random question but are Amemiya Yuki & Ichihara Yukino.... lovers? i rmbr i read somewhere (maybe in one of your posts) that they share a dog? just curious hehee if you don't mind indulging me š
Simple answer: I don't know. It's not something they have ever talked about anywhere (as far as I'm aware).
What I can tell you is that I think they do live together, in fact they lived with one of their grandmothers until her passing [source]. They appear to share ownership of all their current pets: a dog (Adele) and a cat (Kuon, and this was the case for the late Noir as well, rip š)
Please don't interpret this as me encouraging any sort of snooping into their personal, private lives. I'm only sharing what they have made public š
hi tiashe! just stumbled across your blog after a nostalgic reread of 07 ghosts and it's through your blog i found out the creators have other new series! really fell in love with LGBMH (cried like a baby fr) and i tried to find it in stores but seems like it's not available in my region š. will you be scanlating the other chapters by chance? thank you for all the work you've been doing documenting their work and sharing with us! š½
Hello! Thank you so much for your sweet words, they really mean a lot. I'm elated to hear that you've been enjoying LGBMH š Cleaner/typesetter Squatsch and I are hoping to post more chapters very soon!!
Realized that I'd never posted translations of the famous character profiles, so here they are! These were included in an issue of Zero-Sum circa 2010.
Teito
Height / Weight: 156 cm / 43 kg
Age: 15
Something he wants to have right now: A way to get taller in a week
Something he wants to have someday: Frauās height
Favorite food: Macaroni gratin & every dairy product (but he hates sheep milk cheese and blue cheese)
Favorite things: Melon soda and milk
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Mikage
Height / Weight: 167 cm / 51 kg
Blood type: O
Age: 16
Talent: Can fall asleep in 3 seconds
Favorite thing: Wilkinsonās Ginger Ale (dry)
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Mikage (Burupya)
Height / Weight: 29 cm (after having grown) / 1-2 kg
Family members: Father, mother, 3 younger brothers, 2 younger sisters
Talent: Biting people without harming them & punching with his paws
Favorite food: Seafood noodles
Favorite pastime: Having his fur brushed
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Frau
Height / Weight: 198 cm / 84 kg
Blood type: A
Something he wants to have right now: Jessica-chanās premium photo collection
Favorite things: Spirytus vodka, Crown Jewel gin
Something he never lets go of: Cigarettes (made by Labrador)
Things (animals) he hates: Mice
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Labrador
Height / Weight: 170 cm / 50 kg
Blood type: B
Favorite pastime: Making English roses bloom
Favorite things: Chamomile and Lavender herb tea & Rose tea
Sister: Aw, donāt say that. This is one of our brilliant Gods!
Child: I know them! Thereās seven of them!
Child: They kidnap you if you do bad things!
Child: Yeah!Ā
Child: Thatās so spooky!
Child: Hah! Gods arenāt real. If they are, show me one right now.
Child: What? Theyāre real alright!
Sister: Okay, donāt fight. This God, Sichel, cuts peopleās ties to misfortune.
Child: Have you seen any of these Gods, sister?
Sister: No. But itās said that they appear to those that really need them.
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Teito: (Is that⦠one of the Seven Ghosts⦠Sichel?)
Frau: May God be with you.
Teito: (That phrase...)
Frau: (The wing is eating his soul. What the hell? I canāt save him...) You bastard! How dare you play around with Mikageās body like that?
Teito: Wait!
Frau: Huh?
Teito: Mikageās still alive! If youāre a God, please save him! Please, if youāre a God, save Mikage!
Frau: Teito Klein, Mikageās soul is wandering the depths of despair with no hope for salvation. Heās crying silently. Heās hurting. Heās miserable.Ā
Teito: [Gasps]
Aya!Mikage: Hah. (Thereās no point in fighting in Mikageās body any longer.) Iāve told you, havenāt I? Youāre too soft. [Grabs Sichel's scythe] If you hate me, come take revenge on the imperial military, Teito Klein. [Slashes Mikageās wing with Sichelās scythe]
Frau: [Gasps]
Teito: [Gasps]Ā
Frau: (He used my scythe toā¦)
Aya!Mikage: Oh, Sichel, I almost forgot to ask you. How is-...
Ayanami: ā¦my scythe doing? Itās destined to return to me one day. Until then, take good care of it.
Frau: Huh? Thatās- are you-
[Mikageās wings crumble]
Teito: Mikage! Donāt go, Mikage! (We promised⦠to die together!) [Hugs Mikage]
Mikage: Ah... Heh⦠Teito⦠[Disappears]
Teito: [Gasps]
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Ayanami: Thatās enough. Go. ā¦Hm? Blood? So he managed to hurt me. I see. No wonder Miroku sent me after him.
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Teito: (I can still remember when we first met. It was when I first entered the dorm.)
Mikage: Iām Mikage! Thank god my roommate isnāt some scary tough dude! ā¦Huh? Umm, handshake! Ah, umm⦠[Hugs Teito]
Teito: Huh?
Mikage: [In English] My name is Mikage! Nice to meet you!
Teito: [Hits Mikage]
Mikage: Ah! Oww!
Teito: Why would you hold me like that?!
Mikage: Itās a greeting! Donāt you know what a hug is?
Teito: No? (Weirdo.) (At school, being different automatically made everyone hate you. People were constantly gossipping about me.)
Shuri: Oh, look! Itās the chairmanās favorite.
Student: I donāt want to be compared to Teito Klein.
Student: Did you know he used to be a slave?
Teito: But Mikage was different.
Mikage: Oh, there you are. I was wondering what you were doing cooped up in the library. Studying, huh?
Teito: Mhm.
Mikage: Guess Iāll do my homework! Mind if I sit in front of you? [Sits]
Teito: Mikage. Theyāll tease you if you keep spending time with me.
Mikage: Iām with you because I want to be, idiot. Who cares what other people think? Try not to let them bother you.
Teito: ā¦Thank you. (He didnāt care about the rumors about me at all. Mikage was my only friend.)
Shuri: Mikage!
Mikage: Huh? Shuriā¦
Shuri: Stop hanging out with that slave. Need I remind you that youāre our servant? Trying to taint the Oak Familyās reputation, are you? [Giggles] Yikes, my shoeās all dirty! Give it a wipe, Mikage.
Mikage: Iām not from a family of shoeshiners! Weāre stewards! Ignore him, Teito. Letās go.
Shuri: Ah, I get it now! Stewards, slaves, whatās the difference? Slaves keeping each other company, duh doi.
Teito: [Punches Shuri]
Shuri: Agh!
Teito: Apologize to Mikage!
Shuri: Y-you hit my face! Not even my Papa-
Teito: [Keeps beating Shuri]
Mikage: Teito, stop! [Restrains Teito] Donāt dirty your hands on this jerk. [Smiles] Thanks.
Teito: (Mikageās words always soaked straight into my heart. It was weird. They made my chest feel hot.)
Mikage: Always face forward. Walk the path of light.
Teito: Mikage... You were my light.
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[Church bells ring]
Castor: Teito? [Tries the door] Itās locked.
Labrador: Weāve brought you lunch, Teito. You wonāt feel any better without eating anything.
Castor: Iām worried. Frau has told us the gist of what happened, but⦠Speaking of, why do you think the spirits mistook Teito for an intruder anyway?
[Footsteps]
Castor: Frau?
Labrador: Ah?
Frau: Iām coming in, twerp! [Forces door open]
Fyuulong!Mikage: Burupya! Brrrp!
Frau: Hey, donāt run away!
Mikage: Brrr, burupya!
Teito: What do you want? You canāt just barge in like that!
Frau: Weāve gotta talk.
Mikage: Pya! [Jumps around] [Purrs]
Teito: Whatās this?
Frau: Our churchās animal therapy.
Mikage: Pya! Burupya!
Teito: The church⦠canāt save anyone. I donāt believe in any Gods! They didnāt save Mikage! Mikage was⦠No⦠Itās actually⦠all my fault, I'm the reason Mikage is⦠Because we made that promise⦠Thatās why⦠Mikage is⦠[Sobs]
Frau: It wasnāt your fault. When humans are born, they make a promise with the Chief of Heaven, and he grants them three dreams. Once all of those dreams come true, theyāre called back to the Chiefās side. I bet Mikageās third dream was to protect someone he loved with his life. So all of his wishes were granted, and he got called back to Heaven. Iām sure that Mikage was⦠happy to have protected you.
Teito: [Sobs] Those are just⦠words of comfort⦠for those left behind. Youāre just⦠trying to console me.
Mikage: Pya. Pyaaā¦
Frau: Well, you may be right. But heās already protecting you, right by your side.
Mikage: Burupya!
Teito: [Gasps] Is⦠is thisā¦
Frau: He fell from his nest, so I took him in. Souls that attain all their dreams get to be born again. This little guyās soul has the same color as Mikageās.
Teito: [Gasps]
Mikage: Pya! Pyrrr, burupya!
Teito: [Sobs]
Frau: Even having lost his life and returned to this big world, heās managed to find you again.
Mikage: [Purrs]
Teito: [Sobs]
Frau: (But the scum that attacked Teito⦠Iāll never forgive him for fiddling with a soul like that.)
Ayanami: (Itās destined to return to me one day.)
Frau: (He knew I had the scythe. Could he have reawakened without us noticing?)
Teito: [Sniffles]
Frau: Hm? Sporting a new collar, are we?
Teito: Ah, this was⦠Yeah⦠Now that Mikage is gone, I can take this off.
Frau: Aww, you poow wittle baby lamb. Just leave it to me! [Takes out shears]
Teito: Huh?
Frau: The dude from the army put it on you, right? Poor you.
Teito: Donāt touch me! Whereād you get those shears from? And why are you smiling like that?! Are you trying to chop my head off?!
Frau: Heh heh heh! Donāt be shy!
Teito: [Struggles] No! Donāt touch me!
Frau: Just stay still, you big baby! Iāll miss my aim-
[Collar makes alarm sound]
[Collar bites Frauās finger]
Frau: Ow!
Teito: Ahhh!Ā
Frau: What the hellās up with this collar?! It bit me!Ā
Teito: What do you think youāre doing, dumbass?!
[Castor and Labrador run in]
Castor: Teito!
Labrador: Frau! What happened?
Teito: [Struggles] Ah, take it off! Take it off right this instant!
Frau: Owwww, what have I done?! Get off me, you brat!
[Alarm sound]
Teito: Agh! [Falls]
Frau: Hm?
Labrador: Are you alright, Teito?
Teito: ā¦This sucks.
Frau: Huh, ahh, hm?
Castor: Thatās a promise collar. It recognizes its master through blood. Why in the world have you formed a contract with it?
Frau: Huh? A what collar now?
Castor: Also, Iām pretty sure that if youāre apart for more than forty-eight hours, the collar will explode.
Teito: Hhnnnnggā¦
Frau: Haha, it totally feels like someone wants to murder me right about now.
Mikage: [Bites Frau]
Frau: Ow, that hurts!Ā
Teito: So heās my master now?! Give me a break!
Frau: Ugh, stop biting me. Heh. Thanks for being born again. I busted my ass searching for you.
Mikage: [Blows fire]
Frau: (He could have wished to be born as a human again. I guess he wanted to protect Teito even after being reborn.)
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Differences between the track and the manga
In the manga, when Mikage insists on sitting with Teito at the library, Teito dismissively says "Whatever". Here, he thanks Mikage.
My Husband is a Doomsday Weapon. - Volume 1 | Full Summary
Please enjoy this summary of the first 5 chapters of Amemiya and Ichihara's fourth series, My Husband is a Doomsday Weapon. š¤š¤
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Mission 01. Nice to Meet You
āI got to experience the love of a lifetime. So much so that I didnāt care whether the world stayed intact or not.ā
A young scientist reads these words on a big screen and finds herself feeling deeply emotional, despite the fact that sheās never fallen in love.
āEven if the whole world sees him as an enemy, our bond will stay strong. Before his soul is completely destroyed-... the time has come-...ā
Your fate is being rebooted.
The scientist, Joshua Highland (Yoshua Hairando), wakes up in her sleeping bag to the sound of a small android. Sheād fallen asleep reading a book her friend Yuuna had lent her, āMy Great Love with my Husband.ā She actually only managed to make it through one page. Itās a very popular book, and Yuuna wants Joshua to sprinkle some romance into her life⦠but she canāt be bothered, so she makes her android Gii analyze its contents so that it can summarize it to her later.
As if on cue, Yuuna calls Joshua and asks what sheās up to. Joshua says sheās repairing the upper duct of the royal capitalās energy core. Strong winds have been blowing from the polluted zone and damaging the device. Yuuna suggests she stop working and go on a date with someone instead, but Joshuaās never been into that stuff, and the entire capital is depending on this energy core. The core was made 400 years ago by Agartha City and is still being used today. But Agartha and all the wisdom belonging to its citizens have now disappeared. Joshua feels that she can āhear a voiceā within these relics left from the ancient city state, and believes that listening to this voice will open up a path back to Agartha. Perhaps, beyond the polluted lands they live on, there lies an ancient form of technology that no one has discovered yet. Agartha ruled the world with its technology, but it canāt be replicated, at least not yet.
The war that occurred 400 years ago is now known as āthe Doomsday War.ā It is believed that it started because the weapons that humans had created started rebelling against them, and this led to the collapse of Agartha. The survivors of the war built new countries around the semi-permanent energy devices that stayed intact, and used these devices as their countriesā ācores.ā Excavation projects are still being conducted to find more relics and ancient information. Joshua lives in Town 4 of the Pholus (Forusu) Kingdom, which was built over 300 years ago using the core of an excavated battleship. In the kingdom, they use automatic devices called āroidsā as helpers and workers. They come in a variety of different shapes:
Joshua activates a device in her arm called āArcā (Aaku), which allows her to dip her hand into the core and communicate with it. She asks if it knows where Agartha is, but doesnāt receive an answer.
Two figures walk up to Joshua, Captain Ortho (Oruto; the light-haired one) and Shiva (Shiiva), who both tell her sheās working too hard. Although Joshua feels extremely nervous around men, sheās fine with the guys on her team.Ā
She tells them itās probably impossible to fix the energy control panel. Ortho tells her theyāll go excavate a new one. Shiva asks if she was able to learn anything about Agartha. Joshua tells him that the core stayed in use for so long that its voice has become distant. The roids theyāve dug up are losing their memories, but itās alright; the Gods wonāt give up on surviving humans.
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Two human workers discuss the recent awakening of a weapon-type roid outside of Pholusā borders. Luckily, Pholus has a barrier that makes it impossible for weapons to attack its residents. The large transport roid they were using breaks down, and before they can contact a repair team, Joshua sneakily fixes it, careful not to have to interact with the two men. The workers are surprised to see that the machine is working again, and one of them points out that broken machines have been getting mysteriously fixed around these parts, perhaps by a ārepair fairy.ā Joshua is happy to be called that. Sheās never been to school, but she grew up in the Defense Roid Research Centerās Arc Laboratory surrounded by roids, so she can interact with roids more easily than she can with humans.
Joshua hops on her little scout plane and flies into the desert to find some spare parts, following the faint signals the ancient machines produce. She receives a call from Ortho who asks for an update, and she tells him that sheās received a signal from a large aircraft; they might be able to use it to fix the central core. Ortho reminds her not to get too close to the polluted zone because it might destroy her scout plane. Joshua is aware of this; what sheās really concerned about is that the signal is coming from an area near the Zirconia (Jirukonia) Empire, so sheās got to make sure they donāt reach the source of the signal first and use it for military purposes. Ortho says theyāll come to help her out once theyāre done suppressing a weapon roid theyāve found in Area C8. Shiva aggressively tells her not to get close to the roid if itās a weapon.
Joshua enters Area A14, where she finds three weapon roids. As per international law, once a weapon roid is discovered, it must be destroyed and dismantled. The weapon roids around her have all been deactivated, but she should still be careful. During the war, humans fought weapons using bombs that would destroy their cores, so the polluted zone still damages the weaponsā parts. Agartha City created a beautiful world, but war couldnāt be stopped. Joshua wonders why.
In Area A15, Joshua notices that the roidās signal is coming from underground. Right after this realization, a large, flying roid called an Airscythe (Easaisu) appears near her, which had protected international borders 400 years ago. Itās Joshuaās first time seeing a functional one. Her roid Gii suggests that it probably got exposed when the ground cracked during a recent earthquake, got charged under the sunlight and started working again. Joshua is touched to see it trying to protect a country that no longer exists. Gii tries to warn her not to alert it, but it (Gii) abruptly stops working. A signal radiating from the Airscythe starts ringing in Joshuaās head and she hears a voice asking for help. The Airscytheās eyes turn red like a weapon roid and it attacks Joshuaās scout plane. She falls into a crack on the ground.
Joshua wakes up underground, covered in a black web. She notices that sheās lying on top of a humongous weapon roid.
Sheās amazed to have found a weapon in such a pristine state and wonders if she can find clues regarding Agartha within it, but the Airscythe tries to attack her from above. She hears a voice coming from the weapon.
ā...firm⦠confirming⦠my master⦠our fates⦠together⦠contractā¦ā
Joshua notices that the weapon is moving. She thinks sheās willing to sacrifice anything if it means sheāll get closer to Agartha, but she canāt afford to die yet.
She opens her eyes and finds herself in a white, empty space, connected with a string to a man who turns towards her and says heās found her.
The machine attacks the Airscythe and destroys it. It changes from weapon to soldier mode, and its body turns into that of the man from earlier:
āOZ-009 will be guarding its master from now on.ā
Joshua loses consciousness.
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The Arc team have found a broken roid with its core intact, so they can use it to fix the central core of their town. They canāt figure out whatās broken the roid though. Shiva is furious at Joshua for going off on her own again, and the others tease him for how overly protective he is of her.
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Joshua wakes up flying in her damaged scout plane, in the arms of the weapon roid in human form. He introduces himself as Guld Wing (Garudo Wingu), a transforming weapon roid. Joshua nervously asks whatās going on. Guld, operating the plane, says theyāre going back to the capital of Pholus. He asks if she has to destroy and dismantle him since heās a weapon. Joshua asks why he knows that and Guld reveals that he heard all about it from Gii. Guld says itās sad that humans created weapons to satisfy their egos, forced them to fight their wars, and now that the weapons have become unmanageable, selfish humans want them all destroyed. With a creepy smile, he adds that Joshua had some nerve awakening an extremely powerful weapon like him.
Before Joshua can get scared, Guld pokes her cheek and says he likes her. He doesnāt have any memories from 400 years ago and he doesnāt hate humans. Itās thanks to Joshua inadvertently becoming his master that he was able to wake up, so heāll act in accordance with their contract and dedicate his body and soul to protecting her. Joshua canāt understand why sheās become his master. Guld realizes that she didnāt choose him intentionally and pouts, which Joshua finds very human-like. As part of their contract, Guld has placed part of his core into Joshuaās head, so if she dies heāll also die, and vice versa. Their contract is eternal, ātil death do them part.ā Joshua freaks out and tells him the system is ridiculous and people from 400 years ago must have been out of their minds. She demands that he cancel the contract, but Guld says sheās the luckiest person in the world. Guld is āwidely celebrated as a God-like weapon,ā so she must have done something amazing in her previous life to have earned this. Joshua thinks sheās dug up the worst thing imaginable.
Guld says heās hungry and tries to bite Joshuaās face. Joshua pushes him away in panic and has to remind herself that Guld is not a man but a roid. Her arm has entered his torso and immobilized him; when Guld asks how sheās done this, she says she can use a lost form of technology called Arc, which lets her analyze roids and harvest their energy. Sheās absorbed his remaining energy and noticed that his energy core is in a bad shape. She gives him a bit of the roid energy sheād absorbed in the morning. Guld smiles and says Joshua really is the type of person heād thought she was, and refuses to elaborate when Joshua asks what he means.
Joshua wonders if Guld really is a weapon; sheād always thought that weapons were just violent machines that would massacre humans without question, but Guld seems to have feelings. This means he must have felt awfully lonely for 400 years.
Guld asks if the entire world is a desert. Joshua explains that there apparently used to be a lot of greenery. Theyāre flying past an explosion zone left from the Doomsday War, and Joshua notices that a Zirconian excavation machine is there.
A scout plane from Zirconia appears and starts shooting at them. Joshua is furious that Zirconians think they can attack vehicles from Pholus just because Pholus is a smaller country. Guld turns part of his body into a weapon and calmly tells Joshua that heāll eradicate them. Joshua tries to stop Guld and makes him miss his target, so he shoots the planeās wing off. He asks why sheās letting them escape when they tried to kill her. Joshua explains that attacking them will start a war and cause more people to die; they canāt give Zirconia a reason to invade Pholus. Guld says she should just let him destroy the whole empire. Joshua notes that he doesnāt understand the value of life, so he really must be a weapon. The pilot of the Zirconian scout plane escapes with a parachute.
Joshua tries to calm Guld down by saying sheās not hurt and she doesnāt hate Zirconia, which works; it seems like Guldās actions are connected to her feelings.Ā
Theyāre close to reaching the capital of Pholus, where Guld will be destroyed and dismantled. Joshua tries to convince herself that this is the standard procedure, besides, he tried to eat her and arbitrarily put his core into her body. Guld interrupts her thoughts by apologizing for trying to kill the Zirconian pilot and scaring Joshua. He asks if sheās afraid of him. She says she isnāt; he was just trying to protect her. Guld explains that he was created for the sole purpose of destroying his enemies, but heāll stop acting as a weapon if thatās what his master wishes. Joshua is touched that heās willing to throw his lifeās purpose away in order to coexist with a human, even though heās about to be destroyed. But heās not just a weapon; he has the soul of a human.
She tells him to call her Joshua, not āmaster,ā and makes him pinky swear that he will never kill anyone. Heās not allowed to show anyone his weapon parts or to act in a way that may put others in danger. Otherwise, she wonāt let him live with her. Guld happily accepts and says heāll live with Joshua until they die, which Joshua says is inevitable thanks to his weird core-injection thing. Sheāll have to teach him how to live like a human. Joshua thinks to herself that protecting a weapon like this may make the whole world see her as an enemy.
Guld says that what Joshua has just described to him is marriage. Joshua freaks out, and Guld explains that he learned about it from Gii. He starts reciting the book Joshua had made Gii memorize, āMy Great Love with my Husband.ā In the book, the characters recognize that theyāre fated to be together right after they meet each other, and promise to be together until they die, which is similar to Joshua and Guldās situation. Joshua doesnāt like the sound of that.
Mission 02. Meeting the Capital
Two people from the Zirconia Empire discuss who shot down their scout plane. The plane that attacked them was partially broken, so its national emblem wasnāt there; they canāt determine which country the plane was from, but based on the attack, they think their attacker may have been using a weapon roid. The authoritative figure with an eye patch says that Zirconiaās excavation work is the key to Agartha, so they canāt afford to let any strangers get their hands on it. He instructs the other person to find their assailant using spies and to obliterate them. Zirconia must become the first country to unveil the supreme wisdom of Agartha.
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Having reached Town 4 of Pholusā capital, Joshua explains to a local mechanic that her scout plane got damaged during an Airscythe attack. Guld proudly tells him that she landed on top of him and he promised to protect her with his life; Joshua tries to shut him up, but the mechanic finds this very charming.
Joshua thinks that Guld must be one of Agarthaās biggest masterpieces, so if she can manage to fully analyze him, sheāll be able to understand Agarthaās technology and perhaps even find hints to its whereabouts. Spending time with him might help her get over her fear of men as well. Joshua asks if she can analyze Guld in the laboratory, and he gladly accepts. She excitedly asks if she can cut his head open.
Guld says she should really consider letting him destroy Zirconia. Joshua, of course, rejects his proposal, and says theyāre not in danger because their planeās national emblem was broken, and Pholusā scout planes are exported to many other countries. Even if they are found, Joshua can use the footage she has of the attack to claim that it was in self-defense. For now, Guld just has to do his best not to stand out.
As they enter the town, two guards talk behind Joshuaās back, saying sheās part of the Arc team; they shouldnāt make eye contact with her, or sheāll devour them. Her scout plane got destroyed, so who knows what sorts of dangerous activities sheās getting caught up in? Guld threatens the guards, saying āIf this were a battlefield, youād be dead.ā His weapon parts start growing from his back. Joshua covers his back with her coat, tells the guards that heās a newbie, and takes him away. She reminds him that heās not supposed to let anyone see his weapon parts, but he wasnāt aware they were showing, and heās too brilliant of a creation to lie.
Guld asks what the Arc team is. Joshua explains that itās part of the Defense Roid Research Centerās Arc Laboratory. They mainly analyze and subjugate weapons. Theyāre all Arc users, and since their powers are so mysterious, some regular people find them creepy. Guld offers to destroy everyone that thinks that way. Joshua smiles and says the world wouldnāt be fun if everything was the way she wanted them to be. She thanks him for getting angry in her place.
The town is crowded. Joshua freezes, as she occasionally does in crowds.
Guld asks if she hates crowds. She says they kind of mess with her brain. Guld grabs her and tells her not to worry, sheās got the worldās strongest being by her side.
Guld carries Joshua on top of his shoulders and runs around town, which embarrasses Joshua, but she eventually notices that people are smiling at them. Itās like the world is sparkling. Guld points out that this is a fine, strong town, having come back to life after destruction. Joshua thanks Guld but asks to be put down now.
Guld starts feeling hungry again, so Joshua gives him a chocolate bar, which Guld describes as āa mass of lipids.ā He likes it and offers to devote his life to protecting its maker, alongside Joshua of course. Joshua tries to drown his voice by asking the vendor for another bar of chocolate. She tells Guld that tons of people are making chocolate around town, so he canāt possibly protect all of them. Guld decides to protect the entirety of the capital.
Cute little roids appear and start demanding to see Guldās ID. Joshua tells the roids that Guld isnāt a suspicious person, so the roids run away. These roids are Joshuaās own invention, āMocchi-kunās, and their job is to stop intruders. Guld will need an ID to stay in town, so sheāll arrange one for him in the laboratory.
A small boy runs past them, having stolen a rare human-like roid part from a man. Mocchis run behind the boy, which Guld finds adorable. As the boy is trying to cross the street, he falls, and an armored vehicle almost runs him over. Joshua runs towards the boy to grab him, but before she can, the kid disappears. Joshua notices that Guld has appeared behind her, holding the boy. Guldās body is damaged but it immediately heals itself. Joshua is amazed that he saved the boy without her ordering him to do so. Guld says itās a given that heād do this, because no child deserves to die. Joshua realizes that he does know the value of life, and acts depending on his own understanding of good and evil, unrelated to his programming as a roid. She hugs and thanks him, and Guld asks her what āthank youā means. She says he did something very valuable and impressed her, so she said āthank youā to express that she is grateful and proud to be with him. Guld says heāll work hard to receive more āthank yousā than any man in the world; after all, heās trying to achieve a love story even greater than the one in āMy Great Love with my Husband.ā
The man thanks Guld for stopping the child and taking the roid part back. Itās an eye belonging to a human-like roid; the manās dream is to acquire a roid like that, so heās spent a lot of money on the eye. Unlike the roids used for labor, human-like roids havenāt left behind any remains other than their bones, so they must have had organic skin and organs. The man hopes that one day, Agarthaās secrets are revealed and these roids recreated. Joshua is very impressed and asks to see the eye.
A mysterious hooded figure watches Joshua and Guld from afar. When a Mocchi asks him for ID, the man is able to provide it. He notes that he wasnāt able to keep up with Guldās movements when the armored vehicle hit him; the man may have found something even grander than what he was after. He shares information using a communication device: as part of the team thatās infiltrated Pholus, he has found the emblemless scout plane in Town 4. One of the two pilots of the plane may be a new type of roid. He will continue his investigations.
Mission 03. Going Down
Joshua takes Guld to the Arc teamās laboratory before the others come back, so that she can make a fake ID for him. Sheās good at hacking, so sheāll be able to do it easily. He canāt get an actual ID because they canāt let him take a physical test. Pholus has great trade relations with other countries, so being a Pholus citizen is actually quite prestigious. But the energy cores of the country can only sustain a certain number of people, so receiving an ID is not easy.
They get on the elevator to the lab and Guld starts posing at a surveillance camera because āthatās what humans do.ā Joshua says that after making him an ID, they have to report the Zirconian scout plane using the footage Joshua has on some sort of physical drive. The elevator doors close, and the mysterious figure from earlier watches them from afar and receives a message from his superiors: āWeāve contacted our spies in all 17 countries that use that type of plane. Weāre certain that the only plane thatās engaged in battle with us and gotten damaged in the past 24 hours belongs to Pholus. Obliterate those pilots before they leak our information. If one of them really is a new type of roid, bring them to the Empire.ā
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In the elevator, Joshua tells Guld that the Arc laboratory is in a cave 100m underground. Guld doesnāt like the sound of that. Joshua receives a message from the rest of the Arc team: a weapon has appeared in Area F5, and theyāll come back once theyāve subjugated it. Guld is excited to hear that and tries to pry the doors of the elevator open so that he can go help them destroy the weapon. Joshua reminds him that he canāt let anyone see his true form. Guld dramatically declares that sheās wasting his unrivaled strength. The laws they must abide by are so sinful that he ought to destroy and write new ones. Joshua considers dismantling him there and then.
Guld asks if humans can even stand up against weapons, given how weak they are. Joshua tells him to get serious for a second: if the Arc team learns that heās a weapon, theyāll devour him.
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In Area F5, 20km north of the capital, two men run from weapon roids in their flimsy vehicle. Right as a weapon is about to shoot them, itās destroyed by the Arc team.
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Joshua explains that Arc is a power that lets its users eat weapons. Joshua can consume the energy of weapons and analyze them, so she eats weapons to discover their weak spots. Arc users are the predators of weapons. Joshuaās teammates specialize in combat, so Guld absolutely canāt afford to let them discover his identity. Guld doesnāt take this seriously at all and jokes about Joshua wanting his body instead. He says that in āMy Great Love with my Husbandā the protagonists have an accident on some mountain and the husband offers to let his hungry wife eat his body, which Guld thinks is the ultimate display of love. He tells her to eat him. Joshua punches him in the chest.
They reach the lab but Guld is annoyed that he has to be in a dark cave after being underground for hundreds of years. Joshua points out that the lab isnāt dark at all, itās lit with a mineral that humans discovered after the war, called Blue Tear (Buruutia). Itās one of Pholusā main exports. Guld is amazed, but he notices something ahead and pushes Joshua out of the way right as something shoots at them. She gets a cut on her face. Guld rushes towards the dark assailant with a gun, carrying Joshua, saying he wonāt let them get away with hurting her. He says heāll kill them and starts transitioning from guard mode to weapon mode. Joshua tells him to stop because there are people around. Lab workers inform authorities of an attack, and they speculate that the assailant may have been a foreign spy, or even a weapon roid.
Joshua assures Guld that sheās okay. Guld struggles to choose between killing the assailant and protecting his promise with Joshua. He starts freaking out, which Joshua explains to lab workers as ācave stress.ā
The mysterious hooded figure from before, now in the lab, offers to treat the wound on Joshuaās face. Joshua, scared of men as always, kindly tries to get away. Guld, still confused and chanting something about killing, goes up to Joshua, having sensed her stress. To spare the manās life, Joshua lies about knowing the man and agrees to let him treat her wound.
After placing a bandage on Joshuaās face, the man asks if she has any idea who could have attacked them in such a heavily guarded place. Joshua doesnāt know. She asks why the man isnāt uncomfortable talking to her, since sheās an Arc user. The man says she should ignore narrow-minded people like that; theyāre trying to make themselves feel better by hating and rejecting things they donāt understand. The man is planning on using this moment as an opportunity to kill Joshua, but Guld suddenly grabs his hand and declares that he likes him, because he gets it! The man notes that Guldās hand feels like that of a real human, so if he really is a roid, he must have been made with advanced technology on par with Agarthaās. He asks if Guld is an Arc user as well. Guld ignores his question and says heās āGuld Wing, the only person who gets to share his fate with Joshua,ā and asks for the manās name while poking his cheek. He says itās Virgil Hunt (Vaajiru Hanto).
Virgil asks if Guld is referring to Dr. Joshua Highland. Joshua says that is in fact her. Virgil says heās read her thesis on how roid analysis can help unravel the mysteries of Agartha. He calls her a leading name in the research of roids. Joshua is excited to hear heās read her work. She says that if they can acquire the power Agartha had back then, they can purify the polluted zone and make significant developments in grain production and livestock farming. They can also make it so that the cores they use can last forever. Perhaps governments will stop starting wars over small territories and theyāll achieve world peace. She believes that Agartha can make everyoneās wishes come true⦠and then apologizes for getting too excited and talking too much. Virgil tells her not to apologize. He says the assailant still hasnāt been captured, and heāll go search for them.
He goes up to the dark figure that had attacked Joshua and absorbs him into the Arc symbol on his right arm. He is now certain that Guld is a roid; he may have been created by Dr. Joshua, so it will be a bit of a waste to kill him. He also believes that Guld is the one that attacked the Zirconian scout plane. Holding the drive that contains Joshuaās footage of the scout plane, he thinks that if Zirconia can prove that Pholus is creating roids that pose a threat to other countries, they can justify Zirconia destroying Pholus and obtain Joshua and her techniques.
Mission 04. You Make My Heart Flutter ā
Joshua hacks her way into the kingdomās database to create a fake ID for Guld. Guld says his fake job should be āking,ā which Joshua promptly rejects. It should be a position that makes it seem logical for him to constantly be by her side. She offers to register him as her assistant or⦠her adopted child? Guld says he should be her husband. Apparently, the characters in āMy Great Love with my Husbandā get married the day they meet. Joshua rejects this as well because normal people donāt do that. She decides to go through with registering him as her adopted son because he acts like a newborn anyway.
The Arc team enters the building and Joshua starts to panic. If they figure out that Guld is a weapon, a literal war will begin. She rushes to finish Guldās fake ID and completes it right as the elevator doors open and her teammates make their way in. Theyāve heard of the shooting, so Ortho asks if Dr. Joshua is okay. Joshua greets them as Guld discreetly alters his ID settings on the computer.
Ortho asks why Joshuaās scout plane broke down, so she tells them about the Zirconian plane that attacked her. Shiva declares that heās sick of Zirconia and they should just destroy them already, before noticing Guld and asking who he is. Before Joshua can present her lie about him being her assistant, Guld proudly calls himself her husband. Joshua panics and tells him that makes no sense, accidentally admitting that theyāve just met. One of her teammates, Crane (Kurein), asks if they arranged to met each other just so they could get married. Shiva angrily says that offering to get married right away is something a swindler would do. Guld once again calls himself āthe only person who gets to share his fate with Joshua,ā and Shiva calls this out as a stolen line from āMy Great Love with my Husband.ā Guld grabs Shivaās hand and declares him his best friend for having read āHusband Love.ā Shiva says that is not the official abbreviation of the series, so heās got to be a faker. Crane says heāll call it āHusband Loveā from now on. Joshua wonders if sheās the only person in the world who hasnāt read the book yet.
A voice rings in the room ordering the Arc team to search for the assailant that shot Joshua, and for Joshua to go to the lab chiefās room. Guld still hasnāt figured out that Shiva hates him, so heās very proud of himself for already having acquired a best friend. Joshua tells him to work hard to get the Arc team to trust him. Guld asks what ātrustā means. Joshua says itās believing someone, relying on them and feeling relieved around them. Humans trusted each other, worked together and rebuilt the world after the Doomsday War, so Joshua sees āliving together in harmonyā as her biggest goal. Guld kisses Joshuaās hand and says heāll look into what ātrustā is, become able to perfectly act like a human, and become a husband that Joshua will want to live with forever, even though theyāve only known each other for a day. Joshua gets flustered but calms herself down, thinking heās probably imitating āHusband Loveā again.
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Joshua tells the chief of the Arc laboratory, Oz Highland (Ozu Hairando), that she got attacked by someone from Zirconia while flying near an excavation site, and that her assailant chased her into the capital. However, she notices that her small drive containing footage of the attack is missing, and realizes that Virgil stole it from her. Oz says whoever put Joshuaās life in danger has some nerve; the Zirconians donāt have to waste their time hiding whatever it is that theyāve excavated, because Oz will drill their heads open and ask their brains directly. Theyāll beg for mercy in hell. Joshua explains to Guld that Oz is her legal guardian and a very important person in the research institution, so heās got to be careful around him.
Oz adds Virgil to the databaseās wanted list and offers to arrange a guard for Joshua to keep her safe until everything is sorted. Guld declares that heās more than qualified to protect her. Oz says he would tell Guld to go ahead and protect Joshua⦠were it not for the fact that the two went and got married without even letting Oz know. Joshua thus finds out that the database now lists Guld as Joshuaās husband, not her adopted son. She, of course, gets very flustered.
As a roid serves them tea, Joshua explains to Oz that Guld saved her from an Airscythe. He didnāt seem to have any of his memories, so she decided to help him back, and they ended up forming a weird bond. Ozās roid tells Oz that they faked an ID for Guld, and Oz scolds Joshua for doing something that would get exposed so easily.
Oz asks Guld what his hobbies and talents are. Guld proudly says they are āslaughter and destruction.ā Joshua grabs his shoulder in frustration, livid that this is his so-called perfect impression of a human. Guld tries to backpedal by adding ā...are the things I enjoy, like any other normal person.ā He adds that heās promised Joshua not to kill anyone, so thereās no need for Oz to worry. Joshua very loudly says that Guld is just nervous, he likes eating chocolate and heās good at saving people. Oz tells the two that heāll arrange a psychiatric evaluation session for Guld.
Oz asks if Guld is an Arc user. Guld says he isnāt. In this case, Oz is impressed that Guld was able to survive the desert. He reveals a photo he has of Guld striking a pose at the surveillance camera in the elevator. Even before Joshua talked to him, Oz had already arranged an investigation into who this mysterious new person was. But even after searching through every single country in their network, they werenāt able to find anything about Guld. He could be from a remote region not included in their network, but he could also be a foreign spy or part of a criminal organization.
Oz doesnāt understand why Joshua would protect a man suspicious enough to not even have an ID. Before he interrogates Guld directly, he demands that Joshua tell him exactly what happened between her and Guld. Joshua hesitates, knowing that Oz will learn that Guld is a weapon if he interrogates him. Oz asks if sheās hesitating because sheās so in love with Guld. Joshua decides that she really has to commit to the lie now, and declares that she wants to start a family with Guld. Her real intent, however, is to analyze his inner workings and find clues that will lead her to the lost technology of Agartha⦠at least, she thinks so. Guld holds his chest and folds in on himself. His self-destruct mechanism has been activated because heās ādying of cuteness.ā
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The Arc team has excavated the head of an Airscythe. After a group of workers carry the head to a storage unit, it is suddenly activated.
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Oz offers to call the medical team to help Guld. Joshua asks how she can disable Guldās self-destruct mechanism, and he tells her to make it so that the atmosphere isnāt so romantic anymore, although Joshua argues it already isnāt romantic at all.
The Airscythe head appears by the window and demands to see its āGod.ā Joshua notes that it looks like a weapon. It shoots through the window, but Guld catches its attack with his hand, partially switches to weapon mode, and throws the Airscytheās attack back to it. Oz is shocked and asks if Guld is a weapon.
Mission 05. Secret x Secret
Oz immediately forms a shield around Guld using his roids and informs authorities that a weapon has infiltrated the laboratory. He tells Joshua that sheās been fooled, and that she has to leave the rest to Ortho and the others. Oz notes that he didnāt know there were transforming weapon roids that could mimic humans. Heāll look into Guldās abilities when heās dismantling him.
Joshua destroys Ozās shield roids with a stick and tells Oz that she wonāt let him dismantle Guld. Oz asks if Joshua knew all along that Guld is a weapon. Joshua says Guld has used his powers to protect Joshua multiple times, and she can confirm that Guld is capable of living amongst humans. Guldās body transforms back to its regular form.
Oz points out that Joshua is violating international peace treaty. If they donāt dispose of Guld right away, they will give other countries a reason to invade Pholus. Besides, weapons are programmed for slaughter and self-defense. Joshua insists that Guld is no ordinary weapon: he was able to form a bond with her. Guld tells Oz that he is aware the world sees him as something unwanted, but Joshua has sacrificed her own well-being to protect him, said āthank youā to him and accepted him as a human, not as a weapon. Her actions have swayed his goals, and he has decided that he wants to do whatever he can to protect Joshua, even if it destroys him. It may be hard for Oz to understand, but he is willing to dedicate his life to Joshua, the way a human would. Joshua realizes that she isnāt only protecting Guld to dig into Agarthaās secrets; she genuinely doesnāt want to lose him. Oz, however, canāt bring himself to accept that a weapon can know of sacrifice or love.
The dramatic tension is eradicated by Ortho and Shiva, who smash a hole on the wall of the lab despite the door being right next to them. Ortho asks if Oz is alright but is confused: where is the weapon heād alerted them of?
Oz, much to Joshuaās surprise, introduces Guld as the man that defeated the weapon and saved him, and tells them that Guld will be working with them from now on. Oz admits that he, too, is able to see how human Guldās soul is. Guld and Joshua are both very touched, and they jump on Oz in gratitude. Guld says Oz can use Guld for his studies as much as he wants. When Joshua thanks Oz, he says heās aware that Joshua can almost-exclusively interact with roids, not humans, so he should have figured Guldās identity out when he first showed up. Shiva notices Joshuaās happy tears and demands to know if Guldās done something to hurt her.
Oz orders for Ortho and co to get rid of the remains of the Airscythe that Guld destroyed earlier. The team introduce themselves to Guld as they jump down to retrieve the remains. Crane warns Guld to be careful, since Joshua is Shivaās favorite.
Oz tells Guld heād like to talk to him. When Oz first took Joshua in as an orphan, she wasnāt able to speak and appeared to have aphasia, but her eyes would sparkle whenever she saw a roid. Her condition gradually improved and she became a talented roid developer. She became able to communicate with people, as long as roids were around. Having met Guld may change her life. Guld is touched to know that Oz ātrustsā him. Oz does however pull out his drill and add that he loves Joshua like sheās his daughter, so he absolutely wonāt let them elope or anything.Ā
Guld starts running out of energy, so Joshua takes him away. Her hand trembles as she holds his, her heart races so much it hurts, and she feels she may not ever get to go back to how she was before. Guld suddenly stops and kisses her.Ā
It takes Joshua a moment to realize heās sucking her energy. She notes that she feels the same way she did in her dreams.
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Six hours before these events, in the excavation zone in Area A15, two scientists converse: the emperor of Zirconia is awaiting an update about their progress. The core of the mysterious weapon theyāve been working on is not responding, so it may be impossible to reboot.Ā
The scientists are guessing this weapon was the main culprit behind the Doomsday War 400 years ago. If they manage to analyze this weapon, they may discover the exact coordinates of Agartha.
Much to the scientistsā dismay, Prince Sid (Shido) waltzes in with three beautiful girls, saying heās glad heās come all the way to this desert to see this ādiscovery of the century.ā The scientists remind him that heās promised to leave once heās seen the discovery and tell him not to get too close, for his own safety. Sid, however, wants to add this weapon to his collection back at his palace. The scientists refuse, saying they must keep this as a secret from other countries. Theyāre quite annoyed that the āstupid princeā is refusing to leave.
The girls jokingly call the weapon scary, but Sid tells them thereās no need for them to worry since it stopped working 400 years ago; besides, if it somehow came back to life, Sid would use it as his personal guard.
Suddenly, Sid gets a headache and starts hearing a voice.
Hungry for power, Sid declares that the weapon will serve him for eternity, and the area around him (and the girls) starts glowing red. He is officially recognized as the weaponās master.
The weapon produces a huge shock-wave, which turns every regular roid in its vicinity into weapons. They demand to see their āGod.āĀ
The big weapon tells Sid that he will be with it for eternity. Sid is overjoyed.
The weapon transforms from weapon mode to soldier mode, but instead of adopting its own body like Guld does, it possesses Sid. Having taken Sidās body, the weapon no longer has a master that can stop it, and it can operate for all eternity. He hops on a scout plane to finish what started 400 years ago.
Bonus Content
Joshuaās Excavation Journal
Ignoring the workers telling her not to dig on her own, Joshua manages to excavate a roid equipped with exceptional cooking skills. But before she can analyze it, she trips and drops it in a pond. The pond itself, shaped like a big blob of goo (and adorned with a heavenly halo) rises up and asks Joshua what sheās dropped: a strong roid with the brain of an absolute meathead, or a yandere roid that will love Joshua to death. Scared, Joshua says sheās dropped a cooking roid. The pond determines that Joshua is an honest person and rewards her with a humanoid roid capable of all three things theyāve listed: Guld, who says they should die together š¤
(As you may have noticed, this omake references Aesopās āThe Honest Woodcutterā fable, which was also referenced in the omakes of 07-Ghost volume 5!)
The Scout Planes
The planes have arm attachments for excavation, and their pointy bits can be swapped. The sides of the planes can be rotated to act as a gun meant to be used for self-defense.
These Pholus-made scout planes are exported to 17 different countries. They mainly operate using cores, but newer models have dual fuel engines that can also operate on blue tears, in order to ensure that the cores last longer. 10 grams of blue tear pellets can help operate the planes for 30,000 km.Ā
The planes are equipped with an anti-gravity system. They can carry up to one ton of excavated material. Their max speed is 380 km/h; it is thought that, after the Zirconian plane attacked them, Joshua and Guld flew at 380 km/h and destroyed the engine of Joshuaās scout plane.
Pholus
The city contains 6 towns built using remodeled battleships. In total, around 300,000 people live in Pholus. The Defense Roid Research Center is based in Town 4, where Joshua lives. Most researchers live in surrounding areas.
The weather is dry from April to September, and the capital and the north side of the state turn into a desert. Lake Rena on the south does not get affected by the polluted zone, so it is the stateās main grain-producing region. Water is brought from the lake to the capital using pipelines, but it is also possible to extract water from 2000m underground using the central core.
Pholus exists within the borders of ancient Agartha, so the scientists living here have many opportunities to excavate old roids in excellent condition. The machines and aircrafts they create using parts of these old roids are the most durable and intricate in the world, so they sell for a hefty price.
Blue tears, which are used for fuel, can be mined in Pholus, but also in the nearby countries of Zirconia, Barkley (Bakkuree) and Bisnio (Bisunio).
Products
Black bread: A stiff bread made using the Haimitsu flour grown in the east of Zirconia and south of Pholus. It has a uniquely sour taste. Itās often cut in thin slices and eaten with cream cheese, honey, or ham. It has more nutritional value than Roi flour and can last many days.
White bread: A soft bread made using the roi flour grown in the south-east of Zirconia and south of Tese. Itās one of the three big staple foods of the world and is particularly popular amongst the elderly population.
Tea leaves: Harvested from the south-east of Zirconia, south of Cavaros (Kavarosu) and north of Oz (Ozu). Zirconia tea can be in green, white or dark varieties, and older leaves are quite valuable. Cavaros tea is black and very fragrant. First flush Cavaros tea is seen as very luxurious and is often presented to royal families. Oz tea is also black, and very delicious; itās perfect for milk tea. Since itās used so much in daily life, it is sold more than the other types of tea.
Chocolate: Made using cocoa from a dry region to the south of Treden (Toreden). Pholus is home to many specialists of all sorts, so a lot of talented chocolatiers live here.
Roi snacks: Butter biscuits made with Roi flour. Joshua always has some on hand. Its jam, cocoa and plain varieties are popular, but salted butter flavored Roi snacks have been gaining popularity. Packages may contain coupons for a free pack.
Fresh Sasha leaves: Miereās (Miire) special herb. Good for depression and stress when drunk after boiling for ten minutes. Tastes just like grass but is popular with people living in deserts and cold regions.
Cheese, dried meat, sausages: A lot of dairy products are imported from Coubel, although they are produced in Pholus as well. You canāt go wrong with Coubel cheese.
Vegetables: Mostly imported from warm climates with heavy rainfall like Tese and Crezel. Some drought-resistant vegetables are grown near Lake Rena in Pholus.
Neon Delivery: Drone delivery directly from the markets to any area within 25km. The drones emit light at night to remain visible. Costs around 50 chinos (1 chino = 10 yen).
Rein fruit: Grown in Crezel in September. Its skin is tough and inedible, but its insides are very sweet and squishy. They have a long shelf-life and are high-calorie, so theyāre often brought on trips.
Joshuaās Excavation Journal 2
Guld is in pristine condition, so his body has parts that have decayed away on other high-level roids. The texture of his skin and the sparkle in his eyes are all top grade. Even the rate at which his hair regrows is excellent. So, Joshua believes that the scientists of Agartha were even weirder than she is! Thank you weirdos, long live technology!
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Castor: Teito is in trouble. Iāve received a signal from my doll in the southern towerās greenhouse.
Frau: Iāll go. [Leaves his body]
Sister: All bishops performing baptisms, please come in.
Frau: Youāll handle the rest.
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Aya!Mikage: Did you really think you could get away from the imperial military?
Teito: That wing⦠is the same as that old manās! Are⦠are you a Kor?
Aya!Mikage: A Kor? Iām not as gentle as they are.
Teito: (Huh? The doorā¦)
Aya!Mikage: (I see. Thatās the Great Barsburg Church for you. Itās trying to keep the intruder away.)
Teito: I donāt know who the hell you are, but why have you done this to my friend? Why not just come after me directly? Or⦠is this some sort of exchange? If I return to the military, will you let Mikage go?
Aya!Mikage: An exchange? You donāt deserve such a thing. [Appears behind Teito] Truth be told, Iād much rather kill you.
Teito: [Gasps] [Gets hit] Agh!
Aya!Mikage: Donāt you dare cause me trouble again. [Strangles Teito]
Teito: Agh⦠Agh⦠(What the hell? I couldnāt see him move at all.)
Aya!Mikage: Put this control device on. Iām sure you already know what will happen if you defy your master.
Teito: Hnghā¦
Aya!Mikage: Letās go.
Teito: Aghā¦Ā
[The bridge under Teito starts dissolving]
Teito: (Huh? Is the floor sinki-) Ahhhh! [Falls into the water] (Whatās up with this church? Dammit! Iāve got to do something to save Mikage! ā¦Oh, right!) [Charges his Zaiphon]
Aya!Mikage: So he fell...
Teito: [Attacks Aya!Mikageās wing] If I break that wing⦠[Attacks the wing] Huh? My Zaiphon passed through it.
Aya!Mikage: Donāt waste your time. [Attacks Teito]
Teito: Aghh! [Gasps for breath]Ā
Aya!Mikage: [Strangles Teito] I am no Kor. If you cut my wing, this body will die.
Teito: [Gasps]
Aya!Mikage: By the way, you two were having quite the conversation just a while ago. So you think youāre the son of the King of Raggs? As far as we know, he had no children.Ā
Teito: (Struggling to speak) Return⦠Mikageā¦
Aya!Mikage: You canāt make me. Your sense of justice is futile without the power to enforce it. Foolish boy. Mikageās soul will not return. This is his punishment for protecting you twice and betraying the military.
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Castor: May God be with you.
Labrador: May the sacred seal placed on your forehead repel Kors.
Archbishop: May you be protected from Kors. Frau. Bring the next chi-
Castor: (Through Frauās body) Archbishop.
Archbishop: Castor? What happened to Frau? For you to be manipulating his body, something must be going on.Ā
Castor: A Kor-like creature has appeared in the greenhouse in the southern tower. Frau has left his body to find it.
Archbishop: Kor-like?
Castor: Well⦠Itās a one-winged Kor in the body of a boy with half a soul.
Archbishop: What?!
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Frau: (Weird. The southern greenhouse, the cathedrals, the dining hall⦠Iāve checked everywhere but I just canāt sense them. There are only so many places here that regular humans can enter. Ugh, where the hell has that brat gone?)
Spirit: Ah, itās Frau!
Frau: Spirits!
Spirit: Whatāre you up to?
Frau: Have you seen a silly little brat?
Spirit: A silly brat?
Spirit: If youāre talking about the intruder, weāve locked him away.
Frau: What?
Spirit: Those kids are bad news!
Frau: Teitoās not an intruder, heās just some twerp! His life is in danger. Let me in!
Spirit: Aww, impatient as always. When we fixed the door and isolated the intruder, a cute little boy got locked in with him.
Spirit: But weāll open the door for you, our dearest Frau.
[The spirits open the door]
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[Aya!Mikage puts the collar on Teito]
Teito: Why?
Aya!Mikage: Hm?
Teito: Why wonāt you kill me?
Aya!Mikage: I was told to bring you to the military alive.
Teito: Hah. In that case, youād be screwed if I died. [Traps his own neck with Zaiphon] In exchange for my head, return Mi-
Ayanami: Suicide counts as a form of defiance.
Teito: Agh!
Ayanami: Iād never have thought Mirokuās pupil would be this weak.
Teito: Mikage⦠[Collapses]
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Teito: Huh? Where am I? [Gets up] Are those stairs?
[Sounds of someone running up the stairs]
Teito: Is that⦠me? Is this⦠the path Iāve been on until now? And up ahead⦠Hah. What the hell is this wall? Why? Why am I trapped in the wall? Ugh! [Hits the wall] What am I doing? Why am I not moving?! Hey! My friend is in danger! Mikage risked his life to protect me! I canāt just give up! We promised weād die together! [Breaks the wall]
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Aya!Mikage: What are these? Tears? Hmph. Pathetic. ā¦Huh?
Michael: Tch. Are you the one that put this collar on me?
[Collar gives off an āerrorā sound]
Aya!Mikage: Thereās no way. No, thatās not-
Michael: [Attacks Aya!Mikage with Zaiphon]
Michael: Take it off. Unleashing level 10.
Aya!Mikage: Bind!
Michael: Ugh! [Collapses]
Aya!Mikage: How was he able to unleash this much power with the control device on?
[Sichel appears]
Frau: Are you the guy that took this bratās friend?
Aya!Mikage: Are you certain youāll be fine without your comrades?
Frau: To deal with you? Yeah, Iāll be okay on my own. Look at you, using our sanctuary like a playground.
Teito: U-ugh⦠[Coughs]
Aya!Mikage: Arrogant as always, Sichel.
Frau: Huh⦠Who are you? Nobody whoās seen my form has lived to tell the tale.
Hello! I hope youāre having a beautiful day! Thank you for the LGBMH chapter and for the CD drama translations recently, they are a delight to read! ššš
Reading made me wonder, if you donāt mind some silly questionsā¦Ā
As far as I know, in Japanese there are multiple ways to say āIā (watashi, boku etc⦠am I correct?) depending on the person and the situation (correct?), and I wondered which ones LGBMH main characters use and what it tells about them?
(A small related question would be, are Vansheld's young and grown-up forms' speech patterns different? (And overall, is his psyche different in his two forms?))
A bigger language-related question would be ā across all Ameichi series, when looking at the suffixes characters use when referring to each other (honorifics, correct?) and overall how they talk to each other, is there anything interesting/unexpected that would add to the image of the character? (Someone younger not using a respectful one (like -san?) for someone older; something like that)(Or you could tell anything you find note worthy, please donāt feel restricted by the phrasing of the question; I would love to learn anything and everything!)
And the last one, are there things that can't be quite translated from Japanese to English? There is probably a lot that I just can't think about, but I would surely want to ask about them if I could <3
I hope these are not too much of a bother! Thank you in advance if you decide to answer them!
Oh gosh you're the absolute sweetest, thank you so so much! I'm more than happy to answer your brilliant questions!
Just a disclaimer: these subtle differences in language are pretty hard for me to articulate, and heck, I may have misinterpreted/misremembered some things, so if anyone has any corrections they'd like to point out, be my guest!!
LGBMH Personal Pronouns
Rose and Rise both use "watashi." To put things very very simply, "ore" is explicitly masculine and "boku" is usually used by masculine or tomboyish characters. "Watashi" is gender-neutral and/or formal, so most female characters use this one. There isn't much to infer about the twins from this pronoun alone. I'll get to their speech patterns in a bit; they're very distinct.
Vansheld, Delacroix and Uriel all use "ore," the most masculine of the main pronouns, also used by characters like Teito, Frau, Kaguya etc. I could only find one instance of Nocturne using a personal pronoun, "jibun"; this is the reflexive pronoun (like "myself") so it isn't used as a personal pronoun by as many characters as the other pronouns. It has a bit of a soldier-like but kind vibe.
Strauss uses "watashi," mirroring fellow baddies Ayanami and Landkarte. Weirdly enough, I don't think there are any significant characters in LGBMH that use "boku" (nor in Battle Rabbits! But in 07-Ghost, Labrador, Capella, Kuroyuri and Shuri use it)
Vansheld's Forms
Vansheld speaks more or less the same way in both of his forms. He doesn't transition between his forms intentionally, so I don't think he makes an effort to adapt his speech to his appearance. He has a slightly dramatic, casual, masculine speech pattern in both forms. Nothing you wouldn't expect from him!
By the way, Hijiri also has a younger form (via his talismans) and he sounds the same in both forms as well.
Honorifics / Things Lost in Translation
Before I start, please keep in mind that characters don't always speak the same way: their speech can very much change depending on the context. It'd take me way too long to analyze every sentence uttered in all 170 chapters of manga that Amemiya and Ichihara have published, but here's some stuff I personally find interesting.
And with that, it's time to dive into 07-Ghost! This is a bit of an obvious one, but Hyuuga uses "-tan" while referring to Ayanami and Kuroyuri:
But he never uses it while referring to Konatsu or Haruse:
"-tan" is an honorific used to convey endearment usually to very small children (it's an even cutesier "-chan"), but Hyuuga only uses it to refer to his superiors. This makes him sound really cheeky, and it makes me think he's only doing this to annoy Ayanami and Kuroyuri.
He also says "Kuroyuri-kun" though. "-kun" is usually used for younger men or male peers; and before you say "Hey, this proves that Kuroyuri is a boy!" keep in mind that it's also used in workplaces for subordinates/equals regardless of gender, so this doesn't really tell us much other than "Hyuuga is ignoring that his rank is lower than Kuroyuri's again" (Besides, we know that Hyuuga doesn't know their gender)
Something to note is that he doesn't use "-tan" for Katsuragi but instead opts for "-san," a respectful honorific. Hyuuga respects Katsuragi as a superior; he relies on him for help in humorous scenes and lists Katsuragi's "housewife-like attitude" as one of the things he values about the Black Hawks, but this lack of cheekiness adds a sort of distance between them, almost like he doesn't fully trust Katsuragi the way he trusts the others... or maybe he just doesn't want to annoy him? Similarly, Ayanami usually just refers to everyone with their names, but he calls Katsuragi "Colonel Katsuragi". Oh, also, Katsuragi/Landkarte always uses respectful speech, even when he's talking to Ea as a child or being a terrifying menace.
Everyone in the Black Hawks refers to Ayanami with "-sama," a very respectful honorific. Kuroyuri doesn't really use any honorifics for anyone other than Ayanami, and Konatsu mainly refers to the others with their ranks (Colonel Katsuragi > Lieutenant Colonel Kuroyuri > Major Hyuuga). Haruse uses "-sama" for Kuroyuri, once again very respectful. I can't recall any instances of the two Begleiters referring to each other unfortunately, but Konatsu calls Teito "Teito-kun" when he joins the Black Hawks, and Shuri "Shuri-kun" (when he's not calling him "that Oak"). He refers to the twins with "-chan" which is pretty cute.
Scooting over to the church side, Teito usually uses "-san" for people older than him but not for Frau:
Most people at the church refer to the bishops with their profession (Bishop Frau, Assistant Archbishop Lance etc) but this is pretty rare for Teito, because his relationship with the bishops is deeper than a regular bishop student or apprentice. The way he refuses to use "-san" for Frau implies a lack of respect at first, but as they get closer it adds to their brotherly relationship; they'd feel more distant if he used "-san." Teito doesn't use any honorifics for his friends, but he uses "-san" for Ouida who is presumably around his age. Hakuren doesn't do this, so you can really tell that Teito was busy staring at his shoes while Hakuren was making friends.
Mikage speaks more or less the same way Teito does, just slightly more playfully. Unlike Teito, he says "Frau-san" (in track one of the Michael drama CD).
Frau doesn't use honorifics for anyone at all as far as I'm aware, unless he's trying to hit on ladies. Labrador uses "-kun" for younger boys (like Teito and Hakuren) and "-sama" for Michael, but no honorifics for the other bishops. The same applies for Castor; the only difference is that he doesn't use an honorific for Hakuren.
Lance doesn't use honorifics for Frau or Castor (he can barely bother to remember his name), except when Castor turns into a child in the quelle; he calls him "Castor-kun" then. Lance calls Labrador "Lab-shishou," which is usually translated as "Master Lab" but it means mentor; they never really explain why he does this but it may be because he's really into fortune telling and Labrador can see the future. Or maybe he just looks up to Lab for another reason!
Frau usually uses "Lab" for Labrador and calls him "Labrador" very rarely. Castor on the other hand usually uses "Labrador" and seldom calls him "Lab."
Hakuren has a pretty funny way of speaking. I'm not sure how to explain it but there's this sort of ~drama~ to his speech that feels ridiculous coming from a 16 year old. For instance, he uses the word "-tamae" that's meant to be used while giving demands to people of a lower status. He's really dramatic. No matter how socially aware Hakuren is, no matter how much he tries to distance himself from his family, he's still an Oak at the end of the day.
Interestingly, he exclusively uses "ore" up until Kapitel 36, after which he starts using "watashi" even in his inner speech, but he keeps using "ore" around Teito. Maybe he's starting to feel a bit grown and professional now that he's become a bishop apprentice/royal tutor?
Hakuren always refers to the bishops with their title and uses respectful speech around them. He uses "-sama" for Ouka. Ouka doesn't use honorifics much but she does call Frau "Shishou-dono" because Teito introduces Frau to her as his mentor. "-dono" is pretty respectful, slightly less so than "-sama." People don't really use it in daily speech so it feels historical and dramatic. It fits Ouka's speech pattern well because she speaks in a very confident and basically archaic manner. She doesn't use any stereotypically feminine or soft particles like "ne," "yo," or "wa"; she instead uses "zo" quite a lot, which is seen as masculine. She uses "sonata" as a second-person pronoun, which is also archaic. Rise has the exact same speech pattern. Ouka and Rise both look very feminine, so their speech is almost funny in contrast. Their shared position as princesses is reflected through their speech not in a graceful and gentle way, but in a self-assured and assertive manner:
Rose has a very respectful speech pattern even when talking to Rise, so her speech always feels careful, but she also sounds sweet. She calls Rise "older sister" in the form of "nee-sama," not "nee-san." She uses "-san" for Vansheld though, which Uriel thinks isn't respectful enough for an angel lord!
Eve, Suzune and Lucia use informal speech with "wa," which is a feminine particle usually used by slightly older women. Joshua from Doomsday (who is, despite the name, a woman) uses informal speech with "ne" and "yo" but not "wa".
In complete contrast to Ouka and Rise, Mao has an excruciatingly cute way of speaking, but she also sounds... weird. She uses "desu" in more or less every sentence, which is technically respectful speech, but it's written in katakana (the writing system usually used for foreign words) so it feels tacked on. Her usage of it doesn't even make grammatical sense sometimes. Other particles in her speech are occasionally written in katakana as well. She also doesn't use a personal pronoun; instead she refers to herself with her own name, which is child-like speech. She also gets phrases wrong sometimes, like when she tries to say "I'll turn you into a beehive" (i.e. "I'll shoot you with so many bullets that you'll have as many holes as a beehive") but says "bird's nest" instead, which makes no sense. All in all, she sounds very alien, because she is one! She hasn't fully grasped Japanese yet.
Speaking of katakana, the most untranslatable thing is probably when creatures use katakana in their speech instead of the standard hiragana. This makes them sound weird and artificial, or like they're using a different accent. This is usually used by enemy creatures, like Onis and some Hollows, but Kaguya's Kodama and the cute little Roid creatures from Doomsday speak like this as well. Other speaking creatures like Fyuulongs or the animals in the Grand Finale Station don't speak in katakana, which implies that they don't sound any different from humans.
Last but not least, here's something about second-person pronouns. Throughout all of 07-Ghost, Ayanami uses either "kisama" (very rude, almost derogatory) or "omae" (rude) for pretty much everyone. He, naturally, uses "kisama" for Teito. Teito uses "omae" for most people. When he isn't brainwashed, the pronoun he uses for Ayanami is either "omae" or "temee" (ruder):
This is noteworthy because, in Kapitel 100, Teito refers to Ayanami with "anata" (respectful) and Ayanami refers to him with "omae." They use these same pronouns for each other in Battle Rabbits. Their mutual, deep disdain has transformed into respect. Sure, "omae" is still a pretty rude word, but it's nice coming from Ayanami! This development in Ayanami's speech is really hard to reflect in another language. Teito using "anata" can be translated into languages that have a respectful form of "you," but English doesn't have one, so it's lost.
And I guess that's all I have to say! Thank you so so much for these questions, I had a lot of fun with them! Feel more than free to ask me anything else about these lovely series ā„
Teito: They say that when the Chief of Heaven gives humans life, he gives them the chance to make three wishes. Three wishes that they are willing to exchange their lives for. Iād never thought of having dreams. I believed I had no choice but to follow the path the military had laid out for me. 07-Ghost Drama CD: Michael.
Teito: [Opens the door] Mikage! How are you feeling?
Mikage: Teito! Iām feeling great, hehehe.
Teito: Thank god! [Closes the door] I was so worried!
Mikage: Sorry! The bishops have taken great care of me. Iām all good now.
Teito: What are all these gifts by your bed?
Mikage: Got āem from the sisters! And, look, Frau even gave me this!
[Oh yeah!]
Teito: Ugh! Porn!
Mikage: He said itās a must-have for all men.
Teito: Damn that freak! I knew I shouldāve been the one taking care of you.
Mikage: Hehe. Were you feeling lonely without me? [Pats Teitoās head] Haha!
Teito: No? Donāt get any wrong ideas! [Swats Mikageās hand away] Huh? Your hand is⦠so cold.
---
Frau: So we really canāt save him?
Labrador: No. Mikage will die soon. And only half of him is with us right now. Iām sorry. We could try, but given past casesā¦
Frau: Ugh. Iāve never seen someone with half a soul before. How the hell did that even happen?
Teito: (Help! Someone please help Mikage! Heās my friend!)
Frau: (Somethingās up. Weird things have been popping up left and right ever since that brat appeared.)
Frau: So we for sure canāt do anything to save him?
Castor: No, Labradorās prophecies are absolute. Iād like to make sure Teito gets enough time to say his farewells.Ā
Labrador: Someone will come for Teito soon, hoping to destroy his world.
Castor: Are you referring to Mikage?
Labrador: Itās someone else.
Frau: Ugh. Well, you know these subjects are bit too complex for little old me, but if need be Iāll just skip mass and-
Archbishop: Cooking up evil schemes again, are we?
Frau: Agh!
Archbishop: Listen up. You absolutely cannot miss todayās mass.Ā
Frau: Stupid old fartā¦
Archbishop: Put your cap on! Weāre holding our annual baptism today. Donāt you dare make a fool out of yourself in there.
Frau: Ugh, I get it, geezer.
Archbishop: Call me by my title! [Smacks Frau]
Frau: Ugh!
Castor: Iām observing Teito and his friend. Donāt worry.
---
Mikage: Dang! What a huge greenhouse. I didnāt know churches had these.
Teito: Yep! Oh, and you can eat this flower!
Mikage: Man, youāve become a full-on church resident already. [Sighs] You look well. Iām really glad.
Teito: Heh. How did you know I was here?
[Castorās doll makes a sound]
Mikage: (From a distance) Donāt be silly. You canāt just crash your Hawkzile into district seven and not expect me to start my search here.
Teito: Sorry. The people of the church are so nice to me. I havenāt told them anything about myself, but theyāre letting me hide here. Ah! But the guy that gave you porn is bad news!
Mikage: Really?
Teito: Heās huge and he looks like a creep. Why would a guy like that become a bishop anyway?! But he does say some nice things sometimes⦠But no! Iām just not okay with someone like that!
Mikage: Teito?
Teito: Ah, sorry. Iāve been talking too much.
Mikage: Well, thatās why Iām here! You can tell me anything and everything you want.
Teito: Okay⦠(I told him about everything Iād remembered so far. The fact that I was from the Raggs Kingdom that the empire destroyed... That a Father took care of me as a kid, and that he also got killed by the empire... Mikage listened to everything I said without saying anything. It made me so happy. But there was still a weird pain in my heart.) ā¦And thatās it. I know itās weird that a slave like me is saying all this. Must be hard to believe. Sorry.
Mikage: I believe you.
Teito: Huh?
Mikage: I mean, youāve always had some sort of nobility to you, or, like, a stuck-up attitude. It was a headache keeping up with you! I kept thinking āMan, is this dude a prince or something?ā So I get it. You couldnāt befriend anyone but me like that. I was worried.
Teito: Gee, thanks.Ā
Mikage: When the Raggs war ended, I was only 5 years old.
---
Kairen: Hahaha! We did it! We did it!
Mikage: What are you so happy about, dad?
Kairen: Huh? We won the war! Weāve beaten our enemies!
Mikage: Enemies? Uhh⦠(Why is he happy that weāve killed people?)
---
Mikage: I was born in the country that destroyed yours, so I may not have the right to say this, but Iām glad youāre still carrying your parentsā love in your heart. Teito Klein, youāve never been alone a day in your life.
Teito: Heh⦠(Iāve only been here in the church for a couple of days, but our days back in the military academy feel so far away.)
Mikage: So, what do you want to do?
Teito: I- Ugh! Aghhh! Ah! [Falls on his knees]Ā
Mikage: Teito?
---
[Jingles]
Krom: Teito.
Teito: Dad?
Krom: Iāll only tell you this once, so please listen well. [Takes out the Eye of Michael] The Eye of Michael carries all of Raggsā history. Teito, you must carry our legacy on. That is your mission.
---
Teito: Ugh⦠My mission⦠is to⦠learn the history of Raggs. Agh!
Mikage: Teito! Are you okay?
Teito: Mikage, Iām so sorry. I know youāre here to take me back to the military, but I canāt go.Ā
Mikage: Oh. Hm. Can you stand up, Teito? [Helps Teito get up]
Teito: Thanks.
Mikage: (He looks so much better than he did when we were at the academy.) Iāve got it. Youāre putting your life on the line for this, right? In that case, youād better see it through!
Ayanami: (Is that your answer?)
Mikage: Agh!
Teito: But will you be okay, Mikage?
Mikage: Ah⦠Teito, listen to what Iām about to say very carefully. [Grabs Teito] Listen as long as my voice is still able to reach you.
Teito: Huh?
Mikage: First off, donāt turn the military into your enemy. You wonāt gain anything by taking revenge. Killing someone you hate wonāt help you in any way. Always face forward. Walk the path of light. Second, I know you canāt bring yourself to accept help or to open up to people, but youāre the best friend Iāve ever had! Iāll always pray for your happiness. Iāll always be by your side. Donāt ever forget that.
Teito: M-Mikage? Why are you telling me all this?
Mikage: Heh. Well, Iām in a bit of a jam. I canāt return to the military either.
Teito: Oh! Then-
Mikage: I have one final request. Kill me, Teito.
---
Hyuuga: You were with Teito Klein when he ran away, right?
Mikage: How many times do I have to tell you this, Major Hyuuga? He was holding me hostage. Torture me all you want, but Iāve got nothing to tell you!
Hyuuga: Oh? Is this a photo of your family? You have such a cute little sister.
Mikage: Huh?
Hyuuga: On your application form, you said you wanted to join the military for your family. I was so moved when I read that. Youād make a fine soldier. So let us give you a choice. Your family or Teito?
Mikage: Thatās such aā¦
Hyuuga: Right, Aya?
Ayanami: [Walks over] Bring either him or your family to me.
Mikage: [Gasps]
Ayanami: Iāll put a mark on you so that you canāt run away. Think carefully. If you canāt choose either, you will die.
---
Teito: What are you talking about? Like hell I can kill you!
Mikage: [Gasps] Then⦠run away! I canāt hold him back anymore!
Teito: Huh?
Mikage: Itās⦠not me, but⦠someone is after you! Ugh! Dammit! I couldnāt just sell you out! Youāre like family to me!
Teito: [Runs towards Mikage] Whatās going on?! I canāt just leave you here!
Mikage: [Pushes Teito away] Ugh!
Teito: Agh!
Mikage: What are you doing? Just go off on your own! (Iām so scared, Teito. Donāt leave me.)
Teito: Mikageā¦
Mikage: Ever since I met you, Iāve always felt so happy and warm. (Donāt let my family die.) Go away before I hurt you!Ā
Teito: [Gasps] Has the military done something to you?
Mikage: I love you, Teito. Farewell. / I wonāt let you run away, Teito. Youāll be coming back with me. [Attacks Teito with his Zaiphon]
[Castorās doll shields Teito from the attack]
Aya!Mikage: Oh? Looks like someone here likes making ugly dolls.
Teito: [Gasps] No, thatās⦠not Mikage!
Aya!Mikage: [Attacks Teito]
Teito: [Gasps] [Runs away] (Was someone from the military hiding within Mikage?! How?! How could they even do that?!) Agh! [Keeps running] (Iāve got to go outside, or else the people of the church will get dragged into this! Goddammit! How could they do this to my best friend?! Mikage! What should I do?!) Itās a dead end. Wait, no, thereās a door.
Person: Oh? Hey kid! That place is off limits!
Teito: Agh! [Kicks the door open]
Person: Woaaaah!
Teito: [Gasps for breath] Have I lost him? Huh?
Aya!Mikage: This game of tag is over, Teito Klein.
Hi all! As you may know, Amemiya and Ichihara are currently publishing their fourth series "Danna-sama wa Shuumatsu Heiki / My Husband is a Doomsday Weapon." You may also be aware that it will be officially released in English by Kodansha starting this Fall! Yay!
I wrote summaries for every chapter of "Long good-bye, my honey" back when it was ongoing. I wasn't able to do this for this series due to life circumstances, but I've been considering starting it now. There are 14 chapters and 2 side chapters out right now, so this will be pretty time-consuming. This is why I wanted to check if anyone's interested! Since the series has been licensed, I won't be able to scanlate any of it.
Also, does anyone have any ideas for a shorthand for the series (a la 07, Batorabi, LGBMH)? Could it be Doomsday? DSH or MHDW? Let me know what you think!
Saiga (Teito): Weāve finished recording the drama CD "07-Ghost: The Seventh District". Good job, everybody!
Everyone: [Claps]Ā Good job everybody.
Saiga: Yay, yay! Iām Saiga Mitsuki, the voice of Teito. Umm, the anime has started airing, and we've started putting out drama CDs as well! Well, the drama CDs are still covering the very beginning, but it feels really refreshing to have started from the first volume again, so I had a lot of fun recording. Weāre working hard on the anime as well, but I think the drama CDs will keep coming out as the manga is being published, so please keep supporting us. Iām looking forward to recording the rest! Good job, everybody!
Everyone: [Claps]
Namikawa (Mikage): Iām Namikawa Daisuke and I voiced Mikage. Good job, everyone.
Saiga: Yo! Yo, Mikage!
Namikawa: Yes, umā¦
Saiga: Read the manga!
Namikawa: ...Uhh!Ā
Saito (Kuroyuri): [Laughs]
Namikawa: Umm, in this drama CD Mikage was a bit, um⦠Things were kind of concerning, so I wonder what will happen next! Iāll do my best then as well, so please look forward to it. Also, umm, Labrador gave me yakisoba flavored candy, but Iām really glad he did it after I was done recording my lines.
Saiga: Yay!
Namikawa: It was painful. Thank you.Ā
Everyone: [Claps]
Suwabe (Frau): Iām Suwabe Junichi, the voice of Frau. I hope you thoroughly enjoy both 07-Ghostās anime and drama CDs. Please keep in mind that itās not Fra/u/, but F/ra/u.Ā
Saiga: Ooh!
Suwabe: Please make sure youāre saying it correctly. ...Thatās it. Thank you.Ā
Everyone: [Laughs and claps]
Chiba (Castor): Iām Chiba Susumu, voicing Castor. Umm, itās really been a while since we last made a drama CD of 07-Ghost. Weāve finally started from the first volume, and the last CD was not canon, so Iām really excited and happy that weāre getting a fresh start and recording from the beginning. I think weāll make more CDs, so please listen to them as well. Thank you.
Everyone: [Claps]
Saiga: Yay! Yakisoba!
Saito: Mr. Flower!
Miyata (Labrador): Umm, Iām Miyata Kouki, the voice of Labrador. Good job, everybody.
Everyone: Thanks.
Saiga: [Giggles]
Miyata: How did you like the CD? [Laughs] Umm, there was something I found interesting. On the cast list on the cover page of the script, it said āLabrador - Called āRabu (Lab/love)ā in the scriptā. They could have just added the ā-radorā.
Saiga: They also could have written āMr. Flowerā.
Miyata: Thatās right. So, ummā¦
Hayami (Ayanami): Itās like āloveā...
Miyata: His nickname is āRabuā.
Saiga: Love! [Laughs]Ā Love!
Miyata: Itās āloveā!
Hayami: Love!
Miyata: [Giggles] Yes, ummā¦
Chiba: Dog!
Saiga: Dog!! [Laughs in the background]
Miyata: Please support Lab in both the anime and the drama CDs.Ā
Saiga: Thatās good!
Miyata: And, of course, I gave Namikawa that yakisoba candy to show my love for him.
Everyone: Ooh!
Miyata: I wasnāt trying to harass him! Good job, everybody.
Everyone: [Claps]
Irino (Shuri): Iām Irino Miyu and I voiced Shuri. Good job, everybody.
Saiga: Yo! Huh?
Irino: Shuriā¦
Saiga: You couldnāt say it properly.
Irino: I couldnāt?! I think I did. Itās okay. Umm, Shuri acts all tough but heās actually pretty weak. Heās a bad guy. I haven't voiced many characters like him but it was really fun. I hope I get to voice him again someday.Ā
Saiga: Say āif we get to make more CDsā!
Irino: If we get to make more CDs! I hope Iāll also get more lines! Iām looking forward to it. Please keep supporting us. Good job, everybody.
Everyone: [Claps]
Hayami: Good job, everybody.Ā
Everyone: [Laughs]
Hayami: Iām Hayami Shou, the voice of Ayanami. Umm, I had so many lines, it kind of tired me out.
Everyone: [Laughs]
Hayami: [Laughs] Well, not really. I mean, Iām trying to think whether this recording was fun or too long or whatnot, but, well, Iāll give you an answer when I get back home.
Everyone: [Laughs]
Hayami: But the people listening to this bonus track arenāt here to hear us pester each other, so please, umm, only listen to this track once. Thank you. Good job, everybody.
Saiga and Saito: [Giggle]
Everyone: [Claps]
Hamada (Hyuuga): Good job, everybody. Iām Hamada Kenji, the voice of Hyuuga. Umm, the previous drama CD was really different from the actual manga, so Iām glad the actual story has started now. Hyuuga was treated really badly back then, soā¦
Everyone: [Laughs]
Saiga: It was like a funny bonus strip.
Hyuuga: He was fed weird stuff and beaten up. He had a rough time. But if the CDs keep coming out like this, Iām sure weāll have everyone from the military here someday!Ā
Saito: I hope so.
Hyuuga: So please buy a bunch of CDs! Thatās it. Good job, everybody. [giggles]
Everyone: [Claps]
Kishio (Konatsu): Konats-ughhhā¦Ā
Saiga: Huh?
Everyone: [Laughs]
Saiga: Huh?
Kishio: Iām Kishio Daisuke, playing Konatsu...
Saiga: Heās so tired.
Saito: Hang in there!
Suwabe: Hang in ther-
Saiga: Hang in there!
Everyone: [Laughs]
Kishio: I wish Konatsu spoke more.
Saiga: [Laughs] Heās grumbling!
Suwabe: Pray for a second season!
Saiga and Saito: [Laugh]
Kishio: Also⦠Lab gave me yakisoba candy too. Against my will.
Everyone: [Laughs]
Kishio: Thank youā¦
Everyone: [Laughs and claps]
Saiga: Itās all Miyataās fault!
Saito: [Giggles]Ā Good job, everybody! Iām Saito Chiwa, the voice of Kuroyuri! Itās not /Ku/royuri, but Kuroyu/ri/. I donāt usually get to say their name out loud, so Iād always just said /Ku/royuri. Sorry about that.Ā
Saiga: [Giggles]
Saito: [Laughs]Ā But everyone else says Kuroyu/ri/ the way they should, so please make sure you say their name like that as well. The animeās also progressing pretty fast, and, yay, Iāve got such fun scenes!
Saiga: [Laughs]
Saito: [Laughs] Itās really a lot of fun! And weāve gotten to see the Ayanami of my dreams...
Saiga: [Laughs]
Hayami: [Laughs]
Saiga: Of your dreams, huh?
Saito: The drama CD ended with a pretty serious scene, but please enjoy the anime as well! I think weāll make more CDs, so I also want more lines in them! Thank you!
Everyone: [Claps]
Nakai (Katsuragi): Iām Nakai Kazuya, playing Katsuragiā¦
Saito: Hang in there!
Everyone: [Laughs]
Chiba: Hang in there!
Saiga: Hang in there!
Suwabe: Itās okay!
Nakai: ...Iām sorry about certain things.
Everyone: [Laughs]
Nakai: Iām really so sorry. But, yes, umm, I know itās weird to alienate the audience in a bonus track, but Iāll refrain from explaining the situation on purpose.Ā
Everyone: [Laughs]
Nakai: Just know that Nakai messed something up. Thatās all I will tell you.
Hayami: Heās talking about that thing.
Saiga: That thingā¦
Nakai: Iām so sorry. Iāve reflected on my actions.
Saiga and Saito: [Laugh]
Nakai: I do have motivation.
Everyone: [Laughs]
Nakai: Please give me more lines. Good job, everybody.
Everyone: [Claps]
Kiuchi (Kreuz): Iām Kiuchi and I voiced the Father. Ahhā¦
Saiga: [Laughs]
Kiuchi: This was really fun.Ā
Everyone: [Laughs]
Kiuchi: You know, Iām the Father-- as in a priest, but Iām called āthe Fatherā... But Takahashi Hiroki is, like, the dad. The real dad. And⦠[Giggles] Neither Hiroki nor I are very energizedā¦
Everyone: [Laughs]
Kiuchi: Umm, Iām the dad that raised him, right? So thereās his adoptive dad and birthive dad. In this showdow-, well, itās not really a competition⦠[Giggles] But please compare our performances. Please support 07-Ghost.
Everyone: [Claps]
Takahashi (Krom): That was my first time hearing anyone say the phrase ābirthive dadā.Ā
Saiga: [Talking to Kiuchi and making him laugh in the background]
Takahashi: Iām Takahashi Hiroki, playing the King of-... Shut up!Ā
Kiuchi: [Giggles] Sorry.
Takahashi: Umm, Iām Takahashi Hiroki. Like the Father, Iām also voicing a nameless characte-... well, he does have a nickname, but I've always wished someone would say his name. I had a lot of fun voicing my character. Umm, this is a CD so itās something you can only hear, not see, so I hope I was able to create a memorable king. Was I? Iām excited to hear your opinions. Thank you.
Everyone: [Claps]
Saiga: So how did you like everyoneās comments? Some were feeling down, some were really tired after being forced to eat candy, but we all want to make 07-Ghost more and more lively as we go on, so please support us! Good job, everyone!
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Kor: [Grows its wings] Hahaha! You donāt know just how valuable this child is! My master would be overjoyed if I took him with me.
Frau: Nah, you canāt have the kid. Besides⦠[Whips out Verlorenās scythe] Wouldnāt this master of yours be happier with this?
Kor: Oh! Is that his scythe?!
Teito: Agh! What the hell is this?!
Frau: You can see it?
Kor: Why do you have that scythe?!
Teito: [Gasps] [Charges his Zaiphon]
Frau: No use attacking the dark! [Slashes the Kor]
Kor: Iām taking this soul!Ā
Castor: We wonāt let you leave.
Labrador: You will return the elderly manās spirit.
Kor: Aghh! How could I be defeated by humans?! But if that scythe is alive, he must be as well! Donāt you brats forget that!
Frau: Wish to God. [Slashes the Korās wings away]
Old man: Ahh⦠W-what was I-
Castor: Sir, youāll catch a cold if you sleep in the garden like that. Would you like to stay in the church tonight?
Teito: (Iāve never seen powers like thisā¦)
Frau: [Putting the scythe back into his arm] What the hell, man? You just wonāt behave today, will you? Just get in my damn arm already. Ugh.
Teito: [Runs over to Frau] Doesnāt your arm hurt?!
Frau: Huh? Arenāt you scared?
Teito: What? Why would I be scared?Ā
Frau: Real tough for a kid, arenāt you? [Grabs Teito]
Teito: Stop picking me up!
Frau: We still havenāt fixed your problem. Iāll remove the mark on your chest.
Teito: (Heās so bad at being a bishop, why does he even bother helping me out?) Whatās gonna happen to the old man?
Frau: I got rid of the thing that possessed him. Heās all good.
Teito: He said he didnāt have a home to return to. Could we search for his family at the church or something?
Frau: Heh, how thoughtful of you. Weāve got a real sweetheart over here.
Teito: Iām not thoughtful or a sweetheart!
Frau: Hahaha! Youāre exactly like me when I was your age.
Teito: No way! Stop lying!
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Castor: I really wasnāt expecting for a Kor to appear in the church.
Labrador: Yeah. The flowers are still restless.
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Teito: (Itās my second morning since coming to the church. The outside world is filled with things I donāt know. Iād never left the military before. Itās all a little dazzling to me. This world is so bright and calm.)
Sister: Good morning, Teito. Would you like for us to wash this?
Teito: Yes, i-is that my underwear?! I-I-Iāll wash it myself! Ough!
Frau: Whoops. Didnāt see you there. Youāre just so tiny!
Teito: What the hell did you just say to me you stupid bishop?!
Sister: Aw, Teito. We wouldnāt mind washing your underwear.
Frau: Oh, those are mine.
Sister: Eek! Youāre supposed to wash your underwear yourself!
Frau: Ahh! [Starts crying] Youāre so mean⦠Why are you okay with washing that stupid bratās underwear but not mine? Ugh, well Iāll steal your underwear too, then! Here!
Teito: Ahh! What the hell kind of adult are you?! Okay, grabbed it.
Sister: Oh, that side is deep!
Teito: [Falls into the fountain] [Gasps for breath]
Castor: My, what are you up to?
Teito: Castor! That stupid pervert just-
Child: Grandpa!Ā
Old man: Ahah!
Man: Come on, donāt run.
Woman: Thank you for getting in touch with us, sister.Ā
Child: Letās go home, grandpa!
Teito: Itās the old man from last night! So he did have a family. Iām so glad.
Castor: We believe that when the Chief of Heaven gives us life, we make three wishes. When all of our wishes are granted, our souls return to the Chiefās side. However, there are some bad parties that wish to mess this system up. One such party is a Kor, which you encountered last night.
Teito: So he wasā¦
Castor: Kors steal dreams and drag people to darkness.Ā
Teito: So they eat our dreams?
Castor: Hahah, well, yes. When a Kor grants one of your dreams, you become unable to feel satisfaction. One more wish, and youāre filled with unquenchable thirst and hunger. And when they grant your third wish, your soul gets fully devoured by darkness. Such souls are not able to return to the Chiefās side. Kors take over these bodies, multiply by repeating this process and wait for the return of Verloren. Members of the church, such as myself, are tasked with protecting people from Kors.
Teito: U-umm⦠Your powers are⦠not exactly Zaiphon. So what are they?
Castor: Heh. Please keep what happened last night to yourself.
Teito: Uhā¦
Castor: Oh, right! Mikage has been feeling a lot better. Please visit him.
Teito: Really? Thank you! [Runs off]
Castor: By the way, Teito. What are your dreams?
Teito: ā¦My dreams?Ā
Castor: Heh. Forgive me. Go on, take care.
Teito: Okay! [Runs] (Iād never thought of having dreams. I thought I had no choice but to follow the path the military had laid out for me.)
Castor: Looks like Teito doesnāt remember meeting that priest.
Frau: āCourse not, I erased that memory. If heād touched a dead man, heād have to start his life over.Ā
Castor: You know thereās nothing the Chief of Heaven hates more than a disturbance in the equilibrium. Heāll punish humans and Kors alike for it. They say Kors only attempt to grant the three wishes humans make before they are born. So why would a Kor go this far? The boy has got to have something that the Kors want.
Sister: Bishops! Itās time for mass.
Frau: Okay.
Castor: Also⦠donāt go eating Teito.
Frau: Huh? Whoād want to eat that brat?
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Hyuuga: Hmmā¦
Konatsu: What is it, Major Hyuuga?
Hyuuga: Hm? Youāre not allowed to cross between districts without a pass, right? And when a criminal escapes, imperial guards are supposed to form shields near district borders that go up to 5000 meters, which is the Hawkzile flight limit. So thereās no way theyād miss anyone. But Teito Klein managed to escape to the seventh district without a single person seeing him.
Ayanami: A gross blunder.
Katsuragi: Yes. Weāre reviewing the training that the guards received.
Hyuuga: Also, there were reports of a lost Wendy that day. A monster like that would destroy even the strongest ships of the military, let alone a Hawkzile!
Kuroyuri: Are you saying he made it past that?
Ayanami: Huh. The boyās got spirit.
Hyuuga: So what do we do, Aya?
Ayanami: Donāt worry. Iāve already taken care of Teito Klein.