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盆と正月
パタリロ!122
Festival of the Dead and New Year's Day
Patalliro! 122

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Panel 1
常春の国マリネラ
A country of everlasting spring, Malynera.

Panel 2
マリネラは浮かれていた
Malynera was festive.

Panel 3
これやこのーゆくもかえるもわかれてはー
This is it~ The place we go to and come from and part again~~

Panel 4
はいっ！
Here!

いぬもあるけば
Every dog has its day.

あっお手つき！
Ah, I touched the card by accident!

Panel 5
ピシュッ
Pishu - Crack

Panel 6
キーン
Kiin - Plink

カ
Ka - Click

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Panel 1
ワーワー
Yaaay yaaay

行くわよー
Let's go!

Panel 2
ひとめーふためー
One~ or twice~

Panel 3
若い娘の追い羽根姿
いいもんだねえ
Young lady, how about
playing battledore and shuttlecock?

ほんにおじいさん
You really are old.

Panel 4
ワーッ
Yaaay

おーいお酒ないよ！
Heeey, there's no sake!

Panel 5
おまえらな~~~
You guys~~~

ワッハッハッ
Wah ha ha

チャンカチャンカ
Chanka chanka - Music

Panel 6
今日を何日だと思ってるんだ！いいかげん正月気分からぬけださんか！！
What day do you think today is?! You're always sneaking off like it's New Year's!!

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Panel 1
まあまあ殿下も一緒に
Now, now, you can join us Your Highness.

えっ？！
Eh?!

Panel 2
はい福笑い
Here, Lucky Laugh.
*A New Year's game played in Japan similar to "Pin the Tail on the Donkey", but instead they pin parts of the face up.

ドン！
Don! - Shove!

Panel 3
トットッ
To to - Tap tap

ペタッ
Peta - Stick

Panel 4
おーっ
Oooh

パチパチ
Pachi pachi - Clap clap

さすがっ
As expected.

やっぱりお上手ですねえ
You're very skilled.

えっ？！
Eh?!

Panel 5
新春パタ笑い
New Year's Pata Laugh

Panel 6
たいがいにしないと本気で怒るぞ！
If you get carried away I'll get seriously angry!

Panel 7
おい！
Hey!

ヤンヤヤンヤ
Yanya yanya - Hooray hooray

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Panel 1
かんぱーい
Cheeers!

ワッハッハッ
Wah ha ha

Panel 3
民のかまどはにぎわいにけり
Smoke rises from the kitchen furnaces of our prosperous and happy people.
*A quote from Emperor Nintoku.

Panel 4
いやちがう はでにどんど焼きをやってるんだ
Well, no, they're having a flashy burning of New Year's gate decorations.

Panel 5
いったいどうしたんだ。みんないつもでも浮かれてて。。。こんなことは今まで一度もなかったのに
What in the world is going on. Everyone is always festive... Nothing like this has ever happened before.

Panel 6
あそこではパフォーマンスをやってる
They're performing over there.

Panel 7
おや？
Oh?

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Panel 1
見なれない奴がいるな。なんだあいつは
I don't recognize him. Who is he?

Panel 2
おや 気がついたようだ
Oh, he seems to have noticed me.

Panel 3
うん？
Huh?

Panel 4
おまえは？
And you are?

Panel 5
世界
The world's

一
most

Panel 6
頭の回転の早い
quick-witted

Panel 7
天才だ
genius.

Panel 8
いや それほどでも
Well, not really.

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Panel 1
ありゃん？
Huh?

Panel 2
おかしいな。急に日が暮れた
That's strange. The day suddenly ended.

Panel 3
わっ！
Wah!

わざとらしくおどろきおって
You're artificially surprised.

Panel 4
誰が天才じゃ。おまえはアホだと言うたんじゃ！
Who's a genius? I said you were an idiot!

Panel 5
あんなはなれた所からよくぼくの声が聞こえたな。それにいつのまにかそばに忍び寄っていた様子から見ると
You were able to hear me from that far away. And besides that, you were able to come here unnoticed.

Panel 6
おまえはただ者ではないな！
You're not a mere human!

Panel 7
ホッホッ
Ho ho

実を言うとこのわしはな
As a matter of fact I'm

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Panel 1
正月なんじゃ
New Year's.

Panel 2
ああ お坊さんが二人
Aah, there's two Buddhist priests.

Panel 3
和尚が二人で和尚がツー
There's two high priests, two.
*In Japanese, the polite way to say "New Year's" is "oshougatsu" and a "high priest" is "oshou" and 'two' can be "tsu-".

Panel 4
大東亜戦争以前のギャグは嫌いじゃ！
I hate gags from before the Pacific War!

Panel 5
お正月というとまさかあの！
You couldn't mean New Year's!

そう その正月じゃ人はわしをお正月様と呼ぶ
Yes, that New Year's. I'm called Old Man Time.

Panel 6
お正月様？！
Old Man Time?!

Panel 7
そうじゃ！
Yes!

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Panel 1
このあいだは貧乏神で今度はお正月か。世の中いったいどうなってるんだ
The other day a god of poverty and now Old Man Time. What's this world coming do?

Panel 2
何をブツブツ言っておる！
What are you grumbling about?!

ちょっと待てーっ！
Wait a minute!

Panel 3
お正月の神様がなんて今ごろウロウロしてるんだ。用がすんだらトットと帰らんか！！
If you're the god of New Year's why are you loitering around here? If you business is done hurry up and go home!!

Panel 4
そうはいかん。しばらくこの国に滞在させてもらうぞ！
Not a chance. I'm going to stay in this country for awhile!

Panel 5
なんだと？！
What?!

わしの仕事は冬場ばっかりでなあ。年のせいか寒さがこたえてならんのだ。あったかいこの国でしばらくすごすことに決めたんじゃ
My work is nothing but the winter season. I get cold because of my age.
I've decided to spend some time in this warm country.

Panel 6
冗談じゃない。いつまでも居座られたら
Give me a break! If you stay here as long as you want...

ハッ！
Hah!

Panel 7
そうか みんなが浮かれまくってるのはおまえのせいだな！おまえがいるかぎりマリネラではお正月が終わらないんだ！
I see. Everyone has been festive because of you! As long as your here it'll always be New Year's in Malynera!

今ごろ気づいたか
You just noticed that?

ホッホッ
Ho ho

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Panel 1
捕り縄！
Trap rope!

シャッ
Sha - Swish

Panel 2
パンパンパン
Pan pan pan - Smack smack smack

Panel 3
わーっ！！
Waaah!!

ワッハッハッ
Waha ha

神様にさからうと神罰がくだるぞ！
Those who oppose the gods will receive divine punishment!

Panel 4
何が神様だ。おまえといると仕事がとどこおってしかたないわい！
What god? You're just here because you're annoyed with work!

わしを追い出すとでも言うのか。むだな努力はやめておけ
Are you saying you want to drive me out? Don't waste your time.

Panel 5
ぼくの能力を甘く見るな！おおかた人間がめでたくなる細菌でもばらまいているんだろうが そんな物はすぐ除去してやる！みんなが正気に戻ったらたたき出してやるぞ！
Don't take my abilities lightly! Perhaps you can scatter joyous bacteria to people, too, but I'll get rid of such things immediately! Everyone will beat you up when they come to their senses!

Panel 6
細菌じゃと？
Bacteria?

ホッホッ
Ho ho

わしはそんなちゃちな手段は使わん
I don't use such cheap methods!

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Panel 1
なんだと？！
What?!

Panel 2
見ろ！
Look!

Panel 3
ペタッ
Peta - Stick

Panel 4
ペタッペタッペタッ
Peta peta peta - Stick stick stick

Panel 5
正月
New Year's

Panel 6
バーン
Baan - Baam

正月
New Year's

Panel 7
足がスタンプになっているのか。それがどうした
A stamp on your foot? What do that do?!

Panel 8
意味論じゃ！といってもおまえらただの人間には理解できない！
Semantics! Although a human like you couldn't understand!

ゴオッ
Goo - Whoosh

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Panel 1
この意味がわからなければわしの力を理解することも不可能だ！わしにさからうのは無益と思い知るがいい！！
If you can't understand the meaning of this it's impossible for you to understand my power! You should realize it's useless to defy me!!

わはははは
Waha ha ha ha

Panel 2
ゴーッ
Goo - Whoosh

Panel 3
意味論だと？
Semantics?

お正月の神様はパタリロをただの人間と見くびったがそれはあやまりだった
The god of New Year's looked down on Patalliro as a mere human. That was a mistake.

Panel 4
科学力においてパタリロは並の人間をはるかに上回っている。それ以外では人間ですらないのだが
In scientific ability Patalliro easily exceeded the ordinary human being. Besides that he's not even human.

どーゆー意味だ
What do you mean by that?

いえ。。。
Nothing...

Panel 5
意味論
概説
General Semantics

ギルバート=ゴッセン著
A book by Gilbert Gosseyn

Panel 6
天才のぼくが意味論ぐらい知らないとでも思ってるのか。以前ちょっと研究したことがあるのだ
Does he think that a genius like myself doesn't know about semantics? I researched it before for awhile.

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Panel 1
たしかにパタリロの知識量はものすごいそれ以外では単なる性格破綻者なのだが
Surely Patalliro's vast knowledge is frightening. Besides that he simply has a personality disorder.

たびたびどーゆー意味だ
What do you keep mumbling about?

いえ。。。
Nothing...

Panel 2
パタン
Patan - Smack

Panel 3
やはりぼくの記憶にあやまりはなかった。奴が意味論を自在にあつかえるとなるといささかうるさい相手だな
I knew it, there wasn't a mistake in my memory. That guy uses uses semantics at will is a bit of a noisy opponent.

Panel 4
意味論とはなにか
What are semantics?

Panel 5
言葉は単なる記号ではなく言葉それ自体に意味と力があるとする学問である
It's the study that words aren't simply symbols but there's power in the meaning of words.

Panel 6
この説明だけでわかった人は頭がいい
People who understand this explanation are intelligent.

Panel 7
つまりあの連中を例にとってみると
Let's take those guys for example.

ワーイ
Yaaay

めでたいめでたい
Joy joy

Panel 8
目出度い ＝ めでたい
Joy = Joy
*In the original, "medetai" is written with both kanji and hiragana.

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Panel 1
めでたいとは目が出る度にと書く目が出る度にめでたいわけだからつまり
Joy is written as having luck on one's side. In short, having luck on one's side is joyous.
*In Japanese, "Me ga deru" can mean having luck on one's side or having one's eyes bulge out.

Panel 3
キャッ！
Kyah!

Panel 4
バッ
Ba - Bam

Panel 5
殿下 何をなさるんです！
Your Highness, what are you doing?!

Panel 6
グッ
Gu - Grab

Panel 7
グイグイ
Gui gui - Forcefully

ギャーっ！
Gyaaah!

Panel 8
あれっ？
Huh?

Panel 9
目玉を押されたら急にめでたい気分が失せてしまった
When you pushed in my eyeballs I suddenly stopped feeling joyous.

目が出ていなければめでたくはない。これが意味論だ
You can't feel joy when your eyes don't bulge out. This is semantics.

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Panel 1
はあ？
Huh?

実はおまえたちがめでたがっている間に。。。
Actually, while you guys were living happily...

Panel 2
ブヒッ
Buhi - Squeal

Panel 3
なーるほど。じゃあそのお正月の神様のせいでわれわれは浮かれまくっていたわけですか
I see. So then it's the god of New Year's fault that we're being festive?

その通り
That's right.

Panel 4
でも殿下はよく平気でしたね
But Your Highness stayed composed.

ぼくは意志の力が強いからな
Because I have a strong will.

Panel 5
実はもともとめでたいから
Actually, it's because he's auspicious by nature.

うるさいっ！
Shut up!

Panel 6
その神様があやつる意味論というのがよくわからないんですが
I don't understand how that god manipulates semantics.

つまりだな
In short...

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Panel 1
おまえたちは言葉を単なる記号と考えている
You guys think of language merely as symbols.

Panel 2
たとえば椅子だ。おまえたちは「椅子」というのはただの言葉であって これを「へそ」と呼んだ所で椅子の存在自体に変わりはないと思っている
Take a chair, for example. Whether you call it a "chair" or a "navel" it doesn't change the existence of the chair itself.

Panel 3
ちがうんですか？
It doesn't?

かりにおまえが何時間も歩き続けていたとしよう
For argument's sake, let's say you were walking for many hours.

Panel 4
そこへ椅子があらわれたので
A chair appeared over there.

ハッハッ
Hah hah

Panel 5
やれやれと腰かける
When you sit down you let out a sigh of relief.

ハア
Haah

ドサッ
Dosa - Thud

Panel 6
どうだ。椅子の具合は
How about it? How is the chair?

とってもいーっす
It's great.
*In Japanese he slurs this. "Isu" is chair". "Tottemo ii desu" is "It's very nice". He slurs it to say, "Tottemo iissu".

Panel 7
だから椅子だ
So it's a chair.

Panel 8
ほんとですか~~~？
Is that true~~~?

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Panel 1
うたがってるな。じゃあこのテーブルだ。持ってみろ
Do you doubt me? Then, that table. Try holding it.

Panel 2
五分
Fives minutes

Panel 3
十分
Ten minutes

ブルブルブル
Buru buru buru - Shake shake shake

Panel 4
手がブルブルふるえるからテーブル
It's a table because your hands are shaking.
*In Japanese, "te" is "hands", "buru" is "shaking", and "teeburu" is "table".

ほんとかな~っ！！
How can that be true?!!

Panel 5
ことほどさように言葉には深い意味がある。アフリカの原住民の中には未だに自分の本当の名前を知られるのを恐れる連中がいるが それは悪い呪術師なんかに知られると悪用されてしまうからだ
There's a much deeper meaning to words. There's a group of native people in Africa whose still fear their true names being known because is evil shamans could misuse it if they knew.

Panel 6
そういえばそんな話を聞いたことがありますね
Now that you mention it I've heard something like that.

名前や言葉は単なる記号ではなく奥にすごい力を秘めているのだよ明智君
Names and words are not merely symbols but they hide a secret power inside, Akechi-kun.
*Akechi Kogoro is a fictional Japanese detective. He's likely dressed as "Kaijin Ninjuu Mensou" ("Mysterious Twenty-Faced Person").

Panel 7
花びん
Vase.

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Panel 1
そばにこういう物を置く
I'll place this next to it.

Panel 2
これは何の記号だ？
What's this symbol?

割る
To divide.

Panel 3
パカッ
Paka - Crack

Panel 4
なっ？割るという言葉の象徴である記号をそばに置いただけで割れてしまうだろう？
See? It can be divided just by putting the symbol for the word division by it?

はあ。。。
Yeah...

Panel 5
今度は
This time...

九
Nine

Panel 6
九ですか
Nine?

九と読め
Read nine.

Panel 7
シンシン
Tsun tsun - Ring ring

九
Nine.

Panel 8
フワーッ
Fuwaa - Float

Panel 9
ピタッ
Pita - Stick

Panel 10
九をつく 九 つく くっつく
Ring nine, rinine, realign.

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Panel 1
なんだか世の中が信じられなくなってきた~~~！
Somehow I can't believe this world~~~!

Panel 2
こういう風に言葉の持つ意味を物理的に応用するのが意味論なのだ！わかったか！
You can divide something just by putting the symbol of the word for dividing by its side! Do you understand?!

よーくわかりました。自分の目で見なければアホらしくてとても信じられませんが！
I understaaand! If I didn't see it with my own eyes I wouldn't have believed something so ridiculous!

Panel 3
つまり！
In short!

バン
Ban - Bam

Panel 4
あの神様はこの力を利用しているのだ！正月という文字をマリネラ中にスタンプすることによって正月気分を蔓延させているのだー！
That god uses this power! He's spreading the New Year mood by stamping the character "New Year's" all over Malynera!

Panel 5
なるほど！ということは神様をなんとかしないとマリネラでは永遠にお正月が続くわけですね！
I see! Then that means if we don't do something about that god it'll be New Year's in Malynera for eternity!

そうだ。なんとかしてあいつを追い出さなくてはならん！
That's right. We have to do something to chase him out!

Panel 6
どうやって？！
How?!

Panel 7
意味論には意味論で対抗する！
We'll fight semantics with semantics!

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Panel 1
唐突だがタマネギは日本へ飛んだ
It's sudden but the Tamanegi flew to Japan.

みらいのくにから~~~やってきた~~~
Coming from this country's future~~~

ちょっとちがうかな
This seems a bit off.

Panel 2
すぐ帰ってきた
They returned immediately.

ちえとちからとゆうきのこ~~~
A boy with wisdom and power and courage~~~
*Based on the theme song from Super Jetter.

Panel 3
殿下連れてきましたよ！いやーさがせばいるもんですねー！
Your Highness, we brought it! Well, you can find it if you look!

よーしお正月撃退作戦開始ー！！
All right, commence the strategy to repel Old Man Time!!

Panel 5
何をしてるんです？
What are you doing?

神様を待ってるんだ
I'm waiting for god.

Panel 6
何もしないで待ってるだけでいいんですか？招待状かなんか出した方が。。。
Is it ok to wait without doing anything? Should I send a written invitation or something...

立地条件をよく考えろ
Think hard about the condition of this location.

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Panel 1
ここは角だ
角で待つ
かどまつ
This is a corner.
I'm waiting at as corner.
New Year's pine decoration.
*In Japanese, "kado de matsu" and "kadomatsu".

Panel 2
お正月は門松に引き寄せられてくるのだ
I'll draw him towards me with a New Year's pine decoration.

わかったよーなわからんよーな
I get it~. I don't get it~.

Panel 3
わはははは
Waha ha ha ha

来た！
He came!

Panel 4
シュワッ
Shuwa - Fwoosh

Panel 5
おかしいな。誰かに待たれているような気がしたが
Strange. I had a feeling someone was waiting for me.

Panel 6
こらーっ！
Heeey!

わーっ！！
Waaah!!

Panel 7
おまえはアホ国王！
You're the stupid king!

誰がだ！
Who is?!

Panel 8
飛んで火に入る夏の虫とはおまえのことだ！とっつかまえて強制退去させてやる！
You're the one rushing to your doom like a moth to a flame!  I've caught you and will force you out!

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Panel 1
それっ！
There!

ガラガラ
Gara gara - Rattle rattle

Panel 2
バッ
Ba - Bam

Panel 3
ニャッ？
Nyah?

Panel 4
うん？！なんじゃそれは
Hn?! What's that?

ワッハッハッ
Waha ha

日本中の塚間さんという家にあたってエルというペットをさがしてきたのだ！
We found a household pet in Japan in called Eru from the Tsukama-san family!

Panel 5
塚間さんの家で飼われてるエル！すなわち！
Tsukama-san's family raised Eru! That is to say...!
Panel 6
つかまえる
Tsukama Eru!
*In Japanese, "tsukamaeru" means "to catch".

Panel 7
どうだみごとな意味論だろう！おまえはもうつかまったも同然だ！！
How's that for magnificent semantics?! You're already caught!!

ワッハッハッ
Waha ha

Panel 8
ヒャッヒャッ
Hyah hyah

んっ？！
Hn?!

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Panel 1
生兵法は大ケガのもとじゃ！つかまえるというのはつかまえたいというおまえたちの願望の延長にすぎん！
Crude tactics are the source of big injuries! Catching is only the extension of your desire of who you'd like to catch!

Panel 2
この場合つかまるという完了形でなければわしをとらえることはできん！
In this case, I can't be caught if it's not the perfect tense of being caught!

ヒャッヒャッヒャッ
Hyah hyah hyah

そっ そうか！微妙なあやまりをおかしてしまった！
I, I see! I've made an unspeakably terrible mistake!

Panel 3
今度はわしじゃ！
Now it's my turn!

ボッ
Bo - Fwoosh

Panel 4
火？！
Fire?!

Panel 5
ボボボッ
Bo bo bo - Fwoosh fwoosh fwoosh

Panel 6
火が三つ？！
火が三！
ひさん！
Three fires?!
Three fires!
Disaster!
*In Japanese, "hi ga san" is "three fires" and "hisan" is "disaster".

Panel 7
悲惨！！
Disaster!!

Panel 8
キャーッ！
Kyaaah!

ボコッ
Boko - Pow

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Panel 1
キャーッ石油！
Kyaaah, oil!

Panel 2
キャーッ カミナリ！
Kyaaah, thunder!

Panel 3
キャーッ 火がついたーっ！
Kyaaah, I'm on fire!

ゴーッ
Goo - Rooar

Panel 4
文字通り悲惨な目に会ってしまいましたね
We literally experienced a disaster.

意味論に関してはこっちはアマチュアだからなあ
I'm an amateur when it comes to the study of semantics.

Panel 5
しかしこんなことでくじけるものか！もう一度アタックだー！！
But I won't be broken by this! I'll attack again!!

Panel 6
ダーッ
Daa - Stomp

Panel 7
おや また来た
Oh, he's came again.

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Panel 1
さっきはよくもやったな。しかし今度はそうはいかんぞ。これを見ろ！
You did well earlier. But that won't happen this time. Look at this!

Panel 2
刀じゃな
It's a katana.

刀のこの部分を何と言う！
What do you call this part of a katana?!

Panel 3
つかじゃ
The hilt.

Panel 4
普通刀のつかは楕円形だが これはまん丸だ。つかが丸いからつまり
On a normal katana the hilt is a round shape but on this one it's a perfect circle. The hilt is round, in short...
*In Japanese, "tsuka" is hilt and "maru" is circle. "Tsukamaru" is "to be caught".

Panel 5
おっとこちらが先じゃ！
Sorry, before that!

Panel 6
縄？！
Rope?!

Panel 7
クリン！
Kurin! - Spin!

Panel 8
縄をひっくり返してわな！
The rope is turned over!

Panel 9
罠
Trap
*In Japanese, "nawa" is "rope" and "wana" is "trap".

Panel 10
ガチッ
Gachi - Crack

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Panel 1
ギャーッ！！
Gyaaah!!

ひゃははは
Hya ha ha ha

Panel 2
パタリロはその後も果敢に攻撃をくり返したが。いかんせん意味論については神様の方が一日の長があり攻撃はことごとく失敗に終わったのであった
After that Patalliro repeatedly boldly attacked but regretfully the god was a little superior with semantics and the attacks ended in complete failure.

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体がもちましぇーん！！
My body can't take this!!

Panel 4
殿下~~~もうあきらめて降伏しましょ~~~！
Your Highness~~~. Give up already and surrender~~~!

弱音をはくな！
Don't whine!

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今まではアプローチのしかたがまずかったんだ。あいつにもきっと弱点があるはずだ
My method of approach has been bad up to now. He must have a weak point.

弱点を見つける前に死んじゃいますよ~~~！！
We'll die before we find his weak point~~~!!

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ほんとにもう盆と正月といえばおめでたい代名詞なのに そのお正月の神様に なんでひどい目に会わせられなきゃならないんだ~~~！！
Really, speaking of the Festival of the Dead and New Year's, they should be classic examples of happiness. Why is this god of New Year's so cruel~~~!!

うん？
Hn?

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そういえば盆と正月はおめでたい極致だが二つ一緒に来ることはないな
Now that you mention it, the Festival of the Dead and New Year's are the perfect celebrations but they didn't come together.

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Panel 1
あたりまえじゃないですか！
Isn't that normal?!

意味論にあたりまえということはない
It's not necessarily normal in semantics.

Panel 2
お正月の神様がいるならお盆の神様もいるはずだ。人を無意味にめでたくさせて喜んでるお正月が仲間のお盆を連れてきて もっとめでたくさせようとしないのはなぜだ？
If the god of New Year's is here then the god of the Festival of the Dead should be here, too. New Year's, which makes people meaninglessly happy and joyful, should bring along his friend, the Festival of the Dead. Why wouldn't he make them even more happy?

Panel 3
きっと仲が悪いんでしょーよ！
They must be on bad terms!

なぜ？！
Why?!

Panel 4
知りませんよ！両方ともめでたいからどっちがよりめでたいかでケンカしてるんじゃないですか？！
I don't know! Since they're both joyous maybe they're arguing which is more joyous?!

Panel 5
おい それは案外真実かもしれんぞ！
Hey, surprisingly, that's probably true!

Panel 6
あーめでたい
Aaah, joy.

ヒャッハッハッ
Hya ha ha

Panel 7
うん？
Hn?

Panel 8
ゴーッ
Goo - Rooar

うん？
Hn?

Panel 9
ゴーッ
Goo - Rooar

Panel 10
あーっ お盆だー！！
Aaah, it's Bon Festival!!
*The Bon Festival is the Festival of the Dead.

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Panel 1
こらーっ！このくそ盆め。でかいツラして飛んでるんじゃなーい！！
Heeey! Damn you, Bon! Don't fly around with that big head!!

Panel 2
やった！やっぱりお正月はお盆と仲が悪いんだ。同じ字を書くお盆につられて追っかけて行った！
We did it! As I thought, Old Man Time and Bon are on bad terms. He chased after something that's spelled the same as Bon!
*In Japanese, "bon" can be a tray.

Panel 3
タマネギ！うちあわせ通り西ドイツまで誘導しろ！！
Tamanegi! Guide him to West Germany like previously arranged!!

Panel 4
ゴーッ！
Goo! - Rooar!

Panel 5
パッ
Pa - Snap

Panel 6
バリン
Barin - Crash

Panel 7
見たか くそ盆め
しかしずいぶん飛んだがここはどこじゃろう
See that, stupid Bon?
But where did I fly to?

Panel 8
ボン
Bonn

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Panel 1
ギャー~~ッ！あんな所にも盆が~~~っ！
Gyaaah~~~! Bon is in a place like this~~~!

盆市役所
Bonn City Hall

Panel 2
こいつ！こいつ！
It's him! It's him!

ガンガン
Gan gan - Bam bam

Panel 3
ボン駅
Bonn Station

ギャー~~ッ！あっちにも~~~！！
Gyaaah~~~! Here too~~~!!

Panel 4
成功です。殿下がにらんだ通りボンという字に反応して狂ってます。ボン市内を破壊しつくすのに二・三年はかかるでしょう
It's a success. He's going mad in response to seeing Bonn like His Highness suspected. It'll take him a few years to destroy everything in the city of Bonn.

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そのころにはマリネラのことなんか忘れてるだろう
Then he'll forget about Malynera.

Panel 6
これで平和がもどってくる
いやー めでたい
With this peace has returned.
No, joy has.

Panel 7
さてかんじんのお盆の神様がどこにいるのかというと
Now it's essential to say where the god of the Bon Festival is.

それはもちろんお月様です
He is, of course, on the moon.

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まーるいまーるいまんまるい
Rooound roooound perfectly rooound.

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ぼーんのよーなつーきーがー
Booon is like the mooon.

あ~~~っ！最後までわかったよーなわからんよーな！
Aaaah~! I understand but don't understand all the way to the end!

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