First of All, I'm Female

For the people who read this blog:

First of all, thank you for taking the time to visit.

I am currently studying the Japanese language, and as such, I'm translating the articles seen here for practice. I learn from it because there are lots of things in the texts that are not discussed in the syllabus, so I try to learn some stuff through personal research. I think it's a fun way to motivate myself to study some topics on my own.

If someone sees a glaring mistake in my translation, please do not even hesitate to point it out.

I would appreciate people crediting the translations I put here in this blog with links. It's primarily because I want people to correct me if something is wrong. I am afraid that people would spread my translations with something wrong in it, and no one can contact me to correct it. It is only with good intention that I make and share these translations, and I hope I'm doing it well enough for everyone to receive the right information.

For my sources, I don't always translate from the direct sources, but rather from summaries, other's transcriptions, etc. I always try to post only those from reliable sources, but of course, summaries will usually remove items that the summarizer does not find interesting, and as such, might not paint the whole picture. In any case, my sources are linked/credited for easy reference.

That's all. Please don't sue me. I don't own Gundam 00. Etc. Cheers!

NOTE: This is only a scratch post. I'm not sure if I can polish it, because I'm still not very good with dialogues. The Lockons use slang to boot. Any comments and corrections are welcome. I think I got the right gist of the conversation though ^__^;;


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I can’t seem to be able to back up Setsuna who is fighting with a Gundam-type, but… I became in charge of 1 Innovator machine.
In the battle with Ali Al Saachez, Cherudim was damaged all over, but it doesn’t mean that it’s badly damaged.
Moreover, the enemy that no longer receives the backup from Veda should not be able to exhibit the abilities of an Innovator.
The chances of winning are 50-50.
No, I’m probably a little disadvantaged.
But then…

“Haro, how is the Trans-am!?”
“One second possible, one second possible”
“Alright!”

Hearing the information from Haro, I see the Innovator machine come near and aiming for the Cherudim.
And then I invoked the Trans-am.
A second.
The world.
Became dyed in red.

-- I hear my brother’s voice.

No, it’s not just the voice.
My brother is here. [kitaaaaaaaa~~~!]
My brother.
My older twin brother divided from me by blood.
Neil Dylandy, is here.

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Gundam Ace September 2009
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kouryakukan/e/9ad042bf1b86893ec1bbd4b9255c0f00

Leif is a boy who has the same 0026 type base sequence pattern as Ribbons, with registration number 08368-SA846. He, who has the same outward appearance as Ribbons, is 18 years old.

Leif who lived as a human being one day woke up as an Innovaoid. However Leif himself doesn’t know why he was elected to be awakened by Veda. As he is switched into a new mission, the required data is downloaded into him. The subject of the mission that is given to him is “The selection of 6 Innovaoids”. For the purpose of accomplishing the mission, the ability to identify between Innovaoids and humans was added to him. Even though it is just the addressee’s image, even if the person himself is not projected, it is okay. For example, in the case that he sees an Innovaoid who is inside an MS on TV, far from seeing the face of the pilot, he can know up to his name.

Leif awakes to Dr. Telicyra who previously belonged to "Doctors Without Borders". The teachers he had during this time have all gone missing. He is 40 years old, but he looks young because Innovaoids don't age. Telicyra’s ability is the power of awakening of Innovaoids. And then furthermore, on meeting with Earth Federation Force MS pilot Innovaoid Flinch, Flich is shot to death before Leif's very eyes. Furthermore, in every place they go around, the Innovaoid that his associate awakens is shot to death before his very eyes.

The killer of the Innovaoids is certainly another Innovaoid. He is named Lars Grise, and he is an Innovaoid whose left eye is artificial. From here, the enigmatic Lars attacks. Lars who killed an Innovaoid sheds tears of blood as he screams.

Gundam Ace October 2009
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kouryakukan/e/b113e490c794906f7e0190a332ba7728

In this chapter, one of the Meisters, Hallelujah (Allelujah) appears.
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I'm not so sure if I will go on translating this series, as the Gundam Wiki seems to have summaries already, though not as detailed. Nevertheless, this will be a placeholder if ever I feel like working on it.

UPDATE:
I decided to drop this since I heard that the manga is already being officially translated. Aside from that, the summary source is not as structured as I want it to be. There are some that are narrations, and some that are only outlines of interesting tidbits.


Gundam Ace April 2008
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kouryakukan/e/b254b24b14f8bc416c6edb57f6f75cb5

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UPDATES:
August 5, 2009:
00V doesn't have much stories, and since my objective for the translation are the stories, then I might not translate all of it.
Links to summaries added.

August 5, 2009 Update 2:
Story parts, if any, of April 2008-January 2009 have been translated.

August 6, 2009:
February 2009-June 2009 added.

August 7, 2009:
July 2009-September 2009 added, with some revisions to my previous translation of the September 2009.
All entries are currently up-to-date.

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Suggested reading for setting, characters, and short summaries:
(Please read at least the setting and characters first before reading the summaries below)
http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam_00V

Hobby Japan April 2008
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kouryakukan/e/8b130e2b3759250b2e2620b812ca74a9

[There is no story/drama part here, so I skipped.]

Hobby Japan May 2008
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kouryakukan/e/52eaa40b90762daab5dce37897a95dd4

The episode is about a Union resource satellite fall incident "Meteor's Night (Meteo Anahato [?])" The Dynames shot and pulverized the huge asteroid that broke into the atmosphere using its super high altitude fire, and Kyrios Gust crused the fragments that fell from it, to rescue the ground from the damage.
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UPDATES:

July 27, 2009:
November 2008 to January 2009 posted. But I think I'm going to have a heart attack, the April 2009 entry is missing!!!

August 4, 2009:
February 2009 to March 2009 posted.
April 2009 summary is missing.
May 2009 summary linked to Good Haro's blog.
June and July 2009 are to be translated next.
August 2009 appended from my previous LJ translation.

August 5, 2009:
June and July 2009 translations finished.
All entries (except the missing April 2009) are up-to-date, and will be updated monthly as time permits me.

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Suggested reading for setting, characters, and short summaries:
(Please read at least the setting and characters first before reading the summaries below)
http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam_00P


00P Dengeki Hobby Magazine October 2008 Issue
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kouryakukan/e/28026030dd7d51714447044eb1e0b6d5

The setting is on the year 2302. The title is FILE NO. 11 “PROLOGUE”. Together with 0Gundam, is the testing of third generation Gundam “Gundam Rasiel”, which is a Gundam that bears particle scales [verniers?] on both shoulders. The meister of Gundam Rasiel is Grave Violento. A correspondence from what seems to be a gentle voice comes from the 0Gundam to the Rasiel. There were plans for the two machines to share their GN Drives.

At that point in time, the completed Gundams are Exia, Dynames, Kyrios, Nadleeh, and Raziel - five in all. For some reason, Virtue is not there. Even the model number of the Rasiel is turned upside down [?], and it is a special machine developed by Veda’s initiation.

Ian Vashti meets Grave, who returned from testing. From here he meets the cheerful character Hixar Fermi. Around this time in the CB facility, are the 26-year old agent Chall and Gundam Meister 874. Chall became an extremely gloomy character after the Plutone accident, and she always covers the scars on the left of her face with her hair.

Before long, they would scout the third generation Gundam Meisters.


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I wanted to translate all the summaries of kouryakukan, just to have a readable story of what happened in the manga. I will try to do all the side stories starting from 00P, then 00V, 00F, and then I'll continue 00I. I'll surely continue 00I, but I can't guarantee that I will do all the rest. Also, standard translation disclaimers apply.

Suggested reading for setting, characters, and short summaries:
(Please read at least the setting and characters first before reading the summaries below)
http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam_00P


Summaries:

00P Dengeki Hobby Magazine April 2008 Issue
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kouryakukan/e/8b130e2b3759250b2e2620b812ca74a9

00P happened 15 years ago.

Gundam Meister 874 enters in this story. This child is also a Veda terminal.

The story is that as HRL’s battleship has gotten closer to CB’s Colony Krung Thep, 874 is gathering intelligence using the Sadalsuud, Ruido comes out in the Astrea to intercept. The instruction that came from Veda was “Defeat”. Here, Ruido in the Gundam starts attacking the person. As Ruido, who has returned to Krung Thep, hung his head downcast inside his own room, Chall worries about Ruido and could not concentrate on anything. Marlene continues to gaze towards the outer space.

874, who looks at the 3 meisters’ appearance through Veda, decides that “It is necessary for me to continue observing the humans”. Because of this, 874’s thinking of what is necessary seems to be, for the sake of Veda that doesn’t understand human essence, for the sake of the understanding of humans, “I will enter human society, I will live the same as a human, I am an information terminal that will send information about my life.”

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I only signed up for LJ to be able to have access to locked portions of communities, but you would regularly find me at:

http://www.gabrielarobin.com
http://ykdb.monkey-pirate.com/index.php
http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php
http://forums.animesuki.com/forumdisplay.php

Anyway, see you around!

I'm making this my first post, and also a placeholder for my Gundam 00 death bingo card. I guess the game's mechanics is to at least get one straight horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line. I positioned them this way: The faces closest to the "Free" spot are those who I think are most likely to die. Next would be the ones aligned horizontally, vertically, diagonally to the "Free" spot.

I was tempted to put all the combat-type Innovators near the Free spot. I think the person who gets a lot of focus has death flags all over them, and I feel Tieria has to be the one carrying the largest flag of them all. Then Allelujah, for the whole quick romance with Soma. I also think Ali would be killed, either by Lyle, or Tieria (resulting to his death), or both. The other ones aligned with the "Free" spot are those who I either want to die, or who I think I would die but not necessarily want to.

Setsuna and Lockon are missing from my list because Setsuna is the lead character, and Lockon has already died once and repeating it just looks redundant in a storywriter's POV.

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