#i liked this one a lot more azuru was really sweet here i think

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Villain - chapter 5 (first half) english fan translation

Howdy hi howdy hey look what I did. I swear I was checking on it properly this time I just didn't wanna get my whole laptop out at 4 am. Also to be clear, my title says it's part 1 bc the chapter itself is labeled as chapter "5 first half" on the site, I didn't split it into any parts so don't worry about looking out for that this is all that was uploaded last night.

Translation is text only as usual and if you'd like to see the pretty pictures the manga is still free to read here. The cover page for this chapter is "Even to those I don't even know, I'm already a...."

I didn't really know how to label the alternate self-monologue Azuru so I just called him Nega Azuru.

Anywho thanks for reading

Renri: Get your hands off me. You make me sick.

Azuru: ...wait, Ren-...

*SLAM*

Azuru: ....never seen that side of Renri before...

Azuru: Oh...I should clean this up.

Flashback Renri: Let's share it!

Nega Azuru: Thank goodness it turned out like this. It's a sad state of affairs, but you came here in the first place to say your goodbyes, didn't you? Not to mention that, even if this didn't happen, you would've hurt him eventually.

Azuru: But....I thought that by understanding him better than all the others, I at least could keep him close.

Nega Azuru: No shot.

Nega Azuru: You've got no idea about how others are hurting, so you can't expect them to return that favor. You should already know this.

Nega Azuru: You can't even manage it with your family, much less some other person.

Flashback Renri: BE A MAN OR BE A WOMAN, I'M ME. JUST ME.

Nega Azuru: There's no way you could hope to get it and yet you still want to keep him close...I don't know what to do with you

-- the what if sequence starts here --

Imaginary Azuru: WHAT'S SO WRONG WITH THAT!? THIS ISN'T PITY, I WASN'T TRYING TO DECIDE FOR YOU! I JUST WANTED TO PROTECT YOU, THAT'S IT. FROM THE PREJUDICE THAT'S BASCIALLY VIOLENCE. SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO LIVE IN A WORLD LIKE MINE.

Imaginary Azuru: Even if it's just me and me alone, I'm on your side. Please believe me...

Imaginary Renri: Well, did YOU trust ME? Would you show me your everything?

Imaginary Renri: I told you your jokes aren't funny! Get your hands off me. You make me sick.

Nega Azuru: You see?

Nega Azuru: It's no good. You can't help being scared, y'know? That's why you wanted to distance yourself from Renri, right? Because you don't want to get hurt anymore.

Nega Azuru: Let's go home. We'll go back to the way it was, to how it was before you met him.

*indistinguishable mumbling*

Random Person: ....Renri is?

Random Person: A fight, one on one with Ozamu? Right now, in the west side park?

Other Person: Yeah, that one! We should go watch.

Flashback Renri: I already told you not to come around here anymore, Orio Azuru.

Flashback Renri: It's fine to be the villain, just stay Azuru.

Azuru: I....

Azuru: I really won't ever be as strong as you.

Flashback Renri: Run for it, Azuru!

Azuru: But I still

Azuru: Want to be on your side.

Azuru: I might get hurt. And I might end up hurting you. But I still

Azuru: I still-!

Azuru: I love him. And that's all I need to not want this ending.