BASARA Volume 7 - Lapis Lazuli Chapter 8: A Fleeting Image

Original work by Yumi Tamura.
English translation by Ari & Ruliann Takanashi (Tamu Tamu Time).
For nonprofit use only.

Notes:

• My Japanese is very poor. So take my translations with a grain of salt. There are a few parts I did not know how to translate, so I guessed at the meaning. Those parts are marked with an (*). Just keep in mind these are far from 100% correct or perfect. If you see a translation mistake, please let me know.

• The following should be read with manga in hand. These are only the dialogue. There are no mentions of scene changes, and very little description of action. So you may be confused if you don't have the manga in front of you.

• If you don't have the manga, I've written a summary of this chapter. So check that out.

Key:

spoken dialogue
thoughts or voice over
flashback
text outside of word bubble
* guessed meaning
( translation notes )
{ sound effects }
[ page number ]

Last Revised: 3-11-02.



[147]
Zaki:
General Kazan.
Zaki:
Tatara has escaped safely.
Zaki:
Too bad for you, isn't it?
Kazan:
...In that case,
Kazan:
at least I can...
take you two to hell with me.
Chacha:
Zaki...
[148]
Sarasa:
Chacha,
Sarasa:
Zaki,
[149]
Lapis Lazuli Chapter 8 - A Fleeting Image
Sarasa:
...don't die!
[150]
Hijiri:
What a troublesome leader!
Hijiri:
That guy doesn't have...
a bit of leadership sense.
Hijiri:
Still...
I understand you a little better now,
Tatara.
Hijiri:
People...
worship you like a Savior.
Hijiri:
You've been able to gather all these allies.
It's quite certain...
Little Tamu Tamu Time (4)
(Translated by Ruliann Takanashi)
Picture 1:
Normally, I have my cutter in my pen stand like this.
Picture 2:
Therefore,
Hand:
Ah!
goosh
Picture 2:
...my hand gets stabbed alot.
TAMU:
It hurts so much with just a cutter,
and they're fighting with swords...
I feel sorry for everybody and Sarasa.
Let's live peacefully.
Picture 3:
I'm fed up with it, so now...
I put it like this in my pen stand.
It's still standing
<— Eraser

- TAMU

BASARA Map
Sarasa/Tatara's Travels
(Suou , Kyôto , Kumano Motomiya Shrine <-- Nachikatsuura <-- Ise <-- Seiran)
[151]
Hijiri:
Everyone...
refuses to abandon you,
Hijiri:
not even someone as tearful—
and weak as you.
Soldiers:
Who?
Soldiers:
Who is that?
Hijiri:
Listen up.
Hijiri:
We must guard Tatara.
Hijiri:
Until he calms down,
we have to keep going—
[152]
Sarasa:
My eyes hurt...
It's all blurry...
Sarasa:
The Nagi tree...
is red...
Sarasa:
The Nagi tree is...
burning...
Sarasa:
The Red King...
Sarasa:
He governs a desert land,
and wants to make it greener.
Sarasa:
But he can burn this mountain...
like it's nothing!
Sarasa:
He really is
...a demon.
[153]
Sarasa:
A demon of destruction...!
Sarasa:
I won't let you...
kill any more people!
Sarasa:
Nagi Tree.
Sarasa:
Give me...
your last bit of strength!
Sarasa:
To protect two people...!!
[154]

(Zaki is fighting Kazan.)

Zaki:
Chacha!
Zaki:
Get up!
Zaki:
Hurry and escape!
This building won't last long!
Zaki:
Chacha!!
Kazan:
It's no use.
She's already on her way to hell.
[155]
Zaki:
Shut up!
Kazan:
Guh
Zaki:
Guh
[156]

{sfx: thump thump thump thump}

{sfx: drip drip drip}

Voice:
The child is born.
Our late leader's child.
Man:
It's a girl.
{sfx: waah waah}
Man:
Too bad... Just a girl, huh?
Woman:
Zaki-chan...
Woman:
Take care of that child, okay.
Woman:
Do it for me, please...
Young Zaki:
Ma'am.
Young Zaki:
Ma'am.
[157]
Pirate:
We can't help it if it's a girl.
Pirate:
It's the rule.
Whoever marries this girl will be the next leader.
Chacha and them were pirates.
Pirate:
Zaki,
as the son of our associate leader,
you will marry her someday.
Young Zaki:
Chacha...
Young Chacha:
I'm the leader's child.
How come I can't be the leader?!
Young Zaki:
'Cause you're a girl.
Young Chacha:
Who decided that?
Young Zaki:
Our ancestors.
Young Chacha:
Those old goonies aren't here!
I don't know them!
{sfx: pout}
[158]
Young Chacha:
It'll be okay if I'm strong, right?!
Young Chacha:
Then they'll have to accept me, right?!
Young Chacha:
I'll do men's work.
Young Chacha:
I'll become stronger than a man.
Young Chacha:
The strongest one should be the leader.
No one can argue against that.
Pirate:
Chacha beat them all!
That's 30 guys in a row!
[159]
Pirate:
What weaklings.
Pirate:
Zaki! You're the only one left.
Voice:
If you win, you'll be the leader!
Young Zaki:
Chacha...
should be our leader.
Young Chacha:
Ain't too ambitious, are you?
Zaki:
I do have an ambition.
I do have a wish.
Only one.
[160]
Zaki:
That is to be with you.
Zaki:
In these times...
Zaki:
In these hard times...
Zaki:
How difficult it must be...
to live as an independent woman.
Zaki:
But,
if you want to,
Zaki:
if you choose...
to suffer through it,
Zaki:
then I...
will become your shadow.
Zaki:
My heart has already decided...
on the morning you were born.

(Zaki takes off his armor.)

[161]
Zaki:
I'll be with you...
to the very end.
Zaki:
OOOOOH
[162]
Zaki:
{sfx: pant pant pant}
[163]
Zaki:
Chacha...
Zaki:
Chacha.
Zaki:
Let's go.

(Zaki notices that the building has burned through all around them, and they're trapped.)

[164]

(Meanwhile, Chigusa is being escorted by two Red soldiers.)

Red Soldier:
Aaaahh
{sfx: kyah—}

(A nearby blast kills them, freeing Chigusa. She takes one of their swords, and heads back to the compound.)

Kakujî:
Chigusa?!
[165]

(Sarasa arrives at the burning compound with Yato.)

Sarasa:
Zaki!
Sarasa:
Chacha!
Sarasa:
Answer me—
Sarasa:
Zaki!
Chacha!
Zaki:
Tatara!
[166]
Zaki:
Tatara.
Zaki:
Please.
Zaki:
Catch her.

(Zaki throws Chacha towards Tatara.)

[167]
Chacha:
Ugh...
Sarasa:
Zaki!

(Zaki falls into the fires below.)

[168]
Nagi:
A flame...went out.
Nagi:
Whose... flame of life...
Nagi:
Amen...
[169]
Sarasa's men:
Nagi-sama?!
Nagi-sama.
Sarasa:
Zaki...
Chacha:
Za...ki...
Chacha:
No...
Chacha:
It can't be.
Sarasa:
Chacha...
Chacha:
No.
Chacha:
NOOO!!!
[170]
Sarasa:
Chacha...
Chacha:
Waaaaah
Sarasa:
{sfx: pant pant pant pant}
I know...
no prayers.
Sarasa:
{sfx: pant pant pant pant}
Nagi, Kakujî,
Hayato, everybody...
Sarasa:
{sfx: pant pant pant pant}
Shuri...
Dear God, please protect them.
Hijiri:
Tatara!!
[171]
Sarasa:
Yato!
Let's go!!
Hijiri:
TATARAAAA—
[172]
Shuri:
{sfx: chomp}
-> bean-jam bun
Shuri:
Yo, Sakaki.
munch munch
Can't fight on an empty stomach.
Sakaki:
Water, Sir?
Shuri:
Bring me...
Kazan.
{sfx: lick lick}
Shuri:
He was probably using Tatara's mother...
as a lure to capture Tatara.
Shuri:
{sfx: gulp gulp}
Don't you think so?
Sakaki:
Red King!
Sakaki:
Do you mean to pardon the General?!
Shuri:
{sfx: slurp}
Even if he's nothing but flesh and bones,
just bring him here.
Sakaki:
Ye...yes Sir!
Shuri:
Hurry!
[173]

(A bloody Kazan struggles along a wall, and sees Chigusa.)

[174]
Kazan:
Use that sword...
and get your revenge.
Kazan:
Tatara has...
Kazan:
It's such a shame.
He got away.
Kazan:
{sfx: cough}
{sfx: drip drip drip}
Kazan:
Come on.
Kazan:
Please.
Kazan:
Make it quick.
[175]
Chigusa:
Can't you...
join forces...
with Tatara?
Kazan:
Don't be ridiculous.
Kazan:
No matter what,
I will always be known as Kazan,
great general of the Red Army.
Sakaki:
General!
Sakaki:
General Kazan!
[176]
Sakaki:
General...
Sakaki:
General.
Sakaki:
The Red King has pardoned you!
Please come back with me!
Kazan:
I...have betrayed the Red King...
Sakaki:
No!
Sakaki:
You...
used Tatara's mother...
in order to capture Tatara, right?
Sakaki:
The Red King understands!
Kazan:
That's not true!!
[177]
Kazan:
I knew...
about Tatara's mother.
Kazan:
Miss Chigusa has captured my heart.
Kazan:
It was my decision.
Kazan:
That is no lie.
Kazan:
I absolutely,
absolutely,
did not use Miss Chigusa!!
Sakaki:
General,
please accept the King's mercy.
[178]
Kazan:
Miss Chigusa.
Kazan:
I wish to
commit harakiri.

(Note: Harakiri, or seppuku, is a ritual suicide. Many warriors consider this the only way to redeem their honor after shameful conduct. The person committing suicide first recites a death-poem, then he makes 3 cuts in his own stomach. The person standing behind him (called kaishaku or his "second") will then chop off his head.)

Young Shuri:
Kazan,
you must be so tactless.
Young Shuri:
That's why you're sent to serve a kid like me,
in this middle-of-nowhere desert.
Young Shuri:
But,
if you follow me,
you'll have fun.
[179]
Young Shuri:
I'll definitely...
show you the world.
[180]
Kazan:
With a red flag...
and a body...
on fire...
[181]
Kazan:
I charge up...
the hills of Adashino.

(I think Adashino refers to Adashino Nembutsuji, once a common burial ground. It literally means "field of sorrow.")

Kazan:
And keep charging.
Kazan:
Into the other world.
Sakaki:
General!
Sakaki:
General—
Kazan:
For the Red King!
Kazan:
Guh.

(Kazan stabs into his gut.)

[182]
Sakaki:
Kazan!
General—!!
Kazan:
Miss...Chi...gusa...
[183]
Chigusa:
Ah...
[184]

(The image of Buddha appears.)

Chigusa:
Amida Nyorai-sama...

(Amida Nyorai is another name for Buddha.)

[185]
Hayato:
How is Tatara?
Hayato:
Where is he?
Hijiri:
I don't know!
Hijiri:
God knows where that fool is.
Hijiri:
That fool has...
Tengu member:
By the time we got here...
the building had collapsed!
He already had his hands full carrying Chacha out.
Hayato:
Tatara. Damn it!
Hayato:
If only I'd been there!
[187]

(Sarasa comes out of the burning building with Yato, carrying Zaki.)

Sarasa:
Is everybody...
okay?
Sarasa:
{sfx: stagger}
That's...good.
Voice:
Tatara!
Hijiri:
Tatara!
Shinbashi has fainted.
Sarasa:
I'm...
fine.
Ou-ouch.
Sarasa:
Look after...
Zaki...
and Yato...
Voices:
He's badly burned.
Voices:
But still alive.
Voices:
Get the doctor!
Voices:
Tatara!
You too.
Your eyes need to be treated!
Let's head back.
Chacha:
Tatara. Tatara. Tatara...
Sarasa:
Chacha...
[188]
Hayato:
Wait!
Hayato:
It's the Red Army!
Rebel:
Get down.
Rebel:
Should we fire some arrows?
Rebel:
Don't! We've got injured people with us.
Rebel:
At the front, could that be...
Rebel:
Ah.
It's the Red King.
Sarasa:
The Red King?!
[189]
Sarasa:
The Red King...
Sarasa:
That's the Red King.
Sarasa:
The Red...
[190]
Sarasa:
The Red...
Sarasa:
I can't see.
Sarasa:
I can't see...anything.
- End of Chapter -

[191]

Only 1 Page
Extra Tamu Tamu Time

I was thinking of drawing about my trip to America,
but I've used up all the pages this time.
Sorry. Until next time, okay. <3

Top left side:
To those of you who are upset about the lack of love scenes recently...
(But, there was no way for them to meet~)
Just wait a bit more, because I'll give you something explosive (really?).

Top right side:
Right now, I'm playing Final Fantasy V. (Now is December, 1992).
It's incredibly pretty— <3 <3
Ah, I can't wait to play it.
I want to play more.
Everyday...
But, I already play Mario Kart, Yoshi's Cookie, and Dragon Quest.
It's been a happy year.
<— Video game talk

Bottom right side:
Before I know it, BASARA is already on volume 7.
I'll keep working hard from now on,
so please keep reading <3
To all the prep students, good luck—!
To all the people who are already working, fight on—!!
If you have something to ask me, just write in <3
Well then, so long...
I wish everyone good health—!!

Shuri:
Hey, gimme a kiss.
Gimme a kiss.
(his shirt says "Shuri")
Sarasa:
This guy...
(her shirt says "Sarasa")
Shinbashi:
Kiss?

Sarasa:
A kiss...
on the butt—
Shuri:
Ouch.
Bottle:
Vitamin
Shuri:
Returning the favor.

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