Hakuouki Manga Prologue Translation
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P1.
Chizuru's father: Sorry Chizuru, I have to leave for the capital in a hurry.
Chizuru's father: I'll try to write to you there as much as I can.
Chizuru: Alright...it's a promise, okay?
Despite telling me so, it has been a month since I've lost contact with my father---
The twelveth month of the third year of Bunkyou...
I have arrived the capital in search of my father's whereabouts
Chizuru: This is the capital...!
P2.
Although I have dressed up looking like a boy because it's dangerous for a girl to walk around alone......
At a time like this, nothing would be as pressing as the situation I have before me...
Man: Hold on there, lil' boy!
Chizuru: !
Man: You've got a pretty nice sword over there, even though you're just a kid
Man: How about handing it over to me?
This is an important kodachi [short/small sword] given to me by my father...
I will never let go of this no matter what!!
Man: !!
Man: Go after him!!
P3.
*pants*
Huh....
I thought the sound of footsteps is coming after me...
It stopped...?
What exactly is going----
Man: GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Chizuru: What the?!
P4.
Shinsengumi personnel: *wheezing*
A light blue haori [Japanese formal coat]...
Shinsengumi personnel: Blood...
Shinsengumi personnel: More blood...
The ronins who were after me----!!
Shinsengumi personnel: Your blood is mine!
I'm gonna get killed!
P5.
At that moment, the moonlight that reflected and traced the contour of the sword reminds me of the flower petals dancing in the wind
P6-7
It was as though
Okita: Saitou-kun, there you are executing your job in a quick and smooth manner.
It is an off-season blooming cherry blossom......
Saitou: I was just doing what I was assigned to do.
-The faint colored yozakura that is melancholy yet blooming beautifully -
-Its spirits resemble that of a moon of indifference-
P8.
Hijikata: Hey you over there
Hijikata: Don't move, stay still
Hijikata: I'll kill you if you turn your back against me
Okita: Oh?
Okita: You're not going to get on with it anymore, Hijiakata-san?
Okita: This kid saw everything
Okita: That happened just now...
Hijikata: Stop your nonsense
Hijikata: We have no business here anymore
Hijikata: Anyway, let's bring him along with us to our quarters
Okita: Alright alright
Chizuru: Ooh...Father......
P9.
It would be great if everything that had happened is just a horrible nightmare
Shinsengumi personnel: Are you awake?
Shinsengumi personnel: We're going to have you moved to the hall
Shinsengumi personnel: The captains are having a discussion about you right now
Shinsengumi personnel: Here, we've arrived
???: But really, we shouldn't do any meaningless killings...
???: He saw it though...
Shinsengumi personnel: Sorry to have you all waiting
P10.
Toudou: Oh, so he's the guy we've been talking about
Toudou: He's so small and short, what a kid
Harada: Isn't he just like you, Heisuke?
Toudou: Wha-Not at all!
P11.
Kondou: Well, let's have a seat first
Kondou: I'm the leader of the Shinsengumi, Kondou Isamu!
Kondou: And Toshi right there is the second in command...
Hijikata: Hey, why are you telling him all these things
"Shinsengumi"
I recognized them as soon as I saw their haori...but this...
Okita: Speaking of what happened last night...
Okita: Why don't we kill him before things get difficult?
Harada: That's right
Harada: Dying bravely is also a way of man
Chizuru: P-please wait!
P12.
Chizuru: I can't be killed right here right now...
Chizuru: There is something that I must accomplish!
Hijikata: Hmph, what do you think a young girl like you
Hijikata: Can accomplish by dressing up like a boy?
Chizuru: That's...
Chizuru: Eh?
Chizuru: Did you
Chizuru: Just called me
Chizuru: A young girl?
P13
Chizuru: You've already realized I'm a girl?
Toudou: A GIRLLLLL?
Toudou: NO WAY!!
Saitou: If you look closely, you'll find out...
Saitou: My ears hurt
Okita: She's a girl no matter how you look at it
Harada: Yep, that's what she is
Kondou+Nagakura: We didn't realize that at all!
Okita: Well, whatever you are, man or woman, it has nothing to do with what we're discussing
Kondou: Hmph, let's continue on with our discussion
Toudou: Yeah, we hafta take the ropes off her -since she's a girl-
Nagakura: I'll bring in the tea too -since she's a girl-
Okita: Wow, you guys are so lewd
P14
Chizuru: My name is Yukimura Chizuru.
Chizuru: I came to the capital seeking my father...
Chizuru: My father is a doctor* called Yukimura Koudou
* specifically, her father is a doctor with overseas experience in Netherlands
Hijikata: !!
Hijikata: What did you say?
Chizuru: !?
Chizuru: Y-you know my father?
Kondou: Yukimura-kun
Kondou: In fact, we are looking for the whereabouts of your father as well
P15.
Kondou: Don't worry, we're are not going to kill him
Kondou: We're on the same side working for the Bakufu, it's just that we've lost track of him awhile ago
Okita: We wouldn't be killing you since you're the daughter of that doctor
Hijikata: There's nothing we can do for now
Hijikata: But if you agree to forget about what you've seen last night, we will protect you right here until we've locate your father
Kondou: And we will make the very best effort to help you locate your father
Is father involved with the Shinsengumi...?
And I don't even have any idea what had happened last night...
Nagakura: But if we were to explain to others and saying that she's one of us...
Toudou: Why don't we just label her as Hijikata's page?
Harada: In that sense we'll have a flower blooming in our quarters!
Hijikata: You people should cease these nonsense chatting
P18
Hijikata: Listen!
Hijikata: From now on, you'll be entrusted to us, the Shinsengumi
Hijikata: However, if you take the liberty of acting on your own
Hijikata: Depending on the situation, we may not allow you to live any longer
And then, with many different anxieties placed upon my chest
My life with them has begun
P19
Although I have no idea what may unfold
I will try the best I can...!!
P1.
Chizuru's father: Sorry Chizuru, I have to leave for the capital in a hurry.
Chizuru's father: I'll try to write to you there as much as I can.
Chizuru: Alright...it's a promise, okay?
Despite telling me so, it has been a month since I've lost contact with my father---
The twelveth month of the third year of Bunkyou...
I have arrived the capital in search of my father's whereabouts
Chizuru: This is the capital...!
P2.
Although I have dressed up looking like a boy because it's dangerous for a girl to walk around alone......
At a time like this, nothing would be as pressing as the situation I have before me...
Man: Hold on there, lil' boy!
Chizuru: !
Man: You've got a pretty nice sword over there, even though you're just a kid
Man: How about handing it over to me?
This is an important kodachi [short/small sword] given to me by my father...
I will never let go of this no matter what!!
Man: !!
Man: Go after him!!
P3.
*pants*
Huh....
I thought the sound of footsteps is coming after me...
It stopped...?
What exactly is going----
Man: GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Chizuru: What the?!
P4.
Shinsengumi personnel: *wheezing*
A light blue haori [Japanese formal coat]...
Shinsengumi personnel: Blood...
Shinsengumi personnel: More blood...
The ronins who were after me----!!
Shinsengumi personnel: Your blood is mine!
I'm gonna get killed!
P5.
At that moment, the moonlight that reflected and traced the contour of the sword reminds me of the flower petals dancing in the wind
P6-7
It was as though
Okita: Saitou-kun, there you are executing your job in a quick and smooth manner.
It is an off-season blooming cherry blossom......
Saitou: I was just doing what I was assigned to do.
-The faint colored yozakura that is melancholy yet blooming beautifully -
-Its spirits resemble that of a moon of indifference-
P8.
Hijikata: Hey you over there
Hijikata: Don't move, stay still
Hijikata: I'll kill you if you turn your back against me
Okita: Oh?
Okita: You're not going to get on with it anymore, Hijiakata-san?
Okita: This kid saw everything
Okita: That happened just now...
Hijikata: Stop your nonsense
Hijikata: We have no business here anymore
Hijikata: Anyway, let's bring him along with us to our quarters
Okita: Alright alright
Chizuru: Ooh...Father......
P9.
It would be great if everything that had happened is just a horrible nightmare
Shinsengumi personnel: Are you awake?
Shinsengumi personnel: We're going to have you moved to the hall
Shinsengumi personnel: The captains are having a discussion about you right now
Shinsengumi personnel: Here, we've arrived
???: But really, we shouldn't do any meaningless killings...
???: He saw it though...
Shinsengumi personnel: Sorry to have you all waiting
P10.
Toudou: Oh, so he's the guy we've been talking about
Toudou: He's so small and short, what a kid
Harada: Isn't he just like you, Heisuke?
Toudou: Wha-Not at all!
P11.
Kondou: Well, let's have a seat first
Kondou: I'm the leader of the Shinsengumi, Kondou Isamu!
Kondou: And Toshi right there is the second in command...
Hijikata: Hey, why are you telling him all these things
"Shinsengumi"
I recognized them as soon as I saw their haori...but this...
Okita: Speaking of what happened last night...
Okita: Why don't we kill him before things get difficult?
Harada: That's right
Harada: Dying bravely is also a way of man
Chizuru: P-please wait!
P12.
Chizuru: I can't be killed right here right now...
Chizuru: There is something that I must accomplish!
Hijikata: Hmph, what do you think a young girl like you
Hijikata: Can accomplish by dressing up like a boy?
Chizuru: That's...
Chizuru: Eh?
Chizuru: Did you
Chizuru: Just called me
Chizuru: A young girl?
P13
Chizuru: You've already realized I'm a girl?
Toudou: A GIRLLLLL?
Toudou: NO WAY!!
Saitou: If you look closely, you'll find out...
Saitou: My ears hurt
Okita: She's a girl no matter how you look at it
Harada: Yep, that's what she is
Kondou+Nagakura: We didn't realize that at all!
Okita: Well, whatever you are, man or woman, it has nothing to do with what we're discussing
Kondou: Hmph, let's continue on with our discussion
Toudou: Yeah, we hafta take the ropes off her -since she's a girl-
Nagakura: I'll bring in the tea too -since she's a girl-
Okita: Wow, you guys are so lewd
P14
Chizuru: My name is Yukimura Chizuru.
Chizuru: I came to the capital seeking my father...
Chizuru: My father is a doctor* called Yukimura Koudou
* specifically, her father is a doctor with overseas experience in Netherlands
Hijikata: !!
Hijikata: What did you say?
Chizuru: !?
Chizuru: Y-you know my father?
Kondou: Yukimura-kun
Kondou: In fact, we are looking for the whereabouts of your father as well
P15.
Kondou: Don't worry, we're are not going to kill him
Kondou: We're on the same side working for the Bakufu, it's just that we've lost track of him awhile ago
Okita: We wouldn't be killing you since you're the daughter of that doctor
Hijikata: There's nothing we can do for now
Hijikata: But if you agree to forget about what you've seen last night, we will protect you right here until we've locate your father
Kondou: And we will make the very best effort to help you locate your father
Is father involved with the Shinsengumi...?
And I don't even have any idea what had happened last night...
Nagakura: But if we were to explain to others and saying that she's one of us...
Toudou: Why don't we just label her as Hijikata's page?
Harada: In that sense we'll have a flower blooming in our quarters!
Hijikata: You people should cease these nonsense chatting
P18
Hijikata: Listen!
Hijikata: From now on, you'll be entrusted to us, the Shinsengumi
Hijikata: However, if you take the liberty of acting on your own
Hijikata: Depending on the situation, we may not allow you to live any longer
And then, with many different anxieties placed upon my chest
My life with them has begun
P19
Although I have no idea what may unfold
I will try the best I can...!!