Vagabond 238

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ハッ
Hah.

うおおあああああ
Whhoooooaaaaah!

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＃２３８｜時代の必然
#238 | Necessary to the Era

本能の濁流。
The sluggish stream of instinct.

ハッ
Hah.

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ハッ
Hah.

ハ
Ha.

があっ
Gaah.

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があ
Gaah.

あのやらかい空気はどこへやら
The soft air can go anywhere.

・・・正視に堪えぬのう
... I cannot bear to watch.

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武蔵はまだ立っているのか　蔵人
Kurando, is Musashi still standing?

立っております・・・そして・・・
He is... and...

我が方はもはや片手で数えられる程になっている・・・！！
I can already count the number of our men left on one hand...!!

すまぬ　皆
Forgive me, everyone.

当主をお護りするのが私の務めー
It is my duty to protect our master...

余一殿と約束しました
I swore it to Yoichi.

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植田が生きてさえいれば吉岡道場は再び興せる・・・！！
So long as Ueda draws breath the Yoshioka may rise again...!!

なあ　蔵人
Hey, Kurando.

何故これだけいて一人を討てなかったんだろうな
Why couldn't we slay just one man, when we had so many?

世間は嗤うだろう
Everyone will laugh.

四・五人で一斉にかかれば造作もなかったろうにと
We would have had no trouble if four or five of us had attacked him all at once.

木剣すら握ったこともないような輩がな・・・
It makes us look as though we've never even held a wooden sword before... (alt. bokken)

昔こんなことがあった・・・
This happened to us before...

五人の手練れがそろっていて
There were five of us masters there,

一人の男を前にー
but before just one man...

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心底すくみ上がった挙句
We were frozen with fear.

言われるまま斬り合いを始めた・・・
But in the end began the duel as we were told...

一人の人間の力を見くびったつもりはなかった
It was not our intention to underestimate the power of a lone man.

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Page 10
ハア
Haah.

ハッ
Hah.

ハ
Ha.

うぐ・・・
Guh...

Page 11
ハッ
Hah.

ハア
Haah.

・・・覚悟の違いか
... Were we not as prepared?

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裸の命をさらして生きてきた者と
The difference between one who throws his life to the winds,

守られてきた者
and one who is protected.

はあ
Haah.

高く切り立った山を登る決意をした者と
The difference between one who is determined to climb the sheer vertical face of the mountain,

なだらかなー
and one...

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街を見下ろせる丘で暮らしたい者の違いか
who goes up the easy slope merely climbing a hill to look down upon the city.

ハア
Haah.

ハアッ
Haahh.

ハッ
Hah.

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乱世の鎮まりは剣の価値を落とし
The quietening of the times lowers the worth of the sword,

はあ
Haah.

これからそれはもっと失われていくだろう
and it will probably only continue to lower.

そんな時代に合わぬあのような男が　なぜ今　我々の前に現れたのかー
Why did such a man as he, a man not suited to these times, appear before us now...

その意味を考えた
I've thought about why.

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まさに剣の価値によって地位を得た名門の誉れ高き吉岡が
Surely for the honorable and noble Yoshioka who gained their status through the worth of their swords

その魂を失うのもまた時代の必然だとしたら・・・
to lose their spirit. We assume this loss is necessary to the era...

はあ
Haah.

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そうなる前に取り潰してしまえと
So before that happens, Master Kenpo would send someone...

拳法先生が遣わしたのが　あの男なのかも知れない
To destroy us. It may just be that man.

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ハッ
Hah.

ハ
Ha.

カハ
Kah.

ハアッ
Haah.

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ハ
Ha.

ハア
Haah.

一人の人間の力を見くびったつもりはなかったが　よもやー
It was never our intention to underestimate the power of a lone man, but...

これ程とは思いが至らなかった
we surely never expected it to come to this.

ということは
Which means,

この俺もまた守られてきた者なのだろう・・・
I'm once again one of the protected.

万死に値するよ
I deserve death.

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植田
Ueda.

もう一人の兄のように思っていた
I thought of you as another brother.

この体いま暫し
If this body will hold up

いや　束の間もってくれればー
for a short while, no, a single moment...

『バガボンド』＃２３９は次号第４０号に登場！
Vagabond #239 will appear in next week's issue #40!

Enjoy.