【ENG】Pro 1(1) - 01
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(Once I'm dawn.)
Once I'm dawn.
(If the phantom said it was night, it would become night; if he said it was morning, it would become morning.)
If the phantom said it was night, it would become night; if he said it was morning, it would become morning.
(But once he did, it was no longer Japan, nor was it another world.)
But once he did, it was no longer Japan, nor was it another world.
(It was a so-called world of illusions, with its own concept of time that the phantom controlled.)
It was a so-called world of illusions, with its own concept of time that the phantom controlled.
(This story begins with "me,")
This story begins with "me,"
(a man harboring obscure anxieties about the transient world,)
a man harboring obscure anxieties about the transient world,
(being detained by a curious and grotesque monster.)
being detained by a curious and grotesque monster.
(It's a miserable and beautiful story about "me")
It's a miserable and beautiful story about "me"
(finally clinging to life when faced with a genuine god of death.)
finally clinging to life when faced with a genuine god of death.
(...At least, it should have been.)
...At least, it should have been.
(When he finished turning the last page, he tapped the now-bare table with his middle finger.)
When he finished turning the last page, he tapped the now-bare table with his middle finger.
(He seemed to be demanding something, or searching for something.)
He seemed to be demanding something, or searching for something.
(It cut into the gramophone's brisk melody.)
It cut into the gramophone's brisk melody.
(At any rate, I could tell the behavior was out of disgust.)
At any rate, I could tell the behavior was out of disgust.
("What is this?")
"What is this?"
("'Wh-What is this?'")
"'Wh-What is this?'"
("What is this?")
"What is this?"
(Without thinking, I blurted out the same thing.)
Without thinking, I blurted out the same thing.
(...Hrm. I had expected his voice to be more full of praise and admiration.)
...Hrm. I had expected his voice to be more full of praise and admiration.
(His reaction was somehow different from what I had imagined.)
His reaction was somehow different from what I had imagined.
など
(Maybe I had given him the wrong manuscript?)
Maybe I had given him the wrong manuscript?
(Thinking that that couldn't be possible, I took a peek.)
Thinking that that couldn't be possible, I took a peek.
(No matter how many times I looked it over, though, it was the story that I'd written-)
No matter how many times I looked it over, though, it was the story that I'd written-
(The Phantom in the Basement.)
The Phantom in the Basement.
("Is this how the story ends?")
"Is this how the story ends?"
("Yeah- No. I'll have more tomorrow.")
"Yeah- No. I'll have more tomorrow."
("Tomorrow... Ah, I see. You showed me something defective.")
"Tomorrow... Ah, I see. You showed me something defective."
("Defective is a mean way to put it. I was planning on making it a serial...")
"Defective is a mean way to put it. I was planning on making it a serial..."
(Kawase blew out the tobacco smoke he was holding in.)
Kawase blew out the tobacco smoke he was holding in.
(An indescribable smile was waiting for me beyond the haze I parted.)
An indescribable smile was waiting for me beyond the haze I parted.
("What are you smiling about? If you don't like it, give it back.")
"What are you smiling about? If you don't like it, give it back."
("Nope. There are still things I want to say.")
"Nope. There are still things I want to say."
(Kawase pulled the manuscript toward himself and looked it over again.)
Kawase pulled the manuscript toward himself and looked it over again.
(He traced over the last lines with his pinky finger over and over again in disgust.)
He traced over the last lines with his pinky finger over and over again in disgust.
(When will the morning come?)
When will the morning come?
(Once I'm dawn.)
Once I'm dawn.
("I also don't get this awful pun.")
"I also don't get this awful pun."
("I used 'dawn' for 'done'! It's a play on words!")
"I used 'dawn' for 'done'! It's a play on words!"
("A play on words, huh? ...Oops. How rude of me.")
"A play on words, huh? ...Oops. How rude of me."
("Gah!")
"Gah!"
(His cigarette sprung up like a shishi-odoshi and scattered ash all over the page.)
His cigarette sprung up like a shishi-odoshi and scattered ash all over the page.
(As if that weren't enough, he snubbed the flame out on my manuscript.)
As if that weren't enough, he snubbed the flame out on my manuscript.
(The flame burned through several pages before the smoldering sound stopped.)
The flame burned through several pages before the smoldering sound stopped.
(He tilted his head in confusion when I immediately gathered up the manuscript pages.)
He tilted his head in confusion when I immediately gathered up the manuscript pages.