Area no Kishi 8

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AREA no Kishi v2ch8 by Igano Hiroaki and Tsukiyama Kaya

Key:
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A new dialogue = new panel

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(page101)

-And so,

one season passed...

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(page102)

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(page103)

#8 Aizawa Suguru's Soul

[K: yey overdrive cameo -shot-]

Kakeru: GO... [K: I have no idea what he's saying... D: So that is my random make up.]

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Kakeru: FRANCE!

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Nurse: Keep going, Ma'am!
Kakeru: OOOOOHHH
sfx: whirrrrr whirrrrr

Man: yawn
sfx: see-saw
see-saw [K: No idea what that machine is..]

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(page104)

Ayaka: You've gotten a lot better, Kakeru-kun.
[small text] But what's with your outfit?

Kakeru: Yeah, Mine-san!! I'm fitter now than I was before the accident!

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Kakeru: See?
sfx: whirrrrrrr
Ayaka: Hey, you're leaving the hospital tomorrow, so don't work too hard.

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Kakeru: I'll be fine!
I just feel that I can't relax if I don't move.
text: Okay, next is the running machine!

Ayaka: Hehe!

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Doctor: So, Mine-kun, how is Aizawa Kakeru-kun recovering?
sfx: plod [K: sound of walking? ^^;]
Ayaka: Oh, extremely well.

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Ayaka: Through these three months of observation, I've noticed that his body has recovered completely, and his mental state has stabilised as well.

Ayaka: There seem to be no complications arising from the stress of the heart transplant...

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(page105)

Ayaka: He seems to have accepted his brother's death.
Ayaka: That's the most important thing.

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Doctor: When are you going to tell him?

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Ayaka: The adaptability of his heart is actually quite astonishing.
Even with siblings, cases where no complications arise are rare.

Doctor: This means that we can decrease the dosage of his medication for the complications to the minimum.
However, the truth about his heart transplant can't be hidden from him forever...

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Ayaka: Yes, he definitely needs to be informed about the transplant.
But there's also one more thing that he must be told.

Ayaka: His life was saved by him receiving his brother's heart.

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(page106)

Ayaka: Aizawa Suguru was hailed as the treasure of Japanese football,
Ayaka: and Kakeru has inherited his soul.

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Doctor: ...Mine-kun, I know that you had a good relationship with Suguru-kun.
But please don't forget that you are now counselling his brother, Kakeru-kun.

sfx Kakeru: slip
Kakeru: Aah!

Nurse: All right, you can do it, sir!
old man sfx: quiver quiver

Ayaka: ...yes, of course I understand.

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Kakeru: AAaaahh!!
sfx Kakeru: whump

sfx Nurse: rip [K: ^^;]

Old man: Ohhh!
sfx old man: tha-anks!

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Nurse: Eeeeeeeeeek!
sfx: slap

Kakeru: Obfh!

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(page107)

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Kakeru: Eh-- Everybody, sorry about making you worry.
Kakeru: I've recovered completely now!

Class: Let's go-!

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Guys: 1, 2, 3-!
Heave!
Heave!

Kakeru: Huh!?

Girl1: Congratulations on getting discharged!
Girl2: It's great to have you back, Kakeru-kun!

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Nana: Congratulations, Kakeru!

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Kakeru: G...
Guys...

sfx: moved to tears

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Teacher: H.. hey, don't overdo it! Aizawa's just recovered...
sfx: bam [K: LOL I didn't notice this at first. Yay for increased enjoyment subbing gives you!]

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Person1: Hey, Kakeru!..
Person2: Eeeeek! Kakeru!

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(page108)

Kakeru: Geez, you guys almost got me hospitalised again!
Kouta: Ah, sorry, sorry, we were too excited I guess.

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Kouta: So Kakeru, are you really quitting the football club?

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Kakeru: ...yeah, I mean I have this serious injury,
and I have no talent anyway, so now would be the best time.

Kouta: Ah, aahh, I see. Man, way to leave a guy all alone!

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sign: Football Club
poster: Accepting New Members

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Kunimatsu: ...are you sure, Kakeru...
Kakeru: I'm afraid so, Kunimatsu-san.

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(page109)

Kunimatsu: I understand. You must definitely have put a lot of thought into this decision.
Kunimatsu: Well, I'll keep this withdrawal notice with me for now.

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Kakeru: Okay..
Kunimatsu: But, Kakeru, I don't want you to forget this one thing.

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Kunimatsu: Your brother was a guy who would have been the saviour of Japanese football.
Kunimatsu: You know that, huh?

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sfx: bow

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sfx: sweep
Kunimatsu: You can come back anytime... Kakeru!

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(page110)

Kunimatsu: But when that happens, it will not be as a manager,
Kunimatsu: but as a striker.

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sfx: bow

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sfx: whoa- wow-

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(page111)

Suguru: The defence should work harder!

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sfx: boing boing

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Yuusuke: Kakeru.

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Kakeru: Here's the ball.
Yuusuke: Thanks.

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(page112)

Yuusuke: Did Kunimatsu-san accept your withdrawal notice?

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Kakeru: ...he said that he'd keep it with him.
Yuusuke: I see...

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Kakeru: See you.
Yuusuke: Wait, Kakeru. I can't accept it.

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Yuusuke: The brother of Aizawa Suguru, not playing football...
Yuusuke: That's just...

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Yuusuke: I heard from Mishima-san that your fitness is back to normal. You're fit enough to withstand vigorous exercise, aren't you?

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Yuusuke: Maybe now would be too early, but in summer, in the nationals... no,
Yuusuke: after that, like the Takamadonomiya or Nike Cups, you could make those...
Kakeru: Spare me, Yuusuke.

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(page113)

sfx: trudge
Yuusuke: Kakeru...

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Yuusuke: You're just running away!!
sfx Yuusuke: kick
sfx Kakeru: bamp

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sfx tree: thump
sfx ball: roll roll

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Suguru: You only know how to run away.

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Yuusuke: Forget it, I get it.
Yuusuke: Return the ball. [K: LOL! I kicked the ball to you rudely and could have injured your heart, NOW GIVE IT BACK TO ME!!!!]

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Kakeru: It's not what you think...
Kakeru: I... [K: Um, he uses 'ore' which is the tough guy's version of 'I'. Suguru uses this form. Normally Kakeru uses 'boku' which is the good boy's version. I dunno how to convey this.. Maybe you can italicise it or something to show his anger?]

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Kakeru: ...I'm not running away.
sfx: kick
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Yuusuke: Kakeru...?
sfx: roll roll

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Nana: How was it, Saeki-kun? Is Kakeru really quitting-
Yuusuke: I couldn't move.

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Nana: Eh?

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(page116)

Yuusuke: I was going to go and get the ball.
Yuusuke: But it was like something would happen, if I just got close to him. [K: Please emphasise 'something' with italics or something. OH WHAT A PUN! (/lame)]

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Yuusuke: That's right...
Yuusuke: It was like the last time I played against Suguru-san...

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Guy: What are you doing, Yuusuke? Where's the ball?
[small text] Chatting up girls!

Yuusuke: Ah, sorry!

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Yuusuke: Huh... looks like I've been cursed, too!

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(page117)

sign: Kamakura Central Hospital

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sign: Counselling Room
Ayaka: ...the results of your psychological test are encouraging.

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Ayaka: I was worried that the psychological trauma from the accident coupled with the stress from the operation would cause PTSD.
Ayaka: But there look to be no problems now.
*PTSD: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. [K: Um, the text actually says psychological stress after an external heart wound. But uh.. that isn't exactly right.. so yeah.]

Kakeru: Well, I'm kind of thick, so maybe that's why...

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Ayaka: ......
Suguru-kun was a sensitive young man.

Kakeru: Eh?

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Ayaka: He always felt overwhelmed by pressure. [K: Or was over-burdened, crushed, squashed by..]

Ayaka: That's why, when he was in this hospital for rehabilation for his injuries,
he approached me looking for counselling.

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(page118)

Kakeru: No way... Nii-chan was always so calm even on the big stage.
Ayaka: That was just for sake of appearances.

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Ayaka: He may have seemed mature, but he was only a 15-year old boy.
Ayaka: Not to mention the fact that as the ace of the U-15 team, all the eyes in Japan were on him as he fought.

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Kakeru: What could possibly worry the one and only Aizawa Suguru?

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Suguru: What the hell do you know, when all you ever do is run away?!

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(page119)

Ayaka: ...you know, he had a lot of nightmares, before the accident.
Kakeru: Eh?

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Ayaka: It's possible that he had a premonition of dying in the accident.

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Kakeru: W.. what, how...?
Ayaka: Some top-level athletes have a sixth sense, just like animals.

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Ayaka: For example, have you heard of this F1 racer, hailed as a genius, called Ayrton Senna?
Kakeru: Yeah, his name... he was a past champion, and died in a race.

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Ayaka: That morning, before setting foot into the circuit, he said for the first time-

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Ayaka: "I don't want to get in the racecar."

Ayaka: Maybe Suguru-kun's nightmares also contained premonitions like that.

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(page120)

Suguru: Kakeru... receive my pass.
Suguru: It's my last pass to you.

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Ayaka: Kakeru-kun?

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Kakeru: Wh... what?
Ayaka: What were your dreams like after the accident?
Kakeru: Eh... what they were like?

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Ayaka: Just say anything that comes to mind.
Dreams that you'd never had before the accident...

Kakeru: No.. no difference!

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sfx: plop
Ayaka: I see.

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(page121)

Ayaka: Well, there's no need to come to the rehabilation centre any more. Just continue exercising.
Kakeru: Ah.. okay. What should I do?

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Ayaka: For example...
Ayaka: you can play football.

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Kakeru: N.. no, that's...
Ayaka: While aggressive contact might still be too dangerous, you were in the football club before, right? So you should know how to practise.
Just continue on from what you did before the accident.

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Kakeru: ...all right.

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sfx: bow
Kakeru: Thank you very much.
Ayaka: No problem.

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Ayaka: Was the way I said it all right for you?

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(page122)

Alien: Yes, thank you very much.
sfx: ah [K: I have a suspicion that it is the sound that one makes when they open their mouths <<]

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Alien: Now he'll show up in that place.
Alien: Definitely.

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(page123)

Nishijima: Kunimatsu-san, just when are you going to retire? It's already February, you know.
Don't tell me you're going to stay here until your graduation ceremony...?

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(page124)

Nishijima: Oowwwww-!! I got it, didn't I? Damn it...
Kunimatsu: Shut up!
sfx: noogie noogie noogie