K I threw together a translation for the new es21 anniversary chapter! There's probably mistakes and some awkward phrasing because I always end up prioritizing accuracy over flow rip. Hopefully the way I've formatted this isn't a total pain to read. I recommend looking at the page first, and then referring to the translation when you can't read something. I skipped any panels that don't have dialogue/text so just reading the translations might be confusing.
Anyway it's under the cut!
(Lol sorry I didn't bother translating character blurbs on the right)
Page 1
Panel 1: Announcer: “Noooooww, there’s barely any time left on the clock! This final play will decide the outcome of the match!!”
Panel 2: “One of these teams will command the University American Football World!!
Panel 3: Which one will it be!?
Panel 4: Two star players who once fought together now face off—
Panel 5: in this Final Decisive Match”
Page 2-3
Panel 1: Eyeshield 21 aka: Kobayakawa Sena!! VS. The Commander from Hell: Hiruma Yoichi!!
Panel 2: Set, Hut!!!
Cover page (4-5): Their First Collision!! Sena [Eyeshield 21] and Hiruma [the one who named him (literally the ‘parent’ who named him)]—
Page 6
Panel 1: [Some months earlier—]
Panel 3: DEVILBAT GHOST!!
Page 7
Panel 1: TRIDENT TACKLE!!!
Page 8-9
Panel 1: The ball was fumbled!! Whichever team manages to claim it will win….!!
Panel 2: [An American Football rule you can understand in 1 SECOND]
Devilbat: YA—HA— It’s stupidly simple! Carry the ball to the enemy line and score (a touchdown)!
DB jr.: You can get around 7 points!
Panel 4: Monta: CATCH MAX!!!
Panel 5: Suzuna: YA—!!!
Panel 6: Announcer: The Kanto representatives for the Japanese National American Football University Championships is the team lead by Eyeshield 21 aka. Kobayakawa Sena— the Enma Fires…..!!!!
Page 10
Panel 1: Sakuraba: You really got revenge on us this year. It’s frustrating but it was our total defeat….!
Panel 2: Sena: Though, one-on-one, for the most part I couldn’t really get past you (Shin-san) until the very end…
Panel 4: Shin: undecipherable
Panel 6: Ootawara: OOOOHHHHH MAKE SURE YOU HIT THEM HARD ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US, KURITA—!!
Panel 7: Takami: Finally, you’ve earned the right to challenge the undefeated champions
Page 11
Panel 1 & 2: Takami: The championship finals against the team lead by Hiruma, the Saikyodai Wizards— at the Koushien Bowl….!!!
Panel 3: Sena: Yes….!!
Page 12
Panel 4: Monta: Mukya! What the hell, we can’t get into the club room!
Riku: Looks like we have a few visitors—
Panel 5: Crowd: The United States President’s son?? Even SP (I believe this is a tv channel) is here…
Page 13
Panel 3: Sena: T-this is way too crazy…
Kurita: To clear away people like this…..
Page 14
Panel…2?: Hiruma: Kekekekeke, you’re late fucking Fatty and fucking Shrimps
Panel 3: Kurita: HIRUMA!
Sena: —san!!
Monta: And that guy’s from the American Match, the ultimate boss… wait actually, he’s a NFL player now!
Page 15
Panel 1: It’s the President’s Junior, Mr. Don….!!
Panel 2: Don: An ordinary person goes to a foreign country to run rampant for their own entertainment. A champion (or king lol) goes to a foreign country to express his respect.
Panel 3: Don: In this country, it seems excessive meddling from pros in the affairs of amateurs isn’t appreciated, so I’ll get straight to the heart of the matter.
Panel 4: Don: Together we will fight and acquire the throne. I’ve come to welcome/receive one hero.
Panel 6: Kurita: ??
Monta: What does that mean?
Sena: Isn’t this excessive meddling…..
Page 16
Panel 1: Crack!
Panel 2: Sena: ….?? Inside my shoulder pad…
Panel 3: Sena: What is this, it’s tiny… A white chip?
Monta: Ooh, it’s in our shoulder pads too!!
Riku: Since when…
Panel 4: Hiruma: It’s called an RFID (radio frequency identification (apparently lol)) chip. When you have this on—
Panel 5: Glasses: The current location of each player can be determined and measured by inches. Stats like speed and acceleration, it can analyze all data in real time.
Enma Babes (presumably): A SCI-FI MACHINE LIKE THAT EXISTS!?
Page 17
Panel 1: Don: There’s nothing Sci-Fi about it. Within the NFL world, all players have been using this for a number of years now.
Sena & Monta: REALLY!!?
Hiruma: They even have them inside the balls. Since you can measure the rotations that way
Devibat: It’s true!!
DB jr.: The actual pro sports world sure is turning into something amazing!
Panel 2: Riku: So, this data analysis chip…
Panel 3: Riku: Why are they in our protective equipment…??
Sena: I mean, there’s only one person in this world who would be devilish enough to quietly do something like that…
Panel 4: Glasses: With this hoard of collected data, and by using the help of something like Google Brain, we can rely on machine learning to—
Sena: Goo… what? Machine…??
Panel 5: Don: How sad~ Oohh, AI, AI! Civilization has simply taken the human privilege of ‘thinking’, and given it up to machines.
Page 18
Panel 1: Don: Most of all, humanity’s been dulled by favoritism, politics and social correctness. Well, compared to a slow/primitive ruler, it’s (AI) infinitely more reliable.
Panel 2: [For our team to reach victory, what kind of player is indispensable? The answer provided by the AI was—]
Panel 3: A running back with the speed of light! Or— A phantasmagoric (look it up) quarterback!
Panel 5: Glasses: International Player Pass Way Program. In short, there is one slot available for a foreign student trainee as the Japanese representative.
Don: Which means that we would be receiving you into our team.
Page 19
Panel 1: Kobayakawa Sena, Hiruma Yoichi: between the two of you, only one—
Page 20
Panel 3: (I believe this is some sort of form that Sena filled out about what he wants to pursue after graduation— he says after graduation he wants to become a pro American Football athlete)
Panel 4: Hiruma: With my physical abilities, I won’t be able to get into the NFL the usual way.
Panel 5: Hiruma: Obviously, I’ll struggle for the top even if it kills me. That’s the thing that makes it fun….!
Page 21
Panel 1: Don: When I consulted the man at the top, Panther, about which one to pick— he gave me a truly straightforward answer.
Panel 2: Panther: Hm? Well they’re going to have a confrontation directly in the Koshien Bowl, aren’t they?
Panel 3: Panther: Sena VS. Hiruma!! We’ll just take whoever wins. Because, isn’t that American Football…!!
Page 22
Panel 1: Sena: …… this contest against Hiruma-san, I’m glad that it’s an American football match.
Panel 2: Sena: If it wasn’t, there’s no way I could win against Hiruma-san, you’d bring out your blackmail book and in an instant….
Hiruma: Kekeke, seems like you understand the situation reeeeal well
Panel 3: Sena: I mean, whether it’s Don-san’s AI verdict or the pro tryouts— if you put your mind to it, you could use your blackmail book to get whatever you wanted. But, Hiruma-san, when it comes to American football, you’ve always…. you’ve always—
Panel 5: Toss~
Panel 6: Hiruma: Well, since I’m going to win against you and become a top pro, I don’t need this thing.
Page 23
Panel 5: Sena: But, the one who’ll win is me
Page 24
Sena: I’ll go to defeat you with all my strength. So, Hiruma-san, you also—
Hiruma: Kekeke, naturally
Page 25
Panel 1: HANSHIN KOSHIEN STADIUM
Panel 3: Kurita: Truthfully, I want to root for both of their dreams— For Sena-kun, and for Hiruma. But if I really can’t choose both—
Page 26-27
Panel 1: Kurita: FUNNURABAAA!!!!!
Panel 2: Kurita: For the sake of my team, and for Sena-kun’s sake, I’ll defeat Hiruma…..!!!
Panel 3: Announcer: Koshien Bowl, the final, decisive match! Against the Saikyodai Wizards, made up of all star members throughout the country—
Panel 4: Announcer: Somehow!! The Enma Fires are just slightly in the lead!!
Panel 5: Gaou: Fuh… Half of American football is decided by the power of the line. This is the unmatched power of Kurita when he has something to protect….!!!
Page 28
Panel 1: Announcer: Noooooww, there’s barely any time left on the clock! This final play will decide the outcome of the match!!
Panel 2: Announcer: Two star players who once fought together now face off—
Panel 3: Announcer: In this Final Decisive Match!!
Panel 4: Announcer: Eyeshield 21 aka. Kobayakawa Sena!! Vs. The Commander from Hell, Hiruma Yoichi!!
Page 29
Panel 1: Hiruma: KILL! KILL!
Panel 2: Suzuna: K.I.L.L…..to kill? What’s it mean?
Doburoku: In American football, it’s a sign that’s given by the pitcher. It means to completely kill the strategy that had been agreed upon. To put it simply, it’s a signal to hurriedly reset the strategy of the play.
Panel 3: Mizumachi: After seeing our defense formation, looks like they want to change things up!
Panel 4: Sena: Hiruma-san’s— that ever-changing adaptability’s strength—
Page 30
Panel 1: Hiruma: Kill—
Panel 4: Unsui: NO!! THERE HASN’T BEEN ANY CHANGE IN HIS PLAN!!
Page 31
Panel 1: Hiruma (I think): This was just a snap counter from the get go— A signal to start the play after the 4th KILL…!!!
Panel 2: Enma player: Shit, even though we know what kind of guy he is!
Enma player 2: He’s gonna throw a pass—
Enma player 3: No, don’t let Hiruma trick you! He’s not throwing— he’s still holding it!!
Panel 3: This is a run….!!
Panel 5: Shit, that’s wrong, it’s a pass after all….!!!
Page 32
TOUCHDOOOOWN!!!
Page 33
Panel 1: Hiruma: YA— HA—!!!
Panel 2: Announcer: The final decisive battle was completely controlled by the sorcerer of the field-- Hiruma Yoichi! (there's actually a word in this line I don't understand lol, but this should be the general gist)
Panel 3: Announcer: In a sudden turnabout victory, the Saikyodai Wizards win the championship—
Page 34
Panel 1: Announcer: —No, the remaining time on the clock is 1 second!!
Panel 2: Hiruma: !!
Taka: That was my bad.
Panel 3: Taka: On the ground was Sena-kun with his light speed, and in the air Monta was closing in. I had no choice but to catch the ball one second earlier than planned.
Panel 5: Unsui (presumably): — 1 second left. Whether we laugh or cry about it, this will be the final play—
Page 35
Panel 1: Sena: These sort of seriously close calls… I dunno if you’d call it deja vu or—
Panel 2: Monta: That’s right! This is the kind of cliff’s edge that we’ve run along a bunch of times!
Panel 3: Agon: Aaaahhh? Ain’t this match already certain victory—
Panel 4: Agon: —If we weren’t up against the tiny trash brigade, that is.
Hiruma: Kekeke yo~~~ You also know what’s up huh, fucking dreads.
Panel 6: Yamato: That’s right, all of us should know by now well enough that it hurts.
Panel 7: Yamato: That there are demon-like men out there whose power explodes during dire straits like this.
Page 36
Panel 1: That there was once a miraculous team called the Devilbats—
Panel 2: Hiruma: The last play will be Eyeshield 21! They’ll 100,000,000,000% comes at us with Sena’s run!! Anything else is a ruse, completely ignore it, don’t even think 1mm that it’ll be anything else!!
Panel 3: Unsui: There’s only one way to go: Sena’s run. All of us will open a path!!
Page 37
Panel 1 & 2: Sena’s Run, Complete Specialized All Star Team!! VS. Anti-Sena formation, Complete Specialized All Star Team!!
Page 38: — DON!
Page 39
Panel 1: Announcer: Remaining time: 0 seconds!
Panel 2: Announcer: With this last play, it’s game set!
Panel 4: Yamabushi: Rodio Drive!! Are they coming with Riku!?
Taka: No—
Panel 6: Riku: Sena…!!
Page 40
Panel 3: IKKYUU…!!
Panel 4: How can he reach it, to go into a cut from such a distance…..
Page 42
Panel 1: Sena: UUOOOOOOOOHH!!
Panel 2: Mamori: Sena…!
Panel 3: Ikkyuu: That guy’s too damn fast— I already knew that but…..!!
Panel 4: Announcer: Sure enough, in the end they went with the light speed running back, Eyeshield 21!!!
Page 43
Panel 1: Mizumachi: Uha! I said make way!
Panel 3: Chuubou: A path for Sena-senpai….!!!
Page 44-45
Panel 3: Announcer: He’s passed everyone! At this rate it’s a touchdown—!!!
Panel 4: Hiruma: Kekeke, dig out your eyeballs and give them a good wash— take another look. It’s not over.
Panel 5: Kid: He’ll stand in the way— in the end, the ultimate opponent—
Page 46
Panel 1: AGON!!!
Page 47
Panel 2: Shin: Sena’s Devilbat Ghost has been fully realized.
Panel 3: Shin: It’s a perfect technique for a runner to get past his opponent. The Optimal Technique/Solution.
Page 48
Panel 2: vvrrrrr (vibration sounds)
Panel 3: Glasses: The Optimal Solution for this situation is none other than the Devilbat Ghost. But even then, Agon who possesses inherent superhuman reaction speed will likely stop him.
Panel 4: [That is the judgement the machine learning system has made based on the real time analysis from the RFID chip]
Page 49
Panel 3: Shin: The essential thing you need to reach new heights, is to surpass your Optimal Technique/Solution™— with Courage™
Panel 5: Sena: That’s right— my road isn’t limited only to the two directions that I can dodge
Panel 6: Shin: It relies on his light speed cuts. A third option, much like a trident. In a manner of speaking—
Page 50
Panel 1: DEVILBAT TRIDENT!!!
Page 51
Panel 1: Mizumachi: You mean he might not dodge!?
Riku: A headlong collision!! There’s no way…
Panel 2: Glasses: It’s absolutely impossible, how reckless. There’s no chance of winning. The AI declares that this is at most a feint. In the end, Sena will definitely move to evade him!
Panel 3: Hiruma: Kekeke, you’re wrong. It’s a hundred billion years too early to try getting past using that hand.
Panel 4: Hiruma: But that’s why you’ll go for it. Isn’t that right, Sena.
Panel 5: Agon: Aaahhh~~ Hiruma, I’ve fought with you so many times it makes me sick, so I already know all of that….!!!
Page 52
Panel 1: Hiruma ??: The Human brain hasn’t been able to compete with semiconductors for a long time. I’m sure it’ll aaaalll become like that in the future.
Panel 2: Hiruma: When it comes to searching for Optimal Solutions™, no one can compete against Sir AI anymore. But—
Panel 3: Shin: Beyond the Optimal Solution™
Panel 4: Beyond even the very summit— you continue to struggle with only courage at your back.
Page 53
Panel 1: THAT IS WHAT AN ATHLETE IS
Panel 3: ??: I’LL GO PRO AND KILL EVERYONE!!
Panel 4: ??: I’LL SURPASS THE TOP!!!
Panel 5: ??: That athlete will be—
Page 54-55
Panel 1: Hiruma: ME
Panel 2: Sena: ME
Panel 3: [He surpasses theory, with his light speed courage—!!]
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okay but did you think about the fact laios already feels responsible for taking her last breath... this story started with falin sacrificing her life for him, dying in front of his eyes- so that "worst case scenario" already happened. at the beginning he thought all he had to do to fix things is simply bring her back to life like they had done before, but then it was his decision that led her to a fate arguably even worse than death; a reality where the very reason he wanted to save her was erased from her mind, with her becoming a chimera puppet. a reality where he is forced to fight a monster in the form of his sister.
for that reason, his choice to kill falin on his own isn't about saving everyone else from the horror of this "possible" outcome as much as it is him finally facing his own guilt for all he had done: from abandoning her during their childhood to bringing her with him to the island and living a life of hunger and danger at the cost of the safe future she could've had without him, eventually resulting in her dying while being all alone. but unlike his choice to leave their village, this time she was the one forcing him to leave her behind- an act that was not only done out of pure love but was also the result of a lifetime of internalizing the notion that everyone she loves always takes priority over herself.
so when it came to that point in chapter 67, killing her was his way of not abandoning her anymore. taking her last breath to carry alone, so he can never let go of her again. even if they wouldn't have succeeded in resurrecting her, then at least he gave her one last precious memory, at least he didn't let her sleep starving again- which is in direct contrast with her death at the beginning of the series that was caused by their hunger and its effects. but more, or perhaps even most importantly, at least he didn't let her die alone this time- having her most beloved person experiencing the horrors of her death with her while her dear friends are witnessing her suffering that she was trying so hard to shield them from until now.
and in those moments, it was without a doubt falin struggling against him along with the dragon. because of her brother forcing her to make a choice once more, she finally revealed her most raw, selfish and intrinsic side by fighting him back, scratching and pushing and screaming and harming the person she always put first instead of quietly giving up her own life. dying by the hands of love instead of dying for love. in choosing herself this time, it might be what gave her soul the strength to choose living by the end of the series- living a life of her own. and for laios, this was just as essential to his personal growth as well as the first step in his atonement: redoing it "the right way".
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