[Image][Image] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECCA NO HONOU [FLAME OF RECCA] By Anzai Nobuyuki Volume 5 Chapter 3: Strength of the Tattoos Translated by Kamiya Shuusai [ Chapter Index | Previous Chapter | Next Chapter ] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- side text : recca’s flame comes mainly from the dragons. resshin, setsuna, madoka, saiha, kokuu, homura, rui, nadare-- recca : I want to be stronger! I want the strength of the eight dragons! side text : with recca’s current status, he can never beat kurei! so recca decided to let the sealed dragons out again! but because of the leader of the dragons resshin’s one suggestion – let’s see what you’ve got! began a series of tests for recca! Volume 5 Chapter 3 : Strength of the Tattoos (a series of scenes of recca battling the dragons.) side text : resshin said : "your flame is too weak!" "if you want our power, then show us your strength!" "if you die fighting then forget it, but..." "if you can defeat us, maybe we’ll consider lending you our strength." recca (standing up) : I won’t die! I’ll fight you to the end no matter what! yanagi (determined, thinking) : you can’t lose...... recca! (meanwhile in the city, the hana no ishijima *flower* store.) domon’s mom : domon! what the hell are you doing? come down and help! domon (out the window) : do I look like a flower guy? and there’s no customers right now anyway! domon’s mom : your allowance has been cut! domon (banging close the window) : damn it! (blushing) I’m very glad that you came here to my house. uh... what’s up? fuuko (sitting) : hn. I need to talk to you about something. domon : ? (nervous) [a confrontation of love?] fuuko (digging in her bag) : look. domon (surprised) : ! that’s... fuuko : domon, let’s help each other, become stronger! (flashback scenes of getting beaten up by kurei) then we won’t act like stupid idiots who doesn’t know anything in front of kurei. (domon looking serious) don’t you think it really sucks? domon : ...... fuuko : we can’t be a burden for recca. let’s grow stronger together! domon : ...... fuuko : do you think this will do? domon : fine! it’s kinda mean to let recca take on everything himself! side text : so, day after day passes... (in their school, tatesako teaching a class. students raising hands.) students : tatesako sensei, recca and the others haven’t been in school lately, what happened? tatesako : they’re all sick. (to himself) eh, I can’t help but lie...... [good luck to you all! recca!] (fuuko and domon standing in front of a valley, fuuko has a sweatdrop.) fuuko : wow! donom : looks scary! fuuko : I heard recca’s training around here. (they hear a dog barking behind them, turns around surprised.) fuuko : huh? domon : there’s a dog in a place like this? fuuko (cute expression) : wow-- so cute. (run to the dog) tokiya (behind her) : don’t touch it! it’s not a normal dog. fuuko (surprised) : mikagami! you’re here for some special training too? domon : fuuko! (the cute puppy is transforming into a scary looking half wolf thingy... and it talks too...) dog : listen...... I’m here to deliver a message for you...... from kurei-sama... fuuko (total shock) : the dog! domon (similar expression) : it's talking? tokiya : it’s a voice technique. using other people’s body to deliver a message is one of the ninja techniques. dog : it’s easy to just destroy you all. but that is not enough to satisfy my hatred! so I’m inviting you all to attend the ura butou satsujin tounament! you’ll receive a notice for the time and place. you can’t refuse... I’ll repeat! it’s easy to kill you all! domon : it really... is kurei. fuuko : ura butou... satsujin? dog : it’s a dangerous and exciting tournament! many will die... of course, that includes you! recca (behind them all) : we accept! go home and tell him... fuuko & domon (surprised to see recca) : !! yanagi (happy) : everyone’s here. recca : tell kurei... I won’t spare him this time. fuuko: recca... huh? (surprise) your arm... what are those? (there are two kanji words tattooed on recca’s arm.) recca : this? hahaha...... that’s the symbol of manhood. I already have the power of two dragons! the other six are a pain, but I have confidence! fuuko : ? domon : what? (everyone confused) dog : a kid like you, you dare insult kurei-sama! I can’t forgive you! (right above recca, a big piece of rock breaks off from the valley side and is heading right for recca.) fuuko (worried) : the rock exploded! yanagi (stops her) : don’t worry, fuuko. recca’s fine. do you see those cracks on the side of the valley? recca is already much stronger. (recca writes the kanji sai and summons the dragon saiha, a fire blade on his arm.) recca : flame of the dragons first form! come out! saiha! tokiya : the same as me...... fuuko & domon : a flame blade? (recca breaks the rock into tiny tiny pieces... then he writes the kanji nadare to summon the second dragon.) recca : nadare! (fire balls appear and they hit one side of the valley.) man : ah— domon (looking over) : so you can even tell where that dog messenger is hiding at! recca (playing with the cute dog) : ah! great! little puppy! (yanagi clapping, dog barking, fuuko talking to tokiya.) fuuko : see that? mikagami. even if we want to catch up to him, we’re still way off. tokiya (doesn’t buy that) : [I slash quicker that he did.] fuuko : recca right now-- is so strong! end of volume 5 chapter 3 translator's note : sorry to spoil any tiny hope you might get after this, but kurei is still way stronger... recca can’t even beat one of the jyushinshuu yet at this point, but he will... I don’t know why I’m doing this, I just like the uruha people, maybe because of raiha? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Email | Lynx | Updates | Sign My Guestbook | View My Guestbook ] Search the Net [1]