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”.