Ranma 1/2 Part 406 Version: 0.800 Title: Akane's Smile Written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi Translated from: Shounen Sunday '96 #11, 13th Feb '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 [Ranma is still in the tornado, swirling around, holding the Gekkaja and looking off at something looking worried and desperate. Behind him is a large drawing of Akane, with her eyes fully open, and a slight smile.] Title: Akane's Smile Page 2 1 [View of Ranma's tornado, by the side of the mountain.] Fx air: whoosh... 2 [Mousse, Ryouga and the Guide look on.] Mousse: The Hiryuu Shouten Ha!! Ryouga: Hn!? Page 3 1 [View or two large balls of glowing light, inside the tornado, just next to each other.] Fx air: whoosh... Ryouga: {off} What's that light!? 2 [Closeup of the source of the light - it's the Kinjakan and Gekkaja locked together, with a large flow of energy coming back from each, blowing over their respective wielders. The flow going over Ranma has little bits mixed up.] Fx light: crackle crackle 3 [Closeup of Ranma and Saffron - Ranma is gritting his teeth, and Saffron has a slight smile.] Fx wind: (from weapons) vishhh... Fx light: crackle crackle Ranma: Wha... Ranma: The Gekkaja's chill is rebounding... Saffron: Heh... Page 4 1 [Closeup of Saffron smiling.] Fx air: hshht Saffron: The Kinjakan and Gekkaja perfectly rebound each other's attack... Saffron: But then... 2 [Saffron regrows his left arm and wing, which Ranma had frozen off.] Saffron: As far as One is concerned the Kinjakan's heat is a gentle beeze! Fx arm: sha-kink Fx hand: *grow rapidly* Saffron: Now it's too late for you!! 3 [Ranma is carried back by the rushing air.] Fx air: whoosh... Ranma: Ugh... 4 [Saffron holds up a hand, with fire spiraling around it.] Saffron: Now that you've cooled, I'll heat you up! Fx flames: whoosh Page 5 1 [Ranma pour around Ranma.] Fx flames: roa-a-ar Ranma: Dwha! Ranma: Owahwahwah! 2 [Flames engulf the entire tornado.] Fx air: roa-a-r... 3 [Ryouga, Mousse and Shampoo, with Kiima in a head-lock, look on.] Shampoo: Aiya, now it's a fire tornado. Ryouga: Get outa there, Ranma. 4 [The rushing wind of the tornado takes Ranma near a cliff.] Fx rock: Ranma: Ugh... 5 [Closeup of Ranma looking over at the cliff.] Ranma: .oO(Right, I'll grab hold of that and...). Page 6 1 [Ranma stabs the Gekkaja into the rocks.] Ranma: escape!! Fx Gekkaja: (rock) thunk 2 [Ryouga and Mousse look down at this.] Mousse: Woah! Ryouga: It caught in! 3 [The rock is pulled out of the cliff before Ranma can get out.] Fx rock: *break...* Ranma: No! 4 [Closeup of Saffron with flames surrounding him.] Saffron: Damn fool, Saffron: even if you escape the force of the flames... 5 [Saffron gets splatted in the face with the boulder Ranma got, though not by Ranma's direction - he's out of it too.] Fx boulder: whizz Fx air: hshht Fx Saffron: whack Page 7 1 [Ranma looks on to see Saffron reeling from the blow. Also, the flames in the tornado have considerably lessened.] Fx Saffron: (comically) *fall down* Fx Saffron: *reel...* Fx Saffron: *grow dizzy* Ranma: _Ah_!? 2 [Closeup of Ranma.] Ranma: The force of the flames has lessened...!? 3 [Mousse and Ryouga discuss this, though the old-man gives a start of fright.] Mousse: Couldn't it be that Saffron's weak at taking a hit!? Ryouga: I doubt it, if he was pampered while raised by the aides... old-man: *gulp* 4 [Ryouga stabs down into the ground, breaking it up.] Ryouga: Bakusai Tenketsu! Fx ground: wham 5 [Ryouga throws some rocks into the tornado.] Ryouga: Ranma, I'll assist you! Fx rocks: whizz whizz Page 8 1 [Inside the tornado, Ranma gets hit on the head by a boulder and Saffron evades them.] Fx rocks: whizz Fx Ranma: Ranma: Ow. Saffron: {dodging} hah! 2 [Saffron starts blasting angrily with both arms.] Fx flames: whoosh Saffron: Damn you! 3 [Ranma looks over at Saffron, avoiding the rocks, while hiding behind a small rock, in which he has the Gekkaja.] Fx air: whoosh Ranma: .oO(He, he's panicy...). 4 [Closeup of Ranma.] Ranma: No doubt about it! Ranma: Saffron is weak to simple physical attacks!! ( A more precise translation would be "They're basic, but Saffron is weak to punch and kick attacks.") Page 9 1 [Using the staff of the Gekkaja to swing on, Ranma spins his body swinging both feet into Saffron's head.] Ranma: Take this - Chokusetsu Shuuda Ryuusei Kyaku!! (Direct Kick Attack - Meteor Kick) Fx Saffron: whack 2 [Closeup of Saffron looking dazed and falling backwards.] Fx Saffron: *reel...* 3 [Saffron falls head first down the centre of the tornado to the bottom.] Fx air: whoosh... 4 [Ranma looks down.] Ranma: Serves you fucking rig-... Page 10 1 [Ranma looks on in shock as light glows at the bottom of the tornado and the rocks seem to melt around it.] Fx light: flash 2 [Some magma splurts up.] Fx magma: glub-glub Page 11 1 [A rush of magma splurts up towards Ranma, who is protected by the rock the Gekkaja is still stuck in.] Fx magma: *gush* Ranma: ! 2 [Closeup of Ranma, looking quite shocked.] Fx air: whoosh 3 [Mousse and Ryouga look on in shock.] Mousse: Geh! The rocks became lava... Ryouga: The heat radiation earlier is no match to that now! 4 [Saffron, though indistinct due to the extreme heat, floats up from the bottom.] Saffron: Heh. Page 12 1 [Saffron is now up at Ranma's height in the tornado, and emitting a very large white glow, so bright Saffron is almost colourless. Ranma's clothes are smoking, and the block of ice at the end of the Gekkaja has mostly melted.] Fx wind: whoosh Fx Saffron: hshht Ranma: Ugh... Saffron: You left me in too good a condition, lowlife... Saffron: It ends now... 2 [Ranma of Ranma looking rather worried. He's also shielding Akane (still stuck in his shirt top) with his hand.] Ranma: .oO(Da, dammit...). Ranma: .oO(If the battle gets drawn out any longer, both Akane and I will...). 3 [Saffron radiates an huge amount of light and energy.] Saffron: Mt Phoenix Royal Family's Ultimate Ultra-level attack!! Fx light: flash ( Special moves and terms relating to them can be a bit hard to translate into sensible sounding english. Here, "kyuukyoku ougi" was translated as "Ultimate Ultra-level attack". Often a 'school' of a particular type of Martial Arts (or similar) will have an attack classed as an 'ougi' - as 'final' level, or ultimate level attack. It may refer to a single particular attack, but can refer to a set of attacks in general, which is why Saffron says 'kyuukyoku' ('ultimate') as well - ie it's the best of his highest level attacks. Or, putting it another way, he doesn't have anything stronger. Note - this is just announcing the classification of the attack - that comes next...) 4 [Ranma looks on in fear.] Ranma: A fire-ball! Page 13 1 [Closeup of Saffron's eyes, power radiating around him.] Saffron: Tenka Shunmetsu Koukyuu Dan!! Any-mortal Instant-Annihilation Emperor-sized Ball Blast 2 [A massive fire-ball appears right in front of Ranma, about 10 meters in diameter.] Fx ball: whump Ranma: ! 3 [The fire-ball emerges from the tornado.] Fx tornado: who-o-o-sh Fx fireball: 4 [Ryouga and the others look on in shock.] Ryouga: Ah... Page 14 1 [The blast fires off into a beam, melting the tops off some thin mountain peaks. (Do you really get geography like this?)] Fx tornado: who-o-sh Fx mountain tops: *melt* 2 [Ryouga and Mousse are shocked.] Mousse: The mountain vanished!! Ryouga: What about Ranma... 3 [Ranma comes out on the edge of the tornado, pointing the Gekkaja at himself, with ice all over him.] Fx Ranma: *falling down...* Fx ice: cling... Ryouga: {off} Ahh! Ranma: Ugh... 4 [Shampoo, Mousse and Ryouga look on.] Shampoo: He's okay!? Ryouga: He's frozen! Page 15 1 [Saffron throws off the Kinjakan's hoop.] Saffron: I won't let you escape!! Fx hoop: wha-kizz 2 [The hoop whips around and hits Ranma on the head.] Fx tornado: whoosh Fx hoop: *change direction* Fx Ranma: whack Ranma: Ugh! 3 [Saffron approaches Ranma.] Saffron: Heh, how touching. Saffron: To have frozen your own body with the Gekkaja... 4 [Closeup of Saffron, looking angry.] Fx air: hshht Saffron: But that's just a temporary workaround... Saffron: The next attack will definately smash apart that frozen body, right to the heart... 5 [Ranma looks a bit worried.] Ranma: Ugh... Page 16 1 [Closeup of Ranma holding up his right fist.] Ranma: .oO(There is just one way to defeat Saffron.). Ranma: .oO(With this frozen fist...). 2 [Explanatory diagram, showing Ranma and Saffron. Directly from Ranma to Saffron is a thin Hiryuu Shouten Ha, and surrounding it is bright energy. There are some arrows around the Hiryuu Shouten Ha pointing inwards, and towards Saffron.] Ranma: .oO(I'll drive a Hiryuu Shouten Ha through!!). Ranma: .oO(However, in the middle of that heat, the swirls of cold will inevitably become extrafine!!). circled-kanji: hot boxed-kanji: cold 3 [Closeup of Saffron powering up.] Ranma: .oO({off} Unless I get one good shot in...). Ranma: .oO(it's all over!!). Page 17 1 [Ranma faces down another massive blast.] Saffron: Tenka Shunmetsu Koukyuu Dan!! Any-mortal Instant-Annihilation Emperor-sized Ball Blast Fx fireball: *gush* Ranma: Ugh! 2 [Closeup of Ranma looking tense and afraid.] Ranma: I can't find out Saffron's location!! Ranma: It's no good!! 3 [Closeup of doll-Akane in Ranma's shirt, covered in ice.] Fx Akane: hshht... Ranma: ! Ranma: .oO(Akane's hot...!?). Page 18 1 [Akane suddenly shoots out from Ranma's shirt.] Fx Akane: whoosh Ranma: A... 2 [Closeup of Ranma.] Ranma: Akane! Ranma: .oO(She gave off heat on her own, and melted the ice...!?). 3 [Closeup of Akane rushing through the air, ice melting off her.] Fx air: hshht 4 [Ranma looks on in shock and surprise as Akane moves off ahead of him, into Saffron's blast.] Fx air: hshht Page 19 1 [Overhead view, with Akane making a channel into the blast, which is also stopping the worst of it hitting Ranma.] Fx Akane: whizz... Ranma: A... Ranma: .oO(Akane, with your frozen body, you're making a breach...). 2 [Vague view of Saffron, though the light and heat.] Ranma: {off} I see him! 3 [Akane is close to Saffron, all the ice melted.] Fx Akane: hshht... Saffron: Foolish girl! Saffron: You shall be inceinerated!! Page 20 1 [Ranma makes a sort of punch, with his frozen right hand, and ice blasts off it, with a fierce look.] Ranma: .oO(Oh no you won't!). Ranma: Hiryuu Shouten Ha Special Edition!! Fx air: (from blast) whoosh 2 [Double-page spread of Ranma firing a thin Hiryuu Shouten Ha right at Saffron.] Fx blast: flash Fx tornado: *spin spin* Ranma: .oO(Go-o, dragon of ice!). Ranma: Hiryuu Hyou-Toppa!! (Flying Dragon Ice-Breakthrough) Page 21 1 [The head of the tornado strikes into Saffron.] Fx tornado: (Saffron) wham-am-am Saffron: Ugh... Page 22 1 [Saffron falls down, with chunks of ice around him, with a closeup showing his eyes half-closed.] Fx ice: crick... Saffron: .oO(One is...). Saffron: .oO(immortal...). 2 [Ryouga, Mousse and Shampoo, with Kiima in a headlock, look on.] Kiima: Saffron-sama. Ryouga: Gottim! 3 [Ranma is still caught up in the air with the remains of his earlier tornado, holding the Gekkaja.] Ranma: .oO(I... won.). 4 [Closeup of Ranma, looking a bit desperate.] Ranma: Akane! 5 [Ranma rushes down to where Akane is falling below.] Fx Akane: *falling down* Ranma: Akane-e-e! Page 23 1 [Ranma almost reaches Akane.] Ranma: .oO(Please, keep your eyes open!). 2 [Closeup of Ranma in shock.] Ranma: ! 3 [Closeup of Akane - she has a slight smile, and seems to be holding out a hand towards Ranma.] Ranma: .oO({off} She's smiling...!?). 4 [Ranma is now holding Akane.] Ranma: .oO(She's okay!!). 5 [Ranma happily looks at Akane, who seems to be holding her arms towards him.] Ranma: Akane, Ranma: just wait. Ranma: I'll restore you with the cold Cursed Water right now... Page 24 1 [Closeup of Akane, eyes closed, but still with a smile.] Fx eyes: *gently close...* 2 [Ranma looks at Akane in surprise.] Ranma: ! 3 [Closeup of Ranma looking quite shocked.] Ranma: .oO(If her eyes have closed, it'll be too late!). Ranma: Akane... Last modified June 8th 1999