History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi 73

Note: This is not a finished translation. There are places I still think are rough, and I am sending this translation off to a language exchange partner for a check as well. The finished translation will be submitted to Kuro-Hana for editing into the scans, so don't poach.

Edit: Edited in corrections; replaced translations are marked by strikeouts. This is now the final translation.

Page 1
Recap of last chapter
Panel 1
Siegfried is holding a quill pen
ジークフリート　ラララ〰～♪戦いこそ作曲の源。
Siegfried: La la la- The fight itself is the source of the music.
ラグナレク第五拳豪ジークフリート！
Ragnarok's Fifth Fist, Siegfried!
ジークフリート　こう退屈では私の組曲はいつ完成するやら。
Siegfried: When will I ever finish this composition amidst this tedium?

Panel 2
Siegfried grabbing Niijima's ankle as he dives into the canal.
ジークフリート　ジャジャジャジャーーーン！運命が扉を叩く音です。
Siegfried: Ja ja ja ja-n! That is the sound of fate knocking at the door.
不死身の作曲家ジークフリートの情報収集をあせった新島は、
While Niijima was impatiently gathering information on the immortal composer Siegfried,

Panel 3
Siegfried and Niijima in the canal
新島春男　ぐわーーー‼助けてくれ兼一〰〰〰っ‼
Niijima: Gwah!! Help me, Kenichi!!
ジークフリート　ジャジャジャジャーーーン！あなたの命運もここで尽きました‼
Siegfried: Ja ja ja ja-n! Your luck has run out here!!
つかまってしまう。
he was captured.

Panel 4
The gates of Ryouzampaku
ＢＡＴＴＬＥ７３
悪友だから…‼
Battle 73
Because he's a bad friend!!

Page 2
Splash page
ＢＡＴＴＬＥ７３
悪友だから…‼
Battle 73
Because he's a bad friend!!

Page 3
Panel 1
At the school
新白連合員　ラグナレクの連中に決まってる‼
新白連合員　早く助けないと新島総督の命が‼
Shimpaku member: I'm sure it was those Ragnarok guys!!
Shimpaku member: If you don't help him quickly, Marshal Niijima's life is...!!

Panel 2
Kenichi looks at the crack in Niijima's PDA
新白連合員　白浜隊長‼
Shimpaku member: Commander Shirahama!!
白浜兼一（思い）　新島のコンピュータにヒビが…不吉な……
Kenichi (thought): There's a crack in Niijima's computer... that's a bad sign...

Panel 3
Kenichi faces Miu as Shimpaku looks on
松井　たいちょ……！？
Matsui: Commander...!?
白浜兼一　美羽さん‼
Kenichi: Miu-san!!
風林寺美羽　はい‼
Miu: Yes!!

Kenichi shoulders his pack

And stomps his foot

Panel 6
松井　出陣するぞ‼
Matsui: He's going to do it!! He's leaving for battle!!

Page 4
Panel 1
Kenichi heads off with a happy look, to everyone's surprise
白浜兼一　そろそろ帰りましょう。
Kenichi: Let's go home.

Panel 2
Shimpaku watches from the classroom windows in anger and despair as Kenichi and Miu leave the school grounds
新白連合員　隊長ーー
新白連合員　薄情者ーー‼
Shimpaku member: Commander -
Shimpaku member: You're heartless!!
白浜兼一　あんな奴ボク、
白浜兼一　知らんもんね〰〰
Kenichi: I don't know
Kenichi: that guy...

Panel 3
Miu looks worried
風林寺美羽　いいんですかはっといて？
Miu: Is it nice to act like this? Is it nice not to do anything for him?

Panel 4
Kenichi looks happy
白浜兼一　いいのいいの、さーて今日も修行だぁ〰〰
白浜兼一　頑張るぞーーっ‼
Kenichi: It's fine, it's fine, well, I have training again today...
Kenichi: I'm going to train hard!!

Panel 5
He's skipping along, with Miu trailing...
風林寺美羽　必要以上にさわやかですわねーー
Miu: You're more cheerful than necessary...
白浜兼一　えへへ〰〰っ。
Kenichi: Ee hee heeeee.

Page 5
Panel 1
Suddenly he stops
白浜兼一　そうだ！
Kenichi: That's it!

Panel 2
Miu looks surprised
風林寺美羽　はい？
Miu: What?

Panel 3
Kencihi looks at the sky...
白浜兼一　よく考えたら今日は大学館の「怒りの武道」シリーズの発売日だった。
白浜兼一　本屋さん寄ってから帰るので先行っててください。
Kenichi: Now that I think about it, this is the day that Daigakukan's "Martial Arts of Fury" series goes on sale.
Kenichi: I'm going home after stopping at the bookstore, so you go on ahead.

Panel 4
and runs off
風林寺美羽　えっ、あっ！兼一さん！？
Miu: Huh, oh! Kenichi-san!?

Panel 5
Miu looks embarassed
風林寺美羽　案外テレ屋ですわよね……
Miu: That was unexpected... He's unexpectedly shy...

Panel 6
Kenichi is racing along at high speed
白浜兼一　あのバカ宇宙人め‼
白浜兼一　逃げ足だけが取り得のくせになんで捕まったりしたんだ‼
Kenichi: That stupid alien!!
Kenichi: Even though his only good point is his fleeing feet, he still got captured!!

Page 6
Panel 1
He's reached the bridge
白浜兼一　この橋が、奴のコンピュータが見つかったのは。
Kenichi: This is the bridge where his computer was found.

Panel 2
He looks over the railing
白浜兼一　何か手がかりになる物があるかも…
Kenichi: Maybe there's some clue...

Panel 3
A thoughtful look
白浜兼一　この橋で見つけたということは、少なくともここより、
白浜兼一　上流でさらわれたってことだな…行ってみるか。
Kenichi: What was found from this bridge, most likely
Kenichi: was washed down from upstream... should I go look?

Some time passes

Panel 5
Kenichi is kneeling on the bridge; Miu is squatting on the bridge railing
風林寺美羽　何されてるのですか？
Miu: What are you doing?
白浜兼一　ああ、奴のことだから何か目印を残してないかと…
Kenichi: Oh, I'm seeing if there's any sign left of him...

Panel 6
Kenichi looks up in surprise
白浜兼一　って、ええー！？
Kenichi: Say, what!?

Panel 7
Miu stands with one foot on the railing, the other on Kenichi's face, and points
風林寺美羽　それからあそこに何か落ちてますわよ。
Miu: And then something was dropped over there.
白浜兼一　美羽さん、ついてきてたんですか………
Kenichi: Miu-san, you followed me...

Page 7
Panel 1
Miu has both feet on the railing now. There's a shoe where she's pointing
風林寺美羽　ほら、あれです！
Miu: Look, that's it!
白浜兼一　あっ！
Kenichi: Oh!

Panel 2
Kenichi picks up the shoe. Miu points in another direction
白浜兼一　間違いない、新島のクツだ‼
Kenichi: There's no mistake, it's Niijima's shoe!!
風林寺美羽　３００ｍ先に左足用のクツが見えますわ！
Miu: I see his left shoe 300 meters ahead!

Panel 3
As they come around a corner, Miu points to the next corner, where there is a sock
白浜兼一　必死だな、奴も‼
Kenichi: He must have been desperate!!
風林寺美羽　あのカドを曲がったようですわ、クツ下が‼
Miu: His sock! It looks like they went around that corner!!

Miu picks up a shirt...

and an undershirt...

and points as they run along

Panel 7
Kenichi holds a pair of pants and cries, as Miu looks around...
白浜兼一　く〰〰っ！ここまでか………
Kenichi: Ew! He went that far...
風林寺美羽　も、もう見当たりませんわ‼で、でもどうやら…
Miu: I can't find any more!! But how much further...
白浜兼一　新島〰〰〰さすがのお前もここまでが限界だったか〰〰っ！
Kenichi: Niijima... is even this the your limit...!
風林寺美羽　向かっている方角くらいはわかりましたわね‼
Miu: At least we know what direction they were going!!

Panel 8
Behind them, a god is carrying off a pair of briefs
白浜兼一（手書き）　見うしなった〰
We lost him...
パンツ　1-D 新島
Underpants: 1-D Niijima

Page 8

At Ragnarok's warehouse hideout

Panel 2
Niijima is clad in a coffee sack, tied up, leaning against a crate
新島春男　………
Niijima: ...

Panel 3
ロキ　……なぜ裸なんだい？ジーク。
Loki: Why is he naked, Sieg?

Panel 4
Loki and Siegfried look at Niijima
ジークフリート　わかりません。
ジークフリート　運んでいる途中に突然脱ぎ出したんです。
Siegfried: I don't know.
Siegfried: While I was bringing him he suddenly started undressing.
ロキ　………
Loki: ...

Panel 5
ジークフリート　きっと私の鼻歌の素晴らしさに興奮して、
ジークフリート　自分を見失ったのでしょう。ラララ〰〰♪
Siegfried: He must have been aroused by the excellence of my humming,
Siegfried: and forgot himself. La la la~

Page 9
Panel 1
ロキ　………
ロキ　……違うな。おそらくアジトの場所を仲間に知らせようとしたのだろう。
Loki: ...
Loki: ...That's not it. Maybe he was trying to let his friends know his location.

Panel 2
Siegfried holds a piece of paper as he faces Niijima
ジークフリート　いやーーしかし昨夜は愉快な追いかけっこでしたよ。
ジークフリート　あなたのおかげでほら、こんなに愉快な無踏曲（読み：ロンド）ができました‼
ジークフリート　あなたの絶望する様は実に愉快。
Siegfried: Well... but last night was a pleasant chase.
Siegfried: Thanks to you, I was able to make this pleasant rondo!!
Siegfried: The manner of your despair was truly pleasant.

Panel 3
新島春男　オレ様をどうする気だ？
新島春男（手書き）　ゆかいゆかいゆかい‼
Niijima: What do you intend to do with me?
Niijima: (handwritten: pleasant pleasant pleasant!!

Panel 4
Number is sitting on top of the crate Niijima is leaning against, and stomps on his head
２０号　何カッコつけてんの変態‼
Number 20: What are you trying to look good for, pervert!!
ジークフリート　フッ、ご安心を。殺したりはしません。
Siegfried: Heh, be at ease. We aren't going to kill you.

Panel 5
ジークフリート　ラグナレクは〝力こそ正義〟をモットーにした武闘派軍団。
ジークフリート　ヤクザではありません。敗者には軽いペナルティーが与えられるだけのこと……
Siegfried: Ragnarok is a fighting school whose motto is "Might makes Right."
Siegfried: We aren't the Yakuza. We only give a light penalty to the losers...
新島春男　ペ…ペナルティ〰〰！？
Niijima: Pe... penalty!?

Page 10
Panel 1
There is a freighter in the distance
ロキ　うん、箱詰めにして貨物船にそっと乗せちゃうのさ。
Loki: Yup, you'll be packed in a crate and snuck onto a freighter.
新島春男　な、何いィ！？
Niijima: Wh... what!?
ロキ　大丈夫、途中で船員に見つかるよ。もっとも、見つかっても日本に戻ってくるのは二か月後か三か月後か……
Loki: It's OK, the sailors will find you during the trip. Naturally, even though they find you it will be two or three months before you can return to Japan...

Panel 2
Number 20 laughs as Loki turns away
２０号　ヘタすっとどっか違い国で盗賊とかに首切られるかもね〰〰〰
Number 20: If you don't behave, maybe you'll end up in some country where they will execute you as a thief... If you don't behave, maybe you'll end up in some country where a thief will kill you or something...
ロキ　まー北か南か東か西か…どっかには着くだろう。
Loki: Well, north, south, east or west... you'll end up somewhere.

Panel 3
Loki signals to his underlings, who pick Niijima up. An open crate is behind them
ロキ　ようし、運び出せ‼
Loki: OK, load him up!!
新島春男（手書き）　はなせ〰やめてよして〰
新島春男　てめー、こんなことしてどーなっても知らねーぞ、新白連合の三将軍が来るぞー必ず来るぞーー‼
Niijima (handwritten) Let go - quit it
Niijima: You rascal, I don't know what will happen to me, but Shimpaku Rengou's Three Generals will come, they will surely come!!

Panel 4
Niijima is in the crate, and the underlings start to close the lid on him
新島春男（手書き）　くるぞー
Niijima (handwritten): They will come
ジークフリート　………
Siegfried: ...
ロキ　ウソをつけ。誰も助けに来たりしないよ。
Loki: You lie. No one will come save you.

Page 11
Panel 1
Niijima is shocked
新島春男　なんだと！？
Niijima: What did you say!?

Panel 2
ロキ　オレの目は確実さ……
ロキ（思い）　キサマの組織の弱点、それは〝結束力がない〟こと。
Loki: My insight is sound...
Loki (thought): The weak point of your group is "disunity".

Panel 3
新島春男　！！
Niijima: !!

Panel 4
ロキ　三将軍とやらはお前が無理矢理に連合へ引き入れただけで、忠誠心のカケラもない。
ロキ　助けになど来ないさ、誰もな………
Loki: Speaking of the three generals, you made them join your group against their will. They don't have a speck of loyalty.
Loki: They won't come to help, no one will...

Page 12
At Ryouzampaku...
Panel 1
白浜兼一　あれからいろいろ探して見たんですが、どうしても居所がつかめなくて…
Kenichi: After that, we looked a bunch of places, but no matter what, we couldn't find him...

Panel 2
岬越寺秋雨　なるほど、それは大変だ。
Kouetsuji: I see. That is difficult.

Panel 3
白浜兼一　あんな奴、本当はどうなってもいいんですけど…
白浜兼一　た、ただの悪友ですけど………困ってます。
Kenichi: I really don't care what happens to that guy, but...
Kenichi: He... he's just a bad friend, but... I'm worried.
長老　悪友も友人のうちじゃよ。
Eldest: Even a bad friend is a friend.

Panel 4
馬剣星　そういうことなら、おいちゃんにおまかせね。
Ba: If that's how it is, just leave it to me.

Panel 5
白浜兼一　え！？
白浜兼一　アイツの居所をつきとめる何かいい方法でも？
Kenichi: Huh!?
Kenichi: You know somehow to find him?
馬剣星　フフ、ちょっと待つね。
Ba: Heh heh, just wait a bit.

Page 13
Panel 1
Master Ba is holding a bundle of yarrow stalks
馬剣星　最後に新島君を見た場所は？
Ba: Where is the last place you saw Niijima-kun?
白浜兼一　真面目にやってください‼
Kenichi: Will you be serious!!

Time passes

Panel 2
Master Ba twirls the bundle. Honoka is riding on Apachai's back
馬剣星　真面目なのにね〰〰〰
Ba: But I am serious...
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ　アパ‼
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ　じゃあアパチャイにまかせてみるよ‼
Apachai: Apa!!
Apachai: Well, leave it to Apachai!!
白浜ほのか（手書き）　ゆけー
Honoka (handwritten): Go!
白浜兼一　え？
Kenichi: huh?

Panel 3
Apachai is on the roof, calling to the birds. Kenichi looks on from below
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ（手書き）　ヤバダバドゥ
Apachai: Yabadabado
白浜兼一　………
Kenichi: ...

Panel 4
Apachai points to a crude drawing of Niijima as a bird looks on. Honoka looks over his shoulder
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ　こんな耳よ。目はにごってるよ。
Apachai: The ears are like this. The eyes are hard. The eyes are shrouded.
白浜ほのか　あぱちゃい絵がヘタだじょー。
Honoka: Apachai's picture is poor.
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ　見た子はいないかよ？
Apachai: Isn't there a kid who has seen him?

Panel 5
Kenichi and Miu face away from Apachai; Miu looks embarassed, Kenichi downcast
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ わかったよーー
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ　知ってる子がいたよーー
Apachai: I know...
Apachai: There was a kid who knows...
白浜兼一（手書き）　まじめにやってよ…もう…
Kenichi (handwritten): I should have done it from the start... Please be serious...

Panel 6
Both Ba and Apachai point to the same spot on the city map, near an anchor symbol
馬剣星　ここね。
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ　ここよ。
Ba: Here
Apachai: Here

Page 14
Panel 1
Kenichi looks shocked. There is a bird roosting on Apachai's finger
白浜兼一（思い）　ぐ…偶然の一致！？
Kenichi: Th... they agreed by chance!?
馬剣星　八卦ではこの港の倉庫街と出てるね。
Ba: The omens say he's leaving the warehouses of this harbor.
白浜ほのか（手書き）　あの絵でよく伝わったじょ…
Honoka (handwritten): They told us a lot through that picture...
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ　この子もその港で十数の若者といるところを見てるよ‼
Apachai: This kid also saw him there with a dozen or so young men!!

Panel 2
Miu is in her leotard
風林寺美羽　これはとにかく行って見てきましょう、兼一さん。
風林寺美羽　それが一番早いですわ。
Miu: Anyway, let's go and take a look, Kenichi-san.
Miu: That's the fastest way.

Panel 3
逆鬼至緒　どれ、オレもつきあってやる。
Sakaki: Well, I'll go with you.
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ　あばちゃいも‼
Apachai: Apachai too!!
白浜兼一　え？
Kenichi: Huh?

Panel 4
岬越寺秋雨　弟子のケンカに…
岬越寺秋雨　師匠は出ない‼
Kouetsuji: Masters don't interfere...
Kouetsuji: in their student's fights!!

Panel 5
逆鬼至緒　ちっ！わかったよ。
逆鬼至緒　かてーー奴だね、あいかわらずよーー
Sakaki: Hey! I know that.
Sakaki: He's a hard nosed guy, he's always like that.
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ（手書き）　アパ
Apachai: (handwritten): Apa
白浜ほのか（手書き）　お兄ちゃんガンバー
Honoka: (handwritten): Go for it, brother!!
香坂しぐれ（手書き）　いきた…い
Shigure (handwritten): I want to... go
風林寺美羽　急ぎましょう。イヤな予感がしますわ。
Miu: Let's hurry. I have a bad feeling.

Page 15

The crescent moon is over an apartment building

Miu is pedaling her bike along a street, with Kenichi riding on the rear rack

Kenichi looks scared

Miu looks determined

Her legs are a blur as she pedals

Panel 6
They're passing a car
白浜兼一　マ…ママチャリで車をぬくのはやめて〰〰
Kenichi: Stop passing cars on a bicycle...

Panel 7
白浜兼一　お…落ちる〰〰‼
Kenichi: I... I'm going to fall!!

Page 16

At the docs

Panel 2
The underlings report in to Loki
ラグナレク員　新島の箱をうまく紛れ込ませました‼
Ragnarok member: We slipped Niijima's crate in with the rest!!
ロキ　ごくろーさん。
Loki: Well done.

Siegfried is playing the piano

Panel 4
Loki looks through the window at Siegfried and the piano
ロキ　う〰〰ん、なかなかいい曲だねぇ。
ロキ　組曲完成まであと少しか………
Loki: Yup, a very nice tune, isn't it?
Loki: The suite will be complete in a bit...

Loki hears something

The bicycle is passing by. Kenichi is looking in Loki's direction

Panel 7
Kenichi and Loki look shocked
白浜兼一・ロキ　‼？
Kenichi & Loki: !!?

Page 17
Panel 1
白浜兼一　いたーーっ！本当にいたーーっ‼
Kenichi: That was them! That was really them!!

The bicycle screeches to a halt

Panel 3
and the pair dismounts as Loki looks on
ロキ　………
Loki: ...

Panel 4
白浜兼一　ラグナレクのロキだな！新島を返してもらいにきた‼
Kenichi: You're Loki of Ragnarok, right? We came to take back Niijima!!

Page 18
Panel 1
ロキ　バ、バカな‼ありえない‼オレの読みがハズれた！？
ロキ　なぜここに来た、白浜兼一‼？
Loki: What! Impossible! My perception was off!?
Loki: Why did you come, Shirahama Kenichi!!?

Panel 2
ロキ　新島という男は昔お前を…
ロキ　いじめていた一人だということも調べがついている‼
Loki: That guy Niijima, I found out that he...
Loki: was the only one bully you, a long time ago!! was one of the ones who bullied you, a long time ago!

Panel 3
ロキ　そ、そうか‼
ロキ　何かオレの知らない弱味でも握られてたのか白浜兼一……
Loki: Is that it?
Loki: Is there some weakness I don't know about that still grips you, Shirahama Kenichi...

Panel 4
白浜兼一　あいつはボクの悪友だから連れもどしに来た‼
白浜兼一　それだけだ‼
Kenichi: I came because he's my bad friend!!
Kenichi: That's the only reason!!

Page 19
Panel 1
ロキ　面白くないねぇ〰〰
ロキ　オレの策が、そんなスマートじゃない理由で崩れるとは美学に反するよ！
Loki: Very funny...
Loki: My plan being ruined by that kind of idiotic reason goes against my art!

Panel 2
Siegfried comes out
ジークフリート　騒々しいですよみなさん‼
Siegfried: You're all too noisy!!

Panel 3
He looks angry
ジークフリート　もう少しで出てきそうなメロディーを逃がしてしまいました。
ジークフリート　殺しますよ‼
Siegfried: I've lost the last part of the melody.
Siegfried: I'll kill you!!

Panel 5
白浜兼一　もう一度聞く！新島はどこだ‼？
Kenichi: I'll ask you one more time. Where is Niijima!!?

Panel 6
ロキ　返して欲しくば腕ずくでとってもらうよ。少々、虫の居所が悪いんだボクら‼
Loki: If you want him back, you'll have to take him by force. We're in a bad mood, just a little.

Panel 7
白浜兼一　虫の居所が悪い…
白浜兼一　だと？
Kenichi: You're in a bad mood...
Kenichi: you say?

Page 20
Panel 1
白浜兼一　ふざけるな！それはこっちのセリフだ‼
白浜兼一　さっさと返せ‼
Kenichi: Don't jerk me around! That's my line!!
Kenichi: Turn him over at once!!

Panel 2
ジークフリート　うるさいって言っているでしょう。失ったメロディー、その体に聞く‼
ジークフリート　第五拳豪、〝不死身の作曲家〟ジークフリートがお相手いたします‼
Siegfried: You talk too much. I hear the lost melody in that body!!
Siegfried: The Fifth Fist, "Immortal Composer" Siegfried will be your opponent!!