Ranma 1/2 Part 403 Version: 0.800 Title: Saffron is Born Written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi Translated from: Shounen Sunday '96 #8, 24th Jan '96 Copyright Rumiko Takahashi and Shogakukan 1995-1996 Translation & editing by Chris Rijk Additional translating and editing by No one yet This translation is copyright Chris Rijk 1999. Done expressly for non-profit use only. No unorthorised selling, renting etc. Get the latest version from http://www.wot-club.org.uk/Inuyasha/. Although scene descriptions are provided, it is not nearly the same as seeing it for yourself. If you enjoy the series, I would strongly recommend buying the 'tankoubon' (collected version, each about 180 pages or 12 chapters long, costing 400 yen) when they become available (typically 3-4 months after the weekly Shonen Sunday release), of which all 38 volumes are on sale. Warning: These translations will occationally include strong language, as well as violence, though this is only when it is present in the original Japanese version. Page 1 1 [Drawing of Ranma looking to the side in concern at something, with Saffron drawn with the egg behind him.] Title: Saffron is Born ( Sorry about the really long delay between translations. I'll be translating the rest of the remaining chapters as a high priority.) Page 2 1 [In the chamber with the egg, the egg has got a new set of cracks to one side.] Fx air: hshhht Fx egg: rumble... Fx egg: *crick crick* 2 [View of Kiima and the old man, looking on from behind a rock ledge.] Kiima: Premature birth... old-man: The hatching should have waited for another 3 days, by the original plans... 3 [Closeup of the egg cracking.] old-man: {off} If he gets born like this, old-man: Saffron-sama will be left imperfectly transformed... Fx egg: *crick* Page 3 1 [Up in the penthouse, the group look around at a noise.] Fx ground: *shudder...* guide: This tremor, is quite serious. 2 [Closeup of Ranma and Ryouga.] Ranma: Hey... getting a bit warm isn't it? Ryouga: Now that you mention it, it has suddenly got... Fx air: hshht shht 3 [The door opens.] Fx door: clack 4 [In walks panda-sign, as a panda, carrying a plate of food and tea.] panda-sign: Shampoo-sama, here is the meal you order-... 5 [The plate and contents drop to the ground.] Fx plate: ka-rash 6 [The panda attacks Ranma and Ryouga with a set of fast strikes, none connecting.] Ranma: {dodging} Wha. Ranma: Wha. Fx panda: (strikes) swish swish panda-sign: Kill all intruders!! 7 [The guide and daughter look on.] guide: Aiya, the panda's here too. Plum: The Panda is Shampoo's underling right now. Page 4 1 [Ranma jumps onto Mousse's head.] Fx Ranma: *tred on* Ranma: Hey Mousse, Ranma: fucking hurry up and get Shampoo outta the egg. 2 [Mousse knocks off Ranma.] Mousse: Shut up, I'm suffering at the moment!! Fx Mousse: whack 3 [Ranma lands on his dad, on his feet, looking a bit angry. Ryouga is holding back the panda, who is desperately trying to break free.] Ranma: [We gotta get her out because] oyaji is only listening to Shampoo's orders!! Fx Ranma: (panda) *tred on* Fx panda: *trash about* 4 [Closeup of Mousse, looking rather tense, with an imaginary drawing of Shampoo coming out of the egg looking at Mousse, drawn behind him.] Mousse: I know that. Mousse: However... Fx Mousse: *tremble tremble* Shampoo: Mousse-sama. 5 [Mousse continues to imagine things, tears in his eyes - on a date in park, Shampoo giving Mousse a heart-shaped box of chocolates, Mousse with his head on Shampoo's lap. To the side, Ranma and Ryouga are looking on, the panda still struggling and hitting Ranma, though he doesn't seem to notice.] Mousse: If Shampoo is my underling... Shampoo: Mousse-sama, have Valentine chocolate. Fx panda: (hitting Ranma) whack whack Ryouga: That's for sweethearts. Page 5 1 [Mousse takes a tragic pose beside the egg, while Ranma is shaking with anger.] Mousse: However... Mousse: Even if get Shampoo this way, I will... Ranma: Do~you~mind 2 [Ranma rushes forwards.] Fx Ranma: *dash* Ranma: What a pain, Ranma: better leave it to me... 3 [Ranma stops as the room shakes again, and some walls crack a bit.] Fx ground: *shudder...* Fx wall: crack 4 [Bits of masonary drop on the Guide.] Fx masonary: *tumble-tumble* Fx masonary: clatter clatter guide: Aiya. 5 [Some masonary has also knocked Mousse on the head, onto the egg, and to the side, Ranma looks on with a chunk on his head, which has broken in two.] Fx Mousse: clunk... Fx masonary: (on Ranma's head) *break apart* 6 [Closeup of Mousse, pressed against the egg, which has cracks on it.] Fx egg: clunk Fx egg: crick crick 7 [View of Ranma, and behind him Ryouga is looking on, while (almost absent mindendly) fending off the panda.] Ranma: I... it'll hatch! Fx panda and Ryouga: whack whack Page 6 1 [Mousse looks on as one of Shampoo's arms comes out of a hole in the egg.] Fx egg: crack... Mousse: Shampoo... 2 [Closeup of Mousse, savouring the moment.] Mousse: .oO(Heh, I'm a fool... ** lucky fool? ). Mousse: .oO(My once in a lifetime opportunity chance to make Shampoo mine is...). 3 [Closeup of Shampoo coming out of the egg, with a slightly blank expression.] Fx egg: crick... Shampoo: ...... 4 [Shampoo is suddenly starin at herself with a small hand mirror. (no indication of where it came from)] Fx Shampoo: *stare...* 5 [Ranma and Ryouga look on in surprise.] Ranma: Ahh! Ryouga: A mirror... 6 [Ranma and Ryouga realise what this means.] Ranma: Th, that's right, Ranma: if you see yourself first.... Ryouga: you're nobody's underling! Page 7 1 [Closeup of Shampoo, looking a bit surprised.] Shampoo: Until now, I've... 2 ['Happy' scene (the misty bubbles are out) with Mousse looking at Shampoo with a soft smile.] Fx Mousse: *softly...* Mousse: I'm glad... Shampoo. Shampoo: Mousse... 3 [Closeup of Mousse looking pleased with himself.] Mousse: It's better this way. Mousse: I don't want a fictional love... Fx Mousse: heh... 4 [Shampoo is now happily clinging to Ranma, who looks angry, while Ryouga is shouting angrily at them, with the panda stuggling to reach Shampoo. Mousse has turned to look with a little sweat-drop.] Shampoo: Aiya, Ranma, I was so scared. Fx Shampoo: yippee Ranma: You were hardly any different to normal. Ryouga: Enough already - order the panda! Fx Ryouga: *noisly* panda-sign: Shampoo-sama! 5 [Back to Saffron's egg.] Fx air: hshht Fx egg: rumble-rumble-rumble... Page 8 1 [Kiima and the old man look on in fear.] Fx air: hshhhht Kiima: Th, this heat is... old-man: Oh no! old-man: Get down Kiima. 2 [Light radiates out from the egg.] Fx light: *flash* 3 [In the penthouse, the floor cracks, and everyone looks down in surprise.] Fx floor: *crack...* Fx floor: *crack crack crack* Ranma: Hn!? Page 9 1 [The group fall down through the air as the floor gives way.] Fx masonary: ka-dmdm Fx masonary: clatter Ranma: Gaaaah! 2 [Ranma lands on his feet in the chamber, where the head of the Dragon Tap can be seen in the mist.] Fx air: hshhht Fx rocks: clatter... Fx Ranma: tmp... 3 [Ranma looks around, and behind him Mousse and Ryouga push some rocks off and look around too.] Ranma: Th... this is...! Fx rocks: clatter... 4 [View of the egg, with the most of the top missing - it's been cracked open.] Fx egg fragments: rattle... Ranma: {off} That's Saffron's egg...!! 5 [Vague view of some wings inside the egg.] Fx air: hshht Fx wings: *strain...* Page 10 1 [Double page frame of Saffron getting out of the egg. He looks to be an adult now.] Fx ground: *shudder* 2 [Closeup side view of Saffron looking at one of his clawed hands from which light is glowing, and heat radiates around him.] Fx air: hshht Fx Saffron: *crack knuckles* Fx Saffron's hands: hshhhht... Page 11 1 [Ranma and the others look on in surprise.] Ranma: This is... 2 [Saffron turns to face the camera, and look off at Ranma, and he doesn't look happy.] Fx Saffron: *glare* Page 12 1 [Saffron throws out an arm and light blazes from the end.] Fx light: *flash* 2 [A winding torrent of flame strikes at Ranma, though he jumps out the way and the flames strike the cavern wall behind.] Fx flame: roar Fx wall: kaboom Ranma: Dowah! 3 [Ranma lands safely, looking off at Saffron in surprise, along with Ryouga.] Fx air: hshht Fx rocks: clatter... Ryouga: A fire ball... Page 13 1 [Closeup of Ranma with a drawing of the child version of Saffron behind him.] Ranma: You're... Ranma: Saffron, huh... 2 [Saffron turns to Kiima and the old man, who are kneeling nearby.] old-man: Saffron-sama... I'm terribly sorry. Fx old-man: *sob sob sob sob sob* Saffron: Jii... ( 'jii' is here short for 'jii-san', ie 'old man'.) 3 [Closeup side view of Saffron.] Saffron: The transformation has failed on this occation... 4 [Ranma and the others are a bit surprised at this.] Ranma: Failed...? 5 [Saffron has put some rich looking clothes on and adresses Ranma.] Fx clothes: fwap Saffron: Ranma... Saffron: Before I punish you, I'll explain. Saffron: About the fate of the kings of Mt Phoenix... ( 'punish' is somewhat weaker than the Japanese word used here, which is rather ambiguous. "Kill you for your crimes" might would be a bit closer to how it feels.) Page 14 1 [] Saffron: A true king is... Saffron: manipulated so that heat and light freely gushes out from inside the body, like with a phoenix, Saffron: and for the populace night is bright, winter is warm, Saffron: making the living quarters pleasant to live in, due to the one who was given and possess these abilities... 2 [The others look back.] Ranma: ...In other words, you are... 3 [Ranma makes his point, and Mousse gets a little sweat bead.] Ranma: the rural mountain equivilant of electricity and gas. Saffron: Humph. 4 [Closeup side view of Saffron.] Saffron: Originally that is what the transformation should have accomplished... Saffron: However... 5 [Ranma grits his teeth.] Ranma: Humph. Page 15 1 [Ranma makes a forceful point. Ranma is still holding doll-Akane in his hands, which he has been for the whole chapter.] Ranma: I don't care about the electricity or gas, however, Ranma: Akane's life is hanging by a thread. 2 [Ranma continues to make his point, and the Dragon Tap is shown behind him.] Ranma: The cold Cursed Spring, Ranma: I will restore it myself. 3 [Closeup of Saffron holding up a glowing hand with a slight smile.] Saffron: Humph, Saffron: in that case... Fx hand: hshht 4 [Saffron angrily sends another torrent of flame Ranma's way.] Saffron: you better beat One as quickly as possible! Fx flame: whoosh Ranma: {dodging} Hah! ( Reminder - Saffron uses a rather imperial form of 'I'.) Page 16 1 [Ranma hides behind a rock ledge.] Fx ground: rumble... Fx Ranma: shh 2 [Ranma looks at Akane.] Ranma: .oO(Hang on Akane,). Ranma: .oO(I'll soon return you to...). 3 [Closeup side view of Ranma looking shocked.] Fx Ranma: urrk! 4 [Akane's eyes are half-closed.] Ranma: .oO(Akane!?). 5 [Ranma looks worried.] Ranma: .oO(The eyes are... starting to close!!). Ranma: .oO(What's going on!?). Last modified June 4th 1999