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“A topknot adorned swordsman Kirby is front and center this time!

The lord of Dream Castle, Rokuemon, is using the secret sword technique scroll, the ‘Split Second Scroll’, for evil deeds to his heart’s content.

What’s more, actor Elfilin of the traveling entertainment group, the Animal Troupe, Boss Dedede, Tenugui Waddle Dee, and sweets merchant Magolor join in on the great hectic chaos too!?

Based on the hit sub-game ‘Samurai Kirby’, a story set in another world, different from the usual Dream Land, hits the shelves!!”

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Notes:

Special thanks to Aurora/FullTimeUFO for letting me use her translation of this novel's title. (https://twitter.com/FullTimeUFO/status/1613745210735067140)

As this is very Japanese immersed novel, there may be a lot of terms western readers might not be familiar with. I've decided to keep many of them as-is rather than localizing them to something more western (tenugui for example has stayed as-is). To compensate, all chapters with potentially unfamiliar terms will have a Chapter Glossary linked at the beginning of their posts, listing words and their definitions in order of appearance in that chapter. This is separate from the translator's notes. They're not required for reading, but I recommend checking them out. Especially the first one, since it will set up terms that appear for the rest of the novel.

This novel is set in Edo period Japan (or at least its equivalent) as shown by Boss Dedede being a type of Edo period police officer, the prominence of karakuri (mechanical) puppets, which were at the height of their popularity during the Edo period, and the prominence of edomoji on signs throughout this novel, among other things.

Translator's notes:

Bandana Waddle Dee has been renamed to Tenugui Waddle Dee this novel because he wears a tenugui (japanese hand towel) over his head instead of a bandana.

In the table of contents image, Chef Kawasaki is selling yakisoba for 50 point stars and Magolor is selling candy apples for 300.

"King Dedede, Waddle Dee, and Kirby depart for the sand planet, Minore, to participate in a festival where a huge feast will be served! However, King Dedede and Waddle Dee are thrown in prison after being falsely accused of stealing the food meant for the event. To rescue them, Kirby and Meta Knight set out to investigate, but …?

Meanwhile, the King and co. carry out their great escape strategy with a boy of Minore, Ali! Find the real criminal and take the feast back!!! King Dedede is the star! The story of a great adventure!!"

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Note: Translator's notes (if applicable) are located in the tags of each chapter's posts. I know that's a weird place to put them, I'm just lazy about re-editing and reformatting everything. Please feel free to check them out if it's of interest to you! Some of them, like chapter 4, are especially interesting in my opinion.

Translator's notes:

大作戦 (translated as "great strategy") in this novel's title is shared with the Japanese name of The Great Cave Offensive (洞窟大作戦, with 大作戦 being localized as "great offensive"). I don't think there's any further connection than that, but it's something to note. I didn't translate it in-line with that localization because 大作戦 in The Great Cave Offensive is being used with a different definition under a different context.

"Kirby receives a challenge letter from King Dedede and Meta Knight, telling him to grab a partner and challenge the Buddy Fighters Tower—a battle tower that decides the strongest. Kirby, who mistakes the challenge letter for a party invitation, heads with Bandana Waddle Dee to the tower with great joy. There, strange challenges and formidable foes await them!! Can the duo defeat King Dedede and Meta Knight waiting on the top floor, and the mysterious ‘Black Kirby’!? A novel based on the popular game, ‘Kirby Fighters 2!’"

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

"This is the mining town known as Diamond Town. Local airplane pilot Kirby lives a fun, happy life. One day, the town is sent into a fuss when an ancient machine is discovered in the mines. In order to get the machine to work, it seems that they must find three special gears. Kirby, Waddle Dee, President Dedede, Meta Knight, Daroach, and Magolor embark on a great adventure to find them, however, in this ‘gear quest,’ a tremendous evil is hiding …!? Differing from the usual setting of Dream Land, this is the story of a different world!"

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Epilogue

Note: This novel was translated a long time ago, right when I was only just starting to learn Japanese. Originally it started as a project where I was testing to see how successfully I could Google Translate the novels, combined with a bit of manual research for terms the machine couldn't understand. Please note that much of this novel (most notably the entire first half) were almost entirely machine translated, explaining it's questionable quality.

While it was machine translated, I looked over it some years later and, even though its a pretty lousy translation, it's not necessarily inaccurate. It still functions fine as a basic reading of the text, just has some nuance in lines and minor details lost compared to the original (some of which I fixed, but obviously this doesn't change the fact that it's an inherently flawed translation). I'm planning on retranslating it eventually, but it's not at the top of my priority list for these reasons.