Bokurano
	 Ikki #6, 2008
	  Chapter 53
	   Jun Ushiro (1)

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Chapter 53 - Jun Ushiro (1)

His sister, friends, companions... all the people who were contracted have died.
But he didn't sign the contract...

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Father: Jun...

Jun: You shouldn't be out in the cold like this.
	You'll get sick.
	Come with me.

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Man: Right this way.

Jun: No,
	I'm not going.

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Sasami: Let's not do anything we might regret.

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Jun: Is Mrs. Tanaka...

Tate: Huh?
	Oh...
	The police are here now.
	I think they'll examine her soon.
	I wouldn't watch, if I were you.

Jun: I already saw her,
	when she was brought into Zearth.

Tate: Of course.

Jun: Did you know...
	...about her?

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Tate: Huh...?
	If you mean about her and YOU...
	Of course.
	Originally, Mr. Sasami was fiercely against bringing her into the task force,
	but in the end he gave in to her enthusiasm.
	She claimed...
	...She had a duty to see out.
	Can you stand to see...
	...the remains of her battle?

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Jun: Dung Beetle.

DB: Yo.

Jun: What's her name?

DB: Her? Who's her?

Jun: You're not good for much, if you can't tell me that.
	Who is she?

DB: You ought to learn a little thing called courte...

Jun: Tell me.

DB: Miku
	Tanaka.

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Jun: Dung Beetle,
	we're short two pilots, right?

DB: Yeah.

Jun: What happens if there are no pilots?

DB: The battle begins, regardless of the presence of a pilot or not.
	Any attacks to the toy at that time are nullified.
	If a pilot is not contracted within 24 hours of the battle's start,
	the other side wins.

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Jun: They win by disqualification?

DB: No, you idiot.
	The enemy pilot still dies, of course.
	If they do manage to round up a pilot, the battle takes place in the time remaining.
	The reason I can still teleport back home in an away battle...
	...is probably to assist in that case.

Jun: Dung Beetle...

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Jun: I want you...
	...to sign me up.

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Yoko: Ushiro,
	There's no need to sign out of any feeling of guilt or responsibility.
	You can achieve that just by staying put and living on.
	It's okay to live that way.

Jun: I wanted to sign.
	That should be good enough.

Yoko: Mr. Sasami will look for pilots to fill the holes.
	You need to keep going, for Kana and Kanji and Mrs. Tanaka's sake.

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Yoko: That's what Kana wanted, right?

DB: Hey, dammit.
	Don't bring this crap up.

Jun: It's all the same.
	No matter who dies.
	Kana, and Kanji, and Mrs. Tanaka...
	They're all meaningless strangers to people who don't know us.
	So in exchange, someone we don't know has to die,
	and someone else will have to mourn.
	Every different human being...
	is the lead role of their life.

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Jun: And those people...
	...Would be loved by their parents and siblings, too.

Yoko: Ushiro...
	I didn't...

Jun: I'll do it.

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DB: It just wouldn't be as good...
	...Without this step right here.
	Now, about the last person...

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DB: What the hell are you doing?
	That's a waste of time.
	You can't sign it.

Yoko: I've been thinking, Brother.
	Wondering why I didn't join the contract when Waku pushed my hand onto it.

DB: It's because you ain't from this Earth, obviously.

Yoko: Is that what you think?

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Yoko: What if that WASN'T the reason?

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