Tactics Chapter 10 Translation by Sanada of hana-mi.net 65 Raikou: Just think of the glory... the origins, the history of this sword! Raikou: This is going to add another medal to my collection... 66 no text 67 Text: Chapter 10 68 Text: Tactics Drama CD Post-Recording Report #2! Text: And in the role of Muu-chan, Minami Omi-san! Muu-chan: *gnaw, gnaw* Text pointing to Muu-chan: That's the sound of her eating something. Rabbit & bear SFX: *shaking* Text under rabbit & bear: SO CUTE!! Text: Muu-chan had everyone in the studio falling down with laughter! Text: And as Sugino, who was pretty pissed off when he saw Muu-chan like that, Hoshi Souichirou-san! Sugino: Muu-chan banzai~~!! Sugino SFX: *shake* Text: Please, hold yourself together!! Rabbit and Bear: Thank you, everyone, for your hard work! We were SO happy!! But one character was especially sexy... Rabbit and Bear SFX: *in love* Text: At last... Rabbit SFX: *heart beating fast* Rabbit: Haruka-san, let me touch you... Haruka: WHAT?! Haruka: GAAH!! Rabbit: OMG, I can't believe I said that! I'm so embarassed!! Bear: Sheesh... just a handshake... Haruka: Can I go now? Bear: Just a moment! SFX: *squeeze* Rabbit: WHAT?! Rabbti SFX: *turn* Text: Higashiyama: It was out first time writing a screenplay, and a lot of things happened, but we had a lot of fun! I want to do it again! And we would be so happy if you listened to it~ Text: Kinoshita: Yes... a lot of things... *bitter smile* Text: And that's our personal report on the post-recording session~ Rabbit: The End! Bear: We're sorry! 69 SFX: *stop* Raikou: It's going to be too easy... Raikou: Too boring... Raikou: Can I ask you to clean up afterwards? Raikou: Watanabe? Watanabe: ...As you wish. 70 Kantarou: Rin! Pyou! Kantarou: Tou! Sha! Kantarou: Kai! Jin! Retsu! Kantarou: Zai! Kantarou: Zen...?! Youko: Damn it... not in the house again... Kantarou: What part of this don't you get?! Kantarou: Maybe you should get your eyes checked!! What were you aiming at?! 71 Haruka: Shut up! My aim is fine!! Haruka: How am I suppose to concentrate with you annoying me all the time?! Youko: YOU'RE BOTH ANNOYING!! Youko: Haruka-chan, I know you're grumpy because you can't go out today, but Kan-chan has his reasons, okay? Haruka: I know... Kantarou: Ow... owww... 72 Kantarou: I just don't think it's a good idea for Haruka to come! I've got a bad feeling... SFX: *yeah, yeah, yeah* kantarou: It's not like I want to keep Haruka stuck in the house all day! Youko: Oh yes, Kan-chan, you've just loooove to take Haruka-chan on a nice romantic walk... Haruka: Whoa... Haruka: What's wrong with you lately? Youko's your prisoner too, and I don't see you stopping her from leaving. Haruka: You just worry about me more, then? Kantarou: That's not it!! Kantarou: You don't understand, Haruka... Kantarou: That's not all it is... Youko: Kan-chan? Haruka: Kantarou, you... 73 Haruka: GAAAAAAH!!! Kantarou: Huh? Youko: I can't stand the smell... Kantarou: Huh? What? But I swear I took a bath last night... SFX: *sniff* Kantarou: Wahh! If it isn't Moyashi-kun!! SFX: *stink* Kantarou: Did you come alone? Isn't that something?! Kantarou: Moyashi-kun, say hi to my friends! Kantarou: Aww, they're just shy~ Youko: Uh... uh... hi... Youko: He smells like rotting ginkgo fruit in the fall... Youko: Why do the weird youkai always come here? 74 Kantarou: Huh? Yeah... Kantarou: What? No way!! Kantarou: This is serious, Moyashi-kun!! Moyashi SFX: Moyaaa, Moyaaaa! Kantarou: Haruka, we're going! Let's fly!! Youko: But... we were just... Haruka: Fine, I'll go - but do I have to carry that thing? ...Are you crazy? Haruka: Why aren't you sick, Kantarou?! SFX: *stomach heaving* Kantarou: Come on, come on~! We get here fast because of Haruka~! 75 Haruka: Hey, Kantarou, this place is... 76 Kantarou: Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Haruka: Kantarou...? Kantarou: This grotto is the forest of a god, they say... Kantarou: This is holy ground deep inside a sacred mountain, so all the spirits gather here. Tateyama Mountain and Hikosan Mountain have places like this, too. (Tateyama and Hikosan are famous sacred mountains.) Kantarou: Can you feel it too, Haruka? The breath of spirits... Kantarou: I come here sometimes to meet them. Haruka: ...Of course I can... Haruka: ! SFX: *footstep* 77 Haruka: Amber...? SFX: *movement* Kohaku: Don't touch... SFX: *giggle* Kohaku: That tickles! Haruka: ...A spirit...? (He calls her a shinentai, which is a type of ghost that exists by force of will.) 78 Kantarou: Hi, Kohaku-chan!! ("kohaku" is the word for amber. Kantarou isn't very creative with names.) Kohaku: Kyaaa!! Kan-chan!! Kohaku I've been wanting to talk to you... I have sooo much to tell you!! SFX: Kyaaaaaaaa~~!! Kantarou: I know, I know, Moyashi-kun told me!! Kantarou: I know... Kantarou: You're in loooove!! SFX: Kyaaaaaaaaaa!! SFX: *flutter* Kohaku: Oh nooooo~~~!! Am not!! Kantarou: Are tooo! Haruka: So what was with all the tension before...? Moyashi SFX *walk walk walk* Moyashi SFX: *stink* Haruka SFX: *KICK* Moyashi: Moyaaaa!! 79 Kantarou: This is the god that protects this mountain! I've been calling her "Kohaku-chan." Kantarou: A long time ago, her real body was trapped in resin and turned to amber. But with her strength of will alone, she created this entire sanctuary! Haruka: ...What? Don't just stare. Kohaku: What a letdown! The words don't match the good looks - I've got a guy who's soo much cuter!! Haruka: Oh, screw you! Kantarou: Calm down, Haruka~ Kantarou: Kohaku-chan, you have a boyfriend? Kantarou: Oh? Where are we going? Kohaku: Come on, Kan-chan, this way!! Kohaku: He's been coming to this mountain a lot lately~! Kantarou: He... he's a human?! SFX: *stop* Kohaku: Ah, there he is!! 80 Hazumi: Ichinomiya?! Hazumi: What are you doing here...? Kantarou: WHAT?! HAZUMI!? Kantarou: Kohaku-chan!! Is this really the guy you were talking about?! Hazumi: Hey, Ichinomiya, you're talking to yourself... Haruka: That's right, you can't see spirits. Hazumi: Oh, and Haruka-kunis here too! Hazumi: Poor you... Haruka: That girl... Rosalie... she's not here? Hazumi: She's staying with one of my students today... Kantarou's head: GAAAAAAHHH!!! SFX: *swoosh* 81 Kantarou: You owe me money!! Hazumi: What are you talking about? I don't owe you any money... Kantarou: YOU LOST THAT MAH-JONGG GAME AT THE FOLKLORE STUDIES CONVENTION!! PAY UP!! Hazumi: But I never made any bets!! Kantarou: WHAT KIND OF EXCUSE IS THAT?! YOU ALWAYS PLAY FOR MONEY IN MAH-JONGG!! *-even though it's illegal... Kantarou: Huh? Yeah, I guess it's no use... Hazumi: Why do you keep talking to yourself...? Kantarou: I come to this mountain pretty often... Kantarou: So what are you doing here, Hazumi? Hazumi: I'm carrying out a government request. Hazumi: And following these roads through the forest. 82 Kantarou: The roads? But aren't they just the paths marked for Buddhist pilgrims? This mountain is only... Hazumi: Yes, and they come here to kill themselves, only the local Buddhist priests say they've "renounced the world" and "entered the priesthood." Hazumi: And I've been sent to ascertain whether there are any conflicts with the government's official policy of separation between Shinto and Buddhism. Kantarou: Hmm... so now the government wants to dictate people's religion, too... Kantarou: And to put a good public face on it all, they've enlisted you, a scholar of folklore, to do their dirty work. Kantarou: You're headed for the deepest part of the forest if you stay on that path... you're just pretending to be brave. Kantarou: He's only here for the sake of the investigation... Kantarou: I bet he's looking for the sacred grounds and the waterfall where the suicides happened... 83 Kantarou: Anyway, you're going the wrong way if you're looking for the shrine. Kantarou: See, I've been there before. Hazumi: ...... Kantarou: Good luck finding it... Kantarou: You wouldn't understand how a true believer could get there on faith alone. Kantarou: But hey, maybe if would be a good thing if this mountain put a little faith into the government. Hazumi: You're saying that you know best? Hazumi: You're too conceited, Ichinomiya. 84 Kohaku: Kan-chan... Kohaku: Can you... make Hazumi-san love this place? Kantarou: That... Kantarou: Depends on him... Kantarou: He's the kind of guy who can see nature's beauty and feel threatened by it. Kantarou: That's because his everyday life is so far removed from nature that he's forgotten what it feels like to come home to it. 85 Kohaku: Ooh, I get it! Well, I'm going to help Hazumi-san find whatever he's looking for! Kantarou: That's so... brave of you, Kohaku-chan... Haruka: Don't bother. Kantarou: Haruka...? Haruka: Don't tell him anything. Youkai and humans don't mix. Haruka: If your feelings for him grow too deep, it will only be more painful in the end. Kantarou: Nah... I don't think so. 86 Kantarou: It would be sadder to have never met at all... I think I'd be happier to have met someone, even for a little while, than to have been alone. Kantarou: I want to help too! Haruka: If that's what you want... Haruka: Kantarou... 87 Hazumi: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!! SFX: *clatter* Kohaku: Kyaaa!! Hazumi-san!! Kohaku: Oh no, I've been trying to tell you that the ground is soft there... Kohaku: It's because there's a waterfall nearby... Hazumi: Okay, try again! Kohaku: Oh no... SFX: *roll* Kantarou: He... hehe... BWAHAHAHAHA!! Haruka: ...I thought you said you were going to help him...? Haruka: Is he dead? 88 Raikou: I came all the way, and the god I was looking for isn't even here? Raikou: I can never get ahead, can I? Raikou: I can't let this get out... I ought to supress the truth a little... Raikou: Hmm? Raikou: ...Ah... Raikou: This is... this is... 89 Hazumi: Where are they...? Hazumi: That stupid waterfall and that stupid shrine... Hazumi: Damn it... if that Ichinomiya were here, he'd be laughing at me... Hazumi: How typical... Hazumi: Am I just going to let him belittle me?! SFX: *WHAM!* Kantarou: Ooh, that was cool, Hazumi!! Kohaku: Hazumi-san... Haruka: It never ends... 90 Hazumi SFX: Kyaaa!! SFX: *buzz* SFX: *flop* SFX: *wobble, wobble* 91 Kohaku: I'm a god, after all... Kohaku: I could help him a little... Haruka: ..... Haruka: How about you, Kantarou? Going to use your powers for good? Kantarou: Shh, Haruka, don't be so impolite! Haruka: What?! Kantarou: This is something important to Kohaku, so she should do it herself. Kantarou: But... her willpower may not be enough... Kantarou: The holy power inside Kohaku-chan has been fading away for thousands of years... 92 Kantarou: Oh well, what can you do... Hey, Hazumi!! Kantarou: I know how to get to that waterfall. Hazumi: Ichinomiya... Kantarou: But first, my mah-jongg money... SFX: *slap* Hazumi: I told you, I didn't bet any money!! Kantarou: Okay then, I'll give you the free directions, then! Hazumi: Free? 93 Kantarou SFX: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Kantarou: I AM THE MASTER!! Haruka: Uh... is it even possible for him to climb back up...? Kantarou: Hey, I don't give directions to people who stiff me! Hazumi: Damn you... Ichinomiya, you've gone too far... Hazumi SFX: *huff* Hazumi: I won't for... 94 no text 95 no text 96 Kantarou: And that's the waterfall where they go to renounce the flesh, Hazumi~ Hazumi: I see... Kohaku: H... Hazumi-san... Kantarou: Feeling enlightened yet, Hazumi? Hazumi: Alright, Ichinomiya, now take me to the shrine~ Kantarou: You stuck-up prick! (I hate you!!) Kantarou handwritten: No way in hell! Kantarou: I told you, you've gotta pay up if you want directions! Hazumi: Ichinomiya, you bastard! Like I'd give you a single penny!! 97 Haruka: ...You should stop , Kantarou. Kantarou: Huh? What was that, Haruka? SFX: *slip* Hazumi: WAAAHHH!!! Kantarou: TOO LATE, HARUKA!! Haruka: .... Haruka: ...Too bad. 98 Haruka: I'm kind of busy right now... Raikou: Shouldn't you save your master? Raikou: Hmm, Oni-kui Tengu? Haruka: Shut up... Haruka: I can knock you off this cliff... 99 Kantarou and Hazumi: .....!! Kantarou: Noo, I don't want a lover's suicide with Hazumi...!!! Hazumi: I didn't want to die like this...!! Kantarou: Kohaku-chan!! Hazumi: Huh? 100 SFX: *yank* SFX: *swing* Hazumi: What... Hazumi: What was that just now...? There was a butterfly, and then my body was being lifted...? Hazumi: Impossible... Raikou: Ooh, what's this? Haruka: ...... Raikou: Need some help? Raikou: Too bad... Hazumi: ...How...? Hazumi: HOW?! Hazumi: You... SFX: *squeeze* Hazumi: ICHINOMIYA, YOU IDIOT!! 101 SFX: *snap* Kantarou: HARUKA!! SFX: *splash* Hazumi: ICHINOMIYA, YOU BASTARD!! Hazumi: Ah... Hazumi: Ah... I'm saved... Hazumi: ! 102 Hazumi: That butterfly... Haruka: Why don't you draw your sword? Are you taunting me? 103 Raikou: Alright, if that's what you want... Raikou: I'll draw my sword... Raikou: This is a very special sword... it's not something I show to just anyone. Raikou: It has a very proud history, and an honorable name... 104 "Doujikiri Yasutsuna." (Note: Minamoto no Yasutsuna was a demon hunter back in the Heian period. He used a sword called Onimaru to kill the demon Shuuten-douji, after which the sword was called Doujikiri or "demon-slayer.") 105 Raikou: My name is Minamoto Raikou... Raikou: And I am the official youkai hunter of the Great Japanese Empire. Haruka SFX: *whoosh* Haruka: You? Haruka: Aren't you awful young to be the head of the Minamoto family? Raikou: Yes, I am the head of the family... for nearly one thousand years, the Minamoto have been in the business of hunting youkai. Raikou: And you were the only youkai to ever defeat us... Raikou: But now it is I who will win!! 106 SFX: *whoosh* Raikou: Hehehe, that's the first time one of your kind has gotten so far... Raikou: As I expected of you... 107 Haruka: ...che... Raikou: Hey, are you really as strong as they say? Raikou: If not, this is going to be boring... Haruka: You bastard... Raikou: Don't hold back... Raikou: I won't hold back either... I'm going to enjoy killing you... 108 SFX: *stab* Watanabe: No. 109 Haruka: ...Move! Raikou: It's no use. Raikou: He's here for my protection. Haruka: ....MOVE NOW! Do you want to lose your arm?! 110 Watanabe: I won't lose my arm to something like you, the Oni-kui Tengu of Koushingan. Raikou handwritted: Damn it... Raikou: I wanted to see the Oni-kui Tengu of Koushingan!! 111 Raikou: I'm bored. Let's go back. SFX: *click* Haruka: Wait... Raikou: Someone is in the way. 112 Raikou: ...I don't ever want to see your face again. Kantarou: ...Same goes for you. 113 Raikou: Next time, don't get in my way. Raikou: She's in the way too, that little wretch... 114 Raikou: You're finally back, I see. I was tired of waiting. Raikou: You know how I hate to be kept waiting. Kohaku: You again? You're so noisy! Kohaku: My boyfriend is coming, so please leave! Raikou: You're a mouthy little youkai, aren't you? Raikou: I take it you don't want me to give you a real body? Kohaku: No, I do!! 115 Kohaku: When you make me into a real girl like you said, then... Kohaku: I just know I'll be able to get Hazumi-san under my spell, just like I did with that man you saw before... Raikou: Oh, you are a little devil, aren't you? Always up to your tricks... Raikou: Did I promise? Right, right, even though you had the magic of the forest to lure that one in, you can't get an ordinary human with magic... Raikou: Well then... Raikou: Let me pick you up... Raikou: Just hold still... Raikou: I'll turn you into a real girl... 116 Raikou: I'll grant your wish... Hazumi: That butterfly must be around here somewhere... Hazumi: Ouch... I'm exausted and I'm no good at this physical stuff... 117 no text 118 Hazumi: This is... Hazumi: The sanctuary of a god...? Hazumi: Ever since that w''p;./aterfall, I'm sure something was calling my heart here... Hazumi: What a lonely place, though, now that I'm here... 119 Hazumi: It feels so sad... 120 Kantarou: What the hell...?! SFX: *slam* Title of book: "Cultural Studies" Kantarou: I KNEW Hazumi would never understand anything!! Kantarou: After everything that happened, we just went back down the mountain... Kantarou: I was sure that blockhead Hazumi would never find the shrine! Kantarou: And now the whole forest is prohibited!! Youko: That poor spirit, she was totally in love with Hazumi-san... Kantarou: Poor Kohaku-chan, she must be so sad... Kantarou: Aww, next time I visit her, I'll set her up with a really nice youkai guy!! Kantarou: Ah? Haruka? 121 Youko: Oh yeah, he left a while ago. I think he's stressed out about something - he's probably moping in his room. Kantarou: ...Oh. I'll go check on him. Youko: You're totally opposite - ever since you came from that mountain, you look really cheerful! A little excercise whipped you into shape! Kantarou: Oh yeah, we whipped some enemies!! Youko: Enemies? SFX: *step* Kantarou: Haaaaruka~~ Moyashi: Zzzz 122 Kantarou: You look kind of down, Haruka - did Youko-chan piss you off? Kantarou: Wanna go for a walk? Haruka: I... uh... Haruka: I lost my shakujou... (that's his Buddhist staff-thingy) Kantarou: But doesn't it just go wherever your wings go? Kantarou: Don't worry, I'll find it! Kantarou: What if you've got to fight somebody?! SFX: *pluck* Haruka: OWW! THAT HURT!! Kantarou: It doesn't matter. I'll be with you.