[translation] Matantei Loki manga - Hel's first appearance

[gemini_artemis]

This was the first appearance of Hel in the Matantei Loki manga (volume 5 of the white books). If the translation seems strange or wrong, it's because I did it myself, and I'm far from being a professional translator or even fluent in Japanese. Since my goal is to show Hel moments, I left out some pages in which she doesn't appear.

EDIT: The pages

Comments

[vampirenaomi]

Thank you for posting these! They're awesome! The art is excellent and Hel looks both adorable and very angsty, which is a great combination. Does the manga ever elaborate on what Hel's rotting curse is or what's causing it? And what happened to her? She didn't die, did she?

[gemini_artemis]

Hee, I'm so glad you like it! I'm sorry to say, however, that I don't know the answer to any of those questions. ;_; Hel appears again in the second series, but I can't understand very well what's going on in those volumes, because they're in Chinese. I don't think she died, though, only went to the underworld.

[vampirenaomi]

Hm, then it's a mystery, like Mayura would say. :P If you ever find out about the curse, please tell me what's going on with it. It's quite interesting. Was it in the anime? I can't remember it. Those last episodes are quite fuzzy and I don't think I understood them that well in the first place.

[gemini_artemis]

Sure! :D I'll see if I can download and reinstall the Chinese word processor I used to have. With it, I might be able to translate those scenes.

I don't think Hel ever mentioned the rotting curse in the anime. In fact, she never even appeared in her half-rotten form, and her reasons to want to kill Loki are different. Actually, the entire Hel-arc was completely different.