[There's a bunch of recap and character bios before the chapter index but damn, that's too much to translate and you guys are already familliar with the story so far, I believe, so let's get to the good part already]
PAGE 1
Circus - Final Act - Act 55: "O"
- General... - Perfect!
- Then, I'll get Masaru and take him back with me!
- And the rest of you will die here.
PAGE 2
- Did you think... - I'd let you live?
- You fiend!
- Hmm, I feel flattered by such compliments.
- But let's begin my Concerto!
PAGE 3
- RUN!
- ARRGH! - GUY!
PAGE 4
- GUY!! - Heheh! Your tank with your protective liquid will soon break
- And once that happens, how many minutes you'll have left, Shouji?
- We won't let you get away with that, Sadayoshi!
- Mister Shouji!
PAGE 5
- Oh, look at who we have here!
- My dear "O" - Now everybody is here!
PAGE 6
- Sadayoshi, there are a lot of Kuroga puppeteers... - And you think you can win with your men? - HAHAHAHAHA!
- Why are you laughing?! - Allow me to introduce you my soldiers.
- These are The "O" machinemen.
- Their bodies have simulated fluids and with their metabolic function, their reaction rate is faster.
- They're soldiers with mechanical weapons built inside their bodies.
PAGE 7
- You're no match for them with your moldy dolls!
- Come here! - NO, LEAVE ME ALONE!
- AAARGH!
PAGE 8
- GET OFF ME! - Be smart, boy. You'll be General's new body, so be careful to not hurt yourself!
- That being said...
- Don't provoke me!
- His eyes are completely silver... - Is he human?
- Ah... finally someone arrived... What is this noise?
- MASTER SADAYOSHI!
PAGE 9
- !
- Beyond this door, there is a car.
- You'll be submitted to the download once again. - NO, NOT THAT!
- MASARU! GET DOWN!
PAGE 10
- ARE YOU OK?! - YOU... - SHOUGETSU!
- You little shit, You're going to... - Can you get up? - RUN!
- Shougetsu...
PAGE 11
- You aren't Sadayoshi. - 3 years ago, I witnessed children dying because of him.
- Sorry... - I'll help you escape.
- DIE!!
- COME ON, YOU FIEND!
- S-Shougetsu!!
PAGE 12
- MASTER SADAYOSHI! I ALREADY TOLD YOU TO RUN AWAY! - G-GRIFFON!
- Are you alright?! - Of course not, but that's not the point, don't miss it!
- I don't know what's going on but let's run away!
PAGE 13
- AH!
- KUH!
- SHOUGETSU! - RUN!
PAGE 14
- It's useless to say that, you're going down soon! - And after that I'll get back in five seconds, so... - How are you going to do that?
- What do you mean?!
- This boy was going to be killed by us adults... - He didn't cry once!
- He's several times stronger than us.
PAGE 15
- WE HAVE TO RUN AWAY!
- WHY DID YOU STOP?! - Run away...
- Should I really run?
- What are you saying?! A lot of people here want to protect you!
PAGE 16
- This is not true... - no... - The one who protects me...
- No!
- I saw it! - Angelina... - The Francine Doll... - Grandpa and Guy have aways protected Eléonore!
- This child... Eléonore - She'll be happy!
PAGE 17
- Everyone... - Shirogane - I won't involve her in this yet!
- Then... - What shoud I do?
- in that case...
- I'll fight!
PAGE 18
- I WON'T SURRENDER!
- Wait a sec, do you know what you're saying?! They'll kill you!
- I won't die, Griffon.
- I'LL BE VICTORIOUS!
PAGE 19 (new chapter)
- RUN, MASARU!
ACT 56 - Jack-o'-Lantern's Counterattack
- Now that I got here... - I realized this fight is not only mine!
- HEY! I'LL KILL THIS GUY AND YOU'RE THE NEXT!
PAGE 20
- What're you thinking, Master Sadayoshi?! Let's hurry! - Griffon, I won't run. I'll fight!
- What?
- When I was brought here, I was also with my puppet, right? - Yes, "Jack". If I recall it correctly... - I believe it was in the same truck as it was brought to the workshop.
- Thanks! - But, wait a sec, Master Sadayoshi!!
- Is it there?!
- Yes!
PAGE 21
- Jack-o'-Lantern!
- This is unreasonable! You won't be able to win! - I understand the stakes but this silver-eyed guy is really strong!
- Master Sadayoshi, you aren't an expert in puppet manipulation anymore! - That's why you're no match for him!
- Why do you want to fight all of sudden?!
PAGE 22
- Why...?
- Because all of that pain and those bad things... - I would be betraying myself if I didn't do nothing.
- But now I know I can't run...
- I won't be idle!
- I can't be doing nothing! - There's no choice but fight!
PAGE 23
- God, you're persistent! - All of this to give him time to escape!
- I'll tear both of your arms!
- HOLD IT!
PAGE 24
- Ma... Masaru!
- HEHEH, SO YOU CAME BACK, HUH!
- YOU SAVED ME SOME TIME!
- I'LL TEACH YOU A LITTLE LESSON!
PAGE 25
- WHAT! HIS ARMS EXTENDED!
- It's alright.
PAGE 26-27
- Griffon, if I recall it well I have some of Sadayoshi's memories.
- So, I know how this puppet was build and how to use it!
- AH!
PAGE 28
- How... - Did... - You...
- Jack-o'-Lantern's sickle has a super fast vibrating mode that there is nothing it can't cut!
- The name of this technique is... - "THE GRIM REAPER"!
- With your mechanical body, you're immortal... - But you won't be able to say that you have killed other people!
PAGE 29
- Ma... Masaru... - Shougetsu! Are you okay?
- I didn't think that in the end you'd save me... - I though I would save you. - I won't be able to help everyone else, but...
- To think we wanted to kill you... - You really have a lot of courage, kid.
- IT WAS ONLY A MISUNDERSTANDING!
PAGE 30
- He has, without hesitation... - Look at that... - He... - He went alone...
- BE CAREFUL! - WATCH OUT FOR THE TREE! - AND THE WALL!
- Calm down, Griffon! I know what I'm doing! - Who told you that you knew how to manipulate puppets?!
- My head said it, Only my body isn't used to it!
- WHAT?!
PAGE 31
- Uuugh... - C-Chief...
- You two were really disappointing puppeteers...
- But hey, you don't have the same skill as us, you filthy humans... - You are pathetic compared to us!
PAGE 32
- It's only a matter of time before this glass shatters. - I won't ever forgive you... - Faceless!
- Guy, Shouji, and all the others... - Who'll be the first one to die?
- So, you think you can win, Faceless...
- Maybe we'll die here, but someone else will surely destroy you!
PAGE 33
- GUH!
- Destroy me? - And who would do that?!
- Bah, both of them will die. - Yes, it's good for you that we're talking, huh?
- To simply kill them would be boring. - Should I make a corection to your ears?
- Ah, that's good, there! - What?
PAGE 34
- AAAH!
- WHAT?! - A MISSILE!
PAGE 35
- Ohh... - You're using my memories to control a puppet...
- You'll be mine.
- Not bad...
PAGE 36
- There are these guys and some others... - And the worst of them all is the one who built these dolls. - The worst?
- That would be Sadayoshi... Now, called Faceless! - Huh?
- Wait!! What is this, Sadayoshi?! - LET'S GO, JACK-O'-LANTERN!
- GENERAL FACELESS... - FORGIVE US IF WE SCRATCH YOUR NEW BODY EVEN IF JUST A LITTLE!
PAGE 38-39
ACT 57 - MASARU STANDS UP!
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PAGE 41
Present time. Kuroga Village, chief's residence.
- MY SPECIALTY IS TO CUT LIMBS, WHETER FROM PUPPETS OR SMALL BOYS!
PAGE 42-43
- I GOT YOU!
PAGE 44
- Whoa!
- You fool! You're careless! NOW IT'S MY TURN!
PAGE 45
- So, you stopped a little?!
- AHHH! NOOOO! - Don' underestimate me, brat!
PAGE 46
- UH?! - FOOL! LOOK!
- WHAT?
- When did it...?!
- Wha-... - ?!
- This doll... - GRABBED MY LEG?!
PAGE 47
- AARGH!
PAGE 48
- Uhh...
PAGE 49
- This boy really... - He holds some of General Faceless' memories. - And he's aware of the download...
- In his head, his thought were enough to help him do this...
- He has concentration. - General... - What do I mean with that?
- He's concentrating to not die in this fight.
- Make sharp wounds in him instead of slicing him up alive.
PAGE 50
- Humans can show some unbelievable power. - This child's motivations...
- They seem... - beyond anything I could even imagine.
- Down there he has... - a sharp concentration, even if he's young.
PAGE 51
- Let's go! Concentrated or not, we'll destroy it! - If we think too much we'll be slow!
- After all, there are two of us after him!
- BINGO!
PAGE 52
- What's going on?! - The... electricity... stopped... my body...
- Don't worry! Only your brain wasn't affected!
- MASTER SADAYOSHI!
- I... - I'll win...
- Even if others say the opposite... - WHAT I NEED TO ACHIEVE IS...
PAGE 53
- VICTORY!!
[T.N: And again, that wordplay with the kanji in Masaru's name and "Victory". Unfortunately there's no way to make this work in english but I love Fujita for doing that]
PAGE 54
- WHY IS HE... MOVING?!
- ARGH!
- DAMN YOU!!
- I'm impressed you were able to move, but if you use the puppet's arms, it'll be the end for you!
PAGE 55
- YOU'RE FINISHED!
- Will I lose? - If I lose...
- THEY'LL ALL DIE!!
PAGE 56
- I WON'T - CRY ANYMORE!
- MASARU! STOP!!
- I'LL BE... - VICTORIOUS!
PAGE 57
- HEY, WAIT A SEC!
- Why are you taking it from your fingers?
- Without a puppet you can't beat and android!
- MASTER SADAYOSHI!!
ACT 58 - Masarau's Roar
PAGE 58
- You're pretty good for a kid... - but you'll soon collapse with electric shocks!
- Careful! If touches you, it's over!
- Ohh! - Not bad...
- Guy, Shouji, what do you think? - Is my future body doing well in combat?
- ... - Masaru!
PAGE 59
- You're fast! - But that's not how you'll win!
- Don't worry. - What?
- If I understand correctly, you want to play tag?
- In this case I want to play too... - Just a little more... - Huh? A little more..
PAGE 60
- It can't be!
- You shouldn't throw your puppet like that.
- Go, my claws!
- OH NO, NOT THAT!
- !?
PAGE 61
- WHY IS THAT FOR?! - JACK-O-LANTERN!
- "BUBBLE THE SCARLET!" - WHAT?!
[T.N: No, I didn't misspell it. That's just the name of the attack]
PAGE 62
- I can't move my legs?!
- Pff! But that doesn't stop me from electrocuting you!
- WHAT?! The electric charge stopped?!
- What did you do?!
- Here is the generator of your electric shocks ... - And this place is closest to the surface of the body.
PAGE 63
- 3cm under the right shoulder blade, and a depth between 2 to 4cm. - And behind the back, the thickness of the little is 0 to 2 millimeters.
- Ah, I... I forgot... - That you had General Faceless' memories, the one who built us!
PAGE 64
- Cool! Only you could do that, Master Sadayoshi...
- STOOOOOP!
- DISASSEMBLY!
PAGE 65
- That's the Disassembly! - Yeah, but even if was able to do it, I wasn't aware. Nothing would've stopped me! - but why did you use the bubbles?
- Good work, Masaru.
- You destroyed all of my "O". You're indeed my son.
- I no longer call you my father, you abomination! - Sadayoshi... No, Faceless! - huh? - HUH?
PAGE 66
- WHAT?!
- MASTER SADAYOSHI IS HERE!! - I never was that! - THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING, GRIFFON!
- You created me as a backup in case there was a problem with the download!
- But there wasn't any download.
- That's it then! I'm happy! - I'll serve you and I won't do it anymore!
- Mais Griffon, tu...
PAGE 67
- You're no longer of use for me.
- What? - Master Sadayoshi...
- WHAT...
PAGE 68
- AAAH
- GRIFFON!
- Who're you talking to? - Ah, I see. You called that useless little thing. - Griffon! - Griffon!
- It... It happened... Master... Sadayoshi... - It was unavoidable...
- Griffon...
PAGE 69
- Masaru, so that you become my body after the download... - When your mother died, I gave you money.
- I was... created by master sadayoshi ... - The creator decides my existence... and my end...
- In fact, you're my property, Masaru. - What wouldn't I do to have your freedom?
- Anyway, whatever... I cannot complain.
- For you... - I am god.
- ... - THIS IS NOT TRUE.
PAGE 70
- Griffon ... - You live in this world ... - You have your own identity.
- It's not like with the dolls... - It's you who make your choices.
- We were created by god ... - But I don't think it's for the purpose of being his property.
PAGE 71
- Those who can think for themselves are not things.
- What I mean is that the role of god... - ... is that we can get up without being manipulated by wires.
- OUR ROLE... - IS TO LIVE AND DIE DECENTLY!
PAGE 72
- Griffon, I'll fix you. - ...
- And then, we'll be friends.
- Oh! So you'll resist, that's it.
sfx: HAHAHA - WHATEVER! HOW COULD A VEHICLE RISE AGAINST ITS DRIVER?!
- I understood, Faceless. - For more than 200 years, no woman has ever loved you back.
PAGE 73
- ...
- You built Griffon so that, as soon as it becomes useless, you can throw it right away. - And you did the same with people.
- You have crushed so many people with cruelty, you have no respect for life!
- The women you loved have each made everyone's life so precious.
- They saw through your heart. - And me too, when I become useless in your eyes, you'll get rid of me in the spot...
PAGE 74
- Faceless! - By becoming me... - Shirogane won't love you back.
- YOUR LONELINESS BROUGHT YOU... - REALLY LOW!
PAGE 75
- Shirogane won't love you - Your loneliness prevents you from seeing things...
ACT 59 - Black Sun
- FOR WHAT THEY ARE!
- I see, Masaru. Indeed, I'm only a poor boy.
PAGE 76
- I gave my heart to women and they always hated me! - I'VE BEEN ABANDONED FOR 200 YEARS
ACT 59 - BLACK SUN
- Masaru, I can disassemble everything... - The only thing that I can't is the "Hell Machine".
- "Hell... Machine"?
- Yes, I'm not allowed to be loved... - Someone from hell is moving for me.
PAGE 77
- MY FATE IS TO CONTROL... - THE "HELL MACHINE".
- However, my only "Hope" is that I complete the download on you...
- ELÉONORE WILL LOVE ME!
PAGE 78
- And she'll only look at me ... - And I'll only look at her and we'll live together forever.
- And with time will come the... - Disassembly of Hell Machine!
- What ... what are you... - What're you thinking... What... you have become...
- But no! I'm fine. - Why do you keep saying this?!
PAGE 79
- Because, I "BELIEVE IN MYSELF"
- Because, if you believe in yourself and your dreams...
- THEN YOUR DREAMS WILL BECOME TRUE SOMEDAY!
PAGE 80
- I understood... - but why do I have this feeling when seeing him...
- He didn't just plan to do horrible things. - He'll become me, but I did "Good things"!
- THIS MAN IS LIKE... - A BURNING BLACK SUN!!
- It burns heavily! - And yet he's strangely calm
PAGE 81
- If I let him do it, - It'll continue to burn even if we all die!
- I'll stop him!
- Masaru .. - You took Jack before. - And of course, his sickle. - Huh? - Do you want to resist me?
- And why not try? - It's been a while since we've been interrupted.
- There is noise inside! - How are the chief and the others ?!
PAGE 82
- There's smoke and nobody is coming out!
- The doors are closed! - Someone bring a ladder!
- Griffon, when this is all over I'll repair you. - I think I must be able to...
- It's better you run away...
- Forgive me... Master Sadayoshi...
PAGE 83
- Masaru, you're gonna fight Faceless?! - That's unreasonable! - He doesn't have choice...
- I know I can't kill you...
- So, will you will? Masaru, you don't understand, don't you? - I'll chase after my dreams. Nobody will stop me.
- YOUR DREAMS?! - THEN TRY TO STOP ME!
PAGE 84
- Masaru... - I'm the one who built this Jack puppet.
- So, I know how to "Disassemble" it.
- I know it pretty well!
- IT WON'T TAKE EVEN A SECOND!
PAGE 85
- STOOOP!
PAGE 86-87
- Ohh, I see...
- He... dodged.
- Masaru... - He avoided Faceless' "Disassembly".
PAGE 88
- Stop, Faceless! - I have your memories.
- I know where you're aiming at!
- Is that so?
- SO DO I! - BUBBLE THE SCARLET!
PAGE 89
- I see. You mastered that.
PAGE 90
- GRIM REAPER!
- HE'LL GET FACELESS! - MASARU!
PAGE 91
- I got him...
- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN BUT...
PAGE 92
- EVEN IF YOU HAVE MY MEMORIES REGARDING COMBAT SKILLS... - I ALSO HAVE THEM!
- That's expected, isn't it?
PAGE 93
ACT 60 - RAIJIN
- Even if you have my memories regarding combat skills... - I also have them.
- That's expected, isn't it?
- ...!!
- Useless.
PAGE 94
- SO... - I'M THE BEST HERE.
PAGE 95
- That's... impossible...
- He can't... win against Master Sadayoshi.
- MASARU! - Ahh..
- No, you musn't... If I move, the glass will break!
PAGE 96
- You amuse me, Masaru. - You didn't think that I would know how to manipulate Jack as well.
- But it's fine. You're my future body and that makes me even more interested in you.
- When I finally act, It'll be the beggining of a burst of emotions.
- I'm thinking that you want to know... - what's coming next!
- What?
PAGE 97
- Guy, you must be suffering, am I right?
- As for you, Shouji, we've know each other for a long time...
- Farewell. - WHAT'RE YOU DOING?!
- I'm removing the stakes, can't you see it? - STOP... IF YOU DO THAT...
- So what? - STOP! GRANDPA WILL...
PAGE 98
- What will happen?
- FACELESS! YOU DAMN BASTARD!
- HAHAHAHA! HOW TERRIBLE! The liquid protecting Shouji's body is spilling!
- Shouji... - Shouji will die!
PAGE 99
- OH WELL, WHY SO MUCH NOISE! - ARE YOU ANGRY?!
- SHIT!
- STOP IT! STOOOOOOP!
- Ah, what do you think?
PAGE 100
- IMPOSSIBLE! - GRANDPA WILL DIE!
- MASARU...
- Ohh! Your body still resists.
PAGE 101
- MASARU...
- Look at that boy trying to save you, Shouji. He's pretty good, right?
- LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE SOME BIT OF HEROISM IN YOU!
- ...
- S...stop! - Grandpa has always... fought...
PAGE 102
- You were just like him... - Angelina liked him a lot.... - He endured so many things...
- You killed - Et tu as rencontré Eléonore...
- Masaru...
- FACELESS! IF YOU MAKE FUN OF GRANDPA... - I WON'T EVER FORGIVE YOU!
PAGE 103
- I'LL DO IT MORE AND MORE! - I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO IT!
- IT'S NOT THE END FOR GRANDPA.
- Look, the threads holding his body are disattaching...
- It's flowing - Couldn't he only be in fresh air for at most 5 minutes?!
- GRANDPA!!
PAGE 104
- NICE CATCH! - But how long it will last?! - I lost to much blood... - I don't have any more strength...
- G-Grandpa... I got you... - It'll be alright... - Masaru..
- Leave me... Fight him
- What're you saying?! - If I do that, you'll...!
PAGE 105
- Shouji, you have a really nice grandson, don't you? - But it's a pity his poor little arms can't help you enough!
- WHAT ABOUT I SEPARATE BOTH OF YOU?! - S-Stop...
- STOOOOP!
PAGE 106
- Masaru... forget about me... - Fight Faceless.. - !
- There's a drawer under that... take what's inside there...
- And use it against him!!
- DESTROY HIM!
PAGE 107
- THAT IS ENOUGH!
- HEHEHE... - What?
- WHAT IS THAT?
PAGE 108
- AAAAAAAAH!! - !?
- IT'S SHOUJI FAVORITE KATANA, "RAIJIN"!
- At that moment... - Thanks to Shouji's knowledge of handling swords, Masaru's reflexes...
PAGE 109
- EVOLVED!
PAGE 110
ACT 61 - Beggining of the Game.
- FACELESS! - HAVE AT YOU!
- Until now you manipulated a lot of people, prepare to face...
- THEIR WRATH!!
PAGE 111-112
ACT 61 - Beggining of the Game
PAGE 113
- Surprising... - You're showing me everything my new body can do.
- This doesn't look good!
- IT WAS LOW! - MASARU, STEP BACK!
PAGE 114
- W-what's going on?1
- No, Faceless... - He was faster...
- HAHAHA! You really don't understand, Masaru... - Huh?
PAGE 115
- While you were preparing the sword...
- Your jaw...
- Your chest...
- And yor belly. I hit them all...
- But I only did weak blows to not hurt you too much. - Uhh...!
PAGE 116
- That must have caught you by surprise. - Even if you have Shouji's memories, You don't know nothing about the body, so It would be impossible to react.
- Interesting, don't you think, Masaru?
- No, stop... - Just as I thought, we can't do anything agains Master Sadayoshi...
- Faceless! - I can't move...!
- Guy, you're absurd. - You called Angelina "Maman" and I know you really intend to avenge her killing her enemies... such as me.
- You lost too much blood... - And yet you don't feel like dying?!
PAGE 117
- Just like Shouji, then...
- Masaru... Masaru... - No...
- You came here to warn us about this man... - And we did nothing!
PAGE 118
- Come on, Masaru. - What if we went there?
- The villagers are all here, as well as your friends, Shouji. And you'll all die here. That's your fate.
- As for me, I'll complete the Donwload and escape from my destiny!
PAGE 119
- NO, FACELESS - THIS IS NOT OUR FATE!
- WHAT?!
PAGE 120
- My body... I can't move it!! - !?
- A DAGGER?! - When... - Oh, I see!
- That moment, - HE THOUGHT I WOULDN'T NOTICE!!
PAGE 121
- That's right, I disassembled the joints of your leg nerves. - Can't you feel it?
- YOU CAN'T MOVE! - AAAH! SUCH NEGLIGENCE!
PAGE 122
[no text but HOLY SHIT THAT MOVE]
PAGE 123
- Even if we have the same memories...
- You exposed me your weakness.
- It wasn't negligence.
- ... - Not bad, Masaru...
PAGE 124
- !? - Not bad at all... - Heheheheh...
- HAHAHA! - IMPRESSIVE!!
- WHAT'S SO FUNNY?! - Heh, you noticed, right, Shouji?!
PAGE 125
- We knew each other for centuries, we even fought together... - Those days are over but they were good.
- These fights were just like my life..
- But you're about to die. - It'll be lonely.
- You're a idiot who only fought.
- But I'm not alone anymore...
- Not long ago, he filled the hole you left in my heart!
PAGE 126
- I'M TALKING ABOUT MASARU. - W-what...
- MY LITTLE MASARU... - Let us play a game, you and me!
- What you're talking about?! - Now that you're here, I'm gonna destroy you!!
PAGE 127
- "PEACE"!
- ...?!
- Masaru, the "V" sign stands for "Victory". - But at the same time it just looks like "number 2", isn't it?
- 2 years. - I'll give you 2 years!
PAGE 128
- WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?!
- From now on, for two years, I'll keep trying to get Eléonore. - My goal is the Soft Stone in her body.
- And do you think I'll let you do it?!
- Will you? - So... - The game we'll play will have just one rule: "For 2 years, protect her properly".
PAGE 129
- Who do you think you are to decide that on your own!?
- I WON'T DO WHAT YOU WANT!
- Is that it? So, for example...
- If I get this hostage, will you continue to fight?! - Ah!
PAGE 130
- S-STOP!! - There you go, you aren't strong enough to leave the hostage.
- I'm going to force you to play my game. - And that's my goal!
- ! - SHIT....
- WHAT'S THAT?!
PAGE 131
- THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENTE, MY DEAR CREATOR!
- And, if during these two years, you protect Eléonore properly, I'll forget about the Soft Stone and the girl.
- Can I trust your word for it?
- I believe the game has already begun.
- Why 2 years?! - Oh, yes...
PAGE 132
- We'll see if your friends will survive these two years...
- Nah, just kidding! Don't worry, I won't do it.
- Give your best in this game, Masaru! - If you lose, I'll do the download in you immediately!
- And then, Eléonore will be mine!
- ...
- Time to go!
PAGE 133
- Shouji, we won't see each other anymore, but... - our battles were fun.
- Hell, you're sure impatient, aren't you? - What a pity, because I won't die.
- Masaru, you said nobody can't manipulate others, right? - Well, you're in my game, so won't you try to protect Eléonore?
- YOU'LL SEE! - BY SUBMITTING TO ME, YOU'RE ALL MY PUPPETS!
PAGE 134 (new chapter)
- WELL THEN, UNTIL NEXT TIME, MASARU!
ACT 62 - The clock turns
- Masaru...
PAGE 135
- GRANDPA!!
- You... called me... - ..."Grandpa" once again, Masaru...
- What are you talking about! You showed me your past! - In your place, I've would have done the same thing!
- Grandpa is grandpa! - you are my grandpa!
- I see...
- Ma... Masaru... - Would you... listen to... my last words? - W-what?!
- Take care of Eléonore.
PAGE 137
- I... - Eléonore...
- I see... - I'll do it.
- Masaru, we shall play a little game... - For two years you'll do the best you can to protect Eléonore.
- And then... about everything you learned here... - I would like that... you don't tell it to Eléonore...
- What... - About the fact that you are her real father... - What about Angelina?
PAGE 138
- The same...
- About the Francine Doll... - And about all the things that you and Guy planned to protect her... I can't tell her any of that?!
- Yes, nothing...
- BUT THIS IS HORRIBLE! So Eléonore shouldn't know all you did for her?! - YOU ARE HER FATHER!
- But that's to hard on you, Grandpa! - What was your life for, then?
- My life...
- MY LIFE WAS FOR ELÉONORE.
PAGE 139
- Even if it doesn't feel like it for her, I'm okay with this... - I've never been there to reach out to her...
- And if that changed...
- Forgive me, Masaru... - ... to leave behind such a burdern in your hands...
PAGE 140
- Forgive me... - Forgive me... - You're only 10 years old... You're still a child
- All of that to defeat Dean and it was my responsibility...
- IT'S OKAY! - GRANDPA!
PAGE 141
- DON'T WORRY, I WILL PROTECT ELÉONORE!
- Masaru... - I won't say nothing to Eléonore!
- Grandpa, you had such a hard life... - It's up to me to take over you.
- Don't be afraid, I will become stronger.
- I like Shirogane a lot. - Faceless won't get near her... - So...
PAGE 142
- So...
- Don't... DON'T DIE... - GRANDPA!
- I lived thinking that you were dead for so long... - I was so happy to see you again... - I don't want to lose you a second time...
PAGE 143
- You gave me kites... - You were the one who taught me how to make them go up high...
- Yes, back then we were both... Masaru...
- GRANDPA! - I WILL PROTECT SHIROGANE - PLEASE, DON'T DIE!
- "Shirogane", huh... - It brings me memories... - That was how I called master Bai-Yin.
- And now... that's my daughter is called... - SHIROGANE [brush text]
PAGE 144
- Back then... - The master too... - Maybe had that feeling as well...
- Masaru... - ... that man...
- He did so many things... I wonder if he always wandered alone...
- Look at how you're clenching your fist.
- You're the only one who can...
PAGE 145
- Protect the ones you love... - That's what makes a fist strong like this.
- ...
- Masaru... during my life... - There were 3 really wonderful moments...
- The first was when Master Bai-Yin said "You're not useless".
PAGE 146
- The second was when... - Angelina fell in my arms...
- The third was when... Eléonore... - was born. - Grandpa...
- I lived a long life, and it's coming to an end... - And there's a fourth moment...
- That would be you... - Calling me... like that.
PAGE 147
- Yes, fly... - It must be good to be flying in the sky like that...
- Look if it isn't my husband.
PAGE 148
- If you think you can fly, you will fly... - Angelina!
- All this time... - You were waiting for me...
- Yes.
- I see... - But... - But you never came here.
- After you left us, I've done too many things. - I wanted to protect Eléonore with all my heart and I led people to many hardships.
PAGE 149
- It was my way of doing things... - I tried to signal to you, but... - But in the end, it didn't work.
- Especially when I asked Masaru so hardly about it...
- That's why...
- I want to go wherever you'll go.
- Angelina...
PAGE 150
- What do you mean?
- I want us to walk together for eternity.
- That's it.
- No, it's wrong
- Huh... - Angelina...
- It was you who said that we would always be together, even after the end of eternity!
PAGE 151
- Haha, yes, let us walk together. - Darling. - I love you, Angelina.
PAGE 152 (new chapter and, hey, an intermission!)
INTERMISSION I - "I won't return"
- Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much! - What did you think of the truth Masaru just learned about?
- He went separate ways from Shirogane and the Nakamachi Circus' crew. - Noon of that day.
- He saw the puppets in his father's house. - Evening
- And at the Kuroga Village he learned about his grandpa's past. - The next morning.
PAGE 153
- Then... - There was the fight against Faceless. - And the parting of Shouji. - The evening of the second day.
- Even if it felt longer, it only happened over the course of two days.
- But whad did Shirogane, which you also know as Eléonore by now, do during that time? - Let's begin the intermission!
- Tokyo, Residence of Zenji Saiga (Masaru's uncle) - MASARU?!
- No, he didn't come here! - Wasn't he with you?!
PAGE 154
- I see... excuse me then...
- DON'T COME BACK! - Master Zenji, have some strawberry pudding...
- He wasn't here either.
- There are times when you need to search for something alone. - That's probably his case.
- Maitre Guy said that, but...
- I'm worried.
[T.N: You probably know already that Shirogane/Eléonore calls Guy "Maitre" in french and the previous translation kept that. So I'm gonna keep it this way too)
PAGE 154
- But where did young master go?
- Hmmm... If young master wanted to learn something, where would he go?!
PAGE 155
- Masaru!
- He certainly had a very specific objective. - Master Shouji told me back then that...
[T.N: In the previous page, Shirogane calls Masaru "obocchama" which was previously translated as "young master" but then in the next page she called him "Masaru-sama" in japanese. I decided to kept only his name due to story context so far. She also called Shouji "Shouji-sama" and that one I'll be calling "Master Shouji" from now on whenever it happens. Don't put this in the page for fucks sake, I just wanted to point it out lmao]
PAGE 156
- If you want to become human... - You'll have to protect a boy called Masaru, Shirogane.
- Those instructions were engraved in my heart. - Then, to follow these orders... - I protected young master.
- But...!
- When I was with him I forgot that goal...
- There's always something happening...
- He always pretends to be brave...
PAGE 157
- And he's always so kind...
- By his side, I forgot, without realizing it, my goal of "becoming human"... - And I've sincerely protected him.
- Did I change? I don't know... - But if there's one thing I'm sure of is that I don't need to become human!
- Especially if I live with Young Master and the Nakamachi Troupe.
- Narumi... if you are in heaven looking for me... - You saw until the last moment that I too did everything to protect Young Master!
PAGE 158
- Kuroga Village, Chief's residence.
PAGE 159
- Uh...
- Oh, yes... I see... I was carried here?
- After talking to grandpa... I must've collapsed...
PAGE 160
- Grandpa...
- It's 2AM... How long have I been sleeping?
- You were sleeping for a whole day. - !?
- Guy?! You scared me!
- I won't kill you anymore.
- By the way, that thing is noisy! - Huh?
PAGE 161
- EXACTLY, GUY! - AND YOU STILL LEFT WITH THIS MAN, I WON'T FORGIVE YOU!
- Griffon! Are you okay?! - We can't really say that...
- Now that we know that Faceless didn't complete the Donwload, Masaru, we really don't know what to do with him. - Looks like this automaton's brain is still damaged by Faceless' disassembly, isn't it?
- DAMN YOU, I'M GONNA DESTROY YOU! - Griffon, don't you think you need to calm down?
- Aaaaah! sfx: GIIIH
- !! - Watch out what comes out of your moth, automaton.
PAGE 162
- HEH! Do something, please! - Master!
- "Master", why did you call me that, Griffon?
- Heheh! Compared to my old master... - You're way better. - Griffon...
- So, don't hesitate to use me!
- D'accord... - Masaru, can you move? - HEY! Hey, call him Mast-
- HEY!!
- Guy, are you okay? - The liquid solution that spilled from Faceless made me weaker.
PAGE 163
- But of course, shirogane cells' regenerative capacity is effective. - ...
- Guy, you also had to face so many hardships... - Stop saying that, it's annoying...
- ... - So calm, huh... - Yes, all the Kuroga Villagers have gone to the hospital, which is in another city.
- There was an uproar after you fainted. - Some of them died, but the others, even the chief, rallied all their strenght to get away with it.
- He got away...
PAGE 164
- Guy... why are we here? - Look.
- !?
- The ones called "O"... - But are they dead?!
- I thought that since they were machines, I didn't kill them.... - Don't panic, What is dead doesn't come back...
- AAAAAH! NOOO! - LISTEN TO ME!
- What? - Everything in their bodies, even their blood, is mechanical. - They probably became useless because something stopped them.
PAGE 165
- So... are they robots? - But they looked human...
- It's likely that they were submitted to a download, from real people's minds to their artificial brains.
- ! - By giving them a copy of memories and the personality of a human being... - and a body like that, they are no longer afraid of death.
- How can the personality of a human being be in them? - They're robots, so... - Faceles always had this idea of making human puppets...
- Masaru... - you must play Faceless' game!
PAGE 166
- Yes... - I'll protect Eléonore for two years.
- We have no choice... - Do this and defeat him. - Show him what you can do.
- Guy... - That's good, but... - what?
- To win this game... - I need to make a request!
PAGE 167
- The next day, at Kuroga Village.
- I heard you contacted Naota by phone. - Young master... I was worried.
- Mister Nakamachi and the others are waiting... - ...
- So, let's go toget- - WAIT!!
PAGE 168
- ... what?
- Shirogane... - I won't go back...
- At least for now... - I CAN'T COME BACK.
KARAKURI CIRCUS - VOLUME 28 - [END]
[Whew, this volume had less pages and less text but time to take a break before resuming it. Until volume 29!!]https://mangahelpers.com/t/nintakun/releases/43964[English] [Translation] Karakuri Circus Volume 27 by Nintakun2018-11-13T03:36:03+00:00Nintakunadmin@mangahelpers.comKarakuri Circus Volume 27
PAGE 1
Circus - Final Act - Act 45: Entre il y a trois ans et maintenant
- My... My memories... - The data is burning...
- The machines to make the download in Masaru's brain are IN PIECES - SHOUJI!
PAGE 2
- The download will be done ... - in 3 years!
- Chief, open your mouth!
- This will cure you of the disease. - Mr. Shouji... Dear lord, what happened ...
PAGE 3
- I'll explain later, Chief. - This village has been infected by a uncommon disease! - There are immune agents in my blood. - Maintentant, we must try to move the others.
- We must save the other villagers! - I need you to listen to me carefully.
- Yes...
- In my body, there is 5.6 liters of blood. - You will extract most of it. - You will dilute it and give it to others to drink.
PAGE 4
- But, Mr. Shouji, there are more than 200 patients. - There won't be enough blood to heal all of them, Shouji!
- This disease is called "Zonapha Syndrome". There is no choice but to drink my blood for treatment.
- Today, it's up to me to help you. - I've made my decision.
- And fortunately, - I will survive.
- There is an enemy that I have to defeat. - He's the one who infected you with this disease.
- at this moment, I can only lend you my strength.
- Do you want us to send this letter?
PAGE 5
- No! This is not the way to go! - I have to tell Eléonore and Masaru about who Dean really is!
- I don't have a choice... - I can't fall asleep ...
- But I'm very concerned about what's going on. - Dean brought me here with Zonapha Syndrome.
- The search for this disease within shiroganes has not given anything.
- If that's so... - Why did he did he got involved with Zonapha Syndrome!?
- This new guy who did turn into a shirogane just now is a mistery!
- Saiga Sadayoshi is Dean, but actually... - Who the heck are you?
PAGE 6
- And then... - How can I stop the "download" on Masaru?
- Yeah! It worked!
- My children are saved! Mr. Shouji ...
- Mr. Shouji?
- Do not worry, he's still breathing. - It's impossible... a common human being would have died after giving us so much blood...
PAGE 7
- Now that we have arrived here... - We don't know how long it will take for him to wake up ... - We will watch over you, Mr Shouji!
- G-grandpa... Why... - You said you'd come back...
PAGE 8
Sign: Funeral of Shouji Saiga
PAGE 9
- Eléonore, it's me, Shouji Saiga... As we can not meet, I write you this letter.
- The situation has changed. You should only protect Masaru for two or three years.
- I would like you to wait for this moment in this country. You can probably become a circus performer.
- That way, you can always help Masaru. - If possible, I would like you to stay near Tokyo in a circus.
- From here, I'll explain to you what you need to know about Masaru, the circumstances of what is wrong.
- Seven years ago, Masary and I stayed in France. his nanny was your mother. - As life at that time was hard, we saved you from poverty. - To be able to return the favor, you became the guardian of Masaru.
PAGE 10
- Of course, I brought evidence to prove all that. - So that nobody has doubts.
- There is something else, Eléonore, - Now that you are in Japan.
- When Masaru comes to find you in a circus... - You'll be called "Shirogane". - -Shouji Saiga-
- Perfect. Eleanor doesn't suspect anything. - She's following the instructions of my letter.
PAGE 11
- In the meantime, I'll prepare for the download.
- I understand...
- I more or less understand... - I received this inheritance and my life was threatened...
- Shirogane will protect me ...
PAGE 12
- I understand! - Present day, Kuroga Village.
- But... - What did I become?
PAGE 13
- Three years ago I was downloaded. - This year, the 17th of February where there was the fatal accident ...
- Fatal?! - Then I...
- Did my father make the download?!
- Because I was brought to them... - Does my father need to be in this world again?
- There is something wrong... which I remember.
- Something... So far, I forgot...
- I remember... February 17th... - The night of my father's death!
PAGE 14
- Well, Masaru, are you surprised? - Talk to your father once in a while, it's pretty normal, right? - He was weirdly kind with me. - Y-yes ...
- No, my father had something in mind!
- After fooling Shouji, this nasty guy manipulated me and Shirogane... - Dean! - Here, drink some hot chocolate!
- No, don't drink it! - Yes.
PAGE 15
- I've been waiting for this for a long time!
- Finally...
- Masaru, I'll plug this.
PAGE 16
- I'm happy! - I'll finally be able to see Eléonore!
- Masaru, all my memories are being transferred into your head at a great speed, how is this feeling?
- Eléonore will see me... and she'll believe it.
- Such a hard girl to deal with... Wait...
PAGE 17
- What the hell is that?
- SHOUJI?!
PAGE 18
- ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?!
- You look surprised, Dean. - Did you think I would let you do what you want with Masaru?! - YOU'RE GOING TO DIE HERE!!
PAGE 19 (new chapter)
- In that year, at Ferbuary 17th - Shouji, are you still alive?!
- Dean, you fiend! I won't let you do the download on Masaru!
ACT 46 - THE FIRST YEAR
- Later that night, a battle on the highway began.
- a few hours before that battle...
PAGE 20
- Kuroga Village - Tokyo
- Are you sure... that's what you have to do?
- Three years ago, you saved the villagers from zonapha syndrome by giving them all a huge amount of your blood. - As a result, your body has weakened and you need to rest more.
- I understood the situation roughly via the letter you sent me. - That's the vision I had of this guy ...
- And then, isn't it you who woke up two hours ago of three years of sleep?
- Anyway, whatever. Are you going to fight against him alone? - Yes, I'll do it!
PAGE 21
- His fate...
- Masaru is my grandson. - I'll put an end to Dean, Guy.
- Excuse me, Kuroga men. - Stick to the plan. - Yes, Mr. Shouji!
- And now!
- FOOLISH! You didn't touch my neck, Shouji!
PAGE 22
- That's what I was aiming for since the beginning! - !! - Damn!
- The download in Masaru is complete! - Are you sure?
PAGE 23
- WHAT?!
- It's been some minutes he was wearing that!
- Maybe the download is already done?
- HOW?! DEAN! - If that's the case, what are you going to do?! Kill all the three of us?!
PAGE 24
- WHAT?! - YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE DYING TONIGHT!
- When you're ready, Shouji!
PAGE 25
- Go!
- You shall not pass!
- THIS IS MY PRECIOUS BODY!
- GIVE HIM TO ME!
PAGE 26
- Masaru, it'll be hard... - But I won't let him take your head!
PAGE 27
- SHOUJII!! - !!
- MR. SHOUJI!
- You took him right before my eyes... - Damn you...
- Oh no! Shouji is in danger! - HERE WE GO!
- GO, NOW!
PAGE 28
- It's a basin 94% concentred of sulfuric acid.
PAGE 29
- ... - Will Shouji have the strength to push him inside?
- ! - SULFURIC ACID?
- Ah, I see, you want to throw me inside there, is that it? - Not bad, but what if it was you inside there?
- Just like I planned.
- YOU IDIOT! I WILL STOP AND... - !
PAGE 30
- We are surrounded!
- HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT?! - YOU HAVE NO CHANCE OF WINNING!
- Like that!
PAGE 31
- WHAT!?
PAGE 32
- SHOUJII!!
- ARGH!!
PAGE 33
- THIS.. IS NOT... THE END!
- AH! - MISTER SHOUJI!
- Shouji...
PAGE 34
- Finally, Sadayoshi is dead...
- We have to clear all the evidences. - Yes!
- The victim of the fatal accident wasn't taken away from the morgue. Dean is not even recognizable with his teeth or what's left of his body.
- That's what they'll probably write in the news.
Paper: The accident that killed the president of the Saiga Group
PAGE 35
- That was good, Shouji.
- You came back. - Yes...
PAGE 36
- So, you are the reincarnation of Dean. - Did you understand it all?
- Get up... - And answer my question.
- Are you Dean? - If so, I'll kill you.
PAGE 37 (new chapter)
ACT 47 - The Hidden Stage
- Present Time, Kuroga Village, at the Chief's house. - I am Masaru Saiga.
- I just came back from seing the memories of my grandfather.
- Now you saw everything... - But do you have Dean's memories in you? How do we check if you are really Dean's reincarnation?
PAGE 38
ACT 47 - THE HIDDEN STAGE
- If that's the case, answer Shouji's question before he dies.
- G-grandpa...
- Sadayoshi. Now that you have seen everything, including your demise... - You understand what you have done, don't you? What you missed...
- Answer me. In my memories, did you see where the Soft Stone was hidden?
PAGE 39
- In Shirogane's body
- I see, you didn't find it. - I never thought your target was inside Eléonore.
- Now that you know that... - I have to ask you. - How are you feeling now?
- Grandpa, if you did that... to Sadayoshi. - I think I would be angry
- But, but...
- I am Masaru. - Masaru Saiga!
PAGE 40
- Fool, don't stop saying that since you're there! - Arrest to believe irresponsibly! - Because I'm different!
- I heard of my father's death in my bed on the morning of February 18th. - Young master, Sadayoshi Saiga... - Has died in a traffic accident.
- That's because the night before we brought you back there, you were asleep!
- So... - Then I...
PAGE 41
TV: Saiga Group's president dead in car accident.
- In the Sadayoshi's will... - "all my fortune... - Will be given to Masaru." - That's what's written.
PAGE 42
- Masaru, if anything bad happens, you must get this suitcase and run away.
- Shirogane will protect you.
- Shirogane will be at a circus close by.
- Could you take me to the circus?
PAGE 43
- And then... - I met my friend, Narumi!
- And I met Shirogane!
- That's how it all began.
PAGE 44
- Huh... - You answered Shouji's question. - It's my turn. - Guy...
- There won't be useless questions and you won't escape.
- I'll take the life of Angelina's enemy... Maman's enemy! - But it isn't in my memories! Grandpa stopped the download!
PAGE 45
- At that moment, Dean and Grandpa... - Dean was found dead in the acid, wasn't him?
- And at that moment the download was interrupted! - Dean is dead!
- Isn't that?
- That night, the truck with Shouji and Dean melted... - It was found on a hill next to the Kuroga Village the day after that. - !
PAGE 46
- The cause of death was not certain that it was not the wounds caused by sulfuric acid. - Shouji was miraculously saved, even if he is not what he was...
- And Dean? - we didn't find him...
- Didn't he melt in sulfuric acid?
- It's possible... - He may have drifted into the river next to the accident's scene.
- But despite all the searching of the Kuroga villagers ... - We didn't find Dean's body.
PAGE 47
- And then you appeared at Dean's home in Karuizawa... - And you pretended to be Masaru when you went to the lower room. - Wasn't it you who told me to go there, Guy?!
- Did I tell you to go to that room?
- Well...
- You went to this room ... - And you used three different puppets.
- And did I tell you how to use it, huh?!
PAGE 48
- DON'T YOU TOUCH MASTER SADAYOSHI!
- What?! What is this? - Well, looks like we got our proof!
- What do you say, "Master Sadayoshi"?
- Griffon, in a moment like this... - I heard all the story! Go there now!
- Go? - What did I say?! Mr. Sadayoshi, we are not safe here!
PAGE 49
- What do I need? - I know! That's it!
- That's what I need to do!
- I'm sorry, Griffon! - Ah, he's getting away!
- Let me pass! - AHH!
- Sadayoshi! Do you intend to run away?!
- I won't run away! - I'll prove you, I will go back to the mansion!!
PAGE 50
- What?! - Go!!
- That's it! To show them that I don't know nothing about Dean...
- For that, I have to find Dean !!
- I don't know yet where do I need to go!
- The exit!
- Where is the exit?
PAGE 51
- It's the kitchen? - Then in this case, the back door.
- It's over there !!
- !
PAGE 52
[sfx only]
PAGE 53
- ...!
- What was that... - a dream?
- this is it, then...
PAGE 54
- All yellow - I never saw mustard flowers... - This is a flower field...
- That is...
- I... - Why did I come here?
- DOWNLOAD...
- It's not true, it's not true!
- NO! - I'M NOT DEAN'S REINCARNATION!!
PAGE 55 (new chapter)
ACT 48 - Memories of the ancient
PAGE 56
- Present time, Kuroga Village. Chief's residence.
- This way! - Hold on!
- You want to catch me! - I didn't undergo the download of my father's memories!
- And general, when an adult catches a child, he tends to target the neck or arms... because he can use their strength to win.
- But this kid behaves differently by stooping to be able to escape more easily again and again... - And even...
PAGE 57
- Every time they move their arms to catch him, he goes in the opposite direction!
- If a person moves towards the outside of the opponent's body, they get caught. - But if he moves inward, the opponent's body can not turn and catch him.
- This kid had calculated everything!
- He oh! Hold on!
- What ordinary kid could calculate like this in such moments? - He can!
PAGE 58
- Huff - Huff - huff - It's not good... If I stay behind the fence, they'll see me.
- Over there! - Prepare the fork to catch the thieves! - Maybe I should wait for the night and hide in the meantime ...
-! - I'll see if I find a hiding place here
- What was that?! - Where is it?
PAGE 59
- It's okay, I'm here. - I'm here.
- Huff - I'm... saved. - Huff.
- ...
- This place... - Is this the room where they build the puppets?
PAGE 60
- Masaru, the saiga have a long tradition with these. - Grandpa...
- But I won't lose! - I'm going to find my father to prove to grandpa that he's not inside me!
- But what was that vision before... - I've never saw such a thing.
- No, that's not true, I...
- !
PAGE 61
- Arlequin?
- Non, it's a fake...
- This isn't Shirogane's Arlequin!
- But where did I see it ... oh yes ...
- It was in Grandpa's memories ...
- ...
- Oh it's...
PAGE 62
[SFX only]
PAGE 63
- !!
- What was that... - Over there...
- What is this... - What is that...
- What's going on, Dean? You don't look well...
PAGE 64
- Guy...
- Do you remember seeing Arlequin being used? - Used?
- Arlequin is the puppet that the one who made us "shirogane", Bai-Yin, left us. - It's from practice with handling puppets and from Arlequin that we have built replicas.
PAGE 65
- All the Shiroganes learn the basic of the art of manipulating puppets. - I was part of this. - Maman came to Japan with the original Arlequin. - And that would be someone you know...
- Ah...
- What did you say? - AHH!
- Before you became like this?
- G-Griffon! - I feel so ashamed, Master Sadayoshi.
PAGE 66
- I... I'm not useful anymore... - You'll be fine...
- Ouch... - Griffon!
- Well, it's time to die, Dean! - I'm going to put a knife in your neck and it'll be better when I cut your artery.
- He's serious! Guy is really going to kill me!
- Imagine how much blood will be spilled. - And after stabbing your heart, I'll finish you.
PAGE 67
- Guy! - You won't do the job alone! - That's true, it was Sadayoshi who made us caught Zonapha Syndrome!
- Oh... - shhhh - Ah...
- Nobody will interrupt me.
- I've been waiting for this for 90 years.
PAGE 68
- BONNE NUIT (Good night)
PAGE 69
- NO!! - HELP ME!!
- What...
PAGE 70
- Well... - It was a cold village...
- What did he say?! - Look! His face is different!
PAGE 71
- That said... I was about to die in that goddamn village, but... - We had fun when using the puppets.
- No, you have to hold the wires like that. - Like this? - Yes, you always have to hold them like that. - Okay.
- Thank you... - Grandpa.
PAGE 72
- These are Sadayoshi's memories, but... - He's reliving them before dying?! - No.
- It's mixed with Chinese words ... - Those aren't Dean's memories. Neither Sadayoshi's.
- Hahaha! Exactly. - These are memories from 230 years ago ...
- At that moment, I was no longer myself... But someone I don't know and who had very dark memories ...
- It was a short trip, But... - My heart broke.
PAGE 73 (new chapter)
ACT 49 - Circles of a lost time [Part I]
- I was born there. - A poor and cold village.
- You have the nerve, do you?! - Stop! - Poor boy!
- But... - I lived well.
- STOP!
- And then... - My brother came to me.
PAGE 74
- My brother is so cool!
- Even against many of them... - He never loses!
- Huff - huff - Hey, stop crying!
- He used to read books for me. - He always told me stories.
- A long time ago, to water the rice fields, the peasants didn't use tools.
- Someone wondered if... - They could have machines, but their hearts were too pure for that. - Hmmm, so he could not use machines, well, big brother?
PAGE 75
- But history didn't end there. - A great man called Confucius was part of this.
- He lived really far away, but he took all his belongings to come and see how these people lived.
- ? - And then after that, to prevent the machines from being used by dirty people's hearts... - You had to learn to know them, and not to use them to be able to take power over others.
- Okay. - For me, big brother's stories were difficult to understand, but they were the best moments.
- I really had a lot of those... - I loved my Brother.
PAGE 76
- Present time. Kuroga Village, Chief's residence. - It's okay, hold it! - Carry him!
- I loved my brother.
- What is he saying? - I don't know but it's better to bring him to Mr. Shouji.
- Sadayoshi's death didn't really went far, huh... - Yes, but this person's story interests me...
- Especially if, as he said, this story dates from 230 years ago.
- Besides, Shouji and I don't know Dean's past.
PAGE 77
- It's Dean himself. A long time ago his name was Dean Meistre - This is from before he became Sadayoshi Saiga.
- But... These memories... - Don't match any of these two Eras.
- I was from a family of puppeteers
PAGE 78
- With the puppets, we made small tricks. It allowed us to earn money to live.
- With my brother, while we studied the little tricks and the manipulation of the dolls, I became more and more talented.
- By doing so, we would surprise the audience! - I see, if you make them fall like that, they'll look almost human!
- Big Brother Yin!
- Did you say... Yin? - Big Brother Yin?
PAGE 79
- But... with the donwload in Masaru's head... - These aren't Dean's memories...
- Dean? Pfff, I am...
- The one from the Bai clan... - BAI-JIN
PAGE 80
- Hang on, Jin! We're almost there! - When my brother Yin told me "what if we went to study how to make dolls closer to humans?!"...
- All I could say was "yes".
- Over there, Jin! - But...
- For my brother, everything would be fine if we helped each other.
- Because Yin always waited for me... - And held my hand!
PAGE 81
- Our destination was Prague.
- We studied alchemy... - To learn how to bring our dolls to life.
- During our stay, I met a woman...
- Her name was Francine. - She was a poor lady selling apples.
PAGE 82
- Do you want an apple? - They are really tasty!
- Francine. - Oh! Mr. Jin!
- C-can I have an apple? - Everytime I met with her was fun...
- I met with her on my way to study... - That was my first time.
- So, puppet builders are legends known in distant lands, right?
PAGE 83
- Yes, and with the sons, you can move them to make them look like human beings by making them sing or dance. - Whoa ...
- That was a sincere "whoa"... She looked with at me with fascinated eyes while I told the story.
- My brother and I are building puppets and we want to make them as human as possible, but we haven't yet found a substitute to replace the internal organs!
- Oh, sorry! This story must be boring, right?
- No, it's not that... - I don't have stories to tell you, Mr. Jin, you must take me for an idiot ...
- No! Not at all!!
- It's not true!
PAGE 84
- Not at all.
- I did not realize that I had fallen asleep. - Every day after I left the classes, I was very tired, I think.
- Dear boy ... Dear boy I love you ... - The leaves dance in the wind...
- Boy, your bed is light, light...
- Heaven is better... - May God bless this child and all the others - give me a grace, please, one day...
[Note: a different font would be nice for Francine's lullaby]
PAGE 85
- I woke you up? Sorry...
- You looked so peaceful and comfortable when you slept, so... - It's alright.
- You had a good time. Sing for me one more time... - I fell in love.
- I couldn't help myself... - But I really fell in love.
- She always had fun.
- She always smiled. - Even the flowers made her smile.
PAGE 86
- But, during that carnival night...
- I had a lot of fun then. - And I was the only one drunk.
- I wish I didn't fell asleep that night.
- Jin, what is the point of illuminating a path... - if no one can follow it? - My brother said this right after that night.
- W-what are you saying, brother... - We study alchemy to make our puppets become like humans, don't we?
- Why are you saying this now?! - Recently, I started to think about another way of doing things.
PAGE 87
- When he said that, I started to think about it.
- Francine! - Francine always had affection for someone else I knew.
- My brother? No, that would be impossible... - Brother, could that light be...
- So, did my brother also love Francine? - Francine?
- ...
- Brother... - Wait a sec, brother... - That can't be...
- I fell in love with her first, man! - Don't get in my way! Don't do that, brother!
PAGE 88
- BROTHER!! - IT CAN'T BE! I DON'T WANT TO HATE YOU, BROTHER!
- Then, that day... - I went to the church.
- Even if I wasn't religious myself... - The serene atmosphere there calmed my heart.
- I was refflecting on my brother's bad attitude.
- That's it, I couldn't stop what was coming. I forgot the most important thing of them all: my feelings for Francine.
PAGE 89
- That's it. I remember. - At that moment, I was leaving the church...
- Francine.
- Will you marry me?
- Argh, Why did I drink too much in that night?!
- And then, in that day... - Why did I go to the church?!
PAGE 90
- No...
- You...
- That can't be...
- If it's looking at you that Francine feels happy...
- Then may the lord pray for me, because I'm not smiling!
PAGE 91 (New chapter)
ACT 50 - Circles of a lost time [Part II]
- Where did I stop telling it? - At the moment you saw your brother Bai-Yin and Francine at the church.
- Oh yes, that's right... I was the first one to fall in love with her. - My brother stole her!
- I'll never forgive him! - That's why, I...
PAGE 92
- I kidnapped Francine and left Prague.
PAGE 93
- Was it against Francine's will? - In fact.
- But I didn't want to leave her with anyone else...
- We have wandered for various countries. - Hoping to find a nice place for both of us.
- And what did Francine think about this? - She came... Even if in the beggining she didn't want to...
- Jin! Don't go there! - Let's go back to Prague!
PAGE 94
- It's too late, Francine! - It's only you and me! - Forget my brother!
- I can't do that...
- I'M YIN'S WIFE!
- FRANCINE!!
PAGE 95
- I hit her... - She tried to run away several times.
- A lot of times.
- Huff.. - Huff...
- You must know it already... - Don't you ever say my brother's name.
- Huff...
PAGE 96
- Why... - Why do you do that, Francine...
- I love you...
- I LOVE YOU, FRANCINE! - I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!
- Mister... - Jin.
PAGE 97
- I QUITTED THE PUPPETS AND THE ALCHEMY! - I LEFT MY BROTHER!
- YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE I HAVE NOW, FRANCINE!
- Don't leave me, Francine! - For me!
- Love me...
- That day... - You sang a lullaby...
- Sing it for me once again!
PAGE 98
- Dear boy ... Dear boy I love you ...
- The leaves dance in the wind... - Boy, your bed is light, light... - Heaven is better... - May God bless this child and all the others
- give me a grace, please, one day...
- Give me... - Your blessing
PAGE 99
- From that moment on... - Francine followed me in silence.
- She was so calm that it was like I saw her eyes as a lake...
- She said sometimes that she wanted to go to her hometown in France...
- Her beautiful blue eyes.
PAGE 100
- The village of Krogh, in Quiberon, was a good place... - Since I was a doctor, we have no financial worries...
- It was easy to get a lost property of old nobles and reform it...
- But, it was pretty curvy - what do you mean?
- Why at that moment, I was so firm...
- Looking Francine in the eyes was impossible.
- She was not as usual. - And I started to avoid her.
PAGE 101
- Her eyes ... - That frustrated me a lot...
- It pissed me off, so I locked myself in a room. - And I resumed my research on alchemy that I had long forgotten.
- Why all of this... - I cared so much for Francine ...
- And then, she was hit by an unknown disease and was isolated by the villagers...
- I went every day to visit her and I was researching a cure to cure her...
- ...... - But why...
- I don't remember this part very well...
- Ah, yes, here it is ... A man came.
PAGE 102
- DAMN YOU, YOU RAN AWAY KIDNAPPING MY WIFE! - I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU FOR 9 YEARS!
- Do you know how much it hurs me to know that Francine is not my wife?
- Hehehe, at that moment, his face...
- Oh, yes... My brother's face...
- Brother, why did you do that to me? - You always waited for me. - You never turned your back on me.
- Catch my hand this time!
PAGE 103
- BROTHER!!
- And then, when I arrived, Francine was already dead...
- Francine never loved me. - You had everything... - ... since the very first time you offered your hand.
- Jin... - Why do you think she never tried to run away?
PAGE 103
- You had a place in her heart... - Jin.
- But you never noticed that.
- Brother! - Brother! - What do I do?!
- I loved her so much! - I can't bear feeling this!!
PAGE 104
- But... - I...
- BROTHER!!
- And for the rest, you shiroganes already know it all. - I build an automaton modeled after Francine and implanted her real hair in it.
- I took revenge on Krogh's village. - But it was futile! - The Francine I created was not happy.
- I loved her smiling face. - But the doll didn't smile once...
PAGE 105
- So I got rid of it.
- Huh? Ah, yes, Francine's smile... - We left Prague... I didn't see him again...
- It had been 33 years since I had seen my brother. - I went back where we were born.
- I had lost everything and I was completely desperate. I had come there to kill myself.
- But while I was planning to die while melting in the Aqua Vitae...
- I had an Idea!
PAGE 106
- What Idea? - Hehe!
- Until then, I believed that since Francine was dead, I had no more reason to be in this world, but... - But I was wrong.
- I thought there must be a lot of memories in Francine's hair. - So, to keep the memories in liquid form, I melt them in the Aqua Vitae.
- Like that, if a woman came to drink this Aqua Vitae ...
- That would make a second and perfect Francine, No?
- You used the Aqua Vitae to download...
- Francine's hair was on the head of the automaton that I had abandoned in France. - Then I went back to get them.
PAGE 107
- But driking the Aqua Vitae back then was unthinkable. I was too old to make this long trip. - I needed an vessel...
- Then, I, Bai-Jin, went to find a new body to reincarnate into.
- DEAN MAISTRE. - You all know him, I guess...
PAGE 108
ACT 51 - Circles of a lost time [Part III]
- From this stone, I thought maybe a hundred years ago it was a fountain of Aqua Vitae.
- After getting my revenge on Krogh and wandering around, I went home to the Chinese empire to die.
PAGE 109
- Francine died at Krogh village 38 years ago. - I was 56 at the time.
- When the Aqua Vitae takes effect, it will touch the people here and keep the memories of the person who has melted inside it.
- When I created the doll Francine... To live together with her... - I'm going to drink Aqua Vitae and become immortal... - But dying now would be embarrassing! - I'm going to melt in the Aqua Vitae...
- My mind will finally be able to join Francine's... - Soon I'll be out of this world, and she'll...
- Are you sure she is no longer among us?
- That's right, that... she died in the flames, though... - What am I forgetting?
PAGE 110
- The Aqua Vitae keeps the memories and the intentions, but what about the personality?
- And if, for example, I dissolve the Francine's body in it... - Doing that, any woman who would drink this solution...
- Would become the reincarnation of Francine! - This woman would have the conscience of Francine and would be the reincarnation!
- But... where is hes body? - Everything was burnt to ashes
- No...
- No, no, no... - There is still something!
PAGE 111
- The hair that was implanted in the the doll's head looks like hers!
- That's it... - Francine still lives thanks to her hair!
- Where are they? - Or?!
- Ah, yes! - Where I left her! In Quiberon, France!
- I'll search for them... - I have to go back to get them! - And then, I'm going to melt this hair in the Aqua Vitae ...
PAGE 112
- AH! - And then, for the first time, I finally realized...
- I'm old.
- From China, I returned to France on foot... - It fought me against me and my reincarnated love... - It was impossible for a 56-year-od man...
- Do you understand the meaning of these memories, Guy? - Yes, Shouji.
- We have the real culprit confessing it all to us and it involves us, Shiroganes.
- So, me too, I had to reincarnate...
PAGE 113
- What ... - The plan was that I melted in the Aqua Vitae and a man drinks it.
- Of course, I had never tested this before.
- In the middle of my trip, I tested it on a dog that followed me. - The experiment was done on this dog.
- I had melted my hair in the aqua vitae... And I made the dog drink it.
PAGE 114
- The experiment was a success.
- You are me, Wan. - In your head lingers my memories and my way of thinking.
- But it's a shame that I can't reincarnate in you.
- That said, you play an important role.
- I'm going to melt in the Aqua Vitae ... - And your role will be to force this child to drink this Aqua Vitae...
PAGE 115
- I'll get a new body. - Let's go.
- You used the dog to make the child drink Aqua Vitae? - Did anything happen once you melted in? You must've had to play an act to make the child drink it.
- About the child?
- He was coming to my hometown. - How cruel.
- I melted in the Aqua Vitae.
- And then...
PAGE 116
- Well... - Let's go to Quiberon. - Everything went as I planned.
PAGE 117
- And you went that way... - I knew him. This new body was a good one.
- Besides, he was a child of the Bai family!
- My journey to Quiberon took a year. - It was a hard and painful trip.
- After I recover the Francine's hair, I'll wait for the right moment to melt them in the Aqua Vitae.
- Then, according to my plans, I will find a woman to drink there.
- I arrived at Krogh village in no time.
PAGE 118
- Krogh was just like I left it back then... - in ruins.
- But the castle where I lived with Francine was different.
- What... What is that?
- There are people in it.
PAGE 119
- Why there's a barrier?!
- Where's the Francine doll ?!
- What... She's not here! - Where did she go?
- What can I do with a body like that?!
- Who's over there?
PAGE 120
- What are you doing? - She looked just like...
- Ah... - the one I loved...
PAGE 121
- Francine...
- Everybody says that! - I know resemble her, but well..
- My name is Angelina.
- ...! - S-sorry... I just arrived here. I thought you were someone I know...
- I'm not the one you thought. But here, Come!
- Let's go! I'll introduce you to mom!
PAGE 122
- What? Wait! - Respire un peu, quoi.. un shirogane qui vient ici et qui a à peu près le même age que moi!
- "Shirogane"?!
- The "Puppet destroyers" and "immortals" were called "Shirogane". - After I left, the village was contaminated by a disease called Zonapha Syndrome. A wandering alchemist had come and saved the lives of the remaining villagers by changing them into shiroganes.
- Now this place was the headquarters of shiroganes... - Who lived for their fight to destroy the automata that I, Bai-Jin had invented.
- While I was listening to what Angelina told me, I sketched a small smile in my face...
PAGE 123
- Thanks to the power of Aqua Vitae, my eyes and hair were turning silver in my new body. - I was the creator of their fate. - The shiroganes had no doubts about me.
- The Shiroganes are after the Francine doll - It seems that she created companions and they went on a trip.
- and me, what I want is the hair of the Francine doll!
- For that, I will become an ally of the shirogane. - I'll get some information from her about them.
- But later, I changed my mind. That said, at that moment, that's what it said.
PAGE 124
- I'll take advantage of these happy moments! - Maybe I could start a new life...
- With Angelina ... - So, what's your name?
- Jin ... - Huh?
- I mean... no... - I was a doctor. And we can say that I recovered from my old life!
- Dean Maistre. - My name is Dean Maistre!
- But ... - You already know it...
[Translation note: Jin managed to get away with that because "Jin" and "Dean" sounds really similar in japanese. Also, one of kanji used in his new name is the kanji for "surgeon".]
PAGE 125
- and you also destroyed my love.
- So... - I thought of a plan...
- A plan that the people involved... - couldn't escape!
PAGE 126 (new chapter)
- Present time. Kuroga Village, Chief's residence. - In 1824, I became a new member of the Shirogane.
ACT 52 - The worst one
- At that time, you were delighted to have new members. - Every person was needed to be able to fight the automata with their Zonapha Syndrome spree.
- That's why each shirogane became a scout ... - ... who was going to travel to recruit other Shiroganes.
PAGE 127
- I already know this part...
- You joined our ranks like this. - Yes, I used Aqua Vitae to reincarnate for that.
- Both my eyes and hair... - They were already silver.
- Careful, Angelina!
PAGE 128
- Thanks, Dean! - You're welcome!
- With Angelina... - We formed the perfect duo!
- In Angelina's body was the source for Aqua Vitae: the Soft Stone, chased by the automata.
- I was happy. - Just like I was with my beloved Francine.
- You're good, Dean! I can always count on you!
- If that's it, marry me, princess! - I could always protect you.
- I had completely forgotten about Francine Doll's hair.
PAGE 129
- Haha! you're a fool, Dean!
- Francine's real hair was implanted in the doll ... - If we melt them in the Aqua Vitae and a woman drinks it, she'll become a second Francine...
- Now that I met Angelina, is it really necessary? - This time nothing will go wrong.
- Nothing!
- But in the spring of 1840... - Angelina left Quiberon.
PAGE 130
- According to rumors, Angelina could not stand the pressure... - ...because of her resemblance to the doll Francine.
- I failed once again.
- What happened after that? - You're the one who knows it the best, Shouji...
- 28 years later she feels a letter to Quiberon...
- It said that she was in Japan and she married you ...
- She was crazy to be in Japan, but she was happy there.
PAGE 131
- Now do you understand? - How I feel!?
- I HATE YOU, SHOUJI!
- My memories... stop here.
PAGE 132
- A...
- Ah...
PAGE 133
- Uhhh... - Snif
- Why is this happening? - Why he's crying?
- Why are you crying?
- Is it because you regret the fact that you're going to die here?
PAGE 134
- WHY AREN'T YOU ALL HAPPY?!
- Ma... - Masaru!
- I've seen everything! - I understood it all!
PAGE 135
- Grandpa.
- Angelina.
- Guy.
- The Francine Doll.
- Father and Bai-Yin.
- Francine.
- And... - Eléonore.
PAGE 136
- All of you... you were normal people... - BUT... - A little... - Just a little displacement in the wheels and... - IT BECAME THIS UNBEARABLE MESS!
- ALL YOU ASKED FOR... - WAS JUST A BIT OF HAPPINESS
- And the first misfortune that happened two centuries ago is still lingering.
- The Automata... - Zonapha Syndrome... - Why?!
PAGE 137
- YOU ALL... - YOU JUST WANTED TO BE HAPPY!
PAGE 138
- But ... - If you die ...
- My sorrow will be appeased.
- Huh? Little Sadayoshi has already been captured!
PAGE 139
- No, Shougetsu, that's impossible... - That's... - HIIIIIIIH!
- What is this? - AH!
- WHAT?! - Help meeee...
- His arms and legs joints were removed?
- What the hell is this? - Dunno, looks like he was gagged since yesterday!
PAGE 140
- Turn on the light! - Why the hell...
- a weird foreigner has come...
- ...
- Daiki... - Isn't that Daiki?!
- That bastard! - Daiki Kanou is the head of the Younger section! But wasn't he in the Chief's house since yesterday?
PAGE 141
- Just a moment, my joints... - Who's this foreigner?!
- I didn't see silver hair, so... - But he spoke to me in Japanese... - What did he say?!
- Ah...
PAGE 142
- DISASSEMBLY
- ... - T-then ...
- The one with the Chief and Shouji... - Who is it?!
- Say, Master Masumura .... - What do you mean?
- If Dean did the download on this kid... - While doing Dean's body...
- The download allowed Dean to keep his memories and his personality, his body and brain must be eliminated.
PAGE 143
- I see ... But when we make a video, there is always a link between the original and its recording!
- Daiki? What are you saying?
- It's been two years since Sadayoshi died, melted in sulfuric acid! - Why make so much noise?
- Well, no... - It's like the story of the videotape.
PAGE 144 (new chapter)
ACT 53 - A true demon
- Present time. Kuroga Village, in the gardens of the Chief's Residence. - This is serious! We found Daiki in an empty house!
- The Daiki Kanou who is with Mr. Shouji is an impostor! - A foreigner entered the village!
- Gather the others! And the puppets! - YES!
- We are going to join Mr. Shouji before it's too late!
PAGE 145
- Don't worry about me, Dean... No, I mean, Jin! - You hid in the body of this child... - I'm going to kill you at all costs!
- Now that you've finished telling your story, it's time to die... - This is not true, Shouji.
- ...
PAGE 146
- Guy, No ...
- I'm Masaru ...
- Your death is for the good of us all, Jin!
- It would be a shame...
PAGE 147
- D-Daiki ... - What are you saying?
- When I was little, I learned things at school... - And that tells you nothing, that there are people who took it...
- People's possessions...
- This child is my "possession". - If the father of a family runs away, how to take care of the mother and the child for so long?
PAGE 148
- Are you Crazy? - DAIKI!
- I'm not crazy, Chief.
- That weird guy?!
- I have more or less understood, Shouji. - Until now this kid has seen all your memories.
- Daiki, don't talk to Shouji like that.
- Well, it's okay, isn't it? Shouji.
PAGE 149
- Always getting yourself in the spotlights...
- Who... - are you?
- I know this man! - He's
- Hey, Kanou! Come with us! - Even if you are the leader of the younger league this is unforgivable!
PAGE 150
- Chef! Daiki was in an empty house! - Whoever this is, it's an impostor!
- WHAT?!
- Run away!
- Indeed, Masaru. At least you understand.
PAGE 151
- ARGH! MY ARMS! - THEY BROKE!!
- Who... - Who are you?!
PAGE 152
- Huh? - Oh but I'll tell you, Guy, my little friend.
- I may not look like an someone you know, but...
- You know me.
- Even you, you must know the truth.
PAGE 153-154
- General Faceless...
- You bastard... - Dean!
- Father...
PAGE 155
- You thought you had killed me?
- Sorry to tell you, but just like Shouji, I wasn't completely dissolved!
- So, today, I bring you another face in front of your eyes and greet you!
- Bai-Jin. - Dean Maistre. - Sadayoshi Saiga. - General Faceless.
PAGE 156
- They are all the same person. - The one who caused all these tragedies and the Zonapha Syndrome.
- SADAYOSHI!
PAGE 157
- Useless. - Guy, are you aware of...
- My specialty?
PAGE 158
- Faceless - "DISASSEMBLY"
- Faceless... you're famous among the Shirogane.
- And yet, it's you who...
PAGE 159
- So that's what you said in the Meiji Era when you left us? - "I'll become the leader of a new group of Shirogane"
- Well, since you never left Japan, you could'nt know.
- Why... - Why Have you come here?
- So that I can reincarnate, I need to get my body back.
PAGE 160
- W... - What?
- You misunderstood it all! - I'm not in this child's body.
- At that moment, Shouji interrupted me... - It wasn't only the memory data, but also the others who downloaded it... - Today, I want to perfectly reincarnate in this child.
- So you... - You are not...
- In Masaru's body.
PAGE 161
- Correct! - That's it, "Masaru Saiga".
- ..... - Guy, catch!
- No, Guy! You won't be able to defeat him. - No!!
PAGE 162
- You all misunderstood it, but - That's the brain of Masaru Saiga. I'm not in it!
ACT 54 - Faceless appears!
- There is a process in the download to send my memories and my personal information to another's brain. - First, downloading memories from birth to the present. - Then these memories will influence the download of the personality.
- Then, the combination of this data. This is the stage of the mixture. And it is after these three phases that the download is considered finished. - And who interrupted the whole process during the first phase? It's you, Shouji!
PAGE 163-164
- THAT'S WHY I CAME! - I'LL FINISH MY WORK! - I CAME TO TAKE THIS CHILD WITH ME!
ACT 54 - FACELESS APPEARS!
PAGE 165
- Dean, you fiend! Are you still at it?!
- Hey, sure I am! - I'm still alive in good form!
- That's right, during this month of February in the acid basin on the highway... - Things haven't gone as you planned.
- With my body was melting, I disassembled it!
- My bones were more or less destroyed.
PAGE 166
- You disassembled the truck back then... - I didn't know how to disassembly it at that time.
- But you weren't talented as me, you lost most of your pieces... - Uh!
- GUY! USE ARLEQUIN!
PAGE 167
- OKAY! - GUY!
- DON'T DO THAT! HE'LL... - You can't win!
- Guy tried to kill me and I'm worried about him?! - But, but...
- After I saw your past...
PAGE 168
- Whoa, that's strong, Guy. - I heard some rumors that you're pretty impressive.
- I saw this man's memories and now I understand! - He knows absolutely everything about puppets!
PAGE 169
- GUY, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO WIN!!
- LES ARTS MARTIAUX (The art of fighting)
- SAINT GEORGE'S BLADE!
PAGE 170
- Ohh, scary...
- ARLEQUIN! CORAN!
PAGE 171
- It's a pity...
- It stops everything!
PAGE 172
- FLÈCHE ENFLAMMÉE! (Flame arrows!)
- Well, Guy, do you want to see my next ability?
PAGE 173
- FACELESS - "DISSOLVE"
PAGE 174
- AAAAHH!
- WELL DONE!
PAGE 175
- Are you okay, Guy?! - It's not over yet!
- Huh?!
- Well, well ... It's a pity, even if as an old man I'm good at this.
- And those people who have planted themselves in him...
- Shouji, it's true that deep down, we never really got along.
- Look at this!
PAGE 176
- A Mechanical body?!
- EXACTLY! SO, DO YOU FEEL MY FISTS?!
- How do you say in japanese at a situation like this?
- Oh, yes...
PAGE 177
- "It's a mess", right?
- After I kill you, I'll kill the others here and I'll return. - And, Shouji, you're next.
- And the Kuroga puppeteers will be happy to witness this suffering.
- As for you, I'm not worried. - One hand is enough.
PAGE 178
- GUY! - !?
- Ah..
- You're still here, Masaru. - You're my body for the reincarnation. - It would be bad to get you hurt, so go there.
- I made you suffer because a lot of horrible things.
- But...
- For the sake of another good child...
- I will...
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- I WILL
- I WILL BRING HER BACK HOME!
- Maman...
- I'll bring her back!!
PAGE 3
sfx: whooooo
- Is.... Is Angelina...?
- ...
PAGE 4
- I won't... - I won't stay like that...
- Hey, you need help!
- Go ahead. - What are you saying!? Look at how wounded you are!
- I trust Eléonore... - To you!
- I'll just... slow you down. You can go ahead. - Got it!
- Guy, go!
PAGE 5
- This... - Take my sword with you... - You'll know how to use it.
- I got it, Shouji.
- Please, take care of Eléonore.
- I understand, Maman. - I'll be a good child.
PAGE 6
- Over there!? She ran away with the soft stone! - Non, Candy-stamp, you have to find it! (?)
PAGE 7
- We have 208 in pursuit! - Wait, there are less of us?! And the other 310?
- The woman, her husband and that young lad took some hundreds of our comrades!
- I thought it was 31... - Until now I've only heard that a shirogane could destroy about 10 of us.
- FOOLS! The woman and the man are both dead, only the child is left!!
- Hurry up and let's find the woman who ran away! - We have to bring the soft stone back with us!
- Argh! - What is going on? - He fell, that idiot.
PAGE 8-9
- Ah, you finally caught up with us! - Heheheh, you fell, huh!
- ? - Wait, you're not an automaton...
- HUH!?
- MAMAN - I'LL PROTECT ELÉONORE!
PAGE 10
- AND THEN...
- I'LL BRING HER BACK!!
PAGE 11
- You others stay here! - Candy Stamp!!
- WHAT!?
- A SHIROGANE!! - A SHIROGANE IS COMING!
- It can't be...
PAGE 12-13
- Maman... - I won't let not even one of the automata approach get close to Eléonore!
- Ahh! - KILL HIM!
- And... - That's why...
- I'LL BRING HER BACK!!
PAGE 14
- MAMAN!
- Haha! - TAKE THIS!
PAGE 15
- Hahahaha! Who do you think you are, lad?! You're just like that bitch!
- You'll soon join your dead friends!!
- ... - I can't...
- I can't join them... no...
PAGE 16
- HUH!? ISN'T THAT THE FATE OF ALL THE HUMANS!? YOU FOOL, YOU'RE ONLY TALK!
- Yeah, humans... - I am a Shirogane... and this woman was... human...
- She was... - absolutely... - Kind.
- That's why... - I can't surrender...
PAGE 17
- THAT'S IT! JOIN THEM!
- WHAT!?
- Ah, when did he regain control of the puppet?!
- AAAAH! YOU BASTARD!
PAGE 18
- Now I know it... - Angelina.
- ARGH! - But, I'm not alone...
- Eléonore is at my side. - Eléonore won't be alone.
PAGE 19 (New chapter)
ACT 36 - In the Well.
- There are 200 of us...
- We still are 200...
- Then... - Then a lone shirogane will be destroyed... - Reduced to dust!
- This... This cannot be...
PAGE 20-21
- Guy! - Christopher... - Rech...
- I see, Francine Doll is not familliar with this place...
- Over there.
PAGE 22
- Keheheh. - We finally found her.
- The automaton woman! - We looked everywhere but this is the only place left.
- The well!
PAGE 23
- Huh? - Are you hearing something? - I'm hearing it!
- The automaton woman with the baby fell here.
- Quickly, let's destroy it and bring it back to the village. - Hehehe, sure thing!
PAGE 24
- WHAT THE-!?
PAGE 25
- That bastards... - Where were they?
- The well!
- Huh... - Is Francine... - Down there?
- It's me, Guy! - Is Eléonore alright!?
- Eléonore! - I won't allow her die!!
- HEY, FRANCI-!!
PAGE 26
sfx: Waaaah waaaah
- This voice... - It's a baby crying!!
PAGE 27
sfx: WAAAAH WAAAAH
- ELÉONORE!!
PAGE 28
sfx: Waaaaah
- There's a rose-colored shine in the water... - Aqua Vitae...
- It was probably because Eléonore changed it that way. - For some reason, the Soft Stone in her body reacted... - And it changed the the water into Aqua Vitae.
PAGE 29
- But, where did Francine escape to?
- Francine's clothes...
- I want to see this child grow up. - Eléonore grabbed my finger... - I changed her diapers... - Ohh, I can see...
- I will... - You didn't run away lefting Eléanore behind.
PAGE 30
- You dissolved into Aqua Vitae. - You protected Eléonore until the very end!
- I feel that I'm lacking a very important part insde of me. - That's why there are things I don't understand.
- If that's the case, I'd like to know.
PAGE 31
- The bottom of the well is deep... - The Aqua Vitae has spilled there, that's why Elonore didn't dissolve.
- After knocking several times against the wall... - with her weak arms... all that for Eléonore ...
- .... - Did you find... - your missing piece?
PAGE 32
- Then... - you found it - That missing piece!
- Hey, tell me...
- Francine
PAGE 33
- And that's how Eléonore was saved.
- However...
- Her mother had not gone out of bed and had crumbled.
PAGE 34
- I won't allow this child to have the same fate as me.
- What does this mean... - Even this child...
- She drank it... - Eléonore Drank it!
PAGE 35
- Once the Aqua Vitae is dissolved into the body, it carries the memories. - And it cures all the diseases.
- Its effects change the human body into the one of a shirogane, an immortal being
- In 1910, Year 43 of the Meiji Era.... - A Shirogane was born.
- She didn't have Zonapha Syndrome, but she still took this medicine.
- Once she drank the Aqua Vitae, - Just like the automaton Francine...
- Her hair...
PAGE 36
- The doll's hair was the same as the one in the original human version.
- And then as soon as she drank the Aqua Vitae, a Shirogane was born.
- Her name is Eléonore. - The one-year old baby!
PAGE 37
ACT 37 - Then, history to modernity
- This child drank the Aqua Vitae. - And then, she became a shirogane.
- Shouji, Eléonore. She's dead...
- What are you saying, Guy?
- At the time of her birth, Eléanor did not support the trip ... - That's why Angelina was suffering because she gave her the soft stone.
PAGE 38
- She disappeared...
- Is it a lie? - Yes, a very bad lie.
- But more important than that, there is no way to save Eleanor from this cursed fate.
- I won't allow this child... - to have the same fate as me.
- Angelina's fate... - She had to live having drunk the Aqua Vitae and bearing the Soft Stone. - All in order to continue fighting those damned automata.
PAGE 39
- And now Angelina passed the Soft Stone into the body of her baby, Eléonore.
- It will be very useful for the shiroganes... - but it'll also be a prey for the automata, so we must protect her.
- Eléonore must not live in this world
- I am Masaru Saiga. - And I'm back to the modern times.
- In the memories of my grampa, Shouji Saiga.
PAGE 40
- That's why I'm looking after Eléonore shirogane's life. - It was something I could not even imagine.
- In this old building in the Village of Kuroga, it was Eleanor's house.
- I know it's a village where there is only the chief and some inhabitants.
- Shouji and Guy came to visit him every month.
- Ah, here you are, Guy.
PAGE 41
- What's up, Hana? - Is Eléonore crying? - Yes... - Hana was the one who took care of Eleonore. She was a trusted person since she was introduced to her birth.
- Ellie had a scary nightmare!
- A nightmare? - I see...
- In 1930 (Year 5 of the Showa Era), 20 years after that day... - Eléonore was 4 years old.
PAGE 42
- So, what's going on, Eleanor? Did you have a bad dream? - Ah... Maître...
- A Shirogane ages a year every five years. - At 20, Eleanor was supposed to have the mentality that goes with this age.
- However her mental age had not advanced. - She hadn't set foot outside yet, because it wasn't safe for her yet.
- What kind of nightmare was it?
- Shouji, I did not show up in front of Eleonore ... I could only watch her from a distance.
- Eléonore was dead. - It was another girl who lived in her place. She didn't need to see the face of her father.
PAGE 43
- Well, I was in a little dark room and...
- Like this one? - Yes, it was wet and dirty.
- There was only a window from which came a light. - And then someone nice came. I didn't know her...
- A nice person, like Mrs. Hana? - Yes...
- Someone I didn't know, But... - A very nice person...
- And then, at that moment, there was a hole behind me. - And then, in this hole...
PAGE 44
- A puppet being controlled. - coming to kill me.
- To kill you? Are you sure of that? - Yes. it was scary...
- Then I turned to the window and... - And I saw a garden of yellow flowers waiting for me
- and... - and then, I ...
PAGE 45
- A big man in black, he... - grabbed my neck.
- And then...
sfx: WAAAAAAAH
- Strange...
- In Eléonore's heart there are memories of another person. - Memories of another person? You mean that...
- What this child drank was the Aqua Vitae from the Francine doll that melted in that well. - So, she has the memories of a doll?!
PAGE 46
- It's hard to imagine, but the puppet being controlled and the man grabbing her neck are Francine's memories.
- The "heart" of this doll wasn't in peace, even until the very last moment.
- Yes, but who are the other memories from?
- In the little room she was locked up... - But it should be only the memories of the doll, so where did it come from?
- !
- Now I remember. Her creator implanted in her head the hair of the human woman who served as his model. - I see, Francine carried on her memories then.
- I'm the reencarnation of that woman. - And now we have no way to find out who this person was.
PAGE 47
- Maybe Eléonore's young spirit... - Receives all those memories being a heavy burden for her. - Other memories have been replaced by these.
- She doesn't know who she is anymore. - Her mind will certainly collapse.
- Shouji, can you leave it to me? - Guy?
- Maman... Angelina, in her last moments begged me to make her happy.
- And I promised her.
- This child... - She must know happiness!!
PAGE 48
- But, this child hair and eyes have changed into money. - Even if they are dyed or lenses, she can not hide from other shiroganes.
- So, this child who spent all that time in the village of Kuroga. - Like Angelina, she is related to shiroganes and the automata.
- Who is it for...
- I'm going to take her to see the world!
- I'm going to make Eléonore - as a shirogane.
PAGE 49
- But she won't touch the automata.
- I'll do whatever it takes to protect her.
- She is not the child of the japanese Shouji and the shirogane Angelina. - I will take her to different countries, find children with Zonapha syndrome and make them drink Aqua Vitae.
- I will continue to tell the other shiroganes. - Eléonore lived in Japan but she musn't return.
- So, Eléonore
- I'll teach her numerous ways to fight. - But she won't fight any automata.
PAGE 50
- To find happiness, you will have to fight. - You'll become a Shirogane.
- You must feel.
- You must see everything.
- All you'll experience is the reality.
- You have to think about existence. - And cut off any connection with this other person's memories
- I'll teach you... - To become yourself!
PAGE 51
- Guy parted on a jorney with Eléonore, who was 4 years old. - 15 years later, when she was 7, they arrived at Quiberon, in France. There she had all the education and training necessary for a shirogane.
- There, Eléonore trained for 15 years, until she turned 10. - In 1960 (year 35 of the Showa Era), with Guy... - She turned to be the youngest shirogane in the world.
- 22 years later, in 1982 (year 57 of the Showa Era). - In Quiberon, France.
- In the old days, you helped us by providing us with excellent puppets that you had made. - We would like to be able to return the favor for your work.
PAGE 52
- Monsieur Shouji Saiga.
- For what reason you came to pay us a visit? - You said you wanted to "Send the youngest shirogane to Japan".
- My wife, Angelina, parted from this world in 1910.
- Now she's gone. In her body there was the Soft Stone.
- I already reported this.
PAGE 53
- But recently, I remembered... - What my wife said before parting.
- "The Soft Stone is in the person who smiles."
- The person who smiles... - And who would that person be?
- I think it's someone in Japan, but I do not know who yet. - That's why, to look for it, I absolutely need a shirogane.
- The soft stone is not only hidden in the body of a child. - The child we are looking for is a girl. - For that, if possible it would be nice to have someone of about the same age as this child.
PAGE 54
- No matter the lie, this is the primordial reason. - When Eléonore comes to Japan as a shirogane, she can be here safely.
- I will give her safe tasks and she'll be able to live in happiness. - Yes - We must keep this a secret from all shiroganes and the automata in order for this plan to work.
- In 1910, two people had a plan. - At least until 1982.
- But in a totally unpredictable way... - This plan began to crumble!
PAGE 55
Act 38 - Shadows
- 1982, at the Shirogane HQ... - Quiberon, France.
- The soft stone has been found in Japan.
- I'd like to send a shirogane girl of the same age as her.
PAGE 56
- When Angelina died, the soft stone wasn't in her body. - This stone can only be in the body of a child to prevent rejection. - To look for this child, the best would be having a girl the same age as her?
- Yes, when my wife disappeared... - It has been 70 years. I've searching for the soft stone for a long time. - In the end, I believe I lost track of it. - Please, give me an opportunity to redeem myself from this shame
- We have a shirogane candidate for you.
PAGE 57
- This girl was born 72 years ago... - Which means she is 14 years old in shirogane years
- She is a acquaintance of Guy Christophe Rech - He found her on a trip to Scandinavia
- She had Zonapha Syndrome, so Guy gave her the Aqua Vitae... - And we gave her shirogane education.
- Yes! I already know it all! - This is the lie Guy and me have invented!
- The is there. - Right in front of me!!
- I haven't seen her in 70 years!
- My and Angelina's beloved daughter...
PAGE 58
- Eléonore...
- Oh...
- Damn, this is the first time I see her! - I must behave myself properly!
PAGE 59
- This is nothing, i have to behave myself and offer her a job... - Ahh, well, you must be Miss Eléonore, I think...
- Greetings, I came from Japan, I am Mr. Saiga...
- Long time no see...
- Grandpa Shouji.
- H- - How...
PAGE 60
- How do you know me?
- You're funny, Grandpa.
- We have already met several times.
- Now, moving to Japan, 5 days before that. - This is the spring of 1982, in Tokyo.
PAGE 61
- Heheh! Look at that foreigner there, he looks cool, huh?! - Absolutely!
- That's it...
PAGE 62
- Ah, the president? - I'm sorry, he's at a meeting. - He's pretty busy right now.
- Sorry, Mr.client... - It must be hard for a foreigner to understand...
- It's okay. I just wanted an excuse to exchange a few words with both of you. - but, if you continue like this indefinitely, you will attract the resentment of other men. Maybe I'll have to report that to the president ....
- Oh, Good morning, Mr. Chairman... - Good morning.
- Good morning... - You have a meeting between other Chairmen. And then after, you have a meeting with the whole non-profit sector
PAGE 63
- Hello there! It's a beautiful day outside, right!
- Huh?
- ?
- Hey, if it isn't my little friend Guy!!
PAGE 64
- You finally came! Are you alright? - Y-yes, Dean...
- Just a sec! Don't call me by my shirogane name here! In Japan I am Sadayoshi Saiga since the meiji era! - I know, now get off me...
- Hey you! Lead my friend here to the President's office, ok? - GET OFF ME!!
- Hahahahahaha!!
- There is nothing to laugh, Shouji. - That is so like him. - Heheh, as you say, Guy. Since the that incident at Kuroga Village, Dean has been present and helped us in so many ways.
PAGE 65
- Tell me, he got you a good mental support and for work, right? - It seems to be a long-standing relationship.
- Yes, it's been more than 100 years ... - He's like a brother to me.
- More importantly, you're here. It must've been 10 years, huh? - Yes, and you, you are always with this great company, eh. The head office is even bigger than before.
- Here, shirogane's puppets are studied, we have more than 100 years of experience.
- How is Eleanor going?
- She's alright. She's been learning in Quiberon for 20 years after she traveled around the world with me. I'm back to make my report.
- Eléonore was used as a vessel for the Soft stone. I hope she will be able to touch the happiness of normal human beings. - Our plan is to our advantage.
PAGE 66
- In the end, she must be a shirogane able to fight the automata. - She won't... but she is a child with silver hair and eyes... - But she was hidden from the other shirogane.
- But i did not enter in combat when she was with me.
- Me neither, but you have always protected her against any danger.
- So, I do not worry. It's been 70 years since I restrained myself from not meeting her. - Shouji...
- It's only during this year that I'll be able to call her by name when she's in Japan? - Yes ... after so many years. You will be able to get in touch with Eleonore ... - She's a teenager shirogane you have to bring to Japan with you. No matter who she is, you should not consider her as your daughter this time.
PAGE 67
- The excuse to bring Eléonore to Japan is because of the search for the Soft Stone and he must believe it.
- That's correct. - And there will be no soft stone ... obviously as she is in her body
- And while we protect her on this mission quietly... - I'm going to be able to make up for the lost time of 70 years between father and daughter with Eléonore.
- As Angelina wished, I want her to know happiness like the others. - .....
- Shouji ... - Yes, Guy?
- But you... - Is it possible that you already met her?
PAGE 68
- What are you saying, Guy?! - Of course not! I wouldn't lie to you!
- I lived my life all for this moment, the day I will finally see Eléonore. - I'm not stupid enough to spoil it!
- I obviously wanted to see her before but I didn't go to Quibéron! - !
- Did something happen? Tell me, Guy!
- Sorry, Shouji... - I didn't doubt your word, I just wanted to confirm that...
- What do you mean? - Eléonore is in a bizarre state! - Huh?!
PAGE 69
- She's just like... - A puppet.
- I don't know how to smile... - I'm a pretty doll.
- And I already saw you before, Grandpa... I remember the last time...
PAGE 70
- and the time befor that... - and the another one before...
- No... - This cannot be!
- Until today, I never saw you... - Never!!
- It's as if I told her "be a doll"!!
- Grandpa, I must be a puppet... - Because I was hated...
- What?! - Oh... Oh... - Who pretend to be me and told her such things?!
PAGE 71
- All that so I could protect this child. - Shouji, hurry, bring Eléonore back to Japan!
- According to the plan, it should take more time, but right now, we must quickly protect Eleonore and bring her to a safe place!
- I know it's hard to believe, but... - I feel like there is a third shadow here!
- This shadow is trying to conspire against Eléonore!
- We are going to Japan... - Eléonore.
- Elé... onore? - That's wrong, Grandpa.
PAGE 72
- My name is "Shirogane". - I'm unable to smile. I'm a pretty doll...
PAGE 73
- My name is "Shirogane". - I'm unable to smile. I'm a pretty doll...
- This isn't the tuth, Eléonore... - Your name is Eléonore. - Who the hell said such things to this child?!
ACT 39 - The Identity of the Shadow
- I know that her education was severe.
- But she's only a child... - Her eyes are devoid of expression, just like her face!
- I know the shirogane, but I never met one like that...
PAGE 74
- What have they said to this child?!
- Eléonore, come to Japan... - Come with me!
- I must keep her away from this person. - I'll protect my daughter in Japan!
- Yes. - In Japan I'll protect a little boy...
- A little boy? - what is she saying? [small text] - Ok, that's fine, Let's go together!
- Eléonore!
- Elénore, come here please.
- The Automata are starting to activate around the world.
PAGE 75
- Because of this, we need to send all the shirogane to various parts of the world to destroy them. - Eléonore, you're going to Eastern Europe.
- Alright. - But me and Eléonore must...
- I'm sorry, Mr. Shouji. - "Shirogane" is an automata destroyer.
- That's how it is, Grandpa. - Ah... - Don't do that, Eléonore!
- We have to go to Japan to live at peace.
PAGE 76
- ELÉONORE!!
- Grandpa, we have met several times before this.
- How can she say that? This is the first time I'm seeing this child...
- Yes, you've been here a few times already. - What? Me?
- Are you sure? - You said some pretty mysterious things. - And each time, you were given explanations on the mechanism of the puppets.
PAGE 77
- No, I wouldn't be so cold...
- What is she saying?! - It's like what Guy told me! - Shouji, Is it possible that you already met her?
- Who came here in my place... - Who came to Quiberon?!
- Who misled Lucille and the others... - And who went on to brainwash Eléonore saying she was a doll?!
PAGE 78
- Shouji, it's hard to believe, but I think there is an evil shadow out there. - And that shadow is planning something with Eléonore.
- This shadow... - We are the only ones in the world that know...
- Shouji, do you remember the incident that night, at the Kuroga Village, 72 years ago? - Yes, at the time of the attack of the automata, the villagers weren't at the village.
- Yes, at that moment they said that. - "Mr. Shouji organized a party with lots of good things to eat." - "and all the villagers are invited to it!"
- But I don't remember doing that... - If you think about it, at that time, this shadow had already begun to pretend to be you ... - But who? Automata?
- Do not tell me this idea did not come through, Shouji! - ...
PAGE 79
- Some shirogane aren't able to feel the presence of the automata. - and our puppets weren't near us at that time.
- Since that day, until now, someone is at this for 72 years.
- Except for automata, this can only be someone who has know both of us for a long time.
- A shirogane?
- Probably. So someone who is likely to pass for you without rising suspicion. - Someone who can explain the mechanism and the description of the puppets...
- Don't tell me that... - DON'T YOU TELL ME THAT...
PAGE 80
- Sadayoshi Saiga. - Also known for his Shirogane name, Dean Maistre.
PAGE 81
- It's him... It's him... - I know it sounds crazy but It would be possible because it's been a long time since we know each other.
- I don't see who else could it be. - So suddenly...
- What does he want by pretending to be me?! - For now, we don't know yet... But I'm going to investigate it.
- I never thought that Sadayoshi... - ... killed Angelina!
- And made Eléonore like that
PAGE 82
- And then, the months passed by. - Shirogane (Eléonore) went to battle in Hungary and Romania. - Guy and Shouji went to investigate information on Sadayoshi (Dean).
- Dean? Ah, the captain of the inner forces, right? - Well, what's going on, Guy?
- I would like to know how he became a shirogane. - Lucille already explained a little, but the person who recruited him is the same who recruited you too, right? Rockenfield?
- Ah, Valentin? Valentun Sharkov. He's dead. - I heard about it. It was in Caribbean.
- Did you hear anything from him about Dean?
- A little, he was recruited before me by Valentin. - Yes, around 1820, a city that seems to be Irkutsk.
PAGE 83
- Irkutsk, In Mongolia, near Soviet territory, to the east. - It is written only in the shiroganes' archives.
- It's strange, Guy. - Huh?
- Valentin lived in a village on Lake Baikal. - There, he found him suffering from zonapha syndrome
- That's all he told me while he was alive. He wasn't near the lake. - He also found that the disease wasn't spreaded around there.
- But ... - Dean would have been a Shirogane when Valentin recruited him ... - But on that, I have no information.
- But, where did Dean was when he caught zonapha syndrome? - Who gave him the Aqua Vitae to turn him into a shirogane?!
PAGE 84
- 7 years have passed since Shouji saw Eléonore for the first time in Quiberon.
- 1989, Tokyo. - Ah, I see, Guy.
- Me too, I used all in my reach to seek information on Sadayoshi's past, but in vain.
- That one night at the Kuroga Village, maybe he was there...
- Who, even the members of the troop he leaded didn't know him before.
- But Guy, I'm still not Convinced that's him.
- Shouji, it's still dangerous to trust him...
- Sorry, I'm busy. - Come in!
PAGE 85
- Am I a nuisance, father?
- No, no! - What's up, Sadayoshi?
- ...Nothing.
- I arrived a little suddenly... - Well?
- My lover will have a child.
- WHAT?! - But we never talked about that, not even once!
PAGE 86
- So, get married! - HAHAHAHAHA! - Impossible, it's too soon!
- Sadayoshi...
- Money should do to take care of his education, right? - His name will be Masaru.
- I... - I really like how this name can be written with the kanji of "victory".
- Ah... wait, Sadayoshi! - At that moment, Sadayoshi showed me a face that I had never seen in him before.
PAGE 87
- I am Masaru Saiga. - I'm an 5th grader.
- I came here to understand where I came from and started this trip ... - And I saw the memories of Shouji, my grandfather.
- At first, I thought it had nothing to do with the mysteries around me, but now, Shouji's memories show me my father.
- Why did my father leave me all his inheritance? What does he want from me?
- My father's past is related to my present.
PAGE 88
- Father... - I forgot how your face was like.
- But finally... - I remember it.
- SADAYOSHI! (Father)
PAGE 89
- WOW! Look at how many puppets, grandpa! - Are you surprised? Masaru, the Saiga has a long tradition with these.
- I didn't really understand what father told me. - I didn't know it was yours at all.
- I see... - You had never seen it before.
- What do you mean, Grandpa? - Masaru, listen carefully what your grandpa is about to tell you.
- if your father disappears before you become and adult...
- if anything bad happens... - you will take this suitcase and run away immediately!
PAGE 90
- And then I continued to see the memories of my grandfather.
- We are in 1997, the year of the fight between my grandfather and my father.
- Puppet: Sadayoshi Saiga [paper]
- Sadayoshi, what is your plan... - What the hell are you plotting?!
- What was the starting point that led to this scene?
PAGE 91 (new chapter)
ACT 40 - 3 years later
- January 2nd, 1997. - At the Saiga Residence, in Tokyo. - Hahaha, grandpa, you are so slow!
- What are you saying, Masaru? I'm gonna win! - Whoa! You're fast now, Grandpa!
- I won!
- Incredible, grandpa! You passed me easily!
PAGE 92
- Heheh, you were very good too! - Masaru, how old are you? - This year I'm turning 8.
- I see, so it's been a year and a half since you moved to live here, huh? - Yes. Last year, the my father's lover, my mother, died.
- Remember, Masaru, when I found you weeping. - But in this big house, I did not have anyone to confide to me ...
- Come on... - A little boy crying ... - It's a shame, huh. - Who is it?
PAGE 93
- Shouji Saiga - Your grandpa!
- Yes, I felt lonely, that's right... - But, that's not true. My grandfather is there for me.
- Ohhh! How kind of you! - Haha! That hurts, Grandpa!
- Uh, I wish a happy new year to all of you ... - Why do you bother and tire your grandfather on his day off?! - That's right, you're hurting grandfather!
- I'm .. I'm sorry ... - Do you think this is enough, poor kid? - Heck, this is the son of the dad's misstress...
- Happy New Year to you too, who dares to take on someone smaller than you!
PAGE 95
- Grandpa... - Happy new year for you too! - No, well, I thought that you would be tired and.. - Y-yes, that's what we thought!
- Oh!
- D-dad!
PAGE 96
- Oh, Happy new year for you, Father. - Yes, yes...
- Now, let us pass.
- Father, let's go to Karuizawa tonight. - Yes, you already told us about your mansion!
- That night, at the Karuizawa mansion, in the Nagano region. - Sadayoshi's Villa, a mechanical manor.
PAGE 97
- Sadayoshi wants to talk with me? - What does he want to talk about...
- Maybe he wants to talk to me about what happened there!
- When he passed as me at Quiberon. What did you tell Eleonore?
- And 87 years ago, when Angelina died in the hands of the automata, were you involved in this?
PAGE 98
- Guy and I did some research, but your Shirogane origins are still a mystery. - And then, what I want to know above all else is what you're planning.
- But...
- Maybe it's something I don't want to hear. - What is Sadayoshi's objective!?
- The secret "parent-child" bond between Eléonore and me, and why Sadayoshi took my appearance several times... I would like to understand why.
- Sorry for the wait, Shouji.
- It's okay, I understand. At home, all your children might listen to your flattery at me. - Hahaha! Don't scare me!
PAGE 99
- If the original leader of the Saiga Company dies, - All positions of the other Saiga would be at stake. - I imagine that as the current president, it would be favorable to you.
- No, I don't want to kill you.
- I see, I think I must scare you in some way.
- It's a good joke, huh, Shouji?
- What did you want to talk about today? - Yes, it's about the problem "missing Kuroga".
- The Kuroga puppeteers?
- The puppets that Shouji created have been used recently by the puppeteers of Kuroga. - Some people have used these dolls to make money, which has become Shouji's main problem.
PAGE 100
- These people work in a kind of community where they are killers. - The Saiga ... No, shiroganes don't have to know. - If I recall correctly, I heard that there was a rebellion that amounted to a little less than twenty people in the village... - That's what the villagers told me.
- It won't work ... it will only be a stimulant for them. - And there will be many others who will follow them after, right? - Hmm, but, what to do?
- The village of Kuroga, huh ...
- We don't need it.
- W-What?
- Since 1982, the automata have quickly spread their activities in the world, isn't it? - Among the Shiroganes, there were conflicts over their "last rent"...
PAGE 101
- But 10 years later, the activity of shiroganes has decreased. - And until today, for five years, shiroganes have still paid attention to the presence of automata. - but apparently, no trace of their activity was found...
- And so?
- So that means the business between the Saiga family and the Shiroganes will surely end. - And that...
- The mission of the Saiga family... - which is to create puppets, would go bankrupt.
- But what are we going to do about the village of Kuroga? - Read this.
- What is this? - My notes. - Look at section 16 and 17.
PAGE 102
- 17, Masaru. Masaru is the bait.
- Like two dogs biting each other and losing. - After the shirogane have destroyed all the automata, - The dolls will no longer be needed, and so the puppeteers, the people of Kuroga, will be pushed to suicide.
- We can say that they will be replaced. - What... Masaru? What is it?! - Look again at 16
- 16, Shirogane.
- Shiroganes will destroy all automata. - And then, with the Shirogane tool, the Saiga will continue to make dolls. - And then, even after a hundred years, these two enemy clans will continue to fight.
PAGE 103
- But the mission of the Saiga has come to an end - Dolls will eventually be destroyed by shiroganes.
- The head of the Saiga family must give the Kuroga village something to be able to improve in this art, to use these puppets.
- Oh yes, Grimaldi is... - Yes, the threads are not tight enough, so... - OK, we take care of it. And the next? - Yes, it's Pentagon Knocker.
- What's left is the people of Kuroga. - Just get rid of it so that the mission of the Saiga persists.
- That's why I thought of another method.
PAGE 104
- I made a child to my mistress. His name is Masaru.
- If I die, it is Masaru who will inherit the entirety of my fortune. - The other brothers and sisters of Masaru will surely try to attack him.
- To do so, they will ask those who have held a link with the Saiga... - The people of Kuroga.
- And then, if Masaru gets adopted... - It will surely be Zenji who will want to have a hand on all the fortune.
- My brother Zenji, with the people of kuroga... - will secure Masaru.
- Then, having Masaru between these two clans, they will destroy each other with the puppets.
- This will be the end of Kuroga people.
PAGE 105
- SADAYOSHI, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?! - ARE YOU USING MASARU FOR SUCH A MONSTRUOSITY?!
- IS MASARU A BAIT?!
- Relax, Shouji. - Je m'excuse si tu dois trouver une personne responsable.
- I'm sorry if you have to find a responsible person.
- We are shiroganes, who have to endure a long and painful life, and who have constantly camouflaged us... - Since we did not create 27 family members?
PAGE 106
- You and I are father and son, am I right? - And my wife, who is dead ... It was not supposed to have these children.
- We can say that these people who are my "real" children were just collected by me.
- And then the one who became my brother, Zenji, and who is supposed to be your son too... - It was only recovered from a body, huh.
- The fertility rate of shiroganes is very low. - But you are an exception, isn't that right, Shouji?
- ..... - They aren't my children... They are not!
- I see... So listen to what I'm going to tell you.
- To reach the right goal, you have to use these 27 members of the family. - All resistance is futile and it's too late... the plan is already done.
PAGE 107
- Sadayoshi, what are you saying?!
- SO WHAT?
- Hahaha! It's a joke!!
- Forget all that. The plan too, I was kidding. - Who will worry about Kuroga's killers?
- Shouji was horrified. - Contrary to what Sadayoshi said, he took it very seriously.
- Yes... - Lucille.
- Fifteen years ago, we had this discussion. - But now, looking for soft stone in Japan, can Eleonore, also known as "Shirogane", be sent to Japan?
PAGE 108
- Masaru! - I treasure you just like my real daughter... - I'm worried about you! I must protect you from Sadayoshi.
- Masaru, if something serious should happen... - You will take this suitcase and you will run away immediately. - The clockworks of time began to get in its places.
- My daughter who is a shirogane will be easily able to protect Masaru. - Like that instead of having to fight against automata, she will also be safer.
- Shirogane will protect you. - Just as Sadayoshi had predicted.
PAGE 109 (new chapter)
ACT 41 - Kuroga Village, 1997
- 1997, Tokyo. Saiga Residence.
- Is it time to use puppets that I built and sent from Japan for shirogane?
PAGE 110
- Good morning!
- Monsieur Shouji! - My name is Dean!
PAGE 111
- Shouji, let's make a company! Ce sera beaucoup plus pratique. - It could be called "Saiga Mecanichs", it'll be good!
- But, sir, it's raining outside... - Even if we can't predict it every year, climbing the mountains is not recommended.
- Ah, but I'll only go to the villa, if it is not possible, I will return. - Don't worry.
- Grandpa...
- I'll be back soon, Masaru.
PAGE 112
- Sir! - Yes, you can go, it's okay. - I'm going to drive alone today
- It's Quiberon instructions. Become the new leader of a shirogane group.
- It's been 40 years since we are together, Shouji and Angelina. - Goodbye.
- Angelina - gives birth to a healthy child, ok?
PAGE 113
- Since milady died, our sire is like that. - It's no surprise. They had such a strong bond.
- Excuse me, can I pass?
- ...
PAGE 114
- Sadayoshi... - Why did you come here...
- Shouji... - Shouji, keep strong... I couldn't fullfill my mission.
- Hold it! - I'm with you.
- What a story... - Until you're feeling better, I'll do your job for you.
- I'm sorry, Sadayoshi. - I have at least a thousand collaborators...
PAGE 115
- Me and my lover will be having a kid.
- His name will be Masaru.
- Masaru is the bait. The puppeteers of Kuroga will come biting themselves like two dogs for him. - What the hell are you saying?! - Are you using Masaru for such a thing?!
- PFFF.. - Anyway... - Resistance is futile now.
- What Sadayoshi told me was more than just a joke. - I have to hurry, there's no time to lose!
- How could he plan such a thing?
PAGE 116
- And then, what did you do to my daughter Eléonore...
- That's what you told me, Grandpa. - "Forget your emotions, you're a pretty doll"
- And the incident at Kuroga Village in 1910... - Was Sadayoshi Behind all that?!
- Despite the suspicions I had... - I always had the benefit of the doubt.
- But... - It was until now....
PAGE 117
- Hello?
- HELP MEEEEEEEEEE! [brush text]
- .....!?
- Hello? Can you hear me? This is the hotline of hell!
- Sadayoshi!
- Sadayoshi, what was that voice I heard?!
PAGE 118
- Ooh, looks like you have good hearing!
- I'll give you a hint. This is an old village that you have known in the past. - In that village, a rare disease had been spread!
- This is the Zonapha Syndrome. - You must come to the village, otherwise it will spread even more.
- The Kuroga Village... - THE KUROGA VILLAGE?! SADAYOSHI, YOU MONSTER!
- Come. - And of course, don't even try to contact the Shirogane HQ or Guy.
PAGE 119
- SADAYOSHI, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!
- He did it! - He revealed his true colors!!
- I didn't thought that! - Guy, your suspicions were right... - I didn't thought it!
- But it's still shocking! - I'm coming!
- Before... Before you ... - Before you do what I think you will!
PAGE 120-121
- You came, Shouji. - About time!
PAGE 122
- .... - Sadayoshi, you...
- Why are you...
- So this is your doing. - Shouji.
- What? - It's been a long time... - I can finally tell you what I ressent...
PAGE 123
- Ressent?! - Sadayoshi, I...
- Shhhh!
- You always do the talk... - I've been waiting for this moment for more than 100 years.
- I've waited for this... - Since you took Angelina.
- An... - Angelina?
PAGE 124
- Yes. - Angelina was wonderful.
- She remembers me a bit my first love...
- When she smiled, my heart was illuminated like the shining sun.
Each of hes movements burned the flame of my heart.
- We were both in Quiberon destroying automata... - But it did not make me alive anymore to be with her.
PAGE 125
- Sadayoshi... - But then you...
- Yes, Shouji. - I already had my eyes on Angelina... - Way before you.
- ... - And she suddenly disappeared from Quiberon. - And at that time, the communications were different ...
PAGE 126
- Went to Japan in a place like Kojima - Who is completely uncilized!
- I'll die of laughter!
PAGE 127 (new chapter)
- Sadayoshi, have you always been... - In love with Angelina?
ACT 42 - Sadayoshi vs Shouji
- EXACTLY, SHOUJI!
PAGE 128
- But would someone as nice as you have pay attention to that?!
- Before you saw her during the Edo period... - She had lived in France!
- And I was attracted to her since that moment!
- During her absence, it broke my heart!
- But it wasn't the biggest shock!
PAGE 129
- The biggest shock was that after 28 years staying in Japan, she married a primitive monkey! - And that's you, Shouji!!
- Why did you hide that from me? - We'll help you right now, in Japan...
- I thought Angelina would have hesitated a little before getting married to you! - So I thought she was probably going to open her eyes and I could wait patiently!
PAGE 130
- But... - I'm going to have a baby. - This is wonderful, Angelina!
- Congratulations, Shouji. You were the one Angelina loved.
PAGE 131
A partir de lá, je n'étais plus une petite lumiére pour Angelina.
- From there on, I was no longer a light for Angelina.
- I had chosen... - a bad woman!
- So to steal the soft stone, you attacked the village of Kuroga... - Just after the birth... the soft stone... in my wife's body
- I was stubborn enough to do that!
PAGE 132
- What?!
- So... - You pissed me off now, Sadayoshi.
PAGE 133
- YOU BASTARD!!
- SADAYOSHIII!!
PAGE 134
- WHY?! - ANGELINA TRUSTED YOU WITH ALL OF HEART!
- HAHAHA! WOULD YOU BELIEVE IN A WOMAN OUT OF YOUR REACH?! - I'LL CHOSE MY IDEALS!
- AND THAT'S THE SOFT STONE!
PAGE 135
- What are you saying?! - You fool, I won't repeat it anymore!
- FOR THE ETERNAL LIFE!
- Eternal life?
- Before you die, let me explain, Shouji.
PAGE 136
- When we drank the Aqua Vitae... - the one created from the Soft Stone. - More than 200 years ago... - A man created it!
- A wandering alchemist who wanted to put an end to Zonapha Syndrome once for all and gave Aqua Vitae to the survivors of the Village of Krogh. - That was when the shiroganes began.
- By doctor Bai-Yin...
- But the Aqua Vitae he had himself created melted... - That's how our knowledge of automata and our destiny to fight them began.
PAGE 137
- But it's been a long time since I say... - that this first man...
- Was a real fool!
- What do you mean?
- Cure all diseases, strengthen vitality, keep memories in a liquid that must be in a body to be able to be recreated... - To die for others...
- HAHAHA! How ridiculous! There is nothing more stupid than that!
PAGE 138
- DAMN YOU!! - Alors, tu te consideres un meilleur homme que le docteur Bai-Yin, c'est ça?
- Comme un... - Shirogane.
- Every five years, we age one year. Look, how old are both of us? - This is unbearable for me.
- There is no rejuvenation effect. - Shiroganes age, even if it's slower.
- but it's different.
PAGE 139
- Don't worry... - always stay strong... - Don't forget things. - That's having an ideal and unchangeable body.
- ... - Automata.
- That's it! - I immensely envy our enemies!
- Even if we replace the pieces of an automaton, its presence continues to exist forever!
- So with the aqua vitae, I think I could also replace my "pieces".
- These pieces of my flesh body.
PAGE 140
- And your conscience? Sadayoshi ... - Yes, of course, shouji.
- What this first man did, did it on a small scale
- if a person can blend into the Aqua Vitae... - Another person can limp too.
- If I do so, my memories and my personality will be able to find refuge in a new body and live through as a "reincarnation".
- And more than that the body will continue to reincarnate and will remain a body of Shirogane
- That's it... the eternal life you say.
PAGE 141
- With soft stone, you can create Aqua Vitae. - The body must not be old to contain it, otherwise it will melt. - If it is a young body that drinks it then it is possible to have the eternal victim.
- So everything you wanted... - It was soft stone! - Enforced with such a plan, Angelina would have ...
- It was a failure... using your face, I was able to chase these villagers.
- Like automata, I launched the attack myself with my dolls ... - All that so that in the end, the soft stone is not in Angelina's body.
- So, Shouji, before you die, tell me.
PAGE 142-143
- WHERE IS THE SOFT STONE?
PAGE 144
- Bastards like you... - DESERVE THE WORST!
PAGE 145 (new chapter)
ACT 43 - SADAYOSHI'S PLAN
- YOU HIT ME, SHOUJI, YOU HIT MEEEEEEE!!! - Ah! A Fire Grenade!
- BUT WE ARE SHIROGANE! - WE ARE RESISTENT!
PAGE 146
- It's the same with a magnum... - !?
- Yeah, that's right, that's why...
PAGE 147
- Blinding me you could cut the threads! - Not bad, Shouji!
- "Father"!
- Now I understand why you caused that incident 87 years ago to find the Soft Stone.
- But there is something else I would like to know!
- Why did you involve young Eléonore pretending to be me?! - And tell her "you're a doll"?!
PAGE 148
- My beloved Eléonore... - My biological daughter!!
- Sadayoshi... no, Dean! - Damn it, what are you plotting!?
- Shouji... - Have you ever heard of the "Download" theory?
- Answer my question, Dean! - Wait and listen to me, Shouji, you're too impatient.
- There was no soft stone in Angelina's body ...
PAGE 149
- I was waiting on the next opportunity.... - And I was surprised to learn it!
- Just one doll came back... - A fully destroyed doll who came to report that the soft stone was not there.
- And, in a way, I did not believe it
- I thought you and Guy understood, but you didn't think of me...
- The soft stone was vital to my plan, but it wasn't there anymore.
- So... - I started to study.
PAGE 150
- Theory of the Human Download... - That's the theory saying that there is a way to transfer information contained in electrical signals from one person's brain to another's, right?
- That's right, Shouji. - I started studying that.
- The approach is, from a soft stone, I merge into the Aqua Vitae ... - And when a second person drinks this Aqua Vitae, it becomes "me"... So how to find another way to get there without the Soft Stone?
- The donwload is a completely perfect method. - With the Aqua Vitae method, the memories are not completely transferred, they are incomplete.
- In fact, we shiroganes don't know the identity of the person who created the first soft stone. - We only know that it was Bai-Yin who made us drink the Aqua Vitae.
PAGE 151
- And what does that have to do with my question? - It was a long time. - It took me decades to study it!
- Shouji, you and Guy did not report this village to Quiberon, did you?
- That's what I told myself. I changed plans. - For fear that you speak about it, I changed my method and I studied the Download theory.
- and what did you say to Eléonore?
- Over there... - I was Dean in Quiberon... I went back there to make an ordinary report when it happened.
PAGE 152
- It was... - It was as if I saw Angelina once again.
PAGE 153
- this Shirogane was just a child, but...
- She was 100% identical to my first love.
- Who would be at her side? - Who would protect her!?
- Hahaha. No, no, impossible... - Because that's how I got in touch with Angelina.
- Like an older brother or a father... - I'll protect her!
PAGE 154
- And what was the result of that?
- She ran away from Quiberon without saying anything to me.
- She ran away and married a stranger...
- So what? - I'm thinking.
- How to create links ... - ... Between this girl and me?
- I realized it quickly enough.
- Indeed, I cann't use now the download experiment!
PAGE 155
- Instead of protecting her... - it'll be she who will protect me! - In order to become human... - You'll have to protect a little boy called Masaru.
- I have to make sure that she wants to protect me and that she does it at all costs! - She must not run away! - You forgot to smile, you're like a pretty doll. - But I'm sure that someday, will smile again
- Being a doll is not good.
PAGE 156
- In order to become human again and to be able to live your life, you will have to protect a boy named Masaru. - After that, you will not be a doll anymore! - Shirogane!
- And I, I will become... - "Masaru"!
[T.N: This is a wordplay with Masaru's name kanji, which happens to be the same Kanji as "victory". He meant it like "Victory will be mine" or "I will be Victorious". Whenever they write his name quoted they are doing that]
PAGE 157
- This "Masaru" which will have, thanks to the download, my memories and my personality and Eléonore... - By then, this bond will be absolute and indestructible!
- That way, I would have the two things I wanted, right?
- The first thing, the one I wanted for a long time, that is to say, to have eternal life: I WILL HAVE A NEW BODY. - And the second thing, I'll be able to keep the links that I wanted to preserve with A MAGNIFICENT PROTECTOR.
- So? - That's well thought, no? - What are you saying... What you thought, Dean ...
PAGE 158
- Manipulating Eléonore's life like this... - Why did you need to do that, why did you had to pretend to be me?
- Sorry, Shouji! Do you think I didn't love you?
- I teased you quite enough, I just wanted to make a joke e taking your face!
- What stole Angelina, it's that cool face... your face! - I adopted this change for my next love!
PAGE 159
- DISGUSTING... - YOU MAKE ME WANNA VOMIT!
- My plan is pretty disturbing, huh ...
- When I finished plotting my download plan... - I had planned this "Masaru" in Japan... And of course, it was necessary that Shirogane (Eleanor) was also called there!
- And you're the one who could bring Shirogane to Japan! - With your face, if I asked Lucile and the others to send her to Japan, it must have been able to work...
- But... - It was not necessary!
- HAHAHAHA! Obviously, Shouji, It's been 100 years we know each other! If you wanted, you could know what I wanted to do !!
PAGE 160
- You already asked Eleanor to come to Japan !! - AH!
- To be able to search for the soft stone ... - I need a young shirogane with me, in Japan please.
- Isn't that a good joke?! I didn't even need to bring her myself!
- You... - Yes, in 1982, Eleanor could not be called to come to Japan because of the fight with the automata around the world.
- For me, it suited me. - At that time I was looking for the good "Masaru", and wasn't done studying the donwload yet!
- And today it's been 15 years since all preparations are ready!
PAGE 161
- That's why I showed you those documents!
- That documents? - AH!
- Masaru is the bait and he'll inherit all my fortune. - And this will be the beginning of the gear for puppeteers.
- Do not tell me, Dean... - What did you predict... That's what you showed me?
- Do you understand? Seeing these documents ... - You thought you wanted to protect your "grandson", Masaru, huh?
- THEN THAT YOU HAVE FOOLED ELÉONORE? - Is it now possible to bring Eleanor to Japan?
PAGE 162
- And I believe you said the following to Masaru... - "Shirogane will protect you", huh?
- What if I made the download on Masaru? What do you think about it?!
- You ... - YOUR OWN SON !! - You used him for this ?!
- Yes, and now. - YOU WILL DIE HERE!
PAGE 163 (new chapter)
- I see ... you created "false links" with Eleonore. - And you told her "to become human again, you'll have to protect a boy".
- Not only that, if you become this child ... - Eléonore will never be able to escape you!
ACT 44 - COUNTERATTACK
- EXACTLY! - So, by bringing Eléonore to Japan and talking to her about Masaru, you are no longer useful to me! - DIE, SHOUJI!
- You broke the trust that Angelina and I had for you, Dean! - I WILL NOT EVER FORGIVE YOU!
PAGE 164
ACT 44 - COUNTERATTACK
- AAAAAH!
- PAGE 165
- Heh! - Did you see the inventory of choices I have? - But... - Captain Nemo was a good man, right?
- Answer me, Dean! - Have you finished downloading your conscience on Masaru?
- Today, when you left, was there anything different about Masaru? - After I killed you, I'll gently take care of his brain and insert my mind into it.
- I see...
- Hey, but you allow yourself to smile... Do not tell me you think you can fight, Shouji? - I see...
PAGE 166
- Is it an original car or not? - Is there a powerful weapon hidden inside?
- No, no such kind of weapons. - No, you would not have gone out that way...
- Anyway, you're going to die here and...
- Ah, do you want to run away?! How cute!
- I won't lose!
- I can't die here, I have to save the villagers from the disease and save Masaru!
PAGE 167
- HAAH!
PAGE 168
[only sfx]
PAGE 169
- Ohhh, such a beautiful thing.
- Well, well...
- Shouji! I know this isn't enough to kill you.
PAGE 170
- Where are you? Show your face, Shouji! - The weapons in your car are all burning!
- Oh, there you are...
- There were no weapons in the car!
- Ah ok, I'm sorry... It's you who held captive Angelina like a child, huh. - With just a sword.
PAGE 171
- You didn't even noticed that I despised you.
- It was you who kept me from being a good person... - And you left me like that...
- And you became a poor looser.
- It will be Golermes who will destroy you ...
PAGE 172
- Until now, you have never seen anything like this before. - You understood? That's what will kill you.
- If his fists touch you, I'll win because it'll smash your head.
- It looks a lot... - For me too, the time has come...
- It was true what Angelina said at that moment...
- But, Dean, can you just answer a question? - What a presence! Yes, what is it?
PAGE 173
- You asked me in the beginning where the Soft Stone was.
- But, isn't it funny? - To have eternal life without the soft stone, you had to find another alternative to get there, did you develop this?
- Why are you no longer worried about not finding soft stone after all these years?
- Pff - Indeed, Shouji. - You are a good observer!
- I'll donwload my mind into Masaru's body. - And Eleanor will protect me.
- But didn't you think that ... - The download is done in the body of a normal child. And this normal body will age normally?
PAGE 174
- But Eléonore only ages a year every five years. - So suddenly, Masaru will become more quickly an old gentleman, right?
- The download is done each time in the body of a child. - This would be a problem because it will be necessary each time to start over again and recreate the links between the two.
- That does not make sense. - To have eternal life... - I have to follow the same path as Eléonore that I follow her steps.
- So, in the end, I need the soft rock!
- With the soft rock I'll get Aqua Vitae and live Eternally!
PAGE 175
- Shouji, do you know where the soft stone is? - Tell me before you die.
- At best, I'll be able to find a registry that will tell me... - I think that after having downloaded my mind on Masaru, I'll have time to look for it.
- This fire... - It burns pretty well...
- What are you talking about, turn around!
- What are you talking about?
- Once you have made the download on Masaru, can you look for it quietly? - That's impossible...
- What do you mean?
PAGE 176
- For the download, you have registered all your memories, your personality and your knowledge via the electrical signals. - Is all this huge data and this complex equipment necessary?
- ... - Why are you asking me that?
- Do you think I didn't watch you?
- Do not you think I'm an idiot who didn't suspect you once and did not know a thing?
- You know nothing! - Shouji !!
- Did I really arrive late here? - Why do you think I came late?
- No... - Shouji, do not tell me that ...
PAGE 177
- It's burning wildly, right? - That's your precious little data burning.