Cyborg Grampa-G 12

Crime, a phenominon that strikes everyone, particularly the elderly. Now with a master thief running loose in Japan, his interest in taking on the elderly may end up in contact with a certain cybernetic family...

Chapter 12: An Enemy of the Elderly is Unforgivable!

68.
Thief: Ke, this house I broke in only has this jar.
Woman: Ah, who are you!?
Woman: Th…that’s the memorial jar of my dead grandpa~~~!! You can have anything else and I’ll forgive you~~~!!
Thief: That’s frank!
Thief: I AM THE PHANTOM THIEF ARSENE BULGOWANO PHILLIP THE 4TH! THE GREAT WORLD-TRAVELING PHANTOM THIEF!

69.
Arsene: My next target is this house.
Arsene: From my investigation, the dad’s at work, the mom’s shopping, both kids are at school and the house only has a grandpa and grandma.
Arsene: I’m cautious! I only go for homes with just the elderly. Even if I’m found, I’ll win if they’re old.
Arsene: On top of that, grandpa and grandma save up a lot. Apparently, I can simply look at them, but I’m certain that a professional like me can take them!
G: So, shall we recite sutras this afternoon?
(TN: “Sutras” or “Okyou” are Buddhist prayers)
Q: And I’ll accompany musically—
SFX: Step

70.
G & Q: WHAT ARE YOU—
Arsene: OW!

71.
G: Stupid! My ears can identify a pin drop five km away!
Q: My eyes both are 7.0 and I can use X-ray—
Arsene: Oh…
Arsene: I’ll remember this—
Arsene: Damn--!!
Arsene: The name of Arsene Bulgowano Phillip the 4th is crying with that…I’ll show you, you f**king gramps and f**king granny!
Arsene: I’ll invest all of the money that I’ve saved cheating the elderly without using a yen—Whatever it takes, I’ll steal from that house and get my revenge on those oldies!

72.
Arsene: I’ll show you, gramps and granny!! I’ll get my revenge with the tech of stealing!
G: What, your memento jar of your grandpa!?
Old Woman: That jar is more important than my life. And it was stolen…
Man 1: I’ve been deceived too…
Woman 1: He took my passbook too.
Man 2: He hook hy henhures~~
(TN: Unfortunately with no translation, it’s hard to hear what this guy has to say)
Woman 2: If he breaks only into the homes of the old and goes against us, then he’s unforgivably reasonless.
Q: Really, what can the police do?
G: COWARD! TAUNTING A FEEBLE OLD WOMAN AND STEALING HER GOODS…HE’S AN UNFORGIVABLE ENEMY OF THE ELDERLY!

73.
Arsene: HAHAHA, ENTER ARSENE BULGOWANO PHILLIP THE 4TH!!!
G: Hyo, here he comes!! Attack position!!
Arsene: Hahaha, that bombardment won’t knock me down!
Arsene: What I’ve been equipped with now was made by giving my entire fortune to that weapons maker! With this mecha, I can steal from any house!!

74.
Arsene: HAHAHAHA
Arsene: Fu—
Arsene: I’ll break in through the garden!!
Arsene: Ge—there’s a dog!!
G: If you see a suspicious person, bark!
Gantetsu: Shi! Shi! Shi!
Arsene: ?
Arsene: Haha, with this mech, no matter how I enter, I’m not afraid of anyone!

75.
Arsene: I just invested my whole fortune to make this.
Arsene: This is a fun way to steal!
Arsene: Oh!? This painting has some value!
G: FOOLED YOU!
G: You’ve come, enemy of elderly! You will be judged by Cyborg G-chan!
Arsene: So then, the time has come to show my power-up…

76.
Arsene: I’m Arsene Bulgowano Phillip the 4th! I’ve been made this mecha by that weapon maker so I can clear my one humiliation!!
Arsene: THIS MECHA WILL PUT YOU FULL OF HOLES AND STEAL EVERYTHING IN THIS HOUSE TO THE ROOTS AND BRANCHES!!
G: A scoundrel like you will be judged by me! Come! Abura Katabura Heppuri the 4th!
Arsene: If you can hear a pin drop from 5 km away, then you should remember my name…
G: Mu!! The mark on the mecha…is the seal of Sharekoube!!!
G: I thought I hadn’t seen him recently, so how could he do that? So, is he doing well!?
Arsene: Well, he has a face that’s tired of life…

77.
Old People: Ah—Kaizou-san, it’s that man, him! (Wa—it’s him, it’s him)
G: It is!
G: Really, what happened to Gantetsu? He allowed that guy to break in!!
G: HYO---!? HOW COULD YOU BE STOLEN BY HIM!!
Z: Master! Leave this to me!
G: Idiot, I’ve fired my missiles!
Z & Arsene: DAA---!!

78.
Arsene: Fu—where have I come to…
Arsene: Wh…what’s that!?
G: You’ve done it, grandma!!
Old People: YA—Y, YOU’VE DONE IT—WHEE—
Q: Listen to the new song I’ve written~~~~

79.
Q: HANNYA SHINGYOU: HEAVY METAL VERSION!!! (Sings sutra in Japanese)
(TN: The Hannya Shingyou, or the “Heart Sutra”, is an encapsulation of Buddhist teachings usually recited by Zen Buddhists in Japan)
Q: (continues singing sutra)
G: Oh~~what will we do with this pain!!
Q: Ha
G: Hyo!?
Arsene: Hahaha, this is a feature of the mecha—

80.
Arsene: This mecha is equipped with the abilities of a cockroach!
Arsene: Hahaha, how’s--that!!
G: So then, we’ll do it like this!!
Arsene: Ugya!?
Sign: Z’s House
Z: Ah—my house--!!
G: As planned!!
G: Gravity Change!!
Q: In Your Eye Attack!!

81.
G: ULTIMATE WEIGHT 500 TONS!!!
Narrator: These two have revealed that they were kinds of youkai such as Konakijijii and Sunakake Babaa!
Q: Sand in your eye~~~
Arsene: If…if that’s the case………
Arsene: This will knock out both gramps and granny together!!!
G: Ho…hold on, grandma of the Suzuki’s!
Suzuki: M…my pot~~

82.
Suzuki: Please, that’ s my pot…give back my grandpa’s memento~~~
Arsene: You’re really insistant, granny!!
Old People: Hya~~Suzuki-san!
G: UN…UNFORGIVABLE! You will be judged for knocking around an old woman!
Q: YOU WON’T REVIVE~~~!!
Gantetsu: ?
G: TRANSFORM GANTETSU
Gantetsu: ?
Q: FUMAKILLA G~~~!!
(TN: Fumakilla is a Japanese brand of bug spray)
Can: GANTETSU FUMAKILLA G (Super-strong power)

83.
G: FIRE--!!
Arsene: !?
Arsene: Uaaa, it’s stealing the mecha’s oil. I can’t move with the rust!
G: Cyborg G-chan!
Q: Q-chan
G & Q: DEADLY COUPLE ATTA—CK!!

84.
Suzuki: Aaah, my memento pooot!!
G: Chowa!
SFX: Pss
G: !?

85.
G & Q: JUDGEMENT!!
Kei & Ai: How many times will you be happy blowing up the house!!
Arsene: I’m scared of old people…
Narrator: After this—Arsene Bulgowano Phillip the 4th changed his name to Ichitarou Yamada and worked the fields diligently in the rural countryside……

86.
Certainly Useful
GANTETSUISH LECTURE (2)
(MIDDLE-GRADE CHAPTER)

G: Today, we’re studying the differences of Gantetsu’s Emotional Expressions!
*When He Laughs
*When He’s Surprised
*When He’s Peeing
*When He’s Confused
G: You du~~mmy, aren’t they all the same~~!!
(Continued in Vol. 3)

TAKE THIS TEST:
QUESTION 1:
WRITE THE MEANING NEXT TO THE GANTETSU LANGUAGE
1. SHI SHI SHI ()
2. SHI SHI SHI ()
3. SHI SHI SHI ()
4. SHI SHI SHI ()
The answers are on P. 187!

TN: Wasn't too bad a chapter looking at it from this perspective, but in some ways it probably could use some work. The thief's bit probably did get a tad overblown but in some ways I think that was the point. And Q...just gets more disturbed with appearance. Meanwhile, while it probably was obvious that Sharekoube was the weapons merchant, at least he seems more formidable funding others than fighting for himself...so far.