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Finished with translating Kazura’s Takarakuji Chapter 25.
Still waiting for the edited version of Mira’s Tenseiha LN Chapter 1 part 1
Now translating LN part 2
And I have run out of pretranslated Yuuji’s story so no more daily release
for some days until I restock it again....
Maybe no release at tomorrow on Sunday, since I need to attend a surgery
seminar from morning to evening.
Also, I’m really surprised that my blog mentioned on bato.to...
DISCLAIMER: I don’t guarantee that I translate 100%
correct, or my English grasp on grammar is good
Translator:
Yukkuri Oniisan
Editor:
Kinuhata
Chapter 2: Yuuji a “Loner-NEET” Evolves into
“NEET”
Part 9. Yuuji, Seeing Magic
for the First Time in His Life
After the tears had stopped, Yuuji and Alice became brother and sister.
While giggling with embarrassment after seeing Alice’s smile, he left her in the
living room, while heading towards the kitchen to make lunch.
Since today they had become brother and sister, Yuuji decided that they
will eat without reservation as he took out the bird meat.
Carefully removing the bird’s fat, he followed the recipe and mixed soy
sauce, cooking sake, mayonnaise, oyster sauce, ginger, and garlic to make a
sauce, and put the bird meat together with the sauce in a bag to marinate[1]
it.
While waiting for it to marinate, he returned to the living room and continued
chatting with Alice. Both of them made “tee-hee” and “dehehe” embarrassed grins
that had no meaning.
“Well, it’s unavoidable for today.” (Kotarou)
Kotarou decided she would tolerate the two of them.
After 30 minutes had passed, he warmed the remaining salad oil and covered
the bird meat with potato starch. Then he gentle fried[2]
it at low temperature and then took them out for a moment to let it cook through
the residual heat. Finally he put them back, but this time into hot oil.
Yes, it was karaage[3].
Moreover it was the twice cooked style. He liberally used the seasonings and
oils, so it was a luxury dishes for Yuuji.
On the plate for Alice he served the white rice, shiny golden karaage, with
stir-fried mushroom and wild herbs as the side dish, and clear soup made from
instant broth[4].
Yuuji was really splurging. It was like the Last Supper, he used the
precious ingredients and seasonings.[5]
But it couldn’t be helped, since it was for the anniversary party for his
new younger stepsister. If t would make Alice say that it is delicious, Yuuji
wouldn’t e reluctant to make today the Karaage Anniversary either.
Since it was her first time seeing it, Alice timidly ate the karaage.
She then opened her eyes wide while eating it *nom*nom* with smiling face.
「Delicious~! This is delicious~
Yuuji-nii! It’s the first time I’ve eaten something as delicious as this!」(Alice)
Then today will be Karaage Anniversary.
By the way the mountain bird that was used in cooking was a bit firm, when
Yuuji tasted it before, he broke into cold sweat.
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With their bellies full, two people and one animal were relaxing on the
sofa and Yuuji resumed his questioning season.
「Oh yeah, were there only humans
like Alice in the village? Are there elves, dwarves, or beastkin?」(Yuuji)
Since his was feeling relaxed and blissful, Yuuji asked questions about the
village that was attacked by bandits. The “Fine Play” that he had shown up
until now could be written off.
“Don’t you have any delicacy[6]?”
(Kotarou)
Kotarou bared her fangs in bad mood.
「Etto ne, the hunter
Doni-ojisan is a wolf beastkin. On his head there are triangle-shaped ears! He
also has a tail that I could touch it secretly without anyone knowing. Ah!
Yuuji must also keep it secret!」(Alice)
“Alice who lets out secrets by accident is lovely” so Yuuji made a
complacent smile. However, he then understood the subject and froze in place.
「Alice, beastkin, exist right?
By any chance, elves too? Dwarves too?」(Yuuji)
「Uun, Alice has never seen
elf-san and dwarf-san. However, in Mama’s story there was elf and dwarf! That’s
why, Alice thinks they exist.」(Alice)
He raised both of his clenched fist to the heaven, Yuuji silently made a Guts-Pose[7].
“That’s gross...” (Kotarou)
As if saying that, Kotarou stared him with cold eyes, but he didn’t seem to
be bothered by it.
「Th-then, then, does magic also
exist? Like igniting fire or creating wind....」(Yuuji)
「Eh? Alice can also use magic. Since
Alice is the only one that can use magic among the children in the village, everyone
said that Alice was amazing and praised Alice!」(Alice)
「Really!? Amazing, Alice is
amazing!」(Yuuji)
Yuuji’s tension had pierced through the roof. Kotarou also seemed to be interested
by it and gazed at Alice with gleaming eyes.
「But Yuuji-nii can also use
magic, right? Making the room bright, making fire, also making cold and hot
water come out.」 (Alice)
It was the electric lamp, gas stove, faucet and bath. Incidentally, Yuuji
remembered that Alice was only a bit surprised and didn’t make a great uproar
when she saw them. Surely, as a certain master had said that: “Any sufficiently
advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”[8]
「Uun, the thing is, it’s not me
that use it but rather that the magic is put into the house. What kind of magic
can Alice use? Can you show a bit of it in the garden?」(Yuuji)
“O~ka~y~” Alice answered as if it was something trivial and started to *pitter-patter*
run to the garden. “Hey, your physical strength hasn’t completely recovered,
don’t do anything excessive”, Yuuji warned as he chased her. This came from the
same man who request Alice to do magic.
「Then Alice will start~! First
is to make fire! Ei~!」(Alice)
While Yuuji and Kotarou were watching, Alice yelled cutely as a mild fire
flickered at her fingertip.
「Alice always helped mama make
small fires! Thank you as always, or Alice is amazing, Alice receives praises!」
Alice’s words didn’t reached the ears of Yuuji who was watching the fire dumbfoundedly
while leaking a weird voice “Woaaa” or Kotarou who was running around and
around her.
☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽
You know what? I dare to dare that it will be Kotarou and not Yuuji that
will use magic first after Alice.......
Also please no spoiler, I haven’t read that far.....
[3] Karaage
(唐揚げ or 空揚げ or から揚げ), marinated meat or seafood or lasered
WHALE MEAT coated in potato starch and deep fried in oil
[6] Delicacy: Japanese term for the concept of
“considerateness or subtlety or tact or thoughtfulness to other people
condition or situation”. This concept is important in East Asian culture.
Japanese Harem MC is famous for their lack of delicacy.
[7] A certain triumphant pose made popular by Guts
Ishimatsu a Japanese athlete, please look at the lovely picture of Hatano
Kokoro below.
arigatou~!
ReplyDeleteKotarou breath fire or use transformation magic?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the new chapter part!
ReplyDeleteI sure do hope Koutaro'll evolve into a dog-girl someday....
ReplyDeleteYES Inumimi NO touch
DeleteMahou Shoujo Kotarou?
ReplyDeleteHmm, so this novel is written from the point of view of the side character then..
ReplyDeleteWith Kotarou as the MC and Alice as the genius mage (and potential love interest for Kotarou? She's a dog though.. Yuri?).
Beastkin huh? Of the kemonomimi kind or the furries kind?
Fufufu.. Can't wait to find out..
Btw, LASERED WHALE MEAT??!
DeleteEasily one of the most awesome thing I've ever heard...
Satou guilty~
DeleteThank you for the chapter. Great work!
ReplyDeleteThank you! and also that Death March...
ReplyDeleteyea yuuji you gotta have some delicacy like the gentleman koutarou
ReplyDeleteshe's female though
thanks for the cahpter
I vote for Kotarou turning into a beautiful dog kin woman with sharp look in her eyes, nice figure, great breasts and this somewhat cold and domineering air around her.
ReplyDeleteyeahhh...
DeleteKotarou "Woof" Fire appears floating above her nose. She goes crosseyed looking at it. The enemy dies of cuteness-overload.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for all your hard work!!
I found something odd with how protag usually goes "kotarou is so nice. but she's a dog". isn't it a kind of pun around something like "kotarou ii~ne. demo inu" ?
ReplyDeleteIt's the narrator that like thay bash Yuuji and praise Kotarou.
DeleteAlso the original phrase is:
"XXXX Onna dearu. Inu dakedo."
Like Steins Gate "daga otoko da"
How is he paying his bills if he has no job
ReplyDeleteWell, based on Chapter 3 Title:
DeleteAlthough Yuuji is a NEET, It Seems that He's a Rich Person in Japan.
So maybe his family is rich? They have two cars after all...
Woahh I completely forgot about magic... I hope Yuuji teaches her how to use magic with his Manga and Anime knowledge not that I'm expecting him to use magic. I really think hes earned a valuable comrade with potential if he teaches her
ReplyDeleteI thought 'delicacy' was asking if Alice's village's have some good specialty food? :P
ReplyDeletePersonally, I would use 'tact'
Well... Because it's so Japanese I prefer to leave it as an Japanglish term:
Delete"デリカシーない"
After all, this term always appear in mainstream anime that I lost how many the series heroine yelled it to the hero, or in case in Haiyore Nyaruko-san, by the male heroine (yes this is deliberate misspelling) to the female hero... (afterall Mahiro is a rare case of male tsundere)
thanks for the hard-work!!
ReplyDeletethat's isn't a guts pose it's a freddie mercury pose
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapter.
ReplyDelete