Kizuna Book 5 Part 17 translation KIZUNA by Kazuma Kodaka Book 5 Part 17: pp. 4-20 unofficial translation by Katherine Conventions: regular text: name of speaker and spoken lines italics: thoughts bold: descriptions (in parentheses): spoken words that are hand-written or not in the talk bubbles Enjouji lies motionless in the alley. Bandanna guy: H-hey... Bandanna guy: Y... you didn't kill him, didja...? (page) Fake Kai: H... he's not moving... Fake Kai: What the hell've you done?! Hat guy: Shut up! I didn't kill him!! Don't be freaking out on me!! Hat guy: Poking Enjouji's head with his stick. This guy was chasing us around! Letting him do as he pleased would be more dangerous... Hat guy: Hey, bring the car around. We'll take him to the warehouse. Bandanna guy: But... Hat guy: Someone's gonna notice him here, right? Hurry up and get the damn car! (page) Hat guy: Turning Enjouji onto his back and rummaging inside his jacket, finding his ID. Kei... Enjouji... huh? Hat guy: He's pretty young. Hat guy: Well, I don't know who he is, but... Hat guy: He's one unlucky bastard. (page) At Enjouji and Ranmaru's apartment. Ranmaru: Hearing something banging. !! Ranmaru: Enjouji?! Ranmaru: Hearing the noise coming from outside. ..... He puts his hand on the door handle. (page) Ranmaru: I'm being stupid... Enjouji is at work right now. Ranmaru: Seeing the phone. Oh yeah, I could call him on his cell phone... Ranmaru: Starting to pick up the phone, then stopping and gazing at it. ...... (page) Ranmaru: Nah, I'd better not. Calling to say hurry home... Ranmaru: I'd sound like a little kid... He'd laugh at me for sure. Ranmaru: As the phone rings. ! Ranmaru: Hello? Ranmaru: Yes, this is Samejima... Enjouji's Boss: You haven't heard anything from Enjouji-kun, have you? Boss: Because it's time for his shift, and he's still not here... (page) Boss: We're short staffed tonight, you know, and we really need him. Boss: Is he there? Ranmaru: No! He even left home earlier than usual today! Boss: Yes, well, if he wants a day off, he needs to properly get permission before hand... Boss: Hello? Helloo?! Employee: Manager! What's up with Enjouji? Boss: Slamming down the phone. He's taking the night off!! Employee: Wow, that's unusual. (page) Ranmaru: That can't be... Ranmaru: Skipping work without getting approval first... Ranmaru: He's never done that before!! He places a call on the cell phone. In the gangsters' car... Fake Kai: As the phone rings. Kya! Bandanna guy: Hang up, you idiot! Fake Kai: Sweating, as the phone continues to ring. Hey, can't we just smash this phone and get rid of it? Hat guy: Getting rid of it would be more dangerous. Turn it off! (page) She turns it off. Meanwhile Enjouji lies unconscious in the trunk with tape over his mouth. Ranmaru: Hello?! Ranmaru: Enjouji! Enjouji!! (page) Ranmaru's hands shake as he stares at the phone. Ranmaru: I have a bad premonition about this... Ranmaru: Clutching at his shirt. Where are you now, Enjouji?! (page) At Tashiro's place... Kai sits up in the futon, channel-surfing. Tashiro: Lifting up the edge of the futon. Well... shall we go to sleep? Could you scoot over a little? Tashiro: As Kai ignores him. ......... (page) Tashiro: Um.... Kai: ...You know what's causing this conflict, don't you? Kai: I don't know how much they're paying you, but you can't win against an enemy if you don't know anything about him, right? Kai: How much do you know? Tashiro: How much...? It's just a struggle between yakuza groups, isn't it? Hey, lie down will you? Kai: Not giving up the blanket. That's no answer! You're not going to sleep until you tell me! Tashiro: Gazing into Kai's eyes. ..... Tashiro: If you want me to make love to you, just say so, you poor lonely boy. Kai: Trying to shove him away. What the hell?! You dumbass pond scum!! I'm gonna kill you, you fucking idiot!! (page) Tashiro: Forcibly tucking in Kai. You shouldn't go around saying you're going to kill people when you've never done it. There, be a good boy and go to sleep. Kai: ..... Kai: I have... killed someone before. Kai: I... was the cause of someone being killed. Kai: The guy loved Masa, and I was in the way, so... Kai: He wanted to get rid of me... (page) Kai: He was stupid... What good would it do to hate me? Kai: Me and Masa are just... yakuza and a yakuza son... nothing more. Kai: I guess he wanted him and Masa to kill each other, but Kai: He ended up being the only one to die... Kai: What an idiot... And Masa, who went along with it and killed him... Kai: Was stupid too... Tashiro looks at him. (page) Tashiro: So are you, Botchan. Kai: What?! Tashiro: You don't really understand how deeply Araki-san loves you. Tashiro: You've probably been given such unconditional love that you're unable to appreciate it. (Poor Araki-san.) Kai: Sitting up. How can you know anything about it?! Tashiro: I heard it from Araki-san's own mouth. Kai: Really...? Tashiro: Smiling, as Kai leans over him. This subject interests you, doesn't it? (page) Masa: In flashback. More important to me than anyone. ...Please, I'm counting on you. Tashiro: It's not because you're the boss's son. You understand that, right? Kai: ..... Tashiro: If you still don't want him after he's that enamored of you, then I'll take him. (Will you give him to me?) Kai: Masa's not a thing!! Kai: Blushing as Tashiro smiles. Ah! Just shut up! I'm going to sleep!! (page) Kai: Why doesn't he ever say anything to me?! Kai: Why would he tell that stuff to someone else?! Masa: In flashback. Bon... Kai: Masa always sounds so gentle when he speaks to me... But something's not right. Kai: Something's different than before. A distance between us. Kai: Who created that distance? Me? Or was it you...? Masa...