NG Life Translation
By Mizuho Kusanagi
Translated and Edited by Apple
Translation Notes:
-Italics are thoughts, and occasionally, first-person PoV narration.
-Small fonts are dialogue outside the bubble or in small (written) script, not printed.
-[Bracketed] words/phrases are those that appear in the manga, written in boxes (not bubbles), and occasionally Kusanagi-sensei’s remarks.
-(Words in Parenthesis) are my descriptions and/or side comments, added here to eliminate confusion (and to make you laugh…maybe).
Announcer: And the winner is Celix Lucrates Front!!
[Sign Plate: 76 A.D.
Pompei City, Italy
Battle Arena]
(The shot of a young man in a warrior’s garb, wearing a helmet and carrying a sword…and the people in the arena are cheering. This young man is Celix.)
(Another young man in similar garb embraces Celix.)
Laureus: Celix!
Celix: Laureus!
Laureus: Amazing, amazing!
Laureus: To run that lion down to the ground like that! I’m so proud of you!
Celix: Haha! You’re exaggerating! I only got this far because of you!
(A shot of a beautiful lady with long dark hair.)
Lady: Celix-sama…
Celix: Selena!
Celix: You promised, Selena. If I win this battle, you’ll accept my proposal…
Selena: Then if it’s all right, I’ll be happy to.
Celix: I can’t describe how happy I am.
Celix: Pompei, you’ve blessed me with a Venus!
Celix: Selena…
Selena: Celi—
Voice: IT’S MORNING, KEI-CHAN~!
(A young man, and this one looks similar to Celix.)
Young Man: Uh?
(A shot of a pretty cute girl, and this one looks similar to Laureus earlier.)
Girl: Good morning, Kei-chan.
Young Man: …A dream…?
Young Man: (clutches a pillow to his face) SELENA WAS FINALLY GOING TO MARRY MEE!!
Girl: Will you quit having those dangerous delusions so early in the morning?!
Young Man: IT’S NOT A DELUSION! IT’S MY PAST EXISTENCE!
(The girls opens the windows.)
Girl: I told you, I know already. I’ll just humor you for now. Nice weather today!
(And now we have a full shot of the young man, wearing pajamas and clutching a pillow.)
Keidai: I, Saeki Keidai (17), am carrying the memories of my past life.
Keidai: In the previous world, around more than 1900 years ago, in a beautiful city in Italy known as Pompei, I had lived as a young man known as Celix.
Girl: But you really love Selena, don’t you?
Girl: Is that really all right?
Keidai: OF COURSE!
Keidai: Selena is as beautiful as Aphrodite, and as kind as an Angel…she’s the best kind of woman!! It’s no exaggeration to say that she has stolen all the hearts of the men in Pompei!!
Girl: Kei-chan, you’re scary.
Keidai: At the time, because of a volcanic eruption, Pompei had met a devastating fate.
Keidai: But even when I died, I never forgot Selena, or my past comrades.
Keidai: In the present, I am once again surrounded by my comrades during that time.
Keidai: For example, this girl is my classmate, Serizawa Mii.
Keidai: In the previous world, this girl was a young man called Laureus, my best friend.
Keidai: Laureus and I competed together with our swords, and drank together.
Keidai: But I’m the only one who’s got memories of the previous world.
Serizawa: But why do you say that I’m that Laureus?
Keidai: When I got a look at the color of your soul, I knew.
Keidai: There’s no way I’d make a mistake on that, not with you.
Keidai: I mean in general, I would never talk about having memories of a previous life with anyone else --except for you, y’know.
Keidai: Those who know about the story of my previous world are Serizawa, and my parents.
Voice: Heeh…even up to your room, I have to give you a morning call directly.
Keidai: And—
Owner of the Voice, who is actually Selena: So you guys aren’t ready yet, after all—?
Keidai: Se…
Keidai: SELENA!!
(And Keidai open his arms wide, and crying, he was about to embrace Selena, but…)
Boy version of Selena: I’m a BOY!!!
(Selena...er, the boy punches him out.)
Boy: Teemee—you’ve mistaken me for a girl again…
Boy: You know that I’m already bothered enough by my girly face! Do you take me for a fool?
[Note: Stupid strength]
Keidai: I’m so sorry, Yuuma-kun. I was just a little sleepy...
Keidai: I am also VE~RY deeply troubled about something…
Keidai: The wife that I had loved so utterly during my previous life…from a woman, she was reborn as a MAN.
Keidai: Ujou Yuuma moved to the house right beside mine a month before.
(A shot of Yuuma here, looking cute but maybe bratty. Er. Still cute.)
Yuuma’s Mom’s Voice: Hora, Yuuma. Say a greeting.
Keidai: It was the fated reunion between Selena and me…
(And of course, thinking that, Keidai embraces Yuuma with tears falling down his face. But then…)
Yuuma: I’M A BOY, YOU PERVERT!!
(…Yuuma slugs him. Like, really hard.)
Keidai: …Or so I had thought.
Yuuma: Keidai, you’re just lazing around during vacation, right?
Yuuma: Then help me out with the roadwork.
[Note below Keidai: High school; Note below Yuuma: Middle school]
Keidai: With the exception of his face, this guy is ultra manly and shittily impudent—
Keidai: Don’t wanna.
Keidai: Go do it by yourself.
(Yuuma makes a sad and cute face.)
Keidai: Cuu…
Keidai: tee…!! (Is hit by an arrow from Cupid-Bear.)
(Sounds, “Kyun~!” and “Tosu~!” because the arrow hit him straight in the heart and now he was lost. Heehee)
Keidai: What do you mean “Tosu~!” “Kyun~!” ?!? This is a GUY!!!
Keidai: Even if the soul is Selena’s, the present male form is a problem!!!
Keidai: And yet even so…my heart still goes “kyun~!” I hate myseelf~~!
(And Keidai is banging his hands on a table and crying, while Yuuma looks on, evidently amused.)
Yuuma: I don’t understand. You’re funny.
Serizawa: Yuuma-kun, you train your body, right? How cool~
Yuuma: Ah. Damn.
(Yuuma is blushing.)
Yuuma: It’s…not that I train it…
(Yuuma is still blushing and at a loss for words. He’s got a crush on Serizawa, apparently.)
Keidai: This is a strange three-way relationship.
Keidai: I see them only as Selena and Laureus, but these two also have their own respective feelings.
(A shot of Selena and Laureus, side by side and below that, Yuuma and Serizawa, in the same pose.)
Keidai: Right before birth, people's souls already have this plan on what their life would be like when they are born.
Keidai: Like their sex, the environment, the people to should meet…
Keidai: Most likely, this life that I have right now, I had wanted it myself.
[Title: NO! THIS LIFE IS DEFINITELY NO GOOD!!!]
(Keidai in class.)
Keidai: But…the fact that…
[Note: 4th Period: Math]
Teacher: Saeki!
Teacher: Go to the front and try to solve this problem.
(And Keidai is on the blackboard, solving a Math problem even as he thinks about his past life/present life dilemma.)
Keidai: The reason why Selena wanted to be born as a man…
Boy Classmate 1: Amazing~! To be able to solve such a difficult problem…
Boy Classmate 2: Amazing, Saeki.
Girl Classmate: Tall, and a nice face…
Keidai: It can’t be…Selena…
Keidai: Had Selena wanted to break up with me and then became a man!?
(Keidai manages to solve the problem, all right. But then afterwards he cries. Right in front of the class, while facing the blackboard.)
Teacher: Saeki, you’ve solved the problem, so don’t cry. No one’s bullying you.
3 Classmates: But not very well~
Classmate 1: Do your best, Saeki~!
Classmate 2: Then again, I also like that side of you.
[Note: 5th Period: Physical Education]
(Keidai’s class is playing basketball, and he’s got the ball.)
Keidai: Oh, I remember now. Yuuma had said once before that he hated me.
Keidai: What if Yuuma’s soul hates me for that reason?
Girl Classmate 1: Kyaahh…! You’re so fast, Saeki-kun!
Girl Classmate 2: Dribble that ball and don’t cry, Saeki-kun!
Girl Classmate 3: But then again I also wanna see that Saeki-kun!
[Sensei: Weirdly enough, Popular Keidai]
Keidai: Well then what should I do?
Keidai: This is becoming really sad!!
(Keidai takes a shot, and…manages to get the ball in.)
[Note: (Keidai) is a guy who can somewhat shoot the ball, in the middle of thinking]
(Keidai, with his head slumped on the desk.)
Keidai: What a cruel woman~
Keidai: That Selena~
[Note: In the middle of twilight, after class]
(Serizawa standing in front of him.)
Serizawa: You seem like a drunk person.
Keidai: Ne, I wonder if Selena wanted to break up with me and then afterwards became a man…
Serizawa: What are you saying?? Then tell me, why was Laureus born as a woman?
Keidai: He wanted to try putting makeup on. Or something like that.
(He gets slapped in the head for that remark.)
Voice: Saeki-sempai~
(And with the voice, comes three girls. Three first-years.)
Girls: Can we talk to you for a second?
Girl 1: We just wanna ask something. Saeki-sempai, you’re always with that person, right?
Girl 2: Are the two of you together?
Keidai: That person…?
Keidai: Serizawa? No.
Girl 1: Then that means you’re free, right?
Girl 2: Isn’t that wonderful, Yuiko~!
Keidai: So me and Serizawa seem like that, after all…
Keidai: This is bad.
Yuiko: Um…I—Uh, me—
Keidai: I might have hurt Yuuma...I don’t want him to hate me this much...
Yuiko: —But uhm—
Yuiko: Is it okay with you, Sempai?
Keidai: Eh? Un.
Girl 1: That’s great, Yuiko! Sempai is your boyfriend now~!
Keidai: Eh? Eh?
(Keidai’s face, looking so shocked. Of course…if I were him, I’d be shocked, too.xD)
Girl 2: Yuiko is cute, so I knew she could get a boyfriend easily, but…
Girl 2: To get Saeki-sempai!
Yuiko: You’re embarrassing me, Chinatsu~
Yuiko: I hope we can be happy together, Sempai~
(A shot of Yuiko. Cute girl, but…feh. Anyway, with sparklies around her.)
(The next scene/s: Keidai spazzing. Like as in really spazzing. I think he’s even worse than Memori when he spazzes.)
Keidai: Hai~!!? Wait~~a~~second~~! Mi~~ss~~!
Keidai: Why…? Why did this kind of thing happen? When did I say “okay”???
Classmate 1: Look, that Saeki’s agonizing again.
Classmate 2: Do your best, Saeki!
Keidai: What have I done? What have I done? Is this the life that I had wanted? MY SOUL!!!
Serizawa: Ke~i-chan, what’s wrong? Let’s go home! Having fun?
Keidai: Aa! Serizawa, Serizawa, I…
(And while Keidai and Serizawa are talking, that girl Yuiko appears, and…)
Yuiko: Saeki-sempai~*heart*
Keidai: Gi...
Keidai: NOOO—!
(More spazzy Keidai.xD Maan, can this guy spazz.)
Yuiko: Let’s go home together~*heart*
Keidai: Ah…Uh…
Serizawa: That first year earlier…what? What’s going on?
Yuiko: Saeki-sempai said he’d be my boyfriend, Serizawa-sempai.
(Keidai, with his face turned away, while Serizawa looks…plenty shocked.xD)
Keidai: ………
Serizawa: Kei-chan, really?
Keidai: ……Uh…Un.
Serizawa: W…
(And Serizawa spazzes this time around.xD But she doesn’t look as stupid as Keidai does when he spazzes.)
Serizawa: What IS that? Why!? You’re the one who’s always going Selena, Selena! You’ve even chased after Yuuma-kun once! And just when I was thinking it would never happen, here you are chasing after a normal girl this time!
(While Serizawa is making her tirade, Keidai cries and spazzes.xD)
Keidai: Uwaaah! Don’t say something that makes a person look like a perveeert~~!
Keidai: I was just thinking that I want to enjoy my life normally!!
Serizawa: “Enjoy?”
Keidai: Oshino-san, I’ll take you home. Where do you live?
Yuiko: Please tell me where you live too, Saeki-sempai.*heart*
Serizawa: (looks on this scene with a lot of sadness) …
Yuiko: Is your house near here, Sempai?
Keidai: Yup, near.
Keidai: What do I do? It’s not like I can tell her I made a mistake this time, and…I can’t talk to Serizawa anymore.
Keidai: She’s cute.
Keidai: If I tell her “no,” she might cry.
(And while Keidai and the first year girl walk and talk, they meet someone on the street. Who else but…)
Keidai: Yu…
Keidai: Yuumaaaaaaaa!?
Yuuma: Yo.
Keidai: O...ou...
Yuiko: Your friend?
Keidai: Ah…my neighbor.
Keidai: I really didn’t want to see you right now…
Yuuma: Where’s Serizawa-san?
Keidai: T…Today, we’re going home separately.
Yuuma: Fu~n…
Keidai: …Because right now, my eye seems to be prickling.
Yuiko: Sempai, do you always go home together with Serizawa-san?
Keidai: Heeh!? Well, she lives nearby, so…
Yuuma: (looks on the scene, with a…maybe irritated expression? Not sure. Yuuma is hard to read here.) …
Keidai: Ah! Oshino-san, your house? I should really take you home.
Yuiko: Ah…maybe not today. I mean, I’m nervous enough already. If you do more than this, I won’t even be able to look at your face…
Keidai: Wah…how cute~~!
(Man, even while doing that, he still spazzes.)
Yuiko: I’ll email you later. See you tomorrow!
Keidai: Ou~! Take care!
Yuuma: (with narrowed eyes) That girl…
Yuuma: Who is she?
Keidai: …
Keidai: …My girlfriend…
Yuuma: …! What about Serizawa-san?
Keidai: You know, Serizawa and I, we’re not like that…
Keidai: Is he angry?
(Yeah, well, Yuuma has this reeeaally steely look in his eyes. And then…)
Yuuma: …Serizawa-san is cuter.
Keidai: You’re just prejudiced, you know. Oshino-san is…
Yuuma: Like, A HUNDRED TIMES CUTER!!
(Whoa. Said with much feeling. And while holding a fist out. And with his fangs showing.xD)
Keidai: Ah—right, right! You love Serizawa, don’t you?
(Upon this comment, Yuuma blushes. Bingo.xD But he changes the subject quickly.)
Yuuma: Then you really, seriously love that girl!?
Keidai: O…of course! She’s a good kid…and cute…
Yuuma: …
Yuuma: …More than Selena?
(Whoa. Even better.xD Go, Yuuma. The shot in this frame is Yuuma with arms crossed over his chest, and Keidai, getting a “right-straight punch” on his chin. Yuuma’s comment really got to him.)
Keidai: W-w-w…why are you saying such a…
Yuuma: Well, she was your past love, right? I don’t really know, but you’re always going Selena, Selena…
Yuuma (in Keidai’s vision, he turned into Selena): Come on! If there’s anyone out there that you love more than her, then admit it!
Keidai: I want to shout, “Only you!!” Quit this vision already…
Keidai: So I can’t lie to Selena, huh…
Keidai: …All right, I get it. I’ll tell you the truth.
(Some time later, I suppose, after Keidai relays the whole story to Yuuma.)
Yuuma: Haah!? So you’re saying you said “OK” by mistake?
Keidai: …Exactly.
Yuuma: What the hell~! You’re problematic, as usual…
Keidai: Well, I didn’t think she’d do something like confess.
Yuuma: Then? Are you having a hard time refusing her?
Yuuma: I can go and do it for you—
Keidai: Wait!
Keidai: There’s no need to tell her. It’s fine like this.
Yuuma: Why!?
Keidai: …I don’t wanna hurt her.
Yuuma: What the hell are you saying? Leaving it in this condition is the most disrespectful thing you can do!
Keidai: Maybe so…but…
Keidai: It made me happy that she did it. Confessing your feelings honestly must have taken some courage, so…
Yuuma: …I…get that…but still…
Keidai: I just want to make one thing clear.
Keidai: If Yuuma really loves Serizawa…
Keidai: If Yuuma’s soul ended up really wanting to love Serizawa…
Keidai: If that’s the future that Selena had chosen, then…
Keidai: I’ll be fine, so…you should go ahead and tell Serizawa that you love her.
(And Keidai walks away.)
Yuuma: What the hell is that? Oi!!
(In Keidai’s house.)
Keidai: Maybe in this life, I was also meant to find someone else to love.
Keidai: I’ve decided. I…
Keidai: …will forget Selena!!
Keidai: Then my heart would stop leaping every time Yuuma is in front of me…
Keidai: (spazzing) I didn’t do that!
Keidai: And I’ll no longer get jealous whenever Serizawa and Yuuma are close…
Keidai: (more spazzing) I told you, I didn’t!
Keidai: For the sake of all that, I have to find a new love and have fun in the present.
Keidai: That’s right!
Keidai: It’s all right like this…
(His cell phone beeps. A mail message.)
Phone Mail From Oshino Yuiko: Do you have any plans this Sunday? If it’s all right, let’s have a date.^_^v
Keidai’s reply: Sure.^_^ Where to?
(Sunday. Keidai is standing…er, somewhere. Anyway, he’s waiting for the first-year girl/Yuiko.)
Keidai: Now that I think about it, this is the first time I’m going on a date-like “date.” At least in the present.
Keidai: I was always out with Serizawa. I didn’t think there was anything wrong with that—
Keidai: But the fact that I’ll never be able to hang out with Serizawa from here on is a bit sad… I mean, that’s my best friend of more than 1900 years we’re talking about.
Keidai: (upon seeing Yuiko approaching) Oops, gotta quit doing this. What am I thinking? I’ve decided right?
Yuiko: Sempai~
Yuiko: Sorry, did you wait?
Keidai: …To love this girl…
Keidai: Cu~te…
Keidai: Nah, it’s fine.
(And suddenly his eye catches…two people together. A girl and a boy. Who else but…)
Keidai: Yuuma…Serizawa…!!
Keidai: What the…they’re also on a date.
(Keidai, hitting Celix with a shovel. And the next shot is Keidai dragging his(Celix) corpse along the ground, and in the next frame…)
Keidai: Forgot about me and are having fun…?
Keidai: How great I am. Now I’m at peace. Sleeping.
(…Keidai has already buried Celix.)
Serizawa: Hey, did Kei-chan look here just now?
Yuuma: Don’t worry, it’s fine.
Serizawa: Yuuma-kun, stop it.
Serizawa: I get it. Kei-chan said “OK” by mistake.
Serizawa: (she looks so sad) But if he’s really decided to become that girl’s boyfriend, even if we follow them, there’s no point to it.
Yuuma: We’re not following them. I just came here to shop, that’s all!
Serizawa: Mou~
Yuuma: That jerk—! A confession? What confession?
Yuuma: I’ve already been dumped.
Yuuma: Keidai, if you make Serizawa-san cry again, I’LL KILL YOU!!
(The really angry Yuuma sends his death glare towards Keidai, aand…)
Keidai: What the…? Is it me or did I just feel Yuuma-sama’s bloodthirsty aura…?
(…he feels it. Yup.)
Yuiko: Sempai? What is it? Let’s go~!
Keidai: I have to stop this! Never mind Yuuma. Right now, I’m on a date.
Keidai: Speaking of date…
[Selena and Celix: Date Chapter]
Selena: Celix-sama!
(Celix approaches her, covered with bruises and cuts and with his wardrobe all dirty.)
Selena: What happened? Those wounds…!
Celix: Sorry, Selena…
Celix: (holds out a necklace made out of seashells, but broken) I was thinking of giving you this necklace as a present, but…
Celix: This happened.
Selena: Well…
Selena: It’s all right, Celix-sama. (She picks a flower from a nearby bush, and…)
Selena: (…clasps Celix’s hand, and allows that hand to place the flower behind her ear.) For Selena, this is enough.
(How sweet.)
[End Selena and Celix: Date Chapter]
Keidai: Viva! Selena!!
(Tears are running down his face again.)
Keidai: To worry about the man that is me, and to touch me so kindly with that exquisite hand…
Keidai: That drove me crazy…
Keidai: Much to the point that I thought I died!!
(All throughout that little mental speech, he’s in a…kind of a worshipping position. Or proposing position.)
Keidai: What am I doing, having a delusional theatrical performance?
Keidai: Selena has already been sealed in my mind.
Keidai: It’s disrespectful to this girl.
(…And finally, Keidai goes back to the present. He’s in a jewelry store with Yuiko.)
Yuiko: Sempai, look, look!
Yuiko: A pair ring. How cute~!
Keidai: Yeah, it is.
Yuiko: I’ve always wanted something like this.*heart*
Keidai: If you want to buy, then let me go call a salesperson.
Yuiko: But I don’t have any money.
Keidai: …Eh? It’s like she’s nagging me.
Keidai: Ah, but since it’s a pair ring, maybe I’ll buy one too.
Keidai: …We’re sorry, but we didn’t see the five-digit price quite clearly!!
(Erm, I’m not sure about this translation. But in any case, what’s clear is that Keidai can’t afford the pair ring, since it costs around 20 thousand yen or more.)
Selena (in Keidai’s memory): For Selena, this is enough…
Keidai: Yes, Selena has been deleted. Deleted.
(Merp…deleted, all right. Like, in a computer. In this frame, Keidai is like, in front of a PC and doing exactly that—deleting.)
Keidai: But that’s that…the fact is, she wanted to have a pair ring with me.
Keidai: The purity of her feelings, that’s what’s important! Isn’t that cute?
Keidai: Yep, yep, if I go on like this, then for sure…Yuuma will only be nothing but an impudent middle-school kid!
(Mwahahaa. There’s a shot of Yuuma here, looking exactly like the impudent kid Keidai describes. But still cute.)
Keidai: …
Keidai: I wonder how they’re doing…
(A separate scene, and another place. Actually, a boutique?)
Voice: Wait a second.
Owner of the voice, who is actually Yuuma: WHAT IS THIS?
(Yuuma is wearing girls’ clothes.xD Like the really girly type. A dress, with a long-sleeved laced overtop maybe, and those Greek-type sandals.)
Serizawa: Yuuma-kun, you’re so cutee~!*heart*
Yuuma: Cute, and what will you do!?
Serizawa: Wear the wig too~!*heart*
(She slips the wig on Yuuma’s head…and voila! Yuuma has now…)
Yuuma: Hey, you—
Yuuma: Why are you doing this kind of…
(…transformed into Selena, aha. Not that it was really quite difficult to begin with.)
Serizawa: If I look at you closely…
Serizawa: It’s true…I can see a really cute Selena.
Yuuma: Hah…?
Serizawa: Selena…well, it’s just that Yuuma-kun looks a lot like Selena.
Serizawa: I was thinking that if anyone would be able to steal Kei-chan from me, it would be Selena.
Serizawa: But even so…
Serizawa: If I can stay by his side even just as a friend…
(As they talk, they hear voices. None other than…)
Voice: Yuiko! Long time no see.
Owner of the voice, who is actually Yuiko’s friend: How are you doing?
Serizawa: Arara, it’s her.
(Yup. Yuiko just stepped inside the boutique and is now talking to her friend, a store clerk in the boutique.)
Yuiko’s friend: Yuiko, you’re alone today?
Yuiko: No, I’m with my boyfriend.
[Sensei (pointing to Keidai, who was on a booth in a café): Was made to wait.]
Yuiko’s friend: Really? Where?
Yuiko: That guy sitting over there.
Yuiko’s friend: That guy? He looks pretty cool!
Yuiko: Well, his face is.
Yuuma and Serizawa: His face…?
Yuiko’s friend: Eh? Something wrong with his personality? No good?
Yuiko: No good, well…he’s boring. Not rich.
(Meerp.*punches Yuiko* She’s one of those two-faced types of people. In this shot, she looks like an arrogant bitch. Well, she is, but…un.)
Yuuma and Serizawa: Hah?
Yuiko: My friends were being so noisy, so I ended up getting him, but…
Yuiko: Maybe I should end it with him.
(Yep, a bitch all right. And Yuuma and Serizawa heard this whole conversation.xD)
Yuiko: Sorry for keeping you waiting.
Keidai: Nah, it’s fine.
Keidai: Aren’t you hungry? You want anything?
Yuiko: Sempai, we need to talk.
Keidai: Nn?
Yuiko: I want to break up with you.
(Ke~h. The shot of Keidai here is funny. He’s got dots for eyes, and a curved line for lips. And two weeny flowers are growing on his head.xD)
Keidai: !?
Yuiko: I’m sorry…I though I loved you, but…
(What a real bitch. Look at her fake face here. I really want to punch her.)
Yuiko: I think those feelings might have been a mistake.
Keidai: What?
Keidai: What is she saying?
Yuiko: I’m sorry…
Keidai: I mean, this girl is…
(A pair of feet. Wearing the Greek sandals. And then a flutter of hair. A certain person has entered the café, and as she did, the people around couldn’t help but stare. This person is none other than…)
Yuuma: It’s been a while, hasn’t it…
Yuuma: Saeki-san.
(Yeep. Yuuma in Selena guise.)
Yuiko: Eh…
Yuiko: Who’re you?
Nearby boy 1: What the…look at that girl.
Nearby boy 2: Extremely cute!!
Yuuma: It’s so nice to meet you. I’m Saeki-san’s lover, Selena.
Yuiko: Lover!? What the hell is that?
(Mwahahahaha. The Yuiko bitch is annoyed. I think it’s because Selena/Yuuma is beautiful, whereas she is only cute.)
Yuuma: Yes. Are you a friend of Saeki-san’s?
Yuuma: Saeki-san, you’re playing with girls again…
(Mwahahahahah. Go Yuuma. Annoy that bitch further.)
Yuuma: But since I’m here now, there’s no need to do that anymore, right?
Yuuma: After all, there’s no person in this world that you love more than me…isn’t that right?
Yuuma: Saeki-san?
(Next page, full page: Keidai crying. Like as in really.)
(…And in the next frame, Yuuma’s face has this…funny expression. Kekeke.)
Keidai: Eh…
Yuiko: Hold on a minute, Sempai!
Yuiko: This person… “lover,” …is that TRUE!?
Keidai: (still crying) Nn…?
Keidai: Iya…No…
Keidai: She’s my WIFE.
Yuiko: WHAAAT!!!?
(Bwahahaha. Her jaw dropped like, half a foot or so.)
Keidai: Selena...
Keidai: You really are SELENA—!
(And Keidai has just grabbed Yuuma and embraced him. Mmmpffft…!)
Yuuma: (inside) Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah…!
Yuuma: I WANT TO HIT HIM!
(He really does. His fist is like, already clenched so hard. And mwahahahaha the Yuiko bitch is a~n~g~r~y.)
Yuiko: …I don’t believe this!
Serizawa: Hey, hey…
Serizawa: You shouldn’t say that.
Serizawa: You don’t understand Kei-chan at all.
Yuiko: Serizawa-san…! Don’t tell me you dragged your friend along to do this…to embarrass me…
(Embarrass you? Meh. You did that to yourself, bitch.)
Serizawa: That thing about Selena being his lover is true. Er, wife.
Serizawa: Okay, Kei-chan, stop it. Wake up! (slaps Keidai.)
Keidai: Haa…a-re…Yuuma?
Yuuma: Let go, you IDIOT!
(He’s removed his wig.)
(Keidai remembers Yuiko, and wooonderful that he is, he approaches her and gives her something…)
Serizawa: Kei-chan?
Keidai: Here.
Keidai: I bought this earlier. It isn’t a pair ring, but…
Keidai: I also did something disrespectful to you, so to make up for that…
Keidai: I’m sorry.
(He even bows to her in apology. Like she deserves it. Oh well, Keidai is a nice person. And anyway, in this shot, she looked a bit ashamed of herself to me.)
(Later. The three are on their way home.)
Keidai: Ah—Yuuma…about your appearance earlier.
Yuuma: What about it???
Yuuma: That was just me expressing my hatred towards that girl. But anyway, do you really think there’s anyone in this world who’s as good-natured as that?
Keidai: So it was just an empty dream, huh…?
Keidai: Well, I was the one who was bad from the very beginning, anyway—
Yuuma: That’s right! You’re bad! All of you!
Keidai: How cruel!
Keidai: Well then, why did you do that?
Keidai: You even wore girl’s clothes. I forgot myself for a moment there.
Yuuma: That girl just sickened me! Is that bad?
Serizawa: In the end, we’re the only ones who really understand the good in Kei-chan, after all.
Yuuma: I just hate that girl, that’s all it is!
Serizawa: Maybe, but you did it for Kei-chan’s sake, didn’t you?
Yuuma: I told you already, that’s not it!
Keidai: Right before birth,
Keidai: People's souls already have this plan on what their life would be like when they are born.
Keidai: And this includes tough trials, but…
Keidai: Maybe…just maybe…
Keidai: Right now, the fact that I’m here, as well as these feelings…
Keidai: It wasn’t just me who had wanted all this.
Keidai: You guys too…you also chose…
Serizawa: Ne~ Kei-chan…
Keidai: …To be here with me…?
Keidai: THANK YOU.
Keidai: That was why I met once again with you…
Serizawa: Yada~ What are you crying for?
(Yes, Keidai is crying indeed.)
Keidai: I’m not crying!
(He rubs his eyes.)
Yuuma: You’re really funny, you know that?
Keidai: …The people whom I love.
His falling tears are a reflection of those memories… As he traverses the eternal time…
-NG Life End-
Translated and Edited March 31-April 2, 2006.