Woman: She runs through the freeway on all fours, at 100 kilometres an hour. // Her mouth goes all the way up to her ears and she runs beside cars shouting “I saw you!”
Man: Haha! You hear a lot of urban legends like that.
Woman: But I’m scared!
Man: How cute. / I’m here, so there’s no reason to be afraid. // Hmm? What’s wrong?
40-41.
Couple: There she is!!
Text: Chapter 2 - Running Kagome
42.
Box: One hour ago
Man 1: Hey, close that curtain. / We might be seen by the kidnapper.
Man 2: Security is ready.
Man 1: Alright.
43.
Man 1: Let’s review the situation while we wait for the kidnapper to make contact.
Man 2: The 5 year old victim Rika is the only daughter of Kenjiro Honma, a 41 year old company manager and owner of this house. // Around the time that the incident took place, it is believed that a thief broke into the house.
Man 1: Where were her parents?
Man 2: Mr. Honma was at work, while his wife Miyako accompanied him as company director. // Rie should have been at nursery, but was sleeping at home because she had a cold.
Man 1: Was she alone?
Man 2: No, the housekeeper was at home. // It seems that the perpetrator broke in while the housekeeper was out shopping.
Man 1: He got in by breaking the glass…
44.
Man 1: When the housekeeper got back from shopping, she found this
Paper: I’ve kidnapped your daughter. Have 1 billion yen ready and wait for my phone call.
Man 2: He seems to be well aware of their situation…
Man 1: The housekeeper contacted Mr. Honma and the parents reported the incident to the police when they returned home.
Kagome: I’m sorry! // It’s my fault! I…
Man 2: That won’t make any difference now. Leave the rest to the police…
45.
Kagome: No, it is my fault. // There’s another thing I want to ask you.
Man: Hmm? // Blood?
Honma: It’s Lucky’s blood.
Text 1: The cat Rika loved.
Text 2: It must have been the kidnapper…
Kagome: Then where is its body? // Eh? I’m sure that earlier…
46.
Kagome: Letting my employer’s child get kidnapped was a terrible failure… // It’ll be bad for the guardians’ reputation. // Lucky, you poor cat! / You were trying to protect your owner…
Text: and you got killed.
Kagome: I’m going to save Rika. // Help me. // The spirit of the cat which has died with regrets / come out from your cage.
47.
Kagome: Possess me // and take me to the person who killed you!
Man: Hey! What are you doing on top of the roof?
48.
Man 1: Whoa!
Man 2: What was that?
49.
Woman: But I’m scared!
Man: How cute.
Woman: Ah…
Man: What’s wrong?
Couple: There she is!
53.
Kagome: I’m close! // Very close!
54-55.
Kagome: Almost there! // Over there…?
57.
Kagome: Give me back my kitten!
Man: Who… // are you?!
59.
Kagome: I’ve come to pick you up, Rika. Let’s go home together.
Rika: Noooo! Don’t come near me!
Kagome: Ah
Rika: I’m scared! // Mama!
In panel: Don’t come near me! I’m scared! Don’t come near me!
60.
Man 1: The perpetrators were badly injured, but they survived. // They were originally employed by Mr. Honma, but were sacked because of their bad attitude to work. / They were motivated by money and resentment. // Rika returned home safe and sound.
Man 2: What happened to the housekeeper then?
Man 1: Well…about that…
Man 2: Hurry up and say it!
Man 1: I don’t know anything. / Even the recruitment agency she worked for had no recollection of her.
Man 2: What?
61.
Man 1: What are you saying? Who is she then?
Man 2: Who knows…
Kagome: Goodbye, Rika. / I won’t be able to see you anymore…
62.
Kagome: That girl got kidnapped… // and saw frightening things… // I’m a failure as a guardian.
Text: Kagome, Kagome When will the caged bird be free?
[T/N: This is an extract from a Japanese children’s rhyme called “Kagome, Kagome”]
Kagome: I still need more training.https://mangahelpers.com/t/yukihito/releases/16282[English] [Translation] I'm Kagome 1 by yukihito2009-09-21T21:20:40+00:00yukihitoadmin@mangahelpers.comFor Rurouni Scanlation Productions
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Notes:
The chapter titles are references to certain things, but I haven’t figured out where all of them came from.
Chapter 2: It could be the book/film “Running Man”. (I’m not sure though) Chapter 3: “White Angel” - A 1936 film about Florence Nightingale/also a name given to nurses by Florence Nightingale. Chapter 4: Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) - A 1976 novel which has been adapted into several films. Chapter 5: Tokusatsu is a form of live action drama that features superheroes and makes use of special effects. The meaning of the word Tokusatsu is “special effects”.
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4.
[Top of page] Contents
Chapter 1: I am Kagome.
Chapter 2: Running Kagome.
Chapter 3: Kagome is a maid.
Chapter 4: Kagome is a “White Angel”.
Chapter 5: The Kagome who leapt through time.
Chapter 6: Kagome is a Tokusatsu star.
Chapter 7: Kagome is a guardian angel.
Chapter 8: Kagome is double booked.
“My name is Kagome.” - a collection of early designs.
Postscript
[Text at the bottom of the page] This is a work of fiction and has no connection to actual individuals or organisations.
5.
Chapter 1: I am Kagome.
6.
Shingo: On the way home from school, / when I stopped by the hospital Mom was at
Mom: Ah…Shingo…
Shingo: a young woman that I didn’t know / was moving around the room strangely and beating the air.
7.
Shingo: Mom…who’s that?
Mom: From today, she’ll be helping us out at home.
Shingo: Helping us out?
Mom: I got a call from Dad. // He was sent overseas all of a sudden and won’t be able to come back.
Shingo: Eh? I didn’t know about that!
Mom: Well, it was a sudden decision. I won’t be able to leave the hospital yet. / I decided to have Kagome look after you.
Kagome: You’re Shingo-kun, aren’t you?
8.
Kagome: My name is Kagome. // Come, let’s go home together.
Shingo: Umm…Kagome-san, why do you have your umbrella open?
Kagome: Because it’s going to rain.
9.
Shingo: It won’t, the weather report said it’d be cloudy…
Kagome: No, it won’t.
In panel: Here you go It’s okay
Shingo: Ah
Kagome: See
Shingo: But then you’ll get wet…
10.
Text 1: She…
Text 2: isn’t getting wet…
Text 3: The rain isn’t falling on her…?!
Kagome: Oh no! // It’s coming.
11.
Kagome: Come.
Shingo: Eh…
Kagome: Hah!
12.
Shingo: What was that?!
Kagome: Doesn’t matter, just hurry.
13.
Kagome: Hey! // Hurry, open the door.
Shingo: What’s wrong? Hurry inside.
Kagome: I can’t come in. // When I’m employed by someone, they must say “Kagome-san, Kagome-san, enter the cage.” // otherwise I won’t be able to get in.
Shingo: Eh? // What?
Kagome: Just hurry. / It might come back, so hurry up!
In panel: Ah, okay!
Shingo: Kagome-san, Kagome-san, enter the cage.
14.
Kagome: Okay, thank you.
Voice: Shingo! Shingo! It’s dad, open up!
Shingo: Oh? Weren’t you sent away?
Voice: It’s been cancelled, hurry up and open the door!
15.
Shingo: Okay, I’ll open it now.
Kagome: Don’t. // That’s not your dad.
Shingo: Eh? // What are you talking about? I’m sure that voice…
Dad: Shingo. // What are you doing? Hurry up.
Shingo: Hey // Eh…
Kagome: Who’s behind the disguise?
Shingo: Ah.
Kagome: Go on, look again.
16.
Shingo: WAAAH!
Monster: Shingo~~ It’s dad! // Hurry and open the door!
17.
Shingo: AHHH!
18.
[No text]
19.
Kagome: Now, those things are waiting around your house. // They were in the hospital too.
Text 1: I went around the room getting rid of them.
Kagome: But it’s okay…if I’m here for a while, // they’ll give up and leave.
Text 2: Who…
Text 3: is this woman?
20.
Children: No way! // Hahaha
Shingo: It’s true! Believe me!
Boy 1: Hahaha
Boy 2: Shingo, you’re lying! / You’re just lonely!
Shingo: I’m telling the truth…
In panel: Tch…
Teacher: The field trip’s tomorrow and the bus won’t wait if you’re late.
In panel: Yes~
Boy: Hey, Shingo / You’re alone with that pretty lady?
Shingo: Well, yeah.
Boy: Ah, I’m jealous! // Peek when she’s taking a bath…
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Boy: She might have a tail. // Or bat wings on her back...
Shingo: I'm home. // Kagome...? Oh...she's taking a bath?
21.
In panel: The bathroom…
Shingo: Huh…she’s normal. // A tattoo?
22.
Eye: Hey, boy! No peeking!
Shingo: WAAH!
Kagome: That’s right.
23.
Kagome: He’s come down with a terrible fever and won’t be able to go on today’s field trip.
Shingo: How mean…Kagome, it’s your fault // I’ve got a fever, isn’t it? [small text: huff huff]
Kagome: That’s right…
Shingo: That’s right…?
Kagome: I didn’t want you to get on that bus… // That bus…
24.
Text 1: is going to fall from a cliff
Text 2: and everyone will die.
Kagome: I just wanted to save you.
Text 3: It was true.
Text 4: It was true that the bus fell off a cliff and everyone died.
25.
Shingo: No way…
TV: Around 10 a.m. today, a bus carrying children to a field trip // fell from a cliff. // The scene of the accident was a hilly road, its many sharp turns hidden by the mountains.
Sign: Funeral Service
Parent: Why did our child… // Why was that boy saved… // Our child…
26.
Parent: Give our child back…
Kagome: Shingo-kun, let’s go.
Shingo: Why… // Why didn’t you tell me earlier? We might have been able to save everyone…
27.
Kagome: I didn’t think you’d believe me.
Shingo: You wouldn’t have known unless you tried. // From the beginning, you only intended to help me…
Kagome: That’s right. // I can’t alter the destiny // of someone who hasn’t employed me.
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Kagome: I’m sorry. // That’s how it is.
Shingo: Why’s that? // I don’t understand.
28.
Shingo: Uh…
Children: Shingo / It’s not fair. // Why only you…
Shingo: Sorry… // I’m sorry!
Children: Shingo, it’s not fair~~ It’s your fault.
Shingo: A dream…
29.
Shingo: A bus…?
30-31.
Shingo: WAAH! // Ahh…
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Shingo: They’re here…I knew it…everyone resents me… // I was the only survivor and now they want to take me to that world!
Kagome: What makes you think that?
32.
Shingo: Eh? Kagome…what are you wearing?
Kagome: Those children aren’t bad. // They just want to go on the field trip with you.
Shingo: And that outfit is…?
Kagome: A tour guide, of course.
33-34.
[No text]
35.
Kagome: Okay, it’s time for us to go. / The field trip isn’t over until you’re home.
Children: Shingo! // See you later! // Bye, Shingo!
In panel: See you later!
Shingo: Everyone…
36.
Shingo: I wonder what I can do for them…
Kagome: Come, let’s go home. // The field trip…
Shingo: isn’t over until you’re home.
37.
Text 1: After that, Mom came home from the hospital.
Text 2: Dad returned home too.
Kagome: It’s proof that all the bad things have gone. // It’s okay now.
In panel: Kagome, Kagome When will the caged bird be free?
Text 3: For a while after Kagome left
38.
Text 1: I saw
Text 2: strange things…
Text 3: But before long, I stopped seeing them.
Text 4: The photo taken during the field trip that night