【EN】I’ve Been Alive for 800 Years. Any Questions?
By Senon Wakamiya
【EN】
OP: “Ask me anything.”
A: “Have you ever seen Oda Nobunaga?”
OP: “No. Even if you live another fifty years, your odds of seeing the real Kimura Takuya are slim, right? Same thing.”
B: “Did you fight at Sekigahara?”
OP: “I was on the Western Army side. Not bragging, but I’ve never joined a winning battle.”
C: “Have you ever been abroad?”
OP: “Many times.”
D: “ENT or dentist—which do you prefer?”
OP: “…If I have to choose, the dentist.”
A: “Do you know the truth behind the Honnō-ji Incident?”
OP: “Do you know every truth about the Kennedy assassination? If I wasn’t involved, there’s no need to remember it.”
B: “Is it true Saigō Takamori looked nothing like the statue?”
OP: “I was in Aizu around then. I don’t really know.”
C: “Can you state your birthday precisely?”
OP: “The 17th day of the 8th month, Jōkyū 3… in the Western calendar, 1221.”
D: “AEON Customer Appreciation Days are the 19th, 20th, and 21st. Hurry!”
OP: “…Got it. I’ll go as soon as I can.”
A: “So—was Yamatai really in the Kinai region?”
OP: “I’m more surprised that the Kinai theory is considered the leading one.”
B: “Where were you born the very first time?”
OP: “Kumano. My mother was from Tōhoku, though.”
C: “Do you keep drifting all over Japan?”
OP: “Mostly near the sea. The Pacific coast of Tōhoku, Ise Bay, Kishu, the Seto Inland Sea, Kyushu. I even stayed in South America for a while. The sea was always beside me.”
D: “Did you know Stevie Wonder and Eiko Segawa are the same height?”
OP: “…Thanks. I’ll remember that.”
A: “Eight hundred years… are you a yōkai?”
OP: “I’m no different from you. I’m human. I just haven’t died.”
B: “So… a vampire?”
OP: “That’s a very sensitive topic. But daylight doesn’t bother me that much.”
C: “Have you ever killed someone? Yes or no?”
OP: “No comment.”
D: “Beef or beef?”
OP: “There’s been a weird one mixed in for a while. What kind of question is ‘beef or beef’? Aren’t there other options? Chicken, fish… Why beef only? What is this, Yoshinoya?”
A: “You’re not answering seriously. Disappointed.”
OP: “Live 800 years and you’ll answer like this too.”
B: “Low effort. If you’re baiting, do it properly. Build your character first.”
OP: “I’ve been like this for 800 years.”
C: “Boring. Alright, we’re done.”
OP: “I’m always here. Come back anytime.”
D: “Do you like handball?”
OP: “You stayed? Don’t ask me like Haruko Akagi. Is this Slam Dunk? Fine—since it’s just the two of us, I’ll answer anything.”
D: “Then you ask me anything.”
OP: “I’m the one asking now? …Alright. Where are you from?”
D: “I’m half Filipino. My dad’s Filipino.”
OP: “Uh-huh.”
D: “My mom’s Filipino.”
OP: “That’s not half—that’s 100% Filipino. Are you messing with me?”
D: “And yet you keep talking to me.”
OP: “Because you won’t leave.”
D: “That kindness never changes, Heiroku.”
OP: “H-how do you know that name?”
D: “Kiichi, Jirōza, Saburōemon, Shirō, Hyōgo, Heiroku, Shichinosuke… you always attached numbers to your names.”
OP: “Wait. Who are you? Why do you know me?”
D: “Long before you were born… I watched over you from Ne no Kuni. In the Pacific War… you survived.”
OP: “Wait… tell me your name.”
D: “One last thing.”
OP: “Yeah?”
D: “Kombu-dashi jelly… what even is ‘jelly’?”
OP: “No idea.”
(End)
SENON ARCHIVE -まとめのまとめ-
Contents (EN)
① Gogyouka (Five-Line Poems)
② Transformation Begins in the Body (walking / meals / notebook)
③ Sergei (dialogue series)
④ Dialogues & Inner Comedy
⑤ Declaration / Meta
Index (EN):
GOGYŌKA-EN
他言語版 / Other languages
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【PT-BR】Português (Brasil)：
【ES】Español：
【FR】Français：
【ZH-简】简体中文：
【ZH-繁TW】繁體中文（台灣）：
