Look at my timing…

I suppose it’s time for apologies again, though I’m not sure by this time anyone’s still here or, if they are, whether you’d even want to listen to more excuses. But, well, I always do lose motivation when we get to the match the protags have to win to advance the story. Maybe I’m wrong and Ninomiya squad will still win, because that’s how World Trigger usually works, but on the other hand Tamakoma 2nd has pretty much won every one of their matches, and this in particular they need to win if they don’t want to be separated…

Anyway, I still love World Trigger, and translating, and translating World Trigger, so I’m going to keep going for as long as I can, even if I end up late.



Panel 1

Midorikawa: Ahhhh! Jin-san!

Yuuma: Thanks for your hard work~

Panel 2

Jin: Hey

Osamu: Welcome back

Panel 3

Midorikawa: Jin-san, did you come to do solo rank wars!?

Midorikawa: That’s so rare!

Jin: I’ve been coming pretty frequently recently

Panel 4

Midorikawa: Then fight me too!

Jin: Well~

Jin: I’ve already fought a lot with Tachikawa-san and the others today…

Midorikawa: Ehhhh~~!

Panel 1

*peek*

Panel 2

Yuuma: Jin-san…

Yuuma: The truth is, I

Yuuma: Owe a favour to Shun this time…

*bow*

Jin: Hm?

Jin: …haha, I see

Panel 3

Jin: Ok, ok

Jin: Then first to ten wins

Midorikawa: Yaaaay!

Panel 4

Osamu: Thank you very much

Jin: What about it



Jin: An elite with talent is always so popular

Panel 5

Jin: It’s been a while since I’ve fought you, Shun~

Jin: Have you gotten better?

Midorikawa: That’s for you to look forward to when we fight!

Panel 2

Osamu: Alright…

Osamu: Now then

Panel 3

Osamu: Let’s organise the information we gathered

Osamu: First let’s start with what we got from Yuba squad

Yuuma: Roger

Panel 4

Yuuma: We met two of them this time

Yuuma: Yuba-san was quite strong

Panel 1

Yuuma: Unlike watching the logs

Yuuma: He drew his guns too fast for my eyes to follow

Panel 2

Yuuma: There’s no doubt that he’s reducing the range and number of bullets of the trigger

Yuuma: To stuff trion into the power and speed of the bullets instead

Power Speed Range

Panel 3

Yuuma: From the start, it seems his way of thinking

Yuuma: Is different from the other gunners’ style of ‘using range to thoroughly wear the opponent down’

Panel 4

Osamu: Satomi-sempai said this

Osamu: ‘In a close-range one-on-one going bang he might win even against Ninomiya-san’

Osamu: About Yuba-san

Panel 5

Osamu: There’s the chance Kuga was beaten this time because

Osamu: That situation was Yuba-san’s specialty

Yuuma: That could be true

Panel 1

Yuuma: Because I didn’t even manifest Shield in time

Yuuma: It’s impossible to do something after seeing him

Panel 2

Yuuma: A counter-measure would be

Yuuma: Either blocking attacks with thick walls or something and aiming for an opening when bullets run out

Yuuma: Or using Osamu’s wires to slow down the opponent as they chase us…

Usami: We might be able to use Hus-kun’s Escudo too!

Panel 3

Yuuma: And then, of course

Yuuma: I think it’s also important to fight outside Yuba-san’s range

Panel 4

Osamu: Which means

Osamu: Me or Hus’s ranged attacks

Osamu: Or going after them with Chika’s Lead Bullet Snipe might be good

Panel 5

Chika: …

Panel 1

Osamu: According to Yuba-san’s logs

Osamu: Sometimes he uses Viper

Osamu: Or set up ambushes with Bagworm…

Panel 2

Yuuma: It seems what he uses depends on his opponent

Panel 3

Yuuma: Opponents he can break open and kill with Asteroid

Yuuma: He’ll crush them along with their Shield with a Fullattack

Panel 4

Yuuma: Opponents with high trion and solid defence

Yuuma: He’ll ‘tear them down’ using Viper or ambushes

Panel 5

Yuuma: For Hus and Chika who have high trion

Yuuma: It might be better to be on your guard against being ‘torn down’

Hus: Got it

Panel 1

Osamu: What about the other one from Yuba squad?

Panel 2

Yuuma: I only got to see Allrounder Obishima-chan’s Kogetsu

Yuuma: But her movements felt light and her defence was good

Panel 3

Yuuma: In the most recent logs she used Shooter triggers too

Yuuma: But she likely mained Kogetsu originally

Panel 4

Yuuma: Her image is like Nasu squad’s attacker…

Usami: Kuma-chan

Osamu: I see…

Panel 5

Yuuma: It seems she covers for Yuba-san a lot

Yuuma: So she’s an opponent we want to take down while she’s alone if we can

Panel 1

Yuuma: This is about all I’ve got on my end

Yuuma: It’s big that I managed to fight Yuba-san directly

Panel 2

Youtarou: Hm hm

Youtarou: What about Osamu’s end?

Panel 3

Osamu: What I heard from Satomi-sempai is…

Panel 5

Hus: …I see

Hus: Tactics that specialise in one-on-ones is it

Hus: There were point earning scenes like that in past logs too

Panel 1

Usami: I might have heard of that too

Usami: Ninomiya-san’s Irregular Fullattack

Panel 2

Usami: It’s true that when Ninomiya-san’s the opponent, there’s the impression that everyone

Usami: Tries not to make it a one-on-one

Panel 3

Youtarou: If it’s you, can you win in a one-on-one with Ninomiya, Hus?

Hus: I have the advantage when it comes to trion

Hus: …but

Panel 4

Hus: When it comes to Ninomiya’s tactic, if I end up on the receiving end even once

Hus: I’m afraid even I would be taken down just like that

Panel 5

Youtarou: Hm…?

Youtarou: Why would that happen?

Panel 1

Hus: To block Ninomiya’s two types of bullets

Hus: I would need to use two Shields at once too

Panel 2

Hus: But

Hus: While both hands are using Shield

Hus: You can’t use attack triggers

Panel 3

Hus: Even if you can defend, you can’t counterattack

Hus: At some point you’ll break down and take damage

Panel 4

Hus: Being able to one-sidedly attack a fortified opponent

Hus: Is the reason why Ninomiya’s tactic is so strong

Panel 5

Youtarou: Then

Youtarou: Hus, if you use the same tactic…?

Panel 6

Hus: In that case, I too need to equip bullet triggers in both hands

Hus: And then make the first move…

Panel 1

Hus: But a Fullattack while acting alone

Inukai: An opening

Hus: Has the risk of your defence being wide open

Panel 2

Osamu: …!

Tokieda: A Shooter/Gunner about to go into FullAttack

Tokieda: I think it’s fine to actively aim for

Tokieda: That kind of ‘opponent that wasn’t guarding from the beginning’

Panel 3

Hus: In the previous match too

Hus: When the positions of the snipers hadn’t been revealed yet

Hus: Ninomiya kept one hand open and protected himself

Panel 4

Hus: Unless it’s a case of

Hus: ‘A one-on-one between the last two people left’

Panel 5

Hus: Rather than bearing the risk of not guarding to enact Fullattack

Hus: It’s probably more realistic to join up with allies and work together

Panel 1

Hus: The fact that ‘one-on-ones’ with Ninomiya have been decreasing

Hus: Supports that

Youtarou: Hrmm

Panel 2

Yuuma: Which means

Panel 3

Yuuma: What Shiori-chan said yesterday

Yuuma: The plan with ‘Chika protecting while Hus shoots’

Yuuma: Is a pretty good one after all

Osamu: It’s true, it is…

Panel 4

Osamu: …

Osamu: But

Osamu: If it’s just that…

Panel 5

Youtarou: About that

Youtarou: Chika-chan has something to tell us

Panel 1

Osamu: To tell us…?

Panel 3

Chika: …I

Chika: In our next match

Chika: I’m going to shoot normal bullets too

Panel 4

Osamu: …!?

Panel 6

Osamu: Normal bullets…

Osamu: You mean ones that aren’t Lead Bullets…!?

Panel 1

Chika: Yeah

Chika: Though I talked to Shiori-san and Hus-kun too

Panel 2

Hus: If Chika can shoot unadulterated Hounds or Meteoras

Hus: We can probably earn points quite easily

Hus: And we can win in a shootout against NInomiya too

Panel 3

Hus: Basically the opposite pattern to Shiori’s strategy

Hus: Chika will shoot and I will protect

Osamu: …!

Panel 4

Osamu: It’s true…if they can do that

Osamu: We will have a great advantage in firepower

Osamu: But…

Panel 5

Osamu: Chika, you…

Osamu: Can you really shoot?

Panel 2

Chika: …

Panel 3

Chika: …I think I can shoot

Chika: Because I understood

Chika: The reason inside me why I couldn’t shoot

Panel 4

Osamu: …

Panel 6

Yuuma: Why not

Panel 1

Yuuma: If Chika thinks she can shoot

Yuuma: I think it’s good to give it a go

Panel 2

Yuuma: The ones who decide is Chika herself

Yuuma: And the captain, Osamu

Osamu: …!

Panel 3

Osamu: The fact that Kuga is saying this

Osamu: Means Chika isn’t lying then…

Panel 4

Chika: …

Panel 5

Osamu: …

Panel 6

Osamu: …got it

Panel7

Osamu: Let’s go with that plan

Osamu: …but

Panel 1

Osamu: The timing of Chika shooting actual bullets

Osamu: Will be decided by me

Osamu: You can’t panic and shoot randomly

Panel 2

Chika: …right…!

Panel 3

Yuuma: Supposing you get into a shootout with Ninomiya-san

Yuuma: The role of protecting Chika goes to…

Panel 4

Hus: Considering trion ability

Hus: It’ll probably be me

Panel 5

Hus: But like I said yesterday

Hus: There’s the possibility I can’t join up with Chika

Panel 1

Usami: Hmmm, either way, in the end

Usami: We need another ‘option’…

Panel 2

Osamu: …

Panel 3

Osamu: Usami-sempai

Osamu: Just for example…

Panel 4

Osamu: In the training room…can we do something like this?

Panel 1

*brrr brrr*

Panel 2

Karasuma: What’s wrong? Osamu

Panel 3

Osamu: Excuse me, Karasuma-sempai

Osamu: I would like you to help our team with something…

Panel 4

Karasuma: …got it

Karasuma: I’m actually going there right now

Panel 2

Karasuma: …and?

Karasuma: What do I need to do?

Panel 3

Osamu: We want you to act as a virtual Ninomiya-san

Osamu: Karasuma-sempai

Karasuma: Virtual Ninomiya-san…?

Panel 1

Osamu: According to what I heard from Usami-sempai

Osamu: It seems you can even fiddle with trion amount settings in the training room…

Panel 2

Karasuma: So basically

Karasuma: Giving me the same trion amount as Ninomiya-san

Karasuma: And then fighting you guys?

Torimaru

<—–

Ninomaru

<—–

Ninomiya

Osamu: Yes

Panel 3

Karasuma: My speciality isn’t as a Shooter

Karasuma: I’m no match for NInomiya-san’s skills

Panel 4

Osamu: We’ve found several scenes of his Fullattack in the logs

Osamu: If you can just copy them…

Usami: You’re very dextrous, Torimaru-kun, so you’ll be fine~

Panel 5

Yuuma: Hus seems like he can act as NInomiya-san too, but…

Hus: Then I wouldn’t be able to train

Panel 6

Karasuma: …I see

Karasuma: …wait a moment

Panel 1

Karasuma: …thanks for your hard work

Karasuma: Sorry, can you take my shift for dinner duty today?

Panel 2

Karasuma: Osamu called me to help with their training…

Karasuma: …ask Jin-san?

Karasuma: No, it’s hard asking someone above me, right

Karasuma: …eh?

Karasuma: Well…that’s true

Karasuma: …no, I respect you

Karasuma: I do respect you, really

Karasuma: I’ll cover for you next time

Karasuma: …yes, thank you in advance

Panel 3

Karasuma: …we’ve come to an agreement

Karasuma: It’s OK

Osamu: He was talking to Konami-sempai, definitely…

Panel 5

*machine whirr*

Panel 1

*whoosh*

Karasuma: Now, shall we begin

Panel 2

*rustle*

Osamu: Yes, please!

Panel 3

Jin: …Huh?

Jin: Were you on duty today, Konami?

Konami: I swapped for him!

Konami: Because I’m nice!

Panel 2

*bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang*

Panel 3

*bam bam bam bam bam bam bam*

Panel 1

Computer: Combat body active limit reached

*rustle*

Panel 2

Hus: As expected

Hus: It’s difficult if he gets the initiative

Yuuma: But you managed to endure it quite well this time

Panel 3

Yuuma: Couldn’t you have made it if you’d managed one more Escudo?

Hus: No

Hus: Ninomiya is likely even faster

Panel 4

Karasuma: …I get that these are countermeasures against Ninomiya-san

Karasuma: But

Karasuma: Why ‘one-on-one’?

Panel 5

Karasuma: If you want the advantage against Ninomiya-san

Karasuma: Shouldn’t your countermeasure be to make it so he can’t ‘use’ Fullattack?

Panel 1

Osamu: …that’s what I thought at first too



Osamu: …but right now my thinking’s changed a little

Panel 2

Osamu: The Fullattack that Ninomiya-san uses in one-on-ones is super strong

Osamu: But on the other hand, you can say it’s also ‘the moment when his guard is sure to be down’

Panel 3

Osamu: In other words

Osamu: If we use the one-on-one situation

Osamu: You’re wide open

FIGHT

Osamu: I think we can create a big opening in Ninomiya-san’s defence

Panel 4

Osamu: What I’m having you help us with right now

Panel 1

Osamu: Is training to memorise the timing of making that opening

Panel 2

Osamu: And training to lengthen the one-on-one

Osamu: To prolong the period when Ninomiya-san’s guard is down

Panel 3

Karasuma: …in other words

Karasuma: They’re not countermeasures to ‘defend against’ Ninomiya-san’s Fullattack

Karasuma: But to ‘actively make him use it and get him when his guard is down’

Panel 4

Osamu: Yes

Panel 5

Karasuma: I can understand your goal

Karasuma: …but

Panel 6

Karasuma: What will you do if Ninomiya-san does not respond to your invitation to a one-on-one?

Karasuma: There is no reason for the sole no.1 Ninomiya squad

Karasuma: To deliberately have a one-on-one shootout with Hus, right

Panel 1

Osamu: ‘Ninomiy squad’ might not

Osamu: But

Osamu: I think ‘Ninomiya-san’ will respond

Panel 3

Karasuma: You have something behind that conviction?

Osamu: It’s not really a conviction, but…

Osamu: Well…

Panel 4

Yuuma: Torimaru-sempai

Yuuma: Do Yuba-san’s fast draw too

Hus: And Ikoma’s Senkuu

Hus: You can do it

Karasuma: Don’t ask the impossible

Panel 5

Osamu: …

Osamu: When we met Ninomiya squad at the BBQ place…

Panel 1

Hiyami: To think that she would go on a journey with civilians with that timing

Osamu: The others were calmly accepting

Tsuji: Since she couldn’t go ‘over there’ even if she’s in Border, it can’t be helped, can it?

Osamu: Regarding Hatohara-san

Osamu: And that changed my impression a little

Panel 2

Osamu: What Ninomiya-san did

Ninomiya: Don’t just stand there, sit down

Osamu: Was a more emotional act than I had thought

Panel 3

Ninomiya: There is definitely a mastermind who instigated this idiot

Osamu: Isn’t Ninomiya-san, unexpectedly

Osamu: The type of person who acts more on emotions than reason…?

Panel 4

Yuuma: Humans will fairly often act in ways that go against reason

Yuuma: There are many cases where it’s better to read a person’s personality or habits rather than what’s reasonable

Panel5

Ninomiya: Say that after you’re chosen

Panel 1

Osamu: If the situation becomes a one-on-one with Ninomiya-san

Osamu: Even if there’s a measure of risk he will take up the challenge

Osamu: It will surely develop like that…!

Panel 1

Yuuma: Konami-sempai’s curry is so delicious

*chew chew chew chew*

Konami: Of course~!

Panel 2

Osamu: After dinner we’re continuing working on the countermeasures with Karasuma-sempai’s help

Osamu: Tomorrow is the real deal

Osamu: The training based around you and Hus working together, Chika

Chika: …yeah!

Usami: Roger!

Panel 3

Konami: Oh yeah, I’ve been called to do the commentating for the last match

Konami: So make sure your match doesn’t embarrass Tamakoma branch!

Panel 4

Yuuma: Konami-sempai’s commentating…

Karasuma: Will it be okay?

Konami: I’ve done it before, you know!

Panel 5

Osamu: Alright…

Osamu: It’s the last spurt

Osamu: Let’s go

Panel 1

And then

March 5th

Panel 2

B Rank Rank Wars

ROUND 8

Panel 3

Evening Division

Panel 4

Final Battle

START

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Well, we can rule out Miwa squad and Arashiyama squad out of the second commentator spot (though their operators could still be involved). Personally I’m still hoping for Captain Kusakabe, but now that the season is almost over I think she might show up at the Captain’s meeting instead. Currently my bet is Tsukimi, hence why the entire Miwa squad is here. As you can tell, I haven’t read the spoilers so I don’t know yet.

