Neringu Project Episode Five "Tsuchi no Koe" Ribon February 2000 Disclaimer: This translation is meant as a guide for those who wish to read the manga. Please don't steal this translation or do anything illegal with it. Please don't use this for commercial use or sell it, etc. >.< Another note is that I am translating with Japanese One basic knowledge- there are very well mistakes in this. I welcome all help/corrections. Arigatou, minna. Sore ja! -Meimi Translation by Meimi (KSaintTail@aol.com) February 16, 2000 %thoughts (side notes) [narration] $flashbacks ------------------------------------------------------------ pg 1--cover Nene asleep in a teacup with a fish drawn on it Neringu Project Episode Five: The Voice of the Soil What does it mean- to become human? Is it okay for Nene to stay like a doll? by Fujita Maguro pg 2 Nene: You're so lucky, Hinako-chan! Hinako: Hm? Nene: Your hair is all fluttery! Nene's hair is solid. It won't "flutter" like Hinako-chan's hair. pg 3 Shunta: That's 'cause it's clay. Hinako: But Nene-chan's hair is very cute! Nene: After all... After all, Nene... NENE WANTS TO BE A REAL HUMAN!! Nene: % Ever since all that fuss last time... Nene: (I'm not growing!) Nene: % Nene's been very upset, how my body just stays like a doll's. pg 4 Ryou: Hmm... I thought you'd be thinking about this soon. Nene: Ryou-san, what do you think I should do? Can Nene become a real human? Ryou: Nene, shouldn't you ask the clay like that, instead of me? Nene: The clay? Ryou: Yes. Because I made Nene out of special clay from Maguro Mountain. pg 5 Ryou: So it might have been what let you move. That clay might have the secret. Nene: % I see! Nene: Nene especially made this sunfish balloon! I can go to Maguro Mountain this way!! pg 6 Animals: Amazing, amazing! But why a balloon? Haruka: Because we're going with her. Shunta: Who knows what might happen if we let Nene go alone? Hinako: I made us lunch! Nene: Everyone, hurry and get on! And now... We're off to Maguro Mountain...!! Kids: (We're flying, we're flying!) Nene: % And then... % We went to Maguro Mountain, Nene's hometown. pg 7 Nene: Wow! There's so many trees! Hinako: This is Nene-chan's hometown, right? Nene: Yup! (I can't remember it, but...) I'm so happy it's a pretty place! pg 8 Hinako: I'm sure Nene-chan can become a real human! Nene: Yup! Thank you, Hinako-chan! Hinako: Look, Nene-chan, it's a squirrel! Nene: Ah, cute! pg 9 Nyuuru: Wha! Nyuuru: WAAAAAAAAH! NENE, SAVE MEEEE!! Nene: Ah, Nyuuru, no fair!! Nene wants to make good friends with the squirrel too! Hinako: It's a girl squirrel. Shunta: Hey! I found some fruits we can eat! Hinako: Oh, then... Let's have lunch! pg 10 Shunta: We're forgetting what we came for... Haruka: We came to look for the clay. (If it's something to do with Nene, I don't forget!) Hinako: But this really is a wonderful place, huh, Nene-chan? ...huh? Nene: Everyone, look! Nene made friends with the squirrel too! Shunta: YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S FORGETTING THE MOST OF ALL!! pg 11 Nene: But I wonder if Nene's clay is over here... Shunta: Huh? Niichan didn't give details on the place? Haruka: It'll be okay, this mountain isn't very wide. Hinako: If we all look, we'll find it quickly! Now, again... All: WE'LL START LOOKING FOR CLAY ON MAGURO MOUNTAIN!! pg 12 Shunta: Hey, Haruka... If Nene becomes a human, that means you two won't be alike anymore. Are you okay with it? Haruka: I don't really care... It's not really a big problem. After all, there's lots of developments in science now, right? You never know, I could become a human sometime! Shunta: Ah, I see... Dan: ...here I go! pg 13 Shunta: Huh? Nene: YAAAAY! I got so many acorns! Thank you, Dan-kun! Dan: (East job.) Shunta: NENE!! (You're still playing!) pg 14 Nene: Shunta-kun, take these to bring home as a souvenier! I'm going to look for more, so take there! Shunta: Yeah, yeah... Shunta: % Does she REALLY want to look for it? Nene: Ah... Shunta-kun, your hands are so big! Shunta: Huh? Nene: Nene's hands were full of the acorns, but you can hold them all like that! Nene: See! pg 15 Nene: See! They're big! Shunta: ...UWAAAH!! Who cares if they're big or not?! Haruka: (Hey, no fair!) Nene: Because... pg 16 Nene: I'm so JEALOUS! If Nene can become a human... I wonder if I'll have big hands like Shunta-kuns... Shunta: huh... Voice: You can't, Nene. pg 17 Nene: huh? Voice: Come, Nene. Come here. Shunta: ? Nene: I can hear a voice! Shunta: A voice? Nene: I'm sure it's the voice of the soil! It told me to come over! pg 18 Nene: It told m- Voice: Nene... Come home. You can not become a human. Nene: % What? Voice: Now... Come home... Come... Hinako: Nene-chan? Shunta: Nene! pg 19 Voice: Come home. Nene: % No! % Why? % Why... Shunta: Nene! What's up with you?! Ryou: What's wrong, Shunta? Shunta: Nene won't come out of her room! And she ran off by herself right after lunch... pg 20 Shunta: I don't understand her anymore! Geez... Ryou: ... Nyuuru: Nene... Are you okay? pg 21 Voice: Come home, Nene. Nene: % Stop it. Voice: It's time for you to come home now. Nene: % Nene doesn't want to come home. Voice: Because, you... You used to me only soil like us. Nyuuru: Nene? Nene: ...I have to go back. pg 22 Animals: SHUNTA! SHUNTA! Shunta: Wah! What'?! Animals: NENE, SHE... Shunta: Huh? Animals: Nene...went back to the soil...