{18Trip} <PROLOGUE SIDE-A: Still blank> 000-A06 An eccentric youth
A translation of 18TRIP's PROLOGUE SIDE-A by 82mitsu.
ENG proofreading by sasaranurude.
Man selling flowers: And we’re here… Is this okay?
Kaede: It’s more than enough! You genuinely were a big help. Thank yo—
Kaede: Ah, right. Sorry, I still haven’t asked for your name.
Man selling flowers: Aaah, uh… Then, here.
Kaede: And this is?
Man selling flowers: My shop. Drop by once everything’s settled.
Man selling flowers: When you want flowers, or want to have your laundry done.
Kaede: Laundry? And, flowers…? What kind of business …?
Man selling flowers: ‘Kay, I’m off.
Kaede: T-thanks again!
Kaede: ….HAMA nice trip!
Man selling flowers: ….HAMA nice trip, too.
Kaede: (...What an interesting guy.)
Kaede: Okay… gotta search for Kafka!
Kaede: Hmmm… He isn’t here either, huh.
Kaede: (Where did you run off to, Kafka….)
Kaede: That day, where did we go next based on that sightseeing guide I made…
Headband boy: Hey hey, you over there!
Kaede: Eh… me?
Headband boy: Yeah! Y’see, I got this once in a lifetime favor here~....
Headband boy: Use this camera and film the whole shebang of what I’m ‘bout to do!
Kaede: Eh, eh… eeeh!?
Headband boy: Okay, I’m blastin’ off…
Headband boy: “NO, WAIT!!”
Kaede: Eh, what is he doing…!?
Headband boy: “These stairs still aren’t safe! You caaaaaaaan’t!!”
Security guard A: You over there! Stop where you are!
Headband boy: “Damn it…The Space Dimension Over Journeyer isn’t fully charged yet…!”
Security guard B: What are you mumbling about…Either way, remove yourself from the premise! Entry is forbidden to those who do not follow the dress code!
Headband boy: “I know! But this machine isn’t able to endure an incomplete Over Journey…!”
Headband boy: Get it all on camera! Properly!
Kaede: Eh… is he saying that to me…?
Headband boy: “Let me through! Why are you letting him go on his own!”
Security guard A: Dangit…! You sure can put up a fight…!
Security guard B: Enough of this tomfoolery!
Headband boy: Uh-oh…!?
Kaede: (Ah… looks like they let him go…?)
Headband boy: Phew… so a cut here, huh.
Headband boy: Hey! Didja catch that!? Did you!?
Kaede: Ah… sorry. I was taken so aback I didn’t do anything…
Headband boy: No freakin’ way! Then one more take…
Kaede: Wait, wait! The guards will just stop you again if you do that!
Headband boy: Dummy, that’s what I need! In scene 87, I shake off the organization restraining me and go travel across the multiverse to save my buddy!
Kaede: I… I don’t know what kind of filming is going on here, but I think you better stop causing problems… All the guards are on high alert too.
Headband boy: Booo! Even though I was sure you filmed that explosion of emotions earlier!
Kaede: …Huh?
Kaede: Hey, what’s that in your hand?
Headband boy: This? Just some papers I rolled up, but… no shoot is complete without it! It being a megaphone!
Kaede: Ah, no. That’s not what I meant… That paper on the outside. May I have a look at it?
Headband boy: Yea, sure! It’s just one I snagged up after it came down fluttering through the air from above earlier.
(Guide page)
Landmark Tower is a symbol of HAMA! You can see all of HAMA from the observation deck Sky Garden.
When I went to do extra activities for school, I searched for the hospital where Kafka was staying. As you’d expect, I wasn’t able to tell where his room was located.
Kaede: I knew it… another page from the guide I made…
Headband boy: Huuuh.. extracurricular activities for school, eh. Hard to imagine that nowadays.
Kaede: Eh, why?
Headband boy: ‘Cuz y’know… that. Look over there.
Renga: “—On the second floor of the landmark plaza, you can partake in Burger Emperor’s speciality, diamond french fries for 34,000 yen!”
Renga: “Potatoes of the finest quality from Île de Noirmoutier, worth 40,000 yen for one kilogram, rinsed with water stemming from an aquifer roughly 450 meters deep beneath the Andes Mountains for exactly 38.8 seconds and then fried crisply by an out of this world cuisinier!”
Kaede: (That’s the Ward Mayor Nishizono Renga I ran into at the airport yesterday…! Actually, like 30,000 yen for fries…!? Is this some ad for a five star hamburger joint!?)
Renga: “—This is the place to be for high class service at any given time. Urben and lugsurious, gorgeous facilities perfectly reserved for someone of your steetus, I bid you a warm welcome to Landmark.”
Headband boy: See? Ain’t no way a buncha elementary schoolers would waltz into such a hoity-toity place.
Kaede: That can’t be…!
Kaede: (Is because of that Ward Mayor’s policies that the Landmark changed like this…!?)
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