01) 1: A time when the lawless run rampant... 2: Aaaaahhhh
02) 1: ...including this frame of yours, 2: you have inserted that resembling wires in your body, 3: allowing you to keep moving 4: until now. 5: Mmmm 6: I completely understand now. 7: You will now be relieved of your burden. 8: Sleep.
03) 1: W...we're saved! 2: You really are amazing...!! 3: Well, how about it...wanna work for us? 4: We won't be stingy with your rewards...
04) 1: Aaaaaahhhh 2: By dissecting the likes of you, 3: there is not much to be gained. 4: With that said, however... 5: such conduct will still...be of help. 6: ...how about we chant 7: a Buddhist prayer...?
05) left white text: Cutting through everything!!
06) 1: Good morning, Rai-san! 2: Time for breakfast. 3: ...eh, did you sleep sitting up again? (Without even letting down your hair) 4: This is merely a habit of mine...do not worry yourself. 5: Fufu...today's breakfast is a super-big Toma sunny-side up platter! 6: It was a twin egg, too! Looks like today is gonna be a good one.
07) 1: Oh, Rai-san! Good morning! 2(2b): We got some good meat in today! Come on in for lunch if you like. 3: I've spent more than a year in this tiny Plant town... 4: This is the first time...I've ever stayed in the same place for so long...
08) 1: When I reached the age of discretion, I was alone in this desolate land. 2: In a dying plant I happened to stumble upon, I learned bits and pieces of its' homeland's way of fighting. 3: I found a way to survive.
09) 1: Those who do not kill will be killed 2: on this sweltering, sandy planet. 3: In this Hell that stretches on for eternity, 4(2b): I only ever thought about "honing thy sword." That...and nothing more. 5: Wh...why.... 6: can't we hit him...!?
10) 1: ...those balls and sticks of yours 2: cannot even scratch me. 3: You piece a' shiiiiit!!
13) 1: That 2: and nothing more... 3: Take a bite, Rai-san! 4: This is a kinda high-quality food, ya know. 5: You have my gratitude... 6: ...Seems like Rai-san's really gotten used to this town, huh? 7(2b): Yes...he was scary at first, but now thanks to Rai-san, the bandits going after the Plants* have stopped coming. * Line: The product of Lost Technology. A source of power that provides electricity necessary for human life.
14) 1: To us...he's like... 2: a God. 3: Sensei! Good morning!! 4: ...I just can't 5: get used to it... 6: After cutting down vagrants in this town, 7: one child...requested that I teach her the way of the sword.
15) 1: In exchange for food...I accepted. 2(2b): Is this...what one calls talent? She became skilled in the blink of an eye. 3: After one year, she used those skills she had gained 4: and began cutting down the vagrants that targeted the town along with myself. 5: ...you're here early. 6(2b): Yes! Despite the attacks having lessened recently, you never know when those scoundrels will pop up, right?! 7(2b): Again, Saram?! I told you to come back by breakfast, didn't I?! 8: Ah...sorry, Rim.
16) 1(2b): You're still growing now, and you won't get any taller unless you eat a good breakfast, you know? 2: A...alright already! Don't mention my height!! 3: The hand...of an elder sister 4: is not something to be seen as a nuisance... 5: ...As usual, Rai-san 6: is so...cool. 7: Just your type, 8: right sis? 9: W-w-what are you talking about?! You think you can get away with saying such adult things when you're this small?! 10: Owwwwwww! That hurts, sis!!
17) 1: When... 2: did I first come to this town? 3: It seems...like the distant past. 4: But also...like yesterday.
18) 1: ...I'm really thankful to you, Rai-san. 2: The reason our town is so peaceful is all because of you... 3: I cut because I choose to. 4: I do not require thanks... 5: Rai-san...you're strong... 6: You're...strong, but... 7: your younger sister? 8: The one I entrusted my Jigengiri Ittouryuu to 9: is not as brittle as you may think.
19) 1: Do not 2: worry yourself. 3: Rai-san, we're in big trouble!! 4: I spotted them on the way back from work. 5: There's a huge crowd of bandits headed our way! 6: They even brought a fucking long-distance cannon! 7: If they get any closer we're toast...please, help us!!
20) 1: ...what Saram lacks 2: is experience...that's what I should have said. 3: In the months and years I have spent wandering this desert, 4: I have only come up...with one mission for myself. 5: However...what I find myself thinking of now is much different. 6: To make my sword... 7: into something others can use to protect themselves.
21) 1: The teaching 2: of the sword. 3: Could that...actually be 4(2b): the true reason...I was born onto this planet? 5: ...Sir Gotoh, 6: I...do not see any bandits out here...
22) 1: Hyaaahaaaaaa!! 2: This Plant's all ours!! 3: Kill off all the old farts! 4: and pack up the young ones!! 5(2b): Heh...heheh...now, with this, uh, Mr. Zanzahha... 6: You'll entrust the overseeing 7(2b): of the Plant....to me....righ...
23) 1: Hoo... 2: ...you really are one sick fuck. 3(2b): Still though...you sure it's OK to use this many bullets? The boss said we gotta sell off the young ones, you know? 4: Don't sweat it. The bitch ended up plugging 5: Rod, Mejas...and who knows how many else. 6: She kept swinging around that katana with that cute face of hers, 7: so I just thought I'd let her taste mine!
25) 1: ...Salam... 2: The reason...I entrusted my sword to you. 3: ....Fufu...what... 4: was it...?
26) 1: How could you let this 2: happen to yourself?! 3(2b): I know that same-day sales to the organ shop with let us gain a lead on Roderick, but do we really have to cut 'em all up now...? 4(2b): What's the big deal? We'll be getting bonuses for this. More importantly, how are we gonna explain this one? 5: Well, we're not going be able to sell her uterus now 6: that you assholes had too much fun with her. 7: It should be fine if we sell it to some newly-rich old hag who can't pop any out. 8: She'll be thanking us for giving her the gift of childbirth! 9: What a terrible misunderstanding. 10: My...Jigengiri Ittouryuu
27) 1: is not something that anyone else is capable of handling. 2: The very thought of teaching it is absurd. 3: It will be perfected during my lifetime 4: and end with my death. 5: Jigengiri Ittouryuu 6: Meteor Shower 7: I am now enlightened. 8(2b): The Jigengiri Ittouryuu is myself, and I alone. I, alone on this sweltering, sandy planet. 9(2b): I will brandish my sword alone, and cut down my foes alone. 10: Cut 11: Cut (x12)
28) 1: The blade 2: that cuts through air like thunder 3: As of now...cutting humans 4: no longer... 5: fills me with any kind of deep emotion. 6: What I 7: The blade that slithers through the sweltering sand and slurps blood
29) 1: want to cut now 2: is something black text: Mad blades cannot be stopped!! 3: God falls to the earth 4: other 5: than humans!! 6: and is smeared with mud
Raijin (Thunder God) ~RISING~ / END Next Issue, Naitow Yasuhiro-sensei steps in!