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Guardian Dog Volume 3
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001
13th Battle
002
Guardian Dog #3
CONTENTS
13th Battle.......001
14th Battle.......035
15th Battle.......069
16th Battle.......101
17th Battle.......133
Supplements....166
003
GUARDIAN DOG CHARACTERS
BIG BRO[tn: No, Srsly?]
This mysterious man is a former Observer. He seeks to ally himself with Gengo and Ishtar in order to thwart the Observers' ruling body's plot to obtain absolute power. Has a massive crush on Karino Yuuko. Goes by the nickname of Big Bro.
ISHTAR
An "Observer", she protects earthlings from those who would devour them. She came chasing after Mutsume, but the latter possessed Gengo's body, so she settled at Gengo's place to keep an eye on him. More spontaneous than she looks.
KUROSAKA GENGO
Used to be an ordinary and unassuming high school student, but one day he was possessed by a "parasitic" alien called Mutsume, thus obtaining the ability to manipulate water. Mutsume's been absorbed by Gengo and his consciousness ought to have disappeared. However...
AKAGI MAYA
Gengo and Towada's classmate, this girl is rather prone to daydreaming. She's been possessed by a parasite, but Ishtar dragged it out. She has no memories of the incident.
TOWADA SAYOKO
Gengo's classmate and childhood friend. A tough girl, but she actually cares a lot for Gengo. Has a parasite dwelling inside her, but it didn't take over her personality.
KARINO YUUKO
A teacher at Gengo's high school, she's actually possessed by a plant-like "parasite". Her personality fused with that of the original human being, and she's an intellectual. Protecting her sudents takes precedence over everything else.
005
Gengo: Say.//Sorry to bother you while you're thinking, but could you close that window please?*sniff*
*close*
Ishtar: ...Are you cold?
Gengo: Yeah, somewhat.
Ishtar: ..........I wouldn't know. I can't feel it./...Not with this suit on.
006
Ishtar: I...//Do you despise us Observers?
Gengo: ...Uuh?/I... I never said anything like that.//...I have no idea!
Ishtar: I guess so... You aren't very bright, after all.
Gengo: !
007
Gengo: Yeah, sorry about that.*tilt*
Ishtar: ...Ah...//Forgive me...//I...
Gengo: I don't hate Observers./I have nothing against you guys.*pshh*
008
Gengo: ...Wha?/Wha... YIKES?![tn: WOO-HOOOH!!]
Ishtar: Don't you run away! Look at me!![tn: Gladly. Heheheheeeee.*drool*]
009
Ishtar: My body ought to be similar yours in makeup./Can you see any difference?![tn:Off the top of my head, I can think of a couple of big... discrepancies.]
Gengo: N-no. So, uh Ishtar-san. Could you...
Ishtar: Never mind Mutsume... I'm exactly like you Relics, am I not!!/...I'm...//...you're...*ding dong*
010
Karino: ...Coming... in... Kuro...saka-kun./Are you done... cleaning up... what with... the whole mess.. at scho...
Ishtar: Uh.
Karino: .....!
011
*SBAOOOM*
Ishtar (lower bubble): Hey? Something wrong?
Karino: [tn: Random gibberish.]
Gengo: Aaaah. Teacher, please calm down!!
Ishtar: ...Hey there. You okay?
Karino: Who... whose fault... is it... in your opinion?!!//(This is an illicit sexual relationship)/And you... Kurosaka-kun... You're still... a high school... student... you know?!
Ishtar: ?
Gengo: ...Well. Ahem. Teacher. This is a misunderstanding.
Ishtar: Was it a bad thing to take off my suit?!
Gengo: See?
Karino: .........
012
Karino: ........Phew.//You still have... a lot... to learn... apparently.
Ishtar: Oh... Really?
*uneasy*
Karino: Put on something... down there too... And be... quick about it.
Ishtar: ?
Karino: The poor... Kurosaka-kun... could use the... favor.
Gengo: I... I have no control over that thing!!*baaaawwwwl*
Karino: Sorry...
Ishtar: ?
013
Karino: Anyway...
Ishtar: (Is that alright? Humm./A bit tight, maybe...)
Karino: Now I... understand... what's going... on.//So... About school... now...
Gengo: Yes? What happened to them?
Karino: No... problem. Everybody's... fine.//Their memories... have been processed... into believing... a portion of the building... has been struck... by lightning.../The wounded kid... and the one... who was naked... have been turned back... to normal.
014
Gengo: To normal?!
Karino: That's right... He used... the materials... on the premises... to restore... them.//You know... who I mean... by "he"...
Gengo: ..........
Karino: In exchange... I have... to treat him... to tea...
015
Karino: I'm off... Be extra-careful... Kurosaka-kun...!
Gengo: ..........*tremble*
*Achoo*
Gengo: Uh.
Ishtar: ...I'm cold.
Gengo: ...Eh?
016
Ishtar: Now I've been able to share some of that feeling. The one you refer to as "cold".
Gengo: (Oh crap...! She's... so cute...!)
Hair: *shift*
Gengo: (Uh?)
017
Ishtar: Speaking of which./It's time/to have bite.♥
Gengo: OH//Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic
018
Boss: This time around our test subject has quite a lot of potential.//The individual merged with that Relic is growing in power...//Just like the data predicted... That said, compatibility really is a critical element.
Secretary: Yes sir.//Let them chose who they want to merge with, and you'll have a fair share of battle potential on hand.
019
Boss: Do they become good "pawns" for us afterwards, or not?//What do you think?
Secretary: ...Well, as far as I'm concerned... It is more advantageous when the "Relics" get to retain their human minds...//Because... they are imperfect.
Boss: ...Imperfect, eh...
Secretary: Is something the matter?
Boss: Nothing. That pretty much makes us the perfected ones, does it not?
020
Boss: ...Puts us above them...//And yet there we are./Starting a power struggle.//We're hardly an different from them.
Secretary: That's...
Boss: Well, never mind. As for the "Observers", their organization is a thing of the past./This planet is just some place for us to pick some good muscle.
021
Secretary: By the way//It appear "our man" is the one who dealt with the commotion at the school.
Boss: Humph...//Guess he's still busy studying Relic culture...
Secretary: ...Are you planning on leaving him unattended any longer?//You may be thinking of his usefulness as a pawn/if so, I trust you have other tools to spare, though.//I suggest we eliminate him.
022
Bro: Maaan. What a nice you you have there.
Nameplate: Karino.
Bro: This interior is so much like you, Yuuko-chan.♥//I'm the happiest man in the world./And that tea you've prepared is nectar.♥
Karino: ........
023
Karino: You haven't... drunk anything... yet.
Bro: Of course it's gonna taste good.
Karino: You don't... even drink it... and yet... you make a fool... out of me!//..........
Narrator: *Black tea is best prepared with boiling water.
Bro: [tn: Gibberish.]//By the way, Yuuko-chan./Do you think you can work with me now?
Karino: Are you... asking me... to trust you...?
Bro: You don't have a lot of options to chose from have you? I mean, I killed off that Observer.//And that little Observer girl will likely have to join our side too.
024
Karino: ...Our side...?//In other words... you aren't... working alone./...And...//You involved... us.../into your... business!!
Bro: N...NO.../That's not it!! You're getting it wrong, Yuuko-chan!!*swaying*
Karino: ...........*zip*
Bro: I wasn't trying to involve anyone. I got involved too!!
025
Bro: So join me, so we can put an end to that situation!/Okay?//Also, I'd like you to be my partner in life as well.♥
Karino: Y... you aren't... explaining... anything!!
Bro: Will you become mine if I tell you?(Eeheehee♥)
Karino: (Eeeek)/What the... hell... are you... talking about?!!//A... anyway.../Let's... hear it...!!
026
Baddies: ...Hum. But he's strong, you know? Even the Observers can't touch him./It's alright.//I've prepared some of our best "symbiotes"./Symbiotes?//A provisional name for that breed that has human minds and our abilities.//...You are most capable.//Approval granted.
027
Dudes: Oh! Duty calls!//We gotta kill one man./Humm. How many of us for the job?//Wow, the man's been watching his back alright./So. The target is currently at some girl's place, it seems.//We kill off the girl too?/If she sees us, we should.//She's hot?/I certainly hope so.
028
Dudes: Hahaha/Ahahahahah.
Karino: So... everything you've done.../was merely about... self-defense...?
Bro: Pretty much. I have no wish to start a conflict.//Your goals and my own... are essentially the same./I want to "live out my life" on this planet.
029
Bro: You're a plant originally, living by Karino Yuuko's thoughts./Reaching out for her happiness. I can provide the strength you need to achieve it.//My feelings towards you are for real.../So...//Let me...
030
Karino: Wh... What...?!
Dudes: Eeeeeh... Not bad at all./Let us take our time. Have some fun with her before we kill her off. We'll have to punch the guy's ticket first, though.
031
Dudes: Pleased to meet you, Miss.♥
Bro: We were having such a great time, so I've been trying to ignore them.*sniff/sniff/sniff*
Karino: (Yeah... But... I was about... to fall victim... to your evil... power!)/If you'd... noticed them... why didn't you... just say so?!!
*rustle/rustle/rustle*
Karino: Ah... men./They're all... the same...!
*rustle/rustle*
032
Dude: !
Karino: Welcome... to my house.... This is what... happens... to those who are... breaking and... entering, however...
033
Dude: What do we have here...? So you're like us, then?//Too bad, though.//It isn't working out so well!
Karino: ...Kh...
Bro: Easy, Yuuko-chan. Easy.//In times like this, you get to hide behind a man for protection./As a woman, you are entitled to this.
034
Bro: Well, now./You look like a pretty confident lot...//Care to treat big brother to a little taste of your power?/Eh, boys?
035
Chocolate: I LOVE Yuuko.
14th Battle.
Bag: Plant Fertilizer♥/Nutrients/MAX
036
Dudes: ...Humph. Fancying yourself a knight, pal?
037
Dudes: We were out to get you anyway./But we're gonna let you live while we're busy having our way with the girl.
Karino: Ha... having your...?!*pissed*
Bro: Have your way with Yuuko-chan...?//Fucking brats./What a crude thing to say in front of a girl./Now listen.
038
Bro: The only one allowed to have his way with Yuuko-chan is me./You sideliners just clam it!!
Dudes: ......../..........
039
Dudes: Oh. Oh, well. If that's how you wanna play it, we'll just have to do this by force./First, I'm gonna bash your face in.
Bro: Uh? Come again, Fugly-boy?/Jealous of my face, are we?
Dude: Don't fuck with me! Stoopid!!
040
Bro: Did you know? People with less than 3000 words of vocabulary tend to get violent./Because they're poor at communication.
041
Bro: You don't know too many words, hence why you snap so easily?/You're scum, man. You know that, right?
Dude: Wha... What the... He ain't burning?
Bro: A good 3000 degrees. That's the boiling point for gold, isn't it?/You'll have to do better than that to burn me, though.
Dude: Kh...
042
Dude: I... I see. You're a flame user like me. Which explains your resistance to it.//But flames aren't the only thing I can do.
Bro: Hey there./Quit sending in those guys who can hardy do anything more than punch hard, will you.//They're just scum in need to learn how to use their heads./You ought to account for intelligence in your calculations.
043
Dude: ? Just... who are you talking to exactly?
Bro: Who, you ask?/I am talking//to whoever's holding your leash!
044
Bro: And you're already trapped inside my kekkai, too./Now you can't use your powers to their full extent.
Dude: Wha... What's this?/Some kind of weird atmosphere shit?
045
Dude: So what...? You think you can win just because you've dragged us in there?//There aren't three of us just for show, you see?
Bro: ...Fusion?
Dude: Ahahahahaha./How do you like it?!
046
Bro: You people are lost cases.//Ugly beyond redemption!!
Dude: Useless!/Don't bother!
Bro: They... absorbed them?
Dude: No matter what you do/it won't work against
047
Dude: !
Bro: I guess this won't be of much use either/But it's gotta hurt, doesn't it?
Dude: Uuugh...!//Treating me like a biiitch, are you?!/DIIIIIIEEE!!
049
Dude: Hahahahahahaha!/What a huge weakling. Stupid./Serves you right for being such a pain.//Very well, now. The girl.../is.../Ah...?
050
Dude: Uh... AH?/...I... I'm...
051
Bro: Empowering themselves through mutation.../Like the boy, maybe... But well...//Guess Yuuko-chan would have been in trouble if she'd been on her own./Perhaps even the boy and Ishtar would've been in way over their heads?//That said, the cells aren't all that bad.*munch*
Bro: But not much of a gain as far as lifespan goes.//........Why, thank you for the nice body./Now I get to live a little while longer.
052
Bro: Well well well./I can't exactly go back nekkid, now, can I?./Being treated as some kind of freak would suck hard.
*snap*
053
Karino: Where... were... you?
Bro: Are you hurt, Yuuko-chan? I've defeated them.//I think I deserve a little reward, please.*cuddle*
Bro: How about a kiss? I'd like that.
Karino: You've... gotta be.. kidding...
Bro: No I'm not./I long after your lips. No matter what it takes or what enemies I make along the way.
054
Karino: ...Wha...//Sto.......
Bro: (Good!/Right there. Now just go for it...!!)
*PRRRRRRRRR*
055
Bro: Y... yes. WHO'S THERE?!
Gengo: Uh, Big Bro? That your phone number?
Bro: IT'S A MISTAKE!!
Karino: I was about to... get carried away... by the mood... and go along with... what you had in store... for me.
Bro: NO WAAAYY. YUUO-CHAN/(D'OH?!)*tilt*
Karino: It's... late... now... You should... go...
*heartbroken*
Karino: But...
056
Karino: Thank you... for saving... me.
Bro: ...Ah.../Yuuko...-chan...//I LUV UUUUU!!
Karino: GO HOOOOOME...!!
Secretary: What the hell was that?!
057
Secretary: There were more than enough of them according to my data.//Those damn brats weren't up to the task!/Damn it!
Boss: Calm down./You scare everyone when you're angry, and they can't work in those conditions.
Secretary: My honor is at stake here, sir!/You needn't be concerned.
058
Boss: Ahem...//You shouldn't be putting your honor on the line for a fight, now , should you?/This is nothing worth losing your face over.//You went up against him too early, that's all there is to it. How about you keep an eye on him for a little while?
Secretary: ...I understand.
Boss: Let us have some tea and relax.
059
Boss: You get the idea. Mh?
Phone: Beep beep beep.
Gengo: ?
060
Gengo: What the hell was that...?
Ishtar: Something happened?
Gengo: ...Well, that Big Bro dude gave me his cell phone number, but...
Ishtar: ...That man...//Do you trust him?
Gengo: .........Eh?//Well, he saved my life, and all... He did the same for you too.
Ishtar: Chances are he did it just because he thought we'd be useful to him.
061
Gengo: ...Tell me, now. Aren't you being a little too suspicious?
Ishtar: Uh?
Gengo: Even if Big Bro is our enemy, we can cross that bridge when we come to it, right?//If you spend too much time constantly on edge, you'll just wear yourself out.//Is everyone back on your homeworld so shady you can't trust anybody?
Ishtar: Of course not!
062
Ishtar: ...It's. ...My head is a bit of a mess right now./That's all...//...Haha... Ha... What now? How do you deal with situations like this?
Gengo: ............
Ishtar: ...Perhaps having a friend to talk to would do some good.
Gengo: ...You're alone. You're feeling lonely./...So...
063
Ishtar: ...I have no one to open my heart to./No one save my sister, but Mutsume took her away.//Someone precious to me... I don't...!
Gengo: ..........Erm/...I...//I don't know if I can be that to you/but if you need friendship, I can give that much.
064
Ishtar: You would...?
Gengo: I'm not good enough...?!
Ishtar: Hahah... Hahahahahah
Gengo: Wha-what?! I know we're only cattle as far as you guys are concerned, but...
065
Ishtar: ...Wrong! That's not what I meant. Not at all.//I'm glad.
Gengo: Uh...?
Ishtar: ...I've had you worried. Sorry./I'm really thankful.
066
Ishtar: Can you be my friend?/Please.
Gengo: ...Uh... Sure!/Of course!
Ishtar: Aaah... All that talking has made me somewhat hungry. LET ME HAVE A SIP.
Gengo: Uh?! Are you gonna feed off your friend?
Ishtar: ...Friendship is one thing. Feeding is another.
Gengo: AAAAAAAYYYYYYYEEEEE~~~[/end
068
BIG BRO'S AMBITION
Narrator: Big Bro wants to build a strong friendship with Yuuko-chan, his great love.*Preparing some tea*
Bro: And that's why I'm dropping by at her place.//YUUKO-CHAAAAN...♥
Karino: ?!
Bro: (Ah)
Narrator: Looks like it's not even worth trying. Not at Yuuko-chan's place (Living room).
Bro: (Let go of meeEEEE).*hissy fit*
Karino: (I'll... go ahead... and have my... tea...)/You're growing... too attached... you are.[tn: Just in case it isn't obvious, this is a pun.]
*sob sob sob*
069
15th Battle
070
*chirp chirp/chirp//chirp/chirp chirp/slide*
*flap flap flap*
Towada: ...Mmh./Weather's nice.
071
Towada: I've been feeling quite perky these days, somehow... What's going on?/Maybe I got healthier... or something. That said.../there's been weird stuff happening left and right, lately. Guess that'd make anyone tired. Kurosaka-kun's been acting rather strange, too.//...Ah yeah. Maybe I should go pay him a visit. It's been a while. And I'm worried about that girl, too.../I'd bet he's still sleeping like a log.
072
Ishtar: ...Wha//What is it?
Gengo: Never knew I had an apron at home.
Ishtar: I borrowed it.
Gengo: From whom?
Ishtar: Him.
Gengo: (That does sound like something that Big Bro guy would do.)
Ishtar: Eeerm... I've prepared something.
073
Ishtar: Eat.[tn: Ishtar uses 召し上がれ (meshiagare), a rather stuffy and untranslatable formulation for "eat up".]
Gengo: A'right. Bon appé
Ishtar: Or would you like a bath instead? Or maybe you want... meeeee?
Gengo: ...Ishtar-san. ...What is it you have here...?
Ishtar: (According to the book, it's a nice thing to say.)/This? He left me with plenty of stuff, saying it'd come in handy. I got more of them, here.
Gengo: That's it?
Ishtar: Uh-huh.
Gengo: Hop.
Ishtar: Ah.
074
Ishtar: Is that alright? It was a lot of trouble to bring these in.
Gengo: It's fine.
Towada: OOOOOOOOOWW!
Ishtar: ?
Towada: WHAT THE HEEEEL?!!
Gengo: Ah. Towada.
075
Ishtar Oh! Good morning! Did that box land on you? Are you alright?//So? You should feel a bit better now, right?
Towada: Tha... thank you... Ah... Ah yeah. I'm here to see him.
Gengo: Booooooooh.
Ishtar: I see. School it is, then.
Towada: Come on! Off we go, Kurosaka! We don't wanna be late!!
Gengo: Ooooooow. Don't drag meeeeeee!!
076
Gengo: ...Oooouch.
Towada: Quit complaining. I got hurt too!
Gengo: Yeah, sorry about that.
Towada: ...By the way//...She's become.../prettier somehow.
Ishtar: And you're telling me... ...it's not a problem...?
077
Voice: That's right./No problem at all.
Ishtar: But sir! We have an Observer dead!
Voice: His fate was the just deserts of his unruly behavior. No more.
Ishtar: ..........
Voice: Nothing to worry about.
078
Voice: I'll terminate the communication, now./You are to pursue your mission as if everything was perfectly normal.
Ishtar: ...The death of one lower-ranked member doesn't bother them?/...Or else... is there some other meaning to this...?//..........
079
Ishtar: ...Let's go ask some questions...
080
Bro: You came earlier than I expected.//Starting to have misgivings about the Observers, now, are we?
Ishtar: I have no doubts about my own duty as an Observer.//I just happen to have a couple of questions for you.
Bro: ..........About what?
081
Ishtar: ...Do you know "who and what we are"?
Bro: This is perhaps... a rather philosophical question.//Well, it's not like I don't have an answer, now is it?//Listen. Unlike the Relics, we come in all kinds of shapes and forms, despite being identical./And each one of these shapes possesses different abilities. Which is rather incongruous, when you think about it.
082
Bro: "The principles of animal life."//Considering its goal is about the preservation of a species as a single entity.../Our very existence runs contrary to it.
083
Bro: In a sense, you could say the Relics.../are a much purer breed than ourselves. Strange, don't you think?
Ishtar: But... We're
Bro: For example//you are fundamentally similar in shape to one of the Relics. You could feed like they do and live just fine that way if you ever felt like it./But Mutsume is another species entirely. In spite of which mating remains possible.//...Why is that, in your opinion?
084
Ishtar: Do you have... an answer to that?
Bro: ...Yeah, well... Excuse me while I'm having a smoke.//I came to one conclusion//If anyone's been manufactured, it's us. With the Relics as a base material./We are an artificial species.
085
Ishtar: No way!//We... we're the ones who bestowed civilization upon them!//It doesn't match with what history tells us!
Bro: Calm down, miss.//We gave them culture a mere 10.000 years ago. But the human race has been around for a solid 3.500.000 years, right?
Ishtar: ...........Hh...
086
Ishtar: ...So/what you are saying is that we've been created by a third party...!
Bro: Pretty much.../There's "someone" out there./I don't know what their goal is.//Perhaps it just happened on a whim. Or as an experiment.//There's just one thing I can say for sure.
087
Bro: Even if it's true I am who I am. That much doesn't change./Same goes for you.//Every single word I've been exchanging with you came from me./My existence is not the result of someone's arbitrary decision.//You know what?
088
Ishtar: W... what?
Bro: See, I'm not too fond of the idea of a "God"./But there's something out there with the ability to handle creatures on a genetic scale. That much is fact.//And perhaps we're literally standing in the palm of its hand as we speak.
Ishtar: And... this relates to the Observers' organization somehow?
Bro: Maybe it does... But whatever the organization wants, I can't tell./Why, perhaps they're being manipulated as well.
089
Ishtar: So the only answer to the question "why do I live".../is just "because I do".
Bro: Correct! That's the spirit.
Ishtar: ...I//...What should I do?
Bro: ...Indeed.
090
Bro: How about having children?
Ishtar: Me?
Bro: Yeah, yeah.
Ishtar: Ho... how do I accomplish that if I'm on my own?/(Like amoeba?)[tn: Amoeba reproduce asexually by mitosis.]
Bro: Um... Ahem. What I'm trying to say is that you should try to mate with a Relic!//Well, it's a bit of an extreme example, but taking a shot at life on this planet with them doesn't sound like such a bad idea.
Ishtar: Mating is prohibited, however.
Bro: By whom?
Ishtar: Eh?
091
Ishtar: I don't know about that. ...It's indeed very interesting, but I don't really feel like it...
Bro: I see.//Observers have a way to deal with such "deviancies"./They sweep a portion of your emotions under the rug./But that's not much fun, now, is it?
*pom*
Ishtar: ?//!
092
Bro: Now we're good./Your emotional dam is gone.//Now it's up to you to think and act for yourself./(Oo-hoo♥)/Because you and I are on the same side, you see.♥
Ishtar: ........//You're a weirdo, you know that...?
Bro: What are you talking about? I'm just choosing my own path in life.//I have a gift here for you, by the way.♥
Ishtar: Mh? What is it?
Bro: The same kind of stuff as what I gave you the last time.♥
Ishtar: Good. I understand. Thank you.
093
Bro: So long, little miss.♥
Ishtar: ..........//Here's hoping they don't get trashed the moment I get back... What do we have here...?/"Naughty Nurses, the Great Mobilization 4."//"Sexy Maid Café". "Bondage Schoolmistress 2"./Humm.//Most interesting...
Voice: Thank you for your cooperation, 00863.
094
Bro: Humph. I never thought I'd get to work with the Observers once again.//But... one misstep and she's dead, you know?
Voice: That is for fate to decide.
Bro: That's a fairly callous thing to say.
Voice: Protect her, then.
Bro: Me?/I'll pass, thank you.
095
Bro: I'm a heartless man myself, unfortunately./I can't go as far as acting as her guardian angel.
Voice: .........
Bro: Bah. Not that it would've been such an easy thing to do./And she's too tough a girl to need it.//After all, she has quite an interesting specimen by her side.
096
Bell: Diiiiing....//Doooong... Daaaaaang... Dooong...
097
Bald: Gen! Let's get this over with right away./If we're caught dawdling, we're gonna get told off or something.
Towada: ...Kurosaka?//(She looked really cute, wearing that apron...)
Akagi: Sayo-chaaaaan!
098
Akagi: Today's outside cleaning. You aren't going?
Towada: Yeah. I'm gonna join the morons down there right away.//Something wrong?
Akagi: Just thinking... you don't look too healthy./Anything happens, let me know. I'd be glad to help.
Towada: You're really a good friend, Akagi-chan.
Akagi: (Aaaaah)
Towada:
Gengo: Heeeey.. Towada!!
099
Gengo: You're the only one who's not doing something!
Bald: We'll show you some cool stuff, so hurry up and come.
Towada: I'm coming! Just wait a minute!!
Akagi: Do you need my help, Sayo-chan?
Towada: Just watch, that should be enough. Shall we go?
Akagi: Okay.
Gengo: ...Aah...Today's been a really calm day...
Bald: What do you mean? It's always pretty calm, isn't it?
Gengo: Ahaha. Yeah, I guess you're right./(That's right. Nobody remembers.)
100
Gengo: (My life has been one long succession of troubles ever since I got these eyes, though...)
Bald: Hey, want a ride?
Dude: Express broom-carrying.[tn: I was actually unable to read that.]
Akagi: Awesome!
Bald: Argh.
Towada: Idiot.
Narrator: ...It's like I'd forgotten this is what an ordinary day was like./...This is my true, peaceful everyday life.
Isthar: I took this, too, but it feels a bit chilly. What do you think?
Note: *G-string.
Ishtar: Uh? Try it on? I'm guaranteed to freeze to death.
Narrator: ...Probably this is too.[/end
101
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103
Bro: You should try to live on this planet, along with them.
Ishtar: (...Mating with that guy? ...That accursed man can talk such nonsense...)
Gengo: Uh...Mh...
Ishtar: ........./For us, who have strayed away from the creatures we originally were, is there any coming back?
104
Note: *Pinching his nose.
Ishtar: (Funny.)
Noise: Beep
Gengo: Nghooh//Wh... wha-what the heck? I dreamed myself dying!! Dying!!
Ishtar: Hey. I'm going out for a minute.
Gengo: Uh?//...Where are you going?
Ishtar: ...I was told to go dispatch some bad guys. So... I'll be off for a little while. You go back to sleep.
105
Gengo: Are you gonna be fine all by yourself?
Ishtar: ...Stupid. Who do you think I am?/Don't worry. I'll be back soon enough. Also.../Sorry I made you dream about your own death./You get some good rest, now. I'm off.
Gengo: So...//What have you been doing to me?!
106
Bro: Dawn is breaking. For you and me.♪//Coffee time.♫//...Aaah. Now would be such a good time for a morning coffee with Yuuko-chan./It's really boring to have it alone.//!
107
Bro: .........//AAAAAAAH. It burns!! Aaaaaah. The book!/My favorite piece. "Your Palpitating, Lovemaking Divination". Boo-hoo.//Aaah. What a waste./...Duh.//I've had them all connected to something. The cup with Ishtar-chan.... The boy with the ashtray. The glass with Yuuko-chan. For the cup to burst apart, something must have happened to her.../But I guess if it's gonna screw me up like this, I'd better stop doing it./The whole foreboding vibe thing sounded like fun, though.//.........
108
Bro: ...My God. Quo vadis? (Whither goest thou...?)//So the first blood is that of Ishtar.//That said, the organization is really slow to act.//Everybody holds their own life in high regard.
109
Bro: Ishtar./What about you?//Are you afraid to die?
Ishtar: This is more or less the place the organization told me.../...But there's nothing here, is there? Just what...
Sista: Do you have misgivings about your mission?
110
Ishtar: ...Eh?
Sista: We are to carry out our given assignments//even if it means taking down those we hold dear/...Don't you agree?
111
Ishtar: Si... sister!!//(Settle down... My sister can't be here.//This is a test from the organization, and now they're watching!)
Sista: ...What's wrong? You're all tense, all of a sudden.//Bad Ishtar. Bad girl.*chuckle*
112
Sista: Letting yourself get so rattled...//is unworthy of an Observer, don't you think?
113
Ishtar: ...Hah...//(Wha... What... am I...//How could I let my guard down like this...!!
Bro: This is no good, this is.
114
Bro: Someone assuming the shape of a loved one is enough to make you like this? So not Observer-like.//...Speaking of which, I did take off her emotional limiter./So she's a shy and delicate girl underneath? And a disappointingly lesser fighter by comparison...
Ishtar: Ugh...Uuuh.//(I've lost my... freedom of movement...?!/Poison?!)
115
Bro: Boring./...when I found myself in the same situation/5 minutes later, the problem was solved.//You can't battle "God" in those conditions. It's a shame./But it ends here.
116
*beep*
Bro: Oh?!//Hey there! The hell's going on, here?!
Bro&Ishtar: How come?
Ishtar: What are you/doing here?!
117
Gengo: You okay, Ishtar?!!
Ishtar: Why...? What are you doing here?
Gengo: We'll talk later.//...First things first./Let's strip you of this appearance!!
118
Gengo: ...Too bad. That ain't gonna work against me./Now let's put an end to this masquerade.
119
Nose: Humph.//For the merest of moments your strength increased considerably.
Ishtar: ...Ah...
Nose: Are you Mutsume...?
Gengo: Nope. I am Kurosaka Gengo. Mutsume died./In this body of mine.
120
Nose: ...Memory substitution? I see.../That means you're...//...No.../It's not you. It can't be./I will take your life./Prepare yourself!
121
Nose: Wh.../What?!
122
Gengo: ...Water is my ally./And you... you look like someone who knows a lot of fascinating things.
Nose: Gh.../If you're gonna kill me just do it outright!!
Gengo: Outright...?/I don't know what that means.
123
Gengo: !//...Wha...?!
124
Gengo: !//Someone's been... watching...//...But... Duh? How did I end up here?
Ishtar: Is it... over?
Gengo: Ishtar!//He... Hey.. Are you alright?
Ishtar: Ye... yeah. I'm fine./I'm sorry.
125
Ishtar: Thank.../you...
Gengo: He... Hey, Ishtar. Is everything alright?/Ishtar!!
Bro: Sorry. But/I can't let you know that much just yet.
126
Bro: Ishtar was supposed to die here, but she was saved. This is getting interesting.//And perhaps he's...*ding dong*
Bro: ...Oh?//(♥Woo-hoo.)/Yuuko-chan!
Karino: I didn't... really want to... come this late... but
Bro: Eh? What is it about? Feel free to step in.
Karino: The entry hall... will do... fine...!!
127
Karino: I forgot... my jacket here... the last time... I'd like to... have it back...
Bro: Aah... You mean this!! I took it to the laundry!
Bag: DY Cleaning.
Bro: Here.♥
Karino: What about... the cell phone... inside?
Bro: Here you are.♥//Anyway, we have each other's phone numbers and mail addresses, now. You can write to me any time.♥/(Now we're pen-pals.)
Karino: (...I wish... I'd noticed... sooner!!)
Bro: By the way, Yuuko-chan. I have a question for you.
Karino: !
128
Bro: If someone you held dear was a threat to humanity, and everyone else a friend of the human race/You friend a demon, the others angels//Which one would you side with?[tn: The raw says "god" ,not "angel". But the "good angel bad angel" analogy works better than the "god or demon" one.]
Karino: ...Uh?
129
Bro: Will you lose a friend to protect the world?/Or protect your friend even if the world must perish?
Karino: I.../I don't... know!
Bro: I'll take whatever side you're on./...Even if//I have to go up against God to do so.
130
Bro: ...The world as you know it may be nearing its end.//But it might also keep going./The door's open.//Yuuko-chan...
131
Bro: Do you wanna kiss me?//...What a nice sensation./It feels like normality... like peace.../"Memory substitution", eh? Sounds nice enough.
132
Bro: But it's also the worst weapon ever.../Devouring everything to make it its own.//Shall I kill him now? ...Or else...[/end
133
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134
Gengo: (Aaah. Water.../I want water...//I'm thirsty/in here.//Thirs/ty!
135
Gengo: Ngh...//Ngh...//Ah.../My.. throat... I'm thirsty.//(Hell... My head hurts, too./What's happening to me...?//I crave water...)
136
Gengo: !//Agh.........
Ishtar: !//...Wha... What's wrong?!
Gengo: Haa.../Hah./I'm... fine. It's nothing.
Ishtar: Never mind that. What about your wound?
Gengo: I... I'll be fine. It's healed.
137
Ishtar: You don't look all that well to me, you know? What happened?
Gengo: Nothing... at all.//I'll take a little walk. It's Sunday at last.//Well, I'm off.
Ishtar: .........
138
Gengo: (What's going on?//I feel... sick... It's like... all I'm seeing comes straight out of some kind of bad dream...)
Karino: Weather's nice... Ideal... for a stroll...//Oh.../Kuro...saka-kun...
139
Karino: (...What's... this....?/Kurosaka-kun... scares... me. No... I don't... wanna go... anywhere near... him...!!)
Gengo: ...Hh...!
Karino: (Ha/What am I... talking about...!)/Kurosaka-kun... May I... join you?
Gengo: !
140
Karino: What's... wrong? You look a bit... sick...
Gengo: Ah... Teacher...! Good day... Well, I'm kinda.../I don't... feel so well...
Karino: (There's... something wrong... about him.//There's... something there... inside of him... I can tell.../But... what kind of... force it is... I don't know.)//Kurosaka-kun... Can I...?/(But... The dread... I felt... was for real...)
Gengo: Uh?
141
Gengo: Te.../Teacher?!
Karino: I'm... sorry./I am... sorry... Kurosaka...-kun.//Perhaps it... would've been for... the best... if we hadn't... come to... this planet...
Gengo: (...Teacher?//I can hear her heart beating./It's soothing...)
142
Towada: You've found that skirt you were looking for. Good for you, Akagi-chan!
Akagi: Yep. And the right size, too. But... uh?/That's Karino-sensei, isn...
Akagi&Towada: !
Towada: What's going on, you think?
Akagi: What? I---it can't be what I think it is... can it?//Ku-ku. Kurosaka-kun is relatively successful with girls, after all!
Towada: What?!
143
Akagi: Yes. What, Sayo-chan?/You didn't know...?
Akagi&Towada: ...........
Akagi: .........
Towada: HEY, KUROSAKAAAA!!/What that hell are ya doin'?!!
144
Akagi: (Maaan.)/Stupid Sayo-chan, stupiiiid./(I'm heading straight home. You can catch up later.)
Towada: ..........//Karino-sensei... is crying...?
*baf*
*bat bat* *tilt*
Karino: Towada-san... It's not... what it... looks... like...!!*sob sob*
Karino: It's easy... to misinterpret... But it's not... what you think...!
145
Karino: It's not... I'm telling... you!!
*boo-hoo-hoo*
Bro: Humph.//In times of crisis, human beings see their feelings of love and affection for themselves and those around them deepen./Is it what's starting to happen around the boy?//Even with Yuuko-chan...//Things are getting ugly!!/...For peace, that is!
146
*click clack/click/clack*
Bro: And... it doesn't look so good/for this planet, apparently.//The Observers said they might give up on this planet/But can they really do that?//........//...Ah, yes...! "Noah's Ark"!/That's how everything was obliterated once, the genetic information collected, to revive the planet and start anew!
147
Bro: But.../if it comes to that...//Then, Carnival time. Let the merrymaking commence...//Everything is to be restarted from the ground up./So do whatever you please. It hardly matters...
148
Bro: How quaint./Meaning to devour people to our heart's content, are we?//Very well. What should I do?//Siding with the human eaters doesn't sound so bad.../What with the other option being to antagonize all the Observers even considering there's nothing in it for me...
149
Bro: Humph. With opponents like that...
Karino: Thank... you
Bro: ...I'm pretty much risking my life on this. .......Hu-huh./(That was cute...).//Lucifer. Fallen Angel. Foolish enough to go up against God. Satan. Powerless, yet arrogant and conceited King of all Demons.//All the same, half of the Angelic host rallied behind him. ...Which is to say
150
Bro: That God can't have been right.
Towada: ...........
Akagi: ...You see, I've been having really bad dreams, of late.
151
Towada: Uh?
Akagi: It's happened to many times I've lost count of it. Almost with a vengeance./A dream where I die.//Are we... getting involved into some kind of strange event?/Perhaps that'd explain things.
Towada: Do... don't talk like that, you're freaking me out.
Akagi: Sayo-chan./The strange things... they're already... happening, aren't they?
Towada: .......
152
Akagi: I... I'm sorry, Sayo-chan./Ah...Ahaha... I guess I'm exaggerating things.//Blame those dreams I've been having. If it keeps up/I'll be unable to get a boyfriend eventually, and that really doesn't sound like fun.........
Towada: ...Su-Sure thing, Akagi-chan!/That's why we came here to get some new clothes. It's shopping time.//There wasn't any nice jacket around. Better luck next time./Come on. Maybe we can still find that skirt you want. Let's find out!
Akagi: Yeah. Right you are, Sayo-chan!
Gengo: Hey. Towada!
153
Towada: Uh?
Gengo: With Karino-sensei, it wasn't what it looked like!/And if it was, I'd get murdered anyway!
Towada: By whom?
Gengo: Someone scary!!
*sharp pain*
Gengo: ...Uh!
Towada: Wai... Kurosaka?! What's wrong?
Gengo: Uh... I'm... I'm fine. Just... a little headache...//Haha... I've been acting kinda weird, these days...//Whatever happened, I'd like to know...
154
Towada: !//Stop it...
Gengo: Eh?
Towada: Stop it!/This is plain crazy!//Akagi-chan scared! Karino-sensei crying!/And now you're in pain!
155
*clasp*
Gengo: He... Hey?//Wow! Wooow, Towada!
Towada: ...I'm nervous...! Nothing's making sense!!/It's like the entire world is going crazy!!
Gengo: Towada...
156
Gengo: So... Sorry. Um//I'm a bit flustered, at the moment.
Towada: Uh-oh.
Gengo: Cuz you see, you got some serious boobage getting in the way.
Towada: (Is that so? Just die.)
Gengo: Aaaaaaaargh./I quit! I quit I quit!!
*cough cough*
Gengo: There you go!/That's a lot more like you! Good!
Towada: H...//I'm feeling nervous... and I don't know why./As if everything we know was going to disappear... What... do you think?
157
Gengo: Your guess is as good as mine. But//anything happens, I'll be there for you!!
Towada: Sure........!//Ah. You said something about a headache, by the way. You got any painkillers on hand? Like aspirin, or something...
Gengo: Uh... I've got a medkit at home... But it's just bandages and stuff.
Towada: No good, no good. Come at my place! You get some medicine there. Come on!
158
Bro: Ummm... So youthful!//Jealous?
Ishtar: Don't be silly.
Bro: By the way/I got that letter thing.//Says something about wiping out this civilization./You must have received yours, I take it?
159
Bro: What a boring story. We destroyed the "prehistoric civilization" in the past.../And now history's going to repeat itself.//Very well, now.//The battle between God and the Devil is about to begin./Here it comes, and there's no way around it.
160
Bro: Ishtar. Which side are you on?//That of the man-destroying deity/or that of the devil who would protect humanity?
161
Bro: Just to let you know, I picked the Devil!/Because this is what Yuuko-chan would have wanted!//Answer me. What about you?
Ishtar: I... I'm...
Boss: With God, am I right?
162
Boss: You're an Observer. There's no way you're gonna side with the Devil, is there?//The same goes for you.
163
Boss: Are you gonna let your brains leak out because of some girl and side with humanity?
Bro: Of course I am. You should give it a try, sometime.
Boss: Would you lay down your life?
Bro: Who knows?/Perhaps unlike what one would think, the holder of divine lighting is the Devil?//But before we get there, it seems I'll have to obliterate you./It's been a long while since we last fought to the death in earnest.
164
Bro: Right? My friend![/end
166
BIG BRO'S AMBITION 2
Narrator: Big Bro wants to build a strong friendship with Yuuko-chan, at any cost.
Note: *Visiting her at home. (Bedroom).
Karino: It's... hand-made...
Bro: Wooow! What a lovely cushion.♥//How about we sleep together tonight? So I can cuddle it with you...
*plic plic plic*
Narrator: It's decidedly not worth trying (Bedroom).
Bro: AAAAARGH.*plic plic plic*
BIG BRO'S AMIBTION 3
Narrator: Big Bro is apparently doomed to never fulfill his longstanding wish.
Bro: (Boooooh)
Gengo: (Here. Take a hanky)/...Don't cry. You're a grown man, aren't you?
Bro: What do I have to do to get to bury my face in Yuuko-chan's chest?!/(Sigh...)
Gengo: (A man who's grown wrong...)/If that's what worries you, I don't wanna hear about it.
Arrow: He likes that kind of girl.
Karino: What a... spoilt... child...
Bro: Wha... what do you think? Is it gonna work out?♥/*cat ears*
Bro: (Mrrroooow♥)
Gengo: ...I don't care where you go, just get out of my hair.
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TRUE STORY
Narrator: The artistic supervisor makes Pinky dolls of the author's work as a hobby.
Kitty: So which one do you want, Shirakawa-san? The normal teacher or the angry one?*business meeting*
Author: Uh... What should I do?//................................ I'll take/the... the angry one... I think.♥
Kitty: ...Shirakawa-san... is a HUGE MASOCHIST.../((Just as I thought. I had that feeling about him.
Pile of books: Unpublished.
Pad: Memo pad.
Author: Hold it, little girl!
Click here for download link. Uploading to Mangatoshokan may follow later.
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001
13th Battle
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Guardian Dog #3
CONTENTS
13th Battle.......001
14th Battle.......035
15th Battle.......069
16th Battle.......101
17th Battle.......133
Supplements....166
003
GUARDIAN DOG CHARACTERS
BIG BRO[tn: No, Srsly?]
This mysterious man is a former Observer. He seeks to ally himself with Gengo and Ishtar in order to thwart the Observers' ruling body's plot to obtain absolute power. Has a massive crush on Karino Yuuko. Goes by the nickname of Big Bro.
ISHTAR
An "Observer", she protects earthlings from those who would devour them. She came chasing after Mutsume, but the latter possessed Gengo's body, so she settled at Gengo's place to keep an eye on him. More spontaneous than she looks.
KUROSAKA GENGO
Used to be an ordinary and unassuming high school student, but one day he was possessed by a "parasitic" alien called Mutsume, thus obtaining the ability to manipulate water. Mutsume's been absorbed by Gengo and his consciousness ought to have disappeared. However...
AKAGI MAYA
Gengo and Towada's classmate, this girl is rather prone to daydreaming. She's been possessed by a parasite, but Ishtar dragged it out. She has no memories of the incident.
TOWADA SAYOKO
Gengo's classmate and childhood friend. A tough girl, but she actually cares a lot for Gengo. Has a parasite dwelling inside her, but it didn't take over her personality.
KARINO YUUKO
A teacher at Gengo's high school, she's actually possessed by a plant-like "parasite". Her personality fused with that of the original human being, and she's an intellectual. Protecting her sudents takes precedence over everything else.
005
Gengo: Say.//Sorry to bother you while you're thinking, but could you close that window please?*sniff*
*close*
Ishtar: ...Are you cold?
Gengo: Yeah, somewhat.
Ishtar: ..........I wouldn't know. I can't feel it./...Not with this suit on.
006
Ishtar: I...//Do you despise us Observers?
Gengo: ...Uuh?/I... I never said anything like that.//...I have no idea!
Ishtar: I guess so... You aren't very bright, after all.
Gengo: !
007
Gengo: Yeah, sorry about that.*tilt*
Ishtar: ...Ah...//Forgive me...//I...
Gengo: I don't hate Observers./I have nothing against you guys.*pshh*
008
Gengo: ...Wha?/Wha... YIKES?![tn: WOO-HOOOH!!]
Ishtar: Don't you run away! Look at me!![tn: Gladly. Heheheheeeee.*drool*]
009
Ishtar: My body ought to be similar yours in makeup./Can you see any difference?![tn:Off the top of my head, I can think of a couple of big... discrepancies.]
Gengo: N-no. So, uh Ishtar-san. Could you...
Ishtar: Never mind Mutsume... I'm exactly like you Relics, am I not!!/...I'm...//...you're...*ding dong*
010
Karino: ...Coming... in... Kuro...saka-kun./Are you done... cleaning up... what with... the whole mess.. at scho...
Ishtar: Uh.
Karino: .....!
011
*SBAOOOM*
Ishtar (lower bubble): Hey? Something wrong?
Karino: [tn: Random gibberish.]
Gengo: Aaaah. Teacher, please calm down!!
Ishtar: ...Hey there. You okay?
Karino: Who... whose fault... is it... in your opinion?!!//(This is an illicit sexual relationship)/And you... Kurosaka-kun... You're still... a high school... student... you know?!
Ishtar: ?
Gengo: ...Well. Ahem. Teacher. This is a misunderstanding.
Ishtar: Was it a bad thing to take off my suit?!
Gengo: See?
Karino: .........
012
Karino: ........Phew.//You still have... a lot... to learn... apparently.
Ishtar: Oh... Really?
*uneasy*
Karino: Put on something... down there too... And be... quick about it.
Ishtar: ?
Karino: The poor... Kurosaka-kun... could use the... favor.
Gengo: I... I have no control over that thing!!*baaaawwwwl*
Karino: Sorry...
Ishtar: ?
013
Karino: Anyway...
Ishtar: (Is that alright? Humm./A bit tight, maybe...)
Karino: Now I... understand... what's going... on.//So... About school... now...
Gengo: Yes? What happened to them?
Karino: No... problem. Everybody's... fine.//Their memories... have been processed... into believing... a portion of the building... has been struck... by lightning.../The wounded kid... and the one... who was naked... have been turned back... to normal.
014
Gengo: To normal?!
Karino: That's right... He used... the materials... on the premises... to restore... them.//You know... who I mean... by "he"...
Gengo: ..........
Karino: In exchange... I have... to treat him... to tea...
015
Karino: I'm off... Be extra-careful... Kurosaka-kun...!
Gengo: ..........*tremble*
*Achoo*
Gengo: Uh.
Ishtar: ...I'm cold.
Gengo: ...Eh?
016
Ishtar: Now I've been able to share some of that feeling. The one you refer to as "cold".
Gengo: (Oh crap...! She's... so cute...!)
Hair: *shift*
Gengo: (Uh?)
017
Ishtar: Speaking of which./It's time/to have bite.♥
Gengo: OH//Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic
018
Boss: This time around our test subject has quite a lot of potential.//The individual merged with that Relic is growing in power...//Just like the data predicted... That said, compatibility really is a critical element.
Secretary: Yes sir.//Let them chose who they want to merge with, and you'll have a fair share of battle potential on hand.
019
Boss: Do they become good "pawns" for us afterwards, or not?//What do you think?
Secretary: ...Well, as far as I'm concerned... It is more advantageous when the "Relics" get to retain their human minds...//Because... they are imperfect.
Boss: ...Imperfect, eh...
Secretary: Is something the matter?
Boss: Nothing. That pretty much makes us the perfected ones, does it not?
020
Boss: ...Puts us above them...//And yet there we are./Starting a power struggle.//We're hardly an different from them.
Secretary: That's...
Boss: Well, never mind. As for the "Observers", their organization is a thing of the past./This planet is just some place for us to pick some good muscle.
021
Secretary: By the way//It appear "our man" is the one who dealt with the commotion at the school.
Boss: Humph...//Guess he's still busy studying Relic culture...
Secretary: ...Are you planning on leaving him unattended any longer?//You may be thinking of his usefulness as a pawn/if so, I trust you have other tools to spare, though.//I suggest we eliminate him.
022
Bro: Maaan. What a nice you you have there.
Nameplate: Karino.
Bro: This interior is so much like you, Yuuko-chan.♥//I'm the happiest man in the world./And that tea you've prepared is nectar.♥
Karino: ........
023
Karino: You haven't... drunk anything... yet.
Bro: Of course it's gonna taste good.
Karino: You don't... even drink it... and yet... you make a fool... out of me!//..........
Narrator: *Black tea is best prepared with boiling water.
Bro: [tn: Gibberish.]//By the way, Yuuko-chan./Do you think you can work with me now?
Karino: Are you... asking me... to trust you...?
Bro: You don't have a lot of options to chose from have you? I mean, I killed off that Observer.//And that little Observer girl will likely have to join our side too.
024
Karino: ...Our side...?//In other words... you aren't... working alone./...And...//You involved... us.../into your... business!!
Bro: N...NO.../That's not it!! You're getting it wrong, Yuuko-chan!!*swaying*
Karino: ...........*zip*
Bro: I wasn't trying to involve anyone. I got involved too!!
025
Bro: So join me, so we can put an end to that situation!/Okay?//Also, I'd like you to be my partner in life as well.♥
Karino: Y... you aren't... explaining... anything!!
Bro: Will you become mine if I tell you?(Eeheehee♥)
Karino: (Eeeek)/What the... hell... are you... talking about?!!//A... anyway.../Let's... hear it...!!
026
Baddies: ...Hum. But he's strong, you know? Even the Observers can't touch him./It's alright.//I've prepared some of our best "symbiotes"./Symbiotes?//A provisional name for that breed that has human minds and our abilities.//...You are most capable.//Approval granted.
027
Dudes: Oh! Duty calls!//We gotta kill one man./Humm. How many of us for the job?//Wow, the man's been watching his back alright./So. The target is currently at some girl's place, it seems.//We kill off the girl too?/If she sees us, we should.//She's hot?/I certainly hope so.
028
Dudes: Hahaha/Ahahahahah.
Karino: So... everything you've done.../was merely about... self-defense...?
Bro: Pretty much. I have no wish to start a conflict.//Your goals and my own... are essentially the same./I want to "live out my life" on this planet.
029
Bro: You're a plant originally, living by Karino Yuuko's thoughts./Reaching out for her happiness. I can provide the strength you need to achieve it.//My feelings towards you are for real.../So...//Let me...
030
Karino: Wh... What...?!
Dudes: Eeeeeh... Not bad at all./Let us take our time. Have some fun with her before we kill her off. We'll have to punch the guy's ticket first, though.
031
Dudes: Pleased to meet you, Miss.♥
Bro: We were having such a great time, so I've been trying to ignore them.*sniff/sniff/sniff*
Karino: (Yeah... But... I was about... to fall victim... to your evil... power!)/If you'd... noticed them... why didn't you... just say so?!!
*rustle/rustle/rustle*
Karino: Ah... men./They're all... the same...!
*rustle/rustle*
032
Dude: !
Karino: Welcome... to my house.... This is what... happens... to those who are... breaking and... entering, however...
033
Dude: What do we have here...? So you're like us, then?//Too bad, though.//It isn't working out so well!
Karino: ...Kh...
Bro: Easy, Yuuko-chan. Easy.//In times like this, you get to hide behind a man for protection./As a woman, you are entitled to this.
034
Bro: Well, now./You look like a pretty confident lot...//Care to treat big brother to a little taste of your power?/Eh, boys?
035
Chocolate: I LOVE Yuuko.
14th Battle.
Bag: Plant Fertilizer♥/Nutrients/MAX
036
Dudes: ...Humph. Fancying yourself a knight, pal?
037
Dudes: We were out to get you anyway./But we're gonna let you live while we're busy having our way with the girl.
Karino: Ha... having your...?!*pissed*
Bro: Have your way with Yuuko-chan...?//Fucking brats./What a crude thing to say in front of a girl./Now listen.
038
Bro: The only one allowed to have his way with Yuuko-chan is me./You sideliners just clam it!!
Dudes: ......../..........
039
Dudes: Oh. Oh, well. If that's how you wanna play it, we'll just have to do this by force./First, I'm gonna bash your face in.
Bro: Uh? Come again, Fugly-boy?/Jealous of my face, are we?
Dude: Don't fuck with me! Stoopid!!
040
Bro: Did you know? People with less than 3000 words of vocabulary tend to get violent./Because they're poor at communication.
041
Bro: You don't know too many words, hence why you snap so easily?/You're scum, man. You know that, right?
Dude: Wha... What the... He ain't burning?
Bro: A good 3000 degrees. That's the boiling point for gold, isn't it?/You'll have to do better than that to burn me, though.
Dude: Kh...
042
Dude: I... I see. You're a flame user like me. Which explains your resistance to it.//But flames aren't the only thing I can do.
Bro: Hey there./Quit sending in those guys who can hardy do anything more than punch hard, will you.//They're just scum in need to learn how to use their heads./You ought to account for intelligence in your calculations.
043
Dude: ? Just... who are you talking to exactly?
Bro: Who, you ask?/I am talking//to whoever's holding your leash!
044
Bro: And you're already trapped inside my kekkai, too./Now you can't use your powers to their full extent.
Dude: Wha... What's this?/Some kind of weird atmosphere shit?
045
Dude: So what...? You think you can win just because you've dragged us in there?//There aren't three of us just for show, you see?
Bro: ...Fusion?
Dude: Ahahahahaha./How do you like it?!
046
Bro: You people are lost cases.//Ugly beyond redemption!!
Dude: Useless!/Don't bother!
Bro: They... absorbed them?
Dude: No matter what you do/it won't work against
047
Dude: !
Bro: I guess this won't be of much use either/But it's gotta hurt, doesn't it?
Dude: Uuugh...!//Treating me like a biiitch, are you?!/DIIIIIIEEE!!
049
Dude: Hahahahahahaha!/What a huge weakling. Stupid./Serves you right for being such a pain.//Very well, now. The girl.../is.../Ah...?
050
Dude: Uh... AH?/...I... I'm...
051
Bro: Empowering themselves through mutation.../Like the boy, maybe... But well...//Guess Yuuko-chan would have been in trouble if she'd been on her own./Perhaps even the boy and Ishtar would've been in way over their heads?//That said, the cells aren't all that bad.*munch*
Bro: But not much of a gain as far as lifespan goes.//........Why, thank you for the nice body./Now I get to live a little while longer.
052
Bro: Well well well./I can't exactly go back nekkid, now, can I?./Being treated as some kind of freak would suck hard.
*snap*
053
Karino: Where... were... you?
Bro: Are you hurt, Yuuko-chan? I've defeated them.//I think I deserve a little reward, please.*cuddle*
Bro: How about a kiss? I'd like that.
Karino: You've... gotta be.. kidding...
Bro: No I'm not./I long after your lips. No matter what it takes or what enemies I make along the way.
054
Karino: ...Wha...//Sto.......
Bro: (Good!/Right there. Now just go for it...!!)
*PRRRRRRRRR*
055
Bro: Y... yes. WHO'S THERE?!
Gengo: Uh, Big Bro? That your phone number?
Bro: IT'S A MISTAKE!!
Karino: I was about to... get carried away... by the mood... and go along with... what you had in store... for me.
Bro: NO WAAAYY. YUUO-CHAN/(D'OH?!)*tilt*
Karino: It's... late... now... You should... go...
*heartbroken*
Karino: But...
056
Karino: Thank you... for saving... me.
Bro: ...Ah.../Yuuko...-chan...//I LUV UUUUU!!
Karino: GO HOOOOOME...!!
Secretary: What the hell was that?!
057
Secretary: There were more than enough of them according to my data.//Those damn brats weren't up to the task!/Damn it!
Boss: Calm down./You scare everyone when you're angry, and they can't work in those conditions.
Secretary: My honor is at stake here, sir!/You needn't be concerned.
058
Boss: Ahem...//You shouldn't be putting your honor on the line for a fight, now , should you?/This is nothing worth losing your face over.//You went up against him too early, that's all there is to it. How about you keep an eye on him for a little while?
Secretary: ...I understand.
Boss: Let us have some tea and relax.
059
Boss: You get the idea. Mh?
Phone: Beep beep beep.
Gengo: ?
060
Gengo: What the hell was that...?
Ishtar: Something happened?
Gengo: ...Well, that Big Bro dude gave me his cell phone number, but...
Ishtar: ...That man...//Do you trust him?
Gengo: .........Eh?//Well, he saved my life, and all... He did the same for you too.
Ishtar: Chances are he did it just because he thought we'd be useful to him.
061
Gengo: ...Tell me, now. Aren't you being a little too suspicious?
Ishtar: Uh?
Gengo: Even if Big Bro is our enemy, we can cross that bridge when we come to it, right?//If you spend too much time constantly on edge, you'll just wear yourself out.//Is everyone back on your homeworld so shady you can't trust anybody?
Ishtar: Of course not!
062
Ishtar: ...It's. ...My head is a bit of a mess right now./That's all...//...Haha... Ha... What now? How do you deal with situations like this?
Gengo: ............
Ishtar: ...Perhaps having a friend to talk to would do some good.
Gengo: ...You're alone. You're feeling lonely./...So...
063
Ishtar: ...I have no one to open my heart to./No one save my sister, but Mutsume took her away.//Someone precious to me... I don't...!
Gengo: ..........Erm/...I...//I don't know if I can be that to you/but if you need friendship, I can give that much.
064
Ishtar: You would...?
Gengo: I'm not good enough...?!
Ishtar: Hahah... Hahahahahah
Gengo: Wha-what?! I know we're only cattle as far as you guys are concerned, but...
065
Ishtar: ...Wrong! That's not what I meant. Not at all.//I'm glad.
Gengo: Uh...?
Ishtar: ...I've had you worried. Sorry./I'm really thankful.
066
Ishtar: Can you be my friend?/Please.
Gengo: ...Uh... Sure!/Of course!
Ishtar: Aaah... All that talking has made me somewhat hungry. LET ME HAVE A SIP.
Gengo: Uh?! Are you gonna feed off your friend?
Ishtar: ...Friendship is one thing. Feeding is another.
Gengo: AAAAAAAYYYYYYYEEEEE~~~[/end
068
BIG BRO'S AMBITION
Narrator: Big Bro wants to build a strong friendship with Yuuko-chan, his great love.*Preparing some tea*
Bro: And that's why I'm dropping by at her place.//YUUKO-CHAAAAN...♥
Karino: ?!
Bro: (Ah)
Narrator: Looks like it's not even worth trying. Not at Yuuko-chan's place (Living room).
Bro: (Let go of meeEEEE).*hissy fit*
Karino: (I'll... go ahead... and have my... tea...)/You're growing... too attached... you are.[tn: Just in case it isn't obvious, this is a pun.]
*sob sob sob*
069
15th Battle
070
*chirp chirp/chirp//chirp/chirp chirp/slide*
*flap flap flap*
Towada: ...Mmh./Weather's nice.
071
Towada: I've been feeling quite perky these days, somehow... What's going on?/Maybe I got healthier... or something. That said.../there's been weird stuff happening left and right, lately. Guess that'd make anyone tired. Kurosaka-kun's been acting rather strange, too.//...Ah yeah. Maybe I should go pay him a visit. It's been a while. And I'm worried about that girl, too.../I'd bet he's still sleeping like a log.
072
Ishtar: ...Wha//What is it?
Gengo: Never knew I had an apron at home.
Ishtar: I borrowed it.
Gengo: From whom?
Ishtar: Him.
Gengo: (That does sound like something that Big Bro guy would do.)
Ishtar: Eeerm... I've prepared something.
073
Ishtar: Eat.[tn: Ishtar uses 召し上がれ (meshiagare), a rather stuffy and untranslatable formulation for "eat up".]
Gengo: A'right. Bon appé
Ishtar: Or would you like a bath instead? Or maybe you want... meeeee?
Gengo: ...Ishtar-san. ...What is it you have here...?
Ishtar: (According to the book, it's a nice thing to say.)/This? He left me with plenty of stuff, saying it'd come in handy. I got more of them, here.
Gengo: That's it?
Ishtar: Uh-huh.
Gengo: Hop.
Ishtar: Ah.
074
Ishtar: Is that alright? It was a lot of trouble to bring these in.
Gengo: It's fine.
Towada: OOOOOOOOOWW!
Ishtar: ?
Towada: WHAT THE HEEEEL?!!
Gengo: Ah. Towada.
075
Ishtar Oh! Good morning! Did that box land on you? Are you alright?//So? You should feel a bit better now, right?
Towada: Tha... thank you... Ah... Ah yeah. I'm here to see him.
Gengo: Booooooooh.
Ishtar: I see. School it is, then.
Towada: Come on! Off we go, Kurosaka! We don't wanna be late!!
Gengo: Ooooooow. Don't drag meeeeeee!!
076
Gengo: ...Oooouch.
Towada: Quit complaining. I got hurt too!
Gengo: Yeah, sorry about that.
Towada: ...By the way//...She's become.../prettier somehow.
Ishtar: And you're telling me... ...it's not a problem...?
077
Voice: That's right./No problem at all.
Ishtar: But sir! We have an Observer dead!
Voice: His fate was the just deserts of his unruly behavior. No more.
Ishtar: ..........
Voice: Nothing to worry about.
078
Voice: I'll terminate the communication, now./You are to pursue your mission as if everything was perfectly normal.
Ishtar: ...The death of one lower-ranked member doesn't bother them?/...Or else... is there some other meaning to this...?//..........
079
Ishtar: ...Let's go ask some questions...
080
Bro: You came earlier than I expected.//Starting to have misgivings about the Observers, now, are we?
Ishtar: I have no doubts about my own duty as an Observer.//I just happen to have a couple of questions for you.
Bro: ..........About what?
081
Ishtar: ...Do you know "who and what we are"?
Bro: This is perhaps... a rather philosophical question.//Well, it's not like I don't have an answer, now is it?//Listen. Unlike the Relics, we come in all kinds of shapes and forms, despite being identical./And each one of these shapes possesses different abilities. Which is rather incongruous, when you think about it.
082
Bro: "The principles of animal life."//Considering its goal is about the preservation of a species as a single entity.../Our very existence runs contrary to it.
083
Bro: In a sense, you could say the Relics.../are a much purer breed than ourselves. Strange, don't you think?
Ishtar: But... We're
Bro: For example//you are fundamentally similar in shape to one of the Relics. You could feed like they do and live just fine that way if you ever felt like it./But Mutsume is another species entirely. In spite of which mating remains possible.//...Why is that, in your opinion?
084
Ishtar: Do you have... an answer to that?
Bro: ...Yeah, well... Excuse me while I'm having a smoke.//I came to one conclusion//If anyone's been manufactured, it's us. With the Relics as a base material./We are an artificial species.
085
Ishtar: No way!//We... we're the ones who bestowed civilization upon them!//It doesn't match with what history tells us!
Bro: Calm down, miss.//We gave them culture a mere 10.000 years ago. But the human race has been around for a solid 3.500.000 years, right?
Ishtar: ...........Hh...
086
Ishtar: ...So/what you are saying is that we've been created by a third party...!
Bro: Pretty much.../There's "someone" out there./I don't know what their goal is.//Perhaps it just happened on a whim. Or as an experiment.//There's just one thing I can say for sure.
087
Bro: Even if it's true I am who I am. That much doesn't change./Same goes for you.//Every single word I've been exchanging with you came from me./My existence is not the result of someone's arbitrary decision.//You know what?
088
Ishtar: W... what?
Bro: See, I'm not too fond of the idea of a "God"./But there's something out there with the ability to handle creatures on a genetic scale. That much is fact.//And perhaps we're literally standing in the palm of its hand as we speak.
Ishtar: And... this relates to the Observers' organization somehow?
Bro: Maybe it does... But whatever the organization wants, I can't tell./Why, perhaps they're being manipulated as well.
089
Ishtar: So the only answer to the question "why do I live".../is just "because I do".
Bro: Correct! That's the spirit.
Ishtar: ...I//...What should I do?
Bro: ...Indeed.
090
Bro: How about having children?
Ishtar: Me?
Bro: Yeah, yeah.
Ishtar: Ho... how do I accomplish that if I'm on my own?/(Like amoeba?)[tn: Amoeba reproduce asexually by mitosis.]
Bro: Um... Ahem. What I'm trying to say is that you should try to mate with a Relic!//Well, it's a bit of an extreme example, but taking a shot at life on this planet with them doesn't sound like such a bad idea.
Ishtar: Mating is prohibited, however.
Bro: By whom?
Ishtar: Eh?
091
Ishtar: I don't know about that. ...It's indeed very interesting, but I don't really feel like it...
Bro: I see.//Observers have a way to deal with such "deviancies"./They sweep a portion of your emotions under the rug./But that's not much fun, now, is it?
*pom*
Ishtar: ?//!
092
Bro: Now we're good./Your emotional dam is gone.//Now it's up to you to think and act for yourself./(Oo-hoo♥)/Because you and I are on the same side, you see.♥
Ishtar: ........//You're a weirdo, you know that...?
Bro: What are you talking about? I'm just choosing my own path in life.//I have a gift here for you, by the way.♥
Ishtar: Mh? What is it?
Bro: The same kind of stuff as what I gave you the last time.♥
Ishtar: Good. I understand. Thank you.
093
Bro: So long, little miss.♥
Ishtar: ..........//Here's hoping they don't get trashed the moment I get back... What do we have here...?/"Naughty Nurses, the Great Mobilization 4."//"Sexy Maid Café". "Bondage Schoolmistress 2"./Humm.//Most interesting...
Voice: Thank you for your cooperation, 00863.
094
Bro: Humph. I never thought I'd get to work with the Observers once again.//But... one misstep and she's dead, you know?
Voice: That is for fate to decide.
Bro: That's a fairly callous thing to say.
Voice: Protect her, then.
Bro: Me?/I'll pass, thank you.
095
Bro: I'm a heartless man myself, unfortunately./I can't go as far as acting as her guardian angel.
Voice: .........
Bro: Bah. Not that it would've been such an easy thing to do./And she's too tough a girl to need it.//After all, she has quite an interesting specimen by her side.
096
Bell: Diiiiing....//Doooong... Daaaaaang... Dooong...
097
Bald: Gen! Let's get this over with right away./If we're caught dawdling, we're gonna get told off or something.
Towada: ...Kurosaka?//(She looked really cute, wearing that apron...)
Akagi: Sayo-chaaaaan!
098
Akagi: Today's outside cleaning. You aren't going?
Towada: Yeah. I'm gonna join the morons down there right away.//Something wrong?
Akagi: Just thinking... you don't look too healthy./Anything happens, let me know. I'd be glad to help.
Towada: You're really a good friend, Akagi-chan.
Akagi: (Aaaaah)
Towada:
Gengo: Heeeey.. Towada!!
099
Gengo: You're the only one who's not doing something!
Bald: We'll show you some cool stuff, so hurry up and come.
Towada: I'm coming! Just wait a minute!!
Akagi: Do you need my help, Sayo-chan?
Towada: Just watch, that should be enough. Shall we go?
Akagi: Okay.
Gengo: ...Aah...Today's been a really calm day...
Bald: What do you mean? It's always pretty calm, isn't it?
Gengo: Ahaha. Yeah, I guess you're right./(That's right. Nobody remembers.)
100
Gengo: (My life has been one long succession of troubles ever since I got these eyes, though...)
Bald: Hey, want a ride?
Dude: Express broom-carrying.[tn: I was actually unable to read that.]
Akagi: Awesome!
Bald: Argh.
Towada: Idiot.
Narrator: ...It's like I'd forgotten this is what an ordinary day was like./...This is my true, peaceful everyday life.
Isthar: I took this, too, but it feels a bit chilly. What do you think?
Note: *G-string.
Ishtar: Uh? Try it on? I'm guaranteed to freeze to death.
Narrator: ...Probably this is too.[/end
101
16th Battle
103
Bro: You should try to live on this planet, along with them.
Ishtar: (...Mating with that guy? ...That accursed man can talk such nonsense...)
Gengo: Uh...Mh...
Ishtar: ........./For us, who have strayed away from the creatures we originally were, is there any coming back?
104
Note: *Pinching his nose.
Ishtar: (Funny.)
Noise: Beep
Gengo: Nghooh//Wh... wha-what the heck? I dreamed myself dying!! Dying!!
Ishtar: Hey. I'm going out for a minute.
Gengo: Uh?//...Where are you going?
Ishtar: ...I was told to go dispatch some bad guys. So... I'll be off for a little while. You go back to sleep.
105
Gengo: Are you gonna be fine all by yourself?
Ishtar: ...Stupid. Who do you think I am?/Don't worry. I'll be back soon enough. Also.../Sorry I made you dream about your own death./You get some good rest, now. I'm off.
Gengo: So...//What have you been doing to me?!
106
Bro: Dawn is breaking. For you and me.♪//Coffee time.♫//...Aaah. Now would be such a good time for a morning coffee with Yuuko-chan./It's really boring to have it alone.//!
107
Bro: .........//AAAAAAAH. It burns!! Aaaaaah. The book!/My favorite piece. "Your Palpitating, Lovemaking Divination". Boo-hoo.//Aaah. What a waste./...Duh.//I've had them all connected to something. The cup with Ishtar-chan.... The boy with the ashtray. The glass with Yuuko-chan. For the cup to burst apart, something must have happened to her.../But I guess if it's gonna screw me up like this, I'd better stop doing it./The whole foreboding vibe thing sounded like fun, though.//.........
108
Bro: ...My God. Quo vadis? (Whither goest thou...?)//So the first blood is that of Ishtar.//That said, the organization is really slow to act.//Everybody holds their own life in high regard.
109
Bro: Ishtar./What about you?//Are you afraid to die?
Ishtar: This is more or less the place the organization told me.../...But there's nothing here, is there? Just what...
Sista: Do you have misgivings about your mission?
110
Ishtar: ...Eh?
Sista: We are to carry out our given assignments//even if it means taking down those we hold dear/...Don't you agree?
111
Ishtar: Si... sister!!//(Settle down... My sister can't be here.//This is a test from the organization, and now they're watching!)
Sista: ...What's wrong? You're all tense, all of a sudden.//Bad Ishtar. Bad girl.*chuckle*
112
Sista: Letting yourself get so rattled...//is unworthy of an Observer, don't you think?
113
Ishtar: ...Hah...//(Wha... What... am I...//How could I let my guard down like this...!!
Bro: This is no good, this is.
114
Bro: Someone assuming the shape of a loved one is enough to make you like this? So not Observer-like.//...Speaking of which, I did take off her emotional limiter./So she's a shy and delicate girl underneath? And a disappointingly lesser fighter by comparison...
Ishtar: Ugh...Uuuh.//(I've lost my... freedom of movement...?!/Poison?!)
115
Bro: Boring./...when I found myself in the same situation/5 minutes later, the problem was solved.//You can't battle "God" in those conditions. It's a shame./But it ends here.
116
*beep*
Bro: Oh?!//Hey there! The hell's going on, here?!
Bro&Ishtar: How come?
Ishtar: What are you/doing here?!
117
Gengo: You okay, Ishtar?!!
Ishtar: Why...? What are you doing here?
Gengo: We'll talk later.//...First things first./Let's strip you of this appearance!!
118
Gengo: ...Too bad. That ain't gonna work against me./Now let's put an end to this masquerade.
119
Nose: Humph.//For the merest of moments your strength increased considerably.
Ishtar: ...Ah...
Nose: Are you Mutsume...?
Gengo: Nope. I am Kurosaka Gengo. Mutsume died./In this body of mine.
120
Nose: ...Memory substitution? I see.../That means you're...//...No.../It's not you. It can't be./I will take your life./Prepare yourself!
121
Nose: Wh.../What?!
122
Gengo: ...Water is my ally./And you... you look like someone who knows a lot of fascinating things.
Nose: Gh.../If you're gonna kill me just do it outright!!
Gengo: Outright...?/I don't know what that means.
123
Gengo: !//...Wha...?!
124
Gengo: !//Someone's been... watching...//...But... Duh? How did I end up here?
Ishtar: Is it... over?
Gengo: Ishtar!//He... Hey.. Are you alright?
Ishtar: Ye... yeah. I'm fine./I'm sorry.
125
Ishtar: Thank.../you...
Gengo: He... Hey, Ishtar. Is everything alright?/Ishtar!!
Bro: Sorry. But/I can't let you know that much just yet.
126
Bro: Ishtar was supposed to die here, but she was saved. This is getting interesting.//And perhaps he's...*ding dong*
Bro: ...Oh?//(♥Woo-hoo.)/Yuuko-chan!
Karino: I didn't... really want to... come this late... but
Bro: Eh? What is it about? Feel free to step in.
Karino: The entry hall... will do... fine...!!
127
Karino: I forgot... my jacket here... the last time... I'd like to... have it back...
Bro: Aah... You mean this!! I took it to the laundry!
Bag: DY Cleaning.
Bro: Here.♥
Karino: What about... the cell phone... inside?
Bro: Here you are.♥//Anyway, we have each other's phone numbers and mail addresses, now. You can write to me any time.♥/(Now we're pen-pals.)
Karino: (...I wish... I'd noticed... sooner!!)
Bro: By the way, Yuuko-chan. I have a question for you.
Karino: !
128
Bro: If someone you held dear was a threat to humanity, and everyone else a friend of the human race/You friend a demon, the others angels//Which one would you side with?[tn: The raw says "god" ,not "angel". But the "good angel bad angel" analogy works better than the "god or demon" one.]
Karino: ...Uh?
129
Bro: Will you lose a friend to protect the world?/Or protect your friend even if the world must perish?
Karino: I.../I don't... know!
Bro: I'll take whatever side you're on./...Even if//I have to go up against God to do so.
130
Bro: ...The world as you know it may be nearing its end.//But it might also keep going./The door's open.//Yuuko-chan...
131
Bro: Do you wanna kiss me?//...What a nice sensation./It feels like normality... like peace.../"Memory substitution", eh? Sounds nice enough.
132
Bro: But it's also the worst weapon ever.../Devouring everything to make it its own.//Shall I kill him now? ...Or else...[/end
133
17th Battle
134
Gengo: (Aaah. Water.../I want water...//I'm thirsty/in here.//Thirs/ty!
135
Gengo: Ngh...//Ngh...//Ah.../My.. throat... I'm thirsty.//(Hell... My head hurts, too./What's happening to me...?//I crave water...)
136
Gengo: !//Agh.........
Ishtar: !//...Wha... What's wrong?!
Gengo: Haa.../Hah./I'm... fine. It's nothing.
Ishtar: Never mind that. What about your wound?
Gengo: I... I'll be fine. It's healed.
137
Ishtar: You don't look all that well to me, you know? What happened?
Gengo: Nothing... at all.//I'll take a little walk. It's Sunday at last.//Well, I'm off.
Ishtar: .........
138
Gengo: (What's going on?//I feel... sick... It's like... all I'm seeing comes straight out of some kind of bad dream...)
Karino: Weather's nice... Ideal... for a stroll...//Oh.../Kuro...saka-kun...
139
Karino: (...What's... this....?/Kurosaka-kun... scares... me. No... I don't... wanna go... anywhere near... him...!!)
Gengo: ...Hh...!
Karino: (Ha/What am I... talking about...!)/Kurosaka-kun... May I... join you?
Gengo: !
140
Karino: What's... wrong? You look a bit... sick...
Gengo: Ah... Teacher...! Good day... Well, I'm kinda.../I don't... feel so well...
Karino: (There's... something wrong... about him.//There's... something there... inside of him... I can tell.../But... what kind of... force it is... I don't know.)//Kurosaka-kun... Can I...?/(But... The dread... I felt... was for real...)
Gengo: Uh?
141
Gengo: Te.../Teacher?!
Karino: I'm... sorry./I am... sorry... Kurosaka...-kun.//Perhaps it... would've been for... the best... if we hadn't... come to... this planet...
Gengo: (...Teacher?//I can hear her heart beating./It's soothing...)
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Towada: You've found that skirt you were looking for. Good for you, Akagi-chan!
Akagi: Yep. And the right size, too. But... uh?/That's Karino-sensei, isn...
Akagi&Towada: !
Towada: What's going on, you think?
Akagi: What? I---it can't be what I think it is... can it?//Ku-ku. Kurosaka-kun is relatively successful with girls, after all!
Towada: What?!
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Akagi: Yes. What, Sayo-chan?/You didn't know...?
Akagi&Towada: ...........
Akagi: .........
Towada: HEY, KUROSAKAAAA!!/What that hell are ya doin'?!!
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Akagi: (Maaan.)/Stupid Sayo-chan, stupiiiid./(I'm heading straight home. You can catch up later.)
Towada: ..........//Karino-sensei... is crying...?
*baf*
*bat bat* *tilt*
Karino: Towada-san... It's not... what it... looks... like...!!*sob sob*
Karino: It's easy... to misinterpret... But it's not... what you think...!
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Karino: It's not... I'm telling... you!!
*boo-hoo-hoo*
Bro: Humph.//In times of crisis, human beings see their feelings of love and affection for themselves and those around them deepen./Is it what's starting to happen around the boy?//Even with Yuuko-chan...//Things are getting ugly!!/...For peace, that is!
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*click clack/click/clack*
Bro: And... it doesn't look so good/for this planet, apparently.//The Observers said they might give up on this planet/But can they really do that?//........//...Ah, yes...! "Noah's Ark"!/That's how everything was obliterated once, the genetic information collected, to revive the planet and start anew!
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Bro: But.../if it comes to that...//Then, Carnival time. Let the merrymaking commence...//Everything is to be restarted from the ground up./So do whatever you please. It hardly matters...
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Bro: How quaint./Meaning to devour people to our heart's content, are we?//Very well. What should I do?//Siding with the human eaters doesn't sound so bad.../What with the other option being to antagonize all the Observers even considering there's nothing in it for me...
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Bro: Humph. With opponents like that...
Karino: Thank... you
Bro: ...I'm pretty much risking my life on this. .......Hu-huh./(That was cute...).//Lucifer. Fallen Angel. Foolish enough to go up against God. Satan. Powerless, yet arrogant and conceited King of all Demons.//All the same, half of the Angelic host rallied behind him. ...Which is to say
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Bro: That God can't have been right.
Towada: ...........
Akagi: ...You see, I've been having really bad dreams, of late.
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Towada: Uh?
Akagi: It's happened to many times I've lost count of it. Almost with a vengeance./A dream where I die.//Are we... getting involved into some kind of strange event?/Perhaps that'd explain things.
Towada: Do... don't talk like that, you're freaking me out.
Akagi: Sayo-chan./The strange things... they're already... happening, aren't they?
Towada: .......
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Akagi: I... I'm sorry, Sayo-chan./Ah...Ahaha... I guess I'm exaggerating things.//Blame those dreams I've been having. If it keeps up/I'll be unable to get a boyfriend eventually, and that really doesn't sound like fun.........
Towada: ...Su-Sure thing, Akagi-chan!/That's why we came here to get some new clothes. It's shopping time.//There wasn't any nice jacket around. Better luck next time./Come on. Maybe we can still find that skirt you want. Let's find out!
Akagi: Yeah. Right you are, Sayo-chan!
Gengo: Hey. Towada!
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Towada: Uh?
Gengo: With Karino-sensei, it wasn't what it looked like!/And if it was, I'd get murdered anyway!
Towada: By whom?
Gengo: Someone scary!!
*sharp pain*
Gengo: ...Uh!
Towada: Wai... Kurosaka?! What's wrong?
Gengo: Uh... I'm... I'm fine. Just... a little headache...//Haha... I've been acting kinda weird, these days...//Whatever happened, I'd like to know...
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Towada: !//Stop it...
Gengo: Eh?
Towada: Stop it!/This is plain crazy!//Akagi-chan scared! Karino-sensei crying!/And now you're in pain!
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*clasp*
Gengo: He... Hey?//Wow! Wooow, Towada!
Towada: ...I'm nervous...! Nothing's making sense!!/It's like the entire world is going crazy!!
Gengo: Towada...
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Gengo: So... Sorry. Um//I'm a bit flustered, at the moment.
Towada: Uh-oh.
Gengo: Cuz you see, you got some serious boobage getting in the way.
Towada: (Is that so? Just die.)
Gengo: Aaaaaaaargh./I quit! I quit I quit!!
*cough cough*
Gengo: There you go!/That's a lot more like you! Good!
Towada: H...//I'm feeling nervous... and I don't know why./As if everything we know was going to disappear... What... do you think?
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Gengo: Your guess is as good as mine. But//anything happens, I'll be there for you!!
Towada: Sure........!//Ah. You said something about a headache, by the way. You got any painkillers on hand? Like aspirin, or something...
Gengo: Uh... I've got a medkit at home... But it's just bandages and stuff.
Towada: No good, no good. Come at my place! You get some medicine there. Come on!
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Bro: Ummm... So youthful!//Jealous?
Ishtar: Don't be silly.
Bro: By the way/I got that letter thing.//Says something about wiping out this civilization./You must have received yours, I take it?
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Bro: What a boring story. We destroyed the "prehistoric civilization" in the past.../And now history's going to repeat itself.//Very well, now.//The battle between God and the Devil is about to begin./Here it comes, and there's no way around it.
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Bro: Ishtar. Which side are you on?//That of the man-destroying deity/or that of the devil who would protect humanity?
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Bro: Just to let you know, I picked the Devil!/Because this is what Yuuko-chan would have wanted!//Answer me. What about you?
Ishtar: I... I'm...
Boss: With God, am I right?
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Boss: You're an Observer. There's no way you're gonna side with the Devil, is there?//The same goes for you.
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Boss: Are you gonna let your brains leak out because of some girl and side with humanity?
Bro: Of course I am. You should give it a try, sometime.
Boss: Would you lay down your life?
Bro: Who knows?/Perhaps unlike what one would think, the holder of divine lighting is the Devil?//But before we get there, it seems I'll have to obliterate you./It's been a long while since we last fought to the death in earnest.
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Bro: Right? My friend
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