Eyeshield 21 297

I love translating. Seriously, translating a manga you like is a permanent bliss, because in some way, you are shaping what the characters you love say. What could be more awesome than that? And then sometimes, the said characters take you by surprise and kick you in the ass. That's what happened with Hiruma's dialogue on page13, I'm still WTFing about that :XD

Anyway, here's the translation, let your joy fly to your heart's content~

Eyeshield 21 chapter 297

Page 01

Sena : From today onwards, I am the real
Sena : Eyeshield
Sena : 21...!!
Left : Becoming “the real one” was his destiny ever since that day...

Page 02-03 (spread)

Absolute gorgeousness <3

Page 04

Yamato : Time is
Yamato : turning back...

Narration : Creating a perfect shield, covering all three dimensions
Narration : Against the Emperor Yamato
Narration : The only remaining route was...

Page 05

Shin : 180 degrees
Shin : Backwards...!!

Riku : Rewinding
Riku : time...

Yamato : Immediately after shortening the distance with his 40 yards 4.2 seconds run
Yamato : Without even changing his stance
Yamato : Using just a single step backwards...

Agon : At the instant the defender tackles
Agon : Retreating at light speed
Agon : Since there is no guy faster than this small trash
Agon : There is no way anybody can catch him.

Shin : The strongest runner of this era
Shin : Eyeshield 21.
Shin : It's the ultimate technique of running.

Riko : This is! The light that bends space-time,
Riko : The fourth-dimensional run...

Page 06-07 (spread)

Right : Devil Fourth Dimension!!
(T/N : it's written as just 4, but the furigana say it should be read fourth, so i'm going for fourth)

Hiruma : He passed him
Hiruma : Finally
Hiruma : The “real” Eyeshield 21

Hiruma : He finally passed
Hiruma : Yamato...!!

Page 08

Hiruma : YA
Hiruma : HA!!
Middle text : Now that he has surpassed the real one...
Middle text : On the path to become the new “Eyeshield 21”...
Announcer : Touch
Announcer : DOOOWN!!!
297th Down : The demons standing back to back

Page 09

Sena : It wasn't a mistake
Sena : That Hiruma-san believed in me
Sena : That Hiruma believed in his team mates...

Page 10

Sena : It wasn't a mistake at all...!!

Sena : Ouch!!

Hiruma : With this...

Page 11

Hiruma : Runs, passes and power
Hiruma : All the cards are gathered
Hiruma : Kekeke, a chance of winning showed up, guys...!!

Narration : It was simple, obvious words of encouragement
Narration : but still, in these words of Hiruma

Narration : There was faith
Narration : A faith that made us think
Narration : That we really could win the match.

Hera : Nice... that control tower
Hera : isn't even thinking
Hera : about the 17 points difference that's left...!

Monta : Alright, it's Deimon's kick-off!
Monta : We're counting on you MAX, Musashi-senpai!

Page 12

Musashi : Yeah, I'll kick a huge one.
Musashi : Since I don't get much chances to kick
Musashi : I have excess strength left.

Hiruma : Kekeke, then long story short,
Hiruma : Remove your limiter, fucking old man.
Sena : Limiter?

Koutarou : Senaaaa! If it's about kicking, then
Koutarou : I'll explain that smartly!
Julie : What are you saying, all of a sudden...

Koutarou : During kickoffs
Koutarou : You can't just kick the ball away like that
Arrow : 20 yards
Koutarou : If it flies too far and crosses the opponent's goal line
Koutarou : It's called a touchback, and the opponent gets the ball back to the 20 yards line.

Yukimitsu : I see... So that's why, to make the ball stop barely before the goal line
Yukimitsu : You put a limiter on your kicks to hold back a little bit.
SenaMon : That was “holding back”? Since when...

Hiruma : In all of Deimon's kickoffs today
Hiruma : Yamato carried the ball for nearly 50 yards.
Hiruma : That's why instead of clumsily trying to control it
Hiruma : if you just send it flying and gets a touchback it's still better.

Page 13

Hiruma : Kekeke, you understand it yourself, right? Fucking old man.
Hiruma : I don't believe you can control your wild kicks for a single millimeter

Hiruma : That's why,
Hiruma : You don't need the limiter anymore
Hiruma : Enough of that stinky pre-cum
Hiruma : Let it go to your heart's content!
(T/N : This is NOT a joke translation. This is the completely literal translation of what Hiruma says here. I'm not kidding. I've pondered whether to make that family-friendly or not, but I'll just leave that to the opinion of the scanlator :sweat)

Hiruma : I will believe only in your kicking power.

Page 14

Musashi : Hiruma
Musashi : You've always carried the burden
Musashi : of the control tower alone.

Musashi : “Stop him even if you die for it!”
Musashi : “If you don't score I'll kill you!”
Musashi : You've always talked like that to your team mates
Musashi : and sticked to gambles and strategies.

Musashi : But “believing” is
Musashi : Something completely different

Musashi : It's about entrusting your back,
Musashi : your life, to your team mates.

Page 15

Musashi : Hiruma
Musashi : In the five years we've been hanging out together
Musashi : It's the first time
Musashi : you said you believe in us...

Page 16-17 (spread)

Someone : Oooooh!!?

Hera : What
Aki : What's with that height...!!

Sena : More than
Sena : Any kicks so far...

Kurita : I never saw one like that either!

Someone : Aaah, but this is really flying too far!
Someone : It'll cross the goal line!

Hiruma : Tch!
Musashi : A touchback, huh...

Page 18

Koutarou : The ball
Koutarou : stopped in the snow
Koutarou : Just in front of the goal line
Koutarou : Just like with emergency brakes...

Doburoku : Here... here it comes!
Doburoku : A miracle on a white Christmas!
Doburoku : This nice flow...!

Takami : The more vertical the kick is
Takami : The more chances it has to happen.
Takami : This is a miracle, but
Takami : This is no mere coincidence...!

Page 19

Aki : Oooh!

Tenma : It's alright
Tenma : Achilles came to block...

Left : In front of the goal line, a big chance created by the snow's miracle!!