Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 177

Wow, guess everyone's away for the holidays?

edit: guess not, just spotted the links to the other two usual trans-es in the rts. oh well, this was good practice. (albeit shorter than anything!? ...i take it back, that gantz sfx chapter was a joke!)

01
鉄の如き意志は今・己自身を超越する！ (<-great line)
-Now is the time to rise above yourself / with a resolve as strong as iron!

Chapitre.177 - 醒めない夢 - The never-ending dream(t/n - lit. a dream from which [one] has not awoken. I was debating using nightmare instead of dream, but that's just poetic license.)

02
-The magic earring,
-and the sealing earring

-The magic earring has already accomplished its purpose
-...and it won't be long before this one does as well

03 no txt

04
-How foolish!

-So be it. Begin with Shaoran's true body

05
-STOP IT, SHAORAN-KUN!

-I will collect all the feathers!

-Anything that gets in my way will be eradicated!

06
-STOP!

-Shaoran-kun...Please...!!
long: If you kill Shaoran, everything will come to an end!!

07
-...Even you and me...! (t/n - vague. i can't help but wonder if she means their relationship, although isn't she not supposed to be able to remember that?)
-FINISH HIM!

08
big: NO!

09 nothing

10
only sfx bubbles, all say: meki (crackling??)

11
-W-what's happening
-within the dream!?

12-14 nothing

15
-Sakura-chan!!

16
-KID!! (whatever kuro usually calls 'im)

17
刀は互角
最後に生死を分かるのは
その思いの強さ！
-Evenly matched,
-The difference between life and death will be decided
-By the strength of each one's resolve! (t/n - could be read any number of ways. omoi is heart, thoughts, feelings, yada yada. i decided to use resolve b/c it ties into the opening lines. stuff like this is interesting cuz as i struggle to find the right word, it makes me wonder about what the whole focus of this manga is. hm. sorry for rambling.)

continued in issue #6