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    Route 3 Epilogue.

    My name is Toramaru Shou. I live at a temple called Myourenji. There are always a lot of monks living here. But because I am not very smart, I've lost something very important. When I can't find it, even with the help of the monks, I get upset. When this happens, Nue-chan always says, "If only Nazu were here."
    A long, long, looong time ago I was a smart person, she says. She says when I lost some very important people, I was so sad I turned into a child. I saw a picture of those important people. They were a kind-looking man and a woman with mouse ears. But my head starts to hurt when I look at that picture. Hijiri hid the picture from me.
    Sometimes the monks have meetings about me. They say I have a baby inside me. I am very happy but no one else looks happy. Why? I asked Murasa and Ichirin why they weren't happy and they smile and laugh and say they are happy but their eyes are very sad. I don't know why everyone looks at me with sad eyes. But I think, maybe they are sad because of me. I don't know why I would make them sad.
    Lately I've been feeling a poking somewhere inside of me. Hijiri says it's a sign the baby wants to come outside. I told her it makes me happy and I want to meet the baby soon, and she smiles and laughs. She says I have to do my best because I'm going to be a mommy, and then she pats my head. It makes me happy when she pats my head. But something feels wrong. I remember when it wasn't Hijiri's slender, gentle hands that would pat my head, but someone whose hands were rough and warm. When I try to remember that person, my head hurts and I feel very sad, and when I look at Hijiri she has a sad face, too.

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    FelinoWottgald
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    蛇足の話　ルート３END

    わたし、とらまるしょう。みょ～れんじ　というおてらにすんでいます。いつも　ひじりたちと　いっぱい　あそんでいます。でも、わたしは　あたまがわるいので　よく　ものをなくします。なくしたものは、ひじりたちに　てつだって　もらっても　みつからないので　とても　こまってしまいます。ぬえちゃんは　こんなときに　なずが　いればぬぇ　といつもいってます。わたしは　もともと　もっとあたまがよかったそうです。でも　たいせつなひとをうしなったときに　かなしみでこどもにもどっちゃったんだそうです。　その　たいせつなひとの　しゃしんを　わたしは　みたこと　あります。やさしそうなおとこのひとと　ねずみのみみのおんなのひと　でした。でも、そのしゃしん　をみると　わたしは　とても　あたまが　いたくなって。ひじりが　しゃしんを　どこかに　かくしてしまいました。 ときおり、　ひじりたちが　わたしの　ことで　そうだんしあって　います。わたしの　おなかのなかには　あかちゃんがいるそうです。わたしはとても　うれしいの　ですけど、ほかのみんなは　なぜか　うれしくないみたいです。なんでだろう？。なんでうれしくないの？と　むらさや　いちりんに　きくと　かなしそうなめで　うれしいよ　わらってくれます。なんで　みんな　かなしそうなめを　しているか　わかりません。だけど、たぶん、わたしのせいで、みんなかなしくなっているきが　します。なんでかなしんでいるか　わからないけど。さいきん　おなかのなかで　どこどこつつかれる　ことが　あります。それは　あかちゃんが　もう　おそとに　でたいというあいずだよ　とひじりは　いいました。わたしは　うれしくなって　はやくあかちゃんに　あいたいな　というと、ひじりは　にこりと　わらって　しょうは　おかあさんに　なるんだから　がんばらなきゃね　とあたまをなでて　くれました。ひじりが　あたまを　なでてくれるのは　うれしいです。でも　なにか　ちがう　きがするのです。むかしは　ひじりの　ほそくて　やわらかい　て　じゃなくて　もっと　かたくて　ごつごつしてて　でも　あたたかい　てが　わたしを　なでてくれた　きがするのです。それを　おもいだそうとしても　あたまがいたくて　とてもかなしいきもちになって。　ふとひじりを　みてみると　ひじりも　やっぱり　かなしそうなかお　をしているのでしたわっふるわっふる

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    THE GREAT EQUINOX
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    Rokentosh said:
    I can't translate that and well, google translate and such isn't very accurate to say the least.

    Though with Byakuren's hand, I'm guessing the guy raped her to mindbreak?

    What is with you people and your retarded conclusions? No, he did not mindrape/rape her. What the hell man?

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    Tetsamaru
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    ThunderBird said:
    Weird. The commentary is hiragana-only, similar to the writing of a small child, who doesn't know kanji yet. I'm leaning towards some massive mental trauma that did this to Shou...

    The commentary hurts my eyes. It's like i'm playing the pokemon games.

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    TubercularOx
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    Route 3 Epilogue.

    My name is Toramaru Shou. I live at a temple called Myourenji. There are always a lot of monks living here. But because I am not very smart, I've lost something very important. When I can't find it, even with the help of the monks, I get upset. When this happens, Nue-chan always says, "If only Nazu were here."
    A long, long, looong time ago I was a smart person, she says. She says when I lost some very important people, I was so sad I turned into a child. I saw a picture of those important people. They were a kind-looking man and a woman with mouse ears. But my head starts to hurt when I look at that picture. Hijiri hid the picture from me.
    Sometimes the monks have meetings about me. They say I have a baby inside me. I am very happy but no one else looks happy. Why? I asked Murasa and Ichirin why they weren't happy and they smile and laugh and say they are happy but their eyes are very sad. I don't know why everyone looks at me with sad eyes. But I think, maybe they are sad because of me. I don't know why I would make them sad.
    Lately I've been feeling a poking somewhere inside of me. Hijiri says it's a sign the baby wants to come outside. I told her it makes me happy and I want to meet the baby soon, and she smiles and laughs. She says I have to do my best because I'm going to be a mommy, and then she pats my head. It makes me happy when she pats my head. But something feels wrong. I remember when it wasn't Hijiri's slender, gentle hands that would pat my head, but someone whose hands were rough and warm. When I try to remember that person, my head hurts and I feel very sad, and when I look at Hijiri she has a sad face, too.

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    Cheese Ninja
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    ThunderBird said:
    Weird. The commentary is hiragana-only, similar to the writing of a small child, who doesn't know kanji yet. I'm leaning towards some massive mental trauma that did this to Shou...

    Worldend_Dominator said:
    Maybe perhaps she saw Nazrin kill their shared love interest?

    Judging from the rest of route 3 that is now translated, Shou was getting more childlike while competing with Nazrin, and Naz's murder-suicide set her over the edge. And she's pregnant. And everyone else around her is sad.

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    ThunderBird
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    Cheese_Ninja said:
    Judging from the rest of route 3 that is now translated, Shou was getting more childlike while competing with Nazrin, and Naz's murder-suicide set her over the edge. And she's pregnant. And everyone else around her is sad.

    I'd say the trauma was Nazrin's murder-suicide, and it did the deed in one move, not gradually. Anyway, this picture was creepy without the commentary, more so with the hiragana-only version, and now that I know what went down, it's FUCKING creepy...

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    Cheese Ninja
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    ThunderBird said:
    I'd say the trauma was Nazrin's murder-suicide, and it did the deed in one move, not gradually. Anyway, this picture was creepy without the commentary, more so with the hiragana-only version, and now that I know what went down, it's FUCKING creepy...

    from: post #1005572

    And Shou-san doted on me like she were a little child when we were alone together. Sometimes her voice was too much like a child's, as if she'd lost her wits. They were both at their limits. But I couldn't bring myself to end it with either one.

    Nice Boat ending was locked in the moment he tried for a harem route. But I agree that it was mainly the murder-suicide that broke her.

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    nubman
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    TubercularOx said:
    Route 3 Epilogue.

    My name is Toramaru Shou. I live at a temple called Myourenji. There are always a lot of monks living here. But because I am not very smart, I've lost something very important. When I can't find it, even with the help of the monks, I get upset. When this happens, Nue-chan always says, "If only Nazu were here."
    A long, long, looong time ago I was a smart person, she says. She says when I lost some very important people, I was so sad I turned into a child. I saw a picture of those important people. They were a kind-looking man and a woman with mouse ears. But my head starts to hurt when I look at that picture. Hijiri hid the picture from me.
    Sometimes the monks have meetings about me. They say I have a baby inside me. I am very happy but no one else looks happy. Why? I asked Murasa and Ichirin why they weren't happy and they smile and laugh and say they are happy but their eyes are very sad. I don't know why everyone looks at me with sad eyes. But I think, maybe they are sad because of me. I don't know why I would make them sad.
    Lately I've been feeling a poking somewhere inside of me. Hijiri says it's a sign the baby wants to come outside. I told her it makes me happy and I want to meet the baby soon, and she smiles and laughs. She says I have to do my best because I'm going to be a mommy, and then she pats my head. It makes me happy when she pats my head. But something feels wrong. I remember when it wasn't Hijiri's slender, gentle hands that would pat my head, but someone whose hands were rough and warm. When I try to remember that person, my head hurts and I feel very sad, and when I look at Hijiri she has a sad face, too.

    (I'll be honest, this tore my soul. It's going to be a few days before I can go back and translate the happy endings. Oh God, I hope they're happy endings.)

    for some reason I got sort of a Flowers for Algernon kind of feel from that.

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    KazuyaRazuKazama
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    Powerful. Poor Shou... if I'm reading in-between the lines correctly, the resulting shock from the aftermath of Nazu's homicide-suicide cause her mind to break (amnesia, regression?).

    Saddest thing to me about is that, when she has that child and he/she grows some, he/she is going to resemble the father and, more than likely, all the memories are going to come rushing back into Shou's mind. Truly a tragedy, and probably the True Ending.

    Great Story, all and all.

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