Doujin Translation - Liar

[bottan]

Title: Usotsukino - Liar
Pairing: KuroFai
Rating: PG
Circle: weekender
Raw DL: [mediafire]
Summary: Fai has changed since Kurogane first met him, changed so much that Kurogane is ready admit something to himself and to Fai.

t/n: Set in Nihon, directly after Ceres. It has the most beautiful, facial expressions. SO much thanks to kittenkin for offering advice and corrections on the bits that my awkward Japanese stumbled over! :DD

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cover

Liar

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p01

Didn't I, who had thought his psyche through beyond self-awareness,

recognize and remember that grim kind of joy?

Fai: Good morning, "Kurogane"

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p02

Fai: ...behave like a wounded person
and don't wander about, too much

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p03

Kurogane: ...it's already healed
Fai: There's now way it would be, right
Kurogane: What do you want?
Fai: Tomoyo-hime sends for you

Fai: It's hard to search for someone in this castle
Fai: because it's so wide and intricate

Kurogane: ...
Well... sorry 'bout that
Kurogane (thinks): She deliberately sent him out...
Kurogane (thinks): ...that bastard

Tomoyo: Ohohohohoh

sfx: snickers
Kurogane: (Hmph) ...what
Fai: ...sorry

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p04

Fai: It's almost as though you were a child in this place
Fai: ...it's funny

Kurogane: ...shut up
Fai: (Hahah) You didn't deny it

Kurogane: ...
Fai: ...what?

Kurogane: ...nothing
rather than that, you got enough?
Fai: huh?
Kurogane: ...food
Fai: ahh

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p05

Fai: You don't have to worry, I'll properly tell you when if I want any

Fai: On the other hand
sfx: su

Fai: If you found yourself in trouble of having too much blood left
Fai: I'd be willing to help?
sfx: pito

sfx: smile

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p06

sfx: pa
Kurogane: ...if you have enough, it's fine

Fai: You should be worrying about yourself, instead of other people

If everything is fine, you laugh

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p07

You didn't laugh wearing this kind of face

I couldn't help but get angry at that

How about now?

Fai: The wind is getting stronger
we should probably...

Now...

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p08

Fai: ...ngh

sfx: rustle

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p09

sfx: rustle

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p10

Kurogane: ...it got stuck

Fai: ah...

Fai: ...
what was that about, a moment ago...

Kurogane: nothing...
I see,

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p11

Kurogane: I have fallen in love with you
Kurogane: A long time before now, I guess
I have wanted him to wear this kind of expression

Fai: ...this, this is

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p12

Kurogane: ... You're
this

lying magician
Kurogane: blushing pretty badly
Fai: !

*t/n: Kurogane literally says, "your hand and feet are moving together" - meaning that he's so flustered that he's not walking straight

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p13

when he was touched, he would hurt,
when we were apart, he was without faith.
 

Comments

8D

[zelinxia]

*flails*

Dude...I also got a hard copy of this doujin recently (out of twelve >.>) and was hoping that somehow someone (*cough*you*cough*) would translate this since I just stared at WEEKENDER's gorgeous art and wondering what's making Kurogane so pensive and rather solemn.

What's with all of these precious Nihon-setting doujins? They're so wonderful and make me want to smile and cry! And want to hug Fai because he's still struggling with his feelings and everything that happened; and also hug Kurogane because he finally confessed his feelings and is just waiting patiently for Fai.

Thanks again for translating! *hugs*

Re: 8D

[bottan]

:DDD I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT! And, WOW, that's a lot of doujin! Twelve new copies sound rather fantastic! :D

I think the part I loved the most about this one was the bit of flirting that Fai did when Kurogane asked him whether he was sated - the expressions were so spot on and the way he behaved so very him that I just wanted to hug Weekender through the screen! :DD

I love their Nihon doujin, too - it's a great setting for fluff! ♥♥♥

And I'm super-glad to have been of help! :DD

[eijentu]

OH MY GOD YOU TRANSLATED LIAR *__*

I love this book like whoa. Sadly in the zip there's a page missing, like, between pages 11 and 12, so when I scan the other books, I'll do that as well.

/LOVES YOU ALL OVER FOR AMAZING TRANSLATIONS :D

[bottan]

OMG, THERE REALLY ARE MORE PAGES TO THIS!? :DDDDD

You do know that I'd love you forever if you did that, right? I'd be ridiculously happy to see it completed because, while I love this book so good, some parts of it left me puzzled and wanting to know more! :DD

/LOVES BACK ON YOU LIKE MAD :DDD

(...oh dear, I love your icon so much *_____*)

[eijentu]

Ah, his expression in that panel is just *___* HIS FACE OMFG

I just had a quick look at the book, and it seems the very first page is missing, and then one between pages 11 and 12, so when I have some time to scan, I'll definitely do this book too. :DDD

/CONTINUES TO FLAIL OVER AWESOME TRANSLATIONS <3

[osakakitty]

It does seem like there's a page missing, doesn't it? I hope it gets found. I'd really like to know/see Fai's reaction. :)

[bottan]

It just really surprised me that they'd end it on a negative note! And this suddenly... It was easy to draw a cute and fluffy conclusion, here, that'd have fit the theme. (And I was surprised that only half of the cover was scanned. XD) I also hope that, in case there is something missing, it will turn up, sometime! :D

[kittenkin]

Haiii~ Ooh, weekender. Nice. <3

Forgive me for butting in, but I thought you'd like to know~ The title is actually Usotsukino. The "haku" verb means almost "to spew" but in this case I believe it's usually read as "tsuki" instead of "haku".

And when Kurogane talks about Fai putting his arms and feet out...he's revealing that Fai's so flustered that he's putting his left foot and left arm out at the same time and can't even walk correctly. (It's a semi-common physical gag you see manga characters doing sometimes even if it's not something people actually DO when they're flustered.) *mwees over how cute Fai is*

[bottan]

HAI! :DD Yeah, Fai really IS cute towards the end! ♥

Oh god, thank you so much for the corrections! XD I actually considered asking you for the bit towards the end because I was despairing over it... XD I just wasn't sure all that anymore where you were from... that's internet anonymity for you. :p

Ahahah, I'm really little more than a floundering idiot with the translations, I'm just doing my best to get the point across, half of the times... I would never try if this wasn't such a small and quiet fandom! XD' /embarrassed to be discovered by somebody who really knows the language

But, after getting over my embarrassment, thank you for looking over it! :* /tucks her new bit of knowledge away carefully

[kittenkin]

I'm not properly fluent but I know enough to get through manga (AND THAT'S ALL I NEED, SO SUCK IT, JAPANESE SCHOOL!) so if you ever want help translating Tsubaporn, I'm your woman. *laugh*

I apologize for any embarrassment! I wasn't poking fun or pointing fingers or anything like that at all. I would never. I just thought... *flounders and then just sits there, smiling hopefully and sheepish-like at you*

[bottan]

HAH, reading manga is the most important part of it. :p

HONESTLY THANK YOU! :DD I'm just... you know this feeling when you're doing something while stumbling and floundering and know you only get away with it because there is no one else in the room that knows more about it than you? (But also no one you could ask to show you?) I was embarrassed to be caught, but after a minute of consideration, I was grinning like a loon over what the phrase actually meant and counting myself lucky that you looked over it and took time to tell me!

Not only am I one maddening phrase richer, I also can rest assured that the rest wasn't a mile off the mark, if not always completely correct. You're honestly making me happy telling me these bits! :DD

[kittenkin]

There's no embarrassment in not being 100% fluent in a language you're not a native speaker of, and especially with such a subtle language as Japanese! The ideograms are especially bang-head-on-wall, with all their different pronounciations, and then there's always slang and speech idiosynchrocies from character to character... @w@ You did a wonderful job translating~ I'm impressed!

Yay~ I'm glad you're not ruffled. <3

[bottan]

:D

I'm just a dork and really love Japanese for all the complicated and obscure things - even when that means that while learning it, one moment it makes me laugh with some play on words, and the next I want to strangle it! XD

Thank you for being so awesomely helpful and so super gentle and nice about it! ;w;

[chiru]

Whow... ok, so I didn't have the patience to read this and check on the pages, yet somehow my brain felt like just trying to type-set the text on them instea. Actually had some fun with it, and heck- Best. Experience. Ever. That confession caught me so off guard, distracted with cleaning and similar bull... I loved it O_Q
Thanks so much for translating!~

(so, I don't even know what this place is and I just randomly registered just to say this. New lame-level unlocked v_vU)