MERMAID MELODY PICHI PICHI PITCH Text translation, chapter 14. Original story by Yokote Michiko Manga artwork by Hanamori Pink Translation by Kotetsu, not to be redistributed without permission! Archived at http://www.boukenshin.net/pitch/ Translator's Notes: This is my first time translating a manga, and I'm not yet a very advanced student of Japanese, hence, there are bound to be mistakes. I tried my best to faithfully translate as much as I could, but there were parts where characters spoke using slang words that weren't in any of my dictionaries. Still, I think I got the gist of what I didn't understand. I didn't bother to translate sound effects, nor the words appearing on every sign, nor all of the [small text] words in the story. For purists, I know, this is a tragedy. But I chose to go for expediency, which means that I've translated only dialogue and *most* of the [small text] passages, at least the ones particularly cute and/or important to the story. I am also not entirely faithful to the punctuation in the original. Mainly, there are places where I have added punctuation, since the original Japanese dialogue consisted of long, convoluted constructions, which would not make sense in English without the addition of punctuation. Terms of address (like "Onee-chan," which means "Older Sister") and meaningless exclamations (like "Kyaa!") have also been left untranslated. ---------------------- Translation Key! This is spoken speech. [small text] comes before a translation of those tiny, scribbly words sometimes found floating inside or outside a word bubble. ** denotes a panel in which nothing is said. (1) is footnote #1. (2) is footnote #2, etc. Footnotes come immediately after the passages that they refer to. Pages are separated by a dotted line. ---------------------- MERMAID MELODY PICHI PICHI PITCH Episode 14 ---------------------- Kaito: "...Your sincere feelings will absolutely reach that person." "It's all right. Because your feelings will absolutely get through to them." Luchia: ---------------------- Hanon: Aan, this is so gross~~ What is this fish doing?! [small text] We must be in the deep sea by now. Hanon: [small text] Where do you think you're touching me?! Rina: ...The harp's sound has become increasingly louder. It must mean that we're approaching Karen. Luchia: ...Right. <"Now go. This harp is another part of me."> <"Believe in the heart of your friend, and the sound of this harp will lead you to her."> ---------------------- ** Kaito: Kaito: Kaito: ....... ---------------------- Gakuto: Hu hu... What do you think, Sara? This is a present for you. Sara: ...... Sara: But the most important thing, the pearl, is gone. Gakuto: Don't worry. It is as good as within our hands already. And more importantly-- Sara: Do not say such a thing until after we have gathered all of the pearls. ---------------------- Gakuto: This is... Aqua Regina's melody! I knew it. They have come... Gakuto: Well, then, I must attend to preparations for the party, so I will have to excuse myself. Please return to the inner part of the castle. Sara: Hu hu... Will it really go as he plans? Servant: Sara-sama... Maria: It looks as though Gakuto-sama is showing off the new princess to someone, down in the grand hall. Izuuru: What?! Impossible... [small text] That woman with the stole... Eriru: Wha~~at, wha~~at? Yuuri: Shh! Everyone, Gakuto-sama is calling us. ---------------------- ???: It's here...! But the castle is moving...?! ???: That's why nobody could find it before... Rina: We finally made it. Hanon: I can never forget what it felt like, the day that my kingdom was destroyed! Let's go!! Mermaids: ---------------------- Voice: Hu hu... In this castle, those pearls will not work! Aqua Regina's power is also useless... Luchia: The strings of the harp... They disappeared?! Hanon: And the pearls... They're not responding! Yuuri: Welcome, welcome, mermaid princess-sama. Eriru: Please enter thi~~is way. Hanon: Wait a minute! Who do you think you're mocking...?! Rina: ---Be quiet! We are happy to hear your polite greeting. Please guide us. Yuuri: What's this? There actually is somebody here who can give us words of greeting in return? ---------------------- Gakuto: Welcome, most courageous princesses. I'm sorry about the darkness. Gakuto: Honestly. Aqua Regina is such a troublesome woman. She sealed us away within the deep sea, and thus we in turn must now make trouble for the princesses... Gakuto: Hun. We've worked so hard to prepare this party for you, and yet, your appearance is so... Luchia: ...What are you doing?! ---------------------- Princesses: ........! Gakuto: You should not be surprised. I am the almighty prince of this castle... Gakuto: And, depending on your cooperation, the rest of the ocean will also agree to our eventual control of this world... Rina: ...What do you mean? ---------------------- Gakuto: I'm offering you a deal. Hand over your pearls to me. And then, you must cooperate in the ceremony that will allow us to take back our stolen power, we, the Panthalassa Clan who were sealed by Aqua Regina. When the ritual is complete, I will allow your friend, and all of you, to leave safely and freely. Hanon: ...Hun!! What sort of plot are you scheming?! Luchia: Where's Karen? Where's Noel?! Where's the Princess of the South Pacific Ocean?! Gakuto: ...Those fish are still alive, and still quite fresh. Luchia: Karen!! ---------------------- Hanon: ...There's no deal to be made! Luchia: Because we're going to shatter your ambitions! Gakuto: Since you have refused my offer... I shall *slowly* show you three the extent of my hospitality. BBSisters: It's show time!! Luchia: Hanon! Rina! Hanon: Kyaaaaa! Rina: Luchia! Hanon! Gakuto: Hu hu... ---------------------- Hanon: Where am I...? Izuuru: Your opponent is me!! Hanon: Kya-------! Hanon: Yaaaaan! Pervert! Servant: Princess-sama, this way! Hanon: Who are you...? ---------------------- Rina: Ku... ** Rina: Karen...! Can you hear me?! I'm going to save you no matter what...Ku! Karen: ** ---------------------- Luchia: Luchia: This room...? Sara: ...Oh, you've already come all the way in here. Luchia: ...Who are you?! Are you also a sea monster?! Sara: I am not any sort of thing like that. ---------------------- Sara: ...Ara. You're carrying something quite beautiful, aren't you? Sara: Is it perhaps from Aqua Regina? Sara: But a harp without strings is just a piece of garbage... And also, did Aqua Regina tell you that since you believe in what she called "the power of love," you will be able to play that harp? Aqua Regina... is powerless here. She's nothing but a ghost in the ocean... Luchia: This has nothing to do with you...! Sara: Oh, that's right... Well, then, farewell, Pink Princess-sama. ---------------------- ** ** Kaito: ...Ch. I'm still not entirely back to normal. ** Kaito: A sakura shell---...(1) (1) ["Sakuragai" = a pink-colored seashell. "Sakura" refers to pink-colored cherry blossoms.] ---------------------- Luchia: Rina: STOP IT!! Luchia: Sheshe: Well, I wonder where the princesses could be?! Mimi: Let's sing hard enough so that it will vibrate throughout the entire castle!! Luchia: Uu.... Luchia: Ah.... ---------------------- Rina: You... You must be Gakuto...! Gakuto: Hu hu... Luchia: RINA! Gakuto: Oh, your friend has come to save you. Rina: ...Luchia!! Don't come any closer! ---------------------- Luchia: Eriru: Lo~ok what I found~! I picked it up on my way he~re. Eriru: ...Are you ready? U hu hu. Luchia: <---Isn't there something I can do?> <...Please tell me, Kaito...> ---------------------- Luchia: <---Kaito!> Kaito: ...Luchia's voice...? Kaito: Could she be....? ** ---------------------- Luchia: ** Hanon: What are you doing, Luchia?! You believe in Aqua Regina-sama, don't you? Eriru: Aah, what are you doing?! ** Luchia: ! Sheshe: You've done a quite troublesome thing, Aqua Princess-sama. ---------------------- Luchia: Hanon! Hanon: Don't worry about me, just play that harp! Luchia: Sheshe: You're telling her to play, even though there are no strings? You're an absurd child, aren't you... Hanon: It's not absurd... Luchia! Rina: She's right! Believe in Aqua Regina-sama, and play that harp! Luchia: But... Sara: What a shame, isn't it? Aqua Regina... ---------------------- Luchia: Hanon/Rina: BELIEVE, LUCHIA!! ** Kaito: "It's all right. Because your feelings will absolutely get through to them." Luchia: ---------------------- Luchia: Mermaids: ---------------------- Gakuto: What...! There are strings?! Impossible... Does this mean that their combined power can overcome my own power?! ** ** Aqua Regina: ...You have done well. Because you believed in each other, you were able to play the harp and summon me. Mermaids: AQUA REGINA-SAMA!! ---------------------- Aqua Regina: Now sing, princesses. ---------------------- Aqua Regina: Combine your hearts into one. Mermaids: ...Right! With a pichi pichi voice, LIVE START! ---------------------- Luchia: Maria: Kyaa! ** Karen: Karen: Let's go, Noel! Noel: You must be... Karen?! ---------------------- Karen: You too. Hurry! Sara: You? Are you leaving? Yellow Mermaid: ...Sara... Sara: ...You foolish girl. Sara: ...The seven princesses will never be together. The same way that none can hear the sound from that harp... ---------------------- Gakuto: Ch...! You've been set loose, have you...? ** Noel: Look out, Karen! ** Noel: Kyaaa! Karen: NOEL! ---------------------- Gakuto: Hu hu... In the end, it finally was a fun party, wasn't it. Noel: Run, Karen... Gakuto: I will reunite you together again, soon. As part of my collection... Karen: NOEL----! ---------------------- Karen: I have to go! Noel was taken in place of me...! Rina: Stop it, Karen!! Karen: Let me go! You don't understand anything about what it feels like--- Karen: ...You... Perhaps, was it the same as what happened to you...? Rina: Even if it's hard right now... As long as you believe, Aqua Regina will guide us, so... There'll be another chance! Aqua Regina: That is true, Princess... When the seven of you believe together, a power much stronger than what you have now will certainly be born. Especially in times of hardship and suffering, you must go on living strongly... ---------------------- Aqua Regina: The princesses are everybody's hope... Your strength and your kindness are the light that guides this world. Therefore never give up, never despair... Luchia: ...Someday we will definitely save those two! Mermaids: That's right... All of us, together... Right?! Karen: You guys... ...Right. ---------------------- ** Hanon: But really~~~! In the end, Karen still said that she would search for Noel herself, of all the nerve~~~ Luchia: Ye~~~ah. Rina: But when she finds Noel's whereabouts, she said that she would tell us then. [small text] That's just like her, isn't it? Hanon: You mean that sort of condition is okay?! Hanon: [small text] Honestly, Karen is so-- Luchia: [small text] Hey, hey, Hanon. Kaito: Yo, Luchia. Luchia: Kaito: Yesterday, you-- Luchia: ? Kaito: Um, nothing. Here, I'll give this to you. ---------------------- Luchia: ** Luchia: ...But why? ---------------------- Luchia: ...No. Never mind. I'll treasure it! <...Hey, Kaito.> ---------------------- Kaito: You're really that happy? [small text] You weird girl. Gakuto: ...I will not let you go free. I am the almighty prince of the deep sea. I will return you all to the way you were, as I did with this castle. And then---...