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Trigun "Kill the CD Drama" tracks.
My usual policy of translation is to keep things in Japanese if there's not a solid English equivalent, and to culture/translation note rather than localize. When I translate, or roleplay Trigun I try to keep Japanese to a minimum because the writer, Nightow, says they are speaking English on Gunsmoke. I'll turn the -sans into Mr. and Ms. and the like with Trigun translations (something I don't do with even fairly European settings such as FMA), but the comedy especially is aggressively Japanese at times. From puns, Manzai, misquoted Japanese proverbs, and Japanese dialect gags to references to old sketch comedy shows, for an American Western style series, Trigun is as Japanese as furikake.
These are all from page 77 of the art book. Some grammar errors are from the text itself (such as gun being lowercase in the first skit title--all skit titles are in English).
Voice of Yousuke Kuroda
Hullo. I did the series composition and scripts, Kuroda Yousuke of Studio Orphee here. The scripts gathered here were written for the Trigun Second Donuts mini-dramas but since I didn't know how many would be recorded, I tried writing that "I've written ten books worth of them so please choose whichever are appropriate" and they were cut clean out. So, be aware that they're mostly full of dirty jokes or too in-jokey to get. If a drama CD like that was released, I'd be killed dead... so it felt like but, since the staff liked them, I guess it might be all right. Since it's like my personal statue of limitations is up or rather, since I'd gotten the main staff's approval, I'd like to display these to the public for the first time right here. They're mostly unedited. All you aiming to be scenario writers, if you use these as a reference to become a shock-aiming creator it's going to become a big mess so it'd be better to be careful. They're ultimately just jokes, so please don't get too mad, alright?
The Third gun
In Knives' room
Milly: Okay, okay! I have a question for Mr. Knives!
Knives: What is it, Big Girl?
Milly: Just as the title says, Mr. Vash has three guns, yes?
Knives: Aa, he does, doesn't he.
Milly: Does Mr. Knives not have a third one?
Knives: I do! Right here...
Shuffle, Knives stripping and throwing off his clothes.
Milly: Uwa---
Knives: This is my Trigun.
Milly: May I touch it?
Knives: Tenderly, please.
Milly: Understood! ... Yeah!
Knives: Uhu...
Milly: Uwa--- It's changing form---
Knives: It's the uh--ultimate weapon... after all.
Milly: Yeah!
Knives: Uhuu...
Milly: Uwa, it's changing form even more...
Knives: I'm, pretty, proud, of it...
Milly: It's a real immortal Muscle Hero, isn't it!
Knives: ... Ha, haha, nn...
Milly: Yeah!
Knives: Ah!
Milly: Yeah!
Knives: Oh!
Milly: Yeah!
Knives: .... Ahhh!
Goodboy, Badboy, Normalboy
Trigun Studio
Wolfwood: Hey, Vash. Seen the new bit?
Vash: Aa, Trigun's Good boy, bad boy and normal boy right?
Wolfwood: What, you already knew?
Vash: You don't like it? It's a nice peaceful plot, isn't it? Rem will be happy with this one!
Wolfwood: This's the kinda script she likes? Real shame about that girl's tastes.
Shink. Shink. Legato comes.
Legato: You two, I've got a question.
Vash: What's up, Legato?
Legato: It's about this next bit
Wolfwood: You're not in it?
Legato: That's not it. It's about the script itself. I can tell who the good and the bad kids are be but I'm a little stuck on the normal one.
Wolfwood: Are you saying I couldn't pull off the normal kid? Compared to you, I'm pretty normal, really.
Legato: .... Ff.
Wolfwood: (Snapping in anger) You just scoffed!
Vash: Now, now, calm down. Love and Peace.
Wolfwood: That smug-ass face! I'm about to headbutt you, for real!
Legato: I'll be going on ahead, Futsuo-kun*. (Snicker)
Wolfwood: Why you...
Vash: The, the recording's about to start. Let's get to our stations...
Wolfwood: I heard you!
Wolfwood opens and closes the door.
From above the recording chime dings.
Vash: Vash-kun's Goodboy, Badboy, Normalboy---!
.... Yes, to start with, today's topic is from Saitama's Iruma-kun.**
(Calling out) Oooo! Yoshio!*
The door opens.
Legato: (Voice cool and low) What is it, Father?
Wolfwood: He's the Yoshio?!
* This is based off of a 1970s Japanese comedy show called Kindon! There was a series in the 80s called Kindon! Good, Bad and Normal-boy! Running with topics based off of viewer submissions, a three part joke would take place based on the first two giving the expected answers and the third's being the punchline. The kids were called Yoshio, Waruo and Futsuo. Yoshi = Good, Warui = Bad, Futsuu = Three guesses and the first two don't count.
**Iruma is a city in the Saitama prefecture. It's being used here as a name as a joke.
Murder Vash
In a town
Vash: (Singing) Kill them all~ Kill them all~ Not gonna leave a single one~
The sound of Vash opening the door.
Townsperson: You, you're the one who doesn't kill, Mr. Vash the Stampede!
Vash: (Coolly) Where are the bank robbers?
Townsperson: Inside that building!
Vash: Understood.
Click. Vash takes out his gun.
Townsperson: Wah, why are you bringing a gun? There're hostages inside!
Vash: Bank robbery is very bad.
Townsperson: St, stop it. Please stoooooop!
BANNNNNNNG. The sound of the gun echoes.
In a town.
Vash: (Singing) Kill them all~ Kill them all~ Not gonna leave a single one~
A kid comes running.
Kid: Stupid Mommy, she could at least buy me a toy. I'm gonna be BAD. So bad she'll be embarrassed to show her face in public!
Vash: You can't do that.
Kid: Who the hell are you?!
Vash: A passing gunman.
Click. Vash takes out his gun.
Kid: What're you doing? What're you going to do with that?!
Vash: Those who don't listen to their mommies are bad kids.
BANNNNNNNG. The sound of the gun echoes.
In a town.
Vash: (Singing) Kill them all~ Kill them all~ Not gonna leave a single one~
Cling, clang. A church bell rings.
Wolfwood (Monologue): The first time I picked up a gun was when I was 7 years old. The same for firing one. I remember the trigger being strangely easy to pull. I laughed. Because with just one shot, I silenced that piece of trash who was assigned to be my supposed guardian. It was really that simple...
With that, I was free. Come tomorrow, something would change. Come tomorrow... But you know? The situation just kept going from bad to worse. There was no way out.
But, even though I took up this trade, I've never regretted it until now. In this age, someone has to protect the kids.
Thinking that I made myself the best I could. Thinking there was no other way, I took people's lives, shot them... This sin... It's too heavy.
Vash: Aa, it's heavy, isn't it.
Click. Vash takes out his gun.
Wolfwood: Needle Noggin!
Vash: You're a cruel man, Nicholas D. Wolfwood. ... Pay for your sins.
BANNNNNNNG. The sound of the gun echoes.
In a town
Vash: (Singing) Kill them all~ Kill them all~ Not gonna leave a single one~
Milly: Ah, Mr. Vash! Meeting you here, what a coincidence! (coincidence - kiguu)(1)
Vash: Clay doll. (Clay doll - dougu) (1)
Milly: That's silly, Mr. Vash! Those are little things sacrificed for bigger causes! (Daiji no mae no shouji)(2)
Vash: Tatami.
Milly: Is that what the saying is? But they say, caution takes a moment, injury lasts a lifetime! (Chuui wa ichi byou, kega isshou)(3)
Vash: A journey is an injury that lasts a lifetime. (Tabi wa makisoe kega isshou.)(3)
Milly: I see. Like a nail through a board! (Tate ita ni kigu) (4)
Vash: You got it wrong.
Click. Vash takes out his gun.
Milly: ... M, Mr. Vash?
Vash: You are not Milly.
BANNNNNNNG. The sound of the gun echoes.
Milly: (Shot) Wh, why...
Vash: (Detached, Engrish) Okay, don't mind, let's go Vash. (5)
Meryl: (Scream) Kyaaaaaaa! M, Milly! .... What have you done, Mr. Vash? What are you saying Milly had done? As Disaster Prevention Agents of Bernadelli Insurance Agency, this incident which you have caused...
Vash: Shut up.
Click. Vash takes out his gun.
Meryl: Y, you are a dastardly wanted outlaw after all. Then, I will now be taking risk prevention measures!
Vash: No you won't.
BANNNNNNNG. The sound of the gun echoes.
In a town
Vash: (Singing) Kill them all~ Kill them all~ Not gonna leave a single one~
The wind makes a whoooooosh sound.
Legato: You've come at last, Vash the Stampede. Each time you sing that song, my left arm trembles with a chill. This left arm that has your hand.
Vash: Left arm thief.
Legato: Oh, it's nothing in comparison to the number of people you've snatched away. You aren't human. I will lecture you on this truth.
Vash: I don't need it.
Legato: That's fine. I don't mind. A selfish and incomplete being like myself certainly can't be allowed to live, now can I? I wish for Nothing. I wish for death....
Click. Vash takes out his gun.
Vash: I'll do it.
Legato: Please do.
Vash: Got it.
BANNNNNNNG. The sound of the gun echoes.
In a town
Vash: (Singing) Kill them all~ Kill them all~ Not gonna leave a single one~
Step step. Vash walks across the desert.
Knives: Yo, Vash. Been good, been well?
Vash: Knives...
Knives: How was it, living as a human?
Vash: It wasn't very good.
Knives: Right? I tried to tell you. It'd be better not to.
Vash: I've learned my lesson.
Knives: Well, that's settled it. Now, let's gather it up and throw out all this trash.
Vash: Yeah, let's.
Vash and Knives: Angel Arm!
Whirl whirl. Energy gathers around the Angel Arms.
It fires and explodes. While the sound of the explosion echoes, Vash and Knives's singing voices ring out.
Vash & Knives: (Singing) Kill them all~ Kill them all~ Not gonna leave a single one~
(Engrish) Lalala lula, Genocide~ Leelee loo-lee-loo, a bloody ocean~ Let's begin the killing time~
The sounds of explosions echoing continues.
A very common way to write a boke or an idiot character in Japanese is to make them misquote proverbs. Milly does a lot of this in series. Today it's Vash doing it, or if nothing else referencing the times Milly has.
(1)When Milly meets Wolfwood in episode 11, she greets him with "dougu desu ne" instead of "kiguu desu ne"
(2) In the Little Arcadia arc of the manga, Milly says this, but little things 小事 (shouji) is written 障子 (shouji) as in the traditional Japanese sliding paper doors. Tatami are traditional Japanese flooring mats. Together they make up the quintessential Japanese interior.
(3) Milly misquotes this proverb in Episode 11 of the anime as "A journey is an injury that lasts a life time." She was mixing it up with the proverb "The world are your traveling companions so comfort and take comfort in them." (Tabi wa michizure yo wa nasake).
(4)Tate ita ni mizu means to talk fluidly without stop like flowing water over a flat board surface. "Like water over a board." Here she says like a nail through a board; there's another similar proverb (nuka ni kigu) "like a nail through rice" which is to say a useless endeavor. She seems to be mixing it up, there. And also breaking the Manzai role/pace, a heinous offense indeed.
(5) In the Little Arcadia arc of the manga, Meryl's says "Okay, Don't Mind, Let's go, Milly" in Engrish (okee donmai rettsu go Milly).
*Knives greets him with "ogenko, ogenko?" a greeting commonly associated with the limp-wristed stock homosexual male character types. I am not quite sure how to convey that with an English translation. His speech in general doesn't have quite the same feel.
Don't cry, Boss
Boss - Vash
Veteran Detective - Wolfwood
Assassin - Legato
Crime Boss - Knives
Tea Secretary - Milly
Bernadelli Police Station - Investigative Branch
Ring ring ring ring. Ring ring ring ring. The phone rings.
The one to pick up is Wolfwood.
Wolfwood: ...Yes, Investigative Branch speaking?
(Listening to the information) ... Mm..... Mm... I got it.
Clang. Wolfwood hangs up the receiver.
Wolfwood: Boss, there's a murder in Carcasses' third district!*
Vash: (Crying) Waah. Why did such a sad thing happen...
Wolfwood: Please don't cry every time an incident occurs. It's soppy beyond belief, for real.
Milly: The boss is a "Love and Peace" type isn't he? Here, niiiiice warm tea for you!
Vash: (Crying) Waah, thank you!
Woldwoof: You're gonna cry over the tea too?!
At the crime scene
Flash, flash. The sounds of cameras flashing.
Vash and Wolfwood's approaching footsteps.
Wolfwood: The stiff's name was Meryl Strife. She worked at a business near here, a regular office lady with no hobbies or sex appeal. Please confirm it, Boss.
Whoosh. Wolfwood pulls the sheet covering Meryl off.
Vash: (Crying) Waah, she's so messed up, I can't even tellll....
Wolfwood: Aaah, you sop!!!
Vash: (Crying) Waah, what's the cause of death?
Wolfwood: Two shots to the head, two to the heart from a 40 caliber.
It's what they call a Colorado style shooting.
Vash: (Seriously.) It's Legato. The man in the white coat.
Wolfwood: Who's that?!
Milly: Boss, your tea!
Vash: (Crying) Waah, thank you!
Bam! Wolfwood smacks the desk.
Wolfwood: Spill the beans, you punk. We've got witnesses who saw you meeting Meryl Strife and a third district cafe!
Legato: (Coolly) Don't be in such a hurry. Soon enough all mankind will be gone without even a trace of dust left of them.
Wolfwood: Don't try to mix us up with nonsense!
Vash: (Crying) Waah...
Wolfwood: And YOU stop crying!
Vash: (Crying) You aren't sad?
Wolfwood: I can't get sad over every last little thing, can I?!
Legato: .. (Chuckle) That is true, isn't it. Because there are plenty of sad matters like this. The people you meet, be they allies or enemies, will go on to die. Until your tears have been cried dry...
Wolfwood: What the HELL's that even mean!!!
Milly: Boss, your tea!
Vash: (Crying) Waah, thank you!
Legato: Could I have some too?
Milly: Yes, here you go!
Legato: Thank you.
(He sips the tea).... Whew.
Vasg: (Crying) Waah...
Legato: (Crying) Waah...
Wolfwood: Is it the tea? So it's the tea?!
Bernadelli Police Station - Investigative Branch
The door opens, Wolfwood entering.
Wolfwood: Boss, we've got a vital clue. That Legato Bluesummers we nabbed yesterday was an assassin for the Millions Gang. And it seems like he's the personal pet dog of their leader, a guy called Knives.
Vash: (Crying) People aren't dogs!
Wolfwood: Please don't play the straightman while crying.
Vash: Miss Milly, tea please...
Milly: Kaaay!
Wolfwood: A, ah, it'd be better not to drink it. Please lay off the tea, Boss.
Vash: (Chugging down the tea).... Ah.
Wolfwood: Ah, I, uh, am off to question them. See ya!
In a hurry Wolfwood opens and is out the door.
Milly: 3, 2, 1... Yes!
Vash: (Crying) Waaah, Rem...
Milly: Who is that?
Millions Gang
Bang, bang. Gunshots sound.
Wolfwood: We're with the Bernadelli Police. I'm Nicholas D. Wolfwood and the crybaby beside me's my Boss!
Vash: (Crying) Waah.
Wolfwood: All of you behave. Any sudden movements and you'll be eating lead.
Vash: (Pleading desperation) Don't shoot! Don't kill! I'm begging you, please don't shoot...!
Wolfwood: Ahh, you sop!
With a rustle, Wolfwood re-readies his gun.
Wolfwood: Where's the gang leader Knives?
Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle. Knives comes walking.
Vash: (Crying) Waah... Y, you, you, youuuu! You're Knives, aren't you!
Knives: It's been 130 years, Vash. You been doing all right?
Wolfwood: You know him?!
Knives: I just don't understand humans. Being so surprised just by hearing we know each other. Since you were so stubborn, I thought of at least leaving her alive, but imperfections are what make things good. It was right to get rid of her!
Wolfwood: Your lines don't even make sense!
Milly: Yes, here's your tea!
Vash and Knives: Thank you.
(They drink) .... Whew.
A moment passes.
Vash and Knives: (Crying) Wah.....
Vash: (Crying) Rem...
Knives: (Crying) Vash...
Wolfwood: Would you stop?!
Vash and Knives: (Crying) Wah.....
Wolfwood: That's enough already!
Vash and Knives: (Crying) Wah.....
Wolfwood: I'll shoot you! Any more of this and I'm shooting you!
Vash and Knives: (Crying) Wah.....
Boomboom. The sound of two gunshots...
*Carcasses is the town in South Cornelia that's abandoned when the cast gets there, with Knives written in big red letters.
These are all from page 77 of the art book. Some grammar errors are from the text itself (such as gun being lowercase in the first skit title--all skit titles are in English).
Voice of Yousuke Kuroda
Hullo. I did the series composition and scripts, Kuroda Yousuke of Studio Orphee here. The scripts gathered here were written for the Trigun Second Donuts mini-dramas but since I didn't know how many would be recorded, I tried writing that "I've written ten books worth of them so please choose whichever are appropriate" and they were cut clean out. So, be aware that they're mostly full of dirty jokes or too in-jokey to get. If a drama CD like that was released, I'd be killed dead... so it felt like but, since the staff liked them, I guess it might be all right. Since it's like my personal statue of limitations is up or rather, since I'd gotten the main staff's approval, I'd like to display these to the public for the first time right here. They're mostly unedited. All you aiming to be scenario writers, if you use these as a reference to become a shock-aiming creator it's going to become a big mess so it'd be better to be careful. They're ultimately just jokes, so please don't get too mad, alright?
The Third gun
In Knives' room
Milly: Okay, okay! I have a question for Mr. Knives!
Knives: What is it, Big Girl?
Milly: Just as the title says, Mr. Vash has three guns, yes?
Knives: Aa, he does, doesn't he.
Milly: Does Mr. Knives not have a third one?
Knives: I do! Right here...
Shuffle, Knives stripping and throwing off his clothes.
Milly: Uwa---
Knives: This is my Trigun.
Milly: May I touch it?
Knives: Tenderly, please.
Milly: Understood! ... Yeah!
Knives: Uhu...
Milly: Uwa--- It's changing form---
Knives: It's the uh--ultimate weapon... after all.
Milly: Yeah!
Knives: Uhuu...
Milly: Uwa, it's changing form even more...
Knives: I'm, pretty, proud, of it...
Milly: It's a real immortal Muscle Hero, isn't it!
Knives: ... Ha, haha, nn...
Milly: Yeah!
Knives: Ah!
Milly: Yeah!
Knives: Oh!
Milly: Yeah!
Knives: .... Ahhh!
Goodboy, Badboy, Normalboy
Trigun Studio
Wolfwood: Hey, Vash. Seen the new bit?
Vash: Aa, Trigun's Good boy, bad boy and normal boy right?
Wolfwood: What, you already knew?
Vash: You don't like it? It's a nice peaceful plot, isn't it? Rem will be happy with this one!
Wolfwood: This's the kinda script she likes? Real shame about that girl's tastes.
Shink. Shink. Legato comes.
Legato: You two, I've got a question.
Vash: What's up, Legato?
Legato: It's about this next bit
Wolfwood: You're not in it?
Legato: That's not it. It's about the script itself. I can tell who the good and the bad kids are be but I'm a little stuck on the normal one.
Wolfwood: Are you saying I couldn't pull off the normal kid? Compared to you, I'm pretty normal, really.
Legato: .... Ff.
Wolfwood: (Snapping in anger) You just scoffed!
Vash: Now, now, calm down. Love and Peace.
Wolfwood: That smug-ass face! I'm about to headbutt you, for real!
Legato: I'll be going on ahead, Futsuo-kun*. (Snicker)
Wolfwood: Why you...
Vash: The, the recording's about to start. Let's get to our stations...
Wolfwood: I heard you!
Wolfwood opens and closes the door.
From above the recording chime dings.
Vash: Vash-kun's Goodboy, Badboy, Normalboy---!
.... Yes, to start with, today's topic is from Saitama's Iruma-kun.**
(Calling out) Oooo! Yoshio!*
The door opens.
Legato: (Voice cool and low) What is it, Father?
Wolfwood: He's the Yoshio?!
* This is based off of a 1970s Japanese comedy show called Kindon! There was a series in the 80s called Kindon! Good, Bad and Normal-boy! Running with topics based off of viewer submissions, a three part joke would take place based on the first two giving the expected answers and the third's being the punchline. The kids were called Yoshio, Waruo and Futsuo. Yoshi = Good, Warui = Bad, Futsuu = Three guesses and the first two don't count.
**Iruma is a city in the Saitama prefecture. It's being used here as a name as a joke.
Murder Vash
In a town
Vash: (Singing) Kill them all~ Kill them all~ Not gonna leave a single one~
The sound of Vash opening the door.
Townsperson: You, you're the one who doesn't kill, Mr. Vash the Stampede!
Vash: (Coolly) Where are the bank robbers?
Townsperson: Inside that building!
Vash: Understood.
Click. Vash takes out his gun.
Townsperson: Wah, why are you bringing a gun? There're hostages inside!
Vash: Bank robbery is very bad.
Townsperson: St, stop it. Please stoooooop!
BANNNNNNNG. The sound of the gun echoes.
In a town.
Vash: (Singing) Kill them all~ Kill them all~ Not gonna leave a single one~
A kid comes running.
Kid: Stupid Mommy, she could at least buy me a toy. I'm gonna be BAD. So bad she'll be embarrassed to show her face in public!
Vash: You can't do that.
Kid: Who the hell are you?!
Vash: A passing gunman.
Click. Vash takes out his gun.
Kid: What're you doing? What're you going to do with that?!
Vash: Those who don't listen to their mommies are bad kids.
BANNNNNNNG. The sound of the gun echoes.
In a town.
Vash: (Singing) Kill them all~ Kill them all~ Not gonna leave a single one~
Cling, clang. A church bell rings.
Wolfwood (Monologue): The first time I picked up a gun was when I was 7 years old. The same for firing one. I remember the trigger being strangely easy to pull. I laughed. Because with just one shot, I silenced that piece of trash who was assigned to be my supposed guardian. It was really that simple...
With that, I was free. Come tomorrow, something would change. Come tomorrow... But you know? The situation just kept going from bad to worse. There was no way out.
But, even though I took up this trade, I've never regretted it until now. In this age, someone has to protect the kids.
Thinking that I made myself the best I could. Thinking there was no other way, I took people's lives, shot them... This sin... It's too heavy.
Vash: Aa, it's heavy, isn't it.
Click. Vash takes out his gun.
Wolfwood: Needle Noggin!
Vash: You're a cruel man, Nicholas D. Wolfwood. ... Pay for your sins.
BANNNNNNNG. The sound of the gun echoes.
In a town
Vash: (Singing) Kill them all~ Kill them all~ Not gonna leave a single one~
Milly: Ah, Mr. Vash! Meeting you here, what a coincidence! (coincidence - kiguu)(1)
Vash: Clay doll. (Clay doll - dougu) (1)
Milly: That's silly, Mr. Vash! Those are little things sacrificed for bigger causes! (Daiji no mae no shouji)(2)
Vash: Tatami.
Milly: Is that what the saying is? But they say, caution takes a moment, injury lasts a lifetime! (Chuui wa ichi byou, kega isshou)(3)
Vash: A journey is an injury that lasts a lifetime. (Tabi wa makisoe kega isshou.)(3)
Milly: I see. Like a nail through a board! (Tate ita ni kigu) (4)
Vash: You got it wrong.
Click. Vash takes out his gun.
Milly: ... M, Mr. Vash?
Vash: You are not Milly.
BANNNNNNNG. The sound of the gun echoes.
Milly: (Shot) Wh, why...
Vash: (Detached, Engrish) Okay, don't mind, let's go Vash. (5)
Meryl: (Scream) Kyaaaaaaa! M, Milly! .... What have you done, Mr. Vash? What are you saying Milly had done? As Disaster Prevention Agents of Bernadelli Insurance Agency, this incident which you have caused...
Vash: Shut up.
Click. Vash takes out his gun.
Meryl: Y, you are a dastardly wanted outlaw after all. Then, I will now be taking risk prevention measures!
Vash: No you won't.
BANNNNNNNG. The sound of the gun echoes.
In a town
Vash: (Singing) Kill them all~ Kill them all~ Not gonna leave a single one~
The wind makes a whoooooosh sound.
Legato: You've come at last, Vash the Stampede. Each time you sing that song, my left arm trembles with a chill. This left arm that has your hand.
Vash: Left arm thief.
Legato: Oh, it's nothing in comparison to the number of people you've snatched away. You aren't human. I will lecture you on this truth.
Vash: I don't need it.
Legato: That's fine. I don't mind. A selfish and incomplete being like myself certainly can't be allowed to live, now can I? I wish for Nothing. I wish for death....
Click. Vash takes out his gun.
Vash: I'll do it.
Legato: Please do.
Vash: Got it.
BANNNNNNNG. The sound of the gun echoes.
In a town
Vash: (Singing) Kill them all~ Kill them all~ Not gonna leave a single one~
Step step. Vash walks across the desert.
Knives: Yo, Vash. Been good, been well?
Vash: Knives...
Knives: How was it, living as a human?
Vash: It wasn't very good.
Knives: Right? I tried to tell you. It'd be better not to.
Vash: I've learned my lesson.
Knives: Well, that's settled it. Now, let's gather it up and throw out all this trash.
Vash: Yeah, let's.
Vash and Knives: Angel Arm!
Whirl whirl. Energy gathers around the Angel Arms.
It fires and explodes. While the sound of the explosion echoes, Vash and Knives's singing voices ring out.
Vash & Knives: (Singing) Kill them all~ Kill them all~ Not gonna leave a single one~
(Engrish) Lalala lula, Genocide~ Leelee loo-lee-loo, a bloody ocean~ Let's begin the killing time~
The sounds of explosions echoing continues.
A very common way to write a boke or an idiot character in Japanese is to make them misquote proverbs. Milly does a lot of this in series. Today it's Vash doing it, or if nothing else referencing the times Milly has.
(1)When Milly meets Wolfwood in episode 11, she greets him with "dougu desu ne" instead of "kiguu desu ne"
(2) In the Little Arcadia arc of the manga, Milly says this, but little things 小事 (shouji) is written 障子 (shouji) as in the traditional Japanese sliding paper doors. Tatami are traditional Japanese flooring mats. Together they make up the quintessential Japanese interior.
(3) Milly misquotes this proverb in Episode 11 of the anime as "A journey is an injury that lasts a life time." She was mixing it up with the proverb "The world are your traveling companions so comfort and take comfort in them." (Tabi wa michizure yo wa nasake).
(4)Tate ita ni mizu means to talk fluidly without stop like flowing water over a flat board surface. "Like water over a board." Here she says like a nail through a board; there's another similar proverb (nuka ni kigu) "like a nail through rice" which is to say a useless endeavor. She seems to be mixing it up, there. And also breaking the Manzai role/pace, a heinous offense indeed.
(5) In the Little Arcadia arc of the manga, Meryl's says "Okay, Don't Mind, Let's go, Milly" in Engrish (okee donmai rettsu go Milly).
*Knives greets him with "ogenko, ogenko?" a greeting commonly associated with the limp-wristed stock homosexual male character types. I am not quite sure how to convey that with an English translation. His speech in general doesn't have quite the same feel.
Don't cry, Boss
Boss - Vash
Veteran Detective - Wolfwood
Assassin - Legato
Crime Boss - Knives
Tea Secretary - Milly
Bernadelli Police Station - Investigative Branch
Ring ring ring ring. Ring ring ring ring. The phone rings.
The one to pick up is Wolfwood.
Wolfwood: ...Yes, Investigative Branch speaking?
(Listening to the information) ... Mm..... Mm... I got it.
Clang. Wolfwood hangs up the receiver.
Wolfwood: Boss, there's a murder in Carcasses' third district!*
Vash: (Crying) Waah. Why did such a sad thing happen...
Wolfwood: Please don't cry every time an incident occurs. It's soppy beyond belief, for real.
Milly: The boss is a "Love and Peace" type isn't he? Here, niiiiice warm tea for you!
Vash: (Crying) Waah, thank you!
Woldwoof: You're gonna cry over the tea too?!
At the crime scene
Flash, flash. The sounds of cameras flashing.
Vash and Wolfwood's approaching footsteps.
Wolfwood: The stiff's name was Meryl Strife. She worked at a business near here, a regular office lady with no hobbies or sex appeal. Please confirm it, Boss.
Whoosh. Wolfwood pulls the sheet covering Meryl off.
Vash: (Crying) Waah, she's so messed up, I can't even tellll....
Wolfwood: Aaah, you sop!!!
Vash: (Crying) Waah, what's the cause of death?
Wolfwood: Two shots to the head, two to the heart from a 40 caliber.
It's what they call a Colorado style shooting.
Vash: (Seriously.) It's Legato. The man in the white coat.
Wolfwood: Who's that?!
Milly: Boss, your tea!
Vash: (Crying) Waah, thank you!
Bam! Wolfwood smacks the desk.
Wolfwood: Spill the beans, you punk. We've got witnesses who saw you meeting Meryl Strife and a third district cafe!
Legato: (Coolly) Don't be in such a hurry. Soon enough all mankind will be gone without even a trace of dust left of them.
Wolfwood: Don't try to mix us up with nonsense!
Vash: (Crying) Waah...
Wolfwood: And YOU stop crying!
Vash: (Crying) You aren't sad?
Wolfwood: I can't get sad over every last little thing, can I?!
Legato: .. (Chuckle) That is true, isn't it. Because there are plenty of sad matters like this. The people you meet, be they allies or enemies, will go on to die. Until your tears have been cried dry...
Wolfwood: What the HELL's that even mean!!!
Milly: Boss, your tea!
Vash: (Crying) Waah, thank you!
Legato: Could I have some too?
Milly: Yes, here you go!
Legato: Thank you.
(He sips the tea).... Whew.
Vasg: (Crying) Waah...
Legato: (Crying) Waah...
Wolfwood: Is it the tea? So it's the tea?!
Bernadelli Police Station - Investigative Branch
The door opens, Wolfwood entering.
Wolfwood: Boss, we've got a vital clue. That Legato Bluesummers we nabbed yesterday was an assassin for the Millions Gang. And it seems like he's the personal pet dog of their leader, a guy called Knives.
Vash: (Crying) People aren't dogs!
Wolfwood: Please don't play the straightman while crying.
Vash: Miss Milly, tea please...
Milly: Kaaay!
Wolfwood: A, ah, it'd be better not to drink it. Please lay off the tea, Boss.
Vash: (Chugging down the tea).... Ah.
Wolfwood: Ah, I, uh, am off to question them. See ya!
In a hurry Wolfwood opens and is out the door.
Milly: 3, 2, 1... Yes!
Vash: (Crying) Waaah, Rem...
Milly: Who is that?
Millions Gang
Bang, bang. Gunshots sound.
Wolfwood: We're with the Bernadelli Police. I'm Nicholas D. Wolfwood and the crybaby beside me's my Boss!
Vash: (Crying) Waah.
Wolfwood: All of you behave. Any sudden movements and you'll be eating lead.
Vash: (Pleading desperation) Don't shoot! Don't kill! I'm begging you, please don't shoot...!
Wolfwood: Ahh, you sop!
With a rustle, Wolfwood re-readies his gun.
Wolfwood: Where's the gang leader Knives?
Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle. Knives comes walking.
Vash: (Crying) Waah... Y, you, you, youuuu! You're Knives, aren't you!
Knives: It's been 130 years, Vash. You been doing all right?
Wolfwood: You know him?!
Knives: I just don't understand humans. Being so surprised just by hearing we know each other. Since you were so stubborn, I thought of at least leaving her alive, but imperfections are what make things good. It was right to get rid of her!
Wolfwood: Your lines don't even make sense!
Milly: Yes, here's your tea!
Vash and Knives: Thank you.
(They drink) .... Whew.
A moment passes.
Vash and Knives: (Crying) Wah.....
Vash: (Crying) Rem...
Knives: (Crying) Vash...
Wolfwood: Would you stop?!
Vash and Knives: (Crying) Wah.....
Wolfwood: That's enough already!
Vash and Knives: (Crying) Wah.....
Wolfwood: I'll shoot you! Any more of this and I'm shooting you!
Vash and Knives: (Crying) Wah.....
Boomboom. The sound of two gunshots...
*Carcasses is the town in South Cornelia that's abandoned when the cast gets there, with Knives written in big red letters.