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A Realist Producer’s Tokusatsu-Remake
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Author:
Dozeumaru(どぜう丸)
Translator:
Yukkuri Oniisan
Editor:
So-Chintzy
Enlightenment Arc
Chapter 2: Let’s Create an Educational Program D
The 『Exercise
Onii-san』, Ivan Juniro raised his thumb at the children while
laughing and showing his white sparkling teeth. It was a sultry hot passionate smile.
「A
healthy mind reside in a healthy body[1].
Now Children! To become a stronger, kinder, and sturdier adult, let’s train
your body together with me!」(Ivan)
The children made mixed reactions
to Ivan’s statement. One child found it amusing and was enthusiastic, another
child was overpowered by his ambiance and burst in tears as a result, and yet another
child clung at Juna-san while trembling…… But for the most of the children, their
young minds just couldn’t comprehend the person who appeared in front of them and
looked at him with dumbfounded expressions. Liscia asked me worriedly.
「Souma,
are you sure about this?」(Liscia)
「Hmm……
Perhaps he’s a bit stiff? Maybe that Ivan is nervous?」(Souma)
「What
will you do? It’s the exercise time, right? Won’t it be difficult with this situation?」(Liscia)
Well, certainly in this situation
the children wouldn’t be able to exercise. Even in the original program’s
exercise part, there would be children who were moving quite freely, running
around, rolling on the ground, or attacking the Onii-san…… But,
「I
think it will be alright. Since I have a bit of a trick on hand.」(Souma)
「Trick?」(Liscia)
Then,
There was a three-tiered laughter
echoing in the hall.
「Who’s
there!?」(Ivan)
Ivan looked at his surroundings. Then,
the children pointed up, 「There-」,「Over there!」. On the second floor balcony where Ivan stood before,
there was a shadowed figure.
『To
make children become stronger, kinder, and sturdier? How ridiculous! Our evil
organization that aims for world conquest, the Dark Society, won’t let that
happen!』(???)
While saying that exposition-like
speech, there was a costumed woman with half of her face covered by a mask, wearing
a nightdress with long slits on the thighs, exposed cleavage, and post-apocalyptic
styled thorny shoulder pads. On her forehead, there were two horns, while on her
back there were dragon-like wings and a whip-like tail. Ivan turned to that
woman and shouted.
「You
fiend, name yourself!」(Ivan)
『…… The
Evil Female General of the Dark Society 「Miss Dran」.』(Miss Dran)
The woman introduced her name. Liscia,
was openmouthed for a moment after she looked at the woman’s appearance, but
she quickly came to her senses and asked me with a confused face.
「That
woman is…… Carla, right?」(Liscia)
「No.
She is The Evil Female General of the Dark Society 『Miss
Dran』.」(Souma)
「Eh……?」(Liscia)
「She
is the Evil Female General of the Dark Society 「Miss
Dran」, understand?」(Souma)
「Ah,
yes…… As if! How could I understand that!」(Liscia)
Even while I played a joke at Liscia,
the story in the hall continued. Miss
Dran spread her wings wide as if to threaten Ivan.
『To
make children become stronger, kinder, and sturdier will disturb our Dark Society’s
world conquest plan. Before that happens, allow me to restrain you, Ivan Juniro!』(Miss Dran)
Whether of out of enthusiasm, or
from desperation, Miss Dran ardently acted. Then, while Miss Dran made her
exaggerated-looking actions, certain parts were “jiggling”. Since the image
quality of Royal Voice Broadcast wasn’t that good, I believe that it wouldn’t
be perceived by the viewers…… But, to be honest, it’s hard to find another place
to look at. Beside me, Liscia was glaring with scornful eyes.
「Miss
Dran’s costume, isn’t it too risqué?」(Liscia)
「It’s
something that was entirely made under Serina-san’s supervision. Back then, I
had said that since it’s for a children’s program, be moderate in the design,
but…… Since she was helping our side in producing the costumes, it’s hard to reject
her……」(Souma)
「As
expected…… Perhaps, Serina-san is more fitting for the Evil Female General
part.」(Liscia)
「Would
you really be able to say that to her?」(Souma)
「Completely
impossible!」(Liscia)
「Right?」(Souma)
While we talking like this, Ivan pointed
his finger at Miss Dran.
「World
conquest!? I won’t let that, happen!」(Ivan)
『Humph,
you are only good in guts, but what could a fool like you do? Finish him,
combat soldiers!』(Miss Dran)
Miss Dran made her order and men
covered entirely in black appeared and surrounded Ivan. Since it might be
dangerous, they were a bit aways from the children. Ivan made a fighting pose
and yelled, 『Come!』. With that as the signal, the black-clothed men began
attacking Ivan in turns. Ivan then fought them back one by one.
Swish, swish, blam!
When the punches or kicks hit the
combat soldiers, cheesy sounds came out. The combat soldiers that received the
attacks, made a somersault or corkscrew dive while throwing themselves on the
ground. The appearance was showy, but the sound came out from Ivan’s ability, and
the blown off actions were also an act, so the actual damage was non-existent.
By the way, during this time, half
of the children were frightened, while the other half was observing the fight
with glistening eyes. Since the sounds were showy, the special effects were
showy too. The frightened children spontaneously gathered around Juna-san and
Roroa, who calmed them down by saying, 「It’s fine」, or 「That nii-chan will defeat them, so don’t worry.」 Finally, Ivan defeated all of the combat soldiers, but
Miss Dran was still calmly smiling.
『Fufufu,
you are not bad. Then, what will you do now? Come, Paper Box Monster-Man「Danbox」!』[3](Miss Dran)
「Danbooo
―――xx! desu.」(Danbox)
Shortly, a monster in the shape
of a piled up cardboard box in humanoid form appeared. The face part of the box
was pasted with a paper that had been drawn with one eye, its whole
appearance…… So shabby. Its silhouette was completely like a doll from Lego Block,
with boxes linked to each other, and rustled when it moved. At that shabby-looking
monster Danbox, Liscia looked at me with cold eyes.
「Isn’t
that monster’s quality is too low compared to the others?」(Liscia)
「We
got the passion, but not the time and the budget.」(Souma)
「The world
is really a tough place……」(Liscia)
Since I couldn’t make a
life-sized doll and ordering for one would take a long, for the broadcast this
time, I hoped that this absolutely “rush job-like” monster could be forgiven. It
brought to my mind the hardship of creating enemy monsters (kaijin and kaiju) in
early days of Tokusatsu films.
However, even though it was
lacking in the appearance department, Danbox was strong. It rushed to attack
Ivan and easily lifted Ivan, who was 185 cm tall and a bit less than 90 kg in
weight, like a surfer lifting a surfboard overhead. Danbox kept its posture, and
then turned on the spot, like a wrestler showing off his power. At that stupendous
power in contrast with its looks, Liscia was also dumb from amazement.
「Amazing.
Perhaps, the person inside……」(Liscia)
「Aisha.」(Souma)
「What
are you asking your future Second Queen Consort to do……」(Liscia)
「Even
right now, Juna-san and Roroa appeared on the program. Does Liscia want to
appear, too? Right now, Ivan’s supporting role is open.」(Souma)
「Absolutely
NOT.」(Liscia)
Then, Ivan, who had been lifted
up, began to struggle.
「Curse
you, release me!」(Ivan)
「Danbox,
desu.」(Danbox)
「Guoagh!」(Ivan)
Perhaps as if honoring Ivan’s
words, Danbox nodded and then strongly threw Ivan to the prepared wall. Ivan
hit the wall hard and sunk behind it. By the way, since the wall was made from
a material that is soft and easily broken, the damage was nonexistent. However,
Ivan groaned and acted as if his body was covered by wounds.
「C-curses……」(Ivan)
「Daaaan,
bobobox! desu.」(Danbox)
Danbox laughed (?) triumphantly. Even
while staggering, Ivan came out from the hole in the wall, then yelled out to
the children.
「I
will end up losing at this rate. Good children! Lend me your power!」(Ivan)
Acting in concert with Ivan’s
yell, Roroa and Juna-san spoke to the children.
「Now,
everyone, draw a circle in the air with th’ given glowstick and yell 『Do
your best!』!.」(Roroa)
「Let’s
deliver everyone power to Ivan onii-san. Ready, set, go.」(Juna)
『『『Do
your best!』』』
Induced by both of them, the
children held the big chalk-like glowsticks and drew circles in the air. By the
way, the sticks had been distributed to the children before the program begin. The
faint light came from the moss that absorbed light and released it in the dark,
which had been used as the streetlights. At this time, Ivan acted painfully again,
while shouting at the children.
「It’s
not enough! Still not enough! Please, say it even louder!」(Ivan)
When an adult says, please, to
them, children suddenly become more enthusiastic, and this time, they were yelling
even more intensely than before, and began to cheer loudly.
『『『Do
your beeeeeeeeeest!』』』
「More!
More louder!」(Ivan)
『『『Do
your beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeest!』』』
The children yelled until their
voices almost died out, then the next moment.
「Al~right!
I have certainly received the children’s spirit!」(Ivan)
Ivan’s body began to be wrapped
in light. Then, inside that light, Ivan’s
yell came out.
Then, out of nowhere, metallic
armor, gauntlets, shin guards, and a full-face helmet flew and then, while Ivan
was stretching his arms and legs out like the shape of the kanji 大, the
equipment “automatically” installed themselves piece by piece. The children raised
their cheers from seeing his transformation sequence.
On the other hand, behind the
scenes, I manipulated the metallic equipment using my 『Living
Poltergeist』. That’s correct, Ivan’s transformation was just a
pretend-show of automatic equip by utilizing my manipulation ability. At this
distance, I could move things other than dolls. Then, Liscia stared at me with
cold-looking eyes for the nth time today.
「I have
seen an unreasonable wasteful use of an ability.」(Liscia)
「Even
a party art is still an art. Then, excuse me a bit.」(Souma)
「Ah,
wait, Souma!?」(Liscia)
After I confirmed that Ivan’s
transformation had completed, I moved to beside the Royal Voice Broadcast Orb while
being careful not to be recorded by it. The light in the hall abated and from
that light, a metallic hero appeared. While Ivan made a transformation complete
pose, he yelled.
「Charge‼
Silvan‼」(Ivan)
He introduced himself, and then
while only my voice was recorded by the broadcast, I spoke up.
「Let
me explain, Exercise Onii-san, Ivan Juniro, with the spirit he received from
the children, transformed into the Metallic Champion Overman 『Silvan』.」(Souma)
It was the standard practice that
there will be a narration after the Heroes transformed.[5]
After the narration was over, I returned to Liscia’s side, who made a really
exhausted looking face.
「At
this point, even if I comment on it, it’s absurd……」(Liscia)
「A
Tokusatsu show is 『Don’t Think, Feel!』. There
are no shows with a content this fun, where you don’t need to think too deeply and
just give yourself to the flow of it.」(Souma)
「……I’ll
do that.」(Liscia)
Well, our attention returned back
to the hall, the transformed Silvan was too strong. The Danbox that had dealt
with him easily not too long ago was constantly being pushed back by his flurry
of punches and kicks. Strong, Silvan is strong. The children was greatly
excited. Before long,
「Da-danbo-……-ox……
desu……」(Danbox)
Danbox was tottering and fell to
its knees. Now is the chance!
「Receive
this, Danbox! Killing move, Thunderclap Kick!」(Ivan)
Silvan made a flying kick and
from the tips of his feet, there were crackles of lightning. That thunder-wrapped
feet hit Danbox. I had said this many times, but this lightning was from Ivan’s
ability, he was actually only making a flying kick. Aisha, inside the Danbox, didn’t
receive any damage at all. However, Danbox staggered several steps behind and,
「Da,……danbooooooooooox‼
Desuzo‼」(Danbox)
It yelled and then exploded into
pieces (the explosion effect, of course, came from Ivan’s ability, Aisha was
just hiding herself). When Danbox was defeated, the Evil Female General Miss
Dran, who was watching the battle and looked bored since she didn’t do anything,
remembered what she need to do and began to stomp her feet.
「Damn you, Silvan![6]
I’ll give the fight this time to you! But for the next time, prepare yourself!」(Miss Dran)
After saying this, she turned
back and left the stage. After Silvan saw Miss Dran’s exit, he took off his
full-face helmet and then pointed his fist towards Miss Dran’s exit direction.
「Dark
Society, the evil organization that schemes to conquer the world! If you want
to come, then come! No matter how many I need to do it, I will crush your ambition
to pieces!」(Ivan)
After he made such a passionate
statement, Ivan turned towards the children, and then, while showing a slight sultry
hot smile, he made an order with a loud voice.
「Then
everyone! So that we won’t lose to the villains, let’s train your body with me
in 『Silvan’s Healthy Exercise』!」(Ivan)
☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽
I miss my childhood tokusatsu heroes……
Next chapter:
Q: Why Souma made a toku-show?
A: It was to brainwash Friedonia’s Kingdom children.
[2] Three-tiered
laugh. Characteristic of Japanese villain. If you play Disgaea, Laharl laugh in
this way.
[3] Actually,
monster is 怪人Kaijin (mysterious person), not the usual makemono. I don’t really know
much about toku-terms. Should I
translate it to Villain? Also the monster named Danbox or Danbokkusu is a
portmanteau of段ボール (danbooru = cardboard box) and ボックス (bokkusu = box). (E/N: Wikipedia
said “cryptid” or “monster-man” so those could work for Kaijin, too.)
Monster-man sounds cool, using it (cool is important since this is a toku-show)
[5] Yeah… I
still remembered this from Kamen Raider Black back in 1990s. (E/N: This whole arc is giving me
flashbacks to watching Power Rangers as a kid lol.)
Low budget tokusatsu show.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapter Sensei ^^.....
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha
ReplyDeleteWkwkwkwkwk
Lololololol
I can't... My side hurts...
wowowowowowowo
ReplyDeleteHahahaha,
ReplyDeleteDanbox be like: Dang budget cuts
How many brave, aspiring villains have been cruelly slain by the mighty Accountant Man
DeleteYou have to admit, with that kind of ability, Ivan really is suited to be a Tokusatsu hero... that or a Flashy Pro-Wrestler.
ReplyDeletethe only difference between the two is the style choices and target audience.
Deletesame skillset, same goal.
Uwa... totally showa play in some where in japan park is being rip off in there. It's like sentai ranger or ultraman something something or kamen rider something something or ryukendo something.... Why don't he put a gundam or transformers in there to make people jaw loose and lough like madman.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapter.
Budget and time. lol
DeleteJust use cardboard, boxes, some paper and paint to make them look alike the real one? Don't you ever build a gunpla and make it look even cooler?
DeleteYou mean Just like this guy (http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/150958?tags=cardboard_box_gundam)
DeleteIt really is a good idea!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapter.
Thanks for this new chapter !!
ReplyDeleteI can't stop laughing hahahahahahahahahaha
ReplyDeleteThe funny part when Souma introduced Silvan is from metal series Space Sheriff Gavan/Sharivan/Shaider
the introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv9hy_lUd_E
Deletenow that you mention it, the only tokusatsu with transformation explanations was from space sheriff series, lol...
Deletesomehow i imagined that Danbo(miura ver.) from "yotsubato!" being bullied by KR Decade with Doronjo(Kyoko Fukada ver.) watch from behind with a bored expresion.
ReplyDeleteONNORE, KBH RX!?
thx for the treat!
ReplyDeleteOtaku community will slowly appear on day in friedonia haha
ReplyDeletegod that was the best~
ReplyDeletethanks for the chapter~
I can't stop laughing!! Good job, Souma~ Introduce the magnificence of Kamen Rider to the other world!! Just... don't go to the Neo-Heiseis....
ReplyDeleteБольшое спасибо!
ReplyDeleteThe author seems to have completely forgotten the title of his novel...
ReplyDeleteActually, he technically changed the title at this point. From the author at the end of volume 4 of the LN:
Delete"Now, on that note, I’ll talk about this novel, which has reached a good breaking point. For me, I had been thinking of this volume as a sort of cancellation line. That is to say, if I could just make it this far, then even if the series was canceled, I would at least have something worthwhile to show for it. That’s because, in the web version, this is where the title changes from How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom to How a Realist Hero Redeveloped the Kingdom. It looks like I’ll be able to keep writing, though, so I’m relieved to hear that.
By the way, because I’m told a title change after only a few volumes would cause confusion, the plan is for the next volume to be How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom V."
So Souma introducing things like educational TV shows, health programs, job training programs, etc, all follow that new "Redeveloped" tagline.
Thanks 4 the translation!
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this I had the urge to play Chroma Squad again. Your heroes beginning equipments are made from duck tapes and cardboards.
"equipments are made from duck tapes and cardboards"
DeleteLike true professionals!
It's too bad that game isn't available in many asian countries due to licensing issues :(
DeleteI was lucky to get it on a game bundle though :3
Thanks for the new chapter! Lol! I was laughing so hard during this show. XD
ReplyDeleteI bet Ivan family's power are deemed useless for generations, that until the fated meeting with producer king souma :D
ReplyDeleteArigatou~
ReplyDeleteYaaay terimakasih oniisan
ReplyDelete「Isn’t that monster’s quality is too low compared to the others?」(Liscia)
ReplyDelete「We got the passion, but not the time and the budget.」(Souma)
「The world is really a tough place……」(Liscia)
Toei approved this
Thanks for the chapter.
ReplyDeleteThankee for the chapter!!
ReplyDeleteIVAN.... HYPERMUTEKI HENSHIINNNNNN
ReplyDeleteThis is getting worse with every chapter. How unfortunate. Thanks for the chapter anyway, though.
ReplyDelete>Men sana in corpore sano
ReplyDeleteSo that's what those Herb*L*fe/health product salesman talked about lol
Thanks ..
ReplyDeletethank you for your hard work!
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ReplyDeleteThis chapter, ridiculous as it seems, still holds true to its title. He is using such programs to revolutionise the way people think. To us, it may appear cheesy, but to them, it is a never-before seen kind of entertainment that captures the hearts of the audience. In my opinion, the protagonist fully utilises the media along with his Japanese background to achieve economic and cultural victory. Other nations may adapt his methods but no matter how much they deny it, they would always be reminded that these ideas came from Souma. This in effect, advertises his name along with his democratic/free willed ideology. If this continues, the kingdom will achieve cultural hegemony, much like how the Japanese, with their Light Novels and Anime do today or that of the USA/European movies, television shows, etc... Because these entertainment in our current generation circulate freely to nearly all parts of the world via internet, etc..., we unconsciously absorb and even emulate the language and culture brought upon by these shows and ultimately admiring the nation which these shows originated from. King Souma would achieve a similar effect in this new world of his. You may laugh or ridicule these chapters in this particular novel but I would not be surprised if he would achieve complete cultural domination a few chapters or volumes after this. Just the mere thought of him trying to introduce these new ideas immediately in a massive population without first obtaining tested results from a small scale experiment baffles me.
ReplyDeleteThx for the chapter o/
ReplyDeleteLiscia, don't be an ass and just believe in your king -.-
Thx 4 the chapter.
ReplyDeleteSmall correction. The latin idiom isn't "Men sana, in corpore sano", it's "Mens sana in corpore sano."
ReplyDeleteSo "Mens" rather than "Men" and there isn't a comma.
Cardboard Rangers activate!
ReplyDelete& he even steals Disney's "clap if you believe in fairies, don't let Tink die" from Peter Pan!
Thanks for the chapter