Mushi:Vol2 TLnotes

Translator's Notes and References for

蟲と眼球と殺菌消毒

Mushi and Eyeball and a Sterile Disinfection

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There was extra text here: 还是要说是“大家来找茬”里面的“茬”呢. However, I don’t know how to translate it, and it isn’t vital to the plot, so I’m leaving it off for now. If anyone who knows what they're doing can put that in English without it sounding weird, feel free to edit.

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I wasn't actually sure what the text meant (来比手腕长度吧?). I just put something that sounded like it would fit there, and hopefully I didn't ruin the meaning. Someone please fix if your superior Chinese tells you that I'm wrong.

Tenaga Oni

Lit. Long-armed ghost.

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Original text: 与为了迎新，并祈求消灭妖魔鬼怪而作响的除夕之钟完全相反，那只是暗示加藤克美觉得无聊又打心底热爱的日常生活到此结束，妖魔们将跋扈横行的序夜之钟. This sentence was very confusing to me. Someone needs to check my TL.

Sakkin Shoudoku

Lit. to sterilize/disinfect. Same characters as the volume title.

Night 1

Black Dragon

Kuroki Tatsue's full name is written as 黑木龙惠 in kanji. The first characters of her surname and first name make the word 黑龙, literally meaning 'Black Dragon'. That is how she likes to refer to herself as.

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Itsuwara

The first kanji in this surname means 'Fake'.

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Shichi-Go-San

A Japanese childhood ceremony. For more information please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shichi-Go-San

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Saibara Mina

The name is written as 杀原美名, with the first kanji 'Sai' meaning 'to kill'.

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Night 2

Nageki Kurukiyo

The name is written as 叹木狂清 in kanji. 叹 means 'to sigh', while '狂' stands for 'madness'. The author didn't forget to poke fun at Guriko's own 'savage' name while at it.

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Zekiguchi Nashinori

The name is written as 藉口无法 in kanji. The Kanji for Nashinori '无法' means 'lawless'.

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Night 4

Questionable translations

-"Mina easily silenced her": I'm not really sure I got the subject/action right. 竟然能像拂去碍眼灰尘般，轻而易举地让那样的她沉默

-"it spoke unexpectedly in a human voice": 肉偶吓一跳，然后令人意外地用人话回答

-"She selflessly tore...": 忘我地将强盗大卸八块，然后失去意识。

-"The man's face seemed like a monster's": I'm missing something here. 测海让他的脸看起来像怪物一样的男人

-"And so, she prepared to accept that night": 就在她这么想，正准备接受现状的夜晚。

-"she prayed that it was only a bad dream": 好像是梦到过去的画面，拜这个所赐没做恶梦

-"Then he twisted her arms...": 然后反转姬两手，抢走汤匙。脑中一片空白，内心绝望，瓦解的思考回路，缓慢地朝自灭之路开始溶解。

-"This small room was really bad for the environment": 充满烟味的这问小房间实在杀风景

-"After removing her blindfolds": 以治疗用眼罩遮住的眼球，已大致再生完成，视线也回复到清晰状态。/这里是把自己抓来。宛如头发妖怪般的刑警的房间。

-"Even Zekiguchi had never seen this much": 连藉口也没看过的说，这下不就嫁不出去了……

-"singing the theme song of Onitaro": This doesn't make sense to me... 明明是变态又阴森的刑警，唱唱鬼太郎【注：日本动漫，作者为水木茂。】就好啦

-"Long-Armed Demon beat back the perverted detective with her arm stumps": 手长鬼用漂亮的头槌击退变态刑警，自己也痛到呻吟

-"I can't forget it": 很不甘心吧

Onitaro

According to the Chinese translator, this is a manga/anime by Mizuki Shigeru (not sure on name). Unfortunately, Google didn't give me much on it.

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