Friday, December 4, 2009

大富豪のび太

Nobita finds 10000 yen bill.

Nobita (crying): This can't be a dream. I was wondering where was the ten thousand yen my uncle gave me for New Years (For Japanese New Years, people get money from their elders).
Doraemon: It was inserted in your manga.
Nobita: How should I use it? RC car, telescope, plastic models, boombox, camera...
Doraemon: Don't waste it.
Dad (from living room): If you're going shopping, you're going to lose the money fast.
Mom (from living room): Really. You know what the worth of money is, right?
Mom: Since commodity prices are steadily rising...
Dad: When I was young, any ramen were 30 yen.
Mom: Long ago, you can't buy lunch with a sen (hundreth of a yen).
Dad: There were such thing as rin (old monetary unit (0.001 yen)).
Nobita (to Doraemon): How much is a sen?
Doraemon: hundreth of a yen. A rin is a hundreth of a sen.
Nobita: So if I had this (Ten Thousand Yen) back then, I would be...
Doraemon: You would be extremely rich.
Nobita: It would be good if I were born long time ago.
Doraemon:...and if you had your New Years money.
Nobita (gets an idea): That's it!! Let me borrow the "hello box" (a telephone box)
Doraemon: Don't do anything too crazy now.
Nobita (speaking into the phone): Make world commodity prices are cheap. However, my ten thousand yen will remain the same. (gets out of box) How much cheaper do you think it got?
(Nobita and Doraemon goes to the manga store)
Nobita: First of all, let's try to buy a manga.

(At the manga store, Nobita is picking out a whole bunch of manga)
Nobita: This and this and this and this
Doraemon: Don't waste it all.
(at the register)
Nobita: How much is ten manga?
Clerk: Thank you for your patronage. It will be 3 Sen and 5 Rin.
Nobita: Hmm...how much is 3 Sen and 5 Rin
Doraemon: One thousanths of 35 yen.
Nobita: One thousanths is...
Doraemon: Think. If you take out 1 yen and you're buying 285 books.
Nobita: CHEAP!! Please make change for ten thousand yen.
Clerk (falls to the ground): 10 thousand yen?!
Nobita: He can't change big bills.
(Nobita and Doraemon goes to a toy store)
Nobita: Your most expensive RC car please. 1 yen 20 sen?! CHEAP!! Huh? You can't make change for 10 thousand yen? (leaves store crying) Even though I am rich, I can't use my money. Doraemon: If you can't do anything with it, why don't you change the world back to normal?
Nobita: If I can't use my 10 thousand yen, at least we can still use our 1 yen.
Doraemon: What? You have 1 yen?
Nobita: If you have 1 yen, you can buy more than a 1000 dorayakis I think.
Doraemon: Go deposit the money in the bank and then withdraw it.
Nobita: I'll go quick.

(Nobita comes out of the bank with a bag of money)
Nobita: For now, I withdrew 10 yen as spending money. (gives Doraemon money) Here is 1 yen. It is in 100 sen bills.
Doraemon (runs off): I am going to buy Dorayaki.
(Nobita waves down a Taxi)
Nobita: Department store please.
(Nobita comes home with gifts for his parents. Both looks shock with small pupils in their large eyes and no mouth)
Dad: High class golf club set?
Mom: High class women's clothing?
Nobita: They're modest gifts.
(Two large trucks stop at the Nobi household)
Truck#1: Yotsukoshi department please.
Truck #2: Seibu department store please.
Nobita: Maybe I bought too much. It won't fit in the house.
(Nobita goes next door and gives his neighbor money)
Nobita: Please sell for 1000 yen.
Neighbor: HUH? 1000 YEN?!
Nobita (talking to department store ppl): I bought a warehouse. For now, move the things from the mansion to there.

(Outside of his home, Nobita's friends are flying an RC plane. Well, Gian and his friends are flying Suneo's plane)
Suneo: Hey, that's mine. Give it back!
(a giant plane comes and crashes into Suneo's plane, which then falls to the ground)
Suneo: Hey. That giant plane...
Nobita: Sorry about that.
Gian: Are all of these yours? (tons of toy planes)
Nobita: If you're good, I'll give you one.
Gian: Really, Nobita-kun? (he's getting a bit formal) All the cheap ones break.
(Nobita's servants come with food and toys and treats)
Nobita: This is my treat. Eat as you please. If there is something that you want, I'll buy it.
Gian: Really, Nobita-sama? (now he's full of it)
Suneo: What you're doing is not decent. (ろくな目にあわないぞ。)
Nobita: Why is that?
Gian (hits Suneo in the head): Talk formally to Nobita-sama!! Do not worry. He is only jealous.
(Nobita leaves)
Gian: Where are you going Nobita-sama? (Gian is using keigo)
Nobita (going home): I worry about how my house is.

(lots of people are crowding outside of Nobita's house)
Voices in general:
-You must deposit your money at Sumotomo bank.
-Get life insurance at Mehon please.
-Buy diamonds.
-Get security bonds.
-Please make a donation
Nobita: I won't go home yet. (turns around and bumps into a guy)
Man: Are you Nobi Nobita?
Nobita: Yeah.
Man (points knife into Nobita's face): Give me your money!!
(Before anything could happen, Nobita gets kidnapped into a car)
Nobita: You saved me!
Man #2: Stupid. I'm kidnapping you and holding you for ransom.
(Man's car tire gets shot by another man and breaks)
Man #3: My prize!!
Man #2: Damnit, do you want to be my rival?!!
(shots ring out and Nobita runs back home, gets into and out of the box and everything is back to normal)

Doraemon: Are you changing back to normal? That's too bad.
Nobita: I'm just going to buy one manga.
(At the manga shop)
Nobita: 350 yen? EXPENSIVE!! (leaves, looks into wallet) This trend; my ten thousand yen is already gone. Aah! (drops what's left of his coins into the sewers. Nobita is arm deep in dirt and doo trying to get back his money)
Doraemon: If you could only quit being irresponsible.
Nobita: Can I quit? I dropped a large amount of one yen.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

のび太シンデレラ

Nobita's mom is cleaning out the shed and Nobita and Doraemon finds a pile of books.

Nobita: Hey, these are my dearly missed picture books I read in kindergarden.
(Nobita brings them up to his room and reads them, starting with うらしまたろう. Nobita then begins to cry)
Doraemon: What's the matter?
Nobita: Everytime I read this book, I become sad. When it looks like they try and return from the Palace of the Dragon King, 300 years have already passed. What's worse is that he becomes an old man. After this, I always wonder and worry what Urashimatarou would do. It's pathetic. Waaah (cries).
Doraemon: If you're becoming worried about that, do you want to go and see the continuation? (pulls out a pair of shoes from his pocket) The enter-picture-book shoes.
Nobita (putting on the shoes): Let's go. Let's go.
Doraemon: It's not going to be a very fun story isn't it? Go to the ending of the picture book.
(Nobita and Doraemon enters the book and is in a very forested area)

Nobita: THERE HE IS.
Urashimatarou: If I am to become this, there's no reason to live. I will enter the ocean and die. (Urashimatarou enters gloomily with his head down into the ocean)
Nobita: WAIT.
(Nobita saves Urashimatarou but now he is crying on the beach)
Nobita: Is there anything we can give him?
(Doraemon takes out a hankerchief and places it over Urashimatarou's head and takes it off)
Doraemon: Time Furoshiki.
(Urashimatarou's face is young again)
Nobita: Wow! You became young.
Doraemon (giving Urashimatarou a belt): This time belt will return you back to the old times.
Urashimatarou: Whaaat? Really? Thank you. Thank you. (Urashimatarou dissapears back to his time period)

(Doraemon and Nobita returns back to his room and out of the book)
Nobita: I was worried for the longest time but now, it's all cleared.
Mom (yelling from the shed): WHY AREN'T YOU HELPING? I'M YELLING AT YOU. (SCOLD SCOLD SCOLD)
Nobita: I want to play in one more picture book.
(Nobita jumps into another book. He is hanging onto a railway to a set of grand stairs)
Waah! Where am I?
(Get's his footing and sees a women in a grand ballgown running down the stairs. Her glass slipper falls off while she continues to run)
Nobita: It's Cinderella! And that's her famous glass slipper.
(Nobita picks it up and runs but trips and the glass slipper shatters into pieces. Before Nobita could do anything, the prince comes running down the stairs)
Prince: Miss, please wait!
(Nobita runs away but loses one of his sneakers in the process)
Nobita: Now that I've broken the glass slipper, the story is going to be ruined. I better go home. MY SHOE IS GONE! I CAN'T GO HOME.

(At the palace)
Prince: I have to marry whoever fits this shoe.
King: Search the entire country.
Helper-guy: Yes, sir.
(Helper-guys try to fit all the girls but obviously, no one can really fit a 10 year old's sneaker. Nobita's hilarious cartoonish figure also makes his shoe too round to fit any regular women's feet)
Helper-guy #1: No one can fit this shoe.
Helper-guy #2: It is an unusual shoe, though.
Prince: No other girl will do. No matter what, please find the person who fits the shoe! (Prince is crying. Kind of sad, really)
Helper-guy #2 (addressing a large crowd): Whoever fits this shoe, please come forward.
Nobita (crying, runs out from the crowd): I'ts mine! Give it back.

(back at home、Doraemon has finished Nobita's mom with cleaning the shed)
Mom (still looking angry): よんでいらっしゃい。(I think she's telling Doraemon to go read. But does she usually use such polite language towards Doraemon? Anyways, Doraemon runs back to Nobita's room)
Nobita (voice coming from book): Help!
(Doraemon looks puzzled, then picks up the book and looks at the page that Nobita left open to jump in. In it, he sees Nobita in a wedding dress crying and looking miserable, with the Prince holding his arm. The Prince looks not so pleased either but has a "nothing can be done" look on his face. Either way, Nobita looks hilarious crying in a wedding dress. Doraemon is shocked with worry)
Nobita: ぼくやだよ~。(Does this mean, I hate it or I wanna stop?)

Friday, November 20, 2009

スネ夫のおしりがゆくえ不明

Suneo is in his huge, gorgeous house, looking at himself in the mirror.

Suneo (thinking to himself): My family is rich. I am an honor student. My face is beautiful yet, why is it that my stature is short?
(angrily recalling memory with Gian)
Gian (resting arm on Suneo's head): You're tiny, huh?
Suneo (to his mother): How do I become tall?
Suneo's mother: You eat a lot and play sports.
Suneo (walking away): Those are not very good ways.
(While Suneo passes by the field, he sees Shizu-chan reaching toward the tree)
Shizu-chan: Suneo, can you help me with the stuck ball?
(Obviously, Suneo can't reach it if he's shorter than Shizu-chan. But the drawing of him reaching towards the tree is adorable)
Suneo: If only you had a much taller person.
(Doraemon and Nobita shows up)
Doraemon: Can I help? (Takes out hammer from his pocket) The Daruma Otoshi(tumbling doll) Hammer. Like DarumaOtoshi, you shoot out the middle part.
(Doraemon hits the tree with the stuck ball at the middle and the pieces starts shooting out while the top remains in tact. The tree soon gets to a reachable height for Shizu-chan to get the ball)
Doraemon: Here you go.
Shizu-chan: But the tree looks pathetic.
Doraemon: Don't worry. If you stack them back on its base/foundation, it will adhere together. (Stacks one of the wood plate onto the tree and it becames a part back into the tree).
Suneo: Whaaat? (へ~)It's an ntersting tool, huh? Can you use it for other than trees?
Doraemon: Anything is good.
(Suneo takes the hammer and knocks out Doraemon's middrift. The middrift rolls away and Doraemon, Nobita and Shizu-chan chases after it, while Suneo runs away with the hammer. )
Suneo: Let me borrow this.
(Nobita finally gets the middrift. Doraemon is shorter than normal.)
Nobita: Your current state looks pretty pathetic, huh?
Doraemon: Don't joke!!
(Nobita throws back the middrift at Doraemon and he becomes normal. On the other side of the neighborhood, Suneo finds Gian and knocks out his middrift. Gian becomes short and angry.)

Gian: YOU DID THIS.
(Suneo kicks him to the ground and rests his arm on Gian's head much like in the style of Suneo's initial flashback)
Suneo: You're tiny, huh?
(Gian is on his knees crying while Sueno stands over him)
Suneo: Do you promise to never torment me?
Gian: I promise. I promise.
Suneo: Now, let's put you back to normal. From now on, you will be my follower.
(Gian takes the hammer and knocks out Suneo's waist and it rolls away)
Gian: Do you swear to never defy me again?
Suneo: I swear. I swear.
Gian: Now let's put you back to...where is it? (Both realizes Suneo's booty is gone and go off to look for it.) Where did it go?
Suneo (crying): DON'T JOKE!
(Goes to Shizu-chan's house)
Shizu-chan: A kid was rolling around with it.
(Both runs after the kid)
Suneo: YOU DON'T PLAY WITH A PERSON'S BUTT!!
Kid: A dog took it to the mountain.
(Suneo and Gian goes to a large field with tall grass)
Gian: Hey, I can't find anything here.
Suneo (barely showing up in the grass): WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN TO ME? (Suneo starts laughing) IT TICKLES! SOMETHING IS LICKING MY BUTT! (Screams again with tears in his eyes) IT BIT ME!!
Gian: The dog probably mistook it for ham so it seems like it's eating it.
(Gian and Suneo goes to Nobita's house and cries)

Doraemon: That's difficult. You can find where it is at the base of the mountain. Eat this "Music Potato/Taro" and a melody gas will come out.
(Doraemon gives Suneo the potato/taro and Suneo eats it. They hear "プププ” coming out over the hill and all runs to it. They find Suneo's booty and shoos away the dog that has been biting it)
Everyone: There it is.
(Everything is back to normal but Suneo's butt continues to go "プププ”. All the kids runs away from him covering their noses)
Gian: Until the gas calms down, don't get close.

Friday, November 13, 2009

時差時計

A small group of kids including Nobita and Suneo are being yelled at by Gian. All are wearing baseball gear.

Gian: Our Giant's winning percentage is closely continuously falling!! Today will be intensive training!! Until the day we fail, we will work strictly and severly hard!!
Nobita (looking scared, nervous, thinks to self): Until the day we fail?! Mmm...I'll die. (speaking) Time out a bit. Toliet. I come back soon. (runs home) DORAEMOOOOON. Is there a way...huh? (Enters into his room but it's dark. Outside his window is the moon in the nightsky) Nice moon...but it's broad daylight. (Looks at desk clock). 9 o'clock?! 9 o'clock PM?!
Doraemon: For some reason, I want to look at the moon during the daytime. I made this time difference watch. (It's a small globe) Let's return back Japan's time. (moves globe)
Nobita: It became bright!! How? How?
Doraemon: Don't you know about time difference?
Nobita: I don't know.
Doraemon: For example, when it becomes daytime in Japan, America, which is on the opposite side, becomes nightime. The entire world's time becomes a slightly off. These time variations is called time difference. This watch is able to change anywhere in the world's time. (I can't translate this! この時計はまわりの時間を世界のどこの時間にもあわせられるんだ.)

Nobita (running out of the house with watch): I borrowed it! (goes back to baseball field where Gian continues to yell)
Gian: What are you doing? Hurry and position yourself!!
Nobita: A little bit left...Hawaii's time...and the day should end soon.
Gian: Let's go.
(before they can begin the game, it becomes night)
Suneo: The day is over.
Gian: This, this wasn't supposed to happen.
Boys: This wasn't supposed to happened but it's really turning dark.
Gian: It can't be helped. I'm breaking up the game.
Boys : YAY!!
(Gian looks super sad while the rest of the boys run home with joy)
Gian: Nevertheless, it's strange...(suddenly becomes bright. Gian looks severly confused and looks around at the skies in different directions) Wha?! Wha?! Wha?!

Nobita (walking back into his house with the watch): I have to return Japan's time back to normal or else it will surprise everyone in the neighborhood. (Runs back outside) But I can use it for many interesting things. (Sees Shizu-chan) Hey Shizuchan. Where are you going?
Shizu-chan: I'm going to the park to sketch.
Nobita: Let's go together.
(Starts to rain)
Nobita: Oh, rain.
Shizu-chan (starts to walk home): Sketching would be impossible. Bye-bye.
Nobita: Boring. That's it! (takes out watch) Let's do Hong Kong time. (becomes sunny. calls after Shizu-chan) It's like an hour earlier when it was sunny. Let's go Shizu-chan.
Shizu-chan: I wonder why it stopped raining so quick.
Nobita (thinking to self): Next, going to Bangkok time will be good.
Shizu-chan: The day is going to end before I finish drawing.
Nobita: It won't end for a while.
(At the park, it is still sunny)
Shizu-chan: Isn't this fun?
Nobita (thinking to self): I would trade this to talk to Shizu-chan. Let's extend the difference a little bit longer.
Shizu-chan: Finished. I have to go home now.
Nobita: But it's still early. (points to clock) It's still 3pm.
(Shizu-chan and Nobita walking home)
Shizu-chan: でも絵がかきあがったから。
Nobita: Oh. (walking by himself) I should return the time. But how many hours did I put off? (it becomes dark and Nobita runs home) I'm going to be late.

Doraemon (infront of TV that says おわり): Today's "Strong Man Warrior" was interesting.
Nobita: Aah, I forgot!!
Mom: Before you were late, where and what were you doing?!
Nobita (changes watch behind his back): It's still bright outside. (Mom is very surprised/confused and leaves) Let's watch "Strong Man Warrior"
Doraemon (seeing what Nobita has done): Give it back!!
Nobita: In a bit.
Mom: Do your homework.
Nobita (doing homework): I can do it as slowly as I want because of the watch.
Doraemon: かってなことをもうしらない!(gets into his closet for bedtime)
(Mom and Dad are still awake downstairs)
Dad: Tonight went by slowly, huh?
Mom: Really. We still have time.
(The next morning, Nobita is asleep at his desk. Doraemon comes to wake him up)
Doraemon: Morning! You should wake up soon.
Nobita: (incomprehensible muttering/talk in sleep) AAH, I DIDN'T SET BACK THE TIME?!
(Nobita and Dad runs out of the houses looking scared/frantic/nervous/a wreck. Mom and Doraemon stands outside the door looking dissapointed)
Dad: IF THE TIME IN NEW DEHLI IS 7AM, WHAT TIME IS IT IN JAPAN?!!
Doreamon: 10:30!!

Friday, November 6, 2009

なんでも空港

Doraemon and Nobita are throwing paper planes from the roof of their house.

Nobita: Which one of the airplanes will fly the farthest?
(Nobita's Sensei's in the street below Nobita's house, where there are paper planes in his way. He yells at Nobita from bellow. It's actually a very adorable drawing of Sensei)
Sensei: Are you going to leave your paper scraps out here?
(Nobita and Doraemon are throwing paper planes in his room)
Nobita: We could fly them inside but they'll hit into things and fall (demonstrates flying the paper plane into a wall)
Doraemon: If we can't fly them outside, let's make an airport in the garden. (Takes a small landing strip from his pocket) The "Anything Airport". We'll unroll it (it even comes with small terminals!). Whatever object is flying in the air will land on this airport (it's kind of more like a runway).
Nobita: Even paper planes?
Doraemon: Fly (the paper plane) towards the direction you like.
Nobita: I'll throw it towards the opposite direction of the airport.
Doraemon: ほうらきた。
(the paper plane turns and lands on the runway)
Doraemon: See, it landed perfectly.
(Nobita and Doraemon throws lots and lots of paper planes it the air)
Doraemon: Where you fly the planes...
Nobita: they land perfectly.
(A dragonfly lands on the runway)
Nobita: Huh? Even the dragonfly lands perfectly.
Doraemon: Anything nearby will land.
(A balloon lands)
Doraemon: Who flew that?
(a white shirt lands)
Doraemon: THE INVISIBLE MAN!!
Mom: That's just the wind with the laundry.

(Shizu-chan comes running by Nobita's house with an empty bird cage. Shizu-chan owns birds for pets)
Shizu-chan: My canaries ran away again.
Doraemon: Let's use the airport.
Nobita: First, we need to know where to look for them.
(They're in an open field)
Doraemon: They're not here.
Shizu-chan: What will I do if a cat ate them?
Doraemon: There it is! Over there. Hurry and unroll the airport.
(the bird lands on the runway)
Shizu-chan: Thank you very much.
(Butterflies land on the runway in a row)
Shizu-chan: Wow, pretty.
(a toy airplane lands on the runway at high speed scaring everyone. Gian and Suneo runs into the scene)

Gian: Did the RC (radio controlled) fall down?
Nobita: Heeey, did you know I have an interesting airport?
Suneo: I want to play RC with the airport. Lend it to me for a short while.
Doraemon: I guess. Return it with care.
Suneo: I understand. (Doraemon, Nobita and Shizu-chan leaves the field with the airport in the hands of Gian and Suneo)
Suneo: So what I said was a lie. I'm going to collect bugs.
Gian: That's right. If we wait, we can get different kinds of bugs.
Suneo: Look. Something's coming. なんだこりや。
(a duck-like thing comes flying. It looks like a cross between a duck and the ghosts from Pac-Man)
Gian and Suneo (angry): Ghosts are of no use.
Thing: おりたくておりたんじゃないぞ。Because that thing is unrolled, it will be bad.
(a boy wearing a cap and riding on a broomstick lands, followed by a man riding on a flying robotic thing)
Suneo: There are wierd things flying in Japan's skies.
(a loud noise is heard. Gian and Suneo becomes nervous)
Suneo and Gina: Waah, what is that?
(A real life size airplane is preparing to land on their tiny runway. Suneo and Gian tries to run away with the runway but the airplane continues to follow them at a short distance. Doraemon and Nobita comes back and runs after them)
Doraemon: HURRY AND FOLD UP THE AIRPORT!

Saturday, October 31, 2009

野比家が無重力

On the first page, there is no words in the speech bubbles but images, which makes this manga that much more precious.
Nobita is hanging in his room in the air by a rope holding him up by the waist. He is swinging around happily until Doraemon comes in first surprised, then starts cracking up. In his speech bubble is a turtle hanging in the air held by a string wrapped around its belly. Nobita gets angry and kicks Doraemon to the ground while in the air. He explains this in his speech bubble which is of an astronaut in space.

Nobita: I'm not playing. I am practicing for zero-gravity situation. What for? In the future, I want to become a space pirate. My goal is to be the first to land on Mars.
Doraemon: Didn't the US and the USSR already do that?
Nobita: If not Mars, then Mercury. If not that, 木金土日...anything is good so that I can be the first to land and leave my name in the history books!!
(*Mars is 火+星、Mercury is 水+星, therefore all the elements+星。。。)
Doreamon (thinking to himself): Suddenly, a dream-like idea comes to mind. カーツとwill get dizzy but it's for Nobita's sake.
(talking to Nobita and digging into his pocket): Then, this would be good. Whether you can or cannot do it is the difference and I approve of your future dream. (Takes out a scale) "The Gravity Regulation Machine". You can make from zero-gravity to twice that of earth's as much as you please. Let's lower the gravity in this room. This is .5 G. So everything in the room should be half of its normal weight.
Nobita (lifting up his desk): It's true! My body has become light, I can jump twice as high.
Doraemon (changing the machine): This is .3 G. This is how it would feel to land on Mars.
(Nobita hits his head on the ceiling because he jumped to high)
Doraemon: Watch out. 0 G! Finally, it will become zero-gravity!!
(Everything flies into the air)
Nobita: There's no controller to use. (Nobita is having a hard time controlling his body in the air)
Doraemon: Put this on your finger. Push the button (on the controller). (Nobita moving with the controller on his finger)
Nobita: It's like a rocket.
Doraemon: You're going to hit a window. Point your finger in another direction. (Nobita avoids the window) When you're uncomfortable, point your finger back down. You have the freedom to fly.
(Nobita does a backflip in the air)
Doraemon: Nice, nice.
Nobita: Switching up and down is fun.
Doraemon: Well, I have to leave for a bit but don't do anything stupid in a zero-gravity house. (Doraemon leaves into the desk drawer)
Nobita: That's right. This whole house is zero-gravity. (Plays with machine) Just make my body the lightest and increase the space of the house. (Nobita is flying room to room smiling and laughing). It's like going to the astroid belt in space. (Flies out into the yard). The garden's also zero gravity. Oh, there's Shizu-chan. Hey! Here, here! (pauses) I'm out of the zero-gravity bounds. (Nobita falls from the skies to the ground infront of where Shizu-chan is walking) Good afternoon. (pushes Shizu-chan into his house) Come on. It'll be interesting.

(Both starts to fly while entering the house)
Nobita: Now, relax. It's zero-gravity so that's why everything is upsidedown. (Shizu-chan freaks out) You'll get used to it. When you do, it'll be fun.
Shizu-chan: It can't relax. I want to go home.
Nobita: Wait, wait. (Brings out juice bottle) You want to drink juice? (Opens and the liquid is in the air like jelly) It becomes a glob and rises in the air. Drink, Shizu-chan (Nobita starts drinking)
Shizu-chan: No, I'm fine.
Nobita: Hurry and drink. It'll stick to your clothes. (Starts drinking the juice near her clothes and freaking her out. She tries to run but smacks her face into the desk and starts crying)
Shizu-chan: I want to go home!!
Nobita: Wait, wait...I go to the toliet.
(In the bathroom) It's hard to aim...AAH! The pee is becoming polka-dots.
(Nobita comes out covered in either water or his pee. He goes back to his room)
Shizu-chan: よらないでシッシッ。
Nobita: I know.
(Nobita farts and it sends him flying towards Shizu-chan which then knocks her towards another direction)
Shizu-chan: Don't come here!!
Nobita: I can't control it.
(Shizu-chan throws towards him the large gravity machine. They are about to collide in a fast pace)
Nobita: The machine!! (He looks scared. They indeed collide and everything falls to the ground leaving the house a mess. Nobita's mother comes back and makes him pick up everything. Doraemon walks in on Nobita's mom scolding him while Nobita looks in pain picking things up)
Mom: By making things zero-gravity, your own body now feels heavy.

Friday, October 30, 2009

フェザープレーン

Suneo is showing off his toy plane to the rest of the kids at his house. The toy plane is flying in the air.

Suneo: It flies very smoothly, doesn't it? It's a phasor-plane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaser_(effect). It's light as a feather so it's able to continue flying smoothly for a long time.
(Nobita sneezes and the plane drops. Suneo gets angry and yells him out of the house)
Suneo: It's light so the smallest wind can mess it up. JUST GO HOME (きみなんか帰れ。なんか is supposed to have a very mean tone to it)!
(Nobita runs home to Doraemon)
Nobita: I want a phaser plane.
Doraemon: Sure. (takes a giant plane out of his pocket)
Nobita: This is a phaser plane?
Doraemon: It's amazingly light. You can lift it with a finger. こうやるとゴムがまける。So use these "phaser goggles" so that your body can become light and you'll be able to ride it (the plane).
Nobita: Really? Let's try to ride it.
(Before Nobita gets in the plane, his mom comes in)
Mom: I need you to run some errand. It's important to do it quick.
Nobita: Right. Doing it by plane would be a good idea. (Gets in plane). Push the button, propellors are turning, oh, it's moving.
(Nobita flies out the window and into town) However, this will probably be very easy, huh? (sees his friends beneath him and they stare back) Hahaha. They're getting jealous. Nevertheless, this is slow (spell? There's two meaning for this but the manga doesn't have the kanji). If I'm late, Mom will scold me.
(Nobita gets home) I better run.
Mom: Why are you late?
Nobita: I was on the plane.
(Nobita and Doraemon runs out of the house)
Doraemon: Don't abandon the plane.
(Nobita and Doraemon gets to to the plane where the rest of the kids are now playing on it)
Doraemon: Look at that.
Gian: Hey Nobita.
Suneo: Can we fly in the plane?
Nobita: It's broken.
Gian: Absolutely boring. Let's go home.
(Gian and Suneo leaves but Nobita tells Shizu-chan)
Doraemon and Nobita: これをつけないと重くてとばないの。(says something along the lines that they are too heavy so they can't use it. Anyways, Doraemon gives Shizu-chan a pair of the goggles and Nobita and Shizu-chan goes flying)
Shizu-chan: It's like riding on a cloud.
(Sees angry Gian and Suneo below and vice-versa. "や~いや~い" is coming from the plane so I'm guessing Nobita is taunting them)
Gian and Suneo: YOU TRICKED US.
Nobita: Ah! The gum became loose.
(The plane lands slowly to where Gian and Suneo is. Nobita is crying, while a smirking Gian and Suneo comes running up)
Nobita (giving them the goggles): Use these goggles.
(Nobita and Shizu-chan is on the ground watching Suneo and Gian fly)
Suneo and Gian: Isn't this fun?
(Nobita sneezes which sends Gian and Suneo flying into a pole and crashing head-first. While they are left unconscious, Shizu-chan and Nobita takes back the plane)

*This was an unusually short episode. Perhaps another one?

Friday, October 23, 2009

ビデオ式なんでもリモコン

Doraemon (in Nobita's room [with Nobita lazying around], looking sadly at a half-eaten dorayaki [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorayaki]): This is the last bite. It won't be long before I eat this and farwell to the dorayaki. (Doraemon has an idea and reaches into his 4-D pocket) Right, right. (Pulls out a remote control) The "Any-Video-Style Remote Control". (Shows Nobita) After I finish the dorayaki, push this rewind button and point this small window (on the remote) at me. (Doraemon finishes the dorayaki. Nobita aims the remote at him and pushes the rewind button. The half eaten dorayaki comes back out and into his hands)
Nobita: Wha, you're back to before you ate.
Doraemon (finishes Dorayaki): I eat again.
Nobita: I push again. (Dorayaki comes out again)
Doraemon: So many times yet I am able to eat.
Nobita: Interesting. What is this?
Doraemon: It's like a video tape recorder in that it speeds up, slows down, rewind and stops the movement of things. Let's try an experiment. (Doraemon throws a bar of soap in the air, then points the remote at the soap). Slow!
Nobita: Wha, the soap bar looks like it's taking its time.
Doraemon (pointing remote at soap): Stop!
Nobita: It stopped!!
Doraemon (pointing remote at soap): Rewind! (Ball of soap goes back into Doraemon's hands)
Nobita: F-U-N! Lend it to me!
Doraemon (puts remote into pocket and runs away from Nobita because this is an all too familar scene): You're still going to play no good tricks...
Nobita: I'll use it for good things!
Doraemon: Like what?
Nobita: Like...homework! When I don't do homework, I always get scolded. And doing homework takes up too much time and I'm fed up with that.
Doraemon (aims remote at Nobita doing homework at his desk): I push fast.
Nobita (finishes his homework and shows Doraemon): There, I did it. This is a good thing.
Doraemon:...good thing, huh?
Mom (yelling from downstairs which probably isn't a good thing): NOBI-CHAN!!
Nobita: The tone of that voice sounds pretty bad. When it starts, it's going to be long.

(The next panel is Nobita getting yelled at by mom) Look at this. Help Doraemon.
Doraemon (points remote at Mom): Fast
(Mom is scolding at Nobita at full speed while Nobita is laughing it off) What change, I do not know. (After scolding, walks off with Doraemon and his remote) Now, we will use this for good only.
Doraemon: I don't think that degree is your usual self. (Follows Nobita outside)
Nobita: Why are you following me?
(Outside, a man carrying a big bag trips and the bag falls)
Nobita (pointing remote at man): Stop!! (Man and bag are frozen in the air) Rewind! (Man is back standing with the bag in his arms)
Man: Thank you, thank you. This is a very important vase.
Doraemon: Huh. Maybe you're changing a new leaf (leaves).
Nobita (runs away): Now for some pranks. (He hasn't really changed)

Nobita sees Suneo sitting at the park drawing.
Suneo: I did it! After watching for so long, my drawing is good.
Nobita (points remote at Suneo): Rewind the speed! (Suneo's drawing disappears)
Suneo: WHA! IT'S BLANK! (Chases after a smug-looking Nobita) I WON'T FORGIVE YOU!!
Nobita (points remote at Suneo): Stop! (Suneo freezes and looks surprised) In a while, you'll be able to move.
(Nobita then sees Gian with a broken plate in his backyard)
Gian: I broke this plate. It will be hard times if Mom sees this. Must be skillfull...(starts burrying the plate in the dirt)
Gian's Mom: Takeshi!
Gian (just finished burrying and in a small voice): What is it, Mom?
Gian's Mom (goes outside to Gian): Have you seen the plate?
Nobita (from behind the wall): Rewind.
(Gian is digging back up/undigging the plate. Both Gian and his mom looks very confused until the broken plate is brought back up)
Gian:うおゃちめう. だんへいたらたかったつみ。
(Gian's mom, who is bigger than him, starts beating him, while Nobita walks away laughing. Gian sees him walking off) NOBITA! I'LL REMEMBER THIS!
(Nobita runs into Shizu-chan)
Nobita: Shizu-chan, wanna play?
Shizu-chan: I'm busy with errands. (The wind blows Shizu-chan's skirt up. Shizu-chan puts it back and continues walking) Darn wind.
Nobita (with a dirty look and pointing the remote at her): One more time.
(Shizu-chan walks back to where she was and her skirts flies up again. She runs after Nobita) One more time?

(Suneo, Gian and Shizu-chan is outside of Nobita's house complaining to Doraemon)
Doraemon: Nobita's cruel pranks? Of course...
Suneo: Heartless...He's bothering/annoying everyone.
Gian: If you don't hurry up and stop him, it's going to get worse.
(Doraemon is flying around the neighborhood, looking for Nobita)
Doraemon: I have to be the one to stop him. (he looks tired of being the one to always stop Nobita from his antics) There he is...stop!
(Nobita sticks out his tongue at Doraemon and pushes the remote at him. Doraemon is stuck in the air)
Doraemon: こうなっちゃうんだ。I get it.
(Nobita is chasing the kids with his remote)
Nobita: Look! Look! What button should I push?
Kids: STOP!!
(Doraemon lands infront of Nobita)
Nobita: You're so insistent. For the time being, I'll make you stop!!
(Nobita aims remote at Doraemon and pushes stop button but Doraemon holds up a mirror blocking him from Nobita)
Nobita (looking scared and the kids he was chasing earlier is walking up to him very angry while Doraemon walks away putting the remote back into his 4-D pocket): I CAN'T MOVE...!!

Friday, October 16, 2009

超りある・シオラマ作戦

Nobita, Gian and Suneo are looking at a picture of a Gundam-Giant Robot looking thing beind a background of a destroyed city.

Suneo/Gian: Cool.
That's the diorama I drew.
Suneo: Hahahaha. This is a diorama?
Gian: This makes your hardworked plastic model cry.
Suneo: This is teh same plastic model I made but とればこうだぞ。
(Nobita looks shocked [ガーン] because the Suneo's picture is much cooler with a more realistic destroyed background and the model in action)
Suneo: This cheap-looking handiwork such as this diorama makes me sick. The way of the plastic models is spacious and deep. The difference between your way way that says the extent of effort and spirit put into it is seen in the two photos we have. (Don't think I translated it very well: そのプラモ道にどれだけ真剣にとりくむかという心がまえが二枚の写真のちがいとなってあらわれているのだ。)
Suneo: What I do is everyday, I do nothing but research.
Nobita: What kind of research?
Suneo: I read "Plug Compatible Epic", I ask my cousin to tutor,
Nobita and Gian: Tutor?
Suneo: I've set up a special diorama studio in my storage shed.
Nobita: Show it. I want to be referred (to the cousin as the tutored)
Suneo: This is a sacred dojo. For Nobita to look at it would be 10 years too soon. (Suneo and Gian goes into the storage shed laughing leaving Nobita out in which he thens run home crying to Doraemon)

Nobita: I really want to see the diorama Suneo says he has.
Doraemon: If you like your plastic model and it's fun, then what you made is fine.
Nobita (crying): It's not fine. It's the way of the plastic model. It's the plastic yang. It's what Suneo's special studio and tutor is.
Doraemon (goes on his special computer): Anyways, let's look at Suneo's studio.
(Computer screen has a tall man with curly hair but Suneo's face talking with Suneo in front of a very fancy model set much like in the movies)
Nobita: That's Suneo's cousin. He's a master in plastic models and he's couching him.
Suneo: How's the new work's photos?
Cousin: I think you did a good job but it's pathetic. Even for the diorama. You're suppose to learn the three feels to かかせない a diorama. Do you remember?
Suneo: Umm...the feel of the materials and sense of distance is massive?
Cousin: Where is the plastic model's metal maker's feel of materials?! Is this a perfect paint toy?! Suneo: Forgive me. I mistakenly hurried perfection, I'll take out ウエザリング hand.
Nobita (watching computer with Doraemon): Strict, isn't he?
Cousin: The feel of distance is zero!! If the diorama gives the feeling that the background has infinate spread, then you fail!! Use more perspective. See the pattern. This side's building windows is large, the farther windows are small. This is common sense. Place depth of the surface of the wall at the camera's point of view's height. The ground's surface is rained with powder and also put more on the other side here. Farther here is be a finer feeling. Do you see the difference? (The cousin creates a full-on destructed set)
Suneo: Cool!! It's looks real. I really really want to take the picture.
Cousin: Don't congratulate yourself so fast. During photography, if the giant robot 's massivity is taken out, the meaning is lost. One method is change contrastive small things. For example, how we use the railroad model 9 Mileage duty's puppet is with the wide angle lense. The wide angle lense will give a spacious depth perspection. This is good but the problem is you have to bring the camera close with great effort. From this 1/10th print, the supposed portion will become large. Because of this, you can do シボルbut you need to refine it. To do that, you need strong lighting and スローシャッタ...
(Nobita's getting a headache while Doraemon has fallen asleep. I honestly feel the same way. This man talks a lot about absolutely nothing. Translating this was hell)

Doraemon: This model thing is seems complex. It would take forever. It would be better if the model was lifesize wouldn't it? We would just have to put a life size robot in the life size set.
Nobita (has an idea): We'll do that!
Doraemon: I'm going to buy something at the department store (goes into Nobita's desk).
Nobita (running happily in the streets): What Suneo? What tutor?
(At Suneo's house)
Suneo: What? You have a better picture of a diorama than me?
Nobita: Naah, it's only the best in the world.
Suneo: Liar! If you have it, then show your picture to everyone.
Nobita: And compare to see which one is cooler.
(Nobita goes to see Gian and Shizu-chan):
Shizu-Chan: You really have a cool picture.
Gian: Where is it?
Nobita: It'll be fun but you have to wait a bit.
(Nobita going home) Doraemon will soon return.

Doraemon: The life size model is too expensive. I can't pay for it.
Nobita: What will I do about Suneo's agreement?
Doraemon: Why would you make an agreement for? (Doraemon tries to run away but Nobita clings on to him) Don't be such a baby.
Nobita: Let's just run away. (Doraemon gets away but Nobita accidently rips his pocket in the process)
Nobita: I could apologize to Suneo...No! I can't do that!! I have no choice but to try to do something. First, what feel of materials. I don't understand it but I should try it. (Paints his model)...it's small and looks like a paint toy. Even more so, this diorama won't do. (Honestly, in comparasion with Suneo's cousin's set, Nobita's looks pathetic)...(digs inside Doraemon's pocket)what's in here? (Takes out a flashlight) This is the "Small Light" This is the "Instant Minature Production Camera"...(Nobita gets an idea) THAT'S IT!!
(Nobita flies over the city taking pictures with the camera) I'll just make minature buildings with the camera, (returns home with mini buildings the size of dollhouses) and put together the set, and put the robot over here. (Shines flashlight on himself) With the "Small Light", I will become small. (Nobita is in his set infront of the giant model). Wow! It looks just like the actual view. (Takes picture and later shows to everybody)

Shizu-chan: This seems genuine.
Nobita: Isn't it something like Suneo's?
(Suneo is holding back his tears)
Nobita (walks home): Yes! I did it! (In his home is a large robot. You can't see the entire robot in the panel but you can see its foot) What is this?
Mom: Storehouse にこまるわすててらっしゃい!!すてるなんてどんでもない!!のび太のためにむりして買ってきたんだよ!!(I really don't know how to translate this but the mom looks angry)

Saturday, October 10, 2009

オンボロ旅館をたて直せ

Nobita and his Dad are verbally fighting in the living room. Nobita storms out with a puff of steam coming from his head. (Usually, the Dad yells at him over financial things like not letting him buy a toy while the Mom yells at him over academics like studying and grades)

Nobita: CHEAPSKATE! I ask for an allowance raise and he gets mad. Before, he said to stop wasting money and this things I don't understand. I hate living at home!! After all of this, I am running way from home!! (Puts things in his backpack such as cup o' noodle). I'm leaving.
Doraemon: Ok.
Nobita: Aren't you going to stop me?
Doraemon: Not really.

(Nobita leaves home and walking in the street)
Nobita: That was sort of a heartless guy coming from Doraemon.
(At home, Doraemon is watching Nobita on a computer)
Doraemon: Now, a little hardship is good. What is there will go fly (This is probably a saying. Original: なんいかあったらとんでいくから)
Nobita: Aimless appears but...Where should I go now?
(Rains. Nobita runs to a hotel)
Nobita: Now I have to look for a place to stay.
(Nobita gets grabbed into the hotel by a man)
Man: If you're look for a place to stay, by all means, stay here.
Nobita: No...I...
Man: We may look a bit dirty but this is a 300 year old establishment. Since the Edo period, this hotel have been carrying tradition. By all means, stay.
Nobita: But I...
Man: Are you traveling by yourself? Despite being a grade school student, it'll be great. Take the fourth floor specialty room. The elevator doesn't work so please take the staris. (Man pushes Nobita up the stairs. In the small dirty room...)
Man: Please take your time.
Nobita (Alone in his room): This is a small and dirty room but here, there's no lack of understanding and sympathy from parents. There's also no loud-mouth Doraemon. This is my castle!! After this, I can do whatever I want!! I am the most important!!
(Lying on his bed) What should I do? For now, I can't think of anything. After coming all this way to the hotel, I should take a bath. (No water comes out of the faucet). There's no water.

(Nobita talks to the Man in the lobby)
Man: The bath? At the right, go straight 100 meters, there's a public bath.
Nobita: It would be good. Other than that my stomach will get smaller. (Walking down stairs looking tired) I haven't eaten lunch yet. (asks Man at lobby) Is there a delicious Ramen store nearby?
Man: Let's order it. The phone is dead so I have to run to it.
Delivery-boy: That will be 400 yen.
Nobita: Umm...
Man (looks worried): You have no money?! Without money, we'll have to stop.
Nobita: Who's forcing you to quit? I can work here.
Man: There's no job. There haven't been any customers. If it were more prettier, we would get more business but we have no money. We had our gas and water service cut. We need to do something about our spirits.
Nobita: Because you don't have any of your services, please let me help you.
Man: If that's the case, I would like at least one customer to come.
Nobita: It may be impossible but I'll bring someone.

(Nobita is outside of the hotel yelling at passerbyers)
Nobita: Welcome. Welcome. Stay here. This hotel will be bankrupt. It's not a broken hotel. How's about it? Opps. I shouldn't have used those words. Please stay here.
Passerby: This is a hotel? I thought it was a storage room.
Nobita: Please...please...
(One man stops and Nobita brings him in) He says he's staying.
Man (looks shock): Really? I'll show you to the special room.
(in the room)
Customer: Dirty!!
Nobita: I think so too.
(the room suddenly turns beautiful and clean and everyone is surprised. Nobita runs out the room and Doraemon is sitting outside of the door with a device)
Nobita: Good thing you came.
Doraemon: The "customer calling cam-kitty" and the "indoor travel machine 3D movie"
(both go downstairs): Customers are coming in steadily.
Man: I don't know how to thank you.
Doraemon: No, after all, this is a probelm.
Customer #2: Hey!
Nobita: The horror begins
Customer #2 trying to take a bath: There's no water.
Customer #3: I would like some food now.
Man: What do we do?
Doraemon (takes out some pills from his pocket): Give them these ソーナル pill. The person themselves will feel that they are taking a bath or eating.
Nobita (gives customer #2 some pills): If you eat the pills, water will come out. (Customer #2 is sitting contently in an empty bath) How's the tempurature?
Customer #2: Good.

(Doraemon carrying an empty cart of dishes)
Man: You're not going to serve him empty dishes, are you?
Doraemon (talking to customer #3): Take one before dinner please. (Customer #3 eats off empty plate) How does it taste?
Customer #3: It's delicious!!

(Doraemon, Nobita and Man working hard to serve customers)
Doraemon: Empty coffee to room3, old newspaper to room 11. Don't say too much.
Man: The customers are satisfied. I owe you two much thanks .
Doraemon: Just serve them real food and make the hotel as pretty as possible.
Man: Of couse. I'll do my best. It's becoming a bit hetic. I wish he would come back.
Nobita: "He"?
Man: My son. He didn't like working at home so he ran away from home to travel via hitchhiking.
Nobita: While you by yourself was going through all this hardship, he ran away? Run away....(looks guilty)
Doraemon: Want to go home? (to Man) We're sorry but...
Man: No, no. Go home so your parents won't worry.
(Doraemon and Nobita walks out of the hotel and sees a traveler)
Doraemon: Let's use the Cam-Kitty to draw that guy in.
Traveler: Huh? I should go home
(Nobita and Doraemon goes home, while the travler goes into the hotel)
Traveler: I'm home.
Man (running out crying): Hey! 19 (えもん) you came back!!

Friday, October 2, 2009

落とし物つりぼり

Nobita, Gian and Suneo are fishing together (why Nobita still hangs out with them, I haven't have a clue). What he catches include a broken boot, a broken tea kettle, and an opened can.

Nobita (fusturated and leaving): I give up.
Suneo (laughing with Gian): It's because he couldn't even catch one.
Nobita (walking home angrily): I hate playing stupid fishing. Simple-minded fishes being fooled into getting hooked.
(Nobita coming home)

Mom: Where did it go?
Doraemon: I don't know. What bucket?
Mom: It was here today. Please look for it.
Nobita: Crap! (しまった)
Doraemon: Eh? You took it fishing?
Nobita: I forgot it! I forgot to get it back! What will I do?
Doraemon: There's no way. (Takes something out of his pocket. It is a mechanical pool and fishing rod) "Lost object fishing pond and rod". Where is the place?
Nobita: The big river behind the school.
Doraemon (talking into the fishing rod's bait which is really a rubber cap): I want to catch the bucket. (starts fishing in the mechanical pool). The fishing pond will find the place and the fishing rod will find the missing items.
Nobita: This is water? (dips finger into water) It's a 4th dimension screen.
Doraemon: Got something! (the white metal bucket is filled with fishes)
Nobita: This is Gian's bucket.
Doraemon: Whaaat? Hurry up and throw it back in. (The bucket lands back at the river Gian and Suneo are still fishing at. The bucket lands on Gian's head). Describe the bucket as much in detail as possible.
Nobita: It's a blue plastic bucket with a diameter of about 30 centimeters.

(At the river)
Gian (angry): Isn't this my bucket? Who hit me?
Suneo (scared): I don't know. I don't know.
(Gian sees next to him a string with a rubber cap coming out of the air and taking away the blue bucket that was next to him. Gian and Suneo runs away screaming "Ghost!!")

(At Nobita's room)
Nobita (getting his bucket): This one! This one! (Gives it back to his mom) Here you go. When you wait, everything will come back to place. (Back into his room where Doraemon is getting ready to put the pool back into his pocket). Wait a bit before we finish with that. I want to fish for a pen I lost yesterday. The Giraffe two-colored cracked pen and cap is lucky. The place between school and home.
Doraemon: I think it will be difficult to fish.
Nobita: (つりは気ながにやるもんだ)...it sure is taking a while.
Doraemon: Maybe it can't find who
Nobita: Got it! (Pulls him back into the pool, Doraemon helps him)
Doraemon: The pen is going against us.
Nobita: More power! (pulls out a pair of pants and takes out the pen in the pocket). My pen was in the pocket.
(The pants belonged to Gian. The next panel is Gian freaking out and Suneo running away)
Gian: Who is it? Who took off my pants?!
Suneo: I don't know. I don't know.

(Nobita's room)
Nobita: I want to fish for a 10 yen coin I lost last year. The place is in this town.
Doraemon: That's definatley overdoing it.
Nobita: Let's just give it a try. (fishes out a bunch of coins)
Doraemon: Within the neighborhood, you were able to collect the coins within a broad range.
Nobita: Profit!
Doraemon: (Takes away rest of money) Nope. You only get one. I'm taking the rest to the police office.
Nobita: 他人の落し物もひろえるのか。That's it! I can help the town find their lost items. When I deliver the items to the police office, the person of the lost objects will be thrilled and even give me a bow. The place I will help fish will be where I will see and play with Shizu-chan.

(goes to Shizu-chan's house)
Shizu-chan: Suneo came too.
Suneo: えっ、またなにかつるの。へたくぞのくせいに。(I think this roughly translate to imply this: "You still want to fish? But you suck at it.")
(fishing in Shizu-chan's room)
Suneo: Look at him. All his catches are old boots and opened cans.
Nobita: Shut up. I'm not going to catch those. I'm going to catch lost items. (fishes out an old boot, a broken tea kettle and an opened can and everyone laughs at him) What's going on (looks into the pool and falls into the pool and out into a junk yard). The junk yard? (pulls the rubber cap from the fishing pole off a sofa but when he lets it go, the pole goes back into the screen and the screen disappears. Now Nobita has to walk home) Where did Suneo take it? (Nearly runs into Gian who is still angry and without pants but Nobita hides behind a wall)
Gian: There is some strange things going on. When I catch whoever is the culpit, they'll pay for this.

(Suneo, in the grounds that the kids always hung out at, is catching a myriad of things from Gian's room)
Suneo: I'm finally regaining the things that I've occasionally lend to Gian.
(Gian is back in his room only to find his things getting pulled into a 4th dimension screen by a string with a rubber cap on it. In the next panel, Suneo catches Gian who has climbed onto the rope)
Suneo: You?!!
(After Gian has beaten Suneo to a pulp, Doraemon and Nobita arrives at the scene)
Gian: これでスーッとした。

Sunday, September 27, 2009

のび太も天才になれる?

Nobita is being scolded by his mom in the living room. Nobita looks depressed and his mom a bit disapointed but not freakin' out like she usually is.

Mom: Everytime is the same thing so you should already know. Why don't you have any motivation (to do well in school)? I really tell you this. When you use your brain, you'll begin to use it better. When you neglect it, it'll rust together and won't work.
Doraemon (outside overhearing the lecture): Sounds sad. Tonight is a particularly severe scolding.

(Later)
Doraemon: It's finally over? That was long.
Nobita (looking exhausted): Two hours, 15 minutes, 59 seconds. Life is becoming awfully terrible.
Doraemon: It's not always the same. (working on a space pod)
Nobita (noticing): Hey, isn't that the Space Lifeboat that you are always making?
Doraemon: Yup. I neglected it and now it's rusted. That's why I have to repair it.
(leaving) I'm all done!
Nobita (still outside with the boat and thinking to himself): I should run away from home. (inside the ship) If I push this button, it can take me to another living star. (pushes button and ship flies away). Waa!! This has to be a joke. It seems like we will arrive at the target star. あっというまにwarped. I have landed so therefore I must be prepared. I think this planet will probably be easier to live on than Earth.

Nobita goes outside
Nobita: This planet looks a lot like Earth. It seem like the spitting image. (Walks around) This street is the spitting image of my street. (sees his front door and shocked). It's just like my door!!
(Nobita's mom comes out the door and runs towards him while Nobita runs away)
Mom: There you are. You are late.
Nobita (frightened): It looks just like Mom!! なんのこっちゃ!!Wasn't I not suppose to come back to Earth?
(Nobita in the house): Doraemon!! That machine is a fake! (no one). He's not here.
(At night in his bed): I went to all this trouble to run away from home. There's a test tomorrow. I want to skip school.

Next morning
Mom: Wake up!! You'll be late for school!!
(Suneo and Gian walk to school, Nobita following, looking down at the concrete, dejectly)
Suneo: I don't have complete confidence in today's test.
Gian: Me neither.
Suneo: But, if we get a bad grade, at least Nobita's will be worst (it actually のび太よりはましだと思えば気がらくさ. but from the looks of the pannel with Gian and Suneo laughing and Nobita with his mouth open and x's in his eyes, it seems like this is what they are implying.)
School
Teacher: The test will begin. This test is especially difficult.
Class: Huh? (The looks on their faces says WTF?)
Nobita (freaking out): I can do these hard problems...(looks at test)huh? What's this?
(the test consists of easy addition problems. Nobita is supposed to be in the 4th grade). Teacher must have made a mistake. These are first grade problems. (Finishes test. Teacher comes) Is this okay?
Teacher: Nobi-kun. This attitude just won't do. Even if you don't know the answer, you can at least try... (look at test and looks shocked) You finished?! 100 points!!
Class: Huh? (The looks on their faces says WTF?)
Shizu-chan: Congratulations on your hard work and studying.
Nobita (looking shocked as well): It was nothing.
(Outside of class)
Suneo: Lucky break.
Gian: Yeah.
(Back in class)
Teacher: Who can read this (points to the board. It's hiragana: はながさくことりがうたう)
Nobita (raises his hand): I can read it. "When flowers bloom, birds sing"
Class: Huh? (Sounds more like WTF?)
Shizu-Chan: It's great Nobita is becoming so smart.
Suneo: What's wrong here? It's as if you were unable to do things on purpose.
Gian: Yeah. This seems weird. Nevertheless, we are stupid.
Suneo: Please forgive us.

(At Nobita's house)
Mom: Show me today's test. (Angry) Another zero points!! If you keep neglecting your work, you'll only come to this!!
Nobita: Look at it.
Mom: Everytime I look at it, I see 0 points. (Looks at the test) 100 points!! (cries)
(Nobita's room)
Nobita: Everybody makes fun of me but they're not doing it. Why are they acting this way?
Voice outside of window: That house! That's Nobita's. I heard he's an amazing genius.
Nobita: I haven't been shown this much respect since I was born. Feels good, right. (Looks out window and another Nobita walking in the streets. They see each other anf freaks out.)
There's another me! (Runs outside)
Both Nobitas: Who are you? I'm Nobita.
Nobita #2: I ran away from home yesterday but I got hungry so I came home.
Nobita #1: So that's it! This resembles Earth but of course, this is the difference.
Nobita #2: You came from another universe?
Nobita #1: In this universe, elementary school is subtraction and addition, Middle school is multiplication and high school is division.
Nobita #2: Yeah. In your universe, you have to learn everything in elementary school? Your planet must be full of geniuses.
Nobita #1: Well, not to that extent...The more you use your head, the better you will use it. If you don't give up studying, you can be like me.
Nobita #2: Me be like you? It's impossible.
Nobita #1: Is it impossible? Aren't you me?
Nobita #2: If that is it, then I will try to able to do it.
Nobita #1: Try your best, me.

(Back in Nobita#1's backyard with the lifeboat and Doraemon)
Nobita: And that's why I came back. I will try hard with my studies from now on.
Doraemon: That's absolutely wondeful. The other Nobita will not lose and be persistent in his studies. (happy face)
(Nobita's room)
Nobita: I'm a genius so it's all good. (Lounges in his room, napping)
Doraemon: That's in the other world. I don't think you really understand this.

Fin

Monday, September 21, 2009

ドラえもん 翻訳

私の日本語の自分プロジェクトはドラえもんのまんがを日本語から英語に翻訳します。

VOL#32

”巨大立体スクリーンの中へ” => "Inside the Gigantic 3D Screen"

Setting: Nobita, Gian and Shizu-chan are at Suneo's house watching his big screen TV.
Suneo: What do you think? It's a 40 inch big screen TV. Don't you think it's like the theatre's big screen?
Kids: Yeah
Suneo: You can't buy this but the preseident of Matsuue Electronics is Dad's friend and this was made especially for us.
After watching this, you don't want to watch your regular TV anymore.
It'll be like watching a toy. Hahaha.
(All the kids looks offended while Suneo talks)

(Kids walking home)
Gian (angry): If that's the case, our home TV are toys. Of course, you could ask Doraemon to take out a 100 inch one.
Nobita: Eeh. Stop there.
Suneo's pride is going to hook us one by one. There's no point.

(In Nobita's room, Doraemon has something big in his hand)
Nobita: What's that?
Doraemon: Super large screen 3D TV. Went to buy it at a place.
Nobita (big eyes): A super large screen 3D TV?!
Actually, I need to trouble you for something.
Doraemon: What?
Nobita: Gian's great (いっちゃったからな)
Doraemon: Strengths/forces differs.
(Puts together the TV. It's looks like the outside of the screen in a sticker/cardboard mode. Doraemon places it on one side of Nobita's room. He pushes a botton and the inside of the screen which was once just a hole becomes an actual screen. A godzilla/lizard creature appears and scares the crap out of Nobita and Doraemon.)
Nobita: Awesome!!
Doraemon: It looks real.
Nobita: I'ts really 3D. If we change positions, we can see different sides of the face. (running around the TV to show right side, left side of Godzilla's face)
(Watching Ultra-man/Kamen Rider like superhero fighting Godzilla)
Nobita and Doraemon: Fun. Fun.

Nobita: Let's watch another channel (changes channel).
Doraemon: Tsubasa-chan! (a pop singer). She's getting bigger (she's coming towards the TV therefore getting bigger).
Nobita: Aah! (screaming like a teenage fanclub and running towards the screen).
Doraemon: Hey! Be careful of not leaning in too far.
(Nobita leans in too far and falls into the screen on the other side)
Nobita: Hurry, hurry! (Trying to climb back to the other side with Doraemon trying to grab his hands. But Tsubasa-chan is 10 times his size and is walking over him, barely missing Nobita)
Nobita: Aaah! I'll be crushed/trampled. Help!
(Nobita grows back to regular size when the screen changes. Runs back to the other side)
Doraemon: The screen changed!
Nobita: Back home! (Runs out of the room) I'm going to show Shizu-chan this.

Nobita (on phone): A super large screen TV. What problems with Suneo is over.
Gian (on the other line with Suneo next to him): What? (looks angry)
Suneo: Is this for real?
Nobita (on the other line looking scared): Wrong number.
Doraemon: Stupid. You really are stupid.

(Gian and Suneo walking to Nobita's house)
Gian: What he said was proud. (more like "he sounds like he's full of it")
Suneo: What kind probelms did he said I have?
(At Nobita's doorstep)
Gian: I don't like liars.
Nobita: I'm not lying.
Suneo: (ゆるせない!!)(maybe, "I won't forgive" or "I don't believe"?)
Gian (grabbing Nobita's shirt): Give us the TV and we'll forgive you.

(Gian and Suneo running off back to Gian's home with the TV with satisfaction in thier face)
Gian: Let's watch "Fast Animal Land"
Suneo: Agreed.
(watching an elephant on TV with big smiles on thier faces)
Gian: Do you feel bad?
Suneo: Hmm. My regrets lost. Let's get in the screen (both gets in).
Gian's mother (comes into the empty room): Wow, what a large TV. Leaving an unwatch TV on makes electric bills difficult. (Turns off TV).

(Inside Animal Land)
Suneo: The exit is gone!!
Gian: What did you say?!
(both running around in hysterics and circles): What are going to do here?

(Back at Nobita's home with a very dejected Doraemon and Nobita)
Doraemon: I guess we have no choice but to endure the small TV.
Nobita: Fast Animal Land (Doraemon changes the channel)
(Sees Gian and Suneo getting chased by a Rhinoceros on the programme)
Gian and Suneo: HELP.

Fin.