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DRT1.2.7: EVE burst error, section 7
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Danganronpa Togami Volume 1: Multiple Counts of Attempted World Domination
Chapter 2: EVE burst error
7
It almost goes without saying that I was surprised to hear that name coming out of Aoba's mouth at a time like this.
Byakuya Togami was famous, but he wasn't the type of person that would be well-known among young girls, and his wasn't a name that would usually come up in this context.
"Don't tell me that you don't know of the World Domination Proclamation?" I may have been bewildered, but Aoba looked even more bewildered than I felt, tilting her head. But I was at a loss, even when she reacted that way. I didn't know of any World Domination Proclamation. I'd never heard of such a stupid proclamation.
So, y'know. When I heard everything, I was kinda, uh, how should I put it... exhausted?
Byakuya Togami made a proclamation of world domination in Prague? If in 24 hours, nobody kills him or finds the "pitiful cattle" (what does that even mean?), he's going to take over the world? In order to prove that his Proclamation is the real deal, he crashed a satellite into an island in the Mediterranean?
Was this a joke?
Actually, why Prague? Did he use a private jet? I felt offended. That fucker's probably never used a wallet stuffed full of point cards.
"Byakuya Togami is an insufferable prick," I said. "He's the Super High School Level Heir, he's blond and blue-eyed despite being Japanese, he calls himself Super High School Level Perfection, he's earned about 40 billion yen through day trading, he's a short-tempered four-eyes..."
"Is he an acquaintance of yours?"
"As if."
"You're very knowledgeable for someone who doesn't know him personally."
Knowledgeable, huh? Of course I am. My beloved hope. My detested hope.
I—
I always—
"I always wanted to enroll at Hope's Peak Academy, after all."
"Oh my," Aoba raised her voice. "I have a friend who goes to Hope's Peak Academy."
"You do?"
"What talent do you have, mister?"
I tried to think of which word it was that hurt me in that question, but, well, it was probably both of them.
"I didn't have any talent."
But I had a dream.
When a boy sees a Major League game and that faint dream flickers in his mind, "I wanna be in the MLB," or when a girl stumbles across a flower shop and that small dream sprouts, "I wanna be a florist," basically nobody makes the cold judgment that they have no talent for it and casts the dream aside.
I had a dream. I'd read Seiichi Kirima, Hiroto Shimabe, Kojou Sugita, Tatsumi Sekiguchi, Kyuusaku Yumeno, Kilgore Trout, and Derek Hartfield, and I had a dream.[1] The only thing I was missing was talent.
But who cares about all that anymore.
We exchanged information. When Byakuya Togami made the World Domination Proclamation in Prague, I was in my apartment escaping reality through sleep, and it was probably around then that the town changed to have no people in it, and Aoba showed up after everything was already over. That seemed to be the progression of events.
This raised three questions right off the bat.
Question 1: Why would someone attack the middle of nowhere? If you were striking to take your first step towards world domination, there were way more appropriate towns to pick. Why not Sapporo, or New York, or Bologna, or Anqing? Why target here?
Question 2: Why did the townspeople disappear? If you were trying to demonstrate your power and instill fear, murder would be the most effective strategy. I think making them all disappear kinda misses the point of that a little. Or was there some kind of reason for that?
Question 3:
"Why did you hit me?"
"I couldn't tell if you were one of the townspeople or not. So, I decided to have you lose the will to fight first, mister, before hearing what you had to say."
"What kind of plan is that? You're like a soldier or something."
"Do soldiers do such dreadful things?"
"I dunno, but..."
Clunk, clunk, clunk!
With the carry-on bag she'd used to attack me dragging behind her, Aoba was heading off somewhere.
"W-Wait. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings."
"When did I imply you hurt my feelings?" Aoba turned around. "Apologizing immediately is the mark of someone inexperienced. If you waste your time with feelings of guilt, it's your loss."
"Sorry." In the end, I still couldn't think of anything else to do but apologize. "Hey, please, wait. Where are you going?"
"I'm going to check."
"Check?"
"I'm going to check to see where the townspeople disappeared to."
"Do you have an idea?"
"I'm not sure I'd call it an 'idea' when it's the only place for them to be."
"I dunno... Where?"
"In their houses."
Translator's Notes
[1] "I'd read..." - The authors he names are mostly fictional authors. Seiichi Kirima is from Boogiepop Phantom. Hiroto Shimabe is from And Yet The Town Moves. Kojou Sugita is from the short story "The Girl Watcher" by Katai Tayama. Tatsumi Sekiguchi is from Mouryou no Hako. Kyuusaku Yumeno is the penname for Taidou Sugiyama, who was a real author, so I may be missing something as to how he fits in here. Kilgore Trout is a Kurt Vonnegut character. Derek Hartfield is from Hear the Wind Sing, by Haruki Murakami.
Stay tuned for the next updatenext Sunday I changed my mind the next update is April 3rd (PST)!
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Danganronpa Togami Volume 1: Multiple Counts of Attempted World Domination
Chapter 2: EVE burst error
7
It almost goes without saying that I was surprised to hear that name coming out of Aoba's mouth at a time like this.
Byakuya Togami was famous, but he wasn't the type of person that would be well-known among young girls, and his wasn't a name that would usually come up in this context.
"Don't tell me that you don't know of the World Domination Proclamation?" I may have been bewildered, but Aoba looked even more bewildered than I felt, tilting her head. But I was at a loss, even when she reacted that way. I didn't know of any World Domination Proclamation. I'd never heard of such a stupid proclamation.
So, y'know. When I heard everything, I was kinda, uh, how should I put it... exhausted?
Byakuya Togami made a proclamation of world domination in Prague? If in 24 hours, nobody kills him or finds the "pitiful cattle" (what does that even mean?), he's going to take over the world? In order to prove that his Proclamation is the real deal, he crashed a satellite into an island in the Mediterranean?
Was this a joke?
Actually, why Prague? Did he use a private jet? I felt offended. That fucker's probably never used a wallet stuffed full of point cards.
"Byakuya Togami is an insufferable prick," I said. "He's the Super High School Level Heir, he's blond and blue-eyed despite being Japanese, he calls himself Super High School Level Perfection, he's earned about 40 billion yen through day trading, he's a short-tempered four-eyes..."
"Is he an acquaintance of yours?"
"As if."
"You're very knowledgeable for someone who doesn't know him personally."
Knowledgeable, huh? Of course I am. My beloved hope. My detested hope.
I—
I always—
"I always wanted to enroll at Hope's Peak Academy, after all."
"Oh my," Aoba raised her voice. "I have a friend who goes to Hope's Peak Academy."
"You do?"
"What talent do you have, mister?"
I tried to think of which word it was that hurt me in that question, but, well, it was probably both of them.
"I didn't have any talent."
But I had a dream.
When a boy sees a Major League game and that faint dream flickers in his mind, "I wanna be in the MLB," or when a girl stumbles across a flower shop and that small dream sprouts, "I wanna be a florist," basically nobody makes the cold judgment that they have no talent for it and casts the dream aside.
I had a dream. I'd read Seiichi Kirima, Hiroto Shimabe, Kojou Sugita, Tatsumi Sekiguchi, Kyuusaku Yumeno, Kilgore Trout, and Derek Hartfield, and I had a dream.[1] The only thing I was missing was talent.
But who cares about all that anymore.
We exchanged information. When Byakuya Togami made the World Domination Proclamation in Prague, I was in my apartment escaping reality through sleep, and it was probably around then that the town changed to have no people in it, and Aoba showed up after everything was already over. That seemed to be the progression of events.
This raised three questions right off the bat.
Question 1: Why would someone attack the middle of nowhere? If you were striking to take your first step towards world domination, there were way more appropriate towns to pick. Why not Sapporo, or New York, or Bologna, or Anqing? Why target here?
Question 2: Why did the townspeople disappear? If you were trying to demonstrate your power and instill fear, murder would be the most effective strategy. I think making them all disappear kinda misses the point of that a little. Or was there some kind of reason for that?
Question 3:
"Why did you hit me?"
"I couldn't tell if you were one of the townspeople or not. So, I decided to have you lose the will to fight first, mister, before hearing what you had to say."
"What kind of plan is that? You're like a soldier or something."
"Do soldiers do such dreadful things?"
"I dunno, but..."
Clunk, clunk, clunk!
With the carry-on bag she'd used to attack me dragging behind her, Aoba was heading off somewhere.
"W-Wait. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings."
"When did I imply you hurt my feelings?" Aoba turned around. "Apologizing immediately is the mark of someone inexperienced. If you waste your time with feelings of guilt, it's your loss."
"Sorry." In the end, I still couldn't think of anything else to do but apologize. "Hey, please, wait. Where are you going?"
"I'm going to check."
"Check?"
"I'm going to check to see where the townspeople disappeared to."
"Do you have an idea?"
"I'm not sure I'd call it an 'idea' when it's the only place for them to be."
"I dunno... Where?"
"In their houses."
Translator's Notes
[1] "I'd read..." - The authors he names are mostly fictional authors. Seiichi Kirima is from Boogiepop Phantom. Hiroto Shimabe is from And Yet The Town Moves. Kojou Sugita is from the short story "The Girl Watcher" by Katai Tayama. Tatsumi Sekiguchi is from Mouryou no Hako. Kyuusaku Yumeno is the penname for Taidou Sugiyama, who was a real author, so I may be missing something as to how he fits in here. Kilgore Trout is a Kurt Vonnegut character. Derek Hartfield is from Hear the Wind Sing, by Haruki Murakami.
Stay tuned for the next update
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