--MANGA TRANSLATIONS--
--TRIGUN MAXIMUM CHAPTER 37--
Printed in Young King Ours, February 2001
Translation by sumire
Page 135
- Zazie: I don't know if they represent evolution or just mutation, but they're Plants.
- Their existence goes on and on along with the passing years...
An entirely new type of sentinent life--Page 136
Meryl wakes up with a start in her chair.
Meryl: This won't do--I'll end up catching cold like this...
The town saloon.
Murdoch: What!? I dare you to say that to my face just once more.
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Brandon Marlon: I'm not making any guns for you. Give it up.
- Murdoch: Don't get too big for your britches, Gunsmith.
- All your garbage about 'worthiness'--you'll rue the day you crossed me!
On his way out, Murdoch bumps into Vash.
Murdoch: Watch where you're going!
As Murdoch walks away, voices carry from inside the saloon.
Brandon: Well, look what the cat dragged in! Long time no see, eh, Lightning!
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A restaurant in town.
Wolfwood: Hey... why the long face?
Meryl is silent.
Wolfwood: You can have some if you want, but the curry here's really nothing to write home about.
Meryl: I'm not hungry. I don't even have much of an appetite, anyway.
Wolfwood: Tongari, huh? I don't blame you... what with those huge wings and all...
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Wolfwood: I notice you're not asking "What is he!?"
Meryl: Huh?
Wolfwood: Well, even if you asked, I wouldn't be able to answer, but a normal person would ask, right? Where those wings came from.
Meryl: ..... What!? You know!?
Wolfwood: No--I just said I didn't know.
Meryl: Honestly, why am I even talking to this guy?
- Wolfwood: But even if I don't have the answers, I do know this.
- His right arm contains an incredibly powerful weapon.
Zazie (in Meryl's memory): Those past two calamities spooked even us.
- Wolfwood: You know what kind of guy he is.
- But he's also the trigger to a power that could end the world.
Your life is at risk just by being involved.
You understand what I'm saying, don't you?Page 140
- Wolfwood: Go back to your office and have them take you off this job.
- You got that?
This is no place for your cute little partner.Page 141
Vash's target practice
- Brandon: I see--it's in pretty bad shape.
- It's not fit for you to use.
Vash: Can you take care of it, Brandon?
- Brandon: Idiot.
- You've got some nerve just turning up all of a sudden, you bum.
Don't worry, I'll have it done by tomorrow.Page 142
- Brandon: My father was a lifelong teetotaler, but I'm not.
- What kind of life is that--abandoning the "dew of life?"
Vash: Thanks, Marlon.
- Brandon: Right, right. I'll stake my name as a legendary gunsmith on it.
- I'll give you a replacement later.
Use this while I make the adjustments.A man has been watching them.
Page 143
- Murdoch: I won't stand for this!
- Who is it whose force has protected the town all this time?
I can't believe it! He's passing over me, the Sheriff, and giving a gun to a total stranger!
- Deputy: Murdoch, would you give it a rest? There's a lady present.
- (to Meryl): The post office is that way--turn right and go straight.
Murdoch: Feh.
- Murdoch: We put our lives on the line. We have to go up against low-down, dirty outlaws day in and day out.
- We need good guns. For the sake of peace, you know?
...To think that he's doing it for that broom-headed fool...Meryl double-takes.
Deputy: Hm?
Meryl: Uh, nothing--Thank you for your help.
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Meryl (thinks): Force... Firepower... Sometimes I still remember...
- Meryl's father?: Consider guns. It's delicate women most of all who should use them.
- Just one shot will make eliminate the difference between you and a big, strong man.
- Meryl (thinks): The power I gained, death at my fingertips...
- It was too much--nothing but terror.
The first time I ever shot a person, I was unable to speak--I sank down and turned myself inside out without even caring who was watching me.Page 145
A bluff outside town.
Yangwie: Whaddya think, Yngwie?
- Yngwie: Ain't that nice, Yangwie--just what we're looking for.
- A little bit rich, a little bit run-down.
Yngwie: Let's get some water. And some food.
Yangwie: But first, we'll need some money.
Yngwie: Well, then, let's go raise some money. Money makes the world go round.
Yangwie: It's a hard world we live in, but that's the way it is.
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Vash's target practice
Page 147
Brandon: Look at him go--he really puts himself into it.
Murdoch approaches as Vash bandages his bleeding trigger finger.
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- Murdoch: What the hell is this?
- You fired that many rounds and that's all you can hit it?
Vash: We met at the saloon, didn't we, Sheriff?
- Murdoch: The name's Murdoch. And don't you forget it.
- Let's get things straight--I don't like the looks of you.
He punches Vash in the gut.
Vash: So it seems.
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- Murdoch: He's a direct descendant of the legendary gunsmith Frank Marlon.
- Brandon may be a drunk, but he's good at his work.
But I've finally figured him out--he's completely crazy.
He's got so many holes up here, you don't even know how many or where they are.Murdoch puts a few shots through the target.
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Brandon: Stupid kid. You get your hands on a gun and you get trigger-happy. You're the one who doesn't know what's going on.
Murdoch: What!?
- Brandon: I'm saying you're still wet behind the ears, kid.
- "Oh, look at me, I fired a bullet! Whoopee!"
You can die and be reborn a thousand times and I still won't have a gun for a retard like you!Murdoch: That's it! Let's settle this! Draw, damn you!
He is interrupted by a distant explosion.
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Murdoch: That explosion! That came from the bank!
Page 152
Yngwie and Yangwie walk down the street, scattering sticks of dynamite.
Page 153
- Murdoch: This is madness!
- Judging from the direction they're coming from, they hit the sheriff's office first--guess I'll have to handle this alone.
Milly: What'll we do? What'll we do?
Meryl and Milly are hiding behind a building.
Milly: Senpai, I can't move!
Meryl: Compared to last time, this is nothing, Milly!
Milly: Nothing? You call that nothing!?
- Murdoch (thinks): But wait--there's just one body.
- And they're slow...
There're opportunites all over the place.Murdoch: FREEZE!
- Murdoch (thinks): Anyway, when they open up to throw their explosives, I'll hit 'em.
- This is really just a staredown.
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Suddenly, a half-dozen more Yin-Yang underlings emerge from the ground around him.
Page 155
Yangwie: Nya-ha-ha-ha!
Yngwie picks up Murdoch by the head.
- Yangwie: How'dya like this, hero!?
- If the firepower didn't get through to you, there's just one thing to do.
You guys don't have any backbone to you.
This is so boring!
I think you should make your exit with some pretty fireworks about now.
Don't you think so, Yngwie?Yngwie: Yup, that's right, Yangwie.
Milly: Senpai! They're going to kill him! What'll we do!?
Meryl gasps.
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A missile comes flying in and bounces of Yngwie with a clang.
Yangwie: Huh? It's a dud!?
Page 157
Vash, with some funky new glasses, kicks underling butt.
Page 158
Yangwie: Wha... Who are you!? What do you want!?
- Vash: I'm a man you don't want to fight!
- Why don't you put him down and get out of here?
I'm sure we can settle this without anyone getting hurt.Page 159
Meryl (thinks): Vash-san... He's still trying to settle things peacefully...
Milly: It's insane! Going up against them unarmed!
- Meryl (thinks): That's right... I forgot...
- Can he still fire a gun?
That "memory" I saw--it was nothing but pain and blood and loss.
Now that he's recovered his memory, can he still pull the trigger?Meryl (screams): Vash-san!
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Yangwie tosses an armload of dynamite.
Yangwie: Heh heh heh... Here's a little present for you. You'll be regretting it as you're blown away.
Vash draws his gun.
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The sticks of dynamite bounce harmlessly off the ground.
?: He shot the fuses off!?
?: That's impossible!
?: He's a loser who can't even hit a stationary target!
Page 162
Murdoch remembers Vash's target.
Murdoch: It can't be...!
- Murdoch (thinks): It was only the vital organs that he missed.
- Assuming all his shots passed through the same bullet hole...--It can't be!
He can shoot thousands of rounds and never miss!?Brandon: Lightning! Catch!
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As Meryl screams, Vash fires.
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The aftermath.
- Meryl (thinks): When I realized it was all over...
- There was another scene that would become part of his legend.
I felt it--
--An existence whose determination is even stronger than the regrets he carries.
...Vash the Stampede...Vash and Wolfwood afterwards. Wolfwood is hugging his Punisher and holding it away from Vash.
Vash: Sorry! I used it! I took the starter off and shot one.
Wolfwood: You no-good... rotten...
To be continued next issue...