MERMAID MELODY PICHI PICHI PITCH Text translation, chapter 21. 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: 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. ---------------------- Lucia: Lucia: ---------------------- MERMAID MELODY PICHI PICHI PITCH Episode 21 ---------------------- Lucia: Lucia: ...Kya! ---------------------- Kaito: Were you planning to do something to me while I was sleeping? You've become quite a pervert, Lucia. Lucia: Wha...! Lucia: Stu-Stupid stupid-head!! Let me go!! ---------------------- Kaito: I'll never let you go again. Lucia: Lucia: ---------------------- Kaito: Lucia, I'm returning to Hawaii! Lucia: Eh? Kaito: Don't worry, it's just because I want to compete in one tournament only. I'll return in time for the new school semester. Kaito: I want to test my own abilities, not as the king of the Panthalassa, but as myself, with my own talents. Lucia: Lucia: Kaito: ...Lucia. ---------------------- Lucia: [small text] Suuu... [Note: the sound of breathing in one's sleep.] Lucia: Voice: Are you the princess who will protect me? Lucia: Who's there?! Voice: Me? You'll understand very soon. [small text] U hu hu. ** Sara: Lucia... Please be careful. Protect this child from those terrible wings... Lucia: <"This child"...? And more importantly - this is Sara...?!> ---------------------- Lucia: Sara... Kaito: Lucia, are you awake? Lucia:

Kaito: If you hadn't woken up, I wouldn't be able to leave for the airport. Lucia: ! Lucia: ---------------------- Kaito: Don't make that face at me. Of course I feel sad. ** Kaito: Well, if you really can't stand to be apart from me, can't you just swim all the way over to Hawaii? Lucia: I'll be fine! It's just for a week! Lucia: ---------------------- Hanon: Lucia! Lucia: Good morning! Hanon, Rina! Hanon: Don't you dare "good morning" me!! After we sent off Mitsuki-sensei and Kaito-kun, you said that you would walk Kaito home and then you did but you never came back! That's too sly!!! Hanon: I offered to walk Sensei home, but he refused me... ---------------------- Mitsuki: Everyone, a lot of stuff happened, and, well, thank you all for taking care of me. Hanon: Sensei, do your best. Hanon: I... I really loved Sensei's music. It gave me courage, and it made me feel something warm and gentle. I... Sensei, I... ** Mitsuki: Houshou-san, this song is... Late last night, I was finally able to finish it. Hanon: ---------------------- Hanon: Ta-rou-cha-n, this is Hanon's feeling. Rina: [small text] Wa!! Lucia: [small text] Where'd she kiss him?! Mitsuki: ...Houshou-san... Hanon: Sensei... Hanon: Lucia! Rina! Look, look at this! Music: Goddess of Peace Dedicated to the Aquamarine Mermaid Lucia: That's wonderful, Hanon. ---------------------- Kaito: I'm going to be gone for one week, so... Please take care of her for me. Rina: Sure. Rina: Since it's an order from the prince of the ocean, I have no choice, right? Riiiight, Ouji-sama? Kaito: Don't call me "Ouji"!! Rina: No... You will always be a prince. In Lucia's eyes. Kaito: ..... ---------------------- Kaito: See you later, Lucia. Lucia: Right. Do your best! ** Kaito: Hey, hey, isn't it just for one week?! Lucia: I know that, but... ** ---------------------- Lucia: Ah... ** Kaito: I'll give you this. Kaito: I'm going to be bringing home a big trophy, but the first place that I want to return to is where you are. So you can wait for me there. Lucia: ---------------------- Hanon: He's gone... Tarou-chan. ** Rina: Rina: Rina: Hamasaki! Hamasaki: Rina-chan! ---------------------- Hamasaki: I see... Rina-chan also has to return to her home country. Rina: Yeah. Rina: I always prayed that this day would come, and yet it really will be difficult to say goodbye to my friends. Hamasaki: ..... Hamasaki: But I thought that I had a special tie to you. Won't you at least give it a try? If we accidentally meet each other one more time, then let's go out on a date. ** Rina: Okay... Only if we meet each other one more time. ---------------------- ** Hanon: Geez! I already told you, I'm not interested in little boys! Boy: But I'm not a little boy! And nothing can change my feelings for you! Hanon: Besides, I'm going to be moving away soon. Boy: Moving where?! Tell me! Hanon: It's a place where someone like you absolutely can't come! Boy: You can trust me! I'll be there for you even if it's a long-distance love! Hippo: Oh, Hanon-san. Who is that? ---------------------- Boy: A PENGUIN?! Hanon: Hippo! Hanon: You're so slow! Honestly! Hippo: Oou! Hanon: My friends are waiting, so I have to go. Boy: Ah! [small text] Wait! ** Boy: ...Sheet music? ---------------------- [2-page spread] Lucia: ** Lucia: Kya...! ** Man: Are you all right? ---------------------- Lucia: Lucia: Ah. Lucia: I-I'm so sorry! Man: Man 2: Here you are, Maestro! If we don't hurry up, the arrangement will be-- Man: I know. ---------------------- Man: More importantly, how goes the search for a house in Japan? Man 2: Please wait just a little longer. It will be difficult, but we can certainly find a house that matches your conditions. Man: This is for Michal's sake. Compromises are un- acceptable. Background person: [small text] Isn't that Amagi Rihito?! Written on music: Conductor [Note: As in "orchestra conductor."] Amagi Rihito Lucia: Lucia: [small text] ---------------------- ** Hanon: I'm not kidding! Even though he was just a little brat, he still tried to pick me up. Don't you think that ten years old is a little too young for that sort of thing?! Hanon: I knew it. The most attractive men are always adults. Rina: Hey, you... And right after such an emotional parting with Mitsuki-sensei... You're not really one who should understand whether older men are good or not. Lucia: EH! Lucia: Rina, if you can say something like that, does that mean that you saw *that guy* again?! Rina: You saw us?! Lucia/Hanon: S-U-S-P-I-C-I-O-U-S! Rina: It is NOT suspicious!! [small text] The way that you're spying on me is what's really suspicious! Luchia: Come on Hanon, you were way too worked up. If you can sing a little bit of the melody that Mitsuki-sensei gave you, maybe then you'll calm down. Hanon: Hmm, about that~~ That sheet music is... ---------------------- Hanon: AAAAAAAH! I dropped sensei's sheet music at the airport--! Lucia/Rina: You dropped it? Hanon: Kyaaaa! Iyaaaaan! Where is it, where is it?! Hanon: I'm calling the airport right now! Lucia: Hanon, towel! You have to dry off, or your feet and legs won't come back! Hanon: Yaaan! It's true! Hippo: WHAT'S WRONG?! Hippo: AH! Hanon: IYAAAAAAAN! PERVERT---!!! ---------------------- Hanon: ...Where's Lucia? Rina: It looks like she went outside. Hanon: We can't stay here much longer, not anymore. Rina: But... I want to be here for her, at least until Kaito-kun comes back. Hanon: Rina, are you really all right? About that boy. Rina: You mean Hamasaki? Yeah... I made a little bet with him. Hanon: A bet? Rina: And what about you, Hanon? About that sheet music? Hanon: It never showed up at the lost and found... But it's all right. Because I already received Tarou- chan's feelings. Hanon: More important, when should we tell Lucia...? Rina: Good question... ---------------------- Lucia: Lucia: Sara's pearl is--?! Voice: Ara ara, are you crying? You big crybaby. Lucia: You again? Who are you? Voice: I'm scared. No! Don't come near me! Lucia: (1) (1) [Literally, "being forced to fade away."] Lucia: ---------------------- Shadowy Figure: Greetings, mermaid princess. Lucia: Who are you? Are you the one who drove away that child's voice? Shadowy Figure: Hu hu... A lovely voice, wasn't it? [small text] Kusu kusu. All because I was able to absorb that boy's powers... ---------------------- Lucia: ...Why do you know about us? Who's "that boy"?! Shadowy Figure: If I answer, will you become my ally? If you refuse, then shall I partake of your power as well? [small text] Kusu kusu kusu. Shadowy Figure: Uh! Shadowy Figure: ...It seems as though I used a bit too much of my power.... We shall meet again, mermaid princess. Lucia: ---------------------- [2-page spread] ** Lucia: Hey, Hippo! I have something I need to ask you! Just now I-- Nikora: ...Lucia! Hippo: Lucia-san, where were you?! Nikora: Lucia... Will you calm down and listen? TV: Continuing with the news of the naval disaster in Hawaii. On Screen: MISSING PERSON Doumoto Kaito (14) TV: One of those reported missing, a Japanese student, is-- Lucia: KYAAAAAAA...! ---------------------- [2-page spread] Lucia: Lucia: KAITO!!! Lucia: Kaito? Did something happen over there? Lucia: Wait...! ---------------------- Lucia: This is... a mermaid kingdom? Sara: Welcome, Lucia. Lucia: SARA!!! ---------------------- Lucia: Sara... ** Lucia: Hey, Sara! Where is this place? Where's Kaito? Kaito told me to come over here! In Hawaii, Kaito was... Sara: Calm down, Lucia. I know. But Kaito-kun is descended from the great kings of ocean... He cannot die within the ocean. Voice: Cheer up, Lucia... Lucia: That voice again...? Who's there? ---------------------- Seira: And just when I finally got to meet you... It had to be at a time when Lucia was so sad like this... Lucia: Who are you? You're the voice from before...! ---------------------- Sara: Lucia, in reality, this place is within the kingdom of the Indian Ocean. Right now, we are making preparations so that a new princess of the Indian Ocean can be born. At last, on this starry night, we were able to bring you here within your dreams. Lucia: A new princess? Sara: Lucia, listen carefully. This is the princess who will be my successor. This child's name is Seira. Now, the life breath of the Indian Ocean is forming into spheres of light. These are all gathering together within the shelter of this fountain. These spheres of light are called "fragments of the heart." They are necessary for Seira to be born, not just as a mermaid, but as a woman. Love, and friendship, and the power of belief are being gathered into the heart of this girl. (2) (2) [Literally, "impregnating the heart of this girl."] Sara: But, these spheres of light are frightened of something. Yes... There is a terrible power, capable of transcending anything. But it is not a holy power. It feels like a terrible malice... ---------------------- Lucia: A terrible malice...? <"All because I was able to absorb that boy's powers..."> <"Greetings, mermaid princess."> Sara: Now, since there are no longer all seven princesses of the seven oceans, you cannot use the power of Aqua Regina-sama. And I'm certain that Kaito-kun already... The power that he surely would have wanted to use to protect Seira is... Sara: Oh, no! Sara: Lucia, hurry and place that pearl inside the fountain...! Lucia: Eh! Hanon: It looks as though a terrible storm is coming. Rina: Yeah... ---------------------- Shadowy Figure: I felt such a strong reaction to the energy of a mermaid. As I thought, it must be the birth of a new princess... Kusu kusu kusu... ** Shadowy Figure: Yes, but this alone will not be enough. To help us bring an end to the human world, it is time to make your world, the world of a wonderful race so much like us, rise up as well. In ancient times, my race was a splendid, diverse species, just like me, and all of you mermaids. But, of all the things, those ugly humans had their own way... It sickens me. Lucia: What...? Who in the world are you? ---------------------- Shadowy Figure: My name is Michel....(3) (3) [Please see http://www.boukenshin.net/pitch/profdark02.php for notes about Michel's name.] Michel: For the sake of our shining paradise, give me your hand. This is an order from God. Lucia: NO! I won't become your ally just so that you can do such terrible things! Michel: ............ ............ To rebel against God is so very foolish... Michel: So, then, I shall partake of this child first! Lucia: SEIRA!!! ---------------------- Seira: Kyaaaa... Lucia: Michel: How wonderful. The power is flowing into my body...! This is the power of the princess of the Indian Ocean. Michel: Now, I'll also absorb this orange pearl into my body... Sara: Lucia! Catch! Michel: What?! Lucia: Sara! Sara: Save this child. The power of all seven princesses is needed once again. Take back all of the fragments of her heart! ---------------------- Michel: Ku!... Lucia: KAITO!!! Michel: You're that boy. But I should have sealed all of your power into my wings... How can you be here? Sara: Lucia... I'm going to close the way out of this dream. If you leave, those wings won't be able to come after you anymore. So please, for Seira's sake! Sara: Kyaaaa.... Lucia: SARA!!! ---------------------- Lucia: ...Kaito... Lucia: I know you're still alive. You must be... You told me to wait for you, and I will. Lucia: ...A dream? ** Lucia: It wasn't... a dream. ---------------------- ** ** Girl: That's...?! Girl: Hold on! Kaito: ...Uu... ---------------------- Rina: It's pretty, but the orange color seems strangely empty. Hanon: The princess of the Indian Ocean... Seira, huh. Lucia: I really don't understand what's going on, but anyway, because of *him*, we have no choice but to take back what was stolen from Seira. ** Hanon: Oh, dear, it looks like I'm going to have to delay returning to my own country again! Rina: So inconvenient... Lucia: Hanon? Rina? Hanon: Okay, the truth is that I was talking to Rina, and we had decided that it was time for us to return home. Rina: But now, you know... You know! Lucia: Hanon: Lucia... More importantly, did you... About Kaito-kun, you know. Lucia: Yeah... I believe in what Kaito said. No matter what, Kaito is going to come back to me! ---------------------- Rina: Hey, we're going to be late! Hanon: Honestly! It's the first day of the new semester, and Lucia *still* slept late, this is all her fault-- Lucia: But it's because Hippo didn't wake me up in time~~ Lucia: But aren't we lucky? It's our third year, and we're all together in the same class. Hanon: My fate is sealed. I'm stuck with you forever. Rina: Hey now, hey now. Lucia: <"I'll return in time for the new semester."> Lucia: Boy: ---You're still alive!! ---------------------- Kaito: It looks like you were worried about me. Class: KAITO!!! Lucia: Lucia: Kaito... Thank goodness. Kaito: ...Um, who are you? ** ---------------------- Hanon: Wait just a minute, Kaito-kun, isn't that too cruel?! Rina: Kaito, you...! Kaito: Look, I'm sorry, but... Besides my arm, it looks like I also took a bad blow to the head. I don't remember anything from the past year. Rina: You don't remember...? Classmate: H-Hey, who's that girl behind you, Kaito? Classmate: She's not very cute, is she? Classmate: Just like Kaito to bring back someone from Hawaii-- Kaito: Stop it! This girl saved my life! When I was a little boy, my mother and father drowned in a boating accident, but she saved my life... Lucia: Kaito: Don't even think of doing anything mean to her. I won't let you get away with it!! ---------------------- Hanon: What is he talking about?! Lucia is the one who saved him! Rina: Could it be that he's lost all of his memories of mermaids as well...? Girl: Kaito-kun, it's all right. Girl: I'm Amagi Michal. Pleased to meet you. Kaito-kun still hasn't fully recovered, so for the time being, he's staying in my home, with me and my older brother. Surfing is very dangerous for him, so he told me that he would quit, just for a little while. He promised me that he wouldn't risk it... [small text] Ah, I'm sorry, I must be babbling. Lucia: ---------------------- Hanon: It's great that he's back home safe and all, but I still just can't believe this! Hanon: How come he remembers all of his other classmates, but he's forgotten all about us? And going so far as to forget about Lucia... He's too cruel! [small text] And forgetting just about mermaids is weird, anyway. Rina: Stop it, Hanon! You should know better. Don't you understand what Lucia is going through...? Lucia: Honestly... What's wrong? You two are getting so angry about this. I'm fine. Hanon/Rina: ? Lucia: Kaito is safe and sound! Isn't that enough for me to be happy about?! Hanon/Rina: Lucia!! ---------------------- Michal: I never knew that your hometown was so beautiful, Kaito-kun... And this is such a wonderful house, too! Thank goodness that Onii-chan chose this house for us. Kaito: But the wind is still cold this time of year, so let's go back inside, Michal. Michal: Thank you, but I want to look at the ocean just a little bit longer. Kaito: Hey, Michal... Michal: No, sorry. You promised me that we would live together for just a little while, didn't you? Michal: ...... ---------------------- Lucia: <"Who are you?"> Lucia: Lucia: You're... the Black Beauty Sisters!!! Sheshe: Hu hu... Are you surprised? We've been resurrected by Michel-sama's power. Mimi: We don't really like you, but since we were asked so nicely, we'll make you become our friend! ** ---------------------- Lucia: Sheshe: Ara, are you crying? You poor thing. Well, then, we'll give you sweet comfort from Michel- sama's song. BBSisters: IT'S SHOW TIME!!! Lucia: Stop... it. Sheshe: Ho ho ho. Wasn't that too easy? Mimi: When we hand this over to Michel-sama... ---------------------- Hanon/Rina: We won't let you!!! Hanon: We thought that you had turned back into fish! Persistent, aren't you? Rina: Really. Hanon/Rina: STUPID LUCIA!!! Lucia: ! Hanon: If you push yourself too hard... You'll just get yourself in trouble! Pull yourself together! Rina: That's right. If you're just putting on an act, you know that we can see right through it! Lucia: Michel: The power of the mermaids has increased...? Sheshe: Michel-sama's song is--! ---------------------- Hanon/Rina: Henshin, now! Lucia, let's go! Idols: With a pichi pichi voice, LIVE START! Sheshe: Uuu... Why is Michel-sama's melody gone--?! Mimi: Aaaaa! ** ---------------------- [2-page spread] Michel: How very foolish... Mermaid princesses. You seem determined to revolt against me. No matter how beautiful you look on the outside, inside you are just like humans... Filthy. Unclean. Lucia: Lucia: ...No matter what, I'm not going to hand over this precious pearl to you! Michel: Oh my, oh my. What a shame... Michel: ---------------------- Sheshe/Mimi?: Michel-sama! ** Lucia: Lucia: Hanon, Rina, thank you! Seira: ---------------------- Kaito: Collapsing like that... That's why I told you not to stay out too long! Because your body is so weak. Michal: I'm sorry. I was watching the ocean... Michal: I'm sorry that I made you worry. You must hate me now, don't you? Kaito: What are you talking about? Don't worry about it. Here, I'll give this to you. Kaito: When I was drifting out at sea, this was the only thing that stayed with me the whole time. I think that it's definitely got to be some sort of protective charm. Michal: Are you sure? Kaito-kun...! Kaito: ---------------------- Lucia: Kaito: This song...? Lucia: Kaito: Huh? I thought that someone else was here just a minute ago... Kaito: You're... in the same class as I am, aren't you? ---------------------- Lucia: Nanami Lucia. Kaito: Luchi...a? Lucia: I... Have something that I want to say to you, Kaito, so I came here. Kaito: Something you want to say to me? Kaito: Kaito, even if you don't remember me right now, I'm definitely going to make you remember! I know that you're going to remember me! I believe in you!! ** Kaito: Nanami Lucia... huh. ---------------------- Rihito: That's the girl from the airport... ** Lucia: Rihito: I see... of course.