History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi 84

Rough translation, finished one reserved for use by Kuro-Hana.
Most of this was transcribed by another team member, and proof-read by me; the remainder transcribed by me, which is why the transcription style changes part way through.

Some corrections edited in: deleted text, added text

Ｂａｔｔｌｅ　８４
Ｐａｇｅ１
Splash page - has a scrambled picture of Miu and Shigure in bathing suits
ハーミットの十字架
Hermit's Cross
Ｈｏｎｏｋａ：なかなかむずかしいパズルなのだ。
Ｂａ：撮影はもっと大変だったね！
Honoka: It's a very hard puzzle.
Ba: Taking the picture was difficult!

切りとりパズル
Cut-apart puzzle
［遊び方］
Instructions
１．このべージをコビーするね。
２．マス目にそって切りとるね。
３．各マス目の向きと位置を合わせて絵を完成させるとムフフね
1. Copy this page
2. Cut apart along the squares
3. When you've joined each square in its correct position and direction and the picture is complete, then Mwa-ha-ha!

Ｐａｇｅ２
The abandoned church

Ｐａｎｅｌ２
Kenichi has Hermit in an arm lock
Ｋｅｎｉｃｈｉ：　これでどうだ！！ハーミット？
Kenichi: How is this, Hermit!?

Ｐａｇｅ３
Ｐａｎｅｌ１
Sakaki and Kouetsuji are sitting on a tree branch. Sakaki reaches into the sack of groceries Kouetsuji is holding.
Ｓａｋａｋｉ：フードの奴は遠距離専門らしいな。くっつかれて攻撃が鈍くなった。これで勝負はついたようだぜ！
Ｓａｋａｋｉ：あーあ、賭やってりゃオレの勝ちだつたのによぉ。
Ａｋｉｓａｍｅ：なんなら今から賭けるかね？
Sakaki: It seems the hood guy is a long distance specialist. Grapple him and his attacks are slow. It looks like the match is settled!
Sakaki: Oh, if we had bet I would have won.
Kouetsuji: Well, then, shall we bet now?

Ｐａｎｅｌ２
Ｓａｋａｋｉ：おいおい、二人とも兼一じゃ賭になんねーぜ。
Sakaki: Hey, hey, we can't both bet on Kenichi.

Ｐａｎｅｌ３
Sakaki opens up a can of beer.
Ａｋｉｓａｍｅ：いや、私はフードの男に賭けるよ。今夜のオカズでどうだい？
Ｓａｋａｋｉ：いいのかよ？
Ａｋｉｓａｍｅ：ああ。。。この戦い兼一君が不利だ！！
Kouetsuji: No, I bet on hood boy. How is that for tonight's entertainmentShall let this food be the stakesShall tonight's side dish be the stakes?
Sakaki: Are you feeling OK?
Kouetsuji: Oh... in this fight Kenichi-kun has a handicap!!

Ｐａｎｅｌ４
Sakaki takes a drink.
Ｓａｋａｋｉ：フン！＊虚実か？
＊「虚」はフｪイント、「実」は実際に当てる攻撃
Ａｋｉｓａｍｅ：フッ。。。
Akisame: 気づいていたか。
Sakaki: Heh! The hollow truth*?
Kouetsuji: Heh...
Kouetsuji: So you noticed.
*The "hollow" is a feint, and the "truth" is actually being hit by the blow.

Ｐａｇｅ４
Kenichi in the foreground, the masters in their tree in the background. The branch they are sitting on is at least 20 feet off the ground.
Ｐａｎｅｌ１
Ｓａｋａｋｉ：いいぜ、その賭乗った！
Ｋｅｎｉｃｈｉ：さあ、ほのかを返せ！！
Sakaki: Fine, let this bet ride!
Kenichi: Well, turn over Honoka!!

Ｐａｎｅｌ２
Hermit is grinning like a devil.
Ｈｅｒｍｉｔ：。。。ケッ！！
Ｈｅｒｍｉｔ：徹底した接近関節攻めか。オレの武術が遠距離戦専門だと思つてるな！？
Hermit: ...Heh!!
Hermit: A complete close range joint attack? Do you think my martial arts are specialized in long range battle!?

Ｐａｎｅｌ３
Ｋｅｎｉｃｈｉ：何！？
Kenichi: What!?

Hermit twists around and attacks with his other hand...

Ｐａｇｅ５
striking Kenichi's throat

and Kenichi staggers

Ｐａｎｅｌ３
Ｈｅｒｍｉｔ：馬槍月に劈掛拳を習った時、
Hermit: 接近戦闘用の八極拳も教わっている！！
Hermit: When I learned Piguaquan* from Ba Sougetsu,
Hermit: I also was taught Bajiquan for close range fighting!!
* Chop Hitch Boxing
** Eight Extremities Fist

Hermit has one hand on one side of Kenichi's waist, and the other heading for the other side.

Ｐａｇｅ６
He strikes, from either side of the waist, putting Kenichi into pain.
Ｈｅｒｍｉｔ：フン
Hermit: Ha!

Ｐａｇｅ７
Ｐａｎｅｌ１
Ｈｅｒｍｉｔ：バカめ。。。！接近戦に持ち込みたかったのはこっちだぜ！
Ｈｅｒｍｉｔ：そのためにわざと関節をとらせてやったんだよ！
Hermit: You fool...! The one who wanted to bring things into close range was me!
Hermit: It was for that purpose that I let you put me into a joint lock!

Ｐａｎｅｌ２
Ｋｅｎｉｃｈｉ：ぐふっ。。。
Ｋｅｎｉｃｈｉ：（Ｔｈｉｎｋｉｎｇ）なにぃ！？
Kenichi: Ugh...
Kenichi (thought): What!?

Ｐａｎｅｌ３
Kenichi strikes at Hermit, who easily ducks out of the way
Ｋｅｎｉｃｈｉ：ごふっ！！
Kenichi: Goff!

Ｐａｎｅｌ４
Hermit counter attacks, and Kenichi starts to fall
Ｈｅｒｍｉｔ：頑丈だな！！
Hermit: This is solidYou're strong!!

Ｐａｇｅ８
Ｐａｎｅｌ１
Kenichi rolls to his feet
Ｋｅｎｉｃｈｉ：うう。。。まだまだ！
Kenichi: Oo... Not yet!

Ｐａｎｅｌ２
Hermit starts to attack with a hammer blow or chop...
Ｈｅｒｍｉｔ：お前の戦い方はバカ正直なんだよ。。。
Hermit: Your fighting style is foolishly naivenaively honest...

Ｐａｎｅｌ３
Kenichi blocks the blow...
Ｋｅｎｉｃｈｉ：！？

Ｐａｎｅｌ４
but Hermit converts it to an elbow strike
Ｈｅｒｍｉｔ：しっ！！
Kenichi: ぐふっ！！
Hermit: Sh!!
Kenichi: Ugh!!

Ｐａｇｅ９
Hermit attacks with a claw hand...

Kenichi moves to block...

Ｐａｎｅｌ３
and Hermit attacks with the other hand
Ｋｅｎｉｃｈｉ：う！！
Kenichi: Oo!!

Ｐａｎｅｌ４
Ｋｅｎｉｃｈｉ：（Ｔｈｉｎｋｉｎｇ）自分から突き手を回した！？掌低はフｪイント？！！
Kenichi (thought): The striking hand turned away on its own!? The palm blow was a feint?!!

Panel 5
Ｈｅｒｍｉｔ：（Ｔｈｉｎｋｉｎｇ）気づくのが遅え！ガードがガラあきだぜ！！
Ｈｅｒｍｉｔ：攻撃にまったく虚実がねえ！！
Hermit (thought): He's slow to notice! His defense is practically non-existent!!
Hermit: Your attacks are completely without hollow truth!!

Page 10-11
Hermit strikes Kenichi a mighty blow

Ｐａｇｅ１２
Meanwhile, several blocks away, Miu, Takeda and Ukita are fighting a group of 7 Lokis.

Ｐａｎｅｌ２
Takeda punches a Loki
Ｔａｋｅｄａ：いったいどれ本物なんだーい！？　
Ｔａｋｅｄａ：ええい！意外にしぶといヤツらだ！！
Takeda: Which one of these is the real thing!?
Takeda: Hey! They're surprisingly persistent fellows!

Ｐａｎｅｌ３
Ukita throws a Loki to the ground, while another looks on
Ｕｋｉｔａ：全員、のしときゃまちがいねーぜ武田！！
ＦａｋｅＬｏｋｉ：やれやれ。。。技の三人衆のお二人さん、ラグナレク抜けてからえらく強くなってないかい？
Ukita: We don't have time to sort them all out, Takeda!!
Fake Loki: Well, well... You two from the Three Man Army, after you quite Ragnarok, haven't you become awfully strong?

Ｐａｎｅｌ４
Miu has five of the stun rods under her arm, and a sixth goes flying as she kicks a Loki.
Ｍｉｕ：はっ！六人目！！
Ｆａｋｅｌｏｋｉ：げふ！！
Miu: Ha! That's the sixth one!!
Fake Loki: Ugh!!

Ｐａｇｅ１３
Ｐａｎｅｌ１
Miu deftly catches the stun rod behind her back.
Ｍｉｕ：敵は七人、これで残るはあと一本！！
Miu: There were seven enemies, so there is one of these left!!

Miu looks around

There is one Loki left standing, holding a stun rod.

Ｐａｎｅｌ４
Miu drops the stun rods in a heap.
Ｕｋｉｔａ：最後の一人、ヤツが本物か！？
Ｍｉｕ：そのようですわね。
Ｈａｎｄｗｒｉｔｔｅｎ：ぽいですわ！
Ukita: The last guy, is he the real thing!?
Miu: It seems that way.
Miu (handwritten): He looks right!

Ｐａｎｅｌ５
Ｔａｋｅｄａ：僕にやらせてくれ。
Takeda: Let me take him.

Ｐａｇｅ１４
Ｐａｎｅｌ１
Ｆａｋｅ　ｌｏｋｉ：やめておけ。。。キサラの親衛隊くずれが八拳豪にかなうものか！
Fake Loki: You ought to quit while you're ahead... Do you really think destroyingthat a drop-out from Kisara's personal companyhangers-on is any match for one of the Eight Fists!?

Ｐａｎｅｌ２
Ｔａｋｅｄａ：強さが不変のものだとでも思っているのか～い？
Ｔａｋｅｄａ：だったらすでにキミは負けている！！
Takeda: Do you think strength is a constant thing?
Takeda: If that's the case, you will soon lose!!

Ｐａｎｅｌ3
Niijima claps Takeda on the shoulder
Ｔａｋｅｄａ：流した血と汗、グラブで語りあった数だけ人は強くなるんだ！！
Ｎｉｊｉｍａ：そして、オレ様みたいな天才は、そうやって強くなった奴らをアゴで使う！やれ、副長！！
Takeda: なぐるよ。
Takeda: The amount of blood and sweat you shed, and how much you talk with your gloves is the only way a person becomes strong!!
Niijima: And, for a genius like myself, putting guys who became strong like that to work! Do it, Lieutenant Commander!!
Takeda: I'll hit you.

Ｐａｇｅ１５
The remaining Loki advances, scraping the sparking stun rod along a wall.
Ｐａｎｅｌ１
Ｆａｋｅ　ｌｏｋｉ：ごちゃごちゃうるせえ！！
Fake Loki: Stop your jabbering!!

Ｐａｎｅｌ２
Niijima flees. Takeda is ready to fight
Fake Loki：死ね、裏切り者！！
Fake Loki: Die, traitor!!

Takeda ducks and dodges the Loki's attack.

Ｐａｇｅ１６
Ｐａｎｅｌ１
Takeda has gotten in range
Ｆａｋｅｌｏｋｉ：なに！？
Fake Loki: What!?

Ｐａｎｅｌ２
Takeda lands a might blow to the Loki's chin
Ｔａｋｅｄａ：＊ウルトラボロ・パンチ‼
＊ボロ・バンチ。。。腕を後方に一回転させて放つパンチ。サトウキビの収穫に使われる石斧・ボロの要領で振るのでそう呼ばれる。何回も回すので「ウルトラ」をつけたらしい。
Ｆａｋｅ　ｌｏｋｉ：！！？
Takeda: Ultra Bolo Punch*!!
Fake Loki: !!?
* Bolo Punch... a punch where the arms come from behind the back as you make a full turn. It's named for the movement of the bolo knife that is for harvesting sugar cane. If several turns are made, "ultra" is added.

Ｐａｇｅ１７
The Loki goes flying

Ｐａｎｅｌ２
Ｕｋｉｔａ：おお！！
Ukita: Oh!!

Ｐａｎｅｌ３
Ukita and Takeda inspect this last Loki as Miu runs off
Ｕｋｉｔａ：やけにあっけなくないじか？
Ｔａｋｅｄａ：ぐっ！こいつもニセモノだ！！
Ｍｉｕ：あーもう！私、先に行きますわね。
ＦａｋｅＬｏｋｉ：フフフフ。
Ukita: Didn't that go too fast?
Takeda: Ugh! This one's a fake, too!!
Miu: Enough already! I'm going on ahead.
Fake Loki: Heh heh heh.

Takeda and Miu look toward the voice.

Ｐａｎｅｌ５
One of the Lokis is getting up...
Ｆａｋｅｌｏｋｉ：本物はここさ。。。
Fake Loki: Here's the real deal...

It's the fat Loki.

Ｐａｎｅｌ７
Everyone runs off.
Ukita?：くそ！ここにいたのはぜんぶニセモノだったらしいな！
Ｎｉｊｉｍａ？：やられた！時間かせぎだったんだ！！
Ｆａｋｅｌｏｋｉ：待て！！お前ら外見で人を判断すんのかよ！いや、たしかにおっしゃるとおりですがね！！
Ukita: Darn it! All of them were fakes!
Niijima: We were taken in! It was all a waste of time!!
Fake Loki: Wait! You're judging a person by his appearance! Hey, it's just like they always say!

Ｐａｇｅ１８
Elsewhere...

Ｐａｎｅｌ２
The Hermit faces Kenichi, who is on his hands and knees.
Ｈｅｒｍｉｔ：＊内虚外実！高度な戦いには必ずフｪイントが入ってるんだ！
Ｈｅｒｍｉｔ：てめーみてーなバカ正直な奴を見てるとオレは無性に腹が立つ！！
＊外から見ると本気に見えるフｪイントのこと。
Hermit: Inside Hollow Outside Truth*! Surely feints are part of high-level fighting!
Hermit: When I see foolishly naivenaively honest guys like you, I get extremely mad!!
*Something that truly appears to be a feint from outer appearances

Ｐａｎｅｌ３
Hermit: 正義だ？真実だ？そんなものはこの世を生きていく上で足かせにしかならねえ！！
Ｈｅｒｍｉｔ：必要なのは人をあざむく“演技”と他を支配する“力”だ！！
Hermit: Justice? Truth? More than anything else existing in this world, those things are a trapburden!!
Hermit: The things that are needed are "acting" to deceive people and "power" to control others!!

Ｐａｎｅｌ４
Hermit: そう。。。その二つだけあればいい。。。
Hermit: So... those two things are what I want...

Ｐａｇｅ１９
A man facing Natsu and the coughing Kaede.
Ｐａｎｅｌ１
Ｂｏxｔｅｘｔ：オレは６つになるまで施設で育つた。ある男が養子にしたいと現わるまでな。
Ｂｏｘｔｅｘｔ：冷血な男だったが、病弱な妋を良い医者に診せられる金持ちの親が、オレ達には必要だった。
Box text: Until I was 6, I lived in an orphanage. Until a man came seeking a son to adopt.
Box text: He was a cold blooded man, but what we needed was a rich parent who would let my sickly sister be seen by good doctors.

Ｐａｎｅｌ２
A studious Natsu
Ｂｏｘｔｅｘｔ：オレはロボットのようにいい息子を演じた！決して泣かず、怒らず、
Ｂｏｘｔｅｘｔ：ただ、与えられた課題をこなすそんな息子をな。
Box text: I played the part of a good son like a robot! Never crying, never angry,
Box text: Just, the kind of son who easily handles any task given.

Ｐａｎｅｌ３
Ｂｏｘ：そして男もまた、決して笑わなかった。。。
男　お前は谷本コンツェルンの長（読み：おさ）になるのだ。
男　家族ごっこをするために拾ったわけではない。
Box text: And then again, the man never laughed...
Mr. Tanimoto: You will surely become the head of Tanimoto Conglomerate.
Mr. Tanimoto: There's no reason to pretend this is a real family.

Panel 4
ハーミット　だが…ある日、とんでもない変化がオレ達を襲った…
Hermit: However... one day, an unexpected change happened to us...

Panel 5
白浜兼一　？………
Kenichi: ?...

Page 20
Panel 1
Kaede is being checked by a lady doctor
箱で書いた　愛さ！
箱で書いた　自分の持っている医療研究所の女医と男は恋に落ち、そして入籍した。
Love!
The man fell in love with a lady doctor at his own medical research facility, and married her.

Panel 2
The family group in front of a flower bed. Kaede holds a watering can.
箱で書いた　それからの三年間は夢のような日々だった。
谷本女医　楓は本当にコスモスが好きねえ。
谷本氏　夏…
谷本夏　はい。
For three years, life was like a dream.
Dr. Tanimoto: Kaede really likes Cosmos.
Mr. Tanimoto: Natsu...
Natsu: Yes.

Mr. Tanimoto smiles.

Panel 4
谷本氏　すまなかった…私が間違っていた…
箱で書いた　そのとき、あの冷血な男が笑ったんだ。
Mr. Tanimoto: I'm sorry... I was wrong...
That is when that cold-blooded man laughed.

Page 21
Panel 1
ハーミット　だがそれも…
ハーミット　つかのまの幸せだった…ウソの上に築かれたな…
Hermit: However...
Hermit: The happiness was brief... it was built on lies...

Panel 2
The crying Natsu and Kaede standing in front of Mr. Tanimoto in a chair, his eyes closed
ハーミット　男はほどなくして原因不明の死をとげ…
Hermit: The man died from unknown causes shortly after...

Panel 3
Natsu at Kaede's bedside
ハーミット　女医の手厚い治療を受けていたはずの妹が…
ハーミット　実は治療をまったく受けていないことに気づいたのさ。
Hermit: I noticed that my sister, who should have been receiving careful treatment from the doctor...
Hermit: was in fact receiving no medical treatment at all.

Panel 4
谷本夏　なぜ…
谷本夏　なぜ‼？
Natsu: Why...
Natsu: Why!!?

Panel 5
Two men are leading the lady doctor away, in handcuffs. She calls back to Natsu.
ハーミット　財産目当ての女医は初めから演じてたのさ。
谷本女医　私は毒なんて盛ってないわ、母さんを信じて、夏〰〰っ‼
ハーミット　オレは男と……妹を失った。
Hermit: The lady doctor had been acting from the beginning, all to gain wealth.
Dr. Tanimoto: I didn't give them poison, believe your mother, Natsu!!
Hermit: I lost the man and... my sister.

Page 22
Panel 1
Sakaki crushes his beer can.
岬越寺秋雨　…………
Kouetsuji: ...

Panel 2
ハーミット　笑えるだろ？
ハーミット　どうした、笑えよ！
白浜兼一　………
Hermit: I suppose you can laugh?
Hermit: What's wrong, laugh!
Kenichi: ...

Panel 3
ハーミット　だが今では感謝すらしているよ。この世の摂理に気づかせてもらったからな。
ハーミット　〝ウソ〟と〝力〟さ‼
Hermit: However, now I'm thankful for that experience. It made me notice the world's order.
Hermit: "Lies" and "Power"!!

Page 23
Hermit kicks Kenichi
Panel 1
ハーミット　おしゃべりはおしまいだ！もう立ち上がる力もあるまい‼
Hermit: You won't talk! You have no longer have the power to stand!!

Panel 2
Hermit aims a hammer blow at Kenichi
ハーミット　死ねええぇ‼
Hermit: Die!!

His arm is caught in Kenichi's iron grip

Panel 4
ハーミット　なに‼？
Hermit: What!!?

Panel 5
Kenichi rises to his feet
白浜兼一　い、今確信したよ……
ハーミット　バッ、バカな！？いったいどこにまだこんな力が？‼
Kenichi: N... now I am certain...
Hermit: No... no way!? Where in the world did he get this kind of strength?!!

Page 24
白浜兼一　キミのこの悲しい戦いは……
白浜兼一　今ここで終わらせなくてはいけない………
白浜兼一　ボクの手で‼！
ハーミット　‼
Kenichi: Here and now, an end will be put...
Kenichi: to this sad fight of yours...
Kenichi: by my own hand!!!
Hermit: !!