Redefining Hope - by Korose TL by boke ### TL notes indicated by hash tags like this: ### ### Page numbers indicated by — for example, page one is: —1 ### Panel numbers indicated by - for example, panel one is: -1 ### Unless otherwise noted, panel and text balloon flow is from upper right to lower left. —79 -1 Praying That She Fulfills The Old Dream Long, long ago, back when the world was overflowing with people, humans could manipulate the weather as they liked. They lived in a mechanical town- full of mechanical servants. -2 Oh! A star fragment. -3 Redefining Hope ### vertical text. Both the bold text and the small vertical box say the same thing. I wish that I can go outside someday. First Appearance In This Magazine Korose —80 -1 Ka-thooom -3 Shrrkklakkka Clatter -4 BEEP -5 Vmmmmm -6 Ka-psssht Klang —81 -1 Vvvaumm Vvvaumm -2 sfx- Bzzz Bzz sfx- Blink -3 ETcomp Hwh Model Andro…id D34 Mod…el -4 W-where…? sfx- Shhf Registering… [Bzz…kk…] Reboot Com…plete —82 -1 The project and GPS… are inoperable? What happened here…? sfx- Ssshkkklack sxf- Clatter -2 Portion of memory data lost. Deterioration of Body Condition Ongoing. -4 The synthetic augmentation fibers are this degraded… -5 Shhf Sorry, I’ll be taking this. -6 Ok, then… —83 -1 Creeak -2 Creak -4 Maybe my optical sensors are malfunctioning… -5 This definitely should be South 43 District… If I head to the residential districts, there might be someone there. —84 -3 Rustle Rustle -4 A squirrel… I think. sfx: Scritter —85 -1 What’s this? A huge window…? -2 What was that just now…? —86 -1 Staaaare -2 Oh, my. -3 I’m sorry to be peeking in. This girl’s human! I’m… -4 Wow! You’re the first person besides myself I’ve ever seen! First…? So there are still operational androids. I see. -5 Psh-clang Mama! Psh-Clang —87 -1 Oh my, what do we have here? ### handwritten sfx- Psh-clang Psh-clang Psh-clang sfx- Hug -2 Looks like this building’s managerial robot or something… -3 A person! Someone from outside! sfx- Stroke Stroke -4 I just rebooted at a construction site. The situation everywhere seems strange. Do you know what happened? -5 I see… I have taken the liberty of researching your shipping data. sfx- Vwwweeeee sxf- Tik Tik Tik You were shipped to the constructions site before the war and have been in sleep mode since. It’s no surprise that you don’t understand anything. —88 -1 Humanity has perished. -2 The robot who was named “mama” filled me in on what happened while I was in sleep mode. It has been several hundred years since humanity went extinct in a war started by a malfunctioning weather control satellite. -3 Without having a family, is there any point of me operating anymore…? -4 Hey I’m Speranza ### Speranza is Italian for “hope” What’s your name? -5 I’m ETcomp Hwh Model… No, not that! Your name. ### bold or italicize “name” Before, they called me “Liberta”. ### Liberta is Italian for “freedom”. That’s such a cool name! —89 -1 Liberta in the old language mean “freedom”. -2 Wow, you’re well versed! I’ve read a lot of books and archives! -3 But I don’t know anything about the outside. I can’t leave here. -4 The outside air is poisonous to me. Even though it’s so pretty. -5 But, since mama’s here, I’m not lonely! Just a little bored. —90 -1 And then I saw you! -3 Hey, won’t you be my conversation partner? -4 Sure! -5 I’m specialized in talking with people. -6 From that day, each and every day… We’d spending each day talking about nothing. -7 What are you making? Oh, this? sfx- Weave Weave —91 -1 You do this… sfx- Pomf -2 Ta-dah What do you think? ### small letters -3 Whaaah! Sfx- Griiiin -4 So cute! sfx- Mm! Mm! -5 I wish I could do that. -6 So then, let’s put this here… sfx- Stab —92 -1 Can you call mama over? ? Ok -2 She’s here! -3 Sit down here. Mama, can you take a picture? Yes. -4 Ok, smile. —93 -1 If we fix it in place like this, it’ll look like you are wearing it. Really? -2 You really look cute in his photo! Whoaa -3 Let’s output this and display it with the others. Yeah! -4 Liberta! Yeah? -4 Thank you! —94 -1 My pleasure. -3 Hey, Liberta, do you know about the ocean? -4 Mm. I do. Recently, I read about someone going to see the ocean in a book. -5 I read that the world is almost all ocean. -6 That’s right. When I was active before, the world was 94% ocean. -7 The inhabitable land kept shrinking, and people lived on artificial islands. But the degradation of the ocean was terrible, and it wasn’t a very pleasant existence. —95 -1 The ocean at that time was a threat to us. Back when there was a lot of land the ocean pollution was that bad. It was a popular recreation to bathe in the ocean. -2 But I have no idea what the ocean is like now. It’s been a very long time, after all. -3 The ocean might have become beautiful now. …I wanna go see it. The ocean. -4 I want to see outside… —96 -2 I want to show her the ocean. Data for the surrounding area? Here you are. It’s pre-war, but… -3 And also, please be careful of falling matter from the space elevator. -4 Thank you. -5 I’ll be back soon. If the ocean is nearby, then I might be able to show Speranza. -6 It was the young miss’s 13th birthday party. I remember how delighted she was over her surprise present. sfx- Excited Excited -7 Maybe Speranza will be delighted as well. —97 -2 Bweee -3 Please be careful. -5 sfx- Fidget Fidget Nnnn -6 Good morning… Good morning. —98 -1 Liberta, good morning! -2 Liberta…? Where is she…? -3 Mama! Liberta’s gone! Yes. About that… -4 She has gone to take a look at the surrounding area. -5 Did she go off all by herself? It’s ok. She’ll be back soon. —99 -3 Liberta! -4 Today I went to an industrial section a little far away. It was all ruins, but there were still some working machines. -5 And I found this. -6 So with this one, You do this, and… Liberta, you have it so good. -7 You’re free to go all sorts of places. Ah… —100 -1 I’m sorry, I… -2 I just wanted to make you happy… It’s ok. -4 …mama told me that when the weather control machines caused the accident, The people who made them all died. -5 But those machines could only be controlled by those people. And then the remaining people needed a way to fix things. —101 -1 And they made me. I’m a clone of those people. -2 But the world is like this now. So just what was I made for? -3 I want to get out… -4 I’ll find some way… -5 So someday, let’s go see the ocean together. Really…? -6 Mm-hm I promise. —102 -2 That’s right… More than 80 years ago, there was a surviving research lad I had contact with. It’s about 150km South East of here in the research sector. -3 If you go there, you might be able to find something. sfx- Squeeze -4 I’ll have to be away for a bit, but I’m sure to find something. -5 Mm. I’ll be waiting. -6 Ok, I’m heading out. -7 Take care… -8 Ok! I’m heading out! sfx- Clench —104 -1 Plip Drip -2 It must be the time Speranza’s going to bed. sfx- SHhhhhhhhh -3 SHhhhhhh -4 Ok, it’s now time to sleep. Okaay -6 A star fragment… —105 -1 I wish that I can go to the ocean with Liberta. -4 Good night. -5 Ka-thoooom —106 -3 sfx- Clink Clatter Currently running self-diagnostics… -4 Spinal transmission organ tear. Forearm injury. Abdominal laceration. Renal insufficiency of artificial blood. Severe injury to thigh. Left elbow actuator malfunction. Motor sensor malfunction. Reboot. —107 -1 Blink -2 Oh… this might be a little bad… -3 But it’s good I didn’t lose any data. -4 Circulation system is severely damage. I’ve only got a few hours of operation left, I suppose. sfx- Shumf -5 sfx- Drip Drip I’ve got to get back… -6 If I don’t, Speranza will be so sad. —108 -3 sfx- Rustle Rustle sfx- Wobble -4 Liberta! -5 sfx- Thump Liberta!? -6 Mama! Liberta is…!? —109 -1 It doesn’t seem like we’ll be able to go to the ocean together… I’m really sorry. -2 Nooo! You promised! -3 Uwwwaaahh… Waaaaaah -4 Speranza -5 If we leave her like this, she will likely stop operating. If we use the remaining energy of this facility, it may help. —110 -1 However, this facility will go to sleep, ceasing all non-core functions. Please decide. This facility or her. -2 Please save Liberta! -3 …understood sfx- Beep ### small sfx- Vweee sfx- Pshhhhh -4 Facility connection complete. -5 Ps-shoof -6 Maintenance manipulators deployed. sfx- Ka-cha Ka-cha Ka-cha —111 -4 Please. I beg you. Don’t cry. sfx- Bzzz Bzz Bzzzz -5 Please sfx- Blink —112 -2 Emergency First Aid Completed. This should allow you to operate for a while. -3 Liberta, I have a request for you. -4 In a moment, the facility will enter sleep state. Mama? Please escort Speranza to the facility to the Southeast. -5 You’ll find the needed equipment here. -6 If you are able to make it to that facility, you might be able to purify the air. You may also be able to effect repairs on your body. -7 Liberta —113 -1 Please take care of this child. -2 I understand. -3 What about you, mama? -4 I am unable to accompany you. No… I’m not leaving you! -5 It will be ok. You will find a way to arrive there. Nooo! -6 Ok, now. Please put on this mask. Wait… Change the filter every 12 hours. I don’t… —114 -1 Speranza! -2 If you remain, mama’s energy will be used up! If that happens, you both will die! -3 If we leave here, I know she’ll be ok! I want you to come with me! —115 -1 Whish -3 We’re gonna come back, ok!? We’ll find a way to rescue you! -4 It will be ok. You will find a way to arrive there. Because, you are my daughter. —116 -1 Mm -2 Because I’m your daughter. sfx- Shoof -4 We’ll be back. -5 Liberta Please take care of this child. -6 Yes. I will. Please be safe too, mama. —117 -1 Ka-wooosh —118 -1 This is the first time you have touched me. -2 Let’s go. Don’t let go of my hand. —119 -1 When I understood why I was born, I also understood that my life had no meaning. -2 It was just that you were born, and then you died. -3 But I was able to meet her. -4 And I know everything will be ok.