Kobato Drop 24 translation
Jul. 13th, 2011 21:20![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
starladyWell, another CLAMP manga finished! It's very fitting that I'm finishing this up in Kyoto, since I started translating it in Kyoto three years ago. A huge thank-you, as always, to readers and commenters and raw providers, and an especial thank you to those who helped me provide raws internationally for a brief stint in 2008. <3
!!! page 01
FX: Breath of air
Sayaka: …!
What's wrong, Fujimoto-kun!?
Fujimoto: …I don't know…
But,
just now--
Was it just the three of us
Here?
Okiura: Kiyokazu-chan?
Sayaka: We agreed yesterday that just the three of us would discuss this.
Fujimoto: …Yeah, that's
Right.
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!!! page 02-03
Fujimoto: But
I…
Now…
…I feel like I've lost something.
Something…
Text: The Final Chapter
Fujimoto: …terribly precious…
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!!! page 04-05
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!!! page 06
Kobato: …I've
Finally made it
Here!
FX: Flap flipping up
Ioryogi: After sixteen years,
That is.
Kobato: No matter how many years later, I've come.
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!!! page 07
Kobato: It's thanks to you, Ioryogi-san, and Suishou-san doing your best.
Ioryogi: In the end, didn't you die
After all?
Kobato: Because
I originally was told that I had three more months,
Of course I was sad,
But
That I was able to stay in this town
For even that little while, sixteen years ago,
Was my treasure.
Ioryogi: …Geez.
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!!! page 08
Ioryogi: I didn't think you'd be reborn with the memories of your previous life.
Kobato: Ioryogi-san!!
!!!
I knew immediately that you
Were Ioryogi-san.
ioryogi: It was difficult to hear you saying that you'd take me home while you were crying.
Kobato: That was the first time we met,
But I'd always felt, from when I was even smaller,
That someone was watching over me.
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!!! page 09
Kobato: Not my parents,
But the emotions of someone
Very kind.
It was you who were looking out for me since I was born,
Ioryogi-san.
FX: Squeeze
Ioryogi: …
It's not the last time around, but I wouldn't say you're all right yet.
FX: Climbing up
Kobato: But,
That I'm alive,
Ad that I can think that there's something after this--
I truly am happy.
----------------
!!! page 10
Ioryogi: …Really.
Kobato: I was always thinking about them.
We had a connection;
If the Yomogi Kindergarten was still around,
If I could finally get there--
Back then,
The warmth I got from everyone--
I wanted to return it.
Ioryogi: This is certainly the Yomogi Kindergarten that's run by the husband-and-wife team, Okiura Kazuto and Sayaka.
Genko looked into it, and there's no interference from Okiura's father, either.
It's peaceful.
Kobato: I really…
Am glad about that.
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!!! page 11
Ioryogi: But,
Kobato,
The Okiuras here won't remember you.
And Fujimoto won't…either.
Kobato: I know that.
But my wish
Was "to go to where the people I love are."
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!!! page 12
Kobato: That's why,
Even if Fujimoto-san has forgotten, my wish will be granted properly.
Ioryogi: Kobato…
Kobato: Now!
FX: Pointing
Kobato: It says that Yomogi Kindergarten is looking for part-time help!
I have to get an interview and be allowed to help out!
FX: Excitement
I, Kobato, will do my best!
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!!! page 13
FX: Wham
Kobato: Augh!!
Ioryogi: Sheesh, this is the same as sixteen years ago!
Hey!
Kobato: I'm sorry~
FX: Footstep
FX: Patting [her face]
Fujimoto: Is something…
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!!! page 14-15
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!!! page 16
Fujimoto: Do you have business at this kindergarten?
Kobato: So you did become a lawyer!
Fujimoto: Huh…?
FX: Shaking head
Ioryogi: …
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!!! page 17
Kobato: I'm Hanato Kobato.
I heard that they were looking for part-time help here.
Fujimoto: That uniform--you're a high school student, right?
Kobato: Yes!
Since it said that they were looking for help in the evenings, I came to inquire directly on my way home from school!
Fujimoto: I--
No, I've just come here on business,
So you'll have to ask the principal for the details.
[TN: He switches from 'ore' to 'boku' in this sentence; has an older to younger sort of feeling.]
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!!! page 18
FX: Clench
Ioryogi: ……
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!!! page 19
FX: Light
Ioryogi: Why is Ushagi-san
Here now…!
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!!! page 20
Fujimoto: …You're late.
Kobato: Huh…
Fujimoto: The person I love
Has finally come back.
I can finally say it.
FX: Dropping
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!!! page 21
Fujimoto: I love you.
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!!! page 22-23
Fujimoto: …Kobato.
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!!! page 24
FX: Landing
Ioryogi: What the hell is going on here…
FX: Whirling around
Ioryogi: !!
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!!! page 25
Genko: Kobato-chan said
She'd go today.
Bird: To Yomogi Kindergarten, yeah.
FX: Crinkling
Genko: I wonder whether she'll get an interview.
Bird: Helping out here, she's been a good kid, but she's clumsy.
Genko: Yeah~
True--
I wondered what we'd do with her when Iorogi first brought her,
She was so small, but--
Well, since she had her previous memories, there wasn't anything that surprised her.
Bird: That's true!
And she got used to things right away!
Genko: If she meets that Fujimoto today, we'll finally see the ending.
FX: Rummaging
Ginsei: Of my prayer to your god?
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!!! page 25
Genko: "When Miss Kobato and Fujimoto can meet once more,
I want Fujimoto's vanished memories to return"?
I never thought you'd wish for that kind of thing for the sake of a girl.
Even to the point of taking that form!
FX: Ta-daa!
FX: Wriggling
FX: Griping
Ginsei: …Hmph.
Genko: It's not just Iorogi.
You feel the emotions from the time you've spent here with her.
FX: Shocked
FX: Death glare
Ginsei: Shut up!
Shut up!
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!!! page 26
Genko: Even if you've put on that form,
Your personality is hopeless!
FX: Chuckling
FX: Dying of laughter
FX: Sudden
Ginsei: Bastard!
Genko: And furthermore, that form is really clumsy…
FX: Mangled
FX: Shaking
FX: Whipping out (like swords)
FX: Battle-cry
Bird: Sheesh--
Please get back to work--
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!!! page 28
Iorogi: He…
FX: Light
Iorogi: Suishou…
Suishou: That I'm still inside Kobato-chan is restraining her illness,
But if she gets through this entire life, in the next she'll be born completely healthy.
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!!! page 29
Suishou: Enough that she won't need me.
And then
Will you come to get me?
Iorogi: I won't say no.
And then I'll be in my original form.
Suishou: It'd be wonderful enough if you were as you are now.
Iorogi: Don't say foolish things, silly angel.
I'll wait.
You're mine,
And I'm yours.
Suishou: …Yes.
----------------
!!! page 30-31
Kobato: We were finally able to tell each other properly.
That Fujimoto-san…and I love each other.
----------------
!!! page 32
!!! page 01
FX: Breath of air
Sayaka: …!
What's wrong, Fujimoto-kun!?
Fujimoto: …I don't know…
But,
just now--
Was it just the three of us
Here?
Okiura: Kiyokazu-chan?
Sayaka: We agreed yesterday that just the three of us would discuss this.
Fujimoto: …Yeah, that's
Right.
----------------
!!! page 02-03
Fujimoto: But
I…
Now…
…I feel like I've lost something.
Something…
Text: The Final Chapter
Fujimoto: …terribly precious…
----------------
!!! page 04-05
----------------
!!! page 06
Kobato: …I've
Finally made it
Here!
FX: Flap flipping up
Ioryogi: After sixteen years,
That is.
Kobato: No matter how many years later, I've come.
----------------
!!! page 07
Kobato: It's thanks to you, Ioryogi-san, and Suishou-san doing your best.
Ioryogi: In the end, didn't you die
After all?
Kobato: Because
I originally was told that I had three more months,
Of course I was sad,
But
That I was able to stay in this town
For even that little while, sixteen years ago,
Was my treasure.
Ioryogi: …Geez.
----------------
!!! page 08
Ioryogi: I didn't think you'd be reborn with the memories of your previous life.
Kobato: Ioryogi-san!!
!!!
I knew immediately that you
Were Ioryogi-san.
ioryogi: It was difficult to hear you saying that you'd take me home while you were crying.
Kobato: That was the first time we met,
But I'd always felt, from when I was even smaller,
That someone was watching over me.
----------------
!!! page 09
Kobato: Not my parents,
But the emotions of someone
Very kind.
It was you who were looking out for me since I was born,
Ioryogi-san.
FX: Squeeze
Ioryogi: …
It's not the last time around, but I wouldn't say you're all right yet.
FX: Climbing up
Kobato: But,
That I'm alive,
Ad that I can think that there's something after this--
I truly am happy.
----------------
!!! page 10
Ioryogi: …Really.
Kobato: I was always thinking about them.
We had a connection;
If the Yomogi Kindergarten was still around,
If I could finally get there--
Back then,
The warmth I got from everyone--
I wanted to return it.
Ioryogi: This is certainly the Yomogi Kindergarten that's run by the husband-and-wife team, Okiura Kazuto and Sayaka.
Genko looked into it, and there's no interference from Okiura's father, either.
It's peaceful.
Kobato: I really…
Am glad about that.
----------------
!!! page 11
Ioryogi: But,
Kobato,
The Okiuras here won't remember you.
And Fujimoto won't…either.
Kobato: I know that.
But my wish
Was "to go to where the people I love are."
----------------
!!! page 12
Kobato: That's why,
Even if Fujimoto-san has forgotten, my wish will be granted properly.
Ioryogi: Kobato…
Kobato: Now!
FX: Pointing
Kobato: It says that Yomogi Kindergarten is looking for part-time help!
I have to get an interview and be allowed to help out!
FX: Excitement
I, Kobato, will do my best!
----------------
!!! page 13
FX: Wham
Kobato: Augh!!
Ioryogi: Sheesh, this is the same as sixteen years ago!
Hey!
Kobato: I'm sorry~
FX: Footstep
FX: Patting [her face]
Fujimoto: Is something…
----------------
!!! page 14-15
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!!! page 16
Fujimoto: Do you have business at this kindergarten?
Kobato: So you did become a lawyer!
Fujimoto: Huh…?
FX: Shaking head
Ioryogi: …
----------------
!!! page 17
Kobato: I'm Hanato Kobato.
I heard that they were looking for part-time help here.
Fujimoto: That uniform--you're a high school student, right?
Kobato: Yes!
Since it said that they were looking for help in the evenings, I came to inquire directly on my way home from school!
Fujimoto: I--
No, I've just come here on business,
So you'll have to ask the principal for the details.
[TN: He switches from 'ore' to 'boku' in this sentence; has an older to younger sort of feeling.]
----------------
!!! page 18
FX: Clench
Ioryogi: ……
----------------
!!! page 19
FX: Light
Ioryogi: Why is Ushagi-san
Here now…!
----------------
!!! page 20
Fujimoto: …You're late.
Kobato: Huh…
Fujimoto: The person I love
Has finally come back.
I can finally say it.
FX: Dropping
----------------
!!! page 21
Fujimoto: I love you.
----------------
!!! page 22-23
Fujimoto: …Kobato.
----------------
!!! page 24
FX: Landing
Ioryogi: What the hell is going on here…
FX: Whirling around
Ioryogi: !!
----------------
!!! page 25
Genko: Kobato-chan said
She'd go today.
Bird: To Yomogi Kindergarten, yeah.
FX: Crinkling
Genko: I wonder whether she'll get an interview.
Bird: Helping out here, she's been a good kid, but she's clumsy.
Genko: Yeah~
True--
I wondered what we'd do with her when Iorogi first brought her,
She was so small, but--
Well, since she had her previous memories, there wasn't anything that surprised her.
Bird: That's true!
And she got used to things right away!
Genko: If she meets that Fujimoto today, we'll finally see the ending.
FX: Rummaging
Ginsei: Of my prayer to your god?
----------------
!!! page 25
Genko: "When Miss Kobato and Fujimoto can meet once more,
I want Fujimoto's vanished memories to return"?
I never thought you'd wish for that kind of thing for the sake of a girl.
Even to the point of taking that form!
FX: Ta-daa!
FX: Wriggling
FX: Griping
Ginsei: …Hmph.
Genko: It's not just Iorogi.
You feel the emotions from the time you've spent here with her.
FX: Shocked
FX: Death glare
Ginsei: Shut up!
Shut up!
----------------
!!! page 26
Genko: Even if you've put on that form,
Your personality is hopeless!
FX: Chuckling
FX: Dying of laughter
FX: Sudden
Ginsei: Bastard!
Genko: And furthermore, that form is really clumsy…
FX: Mangled
FX: Shaking
FX: Whipping out (like swords)
FX: Battle-cry
Bird: Sheesh--
Please get back to work--
----------------
!!! page 28
Iorogi: He…
FX: Light
Iorogi: Suishou…
Suishou: That I'm still inside Kobato-chan is restraining her illness,
But if she gets through this entire life, in the next she'll be born completely healthy.
----------------
!!! page 29
Suishou: Enough that she won't need me.
And then
Will you come to get me?
Iorogi: I won't say no.
And then I'll be in my original form.
Suishou: It'd be wonderful enough if you were as you are now.
Iorogi: Don't say foolish things, silly angel.
I'll wait.
You're mine,
And I'm yours.
Suishou: …Yes.
----------------
!!! page 30-31
Kobato: We were finally able to tell each other properly.
That Fujimoto-san…and I love each other.
----------------
!!! page 32
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Date: 2011-07-13 13:45 (UTC)Well I am very glad that Kobato got her happy Ending but I didn't like it xD
I mean, too much things were left unexplained and... and gah I just don't know
how to say it xD Before the release I wondered how many Pages the Final Chapter
would have and my opinion is that Drop 24 was way to small ._. I expected an
other Ending than this, but well it was still cute :D
(no subject)
Date: 2011-07-13 15:00 (UTC)OH CLAMP you did it again, another ending with no proper closure and overly sugary coated lines, why am I not surprised? At least it was cute.
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Date: 2011-07-13 15:07 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-07-13 17:27 (UTC)I'm happy with the ending. I was actually worried that this last chapter would be some horrible and sad thing, like xxxholic and Tsubasa, but I'm content.
(no subject)
Date: 2011-07-13 23:13 (UTC)quick question: after this kobato dies is she to be reborn again? the angel said something about her next life will be a healthy one. And she asks Iorogi to look for her in his original form? Kinda confused about that.
(no subject)
Date: 2011-07-13 23:22 (UTC)pretty satisfied with the manga. didn't expect much since it felt more like a CLAMP short story like Wish or Suki from the start, but at least we got some nice characters out of it; Iorogi and baumkuchen bear.
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Date: 2011-07-13 23:35 (UTC)and Ginsei! so KAWAIII!
thanks a lot for your hard work!really!
(no subject)
Date: 2011-07-14 00:15 (UTC)I heart Ginsei for making that wish to God! So nice of him!
(no subject)
Date: 2011-07-14 05:08 (UTC)Hate to sound like such a downer, but I don't have high hopes for Gate 7, either. Maybe because I'm older I'm noticing these trends, but I know I'm not the only one pissed at the choices CLAMP has been making.
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Date: 2011-07-14 05:42 (UTC)Suishou asks Iorogi if he'll come to get her when Kobato's next life starts, full stop. He's the one who brings up his original form (though quite honestly I wasn't completely sure about his initial line on p. 29).
(no subject)
Date: 2011-07-15 05:19 (UTC)I'm glad Kobato got a happy (non-convoluted) ending.