Manga Volume 8 - Turquoise Chapter 1 Translation

Asagi: I'm going to take away your most precious possession.
Asagi: A cute little girl.
Shuri: Sarasa...

Sakaki: Red King! What are you doing here?
Shuri: Oh, Sakaki.
Shuri: Is the construction going smoothly?
Sakaki: More or less.
Sakaki: I prefer this to the battlefield.
Sakaki: Laying the foundation is extremely difficult because the ground is so soft. And all the rocks have to be brought in from San-In...
Shuri: How long is it going to take?
Sakaki: Ah...about a year.

Shuri: Too slow! Finish it in a month.
Sakaki: Th...that's impossible.
Shuri: All the workers came only because they thought this is simple work.
Shuri: You can't keep them from their homes for too long.
Sakaki: But...
Shenju: I can hear you shouting from a mile away.
Shuri: Princess Shenju?!
Shuri: Why are you here?
Shuri: Are you feeling better now?
Shenju: Yes. They say I'd have a difficult delivery if I don't get some exercise.
Shenju: Besides,
Shenju: I've always wanted to see the underwater canal that Lord Shidô was working on.
Shuri: How do you like the Shinonome Mansion? I think it should be even more comfortable than the Royal Palace.

Shenju: Oh yes. The Mansion is right in the middle of town, and the area is very lively/bustling. Isn't it, Bâya? (NOTES: I think Bâya is Shenju's maid.)
Maid: Yes, we're very happy.
Shuri: I've been thinking of staying at the Shinonome Mansion for a few days myself. Let me know if there'll be any inconvenience.
Shenju: We would be honored.
Shenju: Umm...
Shenju: ...there's something...
Shenju: ...I want to tell you...
Workers: The rocks have collapsed!
Workers: Someone's trapped underneath!
Workers: Not another accident.
Shuri: "Another!" Do accidents happen often?!
Sakaki: Ye..yes Sire. I'm sorry...

Sakaki: The workers just can't keep up their morale working under such intense heat.
Shuri: Move aside!
Shuri: Help push this up.
Shuri: Hurry.
Shuri: Pull him out!
Shuri: Are you okay?
Worker: His foot...
Workers: Ah...the Red King?!
Workers: Eh.
Workers: Eehhh.
Workers: We're sorry.
Shuri: What's with all the "eh"'s? Let me see your foot!
Shuri: There, that should do it! Oye, Sakaki! Get the relief squad!

Shuri: What's this? You all look half dead.
Shuri: I'm not asking you to build me some useless pyramid.
Shuri: You guys are making a waterway for yourselves.
Shuri: Alright! How about this?
Shuri: Listen up!
Shuri: From now on, everyone will be split into teams.
Shuri: Each team will be assigned its own construction zone. Try to complete each zone as quickly as possible.
Shuri: The first team to finish their work,
Shuri: will be awarded 100 times their worker's wage.
Workers: Are you serious, Sire?
Shuri: Of course! You can take my word for it.
Shuri: Everyone, make this a friendly competition and get to work!
Sakaki: Your Highness...

Shuri: This is how you should handle 'em.
Sakaki: Yes, Sir!
Woman: Here son.
Woman: You forgot your lunch. I brought it here.
Sakaki: Mother?!
Sakaki: Mother, not in front of the Red King...
Sakaki's mother: Thank...thank you for taking care of this son of mine.
Sakaki's mother: You! Slack off on the job and you'll be punished by the heavens.
Sakaki: I know, I know. Just hurry back home.
Shuri: Shidô, this is a great city, isn't it?

Shuri: Our Suou...
Merchant: Red King! This magnificent tuna was just brought in from Iki. Want us to bring it up to the Palace?
Merchant: How about some fresh lobsters? Caught locally*
Merchant: Tomatoes!
Shuri: ...is a great city.
Shuri: Sarasa, I'd like to show you all of this someday.
Sakaki: Princess Shenju, did you have your talk with the Red King?
Shenju: No...
Shenju: But even if I say that something is making me feel uneasy,*
Shenju: no one would believe me...*
Sign: Meat Buns & Dumplings Shop
Shuri: Jii-san! Jii-san, you in?

(NOTES: Jii-san can be used to refer to one's own grandfather, or just any old man. I couldn't find an adequate English equivalent, so I left it untranslated.)

Shop owner: Well, if it isn't the King.
Shuri: Meat buns and a cup of tea please!
Shuri: Meat buns and a cup of tea.
Shop owner: I wanted an easy retirement, so after leaving the Palace, I decided to open up a little business.
Shuri: That's great, because I love meat buns.
Shop owner: I guess this is what one would call the pleasures of old age.
Shuri: How's your daughter's illness?
Shop owner: A famous traveling doctor came by recently to take a look at her, so she's doing much better...
Shuri: Anyway, can you bring 20 or so meat buns to the Palace tonight?
Shuri: Take some to the Princess at Shinonome too.
Shop owner: Yes, no problem.
Shuri: What is it?
Crowd: It's a corpse!
Crowd: A corpse has floated up from the park's pond!

Captain of the Guards: The body was identified to be that of the recently missing,
Captain of the Guards: Lord Tsubaki, one of Your Majesty's Guards.
Captain of the Guards: I found no injuries on the body.* Thus, the cause of death,
Captain of the Guards: is ruled as accidental drowning, probably due to drunkenness.
Shuri: I asked him to investigate Ashô's maid...
Shuri: He wouldn't die in such a careless way.
Shuri: Are you certain of the cause of death?
Captain of the Guards: Yes.
Shuri: I see. It must have been hard for you, Captain of the Guards.
Shuri: Drunk, huh...

Shuri: Shidô's dead.
Shuri: Khazan's dead.
Shuri: Now another one...
Shuri: Since Khazan's death, I haven't been able to find anyone to replace him.
Shuri: I want to choose Sakaki, but he's not the military type.
Shuri: There's no one...
Shuri: It seems as though everything that I hold dear is slipping away, like sand through the cracks between my fingers.
Sarasa: It's your own fault if you don't have anyone around you.
Shuri: Is it really my fault...?!
Shuri: No...

Shuri: I have to build my city.
Shuri: Complete the water canal.
Shuri: Get rid of Tatara.
Shuri: Defeat my brothers.
Shuri: Overthrow my father.
Shuri: Only then will Japan be mine.
Shuri: I'm not doing anything wrong. Absolutely nothing wrong.
Shuri: Sarasa, what would you say if you were here...?
Shuri: I want to see you again, Sarasa.
Shuri: I wish I can go search for you myself.
Shuri: If I find you, I'd hold on to you.

Shuri: And never let you go.
Shuri: Strange. I wonder...
Shuri: Have you bewitched my heart?
Shuri: Or, am I feeling this way because the thought of Asagi taking you away...
Shuri: mortifies me so?
Sakaki: That body belonged to Lord Tsubaki, one of the Guards.
Sakaki: He was a good man.

Sakaki: A stab wound...?!
Sakaki: Didn't he drown while intoxicated?!
Sakaki: I have to find the person who examined the body.
Sakaki: Captain of the Guards.
Sakaki: Cap...
Ashô: Since the body has been discovered, we must hurry...
Soon, the Red King will move into the Shinonome Mansion, to observe the townsfolk as usual.
Ashô: This will be our chance.
Ashô: It's much easier for us to surround that Mansion than the Royal Palace.
Ashô: A midnight attack should be sufficient enough...to bring him down.

Sakaki: Wha...what is this...talk?
Ashô: Oh, Lord Sakaki.
Sakaki: Lord Ashô...
Sakaki: Captain of the Guards?!
Sakaki: What have you all gathered here,
Sakaki: to discuss?
Man: What are we discussing?
Man: Treason of course.

Man: The Red King has defied the Emperor,
Man: clearly establishing himself as a rebel to the central government.
Man: It's our duty to apprehend him.
Man: We're not ashamed of this at all.
Ashô: We have the Blue King and the Emperor's support,
Ashô: to overthrow him.
Sakaki: Overthrow...the Red King?!
Sakaki: Rebellion!!

Ashô: Since you've heard everything,
Ashô: you better join forces with us Lord Sakaki.
Sakaki: Don't make me laugh.
Sakaki: I'll never cooperate with you,
Sakaki: to rebel against the King!
Ashô: I thought you'd say that.
Ashô: Well then, please come with me.
Ashô: There's something I'd like to show you.
Sakaki: The prision?
Sakaki: So you plan to imprison me?*
Ashô: Of course not.
Ashô: Please look inside.

Sakaki: Mother!!
Ashô: Lord Sakaki, your mother is your only family, isn't that right?
Ashô: Do this for her sake.

Umewaka: Should you succeed,
Umewaka: the Blue King will surely honor you with a high position,
Umewaka: Lord Sakaki.

Sarasa: Keep a tight watch for me, okay.
Nagi: No matter what they say about the Yunomine hotspring working wonders on incurable diseases,
Nagi: ...heat is still heat; it may improve your condition, or it may worsen it.*
Nagi: I don't know which, Tatara!
Kakujii: Honestly speaking Nagi-sama, how is she?
Kakujii: She's not going to lose her eyesight, is she?
Nagi: ...
Nagi: This is too much for me to handle...
Kakujii: Even for you?
Nagi: I may have to consult Doctor Bashô...
Kakujii: The haiku poet?
Nagi: What are you talking about? He's my master.
Kakujii: We must find him as soon as possible then.
Kakujii: I wasn't trying to joke around. I thought you were talking about Matsuo Bashô.
Nagi: I know.
Nagi: Well, unfortunately...my master is quite the wanderer...
Nagi: He should be traveling between Kyôto and Suou...right about now...

(NOTES: Nagi's master is named Doctor Bashô. Kakujii thought he was talking about Matsuo Bashô, a famous haiku poet during the Edo period.)

Sarasa: My eyes are still oozy.
Sarasa: If they don't heal soon...
Sarasa: When Shuri's next letter gets here...
Sarasa: I won't be able to read it...
Hayato: Yo! Tatara!
Sarasa: Eh?! What?! Hayato?!
Hayato: It must be tough being blind.
Hayato: Let me scrub your back.*
Sarasa: I'm fine. I'm fine.
Hayato: Come on, don't be shy. I'm your #1 follower.
Shinbashi: Backstroke
Sarasa: No...
Sarasa: Umm...
Ageha's Voice: Oye, Hayato.
Ageha's Voice: Over there is wild boar habitat. Why don't you show off some of your skills?

Hayato: All right!
Hayato: I'm going to catch tonight's dinner, Tatara-
Ageha: Here.
Ageha: It wouldn't be good if someone sees you like this.
Sarasa: ...
Sarasa: Ageha...?

Ageha: You've endured much suffering.
Sarasa: Ageha...?
Sarasa: My secret.
Sarasa: Do you know,
Sarasa: that I'm a girl...?!
Voices: Eeh!
Voices: Yaa!
Voices: Too!
Asagi: No! No! No! Keep your arms straight. Then bring the sword down.
Asagi: Again!
Ageha: What are you doing, Asagi?
Asagi: Ageha!!

Asagi: Since I'm the best fighter here, Tatara wanted me to instruct everyone on proper swordplay.
Ageha: Tatara seems to know a thing or two about utilizing personnel.
Ageha: Nice tan. You look very healthy.
Asagi: It's because we've gotten so many new recruits.
Asagi: Hey you, no slacking off!
Asagi: I've been working nonstop trying to shape this rabble into a proper army. Never been so busy in my life.*
Ageha: You used to disinfect your hand if you so much as touched the Blue King.
Ageha: And now I see you living amongst such a rough group of people. It's quite a change.
Asagi: I guess I've matured.
Ageha: Ah, that's good.
Ageha: But along the way,
Ageha: you're forcing Tatara to mature as well.
Ageha: Doesn't that contradict your objectives...

Nachi: We're still missing this much?*
Nachi: No one's been accountin' the finances for Tatara's army.
Nachi: Well, I guess it's all up to me!
Hijiri: With your scattered brain?! Better let me handle it.
Nachi: Hi-chan (Hijiri) is the biggest scrooge. No way!
Hijiri: Whahahaha...
Hayato: I caught a boar!
Ageha: What the...?
The festivities are just gettin' started.*
Ageha: Tatara is like a magnet...
Ageha: She's able to gather the few shiny irons,
Ageha: from a heap of sand...
Ageha: Well, I'll be on my way.
Mr. Wild Boar
Ageha: Once in Suou,
Ageha: if I find anything concerning this Dr. Bashô, I'll send word via Kagerô .
Nagi: Thank you.
Nagi: As soon as possible if you can...

Female voice: Red King.
Female voice: Red King.
Shuri: Uh.
Shuri: Sarasa...?
Female voice: Kyah!

Shuri: Eh.
Shenju: Red King.
Bâya: Oh no!
Shuri: Princess Shenju...?
Shuri: Sorry.
Shuri: Don't get mad at me, Shidô.
Shuri: What's going on, at this hour...?
Shenju: I'm sorry to wake you.
Shenju: But I heard some upsetting noises, so...
Shuri: Probably just some drunken brawl...
Servant: Your Highness!
Servant: Sire! It's urgent!
Servant: Outside!
Servant: Please look out the window!

Ashô: Arrest the Red King!
Ashô: This is the Emperor's order.
Ashô: Do not hesitate!
Shenju: Re...Red King.
Ashô: Justice is on our side!!
Umewaka: Prepare yourself, Red King.
Shuri: Ashô's maid...
Shuri: No...
Shuri: A man...?!
Umewaka: Correct.

Shuri: I see.
Shuri: You're with Asagi...
Shuri: Ashô wouldn't have the guts to come up with this!
Shuri: The mastermind must be...
Shuri: The Blue King!!
Shuri: Sakaki.
Shuri: You too?

Shuri: Princess, hurry and escape. You have nothing to do with this. You're just a guest.
Shenju: Red King.
Shuri: Protect the Princess with your lives. Escape through the west yard.
Servants: Yes.
Shuri: Go!
Sakaki: Red King!
Sakaki: En garde!!
Shuri: Are you a fucking idiot?!

Shuri: What's going on?
Shuri: Have you lost your mind?!
Shuri: Sakaki!
Shuri: Why,
Shuri: did you join with Ashô?!

Shuri: They're holding someone hostage?
Shuri: Your mother?
Sakaki: If she sees my seditious self right now,
Sakaki: Mother would wish I'd never been born.
Sakaki: And so would I...
Shuri: Sakaki.
Shuri: Hit me.
Sakaki: Sire...
Shuri: Stupid!
Shuri: You want to die?!
Shuri: You still need to finish the underground water canal! Right?!
Shuri: I'll be back!
Sakaki: Sire...
Shuri: I won't die.
Shuri: There's no way in hell I'd die like this!!

Ashô: Sakaki.
Ashô: The Red King...
Ashô: Ooooh.
Voice: He fell.
Voice: He can't escape.
Voice: That was the finishing blow.
Ashô: Bravo, Sakaki.
Ashô: Good decision, the Blue King will have to keep his word now.
Shuri: Endure it for now.
Shuri: Until my return.
Sakaki: Mother,
Sakaki: you're my everything now.

Shuri: I built this mansion. I know every last inch of the place. The fools...
Shuri: Jii!
Sign: Meat Buns & Dumpling Shop
Shuri: Jii!
Shop Owner: Your Highness?!
Shop Owner: What can I do for you?
Shop Owner: Hurry inside.
Shop Owner: To the back.
Shop Owner: I'll go check outside.
Shuri: Thanks.
Shop Owner: Don't move.

Shop Owner: Yo...your Highness.
Shop Owner: I have to do this,
Shop Owner: for my daughter.

Soldiers: Whaa-
Soldiers: Hii-
Soldiers: Don't hold back!
Soldiers: After him!
Soldiers: After him!
Shuri: Aaah-

Shuri: Where to...
Shuri: Whose place,
Shuri: ...can I go to...
Shuri: Where...
Shuri: Who...
Shuri: Who else...
Shuri: There's...
Shuri: Ha...
Shuri: ...nobody else!
Shuri: I'm all alone?

Shuri: I'm all alone?
Shuri: Hahahahah...
Shuri: Sarasa!!
Shuri: Sarasa.
Voice: Sarasa.
Sarasa: Eh...

Sarasa: Who...
Soldiers: We couldn't have missed the Red King.
Soldiers: Whoever shelters him will be put to death.
Soldiers: Bloody tracks.
Soldiers: This way.
Voices: Your Highness!
Voices: This way!

Towns People: Follow us.
Shuri: Who are you people?
Man 1: I know you can't trust us, but please follow us!
Man 2: We'll help you escape somehow.
Man 3: I'm the man you helped at the construction site.
Man 3: I'd like to repay you with my gratitude.
Fish Shop Owner
Man 4: Thanks.
Flower Shop Owner
Man 5: Your Highness.
Man 5: We haven't forgotten.
Man 5: How you risked your life to protect this city from the foreign ships.
Man 5: We haven't forgotten that.

Man 5: We all,
Man 5: love this city.
Man 5: Sire...
Shuri: Don't touch me!
Shuri: Spare me your sympathy!
Men: Sire...!
Shuri: Spare me your sympathy!
Shuri: Spare me your pity!
Shuri: I'm,
Shuri: the King.
Shuri: A king who sits above the rest of the world,

Shuri: ...alone.
Old Man: Who's there? Hey you!
Old Man: My ship doesn't carry stowaways.

Old Man: Oya? Are you hurt?
Old Man: Well, I happen to be a doctor. Want me to have a look?
Shuri: Don't touch me!
Old Man: Oya, oya.
Old Man: You can't do anything without a healthy body. And here I was trying to be nice. What an ungrateful fool.
Shuri: Wait!
Shuri: Okay, treat me!
Old Man: One minute you don't want to be touched.
Old Man: The next minute you want to be treated.
Old Man: Well, you can call me Bashô.
Bashô: I'm heading back to Okinawa. (Notes: Okinawa is a rather large and tropical island located south of mainland Japan.)
Bashô: So what're you going to do?
Shuri: What else can I do?
Shuri: Isn't the ship already leaving? Hahaha

Sarasa: What...
Sarasa: Who?
Sarasa: Let go!
Sarasa: Who are you?
Sarasa: Let me go!

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