ZETMAN
from the single Zetman volume
Translated by Sara Averardi
Editted by Jim Zubkavich
Brought to you by Jim Zubkavich and the Masakazu Katsura Shrine
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girl "NO! I beg you!
I don't like this place!"
guy "Come on, let's do it here..."
girl "No, I don't want to!
Oh"
guy "but ...who..?"
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Zetman "I think that that girl has said no!
You are a scoundrel!"
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Narration " The monster that has been appearing more and more in Akuno nowadays
has two big horns and bat wings...Noone knows who he is...a justice
messenger?A wicked demon ?
Let's go a little bit back in time, before our main character became the
monster that's called Zetman....
Thunder was echoing in the night..."
hooligan 1 "Get the dough out!"
hooligan 2 "If you want to pass through here, you have to pay!"
1 " And do you know why?Because we decided it should be so!Now hurry up!"
Jin "I really don't understand why should I do it!"
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1 " Ah, yeah....well...all right...
See? Now we have to take everything to the last penny!"
2 " Thanks for the wallet!"
Jin "Bastards!
I'm going to kill them..."
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computer " Get the dough out(x 3)
Computer screen " You have two hooligans right before you."
Jin "I'm going to shoot them down..."
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computer "My name is Zetman! I'm a justice messenger!"
"This guy's name is Jin Kurono... He is 23 years old, and he is a
video games author...
This video game simulates the creation of a hero called Zetman.
Zetman's abilities become greater by earning justice points,obtained by
fighting against evil..."
computer screen "You beheaded them."
"The A.I.S.(superior artificial intelligence) he conceived gives every
player the possibility to personalize the scores...
This guy ...what kind of Zetman could create?"
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Sachiko "I'm sorry I wasted some time by trying to find the first aid
box! Oh... you are still programming!? I had told you to lie down...
Stand still...
How much have you got to do in order to finish it?"
Jin "I just have to get another few enemies ready and and fix it here
and there a little bit..."
Narration "Her name is Sachiko Shirai...she is 21 years old and she is the
only person Jin trusts..."
Sachiko "What!? So you already got the final monster ready!"
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Jin "A-HA...it's this one..."
Sachiko "What a monster! And is it called Death?
Our superiors don't agree with you...but I do! Nowadays the world is
a melting pot made of vices and virtues... I think that such a
video-game is going to sell a lot!
But you are not a hero, Kurono, so don't wear yourself out...the police
is going to take care of the criminals"
Jin "I don't care much about this game sale...I just want to finish
Zetman to have an answer about the true nature of justice!"
Sachiko "It would be really nice to know about that, but this is not what I meant!
I believe your sence of justice is developed way too much!"
Jin "I've learnt it from my mother..."
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Narration "Jin's father disappeared when he was only a little child...as he grew
only with his mother, he learnt to trust her...she was very strict when
Jin committed some kind of fault, but she was as kind as an angel when
he was good...
Jin had just turned 12 when his mother was run over by road hog, still
without a name..."
Jin "The traffic light was green! My mother was right! The police has
never been able to catch the damned one that killed her!"
Sachiko "I'm sorry ...I didn't want you to remember that...
What about having a drink to raise our spirits?"
Jin "Human beings are not able to restrain vice because they are the
same ones that generate it!
Only someone that is superior to human beings can make justice! A hero!
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Sachiko "Jin..."
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Jin "If only I were strong... if I were a hero....
If only I were...
What...?!"
"Jin...Jin...You mustn't do it...you have to be always good...You have
to become a man of justice...you must never lose your belief in
justice..."
Jin "Mom! MOM! UH?"
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Ice "You finally woke up!"
Jin "W-who are you?"
Ice "You don't remember me? I'm Ice, YOur A.I.S., Superior artificial
intelligence, no?"
Jin "But...I don't recognise you ...with this character..."
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Ice "Can't you realize what has happened? It was a bug!"
Jin "GO AWAY! You think I'm so stupid to believe you?"
Ice "You are really stubborn...look, without me you can't earn
justice points!"
Jin "What are you talking about??"
Ice "I'm talking about Zetman, what else?! You have to improve yourself
in order to get to the next level!!"
Jin "Stop joking!"
Ice "oh shit! Close your eyes and wish to be Zetman!"
Jin "You..."
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Ice "You got it now? Come on, try to earn points! When you'll have earned
enough, I'll augment the level!
.....Or maybe I'll do it when I feel like it!"
Jin "Ehi! Earning points? Well it won't be difficult in this condition!"
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Narration "So this is the reason...he felt at ease right away... all the rage that
he had accumulated during years could finally be eased...by executing
crime without any kind of distinction...or at least by persecuting those
he thought to be part of it...
without being able to stop anymore!"
Jin "My name is Zetman, the last executioner...good is on my side!"
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Narration "A few days later..."
Taxi Driver "It's always like this, as if sidewalks didn't exist..."
Sachiko "Don't worry, I'm in no hurry!"
Taxi Driver "Damn it!"
Guy "Ehi, you! You can't get through here by car!"
Guy2 "Get out, idiot!"
Sachiko "Ehi!"
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Taxi Driver "Help me!"
Guy "Stupid bastard!"
Sachiko "Stop it!"
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Zetman "Who do you think you are?"
Voices "Ehi, mask! You seem strong!
What a show!"
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Narration "the next day..."
"Yes, I saw him! He looks like a devil, but he smashed those guys' faces
in! He must be some kind of vigilante!"
man "Ehi, he's really agile! He's not just a man in tights..."
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news "Here at Hakuno many people are talking about the misterious hero..."
newspaper "A real hero!"
Sachiko "Kurono..."
Narration "His sence of justice was becoming greater by every minute...more
haunting...he noticed every crime, even the most insignificant..."
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Zetman "Theft is a crime!"
Sachiko "Zetman!
All this violence...do you think it's justice?
Isn't there any mercy in the fight against crime?
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Sachiko I thought your sence of justice was born to help the weak...and that you
were a good person deep in your bones...I was sure about that , Kurono...
Why?
Why did things go wrong?"
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Narration "A week went by after his first appearance...the name Zetman began to be
more widespread thanks to the small thief, that reavealed it to a
newspaper..."
Jin "I always have a headache when I become human again...why does it
happen?"
Ice "I don't know...maybe you don't want to become human again...how
did you discover where I was?
Ehi, you are already at the fourth level! You are one of those
that go on till they get to the end, right?"
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Jin "Now I can fly as well, but...what does this tail mean?I don't
want it, it bothers me!"
Ice "Come on...it's in fashion,isn't it?"
Jin "It's all that bug's fault..."
Ice "Not really...
You do know that the A.I.S. over-develops the real character of
each player...I'm only a mirror reflecting your real image...understood?"
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Jin "The way I'm developing leaves me a little bit
perplexed....will I discover the true meaning of Justice?"
Ice "And what do I know about justice?"
Jin "It doesn't matter...I'll find the answer at the end..."
Ice "Ehi! Now you can't earn any more points if noone shows up!"
Jin "What? I didn't programme anyone...what can I do?
Damn her!"
"extraordinary news...today, at about 12:30 Akuno bank was robbed...
Right now the robbers are barricaded inside the building with a few
hostages..."
guy "It doesn't matter, Zetman is going to arrive any minute now..."
Zetman "Who...?"
guy "Exactly!"
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police "You are surrounded! Give up!"
robber1 "What are we going to do now? What if Zetman arrives?"
robber2 "Calm down!
You don't have to be afraid of him! He can't do anything till
we have the hostages!"
robber1 "Don't get any nearer! Shithead!"
policemen "It's Zetman!"
police insp. "Damned meddler! If anything happens to the hostages, I..."
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robber1 "Don't move!
L-let me go!I-I'll give myself up to the police! I'll never
do such a thing again!"
Sachiko "All this violence...do you think it's justice?
Isn't there any mercy in the fight against crime? No mercy at all?"
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Zetman "All right...
give yourself...
up to...
the police..."
Robber "AAAAHHH! Don't touch me bastard!"
Police insp. "damn it!"
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Zetman "Damned ...human beings!"
policeman "Oh my God ...he crushed him..."
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Narration "The crisis at the Akuno bank was solved thanks to Zetman, eventhough
the police denies it...warning everyone to watch out for Zetman as a
dangerous person!"
man "Zetman? I think his overdoing it...his ways are those of warriors!"
Jin "what does he think of it?
You are wrong! There is no mercy for criminals!
Mercy is just an obstacle in the fight against crime! Only with
Will and Practice I can erase such feelings and get to perfection!
If I don't have any more enemies...I'll make them up!
It isn't difficult!"
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Zetman "Why have they disappeared?
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Zetman Hm...I got it...someone must have changed the programm...
Just as I thought..."
Sachiko "Be yourself again!
What you are doing has got nothing to do with justice!"
Zetman "Why have you erased the new enemies?"
Sachiko "I also erased the final level monster...you are not going to go
on anymore... you have no need to do it..."
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Zetman "Why did you do it?!
(The) real justice is waiting for me!"
Sachiko "It's untrue!
you are getting it all wrong!"
Ice "I don't think that the final monster has been erased!"
Zetman "Ice!
Where is it! Tell me!"
Sachiko "I'm telling you I erased it!"
Ice "You want to fight?"
Zetman "Sure I want it!"
Ice "The monster appears only at the fifth level....all right, I'll
make you get there!"
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Zetman "But...what.?!"
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Death "My name is Death, if you are the messenger of justice, I'm
the light that will extinguish you..."
Zetman "Why...
why Shirai?"
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Ice "Look, you are this story author!
You are going to reach your goal even if you don't defeat
Death... You wanna fight or not? What's your answer?"
Zetman "Ah Ah...I understand...
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Zetman What...?!
Why do you want to get into my way?
I thought you were like my mother...
Who goes against justice..."
Death "HAVE A LOOK AT YOURSELF!
You look like a demon! Do you think this is the aspect of a
justice hero?!
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Death Try to find your human heart again...try to find love
again...justice needs feelings...mercy! Wake up! It's human nature
to make mistakes...
We must hate the crime, not who commits it...
You must learn to love more...try to receive love... it's going
to be like coming to life again...
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Death justice exists apart from violence ...save your soul, before
it's too late...
and you are going to be a real human being...
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Death only when you will be able to share with others both your
sorrows and your joys...
you will know what's real justice...
Do you understand what I mean?"
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Zetman "Sure...I understood that justice doesn't need all these
beautiful words to be done..."
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Death "You are a fool...you don't understand that...by doing
this you only denied your human nature...?"
Zetman "It's what I wanted..."
Narration "so the man that was once called Jin Kurono succeded in reaching the
last level..."
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"The killer went on the roof taking a baby as an hostage!"
police "Surrender and let the baby go!"
killer "Shut up cop, otherwise I'm going to throw him down!"
mother "AHH! Tsutomi!"
killer "Who..?!
It's you again?! Wasn't the death of one hostage enough for
you? Try to take just one step forward and this brat will learn
to fly!
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killer I had warned you!"
mother "TSUTOMU!"
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Men "Look! The baby is safe!"
mother "What?"
Narration "By deciding to give up his human side, he managed to exclude his
feelings from his heart...every kind of feelings...
Now without any kind of emotional push, he began to fight crime in an
impartial way..."
mother "Tsutomu! Thanks...thanks, Zetman..."
Narration "Maybe this is really justice true nature ...who will ever be able to
comfirm it?"
Ice "A perfect and boring justice machine...bah..."
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Narration "His name is Zetman, the last executioner!"
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