I'm finally back with some new content! Today, I will be dumping my translation of Nekojiru dango here. The book contains some chapters you may have seen as anime episodes in Gekijou, as well as never seen material, to me at least. I found out that a few stories had been translated and typeset already (namely "Livestock" and "Tsunami"), so credit for those goes elsewhere.
Again, if anyone is interested in typesetting, please do! Oh, also feel free to point out any mistakes you notice too. New raws are always appreciated as well! Currently I have these in my possession:
Nekojiru Udon 1 and 2
Nekokamizama 1 and 2
Nekojiru diary and Nekojiru India travel diary
Nekojiru dango
Nekojiru senbei
Nekojiru shokudou
Nekojiru-y seitaka (a short chapter)
If you come across any other raws (such as Udon3), I'll translate them eventually if you link them to me!
Nekojiru Translation
Other urls found in this thread:
Nekojiru dango
NEKOJIRU DANGO
CONTENTS:
1. Fishman
2. Livestock
3. Nekojiru Dango
- Story of the stray geezer
- Story of the drive
- Story of the fight
- Story of the seals
- Story of the old pig man
- Story of the tanuki hunt
4. Tsunami
Commentary, Aoyama Masaaki
Fishman
*Lick lick
>This is delicious.
*Lick lick
>Nyaa!
>Hey, you kids there!
*Creep
>!?
>Give me that candy!
>Eh!?
>Nyaa!?
>No.
>Nyaa!
>Just give it, I haven’t eaten anything for three days!
>I said no!
>Nyaa!
>I told you to give it to me!
>Ah!!
*Bang
>Nya!!
*Bonk
>Now you’ve done it!
>Nyaahr!!
>You shitty old man!
*Kick
>Gah!
*Thumb
>Nyaarh!
>You... You shitty brats! You’ve made me angry now!
>…
>I’ll skin you and make some cat pot out of you!!
>Waah! Let go of me!
>Nyaa! Nyaa!
*Grab
>Ueh?
>Huh?
*Stab
>Nya?
*Gush
>Ka… Kappa!?
*Sharp
>Huh?
*Woosh woosh
>Oh-oh?
*Jump
*Boing
*Stagger
>Oh-oh-oh…
*Gush
>Oh-oh…
*Falling apart
*Splat
>Alright!
>Nyaa! Nyaa!
>This is the first time I’ve seen a kappa! They really are strong.
>Nyaa!
*Glare
>I’m not a kappa.
>I’m a fishman.
>I see.
>”I see?” Are you guys not afraid?
>Eh? Not really.
>Nyaa!
>I’ll give you some candy.
>!?
*Crush
>I cannot eat something like this!!
*Drop drop
>The only thing I can eat is…
>Raw flesh dripping with blood.
>I cannot eat something like this!
>I only eat raw flesh dripping with blood!
>So cool!
>Nyaa! Nyaa!
>Eh!?
>Cool? Me?
>Yeah.
>Nyaa!
>I don’t think that I’m all that cool, though…
*Chomp
*Munch munch
>Whep-pe-pe, this meat kind of stinks!
>This old man has been eating some crap!
>Nyahaha!
>Nyaa! Nyaa!
Based
>Sob! Sob! How dare you eat my arm!
>Huh?
*Splat
>He’s still alive!
>Nyaa!
>I’m all trampled up now, damn it! As revenge I’ll eat these caramels!
>Aah, so good!
>Fuhya… Fuhyahyahya! It’s so sweet and good, mom!
*Messy messy
>What’s up with him?
>Isn’t he just a bit crazy?
>Nyaa!
*Lick lick
>Groan!
>?
*Lick lick
>Uooh!
>What are you doing with that rock?
*Lick lick
>I’m doing this.
*Crushed
>Buhii!
>Oh-oh-oh…
*Lick lick
>Why did you kill him?
*Lick lick
>I hate humans.
>Fugiih!!
>Oi, what are you looking at, granny?
*Lick lick
>Fu…
>I’ll kill you!
>Fugiiih!!
*Dash
*Lick lick
*Splash
>Woah! Did you really catch that many?
*Toss
*Splat splat
>Yeah, I’m better at moving under water.
>Are these gills?
*Lick lick
>That’s right. My name is Erahiko. (TL-note: Era=gill)
>Look, I have flippers too.
>That’s true! Amazing!
*Snap snap
>Is the fish good?
>Yes.
>Nyaa!
>Everyone calls me kappa or monster.
>They hate and bully me, but…
>I’m not really that bad of a guy, don’t you think?
>Yeah.
>Nyaa!
*Dong
*Kaa kaa
>Oi, are you already going home?
>Yeah, it’s dinnertime already.
>Nyaa!
>Are you not going home, Erahiko?
>Eh? Go home? I…
>Don’t even have a home.
>I’ll just dive to the depths to sleep.
>Come again tomorrow! I’ll give you even more fish!
>Yeah, we will. Bye bye!
>Nyaa!
*Splosh
>Is this what they call “friends” I wonder…
*Blub blub
>We played with a fishman today at the river.
>Eh? A fishman?
>He had gills here, and he was really strong…
>Nyaa!
>Gills?
*Gulp
>…
>He crushed the head of a weird old man with a rock!
>Nyaa!
>Oh my!!
>You cannot play with a violent kid like that!
>Eh? Why?
>Nyaa!
>The old man was in the wrong here! He tried to take my caramel!
>Nyaa! Nyaa!
>Anyways…
>That kind of animal with gills and what not,
*Pissed off
>There’s no telling what he might be up to!
>Dad, you too, don’t just sit there your mouth shut, say something too!
>…
>…
*Gulp gulp
>Thanks for the food!
>Nyaa!
*Tap tap tap
>Tsch, what am I to do with you…
>Uwah! This persimmon is so good!!
>Can you get me another one?
>Okay.
>Ah!
*Splat
>Hahaha!
>Let’s pick some chestnuts next!
*Boing
>Uwah! Cool!!
>Nyaa!
>You guys really are agile…
>Yeah, we are good at stuff like climbing trees.
>Nyaa!
>…
*Snap
>So hot!
*Blow blow
>Listen here, you two.
>Could you help me out with something?
>Eh? Help you?
>Nyaa?
>I’d like to help my brothers.
>Brothers?
>There’s a breeding farm upstream of this river, you know…
>I was actually born there but I managed to escape alone.
>I see.
>There’s a professor with really nasty personality there…
>My brothers are being used as his test subjects and murdered there.
>I see.
>There’s a tall fence that I can’t get over, but…
>With you two we could do it somehow.
>Okay, it sounds kind of interesting.
>Nyaa!
>Is that so! Thank you very much!
>Then, let’s go right away!
>Nyaa!
>Right!
>We have to swim upstream, so climb onto my back.
>Nyaa!
*Boing
>Yeah.
*Splash splosh
>Hohee?
>Oh, this is terrible!
*Clack clack clack clack
>Waaah! Waaah!
>Madam! Madam!
*Clack clack clack
>Your little children Nyako and Nyatta were taken by a kappa!!
>Eh!?
*Gulp
>…
>Dad, this is terrible! The children were taken!
>…
*Pheww
Shochu
>Are you listening?
>…
*Pow
>Phew, we came kinda far.
>We are almost there.
>Look, it’s that.
Souvenir center
Fishman breeding farm
Famous fishman tsukudani
>Uwah! It’s huge!
>Nyaa!
>Can you climb this?
>Oh, this is really easy.
>Nyaa!
*Tap
*Jump
*Tap
>Wowee!!
*Land
>I’ll drop the vine now.
>Yeah!
>Heave-ho! Heave-ho!
>Wow, this is so easy!
Fishman breeding farm
Famous
Half – Maruhan Fishery (Private)
Richard’s shed
>Wow! It’s true, there are lots of kappa!
>Nyaa!
>They are not Kappa, they are fishmen.
>Hey! We came to rescue you!
>Nyaa!
*Boing
>Ah! Wait a second!!
*Tap
*Glance
*Slither slither
>Uwah! It hurts!
*Bite bite
>Nyaa!!
>Ah! You guys, they are not food for you!
>It hurts!
>Stop! Stop at once!
>Nyaa! Nyaa!
>Ah, jeez, it can’t be helped!
*Sharp
*Gugi
*Thud thud
>Ah!
>is it really okay to kill them?
>Eeh?
>They are your brothers, right?
>Nyaa!
*Gugeeh!
>Gugigi!
>Gyoooh!
>Well, it’s fine if it’s just a few… And there are so many of them anyways.
>These guys seem kind of stupid.
>Uh, yeah… They are half fish half human like me too, but they are a bit closer to fish I think.
>Hmm… They have sort of nasty faces too.
>Nyaa!
>…
*Sticky sticky
>Is there even use to rescue them?
>Uhh, well, they have a bit of human in them at least, so…
>Let’s open this flood gate and release them to the river.
*Tug tug
>Yeah…
>Heave-ho! Heave-ho!
*Bam
>Ah!
*Turn turn
*Tap tap tap tap…
>Gwahh!
*Clang
>Wheeze!
*Clonk
>Nya!
*Clank
>Wah!
*Splash
>Pwah!
>Nyaa!
>Uwaah!
>Ah! The professor!!
>Good grief, you almost released these dangerous fishmen!
>You inferior animals! I raised you and this is what I get from you!!
>It hurts!
>Nya!
*Bang bang
>Ouch!
>Waah! We don’t have anything to do with this, don’t hit us!
>Nyaa!
*Pissed off
>Shut up! Silence!
>I couldn’t be more disappointed with you fishmen!
If I were to cultivate normal fish there’s no way they would sell for over 500 yen per kilo.
That is why I created fishmen by implanting human genes to fish…
If I could sell them as workers for bridge manufacturing or make them perform other dangerous services…
Then for sure I’d be able to sell them for at least 10000 yen per kilo…
>But if I raise the ratio of human genes too high, like with you,
>The growth slows down and expenses such as fodder and electricity increase so much that cultivation won’t be profitable anymore…
>On the other hand if I increase the ratio of fish genes they grow faster, which is good…
>But their intelligence will be so low that they won’t be good for anything.
*Gugyoh
*Gugeeh
On top of that they look and taste bad too,
(Half) Maruhan Fishery
So they have no value on the market.
I started selling them independently in the shop upstairs, but…
Famous fishman tsukudani
Souvenirs
Fun and delicious
Fishmen
Famous fishman mantou
People are creeped out by them so nobody buys anything…
>What did you do to Erako and Erao and Erabou!?
>Aah, they had that rebellious look in their eyes, so…
>I cut them all up and made tsukudani out of them!
>You! How dare you do something so horrible…
>I hate that old man, nyaa!
>Nyaa!
>In any case it means I threw my whole fortune to the gutters!
*Huff huff
>Stop spouting your selfish nonsense!
>We fishmen aren’t tools for you to make money!
>Huh?
>I don’t get it… Just what is going on in the heads of these fishmen…
>I created you for the sake of making money. I raised you for the sake of making money.
>How could you be anything else than a tool for me to make money?
>And on top of that even the genes in your body aren’t your own.
>They belong to me.
>Eh!?
>So whether I sell or kill you…
>Then…
>You are my dad!?
>Hah?
>Hey now, don’t go saying disrespectful things like that!
>Even if I used my own genes to create you…
>If I was to be called a father of a fishman-monster,
*Whack whack
>I wouldn’t be able to face my mother in heaven anymore, would I!!
>Hey, you cats there, don’t you think so too?
>Eh? I don’t know, you are asking too difficult things…
>Nyaa!
>Hah, this is why I hate the likes of you animals…
*Bang bong
>You’re so uncivilized…
>Nya!
>That hurts!
>Oi, Richard, use these cats as fodder to the fishmen.
>Yes sir.
>No way! No way!
>Uhihi!
>Nyaa! Nyaa!
>Ah! Stop it, Richard!
>Those kids have nothing to do with… Ah!
*Bang
>Shut up!! I own this place, so I’m free to do anything to those who sneak in!
>And just so you know you shouldn’t be worrying about others right now.
*Click
*swell
>…
>I’m a very tolerant man.
>But…
*Blow
>I won’t forgive those who oppose me.
*Grind grind
>I never will!!
>Ouch ouch…
>Look, this is a completely automatic machine for making tsukudani I’ve created!
*Clunk
*Clank clank clack
*Screech
>I’ll make you into tsukudani even though it won’t even sell!
*Ta-da
>Eh!?
>Hahahahahaha!
*Gah
>Damn it!
>Kuhihi... The- the- these guys are pretty vi- vi- vile so in just fi- fi- five minutes…
>There won’t be even bo- bo- bones left of you!
>Tsch, I don’t want that!
>Nyaa!
*Toss
>Ouch ouch, that hurts you idiot, stop!!
*Boing boing
>Nyaa! Nyaa!
*Chomp chomp chomp
>Fuhi… Fuhihe… hya hya!
>Ah!
>Nya!
*Chomp chomp
>Waah!!
*Splash
>Nyaa!!
>Uwaah!!
*Whirr
*Crunch crunch
>Ah!!
*Rip
*Crunch crunch
>Yay! The rope was cut!!
*Slide
>I’m saved!
*Hop
>What?
>Ah, these are my scythes!
*Sharp
>Ah! Hey, I just put you in, why did you come out?
>Why did I come out?! Are you an idiot, old man?!
*Boing
*Stab stab
>Ouch ouch…
>Come!
*Drag drag
*Gush
>Ah! It hurts, it hurts!
>Hiih! Hiih! What are you going to do to me?
>This time you are the one who gets to be made into tsukudani!
>No way, are you serious? Uhaha, wait a second, you can’t…
*Stab stab stab stab stab stab stab stab
>Shut up and get in the machine.
>Doing something inhumane like this… Aah!!
*GUSHH
*Wirr
>Idiot, stupid, die!!
*Plop plop
*Blub blub
*Thud thud thud
>Nyako-chan! Nyatta-kun!
>Ah!!
*gasp gasp
*Boing
>Shit!
>Stop it, you idiots!
*Stab stab
>These kids are not food, they are our allies!
*Bang
>Gyah!!
>Gyaha! Gyahaha!
>Gyahahahaha!
*Bang bang
>Wah!
>Nyaa!
>Shit, stop it, Richard!
>Gyahahahaha! Gyahahahaha! Gyahahahaha! Gyahahahaha!
*Bang bang bang bang
*Menace
>…
If anyone is lurking, could you bump the thread?
>…
*grab
>Uwah!?
Shochu
>Ah, it’s dad!!
>Nyaa!
>Wha- wha- what’s with thi- thi- this guy! Stop me- me- messing around!!
*Bang bang
>…
*Ooze
>…
>!!
*Yank
>…
*Twist
*Crack crack
*Snap snap snap
>Gah! Guwah! Kogeh!!
>…
>Hagyaah!!
*Rip
>…
Shochu
*Munch munch
*Shove
*Jump
*Splash
*Splatter
*Climb
*Bite bite bite bite
*Grab
>Wow! Hooray!!
*Crush
*Grab
*Gush
>Dad, you are amazing!
>Nyaa!
*Splash
>Ah, Erahiko-kun!
>Wait a bit, that one is…
*Toss
>Nyaa!
>Gugyaah!!
*Crush
>Aaah!
*Soar
*Smash
*Splat
>Gyah!
>Ugh…Ugh…
*Whirr
>Gogyaah!!
*Crunch crunch
>Erahiko-kun!
>Naa!
*Gush
>Argh!
*Yank yank
*Rip
>Huh?
>Eh? My body!?
>Where is my body!?
*Splosh
>Ah, half of it has already been made into tsukudashi.
>Nyaa!
*Plop plop
*Blub blub
>Ah! It’s true!!
>A-ah!
*Gulp
>…
*Bang
>Ah!
*Gush
*Toss
>Huh? Are we going home already?
>Hey, can I take this with me?
>…
*Gulp
*Thud thud
>…
>I can, right?
>Welcome!
Souvenirs
and delicious
Fishmen
Would you like some freshly made tsukudani?
>Nyaa! Nyaa!
>Thank you so much! Your total is 600 yen.
>Eeh, are you really buying that?
>Aah…
>I’m feeling sort of lightheaded all of sudden…
>Hey, Nyako-chan, do you think I’m going to die?
>I don’t know.
*Gulp
>Nyaa! Nyaa!
>Eh? He isn’t moving at all?
>Try giving him some food.
>Nyaa.
*Shake shake
Turtle feed
>…
>Children, dinner is ready.
>Nyaa!
>Coming!
>Ah, you brought something weird home again!!
>Go throw that disgusting thing away!
>No way!
>Nyaa!
>Good grief, kids who don’t listen to their mother are not welcome into this household!!
>Yeah, whatever, but…
>This tsukudani tastes really bad.
*Gulp
>…
>Oh, you are right, it smells somewhat fishy.
Turtle feed
*Shake shake
The end
*Tsukudani
I guess this is as far as we got since no one seems to be lurking.
If the thread dies, I guess I'll make another one some other day. I'll be lurking in the scanlation threads, let me know if you are still interested to read continuation for this series.
Thanks, user
Wait, there is actually someone here?
I could dump rest of the chapters today too if there was someone bumping the thread. I still have around 100 pages of material here...
I love you, user.
Wait, are you actually going to typeset? That's amazing! Thank you so much, I love you too! If you would be willing to bump the thread every now and then to keep it from going under, I'll gladly post rest of the chapters too! it's great to see there are still people interested in this series!
I'll dump this for now at least, It's the Livestock chapter that was already translated.
You should find some monkey to typeset it for you, a lot of people won't find it worth the effort to read your TLs and check the image.
Not a bad translation though. A little stiff but overall fine.
didn't somebody offer himself to do it?
There might already be one user typesetting, fortunately! Of course it'd love it if anyone could do the typesetting, but finding someone to do it isn't actually that easy. It's a lot of tedious work... I understand that not many people are going to read it like this and that's fine. I began doing this because of one user, and if he is the only one to read this, then I'm content with it. I'm just worried about the thread dying...
Did you really read it all? Thank you for the feedback! Actually, English isn't my first language, so that's the language I'm struggling more with when translating. I'd like to experiment with accents, add those nya-sounds to Nyako's lines and be creative with sound effects and stuff, but I'm too afraid of making mistakes and that the readers might not understand anything I'm writing... So I just focus on getting the meaning across clearly... I'd need a good proofreader as a partner to really make this translation good.
Based TL, thanks for keep doing this work.
Thank you, user! It's great to see that people still have interest in this series!
Nekojiru Sou was an old favorite. Had to break out the Wacom for this. The rest is Routed Gothic if I ever disappear.
Amazing, user, this looks amazing!! You are a miracle!! Oh, feel free to fix any mistakes/typos you come across and I don't mind it if you want to make some changes to make it sound more natural or to make text fit the bubbles either.
From now it's my stuff again.
Story of the stray geezer
>This dango tastes kind of bad.
>Nyaa!
>Uh!
>Hm? What’s with him?
>I wonder if he’s hungry.
>Uh!
*Drop
*Dash
*Munch munch
>Ah! He ate it!
>Nya!
*Suck suck
>Ah, you can’t drink from the puddle!
>There are maggots in the water, you’ll get sick!
*Suck suck
>Old man, where are you from?
>Nya?
>Bah!
>Oh, jeez, it can’t be helped!
>Nyaa!
*Suck suck
*Drag drag
>Hey, mom, we can keep him, right?
>Nyaa!
>Where did you find this thing?
>On the empty lot there.
>Nyaa!
>Uh!
*Scratch scratch
>Hey, we can, right?
>Nya!
>If you insist.
>But make sure you keep it on a leash and look after it properly.
>Yees!
>Nya!
>Do you have anything we could give him?
>Nya!
>Let me see. Wait here.
>What should we call him?
>Nyou!
>Eh, Nyou? Oh, because he’s peeing! Nyoutarou it is, hahaha! (TL-note: nyou=urine)
>Nyaa!
*Splosh splosh
>Buh!
>I only have leftovers from lunch.
*Buzz
>That’s fine, anything goes.
>Nya!
>Buh!
*Chomp chomp
>Ah! He’s eating! He’s eating!
>Good boy! Good boy! Eat a lot!
>Nyaa!
>…
*Chomp chomp
>Hey, dad, we decided to call it Nyoutarou.
>Nya!
*Gulp
>…
Shochu
*Phew
*Snore snore
*Shine shine
*Miin miin miin (TL-note: cicadas)
*Hah hah
Nyoutarou
Shochu
*Snore snore
Shochu
>Augh!
*Gnaw gnaw
Shochu
*Smash
*Suck suck
>…
*Grab
>!
>…
*Buh!
*Smash
>Ah!
>…
>…
>Nyoutarou! Nyoutarou!
>Nyaa! Nyaa!
>Dad, you can’t do that.
>…
>Even this kind of creature is a living thing!
>A-ah!
>…
>He isn’t moving anymore.
*Shine shine
*Miin miin
>Nyaa!
Nyoutarou’s grave
Milk
>Ah, did a loitering old man die here?
>Old man? Ah, you mean the person we kept as a pet.
>Ah, these here are his son and his son’s wife.
>Ah, nice to meet you. It seems like we have caused you some trouble…
>…
>Aah! Aah! My father has become like this…
*Lit
>…
>You are Nyoutarou’s son?
>His name is not Nyoutarou! My father’s name is Kousaku!
Nyoutarou’s grave
>Um, for now, should we dig him up?
>Eh? Ah…
>Dear! You don’t have the kind of money to buy a tombstone, you know!
>…
>…
>Ah… It’s okay… Just leave him like that…
>?
Nyoutarou’s grave
Milk
*Drag drag
>…
The end
This chapter was in the anime, if I remember correctly.
Story of the drive
>Ah! A huge truck!
>Snore snore
Pig
Emperor of the night
>Nya!
>…
*Snore snore
>Snore snore
*Quietly
*Rumble
For personal use
Emperor of the night
*Wroom wroom
Code of the road
*Wroom
>The hand you hold chopsticks with makes it go. The hand you hold the bowl with makes it stop. Got it?
*Wroom
>Yeah! Chopsticks, chopsticks! Let’s go!
*Wrooom
>Nyaa!
Cement
>Uwah! So fast! So fast!
*Crash crash crash
>Truck is the king of cars after all!
The lone pig
>Nyaa!
*Boom
Emperor of the night
Code of the road
>!”
*Bang bang
>Hiih!
>Ah! It’s a curve!
Hotel wild monkey
just 2 km
>Chopsticks!
*Screech
>Nya!
>Ah, no! I meant bowl, bowl!
*Turn turn
>Nya?
>Then, let’s celebrate dad getting promoted to assistant manager!
*Clap clap
>Oh, this is making me blush!
>Cheers!
*Ka-boom
>Geh!
>Uwah!
>…
>Oopsie
>Gyaah!
>Bugih!
*Wroom wroom
Hotel wild monkey
just 2 km
>Nyahaha! Trucks are amazing!
>Even if we bump into something we are just fine!
*Crash crash crash
>Nyaa!
>Let’s see… I think I’m going to take 10 pieces of menchikatsu…
Tanaka meat shop
Tanaka meat shop
Cleaning
>You got it.
*Wrooom
>And some raw liver…
Tanaka meat shop
The lone pig
Emperor of the night
>Bugiiih!
*Crush
Code of the road
>Hah!?
*Splat
>Aah! Butarou!
*Gush gush
>Gyaaah! It’s a hit and run!
*Wroom wroom
>Hey, you, stop that truck!
*Wrooom
>Eh, even if you tell me to stop it…
>Eh, uh…
>Aah!
*Smack
>Aah, what are you doing you numskull!
*Thud thud thud
*Smack
>Hey, you! Wait!
*Thud thud thud
>You murderer!
*Wroom
>Nyaa! Nyaa!
>Eh, you want to try driving too?
>I’ll let you try later.
>Nyaarh!
>Ah!
*Bang
>Ah, now you’ve done it!
>Nyaarh! Nyaarh!
*Click
*Psshhh
*Thud thud thud
>Good! They finally gave up and stopped!
>I’ll drag you out
*Huff huff
>And I’ll beat you into a pulp!
>Jeez, I get it, you can try driving now.
>Nyaa!
>Then, let’s go.
>Nyaa!
*Press
>Huh? We are going in reverse!
*Whirr
>Bugigiih!!
*Screech
*Smash
>Bugiih!
>Aah, that was fun!
>Snore snore
*Psshh
>Huh? That man is still asleep.
>Nya!
>Snore snore
>I’m hungry.
>Nya!
*Wee woo wee woo
Cement
>You’ve done it now, son of a bitch!
>Eh? Huh? Eh? Eh?
>You were on drugs, weren’t you!
*Smack
>Nyaa!
>Let’s go home when frogs are gone. (TL-note: this is a popular children’s book it seems.)
The end
Story of the fight
>Nyako I have a little errand for you.
>Eh? I don’t want to go!
*Snore snore
>I need you to buy one block of tofu.
>I said I don’t want to, I’m reading manga now!
>Just get going.
*Bonk
>Ah!
>Hey, Nyatta, come with me!
*Rolls
>…
Seiyu
Fish
Sewing
>…
Greens
>Tsch
*Kick
*Swoosh
>So stupid, I don’t like doing errands …
*Smack
Alcohol
>Snore snore
>Uah?
>Yeah, that, really pisses you off, right?
>Eeh, are you for real?
Absolutely beautiful, user!
>Hey! You shitty brats!
>?
>You hit me just now, didn’t you!
>Huh? What is this geezer talking about?
>I don’t know.
>I was sleeping so soundly too.
>Hoo, are you picking a fight, geezer?
>I’ll give you one then!
>?
*Smack
>Ora ora, what’s wrong?
>Don’t underestimate me, geezer!
*Bonk bonk
>Ah! It’s a fight!
>There! Don’t be so full of yourself, geezer!
>Our team has some guts just so that you know!
>Haah? Guts, you say…
*Smash
>What do you mean by that?
*Stab
>Ah!
>Buh!
*Thud
>Hii!
*Gyaah!
*Murderer!
>…
>Uwah! This old man is amazing!
*Hii!
*Gyaah!
>What happened to those guts, huh?
*Splosh splosh
>Ah… No… Nothing really…
>What do you mean by…
*Pull
>Nothing really?!
>Aagh!
*Slice
>Hiih!
*Thud
*Roll roll
>Mommy!
>Yay! Old man, you did it! You did it!
>You there!
>Don’t say such irresponsible things!
>Ah!
>He killed two people, you know!
*Bonk bonk
>Haah?
>Hey, you.
>Waah! Waah!
>Ye- Yes!?
*Shock
>Are you a salary man?
Uh, I am a principal of an elementary school, but…
*sweat sweat
>If you are a teacher then why did you beat up this cat kid?
>Waah! Waah!
>If you have a problem, then…
>Try saying it to my face!
*Smash
>Hngahh!
>Nyahaha…
>Gyaa! Gyaa!
>?
>Gyaa gyaa, shut your yap, bitch!
*Smack
>Bugiih!
>Damn you people! Just who do you think you are!?
>I’ll kill every single one of you!
>Hey, hey, Nyatta, Nyatta!
Propane
>Crazy old man is going wild!
>Nya?
>He has killed like 10 people already! Quickly, quickly!
>Nyaa!
*Dash
>Huh?
>Tsch, he even pulled a pole off the ground.
>…
>Did you kill him?
>Yeah, I shot him because he had gone completely insane.
>…
>Nyaa! Nyaa!
>Ah! Hey, you! No touching!
>Nyahaha! I got to see something good today!
*Pissed
>Nyaarh!
>Eh? It’s not fair that only I got to see it?
>That’s because you wouldn’t wake up… Ah!
*Bang
>Bunyaarh!
>Now you’ve done it!
*Whack whack
>Hey, you kids!
>The tofu!? What happened to the tofu!?
>Ah!
*Bang
*Bonk
*Kaa kaa
Nya!
The end
Story of the seals
>Hey, Nyatta, what are you going to buy from the candy store?
>Nyaa!
Handmade cookies
Seal hall
>Hey, you two!
>Candy is not good for you, there are preservatives and other bad stuff inside!
>You should by our seal cookies! They are handmade and natural additive-free products!
>Eh, no way!
>Look at this, there are real seals here making them!
A
*Quick quick
>I said I don’t want any!
*Quick quick
A
>I’m going to buy some green jelly candy so I’m not buying those!
>You are not going to buy?
>Are you saying you are not going to buy these wonderful cookies no matter what?
>We are not!
>Nyaa!
>Then come sell them!
>Eh? Sell?
>Seals, you know, they don’t have any hands or legs. Even if they work hard to bake cookies they can’t go sell them.
>Then why don’t you go sell them instead!?
>Nyaa!
>Haah, here is the thing. Even though I’m doing this welfare project as a volunteer no one is stepping up to help me.
>I don’t care about that.
>Shut your yaps! This is an order!
*Bam
>Ah!
>Go sell 100 cookies!
*Bonk
>Nya!
>Cookies! Seal cookies!
Seal hall
>Tsch, no one is buying these.
>Nyaa!
Seal hall
>Oh my, how cute cookie vendors! Can I have one?
>That’s 50 yen.
>Oh my, this is shaped like a seal! I wonder what it’s going to taste like!
>I don’t know.
*Bite
>Uhm.
>Uwah! What are these!
>I thought they were raisins, but…
>This is poop!!
>Poop?
*Vomit vomit
>You shitty brats, how could do this to me!
>Waah! Waah!
>…
Seal hall
>Did they sell?
>No they didn’t.
>There was poop in them so we were yelled at.
>Nyaa!
>Haah? Poop?
>You guys!
*Shudder
>How dare you…
*Bang bang
>Put poop in the cookies behind my back!
>Ouch! Ouch!
>Just messing around!
*Stomp stomp
>Each and every one of them!
>Aah! Azayoshi is dead!
>Damn it, he is already the fifth to go!
>Hey, isn’t that person a volunteer?
>No way, no way!
>He’s just a drug addict.
One day he suddenly barged into our village.
>Gahahaha!
>Die! Die!
>You inferior animals!
>He shot all the adults and took us kids as slaves.
*Ratatata
>That’s why we put poop in the cookies.
>I see.
>He sounds like a nasty guy.
>yeah, he is a nasty guy.
>Should we kill him?
>Eh? Kill him?
>But could we really do something like that?
>It is possible.
>I know that he has a hidden pistol.
>Eh, a pistol?
>We don’t have hands so we can’t do it, but…
>You might be able to shoot him.
>Ah, that’s easy. Very easy.
>Nyaa!
>Damn it!
>I thought I’d be able to make a fortune using the ecology movement…
*Inject
>Are you sure you don’t need to practice or anything?
>Yeah, It’s fine.
>Huh? Why are you here?
>Look!
>Heh?
*Bam
>You… You brats!
>Just what have you done!?
>Shut up, old man!
>Eat some poop cookies! Here, here!
>Haguhh! Fugah!
*Kick
>Hooray! Hooray!
>Nyaa! Nyaa!
*Ratatata
*Bang bang
>Die! Die, you pig!
>Nyahahaha! Nyahahaha!
>Gaaah!
>If you swim along this river you get to the ocean.
>Yeah, thank you so much!
*Splash
>Bye bye!
Three days later…
*Gooong gooong
*Peck peck
>…
*Float float
The end
These two chapters were from the anime too, if I'm correct.
Story of the old pig man
*Bark bark bark bark
>Nyaa!
*Bite
>Ah!
>Take this!
*Bam
*Pull
*Howl
*Pissed
>Fugiiih!
*Bam bam
>Ah!
>Aah! Pochi… My Pochi is dead!
>You! How dare you!
*Glare
>But he’s the one who started it.
>Nyaa!
>Silence!
>Ah!
*Drag drag
>Where did you brats come from?
>Nyaa!
>Just what have you been teaching these kids?
>I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry.
Propane
>Pochi was a family member to me! Do you even understand what you have done?
>I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry.
>You animals really are worthless!
*Opens
>I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry.
>Nya!
>It’s not our fault! The dog…
>…
*Bang
*Bonk
>…
>…
>Unyaaah!
>Ribbit ribbit
>Nyaaah!
>That fucking pig!
*Smash
>Geh!
>Nyaaarh!
>Rest in peace, my Pochi.
Pochi’s grave
>?
*Yank
>Ah, It’s you two again!
*Twang
>…
>Run, you fucking pig!
>Nyaa!
*Thud thud thud
>Bugiiih!
>?
*Boing
>Buhiii!
*Flap flap
*Yank
>…
>…
>Help me!
>Hm?
*Bam bam
*Stab stab
>Hey! You kids, what are you doing!?
>Ah! Officer!
>Tsch, just a pig, huh.
>Buhiiin!
*Bam bam
*Turns away
*Stab stab
The end
Story of the tanuki hunt
>Hey, dad, what kind of animals are tanuki?
>Nya!
>…
>What do they look like?
>Nya!
>…
>Are tanuki the stuff that’s in tanuki udon?
>Nya!
>…
>…
>…
>Ah! It’s a riverbank!
>Nya!
>Hey, is it okay if we play here?
>Nya!
>…
*Rustle rustle
>…
>Ah, did you catch a crab?
>Nya!
*Munch munch
>Lucky you!
*Splash splash
>I hope there are more of them.
*Splash splash
>Hey, hey! Don’t do that!
>You are going to scare away all the fish.
>Are you fishing?
>Yeah, but I’ve caught only one fish so far.
>I have to catch at least three before I go home.
>Why?
>My dad is at work and isn’t coming home.
>?
>So I have to take care of my little sister and my sick mom.
>Hmm.
>…
>…
>I’m Ponkichi, who are you?
>I’m Nyako and that’s Nyatta.
*Munch munch
>Hee, Nyako-chan and Nyatta-kun.
>This is the first time I’ve spoken to cats.
>Hmm. What kind of animal are you?
>Me? I am…
*Rustle
*Bang
>Huh?
*Splatter
>…
>Dad, why did you shoot him?
>…
>Oh, the same kind of animals!
>…
>Ah, I see, he was a tanuki all along.
>…
*Munch munch
>…
The end
This is the last chapter of the book, Tsunami. It was already translated, so this isn't my work here. I'll dump it anyways, though.
Here's a commentary by Aoyama Masaaki as well. I did translate it, but... Well, it has parts that still don't make any sense to me...
Commentary, Aoyama Masaaki
I love pork soup, but unfortunately not even once have I been able to taste cat soup. Well, if I’d ever by chance get a kitten in my hands, I think I’d like to raise it carefully pouring all my love into it, and having done that cook it into nabe and engulf the flavor. But leaving the taste of the real deal aside for now, the taste of mischievous Nekojiru of the bygone days absorbed through monitor must have been fairly exceptional.
To say it frankly, from times of Aesop’s fables and mother goose to today’s bizarre and nonsensical four panel manga, Nekojiru manga is one amongst the works continuing the trend of cruel fairy tales. However, even if it’s correct to use such classification, one can’t deny that in Nekojiru there can be seen a definitive view of world specific to this manga that won’t fit to any previously known patterns. In the world created by Nekojiru only the fittest survive, stronger animals are free to act as violently as they please and eat the corpses of the weaker animals. Despite that, on the other hand the main cat family is, setting aside their many curiosities, at least somewhat harmonious. Siblings walking always hand in hand, strong and scary father, mother separated from the rest. I’d say a family like this would be like fantasy far from reality in today’s world.
In other words, the world presented by Nekojiru is result of a bizarre fantasy underworld where only the strongest survive, colliding with the peaceful nest-like fantasy family life we see bits of scattered here and there. The queen we meet in “Tsunami” isn’t an exception either. By ending up all alone she finally gets a chance to build a family with her own will and strength.
In the world of Nekojiru that binds together both bizarre fantasy and family fantasy, there are not present any preaching moral lessons many cruel fairy tales typically have. Cruelty and peace, strangers and family. Using only these worlds Nekojiru gently draws dreams of hope and understanding to the hearts of the readers.
Lastly, this is nothing but my personal wish, but I hope that something like “Nekojiru drinking cat soup” will never actually happen.
Aoyama Masaaki, editor, author
Is he generally talking of Nekojiru as person or her manga? When talking about making soup of a cat was he actually talking about ms. Nekojiru making the soup? Dreams of hope and understanding? A queen? Isn't she a princess since her father is the king... Or are there some circumstances I'm not aware of? And there's this one sentence I translated: "But leaving the taste of the real deal aside for now, the taste of mischievous Nekojiru of the bygone days absorbed through monitor must have been fairly exceptional.", but actually I have no idea what he meant by 8mm so I just left it out. I probably didn't even understand the sentence correctly... If anyone can decipher this/ actually cares, feel free to correct it as much as you want.
Well, we've hit page 10 and I'm done with my dump. I'll be likely working on shokudou next. If you have any questions for me, I'm usually lurking in the scanlation threads. I'll try to give some updates of my process there as well from time to time. And for the user typesetting, again, thank you so much! I'd love to see your finished work sometime!
And just as I thought the thread was as good as gone! I'm happy to see that you are still typesetting, user! You are doing god's work!
Let's hope I'm faster than it sinks ...!
I'd bump for you if I could!
Good luck, user! I have to go to work now, but I'll be rooting for you! You could just let the thread die too and make another one when you are done. Oh, I made a pastebin for the translation too, all of the text can be found there too if needed.
pastebin.com
Not sure if the translation for the last panel is missing or not.
Forgot SFX
user, you really are amazing!!! You really have been typesetting all this time!!!! I'm posting with my phone from work, maybe I could help bump the thread this way? Do you really intend to do it all in one go??
This might be it for me, I have to go to bed!
Zzzzzz
Based Nekojiru user. A true hero and bro.
Yeah, get some sleep, user!!! You've worked so hard! You can always make a new thread later! Thank you so much, the pages really look amazing!
Drop a link in the scanlation threads once you're done, maybe someone can then upload it to madokami too.
Did someone typeset Udon 1 and 2? I remember someone saying they will in the last thread.
There was one user who did a few pages and other user who said he could do it, but I don't know if anyone actually ever got tje typesetting done. I could try asking in the scanlation thread.
appreciated
based
Thanks user, great content.
Thank you tl user and thank you typesetting user
I saw the film of this as a kid. It’s just as disturbing as I recall.
Thanks for the tl and dump
This thread was the diamond in the rough. Thank you OP
Nice
Thank you all! It's good to see this series still has some following after all. I'll be working on likely Nekojiru Shokudou next, I try to give some proggress updates in the scanlation threads from now on. Thank you again, typesetting user! I appreciate your work so much!