S H I N N O S H I N
from - Z E T M A N - short stories book
by Masakazu Katsura
Translated mainly from the french edition (c)Tonkam, but also with
minimum control of the original japanese version (c)Jump Club by
Thomas Lajeunesse.
Introduction: I didn't translated the sounds, only texts, legends and some
signs. To design characters, I sometimes used their first name,
sometimes their surname, depending of what I "heard" first.
Note: I tried to keep the spirit of the choice of adjectives for behaviours
according to Shin-no-shin: I chose straight/twisted. I hope these
explain quite well the feeling of things being right, and rigid, or
wrong and wretched...
Brought to you by Jim Zubkavich and the Masakazu Katsura Shrine
p 57
Title SHIN-NO-SHIN
Legend Year 2048
Voice At last, at 76 years-old, my whole life's work is about to
take an end.
At last, the moment to destroy this wretched Shin-no-shin has
come !
I'm going to annihilate the one who stole my beloved one !!
Old man I shall erase these 59 years I spent without her.
Go, faithful servant !! Avenge me ! Make of my old miserable
life a heavenly one ! You're about to change the
course of history by returning to the past !!
Robot This is unit 7 from time police ! I've spot an unauthorized
rewinder.
Voice Chase him. You must stop him before he changed anything in
the course of history.
Robot Roger !
p.58
Title SHIN NO SHIN
Subtitle A time skip of love and hate
p.59
Legend A man, in every circumstances, must know how to remain
straight. That's why today, on this chimney, I
remain straight.
Shin-no-shin Hyeh
DOWNWARDS !
Legend I don't chose any specific path.
I'm just going straight forward, once my goal is obvious.
Shin-no-shin Hm ?
p.60
Boy1 Hey pretty, what a beautiful racket you have there.
Boy2 You're going to skip classes to have a tennis game ?
Boy3 Ah...
Boy4 We could play together ? What do you say ?
Boy3 Manami is surrounded by evil-looking guys. In normal
circumstances, I, Kenji Marisaka, would be willing
to give my life for her, but here, I'm far too
scared to do anything...
Boy4 Come on, we're going to have fun !
Manami No !
Boy1 WHO ARE YOU ?
p.61
Shin-no-shin It's very impolite to force a young girl like this.
Boy2 Why ? Is she your girlfriend ?
Manami Hyah !
Boy1 Wow, pretty panty !
Boy4 Oohh...
Shin-no-shin You're such a bunch of rude people.
To dare look at a young girl's panties. Now you'll have to
marry her and take on your duties !
Boy2 Ahahaha, he's too much ! Where are you coming from, bozo ?
Are believing this is still medieval times ?
Boy1 This guy's completely nuts !
Legend Under anger, Shin-no-shin's hair are straightening up on his
head.
Shin-no-shin My hair is condemning your unworthy behaviour.
p.62
Shin-no-shin AND IT'S TELLING ME TO BRING YOU BACK ON THE STRAIGHT PATH !
YOU !
AND YOU !
AND YOU !
Understood ?
From now on, be careful about guys being twisted.
Bye.
Manami Yes...
p.63
Kenji ...
Ha
Ha
Ha
I... I'm just arriving. Are you all right, Manami ?
Mana...
Manami Shin-no-shin
Kenji Manami, no !
Don't tell me you like this Shin-no-shin ?
Legend Target acquired
Shin-no-shin Straight... straight...
Man ...
p.64
Legend Shiritsu secondary school
Shin-no-shin STRAIGHT AHEAD !
Boy1 A rocket...
Boy2 Not the kind of guy to turn around obstacles.
Kenji Manami, this leotard suits you really well...
How I would like to embrace you, dear angel.
p.65
Shin-no-shin Boy I'm sweating wet !
Boy1 That's because you don't stop running.
Manami Erhm...
To thank you for this morning, I lend you my towel.
Shin-no-shin Thanks, that's ni...
(We're in the same class ?)
Hn ?
Girl1 Woah ! Manami ! How daring !
Girl2 So ? Are you together ?
Girl3 How involved are you ? Have you done it yet ?
Kenji Bloody hell ! Damn Shin-no-shin !
What could she find him ?
p.66
Teacher Makoto !
Makoto Shin-no-shin !
Boys Sir, he's resting on the roof...
Teacher I thought he didn't like going away from the straight path ?
Boy To him, to rest isn't leaving the straight path, it's being
faithful to one's needs.
Kenji Manami in love with that jerk ! With me, the most beautiful
and the best student in this school, just right here.
I don't understand... Why, Manami ? Why ?
Letter Shin-no-shin, meet me after class, around 5.30, in the tennis
club gymnasium. That's not so close, but I have
something important to tell you. Manami...
Shin-no-shin That's strange. I didn't see this girl was in my class.
I wonder what she could have to tell me.
Ouch !
p.67
Shin-no-shin What are you doing ?
That's weird. This guy smells oil...
He's not human !?
Doh !
p.68
Girl Here you are !
You're going to come back in year 2048 with me, if you don't
want me to get angry !
Shin-no-shin Uuhh...
Are you all nuts around here !!
p.69
Shin-no-shin To attack by surprise is despicable ! I'm going to teach you
a lesson !
Girl Eh ?
I've done nothing to you !
WHAT ?
He's not making any unnecessary move. He's fast as an arrow.
This guy's not ordinary.
Shin-no-shin Yah !
Girl Kyah !
Shin-no-shin Hyaaahhh...
Girl What are you doing ?
Ah...
Wait !
p.70
Girl Gyah !
Leave me alone ! I belong to time police and I'm on active
duty !
Shin-no-shin I'm going to straighten you !
Girl (He's really angry)
(He don't even hear what I'm saying)
I'm going to have to quiet you down with my electric dagger.
Shin-no-shin Hrrrr...
Legend She's floating with an anti-grav system.
Girl But... where...
Shit ! It's fallen.
If I use my plasma ray, I may kill him.
Shin-no-shin I'm going to teach you straightness !
p.71
Girl Coming back fifty years in the past to be straightened by
a simple student... (I didn't really understand this
word, but...)
Well...
I have only one more way to get out of this.
I gonna use my defense system.
I'm going to teach him the terrible power of the future's
science.
Shin-no-shin But, this is what is a young girl panty !
... And I'm seeing it with my very own eyes !!
p.72
Man TADAAAHHH !
p.73
Man FUCK YOU, MAN ! (in english in the text)
Shin-no-shin Aaahhh...
What's your name ?
Girl Hn ?
Na... Nana.
Shin-no-shin I'm ready to take the duties from what just happened.
I'm ready to ask you in marriage.
Nana What ?
This poor guy's crazy.
I should better go back to my mission.
p.74
Legend After class.
Science room
Kenji (Shit ! I'm so upset I can't concentrate.)
(I have to concentate if I want to build my Super-Robot and
rip this Shin-no-shin to shreads !)
Hn ?
Ghweee !
I don't have any money here, but if you let me go home...
Please, leave me alive !
Robot This is going to show you in 59 years from here.
Old Kenji I understand you may be surprised, "me in the past", this
robot is the one you're going, we have built in your
future.
I know you doing researches on cybernetic, but your time's
science is not advanced enough to allow you to finish
your work.
p.75
Old Kenji I'm going to tell you what happened 59 years ago. I couldn't
work. I was very angry, then...
I decided to go and see Manami to talk to her. She was in the
tennis club dressing room...
Manami was to me the ideal girl.
Today, I still keep in mind her perfect vital statistics.
But then, this jerk of Shin-no-shin came in abruptly.
Shin-no-shin I'm sorry for being early, but...
Old Kenji Did they have a rendez-vous ?
Surprised, Manami hid behind her sports bag, but...
She lost balance, and...
Manami Ouch !
p.76
Shin-no-shin !
Old Kenji Then he ran to her and tell her meaningless things
Shin-no-shin I ask you to marry me !
Manami Eh ?
Shin-no-shin I'm a man, and, unless he marry her, a man must not see a
woman's panties.
Will you marry me ?
Manami I never loved anyone before you, but I can't promise I'll
become your wife... I
Shin-no-shin We must get married !
Manami If we can't do anyhow else, then...
p.77
Old Kenji And that's how they get married and had a happy family.
Kenji But she's as stupid as him, or what ?
Old Kenji Manami likes strong men. Therefore, you must defeat
Shin-no-shin on his own field.
That's why I sent you our Super-Robot.
Study these notes thoroughly, they'll make you understand
its working.
Book Notes
Old Kenji If you succed in defeating Shin-no-shin, his life will become
a hell, and ours a heaven.
I stand by you.
Kenji I see. this jerk has stolen my Manami ! But...
With this, I shall build the perfect plan which will allow
me...
Ahahaha
Headphone Ahahaha
p.78
Nana You want to marry me only because you saw my panty ?
Shin-no-shin Yes... The ceremony will take place anytime you wish, Nana...
Nana What's your name ?
Shin-no-shin Ah.
Sorry, I didn't introduce myself.
I'm Shin-no-shin Makoto !!
Nana EEeehhh ?
I changed the course of history myself !
But what you saw was only a self-defense system.
Shin-no-shin Perhaps, but I have to take the duties straight to the end.
p.79
Nana But it's not really my panty, therefore there's no need to
get married !
Shin-no-shin Eh ?
Nana Don't you have anything better to do right now ?
Shin-no-shin Well...
Nana The enemy may already be at work ! What to do ? Yes ! We have
to go !
Shin-no-shin Where ? To church ?
Nana Nooo ! To the tennis club !
Shin-no-shin Eh ? Manami gave me an appointment there...
Nana Precisely ! And if you don't go right now, the course of
history will be twisted !
Shin-no-shin WHAT ? DID YOU SAY "TWISTED" ? I CAN'T LET THIS BE !
Let's go, quick !
Nana Woah !
But... What are you doing ?
Legend Secondary school
Tennis club
Building 3
Building 2
Shin-no-shin Tennis club is straight ahead as the crow flies, therefore...
p.80
Shin-no-shin LET'S GO STRAIGHT AHEAD !
Girls Bye Manami, here we go.
Manami Shin-no-shin...
He must have read my letter, so he shouldn't be long...
I'm still surprised for having had the guts to write to him.
p.81
Manami Before he comes, I'll have a shower.
Who... who are you !?
p.82
Shin-no-shin Here we are.
Nana Ha
Ha
Go in front, I have to take my breath.
Shin-no-shin Ah ? OK.
Nana It was even more frightening than the future's russian
mountains...
Ah !
p.83
Nana It seems you really want to be sent back where you're
coming from.
I'm going to make a pleasure to fulfil this wish.
Voice Hyaaaah !
p.84
Shin-no-shin Ah.
Manami Shin-no-shin...
Kenji You finally came.
Shin-no-shin Makisaka ? Have you gone mad ? Chemical's got to your head ?
Kenji He he he. Manami's mine, do you hear me ?
Manami No...
Kenji Therefore, to keep her, I decided to change the course of
history.
Shin-no-shin What are you saying ?
So, you're the one who want to twist history ?
Kenji I will never allow Manami to belong to such an idiot as you.
this is a history's mistake I want to fix forever.
Shin-no-shin Manami ? And I ?
p.85
Kenji When you will be defeated, then Manami will belong to me,
because my feelings toward her are sincere.
Shin-no-shin You really think a bookworm like you could twist me ?
Manami Shin-no-shin, run away !
Kenji I won't be the one to fight you...
Shin-no-shin Hn ?
NANA !
p.86
Shin-no-shin Son of a bitch ! You had Nana killed !
Kenji How does this matter ? She shouldn't have been involved in
my affairs.
Manami, I'm the one who built the robot in the future to
defeat Shin-no-shin.
Manami What ?
Listen ! I'll do anything you want if you leave him alone !!
Kenji He he...
It would be a pleasure, but...
I WANT TO SMASH HIM, I WANT NOTHING OF HIM LEFT, NOT EVEN
FUGITIVE MEMORIES !!
SUPER-ROBOT ! IT'S UP TO YOU NOW !!
Shin-no-shin You've entirely lost your marbles !
p.87
Shin-no-shin OK THEN ! COME, TWISTED MACHINE !! (You make my hair
straightening up with anger on my head)
Hn !
Robot Bu...
p.88
Shin-no-shin STRAIGHT DOWN !
This is for the punch from the other time !
Robot Guooooohhh !
p.89
Robot Where ?
Shin-no-shin So what ? May I surprise you ?
Robot Gue, gue, gue !!
Shin-no-shin Is it made from concrete or what ?
YOUR ROBOT IS NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF SCRAP IRON !!
Kenji Indeed, it seems its trip in the past has weakened it.
He'll have to borrow Manami's body to regenerate.
Manami What ?
Kenji MERGE !
p.90
Manami NOOO !
Shin-no-shin Wha...
Kenji This robot is able to use human being's power for itself.
p.91
Manami HYAAAAAHHHH...
Kenji Let me tell you first that blows given on the outside are
reported on the human being inside. And even if he
dies, its flesh and blood goes on giving power to the
robot until it wins.
So ? Are you going to hit this poor Manami who's inside ?
p.92
Shin-no-shin Hmpf !
Manami Kyaahh ! My body's moving on its own !!
Shin-no-shin Wow... Rather strong.
You...
Shit ! I can't hit it... Manami's inside.
But it won't restrain itself, and I don't know how long I
could resist...
GYAH !
Manami NO ! STOP !
p.93
Shin-no-shin Am I dying ?
I can't even move anymore...
Kenji Haha. How joyful ! The brave Shin-no-shin under my foot !
You're about to learn I could be even worse than a demon !
Now, deliver the final blow !
Manami Shin-no-shin, destroy that robot !
Kenji What ?
Manami You must not die, Shin-no-shin.
If ever this happens... I...
p.94
Manami I BEG YOU ! DON'T THINK OF ME !
DESTROY THAT EVIL ROBOT !
Shin-no-shin She's crying... She's ready to sacrifice herself for me...
She cares about me that much...
Kenji Manami ! I defeated him ! Why don't you recognize I am the
strongest ?
p.95
Kenji What ? How could this be !! My super-robot's gone to
pieces !?
Nana Such a fine device as this one could easily be
short-circuited.
Thanks to Manami's tears, my dagger's energy has been
brought inside the robot...
And it's merging system gone mad.
When I fought your robot earlier...
I used my remaining strength to stuck my dagger in its body.
Kenji How could you still be alive ?
Shin-no-shin Makisaka ? Are you remain a long time like this, standing
on my head ?
p.96
Kenji Aahh...
Manami Shin-no-shin !
Shin-no-shin Makisaka, I will never forgive you.
YOU MAKE MY HAIR STRAIGHTEN UP ON MY HEAD !
p.97
Shin-no-shin YOU, TWISTED JERK !
I'M GOING TO STRAIGHTEN YOU !
Kenji Erhm... we could talk this out ?
Well, nobody get hurt...
Gha !
Where does his strength...
... come from ?
Shin-no-shin Look at you...
p.98
Shin-no-shin STRAIGHTEN UP !
Kenji GUE !
p.99
Shin-no-shin That's better.
Hn...
Manami Shin-no-shin...
Shin-no-shin Manami
Nana Well, thanks to Manami's tears, everything's back in place.
p.100
Legend A man, in every circumstances, must know how to remain
straight. That's what I thought. But I learned that
sometimes, you have to know not to be too rigid.
Shin-no-shin I learnt this in Manami's tears as well.
Good morning.
Legend I'm sorry Nana, I've decided that Manami will be the one to
be my wife.
Manami Ah. It's raining.
p.101
Nana Hey you !
Shin-no-shin Nana ? Aren't you back in the future ?
Nana Finally, I like your kind of guy.
I've made up an excuse to remain in this time.
So ? You told me you would marry me, didn't you ?
Shin-no-shin Buuut.. There's no room for three under my umbrella.
(Note from the translator: The umbrella is a symbol for love
in Japan. Instead of drawing a heart with the lover's
names in it, they generally represent an umbrella
with both names, vertically drawn along the handle.
I guess it involves the romantic feeling to shelter
the one you love.)
Manami Shin-no-shin, are you asking into marriage every girl you
encounter ?
Legend His true hell was only beginning...
Shin-no-shin (The end) ... Well, a last word...
Legend Year 2048.
Old Kenji Yes, the course of history has been changed.
But it's even worse ! What happened ?
What stupidity my other self could have done ? Eeehhh.
Legend The true ending.
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Well... I hope, as usual, that you've appreciated this. See you around in
another translation. Now on, I'll have to go back to Wingman... Jim's
still waiting for these ;p
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