Mangahelpers Translationshttps://mangahelpers.com/translators/rss2010-05-25T22:41:08+00:00/favicon.icoMangaHelpers Adminsadmin@mangahelpers.comhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/gottheim/releases/22506[English] [Translation] Superior Volume 2 by Gottheim2010-05-25T22:41:08+00:00Gottheimadmin@mangahelpers.comThe first volume of a rescanslation project for the Superior series, starting volume 2. The scans should be released within a few days from now. Look out for it here.
This is an Enxame translation. ---------------------------
003 Narrator!Sheyla: The Hero said something splendid. Flashback!Exa: So I'll make it happen. I'll create a world where humans and monsters can live together. Narrator!Sheyla: But there's something you don't know./You don't know I'm the enemy that you must defeat.//And you never will. Ever.
004 Narrator!Sheyla: For I will kill you before you can realize. Story 4. Quarter.
005 Narrator!Sheyla: Total evil exists/for humans and monsters alike.//And it is I. Hero. What will you do about me?
006 Lakshri: This is the first time I meet someone as beautiful as yourself.//Your eyes are just splendid./Surely your heart must be just as beautiful.//Eeexa-kuuun.*bonk* Exa: DUH Lakshri: Listen. This town is full of young ladies with beautiful legs. I've seen 1,5 more of them here than back home. Exa: Yeah, right. Lakshri: ........//Yeah, right? I said 1, 5. 1, 5!!//You're a man or what?! With 1, 5 more legs around you should be "aaaghing" and "wooooing" all over the place!!
007 Sheyla: ... What is it, Lakshri?/You're acting all excited. Lakshri: I just can't get enough of seeing all those beautiful girls.*shtap* Lakshri: But don't be jealous, honey. You're the only one for me. Sheyla: Well um. Thanks, I'll pass.*blunt* Lakshri: ........*boooong* Exa: What vehemence./.......... Lakshri: Cripes. Come to think of it, I've just remembered something unpleasant... ... 1,5 more girls around, but guess who we have to meet...
008 Sheyla: Who? Exa: Lakshri... Are you talking about our other comrade? Lakshri: That's right. I'm talking about our next companion. Mountain Gorilla./The one we're supposed to meet today./Shortly... Exa: .......... Lakshri: Alright. I know. We can ignore the monstrous thing and leave it behind!!/Like it wasn't there at all. Exa: Don't be silly. Sheyla: ... Mountain Gorilla? *gasp* Lakshri: That's right. A Mountain Gorilla. No doubt about it!! Exa: ...Why are you calling our companion that? Lakshri: You just don't realize its savagery./How many times have I've been nearly killed... Exa: I think your bad attitude is to blame for that.../I've never been in such a situation.
009 Sheyla: (Mountain Gorilla.......)/Hmmmm.//(Mountain Gorilla...?!!*Oo-hoo oo-hoo* Gorilla: Oo-hoo. Exa: You wanna carry my luggage for me? Gorilla: Oo-hoo. Oo-hoo. Exa: Thanks. Exa: You're so strong, Gorilla!! Gorilla: Oo-hooooo. Sheyla: ...Well. The next companion sounds like a pretty tough fellow-meoow.../I'm not so eager to meet someone like that...
011 Sheyla: Are you kidding me?!! Join your hands and bow down so the rabble all around can have their fun kicking you and walking all over you./Beg forgiveness from dusk till dawn, like the puny insect that you are. Dude: You... you can't be serious./Wh... why should I do that?! Sheyla: Didn't you just fondle my ass? Dude: I didn't!!//I... I was walking fast, and with the momentum... Well I merely bumped into you... Sheyla: Yeah, yeah.//Alright. So you have a choice between beaten half to death, and beaten half to death. What will it be...? Dude: (Mommy... My arguments just aren't getting through...)
012 Dude: A... Alright. Will you forgive me if I give you this?*clink* Sheyla: What's that? Dude: Its... a purse. Sheyla: A purse? Is it edible? Dude: Uh./... No. That'd be kinda hard. Sheyla: .........//What would I want with sumthin' I can't eat, blockhead? Forget it, which side of yourself do you want murdered to make up for bumping into me? Left or right?! Make up your mind, and be quick about it!! Dude: (Her standards revolve around edibility?! So when she talks about half to death, she means she'll eat half of me?!) *whack*
013 Dude: Ow.......*teeter* Dude: Aaaaaaaargh!!!*dash* Angelica: That was foul. Sheyla: ......... Angelica: There's a lot of circulation so I don't know what happened./But the man was terrified. Certainly there was no need for you to go this far?
014 *PAF* Sheyla: Tsk Angelica: And while we're at it. You're the one who stole it, I see. *pash* Angelica: This is my purse. Give it back.//Whoever stole it from me also touched my butt, so I thought it'd be a man. But the thief is female, I see. >So about my butt, it must have been an accident.<
015 Sheyla: Uuh?/What are you talking about? Angelica: Uh-huh? Playing the fool are we?/... You don't remember stealing from Angelica?//I hate people who don't bear responsibility for their actions.
016 Sheyla: ......... I don't know what your problem is...//But who d'you think you're talking to?*leap* *CRACK* *BOM* Angelica: What, now. Violence?*twirl* Angelica: Oh, no you don't. Angry to hear the truth? You're in no position to. Sheyla: ........ *chrr* *BAOM* Sheyla: Shut up!!
017 Sheyla: Won't you stay put for a second? Angelica: You think you can defeat me?/Too bad for you. Angelica is strong.*cling* Angelica: Evil must be stamped out........*heart*
019 *ZAP* Sheyla: What's wrong? You've missed me, haven't you? Angelica: I wasn't trying to hit you. I just thought I'd scare you a little bit./Well, that was the point. Sheyla: I wasn't scared in the slightest! Angelica: Frosting Bind.[tn: Sounds better than the original text's Cold Bind.] Sheyla: .........Ugh. What's going on?!/(The spell is coiling itself around me?! I can't see. And I can't move properly...)
020 *woosh* Sheyla: ! *cling* Angelica: Running away, are we?/Well, how about this?!*swish* *clasp* *creak* Angelica: Congratulations.*heart*/But now you're at point-blank range.
021 Angelica: Sorry.*heart* *buzz* Sheyla: ! Angelica: Lightning Hail!!! *grr* Sheyla: Kh!!! *gr grr grr* Angelica: The spell is already cast and you think you can stop it?/It's no use.//Someone acting as rashly as yourself must be bad./Let's hurt you a little bit.*VRRRRRR*
022 *CRACK* Angelica: Wha/(She's destroyed my staff and an already activated spell along with it...?!//Impossible...) Sheyla: Bratty little girl.*BZUM*
023 Angelica: That won't work on me!!*cling* *BZUUUM* *WOOOSH* *BRRRROOOMMMM*
024 Angelica: (What kind of offensive power was that...?!//She squashed a point-blank range attack like it was nothing./Something's not quite right...//And whatever she did, it wasn't magic.//Just who the hell is she?! Sheyla: Point-blank.*heart*
025 Angelica: Cra....... Sheyla: I'm gonna hurt you, and then some.../My bad. Meow...? Angelica: (No way. If that touches me........../I'm as good as dead........)
026 *zip* Angelica: ?! Sheyla: ....... Exa: Sheyla, stop it!! Lakshri: What's wrong? What happened...?! Exa: There was so much ruckus I thought something might have been going on........
027 Exa: Sheyla! You again?!! I keep telling you to keep a low profile and look at what happens... Sheyla: Sorry-meow. Angelica: Exa-sama...*heart* Exa: ... That you, Angelica...? Angelica: It is.*heart* Sheyla: Exa-sama...?/... And did he say Angelica...? *tilt* Angelica: Just in time to help me out of trouble. You're really Angelica's benefactor, Exa-samaaaaa.*BAF* Sheyla: Stop right there!!!
028 Sheyla: Hero!! Who's that? Exa: Who's that? why, I told you earlier...//This is our next companion. Angelica. Angelica: What is it? Hmmm. Sheyla: Companion...?*Oo-hoo. Angelica: What? That scary woman is an acquaintance of yours? Exa: Well, kinda. She's a companion... Angelica: Eeeh? I can't believe it! She's so uncivilized! Exa: ... Anyway. Did anything happen?/You can tell me everything... Angelica: Alright./She was tormenting a man clearly weaker than herself. Sheyla: AH.//...........*tilt*
029 Angelica: And she also stole my purse.*plic* Sheyla: I didn't touch your purse. Angelica: Liar. Sheyla: Don't make me hurt you!!! Exa: ... Well. Angelica, wait a minute.//...Sheyla. What can you tell me about that purse? Sheyla: It's not edible. Exa: Nah. ... Anything else?/(What's with the edible non-edible standard?) Sheyla: ...Is it good for anything else? Exa: Angelica, you must have been mistaken about the purse./I thought there was a possibility, but she doesn't even know what purses are meant for. Angelica: No way. Are you going to protect her?! She had it with her, there can be no mistake. *kachink*
030 Sheyla: I've been trying to tell you. I have no need for your purse or whatever-it's-named. The guy who touched your ass earlier did it. Angelica: My butt? And my purse...?/So that man was the one who stole it...?//Ah........//(That's right... It was him./But I misunderstood the situation and thought she was the culprit.) Exa: In other words... A misunderstanding turned into a brawl?//And you got angry at this man for touching your butt? Sheyla: That's right, meooow. Exa: You went a bit overboard, though. Sheyla: ......... Exa: Angelica, please apologize to Sheyla for your mistake. Angelica: Yes. You're right...
031 *du-dun* Angelica: (But for some reason/I don't feel like apologizing.) Exa: Angelica. Angelica: Yeees.*heart* It was a mistake. Excuse me, okay?*heart*/Tee-hee. Sheyla: She's friggin' kidding me./(No good. She's got to die...) Gorilla: Oo-hoo. Exa: Good. Good. T-Rex: Rhhaarh.*dududududun* Lakshri: Exa... Notice what's going on already.......
032 Exa: Okay, now that everyone is here, let's go look for an inn... Lakshri: I must say you haven't changed at all... Angelica: Uh? Lakshri? You were there? Lakshri: ... I was. The whole time.../I mean, I'm the one who stopped you while the hero was doing the same for Sheyla-chan. Angelica: You said I didn't change at all. Why? Lakshri: Because of your inexistent breasts. *whack* Lakshri: Agh. Sheyla: Ah. A Mountain Gorilla.
033 Exa: Well, Lakshri and I will share a room./Same goes for Sheyla and Angelica. Lakshri: I wouldn't mind being with Sheyla-chan. Exa: Don't be silly./See you. *slam*
034 Angelica: What's with the kitty speech? Trying to get under Exa-sama's skin, are we?/HUM. Sheyla: You're one to talk-meow. >I'm not the one spouting my own friggin' name when I'm talking about myself.<[tn: Speaking in third person is a typically childish trait for the Japanese, so Angelica's imitation of it sounds like a deliberate attempt to paint herself out as cute and endearing.] Angelica: I don't know who you are, but I know I don't see you as a companion. Sheyla: Hah. I'm the one who should be saying that./Companion? Are you kidding meow? At most, you just "fell in luv wid Exa-sama*heart*", and you're following him out of hero-worship. Angelica: ... Sounds more like something you did. Sheyla: Shut up.//And what's with that depressing hairstyle? Is your mug so ugly you don't wanna let people see what it looks like?*kwip* Angelica: Ow.
035 Sheyla: Huh. Angelica: ... That's right. I don't want others to see that eye of mine.//Maybe it was my grandpa or my granny, but one of them was a monster. That's why I have only one eye like that.*snap* Sheyla: You're quarter monster?
036 Angelica: Certainly you know what happens to people with eyes like mine? Sheyla: ........./(Shion). Narrator!Angelica: Angelica was always bullied in the village she used to live in./And usually, I wouldn't defend myself... Kids: Stupid!/Go away!!
037 Kids: Ya hahahaha. *plic* Flashback!Angelica: (No........./I mustn't use magic.)*clasp* Flashback!Angelica: (I can't make friends either. If I don't stay alone, that'll create problems./People avoid me, and the kids torment me, but that's just how it is./Because of my monstrous blood.)*rustle*
038 Angelica: (Well, I don't mind./I enjoy being alone.) Narrator!Angelica: One day, the hero came by./There was a huge commotion inside the village........
039 Villager: You stay away from the hero. Flashback!Angelica: (........ I don't mind.//I don't care about that./I was merely pretending to share everyone's excitement...//No matter. It's not like I wanted to see him that badly...) *grin*
040 *baf* Narrator!Angelica: I was happy. Even though he didn't know about my eye/it was the first time someone smiled at me since the day I was born.//I haven't been able to approach him ever since.//But I kept watching him from afar. Flashback!Exa: Uh?
041 Flashback!Exa: You always keep watching from a distance. Villager: Ah... Hero-sama. That girl is... Flashback!Angelica: Ah. *flap flap* Flashback!Angelica: (Oh, crap.//He's gonna reject...)
042 *grin* Narrator!Angelica: That's when I noticed.//His reaction upon seeing my eye was completely different from that of the villagers........
043 Flashback!Exa: You're always all by yourself. Why is that? Flashback!Angelica: Because they bully me. Because people hate Angelica.//It's alright. Angelica hates them too./I'm comfortable with loneliness. I like it that way. I have no need for friends.
044 Flashback!Angelica: I'll live by myself forever./That's right. Even if they didn't hate me, I'd be perfectly fine all by myself. Flashback!Exa: Really? Flashback!Angelica: Really!!
045 Flashback!Exa: Do you really hate them?/Do you feel comfortable with loneliness? Do you enjoy it?//So/you think you'll never need friends...?//You think......./you can live all alone forever........?
046 Flashback!Angelica: ... Of course not.../How could I really mean that...?//Actually I do want friends./And I wish people liked me/I'd like to get along with everyone./I don't wanna be alone forever......//But........ it's hopeless/And holding onto that wish is way too painful.........//Because the deepest, darkest, and gloomiest of abysses/is the only place fit for me. Flashback!Exa: ... Why don't you try looking up?
047 Flashback!Exa: Look at how large the world is around you./What can you see? What is it that ties you down?//You are your own master./If you want something, think of how you want it, speak of it. That's how you should live.//That much will never be out of your reach...
048 Flashback!Angelica: It's beautiful.........(So that is the sky's color........//I never saw anything/because I always kept my head down in shame.//The only things I ever saw properly/are those that stood lower than me.)//... Until now, I couldn't even tell what color the sky was/because I never looked at it properly...
049 Flashback!Angelica: (I wouldn't look at whatever I couldn't touch./I would hate for fear of being hated./And I wouldn't even allow myself to look up at the sky...//While I should be looking at whatever I wish I could have/giving love in order to receive it/knowing what it feels like to know the color of the sky above
050 Flashback!Angelica: (I guess I should hold the reins to my own life./Instead of clinging to other people's words, going along with what they say./I should trust my own words. Trust my own heart.)/... Exa-sama...//Please make Angelica one of your companions.
051 Flashback!Exa: Uh.........//I... I can't.../It's dangerous. Not to mention, you're a... you're a little girl. Flashback!Angelica: Aren't you the one who told me to speak up if I wanted something...?//I can't help being scared, but... Flashback!Exa: ......... Flashback!Angelica: But I won't complain, even in death./So what do you think? Provided I keep on speaking my heart like this, I can can only get stronger.
052 Flashback!Angelica: I want to be responsible for what I do with my life./Please. I don't wanna have any more regrets.//Even if that means//I must walk a path full of thorns. Flashback!Exa: ........ Got it.//Next, we pick up my other companion. His name is Lakshri. FLashback!Angelica: Lakshri? I'm wondering what he's gonna be like.
053 Sheyla: ....... Flashback!Angelica: I hate people who don't bear responsibility for their actions. Sheyla: (Is that also what she meant when she said this...?) Angelica: Angelica's a quarter monster./But I don't wanna hear anything about it from you. Sheyla: ..........//...Well. I forgot to tell you.//I AM a monster.*flap* *tilt*
054 Angelica: EEE..................//............../Pff/Pfft Sheyla: Sounds like there's a problem//Well, it's not like monster and quarter monster could have had all that much in common. Angelica: That's not it.*shake shake* Angelica: Be at ease, myself./Oo-hoohoo./Come on. Remember that sky you saw with Exa-sama, and how blue it was.../Ah. Ahem ahem. Sheyla: Aren't you pushing it a little bit?/Hello? Anybody there? Angelica: ...That was surprising./Well, Exa-sama will always be Exa-sama. Heroes don't have monsters tag along with them, that just never happens.../Bah, that's just Exa-sama for you...
055 Angelica: Well, there's no way around it./I acknowledge you as a companion.*phew* *peeved* Sheyla: I don't know how she does it, but she pisses me off... Angelica: Total evil?/Can evil really be total?//Then, you also have what people categorize arbitrarily as evil...//That's from Exa-sama./People had decided to brand me as evil./Which is why I was hated by so many...
056 Angelica: After everything Angelica did to exasperate you/and despite your being a monster/and the fact that you could have killed me so easily...//You didn't strike at me.//At first, I thought you were evil.//But I have no choice but to accept you./Hope you can forgive me.
057 Sheyla: (I really couldn't stand you at all./But after hearing that little story of yours/I ended up accepting you.)//I acknowledge you as a companion.*plic* Angelica: That irritates me, for some reason. Sheyla: We even see eye to eye. I'm pissed off too. Angelica: (She's such a boisterous person./And a monster.//Despite this, Exa-sama immediately understood she hadn't stolen the purse./I'm wondering if he would have understood me the same way if I was a monster, and in a similar situation.)*BLLLLL* Angelica: ........
058 Angelica: (It pains me to admit it, but he's really trusting her.)//What is it you like about Exa-sama? Sheyla: Mmmmh./What? That was a bit sudden./...Well, that's an easy one//It's the lack of facial expression.*serious face* Angelica: ........ *startle* Angelica: Hey! I think I understand!!//One second he's all warm, next thing you know he's all cold. Sheyla: That's right. Like dead fish!!/There's no guessing whatever he's thinking./That's soooo not heroic./He's getting emotionally rusty. Angelica: Yes. Exactly!! Sheyla: We're getting along.*baf* Angelica: For real. Lakshri: ...They aren't exactly singing your praises. Exa: Oh yeah? Stop peeking. Sheyla: (.......Aaah. Humans are so much fun.)
059 Sheyla: (Days go by, each one with their share of annoyance, and crying and laughing./I can't help but enjoy the daily life I've been leading recently.//I didn't know, back then/never knew such a world existed.) Insert: I even got to like someone I couldn't stand. Flashback!Angelica: Total evil?/Can evil really be total? Sheyla: (Aaah. How much happier can I get/if I remain here forever.......?)*zip*
060 Kagami: Maou-sama.......[/end
062 Narrator!Sheyla: I used to think of fear as the one and only form of power.//The look in people's eyes as they died
063 Narrator!Sheyla: It was always the same. For everyone.//Dread?//... No.//Despair?/That's not it either.//But I wished I could make it disappear from this world...
064 Lakshri: .........//Say, Exa. *snap* Exa: ... Yeah? Lakshri: Things have been pretty calm lately, don't you think...? Exa: What do you mean?*flap*
065 Lakshri: I'm talking about the Demon Lord.../Not so long ago, he was on a rampage, and we wouldn't be able to go anywhere without hearing about a town he'd destroyed.../But we haven't heard any such rumors, lately. It's almost frightening...//Whatever happened, I wonder.../... Where is he?//Ah. Maybe he got tired, enough to stop killing people.//If that's the case, wouldn't it also be the end of our quest?/Naaah. Exa: ......... Lakshri: Time to get things moving so Sheyla-chan and I can get engaged, then. Exa: Don't let your guard down.
066 Exa: It might also be a period of calm before the storm... Sheyla: ........//..........
067 Kagami: Maou...-sama... Sheyla: ... Uh./... you? Kagami: You're not asking me who I am, are you? Sheyla: Sheesh. Kagami: Did you just say "sheesh"? Sheyla: I didn't. Kagami: You did... Sheyla: Not. Kagami: (I'd bet my right arm she said it...)/I'm Kagami, your subordinate. I appeared in the very beginning of the first volume. Sheyla: The author probably forgot about you too. Kagami: Eeeh. If this keeps up, I'm gonna become irrelevant to the plot.
068 Sheyla: So. What do you want? Kagami: I'll go straight to the point.//To put things bluntly: have you made up your mind about killing the hero?/We've hit the 5th chapter, already. Sheyla: ......... Kagami: .......... Sheyla: I... I'm readier that ever. Kagami: I've seen the hero earlier, and he seemed very much alive. Was it my imagination? Sheyla: I'm... I'm waiting. Waiting for the right moment!! Kagami: And while you do, he increases the number of his allies. There's two more of them... Sheyla: Well, I still need to wait for him to let his guard down... Kagami: Rather, you're being much too lax about this, I think. Sheyla: She got me totally figured.(She's been observing me without my knowledge. Ain't she got nothing better to do...?)Sheesh
069 Kagami: ........../...Do you have trouble killing the hero for some reason...?//If so, I can do it... Sheyla: NO!! Kagami: ...... Sheyla: ...I'll kill him... Kagami: .......Really? Sheyla: Really.
070 Kagami: ......../Really, why haven't you killed him already...? Sheyla: .......... Kagami: Please don't take offense//But maybe you're not unwilling/but unable to kill him?
071 Sheyla: NO........ Kagami: Why won't you kill him, then?//What on Earth is going on?!/In the past you had no compunctions about killing. You attacked first and discussed later.//You'd never let go of an opportunity to kill Sheyla: Watch your tongue, Kagami... Kagami: I think not. On the contrary, you've been saving the hero's life...//At first, I thought it was just an amusement, as you said. But it didn't happen just once or twice... Your attitude has been changing completely. Are you aware of it?! Sheyla: ...Silence, Kagami... Kagami: It's as if now you seriously felt something for him.
072 Kagami: And now you've become unable to kill the hero. Sheyla: KAGAMI!!! Kagami: Huh... *gulp* Sheyla: You've become quite something... since the last time I saw you./When did you find it into yourself to oppose me like this...?//...I don't know what it is you saw that gave you those impressions. But try spouting some of that nonsense again/and I'll kill you this instant.
073 Sheyla: It's worthless, I'm telling you./I have nothing more to say. Kagami: ...Ha.../...My apologies.//Bu... But... we need your strength if we are to dispose of humanity/we need you back among us as soon as possible...//For it is our greatest wish to wipe humanity off the map and create a world for monsters.
074 Sheyla: ...Yeah, that's right. Follow me. Kagami: ...Huh?//What are we here for...? Sheyla: ...The Earth/and the place//This is probably the best spot...
077 Kagami: ......... Copy: ........//Oooooh. I'm outside./Awesome//Great.//Woooops.. Kagami: Aaaah Copy: The heck. How embarrassing.../Aaaah, yeaaah. You do this, and then you do that...//Oh. You're Kagami, aren'tcha. I know about you./I've always been watching you from "inside".
078 Copy: ...But pleased to meet you... anyway?*grin* Sheyla: I created her out of myself and some earth./Given her balance issues, I guess I failed somewhat, but there you have it... Sheyla: Use her as your Demon Lord. Kagami: Eh?! Sheyla: We can't have the throne empty, right? She'll be filling in until I return. Kagami: Ah... Uh... Well... Sheyla: She isn't the same color as me, but everything else is similar./You take control of her. Sheyla: Bu... But.
079 Kagami: Is... is it gonna be alright...?//........*teeter* Sheyla: Yeah, should be.*fool* Kagami: (Should be?!!) Sheyla: You do what Kagami tells you. Copy: ......../Okay, but...//Is it fine to kill a lot of people too? Sheyla: Killing's fine. Copy: Yaaaay./Monsters too?! Sheyla: Suit yourself.
080 Copy: Ah, but what if I run into a bunch of people I don't like? Sheyla: You can kill the whole lot. Copy: REALLYYY?! Aaawesome... Sheyla: ........ Copy: .......Soooo//What about the hero? Sheyla: ...Th/He's out of bounds. Copy: Uh-huh. And why is that?
081 Copy: Because you're in love with him?*bof* Copy: Hmph//KYAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
082 Copy: That's ridiculous!! You expect that to go anywhere?!/Ahh. I've made up my mind. I'll kill off the hero...//In an elaborate, gruesome fashion. Sheyla: DON'T!!/OR I'LL DESTROY YOU!!!*zip*
083 Copy: Oh no you don't. I like it outside. If I disappear, I'll go right back into the Original, right? Sheyla: (She dodged?!) Copy: For a copy I'm stronger than one would expect.../Hey. Wait a minute. If I win, you become the copy, and I the original. You'd have to return inside of me?//........?Eh? What am I talking about?/The original becomes the copy. The copy becomes the original. The original becomes the copy. Duh? Sheyla: Stoopid!! Copy: Anyway, I've made up my mind! I'm gonna defeat you and become the original!!
084 Sheyla: You're a failed creation./I will erase you where you stand. Copy: ...I'm//...so NOT HAVING THAT!!*BAOM* *BAF* Copy: (It didn't work?!)
086 *THUD* *clap clap* Copy: Yahoo. Sheyla: Hh*teeter* Copy: You don't have time to rest Sheyla: Hh *bzuuuumm bzzzzzz*
087 Copy: (She's gone?!)/...Tsk *zip* Sheyla: ........*glare* Sheyla: ........ Copy: ........./(The mere pressure around her is amazing/...Even though I'm her equal) Sheyla: ! *plic ploc*
088 *hic* Copy: ......../...Uuuh...?//Why, you're weaker than I thought//But if we keep it up, this is gonna take some time./I've just been made, so I'm not quite used to this body just yet. I don't think I can win a protracted battle.../So? How about a truce? Sheyla: ......../You're in the mood to listen like a good girl, now...? Copy: .......
089 Copy: ...Hah!/...Hell no!! Sheyla: Why, you...!!*huff* Copy: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH//AAAAAAAAAH Sheyla: ?!!/Damn, she's called another monster?!
090 Sheyla: ! Copy: Not so fast./We'll fight as soon as I am prepared!//Then, I shall defeat you by a landslide.//Alright, monster-chan. Keep her occupied for me!*zip* Sheyla: Wait!! Copy: Oh, Original-san. I'm gonna kill the hero too.//Let's go, Kagami. Kagami: Er. Ah?! Sheyla: Wait, you...!!*grab*
091 Sheyla: !//Let me go!! I have better things to do than bothering about you!//(I can't afford the time//What a pain... Should I kill it?)//Kh.../(Killing is not an option either)//Let go!!/I have to go, and quick...
092 Sheyla: (I've killed plenty of humans/that same shade never failed to color their eyes.//It wasn't just the humans./Even the monsters I'd gathered under my rule/would give me a similar look.//That would irritate me beyond measure/I just couldn't help it. *chatter chatter* *hushhh* *glare* Monsters: .......... Sheyla: I created this other self from my own shadow.../As I set my eyes upon her, I finally understood.)
093 Sheyla: (That look they would give me as they faced me/Now I know what it meant.//It was scorn. Disdain.)//Let go of me!//(But how on Earth do you go about/defeating someone without killing them...?) *squeeze* Sheyla: Aaah.
094 Sheyla: (What the heck am I doing...?)/Defeating.../...Without killing.../(I told my Copy she could kill if she wanted to//but there's something I didn't want to lose./But what?//You've always been all alone. What would you lose?//I killed scores of human beings./Gathered numerous monsters under my rule.//And despite this/I couldn't make that look of theirs go away.//Gathered numerous monsters under my rule...?/...What a joke.)
095 Sheyla: (Not a single one of them would have lifted a finger for me/without the dread I inspired them.//That's right. I was alone.) Lakshri: Sheyla-chan./Are you alright?! Sheyla: Quick... I have to go... Lakshri: Sheyla-chan!!
096 Sheyla: ... Lakshri.........?*Hoh* Lakshri: Thank God you're unharmed.//Just give me a minute...//Hop...*grip* *thud* Sheyla: ...Why/...why did you save me? Lakshri: ........... Uh?... Angelica: What was that? That cry I've just heard could have shattered glass... Lakshri: Angelica?! Angelica: Is this monster responsible?! I'm gonna settle this immediately!/Icic..........*swish*
097 *poke* Lakshri: Hey./........ Angelica: Oh, crap! I forgot that my staff jewel was broken!! Lakshri: YOU STUPID!! Angelica: Wait up!! What do you mean, stupid!! Sheyla: That's enough./Don't pretend you've come to save me...//You have nothing to gain from doing such a thing, do you?//Why don't you just abandon me...? Angelica&Lakshri: .......?
098 Sheyla: (...way..) Exa: Sheyla!!/What's wrong?! Sheyla: ...Hero... Exa: ...What's with that monster? Lakshri: Hummm. It's a pretty tough one, just like I hate them. So we're having trouble.*Mhaha Exa: ...Well, that would be a problem normally...//But there are so many of us assembled here//So if it's really so tough/we can use that to our advantage. Sheyla: Go... way.../(...Hands off.)
099 Sheyla: I summoned it. It's none of your business./Stay out of this. I need none of your conspiring...!//(People get in the mood of helping each other out as they come in contact with the atmosphere around this lot/but people aren't meant to do that./There's only one truth. People trying to save their own hides/as they look upon me in terror//(How could I forget such a simple thing?!)/I can beat him on my own! Out of my way!!!/(That's right. I'm alone!!!)
100 Sheyla: (Go away!!!/Just go somewhere else, quickly./...I don't wanna see into your eyes.//I wouldn't know what to do/if I found that same look even there...//That look of disdain. Exa: ...I don't think I get it//Why do you have to defeat him on your own? Sheyla: ...Ha
101 Exa: We're your friends.../right...? Sheyla: ...Uh... Exa: Why act alone when you have allies with you? Lakshri: Is it about the two of us?/So reserved. You need anything, you can count on me... Angelica: You should try silence. You're being way too irritating.
102 Lakshri: By the way, you had any pressing matters to attend to, Sheyla-chan?/You mentioned something about having to move quickly... Exa: Is that so?/If you need backup, let somebody else come with... Sheyla: I'll be fine!//...Haha. That's not it.../(Their eyes are different...//These aren't the eyes of people trying to save their own hides./They aren't fearful./They get themselves knee-deep into trouble like it's the most natural thing in the world/and this without the faintest of hesitations.)
103 Sheyla: (They actually help others...//The power that stirs people into action/ is not that of fear/but that of friendship. And trust.)//...You really/you really don't mind having me as a companion...? Angelica: Nope! Lakshri: Of course not!! Sheyla: (This isn't.../what I need the most right now. But)
104 Exa: Get going. Sheyla: (...For some reason//I feel so happy...!)/Okay! *zip* Sheyla: ...They have faith/in me...
105 Lakshri: .......Well./What now? Mister hero. Exa: ...You guys are leaving things to me here? Lakshri&Angelica: You bet we are! Lakshri: You're the one who said something about making use of its toughness./Let's get going.♪/Do you have some kind of idea? Exa: ........//Lakshri. You rush it.*pat* Lakshri: Excuse me?!/Heeeell... Exa: Hastening.//Keep the monster occupied./The magic will hold for another 20 seconds. Lakshri: Yaaaah*dash*
106 Lakshri: (Mh.......?//I know that spell has made me somewhat faster/but that monster moves so slowly..........//Aah. That's because Exa's slowing it further with another spell...//That's my boy... Here's an astute move...) *swish* *clap*
107 Exa: Angelica./I take it this jewel should be more than enough? Angelica: ......./Aah! Yes. Exa: Can you drop a rock on top of the monster's head, then?/It's a tough one, so hold nothing back. Angelica: Aaah. It's still warm from Exa-sama's touch...*rub rub* Lakshri: Heeeey!! Angelica!! I only have 20 seconds!! Move it!! Angelica: Frosting Blade. Lakshri: Daaah!! Angelica: My hand slipped.♥/Teehee♥ Lakshri: LIAR!! *woosh*
108 Lakshri: (It's moving faster? The 20 seconds have run out already?!) *twirl* Lakshri: (Crap!!//...Damn it) Angelica: Stone Rain. *brom blombromblom* *step* Lakshri: .......//Angelica!! I'll kill you!!! *gasp* *rattle rattle* Exa: We couldn't have done this if it wasn't so tough..../Well... Give it an hour, and it should be able to get out under its own power.
109 *zip zip* Kagami: Ma... Maou-sama...//Do you have any idea how awful that was?*zip* Copy: Yep... She wasn't much of a Demon Lord. Kagami: ...Huuh. No, that's not what I mean//angering the Original Maou-sama is a chancy endeavor at the best of times... Copy: (The original is such an idiot)*whisper* Kagami: Pardon? What did you say...? Copy: (Love. Forgiveness./Damn, she's actually taking those weaklings' garbage seriously.)
110 Copy: (That's what/disgusts me the most) *zap* Sheyla: Haa haa. Kagami: Maou... sama... Copy: ........//..........(...She is)
111 *wham* Kagami: ! Copy: Cough/(.......She is much angrier)
112 Copy: (Than I expected...//...I couldn't dodge her at all/It's got nothing to do with earlier.//I guess this is what true power is like.........) Sheyla: I wouldn't mind wiping you out where you stand, but that'd be most inconvenient for me./See, my next creation might turn out to be even more useless than yourself.
113 Sheyla: From now on, I speak./and you just answer "yes".//Oh, well. You're free to answer "no" if you like./In that case, however/your life expectancy would be cut short this instant... *gulp* Sheyla: Firstly...//You are free to kill as many humans as you like. Men. Women. Adults. Old people. Children. You want them dead, you kill them. Copy: ....../...Yes. Sheyla: You will obey Kagami. Copy: ...Yes. Sheyla: If you don't like some monster, suit yourself and kill it. Copy: ...Yes.
114 Sheyla: But do not kill the hero./I'm the one who shall stamp him out. Someday. Copy: ......... Sheyla: .......//......./Yes.
115 *sbam* Sheyla: Someday, I'll be back./Until then, you are the Demon Lord. Copy: (Haha... How powerful...)*shake shake* Copy: (...Is that fear I'm feeling...?/I'm scared of the Original.)
116 Sheyla: You take me for a fool, it seems./That's because you don't comprehend you-know-what. Copy: I don't know anything?/Is that what you mean? Sheyla: That's right. You know nothing./(About that power even greater than fear when it comes to inspiring people./About happiness...)
117 Lakshri: Oh! Sheyla-chan! Exa: ...Shey...
118 Exa: Sheyla?/...What's the/ Sheyla: ...don't want that. Exa: Uh...? *silence...* Exa: ........ Lakshri: (What the... Aren't you supposed to ask her where she's been or something...?) Angelica: Phewwww. Lakshri&Angelica: .........
119 Sheyla: (Back then I thought I had it all...//But the more I flaunted my power, the more lonely I was.//Actually I had nothing at all...//I found it all here./I was alone no more./...and before I knew it//I was clinging onto it as if my life depended on it...)
120 Sheyla: (I don't wanna lose it.../I know it's meaningless, but all the same...)[/end
123 Juneau: I'm wondering if the hero is in town.../I've always looked up to him./Aaah. I can't wait to meet him... *purr...* Sheyla: Nyaaaaaa...
124 Angelica: Sheyla-chan, would you like to come shopping with me? Sheyla: I don't mind. What are we buying? Angelica: A staff. Sheyla: You can't use your magic without one? Angelica: ...Not exactly, but... Sheyla: You're less powerful, then? Angelica: ...Erm. That's not it. Sheyla: ...So why are you buying one? Angelica: ........ Sheyla: Ah, I see. You're gonna turn into a mountain gorilla without it.*bong* Angelica: Uh...? Who told you something like...
125 Sheyla: Lakshri did. Lakshri: Sheyla-cha... Exa: Ah. Angelica: Exa-sama! Sheyla: ........ Angelica: Ah, yeah! Come shopping with us too, Exa-sama.*tadap* Exa: ... I don't really mind, but...
126 Exa: Do you know where Lakshri is?/I've been looking for him. Angelica: Who knows? Say, the flower garden? Sheyla: Nyaaah./He's on the other side of the River Styx... Angelica: Aaah. These clothes looks so cute.♥[tn: Angelica says “western-style clothing”, but since no one seems to be wearing anything but that...] Exa: ......./(What about the staff?//........Oh, well./Nevermind...)
127 Msn: Hero-sama, I presume./A moment of your time?[tn: MSN! He's a messenger! MSN Messenger!! Geddit?!! ] Exa: Yes...? Msn: I have a message for you. Exa: From whom...? Msn: The king who rules over all of humankind in this world. Lord Alechia Obsidias. Exa: !//......
128 Msn: A rumor has reached the sovereign's ears, according to which you do not kill monsters./He expressed his desire to be given an explanation, directly from you.//Depending on what your answer is Exa: ! Msn: You might also be punished in kind.//Should you fail to show yourself, you'll be considered a fugitive, and orders will be given to have you put to death. Exa: .........
129 Msn: The message has been conveyed./...Is everything understood?*tilt* Exa: Ah... Yeah./Tell the king/...I'll make my way to the castle. Msn: Understood./Now if you'll excuse me. Exa: ......./Punished in kind...//....../(In other words)
130 Exa: (I have to consider even the worst case scenario...) Angelica: Hey. Exa-sama.../Where do you wanna go? Juneau: ...Exa-sama......? Angelica: ....?//Is anything the matter? You don't look so good. Exa: ...Uuh.
131 Exa: Nothing to worry about. Angelica: ....... Sheyla: (Oh. There's practically nothing on the hero's back. *yeaaaah* Sheyla: H.E.♥/R♥ Juneau: HERO-DONO!!*BOF* Exa: Gasp*bump* Sheyla: Yikes Arrow: Hit by accident.
132 Juneau: I've been looking for you!!/There you are!//Ah. Sorry for the impromptu rudeness./I always wanted to meet you, and now that I have at last...//Come now. Stand back up./Are you alright?*pat pat* Arrow: Counts for nothing Sheyla: ......Tha
133 Sheyla: Tha hell. Ya run into us outta nowhere, and you ignore the heck outta me.*VLAM* Sheyla: I wanna hear some excuses, you snotty little brat!!!! *tilt* Juneau: (Snotty brat...?)//... I didn't run into you. Sheyla: You did. When you flattened the hero, I was behind him and I fell off too. You dirty//Snotty little brat*peeved* Juneau: ...Even if you're right and I did something bad/that remark of yours, and your attitude I cannot tolerate.//I don't feel like apologizing./Not to one so rude.*humph*
134 *...tch-tchiiiing...* Sheyla: ...../...Hh./...H...Hh/Hhhhh/...........Hahahahahaha!//YOU DIE. Angelica: Eeek. Exa: Sheyla/He's a kid. Just let it slide. Sheyla: No tolerance for whomever I can't stand. I just end their lives. Exa: Have you forgotten?! You promised me... Sheyla: I don't care about that anymore. Now let murder him!!! Juneau: Fair enough. I shall be your opponent./Come and fight me!*chik* Angelica: (STOOOOOOOOP!!!)*twitch*
135 *PFEH* Arrow: Kept in check somewhat.*pissed of pissed off* Juneau: I'm so impressed! You see, since the first time I saw you.*suddenly pleasant again* Juneau: I've had a lot respect for you. Exa: The first time...? Juneau: Yes. I saw you once./When you were introduced to the public, at the test that determined who would be a hero./That's when I saw you. Exa: ...I see.//(...Come to think of it, that's where I met with Lakshri for the first time.) Sheyla: (What the hell? He's all over the hero.) Arrow: Is always all over the hero.*pissed* Sheyla: (And he's incredibly arrogant, at that.) Arrow: Extremely arrogant person.
136 Juneau: Back then, I thought no one would become a hero if not you./So when it became true, I was so glad...//You're a real champion for me, hero-dono... Sheyla: (......../Fool//Heh./Admiration, when excessive can easily turn into animosity./In addition, the hero hardly qualifies as one.../...This should prove interesting)
137 People: AAAAAAAAAAH!/WAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!/Monsters are coming!/Run away!!//Aaaaah/Waaaaah. Exa: ....... Monsters? Sheyla: Over there, maybe?/...Look. *DUN*
138 Maw: Hah hah ha. That's right. Keep running./The big bad monstas have come to town./To snack on everybody out there. Val: ...Don't get too carried away./You never know when you might get sucker punched. Maw: Lemme enjoy the moment some./Daah. Shaddap./Always the stuffy one, y' are.//And what's your point? These paltry humans might be able to kill us?/Wahaha!/And if that hero guy happens to be around, all the better. Exa: Hey! Juneau: I'll be fine. They won't beat me./Just relax and enjoy the show. Exa: That's not... Sheyla: Nyahahaha!/He's rushing ahead, the little insolent.[tn: I suspect there's a pun on 先走る (sakibashiru). The word as a whole reads "being impertinent" while taken separately, the Kanji can be read as "running ahead".] Angelica: I haven't bought a staff yet.../I can't help...
139 *tap* Maw: Wha...!! *swipe*
140 Maw: AAAAAAAAAAARGH!!! Juneau: Now the final blow!! *pat* Juneau: Eh...?! Exa: ......... Val: My friend. How dare you!!! Juneau: ?!
143 Maw: I.../...I...//It's over.../He's gonna kill us... Juneau: Two-bit comedian. Maw: We're gonna get killed... Val: ... Hey. Stop that. Sheyla: ...Pfeh! Maw: Damn it. Is it the end of the road for us? Juneau: He can't possibly expect the hero to fall for his poor attempt at acting...!! Maw: I don't wanna die... I don't wanna die.
144 *cling* Juneau: ?! Exa: Don't show yourselves around humans ever again./Get going...*zip* Val: .......*step*
145 Juneau: What....../What have you done...//Hero-dono!! What is the meaning of this?! Sheyla: Um. Shall we go, nyaow?*carefree* Angelica: Gotta go buy that staff. Juneau: Hero-dono... If I came here today, it was to see you./I wanted to meet you face to face. See the man whose mission was to battle monsters ever day, and someday defeat the Demon Lord...
146 Juneau: I did hear the rumor about you lacking resolve and failing to kill monsters./Though, I didn't believe it to be anything more that just that.//To my greatest astonishment, I find out it was true...//Why didn't you just kill those monsters where they stood?! Exa: I don't kill at all./One of them was wounded, and the other'd lost its weapon. Juneau: ...Don't tell me you actually took their little comedy seriously?!//........./They're monsters, you know...?
147 Juneau: Monsters are heartless beings./That's common knowledge!!//A lot of citizens will die because you didn't kill those monsters./How are you planning to take responsibility for this?//What about the Maou? Don't tell me... Exa: No./I'll take down the Maou, that much is final. Juneau: ......That's it?//It's wrong in so many ways./A hero who won't kill any monster except the Demon Lord? That's just unheard of./No. How can one so soft be able to defeat the Demon Lord? It's even more ludicrous in a sense.
148 Juneau: A hero is in no position to show such leniency./So why did you push all those people aside to become one?!//Were you in it just for the juicy reward, like the rest of the scum?!//Answer me!!//Why do you refuse to kill?!
149 Exa: ........... Do you think the story ends/as soon as you kill someone? Juneau: ...Uh? Exa: Killing engenders hatred.//The world as we know it will never end no matter how many die in the process.//There'll be a connection somewhere, you can be sure of it. And it's gonna come right back at you eventually... That's why, if we're gonna build something.
150 Exa: At the very least, killing can't... Juneau: What a letdown.//Up until now/I've really looked up to you.//I really.../I really believed in you...
151 Juneau: And you've betrayed us.//Killing is by far the best way to put an end to something. The world could turn upside down, that much wouldn't change./Your refusal to kill is not in accordance with reality. And that bedside story you're narrating/is the worst excuse ever.//Even if you don't wanna stop being a hero, it won't take long before you're forced to do so.//... Actually no. You won't get off the hook that easily.
152 Juneau: We're talking capital punishment here. So think about it.*flap* Sheyla: Wooooow. That's what I call speaking one's mind-meow./You should be proud you made it that far. Exa: ........ Sheyla: What?/You worried?
153 Sheyla: Stupid./I told you so. From the very beginning./Y'know. Killing.//You didn't expect the entire world to listen to you and understand, did you? Exa: ......... Sheyla: So soft. So nyaaaive. He was right. Exa: ..... Sheyla: (...He's all demoralized, all of a sudden?!) Angelica: Sheyla-chan. You went too far! Sheyla: (What?!)//......../(I'm a bad person?!//Tsk. What a pain.)/On... On the other hand....//You think you know better, right?/... Just carry on being who you are.
154 Sheyla: I, for one/like you just fine that way... Angelica: Yes. I second that. Sheyla: ...See?
156 Crow: Prince Juneau Obsidias!!//I've found you at last!/There are other people out there looking for you.//Really, what were you thinking? You know it's dangerous outside./The other servants and myself had to scatter across... Juneau: I've seen the hero. Crow: The hero? Didn't the king summon him to the castle?/You would have met him. So why all the trouble...? Juneau: There was a rumor spreading, about how he didn't kill monsters. The king heard about it, but he wouldn't believe it./He thought he'd ask the man himself, in order to make it clear that it wasn't true. Crow: ...Well, then...
157 Juneau: Well, yeah. The rumor was true./I was a fool to stick my neck out for him...//I'm going to report this to my Father. Crow: ........./(Disappointed in proportion with his expectations, I see...)//........//!
159 Juneau: Hey! Are you okay?! Crow: Aah. Maw: ...Tsk/He got in my way.*swip* Maw: You. I'll never forgive you./Not after what you did to my eye.*bwah* Juneau: (Him) Maw: Why, you... Juneau: (He wasn't completely gone!//After the way he'd begged for his life./Just goes to show you that monsters...)*clang*
160 *CLING* Juneau: ?!! Maw: It's over./Your death will make up for my loss. Juneau: (Kof)//Over here!!
161 Maw: Wait!/You won't get away!! Juneau: ... I knew it. We should have killed them... Flashback!Exa: Do you think the story ends as soon as you kill someone? Juneau: Shut up!!/I'd love to hear what you have to say now!! *thump* Juneau: Crap...
162 Juneau: A dead end?!! Maw: Damn it./Where'd he go?!//I won't rest until I've pulled his insides out.
163 Juneau: (Can I really hope to kill him with my broken sword?//No... I'll be fine. There's only one of them. When he shows an opening, I'll go for it.//I'll have only one chance.../...Alright.//Two steps away.*thump* *gulp* Juneau: One step. *baf* Val: Hey. Juneau: ?!!
164 Maw: What?! Val: Good question. What are you doing? Val: Two of them?!! Maw: The guy who ruined my eye is around. Gimme a hand.
165 Juneau: I just can't take on the two of them.//It's hopeless!!! Val: Where do you think you're looking?//He ran off to the forest.
166 Juneau: ?!! Maw: Really? Val: I saw him. Maw: Damn it. I swear I'm gonna kill him.*step* *zzzzzz* Juneau: ........//(He's gone...)/...Haaahhhh...//He mistook somebody else for me...? ........Anyway, I'm saved.
167 *NHHH* Juneau: !!!! *baf* Val: I wouldn't do that if I were you. Unlike him, I have no intention to kill you./And it's not like you could have done much with that sword of yours, right? Juneau: ........*frrr* Val: That's for the hero. Because he let us go. Now we're even. Juneau: !
168 Val: Nevermind that. You drew his attention to protect your wounded friend, didn't you?/And you weren't even armed properly...//Why? Juneau: ...Uh.../Because he's a friend... Val: ........../Humph.//I thought every human being only looked out for number one./But I was mistaken, it seems... Juneau: Did he... save me?/... A monster saved me...?[tn: The word for "save" can also mean "spare" (somebody's life). I suspect that here, both meanings apply.]
169 Juneau: So monsters are like people? They have hearts?/...No way...//No...
170 Juneau: I'm sorry./It's my fault... Crow: Don't. I was unable to protect you properly...//No... I was saved thanks to you... Juneau: ......../(There's no putting an end to this world)
171 Flashback!There'll be a connection somewhere, you can be sure of it./And it's gonna come right back at you eventually...//...That's why, if we're gonna build something.../At the very least
172 Juneau: Killing can't be a part of it.../..........Right?//I'm really.../really sorry.//Really... Crow: Stop it...//...This is my duty./Even if you were to cut me down yourself/I would accept it without hesitation.//You will become king someday./...Please don't lose sight of this...*swip*
173 Crow: No matter how much hardship lies ahead/Even if it costs me my life. I will stand by your side.//I'll be the shield that protects you. For as long as I live./I swear it. Juneau: (... That's right. I forgot about the gravity of that./...I've been a child. A child who didn't know what he was doing.//My death alone would lead to plenty of other such fates./What does that mean...?)//.......
174 Juneau: Father said that humans wouldn't be able to live in peace if monsters weren't wipe out./Once the hero took down the Demon Lord, the monsters' unity would weaken, and they'd become easier to exterminate.//I used to think along the same lines. Crow: ......... Juneau: ...But//Maybe we should build a world where this isn't the case...//Perhaps someday I'll have to change/my Father's monster-extermination policy.
175 Juneau: I'd like you, at least, to have faith in me. Crow: ...Understood. Juneau: ...(Perhaps//I'll have to change the course of things.//..........//As it turns out... You were a fairly wonderful person...//But when Father learns that you don't kill monsters.../The king won't be swayed so easily./...The way things are going, there won't be an easy way out.
176 Juneau: What are you going to do?//Hero-dono...[/end
177 Postscript Exa: Thank you very much for purchasing the 2nd volume of Superior./I'm the hero. Uh? Where's Ichtys at? Ichtys: You called?/From the neck down, that's Chii Takeo, by the...[tn: Chii Takeo is a Japanese sitcom actor. Once, in a TV show he was wearing a cartoon white owl head and the subtitles beneath him read: "from the neck down...". This has become some sort of meme in Japan, apparently.] Exa: Enough.//You've been repeating that in front of the white owls at the Zoorasia Park, have you?[tn: Zoorasia (Yokohama Zoological Gardens) is the biggest zoo in Yokohama, Japan.] Ichtys: Yes. And I've been chewed out for it. Exa: That wouldn't happen if only you behaved yourself. Side text: Besides that, how are you doing...? Exa: You've moved, apparently. Found someplace else to live./And you registered at the Marrow Donor Program, too. Smart move. Ichtys: I promised to do it when I moved./Yes. There's one thing I can't put up with, however... Exa: What's is it? You homesick? Ichtys: That's nothing.//I can no longer watch/the Kansai comedy shows...!!! Exa: ...How's that a problem...? Ichtys: AAAAAARGH. The obscene Kansai comedy shooooows...*DUDUUUM* Ichtys: Can't watch 'em anymoooore...!!! Exa: .........Apologies... Bottom text: Why'd you have to call 'em obscene? Ichtys: What should I do, now, Hideo-san? Buttocks: Buttocks.[tn: LOL.] Exa: Hideo-san... Who's that?!!/(All the smartness has washed away...)/That's only my opinion, but... don't you mean "Champion", or something?[tn: The Kanji for "hero/brave man" can also be read as the male first name "Hideo".]