Kurenai 36

Chapter 36

01

Ritsu: I suppose...
Ritsu: you could say I was "fortunate".
Text: She is a survivor of the same "incident" as Shinkurou!

Ritsu: Because my family was well off...
Ritsu: I managed to survive.

Ritsu: I had organs all over my body...
Ritsu: switched out.

Ritsu: Switched out for those of people I don't even know.
Ritsu: I don't have very many of my own organs left.

Ritsu: Because I've had so much done to me, I need to be constantly tended to so the balance of my organs isn't lost.
Ritsu: If I don't get tended to, my organs will rebel and stop functioning.

Ritsu: I have no choice but to live here for my entire life.

Ritsu: Hey, Shinkurou-kun.

02

Ritsu: Has the last 8 years...

Ritsu: been a happy time for you?

03

Text: They can no longer look ahead to the same place...
Title: Chapter 36 Eight Years
Text above credits: Volume 6 will be released on December 3rd!!
Credits:
Original Work: Katayama Kentarou
(Shueisha: Super Dash Bunko)
Manga: Yamamoto Yamato
Script: Koyasu Hideaki
Continuity Organization: Furuya Daisuke

04

Shinkurou: I can't sleep...

Shinkurou: The data Ginko gave me...
Shinkurou: didn't mention the terrorist attack.

Shinkurou: Did she leave it out for my sake?
SFX: Clatter

Shinkurou: Could it be...!?
Shinkurou: Kirihiko-chan!?

05

Ritsu: Ah.

Shinkurou: Ritsu-san!?
Shinkurou: Why are you here at this hour?
Ritsu: Shh

Ritsu: Quiet.
Ritsu: They'd be mad if they found me here.

Shinkurou: Um...
Shinkurou: That doesn't really answer my question...

Ritsu: I...
Shinkurou: Eh?
Ritsu: hired you, remember?

Ritsu: So come with me.

06

SFX: Shut

Ritsu: Wooow.
Ritsu: It's been 11 years, but it hasn't changed a bit!

Ritsu: Aww, that restaurant went out of business.
Ritsu: Well, the food was pretty bad.
Ritsu: Oh, that place too...

SFX: Place

Shinkurou: Um...
Shinkurou: It's cold, so...

07

Ritsu: Oh...
Ritsu: So it's cold tonight.

Shinkurou: Eh?

Ritsu: I lost my senses of hot and cold...
Ritsu: a long time ago.

Shinkurou: I see.
Shinkurou: She looks healthy enough, so it gives you the wrong impression.
Ritsu: Over here. Over here.
Shinkurou: She really is someone so ill she can't leave the hospital.

Shinkurou: However...
Sign: Shiguhara
Shinkurou: I understand that feeling of wanting to go home that she has so much it hurts.

08

Ritsu: You're really nice...

Ritsu: to stick with me on a selfish request like this.
Shinkurou: Well...
Shinkurou: it's my job...

Ritsu: And yet you were still dumped by your girlfriend.
Ritsu: The world really is cruel.

Shinkurou: Hah?
Ritsu: You were really down yesterday.
Ritsu: Wasn't that because your girlfriend dumped you?

Shinkurou: N-no, that was...

09

Shinkurou: That wasn't about my girlfriend...
Shinkurou: and it's not that I was dumped. It's more like...

Ritsu: Do you think you can make up?

Shinkurou: I don't know...

Ritsu: I see.

Ritsu: C'mon, let's go in.
Ritsu: This is my home.

10

Shinkurou: It's really dark...
Ritsu: Wow, it's been a long time.

Shinkurou: That's right...
Shinkurou: Ritsu-san's parents and grandparents have all passed away.

Ritsu: Shinkurou-kun.
Ritsu: Thanks for coming with me.

Ritsu: I just had to come here.
Ritsu: And it's thanks to you that I was able to.

Shinkurou: Ah.

11

Shinkurou: By any chance...
Shinkurou: did you fall from the window because...

Ritsu: Ah...

Ritsu: Ha ha...
Ritsu: Yeah, I was trying to come here.

Ritsu: You know how on TV and in movies they can do that so easily?
Ritsu: So I thought maybe I could do it, too.

Shinkurou: That's crazy...
Ritsu: Ahhh! Look, look, Shinkurou-kun!!

Ritsu: I remember this rock!
SFX: Pat pat

Ritsu: I hit my head on it once.
Ritsu: That was when I was really little...
Ritsu: and I was running around.

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Ritsu: I started crying and my father immediately came running over and hugged me.
Ritsu: My mother's face was so pale!
Ritsu: But I was perfectly fine and was running around again 5 minutes later.

Ritsu: My mother was very religious and said it was a sign from god.
Ritsu: So she made sure I prayed every day from then on.

13

Ritsu: It's hard to forget your habits from childhood.
SFX: Wind blowing

Ritsu: So when it happened 8 years ago...

Ritsu: I prayed as hard as I could...

Ritsu: while trapped in the dark under all the rubble.

SFX: Beep
SFX: Beep beep

14

Lucy: Ah, hello!?
Lucy: Where are you!?

Lucy: You're supposed to be here for your job with Kirihiko-kun.
"Insurance": Shiguahra...Ritsu...

Lucy: Hah?

"Insurance": Found you...
"Insurance": I found you...!!

Lucy: What good is "insurance" that goes in first.

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Ritsu: When it happened 8 years ago...

Ritsu: at first what I wondered was why...
Ritsu: it had happened to me.

Shinkurou: I was the same.

Ritsu: And then...
Ritsu: I prayed.
Ritsu: I prayed that I would be saved.

Shinkurou: So did I.

16

Ritsu: "I don't care about anyone else."
Ritsu: "Just save me."
Ritsu: That's what I prayed.

Ritsu: I...

Ritsu: didn't want to die.
Ritsu: I was afraid of dying. The fear was overwhelming.
Ritsu: I didn't want to die no matter what.

17

Shinkurou: I remember clearly...
Shinkurou: what I prayed for back then.
Shinkurou: I wanted to see my mom and dad again.
Shinkurou: I wanted to see my sister and Ginko-chan again.

Ritsu: So I desperately prayed.
Ritsu: Please, god.
Ritsu: I don't care if everyone else dies, just save me.

Ritsu: And I was saved.
Ritsu: I hurt all over, but I was still happy.
Ritsu: I thought I had been chosen and I thanked god.

Ritsu: But...
Ritsu: I was wrong.

18

Ritsu: My father and my mother were crushed protecting me.
Ritsu: That's why I was saved.

Ritsu: You understand, right?
Shinkurou: No...
Ritsu: In extreme situations, people's true nature appears.

Ritsu: My parents showed there love for me by giving their lives for me.
Ritsu: But their own daughter was only thinking about herself.

Ritsu: That just shows who I am.
Ritsu: That's the kind of person Shiguhara Ritsu is.

19

Shinkurou: No!!
Shinkurou: Right now, you...!!

SFX: Boom

SFX: Screeeech

Shinkurou: Wha-!?

20

SFX: Boooom

Shinkurou: Ritsu-san, get down!!
SFX: Grab

Shinkurou: This arm...!!

Shinkurou: It's huge.
Shinkurou: How could someone this big get on the roof without me noticing it!?
Shinkurou: Ritsu-san!!

"Insurance": Shiguhara Ritsu...!!
SFX: Grab

21

"Insurance": Where are yooooou!!!
SFX: Rip

Shinkurou: Ohhh!!!

SFX: Jump

22

SFX: Wham

SFX: Land

SFX: Roll roll roll

23

Shinkurou: Ritsu-san!!
Shinkurou: Are you okay!?

Ritsu: Cough
Ritsu: Cough
Shinkurou: Ritsu-san!?

Ritsu: Huh?

Shinkurou: R-

Shinkurou: Ritsu-san!!

24

Box: The next day

Sign: In surgery

Shinkurou: What was that yesterday...?
Shinkurou: Is Kirihiko-chan not the only person targeting Ritsu-san?

Shinkurou: And why did Ritu-san seem so calm?
Shinkurou: It was almost like she wasn't afraid of death.
Shinkurou: Like she was just going to accept it.

25

Kirihiko: I don't give a fuck.

Kirihiko: I don't know who wants to kill her.

Kirihiko: And I don't know what irrational or disgusting reasons they have for it.

Kirihiko: That doesn't matter.

Shinkurou: Of course it matters!!!

26

Murasaki: Shinkurou?
Shinkurou: Ah...

Shinkurou: Sorry, Murasaki. So you came?
Murasaki: Yes...I heard Ritsu wasn't doing very well.

Murasaki: Is she okay?
Murasaki: Did some bad guy get her?

Shinkurou: No. She just forced herself and was a little too active.
Shinkurou: Don't worry. She'll get better.

Murasaki: Hey, Shinkurou.

Murasaki: Do you think Ritsu really was lying?

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Shinkurou: I don't know.

Shinkurou: But...
Shinkurou: I WILL protect her.

Shinkurou: I won't let anything else...
Shinkurou: happen to her.

Shinkurou: I promise.

Lin: ...What?

28

Lin: You want me to keep Murasaki-sama away from here?

Shinkurou: I understand that she's worried about Ritsu-san.
Shinkurou: But...
Lin: But what!?

Lin: What are you thinking!?
Lin: Answer me, Kurenai!!

Shinkurou: I can't let...
Shinkurou: Murasaki meet Kirihiko-chan.

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Shinkurou: The assassin from the Akuu Company targeting Ritsu-san...
Shinkurou: is <Kirishima> Kirihiko.
Shinkurou: It's Kirihiko-chan.

Lin: What...!?

Shinkurou: And I can't let...
Shinkurou: Murasaki know that.

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Shinkurou: I will...

Shinkurou: stop Kirihiko-chan.
Text: Is the battle unavoidable...!?
Bottom: To be continued in the January issue.