4★ Kyosuke Araki - The Biggest, Baddest, Wildest (Part 3)

Kyosuke: Oi! What’s wrong! Ryugo?!

Ryugo: Ha…. Ha…..

Kyosuke: You think you can beat those Rainbow Joker guys like that!?

Ryugo: N-no sir!

Noah: ……..

[ —Flashback, back at the Mad Crimson Lotus Hideout]

Ryugo: I need you to train me!

Noah: So, you’re asking Araki-kun to train you?

Ryugo: Those guys Aniki drove off a while ago are from a group called Rainbow Joker, they've been spreading their influence around here recently.

Those guys’ve started pushin' their influence onto our turf lately...

Kyosuke: I see. So, as their leader, you're tryin' to protect everyone, huh?

Ryugo: …Actually, I wasn't the one who started this.

Kyosuke: What do you mean by that?

Ryugo: The guy in the center of that pic over there is Kazu-kun, the founder of the Mad Crimson Lotus of Nijigao.

Kazu-kun’s known 'round here as 'The Red Brawler.' Never lost a single fight.

At first, other gangs didn’t take us seriously, guess it’s 'cause we got kids hangin' around here...

But thanks to Kazu-kun, things stayed peaceful. Then he got into a car accident...

So, I ended up takin' on this role.

And this tokkofuku… Kazu-kun wore it as 'proof of bein' the strongest' in the gang.

Kyosuke: So, that shabby tokkofuku next to the photo was Kazu's, huh?

Ryugo: But... I don’t feel strong enough to bear the title of the 'strongest’ yet.

Noah: That’s why you wanted Araki-kun to train you…

Ryugo: Right. I just wanna get strong enough to protect 'em from those guys at Rainbow Joker. So, please, Aniki!

Kyosuke: Alright.

Noah: What…?

Kyosuke: Ryugo and I are like brothers. If my bro is in trouble, it's only right to help him out. [1]

Ryugo: Thanks a ton…! Oh, right. I feel kinda bad for puttin' all this on ya, Aniki, so is there anythin' I can do to help?

Kyosuke: Let’s see... Got any ideas, Noah?

Noah: In that case, how about helping us look for Chaostones?

Kyosuke: Oh! That makes sense! You’re so smart, Noah!

Noah: Ryugo-kun, actually, we lost a beautiful stone around here... If you happen to find it, could you please tell us?

Ryugo: Gotcha! No problem!

Kyosuke: Hey, hey, hey! Is that all you call 'strong'?!

Ryugo: Ack…!

Kyosuke: C’mon! Get up!

Noah: W-wait a sec!

Ryugo: N-no... Please don't try to stop him, Noah-san...! Aniki, I really appreciate you taking this seriously...!

Kyosuke: You can still go, right? Let’s go!!

Ryugo: Y-yessu!

[ —A few minutes later]

…….

Kyosuke: ... I think it’s time to call it for today.

Ryugo: Th-thank you so much for today!

(Damn it... I guess I can never be like Kazu-kun afterall?)

Ryugo: Huh? That stone... Isn’t this the one Aniki was looking for?!

Aniki told me not to look at it too much, but it sure is a pretty stone...

Kyosuke: Alright, let’s go back to Chaostone hunting!

Noah: Hey Araki-kun.

Kyosuke: What?

Noah: Don’t you think you were a bit too hard on Ryugo during training?

Kyosuke: ……

Noah: You’re a rider that trains all the time, and Ryugo can’t keep up with you.

Kyosuke: …I know that.

Noah: Huh?

Kyosuke: But that guy trusted me enough to even bow his head for me, all to protect his buddies.

I just can’t bring myself to go easy on him, not after everything he’s done.

Noah: Araki-kun…

Mad Crimson Lotus Delinquent: F-Finally found you! Araki-san! Noah-san!

Kyosuke: What’s up?!

Mad Crimson Lotus Delinquent: This is bad! Ryugo-san is missing!

Kyosuke: What didja say?!

Noah: No way…

Noah: Araki-kun, let’s hurry and save Ryugo-kun!

Kyosuke: …...Noah, do ya think I went too hard on him?

[That’s not true! It’s not your fault at all!] Kyosuke: ...Even if I pushed him too far, as his aniki, I have to do something!

[...Even if it was, we can still make up for it!] Kyosuke: …Then, as his aniki, I have to make things right!

I need ya to do me a favor. Bring me that thing from their hideout.

Noah: …That thing? Oh, got it!

Kyosuke: Ryugo, I’m coming!

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Translation Note:

[1] Kyosuke called Ryugo as キョーダイ (kyodai) which translates to sibling, but generally you wouldn’t call a family member by that and commonly use “nii-san”. Since Ryugo is a Yankee, it’s more leaning into the Yakuza culture where you form a strong bond with the people in your gang and call them as your “bro”.

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Pub: 29 Oct 2024 04:39 UTC

Edit: 29 Oct 2024 05:40 UTC

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