From: hsu@ecf.toronto.edu (HSU TITUS HENG-HSUEH)
Subject: A!MG ch.41
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:15:46 GMT

Translator's note: This is only the first version of the translation.
I will keep on revising it until I feel there is no more I can do.
As of now, I'd like to point out what I still consider flaws:

1) exclamations and laughters. For exclamations like AAAAAA! or GHYAAAA!,
   I haven't figured out suitable replacements yet.
2) Some expressions may seen awckward. I used the policy of generating
   an English adaptation rather then translating one-to-one. I took
   the liberty to paraphrase and elaborate on several expression, while
   trying to keep the key words in the original Japanese text intact. It
   is rather difficult to judge the balance between accuracy vs. elegance,
   but that is the greatest challenge in translating.

About the translation: I did not translate sound effects, so it is
up to the reader to tell sound effects apart from dialogues. Each line
of "----" divides a dialogue bubble. (m) indicates monologues. These are
the text that appear as main text but are not enclosed inside bubbles nor
boxes. (t) indicates thinking. These are thoughts that appear in bubbles.
(f) stands for footnote. These are the little scribbles that appears
to be hand-written by the artist, instead of the printed font.

Any feedback and criticisms that will help to improve this script will
be much appreciated.

Titus Hsu


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         Ah! Megami-sama 6.41: Morisato's Great Challenge
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narr: More than a month after the incident with King of 
      Fear...everything seems to be back to peace and quiet.
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    : But along with the collapse of the Eugdrasil system,

Keiichi: I'm home
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narr: a terrible souvenir had been left behind.
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Keiichi: Ooy! I brought some souvenir back
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       : Eh?
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p.117
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Keiichi: (m) This is strange. They'd usually come out right away
       : Oooy!
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       : (m) Could they...have gone back already!?
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       : Belldandy!
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       : What's wrong!? Belldandy!
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p.118
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Keiichi: Used too much power?
       : But...she hasn't used any power in the past while
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       : Whatever. If she's just asleep, sooner or later
       : she's going to wake up anyway.
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       : Ju...just a little one shouldn't hurt
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       : Somehow it feels pathetic to take advantage of someone 
         asleep
       : Well, but chances like this...
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p.119
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Keiichi: Geek!
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       : No! This is not what you think!
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Skuld: ...ice cream...
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     : Ice...
     : ...cream
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Keiichi: Ah...Ahh!?
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p.120
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Keiichi: Urd! Oooy! Urd!
       : Something's wrong with Belldandy and Skuld!
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Urd: Ehh? What's wrong with Belldandy?
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Keiichi: Ahhh! Tha...that bottle...!?
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       : Super brew "Tengu's Dance"!
       : That thing's expensive!
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Urd: Gyahaha! Tengu's face? That's so perverted
Keiichi: What are you talking about!?

*[special note]: Tengu is a fictitious character with an unusually 
long nose. And thus "Tengu's face" bears a certain kind of sexual 
connotation, I THINK.*
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       : What's wrong with everybody anyway?
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p.121
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Keiichi: (t) Belldandy had better wake up soon
       : (t) I can't look after them like this
Urd: Please! Get me some Sake
Skuld: Keiichi, go get me some ice cream

*[special note]: Sake = Japanese wine*
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narr: Yet when Belldandy woke up,
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    : it was already three days after...
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Keiichi: Please! Do something about this!
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       : We'll go bankrupt at this rate
       : Urd drinks one Sho a day, and Skuld eats 2L everyday
Urd: Wow! Kicking back to life!

*[special note]: "Sho" is an oriental unit for measuring volume of 
liquid. One "Sho" is approximately 1.8 Litre.*
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p.122
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Belldandy: This is terrible. The collapse of the Eugdrasil 
           system is affecting them.
Keiichi: Eh? It has that much effect?
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Belldandy: While Eugdrasil is the control system,
         : it is also a support system for us.
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         : To stay on earth, we need the power of many -
         : the soil,
         : the trees,
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         : wind and clouds,
         : the sea -
         : We must absorb the essence which exists in the nature.
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         : But the power of the nature is a form of spirit,
         : so we cannot absorb them unless Eugdrasil transforms 
           them first
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p.123
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Belldandy: Now that we have no way of transforming them,
         : we must take in some kind of substitute energy...
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Keiichi: Right! That's why everyone is sleeping, drinking, or 
         eating ice cream!
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       : Ahhh! She felt asleep again!
       : Oooy!
Urd: Keiichi! Hand over the Sake!
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   : This Keiichi guy...
   : he ran away on me
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p.124
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Urd: What is this!?
   : How am I supposed to get energy out this cheap Sake?
(Note): To Urd: Drink this while I'm at the university - K1
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Urd: I need to have my special brew!!!
Skuld: What about me!?
     : I got this lacto-ice cream with 0% milk fat!
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Urd: Keiichi!! Just wait and see how I'll get you when you come 
     back!
   : (f) Drink this for now anyway
Skuld: Just watch!
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(dialogue box): Nekojitsu Polytechnical University
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Keiichi: What will happen if this keeps on going?
Belldandy: I don't know
background1: He's talking to himself
background2: Must be practising ventriloquism
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p.125
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Belldandy: I can't say at this moment, since this is the first 
           time the system has ever come to a stop.
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         : Don't worry. This will only be until Eugdrasil revives
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Keiichi: (m) So she says, but the drain is so much that she has to 
         split to suppress the energy comsumption...
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       : (m) Only if there's anything I can do...
Yu-ki: Hello
     : That gentleman over there
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     : I see that you are being troubled by something
     : Yes, I know. Jusy by seeing into your fortune
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p.126
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Keiichi: (f) What we need is energy, but...
Yu-ki: Hello? Wait a sec!
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     : You are...
     : being troubled...
     : by something
Keiichi: You're out of breath. Are you okay?
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Yuki: Your face,
    : shows that you having trouble with women!
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Keiichi: Uh!
         (t) That's true!?
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p.127
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Yu-ki: You think I am suspicious!
Keiichi: Uh! Exactly!
Yu-ki: You came by motorbike today!
Keiichi: How did you know!?
Yu-ki: You are having problems with money!
Keiichi: That's right!
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Yu-ki: And your name is Morisato Keiichi!
Keiichi: No more! Please don't see right through me!
narr: By arranging all the known facts and all the insignificant
      facts in an order that seems to make serious sense,
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    : she draws others into her own pace and earns their trust. 
      This is the favourite technique of Yu-ki Gomola (Alias), the 
      vice-president of the Fortune-telling Division of the 
      Mystery Club.
Yu-ki: Then please pay a 2000 yen fee
Keiichi: Only after you're finished
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Yu-ki: Now, what should I take a look into?
       (t) This guy is surprisingly tough to get money off
Keiichi: Actually...
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       : (m) There's no way I can tell her!
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       : Uh...
       : How should I say...
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p.128
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Yu-ki: Uh!
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     : Ah...
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Keiichi: Sorry, but what's wrong?
Yu-ki: Thou...
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     : The power source which thou seek...
     : in the distant sky it resides...
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Keiichi: What's wrong with her? All of a sudden?
Belldandy: Wait! Let's listen to what she says
Yu-ki: It is a Ying that absorbs the Ki of Yang. Pieces...debris
       on this land...
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p.129
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Yu-ki: The power of God rests within
     : It is...
     : ...the stone of Luna
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Keiichi: I was wondering what she was going to say, but I 
         certainly didn't expect "Moon rock" to pop up all of a 
         sudden
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Belldandy: Well, but it is true that moon rocks have that kind of 
           power
Keiichi: Eh? Really?
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Keiichi: Good! This might get us out of bankrupcy!
       : We're rushing back home!
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Belldandy: Thank you,
         : Your Lordship
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p.130
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Yu-ki: Strange.
     : Hello?
     : Sir?
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Keiichi: Urd!
       : Skuld!
       : I found a replacement energy!
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Urd: Keiichi!
Skuld: Where have you been all this time!?
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Keiichi: Wha...!?
       : What happened!? Urd!?
       : Skuld!?
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p.131
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Skuld: Eh?
Urd: What's the problem?
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p.132
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Urd: Ghyaa! Since when did Skuld get so big?
Skuld: When did Urd get so small?
Keiichi: You didn't even notice...until now?
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Urd: I can't take this!
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Urd: Free space...
Skuld: Smile
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Belldandy: The program in the crest is malfuntioning
Keiichi: program?
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Belldandy: Each of the crests on our foreheads has been programmed 
           with what it is to govern
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p.133
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Belldandy: Urd holds the crest of Past;
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         : I hold the crest pf Present;
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         : and then Skuld holds the crest of Future
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         : The disorder in power balance has caused them to behave 
           improperly. Urd is returning to the past, while Skuld 
           is advancing into the future
Urd: You're lucky you are The Present...
   : You have nothing to worry about
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p.134
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Urd: At this rate, I'll get smaller and smaller...
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   : No way! I can't take this!
Skuld: I like the way it is now
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     : This beautiful proportion...
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     : I'd never thought I ccould become like Belldandy so quickly
     : Wonderful
Urd: But at this rate, you'll be an old lady soon

*[special note]: In the actual original text, whether directly or 
indirectly, Skuld also refers to Belldandy as "Onesama" (An 
unusually respectful way to address an older sister, or slightly 
older ladies in general). I took the liberty to paraphrase it 
since this occurs too often, and it would seem irresponsioble 
having a romanized Japanese word all over the text.*
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Skuld: Arrgh! I don't like that!
Keiichi: Huhuhu, you just need a consistent energy supply, right?
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       : In that case, I've already found that you can use moon 
         rocks as a replacement enegy supply
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p.135
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Skuld: Really?
Urd: You're awsome, Keiichi!
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(background text): Ah! Morisato-sama
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Belldandy: By the way, how are we going to get these moon rocks?
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p.136
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Keiichi: This isn't helping
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       : Borrowing books from the library is not going to tell us
       : how we're supposed to get these rocks
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Belldandy: If I weren't like this, I would be able to make some
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Keiichi: Make them...?
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Skuld: Keiichi
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     : I won't say I like the way it is anymore
     : At this rate,
     : I will look older than Belldandy
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     : I...
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p.137
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Skuld: I don't want to look like an old lady at this age. 
       Please...
     : do something about this
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Keiichi: Even if you don't say anything, I'll do something about 
         this anyway.
       : I wouldn't want to see you looking like an old lady 
         myself
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Skuld: Don't treat me like a kid
Belldandy: (t) Thank you, Keiichi-san
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p.138
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Skuld: Keiichi, are we going to find the rocks here?
Keiichi: No, there's no rock here
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Skuld: Eh!?
Keiichi: By the way, something else is bothering me.
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       : Can you try not to get so close?
Skuld: Ah!
     : Sorry
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Belldandy: Like I said,
         : you'll cause him more problems, so you shouldn't have 
           followed us
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Skuld: Aha...I'd never thought you would be jealous too
Belldandy: I am not!
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p.139
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(Sign): Composition Studies
Keiichi: If there's no rock here,
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       : we'll just have to make some
Skuld: What's this?
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Keiichi: High-pressure compressor
       : Since we know the composition of moon rocks,
       : we can just compress them with this to make those rocks
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       : Aluminum
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       : Calcium
       : Titanium
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p.140
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Keiichi: Now we just put them into the compressor
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       : Switch on
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       : I think it should be ready at sunrise
Skuld: Great!
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p.141
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Keiichi: So...
       : ...how is this...?
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Skuld: (m) The inside of me is coming back to life
     : (m) Energy is becoming full again
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p.142
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Keiichi: S...Skuld
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Skuld: Keiichi...Keiichi's clothes are surprisingly big
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Keiichi: We did it!
       : We should revive the actual Belldandy now
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narr: But here is an unfortunate girl...
Urd: Just maybe...
   : Maybe I'll shrink all the way back into a baby again
narr: Actually, at the rate she is drinking, perhaps we should say 
      "a fermented girl"...

*[special note]: In Japanese, the word for "unfortunate" has the 
same pronounciation as the word for "fermented" (i.e. hakko)*
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