D.N.Angel Chapter 2Disclaimer and Background Info The Book D.N.Angel volume 1, Asuka Comics A-101-5 ISBN4-04-924701-1 C9979, retailed at 390 yen The original Copyright (Japanese) Yukiru Sugisaki, 1997. First printing November 17, 1997. The translation was written to allow others to read one of my favorite Japanese manga that I picked up while in Japan this year (and also for me to learn more Japanese:) Some of my translation may tend to be either a bit to literal or liberal. Please remember that this translation is not for public or commercial, only personal use. *A lot of effort went into this so, Please do not redistribute, alter or post this translation anywhere without my permission* D.N.Angel volume 1- Yukiru Sugisaki Translated by Meredith Dillman (http://www.kyrn.org/ , e-mail: kyrn@kyrn.org) last edited 8/27/00 [ ] indicates lines not spoken, such as character’s thoughts or narration * handwritten speech % indicates flashback lines { } indicates footnotes and other text such as signs CHAPTER 2: LEVEL UP page 65 PERSON -It's Dark!! NARRATOR -[The reaction to the feelings of love is a side effect of the gene “nature of transformation”] {there’s a gene for that?} PERSON -Look everyone! Phantom Thief Dark has appeared!! NARRATOR -[This geneaolgy has been passed down in the Niwa family.] page 66 DARK -[This is ridiculous! I think myself that this can’t happen so easily.] SAEHARA -It's (the work of art) been stolen! -Chase him! DARK -[But it's the truth.] GUARDS -Wah! wah! DARK -[I’ve transformed and caused trouble to society, generation after generation.] -[I am the great thief DARK!!] page 67 alarm-pipipi--------------- DAISUKE -Fuaaa! (yawn) WIZ *kyu* DAISUKE -[I'm Niwa Daisuke, 14 years old.] -It’s already 7:30... -[2nd year Jr High School student] page 68 sign- Azumano 2 Jr High School RISA -He’s so wonderful! {Harada Risa, 14 years old} -The great Phantom Thief Dark is the most handsome young man in the world! -He must be 16, 17 years old. -Did you see, did you see? On TV last night!? GIRLS -That face!! Those hips!! Those long legs!! Those clothes!! -HE’S GORGEOUS... page 69 BOYS -You girls are dumb! He’s a thief, doesn’t that make him a criminal? *yeah, what he said* *that’s right!* GIRLS -Shut up. -*So what?* -Doesn’t matter ‘cause he’s cool. BOYS -So we’re nothing at all?! {“or you only care about appearance and we’re not hot enough?” ^_^} Girls!! GIRLS -So? Are you complaining about that? Is that what you said?! DAISUKE -sigh -[Yesterday was terrible] -[Even if the artwork was stolen dexteriously...] page 70 -[if it alters my nature...remembering my first love makes me become Dark...] -[That nature, it’s the way I’m arranged.] TAKESHI (SAEHARA) -DAISUKE! -Today’s not your lucky day! (you don’t look so good today) *trip* *get up* page 71 DAISUKE -Saehara! *I’ll get you* TAKESHI -Let me copy your homework, ok? RISA -Hey, Hey, a beautiful police detective chasing after a beautiful thief!! -If only we could become paintings!? GIRLS -Let’s! Let’s! BOYS -They’ve been talking about Dark all morning. -Listen to them! TAKESHI -Yo! GIRLS -Ah! Saehara! -Hey isn’t your dad a police officier?! That is soooo unfair! *destroy him* TAKESHI -Yeaaah? *what about me?* psge 72 GIRLS -Hiwatari-kun looks like he would suit the job. -right? -he’s cool, handsome and smart, -and always so calm... -and he’s sooo mature! page 73 DAISUKE -[uh...I have a bad feeling...] -[the transformation was bad] -[but what was worse] -[was being caught inside] -[by ‘him’...] page 74 DAISUKE -*Ge* -um... -Hi-hiwatari-kun... page 75 -Hiwatari-kun, -HE was there....!! BOYS -H-hey, what’s up with that? -He met him at the door? -How’d he know? when Daisuke came... DAISUKE -[It’s unbelievable that Hiwatari-kun was a police officer] -[and I’m Dark...] -[What if he found out!!?] *but we look different* page 76 HIWATARI -Exuse me, just a minute... DAISUKE -Eh? -[Gyaaaaaaaaah!] GIRLS *Kyaaa!* *What? What? What is it?* *Hiwatari-kun!* *Why!?* DAISUKE -[Am I s-suspicious!?] page 77 -[Yesterday I opened the artroom with my key (code) in front of Hiwatari-kun...!!] -[But me and Dark definately look different...] *this is too much* HIWATARI -It’s nothing. DAISUKE -Eh? -[He didn’t find me out...!?] RISA -Niwa-kun -Good morning! page 78 RISA -Ah! GIRLS -What is it? *He doesn’t look goood* -Risa, he feels bad becuase of you. (you MADE him feel bad O_o) DAISUKE -[Don’t change!] -[No no no no NO!!] {sign- transformation meter} -[I can’t think about Harada-san!] page 79 -[My love for Harada-san is they key] RIKU -Risaaaa! DAISUKE -[The gene will react and transform me!!] RISA -What’s up Ri... *ow* RIKU -You- -Just becuase we’re twins you don’t have to keep using the same notebook! RISA -s-sorry. RIKU -Yeah, right. {Riku Harada, 14 years old} DAISUKE -[The ‘Dark’ me’s DNA...] -[reacts to one of thiers alone.] page 80 -[Aaah it’s reacting to both!] {arrow- the one Daisuke likes} {arrow- the one Dark likes} RISA *What? I don’t use it that much! What about that time you used my new red shoes?* RIKU *Eeeh? When was that!* DAISUKE *sniff* -[I’m not gonna be able to take it much longer] TAKESHI -Yo! Daisuke! -We gotta go to P.E first hour. Let’s go! SEKIMOTO -...Saehara -You... or rather ‘my pace’ {what’s he talking about?} DAISUKE *sniff, sniff* TAKESHI -That’s right! page 81 {Boys Locker Room} DAISUKE -Ah! -I forgot my Gym shoes, I’ll get- SEKIMOTO -He went to get them... -Doen’t he know the girls are dressing in the classroom?] -Didn’t you tell him thier locker room was under construction? TAKESHI -Forgot. DAISUKE -Shoes, get shoes... ... {Daisuke meter *kyoooo*} {Dark meter *Uwaaaaaaaaaaah! Transformed!* GIRLS -KYAAAAAAAA!!!! DAISUKE/DARK -s-sorry! -I didn’t know you were changing in here...!! page 83 TAKESHI *Daisuke’s gonna get it* SEKIMOTO *Hey, you’re killing me* TAKESHI *Hahaha* SEKIMOTO -Who was that guy? TAKESHI -I’ve haven’t seen him before... DAISUKE/DARK -[I knew it!] -[I absolutely knew it!] page 84 -[I knew it! I transformed!] -[What am I supposed to do if I transform here, at school!!?] -[If anyone sees me like this...] *if they didn’t already* TAKESHI -Yo! -Suspicious guy!! -huh? page 85 DAISUKE/DARK -[Sa...] TAKESHI -I’m comin’ in after ya! SEKIMOTO *stop it* DAISUKE/DARK -SAEHARA!? -and Sekimoto? {This appearance seen in time for the TV news reports!} {Top News, from the school grounds!} -It’s the end! TAKESHI -Come outa there! -I’m comin in! page 86 RIKU -I’m going to get the Pys Ed storeroom key. DARK -[Harada (Riku-san) ‘s voice?] -[React, react!!] -[Dark’s DNA!] TAKESHI -Hey! -Come out! DAISUKE -Waah! {footnote: good children don’t do this} page 87 sfx- DOTAAAN! TAKESHI -....da DAISUKE -that hurt TAKESHI -...DAISUKEE!? -What are you- SEKIMOTO -Don’t tell everyone. *(?)* {sign: tsunokawa, which is something river, and probably has nothing to do with the story.} TAKESHI -This is shoujo manga! (so, does that mean boys aren’t allowed to sneak into girls locker rooms unless it’s shonen manga?) DAISUKE -... TAKESHI -But man, I thought the person I saw was different. DAISUKE -[it figures] -[one more crisis] page 88 sfx- bell ringing DAISUKE -ah... -[today was tiring...] RISA -Niwa-kun DAISUKE -Ha-Harada-san!? RISA -Until halfway...let’s walk home together. page 89 RISA -Niwa-kun -I was worried because you didn’t look well today... sfx- doki doki doki DAISUKE -[c-calm down!!] -[no...my hear...at this time] sfx- doki doki -[I can’t get upset and confused...] RISA -Is it that you don’t want to associate with me anymore? (did you think that’s what I meant) -DAISUKE -Eh? Ah... n...no! RISA - ...I’m glad. -because we’re friends, right? DAISUKE -[No...] -[I wasn’t aware] page 90 sfx- chuto *that’s not it, but me I’m a guy, but...* -[what’s a guy to do] RISA -Oh yeah, Niwa-kun, did you watch TV last night? DAISUKE -TV? RISA -Yeah! About the Thief Dark!! -He’s so amazing! -And he was so cool/handsome! DAISUKE -[handsome!?] page 91 {note: tonight at 10:00 pm, I’ll take the Crown of Alice. -Dark} SAEHARA -The Thief Dark had shown up!! -This time his target is the Crown of Alice!! -Strengthen the guard! Don’t let him in! -Unlike last time, stand your ground to the death!! GUARDS? -Ha!! SAEHARA What’s your opinion, High Commander? page 92 HIWATARI -Taking in the past failures and the current Anti-Dark Strategic Planning Squad's collaborative data, -if you could please review the progress of the Holmes Unit and also the state of the Watson unit. (thanks to David Mazur for making sense of that panel for me!) SAEHARA -[that brat] -Agreed GUARD -Inspector Saehara! -Dark has stolen it!!! SAEHARA -What did you say? page 93 {sign on bunny: subsitute} GUARD -He left something else in it’s place -(something about some kind of alarm reacting) -He disapeared before we were aware! DARK -You morons had no idea!! -Today we took it right in front of them, didn’t we Daisuke? -Myself, I think it turned out good. -Did Risa’s “kakkoi” (when she said dark was handsome/cool) have an effect on you? DAISUKE -na-aa -That’s not it! DARK -*yeah, yeah* -It did, it did! page 94-95 [but] DAISUKE -But she calls you by first name. DARK -Risa said I was handsome/cool, but -aren’t you, Daisuke -also Dark (the furigana reads ‘me’)? sfx- Gaga-------------!! DAISUKE -If that’s so...!! DARK -It’s rather preferable if we became one, Daisuke. -I always want to become different, myself. -Don’t you think it’s teh same for you? -un? {picture: Thanks for your trouble Dark-chan:) Now you’ll return to Daisuke, right? } DAISUKE -Uu -Waaah! sfx- Pon! page 96 DAISUKE -[That night, I awoke (absolutely)] sfx- Gon! Gon! DAISUKE - ...not again... -That transformation. -[To yield to the person I like] -[to make me come to like myself, it’s the same...] -yech! -[this isn’t reality.] end of D.N.Angel chapter 2