Hungry Joker Oneshot

[p001]

(top, star) This "science" can change the future!! A oneshot of real science battles with center color at 47p!!

(center text, top) The world's trump card
(center text, bottom) is inside his brain

(bottom) Hungry Joker
(bottom) Tabata Yuuki

[p002]

Box (right): The year 21XX
(right) Despair in the near future...
Box (left): An unknown virus broke out in the cells of living things.
Box (bottom): This "O Virus" caused a tremendous evolution in wild creatures.

Man: ...uu...
Man: Ah...
Box: Because of this existence, called "Overtype",

[p003]

Box: mankind, which was suddenly left behind by this spontaneous evolutionary progress,
Box: was faced with the danger of extinction.

Box: The hope left
Box: to mankind is

(beaker sfx) Boil boil

[p004]

(sfx) Guuuurgle

Boy: ...today I'm in
Boy: ...exceptionally bad shape again.

Boy: ...life remaining...
Boy: 6 hours, 12 minutes, 58 seconds, huh...

Boy: ...mu...

Creature: SHAAAAA

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Boy: ...hmph...

Creature: SHAAAAA
Creature: SHAAAAA

Boy: SHUT UP WITH ALL THE
Boy: SHAAAA SHAAA!!!!

[p006]

Creature: SHAAAAA
Boy: I won't forgive anyone who interferes with my time, whether it's an Overtype bastard or not!!!

Creature: JAAA

(Creature sfx): Gulp

Boy: ------hrm!!! What a speedy eater!!!
Boy: For that to be possible, you need strong neck muscles!!! Magnificent!!!

Boy: However, there is one problem----

Boy: This living creature known as a scientist, that you've eaten,
Boy: isn't on his deathbed just yet!!!!

[p007]

Announcer: People of the world, please set your minds at ease.

Announcer: Utilizing the power of the government's organization of combat scientists "White Joker", we will definitely repel the Overtype.
Crowd: Don't fuck with us!!

Man: There ain't no way you government types are gonna come to save a remote town like this!!

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Man: This town... the instant it's attacked by Overtype, it'll be the end...!!

Crowd: There's nowhere to run, either...
Crowd: On this island, all we can do
Crowd: is spend the days remaining to us as tranquilly as possible...

Girl: Oneechan... I wonder if Mona and everybody are gonna get eaten too...

Girl: Don't worry, Mona!
sfx bubble: Squeeeze
Girl: Because your big sister will definitely protect you!!

[p009]

Woman: Alice-chan, Mona-chan.
Woman: A little while ago, my husband saw the shadow of a pterosaur over the ocean...!!

Alice: ......!! Really?!

Men: Crap...
Men: L-let's hide...
Mona: Kyaan!
Alice: Mona!

Alice: What are you doing!! It's disgraceful for grown men to panic like that!!
(left of Mona) Waaah

Alice: Here, Mona!
Alice: I'll give you mine, so don't cry!

[p010]

Alice: Look! The gun dad left as a memento!
sfx bubble: Shink

Alice: BANG
Alice: With this, your big sister will bring down that monster!!
Mona: So coool~

Woman: Alice-chan...
Man: What can you do, with a gun like that...

Alice (narration): Even if you say it's impossible...

Alice (narration): I will definitely protect Mona.
Alice: So don't cry... okay?
Alice (narration): Just watch me, father, mother...

[p011]

Crowd: O...oi...!
Crowd: That's...

Creature: SHAAAAA
Crowd: It's an Overtype!!!
Crowd: Run for it!!!

Creature: SHAAAAAAA

[p012]

Boy: ...sometimes science is a deadly poison.

Alice (thoughts): ...eh...

sfx bubble: Vssh...

(sfx above boy) GACK
Alice (thoughts): EHHH?!!

[p013]

sfx bubble: Guuuuuurgle
sfx bubble: Knock knock
Boy: ...so ...wonder if I made it in time?

Man: ...? What the?? Those numbers...
(small text) A countdown?
(small text) Or more like
Man: ......hey...that white coat... isn't it---

Crowd: Could it be that... he's a scientist...?!
Crowd: ...what's he doing?
Crowd: No way... could it really be---- White Joker?!

Crowd: ...did he...beat that Overtype, too...?!
Crowd: Are you... a member of White Joker?!
Crowd: Have you come to protect our town?!
Crowd: You... what's your name?!

[p014]

Boy: The name's Hyjer Darwin!!!
Boy: People call me Hyj!!
(I'm about 90% sure that his first name is supposed to refer to Jekyll and Hyde, hence my choice of spelling.)
Crowd (thoughts): Ehhhh
Hyj: It was a coincidence I came here!!!
Hyj: Anyway, you're noisy!!!!

Hyj: Right now, I've gotta concentrate on something I've gotta do!!!
sfx bubble: Clipk clipk
Hyj: Because time ain't waiting!!!

Hyj: If you understand, then shut your traps. This fuc
(the next word, "fucking", gets cut off)
sfx bubble: Squeeze

Hyj: ...Blood from the Overtype Strong-Neck Draco (temporary name).
...オーバータイプツヨクビトビトカゲ(仮) の血液
sfx bubble: Ssssss

sfx bubble: Plink plunk

sfx bubble: Gulp
Crowd (thoughts): EHHHHHH
Crowd (small text): He's drinking it?!

Hyj: Phew...

[p015]

Crowd (thoughts): GEEEEEH

Hyj: ...no change in the timer ...no good, huh.

Hyj: ...mu.
(small text next to bubble) It's soft
Alice: Eh

Alice: NOOOOO!

Mona: You okaaay?

[p016]

Crowd: ...guess there's no way someone like that is part of White Joker...
Crowd: ...you're... probably right...
Crowd: Shit... getting our hopes up...
(text on Hyj's forehead): Fainted

Alice (thoughts): If I put in the effort... even I could probably defeat the Overtype...!!
Alice (thoughts): The end hasn't been decided...!!

Mona: Oneechan, you're amaaazing!

(right of Alice) Hehen~
Alice: That's because I've got to become even more amazing to protect you!

[p017]

Alice: Sheesh, I wonder just how long he plans to sleep.
Mona: That number spinning around him, I wonder what it is??
Alice: Yeaah... oneechan just has no clue what a strange person like that is thinking!
(small text): A new kind of clock?

Alice: After a good sweat, it's time for sweets, sweets! Mona, you can have cake~~
Mona: Yaaay

sfx bubble: Gulp
Television: Today's misfortune divination: Virgos will find someone has broken into their room.

(left of Hyj) Siiiiigh

Alice: Don't you go siiiiigh-ing.

[p018]

Alice: What do you think you're doing indulging in someone else's afternoon snack.
Television: Libras will find a gun barrel thrust into their face.
Hyj: ...hm.

Hyj: ...the cake's flavor is specific to the sort of lifestyle maintained by the native inhabitants to this town's culture, etc.
...この町の文化に風土住人の生活形態特有のケーキの味 etc.
(Yes, it's supposed to sound that convoluted. The original Japanese was murder to puzzle out.)
Hyj: ...I've come to understand various things.
Alice: You can ask about that stuff instead of wrecking the room!!

Hyj: ...humans must eat in order to stay alive.
Hyj: ...seconds.
sfx bubble: Groooooowl
Alice: Like hell!! How about I end your life right here?!

Alice: WAAAH!!
(small text) He's really dying?!

Hyj: ...like I would die that easily, fool.
Mona: Wah----
(right of Alice) Don't look, Mona.
Alice: You're not persuasive at all, though.

[p019]

Television: -----This is an urgent news report...

Television: The capital of Batouda was annihilated overnight...!!
Television: As of now... not a single survivor has been found...!

Alice: ...eh...

Television: Furthermore, there are reports that the member of White Joker
Alice: ...what the heck...!!
Television: who had been visiting this town was also a victim in the attack.

sfx bubble: Gruuuuumble

Alice (thoughts): ...that place...
Alice (thoughts): It's near this town...

[p020]

Mona: Mr. Scientist... was done in?

Mona: He was eaten,
Mona: just like dad and mom...?

Mona: ...oneechan...
Alice: ...Mona...
Mona: You shouldn't fight against the monsters after all...!

sfx bubble: Squeak squeak

[p021]

Mona: Mona... definitely doesn't... want oneechan to disappear...!!

Mona: ...I want you to... stay with me forever...!
Alice: ...I'll stay with you always,
Alice: in mom and dad's place...!

Alice: So don't cry so much!
Alice: Because crying over something means you've given up on it!

Alice: Tears are a woman's ultimate weapon, so keep them in reserve until the right time!

Hyj: ...hrm.

Television: What course of action does humanity have left?!

Alice: Together with oneechan...
Alice: You'll live strongly...!

Alice: It's alright... it's going to be fine...!
Alice: I'll try even harder...!

[p022]

Hyj: ...hrm.
Hyj: ...try harder... huh.

Alice: ...what...!

Alice: ...do you...
Alice: want to say it's a pointless waste of energy too?!

Alice: ...that it's idiotic for a single person to face off against the Overtype alone...
Alice: If that's what you're thinking, then just come out and say it!!

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Hyj: WHO THE HELL WOULD THINK
Hyj: SUCH AN IDIOTIC THING!!!!

Alice: ...wh...
Alice: Just what is with that mask...?!

Hyj: It's the "Shouting Mask" that I invented!!! When I put it on, I can talk with a loud voice!!!
Alice (thoughts): What the heck---
(smaller text) The name's so lame!!

Hyj: Thanks to a disease affecting my vocal organs, I've become unable to speak loudly!!!
Hyj: The doctors wrote it off as a lost cause, but with science I was able to do it!!!

Hyj: That I finally have something which overturns that verdict,
最終的に結果を覆すものがあるとすれば それはー

[p024]

Hyj: Is due to a supposedly pointless waste of energy!!!!

Alice (thoughts): Gwah----

Hyj: ...I get spasms when I'm in bad shape.
Hyj: ...I won't be able to move even 1 millimeter for a while...

Alice: ...what's with that... how could such a cruel illness exist...?!

Mona: There's no way to fix it?

Hyj: ...right now, I'm searching for a perfected treatment...
???: ----th...this is...!!

[p025]

Doctor: He's infected with the O Virus...!!
Doctor: ...and... it's not just the O Virus...!!

Doctor: I've never seen... something multiply and devour a body to this extent...!!
ここまで貪欲に。。。食らい尽くすように増殖するものは見た事がない。。。!!
Doctor: Until the parasite's host is killed... it can't be stopped...!!

Doctor: Invade the cells, control and destroy them---
Doctor: For living things, that spells the end... this virus can't be fought...!!

Doctor: And this boy could probably have become an excellent White Joker ...what a shame...
Doctor: ...the least we can do is a peaceful euthanization.
Hyj: ...don't...

Hyj: just write me off of your own accord...

[p026]

Hyj (thoughts): I'll definitely find it.

Hyj (thoughts): A way to keep living----

Hyj: ...each day, I would imbibe the cells of a fresh Overtype.

Hyj: ...now that's what I do in order to live.

Alice: ...what...the...!
Alice (thoughts): ...Overtypes' cells... he said...

[p027]

Hyj: ...I'm bad at keeping track of time ...so to keep track of my impending doom,
。。。オレは時間にルーズだ 。。。故に自分に常に危機感を煽る為
Hyj: I invented this "Life Remaining Timer".
Alice (thoughts): He really has no naming sense at all.

Hyj: ...by digesting an Overtype's cells, it changes to 24 hours.
Hyj: ...basically, when it reaches 0, I'll die.

Alice: ...you've only got one hour left, don't you...!!
Alice: What are you doing, talking so leisurely!!
Hyj: ...I can't move right now, so that's all I can do.

Alice: Harvesting Overtype's cells...
Alice: You can't just do something like that easily!!

Hyj: ...If you compare giving up to living, there's no contest...
。。。生きるのを諦める事に比べれば何の事はないな。。。

[p028]

Alice: ----Mona... don't go anywhere, okay!

Mona: ...oneechan...?

Alice: Mona...
Alice: Stay here...!!

[p029]

Alice: Oneechan's going to
Alice: try her hardest...!!

Alice (thoughts): I won't let it come here----

[p030]

Creature: Good day----
Creature: Foodstuffs...!!

[p031]

People: UWAAAAAAA!
People: KYAAA!

[p032]

Alice: Mona!!!
Alice: Run!!!

Mona: I don't wanna be separated from oneechan!!!

Alice: Hurry up and run!!!

Hyj: ...before you make a run for it, I've got a request...

Alice (thoughts): At least I'll
Alice (thoughts): definitely protect Mona!!!!

[p033]

Mona: ----I should push this...?

Mona: Wah!

???: Beeeep

???: ----9 seconds until
???: Mode shift.

Creature: ----Is that it...?

Creature: Excellent job with those meaningless attacks...!
Creature: Whatever a piece of human trash like you does...

Creature: Is useless...!!

Alice (thoughts): ...What did I think I was putting in that effort for...

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Alice (thoughts): ...I will
Alice (thoughts): Mona...

Mona: Hyj...
Mona: You're a scientist, right...?

Mona: ...please...
Mona: Save oneechan...!!

[p035]

Mona: Onee----

Alice: NOOOOOOOO!

Creature: Just give up,
Creature: human.

[p036]

???: "Greed Limit" released------

Hyj: Give up??

Hyj: I REFUSE!!!!!

[p037]

Hyj: How about you let me take over for you.
Hyj: You've worked hard...!!!

Creature: ....wh...
Creature: at...?!

Hyj: From here on out, I'm giving
Hyj: my all!!!
ここからはオレのソレが 物を言う!!!

(bottom left panel) Mode shift---

[p038]

(right) "Hungry Joker"

[p039]

Hyj: Saving your big sister means
Hyj: I have to save you, too.

Alice: ...Mo...
Alice: na...

Alice: ...Mona...!!
Alice: Mona...?!

Mona: ...mn...
Mona: Onee...chan...?

Alice: ~~~Monaaa...!

Creature: ...what...
Creature: are you...?!

Creature: ...just...
Creature: are you doing?!!

Hyj: ---Just performing an investigation,
Hyj: as a scientist...

[p040]

Hyj: On the potential of every human body
Hyj: To house a monster!!!

Hyj (thoughts): The virus corroding my cells.
Hyj (thoughts): There are 2 mechanisms acting as a unit to govern its behavior.

Hyj (thoughts): When I relocate the path of corrosion outside my body,
Hyj (thoughts): It starts to eat away at the cells of other living creatures---

Hyj (thoughts): With science, a negative (virus)
Hyj (thoughts): can be changed into a plus (power)!!!!

[p041]

Hyj: ---But this mode
Hyj: makes the timer move about 10 times as fast.

Hyj: So, sorry, but
Hyj: I don't have the time to play around with you!!!

Creature: Impossible...
Creature: ...there's no way something like that...

Creature: You can't...
Creature: Win against me...

Creature: It's impossible.
(the text gets cut off on this one)
Hyj: Impossible??
Hyj: Interesting!!!!
Hyj: I, a scientist,

[p042/043]

(right) am a living creature who
(left) makes the impossible possible!!!!!

[p044]

People: ----wh... what happened??
People: ...were we... saved...?
People: Seems like that boy was fighting...
People: ...just what... did he do...?!

[p045]

Hyj: ...we just
Hyj: ...did things as best we could.

Hyj: ...isn't that right?
Hyj: ...Alice.

[p046]

Alice: ...yeah...
Alice: Yeah...!

Hyj: ...mu.

Hyj: ...I heard that tears are a woman's weapon, but ...is now the time to use them?

(right of Alice) Ahaa
Alice: You moron.

Hyj: ...hrm ...I think I'm considerably smarter than you.
Alice: Gyaaaaa!

[p047]

Alice: Kyaaa!

Alice: Owow...

Hyj: ...mu.
Hyj: ...soft.

Box: Led by one lone male combat scientist---
Alice: NOOOOO!
Box: In this world, humanity continues to survive.

Mona: You okaaay?
(left of Hyj) ...I don't understand these woman creatures.

(left) The evolutionary theory of their last hope...!!