Mangahelpers Translationshttps://mangahelpers.com/translators/rss2009-01-27T01:14:26+00:00/favicon.icoMangaHelpers Adminsadmin@mangahelpers.comhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/9146[English] [Translation] War Front on Spike Hills 6 by molokidan2009-01-27T01:14:26+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.com155) #6 - Letter N: ...I can't believe I slept that long... N: Even if I say I'm just coming home from cram school, I still don't know if she'll buy it... N(2b): ...when I woke up, I found my ID was back in my pocket. Grandma sfx: Fufufufu...you've still got a long way to go, Nomura-kun. N: ...what a weird old lady. But even so... N: ...ah, seriously, N: what kind of excuse am I going to tell HER... mom sfx 1: Where in the world have you been all this time?! mom sfx 2: What about your exams N: There's no way she'll stay quiet after coming home so late like this...
156)M: Welcome home, Nobu-chan. M: Good job working hard so late into the night!
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157) M: Here, this is for you. N: ...what is this? M: A bit ago one of Nobu-chan's friends came and dropped it off. M: Some boy named Kaburagi-kun. N: Kaburagi...!? N: That bastard came here!? M: Ahh! M: Wha...hey, Nobu...
158) N: But for what purpose?! M(2b): Kaburagi-kun said he's aiming to get into Soukei University! He also has very nice manners! M: You should become good friends with him! N: Could he have told her something!? N: --she definitely must have looked in here! N: Dammit... N: What the hell did he write in here?!
159) Letter: To Nomura Sorry about yesterday. I didn't understand N: "I didn't understand the answer to the third proof either." N: "I decided to call on help from a friend of mine who's in college." N(2b): "Sorry for wasting more of your time, but I'd like to introduce this person to you."
160) N: "Next Sunday at 8 PM," N: "meet me at the address I've written below." N: "This could be a very big chance for you." N(2b): "But I don't want to force anything on you, so I'll leave the decision up to you." N(2b): "See you around. Do your best in your studies." N: ...stop fucking with me. N: If that's all you wanted to say, what's the big deal?
161) N: "It's all about the chances you get in life." N: "They aren't N: things that just keep on coming." N: "It's imperative N: not to let those chances pass by you."
162) sfx: gyu
163) Box: Shinjuku - Sunday - 8:00 PM N: ...don't think just because I came here, N: that I'm ready to get swept up in whatever this guy has to say. N: If all you want is for me to hear what he has to say, then I'll hear it. N: But the one who decides whether this is a true chance or not will be me.
164) N: Math's the ringleader of this, after all... N: If I feel like I might be in danger, I can just run away. N(2b): Additionally, if it really does happen that all I have to do is lend them a hand and I'll get into Soukei U, then it'll be a sweet deal... N(2b): Customer Nomura-sama! Nomura-sama! N: You have a telephone call. K(2b): So you came after all, Nomura! I'm overjoyed. K: About that letter-- K(2b): I figured there'd be a possibility your mother would read it, so I didn't write the real location there.
165) K(2b): Sorry, but you're going to have to move again. The real place is-- sfx: piiiih sfx: piiiih N: ...just have to take a gamble. sfx: pih K: Getting there may hurt you though, K: Nomura.
166) N: Telling me to go to a karaoke box...why the hell couldn't he just come to the coffee shop? N(2b): HE'S the one who called me out here! ...that selfish bastard. N: ...more importantly, N: where is he? N: ...come on, gimme a break already! N: This makes no sense...maybe I should just go home. (His fault for not being here)
170) ?: Sorry, I'm a little late. ?: You're on time, as usual. K: Haha! K(2b): Well, it's never hard to wait like a good little boy for you, Yukie-san. Y: Oh my! Y(2b): Anyway, shall we go eat? I've already made reservations at a nice restaurant. K: Sounds great!
171) ?: .....ahhh. ?: Didn't work? ?(2b): Nuuu~ I just thought it'd be funny, so I waited until I found the best time to strike~! ?(2b): Yaay, kitty punch! N: Ahh! N: Ummm! N: Hey, waiit-- sfx: Koh
172) ?(2b): Ahh, sorry. Did my kitty punch get you? ?: That's no good...boys like you should be stronger... sfx: hamuh
173) ?: Nice to meet you, ?: Nomura Nobuo-kun!
174) N(2b): Ah! N.... N: Nice to meet you...? ?(2b): Huh? Is something wrong? ?: You were told I was coming, right? From Kaburagi-kun. N: That's right. Math... N: No...I wasn't... ?: Ehhhh~? ?: He didn't tell you? Kaburagi-kun, that dummy! ?: He didn't write it in the letter? That he was going to introduce you to a friend? K(2b): "I'd like to introduce you to that person." N(2b): ....ah, that'.... N(boxless): Is THAT what it meant...?
175) ?: ---ah, hey, Nomura-kun. ?(2b): Would you mind standing in front of the door a bit for me? So that someone from outside can't see in. N: OK... N: But the way, uh... N: Is Kaburagi-kun... ?(2b): Ahhh...about Kaburagi-kun...
176) ?: He said that something suddenly came up, ?: and went home. N: ...what the hell? Box: Just how selfish is that prick? N: Leaving me alone with this girl I've never met before... N(2b): What the hell am I supposed to do...? That irresponsible son of a... ?(2b): ...ahhh, he wanted to apologize to you, though, Nomura-kun. ?(boxless): Kaburagi-kun did. N: Well, at the very least, can you introduce yourse...
177) N: NUAHHHH!!? N: .......ahh! N: ...Wha...
178) ?: ....hm? ?(2b): What's wrong? Nomura-kun. N: ......wha, N: What are you doing...!?
#6 Letter-END-https://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/9145[English] [Translation] War Front on Spike Hills 5 by molokidan2009-01-27T01:14:26+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.com131) N: A clean, early winter morning in Shinjuku. N: Casually heading into this building in front of us, N: This strange old lady and I... N: Just now--
#5 From the Hanging Pedestal [2]
132) N: did we step over a line that should never be crossed?
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133) G: Here, hurry up and follow me! N: .....um, N: Doing this kind of thing...I really, um... G: ...kukuku... G: Kuh kuh kuh... G: HYAHYAHYAHYAA!!
134) G(2b): Haha! I was just kidding. G: I'm not going to eat you up or anything like that. G: Did you happen to look at this hotel's sign? G: "Hotel New Chisato." G: Chisato's my name. Matchbook: HOTEL NEW CHISATO G: This is my house.
135) G: The rooms on floors 1 to 4 are used for the love hotel. G: But the top floor, #5, is my home. N: Hyaaah, it's freezing in here! G: Hold on, I'll turn on the stove.
136) G: Hey, Nobuo-kun. G(2b): You aren't the first one, you know. G(2b): ...I won't say anything bad, so just stop it. G: That hand of yours will follow you. G: ....hey. G: You were thinking now, weren't you?
137) G: Whether it'd be better to acknowledge your wrongs, and promise to me that you'd never to it again, G: or whether it'd be better just to pretend like nothing's wrong until the end? N: ...she hit the nail right on the head. N: But weren't you also picking pockets yourself, grandma? N: What if I happened to mention that to the police? G: My, my. G: YOU G: going to the police?
138) N: Wha... N: ...t?! G(2b): What I'm saying is, it's dangerous for you to put on airs like that, KID.
139) G: Especially when there's so many people above you in this world. G(2b): An ability like that before someone like me is no different than child's play, G: Nomura Nobuo. N: ...it's over.
140) N: ....I N(2b): realized I had this ability in the winter of 8th grade. N: Because of my dropping grades in cram school, both my allowance and bankbook were taken away. N: Whether it was to go to the arcade or just to buy a can of coffee...basically, I didn't even need a reason. N(2b): I was being supervised, and all that was left for me in life was to fulfill my daily workload. N: ...I wanna go to the arcade... N: ...not like I can, though, since I have no money. N: If only I had some cash... N: Who'd put their wallet in a place like that...
141) N: That's dangerous... N: If there was a pickpocket around, he'd be able to snatch that so easily. N: Wah! N: ...and then, suddenly-- N: I felt an anger so fierce it made my body shake. N(2b): Now that I think about it, it wasn't toward that man, but was probably anger toward all the outrageous pressure twisting around me.
142) N(2b): --In the next instant, my hand moved by itself.
143) N(2b): ...and the next thing I knew, my world was completely changed. N: I felt as if I had been freed from everything that plagued me. N: "If you get in the top ten at your cram school, I'll return your bankbook." N: I don't need anything like that anymore. N: Now I can get ahold of all the money I need. N: "Understand? This company is a competitive one." N: "If you don't work harder than those around you, you'll be grouped in with the losers." N: That has nothing to do with me anymore. N: Because I'm different from you all!
144) N: I can get ahold of everything I want. N: I'm a special human being! N(2b): --The truth is, that ability never betrayed me. N(2b): If I so desired, my right hand could grab ahold of it. If I had saved my money, I probably could have bought several Mercedes. N: ...and then before I knew it, I had devoted all of my confidence to that ability. N: --and yet, N: I'm still more inferior than even this old woman... N: How could it be... N: Has my power always been like this?
145) G(2b): Here's my advice. When you're young like this, it's necessary to cross dangerous bridges by choice. N: ...I know that. G: But stuff like this-- G: Just save it until you've become an old bag like me. N: Just gimme a break...
146) G(2b): --well, anyway. G: I'll acknowledge your skill, G: so stop scrambling around for pennis like this. G: The point is, if you're gonna do it anyway, you might as well wait until you've got a big chance. G: That's how I got my hands on this hotel. G(2b): Horse racing. I scored 25,000,000 yen betting on a single horse.
147) G: But that story's decades old by now. G(2b): Of course it was impossible to pay off everything with just that, so I borrowed the rest. G: Thanks to that, I can live out my old age in relaxation. G: It's a better feeling than what you get from pickpocketing. G: And I have these secret pleasures to indulge in as well. speaker sfx: ...yeah sfx: Mmmm... sfx: Ahhh...mm...
148) sfx(2b): Ah! Ahhh....AHHHHHH!! N(2b): What...is this... sfx(2b): Ahhhh...mmm.. sfx: Mmmm G: Hahaha! Aren't these hidden speakers entertaining? G(2b): Incidentally, this happening right below us, in Room 402. sfx(2b): Yeah....ahh...mm.. sfx: That won't fit...mmm N: "That" won't...? sfx(2b): Haah...haah...
149) G: What a greenhorn you are~! G(2b): You may be an expert at pickpocketing, but it seems like you still don't have any experience in this area, huh? N: ....huh? G(2b): Shall I introduce it to you? We've got all types here in this neighborhood. N: ...no...I, uh, I'm not really... G: ...or shall I just give you an introductory course myself?
150) G: Hahaha, sorry about that. Looks like I got you a little more fired up than I intended. G(2b): Your reactions are just so funny, I've got into the habit of playing jokes on you. G(2b): Here, have a drink. G(2b): It's nothing to be afraid of. Just a little cold medicine.
151) G: I imagine you've felt dizzy all morning, huh... G(2b): Why didn't you sleep at home? Do you even have a reason that kept you from going there? G(2b): --well, go ahead and rest all you want there. G: I need to head downstairs to help out in a little bit anyway, so don't hold back. G: Once you wake up, you can just go ahead and leave.
152) N: ...it was probably just because of my fever. N: But for some reason, in front of this strange old woman, N: I fell into a deep sleep as if I had died. sfx: What the hell? sfx: Hey, you-- sfx: PACHIN
153) G: ...to be honest, your power is really something. G: But. G(2b): No matter how great it may be, you always need to be careful when you use it. G: It's all about the chances you get in life. G: They aren't things that just keep on coming.
154) G: It's imperative not to let those chances pass by you. G: Got it? N: "Let's work together, Nomura."
#5 From the Hanging Pedestal [2]-END-https://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/9144[English] [Translation] War Front on Spike Hills 4 by molokidan2009-01-27T01:14:26+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.com107) G: Kaburagi-kun, G: you retard! From the Hanging Pedestal [1] K: ....what's that supposed to mean? G(2b): I'm saaaying~, there's no way you'd make friends with anyone talking to them like that! K: ...making friends with Nomura wasn't exactly my goal, you know.
108-9) G: What am I going to do with you! G(2b): So skilled at seducing women, but when it comes to men, you're absolutely helpless. G: ---well, G: This must mean it's my turn to do something, huh? #4 From the Hanging Pedestal [1] G(2b): Just leave everything to Kikuchi-sama! <3 K: ........okay.
110) N: ...my joints hurt... N: My head hurts... N: I've definitely caught a cold... N: Wah! K: Hey, I bought Super Ghouls n' Ghosts! K: Really? I wanna play!
111) N: I feel pretty bad... N: Should I go home...? M(2b): EHHHH!? What do you think you're doing, getting a cold at such an important time like the exam period!? M: It's because you don't have enough faith in you!! M(3b): This isn't the time to be sleeping lazily like this, Nobu-chan! Do you really think you'll be able to catch-up!? DO YOU!? N: .........it's useless.... N: She'll just aggravate it even more...
112) N: Should I'll just go to school... N: and sleep in the health office...? N(2b): You think can just waltz into here and go straight to the health office? Is school just a resting place to you, Nomura? N: You're taking school AND your exams far too lightly! N: Guys like you can forget about getting in straight out of college! N: And even when you become a rounin, you probably won't even be able to get into a crappy college. (*rounin: High school graduates who still haven't gotten into colleges yet, and spend their time studying to re-take exams.) N: ...I'm begging you, please let me rest... N: What are you going to do, Nomura? N: I have a fever... N: There's no place for you to rest here.
113) N: Because you're a failure. N: Shut up... N: None of you bastards know anything about my talents. N: MY right hand... N: ...that's right, I have this ability... N: That's right. With this right hand of mine, I can find as many places to sleep as I want! N(2b): See that, you bastards?! Using money, I can get my very own room in any hotel I please!
114) N: Yeah, I bet I could get into a love hotel pretty easily... N: Get a big comfortable bed... N: Leaving the TV on with some porn and sleeping would feel so nice... N: --Alright! N: Now to hurry up and gather my funds... A: Neeeeext, Takadanobaba! G: No waaaay! G: There's no way for her to come back now, is there? A: Takadanobaba (cut off by sfx) G: Yeah, so... G: What was the stop before this? N: This is bad... N: My cold keeps getting worse and worse... M: What the hell?! N: Should I do it before I switch over to the Yamanote line...?
115) N: The Yamanote Line is easily the best place to pick pockets. N: When there are so many people coming and going all at once like that, the risk drops incredibly. N: ...but, N: I need to do this while I still have at least a little energy left.. N: Alright... ?(2b): My, my. You shouldn't do that, boy...
116) N: ...this woman...? N(2b): ...no, it can't be. She's just talking to herself. N(2b): I must just be sensitive because of what happened with Math. A(2b): Takadanobabaaa, Takadanobabaaaa! N: That grandma... N: Did she get off...?
117) G: That's quite a thing to do early in the morning like this, boy. G: How contemptible. N: No way... N: Did that lady really notice me... K: "I saw it."
118) N: ...just what the hell is happening to me!? N(2b): First him, and now even some old fart... G(2b): Hey, boy.
119) G: --Don't get so scared. N: ...I didn't even feel her get close to me... G: I just want to talk to you... N: ...if there's no evidence that I stole, I can't get arrested. N: This complete stranger... N: If I can get away from her, she can't do anything to me!! A: SEIBU-SHINJUKU STATION! G: Oh? A: SEIBU-SHINJUKU STATION! G(2b): Wait...hey, wait!
120) G: Wait, Nomura Nobuo!! N: Eh....my.... N: My student handbook...!? N: You're a quick one, Nomura Nobuo-kun.
121) G(2b): Ah. Excuse me, conductor. G: I happened to pick this up on the ground. N: The wallet I just stole... G: Same trade, same trade.
122) N: ......hey, N: Could you please give it back... N: This is inconveniencing me... G: Just be quiet and follow me. G: Or why don't you just steal it back? G: Like I did earlier. N: Hey...please stop saying weird stuff like that. N: I don't know anything...
123) N: Shit...inside there my address and telephone number is written... N: ...should I just take it back by force? N: If it's just some feeble old granny like this... N: ...what's with this woman... N: She's got no openings! N(2b): And not only that...this place...
124) N: ...what business could an old woman have in a red light district like this... N: For some reason...this obscure, bad feeling I have N: keeps getting worse and worse... N(2b): Uh...umm! N: I...have school, you know, so I don't really have time for this. N: Just where are you taking me?
125) sfx: Perori N: RAHIIIIIIIHHH!? N(2b): Haa....wha... N: Wh...when did she get behind me... N(small): A monster!? G: ...so nice~ G: Grabbing the ass of a young boy.
126) G(2b): Have you already been acquainted with the ways of a woman? Nobuo-kun. N: ...haha...
127) G: ...how cute, are you scared? G: Don't worry, we'll be there soon. G: I'm going to take you to a reaaaal nice place. G: It'll be just like heaven! N: ...does she mean Hell? N: Wh..what should I do...this is scary... N: ...I should just forget about my notebook... N: and run away...
128) G(2b): We're here. Look. G: This is it, go inside.
130) #4 From the Hanging Pedestal-END- https://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/9143[English] [Translation] War Front on Spike Hills 3 by molokidan2009-01-27T01:14:26+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.com77) #3 Naked King
Black: "Suddenly bit her tongue" Sign on wall: AV Room K: Come in. Black: "They say he bit it off" N: Fine, N: Kaburagi Jirou.
78) N(2b): I'll reveal your true form.
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80) K: In here, we won't have to worry about anyone hearing us talk. K: Now... K(2b): First, how about returning my student notebook? N: ...I found it and picked it up. K: Ahh, really now? Well, thank you very much. K(2b): This was interesting, wasn't it? N(2b): ...it was all white paper! Stop fucking with me! N(2b): ...I don't really have any interest in your student notebook, so I didn't take a look, Kaburagi-kun.
81) K: ...I'm not accustomed to that. K(2b): Would you mind calling me Math? I hate my own name. N(2b): So you made up that name yourself? You must really be self-confident. N(2b): That's really something. It seems like you're really good at it. N: JUST at math. K: ...this entire world K: can be expressed through math. K(2b): Math is the very thing that authenticates this world. It is the most supreme subject there is. K: By understanding that, one will realize that all other subjects bear no value.
82) K(2b): What on earth is the point of looking into things like history, language, and the micro-world? N: ...he really knows how to make excuses. N: Well, he is an idiot who can't do anything but math, after all. K: But one cannot enter Soukei U with alone, unfortunate as that may be. K: That's where my plan comes in. N: ...I really don't have the time to go along with your delusions of grandeur... K: Shimada Koukichi. K: Representative Director of the Shimakou Trade Corporation. K: This old man K: created a plan for his darling, one-and-only son.
83) K: A plan to get his son into Soukei U, K: by using a back route to acquire the questions that would appear on the exam. K: ...Let me put it straight to you, Nomura. K(2b): We're going to snatch those exam questions that man acquired. K: Therefore, your ability is necessary.
84) N: ...what the hell... N(2b): He pulls me along all this way, and that's all his plan is? N: It was really just this guy's delusion after all. N: ...there's no way we could do that. N(2b): First of all, there's no way that Shimada guy, as a public citizen, could get his hands on the questions of such an exam. K: This guy can. K: After all, K: he's a professional who cares naught for the methods he uses to achieve his goals. N: ...and your point?
85) K: He's a man K: of this world, so to speak. N: ....Ya... N: Yakuza!!!
86) Y: IT IS MY DUTY!! N(small): Yakuza... K(2b): ...what's wrong? You scared, Nomura? N: ...er, no... N: ...I wouldn't call it being scared... N: Naaah~ It just seems like this talk's getting crazier and crazier. N: First stealing, now yakuza...what's next? K: Nomura. K: I'm dead serious.
87) K: Hey Nomura, K(2b): When I spoke of Soukei U yesterday, you became extremely captivated. K: If you can get that in your hands, everything will go well. N(2b): In an instant, you saw a dream that you'd be free, and at ease, right? N: ...I dunno. N: The thing is... N: I'm not even that tenacious about getting into K: I already did a small amount of research on you, Nomura.
88) K: The exams are scaring you due to your scholastic performance. K: And you still have yet to find a subject or skill in which you could excel. K: Is that right hand of yours the only thing preserving your pride? K: In that case, K: I want you acknowledge here and now that you have no value as a human being. K: You know it yourself, don't you? K(2b): The way you are now, you're powerless. N: SHUT UP!!
89) N: Hearing someone say so much based purely on speculation like that is really irritating. K: ...don't avert your eyes. K: It's too early for you to be a loser.
90) K: Let's team up, Nomura. K: I'll rescue you from this place. N: ...acting like you knew everything.
91) N: Die, shithead. N: ...those rumors don't seem so far from the truth after all. K: Rumors? N(2b): Takasaki-kun told me a lot about you. That you're receiving radio tranmissions, and that you're gay... N: ...in short, that you're a weirdo. N(2b): ...and that you bit off a nurse's tongue.
92) K: What? How sickening.... K: You're definitely out of your mind. N: DON'T COME NEAR ME EVER AGAIN!! I: I wonder if Nomura's alright... I: There's no way he'd get his tongue bitten off, right... I: Owahh!
93) I: ...Hey... I: Something happened to him... I(2b): ....what did you talk about with Nomura just now? K(small): Takasaki.. K: I offered him my friendship and he ran away. I: ....are you serious?!
94) N: Shit.....! N: Why did such a crazy guy like that have to set his eyes on me... K: You know it yourself, don't you?
95) K: The way you are now, K(2b): You're powerless. N(2b): Figures that on a day like this, I didn't have crams chool. If I could have made like I was going to cram school and instead went to the arcade as usual, N: I might've come to feel a bit better. N: But now I have to go straight home. N: To the worst, most uncomfortable place in this world.
96) M: Welcome home, Nobu-chan. M: How was your day?
97) N: ...I dunno. M: You must do your best, with those exams coming up. M(2b): Now's the most important time for you. You mustn't falter! N: I know.
98) M: Since you don't have cram school today, hurry up to your room and start studying! M: I'll bring up your dinner as usual. N: I know. M: Did you get the results from the last practice exam? N: I know. M(2b): What's with your replies?! Are you even listening to me!? M: Hey, Nobu-chan... M: --you demon!!
99) M(2b): That rebellious attitude of yours is prove that you've been possessed by a demon!! M: Even though I desperately pray every day to have your back exorcised, Nobu-chan! (*In traditional Japanese folklore, there is the belief that demons/poltergeists always take root on one's back.) M: It's because you aren't accepting a life of faith that demons have taken hold of you! M(2b): You need to read over Gobudou-sensei's teachings more seriously!! Do you really intend to fail your exams due to some demon's obstruction!? M: Read this and wash your back clean! M(2b): Now! Come on!
100) M: "Humans exist tied by the two chains of original and self-sin!" M(3b): "No matter how many try, it is impossible to break free." Right here! Look at this, Nobu-chan! M: "Original sin is something attached to one from birth, and is dependent upon N: --Annoying. N: SHUT UP.
101) M: Nobu......?
102) M: Ahh...... M: No...bu-cha....!
103) N: .....so heavy. N: I can't run away. N(2b): Everything is weighing down upon me.
104) N: ...fantasies about killing my mother like this N: are the only way I can escape.
105) K: You know it yourself, don't you? K: The way you are now, K: You're K: powerless.
106) K: FAILURE. N: FUCK #3 Naked King-END-https://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/9142[English] [Translation] War Front on Spike Hills 2 by molokidan2009-01-27T01:14:26+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.com49) #2 IMAGE K: Right now, N: Now that I think about it K: let's talk about changing your life. N: everything started from my meeting with this guy.
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51) N: ...Let me just tell you something. N: I'm really poor, you know. N: The point is, you want to try and blackmail me, right? N: You can go ahead and search me, but you won't find any other people's wallets. N: Unfortunately. N: Now, what are you going to do? N: No proof exists. K(2b): Heh. Well aren't you laid-back. N: Everything you try to say will just pass right by me. K(2b): Well, a guy with such an embarassingly professional arm like yourself K: would never leave any proof, now would he?
52) K(2b): The truth is, it's amazing. Even though I watched you steal from both of them,. K: Even watching you in suspicion, I couldn't figure out the exact instant when you stole it. K: It's like you're a magician or something. N: ...is he the kinda person who'd say magician? N: ...enough already. N(2b): Please don't trouble me anymore than you already have. I'm going home. K: Wait, Nomura!
53) N: ...you're kinda in my way. K: You mean you want to go home fast so you can start studying? K: Students taking exams really have it hard, don't they? K: Until they get accepted to a college, freely playing around in arcades is a forbidden sin. N: Shit...just what is this guy trying to say? K(2b): Right, Nomura?
54) K(2b): Don't you want to enter a great college straight out of highschool?
55) K: There are ways to allow even the biggest idiots to get in easily. N: ....to a super-idiotic college, you mean? K: To Soukei University. (*This is a fictional college that exists only in this manga, created by combining a kanji from Waseda and a kanji from Keio, which are two prestigous universities in Japan.) K(2b): I shouldn't even have to tell you -- it's the highest-ranked university in Japan, even better than Tokyo U. K(2b): Over 30% of the country's top executives are alumni. That school is the subject of every student's dreams and envy.
56) K: ...has this started to interest you a little? K: Nomura. N: ...sounds nice. N: I bet it'd make the cram school teachers all over the country go nuts. K: This isn't a laughing matter. K: A reliable way exists. K(2b): As long as we have that power of yours.
57) ?: Hahahahah ?(2b): That kick felt really lucky to me! Huh? ?: What... ?: Outta the way! K(2b): We can't talk about it here though. I've already thought up a concrete scenario. K: The details are all written in here. K: Everything related to this plan. K(2b): Well, unfortunately, today was just an introduction. K: Later I'll go through everything with you.
58) K(2b): Sorry if it feels like I'm putting pressure on you, Nomura. N: ...Acting like you've got it all worked out... N: How could someone find a way to get in so easily like that? N(2b): If you're done talking, then please let me go already.
59) K: ...No matter what I have to do, K: I'll get my hands on you, Nomura. K: ---Oh. K: ...haha. K: I knew he'd take it, that guy...
60) N: Kaburagi Jirou... N: I wonder what kinda guy he is... N: ...plans, details, any kind of shit... N: There's nothing of the sort written in here. N: What a dumbass... N: Was he just talking out of his ass and acting like he had some master plan? N: I was merely curious N: to see what kind of reaction he'd give me after I told him later that I "picked it up."
61) N: But this kinda seems like it'll be a pain in the ass. N: Maybe I should just try this away... N: Uuu! I(2b): Ah, sorry! Wait, Nomura? N: ...sup. I: Ahhh, excuse me! They run out of bread fast so I was really in a hurry! I(boxless): I forgot my lunchbox today! N(boxless): Kappa shouldn't be eating anything except cucumbers! N: ...to think he'd be in that much of a hurry for bread.I I: ...huh? I: Isn't this Math's?
62) N: Math? I(2b): Kaburagi! Kaburagi Jirou. I: He's so ridiculously good at math, I: we just gave him that nickname. I: That guy's seriously crazy, man! He can even do problems we haven't learned yet with no sweat. I(boxless): I hear he doesn't go to cram school I: Even at his worst, he's still smarter than the teachers. N: Realllly... N: ...so the rumors weren't just for show, huh? K: "Wouldn't you like to get into a great college K: straight out of high school?"
63) N(2b): ...if you're that good at math, you'd probably normally get accepted into such a good university. N: Shit! Shit! Shit!! What he said doesn't make any sense! C: He's not here today. C: Takahashi-kun, are you friends with Kabayaki-kun? T: No, we're just in the same class. N: ...what kind of a guy is Kabayaki-kun? I: In short, he's a "One-Subject Idiot."
64) I: I hear he does terribly in everything other than math. I(2b): I dunno if he just doesn't take it seriously, or if he really is stupid...but math's all he has going for him. I(2b): The truth is, he mostly sleeps during class. He's probably already been accepted somewhere, you know? N: ...are you serious? I: He just looks smart because of those cool glasses he wears. I(boxless): He takes them off the same way Nobita-kun does. (*Main character from Doraemon) N(2b): Wait, wait, wait, what the hell? N: He's in bigger danger with the exams than me?!
65) N: I guess that's what made him want to run off with such crazy dreams like that. K: If any idiot K: could easily get into Soukei U, K: that'd be nice. I: Even though he doesn't really stand out, there's a lot of weird rumors floating around about him. I: For example, I: He has organs that normal humans don't, I: that he hangs a large amount of straw dolls around a huge tree in his garden, K: Thou art cursed! I(2b): and that he's intercepting radio waves from NASA. Some people even say he's gay. N(2b): Haha! Those are all terrible rumors, huh?! N: Intercepting radio waves, that's hilarious. N(2b): He's definitely got a weird look in his eyes. Maybe he really is receiving some weird, mysterious radio waves?
66) N(2b): Not only an idiot in everything but math, but radio waves, huh? That guy's really beyond help. I: ...now, for you. I: You had some kind of dispute with him, didn't you? N: Eh? No, that's not it... I(2b): Well, that's good, I guess. It's better if you don't go near him out of carelessness. I: I've also heard some really bad things about him that aren't too funny. I: If you heard 'em, I(2b): You'd definitely get scared, Nomura. N: ...what kind of rumors?
67) I: AHH!? I: What is this?! All of a sudden, my brain turned into that of an idiot's!! I: My memories are gone! In an instant, even the rumors about Math have all been obliterated! N(2b): No...I have a feeling you turned into an idiot long before now. I: But I have a hunch that if you treat me to a cutlet sandwich, my memories might return. K: --well, this is my stop. ?: Oh. ?: Make sure you contact me later, Jirou-kun.
68) I(2b): Wheeeeew~ It's been a long time since I've eaten this! I(2b): These are expensive in the shops, you know. You're really a good guy, man! N: ...is eating really the only joy in life you have? N: --so... N: Those rumors about Sabayaki you spoke of...
69) I: Ahh, those. I: They aren't really rumors. I: People say this stuff really happened. I: One of my friends went to middle school with Math. I: And according to what he said... I: When that guy was in middle school, I: he ate a human tongue.
70) N(2b): .....t..tongue.......? I(2b): Yeah, tongue. Tongue! N: ...what's that supposed to mean... I(2b): What?! It's creepy, isn't it?! I(2b): The person whose tongue he bit was a nurse from the health office. Apparently it was some young woman.
71) I: Seems like they had some kind of suspicious relationship going on. I(2b): And then, one time when they were making out, I: Math suddenly bit off her tongue.
74) N: Is that really true?
75) I(2b): Who knows...but from what my friend said, I: the fact that she had blood gushing from her mouth when the ambulance came to pick her up is the truth. I: He said "That guy's serious trouble, watch out for him." I: So if you happen to accidentally get near him somehow, I: you might get your tongue bitten off in the end. N: Haha.... K(2b): Yo, Nomura Nobuo.
76) K: Did you find my student notebook amusing?
#2 IMAGE-END-https://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/9141[English] [Translation] War Front on Spike Hills 1 by molokidan2009-01-27T01:14:26+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.com03) Top: Now, #1 My Right Hand (*This is a song by the popular Japanese punk band, The Blue Hearts) Bottom: Let's break out of here and go somewhere.
04) K: I really want "Super Ghouls 'n' Ghosts!" K(2b): I wish they'd give me some allowance! I seriously don't have enough. K: How many Super Famicom games do you have now? K: No matter what the circumstances, they've gotta stop raising the prices, right? K: No, it's all going bad now. Publishing relations have even become influenced.
05) K: Hahaha! K: I can't count on my winter bonus. K: That guy said when he gets his paycheck, he's gonna buy a bike. K: Hahahaha!
06) G: "Running towards glory" G: "Let's ride that train"
07) G: "Rushing out barefoot" G: "Let's ride that train" G: "Yearning for invisible freedom" G: "Pounding away with an invisible gun" G: "PLease let me hear your true voice" (*All lyrics from Train-Train by The Blue Hearts)
08) B(2b): ...hey, don't bug me. This is the plan you brought me, remember? G: Heheh! G: You're really amazing, Kaburagi-kun. G(2b): Sooo smart. I love you. K(2b): That's because humans have an inclination to be attracted to others who have things they don't. G: That's right. G: I'm stupid, so I like smart people.
09) G: Ah, look at that! The clouds are like an ocean. G(2b): Hey...I want to go somewhere. K: ...where? G: Somewhere...faaaar away.
10-11) #1 My Right Hand
12) G: Let's gooooo~! B: ....what? G(2b): Like I said, to the convenience store. Come on and buy something for poor old starving me~! B(2b): ...just shut up and eat a cucumber or something. You already look enough like a kappa anyway. (*Kappa are Japanese water imps that love cucumbers)
13) I(2b): By the way, your family's rich, ri ght? B: Huh? B: What kind of a question is that? B(2b): I live alone with my mother. If I had to pick one, I'd say we're poor. I: But you've really been cutting cram school lately. (*The cram school in question here is preparation for Japan's rigorous college entrance exams) T: That comes to 1021 yen. I: And I've seen you go home in a taxi a lot when it's raining. B: I just do that... B: once in a while.
14) B: He's got some memory for a kappa. I: Sometimes it's just, I feel like I: Our lives just consist of going straight to school and ram school. Afterwards all we do is go home and sleep, right? I: The only fun thing to do these days is buying food to eat. I(2b): We really must have bad luck, huh? When we were in elementary school the examination boom happened, so we were always told to study, study, study.
15) I: I've been doing it from middle school, I(boxless): And of course, failing miserably I: and I've just gotten tired of these high school exams, and now college exams. I(2b): Eventually I'll just be pushed to work at some company after college...how long is our life gonna keep going like this? I: When it comes down to it, eating's all we got left! K: Yeah, you're right. K: I see. K: How sad.
16) K(2b): --I guess, for powerless people like you, K: crawling miserably around the earth is the only way to stay alive. K: --Please excuse me. I: Huh? K: I really have to go home today. I: Eh?! K: What? You're going home? I(2b): Hey, wait! Are you alright? What about the exams?! I: You haven't really been coming to cram school at all lately. I: And hasn't your spot on the test ranking been going down?
17) I: If you don't get serious soon, you won't be able to get in, man! K(2b): ...barf back up what you ate just now, shitty kappa. G(2b): Alright, I have to go meet with some people, I'll leave here. K: ? ---ah, that circle of friends you spoke of earlier? G: Yup yup! G: We're going to do another cosplay job!
18) G: If you figure anything else out about the plan, let me know, okay? K: ...yeah. N: --hey, N: Don't you think it'd be nice if magicians existed? G: Then they could make miracles happen with the flick of their wrists, K: and take people far away.
19) G: See you later, Kaburagi-kun. G: I love you! K(2b): This world is like a huge current of greyness. K(2b): Humans never go against the current, and let it push them forward reglardless of their discontent. K: Those who get tired and sink are labeled as "outcasts."
20) K: While dreaming of breaking free, K: they can only desperately flounder while trying not to drown at the very least. K: 1991 - Fall - Tokyo. K: Everyone was stuck in that muddy stream in one way or another, K: save K: myself.
21) K: ...it'd be bad if I just went home at a time like this. K: I'll just go and kill some time at the arcade as usual... K: --and..
23) T: Shinjuku-- T: Shinjuku-- K: Uwahhh!
24) K: Shit...what's with this wallet, it's full of cards... K: That means I'll have to try it again... K: What changed me K: was the existence of that absolute power within me. K: That existence convinced me of one thing: K: that I am a "special human broken free from the current of this stupid world." K: --Alright, this guy. K: That power, in short,
25) K: is an ingenius pickpocketing ability.
27) K: It's even possible for this miraculous right hand of mine K: to pull out only the money and return the wallet,
28) K: without the target ever knowing, K: as the prizes are transported into my right hand.
29) K: These scraps of paper that control the entire world... K: I don't need this much... K: no matter when, K: I'll always be able to get as much as I need. K(2b): This must what they call omnipotent.
31) K: -----Yo. K: Let's fight.
32) K: You just finished now, right? K: ...this guy's being really nosy... K: ...no. K: I know this guy. I think he's the same year as me.
33) K: I've heard of him before. K: The student in Class G who's awfully good at only one thing -- math. K: He scored 100 points on the practice Oubunsha exam. K: He must be that guy I've heard about. K(2b): ...you're from Class 6, right? K: You're really good. K: Do you always play this?
34) K: .....no, K: it's not like I'm ALWAYS playing it... K(2b): ...bastard. Isn't he going to reply to what I said? K(2b): Well, I guess you can play as much as you like. Money isn't a problem to you, is it? K: ...huh? What's he talking about? K: Is he trying to extort me? K(boxless): Not only the kappa today, but this guy... K: Doesn't seem like he's that type of person, though... K(boxless): He wouldn't be that strong in a fight K(2b): After leaving the station, you went to a coffee shop, then another arcade, and now here. K: You've already used to close to 10000 yen. (* roughly $100)
35) K: Hey, K: is this what you do every day? K: ...what's with this guy... K: He's been following me since I left the station? K: For hours!? K: That's sick. What is he trying to do? K: --Back there, on the Yamanote Line,
36) K: I saw it. Game sfx: SHOURYUUKEN!!
37) K: White: I saw it. sfx:zubaaah sfx: gagagagan K: Shit... K: Shit! Calm down...!! K: Calm down and concentrate on the game! K: Don't let him shake you up. K: It's alright. It's obviously just a bluff.
38) K: ...that's right. K: It isn't like this just started today or yesterday. K: I've never gotten caught for the entire three years. K: My ability is absolute. K: There's no way a guy like this could see through it. K(2b): What do you mean you "saw" it? Saw what? K: The first was a young salaryman-like guy.
39) K: The second was a reasonably tall college-aged guy. sfx: dogaaan!! K(2b): ....hey, what's wrong? K: I really hit you good there.
40) K: What do I do? K(2b): Being able to pickpocket so skillfully like that must mean you have no monetary worries, right? K(2b): ...really, what an amazing coincidence. K: What should I do?
41) K: How much confidence does this guy have? K: well, K: you probably figure that normally, you'd never get found out. K: It just happened that the guy you stole from on the Yamanote Line K(2b): was coincidentally someone I knew, so I happened to see it. K: Even though I did get a strange feeling at the time, K: I didn't realize it just based on that.
42) K: It truly was a miraculous meeting.
43) K: I even felt K: like this was somehow destined. K: Dammit...don't you fuck with me... K: Don't underestimate me! sfx: dokooh
44) K: Ah. K(boxless): I lost... K: ...Not that this has anything to do with me, K: but if you keep saying imaginary stuff like that out loud, K: people will start to think you're crazy.
45) K: As if they were a symbol of the people's feelings, K: a huge cluster of skyscrapers reach up towards the sky, contesting what lies ahead and trying to escape this town. K: ....Sit down, K: Nomura Nobuo.
46-47) K(2b): Right now, let's talk about changing your life. K: We met K: at the bottom of those Spike Hills. #1 My Right Hand--End--