Mangahelpers Translationshttps://mangahelpers.com/translators/rss2009-09-21T04:04:50+00:00/favicon.icoMangaHelpers Adminsadmin@mangahelpers.comhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/otakujoe/releases/16271[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 16 by otakujoe2009-09-21T04:04:50+00:00otakujoeadmin@mangahelpers.comP147 Title: The “Gutsy Beetle Kabukichi!” Chapter Kei: You’re both doing bug collecting for your summer projects? // Maybe I will do it as well… ---- Kid 1: What? You haven’t decided yet? Kei: Well there aren’t any bugs in this neighborhood. Kid 2: They sell them at the store. SFX: Sizzle // Sizzle ---- Kei: You idiot, there is no point in doing that! You are supposed to catch it yourself… ---- Bully: That’s a cool looking beetle you have there. // Hand it over! SFX: Hehehe ---- Kid 1: Ah…My beetle… Background: Give it back… Bully: Shut up! And don’t you go blabbing to the teacher or your parents. ---- Kid 1: Ah…The beetle… Kei: It can’t be helped. It’s better if you don’t oppose the 6th graders.
P148 Kei: I want a beetle too. // I wonder if dad will buy me one. ---- Kei: Wah, It’s a rhinoceros beetle!! Title: The “Gutsy Beetle Kabukichi!” Chapter ---- Kei: How did it get here…!? // I wonder where it came from? ---- Kei: Huh…It’s not moving. // It looks like its dying! ---- Kei: Mom! ---- Kei: Mom, do we have watermelon!? // This beetle is dying!!
P149 G-Chan: If it’s watermelon you want, we have plenty. Grandma Q: Let’s eat it together… Kei: Wha…That watermelon…!? Background: It’s watermelon… ---- Kei: Wh…What in the world is with those giant watermelons!? ---- G-Chan: They’re from the new function I installed in Gantetsu! // The Body Enlarging Beam! ---- Kei: Body Enlarging…? G-Chan: That’s right. With that we made the watermelons giant sized. // Now, observe this demonstration. ---- G-Chan: Boo!!!!! SFX: Shock
P150 Kei: Woah!? ---- G-Chan: It fires when Gantetsu is surprised. // its name is, Gantetsu Surprise Beam!! Grandma Q: With the beam’s effect we eat the ones that we can’t cut… ---- Kei: He’s finally getting better. // Have as much juice as you want. There’s no need to hold back. ---- Kei: What is it Gantetsu? Is this your first time seeing a beetle? Gantetsu: Heh… ---- Gantetsu: Heh…!?
P151 G-Chan: Oh…Oh no, Gantetsu was surprised! ---- G-Chan: The Surprise Beam is…! ---- Kei: The…The beetle…! ---- G-Chan: Oh!? ---- Kei: My beetle was turned into a giant…. G-Chan: Gantetsu! Don’t go recklessly getting surprised!
P152 Kei: Ah!? ---- Beetle: Hey! Thank you for rescuing such a worthless person as me. // I give you my thanks!! ---- G-Chan: Oh!? Kei: The…the beetle just… // sp…spoke!? ---- Yu: Kei, It’s time for dinner… Kei: Alrigh…I’m coming now! ---- Yu: It sounds awfully noisy up there. Did a friend of yours come over? Kei: Yeah! I’ll introduce him to you now! ---- Kei: This is my good friend, Kabukichi the beetle! Kabukichi: You can call me whatever you like!
P153 Ai: Wh…What is with that ridiculously huge beetle…!? Background: Gah… ---- Kei: I told him he could stay here. Is that okay? Kabukichi: Nice to meet you!! Eiichi: If…if you keep him in a case... ---- Kei: Kabukichi!! What kind of food do you like? // My mom can make anything. Yu: Oh my ---- Kabukichi: Watermelon rice with a watermelon with sweet juice smeared on top… // Watermelon miso soup… // Watermelon tempura is my favorite! Thanks a lot for this. ---- Background: Watermelon curry // Watermelon miso soup // Watermelon juice // Watermelon rice // Watermelon tempura // Watermelon hamburger Kabukichi: Th…This is!? ---- Kabukichi: Delicious… // This tastes great ma’am! ---- G-Chan: Oh…Are we supposed to eat this too!? Yu: I made too much…
P154 Eiichi: Kei has gotten obsessed with that beetle. Ai: Its fine isn’t it? I mean, they seem to get along. ---- Kid 1: Amazing! Kid 2: Is that really a beetle!? Kid 3: It’s huge… ---- Kei: This is Kabukichi, he is the boss of the sawtooth oak woods! Kabukichi: Ah!? // Ah…I'll use this horn to mow down people who don't follow the rules of this forest! ---- Kabukichi: This horn is my pride and joy!! // This horn is why I am called a rhinoceros beetle. // It’s more important to me then my life! Background: Oh…
P155 Kabukichi: But you know, there is an outlaw who threatens the peace who has come to the sawtooth oak forest. // That’s the stag beetle!! // That creep is trying to make the sawtooth oak forest his own and has begun to fight against the other bugs. ---- Kei: Of course you will use your horn to chase him out! ---- Kabukichi: Ye…Yeah… // I came to this town after chasing him around. // Next time I see him I won't just let him off! Kids: You’re amazing Kabukichi! ---- Bully: Gah, what’s up with that beetle!? Toady 1: Hah…it’s life sized. Toady 2: Hey, why is that beetle so big? ---- Kei: It’s those 6th graders…let’s go play somewhere else. ---- Bully: Hey, don’t run away!
P156 Kabukichi: Don’t run away… SFX: Shock ---- Bully: Here. ---- Bully: A little while ago, I found this in the sawtooth oak woods. // Trade me that rhinoceros beetle for this stag beetle. ---- Kabukichi: Th…That stag beetle is… ---- Kei: I can’t trade him! Kabukichi is my friend! Bully: What was that… // I went to the trouble of offering you a trade! ---- Gantetsu: Heh… Kei: Yo…You idiot, the Gantetsu Surprise Beam…
P157 Bully: Wha!? Background: Stag beetle… ---- Bully: Wah… ---- Stag Beetle: Oh… // I think I have seen your face before. Aren’t you the rhinoceros beetle of the sawtooth oak woods? ---- Kabukichi: Ah… ---- Kei: I see! That guy is that stag beetle! // Kabukichi! Show them your power!! ---- Stag Beetle: Beat me!? // I doubt that rhinoceros beetle could manage it.
P158 Kei: Heh heh, you won’t be talking trash after Kabukichi beats you up and you run away! ---- Stag Beetle: Me? Run!? ---- Stage Beetle: You don’t know anything. ---- Stage Beetle: The one who ran away is that rhinoceros beetle. ---- Stag Beetle: Heh, you did it again huh… // After all, you were left out of becoming the king of the sawtooth oak forest. ---- Stage Beetle: This guy’s real name is Kabukichi the coward. ---- Kei: Kabukichi…
P159 Kei: Kabukichi! ---- Stage Beetle: Witness how weak he really is! ---- Stage Beetle: Heh heh, how’s that!? Kei: Kabukichi. // Is that true? ---- Kabukichi: So…sorry… // The truth is… // I’m not strong at all! ---- Kei: Why would you run away!? // You jerk…I really cared about... ---- Kei: It’s better if you don’t oppose the upper classmen. // Let’s go play somewhere else. ---- Kei: I did it too…!
P160 Kabukichi: Wah! Background: Good friends!! ---- Bully: Gah…! // Wah…What the heck are you doing… ---- Kei: Kabukichi! I’ll do it too! ---- Kei: So you fight as well!! // I know you are strong!! ---- Kei: Don’t you have that rhinoceros horn you’re so proud of!
P161 Kabukichi: I...have my horn! ---- Stag Beetle: Wh…What!? // He had this kind of strength!? // Agh… ---- Stag Beetle: Tch!! how do you like this!? ---- Kei: Kabukichi!! Stag Beetle: Heh…Heh heh, I’ve broken that prized horn of yours. ---- Kei: Yo…You’re horn is… Kabukichi: At this rate the sawtooth oak forest will fall into his hands… ---- Kabukichi: I…I have a favor to ask you!
P162 Kabukichi: My horn… // Break the other side of my horn! ---- Kei: Why Kabukichi!? // Isn’t that horn more important then your life!? ---- Stag Beetle: You’ve gone mad Kabukichi! // To break a rhinoceros beetle’s prized horn… // Is to accept defeat!! ---- Kabukichi: If I can’t help the bugs of the sawtooth oak forest, then this horn means nothing… // My horn isn’t just for show.
P163 Kei: G-Chan!! ---- G-Chan: Witness it Kei!! The true form of a hero…!! ---- Kabukichi: I am… ---- Kabukichi: I am… ---- Kabukichi: A rhinoceros beetle…!
P164 Kabukichi: Huh…!? SFX: Blub blub ---- Kei: Ka…Kabukichi! ---- Kabukichi: I… ---- Kabukichi: I did it…! // I beat stag beetle… // I won’t be a coward anymore! ---- Kei: You’re horn broke… Kabukichi: This will be my medal instead! Kei: Are you going back!? ---- Kabukichi: If I don’t protect the bugs of the sawtooth oak forest… // Then who will!? ---- Kei: Talking so big even though you're just a bug is just like you. G-Chan: It’s about time for the effect of the Surprise Beam to wear off.
P165 Kabukichi: Take care Kei! SFX: Pew pew ---- Kei: Those sunglasses are my parting gift. ---- Kei: Take care of yourself from now on! // Mr. Hero of the sawtooth oak forest! ---- G-Chan: Cheer up Kei. You’ll see him again some day. Kei: You idiot! I’m always cheerful! ---- Kei: Wah!? // What’s that!? Background: Buzz ---- G-Chan: In order to make Kei happy I brought along a new good friend. Kei: Shu…Shut up…!! Background: Buzzhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/otakujoe/releases/15571[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 15 by otakujoe2009-08-28T18:41:06+00:00otakujoeadmin@mangahelpers.comP127 SFX: Growl ---- Title: The “For the first time in 66 years it annoys!” Chapter (Part Two) ---- SFX: Growl ---- Sharekobe: Gah ha ha, that’s good Jijira!! // As the first step in my plan for world domination, Jijira will destroy Japan… // …then I shall rule it as I see fit!! SFX: Gah ha ha ha
P128 Jijira: Roar! ---- Jijira: Finally I have rejuvenated!! // From today, I am the Brutal Monster!! ---- Jijira: Now, let’s finish up here! ---- Reporter: Ugh… ---- G-Chan: Oh!? The youngsters became senior citizens…!? Sharekobe: Gwahaha! When a human’s youthful energy is sucked out, naturally they will become a senior citizen!
P129 Sharekobe: Now go Jijira!! // Crush G-Chan once and for all!! ---- Jijira: Shut up!! ---- Jijira: You can’t order me around geezer!! // Now that I have rejuvenated, I will live the way I want to!! ---- Jijira: From now on this island belongs to me!! // There are many young people here, so I can absorb as much youth energy as I want…!!! ---- G-Chan: What!? // Your planning on turning Japan into a country of only senior citizens!? ---- Jijira: Now then, I should devour these guys as well! Everyone: Wah…!! ---- Kei: I don’t want to be a geezer at 10 years old…!! Ai: You can’t do this to me…!!
P130 Jijira: Seems there are some fresh ones in there! You guys will do just fine!! ---- Everyone: We…We’re getting sucked in! ---- G-Chan: Gantetsu! If he takes anymore of your youth, what will be left of you!? ---- Background: heh…heh…heh… SFX: Gah ---- Kei: I don’t wanna become a geezer! Ai: You can do it Gantetsu! If we get sucked up I will never forgive you! ---- G-Chan: Gantetsu! Transform!
P132 G-Chan: Now you’ve done it! Grandma! Gantetsu! Saving the family is my job!! Everyone: We’re counting on you G-Chan! ---- Jijira: You…son of a… ---- Jijira: It isn’t enough! I need to suck up more humans! // Then I can rejuvenate again! ---- Announcer: This is terrible… // At this rate, Japan will become a country of senior citizens… Background: Ugh… ---- G-Chan: Gantetsu! Come here…!! Sharekobe: Wha!? SFX: Ching
P133 G-Chan: Jijira! I won’t allow you to do as you like anymore!! ---- Jijira: Shut up you fly! I’ll squash you! G-Chan: Buzz, buzz, buzz! ---- Kei: The difference between G-Chan and Jijira’s builds is too much!! Z: We will fight too!! ---- Z: We can’t just really on the master! We are the Stylish Earth Defense Corps after all!! Kei: That’s right! We should have some secret weapon for beating monsters!! ---- Z: Look! Don’t you have a Stylish Laser Gun on your hip!
P134 Z: Ah…This is a watering can…. Kei: Sickle!? Yu: Hoe… Eiichi: How are we supposed to fight a monster with farming implements!? Ai: That stupid geezer! ---- G-Chan: This isn’t doing any good! // At this rate, even if I defeat him, as long as he has youth energy, he will just get back up… // Is there no way to remove his energy!? ---- G-Chan: That’s it!!! ---- G-Chan: This is it! Great-great grandfather’s book! // The Mwanster Picture Book! ---- G-Chan: This is an autopsy picture of Jijira!!
P135 G-Chan: Jijira’s energy sack!!! // That’s it! That sack is where he is storing the energy!! Background: Energy ---- G-Chan: Alright Gantetsu! This is something only you can do! ---- G-Chan: Crawl into his body and bring back his energy sack! // I will pray for your success! ---- Jijira: What was that… SFX: Gulp ---- Kei: Even if it was that stupid dog, why did you feed him to it!? G-Chan: Just be quiet and watch! ---- SFX: Rumble rumble ---- SFX: Pop
P136 G-Chan: You did it Gantetsu! Kei: Wah….what the? It looks weird… ---- G-Chan: Huh…? ---- G-Chan: You idiot! That’s his stomach!! Gantetsu: Heh!? Jijira: Wha!? ---- Jijira: Gahhhhhhhhhhh…. // My stomach! How dare you…I can’t eat hamburgers any more!!! ---- Everyone: Ahhhhh….Jijira went crazy because his stomach was pulled out!! Jijira: Wahhhhhhhhhh!!!!
P137 Soldier: We, The Self Defense Forces can't do anything! ---- Sharekobe: Gahaha! How do you like Jijira’s power!! // Now Japan shall become a nation of senior citizens and I shall become their emperor!!! ---- Jijira: Didn’t I tell you not to order me around…!!? Sharekobe: Bhat!? ---- G-Chan: Either way, we should try and exhaust a large quantity of his energy! // Grandma! Gantestu! Give me a hand!! ---- G-Chan: Transform Gantetsu!!
P138 Kei: Wh…What is with that giant cannon!? ---- G-Chan: Gantetsu Buster!!! // We are going to suck back out the youthful energy that Jijira stole! Grandma Q: This is heavy… ---- Jijira: What’s that!? ---- Jijira: After I suck you fools up, you will be so senile you won’t even be able to stand!!
P139 G-Chan: Hmm!? Everyone: G-Chan! SFX: Bang ---- Ai: If you get older I won’t want to look at your face…!! // So give it your all! ---- G-Chan: We’re leaving it to you Gantetsu!! Grandma Q: Suck all of the energy out of him!! ---- G-Chan: Deadly Energy Absorption Strategy!!!
P140 Kei: Amazing…they are fighting over the energy!! Z: Do your best master…!! ---- Kei: Ah!? ---- Kei: Look! Jijira is… ---- Kei: He’s turned back into the senile monster!! ---- Kei: In other words… // G-Chan rejuvenated…!? ---- Jijira: Bwah…return my youth…
P141 G-Chan: Hmoh!? ---- Kei: G…G-Chan! Z: Master! ---- Jijira: Bwah… (Don’t underestimate me just because I am a geezer.) // You were foolish to stand against me and my 57 meter height. ---- Ai: G-Chan… // Grandma. Z: Master. Eiichi: Gantetsu is… ---- SFX: Push
P142 Everyone: He’s…rejuvenated!?
P143 G-Chan: Let’s go Grandma! // Gantetsu! ---- Everyone: Gr…Grandma too!! ---- Everyone: Ga…Gantetsu…!? ---- G-Chan: Now, let’s gather the energy we absorbed into the Gantetsu Buster and blast him away with a shockwave!! Grandma Q: Right!
P144 G-Chan: Gantetsu Megaton!!!
P145 Kei: Awesome…They did it…!! Yu: G-Chan. ---- Narration: Thus, after the youth energy became a shockwave, it collected as a whole and rained down on the people. Announcer: I’ve rejuvenated…! // A…A miracle has occurred here! The people who had been turned into senior citizens have now rejuvenated!! Background: Youth is great…!! ---- Yu & Ai: G-Cha…n!! ---- G-Chan: Oh!? Background: Spare Narration: Because the youth energy was released, naturally G-Chan retuned to his original form!! ---- G-Chan: Now then Sharekobe, it is your responsibility to give Jijira enough energy to return to the south sea! Sharekobe: Wha…!? ---- Sharekobe: Curse you G-Chan…https://mangahelpers.com/t/otakujoe/releases/15072[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 14 by otakujoe2009-08-11T22:57:41+00:00otakujoeadmin@mangahelpers.comP107 Title: The “For the first time in 66 years it annoys!” Chapter (Part One) ---- Sharekobe: I have finally arrived at this deserted island in the south sea. ---- Sharekobe: Gahaha, here is the place // where it is said sleeps a legendary monster!! ---- Sharekobe: According to that old book… // It is said that this monster sleeps for a period of 66 years and then attacks Japan. // When this monster awakens from its slumber and attacks Japan, G-Chan will also be crushed in an instant!! ---- Sharekobe: But still, is this island really… // where the monster is…
P108/109 Sharekobe: Huh…!? ---- Top Right: Grand! Phantasmal!! Miracle!!! History’s worst force!!! Top Center: For two days! Admission price 3,824 Yen (Consumption tax included)!! Top Left: Master Shigeru Hijikata brings us this super spectacular movie epic!! Bottom Right: Director: Shigeru Hijikata // Art: Kashun Hirakei // Photography: Shogo Sagami // Purchasing: Kazushi Hinoki // Film Promotion: Iba-Chan Bottom Center: The “For the first time in 66 years it annoys!” Chapter (Part One) ---- Background: Also showing, Perplexed Detective Gantetsu T/L Note: A pun on Meitantei(great detective), read the same way but the kanji is different.
P110 I can’t believe that G-Chan was handsome when he was young… ---- G-Chan: Grand Debut! Cyborg G-Chan Young Version! Yo…You’ve got to be kidding!? ---- G-Chan: However, it is weak from an angle… Grandma Q: Slurp Kei & Ai: Oh, that’s all. ---- Grandma Q: But the color of the sky is weird. // And there have been many ill omens occurring around here… ---- Grandma Q: My fortune has predicted atrocity as well… Ai: What are you talking about you hag! ---- Announcer: We interrupt this program with a special bulletin! // An unbelievable thing has just occurred! Out of the morning mist of Tokyo Bay, a mysterious giant monster has appeared!!
P111 Wh…What!? // A monster!? ---- Announcer: Just now! It has landed on Japanese soil… ---- G-Chan: Oh…That’s!? ---- Announcer: Th…There it is…This is the monster! // For some reason it looks like a fairly aged monster!! ---- Gahhahaha, What is that… // It looks like it is straining itself!
P112 Announcer: Where did it come from? What is it’s purpose in coming to Japan? There isn’t a single thing relating to this monster that we understand. Crowd: That’s a weird monster… // Stop playing dumb already… ---- Monster: Bwahhhhhhh ---- Monster: Bwahhhhhhh (Shut up already) Crowd: Oh!? // Wahhh, It stinks! ---- Announcer: We…We are seeing some damages! // This monster’s breath is not normal! // Already, ten people have collapsed and been taken to the hospital! ---- G-Chan: Oh!? Sharekobe: Gahha // Gahha // Gahhahaha…
P113 G-Chan: Sharekobe!! Sharekobe: Be witness G-Chan. // The day that I rule the world has arrived!! ---- Sharekobe: This monster shall rampage throughout Japan…no, the entire world... // And afterwards, I shall conquer the world little by little and eventually establish the world of Sharekobe…!! ---- Announcer: Who are you!? Somebody throw him out! Sharekobe: I…I shall rule the…Geh…! TV: We are experiencing technical difficulties. ---- G-Chan: Why you, Sharekobe… // Do you mean to repeat the tragedy from 66 years ago…… Kei: 66 years ago!? ---- G-Chan: Everything about that monster is written in this book! // My grandfather, in other words, your great-great-grandfather wrote it! Book: Mwanster Picture Book
P114 G-Chan: According to this book, he is Senile Monster Jijira! // With a height of 57 meters, a weight of 550 tons, and an approximate age of 200 years! Background: Jijira // A brain that doesn’t think of anything // Bad hearing // Stinky breath // Jijira can suck up anything with his stomach // Legs are weak // Withered T/L Note: Jijira is a combination of the Japanese words for geezer (Jiji) and Godzilla (Gojira) ---- Eiichi: Wasn’t 66 years ago the year of the Great Kantou Earthquake!? G-Chan: Exactly! It was his rampaging that caused it!! T/L Note: The Great Kantou Earthquake was in 1923 ---- Kei: And then…What did he do the day after? // Even if we leave him alone, it doesn’t seem like he’ll cause any damage. G-Chan: Hmm!? ---- G-Chan: My god! According to this book, when Jijira becomes old and awakens from his slumber… // he will attack Japan in order to absorb the Youth Energy from young people!! Everyone: What!?
P115 Ah! Stop it G-Chan! What are you doing!? // Wah! ---- Eiichi: Do…Don’t tell me, you’re not saying that we should wear these and go fight with that monster are you!? Ai: If you want to die do it by yourself! Kei: So lame!! Z: So cool!! ---- G-Chan: You idiots! Are you fine with Japan becoming a nation of only senior citizens!? // If we don’t fight then who will save Japan!? ---- Announcer: People of Tokyo, an emergency evacuation order has been issued! Eiichi: Honey! Do you have the bankbook!? Ai: What are you planning to do with that pillow pops!? G-Chan: It’s your turn now.
P116 G-Chan: Transform Scramble Gantetsu!! ---- G-Chan: Standby OK! Eiichi: It…Its cramped!! Ai: Let go of me!! ---- G-Chan: Take off! Everyone: Ahhhhhhh! The Hasegawa’s house next door…!! ---- Announcer: At last, the mysterious monster who has arrived is parading through Shinjuku destroying buildings!
P117 Jijira: Bwahhhhhhhh!! (I noticed that after 66 years…) // Gahhhhhhhh (it has become difficult to stomp around recklessly!!) Crowd: Ah! // Wah! ---- Announcer: Oh no! It appears that he has slipped on some cars and has fallen! ---- Announcer: Ah! It’s the appearance of the Self-Defense Force!! ---- Announcer: Wahhhh…What was that!? ---- Everyone: You idiot! What are you doing shooting down the Self-Defense Force’s planes!? G-Chan: Gantetsu! Recently your eyesight’s aging has become intense!!
P118 G-Chan: Hmm!! There it is! ---- G-Chan: Woah! Gantetsu, don’t get so close!! ---- G-Chan: It seems his eyes have aged as well! ---- G-Chan: Gantestu! I’ll leave the flying to you now!! ---- G-Chan: Hup!! Everyone: Ah! You idiot!! ---- G-Chan: I am Cyborg Grandpa G!! // Jijira!! I won’t permit your actions any further!!
P119 G-Chan: Spine-Straightening Health Kick!! SFX: Bwah!! ---- Ai: Amazing G-Chan! Kei: Gramps got him in one shot with his kick! ---- G-Chan: Oh! I fell into a wrinkle and I can’t get out! ---- SFX: Pop G-Chan: Oh there, I escaped from his back. ---- Jijira: Owah! (Why you! First coming near my head!) // (Then coming out of my back!!) ---- G-Chan: Oh!? Tokyo Tower…!!
P120 G-Chan: Oh!? Never has there been a monster that used Tokyo Tower as a walking stick! // How incredibly bold he is!! ---- G-Chan: With a height of 57 meters…with the 333 meter Tokyo Tower…… // Hmm…The fearsome Senile Monster Jijira. ---- Sharekobe: Gahhaha! Rampage Jijira! // With this, soon even Japan shall become mine!! G-Chan: Shrekobe!! ---- G-Chan: You creep! Are you still spouting nonsense… Sharekobe: Gahhaha! More importantly, look!! ---- Shrekobe: Or don’t you care what happens to your family!? Everyone: Save us G-Chan!
P121 Everyone: Ahhhhh! We’re gonna be eaten… ---- Announcer: Ah! The plane has been caught by the monster! Background: My god!? ---- Everyone: He is breathing something from his mouth! ---- G-Chan: It’s phlegm. ---- Grandma Q: Seems it’s my turn. ---- Everyone: Grams, we’re counting on you!
P122 Grandma Q: Acoustic sound matched with clean, beautiful vocals will face you in this sigh escaping melody! // Deadly! Heart Sutra Heavy Metal Version!! ---- G-Chan: Grandma!! // Yo…You mustn’t!! ---- Grandma Q: Body is nothing more than emptiness, emptiness is nothing more than body. The body is exactly empty, and emptiness is exactly body… // the other four aspects of human existence -- feeling, thought, will, and consciousness! ---- Everyone: As I expected! Stop it Grandma! SFX: Crk ---- Announcer: Wahhhhhhh! // It’s like my brain is being stabbed by a thousand needles!
P123 G-Chan: It’s pointless Grandma! He’s a Senile Monster who can’t hear well!! Grandma Q: What the!? ---- G-Chan: What’s that!? That hole opening up in his stomach is…… ---- Kei: Ah! Look! ---- Everyone: Th…The suction has begun!!
P124 G-Chan: Hmm!? That’s… ---- G-Chan: People are getting sucked in!! ---- Announcer: Oh my! People are getting sucked into the monster’s stomach one by one… // Ahhhhhhhh!? ---- Sharekobe: Even you should know G-Chan… // What happens to those people that get sucked in… ---- G-Chan: Do…Don’t tell me that is how it gets the Youth Energy…!? ---- Sharekobe: Witness! The Jijira that has absorbed youth!!
P125 Everyone: It…It rejuvenated…… ---- Sharekobe: And so, it has transfigured itself, into the Brutal Monster Jijira!!https://mangahelpers.com/t/otakujoe/releases/13552[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 13 by otakujoe2009-06-26T20:27:48+00:00otakujoeadmin@mangahelpers.comP87 The “Caution at the summer sea!” Chapter
P88 It’s Hot… ---- Kei: That’s because we are really getting into summer now. // How about we go someplace! ---- Kei: Though judging by your death-like appearance, I guess that is not going to happen. ---- Yu: Don’t say that Kei! Your father is just exhausted from his work. Eiichi: Yeah… SFX: Chk ---- SFX: Cuchk ---- G-Chan: Bahhh!!!
P89 Wahhhhh!!?? ---- Kei: What the heck are you doing G-Chan! G-Chan: Practicing swimming! ---- G-Chan: But you know Grandma, I’m not getting any cooler! Kei: Of course not!! ---- G-Chan: Of course, you must want to swim as well. // Then the kids can go on vacation with us. ---- G-Chan: The whole family will go spend a day at the beach!! Kei: What? Really!? ---- Ai: Count me out. // I don’t want to go anywhere with that crap geezer. Eiichi: Hey now Ai! Recently you have been acting really rebellious!!
P90 G-Chan: You fool! It is because this family is so cautious with communicating // that you kids are retreating into delinquency! Ai: Let go of me! Sorry to inform you, but I’m already a delinquent!! ---- Ai: Yo…You can’t be serious, G-Chan…Are we seriously gonna ride in this… ---- G-Chan: Here we go!!!
P91 Guy 1: Ahaha, check out that rickshaw. // Have you ever seen anyone go to the beach that way!? ---- Ai: This is why I said I did not want to go!! // It's obvious if you ride something like this that people will make fun of you! ---- Guy 1: Hey baby, why don’t you get off that rickshaw and come over here? Guy 2: It’s nice and cool inside the car // and I even have a boat! ---- G-Chan: What do you mean “that rickshaw”!? This rickshaw has special functions! SFX: Chk G-Chan: Change Jet Rickshaw!! ---- G-Chan: With this we will fly to our destination!! Guys: Wahhhh!? The rickshaw flew!?
P92 Wh…What was that… ---- Guy 2: That girl was fine but… ---- It’s the beach! // We got here in the blink of an eye!! ---- Kei: Alright! I’m gonna swim!! ---- G-Chan: Don’t rush! First we are going to do some preparatory exercises. ---- G-Chan: First some light head spinning… // then some firm stretching exercises! Kei: I’m a human! Can I do something like that!?
P93 Wah! ---- G-Chan: What’s wrong Ai? You’re not going to swim? Ai: Be quiet. ---- Ai: Wh…What’s that!? G-Chan: Underwater Use G-Chan No.1! ---- Grandma Q: And Underwater Use Grandma No.2. ---- Ai: Grrrrr…
P94 Ai: Being here with you is embarrassing!! G-Chan: Oh!? Guys: Heh heh ---- Ai: Seriously. // That geezer is such a hassle. ---- Ai: Ahhhhh, I’m bored. ---- Guy 2: What is this? Today we still haven’t caught any. // Darn it…There are no hot girls around here! ---- Guy 1: Hey! Guy 2: Ohhh! ---- Guy 2: We meet again. // Are you alone?
P95 Kei: Huh? Where is big sis? Eiichi: Hm? ---- Eiichi: She was on the beach… Kei: Ahhh!? ---- G-Chan: Heeeeeey, I tried making a sand castle!! ---- Kei: What are you going to do with something so huge!! G-Chan: Living in a place like this from now on might be pleasant! ---- Z: Master! Ai-Chan is…!! G-Chan: Hmm!? Background: Swim Trunks
P96 G-Chan: Oh!? // Looks like they’re trying to kidnap Ai! ---- G-Chan: You scum! What are you planning to do to Ai!? // Let’s go Gantetsu! ---- G-Chan: To rescue Ai!! ---- Huh… // The shock just now made the sand castle collapse… ---- Kei: Ah, It’s big sis!! Eiichi: What! Guy 2: Hahaha, See ya!! ---- Eiichi: Hold on Ai… // I’m coming!
P97 Ai: Hey! Let go of me you creep! // What are you planning!? ---- Guy 2: You should be glad. Right now, you’re riding on an amazing boat. // This is the Dixie Boat, the latest model from America. ---- Guy 2: You should become my girlfriend. // Papa said that, no matter how much this boat costs, he would buy it for me. ---- Guy 2: Oh! Ai: What’s with “Papa?” You’re a grown man aren’t you!? ---- Guy 2: Yo…You tramp… ---- Guy 2: Do you wanna get hurt? // we’re out on the open sea. Even if you scream at the top of your lungs, they won’t hear you back at the beach!
P99 G-Chan: Don’t tell me. Gantetsu… ---- G-Chan: Can you only do the doggy paddle!? ---- G-Chan: Increase the rotations!! ---- G-Chan: Ohhhhhhhh!! ---- G-Chan: There they are! ---- Guy 3: Hey that geezer is following us!!
P100 Guy 2: Hmm, that’s a pretty energetic old geezer! // But we have a hostage! He can’t lay a finger on us! ---- Ai: G-Chan… ---- Guy 3: I got something for him. Guy 2: Aim at the jet ski! ---- Eat this!! ---- G-Chan: Woah!? ---- Ai: G-Chan…Gantetsu!!
P101 Hahah, I did it! I got rid of him! // Rest in piece you old geezer!!! ---- G-Chan: Submarine Gantetsu!! Narration: In that instant the all-purpose dog Gantetsu transformed into Submarine Gantetsu! ---- It has a torpedo that posses the destructive power to sink a battle ship in one shot! ---- Also, the radar! The enemy is right above us!! ---- G-Chan: Oh!? What is it Gantetsu!? // Why are you surfacing!?
P102 G-Chan: Ohhhhhh!? Even as a submarine you still have to breath!? Guy: Gah, He’s shown up again! Ai: Way to go G-Chan! ---- G-Chan: Oh!? Grandma!! Grandma Q: Your not the only one who gets to look cool! ---- G-Chan: Alright, let us three combine our power!! ---- G-Chan: Deadly Spinning Attack!! ---- Guy: What the!? // They’re circling around the boat !?
P103 Wahhhhh!? ---- Guy: The spinning is making my eyes spin… ---- Ai: Ah! ---- G-Chan: Oh no, we over did it. Ai is…!! ---- Grandma Q: Yahhhhhh!!
P104 Guy 2: Wh…What’s with that hag!!? ---- G-Chan: Gantetsu!! // Launch torpedo!!! ---- Guy: Wah, a shark! Abandon ship! ---- G-Chan: Punished!!!
P105 G-Chan: How was that!? Ai: Hick, I’ll never do that again… ---- Ai: I… // said all of those terrible things to you… ---- Ai: I’m sorry!! Grandma Q: He’s such a pushover when it comes to his adorable granddaughter… ---- Guy 2: My boat… // Papa is gonna scold me… ---- G-Chan: What? Is it’s a boat you want // I can provide you with one. ---- Guy 1: How long will it take to get to the shore? Guy 3: Is this the right direction? Guy 2: Papa… ---- Narration: Meanwhile, because G-Chan spent a long time soaking in the sea water, his body rusted and he became unable to move! ---- G-Chan: Hmm… Ai: How are we supposed to get home now you stupid geezer!?https://mangahelpers.com/t/otakujoe/releases/13231[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 12 by otakujoe2009-06-13T21:18:28+00:00otakujoeadmin@mangahelpers.comCyborg Grandpa G Chapter 12:
P67 The “I can’t forgive the enemy of senior citizens!” Chapter
P68 Thief: This house is going through some though times, all they have is this jar. ---- Old Woman: Ah, whose there!? ---- Old Woman: Th…That jar is a memento of my dear departed husband!! // You can take anything else, but leave that behind!! ---- Thief: Such impertinence! ---- Thief: I am the phantom thief Arsene Bourgogne Phillip IV! // The great thief who unexpectedly appears all around the world!
P69 Thief: This house shall be my next target. ---- Thief: According to my research // When the old man is at work, the missus is out shopping, and their two kids are at school, it’s only the grandpa and grandma that’s at home. ---- Thief: I am the cautious type! I only target houses with only old people in them. // Because even if I am found, if they are old people I can beat them. ---- Thief: Further more, Grandparents save money like it is going out of style. // Anyone could see this operation is professional. This is the way I do things! ---- G-Chan: Now then, time for my afternoon Buddhist chanting. Grandma Q: I’ll provide musical accompaniment. ---- SFX: Crk…
P71 G-Chan: You fool! With these ears I can hear a pin drop up to five kilometers away! Grandma Q: And you can be sure that with my 7.0 eyes that there is little I can’t see through! ---- Thief: I… ---- Thief: I’ll remember this! ---- Thief: Blast it all!! ---- Thief: Because of that just now the name of Arsene Bourgogne Phillip IV is weeping… // Just watch me you crap geezer and crap hag! ---- Thief: Even if I have to use all the money I saved up from deceiving this neighborhoods senior citizens // Whatever it takes to get my revenge upon that sneaky geezer!
P72 Thief: Watch me you geezer and hag!! // I’ll make you remember my amazing steeling technique! ---- G-Chan: What, the jar that’s a memento of your husband!? ---- Old Woman: That jar was more important then my life. // And it was stolen from me… ---- Old Man: He got my place as well… Old Woman 2: He came to my place and took my bank book. Toothless Man: (???) Old Woman: He only breaks into the homes of senior citizen’s, and if you try to stop him he gets vioent. ---- Grandma Q: Honestly, what are the police doing? ---- G-Chan: Such foul play! Picking on frail senior citizens and stealing their valuables… // I will not forgive him! He is the enemy of senior citizens!
P73 SFX: Ping ---- Thief: Hahaha, Arsene Bourgogne Phillip IV has arrived!!! ---- G-Chan: Oh!! He’s come! // Attack positions!! ---- Thief: Hahaha, To such a barrage // I will not fall! ---- Thief: I gave everything I had to a certain arms dealer in order to have this weapon made! // With this machine I can break into any kind of house!!
P74 SFX: Hahahaha ---- SFX: Bang! ---- SFX: Ehhhhh… ---- Thief: I’ll break in from the garden!!! ---- Thief: Ahhhhh, There’s a dog!! ---- Bubble: Bark if you see a suspicious person! ---- SFX: Heh! Heh! Heh! ---- Thief: Haha, With this machine I can just burst in and enter! // I’m not afraid of anything!
P75 Thief: Even if this was all I could get made from spending all of my money, ---- Thief: I can pull off some real interesting robberies! ---- Thief: Oh!? This a pretty valuable painting! ---- G-Chan: Fooled you! ---- G-Chan: So you have come, enemy of senior citizens! // I, Cyborg G-Chan, shall dole out your punishment! ---- Thief: It appears you have powered up, Seems the time to show myself has arrived…
P76 Thief: I am Arsene Bourgogne Phillip IV! // In order to dispel my former humiliation, I had a certain arms dealer make me this machine!! ---- Thief: With this machine I’ll defeat you and then steal everything in this house from the ground up!! ---- G-Chan: To scoundrels like you, I will dole out punishment! // Come on! Abera Catabura Heply IV! Thief: If you can hear a pin drop from five kilometers away, then at least remember my name… ---- G-Chan: Hmm!! The mark on that machine is… // Sharekobe’s symbol!!! ---- G-Chan: I haven’t seen him recently. So he was preparing things like this. // So, how is he doing? Thief: For some reason he looks like he is tired of life…
P77 Old Woman: Ah, Kaizou-San, it’s that man, that man! Background: Ahhh // It’s him // It’s him G-Chan: I knew it! ---- G-Chan: Honestly, what is Gantetsu doing!? // I won’t forgive that fool’s invasion!! ---- G-Chan: Oh!? What are you doing, getting stolen like that!? ---- Z: Master! // Leave this to me! ---- G-Chan: Fool! That’s where I am firing the missles! Z: Ahhhhh!!
P78 Thief: Whew, somehow I have made it this far… ---- Thief: Wh…What!? ---- G-Chan: You did it Grandma!! Background: Yeah // Do it // Heh Grandma Q: I’ll make you listen to my new song…
P79 Grandma Q: Heart Sutra Heavy Metal Version!!! // (This is the Heart Sutra) ---- Grandma Q: (This is the Heart Sutra) G-Chan: What are you doing, getting us as well!? ---- Thief: Ha! ---- G-Chan: Oh!? Thief: This is another feature of this machine.
P80 Thief: With this machine I have the abilities of a cockroach! ---- Thief: Hahaha, how’s this!! ---- G-Chan: In that case, I’ll do this!! Z: Ah, my house!! Thief: Ugh!? ---- G-Chan: Ha!! ---- G-Chan: Gravity Change!! ---- Grandma Q: Blinding Attack!!
P81 G-Chan: Maximum Weight 500 Tons!!! ---- Narration: It is clear from their actions that these two are not like the monsters Child-Crying Old Man and Sand Throwing Hag! Grandma Q: Throw sand in your eyes… T/L Note: Child-Crying Old Man and Sand Throwing Hag are monsters from Japanese myths. ---- Thief: I...In that case……… ---- Thief: With this I will // blow away that geezer and hag!!! ---- G-Chan: Wa…Wait, Grandma Suzuki! Old Woman: Th…That’s my jar…
P82 Old Woman: I’m begging you, my jar…please return the memento of my husband…. ---- Thief: Honestly, you obstinate hag!! Background: Hah // Suzuki-San ---- G-Chan: Un…Unforgivable! For harming an old woman I shall dole out your punishment! Grandma Q: Prepare yourself!! ---- G-Chan: Transform Gantetsu! Granma Q: Fuma-Killer
P83 G-Chan: Fire!! SFX: Bang ---- Thief: Ugh, the machine’s oil is evaporating! // I can’t move because of the rust! ---- G-Chan: Cyborg G-Chan! Grandma Q: Q-Chan! ---- Deadly Spouse Attack!!
P84 Old Woman: Ahhh! The memento jar!! ---- G-Chan: Hoh! ---- SFX: Siz
P85 G-Chan: Punished!! Kei & Ai: Just how many times are you going to destroy our house!! Thief: Old people are scary… ---- Narration: Afterwards, it was said that Arsene Bourgogne Phillip IV changed his name to Ichitaro Yamada and is diligently working the fields in the country side……https://mangahelpers.com/t/otakujoe/releases/12679[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 11 by otakujoe2009-05-27T22:25:13+00:00otakujoeadmin@mangahelpers.comP47 It’s been 10 years since Grandma died. // It passed by so quickly. ---- Kei: What kind of person was Grandma? Eiichi: That’s right, you probably wouldn’t remember her… ---- Eiichi: She was by far, more fearsome, more devious, and more malicious then G-Chan is… Background: A..A truly terrifying person SFX: Burrr ---- Kei: Hmm? Now that you mention it, I don’t see Gramps around. Yu: He’s locked himself up in his room since yesterday. ---- Eiichi: It…It can’t be… // I have a bad feeling about this. ---- Title: The “It’s been a while Grandma!!” Chapter
P48 G…G-Chan!! ---- Title: The “It’s been a while Grandma!!” Chapter ---- G-Chan: What’s all that racket.
P49 Eiichi: G-Chan, what in the world are you planning on making this time!? ---- G-Chan: Seeing as how this is the 10th anniversary of Grandma’s death, I thought I would bring her back as a cyborg! // It is nearly complete! ---- Eiichi: Wh…What was that? // You’re gonna bring that dreadful hag back to life!? ---- G-Chan: Don’t worry. When I say Grandma, I mean the young, twenty-something Grandma! // Excellent Proportions, Pure-Hearted Maiden version! ---- G-Chan: Furthermore, she will support my agriculture. // With this farm work will become enjoyable again. // Hmmm, memories of youth.
P50 G-Chan: Behold! With this full Cyber Body plating, we have a never before seen beautiful metallic finish! // Today Grandma throws away the name Kiyu Kaizo! // And becomes the never before seen new cyborg, Cyber Metal Grandma Q! ---- Z: But master! A dead human has no brain! So how will you make a cyborg!? ---- G-Chan: I already thought of that. Right before she died I secretly removed her brain. // I kept it with the preserved foods for 10 years in order to keep it safe. ---- Huh? Doesn’t she look like that idol that was on TV? SFX: Ack!? G-Chan: Well that’s…Grandma was always pretty.
P51 Yu: Honey! SFX: Ha ---- Z: So this brain is going to be put in that cyborg… ---- G-Chan: Ohhhh!? What are you doing! Z: If this brain disappears, then you can make me a cyborg! ---- G-Chan: Alright Gantetsu, we can take a breather once this is finished! ---- G-Chan: Once I push this button YOUNG Grandma // will be revived!! ---- SFX: Pip ---- G-Chan: Ohhh, Don’t push weird buttons Gantetsu!
P52 G-Chan: Ohhhh!? ---- G-Chan: Oh!? Grandma!? ---- G-Chan: Hooo!? ---- I am revived…
P53 G-Chan: Ohhh!? G…Grams!? ---- Grandma Q: It stank being in miso for 10 years… T/L Note: Miso is a Japanese soup, here used to preserve foods. ---- Grandma Q: I have gone past being a cyborg, and with the cyber metal, I have been reborn as // Cyber Metal Iron Grandma Q!! T/L Note: Grandma Q uses male pronouns to refer to herself. ---- Kei: Ahhhhhh! G-Chan, what is this!? G-Chan: When Gantetsu pushed that button, the computer confused cyber metal with heavy metal // and so it rebuilt Grandma to fit that concept!
P54 SFX: Slurp ---- Grandma Q: I’m starving! (Weird Font) SFK: Crk ---- Grandma Q: Eating for the first time in 10 years sure makes the food taste good… // But everyone sure has changed in 10 years. ---- Grandma Q: What’s up with this brat? Kei: Br…Brat!? ---- Eiichi: Come on…that’s Kei, you used to change his diaper. Grandma Q: Oh, I remember the diapers!
P55 Grandma Q: Going to the bathroom was a pain, so I often borrowed them. ---- Grandma Q: While then, after a meal you drink tea. ---- SFX: Click ---- Z: Wheeeeeee!? Grandma Q: It’s already boiling. ---- Cu…Cut that out you crap hag!! ---- Grandma Q: How did you know I was a crap hag?
P56 G-Chan: Cut that out! ---- Save us G-Chan! Eiichi: She is even more malicious then when she was alive… ---- Grandma Q: You geezer! You think you can casually show your face in front of me!! G-Chan: Oh!? ---- Grandma Q: Don’t you remember // the night I died… ---- G-Chan: Hmm…You choked on some mochi and in your confusion you ran outside and was hit by a dump truck. // At that time you knew you were suffering from an incurable disease so you died of shock. It was a very extravagant cause of death. T/L Note: Mochi is a sticky rice cake. ---- Grandma Q: At that time! // When I was on the verge between life and death! // Where were you Grandpa!
P57 Grandma Q: When I was grasping out with my hand // why were you not holding on to my hand!? ---- G-Chan: Yo…You’re wrong! That was differ… ---- Grandma Q: Seems you want to hear my ten thousand octave resounding voice! G-Chan: Hmm!? ---- G-Chan: Oh!? Narration: This ultra sonic sound wave, a characteristic of heavy metal, destroys everything it comes into contact with, making it a very bothersome technique!!
P58 Grandma Q: I am still keeping a grudge against you keeping me with the preserved foods for 10 years. ---- Grandma Q: I can finally clear away my grudge once and for all!! G-Chan: Oh! ---- Z: Ah! My house!! ---- G-Chan: Being revived after 10 years has given her an excess amount of energy. SFX: Slurp ---- This is an unprecedented marital fight! ---- G-Chan: Alright, for now please take my place Gantetsu!
P59 SFX: Chomp ---- G-Chan: He would even go to such lengths to scavenge for food? Grandma Q: Stupid dog! ---- Small Banner: Presented here is the story of that monster human Kiyu Kaizo who, as the former foremost exorcist in Japan, exterminated vengeful ghosts. Large Banner: Japan Monster Encyclopedia Right Most Monster: Sand Throwing Hag Right Box: A book by Kiyu Kaizo Left Box: Second Edition Right Text: The monsters have a chill!! Middle Text: Listed Price 50 Yen // (With Tax 10,500 Yen) Left Text: A very popular release! Top-Left Monster: Oil Presser Bottom-Left Monster: Household Guardian Stamp: Vengeful Ghost Shrine
P60 Grandma Q: This will end it!! ---- Grandma Q: Agh! // Sour! ---- Grandma Q: Deadly ---- Grandma Q: Face Chestnut Bullet Bomber! ---- G-Chan: Oh!? // Th…This Technique…… ---- Narration: The Face Chestnut Bullet Bomber!!! This is a technique in which Grandma Q eats a dried plum. The sourness then causes her to scowl. // This causes her face to sink in deeply! And in reaction to this, her eyes snap from her head!!
P61 Ahhhhhh! Grandpa, Grandma, stop this! // The house…the house!? ---- G-Chan: Now I’m getting angry! // I won’t go easy on you!! ---- G-Chan: Stronger G!!! ---- G-Chan: When my anger reaches it’s peak and I become Stronger G // the blood in my body begins to boil and… ---- Grandma Q: Stronger Q!!! G-Chan: Oh!?
P62 G-Chan: This attack Grandma Q: will settle it! ---- Ahhhh!
P63 Kei: Why is the house gone!? ---- Grandma Q: As I thought, you were strong just now… G-Chan: You as well… // Look… ---- G-Chan: This cyber body I put so much pride in is falling apart. ---- Background: Th…That haramaki…
P64 G-Chan: Forgive me Grandma… // At that time I was so overcome with sadness that I could not see well because of the tears, and when I thought I was grabbing your hand I was actually grabbing your foot! // Hang in there Grandma! SFX: Ugh… ---- G-Chan: I’m sorry…… ---- Grandma Q: At last… // Now that I have held Grandpa’s hand I can pass on… ---- SFX: Clunk
P65 Grandma Q: Th…This is… // You still have the pendent with my picture in i…… SFX: Click ---- Grandma Q: Grandpa! ---- Grandma Q: Who is this!? ---- Grandma Q: I’ll rip you to pieces!! G-Chan: It…It’s not like that…She just looks so much like you… ---- Kei: You think this idol really looks like Grandma? Ai: I guess over time, even an idol will become a hag…https://mangahelpers.com/t/otakujoe/releases/12491[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 10 by otakujoe2009-05-21T04:54:07+00:00otakujoeadmin@mangahelpers.comCyborg Grandpa G Chapter 10:
P27 Narration: That girl would come to greet me every morning… Girl 1: Oh, wait one second… Girl 2: Huh, again? ---- Girl 1: Good morning Mr. Scarecrow. // Guarding the field everyday is tough, but do your best okay. ---- The “Welcome to the twilight” Chapter Narration: She is certainly a very kind girl.
P28 Girl 2: You sure are weird, greeting such things every morning… Girl 1: He he. ---- Thanks for the food. ---- SFX: Thump ---- G-Chan: Oh!? // Ka-Chan the scarecrow!? ---- G-Chan: What happened!? // What happened to the field!? ---- G-Chan: Somehow, this one has seemed strange recently. // Originally, I did not include any walking function. // Yet, he managed to make it all the way here……
P29 G-Chan: With this he will be able to speak, but what will he tell us? ---- Ka-Chan: I…I have a request… // Pl…please make it so I can walk! ---- G-Chan: Oh!? ---- SFX: Gah ha ha ha The scarecrow fell in love!? ---- Ka-Chan: I… // I’m serious!
P30 Ka-Chan: Th…That girl… // I want to become friends with her… ---- Ka-Chan: Every morning, that girl passes in front of the house on her way to school. // and every time she does she greets me. ---- Background: She is certainly a very kind girl. ---- Ka-Chan: I beg of you! // Please remodel me so I can walk. ---- G-Chan: How’s that? I added in a walking function. // It can function for up to two days on solar power!!
P31 G-Chan: Also, you can fly through the air at mach 2. // You have a maximum output at the 1000 horse power mark!! And I also increased your steam power by 30%! Eiichi: Don’t add those kinds of things!! ---- G-Chan: Furthermore, when you appear in front of the girl it won’t be reveled you’re a scarecrow! Ka-Chan: Th…Thank you so much. ---- G-Chan: But don’t forget that you only have two days! ---- Ka-Chan: Y…Yes! G-Chan: Then go to where that girl is right away! ---- Girl 1: I…I’m sorry. ---- Thug 1: Hey lady, you just bumped into me back there. Thug 2: Not only that, but you also healed the wounds in our hearts.
P32 Girl 1: Please stop it. ---- Thug 2: Your gonna be my woman! SFX: Ping Girl 1: Ee… ---- Ahhh! Thug 2: What the, You punk! ---- Ka-Chan: If you do anything strange to this girl // I won’t forgive you!!! ---- Ka-Chan: Take this. Thugs: Eeeeee Girl 1: Y…You saved my during that dangerous situation. // Thank you very much.
P33 Ka-Chan: Umm… I'm over here... Girl 1: Oh…I’m sorry, I contact lens fell out and I can’t see very well…… ---- Girl 1: Thank you. // I’m Rie Ohashi. Ka-Chan: I…I’m Ka-Chan… // Her name is Rie-Chan. ---- Rie: Ah…Ka-Chan, you were waiting? Ka-Chan: Ye… // Yeah. ---- Rie: I have been thinking something for awhile now. Ka-Chan: Huh? ---- Rie: Haven’t you and I met somewhere before? Ka-Chan: Agh!!
P34 Rie: I think I have seen your face before. // My eyes aren’t too good though, so I am not sure. SFX: Bump bump ---- Rie: Also, you always look like that… // It’s really weird. Ka-Chan: He he...Th…That’s true. ---- Ka-Chan: He he… ---- What you promised to meet up again tomorrow!? // C…Creep, even though your social standing is drawn on your face with marker.
P35 But no matter how you look at it, I thought the fact he was a scarecrow would get out. // The fact that she's near-sighted really saved me. I sure hope tomorrow comes quickly. ---- G-Chan: Don’t forget Ka-Chan, that thin body can only put up with the walking function for two days. // You can only keep that form for two days. ---- G-Chan: Also, you’re a scarecrow…you have an important mission guarding the fields. Ka-Chan: Uh… ---- G-Chan: For now I have entrusted Gantetsu with taking your place.
P36 Rie: Good morning Mr. Scarecrow! ---- Rie: Mr. Scarecrow, your dressed up really amazing today! // It looks really amazing on you! ---- Rie: You know, something good is going on today. // I was reading my fortune in this book. Girl 2: Hey, lets go. ---- Rie: “Today will be an amazing day.” // “If you greet the guy you are dreaming of, he will surely look your way…” ---- Rie: This is my chance. // I will definitely greet him. ---- Girl 2: Hurry up. Rie: See you tomorrow Mr. Scarecrow!
P37 Background: Th…The guy she is dreaming of… // could it be me!? ---- Ka-Chan: Which should I wear? // Today’s date has to go right. ---- Ka-Chan: I…If she a says something like that, what will I do. Background: I love you Ka-Chan. ---- Ka-Chan: But I can only keep this form for today. // Starting tomorrow I’ll just be a scarecrow again… // Even if Rie-Chan wanted to greet me, I would not be able to greet her back…
P38 Ka-Chan: Ah, sorry I’m late Rie-Chan. ---- Ka-Chan: Eh? ---- Ka-Chan: Wh… // What is it? ---- Rie: I got dumped… // I’m such an idiot. // I really believed in that fortune from the book. ---- Background: Huh…Dumped……… ---- Rie: Oh…I’m sor…
P39 Ka-Chan: I…I see, it’s him! // That creep is the one who dumped Rie-Chan!! ---- Ka-Chan: Darn it, I can’t forgive a creep who would make Rie-Chan cry. // How could you make such a kind gentle girl cry!!!
P40 You’re an idiot you know that...You like that girl don’t you? ---- I saw her boyfriend before. I just don’t want to be made a fool of. ---- Background: The…They have misunderstood and think I am Rie’s boyfriend. ---- Rie: Le…Let go of me! Thug 2: We meet again lady, maybe you and us are connected by the red string of fate. SFX: Ah T/L: Popular myth says an invisible red string connects fated lovers. ---- Background: Rie-Chan… ---- Ka-Chan: Go! Right now, to where Rie-Chan is! // You love Rie-Chan don’t you!!!
P41 Guy: Huh… // What are you ---- Ka-Chan: Don’t hesitate! Guy: Oh ---- Ahhhh! ---- Thug 1: Gahhh, that guy… ---- Ahhhh!!!
P42 Rie: Ah… ---- Rie: Huh…Ka-Chan? ---- G-Chan: Is it ok that you won't meet that girl anymore? Ka-Chan: Y… // Yes! ---- Ka-Chan: I…If I can’t keep this body anymore I have a request. ---- Ka-Chan: After I return to my original scarecrow body. // Please erase all of my memories up till now…
P43 Ka-Chan: If I will never meet Rie-Chan in this form again… // It’s best if I don't know anything about Rie-Chan and just be a normal scarecrow. ---- Ka-Chan: There's no way that girl will believe……. G-Chan: Wa…Wait! ---- Ka-Chan: that I was really a scarecrow… ---- SFX: Plop ---- Rie: Ka-Chan’s // glove…
P44 So then you erased his memory? ---- G-Chan: No I didn’t! How could you do that, don’t you feel sorry for him!? ---- G-Chan: That fool is still too young to have memories. // Seconds please! ---- Why are you walking home in silence? // I wanted to thank him... ---- Rie: Good morning Mr. Scarecrow. ---- Boy: Huh…Did you say something?
P45 Rie: It is no good to lose your glove… ---- Rie: Mr. Scarecrow. ---- Rie: Thank you… // Ka-Chan. ---- Ca…Can we hang out together again? // Rie-Chan!https://mangahelpers.com/t/otakujoe/releases/12471[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 9 by otakujoe2009-05-20T05:27:50+00:00otakujoeadmin@mangahelpers.comCyborg Grandpa G Chapter 9:
P7 Sharekobe: He he he, I can see it, I can see it. ---- Inasaku: I…Is it weally alwight to be doing someching like chis Gwandpa… T/L Note: Inasaku, Sharekobe’s grandson, talks as if he has a continually stuffy nose. ---- Sharekobe: Fool! This is so that I can finally discover G-Chan’s weakness! Inasaku: And how is chis bach-house welated to chat… ---- Sharekobe: By building a secret base in this narrow space…… // and with this Magic Mirror that you can only see through from the inside… SFX: Oooh! // Oooh! Sign: Sharekobe Secret Bath-House Base ---- Title: The “Bath-house is sometimes good too!” Chapter ---- Sharekobe: Hehehe, Inasaku! I have discovered that there is a deep connection between G-Chan’s weakness and the bath-house! // For this purpose I poured oil into the bath at G-Chan’s house, thus rendering the Kaizo family’s bathtube completely useless! // And then when G-Chan comes to use this bath-house it will be the end of him!
P8 The “Bath-house is sometimes good too!” Chapter
P9 Ai: Gahhhhh!? // What is this!? This stuff in the bathtub isn’t water! ---- Eiichi: Ah, what is this black liquid…… // I think it’s oil… ---- Ai: Darn, my body is all slippery… Eiichi: Oh! ---- SFX: Spli.. ---- Kei: What is with him…
P10 Ai: Anyway, the only person who would do such a thing is gramps. Yu: Now that you mention it I don’t see G-Chan around… ---- G-Chan: What were you doing coming in here while I was in the bath!? ---- Ai: Wh…What!? You mean you were in their the whole time, even before I got in!? Eiichi: G-Chan, just what in the world are you doing!!
P11 G-Chan: Why, somebody realized that anyone who worked the field every day would get worn out, so to take care of my body // they thought of me and prepared an oil bath. ---- G-Chan: Thanks to that, my movements are smooth. Kei: Quit it! ---- Yu: I don’t know who would play such a prank but… // What are we going to do? We can’t use the bath today. ---- Eiichi & Kei: Hmm ---- Ai: What are you jerks doing over there! ---- Kei: Oh, is this big sis’s dirty haramaki!? T/L Note: A haramaki is a piece of clothing worn around the waist like a cummerbund.
P12 Ai: W…Idiot! // Why would it be mine… ---- G-Chan: It’s mine! Kei: Huh, Cyborgs wear haramaki. ---- G-Chan: This haramaki… // It’s not dirty it’s falling apart! ---- G-Chan: This haramaki contains the memories of me and your grandmother who died 10 years ago… ---- Grandma… ---- G-Chan: It was 50 years to this day when we got married… Grandma made this haramaki for my sake // It has been warm ever since…
P13 G-Chan: Speaking of which, Grandma also liked the bath… ---- G-Chan: I know, seeing as how we cant use the bathtub // today let’s go to the bath-house! ---- Is Gwandpa really coming? // Even a time like this can be enjoyable. ---- SFX: Nn ---- Inasaku: Ah… ---- Inasaku: Ai-Shan!! ---- Inasaku: A,a…Ai…Sh,Sh… Sharekobe: He has finally come. This place shall become G-Chan’s grave!!
P14 Z: No way, are you saying I should get naked like a regular human! // I’ll be fine just observing… ---- G-Chan: That's not something someone who has not taken a bath in 4 years can say!! Z: Ahhh! ---- Kei: By the way, I don’t see any place that G-Chan can wear a haramaki. G-Chan: Hmm! ---- SFX: Kachak ---- G-Chan: Ha Kei: Anyway, let’s go in. ---- G-Chan: I am gonna get in too!! // This is my first bath since becoming a cyborg!! ---- G-Chan: Oh, that back has some graffiti on it!!
P15 G-Chan: I’ll wash your back!! ---- G-Chan: See, now your clean. SFX: Plip ---- Sharekobe: Inasaku! When I give you the signal, press the button I told you about! Then I will soundly defeat G-Chan!! Inasaku: A…Ai-Shan! ---- Sharekobe: Hehehe, First I will use this to send G-Chan into a panic!! ---- G-Chan: Hmm, I feel like I've been doing this for about 10 minutes……..
P16 G-Chan: Gahh, there’s shampoo in my eyes…!! ---- Sharekobe: Hahaha, You have completely fallen into my trap G-Chan!! G-Chan: Hmm, that voice, Sharekobe!? ---- Z: Hey, that’s…… ---- Sharekobe: You had no idea it was I who poured the oil in your bath… // You fell into my trap the moment you stepped in this bath-house you fool!! ---- G-Chan: That bath was great! It made my movement’s smooth and precise. ---- G-Chan: I picked your nose! Sharekobe: Agh, One or two boogers is no big deal! ---- Sharekobe: Listen closely! I have found your weakness G-Chan! // Furthermore, I have discovered an important secret that is connected to this bath-house!!
P17 G-Chan: You creep, just what are you scheming!? Shrekobe: Hehe… ---- G-Chan: Oh!? Sharekobe: My body has been coated with soap!! ---- Sharekobe: Ohhhhhh!? ---- G-Chan: Hmm, even my insides are warm. ---- G-Chan: Oh!? ---- G-Chan: What is going on! For no reason I became Stronger G… Sharekobe: Hahaha, Stronger G is a memory alloy that reacts to temperature! // Just as I have observed you had a reaction to the hot water of the bathtub!!
P18 Sharekobe: From now, witness the defeat of Stronger G // and realize why I choose this particular bath-house! ---- Sharekobe: Now Inasaku!! T/L Note: The words on his rear say, “Ok! Inasaku” ---- Inasaku: A,Ai-Shan… Sharekobe: Inasaku!! SFX: Ha // Ha ---- SFX: Chk ---- Z: Huh? ---- G-Chan: Oh!?
P19 G-Chan: Th…This is………….ice water!? ---- G-Chan: Oh!? Stronger G is… ---- Sharekobe: Hahaha, this is Stronger G’s weakness!! // Just as heat will turn you into Stronger G, cold will return you to your original body!! ---- Sharekobe: Hehehe, Now then G-Chan, what will you do! G-Chan: Ugh… my circulation is failing… // this is bad, I can’t stand up… ---- Kei: What!? G-Chan is…….. Z: Master!!
P20 Sharekobe: Alright! Now Inasaku!! Inasaku: I’ll finish chis fast so I can go back to looking at Ai-Shan. ---- Sharekobe: How’s this!? G-Chan: Agh… (Weird Font) ---- Sharekobe: This is the finishing blow!! ---- Sharekobe: Ahh ---- G-Chan: Ohhh!? SFX: Bump ---- Sharekobe: I did it! // Finally, starting tomorrow, the world will be mine!! ---- Z: I see, so cyborgs are weak to the cold! Background: I have to make a note of this… Kei: Why you!
P21 G-Chan: …Heat… // Somewhere in my body… even if it is just a little, there is heat… ---- …San // Tokijiro-San… ---- G-Chan: This is… ---- G-Chan: ……..Who is that, c…calling me………….Is it a messenger from heaven…… ---- Background: Remember…… // My haramaki…… G-Chan: Ga…Grandma!! ---- G-Chan: Th… // This warmth is…
P22 Sharekobe: Ohhhhhh!? ---- Sharekobe: Is…Is this steam!? ---- Inasaku: Che ice awound G-Chan’s stomach compawtment is beginning to melt! ---- G-Chan: Cyborg G-Chan is reborn!!!
P23 Sharekobe: Why!? Why, how, and by what means!? Inasaku: Why, Why!? ---- Z & Kei: G-Chan! ---- Narration: And so G-Chan reused his energy source, methane exhaust gas, to create a bubble bath! // In this way he planned to accelerate his slowed circulation! But it was a little smelly!! ---- G-Chan: Revived!! // Stronger G!!
P24 G-Chan: Deadly ---- G-Chan: Pumice Stone Back Rub ---- G-Chan: Hmm, a splendid G!! ---- Kei: G-Chan! Z: Master!
P25 G-Chan: ………Grandma lent me her strength. ---- Huh? ---- Background: Grandma… // I’ve fallen for you all over again. ---- Kei: By the way, what did Grams look like? ---- Narration: And so, from that day forward, G-Chan began taking oil baths every night. ---- Ai: Would you cut that out Gramps!!! G-Chan: This is nice. ---- Thug: Oh, what’s that tattoo for? Sharekobe: Wha? N…No, this is…you see…https://mangahelpers.com/t/otakujoe/releases/12272[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 8 by otakujoe2009-05-14T04:46:58+00:00otakujoeadmin@mangahelpers.comP165 Eiichi: Ahhhhhh!! ---- Eiichi: Honey, please do it more gently… Kei: D…Dad! How the heck did you get hurt? ---- Eiichi: I was taking my driving exam, and there was this awful instructor there. // He was really strict… I don’t want to go anymore….. ---- G-Chan: In that case, I will take the test in your place! // I’ll get it on the first day! ---- Eiichi: Getting your license the first day!? That’s crazy! Kei: I don’t want to ride in a car that gramps is driving!!
P166 The “Getting your license is easy!” Chapter
G-Chan: Gantetsu Car Go!!
P167 Instructor: Umm, I am the principal of this school. Starting today you will all learn how to drive a car. // Your instruction will consist of 27 hours of hands on driving and 30 hours of study…….. ---- Instructor: Attention! So all the new students are present ---- Principal: Ugh……. // I knew he would show up… ---- Instructor: I am the No. 1 most able instructor in this school!! // Starting from today, you maggots will accept my instruction and will be grateful for it!!
P168 Instructor: Behold, The proof of my many glories. These brilliantly shining medals!! // Finest Instructor Award, Best Guy Dancer Award, Drive Academy Award, etc. And now it seems I am under consideration for the National Nutrition Award!! ---- Instructor: Alright you maggots, I am going to run you ragged! // So you had better prepare yourselves!!! ---- Instructor: How many times do I have to say it before you understand!? Girl: Ah! ---- Instructor: Not only did you forgot to check the mirror, you also forgot to look to see if it was safe! Girl: I…I’m sorry……… ---- Girl: Thank you………..very much.
P169 Agh, that’s the training car……. // I’ve heard it’s that demon teacher’s beloved car! ---- Instructor: Heh heh heh, You’re the best Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang!! ---- Today as well I shot down another!! ---- Instructor: Oh, my next prey is… ---- Instructor: Wh…Who are you!? G-Chan: I’m Cyborg G-Chan! Pleased to meet you!! ---- Instructor: Tch, Senile geezer… Oh well… Instructor: I have been an instructor for 25 years! Now even the principal fears me, I am this school’s shadow ruler! But teasing this geezer seems like fun too!
P170 Instructor: Get out! First I am going to teach you the proper way to get in a car! G-Chan: Hmm!? ---- Ah man, that old man is in for it now. // With that we are down another student. ---- Instructor: Ready!? When riding a car! // Left, Right, Safety Check! // Open the door with your right hand! // And lastly, lock the door!! ---- G-Chan: Left, Right, Safety Check! // Open the door with your right hand! // And Lastly, weld the door!! ---- Instructor: He dares to defy me… He has a lot of nerve. // But you will be in tears later gramps!
P171 G-Chan: Oh, This is fun! Instructor: Aghh… (Weird Font) ---- Instructor: Hey gramps!! // You are going over 100 kmph!! ---- Instructor: There is a car in front of us…and one in the opposite lane……There is no where to go! ---- G-Chan: Ha!! // It’s one wheeled driving!!
P172 Oh, that old man is pretty good! // Way to go grandpa! // I’ve got chills! ---- Instructor: That geezer. He has gotten me completely ticked off… ---- G-Chan: Hmm!? ---- G-Chan: Who is in that mysterious car coming up behind me… // It’s fast!! ---- G-Chan: Hm!? Gantetsu!! Gantetsu: Heh heh heh ---- Instructor: A…A dog…in that car…… ---- G-Chan: What the!? Isn’t that the car that I remodeled!?
P173 G-Chan: Hmm!? Gantetsu: Heh heh heh ---- I think…that was an old man…just now… // N…No, I definitely saw a dog… ---- G-Chan: Hmm, let’s do it! I am not going to lose! Gantetsu: Heh heh heh ---- Instructor: How dare he…wounding my pride like that… // From now on this maggot will have to deal with the instructor from hell.
P174 Instructor: Listen closely!! Try drinking cola while doing a handstand, gripping the steering wheel with your feet while driving blind folded!! ---- Instructor: Is this geezer a monster!? ---- Ahh, your amazing gramps!! // Did you see how surprised the instructor looked!? ---- Beep, beep beep beebee
P175 Computer: I am the computer! Where is my master!? (Weird Font) SFX: bee ---- Gantetsu: Heh heh heh ---- Computer: What is this! Dogs are not allowed! (Weird Font) ---- G-Chan: Hmm, Gantetsu!? ---- G-Chan: What happened to the car! Gantetsu: Heh heh heh ---- Gantetsu: Heeh, heh heh ---- G-Chan: I can’t understand “heh heh heh”!!
P176 G-Chan: Hmm!? What was that!? ---- G-Chan: Hmm!? That is a car that Gantetsu remodeled!! ---- G-Chan: Impossible…The computer’s control system has broken down and it has gone out of control… Gantetsu’s SFX: Heh heh heh ---- G-Chan: This is no laughing matter!! ---- Instructor: That punk! How dare he wreck my Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang Model!
P177 Computer: Could you possibly be…my master… (Weird Font) Instructor: Ah!? ---- Computer: I thought so……Welcome to your car master. Instructor: Agh!? ---- Computer: This car is a Ford V6 Turbo, boost pressure 2.7 bar (Weird Font) Instructor: Ha!? ---- Computer: and comes equipped with 20mm Cannon x2, M47 Guided Missile, Cruise Missile and the like. (Weird Font) Instructor: I don’t really get it… // But with this car I can win against that geezer!! ---- SFX in bubble: Pop G-Chan: Transform Gantetsu Car!!! // Hurry Gantetsu!!
P178 G-Chan: Stop right there!! Instructor: Oh? ---- Instructor: You have shown yourself gramps! With this one huge missile, say your prayers. Computer: A missile? Certainly master! (Weird Font) ---- SFX in bubble: Siz G-Chan: Hmm!? ---- G-Chan: That crowded school is…
P179 G-Chan: Oh no, those people……. ---- Ah! // Something is coming this way!! ---- G-Chan: Uh ah!!
P180-181 G-Chan: That’s it! I can use this missile…… ---- G-Chan: Missile Fusion G-Chan style GO!! ---- Instructor: Haaaa ha ha! You lose gramps!! // Because if you do that, your reckless actions will impede the progress of this examination and it will be suspended. (?) ---- G-Chan: Hmm!? Look ou…
P183 Instructor: Gramps…you lose… // I got another medal…… Girl: You know what, that doggy saved me. ---- Girl: Ah ---- Principal: Even I was beaten by this instructor! Principal on page: A certificate of commendation! Now we’re the same rank! Story box: And so, not only was I issued a license, I was also given a public commendation!! ---- G-Chan: Hmm! With this we can go driving around to our hearts content!!! Eiichi: Let’s not buy a car after all. T/L note: Their licenses say, “valid till death” ---- Is it really okay to let him graduate? // I never want to be involved with him again……https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/12082[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 31 by StrangerAtaru2009-05-08T02:27:56+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comThe time has come: with Sharekoube revealing the true horrific power of his cybernetic modifications, G-chan has only one option: stop him or watch his family, his city and his precious fields go up in smoke! The end of the saga of the cyborg grandpa is here!
Chapter 31: Plowing Towards Tomorrow!!
109. Top Sign: SUNWAY Bottom Sign: HEAVEN/HELL Sharekoube: See, I have surpassed you. I’ve become the strongest Modified Human in history--! Sharekoube: And now, my power will turn Japan to ruins--!! G: Hyo— Sharekoube: And after, I will slowly take over the world and I will become the god of this world---!!
110. Sharekoube: Now I will show you my power!! Sharekoube: Gahahahaha, see this power that can crumble even a building with my nose breath---!! People: Kya---!! G: Hyo—Your nose breath can crumble a building! OK, Gantetsu! We’ll destroy a building with our nose breath to trivialize him!! Gantetsu: Shi!! G: Sorya!! G: You fo—ol! What can we do with snot dribbling out, what!
111. Ai: Where on earth is G-chan, where! Kei: I’m worried about abducted grandma too! G: Hyo Sharekoube: Watch, my power is nothing compared to yours!! This time, I’ll send two or three buildings flying by turning the windpower when I wink into a shockwave!! Sharekoube: GAHAHAHA G: Hyo—wh…what is this unbelievable power---!! G: Gantetsu! It’s impossible for you! Gantetsu: Shi~~!! People: Wha—
112. Old Woman: Hu—h— G: Watch out, granny!! Kei & Ai: Ah—G-chan! Old Woman: Thanks to you, I’ve been saved with just an elbow scrape. G: No! It would be terrible if bacteria entered that small wound and it festered! G: You won’t have to worry anymore with this. Eiichi: Hey—don’t modify a person’s arm arbitrarily— Old Woman: … Sharekoube: You seem to be interested in slight modification surgery! G: Ah—grandma!! Sharekoube: If I got my hands on her, Tokyo would have fallen easier than building blocks. How’s that, are you surprised!!
113. Ai: What~~if Sharekoube did that to everyone---!? Kei & Z: Hey—give back grandma--! Sharekoube: Why~~that woman is my fiancée!! At any rate, she’ll be the queen of the ruler of the world--!! Gantetsu: Shi… Gantetsu: SHI~~!! Gantetsu: Shi~~Shi~~ Gantetsu: Shi!! Shi?? Gantetsu: Shi~~!!
114. Sharekoube: Gahaha, I won’t give her back! All of you will taste the humiliation I had of having my fiancée stolen! Gantetsu: Shi… Sharekoube: YUCK~~~THAT WAS UNEXPECTED— G: Banza—I, you’ve done it, Gantetsu--!! Sharekoube: Yo…you… Sharekoube: TOKIJIROU YOU~~~ONCE AGAIN, YOU’VE STOLEN MY WOMAN~~~~!!! People: Wha—Huh--!?
115. Sharekoube: Gahahahahaha. Well, Tokijirou, with just a footstep, Shinjuku has already been turned to ruins. You’ve yet to oppose me, on the verge of being a God---!! Kei: G-chan, at this rate, Tokyo will really become a sea of fire— Eiichi: Do something— G: Of…course! This is the only suitable way…! G: Revive this burned earth and start burnt-field agriculture----!! Kei: Huh… G: Hyohohoho, how’s that Sharekoube! I’ve already changed Shinjuku into a field with only my hoe!! G: IF YOU CHANGE TOKYO TO RUINS, THEN I’LL CHANGE ALL OF TOKYO TO FIELDS WITH MY BURNT-FIELD AGRICULTURE!!
116. Sharekoube: You, if it’s come to that Sharekoube: Then this will send even these fields flying! Z: Wha—what an incredible wind— Ai: We’re flying away— G: Hyo—that’s quite a typhoon—this will make my fields---!! Sharekoube: Of co—urse—Crops are weak against disasters of rains and winds! With this wind of speed 500 m/hr coming from my exhaust port, I can cause a small typhoon!! Ai: Hey—you see the daikon as more important than your family— G: Hyo!?
117. Ai & Eiichi: G-chan, do something~~ G: Unforgivable! How dare you do this to my fields!! G: I’ll have to use up a large amount of energy! Change Young Version! G: Hyo!? Hyo~~I really used too too much…I’ve become too young~~~ G: I have a way. G: Deadly “Get Away From Me You” Attack~~! Hey, hey! Sharekoube: Wha—are you making fun of me, Tokijirou--! Sharekoube: You don’t yet understand my terror---!! G: Hyo--! Sharekoube: Look closely—This Sharekoube Typhoon is in the midst of destroying Tokyo by the hour!!
118. Z: Ah, what’s wrong master! G: Uuh… G: No, that Cyborg G-chan Annoying Brat version seems to have used up my energy…I don’t…have enough methane energy left anymore. G: Uh…Uuh..and there goes the last methane energy… SFX: FART Sharekoube: I’VE FINALLY BURIED MY OLD ENEMY CYBORG TOKIJIROU! THUS, I’VE BECOME THE PERFECT INVINCIBLE WEAPON ABOVE GROUND!! GAHAHAHAHAHA, WORLD DOMINATION IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME!! G: Muu… Kei: G…G-cha—n, hold on~~! Kei: ! Kei: Grandma!!
119. Q: Tokijirou-san, please use my energy. Sharekoube: WHAT~~~!? Her memories of the last 50 years should have been erased. She shouldn’t know that grandpa is Tokijirou! Q: It is Tokijirou-san. I knew it from one glance. G: Gr…grandma, no! You won’t be able to become Young Version again… Q: If you’re old…then I want to be the same old form too. Kaizous: Grandm…!
120. G: I’m sorry, grandma. I will defeat Sharekoube…… G: I WILL PROTECT MANKIND; AND I WILL PROTECT THE FIELDS OF JAPAN!! Narrator: The shock made Sharekoube’s head pointed once again!
121. Sharekoube: You—if that’s how it is, then I’ll blow away you along with the crops of the day----!! The power of this typhoon matches many hundred times that of an atomic bomb!! Can you defeat this? You can’t even get near me— G: He’s in the eye of the typhoon, the most safe area…in brief he should be in the center… Caption: Outside: G-CHAN’S PICTURE/500 M WIND FORCE/ 0 WIND FORCE G: I get near him… G: Like this!! Kei: What are you doing, G-chan! This isn’t the time to plow fields. Sharekoube: !? Mumu---!? Where did Tokijirou disappear!?
122-123. Sharekoube: Gahaha, have you run, Tokijirou!! You really would go that far! G: YOU REALLY ARE IN THE CENTER—SHAREKOUBE!! Gantetsu: ? Sharekoube: !? Sharekoube: Wha~~~!? He dug towards me underground with a hoe~~~!! Caption: SHAREKOUBE PICTURE G: THE TIME HAS COME TO END THIS FINAL BATTLE OF 50 YEARS AGO!! G: Take this: firing a power a thousand times that of my G-Megaton—G-GIGATON Narrator: The shock of the moment returned Sharekoube to a stupid old man once again!! Sharekoube: OYOYOYOYO
124. Kaizous: G-CHAN!! Kei: He’s…going to grandma… G: Grandma…the final battle of 50 years ago is done. G: Your methane energy has saved Japan. We’ve protected Japan’s agriculture from Sharekoube’s ambition… Ai: You dumb—G-chan, hold on— Z: Master— Kei: Don’t die grandma— G: We’ll be great if we can get poop to return our methane energy…(Poop poop) Kei, Ai & Z: GYA— Sharekoube: …
125. Narrator: THE NEXT DAY— Ai: Ah—what nice weather! That uproar from yesterday never happened—huh. Ai: N? Ai: ……… Ai: GYAA------!? Wha—Ge…get up everyone--!! Grandpa~~~!! Ai: WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON---!! Eiichi: Have you selfishly performed modification surgery on us, G-chan! Kei: Co…cool, is—n’t this gr—eat!!
126. G: You idiots! From defeating my old enemy Sharekoube, I made you all farming-type cyborgs to unleash the spirit of agriculture for anything greater! From now on, the whole family will unleash the spirit of agriculture! Z: You’re sly, master--! How could just I not be a cyborg--!! G: Look closer at your body, Z!! Z: Eh!? Ah—looking closer, I am a cyborg--!! Ai: Wa—h, wh? Will I ever—be—a bride— Kei: This body’s fine by me~~~!! Narrator: From that day, the Kaizous began living as a cyborg family! Eiichi: If you have a good reason for my company boss, I’ll take it~~ Yuu: Uwa—ah! Narrator: EIICHI KAIZOU (39): Also Known as Cyborg Father H Eiichi: He—llo, editor-in-chief. Editor: Oh—you’re useful, Kaizou-kun~~ Narrator: YUU KAIZOU (36): She’s Cyborg Mother U Yuu: …… Narrator: AI KAIZOU (15): She’s Cyborg Big Sis I Man: GYA— Ai: Get in my way and you’ll get hurt!
127. Narrator: KEI KAIZOU (11): Is Known as Cyborg Annoying Brat K Voice: Please watch out for the airplanes— Kei: With this, I won’t be late! Narrator: ZETTO SEKAIDOU (16): Nickname Cyborg Hunter Z Boy 1: Pretend you’re a cyborg. Boy 2: Well, big—brother, you’re the bad guy. Z: Huh—and I’ve finally become a cyborg~~!? Girl: But you have a weird form! Narrator: And as for TOKIJIROU KAIZOU (70), Cyborg Grandpa G, KIYU KAIZOU (68), Cyborg Grandma Q & Farming-Type Cyber Dog GANTETSU (?) Narrator: Today they’re going off plowing fields, facing tomorrow!! G: GRANDMA! WHERE SHALL WE PLOW TODAY!! Narrator: And as for DOKUROU SHAREKOUBE (77)— Worker: Hey—you’ve got to work on this for destroying it. Sharekoube: G-chan, someday we’ll meet again! (Cyborg Grandpa G: END)
TN: Well...it's really hard to say what I'm about to, but I guess I have to do it. Somehow, in some weird, strange fashion, we have finally reached the end of Cyborg Grandpa G. I know it may not sound like much but this is actually the second time I've done a complete series from start to finish...the first being Chagecha, but this is the first that actually lasted longer than, well, 8 chapters. (Bo-bobo doesn't count: I started in chp. 21 there and I'm not quite done yet since I'm working on Shinsetsu now) First of all, I actually want to thank all of you that have actually somehow or another stuck with me from start to finish as I worked on this project. I know this was a strange series and that most of the people who seemed to read chp. 1 were gone by chp. 2...or something like that, but I'm happy that I made someone aside from myself really happy in doing this silly little footnote in WSJ history. Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart, soul, gall bladder, lymph nodes...and whatever else I can thank you from.
I think the next thing I really should talk about this time is the chapter itself...mostly since it's another one of "those" endings. The last chapter in itself was incredible: with everything going on from Sharekoube revealing his cybernetic power (which was ridiculous but it's a gag series so what else is new) to the big showdown between him and G-chan to Q's sacrifice of youth to the final "revelation" of the family all becoming cyborgs (which shouldn't be surprising if you read the first pilot I did...which actually was in this volume after the final chapter) all an all a satisfying and insane conclusion to...well a satisfying and insane series. (a bit sick but satisfying) I do have a few complaints with this ending but they're sort of weird. The first: why the heck would Grandma Q never want to become youthful ever again? I know it was a noble and important sacrifice but think about it: her original frame (prior to Gantetsu's first interference) was young, she turned herself young on her own (not without more Gantetsu screwing up) and G-chan probably could make up more of his secret medicine that could restore her youth (if not his). Probably the only real explanation I can think of is this: if G recreated "Powerful Youth G" once again, then Sharekoube would try to get his hands on it and the whole crisis would start all over. At the same time, I guess it's just Q-chan's acceptance of both her own age and wanting G-chan over Sharekoube in the first place. With one embracing his youth and the other trying to use youth occasionally but keep his age and his craziness. Second: was it just me or did Q never even show she was brainwashed at all during this entire final battle anyway? She essentially was unconscious from the moment we first see her in Sharekoube's arms until her reawakening to sacrifice said youth...so did Sharekoube even brainwash her or did he just knock her out claiming she was "brainwashed"? Finally...was it just me or did everything from the end of the flashback last chapter just feel very sped up, like Obata wanted to just throw in everything he wanted to do in this final arc? Sure it's obvious many "series finale" end up like that, but there were literal pages that felt like mini-chapters in themselves that, had G-chan lasted way longer, would have made this final three-chapter arc more like a quarter to a half year in itself! But of course...those are the could have beens: the series had collapsed at the bottom of the magazine and had to be out essentially by the end of November in '89 (the final issues of the '89 year with December starting '90) so this is what we ended up with...really cool but still what we ended up with.
I guess the last question on your mind is one that you probably could pull up from an old Warner Brothers cartoon: "Was this trip really necessary?" Was it really that important for some loony (me) to pull up an old manga that lasted over half a year in 1989 both written and drawn by a so-called god to many people of modern manga and translate it on a board where everyone reads nothing but the latest series or series long and notable enough that everyone knows their names? (well for the most part) I guess my answer now is the same as my answer way back when I started this project back in January: why not? Is there anything wrong with pulling up a forgotten gem that somehow got lost in time but recalled in some way or another to be appreciated beyond it's expiration date? Personally, I thought when I picked up "Cyborg Jii-chan G" that I wanted to not only expand manga horizons out there but also discover a bit more about "that weird cyborg grandpa" a couple places mentioned as well as connect the dots between the beginning of Obata's manga career and the beginning of his true prominent role in WSJ history both his the emergence of his assistants...and his first "true" hit via "Hikaru no Go". (and everything subsequent) In many ways, you can see a lot of the "realistic" style that Obata used even in his early days, but a series like this also allowed him to balance out between the realistic and the more "mangaish" or "cartooney" with the depiction of characters such as G-chan, Q, Gantetsu and Sharekoube. (well OK, all the old people in this series, including Oldzilla) I really liked this balance between the realism and the strange cartooniness that Obata had then, mostly honed between his own work and his assistance on his master's series "The MOMOTAROH" before he became more refined in a just sticking with his "psudeo-realism" for the most part. Somehow a bit of his cartooney gag nature could still be seen even in stuff like the designs of the Shinigami in Death Note...but Obata has been with that one style for so long that even they look pseudo-real. (weirdly enough it is characters like L that probably could fit more in the style of the strange...whereas you can probably see a bit of Misa in the designs of Q's younger form) People probably sort of want to think that there really is no continuity and that "Shigeru Hijikata" isn't Obata, but the realism of characters like the rest of the Kaizous make it rather obvious that it is him and they're just deluding themselves. As a writer, though, Obata really isn't that bad...sure he was strange being in gag form, but he does have a lot of interesting themes and ideas that he has developed and perhaps have come up in other series he collaborated on. It would have been interesting to see where he would have gone as both a writer and artist, but he chose to concentrate on the art over the writing, leading to where we are now. As final note, until his more recent successes over the last 10 years, Jii-chan G was Obata's longest running series...Ayatsuri Sakon came close, but that was 30 chapters to G-chan's 31, so you probably can tell the reputation that he gained doing this silly little series.
In the end, as I said before, this series wasn't perfect but it was still fun and a blast to do. If anyone can get their hands on maybe getting one of the other Obata early works (like "Arabian Bouken Lamp-Lamp" or, if it hasn't been done "Karakurizoshi Ayatsuri Sakon"), I wouldn't mind translating them too...but with the huge line I have and the promises I have to keep, it probably won't be for a long time. Thanks for reading this series and, until we cross paths again, this is StrangerAtaru saying "Well even if they can't stand it, at least Kei and Ai are happy to be cyborgs...can't say the same for Z though". Mata ne.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/12023[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 30 by StrangerAtaru2009-05-06T03:08:46+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comThe unthinkable has finally happened: Sharekoube has returned, younger, smarter and with 50 years of angst and anger ready to be released towards G-chan! Be prepared for the truth on the relations between them, Q, and how it affects today!
Chapter 30: 50 Years Ago was Really Serious!
89. Flashback 1: We’re in danger of a youth-restored Sharekoube from 50 years ago… Flashback 2: That’s…Sharekoube~~!? Flashback 3: Tokijirou…the accursed man who stole everything from me…
90. Kei: Wh…what’s—wrong, G-chan! G: Mu… G: As expected, I’ve endured with Young Version for over 30 seconds. G: Sharekoube you! You’ve become mean by laying a hand on grandma!! Sharekoube: Have you forgotten! This woman is mine! She was going to be my fiancée 50 years ago…no, much further ago! Eiichi: What on earth has happened, G-chan! Ai: I have no inkling that Sharekoube was so cool and that grandma was his fiancée— Sharekoube: That day 50 years ago…I’ll never forget the day you stole everything from me, Tokijirou. Sharekoube: 50 years ago—the year World War II began…at the time, you were an engineer for the army and became my subordinate… (TN: While WWII believed to have started in 1939, it actually may have started 2 years earlier for Japan with their sparking of the Marco Polo Bridge incident which began their war with China)
91. Sharekoube: What~~ Sharekoube: How can you not marry me now!! Where do you say you’re unhappy with me!! Q: I’ve already decided where my heart is. (TN: Though it’s actually Tokijirou and Kiyu in the flashback, I’m keeping it G and Q just for easier reference) Sharekoube: Tokijirou…Tokijirou Kaizou. Sharekoube: Actually his technological power is a genius near my own. That youth is active as a technological development engineer. But in all truth, he’s a hick whose only ability is plowing fields!!
92. Sharekoube: We’re already fiancées and are destined to be married. And that you~~Think about this hard. If you become my wife, then the world will shift as you please. Sharekoube: Currently, the army is my responsibility and I’m moving forwards with new weapons developments. If I can do this, then Japan will become a powerful empire to which no other country will be close to in military might. Sharekoube: MODIFIED HUMANS!! This will power up all human functions, allowing them to perform perfect destructive actions in all battles!! They’re new weapons that can endure tank bombardments on the ground, fly faster than an aircraft at a speed of 1000 km/hr and furnished with firepower that can even sink the lead battleships! Sharekoube: An entirely modified Japanese army will become murder weapons with an unknown terror; we’ll take over the world and create one large nation---!! Sharekoube: How’s—that, will that fix your love for me—gufufu, become my wife and together we’ll rule the world----!!
93. Q: Do you think that you’re human? You’re not human!! You’re a monster!! Sharekoube: A monster…is that how I hear myself as your husband… Q: …… Q: !! Q: Uh. Sharekoube: If you say that, then you risk the illness in your legs…not to mention your body is weak and you have to endure your bad legs! If you’re together with that man, then you’ll be covered in the mud of farming and spending your life working hard will be a joke! Q: Uuh… Sharekoube: If you make me, the ruler of the world, as your husband, then you’ll live a life of luxury. Be my wife----!!
94. Q: I…I will be together with Tokijirou-san……… Sharekoube: You say its better with that man who will be farming, spending every day covered in manure! A fool who says agriculture is more important than winning the war for our country!! Sharekoube: Fufu…But you’re already too late. I have to tell just you a nice thing. In secret from the army, I’ve chosen a man to be a lab experiment for my modification surgery…… Sharekoube: That man’s name is………The Army Techological Research Engineer—Tokijirou Kaizou! Sharekoube: Right now, he’s already undertaken modification surgery and should be reborn into a murder weapon----!! Doctors: Banza—I, Banza—i G: Uuh… Sharekoube: If you want to be a spouse with him, then you’ll be a nice human-weapon wife--! Q: That’s cruel…
95. Sharekoube: ! G: Sharekoube--!! Sharekoube: Kaizou…!? You were in the middle of modification surgery… Q: To…Tokijirou-san…! G: Sharekoube, you…Wasn’t the research support to be for farming-type modified humans!! Sharekoube: Gehahaha!! You’re a blu—nder. You’ve been caught deceived by that girl—Did you think that we were making those for the Japanese army—You are just a lab experiment---!! You’re a fool whose mind is only on agriculture----!!
96. Q: Tokijirou-san! Q: Blood…! G: Haa haa…If I was a bit later…It would have been dangerous. Sharekoube: Kiyu-dono, break up with this man. This man will be captured directly by the army…Now, be my wife! Q: Let’s run away, Tokijirou-san. We’ll live on agriculture together in somewhere rural. Sharekoube: You—I’ll forget my gratitude in being promoted to engineer anticipating your natural talent. To have my woman on your side is--! Unforgivable---!!
97. G: Technology isn’t for making murder weapons! Technology is only to be helpful for humans! Disabled legs can be legs that move freely with modification surgery! Q: TOKIJIROU-SAN… Sharekoube: You won’t use your talents for our country…you’re a fool!! G: Sharekoube! I must end this with you!! You’re a dangerous man who will drive Japan…no, the world to its destruction!! I can’t forgive humans being weapons! Sharekoube: DIE!
98. G: Only my arm wasn’t in time… Q: To…Tokijirou-san… Sharekoube: Tokijirou! How could you have that unused treasure with just your genius scientific ability!? If you joined me, Japan would be the strongest military nation!! Sharekoube: This isn’t just your power…are you fine with losing the war---!! Aren’t you also a citizen of Japan---! Don’t you love your country----!!
99. G: I love my country!! Sharekoube: !? Sharekoube: Oyoyo— G: But greater than that……… G: I love humans.
100. G: I vowed that at that time! Someday, I would become a farming modified human and Japan would be a nation of plenty, and this farming power will defeat you!! Eiichi: Whwhwhwhat is with that serious past! Yuu: Is that right!? Kei: And yet where is that left arm from then… G: I earnestly hid this for the day I took it out when I became a farming cyborg, determined to never use this left arm. G: Who could use a left arm made for killing people!! I only used my just my right arm, even when I ate, even when I used a hoe! Sharekoube: Fu…That matter would just be snot if you had my humiliation. Since that day, many misfortunes have visited me…! Sharekoube: From the unpleasant wound in my heart, my body became loosly fat from eating fried foods……I became nearsighted from embracing my studies to forget Kiyu……my hair quickly fell out, and furthermore, the lump from when I was hit transformed, making my head pointed—
101. Sharekoube: Further, even my clear mind rapidly aged from that day and I couldn’t make a decent modified human—(flashback) ? !? ? !? Crowd: … G: Hyo—hoho, that’s your plight, that’s your plight. Kei: I don’t think that gramps was young even now— Sharekoube: Shut up, gramps—But now I’ve returned to Sharekoube from that day. Thanks to the Powerful Youth G you made— Sharekoube: And now you’re going to taste the humiliation that I tasted the last fifty years. Until your head become pointed from stealing your woman--!!
SCHEMATIC: SHAREKOUBE YOUNG VERSION “This is the hardest”
Sharekoube: Something’s happening…
102. Sharekoube: Go, Block-Leader, my faithful servant!! Mayor: Nishishi! Sharekoube: Splendidly defeat G-chan and you’ll be leader of this block when I rule the world---!! Mayor: Please take my Cigar Drill---!! G: Idiot! That Block Leader is a fool for doing again a technique that failed once---! Mayor: You’re an idiot—please look closely! G: Hyo— Mayor: Nishishi—I’m smoking cigars from everywhere---!! I now have no blind-spot. Ai: What a vulgar technique--!! G: Muuu Mayor: This will make me the ruler of this block!
103. Kei & Ai: Watch out, G-chan!! Mayor: Huh!? G: Mumu!! That pot saucer…!? G: Z!! Mayor: What exactly are you getting in my way!! Z: Taa— Z: I’m a professional who hunts cyborgs! Z: If it’s a cyborg, then leave him to me!
104. Kei & Ai: Ooh—an equipping scene from long ago!! Z: My name too is Cyborg Hunter Z. Z: Huh!? It’s suddenly night!? Where are you—everyone--!! Kei: He’s failed cause he’s not used to it…… Mayor: You’re really just weirdoes! You’re a problem being on this block! Please go away! Z: Wha—save me— G: Idi—ot! You sho—uldn’t smoke imported things like cigars! You should smoke Echo, you should--!! Mayor: Huh!? Mayor: Yo…you! If it’s come to that, then…. Mayor: I’ll ride this cigar-type UFO and retreat for the moment— G: Hyo!?
105. Mayor: Phew—I’ll be fine if I’m in this area! G: You can’t run, Block Leader! Mayor: You persistant gramps---!! G: If that’s how it’s come, then I’ll have to use up a large amount of energy! G: I’ll concentrate my methane energy at the tip of my Echo, raising it’s heat to 100,000 degrees!! Mayor: Please stop! It’s dangerous to put cigarette fire into methane gas…… G: NEW CERTAIN-KILL: ECHO MEGATON! Mayor: HUH!?
106. Mayor: Ah— Mayor: Oya!? Mayor: I’m not scrap iron— G: Phew—Block Leader, you were a stubborn opponent. Gantetsu: Shi~ Sharekoube: Magnificent, G-chan. G: Wh…what!? Gantetsu: Shi!? G: Sharekoube!! You’re here unexpectedly…
107. Sharekoube: I didn’t think that you would defeat that Block Leader. Accurately, the Block Leader was modified to give you a level of trouble. And I would have been unable to have fun in defeating you. G: Sharekoube, you couldn’t…your own body already has… Sharekoube: Of course! I’ll show you now. Sharekoube: I have become the newest and strongest modified human in the world! Sharekoube: I HAVE RECOVERED MY YOUTH IN ORDER TO REALIZE ONCE AGAIN MY MODIFIED HUMAN ARMY PLAN FROM 50 YEARS AGO AND HAVE MODIFIED MYSELF INTO AN INVINCIBLE SUPERMAN! AND NOW, I HAVE SURPASSED YOU----!!
TN: Well...I sort of have weird mixed feelings about this chapter, in both good and bad ways. First of all, the flashback story between G, Q and Sharekoube was just a really sad and dramatic tale on that part. Maybe a bit too melodramatic...but it's supposed to be in some way or another. You finally get a good idea not just on why Tokijirou was more interested in making farming cyborgs instead of war machines...but why he and Kiyu fell in love in the first place. Not to mention that Sharekoube back then was just really psycho...to the point that you sort of feel happy he went senile after Kiyu and Tokijirou left his life the first time. But once we get explanations regarding the past, including G-chan's old left arm and Sharekoube's "breakdown", the story seems to start entering rush mode as it tried to cover all the bases before the end of the series (which BTW is next chapter). As great as it was to see everything from Z's silly return to G-chan's sudden cigarette move and Sharekoube's "cyborg revelation" at the end, it just felt like it was throwing in everything but the kitchen sink...and it's only going to get crazier before it finally ends next time, so just watch out! The end of the G-chan era is finally upon us...https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/12002[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 29 by StrangerAtaru2009-05-05T01:36:47+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comFor the longest time, G-chan has used his "farming cyborg" technology to save the day and drive people (like his family) crazy. But when a familiar face from the past returns with a strange revelation, it could lead to his greatest crisis ever!
Chapter 29: The Blank Space of 50 Years!!
69. Voice: Haa Haa Sharekoube: I remember……… Jar: Powerful Youngster G Inasaku: Grandpa, grandpa, my Mini-4WD hash broken—Pleashe fixsh i—t. (TN: A "Mini 4WD" (or "mini yonku" in Japanese) is a 1:32 size battery powered model race-car which are maintained and kept by hobbiests who raced them against one another. They first became popular after being initially released in the early 80s) Sharekoube: I remember……. Inasaku: Gran… Sharekoube: G-chan, no…Tokijirou Kaizou. The accursed man who took everything from me!
70. Sharekoube: I WILL DEAL WITH THIS AND THE WORLD WILL BE MINE!!
71. Voice: Please excuse me. Yuu: O—K. Yuu: Who is this……… Mayor: Nishishi, it’s been a while! Tag: Block Leader (TN: OK, this is going to be a bit of a stretch but basically the “mayor” is mayor in both ways but in slightly different contexts. When introduced in chp. 1, the kanji on him is stated as “sonchou” or “village head”, which works in our terms as “mayor”. However, the new tag he holds is “chouchou”, which is more like a “block” or “town leader” (considering it’s Tokyo, he’s probably not the mayor of the whole city so I made it “block”) However, for all intensive purposes, I’m going to keep his reference as “mayor”) Yuu: M…Mayor!? Kei: Eh!? G: Wh…what!? G: What are you doing here! You!! Kei: When did you come to Tokyo!? Caption: If you’re an intelligent reader, then you’ll remember he was G-chan’s first enemy introduced in the first chapter of Cyborg G-chan. He’s the stupid mayor who became an Armored Mayor with a super transforming tractor to control his town, but he was stopped by G-chan, freshly made into a cyborg, and cruely defeated by the scarecrow’s bullets!!
72. Mayor: Look here, look!! G & Kei: Bl…block leader!? Mayor: I moved here a few days ago! And then I became the block leader of this area! G: Hyo!? You became the block leader of this area being unsatisfied of our town so you can bring yourself to control our block! Mayor: Yes, of course. Yuu: The mayor said “yes, of course”… Kei: What is this frank villain… G: Nuoo—let’s fight---!! Mayor: Nishishi…
73. G: A 50M FIELD-PLOWING DASH FIGHT!! Yuu & Kei: !? Eiichi: Hey—don’t plow in the house---! G: Mumumu Mayor: Mumu~~ G: What~~the mayor is fanatically matching my speed… Mayor: Nishishi G: Muooo, what exactly is that power!? Ai: !?
74. G: Take this, mayor!! Mayor: Well, this is for all of you…its just nice. (They’re boring things but) G: Hyo—Hey, Ai! Get some tea for the mayor! Kei: What happened to fighting him earlier! G: You idiot! A person who brings things is a good person! G: Hyo— Mayor: How’s that? They’re an assortment of bombs, Nishishi!! G: Mayor, you—! Ai: Hey— G: However, he’s different from the mayor of before……that power from the field-plowing dash…the clever trick of dynamite pretending to be presents. He’s different from before! How......
75. Mayor: Nishishi, you’ve finally realized it!! G & Kei: Mayor!? Mayor: I’m not your boring mayor anymore—from today, I’m everyone’s block leader!! Having become an invincible cyborg block-leader, I’ll control this block!!! G: The mayor is………a cyborg!? Ai: Hey hey, there’ve been a lot of cyborgs lately! Q: It’s fun to be able to go out and buy and eat sweets— (TN: The expression Q uses here for “buy and eat sweets” is actually “kaigui”, which is an expression for “buying and then immediately consuming sweets that were bought”) Q: Muhuhu…today I’ve got my favorite youkan. I’ll make mazegohan with my ability—(Ufufu) (TN: Mazegohan is a style of vegetable pilaf involving a mixture of rice and several vegetables such as peas, carrots, mushrooms and water chestnuts. It’s said to be a low-calorie alternative to fried rice in Japanese cuisine)
76. Q: Who… Q: Who are you!? Sharekoube: Have you forgotten my face…I’ve come to see you, Kiyu Kaizou, no……your former name, Kiyu Ijuuin…
77. Gantetsu: Shi!? Q: You’re… Mayor: The first stage of my block domination plan— Mayor: This house will be mine---! Mayor: Therefore, all of you will be evicted from this house---!! G: Hyo—fire from his cigar~~! What is this secret weapon!! Kei: IT’S HOT—
78. Mayor: And then, I’ll burn down this field! G: My important field greater than my life……!! G: Hyo—hurry, put it out--!! Kei & Ai: G-chan, put us out quickly too— Ai: N!? It’s something peculiar--! G: Naturally, this is field manure irrigation water— Kei: Well isn’t this ordinary pee--! G: Well but, recently it has gotten viscous from over the years. Mayor: …… G: HYO— Mayor: What have you done to me, the block leader who can take such things!! G: Hyo—
79. G: Hyo—no! I’ve smashed the cigarette-seller Hasegawa--! G: No! Modification surgery immediately---!! G: No malaise at all. Unfortunately I didn’t have enough parts, so this will have to do. Family: …!? Mayor: Nishishi!! How do you like it? I’ve powered up going from mayor to block leader…!! I have plasma nuclear fusion atomic energy; with maximum output thirty-thousand horsepower! My deadly Block Leader Punch can break even a tractor to pieces and my Block Leader Kick can blow away a mountain!! G: So what exactly does this mean? If you’ve become a person possessing skills that are the same, no, greater than me, then you couldn’t have been made as a perfect cyborg over there! I didn’t think that a mayor who couldn’t even use a TV could be made into this sort of cyborg.
80. G: No…wait…there is only one…just one someone who could…! G: SHAREKOUBE…SHAREKOUBE IN HIS YOUTH!! Kei: It can’t be—that onion gramps doesn’t have a reason to make—that!! G: Mayor…what exactly is going on!! G: Buhyo!? Mayor: You dummy—I said to please call me Cyborg Mayor--! Mayor: I’ll tell you. Actually it wasn’t me who made this…… Mayor: It was that day…I had been defeated by G-chan and stopped by the bullets of those scarecrows, but my life was over…However, I couldn’t rule my town. And on top of that, I who had completely lost the confidence of the villagers, survived just for my revenge on G-chan…… Mayor: However some days ago, I was visited by a strange cool man. He said that if I wanted revenge on G-chan, then he would give me an invincible body via modification surgery.
81. Mayor: I jumped at the story, and for my revenge on the accursed G-chan, I undertook modification surgery from that man for that reason! Incidentally, he forgot to give me anesthetic and it was horribly painful---!! G: What exactly is his name…!? Mayor: Well, I don’t know. I’m certain that he just wants to defeat you! G: It’s Sharekoube after all…but how could he have restored his youth!? Ai: Hey gramps…… Ai: The youth-restoring medicine from the other day…where is that Powerful Youth G? G: My forgetfulness recently has been really bad. G: Hyo---!? We had thrown it out then---!! Ai: That’s it……… G: It can’t be. He’s a man who wouldn’t flinch even to poisoned cola if it’s thrown out!! If he’s restored his youth, then it’s dangerous to compete against him!! A young Sharekoube…! He’s by far a man more dangerous than a nuclear missile or taking a dump while rock climbing!
82. Kei: Huh…that guy~~~? (imagination) Kahahaha; however he looks, that’s how he is. G: Idiot! Don’t make light of a young Sharekoube! If he’s young, then he’ll have the power to control Tokyo in 3 days. Mayor: Right! With that power…a being like you will be scrapped in five minutes!! Mayor: However…I’ll take you down before then---!! G: Mu!? Mayor: Please take this!! This Cigar Missile will turn your body into a beehive!
83. Kei: Aah!? A drill from a cigar~~!? Eiichi: G-chan, watch out!! Mayor: Huh!? Mayor: My drill!! G: I will defeat him. Mayor: …… G: Sharekoube must be defeated! G: Now! Smashing Sharekoube’s aspiration of world domination can only be done by me! Ai: G-chan……(SFX: Numb) Yuu: Hey Ai!! He’s really your grandpa…you’re a vulgar daughter! Gantetsu: Shi shi~~~!! Kei: Ah…Gantetsu. Huh!? Grandma is---!?
84. Kei: That dog’s brazenly walked on two legs recently! Gantetsu: Shi shi shi—shi shi— G: … G: Gantetsu Controller Switch ON!! SFX: Click Gantetsu: It-it-it’s terrible-wan! Grandma’s been kidnapped-wan!! (real Gantetsu): ? Kei: Wh…what’s that!? G: What…grandma is? Mayor: Nishishi, she’s been taken away. G: You know something. Mayor: Nishishi…look above you. G: !!
85. Sharekoube: It’s been a while, Tokijirou… G: You did drink Powerful Youth G after all! Dokurou Sharekoube!! Kei: Really—Sharekoube!? Eiichi: Look! Grandma is---!! Yuu: Sharekoube-sama! Ai: Hey hey, mo—m! Sharekoube: I did drink the Powerful Youth G. Fufu…it went down easily with fruit flavor. And then, Kiyu Kai…no, Kiyu Ijuuin…… G: What are you doing with grandma!! Sharekoube: She’s been easily brainwashed. Her memories of 50 years have disappeared. She’s perfectly become the Kiyu of Showa 14. (TN: Showa 14 = 1939, 50 years from this chapters setting of 1989, AKA Showa 64/Heisei 1)
86. Sharekoube: She’s Kiyu Ijuuin, before she married you--! Gahahaha G: What? What then is your reason! Sharekoube: With my youth, I remembered. Everything… Sharekoube: The methods of modification surgery. Sharekoube: Even the method for correctly brainwashing, all of my abilities… Sharekoube: Once again I am at the same, no, greater than Tokijirou. I remember everything…and now… Sharekoube: This woman will be my fiancée. Kei: Fi… fiancée!? Ai: Sharekoube and grandma---!?
87. Sharekoube: Tokijirou! Fifty years ago, you took away everything of my youth, burning to world domination!! My talents and my dreams of world domination!! Sharekoube: And this woman too!! Sharekoube: But on top of my youth returning, with my mind and abilities from 50 years ago, even the control of the world will be a question of time!! Sharekoube: GUFUFU, THIS TIME, IT’S MY TURN TO TAKE EVERYTHING FROM YOU.
88. SCHEMATICS: YOUNG VERSION --YOUTH RESTORATION PROCESS (2)— “Why does Young Version consume a large amount of energy?”
1. Young Version Transformation Start G: CHA—NGE, YO—UNG VER—SION 2. First the wrinkles on the face are stretched and the beard is shaved. 3. And then his hair slowly grows with the Aderans Hair-Growth system. 4. Next, in preparation for Young Version, comes training for suitable physical strength. 5. Rest 6. Again the final completion of Aderans’ Hair Plus Hyper. 7. Finish up with a pack to give his skin a gloss. 8. Young Version Complete. Thus the entire process must be completed at the light-speed of 0.05 seconds. G: That’s why I’m tired.
TN: Welcome, my friends, to the finale arc of Jii-chan G. You probably could tell this was going to be major from the prologue, but essentially with G-chan not really bringing in the ratings by this point, this final three-part story was finally ready to be told. Sure it did rush possibly some future jokes and revelations, but for the most part considering one can only go so far with the weirdness of this series, it had to happen sooner or later! And let me say this: I don't know what's scarier: the return of a younger, scarier Sharekoube...or the return of that weird mayor from chp. 1! Though many other enemies have come across and been taken down by G-chan, those two were probably the greatest threats that he faced appropriately...and while it is weird the mayor returns after his chp. 1 defeat, it does make sense that he would team up with a twisted mind like Sharekoube. As for younger Sharekoube...well, he has a lot going on, but we'll see why in the next chapter!https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/11893[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 28 by StrangerAtaru2009-04-30T23:22:19+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comWith all the many problems occurring involving the Kaizous, father Eiichi and mother Yuu have actually been rather unscathed (aside from whatever Eiichi's dad...yeah, the cyborg, pulls). But the two of them may have other problems...
Chapter 28: Wedding Anniversary Panic!
49. Eiichi: Fufufu, when my wife sees this, she’ll be surprised. It does come around once a year. Eiichi: Ah? Woman: Uuh… Eiichi: Hey…what’s wrong with you! Woman: My stomach suddenly…uuh… Woman: Can’t you take me home? Eiichi: We…well I can’t leave you! Woman: You’re so kind, mister! My stomach pain seems to be better…
50. Yuu: Kei, look at this for a moment. Yuu: So how is this sweater that your mom’s knitted… Kei: …… Ai: Th…that’s a sweater!? Kei: Ew—I’m not wearing that--! If I wore that, then I wouldn’t go to school anymore---!! Yuu: No—way—it’s for your fa—ther! Kei: Phew. Yuu: Tomorrow’s our wedding anniversary. It’s quickly getting cold and I knitted this as a present. I feel that it is rather good for the first thing I’ve knitted but… Kei: Time to stop, since you’ve got clumsy fingers, mom. Yuu: ? Ai: Only an alien would have the physique for the sweater you knitted.
51. Eiichi: I’m home— G: Hyo!? Eiichi: Buwa!? Kei: What was that!! G: What’s going on---!? Yuu: WHA~~A, WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS KISS MARK, DEAR~~~!! AND~~THIS LONG STRAND OF HAIR ON HERE---!! Kei: Ah—dad, you’ve finally done it--! Ai: I thought this would happen someday. Q: Eiichi has been a pervert since he was a brat—even now he peeps whenever I take a bath— Kei: Let me ask, grandma, were you in your Young Version when you’re in the bath--!! Ai: What are you—asking?
52. Eiichi: Wa…wait, I’m not guilty about that! Listen to what I say first…… Kei: Da—d, it’s best you admit you’ve mistaken quickly! Yuu: I’ll kill you----!! Eiichi: Well I’ll explain…Buwa!? Eiichi: You’ve—already decided! You should quiet and listen when your husband pseaks, you idiot---!! Yuu: Wha—a, I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you— Z: Ah~~that’s my protectors!! Q: Kekeke, do some more, mom! I’ll loan you my bazooka---!! Yuu: Ugii~~~ G: Mu, so then, here’s a flame-thrower----!!
53. Kei: G-chan and grandma are feeding the fire---! Man: That hosue over there is noisy over something again… Woman: That’s really bad— Eiichi & Yuu: …… Kei: It’s ri—ght to apologize, mo—m. Ai: Pops was wrong too. Eiichi & Yuu: …… Yuu: There’s no question that he was wrong. Thus, I can’t forgive him… Eiichi: You must have mistakened me. I’ve done nothing bad. Voice: Pardon me Sign: Toki-G-Rou Kaizou (TN: Note that “G” is the “Ji” in “Tokijirou”, G-chan’s real name)
54. G: Who is it, we’re busy now…… Woman: Fufu Woman: I’ve come for your da~~d… G: Hyo!? Woman: Ah—you’re really here. You saved me taking me to my house last night. Eiichi & Yuu: !? Woman: We—ll, aren’t I ple—ased for meeting you last night? Yuu: … Eiichi: Wh..what are you doing here!! Q: So she’s Eiichi’s bimbo partner~~ G: She’s…so pretty~~~ Kei & Ai: This isn’t the time--to admire the affairs of othe--rs!! Kei: This…is bad. Yuu: ………… Yuu: I’M GOING HOME TO MY PARENTS!!!!
55. Ai: Going home… Kei: Is she possibly speaking of divorce…!! Yuu: I’ll get my things immediately!! Eiichi: Yo…you’re going home… Woman: I’ll take you part-way to work. Kei: We’re in a pinch, si—s. Ai: Dad and mom are breaking up. Kei: Further, if dad goes off with that woman…… Gantetsu: ? Ai: Then how are we going to live----!! G: Don’t worry. I’ll do something! Kei: Really, G-chan! Can you reconcile dad and mom~~~!? Q: Kekeke, we’re becoming your replacement parents— G: We’ll have modification surgery immediately and you’ll work hard farming! G: However, what exactly is that woman? It’s as if she’s tempting us…
56. Ai: Mom, are you seriously leaving? Yuu: Uh~~ Ai: So then, what will happen to us---! Kei: I don’t want dad and mom to break up— Yuu: Ai, Kei…please forgive your mother. Ai: ? Ai: An album……? It’s a picture of dad before he married… Ai: Mo…mom is yo—ung! Who is that man!? Kei: Du—mmy, that’s pops…… Ai: How did it feel when he proposed? Kei: Mom, you have my tastes~~ Yuu: I was rea—lly, rea---lly rea----lly embarrassed…… Yuu: However, he said he couldn’t propose looking in my eyes. Eiichi: Yu…Yuu-chan…will…you marry me-ribbit. SFX: FART Yuu: We proposed while farting together within a public toilet in the park. Kei & Ai: That’s embarrassing—
57. Yuu: Ehehe, I remember every time your father goes to the bathroom…that day. Ai: Um—you were angry earlier…… Kei: So you’re happy remembering dad now— Yuu: Ah, of—course…… Yuu: WHAA-H, I CAN’T FORGIVE HI—M! Kei & Ai: Wha—she’s violent again—run— Yuu: This wedding anniversary…This sweater--!! Yuu: …… G: Somehow it’s not finished, Gantetsu! Gantetsu: Shi!
58. Eiichi: Damn~~somehow I have to go back to the country, ba~~ro---! Woman: We’ll go back soon~~~!! Eiichi: That kiss mark was from someone who touched it on a train~~~(out loud) I’m the husband. She didn’t hear my story at all----!! Woman: Of—course—you have to forget your woman— Eiichi: I fi—rmly have to— Woman: We—ll, let’s do it today. I ran off yesterday, but today I won’t. Eiichi: O—K, I am the master of this house---! A man can say that he can’t womanize one or two---!! Woman: Here here! I want to play “Combat Pro Baseball” (TN: “Combat Pro Baseball”, or “Jissen Pro Yakyuu”, is actually a computer simulation baseball game from 1983, but since I don’t know if it’s a series or not, I can’t tell if there was an arcade version) Eiichi: Hehe—I won’t lose—
59. Kei: Wow—amazing—thanks—for—this. Ai: Why—is this like this----!? Yuu: This is really for your father. I was bad for not listening to his side. And today is our 15th wedding anniversary. Ai: Nice—I thought it would be like this…
EVOLUTION OF GANTETSU (GANTETSU EVOLVED!?) He is the Old Dog Heisei Gantetsu, who has actually evolved while possessing a machine body that doesn’t have long to live!! Here, for the first time, we’ll go over this mystery!!
Era/Features First Appearance: His face was old. He seemed like a dog at the time. Chp. 13~: He doesn’t have his moustache. He’s gradually starting to stand. Presently: Perfectly walks on two legs. Rarely when he becomes Gantetsuman, he becomes a person. 10 Years from Now: If he continues to evolve at this rate, he will certainly become Gantetsuman. Gantetsu’s evolution is immesurable……
60. Kei, Ai & Q: …… Sweater: Greatest Dad in Japan Kei: I’m hungry— Ai: S**t—that pops—and mom doesn’t know eith—er. Q: In every era, a woman who waits for her man goes through pain~~~ Kei: Huh? While—we’re at it, I don’t see gramps? Woman: Fufu…That dad was dumb. Woman: If you use a bit of sex appeal, he’ll roll around and fall on his tail. He was so sickingly drunk that he didn’t know that I took off his coat.
61. Woman: What, there’s nothing in he—re? ? Woman: Huh, ama—zing! He had this ring— G: Hold on… Woman: ! G: Don’t touch that ring! Woman: Well, what a nice man. G: Why have you ensnared the Kaizous? Woman: It’s dangerous to go near me.
62. Ogin: Hohoho! I’m the whip-using Ogin the purse-snatcher! There isn’t anyone superior at hitting than me in Kabuki-chou!! (TN: Kabuki-chou is a notable entertainment/red-light district in the Shinjuku section of Tokyo. The name comes from a plan in the 1940s to build a kabuki theater in this district after WWII, which never occurred) Ogin: !? G: What’s your purpose!? Ogin: ! Ogin: Uh…well…it’s…eh. Ogin: Cause of a gramps named Sharekoube…he asked me to do this for money and orange juice…Whatever it is, I was going to defeat G-chan by destroying his family first…
63. G: So it was Sharekoube? Ogin: Bu…but it’s already late…that father has been broken by me…And further, well… Ogin: I’m fine if you beat me up. G: …… G: Th…that’s fine by me. G: ! G: The Kaizous won’t fall softly into your trap! Eiichi Wee~~Ogin-chan is cute~~~It’s great to have a squishy young girl after all~~ Eiichi: Ogin-cha~~n. G: Oh no, he’s been completely broken down by that woman. If Mama-san sees him like this…
64. Kei: Where are you going, mom? Yuu: I’m going to search for dad for a bit…… Eiichi: Ogin-cha… G: Hyo--!? G: No! If mama sees Eiichi with his mind only on that woman, then the collapse of the family will be over in a volume! G: If that’s how it is, this is my last resort! G: MAMA-SAN! AFTER LONG YEARS OF RESEARCH, I’VE FINALLY COMPLETED MY SECRET MEDICINE; A GREAT ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME DISCOVERY! DRINK THIS YOUTH-RESTORING MEDICINE----!!! (Medicine: POWERFUL YOUNGSTER G) G: Drink this medicine and with your youth restored, Eiichi will come back to you! Ai: A…mazing—a youth-restoring medicine~~~ Eiichi: G-chan, how could you unexpectedly create this amazing thing!? Eiichi: N!? Ai: Mom, go and drink it! Kei: You were cute when you were young! You can’t lose to that wo—man!
65. Yuu: ……… Eiichi: Hic…a youth-restoring medicine—that’s great—mom being squishy is fine too! Kei & Ai: AH---!? Eiichi: Wha~~~!? G: What, Mama-san! How could you throw away my secret medicine that I created with my painful research~~~!? Yuu: I’m sorry. Yuu: But I want the love my 15 years of marriage…over turning him around with a youthful form.
66. G: Listen, Eiichi! Eiichi: Jerk G: You now hold a bottle of alcohol. G: That whiskey ferments over long years within a cask. And then after 15 years, it will end up as that tasty whiskey. G: A woman is the same. As the years pass, she becomes a fine woman. G: Eiichi: the mama you chose has become a fine wife in 15 years.
67. Eiichi: I’M SORRY…MOTHER! Yuu: Dear! Eiichi: He…here! Huh? G: Phew—just in time. G: Tomorrow will have good weather, huh, grandma? Q: It—will—grandpa— Narrator: The next day, mother wore that ring and father for some reason proudly wore that horribly made sweater… Sharekoube: Oyo? What is this, here? Caption: TO BE CONTINUED…
68. SCHEMATIC: YOUNG VERSION --YOUTHENING PROCESS (1)—
This all occurs in completely around 0.05 seconds!!
TN: DUN DUN DUUUUUUUN!!! Yeah, you probably don't get why I just made those sound effects, but let's say...that "youth restoration formula" is going to end up screwing up a lot of people in the final three chapters of this series! (not saying how but let's say Sharekoube having his hands on it is not a good thing) Aside from that, for the most part we have another winner of a chapter this time around for a couple of characters who really needed a bit more development or story tied to them. In particular, this was moreso a bit of character development for Yuu than for Eiichi, since she really does nothing except being a normal, typical Japanese mother...and cry with whatever G-chan or anyone else pulls. Although she puts up with a lot, she really does care, enough that her rejection of G-chan's youth restoration formula proves that she rather be the woman she is now than someone that she used to be before, regardless of faults or problems that it brings up. As for Eiichi...well aside from confirming officially that Tokijirou and Kiyu are his parents (though some of how he speaks to them probably spoke that long ago), it's interesting to see his actual actions in this chapter, particularly when he gets drunk. Not every drunk man spends his time playing video games instead of doing lewd deeds. While it was a bit much to have Ogin appear at the Kaizous house for him, he was just going through a mid-life crisis which ended up resolved...with a badly knit sweater of all things. (though I did like G-chan's metaphor he gave to him about his relationship with his wife) So with that all out of the way...the final three-part finale of Jiichan G begins...next time!https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/11874[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 27 by StrangerAtaru2009-04-29T00:59:07+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comAmong Kei's many attempts to live a normal grade-school life is taking part in sporting activities...but while it's bad enough who he has to face to do so, it's worse that they may have back history with G-chan!
Chapter 27: Destined Baseball Showdown!
29. G: ?
Voice: Really, what is this opposing team!? The promised time has passed long ago! Kei: Well, we Thunderbirds have no fear and don’t run— Kei: The other team may do bad, but we Thunderbirds win without playing this!! Ahahahaha
30. Kei: Huh? Player: Oh—who asked all of you to play baseball on this field~~!? Boy: Huh? You’re not our opposing team. Kei: Isn’t that Sawamura from my class? Sawamura: You—this block is the island of Sawamura Gang—Therefore, this field is our turf too--!! I can’t forgive you using it as you please---!! Kei: What are you saying—there were cats and dogs on here, so this isn’t your turf or s**t— Tough: What, look closely… Kei: Uh… Tough: This is the turf of Pochi, raised by the Sawamura Gang! Pochi: Woof. Kei: Are they some yakuza gang…in short, they plan to take this side of the field. If they take this, then we won’t have a place to play baseball anymore~~~
31. Kei: But we’re having a match here… Sawamura: Hehe—h, the opposing team isn’t comi—ng— Sawamura: They’re taking a nap 50 meters away. Players: U~~h. Tough: Well, let’s begin, sonny. Boy: What’ll—we do—Kaizou~~ Voice: Quiet, are you at it again ag—ain!! Kei: THE BOSS OF THE SAWAMURA GANG!!! Float: SAWAMURA GANG YANKEES (TN: Note that “yankee” in Japanese is in reference to a hooligan or delinquent) Boss: You jump the gun. What are big adults facing these kids!! Are they people who love baseball---!? Tough: Uuh…we’re sorry, boss! Sawamura: Grand—pa has come for baseball too— Boss: Oh—quiet, Tetsuharu is excited—huh—
32. Boss: HEY! QUIET!! Because we’re moving ahead to the only field, we will take it from these youths. They don’t have a bit of courage!! We scoundrels will face them in our beloved baseball. I want to see your healthy spirit! Show that to them~~~!! Team: YES!! Boss: While we’re at it, we were bad for taking this field! Kei: Ye…yes. Boy: A yakuza baseball team~~~!? Kei: The boss said it, but he seems like Sawamura’s grandpa. Sawamura: Grand—pa, I wanna play baseball— Boss: Oh—well well. Boss: So then, somehow my grandson therefore wants to play baseball. So here……… Boss: We’ll have a match to determine who uses this field!! Kei: Huh? Boss: By the honor of my tattoo!! We—boy—will you!! (TN: The tattoos that the trio have are all of Japanese baseball teams: the Yomiuri Giants, the Hanshin Lions and the Kintsu Buffalos) Kei: Ye—s!! Boy: Wha~~we’re playing adults… Kei: We can’t turn this over in a match we can’t win---!
33. Kei: What~~~? That f**king brat Sawamura is so stupid and yet he’s skilled in baseball— Boy: 16-0!? Sawamura: Hehe—h Boys: But—if they take our field…where will we play baseball from now on--!! Boss: Ha~~as expected, Tetsuhara—my grandson—you’ve really inherited my talent!! Player: Actually he’s stupid but good at baseball. Boss: You’re a bit too stupid.
34. Boss: Long ago, I got involved in that incident and my dream to become a pro wasn’t granted……Thus, my boy will get his dream in place of me!! Players: Ah—something’s coming this way— Kei: N? Kei: G-chan!? G: Hey~~you can’t play ball he~~re! Players: OWA--!? Kei: G-chan, you’ve come to a good time to save me— Tough: What, what are you— G: Quiet!! Q: Here we are~~ G: I was eying this land before you to turn into a field—So today I’ve come to plow it--! G: Hyo—what good earth— Tough: Do…don’t joke around!! This is a public baseball field!! (TN: The word “field” for the ballplayers is actually “ground” in Japanese, whereas “field” by G-chan is “Hatake”)
35. Boss: What’s going on!? Toughs: Well, a mysterious grmaps has invaded and said he’s turning this land into a field. Kei: G-chan, they’re taking our field!! G: What---!! Boss: Ah—it’s you~~~!! G: Hyo Boss: Ah—it’s you it’s you it’s you—I haven’t forgotten these scars on my head! G: Mu!? G: Who left this huge ball in this place! Tough: Bo…boss, what exactly is that guy!? Boss: It’s you~~it’s you~~ Boss: YOU’RE THE MAN WHO PUT THESE SCARS IN MY HEAD! G: Oh—so you’re the hot-blooded baseball youth Eikichi Sawamura!? Boss: You’ve finally realized, burning farming youth Tokijirou Kaizou!
36. G: What are you doing in this place…didn’t you become a baseball player? Boss: You~~how can you speak that comment so easily in front of me~~~ Boss: It’s your fault that my dream of being a baseball player was cut do~~wn! Give back my dream--! Tough: Please calm down, boss~~ Kei: What is this, G-chan. G: Muu, as I recall, it was early in Showa…… G: We always had conflicts on two or three things as students… Boss: (as a boy): I challenge you, Tokijirou! G: A challenge!? Book: MODIFIED HUMAN SUSUME Boss: I can’t stand you being called a genius and me a prodigy! The genius is me!!
37. Boss: From the story I’ve heard, you are persuing agriculture by modifying into a mechanical body~~~!! That’s ridiculous!! G: I’m going home to farm. Boss: Are you running— Boss: I can’t lose if it’s baseball! Boss: Take my powerful fastball~~in the future, I’m joining a “Big Japan-Tokyo” Baseball Club and become a great pitcher with my high-speed fastball--!! G: What’s---that! That powerful fastball!! Even if you have quite good motor nerves, I will surely avoid it!! G: You said nothing of Tokijirou……
38. Boss: How could you hit it back with your plow— G: Kuwa kuwa kuwa (TN: “Kuwa” is “plow” in Japanese, but G-chan ends up laughing here with “Kuwa” over and over…therefore this was a bit of a pun) Boss: AND FURTHER. THAT PLOW BROKE WHEN IT HIT AND FLEW TOWARDS ME!! (past): !? Boss: IT SPUN SEVERAL TIMES 1 MM DEEP INTO MY FACE, BUT LUCKILY IT WASN’T SERIOUS. Boss: My hard-work high-speed fastball………… Boss: And yet it was returned…while reading a book… Boss: And with a plow… Boss: My self confidence was lost from then…I fell and fell until finally I became a yakuza~~ G: … Toughs: BUWAHAHA Boss: Qu…Quiet, don’t laugh— Boss: I CHALLENG YOU TOKIJIROU!! THIS MATCH WILL CLEAR AWAY MY RESENTMENT OF TH—EN!! G: MUU~~~THAT’S WHAT I WISH--!!
39. Kei: Please~~G-chan, protect this ground from the yakuza— G: Leave it to me!! Boss: Oh! Quiet down, I don’t care whatever you use—I don’t acknowledge losing this match at all!! Yankees: YE—S Q: You can do this~~I’ll be cheering you~~ Players: Kaizou~~do this—
GANTETSU BODY DESIGN SPECIAL --How was Gantetsu Born— #1: He really couldn’t move. #2: Felt disgusting seeing his brain. #3: Gantetsu possessed iron-rock. #4: If the battery goes out, he dies. #5: It was no good making his body a vegetable. #6: Why is a dog a mole? AND SO GANETSU WAS BORN!!
40. Kei: Please, G-cha—n. G: It’s best to throw it over there. Kei: Stop them from scoring points— G: This ball is a Homing Dynamite Ball. It will fly aiming for the oscillation of the catcher’s mitt! G: If you can hit it, then hit! If it takes even a bit of shock, then the nitro will cause a big explosion! Tough: Wha—what the— Gantetsu: SHI~~!? G: Hey—Gantetsu, don’t ru~~n!! G: Idiot!
41. Umpire: Strike, batter out! G: You did it, G-chan! You stopped them from scoring— Boss: Ununu—these guys are really doing it. Z: O—K, my turn next!! Gantetsu: ? Kei: Do it, Z--!! G: With the transformed Gantetsu Bat, you will absolutely hit it! Boss: Tetsuhara, do it with flash soon! Sawamura: OK, Grand—pa. Boss: FUFU, THEY WON’T GET A RUN AT ALL— Sawamura: Hehe~~ Sawamura: Take this—m—y Dosu Ball. (TN: “Dosu” is a type of yakuza sword with a short wooden handle and a blade that is slightly curved, appearing more like a giant knife...then again it's just the name considering that the ball is nothing really like that unless it has "dosu blades" in it) Z: Uwa. Gantetsu: Shi!? Z: That’s dirty--!!
42. Gantetsu: Shi~~ Kei: Run, Z!! Z: Daaa~~ Sawamura: Damn— SFX: Stab Tough: Th…that’s not it, bo…boy. Narrator: And so the Thunderbirds, lead by G-chan, protected the field with the do-or-die spirit and teamwork of Kei and the others. With G-chan’s heroic action, they quickly built pressure. And so, by the bottom of the 9th, they somehow caught up to 16-15!! Kei: Two outs! We’ll have a tie score if we bring in Z from second, G-chan. G: My turn!! Tough: What will we do, boss…If they get a home run, then that’s a goodbye loss… Boss: U—m, they’ve caught up until now… Tough 2: Shall we kill ‘em? Boss: No, wait! There is one way which that farming guy won’t hit it!!
43. Kei: G-chan, if they take our field, we won’t play baseball anymore. Please, somehow do it~~ Boy: … G: Leave it to me. Will we hand this over to them! I’ll send it flying with G-chan’s special plow, which I use when I cut them up!! Q: You can do it— Boss: How’s that, use this ball. G: Hyo. Somehow, they’ve done many bad things! G: Come at me! I’ll send any ball flying!! Z: Master—please do it. If it’s a homer, then it’s a goodbye win!! Boss: We all care, Tetsuharu—we beg you, boy~~ G: Now come, stupid brat! Sawamura: Nishishi…
44. G: Hyo—I’ll dig it up for farming and send it flying with this hit--!! G: MU!? G: This isn’t a ball…!? Ah…it’s a potato…!? G: Uh… Kei: Wh..why can’t you hit it? Isn’t it right in the center, G-chan! Boss: Fu—fu. Tokijirou, you ca~~n’t hit that ball. G: I can easily hit a home run. Bu…but…I’m hitting a potato…that’s the same as ignoring farming. I can’t do that cursed behavior……!! G: Muu… Umpire: Strike two— Kei: What are you doing? If G-chan is out, we lose the match—Didn’t you promise to protect this field—
45. Q: Hey—Grandpa--!! Q: You’re making Kei’s team cry—Are you a grandpa if you don’t help your grandson! Look at my cheerleader form and hear my cries!! Q: Grandpa, ehe—h. (This…is embarrassing~~) G: HYO—(Irresitible~~) Narrator: From the desire to be at an age for grandma’s charm… Sawamura: This is strike thr—ee. Boss: Ha—haha, I’ve defeated Tokijirou—the field is mine. Narrator: G-chan’s male hormones became excited and activated him… G: BECOMING YOUNG VERSION!
46. Boss: AH! Toughs: WHA--!? Kei: Go—G-chan!! Q: That was embarrassing— G: I’LL CUT IT……I’LL SHOW YOU, GRANDMA…!! G: DEADLY HIRAGUWA FINE DUST CUT!! (TN: Hiruguwa = "flat hoe") Toughs: Wha—it’s raining potato~~~
47. G: I would be humbled to hit food, but by chopping it up, they became fries for curry! Further, it doesn’t trouble the potato! Boss: Mumumu. G: How could you consider facing me with crops made with my sweat!! Boss: Fi—ne, everyone get it together—With no ball, we can’t get him out---!! Kei: Now spin around the bases, G-chan! G: Muu! Kei: That’s not what I mean— Narrator: And so, while the Yakuza were gathering up the potato, Z & G ran to home! The Yankees fell to 17-16 and, happily, the right to use the field was seen to become the Thunderbirds… Kei: Ye—s, thanks G-chan!! G: This time, we’ll use a real ball that won’t humble food!! Boss: Well I’m not a ball. Narrator: The next morning. G: How’s that, Kei? It became a nice field!! Kei: Ah—if that’s it, it would have been better with the yakuza---!!
The answer to Gantetsuish Course (3) IT WAS “I WANT TO GO PEE.”!!
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TN: This chapter sort of left me with mixed emotions...I really liked the weirdness continuing with stuff like the "baseball-headed grandfather" and playing against Yakuza is enough to make G-chan's methods seem normal...but ultimately it was a tad predictable. You sort of figured that they would win...but it was just how. I did find it peculiar that Q remained in her "youth form" the whole chapter this time, though that is scary since "the cheerleader" bit makes you guilty that she could turn back into a 68-year old bittie at any moment. My only real regret for the chapter: I made "ground" into "field" for the baseball field, but it could end up confusing with the "field" as in G-chan's farming land! I probably should have used another word but it made the whole thing funnier. https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/11873[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 26 by StrangerAtaru2009-04-29T00:46:14+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comWith all the cyborgs running amuck in Japan, one tends to forget that there are scientific geniuses from all over the world...but when one actually shows up in Japan, he may be after something that's a tad...archaic!
Vol. 4: Plowing Towards Tomorrow!! Chapter 26: Coming All the Way to Jipangu! (TN: Though the kanji for the name obviously has the name as “Japan”, “Jipangu” is an old name Europeans in the West gave to Japan, as originally established on a map made by Marco Polo after his journey to and from China in the 13th Century. In more recent times, the Japanese have taken this reading and used it for their own purposes, usually as a means of an “archaic” name for their nation in popular media)
Author Comment: Shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi. Shi shi shi shi shi shi shi. Shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi. Translation: (Cyborg G-chan concludes in this volume. Everyone who supported me until now, friends who have bought these comics and people who have helped with these manuscripts, thank you!!) Subtitles: Honorable Natsumi Toda (penname)
5. Summary of Previous Volumes (character data the same): My name is Ka-chan the scarecrow. My creator is the grandpa of the Kaizous. He is a genius scientist who, aiming for the greatest agriculture in the world, he modified himself into a farming-type cyborg and revived grandma. But, he’s also a genius at causing trouble. Every time his great enemy Sharekoube, who plans to take over the world, has a plan such as reviving the “Senile Monster Oldzilla” or break up Gantetsu and G-chan, everything in the neighborhood is utterly destroyed! But, after his troubles, he’ll run amuck happily plowing even today.
8. Voice: HI—HI HI HI HI HI!! Madman: I can already slowly see it according to my pl—ans! Hi—hi hi, in Jipangu, the nation of go—ld!! (TN: The stretched words are this guy’s quirk, which I will be keeping) Boy: Professor~~it’s best if we descend. You’ll catch a cold. Professor: Ho— Professor: I see it! That’s wh—at it is—Jipa~~ngu, the nation said to have everything, from building roofs to pillars, is gold!! Hi—hihi, this gold will be mi—ne!!
9. G: HYO------ Sign: Itai Dentistry G: THIS HURTS, YOU MONSTER!! (TN: A bit of a weird pun: G’s first line is “this hurts”, which he says in Japanese as “itai”. And, using different kanji, the dentist’s name is also “Itai”) Dentist: Gefu. G: Is this fit for a dentist! Dentist: It’s really not done by doctors recently!! G: I’ll handle my own cavities by modification surgery! G: Muuu…… Dentist: …… G: Really! I’m not paying him!! Boy: Well didn’t I tell you? Professor: Geho geho
10. Professor: I can’t relax on that, Sancho-kun! This is possibly the famous country of gold, Jipangu!! Molo: My gre—at gre—at ancestor Marco Polo wrote that in the “Orient Information Record” that he le—ft! Hi—hi hi, with the scientific power of Omarko Molo, the No. 1 genius scientist of the West, all of the gold in this country will be mi—ne. (TN: "Orient Information Record", or "Touhou Kenburoku", is the Japanese name for "Il Millione" (Italian for "The Million"), which is also known in English as "The Travels of Marco Polo". The book itself, written by Rustichello da Pisa originally in French based on accounts told to him by Polo while both were imprisoned, is a depiction of his journies through the Orient between 1271 & 1298. Though extremely popular in it's time, many of what was written in the book have been suggested either to be fabrications or just stories picked up by Polo by other travelers to the East besides him) Sancho: You say that, but, professor, that book was written 700 years ago. The politics, business and science of Japan today…is said to be the top of the world~~ (TN: Well remember, this was 1989 so I really can’t say the same for at least the politics and business…) Molo: Does the assistant think it’s good to defy the professor? Molo: Well then, are you saying that my ancestor somehow lied, Sancho-kun? Go on with that nonsense and you’ll be turned to spaghetti and eaten! Molo: I have a passion for gambling for gold…Sancho-kun, you should understand me too… Molo: I am collection the world’s go—ld! And thus, I’ll end up with the Gold of Jipa—ngu!!
11. Molo: A genius scientist like myself has personally modifi—ed into an invin—cible cyborg to destroy Japan and make the gold mine. Further, my entire body has the go—ld from every country of the wo—rld!! Molo: This fork is the only thing not gold. The gold I steal from Jipangu will end up giving this fork gilded splendor and I can have my dream of eating spaghe—tti with it. Molo: And then I’ll make a golden palace where everything will be go—ld!! At that time, you’ll be gold to—o, Sancho-kun. Sancho: Huh!? Molo: Now look, Sancho-kun! Sancho: … Molo: At the dazzling golden city!! Molo: …… Sancho: You said that…… Molo: IT’S NO~~~T!!
12. Molo: No no no~~The—re’s no go—ld. Sancho: Well you said it— Molo: Ooh, that shining…Sancho-kun, descend, it’s go—ld!! Molo: Oh~~!? A shining bald head~~ Molo: There is—n’t gold at a—ll. It should be hidden somewhe—re!! Molo: Sancho-klun, if tha—t’s how it is, please sea—rch with the detector for the reaction of any little go—ld!! Sancho: Am. Molo: Oh—the—re’s a reaction alre—ady. As expe—cted from a device I ma—de! Sancho: I made it. Molo: Look the—re! It’s mini around that house, but there’s a reaction for go—ld. G: Re—ally, I can’t do it with that quack! Its fine from the modification surgery on me…but my tooth is still throbbing…
13. Kei: How can you get a cavity as a cyborg? Well you did eat nothing but youkan. (TN: “Youkan” is a jelly dessert made of red beean paste, agar and sugar, sold in blocks and eaten in slices) G: Quiet. I’ll distract myself by farming. Molo: It’s this house~~the gold seems to be monopo—lized right he~~re. I thi~~nk I want to take it, even if I have to kill them if they resist. Molo: Go—ld! Ha—hahaha, those who hide the go—ld will become spaghetti and ea~~ten. Sancho: Please quiet down, Professor! Your eye color changes when it comes to gold… Molo: That remi—nds me, we’ve eaten nothing since leaving Ita—ly. Z: Ah—
14. Kaizous: …… Molo: That was extremely fantastic, mada—m. You’re a lifesa—ver. Spaghetti is my favorite fo—od. Yuu: Well…… Molo: Sancho-kun, somewhere in this house is hidden the go—ld. We must move so we don’t reveal our true na—ture. Sancho: To say that this country is the country of gold is easy, Professor~~ Eiichi: Omarko Molo, you say you’re a scientist but…have you come to Japan to sightsee? Molo: Ye—s, that is ho—w we are. Sancho: Sightseeing— Molo: Actually we’re writing a new “Orient Information Record” now so we can introduce to Italy the culture of this Jipa—ngu. That’s why we should be pardoned as we look at the culture of Ja—pan! Sancho: Eh--!? Molo: When this book is finished, this family will be introduced to Italy…no, the whole world! Eiichi: Th…that’s great— Yuu: Ai, Kei…clean your rooms! Ai & Kei: ……
15. Molo: A Japanese father is a man with two eyes and one mo—uth. A Japanese mother is a woman with two arms and le—gs. Sancho: Professor, they’re not aliens! Ai: This is rea—lly annoying. Kei: It’s because there isn’t a good self-declared genius scientist. Molo: Hi—hi hi, we—ll then, they’ll have our faith and properly tell us where the go—ld is! G: Hyo!? What is this old guy!? Molo: That’s a cyborg like me, isn’t it!? Sancho: There are cyborgs in Japan too… Eiichi: G-chan! We’re going to be famous for being written in an “Orient Information Record”! G: You locked in a tofu exam? I don’t listen to those stories! (TN: The part with the “locked in a tofu exam” is actually spoken in Japanese as “Toufu no kenben rokku”. Tofu and “rokku” (or “lock”) are obvious, but “Kenben” is Japanese for “a fecal exam”. It was really hard to translate it and I couldn’t quite to it correctly) Sancho: What did I say, professor? The technology of today’s Japan has become surprisingly advanced.
16. Q: What, we have a foreign visito—r? It’s my turn. G: Hyo!? Grandma!? Molo: Oh—it’s a gei—sha! Magnifice—nt. Please write your address and phone number for my “Orient Information Reco—rd”! Sancho: …… Eiichi: I’ll take them too. Yuu: Dear!! Q: Shut up, I hate old men— Molo: !? Molo: Make a Japanese geisha angry and they become a gra—nny. And the elderly have steel bo—dies. They have said to be the oldest nation in the wo—rld. (TN: Back then, as is now, Japan has gotten a reputation of having the highest longevity rate in the world) Molo: BUT I CAN’T DO THIS FORE—VER. IF I DON’T LOOK FOR WHERE THAT GOLD IS QUICKLY… Molo: Well then, everyo—ne, from what I’ve written of Jipangu, I must write about the go—ld. Kaizous: Gold? Molo: Well~~…where then are the golden buildings?
17. Kaizous: Golden buildings? What is he… Molo: Ho!? “Surrounding Comment”: What is he… Molo: You fools—it was exactly written in the “Orient Information Reco—rd”! Are you saying it was a lie--!? Eiichi: These days, there isn’t anyone who believes that “Orient Information Record”… Kei: That gramps is really suspicious. Sancho: So why did you say it— Molo: Aah, my gold city~~ Molo: No, there actually was a reaction to the gold in this hou—se! G: HYO!! Molo: Quietly get out the gold and you won’t be silenced by the Italian Golden Cyborg Baron---!!
18. Kei: He…he’s a cyborg---!? Eiichi: We’ve…been deceived— G: Hyo—There’s a foreign cyborg--!! Molo: Even if I’m a demon, if you can’t help me with where the gold is, I’ll find it myse—lf. G: Mumumumu— Molo: The gold his hidden somewhere on the body of that cyborg gra—mps!! G: Hyo!? Q: What, grandpa? You had that and kept it from me— G: I didn’t know!! Molo: My go—ld device wasn’t confu~~sed!! The go—ld will be mi—ne!
19. G: You—If I say I don’t, then I don’t! An annoying gramps will face the justice of farming power— Kei: O—K, G-chan has equipped his farming option! Go—G-chan!! Molo: Ha~~haha, that’s a weird form—Hi—hihi, what is that shabby form! Sancho: … Molo: Look at m—e! I’m a shining Italian cyborg of beautiful gold! The history and tradition of the Eternal Capital of Rome speaks through this elegant bo—dy. Molo: How’s this! This is the Trevi Fountain which throbs of the Greek Go—ds! From the top of my head to the tips of my toes, my body has an appropriate value from it’s arti—stry. Molo: Ha—haha Kaizous: Ha—haha (TN: The “peeing boy” is not a reference to anything Italian but to "Mannekin Pis" (the Dutch name, also known as "Petit Julien" in French), a symbol of the city of Brussels in Belgium which is a statue of a small boy peeing into a nearby fountain)
20. Molo: What’s s—o fu—nny! Take my Pizza-Pie Cutte—r! Kei: Wha—He put cutlery in pizza--!! G: You be~~ast. Japanese Senbei Cutters are more honorable than these things! (TN: Senbei are a type of rice cracker eaten in Japan) Molo: Uh~~Sancho-kun! Use the custom me~~cha! Sancho: Ye…yes~~ G: What’s that? G: Hyo!? I can’t move!!
21. Molo: Ho—w’s tha—t!? It’s my Whi—rling Spaghetti Defense. If there’s something that isn’t known of spaghetti, it’s that nothing coils more beau—tiful! Further, these noodles are the ultimate hardness for spaghetti! It’s called Al Dente in Ita—ly. G: Muu… Kaizous: That thing will always be torn by farming power! Molo: Sancho-kun, please explain. Sancho: This Al Dente has a softness that’s soft on the outside, and holds a bit of toughness inside. This delicately balanced noodle is unperturbed by any power if bunched together.
22. Molo: Next I’ll paralyze his taste with this espresso which is much bi~~~ter than coffee! G: It’s bitter— Molo: And if you don’t give me the gold, then I’ll take the gold by crunching your body with this “True Mouth” me—cha! Kei: His body will be crunched--!? Ai: That’s not calming— Molo: Rea—lly, what is it doing eating spaghetti~~!? SFX: Crunch G: Hyo!? Kei: You’ve really got problems… Molo: Ah—no—ow— Sancho: You understand……? G: G-chan is revived!! How dare you do that to me! If you come to that, then I’ll show you the power of Japan!!
23. G: I’ll paralyze your taste with Japanese umeboshi!! G: I’ll paralyze your smell with Japanese miso!! Molo: Ho— G: I’ll paralyze your sight with Japanese onions!! Molo: Ha— G: I’ll paralyze your hearing with the Hannya Shingyou of a Japanese granny! Q: (recites sutra……) Molo: Japan only has these strong things---!! G: I call it: Japanese Heart Sensory Crash--!! Ai: Yes—he knows the power of Japan!! Kei: --Do you have a reason for this? Sancho: It’s fine…this always happens……… G: How’s that! The power of a Japanese farming cyborg! Realize this!!
24. Molo: Hold o—n!! My Gold Detector had a strong reaction within your mou~~th!! Molo: Go—ld! I’ve finally found it!! It was hidden within here!! G: Hyo— Molo: Give—me—it---!! G: Hyo--!! Molo: This is…this is go—ld!! Go… Caption: GOLD TOOTH Molo: The gold that I finally found coming all the way to Jipangu is this gold tooth… Sancho: Why would it react to just that gold tooth? Q: A cyborg’s uses a special gold for a strong biting power— G: HYO—IT HURTS—
25. Eiichi: Wha—G-chan’s raging---!! G: It hurts— Ai: Stop—you’ll destroy the house!! Molo: Th…this vibration……….!? Sancho: This is the famous Japanese earthquake…… Molo: Do earthquakes in Japan occur not by catfish but by the elde—rly! (TN: There’s a Japanese myth that catfish cause earthquakes) G: UNUNUNUNU G: You, how dare you pull my gold tooth. My cavity is aching again!! Ai: It’s hot. It’s really hot just being near G-chan… Q: Kekeke, his anger from the pulled gold tooth and the heat of his toothache has his body temperature surpass 10,000 degrees~~ Kei: Ten thousand degrees~~~!?
26. Molo: Ah—I’m trapped in a crack and I ca—nt ge—t ou~~t!! Eiichi: Ooh, there, it’s evidently the Leaning Tower of Pisa!! Q: Kekeke! Frankly, the heat is the methane gas, which is the energy source of grandpa, is already burning and a big explosion is occurring~~ Molo: What~~~ G: This is— G: CERTAIN-KILL! EXPLODING G-MEGATON---!!! Molo: Hya—he’s representing Japan as the nation of volcano—es. He’s a fireba—ll gra—ndpa---!!
27. Molo: My gold body that I store from around the world has been ta~~ken!! G: My 10,000 Degree G-Megaton has melted your gold!! Kaizous: And didn’t you destroy our home on the side!! Molo: Ho~~~!? G: Thus, I got back my gold tooth!! Molo: Ah~~my gold body became dentures… Molo: … Molo: I—f that’s what it is, then I’ll rebuild my body by gathering a large amount of gold teeth from the Japanese elderly and then challenge G-chan once aga—in!! Sancho: Professor~~let’s go back to Italy already~~
28. SECRET: G-CHAN / GRANDMA BOTS DESIGNS: SECRET FILE Caption: (I was desperate)
TN: Let me start with this: for the most part the chapter was done already yesterday, but I didn't put it up until today because both laziness and because I had to make sure that I got a lot of the cultural references in this chapter correct. (there are quite a few, more so of Europe than of Japan) Secondly, I know I probably should be using the Italian name of the Marco Polo book with Molo's comments, but I just found it easier to leave it in the Japanese name just so it would be easy communication between him and the Kaizous. Now with that out of the way...this was a fun chapter. If anything, this chapter shows Obata finally finding flow and just having fun with his designs and concepts instead of just forcing things down that may just be disturbing. Molo in particular was a great design character, both in his normal and his cyborg form...and you really can sympathize with Sancho for putting up with a Kei-like existance with his grandfather. (there are a lot of weird elderly men in this series, I can't help that) I also like that the Kaizous actually seem more comfortable with the insanity for the most part this time around...well except G-chan destroying their home at the end but that's a typical comedic ending. And, for the last real time, we get to see Stronger G in action. I know people love seeing "Young G-chan", but this is a nice little usage with the super-heated version, particularly with how close we are getting to the end of the series. Makes you wonder what could have been at this point...https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/11734[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G Prelude by StrangerAtaru2009-04-24T00:50:39+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comIn 1988, after several one-shots, mangaka Takeshi Obata (known at the time as Shigeru Hijikata) introduced the character that would lead to his very first serialized work! Who would have thought...it would have involved an eldery cyborg!? The very first "Cyborg Grandpa G" story is here!
Pilot 1: (subtitle: G-CHAN’S BODY IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN SERIALIZATION!?)
(TN: There is a page before this, but the first page here is the first one that I have of the scans of “Cyborg Grandpa G” which I currently own)
134. Kei: WH…WHAT!? G: Oh…Morning already…
135. G: Is it that slight? It’s me, me! Eiichi: WHAA~~~!? ARE YOU JOKING, GRAND—PA— Ai: YOU’VE FINALLY GONE SENILE, F**KING GRAMPS!
136. G: What are you saying? I haven’t lost it yet. I’VE BEEN REBORN AS A CYBORG. Kaizous: CY…CYBORG!? G: I’ve been accumulating research for this day. Finally, I can become a modified human…From today, my name is… G: CYBORG GRANDPA G!! Eiichi: Wh…wh…what are you planning with those modifications! G: I didn’t plan this. Don’t you understand what you’re seeing!
137. G: With my atomic power from plasma nuclear fusion and a maximum output 2,000 horsepower, I’m going to take down the evil that has run rampant through this world. G: This is for……the man who unconcerningly would cause war if it’s for money… G: I’LL TAKE DOWN PROFESSOR SHAREKOUBE----!! G: Oh?
138. G: Muu~~it seems I can’t control it when excited… Eiichi: YOU’VE DONE TOO MUCH ALREADY! Grandpa, you can’t test to use this thing you’ve made! G: I’m not Grandpa…G-ch-a-n! (TN: This joke really only works in Japanese and is one of the main jokes of the whole series: when Eiichi calls G-chan “grandpa”, he calls him “jiichan”, which is the Japanese word for “grandpa”. Of coruse, “Jii” can also be turned into the English letter “G”, therefore leading to the whole “G-chan” pun in the first place) Eiichi: Right! Eiichi: Uo, my hair! Haa haa. Kei: I’m bleeding from my gums… G: Hyo. I didn’t mean it, but radiation came out from my strain. Eiichi: MY HAAAAIR Kaizous: WAAAAAA G: In that case, I’ll test my cyber power of justice by going on a walk. Eiichi: DO—N’T JOKE AROUND! IN THAT FORM OF A FINAL WEAPON! G: Ho ho ho, that’s the radiation~~!!
139. Sign: Gift tickets for gifts G: CYBORG GRANDPA G: G!! G: IT’S NOT RIGHT TO DO THAT IN FRONT OF THE CIGARETTE SHOP GRANNY!! Girl: HYAA Boys: HYAHAHAHAHA Boy 1: Oh—drive it up more--! Boy 2: Oh, how is this bike we stole! Man: BUWAWA Shirt: Father Boy: What’s that?
140. Boys: !? Boy 1: WHAT THE HECK IS THAT!! G: Youth right there. Stop— G: I’m Cyborg G-chan! Stop or YOU’LL BE SMASHED! Boy: WHA—WHAT WAS THAT AMAZING THING RUNNING NOW! Kei: Heh…Let’s go ahead…huh. Girl: WH…WHAT!! WHAT WAS THAT AMAZING THING RUNNING NOW!! Ai: No one should speak of this.
141. Boys: AH Boys: WE’VE—HAD ENOOOUGH G: You weren’t hearing what I was saying!! Boys: Eh!? G: SUBJUGATED! Boys: Sa…Save us…Hey…is…this seri~~ous… G: Do some mischief somewhere again. I’ll chase you down from the other side of the Earth! G: Hm hm hm~m Voice: Finally…I finally found you!
142. Sharekoube: You~~he’s really failed to escape from my influence! Because of him, my plans have been ruined! Sharekoube: IF ONLY HE HADN’T RUN OFF, THEN I WOULD HAVE BEEN A CYBORG BY NOW!! G-CHAN, YOU WILL REALIZE THE POWER OF THE DUAL TIME AS BOTH GREAT MILLIONAIRE AND GENIUS SCIENTIST SHAREKOUBE!! G: I’M HOME—Ah—that was fun. G: Fuo fuo, it’s been a while since I got hungry from running amuck. Mother, fo—od! G: What, they’re ignoring me and have already eaten? G: Actually, Ai……I saw you this morning! You looked great!
143. G: HYO!? G: WH…WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON!? Voice: IT’S BEEN 10 YEARS, G-CHAN. G: Hyo! That voice!! Sharekoube: IT’S ME, SHAREKOUBE. WITH THE OPENING OF YOU PLAYING WITHOUT CARE, I TOOK YOUR FAMILY. IF YOU WANT THEM BACK, THEN BRING YOUR EXAMPLE TO THE FRONT OF TSURUOKA FOUNTAIN PARK! IF YOU COME QUIETLY, THEN WE’LL LET THINGS FLOW UP THROUGH NOW. G: YOU’RE A COWARD FOR LAYING A HAND ON MY FAMILY--!! Sharekoube: SELF DESTRUCT. G: UOCCHI!
144. G: SHAREKOUBE’S FINALLY MADE HIS MOVE. IF I DON’T ACT QUICKLY! (out loud) CYBORG G-CHAN SCRAMBLE! G: ALIGNMENT 2-H, POINT 105 SE—T!! G: READY SET G: G-CHAN TAKE OFF!!
145. Picture: THANKS FOR MAVERICK TSURUOKA “THE FIGHT –TATAKAI—“ (I’m worthless)
146. Kei: YOU IDIOT—SLIME GRAMPS— (TN: Kei is referring to the simple “slime” monsters of the Dragon Quest series, which actually is a good representation of Sharekoube’s head) Ai: LET US GO, ONION GRAMPS! Eiichi: WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US, BULB GRAMPS! (TN: I think I made “rakkyo” as “onion” in another entry, but since “tamanegi” is one type of onion and “rakkyo” is another…and that’s not even getting into “negi”, I adjusted it a bit) Sharekoube: This is for that strong-justiced G-chan…you’re bait to lure him. Kei: WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH OUR F**KING GRAMPS? I DON’T KNOW YOU, BUT YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO INVOLVE US--!! Sharekoube: Hmph, so I’ll tell you. Well…long ago, he was a genius scientist under me---! Sharekoube: And then………Oh! Hey, do you hear that--!? Kaizous: ……… Sharekoube: ?
147. Sharekoube: BABI!! Kaizous: GRAMPS--!? G: You’re unfair, Sharekoube— G: How could you be there when you have no connection to my family! G: THAT SHOWS YOU’VE SOLD YOUR SOUL TO THE DEVIL! THOUGH YOU DON’T DESERVE SYMPATHY THOUGH A SIMILAR SCIENTIST, I DO HAVE TEARS FOR YOU!
148. Sharekoube: That’s hilarious. You stole a file for the creation of modified humans which you were striving for in a collaborative development with me. Aren’t you the unfair one for having the nerve of modifying yourself into a cyborg!! Kaizous: HE STOLE IT? Sharekoube: YOU ALL HEARD ME!! Sharekoube: My name isn’t as known as this gramps, but I’m effectively a genius scientist who’s going to be the best in the world. G: That’s me!! Sharekoube: Ten years ago, applying our research on cranial nerves, we attempted to be the first in the world with cyborg research. If it was successful, Japan would have taken over this field, dance into the top in the world and it would be the greatest invention since the rice cooker. Sharekoube: BUT…WITH OUR RESEARCH 50% COMPLETE, BEFORE WE COULD TAKE OFF ON THE MODIFICATION STAGE—G-CHAN SET MY RESEARCH ON FIRE, TAKING OUT MY MODIFICATION CREATION FILES AND DECEIVED ME ON HIS WHEREABOUTS!! Kei: THAT F**KING GRAMPS~~ Ai: So then—you’re not a villain either— G: I deceiving you……
149. G: SHAREKOUBE, WITH HOW YOU THINK OF JAPAN, YOU WERE GOING TO CONTROL IT! THAT WAS YOUR REASON! YOU WERE GOING TO SELL A LARGE AMOUNT OF HUMAN MODIFIED CYBORGS AS WEAPONS FOR THE ARMIES OF THE WORLDS, THEN USE THE MONEY TO MODIFY YOURSELF INTO AN INVINCIBLE CYBORG AND RULE JAPAN FROM THE SHADOWS! Sharekoube: GYO!! You…you finally realized. G: For realizing that, I somehow had to stop your plans, so I turned myself into a cyborg and determingly pledged to fight you!! Sharekoube: If that’s how it came, I’ll take those files by force!! G: Modified from what I borrowed from a construction site, MURDER WEAPON “SAFETY #1!!” G: HYO!?
150. Kaizous: …… Sharekoube: Fufufu, I have six secret areas underneath this park!! So then, G-chan, can you win against my emotionless murder machine? Ai: Wh…what’s that!? Eiichi: But! He’s more for real than G-chan! G: I won’t give you the file…I’ll fight! G: URYA---!! G: Wa—you aiming for me--!! Kaizous: DOWWA—HE’S FIRING WITHOUT CARE--!
151. G: Hyo, I’m out of ammo! Kei: Because you fired them when he wasn’t there!! G: Uoo, he’s big and fast!! G: MUU!! G: I destroyed his blizzard pipe!
152. Narrator: Those aren’t Salonpas but emergency regeneration magnetic tapes attached to damaged areas of G-chan’s cyber body!! G: Hyo! G: SO AFTER A SHORT REST, I COUNTER! Sharekoube: Smart thinking~~ G: Urya! Come at me from anywh~~ere!
153. G: HYO----!! Kaizous: HE—DID IT! Sharekoube: Safety #1, I don’t remember making you as soft!! Sharekoube: S—o, don’t go after that file anymore. Destroy G-chan!!
154. G: ! Sharekoube: A CYBORG’S HEAD IS HIS WEAKNESS. TURN HIS BRAIN INTO NUKAMISO!! (TN: this is actually a bit of a pun: “brain” is “noumiso” in Japanese, and Sharekoube tells “Safety #1” to turn it into “nukamiso”, which is a rice bran usually used for pickling) G: GYAA
155. Sharekoube: Hoho—He’s fallen. He’s fallen. Kaizous: Gra… Kei: YO…YOU’RE NOT HUMAN— Ai: YOU’RE NOT HUMAN AT ALL— Sharekoube: Even with your babbling, now you know my plan. I’ll brainwash you and you’ll forget slickly! Sharekoube: I’m the man called the greatest genius scientist in history…I’ve gained fame and prestige without siding with justice. I’m too good— Sharekoube: Oh well, I’ll temporarily work on Safety #1 in place of a modified human. Sharekoube: Oyo?
156. G: YOU’VE BECOME STUPID, SHAREKOUBE!! Sharekoube: Wha—you’re not dead!! Kaizous: G-CHAN!! G: UN—FORGIVABLE!
157. G: FULL THROTTLE CYBER POWER! STRONGER G!! Sharekoube: OYOYO--!?
158. Sharekoube: OYO--!? Your metallic body should contract like muscle…this is stupid, it can’t be, you idiot…………! G: You’re naïve. There’s one more part of my body that isn’t mechanical aside from my brain. That’s my burning blood!! G: My body is made up of a shape-memory alloy. My blood flows inside it. And thus, when my blood boils with my anger reaching its peak, the shape-memory alloy of my body reacts and my armor thickens, becoming this form— G: WHERE I CAN USE 100% OF MY 2,000 HORSEPOWER CYBER POWER! Sharekoube: Th…that’s a bluff. Go, Safety #1, your power is greater.
159. G: ATOMIC PUN… G: CH!! G: OK, SUB COMPUTER! CALCULATE HIS WEAKNESS! MAKE A CONCENTRATED ATTACK! Narrator: G-chan is said to have one more brain. This sub computer is within his organs and can analyze an enemy’s weakness with a calm, precise decision! Computer: If you ram him in the guts, his body will break apart and he’ll explode. Narrator: However, this brutal place occasionally gets hurt!!
160. G: Understood! This is going to consume a large amount of energy. SPEED OF SOUND JU—MP G: SUPER BURNING HOT SPECIAL STRONGEST ROYAL STRAIGHT THUNDER CORE ATOMIC ENERGY G ATTA—CK!!
161. G: Fu— Sharekoube: Oyo--! Sharekoube: G…G-chan, you weren’t too late now. Can’t…I live together with…you again? Sharekoube: G-chan! Don’t you want status and prestige!? This could be for our country! Sharekoube: Right…this super cyborg power would be our national military…If we go by my plan; we’ll become the strongest country in the world! G-chan would want Japan someday to be a country with the greatest scientific progress in the world……
162. G: I love my country, but—I love people more! G: I can’t have a world where people become weapons for killing! (You haven’t seen “Full Metal Jacket”, Sharekoube--) (TN: Obviously a reference to the classic 1987 Stanley Kubrick film) Voice: GET UP—F**KING GRAMPS—WHAT ON EARTH HAVE YOU DONE, GRANDPA
163. G: Um! I have smashed Sharekoube’s desire this time, but he’s extremely per—sistant! He could come and attack with a powerful weapon again. Therefore, I thought that we had to strengthen our equipment here. Eiichi: WHAT EXCUSE WILL WORK FOR THE BOSS? Ai: YOU~~DIDN’T YOU GIVE ME A BODY WHERE I CAN’T BE A BRIDE!! Kei: Great, it’s so cool… Captions: (right to left) CYBORG MOTHER Q CYBORG FATHER H CYBORG SISTER I CYBORG STUPID BRAT K G: I’VE GONE AND DONE MODIFICATION SURGERY ON ALL OF YOU OVERNIGHT!!
TN: It's sort of strange witnessing the birth and evolution of a manga series, particularly backwards (blame the first pilot from a "special issue" being in the final volume while the one after in vol. 3), but in some ways you can see certain aspects and matters that end up connected or evolving a series into what it ends up as. I know this was at the end of vol. 4, but I sort of wanted to do this first so I could make sure that it was done when I get to the end of the series real soon. One thing I n0ticed about this version of the G-chan origin tale is...well, it feels a little less like a comedy. Sure it still has the crazy "old man cyborg fighting his rival" concept, but aside from the concept and a couple bits it felt more like a more action-based series with funny stuff in it. And speaking of concepts, something dawned on me doing this particular, more serious one-shot: I think Jii-chan G is a parody of Robocop! Don't ask how I came to this conclusion but somehow just seeing concepts and ideas here being less ludicrous made me connect it more with that movie than with anything in manga/ anime like the original intention. G-chan is still atomic powered like the one after this, but at least we sort of get Stronger G this time and a really cool final attack against Sharekoube's robot. Sharekoube, meanwhile, felt more like a menace than a strange, onion headed man...surprisingly, doing these earlier stories makes me appreciate how cool Obata made him in the actual stories. Finally, there are two major concepts that sort of will be brought up again when we get to the final three chapters of the series...I won't tell you which but some of the concepts here, as well as in the next one-shot that was in vol. 3, will be returning in full force in the finale of the story! (and with these done, the final six chapters will be coming soon!)
BTW: there is one other one shot in vol. 4 that Obata did in 1987...it's called "Long Shoot" but since it has nothing to do with Jiichan-G, I'll put it up in it's own section.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/11689[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G Prelude by StrangerAtaru2009-04-22T02:34:17+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comBefore G-chan was unleashed on an unsuspecting Japan in 1989, two one-shots were first released connected to the world of the cybernetic grandpa. This first one is actually the second, released in 1988 in WSJ...some things are similar but others are a bit...different.
Pilot 2: CYBORG GRANDPA SUPPLIMENTAL
168. WARNING: The next story we’re doing, “Cyborg Grandpa Supplimental”, is a one-shot written before serialization. This is slightly different from the serialization, but the biggest difference is granny’s face. IT’S SLIGHTLY FREAKY It is best for those weak of heart to not read this.
169. Eiichi: Ho…how long has he been in there…!? Ai: Last night! Kei: It’s too late, I can’t hold it!! Eiichi: Grand—pa, what exactly are you doing in the bathroom! Open up--!! G: How could you decide to come into the toilet when I, the genius scientist and inventor is in here--! Don’t you see from the card that I’m working! (Placard: Working) Yuu: Wo…working!? Ai: He’s not making an—other good thing!! G: OK, COMPLETE!!
170. (No dialogue, you can obviously see it)
171. Ai: Wh…what!? G: OH, IT’S ALREADY MORNING……
172. Kei: GR…GRAMPS!? Eiichi: Wh…what exactly has………… Yuu: GYA---!? G: Isn’t this cool? From today, I’m a cyborg. I decided to be a fusion cyborg warrior for the sake of protecting world peace……my name is— G: CYBORG GRANDPA G!!! G: WITH ATOMIC ENERGY FROM PLASMA NUCLEAR FUSION G: AND MAXIMUM ATOMIC POWER OUTPUT 2000 HORSEPOWER!!
173. Eiichi: Cyborg Grandpa… Yuu & Ai: G~~!? Kei: But then he enthusiastically saw that kind of anime yesterday…… G: Now, there is an evil organization that is trying to conquer the world!! That man…Professor Sharekoube sees the world as his own personal thing!! Eiichi: Gr…grandpa, you’re growing senile from watching too much TV! G: Mu G: I’M NOT GRANDPA! I’M G-CHAN--!! Eiichi: OWA!!? G: Currently, I’m scattering radioactivity that has come out of me! Eiichi: Somehow, we should have been prepared for this day to come… Yuu: Uh…Uuh… Kei: If grandma was alive, she’d take him down about now…… Ai: He’s extremely senile for mistaking what’s on TV as real, that gramps.
174. G: Now I’m going out on patrol. Watch out while I’m gone! G: G-CHAN SUPER BIKERS RIDE II ON!! Kei: He…he’s going in that form? G: SUPER BIKERS G-CHAN VERSION—GO!! G: A box of Echo. *The long favorite cigarettes of the old men of the world.
175. Woman: Kya—someone save my boy--!! G: Muu! I’m coming now--!! G: Tourya! G: I’ll be there within 0.8 seconds, boy!! G: Chowa! G: Oh no…if he doesn’t spit that water out quickly G: URYAA!! Boy: ……
176. G: Hyo! He spit up blood. His organs exploded. Woman: EEEK--!!! G: I have a way when it gets to this!! G: PERFORMING MODIFICATION SURGERY!! Woman: MY BOY~~ G: How’s that? You can move, boy. G: What would have happened if I didn’t od this now… Woman: Thank you…very much… Sharekoube: You, Cyborg G-chan…Once I was your subordinate, a genius scientist…deceptively, we progressed our cyborg research, but you became aware of my ambitions for my world domination and betrayed me…
177. Sharekoube: And now, you jumped ahead of Master Sharekoube by becoming a justice cyborg…to the end you weren’t going to hand the Earth over to me!! Sharekoube: But you’re not the only genius! I’ve produced a weapon that will surpass G-chan! And when he’s defeated, it’ll be natural that I will take over the world---!! Gahahahahaha G: I’m jumping the gun but— G: Tomorrow, I’m performing modification surgery on the entire family!! Kaizous: WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT, YOU DUMMY---!! G: Don’t you understand? If we become five cyborg warriors, then just that will that will make us closer to the day there is world peace! Ai: Don’t you understand!? That day won’t come with you around--! Kei: Hehe, a cyborg? G: Hyo. That’s what I’m saying. Think about having that steel body if I do this tomorrow!!
178. Ai: Wh…what? G: Mu, it’s the emergency alarm! Kaizous: What is it!! G: Muu!? G: Hyo, the town!? This has to be the work of Professor Sharekoube! G: CYBORG G-CHAN EMERGENCY SCRAMBLE. Scramble Shooter = In!!
179. Kaizous: Wh…what!? G: G-CHAN TAKE OFF!! Old Woman: Seconds, dear? Old Man: Grandma~~this umeboshi is sour—
180. People: Wh…what’s that~~!? It’s coming here—is it an alien come to invade Earth! Stupid--!! Sharekoube: Gahaha, G-chan, Shinjuku will be a burning town if you don’t come quickly. And further, my terror will be realized and you’ll displace your hip. Sharekoube: What---!? Sharekoube: Who did this and what’s happening here!?
181. Sharekoube: Oyo, what is that!? G: FUSION!! G: Hyo!? Sharekoube: Gahahaha, you’re a fool, G-chan. That will make your remaining years short!! G: Oh oh. G: CYBORG GRANDPA G!! Kei: Ah, there he is. Ai: What is that f**king gramps doing? G: Sharekoube, I can not forgive your many evil deeds! I became a cyborg to destroy your ambitions for world domination! Sharekoube: Can that be destroyed so easily?
182. Sharekoube: Even to the end unknowing if “G-chan died”, I was unconcerned regarding you. For I have made a weapon that has surpassed G-chan! G: Muu!? Sharekoube: Don’t cry, G-chan. Sharekoube: HER NAME IS IRON GRANDMA BETA!! (TN: The “tetsujin” in this “Q prototype” is Japanese for “iron man” or “strong man”, but with the “Baa-chan” part already identifying her as “grandma”, I just made it “iron grandma”) G: HYO------!!?? Kaizous: OUR GRANNY WHO DIED FIVE YEARS AGO!! Sharekoube: Well this is G-chan’s ultimate weakness. I found out G-chan isn’t smarter than your dead grandma!!
183. Eiichi: Actually, that grandma is more terrible than G-chan… Kei: Gramps can’t deal with this… Sharekoube: Gahahaha, this isn’t merely just like your grandma! I created cells that I’ve raised from the bones and hair when I dug up your grandma’s tomb! She’s a clone human who isn’t a bit different from her previous life, even in her personality and behavior!! Sharekoube: FURTHER, I GAVE HER A SUPER-TUNED MODIFICATION SURGERY, ALLOWING HER TO SQUEEZE OUT 2500 HORSEPOWER, WHICH IS GREATER THAN G-CHAN---!! Ai: You…dug up her grave…… Kei: Yo…you……… Sharekoube: Fufu… G: MUU…!! THOSE DAYS IN HELL ARE RUNNING THROUGH MY MIND…… G: Bug Sharekoube! I forgot to say one thing to you: Your pronounciation of “G-chan”—you haven’t gotten it!!
184. Sharekoube: Have—I? Zu—Zui— G: G, G— (TN: This is actually a Japanese joke: basically G-chan believes that Sharekoube hasn’t pronounced “G” right, which considering it’s in Japanese has to be transliterated from English) Ai: They’re dummies. G: You’re stupid!! Earnestly study for the test! Booklet: G-CHAN’S INTENSE ENGLISH (On Sale the First of the Month: FIRST ISSUE) G: Special supplemental tapes are for 2980 yen. Sharekoube: It’s expensive~~ (Tohoho) Sharekoube: We—ll, with the books bought, Go, Iron Grandma Beta!! G: Well then, with grandma the enemy, I’m the cyborg warrior who will protect peace! If I hand the Earth over to you, then my radioactivity will turn it into a dead planet! G: Urya!
185. Sharekoube: Ah!? I can’t go after them. Sharekoube: …… Ai: You—how could you come out and get all complex again--? Sharekoube: Guwa—he, save me, G-chan. Song: Our raging youth power purely burns. G: Muu!?
186. G: Hyo G: IRON GRANDMA BETA! CHOOSE POLIDENT SO YOUR MOUTH WON’T STINK. G: Mu!! G: Hyo—
187. Woman: Gya— G: Oh—what power! She hasn’t changed a bit from those days!! G: You’re horrible, Iron Grandma Beta…… Caption: Boss G: But what will you do, grandma! How could you defeat the man who is your husband---!?
188. G: How could you say you forgotten me— Beta: Have I meat you somewhere before!? G: You don’t know…are you a fool, grandma!? Ai: Ah, they’ve come back. Sharekoube: Uh…cough. I’ll tell what G-chan wants to know……my specialty brainwashing has completely erased her memories of being a sweet couple. Therefore, she can’t remember even a smidgen on G-chan! G: Sharekoube you: on top of grave-digging, you created a human and removed her memories…A HEART WHO PLAYS WITH HUMANS………I CAN’T FORGIVE YOU, SHAREKOUBE!!
189. G: Mu!! G: Gravity Change Switch = On Narrator: Cyborg G-chan possesses a gravity changing device which can change the weight of his own body with one switch. Sharekoube: ? Narrator: He can crush an opponent with a maximum weight of 500 tons! However, add on the unrelated fact that it’s a crybaby old man! Sharekoube: UGYAA Sharekoube: N…now’s you…r chance…Iron……gofu! Beta: Right this way~~I’ll put ventilation in your brain. G: Hyo!? Beta: NAMU AMI DABUTSU~~! (TN: Like Q, Beta also recites Buddhist sutras connected to her attacks)
190. G: Muu!? My body’s so heavy it can’t move!! Kaizous: G-chan… Sharekoube: God—don’t let me take this.
191. Crowd: Wow—His head is broken. These Japanese special effects are cool! So then, what’s the movie? Kei: I…I’d die before becoming a cyborg… Ai: De…demon granny. Eiichi: Mankiller! Yuu: Whaaa--!! Sharekoube: Even a cyborg dies with a direct hit to the brain! So from tomorrow, the world will be mine—I can sleep well with that--! Sharekoube: Oyo, osme really small change has fallen…(Double lucky) G: Hyo—that was surprising. Kaizous & Sharekoube: Gya--!? It’s Ghost Grandpa G--!!
192. G: Hyo!? My precious bank……and all the trouble to save up this 3,508 yen!! Sharekoube: Oyo---!? So where is your brain, where!? G: YOU’RE SO STUPID, SHAREKOUBE!! MY BRAIN IS IN MY BUTT!!! Kaizous: G-CHAN!!! Kei: Don’t take out that thing!!
193. G: AND YOU, IRON GRANDMA BETA!! HOW DARE YOU DESTROY MY BANK! I WON’T GO EASY ANYMORE~!! Narrator: G-chan has attached power-amplifying devices to 108 points on his body. By sticking these electribans on top of his equipment, the devices go to work like strong magnets—amplifying G-chan’s atomic energy output at an efficiency of from 120% to 200%! And further—
194. Narrator: Well, before he does, he must scratch his back. Kei: Chi..this is trouble— Caption: Backscratcher G: The last is here, right here. Narrator: When the 108 points are all attached, G-chan’s atomic energy… G: BECOMES INFINITE!!! MUU!!
195. Sharekoube: OYOYOYO!? Narrator: However, the weakness is that the radioactivity easily leaks out due to the huge amount of energy! G: Hyo!? Eiichi: MY HAIR Sharekoube: Ridiculous, if you can power up by electribans, then I can do it too—Go, Iron Grandma Beta!! G: If—that’s so, then my final way will exhaust a large amount of energy!
196. G: DEADLY ATOMI—C G=METATON
197. Kei: Th…that was cool. Ai: He shouldn’t have done that he—re. Kaizous: …… G: …… Kei: Though he only fought with her, G-chan really did love grandma… Ai: I guess—so. Ai: N? Ai: !
198. Ai: Wha…… G: That’s a picture of grandma when she was young! Eiichi: HUH WHA~~ G: I’m giving it back to grandma already. Beta: Y…you still have it…that picture… G: Gr…grandma…I…remember… Sharekoube: This shouldn’t happen! My brainwashing was perfect!!
199. Shreakoube: I brainwashed her myself--!! Eiichi: You old onionhead! G-chan and grandma’s love power is stronger than your brainwashing! Kei: Dad’s gotten awkward. G: Of course…of course. I’ve always kept it in the bank in my head. This is my most important thing. Beta: Well that’s good~~~…. G: You idiot… G: ONCE AGAIN, YOU WENT AHEAD…TO THAT WORLD………
200. Sharekoube: Uo Uwa~~aaah!! Beta: You can’t kill me as you want~~I am immortal~~!! Kaizous: …… Narrator: And so, the Cyborg family gained one more…
201. Narrator: Who joined in the dangerous cyborg warriors!! G: Let’s go, Iron Grandma Beta! Let’s go on patrol to protect world peace!! Beta: G-chan, you’re not the only one in that cool pose~~ Ai: That f**king gramps and devil granny………they’re the worst… Eiichi: … Sharekoube: G-chan, you, someday, this blue Earth will be mine— Sign: Danger: Don’t Stand On
202. 1. THE ROAD TO SHIGERU HIJIKATA 2 RAGING HURRICANE CHAPTER VOL. 256: REVENGE TRAGEDY OF LOVE AND TEARS (Author: Kazumei Sakamoto)
Summary of Last Time Narrator: Mysterious Assistant S became a bombing victim from a released poop when G-chan ended. (TN: “Cyborg Grandpa G” will be ending with the next volume, this volume was released at the moment after the series ended in the magazine) Narrator: But he took modification surgery by the hands of great master Shigeru Hijikata and revived. Narrator: And then he successfully escaped ahead of his mental abilities…… Bottom Caption: WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP: Issue “Shi shi shi shi” will be released next Tuesday (Monday, Sunday)! (Release differs by area)
2. WRITING UP THE FAKE MANGA “CYBORG GRANDPA C”, HE VOWED REVENGE ON GREAT MASTER SHIGERU HIJIKATA. Caption 1: ZANTETSU, THE FAKE GANTETSU Caption 2: They’re seeing it now. Caption 3: Fake Manga: CYBORG GRANDPA C Side Caption: WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS? WAIT UNTIL NEXT ISSUE! (Too much overlap is bad…) Bottom Left: Vol. 256: Revenge Tragedy of Love and Tears/ End Bottom Right: This work is fiction. It is in no way connected to any real people, organizations or events.
203. THE ROAD TO SHIGERU HIJIKATA 3 By Kashun Hirakei; Occupation: Alien Kashun: I am Kashun, an alien. But that’s a secret to everyone.
A Chance Meeting: 1. Kashun: I am Kashun. I came from space to work in manga. Top Caption: Imagined Idea of Shigeru Hijikata Bottom Caption: So I could work on the G-chan manga… 2. Kashun: Nice to meet you, sensei— Old Man: ? Caption: Shigeru Hijikata
Work: A. Kashun: My first pro manuscript glimmered. B. Old Man: ? Kashun: Ah—it’s dazzling— Caption: Shigeru Hijikata
Kashun: And so by mastering manga, I shined out into space to spread manga through the universe. Now, (this) space is actually Shizuoka… Caption: Mt. Fuji
TN: The next couple releases I'm doing will be both the G-chan one-shots, so bare with me. As for this one...for the most part it is similar but with unique differences, moreso on the "negative side" in my head than the positive one. For some reason, having G-chan being an atomic-powered cyborg seemed less funny and more menacing. I don't mind him being a heroic cyborg (though the "farming cyborg" is what made it even more hilarious), but having him atomic power did make him a bit too...overpowered in some ways, with the potential of probably releasing fall-out in all of his fights. Second: Beta (proto-Q) didn't freak me out as much as Obata wanted to make it, but the whole "clone with brainwashed memories" was a tad much for me. I actually liked the manga's explanation a tad more on "her brain was preserved for all this time allowing for the original grandma to return in all her horrific glory. On the other hand, while Sharekoube is still essentially Sharekoube, he seems a bit more tolerable compared to the manga proper. He's crazy but not really as outlandish as he gets sometimes...more akin to the recent Gantetsu chapter. Not much you can say on the Kaizous...though somehow I didn't mind Ai starting off delinquent in this version than having her "degenerate" like in the manga, more because "I like pre-delinquent Ai". Well with that done, we have finished 3/4 of G-chan, and, after doing the original one-shot (and likewise another one-shot Obata did before then), the final volume of G-chan will be underway! Hope to see you then!https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/11596[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 25 by StrangerAtaru2009-04-19T03:53:14+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comThe love between young and old can be a curious...and disturbing factor. But while G-chan's affections for an idol have already been studied, now it's time to see Q's attempts at persuance...and the slightly disturbed means by which she goes at it!
Chapter 25: Pure-Heart Grandma Q
149. This is heavenly Order me around—I’ll blow through it In the eyes of others, I won’t stop being a granny…
150. Videbe: The best this week is Genjirou Hikaru-kun! G: This is boring, change the channel! Ai: ? Videbe: Ye~s. Q: Do~~n’t change it from Idol Best Ten! Q: I won’t let my Hikaru disappear--!! Kei: Granny is a Genjirou HIkaru fan!? G: What~~grandma! Where is that stupid brat nice!
151. Q: Why would gramps be stingy about my likes--! Hm--ph, stinky pee. He’s much better than Maiko Aikawa--!! G: Don’t you speak bad of Maiko-chan--!! Q: Hmph! I’m free from being your partner—tomorrow in Yokohama, Genjiro Hikaru is having a concert— Q: Yes. As is, I’m a tragic heroine who burns of an unrewarding love…When I meet him in person, my burning chest will open up— Q: Even Hikaru will surely be impressed by my pure love confession— G: Uuh…you can stop preaching your randomness already, grandma… Ai: Are you serious, granny--!! Kei: Further—your face can’t even enter the room— Q: What—what’s wrong with my face… Kid 1: Wa—it’s real. The spirit of the Kaizou house--! Kid 2: Huh—it’s as they said! Q: What’s wrong, you f**king brats---!! Kids: Uwa~~she’s going to eat us~~
152. Q: UUH…YOU……YOU DON’T KNOW OF MY TRUE FORM~~~I’LL SHOW YOU NOW~~~!! Gantetsu: …… Q: YOU’RE LATE~~~ Gantetsu: Shi!? Q: It’s me, it’s me! What’s so surprising, Gantetsu? I’ve gotten the exact too—ls! Q: Grandpa hasn’t found thi—s! This is a basement research lab that I’ve created in secret for this day—
153. Q: Now I’ll use modification surgery to restore my youth--!! (Young Q): Aah…I’m young again…So lovely! From today, I know nothing of impurity, I’m a pure maiden! Q: And with the charm of my maiden version, even Hikaru-sama is already mine~~ Q: Fine, Gantetsu! When we’ve gathered the lightning energy, pull the lever. Q: From what I’ve heard, I became this form when you pressed too many buttons during modification—huh--!! I won’t take that failure anymore!! Right? Q: Now, Gantetsu! Q: GYAAA—
155. Q: I…I’VE… Gantetsu: Shi!? Narrator: “Though I destroyed the mechanism, the modification surgery was a success!”, so thought Gantetsu. Q: Gantetsu, look… Q: Aah…I…I’ve finally got my youth back~~~I’m a pure-hearted maiden version who doesn’t know impurity~~ Gantetsu: Shi!? Q: With this, Hikaru-sama will be mine— Narrator: “OH NO!”, so thought Gantetsu. Voice: Grandma, breakfast! G: I’ll eat it if you don’t come down quickly—
156. Q: Ehe. Q: I’m hungry too. Everyone: ……… G: You’re hungry. Then that means……YOU’RE GRANDMA!? Yuu: Kya---!? Eiichi: It…can’t be!? Grandma!? Q: I performed modification surgery with Gantetsu yesterday. This is my young, pure-hearted maiden version. Ai: Th…that girl is our granny!? Z & Kei: Cu…cute………
157. Q: After I recite the Hannya Shingyou, I’ll be going to Hikaru-sama’s concert— Q: (recites sutra)… G: Hyo—even with her youth, it’s just her appearance—stop that, grandma!! G: Hyo!? Q: What? G: For a moment, I saw the old grandma… Q: I’m going to the concert to steal Hikaru-sama’s heart— Kei: Wha— Q: PLEASE WAIT FOR ME, HIKARU-SAMA—!!
158. G: Muu~~what’s going on? I sensed she returned to grandma for a moment when she was reading her sutra… G: Hyo!? What are you hiding, Gantetsu? Gantetsu: Shi. G: What, you broke this during her modification!! G: So then, grandma hasn’t completed her youth restoration modification surgery yet… Kei: Oh no. I’ve heard that Genjirou Hikaru is quite a lady charmer! He’s infamously famous for his popularity in the entertainment world. G: Damn…grandma’s in danger! Girls: Hikaru—Hikaru~~Kya—Hikaru—
159. Genjirou: Hahaha, I’m so weak. I’m a bit tired from my concert… Genjirou: But thanks to the cheers within your hearts, I could finish my concert safely. Fufu, I give my thanks. Girls: Kyaa!? Q: Hikaru-sama~~!! I’ve want to say that I’ve adored you for a long time! Q: Aah, Hikaru-sama--!? Q: Hi…Hikaru-sama, are you OK…? Girls: Well!! Wh…who is she…she’s…so lovely…is she a star!?
160. Genjirou: OOH, SO CUTE…SHE’LL BE MY TARGET TODAY! Genjirou: Hmm, I’m fine…And you are… Q: I…I am…… Q: Ah—Hikaru-sama is withering for me~~~it’s like a dream~~ Q: I’m so—happy— Girls: Ah—she’s sly--ly monopolizing HIkaru-sama--! (Kya—Wha—Kya—Wha—sl—y) Girls: NO—IYA—KYA—KYA— Narrator: The high-pitch of the screaming voices of the girls ignited the flame of the heavy-metal soul of the still-incomplete granny! Q: Aah!! Q: No, everyone’s going to have to wait here…UKYA—
161. Girls: Kya—there’s a monster behind Hikaru-sama!! Eww—a spirit— Genjirou: Hahaha, what’s with the stupid stuff, girls… Q: Uh, no—I’ve returned to normal— Q: Trans~~ Q: form. Genjirou: Oh well, those small-fry will leave us alone… Genjirou: So shall we take a drive in my BMW? Q: Are…we going… Guitarist: How pitiful, even that girl’s finally moved to tears by Hikaru— Bandmate: His womanizing really gets around. Genjirou: Fufu, this is my BMW. Guitarist: Did…you see…he’s suddenly going out with a granny! Bandmate: I only saw a spirit. Genjirou: Now, come in.
162. Genjirou: How about going to my favorite hotel bar? Q: Do they have Umekobu tea there~~? Genjirou: ……you can’t have alcohol… Genjirou: Hmph, this isn’t suspicious but…it does rub on me……its favorable if she doesn’t like alcohol…she’ll drink it once and later we’ll have some fun…… Q: Oh no~~I’ll turn back to my original form regardless when I hear the high-pitch that’s in heavy metal~~~That Gantetsu failed~~~ Q: While we’re at it, you don’t know my name yet. I’m Kiyu Kaizou~~call me Q-chan. Q: Hoo, my chronic rheumatism! Genjirou: Eh? Q: Uuh, my chronic hernia!! Genjirou: What’s wrong?
163. G: Fly forth, Gantetsu!! Grandma’s in danger! Genjirou: You’ve been caught rather easily, stupid girl… Genjirou: But from what I’ve seen, you’re a nice girl! Genjirou: Let’s have some fun!! G: HERE COMES CYBORG G-CHAN!! Genjirou: !?
164. Genjirou: You…you’re that gramps from the Maiko Aikawa audition!? G: You!! What are you doing to my grandma--!! Genjirou: GYA— Q: Wh…what~~ G: Hyo!? Genjirou: WA! Q: No~~~~o, my plump bosom was revealed~~~! G: Grandma, his shriek has already returned you to normal… Genjirou: GYOHE---!? Genjirou: I’ve been staying with this f**king granny until now~~~!? Q: Hi…Hikaru-sama…Hikaru-sama would say that… Caption: (serious)
165. G: You—how dare you say that! Grandma is a woman!! She purely was one of your fans and she loved you!! G: For playing with grandma’s feelings, you’re trash of a man~~~!! Q: GR…GRANDPA…… G: A person like you shall take my judgement! Shall we do it, grandma! Q: Uuh~~I’ll do it~~! This guy doesn’t deserve love or s**t~~~!! G & Q: DEADLY!
166. G & Q: HOT BOO-BOO, HEAVY METAL VERSION!! BU BU BU—HOT BOO BOO—I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FART IN THE SKY—THAT IS THE KEY TO MAKING FRIENDS WITH OTHERS~~~ G & Q: HE~~Y!! (TN: The kanji in “Hey”, or “Hei” reads “majestic fart”) Genjirou: Gyaa~~ Genjirou: Yo…you…have you not merely thought of what you’ve done…I’m currently the #1 popular idol~~ G: If you don’t want the world to know of this picture, then promise to never do this ever again. Q: JUDGEMENT!! Genjirou: Uh—no mo—re.
167. Q: Really, I can’t cry anymore! Sniff… Q: Well~~I didn’t think that Hikaru-sama would be that type, hu~~h. Voice: Did you forget? The greatest man is the closest to you! Q: Grandpa… G: Hey…I can only be old enough to be close to for 30 seconds! Q: Oh well~~this reminds me of the past…………
TN: For starters, I really liked the reference made back to the "Maiko" incident, even if somehow it seemed like it was forgotten here or there. Now that this was out of a way, the chapter wasn't too bad but it was disturbing. Disturbing in one way was just seeing Q running amuck trying to go after an idol. Disturbing in another in that the stupid Genjirou Hikaru had to come back to be said target...I didn't like him in the Maiko chapter and he's even worse here. And don't get me started on getting the lust of possibly your own son! Though one thing I do like about this chapter: I liked that it finally seemed to "remember" that Q was built in a younger model and only got screwed up the first time thanks to Gantetsu! Of course Gantetsu screwed it up again...leading to all those strange bursts here or there, but that's what happens when your partner in your mad science is a dog! Well, with that said, the volume is nearly over...but we still got one more chapter left to go...and it's an oldie but goodie: the second G-chan pilot! After that, though...I am debating whether to just start the final G-chan volume or go back to Ai Kora...I'll give you my decision when it's made.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/11595[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 24 by StrangerAtaru2009-04-19T03:47:02+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comThere's nothing more precious than the friendship between a man and his dog, whether young or old! But that is...until love (and an old enemy) gets in the way!
Chapter 24: G-chan & Gantetsu’s Story of Friendship!
129. Sharekoube: I’ve got it—that’s it--!! Inasaku: What’sh wrong, gra—ndpa? Sharekoube: Inasaku! I’ve once again found G-chan’s weakness— Inasaku: Eh—have you really—but didn’t you onshe fail before with hish weaknesh being cold water…… Sharekoube: This time I’ll attack G-chan’s mind. G-chan’s second weakness… Sharekoube: Is his all-purpose dog that can transform into any mecha—GANTETSU!!! Gantetsu: ? Inasaku: Gantetshu is hish weaknesh? Sharekoube: Watch every fight through now on this VCR!
130. Sharekoube: No matter how many fights you see through now, the trump card of the match is done through Gantetsu! Inasaku: Undershtood! G-chan can’t do anything, he’sh an ordinary grampsh. Sharekoube: So I’ll break up G-chan and Gantetsu and fight G-chan by himself! Sharekoube: Without Gantetsu, Cyborg G-chan is merely a feeble old man! I’m not afraid of that--!! Sharekoube: Gufufu, we’ll move out immediately. You’ll see, G-chan. Until now, you’ve seen a uniquely different Sharekoube.
131. G: Phew—we’ve plowed three blocks today! That’s enough farmwork for this morning! Man: …… G: Thanks for the meal! Gantetsu! Fetch the morning paper. G: Hey! Gantetsu! Didn’t you hear what I was saying?
132. G: What is with this frivolity, are you in a bad mood? Kei: Gantetsu! There’s been a poodle wandering 3 blocks away recently. Gantetsu: Shi shi shi shi. G: Well, are you in love Gantetsu!? G: You—can’t!! You’re a farming all-purpose cyber dog! Further you’re old!! If you spend your free time worrying about that bitch, how are you going to plow the fields--!! G: Well if you are, then this Gantetsu Controller…… G: Will strangle your collar for what you don’t hear! Gantetsu: !? G: You’ll were born as a faithful dog to be used by me! I can’t for—give selfish behavior! Ai: Can’t he have a girlfriend or two! Kei: Gantetsu isn’t your slave, G-chan!
133. Kei: Wh…what’s wrong, Gantetsu… Gantetsu: SHII~~~~!! Kei: Wha—Gantetsu is angry! Gantetsu: SHI—SHI SHI SHISHI SHI—SHISHI SHISHI SHISHI—SHI!! SHI—SHI SHISHISHISHI SHI SHI SHI—SHISHISHISHISHI SHI SHI SHISHISHI--!! G: Hyo!? Kei: Ah—where are you going Gantetsu? Kei: Somehow he should have said what he wanted to but… Ai: What did he say? I didn’t get it. G: Hmph, I don’t know that dog anymore! I’m fine with wherever he’s going!! Kei: G-chan’s in a bad mood---!!
134. Gantetsu: Shi… Voice: Kuu~~n Gantetsu: !? Poodle: Kuu~~n. (You’re always seen from the shadows. Your “shi” is so dreamy) Gantetsu: SHI!? G: Really, where is he wandering around this late, that Gantetsu!! Kei: If you saw earlier, he’s sweetly making friends with that bitch. G: Do what you want. I’m going to bed!! Sharekoube: Gufufufu, Inasaku! This ally-splitting operation is going well! Inasaku: It really ish!
135. Sharekoube: With that bitch I’ve set up, Gantetsu’s been nailed down and we can surprise G-chan. Sharekoube: Now then, where is G-chan’s room? Sharekoube: Here is the most suspicious. Sharekoube: I’ll unscrew a screw in G-chan’s body to prepare for tomorrow’s final battle! Gufufu, he cares to be careful, that Sharekoube-sama! Sharekoube: But he’s changed his sleeping posture—the operation will start immediately! Sharekoube: I’ll remove the screw for an important part which will affect every part so I can give G-chan as much fatal damage as possible! Page: G-chan’s Plans (How I imagine) -Brain -Various devices inside -Arm -Leg Inasaku: Ai-sha~~n. Wh…where’sh Ai-shan’s room~~~I can’t shee in the darknesh~~~ Inasaku: Theshe will focush on Ai-shan’s angelic shleeping fashe.
136. Sharekoube: THIS IS THE SCREW---!! Sharekoube: Haa haa, my choice is the screw I chosen to take. By removing this screw, you’ll be given fatal damage! Sharekoube: Now without realizing it…G-chan will assemble himself!! G: Huh!? Sharekoube: He’ll assemble himself!? It’s better if he falls apart— Sharekoube: Oyo—In—that case, shouldn’t I find Inasaku!? Inasaku: HEY—WHAT IS THIS— Sharekoube: Oyo—Inasaku--!? Inasaku: I’ve done it, grand—pa. I’ve perfectly taken a shleeping picture of Ai-shan……… Sharekoube: And I’ve taken out G-chan’s screw!!
137. Inasaku: It wash dark, but I got her with the flash. Sharekoube: Well let me see too— Sharekoube: ……… G: Really, that Gantetsu hasn’t come back in the morning! Kei: What can he be doing! G: Hyo. Gantetsu: Shi shi. Poodle: KUU~~N (Well, how dreamy, a present of umekobu tea) G: Really, a senile dog would do that. I expected that from a cyber dog I made! Kei: Isn’t he doing a go—od thing, that Gantetsu? G: Hmph! He’s so selfish! Hell his future is short! I’m going for a walk in the park as usual!
138. Kei: Though he’s saying something or another, wouldn’t it be nicer to use th—is for Gantetsu? G: Leave me alone, gramps, this is G-chan’s personal bench! Old Man: Hi~~ G: Hmph! I always feel good with this park be—nch! Sharekoube: Gufufu. Sharekoube: G-chan has finally come to his favorite walking course in the park! Without Gantetsu, as expected! Begin operation!! G: Hyo!? G: Hyo—what is this!?
139. G: Hyo— Sharekoube: Gahaha, I did it, I did it! Inasaku: It’sh too early to be shurprished at this--! G: Sharekoube!! G: Mu…th…this is!? Sharekoube: GAHAHA, ALL THE PLAYTHINGS IN THIS PARK HAVE FUSED TOGETHER INTO THE ULTRA-SUPER MIRACLE STRONG PARK WEAPON!
140. G: I’ll smash that into piece with my farming power!! G: Hyo!? A broken hip right now!? Sharekoube: I’ve done it—that’s the results of sneaking in at midnight and taking that screw— G: Hyo~~!! I can’t control my body from what you’ve said! Sharekoube: Now, this mecha has memorized the G-chan action button with G-chan coming to this park every day! How’s that? I’ve done it! G: Hyo— Sharekoube: This is what G-chan without Gantetsu— G: Gantetsu will save me with this Gantetsu Controller…… G: HMPH…! EVEN IF I CAN’T RELY ON GANTETSU……
141. Sharekoube: Dynamic Swing Atta—ck— G: I…MUST ENDURE~~~!! Poodle: WAN WAN WAN (Well, Gantetsu-san, are you giggling!!) Gantetsu: Shi shi shi. Poodle: WAN (Ara?) Gantetsu: ? Gantetsu: ? Gantetsu: Shi!? Gantetsu: ? G: How’s this! When my body is in danger, this collar will be automatically cut! G: WHEN MY BODY IS IN DANGER, THIS COLLAR WILL BE CUT! Gantetsu: Shi!? Poodle: Wawawawan (Are you confused?) Gantetsu: Shi!? Shi!?
142. G: You can’t! !! If you spend your free time worrying about that bitch, how are you going to plow the fields--!! Gantetsu: Shi… Gantetsu: Shi— Poodle: KUU~~N (What are you angry about? You’re strange, Gantetsu-san) Gantetsu: ? G: Hyo— Gantetsu: Shi!? Sharekoube: Gahaha, G-chan! If you can call Gantetsu, call him! We—ll he will come—Gahahaha--!! G: No good…Gantetsu finally has a girlfriend…I can’t call him now… Sharekoube: Ga—haha, you’re a stupid gramps! Can you even use your dog!! Gantetsu: Shi…!?
143. G: HE’S GOT A GIRLFRIEND! I CAN’T CALL HIM!! Gantetsu: Shi… G: O—K GANTETSU, GOOD BOY. I THINK OF YOU LIKE A GRANDCHILD! Poodle: WAN! Gantetsu: Shi!? Poodle: KUU~~N (Gantetsu-san, aren’t you going with me……) Poodle: KUU~~N (You can’t, Gantetsu-san) Gantetsu: Shi~~~~!?
144. Sharekoube: Gantetsu’s not here, G-chan…I’m not afraid at all--! Gantetsu: SHI SHISHI---!! Sharekoube: Wh…what is that fearless voice? Inasaku: I shee it over there. G: GA…GANTETSU…!! Sharekoube: Oyo—Gantetsu!! Sharekoube: Babi!?
145. Sharekoube: That Gantetsu has come…Inasaku, squash him— Gantetsu: ? Sharekoube: Ooh! He’s using his dreadful pressured pee that breaks open even steel. G: GANTETSU WATER SHOWER--!! G: Ga…Gantetsu… G: Wh…why have you come!! Gantetsu: …… G: What happened to your girlfriend! G: Gantetsu…you’re that type…
146. Sharekoube: But then—he hadn’t carelessly pressed the Gantetsu Action Button~~ Inasaku: Gr…gran~~dpa~~ G: OK, Gantetsu! Now we’ll try out our dual friendship power! Sharekoube: Inasaku! Attack them with anything you can---! G: DEADLY…! G: IN MEMORY OF RECONCILIATION HYPER DOUBLE PUNCH!!!
147. Gantetsu: ! Gantetsu: Shi… G: Ooh…it’s so sad, Gantetsu……you were dumped by your woman so you could come save me. I’m so happy! OK! I’ll find you a new girlfriend. Gantetsu: Shi… G: Gantetsu!! I’ve got a new girlfriend!! Gantetsu: Shi!? G: I’ve made several…choose your favorite dog. Kei: Ge—aren’t they all grannies! Gantetsu: SHI~~!?
148. *The dream we’re seeing is all from a “Letter” to the gray Hinoki-sensei. (He’s in America) *This fan letter to Hinoki-sensei is ”The BGM is Ichiro Mizuki!”
1. Serialized Manga THE ROAD TO SHIGERU HIJIKATA -Author: Hitoshi Hinoki -The fate of Hitoshi Hinoki, who was introduced to Hijikata-sensei by editor Ibaragi…
2. Ibaragi: Right here is Hijikata-sensei.
3. Hinoki: It’s the real Shigeru Hijikata!! You’re rigorous like having an electric current run through your body and you can’t move!! (Caption: Resembles Stallone)
4. Ibaragi: And further, Hinoki has shown us the name of his first serialization. Hijikata: HIE—HOW MANY PAGES IS THIS?
5. Hinoki: How many should it be! I’ve done 100 pages for 34 and I’ve thoroughly drawn them barefooted!! Hijikata: Well. Caption: He’s done two similar materials before serialization.
6. Hijikata: If it were me, then think I could never do it like my sensei!
7. Hinoki: For a moment, I saw sensei fat like the Great Buddha of Takaoka!
8. You’ve just done it… Kanji: POPULAR
Bottom Caption: Everyone, did you know that was the king of gags? We’re thankful that we’ve avoided this. -TO BE CONTINUED!
TN: I'm not even going to get started on that assistant thing at the end... As for the chapter itself, surprisingly this is probably one of my favorite chapters and possibly one of the best in a long while. Everyone seemed to be at the top of their game in this chapter, from G-chan to Sharekoube and Inasaku and that crazy playground mech! In fact, I don't know if I've ever seen those two doing anything so cool prior to this chapter! But of course the big star this time around is obviously Gantetsu and his "lady relations"! Gantetsu can convey so much compared to other characters with just a "shi" and a few facial expressions that it's hard to imagine him without them. It was sad to see him try, almost obtain and then fail in love...but I do have one question: where the heck did that female dog come from anyway? It seemed like she was part of Sharekoube's plan at the start, but it just felt so much like she had nothing to do with it! I sort of wish Obata explained her better but...it was good regardless.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/11500[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 23 by StrangerAtaru2009-04-16T23:27:00+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comCybernetic modifications should be used for the proper and according matters...such as farming. But when Ai and Z meet a cyborg using it for his own dark schemes (which don't involve farming), you bet G-chan will be on it!
Chapter 23: Dreadful! Cyborg Teacher!!
109. Voice: You idiot! Your outfit violates school policy!! Voice: Your skirt is 5cm below the knee!! Voice: And your socks should be white--!! Teacher: Eh--? What’s this all about! Student: Ah. Ai: Don’t hit her! What if you warn that girl, whether or not I saw this? Ai: Of course, you’ve been really cruel to that girl. Ai: So, what’s wrong? Can’t you do this to me? Teacher: Ku…
110. Teacher: That’s enough! I’m going! Ai: He really has no nerve, and yet he domineers over the weak. Ai: Well, I didn’t see this. The guidance counseling of the science instructor is strict due to his bad personality. Sign: Science Prep Room Teacher: S**t, I’ve been made fool of by that drop-out student! Teacher: That girl is a bug. If she defies an elite teacher like me, then how will she take it when I take my revenge! Teacher: The time has come to realize my long years of research. This will make me an invincible super-teacher! I’ll show those bugs that’ve fooled me until now!!
111. Ai: What—Z! You’re going to school— Z: I’ll take you to school too!! Z: See! Gantetsu made me this school uniform through the night. It will be like going to middle-school once. Ai: Stu—pid, it’s a blazer for me. Z: What’s a blazer? G: Perhaps you’ll be friends with a cleanser! G: Z! Go and study well and become a great man! Z: I’ll be a great cyborg like master! Ai: Hey hey, who said you would lead me!! Ai: Z, you don’t know this, but middle school is filled with many scary instructors! Z: Eh!? Ai: In particular, the new science instructor is wily and uses a dirty mouth. If you violate school rules even a bit, he’ll knock you down. He’ll kick you around. You’re going to suffer!
112. Voices: Good morning. Good morning. Ai: I said he could come—but Z: He’s just going to look in the school--… Ai: Gantetsu’s come far enough! Ai: Do what you want! Teacher: Hold on, Kaizou! Ai: What do you want? Are you still selfishly performing clothes inspections on weaklings! Teacher: He he. Teacher: What’s—with your hair! School violation! Ai: Ow— Z: Ah—Ai-chan! Gantetsu: Shi—
113. Ai: What, how could this be a school violation! Teacher: I’m in charge of guidance counseling! To oppose me is the same as opposing school rules! Teacher: Your necktie isn’t pulled up correctly. Teacher: Your skirt length is 15.5 cm beyond regulations! Teacher: YOU’LL BE GIVEN A SEVERE PUNISHMENT FOR YOUR SCHOOL VIOLATIONS! Z: Hey—what are you doing to Ai-chan— Students: He…hey, what’s going on? That weak-willed instructor is awfully strong! Teacher: Kukuku, I’ve been reborn!!
114. Teacher: From now on, be careful of what you call me! Teacher: FROM HERE ON, CALL ME THE SCHOOL REGULATION-SUPERVISING CYBORG TEACHER!! Z: A cyborg!? Students: Wh…what is that--!? Teacher: Sakamoto-sensei, what on…earth are you!? Sakamoto: Don’t worry, other teachers! I’ve mastered all of my robotics engineering research from an industrial technologist at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and just performed modification surgery on myself! (HA HA HA)
115. Sakamoto: Hahahahahaha, I’ve become a cyborg so I can aim to be the perfect guidance counselor! I hold a super-ultra eye that won’t let even a skirt 0.5 mm over in length escape! The school violators will have their names written on this blackboard!! Blackboard: Today’s Violators Sakamoto: All of you are just like bugs. Because you’ve become poor humans who create rules, yet can’t teach the moral of society! Sakamoto: TAKING A VALUATION, I’M AIMING TO BE THE CHOICE CYBORG OF THE MINESTRY OF EDUCATION! MY FUTURE IS TO BECOME THE CYBORG MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND MAKE THE TEACHERS OF TODAY EVEN MORE STRICT!! Everyone: Gyahahahaha, a Cyborg Minister of Education---!! Sakamoto: … Students: That’s great--! Bwahahaha Sakamoto: Wh…what’s strange about that---!! Those who think I’m stupid are the same as those desecrating a school rule---!
116. Sakamoto: Giving severe punishment. Student: Gyaa Sakamoto: How’s this: bugs who defy me will become specimens like bugs!! Caption: TODAY’S SCHOOL-VIOLATORS Students: Uh~~U~~uh. Z: S**t—can I keep watching this silently! Ai: Z!! Students: Hi…specimens~~ Z: Proud men like you aren’t qualified to be cyborgs! Sakamoto: Hmph… Ai: This is bad, Gantetsu! Let gramps know!
117. Sakamoto: YOUR HAIR IS TOO LONG! SCHOOL VIOLATION!! Z: Ah— Sakamoto: Haha, do you see? Those who defy me are regarded as defying school rules! Z: Gu— Ai: You…defeated Z~~ Sakamoto: Hmph… Sakamoto: Fufufufufufu, now there won’t be any stupid people. I am the strongest teacher……Fu…fufu, fuhahaha!! Gantetsu: Shi--!! G: Wh…what is it--!? G: what, don’t you want to go pee! Gantetsu: Shi… Kei: Gantetsu was appealing on something!
118. G: Well then, how can you if you’re leaving out the Ps & Qs? Gantetsu: ? Videbe: Well well, master, you’ll know if I air to you the vision of what Gantetsu saw. G: WH…WHAT’S THAT---!! G: A CYBORG TEACHER!? THERE’S ANOTHER CYBORG BESIDES ME!? G: Hyo!? Zetto is!! G: Hyo!? Th…that! Gantetsu, don’t turn away, don’t…! G: Mu—Not at all. Kei: Hey hey, isn’t Z in danger!
119. G: Right! I’ll save you now, Z! You’re unforgivable! School Regulating Supervising Cyborg Teacher!! Sign: Principal Sign: Principal’s Office G: A~~h, Gantetsu!! Look what you’ve done! I didn’t know! Gantetsu: Shi!? G: Hey you! Where is that Cyborg teacher in this school! Gantetsu: Shi!? Shi!? Principal: Tw…2-D… Gantetsu: Shi… Sign: Gantetsu Transforming Venus De Milo G: Then 2-D! Sakamoto: What, are you questioning me?
120. Sakamoto: A person like you should be dissolved in sulfuric acid— Ai: S**t—he’s becoming conceited. Sakamoto: Fufu, Kaizou, complaining of something? What’s wrong, you always seem to say something!? Ai: You’re filth. You can only face weaklings after all. You’re the worst. Sakamoto: Wh, what~~!? I’ll hit you in the mouth… Sakamoto: !? G: Cyborg G-chan Phantom Atta—ck!!
121. Ai: Gramps!! Sakamoto: Wh…what are you!! G: I’m the farming cyborg G-chan. A teacher like you will be punished by me for your unthinkable evil!! Sakamoto: A farming cyborg…There’s another cyborg than myself? Sakamoto: However, anyone who intrudes on my class cannot be forgiven by the School Regulating Supervising Cyborg Teacher!! Sakamoto: Don’t forget that I’m a science teacher. I’ll melt you with this liquid that melts anything!! Sakamoto: Ah—it melted my syringe--!! G: Do you realize the power of a farming cyborg!
122. Sakamoto: But then, of course, a farming cyborg can answer this question!! Question: SCIENCE I: PRACTICE 1 WHICH THEORY IS “PRESSURE THAT IS INCREASED ON ONE PART OF A GAS WITHIN A SEALED VESSEL IS CIRCULATED TO ALL PARTS EVENLY”? G: Muoo, what is that! I don’t know!! Ai: Idiot—is it right that you don’t know what that is! G: Ah, of—course— Sakamoto: The answer is “Pascal’s Theory”!! (TN: "Pascal's Theory" is based on a theorom by French mathematician Blase Pascal also known for his mathematic and philosophical works. In this case, it involves the affect of pressure on an object, which is measured in, naturally, Pascal) G: Hyohe Sakamoto: Like this punch, it’s given an equally large impact in all directions! Ai: G…G-chan’s being squashed! Sakamoto: CERTAIN-KILL! FLEMING’S LEFT-HANDED RULE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC GUIDANCE!! (TN: "Fleming's Left Hand Rule" is a rule within motor mechanics showing the direction of thrust on a conductor carrying a current in a magnetic field, as discovered by John Ambrose Fleming.) G: Hyo---!?
123. G: Hyo— Sign: Principal’s Office G: Muu~~What power—how can my old body endure this? G: If that’s the case, then I’ll fight with youth!! This will consume a large amount of energy. Ai: G…G-chan… Sakamoto: Fufu, do you understand? What will happen when you defy me? Sakamoto: Bugs can’t win against me--! Ai: What—aren’t you the bug! Students: Rig—ht!! You’re the one binding us with school rules!! You can only do this to weaklings—you’re the worst!
124. Voice: YOU HEARD WHAT THE STUDENTS SAID, CYBORG TEACHER! Sakamoto: Wh…what!? Wh…who’s that! G: CYBORG G-CHAN: POWER UP YOUNG VERSION!!
125. Ai: Young G-chan!! Sakamoto: Wh…what are you—are you disturbing my class again!? Students: Stop—this isn’t your class--!! You’re just bullying the weak! G: I’m using this energy for all of you! G: Watch! The student’s angry energy of justice that will face you! Students: YOU BULLY THE WEAK—YOU’RE BINDING US WITH SCHOOL RULES! WE’RE NOT BUGS—THIS ISN’T YOUR CLASS—THIS TEACHER IS LEWD--!! Sakamoto: Uuh!?
126. G: You’re not qualified to be a teacher! G: G-MEGATON THANKS TO EVERYONE IN 2-D!!! G: JUDGEMENT!!
127. Ai: G-CHA~~~N Girls: A—h, G-chan, I’m Kanako! Touch me—Please—please— Ai: Dummies~~That is my G-chan— G: Hyohe—that’s 30 seconds! Sakamoto: Ah—you destroyed my body---! G: I’ll give you a body if you promise not to bully students anymore! G: How’s that, it’s perfect!! Z: This cyborg body will be my present. Sakamoto: S**t~~I’ll remember this—
Question: Next, please decude what will appear in Vol. 4 from Gantetsuish.
(TN: They’re all ‘Shi’, essentially)
TN: Well where do I begin...let's start with this: I actually had finished this chapter yesterday, but the whole research matter regarding both "Pascal's Theorom" and "Fleming's Left-Hand Rule" made me not put it up until today. I know I should have done it timely but these things happen. Aside from that, there were a couple things I really liked in this chapter. On one hand, it's always great to have Ai doing stuff, even if this time it was mostly standing up to that evil teacher. On the other, I probably saw one of the funniest bits on a long time with Sakamoto threatening G-chan with the "liquid that melts through everything"...which melts through his syringe too! Somehow villains always forget these little details...meanwhile while having "Young G-chan" wasn't a highlight, I did like the "complaints of the students" powering him to stop Sakamoto...at least it's their victory instead of his own. (he's old, he doesn't have to worry about school at all!) https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/11428[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 22 by StrangerAtaru2009-04-15T02:38:36+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comWith all the chaos G-chan's inventions cause to the Kaizous, there are some that actually have good intention...unfortunately that doesn't mean he can't ruin said good intention for himself!
Chapter 22: Delirium in a Dream Video!
89. Kei: Wakana-chan. Aoba: Kaizou-kun. Kei: THIS…THIS IS… Kei: MY CHANCE TO KI~~SS HER!! Voice: WAKE UP! WAKE UP!! Kei: Wha---!? G: Wake up or you’ll be late! Kei: Knock it off— Kei: Wha—I’m being woken up by f**king gramps! And I was finally in a dream dating Wakana-chan!! Kei: I can’t go to school if I don’t keep seeing it--!! G: Hyo!?
90. Eiichi: Well, Kei had a good dream? Well…no, this isn’t a big deal to me but. Kei: Eh, dad had one too? Kei: A—ah, if only I could see my dreams many times like a video~~… Eiichi: Right…If I could see them, well--… Caption: THE DREAM DAD HAD Kei: Ri—ght, I’ll ask G-chan!! He should be able to make that machine since he turned himself into a cyborg! G: Hyo!? Make a machine where you can reair your dreams over and over? G: I’m busy working the fields now, so go to school. Kei: What? It would be interfering with a person’s dreams, isn’t i—t—
91. Kei: And I have this video tape of the popular idol Maiko Aikawa. G: Hyo!? Kei: G-chan does really like that~~ Kei: Will you make it? G: I’ll make it, I’ll make it, I’ll certainly make it!! G: Leave it to genius scientist Cyborg G-chan!! I’ll start work immediately!! Kei: Huh? There’s no TV! Kei: It should be here but there’s no TV or VCR. Z: Wa—I can’t see my Dragonball! (TN: No real comment) TV: I…I’m sorry. I’m so happy I’ve become able to move that I’ve gone here and there! Kei: Wha—what’s that!!
92. G: Look at this! This is the Dream Video, which can tape dreams. Videbe: It’s better to call me Videbe. Kei: DREAM VIDEO!? G: This Videbe has to plan to tape a dream before you go to sleep! When you do, it will tape your dream and you can see your dream again anytime. Captions: TAPING THE VIDEO / DREAM TAPE / WATCH ONCE AGAIN Videbe: I’ll show you how to do it. Eiichi: Gu~~~ Videbe: Put this on your head and the dream will be aired on my TV to be watched now! Voice: AHAHAHAHA Kei: Ah, it’s airing.
93. Girls: UFUFU! KYAHAHA! Yuu: WHAA—H!! Eiichi: !? G: And then, here now is the tape of the recorded dream! Thus, if you replay your prior dream prior to sleeping again, then you’ll see the same dream. Caption: Father’s Embarrassing Dream G: Further, if you play a created video prior to sleeping, then you can experience the world of the video within your dream! Kei: Then if I set up a tape like this, then I can experience a thrill within my dreams. Tape: Terrifying Gushing Zombies. G: Hyo—I hate those sorts of things. Videbe: I hate them too~~~! G: Hyo—what happens if you’re scared of a horror video in your VCR! Videbe: I’m scared of scary things~~ Ai: I don’t have the guts to see granny’s face every day— Q: What does that mean—
94. Ai: But then…this isn’t honestly the best of your inventions until now. Kei: O—K! I’ll have a good dream tonight---! Z: I’ll dream that I’m becoming a cyborg! G: Muu! Tonight I’ll take turns in taping all of your dreams!! Kei: I’m sure you’ll really get a good dream from me first, G-chan! G: Leave it to me! G: Ooh, right, I’ve equipped a hypnotic device which can make you sleep quickly… Kei: Ah, please use it! Videbe: OK! Videbe: Good night! Kei: !? Videbe: The results were greater than you thought. G: So then, let’s start Kei’s dream!
95. Kei: Wa…Wakana…chan. Aoba: Kaizou-kun… G: HYO!? Kei & Aoba: Wa…Wa…Wakana-chan, Kaizou-kun… G: Hyo—what is this!! A date for grade-schoolers!! G: That f**king brat~~! How could he have a perverted dream~~! Kei: !? G: Muu~~I can’t forgive any dreams like that! G: Loan me that other adapter! Videbe: Ah. G: By sleeping wearing this other adapter, then I can go inside Kei’s dream! Videbe: Of…of—course… Videbe: Is this really a good idea!? G: Well there’s no reason to leave this dream alone!
96. Videbe: Well no reserve…good night!! G: HYO!? G: Muu… Kei & Aoba: Ahaha— Kei: Wa…Wakana-chan, I called you today for nothing else…I… Kei: Will you marry me~~well… Aoba: ……… G: HEY!! Kei: Wha!?
97. Kei: How could G-chan appear in this nice place! Videbe: …. G: Do you think it’s good for grade schoolers to have perverted dreams! G: If you’re in grade school, then dream of studying like grade schoolers! Kei: Ge Kei: How did it come to this--!! G: Do it calmly! G: Grade schoolers should have wholesome dreams like that! Kei: U~~h. (in dream: U—m, 300 X 200 / 3…) G: Well then, it should be really fun to go into people’s dreams. Kei: U~~h G: Should we look at the dreams of the others? Videbe: I don’t know~~ G: I’ll look for a bit. Ai: I’m, I’m…falling.
98. Ai: A—H “Superman”: Well, are you OK? Ai: A—ra. Ai: Fufu. I love strong men like you. “Superman”: Ha ha ha. G: Hyo—I’m falling. G: Save me too— G: Phew—you saved me. Ai: ………
99. G: We—ll, to the next? Ai: U—h, u—h. Z: Aah……Finally I’ve successfully become a cyborg myself! I’ve become Cyborg Z!! Z: Faster than a speeding bullet! Z: More powerful than a locomotive!! Z: Able to leap tall buildings!!! Z: I’m not scared of anything! With this, I won’t lose to my master!!
100. Z: UUH. G: Hyo—hyohyohyohyohyo. G: Hyo—hyohyohyo!! Q: A romantic me is really suited for a lavender flower bed. G: Granny, you should act your age, right! Eiichi: Uwa—ah!! !? G: Hyo hyo, I”ve got dream tapes from a lot of the family.
101. G: Hyo hyo—grandma next door should have a fun dream too— Voice: U—h. G: And next I’ll do Kawasaki across the street— Voice: U—h. Narrator: G-chan’s pranks spread through the town! Videbe: Master—you’ve gathered these dream tapes—what are you doing with them? G: Well this is my old-age fun, later I’lll watch them and have big laughs… G: And now, I’ll experience a dream with Maiko Aikawa--!! G: As I said before, if I set to play this created video before I sleep, I can experience a dream in the video world. So when I play this, I’ll dream of popular idol Maiko Aikawa--!! Ai: F**king gramps--! Ai: He pranked our dream videos!! Eiichi: That’s not normal--!!
102. Kei: Hey—gramps~~!! What on earth were you planning!! Ai: Chi, he’s mentally asleep! Videbe: Hi. Kei: Hey you, can you go into gramps dreams yourself! Videbe: N…no, I could stop it, but master won’t listen… Kei: Ah. Kei: Ah—gramps is dreaming of Maiko Aikawa! G: Maiko-cha~~n Maiko: No~~o Kei: S**t~~only you would think this is a good dream! Ai: We should beat up gramps in this video immediately--! Kei: Hold on, si—s! Kei: Possibly gramps is now within a video of Maiko Aikawa I gave him. G: Maiko-cha~~n. Videbe: He…he…it—is but…
103. Kei: He he, I’ve got a good idea! Ai: What? What are you holding? Kei: G-chan’s weakness! Video: Terrifying Gushing Zombies Ai: A horror video!? Kei: He he--! We’ll switch this with the video of Maiko-chan G is watching now! Videbe: Gya—don’t put in horror!! Kei: Shut up—you’re guilty of the same— Videbe: Gya--!! Ai: He fainted. Kei: Is he really a VCR? Kei: Watch this, f**king gramps! Hehe, we seem to have an upper hand!
105. G: Gya—they’ve caught me—I shouldn’t faint~~!! G: U—h, u—h. Everyone: A—HAHAHAHA! G: Hyo— G: HYO------- G: You…you monsters…are you tormenting me because I’m a frail old man? G: I’ll judge you with cyber power! Hyo— Kei: Wa—ow ow ow! Stop it, G-chan!
106. Ai: Wa—G-chan’s half-awake— G: MUTTER MUTTER GUU~~!! Eiichi: If we can take out that video, G-chan should calm down! Z: He’s not wor—king since he lost conscious! Eiichi: G…G-chan, you’ll know if you talk! G: Hmph~~! Kei, Ai & Z: G-chan. G: There’s just 4 left---!! G: GO AWAY EVIL SPIRITS—
107. Kei: Oww…that f**king gramps… Yuu: ? Eiichi: He really ran amuck last night… Kei: But it was just because of those scary thoughts. It’s calmed down for a bit. G: Everyone, I’ve got to show you something cool!! G: It’s the video that I created last night! Caption: CYBORG GRANDPA G VS. GUSHING ZOMBIES Kei: Ge—the content changed because G-chan defeated the monsters in the video! Videbe: I’m not connected to this!
108. Captions: (top to bottom) -FASHION-CONSCIOUS TUXEDO -SEA-SWIMMING IN THE SUMMER -EQUIPPING FAILED
TN: I know it's supposed to be a comedy but somehow I think G-chan got away a bit too spotless for all the mischief he did in this chapter. I guess he really should have suffered a bit more for ruining everyone else's dreams (though the fact that Maiko didn't want him was probably bad enough for G-chan's sake) but otherwise seeing him get away with it didn't quite feel right as funny as the ending was with him destroying the zombies. I also find it peculiar we get two Superman references in the same chapter via Ai and Z's dreams...and that we never really found out what Yuu dreams up every night. (compared to Eiichi getting what he deserved for his perverted, non-wife-related pleasure) In some ways I wished Yuu got a bit more development considering the others have, including her husband. (slightly bit bits and pieces here and there)https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/11402[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 21 by StrangerAtaru2009-04-14T00:18:10+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comIt's one thing when video games become a fact of life in the late 1980s...but a video game-based play? Kei is about to realize the bizarre truth as G-chan ends up...well, getting involved somehow or another.
Chapter 21: Kei the Hero is Cool!
69. Teacher: We—ll, by rule of class majority, the class choice for the play contest will be the adventure tale “Dragon Question”. (TN: “Dragon Question” is an obvious reference to the “Dragon Quest” series, which was first introduced on the Famicom/NES from 1986 by video game company Enix and, aside from “Final Fantasy”, one of the most popular RPG series in history) Kei: Dragon Question—what’s that? Boy: Don’t you know--? It’s a popular game for the Famicom currently. It’s an adventure where a hero saves a princess from a great demon king. Kei: Wh—at, that’s boring— Teacher: The theme of the play will be changed a bit from the Famicom, but it will be sort of similar to the arts epics of the other classes—we’ll make an amusing work which our class won’t take too seriously. (TN: The teacher actually mentions “won’t take too seriously” as “Kata no Koranai” or “our shoulders won’t be still”) Kei: So then, it’ll be hard action where we smash a criminal group--! That’ll be cool!! Boy 2: Kaizou-kun, this play contest will instantly be show to all the students in the school! We fifth graders can’t show that off to the school underclassment!
70. Kei: What, say that again Drudge Hazedon! (TN: "Hazedon" appears to be in reference to an anime series from 1972-1973 about a heroic "koi carp" who wants to be the best fish in the sea) Student: Te…teacher--! Teacher: Hey! Teacher: You’ve really been heated a lot. Kei: But—teacher! I act up half the time! Teacher: You do…then don’t! I’ll take your glasses too. Kei: O—w~~ Girl 1: That Kaizou is rude. Girl 2: Yes… Boy: So then, next up I think we’ll decide on our cast. Girl 1: I think our princess should be Wakana Aoba. Students: Agreed. Agreed. Teacher: So, will you do it Aoba? Aoba: Ye…yes.
71. Kei: WH…WHAAAAT!? THE PRINCESS WILL BE CLASS IDOL WAKANA AOBA---!? Boy: So, I think we’ll choose our lead hero. Who wants to do it…… Boys: M—E, ME ME M—E ME!! Teacher: Yes, so then we got many interested…we’ll choose it by lottery……… G: What is this Dragon Question!! I can’t get any further at all!! Gantetsu: Shi shi shi G: What, Gantetsu, something wrong! So then, maybe you should do this! Gantetsu: Shi~~!?
72. Kei: I GOT IT— G: Hyo. Eiichi: What’s with the loud voice, Kei? Kei: Our school’s having a play contest. Kei: THEY CHOSE THE LEAD FOR OUR PLAY---!! I’M THE HERO!! Eiichi: Wh…what, is that true---!? Ai: Was it by lottery? Kei: DANG Eiichi: However it occurred, I’m happy you’re the lead. So what is this role! Kei: This adventure called “Dragon Question” involves saving a princes from a great demon king. That’s just like me— G: If this is Dragon Qu estion, then I’ll join in too--!! Kei: Wh…what’s with that appearance----!?
73. Kei: It’s no use for you to be in the school play, regardless of how you look! Gantetsu: ? G: What? And just when I finally could use my transforming Gantetsu Sword! Gantetsu: Shi~~!? G: Practice the play with me--! Kei: I’ll protect Wakana-chan from the great demon king!! Voice: Kaizou-kun, you have to do it—since you are the lead. Kei: I get it, I get it— Kei: Even if I could say it… Kei: Uo!?
74. Kei: She’s dazzling…she’s too dazzling…Wakana-chan is unusually…hmph… Girl: Do it right! Kei: Ah, aah… Kei: So then, pr…princess… Kei: I…I CAN’T LOOK IN HER EYES. I CAN’T THINK OR SPEAK EITHER! NO GOOD~~I’M WEAK IN FRONT OF WAKANA-CHAN! Aoba: ? Kei: So, let’s start with an action scene first. Boy: You’re the lead, be serious! Kei: So I say we start with an action scene! Boy: Could you be more selfish--!! Kei: If that’s your special field, then you have feelings left for her! Boy: What— Aoba: Someone call teacher, they’re fighting again—
75. Boy: Shouldn’t you talk to her about this? Kei: I…I should. I get wound up when standing in front of Wakana-chan… Boy: Wha—you’ve got that weakness too? Voice: I don’t want to do the show with Kaizou-kun… Kei: What… Kei: !? Aoba: Kaizou-kun is reckless… Girl: I’m scared of him. Kei: If I were to do the play, then it would be with a much nicer person…
76. G: What’s wrong, Kei? Today is the day you appear in the play. Kei: My stomach hurts about doing that. G: Hyohoho—you’ll pay for that with me as the lead! Eiichi: Quiet down, G-chan! G: Then, I’ll go to school in his place and appear in the play! (I’m lea—ving) Eiichi: G-chan! Kei: I’m going. Ai: ? G: Possibly he’s going to do something!? Eiichi: Whatever it is, he has a problem! Voice: Hey—don’t mock us 6th graders--! Kei: Shut up—I’m not in a good mood--!! 6th grader: Guwa Kei: How’s that? Remember that. 6th grader: Uuuh. Girl: Ka..Kaizou-kun…
77. Aoba: …… Kei: WHAA--!! Wakana-chan sa…saw that!? Aoba: Kaizou-kun, why are you so violent? Kei: Wa…Wakana-chan!! Girl: Th…thank you, Kaizou-kun. You saved my little brother from the 6th graders. Kei: Wha—Wakana-chan hates me again---!! I’m such an idiot---!! Girl: Kaizou-kun? G: Of course, is that why? Shall I get busy for my cute grandson!
78. Announcer: Next in the class play contest will be Dragon Question by class 5-3! Sign: CLASS PLAY CONTEST Narrator: Long ago, a young man took a long, long journey to save the princess who was taken away by the great demon king. Audience: Gahaha, what is he—that’s the lead— Boy 1: What’s wrong, Kaizou! You were so spirited in getting the lead! Boy 2: We can’t have a play with this!
79. Girl: So then, he’s changed a bit from when he saved my little brother from the 6th grader. Aoba: Huh? Aoba: Is that it, Kaizou-kun…I spoke so badly… Boy: Hey, Kaizou, get serious--! Walk much more emboldened. Boy: Kaizou you dummy—you’re ruining the play--!! Boy 2: Hey, it’s horrible— Boy 2: My costume for the great demon king of hell is gone!! Someone took it as a prank!! Boy: What~~~!? Boy: What’s happening to the play—I don’t know anymore---!! Girl: Ah. Audience: Wh…what? The lights have suddenly gone out!
80. G: Hyo—hyo hyo hyo hyo!! I won’t give you the princess— G: I’M THE GREAT DEMON KING OF HELL----!!! Aoba: Kyaa---!? G: Hyohyohyohyohyoo---! Boy 1: Wh…who’s that!? Boy 2: I should be the great demon king!! Kei: What, that you G-chan? G: Hyo!? I’m…not G-chan! I’m the great demon king!
81. G: I’ve come from hell to eat this princess---! Hyo hyo hyo---!! Aoba: Ah… Aoba: No~~~ Kei: Ah—hey, gramps, what are you doing to Wakana-chan! G: Hyo hyo hyo~~~HYO HYO HYO HYO~~~~!! Audience: Wh…what’s happening……this is a tad strange. Teacher: Hey! You’re not of this school. What are you? Gantetsu: Shi shi… Kei: Gantetsu!?
82. G: I should have told you. I’m the Great Demon King of Hell— Kei: Idiot—don’t throw out fire! Boy 1: Wha—fire’s coming out--!! Wakana-chan is seriously in dan—ger Aoba: A—H, SAVE ME---!! I’M SCARED—HE’S GOING TO EAT ME----!! Kei: Gramps~~you’re irresponsible—If you don’t let Wakana-chan go, I’ll beat you even if you’re a gramps!! Kei: Toorya— G: Hyo— Kei: Wa, this fake sword won’t work after all! Caption: G-chan’s booger
83. G: Know of my magic---!! Kei: Wa!? Audience: Uwa—he’s flying—and he throws fire, he really is the great demon king--!! G: Gantetsu, raise me a bit--!! Kei: DAMN YOU—YOU’VE FINALLY LOST IT, F**KING GRAMPS! ANYONE WHO TORMENTS WAKANA-CHAN CAN NOT BE FORGIVEN!! Aoba: Kaizou-kun……… G: Hyo hyo hyo. This is the end of all of you too---!! Kei: Ku… Kei: RIGHT, GANTETSU!! G: I’ll be taking her---!!
84. Aoba: Save me, Kaizou-ku---n!! Kei: Transform, Gantetsu!! Gantetsu: Shi!? Gantetsu: ? Kei: GANTETSU SWORD!! G: Hyo—You captured my Gantetsu! Boys: Kaizou…Kei!! Kei: Please, Gantetsu! If you can slash that F**king gramps with a metal poop… (TN: "Metal Poop" is actually in reference to the "metakuso", a special badge that was released in connection with 70s Weekly Shonen Jump manga "Toilet Hakase" by Kazuyoshi Torii)
85. Kei: I’ll give you some dog food later! Gantetsu: SHI--!!! G: KEI YOU…CAN YOU DO THIS!! G: HYO----!!?? Kei: HEISEI GANTETSU SLASH!!!
86. G: Hyo— Kei: Hehe—you dese—rved that, gramps--…because of your weird behavior to Wakana-chan. Boy: What was that now? Aoba: Kaizou-kun. Kei: Eh? Aoba: I misunderstood you until now…I’m sorry. Kei: Eh!? Kei: N…no—it’s cool—it’s cool—
87. Kei: It’s cool—it’s cool—no… Aoba: Thank you, Kaizou-kun. Announcer: Th…that’s…the end of 5-3’s play…… Boy: I didn’t really get it, but it was amazing. Classmates: When will we appear… G: How was our real performance, Gantetsu! It was hard to play evil. Kei and that girl should become good friends. Gantetsu: Shi shi shi. Kei: HEY—GRAMPS, YOU ACTED WEIRD TO WAKANA-CHAN!! G: Hyo— Kei: You finally were evil! I’ll beat you!! G: Well didn’t you know that I said that was an act--!! Gantetsu: Shi shi shi!
88. CYBORG HUNTER Z Let’s play with this equpiment set. Caption: Cyborg Hunter Protector -There are also equipment options on Pg. 108 too.
TN: It's sort of strange: I sort of knew Bo-bobo was going to have weird cultural references to things that no modern kid of the early 2000s would probably remember...but in a weird way, I had no idea that G-chan was going to throw two in the same chapter! Trust me, I probably don't think either are in context, but I tried to make them work and already sort of figure neither to...besides, it's hard to say that anyone in the US really knows that much about "Toilet Hakase" aside from those who really look into Jump stuff. Other than that, as weird as it was to have a 'play' based on Dragon Quest (or a slight derivative knockoff), this was a fun chapter. But hey...anything after the circus one would be. (then again I liked G, Q and Gantetsu in that one, just not the annoying main plot)https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/11264[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 20 by StrangerAtaru2009-04-10T22:35:55+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comEvery day, the Kaizous meet strange and interesting people, whether or not they're connected to the problems that G-chan causes. So when a new boy with a unique home appears in Kei's classroom, it's the motivation for another incident!
Chapter 20: Excellence! Survival Circus!!
49. Caption: Higashiyamanoshita Grade Boy 1: Hey look, it’s that transfer kid. Boy 2: He’s been practicing ball-riding during gym. Boys: Gyahaha, he’s so stupid!! Kei: What are you doing!? Boy: No…nothing… Kei: ?
50. Boy 1: He—y, ball-riding brat~~~ Boy 2: What will you do mastering ball-riding~~~ Boy 3: What, Kaizou~~ Kei: Don’t mind them, let’s go— Kei: Wow---! You’re in a circus, cool—is that why you’re practicing ball-riding? Kei: Of course, one of the circus players is a ball-rider—it’s strange you can’t do it. Boy: …… Boy: I’m bad at it no matter how hard I try. I’m untalented and stupid. Kei: You can do it if you keep practicing. Boy: That’s enough. Kei: What’s with him………
51. Kei: I’m home— G: HYO------!! Kei: !? Q: Ukya---!! G: Hyo----!! Kei: Wh…What---!? G: Oh—Kei! The circus has come to town! We’re practicing since we thought of mixing with them! G: Ri—ght, he’s in the circus. G: Somehow seeing that has excited my blood, whoa— G: HYO—STRONGER G!! Q: I’m like you gra—mps— Kei: Uwa G: Let’s go see it immediately--! Kei: Ah, I’m coming too—
52. G: The circus— Boy 1: Ahaha—there’s the circus. Boy 2: Oh, I see him— Boy 1: He—y, he—y, ball-riding brat, let’s see you ride that ball. Boy 4: ……… Ringmaster: ……Don’t mind them. I couldn’t do this when I was your age. Boy 4: No, no, I hate ball-riding—I can’t do this— Ringmaster: …… G: Oh, there, its here its here. Kei: Huh—right here!? Isn’t this a big amusement—park!?
53. G: Hyo—what’s with this poor circus— Kei: This is a circus? Gantetsu: Shi—shi shi. Sign: Circus G: This is a ragged tent—it’s dark in here. Ringmaster: Welcome~~to my circus~~ G: Ohyo— Ringmaster: So…sorry. I’m the chairman of this circus. G: Hyo—don’t threten m~~e! Q: That’s bad humor, gramps--!! Ringmaster: Pardon me…first, here’s my grandson…Please show them a bit of ball-riding………
54. Kei: Ah—so you can ball-ride? Boy: …… G: Hey gramps! When will you bring out the wild lions and elephants!? Q: Where’s the flying trapeze— Boy: Ah. Ringmaster: Ah—are you OK— Boy: I ca—n’t, I can’t ball-ride— Ringmaster: ……… Ringmaster: Hold on. Boy: I hate ball-riding— G: HYO G: Old man, tell us what’s the reason behind this! Ringmaster: Hii~~ Kei: G-chan, don’t threaten him! Ringmaster: Long ago, this circus was really popular and things were fine. That was when my boy’s parents were still alive……But then…since his parents died, suddenly the customers stopped coming…
55. Ring: And today the day has come……The boy isn’t happy with this circus, and now, even if he wanted to succeed it later…what can I do from here on? G: I’VE GOT IT!! G: Leave this to us! We’ll open up the world’s first Cyber Circus!! Ringmaster: Huh? G: Grandma will be the barker! Gantetsu will make a cool tent. G: And, boy, you’ll practice ball-riding with me! Boy: Eh…
56. Boy: But a ball is round. I can’t ride on top of it. G: IDIOT, KNOW THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A BALL! KNOW EVERYTHING OF A BALL! When you do, then you’ll naturally find the center of gravity. Boy: The center of gravity of a ball? G: So you must know how to thouroughly associate with a ball! PLAY WITH THE BALL! TALK TO THE BALL! (Yesterday, Yamada…today I modified the granny who was lost). SLEEP WITH THE BALL! Kei: … Boy: Know the ball. Gantetsu: Shi shi G: Hyo, you made it? G: Hyo—isn’t this cool once again— Tent: SHI SHI SHI
57. Narrator: On the other hand, grandma— Q: Hannya Shingyou: Heavy Metal Version Q: (sings the sutra) Caption: CIRCUS Caption: And so it ran within a 1km radius from the circus in center. People: Wa—what’s that sound— People: My brain—my brain— Narrator: Naturally, the people ran to the center to escape from the ultrasonic waves of grandma’s mind play! People: (screaming) WAAAA Sign: SHELTER People: Wha—where are we! It’s so dark— People: Whaa--!? What is this— G: Ledes and zentorumen! I am Cyborg G-chan! Today you will see our Cyber Circus! (TN: G did actually say “laides and gentlemen” like that, so I kept it bad)
58. G: Pay attention and watch. Kei: First is the greatest gramps and granny combo in history! On the flying trapeze--!! People: Uo—There’s a gramps way up there—Kya— G: Chowa! Q: Ukya! G: Granny and I will switch places while passing each other! Q: Ukya!? G: Why did only our top halves switch places!! G: Hyo— Q: Ukya—
59. G: Hyohyohyo---!? Q: What is this— Kei: G-chan, you really did it. Q: Watch, this is the Cyber Circus— People: This is hilarious--! That gramps—is great—
60. Kei: So then, next we’ll have the strongest lion of the century jump through a fire ring!! Ringmaster: What~~we don’t have a lion in our circus~~ Boy: Lion, lion G: Don’t worry! It’s transforming Gantetsu Lionmaru!! Gantetsu: Shi shi shi G: Now, Lionmaru, jump through the fire ring!! Gantetsu: Shi!? Gantetsu: Shie--!! G: What are you saying you didn’t hear me!! G: Right, in that case, we’ll do it this way. Change it into a ring throw. Gantetsu: Shi!? Gantetsu: Shi--!
61. Girl: I saw both of you in the circus, but it was really fun. Kei: But of course--. That’s cause it’s my G-chan. Now it’s getting popular— Boy 1: So then, can you do that ball-riding? Boy 4: I…hate ball-riding. Boy 1: Can you ball-ride or what--? We’ll confirm it today at the circus. Kei: Don’t pay attention to what they’re saying. Boy 4: …… G: Hyo—we’re packing them in today, gramps--! Ringmaster: Well… G: Hyo!? What’s wrong, gramps, are you OK? Ringmaster: No…I was thinking of my grandson. Any silly thing will be nice, but I want my boy to do something… Boy 4: Grandpa…
62. Kei: Well—let’s begin the biggest Cyber Circus of the century---!! Kei: ! Boy 1: He—y, we’ve come to see it. Kei: Ah…Well—first we’ll introduce…… Kei: Huh? Kei: Dummy, it isn’t you! What are you doing out here? G: Hyo!? Ringmaster: Ah! Boy 4: I’m ball-riding. Kei: You still can’t really do it. Boy: I’ve thought about it. They’ve come to confirm that I can ride a ball.
63. Boy 1: Heh. Boy 4: It will be fine. I’m willing to risk it together. G: Gramps!! Calm down and look! Next seems to be the main event. Ringmaster: ? Audience: Go back—ball riding isn’t fun--! Bring out the gramps--!! Kei: No…good. Ringmaster: Ah~~ Audience: Stop it you—you’re boring--!! Go back---!
64. Boy 1: We—ll, guess he can’t do it? Kei: You’re scaring him—saying what you want. Ringmaster: That’s enough. You’ve done enough. Ringmaster: I think I want to give up this circus. Boy 4: Eh? Audience: What? G: What does that mean, gramps! Ringmaster: I’m sorry that I’ve bothered you. Ringmaster: No, I’ve thought about this boy’s future, and I thought this would be the business until then… Ringmaster: I want the boy to go into a business that suits him in his future. G & Q: …… Audience: ……
65. Boy 4: No, no--! I don’t want to end the circus— Ringmaster: If you can’t ride a ball, then it’s OK! Boy 4: I’ve been really practicing and I can do this. So we can’t end this circus!! Boy 4: It was because I was timid since I couldn’t ride a ball. I love this circus--!! I want to run this circus together with grandpa!! Ringmaster: Awawa~~ Boy 4: I was uncapable and stupid, but G: Hyo!? Boy 4: I’ve played, talked and slept together with this ball! I’ve really been practicing. Boy 4: Thus, I can do this.
66. Boy 4: BECOME FRIENDS WITH THE BALL…(out loud) I can Boy 4: Ride this… Boy 4: Grandpa, look, look! I’m riding it! I’m riding the ball! Ringmaster: Ooooyo~~~ Boy 4: Look look, grandpa, I can ride this! Boy 4: Grand—pa Ringmaster: I’m sorry for saying bad things. From now on we’ll run this circus.
67. Audience: BOY!! YOU’RE THE GREATEST MAIN EVENT!! YOU CAN DO IT FROM HERE ON---! WE’LL ROOT FOR YOU---!! Boy 4: ! Boy 1: Hey. Boy 1: You did good. I’ve reconsidered. Boy 4: ……! G: My age has taken away my tear glands!! Kei: …!? G: That circus will do well from now on. G: Right—Gantetsu. Gan… G: HYO--!? Kei: He couldn’t deal with transforming in the circus and he hasn’t changed back to normal---!! Calm down! Gantetsu~~~!!
TN: I won't say anything mostly cause my feelings for this chapter are mostly negative...well OK, except G-chan, Q and Gantetsu's actions but seeing them run their own circus was fun. The problem was the COTD...https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/11214[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 19 by StrangerAtaru2009-04-09T23:08:22+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comCyborg Hunter Z is just a normal teen...well OK, maybe not that normal, but a teen regardless who wants to win the girl of his dreams...even if said girl isn't what she used to be! But can he do so that easily with the two of them in such different worlds?
Chapter 19: I Want a Bride!
29. Z: I’m home— Gantetsu: Shi Shi Z: I’m tired from today. Should I eat rice or take a bath? Of course: I’ll do homework while taking a bath and eating rice! Kei: Hey, Zetto, what are you doing? (TN: Remember: Z’s real name is “Zetto”) Z: I’m playing house with Gantetsu! Gantetsu: Shi shi. Kei: Play…playing house!? Kei: Nothing I can do. You did take that study trip when you graduated from grade school, without finding something decent on TV when you were younger…you had lived a terrible childhood… Z: OK, here’s my next assignment! Z: Wa—no good—Gantetsu doesn’t have the feeling of a bride--!! I really want a bride--!!
30. (Title page…makes one wonder why Ai went delinquent in the first place)
31. G: Hyo!? Isn’t that Ai when we lived in the country! Z: Ai-chan!? G: By the way, this is me in a prototype stage prior to becoming a cyborg! Z: She’s cute… G: She was an innocent and good girl when we were in the country, but she went delinquent from this bad air in the city! Ai: And why am I delinquent!! Who’s fault do you think made me this way---!! (TN: I more blame Sharekoube than G) G: Hyo!? Ai: It’s all your fault--! It’s a gramps like you that makes any family collapse! Z: Ah—the underaged can’t smoke cigarettes. G: She’s smoking Echo, Echo! (TN:)
32. Z: Ai-chan, this is bad for you! Where is the old Ai-chan? Z: Cigarettes aren’t good for your body! Ai: Aah, what are you doing--!! Z: I’m snuffing it out! Kei: You…you’re… Kei: You can’t do it, Z…Big sis has already become extremely delinquent. She’s really gone on the other side. You can’t even use your imagination for her! G: You are you doing, I’ll beat your guts out of you!! Ai: That—hurts! Ai: From now on, don’t get in my way when I go out---!! Z: You must do your homework when you come home from school---!!
33. Man: That Ai, what is—she… Inasaku: I’ve shin waiting in preperashon and there’sh that guy going out with Ai-shan. Sharekoube: Inasaku~~forget about that girl already. I’ll introduce you to much better girls~~~ Inasaku: No whay! I’ve deshided that Ai-shan will be my bride. When I become a prinsh when grampsh rulesh the world, I’ll make Ai-shan my prinshess!! Sharekoube: Oyo—How…how could you think that, Inasaku! OK, I’ll cooperate too! Sharekoube: OK, Inasaku! Hold on for later! Inasaku: With this dishguishe, leave thish to me!
34. Z: Wait, Ai! Where are you going! Ai: A date. Z: Huh, a date!? Ai: What, Z? You keep acti—ng up— Z: A girl should wear a much cuter dress like this! Ai: What are you doing! Z: Where did the cute Ai-chan of long ago go---!!! Ai: …… Ai: Don’t you know that people can change--! You’re spewing from seeing that. Z: Ai-chan…
35. Ai: Hey, I’ve brought you a ni—ce thing! Inasaku: Ah…Ai-sha~~n, hurry~~~ Ai: Got—it. Boy: Wah. Z: Ah—she stole candy from a kid! G: My granddaughter is the type that would commit that crime… Ai: SE…SEE! I’VE BECOME A DELIN—QUENT! NOW I CAN’T RETURN TO HOW I WAS BEFORE!! Ai: Bye—bye! Inasaku: …! G: You—we’ll answer like that too! Z: This isn’t the time for that! Z: Ah—hey, Ai-chan is… “Ai”: NOW I CAN’T RETURN TO HOW I WAS BEFORE!!
36. Z: No! She can return! OK, I’ll correct Ai-chan! Sharekoube: Their family is breaking up. This is my chance! Ai: Hey—how long until we move much faster? Inasaku: You…you’re shaying that but I can’t drive a bike and I’m shkared. Ai: So, you’re just a tad small! Inasaku: Uh!! Inasaku: Ah…thatsh! Z: Transform Gantetsu Super Biker!! AI-CHA~~~N!! Z: Come back, Ai-chan! Ai: Ah, you chasing us stupid! Inasaku: HIII~~~!?
37. Z: Ai-chan! Come home with me and do your homework!! Ai: Hmph. I can’t go home today. We’ll be doing it all night long. Inasaku: Uhyo— Inasaku: Th…that’s sho great, Ai-shan! That you would shay that! Ai: Ah…it’s you!! Z: You’re Sharekoube’s stupid grandson!! Inasaku: Ai-shan, I’ll take you to a wonderful plashe! Ai: I get it, just drive, drive--!
Side Caption: GANTETSUESE COURSE IF YOU NOTICE THIS, YOU’RE FLUENT!! (VERY POPULAR!) Caption: Heisei Gantetsu
CAN YOU READ THIS!? Gantetsuese Course Vol. 1 & 2 is currently very popular!! Those who can’t see this yet somehow should do it once. A reputation of “it’s fun” and “it’s extremely easy!”! There’s no mistake that we see more results!!
EVERYONE’S VOICES ARE BEING QUICKLY COLLECTED!! -I’ve become really useful with Gantetsuese. I even got a perfect score on the Intermediate Test. -My friends have improved and are starting to read it…it’s incredible! I’ve become no match to Gantetsu anymore… -Eh? Um…the Gantetsuese course…I’m doing it with my family. It already makes sense!
38. Ai & Inasaku: !? Z: What’s going on!? Inasaku: Grandpa!? Sharekoube: Gahaha, you will regret coming this far, G-chan! Inasaku: Ai-shan ish mine. G: Sharekoube!? G: WELL THEN I DON’T HAVE TO WORRY, BECAUSE I’VE COME WITH AI’S PANTIES!! GANTETSU! USE THIS SCENT AND GO AFTER THEM! Z: Gantetsu, I’m next!! G: What are you using it for!! G: OK! Hurry, Gantetsu! Z: HOLD ON, AI-CHAN! I WILL SURLY SAVE YOU!!
39. Ai: Damn—What are you planning? Why am I wearing this… Inasaku: Ai-shan! Yo…you’re really beaushiful—are you— Sharekoube: Today we shall have the marriage of Inasaku and Ai-chan! Thus, Ai-chan will become Ai Sharekoube and live happily ever after with Inasaku. Sharekoube: But Inasaku, I’m mad at you even as my grandson—If I were a woman, I would surely marry a man like you--. Inasaku: Ehe ehe, A…A--i shan! Ai: GYAAA!?
40. Ai: Don’t do this— Inasaku: Ai-shan, pleashe change your mood…I have the world’sh biggesht engagement ring. Sharekoube: Congratulations, Inasaku--!! Banner: HAPPY WEDDING (INASAKU/AI) Ai: Let go— Inasaku: Wh…why? Why don’t shu let me have you…Don’t shay that you have another man you love… Ai: You ca—n’t do anything on your own. What can a brat like you do! Wash your face and just start over! Inasaku: Ai…Ai-shan will be with me shinsh I can ushe the toilet on my own. I can put on my jammiesh on my own, though I can’t go to shleep on my own~~ Ai: No~~~ Sharekoube: Oyo?
41. G: Enter Cyborg G-chan!! Z: And Cyborg Hunter Z! Sharekoube: Oyoyo~~G-chan!? Inasaku: Do…do you know whash going on here!? G: This panty has Z: Master. Z: I’ll save Ai-chan. Ai: ! Inasaku: That’sh hilarious—what can you do— Z: It’s your fault…Ai-chan……hasn’t done her homework---!!
42. Z: So, come home and do your homework, Ai-chan! Ai: Why do I have to listen to what you’re saying? Ai: what? Z: It’s…nothing! Ai: Fine, well a grade school graduate shouldn’t be yelling on and on over homework--!! Z: But you can’t be learned without homework!! Ai: We—ll, It’ll be more fun to play around with them— Inasaku: A…Ai-shan. Z: Wh…what is master doing! Sharekoube: Gufufu, this cake isn’t a usual cake. Sharekoube: IT’S A WEDDING CAKE GATLING GUN---!! Z: Uwaa!?
43. G: ZETTO!! Sharekoube: Gahahaha…how’s that! Hurry home and do your homework~~! Ai: Ze…Zetto… G: YOU’VE JUMPED TO THAT, SHAREKOUBE!! Don’t’ use that without serious warning!! Sharekoube: Hi~~ Z: A…Ai-chan, come back…… Sharekoube: Don’t be so persistant--!! Inasaku: Let’sh end thish, grandpa~~~!!rld---!!
44. Sharekoube: Oyoyo—the bullets are bouncing off his frypan--!? Z: Come back, Ai-chan! Come back, Ai-chan— Z: Uh!! Ai: Stop, Z! Do come at them anymore!! G: Z!! Z: Come back…Ai-chan……
45. Sharekoube: Idiot—by diving in on your own……you’re going to the next world— Ai: Stop! Z has done nothing to you!! Inasaku: A…Ai-shan! Ai: Well, if you promise that you do nothing more to Z…I’ll marry you. Inasaku: Ahaha—for real— Sharekoube: You did it, Inasaku!! Z: I won’t give her to you! AI-CHAN WILL BE MY BRIDE--!!!
46. Inasaku: Wha~~what ish he doing!? G: Unforgivable! That’s my sweet granddaughter. Z: !? G: You completely forgotten that you get a nosebleed when you touch a woman. Sharekoube: We were defeated by a nosebleed~~ Z: Ow ow…that hurts, Ai-chan……… Ai: Really…you got hurt from just being rash--!
47. Z: Ai-chan is kind, even as a delinquent. Ai: … Z: And you’re so cool…… Ai: Well…well then, was what you were saying earlier true? Ai: A….bride! You…you really want me as a bride! Ai: Then…let’s test it……… Z: ! G: Well it’s inexcusable but the case is closed! (My…my eyes!) Narrator: The next day— Z: You’re the bride in the house--!? (A…Ai-chan) Ai: I don’t do stupid things--!!
48. G-CHAN MODIFIED SURGERY COLLECTION BRAINS TAKASHI (MODIFICATION #2) Data: Real Name: Takashi Ueno Age: 11 Years Old Occupation: 5th Grader Feature: 1300 IQ!!
A boy who became an experiment when G-chan taught everyone “the method of quickly making a Modified Human” to everyone when he visited the class of his grandson. Since , he was reborn as a child-genius with a 1300 IQ with the computer in him. (Refer to Comic Vol. 1 for Details)
A Word from His Family: Since then, he’s been lull from morning to night…now that’s…uuh…(cries)
TN: Considering I'm probably one of the few who really doesn't like what happened when Ai became a delinquent, I'm sort of wished it could have turned out differently...but in a way, at least you can say that Z has a better understanding of her after this incident. (even if you just wonder to yourself why the heck she was still willing to marry Inasaku of all people) Though somehow that whole bit about "not doing your homework" sort of went on a bit long considering that...yeah, Z really isn't the best person to talk about in regards to who or why should people stay in school. And don't really get me started on the whole bit with Ai's panties...Japanese people have strange fetishes.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/11197[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 18 by StrangerAtaru2009-04-09T00:24:14+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comThe series that makes beating up the elderly (by obviously the elderly themselves) fun returns, and this time, G-chan's going into the ramen making business...which means it probably won't last that long.
Vol. 3: G-chan & Gantetsu’s Story of Friendship! Chapter 18: G-chan Ramen is the Best!
Author Comment: Everything about Shigeru Hijikata Height: 175 cm; Weight: 60 kg Born February 11, 1969 (Showa 44); Mental Age: 80 Originally from Niigata Prefecture; Hobby: Silent Prayer Special Technique: Drill Attack Former Life: Probably an old man Lifeline: Not that long Things He Hates: Male Hormones Place He Wants to Visit: 4th Dimension And he does the 100m in 13 seconds. That’s all. (TN: Those of you who doubt the truth about Takeshi Obata being Shigeru Hijikata, compare this information to Obata’s, preferably his Wikipedia entry…the truth shall set you free)
5. Summary of Last Volume (Character Data the Same): I’m Ka-chan the scarecrow. My creator is the grandpa of the Kaizou family. He became a farmer by, again, personally turning himself into a farming-type cyborg and using his scientific genius to revive grandma. He came to Tokyo aiming to have the world’s greatest agriculture. But, his old enemy Sharekoube plans to take over the world and defeat G-chan, yet somehow gets tangled up, until finally he revived after 66 years the “Senile Kaijuu Oldzilla”, causing a huge riot!! However G-chan gave judgment with his Young Version!!!
7. Kei: What~~you haven’t cooked the rice~~ Yuu: I’m sorry, I forgot~~ G: HYO— G: I’m hungry—when I’m hungry, I won’t move anymore and I’ll die--! Eiichi: Isn’t he full of energy? Ai: In that case, I’ve heard we can go to a ramen shop nearby. G: Ramen!? Eiichi: Ramen occasionally isn’t bad. G: Yes! Since it’s decided, let’s head out immediately!! G & Q: Where the heck is this ramen shop!?
8. Ai: Next door— Kei: … G: Hyo--!? G: This place unexpectedly is on our turf… Kei: Amazin—it came this way. Man: Hi!? G: What’s—going on, old man! Old Man: This shop is famous for being tasty...here, it’s in this magazine too. G: Mu!? Ramen critic Shitako Saotome-sensei recommended shop: Chinchinken. And their ramen is delicious!? (TN: The article name and the caption is the same as the first line. BTW: “Chinchinken” is Japanese is “super-strange house”) Kei: It’s randomly crowded—we have to wait 30 minutes in line. G: No way—I’m so hungry I don’t have the power to wait 30 minutes!
9. G: I’ll suck it in if I enter from here! Kei: Aren’t you using too much power--! People: Wha---!? What are you! G: I am Cyborg G-chan, I’ve come to eat your ramen!! Shop Owner: What are you!? If you want to eat my ramen, then get in front of the line!! G: I’m an old man. Feed me! Q: We’re hungry— Shop Owner: You—do you know who I am!! G: !? Q: Ukya!! Shop Owner: I’M THE MAN WHO REFINED IN TRAINING IN FRANCE FOR 20 YEARS AND HAS BUILT UP TO THE HIGHEST PEAK OF RANKING IN THE RAMEN WORLD!! I’M A SUPER TOP-GRADE CHEF WHO POSSESS THE POWER TO BE RECOGNIZED EVEN BY RAMEN CRITIC SHITAKO SAOTOME!!
10. Shop Owner: I’ve obtained many awards and medals! G: What’s why we came in! Q: It’s filled up the stupid old man’s nose~~ Shop Owner: Your eyes! Shop Owner: With that temper, they’ll eat something quickly and get out! Shop Owner: OK, thanks for waiting. Ai: Ah, it’s delicious. Kei: We got noodles and broth too. Eiichi: This soup is particularly good. Shop Owner: Hehe, how’s that, my ramen’s flavor? G: What, this ramen is really hard! Q: It is~~it’s really retched— Shop Owner: Wh…what!? Kei: Du—mmies! If you eat it like that, you don’t get the flavor at—all! G: Hyo!? Q: Ukya!?
11. Shop Owner: Yo—u, how dare you make fun of my ramen— G: Everyone!! Don’t be tricked by this gutter ramen!! Q: He—y—this shop shouldn’t have a line~~~ Shop Owner: What!? G: I can make better than the ramen in this shop! G: Starting today, my house will open a ramen shop! Kei: G…G-chan. Q: Come in, everyone~~ Shop Owner: Wh…what~~!? Kaizous: You’re being reckless! G-chan!! G: We’ll form it immediately! Now I’ll send a signal to Gantetsu; when we get home, the house will be modified into a shop! G: Hello, is this Gantetsu-kun? Gantetsu: Shi? G: When we get home, our house will be turned into a Ramen shop! Fine! Gantetsu: Shi~~!?
12. IN CINEMASCOPE Gantetsu: Shi shi shi~~!! (FOR THAT~REASON~~!!) Subtitle: Natsue Toda (Alias)
13. Gantetsu: Shi? Shi? Z: What’s wrong Gantetsu? Gantetsu: Shi? Gantetsu: Shi~~shi shi shi. (caption: G-chan Ramen) Shi shi shi~~ Z: Eh---!? Wh…what the~~! Z: That’s terrible---! Just hold on a bit longer!! Gantetsu: ? Z: Eh? Z: Can’t you pee? Gantetsu: Shi…
14. Shop Owner: Fufu…Interesting. Which will be better, your or my shop? Which will have more customers? This is for a match! Kei: That f**king gramps~~ Ai: We don’t know him… Kei: What will you do, your opponent’s a pro! Ai: G-chan, can you make ramen!? G: That’s not it! G: Mu, Gantetsu! Did you make the shop? Gantetsu: SHI SHI SHI--!! G: Hyo—that’s not cool at all, Gantetsu--! Kei & Ai: Ah~~our house~~
15. G: You’ve done it, Gantetsu. G: OK! Let’s open shop immediately--!! Girl: The ramen here is delicious. Ai: Hold on! Do you really want that ramen shop? Man: Bu…bunny girl!! What a gorgeous ramen shop! Girl: A~~h, so cool!! Couple: Enter, enter, enter---!! Ai: Why do I have to be in this outfit!
16. G: WELCOME---YOU’VE FINALLY COME!! Girl: Hi Q: You can’t escape anymore--!! Man: !? Couple: What are you doing! Man: Eh!? U…m…I’ll have the “Hi no Maru Ramen”. (TN: “Hi no Maru” is another name for the Japanese flag, literally translates into “the circle of the sun”) G: Putting in a jumbo umeboshi…here’s your Hi no Maru Ramen!! (TN: “umeboshi” is a dried plum used in many Japanese cuisine, particularly on top of a bed of rice to emulate the flag of Japan, therefore the joke behind “Hi no Maru Ramen”) Girl: Then…I’ll…have Hot Dog Ramen… G: The Hot Dog Ramen! G: Hyo!? We ran out of hot dogs!
17. G: Well, Gantetsu! We’ll use you! G: I don’t remember you raising those dogs!! G: As punishment, this customer will eat you! Here’s your Hot Dog Ramen! Girl: So it’s~~~!? Boys: Hey—mi—ssy, your address and phone… Ai: Hee hee…I live here. Shop Owner: Uuh…damn this. That gramps is pulling the customers with sex appeal… Shop Maker: That bunny girl is fine… Shop Owner: Watch, gramps! You can’t take this shop…
18. Customers: HIII~~ Man: Hey hey, what’s going on here! Ah!? The customers of this shop are eating roaches!! G: Hyo!? Th…that’s!! G: You~~that’s from that guy next door! Q: Ukya--!! Man: Hey! How above giving our money back! G: You’re fussy!! In that case, I’ll put in a roach motel!! Man: Hiii!? G: You’re rude! Q: It’s tit for tat~~
19. Shop Owner: Hey, here you go!! Man: ? Man: A HAND GRENADE!? Shop Owner: !? G: Mission accomplished! Shop Owner: N…NO THANKS FOR WAITING—GRAMPS--!! Q: Ukya! Man: Damn—will we come back here again! Cook: Wh…what will we do, manager! Shop Owner: Unununu— Cook: This is no good. Shop Owner: Ununuu—
20. Cook: Uoo—today we’re inviting Shitako Saotome, the ramen critic called the cooking empress… Shop Owner: ! Shop Owner: Of course…Saotome-sensei is coming real soon. Kuku, I think this will be a good hand for that gramps! G: What, a taste test!? Shop Owner: Of—course. It seems the great ramen critic will be here soon. She’ll evaluate which ramen is better. Shop Owner: The condition is the loser will move out!! G: That’s what I want!! Eiichi: Wha—this has gotten terrible. Kei: G-chan,, can you win against a first-class chef! G: Shut up! Shop Owner: Fufu…I’ve caught you, gramps! If this is taste, then I’ll be chosen better. And then my popularity will return. Cooks: OK—
21. G: Mu!? Shop Owner: Welcome!! SHITAKO SAOTOME-SENSEI, RAMEN CRITIC FOR 50 YEARS STRAIGHT! ALSO KNOWN AS: TASTE GRANNY!! Eiichi: Well well…take a seat here, sensei… Cook: No no, sit here… Shitako: My skill is to eat ramen!! Shitako: I’ll eat the ramen that both of you made. By my honor as gourmet, I will decide this honestly!
22. Shop Owner: Fufu, please watch, Saotome-sensei! I’ll make my prided special ramen by my own hands. G: IDIOT! I’LL FIGHT WITH MY FRESH VEGETABLE G-CHAN RAMEN, WITH A VEGETABLE BASE MADE FROM FRESH, HIGH-QUALITY FOOD WITH NO AGRICHEMICALS! Shop Owner: Start the match! Kei: Not like that! Kaizous: G-chan, make the perfect ramen~~cause if you lose, then we’ll be thrown out---!! Sign: Best in Japan!! G-chan Ramen; Grand Opening Today Shop Owner: Oooh, watch! Cooks: Our leader’s can really handle a knife as we thought! (AMAZIN--) Kei & Ai: Can G-chan compare!! (Gramps)
23. Kei: Wh…what are you doing---!! G: Hyo!? I’m making the vegetables for the ramen. G: Vegetables grown with soul. I’ll put them in the ramen for family………Chinnen the leek, Hanako the carrot…Kacchin the tomato, goodbye. Kei: Quickly make the ramen. Shop Owner: Hahaha, stupid gramps, I’m already done— Kei: G-chan G: Muu! Shop Owner: Ha—haha, are you still plowing your field, gramps!!
24. G: DEADLY HOE CARVING SLASH!! (NUORYAA--!!) Shop Owner: What is that guy—he’s using a how in place of a carving knife~~~!! Shop Owner: Because I’ve finished my trick, I won’t hold back the delicious ramen I made!! Here’s the special ramen of Chinchinken! Shop Owner: It’s known as Smiling King Ramen! The noodles are kneaded precise and the broth too is enough! The eyes are hard boiled egg! The nose is fishcake! There’s miso where there’s a mouth made of an extra-large pork filet!! People: So tasty— Eiichi: Wha~~it’s no use, it’s already done~~ Kei: G-chan, hurry, do something~~
25. G: Here you go!! G-chan’s Special Fresh Vegetable G-Ramen---!! Eiichi: Uwa—what is that smell— Kei: That’s not the smell of ramen!! G: Idiots! This Fresh Vegetable G-Ramen is perfectly nutritious! I pointed in putting in a roach motel in advance to fight the roaches!! I made the noodles out of carrots and through in anything that would bring nutrition such as plenty of fiber, vegetable cores, umeboshi and misozuke!! (TN: “Misozuke” is a meat that has been preserved by miso) Kei: Isn’t that consistent in kitchen waste--!! Eiichi: …… Shitako: So then, first I shall eat the special ramen of Chinchinken! Shop Owner: Fufu…
26. Shop Owner: Hmph. Shitako: YUCK!! Shop Owner: Whaat!? Shop Owner: Th…that’s silly, please eat it again. Shitako: Yuck! Shitako: I judge it directly from the feeling on my tongue!! Show Owner: My…my ramen is!? G: Next eat G-chan Ramen! Everyone: Wa~~I can’t take the smell. What is that smell— Shitako: MUMU, THIS AROMA……!?
27. Shitako: DELICIOUS G: Muu!! Narrator: What was hidden about ramen critic Shitako Saotome was that she was 99 years old and her taste buds were numb due to old age. Shitako: This match is won by G-chan Ramen!! G: Of—course! Kaizous: Really---!! Shop Owner: My…my ramen was~~~ Cooks: Please hold on. Shop Owner: I can’t be here anymore~~ Narrator: --and Chinchinken left town… Kei: He…hey, G-chan Ramen is in the magazine! Ai: Really— Kei: It’s that Flavor Granny! Crowd: I heard the ramen here is tasty. ONE FRESH VEGETABLE G RAMEN—ME TOO Q: Thanks for coming, everyone in line~~ Eiichi: We don’t know them. Narrator: Several hours later, they say that all the customers were carried away by ambulance! Q: Ukya!?
28. G-CHAN MODIFIED SURGERY COLLECTION WIND-SPEED GRANNY (MODIFICATION #1) Data: Real Name: Sanae Haruna Age: 79 Years Old Business: Sells Tobacco Feature: RUNS AT MACH 5!!
Box: A Word from Her Family -Mother really had problems walking in her legs and bottom from the years, but now she’s become energetic…Mother has been revived from her mach 5 speed and now delivers the cigarettes.
This is the granny of the tobacco shop who became indebted to the Kaizous when they lived in the country. She was charmed by a bus and saved by G-chan, but she quickly held a deadly wound. Immediately, G-chan performed modification surgery, powering her up to make her run faster than buses so she wouldn’t worry of being charmed by a bus anymore. However, after she moved at Mach 5, which was faster than the bus, she became called Wind-Speed Granny. (Refer to Comic Vol. 1 for Details)
TN: You know one weird thought about this chapter: the roach motel bit worked when it was first used, but in the final ramen face off, it just felt...a bit unneeded. But I guess that's what happens when you want a running gag to go on for a bit. On the other hand, this chapter had some really good moments (well OK, Ai in a bunny suit makes everything worthwhile, as did Gantetsu's "cinemascope moment") and a really strange but appropriate ending. (moral of the story: never cater to old people and their food choices)https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/10595[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 17 by StrangerAtaru2009-03-20T01:16:29+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comLove is a strange thing that sometimes knows no age...so when G-chan falls for a cute teen idol who is casting for her latest movie...only trouble will follow!
Chapter 17: Maiko-chan is Mine!
165. Yuu: Kei, call G-chan for breakfast. Kei: G-chan, are you sleeping? Kei: Oh!? G: Hyo!? Kei: AH…TH…THAT’S!! G: Don’t go barging into a person’s room!!
166. Kei: G-chan, wasn’t that the idol Maiko Aikawa now--!? Are you a fan!? Gantetsu: Shi shi shi shi. G: It’s…natural. Currently, Maiko Aikawa is the most popular idol of the elderly! Gen next door and the Yamada’s grandpa are all in the fanclub! Kei: I’ll show you something cool. Look it over. G: Hyo!? It’s Maiko Aikawa!! They’re having an audition for her partner in the movie “Fortissimo of Love”!! Paper: Top Caption: MOVIE: “FORTISSIMO OF LOVE” Right Caption: MAIKO AIKAWA PARTNER RECRUITMENT Open Audition: It was interesting going to Gifu. Give back my money, Oitsuru-chan. Whoever has a super-alloy Gold Lightan, please call Ibaraki…!! I don’t have Screen Tone 61!! OPEN AUDITION. Come back Nakagi-san. Your assistant is loitering and it’s a mess! (TN: I know I probably screwed up one or two of these silly, non-connected comments, but there’s a reason I translated it…and you’ll know at the end) G: They’re recruiting a partner for popular idol singer Maiko Aikawa! The auditions will be determined by judging!! Eiichi: Who is this Maiko Aikawa… Kei: She’s on the TV now. Kei: She’s currently the #1 most popular idol singer.
167. Z: MAIKO-CHAN! Kei: Whaa!? Z’s a fan too!! G: I understand! G: IF SHE NEEDS A PARTNER, THEN I’M PERFECT! Sash: MAIKO Eiichi: You can’t—audition…… Kei: Idiot—the requirements are written that it’s limited to 16-20 year old males! G: Love isn’t restricted by age~~!! Kei: OWW Kei: S**t—stubborn gramps. Eiichi: Granny will strangle you to death if she knew…
168. Q: What are you doing— G: Mu! If it isn’t grandma!! G: It’ll be terrible if you knew!! Kei: Cruel!! G: Let’s go! Z: Master, I’m going too!!
169. Announcer: We’re all gathered here at the hall today for the audition’s final judging! From within the applications of 35,000, we’ve selected and whittled down to ten! Announcer: Who of these will truly shine from within as our Cinderella boy!
170. Announcer: Even the facial expressions of the judges have become quite stern. Sign: Head Judge Voice: Fu…such trash… Genjirou: At 6, I debuted with pride in my kiddy singing voice. Currently, I’m really active on stage and TV! This will be won by Genjirou Hikaru. Genjirou: CO-STARRING WITH MAIKO AIKAWA—IT WILL BE MINE!! Announcer: Wh…what are they~~! G: Hyo!? G: I’m Cyborg G-chan. I’m doing an audition!! Z: I’m Cyborg Hunter Z!!
171. G: Hyo—it’s Maiko Aikawa— G: MA-I-KO-CHA~~~N!!! Judge: Please stop!! Judge: You have too much emotion, cool it down. Maiko: Kya— G: Well I’m relieved thanks to my grandpa pampers! Genjirou: Hey, grandpa, you’re bothering us. Why did you come here? G: Hyo!? Genjirou: Go home, quickly! G: We’re here to mix up this audition! Participants: WAA!! Judge: Head Judge, what should we do… Head Judge: Mu, if he can knock this off, then it’s better to have him lose later……
172. Announcer: This has become truly bizarre! The auditions are reopening adding the new three! Genjirou: Chi, a grandpa? Well, that’s fine. Judge: Ah, no dogs. No! Gantetsu: Shi shi!? G: He transformed to Gantetsuman! G & Maiko: FAIL!!!
173. Announcer: So, first will be self-introduction! #1: Number 1, Makoto Niwano…Mangaka… (TN: More about him in vol. 1) Judge: Fail! #2: Number 2, Nobuhisa Tsuruoka! Mangaka… (TN: Another Jump mangaka during the period, Nobuhisa Tsuruoka is more notable for his seinen works and a couple shorter works with artist Tetsuo Hara) Judge: Fail! Genjirou: Number 10: Genjirou Hikaru (19). At 6, I brilliantly debuted with my kiddy singing voice. My hobbies are horseriding, tennis and sports in general!! Currently, I’m really active on TV and stage. Judge: Passed! Announcer: As expected, Hikaru-kun shines with the merit of his rearing! Genjirou: Maiko…you’ll fall for me… Caption: Judge SFX: Doze doze Z: Number 11! Zetto Sekaidou! My other name is Cyborg Hunter Z!!
174. Judge: What’s with your kettle!? Take it off so you won’t be indecent. SFX: AHAHAHA Z: No way! Maiko: Ah~~I’m thirsty— Maiko: Passed--! Announcer: So next is Number 12. Kaizou-san…Huh? Where’s Kaizou-san? Judge: Tokijirou Kaizou! G: Hyo!? G: Hold on. I’ve come to surely be chosen as your co-star. Genjirou: Hey gramps! Maiko: I’m…fine! Genjirou: Damn you perverted gramps! You’re getting too familiar with my beloved Maiko Aikawa!!
175. Genjirou: Wh—what is that gramps!! Announcer: Kaizou-san, what are you…!? G: Ooh…next is the head…!! G: Hyo--!? G: I am the farming cyborg! G: CYBORG GRANDPA G!! MY HOBBIES ARE BONSAI CARE AND MODIFICATION SURGERY!!
176. G: My body is equipped with a variety of weapons for repelling crows who invade my fields! G: Lasers are my supplemental equipment! G: And my ultimate technique is the G Megaton!! Announcer: Wha—we get it, that’s enough!! G: How’s that, will I be your co-star! Genjirou: You’re irresponsible, gramps! Genjirou: Do something, head judge! Head Judge: Muu… Head Judge: Unforgivable~~if I choose that guy, this will affect my character. If that’s the case, he has to go down no matter what!
177. Head Judge: Well, Kaizou-san,you must have physical strength to appear in this movie. So then— Head Judge: Please walk over ten laps on only your toes while holding a bucket of water on your head and holding a 50kg dumbbell in one hand. G: Like this! Bucket: Nitro Head Judge: HIIII!? Head Judge: Muu…Pa…Pass… Announcer: Well—This movie, as you all know, is a super-great emotional work about a girl afflicted with an incurable disease who burns with the youth of tennis, makes a bond with her coach and becomes emboldened to live. Announcer: Of course, the girl is Maiko Aikawa!
178. Announcer: Here, you will wave this tennis racket! You’ll be judged by this here. Genjirou: The racket has replaced toys since I was 5; I’ll show you my game. Z: If it’s tennis, leave it to me! G: TENNIS IS EVIL—CHANGE IT TO GATEBALL!! (TN: “Gateball” is a mallet game similar to croquet with the object for a team to score either putting their “number ball” through a gate or to a goalpost) G: Maiko-chan burns with the youth of gateball, makes a bond with her old coach and becomes emboldened to live… Judge: What are you saying! Head Judge: No way…you…gramps---!! Judge: Hey hey, please calm down!
179. Head Judge: Next is the final judging; he must fall. Judge: Please watch. With this, the old man will truly answer to it…… Announcer: Well, finally, with a large crowd watching, this audition has been selected and whittled from 35,000 to three. Announcer: Who from within will be our Cinderella bo!? G: Me! Announcer: So, the final judging— Announcer: Will be decided by a kissing scene with Maiko-chan! Z: Eh!? G: OOOH… Genjirou: Whaat~~!?
180. G & Genjirou: N~~~~ Maiko: !? Announcer: Hold on. G: Hyo!? Announcer: The first contestant is Sekaidou-san. His clothing is strange, but his sweet mask has high estimation from the judges!! He could win it here! Maiko: ……… Announcer: What’s wrong, Sekaidou-san! He suddenly spout a nosebleed and flew away! Head Judge: Fail!
181. Announcer: Surprise is a surprise! Sekaidou-kun failed too and, including Tokijirou Kaizou, two remain! Which among them will be chosen as the co-star! G: Next is my turn, Ma-i-ko-cha~~n! G: Hyo!? Genjirou: Ke, idiot. Watch, gramps. Announcer: As expected from Genjirou Hikaru! A magnificent performance for the first co-star candidate! Announcer: Ooh—what a good mood. It’s not too much to say it’s about decided!!
182. G: Nuoo…I can’t forgive this!! G: You’re poison— Genjirou: !? G: He…here. Maiko: Kya—let go, I don’t like gramps--!! Judge: Please watch. With this, he’ll assuredly fail. “Maiko”: I hate you! “G”: Hyo--!? Head Judge: Oh—of course!! G: Muu~~I expected I’d be at disadvantage as an old man!! I’ll have to consume a large amount of energy!! G: Change: Cyborg G-chan— G: YOUNG VERSION!!
183. Genjirou: U…uoo!? Head Judge: Wh…whaaat!? Announcer: Th…this is~~!? Has there existed a more suitable couple than this!? Will this be decided without complaint~~~!! Genjirou: UWA—DUMMY, DUMMY, STOP IT---!!
184. Genjirou: Unforgivable, this matter shouldn’t be good! WAAAA Head Judge: I can’t approve either----!! G: Muu… SFX: CHOOMP! Maiko: ……… Narrator: Cyborg G-chan Young Version Transformation can only last 30 seconds due to exhausting a large amount of energy! G: Hyo~~Ai wan out for Maiko-hyan…… Maiko: WAA~~A Genjirou & Head Judge: FAIL!!! Genjirou: … Narrator: After that—the contents of the movie were greatly altered…… Title: Maiko Aikawa & Gantetsu: STRAY DOG STORY (End of vol. 2)
185. Well in this place, I (the author) must give an expressing of gratitude to the readers. It was in Pg 167, in the article for Maiko Aikawa’s open audition! Whoever has a super-alloy Gold Lightan, please call Ibaraki…!! (There!) Well we’ve rapidly collected reports from around the country of “I’VE GOT A GOLD LAITAN, HOW’S THAT—“ from the readers who read the article!
Tokyo: Gonno-kun! Tokyo: Ejima-kun! Saiko: Suka-kun! Chiba: Kanhara-san! Gifu: Kanbe-kun! Yokohama: Nagano-kun! Shizuoka: Suzuki-kun! And they’re the first of many.
Thanks everyone. I don’t regret shaking with the emotion and impressions by the many words that were “offered”! However… I’m happy that I just have everyone’s mood! Everyone who has the super-alloy Gold Lightan, be careful even if you have it. That’s what I ask.
186-187. He finally appears when he should! CYBORG G-CHAN YOUNG VERSION!!
Somehow this manga of the killing age, which has the gramps who have a short Armageddon left in their life running the best agriculture in the world, conquering the world, or living with bleach powder in shame, has honestly introduced that YOUNG G-CHAN!
From here, YOUNG G-CHAN, YOUNG GRANNY and YOUNG GANTETSU were introduced one after another.
But ultimately they honestly weren’t needed for this manga. That’s somehow strange. (Continued in Vol. 3)
-- Pg. 86’s Gantetsuish Course Question 1 Answers 1. Today I woke up at 8. 2. This is a pen. 3. Phew, I’m tired. 4. Though I’m a dog, it’s sad that I can only say “shi shi shi”.
TN: Well with this out of the way, we're officially halfway through the G-chan saga. I sort of hope that I've picked up a few people here or there along the way, but for those reading this as we continue onwards, thanks for picking up such a weird but neat series! As for this chapter...well, it's more of G-chan running amuck and causing chaos. In this case, you sort of wonder though that a lot of the problems here wasn't just G-chan himself but some of the competition...I mean, Genjirou and the head judge were obviously biased and didn't want anyone to really get in the way, so you can say that maybe they were causing a lot of the problems alongside G-chan himself. But in a way, Z and Gantetsu were just fall guys during the whole situation...and in the end, one of them almost got the role and the other did nothing, got the role and the movie changed as a result! But somehow I think that's just as much just desserts for Genjirou as it is for G-chan. I'll be taking another break to get back to another manga project but the second half of G-chan is coming...https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/10559[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 16 by StrangerAtaru2009-03-19T02:03:40+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comIf there's one thing that Japanese boys always end up involved in, it's beetle fights! But when Kei gets involved in catching a beetle (and G-chan's inventions intervene), things may quickly take a turn for the strange!
Chapter 16: The Gutsy Beetle: Kabukichi!!
147. Voice 1: For our personal research over summer, let’s do an insect collection, guys. Voice 2: I’ll do—it too— Boy 1: What, you haven’t decided yet? Kei: But aren’t there bugs around here— Boy 2: I’ll buy them at the department store. Kei: Du—mmy, there’s no meaning in that! Get a grip…… Boy: ! Bully: You’ve got a cool beetle. Hand it over! Boy 1: Hey—that’s my beetle~~ Boy 2: Give it back— Bully: Shut up. Don’t tell teacher or your parents— Boy 1: Aah…my beetle…… Kei: Nothing we can do. It’s better to not oppose the 6th graders.
148. Kei: I want a beetle too. I’ll get po—ps to buy me one. Kei: !? Kei: WHA, A BEETLE!! Kei: What’s it doing here…!? Did you fly in from somewhere? Kei: Huh…it won’t move—this beetle looks dead! Kei: Mo—m, got any watermelon!? This beetle looks dead!!
149. G: If you want watermelon, take as much as you want. Q: Eating it with us~~ Kei: Wha—those melons…!? Kei: Wh…where on earth did those huge watermelons come from!! G: It’s a new function installed in Gantetsu! Gantetsu: ? G: AN OBJECT GROWTH BEAM! Kei: Object growth…? G: Of course. That’s how these watermelons became huge. Now I’ll show you. G: WHA!!!!!!
150. Kei: Uo!? G: It’s fired by surprising Gantetsu. It’s name is the Gantetsu Surprise Beam!! Gantetsu: ? Q: The beam’s effect allows us to eat without it wearing off~~ Kei: Hehe, it’s finally getting alive. It’s filling up on juice without reserve. Kei: What’s that, Gantetsu? Is this the first you’ve seen a beetle? Gantetsu: Shi~… Gantetsu: ? Gantetsu: SHI---!?
151. G: Do…don’t get Gantetsu surprised! G: The Surprise Beam…! Kei: The…the beetle…! G: Hyo!? Kei: My beetle became huge~~~~ G: Gantetsu, don’t get surprised randomly!
152. Kei: Hii!? Beetle: Hey! Thank you for saving me from dying of exhaustion—I’m grateful!! G: Hyo? Kei: The…beetle can…talk!? Yuu: Kei, dinner— Kei: Oh—coming now! Yuu: You’re awfully busy upstairs, did a friend come over? Kei: Yep! I’ll introduce you now! Kei: He’s in my gang: Kabukichi the beetle! Kabukichi: Don’t address me formally! (TN: Kabukichi uses an expression of “yobisute”, where they want someone to address them usually only by their last name, but without affixing a formality suffix such as “san”, which usually is added to show respect. Since Kabukichi has no real “last name”, he just wanted to be known as “Kabukichi” instead of “Kabukichi-san”. Also of note: “Kabukichi” is a name formed by “Kabutomushi” or “Beetle” (usually the Japanese rhinoceros beetle) and “Kichi”, which is a typical ending in many male names)
153. Kaizous: Wh…what is that stupidly big beatle~~~!? Kei: Is it fine that he stays here for a while? Kabukichi: Thanks!! Eiichi: This…this must be a case of rearing… Kei: Kabukichi!! Do you want your favorite foods? Our mom can make everything. Yuu: Well Kabukichi: My favorite foods are things like watermelon rice sprinkled with the sweet juice of watermelon, watermelon miso soup and watermelon tempura and such. Hope you can do it. Captions (left to right): Watermelon curry / Watermelon Miso Soup / Watermelon juice / Waternelon rice / Watermelon tempura / Watermelon hamburger Kabukichi: Delish—your mother brought out the flavor. G: Hyo—we’ve got to eat this too!? Yuu: I made too much~~
154. Eiichi: Kei’s finally obsessed with beetles. Ai: It’s good that he seems to have a friend. Boys: Wow—that really a beetle!? It’s huge— Kei: This Kabukichi is the boss of Kunugi Woods! (TN: A bit of trivia: Kabutomushi thrive living in sawtooth oaks (also known as “kunugi” in Japanese) Kabukichi: Huh!? Well…we cut off the horn of those who don’t protect the rules of the woods! Kabukichi: And this is my prided horn!! Boys: Ooh~~ Kei: The horn of a beetle, so to say, a decoration more important than life to them!
155. Kabukichi: But, it’s not peaceful. Kunugi Woods has outlaws going through them. (flashback: STAG BEETLE!!) Those guys move in on our places in Kunugi Woods and start attacking the bugs. (TN: In Japanese culture, kabutomushi and kuwagata (the stag beetle) are always seen as natural enemies) Kei: Naturally, you attack them with your prided horn! Kabukichi: Um…well…If they attack, we come to this town. If they find me this time, then it won’t be typical. Boys: Cool—Kabukichi Kabukichi: …… Bullies: Ge—what’s that beetle? Hey, what’s wrong with that beetle? Hya~~it’s big—it’s life-size. Kei: Those 6th graders…Let’s play elsewhere. Bully: Hey, you can’t run!
156. Kabukichi: WE CAN’T RUN…… Bully: Well then. Bully: I’ll trade you that beetle for this stag beetle. I found it earlier in Kunugi Woods. Kabukichi: TH…THAT STAG BEETLE… Kei: You want to trade him? Kabukichi’s in my gang! Bully: What…I said I wanted to trade it! Gantetsu: ? Gantetsu: SHI---!? Kei: Id…idiot, Gantetsu’s Surprise Beam…
157. Bullies: HUH!? Bullies: Awawa~~ Stag Beetle: Yo~~I thought I’ve seen your face before, are you a beetle of Kunugi Woods? Kabukichi: ! Kabukichi: Uh… Kei: Of course, he’s that stag beetle. Kabukichi! Show him your power!! Stag Beetle: Attack me!? That beetle can’t do that.
158. Kei: Hehe~h, though you deceive us in running, Kabukichi will beat your proud mouth! Stag Beetle: Me, running!? Stag Beetle: Fu, you don’t know any—thing. Stag Beetle: The runner is that beetle. Stag Beetle: Heh, you’re blowing around again…… Kabukichi: … Stag Beetle: After all, he’s been omitted by the king of Kunugi Woods. Stag Beetle: He’s actually famous as the coward Kabukichi. Kei: Kabukichi is…
159. Kei: Kabukichi! Stag Beetle: I’ll show you how weak he is! Kabukichi: !? Stag Beetle: Hehe, how’s that! Kei: Kabukichi, is it true? Kabukichi: I’m…I’m sorry…In truth I…aren’t strong at all! Kei: Are you really going to run away! You dummy—I truly thought you… Kei: It’s better to not oppose upperclassmen. Let’s play elsewhere. Kei: LIKE ME…!
160. Kabukichi: UWAAA Kei: WE’RE A GANG!! Kei: Aah--! Bully: Wha…what is he doing suddenly… Kei: Kabukichi! I’ll do it too! Kei: It’s because you’re fighting too--!! That you should be strong!! Kei: ISN’T THE BEETLE’S PRIDE THEIR HORN!
161. Kabukichi: I…HAVE A HORN! Stag Beetle: Wh…what!? Where did he get that power!? Kabukichi: Daa— Stag Beetle: Chii!! How’s this!! Kei: Kabukichi!! Stag Beetle: He…hehe, I’ve broken your prided horn. Kei: Your…horn…… Kabukichi: at this rate, he’ll control Kunugi Woods… Kabukichi: Pl…please!
162. Kabukichi: My horn…Break off the other side of my horn! Kei: What, Kabukichi!! That horn is more important than life. Stag Beetle: Haha, have you lost it Kabukichi! Break the beetle’s prided horn…have you realized you lost!! Kabukichi: I can’t save the insects of Kunugi Woods. This horn has no meaning to me…My horn isn’t a horn that’s just cool. Kei: Bu…but.
163. Kabukichi: !? Kei: G-CHAN!! G: Look, Kei!! At the form of a true hero…!! Kabukichi: I am Kabukichi: I am Kabukichi: A RHINOCEROS BEETLE~~~ (TN: Made the full name more for the full impact) Stag Beetle: !?
164. Kabukichi: Huh…!? Kei: Ka…Kabukichi! Kabukichi: I… Kabukichi: I did it--! I’m not a coward anymore! I defeated the stag beetle— Kei: You broke your prided horn… Kabukichi: I’ve gotten it decorated! Kei: You going home!? Kabukichi: Hehe, though I can’t protect the bugs of Kunugi Woods, I’ll protect someone! Kei: Ke, seems your infamy is having a big mouth, though a bug. G: The effect of the Surprise Beam will wear off soon.
165. Kabukichi: Stay well, Kei! Kei: My sunglasses are my farewell gift. Kei: Stay firm over there! Hero of Kunugi Woods. Kei: Stay well. We’ll meet again, G: You dummy—I’m always well--! Eiichi & Ai: WHA!? Kei: What’s that!? G: Kei can lead a new gang so he can stay well. Kei: SHUT…SHUT UP--!!
TN: BEETLE HUNTING!!!!!...yeah, I know, it's not Gintama but I liked that chapter. Anyway, I really, really liked this chapter for some reason or another. Alongside the comedy, this seemed like a character development with Kei as he interacted with Kabukichi and faced his own cowardness and facing against bullies who are older than him. (though he seems older than him with his delinquent appearance) Besides, who doesn't love a giant Rhinoceros Beetle in sunglasses? I also really liked that for once we get a minimum of G-chan aside from his appearance at the beginning and end, showing that at least Obata is trying to develop the characters without having his lead around...even if he still had Gantetsu's Surprise Beam but that was more a means to make the plot occur. Oh, and somehow I actually liked that Yuu finally does something for once...yeah, she's probably just a homemaker but she at least found her place for once. (though I doubt they'll have watermelons for a while after this)https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/10557[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 15 by StrangerAtaru2009-03-19T01:58:30+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comThe horrific (but really old) monster Oldzilla has been unleashed on Japan and is preparing to turn the whole nation into elderly to power it's own youth! But the only thing that stands up to the old monster is...an old cybernetic hero!?
Chapter 15: Causing Trouble after 66 Years! (End)
127. Sharekoube: Gahaha, good Oldzilla!! The first stage of my world conquest is Oldzilla destroying Japan; this is my chance to conquer Japan!!
128. Oldzilla: GAOON Oldzilla: I’VE FINALLY BECOME YOUNGER!! FROM TODAY I’LL BE A VILLAINOUS MONSTER!! Oldzilla: NO—W, SHALL I SETTLE THIS! Announcer: Uuh… G: Hyo!? The young became old…!? Sharekoube: Gufufu! The humans whose youthful energy have been absorbed become old, of course!
129. Sharekoube: Now go, Oldzilla!! Crush G-chan!! Oldzilla: SHUT UP!! Oldzilla: YOU CAN’T ORDER ME, GRAMPS!! I’M YOUNG AGAIN. FROM NOW ON, I LIVE HOW I WANT TO LIVE!! Oldzilla: NOW, THIS ISLAND IS MINE!! THERE’S SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE. I’LL SUCK AWAY AS MUCH YOUTHFUL ENERGY I LIKE--!!! G: What!? He wants to make Japan a nation of only elderly!! Oldzilla: NOW, SHALL I TAKE ALL OF THEM! Kaizous: Wa--!! Kei: I don’t want to be an oldie at the age of 10--!! Ai: This can’t happen to me--!!
130. Oldzilla: SHOULD I HAVE THEM FRESH! I’LL SET THEM UP LIKE SO!! Kaizous: !? Kaizous: We’re…being sucked in! G: Gantetsu! As is, iwhat will be left if they have their youth taken!! Gantetsu: Shi—Shi—Shi— Kaizous: We don’t want to be old--!! G: You can do it Gantetsu! Don’t accept getting sucked in--! G: GANTETSU, TRANSFORM!
132. G: You did it, grandma! Gantetsu! Come over here so we can save the family!! Kei: Do it, G-chan! Oldzilla: Y*O*U…F*O*O*L……… Oldzilla: NOT ENOUGH! I MUST SUCK MORE HUMANS AND GET EVEN YOUNGER! Announcer: This is terrible…At this rate, Japan will be a nation of elderly… G: Gantetsu! Come here--!! Sharekoube: Oyo!?
133. G: Oldzilla! You won’t do what you’re thinking!! Oldzilla: SHUT UP, FLY! I’LL SWAT YOU! G: Whoo--sh whoo—sh whoo—sh! Kei: G-chan and Oldzilla, the difference is too much for difficulty!! Z: We’ve got to fight too!! Z: We can’t rely on just Master! We’re a cool Earth Defense Force!! Kei: Of course! We should have secret weapons to attack the monster!! Z: Here! I’ve got a cool laser gun on my hip!
134. Z: Ah~~this is a sprinkler~~ Kei: A sickle!? Yuu: A hoe… Eiichi: How are we going to fight a monster with a bunch of farming goods! Ai: That f**king gramps! G: We’re not doing anything with this! At this rate, Oldzilla will defeat us and we’ll be victims to his stolen youthful energy…Isn’t there a way to take out his energy somehow!? G: Of course!!! G: It’s here! Published by the laughing grandpa! The Scary Monster Illustrated Encyclopedia! G: This is Oldzilla’s dissection guide!! Chart: DISSECTION DRAWING (Estimated) -… nails gulp with infused… -Oldzila’s heart has hair growing on it -Oldzilla’s stomach -ENERGY SACK: Stolen energy is stored!
135. G: Oldzilla’s energy sack!!! There! That sack stores his energy!! Sack: Energy G: OK, Gantetsu, go only for that! Gantetsu: ? G: Sneak inside his body and get that sack! Gantetsu: !? G: I wish you success!! Oldzilla: WHAT IS THAT… Kei & Ai: So he’s been a stupid dog, doesn’t mean you should do this to him!! G: Quiet and watch!
136. G: You did it, Gantetsu! Kei: Wa—what? I don’t have a good feeling— G: N…? G: You idiot, that’s his stomach!! Oldzilla: GA!? Gantetsu: Shi!? Oldzilla: GYAAAAAA, HOW COULD YOU TAKE MY STOMACH……I HAVEN’T EATEN MY BELOVED HAM—BURGER--!!! People: Ah—Oldzilla is raging for his stolen stomach!! Oldzilla: UGAAAAAA!!!
137. Soldiers: We of the Self-Defense Force can’t touch him either! Sharekoube: Gahaha, how do you like Oldzilla’s power!! Now Japan will be an elderly nation and become my empire--!!! Oldzilla: I TOLD YOU I DON’—T TAKE INSTRU—CTIONS!! Sharekoube: BABI!? G: If that’s how it is, then we’re going to have him exhaust a lot of his energy! Grandma! Gantetsu! Lend me your power!! G: TRANSFORM GANTETSU!!
138. Kei: Wh…what is that massive gun!! G: GANTETSU BUSTER!!! We’re going to reverse-suck Oldzilla’s youthful energy! Q: It’s heavy— Oldzilla: WHAT!! Oldzilla: KE, I’LL SUCK YOU UP AND MAKE YOU SO SENILE YOU CAN’T STAND!!
139. G: Muu! Z: G-chan! Ai: I don’t want to see your face get even older--!! Kei: We know you can do it--! G: Gantetsu, please!! Gantetsu: ? Q: Splendidly suck the energy from that guy!! G: THE GREAT DEADLY ENERGY SUCKING OPERATION!!!
140. Kei: Amazing—they’re struggling for the energy!! Z: You can do it Master--!! Kei: Aah!? Kei: Look! Oldzilla is……… Kei: Returning to her original senile monster!! Oldzilla: ……… Eiichi: So then… Kei: Has G-chan returned to youth……!? Oldzilla: FOOL~~GIVE BACK MY YOUTH~~~ Kaizous: !?
141. G: Muo!? Kei: G…G-chan! Z: Master! Oldzilla: BOGE~~~(Don’t mock me for being old. You’re an old fool to go up against my 57 meter height.) Ai: G-chan…granny. Z: Master Eiichi: Gantetsu…
142. Kaizous: HE…BECAME YOUNG!?
143. G: Let’s go, grandma! Gantetsu! Kaizous: Gr…granny too!! Kaizous: Ga…Gantetsu…!? G: Concentrated the absorbed energy in the Gantetsu Buster, turn it into a shockwave and strike our enemy!! Q: Right!
144. G & Q: GANTETSU MEGATON!!!
145. Kei: Incredible—they did it--!! Yuu: G-chan Narrator: Thus, the shockwave youth energy rained down around everyone. Announcer: Our youth has returned---! A…miracle has happened. The people who became old have quickly regained their youth!! Man: It’s great to be young--!! Yuu & Ai: G-chaa---n!! G: Hyo!? Caption: Spare Narrator: And by releasing the youthful energy, G-chan naturally returned to being an old man!! G: So, Sharekoube, you’re being absorbed since it’s your duty to give Oldzilla energy to return to the South Seas! Sharekoube: Oyo--!? Sharekoube: I’ll get you, G-chan…
146. Also Playing: CONFUSED DETECTIVE GANTETSU (In Cinemascope) Title: Natsuo Toda
Dog: Kyaa, my treasured jewels were stolen (Woof woof wo~~of!!) Gantetsu: Fufu, leave this to me—(Shi shi shi) Gantetsu: I am the Great Detective Gantetsu—(Shi shi shi). No matter what it is, I’ll clean it up. (Shi shi shi) (TN: As I mentioned in the prior chapter, the “mei” here is the classic “mei” of a “Great Detective”, but the title of this bit is the “mei” for “confused”) Gantetsu: How’s this! First I cleaned up the room. (Shi shi shi) (TN: The pun in this bit involves the verb “Katazukeru”, which has two different meanings dependant on how it’s read. When Gantetsu says it first, “katazukeru” has the intention of “settling matters” or “clear a matter up”. But when he says it the second time, it has the meaning of “to clean a room”.)
TN: Let's just say this: Q younger is hot. (and Q older...well you saw what she did with her boobs, didn't you!?) Now that this is out of the way...it is somewhat surprising (but not quite considering how pt. 1 went) that G-chan, Q and Gantetsu actually were able to activate "younger forms" to defeat Oldzilla...but considering they were using the youth energy he himself stole, it probably is what we call just desserts. I also did like that Oldzilla really didn't like anyone bossing it around once it became young again...but of course, it's just Sharekoube so it's not like it was ignoring anyone important. And...was it just me or the part where Gantetsu stole the stomach hilarious? Well now that this is done, you will actually see the "younger forms" more often after this...but next time, it's back to the one-shot wackiness! (and one that actually doesn't have that much G-chan)https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/10483[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 14 by StrangerAtaru2009-03-17T00:23:09+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comOn an island far away, a horrifying evil is about to be unleashed upon Japan. An evil so horrible that it may take everything G-chan and the Kaizou family have to take it down...
Chapter 14: Causing Trouble after 66 Years! (Beginning)
107. Sharekoube: I’ve come now to this island in the South Seas. Sharekoube: GUHUHU, HERE IS WHERE THEY SAY THAT A LEGENDARY MONSTER IS SLEEPING!! (TN: The word “monster” is also known as “kaijuu”, which is the typical Japanese word used for giant Japanese monsters) Sharekoube: According to an old book, this monster awakens after a sleep of 66 years and attacks Japan. Guhuhu, this monster will awaken from his sleep, sortie towards Japan and even G-chan will be crushed instantly!! Sharekoube: But is there really…a monster on this island…
108-109. Sharekoube: !? Sharekoube: Oyo~~~!? Caption 1: HEROIC! MYSTERIOUS!! WONDERFUL!! THE POWER OF THE GREATEST EVIL IN HISTORY!!! (TN: The word “Mysterious” is “yuugen” in Japanese, but does not use the same kanji as the usual usage of “yuugen”. This “yuugen” is similar in kanji to the series “Yuugen Douji”, also known as “Kyon”, which was a popular series exported to Japan from China in the late 1980s around the time of this chapter) Caption 2: PLOTTED IN TWO DAYS! PRODUCTION COSTS 3,824 YEN (Spent with tax)!! Caption 3: THE SUPER GREAT SPECTACLE WORK CREATED BY MASTER SHIGERU HIJIKATA!!
Side Box: Also Playing: CONFUSED DETECTIVE GANTETSU (TN: The title is a bit of a pun, typically “Meitantei” is “Great Detective” akin to “Meitantei Holmes” (a typical Japanese title for the tales of Sherlock Holmes), but with the kanji for “mei” changed from the kanji for “great” to the kanji for “confused”)
110. Voice: I don’t believe it—G-chan’s was really cool when he was young— G: Big reveal! Cyborg G-chan Young Version! Voice: RE….REALLY~~!? G: But, it’s rather weak from a side angle~~ Q: (Sip) Kei & Ai: Wh~~at? Q: But somehow there’s something strange about the color of the sky. That’s an omen that something bad will happen~~ Q: Even my omikuji has a “Great Curse”~~ (TN: An “omikuji” is a random paper with fortune found at a Shinto shrine and Buddhist temples to determine what the luck of the day will be. The strip that Q has is “Daikyou”, which is “great curse”) Ai: What’s that, you granny! Announcer: We interrupt your program for special news! It’s unbelievable but it’s happened! Today at early dawn, a mysterious giant monster appeared in Tokyo Bay!! Sign: Announcer
111. Kaizous: WH…WHAT~~~!? A MONSTER~~!? Announcer: Now! What’s arrived in Japan is… Announcer: Th…there it is—there’s the monster! Somehow, we think it’s a quite old Kaijuu!! Ai & Eiichi: Gyahahaha, what’s that— Kei: I’m not scared at all! AHAHA
112. Announcer: Where did it come from? What reason has it arrived in Japan? We don’t know anything about this monster. People: What a weird monster. We’re not fooled anymore—Ahaha Monster: BOE~~~~~ Monster: BOE~~~(You’re all noisy) People: Huh!? Wa—stinky— Announcer: We…we’ve been damaged! Somehow this monster’s bad breath isn’t normal! Currently tens of people have fallen and been sent to the hospital! G: Hyo!? Sharekoube: GAHA GAHA GAHAHAHA~~~
113. G: SHAREKOUBE!! Sharekoube: Are you watching, G-cha~~n? The day has finally come where I’ll rule the world!! Sharekobue: This monster will run amuck through Japan…no, every country in the world—and after, I’ll slowly conquer the world and the time will come for the establishment of Sharekoube’s World~~~!! Announcer: WHO ARE YOU! SOMEHOW HAD APPEARED! Sharekoube: I…I WILL RULE THE…GEFU…! TV Caption: THE SCENE WAS TERRIBLY UGLY G: …… G: Sharekoube you…want to repeat the tragedy again from 66 years ago…… Kei: 66 years ago!! G: I’ve recorded everything about that monster in this book! This is what grandpa himself, well, your great grandpa had written! Book: ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF SCARY BEASTS (You too can be a Scary Beast expert!)
114. G: ACCORDING TO THE BOOK, HE IS THE SENILE MONSTER OLDZILLA! HE’S 57 METERS TALL, WEIGHS 550 TONS AND IS ESTIMATED 200 YEARS OLD! (TN: The actual name of the monster is “Jijira”, which is a pun of the classic monster “Gojira” (changing it connected to “Jiji” or “Old Man”/”Grandpa”), but considering how easy it was to make the pun with the English name “Godzilla”, I made the slight adjustment accordingly to “Oldzilla”) Captions (top to bottom) -A brain that doesn’t think anything. -Ears hear far away -Smelly breath -Oldzilla’s stomach can suck in anything -Wilted -Oldzilla’s legs and loins are extremely weak Eiichi: Wasn’t 66 years ago the year of the Great Kanto Earthquake!? (TN: Eiichi is referring to the “Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923”, which was notable for striking and destroying damage throughout the Kanto area, including devastating Tokyo and Yokohama, on September 1, 1923. Also remember: 66 years after 1923 was 1989, when this chapter was written) G: Of course! That was caused by him running amuck!! Kei: So—why is he coming to Japan again? Ai: Even if we leave him be, it would be pitiful to hurt him. G: Mu!? G: WELL ACCORDING TO MY BOOK, OLDZILLA AWAKENS FROM HIS SLEEP WHEN HE REACHES THAT AGE……AND ATTACKS JAPAN TO ABSORB THE YOUTHFUL ENERGY OF THE YOUNG!! Kaizous: WHAT!?
115. Everyone: Wa—stop, G-chan, what are you doing!? Uwa— Eiichi: Y…you can’t tell us we have to wear these and fight that monster! Ai: You’re dead—one is too many. Kei: It is!! Z: Cool!! G: Monster! Are you fine in making Japan a nation of old people!! Who will save Japan if we don’t fight! Announcer: The people of Tokyo are ordered into emergency evacuation! Eiichi: De—ar, do we have a passport!? Ai: What are you doing with that pillow, po—ps. G: You’re coming with.
116. G: TRANSFORM: SCRAMBLE GANTETSU!! G: Standby OK! Eiichi: It’s…crowded!! Ai: LET US GO---!! G: TAKEOFF!! Eiichi: Wa—the house of Hasegawa next door--!! Announcer: The mysterious monster who has finally arrived is destroying the buildings while marching through Shinjuku!
117. Oldzilla: BOGEE~~~!! (If I’ve come after 66 years) GUE~~~~~ (then know that I’m walking where I want!!) People: Kyaa, Wa— Announcer: We—ll, his feet slipped on a car and he fell. Announcer: Aah, here comes our SDF!! Announcer: Wha—what’s going on!? Kaizous: You dummy, what were we doing shooting the SDF airplanes!! Gantetsu: ? G: Gantetsu! Your eyesight has gotten really old lately!!
118. G: Mu!! There he is! G: Wha—Gantetsu, we shouldn’t be approaching him!! Oldzilla: ? G: His eyes have gotten quite old too! G: Gantetsu! I’ll leave all the flying after this to you!! Kaizous: !? G: Too!! Kaizous: Wa—dummy--!! G: I am Cyborg Grandpa G!! Oldzilla!! You’re not doing what you think you will any further!!
119. G: STRAIGHT SPINAL HEALTH KI—CK!! Oldzilla: BOGII!! Ai: Great—G-chan! Kei: That’s one kick of a gramps. G: Hyo--! I’ve fallen in a wrinkle and can’t get out! G: What, your hip gave out! Oldzilla: OGEE~~~ (HAVE YOU COME TO FACE ME! THAT’S HOW MY HIP GAVE OUT~~~!!) G: Hyo!? Tokyo Tower is……!!
120. G: Hyo!? He’s such an old monster that he has to now use Tokyo Tower as a cane! He’s so bold and daring!! G: He uses the 333 meter Tokyo Tower for his 57 meter height……MU…YOU’RE A TERRIBLY SENILE MONSTER, OLDZILLA. Sharekoube: Gahaha, run wild, Oldzilla! With this, this Japan will soon be mine--!! G: Sharekoube!! G: You still speak that nonsense… Sharekoube: Gahaha, look and see why!! Sharekoube: Whatever you do with G-chan’s family will be fine!! Kaizous: Save us, G-cha~~n!
121. Kaizous: Wa—he’s eating us~~~ Announcer: Ah—That airplane has been captured by the monster! People: WHAT!? Oldzilla: KAAAA Kaizous: Wa—something’s coming out of his mouth— G: HIS TONGUE. Oldzilla: Ptew Kaizous: ……… Q: It’s finally my turn. Kei & Ai: You can do it, grandma—
122. Q: Here’s a sighing song with acoustic sound and clear, beautiful vocals to match!! DEADLY! HANNYA SHINGYOU HEAVY METAL VERSION!! G: Grandma! You…you can’t do it!! Q: (sings the sutra) Kaizous: Stop it already, grandma! People: Wa— Announcer: It’s like being stabbed by a thousand needles!
123. G: It’s no good, grandma! He’s a senile monster. Though his ears can hear far, they can’t hear well!! Oldzilla: ? Q: Wha— G: WHAT! THAT HOLE WITHIN HIS STOMACH…… Kei & Ai: Ah, look! Kei & Ai: It’s…starting to suck in!!
124. G: Mu!? He’s G: Sucking in people! Announcer: We—ll! People are being sucked within the monster one after another…… G: Wha~~!? Sharekoube: Gahaha, you knew it too, G-chan. What will happen to the people sucked in by Oldzilla… G: N…NO, THAT’S HIS YOUTHFUL ENERGY…!? Sharekoube: Watch! Oldzilla is sucking in youth!!
125. Kei, Ai & Z: He….he’s getting younger…… Sharekoube: AND THEN HE TRANSFIGURES TO THE VILLAINOUS MONSTER OLDZILLA!!
126. ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF SCARY BEASTS (You too can be a Scary Beast expert!!) OLDZILLA (from top to bottom) -A brain that doesn’t think anything. -Ears hear far away -Smelly breath -Oldzilla’s stomach can suck in anything -Oldzilla’s tail is wilted -Oldzilla’s legs and loins are extremely weak -General Council of Trade Unions: Whatever it eats, it will be tasty. *It used to be written “Scary Beasts” (TN: The comment at the end is commenting on “Kuwaijuu” as a former reading of “Kaijuu”, and I approximated it)
TN: Yeah, some of you are probably cringing at the name of the monster but I thought the pun was cool. What the heck is wrong with "Oldzilla" as a name anyway, particularly in how close it is regardless to "Godzilla". In a way, the key behind how cool this chapter was is the epicness: Obata decided to take this battle between G-chan and Oldzilla (and Sharekoube on the side) and turn it into a film-like struggle as if people were going to see this in a movie theater! In some ways this does feel rather strange looking back on this and compare it to the multimedia successes other Obata series would get later on (in particular the three live-action films from "Death Note", which obviously had more serious campaigns than this) but it is fun that the kaijuu genre is being made fun of with this two parter...and it's only going to get more interesting with the second half!https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/10349[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 13 by StrangerAtaru2009-03-13T19:28:29+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comSummer, a time for the beach, the ocean and girls in bikinis! But one girl of the Kaizous may not really want to go on a summer retreat...and it may have something to do with her nutty cybernetic grandpa!
Chapter 13: Be Careful of the Summer Sea!
88. Voice: It’s hot~~ Eiichi: We’re finally entering summer vacation. Kei: So where are we going, po—ps! Kei: He’s dead. He’s impossible with a disadvantage. Yuu: Stop that, Kei! Your father is tired from work. Kei: Eh~~ G: BUA----!!!
89. Kaizous: WA----!!?? Kei: What are you doing, G-chan! G: Swimming practice! G: Well this isn’t refreshing at all, grandma! Kei: That’s obvious--!! G: So we’ll have the whole family go to the sea!! Kei: Eh—serious--!? Ai: I’m out. I don’t want to go together with f**king gramps— Eiichi: Hey, Ai! You’ve really been rebellious lately!!
90. G: You fool! It’s important to have family communication. You kids have been running with delinquency! Ai: Let go! Sorry but I’m already a delinquent!! Yuu: You…you can’t have us…ride this, G-chan… G: We’re off!!!
91. Punk: Ahaha—look at that rearcar—can you really see people coming to the sea in that!? (TN: A “rearcar” is a trailer carried by bicycle) Kaizous: …… Ai: That’s why I said no!! Usually stupidity happens if we come! Punk 1: Mis—sy, how about getting out that rearcar and coming with us? Punk 2: It’s cool in this car and we have a boat! G: What are you calling my rearcar! This rearcar has special functions! G: CHANGE: JET REARCAR!! G: This can fly on it’s own to our destination!! Punks: Wa---!? The rearcar can fly--!?
92. Punk: Wh…what is that… Punk: That girl is with him… Voice: The sea!! We’re here just like that!! Kei: Ye—s! Let’s swim--!! G: Don’t get disorganized! First we have to warm up. Q: First loosen the head by spinning— G: Next we firm up by flexing! Kei: I’m human! Can I do those?
93. Kei: Yay--! Kaizous: Hahaha G: What’s wrong, Ai, can’t you swim? Ai: Shut—up. Ai: WH…WHAT’S THAT!? G: Underwater G-chan #1! Q: We also have Underwater Grandma #2— Ai: Uh…
94. Ai: I’m embarrassed being here together with you!! People: Whisper whisper G: Hyo!? Ai: Really, that gramps is the cancer of the family. Ai: Ah—I’m bored. Punk: What, we’re not alone anymore today—S**t~~~there isn’t any cute girls here! Punk 2: Hey! Punk 1: Oh~~~! Punk 1: We meet again. Are you alone?
95. Kei: Huh? Where’s—sis? Eiichi: N? Eiichi: She was on the beach earlier… Kei: Ah--!? G: HE—Y, LOOK AT THIS SANDCASTLE I MADE!! Kei: !? Kei: How could you make it so big!! G: I’m comfortable in living here from today! Z: Master! Ai-chan is…!! Caption: Swimsuit G: Mu!?
96. G: Hyo!? Ai’s being kidnapped! G: What do you want with Ai! Let’s go, Gantetsu! G: WE’RE GONNA RESCUE AI!! Q: Wha~~the shock now has made the castle crumble~~~ Kei: Ah—it’s si—s!! Eiichi: What? Punk 1: Hahaha, out of the way---!! Eiichi: Hold on, Ai~~I’m coming now—
97. Ai: Hey! Let me go you jerks—what do you want— Punk 1: This is the latest American-model Dixie Boat. There’s nothing more fun than the great boat you’re riding in now. Punk 1: Be my girl. I’ll tell papa and he’ll buy you many of these boats. Punk 1: Oho! Ai: Why papa—you’re a big man!! Punk 1: Yo…you… Punk 1: Do you want to confront pain? This ship has set off, the beach cant hear you no matter how loud you yell!
99. G: You can’t, Gantetsu… G: YOU ONLY KNOW THE DOG PADDLE!? Gantetsu: ? G: I have to turn it up much more!! G: Hyo---!! G: There it is! Punk: Hey, there’s a gramps following us!!
100. Punk 1: Hmph, he’s a lively gramps. We have a hostage, he can’t interfere. Ai: G-chan… Punk 1: This can be good. Aim for the jetski! Punk 1: TAKE THIS!! G: Muo!? Ai: G-chan…Gantetsu!!
101. Punk 1: Hahaha—we did it—he won’t float! Rest in peace! Gramps!! G: SUBMARINE GANTETSU!! Narrator: The All-Purpose Dog Gantetsu can instantly transform into the submersible Submarine Gantetsu! G: A torpedo with a destructive power to sink a battleship in one charge! G: And here’s radar! The enemy is above us!! G: Hyo!? What’s wrong Gantetsu? Why are we surfacing!?
102. G: Hyo--!? You’re a submarine and yet you have to breathe!? Punk: Ge—they’re still following. Ai: Yes—G-chan! G: Hyo!? Grandma!! Q: You can’t go out like that on your own~~ G: OK, let’s combine our three powers!! G: DEADLY ROUND-AND-ROUND ATTACK!! Gantetsu: ? Punk 1: What, the boats are spinning around us!?
103. Punks: Wa--!? Punk: My eyes are whirling around~~~ Ai: Kya G: No, I overdid it, Ai will……!! Q: Got her~~~!!
104. Punks: Wha~~what’s that granny!! G: Gantetsu!! Fire Torpedo!!! Punks: Wa—shark~~get off— G: JUDGEMENT!!!
105. G: How about learning that!! Punks: Hi~~we won’t do that again~ Ai: I…said some mean things to G-chan… Ai: I’M SO~~~~RRY!! Q: My cute granddaughter is completely soft~~~ Punk 1: My boat~~Dad is going to scold me~~ G: If you want a boat, I’ve got one for you. Punks: How long will it take to reach shore? Let’s go this way~~Dad~~ Gantetsu: Shi shi shi Narrator: At that moment, G-chan’s body had rusted and couldn’t move due to long exposure to ocean water! G: Mu… Ai: Shouldn’t we go home, f**king gramps?
TN: The chapter probably was a tad obvious with where it was going but it was still a ton of fun to see. In particular I like all the various crazy devices used this time around, from the Gantetsu transformations into the jetski and the "still needs breathing" submersible to the flying handcart G-chan is (still) carrying his family around. Even little things such as "G-chan getting fired from a cannon destroying his sand castle" were fun. Ai's storyline was a tad predictable but its probably one that needed to be done considering...well, the situation regarding her first storyline in the series compared to Kei.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/10308[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 12 by StrangerAtaru2009-03-12T23:45:19+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comCrime, a phenominon that strikes everyone, particularly the elderly. Now with a master thief running loose in Japan, his interest in taking on the elderly may end up in contact with a certain cybernetic family...
Chapter 12: An Enemy of the Elderly is Unforgivable!
68. Thief: Ke, this house I broke in only has this jar. Woman: Ah, who are you!? Woman: Th…that’s the memorial jar of my dead grandpa~~~!! You can have anything else and I’ll forgive you~~~!! Thief: That’s frank! Thief: I AM THE PHANTOM THIEF ARSENE BULGOWANO PHILLIP THE 4TH! THE GREAT WORLD-TRAVELING PHANTOM THIEF!
69. Arsene: My next target is this house. Arsene: From my investigation, the dad’s at work, the mom’s shopping, both kids are at school and the house only has a grandpa and grandma. Arsene: I’m cautious! I only go for homes with just the elderly. Even if I’m found, I’ll win if they’re old. Arsene: On top of that, grandpa and grandma save up a lot. Apparently, I can simply look at them, but I’m certain that a professional like me can take them! G: So, shall we recite sutras this afternoon? (TN: “Sutras” or “Okyou” are Buddhist prayers) Q: And I’ll accompany musically— SFX: Step
70. G & Q: WHAT ARE YOU— Arsene: OW!
71. G: Stupid! My ears can identify a pin drop five km away! Q: My eyes both are 7.0 and I can use X-ray— Arsene: Oh… Arsene: I’ll remember this— Arsene: Damn--!! Arsene: The name of Arsene Bulgowano Phillip the 4th is crying with that…I’ll show you, you f**king gramps and f**king granny! Arsene: I’ll invest all of the money that I’ve saved cheating the elderly without using a yen—Whatever it takes, I’ll steal from that house and get my revenge on those oldies!
72. Arsene: I’ll show you, gramps and granny!! I’ll get my revenge with the tech of stealing! G: What, your memento jar of your grandpa!? Old Woman: That jar is more important than my life. And it was stolen… Man 1: I’ve been deceived too… Woman 1: He took my passbook too. Man 2: He hook hy henhures~~ (TN: Unfortunately with no translation, it’s hard to hear what this guy has to say) Woman 2: If he breaks only into the homes of the old and goes against us, then he’s unforgivably reasonless. Q: Really, what can the police do? G: COWARD! TAUNTING A FEEBLE OLD WOMAN AND STEALING HER GOODS…HE’S AN UNFORGIVABLE ENEMY OF THE ELDERLY!
73. Arsene: HAHAHA, ENTER ARSENE BULGOWANO PHILLIP THE 4TH!!! G: Hyo, here he comes!! Attack position!! Arsene: Hahaha, that bombardment won’t knock me down! Arsene: What I’ve been equipped with now was made by giving my entire fortune to that weapons maker! With this mecha, I can steal from any house!!
74. Arsene: HAHAHAHA Arsene: Fu— Arsene: I’ll break in through the garden!! Arsene: Ge—there’s a dog!! G: If you see a suspicious person, bark! Gantetsu: Shi! Shi! Shi! Arsene: ? Arsene: Haha, with this mech, no matter how I enter, I’m not afraid of anyone!
75. Arsene: I just invested my whole fortune to make this. Arsene: This is a fun way to steal! Arsene: Oh!? This painting has some value! G: FOOLED YOU! G: You’ve come, enemy of elderly! You will be judged by Cyborg G-chan! Arsene: So then, the time has come to show my power-up…
76. Arsene: I’m Arsene Bulgowano Phillip the 4th! I’ve been made this mecha by that weapon maker so I can clear my one humiliation!! Arsene: THIS MECHA WILL PUT YOU FULL OF HOLES AND STEAL EVERYTHING IN THIS HOUSE TO THE ROOTS AND BRANCHES!! G: A scoundrel like you will be judged by me! Come! Abura Katabura Heppuri the 4th! Arsene: If you can hear a pin drop from 5 km away, then you should remember my name… G: Mu!! The mark on the mecha…is the seal of Sharekoube!!! G: I thought I hadn’t seen him recently, so how could he do that? So, is he doing well!? Arsene: Well, he has a face that’s tired of life…
77. Old People: Ah—Kaizou-san, it’s that man, him! (Wa—it’s him, it’s him) G: It is! G: Really, what happened to Gantetsu? He allowed that guy to break in!! G: HYO---!? HOW COULD YOU BE STOLEN BY HIM!! Z: Master! Leave this to me! G: Idiot, I’ve fired my missiles! Z & Arsene: DAA---!!
78. Arsene: Fu—where have I come to… Arsene: Wh…what’s that!? G: You’ve done it, grandma!! Old People: YA—Y, YOU’VE DONE IT—WHEE— Q: Listen to the new song I’ve written~~~~
79. Q: HANNYA SHINGYOU: HEAVY METAL VERSION!!! (Sings sutra in Japanese) (TN: The Hannya Shingyou, or the “Heart Sutra”, is an encapsulation of Buddhist teachings usually recited by Zen Buddhists in Japan) Q: (continues singing sutra) G: Oh~~what will we do with this pain!! Q: Ha G: Hyo!? Arsene: Hahaha, this is a feature of the mecha—
80. Arsene: This mecha is equipped with the abilities of a cockroach! Arsene: Hahaha, how’s--that!! G: So then, we’ll do it like this!! Arsene: Ugya!? Sign: Z’s House Z: Ah—my house--!! G: As planned!! G: Gravity Change!! Q: In Your Eye Attack!!
81. G: ULTIMATE WEIGHT 500 TONS!!! Narrator: These two have revealed that they were kinds of youkai such as Konakijijii and Sunakake Babaa! Q: Sand in your eye~~~ Arsene: If…if that’s the case……… Arsene: This will knock out both gramps and granny together!!! G: Ho…hold on, grandma of the Suzuki’s! Suzuki: M…my pot~~
82. Suzuki: Please, that’ s my pot…give back my grandpa’s memento~~~ Arsene: You’re really insistant, granny!! Old People: Hya~~Suzuki-san! G: UN…UNFORGIVABLE! You will be judged for knocking around an old woman! Q: YOU WON’T REVIVE~~~!! Gantetsu: ? G: TRANSFORM GANTETSU Gantetsu: ? Q: FUMAKILLA G~~~!! (TN: Fumakilla is a Japanese brand of bug spray) Can: GANTETSU FUMAKILLA G (Super-strong power)
83. G: FIRE--!! Arsene: !? Arsene: Uaaa, it’s stealing the mecha’s oil. I can’t move with the rust! G: Cyborg G-chan! Q: Q-chan G & Q: DEADLY COUPLE ATTA—CK!!
85. G & Q: JUDGEMENT!! Kei & Ai: How many times will you be happy blowing up the house!! Arsene: I’m scared of old people… Narrator: After this—Arsene Bulgowano Phillip the 4th changed his name to Ichitarou Yamada and worked the fields diligently in the rural countryside……
G: Today, we’re studying the differences of Gantetsu’s Emotional Expressions! *When He Laughs *When He’s Surprised *When He’s Peeing *When He’s Confused G: You du~~mmy, aren’t they all the same~~!! (Continued in Vol. 3)
TAKE THIS TEST: QUESTION 1: WRITE THE MEANING NEXT TO THE GANTETSU LANGUAGE 1. SHI SHI SHI () 2. SHI SHI SHI () 3. SHI SHI SHI () 4. SHI SHI SHI () The answers are on P. 187!
TN: Wasn't too bad a chapter looking at it from this perspective, but in some ways it probably could use some work. The thief's bit probably did get a tad overblown but in some ways I think that was the point. And Q...just gets more disturbed with appearance. Meanwhile, while it probably was obvious that Sharekoube was the weapons merchant, at least he seems more formidable funding others than fighting for himself...so far.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/10247[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 11 by StrangerAtaru2009-03-11T02:24:05+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comTen years ago, a near-and-dear member of the Kaizous passed on: Tokijirou's beloved wife (and Kaizou grandmother) Kiyu. But with advancements in cybernetic technology, G-chan may finally bring her back...but that may not be a good thing!
Chapter 11: Welcome Back, Grandma!!
47. Eiichi: Grandma’s been dead ten years? That was fast. Kei: What sort of person was grandma? Eiichi: Right, grandma was already dead by the time Kei can remember… Eiichi: She was far more treacherous and malicious than even G-chan…(she…was a scary person…) Kei: Huh? While we’re at it, I haven’t seen grandpa. Yuu: He’s been shut away in his room since yesterday. Kaizous: He…can’t…I foretell trouble.
48. Kaizous: G…G-CHAN!! G: WHAT’S WITH THE NOISE?
49. Eiichi: G-chan, what on earth are you making again---!? G: I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD REVIVE GRANDMA ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF HER DEATH! SHE’S NEARLY COMPLETE! Eiichi: Wh…what? You’re reviving terrible grandma!? G: You’re needlessly worrying. Though its grandma, she’ll be a younger grandma around 20 years old! A pure-maiden version with prominent proportions! G: And she’ll support me with my agriculture. I’ll have fun farming again. Mu~~remembering my youth.
50. G: And look! Her cyber body is entirely covered by plating, giving her a beautiful metallic finish! Grandma today throws away her name of Kiyu Kaizou; as a new cyborg, which she wasn’t until now, she becomes Cyber Metal Grandma Q! Z: But Master! A dead person doesn’t have a brain! How then can you make her a cyborg!? G: I didn’t miss that. Just before she died, I secretly removed her brain. I’ve stored it for 10 years together with the misozuke. (TN: “Misozuke” is meat or vegetables pickled in miso) Kaizous: BLE—CH Eiichi: Huh? Doesn’t she resemble an idol who has appeared on TV? Even so…our grandma sure was beautiful. G: Giku!?
51. Yuu: Dear! Z: Are we going to put this brain in the cyborg… G: Hyo--!? What are you doing— Z: If there isn’t a brain, then I’ll become a cyborg! G: OK, Gantetsu, we’re a breath from perfection! G: When I press this button, YOUNG Grandma will be revived!! G: Hyo—Gantetsu, don’t push that weird button!
52. G: Hyo---!? G: Hyo!? Grandma is!? G: Muoo!? Q: I’M BACK~~~ (TN: I probably should have said “I’m revived” here with “fukkatsu”, but this makes it creepier…and yes, you can throw up now)
53. G: HYO---!? GRA…GRANDMA!? Q: Living in miso for 10 years has stunk~~ Q: I’ve revived as cyber metal that surpasses a cyborg. I’M CYBER METAL IRON GRANDMA Q~~~~!! Kei: Wa—G-chan, what’s going on~~~!? G: The button Gantetsu pushed arbitrarily made the computer confuse “Cyber Metal” and “Heavy Metal”. Further, grandma remodeled my appropriate model!
54. Q: I’M HUNGRY~~~ Q: Food is delicious after ten years~~~but, everyone’s greatly changed in ten years. Q: What’s that brat over there? Kei: Br…brat!? Eiichi: Hey…that’s Kei; you changed his diapers well. Q: Oh—I remember diapers!
55. Q: I really borrowed them when I had problems going to the bathroom. Q: So—then, I’ll have tea after my meal. Z: ? SFX: PI---!? Q: It’s already boiling. Kei, Ai & Z: You’re…irresponsible, f**king grandma!! Q: Wh—at, am I a f**king grandma?
56. G: Stop being irresponsible! Eiichi: G-chan, save them! She’s become far more malicious than when alive… Q: You Grandpa! You’re really showing a face of unconcern in front of me---!! G: Hyoo!? Q: Do you remember? The night that I died… G: Muu…you got a mochi stuck in your throat and when you confusingly ran outside, you jumped into a dump. At that moment, I knew that you already had contracted an incurable disease and you died from the shock. Everything about the death source was a heroic way you died. Q: That day! When I was wandering between life and death! Where were you, grandpa---!
57. Q: When I asked you to hold my hand, why didn’t you hold it? G: You’re…wrong! My reason was… Q: Do you want to hear my range resounding in ten-thousand octave! G: Mu!? Q: LAAAAAAAAAAAA G: Hyo--!? Narrator: This is a destructive technique where a ten-thousand octave super-high pitch wave, a characteristic of heavy metal, destroys everything that it hits!!
58. Q: I was bitterly kept for the ten years together with the misozuke~~~ Q: Finally I can clear away this bitterness--!! G: Hyo— Z: Wa—my house---!! G: She’s too lively in revival after ten years. Eiichi: This is the greatest couple fight in history!! G: OK, Gantetsu, please switch with me now!
59. Q: I found something to eat for you—stupid dog!
Caption: ONCE SHE WAS THE FOREMOST MEDIUM IN JAPAN – EXTERMINATING YOUKAI AND ONRYOU. WRITTEN BY THE YOUKAI HUMAN KIYU KAIZOU— GREAT JAPANESE YOUKAI ENCYCLOPEDIA Right Center: KIYU KAIZOU – AUTHOR Left Center: SECOND PRINTING COMING Price: 50 Yen (With Tax: 10,500 Yen) Right Youkai: Sunakake Babaa Below: One Youkai after another~~!! Left Yokai: Abura Sumashi / Zashiki Warashi Near-Center Caption: Really Popular; Now on Sale! Bottom Left Box: Onryousha (TN: We've got quite a few youkai (Japanese spirits) here so I guess I'll try and reveal what they are: -Sunakake Babaa: An old-hag youkai notable for throwing sand and coming from the prefecture of Nara -Abura Sumashi: A youkai notable for stealing the valuable oil for lighting homes, notable in Amakuka in Kumamoto -Zashiki Warashi: A young girl youkai who brings good luck to all who see it and live with it, originally from Iwate Prefecture)
60. Q: This will end it~~~!! Q: Kyu~~sour— Q: DEADLY Q: BEWILDERED EYE BOMBER— G: Hyo--!? Th…this technique…… Narrator: BEWILDERED EYE BOMBER!!! From eating dried plums, Grandma Q’s face grimaces from the sourness. Her face sinks in deeply! And then her technique allows for the recoil to pop out her eyes!!
61. Eiichi: Wa—grandpa, grandma, stop—the house…the house---!? G: I’m already pissed. I can’t take this easy!! G: STRONGER G!!! G: Stronger G allows for my heated boiling blood in my body when my anger reaches its peak… Q: STRONGER Q!!! G: Hyo--!?
62. G: THIS ONE ATTACK Q: WILL DECIDE THIS~~ Kaizous: KYA—
63. Kei: What happened to our house!! Q: Grandpa really is strong when he fights… G: Grandma too…here… G: My prided cyber body is crumbling. Q: TH…THAT HARAMAKI…
64. G: Forgive me, grandma…My sorrow brought me to tears, but I wasn’t looking and I was actually holding your foot when I thought it was your hand! Flashback Kiyu: Uh… Flashback Tokijirou: Hold on, grandma! G: I’m sorry…… G: Finally…you can go to that world with grandpa’s hand… Everyone: ……
65. Q: Th…this is…a pendant with my picture. You still have it…… Q: Grandpa! Q: WHO’S THIS? Q: I’LL KILL YOU~~~!! G: You…you’re wrong…she looked just like you… Kei: Does this idol really resemble grandma? Ai: Even idols become grannies when they get old…
66. TERRIBLE Q-CHAN’S PUBLICITY PHOTO Q: Kekekeke~~~I made a publicity photo~~I put it in a picture frame on the wall and increased the grade in the room~~ Bottom: I signed it. G & Gantetsu: HYO~~~!?
TN: Yes...you can throw up now. I don't mind the concept of bringing back the grandma of the Kaizous as a cyborg...but why the heck do we have to have the old-woman boobs that she has? I mean, Ill even take her preventing the "model-like" appearance G-chan planned for her, but at least cover up that part instead of letting sagging old-woman boobs hang bare! Yeah, I know it's a gag manga but it's just disturbing. (and no I don't mean Q's guitar) Aside from that fiasco (and Stronger Q...not on an old-woman, please), the chapter was just great set-up for the latest member of the cast, regardless of her...appearance. And it does seem that from how he acted in this chapter, Tokijirou and Kiyu are Eiichi's parents...how else would he know of their terror so easily.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/10207[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 10 by StrangerAtaru2009-03-10T01:14:03+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comCan an inanimate, unmoving being of slight artificial intelligence...fall in love? The story shifts from G-chan and the Kaizous to a lesser-known member of the household...and his trials of love, loss and acceptance.
Chapter 10: Welcome to the twilight (TN: Since the title is already in English, even with the lower case lettering, I decided to keep it this way for consistency purposes)
27. “Narrator”: That girl greets me every morning… Girl 1: Ah, hold on… Girl 2: Eh~~again? Girl 1: Good morning, Mr. Scarecrow. It’s terrible that you’re watching over the field every day, but you can do this. Scarecrow: She’s such a kind girl.
28. Girl 2: You have to change. You speak to it every morning… Girl 1: Ehehe. Kaizous: Thanks for the meal. G: Hyo!? Ka-chan the scarecrow!? G: What on earth are you doing!! What about watching the field!! G: Recently his state has been very strange. I hadn’t given you the ability to walk. Are you here to say something……
29. G: I can make you talk. Explain to me why you’re here. G: !? Ka: Pl…please…Pl…please allow me to walk! G: Hyo!? Kaizous: BWAHAHA, A scarecrow in love---!? Ka: I…I’m serious! Kei: HA—HAHAHA Ai: STOP IT--HEY
30. Ka: I…I want…to be friends with that girl… Ka: That girl goes in front of this house when she goes to school every morning. And she’s always greeting me. Ka: SHE’S SUCH A KIND GIRL… Ka: Please! Please modify me so I can walk! Ka: ? G: How’s this? This will give you the ability to walk. You have the ability of motion for two days with solar power!!
31. G: And you can fly through the air at Mach 2 speed. Mark with ultimate output of 1,000 horsepower!! Even your heat power is now up 30%. Though you shouldn’t use that!! G: With this, you won’t even reveal you’re a scarecrow when going with that woman! Ka: Th…thank you very much. G: Well, don’t forget that you just have two days! Ka: Ye…yes! I’ll get to where she is immediately! Girl: I…I’m sorry. Punk: Hey, missy, you’re not being used here--. That’s just it. You don’t want to give me heartbreak.
32. Girl: Please stop already. Punk: That’s my girl! Girl: No… Punks: DAAA!!! Punk: What are you! Ka: IF YOU ACT STRANGE TO THAT GIRL, I WON’T FORGIVE YOU!!! Ka: NOW GO— Punks: Hiiiii Girl: Y…you saved me from danger. Thank you.
33. Ka: I’m over here… Girl: Ah…I’m sorry, I wasn’t looking from losing contact…… Rie: Thank you, I’m Rie Oohashi. Ka: I…I’m Ka-chan…(She’s named Rie) Girl: … Rie: Ah…Ka-chan, were you waiting? Ka: Ye…yes. Rie: I’ve been thinking but. Ka: Huh? Rie: Haven’t I met you before, Ka-chan? Ka: GASP!!
34. Rie: I remember your face. I really don’t know if I’m seeing things. SFX: Babump babump Rie: Though I’m always like that…strange. Ka: Hehe…Of…of course. Rie & Boy: ! Rie: …… Ka: Hehe… Voice: WHAT~~YOU PROMISED TO SEE HER TOMORROW TOO~~~!? Yo…you—your changing your social status with your magic face~~~
35. Ka: But, however you’re seen, I thought I would be revealed as a scarecrow, but I’m safe with her nearsightedness. Can’t tomorrow come faster— G: Don’t forget, Ka-chan. Your slender body can only endure that walking ability for just two days. You can only keep that form for two days. G: And you are a scarecrow…you have an important mission in protecting the fields. Ka: Yes… G: Currently I’ve asked Gantetsu to replace you. Gantetsu: Shi shi shi
36. Rie: Morning, Mr. Scarecrow! Rie: Mr. Scarecrow, you’ve really dressed up today! Ka: … Rie: It suits you! You’re so cool. Rie: I have a really big thing today. Girl: Hey—let’s go. Rie: I’ll read my fortune in this book. Rie: “Today will seem like an amazing day. When you hear the voice of he who you feel for, you’ll really turn around”… Rie: It’s my chance. I’ll really hear that voice. Girl: Hurry. Rie: Well, see you tomorrow Mr. Scarecrow!
37. Ka: HE…HE WHO YOU FEEL FOR…IS THAT ABOUT ME!? Ka: Whatever it is, I will not let her down on our date today. Ka: Wh…what will I do when she says it? Rie: I love you Ka-chan. Ka: But, I’ll just have this form for today. From tomorrow I’ll be only a scarecrow…I won’t have Rie-chan even if she hears my voice…
38. Ka: Wa—sorry for being late, Rie-chan. Ka: Huh? Ka: Wh…what’s wrong? Rie: I’ve been rejected…I was stupid. I really believed in the fortune in the book. Ka: Huh…Rejected……… Rie: ! Rie: Ah…I’m so…
39. Ka: Of…of course, it’s him! The guy who threw out Rie-chan was him!! Ka: Damn—I can’t forgive a guy who would make Rie-chan cry. Who’d make that kind, nice girl cry!!!
40. Boy 2: You dummy…do you love that girl? Boy 1: I saw earlier she had a guy. I changed my mind from that. Ka: He…he mistook me for Rie-chan’s guy. Rie: Let…let me go! Punk: We meet again missy. So we’re really bound by a red string. (TN: A “red string” is usually a synonym for two people who are in love or have feelings for each other in Japanese culture) Ka: Ah Ka: Rie-chan… Ka: Say it! Go to Rie-chan right now! And say that you really love her!!!
41. Boy: Huh…what are you? Ka: You’re hesitating! Boy: Oh Ka: Da--! Punks: Ge—he’s… Ka: DAAAA!!!
42. Boy: ? Rie: Ah… Boy: …! Rie: Huh…Ka-chan? G: Are you fine with not seeing her anymore? Ka: Ye…yes! Ka: I…I don’t want this body anymore. Please. Ka: After I return to a normal scarecrow, please erase all of my memories until now…
43. Ka: If I can’t see Rie-chan in this form anymore…then it’s best to be an ordinary scarecrow who knows nothing on Rie-chan. Ka: If I tell that girl that I’m a scarecrow………… G: Wa…wait. Ka: She wouldn’t believe it… G: …… Rie: ! Rie: Ka-chan’s glove…
44. Kei: So you erased his memories? G: N—o, I didn’t! Ai: What, isn’t that pitifu—l!! G: People who have memories are still too young. Seconds! Boy: Why are you silently returninghere? Rie: I wanted to give thanks… Rie: Good morning, Mr. Scarecrow. Boy: Huh…what was that?
45. Rie: Isn’t it bad you forgot your glove… Rie: Mr. Scarecrow. Rie: Thanks…Ka-chan. Rie: Sh…shall we play again? Ka: Rie-chan!
TN: This was a sweet chapter. Call me a softie but somehow seeing the tale of a simple scarecrow learning and accepting the world and the facets of love was a nice little diversion with all the gross-out and typical humor running amuck sometimes. I'm not sure how many other people would like seeing a scarecrow go after a teen girl, but somehow I liked Ka-chan and how this chapter turned out. And...well, that's all I can say about this.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/10080[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 9 by StrangerAtaru2009-03-06T00:45:55+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comIt's been a while but that crazy cybernetic grandpa (and his tolerating family) are back! And this time, it's time to start cleaning things up a bit.
Vol. 2: Causing Trouble after 66 Years! Chapter 9: The Bathhouse is Occasionally Nice!
Author Comment: When I was in 3rd Grade, I really showed my manga to my friends at school. Among my many manga was one where an old-man was the lead character. This old man was a detective but didn’t have a gun yet did wear sunglasses (laughs). Thinking about it now, that may have been where I came up with G-chan…. U—m, well, I haven’t progressed since I was in grade school (laughs)….
4. CHARACTER INTRODUCTION Top: CYBORG GRANDMA Q (KIYU KAIZOU) Heavy Metal Grandma revived after ten years.
CYBORG GRANDPA G (TOKIJIROU KAIZOU) Hobbies: Bonsai and Modifying Surgery
DOKUROU SHAREKOUBE (Flag: WORLD CONQUEST) INASAKU (AI-SHAN FOR LIFE)
5. Top characters: HEISEI GANTETSU-GO Farming-type cyber dog that can transform to various mecha. (Shi shi shi)
CYBORG HUNTER Z (ZETTO SEKAIDOU) Looks up to G-chan as “Master”, currently a freeloader in Gantetsu’s doghouse.
Bottom characters: G-chan’s grandkids, who went completely delinquent due to G-chan & Sharekoube’s annoyance power: AI KAIZOU KEI KAIZOU
But these two are the most pitiful: YUU KAIZOU EIICHI KAIZOU
SUMMARY OF LAST TIME: I am “Gatiling Gun Equipped Scarecrow Mk. II”, a work of the genius scientist grandpa of the Kaizous for peasants. One day, he modified himself into a farming-type cyborg so he can run the greatest agriculture in the world. And then he had to test his power by going to Tokyo. Since then he’s been insistently aimed for by his old enemy Sharekoube, became yearned for by Z who lodged in, and has completely torun his family apart with trouble. However, G-chan doesn’t care. Even today he’s slashing through at 2000 horsepower.
7. Sharekoube: Gufufu, look, look. Inasaku: We…well it is fain for granpha… Sharekoube: You idiot! I’ve finally found G-chan’s weakness! Inasaku: So, what does thish hab to do with dis bathhoush… Sharekoube: I’ve built a secret base in this narrow space…… Inasaku: Oh! Caption: Sharekoube’s Secret Bathhouse Base Sharekoube: It’s a magic mirror that can only see the inside and outside… Inasaku: Oh! Sharekoube: Gufufu, Inasaku! I’ve discovered that there’s a deep connection between G-chan’s weakness and the bathhouse! Due to this, I’ve poured oil in the bath of G-chan’s house so Kaizou’s family won’t be able to use it! So then, when G-chan comes to this bathhouse, it will be his end!
8. (title page)
9. Voice: GIYAAA~~~!? Voice 2: What is it!? Shouldn’t there be hot water in the bathtub! Eiichi: Wha, what is this black liquid…..its oil… Ai: Damn~~my body’s gotten muddy~~ Eiichi: Oh. Kei: What happened to him…
10. Ai: Usually only grandpa would do this. Yuu: Speaking of which, I haven’t seen G-chan… G: WHO WOULD PUT THIS IN WHILE I’M BATHING!! Ai: Wh…what!? You were in there long before I came in!? Eiichi: G-chan, what on earth is going on!!
11. G: Wha? Who among us gets tired after doing fieldwork every day? I was caring for my body and they thought that I just would be someone who would prepare an oil bath. G: By the way, my movements are smooth. Kei: Stop it! Yuu: I don’t know who would pull this prank but…whatever it is, we can’t use the bath today. Eiichi & Kei: Hm~~mm Ai: He—y, what are you doing there! Kei: IS THIS DIRTY HARAMAKI YOURS, SI—S!? (TN: A “haramaki” is a belly warmer, based on armor in the Sengoku period but now a circular tube of fabric used around the mid-section of the body for warmth and occasionally a luck charm)
12. Ai: Wha…dummy! Why would I have that… G: It’s mine. Ei: Eh—A cyborg has a haramaki— G: This haramaki…is dirty and worn out but G: THIS HARAMAKI IS MY MEMORIES OF GRANDMA, WHO DIED TEN YEARS AGO… Eiichi: Grandma… G: It’s been 50 years this year since I married her…grandma made this for me. It always kept me warm…
13. G: While we’re at it, grandma also loved the bath… G: Of course, if we can’t use the bath, then we’ll go to the bathhouse tonight! Inasaku: Gran—pha, will dey really cum? Sharekoube: The waiting is fun too. Tower: Hinoki Bath Inasaku: N Inasaku: Huh… Inasaku: AI-SHAN!! Inasaku: A A…AI…SHA SHA… Sharekoube: They’ve finally come. Here will be G-chan’s grave--!!
14. Voice: No way—I can’t get naked in front of people—It’s better for me to just inspect~~~-- G: What is a guy who hasn’t taken a bath in 4 years saying!! Z: Hii~~ Kei: But then, G-chan, I don’t see your Haramaki here. G: Mu! G: There. Kei: We-ll, shall we go? G: Hyo, there’s scribbles on his back!! (TN: The tattoo is of the classic children’s manga/anime character Anpanman)
15. G: I’ll wash it!! G: There, it’s now clean. Sharekoube: Inasaku! When you get the signal, push that button! That will take G-chan down, right!! Inasaku: A…Ai-shaan! Sharekoube: Gufufu, first I’ll ensnare G-chan in panic!! G: Muu~~First I think I have to wash this down in 10 minutes………
16. G: Muguoo, shampoo is in my eyes…!! Sharekoube: Gahahaha, you’ve perfectly fallen in my trap, G-chan!! G: Hyo, that voice is Sharekoube!? Z: Huh, that’s…… Sharekoube: You didn’t know that it was my fault that there was oil filling up the tub in your house…You’ve perfectly come to this bathhouse to fall in my trap, stupid!! G: That bath was nice! My movements have become much smoother. Sharekoube: ? G: I’ve got your booger! Sharekoube: Fu—I’m really fine with you destroying that booger! Sharekoube: Listen well! I’ve discovered your weakness! And have discovered an important secret that will greatly affect you in this bathhouse!!
17. G: What then are you planning! Sharekoube: Fufu… G: Hyo!? Sharekoube: I’ve lathered up my body with soap---!! Sharekoube: Oyoyo---!? G: Mu~~I have to collect within my body’s core. G: HYO!? G: What is this! I’ve become Stronger G for no meaning… Sharekoube: Gahahaha, Stronger G uses a shape-memory alloy which reacts to heat! From watching that, it would react to a hot bath!!
18. Sharekoube: So now, I’ll destroy this Stronger G. How is what I’ve come to learn from this bathhouse! Sharekoube: Now, Inasaku!! Caption: OK! Inasaku Inasaku: A-Ai-shaa~~n Sharekoube: Inasakuu~~~~~!! Kei: Huh? G: HYO---!?
19. G: Th…this is…………cold water!? G: Hyo!? Stronger G is!? G: !! Sharekoube: Gahahaha, this is Stronger G’s weakness!! If Stronger G reacts to heat, then by cooling it, the body returns to normal!! Sharekoube: Gufufufu, so then, what will you do, G-chan! G: Uuh…my circulation is bad…I can’t stand… Kei: Huh!? G-chan is……… Z: MASTER!!
20. Sharekoube: OK! Now, Inasaku!! Inasaku: Let’s handle dis quikly so I can shee Ai-shan— Sharekoube: How’s this!! G: Muuu… Sharekoube: And I’ll finish it with this!! Sharekoube: A~~h G: MUGUOO!? Sharekoube: I DID IT—FINALLY THE WORLD IS MINE FROM TOMORROW!! Z: Of—course. A cyborg is weak to cold! (I didn’t have it in my notebook…) Kei: You!
21. G: …HEAT…SOMEWHERE IN MY BODY….IF I HAD A BIT OF HEAT… Voice: …san. Tokijirou-san… Kiyu: This is… G: ………Who is this? Sh…she’s calling me……………is she coming for me from heaven…… Kiyu: REMEMBER……MY HARAMAKI…… G: GR…GRANDMA!! G: TH…THIS WARMTH…
22. Sharekoube: OYOYOYOYO----!? Sharekoube: TH…THIS IS STEAM!? Inasaku: Aah, the icsh is shtarting to mehlt around hish midshection. G: CYBORG G-CHAN REVIVED!!!
23. Sharekoube: Why!? How could this happen!? Inasaku: How how!? Kei: G-chan! Caption: The methane exhaust fumes of G-chan’s energy source can be recycled as a bubble bath! G: … Caption: From this, his slowed circulation can be accelerated! However, it’s a bit smelly!! G: REVIVED!! STRONGER G!!
25. G: ………Grandma loaned me her power. Kei, Eiichi & Z: Wha? G: GRANDMA…YOUR LOVE SAVED ME AGAIN. Kei: Well then, what does grandma look like? Eiichi: … (TN: Yeah, you can see her for yourself) Narrator: And so since that day, G-chan has come to take an oil bath every night. Ai & Eiichi: YOU’RE IRRESPONSIBLE! GRANDPA!! G: Th—is is good. Tattoo Man: Hey, what’s that tattoo? Sharekoube: Huh? N…no, this…is…
26. Special Suppliment: 1/12 PAPER CRAFT CYBORG GRANDPA G (With Movable Joints!!) Parts: (clockwise from left) Right Thigh/Left Thigh Right Leg/Left Leg Right Foot/Left Foot Mini-Gantetsu Right Upper-Arm/Left Upper-Arm Right Arm/Left Arm
How to Make 1. Cut the paper at the outline 2. Fasten the joints with a stapler (Muu!?) 3. Color with your favorite colors using the cover as reference Caption: His joints can move!! Caption 2: Mini-Gantetsu
TN: Let me start with this: it's great to be back on Jii-chan G after a bit of a break. I sort of didn't expect to get into doing some of Ai Kola like I did but I'm happy I'm helping that project aside from the personal ones I've been doing. With that said...this was probably a more fun chapter than I sort of expected on the onset. While some of the story went back and forth between humor and stupidity, there were some really great moments. I actually like Sharekoube using his (walnut-like) head to figure out G's weakness for once...and likewise the weird but cool way the cyborg got out of this crazy scenario. (personally I rather like the "cute vision" version of the younger Kiyu...considering that Eiichi's memories of her are going to soon scar our retinas) And of course, the oil bit was funny too...I just wonder if G will clean it up after using it day after day!https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/9367[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 8 by StrangerAtaru2009-02-04T04:12:14+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comNote: this translation is the property of Arienai scanslators. Please inquire within if you have any questions or concerns regarding this translation.
There are many evil and diabolical things in the world that a cyborg must deal with to protect his family, one of the worst of which is...taking a driver's exam!?
Chapter 8: Getting a License is Easy!
165. Eiichi: AAAH---!! Eiichi: Dear, be much more gentle… Kei: Da…dad! How did you get those cuts? Yuu: Your father was is going to driving school. He had a bad instructor there. He was so strict…he can’t go there anymore… Eiichi: Owww… G: So then, I’ll go in his place! I’ll get it in one day! Eiichi: That dummy, he’ll get a license in one day!! Kei: I don’t want to ride in a car driven by gramps--!! Z: ?
166. G: GANTETSU CAR GO!! Sign: HEIKYOU DRIVING SCHOOL
167. Principal: Um—I’m the principal of this school. From today, all of you will be learning how to drive a car. Your training time will be 27 hours driving and 30 hours studying……… Instructor: Y----O! You’re all here, freshmen. Principal: Uh……he’s finally here… Instructor: I am the No. 1 effective instructor in this school!! From today, you will be led by me. Be grateful!! Principal: Yeah yeah…
168. Instructor: See these dazzling medals as my many glorious proofs!! Also consider my many national honors currently: Most Valuable Instructor, Best Guy Dancer, The Drive Academy Award, etc!! Instructor: Is that fine, you all? It’s because I work all of them relentlessly! Be prepared!!! Instructor: Do you know what you’re doing! Woman: Kya Instructor: You forgot you don’t just check safety by looking in the mirrors! Woman I…I’m sorry……… Woman: Thank you…………very much.
169. People: Gee~~that’s the instruction car……the beloved custom car of the demon instructor! Instructor: Ku ku ku, we’ve got a collection, Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang!! (TN: Though the Japanese actually refers to it as “Chiki Chiki Ban Ban”, the car is named after the famed car from the children’s novel by James Bond creator Ian Fleming, as well as the 1969 film of the same name which is more well known in Japan) Plate: Temporary License Training Car Side: Licensed Instructor: I’ve got one takedown today too!! Instructor: Oh, our next pray is Instructor: Wh…what are you!! G: I am Cyborg G-chan! Nice to meet you!! Instructor: Ke, a stupid old man…Oh well…I’ve been an instructor for 25 years! Even the principal fears me now; I’m the shadow governor of this school! It should be fun teasing an old guy!
170. Instructor: Sit down! First, I’ll show you the correct way of entering a car! G: Hyo!? Man: A~~h, I pity that old guy. Principal: And so we’re losing yet another student. Instructor: Fine! When you’re entering a car! Confirm safety of the left and right! Open the door with your right hand! And finally lo—ck the door!! G: Confirm safety of the left and right! Caption: Camera G: Open the door with your right hand! And finally weld the door!! Instructor: He’s defying me…You do have some guts. You’ll be in tears later, old man!
171. Instructor: !? G: Hyo—this is fun! Caption: SILENCE… (TN: Note the Doraemon pin) Instructor: HEY—OLD MAN!! YOU’RE DRIVING OVER 100 KM!! Instructor: !! There’s a car ahead…and one in the other lane…there’s nowhere to run! G: Uorya---!! Instructor: THAT’S NOT HOW YOU DRIVE---!! (TN: The first part of the expression used here was “Katarin”, which is “deformed” in Japanese. I really thought “deformed driving” really didn’t sound appropriate, making me choose to make it the expression used at this point)
172. Man #1: Oh~~that old man’s doing it. Man #2: You can do it—Old—man. Woman: He’s getting numb— Instructor: That old man~~he’s making me completely angry… G: Mu!? G: What’s that? There’s a mysterious car chasing me from behind…he’s fast!! G: Hyo!? Gantetsu!! Gantetsu: Shi shi shi Instructor: A…dog…driving…… G: What!? Did he remodel that car!?
173. G: Hyo!? Gantetsu: Shi shi shi Car: !? Man #1: Actually…it was an old man…now… Man #2: N…no, I saw a dog… Gantetsu: Shi shi shi G: Mu~~now he’s done it! I won’t lose either Instructor: How dare you…you’ve wounded my pride...now you’re going to take my hell training.
174. Instructor: LISTEN UP!! WHLE STANDING AND DRINKING A COLA, DRIVE WITH YOUR LEGS ON THE WHEEL AND BLINDFOLDED! Instructor: ………!!?? Instructor: WHAT IS THIS STUPID OLD MAN~~~!? People: Kuu~~cool, old man!! Show us that instructor’s surprised face--! SFX: BEEP—BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
175. SFX: BEEP Computer: I’M A COMPUTER! WHERE IS MY MASTER!? Gantetsu: Shi shi shi Computer: WHAT! I DON’T LIKE DOGS! Gantetsu: ? G: Hyo—Gantetsu!? G: What ha—ppened to the car! Gantetsu: Shi shi shi Gantetsu: Shi—shi shi. G: I CAN’T UNDERSTAND SHI SHI SHI!!
176. G: Hyo--!? What is this!! G: Muu!? That’s the car modified by Gantetsu!! G: Oh no…the computer’s control system broke down and it’s starting to run wild… Gantetsu: Shi shi shi G: Don’t laugh at that!! Instructor: That guy~~how dare he destroy my Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang.
177. Computer: POSSIBLY…YOU’RE MY MASTER… Instructor: Wha!? Computer: YOU ARE……WELCOME TO THIS CAR, MASTER— Instructor: WHA!? Computer: THIS CAR IS A FORD V6 TURBO BOOST PRESSURE 2.7 BARS— Instructor: Wha!? Computer: EQUIPPED WITH 2 20mm MECHANICAL CANNONS, M47 GUIDANCE MISSILES, CRUISE MISSILES AND SUCH— Instructor: I don’t understand this thing…but with this car, I’ll win against the old man!! G: TRANSFORM: GANTETSU CAR!!! Hurry, Gantetsu!!
178. G: STOP IT--!! Instructor: Oh? Instructor: Here I come old man! Send out one huge missle! HA HA HA HA HA Computer: SENDING MISSLE, MASTER! G: HYO!? G: There’s a school up ahead…
179. G: I CAN’T LET PEOPLE GET…… Gantetsu: ! People: Wa—what’s coming here!! G: WHAAA!!
180-181. G: Of course! I can use this missile…… Instructor: !? G: FUSION MISSLE G-CHAN METHOD GO!! Woman: ! Instructor: HAA—HAHA, OLD MAN! YOU’VE LOST!! THAT’S CAUSE WHAT YOU’RE DOING NOW IS WILL END UP A DANGEROUS ACT FROM YOUR ADVANCED INTERFERENCE AND CERTAINLY STOP YOU— G: MUU!? WATCH OUT…
183. Instructor: Old man…you’ve lost…I’ve got another medal…… Girl: Hey—I was saved by a doggy— Girl: Ah Principal: I’ve been dancing around that instructor too! (Hyo—sho—sho—That’s great, we’re the same! Narrator: And so, he was commended on top of being given a driver’s license!! Written Caption (on both licensed) Licensed through Death G: Muu! We can go about as much as we want!!! Yuu: Let’s not buy a car. Man: Was it right to graduate him? Principal: I don’t want to get mixed up with him…… (End of Volume 1)
184. I Sense Good Drawings: An Interesting Talent in the Future Mangaka: Ryuuji Tsugihara (TN: Ryuuji Tsugihara is a notable WSJ mangaka of the 80s, primarily known for his mid-80s hit “Yoroshiku Mechadoc”)
When I met Hijikata-kun, it actually was intense. He was the youngest on the staff at that time, and I was surprised by the skill of his drawings and the speed of his work, but he was weirder than anything. From what he says to what he does, the one who always shows a “laugh” when he works is him.
Since then, I only knew the work of his stories, but I remembered that I thought “If he greatly uses his gag (?) sense, it would be good.”
So since then, he’s polished further under Makoto Niwano and I take tremendous delight in personally reading the works that he’s birthed. (by the way, the model for G-chan actually seems to be the grandpa of his pleasant self!)…but though I say that, Hijikata-kun’s sense and drawing skill aren’t held just in gags.
Please let “Cyborg Grandpa G” certainly challenge as a full blown story that uses a sharp touch while being an exceeding gag work.
185. Congratulations on Your First Volume: I’m Scared of your Bottomless Talent Mangaka: Makoto Niwano (TN: As I explained in chp. 2, Makoto Niwano was the mangaka Shigeru Hijikata (Takeshi Obata) trained under prior to becoming a Jump author, primarily on his hit series “THE MOMOTAROH”.)
First of all, Hijikata-kun…no, sensei!! Hijikata-sensei!! I’ve been expectantly waiting for vol. 1, congratulations.
Grandpa has mechanized his entire body, replacing heaven and changing insurgently. He has introduced a character who smashes from the head the pattern of gags roughly until now.
Anyhow, I’m amazed by that power.
Thinking about it, though Hijikata-sensei was assisting me from chp. 5 of “THE MOMOTAROH”: “Hot-Blooded Entrant, Saburouta Miyagawa-kun”, I just saw him as simply a 18 year old snot-nosed kid from the start. But, already he had his own pen, and with the judgement of his skill with the pen & his tonework which he easily digested (his gradation tone was loud), I became completely drunk.
So with his genius, I watched him enamorately dozing at my workplace and I had thought of strangling his neck many times. Well, this is an attempt, but his ability is bottomless!!
(TN: With Obata beginning work from the 5th chapter of “THE MOMOTAROH”, which began publication in 1987, it is easy to see when he entered the magazine and the timing of everything since then)
TN: Though it is the final chapter of the volume, this probably has some of the most refreshing and interesting comedy and storytelling of all that we've seen in the volume. The concept of the chapter was just simple (G-chan goes to take a driver's test to stop a diabolical instructor at the driving school) but the way it was done and managed made it all worthwhile somehow. Considering all of the really weird villains that we've had in this volume, from the deceptive mayor to a dog with diamond teeth...and yeah, Sharekoube, the driver instructor in this chapter is probably one of the few characters that is just evil enough that you want to see G-chan kick his butt when you meet him! And the way he is handled is what makes the chapter actually entertaining in the long run, not to mention all the wacky things going on alongside the test, particularly Gantetsu modifying a car of his own...and the cliffhanger with the instructor taking control of said car! This chapter is probably one that literally does run on all four cylinders...and hopefully is a sign of further good things to come as we progress further in this first series by Obata.
BTW: Speaking of Obata, somehow I liked translating and reading a bit of the comments by both Tsugihara and Niwano around the time of Obata's first series. Somehow I've noticed that if you have a ton of potential like him, WSJ isn't going to let go of you too easily and will probably help you along to the point that you finally make a breakthrough. But at the same time, it is a tad strange to see Obata's potential by mangaka close to 20 years before he literally is discovered by the rest of the world, Japan and otherwise.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/9347[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 7 by StrangerAtaru2009-02-03T03:55:01+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comNote: this translation is the property of Arienai scanslators. Please inquire within if you have any questions or concerns regarding this translation.
With G-chan's reputation and the chaos which follows him, it's before long that he eventually will gain people after him. Of course, wherever there's a cyborg, there will soon be a cyborg hunter...
Chapter 7: A Cyborg Hunter is Somehow Sad!
145. Sharekoube: Cyborg G-chan! He’s rolled through an endless number of death struggles…However, I always can’t strike an ending blow. I get my butt kicked and I run away skillfully! Sharekoube: Somehow I don’t have a good idea to defeat that guy. N!? Sharekoube: OF…OF COURSE, I’LL OFFER A REWARD!! THAT’S HOW I’LL CAPTURE CYBORG G-CHAN! I’LL GIVE THEM FIVE MILLION YEN AND A YEAR’S SUPPLY OF ORANGE JUICE AS A BONUS!!
146. Poster: WANTED Tokijirou Kaizou, also known as CYBORG GRANDPA G WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE!! THE CAPTURER GETS 5 MILLION YEN AND A YEAR’S SUPPLY OF ORANGE JUICE EXTRA By Dokurou Sharekoube, Ruler of the World
147. Kid: We’d get 5 million for ending the life of the Kaizo’s grandpa. Woman: He--!? Let’s go let’s go!! Voice: Fu…I’ve finally found one………… Z: THE CYBORG’S HEAD WILL BE TAKEN BY CYBORG HUNTER Z!
148. SFX: WHISPER WHISPER CHAT CHAT G: Hyo!? My head for a 5 million reward!?’ What is this!? Eiichi: A lot of townspeople are waiting out in front! Kei: What exactly are they………… G: This is all Sharekoube’s doing! Yuu: But five million is appealing. G: HYO—
149. Ai: STAY QUIET! Eiichi: Wait—G-chan! Kaizous: This is great that you have an invulnerable body! People: OH!? There he is--! People: AFTER HIM~~~!!
150. Sharekoube: Uh~~G-chan has annihilated the townspeople…… Inasaku: Wh~~what dew we dew, gwandpah! Z: Fu…what happened to my company… Sharekoube: Oyo!? Who is he!! Z: I am Zetto Sekaidou. My other name is Cyborg Hunter Z!! Inasaku: Gr…gwandpah, whats a saiborg hantar!? Sharekoube: I don’t know!? Z: I’ll tell you!
151. Z: this name is for a professional who hunts cyborgs!! Z: I won’t lose if it’s a cyborg! Z: CYBORG HUNTER Z!!! Sharekoube & Inasaku: …… Z: Watch my super-A-class destructive skills!! Z: Too!!
152. Z: ORYAAAAAA!!! Z: It’s like that. When I do it. Sharekoube: We…well then………the five million reward was really a lie……… Z: I don’t need anything like money! Z: I’VE BEEN STUDYING AND WANDERING JAPAN AND I’VE FINALLY FOUND A CYBORG! I’VE COME SO I CAN TAKE REVENGE ON CYBORGS!! Inasaku: Rebenge!? Sharekoube: Oyo! Here comes G-chan. Z: Wha!? That’s a cyborg!?
153. Z: IT’S THE FIRST TIME… Sharekoube: What does that mean! Z: Well, listen to this! Z: It was when I was still in grade school, I’ve forgotten how many years it was…”Miracle Cyborg Ken-chan” was on TV at 7 at night on Tuesdays… Z: I was interested in cyborgs at that time…I thought that when I grew up, I would undergo modification surgery…but my family gave me a strict raising and I couldn’t watch Miracle Cyborg. Z (flashback): Wha!? Z’s Mother: You shouldn’t watch TV while eating dinner!! Z: At that time, I was the only one who wasn’t watching the popular Miracle Cyborg. Thanks to that, I wasn’t connected to my friends at school!!
154. Z: AND THAT’S WHEN I UNDERSTOOD!! IF THERE WERE NO CYBORGS IN THE WORLD, I WOULD LIVE IN HAPPINESS…!! Z: And so, I graduated from grade school and at the same time went on my training journey! So I could exterminate the cyborgs of the world! Sharekoube: So, are there cyborg hunters in Japan Z: It’s just me... Inasaku: How many peeple are on yur cyborg hant!? Z: I work alone… Sharekoube: He’s a fraud!! Inasaku: What is a cyborg hanter! Z: What!? Z: I’ll show you the results of my training! That technique that I’ve forged just for this day and this moment!!
155. Z: Old…old guy cyborg there!! G: Mu!? Z: Your bounty…will be…tak…taken….. G: What!! Z: Eh!? Z: Can I have an autograph? Sharekoube: You idiot, what will you do with an autograph! Z: This is the first time I’ve seen a cyborg, I was just a bit nervous. Watch what I do next! Z: TOO!!
156. G: You’re from earlier, what are you!! Z: My name!? That has no meaning to you when you’re destroyed! But people call me Cyborg Hunter Z!! Z: Look at this!! I went crazy all over this. Ho how~~’s that? Get what~~you deserve~~ Z: NIGYAA---!? G: In short, your purpose is going after me for my reward! You think a youngster like you can win against my 70 years of life!!
157. Z: POT SAUCER!! Z: Wahahaha, this will return to my hand after it captures its pray, like a boomerang!! Scream: GYAAAA!! Z: HIAAAAA!? Z: In that case, I’ll aim for the cyborg’s weak point as I found in my research!! Here’s my research data!!
158. Z: It’s his head!! His living section can only be his brain!! Top of Research: I’M A CYBORG!! Top Arrow: Brain Z: Be quiet!! Z: CERTAIN-KILL: BRAIN SLASHER!! Z: THIS IS A CYBORG’S WEAK POIIIINT!!
159. Z: IDIOT! G: The contents of my head today are— G: PICKLED MISOZUKE!!! Mu, delish!! (TN: “Misozuke” is meats or vegetables pickled or preserved in miso) Z: Wh…what is this!? What about your brain… G: ? G: Hyo--!? It’s being pickled alongside!!
160. Z: That’s… G: Cool huh? Z: S**t~~I’m no match…What were those four years of training for!? I really am no match to a cyborg……… Z: UWAAA~~STUPID STUPID STUPID~~~!! GIVE BACK MY FOUR YEARS~~~~!! Z: You’re such, you’re such a s**t~~~ G: Muu… G: Muu!? Sharekoube: Oyo!? He’s made it one-sided against G-chan. Inasaku: He’s the tipe who gets stwonger with teers.
161. Z: UWAA~~~~!!! G: Th…this is the energy of youth!? Z: Uuh… G: Hyo!? G: Next… G: It’s my turn!! G: JUDGEMENT!!!
162. Z: Why didn’t you defeat me…… G: As a cyborg hunter, you lost to me today…for thinking you lost yourself, you haven’t lost as a human!! G: YOU STRIKE WITH YOUTHFUL ENERGY! YOUR YOUTHFUL ENERGY EARLIER MAKES YOU APPROPRIATE TO BECOME MY RIVAL!!
163. G: I FEEL THAT YOU BURN BRIGHTER THAN EVEN MIRACLE CYBORG KEN-CHAN…… Z: Alright! I’ll be a tolerable human like Cyborg G-chan…no, I”ll become a cyborg! And for that, I’ll gain G-chan’s body!! Z: SO FIRST, I’LL RESEARCH CYBORGS!! (to himself) S—o, the weak point… Doghouse Sign: GANTETSU Page: CYBORG G: HYO!? Narrator: ZETTO SEKAIDOU—PEOPLE CALL HIM CYBORG HUNTER Z… Sharekoube: Inasaku, we’ll make it two years of orange juice this time!
164. EVERYONE CAN BE A CYBORG HUNTER!! (Like Zetto Sekaidou) Z: Well! First run to the kitchen! You should be able to gather the cyborg hunter protectors in a typical house! Items: (from top left to top right, going down) -Several Chopping Board -Rubber Gloves -Two Frypans -Two Pots -Several Graters -Extra-Large Kettle (Best to have a large-horn commercial kettle) -Two Sieves -Two Ladles Z: Install the frypans on your chest. Dismantle them when using as a weapon!! Z: Pots on your shoulders. The ladles are your elbow protectors! Z: The graters are installed around your torso! Z: Raise the kettle from below through your legs. The strainers will protect your knees. Z: Place the chopping boards around your waist and your equipping is complete! Z: So, if you can get away from your chasing mother, then you’re already an incredible cyborg hunter!! “Mother”: HEY--! GIVE BACK MY KET—TLE!! Kid: WA—
TN: So here's the lesson of the day folks: what is the opposite of an old man modified cyborg? A young man, not really modified cyborg hunter! Yeah...Z probably isn't the best example of how to fight a cyborg but he has a lot of heart...and obviously a few screws loose for abandoning school for four years just to run around with kitchen utensils. Somehow while he was brought in courtesy of the story, Z/Zetto is probably the bishonen that...well, the series didn't need but in a story with pretty much a bunch of other age groups already covered, at least he supplies diversity. In a way, he's probably the equivalent of someone who probably has never abandoned his childhood dreams even at the age he's at...and somehow I really hope G never turns him into a cyborg. (though he may just with his track record) Luckily with most of the cast set up, we can now go further in the interactions...starting next chapter!https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/9295[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 6 by StrangerAtaru2009-01-31T15:19:12+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comAs the madness released by G-chan continues to surround the Kaizous, a challenge from Kei in canine combat at school releases the latest (and strangest) family addition yet!
Chapter 6: Our Dog is Number One!
125. Boys: Amazing, that boxer dog has a pedigree. Owner: I only bought it yesterday. Boys: What, his collar is solid gold! Owner: And his teeth are studded with gems from every nation—of course his front teeth are diamond!
126. Miyazawa: You can’t find a dog like this anywhere in the world! This can be done because we have money. Caption: Motoharu Miyazawa: Kei’s rich classmate. Kei’s most hated type!! Kei: Ke, worthless! (to himself) He’s boasting aga~~in… Miyazawa: Worthless!? Miyazawa: Of course Kaizou-kun is the brazen one in school due to being a transfer. What do you think, Caesar… Kei: Uh Kei: I want a dog. Voice: NO, YOU CAN’T!
127. Kei: BUT WHY? Eiichi: They’re dirty, smell, poop and, most of all, expensive. Kei: Fine, I’ll take care of it. Kei: S**T…THIS HURTS……I’M SURE HE’LL SHOW HIS HUGE FACE AT SCHOOL AGAIN! (flashback) S**t~~~Well we have an amazing dog at our house. Miyazawa: O—K, we’ll duel! Kei: WHY DID I HAVE TO SAY THAT…… G: KEI! YOU CAN HAVE MY DOG!! Kei: G-CHAN HAS A DOG!? Ai: Hey hey, you bought a dog without consulting the family!?
128. G: I didn’t buy or find him! I built him! Kaizous: HE MADE HIM…!? HE COULDN’T……!? G: I made him using high-tech so he can power up my agriculture. Product #0152…… G: SUPER FARMING CYBER DOG: HEISEI GANTETSU!!!
129. Gantetsu: ? Gantetsu: (SFX: Smirk) Shi shi shi Ai: …… Ai: WHAT, THAT DOG IS AN OLD MAN--! Kei: HE IS— G: What are you saying, dummies! He’s a fully-fledged farming dog! His entire special characteristic is a mechanical transforming all-purpose mecha! His highest output is 1,000 horsepower and his top speed is Mach 5! However……… G: HIS ONLY WEAKNESS IS HE DOESN’T HAVE LONG TO LIVE! Gantetsu: (SFX: Smirk) Shi shi shi G: OK, Gantetsu! Show off your special abilities!!
130. Kei: Huh! Wasn’t he here? G: Hyo!? G: PERHAPS HE REACTED TO MY VOICE IN A MILLISECOND AND IS NOW MOVING AT HIGH-SPEED! Kei: Wh…where!? Ai: He’s here sipping umekobu tea. (TN: “umekobu tea” is a tea made of plum and seaweed) G: Hyo--!? Kei: What’s this? G: Yes! Our first celebration of completion is taking Gantetsu on a walk!! G: CYBORG G-CHAN GANTETSU SUPER DA—SH!!
131. Ai: I feel that somehow our friggin grandpas have grown by one… Kei: Gya—it’s cut—it’s cutting my hand~~stop---!! G: What’s wrong Gantetsu? G: What, need to pee? G: No, too much water pressure! G: GOTTA GO!!
132. Kei: Can this bungling dog defeat Caeser~~~!! G: Mu, that old woman is having problems crossing! G: OK! TRANSFORM INTO THE ELDERLY WELFARE ROAD CROSSING MECHA!! Old Woman: ? G: Muu~~That’s good. She’ll go through sooner or later! Kei: A…coffin…
133. G: NOW, CROSS THE ROAD!! Kei: No one does it by going around the world once. G: --So how is cyber dog Gantetsu! Does he suit you? Gantetsu: ? Kei: U~~h Gantetsu: (SFX: Smirk) Shi shi shi Kei: Got no choice, better than nothing…
134. Miyazawa: He’s late! That Kaizou lied after all! Kei: UWA—WE’LL CRASH INTO THE GROUND---!! G: Don’t worry. He has reverse thrust! Miyazawa: A—haha, what a we—ird dog! That feeble dog is going to face my Caesar!?
135. Miyazawa: O—K, go, Caesar!! G: OK, Gantetsu! Show him the will of a cyber dog. Gantetsu: ? Kei: Yes. G: His joints disconnected suddenly from the fangs. G: Now with this chance, x-ray that dog and analyze his weak point!!
136. Narrator: His x-ray is going through the outer-wall to look at the inside! Miyazawa: Caesar!! Caesar: GYAAAA Miyazawa: Al—right Caesar, knaw through that tin dog with your strongest in the world diamond teeth! Gantetsu: ?
137. Gantetsu: Shi shi shi G: That’ll do it, Gantetsu! Kei: Right! Finish it with a Gantetsu Missile attack--!! Miyazawa & Caesar: AWAWAWAWA
138. G: Gantetsu Jet Attack!! Firing a missle while traveling at mach 5 speed!! He’s moving quickly from the missle though running poorly!! Kei: WOW— Miyazawa & Caesar: HYAAAA Miyazawa & Caesar: !? G: Well, what will we do running to the missile…
139. Kei: Ah, Gantetsu G: Hyo!? Miyazawa: N…now’s your chance, Caesar. G: Really, having a dog these days! Miyazawa: Here, spare teeth! Kei: Wha
140. G: GANTETSU!! Kei: Gantetsu!!! Kei: Ah~~~it’s my fault~~!? Gantetsu: Shi shi
141. G: Gantetsu, hold on until I’m there!! G: STRONGER G!! G: Stand, Gantetsu!! You’re using my Stronger G body!! G: UNITE: G CROSS!!
143. G: MUU!! Gantetsu: (SFX: Smirk) Shi shi shi Kei: YOU DID IT GANTETSU!!! Narrator: And so the cyborg family gained a new member!! G: Hey—Gantetsu!! Give back my cyborg body! That’s my life! Gantetsu: Shi shi shi shi shi
144. Certainly Useful GANTETSUISH LECTURE (1) (TN: The “ish” at the end of “Gantetsuish” is sort of my way of translating the “Go” in “Gantetsugo”, or “Gantetsu Language”) Elementary G: GOOD MORNING translated into Gantetesuish is Gantetsu: Shi Shi Shi G: GOOD AFTERNOON translated into Gantetsuish is Gantetsu: Shi Shi Shi G: DUM~~MY, WHICH IS IT!! Gantetsu: Shi!? -CONTINUED IN VOL. 2
TN: Let's start with this: at least Sharekoube didn't show up this time. I think the chapter needed a break from him and we got it. With that said, Gantetsu is probably the weirdest and in some ways funniest addition to the Kaizous yet, considering that he's not just a cyber dog...but a OLD cyber farming dog more powerful than G-chan but with less time to live! (well dog years is 7 times human years) In some ways, the bully fight seemed more appropriate in standing up with cybernetic combat compared to some of the stuff the previous chapters had (I'm still a bit squeamish after G-chan's "defeating the police" tactic) with "big dog" vs. "cyber dog" leading to a lot of great moments and...that brilliant ending with Gantetsu and G-chan's switcheroo! The only real part of the chapter I sort of think I screwed up in my script was the part with the missile...was Gantetsu trying to outrun it even though he fired it? I know I screwed that part up but other than that...well, we get another new character next time but Sharekoube's back again. (that weirdo never stays down long)https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/9240[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 5 by StrangerAtaru2009-01-29T23:53:45+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comOne of the Kaizou family may have finally submitted to the madness released by grandpa becoming a cyborg (younger son Kei), but elder daughter Ai has her own worries troubling her: she's found her first love!?
Chapter 5: A First Date is Heart-Pounding!
105. Girl 1: Ai, are all those love letters? Girl 2: Wo—w, those were love letters now…… Ai: But…they’re all from the student president…… Letter: Student President S Girls: Stu…student president……!? Girl 2: Hey, let’s hurry home… Ai: The student president, I wonder what he’s like…
107. Kaizous: Eh!? Ai got a date!? Ai: Yes, my school senpai, the student president. I haven’t met him yet, but I’m sure I think he’ll be like Moroboshi of Hikaru Genji… (TN: Before getting confused, she’s referring to “Kazumi Moroboshi” of the 80s J-Rock group “Hikaru Genji”, not the actual “Tale of Genji” protagonist) Yuu: That’s good, Ai. Eiichi: Ye…yes…Ai is already at that age… Kei: What the—heck—are you doing, po—ps. Kei: Generally, sis isn’t immune to boys due to her pure heart! There weren’t any decent boys in the country, so wouldn’t she quickly get dizzy from any man in Tokyo!? Eiichi: What are you doing, Kei! You’re smoking cigarettes though you’re a grade schooler… Eiichi: What, it’s chocolate…
108. Ai: Well I’m go—ing. G: She… G: SHE CA---N’T! I ABSOLUTELY DON’T APPROVE!! MY CUTE GRANDDAUGHTER IS GOING OUT WITH SOME DECEPTIVE MAN!! G: What kind of man is he? I have to come and confirm it! These circumstances will have her killed and become field manure!!
109. G: Muu…I can’t be near her carelessly… G: OK, I’LL USE MY HEAD AS RECONAISSANCE!! G: Takeoff! G: Hyo!? The rubber broke! G: Hyo— Kids: WA— G: OK…if that’s how it is, I’ll have to exhaust a lot of energy!! G: HIGH-SPEED MOVEMENT
110. Narrator: G-chan can run around at light speed, which can’t be seen by the human eye. G: With this, I can keep track of Ai!! Narrator: It’s a technique that can’t be thought separately for the people’s problems. Ai: ? Ai: Where is the student president… Ai: Is he tall? Does he have a soy or sauce face? He has to be smart if he’s the student president… (TN: “Soy face” and “sauce face” was a phenomenon in the late 1980s in Japan where certain facial structures were identified as a means of looks. From what I could tell, a “soy face” has a lower nose and a smaller mouth, while a “sauce face” has a higher nose and a larger mouth) G: OK! I don’t have to worry about breaking rubber using a spring!
111. Voice: Ka…Kaizou-san. G: Mu!! He came!! President: P…parden me for being late. Yo…yuve read my love letters. (TN: The president seems to have a bit of a problem speaking so I tried to simulate it) Ai: Yes. Narrator: Ai Kaizou—you’re not immune to guys after all! President: Sh…shall we gho, Kaizou-shan? Ai: Yes G: HYO--!? G: Yo…you…suppress my anger. As is, I’ll calmly analyze this guy.
112. (TN: Really nothing to translate with the data…particularly who he is. Though one quick note: the “Sya” is another way to read “Sha”, though I will be keeping the name as “Sharekoube” both for Inasaku and Dokurou) G: SHA!? SHAREKOUBE---!? Sharekoube: YOU’VE DONE IT, GRANDSON INASAKU!! G: Hyo--!? G: Why are you here……! Sharekoube: Oyo!? G-chan! Well, that girl, she’s……… G: Is that really your grandson? This is the first I’ve heard that you’ve married!
113. Sharekoube: Hmph, while we’re at it, how could future genius scientist Inasaku be deceived by G-chan’s granddaughter…!! G: The deceiver is on your side--! Ai would never act bawdy!! G: We should look at their behavior first!! Sharekoube: We’ll fight after! Inasaku: It’s wike a dream that I’d go on a dete with Ai-shan… Ai: Well… Ai: Ah…there’s a scrap on your shoulder… Inasaku: Pwease take it, Ai-shan. G: RIGHT, I’LL GET IT---!! Ai: ? Caption: SCRAP
114. Sharekoube: G-chan you, taking the first move! However, it didn’t slip me! Inusaku: Ai-shan, you have incredible shrenth. Ai: ? Sharekoube: I’ve attached a controller to Inusaku’s body! Inusaku: Wha? Inusaku: ? G: PERVERT--!! Inusaku: !? Sharekoube: What was that!? G: Sharekoube!! G: You had a camera. I had the film of that scene now!
115. Ai: Inasaku-san is student president…you must be extremely smart… Inusaku: Fufu, I can do tu-digit subtwaction mentally! Inusaku: Even as the cwass president, I have good scwool results. Its becwase I’m popular wish the students. Ai: Oh…how lovely… Inusaku: --Well tat’s a compwete lie…Achually, I made a bwainwashing megaphone wish my gwandpa—I contwolled the hearts of the whole skool and didn’t wet go! G: You~~They’ll be going around until nightfall. Sharekoube: If he can do that on his own, he should be studied! G: A boy of the night like him will get a moxa treatment! Inusaku: HOT----!?
116. Ai: It’s already dark and I haven’t gone home…my household will worry…… Inusaku: Of…of corwse. But before you go… Inusaku: Here… Ai: Well… Ai: Thank you! Inusaku-san… Inusaku: Well I am part scientist…That wose has had a wittle work done…… Ai: ! Ai: I…Inusaku-saa…n Inusaku: Haa~~~!! It worked!!
117. Ai: ……N… Inusaku: This mood…though I’m being pwushed down, it’s a mood I appwove. G: HYOO----!? Sharekoube: I’m envied----!! Inusaku: If…If I dwo… G: PUNISHMENT!! Inusaku: A…Ai-shaan G: Hyo!! What is this lust!! Sharekoube: Inusaku, you’re not the only with a good idea!
119. G: STRONGER G SECTORS!! Narrator: Stronger G Sectors—by G-chan’s will, he can adjust the flow of his heated blood, changing his body’s form as he likes! G: Cyborg G-chan’s Special Makeup G: MUU! Narrator: Cyborg G-chan can complete every part in around 0.5 seconds!! Narrator: However, the flaw is that it’s weak from an angle! Sharekoube: You…your hand…nice. It’s just so smooth…
120. Sharekoube: And…and your body, it’s so hard… Sharekoube: It…it’s good that I’m…I’m not nervous…As I see you, the treatment of a lady is personal… Sharekoube: OYO---!? G: HERTAIN HILL HALSE HEETH HOMP-HOMP (Certain Kill False Teeth Chomp-Chomp) (TN: Yes, that’s how it is in Japanese: G-chan talks without his teeth as the attack is translated from “gum-talk”)
122. Ai: Wh..what were you doing Inusaku… Inusaku: You…you’re wong, Ai-shan…How cwould I do it……It was Sharekoube: I…Inusakuu…save me…… Inusaku: HA Ai: HIS…HIS HEAD…IS POINTED~~~!? Narrator: That shock made Ai sleep three days and nights— Ai: U~~h, U~~h, U~~h Narrator: From that moment, her spirit had already crumbled, having surpassed the extreme—
123. Yuu & Eiichi: AI!? Kei: Hyu~~ Narrator: The result made her Narrator: DELINQUENT!! Ai: Hmph Eiichi: He Yuu: A…Ai…your face is completely different… Inusaku: Gr…grandph~~a Sharekoube: I’ll remember this G-chan—
TN: Let me just start with this: unlike Kei, I sort of thought Ai became delinquent for no real reasons whatsoever. So her date was ruined, the student body president was the nutty grandson of Sharekoube and he had a weird point on his head like grandpa: that's no real reason to give it all up like that! Besides, somehow I thought Ai was cuter pre-delinquency and the concept of having one good child and one bad one (AKA Kei) even with gramps pretty much ruining everyone he meets would have gone better to me...but I'm not writing it. Overall, this chapter was much stronger than the last one for the most part, with the madness of G and Sharekoube trying to stop their grandchild from trying to take advantage of the other some really fun stuff. But somehow or another the whole part near the end where Sharekoube decides to kiss the brainwashed Ai felt a tad strange considering he was all against Inusaku going out with Ai prior...though it probably was just him wanting to take advantage of her for his own lusts. (but at least it lead to the brilliance of....killer dentures)https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/9215[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 4 by StrangerAtaru2009-01-29T03:10:40+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comEven with their grandfather as a loony cyborg, the Kaizous just wanted to live a normal, ordinary lifestyle amidst malfunctioning weapons and killer scarecrows. For younger son Kei, that means having an ordinary school day...until the day of inspection!
Chapter 4: Class Inspections are Life-and-Death Too!
83. Kei: Eh--!? Mom caught a cold!? But today is class inspection day. Kei: I’m finally entering a new school and have my first class inspection, so you must come---! Yuu: But… Eiichi: Well didn’t she say it’s impossible? Your mother needs to have a rest! Kei: So, can you come dad! Eiichi: Don’t be stupid. I have important company work. Kei: Then, big sis? Ai: I have to go to school. Kei: What~~if none of you come, I’ll go delinquent~~~… G: Kei!
84. G: I’ll……… Eiichi: Of course! How about asking your aunt!? Kei: Ah, that’s cool! G: I’ll……… Ai: Well, how about the old tobacco lady!? Kei: Ah, that’s cool! Eiichi: Huh? Kei: Uh, I feel sick……… G: You didn’t know that I could easily release agrichemicals when I get angry!
85. Eiichi: No way—you—never will!! Kei: I won’t let gramps go to inspection day!! G: By whatever it takes, I—will be going to the class inspection!! Sharekoube: Fufufu, of course. G-chan should go to school. And if he does, even if I don’t attack him immediately……today will be the day G-chan’s life will end---!! G: Hyo!? Was that Sharekoube’s voice now!? Sharekoube: Ha Caption: Sharekoube’s Secret Base: G-chan’s House Branch
86. School: Higashiyamanoshita Elementary Students: Talk talk rustle rustle Teacher: Alright! Today is Inspection Day. Since we all have to look normal, we’ll have an unchanged class as always. Student: Teacher looks different from usual--! Teacher: Hey Kei: I…I’m safe…It seems that gramps hasn’t come… Students: N? What’s that……
87. Everyone: …………… G: Am I at class 5-2 of Higashiyamanoshita Elementary! Teacher: Wh…what are you… G: I AM THE GRANDFATHER OF KEI KAIZOU: CYBORG GRANDPA G!!! Kei: F…f**king gramps~~
88. G: So then, does the teacher have any requests!! Teacher: Ye…yes… Teacher: Well then it’s time for arts and crafts. We will be finishing our puppet dolls today. (TN: The puppet (and the shirt of the kid) are references to the famous children’s manga/anime icon Anpanman) G: You make these things in this grade school!! I won’t allow it!! G: OK! I’ll show you how to make an extremely precise modified human!! Teacher: Ka…Kaizou-san! Kei: Stop that, grandpa, please stop--!! Run away Takashi-kun---!!!
89. G: First you cut the head open— G: Then replace his brain with an electric one without delay. G: The person won’t even notice it! Takashi: ? G: Now I’ll show you the fruits of the modification!! Takashi: 2,180,520 (TN: Yes, the answer is correct) G: I’ve handed the materials to all of you! Now, do it to your seatmate! Teacher: Everyone please st—op!! Teacher: Ah…it’s already hopeless… G: Hyo!? Are you alright, teacher!!! Students: Ah—are you alright, teacher--!?
90. Sharekoube: Gufufu. G-chan, you don’t even know that I’m hiding in this locker...my chance to cause trouble begins!! Sharekoube: Gufufu, with this perfect disguise, not even G-chan will realize…becoming a student, I’ll find a chink in G-chan! G: Muu… G: We have no choice. Since your teacher has become this—I’ll be leading the class!! Students: Wa—stupid—Gya—We’re doomed Kei: Stop—grandpa. By doing this, I’ll be stuck getting embarrassed— G: THIS WILL BE FINE FOR YOUR PARENTS TOO!
91. G: So then, solve this problem!! Students: WE CA~~N’T! Kei: Can it be done--!!! Sharekoube: Gahahaha, the chalk G-chan has a super-tiny bomb inside. I created it this morning!! G: Shut up over there! Caption: SCIENCE G: This is nitro-glycerin! With this I’ll show you the way to make dynamite! Blackboard: How to make dynamite
92. Sharekoube: Gufufu, I’ve done it…this will blow up G-chan!! Sharekoube: Fu—my eyes are tired. I need eyedrops… G: Idiot, that’s nitro! Sharekoube: Next is phys ed! The grounds are surrounded entirely by mines and electric shock traps! This is the end of G-chan!! Sharekoube: Ha G: YOU DUMMY!! HOW COULD YOU BE LATE!! YOUR PUNISHMENT: 5 LAPS AROUND THE GROUNDS!
93. Sharekoube: Oyo--!! G: So we’ll start class! G: Since today is inspection day, I’ve specially prepared a game to give you the sensation of sweat! Your parents can participate too! Students: Waa---!! G: The rules are simple. You circle the grounds once while clearing the obstacles at certain points. Sharekoube: You~~~If that’s what it is, I’ll have to cause a diversion for my only chance to aim for you! G: It’s called “Triatholon, G-chan Style”! Kids: WAAAA!! Kei: OK—G-chan had a good idea!
95. G: The first barrier! G: 50-M Field-Tilling Run!! Sharekoube: This slingshot missle will get G-chan… G: Watch out for the scarecrow! G: The second barrier going through that ladder!! Sharekoube: Fufu, when G-chan is diving, this 100V Electrogun will……… G: There’s a million volts of electricity flowing through!!
96. G: And the third barrier!! G: Daikon-pulling contest! Be careful of the rare landmine. G: Kids these days! Kids these days can’t go through that—How could you already be tired? You haven’t done it! Here’s where it gets interesting! Mother: Is this what you call a class! Stop it at once!! Kei: How’s this a game sensation---!! Sharekoube: That’s right! You’re mean, G-chan!! Sharekoube: Ha!? G: Hyo!? You’re Sharekoube!!
97. Sharekoube: Gahahaha, G-chan! You didn’t know I became a student today of all daysso I could aim and finish you--!! Take this--! Sharekoube: OGYO---!? Sharekoube: Gufufu, I’m more stubborn than last time. If that’s where it is, I’ll use my final option!! G: Hyo!? Student: Wa—an earthquake— Sharekoube: Gahahaha, see? This is my reserves!!
98. G: Hyo--!? How unexpected…… Sharekoube: Gahahaha, I modified it before the kids arrived—a self-propelled armored grade school fort--!!! G: Hyo--!? Sharekoube: And you’re my target—
99. Students: WA—THE SCHOOL IS MOVING--!! G: YO—U, YOU MONSTER!!! Sharekoube: Those things are nothing to my large-missile storage gym opposing you--! G: Hyo--!? G: MUOOOO!?
100. Kei: Aah…G-chan!! Student: Dummy! Kaizou!! If you go now, you’ll die too! Kei: But G-chan is…G-CHAN IS---!! Sharekoube: Yes Sharekoube: I did it—I finally defeated my old enemy G-chan---!! Banner: CONGRATULATIONS SHAREKOUBE Kei: Wa—G-cha—n. Don’t die---!!
101. Sharekoube: OK! Behold the power of world conquerer Sharekoube! G: Boys…this may be my end……I strained the last of my power saving you and what I’m fighting against is……I am fine with that though my eyelids are burning… Sharekoube: Gahahaha! What can G-chan do now that he’s turned into merely a senile old man--!! G: I’ll use my life for this one blow!! Sharekoube: Where are you going!! G: Boys, I’ve listened to your meager request! Long ago, there was proof of the one hero who helped out boys……They put up a bronze statue of me! In reality, there was a missile launcher attached to him!!
102. G: RAGING SENILITY KI—CK Kei: G-CHAN!! I…I’D DIE BEFORE I BECAME A CYBORG----!!! Narrator: However, the goddess of victory had not given up on G-chan! Suddenly, that kick that was sent out had added the vibration of senile limbs with the power of a normal kick—the destructive power of the kick amplified increasing its power several ten-fold and damaging the school!!
104. Narrator: That shock made Kei sleep three days and nights— Voice: GYA—UO~~~!? Narrator: From that moment, his spirit had already crumbled, having surpassed the extreme— Narrator: The result made him Kaizous: KEI!? Narrator: DELINQUENT!! Kei: Since I’ve recovered, I’ll be a cool cyborg!!
TN: Well Kei probably called it at the start: he knew he was going to go bad with no one proper supervising him...and of course with G-chan, he's finally done it! (though somehow as you'll see, his "bad side", which sticks around for the rest of the series, looks a lot like Yusuke Urameshi for some reason...and before you say it, "Cyborg Grandpa G" ran at the same time as Togashi's first serialized work "Ten de Showaru Cupid"...which is a fun series in itself that I own entirely and that also needs to be done whether by me or someone else...but is obviously prior to YYH) Sure Kei looks nothing like an 11-year old anymore but I guess that's probably Obata's point...or it's just the sunglasses. Aside from that, the chapter just felt like one weird episode of Loony Toons, with G playing the role of Screwy Squirrel and Sharekoube playing Wile E. Coyote. There were some really funny bits (G trying to make the whole class lobotomize each other, the obstacle course and of course the school mech), but it did feel rather cartoonish even compared to the last chapter. Interestingly this chapter does continue to set up the world and progress it slightly...and the next will do the same where...nah, won't get ahead of myself.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/9175[English] [Translation] Cyborg Grampa-G 3 by StrangerAtaru2009-01-28T00:45:11+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comTokijirou Kaizou (AKA: Cyborg Grandpa G) has brought his family to settle down in Tokyo while he shows off the power of a farming cyborg! But even in the big city, trouble always has a way of finding him...particularly if a rival from his past!
Chapter 3: Dreadful Man! His Name is Sharekoube!!
63. Yuu: N~~Sundays feel great. Ai: Hey hey, it’s nice out, so can’t we go somewhere? Kei: Ah, sounds good! G: Can you be quiet, I’m losing concentration!! G: Mu!? G: There!! I have to cut these branches for full balance!! G: CUT!!
64. Captions (clockwise from top): G-CHAN ARM: Can strike with a 40cm thick iron plate. Sadly he can’t do it with 40.1cm! G-CHAN DANGEROUS BOX: Various dangerous items of G-chan’s are supplied here! G-CHAN FOOT: No athlete’s foot! G-CHAN SHAPE MEMORYCYBER BODY: This is the body that becomes the powerful Stronger G! While for no reason he can go into a bath, it can become Stronger G!! G-CHAN BRAIN: However, since that’s been moved to his butt, it’s become a bank!
65. G: Muu! Splended work. I’ll go on my morning walk now. G: While I’m at it, I haven’t had anything to eat yet. Sign: MOSDONALD G & “Small Man”: I’d like an orange juice. G: Hyo!? You…you’re DOCTOR SHAREKOUBE!? Sharekoube: WHA!? AND YOU’RE KAIZOU…TOKIJIROU KAIZOU…!?
66. Sharekoube: Chiii G: MY NAME IS CYBORG GRANDPA G!! Sharekoube: Oyoyo, you’re already…become a cyborg!? Sharekoube: In that case, I’ll attack you with my secret weapon, my close-combat pistol. G: JUDGEMENT!!
67. Sharekoube: You can’t win if I go into the air! We’ll meet again in the future!! Sharekoube: GOODBYE G: That dreadful man……Sharekoube is in Tokyo. Sharekoube: You~~that Tokiji…no, Cyborg G-chan. Sharekoube: I am Dokurou Sharekoube. I am a professor at a certain girl’s university. However, that’s my front—
68. Sharekoube: When my job ends at 5:00 PM— Girl: Teacher’s dreamy— Sharekoube: I become Doctor Sharekoube, the man who schemes to conquer the world from 5 o’clock--!! Sharekoube: And I’ve invented many dreadful weapons! Sharekoube: From this thick and heavy material, you’d mistaken that this bazooka was real! Sharekoube: However…this is a blowgun~~~! Fuu--!! Sharekoube: And you’d sense this is a light saber of the near future! Its use is to replace candles when you can’t see during a home power outage! Sharekoube: But he is a cyborg! These things can’t surpass toys in front of him. If I don’t defeat him quickly………
69. G: Muu!? G: A cassette tape? Old Woman: An old man who passed by handed this to me earlier. G: What is it? Tape: AH—AH-IT’S GOTTEN NICE TODAY. G-CHAN HAS BECOME A FOOL. I’M CURRENTLY PERFORMING A MIKE TEST! G: Th…that voice is Sharekoube!! Tape: G-CHAN, I’VE WAITED FOR THIS SUNDAY. PARDON ME BUT I HAVE TAKEN YOUR FAMILY HOSTAGE! G: WHAT!? Tape: IF YOU WANT THEM BACK, THEN JOIN ME FOR OUR SHOWDOWN OF 10 YEARS AGO! I’LL SHOW YOU A PECULIARLY DIFFERENT SHAREKOUBE FROM LONG AGO!! G: Having hostages while wanting “fair and square” is a contradiction!! Old Woman: Then I’ll go. G: HYO---!?
70. G: Hold on, lady, the dynamite… Old Woman: What!! G: Too late, not in time!! Old Woman: ? G: You dragged in an old woman you passed by………unforgivable, Sharekoube!! Racer: AH—MY BIKE--! G: What is this!! This is hard to ride! I’ll remodel it a bit!! G: OK! Somehow it works!
71. Kids: WA—WA— Sharekoube: Gahahaha, I’ll deal with this family after I’ve finished off G-chan! Kei: Let us go— Eiichi: Doing this isn’t normal— Sharekoube: Who am I!? I am Doctor Sharekoube, the schemer of world domination Kei: No one’s listening--!! G: I can’t forgive you, Sharekoube!!
72. Sharekoube: Oyo—what are you!! Kids: Eh!? G: Hyo!? G: Sharekoube!! Are you still roaring down the path of evil!! Sharekoube: That speech floods of justice! You haven’t changed. G: Once we were buddies... Sharekoube: The antagonism of we research ally over the ten years wasn’t even realized by old lady Yamada!
73. Sharekoube: Ten years ago, G-chan and I together advanced cybernetic research! Sharekoube: However, a crack arose between the two of us on knowing the meaning of it: G-chan for farming use—I for military use!! Sharekoube: And so ten years have passed…how could you go ahead and become a cyborg before me… Sharekoube: I’ve already had completed accurate blueprints and I just had to do the modification surgery later~~~!! Plan: CYBORG BLUEPRINTS (Head, Shoulder, Leg) G: Well as long as I’m here, give back the family! Sharekoube: Fufufu…
74. Sharekoube: If you defeat him, then I’ll think about it. G: Hyo!? Sharekoube: This is the delinquent robot Guretender, created from a defective machine! He plans to go to Teiken High next year! (TN: There are quite a few silly puns here: Guretender is a “Furyou Robot”, with “furyou” as Japanese for “delinquent”, but his machine type is “Furyouhin”, which is a defective machine. And of course, “gure” is from the verb “gureru”, or “to stray from the right path” as usually done by juvinille delinquents) G: I’ll take him!! Sharekoube: So, Guretender, defeat G-chan---!! Guretender: Defeat the old guy!! Sharekoube: His design is bad since I just made him from a defective machine… G: URYAAAAA
75. Guretender: Pardon, can I have a light? G: Hyo!? Sharekoube: Now, Guretender, show him your delinquent tech. Guretender: Take this: MERCILESS BEAM!! G: Muu…his coercion……! My body can’t move… Guretender: How’s that, worthless!! G: WELL THEN, MERCILESS GUN!! Guretender: Ow—it’s seriously coming out of his eye!! Guretender: SMOKE IN YOUR EYE ATTACK!! G: Muu…!? Is this Mild Seven!?
76. G: Will that help with your cigarettes, idiot! Smoke Echo, Echo!! Guretender: You’re making fun of me, you scab… G: Really, kids these days! Guretender: YOU IRRESPONSIBLE~~ Guretender: CERTAIN KILL POOP-SQUAT PRESSURE--!!!
77. Kaizous: N~~~~~!! Sharekoube: Gahahaha, see, the delinquent knocked him unconscious. His special poop-squat is the greatest killer technique he has! Sharekoube: Guess it was flawed, he really did have to poop. G: Muu…my hip… Sharekoube: Gahahaha, even if you’re a cyborg, you’re still an old man! You can’t win with your lumbago!! Kaizous: N---! (Are you OK grandpa?) G: Mu!? Your mouths are taped shut…… G: Sharekoube, where did you get these!! Sharekoube: N? Your family were annoying. So I taped them with Salonpas I got from your house! (TN: Salonpas is a brand of massaging tape) G: You’ve dug your grave, Sharekoube! These aren’t Salonpas!!
78. Kei: Ow—he’s resolved to use it--!! G: Mu!? There should be one more!? G: I thought so…… G: MU!!! Narrator: These are Regenerative Magnetic Tape, which are stuck at the damage points of the body. They blend in due to their flesh color— Voice: G-chan’s been revived!! Somehow he’s been restored!!
79. Sharekoube: OYOYO---!? G: OK! Let’s find Guretender’s weak point!! G: Muu! His head!! Guretender: Urya! Guretender: What are these!?
80. G: RICE PLANTING SEEDLING BOMB! Guretender: Ha!? Guretender: Aah!? My prided ducktaaail!! Sharekoube: What’s wrong, Guretender!! G: He can’t leave his hair alone…that’s the ultimate weakness of a delinquent!! G: SUPER BURNING COMPOST ENERGYCRASHER PUNCH!!
81. G: Close! Sharekoube: I…I don’t have a reason to run! I just remembered that I have pressing business!! Eiichi: What would we have done now if G-chan hadn’t shown up… G: There’s nothing more important than my family! G: If I had lost my family now—my dream of running the greatest five-person cyborg agricultural family in Japan would have crumbled! Kei: Is he serious…
82. Sharekoube
TN: Let me start with this: I like Sharekoube (so far). In a world with a wacky cybernetic old man who runs on animal poo, having a rival who's...well, also old but an even nuttier mad scientist who works part time wanting to conquer the world (when he's not at a girl's college) and makes stuff like...yeah, that light saber. We sort of get a bit more on the two of them near the end of the series...but somehow as weird as Sharekoube is right now, he really doesn't potray himself as a "war machine maker" more than an old man who has a few screws loose...which fits perfectly in this world. Somehow I sort of wished the Kaizous weren't always such obvious targets even though they are rather normal...but one of them does get a bit of development in the next chapter, so we'll see how. Until then, don't start your evildoing at 4:59!