Henkei Manga #4 Translated

Alrighty. I've finally finished the fourth installment of the Henkei Henkei manga.

As per usual, there are a few things:

1. Read right to left - it's Japanese, after all.
2. The translation is the important thing, not the images. This is intended to be a guide for those who are unable to read the manga but still wish to know how the story goes.
3. Enjoy!

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Wow, I really did not like this one. Sure, the art is great, but damn is the dialogue really crappy. I really hate when Japanese stories (e.g. Gundam Wing) get into that metaphysical inner-monologue bullcrap of "what is my purpose?" "what is a soldier?" It's really hard to put it into English without sounding utterly ridiculous. I actually took a bit more liberty with my translations than I normally do with this installment simply because it would have come out even more Engrish-y than it did already. For instance, I refuse to use the world "destroyer," and instead opted for "vandal, like you." I also reworded some other things to make them flow a bit more nicely in English. But rest assured, nothing in the story is changed. This is just a more regionalized translation.

God, I hope the next one is better.

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It's Human Genocide!

I think I liked "Fire in the Sky" more than this.

I dunno, not interested I think.

Thanks Bete for doing this. I agree the artwork looks good but the story is weak.

Originally Posted by ian5555 Hell yeah!!! I could care less about all the other stuff. Ohhh lookie isn't that cute, Optimus Prime is all growed up and leading the Autobots to....FORGET THAT!!! 1....2...3....FIGHT!!!!! Ohh lookie Bumblebee is starting to realize an important lesson that he can.....FORGET THAT!!!! 1...2...3... FIGHT!!!!

That was a neat take on the helmet, but Skyfire's always been emo like that.

This was funny

Thanks for the translation Beat.. though I have to agree with you... this one seems to be really lacking in a lot of ways even with the obvious work you put into it.

Oh, and yeah, Skyfire's monologue did sound like something out of Gundam Wing...

Nice art, though!

It continues to be nothing less than baffling to me that, despite their recent history of jamming absolutely everything possible into the G1 cartoon timeline, that Takara decided to make Heneki a reboot...

Why is Starscream's face always so ugly in this? His toy doesn't look this bad.

Interesting take on the helmet gimmnick, but ultimately it just drove the story into a brick wall and called it resolution. Thanks a lot for taking the time to translate it, though.

One thing I'd like to ask: what do the sideways boxes mean? I don't get what they're there for. (are they something that's already in the manga?)

Very nice story, thanks for the translation.