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[English] [Translation] Clockwork 5 by Dowolf

2012-05-08T19:55:38+00:00

*For use by 13th Hour Translations

p2:
Red text: Here stand two warriors who have inherited the will of the end of the Edo era
[title]: Shot: 05 – Reward for Dedication / Reward of Dedication

p3:

p4:
box: What is reflected in these children’s eyes?

Girl: …Onii-chan, it’s cold.
Boy: Then c’mon, get closer to the fire.

Girl: … Wah! Onii-chan, it’s a full moon tonight!
Boy: Huh? But… / Something’s covering up the moon…

p5:
(?): It got eaten up.

--Meanwhile, in Ginza—

(?): Saigou Takamori, I don’t need a pillow. / Of course you don’t; you don’t even have a neck…. huh? /
(?): You bastard! / What time do you think it is?!

p6:
Policeman: You’re pissing everyone off, singing in such a high voice so late at night.

(?): You’re so full of yourself, just ‘cause you’re a cop. / You’re all just pretending to be loyalists.

Policeman: Wha—what was that, you punk?!

(?): Wait—what was that? / It… It can’t be…
Policeman: Huh? What are you so worked up about?

Policeman: You tryin’ to trick me or something?
(?): Just shut up and look!
Policeman: At what?
(?): Do it already!

Policeman: What—

Policeman: …..! / Wait—is that…

p7:

p8:
Policeman: Gyahhhhhhhhhh!

Cloak: At any rate, / it’s hard to believe the military has to rent space from the Academy.
Fujiwara: Well, it’s because the Aquatic Department is mostly concerned with surveying and investigation. / It makes good cover for the Fifth Division. / That reminds me, Cloak—as Katsu Kaishuu’s son, you must know Sakamoto Ryouma, right?

p9:
Cloak: Do I know him? / I played with him ever since I was little, and he saw me off when I left for America…

Cloak: Do you know Ryouma-san, Fujiwara-san?

Fujiwara: Ah, yeah… way back when.

Cloak: Ryouma-san was assassinated the year I left for America. / He told me to come back after learning about …

Ryouma-nii….

p10:
Cloak: Uh…. / Uu

Cloak: Uuh…..

Cloak: Uh… / Uh

Ryouma: Cloak, / you cryin’ again?

p11:

Cloak: … Of course not.

Ryouma: ….. / Did some mean guy say something to you?

Ryouma: That your father loves the West more than his own country? / Or that I’m just running away to America?

Ryouma: Let them say what they will. / There’s no one else in this country with as much vision as Katsu-sensei. / Sending you to America is also preparing for things ten years down the road.

Cloak: Ten years?

p12:
(Ryouma: Funi
Cloak: Gobuah! )

Cloak: What… What was that for, Ryou—

Ryouma: However, / if you don’t get stronger, you’ll never be able to accomplish anything.

Cloak: … But I… / I’m so weak, and I have no physical strength at all…

Ryouma: Cloak, if you aren’t strong, you can’t be kind, / nor can you protect what’s important.
Cloak: Ryo… / You’re hurting me…

p13:
Ryouma: Someday, you’ll find them. / You’ll find something you’re really good at, and something to protect.

Ryouma: Grow strong, / Cloak.

p14:
---Strong, / like Ryouma-nii……!

p15:
Cloak: --But there was no in America… However,

Cloak: If there is none, we can create it. / If we’ve lost it, we can find it. / And if its light ever starts to die,

Cloak: We can protect it.

p16:
Fujiwara: … You sound so young. / I wonder what Ryouma would think if he could hear you now.

Cloak: If Ryouma were alive, he’d say exactly the same thing.

Fujiwara: “If he were alive”, / you say.

Cloak: Fujiwara-san, why did you join the Fifth Division?
Fujiwara: Well, I don’t have any lofty ideals like you, but… / At any rate, here we are: the Fifth Division.

Cloak: Here? But isn’t this just a storage room, or something?

Fujiwara: Well, why don’t you just see for yourself?

p17:
Fujiwara: … Not her again.
Cloak: Her? / It looks like someone’s still around, even though it’s so late…

Fujiwara: Her name’s Kawana. She’s got a couple of screws loose. / … This way.

Cloak: So there’s a person even you can’t deal with, Fujiwara-san.
Fujiwara: Kawana isn’t a person–she’s a loon.

Cloak: SFX above Fujiwara’s head: Dejected
Fujiwara: … I was right.

p18:
Cloak: …. A loon?

Cloak: A giant tank of water?

p19:
Kawana: Shunsei-san, get down! Get down!

Cloak: Huh?! / You’re…
(?): Gueh…

Kawana: Ohhhhhh!

Cloak: What do you mean, “Oh”?! What the hell’s wrong with you?! /

Kawana: It’s just, I heard the order had come in, and I just couldn’t sit still! / : The newest sea mine… / : Pahhh

Kawana: Such good German design~

Kawana: The tank is great, too~
Cloak: Um…
Kawana: Oh, where are my manners?

p20:
Kawana: I’m First Engineer Kawana Mio, and I’m in charge of the Fifth Division’s machines!

Kawana: You must be Lieutenant Katsu Cloak. It’s nice to meet you!
Fujiwara: That’s enough—go put some clothes on!

Kawana: …..Cl-what?
Fujiwara: Clothes, I said. Clothes!
Kawana: Aw, quit it! So what brings you here?
Mizuhara: Excuse me / Uhyahhhhhhhh!)

Mizuhara: … What’s going on / over there?
(off to the left: Ahh!)

p21:
Mizuhara: It seems most people are all gathered up in town for some sort of festival. / And yet here we’ve all gathered.

[sign]: This is the Meeting Room

Mizuhara: Well, that saves me the trouble of gathering you all.

Mizuhara: A corpse was discovered skewered atop the clock tower in Ginza.

p22:
Cloak: …Skewered?

Mizuhara: The corpse is a soldier from the Army. We suspect it was Nakanuki. / It happened shortly after you left.

Cloak: For now, I’m going to go confirm the scene.

Mizuhara: Ah, Cloak-kun…

Cloak: Hey—Fujiwara-san, what the—
Fujiwara: Dammit.

Fujiwara: Wear that when you go, newbie.

p23:
Fujiwara: That’s Nakanuki, all right… No one else has that rat-face.

Fujiwara: It’s probably a punishment from the Maison company for what he told us.
Cloak: Would they do something this overt? / Hm…..?

p24:
Policeman: This situation is under police jurisdiction! / No outsiders are to be let in!
Army officer: The victim was one of ours!

Cloak(?): It’s the man from the red-light district…

Cloak: He seems really built. / And that’s….

Cloak: And that’s the policeman who tried to kidnap Isadora yesterday…
Fujiwara: / That’s Fujita Gorou—he used to be Saitou Hajime, the captain of the Shinsengumi’s Third Squad.

Fujiwara: Right now, they’re no better men… / than those Satsuma henchmen you defeated.

(?): Well, look at this. I never imagined you guys were that close.

p25:
Ryouma: How are your injuries?

Ryouma: You’re like four peas in a pod. / Looks like you’ve gone and gotten your good arm all broken. / You must have gotten your clocks cleaned.
(?): It’s the difference in guns. That man’s weapon is the legendary gunsmith’s…
Ryouma: And here I thought there was no one who could use that gun!

p26:
(?): … So why are you here?

Ryouma: I thought Margaret was supposed to be here.
(?): How many times do I have to tell you—don’t call her by her first name. She’s Miss Mason to you!

Ryouma: Even if you say that, / she told me to call her Margaret herself, so… / At any rate, if she’s not here, there’s no point in me being here.

(?): That guy’s too familiar with her.

(?): He’s been that way since the day I met him.

(?): So, you have a reference from Glover?

p27:
Ryouma: Yes, sir; I’ve made some good deals with Glover-san.

(?): Hm….. Hmm?

(?): Ooh, careful! What do we have here? / How’d this get in here?

p28:
Girl: … A dragonfly!

(?): Oh? You know, the characters in my name (龍馬) mean “dragon” and “horse”. / That makes me and it practically brothers!

(?): …He curried favor from the master, and started working on his own initiative. In no time at all he was making deals on his own… / And that disgusting blond monkey became his business partner… / He’s good at seduction—I’ll give him that.

p29:
(?): And he’s got good instincts.

Ryouma: Oh, Ton-chan! / Did you meet up with Jime-kun? How’s Dora-chan doing?

Ton: … I encountered Saitou. Cloak took Isadora away. / Now the Navy knows all about the Mason Company.

Ryouma: Which means that Cloak will be drawn to Souchin. / That’ll be a tough one…

p30:
Ryouma: I’m having Saitou stay on as a policeman. / He’s used to that sort of thing.
Ton: I’ll trust your judgment on that.
Ryouma: So what of Margaret? She must be planning something.

Ryouma: American women are strong-willed as all hell. / She must want to show her hand soon.

Ton: Don’t let it bother you. She’ll just let you do what you want in the end, anyways.
Ryouma: You mean she’ll let me go free?
Ton: Something like that.
Ryouma: I get it…. Well, that’s good enough.

Ryouma: …However.

Ryouma: I will stop you, Ton-chan.

p31:
Kawana: The meeting at Kajibashi is beginning!

Cloak: Kajibashi?

Fujiwara(?): We’re listening in on the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s investigation meeting.
Cloak: … So what’s the machine?

Kawana: Ah! / This is a telephone machine invented in America just last year! It’s really amazing! / You see, it uses an apparatus to change the sound of a person’s voice into an electrical current and then transmits that voice along an endless network wires strung throughout the entire city and then allows someone far away to hear exactly what you said, / and of course the police have one, and the Army and Navy managed to secretly get one installed at their main office…

Meeting: The victim was Nakanuki Chuujirou, age 42. Until last month, he was involved in the army’s acquisition of weapons.
Mizuhara: It’s starting!

p32:
Meeting: A merchant has many sources of discord, such as bribery and black market deals, which may have led to someone holding a grudge. / There are several rumors flying around about his little demons.

Meeting: He died of a gunshot wound to the chest. / The round was fired at close range, and by a large-caliber weapon. / He was placed atop the clock tower post-mortem, / and was discovered having been speared by the tower’s spire all the way from his back to his stomach.

Meeting: The initial discovery was made by a couple of drunk houseboys and a policeman who had gone to speak with them. / At the same time as the incident, wasn’t it reported that, in the sky above Ginza, the moon was covered by something? / That is nothing more than the nonsense of a few children living in Kawara. / We have yet to find any suspects. On the whole, it seems like a dangerous case, done strictly to draw attention, almost like one out of a story.

Mizuhara: Looks like the police know no more than we do.

Cloak: So how did they get the corpse up that high…? / And why place him in such an obvious location? / … And there were no witnesses…

Kanawa: But you know, what if I told you that, in Kawara where that strange event was witnessed, a small fire just broke out?

p33:
Fujiwara: How is this a “small” fire? /
Cloak: This smell…
Fujiwara: … You, go over and see if those kids know anything.
Cloak: Huh?

Cloak: You’re closer to them.
Fujiwara: No, no, no, no! And besides, we’re too old to settle things based on who’s closer! / So, let’s have a match to settle this!
Cloak: What?!

p34:
Cloak(?): Even if you say bugs ate the moon, well…
Cloak:

Boy: It’s not like you’d believe us, anyways! No matter how many times my sister spoke to that policeman, he never actually listened to a word she said!
Cloak: I was listening. And you said the bugs would be back, right?

Cloak: And besides, I’m not a policeman—I’m from the Navy.
Boy: Everyone who wears a uniform is the same! / You all smell like roses and act all high-and-mighty.

Fujiwara: Onii-san’s not high-and-mighty at all~!
Boy: Who the hell are you?

Fujiwara: What was that, punk?!
Cloak:
Isadora: Look’s like they can’t stand you at all.

p35:
Cloak: Isadora?! / Why are you here?!

Isadora: All I had to do was watch the Naval Academy, and I knew exactly what was going on. / So what were the bugs that ate the moon like?

Isadora: See, Onee-chan really wants to kill those bugs.

Girl: Really?! / You’ll really get rid of them?

Isadora: Just leave it to me! Onee-san’s really strong, you know!
Girl: Well, the ones that ate the moon were black and round.

p36:
Isadora: So they came before, right?
Girl: Yeah… We thought they were in the sky, so we tried to burn them all. / Those ones were square.

Fujiwara: ….Blimps?... / They were developed for military use, but they should still all be on the ground.

Isadora: Thank you.
Fujiwara: So why are you here, anyways?

Isadora: Hey, they were asking me for help, not you!
Cloak(?): / … This is our job!
Isadora: Don’t worry; if it gets dangerous, I’ll protect you.
Cloak:
Fujiwara: OK, OK, I get it—wait, what did you just say?!

Isadora: I said, I’ll protect you.

(?):

p37:
Cloak: So, what’s a blimp? Is it some sort of weapon?

Isadora: … You came all the way here, and you don’t even know what a blimp is?
Cloak: … What’s the big deal?

Fujiwara: / It’s a vehicle that takes a large balloon and fills it with hot air so that it can fly.

Fujiwara: Right before the end of the Satsuma Rebellion, when Kumamoto Castle was surrounded by Satsuma forces, the military began planning the creation of a blimp squadron in order to deliver supplies. / The job was handed to the Navy’s R&D department, and they managed to successfully produce a fleet. / However, just before the blimps could be delivered to the Army, the war ended, and there was never a chance to use them.
Cloak: And now someone’s taken them.

p38:
Isadora: But why would anyone want them?

Cloak: The culprit probably had some grudge against the arms acquirer. / Since the weapon wasn’t adopted, I mean.

Cloak: So that’s why he speared the corpse…

Cloak: A freight car…

Cloak: Isadora, get down!
Isadora: Huh?
Cloak: Someone just cocked their gun!

p39:
Fujiwara: Thought so.

Fujiwara: It is the Mason Company that’s trying to sell them.

Fujiwara: It’s a M1865 Spencer repeating carbine. It can fire seven rounds… / Lincoln personally caused the weapon to be widely used in the American Civil War. Pretty cool, huh?

Cloak: Maybe I could appreciate it better if there wasn’t one pointing right at me!
Fujiwara: Though compared to blimps, well…

p40:
(woman): Ah, so you know about the blimps. / Now those were amazing weapons.

(woman): It was quite efficient for putting that traitor on display, / and it’s also useful for cleaning up loose ends.

(woman): And yet, the Army refused to adopt such a useful device, just because the war ended. / But if that’s the problem, all I have to do is start a war back up, right?
Isadora: I’ll make you pay for that…

(Woman): Watch the way you speak to me, Isadora. / Not that you’ll be able to talk when I’m done with you.

Cloak: I won’t let you do that!

(Woman): You lot can’t lay a finger on me. / That’s what I got in return for helping the country’s Westernization.

Cloak: What?!
Fujiwara: Look there!

p41:
(Woman): We brought you this piece of culture, too! / So keep taking more and more culture!

Isadora: I won’t let you get away!

Cloak: Isadora?!

Cloak: You idiot! What do you think you’re doing?!

p42:
Butler: The goods we spoke of are waiting for you in Shiodome.

(Woman): Well done. / I’m looking forward to them.

Fujiwara: There’s a horse hitched up over there. / We’re borrowing it!
Cloak: Yes!

Cloak: You’re…

p43:
Hajime: To think you’re Katsu Kaishuu’s son.

Hajime: Looks like the situation with the foreigner has gotten complicated.
Fujiwara: What brings the police to Navy grounds?

Fujiwara: I thought I heard gunfire. Who—

Hajime: Hm?

Fujiwara: Cloak, you go after the train car. / I’ll take care of him.

p44:
Cloak: Yes, sir!

Hajime: Wait! I’m not through talking with you!

Fujiwara: Hajime, you’re mine.

Hajime: That voice…

Hajime: It can’t be… Are you…

Hajime: Souji?!

p45:
Fujiwara: Even you’re using a gun now, Hajime? / Did Hijikata-san give that one to you?

Hajime: ….Dammit. / I’m sick of everyone talking about a “new era”.

Fujiwara: So, I take it you’re finally over your sickness?
Hajime: Thanks to you.
Fujiwara: Well then.

p46:
Hajime: Then let’s settle this with these!

Fujiwara: Fine by me.

p47:
Fujiwara: I’m good either way!

Fujiwara: Looks like swords suit the two of us better.

p48:
Fujiwara: It’s been a while since the last time I did this, but this isn’t bad. / This isn’t the time to fool around, but I can’t deny the temptation.

Hajime(?): I’ve already spoken plenty with the Vice Captain, / but there’s plenty I want to ask you, too. / But first,

Hajime: Let’s let our swords do the talking!

Fujiwara: Sounds perfect.

Hajime: Why won’t you side with the Vice-Captain?
Fujiwara: If I were, we wouldn’t be able to fight. / The reason I’m with the Navy—

p49:
Fujiwara: is because I want to fight against the strongest!

Fujiwara: Cloak… Shame I won’t be able to fight you.

[English] [Translation] Clockwork 4 by Dowolf

2012-04-03T15:50:11+00:00

*for use by 13th Hours Translations

p2:
(?): The son of Katsu Kaishuu?
[box]: A conversation between Hijikata and Saitou, former members of the Shinsengumi.

(?): That’s right—Katsu Cloak.

Hijikata: He left for America right before the start of the Boshin War, and returned to Japan yesterday.
Saitou: What was with

Saitou: that gunmanship…
[box]: Former Vice-Captain of the Shinsengumi, Commander of the Third Division, Saitou Hajime / Police Captain Fujita Gorou.

p3:
Hijikata: There are legends about him from back when he was in Annapolis.
[title]: Shot 4: Two Men, Back to Back / Two Shot

p4:
Saitou: … What, exactly, / is starting?

p5:
Saitou: Sakamoto Ryouma, who was believed to have been assassinated. / Chief Kondou, who lost his head. / Souji, who died of illness. / And then there’s…

Saitou: The vice-captain who died in battle at Hakodate…
[box]: Former Vice-Captain of the Shinsengumi / Hijikata Toshizou

p6:
Saitou: But in fact you lived, went to America, and just now returned home to Japan?
Hijikata: I’m sorry, Hajime. I always meant to tell you, but…

Saitou: Never mind that. I was ordered to assassinate the foreign girl, but the son of Katsu Kaishuu got in the way. / And then I was stopped by a man who was supposed to be dead. I have plenty of questions, but…

Saitou: Well, for now, let’s celebrate the continued life of the demonic Vice-Captain.

Saitou: I will serve you, Vice-Captain.

Saitou: So what will I cut in this new age?
Hijikata: … You’ll shoot it.

p7:
Hijikata: … It’s been 10 years since the start of the Meiji Restoration, and yet some people still can’t accept Westernization…

Saitou: So, when will Chief Kondou and Souji…
Hijikata: There have been some complications…

Mizuhara: So then, Okita-kun…

p8:
Fujiwara: … I told you, I don’t care if you’re a captain—if you call me Okita in front of everyone, I’ll shoot you! / My name is Fujiwara Shunsei now. / Fu-ji-wa-ra!

Mizuhara: Oh, how scary. Looks like the captain of the Shinsengumi’s First Squad’s talented with guns, too.
Fujiwara: You can’t call me that, either!

Mizuhara: So, Fujiwara-kun, what do you think of him—of Katsu Cloak-kun. / Fujiwara: That’s fine.

p9:

Fujiwara: Clockwork, was it? / Makes sense. Just like the rumors say, he fires like clockwork. / Hajime was powerless against him.

Fujiwara: Oh, wait, he goes by Gorou now. Fujita Gorou. / / So the foreign girl Hajime was trying to capture was Isadora, a servant of the Mason family… / Why are the police getting involved? / Wait—what were we talking about again?
*: T/N: Hajime is written with the character for one (一); the first character in Gorou means five (五).

Mizuhara: … For now, I’ll let you handle Cloak-kun.
Fujiwara: Hell no.

Mizuhara: Why are you so against it? Stop acting like a child. /
Fujiwara: I’m not a child!

p10:
Fujiwara: I hate pain-in-the-neck greenhorns.
(?): In the Navy, your superiors’ orders are absolute. / Was it different in the Shinsengumi?
Fujiwara: Well, no, but didn’t you say the Fifth Aquatic Division was different?

Fujiwara: And besides, I’m only here so that I can fight powerful foes. / Nothing more, nothing less.

Mizuhara: We’re in the Navy. You’ll get your battles soon enough.
Fujiwara: Fine. I’ll take him with me to investigate Ichigaya tomorrow and see how good he is.

Mizuhara: Don’t kill him.

Fujiwara: If he dies,

p11:
Fujiwara: then we’ll know that’s all he’s worth.

Mother: C-cloak, who is this woman?

[box]: Kaishuu’s servants/kitchen staff/mistresses

Mother: Like father, like son.

p12:
Cloak: Mother, this is Isadora-san. I met her on the boat ride home, and…

Mother: And what is with that outfit? Didn’t you go visit the Navy today?

Cloak: I did go! I did, but I was attacked by the police on the way home, so…

Mother: By the police? What happened? / And why would you bring that sort of person so carelessly into my house?

Kaishuu: Well, we’ll never get to the meat of things if we all stand out here yapping all day. First, let’s get you cleaned up. / Itsu, could you take her to the bath? / We’ll talk after she’s done.

Kaishuu: I would have never thought you’d be the type to bring a woman home right after you got back from overseas, though…

p13:
Itsu: Umm, Isadora…san, I’ve brought a change of clothes…

Isadora: Umm….?

Itsu:
Isadora: Are…

p14:
Isadora: Are all Japanese people so nice… / and helping?

Itsu: Well… uh… is the water the right temperature for you?

Isadora: What—what is it? Never seen a woman with a few scars before? / Margaret, the person I worked for, was fond of personally and thoroughly beating us during training. / Not that I’d expect someone with a perfect life like you to understand.

p15:
Isadora: ……! / Enough! I can do the rest by myself, so get out—

Itsu: … Let me wash your back.
Isadora: What… I don’t need your sympathy!
Itsu: I’m sorry if this stings.
Isadora: They’re—they’re old scars! Why would they sting?!

Itsu: … Then I’ll wash them.

p16:
Isadora: … You’re a lot more stubborn than I’d have though.

Itsu: … Maybe it runs in the family.
Isadora: You two siblings are weird--/ showing such kindness to someone you don’t even know.

Itsu: … I suppose our family is a little bit weird.

Isadora: How can you admit that yourself?!

Itsu: By…. by the way, what happened between you and Cloak-nii-sama?

Itsu: Bwah?! / N-n-nothing! Nothing at all!

Itsu: He sort of helped me out on the boat… well, not just the boat, but… / At—at any rate, he just sort of saved me! / I bet it’s just cause I look like someone else he knows, or something!
Cloak: Am I wrong?

p17:
Itsu: … Someone Nii-sama knows?

Clara: Hold it right there!

Isadora: Huh….?

p18:
Clara: I won’t let you do what you want to to Itsu, who’s the spitting image of an ideal Japanese woman: pure, innocent, and sweet!
Isadora: Who… are you?
Clara: I am her English teacher, Clara Whitney!

Itsu: Cl—Clara, you should… uh… c—cover yourself up a bit…
Clara: What are you saying, Itsu?! Is it not the culture of the to meet others in the nude?

Itsu: I’m—I’m glad you’re interested in Japanese culture, Clara, but…
(?): Hey, haven’t you been watching us through the crack in the door?
Clara: That’s the restraint of an ideal Japanese woman, ?
(?): … I don’t think so.

Umetarou: / What are they up to?

p19:
Kaishuu: So that’s what happened on your ride home.

Kaishuu: So Isadora’s masters are the Mason weapons merchants, who’ve come to Japan in the hopes of selling their wares.

Kaishuu: … Why now, of all times.

Kaishuu: Thomas Blake Glover-san did befriend Ryouma and sell us guns, but… / he couldn’t keep his business going, and had to start managing a coal mine. / And the military’s just changed its contract for importing weapons from the French to the Germans, so there doesn’t seem to be much of an opportunity for the Americans to get involved…

Kaishuu: So how do they plan to sell their guns?

p20:
Isadora: By starting a war.

Kaishuu: Man, that looks good on you.
Isadora: You would be a lot more serious if you knew exactly what the Mason Company is capable of.

Kaishuu: Did you come all the way from America to bring us that message? / Good job.

Isadora: …I…

p21:
Isadora: will get revenge for my friends and family!

Kaishuu: Cool your head, and don’t be so quick to throw away your life.

Cloak: The Aquatic Division’s already aware of the Mason Company.

Kaishuu: Huh? Is that how things are playing out… / Well, if the Navy’s starting to move, we can probably just leave things to them.

Isadora: But I…!

p22:
Cloak: The police are already searching for you! And you entered this country illegally, so who knows what’ll happen to you if you get captured!

Isadora: If I gave a damn about things like that, I would have never boarded that boat in the first place! / You said you went to America to learn about , right?

Isadora: This problem has to do with my !

Kaishuu: You’re not willing to just leave things to me, Katsu Kaishuu, are you? / Trust me. I won’t let things go badly.

Cloak: Tomorrow, / I’ll be heading back to the Aquatic Division.

p23:
Fujiwara: Impressive. Exactly five minutes early.

Fujiwara: As the rumors say, just like clockwork. Though I don’t think that is what they meant.

Fujiwara: But it’s ten years too early for me to be put in command.
Cloak: In—in command?

p24:
Fujiwara: I am Fujiwara Junsei, of the Fifth Aquatic Division. / And I’m the guy who gets to take the spoiled brat who ran off to America right before the fighting started / and reeducate him using whatever methods I please. / Not that I’m expecting anything from you, mind.

Cloak: What…

Cloak: Who is this person…

Fujiwara: In other words, you will obey my every command to the letter. / To be blunt, I am your superior officer.

Fujiwara: Double time! Follow me!
Cloak: Huh?! / Move… where? /

p25:
Cloak: ….This—this man is my… / superior officer…??

Cloak: Is—/ Is that double time? / Did you… / Did you plan on running all the way to Ichigaya? I… I don’t think I could do that…
Fujiwara: Ichigaya? / I know a nice place in Ichigaya.
[boxes: No physical strength / Weak constitution ]

Fujiwara: But before that…

p26:
Cloak: Why do I have to pay…

Cloak: …. Moreover, Fujiwara-san, why are we even here?
Fujiwara: Don’t worry about it, don’t worry about it!
Cloak: What do you mean, don’t worry?

Fujiwara: Why don’t we go with them?

p27:
Cloak: Did… / Did he just shoot from the hip? / Did he use a single quick draw to instantly shoot them in the solar plexus?

Cloak: And what… what are you—

Fujiwara: Not very quick on the uptake, are you? / What else would we do, but take the place of these police officers?

p28:
Cloak: When you said a “nice” place… / you meant the red-light district?!
Fujiwara: I can’t stand a beginner who keeps asking questions.

Fujiwara: And why dress up like policemen if not to arrest someone? / Ar-rest! /
Cloak: Of course, we are in disguise, so maybe this’ll just lead to a fight…
Fujiwara: Now you’re starting to figure things out! Good job, Clockwork!

Cloak: Then… shall we go? / Huh? Wait—who exactly do we want to arrest?
Fujiwara: Why are you asking me?
Cloak: Oh, I was worried that---WHAT?! /

p29:
Cloak: Hold up a second! / How can you not know who you want to arrest?!
Fujiwara: Oh, shut up, shut up, I can’t hear you!!!
Cloak: What are you, a little kid?!

Fujiwara: A kid? Look who’s talking.
Cloak: I’m not talking about age!

Fujiwara: You know, I’m a major. You’re a lieutenant. So what was it you were saying?

Fujiwara: Excuse me, sir, but this is… err…
Extra: Ah, yes, this is where the army, / in addition to the people from Choushuu, are meeting…

Cloak: We—we should get out of—

Fujiwara: We have orders to search the premises!

p30:
Cloak: What…

Fujiwara: I always wanted to say that. / I hoped to stir up the Choushuu guys. Think it worked?
(?): No, no, no! Can’t you try to be discreet?!

Various: What was dat just now?! / Who’re you? Why’re ya’ ;ere? / What’s an officer doin’ ‘ere? / Where d’ya guys tink dis is?

Cloak: Why did you have to say that, Fuji…
Fujiwara: Don’t tell them my name—not after we went through all the trouble of getting a disguise! / … So then.

p31:
Fujiwara: We came here ‘cause we heard this was a spot for soldiers who couldn’t find a job. / But just ‘cause you can’t find a job doesn’t mean you have to make this a Choushuu-ish hideout where people get drunk by noon. / The guy we’re searching for should be your foe, too. / Someone here should be wearing a military uniform, right?

Various: What o’ it? / I sees a guy in a uniform right ‘ere.

Fujiwara: That went a lot worse than I thought.
(?): Yes. Yes it did.

Extra: Hey! / I got one ting t’ say t’ you ‘fore we’re done.

p32:
Extra: I dunno if dis makes sense, but ‘ear me out.

Fujiwara: That’s why they say your brain’s made out of muscle.
Various: What… What’d you say?! / Who said dat?!

Fujiwara: Me.

p33:
Extra: You….

Various: Son of a bitch! / Get ‘im!

Cloak: Why do you have to make things so complicated?!
Fujiwara: Cause it keeps things interesting!

Extra: Ohhhhhhhhh!
Cloak: “Interesting”?!

p34:
Two Guns Draw!

Fujiwara: Let’s cut to the chase.

Fujiwara: Hey, hey, Clock, you just gonna watch?
Cloak: For goodness sake, whose fault do you think this is? But I’ll do it! / If I do, you’ll have no complaints, right?

p35:
Cloak: It’s just a job, right?!

Cloak: So, what’d you mean by “cut to the chase”?

Fujiwara: Let’s think about it. / Whoa!

p36:
Fujiwara: Not bad. / …However.

Fujiwara: I don’t feel comfortable trusting my back to you just yet.

Extras: Who are dese guys? / We can’t land a single bullet, while dey ain’t even missed one shot!

(?): Ohhhhhhhhhhh!

p37:
(?): It’s ‘cause ya guys don’t really want t’ kill dem! / If you’re gonna kill dem, ya just have t’ kill dem!

Fujiwara: What the…

(?): Shit! Nogi’s actin’ up again!

p38:
Various: Hey! Someone stop dat idiot ‘fore ‘e kills ‘imself! / It’s impossible! Once Lieutenant Colonel Nogi gets like dat, no one can stop ‘im!
Nogi: Out o’ my way!

p39:
Fujiwara: Just like the legends say, Clockwork. / Quite praiseworthy.

Cloak: So, what ever happened to our target?

Fujiwara: There he is! / It’s hard to miss someone who chooses to run away from a situation like this.

Cloak: So then, what about this mess?

p40:
Fujiwara: Well, you know.

Cloak: Alright! To the back exit!
Fujiwara: No!

(?): You don’t have to tell me, you know! / It’s not very cute! / At any rate, Fujiwara-san—

Extra: Who… / Who were dose guys?
Background: Kh… / Ugh…

p41:
Cloak: Here we are. / That’s…

Cloak: A Henry rifle? / It was used in the American Civil War, and has a 16-round magazine…

p42:
Fujiwara: The Yankees would put in a fresh magazine on Sunday, and see if they couldn’t get it to last all week! / Funny, huh?

Cloak: But how many guns does that guy own? /

Fujiwara: He’s the man in charge of securing weapons for the army, Nakanuki Chuujirou. / He has contacts with weapons merchants from ever country, along with artisans in Japan itself. / In theory, those put in charge should be thoroughly investigated first, but…

Fujiwara: During the Satsuma Rebellion, he functioned behind-the-scenes in weapons development, / since it got him out of being conscripted. / I’m sure he has contacts with the Mason Company.

Cloak: Wait… so you knew everything? Then why’d you say you didn’t know anything?!
Fujiwara: ‘Cause I didn’t know what he looked like!

Fujiwara: So then.

p43:
Both: Let’s finish this.

p44:
Fujiwara(?): …Nakanuki said / that a woman in Yokohama bought him drinks and gave him a box with the rifle in it. Do you think it was a sample product?
Cloak(?): The woman’s name is Margaret. / She’s from the Mason Company.
Fujiwara(?): Looks like he didn’t know anything else. He did say he’d tell us if he learned something new, though.

Cloak(?): …The Mason Company’s going to make sure he disappears…
Fujiwara: They’ll at least keep him alive so he can identify us.

Fujiwara: Well, I suppose that’s fine…

p45:
Cloak: Is this how the Fifth Division does things?

Fujiwara: The Fifth Division? This is my style.

Fujiwara: I’m exhausted. Let’s take a rickshaw back.

Fujiwara: The Fifth Division exists to go beyond the limitations that block the Army, Navy, and police. / We’re kind of like a commando squad.

p46:
Cloak: If something like that is necessary, / it must mean Japan’s dawn is still far off.
Fujiwara: The real battles might be starting soon.
Cloak: …Yeah.

Fujiwara: I thought maybe I had been born too late to live in the age of upheaval, / but maybe I’ll get my wish after all..

Cloak: Huh?
Fujiwara: I went to America, too.

Fujiwara: I only just got back. / I returned in the middle of the Satsuma Rebellion, and the Captain basically picked me up and made me his own. By the way, I learned how to shoot in Texas. / So that’s how I heard the rumors about you, Clockwork. And not just the manner of shooting. / I also heard about the giant gun you carry, and that you disappeared soon after the gunsmith Gideon died…

p47:
Fujiwara: Well, I suppose interesting things have happened to everyone. / Don’t be afraid to consult your superior officers from now on. / In exchange, I’ll work you like a dog.
Cloak: Yes, sir!

Cloak:

Fujiwara: So then, it’s time to show you the real Fifth Division.
[box]: Let us go to the Fifth Aquatic Division!
[sign]: Naval Academy

[English] [Translation] Clockwork 3 by Dowolf

2012-03-10T21:36:26+00:00

*for 13th hour translations

p2:
Kashibashi, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
Kawaji: We have been given a mission.
[box]: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Chief / Kawaji Toshiyoshi

Kawaji: We are to find this foreigner and capture her. / Dead or alive.

(?): …… / I don’t need a gun. I have…

(?): This.

Kawaji: …. I’m counting on you.

p3:
Kawaji: Captain Fujita Gorou.
[title]: Shot: 03 – The Wolf who Lived / The Assassination Order

p4:
Katou: I won’t ask you what you were up to last night, but…

Katou: But it looks like you managed to find something.

Katou: So then, you should probably go to Tsukiji.
Cloak: Tsukiji?
Katou: The military boarding school’s there. / Ah, it’s the Military Academy now, isn’t it?
Cloak: Academy? You want me to work at the academy? But yesterday you said I should go to the navy…

Katou: Oh, shut up already. Just go, and you’ll understand. / You’ll want to pay a visit to Mizuhara, in the Aquatic Division.

p5:
Isadora: Uwah.

Isadora: He… / He really is a spoiled brat.

Isadora: … Last night…

p6:
Isadora: Elliot!

Elliot: …I told you not to come. / They were right behind you the whole time…
Isadora: I’ll go get a doctor—

Elliot: …It’s too late for me now. / You’re the one who needs help… Isadora.

p7:
Elliot: …Let Clock help you. / He shot me, so believe me. / He’s someone you can trust.

Cloak: I’m not going out to play. You really think I can bring girls where I’m going?

Isadora: Cloc—
Itsu: But Cloak-ani-sama…

p8:
Itsu: Do you really know your way around Tokyo yet?
(?): …Itsu, you shouldn’t treat your big brother as if he were a child.

Clara: Why can’t she go? / This brave little girl just wants to make up for the decade she’s spent without her big brother.
Itsu: C…Clara! I don’t really… I mean…
Umetarou(?): There’s tons of delicious stuff to eat at Tsukiji!
Cloak: … You people…

Cloak: Dammit. Fine then.
SFX: Hahh…
Girls: Yes!

Cloak(?): ….*sigh* Clara and Umetarou, too…
Clara: So then, what should we eat…
Cloak: Weren’t you listening? We’re not going to Tsukiji to sightsee!
Clara: But there’s so much tasty stuff there!
Itsu: …Clara, how can you eat that much and not get fat?
Clara: Hmm? Did you say something, Itsu?

p9:
Yokohama
Marge: What is it? / Why’d you barge in on me while I was still sleeping? / Don’t you Westerners have a word for “gentleman”?

(?): Is there?

p10:
(?): After all, even in your country it’s usually just an empty word.

Marge: … Weren’t you going to find Isadora for me?
(?): You worry too much! What’s one foreign girl gonna do on her own?

Marge: She has friends who fled the house before her. / And then there’s him.
(?): Cloak, was it? / It didn’t look like he wanted to get involved.

p11:
(?): Our plans are perfectly safe.

Tsukiji – Naval Academy

Cloak: Wow. / They’ve got buildings like this in Japan now, too.

(?): Itsu(?): Well, we’ll be waiting for you here.
Cloak: Yeah.

p12:
Umetarou: I’ve made up my mind! We’re going to eat at that Western place we just passed!
Clara: OH! / The West Alley, right? Umetarou, [ good choice! ]

Cloak: I am here to help out Japan,

Cloak: and her navy.

Mizuhara: You’ve spent ten years abroad…

p13:
Mizuhara: And that is all you have to say?
[box]: Navy’s Fifth Aquatic Division Commander / Major Mizuhara Haito

Cloak: … I’m sorry?

Mizuhara: “To strengthen her navy”? Did your father give you that line?

Mizuhara: All the brass care about is showing up the army. / Even the Seiki, the battleship that debuted during the Satsuma Rebellion, is now being sent to foreign countries in order to showcase Japan’s might. It’s the height of foolishness.

p14:
Mizuhara: Right now, we should be more focused on maintaining order within our own country. / We can’t leave things to the army. Not now.
Cloak: Then what do you want…

Mizuhara: What do I want with you? Well, I’ll think about it, but… / Don’t get your hopes up.

Mizuhara: After all, I am the member of the branch family.

Cloak: Very well. Excuse me.

Umetarou: Oh! He’s back!

p15:
Itsu: Ani-sama… What happened?

Cloak: Hm/ Ah… / It was just talk about work. / Nothing interesting.

Itsu: My, you’re acting just like Father.
Cloak: Huh?
Itsu: However,

Itsu: Whenever he says that, / he always goes on to do what has to be done.

16:
Cloak: What I need to do…

Umetarou: Man, I’m starving!

Umetarou: Even without a war, I’m starving.

Clara: Oh! Umetarou’s a glutton, and…
SFX: Growl

SFX: Rumble

Umetarou: What was that?

Clara: Ohohohoho! / Umetarou’s stomach is growling! / Let’s get going, right now!
Umetarou: Wha—what?!

Cloak: But that was Clara…
Clara: C’mon, [Let’s Go!]

p17:
(?): Let’s go eat Japanese Western food!

: YAY!
Tsukiji—West Alley*

Cloak: Oh? / There’s a lot of stuff on the menu.

Clara: This? / No, I want this one instead!

p18:
Umetarou: … I don’t really like Western food…
Itsu: Me neither…

Umetarou: Ah… big brother, what do you recommend?

Cloak: Huh? / … oh, is there curry and rice?
Itsu: Curry and rice?
Cloak: Yeah… It’s a food made out of meat and vegetables covered in a spicy sauce.

Cloak: It’s pretty spicy, but it’s delicious.
Umetarou: Then I’ll have that!
Cloak: What about you, Itsu?
Itsu: Umm, I guess I’ll have it, too!
Cloak: Maybe I should go with that, too…

Clara: / [Excuse me.]

Umetarou: Wow… Now I’m really nervous… And that makes me even hungrier…
(?): Oh, Umetarou!

Waitress: Yes?

p19:
Isadora: May I take your order <3

Clara: Umm, could we have four curries and…

p20:
Itsu: Hey, big brother, you OK?

Isadora: Are you all right, sir?

Cloak: Yeah… I’m fine…
Isadora: Four curry and rices, correct? / I’ll bring them out shortly.

Isadora: Kyah! /

Cloak: What is she thinking?

Cloak ….Hey.

p21:
Cloak: Answer me. / What are you doing here,

Cloak: Isadora?

Isadora: Huh? I’m working, of course!

Cloak: / Yeah, but why would you be working here?

Isadora: Well, whatever. I needed to talk to you, anyways. / I’m sorry, but I’ll leave the rest to you.
Cloak: / Talk? About what, exactly?

p22:
Isadora: Just shut up and follow me!
Cloak: Wait! Where are we going?! / / Hey! /
Umetarou: Bro ran off after the waitress… I don’t think he’s coming back.
Itsu: Like I care!

Tsukiji – Port Area

p23:
Cloak: / What the hell’s wrong with you?

Isadora: ….That’s

Isadora: the uniform of Japan’s navy, right? / So you can just walk around everywhere, looking like a member of the military…
Cloak: … Huh? I’m only wearing it because my old man said it would make a good impression. / Though in the end, I don’t know if it helped…

Cloak: …. / So, what was it you wanted to talk about?

Isadora: ….I stayed with Elliot / until the moment he died.

p24:
Cloak: … / Oh….

Cloak: …Huh? / You went to Edo Castle?
Isadora: I was hoping I could see Elliot once more, but / I guess that just wasn’t meant to be. I arrived a little too late.

Cloak: ….So he’s dead. / … / And I killed him.

Isadora: Before he died, Elliot told me / to trust you. That I should trust you because the man you shot was telling me to.

Cloak: …Elliot said that?

Cloak: … But what did he mean by saying to trust me? / Did he want me to join your gang? Or…

Isadora: What am I going to do…

p25:
Isadora: I left my family, left my country, / risked my life…

Cloak: What are you talking about?
Isadora: I thought I had no choice!

Isadora: I thought I had to do something! / My friends and allies who had to flee were here, after all! / I had to see if they were all right!
Cloak: I don’t understand what you’re saying—

Isadora: We were employees of the Mason Company. / Though it might be more accurate to call us slaves.

p26:
Isadora: We were horribly abused. Countless of my friends and family died. / And we want payback.

Isadora: The bastards were weakened by the Civil War, and decided to gamble everything on establishing business in Japan. / We need to stop them now, while the iron is hot! / But even so, everyone—/ … everyone…

Isadora: ... after all that happened,

Isadora: when they became free, they forgot all the bad times, all the strife… / and I…

p27:
Cloak: So what exactly do you want me to do?

Isadora: I’m—I’m sorry! / This… / This is my problem!

Isadora: I guess it was kind of lame of me / to think I could depend on some rich kid.

Isadora: I just wanted someone to listen. And I don’t know many other people here yet…

Isadora: Thanks.

p28:
Cloak: I’m a lot more lame than she…

Isadora: Kyahhhh!

Cloak: Isadora?!

p29:
Isadora: ….Kh!

Fujita: What do you think you’re doing?!

Fujita: Come quietly, and all will be fine. If not…
Isadora: I will not…

Isadora: be captured in a place like this!

p30:
Fujita: …. Did I hit her?

p31:
Cloak: …Not quite.

p32:
Fujita: You don’t look like a policeman.

Isadora: Clock, give me a gun!
Cloak: Can you shoot?
Isadora: I’m an American, aren’t I?

p33:
Fujita: I will not fall…

p34:
Fujita: To a mere handgun!

Fujita: I fought countless rifle squads during the Satsuma Rebellion.

Cloak: So he was a member of a close combat squad…

Fujita: A naval uniform… I guess there’d be trouble if I cut you down…

Fujita: I am Fujita Gorou, the captain of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. I have been ordered to capture this woman.
Cloak: Capture? You just tried to kill her!

p35:
Fujita: Only because she tried to flee. / If she surrenders peacefully, I promise she will not be killed.
Cloak: And what would you do then?
Fujita: That is not for me to know.

Isadora: If he takes me, I’m as good as dead!

Fujita: Then

Fujita: I suppose I have no choice.

p36:
Cloak: What the… Fog? / Is this wheat flour?!

Cloak: Is even this an attack?!

p37:
Cloak: There are two containers in the pommel of his sword?

p38:
Fujita: Did they get away?

Fujita: But still… what an outrageous gun that was.

(?): It’s called the Peregrine.

(?): The gun known as the Peregrine was the opus of a legendary gunsmith. / Long time no see... Saitou. How long has it been since the Battle of Aizu?

Fujita: …You! You’re that idiot,

p39:
Fujita: Vice-Captain Hijikata!

Fujita: But you… You died at Goryoukaku!

Hijikata: I was forced to live on / by someone I never wanted to save me.

p40:
Fujita: “Someone you never wanted to save you”? / What do you mean?

Hijikata: We will speak of that later. This is naval territory.

Fujita: All I’m after is that foreigner and that youngster!

Hijikata: Even the best sword is powerless against a gun.

Hijikata: The era of the katana is over.

p41:
Hijikata: Why not forge a new era with this?

Fujita: In the end,

p42:
Isadora: it looks like you’ve saved me again.

Cloak: It’s fine… I…

Umetarou: War’s already left Japan. / While you were away.

Cloak: Even if the Restoration and everything else ended while I was in America, / this is all I learned while I was there.

p43:
Cloak: I’ll do what I can.

p44:
Cloak: You’re the guy from the Aquatic Division.

Cloak: So why are you here?

Mizuhara: We’re right in front of the Academy. / You can still hear the roar of guns, even from out here.

Cloak: Are you trying to cover for the sound of my fight with the policeman?

Mizuhara: I’d heard the rumors, but it seems you really do fire like clockwork.
Cloak: Rumors?
Mizuhara: The legends from Annapolis…

p45:
MIzuhara: of Clockwork, whose gunplay was unparalleled. / Who went to America right before the Restoration started. / Who has returned after ten years.

Cloak: What exactly does the Aquatic Division do?

Mizuhara: Mostly, we explore distant oceans and create maps of the currents, but our fifth division is slightly different.
Cloak: Fifth division?
Mizuhara: They gather information on the Mason Family and the Ark.

Isadora: Why do you know about that?!

p46:
Mizuhara: It is the duty of the Navy to protect its country.

Mizuhara: Come by my office tomorrow. I’ll formally give you your mission then.

Mizuhara: Are you alright with that, Clock?

Cloak: “To protect its country”?

Cloak: I’ve already decided to help. / You need ask nothing more.

p47:
Okita: That man…
Mizuhara: What do you think of him?

[box]: Didn’t that man die? Why is he here?
Mizuhara: Okita-kun, formerly of the Shinsengumi

[English] [Translation] Clockwork 2 by Dowolf

2012-02-13T00:27:49+00:00

*For 13th Hour Scanlations

p2:
[inset]: Meiji 10 (1877) / Yokohama: Foreigners’ District
[sidebar]: What did Isabela encounter when she arrived in Japan?
Isabela: Hah / hah / hah / hah

Isabela: What did he say his name was? Clock, I think?

(?): Whoa!
Isabella:

(?): Huh? That uniform—are you from Annapolis?

p3:
[symbol in the upper right]: Katsu
[top]: Edo – Higawa-chou
Cloak: My homecoming, 10 years in the making. / This is a lot smaller than our place back in Honjo… / When I left for America, my father was busy being a naval administrator, after all. Now that he’s left the new government and retired, of course he’d be somewhere like this.
[title]: Shot 2: The Lost Battlefield / The War For Himself

p4:
Cloak: Or maybe it’s because my family’s a little messed up. Come to think of it, my clan…

(?): Hey, you ‘der! What’cha doin’?! / ‘Dis here’s Katsuawa-sama’s mansion, ya’ got ‘dat?!

Cloak: Is that… the Satsuma dialect? So he’s one of the Satsumas who took down the Shogunate? What’s he doing in front of my house?
(?): I said, who are ya? / Huh? A son of ‘dis family who’s back from a long trip?

Katou: ! / You-you-you’re Cloak-san?! / P-please fo’give me! I am Katou Daisuke, a former retainer of’ da Satsuma’s.
Cloak: So he is from the Satsumas…
Katou: Ever since Edo Castle was surrendered, Katsu-sama n’ Saigou-dono have been ‘da best o’ friends.

Daisuke: I’m sure Katsu-sama is deeply considerate o’ ‘da needs o’ ‘da Satsumas…
(?): …. Huh?

p5:
(?): …Cloak…Ani-sama?

Cloak: Are you… Itsu?
Itsu: Yes.

Cloak: Man, you’ve changed.
Itsu: Everyone! Cloak-ani-sama’s come home!

p6:
(?): My, aren’t you a bit late?

(?): My goodness, haven’t you grown? / I barely recognized you! / What are you saying? Where’s Aunt Jun? / Oh no! You look absolutely atrocious! / What did they teach you in America?

Cloak: Um…. I’m ho—

Cloak: Is that Itsu’s < brother >?

(?):
Cloak: What?!

p7:
Cloak: What? Who… / Huh?
(?): Wahh!
Itsu: That’s enough, Clara!

Clair: < Oh! > / , Cloak!

Cloak: Who…?

(?): …. Haha. Looks like things are still plenty lively here.

The Aunt who Moved Back In: Jun

Younger Brother: Umetarou
Older Sister: Ito / Oldest Sister: Yume

Younger Sister: Itsu

Itsu’s friend and English teacher, Clara. / Near Kaishuu is the helpful Masuda Ito and Konishi, who works in the kitchen.

p8:
Cloak: Err…..
Mother: Tami
Cloak: Father. / Mother. / Aunt. / Sister.
Kaishuu: Hey, hey!
box: Father: Katsu Kasishuu
Kaishuu: If you keep going on like that, this is going to take forever. Let’s get started already!

SFX: Wahahaha

Cloak: Then, / I, Cloak, have returned home.

Kaishuu: Yeah. Welcome home from your long journey.

p9:
Kaishuu: Hey, you think you can help out with the food? / Let’s all eat here tonight.
Tami(?): Dear…
Kaishuu: Don’t worry about it.

Kaishuu: You’re a bit more American now, / right?

Jun: Your aunt is very happy to see you back home safe, Cloak.

p10:
Girls: Jun, you’ve had too much to drink. / But Ane-san… / Hey, Ani-sama, tell us about America! / More importantly, Cloak—did you bring us any souvenirs?! / For goodness’ sake, Ane-san! I wanna hear Ani-sama’s stories! / You can hear those later! / But first: souvenirs!

Cloak: … All right, all right, enough already.
Sister: These are your souvenirs?!

Cloak: For father, a hat. For mother, a hand mirror. / After that, I’ve got some feminine things and childish things…

p11:
Cloak: Hey, this one’s for you, Umetarou.
SFX in bubble: *slurp*

Umetarou: …… / What is this?
Cloak: It’s an American soldier’s hat.

Cloak: In Annapolis, everyone—

Umetarou: While you were gone, Brother, / the war here ended.

p12:
Itsu: U-umetarou, why don’t you show Cloak-ani-sama what’s changed in Edo while he was g—
Umetarou: What are you saying?!

Itsu: Oh, Ume-chan.

Itsu: Got a problem with that?

Umetarou: Hiiii…..

Itsu: … So that settles it.

p13:
Itsu: Tomorrow, we go sightseeing around Edo.
Clara: Ohhhh!
Umetarou: Fine…
Kaishuu: Hey, hey! Who let Itsu have any of the alcohol?!

Aside: Hey, Itsu! Stop stripping! / But I’m stripping Clara, too!

Kaishuu: So, let’s have another toast.

p14:
Kaishuu: These are made from Satsuma Kiriko cut glass. They were a gift from Saigou-san. / Apparently, they were even used by Tenshouin-sama when she got married.

Cloak: Really?

Kaishuu: … What do you know of events in Japan?
Cloak: I was able to get some stuff from newspaper reports. Everything else was just rumors I heard from other travelers to America.

Kaishuu: A lot happened…

p15:
Kaishuu: Right after you left, Ryuuma was killed. / Even so, the Restoration had gained too much momentum to be stopped.

Kaishuu: And the city of Edo the Tokugawas had ruled from became Tokyo, the seat of Saigou and his allies’ new government.

Kaishuu: I worked with Saigou-san to negotiate the surrender of Edo Castle. / Had the general been anyone but him, I fear all of Edo would have become a sea of fire… / And yet, Saigou himself could not accept the new government, and raised an insurrection alongside the old-fashioned samurai…

Kaishuu: Well, in the end, they were suppressed….

Cloak: I met one of the Satsumas at the gates.
Kaishuu: Katou, was it? He must be trying to carry out Saigou-san’s final wishes…

p16:
Cloak(?): But everything’s… / over now. They’re all dead…

Cloak: What am I supposed to do here, now?

Kaishuu: Don’t talk like that. What you learned in Annapolis about ships and weapons will serve Japan—/ and her navy—well. / You are a member of the navy. Once you’ve calmed down, you should go report in.
Cloak: OK.

Cloak: But Father, shouldn’t you…
Kaishuu: Haha. I’ve retired. All I’ve got left to do is write a book and live

Kaishuu: while doing things like this. / Nice and easy.

p17:
Yokohama Station
Girls: Ehh?
Cloak: Things really have changed.

Itsu: Hey, hey, trains are amazing, huh! We made it all the way to Yokohama in no time at all!

p18:
Clara: That’s right! / And I can even get lemonade in Japan now!

Girls: / Uwah! Gas lamps! They’re so pretty at night!

Girls aside: Kyah / Kyah
Boys aside: Uhh… / Uhh…
Cloak: I thought this was about showing me the sites, not yourselves.

Itsu: Ah, Ani-sama! As long as we’ve come all the way to Yokohama instead of looking around Tokyo, is there anything you need to take care of?
Cloak: Hm? Ah, so you guys want to hang out around here for a while…
Umetarou: Just do whatever you want.

Clara: < Oh! > There’s a magic show going on over there! Let’s go watch!
Itsu: Yeah—yeah, let’s go, Clara. C’mon, you too, Umetarou!
Cloak: OK then, let’s meet up at that shop at 3.

p19:
Cloak: … So then.

Yokohama: Foreigners’ District

Cloak: I need some < ammo. >

Bartender: What’s that—some sort of cocktail? / We ain’t got that sort of stuff here.

p20:
Cloak: .41 short, .45 long colt, / .45 Smith & Western, and…

Bartender: Hey, you listenin’ to me? / Bob.

Bartender: Hold him still for me.

Cloak: The guy’s real fast.

p21:
Cloak: El… / Elliot?!

Cloak: This is…

Cloak: You’re…?!

Elliot: … Well then. / Shall we have a drink?

p22:
Elliot: When I saw the uniform draped across the girl’s back, I immediately thought of you. / You always were the perfect student.

Isadora: Really?

Elliot: Helping out a women being pursued by evil men while on your boat home… / That’s the < American Spirit > for you.

Cloak: You always were a bit odd.
Elliot: What do you mean?

Cloak: You didn’t care if we were yellow, or black.

p23:
Elliot: We’re all the same before this, right?

Cloak: So, what brings you to Japan? / What happened after you quit teaching at Annapolis?
(*) Elliot: I was never cut out to be an instructor…

Elliot: After the Civil War ended, I was left without a place to call home. So they sort of picked me up and turned me into a marksmanship instructor. / But…

Elliot: I’m only truly at home on the fields of battle. / And rumor had it I could find battle in Japan…

Elliot: … though it turns out that war’s already ended, too…

p24:
Elliot: … Clock, what do you plan on doing here?

Cloak: Please don’t ask me that right now.

Elliot: … Don’t let it get to you. Your skills will be needed somewhere. / I’ll leave the girl to you—she’s a nice one.

Isadora: Is he always like that?
Cloak: Pretty much.

p25:
Isadora: Nevertheless… It looks like I have to thank you again, / Clock.

Cloak: It’s Cloak Katsu. / “Clock”’s just a nickname of mine. The real name’s Cloak.

Cloak: And I don’t need your thanks. / After all, it’s thanks to you I got to see Elliot again. / So, what was your name?

Isadora: Isadora.

p26:
Isadora: What?
Cloak: … Weren’t you being chased by those guys?

Isadora: Actually, I was the one chasing them. / After the Civil War ended, the price of weapons plummeted. / So now, they’re targeting this country. / They’re betting their lives on it.

Isadora: I need to pass on that message to my comrades who already arrived in this country, / and together we’ll bust up their plans. / We could use another pair of hands, if you’re interested…

(?): Isadora, who is that guy?

p27:
Cloak: As long as you’re not alone, it’s not my problem.

Policeman: Hey, you! / What’s a pair of underage girls doin’ round here?!

Clara: We came to sightsee at Yokohama. Is there a problem with that?

Policeman: Hmph. How dare you speak to a policeman like that? / You foreign girl…

p28:
Itsu: And how dare you speak to a lady like that?!

Policeman: How dare you!

Cloak

: What the…?
Clara(?): What’s your problem?

Clara: Maybe… maybe you should quit right now. / This girl’s father is a very important person.
Policeman: …”Important”? Who is he?

Clara: He’s Katsu Kaishuu-san!

(?): Who? The rebel?!

Umetarou: You…!

p29:
Umetarou: How dare you!

(?): Hey. / Why don’t you try picking on someone your own size?

Multiple: Ka… / Katou-{san, don}
Policeman: Huh?

*Katou: I shall make ‘dis man regret his insolence! / And, as we say in Satsuma, no ‘ard feelin’s!
Clara:
Policeman: Ah… I’m sorry, I…

Cloak: Is something going on?
(?)Oh? So this is Cloak-san.

p30:
Katou: I apologize again fo’ my rudeness last night. / There’s nothin’ much goin’ on ‘ere. Just a policeman ‘dat went a li’l too far…

Cloak: … / What are you staring at, / Umetarou?

Umetarou: You just got home, and you think you can just act like a big brother? / You were never there when we needed you!

p31:
Cloak: It must be tough on him. / He was only two when I left, so he doesn’t really remember me…

Cloak: And now, I, his brother, just show up out of nowhere… / He must feel like I stole his place in the family.

Clara: Let’s…

p32:
Clara: Let’s all stay over at your house tonight, too!
Cloak: / You were just staying over last night? / What—what does your family think about that? They must be worried about you!

Clara: It’s fine! / My family and Itsu’s family are already like relatives! / Right, Itsu?!
Itsu: Oh, Clara, enough already!

Clara: Hmm…. I wonder what we’re having for dinner…

Kaishuu: Welcome back. / Oh.

p33:
Kaishuu: So how was Yokohama?

Cloak: Everything seems to have changed so much. / Gas lamps along the railroads, gyuu-nabe, rickshaws…

Cloak: I wish I could show Ryouta-san / this new Japan.

Kaishuu: Yeah.

Cloak: So what are you writing?
Kaishuu: This? It’s the memorial I mentioned. For Saigou-san…

p34:
Kaishuu: This is going nowhere.

Kaishuu: The Satsumas are using Saigou-san’s death to rekindle their dying flame. / And they’re here to ask for my support.

Cloak: But that’s…

Katou: I’m sorry.

p35:
Cloak: Who’s there?

Itsu: Cloak-ani-sama?

Itsu: … Something… Something’s happened.

p36:
Cloak: “We’ve taken your son…” / Do they mean Umetarou?

Clara: I found it in front of Kaishuu-san’s room. / I just happened to find it. / < sides: Privy / Toilet’s a privy > > / I went to open the door, and…

Cloak: Since they wrote it in English, they probably assumed only Father would be able to read it…
Clara: But other people here can understand English: both myself, / and you.

Itsu: Umetarou’s…

Cloak: You haven’t told father yet?
Itsu: No, we haven’t.
Cloak: Tell no one else of this.

p37:
Cloak: I’ll get him back.

Cloak: The letter said to come to the western wing of the old Edo Castle, but… / the place is now called Tokyo Castle, and it’s the Emperor’s residence. / The west wing caught fire some years ago, and it’s currently under construction.

Cloak: But thanks to the Satsuma Rebellion, there simply weren’t enough people to get the job done. / Construction’s fallen behind schedule, and right now no one should be there.

p38:
Cloak: They’ll be waiting there, either to ambush me or make a trade.

Cloak: And calling my father out to the west wing? / Is that supposed to be some sort of joke?

Itsu: Umm… Isn’t it dangerous for you to go alone?
SFX: *pat*

Itsu: And right after you finally came home…

p39:
Cloak: I’ve gotta make myself useful, right?

Satsumas: What?

Katou: Why’re you here? Dat letter was sent t’ Katsu Awa! * / We ‘ave no business wit’ some kid who’s just gotten ‘ome from abroad, n’ knows nuttin about da world.
*

p40:
Cloak: You don’t need to understand the world in order to save a prisoner from villains. / So hello, villains.

Katou: Dat you call us villains proves you understands nuttin! / Dis is the place wheres your father persuaded da Emperor t’ do as Saigou-don demanded n’ surrender da castle. We wanted ‘im t’ once more lay eyes upon ‘dese grounds. / ‘Den I know he would swear us ‘is support!

Cloak: You just go on and on, don’t you?

Katou: A man don’t do t’ings half-assed! / If we take you n’ double our prisoners, maybe Katsu’ll finally ‘ave da balls t’ come here himself!

p41:
Cloak: …Me, your prisoner? / That’s not even funny…

Satsumas: Tuyaahhhhhh!

p42:
Katou: You—you shot all o’ dem in an instant…
Satsumas: Ugh… / Guahh…
Katou: Dat’s…

p43:
Elliot: I’d expect nothing less from one of my students!

Cloak: Elliot?!

p44:
Cloak: Why are you…?
Katou: Oh, I guess I’ll leave it t’ you, den, ‘Merican teacher.
Elliot: I told you, Clock… / I need a battlefield.

Cloak: This isn’t a battlefield! / The wars here have ended!

Elliot: What are you saying?

Elliot: War never ends / so long as you have a foe.

p45:
Cloak: … How long have I been your enemy? / What’s going on between you and them?
Elliot: Haven’t you been listening?

Elliot: I just want an enemy. / I don’t care who, as long as someone gives me one. / I don’t have the right to choose for myself anymore.

p46:

p47:
Cloak: A Springfield M1873?

p48:
Cloak: I thought you hated that gun.

Cloak: It’s bulletproof?!

p49:
Elliot: You don’t pick your weapon based on “likes” and “hates”!

Elliot: The Single Action Army and Derringers—

Elliot: Are those all you use?!

Cloak: Unlike your Springfield, / they rarely break down, and they’re easy to carry.

p50:
Elliot: The Single Action Army, the Derringer, and the Model 3—guns designed to be hidden in a purse! / It really is a shame, Clock. I’d love to keep fighting you forever. / Your skills haven’t slipped at all!

Cloak: You were a good teacher.

Elliot: “Were”, huh?

Cloak: Sorry about that. / So then.

p51:
Cloak: This

Cloak: is it!!

p52:
Elliot: Is that Peregrine?

Elliot: It’s actually real?

Elliot: But its barrel is so long…! / Can you actually aim such a weapon?

Cloak: Of course I can.

p53:
Cloak: Gideon gave me this gun, after all.

p54:
Elliot: Gideon?! The legendary gunsmith?! / To you?!

Elliot: My… my eyesight’s starting to fade…

Elliot: But I couldn’t see it, could I?

p55:
Elliot: Couldn’t see the future.

(?): Ah… Ahhhhh!

Cloak: I’ve

Cloak: just started… / to see a little of it.

p56:
Cloak: Maybe nothing has ended, / and I will be able / to serve my country.

Umetarou: He’s…!

p57:
Umetarou: I didn’t think you would come…

Cloak: Let’s keep what happened here between you and me, OK?

Katou: Hah / hah / … I should be safe now.

p58:
Katou: ! / You’re…!

Marge: It seems you have failed… However, / I have plans for you yet.

Marge: Heh heh… / You lot will be needing weapons. / And I have too many weapons left over from those that were massed produced during the Civil War. / So I need a battle…

Marge: Clockwork. / It seems you and I share a bond. / I suppose that is your fault,

p59:
Marge: Ryouma.

p60:
Ryouma(?): Annapolis’s legendary Clockwork… / You’ve grown, / Cloak.

p61:
Kaishuu: Did something happen?

Ryouma(?): Or rather, / Katsu Cloak.
[sidebar]: Cloak looks towards the future!!

Cloak: I’ve just gotten home now.

[English] [Translation] Clockwork 1 by Dowolf

2012-01-03T20:37:16+00:00

*For 13th Hour scanlations
*words in angle brackets are English words in the original text (originally written in katakana)

p2:
The end of an era.

Many lives were lost so that Japan might become great.

After three centuries of rule, the Tokugana Shoganate has fallen, and the Meiji government which took over is hard at work making drastic changes to their civilization.

The Age of Samurai is coming to an end.

And then

p3-4:
[red text]: Japan moves towards a new, never-before-seen period: the Meiji era.
[blue text]: A new dawn of historical gunfights!!

[near bottom of 4, below title]: Original work: Tomisawa Yoshihiko
Manga: Yoshioka Sakaki

p5:
The Colorado, traveling between Hong Kong and San Francisco

Meiji 10 (1877), Pacific Ocean

Captain(?): Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final night of our three-month voyage. / We should be able to spot Japan on the horizon by morning. / Be it your long-awaited homecoming or your arrival to a new land, you will be arriving there tomorrow!

p6:
Captain(?): Please enjoy tonight’s banquet to your hearts’ content!

[top]: It’s the last night! Let’s finish this!

: We’re gettin’ our money back tonight!

: It’s now or never!

p7:
Dammit… I lost.

Shit! I’m out too!

Hey…

Did he win everything?! / You don’t plan on runnin’ off with that cash, do you?
Cloak: Now then, what should I do?

p8:
Sailor: . / You don’t get what’s going on here, do you?

Sailor: You, a passenger who should be enjoying the free drinks up above, / is taking all the money from us poor sailors.

Sailor: And you’re all alone.

Cloak: Well, I’d rather be down here than be stared at from the shadows and treated like a guest. / You have my thanks, <American>.

p9:
Sailor: Keh! / If you want to show your thanks, why don’t you lose?

Cloak: …Well that’d be against the rules, now wouldn’t it? / This game’s starting to get dull.
Sailor: Huh?

Cloak: But this’ll

Cloak: make things a little more interesting.

p10:
Sailors: It’s all of our wages for this job!

Sailor: You bettin’ everything, / Clock?

Sailor: That’s a kid from Edo for ya’. / Can’t hold on to his money through the night.

Sailor: You’re a weird fellow. Are all Japanese like you?

Cloak: I’ve lived in America since I was 15; I’ve spent 10 years there.
Sailor: So you’re just a weird Japanese guy, then.

Cloak: And besides,

p11: Cloak: …. / There’s nothing wrong with taking what you can from a bunch of sailors deep in debt.

Sailor: You’ll pay for that.
Cloak: …I wonder.

Cloak: And I told you / The name’s not < Japanese >, or Clock.

Cloak: It’s Cloak!!

Sailor: Let’s see what you’ve got!!

p12:
Sailors: F…

Sailors: Full house against a set! / All right! Ned won!

Sailors: Nice goin’, Ned! / You got it all back!

Cloak: Dammit! Why’d my luck have to run out?!

p13:
Ned: Look’s like you’ve lost. / You fine with this? Going home without a penny to your name.

Cloak: I’ll be fine. I bought a souvenir back in America.
Ned: That so? But it looks like you still owe me a little more money.

Ned: Why don’t you give me that fountain pen in your pocket?

Cloak: … This is a memento of a certain individual. Gimme a break here.

Ned: That so? Then we’ll have you clean the place up for us instead.

Ned: For all of us.

Cloak: … Isn’t that a little harsh?

Ned: Them’s the rules!

p14:
Cloak: I’ll do it. / You did make this trip a fun one for me.

Ned: Hahaha! And he said he’d get us for all we’re worth! / Was he being spirited? Or was he just an idiot?
Sailor: Wait up, Ned: I think he…
Sailor: figured out your trick.

Ned: Wha…?

Ned: Reflected on that dropped bottle…
Cloak: There’s nothing wrong with taking what you can from a bunch of sailors deep in debt.

p15:
Ned: What a weird Japanese guy.

Cloak: This is a great night for cleaning!

Cloak’s aside: Cleaning, cleaning

p16:
Cloak: A great night, and a great woman! / < Good evening! >

Cloak’s aside: She didn’t even see me…
(?): Is she here?

p17:
Thugs: She’s not in the first-class cabins. / Why would she be there? / Shit! Where is she hiding?!

Cloak: …. / Why are things getting so noisy on the last night?

Cloak: Hah / I feel like I’m about to drop…

Cloak: Ah, damn it all! / It’s my final night, but it’s almost morning!

p18:
Cloak: 10 years away from Japan… / But you’re not there anymore, are you?

Cloak [inset]: You’re not anywhere anymore…
Ten years ago, February of Keiou 3 (1867)

(?): She’s about to set sail,

p19:
(?): Cloak
[bottom]: Cloak, 15 years old

(?): This is my parting gift. Take it with you.

(?): It’s a fountain pen—a special type of writing instrument.

(?): What is it?

Cloak: Wherever I go, / that’d be useful, right?

p20:
(?): You mean this?

(?): You’re not quite ready for this, kid.

(?): Besides, they’ve got tons where you’re going!
Cloak: Tch!
(?): And besides,

(?): The world’d be better off without this sort of thing, anyways.

p21:
(?): Aren’t you going to America to learn about ?!
Cloak: Uwaaa!

Cloak: Fu-furidomu?
(?): They say America’s a country where warriors and peasants are equals. / Where you’re free to live however you want.

(?): That’s called < FREEDOM >

p22:
Cloak: However you want… freedom.

Cloak: …. heh. … But America doesn’t—

Thugs: Of course she’s decided to hide with the luggage! / We should have gone there from the start! / So why didn’t you say anything until now?!

Cloak: Wha…?!

p23:
Thug: What are you doin’ in here?!

Cloak: I was just cleaning… / But what are you guys doing here—

p24:
Thug: Don’t talk back to me.

Thug: Let him go, Jim. It’d be a waste of a bullet.
Jim: Hey, you didn’t happen to see a black girl, did ya’?

Cloak: I… haven’t…

Cloak: Ts!

Thug: Then we have no business with you.

p25:
Jim: I really don’t like ya’, punk.

Jim: You yellow-bellied monkey.

Thug: Hey, Jim! / Don’t start something—we need to find the escaped slave first!

p26:
Keh!

Cloak: … An escaped slave… So that makes them… Slave catchers…

…. / Ryuuma-nii, the America you spoke of…

p27:
Cloak: It was no dreamland.

[inset]: Cloak…

p28:
(?): Would you please move?
Cloak: Wh—wh-wh-wh?!

(?): You came in while I was trying to change!

(?): But I suppose in the end / if you tried to stop them, you’d only have gotten yourself killed.

p29:
(?): Thanks.

Cloak: S-so you’re the slave they’re chasing?
(?): What of it?

p30:
(?): I’m sure you know already, but you shouldn’t stick your neck where it doesn’t belong. / You won’t get off with just a beating next time. Or…

(?): Do you plan on killing them next time?

(?): Was I wrong....?

p31
(?): Wrong about what?

Cloak: Never mind; forget it.

(?): Why’d you go to America?

Cloak: … To learn from a guy about < freedom >.

(?): … Ehh? / Lemme teach you something. / < Freedom > ain’t something you can learn—it’s something that flows in your blood, that you win!

p32:
… So that’s it. They never taught us that in Annapolis.

(?): Huh. Never would have thought you a soldier.

Cloak: You have a way with words.

(?): What a weird man.

p33:
(?): And hey! Didn’t you feel anything, seeing me naked?! / aside: You’d break a poor girl’s heart!

(?): You still can’t find her?

Thug: My-my humblest apologies!

Thug: We’ve searched every inch of the ship, but… / We’ll interrogate everyone on board! She won’t get away!
(?): There is no need to catch her.

p34:
(?): She will suffer her just deserts for opposing me soon enough.

Thug: Y-yes, sir.

Cloak: Ohhh!

p35-36:
Yokohama

Cloak: It’s been 10 years since I last saw Japan!

p37:
Cloak: …. We’re here.

Cloak: I heard the Restoration and everything’s already ended while I was in America. / So why—

Cloak: Why did I come back?

(?): Clock!

Cloak: ! / I said, it’s Cloak!

p38:
Ned: It’s what you earned cleaning. Take it.

Cloak: Wasn’t that part of the bet…?
Ned: I don’t need your sympathy! Stop trying to act so tough!

Ned: We’re friends, aren’t we?

Cloak: You guys…

Ned: But man, that’s a huge trunk you’ve got there. Souvenirs for your folks?
Cloak: Ah, no, this is…

p39:
Ned: Ahahaha! Shame we’ll be together for only a little while longer.

Thugs: Isadora.

p40:
Thug: And you tried so hard to hide yourself. / I’m sorry, but it looks like your makeup’s starting to run.

The 19th president of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes, / said that we’d be safer if we let the rights of blacks be controlled by southern whites.
* if this is a real quote (I sincerely doubt it), I can’t find the source.

Thug: Looks like things are finally going back to the way they should be. / It’d be a crying shame if someone like you were to appear. / Bad for us old-fashioned merchants, I mean.

Isadora: “Old-fashioned merchants”? That’s a nice way to put it! / You merchants of death, using murderous tools, following your prey all the way to a foreign country!

Thug: You talk too much.

p41:
Cloak: Hey! / You shouldn’t be pointing guns at women.

Thug: She’s no woman. Just a little bitch.

p42:
Ned: Get your dirty hands off of me! / Gh?!

Sailors: Ned! / What are you—

Thug: Hmm. / Looks like you brats are all bark and no bite.

p43:
Thug: So then, let’s take Izadora and—

p44:
Thug: You were the one in the ship’s storeroom… You want more?
Cloak: America, the land of the free. / A land where women are treated properly, where people aren’t judged based on rank, where even a commoner has the right to become a leader.

Thug: Huh? What are you saying?

Cloak: The man who taught me that died before he could see the dawn of a new age… / But I was never able to learn of the < freedom > that man dreamt of.

Thug: Hmm? / There’s no way you could learn that.

Thug: is—

p45:
Thug: a word meant for us!

Thug: / A Derringer? What do you plan on doing with that kiddy gun?

p46:
Fire!

He got...

p47:

p48:
[inset]: Why…

p49:
[inset]: His Derringer can only fire two rounds! / How’d he pull this off with that?!

Cloak: How pathetic…

Cloak: All I learned in America / was this.

p50:
Lady: There’s no need to be so modest.

Lady: You were quite impressive, Clockwork.

Cloak: Where did you learn that name? / Who are you?

p51:
Mason: I am Margret Mason. / I’m sure you’re familiar with the Mason company, / Clockwork.

Cloak: A weapons merchant, then?

p52:
Marge: There was a Japanese man at the Annapolis Naval Academy in Maryland / who was said to fire with unparalled accuracy, like clockwork. / But he rejected an extraordinarily kind offer to work with military intelligence, and decided to head for home.

Marge: That Japanese man / aimed himself at heading back to Japan in the midst of its Meiji Restoration. And it’s said he has a very important father.

Marge: That man is…

p53:
Marge: The son of Katsu Kaishuu, Katsu Cloak!!!

Cloak: … That’s a good intelligence bureau for you.

Marge: However, if we’re talking about legends from Annapolis,

Marge: We have to talk about that gun, am I right?

p54:
Cloak: I wonder… / Did you know that Remington Derringer…

Cloak: Can be used like this?!

Marge: He had one hidden in his left land?!

Cloak: Look’s like your skirt’s about to explode, < lady >!

Marge: Wha…

p55:
Marge: George!

Cloak: I won’t fall for your bluff!

Cloak: You’re less experienced than I thought, exposing all your secrets like that.

p56:
Cloak: A double-barreled shotgun?!

p57:
Marge: Clockwork!

Marge: Stop hiding! Don’t you have a reputation to uphold?!

p58:
[inset]: This is clockwork, too.

Cloak: Guess I’ve got no choice! / I’ll have to show you / my souvenir from America!

p59:

p60:
Marge: A 10-inch long barrel! / And those markings… don’t tell me…

[inset]: The Peregrine?!

p61:
Marge: The legendary gunsmith “Gideon”’s magnum opus, a pistol with a barrel long enough to make it on par with a rifle.

Marge: However, that length would prove the weapon’s downfall… / A weapon no one could use… Peregrine, the wild falcon.

p62:

p63-64:
Marge: But Clockwork can use it?! / And with accuracy like clockwork…

p65:
Cloak: Man, maybe I went a bit overboard…

Sailors: Hey, Clock! / Run away! The shipper’s on to you!
Cloak: Huh?

(various): Hey, what’s with you all? / Something in the luggage? / What are you talking about?

Cloak: What happened to the woman?
Sailor: Looks like she took her chance to run away—thanks to you.
Cloak: Thanks… to me?

p66:
Cloak: That’s right…

Cloak: But man, this is horrible. She took my coat with her… And I’m covered in dust… / Dammit.

Cloak: How am I supposed to show up at home looking like this?!
[bottom]: Meiji 10 (1877)

p67:
The samurai’s final insurrection, the Satsuma Rebellion, comes to a close.

The politicians seek to create a new government, and the writers polish their image. / To a Japan trying to foment a new era

returns Katsu Cloak.

[right: Cloak sets foot on a new Japan!!