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Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance Volume 12, Chapter 1 – Lost Memories

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Restia!!! Nuuuuuu!! And with this chapter, I’m bowing out of Seirei Tsukai’s volume 12 translations. I leave it to you, zzhk! Back to Hyouketsu for me~

Part 1

───The <Blade Dance> that was carried out at <Astral Zero>.

One week had already passed since that had come to an end.

Concluding the battle with <Team Inferno> led by the <Strongest Blade Dancer> in victory, the girls of <Team Scarlet> returned to Areishia Spirit Academy after finishing the Empire’s triumphant return parade.

However, amidst the rising voices of welcome, the girls’ expressions were heavy in silence.

The world’s destiny had changed, that day.

Ever since the audience with the <Spirit Lords> at the True Shrine.

Kamito had lost consciousness and hadn’t woken up even after returning to the human world.

And so───

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“───Most likely, this is amnesia caused by mental stress.” Continue reading →

Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance Volume 12 Prologue

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Yeah, I did it. I went and translated the prologue. And I’ll finish chapter 1 while I’m at it.

Hey, Kamito.

If there comes a time when I become not myself───

I’d like you to kill me.

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And if possible───

Forget about me.

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“……, Uu……”

What entered his vision when he first opened his eyes was a pure white ceiling.

Gentle rays of sunlight flowed in through the curtains. The scent of freshly laundered sheets. Continue reading →

Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance Volume 11, Prologue

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Source: http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/files/d000155/ISBN978-4-8401-5225-9/_SWF_Window.html.

It’s been a while! Glad to be back! Now to go to sleep. I’ll write actual notes when I wake up. One giant note though: I haven’t read 9 and 10 yet. STILL. WHAT AM I DOING. Okay, to bed.

I kinda regret upgrading WordPress because now I can’t have extra spaces in my text. It’s some sort of new stupid thing that eliminates extra break lines. It also took some of the tags out of the raw form in the “Text” tab. Sorry, WordPress, I -hate- your new  “features”. As such, all excess break lines are actually black periods. You can see them if you highlight the page =x.

Translator notes have been changed to the style I’m using in Hyouketsu. They’re a lot more convenient (when I wrote the notes up here, I’m pretty sure I forgot to mention a lot of things). It’s not actually part of what I translate so I don’t mind changing it despite my stubbornness with consistency.

Stammers like 「えっ、えええええ！？」 (for example only) are still “Ee, ehhhhh!?” instead of “Ee-ehhhhh!?” because of the aforementioned consistency. I like consistency. It’s not changing.

As this was pre-release, I didn’t release this on Baka-Tsuki. I might have to do that soon considering this is an official sneak-peek and I don’t think there’ll be any differences in the actual release like I was worrying at 6 or 7 in the morning.

“Absolute Sword Arts Final Form ─── <Last Strike Dual>!”

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The <Demon Slayer> in his right hand and the <Vorpal Sword> in his left.

The crossed light and dark dual blades smashed Rubia Elstein’s sword.

The instant the crimson sword broke.

The overflowing red hot flames raged all at once.

“……No, way……!”

Time stood still. Within the fierce flames───

A sigh of despair leaked from her lips.

Or it could possibly have been just a gasp for air. Continue reading →

Noticed that somebody asked this

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I looked on the Animesuki forums and saw this question:

I noticed that you use kamui in Chapter 5, is it the alternate translation for Divine Power?

Why yes, yes it is.

While we’re at it, all of the alternative names and such are here on Baka-Tsuki: http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Seirei_Tsukai_no_Blade_Dance:Names_and_Terminology_Guidelines.

Partway through the translation, I also stopped translating the kanji versions of the names. Some of them mean the exact same (eg. “Tasogare no Majo” as “Dusk Witch”) while some are quite different from the furigana provided (eg. “The Sword That Pierces Truth” as “Vorpal Sword”). I don’t think it requires detailing, but you can just run the kanji on the Baka-Tsuki through to Jisho or even Google Translate (gasp!…but it’s actually not bad for single words and short phrases).

EDIT: Just a note that I didn’t answer this directly on Animesuki because I can’t post on that thread without some kind of moderator approval. And the last time I tried posting on it, I don’t remember seeing it get approved.

Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance Volume 8, Afterword

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Author’s

—Princess maidens that serve a dragon may not wear underwear.

To all who have taken this book into their hands, truly thank you very much!

We have reached the eighth volume of “Seirei Tsukai no Blade,” “The Night Before the Decisive Battle”.

Having won through the <Tempest> admirably, <Team Scarlet> returns to the floating island. In preparation for the approaching finals, Kamito takes a short rest — or so he thinks, but he ends up on a date with the strongest ace from the <Knights of the Dragon Emperor>, Leonora Lancaster!?

Last time and the time before that, flashy battles were happening so this time I delved into the heroines’ pasts and the date with a heroine from another team. Of course, I have various things prepared for the finals which start next volume, so all of you who like battles, please look forward to it!

Thanks and announcements. At present, Hyouji Yuitsusei-sensei’s comic version of “Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance” is serialized in Comic Alive’s magazine. Please somehow support the invigorating battle scenes and insanely cute heroines that Hyouji-sensei draws.

Sakura Hanpen-sensei, thank you for your wonderful drawings as well. Leonora’s armpits on the front cover look very good. Others that were drawn for the first time like Milla Bassett, Kamito from the past, Lolislet (← I wanted to try saying it), etc. were drawn very cutely.

To my editor Shouji-sama, I am always really relying on you. The rumored “Light Novel King ☆ Seiya” with a main character that seems to be modeled after Shouji-san is serialized in Comic Gene and is enjoying great popularity (advertisement).

Lastly, to all the readers. By receiving all your support, “Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance” has reached its eighth volume. Sakura Hanpen-sensei, Hyouji Yuitsusei-sensei and Shouji-san, I will be going all out from here on, so I’m counting on you!

I read all the impressions from the cellphone survey carefully and I’m really happy to receive them. As usual, in the popularity rankings, Est and Restia are strong, and Kamito who appeared on the cover of the seventh volume also rose in popularity. From the team’s ojou-samas, Ellis rose a little and after that, the rest feel average. Continue reading →

Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance Volume 8, Chapter 5 – The Night Before the Decisive Battle

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With the advent of this post, voting on the second stage of the poll comes to a close. I will report the status of the poll later in another post.

EDIT: I noticed that I forgot the afterword, so I’ll actually post that first, then close the polling.

Part 1

Evening. Dusk hung over <Ragna Ys> which was floating in Astral Zero’s skies.

Having spent a turbulent day with Leonora, Kamito returned with Ellis and Fianna, who happened to be at the pool, to the castle they were staying at.

After this, the oracle concerning the finals would be delivered by the five spirit princesses at the <Divine Ritual Institute>’s <Grand Shrine>. They would convene once with the entire team to discuss their plans for what was to come.

He showered then went to Claire’s room and knocked.

“Claire, it’s about time.”

“Yes, the preparations are already complete. You may enter.”

He opened the door and found Claire and the others sitting atop the bed playing Old Maid.

“I win. That makes 17 wins with 2 losses.”

Claire tossed the cards.

“O, One more time!” Continue reading →

Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance Interlude 2 – Team Inferno

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Continuing however deeply into the cavern—

“The top brass of the Alphas Empire have agreed to provide a new military spirit. But any further cooperation is impossible—”

Facing the wordless back of her master, Lily Flame continued to give her report.

“—Ahaa, a new toy is finally coming. I can finally play with onii-sama.”

The one who opened her mouth was not Lily’s master, but the cute girl walking beside her.

Muir Alenstarl — the second-place <Monster> of the Instructional School.

“I’ll break anyone and everyone that gets near onii-sama ♪”

While glaring sidelong at Muir who was smiling innocently, Lily sighed.

The stronghold assault spirit <Colossus>, the wide-area annihilation spirit <Garuda> — of the three the empire had lent to them, Muir had already used up two. Of course, their results in the real battle had been adequate, but the protests of the empire’s top brass were stronger than expected.

“I don’t care how many military spirits from a former era we break. Either way, the world will change with this time’s <Blade Dance>.” Continue reading →