空っぽの少女と虹のかけら // The Empty Girl and the Rainbow Fragment (BBC) Week 2

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Ok, this my translation of this week’s pages. I’m enjoying it so far, definitely curious about where the story will lead, it’s very mysterious so far.

I had to look up plenty of words of course, as usual, but other than that i didn’t have a huge amount of difficulty. a couple of lines I’m not sure about (plus of course it’s entirely possible i got other things wrong!) as always, any comment, or corrections are welcome!

page 23

munch munch gulp

page 24

come

page 25

same
same
same
come

page 26

Together all the way (not too sure about this, which dictionary meaning to choose. I dunno if the bright flash was meant to meant like being transported to another dimension or something (something that was mentioned and laughed at in the first week) in which case i feel it might be more like ‘far away together’)

page 27

right
this is who i am
its fine, i guess
Nobody will care that I left

page 29

found you
you have some nerve, don’t you?
“fragment king”

page 30

no way
no way
no way
you’re alone
now

page 31

i won’t give you the fragment
allies increase
more
more
more

page 32

You’ve drawn in 5 people, that’s, enough

page 33

look out!

page 35

Soft…
it seems to be dead
hey, are you ok?

page 36

(a flashback i’m guessing)
huh? did i do something wrong?
you took the money from my wallet!
You really can’t use it
aaah
I know you’ll get kicked out because of this

page 37

Didn’t i tell you not to go up to the second floor!?
how much do you think that vase cost?
sorry sorry sorry
next time this happens you’re really getting kicked out
make sure you pick up every last piece
sorry
sorry
if my kid steps on it and gets injured、you’ll be sorry!

page 38

uwaaaaaaaa
fragment king

page 39

Get it out!
(thrust deeply)
you bastard, how could you do this!
I finally found it, and yet…

page 40

Is it important?
of course it is, idiot!
right

page 41

sorry

page 42

hey brat, don’t apologise that way!
lift your face!
Aunt said to apologise this way
huh? who is aunt?
don’t do it again!

page 43

understood
hey! don’t get so down
good grief, this really became a problem

page 44

huh?
why are you spacing out?
what?
what? that’s not it
of course!
that fragment inside you
i’ll do whatever it takes to get it back
in conclusion…
ummm…
by the way, what’s your name?

page 45

poyoko
hmmm
I’m Eva
let’s go poyoko

page 47

an expressionless, indifferent, desireless human?
(I suppose one might say - A girl with an empty heart)
hahaha
Nothing at all (this was the best i could come up with for this line, I’m not certain about it)
hey! you too, look at this
what? sleeping again?

page 48

this human is empty
just like a cup
will it become poison
will it become medicine
what a spectacle

You went quick! I looked through upto page 35 for now.

page 29

you have some nerve, don’t you? → The 持って before やがる indicates what the creature has the nerve to do: holding on (to the fragment)

“fragment king” → In 王のかけら, king modifies fragment so it is more something like “king fragment”

page 30

I think the ヒトリは connects with further speech polygons to form ひとりはもういやだ。

page 32

You’re translation conveys the meaning well, but I do want to note grammatically the ば forms a conditional

page 35

It seems to be dead → There is a negation in なさそう

ずっと is one of those words that takes on slightly different meanings depending on the context it’s used in. I would translate this as “always together” or “together forever.”

This bubble made me scratch my head too. First, I thought the ないない was them saying “no, no…” and then I couldn’t figure out the づくし. I looked it up, and ないない尽くし means “having absolutely nothing left.” The ではないか may look like a negation, but it’s actually seeking confirmation. Think of it like going from “it’s not” to “is it not?” I’d translate it as “There’s absolutely nothing left, isn’t there?”