Damned 1

DAMNED #1

tl by molokidan

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top left: Vol. 1 - Carnival
middle: DAMNED
bottom left: Saruwatari Tetsuya
bottom right: Story/Concept: Kadowaki Masanori

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DAMNED Vol. 1 - Carnival

1. Carnival
2. Sampling
3. Zeppelin
4. The Wall
5. Numbers
6. Pipeline
7. Retort
8. Strange Fruit
9. Family Stone

bottom: This is a work of fiction. All similarities to real people or entities is coincidental.

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Chapter 1 - Carnival

At the turn of the previous century, the earth quaked. The earth's crust began to shift for the fourth time, centering around the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

The entire world's land mass was reduced to 3/5 of the planet, and the human population was reduced by a third. Put simply...the earth had gotten old.

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In 2039, there was only one country that continued to prosper, glaring around at the rest of the dying planet: Japan.

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Chapter 1: Carnival

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1(2b): B...but Yang's condition is worsening...he won't last much longer!
2: J...just try to hold on a bit longer! I...I know you can do it, Yang...
3: Wh...what's that?
4: Japan! We've reached Japan!!
5: We did it!! We finally made it to Japan!

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1: Japan...?

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1: D...dad! I can get better now that we're in Japan, right?
2: That's right. I can get work here in Japan, and your illness can be healed.
3: J-Japan's kinda like a utopia to us, huh?
4: Ohhh! A rescue helicopter!
5: Heeey! We're down here! Help us!
6: Huh?

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1: Uwaaaahhh
2: Jump into the ocean!

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1: Heh!
2(2b): HQ, over. We discovered a ship of illegal immigrants in Tokyo Bay and took care of it. Over.
3: Roger that.

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1: Y...you saved us.
2: There they are!!
3: Don't let 'em get away!!
4: They're coming after us. Please, run away!!
5: Guheheheheh! You think the Regional Management Chief is gonna let a rat like you get away?!

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sign: Immigration Dept.
1(2b): You're Japanese...? But you came in on a ship filled with illegal immigrants...
2: He had a passport on him.
3: Todoroki Jin...?
4: ...WARNING...
REGISTRATION ERASED
...INVALID...

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1: Unfortunately, this passport is invalid.
2: You're not Japanese anymore!! Which means you have to die!!
3: Ohhh!
4: Uraaaaaahhh!
5: What?!

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1: Fugaaahhh
2: Shoot!! Kill him!!

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1: So this is...Tokyo?!

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1: The number you have dialed is no longer in service.
2: Please check the number once more and try again.
3: Ryoga...
note: Jin, stay away from Tokyo. -Ryoga

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1: Uuu...h...he...
2: He...help...me...
3: Gotchaaaa! Dumbass!!
4: Food or money, hand it over!
5: Try to pull a fast one on me just because I'm a kid, and you're dead meat!

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1(2b): W...wait! I...I'm really gonna shoot! I'm not lying! I'm serious!
2: Ehh?!
3: Hieee!
4: P...please, help me! I...I'm so hungry...there weren't any bullets in that gun!

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1(2b): Man, this is so good. It's been such a long time since I've had dry food.
2: I see...so you're searching for the guy who wrote that letter.
3: "Stay away from Tokyo," huh...?
4: He's right. No human should be living here...
5: The only people living in that "city" are employees of the Tokyo Company. The rest of the inhabitants survive by scavenging through trash and drinking contaminated water...we call them the "Damned."
6: Tokyo is a city of prosperity and corruption, the elite and the damned...it's like Heaven and Hell got mixed together.

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1: That friend of yours is either crawling around the slums eating rat meat, or he's dead and rotting.
2: Dead?!
3: Follow me. Tonight's a full moon, so I can show you something special.
4: They're all illegal immigrants.

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1: Yang!!

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1: Better hang on tight, or ol' papa will end up just like this.
2: Bwahahaha! He'll fall in the concentrated sulphuric acid and turn into nothing but bones!
3(2b): That's the Regional Management Chief, Oniyama. He's a freak whose hobby is thinking up sick new ways to kill people.
4: They used to deport people, but the illegal immigrants just kept increasing...
5: So the Tokyo Company started doing public executions to scare people off. They call 'em "Carnivals."

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1: You're a pretty tough kid.
2: Put a stone weight on his dad's back!!
3: Please, have mercy! That child is sick!
4: It...it's alright.
5: I...I'll never let go...
6: Uuuu!

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1: Poor kid. I bet he dreamed that if he came here, he'd be able to survive...
2: Coming to Japan was his dream, so that must have given him the strength to bear all the pain during his journey...
3: I can get better now that we're in Japan, right?
4: J-Japan's kinda like a utopia to us, huh?
5: Yang!! That's enough!
6: Let go! Just let go of the rope!!
7: N...no!
8: I...I won't let go, even if it kills me!!
9: Guheheheheh! Look at that family love! Makes me wanna cry!
10: Go on, put another weight on!! Guheheheheh.

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1: Uwaaaaaah!
2: T...this is Tokyo...?
3: Th...the city I was raised in...
4: This is Tokyooooo?!

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1: Jin!!
2: Who are you?!

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1: You're that illegal immigrant...
2: Uuuu...

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1: D...dad!
2: Yang!

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1: Gwaaaaaah! Take a bath in sulphuric acid and go to heeeell!
2: You want to see hell, huh...?

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1: Wh...what did you do...?

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1: You can use the smuggled ships stopped in the bay to escape!
2: Jin!! You need to get on too.
3: Since you killed a member of the company, there's no way you can stay here.
4: I'm staying behind.
5: I still need to find Ryoga.
6: Mr. Jin! Thank you so much.
7: I hope we can meet again someday...

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1: I need to find Ryoga...and save him from Tokyo...