Hunk Releases https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/rss 2016-09-30T17:38:17+00:00 /favicon.ico MangaHelpers Admins admin@mangahelpers.com https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/42775 Translation: Galaxy Express 999 40 2016-09-30T17:38:17+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com GE999 #40


p213
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Don't you feel cold here, Maetel?
Just a bit!

The temperature is going down since we're going through a sea of clouds.
A sea of clouds?

Next stop: The Silver Valley...
It will last 3 hours and 22 minutes.

There are sea of clouds even in space?
Exactly... And clouds are really thick.

You just have to watch through the window, Tetsurou.
Huh?


p214-215
Oh!! These clouds have the same shape as bulb filament from ancient times!! They're filled with hot gas, right, Maetel?!
40th stop: Filament, World of Spirits


p216
Once, there was a planet here that exploded...

It occurs quite a lot.

A lot of people used to live here.

...

The explosion was so sudden there was absolutely no survivor...

...Really sudden...


p217
That's why they disappeared before realizing that they were passing away...


p218
I can see a lot of clouds, but no station in sight.
It will take some time to go through those clouds.

...

Where are you going?
Toilets!

Be careful!!!
I'm fine, I'm fine!

...

Warning from control office to ship #27886!! We are detecting life signs of several creatures in direction of the 999. Please proceed to their location immediately!!


p219
Ah! The train has slowed down?

Since when are there passengers in other wagons?

I'm gonna give it a look. I hope they won't get mad.


p220
[nada]


p221
Who the hell are these people?!

What are you doing? Get in!
Waah!!!

No, I just wanted to go to the restroom!!!

Let me gooooo!

Who... who... who the hell are you?
We are who we are!
A good thing you came...

Let's have some fun!!!!
Let me go, I have to go back to my seat!!!


p222
[nada]


p223
Let go of this child... He's mine!

Follow me, there is something I need to tell you...


p224
What's your name?

Me?
I'm a woman glad she hasn't got a name. [a woman has no name then]

A woman? You're a woman? Are you a robot?
Robot? We really have nothing to do with robots.

I am...

Doesn't matter! Where do you come from?
I'm from the Earth and I'm Tetsurou Hoshino!!!

What are you doing in this train?
I'm going to the place I can get a robotic body for free to live for eternity.

Is it that good to have a robotic body and eternal life?


p225
What are you doing?
If I don't go back to my seat, Maetel is going to worry.

Maetel? Ah, the woman you're travelling with.

Bring me to her!
No, no!! No way, no way!!

I insist, I need to speak with her.
Is that so?

Yes...

But I don't want you to follow me...
What will Maetel say?


p226
Maetel, this person wants to talk with you.
!!

I just want to inform you of something. I'm taking Tetsurou with me. Don't try to follow us.
What?!

Won't you take me instead of him?

Out of question...


p227
You will be no use for me, Maetel!

Come on! I'm taking Tetsurou!!!
Eh? No, I refuse!!

Let me go!
Dammit!!!


p228
Leave Tetsurou alone!!!
No way. This train isn't moving, no one can stop me...
Even you, Maetel!!!


p229
Galaxy Express 999 to 3rd division of Silver Valley, we had an accident in the Filament region!!

Got it, the squadron is leaving immediately!!


p230-231
This is a warning! We're forbidding you to get any closer!!


p232
Here's the squadron... We can't get closer. Going back to base!!
Roger that!!

It's terrible. The squadron is retreating!
We're omnipotent. Hahaha!

Where are you taking me?!
Where we live.

I'm taking Tetsurou with me...

And don't think you can find us!!!
But the planet Filament doesn't exist anymore!


p233
...

Where did these people get in?
I don't know...

But ever since they're on board, the train's driving power is like drained and we have stopped. You have seen it for yourselves.


p234
Is Tetsurou safe?
Hard to say...

Miss Maetel!! Look where the wagon is going!!
They're heading towards Filament's former position...

Before the planet blew up.


p235
[nada]


p236
Where are we? The light is so bright here...
You're on our planet: Filament...

But I thought...
that it had disappeared because of an explosion?

Once upon a time... we worked relentlessly, convinced of our future prosperity, but it exploded... and we were reduced to ashes...

But where are we then?

We're gathering where we used to live...
You're gathering?


p237
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p238
Why have you brought me there?

To steal your body!

Wh... wh... what?
I'm going to enter your body.

I can move into objects and revive in human bodies.
Wah! Wait, wait!!!

I don't want to... Damn...!

...


p239
It seems like the light is fading!!
Yes, something is about to start.

Will Tetsurou be alright...?
Knowing him... it's possible that...


p240
[nada]


p241
????

Why am I here?
This person brought you back.

...!!

You said that you wanted my body, why have you given it up?!
...

Because your heart is like mine back when I was alive...


p242
I don't think at all that life can stop so easily...
and neither that my planet can explode so suddenly...

My heart was full of dreams and hopes... I believe in future, just like you right now.

See you later, Tetsurou... Farewell!

I have a question for you...
I'm listening...

Is that a good thing to have a robotic body or not?

It all depends on you...! If you think it's good, then do it, otherwise don't... No one can help you finding the answer...

But maybe Maetel is pretty knowledgeable on that matter?
...


p243
That ball of light is where gather people who lived on Filament.
It's also what I was thinking about.

The souls that lost their home planet and that don't know where to go, gathered and kept on living here...

Will Maetel tell me about robotization someday?


p244
An old space traveller once wrote that the sparkling of a star was due to the gathering of the souls of dead people. Thus, dimness of a star shows the endless sadness of its dead people. While watching the constellations that spread endlessly in front of him, Tetsurou thought that those sad stars were really plentiful... https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/42729 Translation: Full Metal Panic! Another 6 2016-09-10T19:47:18+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com FMPA #06


p3
Shit!
Where the hell is Adelina hiding?!

We're using the same type of Savage though!

There she is!

You won't get away from me this time!
I'm going to put into practice everything I've learned so far!

*Don't worry! I'll pay you a visit at the hospital!


p4
Chapter 06: I don't care if you end up in hell!


p5
What the hell?!

California, moutain area in the depth of Sierra Nevada.
Haa
Haa

How heavy is this damn equipment?!
This shouldn't be allowed to make us carry that!


p6
Haa
Haa

When will I reach the top of this hill?!

Can't stand it anymore... I wanna rest... even for a minute...

Or I'll die... for sure...
Haa !
Haa !

Don't even dream of it!


p7
Stay on your legs, Tatsuya!
Just one more mile!

*Who the hell appointed this girl as a trainer?!
Cough


p8
DOMS training center, California.
Hey, Yukari*, how are you doing? It's been a while I've been in America now.
*Note: The official italian volumes from which this translation comes from report a mistake in the first volume about the name of Tatsuya's sister, who is now called Yukari instead of Yurika.

As you know, DOMS CEO personnaly recommended me after seeing me piloting an AS.
I hope that my wage allows our family and company to catch their breathe a little.

For me, everything is fine, the weather is great and there are stunning landscapes here in Sierra Nevada.
I'm still doing my best. You'll get a gift when I'll come back. See you very soon, Tatsuya.


p9
*Bullshit!
I can't move anymore...

You fools!

Do you understand that these three minutes could have killed you?
Don't ever forget that! You could've been shot seven times! Heard me? Seven times!

I'm sorry, sir!
To hell your apologies! I don't give a shit if you end up in hell!
Show me that you've got some balls, dammit!


p10
Look at you... You seem like a sardine ready to get grilled.

The antiterrorism training of Sri Lanka's soldiers.
Does it interest you?
Next!
Absolutely not...

Got it.

First, you have to improve your physical strength.
Some recruits don't need it, but that's not your case.
Hey guys?
Hahahaha! [prolly already in English in the raws, but well]


p11
Tell me one thing...
Am I wrong or was I hired to pilot an AS?
Haa
Haa
Why do I need to run so much?

Listen well!
Physical strength is essential for a soldier...
and AS pilots are no exception!

Got it?
Keep moving or your muscles will be cold!
Yeah, yeah!

Lina! I see that you're not sensitive to cold...
Look at those legs!


p12
This is the official uniform of trainers, according the CEO!

She personally put me in charge of training this subject, and given my recent bad results...
I couldn't refuse!
I think that she made fun of you...

I won't accept any witticism about our boss!
At 7:30 sharp, piloting exercise. You'd better be on time!

Yes, ma'am...


p13
We're not training with the Shadow?
The CEO will answer your question tomorrow.

Oh? Mao is coming back tomorrow?


p14
Moreoever, all third generation AS are in maintenance today.
So we'll be using those.

I guess that even you know them!
They're Savage.
They even appeared in some movies.

Yes, I've seen them on TV! They're really huge!

Let me explain!
Those are customised models from the first Savage, RK-91M.
It's a unit deployed all over the world and used in many wars.

The RK-92 is basically a RK-91 with a gas turbine engine and is exported not only in communist countries but...
And there she goes again...


p15
In two words, Arm Slave act like an extension of the overtrain body of the pilot!
Is that clear enough, Tatsuya?!

Not really... Why is it so long?

Argh!

I won't accept insubordination!
Hurry up and get in this savage!
That damn bi...


p16
[nada]


p17
Phew...


p18
This movement was perfect!

It seems like you're in full harmony with your AS.
You've done well today.

Well...
it was nothing...

*Unlike the Shadow, this AS has a lot of commands and buttons...
*But somehow, it's closer to the Daidara.
*I like this Savage.


p19
If I'm not mistaking, it's time for our combat simulation.
I can't wait!

Oh...
You don't lack of confidence...

Up to now, you kept making fun of me...
But today, I feel like I can win!


p20
I'm ready.
Let us head to our start point for the simulation.

Come on, Savage, I feel like we'll get along, you and me!
And today, I'll make her pay for everything she did to me with interests!

I'm ready! Let's start whenever you want!


p21
You Taichi's Arm Slave Commentary:01
Savage
This is the unit that appears the most in Full Metal Panic! The RK-91M in this chapter is a customised imported model. For its design, I've taken inspiration of the RK-92. There are subtles differences, but I'd like you to take note of these little features, especially around the face. I apologise in advance for all the freedom I took to give a specific identity to my Savage. https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/42662 Translation: The Ring of the Nibelung 13 2016-07-26T17:30:01+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com Nibelung #13


p129
Ring 13: The departure


p130
Ihrem Ende eilen sie zu... Die so stark im Bestehen sich wähnen...
Gods are on the road of ruin... With no doubt about their survival... (Loge, Scene 4)


p131
We're arriving at the core of the fortress. It's absolutly impregnable.


p132
It looks like we're inside the barrel of an old rifle with those spiral grooves along the walls.

The giant brothers are down there! I have some strange feelings being back in this place...
I can't tell if they're really that tall from here!

Hey!


p133
The fortress has put on motion!
What? But that's absolutely impossible!!!

There's no doubt about it. It's moving and it seems to be trying to extract itself from the attraction of our Mother planet!!
If the Giant Brothers try something funny, I will never forgive them!! How crazy to move it while we haven't taken possession of it yet!!

It's gaining speed!! We're losing sight of it!!
What does that mean? Do they dare going against the will of Walhalla?!


p134
The Giant Brothers stronghold is getting farther and farther!
There isn't any ship in this area! We have to go after Alberich's fleet and the fortress!!

Alas! No one here would have enough courage to do that.
No one, you say?

We always have praised the peace that rules over the city built at the heart of Walhalla...
As a space heaven prospering for eternity... But now, no one here would suspect what trouble is shaking the universe.
Even now, they all don't know anything...!


p135
That's right! Walhalla is only a old dying planet floating at the center of the universe...
Even our enemies have deserted our homeland...


p136
Mimay and her guardians, and the Giant Brothers are leaving without giving an explanation. What does it all mean?
Alberich is also with them, Wotan!


p137
But he's hiding!
You mean all his fleet?

He already used some invisibility system...
That's how Mimay and he managed to flee in exile...

They used some coat to hide themselves...!
But here, this is about a whole fleet...!

Remember how much time has passed since then, Wotan...! Alberich had the opportunity to improve his creation.


p138
You can't to control the dragon?
But you're the one who created it!!

Not exactly! The dragon is a living being! We only brought him here... This isn't a machine we would've created.

You brought it here for an offensive and defensive role...
But in the end, you can't control it at all!

You're like our ancestors with the atomic weapon!!
What a sad story!


p139
Tochirou! You're alive?
Is there any time I haven't managed to come back in one piece?

Mimay!!
Freia!!

They look like twins!

Freia is a goddess. She is part of the race who rules and lives in Walhalla.
Mimay belongs to the clan of the Nibelungen... These poor people always has been bullied...

But when they're side by side, there's no difference.

Freia has the ability to slow the flow of time...


p140
And Mimay can fix the organ needed to do so!

This music instrument was on planet Rhine...
and if this planet hadn't exploded, it would still be there!!

Protecting Walhalla won't bring peace back to the universe.
The Walhalla is only a very small part of the universe... Its rulers live there, but that's it.

All the knowledge is born in Walhalla...
Without it, no civilization could have ever existed...!

That's why we owe this place boundless gratitude...

And that's for this reason, and for the sake of our beloved Freia, that we built this fortress.


p141
However, our love couldn't reach Freia!
We are from two completely different worlds...
Our origins are totally stranger too each other...
Mutual love is just impossible!!

We could've discard the truth and kill Freia for her cruelty...
But with her death, the time would've disappeared from the universe...

In just a few seconds, the whole space would have "grown old", then would have died... A phenomenon similar to the original big bang would have shattered the entire universe...!


p142
Who is this young man?
He's Tadashi Daiba! The one who forged the ring!

...

I'm Freia... So you're the blacksmith?
Yes...

Could you give the gold its original appearance?
Well...
I can with the machines created by my father on Earth...
But first, we need to get the ring back!

He's at Alberich's finger!
And we can't get out of here!

The Arcadia either?
The barrier created by the dragon is so tough it's impossible to get through with the fortress.


p143
No one can get out?
But why didn't you tell us before we get in?!

Shoot!! Guess we just have to get rid of that dragon.
You can't do anything, it's totally invincible!

But you're the ones who brought it here, right?
You must have found some lead or bait to do it, right?

But he grew up since then...

...
There's nothing to do then...!

Show me where is the dragon on that screen!
It's hard to locate. Ah! It's hidding in the lift pipes!!


p144
How big is it?
We don't know because he has grown up a lot!

What is this signal?

Mimay, help me!
This is Alberich!! He's stuck in the dragon and can't move!!

What a fool, he walked himself in the lion's den by entering the fortress.
Is this Alberich?

Big brother?!
Sister, listen to me...

... Help me! This dragon is scary! Help me!


p145
If you promise to give the ring back, we'll free you!
Exactly!

But... I can't!

...

Wait! I accept! I'll give the ring back...!
Please come get it and free me at the same time!!

Mimay!!!
Send me to the dragon!!!

It's our turn to shine!
Yup!!!

But the opponent isn't human!!!
We know right, but we have already met so many kinds of creatures and monsters accross the universe!


p146
This one is different!!!
Then I look forward to meeting with it!!
Open the door!!

I really have a hard time understanding humans. They're so reckless...

The Walhalla is telling us to go back.
Did they notice that we have abandonned them?

Their end will come when all the people working for them will have left...
The people of Walhalla are hungry for wealth, but alone, they can't do anything...

They can't make their own planet move.


p147
Sensors will be useless.
We'll have to trust our eyes!
Mine might play some tricks to me.

This place reeks!!!
This is truly the smell of an animal.

Look up there!!!
Ah...?!
So this is the dragon?!


p148
This isn't either an animal or a machine, Tochirou!!
It's a monster from the third universe with a mind...
The embodiment of all human hatred!!!
Tochirou, weapons are useless against it!!


p149
Mimay!!!
Give the ring back, Alberich!

If you don't want to be melted by the dragon and to turn back into elementary particles, give back the gold of Rhine...!

...


p150
Here's the ring!! Please help me now!

I have the ring...!

Wait, Mimay, you have to keep your promise, don't abandon me!!
Don't you worry, I'll keep it!!

Forget that, Mimay!!!
There's no time for that.
Thanks to this ring...

Thanks to this ring...


p151
Fasolt and Fafner...
Please give me the key of the room you built for Freia.
No way...!

And if she's the one asking?
...

In exchange, will she love us?

Want her to love you?
!
We want her to tell us that she loves us from the bottom of her heart...

But you aren't even from the same species... That's impossible!!!
We know right.

We're so ugly no one would ever want us...!
Before we die, we want at least once experience a true mutual love...


p152
... Even if it's a lie...!
We just want to hear it, to believe it!

...

I understood well...
that despite your appearance, your heart is good...

If our people weren't so different, I would have liked to bear the child of one of you two...

But this marriage is impossible...!
This is truly making me sad...!

Your tears worth more than any word...!
As promised, here's the key!

...


p153
Mimay, help me!
I wonder if he'll manage to get away, Harlock!

Don't say that, Tochirou!
It'll be hard, but not impossible!
I'm also getting sucked by the dragon gaseous body, and I can't move well!!

Waaah!!!
Hm?
???

What happened?
The dragon is disappearing!!!


p154
...

Ah!

Here's the organ...
Since we knew that she would live here, we've copied her wind instrument.


p155
It's a replica, but it's way beyond the orginal one!!!

All hatred has disappeared...
along with the dragon!!!

...
Tadashi...!

So, here's your true face, Alberich!!

You thought you had killed me back at my father's factory...
with a collection pistol.

Wait! Don't tell me that you...
There, there! Calm down, boy!


p156
I'm going to go back on Earth and give this ring its original appearance back...
and you'll never get your hands on it anymore!

So, get out of my sight, now!
The universe is huge, go hide, you and your fleet, somewhere I can never see you again!!

Mimay, come with me!!
I refuse!!!

The Arcadia is my home...

And Freia's one is her organ...!

Let's send both of them back on Walhalla!


p157
As long as she'd play organ...
as long as we can hear her sweet melody deep in the space, we'll know that this is Freia's "voice".
We'll recognize her wherever we are...!
And we're fully satisfied by that!!


p158
The flow of time is back to normal, Wotan!
We can hear Freia playing organ, somewhere...

It's coming from the fortress of Giants!
No! It's getting close!

Open the door and welcome her!


p159
The Giant Brothers have left Walhalla! They will probably never work for us again!
Now, it's up to the people of Walhalla to protect themselves!
It will be difficult...

Alberich's fleet has left too...
And peace has finally returned!

You're wrong...
Goddess of knowledge...!

Since time has stopped...
numerous enemies have awaken up here and there in the universe!

All the sleeping demons have caught their breath...
They've started to wander in the universe...
and no one knows about the danger we have avoided!


p160
I see...! All those monsters and all those awful creatures of the universe have revived.
Even the Arcadia might not be enough against them!

I'll go back to my secret lab and turn the Arcadia into something more powerful.

Then, we'll go on adventure!!
To explore space... That will be fun, right?

On my side, I'll give this gold its original appearance...
so that Mimay can entrust it again to the three daughters of planet Rhine.

We don't know if it has been completly destroyed, but if so, we'll find its remains.
This is only the beginning of another adventure...
The whole universe is going to get shaken!


p161
In the middle of Walhalla, lives some people we call "Gods".

To be continued in next issue: The Walkyrie (1st part) https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/42621 Translation: Galaxy Express 999 38 2016-07-03T13:29:55+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com GE999#38


p149
People call star clouds which fleet in space, "space archipelagoes". For a man, seeing its mother space archipelago is like staring at the face of their own mother. Our galaxy and Andromeda are huge archipelagoes in space that, seen together, seem like an image and its reflection...
38th stop: A crunched planet in the frozen space


p150-151
The galaxy is on the left and Andromeda on the right. Right now, we're exactly between those two space archipelagoes...
They're as alike as two peas in a pod... Just like you and mom!!


p152
Please excuse me... Was the observation of the two archipelagoes to your liking?

Next stop: "Imbecile"...
The stop will last 45 minutes.

Im... Imbecile?!

Let's get back to our seats!

This is one of the most dangerous planets!!!

Why? What's so dangerous about it?

It's hard to explain because this is a planet quite complex...


p153
[nada]


p154
Eh? The space has become strange all of a sudden.
It's normal in such a place.

The train is shaking!!!


p155
[nada]


p156-157
[nada]


p158
Wow! The distance between these planets is strange: it exceeds the rock consistency and yet, these stars doesn't collide each other!
*Note: Rock Consistency is the minimum distance that can exist between two stars so that their mutual gravity doesn't provoke a collision between them. [couldn't confirm if it really exists or not]

It's strange indeed!

Mister inspector!!!
It's awful, the locomotive lost its way!!

The space rails have disappeared and it seems like we're derailling even if we're still moving forward...
Where are we heading then?

Without rails, the locomotive itself doesn't know our destination.

Everything seems normal outside though!
Where could the train be heading?

Well...

???


p159
[nada]


p160-161
Oh... What a weird planet!


p162
Indeed, it's really bizarre. I've never seen any before...

Even if we have left the rails, we should still be able to locate this planet on a space map...
It looks like it has been crunched like an apple!


p163
Here's my mother planet!

Who are you?

Just a mere passenger... Well, I hope you'll forgive me, my friends, for making this train take a little detour!!!

That's impossible!!!


p164
[nada]


p165
The crunched planet from another dimension is, according space observation reports, a planet similar to Cipango, the land of gold.


p166-167
It's nice here! Furthermore, a nice smell floats in the air!!
panel: Crunched station
Since we had an emergency landing here and that we don't know how long we are going to stay, we shouldn't go to far from the station...


p168
!!

What's wrong?
Look! Look!

What do you want to show me?
I'm talking about that!

panel: 10 yen ramens

panel: 10 yen ramens

There's a ramen shop!!
Those are genuine, do you want to eat?

I'm hungry!!!

These ramens are premium quality.
There isn't any as good on any other planet!

I'd like my glasses friend who lives in a room to try them.
We can find ramen lovers everywhere!

Everywhere else, they're generally synthetic ones...
And yet, it's natural to eat real ones here.

Ugh!!!


p170
Damn, damn, daaaamn!!

What's going on?

This kind of things happens often, no need to panic!
Easy to say, but it's a real earthquake!

It will end soon...

I sure hope so...!
It's too late for my ramens and your shop.


p171
Ugh...

It's over, but the town and your shop are in bad shape.
Oh, don't worry, I'll fix it, just like usual!

It happens a lot, I'm used to it...
There's nothing to do against it?

It's some kind of divine retribution. What should we do about it?
!!

Another earthquake?
Ah, no, not at all!


p172-173
Wah!!!


p174
[nada]


p175
It was a ship carrying soil from this planet.
Soil?

People come here to dig out soil from this planet to sell it somewhere else.

People from other planets are selling the soil?

That's why from space, it looks like a crunched apple...

Yes! The soil here is good to eat!
No other planet can produce such a delicious food.
What?

The soil is edible!!!
Here's some mud.

That's right!! Even if nor sweet nor salty, it's really good!


p176
[nada]


p177
But at this rate, the planet will disappear!!!!
Why do they let them do that?!

Ah, here you are, miss Maetel, let's go back to the train quick!!!
Ah?

The locomotive has gotten back all its functions. It has computed the way out of this dimension, so we're leaving immediately!
Is it fixed then?

Yes, the failure was due to someone who suddenly left it alone.


p178
That was really a strange planet...

Damn!!!

How sad... Dammit!!!

You there, kid... Don't laugh at me, I just wanted to hijack the train to go back to my home planet. If only I knew!
It was my beautiful home planet... I was proud of it... It brought peace to my heart during my fights and my travels through space...

And to say now it's gradually disappearing, gnawn by men...
The next time I'll go home will be when I'll be dead.

My true home planet is shining in my heart, this isn't those disfigured landscapes where I won't ever go back...!!


p179
...

I didn't see his face, but he seemed to have muscled arms.
I've never seen such tough warrior crying like that...!
I know right!!

It's hard to see that your home planet has changed so much...

After a detour in another dimension, we are going to our right next stop: "Imbecile"...


p180
According space observations, if the crunched planet doesn't exist anymore, it isn't the fault of foreigners who came digging the soil... but rather, it is its inhabitant's one. Yet, there's no written trace of the moment it disappeared... https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/42586 Translation: Galaxy Express 999 37 2016-06-17T20:23:26+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com GE999 #37


p115
Here's the target... Speed: 120 space kilometers per second... Distance: 20,000... Bullet trajectory adjusment +0.2...
4th stop: Armoured Angel


p116-117
[nada]


p118
[nada]


p119
What's going on again?

An anti-aircraft gun shoot.
But this kind of weapon doesn't exist anymore!!!

The window is cracked, Maetel!!!

You need a lot of power to go through the protection barrier of the Galaxy Express.
Now is not the time to be amazed.

They open fire from the planet that will be our next stop.
Another dangerous place?!


p120
[nada]


p121
The shield has been broken on 12 parts and there are 26 cracked windows...

We deeply apologize for the inconvenience...
We will proceed to the repairs shortly.

We would have never thought facing such violence someday...
I am going to tell the station so that they take the needed measures against the culprit!

Our next stop seems like a hell of planet.

I've never seen clouds so dark!
It's a pollution cloud due to the smoke of factories, machines and vehicles.


p122-123
[nada]


p124
Wow! This factory is huge. It's endless!!

The whole planet is a factory that continuously make all sorts of products...


p125
Next stop: Mass-Pron. It will last 2 days and 3 hours on Earth...
which is one local day. The company wish you a nice stay.

I wonder what we will feel if we'd stay longer on this planet devoted for mass production...
As for me, I wonder if machines complain.

Such a fog is weird, we have yet to see any machines producing smoke.
It's been hundreds of years this factory is continuously working. The air gradually changed over time.

At any case, I love production sites because they're always full of life.
Yes...

Even the station has the same style!!!


p126
Ouch!!!

Excuse me, I'm in a hurry!!!
He stained me!!!

This planet is full of oil.
But it's machine oil, there's some iron filings.

panel: Factory Station
Wow! Even the station looks more like a factory than a station, right, Maetel?


p127
He has been executed...!!


p128
This young man is responsible for the damages sustained by the Galaxy Express. So he has been executed in front of the station.

How did he manage to make a weapon capable of breaking the train shield?

He must have been the same age as me...

Recently, a child turned an asteroid into ashes with a warp missile he created. It made quite a fuss.

When you grow up in the middle of machines since your early childhood, mecanics become part of you.

Children here know how to use all kinds of machines...
As if they were mere toys to them...

But the train's windows are just cracked...
The punishment is far too harsh...


p129
Yet, there's a good reason...
Which one?

With 10 yens, I can make you a H-bomb...
And for 5 yens, an automatic rifle...
You'll understand quite soon...

Even the hotel look like a factory, I can't believe it!!
panel: Turner Hotel


p130
The layout is quite minimal, but this hotel is still amazing.
People here aren't interest in anything but goods production.


p131
Wah!

panel: Turner Hotel


p132
I'm falliiiiiiing!!!
Tetsurou!!!


p133
panel: Hotel


p134-135
I hope this time you have understood what we are capable of! You're scum who can't create objects but only use them!!


p136
You know nothing about the pain of the people who make these goods!!

Please forgive us for the inconvenience!

??


p137
It was a close one, Tetsurou!!!
Maetel!!!

Luckily, you aren't even hurt. It's a true miracle...

We captured the culprit. We will now proceed to her punishment.
Which is?

Being shot in front of the station.

We're making a living from the sale of our products all over the universe.

All the people of the universe are our clients, and since the customer is always right, we're making sure that they're not bothered.

The execution will take place soon. Feel free to come see it!
Another child?

No, a girl...
A girl?!!


p128
Hurry up and shoot!! We will all die, and this will be the end of this damn planet!!
One minute till execution!! Take aim!!


p139
Don't you understand that it's like shooting at yourselves?! You imbecile!!

If we don't do that, no one would ever buy anything from Mass-Pron.
...

I prefer leaving this planet which bears the burden of producing useless objects for an ungrateful universe for good!!
We face the sarcasm of others who treat us like dirty humans!! And we have to produce objects for their daily needs?!

Die, you filthy prideless rats!!

Could you stop the execution?
I beg your pardon?

Well, since you're the victims, forgiving her would be enough, but...

Then, please stop this execution right now and spare this girl!!


p140
Ah? Err...
Stop the execution!

!

We won't execute her, but she will spend 3 or 4 years in jail for the destruction of the hotel.
I don't care, I don't hold any grudge against you!

She smells like oil.
Most likely because she spent her life surrounded by machines and she's been working here for a while.

Even some parts of the Galaxy Express are made here.
Really?!


p141
I wonder how many dozens of millions of people are working on making objects under this thick sky...

And which pieces of this train actually come from this planet?


You know, I prefer people who are working with all their might, even if they smell like oil, rather than those who don't do anything and always criticise.
Me too, I like hardworking people, but I hate oil smell.


p142
You don't like mechanic bodies?

...

...

Beware, Tetsurou!
Someone must have fallen!!!

Don't get close! They're trying to hijack the train!


p143
But it's you!!
You know her?
Sorry to disturb your travel... I'll never forget that you've saved my life...

I have no intention to hurt any passenger...

But I'd like to join a new planet where we could make objects...

without polluting skies or covering the surface with steel.
...


p144
Your name is Hoshino Tetsurou, right?

Yes, and you?

I'm Kurou-Maria, I was born on Mass-Pron... I will never forget you, wherever I'll be working.
And maybe one day, you'll use an object I would have crafted.

No one enter this wagon or I shoot!!
I'll take shelter fast!!!

What are you going to do, mister inspector?
I am going to contact the main office so that they take needed measures.


p145
Wait, stop!!
Wah!!

They just want to borrow the train for a moment!
But...

If you just let them go, they wouldn't have any reason to cause you any trouble, mister inspector.
Yes, but...

...

Oh, weird. I don't remember anything. Did anything happen?
No, no! Nothing at all.

Tetsurou...
Yes?

Bring that to Kurou-Maria.
What's inside?


p146
Hand it to her and come back to me!
Ok!

Maetel told me to give you that.

Tetsurou!!!!
Yes?

But that's nothing...
Thank you!!

...

What is it, Kurou-Maria?
Well...


p147
Jesus!!!

Those are train tickets!!

That's not money, but we can go wherever we want with that!!
They're genuine... I cry from joy...

Maetel! When Kurou-Maria took my hand, she put a lot of oil on it.
I can see that!

No need to wash your hands, it's fine by me.
I thought you didn't like the smell of oil.

Don't worry... If it's her smell...

The robotic body I'll get someday...
will maybe have been made by Kurou-Maria and her friends!!

Maybe...


p148
Made by men, the objects travel through the universe. By being used by their owners, they share joy and sadness with them before eventually breaking, then disappearing... This fatality doesn't prevent Tetsurou from liking craftsmen that can make a living through their handiworks more than anything else... https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/42585 Translation: Galaxy Express 999 36 2016-06-17T20:22:37+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com GE999 #36


p79
Tetsurou hates snow more than anything in the world. Each time cold embraces him, sad memories surface in his mind. He will never forget this fateful night when his mother got killed in the snow...
3rd stop: Kishibojin and the snow city


p80-81
This planet is really beautiful, it's surrounded by a Van Allen belt.
It's snow! Thanks to its magnetism, it takes this shape while falling down...


p82
Space is full of humidity in this area... The water steam freezes and becomes snow flakes.

I didn't know that it snows even in space.

In some parts of the universe, the planets attraction balances and the atmosphere is similar to the Earth's.
Really? You mean that behind this window, there's air?!


p83
Next stop: The snow city... It will last 3 hours and 10 minutes.
Which makes 3 days on this planet.

Days are short!
Of course, since the planet spins really fast!

It's part of a group of five planets that drag each other mutually. If the spinning was too slow, they would collide themselves.

Snow...

I hate snow!

Does it remind you of your mother?
Yes...

And of all the nights I have spent in the cold too!


p84
[nada]


p85
It falls for so long that there is a thick coat of snow on the floor...
Brrr! I get the goosebumps just by looking at this landscape!!


p86
Waaah, a snow tunnel!

But I don't feel like getting off this time!

...

We've stopped!!!

But Maetel, we can't get out, there's a snow wall!!


p87
...
A tunnel has been digged in the snow to grant access to the station.

I'm frozen, I'm frozen...

This ice palace is going to turn me into an Eskimo.


p88
The town has been built under the snow...
But why people don't live on the surface instead?

Because, even if you build a building on the outside, it will eventually be covered in snow.

Winter is the only season this planet will ever know... Forever...


p89
I can't stand it anymore...

An udon restaurant!!!
panel: Snow udons
Let's get in!!!

Here's your udon!
Hmmm...

?!!

But these udons are frozen!!!
That's the local speciality.

Bwaaaah!!


Now, even my stomach is frozen. I feel like I'm dying!

Waah!


p90
Tetsurou!

Luckily, the snow has softened my fall...


p91
!!


p92
Ack!

It's mine, give it back!!
No, I've seen it first!!!

They took everything I had...


p93
What a weird place!!!

Waaah!
Even my belt!!!

Err...
Huh?

I didn't see your bottom!!!
Doesn't matter, it doesn't change anything!

Give me something...

I'm so hungry!
But I haven't anything anymore!

Oh, a piece of biscuit...
Give it to me!!!

Here too, there are poor people? Is it the government's fault?


p94
Ah! Damn... How am I going to get out of here?

If you accept to follow me to my place, I'll show you how to get to the surface.
Ok, if you show me how to get out.

Come, follow me!
Coming. After all, you're not gonna eat me!

What is this place? A tunnel under another one?
It's a ghost town trapped by snow. Underneath, there's another town, and another one underneath, and so on...
panel: Yamamoto shop


p95
I've never seen planets with several layers. It's like a millefeuille!!!

We can see light. I can finally get out of here.

Huh? But we're at the surface! It's too cold, I'm gonna die!


p96
The cold is only an impression. If you lived in town, you'll find this climate mild.
I suppose that the fact I'm turning into an iceman is also an impression... Brrr...


p97
I feel like dying!!!
That's nothing!


p98-99
Here's my house, Tetsurou. You don't have to worry anymore.
My nose is so frozen I can't breathe anymore...


p100
Mom, open up, I'mback.
Oh, it's you, Yuki?

Ugh!!!

...


p101
Drink!

Who are you? Where am I?


p102
You're at my place. I'm Bojin, Yuki's mother.

Drink it!

Oof!

Ah, but it's frozen!!

I thought you would like it...

Yuki will soon be done with her bath, you can take one too.
A bath!!!

I hate that, but at least, it will warm me up!
You don't seem used to cold, mister traveller!

It's available!!!


p103
Oh!

Let's goooo!

The hell?! The water is freezing cold!!!

I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die...
You really felt the water was cold?


p104
You're really strange, Tetsurou...

I'll take care of the rest, go sleep.
Ok!!!

I hope mom is going to make a nice dinner.
Don't worry, I'm good at cooking!

They're talking about food. She will probably bake a cake.
I'll leave once I'll be reheated.

I knew right I shouldn't have gotten off the train. I hate cold!!

I need to go back to the station, no matter what.


p105
[nada]


p106
What's this noise?
The furnace doesn't work well...

Anyway, Tetsurou should be baked in 20 or 30 minutes, right?
Don't worry, I won't serve him raw.

Good. I hate rare meat...
And, we'll have to bake him well, he's so ugly!
??

We'll sell his bones the day after tomorrow to the skeleton merchant.
But his legs are so short, we won't get much!
What?!


p107
I won't let them eat me so easily!!

Ugh!!!

You won't get away, mister traveller.

Sorry, but you're our only way of survival, Tetsurou!

Your wish is finally coming true, mister traveller. You'll have all the heat you wanted.

But I'm in a furnace!


p108
...
It's a nice temperature now.

Ah! Just what I needed!
I feel like living again suddenly!

Well... It's getting a little too hot now!!

Ouch! It burns! I'll end up chared!!
Lemme out!!!


p109
The baking is way better when the temperature rise suddently.
You're right!!!

Yuki... Come here!
What?

Have you eaten anything?
No, why?

Oh, right!
Tetsurou gave me a piece of biscuit...

A piece of biscuit, you say?

Why didn't you tell me earlier? It's really important!!!
I... I forgot...


p110
I'm going to burn alive!! Help!!

Who's there?

!!


p111
I want to get out!!

Too late, I'm baked...


p112
...

!!

Don't worry, Tetsurou. You're not a roasted chicken.
Maetel!!!

Ah!


p113
What happened to the girl and her mother?
They let me bring you back without saying anything.

It's probably your piece of biscuit that saved you.
What do you mean?

The people of this planet don't have a lot of way to survive.

Maybe we would have done the same, my mom and I, if we were even poorer...
It's hard to survive in snow!!!

Once, I could really have become a more dreadful woman than this mother...

...


p114
Men call "home planet" the place where they were raised, even if the only memories there are sad and harsh. Thus, everytime he finds himself in a cold, snowy place, Tetsurou remember about his home planet too... https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/42552 Translation: Galaxy Express 999 35 2016-06-04T11:44:33+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
Reserved for the Andromeda's Train


GE999 ch35


p41
Galaxy railways also move along on many secondary lines. And if no one knows for sure where those local service roads, you can read in books that this is where the people from the bottom of the universe live.
35th stop: The crossroad of Trader


p42-43
There, there are two other trains.


p44
We are at the giant crossroad of the railroads that serves a lot of planets.
It must be fun to visit all those little unknown planets.

Look! That's a regional train for planet Reptile. It's totally waterproof because there are many swamps here.


p45
This train is always filled by employees getting to their job place.
That's crazy!! It feels like it's a subway train on Earth!!

Next stop: Trader. The stop will last 3 days, 22 hours and 15 minutes.

Connections with planets Reptile, Amazonia, Gravitationnal Mountain, Wild-Flower, Colossus and Aurora.

This planet is so crowded, it's always full of life.
Travellers meet some others, then friendships or loves are created. Each and every moment...

In the heart of travellers, it's like a crossroad where everyone can forget for a moment their usual insucurity...
Another train here...


p46
It's going to stop at each station between here and planet Sempervivum, beyond the gravity tunnel.


p47
The town seems full of life. There are people just everywhere!


p48
Dear travellers at destination of Colossus from the 11:08 train, please move to platform 1235...
panel (on the upper left corner): Colossus 11:08 Platform 1235
panel (lower right corner): Wild-Flower Rose-
The booking for the train at destination of Planetarium is mandatory. You can withdraw your tickets at the automatic ticket machine.

There are plenty pickpockets here! Be careful about your ticket and your luggages!
There are so many people that it doesn't surprise me that there are also villains and drunkards...

Shall we eat something?
Yes, good idea!!

What do you want? Some steak or chinese food?
Because of this smell of ramens, I want to eat some. With rice!!


p49
Are your ramens synthetic?
Yes, indeed...

Well, I can't say it out loud, but I have real dishes secretly imported. There are 1000 better!!
Then we'll take two portions of ramens with rice.

It's always possible to find arrangements. It seems like laws don't apply in place of share such as here.
This planet is really fun, and the ramens look delicious!!!

Psst! Say?! Don't you want to work for me? You'll get some good money!
There are a lot of job opportunities, but I'll pass anyway.

Hey, kiddo! Need a rifle or a gun? I've also some poison, lasers or bazookas.

Oh! You already have a warrior weapon. No need for another then.

But, it's dangerous here!
No, because in the end, there's a relative peace.


p50
These ramens are truly delicious.
I wish I could make him taste them.

...

We haven't chosen the best place, Tetsurou...
...

Without the Galaxy Express ticket nor the money given by the company, I would've been in the same situation too...

Somehow, I'm not hungry anymore...


p51
hotel: Trader Hotel 78


p52
The more I see this city, the more it reminds me of something.
It's because there are really a lot of things to do here!

Moreover, the lifestyle is rather nice.

You haven't finished your ramens earlier. You must be hungry, right?
Do you want to order something?
No, I'm good. I'll eat later outside.

Very well. Tell me when you leave.
Ok!

Don't forget to take a bath beforehands though!!

No, no, that won't change anything even whether I take a bath or not!


p53
What a waste of time! I wonder who is the stupid guy who invented bath.

Damn, it's locked!
Hey, Maetel!!!

You won't get out till you take a bath!

...
I don't see why it matters, really.


p54
The moon of Trader was truly beautiful... They say that travellers who gaze upon it shed tears while remembering of their home planet... For them, Trader is a haven of peace and tranquillity...


p55
...

Tetsurou?

paper: I went eating outside. It's 2pm.

...

Maybe I shouldn't have forced him to take a bath...


p56-57
[nada]


p58
That's the 3:15 regional train for Wild-Flower...


p59
...

Err... Where am I?

You're awake, Tetsurou? Let's go back to Wild-Flower.

Huh? But what are you doing here? I must go on board of the Galaxy Express 999!!
?
?
?
Don't be so noisy, you're bothering the other passengers. Come on, take a sit. The train is arriving in one hour at Wild-Flower.


p60
[nada]


p61
There is a train for Wild-Flower every 30 minutes. Taking into account the return trip, you can be back in four hours.


p62-63
[nada]


p64
panel: Wild-Flower Station
Waaah! What's this planet?


p65
Flowers grow in great number here.
And there are endless fields.

But why have you brought me here?
panel: Wild-Flower Station
I'd like to introduce you to my parents.

To your parents?!

It's been a long time I left to find a job... My parents are getting old... I'd like to reassure them by introducing my future husband.

Do you get it, Tetsurou?
...


p66
Look, this is my house!
Ah!!!


p67
Hanako!!!
Mom!!

Mom, mom! How's dad?
He's resting, he's really tired lately.

Oh, is that you, Hanako?!
Dad!

Sorry I didn't come back earlier!! I often thought that I had to come back, but I never got the occasion to do so till now.
Don't worry, dear, you have a lot of work!!!

Please come in!


p68
Hanako, so that's him?!
This is my future husband.

I'm happy you found such a charming man.
You should take a rest from your work.

Eat, you must be hungry.

We're glad to see you!!!
So glad!!!

...


p69
Here's a photo of Hanako when she went looking for a job. She was so pretty!

...

But she worked so hard.
Hopefully, she found a good husband...


p70
[nada]


p71
...

Snif snif snif...


p72
Don't leave, Tetsurou!!!

Please stay at least one night...

I'll see you off to Trader tomorrow, I swear.
999 stays more than three days, right?

I'll cover the return trip as well...


p73
[nada]


p74
We would have liked you to stay longer. Such a shame you have so much work. We'll send back our girl.
I'll go back in two or three days.

Here's the return trip ticket.

Thank you!!


p75
?
?
?

Tetsurou!!!
Maetel!!!

How did it go at Hanako's place?
I ate well!!!

I've arrived here last night.
I felt really uneasy: why didn't you come rescue me?

I didn't want to ruin Hanako's and her parents happiness.


p76
Why did Hanako choose me?

Because you didn't take a bath before going out.
Because of that?

Planet Trader is full of people...
... but only those who come from far away smell good.

That's why Hanako decided to introduce you to her parents.
To reassure them...

She didn't have any bad intention and she would never cause any trouble to anyone... However, she worked so hard all her life and she grew old before finding a husband...

When she took my hand, it was rough and hard... It reminded me a little about my mom's... A warm hand...

Hanako will be grateful forever that you didn't tell the truth to her parents.
It's just that I was too surprised to say anything!!


p77
Even though they live in a planet full of flowers and nice to live in, their house was in ruins.

In travellers' eyes, the flowers that grow there are wonderful...
but for the people who live in poverty, it can be a true nightmare.

A flowered place with singing birds isn't enough to be called heaven...

The local lines regularly take off from trader to little planets here and there... Yet, travellers rarely visit this kind of places... And Wild-Flower is one of them...


p78
When the 999 left Trader, Tetsurou stared at planet Wild-Flower that was shining afar. There live hardworking men and women who die without finding friends or love... Tetsurou will never forget the feeling he got when he touched Hanako's hand... A hand more warm than anyone else's... https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/42533 Translation: Full Metal Panic! Another 5 2016-05-27T23:40:47+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
Reserved for Manga Syndrom


FMPA #5


p173
Chapter 05: It was awesome!
Fullmetal Panic! Another


p174
Thanks for the meal!

panel: Road security, when in danger, we are here for you!

Forgive me for holding you for so long.
It's nothing.


p175
... But try to understand that the army and the police have to close this case no matter what.
I don't care about your qualms. I'm just another victim here.

Since that day, the police and the army luge me around from a place to another.
And despite that, our company won't even get refunded.

We won't cause you any trouble, don't worry!
The most important is to keep calm and prevent any leak on this case.

Shit! If only this Shimomura wasn't so stingy!


p176
Thanks for the breakfast. See you!

I need to hurry. Everyone must be working on saving what can be saved...
in order for the company to keep running.

Adelina!


p177
How are your wounds? Are you cured?

Yes.
You got a minute? Follow me.
Our president wants to meet you.

Wait, what the hell do you want again?
Do I have to remind you that I was involved in this mess because of you?

Your president, huh?
It must probably some old hag. What does she want from me?
Move from the road.

Huh?


p178-179
Wah?!

B... But...


p180
Hey!
You must be Tatsuya Ichinose, right?

But...

But...

But...


p181
What a stunning...
beauty!

I'm Melissa Mao, the president of DOMS.
I would like to apologize for the trouble caused by our Lina.

B-But... no! No!
It's okay, don't worry about it!

In her thirties? No, definitely less... And yet, what a fantastic body!

I don't like talking in the middle of the road. Get in...
I'll drive you home.
little: Hehehe
I was hoping that you asked!


p182
Waouh!
That's definitely not like our old wreck...

Shall we go?
Y-Yes!

*Farewell, Kate-sensei...
*My fourth first love have just begun!


p183
I've skimmed through your personal files.
Seems like you have a natural ability for piloting...
To pilote an AS of this generation without experience, it's awesome.

*Not only that, but you also managed to defeat the enemy.
*I'd say you are unique.

*She said I was unique!
It's no use, mature women drive me crazy!

Ichinose, I won't beat about the bush...


p184
I want you to be part of my company.

Huh?!

But... that's... It was only luck...
And since my sister was in danger, I lost my nerves and went on...
I think that's more than enough for me!


p185
Could it be that you're scared?
Well, I...

At this moment, I didn't feel...
only fear...

No.


p186
It doesn't change the fact that I'm a mere son of worker.

Working for my father is enough for me.
I don't want to play the gunman...

Our company is sure military, I'll give you that. But its main purpose is training soldiers, not actual combat.
It's different, don't you think?
...

I got it.

What if I show you that?


p187
Don't tell me this is...
The money you'll get if you join us.

I know your father's company isn't doing very well.
And I also know that you don't know when nor how you'll be refunded for your equipment.
But with this money, your father would be able to breathe for a while, right?

So?
What about a nice travel to the USA?
We'll welcome you with honor, you'll see!


p188
If it was only for summer, then maybe...
I could accept... but it doesn't change the fact I've none experience.
Let alone the fact that they will try everything to make me join them...

Dad, stop drinking! We need to save money!
Come on, Yurika! Just one swallow!

The USA, huh?


p189
Last call for the flight at destination of San Francisco.
Please proceed to the departure gates.

This is about the time of the rendezvous.

Well, well! So you came in the end...


p190
What's with your face?

I should be the one asking that! What's with this outfit?!
Excuse me?

What a beauty!
And these legs!
Such a stewardess!
The boss told me to dress like this to welcome you.

But what's with this company...


p191
So, what's with your face?

Well, to be honest...
it wasn't easy to get here...
Moron! Enlistment? No way!
Don't go! This is too dangerous!

Well, nevermind. This is a pleasure to work with you,
Lina.

Same here...

But I can see that you're getting ahead of yourself. Lina is my nickname...
Ah, err...


p192
I think I've already told you that my name is Adelina Aleksandrovna. Am I enough clear,
Tatsuya?

Why are you calling me by my first name then?!
Come on, let's go.
Hurry up.

*Sounds like fun...


p193
Tatsuya, I'd like to ask you one question...

That was your first time in an AS, right?
Tell me, what did you feel exactly?

It was awesome!


p193
*Hello, this is You Taichi.
*For starters, I'd like to thank you for having read the first volume of Fullmetal Panic! Another.

*Who could have guessed that one day, I'll be involved in FMP universe...
*Congratulation, you've been chosen.
Wh...
Wh...
What?
*It would be an euphemism to say that I was excited...

*I had to meet the three key men of this work one after another, master Gatou, Okuro and Shikidouji...
gulp
*They all made sure I feel comfortable.
gulp

*The excitation got the best of me and I began to work like a daidara.
Oh!
For that, I'll use another pencil...


p194
*I don't know if you noticed...
*Hehe, a little Bonta...
*But I introduced quite a few cameos in the series.

*Of course, there's Bonta, the ultimate mascot of FMP...
Fumoffu! (Look at Nodora-sensei's pen!)

*Or, for example, the truck of family
*Ichinose...

*There's also a caricature of Gatou (what, they don't look similar?)

*And of course, Jose...
*behind whose Okuro's hiding.

*But I won't stop there! I will keep spreading more cameos in the next volumes!
Is that so?

*So stay focused!
Hurry up and draw!
See you soon ! https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/42518 Translation: Galaxy Express 999 34 2016-05-21T13:01:49+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
Reserved for the Andromeda's Train


GE999 ch34


p5
The tolling bell is always carrying sadness in the heart of those who hear it. The one resounding in the silence of a town covered by a thick fog is snatching an endless flow of tears to men...
34th stop
The Funerals of the Misty Planet


p6-7
Tetsurou... Please forgive me to wake you up, but before we arrive to our next stop, I'd like you to put this coat on.
Where are we landing this time? It looks like a funeral suits. It's not really cheerful!


p8
Next stop: the funerals planet...
It will last 3 hours and 40 minutes...

We won't be around there for long!!!

You shouldn't underestimate this planet.

I wasn't expecting that it would be of such a beautiful blue!!


p9
What a thich fog, you can't see anything.
It fits perfectly the feeling that is grasping us.

But what's this smell?
It's incense.


p10-11
[nada]


p12
How rude!!!

They have no respect for the souls of the deads!!

Go to hell!!!
Go to hell!!!


p13
Those damn blasphemer tourists!!!

We'll be the ones to send them to hell!!


p14
It really smells like incense and candles!!!

You shouldn't laught at it...
Lower your head and walk!!!
I would've prefered to stay in the train.

It can't be helped. We have to get our stamp from the travelling office ourselves.

Don't forget to cast your eyes down whenever you meet people in single file...


p15
Speaking of the devil...

My sincere condoleances...

...


p16
They were really quiet.
Don't look behind you!

What's going on, Maetel?
Hurry up and run away behind that building!!


p17
What the hell are they doing?
They want to kill us!

Why?
To prepare funerals!!!

But why the hell?!


p18
Are they dead?
Not yet!!!


p19
But it won't prevent us from burrying them.
Indeed. And it will be a truly wonderful ceremony!

Look at them. A young boy...
and a really beautiful woman...

We've never witnessed such a sad burial!!!
How sad, I can't stop shedding tears.

Now, ring the tolling bell out!

May the souls of the deads find their way to the lord...


p20
[nada]


p21
...

Maetel, where are we?

Am I locked in a box?

But...

It's a coffin!!!

Waaah!! Let me out!!!
I'm not dead!!!


p22
May this young life and this pretty flower rest in peace!


p23
O lord, thou who watch over each and every thing in this universe, please give these two souls eternal rest and welcome them in your benevolent arms.
Please grant them the absolute peace and eternal life. Amen.


p24-25
Let's strike up a farewell song in memory of those two souls!!
Let's follow the sound of the bells to this lament in tribute to immortal souls.
song: May our pure tears be the witness of fleeting life in the time of men.


p26
Hmm...
Hmmmm...

Hey!!!

They buried me alive.

They were dead serious...

How long will I have air?

And Maetel? What happened to her?


p27
Arg! My throat is starting to burn!

And I'm about to lose consciousness... This is the end!

It hurts. I'm buried alive without knowing why...

And I won't be able to keep the promise I did to my mom.
Shoot...

...


p28
Come on!! May the next funerals start!!!!


p29
[nada]


p30
Are you awaken, Tetsurou?

Maetel!!!
It was really close!

How did we get out?
You'll understand someday.

This bell again...

There is another funeral...
Huh? There are so many funerals on this planet?


p31
Yes. Here, burials are coming one after another.
But people don't die on such regular pace, right?

They're murdered!!!

Murdered?

You see, without dead, you can't celebrate funerals.
But!!!

You mean that the people on this planet are enjoying funerals?!

That's right... What they like the most is the sadness of these ceremonies...

and in order to enjoy sadness...
they murder people...
Weird hobby!!


p32
More of them.
We're forced to take another way to get back to the train.

What are we gonna do?
Take this!

I don't want to be buried another time.


p33
Sorry... sorry... sorry...


p34
[nada]


p35
We got them!
Thanks to our low energy weapons, they've just lost consciousness... and they will wake up soon.


p36
We need to get away then!
It's alright, we can take our time.

More burials are about to start.
How do you know that?

I'm talking about these persons.
But they've just lost consciousness, right?

It doesn't matter. On this planet, as long as you can't move anymore, you can be buried...
Even by burying people alive, they can feel a great sadness...

Listen to these tolling bell ringing.
...


p37
And the undertakers are coming in great number!!


p38
[nada]


p39
[nada]


p40
Who would thought that people could enjoy burying people?

When I'll die, I don't want any ceremony. I'd just want you to never forget me and that you'd think about me from time to time...

This is the first time Maetel is talking about her own death...
I've never seen her so sad...

Maetel seemed really pensive. Tetsurou thought then that she had a thought for all the people she had met and that were dead. He also wondered how they've managed to escape death. But decided not to ponder too much about it... https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/42517 Translation: Galaxy Express 999 33 2016-05-21T13:01:07+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
Reserved for the Andromeda's Train


GE999 ch33


p209
Next stop: the planet that was singing a ballad of days gone by....
It will last 7.6 hours and 22 seconds...

What a weird name for a planet!!!
People there are strange too.

If we're getting near, why can't I see it?
It's hidden behind a dark gas cloud.

What's this noise?

The planet is singing a ballad of days gone by...
Ah! There it is! What a weird shape!!


p210-211
This whistle is produced by space wind going through the holes on its surface.
It really feels like the planet is singing!!
33rd stop
The Ballad of the Skeleton


p212
[nada]


p213
What a nostalgic tune!!!
Yes, Tetsurou!!!


p214
!!

Here's the Galaxy Express 999. I'm gonna try to sell my eggs.

What a really nice station!
Once, there was a beautiful one on Earth too.


p215
There are lots of apartments and hotels.

And the holes desert is just right after...

What kind of people live here?

Hoshino Tetsurou and Maetel, you will get room 888 right at the bottom.
Thank you.

Ah! Don't buy anything from peddlers.
Alright!!!


p216
It's been a while I haven't sleep in a real bed.

I'm going to take a shower.
Just get some rest meanwhile.
Shoot, the TV is broken!

Wow! We have the room at the far end!!

This landscape is depressing: there are only endless holes!!


p217
Buy some eggs from me!


p218
Eggs?

Yes, eggs freshly laid by my chickens.

Eggs...

What is it, Tetsurou?
Err... no, nothing!

I'm going to run some errands. You can take a good bath when I'll be out.
Ok!

Come back later!
When?

In about 20 minutes!!!
Roger!!!


p219
You seem quite happy, Tetsurou.

I'm going to have some long chat with someone. Don't wait for me and go to bed.

...

Good eggs!

Is it good?
Yes, yes!


p220
I'm coming then!

You're coming to my room?

Shoot, the guy at the reception said I shouldn't deal with peddlers...
But well, it's only about eggs after all...

Please open!
Coming, coming!!!

How much do you want? They're all natural, so really cheap.
I'll sell each egg for 10 yens.
It's really cheap for such beautiful eggs.

My chickens are laying the best of the whole space.

I'll take 10.


p221
I only have coins that the Galaxy Express Railways company gave me. Will one do it?
In this case, I'll give you 20.

The water in this hotel is really hot, you can cook them directly in it.
Perfect!!!!

I'm going to do soft-boiled eggs with half of them.

Hmm... It's going to be delicious!!!

Do you want some tea?
With pleasure!!!

I'm Hoshino Tetsurou and I'm from the Earth!
My name is Horo-Horo. I don't have any family and I live alone.

Are you only raising chickens?

No, I also have some cows, some fishes, a cat, some pigs and some turtles.


p222
When I'll have enough money, I'd like to get my friend back, she's working on some other planet...

We live together for a while, but one day, she found that life was too hard here and so, she decided to leave.

Is she cute?
Of course!

And kind?

...

She will come back someday, that's why I'm working so hard...

The heater is really hot here. Aren't you hot under this coat?
Are you asking me to take it off?

But you might be surprised...
I don't like to take bath either.


p223
According some studies, even if you don't take bath for three years, there are no bad effect on the body.
Is that so?

I prefer that everyone do as they wish...
After all, prehistoric men were never taking bath.
Really?

!!


p224
Waaah! Waaah! Waaaaaaaaah...!!
What's with you? You're the one who told me to take my coat off!!


p225
Who the hell are you?

I'm Horo-Horo, I'm raising chickens and cows.

Tetsurou!!!
Maetel!!

You've been told not to deal with peddlers!!!!
But... I...

Get out!!
...

You really want to shoot on the hole on my torso...
Where do you think you can hurt me?

Well, then, see you, Tetsurou...


p226
He's a skeleton with a hole on his torso!!
It was really reckless of you, Tetsurou! You shouldn't have invited him, he will cause you trouble...


p227
"Whenever the wind is blowing through the hole in a man's torso... it makes resonate the saddest ballad, a nostalgic melody than only men can hear." -an anonym reader
Who wants some eggs?


p228-229
I didn't think I would eat ramen in this hotel. They're synthetic but delicious!
It's the dish you eat the most cheerfully, Tetsurou!


p230
Oh?
He's throwing the leftovers.

Only that...
Only travellers can eat their fill on this planet...

... Is that's why you've ordered ramens, Maetel?

Those who live here never eat some, they're contenting themselves with simpler dishes...

Please taste my eggs!!!


p231
But some like to enjoy themselves loudly!!!

She's Horo-Horo's former friend who left to get work elsewhere.

Why didn't she tell him about her return?
Why don't you ask her yourself?

What do you want?
It's about Horo-Horo.

Why are you talking about this creep here and now?

She wants to forget about him now...
... They don't belong to the same place. Don't ever say that name ever again in front of us!

Then, why did you come back?
It's only a coincidence if this planet crossed my path... It's the train that brought me here, on my home planet I wish to never see again!!


p232
Back then, I was really poor and I didn't have much of a choice... I couldn't stay with Horo-Horo.
When I left to get work elsewhere, I discovered pleasure. There's not only work in life!!

He couldn't manage to make me happy...
But Horo-Horo is working hard in order to...

I told you not to say that name!!!
...

I just want to tell that woman that Horo-Horo became a skeleton because he waited for her all this time. It's my right, no?
...

We'd better go back to our room, Tetsurou!!!
I can't believe it!!!


p233
Booooohh...
What are you doing, Tetsurou?

I bought all those eggs, so Horo-Horo wouldn't be happy if I don't eat them all.
It's a good deed you're doing.

After swallowing 20 eggs, I feel like a snake.
You will probably make good dreams.

Good night!

It sounds like the wind is lamenting!
It's the planet that is crying...


p234
!!

Tetsurou!!

Horo-Horo!!!!!!


p235
I wonder where is Horo-Horo's house.

He told me that he was raising chickens and pigs...
... So this house should be his.

Hey! Horo-Horo! It's me!!

Waaaaaah!


p236
Help!! I'm gonna be torn apart!!!

Ah! It's you, Tetsurou? I thought it was a thief!

It's dangerous to wander here alone! I'm kinda suspicious, you know.

I wanted to tell you that your girlfriend has come back.
Ah, that...?

You knew already?
I saw her at the hotel entrance yesterday.

She was with a quite charming man... I know already that she is back...
But then, why didn't you say anything?


p237
I recognised her, but for nothing in the world...

I would have wanted to talk to her.

When I was still made of flesh and that blood was flowing in me, the bones of my torso were still all there.

But I've lost one at each of her betrayals. So much that I only have one left now...

That's why I have this gaping hole in my chest.

The bones I've lost will never come back!

I try to forget all this pain provided by my work... and when I can't do it, the only way to prevent this melancholy is to kill people, then to turn them into skeleton.


p238
But why are you doing that?

Look!

Waaah!

But now that you've discovered everything...
I must turn you into a skeleton too, Tetsurou!!!!

...


p239
[nada]


p240
Are you alright, Tetsurou? Wake up!!
????

Get ready, we have to leave now!!!
Are we running away?


p241
Horo-Horo brought you here, but he took your shoes...
So there are your footsteps everywhere on the crime scene...

!!

Did Horo-horo do that?
Probably, his heart was deeply hurt. That's why he had a hole on his chest.

I get it. He held back since he lost his last bone on his chest...
Maybe it's better this way...

... But I don't want to be accused of murder!!!
If we made it to the train on time, it will be alright. The Galaxy Express isn't under the police jurisdiction.


p242
On this planet, Tetsurou, you will always be guilty of murder...!

If you can't bear with it, you won't have any other choice but to catch Horo-Horo and hand him to the police.

...

I don't care if they think of me as a murderer!!!
Since I know I'm innocent, I will still have a clear conscience.

It doesn't bother you?
Not at all. As long as it has been useful to Horo-Horo!!!

And if it makes one tiny bit of bone to grow back on his chest, then I'm ready to frame as an assassin or anything!!


p243
Thank you, Tetsurou!!
I'm glad I've met someone on whom I can rely in this world.

But even with this feeling, my face will never show any smile or tears!!!!

I would've preferred to have met you when I was still made of flesh...
With a friend like you, I would probably haven't lost all the bones on my chest...

But it's too late now...


p244
It sounds like Horo-Horo's cries!
Yes, the holes of this planet are like the ones on his chest... Nothing will ever fill them again...

No matter the place where they travel to, men often hear faraway planet's lamentations deep in their heart. People says that it was Horo-Horo's tears, the skeleton who suffered from betrayal. They also say that only men can hear the ballad sung by the wind... https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/42508 Translation: The Ring of the Nibelung 12 2016-05-16T08:46:13+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
Reserved for The Sea of Stars


Nibelung #12


p101
Ring 12: The renowned Meister


p102
We're losing time. Let's get back to surface and prepare for attack!
We're stuck in some Moebius band, let's get out of here!


p103
The ship is entering a crater.
I wonder what they have in mind... It's getting interesting!


p104-105
Chief mate, do you know what it is?
Well... I think that's a space fortress built by some advanced civilization.


p106
They've just noticed Giant's stronghold. How fascinating!!
What's going to happen? They're perfectly powerless!!!

They'll serve as guinea pigs for the offensive capacities of our fortress.
They don't deserve more than a fly that fall in a glass of wine.


p107
What about that man?
If he's getting a nuisance, we'll eliminate him.

Shout!! I'm locked!!!

The door is locked.

The outside looks like any big city on Earth.

I wonder why they imprisoned me.


p108
!!

Freia!!!
I don't hate to be the slave of the Giant brothers. Someone is taking my place.

Who?
Mimay...

Mimay? Then, it means the Arcadia is moving towards the fortress!
Exactly.


p109
The Fasolt brothers have sent us a emergency signal about Alberich's fleet.
I couldn't care less about Alberich right now!

What those monkeys are capable of is far more interesting.

...

There's no need to worry about Harlock. He's not the kind of man who would go into a fight for no reason.
When we're together, it's different. I'm getting worked up pretty fast and I can't control myself.
Freia...


p110
You must be exhausted... The Giant brothers are strong men while you look so frail...
However, even if they can build an impregnable fortress, they wouldn't harm a woman. They're really strange...

Ok, let's think about a way out.

What a weird construction! Except the door, I wonder if there's any other exit.
What's more, I still don't know if the town I can see outside is real or just a mere illusion.

This place is full of surprises...!
What kind of perils awaits for me now?


p111
Bring me with you...!
What?

Where do you want me to bring you...?
It doesn't matter! I want to see Mimay again! Shall we go back to the ship?

Oh, right! You entered here freely. You must know the exit. Quick, show it to me!

If I stay here, I'm going to get crazy, running around in circle like a bug in a box, without knowing anything about the Walhalla.

Follow me...!
What? It was that easy...? From behind, you look exactly like Mimay...


p112
A light signal? Let's approch the equator!! They're using an outdated way of communication.
Maybe it's an entrance. Let's check it out!


p113
It's a door!! It's opening!!

It seems way too easy, but let's enter!!
Roger that...!


p114
We need to be careful with the ship, little brother! They're heavily armed!!
I know that. Let's keep our eyes open!!


p115
The welcome is quite warm. It would be rude to refuse.


p116
The monkey escaped?
He left with Freia.

She must be the one who showed him how to get away.

They will probably try to get to the fortified planet of the Giant brothers.
It doesn't matter! Now, they must be really close.

I can't believe they let us get away so easily.


p118
There's a small opening!

Have Fasolt and Fafner noticed us?
Of course they have! Otherwise we couldn't even get near.

I have a bad feeling.

What is it?!


p118
It's Toshirou. Is there anyone on board? Answer me! Over!

It seems deserted. I don't feel comfortable about it at all.


p119
Where are they?
Come with me! The hangar's pressure is about to get lowered.


p120
Everything seems to have been carefully prepared...
The Giant brothers only build things that serve a purpose. They're the "Meister": they have perfectly mastered their art!


p121
They're both at the center of the fortress.
What they do look a lot like my constructions!! Ah ah ah!

Except that their lifts are way faster. Ahhhh!

We have received the first images of Alberich fleet...

It's as significant as I imagined...!
I can read doubt in you, Wotan!

Why...?


p122
Why are the Giant brothers remaining silent, while Alberich has finally appeared?


p123
Who lives deep inside the fortress?

Those who rules, the Giant brothers, and myself and all Walhalla...

Those one calls "Gods".
After building this fortress, they will have to give it to the Gods, then they will be free to leave...

What a ungrateful role! I wouldn't like to be at their place, right, Freia?


p124
These are the impregnable walls at the core of the planet.
They're thick indeed!!!

What is this smoke? It also has a strong smell.
It's the dragon fluid.


p125
A fluid? Like the blood of a dragon?

That's right! That's why it has such a strong smell!

This fortress isn't only made of assembled pieces.
Hm...

And the dragon has the role of the watchdog...!

You're not entirely wrong.

The dragon is way stronger than any other shield.


p126
It seems that we're getting deeper in the sea.

In this fortress, there are the little monkey, Freia, Mimay and her gardians... And yet, there's no sign of agitation...!


p127
Alberich fleet still hasn't appeared, but it should already be here!
It's really strange... I have a bad feeling, Wotan!

The Giant brothers still hasn't told us that the fortress is finished and they haven't hand it to us either.
They must have something in mind! Maybe we should neutralise them quickly...!

The ring forged in the Rhine gold may have fallen in Alberich's hands...
but this is the heart of the universe, and I am the one who rules Walhalla! Who would be crazy enough to dare defying me on my own territory?


p128
What is this? A firework?!

Alberich's armed knights are powerless against the dragon. They're killing themselves by crashing their ships on it!

Alberich's fleet? They're already here?!

They can't do anything against the fortress!
They've turned around! Maybe a change of tactics. https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/42437 Translation: The Ring of the Nibelung 11 2016-04-11T08:25:16+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
Reserved for The Sea of Stars


Nibelungen #11


p69
Ring 11: Warp


p70
Sieh, wie dein Leichtsinn lachend uns allen Schimpf und Schmach erschuff!
See how your lightness, laughing, cost us all shame and insults! (Fricka, scene 2)


p71
That's where you and Mimay live?
In this huge jungle?


p72
What is this place?
If you get deep down, gravity gradually reverses and you can walk on the ceiling.

???

Here's the instrument I'm playing...


p73
It's same organ than Mimay's!!


p74
Mimay taught me everything...!
She was my teacher since my birth...

When I play it...
the whole planet inside is resonating...

and those vibrations are spreading across the whole universe...


p75
Right now, the only ones who can really play this organ...
are Mimay and myself...

But it must be damaged, because it's not emitting a perfect sound anymore...

It might be broken...
I can thoroughly look into it if you want...

Oh, that's right...! Mimay can play it too...
In order for the the flow of time to go on, we need either Freia's intervention, either Mimay's one.


p76
Weird... The inner temperature is similar to the one of a living being.

It even feels like skin.

What the hell?!

There's nothing here!
It's totally empty!!


p77
Damn, there's nothing I can do to fix it.
What a shame!!!

Freia...
Ugh!!!

What is this little animal?
It's not a mice: it's a human.


p78
Help!
It's no use struggling, Freia! Wotan gave you in reward for the construction of the fortress!!

Bring me this man.
Free him and he will come by himself.

I feel like he can be useful.
I need to meet with him.

Help me! Release me!!!


p79
Tochirou!!!
Ah! Mimay! I got trapped.

Where is Freia?
She told me that this is where you two lived, but...

Two tough guys came and abducted her.
...

I can't fix it, it's empty!
Not entirely! There's a heart inside... With all this commotion throughout space, it's not beating steadily. We need to calm it...


p80
Unfortunately, Freia was also worried sick... She was suffering a lot...

I'm going to enter. Close the door behind me...

And open it within one hour!
Beware! If you don't do it on time, I will be dissolved...!
OK! I'll stay here to watch over you, don't you worry.


p81
Where is the Arcadia?
It's flying above the underground forest and is heading toward us.


p82
Not an easy kind of flight.
There are way harder things in this world. Don't consider it!

Obstacle to the front...
Damn! Destroy it!!!


p83
Daiba, I told you not to come here.

Mimay asked you to remain in the safest place of the ship.
But...

She has her reasons.

...


p84
What is this commotion near the organ?!
It's the ship of Mimay's guardians!! The one built by that dwarf!!

Hurry! Bring him to me!!!
Understood, Wotan.

Waah! Stop it. I have to stay here. Let me down!


p85
You have an original way to bring him here. These monkeys aren't used to those kinds of trip!!
But he's perfectly unfazed... He looks like he's dreaming...

Dreaming?! While he doesn't know if he's going to make it?
He had a brush with death so many times that he's used to it and he doesn't fear danger anymore.

We shouldn't have let Alberich and Mimay wander around like that...


p86
[nada]


p87
I'm getting a weak distress signal from Mimay!!
Tochirou's signal was also activated for a few seconds.

He must have something in mind... As usual, there's no need to worry about him.
But it's different for Mimay because she's too sweet and gentle. Let's hurry up and rescue her!

Obstacle right in front!!!
Mimay is inside!!!

It has the same shape than the organ that she used to play on planet Rhin!!
Should we shoot at it? It might be enough to free her.


p88
[nada]


p89
Tochirou!! Where are you?! Let me out!!
We said one hour!! Tochirou!!!

Help me!

...
What is this noise...?

The Arcadia.


p90
You overdid it. It's dangerous!!
I wasn't sure to make it on time... Sorry!


p91
These beasts destroyed Freia's organ?!
They hit it with their ship. How stupid!! I'm sure they did it on purpose!!

What will happen now?!
Ever since Freia stopped playing, the course of time is back on. And now that the organ is destroyed...

... Time has become incontrollable again!!
It's accelerating and hasten our aging!!!

Who the hell are those creatures?! I won't ever forgive them!!
You were the one who called him here on Walhalla, Wotan...!


p92
We're getting a distress call from the two satellites of Walhalla, Arge and Sandsaina...
What is it saying?!


p93
The surface is crackling... Both planets are facing a great danger... The balance is broken... They're going to collide...


p94
The cause seems to be a powerful gravitional wave. The protective guard of knights has left the planet!
Here's the images taken five minutes ago.

What's going on now?!

... What causes this?
One of the ship of Alberich fleet...


p95
You mean that they're already in orbit around Walhalla's satellites?
But... it's impossible...! Yet, there's no doubt about it, they're already there...!

...

Arcadia's bow did a great job.
Yattaran rushed to save me. Don't blame him...! But for Walhalla and myself, the organ destruction is great loss...
See, Harlock, she asked you to congratulate me!!


p96
There you are, finally. You will answer for your deeds!
Huh? What? Where am I? Who am I? What's going on?
We don't have any more time to lose, Wotan!!!


p97
The ship that used warp just appeared, Wotan!


p98
I had forgotten about it! I can't believe that it can use fast navigation through space!!
It has made here thanks to this system. Alberich's fleet will soon be at our doorstep too...

These monkeys, while not evolved, used advanced technology, but they're still far from our level...

No one has ever managed to penetrate into Walhalla...!
Who can be these invaders, Wotan?


p99
What happened to the ship of his friends?
They're at the second green level. They're looking for a way to get here...

... They will never find it!


p100
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Nibelung #10


p49
Ring 10: The Goddess Freid


p50
Alas! Alas! Wotan is abandonning me! (Freia, scene 2)


p51
These inferior beings called "humans" are ruled by their urges and can be foolishly nervous.
But let's forgive their primitive behavior and don't show any animosity towards them...

Once our common enemy will be eliminated, we'd just have to exterminate them.
The giant brothers must hurry... Let's hand them Freia.

What about letting them play with this little monster instead?

Hmm!! You have some really fun hobbies!!
I was just joking, Wotan.

Alberich's fleet is moving at slow speed.
It gives us time to build the fortress.
Another ship is coming...!


p52
Which one? I can't see anything aside Nibelung's buildings...


p53
If a ship was moving, it would be automatically noticed and be visible on this screen!!
But it's not moving... That's why we need to be cautions, Wotan...!


p54
We can't detect it because its engines aren't on...
What are you saying? There's an unmoving ship?

Besides, it's perfectly mingling in this starry sky...

How do you know that?
I was once really close to the Pjolocresson clan, and they hate humans...

Pjolocresson often secretly send me information and pictures.

They existed way before humans, and they're jealous about the efforts they can provide.
But I still can't see anything!!


p55
They say that weakest dogs are barking the strongest...
How advanced is their technology?
In their struggle for life, they've been surpassed by humans. But they can't agree to coexist with them. So they're in war to exterminate them.

They don't understand that humans are more evolved than them and they consider male ones as wild beasts...
They repeat that stubbornly and there's no way to change their mind... They're lonely, but beautiful...

What's that?
Another human ship...


p56
It's picking up starlight and is moving silently through space...
What kind of humans does it carry?
Even Pjolocresson don't know...


p57
It seems that a traitor on board has sent intel to outside. We can turn on the engines.

No one will have the guts to confront me anyway!!

And I'm looking forward to seeing the Arcadia again. Full power!!


p58
*One of them has arrived there...
*Let's take our time to watch him.
*They can't control themselves, that's their main flaw.
*Especially passionate persons...


p59
According the Pjolocresson's report...
... This man is the builder of the approching ship.


p60
I can't believe that a man so ugly could build such a ship...

This ship is probably heading towards us...
It has gone past Alberich fleet...

How can it go past a fleet using warp-traveling...?

This ship is a threat! We must destroy it.


p61
[nada]


p62
It looks like someone invited me here...
The fact that there are so many of these cars can't be a coincidence...

But... they are true ones though...

They seem like unsold cars or copies.
But no, they're truly genuine.

???


p63
I feel like in a public park...! They must be testing me...


p64
Where am I...?

...
?!

It's Mimay!!!

Why is there a portrait of Mimay here?!

...


p65
Who's there?

My name is Freia.

Freia?

I am the organist of time...
What?

We are here where Mimay and I used to live.
M... Mimay?


p66
Will Mimay come back?
She's already here...

But I don't know where exactly.

Mimay will probably come...

No, you're the one who came to save me...!
Are you in danger?

You must protect me from the giant brothers!!


p67
I can't stand being near them anymore...
I know they are great builders...
but I can't stand it anymore...!
If I were to die...
there wouldn't be any organist of time.


p68
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Nibelungen #09


p31
Ring 9: Planet Rhine


p32
Hei! Wer is dort? Pfui! Der Garstige!
Hey! Who's there? Pwah! What an ugly dwarf! (The Rhine Daughters, Scene 1)


p33
*The wind has risen. Someone is coming!!


p34
It's been a long time we haven't seen Alberich here.

He was the one who built planet Rhine replica and we are the three android sisters who watch over the gold.

The one we see... only too rarely...

Let's stop playing for a moment.
But it's for his pleasure that we were created though.


p35
Oh! Alberich! We thought that you were dead since all this time.
What good is bringing you on the replicated planet?
The real Rhine daughters rejected you, so you came play with us?

It's been 100 years you haven't come here...? A century!! We had almost forgotten about you.

I couldn't remember how beautiful you were!!
Follow me!!

Everytime you're talking to us, you're giving orders and it's never fun to follow you!!


p36-37
We're good here... We want to live freely as replica on a planet that is itself a copy.

What? Do you dare rebel against your creator?!
Exactly, Alberich!! Replicas also have their own will.

And you were the one who granted us with the ability to think...
... Alberich, the ugly dwarf...!

I see... You went too far...

It's quite a shame.
I wanted to bring you to heavens, but in the end, replicas remain pale couterfeits...


p38
Farewell, Alberich.

Farewell, replicated planet!! You're gonna return to ashes!!


p39
[nada]


p40
Mimay and her guardians seem troubled by the place they've landed on.
I hadn't noticed that those monkeys put the seventh circle and half upside down!!
What a weird place!!
Hey! Don't wander around!


p41
We can hardly see anything. Radars and dimensional sensors don't work.

This is neither fog nor sand. It looks like a golden powder tempest.

We shouldn't stay here too long, Harlock.

I guess that even Eldorado, the golden land, isn't as beautiful...


p42-43
Wow! Even the Arcadia is getting covered by a golden inlay.
Yattaran!! Drive the ship forward. Beware of the iron peaks!!
Roger!! Let's move on at lowest speed!!


p44
Hey! What the hell is that? Help!
Tochirou!! Step on it!! You need to free yourself!!!


p45
He has disappeared!! What has pulled him down?

It looked like tactile plants... But the sensors have detected nothing.

Nothing here looks like a plant... I wonder what it could've been!!

Well, no need to worry about Tochirou...

Yattaran, focus on driving the ship!!
Roger!


p46
Here's my stop! It's my stop! Let me down!!!

Let me down. I don't want to go to the terminus!!

... The signal isn't going through. Either I'm at the bottom of the pit, either walls are getting in the way...

Ah!!!


p47
Ouch!


p48
It huuuurts...

Where am I?

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FMPA #04


p1
Chapter 04: Show Me What You Can Do!


p2
What are you waiting for? Get down and help my son!

Don't you understand that Tatsuya is trapped in there?!

pant
pant


p149
Incoming chopper at 7, identified as belonging to the army.
Backup is here!

Negative.
It's staying at 06E-32C coordinates...
motionless.

It's dad!
So he fetched backup to save Yurika!


p150
They're fighting near Yurika!
Please calm down, mister Ichinose!
This helicopter isn't armed, it would be crazy to come closer!
We have to wait for an opportunity to save your daughter...

Retreat, now!

?!

But what are they doing...


p151
?!

Yurika! Are you alright?!
Uuh...


p152-153
*If I don't stop him...
*Yurika and maybe even dad might...
*I need to come up with something...

Hey, Karamazov! Have you anything in stock...
to shoot this bastard down?
Unknown command.


p154
Shit!
Who has set up this piece of junk?

I've got an idea.

Karamazov...
Give me all available energy.
Unknown command.
Shall I interpret it as an increase of the military mode to its maximum level?


p155
Yes, I think it might do it!
As long as you hurry up and obey my command!
We have to stop him no matter what!

Let's go! Are you ready?!
Roger that.

Yaaaaaaaaah!


p156
Tatsuya!
The newbie's desperate charge...

Get closer! It can't be helped anymore!
We have to rescue those civilians!
You said that you were doing it for your sister's sake...

*You can't let the Shadow pilot on its own.
*Show me what you can do!

Yaaaaaaah!


p157
Antitank dagger detected.
Shit, I'm defenseless...


p158
Big brother!

I'm not done yet!


p159
[nada]


p160
[nada]


p161
Yaaaaaaaaaah!


p162
Yaaaaah!


p163
He's completely nuts...


p164
There we go! It should calm you down for a while!
Now you'll think twice before trying to hurt my sister...

And my coworkers!


p165
He has an impressive balance...
He can maintain the Shadow's balance with one less leg, on this Type 96 and in the river...
Tsk!
We can't even call this courage anymore, it's pure madness.

Maybe it's time to step in...
We're here to rescue you.
What an hottie!

I think I get it...


p166
He stopped... What does it mean?
I think I know why.


p167
What do you mean?
Well...

When he was a kid, he fall in the river...
while driving a daidara.

And so...
this experience allowed him to come up with this strategy...
He made it so water would enter the Type 96 armature.

So, how's that? How does it feel to be stucked in a flooded cockpit?
No difference between a daidara and an AS in water, huh?
You brute! You got what you deserved!


p168
Shit, he's heavy...
For now, let's try to understand how this mess happened.

We've already put sergeant-major Kashima under arrest, he was the pilot of the involved AS.

Doug...
Seems like the three opponent pilots have survived.
Well...


p169
It's a miracle...
that we're not facing a pile of dead bodies.
*Have you seen what big brother has done?
*Thank god, you're safe!
We were lucky.
This boy is born under a lucky star...

Uaaaarg!

Tch...
Phone...

Yes ?


p170
I've just talked business with their consultant.
It seems like they like surprises... It's high time that we ask for a compensation...
These days, it's still an important client for a company like ours...

Ah ah ah. I can't deny it.
By the way,

what do you think about the hero of the day?
Well...

Hum...
Well, alright.
.....
Understood. Goodbye.

Who was that, Doug?


p171
It was the boss.
Apparently, our president will come visit Japan tomorrow.

Japan... It's been a while.

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Nibelung #08


p7
Ring 8: Loge, the God of Fire


p8
What's in this fortress?


p9
Void.
There's absolutely nothing else in there.

It's also an excellent shelter.

Follow me, Daiba...
Where are you leading me, Mimay?

When we'll arrive, you'll be the one the most in danger...
because you'll have to be accountable for your actions.
Which ones?

You're the one, Daiba, who forge the ring.

I was just following order!!


p10
...

Funny story... The ageing of the stars is acceleration here and there...?

There are even places where stars are born in number...


p11
... Then, Tochirou got problems...
He sent me a signal...

He must be in a great danger then...
Something must have happened to the Arcadia...

... However, I can't locate it...
You need to rest, Emeraldas...


p12
I don't understand why I can't track his ship down while the signal have reached me.
Yes, but this signal is really weak.

It must have went through a lot of barriers...
... Either that or it has travelled a long distance...
... Or maybe even both!


p13
We have no time to rest, Maeteal...
Bring me to the asteroid where is the Queen Emeraldas...


p14-15
You haven't recovered yet...
Don't worry about me...
... We need to find the Arcadia...


p16
This group of stars in a circular formation is noticeably getting bigger.
It's because the universe radiation is getting more intense as we're reaching light speed!!


p17
I wonder if Emeraldas has received my signal.
Who knows...
... And even so...
... she won't make it in time.


p18
Answer me, slave!! You, Loge, the one who mastered fire and warmth, what colour is this ring?
O Alberich, worthy of all my respect, are you asking me how I see this ring?
I can't believe it, but this is really the one forged with Rhine Gold...
Ever since I put that ring on my finger, it gradually turned... blood-red...!

Answer me now...!
This ring is crimson... No! It's a colour even more intense!


p19
When I'm deeply staring at it, I feel like blood is running inside...

Could you give its gold colour back?
If I could?

The one who forged it made quite a feat...
... But I fear there is nothing I can do...
It's overwhelming and I don't even dare touching it.

Only the ring blacksmith can fix it.
"Only the blacksmith"...

... But he's dead...
... by my own two hands.
...


p20-21
The ring colour is taking shape as my plans are setting up.
I'll think of a way to give its original colour back once the whole universe will be mine.


p22
Lord Alberich, everything is going as expected... The arming is complete... Ships are in sufficient number...

I can hardly believe that it slept so long in the Nibelheim with all those dwarves... Er... I mean the honorable people of the Nibelung....

Loge, I'll forgive you this time...
But don't ever insult the Nibelung ever again if you value your life!

Please forgive me...

Need something else? Otherwise, go back to work!
I'm worried...

Why? Everything is going as expected.
Yes...! But...


p23
Even if we gather an army of earthling ships...
will they be enough to fight Wotan?
I heard that he ordered the giants Fasold and Fafner to build a fortress...
and I fear that we won't even be able to make a scratch on it...
Hm...


p24
The fleet's power depends on the power of this ring.

I finally understood... what is its true power.

This single ring...
has already ruled the whole universe... And I finally understood why.

It's because some hidden power... an immeasurable one is lying inside...


p25
Once the fleet construction will be over, we need to take off right away.
To where...?

You know it perfectly well, so why asking me?
You really have a weird personality, Loge.

Yes, sir...

To Walhalla of course!!!
Wotan's stronghold!

I can't hear Freia's organ...
I guess that they must be waiting for me to move into action and they shut this instrument up.
...


p26
Here is the Nibelheim, the black stars cloud on which is ruling Alberich...


p27
Walhalla is here... at the center of the universe...!

Our enemy's planet is near the galaxy where is the Earth...
It will take him some time to get here.

But it didn't take long for the ship that is carrying Mimay to be here, Wotan!
Its guardians technology is the inheritance of the Nibelheim. It became quite easy for them to reach us.

Humans also know warp navigation!!
They're using it to get to Andromeda, Orion, Cassiopeia and the Pleiades.

They're using space navigation...!!
They learnt it from the dwarves of the Nibelheim.

Why did they give their knowledge to these primitive and barbaric beings?!
Until now, it belonged to Walhalla and Nibelheim only...


p28
The universe shouldn't have never been visited so much!!

You just have to ask Mimay to answer that!

The ship she's on is located near the equator... It has crashed on the 7th circle and a half.
On the 7th circle and a half?

Her guardians are powerless, but we can communicate with them, though.

...


p29
[nada]


p30
Thanks god, we have landed on some sort of gravityless cushion, because we've arrived here in great speed.

What a weird planet.
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GE999 ch32


p175
There is nothing that cannot change, be it in the universe of in people's heart. So was speaking a space entomologist. Tetsurou was also thinking the same.
32nd stop
The Interdimensional Travel Planet


p176-177
There are planet's fragments drifting towards us!!!


p178
Next stop is supposed to be Ocean planet station...
but it has disappeared!

Could it be that those planet's fragments we just saw...

Is the train orbit correct?
Yes, I'm going to check what thinks the train computer!

If the infinite space path was ever broken, it would be a real...


p179
Wah!

We've derailled!!!

Tetsurou! The artificial gravity is down!! Hang to whatever you can!!
That's what I'm trying to do...!!


p171-172
[nada]


p173
I thought that the planet has disappeared...
But we have really landed on it!!

Since we have derailed, it's unlikely that it's another planet...

Mister Inspector!!!
I don't understand anything anymore. This place isn't on any space map...

Though, this is where is supposed to be Ocean planet...
Shall we ask the train computer?

Right away!

The space rails have broken off...


p183
I do not have any data on this planet: nor its name, nor its origin, nor its composition...
It is unknown!
But there are almost no chance to find a new planet in the vicinity of the Galaxy Express route.


p184
There isn't any malfunctions in the train brain: the system is perfectly stable.
Then, if its answer is right...

The question is: where are we now?


p185
[nada]


p186
Tetsurou! Look on top of this mountain!!!
Oh!

...

What a beautiful woman!
She looks like a queen!!!

She's one...

She's queen Egoterina!!!!
Egoterina?

The queen of the interdimensional travel planet!!!
Egoterina III!!!!


p187
[nada]


p188
It's a warning, we mustn't move.
A dangerous planet again!!!

And things will only worsen.
I'm scared, really scared!

Tetsurou...
Yes?

You should take this opportunity to get some energy!
What? Now?

If you don't take this opportunity to eat, you won't survive.

Let's take a meal...
Then you'll be ready to fight.

Compared to those who can't eat because they're disturbed by the course of event...
those who feed themselves properly, even if they shiver, have better survival chances.


p189
Energy gives courage...
That's what makes people brave. You're a man, right, Tetsurou?
Yes, yes! I'm eating, I'm eating!!

Could I get some wine?
H... Here!

Do you want some?
I prefer eating rather than drinking!!!

I see... You have a strong personality!

Come on, Tetsurou, let's make a toast!
Banzai!


p190
[nada]


p191
Those who stand in my way shall die!
Thus is my rule!!


p192-193
Should I burn them?
Wait... Those three intrigue me. Bring them to the palace!


p194
Shoot!!

???
!!!


p195
Maetel!!!
Are you awake?
Something strange happened.
Broooouh! I'm shivering in fear!

The queen's meal is ready. Please follow me.
Meal?
She invites us to eat with her!

Please sit properly and cast your eyes down.
Don't bother me!

Please take a seat silently.
Give me a break with all those manners!

!!


p196
Welcome to you all!
Wow!! So much!!


p197
I am queen Egoterina.
What is your name?

I'm Hoshino Tetsurou!!!

My name is Maetel.

I am...
Only humans have the right to bear a name!!

...

Those are delicious dishes chosen with the greatest delicacy.
Please eat without holding back, I wish that you remember about this meal for the rest of your life.

Do you like it, Tetsurou?
Yes, it's delicious!
So delicious that it scares me.


p198
Yes!

Lock these persons in jail!!!
What?

This Tetsurou is acting like a pig!! People without the slightest education don't deserve to live!!
??

Why has her welcome switched from the best to the worst?


p199
It's a characteristic of the woman in Egoterina's dynasty who rules the interdimensional travet planet.

They change their mind every time, according their moods...
and they never think about the trouble they can cause to others.

They consider that everything belongs to them...
As long as they're satisfied and that they're having fun, it doesn't matter how much trouble they cause...

Thus live the Egoterinas...
Look!

She will probably decapitate us tomorrow.

We won't let her do so easily!
Exactly!

We have to get away fast!
Thankfully, there are passages enough big for us to escape.


p200
But even if we get away from here, we won't be able to leave this planet as long as the rails are broken.

We just need to stop the travel machine of this planet.

It's Egoterina III!!!

...

Quick, let's not awake her...
We have to stop the travel system...


p201
One day, she will be in trouble...
and will face pain, she will then choose to die!

Let's go, Tetsurou, you have to break it for good! Here's the heart of the interdimensional travel planet!!

Here, take that!!


p202
Hurry, everyone to the train!!

What is going on?
It's the three prisoners!!

Those fools!!!

I won't let live people who stand in my way!

Ah!!
Hurry! Quick!!


p203
Ah!!
We have to hurry!!!

Miss Maetel will be alright!
But...

Hurry, we need to reattach the wagons and get away...
We'll catch back the Galaxy Express orbit about 20 space km from here.

Maetel!!
What about the queen?
She will soon get a grip on herself!!!


p204
I wouldn't have wanted her to die so easily.

When this planet arrived from another dimension, it drove Ocean planet away.


p205
That's why it blew up.


p206
But the victim won't always be of small size...

And will come the day when the interdimensional travel planet will be reduced to ashes.

We're taking off!


p207
Without the travel machine, it will be stuck here for a while.
And what if they fix it?

It will continue to wander in space for the only pleasure of its queen.

It's horrible!!!
I hate this place...

but this planet will disappear someday...


p208
There is nothing that can never change, nothing that can prosper forever. Thus spoke Maetel. Tetsurou wished that it was true.
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GE999 #31


p139
"Somewhere in space, all human actions are futile and bond to fail." So was speaking a dead scientist in such place. They say that his traits were relaxed and showed a great satisfaction.
31st stop
The Settlers of Sisyphe
*Note: In Greek mythology, Sisyphe was punished to push a rock to the top of a hill. It was the symbol of the vanity of human actions.


p140-141
It seems like small nebulas are floating everywhere here!


p142
They are indeed. Some are recent, others are old.
It's really rare to find such a concentration in space.

????


p143
I feel like one of them went past just in front of me.

You're right, Tetsurou! Look up here!
Huh?

This nebula must have went through a crack in the protecting field of the Galaxy Express.
It got inside the train!!!


p144
It's a nebula!!!

A small one!!

Yes, but it's a real one...

... Inside, there are stars and planets just like in the Solar System...

There, lives are born, then die... There are joy, pain, but from outside, they only last a blink of the eye...
People are struggling for life, then disappear... that's how life goes on those planets...


p145
The same goes for us, Tetsurou! Who knows if we're not a toy in the hands of someone who's watching us from afar? For the people of this nebula, maybe we are creatures that they can't even imagine.
I have an odd feeling when I think about the people who lives, cries, laughs and thinks there...


p146
If I were to blow on it, their world would collapse forever, right, Maetel?


p147
I'm going to gently send them back.

Farewell, people of the nebula. Be happy...

This train is really amazing, even if I open the window in the void, the air isn't going outside...

Next stop: "Sisyphe", "Sisyphe". It will last 30 minutes.

S... Sisyphe?

This sorrowful planet is a rock desert that looks like the entrance of Hell.
Is there any inhabitant?

There are... but they're really strange.


p148-149
[nada]


p150
[nada]


p151
???

What's with those lined-up rocks?

They are fields.

Fields?

From here, I can only see rocks. What is growing here?

How should I say? You'll understand once we'll get off...


p152-153
This planet's name really fits: there are only rocks field.


p154
Small nebulas are floatting in the air... This place seems even stranger...

Rock fields are really farmed here.

They're well lined*up, but there are nothing else.

Where are the people?
Are they humans?


p155
I'm here...
!


p156
?!


p157
What the hell are you doing?
Just like you see, I'm cultivating the soil.


p158-159
But why? What could possibly grow here?
Why? I've never thought about that. My goal is to plough the surface of the planet. Then rice, wheat, white radishes and turnips will grow someday.


p160
My body got covered with mud while I was working. Now I can't get rid of it...

... And weirdly, this mud became like a second skin, as I consider it now.

Well, I'm ploughing the soil and I sow seeds...

But from up here, all these efforts seem futile!
I wonder if there's even rain here...

Are you at least using fertiliser?

There are plenty enough here.

Is that so? I can't see anything...
It's not the kind of thing I can just show you.


p161
Be careful not to stamp on seeds!
By the way, I'm Gonbe, and you?
Hoshino Tetsurou...

There is nothing here. Let's get back to the train!!!

Yes, these rock fields are really desert...

I find that it's useless to persist cultivating this land.

Even these ramens seem tasteless when I look at the work of the Sisyphe!
You're right!!!

We'd better lower the blinds.
Yes, yes.


p162
???

What's wrong, mister inspector? Are you closing your eyes?
Ah, mister Tetsurou...

Seeing this planet landscape is horrifying me. I prefer to close my eyes.

I'm watching them for so long! I could never forget about them!

I didn't think that it could move him so much...
He's seeing these places for so many years.


p163
What's this cry?
A bird's one.

Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!
Triiitriiii...
It's eating the seeds Gonbe has sown...!!


p164
He worked so hard to sow them!!
Tetsurou!!!

Hey!!

Triiibibaboc!!!!

Chiiibobobobo! Chiiibobobobo! Chiiibobobobo!
Hey!! I'm here!!


p165
Zibooooooooooooo...


p166
Wait!! Damn monster!! I'm going to avenge Gonbe's work!!

Here!! Take that!!

Waaah...

Shoot! I'm sliding...

???


p167
...


p168
But Gonbe...
Ah, Tetsurou!

What are you doing?
I'm making liquid fertiliser with the corpse of my comrades.

It will make beautiful plants.
But you can't do that with the bodies of your friends!

It's so cruel!!!


p169
Why's that?
Why couldn't I use their corpses for making fertiliser?

The dream to turn this planet into a luxurious and full of vegetation place was burning in them.
They all passed away with the wish that their own death could be useful!

And if you don't believe me, look at their faces!

Huh...?


p170
They're all having a big smile of satisfaction...

They all fought with all their might, but they're dead.
Leaving this world was a relief to them.

They were all slaughtered while trying to make this place luxurious...

Now, I'm all alone...

That's why I'm doing my best to make the best fertiliser with my friends...

I'm ploughing, I'm sowing, I'm cultivating the soil...

Soon, plants will grow here!!


p171
The bodies of those who died at work lie in these rock fields of which they're fertiliser...


p172-173
Maetel, during our travel back, I hope this planet will be covered with green.


p174
No one can make fun of someone else's work because it's often the fairer course of action for them...
Gonbe and his friends believed in their future...

There must be a lot of them like that in the universe.
Yes! And maybe that some will find my travel to get a robotic body useless.

Tetsurou remain persuaded that the farmers of Sisyphe were satisfied and that they were way braver than those who spend their life making fun of other's efforts and calling them futile. During the conversation, Maetel kept quiet, then began to smile...
 https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/41714 Translation: Full Metal Panic! Another 3 2015-08-29T17:31:00+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
Reserved for Manga Syndrome


FMPA #03


p111
Chapter 03 : Why the hell do you use real bullets?!

panel: Pavilion of Army's Type 96 Kai


p112
Ooh...
It's completely different from the Daidara...

Closing cockpit. Adjusting the master suit complete.
Wow!!
Reactivation in progress...

It's the AI Adelina told me about!
Wrrrr


p113
beep beep

This unit... the Karamazov...
is moving according the AI indications...
Press the vocal command button... to control it the way you want it...

I leave this shadow to you...
gulp

I leave the...
Hey! Hang in there!
Dad, take care of her!


p114
Alright, I'm gonna try.
I've got nothing to lose...

Wow...


p115
Come one... let's go!
[untranslated sfx]

The commands don't seem really different from the daidara's...

I think we're good to go!


p116
[nada]


p117
Dad! Can you hear me?!
Loud and clear, Tatsuya!
Can you tell me what you're gonna do?

I'm borrowing this for a little time... I'm gonna save Yurika!
wuiiin

What?! Have you lost your mind?!

Wait for me, Yurika... I'm coming!


p118
Your big brother will never abandon you!

Ghh...


p119
Waaaaaah!


p120
You're running too fast! Follow the highway code!

Warning at twelve. Close distance.
!?

And you're only telling me this now?!


p121
[nada]


p122
[nada]


p123
Waaah!
Turn, you idiot, turn!

gasp


p124
So this is an AS...
*To think that a girl like her is driving such a beast...

*It's bolting like a crazy horse on every signal I'm sending...
*How will I manage to fight against a professional soldier...

Grrr


p125
We'll see... I can't let that guy...
keep on his madness!

The hell with this whippersnapper!
What does he think he can do?

So irresponsible!
[untranslated sfx, probably some cracking noise]

How are they doing?


p126
Not really well...

Sakaguchi is still unconscious...
We have nothing to treat him and we can't reach the hospital.

Dammit!
I knew I should have made you take that first aid lesson!

Boss, look!
Hm?


p127
We're here!
Hey!

Shikinami inn.


p128
Pwaaah!

I'm not bad at holding my breath.
Let's see how long I've lasted... Three minutes!
[untranslated sfx]

I've broken my record!
[sfx]
[sfx]

Yurika! This is bad!
[sfx]
Aaah!

W-What's going on, madam?
A ro... ro... ro...


p129
A robot!

A robot?
It must be one of ours, right?

There's no time to lose! Get out of the water, quick!
A robot is coming!
But...
Wait! Why...


p130
[nada]


p131
Yu... ri... ka...
[sfx]

[sfx]

No...

Noooooo!

Heeelp!


p132
Yaaaahaaaaahh!!!


p133
[nada]


p134
[nada]


p135
No! My beautiful pavilion!

Yurika, are you alright?!

Big brother! It's you?!

Yes, it's me, Yurika!


p136
Hurry, Yurika! Get out of here!

Y-Yes...
Let's go!

Come on, handsome, come closer...


p137
Enemy's aiming ongoing, warning.

Waaah!


p138
Waaah!

Light damages detected, no movement hindrance observed.
[sfx]
[sfx]
You bastard!
Why are you using real bullets?!

Big brother...
Lord, I'm begging you, please help Tatsuya...

Come on, take him down!
Stop shooting!
May your name be sanctified...


p139
Hey!
What's going on?!

Argh...

Oh no! He fall!
My spring! What a disaster!

Damn... What should I do...
Warning. Enemy in approach.


p140
Waaah!

That was close!


p141
*Dammit...


p142
Is this the right direction, mister Ichinose?!

That's right! But hurry up!
My son has decided to stop your AS!


p143
[sfx]

Unbelievable...
Leave the command of an AS to the first passing civilian...

Is this the kind of principles you have at DOMS?

Colonel Shimomura...

During World War II...
a lot of soldiers had only experience with tractors...
But a lot of them became expert tank drivers.


p144
But in Japan, we're in time of peace!

.......

In time... of peace?!
Answer me, Lieutenant Sano!
Sano!

Major! Target in sight!


p145
But what is going on down there?

No...
I've never seen such thing...

*A third generation model...
*running away from a second generation one!


p146
Staff comment
(mecha design)
Kanetake Ebikawa
Message from Kanetake Ebikawa
Congratulations! The first volume of FMP! Another is out!
- Taichi's answer: Thank you for all your precious advices to draw at bestthe Shadow. I'm trying to make it the coolest possible! I'd really like to drive an AS!
(mecha design)
Toshiaki Ihara
Message from Toshiaki Ihara
Congrats!
For the first volume of FMP! Another!
Dear Taichi, thank your for all your efforts in drawing those robots in such wonderful way! I'll do my best not to deform your style. Even if I'm not used to differentiate drawing for painting or for manga. My apologies in advance.
- Taichi's answer: Let me tell you that I love your daidara's mechanics and that I'm trying to reproduce it the best way possible! I look forward to challenge myself again in the reproduction of one of your mechanical creations!
 https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/41658 Translation: Galaxy Express 999 30 2015-08-17T16:59:42+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
Reserved for the Andromeda's Train


GE999 ch30


p93
"I've always hated rain. Every time it's raining, I feel dejected and I don't feel like doing anything. I wish I could live my old days on a planet where it never rains." -Ambosseri Kwahela, space hunter who died while fighting 3 Magellan soldiers.
30th stop
Lara and the Double Planet


p94-95
This double planet is really beautiful. A rainbow bridge connects the two parts!!


p96
I never noticed that we were towed by two more locomotives.

To go through this rain, one isn't enough.

Rain?
This rainbow is made of rain drops?


p97
Yes, rain is coming and going between both planets...
And they also share the same atmosphere.

Next stop: complete robotisation... It will last one day, 3 hours and 40 minutes.
Complete robotisation?

No one here is made of flesh. The people are all androids...


p98-99
[nada]


p100
[nada]


p101
Tetsurou... We have no need to get off, but I'd like to show you something that will make you think before getting a robotic body.

But you have to promise me to remain calm...
Will you be able to do it while you're a human made of flesh...

since your birth?
I'll do my best...

...

Miss Maetel...
I'll take a weapon, everything will be fine!

Let's go, Tetsurou! I've loaded some high calibre energy bullets...!!

Is this place that dangerous?


p102
Every opponent you'll face are robotised from head to toes, except for their brains.
Hmm!

I feel like I've been shrunk and put into a mechanism!!
It looks like robots prefer to be surrounded by other machines.


p103
An oil fountain...

An oil tap... Is that fuel?
It's liquid hydrogen that was treated so it doesn't explode. Here, it's a beverage.

Even benches are rigid and not comfortable!!!
It doesn't change the wellbeing of people living here.

Oh, what a naughty boy!
?

You should quickly destroy this human!
Thank you for the advice.

How dare she saying something so mean?!!
She's so pretty though!!!


p104
Men and women are all so pretty here!
This place is so boring.

They're all robotised since their birth.

It only lacks undertakers here...

because no one ever dies.
The last time it happened, it was 200 or 300 years ago.

The population never changed then?!
For the last 200 years, it has not increased nor decreased.

...


p105
Why didn't she serve me as well?

What? Your animal is also drinking tea?

Me, an animal?

My sincere apologies. I thought you were some sort of pig-monkey-crab from Cassiopeia.
A pig-monkey-crag?

I can't believe it!

Pwaah!!


p106
It was liquid hydrogen!!
Did you see that? He hasn't got any liquid hydrogen processor device.

It's a human made of flesh!! He's not robotised yet.

Get out of here, damn rat! It's no place for your like!!
Get back to your jungle!

Biological humans don't need coat, they can walk naked like animals!!
Maetel...

Shall we stuff her and hang her on the wall?
What about keeping only her head?
We could hang the skin too!!

Tetsurou!!
Maetel!!!


p107
It will make a fine stuffed object!!
Beautiful non-robotised women are rare!!!!
Maetel!!!


p108-109
Tetsurou!!!!


p110
You couldn't hold back, Tetsurou?
No...

I remembered how my mother was stuffed by Count Mechanical.
...

I thought that they were all the same as him!!
Monsters that only enjoy toying with other's life and stuffing human beings!!


p111
I wish this planet would be destroyed forever!!

...!!

Have you forgotten what your mother told you...?

Maetel...
Yes?

Do we all become like this when turning into a robot?
Like the Count Mechanical?

Well...

Maetel...


p112
I'm drunk from the liquid hydrogen. I forgot to make you drink override package...

Hold tight, Maetel!!!

When you'll robotise yourself...
When you'll become a robot...

In fact, there's another goal... another goal that...

Whenever humans become androids... or rather, when they're forced to become one...

Maetel!!!!


p113
!!

Don't worry, I'm a cop.
...!!

If you give me the body of that woman, I'll take you to the station.
!!

I'd like to return into a human body.
And what would happen to Maetel?

We just need to switch our minds.


p114
No way!! No way I'm turning Maetel into a robot!!
I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about travelling with you as Maetel!!

But she won't be getting on the train...
it will be me, in her body.

Out of question!!!


p115
What did she try to tell me earlier?

She said that when you become a robot...

What did you want to say, Maetel...?

Tetsurou!!!


p116
Tetsurou!!
Tetsurou!!

Arg...

Yaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

Tetsurou...!

His heart has stopped!!!
It's not beating anymore!!!


p117
Tetsurou...

Tetsurou...

...

!!


p118
Where am I?
In my house. You said that you have drunk a liquid hydrogen override, but it seems your body didn't like it.

My name is Lara. I'm a doctor and I made quite a name of myself.

How is Tetsurou?
He's still unconscious.

His heart hasn't been directly hit, the energy bullet went through his body without exploding.


p119
But what are you doing...?

Can't you see...? I'm about to get into this boy's body.

I can't stand robotised bodies anymore, I want to live again.
Stop!!

If you stop procedure, Tetsurou will die...
If we switch our bodies, he will keep on living.

He could even talk! In fact, I'm only switching our minds.
Stop!!!!


p120
Where am I?
The blood pressure hasn't increased too much... My ear are ringing a little, but everything went well.
...!!


p121
I'm going to the toilets.
Stop! It's embarrassing to say it that way.

But you gave this body to Tetsurou, Lara.
...

Hm!!!

How do you feel?
It's really the end of the world for me.
...


p122-123
See you, Tetsurou! Now, I'll travel as Hoshino Tetsurou...
and you'll live as Doctor Lara.
Don't worry!


p124
Don't try anything funny or something...
or else, I'll kill you!!

And don't ever forget that there are a lot of people ready to pay a fair price to get your body, Maetel.
I know that, Lara.

It's still weird...
This doctor offers us to switch our minds.

I need to get my original body back.

!!


p125
All the exit are locked...

It's getting hotter.

It's a real sauna!!!

Doctor Lara's office temperature is increasing all of a sudden!!
To all firemen in the 8th district, please head to this location.

What are you doing, Lara?
I preferred to get rid of my old body...

But Tetsurou's mind is still inside...
Whatever!


p126
I see... So that was your intention from the start, Lara...

Tetsurou!!!

Don't get inside, it's dangerous, your body might overheat!!!!

Tetsurou!!!


p127
Lara's operating room is shot!!

It won't be possible to switch back Tetsurou and Lara's minds...

I can't move.
Serves you right!

Tetsurou...
Yes?!

Do you feel able to keep travelling in this body?
...!!

...


p128
No way...!!
I want my body!!

Even if I have short legs and that I'm not handsome, I prefer my body.

The one that my parents gave me, their blood is running through my veins!!
It contains the memory of all the experiences I've lived so far!!

I would never exchange it!!


p129
I get it, Tetsurou...
But there's another way to switch our bodies.
Is that so?!

Mestor, one of my friends, has a device that can do it.
Is he doctor too?

He doesn't have diploma. He's doing it illegally.

panel: Mestor

Hm! Lara, you managed to transfer yourself into this body!!
It's the easiest way to get on board of the Galaxy Express.


p130
My turn, now!!!
I'm going to take Maetel's body, and we'll travel together!!
You deceived us!!!

Tetsurou, close your eyes.
Huh?!

I have this planet from the bottom of my heart.
I wish it to disappear forever!!

I want all its robotised inhabitants who toy with body and mind of people to be eliminated forever!!
I won't forget those who mistreat the heart of others!


p131
Waah!!!

Arg!

You're going to reverse the process!!
Transfer Tetsurou's mind back in his body and Lara's one in hers!!!

You shouldn't have brought them here. It caused trouble to me too!
No, no!! I wanna leave this planet, I want to get on board of the Galaxy Express with this living body!!


p132
Help me!!
Ah!!

Yeah, I'm myself again!! I miss it...

I'm going to kill you!!

Take that!!


p133
Let's hurry!!!

If I win this random game, you'll have to give me your body.
Ok, we'll exchange!!!
How foolish!!

Go ahead, Tetsurou, I'll come later.
?

I was worried. I feared that you would miss the departure.

Where is miss Maetel?
She will arrive soon.

There she is!!!

You arrived right on time for the departure.
So I made it.


p134
What an awful planet!

After their robotisation, are all men becoming like that?
They're not human anymore then...

Nor machines...
instead, they're monsters!

Yes, monsters made by science, Tetsurou.

Should I really become a robot?
What do you think?
Well...


p135
Men can live at best about hundred years...In the end, they don't fulfil much during their lives...
But with a robotised body that lasts several millenniums, you can then live a lot of adventures!

But... I really wonder which solution I should choose...
The road is still long, you'll have plenty of time to think it over.

I'll always be by your sides...
until you get a robotic body...

Tetsurou...
Yes?

Your body's warmth is really pleasant!
Err... Yes, yes!! Yours too, Maetel!!

Ah!!


p136-137
[nada]


p138
The energy control of the robotised city has unfortunately broken down...
...

Earlier, when Maetel got angry...
she seemed so sad...

She told me to close my eyes.

She didn't want me to see the explosion of the twin planets...?

What if it was really the case, so who the hell is Maetel?

In space, some lights are coming from long gone planets. Tetsurou told Maetel that he finds this light really sad...
What would remain of him once he will be dead? This idea made him sad. Meanwhile, myriads of stars kept on shining through Galaxy Express window.
 https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/41657 Translation: Galaxy Express 999 29 2015-08-17T16:58:02+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
Reserved for the Andromeda's Train


GE999 #29


p59
Next stop: the continent of Sakezan. It will last 3 hours and 10 minutes.
*Note: Sakezan is a portmanteau for sake (alcohol) and Tarzan.

The continent of Sakezan?

There lives some sort of Tarzan that drinks a lot of alcohol.
They say that this planet represents every man's dream.

It's true that the jungle is thick, just like Tarzan's one.
29th stop : The Continent of Sakezan
This planet is covered with thick and boundless vegetation.


p60-61
"If a man could live in complete freedom, he would definitely be the happiest of all. He wouldn't need to make out good from evil." -Planetaria Papillonet, escapee from a space jail


p62
Beware, the train will leave no matter what in 3 hours and 10 minutes...

And be careful about Sakezan too!

Is he violent?
You bet he is. They say that he's cruel too...

He has a hard time understanding people who wants to get robotised.

Here we are in the kingdom of Sakezan.
Is it his kingdom?!

I'm kinda thirsty...
There's nothing to drink here.


p63
You shouldn't drink the water of this pond infested with germs.

We should just ask some alcohol to monkeys.
To monkeys?

Ouh!!
What is he doing?

But if we drink this alcohol, Sakezan will be mad after us.

Me want to taste alcohol of monkey on tree.
Alcohol!!!

Alcohol!!!
What? Are they speaking our language?

Alcohol!!!
Sakezan taught them.

Is that monkey's alcohol?
You can drink it without fear.


p64
Amazing! They're the one who made it...?
Every living creature is our cousin. Don't be so picky!

...

Delicious!!!

Sakezan is really fussy about the taste of alcohol.

I'd gladly take more!

In the end, this place is far more amusing that I thought.


p65
...


p66
Monkey alcohol all for Sakezan. Thieves make Sakezan angry.


p67
sfx: Sakezaaaaaaaan!

Maetel!!!


p68
I need a weapon!!

Miss Maetel got kidnapped?!

It's no use fighting Sakezan with a gun.
100,000 monkeys are under his command.
100,000?!

But I gotta rescue Maetel!!

Sakezan is thinking like a "man among men". Furthermore, he's drinking: it's really dangerous!!

In that case, maybe I can talk to him...

... If only...


p69
There are monkeys everywhere here!


p70
They're all drunk, I have nothing to fear...
Ouuuuuh!

Argh!!!
Ouuch!!!

You do it.
Me give alcohol you.

Ouh! Ouh! Ouh!

sfx: Sakezaaaaaaaaan!


p71
Arg!!!

...

!!


p72
Is he Sakezan?

In the end, I'm doing better than you.

Sakezan strong!! Sakezan powerful!!
Argh...

sfx: Sakezaaaan!


p73
Ouh!


p74
Me lock you!

...

You bring alcohol to Sakezan!!
!!

Ouh!
Maetel!!!


p75
sfx: Zzzzzzzzzzz


p76-77
sfx: Zzzzzzzzzzz
What will happen to me...?


p78
?

Who are you?

Not so loud, or you will awake Sakezan.
??

My name is Liza, if you want to escape, it's now or never.
You'd let me go?

Are you a passenger of the Galaxy Express?
Yes.

So, please take me with you! I want to leave this planet!!

I know well that without a ticket, you're not allowed to go on it...
... But as a survivor, they might let me. Please help me, I'm begging you...


p79
Liza... how did you end up here?
Long time ago, my ship crashed on this planet. Ever since, I live with Sakezan...

But if I escape now, he will let me go...

because Maetel will take my place!

Maetel!!

There's nothing we can do for her! If she moves, Sakezan will wake up.
But we need to help Maetel!


p80
...

...

Everything's fine... Hurry up and go...!

Maetel!!

sfx: Zzzzzzz

Let's go...

...


p81
For common people, it's hard to go out like Tarzan.

Thankfully, the monkeys are all drunk asleep...
We manage to escape. Now we need to get back to the train and get my weapon!!


p82
Sakezaaaaaaaaaaan!


p83
Ouch!!!

Shoot, he caught up with us but Liza manage to escape.

Alcohol!!
It will be hard to fool this one!

Sakezan happy with you!!

But I won't let that happen!!

I won't rest till I'd try everything!


p84
The tree's trunk is really soft.

Sakezan must be just above me!!

Take this!!

Ouuuuuuuuuuuch!!

I hope it has calmed you up. I'm bringing Maetel back with me.

You dead!!!

You wanna fight!!

Me fight!!!


p85
...

Arg...
Tetsurou!!!

Dammit...!!


p86
Ah...


p87
...
What am I doing on board of the train?
A beast has dropped you through the window.

Ah! I need to do something about Maetel!!

It's way too late!
Why?

The train is leaving in 5 minutes, you don't have enough time.
No way! I can't leave Maetel here!!

...


p88
This young woman is a survivor, we'll let her off at the next stop.
...

And Maetel...?

!!

????
????

Here I am... Forgive me for the trouble I caused you...


p89
Why is he letting you go so easily...?
He told me that he didn't want to kidnap the friend of a strong man.

A strong man?
He was talking about you, Tetsurou.

Me?

He told me that you would probably become really close friends. Sakezan was starting to like you...

He ask me to tell you to give up on trying to robotise your body...
and to live in nature while drinking alcohol...

...
Ouh!


p90
Sakzan!!

Ouh!!!

If Liza really wanted to escape, she would have done it long ago. But she's in love of Sakezan...

If I never get the chance to become an android...
I'd like to see Sakezan again...

because he must be the luckiest man of the whole universe!

Yes, he must be the happiest man...

Ouh!
Ouh!
Ouh!
Ouh!
Ouh!


p91
Ouh!!!
Ouh!!!
Ouh!!!
Ouh!!!
Ouh!!!
Ouh!!!


p92
Brave men are spread along the universe. But all of them agree on the fact that only Sakezan is a true man...
 https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/41596 Translation: Galaxy Express 999 28 2015-08-03T17:38:14+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
Reserved for The Andromeda's Train


GE999 #28


p41
"Nobody likes to see its own faults being blamed for. But there are in the universe a great number of mirrors that reflect our weaknesses." -Spencer Treming, space writer
28th Stop
Idle One's Mirror


p42-43
It looks like a negative Mars.
From here to Andromeda, the people of some planets like this one can look like mirrors...


p44
[nada]


p45
[nada]


p46
This place looks like the Earth if it had reached its peak.

Meanwhile, the Earth became strange...
Yes! People started to get robotised...

But people have manage to mastered machines.
In books, there is no one to write anything.
It's absolutely free of danger here: it's a really quiet place...

Are you getting off alone? I'm not sure it's a good idea...
Maetel told me that this place was safe though.

I'm recommending against doing that!
I'll still go!!!


p47
?
?

Please get on.

Where do you wish to go?
Oh! Neat!

Drive me to the liveliest place of the town.
Understood.

Lively places are the most interesting.
Understood.


p48
?
I'm sorry, but I asked for a lively place.
That is the place.


p49
But there aren't a single child here!!

It's the liveliest place of the town, there are even some shops.
You can't say that when it's deserted!!

Shall I take a drink...
panel: Coffee

Wow! An automatic door, it's been a long time I haven't seen any!
Welcome!!!

I'll take a multifruits juice please.
Very well!

Please insert money in the central hole on the table. It will be 10 yen.
It's really cheap...

...


p50
I feel like I'm a machine drinking oil too.

Are you done?
Huh? Er... Yes.

Thank you for your patronage!
I feel like I'm being chased away...

Where do you wish to go now?
A place where people live in great number.

It's really handy after all.

You've arrived.
?!


p51
Here's Bed Town, a residential district. People are at their home.
They're all houses...

... I can't see a soul here.

Get in! It's open!

Please excuse me...


p52
??

Please forgive me, I'm filling up all my house. It was my leg you bumped into.
!!

Your leg...?
I'm sorry...


p53
So they're locked in their house?
Yes, humans live that way.

They live that way...!!

What's going on? Something has fallen?
Some house has exploded!!


p54
Why has it exploded?

This kind of incidents happens sometimes.
Ah...

People will surely get out to see what's happening. Bring me there!
I don't think it's really respectful for the other, but if that's what you really want, I'll drive you there...

!!


p55
Nice to meet you! How are you?
Since I wasn't able to sleep, I inflate my body and that's what happened. I'm sorry.
Wow!!!


p56
The wind is scratching my skin. Is it the same for you too?
What will happen to you now that your house is destroyed?

I'm not worried, the government will build a whole new one for me.
Is there any carpenter nearby?

I just need to think about a new house and some robots will intercept my brainwaves and they automatically build one for my size.
We don't have anything to do. We just live.

Beware! Since the weather is fine today, houses explode here and there!
What?!


p57
I took some weight again.
Lately, food isn't really good.
Rebuild have started, let's ask for a beautiful house!
Your skin has gotten back its shining appearance when getting thicker...
One of the pillars of my house was bothering me. But it's still here!


p58
Humans would've become like this if they hadn't lost against the robots?
No one on this planet wanted to become an android, and yet, they all live really long.

And to say that idlers squeeze themselves in those houses.
I wonder if the sloth who lives in my heart looks like them. This planet might reflect what I really am...

Sometimes, you do not like the image reflected by the mirror. If it could reflect your own heart, you would get an even more unbearable feeling. Tetsurou made the wish to not contemplate its reflect this way anymore.
 https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/41568 Translation: Galaxy Express 999 27 2015-07-26T22:19:28+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
Reserved for The Andromeda's Train


GE999 #27


p5
A great bandit, who was getting himself talked about a lot once, said: "Since my heart is pure, fair and beautiful, I'll live in space in a pure, fair and beautiful way." Then, he got hanged. But those who thought themselves pure, fair and beautiful, applauded while congratulating at the thief execution.
First stop [or Twenty-Seventh]
The Land of Penance


p6-7
Maetel!! Can't you hear some bell ring coming from tis planet?
Its inhabitants have turned acoustic waves into gravitational ones that can even be sensed in space.


p8
Next stop: the land of Penance. It will last 2 weeks 6 hours 21 minutes and 32 seconds...
The Galaxy Express' board has booked a room for you in a very comfortable hotel.

The bell ring fits perfectly with the beautiful name of this planet.

A fearful beauty, Tetsurou...

People don't like when travellers hear the bell...

sfx: ding dong


p9
It seems like very peaceful houses, though!


p10
It's a very beautiful town with a lot of flowers.
Absolutely!!!

The air is constantly being shuffled and since there are no car there, we'll have to walk to the hotel.
??

Mister Inspector!!
What are you doing here?


p11
I got a few days off.
So you're on holidays?

During Galaxy Express travel, I can only rest one and only one time...
... And since I can't choose when, it has to be now...

I would have preferred a livelier planet...
Poor Inspector!

Have you chosen a hotel?
Yes, well, mine is a quite more modest than yours...

Take care...
Have a good holidays!!!

Well, yes, we should always beware of shady places.


p12
!!
What's going on?

The inspector is in danger!!

Maetel!!!
Wait here!!

You really think I would stay here? I'm coming too!


p13
Ah!!


p14
Are you alright?
I have been stolen.

They took everything!!!
Fortunately, they've at least spared your life.

We need to call the police.

I wonder why this planet is "pure" and "fair".

We'll accompany you to your hotel...
But they even took my booking ticket...

I'll have to go back to the train. That was my only holidays, though.

Do you want to stay at our hotel? I'll invite you.
But I can't.

Usually, you're the one who's taking care of us and furthermore, it will be funnier to do some sightseeing together.
I will never forger your kindness!!!


p15
panel: Hotel Cleanliness

The place is really clean, no doubt about it...


p16
I've prepared the bathroom so you can enjoy it before meal.
What?!

I... I... I won't take a bath. Go on! I'll stay here!
It's good for your body, you know.

I don't like them... I can really get by without it...

The phone's ringing?

A meeting? With me? At the centre hall... Yes, yet...

Tetsurou and me have to go to the hall, you can take a bath.
I'll go alone...

We're going to take some coffee and relax ourselves, so take all the time you need.
Ah, if I'm all alone, then it's fine...


p17
I wonder what the inspector looks like under his clothes.
Well...

Maybe there's nothing at all beneath those clothes!

Ah...
Waaah!!


p18
!


p19
Maetel and Tetsurou are in the control room. Perfect!
There's only the inspector left.


p20
panel: Bathroom

Who's there? Is that you miss Maetel?


p21
Ahhhh! No, don't come in!! Please don't open the door!! Don't look at me!!


p22
Stop it!!

I'm a member of the 13th service seconded to the control of cleanliness...
!!!


p23
sfx: Ahhhhhhhh


p24
Agent G from the 13th service seconded has entered the bathroom where is the inspector. Everything is going according the plan...
Bring those two to the elimination chamber!!!


p25-26
Activate the screen in order not to draw attention...
High roads are too much watched, use only underway.
Set the computer on maximum alert.


p27
Tetsurou...
What happened, Maetel?

You'll know soon enough.
No matter what, don't oppose any resistance. Everything will be all right. Leave it to me!

Are you invincible? Don't you fear anyone?

You'll know soon.


p27
Identification in elimination room... Control of the energy spot.

We erase from people's memory any incident that occurs on our planet.


p28
Elimination... Elimination!! Erase everything!!


p29
Maetel...!!
...

Urgh...


p30
Perfect, eject them!

...

Are you alright?
Yes, yes!!!


p31
Weird...
... I remember something about our memory being erased...
... Yet, I remember everything perfectly.

This planet's machines have no effect on us.

I know that you've protected me, but I don't know how...
I put some antiradiation device on your forehead, Tetsurou.

!!

I see. It's really effective...
... I'd need a lot more of them.

If you want, I can put some everywhere on your body.
No, no, I was joking!!!


p32
Let's get back to the hotel Cleanliness!!!

Shoot! The memory formating hasn't worked on these two!!
They're really dangerous! We need to eliminate them!!!


p33
[nada]


p34
Tetsurou!!

Maetel...
Everything's fine, everything's fine!!

But what are we going to do if they come back?
I hope I can protect you...


p36
!!


p37
Mister Inspector!!
Let's hurry back to the train. The cleanliness inspection is after us!!

Has anyone seen you in the bath?
What happened, inspector?
Ah... Er...

... A woman came to kill me, but she lost consciousness when seeing me naked...
I took the opportunity to get some information from her about your location.

I'm scared... I'm scared...
Have you seen the devil itself?

The reality on this planet is different from the other.
There are good and bad people and some are even capable of the worst...

... And it's perfectly natural in a human society. That's what making its existence fascinating...


p38
... But here, everything is made to make travellers think that inhabitants are all pure, just and beautiful.

And that's why they ring a bell that can be heard in space...
... and all their public relations are following the same way.

How painful it would be...
to live in a world with only saints...!

My stop wasn't peaceful at all: I had a lot of cold sweats.

We'd like to talk with you. Please get off the train!!
We'll offer you a delicious meal...

and you'll stay in the best hotel of the planet.

If you get off, we'll do our best to make your dreams come true.


p39
They can't do anything to us as long as we're on the Galaxy Express. All they can do...
is trying to make an impression on us with their speech.

Farewell, pure, fair and beautiful beings...

Farewell, saints living on a planet that is maintaining a pure, fair and beautiful lie...!!
....

You'll live in this hell forever!

Ah! Please...
Please don't reveal that you've been assaulted by a thief!

Don't damage the reputation of our wonderful planet!
We're begging you!!!


p40
I'm glad to live in a real world.
Me too!!!

If there were a world filled with saints, it might be called "hell"... https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/41532 Translation: Galaxy Express 999 26 2015-07-19T13:01:39+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
Reserved for The Andromeda's Train


GE999 #26


p187
They say that trains follow their rails without straying. They also say the same about the Galaxy Expresses which are supposed to be perfect... But on his deathbed, a space train engineer confessed, "there is nothing like perfection in space"...
6th Stop
Queen Emeraldas, the Pirate Ship

Don't you think the train is acting weirdly, Maetel?
They're busy hanging a special wagon.


p188-189
[nada]


p190
Why are they adding an armoured wagon?
Because there are many pirates around here...

Pirates?!

If only it could be captain Harlock.

But captain Sharknotane is a pale copy...
Those who are satisfied with copycatting quality pirates without having the same determination can never get near the Galaxy Express.

Only the most brave of them will try to attack us...
That's why we need to spare their anger, otherwise they become ferocious opponent. If they engage in combat, it's too late... Underestimating them might cause your own death...

I heard that the way of Galaxy Express is totally safe...
Once, a bandit managed to get on board, so there's nothing perfect in space.

And about my robotic body...?
You might get one, but to know that, you'll have to go there.

Mom often says that I shouldn't judge a book on its cover.
Your mother was really someone...

I guess that there are soldiers in the armoured wagon.
No, because it's piloted by a robot that can make its own decision.

It destroys those who attack the train without any mercy.
Eh?!


p192
Oh, a blackout!!!
The light are shut so we can't get seen.

But with radar, it's useless.
It's better than being exposed.

You mean that pirates are humans?
Yes, because it's easy to face robotised humans or androids...

... But it's impossible to predict changing intents of humans...

Waah!!!

Ah, this is you, Mr. Inspector.
Forgive me, I wanted to lower stores...

It's boring to have lowered stores without light.
Quite the opposite, when the pirates will appear, it will become interesting.


p193
[nada]


p194
Pirates are currently flying in the same direction as the train, but from lower.

I wanna see them!
You can see them from the junction between two wagons.

I'll go!! I can't help it.
You'll eventually see them from up close anyway...

That's true, I can see them underneath.
We are surrounded by the train barriers. Air isn't getting away, even if there is some hole...

I can only see some fireball with a long trail. I wonder what is the shape of the spaceship.
It's at 20 universal km from here, you can only make out their shape under 5 km.


p195
What's that noise?
Gravitational waves are coming.

Gravi-what?
A fearsome pirate weapon.

Waah!


p196
The train suddenly change its trajectory!!!


p197
This is bad! A control device has been hit!
It's controlling the train at distance.

Ahaha... Whatever, since we are in an armoured wagon!!


p198
The range of the cannons isn't enough!!!

All resistance is futile!!!
If you persist, I'll destroy the whole train!!

But it's a female voice, it might be some kind pirate.
It's Emeraldas!!!

Emeraldas, the woman pirate!!

The famous Emeraldas, merciless, who's never shedding tears nor blood...
I'm scared!!


p199
[nada]


p200
Aren't you hungry, Tetsurou?
Why are you asking me that now?

You won't be in full shape if you don't eat beforehand...

And Emeraldas won't forgive you.
If you don't have enough physical strength, you'll die!

We'll take two beefsteaks.
Yes!

Look! That's the shining man who got on at "Firefly Mariko"...
He's shaking like a leaf!

Is that good?
Yes, but in such a moment, I don't even feel the taste.

But just the fact of eating is giving you courage.


p201
Tetsurou... During the fight against Emeralda, I'll be the one the most in danger.
Huh?

Women are harsh towards other women...
Even if they can be tolerant towards men, they're merciless against their fellows.

In animal world, combats opposing same gender opponent are often full of bravery...
The same goes even in space and for humans...

Jewel, the pirate planet...


p202
Here's a mysterious planet with an unknown orbit...
The planet of freedom which is absolutely impossible to locate on a space map!!


p203
It's far from being soft landing.

A flying object is coming!
That's Emeraldas pirate spaceship: the Queen Emeraldas.

Resistance is futile!! You'd better cooperate...


p204
When the desolate soil of Jewel, the planet of pirates, is swayed by a thick cloud of gold powder, you can hear the Queen Emeraldas, piloted by its pirate captain, splitting the wind. People say that it's the scream of the this witch riding the skies*...
*This expression is often used in "The Ring of the Nibelungen" when it is about Walkyries, the maiden riding the skies.


p205
The flying object is 1km above us!!!

Is this the Queen Emeraldas?
Yes, it's in this ominous ship that is moving this pirate woman...
I'm scared!! I'm scared!!
What should I do?!


p206-207
[nada]


p208
Every passenger and employee, get off the train, now!!!

It can't be helped.

Tetsurou, you're forgetting your weapon!!!
But the pirate might...

She just asked us to get off.
She never said to come unarmed, that's one rule of piracy.

Ah, I see!!!


p209
I said everyone off the train!! Even the man still on board!!


p210
It's the shining man!!
The coward who got on at "Firefly Mariko"...

This is my last warning, get off right away!!!

Uh...

What will Emeraldas do if he doesn't obey?
She can as well kill us all...

What an idiot!!!
It's too late now.

...


p211
[nada]


p212
...

Waah!!!


p213
!!


p214
Welcome, both of you...
You're on board of the Queen Emeraldas and you'd better give up on your life.


p215
Boss!!

Did you call me "boss"?
Yes!

You'll clean the toilet for the next two years.
How many times do I have to repeat myself? Call me "captain"!

Understood...
Are you unhappy with it? Would you prefer the electric whip?

Please forgive me.

My name is Maetel... and this is my friend Hoshino Tetsurou.
Hm...


p216
I'm on my way to the planet where robotic bodies are free.
I did nothing to you, then why causing us troubles?

Do you really seek a robotic body?!

Once I'll get one, I'll go back on Earth because there are things I need to deal with there!!

You're a kind boy, Tetsurou...

Take it!

...

...


p217
I wasn't talking to you!! Don't be so self-centered!!!

You're no match for me, Emeraldas the great pirate!!

I was talking to you, Maetel!!!
I'm challenging you according piracy rules.


p218
If you win, you will be able to get back on the train.

But if you lose...
... you'll have to reveal your secrets!!

What is your true purpose...
... the reason why you got on board of the Galaxy Express.

I'm in!

But Tetsurou has nothing to do with that. Even if I lose, you have to promise me that you'll let him go.

Quite the opposite, he's deeply involved in this matter, Maetel!!
Tell him, Maetel!!!


p219
Tetsurou is your...
!!

... Hm, I feel that you're ready for a fight, now!!
Get closer! I won't ever lose to such a delicate woman!!

Maetel!


p220
Ah! Ah! Ah! Miss Maetel!!!

Oh my god!!!


p221
Maetel!!!
Hm! It was way too brief for you, Maetel!! It wasn't a very enthralling combat!!


p222-223
I... I can't believe it!! Miss Maetel...


p224
Move back up Maetel's body!!!

It's useless, Tetsurou!! If you try to resist, you'll end up like Maetel!!


p225
Tetsurou!! I need to speak with you. Follow me to my room...
...

Maetel is dead. It's useless to think about dead people...
We're getting her body back up and we'll take care of her.

How many time do I have to say that resistance is futile?

But if you want, I can reduce you to ashes, Tetsurou!!


p226
Come in!

Since I have very good taste, I turned the Queen Emeraldas into my fortress.
Do you want some wine? Red one? Or white one?
...

I need to ask you one question. You said that you wanted to go to the planet where you'll receive a robotic body...
Why going so far as giving up on your biological body to become an android?


p227
Because I want to be immortal!!
Once it'll be the case, I'll take care of what I need to do on Earth!!

I need to avenge my mother who was stuffed by Count Mechanical!!

I see...
This is strange, because it's the opposite for me, I want to leave this robotic body to integrate a human envelope!!

Hm.. But don't worry...
... I'm not after your ugly body.

The one I want is...

Maetel's body!!!

!!


p228
Look!!!

...!!

Maetel!!!

I put her on an operating table . I'm going to transfer my heart into her body...


p229
Ah, too late!! Where is Emeraldas?

Dammit, all the doors are locked!!

I absolutely need to prevent that!!

?

This door is opened, I wonder where it leads.


p230
!


p231
When entering a lady's room, you need to take off your hat and close the door behind you, young man...
Huh?

Who are you?
I'm captain Emeraldas, this ship belongs to me...

E... Emeraldas?
Why are you so surprised? I did nothing to you.

But then, who is this Emeraldas hidden behind a black mask?
This is one of my substitute android...

An android, but then...
Yes, she's entirely artificial and built from scratch, it's a mere machine.

That's why she wanted Maetel's body!!
Maetel?


p232
Maetel is on this ship...

But...
The substitute androids have changed their mind.

Then we need to act fast!!

I'll open the gate of the operating table.

Hurry!
Roger that!!!

Now the door is opened.

Ah!!


p233
Maetel!!
I'm fine, Tetsurou! Stay behind me!!


p234
I won't let you!! Die!!

Hm!

I'm immortal!!!


p235
Maetel, why have you lost so easily during our first combat?

The real Emeraldas would never try to kill me!

Ah!!!


p236
Don't look at me, idiots!! Don't look at me! Don't look! Don't look!!
No matter how many times I shoot, I can only damage her black coat.


p237
Ah!!!

Maetel!! Tetsurou!! The ship is about to land!! When we'll be on the ground, you'll be able to get off.
Emeraldas!!!


p238
!!

Farewell, Maetel! We'll see each other again somewhere in space!! Till then, take care!!


p239
Why didn't she show herself if you're her friend,
Because you never show yourself to a rival weakened by illness, Tetsurou...

... Or maybe that she was ashamed that her substitute androids took too much liberties with the Queen Emeraldas.
Even if she was healthy, she might have refused to see me.

But despite all, I wish her to recover quickly.
Rivals are giving our lives some more spice, Tetsurou!

And even if she would be ill till the end of her life...
... I think that Emeraldas will always be happier than me...

... Because she's travelling free, following her wished, on the sea of space...
... Unlike me, I'm only following the way imposed by the rails of the Galaxy Express...

My fate is linked to this way...
and I'm not ready to die until a long time...
...


p240
The beauty and the gifts offered by nature are getting old and eventually disappear, this is the fate of every life in the universe. Now, no one knows where is going Emeraldas, the pirate woman. And even by knowing that she couldn't have ran away, Maetel will never forget Emeraldas fierce fight against her own destiny... https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/41503 Translation: Galaxy Express 999 25 2015-07-12T16:35:20+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
Reserved for The Andromeda's Train


GE999 #25


p151
From afar, it's an Earth-like planet just like many others.

But from closer, you can see some sort of golden dust moving on the surface at night...
25th Stop [or 5th Stop]
The Streets of Kei


p152
This planet is really beautiful with all this golden dust flying on its surface...!


p153
You feel like in a dream. What is shining like that?
This planet is as strange as a dream... But still, it's real...


p154
Next stop will be "Firefly Mariko", it will last two days and one night...
Good!! We will have the opportunity to spend a night here. It's impossible to truly grasp this place during daytime.

It looks like the light grains heard the train whistle and are looking at us right now...
That's exactly the case, they're staring at the train...


p155
Are they those lights we can see up there?
No, all the street lamps are fixed.


p156
The standard of living seems pretty high here.

The inhabitants have similar comfort as you can find on Earth.

But here the difference between rich and poor is far more cruel.

That's because of...
Please forgive me.

Do you have any cloth that needs to be washed? I can take care of them if you want. I can also get rid of your trash.
Thank you, but we have already cleaned our clothes with the automatic washing machine on the train.


p157
I see... So you have nothing for me...

...

Err, Maetel, have we received some money when getting off the train?
Yes, you want to give her a tip? I'm not sure she will accept it...

Hey!! Please wait!!

Yes?
Here...


p158
What do you want from me in exchange?
But nothing...

I'm not a beggar. I'm not the kind of person who would accept money without doing anything in return.

...
But I just wanted to...

Please excuse me for having hurt your feelings.

She didn't want it?
I was wrong thinking hat she would accept just a part of it.

On Earth, I was also living like a beggar...


p159
I needed money, but mom was always saying...
"you need to work with all your might to earn a living"...

I would also be ashamed to receive something from someone without nothing in return. I would only have needed to work if I needed something...

Even if my body was paralysed by fatigue, I still had to gather my energy to keep on working, to earn my living by the sweat of my brow...
I would have surely prefered death over charity...

That's how my mother raised me...
... And I also think that it's fairer this way.

I hope I haven't hurt her feeling too much, Maetel.
You haven't!!!

Come in!


p160
Please go out with me tonight!!!
You will be able to buy something if you want.

You will just have to give me only one coin, no, just half of it would be enough. Please...

...

She's really brave. She must really have gathered all her might and forgotten her sense of shame...

paper : {
I will be at my apartment at 9pm.
Freia
}

At 9pm, tonight...

It's rather ambiguous to go at a girl's place at night with money in hands...
Don't you think, Maetel?

And yet...


p161
What should I do?

...

...

I need to take care of some business, I will come back around midnight. You'll just have to go to bed ahead of me.

The train is leaving tomorrow at 9am.
Don't be late.


p162
Take care!!!

...

...

It must be okay now...

Let's go...!


p163
!!

It's Maetel!!!

She's reading a magazine, it's not what she told me.
She left me alone so I can be free of my choice.

Please forgive me, Maetel!

This way!!!


p164
It's pitch dark in the lower districts.

Ah!!!

Was that a car? It looked like a giant firefly.

It's here...


p165
You came!
Yes, but...

Come in!

Waaah!!!

I intend to become an animation movie maker.
I've yet to produce one, but I'm sure I will someday.

What did you want to sell to me?


p166
Here's the storyboard that is telling the story of my only friend: my pet cat.

It was my only friend.

Please buy it!

But without it, you won't be able to produce your movie, right?

It was my dearest friend.
I can't photocopy it because it costs too much.

I want you to buy it because it's the most precious thing I have.
...

My cat keep on living in my heart and it's okay if I part with this storyboard...


p167
One day, I will definitely revive my friend into an animate form...
... by putting all my heart in it...

Can I give it a look?
Of course, and please buy it if you like it!

If you don't want it, you won't owe me anything.

!!

?!

??

A blackout!!!


p168
Ah!!!
But what the hell are you? Are you human?
Don't look at me! Close your eyes and get out of here!


p169
I see!! In those dark places, the bodies of this planet inhabitants shine just like fireflies!!!
This golden dust that was shining at the surface of the planet, what I saw from the train was actually from the people!


p170-171
Yes... And at our birth, we discover how we shine... We judge people's beauty or ugliness based on their brilliance and it inflects on everyone's fate...


p172
The most beautiful are the ones of which the whole body is shining evenly.

Those with irregular brilliance like me are the ugliest...
So there's no way I'll get a good job someday.

And if you ever try to live normally despite all, the others make you regret your choice...

Someone like you who comes from a world where nothing shines cannot understand.

About look, me too, I...
All is fine, you can go back home!

You can take the storyboard with you, and please buy it if you like it, or else don't... I will join you at your hotel tomorrow.


p173
I've never heard of a planet where fireflymen live.

Waah!!

Wow!! There are even people who don't shine at all?

You're so ugly you can't even call yourself "human". Hurry up and die!!!

Shut up!! I'm perfectly normal on my planet!!!


p174
Maybe, but here, without any radiance, you can't even be a pet! You're worst than a cockroach!!
What did you say?!

You can say whatever you want, I don't care, I'm going back to the hotel!
Ah... I see.

Don't ever show your damn face here again!!
What an idiot! I want to rip his head off!

That's not streetlamps, but human beings...

Those who don't shine or live poorly in the street or under some bridge trying to survive only because of their appearences...
From the sky, I thought it was a marvelous planet, but it's way worse than Earth!!
I feel so happy by your sides tonight...
Yes, I want this moment to last forever.
Phew, I've eaten too much.
Let's throw the rest! We have way enough anyway.


p175
This planet deserves to be completely destroyed!!!

What did you say?! Stop right away!!
I can say whatever I want, right?

Are you some traveler?
I'm armed, so if you feel like bothering me, I can shoot you down with one shot.

You're from the Ga... Galaxy Express 999...
It's okay then, but beware of what you're saying.
I'll try to remember.

I really hate this planet!!!


p176
Miss, your friend has come back about two hours ago.
Thank you.

?


p177
What's going on, Tetsurou?
Ah!! Maetel, is that you?!

That's nothing, nothing at all.

Did you see Freia?
Yes, she gave me a storyboard...

Is that so? Does she want to produce an anime?
Yes!

It's a storyboard about the story of some cat that was her only friend.
It's a really beautiful story, I couldn't stop crying during the saddest parts.

She made you promise to buy it if you'd like it.
Yes!

And are you going to buy it?
Of course, it's a beautiful work.

Very well... She will surely feel your honesty.
Yes. But while we were together, there was a blackout...


p178
And did you see her...
As for me, I didn't care much, but Freia was really feeling uneasy...

Why do people's value must depend on their way of shining?
It's a conceited planet, deeply bound to beauty of appearance.

The city light arising beautifully disappoint strangers too. [I'm not really sure of what she meant here, but that's what the French translation means litterally]

People who don't shine cannot see this scenery of such vanity...


p179
Tetsurou...

Ah, it's you, Freia!!
Have you read the storyboard?

Yes, I'm buying it, here's for you!
Good then, I have nothing more to say.

Two coins...!!

The galaxy train society gave them to us, I'm also giving back your storyboard.
Huh?


p180
So that's it, you're not buying it, you're just making charity.

No, not at all, as promised, I've bought your storyboard.

But you will need it someday to turn it into an anime. You will need it even if you think that you have everything in your head...

... And when your anime will be done and you won't need it anymore, you'll just have to send it to me.
I know that someday, I will watch it in some space movie theater, the movie about your cat friend...

... And I'll think about you and this storyboard, and I will shed a tear one more time for this cat!!

My eyes are all red because I cried so much when reading it last night.


p181
... Thank you, Tetsurou!

...

Everything is dealt with then. It will soon be departure time.

I wonder where I will see Freia's film.
Probably on your way back, when you'll have your robotic body.


p182
What are you doing here?! You and your body that are hardly shining!!
I came to bid farewell to a friend...

Freia!!!
You're not in the lower districts here.
I just came to...

Shut up! Go back to your slums!!!

Wait!!

!!
You're the one who bumped into me and insulted me last night?!

Are you taking this train?
Indeed.

Good then. But before getting on board, you'll fight against me!!


p183
I'm challenging you!!
Is it really a gun you have on your belt? Then draw it!! Don't hesitate to shoot at me!!


p184
But no... Wait... I... no!

I get it!! Please stop!! I was wrong, easy there!

Why are you leaving this place? In a universe without rules, your shining body, your tall height and your pretty face won't be of any use.
What you need to survive is courage and confidence in your own abilities...

If you feel good only because of your radiance, then don't ever leave this planet!!

That's how I understood he was the one who bumped into me yesterday, he never fought in all his life. He always considered his place as something normal.
But in fact, he's a true scaredy-cat.

Tetsurou, take this...
Eh?!


p185
You were really eloquent, Tetsurou...
Where is he?

He's on the next wagon, trembling in fear.
He's a good for nothing, he will get off the train in a few stops and go back home.

Is that a gift?
Yes, Freia gave it to me.

A little figurine!! And it's me!!
Maybe she will someday make a film with you as the main character.


p186
Then, time has passed, and Freia's anime was projected in theaters of many planets. These few words were written as half-title: "I would like to dedicate this work to my cat and to the great Hoshino Tetsurou. For his friendship and the courage he managed to inspire in me, I will never forget him..." We still ignore if Tetsurou was able to read those words! https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/41299 Translation: Full Metal Panic! Another 2 2015-05-10T14:26:32+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
Reserved for Manga Syndrome


FMPA #02


p1
Chapter 02: Do as I say!


p2
Good!
I hadn't driven this daidara for a while, but it responded well.

Hey, Tatsuya!


p3
What the hell have you done?!
Because of your little trip from earlier, we're late!

What?!
But can't you see the truck is full of trunks!
It's already a miracle that we managed to drag along the trailer with the daidara!

And that's the same on Sakaguchi's side!
I'm saying that it's enough for today!

Whenever you look away, they're fighting again.
That's the same thing everytime!


p4
Aren't you the boss? You should anticipate those kinds of things.
*Grr
*Hopefully, I'm not like you, dad...

Stop it!

You weren't that rude with the girl from earlier!
*Let me help you, miss.
Is that so funny to provoke dad?

Whenever someone makes eyes at you, you become a totally different person!
But no one else could speak English...

Shut up!
Ok...
A good lecture, ah ah...

It also applies to you, dad!
*Dear president!
Ok...


p5
I'm going home to prepare dinner.
So stop fighting, alright?
Okay!

Everyday, she looks a little more like her mother...

Let's go, we still have work to do.

*Who knows why she came here...
*She looked like some sort of soldier...


p6
Army training grounds, Hokuriku.

Lina, keep me up to date...
about your Karamazov. Everything's fine?
No problem.


p7
I'm switching to operating mode.
Alright. Good luck!

Doug.

Their squad leader's actions are leaving me dubious.

Thanks to the capacity of their condenser, type 96 models should be able...
to operate in stealth mode...

But...
he's running his engine at full power.


p8
I don't know about you, lieutenant, but I feel like it's gonna be fun.
Staff sergeant Taira, "Yamane 2".

Paint bullets in burst mode...
and a cute little blondie as a target.

It's an exercice, godammit! I'm expecting much more seriousness!
Y-Yes, sir!

Don't you dare underestimating her!
Lieutenant Sano, "Yamane 1".


p9
We're almost at the objective.
Scatter.
Yamane 2, roger that.

Hmm...
Staff sergeant Kashima, Yamane 3.
I said scatter, what are you waiting for?

.........

Stay focused!
Or these mercenaries will beat the crap of you once more!


p10
Let's go!!
This time, I won't get surprised by this dear Lina!

"Dear Lina"?

Oshira-1, sound sensor is getting some noise coming from 1-3-5.
This point will now be referred as Sierra 1.

Reading from optical sensor on Sierra 1, new result will be referred as Mike 1.
Distance one, zero, zero, zero.

Karamazov, master mode 2.


p11
Weird...

He was detected too easily by the sensors.

Doug.
It seems like Lina understood the enemy strategy.

Perhaps.

Their squad leader is readily exposing himself...
while the two remaining units in ambush are waiting for Lina's actions.
A reliable tactics, but too obvious in this situation.


p12
Lina already experienced a similar case in Oural...
where she managed to destroy two Savages.
It's the same situation as today.

Come on, Lina, what are you waiting for?!
I'm sacrifying myself on purpose to give out your position to Yamane 2 and 3!

Arg!

Hm?
She hasn't hit me...

Yamane 3, hit confirmed.
Reported down.


p13
She anticipated our plan!

Karamazov, master mode 1.
Roger that.

It seems that she wants to fight them in close combat now.

Yamane 2, hurry up and come to me!
A single second generation model can't do anything against the Shadow!


p14
Arg!

Yamane 2, hit confirmed. Reported down.

You are in trouble, lieutenant...
I couldn't meet up with you, this Lina read all our moves.
Taira...

It's not over yet!
I'm going to face her!


p15
One left!

There she is!


p16
[nothing]


p17
Warning! Yamane 3 is using real bullets!
Real bullets?

What?!

Shit, I only have paint bullets!


p18
Aaaah!


p19
[nothing]


p20
What the hell are you doing?!

Kashima! Have you lost your mind?!


p21
No way...
Kashima... Don't do that...


p22
An accident you say?!
Colonel Shimomura!

This unit has broken rules...
And worst of all, with real bullets?
That's too many coincidences for just an accident!
That's impossible!

Don't fool with me!
Is that the way you treat allies?!

Who is responsible of ammunition here?!


p23
Stop it!
I'm assuring you that we're rigorously controling all our ammunitions!
Nothing indicates that those real bullets come from Nerima base!

And yet, they're really here...
Calm down!

According the most recent news...
there was a road works company working near the exercise point.
Civilians might get involved in this!

?!


p24
And what about cleaning everything? The day is almost over!

Yeah, alright;

Hm?!

What's this?


p25
Sorry, but we're currently working...


p26
Waaaah!


p27
[nothing]


p28
Damn you!


p29
Wait, Tatsuya! What are you gonna do?!

Wooooh!!


p30
Argh!


p31
*No way...
*An arm slave can do that?

Shit!


p32
Haa...
Haa...


p33
I'm calling for the deactivation of the limiter, Karamazov.
Warning.
This procedure is against article 9 paragraph 4 of COMS internal rules.

Red code. I'm granting myself the power of decision as pilot.
Very well. Last check... Are you confirming the deactivation of the limiter?

Do as I say!
Very well. Deactivation of the limiter.


p34
Let's go!


p35
Don't think that this injury will stop me!

You won't get away from me!
Definitely!


p36
[nothing]


p37
Haa...
Haa...
Haa...
Let's finish this.

!!

Headshot. The second sensor has been damaged.


p38
No...
Haa...
Wait...

*I'm... not...

*... done... yet...


p39
Inn where resides Ichinose company.

Waah!

This inn's onsen is a true heaven!

I should have the time to stay here for a while.

It's so hot on the construction site...
Hurry up and go home!


p40
Hey!
Can you hear me?!

Tatsuya! Are you alright?
D-Dad...

I must've passed out...

Err...

Dad... It's weird...
Tatsuya...


p41
My fingers...
won't let go...

Dad... This AS...

After what happened...
he ran to the south.
...
South, you say?


p42
That's where our inn is... And Yurika...

Sakaguchi, wake up...
If this madman is going there...

*Yurika...
*is in danger!


p43
Hey...
What are you doing?!

It should be here...


p44
I knew it would be her...

[from now on, they're speaking in english]
Hey!
Are you okay? Can you hear me?
Where... am I...

You're... the boy...
from earlier...
Hmph...


p45
Hey!
You're so pale! Are you injured?

I've been hit...
This guy...
Where is he?
He's on the road to the south.

Got it... I need...
to follow him!
Haa...
Haa...
Haa...
Come on... Get down.

Follow him? In your state?
This is madness...

Madness or not, I gotta do it!
For now...
Haa...
I'm the only one...
who can pilot an AS!

Very well...


p46
*In this case...

*I'll handle it!

I'm going to stop this military AS!


p47
No! It's impossible!
This AS piloting system is totally different from ordinary ones!

My sister...
is on the way this bastard went!
I can't stay here!

*His sister...

This crazy bastard is on his way to the inn where my sister is waiting for us!

Alright.


p48-49
*Karamazov...
*is moving according the AI instructions.
*In other words...

*I'm entrusting Shadow to you!!


p50
Staff comments

(Character Design)
Shikidouji
Message from Shikidouji
- To the readers:
Full Metal Panic! Another
Thank you for your fidelity and your affection! I also remind you that the novels are as good as the mangas. I'd like to develop the story in thousands of different ways, but I get quickly aware that there isn't much room for that... Anyway, priority goes to cute girls! Take care!
- To Taichi:
Congratulations! The first volume of FMP! Another is out!
Taichi, excellent work, whether it be about mechas or female characters. I will try to add in each of them some hidden and strange details in accordance to the scenario. It will be up to you readers to discover them! Bye!
- Taichi's answer:
I promise to draw the best way I can all the own elements of FMP universe (laugh), especially the gorgeous girls who are the spice of this story! https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/41191 Translation: Full Metal Panic! Another 1 2015-04-05T14:05:56+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
Reserved for Manga Syndrom


FMPA #01

tl comments are in []
* indicated out bubble text

Additional notes:
- Translated from French. Credits to Daiguren from Miam Miam Team who translated it from Italian.
- I can provide psd even though some redraws haven't been done (double pages mainly).


p1
At the end of the 20th century, a group of mercenaries not tied with any faction was created in order to maintain world balance.
This non-governmental organisation, called Mithril, began to strike against terrorism accross the world.

Using the power of Arm Slaves, they took part in several battles, and even nowadays...
while most of the population is still ignorant of its existence.

Since then, ten years have passed...


p2-3
Chapter 1: Like an Impossible Challenge
Art: You Taichi
Story: Shouji Gatou, Naoto Okuro
Character Design: Shikidouji
Mecha Design: Kanetake Ebikawa, Toshiaki Ihara


p4
Y-You haven't forgotten our promise...
right, Kate-sensei?

I remember perfectly, Ichinose...
Finally, here I am! Keep cool! Try to stay calm!
Gulp

Or maybe should I call you Tatsuya...


p5
I'm standing in front of a real mature woman... or should I say, a real stunner!
So? Shall we begin?

This is too much...
sfx: frrr
I can't hold any longer!

Kyaa
Kate-sensei!!


p6
*B-But...

Kate... sensei?

Ow ow ow...

What the hell are you doing, Ichinose?
Oh... Ono-D!


p7
What do you mean, "Ono-D"?
I waited for you for your interview, and here you are sleeping...
*Kotaro Onodera
*Geography teacher, in his 30's. Married with children, former student at Jindai.

When I see that you wrote that you wanted to work for the family business...
What a shame, given your grades.
paper : {
Future projects form
Ichinose Tatsuya
3rd year
Family business
Family business
Family business
}

You promised me that you would go out with me if I kept my engagement...
and I managed to score 900 points at TOEIC, a true feat!
My name is Tatsuya Ichinose,

I'm a simple third year student who just saw his first term at Jindai high school gone by.
Aaah.
Oh, are you listening?

Enough...
Now, that's enough!


p8
To say that I worked so much that my eyes bleeded!
You betrayed our promise! "I'll marry you and we'll go live in my country", you told me!
Gimme back my third first love, you witch!
*How can it be first love if it's the third one?

*I'm sick with foreign women!!
Summer during third year is an important moment in the lives of young students who have to decide about their future.

Some decide to pursue studies while others will face business world.
For my part, I chosed to help my old man in the family business.
I also have a sister, still young but she has her head screwed on right.


p9
My goal? Get enough money...
to ensure a quiet life for my family.

What's with this racket?
*There you go! That's all we needed!


p10
Seems like we're stuck.
Already...

What's going on, mister Gen?
*Oh!
Hello, Tatsuya.
The newbie, Sakaguchi, messed it up and now the daidara is out of order.
Sorry...


p11
The ground is loose because of yesterday's rain...
He didn't consider it and ended up completely entangled.
Oh my...
What a pain...

The other daidara is on another building site,
and without this one, we won't go anywhere.
Hum...
It won't be easy, mister Gen...

Ok, let's go!

Sakaguchi, lend me your gloves.
Hey, wait!!
We can handle this ourselves!

Mister Gen, if we dillydally too much, we still won't be out of the woods at the end of the day.
Leave it to me!


p12
But he hasn't his Power Slave license yet!
Isn't that too risky to let him drive?
Get away and shut up! It's your fault that he's trying to get it out in such a narrow place.

Controls are responding well.
But if I lose balance, I will end in the warehouse...


p13
At first sight, it sounds impossible!


p14
Good! The left leg has a point of reference!

Excellent!


p15
Look out! It's dangerous!

No, it's all good.


p16
[nothing]


p17
Amazing! Tatsuya has an incredible sense of balance!
Of course he has!
He was driving this scrap-heap when it was still new! He's not like a newbie like you!

New? This wreck?!
At the time, he was still in elementary school.

*He was spending his days looking at the daidara.
*I think that if it would ever fall in the river, he would jump to save it at the risk of drowning.

It's like his best friend.
Tatsuya, I won't ever disagree with you again!
Yeah!
The best daidara's pilot of the world!


p18
*Stop it, it's really embarrassing...
Well done, kid!

I don't see my father...
The boss...

A bank employee came...
and he followed him to discuss about the finances...
It must be hard.

*Dad...


p19
Military garrison of northern Kanto.

It seems like these mercenaries have their own sense of punctuality...

They are not mercernaries...


p20
They are members of a PMC*.
And I would advice you to use this term from now on, lieutenant Sano.
*Acronym for Private Military Company.

Very well, sir, but it won't prevent me from disapproving their manners.
These people don't care about conventions and traditions, and are only interested in bargaining.
I don't see why we should measure ourselves against them during an exercise rather than against virtual ennemies.

It doesn't change the fact that we were the ones who have contacted them, so we will negociate properly.


p21
This man, it's Douglas Baxter...
Captain of the third squadron of the AS traning division of the DOMS, Dana O'Shee Military Service, the Private Military Company.


p22
I am Douglas Baxter, nice to meet you, Colonel Shimomura.
I hope our business will be dealt with in the best conditions.

Welcome,
I am Shimamura, staff officer in the army.
I will admit that we don't often hear the word "business" out here.

*Ah ah ah
If it's okay with you, I would like to unload our equipment.
Right away, sir.


p23
*They have means...
*They don't look like disordred mercenaries.

?!


p24
*A uniform of AS pilot...
*This kid is driving those machines?

Please take a look at this.


p25
Ooh!
But it's...

... The ZY-99M model...
... The Shadow!


p26
Extension work of the main road Hokuriku.
Pff...
Why is it so hot in the middle of the North mountains?

Piiih...
What's going on, you idiot?


p27
I bet that you're already regretting ever wanting to work for the business of your daddy, right?
Don't tell me that you're giving up.
*Just kidding.
What?!

You should be the ones thanking me for helping you everyday,
you and your half-assed business!
What?!

Say that again if you're a man, you fool!
How dare you speaking to me like that?!
Calm down, boss! The radio hasn't done anything to you!

Let me go, I won't let this little...
It's almost lunch time, Tatsuya.
Take a break.
Roger.

My father can't control himself...


p28
Oni-chan!

I brought you your bento!
That's for you!

Thanks a bunch, Yurika...
*Ah ah ah!
*smile


p29
The miss from the inn is really nice,
she helped me to prepare everything!
I'm glad for you.

She lent me the ingredients...
and a bag to carry everything.
*cric
"Cric"?

?!

Pwah!!


p30
I told you, no grasshoper in onigiris!
Is that so?

But it's good though!
And I still have a full bag with them.
*A full bag...
*He he he

Yurika!
These onigiris are excellent!

Ignore him! You will become a real housewife!
You don't know what I would give to be in your husband's shoes!


p31
Well, I mean...

You have guts to talk like that to my daughter when I'm around...
Aaahiiaaahiaaa

*Get here, I'm gonna teach you a lesson!
*Boss, it hurts!
Here we go, we're all alone now...

Piiiiiih

Piiiiiih
Piiiiiih


p32-33
They're huge!

What are they doing here?
Trucks of this size, in this region...

Piiiiiih
Piiiiiih
Who knows.
Anyway, it would be a miracle if they managed to go through this road.

Crii

p34
As expected, I knew it would end this way!

Yurika, stay here and don't move!
Oni-chan...
*Hey, everything's allright?


p35
Hm?

Can I use that Power Slave?
*She's speaking in English.

What's going on, Tatsuya?
They are foreigners... Seems like they're arguing.

Tatsuya, you can speak English, right?
Err...
I can't...
What?
But I don't wanna...

Go or it's gonna take all night.
Pff...

Excuse-me, but there's no need to panic.
We're gonna help you getting out of here.


p36
I'm not panicking at all.


p37
B-But...
She's a real knockout!

No... Calm down!
She's a foreigner... Don't get tricked again!

Hm?


p38
Keys.
What?!

I need the keys of your PS.
I think I can lift it up.

No way!
It might be old, but it's our only source of income!

I'm gonna lift the trailer myself!
You, stay where you are!
Wait!

This trailer contains some extremely valuable equipment!
What will we do if you break everything?
*Come on, gimme those keys!


p39
You mean I don't know how to pilot?
Watch your words, Ama*!
What do you mean, "Ama"? I'm a pro.
*The word "ama" holds two meanings in Japanese: either "bitch" or "amateur". Tatsuya is using it as an insult, but the girl thinks he means "amateur".

A pro of what?!
But wait, she understands Japanese after all?!

So?
Are you doing it or not? Hurry up and take your decision!


p40
Go, oni-chan!

Pff, and here I am doing it... for this wench furthermore.
*I shouldn't have meddled.

The hell with them, they're in Japan, they could at least have learnt a few words!


p41
snip

Let's see...
We've already checked the ground over here, it should be stable.

grip


p42
Let's go!


p43
Oh...

So, what do you say?
I must admit...
you know how to handle it despite your ugly mug...

Hey...
are you picking a fight with me?
Consider it as a compliment.

Very well. Let's leave it there.
It's for the best.


p44-45
But it's...

an Arm Slave!


p46
That was...

Papa, it was a daidara?

Hey, whare are you doing with this war machine?
Hm?

You're asking what I'm doing?
Do you really want to know?


p47
Well, to sum it up...

The ZY-99M Shadow is a third generation AS that was produced back in the days by the Soviet Union...
Comparing to the American M9, the technical features are slightly below. It was intended for export...
... but for political reasons, the series suffered a downgrade comparing to the original 99.
Thanks to the ZEYA which developped a nuclear fusion battery able to produce 1,900KW power,
its burst of speed was 200km/h, while its autonomy after full charge reached 140h.
Its code name Shadow is coming from its western counterpart.


p48
Maybe it was too much detailed...
Way too much, even!

I just asked you...
what you intended to do with this thing!
I don't care about technical features!

Understood.

So let's start again:
Boiiing

I'm part of DOMS, a PMC founded in 2001...
Our job is to take part in military operations by playing the role of enemies.
Most of time, we collaborate with the US army and their allies...
But it happens that Eastern power and from third world would call on us.


p49
Enough! Stop! Stop it!
I'm good, I don't want to know more!

Understood...


p50
Hey, just a last thing...

What's your name?

Adelina...
Adelina Aleksandrovna Kerenskaya.


p51
Sorry for the disturbance.

What a strange girl...


p52
Base camp of the army's formations, near the main road Hokuriku.

Bertrand, any news from Oshira-3?
They've just left the road...
and are heading to the target zone.


p53
These soldiers seem quite agitated...
Are you ready?
Indeed.

During the last simulation, even if we were using paint bullets...
they were forced to surrender without opposing any resistance.

So today, their opponent will be Oshira-3.
We can say that their pride as Japanese males are at stake.
Oshira-3...
I see.

Pride, tsk! Our president would kick their ass...

after hearing that.


p54
Shortly, our type 96 will gather at the rendez-vous point and will get into action.
How are your preparations doing...
Captain Baxter?

We've just heard that our team is getting to the expected place.
Don't you worry, Colonel Shimamura, DOMS always keeps its engagements...
... especially when it has been paid in advance.

Bertrand!
Yes, sir.

This time, the simulation program consists in a confrontation in a mountain zone.
Our Shadow will fight a squadron of three Type 96.


p55
The ratio of power three versus one will be balanced by the fact that it will be a third generation AS against three second generation AS.

The purpose of the simulation will be to evaluate pilots ability in combat.

To all units, get to the objective!
Full power! Let's go!


p56-57
Sano squadron, let's go!

Now, all rests on your shoulders, Lieutenant Sano.
Show them what we're made of!

Oshira-3 to Oshira-1.
I'm at the objective. I'll stay in position.
Copy that, Cinderella. You sure took your time, eh?


p58-59
There was some unexpected hitch on the way.

An unexpected hitch...

Expected hitches doesn't exist, Adelina...


p60
Staff Comments

(Story)
Shouji Gatou
Message from Shouji Gatou
- To the readers: We are making our best to keep in time! For your information, our mecha designers are already working on the Arm Slaves that will only appear in the fourth volume. And it won't be easy for them!
- To Taichi: I understand your difficulties to get used to FMP's world. I think that, in a few regards, you and Tatsuya are alike. I expect a lot from these new characters and new mechas!
- Taichi's answer: Everyday is like being in training camp! But thanks to the support of my superiors, I feel like I will manage to complete this mission! Tatsuya and me, arm in arm, will grow together!

(Story)
Naoto Okuro
Message from Naoto Okuro
- To the readers: As a second-rank writer, the only thing I can tell you is that robot stories have many sub-genders! I hope that you will enjoy yourselves with the universe of FMP! Another that we have created!
- To Taichi: I would like to congratulate you for having managed to have faithfully and cleverly adapted the atmosphere and characters of this story. I am sure that the readers will reward your talent!
- Taichi's answer: I hope to manage to stay true to the series I have the honor to work on. I will do my best to keep the story to its best level. https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/40438 Translation: Galaxy Express 999 24 2014-09-22T17:40:52+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
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GE999 #24


p115
A space warrior in exile wrote: "blood flows where men can't tune their passions up. It's how it is in the universe." Meanwhile, the Galaxy Express is still on its way through the space void.

24th stop
The Maetel of Mud


p116-117
It seems like this planet is wet and slimy.
It's being called the city of rain. Since its creation, it's been raining non stop...


p118
Huh? It always has been raining on this planet?
That's right... The rain has never stopped, not even one second, and no one has ever seen the sun...


p119
Plants are amazingly big!!!
They're constantly growing. It's a true heaven for all plants.


p120
I recall having read a short science fiction story that was about a rainy forest on Venus. It must have looked like that.
Exactly! If you look at the sky while opening your mouth, you might actually drown.

Where all this water is going after falling from the sky?
All we know is that the underground contains a lot of absorbing canals that are draining water, but we don't know where it's going afterwards.


p121
I wonder if the inside is also full of water.

Anyways, the house here are really beautiful.

It's a place where life is good, even temperatures are ideal...
Please come in quick, miss Maetel.

People here are clean and have good manners.
It feels like inside a bathroom.

Me too! I'm going to take a shower!!!
Take your time, the train will take off in one week, you don't need to hurry.


p122
Everything is very clean here.

Waah!!!

Tetsurou!
?

Water took my trunks off! Don't come here!

You need to always keep your ticket on you. It's your most valuable thing...
Just put it in your trunks.
Er, okay!!!

The phone is ringing?!


p123
Yes, it's Maetel... Yes...
I see... You...

Understood.

Tetsurou, I need to go see someone.
When you'll be done with dinner, just lock the door and go sleep.
But I'm not sleepy yet.

Can I take a look around?
Yes, you can, even at night...

... But you mustn't go near mud ponds.

I'll be back later, but don't worry about me.
Understood!!!


p124
With all this rain, I don't really want to go outside anymore.

It's the phone...

Hello, er...
Is this Hoshino Tetsurou...?

Yes?
I'm waiting for you.

But who are you? How do you know my name?
I'm waiting for you since a long time.

I want to see you... I'm near you...

Come join me outside, I'll be waiting...
But...

Take the right path after leaving the hotel, I live at the bottom of the street.
Just borrow an umbrella...
... Or you can come naked if you prefer.


p126
If I keep going straight, I should reach the bottom of the street.

What? But there's no house here!!


p127
Tetsurou!!!
...

Where are you?

I'm here.
?
?

!!

Wah!!!

Ah!!!
Ah!!!
Ah!!!

I waited for you for so long.


p128
Here's my house...
Damn!! Though Maetel told me not to get near mud ponds!!


p129
Come in my humble house at the bottom of mud.
There's only a mud lake here!!

I'm gonna die!! I'm falling in a bottomless pits!!

Mae... Maetel!!

???
It's a little hard to get in, but you won't die from it.


p130
Where am I?
I told you, in my house...

... in a bubble of air that is floating in the mud. This is where us poor live.
In a bubble of air...


p131
If you're working for me...
someday we could buy a house at the surface.

So slums are in the mud...
Yes, because that's the only place we can live.

But how did you know my name and the hotel I was staying in?
Thanks to television!

The 10:10 train leaving from Camshises at destination of the town of rain will bring Mr. Nobotta, student, Miss Bijin-Mitai, student and Mr. Mou-Ukerunonya, businessman.
They will stay at Mai-Mai hotel.

Then, because of the rain, there's not much to do outside. Television is replacing a lot of activities.
We know everything that is going around.


p132
And if I told you that I don't want to stay here? Anyway, I'll be leaving in one week!! I absolutely need to go back...
Go back? And how? We're 200 meters under the mud, and I can sink my house even further. If you try to get away, you'll die from mud pressure.


p133
[nothing]


p134-135
I'm bored!!!
I wanna do something!!


p136
Because I'm staying here doing nothing, I got fatter!

And so? You don't need to be an athlete.
I'm happy as long as you're by my sides...

You have as many books you can ever wish for, and you can watch interesting shows on TV. What would you want?

It's been 6 days now...
The stop was one week... or seven days.

I can't bear it anymore!!!

I'll stake my all.
You idiot!!!


p137
....


p138
...

Of little height, he has brown hair with narrow eyes. His legs are arched.
...

They're talking about you on TV.
No one considers the possibility that you're in the mud.

The railway company of the galaxy will reward anyone who will find him with the recompense of their choice.


p139
If I had a ticket like yours, I could go anywhere I want.

Give it back, it's mine.
I'm not going to steal it from you.

And anyway, you're going to stay with me...

... until you die, you won't even need to work.

My name is Maetel.
M... Maetel?

But, this name is...
That's also my name.

There's nothing surprising about having the same first name.

Maetel must be worried about me.
She must also be mad after me for being so stupid.


p140
????


p141
!!


p142
Tetsurou!!!
Maetel!!!

...
I'm safe and sound!!


p143
Your house is destroyed now...
...

This woman saved me when she saw what happened to me.
...

Why did you empty the mud ponds? Why did you destroy my house?
The government has ordered the construction of residential districts here.

What about my house?
The government will buy new ones on the ground.

...

I must thank you.
Yes, and me too.

As promised, we're offering anything you want.

...


p144
...

Can I really ask anything?
Of course, as long as it's in our possibilities.

Then, I want a ticket for the Galaxy Express and Tetsurou!!!

!!


p145
Everything is alright since we left the town of rain, but I'm feeling odd...


p146
Tetsurou...

Go. Don't forget that you belong to her now.
Don't say stupid things!!!

I want to jump through the window all of a sudden.

Have a sit!!
I would have done so even if you didn't say anything!!

Come here!!
...

Take my hand!!!

I'm going to sleep... I ask you not to let go of my hand, Tetsurou...


p147
[nothing]


p148
Tetsurou!!!
Hm?

She's asleep. You can go back.
Ah!

...

Mud... She has turned into a pile of mud!!

Her cells have transformed.
Her body was adapted to live under the mud... So, when she entered an dry atmosphere...


p149
She was truly sad.

She loved living in the mud...

Even if her body was perfectly adapted for this lifestyle, there was no one to live with her.
...

If only I knew that earlier, I would have been kinder with her.
You had been really gentle with her. You even covered for her when you didn't tell anyone that she was the one that pull you in the mud pile.

Someday, it will be you your kindness will save...

Is there any person like Maetel of the town of rain?

Yes, people who lived in mud and lost their house...
... die little by little. People on the surface will never be able to understand their wish to live that way...


p150
What are you doing, Tetsurou?
In order to lose all the weight I got, I'm doing a marathon: 100 laps of the train.

Blood is flowing where people don't care about the preferences of others and don't try to understand them... An old space warrior wrote that during his long trip through the universe. No matter how far men are going, it is still true...
 https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/40387 Translation: Galaxy Express 999 23 2014-09-09T18:01:50+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
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GE999 #23


p79
Sometimes, clouds of bright gas are floating in the void. The beauty of these places bathed in light is unique, but travellers who're going through them are all overwhelmed by a insecure feeling while thinking that, behind that beauty, there might be something hiding. The terror is making their bodies uncontrollably shiver.
23rd stop
The Armor Planet


p80-81
[nothing]


p82
What was that?!
An artificial satellite launched by this planet's people.

It is rotating for more than 3000 years.
3000 years?!

The inhabitants must be really advanced to be able to build something like that for more than 3000 years!!
Indeed! Their civilization is quite advanced.

The train is about to land on the Armor planet!!!
The Armor planet?

You mean that this planet is fortified or is some sort of stronghold?
No, this planet is totally normal...

It just looks like the Earth.
What about the inhabitants?

There are barely any.
Barely?


p83
Though there's nothing wrong about this planet.
Yes, the nature is even pretty luxuriant.


p84
It's not too hot, nor too cold. The climate is pleasantly mild.
Yes, it's a beautiful place.


p85
I can't believe this planet has so few people.

??

I got hit!!!

What was that?!

Oh my, it's coming back!!!
On the ground, quick!!

The station is fortified, let's hide in here...
It's useless, quick, get down!!

Waah!!


p86
I can't believe it...
It's a beetle!!!

It's coming back!!
Get down!!!

Ah...

Maetel!!!


p87
Maetel...!!

Dammit!!

Hurry up, the train protection field is active!!

Is there any doctor here?
Well, the population is already really reduced...

Then ask the locomotive!!
I'll do that!

Yes, there is a doctor at 10 km to the East, at the foot of some mountains.

At 10 km to the East, at the foot of some mountains... Are you going to go there, Tetsurou?
I'm going to bring him here. He will take care of Maetel!!


p88
Don't go, it's no use!
Let me go, didn't you see Maetel's condition?!!


p88
Where is Tetsurou?!
He is fetching a doctor.

You shouldn't have let him go, I explained to him why this world was called the Armor planet though!!

Tetsurou is in danger!!
You are in no condition to go anywhere.

Conductor! Please leave this wagon right away!! Go back to your cabin and don't leave it!!
Who's talking?

You mustn't see what is going to happen in this wagon!! Or you'll die!!
Err... Yes.
I'm begging you, Mr. Conductor.

This voice isn't belonging to any passenger of the train...

Maetel... Why can't you see me?! Hm... Hm... I know...
...


p90
And Tetsurou? Hm... I understand... You let your guard down, Maetel...
... But you won't die... I will let you live. You can never die.

Undress, Maetel!!!

There, perfect!! You have to protect Tetsurou!! Your life is extremely precious, you mustn't die...


p91
[nothing]


p92
10 km to the East...?

I must be at 2 or 3 km.

Apart for the beetle that stabbed Maetel, I can't see any insect...
The nature of this planet is so rich tough, it's strange.


p93
?!

What's that?

It looks like a robot...
but it seems too natural to be a machine...

Even if the inside is empty, it isn't a simple device.

It feels like those threads are blood vessels or nerves.


p94
?!?!

What about that?

Is it an android? No! A human, considering the smell...
But it's so heavy...

It's definitely not a robot... He even has biological organs.

No machine can be like that!!

My pocket radar is detecting something... A living being!! It can't possibly be Maetel...


p95
He's right in front of me!!

A human...

What are you doing in my garden?
Strange! The radar is telling that he's a human being... Though, visibly, he's an android, a robot!!


p96
I forbid you to insult me. I'm a being made of flesh!! I have this body since my birth!! I'm nor an android, nor a robot, nor even a robotized human. My name is Nutal, I am the son of Doctor Subari.
You're really a human made of flesh?


p97
Oh well, I don't care who you are really, I need help.
Maetel is going to die.

Maetel? Is she one of your friends? What happened to her?
Do you want me to weld her back?

Who said anything about welding?
You should see a doctor...

Hm... But you've entered a private estate and since you don't want to leave, you're going to die!!
Wait, I'm only here to fetch a doctor.


p98
Silence, you're dead!!
Those who break the law must die!!

Do you think it impresses me?!
Not a single weapon in the universe can destroy my body.

Is that all?

What's going on?! My cosmogun has no effect on him!


p99
Waah! Damn, I'm trapped!!


p100
Waah!!!

...

I thought I was going to die.
The scenery is really uneven. I was really scared.

There's no doubt about it, he's human. If he wasn't, he wouldn't have lost me after my fall.


p101
I'm less scared now that I know that.
There is all the advantages of modern life.

I'm sure I'll find some doctor here.

... I hope it's not too late.
How is going Maetel right now?

I'm begging you... Hang in there...!

I shouldn't think about the worst outcome... I need to find a doctor, and quick.
?

What's going on again?!


p102
Oh!

Ouch, they were iron fireflies?

This place is really scary...

There it is!! I've found it!!!


p103
...

!!

Who are you...?
Er, are you a doctor?


p104
I have a favour to ask you... Please save Maetel!
Save someone? Me...?

I can't even move.
My look hasn't changed, but inside, I'm almost completely dry...
Why?

I'm the one you should save.

Go home, young lad, before you meet Nutal, my son...

And don't ever come back to this planet!!!
Living beings will soon completely disappear.

Only plants will survive in this silent hell.

But why's that, you had such an advance science though!! Before landing here, I saw this satellite that is rotating around this planet for more than 3000 years.


p105
With this rigid body, I can't heal as easily as you...
I can merely weld my armoured skin back.

...

So you've came here, you fool!!
!!

I'm going to kill you this time!!

You won't escape!!
Let me go! You're really stubborn!


p106
Ah, I came back here!!

You can't run away anymore.

Tetsurou, get down!!
Maetel!!

Who the hell are you?


p107
Waaah!!!


p108
[nothing]


p109
I didn't think that any weapon could work on him!!

Dimensional reaction weapons are different.
There's nothing that can resist them.

However, since they are only two persons left on this planet, I didn't want to kill him...
I've just injured him on the leg, but he won't die!

But how come you're here, Maetel?!
Ah, it's alright. Please forgive me for all the troubles I caused you.

But the beetle stabbed you on the chest.
The conductor called another doctor.

Another doctor?!
I thought there were only two persons on this planet?!


p110-111
Well, whatever! As long as you're healed. This is also a living being?
Yes, like all the others, he died from starvation.


p112
He couldn't find anything to eat?
Yes...

They are all covered by an armour, and they became strong. Then, they couldn't find anything to eat anymore.

Gradually, their number decreased and the rare remaining living beings who survived are insects...

To survive, some sacrifice is needed.
If the society doesn't include any weaker beings, then it's doomed.

Sacrifices...


p113
Maetel... In order for a living being to live, he needs some other to sacrifice themselves?
Yes! And they are feeding him.

If no other living being is the prey, then nothing can be born on this world?

Civilization is built on the blood of the weakest...
From what we could judge until now...

If it's a law of the universe, all this world is really sad.
Yes...

For the sake of those two, how many living beings were needed to be sacrificed?
No clue...


p114
The law of the strongest. Sadness is overflowing Tetsurou while he's realizing the existence of all the living beings is lying on the blood of victims. He didn't want any more sacrifices, but the idea of being a victim was even more unbearable to him. Meanwhile, Maetel was wordlessly looking through the window.
 https://mangahelpers.com/t/hunk/releases/40385 Translation: Galaxy Express 999 22 2014-09-08T17:55:51+00:00 Hunk admin@mangahelpers.com
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GE999 #22


p42-43
The current position of the Galaxy Express is at... 750,000 light years... of the Milky Way...
Everything seems normal in the navigation system, but the train is going to to arrive at the place where there was an accident two days ago...
22nd stop
The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity
Send immediately a message to the locomotive of the 999!! We need to warn them!!


p44
[nothing]


p45
The stars are blurred, I can't clearly see them.

And soon, you won't be able to see them at all.
In this area, the train is at its maximum speed. It's close to the light speed, so human eyes cannot see anything.

Ah! He seems trouble...

Maetel, please sit in the same direction as Tetsurou.
Why?

Two days ago, a train from a little solar system disappeared right after its derailment.
To be prepared for any eventuality, I'm asking you to sit backwards.

Then the shock will be less important.
I see!!!

We can't see any star anymore.
The speed is at its maximum!!!


p46
[nothing]


p47
Maybe the rails are twisted...
They aren't straight.


p48
The train has derailed!!!
You're right!!!

We have lost control! Please brace yourself!!


p49
[nothing]


p50
It seems like we're going to fall in hell!! When will it stop...?
Though there's no gravity in space!!!

The locomotive isn't responding anymore, it completely fall silent!!!

Driver! Please do something!!

...


p51
The fall has stopped...?!

!!


p52
There's a train out there!!!
It's the one that derailed recently!!


p53
We hit the other train!

I think it was around the 6th wagon.

I wonder why we stopped all of a sudden.

We are at the bottom of gravity.
What's that?

Something that you often find in ancient tales of space travel... It looks like the Sargasso Sea...

The Sargasso Sea...?
The deadly sea where ships were washed up?!

We're also trapped... Is is really the same train that derailed two days ago?
Indeed. The number and the description don't leave any doubt.

However, don't you think it looks kinda old?
Huh?


p54
[on train] Galaxy Railways Company


p55
The locomotive has gotten back to normal, the engines are functionning.
The protective field has spread on the other train.

The locomotive can faint.

Can we explore the other train?
Yes!

Here is the point of impact. Just sneak in from here.

There is no sign of life, there must be no survivor.

This train engines have stopped, nothing is moving.
It's gloomy!!!


p56
...
Aren't all the passengers already at their seat...?


p57
I am going to bring some electricity from the 999.


p58
There are only skeletons...?!

It's really strange...

There is a reason why they're all dead...
Their clothes are literally tearing apart.

Look, Tetsurou... These synthetic clothes are usually treated in order to last several centuries.

The train engines have enough energy to function at least 100 years.
Then why are they empty after 2 days?

It's like this train... has aged of 300 years.
There isn't any survivor, just like a lot of years has passed.

300 years?

Tetsurou, how much time has passed since we're here?


p59
Well, I'd say 2, 3 minutes.

34 hours 24 minutes and 30 seconds have passed...

What...?!
You must be hungry, right? Here's the proof!

...
It means the time is going faster on this train than in the 999?!

Exactly, the time here is flowing at an incredible speed...
... It's even accelerating...!

If we stay here two of our days, we will become just like them.
It's dangerous to stay here.

Someone is coming from behind...!!
Huh... Who might that be?!

This person is getting closer!! I can feel him too!!
How could he survive in this train where time is flowing so fast?


p60
The difference of time flow is generally happening in totally different places. No one has ever experienced a contact between them. Tetsurou had heard a space expert say that in the universe, there were several forms of time flow.


p61
[nothing]


p62-63
[nothing]


p64
Luz? You're Luz, aren't you...?
You know me?! Ah... You're Maetel...

Ah! She's one of your friends, so there's nothing to fear.
Quite the contrary!

Yes, you'd better worry.

What do you mean?
If you're making the time flow, all men will end up like them?

You too, then... What's your name?!
Hoshino Tetsurou...

How many trains did you deviate, Luz?
About twenty of them!!!


p65
I don't need you, go back to your train instead of shivering here!!
Err... Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!!!

What about us?

You're free to go, Maetel... I won't do any harm to you...

But you, Tetsurou, you're going with me!!
Hey!!
What do you intend to do if he refuses?

I'm going to accelerate time and make 1000 or 2000 years pass in a flash!!

Which means, Tetsurou...
that you'll become a skeleton! Even worse, you'll be reduced to ashes!

Come!!!
No! There's no way I'm going with that woman without saying anything!!


p66
Maetel!!!

Maetel, what are you doing?!
...

Don't worry, you'll have food. Come on, Tetsurou, follow me to my house...

because it's where you're going to live.

Wha... What?
With you?

No waaaaaaaay!

Don't protest and get on!!!
!!


p67
You have a rather classic vehicle. You can control time, yet, you have an old machine!
There's a difference between controlling time and moving through space, Tetsurou.

Here's my home.
It's a ridiculous planet!! It's all small!!


p68
Get in!
...

I'm going to cook you something, so get some rest.

There are skulls everywhere!!
They are the remains of those who didn't listen to me, so I accelerate the time!


p69
No one ever loved me, so I couldn't love anyone.

Wait for me here!
I'm scared!

You're afraid of those skeletons?
Yet, you have one, don't you?

Okay, follow me to my room...
Your room?!

No, no, I'm good here!
If you're a man, you need to be less indecisive! If you're scared, come with me!!

God, please help me, I'm begging you!
There is no god in space, only the tangible truth and the flow of time...

Come in!!!
...


p70-71
Oh...?!
In my room, I can see in a flash the time flow of the whole space.


p72
You must think the time is flowing at the same pace everywhere, right?
Of course...?

There isn't two same speeds.
Maetel must have told you.

Will I be able to see her again someday? It seemed like she wanted me to live here...
...

If you want, I can turn you into a skeleton.

What's wrong? Is is that amazing to have a robotized body?
!!


p73
You know, I have eternal life!!

...

If you wish to live here...
I'll give you an android body, Tetsurou...

Look! There are all kinds of bodies you can wish for. They belonged to the passengers of the trains.

I didn't make this travel to exchange my freedom for a mechanized body.

Of course, I don't have money, that's why I'm going to the planet where they are free.
Maetel told me that what I was about to live until reaching it was the only fees.

If I need to earn a robotized body at the cost of my freedom...
then I refuse to have one, because I'm sure there will be plenty of occasions next.


p74
I see...

I've lived alone for so long that no one can understand my feelings anymore!

For 300 years, I was the sole inhabitant of this planet...

and before arriving here, I had a warm and living body just like Maetel's one.

But to seduce the one I loved, I exchanged my body for a robotized one...
for the love I had for him. But it was only a game for him... a mere entertainment.

Just like you abandon an old car, he left me with my android body...
Then, I came to this planet at the bottom of gravity... to live alone...

During my robotization, an error occurred. I understood way later that I had been given the strange ability to control the flow of time...
Of course the one who abandoned me had no idea about it too.


p75
You prefer not to live here even if I kill you because of that?!

Exactly!! There are still so many things I have to accomplish.

I want to decide myself about my future and my destiny!! I don't want to be controlled by someone else...
I would have no regret dying for that!!

...

Your mother must have been an exceptional person.

I accepted the favour of the one I loved against my own will...

If only I had the same determination as you...

But, it doesn't matter, because one day, you'll have to lose your freedom in order to protect Maetel!


p76
One day, you'll deadly suffer to have lost Maetel or your independence!!!
But it will probably to protect her that you'll have to give up on your freedom.

It's your destiny, Tetsurou!

Luz has brought back the flow of time by decreasing its speed.
Why did you let me go without saying anything?

I understood that Luz would never harm you...
To tell you the truth, she's not able to make a determined person suffer.


p77
Luz told me that she spent 300 years on this planet...

And she's friend with Maetel... I wonder how old she is.

Tetsurou, do you think you'll come back to this planet someday to see her again?
Yes... On my way back, when I'll be robotized, I'd like to pay her a visit.

Even if I never get this android body, I'd like to see her again.

She will probably wait...

for your return.

They say that the planet at the bottom of gravity is remaining small because of its weight. You can often find similar planets at the bottom of black holes.


p78
They also say that this kind of planet can hold memories, sadness and regrets... Travellers say that it's a graveyard for men's heart...