That Beast of a Man – その男、猛獣につき

Track 1

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Yokohama Station

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Delinquent with a Ridiculously Short Jacket

Damn it! I’m so pissed off for no reason!

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Delinquent with Ridiculously Saggy Pants

Look, boss. There’s a scrawny-lookin’ target over there!

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Delinquent with a Ridiculously Short Jacket

Oh? Perfect! Let’s use him as a punching bag… RAAAGH!

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Kinari

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Thunk!

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Delinquent with a Ridiculously Short Jacket

Gyaaah?!

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Delinquent with Ridiculously Saggy Pants

Boss?!

Watch where you’re goin’, you punk! And how heavy are you, anyway?! My boss went flyin’!

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Delinquent with a Ridiculously Short Jacket

Ugh, it hurts… My arm might be broken…

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Kinari

Broken…? According to my biometric scan, no injuries or physical abnormalities are detected.

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Delinquent with a Ridiculously Short Jacket

Huh? If I say it hurts, it hurts! You’re paying for my hospital bills!

A certain someone’s footsteps cut through the commotion.

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Raito

Kinari, are you alright? Looks like you bumped into someone.

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Kinari

My apologies, Raito. An unanticipated issue is currently underway.

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Raito

Got it. Leave it to me.

Sorry about that, you two. Kinari is part of my team.

If you’re hurt, you can bill the medical expenses here. Here’s my business card.

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Delinquent with a Ridiculously Short Jacket

Huh? HAMA Tours…?

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Delinquent with Ridiculously Saggy Pants

Raito Kitakata… Wait, you mean EDG3’s Golden Yasha?!

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Raito

Haha, that’s just an old nickname of mine.

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Ryui

(Hm…? Yasha?)

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Delinquent with Ridiculously Saggy Pants

I-I’ve heard all about your legends, sir! Can I get a handshake, please?!

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Raito

Sure, no problem. Here.

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Delinquent with Ridiculously Saggy Pants

Whoa… I’m not washin’ this hand for three days! Man, this is unreal!!!

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Ryui

…Huh. Guess they know what’s up.

HAMA House - Living Room

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Ryui

—So yeah. Back in the day, everyone idolized EDG3’s Golden Yasha at least once.

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Nagi

Huh. The Legend of the Yasha... I didn’t know Raito-san had a dark past like that.

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Ryui

It’s not a dark past!!! Where’d ya even get that idea?!

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Raito

Well, you two look like you’re having fun.

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Nagi

Ah, speak of the devil. Ryui was just telling me about your old days, Raito-san.

Like how you took down a hundred delinquents armed with spiked bats using only your kicks. Bat after bat, but still making them drop like flies1.

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Raito

Haha, really? Well, it’s not like I ever counted, so I’m not certain if it really was a hundred.

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Ryui

...

(...Still, between his usual behavior and the way he acted earlier today, he’s like a completely different person from the legends.)

(Maybe he’s a sleeping lion…?)

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Raito

Oh, that reminds me. Hearing “bat after bat” made me think of butter2—and there’s a really good miso butter ramen place nearby. Want to go check it out together sometime?

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Ryui

(…Nah, I guess the Yasha is already a thing of the past.)

  1. Nagi is making a pun here, playing on バット (batto / baseball bat) and バッタバッタ (batta-batta), an onomatopoeia for knocking people down in rapid succession.

  2. Raito is responding to Nagi’s previous pun. He connects バッタバッタ (batta-batta) to バター (batā / butter) due to their similar sounds.

Translation
eri (via ktkt-abacus)
Proofreading
caela, vielle, Iris
QA
caela