Magic Knight RayEarth Volume 1, version 1.1 Da Disclaimer and background info: The Book: Magic Knight RayEarth -- volume 1 Written and illustrated by CLAMP. Size is A5. Published by Kodansha under the Kodansha Comics Deluxe label: #530. ISBN4-06-319530-9 C9979, retailed at 680 yen, including tax. The original Copyright (Japanese): CLAMP and Kodansha, 1994. First printing: July 22, 1994. Scripter's blurbs for version 1.0: This "script" was written as an _aid_ for those who wanted to read the Japanese manga (as the U.S. version is not available yet)... not for sale or for commercial use (unless Kodansha wants to use it, which I seriously doubt). So, just keep it for your own use, OK? Much thanks to Steven E. Barnes for kindly editing this thing over and over and over again... and to all those on the CLAMP mailing list who have been waiting 6 months for me to finish this. Signed 8/3/95. Scripter's blurbs for version 1.1: Yeah yeah, I know I have RG to do, but I needed to change the feedback e-mail address and a couple miscellaneous things... so that's that. signed 12/4/95. rika (fuu@cephiro.anime.net) % indicates lines not spoken $ indicates flashback lines [ ] indicates lines in handwriting or captions { } indicates footnotes < > indicates sounds << >> indicates spells, {} indicates what the letters in the spell mean P.3 P.4 GIRL (Emeraude) %Help... %Please save this World... %Legendary Magic Knights... P.5 P.6 GIRL (Emeraude) %Help! P.8 GIRL (Emeraude) %Magic Knights... P.9 P.10 [1993. Tokyo... Tokyo Tower.] FRIENDS Like really... Tokyo Tower? Nowadays? I mean, for a social studies field trip... I think our school is really weird. Don't you think so, Hikaru? [Yeah, I agree.] ...Hikaru? Hikaru!! [Hikaru: What? What?] P.11 HIKARU It's so high up! It's great! [writing: excited] I'm so happy that we came here for our field trip! FRIENDS She's enjoying this. Really. But then... Hikaru is a simple, pure, and straightforward person. HIKARU Oh... there's a baby in that house! Aaaaaarrrrrrgggghhh! FRIEND What happened, Hikaru? P.12 HIKARU ...I ran out of time on the binoculars. {The binoculars cost about 100 yen for about 3 minutes.} [hehe.] [uh-oh...] money.... money... [uh-oh..... uh-oh.......] Wha...? GIRL (Fuu) I have enjoyed watching you having fun. Please, don't mind me -- please keep watching. P.13 FRIENDS That's the uniform for a famous private school.Oh... the one famous for educating geniuses... She was cute. Cute and intelligent. You really can't follow that one. {"follow" is a Japanese-made English term referring to a compliment that "follows" another personal comment, usually an insult. Since Fuu is attractive and intelligent, she would be considered nearly perfect by Hikaru's friends, and thus leaving them with no room to "follow".} ... you... You're cute too, Hikaru. Although you are a little boyish. Yeah! I mean, you're popular with all the graduating classes. Although we are an all-girls school... [waaah] P.14 HIKARU I'm going to go thank her. FRIENDS [What?] Oh, here comes another school. Hikaru's so short... she got stuck. There seems to be a lot of field trips. Wait. That's the school famous for having so many "ojousamas". {Ojousan = girl. However, "ojousama" (sama = more polite way of "san") means a girl from a well-to-do family.} The one the daughters of politicians and industrialists go to! I wonder if today is the day that all the famous schools visit the Tokyo Tower. Look at her. [HIKARU: Meow!?] P.15 FRIENDS She's really pretty... she looks like a model. She's so much prettier than those "idols". {In japan, there is a genre of singers called "idols". Their sales pitch is usually their appearance and cuteness, not their singing skills. They were popular in the 1980s, but have given way to more "skilled" singers and "danceable" bands from about 1990. Many of the "idols" have now changed their song styles to suit the times; many others have turned to acting to stay in showbiz.} [kya kya] P.16 FRIENDS Kyaa! What? It's so bright! P.17 GIRL (Emeraude) %Please save this World... P.18-19 GIRL (Emeraude) %Legendary... %Magic Knights.... P.20 HIKARU What!? GIRL (Umi) Kyaa.... FRIENDS I wonder what that light was. P.21 %Save us... %Legendary... %Magic Knights... P.22 HIKARU [ Wha!?] Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa GIRL (Umi) Kyaaaaaaaaaaa P.23 GIRL (Fuu) I wonder what happened... [hmmmmm.....] GIRL (Umi) What is this!? GIRL (Fuu) I wonder if the floor of the Tokyo Tower gave way... GIRL (Umi) But why did just the three of us fall!!? [Oohhhhh.....!!] HIKARU A volcano...? An ocean...? A mountain that floats in the sky...? P.25 HIKARU Where are we!? P.26 GIRL (Umi) Nooo!! We're going to fall!! HIKARU What is this? GIRL (Fuu) It looks like a giant flying fish. P.27 HIKARU What's going on? [GIRL (Fuu): Really.... GIRL (Umi): Oh my...!] Where are we!!? P.28 MAN (Zagato) So, you summoned the legendary Magic Knights from Another World with the last of your power... But they are children... We will see if they can become the true Magic Knights and save you, Princess. P.29 GIRL (Emeraude) %Magic Knights.... %Please save this world... P.30 GIRL (Umi) Kyaaaaaaaaaa [waaaaaaaaaaa, kyaaa ] I landed on my back... [I hit my face, too...] GIRL (Fuu) Oh my. Are you all right? Girls should take good care of their backs. [HIKARU: What? What? GIRL (Umi): Um.... You know...] GIRL (Umi) But... where is this? GIRL (Fuu) It is nice to see so many trees in Tokyo. P.31 GIRL (Umi) If this _was_ Tokyo, then the old folks that keep protesting about the preservation of the environment would shut up! [oooohhhhh!!!] HIKARU No.... This isn't Tokyo. GIRL (Fuu) Well, then where are we...? HIKARU I don't know. [Umm.... ummmm...] But... When I was falling, I saw a vast ocean. And a mountain floating in the sky, and a volcano off in the distance... GIRL (Fuu) Well, there isn't a mountain floating in the skies of Tokyo... GIRL (Umi) There isn't a volcano either. P.32 GIRL (Fuu) Oh, maybe Mt. Fuji erupted. GIRL (Umi) Don't say that! It's bad luck to say such things! [ALL: Waaahh!] Wh, wh, wh, what is this!? A huge fish!? GIRL (Fuu) Oh... It's probably not a fish. Because fish don't have wings. GIRL (Umi) Before we talk about wings... If there was a fish that big, it wouldn't fit in the Tsukiji fish market now, would it!? [HIKARU: It's biiiggg....] P.33 HIKARU It's okay! It's really tame! GIRL (Umi) Under these circumstances, the fact that it's tame doesn't mean anything! GIRL (Fuu) No, there is a good thing about it. GIRL (Umi) What? GIRL (Fuu) Now there is time for us to introduce ourselves. [HIKARU: Meow] P.34 GIRL (Fuu) My name is Fuu Hououji. I am 14, an eighth grader. My blood type is A, and I am a Sagittarius. GIRL (Umi) Why did you include your blood type in your introduction? FUU So there won't be any problems in the case that a blood transfusion becomes necessary. {Not only that, but it is popular to judge personalities and compatibility based on the blood types... like type A is the (typical)loyal, hardworking person, type B is the self-paced, easygoing person, type O is the athletic, energetic person, and type AB is the cool, intellectual person. Of course, I don't remember it exactly, but almost all Japanese girls know this. Many of the books about "magic" acts (omajinai) split their "spells" (about getting that special guy to like you) by blood type or zodiac sign because those two are the main ways of splitting people to stereotype them into personalities.) GIRL (Umi) Umi Ryuuzaki. I am also 14 and in the eighth grade. I'm a Pisces, and my blood type is A. P.35 HIKARU Hikaru Shidou. I'm 14, in the eighth grade! UMI & FUU EHHhhhh!? UMI You're the same age as me!? [shock] FUU You don't look it! You _DON'T_ look it! P.36 FUU When I met you at the top of Tokyo Tower, I thought you were in elementary school... [because you're so cute.] UMI [cute!] Yup. No matter how you look at it, you don't seem to be much older than eleven. [You're so short... are you in the very front of the class?] {In Japanese schools, the students line up in the physical education area to hear the speech of the principal basically every morning. They arrange the students in files according to their homeroom classes, and the shorter you are, the farther front you go in the line when they line up by height. This is so that all the students will be able to see the principal easier, and for the teachers to have an easier time taking attendance and learning the students names.} [HIKARU: argh] MAN (Clef) How long do you plan to chitchat like that? UMI, FUU, HIKARU Who's that!? P.37 MAN (Clef) So you are the Legendary Knights that Princess Emeraude summoned from Another World. What? You are still children! P.38 MAN (Clef) What was Princess Emeraude thinking when she summoned them... UMI Wait. What do you mean, children? You don't look a year older than 10 yourself!! MAN (Clef) What do you mean, a child? [UMI: Fugryyuu] I am 745 years old. UMI EEH!? FUU [surprise!!] Oh my, you look very young. UMI It's going slightly overboard for trying to look younger. [Uuh.... ooohhh...] MAN (Clef) [Oh yeah?] I helped you by summoning Fyula here, and you girls can't even say one word of thanks? P.39 HIKARU Helped? By any chance, did you summon it? MAN (Clef) Yes. This is Fyula, one of my seijyu. {Seijyu = spiritual beast. They are the creatures that are often summoned in various RPG's.} HIKARU Then you would know -- where are we? And why are we here...? P.40-41 MAN (Clef) This is Cephiro. You have been summoned by Princess Emeraude to become the legendary heroes known as the Magic Knights. P.42 HIKARU Legendary Knights? [word inside triangle: Awestruck] UMI Magic Knights... and what are they? FUU It sounds like the name for a new computer game. UMI I don't care how, but get us back to the Tokyo Tower. MAN (Clef) Cephiro is in a crisis. You must fulfill the legends, become the Magic Knights, and... [UMI & FUU: kyaa, kyaa] ... and... P.43 MAN (Clef) Hey! Listen to my story!! [UMI & FUU: kyaa kyaa] UMI So your name is Fyula? Can you take us back to Tokyo? FUU If we don't go back soon, the field trip will be over. HIKARU Legendary Magic Knights... [UMI & FUU: kyaa kyaa] MAN (Clef) <>! {spirit, beast, return, world. "Seijyuraikai".} P.44 MAN (Clef) You cannot return to your world. P.45 HIKARU What did you say...? MAN (Clef) I said, you cannot return to your world. P.46 FUU What do you mean by that? MAN (Clef) Those that are Summoned to Cephiro from Another World cannot return by their own will. UMI That can't be...! You mean I'm stuck here forever!? With the flying fish and this old guy that looks really young, in this world where Haagen-Dazs or Denny's or Mos Burgers don't exist!?!? [OH MY GOD!!] {Mos Burgers = Fast food chain in Japan... like Burger King and McDonald's. Pronounced "mosu baagaa".} [MAN (Clef): What are you talking about?] HIKARU We can't... go back.... P.47 FUU That's a problem... I have to write a report that is due tomorrow. UMI Since we can't go back, why are you still worrying about a report? FUU Because it was a group project. If my share is not done, it will be a hassle for the other people in my group. UMI And I have a fencing match the day after tomorrow. I was chosen as the school representative, too. FUU Oh, you fence? That is so delightful. UMI Oh, would you like to come watch? I can invite you. [UMI & FUU: kya kya] [MAN (Clef): um, um] P.48 [UMI & FUU: kya kya] FUU Is that all right? UMI Yes. It's the day after tomorrow. 3:00 p.m. at the Kokugikan. {Kokugikan = National Sports Arena} MAN (Clef) And I'm saying, you CAN'T go back!! [UMI: Oh yeah, that's right.] [MAN (Clef) panting] HIKARU We really can't go back? So I won't be able to see Mother, my brothers, or Hikari anymore... MAN (Clef) I did not say that there wasn't a way to get back. P.49 FUU What do we have to do to go back? UMI If you know what's good for you, you wouldn't lie!!! Even though you're older, we're TALLER! MAN (Clef) Don't try to scare me away! [Using your height!] HIKARU I would appreciate it if you could tell us how we can go back to Tokyo. P.50 MAN (Clef) I want you to save Cephiro. P.52 P.53 P.54 MINIONS What did you see in the water mirror spell, my lord Zagato? ZAGATO The Legendary Knights have been summoned from Another World. MINIONS My oh my... I am impressed with Princess Emeraude, the one that holds the Peace and Order in Cephiro... to be able to use so much Power even when imprisoned... P.55 MINIONS Are there Three knights, just like the Legend? Then, they are going to become the Magic Knights and revive the Mashin. [Ho ho ho] This will be interesting. ZAGATO The ones summoned from Another World are still children... there is no chance that the Mashin will revive. P.56 ZAGATO But, they are currently under the Guru Clef. {Guru = Master. "Doushi".} MINIONS So they are with that obnoxious sorcerer. That is inconvenient. ZAGATO Alcione. ALCIONE Yes? ZAGATO It is best to pick the weeds while they are sprouts. P.57 ALCIONE As you wish. P.58 HIKARU That reminds me... when the skies above Tokyo Tower flashed... FUU I also heard it. "Please save this world." UMI "Legendary..." HIKARU "Magic Knights!" P.59 CLEF From the day that Princess Emeraude, the Pillar of Cephiro, became imprisoned, the Peace and Order in this world has disappeared. The Cephiro that everyone was happy and humans, seireis, and seijyus lived together in peace... it has become like a nightmare: full of War and Confusion since we lost Princess Emeraude. HIKARU Look out!! P.60 CLEF <>! {Thunder, invite, come. "Inazumashourai".} P.61 HIKARU Wow... UMI The light tore that weird monster apart. CLEF Those monsters did not exist in Cephiro before. This is the Forest of the Elel. To think that monsters now roam these woods, one of the sanctuaries in Cephiro... It looks like we must hurry. {Forest of Elel: "seirei no mori"} HIKARU Why will Cephiro become hostile if the princess disappears? P.62 CLEF As I mentioned before, Princess Emeraude is the Pillar of this world. HIKARU Pillar...? CLEF Princess Emeraude supported the Peace and Order in Cephiro with her Prayer. UMI With Prayer? P.63 CLEF In Cephiro, one's Will supersedes everything else. P.64 CLEF A Faithful Heart is the one source of Power here in Cephiro. HIKARU A Faithful Heart... P.65 CLEF Princess Emeraude used her Faith of Peace and Order to create a peaceful world free of Fear or Strife. But... UMI She has been imprisoned by someone... HIKARU Who is it!? Who kidnapped the Princess? CLEF Sol Zagato. {Sol = priest. RE term. "Shinkan".} UMI, HIKARU, FUU Zagato? P.66 CLEF Zagato kidnapped the Princess and imprisoned her Somewhere. HIKARU You don't know where? Even with your power? CLEF Zagato's Power is second only to that of the Princess. And... HIKARU And...? CLEF No, never mind. P.67 FUU Then... the only way we can go back would be... CLEF As I said before, willpower is stronger than anything else here in Cephiro. The Princess' Wish brought you to this world. If you are able to become the Legendary Magic Knights and save Cephiro as Princess Emeraude wishes, then her Wish will be fulfilled and purged. You should be able to return to your own world. P.68 UMI ...I can't believe this. FUU This is so much like a RPG... HIKARU Save the Princess by becoming the Legendary Magic Knight... FUU But why US? UMI Now that you mention it... why is it us, and not the people of Cephiro? HIKARU [Oh!] Wait! What happened to the people in Cephiro? P.69 HIKARU Why didn't you say anything, when such an important princess was kidnapped!? UMI Hasn't anyone gone to rescue her!? CLEF All sorts of sorcerers, warriors, and knights have fought Zagato to save the Princess. However, none have won. UMI He's that strong...? CLEF Of course, they are still fighting. However... the people from Cephiro can not win... P.70 HIKARU Why? ...What's wrong? CLEF Above all, only those from Another World can be Legendary Magic Knights. FUU Why is that? CLEF To become the Legendary Magic Knight, one must revive the Mashin. HIKARU Mashin!? P.71 CLEF But before that, I have to do something about your equipment... HIKARU, UMI, FUU Equipment? [CLEF: Hmmmmm....] UMI What do you think you're doing, you hentai! {Hentai = pervert.) CLEF [whoa] Who are you calling a hentai!? [GRRRRR] [HIKARU: Why are they so upset? FUU: It must have been scary, but it's okay now...] P.72 [UMI: Fu Fu Fu ... I'll lift YOUR cape in return!] CLEF I was just checking what equipment you had on! You thought you were prepared for the upcoming battles in such flimsy dresses!? [HIKARU & FUU: flimsy? CLEF: Hai-ya!] P.73 HIKARU Waaaaaaaa UMI What is this? FUU This feels more and more like a RPG. CLEF Can you use Magic? HIKARU Magic? UMI Of course we can't! If we could, we would be back in Tokyo by now! FUU I, too, have never used magic in the fourteen years of my life. CLEF You can't even cast one spell... P.74 UMI Most normal junior high school girls can't use such things! [Ooooohhhh!!] CLEF Oh well. I will give you one spell group each, then. <>! {Magic, folklore. "Mahoudenshou".} P.76 CLEF ...it seems as though they chose you. [Slight surprise] Magic chooses its user. Magic is something that uses the Faith more than other things in Cephiro. Willpower determines all aspects of Magic -- its success or failure, and its strength. The Magic that you have just acquired has chosen you. HIKARU Magic... CLEF That light... So you are those that were summoned to become the Magic Knights... UMI I've always wanted to be a sorcerer! So now... [I'm going to use this magic as much as I want now!] P.77 CLEF You fool! It's stupid to use a spell when unnecessary! [UMI: oooohhhhh.....] If you do, the Magic you cast will come ricocheting back at you. FUU Would you teach us the proper way to use Magic, then? Since we were given it, I would like to use it properly... No matter what kind of medicine one has, one needs to read the instructions carefully so one can avoid misuse. UMI Wait. Magic is not a cold medicine. [Fu] P.78 CLEF You. What is your name? HIKARU Hikaru Shidou. CLEF Hikaru-shidou? HIKARU Everyone calls me Hikaru. CLEF Hikaru, then. UMI I'm Umi Ryuuzaki. FUU And I'm Fuu Hououji. CLEF Okay! I get it, so don't tower over me like that! [Ahem] P.79 UMI (whisper) What is he going to do? FUU (whisper) Maybe the two short ones get along well. UMI (whisper) Oh, but... although he's short, he's OLD. CLEF Would you two shut up for a bit!? [UMI, FUU: He's so hysterical... I don't want to be like that....] Can you feel that the Power inside you... is different from the Power that you used to have? HIKARU I feel it... P.80 HIKARU Something burns the back of my chest... and something resembling a Phrase comes to mind... CLEF Yes. That is your Magic. P.81 CLEF What? One of Zagato's minions!? HIKARU, UMI, FUU Zagato? P.82 UMI Zagato...? Do you mean the one that kidnapped Princess Emeraude...? FUU Then he would definitely be the villain. UMI Teach me Magic now, too! P.83 CLEF It's too late. HIKARU, UMI, FUU EH!? P.84 CLEF <>!! {Spirit, beast, summon. "Seijyushoukan".} P.86 FUU It's not the flying fish this time. CLEF They will catch up with Fyula too easily. Get on. Now! HIKARU What are you going to do? CLEF I will stay here. P.87 HIKARU You can't!! CLEF I don't care. Just go!! HIKARU But I don't know your name yet!! P.88 CLEF It's Clef. Guru Clef. My promise with Princess Emeraude was to guide you and watch out for you so you will become the Magic Knights. HIKARU Clef!! I will fight with you! UMI Look out! CLEF Don't worry. Just go. P.89 HIKARU Clef!! CLEF Go west!! Presea is there in the Forest of Silence to the west. {Forest of Silence: "Chinmoku no Mori"} Get weapons there, and Mokona...!! HIKARU Clef!! P.90 ALCIONE Long time no see.... Guru Clef. CLEF I am ashamed to see one of my pupils working under Zagato... P.91 CLEF Alcione. ALCIONE I thank you, Guru... for giving me so many kinds of wonderful magic. Like this... <>! {Ice, rush, shoot. "Hyoushougekisha".} P.92 CLEF <>! {Shell, circle, defense, remove. "Kakuenboujo".} ALCIONE As I should have expected from my teacher, the supreme sorcerer of Cephiro... CLEF I taught you magic so you will work as a sorcerer for Princess Emeraude and protect her. I don't recall teaching you magic that jeopardizes Cephiro's peace. P.93 ALCIONE Ho ho ho... Still a stern teacher, I see. But, I have no time for chitchatting, Guru Clef. Please move out of my way. If you do not... CLEF If I don't...? P.94 ALCIONE <>!! Ho ho ho. I cannot win fighting against you one-on-one. My mission is the disposal of the Magic Knight to-be's. P.95 ALCIONE I ask you to take care of these babies for a while. Meanwhile... I will ask those girls to die. CLEF Wait! Alcione! P.96 ALCIONE I will see you again, Guru Clef. CLEF %The Magic Knights summoned from Another World... %If you fall to Alcione, then it is impossible for you to revive the %Mashin and become the Magic Knights... For the true enemy of the %Magic Knights is incomparably stronger than Alcione... P.97 CLEF %Children of another world... %Overcome your numerous obstacles, and save Cephiro. P.98 HIKARU Clef... FUU I wonder if Clef-san is all right. UMI He, he's all right. Didn't you see? He was so powerful! He'll finish them off in no time! HIKARU Light!! FUU I wonder what that sound was... UMI That's probably the sound that he made when he nabbed Zagato's minion. FUU Then, I wonder what that is... P.99 UMI B... by any chance, is that... ALCIONE <>! {Ice, spear, throw, shoot. "Hyousoutousha".} P.100 HIKARU, UMI, FUU Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa FUU So it doesn't look like an ally after all. UMI So... what happened to him? Did he lose by any chance...? HIKARU Let's go back to where Clef was! UMI Wa, wait...!! HIKARU If we go back, we might be able to help him! I can't just abandon him!! Let's go back! FUU We should not go back. Didn't you hear the Sorcerer? He said, "I want you to save Cephiro." P.101 FUU The Sorcerer put us on a bird because he wanted us to go on with our quest to save Cephiro rather than us staying and helping him. Thus, if we card about him, we must never turn back. P.102 UMI And, whether we choose to go back or go on, we gotta do something with that old lady. ALCIONE My, they really are children. It's sad, but they must die... for Zagato-sama's sake. FUU We can't avoid her at this distance. UMI How are we supposed to fight without weapons or anything!? OOOHHHH! I'm gonna torture that little guy when I see him again! Such an obnoxious guy can't go away so easily. Don't worry. He must be alive. P.103 HIKARU Yup! ALCIONE Nice to meet you, Magic Knight to-be's that arrived here from another world. And... good-bye. UMI Wait, is this the end of us!? P.104 FUU In a normal RPG, we don't meet such strong-looking enemies from the beginning.... that's usually for later, when we have gained many experience levels. UMI That damn sorcerer... I'm definitely torturing him until I see tears in his eyes!! Wait. It's kind of dangerous to be standing. FUU Under these circumstances, I don't think there is much difference in safety between sitting and standing. UMI It's a matter of feeling! ALCIONE And what are you doing, pretty miss? P.105 HIKARU <>!! {"Honou no ya"} P.106-107 P.108 ALCIONE Kyaaaaaaaa UMI [Waaaaaa] Wow! Wow! Wow! FUU I presume that is the Magic that Clef-san was talking about... HIKARU Magic... that is my Magic.... P.109 UMI But what should we do now? FUU I believe Clef-san told us to "Go West". UMI Oh yeah. He said something about meeting someone named Presea in the Forest of Silence to the west and something about weapons. FUU I wonder if we can borrow weapons there. UMI I hope so. [Hikaru is dazed] Are you okay? I can't believe this is another world. It just seems like a bad dream. FUU Shall I pinch your cheeks for you? [UMI: Puhhhleeeese stoooooopp...] P.110 UMI Well, I'm sure it's not a dream. [FUU: Ho ho ho] It looks like going west is the only thing to do. FUU But which way is west? We are heading towards the sun, but does the sun here rise in the east and set in the west like the Earth? [GRIFFIN: Kueeeeee HIKARU, UMI, FUU: Waaaaaa] UMI Wh, what is it? FUU I wonder what is going on... [GRIFFIN: Kueeee, kue] P.111 HIKARU It... probably knows the location of the Forest of Silence that Clef was talking about! You're going to take us to Presea's place, right? [Yay!] UMI How did you know what this bird was saying? HIKARU Well, we have Hikari in our house... so I kind of understand what animals are saying. UMI Hikari...? HIKARU Our dog. P.112 HIKARU We grew up together... He means a lot to me. UMI Hey... when we get back, introduce me to this Hikari. FUU I want to meet him, too. HIKARU Okay!! P.113 EMERAUDE Please... Save Cephiro... before it becomes too late... ZAGATO %You used the last of your powers to summon the Magic Knights from %another world, didn't you? P.114 EMERAUDE Zagato... ZAGATO %Stop your futile attempts, Princess Emeraude. %The Mashin will not revive. %Neither will the Legendary Magic Knights be born. EMERAUDE Why... P.115 EMERAUDE Why are you, the Sol, doing such things... Do you not care what happens to this world -- Cephiro? P.116 UMI {? -- speaker uncertain} There's a forest up there. I wonder if that's it... HIKARU Thanks. UMI Look! FUU I wonder if that is someone's home. HIKARU That might be Presea's house! P.117 HIKARU Wait here. HIKARU, UMI, FUU Excuse us... Pardon us... UMI Is anyone home? [HIKARU: Waaaaa] FUU How careless... to leave their front door unlocked... [HIKARU: That surprised me.] P.118 UMI [humph] Well, we can't just stand here. Let's go in. FUU Oh, we shouldn't. UMI This world operates irrationally. Even if we do things that are a bit on the irrational side... No problem! FUU Do you really think that is the case? [oh, oh... Oh my...] UMI You seem to be enjoying yourself, although you weren't keen on the idea a couple minutes ago. P.119 UMI There's someone there. HIKARU Um... Are you Presea-san...? We were told by Clef to come here... P.120 HIKARU P.... Presea-san? [THING (Mokona): Mew] P.121 HIKARU, UMI, FUU Waaaaaaaaaaaaa P.122 WOMAN (Presea) Oh-hohohohoho!! You fell for it, Mokona!! So it was you who kept messing up my study! I finally have evidence! [Fu-fu-fu--fu] So, what should I do to punish you? P.123 WOMAN (Presea) Shall I pull your ears to see how long they stretch!? Or shall I hang you upside-down at the doorstep!? [Intoxicated with her own thoughts] Oh--hohohohoho.... [MOKONA: Puu] ... ho... [MOKONA: Puu] Mo, Mokona!? [Oh my!] P.124 WOMAN (Presea) Were you guys the ones who keep messing up my study? UMI NO!! WOMAN (Presea) Then how did you guys end up inside the cage? HIKARU When we came in this room, this cage suddenly fell from the ceiling. WOMAN (Presea) This cage was designed to fall when someone comes in here and wreaks havoc in my study. P.125 WOMAN (Presea) So, it was you guys that have been doing it!! UMI NO, it's NOT us!! [What do you want---?] FUU [Calm down.] It is impossible for us to have been making a mess of your study... because all three of us arrived in Cephiro just moments ago. And besides... the thing over there is playing to its heart's content. [MOKONA: Puu puu] P.126 WOMAN (Presea) MOKONA---!! [MOKONA: Puu] UMI Anyway... Open this cage! P.127 WOMAN (Presea) No. I don't remember inviting you. Even if you weren't the ones messing up my study, you still are intruders. HIKARU We are...!! WOMAN (Presea) [Fufufufu] So how am I going to punish you guys? Shall I pull on your mouth to see how far it stretches? [Ho-hohoho] Or shall I try to boil all three of you in a big pot!!!!? [lanlalala...] P.128 UMI Wait! We are...!! WOMAN (Presea) Ah... It looks like I will be having fun for the first time in quite a while...!! [O--hoho] UMI I'm telling you to listen to what other people say---!! Gyaaa gyaa.... HIKARU You're cute. So your name is Mokona? [MOKONA: Puu] P.129 HIKARU I'm Hikaru. Hikaru Shidou. [MOKONA: Puu puu] FUU We seem to be in trouble... but it IS true that we barged into her house... [UMI: ooooooooohhhhhhhh!!] I guess it is all too appropriate for us to be punished. UMI What do you mean, barging? She didn't even lock the front door! SHE is the careless one! If this was Tokyo...! P.130 WOMAN (Presea) What did you just say!? UMI If... if this was Tokyo... WOMAN (Presea) No! Before that! UMI The front door was unlocked! I'm sorry we came in without your permission, but we asked if anyone was home when we were outside many times in a loud voice! WOMAN (Presea) The entrance key is a special one made by Guru Clef... It should be impossible for anyone in Cephiro to open the door without this key... P.131 WOMAN (Presea) By any chance, are you... The legendary Magic Knights summoned by Princess Emeraude? P.132 UMI Not "by any chance!" We are!! WOMAN (Presea) [Ohhh!] Then it really is going to begin... The Legendary Battle... P.133 WOMAN (Presea) Welcome, Legendary Magic Knights. P.134-135 WOMAN (Presea) I am Presea, the supreme Pharle of Cephiro. {Pharle: RE equivalent of an equipment shop. Written as Master Creator. "Soushi".} P.136 PRESEA [Hmmm.] Since Mokona looks so happy, there's probably no mistake. HIKARU Eh...? PRESEA I have heard from Guru Clef. He told me to provide weapons to the legendary Magic Knights if they ever come by. HIKARU You lend out weapons here...!? PRESEA [Hohohohohoho] I am a Pharle. My job is to make weapons and armor. HIKARU Then you... make weapons yourself...? PRESEA Yes, I do. [Ahem] P.137 UMI Wow, this is a world that has everything. First seijyu, then sorcerers, now a weapons shop. FUU Oh, but she is very kind. In most RPG's, one buys weapons by saving the money you earn. [Treasures that we find, rewards for defeating monsters...] We are fortunate that we get them for free. PRESEA It's not free. [Of course] UMI You're charging us!? FUU It's not that easy, I guess. [I understand...] P.138 HIKARU I.. seemed to have forgotten my wallet in my schoolbag. I don't have any money right now...I only have this... P.139 PRESEA I don't need any money. HIKARU But you just said it wasn't free... PRESEA Follow me. UMI I wonder what she means by saying it isn't free but not accepting money. FUU Maybe we're supposed to work off our debts. UMI W, Work!? P.140 UMI If we do, we can't save Cephiro! FUU But, we can protect Presea-san's home. UMI I don't want to protect that! HIKARU Waaaaa P.141 HIKARU You... made all these? PRESEA Yes. HIKARU Amazing... PRESEA Well, choose a weapon. UMI Wait, didn't you just say that you wouldn't give us weapons for free...? FUU We don't have the currency used in this world... PRESEA I told you I didn't want any money. [Really.....] HIKARU Then what....? PRESEA Choose a weapon in this armory. But I am only lending them to you -- they are not "your" weapons. P.142 HIKARU Not our weapons? PRESEA The weapons I create are not for anyone. Each and every one of them are made just for one person. Each weapon is for that person. HIKARU Then, the weapons here... PRESEA Yes. They are not yours. I am going to make your weapons for you, and only for you... P.143 HIKARU Just for us... PRESEA So, choose one weapon you like from here. UMI But you just said that these weren't ours... [Hello?] PRESEA Yes. But it would be suicidal to go to You-know-where from this Forest of Silence without any weapons. HIKARU You-know-where? P.144 [HIKARU: Meow!?] PRESEA I told you that I was going to make weapons for you that only you could use. FUU Yes, I remember that. PRESEA I am going to make the best weapons I have ever made, so that you will become the true Magic Knights in the Legendary Battle. [Leave it to me!] HIKARU Thank you. PRESEA So...You have to supply the materials by yourselves! P.145 UMI Ma... Materials...? PRESEA One rule in Cephiro is that fighters and knights who want Pharles to make them weapons bring their own Ingredients. FUU So that is what you meant when you said that you didn't need money but it wasn't free. UMI What would the ingredient be...? Gold, silver, bronze... FUU A popular one in RPG's would be mythril. PRESEA What's that? FUU Minerals in our world. [Although mythril isn't.] PRESEA [Hmmmmmmm.....] Well, there are various minerals like arlu, sulye, and kusto; they're pretty tough, but... [HIKARU: I have no idea what's what...] P.146 PRESEA But the weapon that the Magic Knights wield can't be made of them. It has to be the Legendary Mineral, thus following the Legend. HIKARU Legendary Mineral? PRESEA Yes. Legendary Mineral of Eskudo. P.147 HIKARU, UMI, FUU Eskudo... PRESEA It's the only mineral in Cephiro that you can make Evolutionary Weapons with. P.148 HIKARU Weapons? Evolve? PRESEA Weapons made of Eskudo evolve according to the level and mental powers of the owner. UMI That's a bargain! You don't have to keep buying stronger weapons! PRESEA But... P.149 PRESEA The weapon won't Evolve if the owner doesn't. FUU Thinking about it, it might be easier just to keep buying new weapons, since strong weapons can damage more even if you are not so skilled. UMI uhh.... PRESEA In any case, in order for you to become the true Magic Knights, you have to get weapons made of Eskudo and make them better. HIKARU Why? PRESEA Because a weapon made from Eskudo is one of the Keys to revive the Mashin. HIKARU Mashin...? Key...? [Meow??] P.150 PRESEA You haven't heard anything from Guru Clef? HIKARU During our conversation, a minion of Zagato came... he stayed behind to let us escape... $ (Clef) $Go West! $Presea is in the Forest of Silence to the west. $Get weapons there, and Mokona...! PRESEA Clef... He knew... and that's why he left Mokona with me... P.151 HIKARU Clef told us... to see you and get weapons. I really couldn't hear him well, but I think he meant to tell us to see you and get you to make weapons for us. Clef told us to become the Magic Knights and save Cephiro. I don't know much about Cephiro yet, but I want to do something to pay Clef back for helping us. We'll go get the Materials. So, we want you to make the weapons for us. P.152 PRESEA Of course. I ask of you too, guests from another world. Please save Cephiro. HIKARU Yes! PRESEA Now that that's decided, get going. UMI Where is this Eskudo? PRESEA You-know-where. [Kya] FUU Where is You-know-where? PRESEA [there's only one You-know-where, and that is] The Legendary Spring of Eterna. {"Densetsu no Izumi Eterna") HIKARU Eterna? P.153 PRESEA Many fighters have headed for Eterna to seek Legendary Mineral of Eskudo... but none have returned. UMI EH!!? They haven't returned!? PRESEA No, not one person. FUU That sounds frightening. P.154 UMI And we're going there? PRESEA That's why I told you to take weapons. [Ho ho ho] You can take them all... but you won't be able to use them. UMI [Oh!] Wait! We can use magic! FUU But we don't know how. UMI We don't, but... [ow.....] P.155 HIKARU Eh... PRESEA You can't use magic around here. [UMI, FUU: Eh...] UMI EH!? Why!? PRESEA This is the Forest of Silence. Magic spells are blocked by the kekkai in the forest, and so you can't chant them. [It's true....] UMI On second thought, I'll take all of these...!! PRESEA Look at the weapons closely. You'll see which ones are the most suited for you for the time being. The weapons will call out to you. P.156 PRESEA See? P.157 HIKARU It disappeared!? PRESEA It's all right. That guard is Guru Clef's, right? That weapon is in the ornament on your hand. When you need it, Wish for it and the weapon will return to your hand. HIKARU How are we going to get to Eterna? UMI You know, that bird of the sorcerers... was it a seijyu? PRESEA I just told you that you can't use magic here. UMI But we came here on the bird's back. P.158 PRESEA That's because it was Guru Clef's seijyu. Because it was the magic of the supreme magician of Cephiro, it was able to stay materialized for the whole way. It's probably gone by now. FUU Then how are we supposed to get to Eterna? PRESEA Mokona will tell you. [MOKONA: Puu] P.159 [HIKARU: Eh?!] PRESEA I have been borrowing Mokona from Guru Clef, to hand over to the Magic Knights when they visit. UMI What's its specialty? PRESEA You'll see when you take it. Mokona has the bare necessities for your trip. [I wish you luck. HIKARU: Eh...] UMI Wa, wait. How are we supposed to converse with this? HIKARU I understand. [MOKONA: Puu puu] ... well, at least I get the general idea. FUU I think we should be glad that one of us knows animals well. UMI Is that an animal? P.160 UMI The bird isn't here after all. FUU Oh my... HIKARU Thank you, Presea. PRESEA The future Magic Knights who have been summoned from Another World... could you tell me your names? P.161 HIKARU Hikaru. UMI It's Umi. FUU I am Fuu. PRESEA Hikaru, Umi, Fuu... interesting names. P.162 PRESEA Bring back Eskudo. I will make you fabulous weapons. And I want to tell you what I think of this. [This is food, right?] HIKARU Okay!! PRESEA Mokona. Take care of them. [MOKONA: Puu puu] P.163 HIKARU Well, we're off!!! UMI We'll do our best. FUU I hope we can stay alive long enough to see you again. [UMI: Don't say such bad things...] P.164-165 PRESEA %May Princess Emeraude bless them... P.166 HIKARU [something's chirping.] %... We will return... Presea... Clef... P.167 UMI Now. Which way are we supposed to go? [MOKONA: Puu?] Legendary Spring of Eterna. [MOKONA: Puu?] The way to Eterna! Is this the right way!? Or this way!? [MOKONA: (kya kya) Puupuu] P.168 UMI Wait. This reaction... Could it be... FUU Maybe it doesn't know. UMI Waaait! That's not what I heard!! Presea said that it would know the way to Legendary Spring of Eterna, right!!!!? [MOKONA: Puu puu] Hey. What is it saying!? P.169 HIKARU It... seems to be happy that it's traveling with us... [kinda like "I'm so happy..." Uh-oh...] UMI This isn't a hiking trip!!! [Oh, oh....] FUU There aren't any snacks, either. UMI Wait. Food! Presea said this thing has everything we need for the trip... P.170 UMI Waaaaaa!!! When you think about it... Where are the necessities for trips on this thing!? Let's go back! Let's just go back to Presea's for a bit!! The road... disappeared...? P.171 UMI I can't even see Presea's house from here! FUU Even if we wanted to go back, I don't think we can. I must say, Cephiro is full of weird things. First, fish and horses that fly... now a forest where the path you just traveled disappears. UMI This is no time to appreciate it! At this rate, all we can do is dance a folk-dance!!! [FUU: oh, I'm good at folk-dancing. UMI: me too. Especially "Mime mime". MOKONA: Puu puu] HIKARU Mokona!? P.172 [MOKONA: Puu puu] UMI What? HIKARU Mokona's telling us to follow it. FUU We are really lucky that we have someone that understands animals well. UMI If you knew the way, why didn't you just show us in the first place? My lifespan just got 23 seconds shorter. [FUU: hohoho] P.173 HIKARU Mokona! Mokona, you run fast! Hmm? [A shadow?] P.174-175 P.176 UMI I wish it would run a little slower. FUU Both of them are so young and energetic... HIKARU Stay away!! UMI We bumped into a beast already!? FUU Wouldn't you say that looks more like a monster than a beast? I think that is what Clef-san was saying... UMI Kyaa! HIKARU Wa!! P.177 UMI What are we supposed to do...!? FUU Wait, we borrowed weapons from Presea-san. [HIKARU, UMI: Oh!] P.178 P.180-181 P.182 UMI You guys look sharp. FUU I'm in the archery team at school. HIKARU My house is a kendo dojo so I've been doing kendo since I was a little girl. {Kendo = Japanese fencing using wooden swords that resemble katanas in shape.} UMI I see. These really are weapons that are the "most suited for us for the time being". P.183 [BEAST: Shaaaaaaaaaa] UMI Try casting a spell. HIKARU Eh? Presea said that this was the Forest of Silence and that we can't use magic... FUU And Clef-san's seijyu disappeared, too. P.184 UMI Anything is worth a try. See, if we had magic, we could have defeated that dominatrix-looking old lady on that horse. It would be useful if we have it. HIKARU u... um, okay. P.185 HIKARU <>!!! P.186 [HIKARU: wha?] FUU It looks like it doesn't work. UMI Then we don't know what magic Clef gave us! Ah... it was my chance to become a Magical Girl! FUU When we get past this Forest of Silence, I think we will become Magical Girls. P.187 HIKARU Ugh... P.188 [BEAST: Ooooohhhh GAAAaaaaa] P.189 HIKARU Yyyaaaaaaa!!! P.190 UMI We did it! FUU I'm glad that everyone is all right. UMI You're strong! You're amazing. ...Um, your name was... HIKARU Hikaru Shidou. P.191 UMI It's Hikaru... Can I call you "Hikaru"? HIKARU Yeah!! UMI And you? FUU I'm Fuu Hououji. UMI Then it's "Fuu". FUU Since you are Umi Ryuuzaki-san, may I call you "Umi-san"? And would it be all right to call you "Hikaru-san"? UMI Since we're sharing Destinies from now on, you don't have to be polite. P.192 HIKARU And I don't mind being called Hikaru. FUU No, it is my showing of friendship to add "san" to names. UMI Okay... HIKARU Than can I call you "Umi-chan" and "Fuu-chan"? UMI That's fine. FUU This is the first time I have been called "Fuu-chan". HIKARU Umi-chan. Fuu-chan. P.193 UMI ... Hikaru seems to be a pure, honest girl... you don't see many like her these days. FUU Really. HIKARU Mokona! Were you all right, Mokona? UMI Yooouuuu! Where in the world were you hiding!!? [MOKONA: Puu puu (kya kya)] Aahh.... it's not even feeling guilty!! What purpose does it serve!!? P.194 P.195 UMI Monsters again!? HIKARU, UMI, FUU Eh!? P.196 MAN (Ferio) Who are you guys!? --To next stage-- (Pirated) CLAMP Newspaper for Magic Knight RayEarth vol. 1 P.198 SD Umi Hello to all of you who read Magic Knight RayEarth volume 1! SD Fuu Did you enjoy our adventure? SD Hikaru It looks to become a more treacherous trip, so cheer us on! SD Umi Well, I would like to introduce the people who draw our adventures in this issue! P.199 SD Fuu This story is drawn by CLAMP, a group of four ol... I mean young ladies. This is one of the members -- Mokona-san, who draws the comic. [MOKONA: Puu] Oh no, not Mokona-san. I meant Mokona Apapa-san. [MOKONA: Puu? SD Hikaru: oh, two Mokonas. SD Umi: looks just like Mokona.] SD Ookawa Hello. I am Nanase Ookawa, the leader of CLAMP. I am in charge of the base and scripts for Magic Knight RayEarth. SD Mokona Apapa Hello! I am Mokona Apapa of CLAMP. I am in charge of drawing Magic Knight RayEarth. I draw a lot of things like characters and the backgrounds. P.200 SD Hikaru By the way, Ookawa-san also did the design for this comic {tankoubon}. [SD Ookawa: We do everything with just the four of us...] SD Satsuki Hello, I am Satsuki Igarashi of CLAMP. I do a lot of things including design assistance, manuscript assistance, and production. [I also cook. My best dish is curried rice.] SD Nekoi Hello, I am Mick Nekoi of CLAMP. As art director, I do the final touches on the manuscript. Also, I draw the miniature characters on these newsletters and the gifts in Nakayoshi. [Oh, I am the one that draws Mokona. I also designed it.] SD Mokona Apapa So... since CLAMP does everything -- planning, producing, drawing -- with the four of us, there is a lot of work to do for each person. We often get fan mail with the question, "How many assistants do you have?" but we don't have any assistants. SD Ookawa [And we are not looking to hire any, either.] And us four strive to do our best. SD CLAMP We look forward to seeing you again! P.201 SD Ookawa By the way, CLAMP uses games as a refresher in between work hours. [SD Hikaru: don't play games so much and save Cephiro's peace... SD Umi: yeah! SD Fuu: I think so too.] "Sonic the Hedgehog" is popular among CLAMP members. But we don't get very far because it is difficult. We have not seen the endings for any of them -- 1, 2, 3, CD... But Magic Knight RayEarth, of such a game-loving group, is going to become a game. It will be a game on the Game Gear and the new 32-bit Saturn from Sega. Please read the Nakayoshi for more information. Anyway, what will happen to Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu? Please look forward to the next volume!! --To next stage-- Bonus Stage 1 ***** Character profiles. Right page top: Hikaru Shidou. * Eighth grade. * Birthday: August 8th (Leo) * Blood type: O * Favorite Food: Ice cream * Least Favorite Food: anything spicy * Favorite Subject: Biology * Least Favorite Subject: Music * Extracurricular activities: Kendo Club * Hobby: to play with the dog Hikari * Specialties: Kendo, talking to animals * Favorite color: Red * What she wants to be when she grows up: a seeing-eye dog trainer * Family: father, mother, three older brothers. A good example of a pure, honest, and simple girl. Although she is vertically challenged, she can jump very well. She is good at attacks using a sword because she has been learning kendo since she was a small child. She learns Fire magic. Right page bottom: Umi Ryuuzaki. * Eighth grade. * Birthday: March 3rd (Pisces) * Blood type: A * Favorite food: Spaghetti * Least favorite food: anything sweet * Favorite Subject: English * Least favorite subject: Home Ed (Sewing portion) {Home ed is divided into cooking and sewing.} * Extracurricular activities: Fencing Club * Hobbies: baking cakes * Specialty: English, fencing * Favorite color: Blue * What she wants to be when she grows up: a bride * Family: father, mother Not afraid of things and speaks her mind clearly, so she might be seen as a selfish person. However, she cares deeply about her friends. She uses rapiers well because she fences. She learns Water magic. Left page top: Fuu Hououji. * Eighth grade. * Birthday: December 12th (Sagittarius) * Blood Type: A * Favorite food: Tessa (thin raw slices of blowfish) * Least Favorite food: anything that doesn't taste good * Favorite subject: Math * Least favorite subject: Art * Extracurricular activities: Archery Club * Hobbies: reading * Specialties: computer programming * Favorite color: Green * What she wants to be when she grows up: a computer systems engineer * Family: father, mother, older sister Always smiling but is actually quite a strategist. Her comments are often right to the point. Her being in the archery club at school allows her to use the bow and arrow. She learns Wind magic. Left page bottom: Mokona. Birthday, age, blood type: Unknown The mysterious organism Clef left with Presea to give to the Magic Knights. Can't speak anything besides "Puu". Can take many things (e.g. a tent, food) from the ornament on its forehead. For now, it is unclear as to what other good it has. It looks like it's not thinking about anything at all; maybe it really isn't thinking about anything. ***** Mokona's Secret. Q1. -- How are Hikaru, Umi, Fuu spending the nights in Cephiro? P.1 HIKARU We have to get some sleep for tomorrow. Right, Mokona? [MOKONA: Puu] UMI What do you mean, sleep? What are we going to do in the middle of nowhere... and there's monsters all over the place... P.2 HIKARU That's amazing, Mokona! FUU It's like a tent... ...my, pajamas, and even toothbrushes... there's everything here. [MOKONA: Puu] UMI Is this a hotel!!? P.3 UMI ...mmmm...? Hikaru....? What's wrong? HIKARU Let's go! Umi-chan! UMI Eh? What do you mean, go?? HIKARU Let's just go!! UMI Hikaru, that's the front door! HIKARU It's okay, Umi-chan! P.4 UMI There's lots of monsters outside...! HIKARU Don't worry about it, Umi-chan! FUU Fu fu fu fu UMI Waa! F... Fuu? You're both only half awake!? HIKARU Let's go! We're gonna go get Zagato!! [Mokona sleeps here.] FUU Fu fu fu fu fu fu UMI Mokona--!! Help--!! HIKARU It's a good morning! Let's spend today energetically going after Zagato! [Ohh!] FUU Oh? Umi-san, you look tired. --To next stage--