xxxHOLiC Rou 189 translation
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starlady!!! page 01
Watanuki: This shamisen...
It's within it.
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!!! page 02
Woman: Yes.
Watanuki: I wonder
Whether it might be better
To say, "It's still alive."
Woman: Do you know what
The shamisen's skin is made out of?
Watanuki: A cat,
Correct?
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!!! page 03
Woman: That's right.
A cat's belly.
But because it's very costly, lately not very many have been made.
There are more that are made of dog.
In Tsugaru-jamisen, it's necessary to produce a strong sound, so dogs are preferred.
Other than that, most musicians say that a cat's sound is better.
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!!! page 04
Woman: It's said that it's better that the cat the shamisen's skin is made from be female.
A pretty cat, having a pretty,
Uninjured skin.
Watanuki: That was a pretty cat, wasn't it?
FX: Strum
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!!! page 05
Woman: She's pleased.
It seems that she likes you.
Watanuki: Well, I hope so.
Woman: Truly.
I want her to be a good girl and keep producing good sounds forever,
But ten days ago she suddenly sank into silence.
That she made a response like this
Means that I was correct to bring her to this shop.
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!!! page 06
FX: Thrum
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!!! page 07
Woman: See?
Watanuki: I do.
Do you know why this little one
Grew silent?
Woman: Yes.
Since she took this form, prettily,
She's wanted to meet
The one she longs for.
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!!! page 08
Doumeki: What's the meaning of this?
FX: Quick sideways glance
Watanuki: It seems that if possible it's best to have an uninjured cat to make a shamisen out of.
So for female cats, immature ones are desirable.
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!!! page 09
Doumeki: Because female cats are injured during intercourse.
Watanuki: Don't say it so calmly.
Doumeki: Should I say it merrily?
FX: Burble
Watanuki: That's even worse.
Doumeki: It doesn't
Actually sound, does it?
That shamisen?
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!!! page 10
Watanuki: Not at all,
After that.
FX: Soft tap
Watanuki: It won't sound if it doesn't meet
The one it longs for.
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!!! page 11
Watanuki: Someone a cat longs for, huh.
Doumeki: If you think about it straightforwardly, it'd be a cat, right?
FX: Exhaling
Watanuki: I think it's best to ask directly.
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!!! page 12
Watanuki: In a dream.
Man, clearly I was missing out all those days in college when I didn't go over to my friends' houses, lie on the floor, drink alcohol and smoke.
That was really way more than I ever thought I would know about cats and shamisen.
Watanuki: This shamisen...
It's within it.
-------------------
!!! page 02
Woman: Yes.
Watanuki: I wonder
Whether it might be better
To say, "It's still alive."
Woman: Do you know what
The shamisen's skin is made out of?
Watanuki: A cat,
Correct?
-------------------
!!! page 03
Woman: That's right.
A cat's belly.
But because it's very costly, lately not very many have been made.
There are more that are made of dog.
In Tsugaru-jamisen, it's necessary to produce a strong sound, so dogs are preferred.
Other than that, most musicians say that a cat's sound is better.
-------------------
!!! page 04
Woman: It's said that it's better that the cat the shamisen's skin is made from be female.
A pretty cat, having a pretty,
Uninjured skin.
Watanuki: That was a pretty cat, wasn't it?
FX: Strum
-------------------
!!! page 05
Woman: She's pleased.
It seems that she likes you.
Watanuki: Well, I hope so.
Woman: Truly.
I want her to be a good girl and keep producing good sounds forever,
But ten days ago she suddenly sank into silence.
That she made a response like this
Means that I was correct to bring her to this shop.
-------------------
!!! page 06
FX: Thrum
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!!! page 07
Woman: See?
Watanuki: I do.
Do you know why this little one
Grew silent?
Woman: Yes.
Since she took this form, prettily,
She's wanted to meet
The one she longs for.
-------------------
!!! page 08
Doumeki: What's the meaning of this?
FX: Quick sideways glance
Watanuki: It seems that if possible it's best to have an uninjured cat to make a shamisen out of.
So for female cats, immature ones are desirable.
-------------------
!!! page 09
Doumeki: Because female cats are injured during intercourse.
Watanuki: Don't say it so calmly.
Doumeki: Should I say it merrily?
FX: Burble
Watanuki: That's even worse.
Doumeki: It doesn't
Actually sound, does it?
That shamisen?
-------------------
!!! page 10
Watanuki: Not at all,
After that.
FX: Soft tap
Watanuki: It won't sound if it doesn't meet
The one it longs for.
-------------------
!!! page 11
Watanuki: Someone a cat longs for, huh.
Doumeki: If you think about it straightforwardly, it'd be a cat, right?
FX: Exhaling
Watanuki: I think it's best to ask directly.
-------------------
!!! page 12
Watanuki: In a dream.
Man, clearly I was missing out all those days in college when I didn't go over to my friends' houses, lie on the floor, drink alcohol and smoke.
That was really way more than I ever thought I would know about cats and shamisen.
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Date: 2009-10-23 01:22 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-23 01:28 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-23 01:28 (UTC)...those were my thought exactly :| (lol, I was reading through this chapter and I kept thinking "Clamp, you did NOT write that ._.")
Thanks for the translation, though!
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Date: 2009-10-23 07:43 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-23 14:48 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-23 08:12 (UTC)Guess some things never change, CLAMP.
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Date: 2009-10-23 16:03 (UTC)ShaoranTsubasa.Well, actually, thinking about it, Yuuko had lots of male customers, though most of them weren't in the actual storyline.
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Date: 2009-10-23 19:06 (UTC)Name of chapter?
Date: 2009-10-23 20:52 (UTC)Re: Name of chapter?
Date: 2009-10-23 21:02 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-24 06:40 (UTC)I can't imagine two people talking lovingly about non-synthetic violin strings and imagining what sort of victim would make the best sound.