20th Century Boys
	 Volume 4 : Love and Peace
	  Chapter Thirty-Eight
	   Light

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[When I was pushed into the waterfall basin...]
[I sank into a world of darkness with no air.]
[Deeper...  and deeper...]

Chapter 38 : Light

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Chapter 38 : Light

Shogun: Wh...  What the hell is that...?!

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Man: The god of destruction.

Shogun: What's up with you...?
	What are you trying to do?!

Man: To be helped.
	"Friend" only extends his hand of salvation to those who have known the true terror.
	I sit in here in wait of "Friend"'s rescue.

Shogun: "Friend"...

Man: (kasha)
	(tik)

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Man: Ohhh, friend.
	Ohhh, friend.
	Ohhh, friend.

Shogun: That symbol...
	Listen to me, I was the one who...

Man: Don't you want to know more?

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Man: About true fear...
	(gulp)

Shogun: Rainbow Kid...

Man: It works, you know.

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[When the bubble was at its peak...]
[I was a first-class trading firm man...]
[Hip pool bars.]

Hole: (thunk)

[AOR*, brand suits, beaujolais nouveau.]
[Somehow...]

* genre of music.  Stand for Album Oriented Rock. (Often confused for Adult Oriented Rock in Japan)

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[Somehow...]
[I managed to get married...]

<<Wife: You should spend some time with Shouta, dear.
	I've got bargain tickets for the amusement park this Sunday...

<<Otcho: This Sunday...
	I'm golfing.

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Shogun: (glug)

Man: Well?  Is it working?
	(hahh)(hahh)
	Can you feel the fear welling up in your core?  (hahh)
	Let me tell you what's happening in Japan. (hahh)
	(hahh) A terrifying virus landed on the shores in 1997...
	(gulp)
	(hahh)(hahh)
	First came San Francisco...
	Next, London...  When people came into contact with it, it drained all the blood from their bodies. (hahh)
	(hahh)
	All as "Friend" predicted.
	(hahh)(hahh)

Shogun: As predicted...?

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Shogun: And next came Osaka, right?

Man: Hmmmm, you seem to follow the news well...  (hahh)(hahh)

Shogun: I haven't read the news in over 10 years.
	But...
	I know exaaaaactly what you're talking about.

Man: Ha...  hahaha, you're a pretty funny guy. (hahh)(hahh)

Shogun: Then Haneda Airport blew up... didn't it?

Man: That's right. (hahh)
	(hahh) Everyone was terrified.
	The fear spread throughout all of Japan.

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Man: And Japan went insane!!
	Bent and twisted by hysteria!!
	C'mon, drink some more!!  (hahh)(hahh)

Shogun: (gulp)

Man: Taste the fear as well!!  (hahh)(hahh)
	Together...  together we shall wait for "Friend"'s salvation!!

Shogun: So he made some kind of Friendship Party so he could control Japan...

Man: (hahh)(hahh) That's right, only "Friend" can save us from this fear.

Shogun: You okay?  You're shaking...

Man: N-no, you're the one who should be paralyzed with fear.
	Drink!!  Drink more!!

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Shogun: (gulp)

<<Shogun: Hungry...
	So hungry...
	Need...  food...

<<Monk: (munch munch)

<<Shogun: Hey...
	Don't hoard all that for yourself!!  Gimme some!!
	(chomp chomp)

<<Monk: Did you just eat those...?
	Those mushrooms are quite poisonous.

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<<Shogun: H...  how can you be fine...?!

<<Monk: Because my heart stands right here.

<<Shogun: H...  here...?!

<<Monk: Yes, neither heaven nor hell...  here.

<<Shouta: Daddy, when are you gonna play with me?
	Daddy, when are you gonna come home again?
	Daddy!!

<<Worker: Uh...  sir...
	Your son Shouta-kun...

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<<Otcho: If I don't hurry, our precious business deal will fall apart!!
	Tell him I'll call back.

<<Worker: N... no, it's not that...
	Your son mistook a passing man to be his father,
	ran out into the street...  and was hit by a car...
	IT'S GOING TO BE FATAL.

Man: How?! (hahh)(hahh)
	How can you have taken the drink...
	and still be fine?!
	Why doesn't the terror wrack your body?!

Shogun: Poison and drugs...
	won't work on me...

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Man: How can your eyes stay like that?!
	Humanity is on the verge of destruction!!

Shogun: I've taken a stronger poison before.
	I don't hallucinate.

Man: THE WORST DAY OF OUR LIVES IS APPROACHING!!

Shogun: Worst day...
	My son's death...
	I've already experienced the worst day of my life.
	My heart died that day.

<<Monk: Don't avert your eyes from your fears.

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Shogun: Keep your eyes open,
	and stare down your fears.

Man: Ah...
	Ahhh...
	Ahhh...
	AAAAAAAHHH!!
	I...  I LIT THAT CONVENIENCE STORE ON FIRE!!
	I BURNED MY OWN FRIEND TO DEATH!!
	I KILLED HIM TO RAISE MY POSITION!!  SO THAT I CAME HERE TO MANAGE THE FACTORY...!!

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Man: But... I was so so so scared...  I ran away to this temple here...
	"Friend" will not save me anymore!!

Shogun: You wanna light another fire?

Man: Huh...?

Shogun: I'm gonna destroy the Rainbow Kid manufacturing plant.
	C'mon, show me the way.

Man: Um...  uh...

Shogun: Don't let the drug mislead you.
	"Friend" isn't going to save you either way.

Man: W...
	W...

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Man: Why are you so strong...
	How can you be so brave...?

Shogun: I'm not strong...
	Just...
	When I was thrust into that lake to confront my fears...
	I sank into a world of darkness with no air...

[I was going to sink all the way down to hell...]
[When I looked up...]
[There was a light.]

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[I just struggled all I could to get to the light.]

<<Shogun: BUHAAH!!

Shogun: Where I was, was neither heaven nor hell.
	Just a place with air.  Just "here"...
	Just plain old reality.

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