Naruto Shinden Pages 13-21 Translation
Thanks again to my roommate who was clutch and translated this for me from the Chinese translation! She doesn’t have any experience with Naruto so some translations may reflect this, notably page 21.
ETA: I’ve made some slight edits since first posting this so you may see different versions of p.21 floating around
Kakashi laughs so hard that it could be heard across dimensions. Sasuke goes back to the bridge after he’s abandoned by his daughter, where he sees Kakashi waiting there, laughing.
Kakashi: Aiya, it’s obvious that you two are blood related. Both of you are such squares. Yeah, very obviously blood related, mhm.
Sasuke: That book… called something passion… do you still have it?
Kakashi: Ah, this person… it’s Icha Icha Paradise! Icha Icha Paradise! Of course I have it. What’s up now? Could it be… you finally realize the power of Icha Icha Paradise?
Kakashi asks this with a big grin, feeling like he has a new comrade who will appreciate the Icha Icha series with him.
Sasuke replies instantly.
Sasuke: Give it to me. I’m going to throw it in the river.
Kakashi, just as he was taking the book out, stops halfway, sadly.
Kakashi: You are so cruel. Icha Icha Paradise was written before this child was born. It’s a little outdated, even for your generation.
Sasuke: What needs to be thrown into the river is not the book, Kakashi, it’s you.
Kakashi: Very true, but you need to calm down. Why don’t we jump down together. When our bodies reach the ocean, it’ll be an infamous mystery.
Kakashi: It’ll probably be easier if you ask someone with a daughter, like Naruto.
Sasuke: Not that guy, he’s busy.
Kakashi: Yeah… he has been pretty busy recently. The agricultural industry is developing really well and a lot of people are settling in the (wood?) village. He has a lot more burdens than I did when I was the Hokage.
Sasuke: No, I don’t mean that. I saw him with his daughter just now.
Kakashi: Oh, I guess you can’t discuss this with him then. Huh… other people with daughters… Kurenai… ahh, that’s another person who can help you.
Kakashi looks at the other end of the bridge. Sasuke follows his gaze. It’s Choji and his daughter. They are eating chips as they walk towards Kakashi and Sasuke.
ChoCho: Ahh! The Sixth! Sarada’s dad!
Kakashi: Ahh, Parent’s Day was really fun huh? Excuse me, can you give me a chip?
ChoCho: Sure, here you go.
ChoCho gives Kakashi a potato chip.
Sasuke thinks, where have I seen them? Searching his memory for the name. This is almost impossible, but
Sasuke: …I remember now, you’re Choji. I didn’t recognize you now that you’re thinner, you used to look more like a fat–
While Sasuke was going to say pig, Kakashi threw something into his mouth as quickly as possible. It’s a potato chip. Sasuke makes eye contact with Kakashi, asking him nonverbally, what are you doing?
Kakashi also replies nonverbally, saying read the atmosphere.
Sasuke wants to say something, but it’s hard to do so with the potato chip in his mouth, so for convenience, he chews it first.
Looking at the two communicating nonverbally, Choji gets confused.
The atmosphere is really awkward.
Kakashi: hahahaha (he laughs nervously)… this guy just wants to have a good relationship with his daughter and he was looking for parents with daughters Sarada’s age when you guys came.
Choji: If you want to have a good relationship with your daughter, isn’t the only thing you have to do is eat chips together? Not only chips, but also eating other delicious things together is really good.
Kakashi smiles while nodding, and when he looks at Sasuke, he becomes serious instantly.
Sasuke takes a deep breath. He brings up delicious foods, but Sasuke doesn’t even know what Sarada likes. He just knows that she hates tomatoes.
Choji: About Sarada, rather than talking to me, I think there’s one person who is the most suitable.
Sasuke furrows his brows in surprise and looks at Kakashi questioningly.
Sasuke stands alone in front of the door and presses the doorbell.
After the doorbell rings, he hears Sakura’s voice. Before long, the door is open. She looks at his face.
After seeing him, she enters a brief daze. Because of that, the door she opened started to close. Before it closes entirely, she quickly opens it and forgets to let go of the doorknob while staring at Sasuke. After awhile, she releases the doorknob. She backs up shyly and gives him space to pass through the corridor with her hands behind her back.
Sakura: Welcome home, dear.
A breeze passes through the house, with her hair dancing through the wind.
Sasuke: Ah, yes, I’m back.
Only after saying this phrase that he hasn’t said for a long time, he feels like he’s finally home.
Sakura: I heard Sarada say that you were back in Konoha, you didn’t come back with her so I was a bit worried.
Sakura says this as she enters the house.
Sasuke: A lot of things happened on the way.
Sasuke would never admit that he forgot where home was, so he continued talking about other things.
Sakura: She came back just now, but she went out immediately after. She also looked really angry. I was going to ask her to make dinner with me.
Sakura goes towards the kitchen while Sasuke walks to the table and stops.
The picture of Sakura and Sarada.
A picture of their youth as Team 7.
And then, the family portrait they took previously.
It had been a really long time since Sasuke had taken any pictures, so
Cameraman: The father, please smile a little –
Cameraman: Look happier –
Cameraman: Smile more, look a little bit more natural –
Cameraman: ….. Could it be that you are someone who is actually expressionless?
The cameraman nagged him relentlessly like this.
She says this as she brings a cup of boiling water.
Sasuke: No, I’m just looking around.
Sasuke takes the hot water from her and starts to make tea. But he noticed that Sakura just kept looking at him. Staring at his face.
Sakura: Dear, your hair grew a bit.
Sasuke sees his reflection in the tea. It is a lot longer than it was in the picture.
Sakura: Let me cut it for you.
He was going to refuse, but he stopped.
Sasuke: Okay, sure, thank you.
Sakura: Okay, let me make some preparations for a little bit.
He looks at his wife, who is humming and walking away, before looking at the photo again. In the photo, Sarada has a really nervous and serious expression.
The expression she had on her face when she called him annoying looked different than her previous expressions of disgust.
Sasuke turns around and sees that there is a cloth in the middle of the room and there is a chair on top of it.
He takes off his jacket, puts it near the photo, and sits on the chair.
Sakura: I just have to cut your left bang long enough to cover your eye right?
Sakura starts humming again while she handles his hair.
Sakura: Are you really affected by Sarada?
Sasuke is surprised by her sudden question.
Sasuke: Did Kakashi contact you?
Sakura: No, I don’t need to ask to know about this stuff.
Softly she adds another sentence.
Sakura: Because we are married.
Sasuke turns around, about to say something.
She turns his head back. Immediately, the sound of snipping hair is heard. Resigned, Sasuke could only face forward while saying
Sasuke: I’m not that affected.
He falls silent. He feels like he should say something, but he doesn’t know what side to choose (?) or what to say.
Sakura: See, you are affected.
Sakura: Yeah yeah yeah, stop moving.
This time, there is snipping on the other side of his head. Sasuke closes his mouth and remains silent entirely.
Sakura: Rebellious stage… if only it could be resolved by just talking, that’d be great.
Sakura combs Sasuke’s hair while she says this.
Sakura: If we are talking about our child, she longs for her dad more than any other child. Usually when she can’t see her dad she’s fine, but she’s always thinking about how she can be better or stronger than her dad… yeah, it’s kind of like that!
Sakura thinks, is this coming off as bragging about (It’s unclear if she’s referring to Sarada or Sasuke)? She smiles shyly.
Sakura: Because of that, whenever she sees something less than perfect, she feels like her fantasy is ruined. Shannarooooo, really. It’s a luxurious worry.
She sweeps the hair off his shoulder.
Sakura: Sarada doesn’t know how you usually are, dear. Dear, you need to be yourself around her, though I’m not sure what you should do.
Sakura leaves her hands on his shoulder.
Sakura: What Sarada wants is what you wanted from your dad when you were young, right dear?
Page 21 - the translation says swords but it could be referring to shuriken or kunai. I just subbed in shuriken because of external input
Sarada: This is the first time I’ve heard about this.
Sasuke: I’ve only told a few people. Also, this isn’t a great time to say this.
Also, at that time, he thought differently.
Sasuke throws the shuriken in his hand again, with Sarada doing the same quickly after. The two clash and fall into the river.
Sasuke narrows his eyelids and the ends of his mouth tug up slightly. While his intention is to smile, Sarada interpreted this as him looking down on her. Sarada smirks and then throws three shuriken.
Sarada runs out of shuriken. They were all knocked away by the shuriken in his hand, and he only used one shuriken to knock out three. She looks at him in astonishment.
This time he isn’t smiling. He laughs nasally. (more of a chuckle than a laugh I’d say)
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