For info on the "Reading Reference", go to page 40.


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[Edited]



Raw from RawParadaise brought by Alzea and posted (and many mirrors) here.

Chapter page by page view - Photobucked (thanks Axem_Rangers!)

Chapter translation by Tombow here or just scroll down to the next post.

Quick translation by Malka2009 is posted on page 4, here.

Translation by HisshouBuraiKen is posted on page 5, here

Thanks, everyone! ^^



<Last edited by Michiyo- on Apr. 22, 2012>

Thank you, paca!! ^^
The following is my translation of chapter 97. As usual, I'll be back later to fix type and whatnot, and may still edit and refine some parts of the translation. As such, if need to repost please try to post the link to this post rather than copy and paste the translation. The link to this post is http://www.fullmetal-alchemist.com/forums/...st&p=691272.


Click on the page number to open and view that raw page in a separate window. Click again on + to enlarge the pic. SFX is sound effect in the raw. Dotted line, "---------" denotes change of panel, and each "....." denotes a word bubble.


Chapter 97: Two Sages

Chapter title page
Caption: From the past to the present, the fate passes on...
Chapter 97: "Two Sages"


page 2
Caption on the side: After the tragedy in Xerxes, what happened to Hohenheim...?!
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SFX: mumble mumble mumble
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SFX: mumble mumble mumble
Hohenheim: "Calm down..." "I would like to talk with you..."
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Hohenheim: "As a start, please listen to my story." "And then, tell me yours." "Yeah, that's right..."


page 3
Hohenheim: "You are not," "Alone."
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SFX: Thud
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Xingese man A: "Is that a human?"
Xingese man B: "It doesn't seem to be a bull nor a horse."


page 4
Xingese man A: "Golden hair...... He might be from the West?"
Xingese man B: "Let's bury him to rest."
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Hohenheim: "Ah........."
Xingese man A: "Whoa!"
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Xingese man A: "...He is alive."
Xingese man B: "You must be kidding."
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Xingese man A: "hey, can you drink some water?"
Xingese man B: "Don't drink all at once." "Take it little by little."
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Xingese man B: "Can you understand our words?" "We are a caravan of traders from Xing"
Xingese man C: "Where were you heading for?"
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Hohenheim: "I don't have a place to go back to......" "Nor have I any place to go...." "I was just afraid of staying there...." "And so I run away..."


page 5
Hohenheim: "...Indeed it was." "I'm sorry." "I could not stop it......"
Xingese man B: "...................?"
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Hohenheim: "I'm sorry..." "I'm sorry........."
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<Back to present day>
Hohenheim: "Sargence came from a family with generations of master carpenters." "He was often at the palace for the repair of the place." "His son, Dozzle looked up to him, and he was working hard to follow his father's footsteps."
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Hohenheim: "Caiya was a daughter of a flower shop owner." "She is a kind and caring girl." "Sali was a packhorse attendant. He loved drinking." "We get along very well." "Tommy was a boy with a dream of becoming a scholar."
SFX: Glonk Glonk Glonk (usual noise for the Central Underground where Father's liar is situated.)
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Hohenheim: "Gidarush was a chef." "He was once fired of his job for feeding a penniless traveler free of charge." "Andal was my fellow slave, but he hated me for my gaining the favor of our slave masters." "Zoole was an atrocious criminal waiting for the execution, but his last wish now is to return you a blow before he goes."
SFX: Glonk Glonk Glonk


page 6
Hohenheim: "Those are the souls who had just entered inside you."
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SFX: (Father's arm) Throb Throb
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Hohenheim: "They have one common goal; to destroy you. And just for that one goal they are all joining forces with me."
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Father: "Are you saying the Philosopher's Stone inside you contains souls, each of those with own will, and as a whole cooperating with you?"
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Father: "A piece of stone that should simply be a form to carry energy?"
Hohenheim: "'Impossible,' you say?"


page 7
Hohenheim: "Certainly, it drove me almost insane tryng to deal with those distressed and angry souls, one by one as individuals."
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Hohenheim: "But, at least I had a plenty of time to communicate with them," "Thanks to the immortal body you have given me."
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Father: "Communicate?"
Hoheneheim: "That's right," "that's something you had never done..."
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Hohenheim: "The souls inside of me, Five Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Nine of them," "I have done communicating with every one of them!"


page 8
Hohenheim: "With our combined fources," "We are going to destroy that vessel of yours!!"
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SFX: Zap
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SFX: (souls) Ohhhhhhhhh
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SFX: (souls) Ohhhhhhhhh
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SFX: Protrude


page 9
SFX: (souls) Ohhhhhhhhh
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SFX: Crack
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SFX: Drill


page 10
SFX: Poke
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Father: "Damn......" "You....."
SFX: Grab
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SFX: Crunch
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Hohenheim: "Go back o where you were born from," "The little one in a flask."


page 11
SFX: Stab
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Hohenheim: "Feel the sentiment of those you have despised and looked down."
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SFX: Melt
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Hohenheim: "?!"


page 12
SFX: Gurgle
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SFX: Crunch Crunch
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SFX: Rip Rip
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SFX: Crunch Rip


page 13
SFX: Splat
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SFX: Slither
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SFX: Teeth
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SFX: Slurp


page 14
SFX: Slurp Suck
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SFX: swallow
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Father: "Isn't it you who is looking down on others," "Hoheneheim?"
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Father: "I see you think you are the only advanced being!"
SFX: Rumble
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SFX: Rumble


page 15
SFX: Aggrandize


page 16
<meantime, above ground>
SFX: (zombies) Gahhh
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Female soldier: "Ahaaaaaa"
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SFX: (Buccaneer) Thwack
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Buccaneer: "Surrender yourself at the Command Center!" "Hurry, and go!"
Female soldier A: "Ah... Yes!"
Female soldier B: "Thank you!"
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Buccaneer: "Well..." "It seems these puppet soldiers have knocked down quite a bit of Central soldiers. It has been rather an easy job to gain control over the Central Army."


page 17
Buccaneer: "Move on, and crush the front gate!"
Falman: "Yes, sir!"
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SFX: Thump Thud
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SFX: (Sig) Thwack
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SFX: (Izumi) Slash
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SFX: Thud Thump Crash
Soldier: "...Looks like... there is no need for us here....."


page 18
Central officer: "Damn," "You!" "How come?!"
SFX: (zombies) Ohhhhhh
SFX: Bang Bang Bang
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Central Officer: "Aren't you supposed to be created to obay our orders?!" "Did his Excellency lie to us?!"
SFX: (zombie) Gurrrrrr
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Central Officer: "Stay back! Stay back!" "I'm not supposed to die like this!!"
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SFX: (zombie) Ugah
SFX: (Officer) Ahhhhh
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SFX: (Izumi) Fling


page 19
Officer: "Oh..."
SFX: (zombies) Flop Thud
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Officer: "Oh, Oh, I don;t know who you are, but well done!!" "Be my guard!!" "Then I will give you special favor..."
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SFX: (Izumi) Whump
Officer: "Whoa?!"
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Izumi: "About that Excellency," "I have a few questions about him. You don't mind my asking you, do you?"
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SFX: Bang Bang Bang


page 20
Soldier A: "Major General," "Please take a look at this..."
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Soldier B: "Whoa!"
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Olivier: "This used to be the Fuhrer's office. It's a horrific sight now."
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Soldier: "Would you care to command from this office?"


page 21
Olivier: "I can't imagine anyone would like to sit on a spot like this where he will be an easy target for snipers." "Let's move out."
Soldier: "Ah.. aye, ma'am!"
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Alex: "Elder sister,"
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Olivier: "?" "Where does this passage lead to?"
Alex: "This seem to go down quite afar."
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Alex: "This may be the passage way used by these puppet soldiers?"
Olivier: "...that means , this may lead to the underground..."
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Soldier: "Yes," "Yes," "Roger."


page 22
Soldier: "Captain Buccaneer's company has reached the main front gate."
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Soldier's report to Olivier continues: "They encountered only minor resistance, and casualties for our side was minimum!"
<at the front gate>
SFX: Bustle Bustle
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SFX: Bustle Bustle Bustle
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SFX: Bustle Bustle Bustle
SFX (tank) Clank Clank Clank
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SFX (tank) Clank Clank Clank
Soldier's report to Olivier continues: "The tank corps have arrived as well!"


page 23
Soldier: "This is Western gate," "Briggs' White company has secured the gate."
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Soldier: "This is Northern gate," "Black company has contained the area."
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Soldier: "This is Blue company," "Eastern gate is secured!"
Soldier: "Yellow company," "We have secured the Armory."
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Communications soldier: "Captain Buccaneer!"
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Voice of communications soldier at Command Center over the radio: "Buccaneer's company, please stand by there."
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Communications soldier at Command Center: "Under no circumstances please do not open any of the gates until we eliminate every one of the puppet soldiers on the premises."


page 24
Communications soldier at Command Center: "Great accomplishment, Major General Armstrong,"
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Voice of communications soldier at Command Center over the radio: "We have contained 90% of the Central Headquarters."
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Falman: (thinking) Ah, damn... Colonel couldn't make it...
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Voice of communications soldier at Command Center over the radio: "We have----"
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Buccaneer: "Won!"


page 25
Bradley's voice over the communication radio: "I've returned, fellow soldiers,"
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Bradley: "I see things became quite lively while I was away."
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Bradley's voice over the communication radio: "Effective immediately, I will take over the command myself to eliminate the rebel traitors." "Any Central solders who are free of special duties should assist the operation."
SFX: Chatter Chatter Chatter Chatter Chatter Chatter


page 26
Olivier: "King Bradley...!!"
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Buccaneer: "Do you say King Bradley?!"
Falman: "Damn... He is alive!!"
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Communications soldier: "Where?! Where did he appear?!" "How is he going to attack us?"
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Falman: "Eh?!"


page 27
Bradley: "Through the front gate."
SFX: Declare
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Falman: "What do you say.....?!"


page 28
Bradley: "Is there any reason why I have to enter through the back gate to enter my own castle?"
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Buccaneer: <thinking> The Fuhrer is a Homunculus... "Tank corps, fall back!!"
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SFX: Clank Clank Clank
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SFX: (Bradley) Dash
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Soldier: "Open fire!!" "Fire at will!!"
SFX: Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang


page 29
SFX: Bolt
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SFX: Bang bang Bang Bang Bang
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SFX: Bang bang Bang Bang Bang
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SFX: Bang bang Bang Bang Bang


page 30
SFX: (tank) Bang
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SFX: Ramble
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Tank soldier A: "We hit him..."
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SFX: Crash


page 31
SFX: (dead soldier) Slide Slump
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Tank soldier A: "...Advance forward." "I will trample him at where he is!!"


page 32
SFX: (tank) Ramble
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SFX: (Bradley) Dash
SFX: (inside bubble) Slash
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SFX: Split
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SFX: (tank) Clank Clank Clank
Tank soldier: "Whaaaa."


page 33
SFX: (tank) Grind Grind
Tank soldier: "Damn..." "You!!"
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SFX: (tank) Grind Grind
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Tank soldier: "Where is Bradley......?"
SFX: (grenade) Clunk
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SFX: Bang


page 34
SFX: Flame
Buccaneer in distance: "What...?"
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Buccaneer: "Impossible! He has destroyed the tank by himself..."
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SFX: (Bradley) Bolt
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SFX: Clunk Grind Grind


page 35
Buccaneer: "Ngh..."
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Buccaneer: "Ohh"
SFX: Clunk Grind Clunk
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SFX: Crush


page 36
SFX: Slash
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SFX: (Buccaneer) Thud


page 37
Falman: "Captain Buccaneer!!"
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SFX: (Bradley) Stamp
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SFX: (footsteps) Click Click Click
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Bradley: "What's the matter?" "The master of the house has returned." "Open the gate."


page 38
SFX: (Falman) Shake Shake Shake
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Bradley: "Open the gate," "Mr. Falman."
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SFX: En guard
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Falman: "Sorry, Colonel Mustang..." "I......"
SFX: Drip Drip


page 39
Falman: "I'll probably die right here......."
SFX: (Falman's gun) Click
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Buccaneer: "...... Hey, hey," "Stop trying to act brave while your sobbing face tells otherwise."
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Buccaneer: "When it comes to the bravely, I am the expert."
SFX: Clink


page 40
Buccaneer: "What's the matter, Bradley?"
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Buccaneer: "I can still fight you!"
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Bradley: "How idiotic." "People call an act like yours, 'foolhardiness.'"
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Greed: "Indeed it is!"
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Greed: "You will not get any benefits from acting on your savage passions, and barking up those idiotic words."
Falman: "?"


page 41
Greed: "Yet, for some reason..."
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Greed: "I, too, don't feel like abandoning," "Some silly act like that!"
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Caption: Here comes Greed!! Will there be a showdown between the two homunculi??!!

(End of Chapter 97)
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(next chapter will be out in Japan on Wed. Aug. 12, 2009)




That's it for my translation of this chapter!! As usual, I'll be back later to fix type and whatnot, and may still edit and refine some parts of the translation. As such, if need to repost please try to post the link to this post rather than copy and paste the translation. The link to this post is http://www.fullmetal-alchemist.com/forums/...st&p=691272.

OT:

Have I gone insane or are there really only 17 pages? D:

OT:


@YourViolentStalker - EDIT... wait... is it??? I have to check them again...


Paca, or anyone who can read the posts on HagarenBB, what do they say?? Are these "preview" pages?? It looks like some pages are missing in between these pages in some parts, so I'm assuming these are preview pages... correct??

SQEEEEEEEE! I love the cover!!! Makes me wonder if Hohenheim will return to being a kid again. That would be an interesting twist!



Thank you so much, Paca!! Now to look at the rest.

Wooh, more of Hohenheim versus Father! And Father becomes a Truth-y type thing!

Ahahaha, Greedling's going to fight Wrath! Just as I predicted!

Thank you Paca!

That cover is so cute. I love the happy FMA Gangan Covers. But only 17 pages? Weekly series like Naruto and One Piece get longer chapters. Why not FMA this time?

But I cannot wait for Tombow's translation. No pressure Tombow.

WOAH

This chapter looks so good! Thanks paca! But I hope it's not only 17 pages...hmm...

The chapter title page is awesome!!



ETA: The following was the interim translation of preview pages for the chapter. Please see the real chapter translation on my post above. ^^

Following are the "piece meal" quick translations of the preview pages kindly provided by paca above. All the usual disclaimers apply: as these are "piece meal" translations they will probably be adjusted/modified after I see the whole chapter and able to put these panels in better context, blah blah. If reposting, please post the link to this post instead of posting the copied translation. The link to this post is http://www.fullmetal-alchemist.com/forums/...st&p=691289. ^^



Chapter title page (page 01-1):
Caption: From the past to the present, the fate passes on...
Chapter 97: "Two Sages"


page for-1
Caption on the side: After the tragedy in Xerxes, what happened to Hohenheim...?!
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SFX: mumble mumble mumble
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SFX: mumble mumble mumble
Hohenheim: "Calm down..." "I would like to talk with you..."
-----------------------
Hohenheim: "As a start, please listen to my story." "And then, tell me yours." "Yeah, that's right..."


page for-2
Hohenheim: "You are not," "Alone."
-----------------------
SFX: Thud
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Xingese man A: "Is that a human?"
Xingese man B: "It doesn't seem to be a bull nor a horse."


page for-3
Xingese man A: "Golden hair...... He might be from the West?"
Xingese man B: "Let's bury him to rest."
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Hohenheim: "Ah........."
Xingese man A: "Whoa!"
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Xingese man A: "...He is alive."
Xingese man B: "You must be kidding."
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Xingese man A: "hey, can you drink some water?"
Xingese man B: "Don't drink all at once." "Take it little by little."
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Xingese man B: "Can you understand our words?" "We are a caravan of traders from Xing"
Xingese man C: "Where were you heading for?"
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Hohenheim: "I don't have a place to go back to......" "Nor have I any place to go...." "I was just afraid of staying there...." "And so I run away..."



page for-4
Hohenheim: "Certainly, it was a maddening task to talk with these distressed and angry souls one by one."
-----------------------
Hohenheim: "But, at least I had a plenty of time to communicate with them," "Thanks to the immortal body you have given me."
-----------------------
Father: "Communicate?"
Hoheneheim: "That's right," "that's something you had never done..."
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Hohenheim: "The souls inside of me, Five Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Nine of them," "I had communicated with all of them!"


page for-5
Hohenheim: "With our combined powers," "We are going to destroy that vessel of yours!!"
-----------------------
SFX: Zap
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SFX: (souls) Ohhhhhhhhh
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SFX: (souls) Ohhhhhhhhh
-----------------------
SFX: Protrude


page for-6
SFX: Poke
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Father: "Damn......" "You....."
SFX: Grab
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SFX: Crunch
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Hohenheim: "Go back o where you were from," "The little one in a flask."


page for-7
SFX: Stab
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Hohenheim: "Feel the agony of those you have despised and looked down."
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SFX: Melt
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Hohenheim: "?!"


page for-8
SFX: Gurgle
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SFX: Crunch Crunch
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SFX: Rip Rip
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SFX: Crunch Rip


page 9-4
SFX: Splat
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SFX: Slither
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SFX: Teeth
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SFX: Slurp


page 10-3
SFX: Aggrandize



page 11-5
Buccaneer: "Move on, and crush the front gate!"
Falman: "Yes, sir!"
-----------------------
SFX: Thump Thud
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SFX: (Sig) Thwack
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SFX: (Izumi) Slash
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SFX: Thud Thump Crash
Soldier: "...Looks like... there is no need for us here....."


page 12-5
Soldier A: "Major General," "Please take a look at this..."
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Soldier B: "Whoa!"
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Olivier: "This was the Fuhrer's office. Now it's in a terrible mess."
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Soldier: "Would you care to command from this office?"


page 13-1
Bradley's voice over the communication radio: "I am back, fellow soldiers,"
-----------------------
Bradley: "I see things became quite lively while I was away."
-----------------------
Bradley's voice over the communication radio: "Effective immediately, I will take over the command myself to eliminate rebel traitors." "Any Central solders who are free of special duties should join the operation."
SFX: Chatter Chatter



page 14-1
Bradley: "Is there any reason why I have to enter through the back gate to enter my own castle?"
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Buccaneer: <thinking> The Fuhrer is a Homunlulus... "Tank corps, back off!!"
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SFX: Clank Clank
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SFX: (Bradley) Dash
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Soldier: "Shoot!!" "Fire away!!"
SFX: Bang bang Bang Bang Bang


page 15-1
SFX: Bolt
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SFX: Bang bang Bang Bang Bang
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SFX: Bang bang Bang Bang Bang
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SFX: Bang bang Bang Bang Bang



page 16
Falman: "Captain Buccaneer!!"
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SFX: (Bradley) Stamp
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SFX: (footsteps) Click Click Click
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Bradley: "What is wrong?" "The master has returned." "Open the gate."



page 17
Greed: "But, somehow..."
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Greed: "I don't feel like abandoning," "Stuff like that!"
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Caption: Here comes Greed!! The showdown between the two homunculi??!!
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(End of Chapter 97)
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(next chapter will be out in Japan on Wed. Aug. 12)





And, that's it for the quick interim translations of these preview pages. As usual, I'll be back later and correct typos and whatnot, and of course these translations should be modified to fit the context better once the whole chapter is out, especially, like the last page with Ling's bubbles because right now I don't know exactly what he is referring to.. ^^


ETA: The above was the interim translation of preview pages for the chapter. Please see the real chapter translation on my first post of the page. ^^

Wow, thanks Paca for this . And thanks Tombow for your translations. This chapter will definitely restore my faith in Arakawa (after half-assed Mustang-Envy encounter).

ABOUT THE 17 pages:



I have checked the pages' numbers and they haven't uploaded all the pages...
they jump from 290 to 293 for example.. the rest is very hard to tell which pages are missing 'cause I can't see the pages numbers >.<... but between 293 and 310 -not knowing exactly where- there are some missing pages too~~

Aha, got it... thank you paca!! You're awesome!!

On-topic:
Nooooo, Buccaneer, don't die!!!!
ETA: Whew, I'm glad the way it turned out. ^^

Also, I love the way Olivier handles it when asked about taking over the Fuhrer's chair. XD




OT:
(The cover of GanGan mag is...uh.. very Summerish. XD But, it's with another very deformed perspective... braces for another wave of "I do't like the perspective!!!" posts. XD)

Thanks for sharing!

I'm beyond curious as to what's brewing with Hohenheim and Father. I'm also very excited to see Greed and Wrath finally return. And seeing as Greed made an appearance, Ranfan shouldn't be too far off.

What exactly is that thing on Wrath's belt, behind his back ?

Edit: Thanks for the translation, Tombow! I was wondering if Hohenheim was talking to the souls in him. It's really awesome of him to have talked to them all.

Thanks a bunch, paca! <3

Ah, it looks amazing! *.*

Absolutely awesome preview of chapter 97! Looks to be extremely action-packed!

Thanks paca for the pages & big thanks to Tombow for the preliminary translation of the known pages.

\o/ Thanks Tombow for the translation! Wow - could this battle really be the end of Father? I wonder if this is gonna be the big decisive one or if it will be inconclusive and some other characters will finish him off. I think this is it though! It's kind of surreal how these things we've been building up to are all happening!

It's a hand-grenade I think. I hope Bradley won't die. I hope he kills Olivier though, she annoyed me from the start.

I hope not, she's one of my favorite characters. Ling he can go ahead and kill, though, he's annoyed me from the start.

Yeah, Ling annoyed me too. He can die and his organs should be sold so he could return Ed the money for what he ate/destroyed.

To be honest, though, I almost hope Ling survives, if only for Greed to survive. Then again, it'll probably be that he survives, but Greed dies. I wonder if a homunculi can be exorcised from a body.

It's been weird having my favorite character ever (Greed) posessing my least favorite character (Ling). Am I supposed to like him or hate him?

alchemist94 only uploads PREVIEW pages now for reasons unknown, so now we have to wait for the other source.

Thanks, Paca & Tombow!

I can't wait for the full chapter...I hope Buccaneer's okay.

Thanks paca for the preview pages and Tombow for the translation! This looks like an awesome chapter again. I can't wait to see the rest of it!

Thanks so much paca and Tombow! I almost forgot that the chapter was close to coming out until I saw the date on the clock last night and I was hoping some spoilers came out while I was sleeping

It must be possible in Greed's case. Since his influence comes from the stone inside Ling, take out the stone and Greed should go away.

Thank so you so much Tombow and Paca! I can't believe we've got stuff on chapter 97 already! It's quite early =D Which is great!

I'm tempted to look at the preview pages but I'll wait until the full chapter is out ^___^ but i bet it's going to be another amazing chapter!

Hi guys! I'm the newbie around here!

New chapter looks epic so far. Thank you guys so much for putting it up. I can't wait for Wrath to come back! I missed him so much!.

OMG! this is really awesome!
Thx for Paca and a huuuuuuuge thx for Tombow!
i've waiting for this chapter! >.<

Ah, thank you so much paca and Tombow~~
Ah, Bradley is back~! And Father, omg, I'm speechless...
I can't wait to see everything...

Wow epic chapter (I hate these teases of only part of the chapter though. I wish I had the willpower to wait for the whole thing).

On another note I love Ling and Olivier. I just wanted to say it because of all the character hate on this thread.

lol poor Ed! Look how wittle he is compared to same age hoho on the cover XD

AHHHH...I need the whole chapter NOW! lol

More Father vs. Hohenheim YES!
But WTH? is with Father? I guess the chapter will explain more.

And I knew Bradley would come back eventually! Him vs. Greedling is going to be awesome! I just hope he doesn't kill Greedling T___T

Since I noticed Armstong and his speedo on the cover that's all I can see. XD That title page is all kinds of awesome, though. I'm trying to stay strong and have only looked at the color pages and their translation. Even if the title is only tentative, it's making it harder not to look. I can't wait for it to be released.

Thanks Paca and Tombow!

same, im trying really hard, but i just had to look at the first 5 pages XD i stopped there though, im refusing to read more, thanks for the spoilers though!!

Lol, for some reason I completely missed that when I was looking at it Armstrong is always in the background stealing all the attention, right?

I guess I have some good self control, I haven't looked at any pages besides the two color pages I'm waiting for the whole scanlation to come out before I read it.

OT: on the GanGan cover pic

lolololololol that colour page made me lol XD haha makes me wonder can Ed swim with automail or would he just drown? Lulz ed's ultimate weakness isssss *drum roll* he can't swim! XD have we ever seen him swimming? lulzzz

your lucky to have self control i normally ruin everything for myself T_T

OT: on the GanGan cover pic

Winry in a bikini, me like...... while the girls get shirtless Ed, we guys get the Winry fanservice too, I hope Arkawa draws another beach picture but this time with Riza, Rose, Ranfan and General Major Armstrong, and throw in a Roy and Jean for the girls while you at it.

Uhuhu, RAW is out~~~!
You can DL it here:
GS||MU||RS||MF||SS
link from Raw Paradise

will add few mirrors soon Done~

Thank you Alzea!!
Also, thank you for making mirrors!! ^^


My chapter translation is posted on the first page of this thread here.

I put them on photobucket, i'm sure no one will mind.
Credit for bringing the raw here goes to Alzea, all I did was put them on photobucket.

Chapter 97 page by page view:
(after clicking on the link, click again on + to enlarge the pic)

Chapter title page
page 2
page 3
page 4
page 5
page 6
page 7
page 8
page 9
page 10
page 11
page 12
page 13
page 14
page 15
page 16
page 17
page 18
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page 37
page 38
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page 41

I don't think that you should really credit me since I just uploaded it to the few other sites and brought it here, I took raw from raw-paradise site ^^ I'm not sure but maybe you should just post link to the album on photobucket?

BTW, welcome to the FMA Discussion Board Axem_Rangers~~!

@Axem_Rangers - Welcome to our board!! That's so nice of you for making page-by- page view album for this chapter!! ^^
BTW, we have a limit on how many images we can post on one post, and also having 40 plus pages of images will substantially slow down the loading of this thread, so... I switched images on your post to links to your Photobucket album address for each corresponding pages. Hope you don't mind. ^^

I have to link the rest, but I guess, we'll all just have to cope.
Honestly, that was a lot more work then I thought it was going to be.

@ Tombow - Yeah, I realized that halfway through. If you could change all the links to the corresponding page numbers, like you did with the other pictures, that would be awesome.


<Done, and added the link to page 1 (chapter title page) also. ^^ ~ Tombow>

That was an action packed chapter.
I wonder what happened to Father now. That thing looks really creepy.
Poor Buccaneer and Falman. And Greedling is back! His fight with Bradley will definitely be interesting.
Can't wait for translation! ^^

@Axem_Rangers : Welcome to the board!

Wow! now is greater than before!!!!
Thanks Alzea and Axem_Rangers!
and thanks Tombow for the translation ;D

It looked to me like Father

Went back to the shape he was in when he was in the flask.....just much bigger & creepier

Also Bradley's return was absolutely epic but then so was seeing Greedling at the end.

And thank god for Buccaneer, I was getting nervous there for a sec

Although my favorite part was definitely Falman, I just wanted to give him a hug. <3

Thank you Alzea! \o/

This chapter looks awesome! The RAW is available to read online at Mangahelpers as well

Poor Falman! But YAY LING/GREEDLING! I've missed him! I hope he comes out of this fight alive though. And if Greedling is there, Ran Fan must not be far behind, since she went off to find him...also, Hoho vs. Father is turning out to be intense! The tail end of their part looked crazy what with Father changing forms...so suspenseful!

Arakawa's work is epic as always...can't wait for translations ^^

Uh.. a tank? In what year were we again?

[edit] Nevermind - after all, there was modern artillery at Briggs as well. See chapter 78, p.28 etc.

And not to mention this is the FMA world not our world so the same rules do not necessarily apply. And this isn't the first time we saw the tank either.

Just thought I'd let y'all know that I've (shoddily, most likely) translated the chapter.

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