~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Le Bizzarre Avventura di GioGio V, Gold Experience Episode (2) ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Original Copyright: (C) Araki Hirohiko/Lucky Land Communications/Shueisha Translation Copyright: (C) Hikirin Studio 1997 English Translation: Alex "Alekusiel" Wong ( awong@eecs.tufts.edu ) Proofreading: Iain the Hakaishin ( axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au ) ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Version 1.0 To maintain the quality of this translation, any part of this translation cannot be changed, or modified in any way during distribution. If this translation is being used in any form of distribution or publication, all the credits of this translation must be included and the translator must be informed. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Translator's Notes { Page 101 } Three "Be"'s of Friendship: I've changed the three "U"'s of friendship into three "Be"'s of friendship to fit the translation. The original Japanese are, (1) [U]so o tsukanai ( don't lie ), (2) [U]ramanai ( don't betray ), and (3) [U]yamau ( respect ). { Pg. 101 } Useless: Anyone who has read JoJo since Part I, "muda" is the favorite phrase of Dio Brando. I am keeping it in Japanese just because it just sound so cool as it is. The original title of this episode is episode 441, "Muda nanda!", "It's Useless!", first appeared in issue 1, '96 of Weekly Shounen Jump. The page numbers used in the translation is of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, vol 47. ISBN4-08-851897-7. Lines in []: Thoughts of characters ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Pg. 93 Kouichi: [ Joutarou-san *didn't want to talk* about the reason why he is checking him out... the way he said it, seems like he *doesn't want to meet him*. ] Kouichi: [ "Who" is this youth? What is his "relationship" with Joutarou-san? ] ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Pg. 94 Kouichi: Hee!! Kouichi: What! What is this!? Kouichi: Can this be... this isn't a "Stand", right...? Kouichi: But that's just ridiculous... is it? There are "Stand Users" in Italy, and I'm meeting that "youth" as soon as I arrived... right... Kouichi: Uwaaaaae!! Frog: ...... Kouichi: Sta... Kouichi: That's no "Stand"! Kouichi: That feel when I touched it... ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Pg. 96 Kouichi: That's a "living being"...!! Kouichi: That's a "real frog"~~~ Kouichi: So what happened to my suitcase!? Kouichi: Da... damn it! It's him! Kouichi: Oh no... My money, my credit cards, my return ticket are all in there! The pass... passport too! ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Pg. 97 Kouichi: "Act 1"! Can you find him from the sky---!? Frog: ...... ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Pg. 98 Giorno: ......... ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Pg. 99 Giorno: !! Man with a shovel: ......... Man with a shovel: Gush. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Pg. 100 Man with a shovel: You are "Giorno Giovanna"... Man with a shovel: ...right? Giorno: ...... Man with a shovel: This is the firs time... we meet, Giorno? Man with a shovel: You... know about me? Giorno: ..."Luka the Dewy Eye"... Giorno: I heard that when you were in a fight, you kept on fighting even a knife was deeply stabbed into your face... Giorno: And the aftermath was, though the wound was healed, you always have tears in your eye. Luka: Gush... ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Pg. 101 Luka: Nah... Luka: Sit here. Luka: Here. Giorno: ...... Luka: That's okay, just take a seat...! My neck gets tired if I have to look up and talk... Giorno: [ ...... ] Luka: How old are you? Luka: Gush. Giorno: ... I'm 15. Luka: 15!! Luka: Woo- you are quite young~~~ Luka: Okay, Giorno. Luka: There are 3 "Be"'s ya need to have a good friendship...! Luka: 3 "Be"'s. Luka: Ahh... the first one is "be honest", the second one is "be loyal"... Luka: And the third one is "be respectful to your friend"... Luka: Okay? These are the 3 "Be"'s of friendship, gush... ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Pg. 102 Giorno: What is it that you want from me? Luka: I'm the one that's talking now! Who the hell said you can talk!? Stupid! ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Pg. 103 Luka: Ya workin' part-time at the airport, right? Luka: You still haven't pay that dues for "be respectful" to me, "Luka the Dewy Eye"... If that's the case~~~ Our friendship can't continue~~~ Show me your wallet~~~ Hey! Luka: Where is it? This pocket? Giorno: Luka. Giorno: I already pay my dues. Giorno: I don't have any money. Giorno: You pay the guaraaaaad~~~ I don't give a shit about that---!! Photo: Dio Brando. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Pg. 104 Luka: What the hell is this~~~? Luka: Some family photo album thing? You don't have shit in this thing besides a photo. Luka: Where're ya hiding your wallet? Hey! Money! Give me your wallet! Giorno: Luka... don't make me say the same thing again... Giorno: Some things only need to be said once, the fact that someone wants me to say it twice... Giorno: That means the listener is not that smart. Giorno: I already paid my dues and I am saying I don't have *anything*... Giorno: Please don't make me say it the third time. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Pg. 105 Giorno: ...... Luka: You little bastaaarrd---!! ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Pg. 106 Luka: What the...!? What is this "creature"......? Knock that thing off! Giorno: It just came back to me unnoticed...... Giorno: This "frog" has nothing to do with this... It just came back to me... Knocking it off...? Please don't do something like that... Luka: I'm givin' ya an order! And I'm tellin' ya to pay me dues! Ya ain't listening to me on "both" things!! Luka: Ya're saying "NO" to "both" things on me, "Luka the Dewy Eyes"!? ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Pg. 107 Giorno: It is a "living being" with its own will... It thinks on its own... Giorno: I think you better stop that...... Knocking it off... that's not something I can do...... Luka: You're......~~~ Luka: You~~~~'re~~~~~~ Giorno: Stop it! It is harmless if you don't do anything to it!! Luka: You're dead meat!!!!!! ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Pg. 109 Giorno: Didn't I tell you to stop... Yet, *it* is not that loyal to me... *It will just try to protect itself*, *because it has its own life*...... ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Pg. 111 Giorno: Any attacks against *it*... Giorno: Will become fatal attacks coming against yourself. Giorno: And, I've asked you please don't make me say it the third time. Giorno: Saying something a lot of times is... Giorno: Useless... its useless that's why I don't like it.... Mudamuda... Kouichi: My... my luggage... Kouichi: Oh no! I lost him~~~~~~ ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~