Phantasmagoria of Flower View: Yuka's Scenario

私の手に掛かれば、こんな寂寥たる湖にも
花が咲くわ。

If I'm right, then even on this desolate lake
the flowers should be blooming.

湖のどこに、

Where exactly on the lake?

花が咲くって言うのよ。

Are flowers growing?

見てなさい。
すぐに貴方の目にも花が見えるでしょう。

Watch.
In just a moment you'll be able to see flowers.

うーん。
妖精を苛めたって仕方がないわねぇ。

Hmm.
I guess there's no helping teasing a fairy.

花が、湖に花がー。

Flowers... On the lake, flowers are-

一言に桜と言っても、様々な色があるわ。

They're cherry blossoms alright, in various colours.

桜を切ったら叱られた～♪

When I cut the cherry blossoms I got scolded~♪

正直に言ったら感動された～♪

When I said it honestly I was moved~♪

こらこら、歌詞は間違えないの。
感動じゃなくて、勘当されたのよ？

Hey, hey, don't mix up the lyrics.
It's not moved, it's disowned.

え？
何が違うの～？

Eh?
I sang it wrong?

あら、言の葉じゃ違いが分からないわね。
でも、貴方の顔で間違いは判るわ。

Oh, I can't tell if there's a mistake just from the lyrics.
But from your face I could.

桜の木を切ったことを言って、どこに感動する
親が居るって言うのよ。

What kind of parents would be moved
if they were told that the cherry blossom tree was cut down?

普段は花の咲くことのない雲の上。
ここだって私の手に掛かれば……

This is a place where flowers wouldn't bloom normally--Above the clouds.
Then if I'm right...

あ、何か来たー

Ah, something came~

何処に行くのかしら？
花の妖怪さん。

Where are you headed?
Ms. Flower Youkai.

勿論、花を咲かせに行くのです。
この世の全てに。

Naturally, to make flowers bloom. All over this world.

あら、早くも異変の犯人発見だわー！

Wow, I already found the flower incident culprit!

桜は、地上の雲と呼ばれる程、密度の高い花。
桜は雲が地上に降りてきた物なのです。
そして、
桜が天に戻ると、次に訪れるのは雲の景色。
それが梅雨と呼ばれる季節なのですよ。

Cherry blossoms are called, just as much as the clouds, high flowers of destiny.
Cherry blossoms are clouds that have fallen to the ground.
Afterwards,
when cherry blossoms return to the heavens, what comes next is the scenery of clouds.
That is the so-called rainy season.

あっさり異変解決ねー。
って、これじゃ面白くないわー。

The incident quickly settled~! ...But now this isn't fun at all.

こんなところばかり飛んでいても、
事態は一向に良くならないわね。

Flying all around here
isn't going to make the situation any better.

おお？

Oh?

そうか、お前の仕業だったのか。
最初から気が付いていたぜ。

I see, this was all your doing.
I've noticed since the beginning.

貴方の方からやってこないから、
こっちから出向いちゃった。

If you're not coming,
then I am.

途中を省けるのは楽で良いな。

Thanks for cutting short my travel distance. It's nice taking it easy.

異変が起きても楽しそうね。

It's still fun even with this incident in the air.

さあ、さっさと元に戻すんだな！

Now hurry up and change everything back to normal!

人間は死ぬと花を飾ったりするんだってね？

When humans die, they use flowers as decoration, was it?

そうですねぇ。

That's how it goes.

でも目出度いときにもお花を飾りますよ？

But they do the same for happy events, right?

花が目出度いのに死の象徴でもある理由は 判る？

Do you know why flowers can be a symbol of death as
well as happiness?

何でこんな所で妖怪と立ち話をしているの
かしら？

Why am I having idle banter with a youkai here?

それは人間と同じだから。
霊が宿り、花が咲き、
霊が去ると花が散る。

That's because they're the same as humans.
Souls gather, flowers bloom,
when souls leave flowers scatter.

それは、花が運命を占ってくれるからです。
ほら、花占いだってあるでしょう？

That's because flowers predict fate.
There are even flower fortune tellers, right.

花と、幽霊と……
生と、死と……

Flowers, ghosts...
Life, death...

あ、もしや、

Ah, are you possibly...

そのお花っぽい気の持ち主は！

That flower-like atmosphere!

いかにも私は花を扱う者。
何か用かしら？

I am indeed one who dabbles in flowers.
Is there anything I can help you with?

用って、言わなくても判るでしょうに！

Help! I don't even have to say it!

言わないで用件が伝わると思ったら大間違いよ
今夜は兎鍋だって言いたかったみたいね。

If you thought I'd know without you even saying anything, big mistake.
It looked like you wanted to say that tonight is rabbit stew.

花の異変は、花の妖怪がやったに違いないわ。

There's no mistake that a flower youkai caused this flower outbreak.

竹林を飛ぶと、傘が傷つくから嫌なのよね。

It's kind of annoying flying around the bamboo thicket since my umbrella keeps getting damaged.

じゃ、飛ばなきゃいいんじゃん？

Then it'd be fine not flying at all, right?

雨も降っていないし、霧も出ているし、 何で傘を差してるのかしら。

It's not raining and it's foggy,
so why do you have an umbrella at all?

これは幽かな花の香りを集める曲線なの。

This is a scoop to gather the faint scent of flowers.

へー、そうなんだ。

Aah, I see.

そんな訳ないじゃないの。 これは、幻想郷で唯一枯れない花なのよ。

Of course that can't be true.
This is the only flower in Gensokyo that doesn't wither.

今は花の香りが強いから、
さぞかし匂うんでしょうね。

The flowers now have a strong scent,
so you must be able to smell it.

地上に咲く花はその鮮やかさから
生の象徴であり、

The flowers that bloom above ground are very bright,
so they symbolize life,

また誰かが来たわ。

Someone came again.

もー、地上の花が咲くと同時にみんな
自分勝手に動き始めたわね。

Geez, ever since the flowers started blooming above ground
everybody has been going wherever they want. ["Above ground" refers to outside where they are now, Hakugyokurou]

同時に花の儚さより死の象徴でもある。
不思議よね。

And at the same time, flowers are as transient as death,
so they symbolize death. Mysterious, isn't it.

あの世は大して花は咲いていないわよ？

There aren't many flowers blooming in this world.

あの世に無くても、今の地上の花は、死の香り
がぷんぷんするわ。

Even if they're not here,
the flowers above ground right now reek of death.

死の象徴って、人間が葬式に花をくべるだけ
じゃないの。

A symbol of death?
Humans just burn flowers at a funeral.

花と幽霊と……、うーん。
そう言えば、前にもこんな事があったわね。
何十年前だったかしら？
もう日常過ぎて忘れちゃったわね。

Flowers and ghosts and..., hmm.
Speaking of which, this happened once before didn't it?
How many decades ago was it?
It's been so ordinary since then, I can't remember.

あ、いたいた！

Ah, there you are!

あんたが犯人でしょう？

You're the culprit, aren't you?

あの時は放っておいたら
元に戻ったんだったっけ？

Do you think that ignoring the events back then,
would bring everything back to normal?

あの時は、あんたを倒したら元に戻ったのよ！

Everything went back to normal when I defeated you back then! [There's a slight mistake here where Yuka's portrait was displayed for this line.]

何を言っているのよ。
あの時って何十年も昔の話よ？
貴方の生まれるずっと前。
ああそう、丁度、六十年昔ね。
ああ……。
そうか、もうそんな時期なのね……。
六十年か。回帰の時ね。

What are you talking about?
I'm talking about an event that happened decades ago, you know?
Way before you were even born.
Ah, that's right, that was sixty years ago.
Aah... ...
I see, it's almost that time again...
Sixty years, huh. It's coming around again.

あんたの方から出てきてくれて助かったわ！
さあ、元に戻しなさい。

You saved me a lot of trouble coming out yourself!
Now make return everything to normal.

何処に行っても花、花。
こんな幻想郷は久しく見ていないわね。
最後にこんな事があってから丁度六十年。

Everywhere I go, flowers, flowers, and more flowers.
I haven't seen Gensokyo like this in a long time.
The last time this happened was exactly 60 years ago.

じー

*stare*

じー

*stare*

いやまあ、隠れて観察していただけです。

Um, er, well, I was just hiding and observing.

私は隠れないで貴方を観察していたの。

I wasn't hiding and observing you.

貴方、天狗でしょう？
私なんかよりもっとネタになる
人間が居ると思うけど。

You're a tengu, right?
There are other humans that'll net you
more material than me.

私は主に妖怪向けの新聞記者なのですよ。
さっきからあちこちで暴れている妖怪が居ると
風が言っていたので、後を付けました

I'm a newspaper reporter that mainly focuses on youkai.
The wind told me that there was a youkai flying about
and causing a ruckus, so I searched for you.

いくら欲しいの？

How much do you want?

お金貰ったって、真実は記事にします。

Even if I receive money, I intend to record the truth.

そう、残念ね。
私は花を操る妖怪。
今の花の異変は私がやった事なのに。

I see, that's unfortunate.
I'm a youkai that manipulates flowers.
I'm the one that caused this incident to occur.

え？
何が残念か判りませんが、本当だとすると
大スクープです！

Eh?
I don't see what's so unfortunate about that but,
if that's true then it'll be a huge scoop!

残念なのは、それが嘘だという事よ。

What's unfortunate is that I was lying.

私に付きまとうなんて２～３年早い。

You'll need about 2~3 more years before you can stick to me.

記事になりそうなんですけど……
凄く。

This feels like it'll be a good story, though...
Extremely.

貴方は神社にでも行って巫女の醜態でも
記事にしていなさい。

Try going to the shrine and writing about
a certain shrine maiden's shameful behaviour.

嘘とか言って、
実は貴方がやったんじゃないですか？
この異常な花は。

You say you're lying,
but you really did do it, didn't you?
This flower incident.

さてと……
これで一通り幻想郷の花を見てきたし、
これで最後ね。
あるんでしょう？
この辺にボトルネックが。

Now then...
My brief survey of Gensokyo's flowers led me here,
this is the last of it.
You're here, aren't you?
The bottleneck that hangs around here.

ボトルネック？

Bottleneck?

何だそれは？
無縁の塚に何があるというのだ？

What's that supposed to mean?
Is there something here at Muen-no-tsuka?

出てきたわね。
ボトルネックの死神が。

You came.
The bottleneck shinigami.

何？　何の話？
って、塚が凄いことになってる～！

What? What are you talking about?
...Wha-, this place has become~!

ね？
季節外れの彼岸花よ
死神の貴方が仕事をのんびり
やりすぎたからね。

See?
The higanbana are out of season.
A certain shinigami was taking it a bit too easy.

そ、そんなこと無い。
ほら、今幽霊が多すぎるんだ。
外の世界でおかしい事が起こっている筈。
だから少しぐらいあぶれたって、
少しぐらい花に憑依したって許してよ。

Th-that isn't true.
See, there are just way too many ghosts now.
Something strange must've happened in the outside world.
So I wasn't working for a little bit,
and I let a couple of flowers become possessed, forgive me.

何、寝言を言っているのよ！
それを商売繁盛と言うんじゃないの。
それに、何もしなくても花に咲かれれば、
私の立場が無いじゃないの。

What nonsense are you blabbing about!
That's what you call a rush of business.
Also, while you're not doing anything and the flowers are blooming,
it makes me look bad doesn't it?

うーん。
善処します。

Okay.
I'll try to take care of it.

今すぐ善処せよ！

Take care of it right now!

これで少しは早く元通りになるかな？

Maybe things will go back to normal a little faster with this.

善処しますって～

I said I'll try to take care of it!

さてと、伝えることは伝えたし。
これでもう用事は無いわね……

Now then, I've said what I wanted to.
I don't have anymore tasks, huh...

幽霊は頑張って彼岸に送るから。
送るから～

I'll do my best and ferry the ghosts over to the equinox. I'll ferry them, okay~

当然と言えば当然だけど、
彼岸桜も満開ね。
せっかくだから、帰る前にお花を
楽しんでいこうかしら。

Although it's perfectly natural,
even the early cherry blossoms are in full bloom.
I'm here anyway, so I might as well enjoy the flowers
before heading back.

紫の桜は、軫念の花を咲かせ、
追念の花びらを散らす。
散った花は長い時間を掛けて土に還り、
再び花を咲かせるでしょう。

Purple cherry blossoms bloom flowers of melancholy,
and scatter the petals of memory.
Fallen flowers, after a long time, return to the earth
and once again bloom flowers.

これは罪の輪廻なのです。
そう、六十年で一回りする運命。

This is the endless cycle of sins.
Yes, the fate that occurs once every sixty years.

でも、ずっと満開ね。
今の彼岸桜は。

But it's been in full bloom for a while.
The early cherry blossoms.

それだけ罪人が多く死んでいるのです。
外はどうなっているのでしょうね。

It shows just how many sinners have died.
It makes you wonder what's happening outside.

なんでも良いわ。
この彼岸桜の下で少し昔を回想でもして
休憩したいだけです。

It doesn't matter.
I just want to rest under these cherry trees
and reminisce the long past.

こんな所で休んだら、それこそおかしく
なってしまう。
いや、貴方は少しおかしくなっているの
かもしれない。
人間であろうと妖怪であろうと、
幽霊であろうと妖精であろうと、
片端から攻撃してきた。
大した理由もなく。

If you rest here, you'll become insane.
No, you might already be a little strange.
Whether it be humans or youkai,
or ghost or fairies,
you've attacked them.
Without much reason, as well.

虐めただけよ。
それは日課だもの。

I was just teasing them.
It's a daily thing.

生きる事はそれだけで罪な事なのです

Living is that much of a sin.

そう、貴方は少し長く生きすぎた。

That's right, you've lived a little too long.

……

...

このまま生き続けてもろくな事にならない。

If you continue living on like this, nothing good will come of it.

さっきから黙って聞いていれば
巫山戯たことばかり。
自分は虐められないと
高を括ってるのかしら？
幻想郷で誰が一番強いか白黒はっきり
つけてやる！

If you were quiet and listened for a little,
you'd know it was all only fooling around.
Do you think when you're not teased,
you're above everyone else?
Let's make it as clear as black and white who of us is the strongest in Gensokyo!

白黒つけるのは私の仕事です。
ですが、私は幻想郷の者ではない。
此岸の者でもない。
裁判は上から下へ、あちらからこちらへ、
常に一方的に行われなければならない！
どう転んでも白黒つくのは貴方だけですよ！

It's my job to discern black and white.
However, I am not of Gensokyo.
Nor am I of this world.
Judgement is done from top to bottom, from there to here,
reversedly, it also must be carried out completely one-sided!
No matter how you fall, the one who shall be judged to be black or white is you!

ENDING No. 10

桜は……
本当は白色になりたいと思っている。
貴方も長く生きているのなら、白い桜
も見たことがあるでしょう？

Cherry blossoms...
really want to become white.
Since you've lived so long,
you've seen white cherry blossoms, have you not?