BASARA
by Tamura Yumi

Source: Volume 15
Translated: Dianne Dimabuyo (DiDi)

Crimson Chapter 8 . Talent

Disclaimer: BASARA is owned by Tamura Yumi and Shogakukan. This is a fan translation and no money is made off of this.

Notes: These translations are *loose* translations. I've translated them so they make sense, not as much as you may understand everything word-for-word. Why? One, it doesn't always make too much sense. Two, I've been told I can be too strict on it sometimes, and I should just translate to vernacular. Mind you, I'm still trying to be as accurate as possible. If you've found a translation that is closer to the dictionary meaning, yet still makes sense, please don't hesitate to inform me. Thanks.

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Crimson Chapter 8 . Talent

It might not be love

I don't even know love

It's just

---------It's just that I wanted to stay this way

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It might be alright to ask, Why are you here?

But I'm scared he might ask me the same question

Shuri might also want to throw rocks at Tatara

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I thought, I want to forget

I thought, I want to run away

It's ok to be a coward

And then, to just be one Sarasa

I wanted to be Sarasa

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It might be alright to ask, Why are you here?

But either way it was alright

I'm full with my own thoughts

I just want to hold Sarasa tightly

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In that case, I'll probably hurt her

I'll probably hurt her

But Sarasa's smiling

She's smiling and holding me close

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Crimson Chapter 8 . Talent

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<OOH OOH>

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<GOOOOOOOOOOOH>

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If we do this right now
in these pillars of sand
we might be

We might be...

The stormy night is growing cold
....no

It's not cold
Shuri...

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It's crunchy even in my mouth
It's crunchy, isn't it?

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Shuri: ...Oi
Shuri: What's with you?

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Shuri: Your breasts won't grow if you bind it like that.

Shuri: Geez.

(Shall we unwind it?)

Sarasa: It's called laundry plank with a bird pattern

<unwind>

Shuri: By who?

(If I thought this wasn't awful....
I'd beat him.)

Sarasa: Somebody who looks like you.

Shuri: There's a guy who looks like me?

Shuri: First of all, what kind of a situation was it?

Shuri: Did he touch you?
(A little)
(Be considerate)
Shuri: What did you say!? I'll kill that guy!
(I'll kill him!)

Shuri: Don't worry. I won't make that big trouble. (Kind of)
(I'll make trouble)

Sarasa: ...Shuri
Sarasa: I thought of you.

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Sarasa: It has to be you
Sarasa: I thought I didn't want it

Sarasa: I thought... a little
Sarasa: I was surprised, but.. but..

Sarasa: Shuri...

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Sarasa: Uhya!
Shuri: What?
(Uhya?)
Sarasa: I.. I.. Not on the back of my neck.

Sarasa: Whenever Mom would cut my hair
Sarasa: my butt got itchy

Shuri: Your butt itches
Sarasa: Y.. yeah, that's it.

Shuri: We'll definitely attack that.
<kiss>
Sarasa: kya----n

Sarasa: I, I.. I've seen horses do it, but
Shuri: Horses?

Shuri: Sorry, it doesn't get as big as horses.
(Sarasa: What?)
(Shuri: Wanna see?)
(Shuri: Horses don't hold each other)

Sarasa: I, I.. I can't stop talking.. Is.. Is that weird?
Shuri: Sarasa
Shuri: Sarasa

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Sarasa...

Shuri: I'm scared, too.
Shuri: If I hold you, it seems like you'll disappear.

Shuri: You still seem like you'll disappear.
Shuri: If I grab on to you like this
Shuri: Sarasa...

Shuri: Sarasa

Shuri: Sarasa...
Shuri: You're my beloved
Shuri: Beloved ...Sarasa

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Shuri: So don't
Shuri: disappear
Shuri: again

Sarasa: Call my name

Shuri: Sarasa
Sarasa: Again

Shuri: Sarasa
Sarasa: Again...
Shuri: Sarasa...

Sarasa...

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Both?: ...Ah...

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Ah...

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The sky is falling

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ChaCha: Even if I have to swim, I'm going to look for Sarasa!
Hayato: ChaCha, you can't. Not in this sandstorm.

"Sarasa Sarasa"
---------My mother would call

ChaCha: She could have fallen hard
ChaCha: If something should happen to her, what are we supposed to do?

"Sarasa"
---------Oniichan would call
"Sarasa"

I loved
this name

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It's
sparkling

I can see a lot of
crystals in the sand

At night
the storm was all around

The air
has settled

...Beautiful...
...Beautiful, aren't they...

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Shuri: You can't

Shuri: I'm not letting you go

Sarasa: You're not cold?
Shuri: Yeah...

Shuri: I'm still hot
Sarasa: I thought, wasn't I glowing, myself?

Sarasa: Always...
Shuri: Yeah?
Sarasa: I... I almost came to hate myself

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Sarasa: My hands create so much trouble

Shuri: I like them

{"Ore wa suki da" is actually pretty indirect... might as well be, "I love you", but
she was commenting on her hands, so there.}

My heart is quivering

The tips of my fingers touching
...are hot

These arms holding me close
are warm

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My body
is loved

Myself....
The girl called Sarasa
is loved

Sarasa: Beloved...you say
Sarasa: It somehow makes me cry

Sarasa: It feels like I'm starting to get better...

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<whoosh>

Sarasa: Wh.. what!?
Shuri: It's hot water
Shuri: This place was a hot spring til yesterday.
(That's why it's still warm)

Shuri: I thought it was dried up already, but I guess it's still alive.
Shuri: I'm glad.

With the beautiful water,
an abundant land

If you close your eyes,
there's a world you can see.

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I thought that I'd become oniichan
that I'd fulfill our dream

but

I am Sarasa
Always, no matter when
I am Sarasa

The dream
was my dream

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The desire
was my desire

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Shuri: You're still carrying this.
Sarasa: Yeah.
Shuri: But if you treat this harshly in water, it might die.
(Sorry.)
(There's seed in here....)

Shuri: Doing that with me, without even a ring..
(That's probably alright)
(defeated!)
Sarasa: <giggle> I don't need those.

Shuri: I'll make you a good one.
..Ah.
Shuri: That's right. Today..

Shuri: At about noon, look up at the sky
Shuri: The ring that appears will be my present to you.

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Sarasa: Whaaat?
Sarasa: Rings are going to rain from the sky?
Shuri: Maybe...

Shuri: Yeah...
Sarasa: Are you sleepy? Shuri, you can still sleep.
Shuri: Yeah...

Shuri: Don't go
<squeeze>
Shuri: anywhere...

Shuri...

I have to go

I have to go

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<sh>

Shuri...
<squeeze>

Very soon, I'll come flying
When I defeat the Red King,
then, we can go on together?

I wonder...
(Don't catch a cold)
if we can go on together

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Shuri...
<crunch>

<crunch>
<crunch>
You should put on some clothes
It's pretty cold... ne.

Shuri: Ah-choo!

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Shuri: This is it.
(I thought we couild do it one more time...
What am I supposed to do with what's still standing)
Shuri: Moron!
Shuri: I'm not hurt, am I.

I can't think
that it was all
just a dream, right?

Sarasa...

Are you still....
coming back...?

Shuri: The sandstorm's more or less over.
Shuri: Wait for me, Sarasa. I'll clean this all up soon.

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ChaCha: It's almost dawn.
Hayato: It's good coming in in this boat. ChaCha, this is unreasonable.

ChaCha: If only Ageha had come this time, ne. He said we were being unreasonable, but...

Sarasa: Are.. ChaCha?
Hayato: Tatara!?
ChaCha: Tatara!

Sarasa: I'm sorry. I got you worried.
Sarasa: Saa. Let's get back to the fight.

ChaCha: ....Ah.... Yeah.
Hayato: Who fell hard?
Hayato: That's just like Ageha, huh?
(It's pretty embarassing running into everybody)
Sarasa: Ageha?

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Ageha: That's why! Decide quickly!
(arrow: Ageha)
Ageha: How about binding an alliance between Kantou and Tatara!

Touhoku - Kadzuno

Silhouette: What--- I'm thinking hard on it.
Silhouette: What.
Silhouette: What do we get out of it?

Silhouette: Let's say, you defeat the king of Japan, it'll become a new country.
Silhouette: What if I deal with both sides, and then let them play it out

Damnit!
Ageha: Everyone, let's look at
Ageha: the main idea

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Ageha: Masunaga-san, your grandfather was quickly thrown into his grave.
Masunaga: Excuse me. If the snow falls, the people in this area would feel safer.

Ageha: But what are you in a hurry for?
Masunaga: Do I even have motive for getting into a quick alliance?

Ageha: So we can live life to the fullest as soon as we can.
<door opens>
Ageha: It's getting shorter while we live.
<door closes>

Ageha: Raizou-chan. The talk we've been waiting for is still in progress.
(Hmmmmmmmm. But it's cold)
(The journalist, Taro-chan)
Taro: The northern people are pretty stubborn.

Declaring an alliance with Touhoku to the king
is absolutely necessary
Rescuing Tatara and the others from annihilation
-----------there's nothing but that!

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The sun rose
The sand looked deceiving

(Wah---- Oh-----)
Off-shot: It's the Red Army!
The time we stopped
<hoofbeats>
Off-shot: Go after them!

Red Army: Retreat! Retreat--
they poured out.

ChaCha: The Red Army's rapidly retreating into the desert
<hoofbeats>
Kakujii: It must have been a scheme to let them go from the city.

Today
I have a feeling
I'm going to meet the Red King

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Sarasa: Kakujii, you don't seem to be in high spirits.
(I wonder why)
Kakuji: What'd you say?

Kakujii: It's pretty eerie how they came out with such great power.
I wonder what's going on.
ChaCha: ............... Saa, ne.

Nakijin: Shuri. How far are we retreating?
<hoofbeats>
Nakijin: The ground's changing from sand to rock.

Shuri: Nakijin. What are your plans for the future?

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Nakijin: I'm going to be a politician like oniisan.
Shuri: You'll protect Okinawa. -------Is that it?

Shuri: I'm going to be the king of Japan.
Shuri: That's not all, though. It's pretty trivial being just like my old man.

Shuri: That's why, I want to build a new nation.
Shuri: For that sake, first, I'll travel throughout the world and try to establish trade.

I'll take Sarasa along
And we'll go looking around the world

Shuri: Yosh. Split up into two groups.
Nakijin: In such little numbers?
Shuri: That's just it! Follow Sakaki!

Shuri: I'm best prepared today!
(hahahahaha)
(I always am)
Nakijin: What's he so happy about...?
(We might lose)

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The Red Army escaped
We're chasing after them
Still escaping

ChaCha: This is never going to end. Without a strategy, we can't do anything but run.

Hayato: But even so
Hayato: They couldn't have gotten far in this narrow place

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A narrow place...
The spaces are too enclosed to move about in
There can't be anything firm
Looking at other angles right now...

We're at a disadvantage from running away.
We're taking the bait...

Sarasa: RETREAT!
Sarasa: Don't go further! It's a trap!!

Tatara's order
was one breath fast

Following that
a troop from the Red Army appeared

It was just in time to prepare us even a little

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Off-shot: Ch.
Off-shot: Do you see him?

That's...
the Red King!?

(Wah! Wah!)
<hoofbeats>

<hoofbeats>

He's coming!
It's Tatara.

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Come!!

<hoofbeats>

It's alright.

My heart
is quiet.

To think
...it's the Red King.
Our swords won't clash
again.

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The beginning

of the end!!

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<GAH GAH>

Sarasa: RED KING

<UOOOO>

Shuri: TATARA!

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Sarasa: GET READY!!

<GAKI>

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I had a dream

I was going to kill the Red King

The Red King turns around

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Date: January 16, 2001