Voice Drama "PRIDE"

**Voice Drama "PRIDE"** is the 2-part voice drama in Paradox Live Stage Battle "PRIDE". The first part was posted on the official Paradox Live YouTube Channel on July 17, 2020.

## Featured Characters

* Allen Sugasano
* Hajun Yeon
* Anne Faulkner
* Naoakira Saimon
* Yohei Kanbayashi
* Ryu Natsume
* Shiki Ando

## Summary

After the stage battle, BAE visited The Cat’s Whiskers. With Hajun’s words as the impetus, he starts a clash due to their differences in musicianship. When Naoakira is about to intervene, Ryu’s words pierces Hajun.

Allen and Anne runs after Hajun, who had flown into a rage and rushed out of the room. After that, through his own lips, Hajun reveals his past memories, as well as his trauma. What is the past they carry? And, what is it that they wish for――.....?

## Part 1 Translation

Translation provided by Leche. Please note minor edits to fix small errors and describe certain sound effects were made. The original translation can be accessed here.

Please listen to the audio while reading for the best experience!

**Mob A:** Ahh, that was sooo great!

So this is the legendary CLUB paradox’s live…!

**Mob B:** The music was good, but the phantom was amazing, wasn’t it!?

Aah~ it feels like I’m still in a dream!

**Mob C:** Hey, which one did you vote for?

**Mob D:** Honestly, I was so lost!

Hey, let’s come again next time!

**Mob C:** For sure! We’re not heads if we miss this!

**Yohei:** Seriously! I can’t accept this. What’s so good about that nothing but loud bunch?

**Naoakira:** A loss is a loss. We have to accept it with our mind and body.

**Yohei:** Hah. You don’t even think so yourself.

**Ryu:** Don’t fight, Boss, Master!

**Yohei:** It ain’t a fight!

**Ryu:** Master~ your face’s scary!

**Yohei:** Shut up.

**Ryu:** And Shiki, too! Don’t be sad and gloomy!

**Shiki:** S-sorry…

**Ryu:** Muu… no helping it. At times like this… that’s right! Calisthenics, Shiki!

**Shiki:** Eh!?

**Ryu:** Let’s go~!

1, 2, 3, 4… Come now, Shiki, you have to twist it more!

**Shiki:** Ouch, ouch, ouch!

I can’t do more than this, Ryu-kun!

**Ryu:** Hmm…~ That’s weird… Hmm…

If this joint bent here, then…!

**Shiki:** Stop it, Ryu-kun! That’s…!

*(Shiki bends one of Ryu’s joints.)*

**Shiki:** Ahh!

**Yohei:** Oi, oi, don’t break Shiki!

**Naoakira:** Ryu, it’s not good to force Shiki.

Stop it right there.

**Ryu:** Eeh~!? Even though it’d feel good after this…!

*(Someone knocks the door.)*

**Naoakira:** Who is it?

Please come in.

*(Door opens.)*

**Anne:** Good day, Saimon-sensei!

Tonight, too, you’re extremely *cool!* You were wonderful~

**Naoakira:** Faulkner-kun! And Sugasano-kun, and Yeon-kun.

You guys came.

**Allen:** Yes. Today, we came as B.A.E.

Well… it’s something like a courtesy call…

**Hajun:** Inspecting enemy movements, you can say.

**Yohei:** Hah! You said it.

And? How was our stage?

**Hajun:** Fufu. Behind the times, it was.

**Yohei:** Ha?

Oi, say that once again.

**Hajun:** Sigh… don’t make me say it numerous times.

I said that it was behind the times, you guys’ music.

**Allen:** Wha－Hajun!

**Anne:** You don’t say that when you come to greet someone.

**Hajun:** I’ll say it clearly, Saimon-sensei… no, Kotonoha and God summer-san.

I heard that XXXX was a team that even got invited by an overseas fest, but… that was just a story of the past, after all, huh. How unfortunate.

**Yohei:** Bastard…! Just ‘cause I let a brat like you talk…

**Naoakira:** Yohei.

Indeed, that was in the past. In reality, XXXX has broken up, after all. However, now that we’ve reunited, there’s also Ryu and Shiki. Our will and style towards music haven’t changed, but please understand that we’re already a different team.

**Ryu:** Yeah, yeah! After all, there’s Sparkly Ryu-kun and Gloomy Shiki now!

**Shiki:** I’m… gloomy…?

**Yohei:** And? Dissin’ us being stale, what about you guys?

Just jumping at trends and thinking of yourselves as cutting-edge… ain’t that just child’s play?

**Allen:** Huh!? What’s with that!?

**Anne:** Wh－ Allen, not you too! Stop it.

**Yohei:** Hah! Not even having your own figure and style… there’s no meaning in doing rootless hip hop.

Well-bred young masters and ladies should just sing ballads and get spoiled by others.

**Allen:** You said ‘style’, but isn’t saying ‘fuck off’ to bothersome stuff like customs, standards, and common sense’s what hip hop is!?

We’re just spinning the sound we think is cool.

The vibes that exists here and now… if you can express it, no matter how it is, we don’t care.

We’ll just swallow it, drain it, and make it our sound!

**Hajun:** You say good things sometimes too, don’t you, Allen.

If you only adhere to your own style, losing sight of discourses  and fear change and evolution, that’s just fossil music.

It’s better to put it in a museum, is it not?

**Naoakira:** Good grief… this is pretty harsh.

They’ve got us there, didn’t they, Yohei?

**Yohei:** Tch.

**Anne:** Jeez… Both Allen and Hajun are so immature.

**Ryu:** Sniff, sniff, sniff!

**Anne:** Ah.

**Ryu:** Hmm~? Mm~? Sniff, sniff.

**Anne:** Whー what!?

**Shiki:** R-Ryu-kun! It’s impolite to suddenly smell people like that!

**Ryu:** Sniff, sniff, sniff, sniff!

You with long hair, and you with spiky red hair…

**Allen:** Wh-what?

**Ryu:** You guys have the same smell.

**Allen:** Ahh, that’s Anne’s perfume. He always uses so much it’sー

**Anne:** Grr!

*(Anne punches Allen.)*

**Allen:** It hurts!!! Suddenly punching me like that…! I’m against violence!

**Anne:** It’s because you’re saying rude stuff.

**Ryu:** Sniff, sniff…

But, you with the mushroom head…

**Hajun:** Hm? What is it?

**Ryu:** You’re being left out, aren’t you.

**Hajun:** Ha?

**Ryu:** Ahh, but it’s not like you’re being bullied or anything.

The one who left you out… is yourself, after all.

**Hajun:** What are you sayingー

**Ryu:** Sniffsniffsniffsniffsniff!

**Hajun:** Oof! Could you please get away from me? You’re a bit close…

**Ryu:** Sniff, sniff, sniff…

That’s weird… I can’t smell ‘true scent’ coming from you.

**Hajun:** True scent…?

**Ryu:** That’s right. You’re always inside a transparent box… Ah! I see!

You don’t want to show anyone anything but your ‘clean self’, do you!

**Hajun:** …!

**Ryu:** Aha! You’re like a mushroom stuffed in packaging!

Ahahaha, ehehehe!

**Shiki:** Sorry!! Ryu-kun’s a somewhat peculiar child, so…

**Hajun:** Ah, no…

**Shiki:** Come on, Ryu-kun. Get away from him…!

**Ryu:** I wonder why~?

But, if you don’t come out of there yourself… one day, you’ll rot… and become an unneeded child.

**Hajun:** …Stop screwing around…

**Ryu:** Hmm?

**Hajun:** Stop screwing around!

**Ryu:** Uwooah!?

**Yohei:** Bastard, what are you doing suddenly!?

**Ryu:** Ou-ou-ouch, ouch, ouch…!

**Shiki:** Are you okay, Ryu-kun…?

**Hajun:** You… take back your words just now.

**Shiki:** Words…? What do you mean?

**Hajun:** Don’t play dumb!! You said it, didn’t you!? That I’m a… ugh…

**Allen:** Stop it, Hajun! What are youー

**Hajun:** Shut up!!!

**Allen:** Ha… jun…?

**Hajun:** *Damn it!*

**Anne:** Hajun!

*(Hajun walks out, smashes the door close.)*

**Allen:** He’s…

**Anne:** Yeah… he was seriously angry just now, wasn’t he?

**Naoakira:** I’m sorry. Even though you guys took the time to come, somehow it turned into something serious.

**Anne:** Saimon-sensei…

**Naoakira:** Don’t worry about us, go and run after him quickly.

**Anne:** Yes. We’re going, Allen.

**Allen:** Yeah…

*(Allen and Anne leave.)*

*(Ryu’s stomach growls.)*

**Ryu:** Aa~aah, Ryu-kun’s hungry!

Heey, let’s eat Raimen-tei’s char siu ramen without the noodles and go home!

**Yohei:** This one’s carefree, huh?

Oi, Ryu.

**Ryu:** Huh?

**Yohei:** What did you say to him just then?

*(Tinging sound of ice in a glass.)*

**Naoakira:** Sigh. “Behind the times”… we just received quite a severe preemptive punch, didn’t we.

**Yohei:** Shit… ‘cause of that, I can’t get drunk at all.

*(Yohei pours more drink into his glass.)*

**Naoakira:** It’s better to stop there. Trap reactions get more intense if you drink heavily, after all.

**Yohei:** I know.

**Naoakira:** Shiki… has started, hasn’t he.

**Yohei:** Yeah. I laid him on the bed at the second floor.

Ryu’s more or less looking after him, but…

Honestly, I can’t stand seeing Shiki’s ‘that’.

**Naoakira:** Trap reaction… I wonder, just what is it that Shiki’s fighting?

**Yohei:** That kinda thing… nobody would want to let anyone touch the wounds in the deepest part of themselves.

**Naoakira:** Yeah… but…

**Yohei:** Even so, Shiki chose the path to do this with us.

It’s his own resolution.

**Naoakira:** Yeah.

**Yohei:** All of us are like that. If we use our metals, one day we might lose everything and die. Even so, if we don’t do it, we’ll die.

Haha, jeez, what unfortunate livin’ beings.

**Shiki:** Ah, ah…!! Ahh!! I’m sorry, I’m sorry…!! Aah…!!

AAAH…!!!

**Ryu:** Shiki, you seem to be in max pain today too…~

‘Til how many hours left will this continue?

**Shiki:** Ah… it’s my fault, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…!!

*(Shiki clutches Ryu’s hand.)*

**Ryu:** O-o-ouch!! If you grip Ryu-kun’s hand with such monstrous strength, it’ll fall off!!!

**Shiki:** Ah…! Ryu-kun…?

**Ryu:** Oh!! You noticed!

**Shiki:** Ah… I-I’m sorry… I, again…

When I saw the nightmare… did you keep holding my hand?

**Ryu:** Yeah~! If not, Shiki’ll scream out ‘waah, waah!’ after all~

**Shiki:** Sorry… I’m always troubling you, don’t I?

**Ryu:** It’s okay, ‘cause it’s interesting!

**Shiki:** Huh? Interesting?

**Ryu:** After all, no matter how much Ryu-kun uses his medal, he’s never had trap reaction, right?

**Shiki:** You have special constitution, after all.

Honestly, I’m a bit jealous…

**Ryu:** It’s boring.

**Shiki:** Eh?

**Ryu:** After all, Ryu-kun’s the only one left out.

**Shiki:** Ah… that’s not…

**Ryu:** Sometimes, Ryu-kun thinks… not having a trap reaction definitely means I couldn’t build a connection with anyone.

**Shiki:** Ryu-kun…

**Ryu:** Ah! You still have a fever? You do, right!?

**Shiki:** Ah, yeah…

**Ryu:** Then, here!

**Shiki:** Ah!! What is it!?

**Ryu:** A live octopus! If you put it on your forehead, it’s cold and feels good, right!?

**Shiki:** W-woah… it felt like it moved just now…!?

**Ryu:** Yeah, it’s still alive, after all.

**Shiki:** Alive…!? Gross, take it off me quickly…!!

A-ah, it hurts!

**Ryu:** That’s no good, no good! You have to put it on your forehead, or your fever won’t go down~!

Even though I bought it for you…

**Shiki:** But…!! It smells fishy… and it’s slimy… it’s gross…!!

**Ryu:** Do your best, Octopus!! Such out Shiki’s fever!!

If you can’t do it, I’ll eat you~!! Oh, I’ll still eat you even if you could, though, ahahaha!!

**Shiki:** Uhh… sobs…

*(Yohei plays the “Faith” intro on the piano.)*

**Naoakira:** That song… in the past, Tsubaki used to play it there a lot, didn’t she?

**Yohei:** Yeah… for some reason, I wanted to play it in a while.

**Naoakira:** What do you think of B.A.E?

**Yohei:** They’re cheeky brats.

**Naoakira:** Haha. But when I see them, somehow I’m reminded of the past.

**Yohei:** Pft.

**Naoakira:** Yohei, Tsubaki, and I… that time when we were young, fearless, and just rushed towards our ideal music.

**Yohei:** Well, that young lady’s a nice woman.

*(Yohei plays “Faith” intro again.)*

**Yohei:** She’s kinda similar to Tsubaki-san, isn’t she? Their appearance’s entirely different, but like… the atmosphere, you know.

**Naoakira:** That’s… true. But, Faulkner-kun’s not a woman, you know?

*(Yohei stops playing the piano.)*

**Yohei:** Eh…? He’s… a man?

**Naoakira:** Fufu. Did I disappoint you?

**Yohei:** No way. As long as I have hip hop, it’s enough.

**Naoakira:** Connecting people with music… do you think we can do that?

**Yohei:** We have no other choice, for that person who fell midway in chasing after her dream… that’s the only atonement we, the people left behind, could ever do.

**Naoakira:** Atonement… huh.

I’m glad you’re here, Yohei.

**Yohei:** Huh?

**Naoakira:** After I lost Tsubaki and ran to university, Yohei, you stayed in this shop and played the piano whilst waiting for me.

**Yohei:** It’s just that unlike you, I don’t have anywhere else to go to.

**Naoakira:** Thank you, for doing music with me.

**Yohei:** W-what are you saying, after such a long time!? Disgusting!

**Naoakira:** That’s my true feelings, though.

**Yohei:** Plus, there’s Ryu and Shiki now. XXXX’s broke up already. The Cat’s Whiskers are us nowー

**Ryu:** Hey, hey!!! Do we have a *takoyaki* maker!?

**Yohei:** Are you stupid? We’re a jazz bar! There’s no way we have that in hereー

**Naoakira:** We do.

**Yohei:** We do!?

**Ryu:** Yaaaaay!!!

Well then, after Shiki’s fever go down and Boss and Master’s trap reaction ends, let’s have a *takoyaki* party!! *Takoyaki* party!!

**Yohei:** Pft. So bothersome.

**Naoakira:** Haha.

**Ryu:** Delicious *takoyaki* made together with everyone ♪

Run after it ‘till the ends of the *takoyaki* galaxy, with an aftertaste  ♪

Crunchy outside, and fluffy inside, and steam coming out of your mouth  ♪

Yeah, it’s done! ♪

## Part 2 Translation

Translation provided by Leche. Please note minor edits to fix small errors and describe certain sound effects were made. The original translation can be accessed here.

Please listen to the audio while reading for the best experience!

*(Anne enters the room.)*

**Anne:** Sigh.

**Allen:** How was it?

**Anne:** No good. He won’t come out no matter what I say.

**Allen:** I see. I… it’s the first time I've saw Hajun get seriously angry.

**Anne:** Yeah. I was surprised… for him to show his emotion and get angry like that…

**Allen:** He… what kind of face is he making now…?

**Anne:** I want to know, too, but there’s nothing else we could do but let him be for now, don’t you think?

**Allen:** No… As I thought, I’ll go and try to talk to him once again!

**Anne:** WhaーI’m going too!

*(The two of them go to Hajun’s room. Allen knocks on Hajun’s door.)*

**Allen:** Hajun, you can hear me, can’t you!? You don’t have to open the door. That’s why, just like that, listen to me.

**Hajun:** How stubborn. After I calm down, I’ll go out by myself. Of course, with a smile as usual. That’s why, please leave me alone.

**Allen:** That means you’re not smiling right now! Right?

**Hajun:** What about it? Even I have times when I’m upset.

**Allen:** That’s not what I’m talking about…!

I’m frustrated. When you thrust him away, I thought, ‘ah, he’s seriously angry’… it’s the first time I saw your face like that. It’s a face that you’ve never shown to me nor Anne.

**Anne:** Yeah…

**Allen:** And I thought, it’s frustrating, but… what Compra Daimaou said was right. We haven’t seriously confronted each other. That we’ve only been looking at each other’s convenient sides…

**Hajun:** …!

**Allen:** That’s why, now, I’m angry at myself. Even though I’m the one who was always with you the most, doing hip hop together, I… I didn’t try to see the real you.

That’s why… in the depths of my ear, I could hear the sound of a record disk breaking. And flames burn… as everything in front of me turns deep red.

**Anne:** Allen…?

**Allen:** I’m talking about trap reactions. Mine… always starts like that.

**Anne:** Trap reactions, you say? But, Allen, that’s…

**Allen:** It’s fine! I want you guys to listen.

You guys know about my family, right? Both of my parents are classical musicians, and they absolutely wont acknowledge hip hop. I know that, so I listened to hip hop in secret. But then I got completely absorbed in it, and…

*(Sounds of record disk breaking.)*

**Allen’s mother:** Such grating sounds like hip hop… where in the world did you pick it up from?

**Allen’s father:** Don’t listen to such worthless music!! Your ears will get dirty!!

**Allen:** Stop!! Don’t burn it…!! Please… only that…

**Allen’s mother:** Allen, you’re talented. If you listen to Papa and Mama, you could even become a world-class musician!

**Allen’s father:** We gave birth to you for that reason, not to let you play trashy music like this.

**Allen:** Please… I finally understood… the music I want to do is hip hop…! That’s why… Ahhhhh!!

**Allen’s father and mother:** You’re wrong. You’re wrong. You’re wrong. You’re wrong. You’re wrong. You’re wrong. You’re wrong. You’re wrong. You’re wrong. You’re wrong. You’re wrong. You’re wrong.

**Allen:** Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!

**Allen:** They burned everything. The records I collected one by one, the equipment I finally managed to buy by saving my pocket money, I was locked up in the house for days… They keep denying my music… no, denying *me*.

After that, Hajun, you know it best, don’t you?

**Anne:** Ah, that’s unfair. I haven’t heard about that!

**Allen:** I escaped from the room I was confined in, and ran away to this place.

I didn’t think I’d keep living here after that, though.

**Anne:** So that’s how it was…

**Allen:** This is my trauma. The nightmare I see during trap reactions. Shameful, isn’t it? To keep recalling again and again the day my treasure got burnt by my parents when I was a brat.

**Anne:** No it’s not! It’s not.

Mine starts with the sound of a scissor.

*(The sounds of scissors clipping.)*

**Anne’s mother:** Look, you turned wonderful!

**Anne:** *Sob… hic…*

**Anne’s mother:** Long hair don’t suit you, Anjin. You’re a boy, after allーshort hair’s way better.

**Anne:** *Hic…* But I…!

**Anne’s mother:** Anjin!!

**Anne:** …!

**Anne’s mother:** When Papa left, you promised him, right?

That from now on, Anjin will become Mama’s prince.

**Anne:** Yeah…

**Anne’s mother:** Right!? Right, Anjin! I love you, Anjin!

I want to love, you Anjin! That’s why, Anjin, please stay as Mama’s prince forever…

**Anne:** Yeah… that’s right… I’m Mama’s prince, after all… I have to be loved by Mama… *hic…*

**Anne:** Haha, that’s definitely a toxic parent, right?

But… I couldn’t run away. Even now, I still think I want to be Mama’s prince, somewhere in my heart. I want to love and be loved.

**Allen:** …!

**Anne:** But if it goes on, both of us will break. I knew that, so I left home.

Haha. The story of my trap reaction ends here! Seriously, shameful, isn’t it? Not being able to stand independently from my parents even now…

**Allen:** Anne…

**Anne:** It’s fine. I thought I’d have to talk about it either way someday, and now I feel relieved after I say it frankly with all of my might.

**Hajun:** I was told I’m an unneeded child.

**Allen:** Ah… Hajun, what did you sayー

**Hajun:** I was told I’m an unneeded child.

**Allen:** …! Is that, by Compra Daimaou…?

**Hajun:** Yes. That’s how it starts for me.

**Anne:** Start… you mean…?

**Hajun:** My trap reaction.

**Anne:** …!

**Hajun:** You guys know that I’m the son of the head of Yeon Conglomerate, right?

**Allen:** Yeah.

**Hajun:** However, I’m an adopted child.

I was taken in to that house when I was a child, just to succeed the family.

**Anne:** Hajun… if it’s painful, you don’t have to force yourself to say itー

**Hajun:** My parents… were probably good people. They raised me, who had no blood relation to them, as they would their real son. They probably loved me, as wellーto an extent.

…Until the real son was born.

*(Sounds of baby crying.)*

**Hajun’s father:** Hajun. I’ll have you go to Japan.

**Hajun:** Eh…!?

**Hajun’s mother:** For the Yeon Conglomerate, Japan’s an important business partner. It’s not bad to master Japanese while you have the chance.

**Hajun:** But I…!

**Hajun’s father:** It seems like you don’t understand.

**Hajun’s mother:** Hajun. That means, you’re not a necessary existence in this house anymore.

**Hajun:** Eh…!?

**Hajun’s mother:** The most important thing in Yeon Conglomerate is to be related by blood. Because one has blood relations with Yeon Family, one could be the head everyone acknowledges.

**Hajun’s father:** Fortunately, God has blessed us with a son. You’re a clever childーyou know what that means, don’t you?

**Hajun:** Then… I’m…

**Hajun’s father:** That’s right, Hajun. You’re an unneeded child.

*Unneeded child. Unneeded child. Unneeded child.*

**Hajun:** It makes me remember the day when my parents told me I’m an unneeded child. Repeatedly, repeatedly, the day when I got thrown away miserably like a dog.

**Allen:** That’s why, that time, you…

**Hajun:** Yes. I subconsciously lost my cool. It was just as that guy from The Cat’s Whiskers said. I’m scared.

…Of becoming an unneeded child again.

**Allen & Anne:** …!

**Hajun:** That’s why, I never get serious with anyone. Even more so if it’s someone I cherish.

Wearing a smiling mask, never showing my real self. Because it’s scary. It’s frightening. After all, I’m an unneeded child… If I believe in someone, love them, and get betrayed again… thrown away again, I can’t bear it. If so, then I wont everー

**Allen:** Don’t be stupid!! Hajun, you’re not an unneeded child!

**Hajun:** …!

**Allen:** No matter what anyone says, you’re not an unneeded child!!

Plus, I won’t ever betray you, Hajun! I won’t throw you away!

Hajun. Do you remember? The day when I tumbled here.

**Hajun:** Yes…

**Allen:** You let the tattered me stay without asking anything, didn’t you?

Keeping quiet from your parents and school… and then one day, you said it: ‘That’s nice.’

**Hajun:** …!

**Allen:** To the rap I muttered nonchalantly… to that rap, which you couldn’t even call ‘music’, you said, ‘that’s nice.’

That time, I understood. I still have myself. I thought I’ve lost everything, but I still have myself!

Even if it was broken, or burnt… it could never be snatched away.

I… the sound echoing inside of me, will never be erased by anyone!

That’s why, that time, the one who saved me, Hajun! It was you

That I could do hip hop without losing myself, it’s all because of you! Hajun!

**Hajun:** …!

**Allen:** Getting denied, and denied… Being told that I’m worthless, getting broken, burnt… to the tattered me, you said ‘it’s nice’.

You accepted me, and asked me to do hip hop together.

Who the hell would throw away such an important person!?

*(Allen hits the door.)*

**Hajun:** …!

You’re such an idiot.

**Allen:** Huh?

**Hajun:** It’s not something you have to get fired up about. So embarrassing.

**Allen:** Embarrassing, you said…

**Hajun:** Are you crying?

**Allen:** I’m not crying…

**Anne:** Haha, Allen, you’re crying. Like, *a lot.*

**Allen:** Don’t lie!! Look, it’s…!

**Anne:** Yeah, yeah, it’s the sweat of your heart, is it?

**Allen:** Yeah, it’s my heart’s sweat!

**Hajun:** Pft. Jeez… now that you’ve cried before I do…

*(Hajun opens the door.)*

**Allen & Anne:** Hajun…!

**Hajun:** What a hindrance. If you guys stand around there, I can’t open the door.

**Allen:** Ah… yeah!

**Anne:** Hajun…?

**Hajun:** I’m fine already. I’m sorry for making you guys worried.

**Anne:** No… thank you, Hajun.

**Hajun:** Hm? Why did you thank me?

**Anne:** ‘Cause I’m happy. To hear Hajun’s real self, that is.

**Hajun:** Anne…

*(Allen’s stomach growls.)*

**Allen:** Aah… now that I’m relieved, suddenly I feel hungry.

**Anne:** Then, shall we go eat out somewhere?

**Allen:** I wanna go to Raimen-tei!

I want char siu ramen with double the char siu!

Of course, it’s Hajun’s treat!

**Hajun:** Ha!? Why do I have to treat you guys!?

**Anne:** Then, I want a *tenshin-don!*

With all-you-can-drink draft beer!

**Hajun:** Waitー

**Allen:** Come on, let’s go!

**Anne:** Ah, I wanna retouch my makeup!

**Allen:** That kinda thing, it’s fine already!

**Anne:** What do you mean by ‘that kinda thing’!?

**Hajun:** Jeez, you guys… thank you.

**Allen:** Huh?

**Hajun:** It’s nothing. Can’t be helped, I’ll treat you all today. Let’s go.

**Anne:** Free meal’s the best!

**Allen & Anne:** Haha!

*(Sound of knocking on a door)*

**Anne:** Yes, please come in.

*(Door opens.)*

**Naoakira:** Hello. I’m coming in.

**Anne:** Saimon*-sensei*! And everyone else, too…

**Ryu:** Hello~! It’s Ryu-kun!

**Shiki:** Excuse me…

**Yohei:** We came to return the gift from last time.

Well, call it observing the enemy movements.

**Allen:** Enemy… is it?

**Naoakira:** It’s a joke. We have no intention to treat you as an enemy. But, indeed we’re interested in you guys.

There’s that thing from last time, too, after all.

**Allen:** Ah, if that’s it, thenー

**Hajun:** Then, how was it? The trend-jumping, cutting edge-pretending child’s play?

**Yohei:** He’s really pickin’ a fight, ain’t he.

**Anne:** Ah, but I want to hear, as well. Please tell us honestly.

**Naoakira:** Come on, Yohei.

**Yohei:** I’ll take back my words. Sorry for dissin’ you guys.

**Allen:** Huh!?

**Yohei:** You guys’ sound today had a core. Something that wont waver, as rappers. No, I felt your pride as a team.

It’s different from our style, but I’ll acknowledge it. That was a nice stage.

**Hajun:** …

**Yohei:** Especially you, 48, was it?

**Hajun:** Yes.

**Yohei:** How to say it… you broke out of your shell, huh?

**Hajun:** Thanks to all of you.

**Naoakira:** With this, I’m getting even more excited in battling with all of you.

Of course, we have no intention to lose. We’ll bet on our pride and do our own hip hop.

**Yohei:** We won’t letcha call us behind the times.

**Shiki:** I-I’ll do my best!

**Ryu:** Hmmm? Hey, Mushroom-*kun*… you…

**Hajun:** …!?

**Ryu:** You came out of your box!

**Hajun:** …!

**Ryu:** But you have to hurry, you know? After all, you don’t have much time left.

**Hajun:** …!!

**Ryu:** Hey, hey, Boss, Master! Ryu-kun’s in high spirit today! Let’s go back to the floor!

**Yohei:** We’re done here. Let’s go home.

**Naoakira:** I also have class tomorrow.

**Ryu:** Eeeh!? Boring!!! Shiki, you idiot!!!

**Shiki:** Eh, why me!?

**Allen:** Hajun, are you okay!?

**Anne:** If he said something weird to you again, this time *I’ll* knock him down!

**Hajun:** Haha. No, it’s nothing. You guys are such worrywarts.

**Allen:** I mean…!

**Anne:** Right!?

**Hajun:** Come on, let’s go home.

Allen, if you keep dawdling, you’ll lose your metal again.

**Allen:** …!! You’re still hung up over that!? You have a bad personality!

**Anne:** As expected from the sadistic smiling prince!

**Hajun:** Let’s go, Anjin.

**Anne:** Hey, I told you to not call me by that name, didn’t I!

**Allen:** Seems like it’d be good to add ‘wicked-tongued’ to the sadistic smiling prince.

**Anne:** Seriously, jeez!

**Allen:** Now it’s wicked-tongued, sadistic smiling prince.

**Anne:** For some reason, the ‘prince’ never gets removed.

**Allen:** I wonder why?

**Hajun:** *If I’m with you guys, perhaps, I’m sure…*

Translation Notes:

1. ↑ *Jimejime*also means damp and humid.
2. ↑ The name of Naoakira, Yohei, and Tsubaki's old team is written as "XXXX" according to the fanbook, but pronounced like "Quadra X" (クアドラエックス *(kuadora ekkusu)*) -Humblebutter
3. ↑ Honestly not so sure what he meant, but probably it’s like not wanting to question tradition and stuff like that?
4. ↑ Hajun’s always using the proper and formal ‘anata’, but here he uses the informal and pretty rude *‘omae’*!!
5. ↑ *nga na ikimon*- as in living creatures with unfortunate fate/destiny.
6. ↑ Compra Daimaou - Ryu's MC name -Humblebutter
7. ↑ I heard Anji first, but then I think it’s actually Anjin?
8. ↑ *Tenshin-don* is crab meat omelette on rice!! That sounds really good…