Post by zorogou on Feb 12, 2013 13:45:51 GMT -5
With there being 4 groups there are also 4 stories. It's not news as all of this is quite old but I figured I'd stick it in a thread for easy reading.
I figured we could also discuss what people are expecting to happen in each story.
What kind of interactions?
What kind of developments?
Will New Hebijou "restore their honour"?
etc
All translations are my poor attempts
Gessen part
www.maql.co.jp/special/game/vita/kaguraversus/story/
Where there is light there are shadows.
Where there are shadows there is light.
Yin and Yang, good and evil, light and shadows...
It's this balance that is absolute in the world.
As a ninja you do not deviate from this.
But, that's what I thought.
Is that really true?
Evil encroaches on good, good is then dyed evil.
These terms that describe good and evil,
in the past did people not conveniently call it this nonsense? (dammit I don't know how to translate that)
I have not seen evidence of this.
People that change from evil to good, light in the middle of darkness.
So begins our story to prove ourselves.
For the sake of the world of light and good, we'll put our lives on the line.
And so, I have but one wish.
For everyone to smile once again at the end of the battle.
New Hebijou part
www.famitsu.com/news/201210/18022841.html
Whenever I hear the word 'Hebijou' my heart shakes. (I think, there's no word for 'hear' in the sentence lol)
My name is Miyabi.
A selected member at Hebijou.
"Was a selected member" would be the correct choice of words.
Ever since that accident I closed off my heart. (or 'my heart has been closed')
During that mission... if only I had been able to control that power.
Had I done so (I'm not entirely sure what's being said)
Before my eyes an apparition ran amock.
I must regain it.
My lost time and... Hebijou's pride.
Hanzou part
www.famitsu.com/news/201211/22024751.html
Where there is light there are shadows. Where there are shadows there is light.
These are the two sides of the same coin, one cannot exist without the other.
However, it is also impossible for them to be together. (I think)
It is karma that they be in constant conflict.
Wins, losses, a beatuiful shade of black and white is drawn. (wtf?)
A ninja's world is full of "beautiful deaths". (dunno. But it's a play on words. 忍 = shinobi = ninja. "死の美" = shi no bi = beautiful death.)
It's the same at ninja schools.
Today, ninja develop their schools at special institutions.
It is said that there are a number of national ninja schools in Japan.
... School Festival (Another play on words. 学園祭 = gakuensai = school festival. 学炎祭 = gakuensai = school festival. but the centre kanji has changed from 園 to 炎 to get across the severity/fierceness of this festival; it's not full of stalls selling takoyaki but a big battle)
Passed down through Ninja schools for generations, the survival of the school rests on the outcome of the festival.
This festival can be traced back to the Heisei period.
The "School Festival" has an unprecedented scale, a large number of ninja schools get involved.
At the end of the battle what will these girls gain? What will they lose?
From here starts the story, forging their skills in the ninja school, the path that these girls of Hanzou will take... yes, that is to prove that they are alive...
Homura Guren part
www.famitsu.com/news/201212/13025840.html
Due to our stealing of Hanzou's secret hidden ninja art scroll, we engaged in a fierce battle with Asuka and co.
After that Dougen's, Hebijou's investor, ploy came to light.
We did just as Dougen had planned and revived Orochi.
We were successful in bringing down Orochi however Hebijou, the school, was destroyed with no traces remaining. I cut down Dougen and thus chose the path of a rogue ninja.
Wanting to share the blame, Yomi and everyone else became rogue ninja and followed me.
And so whilst we dodged pursuers from Hebijou we found this hidden cave underground and made it our base.
This all happened half a year ago.
Our bustling relationship from the time we were at Hebijou has not changed.
Despite living in this cave, it feels just like it did when we frequented the ninja room back at Hebijou.
...
However, sometimes I wonder, is it really okay like this?
Whilst we live in this cave we continue to work and pursue knowledge.
I wonder what there is beyond that.
We stopped going down the path of "evil ninjas", what should we live and aim for now?
Everyone loves me and came with me, therefore it is my duty to lead them down the right path.
Something that only we can do now that we have become rogue ninja...
Something that will make us feel alive...
[Homura] "... That kind of thing... can I really find it?" I muttered to myself quietly so no-one could hear me.
I figured we could also discuss what people are expecting to happen in each story.
What kind of interactions?
What kind of developments?
Will New Hebijou "restore their honour"?
etc
All translations are my poor attempts
Gessen part
www.maql.co.jp/special/game/vita/kaguraversus/story/
光あるとことに影があり。
影あるところに光がある。
陽と陰、善と悪、光と影……。
その均衡こそがこの世を保つ絶 対の理。
忍として生きるのならば、その 理から外れてはならない。
しっかし、と私は思う。
果たして本当にそうなのだろう か、と。
悪は善を侵食し、善は簡単に悪 に染まる。
善と悪の均衡などという言葉は 、
とっくの昔にそれを都合良く思 う者たちの
戯言と化しているのではないか ?
その証拠に、私は見たことがな い。
悪と善に変わる様も、闇の中に 光を見たことも。
これより始まる物語は、私たち の証明の物語。
光と善の世界を証明するために 命を懸けて刃を振るう。
そして、願いは1つ。
戦いの果てにみんなが再び笑え るように……。
Where there is light there are shadows.
Where there are shadows there is light.
Yin and Yang, good and evil, light and shadows...
It's this balance that is absolute in the world.
As a ninja you do not deviate from this.
But, that's what I thought.
Is that really true?
Evil encroaches on good, good is then dyed evil.
These terms that describe good and evil,
in the past did people not conveniently call it this nonsense? (dammit I don't know how to translate that)
I have not seen evidence of this.
People that change from evil to good, light in the middle of darkness.
So begins our story to prove ourselves.
For the sake of the world of light and good, we'll put our lives on the line.
And so, I have but one wish.
For everyone to smile once again at the end of the battle.
New Hebijou part
www.famitsu.com/news/201210/18022841.html
“新蛇女編” ストーリー
蛇女という言葉に、私の心は揺 さぶられる。
私の名は雅緋。
秘立蛇女子学園の選抜メンバー だ。
“選抜メンバーだった” と言うのが 正しいに違いない。
あの事件から、私はずっと心を 閉ざしていたはずだから。
あの任務のとき……、私が自分の力 を制御できていれば。
そうすれば私は選抜筆頭として 、蛇女に残っていたはずだ。
私の視線の先には暴れ狂う妖魔 の姿があった。
取り戻さなくては。
止まってしまった時間と……蛇女の 誇りを。
Whenever I hear the word 'Hebijou' my heart shakes. (I think, there's no word for 'hear' in the sentence lol)
My name is Miyabi.
A selected member at Hebijou.
"Was a selected member" would be the correct choice of words.
Ever since that accident I closed off my heart. (or 'my heart has been closed')
During that mission... if only I had been able to control that power.
Had I done so (I'm not entirely sure what's being said)
Before my eyes an apparition ran amock.
I must regain it.
My lost time and... Hebijou's pride.
Hanzou part
www.famitsu.com/news/201211/22024751.html
半蔵編ストーリー
新説少女忍法帖 -半蔵闘諍録-
光あるところに影あり。影ある ところに光あり。
ふたつは表裏一体を成し、片方 のみの存在はあり得ない。
しかし、ふたつが相容れること もまた不可能。
その因果な均衡は、終わること のない衝突の輪廻によって成り立つ。
ときに勝利し、ときに敗北し、 白と黒の美しき陰影を描く。
忍の世界とは"死の美"である。
それは忍学校でも同じだ。
現代の忍は、忍学校という機関 で育成される。
忍学校は日本国内に数校あると 言われる。
……学炎祭。
忍学校に代々伝わっている、学 校の存亡を懸けた決戦だ。
この祭が、平成の世に蘇ろうと してた。
学炎祭というかつてない規模の 戦いに、多くの忍学生が巻き込まれていく。
彼女たちは戦いの果てに、何を 得て、何を失うのか。
これより始まる物語は、忍学校 で日々鍛錬を重ねる、国立半蔵学院の少女たちの戦いの軌跡……そう、それは彼女たちの生きている証である……。
Where there is light there are shadows. Where there are shadows there is light.
These are the two sides of the same coin, one cannot exist without the other.
However, it is also impossible for them to be together. (I think)
It is karma that they be in constant conflict.
Wins, losses, a beatuiful shade of black and white is drawn. (wtf?)
A ninja's world is full of "beautiful deaths". (dunno. But it's a play on words. 忍 = shinobi = ninja. "死の美" = shi no bi = beautiful death.)
It's the same at ninja schools.
Today, ninja develop their schools at special institutions.
It is said that there are a number of national ninja schools in Japan.
... School Festival (Another play on words. 学園祭 = gakuensai = school festival. 学炎祭 = gakuensai = school festival. but the centre kanji has changed from 園 to 炎 to get across the severity/fierceness of this festival; it's not full of stalls selling takoyaki but a big battle)
Passed down through Ninja schools for generations, the survival of the school rests on the outcome of the festival.
This festival can be traced back to the Heisei period.
The "School Festival" has an unprecedented scale, a large number of ninja schools get involved.
At the end of the battle what will these girls gain? What will they lose?
From here starts the story, forging their skills in the ninja school, the path that these girls of Hanzou will take... yes, that is to prove that they are alive...
Homura Guren part
www.famitsu.com/news/201212/13025840.html
焔紅蓮隊ストーリー
新説少女忍法帖 -紅蓮闘諍録-
私たちは半蔵学院の超秘伝忍法 書を奪うため、飛鳥たちと壮絶な戦いをくり広げていた。
その裏に蛇女の出資者、道元の 陰謀があるとも知らずに……。
私たちは道元の望み通り、怨楼 血を復活させてしまう。
怨楼血は倒すことができたが、 蛇女の校舎は跡形もなく崩壊し、私は 道元を斬り捨て、抜忍となる道を選んだ。
おとがめなしのはずの詠たちも 、抜忍となって私についてきた。
そして蛇女の追っ手をかわして いるうちに、この洞窟を見つけて隠れ住むことになった。
共同生活が始まったのは半年く らい前のことだ。
賑やかな私たちの関係は蛇女を 離れたいまも変わることがない。
洞窟暮らしでも変わらず蛇女の 忍部屋にいるような気もしてくる。
……しかし。
たまに思う。
このままでいいのか、と。
洞窟に隠れ住んだままバイトと 修行を続ける。
それでその先に何があるという のだろう。
悪忍への道が絶たれたいま、何 を目的に生きていけばいいのか。
みんなは私を慕ってついてきて くれた。
だから、私にはこれからの道を みんなに示す義務がある。
抜忍になった私たちにしかでき ない何かを……。
生きているという実感が味わえ る何かを……。
焔「……そんなもの……見つかるのだ ろうか」誰にも聞 こえそうにない声で、私はひとり小さく呟いた。
Due to our stealing of Hanzou's secret hidden ninja art scroll, we engaged in a fierce battle with Asuka and co.
After that Dougen's, Hebijou's investor, ploy came to light.
We did just as Dougen had planned and revived Orochi.
We were successful in bringing down Orochi however Hebijou, the school, was destroyed with no traces remaining. I cut down Dougen and thus chose the path of a rogue ninja.
Wanting to share the blame, Yomi and everyone else became rogue ninja and followed me.
And so whilst we dodged pursuers from Hebijou we found this hidden cave underground and made it our base.
This all happened half a year ago.
Our bustling relationship from the time we were at Hebijou has not changed.
Despite living in this cave, it feels just like it did when we frequented the ninja room back at Hebijou.
...
However, sometimes I wonder, is it really okay like this?
Whilst we live in this cave we continue to work and pursue knowledge.
I wonder what there is beyond that.
We stopped going down the path of "evil ninjas", what should we live and aim for now?
Everyone loves me and came with me, therefore it is my duty to lead them down the right path.
Something that only we can do now that we have become rogue ninja...
Something that will make us feel alive...
[Homura] "... That kind of thing... can I really find it?" I muttered to myself quietly so no-one could hear me.