Tougen Anki Gaiden, chapter 1 translation
Tougen Anki Gaiden ~ Battle Frenzy Rhapsody of Moon and Sakura ~
1 Two Battlenuts
Boxes: The Momotarou Agency. An organization established by those who inherited Momotarou's blood in order to protect people from the evil clutches of the oni living at the present day and age. Among the ranks of this organization there were two who were particularly starved for fighting oni, and thus people referred to them as "battlenuts".
RandoOni1: Gyaaa!
Ousuke: Hey, hey, done already?
Box: Momotarou Agency Unit 20 Vice-Captain Momokado Ousuke
Ousuke: These damn small fry oni die so fast! Lemme have some more fun, dammit!
Tsukuyomi: Good gracious... Don't be unreasonable, Ousuke. Unlike the oni from the Oni Agency, these stray oni don't get trained in combat...
Box: Momotarou Agency Unit 20 Captain Momoka Tsukuyomi
Tsukuyomi: So cut them some slack. Wouldn't you want that, stray oni-kun?
RandoOni2: Screw you... How dare you... How dare you do that to my little brother...!
Tsukuyomi: See? They just go berserk at the drop of a hat. A testament to their inability to control their powers. "Ragnarok" (Know God's wish). "The Chariot".
RandoMomo: Are these them? The oni brothers who repeatedly robbed and murdered people in this area lately.
Ousuke: What a petty lot. All that oni power, and they choose to use it for basically being part-time criminals running errands.
Tsukuyomi: Getting drunk on their power and committing crimes is just what stray oni amount to... The oni we beat back in our training school days were not much different, weren't they?
Ousuke: Yeah, there was a bunch like that.
Tsukuyomi: They did give us trouble.
RandoMomo: U-Um... If you don't mind my asking, have the two of you known each other since the training school?
Tsukuyomi: Oh? We didn't tell you? The two of us were in the same class. As our student numbers were right next to each other we always were grouped together.
RandoMomo: Figures Momoka and Momokado had to be pretty close in the register...
Tsukuyomi: But the first time we spoke to each other wasn't in class but during a martial arts tournament.
RandoMomo: How so?
Tsukuyomi: If you're curious, allow me to explain. We'll start with the chance meeting chapter.
Picture: I and Ousuke
RandoMomo: You made picture cards?!
Ousuke: Stop it! It's creepy!
Tsukuyomi: Once upon a time, at a certain facility there were a Momotarou and a Momotarou.
RandoMomo: That's rather confusing...!
Ousuke: Argh, enough! You don't have to listen to this! Dismissed, all of you!
Tsukuyomi: Gosh... you dislike it that much? (And here I went to the trouble of making these)
Ousuke: If we keep sitting around here, someone will report us!
RandoMomos: (We wanted to listen...)
Ousuke: But, well... The skirmish with those oni hardly did anything for my digestion, so... come with me for a drink, Tsukuyomi.
Tsukuyomi: You're not going to invite everyone else? Are you that embarrassed about them hearing stories from our past?
Ousuke: Shut it! I was just being considerate and dismissing them just in time for them to catch the last train!
Narration: This story is about... Momoka Tsukuyomi and Momokado Ousuke... and their oni-slaying days at the Momotarou Agency's training school.
Ousuke: Uraa!
Boxer: Geh?!
Ousuke: I'm sick and tired of waiting! So lemme join!!!
Box: Momokado Ousuke 18 y.o.
Crowd: Woah! Here he comes! It's that guy again! | That party-crasher again?! What are the security guys doing!
Box: Momoka Tsukuyomi 18 y.o.
Tsukuyomi: Isn't he a guy from my class...? What was his name again...? Momokado... Ousuke, I think? According to today's fortune I'm supposed to have a destined meeting at a martial arts tournament venue, so I came here, but... Don't tell me it talked about this guy? No, no, spare me, please...
Book: Myorinpa Wakako | Annual Forecast | No salvation for Gemini | Always on the money! But...
Tsukuyomi: Myorinpa Wakako's fortune telling hits the bullseye with scary precision... It's unthinkable for her guidance to ever be wrong... but... It can't be him... he can't have anything to do with the destiny foretold for me... Please let it be so.
Boxer: Bastard... how dare you... how dare you... ruin my match...! Do you have any idea how much trouble I had to go through...?! How much I trained in secret to control my blood with precision so I'm not found out... so I could put my rivals out of commission with that power! All for the sake of fighting in this title match...!
Tsukuyomi: Hey... no way, isn't that a real...
MomoTeach: Listen up, cadets. Oni's main characteristic is their ability to fight by manipulating their blood... But that's not the most terrifying thing about them...
Tsukuyomi: (This is the reason why we must kill oni...) Run now, Ousukee!!! (That ferocity and collapse of the self...)
Referee: Eh...Erm... due to... the athlete from the blue corner... breaking the rules.... he is... disqualified...
Crowd: Uwaaaah!!! | A monster!!! | Noooooo!
Sakaguchi: Idiot!!! What are you doing, Tanabee! You've just flushed all your work until now down the drain! How could you be so stupid and go berserk...!
Box: Trainer affiliated with Tanabe (oni) Sakaguchi
Sakaguchi: After this failure, our boss will...
Ousuke: Ow-ow-ow... what's that... So you were an oni, huh... You're awesome dude! I was just thinking that fighting humans is never enough for me! Let's have us the awesomest fight to the death right now!
SamidareTeach: Momotarou fight by emitting black bacteria from their bodies. Depending on our training, we can produce weapons or send our bacteria out as projectiles - all kinds of fighting styles become available to us... But at the level you cadets are at right now the most you could manage is probably... cloak yourselves in your bacteria and punch hard.
Tsukuyomi: I see... When that oni attacked him, he must have defended himself by instantly cloaking his body in the bacteria, thus only getting away with light injuries.
Boxer: Shaaa!
Ousuke: Gaah! Gh... Crap... Get your damn nails cut dude...
Boxer: Phoo Phoo
Tsukuyomi: I'm quite happy to find out that you love fighting. I love it too. Fighting with your life on the line is an absolutely thrilling experience... However... unlike you, I'm not fond of crudeness. For me, the result is much more important that the process. It is in the victory claimed after decidedly bringing the enemy down... that the most exquisite pleasure awaits.
Ousuke: (This dude... he's the one from my class... We've just barely enrolled, yet he's already mastered his Momo powers to that extent...?) Hey, jerk! The hell you butt in a fight that's not yours?! No one asked you!
Tsukuyomi: Woah, you're not as hurt as I thought! Hold on a moment... I didn't say you could leave, did I?
Ousuke: Oh, right, there was also that dude. Are you this oni's friend?
Tsukuyomi: Let's hear what you have to say, shall we?
Sakaguchi: (Blood Eclipse Release)
Ousuke: That's... The "Blood Eclipse Release".
SamidareTeach: Depending on their training, oni can manipulate their blood without losing their sense of self and produce weapons or use abilities that vary per individual. They call it "Blood Eclipse Release" and bare their fangs at us armed with a wide range of powers. If you encounter an oni that can do this while you're still students... consider yourselves dead.
Ousuke: This is just the best! The bestest!
Tsukuyomi: Stop! Don't recklessly close in! We don't know his ability! You're already battered, and if you charge at him in that state... you'll die for real this time!
Ousuke: In a fight it's the process that's everything... If the process leading to the result is the best shit ever, then I don't mind dying. Ueh?! The heck is this?!
Tsukuyomi: That... looks like a clone made of blood...
Sakaguchi: Damn it... I wanted to at least retrieve Tanabe's body...
Box: Sakaguchi's Blood Eclipse Release: Proxy blade-unsheathing. He can make his own perfect copy out of blood and control it remotely.
Sakaguchi: The cops must be on their way. I have no choice but to scram now!
Ousuke: Hey, you. You said your name is Tsukuyomi? The next time you touch my prey, I'll start my kill count from you.
Tsukuyomi: Hey, hey, calm down. You can't really kill me, now can you?
Ousuke: Oh? Wanna test that theory right now?
Tsukuyomi: You can't. They told us in class, remember? Momo are forbidden from killing each other. (Let's not break the rules)
Ousuke: The serious type?!
Tsukuyomi: If you want to fight it out anyway... then how about this? Let's compete in which one of us can kill the most oni. We cadets can't participate in the battles with the Oni Agency, but it's not like we're forbidden from fighting stray oni like the ones we encountered today. So let's see which can find oni first and have more pleasurable fights with them... Let the scramble for the pleasure begin!
Oniyanagi: I see... so Tanabe-san got killed... I'm relieved to see that at least you made it back safely, Sakaguchi-san... But I'm still going to have you take responsibility for leaving those two Momo alive. All of us here at the Oniyanagi Association are family. We have to lead the life of outlaws simply because we were born oni, and we're all friends here who share the same pain.
Sakaguchi: Eek! Gyaaaa!
Oniyanagi: This pain of having your family stolen from you... We're going to visit it upon them, too.