I'll post a part of the script meanwhile, I'll finish posting the rest later today.
Phase;78 Marvelous Technique of the Old Cat.
Text: Despair... and then a resurrected Gally, what is she thinking?
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J. Gerambo: Uwah!
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Text: Who is getting into the reserves...!?
J. Gerambo: Only 5 minutes have passed since the Great Karate War started! It's been so fast I can't say only half of the Karatekas remain, more like they're in a videogame losing lives!!
page 3
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Rakan: Ahhh
Rakan: Boring boooring!!
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Rakan: All these men are so untalented it's paaainful to watch.
Rakan: Where are the girls, any girls!?
Textbox: Armor-piercing Karate -Rakan
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Mercury: You
Mercury: Are you mocking the sacred man vs man fight!?
Textbox: Centered Karate -Mercury
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Mercury: This bastard is being persecuted for serial murder and raping...
Mercury: For the honor of the karate world we'll execute this criminal here!!
Right Textbox: Black God Karate -Amin
Center Textbox: Astro Karate - Ganger
Left Textbox: Omega Association -Zakuro
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Rakan: All of you so pitifuuul, you not gonna kill me, nevar!!
Rakan: Hihihi
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sfx: Perfect
page 6
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Rakan: Ohh, so, you avoided instant death by stepping away from the center of my strike...
Rakan: Way to go, I got a better opinion of you!
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Rakan: But in the end, Karate is just a sport for you...
Mercury: Huh!? Ugh...
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Mercury: Yo... you... What did you do...!?
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Rakan: For Armor-piercing Karate to increase the penetration of the strike we make use of depleted uranium cores.
Rakan: Furthermore, I added a device that injects Polonium to poison.
Rakan: Even for a cyborg, once it gets into the circulatory system and reaches the brain cells, death will surely come... hihihi!!
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Rakan: It's too late, you're already dead, enjoy your painfuuul death hihihi!!
Mercury: Guhhh
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Mercury: You bastard!!
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Mercury: Argh
Rakan: You're dead.
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Rakan: Should I feel simpathy for this warrior?
Rakan: Not likely since I'm not a warrior!! hihihi
Footnote:
Depleted Uranium: It is a heavy metal with a density of 19 g/cm^3 (1.7 times that of lead) used to produce anti-tank munitions.
Polonium: A chemical element that has the symbol Po and atomic number 84. It's a highly radioactive, silvery-white metalloid. It was discovered by the Curie couple in 1898.
page 8
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sfx: Gahhh
sfx: Uwohhh
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Toji: The way of the Bushido has no limits.
Toji: Once I read this story.
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<Toji: Once upon a time... There was a Samurai named Katsuken who had a furious rat living in the ancestor's altar in his house. It did all kind of mischiefs.>
Rat sfx: GAhhh
<Toji: Katsuken had a pet cat in his house, but got wounded trying to get rid of it.>
<Toji: Then he hired some of the neighboring cats which were experts at catching rats.>
page 9
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<Toji: The first challenger was a very keen black cat.>
Alita Cat: I was born in a family reputed for catching rats. >
Alita Cat: Since I was a kitten I've been skillful at acrobatics and quick feats!
<Toji: And so there was this master of speed.>
Alita: She looks like me.
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<Toji: But sadly, she was quickly defeated.>
Gally Cat: Fukyaahhh
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<Toji: The next challenger was a tiger-like big cat.>
Jashugan: I have polished my fighting spirit for so long, it can fill the Heaven and Earth!!
Jashugan upper sfx: GRRR
Jashugan eyes sfx: Gaze
Jashugan: If the rat ran over a beam, I'd gaze at it with my spiritual strength and it'd fall to be my prisoner.
<Toji: So said the brave warrior. >
Alita: Jashugan maybe?
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<Toji: Sadly, he was defeated by the Furious Rat too.>
Jashugan: Gyahh
Alita: The rat is strong...
page 10
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<Toji: The next challenger was a gray-haired Nekomata.>
Caerula: I trained my spirit for a long time so my opponents will turn back without a fight.
Caerula: With my spirit, I bind and surround my opponent's spirit and coerce them to their dying place.
Right tail text: Earthlight
Left tail text: Moonlight
Caerula sfx: Humm
small text: Too bad.
Big kanji: DIE
<Toji: So said the monster that mastered the spirit techniques.>>
Alita sfx: Ahh!
Alita: It's her.
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<Toji: But even for this Nekomata, the Furious Rat was too much.>
Alita: Take that!
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<Toji: And the greatly perplexed Samurai, Katsuken...>
<Toji: Requested for a cat from the neighboring town to come, a cat widely known to be without equal.>
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<Toji: It was a stupid looking Maneki Neko.>
Cat sfx: Drool
Alita: Ehh?
TL Note: Here is where Toji's start diverging the most from the original story in their appearance and skills. A Nekomata is a mythical monster cat with two tails.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nekomata. A Maneki Neko or Beckoning/Welcoming/Fortune Cat in Japan is a very common sculpture usually put in entrances to bring good luck or fortune.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneki_neko
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<Toji: At the location, the Furious Rat easily saw the Maneki Neko.
Maneki Neko sfx: Wave Wave
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<Toji: It was attracted to come out without resisting and thus it fell prey.
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<Toji: That same night the participating cats asked the Maneki Neko to teach them.
<Toji: Then the Maneki Neko pointed out each and every weakness they had...
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Maneki Neko: There's no need to use any kind of technique.
Maneki Neko: Simply, when you've put yourself into a state of mindlessness, you won't have any enemies in the whole world.
<Toji: And that was his state, he said.
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Maneki Neko: But, don't have too high expectations of me.
Maneki Neko: Long time ago, in my hometown neighborhood there was a cat... Compared to him, I'm not match.
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Alita: So... someone higher...!?
TL Note: Kinda hard to put a whole paragraph of the original story into one sentence and still carry the same meaning. Here's the paragraph: Ki power makes the body function and vivifies the cosmos. Harmonizing power enables one to blend naturally with any attacking force, even rocks, without being broken. As soon as there is the slightest conscious thought, however, contrivance and willfulness appear, and that separates you from the natural Way. You see yourself and others as separate entities, as opponents. If you asked me what technique I employ, the answer is mushin (mindlessness). Mushin is to act in accordance with nature, nothing else. The Way has no limits, so do not think of this talk of mine as the ultimate secret.
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<Toji: And the greatest, strongest, unrivaled and undefeated cat was...
Toji: The Cheshire Cat!!
<Toji: It is already very hard to define if he exist or not. The divine martial virtue of non-killing.
Alita: Eh?
Alita: Why Alice all of a sudden?
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Toji: Ehhh...?
Toji: Or was it the Schrödinger's cat?
Alita text: Some rotten memory you got!!
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Alita: That... actually...
Alita sfx: Huh
Alita: It's Zen!!
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Toji: Oh...
Footnote:
Cheshire Cat: A grinning cat that appeared in the book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898). It had the ability to vanish at will and appearing in unexpected places or moments.
Schrödinger's cat: A thought experiment to discuss the general nature of quantum superpositions in quantum mechanics. This quantum mechanics experiment involves a cat penned in a box with equipment to poison it with a 50% probability, to observe and consider if its present state is living or dead.
page 13
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Toji: Uwohhh, I'm deeply moved!!
Toji: It's the first time someone gave me the right impressions after hearing the story!!
Alita: I only said the appropiate thing.
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Toji: This "Marvelous Technique of the Old Cat" is a fable told in the learning stages and show the ideology of oriental martial arts.
Toji: It's just an story from ancient times when there wasn't electricity... But now it's questionable if we can apply it as is/(literally / without changes).
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Toji: Alita, your current state...
Toji: if it's ok, I want to hear it from you.
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<Alita: Right now my state...
Footnote: "Neko no Myojutsu" was first published in 1727
TL Note: Niwa Jurozaemon (Issai Chozanshi)
I'll add the Footnote and TL Note later when I've made a bit more research and written something more comprehensive
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J. Gerambo: It's only been 10 minutes since the start!! And we can see heaps of corpses all around!!
J. Gerambo: The survivors are only a handful of brave warriors!!
sfx: Uryahh
sfx: Zehhh
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Mysterious Character: Hahaha
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Mysterious Character: I got no business with weaklings.
Mysterious Character: Go home!!
page 18
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Plut: My leg.
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Daikoku: Those that attacked got their arms and legs unilaterally destroyed...!?
Daikoku: What is this...!?
page 19
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Someone: Who is that guy!?
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J. Gerambo: Suddenly a mysterious shrimp-like warrior priest has appeared!!
H. Hopper: He... He can't be!?
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Zekka: I've heard the rumors.
page 20
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Zekka: You're Taraba from the Super Shell (Super Crustaceous) Karate that evolved from the noble Uechi-ryu.
Zekka: For you to raise up and come from the far reaches of Titan to meet me.
Patta: Zekka himself...!!
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Taraba: I've heard from my mentor.
Taraba: That some stubborn geezer in Mars had a disciple who is a Shurite genius.
Taraba: However... the one I want to meet is not you.
Zekka: What!?
page 21
sfx: Stomp
sfx: Step
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Taraba: Toji from Super Electromagnetic Karate!!
Taraba: I request one round with you.
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Toji: To be standing with the legendary fighter Taraba... I can't feel more honored!!
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J. Gerambo: Mr. Hopper, this is...
H. Hopper: Shhh!!
H. Hopper txt: Silence!!
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Daikoku: A... A draw!?
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Zekka: No...
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Toji: I'm defeated!!
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Toji: If this were a real fight, my palm would have shattered then...
Toji: And your thrust would have split me in half...!!
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Taraba: Toji take a good look.
Taraba: This disastrous condition!!
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Taraba: This hellish carnage scene brought by violence and selfishness!!
Taraba: Isn't this like a miniature copy of the current world condition?
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Taraba: A Karate Planet filled with this chaos...
Taraba: You think you can settle on this to establish your Karate Planet!?
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Toji: There are many Karate schools... there's no merit in being critical of these non-mainstream and heretic Karate schools.
Toji: I believe that as long as there is devotion, more roads will be opened!!
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<Taraba: His nature, such a stubborn naivety. >
<Taraba: Yet, there's a glimpse of great talent. >
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Taraba: Please, stand.
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Taraba: This old man's life... I ask you to make good use of it!!
Toji: Taraba-dono...!!
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Rakan: hihihihi!!
page 27
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Rakan: Ahh untalented, untalented!!
Rakan: You're all untalented!!
Rakan sfx: hihihihihi
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Rakan: Umm!?
Rakan sfx: sniff, sniff
Rakan: uhumm?
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Rakan: I found a girl!!
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Toji: Wa... Wait!!
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<Toji: Too fast!>
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Rakan: Unwahh!!
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<Rakan: Umha!?
sfx: Phyuuuu
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<Rakan: Just now, I'm sure it hit...>
<Rakan: but my fingers feel so lonelyyy...!>
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<Rakan: What!?>
<Rakan: What's this>
sfx x 3: step
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Rakan: Hyowahhh
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J. Gerambo: What!? Suddenly, Rakan from Armor-piercing Karate crashed into the wall!!
H. Hopper: What a careless person...
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Taraba: She used mental emptyness to manipulate the mind (spirit).
Toji: The mind (spirit)!?
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Taraba: That girl... her technique has reached a marvelous level.
<Taraba: But, is she even aware of it...? >
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Alita: Toji.
Alita: About your previous question.
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Alita: Right now, my body and spirit are moving freely.
Alita: I don't feel like losing to anyone.
page 31
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<Alita: But that resembles the sensation of falling from a high place...>
<Alita: Mysteriously floating and a sense of isolation... >
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<Alita: Accelarating as I'm still falling >
<Alita: I wonder what's waiting just up ahead...?>
Text: An all-mighty and dangerous loophole, Alita has found...!?
This last one is kinda hard to define which one is the right meaning, "hazama" can mean Ravine, Valley, Gorge, Interval or Loophole. And I remember it also refers to the purgatory or space before hell, but this might be wrong.
Finished the basic script. I just need to add a footnote and TL note about the "Neko no Myojutsu" at the end of page 13
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