D.N.Angel Chapter 3Disclaimer 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 2/10/01 [ ] indicates lines not spoken, such as character’s thoughts or narration * handwritten speech % indicates flashback lines { } indicates footnotes and other text such as signs ‘kaito’ means thief CHAPTER 3: FALLEN ANGEL (OR THE SECOND APPEARANCE OF) title page NARRATOR -[There is only one truth (or ‘real thing’)] page 100 DAISUKE -[I, Daisuke Niwa, since I turned 14 years old, a little more unhappiness than usual has come into my life.] -[Since that moment my life has completely changed.] -[I confessed to Harada Risa-san that I had begun to ‘like’ her.] RISA -I’m sorry DAISUKE -[Since I was rejected that time,] -[inside of me, the gene for ‘romantic love’ changed my reality.] -[In a circle with this other person’s reality.] -[The legend of the ‘Great Kaito Dark’. . .!!!] page 101 [Summer] sfx- Ki----n Ko----n -[Since I entered Azumano Jr. High, two summers have come and gone.] STUDENT -So, this is the first time I’ve left the pool! DAISUKE -[Summer,] -[If it’s Summer,] page 102 -[I’m at the pool] STUDENT -Urya! sfx- zaba zaba SENSEI Niwa-kun hurry and swim please! DAISUKE -ah, sorry. STUDENT -Torya! (maybe this is one of those things you say while swimming?) sfx- zaba zaba basha basha DAISUKE -[Day after day, night after night, in addition to this heat...] SEKIMOTO/SENSEI? -Look, look! Hey, hey Saehara-kun, not swimming is selfish!! DAISUKE -[It’s said that my ‘awareness’ for Harada-san makes me transform.] SEKIMOTO *Hehe, that was good Saehara!* TAKESHI *What an idiot, that guy!* sfx- basha basha DAISUKE -[It’s troubling nature, doesn’t even improve now.] -[What’s that?] RIKU -Risa--------------! sfx- doki page 103 RISA -What? DAISUKE -U-uh- Uwaaah!! {sign: Dark, transformation meter} sfx- Gyuuuuuun GIRL? -Kyaa! DAISUKE -[No!!] -[I really can’t be seen this way!!] sfx- Za page 104 RIKU -...um... DAISUKE -S-sorry Harada-san, what is it? RIKU -...nothin'... *it’s ok* DAISUKE -Eh? I can’t hear you... RIKU -Because...ROLL CALL! *we’re a ‘pair?!’* DAISUKE -ah...yeah! Sorry! SENSEI -Harada Riku, Niwa, ‘pair’. DAISUKE & RIKU -YES! SENSEI -Yes, done, next! page 105 DAISUKE -[Even though they’re twins, the other Harada gives off a different mood/atmosphere.] -[Even though their faces are really the same.] STUDENT *Kyahaha* RIKU -What? DAISUKE -Eh? Ah...nothin’...sorry... RIKU *why apologize for nothin'?* DAISUKE & RIKU -. . . . . . . . . . DAISUKE -[This...] *what’d I apologize for?* -[This isn’t good/I have a bad feeling about this] WIZ -Kyuu! DAISUKE -Ah. -Wiz, it’s dangerous for you to sit there. WIZ -Kyu sfx- bata bata RIKU -[Weirdo--having a conversation with some creature.] *that’s a rabbit...?* -[Every detail makes him seem less and less like a guy...] DAISUKE -Aren’t you scared of water? SENSEI -Next pair in the pool! (I wanna know how Hiwatari-kun got out of swimming!) RIKU -Niwa-kun, Sensei said to get in the pool. DAISUKE -Eh? Ah...Wa! sfx- DOBOooon! -Wah! RISA? -Niwa fell in! page 107 DAISUKE -Ahaaha sfx- bisho RIKU -[.......uuh] -[He looks incredibly bad...] -[should I worry about him?] -Shall I show you how to swim? DAISUKE -Th-thanks. -But it’s ok, I can swim well.... SEKIMOTO -Idiot Saehara, look at you! TAKESHI -Uho! RISA -Ah. -Niwa-kun, with Riku... DAISUKE -Harada-san!? RIKU -What’s up Risa? page 108 TAKESHI -WATCH OUUUT! RISA -Because I was looking for, Nakamara-kun... -!? -Kya! DAISUKE -Uwah! -[a...] -[again...!?] page 109 DAISUKE -[I can’t get near Harada-san...] -[If I become Dark in this place...] -[my life will be over!] sfx- Gopo Gopo TAKESHI -O-oi! Daisuke!! Harada!! SENSEI -What happened!? -Did they drown!? (that sound a bit morbid, but that’s what she says.) page 110 sfx- Za!! {arrow: Saehara} STUDENTS/DARK? -Uwaah! RIKU -Ni-Niwa-kun!! RISA -Where are you!? Niwa-kun!! -NIWA-KUuuuun!! DAISUKE/DARK -[iiee- I’ve transformed!] page 111 RIKU -Sensei, Niwa-kun is...! sfx- Kozen -Zaaa! HIWATARI -.... TAKESHI -Did you drown Daisuke?! RISA? -NIWA!!! DARK -Can’t leave, can’t leave!!! WIZ -Kyu! sfx- pyoni -kyu kyu kyu kyu DARK -Idiot, they’ll find us! sfx- pata pata -Wah! -Wiz, what are we gonna do...? page 112 sfx- Po! -Soshi! DARK -Wi-Wiz!? -You can transform into me? WIZ *nod nod* -........ sfx- piku (the sound of holding up your fingers in a V:) DARK -I’m supposed to,,,trust you? WIZ *nod nod* TAKESHI -He’s not anywhere in the pool. -Sense!! I’m gonna look outside for a bit... sfx- DOKAN 113 -DAISUKE!? RISA? -Niwa-kun! TAKESHI -Where did you go?! -If you were here why didn’t you answer?! DAISUKE *ah, haha* TAKESHI -You’re gonna get it! SEKIMOTO -Ah, ah! That’s enough Saehara, you... DARK -Aaaah! sfx- DOPON page 114 - Basha DARK -[Wiz’s weak point is water!!] SENSEI -Saehara-kun! That’s dangerous!! -But, it’s all right since he can swim. DARK -[Wiz!?] sfx- Basha -Su (Go Hiwatari! He even gets his own kewl sound effects^_^) page 115 DARK -[Hiwatari-kun!?] sfx- Basha basha -dosa -bata bata SENSEI -Niwa-kun!! -Is he all right? HIWATARI -....... -He was drowning... page 116 TAKESHI -No-no way! He can swim! RIKU -Sensei! I’ll get the nurse! SENSEI -Please, Harada-san! RIKU -Yes! sfx- Gutsu! STUDENTS -Niwa!! -Daisuke! RISA -Niwa-kun!!! HIWATARI - Sensei, raise his head please. DARK -[Wiiiiiz!] SENSEI -Eh? Ah...yess!! sfx- gu page 117 DARK & STUDENTS -AH! (O_o) RIKU & DARK -KYAAAA!!! {sign over Dark: Can’t take it!} DARK -UWaaaaaaah! page 118 RIKU -It’s that pervert/peeping tom from that time!? DARK -Eh!? No- I’m not... page 119 GIRLS -Peeping tom!! Snoop! Pervert!! GUYS -What the? What the heck? HIWATARI -..... WIZ -kyu {sign: Niwa} sfx- tah DAISUKE -ah.... -[I think my life span has just shortened...] -[I wonder if that’s really my nature...?] page 120 -[It’s good that Wiz is safe/healthy.] -[Right before my eyes, he almost drown and Harada-san too. I was astounded...] -[And Hiwatari-kun was...!!] -[Uwwaaaaaah! Shameful!] -[And Riku....my life is over!] RIKU -Niwa-kun sfx- zuin DAISUKE -Ah...Harada...san RIKU -This handkerchief...did you lose it, Niwa-kun...? page 121 DAISUKE -[Ah!] -[I forgot to return it to Hiwatari-kun!!] -Thank you, I need that! sfx- pa RIKU -...What’s he... -running away... like that for? page 122 sfx- GOooon GOooon GUARDS -Kaito Dark has shown up!! SAEHARA -This time that guy’s target is the ‘Fallen Angel’s Love Potion’. -This time we won’t lose! -He’ll have to break through us if he wants in, he won’t outrun us from every corner! page 123 -Where will you be going, High Commander? HIWATARI -I’ll be waiting at an escape place, on the lookout, and I’ll be borrowing several guards. -...Surely soon... DARK -Because it’s being stolen right now. GUARDS -found him! -right here! ....wa DARK -What’s so urgent... page 124 DARK -[Is this Hiwatari-kun’s doing?] DAISUKE -I said stealing it was a bad idea! DARK -What’s that you say Daisuke? -Haven’t you been stupid about things recently? DARK -The transformation makes you bad! DAISUKE -[So, that’s it, I’ve been transforming so much recently...] -[That’s definitely unusual...!] EMIKO -%That’s right Daisuke-chan, Dark is also you,% -%so you’ll do well.% DAISUKE -[So...me and Dark are...] -[Is that a possibility? (that’s I’m changing?)] page 125 -Dark...is in me... DARK -WIZ!! Jump... sfx- ba ba ba page 126 GUARDS -So, U......uwaaaah!? -We caught him! -High commander, it’s Dark! -That bastard! -We got him! -Dark has been cau-...!? DARK -What’d ya catch? GUARD -Ah... *isn’t that-* page 127 DARK -Wa! HIWATARI -Can you swim better? DARK -Ge! -......tsu!! page 128 HIWATARI -Is this what the black feather of a fallen angel... -...... page 129 -looks like? DARK -...damn-...hand-cuffs again! DAISUKE -...He knows... DARK -Ah!? HIWATARI -%Can you swim better?% DAISUKE -[He knows...he said that, so definately...what am I gonna do?...] page 130 GUARDS -Are you chasing him?! -For the moment (?) inside. DAISUKE -Did you hear that? sfx- kata RIKU -un... page 131 DARK -Ah... DAISUKE -A-again, we came to Harada-san’s place?! RIKU -...na... DARK -A...it’s not...that...I’m... -Bu! RIKU -PERVERT!!! DARK -I-I’m going--- -I’m-I’m not! page 132 -Just a minute, listen to what I have to say... sfx- dokin {sign- already panicked} sfx- dokin DARK -Not again!! DAISUKE -Uwaa.... what are you doing?!! page 133 DAISUKE -[Idiot!] -[You can’t return to your original form here!] RIKU -Let me go, you freak! I’ll scream!! DAISUKE? -YOU IDIOT!! -[What if she finds out?!] RIKU -...ki... sfx- potsu page 135 DAISUKE -A! sfx- BASA page 136 RIKU -[What...?] -[that was...] -[just now...] -[no way,] -[couldn’t have been] -[for a moment,] -[I saw Niwa-kun....what do I say?] page 137 DAISUKE -Wha-what’s up? Harada-san.. -Um...um...last night...um... page 138 RIKU -this..... ....didn’t you forget this...? DAISUKE -Eh....um... -[I knew it, Harada-san saw me yesterday,] -[and definitely remembers it all.] -[What am I gonna do?] -That... -[b-but] -[If she recognized me...] -[ This sucks!!] -I... -[Sorry Harada-san!!] -It’s not mine! page 139 RIKU -.......... -oh... DAISUKE -um.... RIKU -[I knew it seemed like someone different] -[What am I saying!?] -[Yesterday it was that pervert!] -[That was my first kiss!!] DAISUKE -[When you were sleeping yesterday] *sorry* -[So many times I’ve made Riku’s face like that.] -[What do I do?] -[It’s become the same feeling] page 140 -DAISUKE -[That’s it] -...huh...? -[The same as that time...] -[That night we fell to earth] -...why... -[Where the two fallen angel’s love waited] -did I transform...? end of D.N.Angel chapter 3