starlady: (watanuki)
Electra ([personal profile] starlady) wrote2008-08-07 11:54 pm

TRC 196 translation

[01]
The entrusted wish, the imparted power

Surge out now,
Until I am at the peak of my limits!

Chapter 196: A Moment's Hesitation

[02]
Jr.: SAKURA!!!

[03]
Sakura; ...No.

My
Real name is...

[04-7]

[08]
Jr.: SAKURA--!!!

FX: Ba-growl

[09]
FWR: The future is always ahead of choice.

That hand which you did not take due to a moment's confusion just now

Decided your path from here on.

FX: Bam

[10]
FX: Quick

Jr: !!

FX: Quick

[11]
Jr: ...Sakura...

These black feathers are...

[12]
FWR: The engraved seal of death.

Jr.: !!!

FWR: When the seal that was graven now, today,

Has enshrouded and exhausted that body, that time [T/N: "Body" written "corpse" as usual, with more pointed meaning this time.]

[13]
FWR: Will be the last.

Jr.: Why!

FX: Bam

Why,
On Sakura...!!

[14]
FWR: To grant my wish.

Jr.: Raitei Shourai!

FX: Eyes flashing with rage

Jr.: !

[15]
FWR: As it is, it seems you've grasped the meaning of that spell.

In that case you should understand.

That you can't win.

FX: Tightening

BOOM

[16]
FX: Hissing steam

FX: Ka-hack!

FX: Rough

FX: Shaking

FX: Swallow

FWR: If you take the next one,

You'll die.

[17]
FX: Drip drip

FX: Hissing steam

FWR: ...Do you fight for the sake of a wish as well?

Will the end of your wish and mine become the same?

FX: Light

FX: Bam

[18]
FX: Boom

FX: Crash crash crash crash

Jr.: !?

[19]
Jr.: Saku...ra...


That glaring difference in power--

Both the hand and the wish

Did not reach.

                                                                                                
Wow. It's more dramatic now that I've taken the time to actually read what FWR was saying. Heartless bastard that he is, he's pretty much completely correct in everything he says in this chapter--not least because most of what he says is exactly what Haruka said in this week's chapter of xxxHOLiC. And have we ever had these sort of closeups on his face?

Also, the hand motif that's been running throughout the series finally reveals its origins/point. The spread pages in this chapter remind me a bit of the first Utena opening, but that's probably just because I sang that song yesterday at karaoke.

[identity profile] lilac-ayame.livejournal.com 2008-08-08 09:23 am (UTC)(link)
Well I think the reason why Kid!Syao didn't take Kid!Saku's hand because he remembered of the restriction? The no touching thing?

But if it is, could it be his choice is the better one? Or is it the worse one? Syao must've repeated the question over and over again... No wonder he seems to have the whole world upon his shoulders... T_T

My heart really goes to Syaoran...

[identity profile] starlady38.livejournal.com 2008-08-08 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Dude, you're totally right, that explains the dripping princess panel right before the hesitation. She looks like Kobato in that frame anyway

Yeah, that is a good question about whether he made the right choice or not. There would have been negative consequences for certain, since rituals begun have to be ended, but would it have been worse than what did actually happen? it's hard to say.