, well. If God does exist inside our hearts/that means the Devil's in there too.

095
*VROOM*
Hiro: Sigh.//(Even here in Okinawa, there's nothing I can do.../I'm as big a NEET as they come.//Should I see Ryouko again?/But I wouldn't want to outstay my welcome.)
Ayano: Hey!
Hiro: Eh?
Ayano: What's the long face for?
Hiro: Ah... Hoshi-san.

096
Ayano: Here! Eat up, won't you?
Hiro: Yeah.
Ayano: Surprised?
Hiro: Of course I am. I didn't expect you to come all the way to Okinawa.
Ayano: That's part of my job too.
Hiro: Watching over me?
Ayano: Not just watching./I also take care of stuff for you.//I'm the one who spared you the confusion of having nowhere to spend the night.
Hiro: I ended up in a love-hotel, though.[tn: Love hotel: In Japan, because of the demographic constraints (specifically, the lack of available room), it's common for couples who want a nookie to hire a room in a hotel specifically dedicated to such activities. By definition, it's not the kind of place where you go all by yourself.]

097
Ayano: You found that love hotel thanks to me. Be grateful./Normally, even a business hotel wouldn't have accepted an unaccompanied minor.*fshaaa*
Hiro: Okay, okay. I'm grateful.
Ayano: Says the guy who fell asleep as soon as he got into his room and couldn't do anything else. Really.
Hiro: I'd had a busy day. I was tired.../!
Ayano: A waste, I say.*lick*

098
Ayano: So. What's the plan?*lick*
Hiro: What do you mean, "what's the plan"?
Ayano: Aren't you a dim one./You were able to meet your old girlfriend. Good for you. But do you plan on toddling around her because you can't let go?*swip*
Ayano: Aaaah. So uncool.
Hiro: (Old girlfriend.../Last time I checked, she wasn't my "old" girlfriend. We never dated at all, come to think of it.)//Maybe I'll go back to Tokyo, or I'll stay here for a little while...
Ayano: Anh?
Hiro: .......
Ayano: (Her again. Sigh. She's getting on my nerves!) [tn: Ayano uses "kore" to refer to Ryouko. Since "kore" is normally used for objects rather than people, she's adding an slightly offensive nuance that's a bit troublesome to render in English without disproportionate vulgarity.]

099
Ryouko: Hiro-kun.
Hiro: Uh?
Ryouko: !
Hiro: Ri... Ryouko...?
Ryouko: Thank God.../We've been driving around the area where I left you yesterday, thinking maybe you were already gone.
Hiro: Er... You mean you and your counselor?
Ryouko: Yeah.
Hiro: (Where's Hoshi-san at?)/I see.

100
Hiro: I came to Okinawa so I could meet you. And when I saw you... I was like: "What now?"/But I really wanted to talk to you, so I'm glad I came.
Ryouko: Yeah. I see.
Hiro: ?/(Huh? She doesn't look particularly happy.)
Ryouko: There's a place that's been growing on me.*vroom* *screech*
Ryouko: Someplace I can be at ease, and clear my mind... Wanna go?//Naitou-san? Same place as usual, please.
Naitou: Alright.
Ryouko: The best moment is the evening, when the sun goes down.
Hiro: Uh-huh...

101
Ryouko: These are the Katsuren castle ruins. [tn: With the word ぐすく (gusuku), the Japanese text makes it clear it's an Okinawan style fortress.]//So? Nice place, isn't it?/When you sit here, you can see very far ahead.//It's soothing...
Hiro: Su... Sure. *pant* *pant* *pant*
Hiro: It's a pretty rough climb... *pant* *pant*
Ryouko: Hiro-kun!

102
Hiro: Eh?
Ryouko: It's okay if you aren't the superman./But...
Hiro: ........
Ryouko: I have something to tell you./Back then...*swip*

103
Ryouko: Back then. Why didn't you come earlier?/I wished you'd saved me earlier.

104
Hiro: !!

105
Fujiwara: WUUT?!//The investigation team disbanded?/Why's that?
Chikaishi: You gave the reason yourself.
Fujiwara: Huuh?
Chikaishi: We're creating a special investigation squad to deal with the supermen./All the investigators are to join the new unit.
Fujiwara: ........
Chikaishi: What? Creating that special assault team thing was your idea.
Fujiwara: Well, um...

106
*flap*
Fujiwara: This room can become a conference room again./Bah. We didn't even use it for that.//Oh, well. Superman aren't the only cases out there, I guess.../Yeah, no doubt.
Kaji: That's too bad.
Fujiwara: Huff./Not much we can do about it......//Yeah. It wasn't exactly a walk in the park./But he superman case had turned into a pretty big affair...

107
Hiro: (What? What the heck's going on?/Ryouko!!//What's gotten into you?! Hey!!/What the... What was that for?/Is it something she wanted to see?//!//You wanted proof of what I am, Ryouko?!/If that's so...//What happens next, when you get it?)

108-109
Hiro: (Ryouko!!)

110
Hiro: (Is that the answer you wanted?)

111
Ryouko: You made it this time./Hiro-kun...
Hiro: Ryouko...

112
Saeki (or sb who looks like him): Yes... Understood. Now to take care of the videotape.
*clap*
Saeki: Thank you for your cooperation!/We've had a positive feedback, for once.

113
Saeki: Thank you very much, ma'am.
Kaori: .......
Saeki: We'll take care of your daughter and escort her back home.
Kaori: Very well...
Saeki: Now, if you'll excuse me!
Kaori: (Ryouko...)

114
Ayano: Aaaaah. Looks like I didn't make it in time./You leave me with no choice, Hiro-kun.//You really fell for it hook, line and sinker./It's an unusually dirty trick, they used there.//It's about time the suit-bearer got some sense knocked into him.

115
Suzuki: Aaah.//This town is as noisy as ever.//Why, it's been a while since my last visit.

116
Suzuki: Alright. Time to go![/End

Justice 24: Junk Genocide

117
Suzuki: Yo!/It's me! You still angry at me or what?//Hahahahaha. It's okay, innit?/By the way... Did you get my e-mail?//That's right. 10 minutes. 10 minutes will do just fine./It should be easy for you. Don't let me down.
Natsuki: What the heck do you think you're doing?!/You can't be planning on smashing down that building........*clic clac*
Suzuki: Hey there. Don't you lump me in the same basket as that black JUNK dude./The guys I used to work with have built a new company.

118
Suzuki: I merely came here to celebrate./I got a burning hot present for 'em. Can't have the situation become a pain in the ass later!

119
Natsuki: If your identity is discovered... or JUNK, for that matter. I lose my job.*clac clac*
Natsuki: Okay, I got it.
Suzuki: Hah! Hahaha./Good girl.//Well, don't worry. I'll leave the Roppongi Hill Valley alone, bad a thing though it may be.
Natsuki: Of course you won't!
Suzuki: I got no pass, so I'll have to force my way onto the office floor./Just stop the alarm system for 10 minutes when I give you the signal.
Natsuki: Okay.
Suzuki: I'll go for it, then.
Natsuki: Yup.
Suzuki: Ready? Go!

120
Hiro: .....
Ayano: Great job.
Hiro: Ayano-san.....
*SLAP*
Hiro: !

121
Hiro: Wha... What's that for?
Ayano: Isn't it obvious? I've had more than my share of trouble./No, really.//And I'm fed up of baking in the sun too.
Hiro: ....
Ayano: I'm going through hell to clean up your mess.
Hiro: You don't have to do anything.
Ayano: If I didn't have to do anything, I wouldn't./Must have been tougher for Tsujidou than I thought.*clap*
Ayano: Guess I don't have a choice...*rummage*
Hiro: (What is she doing?)
*squirt*
Hiro: ?!

122
Hiro: Wait wait wait a minute. What are you doing?
Ayano: Shut up, will you. Be quiet.//I'm erasing her memories of the last few days.//This powerful drug deals damage to the brain's memory center, resulting in confusion and uncertainty.//Having a superhero whose identity has been found out on my plate? Thank you, I'll pass./That's what I need these for.
Hiro: You... You sure it's just for a few days?!/What if...
Ayano: Most likely./Now if you don't want that kind of things to happen to those you care about...//Don't you transform in public ever again./Got it?

123
Hiro: It won't affect anything but her memory, right?!/What with that weird brain damage stuff!!
Ayano: I wouldn't know. I never used this drug before! Now shut up.
Hiro: Eh? Come to think of it, ain't that the counselor's ca... [tn: Idiot!]
Ayano: Let's go.
Hiro: What happened to the driver?
Ayano: Beats me. But she left the key behind./Since she knows the girl, it should be okay.*BAM*
Hiro: Eh? You know Ryouko's house?/You know where she lives?*BAM*
Ayano: Well yeah.*VROOOOM*
Hiro: .......

124
Hiro: What the hell is going on? On what authority do you guys do all those things?!!*vrooom*
Ayano: You mean the illegal stuff? It's perfectly legit according to our rules. But you just go crazy with that JUNK suit of yours.//And guess who gets to clean up the mess?
Hiro: Yeah.
Ayano: I'm having a hard time concealing the evidence./TV superheroes really have the high life. So much stuff done in just 30 minutes. In fact, it would take a good 100 people just to follow up.//There are 10 of our guys here in Okinawa, taking care of the situation.
Hiro: Uuuh?//Ah!!//Don't tell me you got to Ryouko's mom too?!
Ayano: I guess we did.

125
Ayano: We erased her memory just the same. And we found out something even nastier.
Hiro: What?
Ayano: The police has made its move against the superman. Can't say we didn't see that coming.//Some guy goes on destroying a publishing company's building and wreaking havoc in town.../A real terrorist. And the police had clear evidence, too!!//Breaking the law here and there...
Hiro: (? Blood...? A bloodstain.)/The police...?
Ayano: Didn't you know? That counselor woman was a cop.*tap tap*
Ayano: Which means Ryouko's mother was most likely in league with them.//You may be in a pretty delicate position. Think before you act, if you don't mind.*VROOM*
Hiro: 'Kay.

126
Suzuki: Hey. You really froze the camera, have you!
Natsuki: It's okay, I tell you! The supervision room must be in total confusion as we speak, isn't it?
Suzuki: We definitely don't want me to be taped.//Do we?//Let's seee......./The floor that's connected to the office area./Which one was it again?

127
Suzuki: Well, let's go.*slip*
Suzuki: SHIFT!!
*dong*
*vrrr*

128
Suzuki: Yo!
Employee: !!
*thud*
Suzuki: Aaaah. Here we are.//River Dodge Holdings./It's gotta be their new company.

129
*ZAP*
Suzuki:Assuming there are winners and losers in life, am I to understand the fellas in here are the winners?/But I say the true winners are those who live to tell the tale.*buzz*

130
Suzuki: Which means the people on this floor/are losers!*wooooo*
Suzuki: BGM transmission./Start.
Radio: Chaaa-chachacha-chachachachachaa-chachan!!/Zunzun chacchan zunzun chacchan.*BAH*
Radio: I wuz just out for a lil' swig. Before I knew it I wuz jumping from bar to bar.*buzz*
Radio: When I came to, I wuz home, dozin' on a bench. That ain't no good for ma health./I know it ain't no good but I can't stop maself.//Whoppitty whoop!/Sui sui suuraratta. Sura sura sui sui suiiii~~~~~//Sui~~~ suuraratta./Surasura sui sui suiiii~~~~[tn: Is there an actual song like that?]

131
Radio: Suisui suuraratta./Surasura sui sui sui.//Sui sui suuraratta./Suuraratta.
Suzuki: Sui suiiii~~~~ -Yeah -
*thump*
Employee: Heeeee.//You... you're that murderer... the red... superman.../Why did you... do that to us... What have we ever done...
*flushhhh*
Employee: to you?!!

132
*thud*
Radio: Suiisui suuraratta.
*slide*
Man: Uh...

133
Man: Oh my God. What happened here? (Doesn't look like they rearranged the place...)/Even the reception attendant is gone?//'Scuse me... Anyone?/It's 7 pm, and I had an appointment for today...
*slick*
Man: Wah
*thump*
Man: Ouch.//Wha... What's going on? .../Eh? ... ? ... Blood?//Wah!! AAAAAARGH.//Ah... Aaah./!

134-135
Suzuki: I know it ain't no good, but I can't stop maseeeelf.

136
Man: A su... superman?! The... The red one?! So.../You're the serial killer......*chatter*
Suzuki: What is it?/Do you work for River Dodge?
Man: Ah! No... I don't!!//I was only here for negotiations...
Suzuki: Negotiations, hmm./I see......//Negotiations, eh?
Man: Gasp*WHAM*
Suzuki: If you wanna negotiate, go have a look in the afterlife. Everyone's waiting for you.//Pheeew.

137
Suzuki: Negotiations, eh? ... Hmmm, I see.

138
Sign: HOTEL Layers' Club.
Ayano: Sigh.*fshaaaaa*
Ayano: What a tiresome day I've had.//I haven't had a moment's rest./All of this because of some young boy.
Hiro: Love hotel again? .../Pffff.

139
Ayano: You should take a bath too, young man. I don't wanna sleep in the same bed as a guy who doesn't bathe.
Hiro: Thank you, I'll pass. I don't plan on sharing your bed...
Ayano: What? You want to spend the night doing nothing again?
Hiro: ......
Ayano: I've brought your girlfriend all the way home. Toiled all day to set things straight for you./I get no thanks for this?*creak*
Hiro: Uh... Thank you.*splat*
Ayano: THAT'S it?
*plof*
Ayano: Sigh.

140
Narrator: The next day.
Ayano: Back to Tokyo today?
Hiro: I already saw Ryouko... And even if I saw her again, I have a feeling it would just be a repeat of the last time.
Ayano: Hmmm, I see.//Then let's be back to Tokyo right away./You haven't touched me for all the time we've been in Okinawa.
Hiro: But I....
Ayano: You're worried about your girlfriend, right? But it's not like she's asking you to look after her or something.
Hiro: That's not... I don't...
Ayano: You can't even finish your sentence?//Sigh. We came all the way to Okinawa, and we didn't even get some sightseeing done.
Hiro: ....

141
Ayano: Back to Tokyo?
Ryouko: ...../Ah... What day.../What day is it? .......
*VROOOO*
Ryouko: !//.........

142-143
*VROOOO*
Ryouko: (Hiro-kun...)
Hiro: (Ryouko...)

144
Hiro: I wonder.../If I'll ever see you again...........//Ryouko...

145
News: Early last night, someone broke into Roppongi's Hill Valley building./They infiltrated the River Dodge Holdings' floor, and killed the employees as well as the authorized personnel//For a total of 173 people./Simultaneously, the cameras and the rest of the security system had been interrupted.//The premises where this multiple crime occurred are a hard sight to see./Some whisper that judging by the situation, a superhuman might have been involved.
Suzuki: Hmph./What's with the dirty looks?*click*
Natsuki: You did it again.
Suzuki: Ha!//Don't talk like a hypocrite, Natsuki./You're my accomplice, aren't you?

146
Suzuki: Half a year ago, I used to work for a company.../Everyone handed out their letters of resignation.//Even the CEO. The employees too. Everyone but me./Wasn't I surprised when I arrived at work.//I heard they had retired, everybody for their personal reasons. That it wasn't something planned in advance./Eventually, the company was absorbed by the parent corporation and legally terminated.//Me... They had all betrayed me, I felt... They'd all got together again and started a new company./There, in Hill Valley. On the first floor... Right next to where our old company used to be.//Whenever I walked past the place/I thought... I was thinking about how I'd make them pay.//But at the time I was powerless./They'd treated me like some leftover. I didn't belong in their new company.//I was perfectly homeless./But power came to me.

147
Suzuki: The third JUNK suit./So there is a God, I thought. I immediately knew how I'd be using it.//My clever murders until now were little more than target practice!/A rehearsal for last night's genocide. The real deal!//Kh kh kh kh. That was some nice shit./An night's worth of fun./GYA HAHAHAHAHAHA./Thing is, my girlfriend was there too!!//Hic. Hhhhh. Hic. Sob. Sob.*plic plic*

148
HAHAHAHAHA.
*thud*
Natsuki: .......//(What an imbecile of a man......)*creak*
Suzuki: Aaaahah hah hah hah haha ha./Hiihiiiihii... Kh kh kh kh.//Hahahaha.

149
Fujiwara: ... How are you doing?//I see.../Say... I've been relieved of the superman case.//I'm sorry......./Jouji. [tn: Quite like "Risa" (Lisa, the white JUNK), the name is purely Japanese, but the Western name George wouldn't be pronounced any differently.]//I'm really....../Really sorry.

150
Monk 2: Is it... about money?
Monk: No. This sale isn't about money.
Monk 2: Aah. A sale...//And we have orders for that too?
Monk: Of course. We have started a full-fledged rescue operation. Give away to those who seek assistance, without hesitation.//Maybe love is the key to rescue people's souls. But they will benefit from this distribution.
Monk 2: Yes sir. Of course.
Monk: What a generous soul.../our honored founder is...

151
*clap*
*vrrrrrrr*
*clank*
Monk: The Koufuku Group shall extend aid and succor/to all those who live and dwell here.

152
Hiro: Unh.../Morning?*flap*
Hiro: Well, 11 actually.//.......*stir*

153
Hiro: (What's wrong with her? ...)//And with me, while we're at it...//What should I do today, I wonder...//Ryouko...
Flashback!Ryouko: Hello, Hiro-kun!
Flashback!Hiro: School? What a bummer.
Flashback!Ryouko: Don't say that. Quick!

154
Hiro: .....//How about going to school?//Starting next term.[/End

Justice 25: Junk Daily Life

155
*step*
*chirp chirp chirp*
Sign: Third Suginami High Schoolyard.
Hiro: .....

156-157
Nemu: Hello. Hello.
Pupil: Ah. Nemu......./You brought it with you?/Hiya./Hullo.

158
*prattle prattle*
Girl: .....
Hiro: ....
*whisper whisper*
Hiro: (Uuuuh./Maybe going back to school wasn't such a great idea.)
Ayu: ......
Hiro: (I was absent for too long, so I get to start in the same year again./I saw it coming, but still...)

159
*ding dong* *ding dong*
Hiro: And here I am as a 3rd year again.//(Oh, well. The guys from last time are gone./Feels like I've pushed some kind of "Reset" button.//)*gurgle*
Hiro: What? I guess being worried has made me hungry.../Let's go get some bread from the school's shop.
News: Roppongi is still obscured by the gloomy shade cast upon it by the murder case that occurred in Hill Valley.

160
News: This affair was a great shock. People have been praying for the 78 dead, wishing them a happy afterlife. The flower offerings are being brought continuously./The security cameras in the whole building had been hacked when the incident occurred.//Whoever perpetrated such a massacre, there is no image of them./And the pictures taken afterwards don't feature anyone suspicious. The police suspects the involvement of a terrorist group.//On the other hand and judging by the premises, whoever committed this crime had access to a superhuman strength../Some think the red superman might be responsible for the deed.
Suzuki: Ding dong. We have a winner.
News: It's been a year since the supermen appeared, bringing destruction with them. Only Japan has been touched./People have been expressing discontent and criticism against the police and the government.
Natsuki: Turn off the TV./And concentrate a little bit.
Suzuki: Hm.

161
Suzuki: Naah. I enjoy the view.
Natsuki: Jeez!
News: Many associations have assembled to protest against the government's slowness in dealing with the superman case.
Demonstrator: Do something about the superman.
News: The demonstrations have been expanding all the way to the Parliament's vicinity.
Demonstrator: This isn't the country we want to live in!
News: The demonstrators are surrounding the Diet./And they've been calling out for about 3 hours in a row.
Suzuki: Humph! /Guess it's the kind of scene only the strong are meant to see...//I enjoy the view here too.
Natsuki: Idiot.

162
Hiro: Pheeeew.//(Even going to school doesn't make much of a difference in the end./Sigh)//I'm feeling a bit sleepy.*swip*
*swiiip*
Hiro: Pheeeew.//Aaaaaah. I feel like basking in the sun will me me grow somehow./Like a plant or something.

163
Hiro: ?
Ayu: Seeeenpai. Having a good time? [tn: A senpai (先輩) is someone who has seniority over you at schol, work, etc... Usually addressed in formal speech.]
Hiro: ... Ahem. Eeeer?
Ayu: I had a feeling you wouldn't remember me./Oh, well. It's the first day, so I can't really blame you.

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Hiro: And you are?
Ayu: I'm Niiyama Ayu. We're in the same class./Pleased to meet you, senpai.
Hiro: You can forget the senpai. We're in the same year now, right?
Ayu: Casual talk is okay, then?
Hiro: The others don't seem eager to talk to me, though. They look at me like I'm some kind of attraction./But they don't speak to me an awful lot.
Ayu: Is that so?/Well, I've never been around somebody like you before.

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Hiro: So what? Come to have a peek at the weirdo? Thought so.
Ayu: Aaah. I see.//So tell me, Hiro-kun.
Hiro: Hiro-kun.....?//You're a wee bit too familiar, aren't you? [tn: In Japan, first name basis is reserved for (very) close friends, family, lovers and when addressing children. Depending on the situation, calling someone by their first name without their prior consent may be considered intrusive and extremely rude.]
Ayu: You don't like it?
Hiro: Nevermind...
Ayu: It's okay, then. "Hiro-kun" will do fine.//You practically spent an entire year outside of school. So why did you start coming again?
Hiro: Aaaah?//That's a good question.

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Hiro: Maybe because while I was out of school I got tired of having nothing to do but twiddling my thumbs.
Ayu: What's that mean?//You're back to school because you had nothing better to do?
Hir: Well... Yeah... Is that so weird?*ding dong*

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Ayu: Pretty much, yeah. Everyone would be skipping school if they had a choice.
Hiro: It's nowhere near as cool as it sounds like.
Ayu: Humph. I knew the words of someone who's gone further in life would be something else.
Hiro: I'm just one year older.
Ayu: One year is still a lot.
Hiro: ......Sen... I mean Hiro-kun. Let's walk home together when school's out.
Hiro: Eh? [tn: Women just keep throwing themselves at him. Lucky bastard!]
Ayu: Let's get to the classroom, quick! I don't wanna be yelled at on the first day.*step*
Hiro: .....

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Hiro: .....//Two more years to go this afternoon.../Going to school is lengthy business indeed.//Sigh.
*clack*

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Kayo: .....
Coworker: Checking out videos again, Kayo? I heard director Kusano talking about it.
Kayo: Yes. I'm looking out for every bit of information ever released about the supermen... Maybe I'll pick up a bit that's been overlooked until now.
Coworker: And did you find out anything?
Kayo: I'm not really sure.
Coworker: If you're gonna keep that up, why don't you retire from your announcer's job?
Kayo: I don't plan to...

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Kayo: I don't feel like quitting, but I'd like to do something that's not related to being an announcer./I'd like to try on a project-maker's hat. And being a journalist, and stuff.
Coworker: You've changed. What's gotten into you?/I remember when Yagi worked with us as an announcer. You joined in as her protegee, bouncing all around the place in excitation. You were quite impressed, though.
Kayo: Well, Yagi-senpai is off in the US working like crazy, isn't she?/That's the kind of people you'd want to live up to.//Something tells me I should be doing better. Because I can.
Coworker: I see. You're making some fine progress.
Kayo: Yeah. Because I'm young. I'm still halfway through my evolution.
Coworker: But you haven't put your project submission file together yet. Don't let that get in the way of your current job.

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Natsuki: Pant/Pant/Pant.
*tilt* tilt*
Natsuki: You're really energetic for someone your age.
Suzuki: Says whom, you? You're pretty weak, for a kid.
*BAF*
Suzuki: Oof

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Natsuki: Don't call me a kid, you stoopid!!/I'm 18, no matter what I look like!! And I'm complexed about that appearance of mine!/You don't need to pour salt into the wounds!! You old fart!! [tn: 18? You could have mentioned that BEFORE the sex scene.>_>]
Suzuki: What about me? I'm still 24 despite my looks!! Don't call me old, you little brat!!
Natsuki: You called me a kid again!! This is the last time I have sex with you!!
Suzuki: Okay, I got it. My bad.*thud*
Natsuki: (He does wanna have sex, the bloody pedo.)[tn: Lolicon, for Lolita Complex, or sexual attraction to prepubescent girls (Lolitas). The word originates from hentai vocabulary, IIRC. The raw marks the word as obsolete, for some reason.]
Suzuki: Say. I need some advice.
Natsuki: What is it? That's surprising. You want advice?/From me?

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Suzuki: I'm thinking about getting a job.
Natsuki: Huh? /A job? What job?
Natsuki: Well, my advice is since you're unemployed at the moment/You'd do well to find some kind of occupation.
Suzuki: With my JUNK suit on.
Natsuki: What?! You want to work with your JUNK suit on?/What for?
Suzuki: I wanna be an executioner. I'll work through the Internet or something. Fulfilling out desires of revenge... I'd pick out people who are holding grudges./Then I'd agree with 'em about a price, and rain down retribution upon whomever it is they hate. Like a modern-day assassin.

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Natsuki: Hum. I'm not sure that's such a great idea./Sounds dangerous.
Suzuki: What's dangerous?
Natsuki: It's easy to link back to someone on the Internet.//And the net will provide plenty of evidence about the people killed and those who survived./Bad news.
Suzuki: Ever heard of the proverb that says "He who curses someone will see two graves"? [tn: Evil always comes back at its perpetrator. Take the "Do unto others" from the Bible and turn it on its head. That should give you an idea.]
Natsuki: Huh?
Suzuki: When you curse somebody and call disaster upon their heads, the deed comes back at you.
Natsuki: Aah. Sounds like you won't live to a ripe old age.
Suzuki: In other words, I kill my clients too!/Not until I make sure the money's been transferred on my bank account, of course. [tn: That's even easier to track down, you dumbass!]
Natsuki: Ah.

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Natsuki: What do you know? Being buck-naked sure gets you all worked up.
Suzuki: .......
Natsuki: I guess that's true for me too, though.
Suzuki: There's no rule stating you can't use a JUNK suit for work./Eh, Natsuki.
Natsuki: Yeah./But//there's no rule to say it's okay either.
Suzuki: Hah!

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*ding dong*
*THUMP*
Hiro: (Aaaah. Classes are over. At last./That was one lengthy day.)
Bullies: Senpai.
Hiro: !
Bullies: A moment of your time.
Hiro: Haaah. (I sure got called "senpai" a lot today......)
Nomura: You're starting the same year all over again, so that makes you our senpai, but...
Yasuoka: You don't mind if we address you casually, do you? Eh, senpai?
Hiro: (What a pain.)/Nah. it's okay.
Oota: So go buy us canned coffee, senpai./You pay for 'em.

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*slam*
Yasuoka: Uh?
Nomura: What is it?
Hiro: Sorry, I don't have change with me./I'll be going, now.
Nomura: Hey, what's wrong with you?!
Yasuoka: Wait the hell up!!
Nomura: You little prick!! We came because you didn't introduce yourself properly to us!!/Hey!
Hiro: !
Nomura: Wait... Wha...
Ayu: Let's go, senpai!
Hiro: He... Hey.*step step step*
Ayu: Come on!! Come on!!

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*step step step*
Nomura: Tsk. What's his problem?
Oota: Yeah.
Yasuoka: ....
Ayu: Hahahaha. You're saved. That's what you're thinking?
Hiro: About what?
Ayu: What do you mean, what? You could show some gratitude. After all the trouble I went through to rescue you.
Hiro: Eeh? That's what it was about?
Ayu: These guys are from a gang that has members in every class. It's been that way since last year.
Hiro: A gang, eh....... I see these still exist.
Ayu: You were already there when they were around, senpai.

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Hiro: Eh?//.... Yeah./I was...
Ayu: What happened to them? They graduated, I take it!
Hiro: ........//Nope. They dropped out of school... I guess./All of them, gravely wounded.
Ayu: Eh? Hummm./I see.

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Hiro: Tell me...
Ayu: Uh?
Hiro: Your name... What was it again?
Ayu: Eeeh? You've forgotten already?!//I'm Niiyama Ayu. 3rd year, Group C!/Try to remember it this time.
Hiro: Ah... Sorry.
Ayu: Or are you growing senile precociously?//You're the classe's celebrity, Hiro-kun./We don't see people who start the year all over that often.
Hiro: Yeah.... Right.
Ayu: Yup.
Hiro: But why are you so interested in me?!
Ayu: Mhhhh.

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Ayu: Because you look like fun.
Hiro: .....//Yeah..... Right.
Ayu: See, I haven't seen anything interesting on my 1st and 2nd year in high school.
Hiro: Yeah... Right.
Ayu: I hope you and I will get along well for the year ahead.
Hiro: Yeah..... Right.

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Hiro: I'm home.
Ayano: Ah. Welcome back. How was you day at school?
Hiro: Well.... Nothing special...
Ayano: I'm out.//Or rather, I've got a lot to do, so I need to go./With me always around, you just looked like some kind of gigolo, my boy.
Hiro: A gigolo... That was nasty.......
Ayano: Later. No random transformations.
*slam*
Hiro: ........

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*step step step*
Hiro: What's wrong with her?//I really don't get that woman./As always.//Now...//What should I have for supper? ...//After all this, this place feel really large when I'm on my own...

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Suzuki: ......*beep beep beep*
Suzuki: Payment confirmed!
*clap*
Suzuki: Well...
Hatanaka: !
Suzuki: Hatanaka........-san?

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Hatanaka: WAH!!
*BASH*
Suzuki: That's half the job.
Phone: TRRRRR
Client: Yes./That's right.
Suzuki: Hatanaka Shigeru is dead. My work is done.
Client: Thank you./Kh kh kh kh... It's done... It's done!

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Client: The old pig kept harassing me at work!! Serves him right!
Suzuki: You're welcome!
Client: ?!
Suzuki: Whoever curses someone.......//they shall see to graves.*buzz*

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*VLAM*
Suzuki: Pheeew./Now the job's complete......//I guess this is my vocation./Hehehehe.
Natsuki: ......
*Hyuuuuuuu*

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*ding song*
Teacher: Hem. From here on out, I'll be assigned a new assistant-homeroom teacher to take care of this class.
Pupils: Eeeeh?/What's that about?*chatter chatter*
Hiro: ......
Teacher: Hoshi-sensei. Please come in.
Ayano: Yes.*slide*
Hiro: !

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Ayano: Ahem. I'm your assistant homeroom teacher. I'll be working with you from this day onward./My name is Hoshi Ayano. Pleased to meet you!

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Pupils: ?
Hiro: ......
Pupil: ?
Ayano: If you think just because your teacher is a young woman like me you can do to me what guys do to girls in those porn videos of yours/YOU ARE SORELY MISTAKEN!! [tn: She's sick!]
Hiro: What's her problem exactly? .......
*WAHAHAHAHAHA* *No way*
Teacher: Hoshi-sensei, what are you talking about?!
Ayano: Eh?[/End