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[Maizuru vol 15] Echoes

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  1. Maizuru Naval District Anthology, Volume 15, Chapter 8
  2. Title: Echoes * The Japanese title contains Hibiki's name
  3. Author: Zizioxo (https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=7302209)
  4. Original Dump: https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/162594005/#162602039
  5.  
  6. Page 81
  7. Panel 1
  8. Narration: Cold, freezing cold skies.
  9. That had to be what fate had in store for me, the only survivor of my comrades who sank around me.
  10. That's how I saw my role as observer of the end.
  11.  
  12. Panel 3
  13. SFX: Squeak
  14. Plunk
  15. Swish
  16.  
  17. Panel 4
  18. SFX: Ring-ring
  19.  
  20. Panel 5
  21. SFX: [Cicada]
  22. Verniy: Whoops.
  23.  
  24. ---
  25.  
  26. Page 82
  27. Panel 1
  28. Verniy: Zdravsvoi Gangut.
  29. [Good day, Gangut.]
  30. It's already polden, you know.
  31. [It's already midday, you know.]
  32.  
  33. Panel 2
  34. Verniy: What would you like to eat-
  35. SFX: Burning...
  36. Ding-ding
  37.  
  38. Panel 3
  39. Gangut: Dobryj nochi...
  40. Verniy...
  41. [Good night... Verniy...]
  42. SFX: Drip-drop, Drip-drop
  43. Verniy: She looks like she's about to sink.
  44.  
  45. Panel 4
  46. Gangut: I'm sorry, motherland. Looks like this is as far as I can go.
  47. My body's reached its limit in this foreign land.
  48. (This place
  49. is too hot.)
  50. SFX: [Shining and halo sounds and such]
  51.  
  52. Panel 5
  53. Gangut: Let me die first...
  54. (Kuh...)
  55. Verniy: You
  56. You haven't even been to sea yet, Gangut
  57. [Working steadily.]
  58.  
  59. Panel 6
  60. Gangut: (Ah...)
  61. SFX: Burning
  62. Flap-flap
  63. Fan: Base
  64.  
  65. ---
  66.  
  67. Page 83
  68. Panel 1
  69. Verniy: (Ah.)
  70. Your antenna's back.
  71.  
  72. Panel 2
  73. First of the Gangut-class Battleships
  74. Gangut
  75. Gangut: You saw me in a pretty sorry state.
  76. Spasiba, Verniy.
  77.  
  78. Panel 3
  79. Verniy: No worries.
  80. Summer is fierce here on base.
  81.  
  82. Panel 4
  83. [Cicada]
  84.  
  85. Panel 5
  86. Gangut: Whew, thank goodness you're here for me.
  87. It's reassuring to have a comrade around.
  88. Even if she's little.
  89. SFX: Rub-rub-rub
  90.  
  91. Panel 6
  92. Gangut: Sorry for bothering you, you must be busy.
  93. (Pant, Pant)
  94. Verniy: It's ok.
  95. I chose to help.
  96.  
  97. Panel 7
  98. Verniy: The Commander asked me to show you around anyway.
  99. (I'm not little.)
  100. Is there anywhere you'd like to see?
  101.  
  102. ---
  103.  
  104. Page 84
  105. Panel 1
  106. Gangut: Take me there, Verniy.
  107. [March-march]
  108.  
  109. Panel 2
  110. SFX: Flinch
  111. Freeeze
  112.  
  113. Panel 3
  114. Gangut: Seconds!!
  115. (Khorosho)
  116. SFX: Swoosh
  117.  
  118. Panel 4
  119. Shimushu: Sortieing-shu!!
  120. Gangut: Let's go here this time, Verniy!
  121.  
  122. Panel 5
  123. Verniy: Hahaha, make way, weaklings!
  124.  
  125. Panel 6
  126. SFX: Whrrrrrrrrrrr
  127. Swooooooosh
  128.  
  129. ---
  130.  
  131. Page 85
  132. Panel 1
  133. Gangut: Hey, Verniy-
  134. Akatsuki: Hibiki!
  135.  
  136. Panel 2
  137. Akatsuki: Sheesh, the Commander's calling for you, you know.
  138.  
  139. Panel 4
  140. Akatsuki: ...ah.
  141. I'm -
  142. My name is Akatsuki, from the Sixth Destroyer Division with Hibiki...
  143. SFX: Bow
  144. Akatsuki: Thanks for, uh... taking care of Hibiki.
  145. Hibiki: I'm taking care of her.
  146.  
  147. Panel 5
  148. Gangut: "Hibiki"...?
  149. Ahh.
  150. Verniy's original name?
  151.  
  152. Panel 6
  153. Gangut: So she was with "DesDiv 6"?
  154. Come to think of it, this's her birthplace.
  155.  
  156. Panel 8
  157. Gangut: Her original comrades...?
  158. Hmm.
  159.  
  160. ---
  161.  
  162. Page 86
  163. Panel 1
  164. SFX: Poooour
  165.  
  166. Panel 2
  167. SFX: Pitter-patter
  168.  
  169. Panel 3
  170. Shigure: Ah, a yuudachi.
  171. Yuudachi: Poi~
  172. * Yuudachi: a summer shower
  173.  
  174. Panel 4
  175. SFX: Pitter-patter
  176.  
  177. Panel 5
  178. Gangut: Hey, Hibiki...
  179. Verniy: Wha-
  180.  
  181. Panel 6
  182. Verniy: Why'd you suddenly...
  183. You've been calling me Verniy the whole time, haven't you?
  184.  
  185. Panel 7
  186. Gangut: But here,
  187. you're Hibiki, aren't you?
  188.  
  189. ---
  190.  
  191. Page 87
  192. Panel 1
  193. Verniy: Why bring that up...?
  194. Gangut: When I heard you being called Hibiki,
  195.  
  196. Panel 2
  197. Gangut: it made me a bit lonely.
  198. Like I'd lost a comrade.
  199. It's selfish of me to say.
  200. But I thought
  201. it might've been the same for you.
  202.  
  203. Panel 3
  204. Gangut: So I'll call you by your name here from now on.
  205.  
  206. Panel 4
  207. Verniy: My...
  208.  
  209. Panel 5
  210. Verniy: My real name is Hibiki.
  211. But,
  212. "Verniy", faithfulness, is also my name... my precious name.
  213. What I'm called doesn't change who I am.
  214.  
  215. Panel 6
  216. Verniy: I won't forget the things I experienced when I lived as Verniy.
  217.  
  218. ---
  219.  
  220. Page 88
  221. Panel 1
  222. Verniy: Verniy
  223. is fine.
  224.  
  225. Panel 2
  226. Verniy: if the loneliness of being in a foreign land is too much,
  227.  
  228. Panel 3
  229. Verniy: Calling me that should remind you of home.
  230. (It's been a long time since I've been called Verniy...)
  231. Gangut: (Was that why?)
  232.  
  233. Panel 4
  234. Gangut: Nostalgia... huh?
  235.  
  236. Panel 5
  237. Gangut: Alright!
  238. Let's have some kasha together, Verniy!
  239.  
  240. Panel 6
  241. Gangut: And some vodka too!
  242. (Uraaaaa!)
  243. Verniy: I can't do that.
  244. Ask for Jun'you.
  245.  
  246. Panel 7
  247. Narration: The two of them later fought over how to make borscht and kasha.
  248. Verniy: This isn't the kasha I know.
  249. It's totally different.
  250. (Pout Pout)
  251. Gangut: Nah, this is how they do it at home.
  252. I'm right.
  253. Kasha:
  254. Milk, butter, etc. boiled into something like rice porridge.
  255. END
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