[Kingdom 08 Translation by Kewl0210]
Go, Xin.
Please, follow the king!
Lord is... bowing his head to someone other than the king.
And what's more... it's to a nameless servant boy.
Ancient China.
After learning that the era of saints had ended,
human desire was unleashed.
And a storm of violent wars erupted for 500 years...
until over one hundred states were reduced to merely seven.
And now, a wind of great history gusts from the State of Qin in the far West.
This is the tumultuous tale of a nameless boy and a young king who brought the warring era to its end!
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Translation kewl0210
itsumo yori hayaku kietetta hoshi zora ni
いつもより早く消えてった星空に
In a starry sky that disappeared faster than it ever has
kusanariatta deai wa
重なり合った出会いは
the many piled up meetings we've had
Editing jagman1x3
ore wo nomikonde iku
俺を呑み込んでいく
swallow me.
Timing Seboo
kono yume wa kudakenai
この夢は砕けない
This dream cannot be broken.
sabitsukaseta kyoufushin
錆びつかせた恐怖心
Among this rusted fear in my heart
yuragu fuan no naka de
揺らぐ不安の中で
and the anxiety that makes me waver
Typesetting rtrs
ame wo saegiru shinjitsu
雨を遮る信実
is a truth that interrupts the rain.
Karaoke kewl0210
FZeroWing
dare ni mo ubaeyashinai
誰にも奪えやしない
No one can take it away,
onaji keshiki ni hisonda puraido
同じ景色にひそんだプライド
our pride that lurks in the same landscape.
Encode max80
itsuka kitto kanau ima mo mieru kibou fortitude
いつかきっと叶う 今も見える希望 fortitude
The fortuitous desire I have will definitely come true one day.
yowasa wo sute wa shinai
弱さを捨てはしない
We won't throw away our weaknesses,
oretachi no kienai shiin
俺達の消えないシーン
those are scenes that won't disappear.
furenzokusen no youni hashiru kibou unbreakable heart
不連続線の様に走る希望 unbreakable heart
My desire in my unbreakable heart runs like a discontinuitous line.
I knew at the start that there's no end.
QC Mistral[sA]
KoolKidsK
I've made up my mind, right now it's the time to take the first step.
Distro kokus
Kittie
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Qpax
Now's the only time.
Each One's Dream
But man, Young Master Bi,
why're you tagging along?
I'd be worried if you two were on your own.
And don't call me Young Master!
I don't really care, but if you don't hurry it up, we're leaving you behind!
Shit! Shit!
Don't underestimate nobles!
Hey, hey.
What sorta place do you think the Mountain King's country is?
There's gotta be a huge castle or something there, right?
No, honestly, I doubt it'll be anything great.
Just by looking at their clothing,
they definitely don't have a high standard of living.
And even if they call it a country,
it's probably nothing more than a slightly larger than average country village.
If we can sneak in, I don't think a rescue would be difficult to pull off.
I get it!
So it'll be an easy victory!
What is it?
How the hell is this a country village?
How the hell are we gonna rescue Zheng from this place,
Brother Bi!?
Th-This is... insane...!
I am the 31st king of the State of Qin, Ying Zheng.
I am the Mountain King, Yang Duan He.
Mountain King Yang Duan He
It's so tough!
All right! Now's my time to shine!
That's the guy you suddenly hit out of the blue before, Xin!
You bastard! Are you here to get back at me?!
Wh-What's with you guys?!
Y-You're kidding, right?
Xin! Xin!
Don't cry, Diao!
These guy's aren't anything special!
Look!
When they come to stab us,
I'll tangle one of their legs in a rope and then I'll go wild!
Can you really do that?
Yeah, just leave it to me!
I even had special training for this sorta thing with Piao!
Seriously?!
Was this in your special training, too?!
Shit.
Y-You!
You... helped us?
Tajif is just protecting you on the king's orders.
It's that captain-looking guy!
It may seem like there are no borders between the Mountain World and the Flatland World,
but many things happen in that area.
Some of those people have had family members killed by the Flatland People.
Tajif the Warrior pays you respect because you were able to break his horns.
Tajif the Warrior?
Tajif feels sorry for you.
Because very soon, you shall be judged by our king, and may be killed.
Wh-What did you say?!
What'll happen to Zheng?!
The King of Qin will suffer the same fate.
King of Qin, Ying Zheng?
A boy king with no political power...
whose little brother is chasing after his throne,
has few reliable retainers,
and has been running around on his own.
And he has stepped into this Mountain Country to meet me.
Would you let me hear your reasons?
I came to borrow your strength.
It would seem things will not be meeting your expectations.
We brought you here in order to judge you.
Judge me for what?
You cannot say you do not know!
What the people of the State of Qin did to us!
400 years ago, when the King of Qin, Duke Mu, made an alliance with our Mountain Countries,
when our ancestors held him as a friend,
we saw the signs that a new country would be established.
But...
Go back to the mountains, you monkeys!
Go home! Go home! Go home!
But we realized that it was an illusion.
Our people that lived and interacted with the Flatland People were on their way back to the mountains,
but they were still met with relentless torment.
The tragedies they endured were unimaginable.
Do you understand?
In order to appease the malice of our ancestors,
we must sever the head of the current King of Qin, you.
Do you have anything to say for yourself?
We are the ones at fault.
As a representative of the State of Qin, I sincerely apologize for our past foolishness.
But that is not enough of a reason to take my head.
And why is that?
If your response does not satisfy us, we'll lop off your head immediately.
In the 400 years since Duke Mu,
and furthermore, in the 1,000 years of history leading up to his reign,
countries, people, culture, faith...
though different things have been exchanged,
has blood stopped spilling at all?
Have the discrimination, scorn, and grudges that have built up over the long years...
disappeared from people's hearts?
If you look at the people's history, you'll soon understand...
why getting rid of those is a nearly impossible task.
To think that the appearance of one person, Duke Mu, would make hundreds of years of discord disappear, is naive.
You bastard!
Do you label our ancestors, who sought the dream of peace and were betrayed, as fools?!
That is not what I say.
What I am saying is that the problem here is deeply ingrained.
And if you say that simply cutting off my head will resolve it, you are mistaken.
So we should not kill you because it will not solve anything?
So we should just forgive the murders of our countrymen?
There are a mountain of things that should come before revenge.
You are quite good at acting the virtuous king.
So impertinent...
Young king, you do not seem to have even a rough understanding of the people's pain.
Honestly, what are you doing?
Shaddup! We just messed up a little!
A little... huh...?
Do it.
I-I'm first?!
No! Stop!
There is no need to do that.
I'm already well aware of that pain.
Mountain King!
If a king is driven by malice and contentment to pick up a sword,
he will be swallowed by the whirlpool of hatred...
and the country will fall to ruin!
A king should pick up a sword for the reason of opening the path to preserving life.
What do you mean?
The people of the State of Qin and the Mountain People...
it is because they are divided that strife is created.
But that happened in the distant past.
It has become as though it is natural.
It is the same all over China.
From their perspectives, even though we're all people of the flatlands,
we just eternally steal from and kill each other.
The intensification of the violence has brought about the building of long walls around national borders.
Inside and outside, who is a friend and who is an enemy has become defined even more strongly.
It is true that a rare leader like Duke Mu leads many nations,
but in the end, he brought about nothing more than a temporary stretch of stability.
That alone is not good enough.
What's not good enough?!
What the hell do you know about Duke Mu?!
Just getting peace for a little while's awesome, ain't it?!
What's better than that?!
The abolishment of all country borders!
G-Getting rid of the borders?
King of Qin... Take a good look around you.
Do you think there's a single country that would accept such an idea?
If they won't, we'll use force until they do.
As you would in a world of warring states.
That's the polar opposite of the path of preserving life, isn't it?
No!
There has been constant war for the past 500 years!
So it may continue for another 500 years!
The sword I'm taking up...
is to prevent there from being victims in another 500 years of war!
Hold on a second!
What the hell are you guys talking about?!
What it is that I seek.
I thought you were after the throne your little brother took!
We came here to ask for reinforcement to help you take back the throne, didn't we?!
The throne is nothing but the first step on my path.
Your path...
What the hell is your path?!
I will unite China and become its first king!
Unite...
China...?
S-So you're going to destroy the other countries and make Qin the entire country?
Yes.
There's no way that can be...
If you go back these past 500 years... No. Even further than that...
such a thing has never been accomplished!
That's what I'll do!
If the country is united, international fighting will cease...
and the people of all lands will see the expanse of a country unlike any seen before.
Expanse... of a country...?
Elders...
Why don't we capture the State of Qin?
Just the kind of question I would expect from you, Lord Yang Duan He!
You have such a magnificent will!
But for now, please be patient.
To capture Qin, the Mountain Countries require further power.
Then seek peace.
What are you saying?!
Peace with Qin? Our hated enemy?
You must not speak such thoughtless things!
Everyone is happy that the first king uniting the Mountain World in hundreds of years has been born.
Everyone is anticipating that you will clear away our ancestors' sorrow and our malice, Lord Duan He!
Elders...
As I get older,
the defensive walls of the Mountain Countries increase in number and strength.
And as they do, I sense the narrowness of the countries.
War, peace, whatever it may be, is fine.
I just... want the world to expand...
Why do you hesitate, my king?
Now is the time to clear away many years of grudges.
There is no need for any other questions.
Although you know the malice held by the elders towards the people of Qin is deep...
Leave this judgment to us.
Peel off the King of Qin's skin while he's still alive, and dry it in the sun!
And let's chop these three to pieces and feed them to the pigs!
You bastard! Who're you callin' pig food?!
I'll friggin' kill you, old man!
Me again?!
Xin! When did you...?
No matter the situation, the technique for getting out of ropes...
is totally within my special training with Piao!
Seriously?!
How about that, Zheng?
Surprised?
Not particularly.
Hey, what are you doing?!
Hurry, capture him!
Xin!
Just as Bajiou reported, you are an amusing boy.
So, what will you do next?
There's no question, really.
What?
If you guys won't lend us your strength,
we're just gonna head down the mountain and try somebody else.
Not like we'd find anybody...
So foolish!
Do you truly think that you will be able to safely leave this mountain?
I don't really care if I need to steal a sword and go on a rampage to do it.
But there're probably some guys here that don't wanna fight much, either.
Oh, well!
I'll just have to take you hostage to get down the mountain, old man.
Hey! Old man in the general mask!
You've been talking about complicated stuff this whole time,
but to make it simple, this guy's in trouble!
Just think of it as helping someone out and lend him your strength!
Kay?
What a weak argument...
We're doomed...
And get this guy in your debt now,
and later you'll really get paid back and then some!
Plenty of treasure and delicious food and stuff!
Don't get cocky, you flatland monkey!
You will be ripped limb from limb here as compensation for our ancestors' regret...
Shut up about your "regret"!
Anyhow, the most regretful thing there is is when a dream ends as nothing but an illusion!
If you really care about the dead,
then make the dreams they had into a reality!
Huh...?
What's with the atmosphere in here?
Do not be flustered.
For you, that was a good job.
Mountain King Yang Duan He,
as you have seen, I am currently a powerless, weak king.
But the uniting of China is not empty nonsense.
It is my sure path!
If you join me, you'll see the expanse of a country more vast than any your ancestors could have ever hoped for.
Revive the alliance between Qin and the Mountain Countries from 400 years ago.
Lend me your strength.
King of Qin, I have one question.
We are violent!
When you take back your throne,
the royal palace may become a sea of blood.
Do you not mind?
So you mean...?!
That's how it was taken from me.
Do you have some hesitation?
Don't! Don't, my king!
Our ancestors...
Silence!
Do not open your mouth that spouts nothing but old malice again!
Everyone, listen closely!
I, Mountain World King Yang Duan He, hereby form an alliance with the King of Qin, King Ying Zheng, stronger than any formed before!
I-It's a woman!
For the sake of that alliance,
we will now go to take back the King of Qin's throne that was unjustly taken!
Gather the soldiers from the neighboring mountains!
All armies, depart to the field with the preparedness to fight to the death!
Our goal is the capital of State of Qin, Xianyang!
It begins here...
kowaresou na kokoro tsumugu youni
壊れそうな心 紡ぐように
To weave together my breaking heart
yume no kakera mitsume (No more cry)
夢のカケラ見つめ (No more cry）
I gaze at the fragments of a dream (No more crying)
me no mae ni wa tsuki ga utsushidasu
目の前には月が映し出す
The moon I see before my eyes
kono mune no yakusoku
この胸の約束
reflects this promise in my heart
namida ga nokoshita kioku sae mo
涙が残した記憶さえも
I won't turn away from my tearful memories
waraiatta kako sae furimukanai
笑いあった過去さえ振り向かない
nor the past where we laughed together
Voice of soul
Voice of you
kanashimi nara kitto tsuyosa ni kawaru hazu
悲しみならきっと 強さに変わるはず
Sadness is sure to turn into strength
I won't cry
I won't fear
I won't stop
takaku tobeba kitto sora no mukou ni todoku
高く翔べばきっと空の向こうに届く
If I jump high enough, I'm sure I'll reach beyond the sky
Voice of mine
Yeah
Voice of soul
Preview
It's 3,000 VS 80,000!
We haven't got nearly enough!
At an overwhelming disadvantage,
the only thing that dwells in their hearts is unshakable preparedness.
Now, to Xianyang!
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