iron-blooded orphans episode drama, disc 1 track 4: "going forward" summary + partial translation
i don't think i have it in me to line-by-line translate a probably ~300 line audio drama where a good chunk of it is zack talking fast while yelling lmao. i did translate the last part where yamagi giving eugene the death stare is brought up.
at the start, zack and hush have recently joined tekkadan. they meet dane, who has been in tekkadan for 3 months and is thus more senior than either. shino calls them and all of the other new recruits over, and eugene gives them the most "ohana means family, and family means no one gets left behind"-ass sounding speech, welcoming them to tekkadan. btw shino is also his overly enthusiastic hypeman here. "OMG LOOK GUYS IT'S EUGENE HE'S GOING TO GREET EVERYONE YAAAY!1111"
hush asks shino about "the demon of tekkadan". shino asks if hush looks up to mika, but hush reveals he has joined tekkadan to throw hands w/mika and defeat him. since mika = strongest in tekkadan, so such a feat would make hush the Coolest Guy Ever and a man amongst men, etc, which causes shino to start laughing hysterically. hush doesn't understand why he's being laughed at and claims he is extremely serious about this, even tho he can't even use a mobile suit yet. shino starts laughing at him (again), and sarcastically wishes him best of luck on this endeavor.
eugene tries to explain that one does not simply just beat mika's ass, and hush will have to go through eugene and shino too, so hush is like, "well duh all right bros put 'em up lets fuckin go right now". zack overreacts and thinks something serious is about to go down, so he intervenes and apologizes on hush's behalf and starts yelling and calling hush and an idiot AND TBQH ALL OF ZACK'S DIALOGUE IS 99% OF THE REASON WHY I CAN'T BE FUCKED TO TRANSLATE THIS KSJFJKKJ234 hush tho has no idea why zack is getting in the way, then proceeds to insult zack's pompadour hair style (think jojo's bizarre adventure part 4). zack claims that his hair is quite manly, thank you very much, and the two end up arguing. shino begins laughing at their antics again, and says he will look forward to seeing how hush's power improves.
after, shino sends the newbies to do 5 laps around the compound, led by dane, calling it stamina / endurance training. zack asks if they have to run. dane tells zack and hush that one lap = 7 km, and hush is in disbelief at all of this. while they head off, eugene remarks on what a lively bunch they are. shino starts to say they remind him of something, then trails off. he asks eugene if he's got anything going on later since it's been a while since they've been out. eugene assumes he wants to go get drunk and agrees to go, then has a sudden realization, and insists that he's picking where they go. shino doesn't mind, but seems confused at eugene's insistence.
later, the newbie trio has finished running. zack is beat and his legs just refuse to move, but hush gives him shit because he didn't actually run all 5 laps, and dane carried him on his back for the remainder. zack is impressed by dane -- he runs slow, but he's quite strong and has really good endurance. hush thinks that since dane has been there for 3 months, he must know mika. zack asks why mika is such a big deal, and hush explains about mika's various mobile suit feats. zack thinks that's bullshit, but dane tells him it's all true. since mika is hush's rival when it comes to strength, zack declares himself to be hush's rival when it comes to brain power.
hush doesn't want to b/c of his hair, but zack is confident in his brain power since he went to school. additionally, zack also has a family, and he has joined tekkadan to do a little self-discovery. (speculative, but based on zack's use of a certain word, it's possible his family are actually legit mobsters, and he's trying to "be clean" / do honest work; maybe why he joins yukinojo's factory instead of going to his family's business in the epilogue). (nvm this doesn't make sense) hush and dane never went to school nor do they have families (and hush finds this kind of educated guy to be rather annoying).
regardless, dane somehow understands zack. tekkadan is full of a lot of different but tolerant people, and no one there will laugh if you talk about the future. this statement confuses the shit out of zack. dane continues that even people like him are allowed to dream in tekkadan, which zack also does not understand lol. so hush simplifies it as "tekkadan is a good place to be". remembering that zack is his "rival", hush declares that starting tomorrow, he's going all-out in their rivalry (zack is surprised hush took this seriously), and dane wishes them both good luck.
that evening, eugene has taken shino to some fancy bar/restaurant with like... jazz piano bgm. shino remarks on how it's all quiet and chic, but it's not very relaxing to him. eugene wonders why shino asked him out to begin with, and shino felt that seeing hush and zack argue earlier reminded him of when orga and mika first joined the 3rd group. the two of them were a couple of hot-blooded idiots / monkeys, similar to hush. in a few months time, even tho eugene had seniority, he was always starting shit with orga. this would upset mika who would silently retaliate, and then shino would """mediate""". however, eugene remembers it more like, shino's "meditating" was more like "egging eugene on".
but they've come a long way since then, and now they're 2nd in command & squad captain. this makes shino have Feelings, hence why he wanted to go drink. eugene is mad that shino is basically comparing him to hush, but he has chilled/mellowed out a bit and is no longer the same guy he was back then. however, it's not like he's become BFFs with orga and mika either, nor does eugene feel as though he "lost" to orga. if orga can't do it anymore, eugene knows he'll have to drag orga's ass out and take over. shino understands the sentiment, but, so long as orga has their back, they have his back too. and if he ever slumps, then eugene gets to go kick his ass so he stands up tall again. theoretically, mika should be the one to do this, but shino thinks that mika seems a bit soft when it comes to orga, so that is a job for eugene
the last bit is where they talk about the yamagi death stare so i actually translated that ( ´･ω･) favoritism
shino: anyway, enough of the serious stuff. i just can't chill at this kinda classy place. shino: c'mon eugene, it's time for round 2! let's go! round 2! eugene: ro-round 2? shino: yeah! i found a place that has a lot of eyecandy, if you catch my drift. you'll love it too! eugene: a place with eyecandy… urghhh, wait, no. shino: aww, what? c'mon, dont be a buzzkill. i'm telling you man, it's great. and it's got 10 outta 10 service. eugene: 10 out of 10? shino: yep. eugene: it's that good…? shino: sure is. eugene: ergh, wait, no!! then it would be pointless for me to have picked this place! shino: pointless? eugene: whenever we go to one of those places that has beautiful women, for some reason, yamagi gets absolutely pissed at me, and only me! that's why i brought you here instead! shino: w-whaaat? yamagi? huh? uh… ah, okay, well, he does kinda seem like a clean freak… shino: but eh, who cares? you can handle a little scolding from him. eugene: no, you don't understand how terrifying he is… eugene: he'll scold you endlessly while staring with those ice cold eyes! shino: sheesh okay okay. what if, by some crazy coincidence, you and i ran into each other there? like, neither of us invited one another, both of us happened to see one another at the same place. get it? if that happens, then it's no one's fault! what a crazy story, right? eugene: …a coincidence? shino: a coincidence. eugene: oh, in that case… it is what it is… shino: right? it is what it is -- totally a coincidence! all right, now that that's settled. ah, check pleeease~! eugene: a coincidence, huh… ugh, my plan failed, but at least, by coincidence, i freshened up before heading out. (*note below) shino: all right, let's go eugene: he-hey! this is supposed to be a coincidence! remember to say that to yamagi! shino: yeah yeah, i understand! c'mon! eugene: do you tho?! shino: hell yeah i understand! …understand that there's hot babes that give great service waiting for us! now let's hit it! eugene: [salivating / no longer gives a fuck about getting chewed out by yamagi] gr… great service…! shino: yep yep! eugene: fuck it let's go already! [unhinged excited yelling noises that fade out]
when i first listened to this, i thought they were going to get laid again, but i think they're really just going to get wasted
(* note: eugene is talking about having coincidentally put on new underwear here. my brain knows this is a figure of speech, but another part of my brain is wondering if this is a jjba part 4 reference since this drama also had the dialogue about zack's pompadour, and yet another part of my brain has the mental image of "huh, so eugene thinks he needs to put on brand new boxers before taking shino to a fancy bar")
