Toriko 254

And so, our Midora-Ichiryuu arc is finally done. I have no idea what's gonna happen now...

[Toriko 254 Translation by Kewl0210]
Page 1:
Ichiryuu: I was
crumpled...
Title: "Toriko"
Side: Towards a bitter past with unending thirst--- the lion roars!
SFX: ZORYU RYU
Ichi: Ever since...
that day....

Page 2:
Midora: My heart...
was crumpled...
Like a shirt that's never been changed...
The only moment when this tightening in my crushed chest...
eases is...
when I eat something...
Humans...
whatever happens to them...
they have to eat...!!
No matter what sadness...
or pain...
They have to chew it, swallow it...
and keep eating...

Page 3:
Midora: My only choice is to constantly satisfy...
this maddeningly unrelenting appetite...
Ichiryuu: ..........It's almost like...
you're a slave to your appetite... Midora...
It was our mission...
to succeed Acacia-sama's will...
and Frohze-sama's heart...
I became the "IGO" President
and you made the "Bishokukai"...
And just as I feared...
you pursued taking all of the world's ingredients to yourself, eh...?

Page 4:
Ichiryuu: Midora... you forgot your mission...
and were defeated by your own appetite...
And that's my responsibility...
for not finishing you off back then...
I must stop you no matter what it takes...
That is my final and most vital mission...!!
Midora: Ichiryuu... That mission is too big for some as past their expiration date as you...
And if you say I'm a slave...
I don't deny it...

Page 5:
Midora: The one dark shadow born of the dazzling light called the "Gourmet Age"...
is me...
To the fiendish devil...
that is the Gourmet Cells I was born with...
I am a "slave to appetite"... [quote white]
SFX: ZUA
IChiryuu: So it's finally...
come out, has it...?
Midora: Now...
let us put an end to this...
Big Brother...!!

Page 6:
Top: Inherited will--- Entrusted hope---!!
Title: Gourmet 254 A Sad End!!
Author: Shimabukuro Mitsutoshi

Page 7:
Narration: The moment Midora's Gourmet Cells
emerged from inside him----
Ichiryuu...
Ichiryuu: Minority World!!
Narrator: turned the molecules that were trying to heal his wounds into the majority with the greatest strength----
SFX: BARI BARI
Narration: and succeeded in healing himself at an incredible speed!!
SFX: BIKIII
Midora: Hooh...
It looks like your "Food Immersion" was very thorough...
But will your recovery speed...
be able to keep up...
with the speed of my tongue?

Page 8:
Ichiryuu: Wha...
SFX: SHUBOBOH
Ichiryuu: ......
SFX: DODODODO
Ichi: GUNU...
This speed...
You...
Weren't serious up until...
And this control... ["control" in italics]
Minority World is active.

Page 9:
Ichi: He's suppressing the minorities inside his body...?
My technique has already been...
But anyhow,
this isn't the time to be using energy for recovering.
You brat...
Don't get cocky!!
"Banzen"
SFX: ZUN
Ichiryuu: "Oushoku Bashi"----
T/N: Banzen Oushoku Bashi = All-Meal King-Eating Chopsticks
SFX: DOH
Narration: Ichiryuu put everything into that secret technique
but Midora...

Page 10:
Narration: Unable to escape
SFX: ZUH
SFX: DODODODO DODODO
SFX: OOOO
Ichi: HAAAA
HAAA
SFX: OO
Midora: For the end...

Page 11:
Midora: I wanted to be hit by it...
Ichiryuu...
Age truly is a sad thing...
I remember one even being jealous of you...
But seeing your full strength...
reduced to only this, Big Brother...
SFX: SUU...
Ichiryuu: Midora!!
SFX: FU
Ichiryuu: This is it...!!
This is Midora's "Mirror Neurons"...!! [quote White]
Description: ■Mirror Neurons
Also known as "Mimicry Cells", they are nerve cells located in the brain...
It is said that it is because of these Mirror neurons that people are able to do thing such as imitate others' actions in order to learn skills and empathize with others.

Page 12:
Ichiryuu: Midora's Mirror Neurons are miraculously talented.
And he's mastered them so well that he can even control his minorities in such a short period of time...
And this mimicking talent...
allows his body to change colors like a chameleon.
He can even completely blend in with the scenery around him.
Just like back then when he was searching for Acacia's Full Course..
he has slipped perfectly into the darkness...
SFX: DOH

Page 13:
SFX: DOSAH
Ichi: ......
GUHUH...
SFX: SU...
Ichi: Uu...
......
Wh...
Why are you crying...
Midora...?
......Y...
You did the same thing...
back then, didn't you...?
Midora: I'm hungry...

Page 14:
Midora: My stomach...
feels empty...
dammit...
I eat and eat...!!
and eat and eat... but I'm still hungry!!
You knew from the beginning
that you couldn't do something like actually kill me...
Ichi: Midora...
It wasn't food you've been hungering for...
Then and now, you've just been searching...
for a family's love...

Page 15:
Midora: .........
The "Devil's" roar...
will turn into meteors...
that are just like a spice
that will sprinkle onto Human World...
But before that...
I will finish you off myself...
Ichiryuu...
Ichi: You really...
got strong..
Midora...
But I did want...
to go with you...
and Jirou...
on a hunt one more time..
and sit around a dining table...
with everyone...
Midora: Farewell, Midora!!

Page 16:
SFX: DOH
Frohze: Midora----

Page 17:
Frohze: Come on, Midora...
Wipe those tears away...
When you're hurt by someone...
and your heart feels crumpled...
we'll always...
be here to iron it out...
so don't forget, okay...?

Page 18:
Frohze: Never forget that you...
have a family in your life...
SFX: KAH

Page 19:
Midora: "Meteor Spice"!!
Insert: At the end of this sadness is a downpour of anger---!!
Bottom: Toriko
...Gourmet 254
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