********************** START VOLUME 3 ********************** DNA^2 Data 17 : Translation Title: Transformation Story and Art Copyright (c) 1993 Masakazu Katsura Translation Copyright (c) 1997 Paul Hetzel Special thanks to Andy-otouto for help and proofreading, as well as for the loan of his address. (5) [Junta bravely faces a can of tea... ^_^ ] Junta: HA!! (6) [Junta blasts the can, denting it.] Junta: Yes!! All right! My power has increased! Junta: And I'm not even tired! Fantastic!! (7) Junta: (I have to get better at it, make it stronger! And then I'll call it... Megacannon!!) Junta: Hey, hey, Karin-chan!! Look at my telekinesis!! Hey!! [Karin is nowhere to be seen.] Junta: Huh? ... What? ... (8) [Karin stalks the garden of Sugashita Manor.] Karin: (This is too quiet. I came in through the main gate. Someone should have come to greet me.) [Big trap there... ] Karin: Oh... (9) Karin: AAAAAH! [Karin is at the bottom of the pit. There's some gas... ] Karin: Ouchie... Karin: ! Karin: (Damn it!! It's sleep gas!!) Karin: (And I didn't bring my gas mask!!) [Ryuuji, at the window, saw everything.] Ryuuji: It's late, and I don't feel like taking care of anyone... Ryuuji: Good night. Sleep well... (10) Ryuuji: Besides, I want some time for myself. Ryuuji: Well... I don't think I need more DNA grafts... I doubt I could get any better... Ryuuji: But I'm out of ideas... about how to raise my power level... [Ryuuji takes a book from the shelves.] Book: NIGHTMARE IN THE SKY - Gargoyles and G(...) (11) [There's a picture of a gargoyle in the book. Ryuuji looks very interested in it. Look well at the gargoyle; you may recognize it later. ^_^ ] Ryuuji: ... [Junta is in bed.] Junta: I wonder where Karin-chan may have gone... Junta: Maybe doing some other investigation... Yes, that must be it. Junta: Oh, well, I'll see her tomorrow morning. Let's get some sleep. Junta: Good night, Karin-chan... (12) [A run-down cottage in the woods. Karin is awakening.] Karin: Ungh... Ryuuji: Wake up. Karin: ! (13) [Meet Sugashita Ryuuji - the Amecomi version! ^_^ ] Karin: What are you doing in that costume!? Ryuuji: Heh heh heh... I had it done overnight, just for this day. Ryuuji: It was on short notice, but it's a good fit. Don't you think so? Ryuuji: It's such a pity that the scenery couldn't be set so fast. (14) [As Ryuuji poses, the wind billows his cloak and fog starts surrounding his feet.] Ryuuji: I had some doubts about this costume... Wouldn't it be uncivilized to use it only for one battle? But I do think that it's necessary for the Grand Play this fight will be. Necessary to satisfy my aesthetic standards, at least. (15) Karin: (This guy... ) Karin: (... isn't normal... ) Ryuuji: Anyway, why did you come to my house? Karin: I came to speak. Ryuuji: Oh. To speak... Karin: I want you two to end your stupid rivalry. Ryuuji: I see... (16) [Masao - remember him? - grabs Karin.] Karin: !? Ryuuji: Heh heh heh... [Five punks surround Karin.] Ryuuji: Maybe, after all, this girl will be useful. Karin: SHIT! [Ryuuji teleports away.] Punks: Let's undress this cutie!! (17) [Junta's house.] Chiyo: What do you mean, you're cutting classes again!! Junta: Don't worry! Well, see ya! Chiyo: What? Not to worry? Junta!! [Junta goes out.] Junta: (Today, I'll try to dent an iron plate... ) Junta: ! [Ryuuji is waiting for Junta.] Junta: ? (18) Ryuuji: [In english] Good morning. [Junta doesn't recognize Ryuuji in his new garb... ^_^ ] Junta: (Weird guy... Better not to get involved... ) Ryuuji: HEY, WAIT!! Ryuuji: I bear bad news. Some punks are having their way with the purple-caped girl. If you don't hurry, it'll be too late for her. Junta: You... are Ryuuji!? (19) [Ami is leaving her house.] Ami: ! Junta: Taking hostages... You swine!! Ryuuji: Heh heh... Ami: (Junta... ) Ryuuji: It has been a while... I was starting to think you had run away... Junta: Run away? In your dreams!! [Ryuuji throws Junta a piece of paper.] Ryuuji: That's the map to the place. It'll take you an hour to arrive. Don't get lost. Ryuuji: And a piece of advice: don't use teleportation to go there. If you drain your psychic powers, you'll lose any chance of victory. [Ryuuji teleports away.] Ryuuji: Heh heh heh... (20) Junta: Bastard... And he teleports away in my face... He's so sure of himself... Junta: Shiiiiit!! I wanted to train some more... Junta: Ah, dammit!! I have to hurry now!! [Ryuuji appears in front of Masao.] Ryuuji: What did you do with her? I presume she's still alive. (21) [Masao doesn't answer.] Ryuuji: Hum... [Masao goes down, out and cold.] Karin: Heh, heh, heh... I followed your example and did my best to stage a good show. (22) [Karin stands on a pile of bruised bodies.] Karin: "I grafted their strength on me", huh? Well, they don't look so strong to me. [Karin-chan is so kakkoii!!] (23) Karin: The time for speaking is over!! I'm going to kick your ass!! Ryuuji: Heh heh... Ryuuji: All right... Ryuuji: If you want to play until he arrives... [Still far from there, Junta is running down the street.] Junta: SHIT!! No train goes near that place! And I can't afford a taxi! Junta: I'll have to run!! Dammit! Run or teleport, I'll be exhausted by the time I arrive!! END DATA 17 DNA^2 Data 18 : Translation Title: [I don't know what the title for this one is. Gomen.] Story and Art Copyright (c) 1993 Masakazu Katsura Translation Copyright (c) 1997 Paul Hetzel Special thanks to Andy-otouto for help and proofreading, as well as for the loan of his address. (25) [Tomoko is returning home. There's trouble awaiting... ] Tomoko: ! (26) [Ryuuji's Men in Black are kidnapping Tomoko.] Tomoko: Mmm!! Mmm!! [At Fukoma High... ] R's MiB: Listen! Listen! All girlfriends of Ryuuji-sama, please, listen! R's MiB: You are all invited to enjoy the wonderful show Ryuuji-sama is staging. Please, gather here! Girls: WOW! WOW! [Ryuuji sure is popular... ^_^ ] Bus: Ryuuji-sama's Battle Show (27) Junta: Pant... Pant... Pant... [Junta is still running. He doesn't look very fit.] Junta: Pant... Pant... Junta: The... the fight hasn't even started... Junta: And I'm... already exhausted... Pant... Paant... [A bike arrives with a screech.] Ami: Get up. In the back. Junta: A... Ami... (28) [At Ryuuji's... Nice spread page, BTW.] Ryuuji: Momonari will soon be here. Do you want to play until he arrives? (29) [Where does all this fog come from, anyways!?] (30) Karin: So... Junta is coming... Well, by the time he arrives, there'll be nothing left for him. Ryuuji: Heh... Ryuuji: And what is that supposed to mean? Karin: You don't understand!? Then I'll show you. Karin: Yaaah!! [Good kick!] (31) [Good roundhouse!] Karin: YAAAH! [Great combo!!] (32) [Karin is preparing her fatality... ] Karin: Down with you!! (33) [Actually, he went up. Through the staircase... ^_^ ] Karin: Hmph, he wasn't such big deal! Karin: Huh!? Ryuuji: It was very brave of you, to come here alone... (34) Ryuuji: It will be funnier if I start taking it a bit more seriously. [Ryuuji is none the worse for the wear.] Karin: (Oh, no! This is terrible! How can anyone be so strong!?) Karin: (All right, time to change tactics. I'll make him expend his physical and psychic strength before Junta arrives.) (35) Karin: Wait... wait a minute! Karin: You may be stronger than me, but you'll never catch me without teleporting! So... Ryuuji: Heh heh heh... Be quiet. I had this fight planned from the beginning. Karin: Huh? Ryuuji: If I went all out against you, I'd be wasting my strength, wouldn't I? Ryuuji: But, then again, maybe it's just what you want me to do... right? Karin: (Shit... He has read my thougths... ) (36) [Meanwhile... Junta and Ami are on their way... ] Junta: It's straight down this road! We'll be there right away. Ami: Yes, yes. Junta: ... Hey Ami... Why? ... Weren't you mad at me? Ami: Let's forget about that, okay? Junta: ... Ami: (What's happening around Junta? I want to find out. I'd better stay with him.) (37) [The battle is up again. This time, Ryuuji is not playing sandbag... ] Karin: Shit. Ryuuji: What a pity. You almost got me there. Karin: YAH!! Ryuuji: Whoops. [Ryuuji backhands Karin... ] Karin: Ungh. Ryuuji: You have this bad habit of kicking people... (38) [Ryuuji gut-punches Karin... ] Karin: AUGH! Ryuuji: ... yet... Karin: Uuuungh... Ryuuji: ... your repertory is quite impressive. None of the guys I had met till now fought using leg tricks. Ryuuji: What if I took those tricks for my bag? Karin: Asshole. If you wanted my strength, you shouldn't have given me warning. Now I'll just stay away from you. (39) Ryuuji: Whatever. Karin: !? [Ryuuji shoots a DNA-stealing blast at Karin!] Ryuuji: HUN!! Karin: Shit! Karin: Shit... (40) [The blast hits... ] Ryuuji: Ah... Thank you... Karin: Shit... Instead of tiring him... I've made him stronger... Ryuuji: You know, I haven't been just collecting grafts all this time. I have also been studying my powers, learning better ways to use them. Ryuuji: Teleporting, for instance, wastes lots of energy for nothing. It's only good for running away. (41) Ryuuji: Mastering a powerful attack with total energy control... That would be ideal... [Ryuuji is powering up. The fog swirls around him... ] Ryuuji: And I've achieved that ideal! Karin: !!? Ryuuji: If you don't want to die, stay sharp!! [Ryuuji's battle aura is dazzling!] Ryuuji: SUPERSONIC ATTACK!!! (42) [Ouch. Whatever that was, it has battered Karin.] (43) [Junta and Ami are STILL on their way... ] Junta: Ami... Let me pedal... I'm in a bit of a hurry... Ami: No. Ami: You must keep your strength, right? Ami: If you are in such a hurry, I'll do my best to go fast! Junta: (Has she overheard my talk with Ryuuji?) Junta: (Karin-chan! I'll be there right away!!) Junta: (Please, be all right!!) [She's not. What a sad way to end the chapter... ;_; ] END DATA 18 DNA^2 Data 19 : Translation Title: Punishment Story and Art Copyright (c) 1993 Masakazu Katsura Translation Copyright (c) 1997 Paul Hetzel Special thanks to Andy-otouto for help and proofreading, as well as for the loan of his address. (45) [Ryuuji just finished his attack. Karin is staggering.] Karin: Uh... Uuh... Ryuuji: Perfect! You managed to block most of my attack. Your defensive techniques are great. It's a good thing I have them too, now. (46) [Karin collapses. ;;_;; ] Ryuuji: And I didn't even use my full power. Ryuuji: Heh, heh, heh... [Meanwhile, Junta and Ami are still on their way... ] Junta: We're almost there. Just follow this road! Ami: Let's rush! I can do it! [Ami speeds up, standing on the pedals.] Junta: Oops... Junta: Um... (47) [Ami is practically rubbing her ass on Junta's face.] Junta: !! Junta: (Yech, what a horrible sight. She's standing on the pedals... ) Ami: Oh. [Ami screeches to a halt.] Junta: ! [Junta goes face first into Ami's ass.] Ami: !? Ami: What are you doing, stupid!? No time for jokes!! Ami: Look there. Look!! (48) [Ryuuji's cottage can be seen in the middle of the woods.] Ami: Isn't it there? (49) Ami: Hey, are you listening or what!? [Junta is throwing up. Yappari... ] Ami: ! Ami: You jerk!! Staring at my panties till you threw up!! Box: "Yeah, sure, whatever... " thought Junta... Junta: Thanks, Ami. You should be going now; from now on, it becomes dangerous. Ami: Stop trying to act cool. I just saw you throwing up; I'm not likely to buy it. Junta: Stupid girl! Junta: You are leaving now, like it or not! Junta: And that's final!! (50) [Junta leaves, running at full speed. Ami, alone, smiles.] Ami: (Do you really think that, after coming all this way with you, I'll turn back now?) Ami: (Besides, you may still need me... You are going to be very tired when you finally reach that house.) [An helicopter is landing in front of Ryuuji's cottage. Ryuuji, unmasked, is waiting for it.] (51) [One of Ryuuji's MiB takes Tomoko out of the chopper.] Ryuuji: Ah, Tomoko... I missed you so much. Tomoko: What do you think you are doing!? Tomoko: Why are you still after me!? We're through! [We can see Tomoko is tied up... ] Ryuuji: We're not. Our real love begins today. [Meanwhile... Junta is STILL on his way. Sigh.] Junta: Pant... Pant... Pant... (52) [Meanwhile... In the house, Ryuuji's hired punks (the same five punks Karin thrashed before) are surrounding Karin's limp body. Ulp.] Monk: Heh, heh, heh... I like this. Masao: Yeah, talk about payback. Yamada: Ryuuji-san said we could do whatever we wanted with her. Punk 4: Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh!! [The five punks remove easily Karin's armor. Monk tries to cut Karin's bodysuit open. It doesn't rip.] Monk: Huh!? What's this!! I'm pulling hard, but this fabric won't rip!! (53) [He finally manages to cut the bodysuit a little... nothing too revealing, of course. ^_^ ] Monk: Oof... That was difficult... I'll have to sharpen the blade. Monk: I can't believe that Ryuuji-san managed to tear her clothes apart like this... [The cottage's door is bashed open. Junta's here!! It was about time, too.] Junta: Pant... Pant... Junta: Ka... Karin-chan... (54) [The five punks fondle and drool over Karin, who looks very cute and helpless.] Punk 5: Karin-chan? Heh, heh... I think you're a bit late for Karin-chan. Junta: You... Monk: We're going to have a good time and you're going to go right away to the basement! Ryuuji-san is waiting for you. Junta: Unnnghh!! (55) [Energy crackles around Junta.] Junta: AAAAAHHH!! Punks: !? (56) [Junta has powered up, although he's still himself.] (57) Junta: I should thank you... Junta: It seems that you made me recover the full power of the megaplayboy... Punks: !!! [Blood flies... ^_^ A little later, in the basement, Ryuuji hears someone coming down the stairs.] (58) [Junta is there, with Karin in his arms.] Ryuuji: Welcome!! (59) [That basement looks like a derelict Versailles throne room! You have to see it NOT to believe it.] Ryuuji: You came quite fast... Junta: I hurried 'cause I couldn't wait to beat the living shit out of you. (60) Ryuuji: Come on, calm down... There is another guest, I'll introduce you two. [Ryuuji snaps his fingers. The huge painting of a gargoyle (foreshadowing... ^_^ ) behind him slides up and reveals a tied up Tomoko!] Tomoko: Momonari-kun! Ryuuji: ... Recently... I have heard some ugly rumors about you. That whenever you are with a girl, no matter who, you assault her. Ryuuji: Tomoko was one of your victims, too? Well, I'm now going to punish you for what you did to all of them. (61) Tomoko: Beat Ryuuji to a pulp, Momonari-kun!! [Ryuuji, hearing this, is infuriated.] Ryuuji: H... Ho... How, Tomoko? Ryuuji: How can you side with this scumbag!!! [Ryuuji gut-punches Junta. Hard. Junta doubles over.] Ryuuji: Heh, can't even stay on his feet! Scum!! [Junta smiles and straightens up, not hurt at all.] Ryuuji: Huh!? (62) [Junta punches Ryuuji REALLY hard.] (63) [Ryuuji goes flying and crashes against his "throne".] Ryuuji: Ho... How!? Junta: You said it was punishment time, didn't you? Junta: Well, stand up. It's not your bedtime yet. END DATA 19 DNA^2 Data 20 : Translation Title: The Final Battle Story and Art Copyright (c) 1993 Masakazu Katsura Translation Copyright (c) 1997 Paul Hetzel Special thanks to Andy-otouto for help and proofreading, as well as for the loan of his address. (66) [Ryuuji lies on the floor, surrounded by the broken remains of his "throne".] Ryuuji: You have more power than before. I wasn't expecting this. Ryuuji: But you're still scum. [Ryuuji jumps to his feet and starts moving at superspeed.] Junta: ! (67) [Junta dodges a punch.] (68) Junta: ! Ryuuji: YAAAH!! Junta: ! [Junta dodges a kick.] (69) Junta: ! [Ryuuji jumps high, and goes into a diving attack.] Ryuuji: GOT YOU!! [Junta jumps, and meets him in mid-air.] Ryuuji: Huh? (70) [Junta performs one of his classics. ^_^ ] Junta: MEGAPLAYCHOP!! (71) (72) [Ryuuji goes flying.] Ryuuji: WAAAH!! [Ryuuji crashes against a wall, making a big hole.] Tomoko: ... [Meanwhile, Karin is awakening!] Karin: Uhn... Uhnnn... (73) [Karin seems to be okay. Katsura-sama, arigatou... ] Karin: (Oh! Junta!!) Karin: (Eh? Junta's being his normal self... He's not "Glittering Junta" nor "Megaplayboy Junta"... And, yet... He's looking SO cool... ) Karin: (Could it be that he mastered the Megaplayboy's DNA? But... My heart is beating so fast... Maybe it's the other way around. Maybe the Megaplayboy has possessed Junta... ) [Ryuuji is getting up... ] Ryuuji: Urgh... Ryuuji: That was enough playing around. I think it's time to kill you now. [Junta does a fair impersonation of Sakazaki Yuri. You know: "Kochi, kochi... " ^_^ ] Karin: (Then again, maybe not... ) (74) [Meanwhile, Ami is at the cottage's door. A bus arrives.] (75) [Ryuuji's girlfriends are there. There's an awful lot of them. One of Ryuuji's Men in Black guides them.] Girls: What's this? MiB: Our destination. Girls: It looks like a haunted house. [They find the creamed remains of Ryuuji's five punks.] Girls: Aah! Are they dead? How awful! [They reach Ryuuji's underground palace hall.] (76) Ryuuji: Aah... Ryuuji: My dear ladies, I'm so happy to see you. Girls: Eeh? Is that Ryuuji? Girls: RYUUJI! RYUUJI!! Girls: RYUUUUUJI!! Girls: LOOK, HERE WE ARE!! Girls: GO, GO, RYUUUUUJI!! (77) Ryuuji: Hey, hey... Shut up for a moment. Listen to me. I have some bad news for you all. I won't date any of you again. I'm over with you all. Ryuuji: This show is my goodbye present. So, please, enjoy yourselves one last time. Girls: Wha... [The girls go into a collective fit of hysterics.] Girls: NOOOOOO!! WHY, RYUUJI!! Girls: YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME!! [Ryuuji turns to Tomoko.] Ryuuji: "If I mean anything to you, break it off with the other girls!" Remember the words, Tomoko? That's what you said me that time. Ryuuji: Well, I've done it now. I'm serious about you. You are the only one for me. (78) Girls: "Noo!" "Noooo!" "Ryuuji!" "Don't ditch me!" "It can't be!" "Date me one last time!" "I'll never let you go!" Ryuuji: You'll have this incredibly handsome and popular me just for you. ** [Note: The first sentence in page 79 must be read right after this one. It's a splash page.] Tomoko: Ryuuji... Ryuuji: Eh? What? Tomoko: You can do whatever you want, but... Tomoko: I HATE YOU!! You won't have me back, no matter what!! (79) ** [Note: The next sentence must be read after Ryuuji's first sentence in page 78.] Ryuuji: You must realize what a lucky girl you are! [Ryuuji is flabbergasted.] Ryuuji: !!! Ryuuji: Why... [Ryuuji is growling in anger.] Ryuuji: Tomooooko... [Junta comes to Ryuuji.] Junta: Hey! Ryuuji: What now! (80) [Oh, my. That wasn't a nice thing to do. ^_^ ] (81) Junta: J-E-R-K. Ryuuji: You little piece of shit... Ryuuji: This is the last nail in your coffin. [Ryuuji punches, Junta dodges. Ryuuji smiles.] (82) [Ryuuji starts powering up for his Supersonic Attack.] Ryuuji: This is your lucky day, ladies! This is something you won't often see!!! Ryuuji: The Murder Show!! Tomoko: What!? Murder!? Ryuuji: I won't go easy on you. This time, I'm using full power! Karin: (What!? That terrible attack he used on me... Was it just a tap!?) Junta: Do your best. I'm ready for everything. Ryuuji: Asshole... [Ryuuji attacks!] Ryuuji: SUPERSONIC ATTACK!! Karin: JUUUUNTA!! DODGE THAT ATTACK!! (83) Junta: Huh!? [Junta is hit. The sonic boom is so strong, every girl in the hall cowers in pain. Ulp.] (84) [Ryuuji went through Junta, ^Å la Saint Seiya.] Ryuuji: Heh... At half the teleport speed, I reach the speed of sound. Ryuuji: I turn into a soundwave and rip through my foe's body... killing him instantly... Heh heh heh... Junta: ... Not bad. Hadn't I got out of your way, I'd have been badly hurt... Good thing Karin-chan warned me. [Ryuuji is shocked!] Ryuuji: EH!? Ryuuji: Whaaat!? Impossible!! [Junta turns around, unhurt, and starts powering up.] Junta: And now, it's payback time! The deadly ultimate attack!! END DATA 20 DNA^2 Data 21 : Translation Title: Stolen Strength Story and Art Copyright (c) 1993 Masakazu Katsura Translation Copyright (c) 1997 Paul Hetzel Special thanks to Andy-otouto for help and proofreading, as well as for the loan of his address. (86) Junta: And now, it's payback time! The deadly ultimate attack!! Ryuuji: Grrr... Junta: (If I release my full potential, I'll do it!!) Junta: (The perfect telekinesis I dreamed about!!) [Junta powers up.] Junta: HAAAAA!! (87) Junta: MEGAPLAYCANNON!! (88) (89) [Junta blasts Ryuuji. Impressive.] Ryuuji: !! [Ryuuji collapses.] (90) Ryuuji: Ungh... (91) Junta: (... I did it... ) Tomoko: What... Tomoko: What did they... Karin: (It... It's incredible... Junta used his telekinesis... ) Karin: (We won... ) Ami: (Junta... ) Ami: (What the... ) Junta: It's over, Saeki... I'll get you down. Ryuuji: Heh heh heh... (92) [Ryuuji gets up.] Ryuuji: You know, I was expecting more... That was just telekinesis... Just a thrown punch... Ryuuji: Heh. [Ryuuji blasts Junta, just like Junta did before.] Junta: UGH. Ryuuji: Really... You shouldn't call "ultimate attack" a trick anyone can do... Junta: Shi... Karin: (Of course... He has Junta's DNA... ) (93) Karin: (That's why he could teleport... Oh, Junta, we *really* are in trouble now... ) Karin: (No matter how strong you get, he'll match it!! We're done for!!) Ryuuji: Heh heh heh... Ryuuji: Now I'll show you something special. A really neat trick. Junta: Uh... [Ryuuji powers up... ] Ryuuji: UUUUUUUNGH!!! (94) Ryuuji: Masao-kun's ARM!!! [Ryuuji's left arm becomes incredibly muscled, ripping his sleeve.] Junta: Wha... Junta: What!? (95) Ryuuji: I store in my body DNA samples from several strong men. But the raw power I can channel at a time is limited. Ryuuji: I can only use a fraction of each DNA. Ryuuji: So I concentrate on the little bits that make the difference. Ryuuji: Masao-kun's arm can kill a bear with one hit. Heh heh heh heh... Ryuuji: And now, feel the power of my psi-enhanced 100% Bear-Killer!!! Junta: ! (96) Ryuuji: YAAAAAAAAH!! [Sound effects: THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD... and so on. Got the idea? Ryuuji connects at least 20 hits.] Junta: (Shit... That strength... I must break off... ) Junta: (Every move I can do, he can do too. Shit... What now? Hum... Maybe... ) (97) [Junta teleports.] Ryuuji: Huh? Ryuuji: Did he just teleported? What a waste of energy. [After several seconds, Junta reappears.] Ryuuji: Heh. That was really slow. Are you tiring? Junta: MEGAPLAYPUNCH!! [Junta attacks Ryuuji.] Ryuuji: Yamada-kun's BODY!! [Ryuuji becomes incredibly fat, ripping his shirt.] Junta: !!! (98) [Junta's punch bounces harmlessly on Ryuuji's belly.] Junta: Shi... Karin: (Such a sudden change... How can he do that... ) Ryuuji: Heh heh heh... This fat armor is really tough... Beating Yamada-kun wasn't easy. Ryuuji: And there's still more. This is... Ryuuji: Monk's SWORD-HAND!! [Ryuuji's right hand becomes long and clawed. He slashes. Blood flies. Junta collapses.] Junta: Aaargh!! (99) Ami: JUNTA!! Ryuuji: Monk is a master bladesman. His right hand has a knack for carving people up. Ryuuji: And my sword-hand is charged with energy. Sharp as a true knife. Heh heh heh... [Ryuuji turns to Tomoko.] Karin: ! Ryuuji: See, Tomoko? The game is over now!! Have you finally understood my greatness!? [Ryuuji looks hideous with all those misshapen body parts.] Ryuuji: Hah hah hah hah hah!! Tomoko: How can he... Ryuuji... (100) Ami: WHY!? [Ami is kneeling in front of Junta's limp body.] Ami: Doing such a thing!! Getting Junta in this fight! Junta never was a brawler!! Ami: And still... Still! Doing such a thing!! Ryuuji: Hah... You are not making sense, Ami-kun... Ryuuji: Heh heh heh... Karin: STOP IT!! [Karin gets up.] Karin: Stop this ridiculous fight!! Karin: If this goes on, one of you will surely die!! Ryuuji: One of us? What's that, one of us? Ryuuji: That's rubbish!! I'm the winner already!! You are blind to my greatness!! Ryuuji: You should learn from my fans up there, who have always seen it!!! (101) Karin: Up there... Karin: Nobody's cheering for you anymore. Ryuuji: What? [Karin's right. Ryuuji's girlfriends look appalled.] Ryuuji: What the hell... Ryuuji: What's with you? Shout "Ryuuji, Ryuuji"!! Cheer for me!! Ryuuji: Or else... I'LL KILL YOU ALL!!! SCUM!!! (102) Junta: I pity you more than ever... Ami: Junta... [Junta's getting up!] Ryuuji: Uh... What did you say? Junta: Your inflated pride is a weakness. You feel so confident that you tipped your hand. Junta: You can't win now. Ryuuji: Poor Momonari-kun. Did I hit you too hard? You aren't making any sense at all. Junta: I'm going to refine my last move. Ryuuji: Uh? (103) Junta: SUPERSONIC ATTACK!! Ryuuji: What!? [Junta uses the Supersonic Attack against Ryuuji! Ryuuji, who has become too bulky, can't dodge.] (104) [Junta went through Ryuuji. Ryuuji's black mask falls. He coughs some blood.] Junta: If I could teleport slowly, this would become possible!! And you never thought of using the megaplaycannon too!! Junta: Pant, pant, pant... Junta: If your strength isn't your own, you have no greatness!! [Ryuuji doesn't answer. He looks really hurt.] END DATA 21 DNA^2 Data 22 : Translation Title: Out of Control! Story and Art Copyright (c) 1993 Masakazu Katsura Translation Copyright (c) 1997 Paul Hetzel Special thanks to Andy-otouto for help and proofreading, as well as for the loan of his address. (106) Junta: Apologize for what you did! Apologize to everyone!! (107) [Ryuuji's body returns to normal.] Karin: (Is he giving up? Junta has proven himself stronger... I wonder... Has he finally mastered the Megaplayboy's DNA?) [Ryuuji teleports. He appears behind Junta.] (108) Ryuuji: I can't stand scum like you!! Junta: ! [Ryuuji kidney-punches Junta.] Tomoko: Ryuuji... (109) [Ryuuji attacks Junta, throwing punches like a madman.] Ryuuji: What do you mean, apologize!? Ryuuji: What's with that bullshit!? Why should I apologize to scum!? Ryuuji: Scum!! Scum!! Scum!! Scum!! Scum!! Scum!! Ami: Junta! [Junta is not taking any real damage.] Junta: Megaplay... (110) Junta: KICK!! [Junta kicks Ryuuji. Ryuuji collapses.] Ryuuji: Argh!! Ryuuji: Ungh... Junta: Enough already. If this goes on, someone'll get hurt. Junta: Pant... Pant... Pant... (111) [Ryuuji is hopping mad now.] Ryuuji: SHIIIIT!! (112) [Ryuuji teleports to the balcony. He slams the door and breaks the knob, blocking the only exit from the room. He then looks at his girlfriends.] Junta: !? Junta: Huh!? Ryuuji: Heh heh heh... You can't leave yet. (113) Ryuuji: I need you to share your strength with me. [Ryuuji activates his DNA-absorbing aura.] Junta: Is he crazy!? [Ryuuji attacks his girlfriends (I suspect "ex-girlfriends" should be more appropiate now ^_^ ). ] Girls: AAAAAAAH!! [The girls panic.] Ryuuji: I feel your strength flowing through my body!! Ryuuji: I'll soon have all your strength!! (114) Girls: Someone open this door!! Girls: No! Eep! Girls: Heeeelp!! Junta: (Dammit! I can't do anything!! If I blast that door now, the girls will stampede and hurt themselves!) [A blond girl falls over the railing.] Girl: AAAH! Karin: ! Junta: Damn! (115) [Junta extends his hands and calls on his power.] Junta: (Wha... What the hell am I doing!?) Junta: (My powers can't save that girl from falling!!) [Junta does... something. It breaks the girl's fall.] Girl: Oof. Junta: Oh. [Karin runs to the girl.] Junta: ! Karin: Are you okay!? Girl: Ouch! Waah! It hurts!! [On the balcony: Ryuuji, oblivious to the happening, goes on with his DNA stealing frenzy.] Junta: Shiiit! What a bastard! Karin: (I wonder what Junta was doing... ) Karin: (His gestures looked like reflex actions... ) (116) [Ryuuji goes on... ] Ryuuji: Power! I must have power!! Ryuuji: I need more! More power!! Ryuuji: Still not enough!! Not enough!! Ryuuji: More!! Still more!! Ami: Junta! Can't we do anything!? Junta: A... Ami. (117) Ami: Can't we reason with him or do something else!? Junta: Nah... Now's a bad time for that... Those girls are in the way. Ami: But... He's doing *something* to them!! Junta: That's harmless. Don't worry. Junta: (But... Didn't he say there was a limit to the power his body can channel? Absorbing so much energy... What will that do to you, Ryuuji? You must be desperate... ) [Ryuuji goes on and on... ] Ryuuji: Hah hah hah hah hah... Ryuuji: !!! !? [Veins pop on Ryuuji's face.] Ryuuji: UUUNGH!! (118) Karin: ! [Ryuuji's face's veins explode! Some girls on the balcony get drenched in blood.] Ryuuji: AAUUGH!! Girl: AAAAAAH!! Ryuuji: Ah... Ah... Ah... (119) [Ryuuji shrugs off the damage and goes on. Kono otoko... ] Ryuuji: Heh heh heh... Girl: AAAAH!! Tomoko: STOP IT! RYUUJI!! [Ryuuji actually stops. Amazing... ^_^ ] Tomoko: Stop that. (120) [Ryuuji catches another girl.] Girl: Noooooo!! Ryuuji: Tomoko... I'll show you my greatness. Ryuuji: Once you understand my true greatness, you'll return to me... Ryuuji: Yes... You'll soon return to me... Ryuuji: Heh heh heh... Aishiteru yo, Tomoko... [Aishiteru: a formula for declaring one's love. I really like how it sounds, so I left it untouched.] (121) [Tomoko is dumbfounded.] Ryuuji: Uhn! [Ryuuji absorbs the girl's DNA.] Girl: AAAAH!! Karin: (That warped body! It's overloading with DNA information...) Karin: (It's dangerous! If he doesn't stop now... ) [Too late, it seems. Ryuuji vomits a stream of blood.] Ryuuji: AAAGH!! (122) [A whirlwind of energy and blood surrounds Ryuuji.] Ryuuji: UH! UGH! Ryuuji: UUUUURGH!! Junta: Saeki... Good news... This is about to end... He won't bother you anymore. Tomoko: Eh? Junta: He pushed himself too far. He's dying. It may already be too late to save him. Junta: Actually, killing him here and now may be a pretty good idea. Were he to survive this, he might seek revenge. Sorry to say this. (123) [Tomoko starts crying.] Tomoko: Then... Kill him, Momonari-kun. Junta: (Saeki... ) Junta: All right!! Junta: (Be glad, Ryuuji. Deep down, Saeki still cared for you... ) (124) [From inside the cloud of blood, an eerie voice comes... ] Ryuuji: Heh heh heh... Junta: Huh? Junta: Wha... Junta: What... is... THAT!? [Ryuuji's silhouette is vaguely visible now. He looks strange... ] Ryuuji: So I'm dying, am I? Ryuuji: That's not a nice thing to do, and I have no intention of doing it now!! (125) [The cloud dissipates. Everyone stares at Ryuuji, mouthes agape.] Junta: Ka... Karin-chan!! What's with that new shape!? What's happening!? [Karin looks cute and clueless. Not that it's unusual, come to think about it... ^_^ ] (126) [I really love Katsura's artwork. This scene is beautiful. Remember the book about gargoyles in Ryuuji's library? And the painting of a gargoyle on the wall, hiding Tomoko? It was all foreshadowing for this moment. We already knew about Junta's changing forms (Normal Junta, Glittering Junta and Perfect Junta). And now... Enter Gargoyle-Ryuuji, the powered-up form of Ryuuji!!!] (127) [Silence falls. Ryuuji and Junta face each other... ] Ryuuji: MOMONARI... Ryuuji: YOU ARE FINISHED. [And now, the REAL carnage is about to start!!! ^_^ ] END DATA 22 DNA^2 Data 23 : Translation Title: Maximum Force Story and Art Copyright (c) 1993 Masakazu Katsura Translation Copyright (c) 1997 Paul Hetzel Special thanks to Andy-otouto for help and proofreading, as well as for the loan of his address. (129) Junta: Is he stronger now!? [That tight and tattered bodysuit is really becoming on Karin... ^_^ ] Karin: Such a monster cannot exist. This is not another DNA power-up, it's just a bluff. He's certainly no stronger than before. Karin: What I don't get is how he managed to change clothes... [Ryuuji teleports.] Junta: Hey! [Ryuuji appears and gut-punches Junta, hurting him.] Junta: Oof! (130) Junta: (And this is suppossed to be just a bluff!?) Junta: Shiii... Junta: MEGAPLAYPUNCH!! [Junta hits Ryuuji. Ryuuji didn't even feel it.] Junta: !? [Ryuuji catches Junta's head.] Junta: WAAAH!! [Ryuuji rams Junta's head through a wall. A cloud of dust covers them. Debris fly everywhere.] (131) [Karin looks startled.] Karin: How... How can this be? Where did he find such strength? What happened? [Tomoko looks shaken. Ami falls to her knees.] Ami: Junta... Karin: All that's established says his total power shouldn't increase whatever kind of monster he shapeshifts into... Then why!? (132) [Meanwhile... In the next room, Ryuuji and Junta have just come crashing through a wall.] Junta: Shiii... [Junta dodges a punch. He kicks Ryuuji, doing no damage at all. Ryuuji then kicks him... ] Junta: Ungh. (133) [... and sends him flying. Junta crashes against the back wall. His eyes and ears start bleeding.] Junta: Uuuuh... Junta: You... How... How could you get so strong... Junta: Pant... Pant... [Nice scene here. The mist, the lights, the old stone walls covered in weeds, Ryuuji posing... ^_^ ] Ryuuji: IT'S JUST ANOTHER USE OF MY ORIGINAL POWER... Ryuuji: ... WHICH I KEPT AS A HIDDEN ACE. Ryuuji: I HAVE GREAT STRENGTH, BUT CANNOT USE IT ALL AT ONCE IN A HUMAN BODY. Ryuuji: A STRONGER-THAN-HUMAN BODY IS NEEDED FOR THAT, A MONSTROUS BODY LIKE THIS ONE. I'M RELEASING MY FULL POTENTIAL NOW. (134) [Meanwhile... In the main hall, Karin is still trying to understand what's going on.] Karin: Such a transformation shouldn't be possible... Karin: Unless... Karin: Ah! Karin: It cannot be that!! [Junta's voice is heard... ] Junta: AaaaaAAAAAH.... [Ryuuji and Junta come in through another wall. Tomoko is startled.] Tomoko: AAAH! (135) [Junta looks like he has been beaten to a pulp.] Karin: (Junta!) [Junta collapses.] Karin: (How did he get so hurt!?) Karin: (He's losing the fight!) Karin: (He's being slaughtered!!) (136) [Ryuuji teleports next to Junta. Junta, who is down but still not completely out, detects an opening.] Junta: Ungh... Junta: MEGAPLAY... Karin: Yes, you can do it!! Go for it!! Karin: A blast at point-blank range will bring him down for sure!! Junta: ... CANNON!! [Junta blasts Ryuuji at point-blank range.] (137) [Ryuuji is TOTALLY UNAFFECTED.] Junta: ! Karin: Ah! [Ryuuji chops Junta's neck with his forearm (nice wrestling move! ^_^ ). Junta goes down.] Karin: Ooooh... Karin: He's not even scratched... I should have expected it... That can only mean... [Ryuuji picks up Junta's limp body.] Karin: Uh!? (138) Karin: Oh, no!! Junta: Uh. [Ryuuji hurls Junta against a stone pillar.] Junta: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH... [Junta gets embedded into the pillar with an horrible crash.] (139) [Silence falls. You can hear the wind blowing through the multiple holes in the walls.] Ami: Junta... Ami: Junta... Ami: JUUUUUNTA!! [Junta is not moving. Is he out cold or... dead? ;_; ] (140) DNA-2: Junta... Junta... Junta... Junta... Junta... DNA-2: Momonari Junta... No... DNA-1. [Welcome again to the inside of Junta's mind! Looks like he was not quite dead, after all.] Junta: Ah! Junta: There you are, DNA-2! Well, whatever you say, I won't let you take my place! DNA-2: I don't think it's a good time to be stubborn. If I don't take over, your body will be destroyed. You have reached your limit. Junta: Even if you took my place, it wouldn't make any difference. Junta: I've already taken the megaplaypower from you and fought with it. (141) DNA-2: You're wrong, DNA-1. This is a misunderstanding. DNA-2: You haven't "taken" power from me. I have been lending some to you. Junta: Wha... What do you mean!? DNA-2: Your present level of power is far below mine. I must take over before manifesting all of my power. Junta: ... Junta: If I let you out, would you switch back with me after the fight? [DNA-2 remains silent.] Junta: HEY!! (142) [Ami is at Junta's feet, crying.] Ami: Junta! Junta! [Ryuuji approaches... ] Ami: ! [Ami tries to shield Junta with her body.] Ami: Stop it! You have done enough!! Ami: YOU'VE WON! Tomoko: Ryuuji!! Please, stop this stupid game! [Karin is looking at the scene, flabbergasted.] Karin: (I... I was right after all... That incredible power... It's not just shapeshifting!!) (143) Ryuuji: IT'S THE END... DIE NOW. Karin: (He has mastered the ultimate psychic weapon!!) Karin: (The Invincible... ) Karin: (... Psychic Jacket!!) [Okay, so this techniques' names are starting to sound a little silly... ^_^ ] END DATA 23 DNA^2 Data 24 : Translation Title: A Last Wish Story and Art Copyright (c) 1993 Masakazu Katsura Translation Copyright (c) 1997 Paul Hetzel Special thanks to Andy-otouto for help and proofreading, as well as for the loan of his address. (146) [We start with four pages of exposition by an impersonal narrator (Katsura-sensei?). Some nice drawings (Ryuuji, the cottage, the forest, a brewing storm) come with the text.] Text: The ultimate "Psychic Soldier" can generate a tremendous amount of energy, but his body can't store it all. Text: His Psychic Jacket is a tool for storing that energy out of his body. It's an armor of pure energy. Its appearance is said to reflect the inner self of its creator. Text: The Jacket acts as a protective armor while allowing its creator to channel 100% of his energy without straining his body. (147) Text: Ryuuji used a technique that only first class Psychic Soldiers were supposed to master. It was terrifying... Text: Karin knew about the powers of a Psychic Soldier, because she had once trained to become one of them. The final outcome of the battle was obvious to her now. (148) Text: JUNTA WOULD BE DEFEATED. (149) [Notice the lightning striking a tree.] (150) [The tree from the previous page caught fire. In Ryuuji's cottage... ] Ryuuji: MOMONARI JUNTA... DIE. Ami: You are going to far!! Enough already!! Karin: (It takes a long training to be able to master the Psychic Jacket. How could Ryuuji did it!?) Karin: (Was it luck or instinct!? Whatever, Junta has no chance now!!) (151) Ami: Do you want to be a murderer!? The police will catch you if you do that!! Ryuuji: I HAVE TO KILL HIM TO WIN TOMOKO'S LOVE. [Inside Junta's mind, the petty discussion goes on... ^_^ ] Junta: If I let you out, you'll switch back with me at the end of the fight! DNA-2: ... (152) DNA-2: I can't promise it. Junta: Then we'd better run away! Let's think about how to get the girls to safety. DNA-2: That guy, Ryuuji, is more worthy than you. [Junta looks startled.] Junta: ? DNA-2: His love for Tomoko-kun made him strong enough to beat you. Such deep love for only one girl is incredible. DNA-2: To love someone like that... I'd give anything to feel that myself. But I just can't. Junta: What's that bullshit!? (153) DNA-2: But that's not important right now. [DNA-2 looks very cool and determined here. More than usual, I mean. ^_^ ] DNA-2: He has hurt my girls! That's unforgivable! Running away is out of the question! [Junta looks disgusted.] Junta: Why, you... "My girls"... You're that playboy all right. Junta: I certainly won't let a guy like you out. DNA-2: That's too bad. You see, I have respected your wishes until now - and didn't want to stop. DNA-2: I don't want you to hate me. DNA-2: But my patience's wearing thin. DNA-2: If Ryuuji hurts another girl, I'm taking over. And that's it. Junta: ... (154) [In the main hall... Junta's still out and cold, Ryuuji's still looking evil, Ami is still crying... ] Ami: Saeki-san!! Say something!! You are the only one who can make him stop!! [Ami runs to Tomoko.] (155) Ami: I'll free you!! Tomoko: It's useless... [Ami looks surprised.] Tomoko: I won't be of any good! Ryuuji: YOU WON'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT MY CONSENT. [Ryuuji is going to blast Ami... ] (156) [A big chunk of stone hits Ryuuji's head. He turns around. Don't you love these close-ups of Karin's butt? ^_^ ] Karin: I'm your opponent!! Karin: Pant... Pant... Pant... Karin: (All this is happening because of me! I must do something! I must!!) (157) Ryuuji: SHUT UP, LITTLE INSECT. TOMOKO EXCEPTED, I'LL KILL YOU ALL. Karin: You jerk! How dare you!! Karin: How could Tomoko-san love you after that!? Is that a way to express your love!? Ryuuji: THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. [Karin looks like her last hopes have just been crushed. Kawaisou... ] Karin: (He dated so many girls... And yet, he didn't love any of them... ) Karin: (Everything's useless... He doesn't know what love actually means.) Karin: I understand... Do as you please... (158) [Ami untied Tomoko! She comes to Ryuuji, looking sad.] Tomoko: Ryuuji... (159) Tomoko: Forgive me... Tomoko: I should have done otherwise... Been gentler to you... Tried to talk about our feelings... Tomoko: Ryuuji... [Tomoko sheds a tear.] Tomoko: Your hate... is misplaced. (160) [Tomoko and Gargoyle-Ryuuji... So sad... ] Tomoko: I'm the one who should die. Ami: Sa... Saeki-san!! What!? Tomoko: Even if Momonari-kun dies, I just can't answer your feelings. (161) Tomoko: It's useless... We'll never find again the feelings we shared... Tomoko: We can't be together anymore... Karin: Um... (162) [Now this was unexpected. Gargoyle-Ryuuji's hideous face changes. He's almost cute now... ] Ryuuji: TOMOKO... Karin: (The Psychic Jacket's face has changed!?) Karin: (Does this mean his inner self is changing!?) Ryuuji: ! [Ryuuji suddenly looks like he's struggling with himself.] Tomoko: Ryuuji? (163) [Gargoyle-Ryuuji's face is now more hideous than ever!] Ryuuji: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WE CAN'T BE TOGETHER!? Karin: Ah! [Ryuuji's brutal right hook connects with Tomoko's face!!! She goes flying!!!] Ryuuji: DON'T TRY TO MESS ME UP!! (164) [Junta's eyes open and start shining dazzlingly! It's the Megaplayboy taking over!!! Don't you think this is just like a Beat'em-Up Arcade? Junta won the first round, Ryuuji won the second round and the final, decisive round starts now! ^_^ Outside the cottage, the woods are on fire... ] END DATA 24 DNA^2 Data 25 : Translation Title: Falldown Story and Art Copyright (c) 1993 Masakazu Katsura Translation Copyright (c) 1997 Paul Hetzel Special thanks to Andy-otouto for help and proofreading, as well as for the loan of his address. (166) [This is a replay from the previous episode. We can see the house has caught fire.] Ryuuji: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WE CAN'T BE TOGETHER!? (167) Ryuuji: DON'T TRY TO MESS ME UP!! [Ryuuji hits Tomoko; she goes flying and lands heavily several meters away. Junta awakes.] (168) [A section of the flaming roof collapses in the main hall, barely missing some girls.] Girls: AAAH! Karin: !!! [Junta stands up! The Megaplayboy's in control!] Junta: That's it. (169) Karin: ! [Perfect Junta is levitating and shining brightly. Karin is shocked!] (170) Karin: Ju... Junta! (171) [Junta smiles to Karin. He's looking very cool.] Junta: Stay sharp! [We've already heard that line... Does he always say that when he comes to save the day!? ^_^ ] (172) [Karin smiles goofily and... collapses amidst a cloud of hearts. ^_^ She mutters: ] Karin: But... You had promised me... you wouldn't release the Megaplayboy... [Ryuuji walks towards Junta.] Ryuuji: SO YOU HAD A NICE NAP... YOU LOOK REFRE... [Junta teleports and gut-punches Ryuuji with amazing strength. Ryuuji is caught totally off-guard.] Ryuuji: ... EEH!? (173) Ryuuji: WHA... !? (174) [Ryuuji flies back. He crashes against a big pillar, shattering it into rubble... ] (175) [... and keeps going, crashing through a wall. He doesn't return. Junta lands, smiles and glitters.] Junta: Heh. (176) [Zoom out. We can see that Karin has crawled to Junta and is now hugging his knee.] Karin: Wonderful... [Maybe "My hero... " would be a better translation... ^_^ ] Ami: What... Stop flirting, you two!! There's no time for that!! Junta: Ami... [Meanwhile... The balcony has caught fire, but the girls are too busy ogling Junta to notice that. Suddenly, the balcony collapses!] Girls: AAAH!! Ami: Oh! (177) [Junta uses his powers to teleport the girls to safety.] (178) [The girls are fawning over Junta even more than before.] Junta: We'll leave in a moment. Please stay there and wait like well-behaved girls. [Junta glitters!] Text: Glittering attack. [Now the girls are absolutely ENTRANCED with Junta. ^_^ ] Girls: Yes... Yes... [Karin isn't in any better shape... ^_^ ] Karin: (That's the power he'd used by reflex before... Ah... He's won-der-ful!) Text: Karin has turned to a mellowed jelly. [Junta turns to Ami.] Junta: Ami! Junta: I'm going to save everyone. Junta: Stay with those girls over there. (179) Ami: I hate you... I hate you when you act like that... Ami: But... I'll have to trust you... Save everyone... You must do it!! Junta: (Ami... ) [Junta turns to Tomoko and helps her up.] Junta: Are you all right, Saeki? Junta: Hang on... We'll leave together. [Ryuuji's voice comes from the rubble!] Ryuuji: KEEP... Junta: Uh? Ryuuji: KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF TOMOKO... [Ryuuji emerges from the rubble!!] (180) [Ryuuji falls to his knees.] Ryuuji: UUH... AAH... AAH... UUH... UUH... UUH... [Ryuuji's shape shifts from "Ugly Gargoyle" (his usual) to "Almost Cute Gargoyle" and back.] Junta: (Strange... Is his DNA unstable? Or... Can this be a new mutation?) Ryuuji: YOU JERK... YOU ARE STRONGER ALL OF A SUDDEN... YOU FIGHT FOR REAL NOW... (181) Junta: You haven't got it yet. Ryuuji: HEH HEH... I DON'T CARE... THE DNA I PICKED FROM YOU BEFORE DOESN'T SEEM TO ATTRACT TOMOKO, SO... [Ryuuji prepares to steal more of Junta's DNA.] Karin: (Oh, no... ) Karin: (A DNA stealing attack!!) [Ryuuji shoots his DNA-stealing beam. Junta blocks easily.] (182) [Ryuuji is shocked!] Junta: You have to beat me to take my DNA. Junta: But you're too weak for that. In fact, I doubt you can even walk out of here... Junta: And I don't rescue *guys*! Even less, a guy the likes of you! Ryuuji: UH. [Ryuuji shapeshifts once more to "Almost Cute".] Ryuuji: IF ONLY I COULD HAVE TAKEN YOUR DNA... THEN TOMOKO... TOMOKO... Junta: ! [Tomoko gets away from Junta.] Junta: Uh? (183) [Tomoko walks to Ryuuji!] Tomoko: You don't have much time left. Go now, Momonari-kun... I'm staying... [Ryuuji waits for Tomoko to get closer, then grabs her and starts laughing. He's turned "Ugly" again.] Ryuuji: I GOT YOU NOW! YOU CAN'T LEAVE TOMOKO BEHIND! THE FIGHT IS OVER!! LET'S GET OUT TOGETHER!!! Junta: Shi... END DATA 25 DNA^2 Data 26 : Translation Title: The Winner Story and Art Copyright (c) 1993 Masakazu Katsura Translation Copyright (c) 1997 Paul Hetzel Special thanks to Andy-otouto for help and proofreading, as well as for the loan of his address. (185) [Ryuuji has taken Tomoko hostage... ] Ryuuji: SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET OUT? TWO MORE PEOPLE CAN'T BE A PROBLEM TO YOU. Junta: Forget it... I'm not going to rescue you, you bastard! Ryuuji: SHI... Ryuuji: TOMOKO WILL DIE WITH ME, THEN!! (186) [The stairs crumble amidst the flames, barely missing Ami.] Ami: Kyaa!! Ami: The stairs... Ami: Junta! If you don't do something now, we are all going to die!!! Junta: ... (187) [Nice scene. Junta and Ryuuji facing each other, the mist, the flames surrounding everything... ] (188) Junta: Saeki... I'm going to rescue you. Ryuuji: HEH... DON'T TRY ANYTHING FUNNY... Ryuuji: I'M STILL STRONG ENOUGH TO BREAK TOMOKO'S BACK. Junta: ... [Tomoko looks at Junta.] Junta: ? [Tomoko smiles. She looks really cute. Maybe it's just the contrast with Ryuuji... ^_^ ] (189) Tomoko: Don't worry about me... [Ami is horrified at Tomoko's implied statement.] Ami: How can you still be saying such things!? Ami: You are out of your minds!! Stop it, all of you!! Nobody has to die!! [Tomoko looks sad... ] Tomoko: You are right... We may be all a little crazy... (190) Ryuuji: SHUT UP, TOMOKO! Ryuuji: AND YOU, DO SOMETHING SOON. EVERYTHING'S ABOUT TO CRUMBLE. [As if in cue, another section of the roof crumbles. Rubble falls down around Karin and the other girls.] Ami: Aaah! Ami: Watch out! [Karin and the girls haven't noticed it. They are very busy drooling over Junta... ^_^ ] Ami: ... Ami: (It's useless... We will all die here... ) (191) [Junta is still facing Ryuuji... ] Junta: (No more time. I have to get everyone out, even them, but... to do that, I must reunite all the persons here in one group... ) Junta: (Long range teleportation is tiring, and there's too much people here... I have to transport them all at once... ) [Junta prepares to teleport Tomoko to him.] Ryuuji: ?? [Junta shoots a teleporting beam. It fizzles.] Junta: ! (192) Junta: (What happened!? What did he do to counter me? I can't see any shield around him... ) [Ryuuji has assimilated Tomoko into his armor!] Ryuuji: THAT WAS NOT A SMART THING TO DO!! SO YOU WANT TO TAKE TOMOKO FROM ME? Ryuuji: WELL, FORGET IT, YOU'LL NEVER GET TOMOKO!! Junta: (Oh!) Junta: (So... That's how he did it... It was not some strange shield, after all... It's that body of his who managed to resist my power... ) Junta: (Very well! All or nothing!!) (193) [Junta prepares another beam... A telekinetic attack!] Junta: Better to die than to surrender. If I can't help you... Junta: ... I'll kill you myself, Saeki. Ryuuji: ARE YOU TRYING TO BLUFF ME!? Junta: MEGAPLAYCANNON!! (194) [Junta actually shoots a full-power blast against Tomoko!!] Ryuuji: !!! [Ryuuji shapeshifts! For the first time, we've a full view of the "Cute" Gargoyle form. It has huge angel wings... ] Ryuuji: DAMN YOU, MOMONARI!! Ryuuji: HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO TOMOKO!! [Ryuuji frees Tomoko! Now his Psychic Jacket has a big hole where Tomoko was!!] (195) Junta: (Good!!) [Junta's attack hits Ryuuji right in the armor's hole!] (196) [Ryuuji - the real, human Ryuuji - goes flying out of the Gargoyle!!] Junta: (Hurm... ) [The Gargoyle is disrupting! Junta teleports Tomoko away!] (197) [Junta manages to "catch" Ryuuji with a teleporting beam just when he was going to fall in the flames.] Tomoko: ! [Tomoko materializes over Karin's head. Karin, who's busy looking at Junta, doesn't notice her.] Karin: Aah... [Tomoko falls on Karin, accidentally grabbing her breast.] Tomoko: EEK! Karin: AAH! [Ryuuji materializes over his ex-girlfriends and falls on their heads.] Girls: Aah! Junta: Damn it... My psychic control is weakening... Junta: I don't know if I can get everyone out... If I only had more energy, more strength... [Junta looks at the remains of Ryuuji's Jacket.] Text: The Psychic Jacket is an armor of pure psychic energy. Without Ryuuji to control that energy, the armor was disrupting. Junta: Hmmm... (198) [Nice view. Ryuuji's cottage is completely ablaze... And, a second later, it explodes!! Is everyone dead?] (199) [Nope. Everyone's now a safe distance away, watching the beautiful bonfire. Junta made it, after all.] Junta: Oof... Junta: At the very last second... [Some girls are looking at Ryuuji with horrified faces.] Junta: (Ryuuji... ) [Ami looks horrified too. Karin looks sad.] Karin: (That incredible expense of power... ) Karin: (... was to much for his body... ) (200) [Ryuuji's laying down on Tomoko's lap. He looks like he's 80 years old. So sad... ;_; ] Ryuuji: Tomoko... Ryuuji: I'm ashamed of myself... I don't know what possessed me... I deserve your hate... Ryuuji: I'm not worthy of you... [Tomoko smiles sadly.] Tomoko: I... said something like that myself, once. [Ryuuji smiles too.] Ryuuji: Heh... I know... [Karin looks like she's about to cry.] Karin: (I think he means it... His inner self must have changed. His DNA seems to be stable now... ) Karin: (I wonder if this is why they told me to let him be... They must have known he would turn into a nice person... ) (201) [Ryuuji's Men in Black are carrying him away.] MiB: We're near his cottage. The third one. The one he'd never used before. MiB: We'll move him with the chopper. Prevent the hospital about his arrival. [Ryuuji calls Junta.] Ryuuji: Momonari... Ryuuji: You knew it... That I'd never let Tomoko be hurt. Junta: I took a big risk... I gambled that you'd turn into the person you are now if I put Saeki in danger... Ryuuji: Heh... My feelings have indeed turned around. I'm ashamed of the life I have lived... Ryuuji: There's only one feeling that hasn't changed... [Ryuuji stares coldly at Junta.] Ryuuji: Momonari... I hate you... (202) Ryuuji: Take good care of Tomoko... [Junta spots Tomoko.] Junta: Saeki! Don't stay there! Junta: Go with him. [Tomoko smiles. She looks kind of... happy?] Tomoko: Yes. [Tomoko follows Ryuuji. We are now seeing Junta from Karin's point of view.] Karin: (This matter is finally settled... But now I have a new problem to worry about... ) Karin: (The way Ryuuji looked... Maybe it'll happen to Junta... Uh? ... What's this? ... Am I worrying about Junta? I must not!!) (203) [Junta turns around, sees Karin and freaks out.] Junta: ! Junta: Ka... Karin-chan... Karin: Wha... what's it, Junta!! Junta: Brea... Brea... Breast... Karin: Breast? [Remember how Tomoko had grabbed Karin's breast? The front of her suit is ripped now, and her breast is poking out.] Karin: Aaagh!! You jerk!! Junta: Ulp... Karin: Aaah!! The pig is throwing up!! Junta: Bleargh... [Junta is throwing up. Karin is mad at him. Ami sweatdrops. Everything is more or less back to normal. ^_^ ] Ami: What a lovely couple... END DATA 26 *********************** END VOLUME 3 ***********************