Daiya no Ace: The Dramas #12 - Lucky Niisan
An explanation⦠To keep my brain from rusting I started a project to translate the drama tracks that came with the character song CDs and other stuff relating to Daiya no Ace (because I love them and theyāre all hilarious). My disclaimer - I am not a native speaker of Japanese, but I will do my best!
Character Song CD 03 ā Kominato Haruichi Drama 02 Featuring Haruichi, Sawamura and Ryousuke
Scene: Sawamura is trying to hack the vending machine when Haruichi arrives. Haruichi just wants to get a drink of apple juice, but nothing at Seidou is ever that easy.
Translatorās disclaimer: Eijun gets hit a lot in this drama. If you think that this might trigger or upset you, please use reader discretion.Ā
By posting this drama translation I am in no way condoning hitting people. Violence is not good. Bouryoku hantai.Ā
Ā Eijun: Right hand and left handā¦and then, the two buttons underneath each of those handsā¦
Haruichi: Eijun-kun, why are you fighting with the vending machine?
Eijun: Ah! Harucchi! Cheetah-senpai said that if you press two of the buttons on the vending machine simultaneously, you get a free go!
(Translatorās Note: Pretty sure I donāt have to explain who Cheetah-senpai is, right?)
Haruichi: You do know thereās no way that can be true.
Eijun: Then, maybe two items will come out at the same time� If that happened, it would be the same as getting a freebie, right?
Haruichi: If you confuse the machine by pressing them at the same time, thereās always a risk neither one of them will come out. And you might not get your money back, either.
Eijun: (horrified) Youāre kidding?!
Haruichi: Though youād only know for sure if you tried it.
Eijun: Gnnnnnn! So which one is it? (he means, will it work or will it not work)?
Haruichi: Eijun-kunā¦
Eijun: What?
Haruichi: If youāre not going to buy anything yet, will you let me buy my drink ahead of you?
Eijun: (he sounds indignant): Why?!
Haruichi: Why..? I want to buy some juice as well.
Eijun: I guess it canāt be helped. I will heed your demand, Kominato Haruichi.
Haruichi: Why are you using my full name?
Eijun: I just wanted to say it.
Haruichi: Well, whateverā¦.hey, wait, why are you leaving your hands over both of the buttons?
Eijun: Itās not important, itās fine.
Haruichi: Itās not fine! And you have your hand over the tomato juice button! I really donāt like tomato juice.
Eijun: Really?
Haruichi: Mm. Iām going to buy apple juice, so please, move your hand.
Eijun: Even though theyāre both red fruitsā¦
Haruichi: Tomatoes are vegetables! (Translatorās note: lets leave that controversial debate well alone, shall we boys?) Hurry up and move!
Eijun: Fine. (He moves his hand).
Haruichi: Seriously, sometimesā¦hey, Eijun-kun! Why are you raising your hand like that behind my back?
Eijun: (innocently) Eh?
Haruichi: Donāt āehā me! Youāre planning to press the tomato juice button, arenāt you?
Eijun: Hahaha, what are you talking about?
Haruichi: Stop trying to laugh it off in that Miyuki-senpai-esque way. Iām not fooled, and you sound nothing like him, anyway.
Eijun: (chastened): I had such confidence in it, tooā¦
Haruichi: Honestlyā¦how did coming out here to buy juice turn into such an undertaking?
Eijun: (heās back and bouncy again!) In that case, letās do this! Harucchi, you press the apple juice button. Iāll press the tomato juice button at the same time. That way we can find out what happens. How about it?
(Translatorās note: Erm, Eijun, how is this different from your original plan?)
Haruichi: How about it? Are you kidding? Why should you be pressing a button when Iām the one buying a drink? That alone is pretty strange!
Eijun: Harucchi! This is a contest! Itās a proper contest between you and I! Are you going to run away from that challenge?
Haruichi: It was never really a contest or challenge from the very start, thoughā¦Eijun-kun.
Eijun: Gnnnnā¦Is it no good no matter what I try?
Haruichi: (Sighs) Fine, I get it. In that case, you buy your drink first. Iāll press the button at the same time as you.
Eijun: Okay! In that caseā¦
Haruichi: Then what is it you want to drink, Eijun-kun?
Eijun: Cold tea or hot tea!
Haruichi: Erm, isnāt that basically the same thing?
Eijun: But, ever since the old days, itās been a tradition of the Sawamura family to drink tea or barley tea (mugicha). It canāt be helped, right?
Haruichi: I seeā¦your house is like that. That reminds me, do you have any siblings?
Eijun: Iām an only child! Weāre a family of four ā Grandpa, Dad, Mum and me.
Haruichi: I see. Weāre also a four-person family ā Dad, Mum, Aniki and me. But I wonder what itās like, living with a grandfather.
Eijun: In that case, Haruichi, shall I lend him to you right now?
Haruichi: Erā¦noā¦Iām fineā¦
Eijun: Iāve got no siblings, so Iāve always been interested in what itās like, living with brothers or sisters. Whatās it like, having an older brother?
Haruichi: Aniki is right here at Seidou, so why donāt you just ask him? āPlease be my older brotherā? or something?
Eijun: Ehā¦Butā¦you knowā¦that older brother isā¦a little bitā¦
(And you just know, donāt you, who is standing RIGHT behind him. Yep. You guessed it.)
Ryousuke: What about me?
Eijun: (freaked out) Ah, a presence has appeared!
Ryousuke: Donāt talk about someone like theyāre a ghost (he hits Eijun). So, Haruichi? What were you guys talking about?
Haruichi: Ahā¦mm. It began with a conversation about my not drinking tomato juice, and it ended in a discussion about what it would be like if you were Eijun-kunās older brother, aniki.
Ryousuke: Meā¦become his older brother? Thatās impossibleā¦
Haruichi: It was a āwhat ifā conversation.
Ryousuke: What about you then, Haruichi? What if I wasnāt your older brother? What if we werenāt really siblings? How would you feel?
Haruichi: Iā¦never thought about it before.
Ryousuke: But, when I came to Seidou, you had that bunk bed and that room at home all to yourself, right?
Haruichi: Yesā¦thatās trueā¦butā¦
Ryousuke: But?
Haruichi: It was somehow too big like that ā I didnāt like it.
Ryousuke: Hrmmmm.
Haruichi: Iām quite happy that youāre my brother, aniki. Weāve always been siblings, after all. And weāll always be like that, going forward as well.
Ryousuke: Hrmmm. I really donāt care either way, mind you.
Haruichi: Huh?!
(Translatorās Note - heās a bit shocked by this. Bad Ryousuke. We all know you only asked Haruichiās point of view because you like having him as a brother as well)
Ryousuke: So, letās see. What should I drink?
Haruichi: Apple juice�
Ryousuke: I wonder. (He presses the buttonā¦andā¦of course, he gets the sound for a free drink ā the thing that Eijun was trying to hack from earlier). Ah. I won.
Eijun: (heās recovered): WHAAAAAT?
Haruichi: Ah! Eijun-kun came back to life.
Eijun: (I imagine him pointing at the machine in dismay) But that should have been my free drink!
Haruichi: But I let you go ahead of me, soā¦
Eijun: Grrrā¦and now I feel I must congratulate you, Oniisan, for getting the free drink prize when it comes up so infrequently!
Ryousuke: Itās the third time thatās happened for me.
Eijun: (now both incensed and impressed, all at once): What did you say? Please! Allow me to call you Oniisan from now on!
Ryousuke: You already call me that, though.
Eijun: Then let me call you Lucky Niisan!
(he gets hit again).
Ryousuke: Thatās a nope.
Haruichi: Eijun-kun? Are you still alive?
Eijun: (demented laughing): I, Sawamura Eijun, will always regain my strength, no matter how many times I get hit!
(he gets hit again).
Ryousuke: Shut up.
(and again).
Ryousuke: Haruichiā¦Iāll give you the free drink. I donāt need two, after all.
Haruichi: You donāt mind?
Ryousuke: Are you holding back? In that case, Iāll decide.
(he presses the button, and a drink comes out. He holds it out).
Ryousuke: Here. Take it.
Haruichi: Oh! Thank youā¦hey, wait a minute! This is tomato juice!
Ryousuke: Itās not good to have likes and dislikes, now is it?
Haruichi: Ah, Anikiā¦
Eijun: (groans)
Haruichi: Are you okay, Eijun-kun?
Eijun: More or less. More importantly, Haruichiā¦
Haruichi: What?
Eijun: Iā¦why did I come here in the first place?
Haruichi: Eh?













