Tokyo Crazy Paradise
Hana to Yume
1999 vol. 18, episode no. 66
Translation by Yuki-chan
Images scanned by us and Minako

The episode title page is in black and white, featuring Tsukasa and Ryuji with their arms around each other. Tsukasa's hair is somewhat slicked back, making her appear older than 14.

Tsukasa: "---...E...? ...Asago... is missing...!? Didn't she return to Tokyo!?"

Ryuji: "It seems that she disappeared the day she was supposed to return while the kumiin weren't watching."

Tsukasa: "......"

Seems that the 2 of them are still outside the hospital.

Tsukasa: "...So... Ryuji, you're going to go look for Asago......?"

Ryuji, letting out a sigh: "...She has a strong sense of responsibility and is easily possessed by feelings of guilt..." {Though it was through my own fault I was shot.} "Just the thought of what may be going through her head makes me worried......"

Tsukasa: "...Yeah..." She looks down.

Kamo-san interrupts: "Sandaime... the car is ready."

Ryuji: "Aa."

A moment of silence passes.

Ryuji: "......"

Tsukasa: "......"

Ryuji: "...At a time like this, I'd like to be by your side but..."

Tsukasa starts and shakes her head in denial: "I'm fine!" {...It's strange but I'm calm, though when I learned that I wasn't true siblings with my brothers it was such a shock... I was confused and even escaped from reality...}

Ryuji: "...I see... ...Then that's good so..."

Tsukasa: {...But the reason that I can be so cool about all of this,}

Ryuji: "You go on back to Tokyo... I'm making arrangements for you to get some time off."

Tsukasa: {is probably---...}

Ryuji: "I'll let you decide whether you want to go back to the main house or your home."

Ryuji walks up to Tsukasa in a one armed hug and pats her on the back so that her face is against his shoulder.

Ryuji: "...!!"

Tsukasa had grabbed hold Ryuji's arm as if to hug it.

Tsukasa: {---------...Probably......} She thinks back to how Ryuji had wiped the tears from her eyes. "------..."

Ryuji, eyes wide in surprise: "...... ...Tsukasa...?"

Tsukasa: "---...I know... that you're worried about Asago... but... ...you're not... well yet either......"

Kamo-san and Bun-san are watching from a distance.

Tsukasa: "...You should... think about yourself too... ...Really......" She hugs his arm tighter.

Ryuji: "......"

Tsukasa: "...But... ...if you can't do that then I'll go too..."

Ryuji: "...No... I've heard that you haven't been resting properly either. You go back,"

Tsukasa butts in: "No! I'm going too...!"

Ryuji looks down at her face.

Tsukasa looks up with large pleading eyes: "...I'm going..."

Ryuji holds his head, as if he's faint. "......"

Tsukasa: "...What... What's wrong......?"

Bun-san, with a mike: "Tsu-bo's please-please punch! A clean hit to Sandaime' heart!" {Sandaime, who's never experienced such a serious request like that has taken a lot of damage from this!!} Bun-san has a patch attached to the sleeve of his shirt that says 'live, on scene'.

Kamo-san: {...If he would just go down then we could tie him down to a bed...... He really hasn't been resting at all...}

Tsukasa: "What!? You're not feeling well!? See it's because you're stressing yourself you aho!"

Ryuji: "What!? Who's fault do you think...!"

Bun-san, still reporting: "Sandaime moves to attack!"

Kamo-san: {...Aa... He's back to his usual self again......}

From a little distance away, Tsukasa's brothers, Tsubaki and Azuma are watching the scene.

Toshi: "---...Thank goodness Tsukasa came back to us..."

Sho: "Yeah, I thought Tsukasa was going to disappear or something..."

In the background, Tsukasa has Ryuji in a headlock.

Tsukasa: "You're not allowed to go outdoors! Get some sleep like you're supposed to---!"

Kamo-san, with his hands curled into fists: {That's right! Yes, Tsukasa-san!}

Toshi: "But even now that we know that we're not related by blood it's like so what isn't it--- " {We've shared hardships together and we know too many embarrassing things about each other to suddenly act as strangers.}

Sho: "Yeah---"

Taku: "..."

Azuma: "... ...That your mother has stolen Garyukai's top secret... was that... a lie that you made up so that you could gain police protection for Tsukasa-san without having to reveal the fact that you weren't related------...?"

Tsubaki looks up at his bodyguard in surprise.

Taku turns to face Azuma as well.

Azuma: "...Garyukai's top secret... The one who took it outside wasn't your mother but was Tsukasa-san's true mother------ Ayabe Wakasa------" [Finally, she has a full name!]

Taku startles at the mention of that name.

Azuma continues: "---The woman... who was known as the Kansai gokudo's... 'Hogougumi's kage no seisai ...right......?"

Taku: "......!"

Azuma has a serious look on his face.

Taku: "...You...... ...Why.........?"

Sirens wail as cruisers and ambulances pull up to the scene at the factory.

Asago smacks on the last bandage. "There! Finished!!"

Munakata in a silent scream: "~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~!!" He's twitching in pain. "Can't you be a little nicer than that---!?" He shows fangs and a large popped vein. He's covered in several bandage patches. [!? Does this mean that no bullets actually penetrated or what!? I don't think first aid does much fore bullet wounds.]

Asago, with her hands on her hips and fangs to show: "Shut up!! It's because you make up stupid lies like that!!"

A little while earlier.

Munakata, expressionless talking to a local cop: "Don't worry about that. She's my woman. I usually go on a date like this while on duty. It's standard in Tokyo."

Text pointing to Munakata's last comment: That's just for you.

The local cop has large sweat beads on his cap.

Asago has eyes like ping pong balls.

Munakata: "...What... It's one thing to be carrying a self defense type gun, but for a would be suicider handling a real gun as if it's second nature......"

In the background, the local cops are wheeling the men into ambulances.

Cop 1: "He cleaned up all of them by himself!? He's truly a member of the police's top Control Police, GRAVE division."

Cop 2: "How scary......"

Ambulance attendant: "Okay, bring the rest of them in---"

Munakata: "I was being nice thinking that you wouldn't want to be questioned about your identity."

Asago, startled: "!!" She looks down. "........"

Munakata, pulling his jacket back on: {...Can't she just be honest and say thank you---?}

Asago: "...You......" {...Why...} "...I find it annoying how you can see through me like that......" {...though you don't you know anything about me... ...but...}

Munakata: "...... It's just the difference in how long we've lived." [Crappy translation but I think the points gets across.]

Asago: {why do you,}

Munakata: "...... ...He~y..."

Asago: {why do you try to close up my (emotional) wounds like that......!?} [If this doesn't make sense, I'm sorry but this was the best I could do.]

Munakata, holding his head: "......Why do you cry~~~?" {What did I do to make you cry!? Aaah!?}

Asago: "~~~~~~!!" Tears fall from her eyes. She thinks back to what her father said to her.

"You'll likely feel shamed and find being at Kuryugumi is painful......"

"Even so, I will not allow you to cross Sumon's threshold again."

Asago: {---...I no longer have the right declare myself as a 'Sumon'.}

"You have received the name 'Shirogami'."

Asago: {---But, I can't declare myself as 'Shirogami' even more---...!!} She thinks back to when she learned that Ryuji thought of her as a sister, and when he took the bullets meant for her. {---If I was asked for my name, I wouldn't know what to say------...}

Munakata, exasperated: "...... ...Man... you're either angry or crying. I prefer girls that smile."

Asago, with fangs: "I DON'T NEED TO BE LIKED BY SOME OYAJI LIKE YOU!!"

Munakata hardens at that word: "...OYA... " {How disrespectable of you.} "I'm still 24."

Asago: "SEE! YOU'RE ARE AN oyaji!!" {Once you're over 20 all men are oyajis." She pauses a moment, still with tears in the corners of her eyes. "...24...?"

Munakata, boasting with his hands on his hips: "Doesn't that make me an oniisan?"

Asago: "...... ...I thought that you were about 30..."

Munakata: "......"

Text: He's in silent shock.

Asago clutches her stomach and starts giggling. "...You... look too old...!"

Munakata is sitting on the ground glaring: "..."

Asago is still giggling.

Munakata smiles slyly: "...You're... cute when you laugh..."

Asago freezes for a moment before slowly turning bright red.

Munakata is clearly enjoying himself and laughs. He whistles. "Girls these days hear words of admiration on a regular basis but do they turn that red when they're told they're 'cute'!?" {Aren't you an unusual girl.}

Asago: "Sh Shut up!" {I was never complimented in such a simple manner like that!}"Do you have a problem!?"

Munakata: "Not really. I think it's good that girls be that cute." He touches her forehead with 2 fingers. {Instead of having a creased brow here.}

Asago's eyes go wide in surprise. She suddenly raises both arms, slapping Munakata's hand away. She gets up and turns on her heel. "..."

Munakata: {...She's angry again.... and just after I said......} "......"

Asago, with her back to Munakata: "...I'm leaving..."

Munakata: {...Leaving...?} "...... ...Are you all right?"

Asago: "... ...Yeah. ...I can go back by myself."

Munakata: {...No... I didn't mean that......}

Local cop: "Excuse me~~~ Can I have a moment of your time?"

Munakata turns back to the cop: "...Aa."

Asago: {---I'm all right. I've lost my desire to die.} "...Hey!"

Munakata turns to see Asago looking him straight in the eyes.

Asago: {I've learned that I have to live in order to experience the little things of life------} Thoughts of her whole ordeal with Munakata swim through her mind.

Munakata: "...What...... ...What's wrong...?"

Asago: {---I want to live a bit longer. ------So}

She breaks out into a smile: "------Thank you------..." [A real smile. She looks rather cute.]

Munakata is startled at first but then smiles back.

Asago: {---I won't run away anymore.}

Back at the hospital.

Kamo-san: "---So Tsukasa-san, until we finish getting ready for the trip back to the main house, make sure you catch Sandaime!"

Tsukasa, looking uncertain: "...U..."

Kamo-san, all smiles: "Sandaime listens to whatever you say Tsukasa-san."

Tsukasa: "Well yeah......."

Kamo-san: "If you were to say 'Stay by my side' then he wouldn't move even if the Pentagon was suddenly ambushed."

Tsukasa: {...No... but I'll be the one moving.} She glances at Ryuji who's sitting on a cushioned bench with his arms crossed.

Kamo-san goes off, smiling and humming to himself.

Tsukasa: "......"

"If you were to say 'Stay by my side'---" Kamo-san's words echo through her mind.

Tsukasa: {...Although I didn't say it in words, I may have said it through body language------... No... I undoubtedly did......}

She thinks back to when she was hugging Ryuji's arm.

Text, pointing to Tsukasa's arms around Ryuji's arm: Especially around here.

Tsukasa: "---..." {---...If......... Ryuji wasn't there at that time, I wonder if I would have been as calm as this------... ---When I thought about that...... I found that Ryuji's presence, talking to me and touching me [not in a nasty way!!] as if it were normal... I couldn't find the words to express the love"

Tsukasa's thought stop there.

"UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" [This SD doesn't look like Tsukasa at all] Her jaw is dropped and her eyes are huge. "...!"

Ryuji: "..."

The other people in the waiting room [or where ever they are] turn to stare her.

Tsukasa: {...Oh...! Oh my god......! That such an unexpected word would come to me like that is as strange as miso soup in French cuisine...!!! Could it be...... that I have some sickness of the heart...!? No, maybe it's my head!!} Her thoughts are rambling and are kind of confused.

The kids of the waiting room are staring at Tsukasa who's frozen in 'The Scream'.

Kid 1: "What a strange face~~~"

Kid 2: "The one who can get a candy in his mouth wins."

Ryuji notices someone approaching.

Taku: "...Tsukasa..."

Tsukasa comes back to the present at her brother's voice: "!" The candy bounces off her chin.

Kid 2: "A!"

Tsukasa: "...Taku-nii------..."

Taku: "......" Behind him are Azuma and Tsubaki.

A little while later, in some other area of the hospital. [Okay, maybe it's the same place but all the other people seem to be gone.]

Ryuji: "---...'Hogou's kage no seisai------...!? ...You're saying that the legendary kage no seisai is Tsukasa's real mother---...!?" Even Ryuji is shocked at the news.

Tsukasa meanwhile is biting into a senbei (Japanese rice cracker). [Senbei come in many varieties from bite sized to cookie sized, soy flavoured to wasabi (Japanese horse radish) flavoured, with sesame seeds or with nori (sea weed) etc. etc.]

Taku: "...... ...It's not that I heard it directly from our parents or anything but... I heard the name 'Ayabe' and 'Wakasa' come up in their conversations so... I came to the conclusion that she must be Tsukasa's biological mother..."

Senbei is very crunchy. Ryuji is still sitting on the bench. Tsukasa is sitting next to him crunching away.

Ryuji: "..." He turns to her. A large vein appears on his head. "...HEY...!!"

Tsukasa, with senbei in her mouth: "N? What, you want some too Ryuji-kun?" {Fine~~ here, just one piece~~~} She has crumbs all over her face and is holding a bag of rice crackers.

Text pointing to the bag of senbei: But the one that actually paid for this was Ryuji.

Ryuji, with fangs: "NO! This is about you...! Aren't you curious...!?" {Is this a time to be munching away like that!?}

Tsukasa: "I only have one mother. I was probably born from a cabbage that Kozuki Ikumi (?) bought for cheap at some supermarket..." {Fu fu fu. When she peeled back the cabbage leaves one by one out popped cute little old me!!} Her eyes take on a dreamy look as she pictures her parents delighted at the birth of a daughter from a cabbage. [Reminds me of Cabbage Patch Kids]

Ryuji, who can see this vision as well: "..."

Tsukasa: "...So I don't care about the story of my biological mother. Even if she was some amazing person that became a legend in the world of the gokudo------..." She looks Ryuji straight n the eye.

Ryuji: {...Tsukasa---...}

Taku, as if sheepish: "...Tsukasa...... ...Well... About that... It seems that it's not that simple---..." {Though I understand your feelings~~~~~~}

Tsukasa: "...E...?"

Taku: "...Actually, the one who stole Garyukai's 'top secret' wasn't mom but... that 'Wakasa' person..."

Tsukasa doesn't look impressed: "..."

Taku: "That 'Wakasa' person... in order to deceive Garyukai entrusted Mother with that secret and you when you were just born......"

Tsukasa not looking the slightest bit interested: "... ...And so......?"

Taku: "...And then... I didn't know about what happened after but," {Neither Mom nor Dad ever talked about where they hid that top secret) "...it seems... that the... 'Wakasa' person said that she would have you protect that secret---..."

Tsukasa's jaw drops and a little Tsukasa slides down her tongue, holding the scenario that Tsukasa had written earlier.

In the next frame, Tsukasa is seen on her hands and knees, clutching the scenario. {...That... is just like the scenario I wrote... it was only supposed to get the 'try a litter harder' award for effort... My life is at the same level...}

Sho, with tears: "Tsukasa! Tsukasa's, in so much shock... Don't worry Tsukasa! We're with you!"

Ryuji: {...It seems she's in shock over something else......}

Tsukasa: "------..." She looks up for a moment. "...'It seems that the Wakasa person said'...? What's that supposed to mean?"

Taku: "..." He glances behind him.

Tsukasa: "...?" She notices that Taku is looking at Azuma. {...E...?}

Azuma: "......"

Taku, pointing to Azuma: "...This man---... said that he was an attendant to that 'Wakasa' person..."

Azuma bows his head. "..."

Tsukasa: "E...!?" {No way!) "Such an important person so close..." {He wasn't just some shotakon...!!}

Ryuji: "------... ...Then... that makes you the sole survivor of that totally destroyed 'Hogougumi'---..."

Azuma startles: "...... ---...Although I'm ashamed to admit so..."

Ryuji: "...I'm not blaming you for anything..." {Don't look so sorry like that.}

Tsukasa: "......" She seems to be taking this quite well. "...So, mister Azuma." [Tsukasa is using a very casual, almost disrespectable word for 'mister']

Azuma: "Hai..."

Tsukasa, with a popped vein: "So mister you know what Garyukai's top secret is...?" {If you're a close attendant of that Wakasa person then you must know. Since I know this much, I'll listen, though I don't really want to hear it. So go on and say it.}

Azuma: "...... ...It's a key. ...The ancient plant that produces the drug probably used by the assassins to catch you,"

Tsukasa is shocked: "...!"

Azuma, looking serious: "The door that leads to the sacred grounds where the plant can be cultivated in large quantities--------- The key------... that will open that door------..."