1. Andy and Fuko.
There's something I'd like you two to investigate.Copy !req
2. Aye! You can count on me, please!Copy !req
3. I want you to check the legitimacy
of a certain book.Copy !req
4. A book?Copy !req
5. There is a chance that the pages
of the book in question hold...Copy !req
6. the past and future events of this world
as penned by a certain Artifact.Copy !req
7. Since Billy has rebelled,
not even I know the route from here on out.Copy !req
8. To clear these four Quests in this unfamiliar situation,
that book will be paramount.Copy !req
9. The past and future put down in...Copy !req
10. a book?Copy !req
11. B-But, should we be handling such
an important mission?Copy !req
12. I would prefer if you both handle it, in fact.Copy !req
13. Once you see it,
the reason will be clear.Copy !req
14. This is it.Copy !req
15. The Union has taken a huge blow from Billy's betrayal.Copy !req
16. Juiz gathers the bewildered members
of the Roundtable,Copy !req
17. and starts to speak the truth about
this world and her own situation.Copy !req
18. By God's hands, this world endlessly repeats destruction
and reconstruction.Copy !req
19. Juiz has been using an Artifact called Ark
to experience these Loops over and over.Copy !req
20. One other, Victor, has also been living
within multiple Loops with his Undead ability.Copy !req
21. Fuko sees an eternal solitude from the truth
where he cannot die even at the world's end.Copy !req
22. Juiz declares the only ways to escape
the Rules are suicide or God-slaying,Copy !req
23. and bows down in apology for hiding the truth
and using all of her comrades.Copy !req
24. However, the members of the Roundtable
did not want an apology from her.Copy !req
25. Under Juiz who wants to slay God and liberate
the world from irrational rules,Copy !req
26. the comrades unify once again.Copy !req
27. And the item she pulls out as an undertaking
for their comeback surprises Fuko.Copy !req
28. Th-That's the book I use as my life's bible...Copy !req
29. the masterpiece by Anno Un-sensei,
who holds the longest-running shojo manga record!Copy !req
30. Known as You-Me!Copy !req
31. Right.Copy !req
32. And...Copy !req
33. This is from Volume 20 of You-Me,
the Space Soccer Club Invasion arc.Copy !req
34. The Space Soccer Club is about to blow up
the entire school, but the team captain's...Copy !req
35. Spiral Shot of Justice!Copy !req
36. destroys all the goals and restores peace.Copy !req
37. Doesn't this story sound familiar?Copy !req
38. I'll just have to...Copy !req
39. negate that justice.Copy !req
40. The aliens from the other day!Copy !req
41. In addition...Copy !req
42. The Rotten High School Melee arc in volumes 11
to 18 can look like a prediction of the Spoil battle.Copy !req
43. We need to investigate.Copy !req
44. Question, Boss!Copy !req
45. Yes, Top?Copy !req
46. Are you being for real?
Uh, also, what's this You-Me thing?Copy !req
47. Are you saying you don't know, Top?Copy !req
48. You-Me is only the gold standard
of long-running sci-fi shojo manga!Copy !req
49. It's got battles, too,
so even you can read it, Top.Copy !req
50. There's 101 volumes in all!Copy !req
51. 101?Copy !req
52. But no one knows anything beyond the manga.Copy !req
53. There's no info about the author at all.Copy !req
54. That is correct.Copy !req
55. If You-Me was drawn with the Artifact G-Liner
as I predict...Copy !req
56. the objects drawn themselves
are not affected by the addition of new Rules.Copy !req
57. In other words, the raw manuscript
doesn't fall under the language unification,Copy !req
58. and will still be in Japanese.Copy !req
59. Right.Copy !req
60. The raw manuscript...Copy !req
61. Andy, Fuko.Copy !req
62. There are two things I want you to look into.Copy !req
63. I want the status of the raw manuscript
and intel on the author, Anno Un.Copy !req
64. I'll leave the means up to you.Copy !req
65. If those two are anywhere,
it would be at the publisher.Copy !req
66. But I doubt they'll show it to us just like that.Copy !req
67. Which means...Copy !req
68. So amazing...Copy !req
69. all we gotta do is whip up
a killer manga and bring it to 'em, right?Copy !req
70. - What?
- What?Copy !req
71. 2020Copy !req
72. DECEMBER 3RDCopy !req
73. Pappy said you can use this room!Copy !req
74. Thanks.Copy !req
75. While I'm puttin' ya out,
ya mind preparin' the stuff on this list?Copy !req
76. Aye, aye!Copy !req
77. Urgh... urrrgh...Copy !req
78. What're ya stressing about?Copy !req
79. This is impossible!
Why am I the one making it?Copy !req
80. I'm just a blissful connoisseur of fiction!Copy !req
81. There's a huge difference between being
a reader and a writer!Copy !req
82. I'll handle wrappin' it up.Copy !req
83. Huh?Copy !req
84. Okay, Unigle.Copy !req
85. Your basic manga pipeline looks somethin' like this.Copy !req
86. Andy, you've made a manga before?Copy !req
87. Not from scratch, no. But I dabbled a little
when Tezuka was hypin' up the manga industry.Copy !req
88. Tezu-Copy !req
89. Composition, background art-
I got all that covered.Copy !req
90. But the base for it all.Copy !req
91. Now that's a spot where the passion
from your soul weighs in. Nobody can help you there.Copy !req
92. But you're the one with the most shojo manga know-how.Copy !req
93. So, ya just gotta dream up a boyfriend and situations
with him that'd make your heart throb to death!Copy !req
94. Can y'manage that, Fuko?Copy !req
95. Yeah!Copy !req
96. Well, you sure are takin' this in stride.Copy !req
97. I was expectin' ya to get
far more embarrassed than that.Copy !req
98. I can't afford to do that!
I don't want my shyness to cause any hangups.Copy !req
99. And besides...Copy !req
100. If You-Me really is a book of prophecies...Copy !req
101. then its pages just might hold the key
to stopping Mr. Billy and his group.Copy !req
102. Doing it for Tatiana, huh?Copy !req
103. Of course that's one reason,
but if I can do a good job on this manga...Copy !req
104. I think I'll be able
to understand my own feelings better.Copy !req
105. And if I can do that, then...Copy !req
106. I'll be able to summon even stronger strokes of unluck!Copy !req
107. Right. That should be quite the treat.Copy !req
108. Well?Copy !req
109. I-I actually don't want you reading
it too carefully in detail.Copy !req
110. Sick. Wicked sick, in fact!Copy !req
111. Gonna compose the storyboard now!Copy !req
112. I'll have it done in an hour.
Everyone get ready to draw!Copy !req
113. Everyone?Copy !req
114. Shk-ping!Copy !req
115. Um, we're here. Per your request.Copy !req
116. It's Mui! And Mico!Copy !req
117. Um, if there's anything I can do to help-Copy !req
118. Go pump some iron.
Your power's too dangerous.Copy !req
119. Roger...Copy !req
120. Pan-Panda!Copy !req
121. But a manga takes a lot
of time to make!Copy !req
122. Not an issue.Copy !req
123. Mico! Get the gear I asked for.Copy !req
124. Aye, aye, sir!Copy !req
125. Gatch-ching!Copy !req
126. Whoa! They're moving on their own!Copy !req
127. With these brain wave-operated robot arms,
we'll finish up six times as fast.Copy !req
128. Brute force?Copy !req
129. But I can't control them at all!Copy !req
130. Yeah, I know.
That's why I'm givin' ya an hour.Copy !req
131. Get used to 'em.Copy !req
132. You can't be serious!Copy !req
133. Imagine looking down at yourself from above.Copy !req
134. Once you get the hang of it,
the rest is a piece of cake.Copy !req
135. Oh, Tatiana!Copy !req
136. Time for training, Fuko!Copy !req
137. Fuko.Copy !req
138. Tatiana, thank you for giving me the drill!Copy !req
139. Of course I did.
We're friends.Copy !req
140. Thanks to you,
I can move these around now!Copy !req
141. Mm... I want to help out with this manga, too.Copy !req
142. You'll have less space to work with, but...Copy !req
143. You're more than welcome aboard!
Let's work together!Copy !req
144. The storyboard's done!Copy !req
145. That was fast!Copy !req
146. Pan-Panda!Copy !req
147. I'll assist.Copy !req
148. Appreciate it.Copy !req
149. When you said it was a book of prophecies,
I went back and re-read You-Me again...Copy !req
150. But there was nothing in it that suggested
Mr. Billy's betrayal or our current set of quests.Copy !req
151. Instead there were these awkward gaps.Copy !req
152. The closer I got to the climax,
the more apparent the plot holes became.Copy !req
153. Even back when I was reading each chapter as it came out,
I'd often wonder if I somehow skipped a part.Copy !req
154. In other words... you believe
the author intentionally left parts out?Copy !req
155. That's my guess.Copy !req
156. We need to confirm that aspect of this as well.Copy !req
157. Which frame do you want me to help next-Copy !req
158. Hmm?Copy !req
159. Pan-Panda!Copy !req
160. DECEMBER 5THCopy !req
161. You really going in there alone?Copy !req
162. Y-Yeah.Copy !req
163. I think it'd be better if I went in with you-Copy !req
164. No, you see, um...Copy !req
165. Let's just say, you don't look the part
of a shojo manga artist.Copy !req
166. Huh?Copy !req
167. And you know, our goal here
is to win credibility, so yeah.Copy !req
168. I'm really sorry!
Just wait out here for me!Copy !req
169. Whoa... wow...Copy !req
170. Hello there. Sorry for the wait.
You're a first-timer, right?Copy !req
171. Oh, yes.Copy !req
172. All right.
Then let's see what you've got!Copy !req
173. "Undead Plus Unluck", huh?Copy !req
174. Oh, the "plus" is silent!Copy !req
175. Aah, okay.Copy !req
176. How long did this take you?Copy !req
177. Huh? Well, let's see...Copy !req
178. I don't know the standard,
and I can't say it only took a day, either.Copy !req
179. A-About a week.Copy !req
180. A week? You drew this in a week?Copy !req
181. Yes!Copy !req
182. OFF TODAY-PLEASE DON'T LOOK FOR ME
I only said that to make a good impression!
Manga artists of the world, forgive me!Copy !req
183. The composition is awfully refined...
All this at just 18, huh?Copy !req
184. That's the part Andy handled!Copy !req
185. The character art is also pretty good.Copy !req
186. Whuh?Copy !req
187. Of course, unlike your composition,
your line work and designs don't cut it at all.Copy !req
188. Your art style is too old school.Copy !req
189. And it seems to lack design sense.Copy !req
190. NO TASTE IN DESIGN!Copy !req
191. But it has charm.
I can, well... feel it.Copy !req
192. Huh?Copy !req
193. I can feel you really love the hero of this story.Copy !req
194. Did you base him on someone?Copy !req
195. Hah, of course you wouldn't have
a zombie boyfriend!Copy !req
196. Right... if someone like that existed,
I'd wind up falling for them.Copy !req
197. So do you want to submit this
to the contest? I think it'll place great.Copy !req
198. Oh! Yes, please do!Copy !req
199. Um... actually, I have a request, if you don't mind.Copy !req
200. Now it makes sense.Copy !req
201. Once you said you're a You-Me fan,
it all clicked.Copy !req
202. That manga is a unique one, too,
with its heavy use of sci-fi elements.Copy !req
203. Normally this isn't allowed,
but it's a special treat.Copy !req
204. Th-Then, you're really showing me
the raw manuscripts?Copy !req
205. Sure! Nowadays, we're all about digital manuscripts.
So chances like this are pretty rare.Copy !req
206. You ought to see the power
an analog manuscript holds.Copy !req
207. Now, let's see...Copy !req
208. Huh?Copy !req
209. Well, that's odd.
What's this writing?Copy !req
210. TO YOU, FROM MECopy !req
211. Andy! It's in Japanese!Copy !req
212. Yeah.Copy !req
213. That seals it.Copy !req
214. You-Me is definitely a book of prophecy, Fuko.Copy !req
215. Um... You-Me has some rejected storylines, right?Copy !req
216. How do you know that?Copy !req
217. Huh? Oh, well, y'see...Copy !req
218. Anno-sensei has always excelled at story structure!Copy !req
219. So some awkward progression in the later parts
of the story stood out-I mean...Copy !req
220. Don't get me wrong,
it stayed great till the end, but...Copy !req
221. That's right! So you could tell!
We shelved three arcs!Copy !req
222. Three?Copy !req
223. The Kohei's Betrayal arc.Copy !req
224. The Four Kings of the Four Season's arc.Copy !req
225. And the Ando's Past arc.Copy !req
226. Both of you, get in contact
with Anno Un immediately!Copy !req
227. They intentionally left out details about the future!
I want those details and why they were withheld!Copy !req
228. Under most likely hasn't caught on to this intel.Copy !req
229. We'll seize it for ourselves
and gain the upperhand!Copy !req
230. I can dispatch other members if necessary!
I'll leave it to Andy to decide if he wants more members!Copy !req
231. B-But we don't even know where Anno-sensei is.Copy !req
232. Hello, Anno-sensei?
It's me, Tahioka.Copy !req
233. I know you prefer to stay silent,
so I'll cut to the point.Copy !req
234. The first matter is that the manuscripts you have
stored here might have been replaced.Copy !req
235. The other is that we need you to judge this month's contest.Copy !req
236. U-Um...Copy !req
237. For the first matter, I'll give you a report after
we've done some more investigating.Copy !req
238. As for the second,
are you available to judge?Copy !req
239. Um... would it be possible to speak with them?Copy !req
240. Huh?Copy !req
241. I can't do such a thing-Copy !req
242. Huh?Copy !req
243. Huh?Copy !req
244. Huh?Copy !req
245. Thank you very much.Copy !req
246. Hello, Anno-sensei.Copy !req
247. Nice to meet you.
My name is Fuko Izumo.Copy !req
248. Would you mind reading my manga?
I would appreciate it very much if you did.Copy !req
249. If it's too far for your convenience,
I don't mind coming to you.Copy !req
250. You're wasting your breath.
Anno-sensei doesn't speak to others.Copy !req
251. I've never even seen them before.Copy !req
252. Is it any good?Copy !req
253. If it's an interesting read,
then I'll meet with you.Copy !req
254. In five hours, come to the bench
at Stanley Park in Canada.Copy !req
255. Both of you together.Copy !req
256. Th-That's the first time I've heard their voice.Copy !req
257. OF SHUEISHA HEADQUARTERS,Copy !req
258. 17:00Copy !req
259. ERASED.Copy !req
260. An autumn forest where red leaves fall...
that is the crossroads of fate.Copy !req
261. The unlucky girl and the undead man
finally reach this location.Copy !req
262. Next episode of Undead Unluck,
Episode 20-Anno Un.Copy !req
263. In search of the greatest death ever.Copy !req