JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8 JoJolion 34

Iwasuke doesn't need this shit. Iwasuke hates bugs.

[JoJolion 34 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Side: We finally managed to take a family portrait (See chapter 7)
Title: #034 That Man, Joubin.

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Insert: A search...?!
Narration: I am Higashikata Jousuke (19).
Both the name and age are (temp.).
............"I am a man that has lost his memory."
I have to identify the truth of a "mysterious fruit".
Where is the "fruit's tree"? I've got to find it!
That's because the Higashikata Family line carries a 'disease' which affects the first born son of each generation
and the nutrients of that fruit cures the 'disease'!
And it seems that at one point...
I knew the true nature of that 'fruit'?

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Joushuu: Hey...
Jousuke.
Did you hear that my big brother got back from his trip?
Jousuke: Yeah...
I met him yesterday.
Joushuu: He got me a souveni~~r! ISHISHISHIH! Check it out! Looks real as hell, doesn't it?
It's a spiny lobster figure. Sooo coo~~~l! ["So cool" in bold/weird font]
Did you get anything?
Is t hat dirty little jar your present?
Jou: No...
It's actually what's in the jar...
Joushuu: You're kidding me!
Is that a... No way, a stag beetle figure?!

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Jou: Uh... Not quite...
It's a living stag beetle sort of bug, though...
Joushuu: What?!
Livi.....
Daiya: Here's mi~~~~~~~ne!
It's an "ash tray" made from broken coconuuuuut!
It's a souveniiii~~~r!
Boxes: Second daughter, Higashikata Daiya (16)
Eldest daughter, Higashikata Hato (24)
Maid, Nijimura-san (22)
Daiya: But I'm only sixteeeeeen...
And nobody in our family smokes, why'd he give ma an ashtraaay?
Handwritten: I don' need iiiit
Hato: I got a t-shirt with Green Sea Turtle written in red letteeeers.
Who needs thaaaat?! Even the turtle's red!!
Shity: Green Sea Turtle

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Hato: What "lame-ass souveneiiiirs"!
Nijimura-san got an Oscar statuuuuue! From a trip to Southeast Asiaaaa!
Where're you gonna put that spiny lobseeeeeeer?!
Joushuu: Huh... Is this not cool?
SFX: AHAHA HAHAHA
Jousuke: I..........
guess I've gotta go learn how to 'keep' a stag beetle.
............I wonder where 'Joubin'-san is right now.
Joushuu: There's no way Big Bro is gonna teach somebody like you anything.

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Daiya: C'mere! I'll show you where big brother's room iiiiiiis!
Shuu: What?! You stay out of this!
I'll bring him!
Hato: Ah, a fold-up umbrella that says 'fighting spirit' on it in red letteeeeeers!
C'mon, seriouslyyy? Like I'd be caught dead walking around with thiiiiiis!
SFX: AHAHAHAHA
Shuu: .......................

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Shuu: Big brooo.......
Big Brooo..........
Thanks for that cool souvenir.
And... uh...
that crazy Jousuke guy has been shamelessly running his mouth about how he wants to know how to raise a stag beetlllllle.
Fat chance, ri~~~~ght?
Huh? Wha?!
It's oka~~~~~y? You're kidding.

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[Men at work.]

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Joubin: "If you take something by force there is never enough."
"If you share it , there will always be something left ove~~~~r."

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Shuu: ?
............
Suke: ....................... Aida Mitsuo?
Bin: What the heeeeell... Joushuuu, you're no fun.
Don't you know what an incredible 'poet' Aida Mitsuo is...?
I wanted us to say "It's a great line after a~~ll" together, ya knoooooooooooow?
Box: Eldest Son
Higashikats Joubin (32)
Bin: Yup.
Shuu: ............
Box: Second Son
Higashikata Joushuu (19)
Bin: What do you feed a stag beetle?
You shouldn't feed it watermelon rinds or things like that.

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Bin: The food for a stag beetle is...
protein.
SFX: PETOH
SFX: PUH
PU!
SFX: PUH
PU
PUH
Tsurugi: Woah!
SFX: HAHM
Suke: You're gonna get bit.
Tsurugi: It's okay.. Cause 'Iwasuke' and I are friends now.
Jousuke: ............

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Suke: By the way... I went to the "Higashikata Fruit Parlor" a little while ago......
and your dad came back from his trip.
So there's something I want to ask only to you. ["only to you" in italics.]
Tsurugi: ....................
Box: Higashikata Tsurugi (9)
6th Generation Eldest Son
Jousuke: Tell me about your 'Dad's' "Stand ability"...
I'm planning to corner "Higashikata Joubin"... ["planning" in italics.]

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Suke: I learned from meeting him.....
that for some reason, your Dad went to the place where that 'fruit' is located.
Your Dad knows 'something'.
And I'm certain it's the 'location' where that fruit's tree grows!
Tsuguri: ......
SFX: KURUH (Turn)

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Tsurugi: Grandpa......
Did you talk to my grandpa about this?
Suke: Norisuke-san doesn't know anything about it.
It's still a "secret" to him.
Norisuke-san's stand ability is automatic!
It showed me that fruit's 'scent', it show me it was able to pursue it...
He said that once he's memorized the form of the 'smell'...
as long as it's within his range, the Stand will automatically 'pursue' it.
[It just says King Nothing in katakana there.]

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Suke: It was just for a moment, and I'm the only one that saw it!
But on the handkerchief your dad, 'Joubin' dropped...
I saw the pieces take a form indicating that the 'smell' remained on it!
That makes it clear that your dad... knows how to cure the "disease that makes you like a rock"
but he's hiding it from you and Norisuke-san!!
SFX: GOGOGO (Menacing as fuck)

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Tsurugi: Wh...
Why?
Jousuke: I'm going to figure that out!!
I'll corner 'Joubin' and show him no mercy!
I'll find out where it is he went!!
Tsurugi: N... Not that...
Why are you keeping it secret from my grandpa... and telling me all this stuff you're suspicious about?
Suke: Norisuke-san is a "good person"...
He's a wonderful head of a family and I admire his character.
But if if it's at his 'child's' expense, what do you think a 'parent' would do?
Which side would a 'parent' take?
The "eldest son" of his family......?
Or "the truth about the fruit"...?

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Jousuke: With him being a parent, can't you guess which side would "outweigh" the other?
But Tsurugi-chan... you're different.
You're in a position where you really have to know the "truth".
[All of those SFX are HAA]
Tsurugi: M... My dad isn't a bad person... He's a good person for sure!
He's never hit me or anything...
He's always been nice... and fun...
It was more my dad than my grandpa that grew Higashikata Fruit Parlor to be so trendy that it became the top fruit store in Japan.
My dad has never once hit me or anything!
Jousuke: I want to know Higashikata Joubin's 'Stand ability'.

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Jousuke: Tell me!
Otherwise, I'll be beaten!
Tsurugi: I...
I'm sure Dad has my interests at heart.
Dad is...
Jousuke: The only thing that can decide that...
is the "facts"......
I'll figure it out no matter what it takes. Who's side are you on?
Bin: If you feed a stag beetle watermelon or something, it'll get diarrhea. So no dessert!
What they need is protein. You're raising a powerful athlete.
So you've gotta feed him mashed up other bugs.
He'll be tough enough to survive winter and live for 5 years...

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Jousuke: Joubin-san, is there some place around here...
where you keep living stag beetles?
Joubin: ...................
Tsurugi: U
Uu

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Jousuke: ............
Tsurugi: Uh
Uuh
I...
[The SFX are still all HAA]
Tsurugi: I want you to promise...
Jousuke: .........
Tsurugi: not to hurt my dad no matter what......
...If you promise that, I'll help you, Jousuke.
All we're looking for is the "location of the tree" that fruit grows on!!
The only thing you're going to do is get dad to tell you that!!
After that, no matter what you find out... you can't attack my dad with your Stand, okay?!

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Tsurugi: He's my dad... Promise!
Jousuke: Okay... I promise.
I consider myself a member of the Higashikata family, too.
I promise to pay respect to the Higashikata family bloodline.
I won't bring any harm to Joubin. I have no intention of it.
Tsurugi: Dad's "weakness" is stag beetles.
Jousuke: ?

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Tsurugi: My dad is more of a kid than me.
He's obsessed with his Stag Beetle collection...
Jousuke: Tsurugi-chan?
Hold on a sec...
Tsurugi: I'm being serious!!
My dad's the type of person that thinks it's always summer vacation.
You've got to defeat that... Defeat his 'pride'.
When he gets excited, he's sure to expose his weakness and talk.
The fact that he does not think of as a 'weakness' himself also makes it a weakness!
Jousuke: ......

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Jousuke: Just what are you trying to tell me?
Tsurugi: Never mind, just do what I'm saying!
Take it one thing at a time! Also, 'Higashikata Joubin' is a shrewd businessman, so be careful!
He's definitely got a bug 'specimen room' in the house, so you'll have to go there, Jousuke...
Then try saying to Dad 'Let's make our stag beetles fight.'.
Say you wonder which is 'stronger'.
Invite him.
If Dad is on board with that, we'll start to have a chance.

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Joubin: Wanna see 'em, huh?
Huhu.
My stag beetles?
SFX: GARA GARA GARA GARA

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Jousuke: ............
SFX: GARA GARA GARA
Joushuu: Th...
This is...
a "prosopocoilus giraffa"!
Man, that's so coo~~~l!
Joubin: Unlike other insects, stag beetles have 'intelligence'.
These guys think. ["think" in italics.]
Especially when they 'fight'........... And their attitude towards females is 'purely based on looks'... Unless they're their type, they won't mate. No exceptions.

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Joubin: However............... according to my observations and statistics
they'll think for a maximum of 45 seconds and forget right away...
They are bug brains, after all.
But they undoubtedly have 'intelligence'.
When they see each other, they get belligerent and stressed, it's an invisible 'warm up ritual'.
Jousuke: Are all of the ones here 'athletes'?
Jounin: Pretty much.
They're stronger and live longer than the ones in the natural world...
Jousuke: This section......
?
What do you call these? ............ On their faces......
Horns? Scissors? What're they called...?
Joushuu: They're 'mandibles'!
They're on their faces so you call them 'mandibles', moron!

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Jousuke: Mandibles, hu~~~h?
And this one here...
It looks weaker than the 'Dorcus Titanus Palawanicus' I got.
Its mandible is 'thinner'.
Its mandible looks weaker than mine's does.
I'll bet he could win against it in a fight.
Shuu: Hey, Jousuke.......... You bastaaaard,
what the hell're you bringing up all of a sudden?
Jousuke: Ah......... Nothin'...
...Sorry, never mind.
I spoke without thinking there.
I was curious... so that crazy idea just... sorta came out.
I'm sure the thickness of the mandibles doesn't matter at all, right...?

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Suke: I'm not even all that knowledgeable about all this and I came out with a dumb idea like that......
I'm sorry.
Shuu: You bastaaard! Don't push your luck! I'll fuckin' kill you!
Suke: This really is an amazing animal rearing room.
Excuse me, I'll get going.
Shuu: Hmph! Shitty bastard.

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Bin: Jousuke... wait.
Which stag beetle... were you talking about just now?
Was it him?
You say that P-#36's mandible is thin?
Bin: How about we have them fight and find out?
Shuu: ......
Tsurugi: Take your time approaching dad with the idea...
If he catches on to our true 'goal', Dad will become cool and composed.

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Tsurugi: And once he does it, that Palawanicus needs to win...
If your stag beetle wins, dad's pride will be seriously hurt!
I'm certain that he'll show 'some' weakness and get talking.
But he can't find out what we're doing... and you absolutely have to win.
You've got it, right?!! You need to make that stag beetle 'win' overwhelmingly!
Bin: Jousuke, you just said you were curious, right?
I think a 'test' would determine that. What do you say? How about we fight and find out?

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Jousuke: Well...
I... dunno about that. I'm really sorry, but...
I honestly can't.
No... I couldn't. I couldn't make them fight.
That's just not something I could ever do.... Let's just forget about this, it's stupid... I just said something really conceited.
Okay... I'm just gonna go.
There's really no meaning in making insects fight.
Bin: Are you saying me, a human, catching these stag beetles and taking them away from their natural habitat...
and then raising them to be athletes in this room is pointless?
Did you just say this was all stupid?
Jousuke: N... No,
I didn't mean it...

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Jousuke: that way.....
Shuu: Moron!
Bin: This P-#36 you chose is also a Dorcus titanus palawanicus... male.
It's length is 10.5 centimeters and it's at the adult age--- of 14 months.
The fighting arena is made of cork that's chemically hardened with resin.
On Page: 27.5cm
Bin: The diameter is 27.5cm and around the circumference is made of the plant soft rush.
The battle time of one round is '45 seconds'.
If you run outside the arena or you're pushed out, you lose.
If there's a deadlock with one being raised into the air, they lose after a count of 10.
Using the 'paint brush' to touch their bodies is against the rules, but if you just use it to excite them, it's allowed.

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Joubin: So, what do you think? That would test your simple curiosity, right?
Mm?
That's the sort of "fight" this is...... So why don't we just have them fight and see how it goes?
Jousuke: ..................
Tsurugi: Once dad is on board, push for it all at once!

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Jousuke: Just now... I got thought of something else...
You might be right, but...
what would happen if I were to win? Do you want to bet?
Shuu: What?!
Jou: Ah, er, sorry. Never mind.
I said another thing I really shouldn't have. My imagination seems to... just be running wild today... That was weird, just forget it.
If I hadn't said that about the scissors being thin, none of this wouldn't happened.
Shuu: "Mandibles", dammit! I told you that, you idiot!!
Joubin: Huhuhu, okay.
Jousuke... You're a pretty interesting guy... It's true, with the opponents being insects... we really don't know what's going to happen.
Okay, if you wanna bet, I'll do it.

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Bin: I have a 'Hercules' in here. If you win, I'll give it to you.
Shuu: Huh?!! "Hercules"?!
Uoooh... A rhinoceros beetle?
S-So cooool!!
You've been raising a "Hercules", Big Bro?!
L... Lemme seeeee!
Joubin: It's a "Dynastes hercules hercules" born in Panama, Central America... Its length is 16 centimeters.
I promise, if you win, I'll give you this.

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Joubin: I'll leave the Hercules over there.
By the way, this has gotten interesting.
So I'll have to be at least a little 'serious' about this.
I said before that based on my observations, a stag beetle only has '45 seconds' of 'intelligence' but...
it's very important to give them 'fighting spirit' before they enter the arena.
Jou: .................
The one with superior 'muscle'... 'body weight' and 'fighting spirit' always wins.
Just like with human "athletes".

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First, I'm going to give this dorcus titanus paliwanicus '1 45-second round' of fighting spirit. ["give" in italics]
I'll make it "learn".
I'll drill the effort and joy of 'victory' into it.

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SFX: TONN
SFX: ZZ ZUZZ
Shuu: Uh...
A... A "wasp"...!!

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Shuu: UWAAAAAAAA HIIIIIH!
Jousuke: Uuugh!
Joubin: There's one more rule.
If "it's killed", it loses. For 45 seconds, they're 'gladiators'.
And you said we were betting, right...?
Jousuke! What exactly are you going to 'bed"?
Insert: Against a masterful opponent like Joubin, what are Jousuke's chances of winning?!
Bottom: To be continued