~Matendou Sonata 20~ (Final Volume) ~Celestial Sonata 20~ by Amagi Sayuri Princess Comics/ Akita Shoten 1994 ISBN 4-253-07653-X Translation by Emily Horner ehorne2@po-box.mcgill.ca 2001 Volume 20! It's a good place to end the story. I'm finally done! This is thanks to all of you. Thank you all very much! This work is my 'proof of life' for my twenties. I'm happy right down to the corners of my heart! -Amagi Sayuri Contents Chapter 27 The Moon Tear p.5 Chapter 28 Eternal Planet p.47 Side story Pure White Object p.133 Extra manga Dreaming Children p.186 Chapter 27: The Moon Tear Micael : {"You said I couldn't make any promises about the future, but..."} Liar... {"Let me vow this to you..."} Filla, you told me... Micael : You swore to me that you'd always stay by my side! You lied! Filla!? <> Micael : No...don't go! Filla! <> Micael : {A gem?} <> Micael : {The Moon Tear...is this your heart?} <> Micael : {Filla...} <> Gabriel : It's been five days. Has he still not shown himself? Michael : He's remained in his room since then. Gabriel : I know the wounds on his heart must be deep, but he can't forget his position. He cannot help the remaining humans recover, if he stays like this. Michael : Gabriel, I want you to believe in him. Lucifa entrusted Hell to Micael Lenan. Gabriel : That's true. <> Fall : Why am I still alive? Filla had to die, and I'm the only one... --Don't think that way, Falleadore. Fall : What's gonna happen to Micael? He's not going to follow him, is he? Wari : Don't worry. Wari : I'm sure he's thinking right now about what's the best thing for him to do. Fall : You think he'll cheer up a little, someday? Wari : Yes, I do. Elfyure : It's all right, Fall. --{Emperor, you must not let your heart--the heart that Fillanzea loved and protected--be shattered.} <> Samiado : We will have to do the "purification" alone tonight. It will be a hard fight, since the world is filled with despair, and you have to be prepared for the consequences of the Emperor's absence. Mahito : I am, even if it means losing my life. We can't let the Darkness awaken again. Micael : We will now perform the "purification." (Both) : Emperor... Micael : I'm sorry for worrying you. --Please don't apologize. Micael : For seven days, I talked to that gem... <> Micael : Searching in the darkness for arms to hold me...but no matter how much I wished, he would not return. But the gem shined on with a warm light...I fell asleep inside that light. <> Micael : And then I remembered that I was the Emperor. Samiado : Indeed...no one else but you can do it. Look...there's more than just despair in the world. <> Samiado : The humans that still live are doing their best to survive. Micael : Humans are strong. Their hope will gradually grow. Mahito : {Micael...your aura seems to be shining. I'm sure that Filla is there in your heart.} <> Micael : {A golden aura...} Filla!? <> Micael : You're...Gaea!? Gaea : Yes, Emperor, I am Gaea. Micael : {A little girl...} Gaea : We are two souls and one. He and I both believed in humanity. We believed that the day would come when we would be released from our suffering. But gradually, hopelessness and anger toward humans grew inside him. I tried to stop him...but that war happened, and the sky darkened, and he appeared in front of you. Gaea : I was sealed within until he was purified with the Moon Tear. He sleeps inside me now, peaceful, without pain or suffering. Micael : Do you trust humanity? Gaea : Yes, Emperor. Things may be hard from now on, but I believe in them. Gaea : They will walk the correct path...many lives of plants, animals, and humans were lost, but that is the beginning of rebirth. All will be born again. I am grateful to you, and to the Moon Tear. I'm sorry...the person you care so much about... <> Gaea : I'm sorry... Micael : Filla believed in humans, and so do I. You don't have to fear eternal death. Gaea : Thank you, Emperor. I will return to my planet. Micael : {Golden hair. Eyes as green as new leaves... I will do my best to work so that you don't have to suffer any more.} <> Beelze : Micael... Micael : Beelze...How is the Monsters' Forest? Beelze : I think things will be fine. After all, I am Baal's son. Micael : You'll replace him? It won't be too much of a burden? Beelze : No. I'll keep on protecting the forest that Filla protected. Micael : All right. I think that's what he would want. Beelze : You've really become much stronger. <> Beelze : I thought that you might be destroyed by sadness. Micael : Really? The "purification" is going much more easily than before. I feel as if I can accept the negative energy on Earth that stabs at my heart now. It's strange... <> Beelze : {Satan-sama...} It isn't strange. You can do it; you're the one Satan-sama entrusted with Hell. Micael : It's because Filla's there. His heart is there in that gem, even now, and that will stay with me for a long time. <> Micael : I wonder if I really ought to give it to his parents, to remember him by. Beelze : No, it should be yours. You're the one he always wanted to be with. Micael : I'll never forget Filla. <> Micael : In spring, in the green leaves illuminated by the sun... In summer, in the sunflowers and white clouds... In autumn, in the golden stalks of barley... In winter, in the softly drifting snow... Micael : That's where I'll find him. Beelze : I still can't really believe that he's gone. Micael : Filla wouldn't have died if I hadn't stopped Gaea when he told me he wanted to destroy humanity. Micael : I did want to protect humanity, but even more than that, I wanted to protect Filla... Beelze : {Micael...} Micael : Do you think he was happy, Beelze? That he loved someone like me? Beelze : You should know that. He was happier than anyone. Micael : But if he'd never met me... <> Micael : He would have had an ordinary girlfriend, married her, they would've had a baby...he might have been happier living that life. Beelze : That wouldn't have been Filla. Ever since he met you, he loved you more than anyone or anything. And he still loves you, even now. Beelze : That's who he is. That's Fillanzea Lanshua. Micael : Beelze... Beelze : Filla was always popular with girls (though not as much as I was). Somebody would always hit on him when we went out drinking, but he always politely refused. All the girls would say, "What's so great about Micael? He's cold and unloveable, and besides, he's a man. You do know that, right, Filla?" <> Micael : They were right. I was never nice to him...I got mad at him and argued with him almost every day. I couldn't trust him, and that hurt him a lot. I was selfish and withdrawn... Micael : I made him worry, and I made those beautiful eyes cloud over many, many times. <> Micael : All I ever did was hurt him... Beelze : {Micael...} <> Micael : I wasn't ever able to tell him that I loved him, even though I felt it in my heart, so much that it hurt. I just...couldn't say it. Beelze : Neither could I. Beelze : Though I never meant to say it in all my life. Micael : Beelze... Beelze : I'm glad that I knew him. I was happy to be able to watch over him. <> Micael : Yeah... Beelze : No matter what happens in the future--no matter who else we meet-- Filla's light will never fade from our hearts. <> --That child's eyes are evil. <> Micael : {Mom hates me.} <> Micael : {I'm the only one Cross won't be friends with.} Erinoa : Like the Archangel-sama? You have a very nice name. Micael : I'm gonna be an angel. I'll be your wings, Erinoa! <> Erinoa : You'll be a wonderful angel, Micael. --Your blue eyes are those dark jewels! It's a sin for you just to exist! Micael : Erinoa! <> Micael : I hate angels! Filla : Become an angel. Micael : Filla? Wait! <> Micael : Wait! {It's you, isn't it? You were always beside me...} Filla! Filla : Micael... Michael : Have you awoken, Emperor? Micael : Michael-sama... Michael : I'm no longer the Archangel. You may just call me Michael. Michael : Though it may be a bit confusing since we have the same name. Were you dreaming of Fillanzea? Micael : The winters in Heaven are really severe. It always feels as if your heart itself is going to freeze...I'm still not used to them. Filla's hands were always cold...I tried to warm them in winter, and for some reason that always made him happy. Micael : It seems strange to go on living like this. It's as if I'd lost half of myself. Michael : I felt the same way when I lost Lucifa. I wondered how I could go on living. Micael : Filla said that the one who was left behind had to be stronger than the one who died. I wonder if that's true... Michael : I don't know, but there is one thing that's certain. Our feelings will never fade. <> Michael : They can reach anywhere, no matter how far away, and give us strength to go on living. You'll have to guide humans' hearts for hundreds of years more. It will be very difficult to guide them along the right path. They always cry and feel regretful when they sin--and go on to repeat the same mistakes. Lucifa always blamed himself for that. <> Michael : But there's truly very little that we can do. It's humans that decide these things in the end. I don't know what path they will choose in the future, but I know that you will do your best to fight against the darkness in their hearts. Therefore, don't blame yourself, no matter what happens in the future. Micael : All right. I believe that they won't repeat the same mistakes. They must understand Gaea's sadness and anger now. <> Michael : Indeed. The days passed quietly, with many joys and many tears. Hundreds of years passed on Earth. <> In the Twenty-Second Century, the war to end all wars breaks out. Micael : Gaea... Gaea : Goodbye, Emperor. People have chosen the path of destruction. My soul will not be born again. I will die forever... Micael : Gaea! Fall : Emperor... --There's no longer any way to save the world. Beelze : {Filla, Micael tried his best, but...} <> Beelze : {This is the future that humans chose.} Micael : {Is this what history proved? That humans are creatures that can't live without fighting?} <> Micael : {But why?} <> Micael : {Filla...} <> Micael : {Filla gave his life to protect this planet!} <> Micael : Gaea... {"Awaken a new Gaea..."} I understand. <> Micael : Now I understand the last line of the prophecy. This is the mission that was given to me! Take care of the Heavens for me. I am going to Earth. --To Earth? Micael : I'll use my power to purify the radiation...though it might take hundreds, or even thousands, of years. The Earth will be reborn. Micael : {This is the last mission of the Moon Tear and Sky Blues.} Mahito, Samiado, I leave Hell in your care. Samiado : Emperor! Micael : I know that my reign has been short compared to the previous Emperor, but I worked hard, with the help of your support. I thank you. I hope that we will be able to help each other from now on, and that the Heavens will always be at peace. <> Wari : Don't worry. We will protect this world. Micael : I'm counting on you, Fall. Fall : Micael... <> Fall : I'll be waiting for you to come back when the Earth's reborn. Even if my life here ends, I will always be waiting, in Heaven above us, for thousands of years. Micael : Thank you, Fall. Wari : We will all be awaiting your return, even after thousands of years. Micael : Wari... <> Beelze : {The last line of the prophecy in the Castle of Darkness... Micael, this is the reason why you were born.} Please create a planet overflowing with life, an Earth that's as blue as your eyes. {With Filla...} <> Micael : Thank you, Beelze. I won't forget you. <> Micael : Farewell. <> Micael : The blue sky and the sea are gone. There's not one living thing left. <> Micael : The Earth is polluted and broken. <> The ice that the Emperor created spread all over the Earth, hiding the continents from view. The Earth... <> ...became a planet of ice. <> He purified the planet, little by little. <> The ice planet slept for thousands of years, while its cruel wounds healed. <> A long time passed... <> Once again, the planet had a blue sky and ocean. <> Micael : {The sunlight filtering through the green leaves...Filla...} <> Micael : The sky and the sea and the earth have been reborn. Will you let me sleep now, God? My mission has been completed... <> Micael : Please, let me die. <> Micael : {Filla?} <> Filla : Welcome back. I've been waiting for you, Micael. <> Micael : Filla! <> Micael : I love you. I love you! <> Filla : You finally said it... Filla : Hey, what's wrong with being naked? We're just souls anyway, so it's not as if I was going to do anything wrong. And didn't you say that you'd let me-- Micael : That was thousands of years ago! Anyway, don't we have to go to Heaven now? Filla : Nope. Micael : Why not? We're finished what we were supposed to do. Filla : We're the souls of the Earth. <> Micael : We are? Filla : That's right. We're the next Gaea. Micael : {"Two souls and one"...the souls of the Earth...} <> Filla : It's beautiful here. I wonder if there will be humans here again. Micael : I'm sure there will be. And this time they'll be able to live in harmony with nature...let's guide them so that a tragedy like that one doesn't happen again. <> Micael : I'm sure that those in the Heavens still think that, despite everything, humans are good at heart. Erinoa once said that our two souls would be one for eternity. <> Micael : He knew about all of this... Filla : Yeah... Micael : I lived on for hundreds of years after you died, as if I'd lost half of my soul. Filla : I'm sorry...but I was always there with you. <> Micael : I know. I couldn't see you, but I could feel you. That's how I was able to live. I'm really happy now. Did you know that, Filla? {I won't be scared of losing you any more.} Filla : Yeah. But I'm happier. Micael : Why? Filla : Because you're smiling. Filla : {I always wished for just one thing: to make you happy.} <> Filla : {I could only say "I love you." I didn't know how to save you, there wasn't anything else I could say...but that's very long ago.} <> Filla : {I love you, I love you, I love you so much it feels as if my heart could break open. I won't let you be hurt or sad any more. I want to protect that smile...} <> Filla : {Micael, my angel.} <> Nothing has ended. It is only beginning. <> All is a single story--perhaps a story of the distant future, or a legend of the distant past. <> The silver-blue angel became the sea of life and the sky of light. The golden demon became the fruitful earth and the shining greenery, the golden stalks of barley and the saplings that sway in the wind. <> They fly up into the sky... <> Nothing has ended. It is only beginning. For hundreds and thousands of years, people will continue to play... <> An endless celestial sonata. About the very last chapter I'm so happy that I could finish this manga, which has been my dream since I was in high school. Thank you so much to everyone who's encouraged me over these seven long years! Thanks for all the letters. I read every last one of them. And I'm sure there are lots of people who've been reading all alone but haven't written any letters, so send me your feelings on the last chapter (even if you have complaints!) I thought that last scene was really heart-warming. Even though I was given 55 pages in the magazine, it wasn't quite enough. [About 40 pages is typical for an average shoujo magazine, though I don't know about Princess...] In the magazine, there was a very big mistake with the wording. Where Micael says "please let me die," the meaning's reversed to "please *don't* let me die"! Ack! I think that everybody was glad that they were both happy in the end, but I also got some letters saying that you wanted to see them, umm, *together* while they were still alive. Because even if their hearts are together, their bodies... Hmm, I'd like to draw that someday! I've been reading "JUNE" stuff for ten years, but I've never actually drawn it. But I'm so bad at drawing and people's bodies are so hard to draw... Now that you read all the way to the end, do you understand that I don't hate Micael? There were lots of people who thought I was too mean to him. I have a bitchy personality so I like to be mean to characters I like...sorry. Micael's actually my most favorite character. I hope we meet again in a new series! --Amagi Sayuri, December 30 1993 [The next two pages are comments by Honda Reiko and Masuko...Masuko is one of Amagi Sayuri's assistants, and I don't know who Honda Reiko is. Anyway, I haven't really been translating the author's notes, and I just wanted to translate that page right there...] <> Side Story: A Pure White Object <> --This is the Christmas mood Osaka shipwreck! --Just like in Tokyo, we're going to try chopping up pedestrians! --Ah! You got me! <> --Damn you! --This is just what you'd expect from Osaka: everybody's an actor or a comedian. Ah, there's a golden-haired actor! --I'll take your life! <> --Even the foreigners get involved in this city! That was the report from Osaka! Micael : How long are you going to stay there? You're incorrigible! Micael : {For our five-day winter vacation, I went to Earth with Filla, for an eating-and-walking tour of Japan. Since yesterday, we've been eating specialties from Kyushu and Shikoku. This is my first time in Osaka. Everybody's talking and laughing and being noisy. Filla seems to like it, but I can't get used to it.} Filla : Mii-chan! Micael : You don't have to yell... <> --Serves you right! Filla : Why'd you have to spill my fried octopus? --Why dontcha pick 'em up? Filla : Why, you! Micael : Stop it, Filla. He's just a kid. Filla : But, my fried octopus! Micael : Just buy some more. --Why would a demon want to eat that kind of stuff? Filla : What was that? --That one's a demon, and that one's an angel! --Demon? --Ooh, he's cute! Filla : Come over here, kid! Filla : Can you see people who aren't human? --That's why you came here, isn't it? Micael : Huh? --I'm glad. Now I can go to Heaven. I don't have any wishes, so just hurry up and take me. Micael : You know about...taking souls to the afterlife? --That's your job, isn't it? Filla : Yes it is, but we're on vacation right now. --Vacation? So you didn't come for me? <> --Then you shouldn't have come to Osaka! You should have gone somewhere else! Filla : That should be my own decision! --Shut up and go away! I hate angels! And I hope your white wings rot! Filla : What was that about? Micael : {The negative energy of sadness...} Micael : {Too much to hold in that little body.} You got a twin room? Filla : 'Cause it's Christmas Eve! Micael : I'm going to get a single. Filla : Why? It's just to sleep in until morning. You weren't thinking any suspicious thoughts, were you? Micael : No, I wasn't! <> Micael : Let's just go to sleep! Filla : Speaking of Christmas, not long ago I was reading a thick book I found in Satan-sama's castle, about a legend about primary flight feathers. It's kind of creepy...but I'm sure it's just an old wives' tale. Micael : What is it? Filla : You don't know? Micael : Sorry, enlighten me. <> Filla : What's wrong? Are you hurt? Micael : My back hurts... Filla : Show it to me. Micael : No. Filla : Now isn't the time for that! <> Filla : It's a curse... Micael : ...Because of what happened today? I can't believe it, he's just a kid! ("I hope your white wings rot!"} Filla : Can you show me your wings? Micael : Yeah...oww... Filla : Wait, I'll go look for that boy. Micael : But you don't even know his name. Filla : Only the person who put the curse on can break it. There's nothing else I can do. Micael : Filla... Filla : I'll be fine. He had a special aura, so I'll be able to find him. I'll be back soon. Micael : Make sure your flight feather's don't fall out. The moon's full tonight. Filla : You worry too much. They're the biggest feathers, so a night of flying isn't going to make them fall out. <> Filla : I've finally found you. --Really? That's a surprise! I didn't know I had that kind of power. Filla : At this rate, his wings will be ruined by this morning. --Good! I hope he can never fly again! <> Filla : Why do you hate angels so much? What did Micael ever do to you? --He didn't do nothing, it's just that he's an angel! Filla : Please break the curse. If you don't, I'll take your life. --You angels and demons took away the most important person in the world to me. You took away Miwa! [Miwa: "beautiful wings"] --Miwa loved angels. I knew her since we were real little, and she was always talking about angels. "Ta-chan, I'm really an angel's daughter! That's why my name is Miwa!" <> "When I grow up, I'm going to grow wings and be an angel!" --Miwa's room was filled with pictures of birds and angels. "It must be so nice to fly through the sky! You believe that there really are angels, right? I mean, you've never seen fairies or anything..." "I've never seen an angel, so I don't know whether they exist or not." "Of course they do! I'll meet one someday!" --I loved Miwa, more than I loved my parents or friends. But I wasn't the most important thing to her. On that day, she chose angels instead of me. A year ago today, Miwa died. <> --I heard that there were swans in this zoo, so I brought Miwa to see them. "Ooh! White wings, like an angel! I've never seen them from this close. Thanks, Ta-chan!" --Miwa picked up one of the swan's feathers and carefully put it in her pocket, calling it an angel feather. Then, one of the swans flew away. <> "Hey, Miwa!" --She ran after the swan...and ran, and ran... <> "Miwa!" --And she was in an accident. <> "Miwa..." --I saw angels and demons for the first time that day. "They really do exist, Ta-chan..." "Don't go! Don't leave me! Are angels more important to you?" <> "You may have two wishes." --Only one of Miwa's wishes came true. One of its wings was broken and it couldn't fly anymore, but the swan lived. It's still alive now. Filla : The other wish didn't come true? --No. <> --I didn't become happy...because Miwa's not there anymore. This is the feather from back then...I hate angels and white birds, but I couldn't throw this away. Filla : Because I understand your pain and your sadness, I ask you... <> Filla : Please, save Micael... --No. Filla : I see. Then I'll just have to kill you. It's very easy to remove a curse... --Then why'd you have to come ask me? Filla : ...if you kill the person who cast it! <> --That's what I'd expect from a demon...you look nice, but you do awful things. Filla : I'll do anything to save Micael! --You really love him... --Fine, kill me. Then I can be with Miwa. Why did you stop? <> Filla : I'm sorry, Micael! I can't do it! --I'd think about it, if you'd let me see Miwa. Filla : Really? --I must be the only kid in the world who's ever made a demon cry. Hurry up and take me to the angel. <> --Miwa! Miwa : Look how pretty I am, Ta-chan. I can fly freely in the sky. <> Miwa : Fly with me, Ta-chan. --I can't. I don't have any wings. Make me wings so I can fly in the sky! Micael : All right, I'll make you some. --Really? Filla : But...how? Micael : Primary flight feathers. Filla : No way! <> Micael : I thought you said it was just an old wives' tale! Filla : Let me do it instead! Micael : No, Filla. He needs angel wings so he can fly in the sky with Miwa-chan. <> Micael : {It wasn't just superstition!} Filla : Micael! <> Filla : No! The legend was true! --What legend? Filla : Our primary flight feathers are connected to our nervous systems. Losing one is normally painful, but on Christmas and full moons it's actually dangerous. Each feather that falls out hurts your nerves a little bit, and in a worst-case scenario... <> Filla : You could fall into a coma and never wake up. --{I can't believe that he would do that, knowing this...} Micael : {This should be fine.} <> Micael : {Oh no! My voice didn't work! I need to cast the spell...} <> Filla : Micael! <> --You're not the angel who took Miwa from me. Why are you going this far for my sake? Miwa... Miwa : Ta-chan... <> Miwa : Fly with me! --I'm sorry I did something so awful to you! Please turn white again, wings! <> Filla : Thanks. You broke the curse. --Really? <> --Great! Are your nerves OK? Are you all right? Filla : Don't worry, I'm with him. Miwa-chan's waiting for you. --Right! Filla : I see...you want to fly too. <> Filla : All right! As a special Christmas present, you can fly with them! --Thanks! <> Filla : We probably won't see him again. He'll wake up tomorrow in his bed and he won't remember us at all. Micael : {That's true, Filla, but his happy dream of flying through the night sky with Miwa will shine in his heart forever.} Filla : Are you cold? <> Micael : {Because the nerves in my body were numb, I couldn't feel the cold. I couldn't feel the warmth of Filla's arms around me either, but... I remember that somehow, the softly drifting snow seemed very warm to me.} <> Micael : {That's a nice thing to do to somebody who can't even move!} Filla : Sorry, sorry. It's just that you looked so cute! I hope you get better soon. Micael : {I stayed in bed for two whole days, and for all that time, Filla stayed by my side, never going anywhere.} <> Filla : That smells good... Micael : Are you awake, Filla? I ordered breakfast. Eat it while it's still warm. Filla : You're better now? You can feel the difference between warm and cold? Micael : Yes, I'm just fine now. Filla : Yeah! <> Micael : Well, winter vacation is over. I'm sorry. I know you wanted to visit Northern Japan. Filla : Don't worry about it, we'll come again. Let's go to Kyoto, it's close. Micael : Kyoto? What are you going to eat there? Filla : You can't just think about food, Mii-chan! Micael : But you said it was an eating-and-walking tour! Filla : Let's visit the temples. <> Filla : Walking around the old snow-covered temples really makes you think about life. Micael : Have you forgotten your day job? Filla : Is it really weird? Micael : It's *very* weird for a demon to want to visit temples! Filla : Oh, what's wrong with it? Hey, wait! Micael : {I just hope we don't meet another human who can tell our true identities in Kyoto.} <> One fine day in spring, without warning, Filla-kun suddenly got amnesia. Filla : Wari, I'm hungry. Make me something. Wari : I think his spiritual age has regressed to 5 or 6. Fall : He was on the second-floor library, under a collapsed bookshelf. Micael : Reading books? Him? What was he studying? Fall : Well, um... Micael : A love potion? Fall : He asked me to make some for him, and I said that if he wanted some he could look it up in a book and make it himself. And he actually did! Micael : What would he use that for? Fall : He'd make you take it, of course! Wari : {What else?} Micael : {That sneaky little--} Micael : Here's your punishment! Filla : Ow! Micael : Listen up. You're Filla. Fillanzea Lanshua. You're a demon, and my partner. Those are Wari and Fall. They're both sorcerors. Filla : Window cow? Cow : Moo. [Sorceror is "madoushi" in Japanese. Window is "mado," cow is "ushi." Bad pun.] <> Micael : Don't be ridiculous! Filla : Wari : Micael, calm down! Filla, that's the angel Micael. Don't you remember him? He's the angel you love. Filla : I don't like mean people! <> Micael : How can you say that, when you're always sticking to me like glue? Filla : Waah! Fall : Even if he does have amnesia, you'd think he would at least have some memories of the person he loved most... Wari : That is precisely why Filla thinks Micael is mean, and doesn't like him. Fall : Oh, I get it. He only remembers all the times when Micael hit him and did mean stuff. Because shocks are good for temporary amnesia, the three of them tried giving Filla various kinds of shocks. Without effect. Fall : All right, I won't do anything more. Filla : Micael was being mean to me! Micael : So were Fall and Wari! Why are you only blaming me? Wari : Probably because you were always pushing him around. Micael : Because he was always doing weird stuff! <> Wari : This calls for extreme measures. Micael : What do you mean? Wari : Hug and kiss Filla. If you kiss him, he might turn back to normal from the shock. Micael : What is he, sleeping beauty? Wari : Micael, do you want Filla to stay like this forever? He's got the brain of a 5-year-old kid! Micael : Which isn't that much different from before! Wari : Point taken. <> Filla : The weather's nice, let's go outside. Wari : Good idea. Go with Micael. Filla : No, I don't like him. You come with me. Fall : Let's all go, Filla. ~La la la la la~ <> Micael : Hey, Wari... Filla : Waaaaah! Micael : It's all right, it's just a scratch. Be a man and don't cry. Filla : It hurts, it hurts! <> Micael : There. It doesn't hurt any more, right? Filla : You're nice. Micael : {A smile like a dreaming child...} Filla, it's me, Micael! Remember me, you idiot! <> Micael : {If I kiss you...} Fall : Micael! Wari : Filla! <> Filla : Ow ow ow! Bird : Sorry! Filla : Watch it! Micael, are you all right? Are you hurt? Micael : You're back! Fall/Wari : Yeah! <> Filla : How embarrassing! Fall : But it's too bad, Filla...if those fruits hadn't fallen on you, Micael would've... Micael : Fall! When you had amnesia, you said that I was mean. Filla : Well, you are always being mean to me. Micael : Only because you do weird stuff! Filla : It's not weird, I'm just being serious! You need to be a bit more honest with your feelings! And Filla apparently completely forgot about the love potion. Translator's notes Yeah, finished! Happy Emily! This was long and fun. Thanks to Beth for discovering the first two volumes for me, Meaghan for remembering her katakana enough to locate the last ten volumes, and everyone who was nice enough to mail me their comments. Thanks also to the stores that stocked or special-ordered the series for me: Sasuga Books and Bookmart online, and Asahiya and Book-Off in New York, and to my Kenkyusha dictionary, the resource I depended on most while translating. And to Amagi Sayuri, without whom this definitely wouldn't have been possible. I'm really happy that I translated this series. The words and the story are so pretty. I know that not very many people read these translations, but the lazy, snowy afternoons when I hummed along to Sarah McLachlan as I thumbed through one volume after another were so nice, in and of themselves, that it was all worth it. Please mail me any comments that you have. As Amagi-sensei herself said, I hope we meet again in a new series ^_^ --Emily, January 30 2001