Urusei Yatsura by Takahashi Rumiko translated by Bill Moakler 10/13/92 Distributed by RAMP (Rutgers Anime Manga Project) & Studio Otaku This translation can be freely distributed for non-profit use, as long as all credits remain intact. If this is used in any publication, please send a copy to: Rutgers Anime C/O Steve Pearl PO Box 11044 New Brunswick, NJ 08906-1044 Note: To try to keep the narrative structure of this story intact, I am using different typesets to represent spoken and thought statements. Any words actually spoken by the characters will be contained in quotation marks and narrative trains of thought will appear without quotation marks. The page and panel number where each bit of dialogue apears will be in the parenthesis preceding each line. Due to transliteration problems, I have not tried to transcribe laughter, screams and other sounds into English, instead just indicating where they occur in the script. ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Valentine that Hit its Mark Volume 6, Chapter 5 (56,4) Girl: "Mendo, um..." Mendo: "Thank you!" (56,6) Jariten: "The difference between bright and gloomy sure is revealing itself." (56,7) Jariten: "Why are you so cheerful?" (57,1) Ataru: "Can't I be cheerful?" Jariten: "To my understanding, no!" (57,2) Jariten: "Have you gotten any chocolate?" Ataru: "There'll be three for sure!" (57,3) Mendo: "Saying it like that, you haven't gotten any yet." Ataru: "Not yet!" (57,4) Ataru: Lum and... (57,5) Ataru: Ran will definitely give me some. (57,6) Ataru: The problem will be Shinobu. (57,7) Ataru: This is my chance to try a subtle request. (57,8) Ataru: "Hey, Shinobu." Shinobu: "What?" (58,2) Shinobu: "Oh, this?" (58,3) Jariten: "What a disgusting guy." Mendo: "You certainly are the type who is unable to express himself tactfully." (58,4) Shinobu: "Ten, come here." Jariten: "Who, me?" (58,5) Shinobu: "This is for you." Jariten: "Really?!" (58,6) Jariten: "S-sis! I'm going to take this seriously!" (58,7) Ataru: "And mine?" Shinobu: "There is none." (58,8) Ataru: "Why?" Shinobu: "Well..." (58,9) Shinobu: "Lum will lynch you!" Ataru: "I don't care!" (59,1) Ataru: "Why are you so concerned about Lum? Don't worry about my problems! Just give me the chocolate!" Shinobu: "I can't do that." (59,3) Ataru: "Well, I understand." Shinobu: "You understand?" (59,4) Ataru: Not giving chocolate is also a sign of love. Shinobu: The thing is, I'm already out of chocolate! (59,5) Ataru: "Your feelings of concern for me, I shall receive them gratefully!" Shinobu: ?! Jariten: I should start saving for the wedding ceremony... (59,6) Ataru: "Well, well! Shinobu was worried about me that much!" Jariten: "The ceremony, let's have it on a fortuitous day!" Shinobu: "Eh?" (59,7) Mendo: "Maybe you won't be getting three after all?" (60,1) Ataru: ... (60,2) Ataru: "It can't be helped. I'm going out!" (60,3) Ataru: "Ran took the day off!?" (60,4) Ataru: "W-why!?" Girl: "Well, she said she had some kind of important business..." (60,5) Ran: "Taste good?" Rei: "Yep!" (60,6) Ataru: "There wasn't a message or something for me was there?" Girl: "Not particularly." (60,7) Ataru: "For example, to hold onto some chocolate or something for me?" Girl: "Nothing like that." (61,1) Ataru: "Um..." Girl: "What is it?" (61,2) Ataru: "There's no left-over chocolate?" Girl: "No." (61,3) Ataru: Damn! And Ran would never miss Valentine's day! (61,4) Guy 1: "That Ataru's still better off!" Guy 2: "He still has Lum, right?" Ataru: "That's no fun!" (61,5) Ataru: "It's natural that I should get it from Lum." (61,7) Ataru: "It's better than nothing, I guess." (61,8) Ataru: ... (62,1) Lum: "What do you want?" Ataru: "Hand it over! I'll take it from you!" (62,2) Lum: "Hand what over?" Ataru: "The chocolate, I would think!" (62,3) Lum: "I don't have any." (62,6) Mendo: "Sometimes having an iota of hope is worse than complete hopelessness." (63,1) Jariten: "You've been jilted by Lum!" (63,2) Lum: "I'm going back to the UFO for a little while." (63,3) Lum: "What about you, Ten?" Jariten: "It's more fun to watch Stupid, so I'll stay here!" (63,4) Guys: "Ataru... "...couldn't get chocolate... "...from Lum! (63,5) Guys: "He's one of us! He's one of us! Ataru: "No way!" Mendo: "Hopeless..." (63,6) Ataru: Damn! And me such a playboy... (63,7) Girl: "Umm...Kosuke, here..." (63,8) Ataru: "Ah!" Kosuke: (64,1) Ataru: Kosuke, you bastard... (64,2) Ataru: In spite of the fact he's got a girlfriend... What a rotten guy! (64,4) Ataru: I want chocolate... (64,5) Sakura: "You look depressed!" (64,6) Sakura: "Is there something troubling you?" (64,8) Sakura: "You..." (65,1) Ataru: (65,3) Sakura: "It's good to express your feelings!' I am a counselor!" Ataru: "You heartless person!" (65,4) Sakura: "Now, why do you want chocolate that much." Ataru: "Because my pride as a man is at stake!" (65,5) Sakura: "Idon't understand Ataru: "A woman probably wouldn't understand." (65,6) Sakura: "How are chocolate and pride related?" Ataru: "It's a Valentine's Day thing." (65,7) Sakura: "That's it! That's what I don't understand!" (66,1) Sakura: "What is this thing called Valentine's Day?" (66,2) Ataru: "You don't know about Valentine's Day?' Sakura: "Is it something I should be ashamed not to know?" (66,3) Ataru: "Isn't it advertised endlessly on TV!? And in manga around now, the Valentine's day stories are all over the place!" Sakura: "Unfortunately, I don't really care about TV or manga." (66,4) Sakura: "But that aside... Ataru: "You can't put that aside." (66,5) Sakura: "If you're troubled, try talking about it." Ataru: "Forget about it!" (66,6) Ataru: "Let me abandon myself... (66,7) Ataru: ...to cry within your bosom!" (66,8) Sakura: "If you have a problem, come anytime! We'll talk about it." Ataru: "You heartless person!" (67,1) Student: "Do you feel likeskipping clean-up?" (67,2) Girl 1: "This is despicable! All the boys skipped clean-up." Girl 2: "They're sulking because they didn't get any chocolate." (67,3) Ataru: That Lum, she does have chocolate, doesn't she? (67,4) Ataru: Damn! This time if she tries to give it to me, I won't take it! (68,1) Lum: "Have some chocolate." Mendo: "Eh, for me!?" (68,3) Mendo: "I can't believe that I should receive chocolate from Lum..." Lum: "There isn't anyone else." (68,4) Mendo: "Thank you. I shall keep it with great care for my whole life!" Lum: "It would be better to eat it." Ataru: (68,5) Ataru: "Lum, I hate you!" (68,6) Ataru: "Lum, I hate you!" (68,7) Ataru: "Hate you!" (68,8) Ataru: ... (69,1) Jariten: "He cried himself to sleep." Lum: "Why?" (69,2) Jariten: "Wouldn't it be because you gave chocolate to that moron Mendo?" Lum: "That was the one left over." (69,3) Jariten: "It would have been better to just have given him one in front of everybody and skip the elaborate scheme!" Lum: "Really?" (69,4) Jariten: "It's that kind of thing. Especially in his case! His pride is staked on such a stupid thing!" Lum: When Darling wakes up, he'll be so surprised! <> Revolver Freak (46,1) Rally: "The scope fitting is finished." Freak: "There's no front sight." (46,2) Rally: "That's because the scope is specialized for hunting use..." (46,3) Rally: "However, if you wait three days, I can attach it for you." Freak: "No, it's fine." (46,4) Rally: "Umm...sir? Pointing the muzzle at someone is a little..." Freak: "What's there to worry about? I took the cylinder out, you know." (46,5) Rally: "The cylinder gap is pretty tight. If you shoot more than twenty rounds without cleaning it, the cylinder might wear down (46,6) Rally: and then..." (47,1) Rally: (47,2) Freak: "The trigger is lighter, too. Just about 1.83 kilos? It's almost exactly as ordered." (47,3) Freak: "Heh. A twelve-inch custom Luger Super Redhawk. I like it. " (47,4) Rally: "H-here are the bullets. Do you plan to pay by credit card?" Freak: "No, cash." (48,1) May: "A weird customer?" (48,2) Rally: "Yeah. It was like he was stroking my body with his gun. To make things worse, his order of bullets was strange, too." (48,3) May: "Explosive bullets or some kind of incendiary bullets?" Rally: "Why can't you take your mind off explosives?" (48,4) Rally: "He said he would use them just for hunting deer and water buffalo, but..." (48,5) Rally: "What does he need an armor-piercing 44 magnum hot load for?" (48,6) Rally: "Assuming he knows what a hot load is, it's usually used with soft points." (48,7) May: "Isn't he simply an amateur?" Rally: "He had a callus on his hand and he gripped the trigger like he knew what he was doing." (49,1) Rally: "Ah, Becky! Have you found where our guy keeps himself?" (49,2) Becky: "I don't call myself a chaser for nothing! I found him because a Studebaker Avanti is such a rare car." (49,3) Becky: "It's the Hammer Building at 9 Dearborn Ave. It looks like he's got a private room in a "members only" prostitution club called Almond on the second floor." Rally: "Almond Club?" Becky: "Yep! And I've got something else to talk about, too..." (49,4) Rally: "You want 500 dollars a day for reconnaissance?!" Becky: "The club takes up the whole second floor. Not knowing which room he's in could be a problem, right?" (49,5) Becky: "And I'm thinking about buying a new leather coat soon, if you know what I mean. If you hire someone else, it'll be more expensive. Besides..." May: "Miss Becky, thank you for your work, but we won't require your services any longer!" (49,6) Becky: "Eh?" (49,7) Rally: "What are you up to, Minnie May?" May: "For that kind of job, there's a suitably qualified person right in front of your eyes." (50,x) Man: (51,1) Man: "Doris Evans, your Texas medical certificate is okay, too. But where did you learn to do it like that?" (51,2) May: "It's not like I've never done this before." (51,3) Man: "Hey, that's fine with me." (51,3) Man: "Okay, just sign this paper." May: "Yes." I did it! (51,4) Rally: "400 dollars a day is fine and I'm grateful for the help, but how do you plan to help with the store while you're doing this?" (51,5) May: "Business has been slow lately, hasn't it? If I have certain ID-related documents made up by a forgery expert, I can skip out at any time and and be done in two or three days." (51,6) May: "Besides, somebody with only Becky's skills and looks would never make it. I'm sure I can get hired immediately." (51,7) Rally: "May, do you know this club?" May: "I've never been there but the girls at the Chinatown brothel where I used to work went there for training." (52,1) Rally: "Well, maybe..." (52,2) May: "A lot of officials go to that club. No one there is going to talk, so if you don't infiltrate the place, you'll never find out who's in what room." (52,3) May: "You don't want your special barrel being used by an assassin, do you?" (52,4) Rally: "Okay." (53,2) Freak: "You really do good work, Miss Rally." (53,4) Radio: "The delayed dedication ceremony for the Rockford Center Building will be held tomorrow but the main preparations here in front of the Center building are still under way." (53,5) Radio: "From midnight tonight, Dearborn from Eighth to Tenth Avenues will be subject to traffic restriction, so drivers are warned to take care. Mr. Rockford and the mayor will attend the 10AM tape-cutting." (53,6) Radio: "All of the personnel for the party are--" (53,7) Rally: "No doubt about it." (54,1) Rally: It's going to be Rockford or the mayor or both. (54,2) Rally: After all, if you shoot a double-charged armor-piercing round from a twelve-inch 44 magnum, even riding in a bulletproof car won't help... (54,3) Rally: And having Secret Service shields wearing bulletproof vests wouldn't matter, either. But, he bought piercers instead of KTWs. (54,4) Rally: Maybe he's going for the inside of the car? But you usually use a rifle for that. (54,5) Rally: In any case, (54,6) Rally: The shot is going to come from somewhere in the club. (55,1) Rally: < ! > (55,2) Rally: The black Avanti...it's come back! (55,3) May: "What? Training!" (55,4) Woman: "That's right. This club has a lot of officials going here, so there are probationary periods and such." May: "For about how many days?" (55,5) Woman: "It usually takes about five days, but you'll be all right. Your technique got the seal of approval from the manager." (55,6) May: "I'll be done in about two days." (55,7) Woman: "This area is restricted to gold members." May: "I understand." (56,3) Woman: "Oh, Mr. Ishigonis, you've come back?" Freak: "Ah." (56,4) Freak: "Hmm...?" (56,5) Freak: "Hey, miss, are you new here?" Woman: "Here, I'll introduce you. She just began today." (56,6) Freak: "Bring dinner up to my room later." Woman: "Yes, as always." (56,7) May: "Is he a gold member?" Woman: "Yes. He's an impportant customer who lives in members-only Royal Suite #3." (57,1) Woman: "If he chooses you, you'll make a lot of money." May: "Gotcha." (57,2) May: So it's Royal Suite #3... (57,5) Rally: May is late is usual. (57,6) Rally: I'm not exactly sure if tomorrow's the day, but there are less than twelve hours until the limit. (57,7) Rally: If I wait in that building's underground parking garage, then I won't be able to pick up radio waves. On the other hand, if I move in closer to wait, I'll be spotted because of the street closing. This sucks! (57,8) Rally: I'm counting on you Minnie May. Really. (58,1) Pai Li: .... (58,2) May: "Pai Li?" Pai Li: "May?" (58,3) May: "You're the training mistress?" (58,4) Pai Li: "You! What's new about you?!" (58,5) Pai Li: "You were the one who was making more money than me atShibyoukan! And besides, didn't you change your line of work and become a gunshop owner?" May: "I-It's only part time." (58,6) Pai Li: "Part time! You..." (58,7) Jonny: "Pretty noisy out here." (58,8) Pai Li: "Jonny..." May: "Who's he?" (59,1) Pai Li: "This is a girl-in-training." Jonny: "Sounds like you worked at the same place once. If that's the case, then Pai Li's training probably isn't necessary." (59,2) Pai Li: "Yours probably isn't necessary either." (59,3) Jonny: "What?" (59,4) May: Jonny: "Come here." (59,5) Pai Li: "What's going on?" Jonny: "It's been decided. She's going to show me how much skill she has." (59,6) Pai Li: "Stop it! That girl is special!" (59,7) Jonny: "Fuck off." (59,8) Freak: (60,1) Freak: (60,5) Rally: It's 9:10. I may not make it in time, so maybe it would be better if I went to the police. (60,6) Rally: Although I doubt they could make a move with only circumstancial evidence. If there's no call after ten minutes... (60,7) Rally: Do it fast, Minnie May. (61,1) May: "Ahh..." Jonny: .... (61,2) Jonny "Unbelievable. You did it with me...at least twenty times..." (61,4) May: "Oh, I've got to make a phone call." (62,2) May: "Hi, Rally. Sorry I'm late but, you see... (62,3) Rally: "Stupid! It's too late! He may do the job in the next twenty minutes!" (62,4) May: "What?" (62,5) Rally: "There's a dedication ceremony for the building out front at ten! Two VIPs are going to be there! Hurry up and tell me what room..." (63,1) Rally: "The target's arrived. I'm coming over right now so get me through the door!" May: "O-Okay!" (63,2) Rally: "Do it fast!" (63,4) Rally: "Excuse me." Bystander: "Oww..." (64,1) May: "Open!" (64,2) May: "His room's this way! Number three!" Guard: "Hey! You can't come in here!" (66,1) Rally: Did he fire six times? (66,3) Rally: Here's my chance! (66,5) Rally: He's fast! (67,3) Freak: (67,5) Rally: "Looking closely, I see that's a typical revolver callus. Your work until now has all been done with revolvers, right?" (67,6) Freak: "Ahh...I'm proud of that....But, ...why...?" (68,1) Rally: "If you rapid-fire a hot load with a twelve-inch long barrel, the lead in the bullet will melt." Freak: "That's called leading." (68,2) Rally: "The lead jams the cylinder cap, making the trigger heavier." (68,3) Freak: "Heh. That so? Then it's the fault of the gunsmith who didn't do a gas check on the hot load bullets." (68,4) Rally: "That was my mistake, 'Revolver Freak'." (68,5) Freak: "Haha...A freak is just a freak. But I'm not good enough to..be a...pro...." The End