RYOKO 30

Even I didn't think I'd get to this one tonight! Go me.


RYOKO
(Side text- A Japanese sword wielding girl hunts down foodstuffs! Volumes 1~3 are in stores everywhere!)
(Side text- Now off to the City in the sea of trees!)
Volume 30: THE SEDUCING WOODS
KAITO MITSUHASHI

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(Side text- Take back Ryousuke and Zen! Ryoko and and Rere come to the city in the sea of trees! Now to start the search!! Is what they thought, but...)
Ryoko: Zen and Ryousuke are somewhere in this city...!!
(Sfx- Hyuuuuhhh whoooooooo)
(Sfx- Doooooooo whooooom)
Rere: Daaaamn...
So? Where do we start looking?

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Ryoko: We'll follow their footprints! They've gotta be somewhere, right?
Rere: That'll take days!
(Sfx- Ueeeh ugh)
Rere: It's stupid to wander around aimlessly...ugh. Just leave it to me.
(Sfx- Suuuhh inhaaale)
Rere: HEEEEEEY! JERK-IN-A-SUIT!!!!
GET YOUR SLIMY ASS OUT HERE!!
Ryoko: C'mon Rere-san! You're going to make my heart stop!!
(Handwritten- Oopsie.)
Rere: What, did my reverberate your entire soul?
Ryoko: And I'm telling you that's a bad thing!

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(Sfx- Shiiiiiiin nooooothing)
Rere: Huh?
No effect huh.
Ryoko: Rere-san, your way of doing things isn't going to get us anywhere...
(Sfx- Haaah sigh)
Rere: Better than piddlin' around looking for footprints.
Anyway...
(Sfx- Musuhh poit)
(Sfx- Bagooooh thoooom)

005
Ryoko: Kyaaah!!
(Sfx- Goooohh Thoooom)
Rere: Wah!
What's that thing and where did it come from?!
Rere: Crap! Outta room!!
Oh dam--
(Sfx- Guwaaaaah roaaar)

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Rere: Ryoko!!
(Sfx- Gaaaah roaaar)
Rere: You saved my ass!
What kinda foodstuff is that?
Ryoko: A mustard potherb.
Quick, we've gotta get somewhere safe!
(Sfx- pishiiii crackle)
(Sfx- Zuruuhh dsssh)

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Rere: Yaaaaaaaaaah!!!!
Potherb: NAAAAAAAHHHHH
Rere: We're gonna dieeeeeeee!!!
(Sfx- Goooooo rrrrrrrrrh)
(Sfx- Gurunn tkh)
(Sfx- Gooth thk)

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(Sfx- Gagagagagagagaga ddhshsshsshsh)
Ryoko: Rere-san!!
Rere: Guh!
(Sfx- Gagagagagagaga dsdddhhhhhh)
(Sfx- Gugugugu grnnnnd)
(Sfx- Pitah pth)

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Rere: Huh?
T---
That was a close one, huh?
Ryoko: Sure looks like it...
Rere: Whewww, damn that was dangerous.
You saved me Ryoko!
(Sfx- Dooooooohh whoooooom)
Rere: But geez, we sure fell a long way.
Hm? What's up Ryoko?

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Ryoko: There was a foodstuff that close but I didn't even realize it...
Rere: What, are you saying they've got some sorta presence or somethin' like that most of the time?
Ryoko: Yeah, besides their smells, foodstuffs have special properties –a presence unique to them....but in this case there was nothing of the sort.
I wonder why that is..
Rere: There's no need to worry about that sorta thing right now since we managed it somehow. We'll just figure it out when the next one comes.
Ryoko: I guess so.
Rere: Not even a mustard potherb can survive a fall from that distance huh?
(Sfx- Guchaaahhh)
(Sfx- Funn hmph)
Rere: Just deserts for thinkin' you were gonna eat us, bub.

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Ryoko: Rere-san, over here.
We couldn't really tell when we were looking from above, but....
Now that we've entered a bit it seems all kinds of things are blocking our field of vision.
(Sfx- Zazazaza shsffsfssff)
{We just let down our guards for a moment and we've become totally lost...}
Rere: So how about we head over there for a minute? My throat's kinda dry from all the screamin' for our lives, y'know, and I see a place to drink.
Ryoko: Could you be a little less nonchalant?!
Rere: Hey now, the most important thing here is cool down.
(Handwritten- Though, really we fell down~)
Rere: Hmm...
(Sfx- Dododododdodo)

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(Sfx- Dododododdodo)
Rere: Mmm....
It's a little muddy but still pretty.
This water---
(Sfx- Goboohh blooosh)
(Sfx- Dorooohh)
Rere: And now something nasty is coming out from the water!
(Sfx- Bikiiih crack)
{Ugh, I can't move as quick as I want!!}
Ryoko: Rere-san, over here!! Hurry!
Rere: Dammit!!

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Rere: Ryoko! There's mustard potherb coming out the side!!
(Sfx- Zorooooooh whoooom)
{Wha?! To think the stalks are all separate bodies?}
Ryoko: It split?!
{It's from that assembly earlier?!}
Potherb: NANANANANANANANAAAA
Rere: What'll we do?
Ryoko: Into that building!

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Rere: It's not coming after us here which is great, but this place looks like it could collapse at any second!
Can you really not cut down things that can't be eaten?!
Ryoko: Wh—when the time comes I can cut them, I'm sure!
Rere: Wouldn't that time be now?!
Whatever, I'll just fill all of them with holes!!
Ryoko: Ah! Did you even look at how many there are out there?!
Ryoko: Ugggh, fine, I get it! I'll use the katana....
(Sfx- Pota drip)

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(Sfx- Zuuhhhh dooooom)
Ryoko: From above?!
{Nappa Cabbage?!}
{And I didn't sense it's presence at all!!}
Nappa: CHAANIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!
Rere: Whoa! It's gonna be tough for me to take out something this huge!!

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(Sfx- Boko boko ddssschraaash)
Monster: KYABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Monster: Kyaabaaaaaaaaaaaah
{Ahhh it all makes sense now.}
{It's no coincidence that I couldn't sense the presence of the foodstuffs...}
{It's because their presence was dwarfed by the one of this giant foodstuff...}
(Sfx- Bakuuunnn chomp)

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(Sfx- Patssunnn drip)
(Sfx- Pachi blink)
Zen: Ugh...
Owww....
Ubume: Awake are we?
Now then, allow me to test if you're the genuine article.
(Side text- The city in the sea of trees where the foodstuffs are on the move. It's there where a giant foodstuff makes it's home...meanwhile what is Zen's fate?)
TO BE CONTINUED IN ISSUE 16.