Angelic Layer Volume 1 (C) 1999 by CLAMP Kadokawa Comics A #45-1, ISBN4-04-713283-7, ¥540 Published in Monthly Shounen Ace from February 1999 - June 1999 BATTLE 2 Version 1.6 Translation by Heather Sluys, August 1999 The Angelic Layer translation disclaimer: Angelic Layer and its characters are property of CLAMP, but if you're reading this you probably knew that already. As far as I know, I'm the first person to translate this series into English. There is no commercial translation available for this series, but if one ever does become available I am not responsible for whether or not you still use this translation. Now, go and read, my friends! Have fun! Heather Sluys, a.k.a. Heta-chan ----------------------------------------------------------------- BATTLE 2 NOTES: The restaurant called "Duklyon" that Misaki and Tamayo eat at in this chapter is named after CLAMP's short series "Campus Police Duklyon." And is it just me, or does Hatoko-chan look an awful lot like Tomoyo Daidouji from Card Captor Sakura . . . ? ----------------------------------------------------------------- * = Thoughts < = Handwriting/Captions/Narration ~ = Flashbacks @ = Sound Effects ( = Notes --Pg. 46-- @Step step@ MISAKI It's done! SHOUKO Smells goooood . . . @Sneak@ MISAKI Good morning! SHOUKO You made all this by yourself?! MISAKI Yeah, I hope you'll think it tastes good. SHOUKO Is that your middle school uniform? MISAKI Yep! --Pg. 47-- SHOUKO Well, well, let's take a look! Heheheheheh. How cute! The Eriol Middle School uniform looks really good! MISAKI I've been nervous since I first put it on. SHOUKO Our little Misaki's in sixth grade . . . Well then! Let's eat this food you worked so hard on! MISAKI I guess I worked pretty hard on it . . . --Pg. 48-- SHOUKO Delicious! @Chomp@ SHOUKO Misaki, I want you to marry me! MISAKI Whaaaa?! I'm off! SHOUKO Seeya later! @Shut@ MISAKI I forgot something! @Open@ SHOUKO What? Enrollment papers? --Pg. 49-- MISAKI I think I'll have time at school to make her a suit. Well, I'm off! SHOUKO Angelic Layer, huh . . . --Pg. 50-- MISAKI So today I'm a middle school student . . . I'll make a cute uniform for Hikaru, too. GIRL Ah! An angel!! MISAKI Wha? @Glance glance@ GIRL Over here, here! @Wave wave@ @Point point@ GIRL Isn't that an angel? --Pg. 51-- GIRL You built her for speed, didn't you? --Pg. 52-- MISAKI Is there something wrong with her?! GIRL No, but what's with her joints . . . Why is she naked? MISAKI I . . . it's weird, but I still haven't made clothes for her . . . GIRL But the poor thing's naked. Here. MISAKI Th-thanks! --Pg. 53-- GIRL What's your name? MISAKI Wha? GIRL Your name, and your angel's. MISAKI I'm Misaki Suzuhara, and this is Hikaru. GIRL I'm . . . BOY Hatokoooooo! @Thud thud thud@ --Pg. 54-- BOY You didn't wait for me!! HATOKO If you didn't see me leave it's your own fault. @Gasp gasp@ BOY Hey . . . Huh? A new friend? HATOKO I just met her. --Pg. 55-- HATOKO I'm Hatoko Kobayashi, a member of the Eriol Primary School Rabbit Team. This is my stubborn older brother, Kotarou Kobayashi. Today he starts sixth grade at Eriol Middle School. KOTAROU Whaddaya mean stubborn! MISAKI That's the same grade as me! KOTAROU Are you a new transfer student? MISAKI Yeah. --Pg. 56-- HATOKO Hey, you two, isn't it about time for middle school to be starting? MISAKI & KOTAROU Ah! HATOKO Well, I'm off to primary school. Seeya. MISAKI Yeah! Seeya! HATOKO You'd better not be late, Kotarou. @Slide slide slide@ KOTAROU Respect your brother!! MISAKI Whaaaaa . . . --Pg. 57-- KOTAROU Sorry, as a kindergartner she's got a habit of being a brat. MISAKI That's okay. She wrapped her handkerchief around Hikaru. KOTAROU Her handkerchief? MISAKI She put it on my angel. KOTAROU She can't ignore anything that has to do with Angelic Layer. MISAKI Is Hatoko-chan that knowledgeable? KOTAROU Knowledgeable or something like that . . . And here we are. --Pg. 58-- KOTAROU Anyway, from today on we'll be in the same school and the same grade. It was nice to meet you. MISAKI Nice to meet you too. KOTAROU . . . oh. --Pg. 59-- KOTAROU And the same class, too. @Thump thump thump@ GIRL Kotarou-chaaann!! We're in the same class agaaaaiinn! @Kabam@ @Whhaaaaaa@ GIRL Hm? --Pg. 60-- GIRL You moved up a level! @Wave wave@ MISAKI Moved up? GIRL Eriol School goes from primary school all the way through high school. That means that kids go through it kind of like it's an escalator. elementary school --> middle school --> high school> GIRL Kotarou-chan and I have been in the same class since primary school. You're from a different school, right? MISAKI Ye-yeah. --Pg. 61-- GIRL I'm Tamayo Kizaki. Nice to meet you. MISAKI I'm Misaki Suzuhara! Errr, Kizaki-san. TAMAYO Just Tamayo's fine. MISAKI Well, Tamayo-chan. I think you're hurting Kobayashi-kun. TAMAYO Am I? --Pg. 62-- TAMAYO Oh, so you and your aunt are living together? MISAKI Yep. TAMAYO What do you do about food? MISAKI I really like cooking. For now, my aunt and I are taking turns making the food. @Grip@ TAMAYO Not fair! Will you marry me? MISAKI A girl can't marry another girl! (Translator's note: Well, in some states they can ^_^) @Whaaaa!@ KOTAROU Don't worry, Tamayo'll always be a kid. @Slurrrpp@ KOTAROU But that really isn't fair, Suzuhara. --Pg. 63-- TAMAYO Suzuhara's too formal! You're Misaki-chi! All right! From now on I'll call you Misaki-chi! MISAKI Misaki-chi . . . KOTAROU It's okay if you refuse, she tends to ride on the moment. @Wahoo wahoo!@ MISAKI Not at all! @Shake@ MISAKI I couldn't have made up a better name! I'm happy! --Pg. 64-- KOTAROU Then you should call me Kotarou. MISAKI Kotarou-kun. TAMAYO Kotarou-chan! Hahahaha! @Flip@ TAMAYO Don't call him Kotarou-kun, he's definitely a chan! KOTAROU Wait a second . . . @Yeah yeah!@ TAMAYO Now then, Misaki-chi! Since we'll be in the same class right away, we should be friends! Yep! MISAKI Sure!! --Pg. 65-- @Tap tap tap@ MISAKI *I made friends so soon after coming to school! I'm so glad!!* Ah, but I didn't get to make you a suit at school. *She was a cute little girl.* All right! Since I have a uniform, I'll make Hikaru some clothes too! ICCHAN Heheheheheh. MISAKI Wha!! @Glance glance glance@ --Pg. 66-- ICCHAN Muhuhuhahahaha! Ya!! @Step@ @Kaboom@ @Nnggg@ @Dust dust@ ICCHAN Icchan is heeeeere! MISAKI Whaaaa!! --Pg. 67-- MISAKI Uh, ummm, are you okay? ICCHAN My back tooth's a little bit broken, but I'm fine. MISAKI Thank you very much for what you told me before. You taught me a few things about Angelic Layer. But you surprised me when you left all of a sudden. ICCHAN I had to leave unexpectedly. @Shake shake@ ICCHAN I'm really a nice guy, but I've been called weird more than once. Since I wear this white uniform and these glasses, everyone thinks I'm a pervert!! @Crash!@ --Pg. 68-- @Swish swish@ ICCHAN . . . . . . . @Thump thump@ ICCHAN So, did you finish your angel? @Turn@ MISAKI Yeah!! ICCHAN Oh, they always feel good the first time you hold them. I see you haven't used her legs yet. So, this looks . . . Eheheheheheheh @Flutter@ ICCHAN Gasp! --Pg. 69-- ICCHAN I was checking out the angel with completely pure intentiiioonnss!! @Crash@ @Aaaaaa!@ ICCHAN She has a small body, built for speed, huh. MISAKI That's right! --Pg. 70-- MISAKI What you said . . . can you understand that by looking at her?! If you know her type just by looking at her, you must know a lot! *Just about as much as Hatoko-chan . . .* ICCHAN But is this flimsy thing her permanent outfit? @Flutter@ MISAKI N . . . no. I still have to make a suit for her. ICCHAN The suits that angels wear are generally made out of a cloth . . . --Pg. 71-- ICCHAN . . . that you buy at the toy shops. @Kaboom@ MISAKI Ummm, ummmm, I spent all my money on that stuff before . . . @Choke@ @Nod nod@ ICCHAN I see. It's terrible that middle school students don't have very much pocket money. --Pg. 72-- ICCHAN There!! @Dadadadummm@ ICCHAN A present from Icchaaaannn!! We'll give her the best clothes for her thin, fast form. @Shuffle shuffle shuffle@ ICCHAN That's right, we'll use this cloth here . . . --Pg. 73-- ICCHAN Yesss! Here it is! @Tada!@ ICCHAN You can make a cool suit with this!! Yeaaahhh! @Dribble@ MISAKI Thank you very muuucchh!! --Pg. 74-- @Click click click@ @Click click click@ @Stitch stitch stitch@ @Snore snore@ MISAKI It's dooonnne!! @Whew@ ICCHAN Huh? @Snap@ --Pg. 75-- ICCHAN Wow! It took a while, but you did a good job!! Oh yeah, what's the angel's name? MISAKI It's Hikaru! @Pat@ ICCHAN That's a good name. --Pg. 76-- ICCHAN So, let's see how she'll do in Angelic Layer!! MISAKI Whaaaaaaaa?! To Next ------------------------------------------------------------- I think what Icchan first says on page 75 just about sums up this little project of mine ^_^ Now on to Battle 3! THIS TRANSLATION BY HEATHER SLUYS, AUGUST 1999