Naruto 382

Sorry for the delay, I had classes all day yesterday x_x And I preferred not to translate this long and beautiful chapter while half-asleep~ XD;
Enjoy~~ :D

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３８２：本当の選択！！
382: The real choice!!

その秘密…たどり着いた自来也をペインが襲う！！
When Jiraiya finally finds out his secret... Pain attacks him!!

分かったぞ！ペインの正体が！！
Jiraiya: I've got it! Pain's real identity!!

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ペインの正体…頭に伝えなくては…！！
Jiraiya: I have to... inform Kashira...!! (="boss", the male toad)

駄目だ…　ノドが潰されたか…
Jiraiya: No good... They smashed my throat...

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くそ！
Jiraiya: Shit!

これでは…！！
Jiraiya: This way it's...!!

駄目だ…
Jiraiya: I can't...

気が遠くなる…
Jiraiya: I'm losing consciousness...

ワシは…
Jiraiya: Am I...

死ぬのか？
Jiraiya: going to die?

失敗なのか？
Jiraiya: Have I failed?

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忍は生き様ではなく　死に様の世界…
Jiraiya: The shinobi world is all about how you die, not how you live...

忍の人生とは　どうやって生きてきたかではなく　死ぬまでに何をしたかで　その価値が決まる
Jiraiya: The value of the life of a shinobi is not determined by how he lived, but by the things he did before dying

…思い返せば　ワシの物語は失敗ばかりだった…
Jiraiya: ...Thinking back, my life has been a total failure...

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綱手にフラれ続け
Jiraiya: I've been continuously rejected by Tsunade

友を止めることも出来ず
Jiraiya: I couldn't stop my friend

弟子と師を守ることも出来なかった…
Jiraiya: I couldn't protect my teacher and my disciple...

火影たちが成した偉業に比べれば　ワシのしてきたことは
Jiraiya: Compared to the great achievements of the various Hokage, everything I did is

取るに足らぬくだらぬことばかり…
Jiraiya: trivial and unworthy of consideration...

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ワシも歴代火影たちの様に死にたかった
Jiraiya: I also wanted to die like the Hokage

物語は最後の〝結び〟の出来で決まる
Jiraiya: A story is decided by its "conclusion"

失敗も一興！その試練が己を磨いてくれたと信じ　生きてきた
Jiraiya: Mistakes can be fun too! I've always lived believing that those trials had strengthened me

その代わり…
Jiraiya: And then...

今までの失敗をチャラにするような大きな偉業を成し遂げ
Jiraiya: I'd achieve something so great that it would obscure all the mistakes I had made so far

立派な忍として死ぬ！
Jiraiya: and I'd die like a righteous shinobi!

…そのハズだった…　フフ…
Jiraiya: ...That was my intent... Uhuh...

だが…　その〝結び〟…　死に様がコレか…
Jiraiya: But it seems *this* is my "conclusion"... my death...

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大ガマ仙人はワシを〝変革者を導く者〟と予言した
Jiraiya: The great elder toad predicted that I'd be "the one who will guide a revolutioner"

忍の世界の安定と破滅に関わる大きな選択をする者と…
Jiraiya: The one who will make a choice that would decide either the stability or the destruction of the shinobi world...

ここでペインを倒し　〝暁〟を止め　忍の世界を破滅から救う
Jiraiya: I chose to defeat Pain and stop the "Akatsuki", consequently saving the world from its ruin

結局　その選択も失敗してしまった…
Jiraiya: But in the end, I failed once again...

…情けないのォ…
Jiraiya: ...It's such a shame

…これが自来也豪傑物語の結びだとはの…
Jiraiya: that the conclusion of the Jiraiya Gouketsu Monogatari turned out to be like this... (note: As you may know, the names of Jiraiya, Tsunade and Orochimaru, plus some of their peculiarities, are taken from a Japanese tale called "Jiraiya Gouketsu Monogatari", that is "The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya")

くだらぬ物語だった…
Jiraiya: It was a useless story...

いや　そんなことはないですよ
voice: I don't think so

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この物語は素晴らしいです
Minato: It's a wonderful story

エピソードが先生の数々の伝説になぞらえてあって
何か自伝小説っぽくて——
Minato: The episodes are compared to the many legends regarding you
and this makes it somewhat similar to an autobiographical novel----

だがの…
まったく売れんかった
Jiraiya: Yeah but...
It didn't sell at all

次回作はお得意のエロ要素でも入れてみるかのォ
Jiraiya: Maybe in my next book I should add some erotic elements, since that's my specialty

この本の主人公…　最後まであきらめなかったところが格好良かった…
Minato: The protagonist is really cool, especially because he didn't give up until the end...

先生らしいですね　この主人公
Minato: He's very similar to you, sensei

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そ…そうかのォ…
Jiraiya: I-if you say so...

で…オレ思ったんです
Minato: So... I thought

ん？
Jiraiya: Hm?

今度　生まれてくる子供も
Minato: It would be great

こんな主人公みたいな忍になってくれたらいいなって！
Minato: if my son could become a shinobi like him!

だからこの小説の主人公の名前…
Minato: That's why I'd like to borrow

いただいてもいいですか？
Minato: your protagonist's name

…お　おい！そんなんでいいのか？
Jiraiya: ...O-oi! Are you sure?

ラーメン食いながら適当に決めた名前だぞ…
Jiraiya: It's a name I just came up with while eating ramen...

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ナルト
Kushina: Naruto

素敵な名前です
Kushina: It sounds splendid

クシナ…
Jiraiya: Kushina...

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ハハ…　ったく…
ってことは　ワシが名付け親かの？
Jiraiya: Haha... Jeez...
So you're saying I'm the godfather? (note: in Japan "godfather" is written as "parent who gives the name", because in fact, the godfather is the one who chooses the name for the baby)

ワシなんかでホントにいいのか？
Jiraiya: Are you really sure you want the likes of me?

先生だからこそです！
Minato: We definitely want you, sensei!

本当の忍の才能を持つ立派な忍で
あなたほどの忍はいませんからね
Minato: You're a righteous shinobi who possesses a ninja's true talent.
No one else is as great as you are

そうだ…
Jiraiya: Yes...

そうだった…
Jiraiya: It's true...

ワシはあの子に…
Jiraiya: I gave that boy his...

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オレってば火影になる！！
Naruto: I'll become Hokage!!

そんでもって　どの火影をも超える火影になるんだ！！
Naruto: I'll surpass all the other Hokage!!

まっすぐ　自分の言葉は曲げねェ…
Naruto: I never take back my words...

それがオレの忍道だ
Naruto: That's my nindou (note: "nindou" = "ninja way/ethics/values")

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ナルト…　思えば　お前はあの小説の主人公どおりだ
Jiraiya: Naruto... You really turned out to be like that story's protagonist

ミナトとクシナの想い…願いをちゃんと受け取っていた
Jiraiya: You complied with Minato and Kushina's feelings and wishes

それなのに…　ワシは…
Jiraiya: Even so... I...

先生だからこそです！
Minato: We definitely want you, sensei!

本当の忍の才能を持つ立派な忍者で
あなたほどの忍はいませんからね
Minato: You're a righteous shinobi who possesses a ninja's true talent.
No one else is as great as you are

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…忍の才能とは　世にある全ての術を用い　極めることが出来るか否かにある
Orochimaru: ...The talent of a shinobi resides in whether or not he is able to reach the top by using all the jutsu that exist in this world

…忍者とは　その名の通り
忍術を扱う者を指す
Orochimaru: ..."Ninja", as the name says
*are the ones who make use of ninjutsu*

…忍の才能はそんなことにありゃしねぇ
Jiraiya: ...That's not what a shinobi's talent is

まだ分からねーのか…
Jiraiya: You still don't understand?

忍者とは
Jiraiya: Ninja

忍び堪える者のことなんだよ
Jiraiya: are *the ones who endure and withstand* (note: the verb "shinobu", from which "shinobi" derives, means "to hide, to conceal oneself", but also "to bear, stand, endure". And the second meaning is actually the first one in dictionaries)

見解の相違ね
Orochimaru: That's a matter of opinions

一つてめーに教えてやる…
Jiraiya: I'll tell you something...

忍の才能で一番大切なのは
持ってる術の数なんかじゃねェ…
Jiraiya: The most important thing in a shinobi's talent
is not the number of jutsu they possess...

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大切なのは
Jiraiya: What's important is

あきらめねェど根性だ
Jiraiya: the will not to give up

まっすぐ自分の言葉は曲げない
そして　どんな時もあきらめない…
Jiraiya: You never take back your words
And you never give up...

それがお前の忍道なら——
Jiraiya: If that is your nindou---

ナルトよ　ワシはそのお前の師だ
Jiraiya: Naruto, I'm your teacher

弱音を吐くわけにはいかんのォ…
Jiraiya: I cannot possibly complain...

なぜなら…
Jiraiya: Because...

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ヴヴヴ…！！
Jiraiya: Grrr...!!

自来也ちゃん！？
toad granpa: Jiraiya-chan!?

弟子の忍道は師匠ゆずりと相場は決まっとる！
Jiraiya: ...a disciple always inherits his nindou from his master!

なあ　そうだろ　ナルトよ…のォ！！
Jiraiya: Don't you think? Naruto...!!

気力で吹き返したんか！？
toad granny: He regained consciousness by willpower!?

心の臓は止まってたハズだが…
Pain: I thought your heart had stopped beating...

よし！！
toad granpa: Ok!!

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くっ…
toad granpa: Gh...

よし！確かに受け取ったけんの！！
toad granpa: Ok, I got it fine!!

あきらめねェ…
それこそが　ワシのとるべき本当の〝選択〟だった！
Jiraiya: "Not to give up..."
That was the real "choice" I had to make!

ナルト　〝予言の子〟は間違えなくお前だ
…あとは全て託すぞ！！
Jiraiya: Naruto... The "child of the prophecy" is unmistakably you.
...I entrust everything to you!!

豪傑物語に凄絶なる幕。最期に男が取る〝あきらめない〟という選択が、最後の弟子へと希望を繋ぐ！！
A fierce ending to the Gouketsu Monogatari. The choice "not to give up" made by the man in his last moments is also the hope for his last disciple, Naruto!!

No.382／おわり
自来也死す…その報に木ノ葉は？　次号、『横たわる闇』へ！！
Jiraiya dies... How will Konoha react to the news? Next, "The darkness lying ahead"!!

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*sniff*
Kishimoto has bad tastes in Christmas presents... Y_Y