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BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Nightmare Fiction Event English Translation (Part 1-2: The Man With No Memory)

Crossposted from reddit just for a little more exposure.

This is the second half of part 1, or the second story quest in the event.

Previous parts can be found here: [Part 1-1]

Some notes:

- The default name of Rei is used for the player character and was selected as male at the beginning of the game.

- I’m still on the fence on if I should be using honorifics or not. Your opinion on the matter would be greatly appreciated.

- The terms magic and sorcery are used interchangeably in the source material throughout the series, despite being two different things. The words 魔術 and 魔術師 would normally be translated to mean “sorcery” and “conjurer” respectively but since we are dealing with mana here rather than seithr I’ve decided to translate them as “magic” and “magician” instead to maintain continuity. If this turns out to be contradictory plotwise, I will make appropriate revisions.

- Japanese typically lacks pronouns when referring to someone. Fuzzy is canonically male and therefore, despite Kazuma’s confusion, will be referred to with male pronouns from here on out as needed.

Clickhere to be taken to a pastebin with the translated dialogue or look under the read more to read it here.

Section 1 – “The Man With No Memory” (2)

Hazama
Haah… somehow… I managed to defeat them?

Hazama
Haah～, that was exhausting. I’m not used to these kinds of violent activities. I was quite nervous～.

Raabe
Really? Didn’t you say earlier that you couldn’t remember anything other than your name?

Hazama
Ah, you must be a stickler for the finer details. Yes, that’s what I said.

Hazama
But I don’t mean to lie. I don’t understand it too well myself.

Hazama
My remark just now simply felt like the right thing to say. Surely that’s logical?

Raabe
Right…

Hazama
Come now, you don’t have to look so suspicious anymore. I haven’t done anything to harm you.

Ciel
You were trying to scare Rei-san earlier.

Hazama
Aw, does that count as harm to you? That was merely some good-natured teasing.

Hazama
You don’t believe me? Hmm, this is troublesome.

Hazama
I guess I’ll just have to win your trust by providing you with some more frivolous information.

Hazama
For example, how to escape this city.

Kazuma
You know how to get out of here!?

Hazama
Of course. That is what I said, after all. What part did you fail to understand?

Kazuma
Wh— I— You— Y-Yes, sir…

Raabe
Please explain. We have only just arrived here and don’t fully understand the situation.

Hazama
Oh my, that must have been very unsettling then. This city is closed off with no one around and nowhere to go.

Hazama
Ah, but you already knew that this city is built so that you can’t go anywhere, didn’t you?

Ciel
When Raabe-san was scanning the area earlier, only this part of the city was detected.

Ciel
Is that what you mean?

Hazama
Yes, that’s exactly it. It would seem that only certain parts of this city actually exist.

Hazama
If you were to continue walking in a straight line in one direction, you would eventually wind up right back where you started.

Hazama
Round and round you’d walk endlessly through this cramped urban wasteland.

Raabe
I see. So that’s how it is. Well? What is this escape method you have?

Hazama
I mentioned earlier that the air in this city contained large quantities of mana.

Hazama
In order to collect that mana, you need a mana crystal.

Kazuma
You can crystallize mana?

Hazama
I’m not sure if it’s the same as what a magician would consider crystallization but yes, it’s possible.

Hazama
In addition to the mana, a key is needed in order to truly activate it.

Hazama
There are six keys in total and each one corresponds to one of the six attributes commonly used by magicians.

Ciel
The six attributes… Kazuma-san is a magician. Do you know what they are, Kazuma-san?

Kazuma
Yeah… Fire, wind, water, earth, light, and darkness. They make up the basic classification system for magic. Those attributes… right?

Hazama
As expected, a very knowledgeable answer. I’m so glad we had a magician here with us.

Raabe
You’re quite knowledgeable yourself, Hazama. You seem to know quite a bit about the structure of this city and these keys.

Raabe
Where did you hear all of this from? You keep using words like “or something” and “that’s what I’ve heard” in all of your explanations.

Hazama
Instead of stumbling around blindly looking for the answer, I’ll go ahead and tell you.

Hazama
I learned about this city, mana, and the keys from someone I encountered here before I came across you.

Ciel
What was this person like?

???
He’s talking about me.

[young vampire appears]

Kazuma
Uwaaah! A-Another one appeared!?

???
That’s a rude way of putting it. Makes me sound like a ghost. …Do you think I look like a ghost? Is that it?

Fuzzy
Hello. I’m Fuzzy. Nice to meet you!

Ciel
Fuzzy… –san. Nice to meet you. My name is…

Fuzzy
You’re Ciel. That’s Raabe, and the weak looking one is Kazuma.

Fuzzy
And that must make you Rei. I know all of you～. Don’t ask how I know all of that though.

Raabe
You’re the secretive type as well, huh…

Kazuma
Um, are you… a woman? Or a man?

Fuzzy
Ahaha, I wonder～? Rather than worrying about that, shouldn’t you be focused on finding your way out of here?

Ciel
That’s correct. Is it true that we need a mana crystal and six keys in order to escape?

Fuzzy
Yeah, it’s true.

Fuzzy
The keys are the six elements. Each element has the power of one of the six attributes.

Kazuma
So… if we have those we can escape from this weird city?

Fuzzy
Well, I’m pretty sure anyway. There’s a special place you need to bring them in the end, so once you’ve found all of them I can take you there.

Raabe
I hate to ask but how do you know all this?

Fuzzy
Well, I can’t really answer that one～.

Fuzzy
I’m only here because I was asked to and now I just play the part I’ve been given.

Fuzzy
My job here is to guide poor little lost children like yourselves who have wandered into this city.

Raabe
……

Fuzzy
If you want to escape I can lead you to where the elements are. So what’ll you do? Naturally if you don’t like that idea then that’s no skin off my back.

Hazama
I don’t see any problem with it. We’ll collect them. Right, everyone?

Hazama
You wouldn’t really abandon me, would you? Please don’t do that to me.

Hazama
There could be another battle like the one we just fought. If that happens, I won’t be able to handle it on my own.

Hazama
Could you please lend me your assistance?

Ciel
Raabe-san, Rei-san, what do you think?

Raabe
Good question… As things are right now, neither option has a favorable explanation and both of them are rather suspicious…

>We don’t have much of a choice, do we?
Kazuma
I think you’re right. There’s not much else we can do at the moment…

>Let’s give it a try!
Kazuma
That’s certainly a positive way of looking at it. But now I really don’t have a choice and have to go… don’t I?

Raabe
…You have a point. Let’s go find these elements and mana then.

Hazama
Aah, thank goodness. I was afraid I was going to end up by myself again～.

Raabe
You don’t have any balls, do you?

Hazama
What are you talking about? I’m simply a weak run-of-the-mill commoner.

Raabe
A weak run-of-the-mill commoner wouldn’t say something like that.

Fuzzy
So we’re all good to go together? Are we?

Fuzzy
If so then… I want you to tell me all about yourselves before we go.

Ciel
Didn’t you say that it was unnecessary for us to introduce ourselves?

Fuzzy
I said I knew your names. But you guys are more than just names, right?

Fuzzy
Plus I want you guys to know about me as well.

Fuzzy
This is a very uncertain and ambiguous place. We should probably get to know one another.

Fuzzy
Especially you. I want Rei to have all his attention on me.

Fuzzy
So I think I’ll have you play with me for a bit.

Fuzzy
Ah. But if I accidentally kill you while we play I don’t want to hear any complaints. Hehehe…

Fuzzy
Well then, heeeeere we go!