Knockout Drops Translation
Two of the Original Short Scenarios at Nitro
Silence
A short drama -type scenario for the recording of Saiyuki vocal album. Hakkai and Sanzo
An inn. A two person room.
It’s night.
Hakkai: Sanzo, would you like another cup of coffee?
Sanzo: (while perusing the newspaper) . . . . . . Yeah.
Glug glug . . . . . . . . . the sound of pouring coffee.
Koto.
Hakkai: Here you are.
Sanzo: . . . . . . . . . Ah. (while perusing the newspaper)
Hakkai: The moon tonight is pretty, isn’t it.
Sanzo: . . . . . . . . . Yeah. (not really listening)
Hakkai sips his coffee. He lets out a big contented sigh. Sanzo peruses the newspaper.
The only sound is the regular ticking of the clock’s second hand.
------- After a silence still enough to be thought a broadcasting accident.
Hakkai: Shall we play capping verses?
Sanzo: . . . . . . What? (doubtfully)
Hakkai: Ah, earlier Gojyo asked me “What stuff do you and Sanzo talk about when the two of you share a room?”
Sanzo: . . . . . . Why do we have to have a conversation?
Hakkai: That’s true. . . . . . . Then, when I said “Now that you mention it, we don’t really talk,” Goku asked “Hakkai, do you and Sanzo not get along?”
Sanzo: It’d be more suspicious if we always endlessly annoying like those two . . . . . .
Hakkai: Well, certainly though, if we don’t converse often we do appear to be a tired old married couple.
Sanzo: ------Ridiculous
Hakkai: Conversation. . . . . . Did Sanzo and I have any common interests?
Sanzo: None (swift reply)
Hakkai: Please at least pretend to think about it.
Sanzo: . . . . . . (quiet for a bit) None.
Hakkai: You’re very uncooperative.
Sanzo: . . . Hey. Listen. My interest is to quietly, peacefully spend time by myself. Aren’t you the same, Hakkai?
Hakkai: Yes, exactly.
Sanzo: That is the common interest between the two of us. So there’s absolutely no need for either of us to force the other into conversation.
Hakkai: I see, that’s right, isn’t it.
Sanzo: At any rate tomorrow morning we’ll have to face those two unparalleled noisy idiots next door. We should enjoy our interests while we can, and there’ll be no punishment.
Hakkai: ------(smiling) That’s true. Oh, Sanzo, would you like some brandy in your coffee?
Sanzo: (grinning) . . . . . . That’s not bad.
Hakkai: (smiling) Yes.
Sound of liquid being poured.
Calm time.
Sanzo: . . . Huh, the moon’s nice tonight.
Hakkai: I just said that earlier. . . . . .
END.
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This is a “Hakkai and Sanzo” scenario written for a vocal album’s mini drama. A conversation between these two seems apt to become heavy, and the content would surround a third party. It’s strange but inserting Goku and Gojyo there would soften things.
Fireflies
A short drama -type scenario for the recording of Saiyuki vocal album. Hakkai and Goku
(The sound of bugs is heard. In a quiet night forest, a slowly walking Hakkai stops and absent-mindedly whispers)
Hakkai: Huh. . . . . . . . . I’ve lost sight of it. . .
(Footsteps approach from behind)
Goku: . . . . . . Hakkai?
Hakkai: (Oh, he realizes) Goku. What’s the matter? You were sleeping quite soundly in Jeep.
Goku: Yeah, but I had to pee, and when I woke up I saw you wandering into the woods. I thought we’d pee together.
Hakkai: (pained smile) Unfortunately, I’m not here because I needed to urinate.
Goku: Really? Then, you’re on a walk?
Hakkai: No. . . . . . There was a firefly, just now.
Goku: Firefly. . . . . . Fireflies’re those bugs that light up?
Hakkai: Yes. It flew in this direction, and I came chasing after it. I’ve lost sight of it now.
Goku: A firefly huh. . . Hmm, that’s rare, isn’t it.
Hakkai: Yes. You hardly ever see them.
Goku: Not that.
Hakkai: No?
Goku: It’s rare for you, I meant. So Hakkai does stuff like chase after fireflies too.
Hakkai: Is it really?
Goku: Yeah, doesn’t seem like you would.
Hakkai: . . . . . . . . . Jizo firefly. . .
Goku: Huh?
Hakkai: It was a Jizo firefly. Just now.
Goku: Jizo . . . firefly?
Hakkai: . . . . . . Its light, it’s redder than that of a normal firefly. So. . . . . . It’s said that those fireflies are the incarnation of the god Jizo, come to guide the souls of the dead to heaven.
Goku: Heaven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Got it.
Hakkai: Goku?
Goku: Let’s go look for it, Hakkai
Hakkai: What?
Goku: I wanna see it too. That firefly
Hakkai: . . . . . . You’re right. Shall we look, since we’ve come this far?
Goku: Yeah!
(The two set out walking)
Hakkai: Fireflies gather around water. I wonder if there isn’t a stream or the like around here. . . . . .
Goku: A stream? I can kinda hear water coming from this way.
Hakkai: . . . . . . That’s amazing, Goku. I can’t hear it at all.
Goku: Hehe.
(Time. Only the pair’s footsteps can be heard)
Goku: . . . . . . Hey
Hakkai: What is it?
Goku: Is there really a Heaven?
Hakkai: That is . . . . . . quite a heavy question.
Goku: Uh, it’s not that big a deal. I was just thinking.
Hakkai: Let me see . . . . . . There are many different interpretations depending on the religion. One says that you can go to the Pure Land if you do good things before death, so you should live life correctly without fear of death. Perhaps. . . . . .
Goku: Perhaps?
Hakkai: . . . It’s a way of comforting the humans left behind. By thinking that the person who died went to Heaven, the survivors can ease their sadness a bit. . . . The bottom line is, Heaven exists for living people.
Goku: Huh. . . . . . . . . Okay. I think I kinda get it.
Hakkai: What about you?
Goku: Huh?
Hakkai: What do you think, Goku? For example . . . . . . What do you think will happen when you die?
Goku: . . . . . . . . . Ummmmm. . . . . . . I don’t think anything’ll happen. I’ll just disappear.
Hakkai: . . . Sometimes I think, you’re surprisingly severe, Goku.
Goku: But after you die that’s the end. . . . . . . But still . . . . . . . . Ah!
Hakkai: Hm?
Goku: Hakkai, there! Over there!!
Hakkai: . . . ! . . . The fireflies . . . . . .
(Suddenly the visible world opens, and the pair stand still. With a soft sound, innumerable fireflies sparkle as they dance)
Hakkai: (dazedly) There are so many . . . . . .
Goku: -----------. Amazing. . . . . . They’re so pretty . . . . . .
(For a while the two stand, in awe)
Goku: . . . . . Y’know. After you die, that’s the end, but. Me, even if I were to die. . . . . I’d be here.
Hakkai: Here?
Goku: . . . . . Where everyone is.
Hakkai: -------Sometime I think, you’re surpisingly . . . . . . . .
Goku: Surprisingly?
Hakkai: Seductive, I think.
Goku: . . . Whaaat!? What’s up with that!!?
Hakkai: (laughing) Yes, yes, we should be heading back soon. We’ll get scolded if we do too much on our own.
Goku: Yeah, that’s right.
Hakkai: By the way Goku, didn’t you have to urinate?
Goku: . . . . . . . . . . . Gah
END.
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This is a “Hakkai and Goku” scenario written for a vocal album’s mini drama. These two are often exemplified as “teacher and student”, but I thought there were surely times when the teacher learns from the student, and wrote this. But after I wrote it I thought I should have drawn it in the manga.
Silence
A short drama -type scenario for the recording of Saiyuki vocal album. Hakkai and Sanzo
An inn. A two person room.
It’s night.
Hakkai: Sanzo, would you like another cup of coffee?
Sanzo: (while perusing the newspaper) . . . . . . Yeah.
Glug glug . . . . . . . . . the sound of pouring coffee.
Koto.
Hakkai: Here you are.
Sanzo: . . . . . . . . . Ah. (while perusing the newspaper)
Hakkai: The moon tonight is pretty, isn’t it.
Sanzo: . . . . . . . . . Yeah. (not really listening)
Hakkai sips his coffee. He lets out a big contented sigh. Sanzo peruses the newspaper.
The only sound is the regular ticking of the clock’s second hand.
------- After a silence still enough to be thought a broadcasting accident.
Hakkai: Shall we play capping verses?
Sanzo: . . . . . . What? (doubtfully)
Hakkai: Ah, earlier Gojyo asked me “What stuff do you and Sanzo talk about when the two of you share a room?”
Sanzo: . . . . . . Why do we have to have a conversation?
Hakkai: That’s true. . . . . . . Then, when I said “Now that you mention it, we don’t really talk,” Goku asked “Hakkai, do you and Sanzo not get along?”
Sanzo: It’d be more suspicious if we always endlessly annoying like those two . . . . . .
Hakkai: Well, certainly though, if we don’t converse often we do appear to be a tired old married couple.
Sanzo: ------Ridiculous
Hakkai: Conversation. . . . . . Did Sanzo and I have any common interests?
Sanzo: None (swift reply)
Hakkai: Please at least pretend to think about it.
Sanzo: . . . . . . (quiet for a bit) None.
Hakkai: You’re very uncooperative.
Sanzo: . . . Hey. Listen. My interest is to quietly, peacefully spend time by myself. Aren’t you the same, Hakkai?
Hakkai: Yes, exactly.
Sanzo: That is the common interest between the two of us. So there’s absolutely no need for either of us to force the other into conversation.
Hakkai: I see, that’s right, isn’t it.
Sanzo: At any rate tomorrow morning we’ll have to face those two unparalleled noisy idiots next door. We should enjoy our interests while we can, and there’ll be no punishment.
Hakkai: ------(smiling) That’s true. Oh, Sanzo, would you like some brandy in your coffee?
Sanzo: (grinning) . . . . . . That’s not bad.
Hakkai: (smiling) Yes.
Sound of liquid being poured.
Calm time.
Sanzo: . . . Huh, the moon’s nice tonight.
Hakkai: I just said that earlier. . . . . .
END.
=================
This is a “Hakkai and Sanzo” scenario written for a vocal album’s mini drama. A conversation between these two seems apt to become heavy, and the content would surround a third party. It’s strange but inserting Goku and Gojyo there would soften things.
Fireflies
A short drama -type scenario for the recording of Saiyuki vocal album. Hakkai and Goku
(The sound of bugs is heard. In a quiet night forest, a slowly walking Hakkai stops and absent-mindedly whispers)
Hakkai: Huh. . . . . . . . . I’ve lost sight of it. . .
(Footsteps approach from behind)
Goku: . . . . . . Hakkai?
Hakkai: (Oh, he realizes) Goku. What’s the matter? You were sleeping quite soundly in Jeep.
Goku: Yeah, but I had to pee, and when I woke up I saw you wandering into the woods. I thought we’d pee together.
Hakkai: (pained smile) Unfortunately, I’m not here because I needed to urinate.
Goku: Really? Then, you’re on a walk?
Hakkai: No. . . . . . There was a firefly, just now.
Goku: Firefly. . . . . . Fireflies’re those bugs that light up?
Hakkai: Yes. It flew in this direction, and I came chasing after it. I’ve lost sight of it now.
Goku: A firefly huh. . . Hmm, that’s rare, isn’t it.
Hakkai: Yes. You hardly ever see them.
Goku: Not that.
Hakkai: No?
Goku: It’s rare for you, I meant. So Hakkai does stuff like chase after fireflies too.
Hakkai: Is it really?
Goku: Yeah, doesn’t seem like you would.
Hakkai: . . . . . . . . . Jizo firefly. . .
Goku: Huh?
Hakkai: It was a Jizo firefly. Just now.
Goku: Jizo . . . firefly?
Hakkai: . . . . . . Its light, it’s redder than that of a normal firefly. So. . . . . . It’s said that those fireflies are the incarnation of the god Jizo, come to guide the souls of the dead to heaven.
Goku: Heaven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Got it.
Hakkai: Goku?
Goku: Let’s go look for it, Hakkai
Hakkai: What?
Goku: I wanna see it too. That firefly
Hakkai: . . . . . . You’re right. Shall we look, since we’ve come this far?
Goku: Yeah!
(The two set out walking)
Hakkai: Fireflies gather around water. I wonder if there isn’t a stream or the like around here. . . . . .
Goku: A stream? I can kinda hear water coming from this way.
Hakkai: . . . . . . That’s amazing, Goku. I can’t hear it at all.
Goku: Hehe.
(Time. Only the pair’s footsteps can be heard)
Goku: . . . . . . Hey
Hakkai: What is it?
Goku: Is there really a Heaven?
Hakkai: That is . . . . . . quite a heavy question.
Goku: Uh, it’s not that big a deal. I was just thinking.
Hakkai: Let me see . . . . . . There are many different interpretations depending on the religion. One says that you can go to the Pure Land if you do good things before death, so you should live life correctly without fear of death. Perhaps. . . . . .
Goku: Perhaps?
Hakkai: . . . It’s a way of comforting the humans left behind. By thinking that the person who died went to Heaven, the survivors can ease their sadness a bit. . . . The bottom line is, Heaven exists for living people.
Goku: Huh. . . . . . . . . Okay. I think I kinda get it.
Hakkai: What about you?
Goku: Huh?
Hakkai: What do you think, Goku? For example . . . . . . What do you think will happen when you die?
Goku: . . . . . . . . . Ummmmm. . . . . . . I don’t think anything’ll happen. I’ll just disappear.
Hakkai: . . . Sometimes I think, you’re surprisingly severe, Goku.
Goku: But after you die that’s the end. . . . . . . But still . . . . . . . . Ah!
Hakkai: Hm?
Goku: Hakkai, there! Over there!!
Hakkai: . . . ! . . . The fireflies . . . . . .
(Suddenly the visible world opens, and the pair stand still. With a soft sound, innumerable fireflies sparkle as they dance)
Hakkai: (dazedly) There are so many . . . . . .
Goku: -----------. Amazing. . . . . . They’re so pretty . . . . . .
(For a while the two stand, in awe)
Goku: . . . . . Y’know. After you die, that’s the end, but. Me, even if I were to die. . . . . I’d be here.
Hakkai: Here?
Goku: . . . . . Where everyone is.
Hakkai: -------Sometime I think, you’re surpisingly . . . . . . . .
Goku: Surprisingly?
Hakkai: Seductive, I think.
Goku: . . . Whaaat!? What’s up with that!!?
Hakkai: (laughing) Yes, yes, we should be heading back soon. We’ll get scolded if we do too much on our own.
Goku: Yeah, that’s right.
Hakkai: By the way Goku, didn’t you have to urinate?
Goku: . . . . . . . . . . . Gah
END.
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This is a “Hakkai and Goku” scenario written for a vocal album’s mini drama. These two are often exemplified as “teacher and student”, but I thought there were surely times when the teacher learns from the student, and wrote this. But after I wrote it I thought I should have drawn it in the manga.