My Name is Zushio Volume 3 Chapter 15 - Page 25 - Old Woman: Oh, ouch... My feet are so swollen... I can't possibly get over that peak by the end of the day... (shuffle) Paper: Letter To Mother Old Woman: (shuffle shuffle) What happened to my son...? (such a simple letter...) Letter: To Mother T... THEY'RE GONNA KILL ME!! From your son Old Woman: I shouldn't be stalling here where there's not a soul around... (oof-da!) Zushio: HEY, YOU! Old Woman: W... what?! -000015- -GOOOO Horse Riding!- - Page 26 - Zushio: Who do you think you're sitting on? Woman: EEEEEEEEK! -000015- -GOOOO Horse Riding!- - Page 27 - Woman: W... who are you?! Zushio: Hmph... As you can see, I AM A PRINCE. Woman: OWWWWW!! Wind: (fwoooo) Ruriie: (dum dum dum dum) Zushio: And what about you? (hehe...) Ruriie: (dum dum dum dum) Zushio: Do I look like a park bench to... Ruriie: QUIT HARASSING PEOPLE FOR NO REASON, ZUSHIO!! Zushio: (guhoof!) - Page 28 - Ruriie: You got this letter from your son...? Letter: To Mother T... THEY'RE GONNA KILL ME!! From your son Woman: ...I'm in a hurry to see my boy... But walking on my sprained ankle has made my foot swell up... Ruriie: {Hey... can you tell if her son if okay with your "Evil Eye"?} Anju: {...let me check.} Ruriie: So Princess Anju here... umm, maybe I shouldn't have said "princess"... Anju: Call me Anju. (zuka!)(zuka!) Ruriie: A... Anju here can predict the future 100%! - Page 29 - Ruriie: You'll feel better if you know your son is safe, right? Woman: ...it would bring some peace of mind... Anju: ...I see the future. (grin) OH... HE'S DYING! (help me, mother, help meeee) Anju's Thumb: Thumb! Woman: EEK... Anju: THE LOCATION IS BEYOND THAT CRAG! Woman: LIKE, SERIOUSLY?! Anju: THE TIME OF DEATH IS NOON OF TODAY!! Woman: ISN'T THAT RIGHT NOW?! Ruriie: Hey! If we hurry now, can we still make it in time to save him?! - Page 30 - Anju: ...not with the speed of a horse. Woman: OH NO! Anju: Not with the speed of a horse... Zushio: BUT WITH THE SPEED OF A SILVER!! Woman: (BOOF!) Anju's Thumb: Thumb! (bada-bing!) Zushio: It is the duty of a prince to save his people...! (pok pok) Woman: Take me with you!! Anju: Zushio!! If you go at the speed you normally do, that woman will fall off!! - Page 31 - Cup: Cup Glue: Sooper Gloo (splat!) Zushio: We'll go without spilling a single drop of water! Ruriie: It might be safer if you go slower... But then you'll never make it in time... Woman: (huh... the horse?!) Silver: [I run like I always do!] Ruriie: Silver?! Zushio: HI-HO, SILVER!! Woman: IS THIS REALLY A HORSE?! - Page 32 - Zushio: Silver is a horse, and is NOT a horse!! (Note: "Uma" is Japanese for horse.) Zushio: To be precise, he is an UMA! Unidentified Mysterious Animal!! Woman: (what's THAT?!) Zushio: AKA Silver the UMA!! Woman: IT'S... NOT A HORSE!!!! - Page 33 - Zushio: Muh?! There are two paths ahead! Sign: Detour Woman: The left one is a shortcut that goes over the mountains, but there have been a band of wicked "RIDERS" hanging out there lately!! Zushio: Back Woman: If we take the flat detour, that'll be much more... Zushio: OVER THE MOUNTAINS, SILVER!! Woman: P... please, fasten me to the horse with this rope! Zushio: But then you'll miss all the beautiful scenery...! Woman: I don't have time to look at the scenery when I'm terrified of falling off... (toooo scary!) Zushio: I see... - Page 34 - Zushio: How's this for a nice view? Woman: (HOGYAAAAAAAAAAA) (Note: That scream extends all the way down to Silver.) Woman (top panel): (gyaaa) Rider: (HAH HA HA HAAA!!) (badadum badadum) Other Guy: DAMN!! Rider: You'll never beat me in a hundred years!! - Page 35 - Rider: Fail to maneuver the curve and you fall to the bottom of this rocky chasm! This reddish-looking natural formation!! AND SO IT WAS GIVEN THE NAME "RED CASTLE"!!!! Nobody can stop the legend of my invincible record in "Hill Climb Battles" up this mountain!! Guys: Hot damn... How can he go so fast on the edge of those curves...?! - Page 36 - - Page 37 - Rock: (crumble) Zushio: Out of my way! - Page 38 - Rider: WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?! Horse: (screw that!) [Summit] Guys: W... who was that crazy-fast fool just now?! (hahh)(hahh) They're already on the descent!! Not interested in us at all... are they just passing through?! Huh...?! Look where they're heading! Isn't that the Head Boss riding up ahead?! OH... IT IS!! Arrows: [Ahead] [Zushi] - Page 39 - Riders: The Head of the Red Castle Rider Gang "Yellow Suns", The Downhill White Comet, Hawk-san!! Zushio: {He's fast.} Hawk: When have I been followed from behind? What a surprise... I didn't know there were any who challenged the DOWNHILL RACE AT FULL SPEED such as myself... This may be a fatal race. ...SHALL WE?} Riders: Hawk just raised his speed!! AWESOME! One little slip and they'll fall into the depths of the valley! It's a terrifying DOWNHILL NON-STOP DEATHMATCH!! - Page 40 - Hawk: {What does he look like...?} (peek) HYOYOOO?! Woman: (why are you spinning me around?!) Hawk: {...I don't want to lose to that.} Riders: Look! They're heading for the most difficult spot of Red Castle... THE "SPACIOUS CORRIDOR"! THEY ENTERED WITHOUT ANY SLOWDOWN!! Hawk: {The curve...} - Page 41 - Zushio: ACCELERATE, SILVER!!!! Fuurai: Wait!! Do you WANT to die, Zushio?! Woman: GYAAAAAAA!! THE STICK IS TALKING!!!! Riders: Is he... going right into the curve now?! He'll never make the turn at that speed!! Hawk: Hey! At that speed, your center of weight will be carried to the outside edge! AND YOU WILL FALL OFF COURSE!! (and die) - Page 42 - Zushio: STRETCH, FUURAIBOW!! Fuurai: Fine... I'll help for now! Woman: HYOEEEE?! Triangle: Center of Weight Woman: Now it's stretching! Triangle: Center of Weight Fuurai: Silence, human! Woman: Now it's talking and stretching! Hawk: {He's manipulating his balance?!} Rider: What's with that stick?! Hawk: {That flowing weight transfer! Does he have a perfect mastery of inertia?! Leg: Silver's Leg (SLIP!!) Riders: ITS LEG SLIPPED!! (of course, at that speed!) Hawk: NO! That's... - Page 43 - Hawk: FOUR-FOOT DRIFT!! Zushio: Go! Go! Arrow: Running full speed in this direction to maneuver the curve Riders: THAT HORSE IS RUNNING AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE!! (kyaaaa! Oh my god!!) I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IS ACTUALLY A HORSE, HOWEVER!!!! - Page 44 - Riders: HE MADE THE CURVE WITH HOOVES SLIPPING ON THE ROCK AND SPED UP EVEN MORE!!! Zushio: Go! Go! a bunch of times Woman: IT'S STRETCHING! AND THEN IT'S TALKING! AND THEN... Rider: AAAAAAAAHHHH!! AAAAAAAAH!! - Page 45 - Woman: IT'S TRUUUUUE!! Rider: PLEASE DON'T TALK TO ME!!!! Zushio: We're past the curve now!! Fuurai, return!! OHHHHH?! Rider: EHHHHH?! - Page 46 - Zushio: The rest is straight downhill! Now we go from high-power-and-grip Beast Mode... Woman: You mean there's MORE?! Zushio: To the speed-centered SPRINTER MODE!!!! Woman: (PWAAH?!) - Page 47 - Riders: (it stood up?!) (stood up)(stood up) TH... THAT'S NO HORSE!!!! Man: What the fu-heck? (Hawk-san) - Page 48 - Boy: S... Save me! (hahh)(hahh) [That old lady's son] Zushio: SOMEONE'S UNDER ATTACK!! We won't make it in time! Throw me, Silver!! I'm coming to save you right now!! Boy: Mother...!! - Page 49 - Zushio: Ah! Help! Oh god! Silver: [...I suppose that was a wild pitch.] Masked Man: ...IS THAT THE RUMORED... "SILVER"?! Boy: (Horse? A bipedal horse?!) Masked Man: Which means THAT is Prince Zushio...? Zushio: (that) - Page 50 - Masked Man: We must report this to "Mrs. Kayou" immediately...! (heh heh heh...) Silver: [Who are youse guys] Masked Man: ...welcome, Silver... TO THE ROYAL CAPITAL, "KANAUJI"! Silver: [We're finally at the capital?!] Boy: What should I have done for him...? He just flew up out of nowhere, asked for help... and said "oh god"... (confuzzled) Woman: (Mom) Zushio: (Yaaaaaaaaay) Boy: (What's with the cup of water on his head...?) - MNiZ Chapter 15 End -