From: tkim@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Tonghyun Kim) Here is my translation of Ushio to Tora vol.5 p77-122. CHAPTER 9: The wind in a frenzy (1) USHIO GETS A REQUEST FROM YOUKAI NOTE: YOUKAI/BAKEMONO/AYAKASHI: All of them can be roughly translated as demon/monster, although there aren't any words that are exact equivalents. < > indicates dialogues that are not inside the balloons. p77 KAGARI: Wait, Oniisan! (Oniisan, Niisan = older brother) RAISHIN: Wait, Jyurou! RAISHIN/KAGARI: Wah! KAGARI: Oniisan! RAISHIN: You can't, Jyurou! p80 RAISHIN: Ah ah... RAISHIN: Jyurou... KAGARI: Oniisan... p81 KAGARI: How terrible... KAGARI: Why Jyurou Niisan has done.... RAISHIN: I don't know. RAISHIN: I can't understand him anymore. RAISHIN: Only thing that's clear is that he's a threat to both humans and us. KAGARI: But Jyurou Niisan is strong. He might be stronger than you... RAISHIN: Yeah, Kagari. He's stronger than me. RAISHIN: But someone has to stop him... p82 RAISHIN: Someone has to! USHIO: It's gone! USHIO: It's gone! USHIO: It's gone! USHIO: The money I got from my father is gone! p83 USHIO: It's weird. I'm sure that I wrapped it around my belly. USHIO: Without it I can't continue this trip! TORA: What's the big deal about losing that kind of thing? How unsightly! USHIO: Idiot! I don't know about the past but now you can't do anything without money! TORA: Asshole. You're so clumsy. USHIO: Let's look for it. I think I lost it near Aoba Castle. TORA: You won't (find it). USHIO: What? USHIO: Maybe you're right... TORA: It's really tiresome...It's really tiresome to be with him. p84 RAISHIN: There he is. KAGARI: But is he really the one? He's just a kid... RAISHIN: Yes. There has been rumors about him among youkais for a while. RAISHIN: You feel the dangerous aura coming from The spear of the beast, don't you? KAGARI: Yes, I do. But.. RAISHIN: Well, in any case, we'll know the truth shortly. p85 USHIO: I couldn't find it after all. TORA: Didn't I tell you. To tell poli-something GIRL: KYAH! GIRL: Oh no! I thought there was a wind and suddenly my stocking got torn off. MAN: I know what happened. I heard from my grandmother that when the wind blows and you get a cut before you notice it, it's the work of youkai "KAMAITACH". (Kamaitachi; a legendary monster portrayed as a weasel with sickles instead of legs. Now Kamaitachi means a cut from vacuum created by whirlwind or similar phenomenon.) GIRL: Kamaitach? How weird! MAN: Actually it's vacuum which is created by the wind sometimes. Hey, look. GIRL: Wow. p86 MAN: It's the first time that I saw it myself. USHIO: That's interesting. USHIO: Calling vacuum a youkai... Tora. USHIO: Tora? TORA: It's not the work of that vacuum thing. USHIO: Huh? USHIO: Whirlwind? TORA: It's not the wind. TORA: It's KAMAITACHI. p87 USHIO: Wow, the spear is... USHIO: What? USHIO: Wind? No... p88 USHIO: A youkai! [Tora can't be seen by ordinary people] p89 USHIO: Why? Why are you attacking me? p91 USHIO: You attacked me without any good reason! KAGARI: Please wait! p92 KAGARI: We're really sorry. KAGARI: I know that you're angry, with good reason. But please hear our story. Would you please come with us? USHIO: Huh? TORA: Didn't you get it? They tested whether you're the owner of the spear or not. p93 TORA: Anyway, it looks like you made a big mess. PEOPLE: Hey, that kid swung a weird thing and then tried to stab a girl! Call the police! USHIO: Uh-oh... KAGARI: Please come with us. I beg you. USHIO: OK, OK. Then let's get out of here quickly. p95 USHIO: After that we were brought deep into the mountain by Shinkansen and the car. (Shinkansen: Japanese bullet train) p96 TORA: Looks like we can't go back by ourselves. Do you know where we are? TORA: You're a weirdo, Ushio. You seems to be more relaxed than when you lost the money. USHIO: I guess I got used to it. USHIO: And they are saying that they'll give me travel expense if I grant their request. And I don't think they're bad people (monsters). p97 RAISHIN: We have ask you, who are the owner of The spear of beast, a favor. KAGARI: As you can see, we're old youkai. People... RAISHIN: ...call us KAMAITACHI. RAISHIN: Please... RAISHIN: kill our brother Jyurou who went on killing rampage. (2) Tora's in trouble and Ushio's fighting a Youkai p98 KAGARI/RAISHIN: Please grant our request. p99 RAISHIN: To kill our brother Jyurou. USHIO: I.. USHIO: Idiots! Asking me to kill your brother, all of sudden? You're real monsters! Who do you think I am? I'm not an assassin! USHIO: It was stupid of me to come with you because you said you have a favor to ask! I'm going back! USHIO: WAGHHHHH! p100 RAISHIN: It's a body part from a villager, whose village had been devastated by Jyurou in a night. In your world, it's drawing people's attention as a "Mysterious Mass Murder Case". RAISHIN: His sickle is fast and sharp. RAISHIN: If he's not stopped, he'll continue killing your kinds. So please rend us your power. RAISHIN: The power of The spear of Beast! RAISHIN: Please... USHIO: OK. I'll listen to your story. p101 TORA: Why did brought only me to outside? KAGARI: Only the wielder of The Spear of Beast needs to hear the story. You have nothing to do with this. TORA: Shit. BTW, where are we? I'm asking for Ushio. KAGARI: You're obnoxious. Even if I tell you this is Toono area, you wouldn't know. KAGARI: I was just told to keep you outside until Raishin Niisan finishes talking with that kid. I have lived more than 400 years and I don't want to talk with a third-class youkai like you. p102 [TORA: 400 years? Heck, she's still a kid compared to me. ] (BTW, Tora is more than 2000 years old) [TORA: Well, I shouldn't get angry by this.] TORA: But it's strange. I thought Kamaitachi were living in far south from here. KAGARI: Stop asking stupid questions! KAGARI: We were forced out by humans...who wanted to make a golf course. KAGARI: I hate humans. And I don't like asking that kid for a help. But... KAGARI: Anyway, why are you sticking to that kid? TORA: Well, it's a long story. [KAGARI: What did you say, Oniisan?] p103 [KAGARI: Are you serious, Raishin Niisan? I know that The spear of beast is powerful. But...but why do we have to borrow strength from a human?] [KAGARI: It's human who forced us out from our home!] [RAISHIN: I can understand your feelings. But Jyurou is strong.] [KAGARI: But...] [RAISHIN: Please understand, Kagari.] [RAISHIN: If The spear of beast turns its tip against us, then we'll have to kill the wielder who would be wounded after the battle with Jyurou.] p104 RAISHIN: We Kamaitachi always act in the pack of three. The first one trips a human, the second one cuts him and the third one applies the ointment to the wound. RAISHIN: I know that this would make little sense to you who's a human but this is how we have been protecting the place we live. RAISHIN: I'm the oldest son, Jyurou the second, and Kagari is the youngest. RAISHIN: Although we cut humans, it's a small wound that heals quickly, thanks to Kagari's ointment. RAISHIN: But...Jyurou began to act on his own. p105 KAGARI: Please stop, Jyurou Niisan! RAISHIN: Please stop, Jyurou! RAISHIN: Jyurou's sickle are all over his body and the largest one is almost 4 meter in length. As the second of the pack, his speed is far above any other monster. RAISHIN: Jyurou, stop it now! JYUROU: What can you do when all you can do is tripping humans? p106 KAGARI: Niisan! RAISHIN: Get out of my way, Kagari! RAISHIN: What's left behind was... p107 RAISHIN: Please rend us your hands. RAISHIN: ONLY The spear of beast can stop Jyurou. Otherwise the clash between Jyurou and humans will be inevitable. RAISHIN: We can't afford to be forced out again from this place where we finally found after wandering from one place to another. RAISHIN: I can't understand what's on Jyurou's mind anymore. TORA: Hey, where's your brother who went nuts? KAGARI: I don't know. Why did you ask that for? KAGARI: You're not saying that you want to help, are you? We don't need a help from a youkai who's contenting himself with the status of a "PET" because of the fear for The spear of beast! TORA: WH... TORA: What? Pet? Swallow your words! p108 TORA: I don't give a damn about you fuckin' brother! KAGARI: What did you say? KAGARI: You insulted Jyurou Niisan! TORA: So what? Take back what you said. KAGARI: Die! p109 TORA: Here I go! TORA: Huh? TORA: What? TORA: Wait, something wrong here. TORA: It might be your brother... KAGARI: No talks! p110 KAGARI: I got him! KAGARI: Huh? p111 USHIO: What's the matter? USHIO: What? RAISHIN: You're here, Jyurou! p113 RAISHIN: Jyurou... JYUROU: Aniki...Kagari...I came here to say the LAST good-bye. (Aniki = less polite form of Oniisan) RAISHIN: Jyurou, what do you mean by "The Last"? KAGARI: Niisan! JYUROU: Aniki, I'm going to the town to kill humans. JYUROU: I'll kill and kill until I drop. p114 RAISHIN: Don't be a fool, Jyurou! JYUROU: I'm sick and tired! JYUROU: Wandering long time after we lost our home, we found this place. But now we have leave this place again because of humans. JYUROU: A highway will go through this mountain. The construction has already begun. JYUROU: They'll crumble mountains with big sounds...they will drive out anything that's not human... JYUROU: I'm sick and tired of living by fawning upon humans! JYUROU: And hiding by disguising as one of them! p115 JYUROU: I'll let them know that I exist! JYUROU: By killing, killing, killing, killing, and killing humans! JYUROU: I'll make humans remember my name with fear! KAGARI: Please think over! RAISHIN: Don't, Jyurou. JYUROU: No way. You sit here rotting and watch what I'll be doing. p116 [JYUROU: What's this feeling? It can't be...] [JYUROU: It can't be...] [JYUROU: The spear of beast!] JYUROU: Heh heh heh...I see. You brought a human... JYUROU: Do you want to kill me that badly? JYUROU: Hey, human. do you think you can beat me because you have The spear of beast? p117 JYUROU: Moron! Drop dead! USHIO: Idiot! USHIO: How can I stand still after hearing that you'll kill humans? Now I'm doing this NOT because I was asked to... JYUROU: Take this! USHIO: Oh, yeah? p118-119 ZAN! (SLASH!) p120 JYUROU: How cocky! JYUROU: So the fabled The Spear of beast was no great shakes after all. p121 JYUROU: What the hell is this? TORA: Asshole! TORA: He's mine! p122 JYUROU: Wh..What? TORA: Hey, are you coming? JYUROU: Next time I'll kill you. JYUROU: Raisin Aniki, Kagari. JYUROU: Good bye. *******************SAY "YES" TO REC.ARTS.MANGA!******************* ****************************************************************** * Tonghyun "Vajra" Kim * * Operation X * * * * Om Amogha Vairocana Maha Mudra Mani Padma Jvala Pravartaya Hum * * [ Maha Vairocana Radiance Mantra ] * * * ******************************************************************