* Rurouni Kenshin Manga Translation *
* Volume one: Kenshin . Himura Battousai *
* Chapter five: Fist and foot lad *
(A fist flies towards a seriously injured fellow. He spits out more blood)
Men: AOOOO HHHE EEEEHHH... !
Men: We admit our loss! Thou art invincible! Spare our lives!
Gangster: Even if you do not beg for spare, I would not budge another inch.
Men: !?
Gangster: Thou all art flaming idiots, tardy weaklings! Persist mine actions
and 'twould appear as if I'm coercing the insubstential.
(gives a swear)
Ganster: Bastas! Fought yet again a mundane duel!
(and guess what? This guy is actually Sanosuke carrying a super long thingy
wrapped in... silk)
Sano: Regret is the word indeed! That all the good ones have fallen off from
the face of this world!
Kenshin: Thou sayeth?
Kaoru: We may rest easy in our seats on the matter of living expenses now!
(Kenshin is chopping firewood with his sakabadou and Yahiko is practicing
his kenjutsu)
Kaoru: Whilst the backyard room was being put in order, I stumbled upon
this... (unrolls a portrait) 'tis what my grandfather has fathomed.
Kenshin: Wow! An inextricable crow?
Kaoru: It's a beautiful water painting!
(she brings the portrait near to her face after rolling it up)
Kaoru: My grandfather cherishes the title of a great kenjutsu master
alongside with that of a famed water painter!
(growing increasingly red in the face)
Kaoru: Having sold this, money would be of no hindrance. Ah! I glaze thy
honorable title with bestowed thanks, grandfather!
Yahiko: Thou materially idolized female!
Kaoru: Too good! A pot of beef we allow ourselves for the afternoon!
Yahiko: (waving his bamboo) I gave you but all the glory, and you float on
cloud nine!
* During the Meiji era, cultures were systematically opened up, and even the
food industries were not spared from influence and reformation, embedding
in it the weird ingredients of never before.
Of which, 'a pot of beef', (let's just call it beef steamboat) suited the
tastes of the commoners best, amongst the Western delicacies introduced,
the most popular.*
Tae: Welcome thy prescence -! Ah - Kaoru!
Kaoru: It has been long, Tae!
Tae: Your spirits are up, my worried heart sees solace! Thou hath brought
new acquaintances along!
(notices Kenshin)
Tae: Mr. Sire here hath to your lover then!
(Kaoru starts getting a little embarassed and agitated)
Kaoru: No no! He is but a recent addition to the dojo! (waves arms around
frantically)
Someone: It would but work this way!
(everyone flies away)
Kaoru, Kenshin and Yahiko: !?
Someone: With methods like yours, there can never come a day when people are
fully free, embark we upon more strenuous practices!
Another someone: Embark we indeed! Embark Itagaki-san onto the journey of
death!
Yet another someone: Exactly! Okubo of the internal affairs department
lifted not an eyebrow at Daisairou!
Another someone: Care we who Okubo is! Itagaki-san may vanish, but his
legends on this earth shall be like Daisairou's!
Someone: Let thy hair brained ideals go! Legends ringing in the ears gives
not a fart of a use! What can it solve!
Yet another someone: Freedom shall be doomed along with Itagaki-san!
Tae: Certain customers see themselves drunk here.
Kenshin: Them misters seem to be asseted to the warriors of the great
freedom movement!
Kaoru: Say what they may! I hear not a word.
Yahiko: What can they be more than drunked ghosts!
Kaoru: Let us bother them not, serve us with a three-person share of beef
steamboat, prithee.
Yahiko: Ah! Along with it, may I trouble you then, three cups of coffee!
The someones: ... ! ... !! ... !
Kaoru: Yahiko, hath thou tasted thy drink?
Yahiko: Speak not the nonessential words!
Kenshin: Thou art in the color of pink! Kaoru-
(Kenshin notices something but refuses to budge or say a further word)
Kaoru: Kenshin?
Kaoru and Yahiko: !!?
(a glass bottle hits the back of Kenshin's head)
Kaoru: KENSHIN!
Someone: Thou whey-faced loon! Repeat that for me!
Kenshin: Mum-my!
Yet another someone: How is't! I can repeat them ten times and still not
tire!
Another someone: Thou bespluttering blinking baffoon!
Yahiko: You there! As if throwing sake bottles against the heads of others
breaks not enough tolerance, still standing there yakking your yak nonsense!
You may yak till your tongue rots later, now come here for me and apologise!
(someones stare at Yahiko)
Someone: Your words seem endless! Consider first your status before acting
against the freedom movement clan! Thou may retry in another twenty years!
Yahiko: Bare less of your rowdy status! Come over and apologise, you
sickening drunk ghosts!
Kenshin: (with a bump on his head) Let it, let it rest!
Yet another someone: Drunk ghosts! We are the honorable members of the
freedom movement clans!
Another someone: Be we drunk, then no one else in the world can be sober!
Tae: My great sir... it is my apologies, but prithee soften your tone...
Someone: Shut up! How dare you, a mere female cast dream of supporting this
evil little ghost!
(waves a fist and hits Tae)
Kaoru: TAE!
(Tae flies backwards and is stopped by a strong supporting hand)
Sano: Be cautious!
Kaoru and Yahiko: !
Kenshin: (just staring, nothing much going on)
Sano: Hey! The illusion of your 'freedom movements', should be to privilege
the weaker of the society! You sing the ideals of 'freedom', and claim the
title of 'warriors', how may your behavior explain that!
(lets out a small huff of air)
Sano: Hard to say, but your polished freedom in fact - comes only when you
bring freedom in picking on violence in the state of stupor?
Another someone: What kindda fellow art you!
Sano: You are not strained or something?
Tae: Oh... I am very well!
Yet another someone: Thou art finding a fight with us?
Sano: Suits my purpose! Duels without cash involvment can do just fine!
(the someones turn red in the face in sheer disbelief)
Sano: Consider the normal circumtances... they would look me up with cash
just for me to lift a hand, but your bullying of the weak has seen enough
light for the days!
Kenshin, Kaoru and Yahiko: ?????
Sano: Even more so for the patches of 'freedom' singers, 'righteous' seekers
and 'fairness' preachers. Him who cajoles the good but carries out the bad
to the poor people of common grounds. BEASTS like these fuel my fire and
snap my tolerance!
Someones: WHAT?! Detestable... Out, out now if you art a man!
(outside the restaurant, Sano on the left, someone on the right, a crowd
gathers)
Kaoru: His words are glazed with weird reasonings, yet shine with that
reflection of truth!
Kenshin: Prohibit the two great gentlemen? There seems to be no interference
in a path of which was chosen by them noble selves!
Someone: Kiss the dust and cry for mercy, I shall not differ. (cracks his
knuckles)
Sano: (smiles excitedly) Examine your own cool moves first! Let loose your
'hell' upon me! Come on, come on!
Someone: (flying dangerously quick towards Sano) Thou piece of little paper!
(someone's right hand flips out a hidden weapon)
Sano: !
(someone smiles evilly of triumph)
Someone: DIE YOU!
(hidden weapon slams onto the forehead of Sano)
Kaoru: Snotty despicable kidneys! Even a hidden weapon is involved!
Yet another someone: Skip the unnecessary words!
Another someone: A hidden weapon lives as a weapon, but only hidden!
Kenshin: Oho, thou bunch of thugs doth speaks the truth! However...
(Kenshin's eyes never leave the two antagonists)
Kenshin: The hidden weapon was best, in this erring one's humble opinion,
remained hidden!
(Sano still standing erect and motionless after being hit)
Sano: ... Heh!
(still the same face, same expression, like nothing in particular had
happened to him... although he looks a bit more irritated now)
Sano: Thou hidden weapon was but worth this! I consider it not even lightly!
(someone's arm bends and the ring finger of his right hand on which the
hidden weapon was slotted on bends; both abnormally)
Sano: But be I lash my full potential, I fear the sin I accused you of would
revert to my head instead.
(holds out his left hand over someone's forehead)
Sano: One finger shall bring you down.
(recoils middle finger to thumb and lets go)
Someone: WO-AH!
(and someone flies five metres back)
Sano: Own movements, seek duels, same boredom!
(and someone finally touches down heavily)
Yahiko: That only he exerted a finger's folly...
Yet another someone: Wo-oo-o-oo-o-oo...
Another someone: I curse thy mother... !
(another someone starts to unsheath his sword. Before it's fully done, he
notices something)
Voice: Thou hath thrown the stone of stupor troubles and my unworthy self
has caught it with mine head.
(and that something was that the hilt of Kenshin's sword was on his back)
Kenshin: However, should thou throw the stone of desire to draw thy sword,
the stone of pardon shall NOT be rethrown!
(another someone freezes and trembles while Kenshin appears behind his
shoulders)
Kenshin: Freedom warriors stands in importance.
Another someone: ...
Kenshin: Prithee, though, before thou habour hated happiness with the
honorable government, first write thou faults off! We let the matter of
today away! Settle thy bill and bon voyage!
Tae: I thank thee for upholding my peace! Infinite gratitudes!
Sano: No need for thanks! Fighting is my beloved hobby!
(someones going away helping out their injured friend)
Sano: Hey! - That swordsman there, does your head injury matter!
Kenshin: Oh! It does but bother this clumsy one.
Sano: I think it is. However, your purpose behavior to stay put, if should
something serious occur, we shall see if you still play cool!
Kaoru: Oro... ?
Sano: (thumbing at Kaoru) At that time, had you dodged and not stayed put,
Missy here would see in the morning a face of red! Therefore you had rather
stayed put, blocking her with your head, have I uttered wrong!
Kenshin: Thou hath too high considerations of this unworthy one!
Sano: Thou art too humble. I admire thy personality. How about't! Let us
have a duel! A happy, friendly duel!
Kenshin: My undeserving heart accepts and appreciates your worthy ideas...
Sano: Be it! When you have unravelled your answer, cometh, hurry find me at
the house of gangsters nearer the city!
(turns around to walk away)
Sano: Later meetings will find a date!
Kenshin, Kaoru and Yahiko: !
(Sano's back of his jacket imprints the chinese character 'evil', although I
must comment... chinese characters oftenmoreso have more than one meaning
when fitted with other words, and has more than one meaning even by itself
depending on usage. But let's not discuss that now...)
Kaoru: That man... buys the bread of good or bad?
Yahiko: He has but a decent hobby. Should we write him bad!
Kenshin: Art mister he a strange bedfellow...
Tae: AW! Recollections!
Kaoru: Doth thou know, Tae?
Tae: He hath not footed the bill... *white eat white drink ^_^x*
Kenshin: ...
Night at the house of gangsters...
Sano: Hob! Steer left speak right, your main objective lies in my killing of
that fellow!
Voice: Et true! We see that only your talent may defeat this lad!
Sano: Speak me not with words befitting those of a assassin! He shall die if
he shall, I shall accept if I do not reject. So long as you rid me of boring
duels, deeds are easily done!
(and the two people consulting sano are Gohei and Kihei!)
Sano: But as it is, you people sliding away from the locks of prison bears
not a simple plot!
Kihei: Hatred for that man overwhelms a desire to repent. Had he not
harrassed our interest, we would but be in this state!
Sano: Therefore your hatred? Your words do not behave like words!
(crunch crunch)
Sano: Forby... the above mentioned 'Kenshin' fellow, strong so? If he hath
the genes of weaklings, I have the genes of no interest. Yesterday's double
dull duels has further fueled that feeling!
Gohei: He's extremely powerful! Powerful till I myself was defeated by him
in but more than one move!
Sano: Do you want thy face! The garbage you are, even if wert to throw you
away a million times we still could not claim a powerful belt!
Kihei: Come! Let me inform to you a hidden word.
Gohei: He hath lowered my dignity... ! (starts to tear)
Sano: Hey hey! Kick that train-tracked face of yours far away from mine!
Kihei: That 'Kenshin' et actually... !!
Sano: Et true?
Kihei: How is't! Sanosuke brother, a opponent of such has enough strength
and weight!
Sano: Chi! (picks up something) For donkeily monkey years I hath combed the
place for an opponent worthy enough to use my buddy here on! The legendary
Hitokiri, Himura Battousai!
(Sanosuke stands upright with his 'buddy' in his hands)
Sano: I myself, fist and foot lad Zanza leads a path for a strong one like
you!
END TRANSLATION
(c) Nobuhiro Watsuki Translation: ruroken@geocities.com
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