On Feb 1, 6:18pm, Ewan Chrystal wrote: > > Hi folks > > Without any knowledge of Japanese I am trying to understand what is happening in > ch57 in vol 9. It seems to me that this is rather a crucial chapter for > indicating Belldandy's interest in Keiichi. I have a couple of questions which > I hope someone will be able to answer:- > > Who is the female character, who I think is an exorcist/priestess? (Have I > understood that correctly?) > > Why did she contact Keiichi? > > Is it Belldandy who causes things to break when the female character tries to > kiss Keiichi? If so, is it because she is jealous? I haven't finished this yet, but seeing that this has been sitting on my HD for a long while, I guess to is better to put it out and ask for comments. Stephen AH! MY GODDESS! VOL.9 [Japanese Name: Aa! Megami-sama! (ああっ女神さまっ)] Original story Copyright (C) 1992 Kosuke Fujishima/Kodansha Translation (C) 1994 Stephen Lee, an affiliate of MEGAMI JIMUSHO [Goddess Studio] English translation: Stephen Lee Editing and proofread: Version history: -1.0 - prerelease version - 20 Feb 94 -0.9 - 1st edit - 4 Mar 94 -0.8 - 2nd edit - 28 Mar 94 -0.7 - 3rd edit - 28 Mar 94 -0.6 - 4th edit - 03 Apr 94 -0.5 - 5th edit - 12 Jul 94 { : speech found in word bubbles [] thought or sound effect found in word bubbles or blocks > comment / whispering / soft words not in word bubbles >< some important sound effect in background } CAST: (last name first) Morisato Keiichi (森里螢一) The main character, an Engineering student at the Nekomi Institute of Technology (NIT). Right now, is a junior and the president of the NIT Motor Car Club. Belldandy (ベルダンディー) Goddess of the present, staying at Keiichi's side because of his wish. Urd (ウルド) Belldandy's bigger sister, goddess of the past, with tan skin and a nice figure. Skuld (スクルド) Goddess of the future, the youngest of the 3 goddess sisters. Sakakibara Shiho (榊原志保) Electronics Engineering freshman studying in NIT. =============================================================================== Ah! My Goddess vol.9 Chapt. 57 "Flawed Goddess" {lit. dirtied/stained Goddess} ---------------- p.147 > Chapt. 57: Flawed Goddess ---------------- p.148 [doki] [doki] Locker> Morisato [sutu - sound of slipping(?) letter into locker] Envelope> {english gibberish} Electronics {Engineering} 1st year Sakakibara Shiho Note> Those who open this locker will be doomed! > Tata - sound of footsteps away < Vertical sign> Room of Kakuta Keiichi: Bye Be back after lunch Horizontal sign> Labo of Kakuta Big note> Experiment menu for today Ceramics impact test Sticker> Danger High Voltage Keiichi: Damn I wonder if it is the oven's temperature being instable... I didn't expect the hardness {strength} to be like this. ---------------- p.149 Belldandy: Without failure there will be no invention. Failing more times means the probability of succeeding becomes higher, so let's eat bento {lunchbox} and cheer up. Keiichi: Yeah it's so. [Polok - sound of opening locker] Keiichi: What's this? ---------------- p.150 Keiichi: > Who's this? Electronics Engineering 1st year Sakakibara Shiho? I don't know her. Hmm... Letter> To do such thing as sending a letter All of a sudden I'm sorry From the time I noticed you Many times I tried to say... But... Never Could I say it... Those were the days The day I regret forever > That were the days The day I regret forever I muttering up courage today for sure Want to tell you Want to convey my words So Until I found your appearance In front of the fountain I'll be waiting Waiting forever Keiichi: Thi...this > doki < > This is the so-called *LOVE LETTER* ---------------- p.151 Keiichi: I've written some myself but as for receiving, never. Belldandy: What's that? Keiichi: *WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!* > Bak! < Belldandy> I wonder if it's something I shouldn't have asked... Keiichi: (Blushing) NOTH...NOTHIN-- Sound: From the time I noticed you Urd: Many times, I tried to say-- Hmm--! Keiichi: !! Urd: That thing called "Love Letter" huh? You're doing it, aren't you? Keiichiiii ---------------- p.152 Urd: Well Going to get close to her? Keiichi: I DON'T have any reason to get close with her do I?!! Urd: Oops Is that so Urd: From my fortune-telling She seems to be a very lovely girl, though... > Hair fortune-telling ^_^ Keiichi: ... What...What shall I do Urd> Hey don't take it seriously. Belldandy: Keiichi-san ---------------- p.153 Keiichi: Y...Yes? Urd> Seeeee? {I told you} Now watch. Belldandy: Confessing one's affection requires extremely large amount of energy! You must reply properly. Keiichi: A...aa [She said this, her eyes was totally serious... but she, who doesn't possess this thing called "jealousy" {even in this kind of situation} Is she really trusting me? What if, with that 1/10000th chance, I'm not {qualified as} a target for her jealousy?] ---------------- p.154 Urd: Refuse her then? Is it okaaaay? Wouldn't that be a waste... Keiichi: Is it that interesting to make fun of me? Urd: Yeah, quite... Keiichi: Wow... Dazzlingly cute... > -- however, whatever one says > to say it's this girl -- ---------------- p.155 Sakakibara: Ah, Morisato Keiichi-san! Keiichi: Uh? Sakakibara: Great! You come for me! [This girl... she really?] >Zuki!< [How can I] [When she's showing such an innocent smile --] Sakakibara: Er... ---------------- p.156 Sakakibara: Umm... Ah... Found it. Keiichi: SORRY! I -- Keiichi: Eh? Sakakibara: Please don't move. Keiichi: Ye... Sakakibara: A... Sakakibara: Ah! I KNEW IT! Keiichi: Eh? ---------------- p.157 Sakakibara: YOU ARE BEING FOLLOWED BY SOMETHING! SOME NON-HUMAN SIGNAL IS COMING FROM YOU! Keiichi: >GIKU!< > Is...Is the secret about the Goddesses going to leak!? Sakakibara: Ahhh... To return the evil spirits who oppose mankind to the dark, by my power... Just thinking about it makes me shiver with anticipation. Keiichi: Errrr...r > Evil spirits? Sakakibara: DON'T WORRY! Sakakibara: I'll excorcise them for you for sure! Keiichi: What, are you an excorcist or something? Sakakibara: Right!! It's 2 years since I took it up as a hobby. Keiichi> In a word, an amateur... ---------------- p.158 Sakakibara: I've decided from the time I noticed you. "I'll take this person as my first subject." Keiichi: {?} Urd: Argh -- ! ENOUGH!! How miserable! Urd: If you are to reject her, DO IT QUICKLY! Otherwise HOW CAN I ENTRUST BELLDANDY TO YOU? Keiichi: Urd, I don't know what to tell her... Urd: SHE'S ONLY TREATING YOU AS A TOY! Sakakibara: ? ? Urd: BELLDANDY! YOU, TOO! DON'T YOU FEEL ANYTHING SEEING KEIICHI'S INDECISIVENESS? ---------------- p.159 Belldandy: Keiichi-san chose me. He wished me to stay at his side forever. So I can do nothing but to trust Keiichi-san. Urd: ... speaking with you just make me lose my desire to help... Keiichi> What was she saying? Sakakibara: Er... Sorry to interrupt you in the middle of this > {?} < Sakakibara: For the purpose of excorcising Morisato-san's evil spirits, allow me to go to your place tonight. ---------------- p.160 Keiichi: WHAT? Sakakibara: Well, let's go quickly. Keiichi: Don't decide it all by yourself! Sakakibara: I don't know, I'll just follow my wimp. Sakakibara: First let me prepare a bit. > Patan. < Skuld: Wa.. Skuld: WAIT! Why must I let this person use my room when I don't even know what she's doing? ---------------- p.161 Urd: It's something about the direction being good... Skuld: For what? Urd: Excorcising evil spirits -- Skuld: !! Skuld: N..no It's just a joke, isn't it... Urd: This girl is really poor at these things isn't she. Urd> Something is coming from behind that sliding screen Skuld> Kyaaaa! Keiichi: Er... Sorry Because I didn't refuse clearly, it became like this. Belldandy: ... It's nothing you need to apologize for. ---------------- p.162 Belldandy: I was a little bit worried. If that girl likes Keiichi-san, it would certainly end up as a sad memory {of hers}. Belldandy: -- {or} {of mine, it might be...} Keiichi: ... Keiichi: Don't be silly. Urd> It's turning its back there Skuld> Kyaaaa! I don't hear this -- ! Sakakibara: Sorry for waiting -- ---------------- p.163 Sakakibara: Now... Shall we start? Keiichi: You even brought that kind of clothes? Sakakibara: It's nice, isn't it? I made it myself. More importantly Sakakibara: ... Keiichi: Er.. Wa.. Wait Sakakibara: Quiet... I'm matching your breath. ---------------- p.164 Sakakibara: > inhale < > exhale < > inhale < > exhale < Keiichi: Is this kind of thing neccessary? Sakakibara: > inhale < > Bang! < Sakakibara: Po..Poltergeist phenomena? Skuld: Kyaaa! Kyaaa! Urd: Stop it -- ---------------- p.165 > Ba! < > Ba! < > Zyara < Sakakibara: Well, come any time! Keiichi: a mixture of sects ---------------- p.166 > Suuuuun < Skuld: Eh? Sakakibara: !! > UGYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! ---------------- p.167 Skuld: Wait, you are supposed to have come here to excorcise! Why -- Sakakibara: Kyaaaaaa! The {fuda (token?)} has no effect! Kyaaaaaa! Skuld: ... Belldandy: Big-sister... this Urd: Umm Urd: That's not correct. > Don't come near!! I don't understand the formula there well but Urd: It probably summoned some low-level spirits. Belldandy: I thought so. Keiichi: Do I have an attractive body to this kind of things, or what? Urd: Let's take it off!! ---------------- p.168 > Kiiin < Keiichi: Er.. Eh? Sakakibara: ? Sakakibara: not... not there? > * < Sakakibara: Is it so!! My {ofuda} worked. I I'm... ---------------- p.169 Shiho> TALENTED!! Skuld: I hate this girl. Sakakibara: Well... Then That's it for me. Skuld: Please leave quickly! Belldandy> Skuld Sakakibara: Morisato-san Sakakibara: Thank you. This is the first time. A person who go with my hobby till the end -- ---------------- p.170 Keiichi: No... Since you eyes looked so serious, I couldn't refuse you even if I were going to. Sakakibara: Ufufu I wouldn't mind a Morisato-san like this. ---------------- p.171 > Bang! < Keiichi: WAAAAH! > Bang! < > Bux! < {...} Sakakibara: Th... This > Bux! < Skuld: Kyaaa! ---------------- p.172 Sakakibara: THIS IS A CHALLENGE DIRECTLY TOWARDS ME! > tho... though it's a bit scary > ? < Keiichi: Can..can it be there's really something here? Urd: You're wrong. Urd: Belldandy's power is leaking... Keiichi: Power? Why Urd: You don't understand? Urd: It's *jealousy*. Although she didn't seem to notice it herself either. ---------------- p.173 Keiichi: -- that Belldandy... Skuld> Banpei-kun, help... Ah -- Even Banpei-kun has stopped -- Urd: is not expected to have it? Urd: She is not a doll you know. She does have such an emotion. Urd: Liking a person cannot always be beautiful so no matter what, there is no way she could just leave this matter at that. That girl, she fills herself full [and now she blows up] Belldandy: ... ---------------- p.174 Belldandy> -- Can't stop this dark feeling welling up inside me Belldandy> What has I done? I... Sign> Skuld Research Institute Sakakibara: INRI {?} ---------------- p.175 Sakakibara: {?} {?} {?} {?} {...} ---------------- p.176 Skuld: {nee} Isn't she going to summon some wierd things again? Urd: I wonder... This is also different from the formula so... More important > chira < Belldandy: What is it? Keiichi: Nm No... Nothing > What > isn't she not different from usual? [Is it the darkness? Her color doesn't seem good, but...] > Su < Sakakibara: {?} ---------------- p.177 Sakakibara: I did it! I summoned {who?} Garum: _My_ > Zu... < Garum: _My name_ Garum: _My name is Garum..._ _Hellhound from {Nirvana in Hades}_ * ---------------- p.178 Urd: Why... Why would Garum -- ! Skuld: KYAAA! Garum: The one who summoned me State your reason -- Sakakibara: ... Sakakibara: I wasn't calling someone like you. > What's that? This dog... Urd: Waa! You Idiot! Garum: _What..._ _So you're summoning Garum without a reason..._ Garum: _This crime_ ___CANNOT BE PAID BACK EVEN IF YOU DIE TEN THOUSAND TIMES!___ ---------------- p.179 Garum> _UOOOOOOOOOOOOO!_ > Sa < > Hijii < ---------------- p.180 Urd: Erase the magic circle {Pentagram} now! Skuld: Ya -- ! It was written with magic, it can't be erased! Urd: Then, change it to the Poltgerist program! Skuld: I DON'T KNOW THOSE FORMULAS! Belldandy: The poltgerist program is no use to Garum! Quick, the banishment program -- Keiichi: Belldandy -- ! Sakakibara: Kyaaa! Kyaaa! ---------------- p.181 {...} Urd: That's it! Urd: The power Belldandy leaks from jealousy weakens her sealing ring*. {?} Urd: Secret technique! * sealing ring: The earring on Belldandy's left ear. Her power is too strong, so the sealing ring is used to limit it. ---------------- p.182 Urd: Human body -- Keiichi: Er...r? > Gugu.. < > Kuru! < Sakakibara: Eh? Urd: REMOTE CONTROL! Keiichi: Waah -- ! My hands themselves -- ! ---------------- p.183 Belldandy> I understand now... Belldandy> Afraid, Belldandy> I was... > Uoooooo... < ---------------- p.184 Keiichi: U... Belldandy: {u} {u} Keiichi: ...? Belldandy? Belldandy: {u...} So..Sorry. Belldandy: I... I'm no good. I was supposed to be worrying about not making the girl sad... But more than that, {zutto} ---------------- p.185 {...} Keiichi: N..no I'm sorry... I was abusing your trust. {lit. I was sitting cross-legged on your trust} -- It was Urd who said this, but liking another person is not just the good things. being angry, crying, laughing ---------------- p.186 Keiichi: even then, still wanting to be together, that is what liking another person is. Certainly Keiichi: For me, it's Belldandy Keiichi: I want to be together with. Belldandy: Thank you ---------------- p.187 Urd: {?} Sakakibara: u.. Ummmmm Sakakibara: Er Eh? The dog-thing is not here. Sakakibara> I'm a GENIUS! Sakakibara: I did it. Once again, with my power... Urd: Well... Being able to summon things like that Garum by mistake, maybe she *can* really be called a genius... > Afterwards She started to be a professional {?} in the University. Sakakibara: Ar -- ! There is a dark shadow behind you! Student: > Giku! < > Luckily, that strange power of hers seems to have disappeared END - Chapt. 57 "Flawed Goddess" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ..!!.... ..!!.... ..:!!...... .!!. !!! ....!!.. ::::!!:: .!!--<. .!!--<. !!! :‾ .'!_!_!! !! :::!!!:: .‾ !! ‾`: .‾ !! ‾`: !!!!!. :!! ! .' ...:--``-. !! !!! `:.....' `:::!!' ....>' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ‾ Stephen Lee ‾ Email: sl14@cornell.edu ‾ "That person... that person... is *MY* Keiichi!!" - Belldandy, manga #8