#world trigger

my personal fav manga an anime of all time

Ugh. I’m watching World Trigger and it’s the greatest shit ever man. Yuma is obviously the best character so I dunno what anybody has on him.

Maybe I just like anime boys with white hair cause there’s Mizuki from “Kamisama Hajimemashite”, Mashiro from “Bakuten”, Killua from “Hunter x Hunter”.

Yeah. It’s definitely the hair.

I love how Yuma’s eyes compliments his hair and he’s just overall a very beautiful character. I love him sm.

And I live for his duck face. (=3=)

Watch it now if you haven’t already! I swear. You will not regret it. It’s so interesting.

It’s that time once again for me to list my favorite stuff from the year, and oh boy, what a year it has been. It sucked, okay, let’s just cut to the chase. The anime I watched the most this year was probably One Piece, like I discussed just the other day in my media binge reviews. If you wanna see my thoughts on some stuff that isn’t from 2021, check it out, if you don’t give a crap, and really who can blame you, just keep scrolling down. I am once again going to include sequels and long running animes in my ranking this year, and yeah, the list is just in alphabetical order so there isn’t really a number 1 to say, although if you ask me, it’s Muteking! Muteking is my favorite anime from 2021, that was the best show. Well, you can read why down below, but let’s get started. 

Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside

You can tell this one is based off a light novel with that title, for simplicity sake let’s just call it Banished from here on out. Banished is a somewhat interesting concept, instead of being about the classic JRPG Yusha (Hero) character it instead focuses on a temporary party member. If you have played a decent amount of JRPGs I am sure you know what I am talking about, Red the main character isn’t a permanent party member, just someone that joins the group temporarily then leaves at some point. Red, being a former companion of the hero’s party, makes him worldly and interesting but he’s also down to earth and just wants to live a quiet life with his adventuring days behind him. When he meets Rit from his old adventuring days he is initially worried that his cover will be blown but she instead decides to settle down with him. What follows is pretty standard fantasy anime schlock but it’s held together really well because of the great chemistry between Red and Rit that make an adorable couple. It’s refreshing to have two adults actually openly dating with no “will they or won’t they?” antics.

Black Clover

Of all the things for 2021 to take, it had to be Clover! How cruel! I kid of course, and with the current state of anime I have no doubt it will one day return, hey even World Trigger did and I never would have believed that. For now though, Black Clover is over, and it ended pretty well for what it was. We got absolutely fantastic battles towards the end, Asta and Yami vs Dante is a true highlight of the entire series and really shows how much Asta has grown up now in the time skip and how important he has become to other people in his life. Hearing Yami finally call Asta by his name gave me goosebumps, it’s a beautiful moment. It hurts to have this one leave, it became a pinnacle of my Saturday nights on Toonami for some 4 years but Asta will return to save his friends again, I’m sure of it. 

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

Last year Boruto began delving into manga content, both adapting story arcs from it directly and creating new content around it that further elaborated on material left vague in the manga. It was a great year for the series and it’s awesome to see that it pretty much kept that momentum for the entirety of 2021 as well, adapting almost the entire manga by this point. It was this year that finally revealed the secret behind Boruto’s curse mark and the cruel fate that awaits the youth as well as finally bringing the secondary protagonist into the series, Kawaki. Kawaki really shook up the status quo, a misunderstood youth that was being chased by a criminal organization, he had the same curse as Boruto and took crap from no one. 

Over the following story arcs we watched both Boruto and Kawaki grow a lot and share a deep brotherly bond because of the dark fate they have been given. And the battles, holy crap, the fights were incredible. The Boruto staff truly outdid themselves, animating some incredible fights that went above and beyond spectacle into almost cinematic quality fights. And it was absolutely earned, as these fights were tied together nicely with some really great story telling. Overall, I know the following year will probably be a bit slower since the anime has more or less caught up, but I don’t even care, it was one hell of a great ride these past two years, and I can’t wait to see what comes in the future. 

Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress 

Last year the third series of Vanguard finished after a nearly two year long run and 2021 has seen the start of Overdress, the new fourth series that celebrates the ten year anniversary of the franchise. OD is both something new and a return to form, and it was kind of an odd start to me; much of the first season simply did not click for me like I hoped it would. And that is one of the big differences OD has over past entries as the series has shifted to a much older demographic and airs late at night and in single cours. Gone are seasons that last 50-65 episodes and instead in their place are beautifully animated 12 episode seasons. The series having such a smaller episode count however didn’t vibe well with the same old kind of slow pace storytelling Season 1 presented and often had to sacrifice the titular card fights of the series in order to tell plot. I’m watching a card battle anime because I want card battles, that shouldn’t be too complicated to understand, right? 

Season 2 thankfully delivers in many ways and made me realize that a lot of the former season was all done for set up and finally getting this pay off felt great. Card fights become much more regular and said fights in general become really enjoyable with great strategy and wonderful animation. The story really picks up in this season and the cast finally feels like it all has fallen into place. Overdress was a rocky transition but I think Bushiroad has managed to bring a really great and well crafted card battle series to an older demographic. I’m looking forward to future seasons of the series now.

Dr. Stone: Stone Wars

Season 2 of Dr. Stone picks up right as the war between the two different factions of the stone world, Senku’s Kingdom of Science and Tsukasa’s Empire begin their war and it wastes no time in getting to the good stuff. Old characters return, Senku unleashes some great science on us, and most importantly the chemistry of the entire cast is top notch, even for the villain side. Every character is really well realized and written. It says a lot when the end of the season makes you empathize with the villain just as much as you did with the main characters. It’s sadly hard to talk a lot about Stone Wars since it is just one story arc of the series, going into details is pretty much just spoiling the story arc, but it’s a great continuation of a really fun and different Jump manga.

Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken (2020)

Toei’s modern adaptation of Dai no Daibouken is a dream come true, and one I never thought I could get. It brings back the same feelings I had when Madhouse began a new Hunter x Hunter adaptation in 2011, and I simply love that so many beloved 90’s Jump series are finally getting their due. This year the anime finally surpassed where the original 1991 anime left off, and seeing these story arcs get animated is incredible. And the animation is top notch! The staff working on the series really bring a lot of talent and creativity that brings the fights from the series into new light. Most importantly, I’m just having so much fun watching this series every weekend like I’m a kid again. Dai no Daibouken at one time in my life I considered my favorite manga, and to this day it really holds up so strongly. The anime finally entering into the second half of the manga has been one of the most exciting things for me this year!

Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!

For me it’s kind of hard to do a comedy isekai (another world) series nowadays. It’s probably just because of how dry the isekai well is in general but there’s also just some really great competition, like Konosuba kind of already did everything and did it so well it’s hard to find any more humor from this. But then Full Dive came along and oh boy, I usually don’t find mean spirited comedy that funny but this is gold. The series really takes the piss out of so many power fantasy series, making a VR fantasy world that is too realistic, meaning that if you are weak IRL you are weak in the game, and it’s such a one trick pony but it works just so incredibly well. Watching the main character constantly fall over and over again because doing even the simplest of things in a JRPG is herculean for real life people. Hell, I think one of the funniest jokes is that he doesn’t even leave the starter town until the very end of the season! The thing that usually happens in a couple of minutes in an actual JRPG. 

Girlfriend, Girlfriend

Speaking of great comedies this year, Girlfriend, Girlfriend is another one. Instead of the usual “will they or won’t they” love triangle, the series protagonist Naoya is way too pure and doesn’t want to cheat on anyone so he somehow ends up in an utterly bizarre three way poly relationship with two other girls that is way too hard to explain to normal people and often leads to fairly funny outcomes. It’s just your regular high school romance between one dude and his two girlfriends. The humor is often really absurd, and the characters are sometimes too stupid to even function. The whole thing is held together by just how pure and sincere Naoya is in being the perfect two-timing boyfriend.

Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan

“Hey, that’s me!” is pretty much how I describe Uramichi-oniisan. Do you hate your job? Is life in your thirties depressing? Is your body starting to age and fall apart? Have you given up on ever achieving personal happiness? Are you going to be single forever? If you answered yes to all these questions then this is you too! We are all Uramichi-oniisan! The fact that this show aired on mondays too was way too perfect, I think it had to be intentional; vegging out to work time blues and your depressing 30s on the harshest day of the week really helped to get me through.

Muteking the Dancing Hero!

In what is probably the most creative and ingenious reimaging of a classic property I have ever seen, Muteking the Dancing Hero, takes an old cheesy early-80s Tatsunoko superhero show and transforms it into a modern spectacle that still pays homage to the era of origin. It’s such a clever idea that I can’t get over–poaching one of their many, many, dime-a-dozen Gatchaman clones and transforming it into … well pretty much an old school goofy rhythm game. Anyone familiar with the classics like Gitaroo Man, Rhythm Heaven, PaRappa, and the like, will know what I am talking about: Muteking the Dancing Hero is pretty much just one of those games if they were an anime. Gone are the mechs and the toyriffic gadgets, and in their place are epic dance battles against kaiju that seek to destroy the city. 

The music is phenomenal in the series, naturally, the dance battle portion of every episode is just so much fun, and way too enjoyable, but the soundtrack brings a lot of weight to it outside of just those tracks and there are even some old school classics from the era of the original Muteking; I nearly lost my mind when the show played the legendary (or maybe infamous now) Plastic Love, and somehow made it work for one of the saddest scenes in the series. Then there is also Aurorathe most popular celebrity in the city and a dark idol that Muteking just can’t seem to beat for most of the series. Their dance clashes bring some of the best music in the series.

Besides the great idea to take a cheesy old property and reinvent it, and besides the great music that came with this new dance battle aspect of the series, besides all that, my favorite thing about Muteking the Dancing Hero is just that it’s loads of fun. The series is one of those rare shows that every episode feels insanely fun, the characters have fantastic chemistry with each other and no matter how small a role everyone gets something to do, the world is so well defined and cartoonish enough to seem magical, and 25 minutes just go away in a blink of an eye. This was the most fun I had watching anime all year, and easily my favorite show of the year, I will forever go up to bat for this weird, creative series. Two best buddies really can save the universe with the power of dance!

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

I originally watched this show because a lot of people were dunking on it for being super pervy and dumb, and hey, oh shit, a stupid perverted dumb isekai series, sign me up, bro. This wasn’t what I was led to believe, as it slowly became a really well written and heart wrenching series, I guess the twitter mobs never know what they are talking about, oh well, at least I watched a great show for once. Mushoku Tensei is a really interesting beast though and I can see why people might be grossed out at the start, it feels like the author probably played a lot of eroge back in the day before writing this series, and hey, me too, so it didn’t ruin the experience for me personally. Eroge, or erotic game in laymen, is probably the best comparison I can think of for Mushoku Tensei, as just like many famous eroge (think Yu-No or Fate/) the horny content is there but an incredibly deep and well articulated plot is just under the surface (and the boobs) too.

Remake Our Life!

This show I really felt on a lot of levels, being a burned out 30-something with a dead end job. There are a lot of fantasy titles in Japan now that seem to focus on escaping to another world or redoing a pivotal part of your life and it makes me imagine there’s a good chunk of the population there just as burned out as me. Remake really did a great job at not only making me extremely jealous of protagonist Kyouya for getting such a great opportunity to follow his creative dreams again in his youth, but also made me feel insanely inspired again every episode. Anybody struggling to become an artist in their adult life can relate to this series, and it really shows how the best of intentions sometimes can lead to the worst results. Nobody ever said second chances are perfect but I can’t help but to think how great it would have been to chase more of my dreams in my college years.

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers feels like it might be the last big title from Crunchyroll and that made it extra special to me. We had this big 2-cour long mega popular show with a fantastic Crunchy commissioned dub in the vein of their other prior major gems like Jujutsu Kaisen before it. Now that they are owned by Funimation I had no clue going forward what will happen so this may really be the last of its kind. I can say though, it was a damn fun series to end on. 

Just like Remake Our Life! Tokyo Revengers features the protagonist time traveling back into his middle school self, on a mission to save his childhood sweetheart from a cruel fate in the present. The time travel aspect originally threw me off a bit, as it is kind of poorly written but after a while I came to actually really appreciate it for what it is. This is not a hard sci-fi fantasy series, at its core this is a fun yankii battle manga: the time travel aspect is just a narrative device that helps set stakes and creatively gives you exposition. We know why Takemichi has to succeed so badly because we get glimpses into what will happen if he doesn’t.

TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy-

This is a guilty pleasure of mine. Tsukimichi does nothing extraordinary nor is it really that well made but there is just something there that I can’t quite put my finger on that makes me enjoy it a lot. Perhaps it’s that the series has a somewhat older feel to it, the original novels it is based on do date back to about 2012. For whatever reason this show makes me nostalgic and I really don’t have any prior experience with it. Feels like something I would have watched in high school. If you told me it was from 2006 I would believe you, as it firmly feels like Zero no Tsukaima to me. Anyways, guilty pleasure, but I would be remiss not to mention it since I spammed my friends with screenshots from this one quite a bit over this year.

World Trigger (Season 2 and Season 3)

Seeing World Trigger return like it has is honestly something that still surprises me. I was there, eight years ago, I watched since episode 1 aired back in 2014, and never could I have imagined that we would get past that cliff hanger the original first season ended on way-back-when in 2016. Seeing the anime finally finish the story arc it left on is really satisfying in a lot of ways but seeing how much care and effort was put in these new seasons is even more satisfying. It’s no secret the original first season had a rocky start and was right at the peak of Toei being kind of a disaster so seeing them have such an amazing output recently is a true underdog story, Dai no Daibouken and World Trigger are some of the best animated series around right now. Beyond the stellar animation (seriously this is the best I’ve seen in so long) World Trigger always holds a special place in my heart as the best Jump series from the 2010s. To me World Trigger is just where it is at for that decade, and this isn’t some diss on the many other great Jump titles of that era, I just think this is my favorite one; it has the sharpest writing, uses real world combat tactics, a huge roster of amazing characters, and is just a fun sci-fi series all together. 

The Vampire Dies in No Time

The Vampire Dies in No Time is a really great “buddy cop” kind of comedy, where world class Vampire Hunter Ronaldo somehow ends up partnering with the most fearsome and powerful vampire of them all, Draluc–except all that is total bull. Draluc’s legend is greatly exaggerated and despite his best efforts to be the stereotypical Dracula kind of vampire, he’s completely harmless, if anything he only hurts himself not humans. Pretty much even the smallest flick of your finger is enough to kill Draluc, who thankfully can revive endlessly but that’s about all he’s good for. Ronaldo and Draluc bicker constantly, are a terrible vampire hunter team, and each try to betray the other at every chance they can get–but somehow they are stuck together. It’s never a dull moment with these two idiots.

Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (Season 2)

Iruma-kun is back and this newest season covers some of my favorite content in the series like the Evil Iruma story arc and the Walter Park arc. It’s nice to be able to settle down more into this series and see it continue, and knowing there is a season 3 in the upcoming future makes me hopeful we might get the entire series animated one day. Iruma-kun really fills in that void that Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Left in my heart after its ending. It’s funny, has some great small character moments, and can also handle battle manga material very competently. Watching young Iruma and his friends of demon misfits grow to rise above their misfit labels and become the most respected class of the titular Demon School is just too much fun. 

Miwa from World Trigger

日本に生まれてよかったと思える瞬間☺️

First of all, as always, thank you to everyone who sent me nice messages!! You’re all so kind and I’m honestly a bit amazed you guys are still here so thank you <333

Secondly, I finished this translation a lot faster than the past few times, sadly because it’s just one chapter again this time (but no word of hiatuses yet so best of wishes to Ashihara’s health), but hopefully this means I’ll have time to post the volume extras before the next release.

Panel 1

Sakurako: Now, one by one, the pieces are falling

Sakurako: And the progress of battle has undergone immense developments!

Panel 2

Sakurako: Ikoma squad is now wiped out!

Sakurako: It has become a conflict between 3 teams!

Panel 3

Sakurako: For Tamakoma Second, who needs ‘3 more points’
Sakurako: It is painful for them as the number of people decrease while they remain unable to earn points!

Panel 4

Sakurako: On that point as well
Sakurako: Can it be said that
Sakurako: Agent Obishima’s decision here will have an effect in the future?

Ouji: Mhm, that’s right

Panel 1

Ouji: Both Kai-kun and Obi-nyan

Ouji: Had probably predicted where Tamakoma, who wants points
Ouji: Would be butting in

Panel 2

Ouji: With Tamakoma deliberately showing himself there

*wind howling*

*rustle*

Ouji: And aiming to try and earn 2 points through his own power

Panel 3

Ouji: And Kai-kun’s aim of trying to mess things up and create a chance for himself

Ouji: Since he’s injured

Panel 4

Ouji: Obi-nyan did a good job calmly evading them and earning a point

Ouji: Is what I thought

Panel 5

Sakurako: I see…!

Konami: Ngghh…

Panel 1

Sakurako: In that case, for Agent Kuga

Sakurako: Would it have been better
Sakurako: For him to use Bagworm and enter the scene with a covert attack?

Panel 2

Kurauchi: That would be difficult to judge

Panel 3

Kurauchi: This season, Agent Kuga
Kurauchi: Have shown multiple times a surprise attack with Bagworm

Kurauchi: So the level of vigilance of the other teams should be fairly high

Panel 4

Kurauchi: Even if he takes 1 person down with a surprise attack

Kurauchi: I think there would have been a risk of him taking damage from a counterattack

Panel 5

Kurauchi: The result this time is that Agent Obishima took a point
Kurauchi: But, with Agent Tonooka down, it doesn’t change the fact that Yuba squad has it tough

Panel 1

Kurauchi: How they conduct themselves from here is very important

Panel 3

Inukai: With Tono-kun down, Tamakoma’s running free right now

Inukai: Is it okay not to go to Obishima-chan?

Panel 4

Yuba: That guy’s doing her job properly

Panel 1

Yuba: I can’t be sitting on the fence here

Yuba: Riiight!?

Panel 2

Inukai: Your face is scary, Yuba-san

Panel 3

*bang bang bang bang*

Panel 4

*impact impact impact*

Panel 5

Yuba: !

Panel 1

Fujimaru: Right side!

Panel 2

*whoosh*

Panel 3

*turn*

Panel 4

*impact*

Panel 1

*bam bam*

*impact impact*

Panel 2

Inukai: Thank you, Tsuji-chan, you saved me

*rustle*

Tsuji: Thank you for waiting

Panel 3

Sakurako: Agent Tsuji joins up here!
Sakurako: Has Agent Inukai’s full-on running born fruit!?

Panel 4

Konami: We don’t know yet

Konami: Because Yuba-chan is the ‘Attacker Killer’

Panel 5

Sakurako: By ‘Attacker Killer’ you mean…?

Panel 1

Ouji: In the first place, Yuba-san’s style
Ouji: Is so that he can have the advantage against Attackers who have Senkuu

Panel 2

Ouji: This was devised

Ouji: By referencing Suwa-san’s double Shotgun

Panel 3

Konami: The range of effectiveness of Yuba-chan’s revolvers

Konami: Should be a bit more than 22m

Panel 4

Konami: This is just beyond

Senkuu Kogetsu Range

Konami: What an Attacker can reach ‘stepping into a Senkuu Kogetsu’

Panel 1

Konami: If he can maintain that distance between them

Konami: Yuba-chan can beat the Attackers up one-sidedly

Panel 2

Konami: By the way
Konami: Born from opposing Yuba-san’s style was

Konami: ‘Ikoma Senkuu’

Sakurako: What…! Such history behind the technique…!

Panel 3

Izumi: It’s true that Tsuji-chan
Izumi: Can’t unleash his firepower when Yuba-san’s the opponent…

Panel 4

Izumi: But if the 2 of them devote themselves to defence and buy enough time…

Panel 5

*wind howling*

Panel 1

*bang*

Panel 2

*roar*

Panel 1

*wind howling*

Izumi: The ace will finally arrive

Panel 2

*impact*

Panel 1

Fujimaru: Ninomiya squad fucking assembled!
Fujimaru: Can you return!? Yukari!

*rustle*

Obishima: I’ll try!

Panel 2

Obishima:I’ve achieved my goal having taken Minamisawa-sempai down
Obishima:I’ll pull him along like this

Obishima:And pit Kuga-sempai against Ninomiya squad…!

Panel 3

*twist*

Panel 4

*step*

*whirl*

Obishima: !!

Panel 1

Obishima:Mikumo-sempai’s Spider…!

Obishima:I was too preoccupied with Kuga-sempai…!

Panel 2

Sakurako: Oh my! In the fight on the eastern side, Agent Obishima
Sakurako: Is caught in Agent Mikumo’s Spider!

Kurauchi: He read where Yuba squad would meet up and set it in that location

Panel 3

*turn*

Sakurako: Now, In the Spider Zone, Agent Kuga’s

Panel 4

Sakurako: Wire High Speed Manoeuvre unfolds!  

*impact impact impact impact*

Panel 2

*zip*

Yuuma: !

Panel 3

*impact impact impact impact impact*

Panel 4

Sakurako: Oh!?

Sakurako: Agent Obishima counterattacks with Omnidirectional Shooting!

Panel 5

Ouji: A countermeasure that aims for a draw even if she can’t follow his movements with her eyes

Panel 1

Ouji: On Kuugar’s side, he can guard against it if he widens his Shield

Ouji: But perhaps she intends to break it open with Kogetsu if that happens?

Panel 2

Ouji: Considering that Ninomiya squad have an entire 3 people remaining

Ouji: Kuugar probably doesn’t want to take damage here either
Ouji: So it might have gotten a bit difficult to attack

Panel 3

*machine whirr*

Panel 4

*whiz*

Panel 5

Obishima:Scorpion Throw!

Panel 1

*dash*

Panel 2

*turn*

Panel 3

*wind howling*

Obishima: !!

Panel 4

*ping*

Panel 1

Yuuma: Grasshopper

*machine whirr*

Panel 2

*rustle*

Panel 4

*bang bang bang bang bang bang*

*light*

Panel 1

Obishima: …!!

Obishima: Scorpion Pinball…!?

Panel 2

*impact*

Panel 3

*wind howling*

*whirl*

Panel 4

*bang*

Panel 1        

*crack*

Yuuma: You’ll become strong, Obishima-chan

Panel 2

Yuuma: I guarantee it

Panel 3

*bam*

Sakurako: Agent Obishima bails out!
Sakurako: With this Tamakoma Second needs 2 more points!

Panel 4

*wind howling*

Sakurako: Yuba squad is left with 1 person!

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1. Sakurako calls Osamu ‘Mikumo Taiin’ which is why I translated it as Agent Mikumo but it’s probably a typo since otherwise it’s always been 'Mikumo Taichou’ which I translate as Captain

2. As always, thank you Ashihara for giving female characters these chances that usually go to male ones. To have Obishima be the lesser rival to the protag that has him promising she’ll get stronger, he will guarantee it…this is what I love about World Trigger’s female characters

3. In conclusion, I think chances are better than ever that Chika will have a pivotal role in this match, especially against Ninomiya since I think this chapter has built up Yuba getting something in against Nino but ultimately losing to him which will make it easier and more likely for Chika to also get something in against Nino since he won’t be at full power.

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And since it was just one chapter this time, I also translated the Ouji Nickname guide that came with it:

Ouji Kazuaki’s Nickname Collection Spring ‘20

Captain Ouji Kazuaki of Ouji squad, serving as commentator for ROUND 8 as it sparks with fierce fighting. His strong style of throwing in nicknames he made himself without hesitation into the commentary, something that is required to be easily understandable, is just like him but also deadly for first-timers. I have made a summary, I hope it can be of assistance.

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Tamakoma 2^nd

Mikumo Osamu = Ossam

Kuga Yuuma = Kuugar

Amatori Chika = Amatoriciana

Hus = Huston

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Ikoma Squad

Ikoma Tatsuhito = Iko-san*

Mizukami Satoshi = Mizukaming

Oki Kouji = Okky

Minamisawa Kai = Kai-kun

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Ninomiya Squad

Ninomiya Masataka = Ninomiya-san*

Inukai Sumiharu = Sumi-kun

Tsuji Shinnosuke = Tsuji-chan

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Yuba Squad

Yuba Takuma = Yuba-san*

Obishima Yukari = Obi-nyan

Tonooka Kazuto = Tono-kun

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*As expected, with those older, you can see his prudence in not cutting loose too much

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And Many Others! A spirit that burns for naming!!

Though there exists many nicknames created by Captain Ouji, it seems he did not give them much thought in their creation. Among them there are those, like ‘Pokari’, that have permeated widely throughout Border. In addition, it appears that the one that has spread the least is ‘Jakuson’.

Katori Youko (Katori Squad) = Katorine

Wakamura Rokurou (Katori Squad) = Jakuson

Teruya Fumika (Kakizaki Squad) = Teruteru

Hokari Atsushi (Arafune Squad) = Pokari

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I can’t believe I didn’t realise until now that Pokari is an Ouji Nickname. It’s so obvious in hindsight

Hi guys, hopefully by now you’ve all heard that there is no World Trigger in this month’s issue of Jump Square due to Ashihara’s ongoing health issues. At this point, it should be in next month’s issue so not quite a hiatus situation yet *knock on wood*. And hopefully volume 22 is still coming out on time next month too, but since ch187 is literally the end of vol22 it’s hard to say if they might want another month and a bit of backlog before releasing a volume. We’ll see.

Anyway, on to last month’s release!

Panel 1

Sakurako: While an extremely flashy firefight breaks out on the west side of the map
Sakurako: Premonitions of a collision in the east are also on the rise!

Panel 2

Sakurako: Will the 2 from Yuba squad clash with

Panel 3

Sakurako: Tamakoma’s Agent Hus?

Panel 4

Sakurako: Or Ikoma squad’s Agent Minamisawa?

Panel 1

Sakurako: Ninomiya squad’s Agent Inukai and Ikoma squad’s Agent Mizukami too

Panel 2

Sakurako: Feels like they might participate in this battle!

Panel 3

Minamisawa: Whoaaa!

Minamisawa: There’s like a lot coming this way!

Panel 4

Minamisawa: This’s bad!
Minamisawa: I might be really popular!

Ikoma: ‘Kai is popular’
Ikoma: Roger

Panel 5

Hosoi: Kai!
Hosoi: Yer not allowed to rush in by yerself this time!

Minamisawa: It’s fine, Mario-sempai!

Hosoi: Yer not allowed!?

Panel 1

Sakurako: Captain Ikoma and Agent Oki’s movements, are they going around so they can come in from the south?

Sakurako: Meanwhile on the west side…

Panel 2

Sakurako: The 2 from Tamakoma are distancing themselves from Ninomiya squad with Bagworm

Sakurako: Is their plan to not have a shootout head-on

Panel 3

Ouji: Amatorichiana shot ‘normal bullets’

Ouji: Has she become able to shoot them?

Panel 4

Ouji: But the fact that they’re not going for a firefight

Ouji: I see that as there still being grounds for concern

Panel 1

Konami: They’re probably just prioritising meeting up with allies

Konami: Once the team is all together
Konami: Chika’s Meteora’s gonna go boom!

Panel 2

Konami: I was chased out in the middle the day before yesterday
Konami: But I get the feeling that’s the plan they made in the end!

Karasuma:From this point on can’t be shown to commentators

Youtarou:Sorry, Konami

Konami:But Youtarou’s fine!?

Kurauchi: What a sad story…

Panel 3

Tsuji: They’re not shooting at us

Hiyami: They’ve disappeared from radar, so a withdrawal is likely
Hiyami: Though there’s a non-zero chance they’re lying in wait

Panel 4

Ninomiya: Whether Amatori can shoot or not

Ninomiya: Still isn’t confirmed

Panel 1

Sakurako: Is Tamakoma Second trying to
Sakurako: Have 3 of them join up then all go together to meet Agent Hus?

Sakurako: As they are moving while hiding, it looks like their speed has dropped somewhat

Panel 2

Tonooka:This distance…

Panel 3

Tonooka:Feels like it’ll be blocked since Kuga-kun’s with her

Tonooka:Can’t they leave her by herself…

Panel 4

Sakurako: East of the map

Sakurako: Are Agent Hus and Yuba squad about to come into contact!

Panel 5

Kurauchi: For the isolated Agent Hus
Kurauchi: I believe there is the choice of hiding himself and aiming to meet up however…

Panel 1

Hus:…

*whirr*

Panel 2

Sakurako: Just as Agent Kurauchi predicted!

Sakurako: Agent Hus
Sakurako: Activates Bagworm and disappeared from radar!

Panel 3

Ikoma: Hm?
Ikoma: One person disappeared

Mizukami: Oki~

Oki: Yeh, yeh

Panel 4

Oki: Ah only saw an instant

Oki: But it looked blue, so it’s Tamakoma
Oki: From the physique, might be Hus-kun?

Panel 5

Oki: Seems like he’s gonna turn to the south and avoid Yuba squad

Ikoma: ‘Hus is south’
Ikoma: Roger

Panel 1

Mizukami: In that case, let’s at least block off this end

Panel 2

Minamisawa: I’ll chase from behind!

Panel 3

Sakurako: Here Ikoma squad makes their move

Sakurako: To encircle Agent Hus who has erased his presence!

Panel 4

Usami: Hus-kun, your movements are being read
Usami: You might be watched by a sniper

Panel 5

Hus: Seems like it

Panel 6

Hus:Is the one watching Ikoma squad or Yuba squad…

Panel 1

Yuba: Obishimaa

Yuba: Who just disappeared?

Obishima: Right

Panel 2

Obishima: To use Bagworm here

Obishima: If it’s not for an ambush then it’s

Obishima: ‘A person wanting to join up with their allies in the west’

Obishima: In other words…

Panel 3

Obishima: Hus-sempai

Obishima: Inukai-sempai, Tsuji-sempai
Obishima: One of these!

Panel 4

Yuba: Alllright, well, you pass

Yuba: Whether it’s Hus, or Tsuji/Inukai
Yuba: It’s a bother if we let them get away here

Panel 5

Yuba: Get that one first without delay!

Obishima: Roger!

Panel 1

Sakurako: Agent Hus’s movements have faltered!
Sakurako: He’s becoming surrounded by Ikoma squad and Yuba squad!

Panel 2

Konami: Jeez, that idiot!
Konami: He should have used Bagworm from the start!

Ouji: Hmmm, I wonder…

Panel 3

Yoneya: Can’t use Fullguard if you’re using Bagworm

Kodera: When there’re a lot of Snipers like this time
Kodera: You must take care even with covert operations

Panel 4

Miwa: …His transfer position was too bad

Panel 5

Yoneya: Yeah
Yoneya: Either way

Yoneya: Joining up is gonna take work

Panel 1

Usami: The 3 working in concert with a sniper is Ikoma squad
Usami: The other, probably two-man group, is Yuba squad

Usami: The remaining one is Inukai-sempai then

Panel 2

Hus: Looking at Ikoma squad’s movements, the other enemies are coming this way too

Hus: Before I’m completely surrounded
Hus: I’ll defeat one of the ones down south and break through

Usami: Roger!

Panel 3

Oki: He just went towards Iko-san
Oki: One road to the west

Panel 4

Ikoma: ‘One to the west’

Ikoma: Roger

Panel 5

Usami: Hus-kun

Usami: Ikoma squad in 40 metres!

Panel 1

*whirr*

Ikoma: Senkuu Kogetsu

Panel 2

*slice*

Panel 3

*bang*

*shine*

Panel 1

*impact*

Panel 2

Oki: Whoa

Oki: He predicted I’d go with Ibis

Panel 3

Ikoma: Found Hus

Panel 4

*wind howling*

Panel 1

Usami: They’re coming from the back too!

Panel 2

*wind howling*

Panel 3

Konami: Watch out!

Panel 4

*bang bang bang bang bang bang*

Panel 1

*bang bang bang bang bang bang*

Panel 2

*clang clang clang clang clang clang clang*

Panel 3

*zoom*

Panel 2

*bang bang bang*

Panel 3

Usami: Obishima-chan’s disappeared!

Panel 4

*impact*

Panel 1

*bang bang bang bang bang*

Panel 2

Sakurako: Ikoma squad and Yuba squad surges forward with their attacks!

*clang clang clang clang clang*

Panel 3

Sakurako: Agent Hus endures!

Ouji: I wonder why he didn’t die from that…

Panel 4

Sakurako: But the situation is still dangerous!

Sakurako: Can Agent Hus extract himself from this crisis!?

Panel 1

Map South West

Chika: Osamu-kun!

Osamu: Kuga! Chika!

Panel 2

Yuuma: Looks pretty bad
Yuuma: Shall we go help Hus?

Osamu: No
Osamu: We probably won’t be in time

Panel 3

*wind howling*

Osamu: We’ll back Hus from here!

Panel 4

Tonooka: The two from Tamakoma

*wind howling*

Tonooka: Has met up with Mikumo-kun

Panel 1

Osamu: We’ll back Hus from here!

*wind howling*

Osamu: Chika and Kuga, please climb up this apartment!

Panel 2

Osamu: We’ll create an opening for Hus with sniping!

Panel 3

Yuuma: Roger
Yuuma: But

Yuuma: We’ll be found by Ninomiya-san and the rest when we shoot

Panel 4

Osamu: I know

Osamu: That’s why it’s a speed competition!

Panel 1

Osamu: Before Ninomiya-san and the others catch up to us

Osamu: We need to break Hus out with one shot
Osamu: And meet up with him like that

Panel 2

Osamu: With Hus’s ‘ace up his sleeve’
Osamu: And Chika’s Lead Bullet sniping

Osamu: We’ll open a hole in the opponents’ encirclement!

Panel 3

Chika: …!

Osamu: I’ll check up on Ninomiya-san and the others

Panel 4

Osamu: And in other places
Osamu: I’ve also created small fake wire zones

Osamu: It should earn us a bit of time…!

Panel 1

Osamu: …can you do it!?

Osamu: Chika!

Panel 2

Chika: Yeah!

Panel 3

*wind howling*

Minamisawa: Ahhh, I see!

Minamisawa: That’s how it is!

Panel 4

Minamisawa: It’s not me, it’s Hus-chan that’s popular!

Panel 5

*creak*

Ikoma: ‘Popular’
Ikoma: ‘Wasn’t Kai’

Ikoma: Roger

Oki: Was that confirmation necessary?

Panel 1

Mizukami: Inukai’s comin’ up behind Iko-san

Mizukami: Please be careful so ya aren’t taken down by him while ya fight someone else

Panel 2

Ikoma: ‘Inukai from behind’

*clang clang*

Ikoma: Roger

Panel 3

*clang clang*

*whoosh*

Panel 4

*clang*

*impact*

Panel 1

*bang*

*clang clang clang clang clang clang*

Panel 2

*bang bang bang bang bang*

Panel 3

*whoosh*

Panel 4

*zoom*

Panel 1

*wind howling*

Panel 2

*bang bang bang*

Panel 3

*bang*

*clang clang*

Minamisawa: Whoa oof!

Panel 4

*jump*

Minamisawa: Yuba-san so scary!

*jump*

Panel 1

Mizukami: Looks like Yuba-san’s group’s aimin’ for Hus

Mizukami: It’s fine if we just follow along and sandwich him

Panel 2

Minamisawa: I don’t like multiple teams surrounding one person

Panel 3

*ratatatatatata*

Panel 4

*clang clang clang clang clang clang*

Panel 1

Sakurako: On the east side of the Map, 8 people of 4 teams have plunged into a melee!

Sakurako: Agent Hus, who has been caught in the middle has taken damage!

Panel 2
Ouji: It’s Mizukaming who’s leading the melee

Panel 3

Ouji: He’s controlling the situation with his bullets and his position to keep Huston on the ‘inside’

Panel 4

Kurauchi: Agent Inukai also understands that
Kurauchi: And moving so that Agent Hus can’t get away

Sakurako: I see…!

Panel 1

Sakurako: Agent Hus had shown his overwhelming strength in Round 7

Sakurako: Do they intend to make certain they take him down!

Konami: I don’t think he’ll let himself be taken down without doing anything in return though

Panel 2

Kurauchi: Even so
Kurauchi: If the ones in the west meet up, then the situation will change

Kurauchi: So I don’t think the ones surrounding him have too much slack

Panel 3

Sakurako: Those ‘ones in the west’

Sakurako: The 3 from Tamakoma aren’t heading for the scene of the melee
Sakurako: But are moving to back Agent Hus up with sniping from the south west!

Panel 4

Ouji: It’s true that way seems faster

Ouji: But…

Panel 1

Konami: Nghhhh, that’s bad, bad

Kurauchi: Because the Tamakoma trio has Agent Tonooka glued to them

Panel 2

Kurauchi: Agent Tonooka is a sniper who is very good at covert operations
Kurauchi: He’ll make sure his first shot hits

Panel 3

Kurauchi: I believe in recent capture and concealment training he was 3^rd

Konami: You’re even checking that kind of thing!?
Konami: Kuracchi, you’re amazing!

Panel 4

Ouji: From his movements, has Yuba-san
Ouji: Given him orders to mark Amatorichiana?

Panel 5

Ouji: Because Amatorichiana’s Shield can even protect against Ibis

Ouji: He probably intends to aim for the moment she attacks

Panel 1

Tonooka: Amatori-chan’s on top of a south west apartment

Panel 2

Tonooka: I’ll keep marking her

Tonooka: And shoot when she makes the motion for attack

*wind howling*

Panel 3

Obishima: Roger!

*rustle*

Yuba: Go all out, Tonookaa

Panel 4

Inukai:Amatori-chan and the others disappearing means

Inukai:Either Lead Bullet sniping or bombarding?

Panel 5

Inukai:Though there’s also the chance of Kuga-kun coming over here…

Panel 1

Mizukami: It’s too quiet over where Ninomiya-san and the others are

Panel 2

Hosoi: At some point bullets are gonna come flyin’ from the west or the south!
Hosoi: Be careful of lines of sight!

Ikoma: ‘Bullets from west or south’
Ikoma: Roger

Panel 3

Usami: …it’s no good, Osamu-kun!
Usami: They’re on the lookout for sniping!

Usami: Our lines of sight can’t get through!

Panel 4

Osamu: …!

Osamu:Damn it

Osamu:There’s no time…!

Panel 5

Osamu: Hus!

Osamu: Either way I’m gonna get Chika to take a shot with her Ibis
Osamu: So take advantage of the confusion and…

Hus: No

Panel 1

Hus: Meteora

Hus: Drop Meteora where I am

Panel 2

Osamu: !?

Panel 3

Yuuma & Chika: !

Panel 4

Hus: If my luck’s good I’ll withstand it

Hus: And even if I die, we can take down the surrounding enemies all at once

Panel 5

Hus: If we get 4 points
Hus: There’re no problems even if I’m down

Panel 2

Osamu: …got it!

Osamu: Chika!

Panel 3

Osamu: If it’s Meteora your range is probably at its limit!
Osamu: Get as close as you can and shoot!

Chika: …roger!

Panel 4

Osamu: Kuga, watch the radar

Osamu: And please tell Chika where to aim

Panel 5

Yuuma: Roger!

Panel 1

Tonooka: Hm?

Panel 2

Tonooka: Oh man…!

Panel 3

Tonooka: The water tank’s in the way…!

*wind howling*

Fujioka: Huh? What’s wrong, Tono!?

Tonooka: No, it’s fine!

Panel 4

*wind howling*

Panel 1

*ratatatatatatatata*

Panel 2

*clang clang clang*

*bang bang*

Panel 3

Hus: Tsk…!

Panel 4

Sakurako: Agent Hus takes damage in his leg!

Ouji: Now this is tough

Panel 5

Yuuma: Shiori-chan
Yuuma: Please mark where I’m looking

Usami: OK!

Panel 2

Chika: …target confirmed!

Panel 3

Chika: …Meteora!

*whirr*

Panel 4

Sakurako: Meteora!?

Ouji: Does she intend to include Huston in her aiming!

Panel 1

*wind howling*

Obishima: !  

Panel 2

Obishima: Yuba-san!

Panel 3

Yuba: Tonookaa!

Panel 4

Kodera: In that position, Tono

Kodera: Shouldn’t be able to see the target…

Panel 5

Panel 6

*bang*

*light*

Panel 1

*wind howling*

Panel 2

*wind howling*

Panel 3

*tap*

Panel 4

Chika: !

Chika: Ah

Panel 1

*bang*

Panel 2

Osamu: !?

Panel 3

*wind howling*

Panel 4

*wind howling*

Panel 5

*wind howling*

Panel 7

Osamu: Chika!!

Osamu: Kuga!!

Panel 1

*bang bang bang bang*

Panel 2

*bang bang bang bang*

Sakurako: !!

Panel 3

Sakurako: They’re alive!
Sakurako: Is it Agent Amatori’s Shield!?

Sakurako: Tamakoma Second saved by a hair!

Panel 4

Teruya: ‘Affixed Shield’!
Teruya: Even though she didn’t use it that time against us!

Ui: She’s grown~

Panel 1

*wind howling*

Sakurako: Agent Tonooka’s priceless one shot!

Tonooka: Eh?
Tonooka: They didn’t die in that?

Tonooka: For real

Sakurako: Halted Agent Amatori’s bombardment!

Panel 2

*bang bang bang bang bang*

Panel 3

Sakurako: Tamakoma Second’s plan has failed!

*bang bang bang bang*

Panel 4

*wind howling*

Sakurako: Has Agent Hus been driven into a corner!?

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1. This match is giving me all the mid range fighters getting cool roles and I love it.

2. Also more evidence of Konami using all the HQ members’ nicknames. IDK I just find that cute.

3. In conclusion, growth! I love it :D

First of all, so much thanks for everyone who sent nice comments to my inbox! It reminds me that there are still people reading my posts and gives me a reason to keep posting here.

Also thanks to the anon who reminded me that Reddit World Trigger actually does have posts that aren’t about OCs sometimes lol Reddit isn’t my kind of place, but I had a peek and was forcefully reminded how I really disagree with how the localisation translates sometimes…at least it’s good motivation to keep posting my translations (so extra thanks to those who likes reading more than one translation of the series). So don’t worry guys, not enjoying translating is never the problem XD It’s more about time especially since my casual gaming is somehow taking up so much time recently…I was actually doing pretty well this time, I finished translating about ¾ of it about two weeks after it came out, but then a new event started on two of the games I was playing and I just barely finished yesterday…

In conclusion, this one’s for all of you telling me that you’re waiting for my translations <3

Panel 1

Sakurako: People of Border, good evening!

Sakurako: I am Ebina squad’s operator, Taketomi Sakurako!

Panel 2

Sakurako: It’s the eighth B-rank Rank War, evening division!

Sakurako: The last match for this season has finally arrived!

Panel 3

Sakurako: This time, in the commentating seats, are these distinguished guests!

Panel 4

Sakurako: Tamakoma First’s ace Attacker, Konami-sempai and!

Konami: Thank you for having me!

Panel 5

Sakurako: From Ouji squad, who have finished their fierce battle in the day division
Sakurako: We have Captain Ouji and Agent Kurauchi!

Kurauchi: Thanks for having us

Ouji: Thanks for your hard work

Panel 1

Sakurako: Now then

Sakurako: To summarise the results of today’s day division’s match

Panel 2

Sakurako: Azuma squad got 4 points, Kageura squad got 3, and Ouji squad also got 3

Sakurako: Was the result

                          | Points Earned | Survival Points | Total
Azuma squad     |           2           |            2           |     4
Kageura squad  |           3           |                         |     3
Ouji squad         |           3           |                          |     3

Panel 3

Sakurako: Our two Ouji squad members
Sakurako: How was the match?

Panel 4

Kurauchi: As it was the exhibition hall stage, which is Azuma-san’s strong point
Kurauchi: We were on guard for sniping as the fight progressed, but…

Panel 5

Ouji: To think Okkun and Koara had equipped bullet triggers

Ouji: We were taken completely by surprise

Panel 1

Ouji: Finally, even Kage-kun, chased by Azuma squad

Ouji: Had his attention divided by Okkun’s bullets
Ouji: And was taken down by Azuma-san

Panel 2

Ouji: Rather, I think we should be praised
Ouji: For ending it with 4-3-3, with such slim margins

Sakurako: I see…!

Panel 3

Sakurako: And…a big point for the last round is

001 Ninomiya squad
002 Kageura squad  <
003 Tamakoma 2^nd <
004 Ikoma squad
005 Ouji squad

Sakurako: The fierce competition for no.2 between Kageura squad and Tamakoma Second

Panel 4

Sakurako: With Kageura squad earning 3 points

Sakurako: Tamakoma Second will now
Sakurako: Need 4 points to become no.2

Sakurako: How do you feel about this, Konami-sempai?

Panel 1

Konami: 4 points is child’s play!

Konami: Nicely done, Azuma-san and Ohji!

Panel 2

Konami: I shall praise you!

Ouji: Yay

Panel 3

Sakurako: In which case

Sakurako: The chances of Tamakoma Second reaching no.2 or above are high…!?

Panel 4

Konami: This time it’s a four way fight so there are more people

Konami: If it’s our kids, they can surely get 4 points

Panel 5

Konami: In the previous four way fight

Konami: They got 6 points and won

                           | Points Earned | Survival Points | Total
Tamakoma 2^nd   |            4           |             2          |     6
Azuma squad     |            2           |                         |     2
Kageura squad  |            2           |                         |     2
Suzunari First     |            1          |                          |     1

Panel 1

Ouji: Hmmm, well
Ouji: If we look at the previous match, it’s true that’s what happened, but…

Panel 2

Ouji: Tamakoma earned 6 points due to the fact that ‘survival points were included’

Ouji: What they earned from defeating enemies were ‘4 points’

Panel 3

Ouji: And this time
Ouji: Huston’s abilities are now well known

Ouji: So it doesn’t seem like it’ll be as easy to earn points as before
Ouji: If we think of it that way

Panel 4

Ouji: I believe they might actually only barely get it

Panel 5

Konami: Then all they need to do is get the survival points again this time!

Ouji: Can they?

Panel 1

Ouji: This season, Ninomiya-san

Ouji: Is the person with the highest survival rate next to Azuma-san, you know?

Panel 2

Konami: …!

Sakurako: That’s true…!

Panel 3

Sakurako: The only times Captain Ninomiya was taken down was

Sakurako: When he took Captain Ikoma’s Senkuu from the other side of a wall in Round 2 and
Sakurako: When Captain Kageura took them both out with his ambush in Round 6, just twice!

Panel 4

Sakurako: If they don’t take that Captain Ninomiya out
Sakurako: They can’t get survival points…!

Konami: Hmm…

Panel 5

Konami: So that’s why Osamu

Konami: Was making countermeasures for Ninomiya-san so much

Panel 1

Ouji: Huh

Ouji: Ossam was?

Panel 2

Sakurako: !
Sakurako: Yuba squad has decided on the map just now!

Panel 3

Sakurako: The map they chose is ‘Urban Area B’!

Kurauchi: Yuba squad will always pick this map when they have the right to choose
Kurauchi: So it’s just as expected

Panel 4

Sakurako: Talking about Yuba squad…

Panel 5

Sakurako: Captain Ouji and Agent Kurauchi are

First Generation Yuba Squad

Fujimaru Nono                                 Yuba Takuma
Kanda Tadaomi                 Kurauchi Kazuki                Ouji Kazuaki

Sakurako: Connected to them having been ‘initial Yuba squad members’

Panel 1

Sakurako: From your viewpoint
Sakurako: What is your impression of Yuba squad as they face the final match?

Panel 2

Kurauchi: As expected, they seem to be having it hard without Kanda

Ouji: Because Kandata was an extremely thorough man

Panel 3

Ouji: If Yuba squad drops from the upper tier here

Ouji: Kandata is likely to feel responsible
Ouji: So Yuba-san probably wants to do all he can to remain in the upper tier

Panel 4

Konami: Ahhh, it’s true Yuba-chan seems like he’d care about that kind of thing

Panel 5

Sakurako: I see…!
Sakurako: Whether Yuba squad can remain in the upper tier or not

Sakurako: Is also one of the points to focus on in this match!

Panel 1

Sakurako: …now

00:13:24
Until Start

Sakurako: Only a little left until the start of the fated match!

Panel 3

Osamu: …alright

Osamu: One last review

Tamakoma 2^nd Operation Room

Panel 4

Osamu: In the opening phase, everyone head to where Chika is

Osamu: This is the priority this time too

Panel 1

Osamu: If Chika and Hus can join up

Osamu: Progress to a firepower battle like we practiced

Panel 2

Osamu: I will spread the wire formation for insurance

Panel 3

Osamu: This time it’s different from the previous match
Osamu: Chika has ‘normal bullets’

Osamu: So even if it becomes a game of hide-and-seek
Osamu: We can make the opponents move with Meteora or Hound

Panel 4

Osamu: The ideal is to tighten our defences

Osamu: And lie in wait in the wire formation

Panel 1

Yuuma: So a powered up version of the tactics used on Katori squad and Kakizaki squad

Chika: Yeah, got it

Panel 2

Osamu: Next

Osamu: What’s important is ascertaining the positions of each team’s ace

Panel 3

Osamu: If Chika and Hus get together

Osamu: I don’t think they’ll lose in a shootout against any opponent, but…

Panel 4

Osamu: Ikoma-san’s ‘Long Senkuu’

Osamu: Has the power to take Hus out along with his Shield

Panel 5

Osamu: Listen to Usami-sempai’s instructions
Osamu: And don’t let Chika enter Senkuu’s range

Hus: Right

Usami: Leave it to me~!

Panel 1

Osamu: And Ninomiya-san
Osamu: Might use composite bullets if Inukai-sempai or Tsuji-sempai are near

*knead knead knead*

Osamu: Be careful not to have your defence torn down by Gimlet

Panel 2

Osamu: Enemies that approach by using buildings to block bullets
Osamu: Are to be defeated by Chika’s Meteora or
Osamu: Kuga’s Wire Manoeuvres

Yuuma: OK

Panel 3

Osamu: If it seems difficult for Chika and Hus to meet up

Osamu: Transition to the backup plan with Kuga and Hus as the focal points

Panel 4

Osamu: If it seems like we can earn points somewhere else
Osamu: We don’t need to fixate on forcing a battle of firepower

Panel 5

Osamu: I leave the timing of using your ‘secret weapon’ Viper
Osamu: Up to you, Hus

Hus: I know

Panel 1

Osamu: …alright

Osamu: 4 more points

Panel 2

Osamu: It’s the final match
Osamu: Let’s get them!

Yuuma & Chika & Usami: Roger!

Panel 3

Yuba: The most hopeless development

Yuba: Is the one where Amatori bombs all over the place and we can’t do nothing about it

Panel 4

Yuba: Since just talking about firepower

Yuba: She’s an even harder opponent than Ninomiya-san

Yuba Squad Operation Room

Panel 1

Tonooka: But, it still
Tonooka: Ain’t decided that she can shoot, yeah?

Tonooka: She didn’t shoot anyone until recently, right?

Panel 2

Tonooka: Can you start shooting so quickly?

Yuba Squad Sniper
Tonooka Kazuto (16)

Panel 3

Fujimaru: Didn’t she turn Okudera into dust in the last match

Fujimaru: Deal a hit and you’ll gain some guts, that’s how it works

Yuba Squad Operator
Fujimaru Nono

Panel 4

Yuba: Either way, Tonookaa

Yuba: This time, you just aim for Amatori

Panel 5

Tonooka: Man-mark?

Yuba: That’s right

Panel 1

Yuba: We don’t need your support

Yuba: Whatever you do, don’t leave Amatori free

Panel 2

Tonooka: Roger!

Panel 3

Yuba: Obishimaa

Obishima: Yeah!

Yuba: What do you do if you face Kuga in this match?

Panel 4

Obishima: During the last bout
Obishima: He noticed I wasn’t fighting proactively and used a powerful move
Obishima: So this time I’ll push him and not stay on the defence!

Panel 5

Yuba: …does that work

Yuba: On the Kuga in your head?

Panel 1

Obishima: !

Panel 2

Obishima: …no

Obishima: If it’s Kuga-sempai…

Panel 3

Obishima: Having made an impression with the move from last time

Obishima: I think in the actual match he will have prepared a different move!

Panel 4

*smirk*

Yuba: So you do get it

Panel 5

Fujimaru: Get motivated, guys!

Fujimaru: If we fall out of the upper tier here, that Kanda’s gonna be like…

Panel 1

Fujimaru: Yuba squad really is hopeless without me

Panel 2

Fujimaru: …comment like that with a shit-eating look!

Tonooka:If it’s Kanda-san, he would be considerate and say something like that

Panel 3

Yuba: I’ve booked the eatery already

Yuba: For us it’s for remaining in the upper tier
Yuba: For Kanda it’s for his university acceptance

Panel 4

Yuba: WE’RE BOTH GONNA SUCCEED AND EAT GOOD, HEY!

Obishima & Tonooka: Yeah!

Panel 1

Ikoma Squad Operation Room

Panel 2

Ikoma: The other day when Ah went to do some solo matches
ikoma: Jin was there fer the first time in ages

Mizukami: Huh, Jin-san
Mizukami: That’s a rare character

Ikoma: Right?

Panel 3

Ikoma: Alright, let’s fight, Ah thought
Ikoma: But Tachikawa was there first

Ikoma: And it didn’t seem like it was gonna end soon

Panel 4

Ikoma: So Ah got in the stage from the middle
Ikoma: And watched their fight super close

Mizukami: They’d get distracted

Oki: Such a surreal picture

Panel 1

Ikoma: Those two really are strong
Ikoma: Ah was moved

Minamisawa: I wanna fight Jin-san too!

Hosoi: What kinda conversation’s this

Panel 2

Hosoi: It’s right before the match
Hosoi: Ain’t there anythin’ else to say?

Ikoma: Anythin’ else…?

Panel 3

Ikoma: Ah was thinkin’ the wind was really strong

*blow blow*

Ikoma: But it turned out to be the sound of me breathin’
Ikoma: Did Ah talk ‘bout that?

Hosoi: Really what kinda conversation’s this!?

Panel 4

Minamisawa: I haven’t heard that yet!

Mizukami: Ah don’t need to hear

Ikoma Squad Attacker
Minamisawa Kai (16)

Panel 5

Hosoi: Actually didn’t ya just say the whole thin’

Oki: Same as always

*ha ha ha*

Ikoma Squad
Operator
Hosoi Maori (17)

Panel 1

Mizukami: Well, we’ve fought both of ‘em at least once before
Mizukami: We got Hus’s data too
Mizukami: We just need to do well dependin’ on our positions after transfer

Ikoma Squad Shooter
Mizukami Satoshi (18)

Panel 2

Oki: Nothin’ we can do to counter Amatori-chan’s explosions anyway

Hosoi: Ya’re the one markin’ her, ya know?

Ikoma Squad Sniper
Oki Kouji (17)

Panel 3

Ikoma: …the final match

Ikoma: Is right after this

Mizukami: Who’re ya talkin’ to?

Ikoma Squad Captain ‘No.6 Attacker’
Ikoma Tatsuhito (19)

Panel 4

Ninomiya Squad Training Room

Panel 1

*bam bam bam bam bam bam*

Panel 2

*step step step step step*

Panel 3

*bam bam bam bam bam*

*step step step step step*

Panel 1

*bam bam bam*

Panel 2

*bam bam bam*

Panel 3

*clatter clatter clatter clatter*

Panel 4

Hiyami: Inukai-sempai
Hiyami: Tsuji-kun

Panel 5

Hiyami: It’s time

Ninomiya Squad Operator
Hiyami Aki (17)

Panel 1

Inukai: Roger

Ninomiya Squad Gunner
Inukai Sumiharu (18)

Tsuji: Roger

Ninomiya Squad Attacker
Tsuji Shinnosuke (17)

Panel 2

Ninomiya: …let’s go

Ninomiya Squad Captain
‘No.1 Shooter’
Ninomiya Masataka (20)

Panel 3

Sakurako: All teams

00:00 Until Transfer

Sakurako: Begin transfer!

Panel 1

*machine whirr*

Panel 2

Sakurako: Each agent

*machine whirr*

Panel 3

Sakurako: Transfer complete!

*wind howling*

Panel 1

B-rank Temporary No.1
Ninomiya Squad

Sakurako: Each agent starts at a random point

B-rank Temporary No.3
Tamakoma 2^nd

B-rank Temporary No.4
Ikoma Squad

Sakurako: With a certain amount of distance between each other!

B-rank Temporary No.7
Yuba Squad

Panel 1

Sakurako: These are the starting positions!

Sakurako: It seems two people of each team
Sakurako: Have been transferred fairly closely to each other

Panel 2

Sakurako: For now

Sakurako: Do they aim to join up with the remaining separated agents?

Panel 3

Ouji: The separated agent in Yuba squad is the sniper Tono-kun

Ouji: So they don’t need to force themselves to meet up

Panel 1

Ouji: Tono-kun was always a kid who moved independently a lot

Panel 2

Ouji: The one who’s in danger by himself is Ossam…

Panel 3

Arafune: Position-wise, the one that seems unfortunate
Arafune: Is Tamakoma’s newcomer

Panel 4

Arafune: Yuba squad, Ikoma squad, and Inukai
Arafune: Has him surrounded

Panel 5

*machine whirr*

Panel 1

*jump*

Panel 2

*rustle*

Panel 4

Oki: The two together in the north’re Yuba squad

Panel 5

Hosoi: They’re movin’ to capture anyone by themselves
Hosoi: They might go over to you, Kai

Minamisawa: Roooger!

Panel 1

Sakurako: On the east side of the map
Sakurako: It is Yuba squad on the move first!

Konami: Looks like they want to take opponents down before they’ve met up

Panel 2

Sakurako: On the other hand, on the west side of the map
Sakurako: It seems Ninomiya squad and Tamakoma Second will be facing off 2 versus 2!

Panel 3

Kurauchi: Since on radar it looks like Agent Kuga is by himself

Panel 4

Kurauchi: If it’s Ninomiya-san, he’d try to catch him without hesitation

Panel 5

Osamu:Is it difficult for Hus to come over here…?

Osamu: …Kuga! Chika!

Panel 1

Osamu: We’ll go meet up with Hus from our end!
Osamu: Please come to where I am!

Yuuma: Roger
Yuuma: Shall I use Bagworm too?

Panel 2

Osamu: That’s right
Osamu: That way is…

Panel 3

*wind howling*

Panel 4

Osamu: !!

Osamu: Bombings!

Panel 5

Yuuma: !

Panel 1

*bang bang bang bang bang*

Panel 2

Oki: Oh?

*flow flow flow flow flow*

Panel 3

Ikoma: Is it Ninomiya-san?

Mizukami: ‘bout right

Panel 4

Yuba: So Ninomiya-san’s that way

Obishima: I wonder who’s been targeted?

Panel 1

*crash*

Panel 2

*crash crash crash crash*

*bang bang bang bang bang*

Panel 3

*rustle*

Panel 4

Tsuji: It’s Kuga-kun and Amatori-san

Tsuji: Shall I give chase?

Ninomiya: Of course

Panel 1

Ninomiya: Confirm whether Amatori can shoot or not

Ninomiya: Tsuji act as Kuga’s opponent

Ninomiya: Inukai lock down the east side of the board

Panel 2

Tsuji: Tsuji, roger

Panel 3

Inukai: Inukai, roger

Panel 4

Sakurako: A heavy barrage right from the start!

Sakurako: Captain Ninomiya’s Salamander smoke signals the start of battle!

Panel 1

Sakurako: Ninomiya squad are in pursuit of Tamakoma!

Sakurako: How will Tamakoma move in response!?

Panel 2

Osamu: Chika!
Osamu: Can you engage them with Hound!?

Panel 3

Osamu: Lead Bullet would be no good!

Hound + Lead Bullet

Osamu: There won’t be enoughdefence!

Hound + Shield

Panel 4

*ba-dump ba-dump*

Panel 5

Chika: Y…yeah!

Chika: I’m alright!

*shoom*

Panel 2

Yuuma: Alright, Chika
Yuuma: One shot

Chika: …!

Panel 3

Yuuma: Just let off one shot of Hound

Yuuma: Stop Ninomiya squad in their tracks
Yuuma: Switch to Bagworm, and run

Panel 4

Yuuma: If they think we won’t fire back
Yuuma: They’ll easily chase after us

Panel 5

Yuuma: Is that alright? Osamu

Panel 1

Osamu: So a sudden shootout would be difficult, huh…

Osamu: If we could, I’d rather have her shoot after meeting up with Hus the way she trained…

Osamu: …got it!
Osamu: Fire one shot then immediately withdraw!

Panel 2

Chika: …Hound!

Panel 3

*machine noise*

*crash crash crash crash cash crash crash*

Panel 1

*fwoosh*

Panel 2

*wind howling*

Panel 3

*wind howling*

Panel 1

*bang bang bang bang bang*

Panel 2

*bang bang bang bang bang*

Panel 3

*bang bang bang bang bang bang*

Panel 4

Tonooka:A gigantic Hound…

Tonooka: I found Amatori-chan

*wind howling*

Panel 1

*wind howling*

Yuba: Now that’s appreciated

Panel 2

Yuba: While Ninomiya-san and Amatori are

Panel 3

Yuba: Going at it with each other

Panel 6

Yuba: We’re earning points

Yuba: Starting from these guys over here, Obishimaa!

*wind howling*

Obishima: Roger!

-

1. Regarding the commentators being two from Ouji squad, I wonder if it’s a hint that they’ve never reached A-rank? So far all commentators have been A-rank or used to be A-rank (or Osamu), so I wonder if Ouji and Kurauchi were chosen to come together because they don’t fit that criteria…or it’s all just a coincidence…

2. It’s a bit of a pity that we didn’t get to see the exhibition hall map before this season ends, but I suppose functionally it wouldn’t have been that different from Urban Area D except that there would have been even less places to hide if Chika unleashes her might.

3. So it didn’t take long before we got the 3 stages of Yuba squad (that we know of):
Captain Yuba and Operator Fujimaru with Ouji, Kurauchi, Kanda.
Then Ouji and Kurauchi leaves and the team becomes Captain Yuba and Operator Fujimaru with Kanda, Tonooka, Obishima.
And now finally Kanda has left leaving Captain Yuba and Operator Fujimaru with Tonooka and Obishima.
I guess we don’t know if there were any other member changes between Ouji and Kurauchi leaving and Tonooka and Obishima joining so this might not be all of it.

4. I can’t remember how I used to write Ikoma squad’s Kansai dialect…sorry…

5. More nicknames from Ouji: Tono-kun is a play on that being a homophone for the title ‘lord’ (the Japanese equivalent, that is). But mostly he just picks what sounds silly but still derivative of the original name.

6. Yes, the 'smoke signal’ is a pun since it’s literally smoking. But also it means beacon as well.

Look at my timing…

I suppose it’s time for apologies again, though I’m not sure by this time anyone’s still here or, if they are, whether you’d even want to listen to more excuses. But, well, I always do lose motivation when we get to the match the protags have to win to advance the story. Maybe I’m wrong and Ninomiya squad will still win, because that’s how World Trigger usually works, but on the other hand Tamakoma 2nd has pretty much won every one of their matches, and this in particular they need to win if they don’t want to be separated…

Anyway, I still love World Trigger, and translating, and translating World Trigger, so I’m going to keep going for as long as I can, even if I end up late.

Panel 1

Midorikawa: Ahhhh! Jin-san!

Yuuma: Thanks for your hard work~

Panel 2

Jin: Hey

Osamu: Welcome back

Panel 3

Midorikawa: Jin-san, did you come to do solo rank wars!?
Midorikawa: That’s so rare!

Jin: I’ve been coming pretty frequently recently

Panel 4

Midorikawa: Then fight me too!

Jin: Well~
Jin: I’ve already fought a lot with Tachikawa-san and the others today…

Midorikawa: Ehhhh~~!

Panel 1

*peek*

Panel 2

Yuuma: Jin-san…
Yuuma: The truth is, I
Yuuma: Owe a favour to Shun this time…

*bow*

Jin: Hm?

Jin: …haha, I see

Panel 3

Jin: Ok, ok
Jin: Then first to ten wins

Midorikawa: Yaaaay!

Panel 4

Osamu: Thank you very much

Jin: What about it

Jin: An elite with talent is always so popular

Panel 5

Jin: It’s been a while since I’ve fought you, Shun~

Jin: Have you gotten better?

Midorikawa: That’s for you to look forward to when we fight!

Panel 2

Osamu: Alright…

Osamu: Now then

Panel 3

Osamu: Let’s organise the information we gathered

Osamu: First let’s start with what we got from Yuba squad

Yuuma: Roger

Panel 4

Yuuma: We met two of them this time

Yuuma: Yuba-san was quite strong

Panel 1

Yuuma: Unlike watching the logs

Yuuma: He drew his guns too fast for my eyes to follow

Panel 2

Yuuma: There’s no doubt that he’s reducing the range and number of bullets of the trigger
Yuuma: To stuff trion into the power and speed of the bullets instead

Power   Speed   Range

Panel 3

Yuuma: From the start, it seems his way of thinking

Yuuma: Is different from the other gunners’ style of ‘using range to thoroughly wear the opponent down’

Panel 4

Osamu: Satomi-sempai said this

Osamu: ‘In a close-range one-on-one going bang he might win even against Ninomiya-san’
Osamu: About Yuba-san

Panel 5

Osamu: There’s the chance Kuga was beaten this time because
Osamu: That situation was Yuba-san’s specialty

Yuuma: That could be true

Panel 1

Yuuma: Because I didn’t even manifest Shield in time

Yuuma: It’s impossible to do something after seeing him

Panel 2

Yuuma: A counter-measure would be
Yuuma: Either blocking attacks with thick walls or something and aiming for an opening when bullets run out

Yuuma: Or using Osamu’s wires to slow down the opponent as they chase us…

Usami: We might be able to use Hus-kun’s Escudo too!

Panel 3

Yuuma: And then, of course

Yuuma: I think it’s also important to fight outside Yuba-san’s range

Panel 4

Osamu: Which means
Osamu: Me or Hus’s ranged attacks

Osamu: Or going after them with Chika’s Lead Bullet Snipe might be good

Panel 5

Chika: …

Panel 1

Osamu: According to Yuba-san’s logs

Osamu: Sometimes he uses Viper
Osamu: Or set up ambushes with Bagworm…

Panel 2

Yuuma: It seems what he uses depends on his opponent

Panel 3

Yuuma: Opponents he can break open and kill with Asteroid

Yuuma: He’ll crush them along with their Shield with a Fullattack

Panel 4

Yuuma: Opponents with high trion and solid defence

Yuuma: He’ll ‘tear them down’ using Viper or ambushes

Panel 5

Yuuma: For Hus and Chika who have high trion
Yuuma: It might be better to be on your guard against being ‘torn down’

Hus: Got it

Panel 1

Osamu: What about the other one from Yuba squad?

Panel 2

Yuuma: I only got to see Allrounder Obishima-chan’s Kogetsu

Yuuma: But her movements felt light and her defence was good

Panel 3

Yuuma: In the most recent logs she used Shooter triggers too

Yuuma: But she likely mained Kogetsu originally

Panel 4

Yuuma: Her image is like Nasu squad’s attacker…

Usami: Kuma-chan

Osamu: I see…

Panel 5

Yuuma: It seems she covers for Yuba-san a lot
Yuuma: So she’s an opponent we want to take down while she’s alone if we can

Panel 1

Yuuma: This is about all I’ve got on my end

Yuuma: It’s big that I managed to fight Yuba-san directly

Panel 2

Youtarou: Hm hm

Youtarou: What about Osamu’s end?

Panel 3

Osamu: What I heard from Satomi-sempai is…

Panel 5

Hus: …I see
Hus: Tactics that specialise in one-on-ones is it

Hus: There were point earning scenes like that in past logs too

Panel 1

Usami: I might have heard of that too

Usami: Ninomiya-san’s Irregular Fullattack

Panel 2

Usami: It’s true that when Ninomiya-san’s the opponent, there’s the impression that everyone
Usami: Tries not to make it a one-on-one

Panel 3

Youtarou: If it’s you, can you win in a one-on-one with Ninomiya, Hus?

Hus: I have the advantage when it comes to trion
Hus: …but

Panel 4

Hus: When it comes to Ninomiya’s tactic, if I end up on the receiving end even once
Hus: I’m afraid even I would be taken down just like that

Panel 5

Youtarou: Hm…?

Youtarou: Why would that happen?

Panel 1

Hus: To block Ninomiya’s two types of bullets

Hus: I would need to use two Shields at once too

Panel 2

Hus: But
Hus: While both hands are using Shield
Hus: You can’t use attack triggers

Panel 3

Hus: Even if you can defend, you can’t counterattack

Hus: At some point you’ll break down and take damage

Panel 4

Hus: Being able to one-sidedly attack a fortifiedopponent
Hus: Is the reason why Ninomiya’s tactic is so strong

Panel 5

Youtarou: Then

Youtarou: Hus, if you use the same tactic…?

Panel 6

Hus: In that case, I too need to equip bullet triggers in both hands

Hus: And then make the first move…

Panel 1

Hus: But a Fullattack while acting alone

Inukai: An opening

Hus: Has the risk of your defence being wide open

Panel 2

Osamu: …!

Tokieda: A Shooter/Gunner about to go into FullAttack

Tokieda: I think it’s fine to actively aim for

Tokieda: That kind of ‘opponent that wasn’t guarding from the beginning’

Panel 3

Hus: In the previous match too
Hus: When the positions of the snipers hadn’t been revealed yet

Hus: Ninomiya kept one hand open and protected himself

Panel 4

Hus: Unless it’s a case of

Hus: ‘A one-on-one between the last two people left’

Panel 5

Hus: Rather than bearing the risk of not guarding to enact Fullattack

Hus: It’s probably more realistic to join up with allies and work together

Panel 1

Hus: The fact that ‘one-on-ones’ with Ninomiya have been decreasing
Hus: Supports that

Youtarou: Hrmm

Panel 2

Yuuma: Which means

Panel 3

Yuuma: What Shiori-chan said yesterday

Yuuma: The plan with ‘Chika protecting while Hus shoots’
Yuuma: Is a pretty good one after all

Osamu: It’s true, it is…

Panel 4

Osamu:…

Osamu:But
Osamu:If it’s just that…

Panel 5

Youtarou: About that

Youtarou: Chika-chan has something to tell us

Panel 1

Osamu: To tell us…?

Panel 3

Chika: …I
Chika: In our next match

Chika: I’m going to shoot normal bullets too

Panel 4

Osamu: …!?

Panel 6

Osamu: Normal bullets…

Osamu: You mean ones that aren’t Lead Bullets…!?

Panel 1

Chika: Yeah

Chika: Though I talked to Shiori-san and Hus-kun too

Panel 2

Hus: If Chika can shoot unadulterated Hounds or Meteoras
Hus: We can probably earn points quite easily
Hus: And we can win in a shootout against NInomiya too

Panel 3

Hus: Basically the opposite pattern to Shiori’s strategy
Hus: Chika will shoot and I will protect

Osamu: …!

Panel 4

Osamu: It’s true…if they can do that

Osamu: We will have a great advantage in firepower

Osamu: But…

Panel 5

Osamu: Chika, you…

Osamu: Can you really shoot?

Panel 2

Chika: …

Panel 3

Chika: …I think I can shoot

Chika: Because I understood
Chika: The reason inside me why I couldn’t shoot 

Panel 4

Osamu: …

Panel 6

Yuuma: Why not

Panel 1

Yuuma: If Chika thinks she can shoot

Yuuma: I think it’s good to give it a go

Panel 2

Yuuma: The ones who decide is Chika herself

Yuuma: And the captain, Osamu

Osamu: …!

Panel 3

Osamu:The fact that Kuga is saying this

Osamu:Means Chika isn’t lying then…

Panel 4

Chika: …

Panel 5

Osamu: …

Panel 6

Osamu: …got it

Panel7

Osamu: Let’s go with that plan

Osamu: …but

Panel 1

Osamu: The timing of Chika shooting actual bullets

Osamu: Will be decided by me
Osamu: You can’t panic and shoot randomly

Panel 2

Chika: …right…!

Panel 3

Yuuma: Supposing you get into a shootout with Ninomiya-san

Yuuma: The role of protecting Chika goes to…

Panel 4

Hus: Considering trion ability

Hus: It’ll probably be me

Panel 5

Hus: But like I said yesterday
Hus: There’s the possibility I can’t join up with Chika

Panel 1

Usami: Hmmm, either way, in the end

Usami: We need another ‘option’…

Panel 2

Osamu: …

Panel 3

Osamu: Usami-sempai
Osamu: Just for example…

Panel 4

Osamu: In the training room…can we do something like this?

Panel 1

*brrr brrr*

Panel 2

Karasuma: What’s wrong? Osamu

Panel 3

Osamu: Excuse me, Karasuma-sempai

Osamu: I would like you to help our team with something…

Panel 4

Karasuma: …got it

Karasuma: I’m actually going there right now

Panel 2

Karasuma: …and?
Karasuma: What do I need to do?

Panel 3

Osamu: We want you to act as a virtual Ninomiya-san
Osamu: Karasuma-sempai

Karasuma: Virtual Ninomiya-san…?

Panel 1

Osamu: According to what I heard from Usami-sempai

Osamu: It seems you can even fiddle with trion amount settings in the training room…

Panel 2

Karasuma: So basically
Karasuma: Giving me the same trion amount as Ninomiya-san
Karasuma: And then fighting you guys?

                               Torimaru
               <—–
Ninomaru
               <—–
                               Ninomiya

Osamu: Yes

Panel 3

Karasuma: My speciality isn’t as a Shooter

Karasuma: I’m no match for NInomiya-san’s skills

Panel 4

Osamu: We’ve found several scenes of his Fullattack in the logs
Osamu: If you can just copy them…

Usami: You’re very dextrous, Torimaru-kun, so you’ll be fine~

Panel 5

Yuuma: Hus seems like he can act as NInomiya-san too, but…

Hus: Then I wouldn’t be able to train

Panel 6

Karasuma: …I see
Karasuma: …wait a moment

Panel 1

Karasuma: …thanks for your hard work

Karasuma: Sorry, can you take my shift for dinner duty today?

Panel 2

Karasuma: Osamu called me to help with their training…

Karasuma: …ask Jin-san?
Karasuma: No, it’s hard asking someone above me, right

Karasuma: …eh?
Karasuma: Well…that’s true
Karasuma: …no, I respect you
Karasuma: I do respect you, really
Karasuma: I’ll cover for you next time
Karasuma: …yes, thank you in advance

Panel 3

Karasuma: …we’ve come to an agreement

Karasuma: It’s OK

Osamu:He was talking to Konami-sempai, definitely…

Panel 5

*machine whirr*

Panel 1

*whoosh*

Karasuma: Now, shall we begin

Panel 2

*rustle*

Osamu: Yes, please!

Panel 3

Jin: …Huh?
Jin: Were you on duty today, Konami?

Konami: I swapped for him!
Konami: Because I’m nice!

Panel 2

*bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang*

Panel 3

*bam bam bam bam bam bam bam*

Panel 1

Computer: Combat body active limit reached

*rustle*

Panel 2

Hus: As expected
Hus: It’s difficult if he gets the initiative

Yuuma: But you managed to endure it quite well this time

Panel 3

Yuuma: Couldn’t you have made it if you’d managed one more Escudo?

Hus: No
Hus: Ninomiya is likely even faster

Panel 4

Karasuma: …I get that these are countermeasures against Ninomiya-san
Karasuma: But

Karasuma: Why ‘one-on-one’?

Panel 5

Karasuma: If you want the advantage against Ninomiya-san
Karasuma: Shouldn’t your countermeasure be to make it so he can’t ‘use’ Fullattack?

Panel 1

Osamu: …that’s what I thought at first too

Osamu: …but right now my thinking’s changed a little

Panel 2

Osamu: The Fullattack that Ninomiya-san uses in one-on-ones is super strong

Osamu: But on the other hand, you can say it’s also ‘the moment when his guard is sure to be down’

Panel 3

Osamu: In other words
Osamu: If we usethe one-on-one situation

Osamu: You’re wide open

FIGHT

Osamu: I think we can create a big opening in Ninomiya-san’s defence

Panel 4

Osamu: What I’m having you help us with right now

Panel 1

Osamu: Is training to memorise the timing of making that opening

Panel 2

Osamu: And training to lengthen the one-on-one

Osamu: To prolong the period when Ninomiya-san’s guard is down

Panel 3

Karasuma: …in other words
Karasuma: They’re not countermeasures to ‘defend against’ Ninomiya-san’s Fullattack

Karasuma: But to ‘actively make him use it and get him when his guard is down’

Panel 4

Osamu: Yes

Panel 5

Karasuma: I can understand your goal

Karasuma: …but

Panel 6

Karasuma: What will you do if Ninomiya-san does not respond to your invitation to a one-on-one?

Karasuma: There is no reason for the sole no.1 Ninomiya squad
Karasuma: To deliberately have a one-on-one shootout with Hus, right

Panel 1

Osamu: ‘Ninomiy squad’ might not

Osamu: But
Osamu: I think ‘Ninomiya-san’ will respond

Panel 3

Karasuma: You have something behind that conviction?

Osamu: It’s not really a conviction, but…
Osamu: Well…

Panel 4

Yuuma: Torimaru-sempai
Yuuma: Do Yuba-san’s fast draw too

Hus: And Ikoma’s Senkuu
Hus: You can do it

Karasuma: Don’t ask the impossible

Panel 5

Osamu: …

Osamu: When we met Ninomiya squad at the BBQ place…

Panel 1

Hiyami: To think that she would go on a journey with civilians with that timing

Osamu: The others were calmly accepting

Tsuji: Since she couldn’t go ‘over there’ even if she’s in Border, it can’t be helped, can it?

Osamu: Regarding Hatohara-san

Osamu: And that changed my impression a little

Panel 2

Osamu: What Ninomiya-san did

Ninomiya: Don’t just stand there, sit down

Osamu: Was a more emotional act than I had thought

Panel 3

Ninomiya: There is definitely a mastermind who instigated this idiot

Osamu: Isn’t Ninomiya-san, unexpectedly

Osamu: The type of person who acts more on emotions than reason…?

Panel 4

Yuuma: Humans will fairly often act in ways that go against reason

Yuuma: There are many cases where it’s better to read a person’s personality or habits rather than what’s reasonable

Panel5

Ninomiya: Say that after you’re chosen

Panel 1

Osamu: If the situation becomes a one-on-one with Ninomiya-san

Osamu: Even if there’s a measure of risk he will take up the challenge

Osamu: It will surely develop like that…!

Panel 1

Yuuma: Konami-sempai’s curry is so delicious

*chew chew chew chew*

Konami: Of course~!

Panel 2

Osamu: After dinner we’re continuing working on the countermeasures with Karasuma-sempai’s help

Osamu: Tomorrow is the real deal
Osamu: The training based around you and Hus working together, Chika

Chika: …yeah!

Usami: Roger!

Panel 3

Konami: Oh yeah, I’ve been called to do the commentating for the last match

Konami: So make sure your match doesn’t embarrass Tamakoma branch!

Panel 4

Yuuma: Konami-sempai’s commentating…

Karasuma: Will it be okay?

Konami: I’ve done it before, you know!

Panel 5

Osamu: Alright…
Osamu: It’s the last spurt

Osamu: Let’s go

Panel 1

And then

March 5^th

Panel 2

B Rank Rank Wars

ROUND 8

Panel 3

Evening Division

Panel 4

Final Battle

START

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Well, we can rule out Miwa squad and Arashiyama squad out of the second commentator spot (though their operators could still be involved). Personally I’m still hoping for Captain Kusakabe, but now that the season is almost over I think she might show up at the Captain’s meeting instead. Currently my bet is Tsukimi, hence why the entire Miwa squad is here. As you can tell, I haven’t read the spoilers so I don’t know yet.

Well, that ended up being a much longer gap than I intended. But I’m finally feeling all better…more or less…I only coughed like a few times today so I’ll take it!

Anyway, this post is mainly to confirm that I’m still alive to anyone who’s still keeping tabs on me on this site, but also to post the last two chapters because I’d been working on them on and off during the last few weeks and I didn’t want to waste all that effort and not post it.

Panel 1

Midorikawa: Good work, guuuuys

Panel 2

Midorikawa: So, in the end, Mikumo-sempai’s coming too?

Osamu: Yeah

Panel 3

Osamu: Actually, instead of Yuba-san
Osamu: It’s your sempai I want an introduction to, Midorikawa

Midorikawa: Huh, really?
Midorikawa: That’s fine

Panel 4

Yuuma: What kind of person is this sempai of Midorikawa’s that I’m meeting tomorrow?

Panel 1

Konami: If it’s for connections to Yuba squad then it’s probably Satomi

Konami: Yuba-chan’s disciple and a Ninomiya-san worshipper

Panel 2

Osamu: Ninomiya-san worshipper…!?

Yuuma: Yuba-chan

Panel 3

Midorikawa: Kazuma-sempaaaaai

Satomi: Oh
Satomi: Good woooork

Panel 4

Satomi: Hiiii, hiiii, nice to meet you!

Satomi: I’m the Gunner of Kusakabe squad, Satomi Kazuma!

A-rank No.4 Kusakabe Squad
Gunner
Satomi Kazuma (17)

Panel 1

Satomi: Thank you for playing with Shun

Satomi: While we weren’t here~~!

Panel 2

Yuuma: Hi, hi, I’m Kuga Yuuma of Tamakoma Second

Yuuma: This is my captain…

Osamu: I’m Mikumo
Osamu: Thank you for meeting us today

Satomi: Yeah, yeah!

Panel 3

Satomi: I already ran it by Yuba-san!

Satomi: He said he’d be in his squad room by 3

Panel 4

Satomi: So just keep an eye on the timing and you’ll be OK!

Satomi: That person is the punctual type

Panel 1

Midorikawa: If it’s until 3 then we have time to have a few matches, don’t we?

Yuuma: No, no, it’s bad to be late, right

Panel 2

Yuuma: Hey
Yuuma: Yuba-san is your mentor, right, Kazuma-sempai?

Panel 3

Yuuma: From your point of view, Kazuma-sempai

Yuuma: What kind of person is Yuba-san?

Panel 4

Satomi: Hmm?
Satomi: You mean personality-wise?
Satomi: Or skills-wise?

Yuuma: Skills-wise

Panel 5

Satomi: I guess…

Panel 1

Satomi: In a phrase…

Satomi: Strongest in one-on-one

Panel 2

Osamu: …!

Panel 3

Satomi: Well, that’s just how I personally see it!

Satomi: But I think Yuba-san’s strength in a one-on-one
Satomi: Is top class

Panel 4

Yuuma: Stronger than Kage-sempai?

Satomi: Ahhh! Kageura-san, oh yeah!
Satomi: Because he’s got that! That’s right!

Panel 5

Satomi: But actually, Yuba-san
Satomi: Matched up well against people like Tachikawa-san…

Panel 1

Satomi: People like Kazuma-san, Ninomiya-san, Kou-san

Satomi: Are ‘people who don’t fight in solo matches that much but have a lot of wins so they rank high’
Satomi: Unlike them

Panel 2

Satomi: He has a high rank accumulated from thousands, tens of thousands of matches against tough fighters

Satomi: So I end up empathising with that more~

Panel 3

Satomi: Well, this season he’s concentrating on team matches

Satomi: And doesn’t seem like he’s doing solo matches much
Satomi: Did you hear about that?

Panel 4

Osamu: Ah, yes
Osamu: I’ve heard a little about it

Panel 5

Yuuma: Yuba squad
Yuuma: Had another member until December

Panel 1

Konami: Yeah, Kanda-san

Konami: That’s right
Konami: He quit because of university exams

Panel 2

Osamu: Exams…
Osamu: Aren’t they right after December?

Konami: Because he’s always been smart
Konami: And his mock exam results were all really good apparently

Panel 3

Konami: But in the end he wanted to concentrate on the exams

Konami: So he did the rank matches right until the last possible moment and then quit

Panel 4

Osamu: Then
Osamu: Yuba squad dropping in rankings this season is because…

Konami: The gap Kanda-san left behind was a big one

Panel 5

Satomi: That’s right!

Satomi: Kanda-san wasn’t flashy, but he was really skilled

Panel 1

Satomi: While Yuba-san is dealing with his one-on-one

Satomi: Kanda-san takes command and deals with the other enemies!
Satomi: This style Yuba squad had was really cool!

Panel 2

Satomi: If you’re interested, you should watch the logs from the last season!

Yuuma: Hm, sounds fun

Panel 3

Yuuma: Ah, it’s almost time

Panel 4

Midorikawa: Then we’ll be off

Midorikawa: Mikumo-sempai apparently has business with you, Kazuma-sempai, so please look after him

Yuuma: See you later, Osamu

Panel 5

Satomi: Eh?

Satomi: Well, bye

Panel 2

Satomi: And? And?

Satomi: You have business with me, Mikumo-kun?

Osamu: Ah, yes

Panel 3

Osamu: Satomi-sempai, I heard that you…

Osamu: Respect Ninomiya-san…

Panel 4

Satomi: That’s right!
Satomi: No one’s as much a Ninomiya worshipper as me!

Osamu:He admits he’s a worshipper…

Panel 5

Osamu: From your point of view, Satomi-sempai

Osamu: What’s Ninomiya-san’s strong point?

Panel 1

Satomi: In a phrase…

Satomi: Strongest in one-on-one

Panel 2

Osamu: …!?

Panel 3

Osamu: …that
Osamu: Didn’t you say that about Yuba-san too?

*nahahaha*

Satomi: I did

Panel 4

Satomi: In fact, my fighting style

*sip*

Satomi: Is kind of like copying Ninomiya-san’s style with Yuba-san’s technique

Panel 5

Osamu: …!
Osamu: Ninomiya-san’s style…!?

Satomi: That’s right, that’s right

Panel 1

Satomi: Ninomiya-san has this super strong tactic for one-on-one

Satomi: Well, it’s simple when you explain it

Panel 2

Satomi: Bullets that are divided finely with the focus on ‘numbers’ and

Satomi: Bullets that are divided coarsely with the focus on ‘might’

Satomi: He uses Fullattack with these two types according to the situation

Panel 3

Satomi: Use fine bullets and when the opponent spreads out their Shield

Satomi: Use big bullets to crush it

Panel 4

Satomi: Or in contrast, use big bullets to lure out concentrated Shields

Satomi: And then using fine bullets to grind you down

Panel 5

Satomi: Combining Ninomiya-san’s skill and trion amount

Satomi: And this simple way to unsettle someone becomes really really strong

Panel 1

Osamu: …
Osamu: Um…

Panel 2

Osamu: We’re going to be facing Ninomiya squad in the next match
Osamu: Is it okay to show Ninomiya-san’s cards?

Satomi: Completely okay~
Satomi: Everyone knows about it

Panel 3

Satomi: Because they can’t defend against it even though they know

*nahaha*

Panel 4

Satomi: It’s better to think of it as if he catches you you’ll be erased
Satomi: Seriously

Osamu: …

Panel 5

Satomi: In fact, in the current B-rank rank wars

Satomi: Instead of how to defeat that tactic…

Panel 1

Satomi: All the countermeasures are aiming at

Satomi: Not getting into a one-on-one with Ninomiya-san in the first place

Panel 2

Yuzuru: You should hurry, Zoe-san

Yuzuru: …J probably can’t buy you much time

Satomi: If you slip up and get caught in Ninomiya-san’s sights

Satomi: Either concentrate completely on running and try to buy time

Panel 3

Satomi: Throw it all away for a sacrifice play

Panel 4

Satomi: Or consider yourself dead and get some work done…something like that

Kitazoe: Oh of course~

Panel 5

Satomi: Well, even in his A-rank era, only Izumi was able to face him properly

Satomi: So I think it can’t be helped if you come to that kind of decision

Panel 1

Satomi: Personally

Satomi: I want to see Ninomiya-san actively exchanging shots though!

Panel 2

Satomi: On that point…

Panel 3

Satomi: That new guy from your place, Mikumo-kun

Satomi: It looks like his skills and trion wouldn’t lose to Ninomiya-san

Panel 4

Satomi: So I’m looking forward to a rare exciting exchanging of shots~

Osamu: You’re right, if there’s a chance…

Panel 5

Osamu: …um

Osamu: A simple question

Panel 6

Osamu: If the two ‘strongest at one-on-one’ were to fight

Osamu: Which would be stronger?

Panel 1

Satomi: Fighting normally

Satomi: It’d be Ninomiya-san in the end

Panel 2

Satomi: Ninomiya-san’s trion ability is higher

Yuba Takuma
Parameter
Trion                                 7
Attack                              10
Defence/Support            5
Mobility                            7
Skill                                   9
Range                              2.5
Command                         5
Special Tactics                 2

Panel 3

Satomi: So his range is that much longer and he has a wider range for his fighting style
Satomi: …but

Panel 4

Satomi: In complicated terrain
Satomi: If Yuba-san can get him within his range

Satomi: I feel like Yuba-san might have the advantage

Osamu: …!

Panel 1

Satomi: A Shooter’s attack involves
Satomi: ‘Manifesting the cube’, ‘dividing the cube’, ‘aim’, ‘fire’
Satomi: And each action takes a bit of time

Panel 2

Satomi: But a Gunner is just
Satomi: ‘Aim’, ‘fire’
Satomi: The more you practice, the faster the movements you make before the attack

Panel 3

Satomi: If he gets him within his range and goes ‘bang’
Satomi: I think a close-range Gunner like Yuba-san has a chance
Satomi: Though I think someone else might have a different opinion

Osamu: I see
Osamu: You have a point…

Panel 4

Osamu: So, Satomi-sempai, you are a gunner

Osamu: Based on that superiority

Panel 5

Satomi: No, no!

Satomi: I’m not that smart!

Panel 1

Satomi: I’m simply not suited for the Shooter style

Satomi: When I panic my bullets fly in weird directions…

Panel 2

Satomi: On that point, the Gunner style

Satomi: Let’s you shoot on reflex as long as you drill the moves into your body
Satomi: It fits my disposition

Panel 3

Satomi: I can’t make traps by leaving bullets around like Shooters

Satomi: But the feeling of it becoming more and more like a part of my body the more I use it is really fun!
Satomi: Gunner triggers!

Panel 4

Satomi: If you ever feel interested just let me know, Mikumo-kun!
Satomi: I’ll give you a lecture!

Osamu: Ah, yes, thank you

Panel 1

Osamu: …I’m glad I got to listen to you today
Osamu: Please let me thank you somehow in the near future

Satomi: No, no, something like this isn’t that big a deal!

Panel 2

Kusakabe squad: Kazumaa~

Satomi: Oh
Satomi: Yoo~

Panel 3

Satomi: Now then, Mikumo-san

Satomi: See you!

Osamu: Yes
Osamu: Thank you for your time

Panel 5

Jin: Oh, Four Eyes-kun

Panel 1

Osamu: Jin-san

Jin: Good work today

Panel 2

Jin: You gathering information for the final match?

Panel 3

Osamu: Yes
Osamu: I had Midorikawa introduce me
Osamu: And asked about Ninomiya-san

Jin: Yeah, yeah, I see
Jin: Aren’t connections with your peers great

Panel 4

Jin: But still

Jin: Hearing about No.1 from a No.1
Jin: That’s pretty extravagant

Panel 5

Osamu: …eh?
Osamu: No.1…!?

Jin: That’s right

Panel 1

Jin: No.1 Gunner Satomi Kazuma

Jin: The current top of all agents who use Gunner triggers

Panel 3

Doesn’t know his own ranking

Panel 4

Yuuma: Will we make it on time?

Panel 5

Midorikawa: It’ll be fine, we’re here

Panel 1

Midorikawa: Huh

Midorikawa: The door’s open

Panel 2

Midorikawa: ‘Ello~…

Panel 1

Midorikawa: Ah
Midorikawa: Yuba-san

Panel 2

Yuba: …You finally made it

Yuba: Kugaa

Temporary B-rank No.7 Yuba Squad
Captain Gunner
Yuba Takuma (19)

Panel 3

Yuuma: Hi, hi

*beam*

Yuuma: Nice to meet you

Panel 1

Yuba: …you finally made it

Yuba: Kugaa

Panel 2

Yuuma: Hi, hi, nice to meet you

Panel 3

*breathe*

Panel 4

Yuba: Obishimaa!

*peak out*

Obishima: Yeah!

Panel 1

Obishima: Ah…

Panel 2

Midorikawa: Yooo

Panel 3

Yuba: They’re guests
Yuba: Greet them

Obishima: Ye- yes

Panel 4

Obishima: H-hi…

Yuuma: Hi, hi

Panel 5

Yuba: Obishimaa…

*flinch*

Panel 6

Yuba: ARE YOU TREMBLING
Yuba: STRAIGHTEN UP HEY!

Obishima: …yeah!

Panel 1

*breathe in*

*breathe out*

Panel 2

Obishima: I AM YUBA SQUAD ALLROUNDER OBISHIMA!

Obishima: I RESPECT KUGA-SEMPAI’S KEEN JUDGEMENT! FLEXIBLE WAY OF THINKING! ABILITY TO COME OUT ON TOP!

Panel 3

Obishima: PLEASED TO MEET YOU!

Yuuma: Hm?

Panel 4

Yuba: …this guy saw your match

Yuba: And got all excited ‘parently

Panel 1

Yuba: Play nice

Yuuma: Oooh, oooh

Panel 2

Yuuma: Now that is an honour
Yuuma: Let us both do our best, young man

Obishima: Ah…

Obishima: Yes, thank you

Panel 3

*pop*

Panel 4

Yuba: Oi, hey, Kugaa…

*rumble*

Yuuma: Huh?

Panel 5

Midorikawa: Obishima-chan is a girl

*whisper*

Yuuma: …eh?

Panel 6

Obishima: …ah
Obishima: Yes

Obishima: I actually am a girl

Panel 2

Yuuma: Please

Yuuma: Excuse my rudeness

Panel 3

Yuuma: I humbly present my apologies

Obishima: Eh, no, that’s

Panel 4

Obishima: I normally get mistaken quite often

Obishima: Please don’t mind

Yuba Squad Allrounder
Obishima Yukari (14)

Panel 1

Midorikawa: Yeah, yeah, you don’t have to go that far to apologise

Midorikawa: Aren’t you exaggerating too much?

Yuuma: No, no, no

Panel 2

Yuuma: I have prior experience of mistaking someone for a man

Yuuma: And having it leave a lasting effect…

Midorikawa: Prior experience?

Panel 3

Yuba: Prostrating yourself immediate, I like your attitude, Kugaa

Yuba: While you’re apologising
Yuba: Have a training match with our Obishima

Panel 4

Yuuma: Oh?

Panel 5

Obishima: Ah
Obishima: I’d be glad if you could!

Yuuma: I see
Yuuma: In that case…

Panel 1

*bam*

Panel 2

*bang*

Panel 3

*wham*

Panel 4

*pop pop*

Panel 1

Yuba: Oi, you, Kugaa…

Panel 2

Yuba: Don’t go easy on her so obviously, hey!

Yuuma: No, no, not at all

Panel 3

Yuuma: Obishima-chan’s talent shines very brightly

Midorikawa: No, you were obviously going easy on her

Panel 4

Yuba: I know you’re more than this

Yuba: Take this seriously, hey, I mean it

Panel 1

Yuuma: Then

Yuuma: You be my opponent, Yuba-san

Panel 2

Midorikawa: Oh

Panel 4

Yuba: …I refuse

Yuba: Is anyone dumb enough to show their cards to their upcomingenemy?

Panel 5

Yuuma: If you say that, aren’t I also in that position…?

Yuba: You messed up with Obishima, didn’t you
Yuba: Pay her back properly

Panel 1

Midorikawa: Why don’t you show them a new technique or something?

Midorikawa: You might not be allowed to leave if you don’t, you know?

Yuuma: You look like you’re having fun…

Panel 2

Obishima: Putting aside a new technique

Obishima: I want to fight you seriously, Kuga-sempai!

Panel 3

Yuuma: Hm…?

Yuuma: …then, just once

Panel 4

Midorikawa: Alright then

Midorikawa: Ready…

Panel 5

Midorikawa: Start!

*rumble*

Panel 1

*whoosh*

*clang clang clang clang*

Panel 2

*throw*

Panel 3

Obishima: !

Obishima:He threw it!

Panel 4

*slice*

*startle*

Panel 1

*rumble*

Panel 2

Obishima:It’s coming!

Obishima:Left hand is a feint
Obishima:The right!

Panel 4

*stab*

Panel 1

Midorikawa: !

Panel 2

Yuba: !

Panel 3

Obishima:…!?

Obishima:The one he just threw…?

*ting*

Computer: Trion supply mechanism destroyed

Panel 4

*rumble*

Panel 5

*rumble*

Panel 6

Yuba: ‘Mole claw’…?

Yuba: No…

Panel 1

Yuuma: I transformed the one I threw earlier

Yuuma: By connecting it to my Scorpion from under the ground

Panel 2

Yuuma: It’s a variation of Kage-sempai’s ‘Mantis’

Panel 3

Obishima: …!

Midorikawa: Ooooh, I see!
Midorikawa: Interesting~!

Panel 4

Obishima:I had no idea what he did to me…

Obishima:This is Kuga-sempai’s technique…!

Panel 5

Yuuma: …is this okay for the new technique?

Yuuma: Then I’ll take my leave…

Yuba: …wait, hey

Panel 6

Yuuma: ?

Panel 1

Yuba: …you’ve overpaid, Kugaa

*ting*

Yuba: This is your change
Yuba: I’ll fight you just once

Panel 3

Yuuma: …oh

Yuuma: Much appreciated

Panel 4

Midorikawa: Yes, yes, okay?

*rumble*

Midorikawa: Alright then
Midorikawa: Ready…

Panel 5

*bam*

Midorikawa: Start!

Panel 1

*bang bang bang bang bang*

Panel 2

Yuuma: !

Panel 6

Computer: Combat body active limit reached

*bam bam*

Panel 7

Yuba: …my bad, but the next one’s the last match for us too

Yuba: Getting to stay in the upper tier or not is on the line for us

*ting*

Panel 1

*rustle*

Yuba: This is as much as I’m gonna show you

Panel 2

Yuuma: I see…

Panel 3

Yuuma: It really is

Yuuma: Much faster than what I saw in the logs

Panel 4

Obishima: …thank you for today, Kuga-sempai
Obishima: I learned a lot!

Yuuma: No, no, I should be saying that

Panel 5

Yuuma: Thank you too, Yuba-san, for being my opponent

Yuuma: Please allow me to get my revenge in the match

Yuba: Just you try, if you can

Panel 3

Yuba: …tsk
Yuba: That’s not an opponent I wanna face straight on…

Obishima: Yes…!

Panel 4

Yuuma: I’m looking forward to the next match now

Midorikawa: I know right

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Once again I’m putting off comments since this was released so long ago, though I just want to point out how amazing it is that a dude like Yuba gets a cutesy nickname like -chan, by people younger than him like Konami. Also, yay, we finally get no.1 Gunner! Satomi having more points than Yuba is amazing too, even if it’s because Yuba has been concentrating on his team (congrats to everyone who guessed right that Yuba squad dropped in the rankings because they lost a person).

And while on the subject of Yuba, I’m glad we got his stats, but there are so many newly introduced characters I want stats for…we don’t even have a profile for Kanda!! Also, my apologies for how I couldn’t find a good way to translate how gangster Yuba talks without making it cringy, I could barely keep in the way he elongates names to sound intimidating (he does it with other words too). I couldn’t even find a good translation for ‘kora’…what is a really rude and kind of admonishing way of saying 'hey’… (there’s also Obishima and her youth culture ’-ssu’…)

In conclusion, fingers crossed I’ll be able to post the last of the volume 20 extras before the new chapters come out on Saturday.

And this marks the last of the twitter Q&A for this round! As usual they are gathered from the fanletters sent in to the department.

Q: Does Kageura wear a mask to hide his jagged teeth?

A: That and plus the goal of minimising the amount of skin showing for his peace of mind when it comes to his Side Effect, it seems.

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Q: What would happen if Chika uses Spider? Will a giant spider web be completed in one shot?

A: The number of wires she can set up is more than a hundred times that of Osamu’s, but I think the density of wires is so high she won’t be able to move and the wires would pierce into her and her allies.

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Q: Please tell us the names of Tsuji-kun’s brothers.

A: His older brother is Ryoutarou, younger brother is Souhei. [There was no furigana so I just guessed what the pronunciation would be]

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Q: Would flesh prevent the removal of the trion organ from the body? Is it possible to retrieve just the trion organ without killing the person?

A: It is not possible at the current level of technology, I believe. A Black Trigger might be able to take it out leaving the body unharmed?

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Q: What presents would you enjoy, and what do you find a bit troublesome?

A: While hospitalised, Ashihara doesn’t really like rice porridge (unflavoured), so the preserved seafood we received from readers was very useful. (We did receive permission from the hospital) There isn’t really anything that’d be troublesome, but it seems the editor department’s regulations say no handmade food.

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Q: Rinji-san was 20 years old half a year before the start of the story, was he in the same school year as Ninomiya-san? Or was he the same year as Kazama-san?

A: He’s the same year as Ninomiya. They might have passed by one another in high school or university?

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The one with the most interesting implications is the last one, in my opinion. Though I suppose there’s a chance that Ninomiya and Rinji don’t actually know each other and Ashihara just made them the same age as a parallel. But it’s a nice thought.

I was wondering what to do since my next translation for the volume extras is gonna be late and then the official twitter posts some more Q&A (that didn’t make it into the volume) so that’s that problem solved.

Q. Are other people not able to use Tamakoma First triggers?

A. They can use it just fine, but because Tamakoma triggers’ performance is quite cutting edge, I think people who aren’t used to it will find it difficult to use. Geist Arashiyama, Nasu-san (Axe), Fullarms Iko-san are possible, at least.

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Q. What do Trappers do? Do they have no weapons, and just solely set traps?

A. They solely set traps. The trigger that Trappers use, ‘Switchbox’, is not just difficult to use but also has high trion consumption so it seems they basically don’t equip offensive triggers.

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Q. Why was Betsuyaku Taichi scouted?

A. His youth and so-so trion amount, his energetic manner and shining gaze are the deciding factors behind his scouting.

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Q. In the manga volume of 'Jujutsu Kaisen’, Akutami Gege announced the image songs for the characters; does World Trigger characters have any songs like that?

A. Right now, only Yuuma has a song connected to him.It’sYoru wo Kakeru (Dash Through the Night) by Spitz (sorry I could only find a live version on Youtube, but the quality is good)

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Since this was such a small post though, I thought I’d translate the lyrics to Yuuma’s image song:

An unpolished bluff, a room plastered with lies
The night sky we ran out to gaze up at
Jumping over the twisted chain-links like usual
Dashing down the hard pavement

We who are nothing alike are tied together by a thin string
Not the common red one
At the place we rendezvoused at, even the large trees have stopped their commotion
Only the sound of the two of us breathing permeates

The urban area where I played with you, one that held no one else
Laughing every time our eyes meet
Dashing through the night, don’t shoot us now
Dashing towards the far off lights

Graffiti on the wall, the clock that had stopped unnoticed
Grants us eternal freedom
Falling over onto our backs, the feeling of cold concrete
Beyond the sweet and bitter tongue, one more time

Drawn haphazardly, a rose-coloured imaginary drawing
In the west lightning gleams
Dashing through the night, don’t shoot us now
Tearing down the destined destruction as we dash

The urban area where I played with you, one that held no one else
Laughing every time our eyes meet
Dashing through the night, don’t shoot us now
Dashing towards the far off lights

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It’s actually pretty positive…yay…(also I really like this guy’s vocals)

First, thanks for the nice messages, guys, as always. To the comment that thanked me for still translating with the fandom so slow nowadays, I am unworthy considering how I also spend a lot of time flirting with other fandoms right now >.>

In fact, I’ve only got the Afterword for this post…I’ll get to the rest by next week hopefully.

My First Egosurf

This space was originally to feature the preview for the next volume, but because the chapters in the magazine haven’t gone beyond this volume + 1 chapter, it doesn’t seem like there’s much that can be used for a preview, and so I will hastily write an afterwordish essay here.

Now then, egosurfing. Searching for things about yourself on the internet (probably). Ashihara’s mind is about as fragile as baked pudding, so Manager had strongly forbidden me from egosurfing. Up until now, I had lived in a dystopia-like censorship system where I just smirked at the funny impressions that Manager had found, but with the return of serialisation after 2 years I was slightly worried: ‘with a 2 year hiatus would they read this?’ I lost to my desire to see the impressions of the first chapter after the return in real time, and tried my hand at the forbidden egosurfing. The result was that it was very interesting.

Actually trying out egosurfing, the biggest problem I felt was that ‘egosurfing really takes up a lot of time’.

More than: you’ll get full of yourself from praise, or you’ll lose energy from scorn, what was really bad was that it ‘can use up time infinitely’.

This time what I egosurfed was internet impressions from Ch165~Ch169. I had saved up to Ch169 at the point of reserialization so I had the free time, but I thought egosurfing each chapter is a bit too much for Ashihara who is slow at all kinds of work (especially after, with the hospitalisation and the surgery, all the free time was gone). And so I think I will return to the censorship style from now on and listen to impressions through Manager.

By the way, it seems Manager does the fixes for the manga volumes by looking at the internet impressions on the day the magazine comes out, so if you notice anything please write your impressions.

That is to say, ‘the fans see more than we do’.

What surprised me was that, just from the fact that: ‘Taichi thought up Suzunari’s plan’, ‘the stage is Shopping Mall’, and ‘the setting is night’, quite a few people got right that it was a ‘mall blackout operation’. World Trigger readers are sharp. Ashihara is the kind of manga artist who doesn’t really get bothered when future developments are guessed right, so I got quite excited.

Besides that, what was interesting was that in regards to Murakami’s black Kogetsu there were people saying ‘has Lead Bullet’s effect been added to the Kogetsu?’ For some reason, the idea of Blade + Lead Bullet had never come to Ashihara, I thought ‘that’s really interesting!’ and was really moved. In the future, when they go on expeditions, I had thought it’d be pretty difficult to wave blades around enemies in human bodies, so a Lead Bullet blade seems like it’d be a good solution. If it does end up in the manga, people who advocated the Lead Bullet Kogetsu theory, please make a smug face that ‘it was my idea’.

Also, separate from the egosurfing, I received a lot of letters with impressions of the story or support after reserialization (and during the hiatus), and it really encouraged me.

As always, thank you very much.

Those who only follow the manga volumes might not know what I’m talking about, but in the first half of 2019 Ashihara had a series of problems with my physical condition and I couldn’t draw manga the way I wanted. Even now, I’m still not back to normal condition yet, so I intend to rally in the second half.

The plan is to have a preview in this space in the next volume, but if there doesn’t seem to be enough for the preview again I might write about the hospitalisation and surgery.

See you in volume 21.

- Ashihara Daisuke