Persona 4 3

Nice, Yousuke-centric narration . . . XD

Anyway, I already said, I won't change Kuma to his English counterpart . . . I won't let him. *hug my cute, little Kuma-chan* There is this HUGE difference between him and "Teddie" that I don't want to even think about it . . . I prefer Kuma the way he is . . . :(

Anyway, rather than looking at me ranting over the English version of the game, enjoy the translation. Please take note as well, if you didn't already, that from now on, it will be a switch between P3 and P4. P4 is becoming monthly while P3 turned to quarterly, so do my translation time table for those two. :p

ENJOY~! XD

Reserved for Red Hawk Scanlation Group.

Persona 4
#03 “Hanamura Yousuke: part 1”
Pg. 1
** The lightning move! The popular RPG had descended into Dengeki Maoh!! **
Nanako – Junes!!

TV – Junes appreciates all customers daily
Please come, see and feel it

Nanako – Everybody’s young life!
Junes!

. . . Both otousan and oniichan are really late

I want . . .
To go to Junes

Pg. 2
Chie – Where’s this place . . . some kind of studio?
I’m really surprised that Junes’s TV can connect to some place like this
Is this some kind of attraction?
Yousuke - . . . How is that even possible?

I don’t understand. Say, just what really just happened?

Chie - . . . What should we do then?

Souji – How ‘bout just looking around? Looks like there isn’t an entrance nor an exit as well.

Pg. 3
Yousuke - . . . You’re right

Guess we need to think of a way to get out of here first
I can’t really see through this fog, but let’s just start from where we actually can go to first

Chie - . . . Wa-
Wait for me!

Pg. 4

Pg. 5
That room looks kind of shady . . .
Yousuke – I’m going in
Chie – Huh . . .
With no hesitation at all?

Yousuke – There’s nowhere else that we can actually go ahead and get moving

Chie – . . . You’re right, but

Souji – What is this? A . . . room?

. . . Did we get out already?

Pg. 6
Yousuke - Dammit, a dead end?
Chie - . . . Wait

Around us . . .

Pg. 7
Are these posters? The faces got all ripped out
This person must be hated really, really badly . . . also

This chair and this rope . . . it’s pretty clear what is for . . .
Chie - . . . No

Let’s head back . . . I’m feeling really sick right now. Let’s go back to that place just now and find some other way out
I . . .
Don’t want to stay here

Pg. 8
Souji – Let’s head back
Yousuke – . . . True, I don’t know if it’s because of the atmosphere or not, but I’m feeling gross right now

Pg. 9
Yousuke – Satonaka, don’t cry, OK?
Chie – I’m not crying

Souji – There’s something there . . .
Chie – Something? What’s this something!!

Yousuke – Hey, Satonaka . . .

Pg. 10
You go, with that kung-fu skill you’re so proud of
Chie - So now you look like you’re just about to run . . .

Fine then

== lol . . . poor Kuma . . . XDDD

Pg. 11
Chie – Wh- . . . what is this?
A mascot? A monkey . . . no, a bear?

What the heck is this guy?

Kuma – An- . . . And just who the heck are you too-kuma?

Pg. 12
Chie – He can talk!?
Yousuke – Honestly, I got a feeling that I heard him yelled out something like “Gwe!”
== It’s the SFX when Chie kicked Kuma. He . . . yelped . . . XD

Kuma – Can you pull me up?

Yousuke – He’s this useless? What a pain

Souji – Umm, where is this place? And who are you?

Pg. 13
Kuma – Kuma is Kuma-kuma
I lived here alone-kuma
This place is where I always lived, and it doesn’t have a name. But first . . .

You guys better go back to there-kuma

Yousuke – I’m telling you! We actually want to go back
Kuma – Kuma already has Kuma’s problem with someone putting people into this place
Kuma don’t know who did it, but Kuma really want you people over there to just use your head a bit!

Pg. 14
Souji – Someone . . . putting other people in here?
Chie – What is that supposed to mean? You suddenly just came out of nowhere and talk about people being put into here!

Wasn’t it more of this placing pulling us in?
It’s us that got into trouble! Just what is going on around here!?

Kuma – Hiii!

Nothing really . . .
It’s just like I told you-kuma . . . but . . . but you better hurry and go back now-kuma

Pg. 15
So you just want to tell us to go away, didn’t you? That’s actually what we want to do right now as well
But I said we don’t know the way out of here!

Kuma – And that’s why Kuma said Kuma will show you the way out! MUKEEEH!!
== Kuma likes to make weird sounds . . . he always make weird sounds . . . XD

Yousuke – . . . I didn’t hear that

Pg. 16
Wow, a TV! You’re saying that if we get into it, we can go back?
Kuma – Even though Kuma don’t know about the theory behind it, but

Aaah, get going already-kuma! Kuma is busy right now-kuma!

Yousuke – Wai-what are you doing all of the sudden. It won’t work!
Don’t push me! We can’t go in there!!

Pg. 17
Announcement – Right now, we’re having our usual time service at the first floor’s food stores, and tonight, we have yet another new product,
Junes’s fresh wild vegetables set. Please don’t waste this precious time.

Chie – Are we . . . back?
Yousuke - It is already this late, huh?

Souji – Hanamura . . . that

Yousuke - . . . Oh yeah
Chie – What’s it?
Yousuke – Look at that poster . . . isn’t that the same as those torn ones we saw over at that side?

An Enka singer, “Hiiragi Misuzu”
== Enka is a kind of Japanese traditional ballad

Isn’t she in the news lately as well . . . that her husband had been out with Announcer Yamano that just died?
Chie - And what of it?

Pg. 18
Are you saying that that scary room over there has something to do with Announcer Yamano’s death?

Yousuke – Well, there is a lot of awful stuff there as well . . .
Would be strange if it really is nothing . . .

Aaah, leave it as that then
Let’s just all stop talking about it!
Chie – You’re the one who started it . . .
Yousuke – Anyhow, I’m just going to forget about whatever happened today then

Since, well, it’s seriously is not possible, yeah!

Chie – . . . Let’s go home then
Souji – OK

Pg. 19
Yousuke – Despite of that fact that I was just acting tough

I can’t possibly forget about that weird event . . . that that night
I’m so bothered by it that I have to watch the “Midnight Channel”

The “TV” was showing that as if it is the most natural thing ever, but I’m not at all surprised by it

“Inside the TV” is the picture of a girl who looks just like Konishi-senpai, like I saw the night before

Pg. 20
Her picture is very clear and vivid, and seems to be somehow in pain

While I do feel that somewhere in my chest is burning hot
I just keep on staring at that person

And in the following day

Pg. 21
Konishi Saki-senpai, the first person who found Announcer Yamano’s corpse
Was found . . . as a mysterious corpse just like Announcer Yamano

Chie – Ah . . . Hanamura

Yousuke – . . . You two, did you watch that midnight TV last night?

Pg. 22
Chie - What’s with you . . . ?
Someone just died and you can still talk about that? Also, the victim is
Yousuke – I know! Just listen to me!!

That time . . . and this time as well . . . that one who was shown in the TV, I think it’s really Konishi-senpai
I saw her struggling in pain . . .
And all of the sudden, the screen just faded off . . .
Chie – What do you want to say?

Yousuke - Senpai’s body . . . they said it’s similar to Announcer Yamano’s, right?
Didn’t you say it before . . . that some guy made a buzz about “Announcer Yamano is my soul mate”?

So I was wondering, if Announcer Yamano got shown in that “TV” before she died as well . . .

Pg. 23
Chie – What are you . . .

Yousuke – All I can think of right now is that this is somehow connected
Right? . . . You’re not thinking that I’m saying something weird right now are you?
It isn’t weird, right? In fact, this world is already filled with strange things, isn’t it?
So, could it be that both senpai and Announcer Yamano went into that world . . . no
Rather, did someone really throw them in there, like what that “Kuma” said?

. . . So please, I need you to be there or else I can’t get into the TV

I seriously want to go to that world again and confirm it
There might even be some place there related to senpai. I want to know why does senpai has to die!

Pg. 24
I’ll be waiting for you at Junes

At that time, it just seems
I cannot hardly suppressing the throb inside my chest

Pg. 25
So you’re come!!

Chie – Yeah, to stop some idiot!

If, for some reason, what you said was really true
Then we will never know what can possibly happen to you
Since we don’t know what is actually there on that other side

Yousuke - . . . yeah, but we did manage to get back, didn’t we?

Pg. 26
If we can get to that place . . . by going through here, we might be able to meet with that Kuma again

Chie - . . . that rope will be the lifeline just in case then?

Yousuke – You got it right, so Satonaka, would you please wait for us here?
We two will go to that other side

Chie – Seta-kun . . . can you just say something to this idiot as well?

Yousuke – You can’t just leave it as it is also, can’t you?

Pg. 27
Souji – Alright then

Chie – Oh, you two are just being silly, both of you
I never thought you would be that kind of person, Seta-kun . . .

Yousuke – Alright! We’re going then
Satonaka, we might make you look a bit like a weirdo, but I’m leaving the guard to you!
Chie - . . . Ugh

Pg. 28
Promise that you’ll be back though!!

Yousuke – And
Even though I don’t know whether it’s the sorrow or resentment towards the loss of senpai, or was it the anger I have towards the murderer

Or perhaps it’s just something derived from the feeling of love that drives me, but

Pg. 29-30
Kuma – Wh- . . . Why did you guys . . . come in here again-kuma?

Yousuke – Whatever it is, counting from today, one certain thing is that this will be an unforgivable one year
Souji – Hehe . . .
Yousuke – We are here to get hold of the truth
That I’m determined to investigate on the matter for the first time, along with my comrades

** Souji and Yousuke who got back into the TV once again! What will be the fate of the two!? **

Thank you for reading . . .