Track 6
Gyoza Terui
Until she finishes eating, I’m a chair…
I don’t want to appear rude for staring, but the Angelica girl over there has quite an absurppetite.
Her appetite’s on par with Netaro-kun’s…!
Nah, I’d say she’s on a whole ‘nother level…?
<Why are you here?>
MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH.
But maybe she should chew a little more… though I know it’s none of my business…
I feel like she’s getting heavier and heavier, but until she finishes eating, I’m a chair…
<I didn’t hear anything of that sort. And if you have retired, that means you’re not my boss anymore. You’re my ex-boss.>
…! Natsume, hand that over.
<You’ve retired. You’re my ex-boss.>
Until she finishes eating, I’m a chair… I-I need to pee…
You dare to steal my alcohol… Are you in such a hurry to die?
As if I’m gonna let you fuckin’ ruin Toi’s body…!
Hold on now, you’re not the one payin’, so why are you hoggin’ all the good stuff—
You shouldn’t force yourself to drink, my boy. Just a drop, and you will be tipsy, salty, spicy, strippy, horsey.
I’ve been doing special trainin’ with Nishizono too…!
<You’ve retired. You’re my ex-boss.>
Until she finishes eating… I’m… a chair…!
Gulp… Gah…!!
Hah…! To think a mere single drop could reduce you to such a sorry state… Can’t say I’m not impressed.
HNGHHH~~~! All you’ve been doing since earlier is yapping and needling here and there…
Netaro-kun, are you okay? Your stomach’s gonna hurt…
NOM NOM NOM NOM. MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH.
<You guys covered up the explosion and put the matter to rest. You’re my ex-boss if you’ve retired.>
Enban gyozas, you have more? Enough to eat, not.
M-Ma’am… Please don’t order more, I can’t wrap them fast enough… This old man’s gonna get tendonitis…
Even this lowly chair… is pleading with you for mercy…
Ugh… Gimme water… ‘n’ somethin’… to eat…
*Boing* Revoir, au.
Ah, Angelica-san’s left.
GYAAAAAAH!! EVEN THOUGH THEIR TRUE FORM LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE A SQUID~~~!!
…Tch! Do not yell into my ears, you parasite!
Hachinoya Nagi… is returning from a chair to a regular adult… man…
-Nagi faints-
Why does it turn out like this with you! Nyam nyam nom!!
You f— those are my squid n’ carrots…!
Fuhaha, how pathetic Ryui! You got what you deserve…!
Hotel Room
Ha~a, hell hell ♪ Putting the han in nahahan ♪7
“Even in the summer when you tend to just take a shower, make sure to soak in a hot bath every once in a while!” …Yeah, those are wise words.
Oh, right.
-Nagi comes out of the bathroom-
Netaro~, if we’re going to do that, we should probably do it in the bathroom, just in case something goes wrong—
Hah? The hell you mean by ‘that’?
Th-Th-Th-Th-That’s… Why are you here…?
Yowa was buggin’ the fuck outta Toi and got snot all over him ‘cause he ran outta pocket tissues, so I’m here to drop some off.
O-Oh, thanks.
What was that weird-ass humming just now?
Huh? You don’t know the ChiiOnis? They’re making waves in the media sphere.
I don’t. Stop talkin’ like a freak.
There’s a rumour going around that a fourth little green oni is going to be added soon. Netaro, do you know about it… Huh, he’s not here?
He wasn’t here when I came in.
Huh…
Fukushima - UFO Village
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiigh.
Just when I was ‘bout to have fun after overcoming my hay fever…
Now I have to stop playing and get to work?
Dun wannaaaaa. I don’t wanna work for even 1.8 seconds~
Siiiigh…
(My ex-boss and that Yorozu’s alien are both nothing but trouble…)
Troublesome things are best swallowed whole…
(Knowing my ex-boss’s personality, there’s no way they would’ve told anyone else ‘bout their personal vacation plans.)
(Space travel is always accompanied by danger. Going missing somewhere along the way is hardly unusual too.)
And besides, if my ex-boss reports back to our home planet—
(Will this place get officially selected as a target for invasion…?)
FLASHBACK
My people are the strongest intelligent lifeforms in the universe, having invaded planets one after another.
That’s how we earned the nickname “the Harvesters of Galactic Civilization”!
That makes you sound like farmers. Like you’re out there harvesting rice.
It’s way more than just harvesting rice. A planet like Earth wouldn’t even take us seven days.
(There’s no such thing as protagonist plot armor. At Earth’s current level, they’d still have as much defensive power as a sheet of paper, even if they build shelters.)
This place would be trampled, persecuted, plundered, brutalized, violated, and occupied.
Everything would be gone… along with all human lives.
(What would happen then? If that day comes—)
…I would be the only one left, huh.
(I haven’t even found a trace of my Beatrice yet. In this endlessly expanding universe, is this what loneliness is?)
……
(There’s a sharp pain right in the middle of my chest.)
(I’ve felt this inexplicable physical condition before.)
FLASHBACK
You can’t.
Netaro, I know that you try hard to understand us, but I don’t think you can, so don’t talk to me right now.
It was when Gii got angry at me for the first time.
(This must be another symptom of Earth syndrome.)
(On my planet, when there’s a stimulus that triggers the amplification of emotions, we simply swallow it whole to deal with it. However, humans are different. They savor the feeling, nurture it, and let it grow into something of its own...)
(A chemical reaction in the heart.)
…Ah.
(A shooting star…)
Ah! I remember—
FLASHBACK
OH! NO…!
So that’s what his name is! AHAHA! Such a difficult name to remember for some reason!9
Sigh......
(Love and loneliness… They’ve both always been incomprehensible to me. Even if I grasp what I think is the answer, how can I know whether I’m right? My body and my heart are separate things, so how am I supposed to confirm this…)
Ono. Is this what loneliness is…?
(If Earth disappears, where will you and I be?)
(How many light-years away would we be all alone inside that old school building?)
Netaro!
…
Gii.
This is actually a very funny pun. 上司 (joushi) means "boss/superiority" in Japanese. And the person who is sitting on Nagi is supposedly Angelica Josie. Joushi and Josie. LMAO you will understand why it's written as 上司 soon.
四合瓶 shigoubin or yogoubin is 720mL which is the standard serving of sake for a bottle.
Junmai is a classification of sake. It is a sake made with no additives. It is made with only rice, water, koji and yeast.
Yodaka’s line here is from the Hyakunin Isshu, which is a collection of 100 poems. The original poem is written by Emperor Tenji.
Yodaka slurred on his words after he said tanonde tano and went off on a poem about Japanese agriculture. Since the start of the poem is aki no ta no, he follows it with the second stanza, which is kariho no io no.
Yodaka wants ikaninjin, but he's jumbling it with a phrase "dogenkasen to ikan", which is a phrase which can be translated loosely as "we gotta do something to change".
Because of the wordplay in Yodaka's line, it's translated as is, but ika-ninjin is a dish from Fukushima made with two ingredients (squid and carrots) that are thinly sliced and marinated in mirin or soy sauce.
Referencing the event story "Onimera Matsuri Bayashi" (Track 5)!
004: Designs of Happiness: Side A - 20
https://yukikaze.love/tl/main/1/4/20Referencing Netaro's season 1.5 novel! In track 2:
“Ohhhh noooo… OH! NO?”
“Judging from the way you’ve said it, it seems like you’re saying it in English, but it’s not like that. It’s written with the characters for ‘big’ and ‘field’... It’s read as Ono. That’s my name.”
“Languages from Earth have waaay too many words that sound the same~ I still get them mixed up sometimes~...”