Pandora Hearts 43

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Reim; ...You really... // Can’t see…?
Words to the side; <The ruthless reality strikes…>


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<Words that should get across should reach the ears.>
Pandora Hearts
Retrace XLIII: Crown of Clown
- The Invisible Chain –
Jun Mochizuki


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<I wish I could give those pitiful little sheep>
<A moment of peace ––––.>


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The year is almost over… the Synopsis Manga
Pandora Heaaaarchuuuuuu……zzzz

Once upon a time, there was one sheep called Oz (main character). The Baskervilles, two sheep, sent Oz to a different dimension called the Abyss, but Break, Gil, and Sharon, three sheep four sheep five sheep, rescued(?) Oz and his grand adventure(??) started. Probably.
Six sheep Seven sheep

<snip>
Elliot and Leo, eight sheep nine sheep, come and rescue Oz in a pinch, and Oz was deeply moved{heart} and then his dad appeared, and Oz was depressed, and then Oz’s prided servant started worrying about random stuff, and then Oz discovered Break’s loss of sight, and so

The troubles

Don’t seem to end.

One hundred
Tangerines ––


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Panel 1
Reim; {pull}

Panel 2
Reim; {chirp}{chirp}{chirp}{chirp}

Panel 3
Reim; {snort} {snort}

Panel 4
Break; What are you trying to do…?
Reim; There!! // You actually can see!!

Panel 5
Break; How stupid, I can feel the presence.
Reim; Pre // Presence!?
Break; Yes


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Panel 1
Break; It's not as if I completely lost my sight.
// I can’t differentiate between people’s faces, // But I can still sense where things are.
// {thud}

Panel 2
Break; …Well, I’ll probably lose this too, someday.

Panel 3
Reim; …You’re calm, // Aren’t you…?
Break; Ha ha, you want me to panic?

Panel 4
Break; You already knew that this body was getting rusty, right?

Panel 5

Panel 6

Panel 7
Break; Really,
// What is it!?


Page 7

Panel 1
Break; Let’s get this straight!
// Losing my vision isn’t so much of a big deal for me!

Panel 2
Break; Oz realized it because it was right after I woke up, // But if I had three more days, I’ll be able to go about as normal
// Even if all the people of Pandora came to attack me, I’m sure I’ll be able to kill them at once!!
{crack} {crack}

Panel 3
Reim; ……
// When you say it, it sounds almost like you actually can do it…
Break; {I can do it ––.}
// {angry}

Panel 4
Break; {thum…p…}
// I never used my sight as a source of information // So there isn’t much harm that I lost it ––..


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Panel 1

Panel 2

Panel 3
Break; …………
// Well…

Panel 4
Break; If you ask if I don’t miss it // I can’t deny that…

Panel 5
Break; For now
// It’s a bit of a relief


Page 9

Panel 1

Panel 2
Break; For me
// This punishment is a savior

Panel 3

Panel 4
Break; The worst is to receive nothing at all
// To not even be allowed to pay for it // I think

Panel 5
Break; …Well? It’s only a self-satisfying interpretation, after all~
Reim; –– You said three days.


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Panel 1
Break; Yes?
Reim; The time it will take for you to get used to the situation.
// If you’re going to keep this a secret, I’ll help you as much as I can.

Panel 2 – Panel 3
Reim; Even if you can feel the presence, you won’t be able to read.
// I’ll make sure that I can handle all the paperwork…

Panel 4
Brëak; Uhh… Reim?
// You know you don’t have to go into so much trouble.
Reim; There’s no need to worry
// Actually, you’ve always dumped your work on me, so there isn’t much difference.
{scribble} {scribble} (*repeat*)

Panel 5
Break; If the idiot hair duke gets mad at you, I’m not ––…

Panel 6
Reim; There’s no problem!
// Not wanting to make Miss Sharon cry is a mutual interest.
{scribble} {scribble} {scribble}


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Panel 1
Reim; {scribble…}
// …Also, this is my duty.

Panel 2

Panel 3

Panel 4
Break; …Yes // So, as someone serving the Barma household…
Reim; That’s not it, you fool!!

Panel 5
Reim; As!! Your friend!!
// It’s a duty I must fulfill!
// This…stupid Xerx!!

Panel 6
Reim; {slam}


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Panel 1
Reim; {clop clop clop clop clop…}

Panel 2
Break; …ha

Panel 3
Break; {chuckle chuckle chuckle chuckle…}
// Really… // He doesn’t change…
{chuckle chuckle chuckle}

Panel 4
Break; {ha…}

Panel 5
Break; ………..
// Thanks… // Reim…

Panel 6 – Panel 7
Reim; {clop}
// …………
{clop} {clop}
// No
// Get a grip
// Don’t let them know // Your confusion


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Panel 1
Reim; If I don’t
// Then he will… // All by himself, again…!

Panel 2
Oz; There
{trip}
Reim; {!?}
// {baarghababaah}
{skiii} {id}

Panel 3
Oz; Yay, we caught Reim!
{ya –– y}
Reim; !? // Mister Oz!?

Panel 4
Oz; You’re going back to Pandora, right? // Then, we’ll go, too!
Reim; Huh??
Gilbert; {…you all right, Reim…?}

Panel 5
Oz; We want to talk to Duke Barma // So we thought you could arrange it for us, Reim!
{oomph}
Reim; Ahhh…
Sharon; {clack…}
// I’ll be going, too!


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Panel 1
Oz; Sharon.

Panel 2 – Panel 3
Gilbert; But…you don’t want to stay with Break…?
Sharon; It’s fine!

Panel 4
Sharon; I have told the servants to take good care of him
// And because of what happened today, I understand.

Panel 5
Sharon; To be close to Break, I cannot just stand next to him.
// I have to be doing something on my own ––!


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Panel 1 – Panel 3
Sharon; Now!
// Let’s get going!
Oz; Oh
// Wait for me, Sharon!

Panel 4

Panel 5

Panel 6
Oz; Gil

Panel 7
Oz; You’re coming with me.


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Panel 1
{crack}

Panel 2
{clatter}{clatter}

Panel 3

Panel 4
Gilbert; …Why

Panel 5
Gilbert; Why isn’t that stupid rabbit with us…?
Oz; Oh, I asked her to.

Panel 6
Oz; I wanted us to be alone because I have something to talk to you about.


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Panel 1

Panel 2
Oz; Gil
// What did you see in Sablier?

Panel 3 – Panel 4
Oz; You said “nothing happened” // Everybody saw through that lie.
// I understand you were shaken because Break passed out, but that’s not it, right?
// Because, that time,

Panel 5
Oz; You called me “master”.


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Panel 1
Oz; <Don’t call me>

Panel 2
Oz; <Master!>

Panel 3
Oz; Soon after I met you, // I forbid you from calling me by that name.

Panel 4 – Panel 5
Oz; ––…
// Did you…see Jack……?

Panel 6

Panel 7
Jack; <“My little” // “Sweet servant ––…”>
Gilbert; <Can I // Tell Oz about this?>


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Panel 1
Gilbert; <…No…
// I can’t.>

Panel 2
Gilbert; <Not to Oz ––…!>
// …I haven’t even // Chosen the answer yet…!

Panel 3

Panel 4
Oz; {sigh…}

Panel 5
Oz; …All right.
// I’ll tell you about this first, then.

Panel 6
Gilbert; What…?

Panel 7
Oz; {undo…}


Page 20

Panel 1

Panel 2 – Panel 3
Gilbert; –––!!

Panel 4
Gilbert; The hand of the seal…!?
Oz; Yeah // I didn’t notice when it moved


Page 21

Panel 1
Oz; I already told Alice and Sharon.
// But you… // I thought it would be better if it was after Break woke up.

Panel 2

Panel 3
Oz; Since I don’t remember when it moved…
// It was probably…during that time.

Panel 4
Gilbert; ?
Oz; Gil… // My body

Panel 5
Oz; I think something strange is happening to it.


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Panel 1 – Panel 2
Oz; I can use the B-Rabbit’s scythe // And my body sometimes moves by itself…

Panel 3
Oz; I’ve talked with Alice about this, too.
// We think it’s the effect of the seal.

Panel 4
Gilbert; …………
// Is it because…as the hand moves, the connection between the Chain and the contractor becomes stronger…?

Panel 5
Oz; Hmm…I wonder?
// Break said before that the contract between me and Alice is special.

Panel 6
Oz; For other illegal contractors, the seal only appears only while they’re using their power and for a short time after that, right?

Panel 7
Oz; Mine is always there.
// {Oh} // It’s probably because it already went around once. // I’ve heard that Break’s is always there, too.


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Panel 1
Gilbert; …You’re still calm, // Aren’t you…?

Panel 2
Oz; ………..
// I’m only pretending.

Panel 3
Gilbert; –––
// If we do it now…

Panel 4
Oz; Huh?
Gilbert; It might not be too late
// To break the contract by killing that stupid rabbit

Panel 5

Panel 6
Gilbert; Yeah.
// So there won’t be any more burden on your body ––…!


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Panel 1
Oz; {Ha ha ha ha ha!!}
// What are you saying? // You’d never be able to do that!

Panel 2
Gilbert; Wha…

Panel 3 – Panel 4
Gilbert; No! // I
// Tried to kill her!

Panel 5
Gilbert; That stupid rabbit, at Sablier
// So…

Panel 6
Oz; But you couldn’t do it, right?


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Panel 1 – Panel 2

Panel 3
Oz; …That’s

Panel 4
Oz; The Gilbert I know.


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Panel 1 – Panel 2
Sound effect; {clatter clatter clatter…}

Panel 3

Panel 4 – Panel 5
Oz; …You were saying
// That you couldn’t choose the answer or something.

Panel 6
Oz; Because you aren’t telling me the important parts, // I'm not sure at all, but…
Gilbert; ……

Panel 7
Oz; “Not being able to choose”
// Can’t that be an answer, too?


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Panel 1 – Panel 2
Oz; If you’re not satisfied with that,
// You should dwell over it.

Panel 3
Oz; Dwell
// And dwell
// As much as time allows.

Panel 4
Oz; Then, tell me the answer again.

Panel 5
Oz; I don’t know if I’ll be able to accept it

Panel 6
Oz; But // I know


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Oz; I’ll take it.


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Panel 1 – Panel 2

Panel 3
Barma; …hm
// You are earlier than expected.

Panel 4
Barma; I have already made the people leave. // Tell me what you want.

Panel 5
Oz; …Ah
// So I have to tell you?


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Panel 1
Barma; You’re still an unlikable child.
// Of course I know.

Panel 2
{lift…}

Panel 3
Barma; You came here to ask me about the conference of the four great dukes, right?
{woosh…}

Panel 4
Oz; Yes
// That earthquake in Sablier // I wanted to ask what that meant.

Panel 5
Barma; It might be faster to ask Duke Vessalius.

Panel 6
Oz; Uncle will likely only give me information that is safe for me.


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Panel 1
Oz; But you are different.
// Since you don’t care about me, // If I pay the price, you will give me the information accordingly, right?

Panel 2
Barma; Hm…you say you can pay the price…?

Panel 3
Barma; Is that the truth? // That sounds suspicious
{Really?}
// The information I seek is of high quality // That sounds suspicious
{Really?} {Really?}
Oz; ……

Panel 4
Oz; {Argh} // You’re annoying…!
// So? // Are you giving me the information!? Are you not!?
{rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble} {rumble}
Barma; …I see // You’re getting tired of hiding your true colors since that time you picked a fight with me?

Panel 5
Barma; Don’t worry. // This time only, I don’t need information as a price.
Oz; –––Wha?


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Panel 1
Oz; Why, again…
Barma; Because I have been wanting to share information with you, too.

Panel 2
Barma; Let’s see…

Panel 3
Barma; Were should I begin? // The touching story of the hero Jack Vessalius…!


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Panel 1
{tick…} {tock…}

Panel 2
{tick…}

Panel 3
Alice; …Jack’s body was used
// To seal Glen Baskerville’s soul…?

Panel 4 – Panel 5

Panel 6
Barma; That’s right
// That earthquake was probably // Caused by one of the seals being broken.

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Panel 1
Barma; There was a time when the Barma household became involved in the research of alchemy and sorcery through the quest for knowledge.
// These notes say that seals also use such techniques.

Panel 2
Oz; …The head of the Barma family 100 years ago // Arthur Barma’s notes…

Panel 3
Barma; The five seals were entrusted to five trustworthy sorcerers // And were to be protected in their hands ––…

Panel 4
Barma; But we are not in contact with them anymore.

Panel 5
Barma; As Pandora, we should find those sorcerers // And protect the seals before the Baskervilles destroy them…that was our conclusion at the conference.


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Panel 1
Oz; So, we’re behind the Baskervilles.
Barma; {rise…}
// For now, yes.

Panel 2
Barma; And this is the part
{clop…}
// I haven’t told the other three dukes about.

Panel 3

Panel 4
Barma; I already know
// The location of one of the sorcerers.

Panel 5
Oz; –––!?


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Panel 1
Barma; It is a small mansion in the outskirts of the Carillon region.

Panel 2
Barma; There

Panel 3
Barma; Is the descendant of the sorcerer that protects the seal.

Panel 4
Barma; {coo-}
// I want to send you there.


Page 37

Panel 1
Oz; …………
// So that’s the price for this information.

Panel 2
Barma; It’s helpful that you catch on quickly.

Panel 3
Barma; Go to the sorcerer and find out where the seal is.
// If it’s you, // Maybe he’ll get in the mood to talk.

Panel 4
Sharon; Duke Barma.


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Panel 1
Sharon; Why do you keep such important information from the other dukes?
Barma; What?

Panel 2
Barma; Who will be stupid enough to lay all of their cards on the table?
// Besides, I’ve already given each of the dukes the information to motivate them.

Panel 3
Barma; I saw that this information was the most beneficial if I gave it to you, so I kept silent about it, that’s all. // Is there a problem?

Panel 4
Sharon; …To motivate // The other three dukes…?

Panel 5
Sharon; …For you // We are only convenient tools, are we ––…?

Panel 6
Barma; …What a foolish question.


Page 39

Panel 1
Barma; For me, people are
// Either useful or useless.

Panel 2
Barma; “Exploit anything that can be exploited for yourself.”
// That’s

Panel 3
Barma; The same as your beloved hatter, right ––?

Panel 4

Panel 5
Sharon; Don’t you dare put you and Break together!


Page 40

Panel 1
Sharon; That person never forgets that he is dealing with a human being.
// He would never act as if people’s intentions didn’t exist, like you!

Panel 2
Sharon; You don’t know what you’re talking about!

Panel 3

Panel 4
Barma; Hold your tongue, young girl.

Panel 5
{swoosh…}


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Panel 1 – Panel 2
Barma; Even though you’re a child of aristocracy,
{wooosh}
// It seems you were raised without being taught the proper behavior towards your superiors.
Sharon; {Ah…}

Panel 2
Barma; Let’s see
// Shall I reeducate you?

Panel 3 – Panel 4
Oz; !
// Sharon!!


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{snap}


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Panel 1 – Panel 3

Panel 4
Barma; …Oh
// You used the Raven to counteract my power.

Panel 5
Barma; This is unentertaining.
// You have such an unworried expression.


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Panel 1
Barma; I heard that you came back from Sablier feeling down // So I thought I could find out your weakness…
// Has your problem already been solved?

Panel 2
Gilbert; It has nothing to do with you.

Panel 3
Barma; …………
// All right.

Panel 4
Barma; I’ll tell you the details later.
// You are dismissed.

Panel 5

Panel 6
{close…}

Panel 7

Panel 8

Panel 9
Oz; …………
// Gil…


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Panel 1

Panel 2
Gilbert; {pat…}
// It’s all right.

Panel 3
Gilbert; <…Even if I can’t find the answer // I want to protect him.>

Panel 4
Gilbert; <So…
// For now…>

Panel 5
Gilbert; <I'm fine with // Just being close to him.>


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Words on the side; <What awaits them at the location of the seal…?>

Panel 1

Panel 2
Bird; {screech} {screech}
{flap} {flap}
Barma; …Now
// Will the child of Vessalius be an useful pawn for me?

Panel 3

Panel 4
Barma; I do hope he won’t be erased

Panel 5
Barma; Like the ones before him.