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Memory Defrag | TRACK 2 - RECORD A | Azekawa Kinari's Ward Mayor Novel Translation

Warnings and Disclaimers:

This translation is not professionally done and is not proofread. Edits and clean-ups may come at a later date.

Not a 1:1 translation either and some liberties into localization were taken into account.

This novel will contain spoilers for the Ev3ns Main Story: "Chained Up Scarlet".

Appropriate Content and Trigger Warnings will be added if needed.

May be used for quotebots/masterlists etc.

I am not fluent and self-studying Japanese (albeit at turtle speed), this was translated by ear and with the help of a JP dictionary, so please feel free to point out any errors!

CW: Discussions about Death and Terminal Illness

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“Raito, Kuguri. I am about to enter my own data maintenance so I’ll be in sleep mode for several hours.

My breathing and heartbeats may stop, but I should wake up in about five hours after it has begun.

I may also enter a semi-conscious mode while my memory is being organized, although this is nothing to be worried about.” By nighttime, Raito and Kuguri have returned so I let them know about this occurrence as courtesy to my roommates.

Neither of the two were surprised about this as they had seen me in a suspended state during self-maintenance several times before. However, as the scheduled time was longer than usual, Raito’s lips curved into somewhat of a frown and asked, “Is everything alright?”

“Sleeping for such a long time as if you’ve died, Plüss? That sounds wonderful, I wonder what kind of pranks I should play?” Kuguri narrowed his eyes and smiled slyly.

Raito quickly seized Kuguri’s arm.

“Don’t worry about him, Kinari. I’ll keep a watchful eye.” He said.

As he was approached by Raito, Kuguri displayed visible disgust and shook his arm away.

Either way, I trust that these two will not harm me, so after I laid down on my bed and entered sleep mode, I went to uncover deep into my memory storage.

Up until now, there lay a box of data that I dared not to open.

[…Someday, if you ever feel like it, you can use the contents of this box as a sample of emotional data as you wish.]

A long time ago, the developer… My father said that it was a recorded piece of data I had saved buried deep within me.

[This storage space will be reorganized. Would you like to view the following data?]

With this message appearing on my retina, I selected [Yes].

Then, I heard a voice.

How nostalgic… It was my Father’s voice.

—/—/—/—/—/—

[It’s finally the weekend, and I can finally be with Kinari[1].]

It was a stronger, a more youthful voice than I had remembered him having.

One could clearly hear the love in his voice for his young son.

He seemed guilty that he was busy with work and couldn’t be with him all the time.

It seems that today was a long-awaited day off, and the raw emotions of the developer, wanting to make his son happy although he himself felt quite lonely, came surging into my own heart.

An image was then projected into my retina.

The developer was walking with a young, original Kinari, hand in hand.

On the floor of what appeared to be a movie theater, the pair stood in front of a poster for an anime film that just finished its screening.

And then, with a disposable camera of which was popular during the Heisei era[2], they took pictures while simultaneously blending in with the crowd.

“It was so fun! Papa, that moo-vii[3] was was soooooo amazing!”

“Wasn’t it hard to understand?”

“I[4] understood everything…! Because I’m smart, aren’t I?”

Seeing his son be so proud of himself, the developer felt a strong, yet warm and painful feeling well up in his heart. This is... ‘love’.

It’s called ‘Love’.

I understood that much.

“Kinari, shall we go eat dinner? It’s time for you to take your medicine.”

“I don’t want the powdered kind if it’s not in ice cream...”

“That’s alright. We can go to a restaurant that serves some.”

The developer joined his hands together with Kinari and continued to walk away.

Each of Kinari’s steps were small and tiny. In accordance with that, the developer walked slowly to match his pace.

As they walked together, Kinari began to sing a song that he’d heard from the movie they watched.

He had perfect pitch—it was almost unbelievable that it was a child singing a song.

“You really like to sing, huh, Kinari.”

“Mhm. When I grow up, I’m gonna become a singer.”

The developer gazed at his adorable, darling son.

In his heart, he had felt the sudden surprise and joy of learning of his child’s dream for the first time. What soon followed after was the feeling of grief, that thought of [This child may never grow up into an adult.], and understanding that as fact.

[——I will cure Kinari’s illness.]

The developer swore to himself.

“I’ll definitely make it happen.”

“I don’t want Papa to make it happen, I’m gonna make it happen myself!”

Kinari innocently tilted his head to the side.

In his pure eyes, Papa[5] had simply said something weird. Once I thought of it that way, it suddenly occurred to me.

To a boy as young as Kinari, the future is limitless, infinite even.

The thought of death had not yet dyed his pure heart.

The developer had the artificial organs he was researching at home in his mind.

In order to cure Kinari’s illness, he persisted with his self-funded and ongoing research.

He held his son’s hand, determined that he’d surely extend his lifespan, no matter what.

“...You were really good at singing the Yokohama City Song[6], weren’t you? Can I request that you sing it for me?”

When he requested this of his son, Kinari’s face lit up, smiling ever so brightly.

He started to sing, so overjoyed.

Even the people passing by turned their heads with smiles on their faces as they listened to the child sing.

“Papa, do you like this song?”

“I do. It’s even better if it was you singing.”

“Then, I’ll record it on a cassette tape so you can listen to it even at work. Will that make papa happy?”

“Ah, of course I’ll be.”

What came to the developer’s mind was love, kindness and sadness—and a little anger.

Hatred towards the illness that was destroying his child.

Supporting this is his burning resolve and determination.

Kinari’s singing voice was then lost in the noise of a sea of people.

—/—/—/—/—/—

And the record of that small family holiday ended right there.

—/—/—/—/—/—

Translation Notes:

1 - I think this is already known and established already but Kinari and the Original’s names were spoken the same, but are not spelt the same. Our Kinari uses 幾 kanji, and the original uses 生.

2 - 平成時代 (1989-2019), the same time period that frequently come up with Chihiro and Tao.

3 - Baby Kinari speaks in a lot of Hiragana so I purposely misspelled some things he says. Also translated お父さん, into a more childish “Papa”! Following suit, I used easier-to-understand language when Mr. Azekawa is speaking to his son.

4 - Sorry for another footnote but this isn’t anything particular, he just used ‘boku’ in Hiragana here. I thought it was cute. Oops.

5 - Since its our Kinari narrating here, I worded it to match the kid’s speech pattern, even if he said the same old お父さん.

6 - The same song Kinari sings in Main Story SideA-15, and the same song recorded on the cassette tape in B-06.

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yoiasaarchive · 2 months ago

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which of these didn't happen in 18trip? poll results! as well as explaining all of the options that come with it.

so, what didn't happen in this tourism game? drumroll please!

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what didn't happen in 18trip is the "an npc is the kangel equivalent of this universe." option! (9.9% of total votes)

-> to explain, while it is true that this npc does have an internet persona, there is little known fact about it to be directly compared to ame/kangel.

thank u so much for voting! 🫶🫶🫶 the very overwhelming amount of response is wonderful to say the least!! there's sm happening in this game that i may consider doing a second version but, this is all for now.

spoilers and explaining the options under the cut! keep in mind that these are spoilers for the ENTIRE game, including main stories, ward mayor novels, and event stories. if you'd like to keep knowing about the spoilers out of context, i recommend going in blind! (-ish.)

a character is a jirai-type fudanshi. (4% of total votes)

refers to kurama ushio of day2! the 'jirai' here means that he has many dislikes called 'landmines' about the interpretation of his fav ship and characters! eg. no reversal, no multiship, etc. its different from the subculture and fashion style. i forget the right english word for this... however! he does block and mute accordingly. (as one must!)

a conflict happens because one of the siblings wanted to go to law school. (26.7% of total votes)

happens in l4mps main story, designs of happiness side:B, wherein after ryui's shop opening, toi finds a law textbook that his older twin has been keeping a secret from him. this is resolved later in the story, and during the hoslive, toi expresses his support for ryui so he may get into law school! this is a very minor conflict though.

three of the characters are victims by two separate cults. (5% of total votes)

refers to shiramitsu ryui and toi, with their family (particularly their grandfather and mother) running the cult that worships an 'angel'. the third character is kinouchi tao, whose parents were in a cult. it results in his 'death', and his brother suffering parental neglect from a young age.

a character is possessed by a demon, and in that same regard, another character is possessed by 5 other spirits. (5.9% and 10.9% of total votes respectively)

refers to shiramitsu toi (and ryui by an extension) and kinugawa kiroku! toi is possessed by astaroth, referred to as 'oshisha-sama' by everyone. toi himself calls them 'a-chama'. while kiroku's finger puppet friends are all implied to be either spirits, or other supernatural entities that have stuck to his body as said by the twins. this is in his mayor novel story.

one unit's concept is 'prison idols'. their crimes are: assault, murder, fraud, theft, incitement. (1% of total votes)

refers to the evening group, ev3ns! yes, these are all real. to nontrippers, have fun guessing who's who<3

two characters form a suicide pact together. (5.9% of total votes)

refers to the ev3ns' first feature event story: sand sculpture of the heart, epilogue. azekawa kinari asks doumeki kuguri to 'destroy' him when the time comes for the both of them to die.

two, presumed three, characters are in a reincarnation cycle. (4% of total votes)

this is about lu liguang, and kiba, the original renga in this timeline. renga himself is a possibility only, as it has been stated that this was the first time that renga has ever appeared in these cycles via liguang.

a character's father has been abducted by aliens. (5/9% of total votes)

in reference to kaguya muneuji's father. looking for him is his main reason for becoming an astronaut.

an npc gets stabbed on stage. (17.8% of total votes)

in ev3ns sideB, kitakata nayuki, the conductor for the unit, takes the hit meant for kitakata raito.

one of the characters is committing identity fraud. (3% of total votes)

nishizono renga, the one the players can gacha and play in the game is not the real one. his name is ren, and originally came from the ward 3's slums. the original renga, kiba, finds him, befriends him and switches places with him, which results in what we have today. dna test conducted proves that they were not related.

phew! and thats all. again, thank you for your participation, and HAMA Nice Trip!

18TRIP POLL !! SPOILER ALERT !!

18trip has been out for like almost 6 months. i like the stories so here's a bunch of spoilers taken out of context and mildly exaggerated for comedic effect! enjoy.

first time holding a week-long poll, oops. this will be open from sept. 14th to 21st! reblogs r appreciated 🫶🫶🫶

#18trip #エイトリ

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ao3feed-18trip · 4 days ago

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wishful thinking

by mc_500017 (hxkariii) somewhere, deep within tao's empty heart--is a wish that will never be granted for as long as he lives. --- wherein: after sideA-018, tao does some thinking on someone he had thought was one of the connections he had left to his past. Words: 1069, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: 18TRIP | エイトリ (Video Game)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Kinouchi Tao, Azekawa Kinari

Relationships: Kinouchi Tao & Azekawa Kinari (Original), Kinouchi Tao & Azekawa Kinari

Additional Tags: Character Study, Relationship Study, Past Relationship(s), past friendships, Gozu Souta mentioned, Grief/Mourning, Angst, Hurt No Comfort, no beta we die like kinari, Regrets, Canon Compliant

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #18trip ao3 #18trip fanfic #18trip fanfiction #18trip #tao kinouchi #kinari azekawa (original)#kinari azekawa

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ao3feed-18trip · 16 days ago

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mechanical nightmare

by mc_500017 (hxkariii) do machines experience dreams? Words: 1081, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: 18TRIP | エイトリ (Video Game)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Azekawa Kinari, Azekawa Kinari (Original)

Relationships: Azekawa Kinari & Azekawa Kinari (Original)

Additional Tags: Angst, Nightmares, Freeform, Introspection (kinda), Ambiguous/Open Ending, Ambiguous Relationships, no beta we die like ikinari, Character Study (kinda)

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #18trip ao3 #18trip #18trip fanfic #18trip fanfiction #kinari azekawa #kinari azekawa (original)

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11thwardtls · 5 months ago

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Memory Defrag | TRACK 4 - RECORD C | Azekawa Kinari's Ward Mayor Novel Translation

Warnings and Disclaimers:

This translation is not professionally done and is not proofread. Edits and clean-ups may come at a later date.

Not a 1:1 translation either and some liberties into localization were taken into account.

This novel will contain spoilers for the Ev3ns Main Story: "Chained Up Scarlet".

Appropriate Content and Trigger Warnings will be added if needed.

May be used for quotebots/masterlists etc.

I am not fluent and self-studying Japanese (albeit at turtle speed), this was translated by ear and with the help of a JP dictionary, so please feel free to point out any errors!

CW: Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms

—/—/—/—/—/—

At that moment, I was in the developer’s… [Father’s] bedroom.

In spite of the repeated life-sustainment treatment he received, his body had become weak and thus had to spend most of his time asleep.

During times when he would be strong enough to keep his eyes open, Father taught me how to perform my own self-maintenance as well as his own techniques.

It was a wonder how different the world my Father had taught me was from the data I’ve gathered inside my head, that it was much more vivid and colorful than what I had known from within the confines of our home.

Thinking about it now, this may have been my “emotions” functioning in its own way.

The afterglow of the sun shines through the window, and with my back against the light, I continued to sing just as Father had asked me to.

—To sing the Yokohama City Song just as the Original did.

Father, who usually had a mournful expression on his face, softened his eyes at that point.

“...What do you want to do in the future?” He asked me when the song ended.

“...…I am registered to answer with ‘Singer’, Master.”

After answering that question, Father’s face instantly turned dark.

“That tone of voice is wrong. I should have registered it differently.”

“......I want to be a singer, Dad.”

“Even now, do you still want to be a singer?” “Unable to understand. The volume zone is registered up to the Original’s mid-teenage years.”

As soon as I told him, Father frowned and remained silent.

I thought that I had made a mistake, but I could not repeat what I said once more.

In truth, there was not enough data to properly determine whether the Original truly wanted to become a singer or not.

Father let a sigh escape him and smiled bitterly.

“......I’m sorry, it’s not your fault. I simply lacked skill.”

“Master does not lack in anything.”

“Haha… It’s pathetic to hear that coming from you, who looks exactly just like my son.”

Should I refrain from speaking any further? Thus, I held my tongue.

Master appeared to be in pain, after all.

“In the past, I used to be an AI emotion engineer, but androids weren’t originally something that can be created by a single person. It’s meant to be systematically produced and managed by a team of people. Because I worked on you all by myself… You ended up being a complicated structure and leaving a lot of waste.

Even rebuilding the program from the core would be an impossible task.”

Master’s eyes looked as if he were regretting what he’d done in the past.

His fist shook slightly on top of the bed he laid on.

I knew that his hands were wrinkled, yet soft and warm.

“Wouldn’t it have been better if Master were to uninstall this current program and reinstall the current latest AI program available on the market?”

When I had suggested this, Father scowled.

“I cannot do that.” “Why so?”

“If I did that, it wouldn’t be ‘you’ anymore.”

“I see…”

I didn’t understand why at all. My body is simply a box.

However, the ‘brain’ within that box can be replaced at any time.

If I were to, I could reassemble the new data into my replaced brain, then I might have been able to become the ‘me’ Father had longed for.

Father took a deep breath and spoke in a soft whisper.

“......I suppose you still lack those 21 grams, after all.”

21 grams.

The weight of a soul.

It’s what my Father wanted for me.

A “heart”, just like human beings.

“How should I be able to obtain those 21 grams?”

This was a question I had asked multiple times before.

Father glanced at my face then lowered his eyes.

“Within you, there was a bug I haven’t fixed yet.

If we left it out as is, a fatal error might occur…

But to me, I’d like to keep it that way.”

“...Why so?”

A bug. An error.

These words have always been much closer to me than my own heart.

It was perplexing to leave such a thing unfixed.

“......Perhaps I may just be waiting around for that error to occur.”

His tone of voice made it seem as if he were talking to himself.

Why does Father want an error to happen? I don’t know.

There’s not enough information to make a proper hypothesis.

[———Still, if that’s what the developer wants, then it should be fine.]

That’s what I had thought at the time.

……What do I think about this now?

Inside that bedroom under the evening glow,

I stood there, awaiting for Father to speak once more, looking dejected. We did not raise our voices to speak, and in the end, we did not talk to each other any further than that.

Kinari and Father, they were a bit similar.

“At the very least, you could say what’s on your mind in your own words.”

Father murmured to himself.

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Translation Notes:

1 - 21 grams is an experiment, particularly on the weight of a human soul. This wiki link should do the trick of what it was. Warning for animal cruelty though.

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