BASARA Volume 12 - White Silver Chapter 6: The Name

Original work by Yumi Tamura.
English translation by Ari.
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.

Key:

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

Last Revised: 11-2-02.



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Table of Contents:
White Silver Chapter 6 • The Name ————— 5
White Silver Chapter 7 • Mandarage ————- 55
White Silver Chapter 8 • Escape —————- 116
Tamu Tamu Time ———————————— 182
Outline:
Civilization has collapsed at the end of the 20th century, and for several hundred years, people have been suffering from the oppression of this country's ruling tyrants. Even though Byakko village has been destroyed by the Red King, Sarasa - at the time of her older brother's death - decides to fight back. Sarasa and the Red King • Shuri, are enemies, but they met without knowing each other's identities, and fell in love.

Sarasa went to Tôhoku in order to ally with Kazuno. But negotiations broke down, and Sarasa & Co. were sent to Abashiri Prison. While working inside the prison, Sarasa was attacked by someone, and fainted. She was found by the prison warden, Kaze no Fukurô, who discovered that she is a woman...
Character Introduction:
Sarasa    A 16-year-old girl. She fights in place of her dead brother, Tatara. Actually, she is the "Child of Destiny."

Red King    His name is Shuri. As the Emperor's youngest son, he controls the Chûgoku, Shikoku, and Kyûshû areas. However, he has been betrayed by his subordinates - Ashô & others - and has fallen from power.
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White Silver Chapter 6 - The Name
[6]
Ageha:
Tatara...!
[7]
Ageha:
What happened?!
Why is Tatara's shirt taken off?
Little Tamu Tamu Time (1)
Left:
Hello! It's finally volume 12!
Thank you for always writing all kinds of letters to me!!
Tamu (Left):
Basara's Drama CD came out!
I wrote a new script for it. <3
It's really heart-wrenching stuff. Listen to it, okay. <3 <3
Middle:
How's everyone doing?

This time, there's a Tamu Tamu Time in the back.
Tamu (Right Top):
I took up a new Sufami character design game called "LIVE A LIVE."
As a big gamer, I feel really fortunate! I'm so happy-- <3
Please check it out. <3
Tamu (Right Bottom):
I see it a lot these days. Many people are playing it.
If you have one, please send me some tips, okay. <3

Until next time--

- TAMU
BASARA Map
Sarasa/Tatara's Travels
(Tôhoku, Kazuno, Masunaga's Fort —> Hokkaidô, Abashiri Prison)
[8]
Ageha:
Guh?!
{sfx: dizziness}
Ageha:
It's faint, but there is definitely gas here.
It'll be dangerous to stay here for too long.
{sfx: ji ji...} (fire burning abnormally)
Ageha:
Tatara.
Tatara, where are you?!
Nagi:
Ageha.
I leave Tatara in your hands.
Ageha:
Tatara!
Nagi:
The star of that child looks bad.
Soon, it will become even worse.
She cannot be protected just by fate anymore.*
[9]
Nagi:
Protect Tatara.
Please guide her.
Ageha:
Sweaty...
...and flustered,
...not at all like the old Ageha.
Ageha:
It's what Nagi said...
...that worries me.
Ageha:
Tatara!
My heart...
Ageha:
...is trembling so much.*
Ageha:
{sfx: ji ji...} (fire burning abnormally)
Footprints...!
{sfx: fuu...} (fire goes out)
[10]
Kakujî:
Nagi-sama,
...what are you thinking about?
Kakujî:
I'm familiar with the area where Tatara and them are.
So I'm going after them.
Kakujî:
If I don't go,
...they may never be rescued from that place...
Nagi:
Kakuji...
Kakujî:
Ah, please don't say a thing.
Kakujî:
The prophet side of you...
...has really let us down this time.
[11]
Kakujî:
Hayato has gone missing,
...and while in search of him, Tatara and them have been captured and taken somewhere...
Kakujî:
Nachi has also gone after them...
Everyone is scattered all over the place.
Kakujî:
Couldn't you have predicted these things?
Nagi:
I'm sorry.
Nagi:
If Ageha is with Tatara, then I think she'll be okay.
Kakujî:
Hmph
Is that a prediction?
Nagi:
Ageha will also...
...play a part in the making of the new era,
...because he is one of the stars of fate.
Kakujî:
I don't understand you.
I'm going.
Nagi:
Take care.
What I'm afraid of is...
[12]
Nagi:
What I'm afraid of is...
Nagi:
In the future,
...Tatara will face an unprecedented trial.
Nagi:
It is still waiting for her.
Nagi:
The trial concerning her female identity...
Nagi:
Sarasa...
Nagi:
At the moment you swap swords with the Red King,
...what will you be thinking...?
Nagi:
That's the... only thing...
...I'm afraid of...
[13]
Voice:
Sarasa...
Sarasa.
Sarasa:
Shuri...?
Sarasa:
How?
How can you be here?
Sarasa:
Shuri...
Voice:
Who's "Shuri"?
[14]

{sfx: shock}

Kaze no Fukurô:
Hang on.
{sfx: grab}
[15]
Kaze no Fukurô:
I don't know how you got in here.
Kaze no Fukurô:
I'm surprised I hadn't noticed you before.
Kaze no Fukurô:
My! Your chicken bone body is as flat as a washboard. No wonder.
(Note: A chicken bone body = really skinny, so skinny the bones are showing)
But I guess your chest will get bigger...
Sarasa:
Let gooo!
{sfx: rustle rustle}
[16]
Sarasa:
How?
How did it become like this?!
Kaze no Fukurô:
Don't get goosebumps all over.
If I hadn't saved you,
...you would've gone on breathing that gas up to heaven.
{sfx: ku ku ku} (giggling)
Sarasa:
That's...right.
In that cave,
...someone was choking me...
Sarasa:
This piece of cloth was probably torn off... of him...
[17]
Sarasa:
This is...
...from a prisoner uniform...
Sarasa:
Amongst the prisoners,
...someone is trying to kill me...!
Kaze no Fukurô:
I'm the son of the king here.
Become my woman, and you'll live an easy life.
Sarasa:
No thanks.
Kaze no Fukurô:
Don't answer so quickly.
Really think about...
Sarasa:
No thanks.
[18]
Sarasa:
Even though he has the same face,
...and the same voice,
...he is not Shuri.
Sarasa:
As long as he's not Shuri...
As long as he's not Shuri...!
Kaze no Fukurô:
Do you want to die?
{sfx: ching}
[19]
Kaze no Fukurô:
I won't force you.
Kaze no Fukurô:
You decide.
Kaze no Fukurô:
Women actually enjoy it when they're made to kneel down.*
Sarasa:
Bastard...!
Sarasa:
There are tremors under my feet!
Sarasa:
What is it...
Sarasa:
What is it?
A weapon...
Ah...
[20]
Sarasa:
This is...
...an interior map...?!
Sarasa:
If I have this,
...I can get out...!
Kaze no Fukurô:
This is only one sheet of map.
Even if you have this, you won't be able to escape.
Kaze no Fukurô:
Mizu no Shika, Hi no Kitsune, Tsuchi no Kuma,
...and me, Kaze no Fukurô,
...we each have one sheet of map.
Kaze no Fukurô:
Only when you collect all four sheets...
...will you be able to know every aspect of this place.
...That was the plan.
[21]
Sarasa:
4 sheets of map...!
Kaze no Fukurô:
I've been here all my life,
...and I've only seen the courtyard.*

{sfx: dash}

Sarasa:
Wah
{sfx: whack whack}
Kaze no Fukurô:
Are you working for someone?
{sfx: ku ku ku} (giggling)
This "Shuri" fellow?
Kaze no Fukurô:
That name sounds familiar.
I think one of my cousins has that name.
[22]
Sarasa:
Cousin...?
Royalty...
Kaze no Fukurô:
Is it Red... or Blue?
I've never seen him nor met him, so I'm not sure.
But it's the one in the West.
Kaze no Fukurô:
I'm pretty sure that's his name.
Sarasa:
The Red King...
Sarasa:
The Red King's...
...name.
[23]
Sarasa:
The Red King's...
...name is...
..."Shuri"...
Kaze no Fukurô:
In fact,
...I'm supposed to be royalty too.
I ought to be living the good life.
Kaze no Fukurô:
Not in this hell hole!
{sfx: whack whack}
Kaze no Fukurô:
My father is the Emperor's younger brother.
{sfx: whack whack whack}
Because of his throne-coveting paranoid older brother,
...he had to run off to this kind of place.
[24]
Kaze no Fukurô:
This year-round snow-covered...
...up in the north end place.
{sfx: whack whack whack}
Kaze no Fukurô:
I've had to listen to my father's gripes...
...while growing up in this prison joint.
Kaze no Fukurô:
That's why this place doesn't belong to Japan.
{sfx: whack whack whack}
We conduct dealings with Japan and Tôhoku,
...and amass manpower. Soon,
Kaze no Fukurô:
...we will establish a mighty underground empire.
[25]

{sfx: wrap}

Kaze no Fukurô:
How about becoming my woman?
It'll be simple.
Kaze no Fukurô:
You only have to satisfy me, that's all.
[26]
Sarasa:
How was he brought up?
I don't know.
He has no sympathy for others.*
Sarasa:
To mortify me in this threatening manner...
Doesn't he understand?
Sarasa:
I'm less afraid of...
...sword fighting...
...than I am of this cowering...
Sarasa:
...female body of mine.*
I'm constantly reminded of how much...*
Sarasa:
...I want to live as boy.*
That's what I'm thinking.*
[27]
Ageha:
Hold on a minute.
{sfx: huff huff}
Sarasa:
Ageha...!
Ageha:
You lech.
What're you trying to do?
Kaze no Fukurô:
Why are these prisoners free to roam all over?
Oye, Mizu no Shika!
Mizu no Shika:
Sorry.
{sfx: charging}
[28]

{sfx: zaaa} (flying chains)

{sfx: dizziness}

{sfx: bam}

[29]
Sarasa:
Ageha!!
Ageha:
{sfx: whack}
Guh.
Kaze no Fukurô:
Looks like he breathed in too much gas.
He can barely stand on his feet right now.
Mizu no Shika:
His unruly behavior...
...is my fault.
{sfx: whack whack whack whack}
[30]
Sarasa:
Ageha!
Kaze no Fukurô:
You better be a little more agreeable.
Mizu no Shika is quite a sadist. He may even kill the guy.
Kaze no Fukurô:
If you kneel down and cry to me,
...then I'll save him.
{sfx: whack whack whack}
Kaze no Fukurô:
Not a bad deal, is it?
Eh?!
Sarasa:
Ageha!
[31]
Ageha:
NO!!
Nagi:
I leave Tatara...
...in your hands.
Ageha:
Nagi didn't have to tell me that.
Ageha:
During the many long years I spent wandering the desert,
Ageha:
...I've been...
[32]
Ageha:
...eagerly awaiting - more than anyone else - for the star of Tatara.
Ageha:
{sfx: wheeze wheeze}
Shika-san. I'm a bit of a masochist myself.
So this isn't so bad.
Mizu no Shika:
Bravo—
Ageha:
{sfx: stab}
Urgh
[33]
Kaze no Fukurô:
How about it, woman?
Sarasa:
I refuse.
Kaze no Fukurô:
Oye, Shika. Stop.
Kaze no Fukurô:
Take him and leave, woman.
You may go.
Kaze no Fukurô:
Try to escape if you want.
Kaze no Fukurô:
But woman!
If you change your mind,
...just call for me.
Kaze no Fukurô:
And I'll help.
[34]
Sarasa:
Are you okay...? Ageha...
{sfx: wrap}
I'm sorry...
Ageha:
Yeah...
Cruel treatments are something...
...I'm used to.
Sarasa:
No one should be used to such things.
Pull yourself together. Can you walk?

{sfx: hyuuuuu...} (cold wind)

{sfx: goooooo...} (echo)

Sarasa:
His face is pale...
...since he's lost a lot of blood...
Sarasa:
And he didn't sleep a wink yesterday,
...because he was trying to protect me...
[35]

{sfx: step step}

Sarasa:
I don't know who was choking me,
...but judging by the sleeve I tore off,
...he was a prisoner.
Ageha:
A kind prisoner broke my shackles.
Whatever his purpose was, I don't know.
Sarasa:
This prison...
...is swarming with spirits of the rivers and mountains.*
Voice:
It's getting cold.
[36]
Sarasa:
It's faintly bright.
Light's coming in from somewhere.
Sarasa:
And there's wind...
It's chilly...
Sarasa:
We're farther from the hotspring...
{sfx: huff huff}
Are you okay? Ageha...
Sarasa:
{sfx: hyuuu} (cold wind)
If only...
...I can get a good look at that map...!
Sarasa:
{sfx: huff huff huff}
I wish I can dream.
Sarasa:
Right now,
...underneath the brilliant...
...Okinawa sun...

{sfx: collapse}

[37]
Sarasa:
Ageha...
{sfx: wheeze wheeze}
Sarasa:
It's no good.
Sarasa:
He shouldn't move anymore.
But he can't stay in this cold place...

{sfx: hyuu...}

Sarasa:
It's cold...
[38]
Ageha:
What's...
...this nice thing...
...you're giving me...?
Sarasa:
Go to sleep.
You must be tired.
Ageha:
Nonsense...
To sleep...in such a place...
Sarasa:
It's fine.
Don't worry.
[39]
Sarasa:
Sleep.
Sarasa:
Because you're...
...very...
...important to me.
Sarasa:
Kaze no Fukurô.
Are you there?
[40]
Kaze no Fukurô:
Changed your mind?
Kaze no Fukurô:
Take him back to his cell.
Kaze no Fukurô:
You go take a bath.
Kaze no Fukurô:
This is my personal hotspring bath.
Scrub yourself clean.
{sfx: saaaa...} (running water)
Sarasa:
{sfx: heh}
Kaze no Fukurô:
What's so funny?
Sarasa:
Being in a hotspring,
...with this Shuri look-alike...
[41]
Kaze no Fukurô:
Hurry up.
{sfx: flap}
{sfx: saaa...} (running water)
Sarasa:
I can see the map...
If only just a little clearer...
Kaze no Fukurô:
Oye, Shika.
Kaze no Fukurô:
What're you going to do with that guy?
Mizu no Shika:
There's no other way. I'll probably use the water punishment...
Sarasa:
Water punishment...?!
[42]
Shirasu:
Ageha, you okay?
You're all worn out.
Where'd you go?
Ageha:
Don't touch me.
Shirasu:
Oh.
Ageha:
Don't think you can touch me so easily.
Asagi:
What happened to Tatara?
What'd you do, Ageha? You don't look yourself.
Ageha:
Asagi.
Ageha:
Why have you been so grumpy?
Let me guess.
Ageha:
It's because you don't know what to do, right?
[43]
Ageha:
You want to protect Tatara,
...but you don't want to act like me.
That's why you're confused.
Ageha:
Until now, you've only been looking down on everything.
This is the first time you're on equal footing with others.
Ageha:
That's why you don't know what to do.
Right?!
Asagi:
Well,
...I just want Tatara to live.

{sfx: gugugu...} (menacing atmosphere)

{sfx: dododo...} (pounding)

Man:
Wha...
What's this?!
{sfx: dododo...} (pounding)
Voice:
{sfx: splash}
Wah?!
[44]
Voices:
{sfx: zaaa....} (rushing water)
What's this? Water?!
It's cold.
Shirasu:
"Brow-burning danger."*
The water punishment, huh...
(Note: Another one of Shirasu's sayings. I think this one means "immediate danger," as in the fire is so close it's burning your eyebrows.)
{sfx: waah—} (roar of a crowd)
Ageha:
{sfx: grumble}
What's that, Shirasu?
Shirasu:
{sfx: dododo...} (pounding water)
That's Mizu no Shika's favorite punishment.
Shirasu:
This cell will be completely...
...filled with ice-cold water.
Sarasa:
I knew it.
I knew he wouldn't save him.
Mizu no Shika & Kaze no Fukurô:
Cheers
Sarasa:
I've got to find a place to escape.
Where...
{sfx: saaaa} (rushing water)
Where...
[45]
Sarasa:
Even though water keeps pouring,
{sfx: saaaa} (rushing water)
...the spring...
...doesn't overflow...

{sfx: splash}

Kaze no Fukurô:
{sfx: flap}
Oye, can I come in now?
Kaze no Fukurô:
.....
Where'd she go?!
Sarasa:
It's...
...narrow...!
Voices:
{sfx: dododo...} (pounding water)
Gyaah.
{sfx: zaaaa} (rushing water)
Shit—
Feels like my feet are cut off.
What are we going to do—
[46]
Shirasu:
I guess there's no other way.
Man:
What do you have in mind, boss?
{sfx: dododo...} (pounding water)
Shirasu:
It's earlier than I'd planned,
...but we're already "staring down the abyss."
I don't want to drown to death.
Men:
Alright.

{sfx: dodo...} (pounding water)

{sfx: jab jab}

{sfx: pop}

Shirasu:
"Many a little makes a mickle."
A load a day can shave a boulder.
I don't know how many years it took.
Here.
[47]
Shirasu:
This is the map.
I copied this by stealing...
...glances at Mizu no Shika's map.
{sfx: rustle}
Nanao:
Yay—
I knew we can count on you.
No wonder you're the boss.
Shirasu:
So can I cop a little feel?
Ageha:
Shirasu.
Ageha:
I heard we need 4 sheets of map...
Shirasu:
"Man does his best and God will do the rest,"
...right?
Man:
Oh
Okay, everyone. Let's go!
Voice:
Ageha-san, can you walk?
Give me your hand.
Ageha:
...!
[48]
Ageha:
What happened to that sleeve?
Nanao:
Oh this?
I accidently ripped it with a pickaxe during work.
Ageha:
The one who attacked Tatara...
...is him.
Ageha:
This friendly smiley guy.
Who's he working for...?!
Carry me.

{sfx: huff huff cough cough}

{sfx: zaaaa...} (rushing water)

[49]
Vertical Tamutamu Time (1)

Hayato's Biography—
A Day in the Life of Hayato
Morning
Hayato: Good morning!
He's very energetic, so he gets up right away.
Born on April 10th.
An Aries. Bloodtype O.
He's one year younger than Sarasa, so he's still 15.
He'll grow taller in the future.

If his hair is down, it'll look like this?
Hayato: Suits me?

TAMU
Sarasa:
Sa... Saved.
{sfx: wheeze wheeze cough cough}
{sfx: zaaaaa...} (rushing water)
Sarasa:
I don't know where to go,
...but I'll just head towards the warmer direction.
{sfx: huff huff}
Sarasa:
{sfx: huff huff}
I hear people...
{sfx: step}
[50]
Sarasa:
Asagi?!
Asagi:
Tatara?!
What...
Sarasa:
Where's Ageha?!
Asagi:
Everyone escaped from the cell,
...and they're all heading that way.
Sarasa:
Escaped?!
...Then what're you doing here?
Asagi:
Watching out from behind.
Sarasa:
There's no one here now, let's go.
{sfx: step step}
Asagi:
Oh...
{sfx: stagger...}
Sarasa:
Does everyone know the way?
{sfx: step step}
Asagi:
Shirasu has a map.
He copied it from Mizu no Shika.
Sarasa:
Map...
But it's only one piece...
[51]
Asagi:
Tatara...
Did Kaze no Fukurô say anything to you?
Sarasa:
....
Sarasa:
Asagi...
Does the Red King and Kaze no Fukurô...
...look alike?
Asagi:
Absolutely...
...not.
[52]
Sarasa:
...Oh?
Really...
Asagi:
Ah, I forgot something.
You go ahead.
Sarasa:
Oh...
Well hurry up.
Sarasa:
It should be okay, right...?
{sfx: step step step}
I better go stop everyone...
Sarasa:
That overly self-confident Kaze no Fukurô.
The map has 4 sheets...!
Sarasa:
Having only 1 piece...
...won't help at all.
[53]
Guard:
Go search! There're many escapees.
They should be lost somewhere around here.
Asagi:
Ageha was right.
I was a bit confused.
Asagi:
{sfx: stagger...}
{sfx: clang}
Hey,
...Mizu no Shika.
Asagi:
But thanks to him,
...I know what to do now.
Asagi:
If I tell you where those guys went,
...will you be my ally?

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