Innocent 88

Oookaay and on to volume 9 I guess! I was planning to just scan it today but there's no big text-summary in these volumes and this chapter was easy so I translated it, too. Thus starts the last volume of the original series of Innocent! I got my copy of Rouge V1, also. So hopefully I can get to that soon after finishing this.

[Innocent 88 Translation by Kewl0210]
Author Flap:
There is a god inside me.
No matter what sort of painful situation I get in, I never turn against that god. I believe in it, defend it, and enforce its will.

I obey the god I created.

That is the one rule I have in regards to my work.

Sakamoto Shinichi

About the Author Flap:
Born in Oosaka on July 19th 1972.
In 1990 his work "Kiss!!" was selected for Weekly Shounen Jump's 70th H☆S Award.
In 1991, he debuted with the same work.
He had the series "Niragi Kioumaru" and "Masuraou" seriazlied in Weekly Young Jump.
Starting in 2007, his work "Kokou no Hito" won the Excellence Prize in the 14th Japan Cultural Media Awards.
In 2013, this work was selected as a recommended work by the 17th Japan Cultural Media Awards committee.
In 2014, this work was nominated for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (sponsored by Asahi Shimbun) Reader's Award.
In 2015, this work won 7th place for the 'Manga Taishou Award 2015'.

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Title: Ideal for the future.
Idéal de l'avenir.

Inspired by the 'freedom'-seeking Marie-Josephe, the crowned princess Antioinette started to act without inhibition in the palace. She continuously refused to greet the favorite mistress of the king, Madame Du Barry, which developed into a state of war in no time...!! But then, the older brother, Charles, whom holds 'order' in the highest esteem, wagered the fate of the royal court by challenging his little sister Marie to a duel...!! What is the "distant ideal" these two Sanson siblings will reach-----?!

Bottom: Ce volume 7 contient les episodes numero 88 a 99..
(This Volume 9 contains episodes 88 to 99.)

Page 3:
Title: n°88 Familial Love

Page 4-5:
[There's the moon.]

Page 6-7:
[Daaang.]

Page 8:
Charles: The first one from which crimson blood was drawn is you...
It seems I have won this bout...
Che: Using a hidden gun like that...
Such a cowardly man......!!!

Page 9:
Che: I will be your opponent next!!!
Witness the blade of the former captain of the dragoons, Chevalier d'Eon!!!
Now, prepare yourself!!!
---------!!!?

Page 10:
Che: Very well!!!
Then I, the great d'Eon, shall dispose of the both of you!!!
It is clear to anyone that the swordplay of an executioner is no match for the sword of a knight...!!!
What...?!!!
Two swords...?!!!

Page 11:
[KYAAA]

Page 12:
Che: K...
KYAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Gas: As they say, "Weakness, thy name is woman".
The moment you had the heart of a woman, you were no longer deserving of being called a knight.
We had actually prepared another sword for use in the inspection.
But I never expected we would use it in this such a way.
Che: Just how dirty are you men?!!!
How could you trample over the feelings of little Marie who didn't inspect the sword because she trusted her brother...!!!

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Charles: Sorry,
but one cannot survive this world only on dreams and ideals.
There is no path prepared for inhuman people.
Che: GODDAMMIIIIIIIIIT!!!!
Marie: U...Uu.

Page 14:
Charles: It's so difficult to look at...
To be a woman and trim your hair this short...
Was this what you had to do
so you could carry those strong feelings...?

Page 15:
Charles: Now, please fulfill your promise, Marie...
Marie: !!
Charles: Otherwise, I will pierce your hearts here and now.
Marie: ...I understand, Big Brother.

Page 16:
Marie: Your feelings
have been made painfully clear.
I agree to marry Monsieur Gaspard.
Gas: Lord Marie!!!
Che: L...
Little Marie?!!
Marie: But...
please grant me one wish.

Page 17:
Marie: Even Marie cannot endure wearing the outfit of a bride with this hair.
Could you somehow postpone the wedding until this hair grows back?
Marie is a woman, too. For her once-in-a-lifetime moment of her marriage,
Marie wants to arrange and decorate her own hair...

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Somebody: Welcome back,
petite Marie.
You've finally come back to where I am.

Page 20:
Narration: One Month Later
July 1770
The Sanson Estate