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Guardian Dog Volume 1
Hi there. This is a translation for the first volume of Guardian Dog.
A scanlation should follow shortly. Watch out for it here.
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Guardian Dog #1
CONTENTS
1st Battle......003
2nd Battle......035
3rd Battle......067
4th Battle......099
5th Battle......131
5th Battle......163
Supplements...192
004
[1st Battle] GUARDIAN DOG
005
Gengo: ?//What's with that light?
Bald: What's the matter, Gengo?
Gengo: Something I just saw. Over there, look...
Bald: Uuuh? You sure you aren't mistaken?
Gengo: Something that shiny? I can't see how I could mista.../(Maybe it was some kind of treasure, something like that.
Dude: Geeeeen. Behind yooouu.
Towada: Kurosaka Gengo! Where do you think you're going?!
Gengo: Ugh.
006
Towada: If you wanna slack off, at least come up with a better excuse.
Gengo: Towada and Akagi? I really saw some kind of light coming out the bushes, I swear.
Towada: Sure. This is a school, here. Not a madhouse.
Akagi: Towada-san, the aerial bridge seems a bit tense, don't you think?
Gengo: O!H/Aaarrgh.
Bald: Give it your best shot, Gen-chan.
Dude: Well, I'd say this angle is about as far as he can go.//See?*BONK*
Bald: Well, yeah.
Gengo: To Hell with you, Towada! You could be a bit more considerate about your use of violence! Look at me, I'm a mess now!!*flap*
Bald: He must've hurt his head. Cuz he ain't makin' sense right now.
Dude: That's gotta hurt.
*Huh*
007
*huh*
Towada: One. Two.
Gengo: Careful, Towada. You're gonna kill me. And c'mon, Akagi-san. You don't have to cry.*SBAM WHACK*
Towada: I'll stop when the meat is all soft and limp on you.
*rustle*
Six: ...The boy.../He saw me? No way...
Gengo: So... somebody help...
008
*rustle*
Six: I guess it's about time to put an end to this little game of hide-and-seek...//Before.../Before you make it all the way here........
009
Gengo: Sigh. Some mean bruises I got there... Now I can never show my face again.
Six: Does it taste good?
010
Gengo: This?/Mh? Yeah, fine. But who are you? I haven't seen you around here before, have I?
Six: I only came today.
Gengo: Uuuuh. You been moving or something?
Six: Yeah, sort of.
Gengo: I see. So what do you want with me? Are you lost, maybe?
Six: Aah. My business with you?//I want you.
011
Gengo: ?!!!//The-the-the-the-the-the heck are you trying to recruit me for?!!/Let me make it clear. I don't swing that way!!//Uh. 'Scuse m...
Six: "Swing that way"?
Gengo: !
Six: Sorry but I don't have much time. Please!!
Gengo: Wha-wha-wha WHAT THE HELL...
012
Gengo: What's up... with your eyes...
Six: I'm sorry!
013
Gengo: Ah...!/Auugh.../Aagh...//Gh. Aaargh?!
014
Gengo: Uh......//!/Uh?//What... happened to me... a dream...?!
Six: Not quite. Sorry but this is real.
*comfy* *silence*
Gengo: !
Six: You can hear me even with your ears covered, can't you? I'm inside of you right now.
Gengo: (ELECTRO-MAGNETIC WAVES?!)/NO WAY.
015
Six: I'm sorry I had to resort to violence, but I was pressed for time.
Gengo: I don't need your apology!! I mean, what the heck!! Who the hell are you?!!
Six: I'll explain later!! For now... She's here!!
Gengo: UUH?!
Six: Run away! Now!!
Gengo: ?!
016
Gengo: A... human being?
Ishtar: A Relic...?
017
Gengo: ...What a babe...
Six: I concur. But now is really not the right time for gawking.
Ishtar: ! So Mutsume has merged with a Relic!![tn: Mutsume means "Six Eyes".]
*Yes? Me?*
Gengo: Huh?/Merged?
Ishtar: You're still conscious, are you?/Then I pity you.//Forgive me, young man.
Gengo: !
018
Gengo: Waaaaah?!//Tha... that was not funny!!!
Ishtar: Don't dodge! It will hurt but for a second.
Gengo: Like an injection, you mean? Like hell!
Six: Wait! You're an Observer, aren't you? This is a violation of the rules!
Gengo: Ah. My voice.
Ishtar: !!
019
Ishtar: You violated the rules first.
Six: No!! Listen to me!!
Ishtar: Even if I did listen I wouldn't change what happened!!
Gengo: Waaaaaah. Aaaaaaaah.
Six: Hell... I can't get her to talk to me. Never mind that, get running!
Gengo: Where to?!/I mean, just get outta here!! Or else, we're 100% dead!
020
Six: Water... That's right. Somewhere with water. As much of it as possible. That'd be great.
Gengo: Water, eh? In that case//the sea ought to do it!!//Haah. Haah.//Haah.
021
Gengo: Dang!//Hey, pal! What's up with you and the girl?!/Who the hell are you guys?!//When she said "Mutsume", I take it she was talking about you!!
Six: ...
Gengo: Are you a freak or something? I don't understand the first thing about this whole mess!
Six: ! Watch out!
Gengo: Hah.
022
Gengo: .........Uh...
023
Gengo: RAAAAAAAAAH
Six: Settle down!! I shut down your nervous system enough to take care of the pain. I stopped the bleeding, too!!
Gengo: Hah...
Six: I'll restore you later...
Gengo: Haa.../Haah.../Pant...
Ishtar: You think I'm gonna give you the time for that?*Haah.*
Ishtar: If you must hold a grudge, take it to Mutsume.
024
Ishtar: I have no quarrel with you, young man. But you must die!
Gengo: (What the... hell is this?//What are they talking about?)
Six: Oh, no you don't!!
*brush*
Gengo: Hell, they're playing tug-of-war with my life like my opinion doesn't matter.)//!
025
Six: Kh... I can't use my power properly...?!
Gengo: (So arbitrary...)
Ishtar: Hah! Too bad. The merging process didn't go over so well, I take it. You parasite!!This is the end for you!!
Gengo: (Like I don't matter!!)/! EN..........
026
Gengo: ENOUGH OF THIS BULLSHIT!!
Ishtar: !//What?!
027
Ishtar: He can... handle water?/No way...
Gengo: ! She's gone...?
Ishtar: That's his power.../He's been able to harmonize with the Relic, then. Dick...!/Crap! Gotta contact my superiors so they can make a decision...
028
Akagi: Hehe...
Ishtar: ?
Gengo: Did I... turn into a lizard or something?
Six: ...Possibly...//I guess your recovery abilities went up as you got more familiar with my powers./You call that recovery abilities? This isn't exactly a simple scab, is it?
029
Six: I'm really... sorry.
Gengo: Do you really have to live inside me as a parasite?
Six: ... As long as I'm here, yes./Or I'll dies within hours...
Gengo: Die... What the heck are you guys, exactly?/I assume... you aren't human... Right?
Six: Right.
Gengo: Don't tell me... you're a youkai...?[tn: Youkai=spirit, monster, goblin... There's no real English equivalent to that word.]//WHUT
Six: Nothing. You just happen to be a fairly imaginative young man, it seems!
Gengo: Quit laughing! I'm the one who should feel awkward, around here!!
030
Gengo: S-so you're an alien, then! Whaddaya think of that!! Hell! There's more where that came from!!
Six: Bi-bingo. You are correct.
Gengo: ........Huh?//HUH?
Six: Uh-huh? Can't you even believe your own words?//I'm like one of those imaginary beings, or youkai, as people call them on this planet./Me, and Ishtar... that's the girl from earlier. From where you're standing, we might qualify as aliens.[tn: Assuming "Ishtar" was the intended meaning, it refers to the Babylonian goddess of love, fertility and war.]
031
Six: My body is ill-suited to this planet. Which is why I have no choice but to crawl into one of you natives./...if I am to survive.
Gengo: So... wait a minute./The same goes for that Ishtar girl, then?
032
Gengo: If I had to get a parasite on me, I'd rather have had that one./As in, a pitcure mag or something.
Six: Sorry, but the two of us are not the same species.
Gengo: ..........//So why is she pursuing you, then?/Did you... do something to earn that treatment?
Six: Thing is...
Akagi: Well well well. This is a rare occasion. I got to see a lot of you folks today.//Hey, lad./Is he there... inside of you?
033
Gengo: ? Who are you?!
Six: Wait! There's something odd!
Gengo: Akagi?!
Six: Someone you know?
Gengo: Does it matter? We both go to the same school!
034
Akagi: To think I was just out for a night stroll./Today's really my lucky day.//I even got to meet two of my... "companions".
Gengo: The girl!!
Six: Ishtar![/end
035
2nd Battle
036
Narrator: I don't quite understand what's going on.//I got involved with that weird dude and an equally strange girl.//And now a classmate of mine is out to get me.
037
Narrator: That face she's making is out of character for her/I never saw her like that.
Six: Asshole....... What have you done!
Akagi: !/Don't talk nonsense. She's an Observer, you know? What about you. You devoured some prey, hence your current appearance am I right? You and I are the same.
038
Akagi: We gotta kill off these guys whenever we run into them./Or else we're all gonna shrivel up and die.
Six: You killed her?!
AKagi: Mhhhh....//What do you think?
039
Six: ........Hh.
Gengo: Wai- Wait a minute!/What happened to Akagi and the other girl?!!
Akagi: ! AHAHAHAHAHA/What's wrong with you? You still aren't done eating him? And you still think you can take me on?!//I don't know what's gonna happen to this body's owner, and I don't care./Once I'm completely attuned with it, this body will be mine, you see.
040
Six: Just to let you know: I do plan on returning your body to you.
Gengo: Okay, yeah. I'm grateful./So. What can we do to help Akagi out?
Six: You could attune yourself with me so we can defeat him... Something like that.
Gengo: (Why do you seem so uneasy about it?)/Try to take over my body and I kill you dead.//Hah.
Akagi: Hm-hmmm... Strategic meeting it is, then?
Gengo: Where's Akagi...
041
Gengo: !
043
Six: Wow. That's fantastic!
Gengo: The hell you're acting so carefree for?!
*Ruuun aaa-waaaay*
Gengo: We're screwed, man. Screwed!! I'm gonna die!
Six: Hey there. You're picking the wrong time to be abandoning ship!! You wanna save the girl, don't you?!
Gengo: 'Course I do!
Six: You'll want to show a little bit of patience, then.
Gengo: Uh?
044
Gengo: !
Voice: Tell me.//Why.//Why are you like this?//Don't cry. You won't be alone. I'll be there with you.//If you take me
045
Voice: If you take me and make me a part of yourself.
Ishtar: Sister!
046
Six: Are you afraid?/Does my true form frighten you?//There's a reason why Ishtar wants to kill me. It's because I'm responsible for her older sister's death./I devoured her.
Gengo: !
Six: I'm only borrowing your body. Because... I won't fail to return it to you.
Gengo: ...Hh
047
Six: Here he comes...
Akagi: Hahah.../AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
049
Akagi: !//......../That's it?
050
Gengo: Duh?
Six: "Duh"? Is that all you have to say?!
Akagi: What's wrong?
Gengo: Ha
052
Gengo: That sand dummy thing.../breathed fire?
Six: What now? He's probably stronger than me./(Wow. That sucks)
Gengo: (Messin' around with people's bodies like it's some damn plaything!)/Man, you gotta be some kind of lab freak!!
Akagi: You mean this? It's an image in found inside her body./For some strange reason, whenever we eat a Relic
053
Akagi: We can take any number of images they have up there/and give them physical substance.//Like this!
054
Ishtar: That's enough. Stop!
Six: Ishtar?!
Ishtar: If you keep that up you won't be able to return to normal!!
Six: Wha.../So I'm indeed putting too much strain on this body after all...
Ishtar: I can't just stand by and let it happen.../We aren't to interfere with this planet no matter what. You can't have forgotten!
055
Ishtar: My job is to make sure that people observe the rule./Those who fail to abide by it are to be removed.
Six: !/Wait! Are you trying to blow up the whole area?!
Ishtar: Hah./!
Akagi: Blah blah blah blah blah./Just shut up.
056
Six: Cra...h
057
Akagi: You already had trouble moving around after I'd roughed you up just a little bit.
Ishtar: Silence, fool./My little pet is already busy capturing you.
Akagi: !
Ishtar: Don't worry. I'm not going to cause you any physical harm./I numbed your nervous system to take away your mobility, though.
058
Akagi: Gh... What the...
Ishtar: I don't know your identity, which is somewhat problematic./Allow me to investigate.
Akagi: A...gh.
Ishtar: By the looks of it/you haven't eaten her all the way up to the brain.
059
Ishtar: Now take off the mask./And show us who you really are!
Six: !
060
Ishtar: Watch out!
061
Six: Hh...//I'm sorry...
062
Gengo: Ha.//Hey! Am I dead or what?! What are you doing exactly?!
Six: I can't believe it. You're alive. And I'm the one who's dying.
Gengo: Eh?
Six: My bodily cells will repair your body. In exchange for which/my consciousness is going to fade away.//I've been nothing but trouble to you...
Gengo: Wait up!/I didn't even get to hear your name!
063
Ishtar: Hey!
Gengo: What.//[random gibberish]??
Ishtar: Settle down. I'm no indiscriminate killer.//Normally I'd rather refrain from inflicting any further damage. But if he's still there inside of you, it's another story./I'll have to kill you just like I did with the monster that girl had in her.
Gengo: I don't really understand... but he's disappeared completely, it seems. ...Gone.
064
Ishtar: Look. This is our loser guy. Under their true form, they're nothing to be afraid of./The one thing I fear is that they might merge with one of you guys to increase their power./The one who blended with you was of the same type as the other hack./I have a proposition for you.//You have two clean-cut options to chose from, young man./I can turn you into a pile of ash right then and there.//Or put you under surveillance until I can confirm that he's really gone.
Gengo: ...I I don't want to die.
Ishtar: I see./Let me borrow your body for a second.
Gengo: Eh?
065
Gengo: !
*Aaaaaah/ Aaaaargh.*
Gengo: W-w-w-what the
Ishtar: ? What's wrong? I'm just retrieving some information. Guess this shape is really drawing too much attention.
Akagi: ....Mh...?
Ishtar: (Uh.)
Gengo: (I feel violateeeed.)[tn: Kissing is a big deal and a really intimate act in Japan. The first kiss doubly so. In the raw, Gengo actually says"She stole it from me", in a complaint about what was presumably his first kiss.]
Akagi: Uh? What am I doing here...?
Ishtar: You've come to your senses! Thank goodness!
Akagi: Eh?
066
Ishtar: I found you lying down on the beach.
Akagi: !//A... are you a surfer?
Ishtar: Yes. That's right. You shouldn't be overdoing it. Just get some sleep.//Let's move out. ...I take it these clothes convey the surfer vibe around the beach only./Hey, how about this? Not too weird?
Gengo: !
Ishtar: What's wrong? It is? It does look out of place, doesn't it? But I'm just wearing the same thing as that girl.
Gengo: .........I'm wondering if you're not just another freak yourself, actually...?[/end
067
3rd Battle
069
Six: ...Sorry...
Gengo: I...!!
071
Ishtar: ........
Cat: Meow...
072
*bolt* *drip*
Gengo: Achoo!!//Duuuuuh... I'm coooold. Maybe I've caught a cold. Serves me right for lending my futon...
Ishtar: You're awake.//Kurosaka Gengo. 17 years old. You live alone because your parents are abroad for professional reasons./I've been able to figure you out good enough.
073
Ishtar: But try though I might, I'm still having trouble understanding this planet./The data I've collected from your brain is hardly enough.
Gengo: Whu//What the hell's with that getup?!!
Ishtar: (That's exactly it... but)/? Something off? Okay, then. I did make it similar to this one, however.
Gengo: Aren't you cold anyway, dressed up like that?
074
Ishtar: I don't get to be cold or anything./It's still the same old outfit, basically./It protects me from this planet's atmospheric changes, as well as its viruses. I can't afford to take it off.
Gengo: What the heck.... So I didn't have to lend you my futon. And I wouldn't have had to endure the cold.../...and everything else, for that matter...
Ishtar: .......//Oh, well, never mind. But don't be so mad./I've prepared something to eat.
075
Gengo: So you know how to prepare lunch? Yeah I buy that!
Ishtar: You should. I've just picked up a thing or two.
Gengo: Huh?
Ishtar: I've had it tasted, so I can vouch for the quality.
Cat: Meow.
Ishtar: Come on, now. Eat up. And don't be shy. You're still in your growth period, right?
076
Gengo: Bloody hell, you can speak to cats, too?! >And ain't that some stray cat from the neighborhood?!!<
Ishtar: ...?We can understand each other. My outfit also comes with a translation function.
Cat: Meow.
Gengo: I've had it. I'm off to school./Gotta bite the bullet and admit. It IS a healthy breakfast.
Ishtar: Hey, wait.
Gengo: What?/(Lemme go)
Ishtar: See, I'm hungry too.
Gengo: You can have the sardines leftover, why don't you?!
Ishtar: I cannot.
077
Ishtar: My method of nutrition/is fundamentally alien to yours.
Gengo: Wai-sto- Let go of meeeeaaaAAAARGH/Yikes. Your hair. It's going under my skin. Oooooooooow.
078
Ishtar: Um... Well yeah. I don't know how to put it.../but the taste is somewhat lacking.
Gengo: Shu... shut up.//I'm off to school. Don't you get out of this place!!/Damn it, my arm looks like someone's been on some weird-ass vaccinating spree!!
Ishtar: Uh-huh.//If it hurts, I'm sorry.
079
Gengo: .........
Ishtar: So? The pain has withdrawn, hasn't it?
Gengo: I... I'm off!!
080
Ishtar: I apologize
081
Ishtar: But you're gonna be my bait.//The marks I've put on your arm are running on standard performance./...Judging by my data, there are many parasites in the environs...I'm wondering how many of them will come out/drawn by the scent of "prey" emanating from the marks...
082
Ishtar: (This is an experiment.)
Akagi: Kurosaka-kun. Good morning!
Gengo: Eh? Akagi...?//!!
Akagi: Thank you for walking me back home yesterday./I appreciate it. Really.
083
Akagi: But how did I end up on that beach in the first place?
Gengo: You... you can't remember?!
Akagi: Nope... Ah. I forgot.//Here, have these with my thanks. I hope you like them./They're homemade muffins.
Gengo: Ah, thank you!/(Thank goodness. She's back to normal)
Akagi: Ah. Ahem. And uh........ this is for the girl from last night.../Could you... give it to her for me?//Well... gotta go!!
084
Gengo: ...What the... That's like day and night...
Towada: Something happened yesterday?
Gengo: Eeeeek! Towada?!!
Towada: Looks like the girl's lost interest in you./(The muffins look tasty.)//See, she's taken a liking to you lately. Just yesterday, I was telling her a couple of things about you./Your height, your weight, and a metric ton of random junk. Well, pretty much all the stuff I'd know from being your childhood friend and all.
085
Gengo: Uuh?!
Towada: She can be... rather straightforward, when she wants. She even resorted to mild stalking, recently.
Gengo: STA...?!!
Towada: Oh, well. Now that she's found herself another Prince Charming, I guess it doesn't matter anymore.
Gengo: (Prince...)/So. Who is it?! Who's the new guy, then?!!!!
Towada: She'd just blush whenever I asked, so I'm none the wiser.
Karino: Hey... Children!
086
Karino: Go to your... classroom... hurry up.../Or else... you'll be late.......
Gengo: Wow! Karino-sensei!!
Towada: Right away! We're going immediately. Excuse us!!
Karino: !! Wait a minute... Kurosaka-kun./Did you...
087
Karino: Put on some... eau e cologne... or anything...?
Towada: No, teacher no! He isn't the type of guy who's gonna put on anything that nice./Some kind of air freshener for bathroom, maybe?
Karino: Really?
Gengo: BATH...
Akagi: Hey, guys!!//Come over, quickly. They're gonna ring the bell.
Towada: Yeah, yeah. We're coming!!
088
Karino: Akagi-san...?
Akagi: Yes?/Is there anything wrong?
Karino: No... Nothing.../Nothing at all... Excuse me.
Akagi: Alright! Okay, then. I need to go!
089
Karino: The signal I had from her... till yesterday is... gone......./Perhaps she was... hunted down......... Maybe.../She was done in... by the Observer...//Regardless.../Kurosaka-kun... smells so... delicious........
090
Karino: I've been refraining from... touching the pupils who were... closely related... to me/If I am to last long........ I need to keep a... low profile.//And to whom... do I owe... this piece of wisdom.........?/Yes... To you.
091
Gengo: (After last night, I can hardly believe how Akagi went back to normal.//Then, there's the dude who jumped inside me and that violent girl.../What the hell is going on?)
092
Karino&Gengo: !!
093
Gengo: ........ What was that feeling.....?
Bald: ? Teacher? Is there something wrong?
Karino: Oh. Oh my. Silly me...........//I intended... to go to the bathroom... during the break... but I forgot......../(Oh... no. I can't... hold it...)
Bald: Hey, teacher.
Towada: Aw, come on.
Karino: You guys keep on... studying while I'm gone........
094
Class: Karino-sensei can be so funny./Yeah. I really dig the robot-speak vibe.
Gengo: ........//(What the... What's this?)
Class: What's up, Gen? It's potty time for you too?
Karino: Up here?
095
Karino: You have... no business... coming here.//Please go........ somewhere else.
Freak: I smelled... something delicious.//LET ME HAVE IT!!
Karino: I don't like your........../manners!!
097
Karino: Doesn't taste... like much.........//Ha
Gengo: Ah...!
098
Karino: ........You saw me.... did you not........?
Gengo: ...........Yes...!
Narrator: Meanwhile.
Ishtar: I see. These garments are meant for hot weather.
Cat: Meow.
Ishtar: Now I can see how strange an impression I'd make by going out like that. Thanks for the advice.[/end
099
4th Battle
100
Gengo: ...Uh... Er...
Karino: ...You saw me... did you not...
Gengo: ...Ha... Haha...
101
Gengo: Ba... Back to class for me!
Karino: Wait... a minute
Gengo: !
Karino: ...Listen/If you speak of it to... anyone else...//I will...
102
Karino: Feast upon you. Devour you whole.../until not even the flimsiest... sliver of flesh remains...
Gengo: ...........Hh!!
103
Karino: !/Uh... What's this...?//Do you... have something?/There... under your eyes.
Gengo: ?//!
104
Gengo: .......Hh!!
Karino: ...What's the... meaning of this?
Gengo: Uh... that's, uh...A-acne! Yeah, that's it. You know, that thing teenagers have! The pimples are bleeding because you squished 'em!!
105
Karino: .........//...Kurosaka-kun.... It's time to get back to class... ...Meet me... at the atelier.... after school...
Gengo: ...Eh... So, uh...
Karino: First things first... You were dawdling instead of studying... and that warrants a penalty...
Gengo: Huh?
Karino: So... I go to the bathroom... for a minute... And I find somebody trifling.../I think a sanction is... in order... So I'll have him stay... after school.
106
Sign: Atelier
Karino: ...........So./Who are you... exactly...?
107
Gengo: ? I'm Kurosaka. You know?
Karino: That's not... what I meant. I'm not talking about the Relic boy you used... to be.../I'm talking about... your true self.
Gengo: Well... About that... The guy who owned these eyes/Well, he got inside of me... and then he was gone...!!
Karino: ...No way... ...You don't see that every day... So.../you're the real... Kurosaka-kun... aren't you?!
108
Karino: Now that's unusual... but... not impossible... not quite...
Gengo: Wha... What about you, teacher...?! Just who...
Karino: Me? A mirror image... of you... probably.//Strictly speaking... The real Karino Yuuko... is... no more...
109
Gengo: You... You mean you... you ate her...?!
Karino: It is... a somewhat complicated... issue...//I have... a question... for you... Who and what exactly.../do you think... I am...?
Gengo: ?
Karino: When I took this body... I also gained something else......./Now, I have... two different sets... of memories...
110
Karino: Those of Karino Yuuko... who was born and raised... on this planet... As well as... my own memories.... Memories you would qualify... as "alien".../Now, I am... and alien entity... of course...//But the things... Karino Yuuko liked... I like/what she hated... I hate...
111
Karino: Just like her... I experience.../Joy... sadness... and... anger...//So maybe.../that makes me... the real Karino Yuuko...//How should one call... a being like me.../No I have... no idea... who I am.
112
Karino: You.../What do you think of me...?/Who do you... think "I" am?
Gengo: .......?!
113
Gengo: Uuuuuuuh. Thing is, I'm not sure I really understand what you're trying to say.
Karino: Um, yeah... By the way... You scored... pretty bad in Japanese... am I right?//If... Karino Yuuko... was here instead of... "me".../She'd say exactly... what I'm about to say... "You should put more work into it"...
Gengo: But, uh... teacher. You are... you. Aren't you...?[tn: Did that sound stupid? Good. It was meant to.]
Karino: .......
114
Karino: ... I'm not sure... of what you really meant... by that.../But... I'm glad you think... so...
Gengo: .......
Karino That's... enough... You may go... Your friends are... outside... waiting for you...//Even with your ears pressed against that door... I don't think you heard... much of anything...
115
Gengo: What do you think... you're doing.
Towada: Can't you tell...? We've been snooping./(That said, we couldn't see or hear much.)
Bald: We were worried about you, teacher!!/(Gen hasn't tried anything funny, has he, the little scoundrel?)
Karino: Well...//Alright... Kurosaka-kun ...That's about it... So/take care of yourself. See you around...
Gengo: ...'Kay.
Towada: So. What was it all about?
Gengo: Eeeeeeer...
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Towada: Was it about... something tedious, maybe...?/Like, graduation, or something?! Pfeh. Too bad. I wanted to see what she looked like when she was angry.
Gengo: ...You mean... You weren't even worrying about me... or nothing?
Towada: Why should I?
Karino: ..........//Tell me... Are Towada-san and Kurosaka-kun... dating?
Bald: AHAHAHAHA. These two? Going out together? A snowball's chance in Hell!
Dude: If I had to explain, I'd say they gotta hang around each other, but don't have much of a choice about it.[tn: the Japanese "kusareen" translates as "undesirable" but inseparable relationship.]
117
Dude: They live not too far from each other, and they've known each other for long. And they walk back home together. A lot.
Karino: ........
Gengo: ......//The girl must have done something weird to me, but I can't put my finger on what it is./What with me being distracted by the thing with Karino-senseI
118
Gengo: AAAAH, WHATEVER!/I'M BACK!
Ishtar: Oh. There you are./You're late.
Gengo: ........
Ishtar: What's wrong? Are you alright? You get back and then you just fall down. Have you been studying that hard?
119
Gengo: ...What's with the new fashion?*DUUUUUUH*
Ishtar: Is it strange? I had someone teach me, and I though I'd gotten the handle of it this time around.
Cat: Meow.
Gengo: So she took her lessons in taste from you, you damn cat. Keep it up and I'll make shamisen strings out of your guts![tn: A Shamisen is a Japanese three-stringed guitar.]*fshhhh*
Ishtar: Well, gotta admit it's light, and easy to move around in. Pretty interesting.
Gengo: (Guess I should buy her some fashion magazines... No way around it.)
Ishtar: Tell me, by the way
120
Ishtar: Did you run into any... parasites?
Gengo: .....!
Ishtar: Don't bother hiding it. I've had a signal. I'll leave it alone as long as it doesn't prove hostile./...Since you've tried hiding it, I presume... that it's someone you know. Someone familiar?
121
Gengo: ... My teacher... she is./probably not what I'd call a bad guy...
Ishtar: Did you say... your teacher?/Even with the considerable number of parasites out there, I never thought it'd be someone so close!
Gengo: WAIT! DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE PLANNING TO
*rrrriiiiing*
122
Ishtar: ?
Gengo: Uh. The phone.//Yes. Hello?
Karino: ...Kurosaka-kun? This is Karino...
Gengo: Te... teacher?
Karino: I have... a piece of advice... for you...
Gengo: A... advice?
Karino: You should... get rid of that smell on you... quickly... Better yet... This is a warning... to whoever... put that smell on you... They know who they are...
123
Gengo: ?/My body... odor? What the heck?
Ishtar: Give me that!//You! Who the fuck are you?!
Karino: Oh, my... Just as I thought... Kurosaka-kun did have... an Observer... looking over his shoulder... You'd better refrain from... resorting to such tricks.
Ishtar: Answer me, you scumbag.
Karino: For now... rather that letting you know about me... I'll tell you something even more important./You have put a mark... on Kurosaka-kun. That's fine by me... But what if it infects others...? People who have nothing to do... with this.
124
Ishtar: What kind of nonsense is that! I did put a mark on him, but there's no way it can go infect...
Karino: Did you make sure to... check properly when you picked it... compare it with the components... from this planet's atmosphere...?/The smell has... dissipated. An infinitesimal portion of it... has infected a girl...
Ishtar: What?
Karino: Her name is... Towada. It's not much... really not much at all...//But... we have a very... very good sense of smell./Perhaps someone has already... found her as we speak...
125
Ishtar: Hh...!!/...Hh! Wha... what the hell are you after?!
Karino: ...Me?//I have only... one goal//I want to live...
126
Karino: But never mind that... shouldn't you be... protecting Towada-san...? I'm really... worried about her... I'm her teacher, after all.../Also... Let me... tell you something...//Your presence here... is a stain... on the face of this planet.../Be sure to... take your responsibilities... Mmh?
127
Ishtar: Hell... What have I done?/Such an elementary mistake...!
Gengo: Wha... What's going on? What's the deal with Towa...
Ishtar: Where is she?!
Gengo: Wha... Don't tell me... something...happened to her?
Ishtar: ...The girl...
128
Ishtar: is being hunted.../And it's my fault!
Waitress: Here you are. Green tea and chiffon cake.
Karino: Aah... Thank you...
129
Karino: Whatever Karino Yuuko likes... I like./If she hates something... so do I...//I'm wondering...//Is the Observer... gonna come out and kill me...?
130
Karino: Hey./Tell me... Who are you, really...?[/end
131
5th Battle
132
Towada: ♪/I'm back.
133
Towada: ...Hey. Crap./Guess today, I'm on my own.
Note: Sayoko. I'll be at a drinking party tonight, so I can't be with you for dinner. Take care. Mom.
Towada: Dang... Not much of a choice, I guess.//Guzzle guzzle.♪ Drink yourself under the table.♫/Drinking drinking.♪ Drink until the morning.♫/Drink yourself silly.♪ Cuz puking means diddly.♫
134
Gengo: Hello! Hey!!/You said they might be after Towada... Why?!!
Ishtar: Enough already. Just shut up and lead the way! Run!
Karino: (You are...)
135
Karino: (An ugly wart... on the face of this planet.../Be sure to... take your responsibilities... Mmh?)*Haa... Hah./Hah
Ishtar: (Damn it.../God damn it!)
Towada: What do we have here and what do we make out of it?//That's quite a lot of veggies.
136
Towada: How about I steam them and knock up a salad...?/Ah, yeah. I'll go prepare a hot bath.//Gotta make it quick.//Uh?
137
Towada: A... a water leak?/(That pretty girl upstairs really goes overboard when she takes a bath.)/Must take a lot of water to be sexy like a nymph like her. That would explains the leaks...[tn: The actual text makes fairly untranslatable puns about "water" and "sexiness". I did what I could, which is admittedly not much.]//...Hey.
138
Towada: ...What?
139
Ishtar: !//Seems like... there's more than one of them around./Now of all times. I don't know if that situation will work for us or against us...
Gengo: Eh?//Above?
Ishtar: You go find the girl.
140
Ishtar: I'll join you as soon as I'm done dealing with the others.
Gengo: Me... Me alone?!
Ishtar: ...As far as I'm concerned//you have access to the abilities that Mutsume left behind. I can tell that much.
141
Ishtar: Go. I'll let you deal with the one who's after the girl.
Gengo: Ah... Hey....!//Hh...//Damn it!
Towada: U... Ugh./Wha-wha... Wha
142
Towada: What the heck... is that thing?!
143
Towada: !
Gengo: Towada! Hey!/Are you there?! Show yourself!!
*Heeey*
Towada: (Kurosaka?!//I... I can't speak!!)
144
Gengo: The key... Door's open?//TOWADAAA?!//!
145
Towada: He.../Help m...
Gengo: A... Are you okay?
Towada: U... Uuuh
146
*Haa haa* *haa* *haa*
Towada: Wha... What. What is that thing? What is it?!*Haa/Haa/Haa*
Gengo: ...Towada... Stay where you are.
Towada: Eh?
Gengo: I'll try to do something about this.
Towada: Uuuh?
Gengo: Come on!//Don't you open that door.../under any circumstances...
147
Ishtar: !//...Guess things have gotten started down there./I'll need to get things over with quickly.
148
Ishtar: Talk about a two-bit trick..../You're bending light to conceal yourself, are you...?//And you thought that would be enough to deceive me?/BLOODY FOOLS!!
151
Ishtar: Well well well... Guess the boy could do with a little bit of help down there.
152
Shades: Woo-hoo.//That Observer girl is no joke. And she's a babe, too. Just like I love 'em.//Perhaps we could get on friendly terms? I'd like that...
153
Shades: Aaah. Woops.../Aaah. I couldn't quit smoking even now the habit is thoroughly disliked by the general public.//...So/Could you do me a favor?//It's about Miss Observer. I'd like you to keep an eye on her for me.//If she so much as bats her eyelashes, I wanna hear about it.
154
Crow: ...Yes sir.
Shades: You're such a reliable fellow./Very well, then. I'm counting on you.//I'll take that girl
155
Shades: And add her to my collection. I won't take no for an answer.
Gengo: Well.
156
Gengo: What now...? Shoot...//How THE HELL do I put that thing down?!//!//Waah!//He-he-he-help me, man, help me!
Towada: (Man...?)/Is... Is everything alright in there?
157
Towada: What on Earth is going...
Ishtar: The less you know, the better.
Towada: Huh...?
Ishtar: The man is incurable./Stupid.
Towada: Wha-wha-wha-what?! What the he!!?
158
Towada: AAAAH!!/Kurosaka?
Ishtar: Cripes...//I'll fix everything when I'm done. For now, if you'll excuse me.
Towada: AAAAAAUUUUUGH?!
159
Towada: ........!//Kurosaka?!
Ishtar: ...Hey, pal./You're the same man who devoured Mutsume........
160
Ishtar: Those eyes you have aren't there for decoration!/FOOL!
Gengo: ........//Hgh...
161
*ffshhhhh*
162
*shhhhh* *haa/Haa haa/Haa/Haa*
Gengo: I'm... I'm sav... I thought... I was done fo...
Towada: ...Hey.//What the... hell?//Just... who are you guys?[/end
163
6th Battle
164
Towada: What the... hell? Just... who are you guys?/What was this...?
165
Gengo: Wha... What now? What should I do?!)
Ishtar: ...So. You're Towada. I apologize.
Towada: Eh...?!
Ishtar: First, allow me to clean up my mistake.
Towada: ?!
166
Towada: ?!
Gengo: ?
Ishtar: I eliminated the "scent" of the "mark" on her./Now... those fools won't show up around here anymore.
167
Ishtar: For now... I think we can help ourselves to some tea./...We did save her life, after all.
Gengo: He... hey... What do we do, now?! It can't exactly go like it did with Akagi!
Ishtar: I know... This is a major hassle.//But deceiving her is not exactly an option.//We explain the situation, more or less. It's not like we really have a choice.
168
Towada: Don't worry.//No matter what you're going to say,even if I talked about what just happened/I can't possibly see how anyone would believe me.//I might even end up escorted to the nearest medic...
Ishtar: ...Humph.//You seem a lot more reliable than our boy here, Towada./Considering that you've just gone through the ordeal of confronting that loser.
169
Box: Farmer's milk.
Towada: Well, the tea's nothing fancy. But help yourselves.
Ishtar: Thank you. We'll do that.
Towada: Go ahead.
Ishtar I am not from the same species as you guys./Despite the misleading similarities.
170
Ishtar: I'm an Observer./And a stranger to this planet.
Towada: What's that?/And why are you here?
Gengo: .........
Ishtar: To protect/our legacy.
171
Ishtar: I am here to protect an heritage./The one our ancestors have left behind.
Gengo: ...Legacy?
Ishtar: Beings we created a long time ago./Namely, you.
172
Towada: Wai... wait a minute. You mean we've been "fabricated"?!
Ishtar: Listen until I'm finished, Towada./More accurately, we "gave you civilization".
Towada: Why would you do that?!
Ishtar: To increase/our supply of food.
173
Gengo: !!
Ishtar: Settle down. I'm not going to devour you from the get-go.
Gengo: Ah......! This morning. Come to think of it!
Ishtar: Precisely. We're more or less energy-absorbing creatures.
Towada: Wow. What's that?
Ishtar: This is pretty much the most efficient way.//How do you call that feeling of pleasantness when you put something to your mouth./Yes. It is delicious. That's it.
174
Ishtar: I can't tell what makes it that way./Perhaps the greater level of intelligence a creature displays, the greater a delicacy it is. Many are those who remember that taste./We do have the means to take energy elsewhere than from living beings... But others showed up, who had different "alimentary habits".
Towada: The... the kind that'll... devour you from the get-go?
Ishtar: An indefinite portion of the humans who go missing are probably related to that.//It can't be helped... There are many predators out there. As numerous as the stars in the sky./My work as an observer... consists in eliminating them an protecting mankind.
175
Ishtar: I've cause you a lot of trouble, Towada. If nothing else, accept my apology.
Towada: ........//........../...Got it.//I'll just forget about what just happened. I won't tell anyone./Can I have a minute, Kurosaka...? Come over here.
176
Gengo: Uh? What is it?
Towada: Don't you "what is it" me. I'm gonna need a better explanation!//For the girl, I can understand somewhat./But what about those "eyes" of yours? Is everything alright?
Gengo: N... No... This. This is... probably/It's nothing... Nothing bad... I swear!
Towada: ........//Phew.//...Well... You can't tell? For my part, I don't really understand what happened either......./And you, busy as you are fawning over how beautiful she is, there's no telling what might happen.
177
Towada: ...Oh, well... As far as she's concerned, we're like what? Ibises? Wild cats?/On top of that... we're food to her. Livestock.
Gengo: Li... LIVESTOCK?!
Towada: (Stoopid)/Sigh. You didn't even figure that one out?//That said...//How should I put it... She's really steaming hot. Irresistible.
Gengo: HUUH?!
Towada: Just my impression... Don't you think she is?//(Pah... I lose!)/Now I'm jealous...
Ishtar: What are you doing?
178
Ishtar: You do the strangest of things. Is it something customary on this planet?
Towada: Uuh? No way!
Ishtar: Ahem... Well, thing is, the only information I have about this planet comes from him.*bluntly speaking her mind*
Towada: Aaaah. That won't do you any good. He's a moron.
Ishtar: I see... Hmm.//Excuse me.
Towada: Uh?
Gengo: !
179
Towada: ?!//Wha. Ayayayayaaaaaah.*wooow*
Gengo: ........
Ishtar: Huuum.... That's a lot more information than what I got from the boy.//And...
180
Ishtar: You're really a kind person, Towada. Always worrying about him, you are. Don't worry.
Towada: That's nowhere near the point.
Ishtar: If I had to describe him, well... right now, I'd say he's a dog.
Gengo: A DOG?!//!!
Ishtar: I see. Strength is the language he understands best.*OOOOOOOOWWWWW*
Gengo: TOWADA, YOU STUPID BIIIIITCH
Towada (The text in the middle): Huh//UUUH?! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!
Ishtar (on the right): Oh. You seem to be back to normal, Towada.
Gengo (on the left): AAAAAARGH
181
Ishtar: Anyway. the problem has been taken care of./Anything happens, just let me know. Since I dragged you into this, I'm responsible for you.//We're off.
Towada: 'Kay....
182
Towada: ...I really... don't get what's going on.../...........But...
*Hah*
Towada: Ah, yeah. My hot bath! Let's go prepare it!/That's it! So I can immerse myself completely!
Gengo: ...Um, hey. Is that gonna be okay?
Ishtar: Along with her memories, I've been able to grasp a general idea of her personality.
183
Ishtar: From what I've seen she's an intelligent human being, much better than you at understanding things.
Gengo: Wow. You can tell all that just from a kiss?
Ishtar: But... after a mistake like that, I guess must be losing my touch too.../Hah.
Karino: Oh... my... Good evening.../You... two...
Ishtar: ?!
Gengo: Tea... teacher!
184
Ishtar: You!
Karino: Calm... down. This is hardly... becoming.../You should... get... some studying done...//Do you think... Observers are good... only for... fighting?/If so... You're making a big... mistake.
Ishtar: .......Ngh!
185
Karino: Because... if your hands and feet... can move at all... It's because you have a brain... to handle them......../You should... think things over... more carefully... before you act... That's all I... had to tell you... for today.//...By the way./Did you... tell Kurosaka-kun... what was going on?//"When Prometheus... bestowed fire upon Man.../it was... with the ultimate goal... of eating him."
186
Karino: Very well... Goodbye... Kurosaka-kun.../Observer...-san...
Towada: Wooh.
187
Towada: I can't help but think about it./All the stuff I saw... it happened for real...//Aaah. I guess now, it's about time to wash my face! Get a grip, Sayoko. Get a grip!!//!
188
Shades: Pleased to meet you.
Towada: Uh?/Ah./Ah.
Shades: Hahaha. Don't be afraid. You don't want to screw up your pretty face, do you?
Towada: Ah...
Shades: Hey... Can you do me a favor...? I'd like to borrow your body for a little while......... Mh?
Towada: Hic...!
189
Towada: ?!
Karino: .......Well well well.
190
Karino: ...Is... Towada-san... gonna be alright...?//I'm... really worried... about her...//........
191
*diiiing doooong*
*diiiing dooong*
*diiiing doooong...*[/end
ALIEN.
TV: News from Japan.
Ishtar: That's really good.
Cat: ZZZZZ
TV: Alien: The Movie.*jump*
Gengo: ... You're afraid of Aliens...?/You know that makes you a huge freak, don't you?
MUTSUME PASSES THROUGH!
Narrator: Mutsume and I are blending./His consciousness disappeared when he saved me.//But he shows up whenever something important is going on.
Stand: Adult corner.
Six: Mhh. She's a bit too thin, don't you think?
Gengo: Do-do-don't you come out at times like thaaaaat.*Aaah.../aaaah.../whispers...*
Six: Wha... What's the matter? I think from time to time, I'm entitled to some...
Gengo: GO AWAAAAAY.
A scanlation should follow shortly. Watch out for it here.
002
Guardian Dog #1
CONTENTS
1st Battle......003
2nd Battle......035
3rd Battle......067
4th Battle......099
5th Battle......131
5th Battle......163
Supplements...192
004
[1st Battle] GUARDIAN DOG
005
Gengo: ?//What's with that light?
Bald: What's the matter, Gengo?
Gengo: Something I just saw. Over there, look...
Bald: Uuuh? You sure you aren't mistaken?
Gengo: Something that shiny? I can't see how I could mista.../(Maybe it was some kind of treasure, something like that.
Dude: Geeeeen. Behind yooouu.
Towada: Kurosaka Gengo! Where do you think you're going?!
Gengo: Ugh.
006
Towada: If you wanna slack off, at least come up with a better excuse.
Gengo: Towada and Akagi? I really saw some kind of light coming out the bushes, I swear.
Towada: Sure. This is a school, here. Not a madhouse.
Akagi: Towada-san, the aerial bridge seems a bit tense, don't you think?
Gengo: O!H/Aaarrgh.
Bald: Give it your best shot, Gen-chan.
Dude: Well, I'd say this angle is about as far as he can go.//See?*BONK*
Bald: Well, yeah.
Gengo: To Hell with you, Towada! You could be a bit more considerate about your use of violence! Look at me, I'm a mess now!!*flap*
Bald: He must've hurt his head. Cuz he ain't makin' sense right now.
Dude: That's gotta hurt.
*Huh*
007
*huh*
Towada: One. Two.
Gengo: Careful, Towada. You're gonna kill me. And c'mon, Akagi-san. You don't have to cry.*SBAM WHACK*
Towada: I'll stop when the meat is all soft and limp on you.
*rustle*
Six: ...The boy.../He saw me? No way...
Gengo: So... somebody help...
008
*rustle*
Six: I guess it's about time to put an end to this little game of hide-and-seek...//Before.../Before you make it all the way here........
009
Gengo: Sigh. Some mean bruises I got there... Now I can never show my face again.
Six: Does it taste good?
010
Gengo: This?/Mh? Yeah, fine. But who are you? I haven't seen you around here before, have I?
Six: I only came today.
Gengo: Uuuuh. You been moving or something?
Six: Yeah, sort of.
Gengo: I see. So what do you want with me? Are you lost, maybe?
Six: Aah. My business with you?//I want you.
011
Gengo: ?!!!//The-the-the-the-the-the heck are you trying to recruit me for?!!/Let me make it clear. I don't swing that way!!//Uh. 'Scuse m...
Six: "Swing that way"?
Gengo: !
Six: Sorry but I don't have much time. Please!!
Gengo: Wha-wha-wha WHAT THE HELL...
012
Gengo: What's up... with your eyes...
Six: I'm sorry!
013
Gengo: Ah...!/Auugh.../Aagh...//Gh. Aaargh?!
014
Gengo: Uh......//!/Uh?//What... happened to me... a dream...?!
Six: Not quite. Sorry but this is real.
*comfy* *silence*
Gengo: !
Six: You can hear me even with your ears covered, can't you? I'm inside of you right now.
Gengo: (ELECTRO-MAGNETIC WAVES?!)/NO WAY.
015
Six: I'm sorry I had to resort to violence, but I was pressed for time.
Gengo: I don't need your apology!! I mean, what the heck!! Who the hell are you?!!
Six: I'll explain later!! For now... She's here!!
Gengo: UUH?!
Six: Run away! Now!!
Gengo: ?!
016
Gengo: A... human being?
Ishtar: A Relic...?
017
Gengo: ...What a babe...
Six: I concur. But now is really not the right time for gawking.
Ishtar: ! So Mutsume has merged with a Relic!![tn: Mutsume means "Six Eyes".]
*Yes? Me?*
Gengo: Huh?/Merged?
Ishtar: You're still conscious, are you?/Then I pity you.//Forgive me, young man.
Gengo: !
018
Gengo: Waaaaah?!//Tha... that was not funny!!!
Ishtar: Don't dodge! It will hurt but for a second.
Gengo: Like an injection, you mean? Like hell!
Six: Wait! You're an Observer, aren't you? This is a violation of the rules!
Gengo: Ah. My voice.
Ishtar: !!
019
Ishtar: You violated the rules first.
Six: No!! Listen to me!!
Ishtar: Even if I did listen I wouldn't change what happened!!
Gengo: Waaaaaah. Aaaaaaaah.
Six: Hell... I can't get her to talk to me. Never mind that, get running!
Gengo: Where to?!/I mean, just get outta here!! Or else, we're 100% dead!
020
Six: Water... That's right. Somewhere with water. As much of it as possible. That'd be great.
Gengo: Water, eh? In that case//the sea ought to do it!!//Haah. Haah.//Haah.
021
Gengo: Dang!//Hey, pal! What's up with you and the girl?!/Who the hell are you guys?!//When she said "Mutsume", I take it she was talking about you!!
Six: ...
Gengo: Are you a freak or something? I don't understand the first thing about this whole mess!
Six: ! Watch out!
Gengo: Hah.
022
Gengo: .........Uh...
023
Gengo: RAAAAAAAAAH
Six: Settle down!! I shut down your nervous system enough to take care of the pain. I stopped the bleeding, too!!
Gengo: Hah...
Six: I'll restore you later...
Gengo: Haa.../Haah.../Pant...
Ishtar: You think I'm gonna give you the time for that?*Haah.*
Ishtar: If you must hold a grudge, take it to Mutsume.
024
Ishtar: I have no quarrel with you, young man. But you must die!
Gengo: (What the... hell is this?//What are they talking about?)
Six: Oh, no you don't!!
*brush*
Gengo: Hell, they're playing tug-of-war with my life like my opinion doesn't matter.)//!
025
Six: Kh... I can't use my power properly...?!
Gengo: (So arbitrary...)
Ishtar: Hah! Too bad. The merging process didn't go over so well, I take it. You parasite!!This is the end for you!!
Gengo: (Like I don't matter!!)/! EN..........
026
Gengo: ENOUGH OF THIS BULLSHIT!!
Ishtar: !//What?!
027
Ishtar: He can... handle water?/No way...
Gengo: ! She's gone...?
Ishtar: That's his power.../He's been able to harmonize with the Relic, then. Dick...!/Crap! Gotta contact my superiors so they can make a decision...
028
Akagi: Hehe...
Ishtar: ?
Gengo: Did I... turn into a lizard or something?
Six: ...Possibly...//I guess your recovery abilities went up as you got more familiar with my powers./You call that recovery abilities? This isn't exactly a simple scab, is it?
029
Six: I'm really... sorry.
Gengo: Do you really have to live inside me as a parasite?
Six: ... As long as I'm here, yes./Or I'll dies within hours...
Gengo: Die... What the heck are you guys, exactly?/I assume... you aren't human... Right?
Six: Right.
Gengo: Don't tell me... you're a youkai...?[tn: Youkai=spirit, monster, goblin... There's no real English equivalent to that word.]//WHUT
Six: Nothing. You just happen to be a fairly imaginative young man, it seems!
Gengo: Quit laughing! I'm the one who should feel awkward, around here!!
030
Gengo: S-so you're an alien, then! Whaddaya think of that!! Hell! There's more where that came from!!
Six: Bi-bingo. You are correct.
Gengo: ........Huh?//HUH?
Six: Uh-huh? Can't you even believe your own words?//I'm like one of those imaginary beings, or youkai, as people call them on this planet./Me, and Ishtar... that's the girl from earlier. From where you're standing, we might qualify as aliens.[tn: Assuming "Ishtar" was the intended meaning, it refers to the Babylonian goddess of love, fertility and war.]
031
Six: My body is ill-suited to this planet. Which is why I have no choice but to crawl into one of you natives./...if I am to survive.
Gengo: So... wait a minute./The same goes for that Ishtar girl, then?
032
Gengo: If I had to get a parasite on me, I'd rather have had that one./As in, a pitcure mag or something.
Six: Sorry, but the two of us are not the same species.
Gengo: ..........//So why is she pursuing you, then?/Did you... do something to earn that treatment?
Six: Thing is...
Akagi: Well well well. This is a rare occasion. I got to see a lot of you folks today.//Hey, lad./Is he there... inside of you?
033
Gengo: ? Who are you?!
Six: Wait! There's something odd!
Gengo: Akagi?!
Six: Someone you know?
Gengo: Does it matter? We both go to the same school!
034
Akagi: To think I was just out for a night stroll./Today's really my lucky day.//I even got to meet two of my... "companions".
Gengo: The girl!!
Six: Ishtar![/end
035
2nd Battle
036
Narrator: I don't quite understand what's going on.//I got involved with that weird dude and an equally strange girl.//And now a classmate of mine is out to get me.
037
Narrator: That face she's making is out of character for her/I never saw her like that.
Six: Asshole....... What have you done!
Akagi: !/Don't talk nonsense. She's an Observer, you know? What about you. You devoured some prey, hence your current appearance am I right? You and I are the same.
038
Akagi: We gotta kill off these guys whenever we run into them./Or else we're all gonna shrivel up and die.
Six: You killed her?!
AKagi: Mhhhh....//What do you think?
039
Six: ........Hh.
Gengo: Wai- Wait a minute!/What happened to Akagi and the other girl?!!
Akagi: ! AHAHAHAHAHA/What's wrong with you? You still aren't done eating him? And you still think you can take me on?!//I don't know what's gonna happen to this body's owner, and I don't care./Once I'm completely attuned with it, this body will be mine, you see.
040
Six: Just to let you know: I do plan on returning your body to you.
Gengo: Okay, yeah. I'm grateful./So. What can we do to help Akagi out?
Six: You could attune yourself with me so we can defeat him... Something like that.
Gengo: (Why do you seem so uneasy about it?)/Try to take over my body and I kill you dead.//Hah.
Akagi: Hm-hmmm... Strategic meeting it is, then?
Gengo: Where's Akagi...
041
Gengo: !
043
Six: Wow. That's fantastic!
Gengo: The hell you're acting so carefree for?!
*Ruuun aaa-waaaay*
Gengo: We're screwed, man. Screwed!! I'm gonna die!
Six: Hey there. You're picking the wrong time to be abandoning ship!! You wanna save the girl, don't you?!
Gengo: 'Course I do!
Six: You'll want to show a little bit of patience, then.
Gengo: Uh?
044
Gengo: !
Voice: Tell me.//Why.//Why are you like this?//Don't cry. You won't be alone. I'll be there with you.//If you take me
045
Voice: If you take me and make me a part of yourself.
Ishtar: Sister!
046
Six: Are you afraid?/Does my true form frighten you?//There's a reason why Ishtar wants to kill me. It's because I'm responsible for her older sister's death./I devoured her.
Gengo: !
Six: I'm only borrowing your body. Because... I won't fail to return it to you.
Gengo: ...Hh
047
Six: Here he comes...
Akagi: Hahah.../AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
049
Akagi: !//......../That's it?
050
Gengo: Duh?
Six: "Duh"? Is that all you have to say?!
Akagi: What's wrong?
Gengo: Ha
052
Gengo: That sand dummy thing.../breathed fire?
Six: What now? He's probably stronger than me./(Wow. That sucks)
Gengo: (Messin' around with people's bodies like it's some damn plaything!)/Man, you gotta be some kind of lab freak!!
Akagi: You mean this? It's an image in found inside her body./For some strange reason, whenever we eat a Relic
053
Akagi: We can take any number of images they have up there/and give them physical substance.//Like this!
054
Ishtar: That's enough. Stop!
Six: Ishtar?!
Ishtar: If you keep that up you won't be able to return to normal!!
Six: Wha.../So I'm indeed putting too much strain on this body after all...
Ishtar: I can't just stand by and let it happen.../We aren't to interfere with this planet no matter what. You can't have forgotten!
055
Ishtar: My job is to make sure that people observe the rule./Those who fail to abide by it are to be removed.
Six: !/Wait! Are you trying to blow up the whole area?!
Ishtar: Hah./!
Akagi: Blah blah blah blah blah./Just shut up.
056
Six: Cra...h
057
Akagi: You already had trouble moving around after I'd roughed you up just a little bit.
Ishtar: Silence, fool./My little pet is already busy capturing you.
Akagi: !
Ishtar: Don't worry. I'm not going to cause you any physical harm./I numbed your nervous system to take away your mobility, though.
058
Akagi: Gh... What the...
Ishtar: I don't know your identity, which is somewhat problematic./Allow me to investigate.
Akagi: A...gh.
Ishtar: By the looks of it/you haven't eaten her all the way up to the brain.
059
Ishtar: Now take off the mask./And show us who you really are!
Six: !
060
Ishtar: Watch out!
061
Six: Hh...//I'm sorry...
062
Gengo: Ha.//Hey! Am I dead or what?! What are you doing exactly?!
Six: I can't believe it. You're alive. And I'm the one who's dying.
Gengo: Eh?
Six: My bodily cells will repair your body. In exchange for which/my consciousness is going to fade away.//I've been nothing but trouble to you...
Gengo: Wait up!/I didn't even get to hear your name!
063
Ishtar: Hey!
Gengo: What.//[random gibberish]??
Ishtar: Settle down. I'm no indiscriminate killer.//Normally I'd rather refrain from inflicting any further damage. But if he's still there inside of you, it's another story./I'll have to kill you just like I did with the monster that girl had in her.
Gengo: I don't really understand... but he's disappeared completely, it seems. ...Gone.
064
Ishtar: Look. This is our loser guy. Under their true form, they're nothing to be afraid of./The one thing I fear is that they might merge with one of you guys to increase their power./The one who blended with you was of the same type as the other hack./I have a proposition for you.//You have two clean-cut options to chose from, young man./I can turn you into a pile of ash right then and there.//Or put you under surveillance until I can confirm that he's really gone.
Gengo: ...I I don't want to die.
Ishtar: I see./Let me borrow your body for a second.
Gengo: Eh?
065
Gengo: !
*Aaaaaah/ Aaaaargh.*
Gengo: W-w-w-what the
Ishtar: ? What's wrong? I'm just retrieving some information. Guess this shape is really drawing too much attention.
Akagi: ....Mh...?
Ishtar: (Uh.)
Gengo: (I feel violateeeed.)[tn: Kissing is a big deal and a really intimate act in Japan. The first kiss doubly so. In the raw, Gengo actually says"She stole it from me", in a complaint about what was presumably his first kiss.]
Akagi: Uh? What am I doing here...?
Ishtar: You've come to your senses! Thank goodness!
Akagi: Eh?
066
Ishtar: I found you lying down on the beach.
Akagi: !//A... are you a surfer?
Ishtar: Yes. That's right. You shouldn't be overdoing it. Just get some sleep.//Let's move out. ...I take it these clothes convey the surfer vibe around the beach only./Hey, how about this? Not too weird?
Gengo: !
Ishtar: What's wrong? It is? It does look out of place, doesn't it? But I'm just wearing the same thing as that girl.
Gengo: .........I'm wondering if you're not just another freak yourself, actually...?[/end
067
3rd Battle
069
Six: ...Sorry...
Gengo: I...!!
071
Ishtar: ........
Cat: Meow...
072
*bolt* *drip*
Gengo: Achoo!!//Duuuuuh... I'm coooold. Maybe I've caught a cold. Serves me right for lending my futon...
Ishtar: You're awake.//Kurosaka Gengo. 17 years old. You live alone because your parents are abroad for professional reasons./I've been able to figure you out good enough.
073
Ishtar: But try though I might, I'm still having trouble understanding this planet./The data I've collected from your brain is hardly enough.
Gengo: Whu//What the hell's with that getup?!!
Ishtar: (That's exactly it... but)/? Something off? Okay, then. I did make it similar to this one, however.
Gengo: Aren't you cold anyway, dressed up like that?
074
Ishtar: I don't get to be cold or anything./It's still the same old outfit, basically./It protects me from this planet's atmospheric changes, as well as its viruses. I can't afford to take it off.
Gengo: What the heck.... So I didn't have to lend you my futon. And I wouldn't have had to endure the cold.../...and everything else, for that matter...
Ishtar: .......//Oh, well, never mind. But don't be so mad./I've prepared something to eat.
075
Gengo: So you know how to prepare lunch? Yeah I buy that!
Ishtar: You should. I've just picked up a thing or two.
Gengo: Huh?
Ishtar: I've had it tasted, so I can vouch for the quality.
Cat: Meow.
Ishtar: Come on, now. Eat up. And don't be shy. You're still in your growth period, right?
076
Gengo: Bloody hell, you can speak to cats, too?! >And ain't that some stray cat from the neighborhood?!!<
Ishtar: ...?We can understand each other. My outfit also comes with a translation function.
Cat: Meow.
Gengo: I've had it. I'm off to school./Gotta bite the bullet and admit. It IS a healthy breakfast.
Ishtar: Hey, wait.
Gengo: What?/(Lemme go)
Ishtar: See, I'm hungry too.
Gengo: You can have the sardines leftover, why don't you?!
Ishtar: I cannot.
077
Ishtar: My method of nutrition/is fundamentally alien to yours.
Gengo: Wai-sto- Let go of meeeeaaaAAAARGH/Yikes. Your hair. It's going under my skin. Oooooooooow.
078
Ishtar: Um... Well yeah. I don't know how to put it.../but the taste is somewhat lacking.
Gengo: Shu... shut up.//I'm off to school. Don't you get out of this place!!/Damn it, my arm looks like someone's been on some weird-ass vaccinating spree!!
Ishtar: Uh-huh.//If it hurts, I'm sorry.
079
Gengo: .........
Ishtar: So? The pain has withdrawn, hasn't it?
Gengo: I... I'm off!!
080
Ishtar: I apologize
081
Ishtar: But you're gonna be my bait.//The marks I've put on your arm are running on standard performance./...Judging by my data, there are many parasites in the environs...I'm wondering how many of them will come out/drawn by the scent of "prey" emanating from the marks...
082
Ishtar: (This is an experiment.)
Akagi: Kurosaka-kun. Good morning!
Gengo: Eh? Akagi...?//!!
Akagi: Thank you for walking me back home yesterday./I appreciate it. Really.
083
Akagi: But how did I end up on that beach in the first place?
Gengo: You... you can't remember?!
Akagi: Nope... Ah. I forgot.//Here, have these with my thanks. I hope you like them./They're homemade muffins.
Gengo: Ah, thank you!/(Thank goodness. She's back to normal)
Akagi: Ah. Ahem. And uh........ this is for the girl from last night.../Could you... give it to her for me?//Well... gotta go!!
084
Gengo: ...What the... That's like day and night...
Towada: Something happened yesterday?
Gengo: Eeeeek! Towada?!!
Towada: Looks like the girl's lost interest in you./(The muffins look tasty.)//See, she's taken a liking to you lately. Just yesterday, I was telling her a couple of things about you./Your height, your weight, and a metric ton of random junk. Well, pretty much all the stuff I'd know from being your childhood friend and all.
085
Gengo: Uuh?!
Towada: She can be... rather straightforward, when she wants. She even resorted to mild stalking, recently.
Gengo: STA...?!!
Towada: Oh, well. Now that she's found herself another Prince Charming, I guess it doesn't matter anymore.
Gengo: (Prince...)/So. Who is it?! Who's the new guy, then?!!!!
Towada: She'd just blush whenever I asked, so I'm none the wiser.
Karino: Hey... Children!
086
Karino: Go to your... classroom... hurry up.../Or else... you'll be late.......
Gengo: Wow! Karino-sensei!!
Towada: Right away! We're going immediately. Excuse us!!
Karino: !! Wait a minute... Kurosaka-kun./Did you...
087
Karino: Put on some... eau e cologne... or anything...?
Towada: No, teacher no! He isn't the type of guy who's gonna put on anything that nice./Some kind of air freshener for bathroom, maybe?
Karino: Really?
Gengo: BATH...
Akagi: Hey, guys!!//Come over, quickly. They're gonna ring the bell.
Towada: Yeah, yeah. We're coming!!
088
Karino: Akagi-san...?
Akagi: Yes?/Is there anything wrong?
Karino: No... Nothing.../Nothing at all... Excuse me.
Akagi: Alright! Okay, then. I need to go!
089
Karino: The signal I had from her... till yesterday is... gone......./Perhaps she was... hunted down......... Maybe.../She was done in... by the Observer...//Regardless.../Kurosaka-kun... smells so... delicious........
090
Karino: I've been refraining from... touching the pupils who were... closely related... to me/If I am to last long........ I need to keep a... low profile.//And to whom... do I owe... this piece of wisdom.........?/Yes... To you.
091
Gengo: (After last night, I can hardly believe how Akagi went back to normal.//Then, there's the dude who jumped inside me and that violent girl.../What the hell is going on?)
092
Karino&Gengo: !!
093
Gengo: ........ What was that feeling.....?
Bald: ? Teacher? Is there something wrong?
Karino: Oh. Oh my. Silly me...........//I intended... to go to the bathroom... during the break... but I forgot......../(Oh... no. I can't... hold it...)
Bald: Hey, teacher.
Towada: Aw, come on.
Karino: You guys keep on... studying while I'm gone........
094
Class: Karino-sensei can be so funny./Yeah. I really dig the robot-speak vibe.
Gengo: ........//(What the... What's this?)
Class: What's up, Gen? It's potty time for you too?
Karino: Up here?
095
Karino: You have... no business... coming here.//Please go........ somewhere else.
Freak: I smelled... something delicious.//LET ME HAVE IT!!
Karino: I don't like your........../manners!!
097
Karino: Doesn't taste... like much.........//Ha
Gengo: Ah...!
098
Karino: ........You saw me.... did you not........?
Gengo: ...........Yes...!
Narrator: Meanwhile.
Ishtar: I see. These garments are meant for hot weather.
Cat: Meow.
Ishtar: Now I can see how strange an impression I'd make by going out like that. Thanks for the advice.[/end
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4th Battle
100
Gengo: ...Uh... Er...
Karino: ...You saw me... did you not...
Gengo: ...Ha... Haha...
101
Gengo: Ba... Back to class for me!
Karino: Wait... a minute
Gengo: !
Karino: ...Listen/If you speak of it to... anyone else...//I will...
102
Karino: Feast upon you. Devour you whole.../until not even the flimsiest... sliver of flesh remains...
Gengo: ...........Hh!!
103
Karino: !/Uh... What's this...?//Do you... have something?/There... under your eyes.
Gengo: ?//!
104
Gengo: .......Hh!!
Karino: ...What's the... meaning of this?
Gengo: Uh... that's, uh...A-acne! Yeah, that's it. You know, that thing teenagers have! The pimples are bleeding because you squished 'em!!
105
Karino: .........//...Kurosaka-kun.... It's time to get back to class... ...Meet me... at the atelier.... after school...
Gengo: ...Eh... So, uh...
Karino: First things first... You were dawdling instead of studying... and that warrants a penalty...
Gengo: Huh?
Karino: So... I go to the bathroom... for a minute... And I find somebody trifling.../I think a sanction is... in order... So I'll have him stay... after school.
106
Sign: Atelier
Karino: ...........So./Who are you... exactly...?
107
Gengo: ? I'm Kurosaka. You know?
Karino: That's not... what I meant. I'm not talking about the Relic boy you used... to be.../I'm talking about... your true self.
Gengo: Well... About that... The guy who owned these eyes/Well, he got inside of me... and then he was gone...!!
Karino: ...No way... ...You don't see that every day... So.../you're the real... Kurosaka-kun... aren't you?!
108
Karino: Now that's unusual... but... not impossible... not quite...
Gengo: Wha... What about you, teacher...?! Just who...
Karino: Me? A mirror image... of you... probably.//Strictly speaking... The real Karino Yuuko... is... no more...
109
Gengo: You... You mean you... you ate her...?!
Karino: It is... a somewhat complicated... issue...//I have... a question... for you... Who and what exactly.../do you think... I am...?
Gengo: ?
Karino: When I took this body... I also gained something else......./Now, I have... two different sets... of memories...
110
Karino: Those of Karino Yuuko... who was born and raised... on this planet... As well as... my own memories.... Memories you would qualify... as "alien".../Now, I am... and alien entity... of course...//But the things... Karino Yuuko liked... I like/what she hated... I hate...
111
Karino: Just like her... I experience.../Joy... sadness... and... anger...//So maybe.../that makes me... the real Karino Yuuko...//How should one call... a being like me.../No I have... no idea... who I am.
112
Karino: You.../What do you think of me...?/Who do you... think "I" am?
Gengo: .......?!
113
Gengo: Uuuuuuuh. Thing is, I'm not sure I really understand what you're trying to say.
Karino: Um, yeah... By the way... You scored... pretty bad in Japanese... am I right?//If... Karino Yuuko... was here instead of... "me".../She'd say exactly... what I'm about to say... "You should put more work into it"...
Gengo: But, uh... teacher. You are... you. Aren't you...?[tn: Did that sound stupid? Good. It was meant to.]
Karino: .......
114
Karino: ... I'm not sure... of what you really meant... by that.../But... I'm glad you think... so...
Gengo: .......
Karino That's... enough... You may go... Your friends are... outside... waiting for you...//Even with your ears pressed against that door... I don't think you heard... much of anything...
115
Gengo: What do you think... you're doing.
Towada: Can't you tell...? We've been snooping./(That said, we couldn't see or hear much.)
Bald: We were worried about you, teacher!!/(Gen hasn't tried anything funny, has he, the little scoundrel?)
Karino: Well...//Alright... Kurosaka-kun ...That's about it... So/take care of yourself. See you around...
Gengo: ...'Kay.
Towada: So. What was it all about?
Gengo: Eeeeeeer...
116
Towada: Was it about... something tedious, maybe...?/Like, graduation, or something?! Pfeh. Too bad. I wanted to see what she looked like when she was angry.
Gengo: ...You mean... You weren't even worrying about me... or nothing?
Towada: Why should I?
Karino: ..........//Tell me... Are Towada-san and Kurosaka-kun... dating?
Bald: AHAHAHAHA. These two? Going out together? A snowball's chance in Hell!
Dude: If I had to explain, I'd say they gotta hang around each other, but don't have much of a choice about it.[tn: the Japanese "kusareen" translates as "undesirable" but inseparable relationship.]
117
Dude: They live not too far from each other, and they've known each other for long. And they walk back home together. A lot.
Karino: ........
Gengo: ......//The girl must have done something weird to me, but I can't put my finger on what it is./What with me being distracted by the thing with Karino-senseI
118
Gengo: AAAAH, WHATEVER!/I'M BACK!
Ishtar: Oh. There you are./You're late.
Gengo: ........
Ishtar: What's wrong? Are you alright? You get back and then you just fall down. Have you been studying that hard?
119
Gengo: ...What's with the new fashion?*DUUUUUUH*
Ishtar: Is it strange? I had someone teach me, and I though I'd gotten the handle of it this time around.
Cat: Meow.
Gengo: So she took her lessons in taste from you, you damn cat. Keep it up and I'll make shamisen strings out of your guts![tn: A Shamisen is a Japanese three-stringed guitar.]*fshhhh*
Ishtar: Well, gotta admit it's light, and easy to move around in. Pretty interesting.
Gengo: (Guess I should buy her some fashion magazines... No way around it.)
Ishtar: Tell me, by the way
120
Ishtar: Did you run into any... parasites?
Gengo: .....!
Ishtar: Don't bother hiding it. I've had a signal. I'll leave it alone as long as it doesn't prove hostile./...Since you've tried hiding it, I presume... that it's someone you know. Someone familiar?
121
Gengo: ... My teacher... she is./probably not what I'd call a bad guy...
Ishtar: Did you say... your teacher?/Even with the considerable number of parasites out there, I never thought it'd be someone so close!
Gengo: WAIT! DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE PLANNING TO
*rrrriiiiing*
122
Ishtar: ?
Gengo: Uh. The phone.//Yes. Hello?
Karino: ...Kurosaka-kun? This is Karino...
Gengo: Te... teacher?
Karino: I have... a piece of advice... for you...
Gengo: A... advice?
Karino: You should... get rid of that smell on you... quickly... Better yet... This is a warning... to whoever... put that smell on you... They know who they are...
123
Gengo: ?/My body... odor? What the heck?
Ishtar: Give me that!//You! Who the fuck are you?!
Karino: Oh, my... Just as I thought... Kurosaka-kun did have... an Observer... looking over his shoulder... You'd better refrain from... resorting to such tricks.
Ishtar: Answer me, you scumbag.
Karino: For now... rather that letting you know about me... I'll tell you something even more important./You have put a mark... on Kurosaka-kun. That's fine by me... But what if it infects others...? People who have nothing to do... with this.
124
Ishtar: What kind of nonsense is that! I did put a mark on him, but there's no way it can go infect...
Karino: Did you make sure to... check properly when you picked it... compare it with the components... from this planet's atmosphere...?/The smell has... dissipated. An infinitesimal portion of it... has infected a girl...
Ishtar: What?
Karino: Her name is... Towada. It's not much... really not much at all...//But... we have a very... very good sense of smell./Perhaps someone has already... found her as we speak...
125
Ishtar: Hh...!!/...Hh! Wha... what the hell are you after?!
Karino: ...Me?//I have only... one goal//I want to live...
126
Karino: But never mind that... shouldn't you be... protecting Towada-san...? I'm really... worried about her... I'm her teacher, after all.../Also... Let me... tell you something...//Your presence here... is a stain... on the face of this planet.../Be sure to... take your responsibilities... Mmh?
127
Ishtar: Hell... What have I done?/Such an elementary mistake...!
Gengo: Wha... What's going on? What's the deal with Towa...
Ishtar: Where is she?!
Gengo: Wha... Don't tell me... something...happened to her?
Ishtar: ...The girl...
128
Ishtar: is being hunted.../And it's my fault!
Waitress: Here you are. Green tea and chiffon cake.
Karino: Aah... Thank you...
129
Karino: Whatever Karino Yuuko likes... I like./If she hates something... so do I...//I'm wondering...//Is the Observer... gonna come out and kill me...?
130
Karino: Hey./Tell me... Who are you, really...?[/end
131
5th Battle
132
Towada: ♪/I'm back.
133
Towada: ...Hey. Crap./Guess today, I'm on my own.
Note: Sayoko. I'll be at a drinking party tonight, so I can't be with you for dinner. Take care. Mom.
Towada: Dang... Not much of a choice, I guess.//Guzzle guzzle.♪ Drink yourself under the table.♫/Drinking drinking.♪ Drink until the morning.♫/Drink yourself silly.♪ Cuz puking means diddly.♫
134
Gengo: Hello! Hey!!/You said they might be after Towada... Why?!!
Ishtar: Enough already. Just shut up and lead the way! Run!
Karino: (You are...)
135
Karino: (An ugly wart... on the face of this planet.../Be sure to... take your responsibilities... Mmh?)*Haa... Hah./Hah
Ishtar: (Damn it.../God damn it!)
Towada: What do we have here and what do we make out of it?//That's quite a lot of veggies.
136
Towada: How about I steam them and knock up a salad...?/Ah, yeah. I'll go prepare a hot bath.//Gotta make it quick.//Uh?
137
Towada: A... a water leak?/(That pretty girl upstairs really goes overboard when she takes a bath.)/Must take a lot of water to be sexy like a nymph like her. That would explains the leaks...[tn: The actual text makes fairly untranslatable puns about "water" and "sexiness". I did what I could, which is admittedly not much.]//...Hey.
138
Towada: ...What?
139
Ishtar: !//Seems like... there's more than one of them around./Now of all times. I don't know if that situation will work for us or against us...
Gengo: Eh?//Above?
Ishtar: You go find the girl.
140
Ishtar: I'll join you as soon as I'm done dealing with the others.
Gengo: Me... Me alone?!
Ishtar: ...As far as I'm concerned//you have access to the abilities that Mutsume left behind. I can tell that much.
141
Ishtar: Go. I'll let you deal with the one who's after the girl.
Gengo: Ah... Hey....!//Hh...//Damn it!
Towada: U... Ugh./Wha-wha... Wha
142
Towada: What the heck... is that thing?!
143
Towada: !
Gengo: Towada! Hey!/Are you there?! Show yourself!!
*Heeey*
Towada: (Kurosaka?!//I... I can't speak!!)
144
Gengo: The key... Door's open?//TOWADAAA?!//!
145
Towada: He.../Help m...
Gengo: A... Are you okay?
Towada: U... Uuuh
146
*Haa haa* *haa* *haa*
Towada: Wha... What. What is that thing? What is it?!*Haa/Haa/Haa*
Gengo: ...Towada... Stay where you are.
Towada: Eh?
Gengo: I'll try to do something about this.
Towada: Uuuh?
Gengo: Come on!//Don't you open that door.../under any circumstances...
147
Ishtar: !//...Guess things have gotten started down there./I'll need to get things over with quickly.
148
Ishtar: Talk about a two-bit trick..../You're bending light to conceal yourself, are you...?//And you thought that would be enough to deceive me?/BLOODY FOOLS!!
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Ishtar: Well well well... Guess the boy could do with a little bit of help down there.
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Shades: Woo-hoo.//That Observer girl is no joke. And she's a babe, too. Just like I love 'em.//Perhaps we could get on friendly terms? I'd like that...
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Shades: Aaah. Woops.../Aaah. I couldn't quit smoking even now the habit is thoroughly disliked by the general public.//...So/Could you do me a favor?//It's about Miss Observer. I'd like you to keep an eye on her for me.//If she so much as bats her eyelashes, I wanna hear about it.
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Crow: ...Yes sir.
Shades: You're such a reliable fellow./Very well, then. I'm counting on you.//I'll take that girl
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Shades: And add her to my collection. I won't take no for an answer.
Gengo: Well.
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Gengo: What now...? Shoot...//How THE HELL do I put that thing down?!//!//Waah!//He-he-he-help me, man, help me!
Towada: (Man...?)/Is... Is everything alright in there?
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Towada: What on Earth is going...
Ishtar: The less you know, the better.
Towada: Huh...?
Ishtar: The man is incurable./Stupid.
Towada: Wha-wha-wha-what?! What the he!!?
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Towada: AAAAH!!/Kurosaka?
Ishtar: Cripes...//I'll fix everything when I'm done. For now, if you'll excuse me.
Towada: AAAAAAUUUUUGH?!
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Towada: ........!//Kurosaka?!
Ishtar: ...Hey, pal./You're the same man who devoured Mutsume........
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Ishtar: Those eyes you have aren't there for decoration!/FOOL!
Gengo: ........//Hgh...
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*ffshhhhh*
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*shhhhh* *haa/Haa haa/Haa/Haa*
Gengo: I'm... I'm sav... I thought... I was done fo...
Towada: ...Hey.//What the... hell?//Just... who are you guys?[/end
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6th Battle
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Towada: What the... hell? Just... who are you guys?/What was this...?
165
Gengo: Wha... What now? What should I do?!)
Ishtar: ...So. You're Towada. I apologize.
Towada: Eh...?!
Ishtar: First, allow me to clean up my mistake.
Towada: ?!
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Towada: ?!
Gengo: ?
Ishtar: I eliminated the "scent" of the "mark" on her./Now... those fools won't show up around here anymore.
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Ishtar: For now... I think we can help ourselves to some tea./...We did save her life, after all.
Gengo: He... hey... What do we do, now?! It can't exactly go like it did with Akagi!
Ishtar: I know... This is a major hassle.//But deceiving her is not exactly an option.//We explain the situation, more or less. It's not like we really have a choice.
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Towada: Don't worry.//No matter what you're going to say,even if I talked about what just happened/I can't possibly see how anyone would believe me.//I might even end up escorted to the nearest medic...
Ishtar: ...Humph.//You seem a lot more reliable than our boy here, Towada./Considering that you've just gone through the ordeal of confronting that loser.
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Box: Farmer's milk.
Towada: Well, the tea's nothing fancy. But help yourselves.
Ishtar: Thank you. We'll do that.
Towada: Go ahead.
Ishtar I am not from the same species as you guys./Despite the misleading similarities.
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Ishtar: I'm an Observer./And a stranger to this planet.
Towada: What's that?/And why are you here?
Gengo: .........
Ishtar: To protect/our legacy.
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Ishtar: I am here to protect an heritage./The one our ancestors have left behind.
Gengo: ...Legacy?
Ishtar: Beings we created a long time ago./Namely, you.
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Towada: Wai... wait a minute. You mean we've been "fabricated"?!
Ishtar: Listen until I'm finished, Towada./More accurately, we "gave you civilization".
Towada: Why would you do that?!
Ishtar: To increase/our supply of food.
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Gengo: !!
Ishtar: Settle down. I'm not going to devour you from the get-go.
Gengo: Ah......! This morning. Come to think of it!
Ishtar: Precisely. We're more or less energy-absorbing creatures.
Towada: Wow. What's that?
Ishtar: This is pretty much the most efficient way.//How do you call that feeling of pleasantness when you put something to your mouth./Yes. It is delicious. That's it.
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Ishtar: I can't tell what makes it that way./Perhaps the greater level of intelligence a creature displays, the greater a delicacy it is. Many are those who remember that taste./We do have the means to take energy elsewhere than from living beings... But others showed up, who had different "alimentary habits".
Towada: The... the kind that'll... devour you from the get-go?
Ishtar: An indefinite portion of the humans who go missing are probably related to that.//It can't be helped... There are many predators out there. As numerous as the stars in the sky./My work as an observer... consists in eliminating them an protecting mankind.
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Ishtar: I've cause you a lot of trouble, Towada. If nothing else, accept my apology.
Towada: ........//........../...Got it.//I'll just forget about what just happened. I won't tell anyone./Can I have a minute, Kurosaka...? Come over here.
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Gengo: Uh? What is it?
Towada: Don't you "what is it" me. I'm gonna need a better explanation!//For the girl, I can understand somewhat./But what about those "eyes" of yours? Is everything alright?
Gengo: N... No... This. This is... probably/It's nothing... Nothing bad... I swear!
Towada: ........//Phew.//...Well... You can't tell? For my part, I don't really understand what happened either......./And you, busy as you are fawning over how beautiful she is, there's no telling what might happen.
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Towada: ...Oh, well... As far as she's concerned, we're like what? Ibises? Wild cats?/On top of that... we're food to her. Livestock.
Gengo: Li... LIVESTOCK?!
Towada: (Stoopid)/Sigh. You didn't even figure that one out?//That said...//How should I put it... She's really steaming hot. Irresistible.
Gengo: HUUH?!
Towada: Just my impression... Don't you think she is?//(Pah... I lose!)/Now I'm jealous...
Ishtar: What are you doing?
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Ishtar: You do the strangest of things. Is it something customary on this planet?
Towada: Uuh? No way!
Ishtar: Ahem... Well, thing is, the only information I have about this planet comes from him.*bluntly speaking her mind*
Towada: Aaaah. That won't do you any good. He's a moron.
Ishtar: I see... Hmm.//Excuse me.
Towada: Uh?
Gengo: !
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Towada: ?!//Wha. Ayayayayaaaaaah.*wooow*
Gengo: ........
Ishtar: Huuum.... That's a lot more information than what I got from the boy.//And...
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Ishtar: You're really a kind person, Towada. Always worrying about him, you are. Don't worry.
Towada: That's nowhere near the point.
Ishtar: If I had to describe him, well... right now, I'd say he's a dog.
Gengo: A DOG?!//!!
Ishtar: I see. Strength is the language he understands best.*OOOOOOOOWWWWW*
Gengo: TOWADA, YOU STUPID BIIIIITCH
Towada (The text in the middle): Huh//UUUH?! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!
Ishtar (on the right): Oh. You seem to be back to normal, Towada.
Gengo (on the left): AAAAAARGH
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Ishtar: Anyway. the problem has been taken care of./Anything happens, just let me know. Since I dragged you into this, I'm responsible for you.//We're off.
Towada: 'Kay....
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Towada: ...I really... don't get what's going on.../...........But...
*Hah*
Towada: Ah, yeah. My hot bath! Let's go prepare it!/That's it! So I can immerse myself completely!
Gengo: ...Um, hey. Is that gonna be okay?
Ishtar: Along with her memories, I've been able to grasp a general idea of her personality.
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Ishtar: From what I've seen she's an intelligent human being, much better than you at understanding things.
Gengo: Wow. You can tell all that just from a kiss?
Ishtar: But... after a mistake like that, I guess must be losing my touch too.../Hah.
Karino: Oh... my... Good evening.../You... two...
Ishtar: ?!
Gengo: Tea... teacher!
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Ishtar: You!
Karino: Calm... down. This is hardly... becoming.../You should... get... some studying done...//Do you think... Observers are good... only for... fighting?/If so... You're making a big... mistake.
Ishtar: .......Ngh!
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Karino: Because... if your hands and feet... can move at all... It's because you have a brain... to handle them......../You should... think things over... more carefully... before you act... That's all I... had to tell you... for today.//...By the way./Did you... tell Kurosaka-kun... what was going on?//"When Prometheus... bestowed fire upon Man.../it was... with the ultimate goal... of eating him."
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Karino: Very well... Goodbye... Kurosaka-kun.../Observer...-san...
Towada: Wooh.
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Towada: I can't help but think about it./All the stuff I saw... it happened for real...//Aaah. I guess now, it's about time to wash my face! Get a grip, Sayoko. Get a grip!!//!
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Shades: Pleased to meet you.
Towada: Uh?/Ah./Ah.
Shades: Hahaha. Don't be afraid. You don't want to screw up your pretty face, do you?
Towada: Ah...
Shades: Hey... Can you do me a favor...? I'd like to borrow your body for a little while......... Mh?
Towada: Hic...!
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Towada: ?!
Karino: .......Well well well.
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Karino: ...Is... Towada-san... gonna be alright...?//I'm... really worried... about her...//........
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*diiiing doooong*
*diiiing dooong*
*diiiing doooong...*[/end
ALIEN.
TV: News from Japan.
Ishtar: That's really good.
Cat: ZZZZZ
TV: Alien: The Movie.*jump*
Gengo: ... You're afraid of Aliens...?/You know that makes you a huge freak, don't you?
MUTSUME PASSES THROUGH!
Narrator: Mutsume and I are blending./His consciousness disappeared when he saved me.//But he shows up whenever something important is going on.
Stand: Adult corner.
Six: Mhh. She's a bit too thin, don't you think?
Gengo: Do-do-don't you come out at times like thaaaaat.*Aaah.../aaaah.../whispers...*
Six: Wha... What's the matter? I think from time to time, I'm entitled to some...
Gengo: GO AWAAAAAY.
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