Naruto 311

Page 1

Title:
ナンバー311:あだ名
Number 311: Nicknames

Sidebar:
ひさしぶりの長期休暇が病院ベッドの上なんて…。ま…アリか。(右手に注目♡)
The first extended vacation I've had in a long time, and it's on top of a hospital bed... Oh well... It's all good. (Note right hand)

Kakashi's Right Hand:
イチャイチャ・タクティクス
Make-out Tactics

Page 2

Frame 1, Sign:
木ノ葉図書処
Konoha Library

Frame 2, Text:
図書室で一人ブツブツを…。
Someone sits in the library, mumbling to himself...

Frame 3, Sai:
…他人にいち早く自分を理解してもらうには…まず、他人との心の距離を近づけることである…
... In order to hasten the development of understanding between yourself and others... the first thing to do is reduce any emotional barriers...

Frame 4, Book:
よりよい人間関係の築き方の本
Fostering Better Interpersonal Relationships

Frame 4, Sai:
…例えば、相手の呼び方…“さん”や“くん”などを付けて呼んでいては…
... For instance, when addressing someone... by using name suffixes such as "-san" and "-kun"...

Frame 5, Book:
コミュニケーション
Communication

Frame 5, Sai:
他人行儀でいつまでたってもその距離は縮まらない
... you will remain distant from that person, never seeing any reduction in emotional barriers

Page 3

Frame 1, Book Title:
他人とすぐに仲よくなる方法
How to quickly become friends with people

Frame 1, Sai:
まずは思い切って相手の名前を呼び捨てにしたり…あだ名や愛称などを決めて呼んでみてはどうだろう…
To combat this, one should first take the initiative to stop using such suffixes... Alternatively, assigning nicknames or other terms of endearment may be viable options.

Frame 2, Sai:
そうすれば、特別な存在として…ずっと身近に感じてもらえることが…なるほど…
By doing such, one is able to... position themselves in a particularly special and close relationship... Hmm, makes sense...

Frame 3, Books:
薬物による作用
The Effects of Medical Drugs
劇薬とその作用
Powerful Medicines and Their Effects
薬の調合
The Preparation of Medicines
青キノコと太陽草
Blue Mushrooms and Solar Grass
(Pretty sure this comes from *somewhere*)
グリーンハーブとレッドハーブ
Green Herbs and Red Herbs

Frame 4, Sakura:
あった、あった…
Here it is...

Page 4

Frame 1, Sakura:
あれ…?サイじゃない…
Huh...? Hey, it's Sai...

Frame 2, Sakura:
画集でも探しに来たの?
Did you come here looking for some art books or something?

Frame 4, Sai:
サクラさん…
Sakura-san...

Frame 5, Sakura:
へー、本とかも読むんだ…
Oh, so you're a reader...

Frame 6, Sai:
まあ…少しはね
Well... Just a bit of one

Page 5

Frame 2, Book:
よりよい人間関係の築き方の本
Fostering Better Interpersonal Relationships

Frame 3, Sakura:
サイも結構人間くさいとこあんのね…
Sai sure has a real "human" side to him...

Frame 4, Sakura:
あ!そうそう…
Oh! That reminds me...

Frame 5, Sakura:
これから私とナルトでカカシ先生のお見舞い行くんだけど、サイも一緒に行かない?
Naruto and I are going to go visit Kakashi-sensei at the hospital... Did you want to come too?

Frame 6, Sai:
カカシ…先生…
Kakashi...-sensei...

Frame 7, Sakura:
アンタも同じカカシ班だし、顔合わせしといた方がいいしね…
Well, you are in Team Kakashi with us, so it'd probably be best to meet him once anyway.

Page 6

Frame 5, Sasuke (Flashback):
オレにとっては復讐が全てだ…復讐さえ叶えばオレがどうなろうが、この世がどうなろうが、知ったことじゃない
Revenge means everything to me... As long as I can have my revenge, I could care less what happens to me, or the whole world for that matter

Frame 6, Sasuke (Flashback):
大蛇丸にオレの体を差し出すことでそれを成し得る力を手に出来るなら
If I'm able to accomplish my goals through nothing more than offering Orochimaru this body of mine...

Page 7

Frame 1, Sasuke (Flashback):
こんな命、いくらでもくれてやる
... then he can have my life, and my afterlife for that matter

Frame 3, Naruto:
サスケ…
Sasuke...

Frame 4, Sakura:
ナルトー!
Naruto!

Frame 5, Naruto:
あっ…
Ah...

Page 8

Frame 2, Naruto:
なんだってばよ…サイも一緒かよ
What the... What is Sai doing here!

Frame 2, Sakura:
図書室で偶然会ったから
I happened to run into him at the library, so...

Frame 3, Naruto:
なんだァ…せっかくサクラちゃんと二人でデートっぽく歩くプランねってたのによォーーお!
Jeez... And I was just devising a plan for the two of us go on a walk, almost like a date!

Frame 3, Sakura:
そんなヒマがあったら忍術の勉強でもするっての!
If you have the time to do that, then you should go study ninjutsu or something!

Frame 4, Naruto:
…勉強ねェ…二人っともよくあんなかたっ苦しいとこ行けるってばよ
... Studying, right... How can you two even stand it at the library, it's so uncomfortable there

Frame 5, Sakura:
ナルトこそ体ばっかりじゃなくて頭の方も少しは鍛えたほうがいいわよ
You'd do well to go once in a while, Naruto... training involves the head as well as the body.

Frame 6, Sakura:
アンタ、ホントバカなんだからさ
I mean, you're just so stupid as things are

Page 9

Frame 1, Sai:
やっぱり…サクラさんもナルトくんの事を呼び捨てに…
I see... so Sakura doesn't use any name suffixes when talking to Naruto-kun...

Frame 2, Naruto:
サクラちゃ~ん、そりゃ言いすぎだってばよ
Sakura-chaaaan, that's saying way too much

Frame 3, Sai:
ナ…ナルト…サクラ…
N... Naruto... Sakura...

Frame 4, Sai:
ボクも会話にまぜてもらっていいかな
Would you mind if I join the conversation as well?

Frame 6, Sai:
…あ!…いや…本で読んだんだ…他人とすぐに打ちとける方法とか…
... Ah! ... Err... I read this book... about getting to know people and stuff, and...

Sidebar Preview:
木ノ葉の里に衝撃の報が…!!激震、走る!!
Shocking news hits the village of Konoha...!!

Page 10

Frame 1, Sai:
それで本には名前を呼び捨てにしたり、あだ名や愛称で呼べと…そうすれば親近感が出てすぐに仲よくなれるって…
... it said that I should drop name suffixes, or use nicknames and such... by doing so it creates a feeling of closeness, allowing people to become friends quickly...

Frame 4, Naruto:
ヘヘ…サイ…お前もそんなこと気にすんだな
Heh... Sai... I didn't think you actually cared about that stuff

Frame 5, Sakura:
それでさっき図書室で…
So that's why you were reading those books...

Frame 6, Sai:
…うん
... yeah

Page 11

Frame 1, Sai:
で…二人のあだ名とか愛称とか考えたんだけど、上手く思いつかなくて…とりあえず呼び捨てで…
But... while I thought about it for a bit, I couldn't think of any good nicknames for you two... so for now I just drop the suffixes and...

Frame 2, Sakura:
…サイがそんなに真剣に私たちとの事考えてたなんて…
... I can't believe how serious Sai was in thinking about our friendships...

Frame 3, Naruto:
そんなの考えなくても自然に決まってくもんだってばよ!
Nicknames aren't something you think about, they just happen, naturally!

Frame 4, Sakura:
愛称とかあだ名なんてその人の特徴とか言えばいいのよ…たとえば、ホラ、ナルトなら…
If your going to make a nickname then you can, for instance, use someone's characteristics... Like, here, take Naruto...

Frame 5, Sakura:
バカナルトとかアホナルトとかね~
He'd be "stupid Naruto" or "idiot Naruto"...

Frame 5, Naruto:
サクラちゃ~ん、そりゃとびすぎだってばよ~~
Sakura-chaaan, that's way overdoing it...

Frame 6, Sai:
なるほど…特徴を…
Characteristics, huh... I see...

Frame 7, Sakura:
あのサイが…初めて会った時とはすごい違い…
I remember Sai when we meet him first... He's so different now...

Page 12

Frame 1, Sai:
ありがとう、コツが分かったよ…ブス
Thanks, I think I got the hang of it... Ugly-Dog

Frame 3, Sakura:
しゃーんなろー!
Shaannaroo!
("Why you!!!")

Frame 3, Naruto:
サイ!そりゃぶっとびすぎだってばよっ!!
Sai! That's way, way overdoing it!!

Frame 3, Sai:
…え?何がです?
... Huh? What do you mean?

Page 13

Frame 1, Sign:
木ノ葉病院
Konoha Hospital

Frame 2, Kakashi:
そうか…君が新しいチームのメンバーの…サイだっけ…よろしくね
I see... So this is the new team member... Sai, was it? ... Nice to meet you

Frame 2, Sai:
…はい
... Thank you

Frame 3, Kakashi:
ちょいサクラ、こっちこっち…
Sakura, come here a sec...

Frame 4, Kakashi:
あの二人、ケガしてるけど…ケンカでもしたの?ケンカっ早い…ナルトのことだから想像はつくけど…
Both of them are hurt... did they get in a fight or something? Naruto's a bit short tempered... so it doesn't surprise me, but...

Page 14

Frame 1, Sakura:
い…いえ、別に何も…みんな仲いいですよ!
Oh... no, it's nothing, really... We're all really good friends!

Frame 1, Kakashi:
あ…そうなの…それならいいんだけどね
Oh... Really... Well, then things are OK, I suppose

Frame 2, Sakura:
アハハハ…
Ahahaha...

Frame 3, Sai:
この人が“根”でも噂されたあのはたけカカシ…ボクの事も調べ上げてるに違いない
The great Hatake Kakashi, much was said of him when I was in "roots"... No doubt he's looked into my past already

Frame 5, Sakura:
ナルト…
Naruto...

Frame 6, Naruto:
うん…
Yeah...

Frame 7, Naruto:
カカシ先生…オレたち今回の任務で…
Kakashi-sensei... Our last mission, it...

Page 15

Frame 1, Kakashi:
ヤマトから全部聞いたよ…サスケのこともな…
I've already heard everything form Yamato... he told me about Sasuke as well...

Frame 5, Naruto:
もう、時間がねーんだってばよ…このままじゃ…もう少しで、あいつ…
We don't have any time left... At this rate... In just a bit longer, he'll...

Frame 6, Naruto:
それに今の力じゃサスケを連れ戻す力が足りねェ…サスケは強くなりすぎてる…
And with where we're at right now, we aren't strong enough to bring Sasuke back... He's gotten way too strong...

Page 16

Frame 1, Kakashi:
ま…だったら…それ以上に強くなればいいだけだろ
Well... In that case... You only need to become stronger than him, right?

Frame 3, Sakura:
私の目から見てもサスケくんの成長スピードは尋常じゃなかった…
Even as I looked at him, it was clear that the speed at which he's gotten stronger isn't normal at all...

Frame 4, Sakura:
綱手様に聞いたら…修業に禁術や薬物投与を用いてる可能性もあると…あっちにはあのカブトもいるから…
After consulting Tsunade-sama... she told me it's possible he's been using forbidden jutsu or has been given drugs during his training... and with someone like Kabuto working with him, well...

Frame 5, Sakura:
人体実験をしてるような奴らの考えをこんな本じゃ調べようもないだろうけど…
And while I probably can't hope to learn anything from books like these about how people who experiment on humans think, well...

Frame 5, Book:
薬物による作用
The Effects of Medical Drugs

Frame 6, Kakashi:
だったらこっちもそれ以上に急激に強くなるしかないでしょうよ
In that case, you'll just need to get even stronger than him, at a faster rate

Page 17

Frame 1, Sakura:
でも、どうやって?
Yeah, but how?

Frame 2, Kakashi:
オレがただ何も考えずに寝てるだけだと思った?ずっと考えてたんだよ…で…思いついた
You don't think I've just been sleeping here without thinking, do you? I was thinking the whole time... and... something came to me

Frame 3, Kakashi:
ただし、この方法はナルトに向いてる…と…いうより、ナルトにしか出来ないやり方だけどね
Still, this particular method is best for someone like Naruto... or rather... I should say, that it's really something that only he is capable of doing

Frame 5, Kakashi:
その修業で、ナルト…お前はある意味ではオレを超えるかもしれないな
With this training, Naruto... you might even surpass me, in a way of speaking

Sidebar:
“イチャイチャ…”から離された瞳には恐ろしいほどの自信が浮かぶ!カカシの思いついた“修業”とは…!?
Raising his eyes from his "make-out" book, Kakashi's face beams with confidence! What is this "training" that Kakashi has thought up...!?

Chapter Preview:
課せられる修業は…そして木ノ葉に新たなる災厄!?次号、「修業」!!
The training assigned to Naruto is... And what disaster awaits Konoha!? Next Issue, "Training"!!