yukikaze manga chapter 04 translation

[insaneneko]

I took a nap in the middle of the day and felt rather funky afterwards...mostly looked at random shit online and, well, felt funky. I saw the Yukikaze manga lying on the floor and been somewhat "productive" and translated part of the it. :P



p099

"Papa!"
"Welcome home, Papa!"
"Papa, look at my cards."
"Where?"
"I was holding them!"
"Aren't they over there?"
"No!"

p100

"You can't look at them."
"I'm going to surprise you, Papa."

p101

"Papa"
"Are you going to leave right away again?"

p102

"The 402nd have all been shot down!"
"Lieutenant, we've been locked on!"

p103

"Two high speed missiles, rapidly approaching! Distance 40 km. 10 seconds until contact."
"We can't evade!"
"Calm down!"

p104

"I was almost killed by Yukikaze."

p105

"It's not a laughing matter."
"I couldn't understand Yukikaze's movements."
"Right after we switched to the auto maneuver system, Yukikaze intercepted the JAM missiles in an unbelievable maneuver."
"It isn't a laughing matter at all, you might truly be killed by Yukikaze one day."
"Impossible."

p106

"How can you assert that? Yukikaze can fight quite perfectly without you."
"Or rather, humans might simply be a hindrance for Yukikaze to utilize her true ability."
"--What is it you want to say?"
"--I think that Yukikaze doesn't care for you as much as you think."

p107

"Major Bukhar"
"How is the conversion to UAVs of the SAF going?"
"It is proceeding as scheduled. I was about to submit a report. But rather than that, about the FRX development project,"

p108

"--I am thinking of modifying it."
"What foolishness. Even though the FRX will be finished next week? Any modification is impossible."
"I want to propose using SAF pilots as instructors for the unmanned FRX."
"That's a contradiction. It won't be unmanned."
"It'll be provisional. Once the instructional period for the FRX passes, we can make it unmanned."
"I don't think that's a bad proposal, but I don't know if you can get System Commands to agree--"
"I'll make them."

p109

"System Commands isn't that easy to convince. I can only say do your best."

"Papa, are you all right?"
"I'm fine...I just finished."

p110

"You're sweating terribly. Do you feel unwell?"
"I'm fine now. I'm not very good with heights."
"Even though you're a pilot?"
"It doesn't bother me when I'm in a fighter."
"I'm sorry to make you work when it's been a while since you've visited, but I have one more request."
"That's fine."
"Go to your mother."

p111

"Close the door, Jack."
"Jaime always sat there."

p112

"He was always drawing airplanes on the paper napkins he brought home from restaurants here."
"Saying he wanted to be a pilot like his father"
"He drew so many"

p113

"You know that Alicia is seeing a doctor?"
"Yes"

p114

"She's receiving medication because she can't sleep."
"And you believe her?"
"I don't want to say it like this, but you were flying on fighter planes while Jaime was doing badly."

p115

"You came back three weeks after his accident."
"Alicia is a deeply hurt by what happened to Jaime and that you had chosen your job over your family."
"It isn't something I should be saying, but I don't want to see her suffer anymore."
"Please Jack, stop flying."

p116

"Come back to your family."
"I will talk with Alicia."
"Please."

p117

"Wait, Jack."
"Open the rightmost drawer over there."

p118

"You should take them, as mementos of Jaime."

p119

"I can't take them."

p120

"Where are we going?"

p121

"I'll show you the FRX."
"It has nothing to do with me."
"It does. It's the plane you're going to fly."
"I have Yukikaze."

p122

"Yukikaze will be become unmanned."
"If you don't want to fly the FRX, then you'll have to quit being a pilot."

p123

"I can do it myself."

p124

"Is that right."
"Mama is waiting for me."
"Okay."
"Be gentle to your mother for me as well."

p125

"Is that your answer?"

p126

"I understand."

End Chapter 04


This chapter really drew me for some reason. I suppose it's because I had heard before that Rei had a crappy life (which he did...poor boy...I mean, not only was he the lone survivor of a wonderful family murder-suicide carried out by his father and didn't talk for a year after that, but he was even betrayed by his probably most trusted criminal associate who turned out to be an undercover cop...), but I didn't realize that Jack had been married. In many ways his situation is typical of the guy who isn't there for his family because of his work, but what intrigues and confuses me is how the scenes set in Fairy and the scenes with his family that the manga switch between have to do with each other.

I ended up rewatching a good part of the first two episodes of the OVA to figure out some of the English equivalents of terms...gads, those eyes just slay me every time. Such melting, expressive eyes. Especially Jack. He just oozes some undefinable something when he's looking at/thinking of Yukikaze and/or Rei.

Comments

[insaneneko.livejournal.com]

A shock, isn't it? But, his words were fairly harsh in the OVA too, only we had those meltingly expressive eyes to soften the sting. ^_^

[zafiro-v.livejournal.com]

Yes, it was a shock to me. I agree his words were harsh in the OVA too, but only once they started arguing. He was gentler before Rei got angry.

It's nice to know more about Jack anyway. =)

There is one thing I didn't get, though. Where is his wife now?

[insaneneko.livejournal.com]

I assumed that they were divorced and she and their daughter were living wherever on earth...

[zafiro-v.livejournal.com]

Sorry for being so slow but Jack had a son who died, no? So he had a daughter too...

And thanks for the info. ^_^