- Chapter Three - Certain
Kill! Marionette
Page numbers are based
on the tankoubon and listed accordingly.
Large centered text indicates geographic/titular information
Spoken text in italics indicate character thoughts.
Spoken text in brackets [...] indicate hand written side remarks.
Text hand-written for dramatic purposes are indicated by larger
size text.
fx: <...> indicates sound effects, which have been kept
as onomatopoeia where I have the imagination for it..
(TN...) indicates notes by the translator
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- Page 85
(Hamel stands playing his violin as a large, toothy monster stands
above him ready to bring a huge sword down on him)
narration: He is the legendary
hero...
who is so strong he is said to even surpass the Demon King...
someone whose love of truth will exorcise the dark cloud of world
war, the messiah of justice who will deliver the people to happiness...
his name is---
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- Page 86
(Hamel sits on the throne as he did at the end of the last issue,
laughing goofily with a sake mug in one hand and a chicken leg
in the other. A village girl draped over his lap holds a sake
jug, surrounded by more village girls holding trays of food and
drink while one fans him from behind. All the girls are forcing
smiles)
Hamel: WA HA HA HA!
A HAREM~~~!!!
narration: THE HERO HAMEL.
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- Page 87
(distant shot of Hamel and the girls in the room. In the foreground
a girl dances in gypsy garb as a man plays a harp)
Hamel: Hey hey more sake,
sake~~~
fx: <harp sounds>
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- (a girl holding a tray of food
stops in surprise as Hamel pats her on the behind with an evil
grin on his face)
Hamel: Nice ass, Missy--!
girl: Kyaah--
fx: <pat pat>
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- (Hamel calls out to the dancer
who is also forcing a smile as she dances)
Hamel: Hey--
More ass, more ass~~~
[WA HA HA HA]
girl: (whimper)
fx: <harp sounds>
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- (close up of Hamel laughing
gaudily as he fans himself)
Hamel: Wa
ha ha ha, this is incredible---!
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- (Flute and the elder stand holding
trays, crying miserably)
Hamel (off): [Heeeeyyy, Missy, more tits~~~]
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- Page 88
(a castle sits on the top of a hill, the sky behind it stormy)
fx: <thunder rolls>
- Castle just outside
the village
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- (close up of the eyes of a horned
monster)
fx: <thunder rolls>
monster: The violin carrying
Hamel, you said?
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- (the horned monster sits on
a throne, absolutely dwarfing the three lizard monsters from
the previous chapter)
lizard monster 1: Yea-- yes... demon lord!
lizard monster 2: He seemed
like a weak fighter, but... he had a really mysterious fighting
style he used...
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- (the three lizard monsters cower,
bandaged and wounded)
monster 1: That super-extra-large
violin that he used made him look really stupid.
monster 2: Yeah... he was
actually really strong though.
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- Page 89
(close up of the angry eye of the demon lord)
fx: <glare>
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- (the three lizard monsters panic
and cower)
monsters: Eek--
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- (the demon lord's face is half-hidden
in dark shadow)
demon lord: (huffs) Hamel...
that man...
fx: <teeth bare>
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- (the demon lord towers over
the three monsters, angry and determined)
demon lord: I'LL CRUSH
HIM--!!
(roars)
monsters: Eek--!!
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- Page 90
- (the roofs of Staccato)
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- (Hamel laughs wildly on his
throne with a girl on his lap, a sake mug in his hand, and another
village girl standing nearby)
Hamel: Wahahahaha--!
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- (the elder closes his eyes tensely)
Hamel (off): [Bring more sak~~e.]
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- (the elder pours another drink
irritatedly, and Flute gathers food with Oboe in the background)
elder: Damn.
He's treating everyone so badly...
Hamel (off): [Hey! Bring
more sake!]
Flute: ....
[These clothes are miserable...]
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- (the elder gathers his tray
as the other two watch)
elder: But...
For this village
For him protecting this village, it's worth it...
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- (close up of the elder's face,
shaded, in the foreground, as Flute and Oboe watch sympathetically
from the back)
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- (Flute and Oboe watch the elder
walk away with his tray)
Hamel (off): Hey-- Why isn't
the sake here yet---!
fx: <crash>
elder: Yes, yes, I'm coming.
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- Page 91
(aerial view of the hall where the elder, girls, and Hamel are)
Hamel: Wahahaha, you're late
idiot!
fx: <rustle>
elder: Haha, my most humble
apologies.
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- (the elder bows in front of
an irritated Hamel)
elder: Um,
if I may speak to you, great hero...
fx: <swish>
Hamel: Wha?
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- (Flute and Oboe watch from behind
a pillar)
Flute: ....
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- (the elder bows to the ground)
elder: As
it is well known, the world is under the monsters' chaotic rule
And we in Staccato were just caught in the middle...
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- (half the elder's face, serious.
Behind him is the image of two of the monsters from before)
elder: One
week ago, the rough monster gang started living nearby...
They carried out on us their mottos of violence-- murder-- pillage
over and over again.
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- (rear view of the elder bowing
on the ground in front of Hamel)
elder: A short while ago,
you easily defeated the monster gang, but
the truth is, the "black curtain" has just risen.
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- Page 92
(an image of the demon lord towering over screaming and fleeing
villagers)
elder (narration): His name
is demon lord Tuba...
His body is as large as a mountain, and he is so strong his arm
can swipe away a mountain in just one swing.
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- (close up of Hamel's eyes wide
in shock)
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- (close up of the elder's face,
his eyes closed and filled with tears)
elder: Defeat the monster
and return peace to our village
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- (the elder bows all the way
to the ground as two girls watch in surprise from behind)
elder: Whatever it takes,
I beg of you, Hero Hamel!
Help us, the people of this village, please!
fx: <bow>
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- Page 93
(close up of the elder looking up, tears in his eyes, intense)
elder: Otherwise, they will
kill us all for food!
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- (two of the village girls look
on sadly)
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- (Flute looks on from behind
the pillar sadly/nervously)
Flute: Grand-dad...
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- (ceiling shot of Hamel, the
village girls, and the elder still on the floor)
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- (close up of Hamel looking down
sadly)
fx: <rustle>
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- Page 94
(rear view of the elder being spoken to by Hamel)
Hamel: I want to see you
dance...
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- (the elder looks up surprised)
elder: Wha?
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- (close up of Hamel's eyes, serious
and deadly)
fx: <glare>
Hamel: I
said I want to see you dance.
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- (the elder speaks in surprise
from the floor, and Hamel sits expressionless)
elder: Dance... you said...?
Hamel: Dance.
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- (the elder looks tense as lightning
crackles behind him)
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- (Hamel looks serious, almost
intense)
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- (close up of the elder, shocked,
almost sick eyed)
elder: .....
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- Page 95
(the elder dances naked on the stage except for his hat and a
disc over his privates labeled "don't look". The village
girls have downcast eyes or are crying, mortified. Hamel laughs
crazily waving the little fan with the flag of Japan on it)
elder: Is
this what you wa~~~nt?
[Ah---a that's the way, uh huh uh huh~~~]
Hamel: Wa ha ha ha more ass
more ass~~~!
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- (the elder turns to expose his
rear as Hamel laughs wildly and the harp player plays on. The
throne is labeled "chair")
elder: Li--
like this~~~
[Uh huh uh huh]
Hamel: [WA
HA HA HA HA~~~]
That's it~~~ that's it~~~ you're a dirty old man~~~
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- (Flute cries and grimaces in
disgust and Oboe cries in shame next to her)
Flute: Gra... grand-dad...
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- (the elder dances in front of
Hamel, holding up the disc as Hamel laughs crazily. Two of the
village girls cringe in the foreground in disgust)
elder: So then~~~ About the
demon lord~~~
[Ah uh huh uh huh uh huh]
Hamel: What are you talking
about, you damn old man~~~
girl 1: How--
how horrible.
girl 2: For the elder to
bear this... now...
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- (close up of Hamel laughing
insanely)
Hamel: [WA HA HA HA]
I'm a weak fighter! I play my violin and deeply move my enemies,
defeating them;
you don't expect me to actually fight a monster for this poor
little town, do you~~~!
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- Page 96
(Flute slaps Hamel hard across the face, knocking him out of
his chair)
fx: <whap>
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- (three village girls look on
in shock)
girls: Wha--!
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- (close up of the elder, his
eyes wide in shock)
elder: Flute
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- (Flute stands angrily, her hand
still raised)
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- (Hamel, his cheek red and swollen,
looks out angrily and shocked)
Hamel: Wha?
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- (Hamel holds his cheek and points
up, irritated at an enraged and screaming Flute. Oboe deadpans
in the foreground and the three village girls face-fault)
Hamel: What are you doing,
bunny girl #24?
Flute: Who's #24!
Oboe: .....
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- Page 97
(Flute screams angrily)
Flute: Please stop this!!
Grand-dad was serious in
his plea to you!
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- (Flute kneels in front of Hamel,
clutching the collar of his cape)
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- (hazy image of Flute, looking
down sadly)
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- (Flute reaches her hands down
to grab Hamel's)
Flute: I...
I'm an orphan.
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- (the village girls, a dressing
elder, and Oboe look on in shock)
elder: Flute!
village girls: !!
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- (a hazy right profile of Flute
remembering, an image of a baby left on a door step with a note
attached to her blanket reading "Please take care of this
child")
Flute (narration): I was
abandoned on a street corner on a cold night in the falling snow...
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- Page 98
(a shadow of Flute in front of an image of the elder holding
her as a baby)
Flute (narration): People
walked down the street but no one would save the child from freezing
to death...
Grand-dad saved me...
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- (hazy image of Flute as a small
child being happily thrown into the air by several townspeople.
Everyone is smiling and laughing)
Flute (narration): And the
people of the town of Staccato were...
not related to me but raised me anyway...
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- (everyone listens sadly)
Flute (off): Everyone is
so sweet and wonderful...
I am deeply grateful to all of them.
Oboe: Such a past...
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- (Flute bows her head, shaking)
Flute: I... don't have any
money
fx: <tremble tremble>
Flute: But for these people...
there isn't anything (I wouldn't do)...
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- (Flute raises Hamel's hands
before her imploringly)
Flute: So please, Hamel!
fx: <grab>
Flute: I'll do anything!
Anything at all!
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- Page 99
(Flute cries as she holds Hamel's hand)
Flute: The town...
These people...
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- (Flute covers her face with
her hands as she cries in front of Hamel)
Flute: Save them...
Please.
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- (Everyone stands and watches
weepy)
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- (close up of the elder, expressionless)
elder: Flute...
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- (a finger wipes away Flute's
tears)
fx: <wipe>
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- Page 100
(Hamel smiles as the tear hangs on from his finger)
Hamel: I'll do it... for
these tears...
fx: <shimmer>
<grin>
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- (the elder and girls are amazed,
but Oboe is expressionless in the front)
Oboe: Hamel, can it be...?
For that...
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- (a large bang startles Hamel
and Flute)
Hamel: (grunts)
Flute: Eh--?
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- (Hamel throws Flute to the side
and grabs out his violin and bow)
fx: <thump>
Hamel: !!
Flute: Kyaah--?!
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- Page 101
(a huge man-sized hand bursts through the wall and grabs Hamel)
fx: <foom>
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- (Flute falls and looks back
surprised)
Flute: Eh--?
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- (everyone else looks on in panic)
everyone: Wha?
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- (Tuba raises Hamel high into
the air)
Hamel: GUWAAH--!
Tuba: (roars)
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- Page 102
(Tuba, holding Hamel, towers over panicking and fleeing villagers)
fx: <bam>
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- (the girls, the elder, and a
villager look on in shock)
girls: Demon
lord Tuba!
elder: Oh--
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- (Oboe looks up tensely, white
against a black background)
Oboe: That-- that's...?!
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- (Flute cries up from the ground)
Flute: Hamel--!
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- (hazy image of Flute clutching
her hat, looking up worriedly)
Flute: He saved me...?
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- Page 103
(several villagers look up in panic)
men: Eeek!! (grunt)
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- (Tuba's hand crushes down on
the men, grabbing them up)
fx: <grab>
men: GYAAHH
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- (Tuba laughs as he holds the
men up in front of his face)
Tuba: Wa ha ha ha ha
fx: <creak creak creak>
men: Gyaah
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- (Tuba throws them into the roof
of a building)
Tuba: Take
that!
fx: <fling>
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- (Hamel growls from Tuba's hand)
Hamel: Ku--!
fx: <tremble>
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- Page 104
(Tuba holds up Hamel to his face)
Tuba: It's
been a long time, Hero Hamel.
Hamel: Gu--
fx: <squeeze>
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- (everyone looks up in surprise)
everyone: Eh?!
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- (everyone turns to watch Oboe
as he speaks)
Oboe: We
went against him once at the behest of His Majesty the emperor
when Tuba attacked his castle.
girl: What did you say?!
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- (Hamel continues to struggle
in Tuba's tightening grip)
Tuba: Last time, I would
have eaten you in a soup~~~
fx: <squeeze>
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- (Hamel strains but remains confident)
Hamel: (huffs)
Here's your chance to underestimate me again...
- (TN: In these last two frames,
if I've read it right, there's a double entendre here. The word
used, "name" can mean either "lick", which
I've translated into "eaten" in Tuba's remark, and
"underestimate", which is what Hamel says. I could
be wrong, so feel free to correct me)
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- (Tuba raises Hamel high into
the air)
Hamel: !!
Tuba: Heh heh heh...
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- Page 105
(Tuba crashes the hand holding Hamel into the spire of a building,
sending brick flying)
fx: <boom>
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- (blood flies from Hamel's mouth)
Hamel: GWAAH--
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- (Flute looks up in horror)
- She's worried
- Flute:
Hamel!
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- (the elder and several men also
look up in horror)
men: Oh!!
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- (Tuba laughs)
Tuba: Wa ha ha ha ha!
fx: <giggle>
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- Page 106
(Hamel starts to play his violin)
fx: <tremble>
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- (close up of the violin)
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- (the music floats through the
air)
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- (the villagers start to cheer)
men: Oh-- he's playing his
violin--!
Yay--!
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- (Tuba laughs heartily as he
holds Hamel)
Tuba: Wa
ha ha ha ha useless useless--!
I can't hear you--!
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- (the elder and villagers are
horrified)
elder: Wha-- what did he
say--!
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- (the elder's eyes go wide)
elder: Wh--
why did he say that...
Hmm--
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- Page 107
(the music plays as Tuba remains untouched holding Hamel surrounded
by shocked villagers)
elder: !!
- (close up of the side of Tuba's
face reveals ear plugs)
elder (off): Tha-- that bastard Tuba!!
EARPLUGS--!
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- (Tuba laughs as he towers over
everyone)
Tuba: I
can't hear you little worm! [WA HA HA]
elder (narration) (off): That's
right, Tuba was once wounded by Sir Hamel before so it only makes
sense he knows his (Hamel's) weak spot!
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- (villagers stare in shock, as
does a caricature of a tense Michiaki Watanabe himself, whose
sweatshirt is labeled "me")
villager: Oh--
How horrible--!
It's only the 3rd chapter and already the hero is going to be
killed--!
villager 2: The author is
ending his work--!
villager 3: What'll he do
about this!
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- Page 108
(Flute holds her crucifix worried)
Flute (narration): Hamel...
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- (shaded image of Tuba holding
Hamel as he plays)
Tuba: After
I beat you...
I'm going to make you watch me kill these villagers slowly.
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- (Tuba's boot stomps down upon
a large crowd of villagers)
Tuba: TAKE
THAT!
fx: <crash>
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- (Tuba throws several villagers
in his mouth)
Tuba: Wa
ha ha ha--!!
fx: <glomph>
villagers: (squeal)
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- Page 109
(the elder's walking stick hits the ground)
fx: <clatter>
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- (the elder stands highlighted
against a darkened background, despondent)
elder (narration): It's
over...
His music can't be heard...
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- (Flute kneels collapsed on the
ground)
fx: <whap>
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- (Flute's eyes close tightly
as she cries, clinging to her crucifix)
Flute (narration): Ah-- God...
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- (Hamel continues to play)
fx: <tremble>
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- (close up of Hamel's hand against
the violin)
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- Page 110
(full shot of Hamel playing the violin as music envelopes the
background)
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- (Flute, white against a black
background, opens her eyes in surprise)
Flute: !!
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