Tokyo Crazy Paradise
Hana to Yume
2001 vol. 2, episode no. 91
Translation by Yuki-chan

The episode title page is in colour and features Tsukasa on the left and Ryuji on the right. In the centre are Asago and Munakata. Tsukasa and Ryuji have cuts on their faces, while Asago and Munakata are drawn completely in red.
Text: The times have closed in on us...!! [crappy translation?]

Tsukasa's boots squeak on the tiles as she makes her way down a hallway.

Her steps shuffle slowly as she hangs her head in despair.

Tsukasa: "------..." Her clenched fist against the wall keeps her upright. Tears fill her eyes.

Only moments before.

Somebody (Toshi or Sho?): "---So they're going back to Kuryugumi------...... ...Is that really all they can do------......?"

Toshi: "Just like when Sandaime was seriously wounded, using machines to assist organ function......"

Sho: "...His heart... hasn't moved for 20 minutes......" He looks to Toshi. {That's even longer than Sandaime...}

Taku is holding his sister who can't stop the tears. Tsubaki and Azuma are watching nearby.

Toshi: "...So... At worst, they can use that core in assist mode to make up for any brain damage------..."

Tsukasa bursts out suddenly. "A Kamo-san that only moves like a manual following instructions isn't Kamo-san------!!! He won't know Ryuji or me...! He won't be an oya baka...!! That kind of Kamo-san......! Is a fake---------!!!"

Tsukasa pauses as she overhears Ryuji issuing orders.

Ryuji: "...I don't know how many more of those bakemonos remain but there's no reason for us to have to sit and wait for them. Take a good look at the map of Megafloat in your hands. Right now we're in this hotel."

Tsukasa watches silently as Ryuji is pointing at the map on what looks like a thin computer monitor. The clan heads and the kumiin present each have one as well.

Ryuji: "According to team 2, the Garyukai members who have the 'kagi' are in the next building. We will strike at them (the bakemonos) and take the 'kagi'. There are 3 routes to the target." He looks at his group with his usual kumicho face. "Teams 1 and 2 with me on route 1. The rest go to routes 2 and 3. Go!!"

Kumiin and clan heads: "Yesss!!" Murmuring amongst themselves, they disperse leaving Ryuji.

Kyuragi: "…… …Sandaime… is the same as usual…"

Kawazoe: "…Aa… …Kamojima was like a father to him… I thought that he would have been upset since he was close to him… but just like when Nidaime…"

They walk past Tsukasa without glancing at her.

Kawazoe: "Does he (Sandaime) really have human blood in him------…?" [The Japanese way of saying "Is he really human?"]

Tsukasa: "......" She purses her lips. She then glances at Ryuji.

Blood stains the floor on Ryuji's right. He stares hard at the stain.

Tsukasa watches from behind. {---Did you hold it in like that when your father (Nidaime) died too------...?} [Not a direct translation...]

Ryuji is standing with this back to everybody, his hands clenched into tight fists at his side.

Tsukasa's boots squeak on the floor again.

Ryuji: "!!" He whirls at Tsukasa's sudden footsteps.

Tsukasa: "---..."

Ryuji: "...Tsukasa..."

Tsukasa: "---…" {---…Baka---…} "…Kamo-san… returned back to Kuryugumi---..."

Ryuji: "...... ...I see..."

Tsukasa: "...... ...Is the reason that in front of me you still show your 'kumicho' face… because if you don't you'll lose your dignity......?" {Usually ------when it's just the 2 of us together, you release your burden (kumicho) ------…} [Not the greatest translation...]

Ryuji stares back.

Tsukasak slightly flushed: "...Let it go... If you do lose your dignity, I'll build it back up------..." [Sounds sappy... Sorry... can't do any better.]

Ryuji trips into the past.

Young Kamo-san: "---... E? The reason why you can't cry when your parent dies…? What did Nidaime say...?" He crouches down at Ryuji's height.

Young Ryuji: "Because it would show your 'humanness'."

Kamo-san smiles sadly: "---...It's not... that you're not allowed to cry------... ...It's just that... in the future, you'll be standing above others (the kumiin)---... If you were to break down and cry in front of others,"

Tsukasa, peering up at Ryuji's face: "...Ryuji...?"

Kamo-san: "You would lose your dignity right...?" Ryuji nods in understanding. {It's kakkowarui......}

Kamo-san: "...But even then if you want to cry, you can cry in front of me."

Ryuji looks skeptical. "...You'll rat on me to father so iyada." {I'm the one who's going to be hit/punched.} [iyada = I don't want to; no]

Text pointing to Ryuji: Uneasy.

Kamo-san sweatdrops. "...I wouldn't."

Ryuji: "That's a lie. You're father's servant so I can't trust you." {Once father orders you to do something, you can't disobey!!}

Kamo-san sweatdrops some more. "...... ...Then Ryuji-san, you'll have to find a bride, someone who you feel you can cry in front of." They start walking, Ryuji with his hands in his pockets, Kamo-san with his hands clasped behind his back.

[Oomaiga~~~ Ryuji only reaches Kamo-san's waist however old he was back then...]

Ryuji: "...... ...There's no way such a woman exists." {You've got to be kidding, showing a woman your tears.}

Kamo-san: "...There is. I'm sure she exists somewhere."

Tsukasa reaches up and brushes Ryuji's hair away from his face with tears in her eyes.

Echo from the past (Kamo-san): "A woman who will accept your strengths and weaknesses and everything else------"

One at a time, his fists slowly unclench. Silent tears fall from his eyes.

Echo from the past (Kamo-san): "There is such a woman------..."

Crying with him, Tsukasa supports Ryuji as he falls to his knees. She kisses his tears away and holds him in a motherly embrace. Ryuji has one arm around Tsukasa's waist and his head is buried in her chest.

Ryuji remembers how Kamo-san had smiled back then and said "---...That--- is what I believe---------..."

Ryuji: {---...Kamojima---...}

Somewhere else in Megafloat Airport.

Sakaki stares at his laptop monitor with distaste. "---...... ...What the hell is this---... Our assassins are being killed."

Ouguro looks on silently.

Sakaki: "Why are they, who are considered to be ultimate weapon class, being killed by just some humans who aren't on the drug!!?" He slams both fists down on the table.

To his right you can see men dressed in suits. [Garyukai members who decided to side with Sakaki?]

Ouguro, with his arms crossed: "They (the Ultimate Weapons) truly only think about 'killing' their prey. It is us (Garyukai) who caused them to have such animalistic brains. They (Kuryugumi) must be using their heads to make up for lack of strength."

Sakaki: "Chi!" {To them (the Ultimate Weapons) the person who gives them the drug is god. Which means that is the master is intelligent, then the Ultimate Weapons too will move in an intelligent manner.------...} He glances at Ouguro. [!?] "...Dammit...... ...One of them went back to Shiva. The remaining Ultimate Weapons are that 'Rai' and ......" He glances at Rai who is standing to Ouguro's right. He punches at a key on the keyboard and takes a deep breath. "He------y! Freya------!!"

The female Ultimate Weapon startles at the sudden voice in her right ear.

Freya: "!! AN!!"

Sakaki continues to yell at her through the ear piece. "I said return at once! Where the hell are you having fun---!!?"

Freya: "...He~~~~~y Don't yell like that all of the sudden." {How loud---} "I don't have time for that. My precious prey was taken away from me by some flat onna who came out of nowhere!!" [onna = girl/woman/female]

A huge vein pops.

Asago: {Who's flat!!? You bonteeji onna!! Just because some parts of you are rather large like that~~~ I'll kill you!!} [bonteeji is a word that I'm sure doesn't exist Japanese. I think it's a combination of bon which is more of a sound effect describing how certain parts of the female anatomy jut out and teeji which probably is the Japanese pronunciation of '-tage' as in 'advantage', 'voltage'... okay, so that didn't make sense. Just think of bonteeji as 'voluptuous' or 'chesty/busty'...]

Munakata is sweatdropping and is trying desperately to keep his hand over Asago's mouth. He's also holding her back, though she's kicking and waving her fist around.

Munakata, whispering: "Hey, hey, quiet down! It hurts my wounds."

Asago starts. "!!" She quiets down.

In the background, Freya is yelling back at Sakaki. "When I'm done here I'll return so give me a minute."

Asago, her face red: "...... ...I... ...I'm sorry..." She mumbles, looking downwards.

Munakata's eyes widen just for a moment. "...I owe you another one......"

Asago turns her head to looks up at him. [Looks to me that she's actually leaning against him... Kya © ]

Munakata: "...Arigato."

Asago blushes a bit. "...... ...H~m. So you are happy that you're still alive."

Text: In a small voice.

Asago: "And I thought that I got in your way again."

Moments before.

Freya: "...How nice...... ...I love men like you who don't show suffering on their faces... The thought of being able to subdue such a man ...makes me excited..." She put her index finger to her lips to kiss it. [Not a direct translation... sorry...]

She's standing in front of Munakata who's sitting up leaning against the wall holding his side. His face is stained with blood and her pincers dance on the floor in front of him.

Munakata sneers. "...Seems we think alike. My lower body is reacting to such a queen [as in S-M queen] like you. The idea of pinning a strong willed woman down and making her cry,"

Asago: "Or so it was as you said. And it seemed that you were really getting along!!" She's sitting with her arms crossed and wearing a sarcastic smile.

Munakata: {So she heard......} "... ...It was a joke. You know, to make it sound like I was playing along." [Nowhere near a direct translation... I have no idea how the phrase uri kotoba ni kai kotoba translates...]

Asago, sarcastically: "I bet there was about 70% truth in that."

Munakata is silent with curved lines for smiling eyes. "......"

Text beside Munakata: Maybe about 80%.

Asago suddenly transforms into her Medusa self. {It must be true, this guy with no morals/principles---!!} The snakes from her hair (which have fangs) slither over Munakata's head.

Munakata is showing an OK sign with his left hand. "No no. Not at all. I don't think so. I really don't think so." {Such a thing.}

Asago: {And when I was worried you, you Casanova------!!} {So I have small breasts!!} "I shouldn't have saved...! Thanks to you, I'm out of bullets...!!" She crawls away on hands and knees. "That's enough! Don't come near me!"

Munakata thinks back to when Asago 'saved' him.

A picture shows Freya about to attack Munakata when Asago had started firing wildly to distract Freya.

Freya: "!!"

Asago: "You gaichu---!!" [gaichu = harmful/noxious insect; vermin; pest]

Text below that pic: She had ran in at "The idea of pinning a strong willed woman down and making her cry."

Munakata had freaked, pulling his legs back.

Asago had then turned to him angrily. "Hurry up and run you gaichu!!"

Munakata looks shocked: "Me!?" {The gaichu?}

Asago is mumbling to herself angrily and for some reason has tears in the corner of her eyes.

Munakata looks up to the left sweatdropping. {...I thought I was going to get shot...}

Asago is still talking to herself. "Saving someone like him might get me killed too...!" {I'm so baka! I'm so baka!}

Munakata: "... ...You already know how I operate right..." Asago starts and turns to face him.

Munakata: "...From here on, I'll protect you."

Asago blushes furiously.

From above, someone spies down on Munakata and Asago.

Asago: "What's this 'you'." {So friendly all of the sudden!} "I'm not your woman!!"

Munakata: "Then tell me your name."

Asago: "Iya!"

Freya seems to land on a partition [low wall?]. "...Fou----nd you......" Seems the cables attached to the pincers are retractable so she looks like Freddie Kreuger (Edward Scissorhand?).

Back to Tsukasa and Ryuji.

Eyes closed, they slap hands and knock fists. It seems like some sort of ritual.

Tsukasa and Ryuji: "---... ---..." She punches him lightly on the chest.

Tsukasa: "...We're going back..."

Ryuji: "...Aa..."

"------I'll come back alive with Ryuji---..."

Those were the words she had said to the unconscious Kamo-san as he was being taken away.

Tsukasa: {Kamo-san's waiting.}

Tsukasa and Ryuji both open their eyes, Tsukasa with a determined look on her face and Ryuji with his kumicho face.

Tsukasa: {At Kuryugumi---!!}

They both turn to reunite with the clan heads and kumiin who are watching. [Does that mean they watched as Ryuji was crying?]

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