20th Century Boys Volume 1 : Friend Chapter Five Night of the Science Room - Page 99 - Maruo: That's pretty weird... Kenji: What is? Maruo: You know... Donkey's brothers. Way back when, you could still tell all of 'em apart, remember? But now that they're grown up, you can't tell anymore... Which one's Donkey #2, which one's Donkey #4... Kenji: Don't get caught up in dumb crap like that. Where's Donkey's wife...? Maruo: That's pretty obvious. Over there... Chapter 5 : Night of the Science Room - Page 100 - Yoshitsune: And with such a small child... Maruo: How could he commit suicide...? ["Please forgive me for sending you a letter out of the blue like this..."] ["Do you remember this symbol?"] Maruo: C'mon Kenji, let's go burn some incense. Kenji: Oh... right. - Page 101 - Chapter 5 : Night of the Science Room - Page 102 - Woman: Would you like some beer, your Holiness? Priest: Ohhh, yes, thank you!! A very good wake this is, plenty of tears... The deceased himself must be pleased. (chomp chomp) Kenji: Look at him stuff his face... dirty old priest. Right, g... - Page 103 - Kenji: ...hey, hey, HEY!! Yoshitsune: Come on, eat up! Maruo: Eat up, it's free. Kenji: What do you mean, "come on"?! Yoshitsune: This is a wake. Don't shout so loud. Kenji: I think something is seriously wrong here!! Both: What? Kenji: Like you said, this is a wake, so I don't want to cause any trouble, but I got this letter... Mon-chan: Yo, Kenji!! Long time no see! You look as dumb as ever. Keroyon: Ribbit ribbit. - Page 104 - Maruo: Hey Mon-chan, what's up?! Weren't you overseas? Yoshitsune: Keroyon's here, too. Mon-chan: I came back home for a bit the day before yesterday, and then I get this news about Donkey. Shit! Why the hell did he kill himself like that? Keroyon: What a moron. Mon-chan: Didn't anyone try to talk to him? Yoshitsune: All we ever did was exchange New Years' cards. Maruo: The last time I actually saw him was college graduation... Mon-chan: What was the cause? Keroyon: You think maybe he had some problem students?! Look, his pupils from the high school are here. He's their teacher, you'd think they could at least shed a tear or two. - Page 105 - Mon-chan: If he had any problems, he could have asked us for help!! What a jerk... Keroyon: Was he still getting picked on as a teacher? Mon-chan: If he'd kill himself because of that, he would have done it in elementary school. Keroyon: Yeah, he really was bullied a lot. Yoshitsune: Didn't you bully him too, Keroyon? Keroyon: Not that much. I only did stuff like hide his underwear when we were at the pool, so he'd run around naked... Yoshitsune: I'd call that bullying. Mon-chan: I just can't imagine Donkey committing suicide... Kenji: Hey, guys... Mon-chan: C'mon, Kenji, have a drink! Kenji: Er... nah, I'm fine. But anyways... Mon-chan: Shut up and drink. This is a farewell to Donkey. - Page 106 - Kenji: Yeah... okay. Mon-chan: Right... To Donkey... Keroyon: Haaaah! Suicide by jumping... Oh yeah, I remember that other time Donkey jumped... Yoshitsune: Hey, Keroyon, don't talk about stuff like that... Mon-chan: No... he DID jump. I think it was 6th grade... Keroyon: Yeah, when he saw the ghost!! - Page 107 - Kenji: Ghost? You mean the mansion on the hanging hill? Mon-chan: That was 5th grade, remember?! This is something different. Oh yeah, you guys weren't there... Keroyon: Who else was with us? Mon-chan: Konchi was there... and someone else... who was it? Yoshitsune: So... what do you mean, Donkey jumped? Mon-chan: You remember Katsumata-kun? Maruo: Yeah, that guy who just died all of a sudden... Mon-chan: That's right! Katsumata-kun was the guy who loved science experiments. Keroyon: He died the day before we were gonna dissect some carp. Kenji: Oh, I remember now!! Yoshitsune: He was angry that he missed his chance, so he turned into a ghost and he appears in the science room every night, dissecting!! - Page 108 - Mon-chan: It was my turn to wash the aquarium that day. Keroyon: But he went home first, then realized he forgot to turn on that bubbly air pump thing. Mon-chan: If all the fish died, the teacher would have my head on a platter, you know? But I didn't have the courage to go back into the science room at night by myself. Because Katsumata-kun would be there, dissecting his carp. [So, I called everyone...] [And Donkey was with us.] Mon-chan: I-I-I-I can't do this!! Keroyon: Yeah, I can't go into the science room at this time of night!! - Page 109 - [We were all scared shitless. Except...] Donkey: There's no such thing as ghosts. Mon-chan: P-p-please, Donkey, go press the switch!! Keroyon: Pleeeease!! Donkey: Okay!! [Donkey didn't believe in ghosts at all.] [I guess he was just a man of science after all, seeing that became an industrial school teacher and all.] [We kept lookout for him, watching the 2nd floor science room window from below.] - Page 110 - Donkey: (pat) (pat) Who's there? - Page 111 - Donkey: (pat) (pat) (pat) Sign: Science Room Donkey: (shuffle) [And so, Donkey went into the science room and pressed the switch for the aquarium.] Donkey: (click) [But...] Something: (clank) - Page 112 - [Right after that...] [He saw...] [SOMETHING...] - Page 113 - Window: (clat) - Page 114 - [Donkey saw something!!] [And he jumped straight out of the 2nd story window!!] Boys: A G... GHOST!! - Page 115 - Kenji: I wonder what it was that Donkey saw... Mon-chan: I asked him, but he didn't wanna say... Keroyon: You know... what I think...? Maybe Donkey thought he could jump again this time and come out all right. Just like how he was fine when he jumped out the 2nd story window before... But he thought he could do it from the roof this time... - Page 116 - Maruo: Yeah, that must be it. Mon-chan: Yeah... gotta be it. [What Donkey saw that time was something I would discover later.] [But once I did, the situation was already past the point of no return...] - Chapter 5 Owari -