蛍火艶夜 chapter 10

ch 10

--Naruko Unit: Part I--


#p1
APRIL
1945
KAGOSHIMA
**CHATTER**
**CHATTER**
HELLO!
I'M A
JOURNAL-
IST FROM
XX PA-
PER.
CAN
I TAKE
YOUR
PHO-
TOS?
WHAT?!
MY
PHOTOS?

#p2
THANK
YOU!!
SNAP
IT'D BE AN
HONOR TO BE...
TO HAVE.... MY
PICTURE TAKEN!
WHAT
ARE YOU
SAYING,
KOIKE?
Haha-
ha!
EVERY-
ONE!
GATHER
'ROUND!
IT'S
PHOTO
TIME!
PLEASE
WAIT A
SECOND.
THERE ARE
EIGHT OF
US IN OUR
UNIT.
OUR
сом-
MANDER
IS AROUND
HERE
SOME-
WHERE...
WARRANT
OFFICER
NARUKO!
THIS
MAN'S
GONNA
TAKE OUR
PICTURE!
HUH?
PHOTO?!
**TMP**
OH!
**GLANCE**

#p3
H-HELLO. I'M
A JOURNALIST
FROM XX
PAPER.
**TMP**
H-
M-MAY
I TAKE
YOUR
PHO-
TOS?
**CLATTER**
**CLATTER**
SURE.
OFFICER
NARUKO, YOU
CAN JUMP IN
ANYWHERE
YOU'D LIKE.
**FWUMP**
THEN
HERE!
EEK!
HAHAHAHA!
OF COURSE, ON
TOP OF SONO!
EEK!
YOU WEIGH
PRACTICALLY
NOTHING, SMALL
FRY!
YOU
LITTLE!!
OFFICER
NARUKO. TELL
THE JOURNALIST
THAT STORY.

#p4
TO JOIN
THE NAVY,
YOU HAVE
TO BE AT
LEAST 156
CM TALL
IN YOUR
PHYSICAL
EXAM.
HOW TALL
WERE YOU,
OFFICER
NARUKO?
155.8
CM.
HEHE!
HAHA!
I GREW
2 MM ON THE
DAY OF THE
MEASURE-
MENT!
I'M
THAT
COMMIT-
TED, YOU
KNOW?
THOUGH
I WAS
BACK TO
NORMAL
NEXT
DAY.
HAHAHA-
HAHA!!
Eek!
AH!
**CLICK**
DID
YOU TAKE
THE PHO-
TO?!
SORRY!
WELL BE
MORE SE-
RIOUS!
Hahaha:
IT'S
FINE!
I GOT
A GOOD
ONE.
THE
RAGTAG
NARUKO
UNIT!
IS THAT
GOOD
ENOUGH?
HAHAHA
WHAT?!
CMON!
TAKE A
TOUGH
LOOKING
ONE FOR
US!

#p5
HAHAHA
**SQUEEZE**
Thank
You.
THAT
JOURNAL-
IST WAS
FAT.
I BET
HE'S
EATING
GOOD
FOOD.
**TMP**
I want a
roasted
pig!
EXCUSE
ME, SIR!
HUH?!
CAN YOU
DO ME A
FAVOR?

#P6
THE
GUY
WHO
WAS
BEHIND
ME...
KIYA.
I MEAN, HIS
NAME IS
KAGIYA.
HE'S
FLYING
IN OHKA*.
IN TWO
DAYS.
*ОНКА = YOKOSUKA MXY-7 OHKA. A ROCKET-POWERED SUICIDE ATTACK-AIRCRAFT GUIDED BY ITS PILOT. IT WAS CARRIED AS A PARASITE AIRCRAFT BY A LARGER BOMBER INTO ACTION.
CAN YOU
TAKE HIS
PORTRAIT
SEPARATE-
LY?
KIIYA!
COME
HERE
FOR A
SEC.
BRING
YOUR AVIA-
TION HAT AND
SWORD.
LET'S
DO IT IN
FRONT OF
THE GAM.
RIGHT.

#P7
МУОНО
RENGE KYO.
KANZE ON
BOSA...
FU MON
BON DAI NI
JUGO...
NI JI MU JI NI
BO SA SOKU
JU ZA KI HEN
DAN U KEN GA
SHO.
**CLANG**
OH. PRIEST
KUREBAYASHI
BEGAN HIS
PRAYER.
LET ME
REST...
se Son
Kan Zen
Ohni BO
sa...
Iga In
Nen Myo
nKan
Re.
KIlYA.
ISN'T THAT
DISTRACT-
ING?
FOR
YOUR
LET-
TER...
HUH?
NOT AT
ALL.
IT
CALMS ME
DOWN.
**TMP**

#P8
WHOA!
YOU'RE
SO TALL!
**CHATTER**
**SNAP**
OFFICER
NARUKO!
SONO...

#P9
USING AN
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL FOR
THE BAR-
RACKS...
IS KIND OF
NOSTALGIC,
ISN'T IT?
IT'S FUN!
**TMP**
JUST ABOUT
EVERY MILITARY
FACILITY IS DE-
STROYED BY
AIR RAIDS...
WHO
KNOWS HOW
LONG THIS
PLACE WILL
LAST?
L-LOOK.
THERE
WAS STILL A
LITTLE BIT OF
CHERRY BLOS-
SOMS.
OH.
CAN
WE GIVE
THIS TO
KIYA THE
DAY AFTER
TOMOR-
ROW?!
KIIYA?!
OH...
RIGHT.
МАУВЕ
IT'D KEEP
IF WE PUT
IT IN WA-
TER.
I
DON'T
WANT IT
STOLEN.
LET'S
HIDE
IT!
HUH?

#P10
BECAUSE
THERE ARE
A LOT...
OF
PEOPLE
AT THIS
BASE.
**SPLASH**
BEHIND
THE
SCHOOL
BUILD-
ING!
BY
THE OLD
WELL!
I DON'T
KNOW.
I
FEEL BAD
FOR THE
FLOWERS
IF THERE'S
NO SUN-
LIGHT.
HMM.
OH.
WHAT ABOUT
HIGHER UP?
LIKE ON THAT
BRANCH.
I CAN
PUT YOU ON
MY SHOUL-
DERS.
ОН.
МАУВЕ.
I CAN
PUT YOU ON
MY SHOUL-
DERS...
YOU
CAN'T!
HMM.
YOU'RE
SO COM-
PETITIVE.

#P11
GOOD!
LET'S GIVE
IT TO KIYA
BEFORE HIS
SORTIE.
SURE...
GOOD
DEA,
SONO!
**VRRRR**
HIGHER
FLIGHT
PETTY
OFFICER
SEISHIRO
KAGIYA!!
TELL US
WHAT YOU WANT
TO EAT TONIGHT,
AND WE'LL GET
IT FOR YOU!!
WHAT?
LIKE...
ANY-
THING?
ANYTHING!!

#P12
THEN I
WANT HOT
POT!
YES,
SIR!
MAKE IT
LARGE.
I WANT
TO EAT
IT WITH
MY G4M
TEAM!
IT'S
GONNA
BE BORING
LEADING UP
TO THE BIG
DAY.
I'D
RATHER EAT
HOT POT NOW
AND GO.
**ROLL**
HIGHER
FLIGHT
PETTY
OFFI-
CER
KAGI-
YA!!
COMMANDER
NARITOKU HAS
ARRIVED TO
KINDLY GIVE YOU
THE WORDS OF
ENCOURAGEMENT
FOR TOMOR-
ROW!
**FWIP**
WHAT?!
Y-YES,
SIR!
RIGHT
AWAY!
**VRRR**
HIGHER
FLIGHT
PETTY
OFFICER
KAGIYA.
NEIGHBORS
ARE HERE
TO GREET
YOU...
YES,
SURE!
**VROOOM**
WHAT
MODEL
DO YOU
THINK
THAT
IS?
HMM.
B6N
TENZAN,
МАУВЕ?
THEY
ARE BRING-
ING AIRCRAFTS
TO KAGOSHIMA
FROM ALL OVER
JAPAN.
I WONDER
IF THAT'S USED
FOR SPECIAL
ATTACKS
TOO.
**WOW**
MAYВE...
HOT...
POT!!
AMAZING.
THEY REALLY
MADE IT!
IT'S NOT
A LARGE
ONE,
BUT...
**BLUB**
**BLUB**
THANKS
GUYS!
S-...
SURE.
**GROWL**
**GULP**
HEY!
W-WHY
DON'T
YOU GUYS
HAVE A
TASTE?

#P13
IT'S FINE,
KIlYA.
YOU EAT
IT.
IT'S
NOT THAT
GOOD...
TO EAT
IT ALL
ALONE...
**VRRRR**

#P14
WOW.
OHKA.
MY
LOVE.
**VRRRR**
**VRRRR**
Yeah!
Cheers!
ALL
RIGHT!

#P15
HEY.
I HAVE
TO TAKE
A CRAP!
**VRRR**
KIIYA'S
SO
GUTSY.
HE'S
ELIMINAT-
ING BAD
LUCK.

#P16
**VRRRR**
AH!
KIIYA!!
CLIMB
IN!!
IT'S HERE!
IT'S HERE!
IT'S HERE!
THE
ENEMY
HASN'T
SEEN US
УЕТ!
I'M
GOING!
**WOOSH**

#P17
SEE YA,
GUYS.
**FLASH**
"OHKA READY FOR LAUNCH."

#P18
**BANG**
**VRRR**
HA!
OFFICER
NARUKO!
HUFF!
WE
DROPPED
HIM IN A
GOOD
SPOT.
**GLANCE**
HE'LL
MAKE IT!
HE'LL MAKE
IT!!
HUFF!
HUFF!

#P19
**KABOOM**
HE DID
IT!!
SEE THE
EXPLO-
SION?!
KIIYA DID
IT!!
HE DID
IT!
CHEERS
TO SEISHIRO
KAGIYA!!
WE'RE
HEADING
ВACK...
TO THE
BASE...
YES,
SIR!
**VRRRRRRR**

#P20
I WENT
TO ALL
THE CAMERA
SHOPS IN
TOWN...
AND
HAD THOSE
PRINTED
QUICKLY.

#P21
THAT
JOURNALIST
WAS A NICE
GUY AFTER
ALL.
I
SHOULDN'T
HAVE CALLED
HIM FAT.
**TMP**
WELCOME
BACK SIR!
OFFICER
NARUKO.
THAT
CHERRY
BLOS-
SOM.
WE FORGOT
TO GIVE IT
TO KIIYA.
WE'RE
SO...
STUPID.
**THUMP**

#P22
**RUSTLE**

#P23
**SPLASH**
**SQUEEZE**
I
WANTED
TO GIVE
IT TO
HIM.

#P24
I...
WANTED
TO...
GIVE THE
FLOWERS
TO KIlYA...
МУОНО
RENGE
KYO
NYO RAI
JU...
RYO
HON DAI
JU RO
KU...!
JI GA
TOKU
BUTSU
RAI SHO
KYO SHO
KOSSHU...
MU
RYO
HYAKU
SEN
MAN.
HE'S AT
IT AGAIN!!
Ko KuYo
Sha Ri Gen
Kai Eren
Bo....
Ni shou,?
Katsu Go,
Shin...
**CLANG**

#P25
KURE.
THANK
YOU SO
MUCH...
FOR
PRAYING
ALL THE
TIME.
THANK YOU,
OFFICER
NARUKO.
WHEN
ALL LIVING
THINGS AP-
PEAR TO BE
CONSUMED
BY FIRE...
THE
LAND OF
BUDDHA
REMAINS
SAFE.
KIYA MUST HAVE
MET BUDDHA BY NOW
AND IS FROLICKING
PEACEFULLY. DO
NOT WORRY.
HUH?
УЕАН.
THAT'S
RIGHT.
THANK
YOU.
KURE'S A
STRANGE
ONE.
YOU
THINK?
HE'S
A NICE
GUY.
**TMP**

#P26
WHY ARE
YOU ALWAYS
FOLLOWING ME
AROUND?!
BECAUSE
I'M IN LOVE
WITH YOU,
OFFICER
NARUKO.
WELL.
HMM.
I... SORT
OF FIGURED
THAT OUT...
YES!

#P27
I WANT
TO...
TOUCH
THE
PERSON
I LOVE.
DO YOU
FIND IT DIS-
GUSTING?
NO.
UMM.
NOT
REALLY.
PHEW!
T-THANK
GOODNESS!
SORRY
FOR
BOTH-
ERING
YOU!
I'LL
GO TO
BED!
HUH?
**TMP**
**ZZZ**

#P28
**WOO**
WARNING!
WARNING!
ENEMY AIR
RAID!!
**KABOOM**
**VRRRRR**

#P29
THEY
GOT US.
WE
LOST OUR
BARRACKS
AGAIN.
OH MAN...
THAT
CHERRY
BLOSSOM
TREE...
BURNED
DOWN TOO.
**SLUMP**
...UGH...