YES!! I finally included the translation
from Maigo-chan and
Serizawa
Kamo!!!
If you want to look for a Manga-Translation, you should have a look on
their sites!
All translations were done by them, not by me!!!!
BTW: Serizawa has also VERY great historical information about the Shinsen-gumi
on his site =^^=.
The pictures of the 28 volumes are in chronological order, 7 on each
page....
they show Watsuki in various situations with the characters of Ruroken.
But... somehow.... Aoshi is missing *SNIFF*
The longer text is some kind of 'free-talk on the envelope
directly under the pictures =^^=
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VOLUME 1:
WATSUKI IS A LIAR.
As you can see above, I really like Kenshin’s enemies
the Shinsengumi the best.
Even worse, when I was in high school I was a history dunce who didn't
even take Japanese history.
I’m really a fake.Ruroken is my first published
serial.
My child is not very well done, but I hope it will be loved for
a long time.
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VOLUME 2:
WATSUKI IS AGAIN A LIAR
Not only are the kanji for "wandering vagabond" not read "ruruoni," the
word itself isn’t even in the dictionary.
I completely made it up. I apologize to everyone who believed me.
I’ll leave it at that; I’ve been really busy lately, as you can
see from the picture.
I couldn’t even draw the picture for the cover of the book edition.
It’s too late for the third volume, but the fourth for sure! This time
Watsuki will not lie!
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VOLUME 3:
People: Who? Who? Who are you!!
Watsuki: (This is becoming a joke) I’m Watsuki. Pretty much . . .
I’M FAT.
I haven’t had time for exercise so if you say it's natural, indeed it
is. . .
And on top of that, I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to shave,
so friends and aquaintances are treating me just like in the picture.
So, my resolution this year is to start a diet and to shave properly.
Other than that, I want to devote my full energy to "Rurouni Kenshin"!
But, I want to play Samurai Showdown too . . . (No slacking! Wake
up!)
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VOLUME 4:
Above Watsuki, his death poem:
Nightingale
I too know the feeling
Of spitting blood.
FOR THE THIRD TIME, WATSUKI IS A LIAR.
I’m really sorry. I’ve broken the promise I made in Volume Two.
I wouldn’t care if you threw stones at me.
As in the picture, I’d commit seppuku to apologize, but until I finish
RuroKen I’ll have to refrain.
Samurai Shodown, too. I’ll just have to buckle down and stop slacking.
So don’t give up on me . . .
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VOLUME 5:
Watsuki: I’m done with the ten weeks, but . . .
Kaoru: Don’t whine about it, just hurry up and do your job!!
I WOKE UP AND THE YEAR WAS OVER.
The serialization of Ruroken began, and I finally made it through the
one-week year of the magazine.
As you can see in the picture above, I’m really surprised to be in a situation
I never could have imagined.
To have a dream come true is difficult, but I have felt keenly how difficult
it is to preserve this dream come true this past year.
In my haze of chronic exhaustion and lack of talent, it’s all I can do
to just say "hi" or nod to people, but I’ll try hard to keep up.
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VOLUME 6:
Watsuki: The feeling of a real sword in your hand is the best! (But actually
I feel more like the Highlander . . .)
Yahiko: That’s not the best at all!
REMORSE
The complaints in earlier books are really too pathetic.
From now I’ll do my best to pick up my spirits.
To change the subject, recently I’ve been thinking about buying a
real sword.
It’s expensive shopping, but it will be material, and I’ll be totally
absorbed by it,
like in the picture above. But I’m sometimes exhausted . . . especially
since I have no time.
I’ll probably have to give up on the real sword and look forward to buying
a big picture of "Samurai Shodown."
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VOLUME 7:
Watsuki: Oh no!! I forgot to draw Kenshin’s sword!
Sanosuke: Your finish is weak.
I FINALLY DID IT!
I finally drew the cover for the comic.
I just moved my workplace and my chief assistant suddenly went on vacation,
so there were a lot of odd jobs to do and rather than bother people .
. .
Doing the color was just basically fun, so from now on I want to draw
as much of them as I can.
But that’s really what I should be doing anyway. Am I really such a bad
person . . . ?
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