here we go with katteni kaizou chapter TWOOOOOOOOO!! personal note: this is where the going gets rough (ha, only the second chapter.) lots and lots and lots of pop culture references in this one, especially on 02-006 and 02-007. good luck fitting in the footnotes. i'm actually feeling quite lucky with the amount of stuff that i have successfully been able to research on the net. i hope that luck doesn't leave me :) 01-014.jpg pg. 2 [Torauma High School junior Kaizou Katsu is a human cyborg.] (Note: pronounce "trauma".) [Or so he thinks...] [On the brink of death after being attacked by a mysterious monster,] [he was turned into a cyborg by the brilliant scientist Suzu Saien. Or so he thinks.] Suzu: You're talking about me, right? (Note: Saien means "talented woman".) [Along with the lowly peon Chitan Tsubouchi,] Chitan: When you say peon, do you mean me?! [He continues fighting, day and night.] Umi: Against who? 02-001.jpg chapter 2 : lost memories?! chitan's suit says "science" Kaizou: OH NOOOO! Sign: Science-vestigation club Kaizou: Terrible news, Pops! Suzu: Pops? Who's that? Kaizou: I HAVE NO MEMORIES!! 02-002.jpg Kaizou: All my human memories must have been erased when I was turned into a cyborg! Suzu: No memories? Umi: I swear I never have any idea what he's gonna say next... Kaizou: I can't even remember what side dishes I had for dinner a week ago. Umi: Nobody would remember that! Kaizou: And I can't remember Yuzo Gucci's real name, or Taku Kitazaki's wife's name either. (Note: YG is a singer, TK is a manga artist i.e. "Nagisa ME Kounin".) Umi: You never knew those things in the first place! Kaizou: {All of my dear human memories have been erased.} Memories of Home Memories of Family Memories of Embarrassment Kaizou: Omohide Poro Poro! ("Overflowing tears of memories", the name of a famous anime by Hayao Miyazaki.) Umi: What in the world is he trying to say...? --------- Kaizou: Just what happened in my past?! Suzu: There are some things people shouldn't remember. Umi: Suzu, would you stop doing that? He's gonna... Kaizou: {Oh God...} WHO AM IIIIIIII?!! Umi: You should at least know that. Kaizou: And now, I shall set off on a journey to retrieve my past. Bye. Suzu: Good luck. Kaizou: There has to be some clue somewhere that will tell me about my past. 02-003.jpg guy: Hey, Katsu! Here's that umbrella I borrowed. Kaizou: Umbrella...? Guy: Hey, Katsu. I think you dropped this. Kaizou: Aha, I see now... I was once... ---------- Kaizou: A NAKED GENERAL!! (name of a TV show about Kiyoshi Yamashita, a "free-spirit" who wandered the countryside, painting and writing about his experiences.) (p.s. i'm assuming that's what his outfit was.) People: Ha! Kaizou: Nice weather today. Chitan: I finally got a new uniform. Now I don't have to wear that stupid peon suit. * in the last chapter, Chitan's uniform was burned. Chitan: Aaaaah! 02-004.jpg Kaizou: I bet I can sell my art for big bucks. Chitan: K... Kaizou?! Stop it! I just bought these clothes! STOP! Kaizou: You don't need to thank me. Chitan: NOOOOOOOOO!! It's not fair... Man: Ooh, sketches. I'll give you a rice ball. ----------- Kaizou: And in thanks, I'll give you this. Well, g'bye, I guess. Man: It's... GORGEOUS! Chauffer: What is it, sir? Man: We're going to go find him! Kaizou: This Naked General stuff is getting boring. I'm going back to school. Man: He must be in here! 02-005.jpg Chitan: It's... not fair... not fair. Huh? Man: B... Beautiful! This must be his work, too! But it far surpasses the quality of the one he gave me! This is a national treasure!! We'll display this for the entire world to see. Chitan: Huh... what? what? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!! Sign: Impressionist Exhibit ----------- Chitan: IT'S JUST NOT FAIR!! Sign: Science-vestigation club Kaizou: I'm back, I guess. Umi: What's with those clothes? Kaizou: I don't think I was a Naked General after all. Umi: What in the world... Kaizou: My locker. That's it, maybe there's some kind of clue about my past in here! [Leek] 02-006.jpg Kaizou: Oh, so I was a duck. (duck with leek, i.e. the pokemon farfetch'd. Ian- I think if you copied in a picture of that pokemon into the text balloon, it would work really well. just a thought.) Or maybe a tuna. (toro negi roll sushi, tuna with green onion) Umi: We're not playing word association here. [Wig] [Ball] Kaizou: Oh, so I was... Pancho Ito! (Japanese baseball announcer) [Wig] [Knife] Kaizou: Kandagawa! (wig is "subtly different from the one above") (Note: Toshiro Kandagawa, contestant on Iron Chef :) Umi: Stop it, that's dangerous! [Fake Mole] Kaizou: Takenori Murano. (actor) Naomi Chiaki. (singer) Naomi Kawashima. (actress) Kuwata? (pitcher for the Yomiuri (Tokyo) Giants) Umi: Are you trying out for a talent show, or what?! [Katsudon] [Light] Kaizou: I did it. Umi: And now you're a crime suspect?! ----------- [Glasses] Kaizou: I was a karate master?! Umi: What?! Why?! Kaizou: These are Bon-chan's glasses. Suzu: Oki Bond? (Note: you have to see this guy. http://www.ammypark.co.jp/oki.html) Umi: What does that have to do with karate?! Kaizou: Allow me to explain. Oki Bond is really a master of the Ryukyu karate style. (True) There are some pretty famous stories of how he used to beat up the local thugs who got in the way of his TV shows during filming (False). Umi: I don't care about that! All I want to know is why all that stuff is in your locker! Oh! Did you put it in there, Suzu?! Kaizou: There's one thing left. 02-007.jpg [Leotard] Kaizou: I see. I was... A thief! An art thief! Umi: The "San-shimai"?! (Note: A series of detective novels about three sisters (sanshimai) written by Jiro Akagawa) Kaizou: I don't have an older or younger sister, though. Suzu: You want to be the middle child. Kaizou: Now that I know this, I'm off to do my work. Suzu: Good luck. Chitan: Huh? Wha-wha-what?! ------------- Chitan: An intruder?! Oh... K-Kaizou?! Kaizou: So this is the greatest work of art ever made. I've come to liberate you! Guards: Catch him! Kaizou: What a reception! Guards: Wait!! Chitan: Kaizou, you really ARE a nice person! Kaizou: Huh? 02-008.jpg Kaizou: I remember now!! The side dishes I had at dinner a week ago were nikujaga (meat and potatoes) and saba miso (tuna in miso sauce)! Yuzo Gucci's real name is Yuzo Takada, and Taku Kitazaki's wife's name is Christina! Chitan: W... what...? Kaizou: Ahhh, so I didn't lose my memory after all. Hey... wait a minute. I don't need this. Chitan: Ah... Noooooo, it's not faaaiir! KK number two complete