Number Five Volume 5

Well, the scanlation for this has been out for a little while now, but I never got around to post it.
Don't expect 100% accurate transaltion, since I'm very unfamiliar with this manga.
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004
Emblems of the Rainbow Council[tn: The Kanji are obviously chosen for their phonetic value, though that wouldn't show well in the translation. Whether it provides any insight on the characters themselves is another matter entirely.]

One (King)./Two (Virtue)./Three (Disaster)./Four (Death).[tn: How surprising!]/Five (Ego)./Six (Rock)./Seven (Decease)./Eight (Wasp)./Nine (Pain)[tn: Captain Obvious!]

005
Chapter Seventeen - mountain

006
*splash*
=What's wrong with the villagers?
=Nothing.//Let's go.

007
=As the shepherd takes his herd down somewhere they can graze, you can tell spring is here.//How do bees know that flowers have nectar in them?[tn: There might be a pun on "bees/wasps" and the Japanese word for number "eight" but I have no way to know.]//Who taught birds how to fly?//What is there on the other side of this mountain?

008
=I saw one of those places called "towns" in a book, once. I'm wondering what they're like.//What do buildings and cars smell like?[tn: You don't wanna know.]
=Iddie, let's go.
=Alright.

009
=The wind is getting stronger, grandpa.
=That's Yamanura-sama waking up.
=Yamanura?
=Nura-sama breathes the same air as us. When his respiration comes to a yawn....../spring comes to these parts.
=Yawning......*clank...*

010
*creak......*
=!!//What are you doing?
=Welcome back.
=That gun ought to be in the barn./What are you doing, I asked.
=It was covered in dust./I was merely fixing it.

011
=It was broken to pieces./I'm making it good as new.*kachink*
=Who asked you to?
=I was bored.
=Begone. Now.
=I'll do that.
=You do that.*slam*

012
*kachink*
*queak*
*snap*
=You're good.
=Yes I am.*kachank*
=Yuri, you've been getting around, haven't you?
=I have.

013
=Did you also take to the sea?
=Yes I did.
=To the desert?
=I've been nearly everywhere on the planet.
=Have you seen them northern lights?[tn: Just in case, that's another name for "aurorae borealis."]
=They're beautiful.
=Humphh.//Did you travel alone?
=I had a woman with me.*clank*
=A pretty one?
=Very pretty.

014
=Is she dead?
=Nope. She still lives.//But she's been taken by somebody else.
=Are you looking for her?
=I am.//I'll go to the ends of the Earth if I have to.

015
=You'll get to see a lot of the world for yourself someday, Iddie.
=Maybe, yeah.
=I'm sure you will.
=...

016
=Mh...
=ZZZZZ...
Who's there?

017
=!*clank*
=Did I wake you?
=Uh-huh.
=Over there.
=Wooow.//Terrific. Are these clouds?
=Offering Birds. | They come from the South around this time of the year, bringing spring with them.[tn: I have no bloody idea what 臥奉鳥 (ぎょうほうどり) and I can't find out. "Offering Birds" will have to do.]
=(Birds?)

018
=(Clouds?)[tn: HOLY SHIT!! :huwah:]

019
=I know of everything that happens around here.
=........
=Zzzzz...
=Whatever occurs outside these parts is beyond my knowledge.

020
*gyah* *gyah* *gyah*
=Alright, come on./Shoo, shoo.

021
=You're quite something, Iddie./Pretty neat job, really.
=Instead of looking, come help me.
=Mhh. Rather than helping, I'll just look.
=Tsk.
*baom baom baom baom*
=That'd be grandpa.
=Aye.../He's advancing pretty far in.

022
*baom baom baom*
=The mountain loves him.
=Uh-huh?
=And he cherishes it above anything else.

023
*splash*

024
=Whoooooaaaaaaah

025
=The sunset makes it look like something's on fire.//The sight of that always make me wanna die.

026
*sbaaaoooom*

027
*baom baom baom*

028
=The next day, Yuri was gone.//Without even a letter.//Grandpa seems to know a lot of things, but he won't talk./I'm not asking either.//I think Yuri probably went to the end of the Earth, looking for his lover.

030
=The villagers went looking for him a few days later./I was beginning to forget about him, by then.//Nevertheless, I make sure the tombs of the Elderly Twins are always flowered.//How do bees know that flowers have nectar in them?//Hey, grandpa.//I think I'll be going to town, someday.

031
=Try to meet new people. See some new things.
=Sure thing.
Proceed to chapter eighteen!![tn: Now I finally know what the hell "to go" was supposed to mean. Goddamn Japanese!! :hahaha:]

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Chapter Eighteen - chase

032
=June 6th; 1 : 30 pm. Temperature 38°C. Humidity 21%. Clear weather./Time elapsed since the beginning of the No.5 chase: 124 hours, 46 minutes, 51 seconds.//Following up on the places where his feelings have been perceived.[tn: If this doesn't make sense, let me know.]//I'm wondering if this detour is not just a waste of time/but I want to believe it might help give me some insight into his mentality.

033
=It doesn't feel like he had any intention to mislead his pursuers./On the contrary, it's almost as if he was following a sightseeing course, rather than fleeing.//Makes it look like Five is just following whatever destination a woman points him to.[tn: This sentence may need some rearranging, for coherence purposes.]//He stayed at Papa's secondary residence, once. Boy did he look miserable./God only knows why.

034
=June, 10th; 3 : 02 pm.Temperature 18°C. Humidity 51%. Weather: cloudy.//Five's profound feelings of grief have fallen upon this place.
Statue: Octopus.*stap...*
=On the flip side, we have the man who became a legend in this village.//The man who used to be our leader.//A mother and her child were looking our way.*graor | graor*

035
*whz... | wheez*
=June 14th; 5 : 40pm. Temperature 24°C. Humidity 42%. Clear weather. Time elapsed since the beginning of the No.5 chase: 320 hours, 41 minutes, 11 seconds.
*wzz...*
*wheez...* *whz...*
*peep*
=I've spotted a strand of hair from the girl Five took with him when he fled.//I remember how very collected he was around here.

036
=What was Five expecting from this holiday trip?*clank*
*grab...*
=What is it he wanted badly enough to turn his friends against him and even hurt himself?
*wzzummmmm*
=The TV broadcasts news of No. 1's sightings every day.

037
=We know all too well where (our) Prince is headed, but not a single one of us wants to admit it.......//The moment One abandons himself to his own feelings/we will lose all sense of self, and the Peacekeeping Force will be down to one man.//That moment is close/we have little time left.//Battery charging: 2 hours, 18 minutes, 34 seconds till completion.//25 minutes, 6 seconds until sunset.

038
=June 20th. 6 : 42 am. Temperature -31°C. Humidity 21%. Weather: snowstorm.

039
*woof*
=June 31st. 9 : 34 am. Temperature 19°C. Humidity 51%. Clear weather.
=Are you a robot, mister?*woof*
=No, not exactly.*whz | wheez* *woof*
=You take a weak body and artificially alter it......*woof | woof*
=Go away.

040
=I don't know what you're looking for, but you won't find it here.
=I am quite aware.
*bonk...*
=!//Who's been changing the flowers on these tombs? You, little girl?
=That's right. | Well, I do forget about it sometimes, though.
=No.4......
*pat......*

041
=Sorry I bothered you, old man.
=Hmpf.*woof woof*
=Haha...
=Hey, mister Robot.
=What is it?
=Are you looking for Yuri?
=...
*wwwrrrrrr*
=Woof woof!
=Time elapsed since the beginning of the chase, 480 hours, 9 minutes, 4 seconds.

042
=We have Five and his sense of loss, for having his woman stolen from him. One's anger at Four's death.//Viktor, who was able to accomplish those things all by himself./One more. ...... ...... What is it?//There's this sentiment, that is hard to describe.

043
=June 24th, 6 : 32 pm. Temperature 24°C. Humidity 65%. Weather: rainy.
*fshhh*
=He's close by.

044
*sbom*
*swish...*
*tweeeeep*
*pfshhh*

045
*pfshhhh...*

046
=Whoa.//Are you alone, sir?/(The heck is that thing?)*pfsh*
=I'm looking for a man.
=(A soldier?)/And who would that be? ............
=!!*whzz*
=?

047
=...
*whz | wheez*
=Um...
*whzz/whzzz/pfshh/Whzz*
=??
*bam*
=Waaaah...

048
=Aaaaaaaaah...
=!!

049
*twist*
=Heh...
=FIVE!!
=?!

050
=Ugh...//Ngh

051
*skreech*

052
*whz*
*wheezz*
*whz...*

053
*whz... | whz.../whz*
=Aah.
=Eeek...

054
*putt* ptuh...*
*poosh*
*whiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrr*
*peep*
=Heh...*clonk*
=Out of fuel, eh. Such a typically mechanical issue.

055
=Thankfully, he's quite the bloody simpleton.//Oowww...
=What's up. He stopped completely.
=He's no longer moving.
=I saw him on TV, once.
=He's one of those heroes from that squad the army created.
=I jumped head first, and with full force, like an idiot.

056
=The weight of the Perfect Arm is holding me down, I can't move under my own power./Compensation for the damage wreaked in the area estimated around 84690 pesetas./Four people with minor injuries, among whom one female. Time until the police arrives at the premises: roughly 4 minutes 30 seconds. No.5 fled North-Northeast......//Time elapsed since the beginning of the chase: 556 hours, 34 minutes, 18 seconds. 21 seconds......
Proceed to chapter nineteen!!

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=Chapter Nineteen - chase 2

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=8500 pesetas in damage to buildings and vehicles./Medical fees and financial compensations for the wounded, 6890 pesetas./Also, we might want to send a 10000 pesetas the town's way. For damage claims...//Then, the popular sentiment towards the military being what it is/It might be wise to consider a few salary cuts...*peep*
=For the ex-Rainbow Council member and his subordinates of course, but also for you......
=I see.*plonk*
Narrator: Chief Donovan.
=So?/Where's No.3? Where is Carlos?
=He was sent out again as soon as he was done changing himself.
=Hey, pal.

059
=You still need to bring him back, no matter what you think of him. By force, if necessary.*plink/plonk*
=My deepest apologies.*plonk*
=But using force on him and ilk is somewhat beyond the purview of humans like us...
=I guess.
Vehicle: Dolphin.
Narrator: Carlos. (Ex-Rainbow Council No.3)

060
=So? | Any idea where Mike (No.1) is?
=Going by the testimonies, he was last seen at the Chaoi plateau, before going missing...//According to the shepherd who saw him, he was headed North.
=Tsk.*slam*
=Goddamn freaks. Now they start doing as they please, pissing on humanity while at it.

061
=If only Papa hadn't been spoiling them in the past to begin with.
=Did you know, gentlemen?/If you include steppe areas, for the most part our planet is covered in deserts.//Everything that happens around you has a cause that can be traced back to this planet. Never forget it.
Narrator: Yuri. (Ex-Rainbow Council No.5)

062
=Thanks to the funds collected from all of us the Global Defense Force has successfully replanted 10 million trees.//Becoming a bridge to the future.//Such is the raison d'etre of the organization.

063
=I brought the girl back, but......
=Aauh.
=You failed to dispose of Yuri, Viktor.
=Uuuuh.
=On top of which you sent the Ai siblings (No.4) who were after him to the grave.
Narrator: PAPA (Doctor)
=That was an accident. | It happens, right?
Narrator: Matryoshka (The woman Yuri ran away with)/Viktor (Yuri's former master).
=Papa.
=You never had any intention to return to the Rainbow Council in the first place.

064
*grrrrrr*
=Viktor. What are you after?/What was the point of killing No.4?
=To give birth to a perfect King, Papa.//And in doing so, to attain the aim of your research.
=You know nothing...
=You don't look so good. Upset, perhaps.
=Aauh.
=You have my thanks for bringing the girl. | I've done what you asked of me. Now hand her over.

065
=Out with it./I'll get shot down the moment I approach the castle./Over here.
=Viktor...
=Whether No.5 lived or o.4 died, you don't care either way./Am I wrong, Papa?
=...........
=This girl is the only thing you're worried about.
=She used to work where Mike was./She's a civilian. That's why...
=Enough.*zip*
*plop*

066
=Viktor...!!
=Humph.

067
=We're under orders to send you away./Please comply without delay.
=Huh?*creacreak...*
=What?*clank clank*
=No no no! Stay right where you are...
=What's going on?/No.3 is here./What is that thing?/Oh God. Gotta get myself an autograph!

068
=Give me a minute./I can't see ahead of me.
=Whoaah./Don't move, you hear me.
=Duh.//Wai.../Don't point those things at me...//You're making a mistake. I'm just... Whoaaaah!
=Aaaaaaaah.//Aaaaaah.
=Fire!
*bang*

069
=A man had his collarbone snapped by a Hydrashok round, under the eyes of an engineering school's students.[tn: They're self-defense rounds, typically making large, but shallow wounds.]//He is currently hospitalized, undergoing treatment.//This isn't the first time, of late, that we have to deal with a young man whose appearance emulates that of the ex-No.3 from the Rainbow Council.//Let the last incident be a lesson for him as to how dangerous this is.//This is probably going to hurt the Peacekeeping Corps' already poor reputation with the general public.
*gachank...*

070
*gachank* *gachank* *gachank* *gachank*
*gachank* *gachank*
=Orange juice.

071
=Can you feel it, Matryoshka?
*zash*
=Sadness is approaching.*bah*

072
Narrator: Mike. (Ex-Rainbow Council No.1)
=The mounting of anger, in all its abhorrent beauty.[tn: Or maybe "the growth of anger", but that doesn't make any sense.]

074
*slurp*
=Hello there.
*slurrrp*
=Hey. A moment of your time.//I'm talking to you.

075
=....
=Awesome costume, you got there. You'd swear it's the real thing.
*wheez whirr*
=It moved. And did you hear that noise?/Did you make it yourself? Or......//!!//Ugh.

076
=Ow. Ouch.../My mask. You're breaking it.
=You're getting distracted.//Go to hell.

078
=Oof......
=.....//..../Ow.
=Ah......
*whezz...*
*whz.../whz...*

079
=*whz....../Wheezz...*
*whz*

080
=Woah.
=Where do you think you're going, No.5?//This is a small world, you know.

081
=He's flying away.[tn: Captain Obvious!! Just in case the readers somehow couldn't tell from the picture. :hahaha:]

082
=Let's get cracking.
Proceed to chapter twenty!!

083
=Hahahaha....../Yaaaay./.....//?!//.....//Wassamatter? You with us, man?/It went boom.//We're gonna be late for cram school./There, that wall. It just......
Chapter Twenty - chase 3

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Chapter Twenty - chase 3

085
=Wow

088
=Nghhh.//Engh...//cough...

089
*swoosh...*

090
*crack*
=Heh heh heh.
=Aaaaaagh.

091
=Hahaha.
=.........

092
=Hah/Hah/Hah.//Hah.../Hah.../Hah...//Oh no. Hell no./Something wrong, sniper?!

093
=!
=The fear deep down your heart is growing again.//You served as the leader of the Rainbow Council. Hailed as the strongest of them all....../Let me see what you're capable of!!//Show me the skill of the man who slew his companions one by one.
=Tsk.

094
=Think about it, Five! Do you believe you can outrun me?/I say you should die like a man.
=Huff...

095
=(Sheesh...)

096
=This is AH6--4S. Target B acquired./On top of the building that facing district 8, avenue 16...... | AH.//He jumped.
=Party crashers......
=(Humans always get in the way. That's what they do.)
*THUD*
=Aaah.

097
=Aaah...//Eeeek.

098
=!!//[tn: Cloudy thing.]
*plonk*
=!//Heh.

099
=What's wrong with showy?//You don't dig that sort of thing, do you?
=Pfah.//!

100
*clonk*
*skreee*

102
*fshhhh...*
*cough... | cough...*
=!!!

104
=Target A has entered the building district 8, avenue 16-2!/Target B is in pursuit!!
*flick*
*grip...*

105
*clang...*

106
*squea* *slam*
=That ruin hasn't been used in 4 years./Alright. | Establish a safety perimeter. Radius: 100m.[tn: About 110 yards.]/Sir.//Very well./Time for some monster-busting.
=I can feel it, Five!![tn: That sounds... wrong]

107
=I can feel your dread turning into fighting spirit. | In your head, you've just made a choice: fight!! | Your cranial nerves are reacting to it. Optic, olfactory, trigeminal. All of them. | Your thought processes are receding, and your instincts are taking over.[tn: The trigeminal nerve is a nerve in charge of sensation, as well as biting, chewing and swallowing.]//That's it, Five!!/We are fighting machines. That's what we live for!!

108
=Show me what you've got!!
=Huhuh......
Proceed to chapter twenty-one!!

109
=Huhuhuh......
Chapter Twenty-One - fight

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Chapter Twenty-One - fight

112
=Gh...
*zap*
=!!//Hee.

114
=Man, that's just mind-blowing./What are they doing, up there?/We'd better leave them be.//We need to break in. HQ's orders./That's like, a brothers' quarrel thing.//Target A is to be shot down./Sheesh. Alright, alright, we heard you. Damn.

115
=It's hot......
*glub*

116
=Uuuhhh.

118
=Think about it, Five!//Think of what those friends of yours had in mind when they came to kill you!//Think of their regrets!

119
=They all loved you from the bottom of their hearts.//That's why they laid down their lives.
*clank...*

120
=Why, Five?!!/We were your family, were we not?/Your comrades. Kindred, walking on the same path.

121
=Humph.
=Now die, and put an end to this tragedy!//I'll be right behind you.//Now, so long as I am still able to act on my own sentiments......//Before No.1 assimilates me...//DI...

122
=Yirrh...
=Cough | cough...

123
=What's the point of surviving if it's to live like a dog?!
=Uuuungh.*flick...*
=Ask yourself: do you value your existence that highly?*clonk...*
=We no longer have a place to call home...//Even our sense of self will be wiped away.
=I'm going.

124
=I'm going.

125
=!!
=Good./Got him!
=Ungh.
*stap!*

126
=Wraaaaaaaaah...

128
=It's No.3!!/He's coming at us!

129
=Aaaaaaarrrhh.
=Tsk..
=Uuuh...

130
=Gh...

131
=Ha.../Haha......//HAHAHAHAHA...
=Let's fly!

132
=Uuuh... Uh......

133
=Waaaaaaaah...

135
=Oooh......//Upon seeing that star, it occurred to me that yesterday's sunset might be our last.//....//Any time, now....../Dead end, I suppose....
=Yeah.

136
=Come on, don't cry.
=Crying? Like hell.

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Proceed to volume 6!!

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"NUMBER FIVE" Book Five - The End

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No.1 cries.............
No1 smiles............

Next volume,
No.1's world
starts shifting!!
............to go!!