Brave Witches

Let's have a thread for Good Nipa Day (11/28).
Also, Brave Witches Prequel Manga chapter 4 translation dump incoming.

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Witch incoming! Witch incoming!
They appear to have been hit. Emergency medical team to the runway...

Flying Officer! Please hurry and take off your Striker Unit!

She's on fire.

That looks pretty serious.

Ah, looks like I got hit!

It was a pretty fierce battle.
No matter where I looked, I was surrounded on all sides by Neuroi.

Right...
So, how many did you shoot down?

I think it was around 8.

EIGHT!?

That's twice what I got!

Like hell you doubled our scores!
Quit lyin' and tell us how many you really got!

It's not a lie.
You know the qualifications for an aerial victory are pretty strict... I made sure I shot them down.

It's not 28th in Japan nor Suomus though anymore. Also, yuss, it's been a while. Thought you had died.
How many pages this time?

Hey! Don't let her on!
Make her walk!

But Nao-chan, can't you see I'm injured?

You sure as hell don't look like it!!

Anyway, since you shot down 8 Neuroi,
How's about Nipa and I carry you back as your reward.

I'm with Kanno!

That's no good. Afterall, I won the wager,
And that means I get to help myself to all the chocolate.

Ghhh...

We don't know that yet! The chocolate's still not gonna be here for awhile!!

[above troops]What're they talking about?
Who knows...?

Why'd the Flying Officer get all the Neuroi in the first place?

26 in total.

I guess the Neuroi felt like taking the first half of the day off.

Can they do that?

They must be public servants.

Huh?

I've read over the reports.
The three of you fought well.

Thanks.

?
The three of you have really improved your results in just one day.
Not to sing my own praises, but it appears I've made the right choice in your selection.

I see the experte has a different way of thinking.

Sarcasm?

No matter. Results are results.
I've prepared some special rations for you as a reward.
You'll each be given some Liberian chocolate.

...Bastard!
You knew it would end up like this, didn't you!

Commander Rall said it, not me.

Screw you! You're planning to take it all!

That's not fair! It's tyrannical!

I won't stand for a Karlslander monopolizing our chocolate!

A bet's a bet!

You're not going to back out an ruin Suomus' reputation, are you?

Geh...

What are the three of you mumbling about?

Nothing at all!

Well anyway, I'll have someone retrive the shipment sometime after breakfast tomorrow...

Commander!

Could you hold off on the shipment for now?

But it's chocolate? Didn't you say you wanted some?

We're falling behind on supplies as is, we couldn't ask you to waste time on luxuries for us.
It's only because we haven't raised our results that the supplies can't get to us in the first place.
So, if any of us were to eat that chocolate right now they should incur divine wrath!

That's right!!
No matter how many we just shot down, it's our duty as members of the 502nd to ensure our supplies reach us!

It's only been a few days since we formed the 502nd,
I appreciate your enthusiastic sense of duty, but...

We rely on the hopes of all mankind,
We don't need any sweets.

The chocolate can wait.
At least until I improve my score...
[on bubble]Ah, I mean...
Improve our results and better our supplies.

So that's your plan...

What Kanno said!

Hmm...

In that case, I'll hold off the special shipment a bit longer.
If you keep up this pace, we should see improvements in our supplies before long.

Good going Commander!

.....

Do the three of you have anything you want to tell me?

Not at all!

One week later...

Witch incoming! Witch incoming!
All hands prepare to receive...

You have any idea what this is?
[on bubble]Scores?

[on bubble]Who knows.
Something to do with their pride as Witches.

Welcome back, Kanno!

Hey.

Did you crash again?

Look who's talking.

It's the Neuroi's fault.
It's not like I wanted to get hit.

Same here.

So, how many did you get today?

Four.

Damn... Couldn't close the gap.

It's the Flight Lieutenant!

You got five!?

How come you get all the Neuroi!

Sorry about that, but it's a good thing you pushed the deadline back, isn't it?

I wanna curse you...

Oh, looks like you took some damage.

Mine broke around there the other day too.

Back then it was just the plating, but it looks like the insides got damaged this time.

That ain't good.

That bad, huh?

[next to Nipa] Uwaa...

I guess I'll go tell the service team.

The service guys were telling me that dessert wasn't enough, they started asking for luxuries.
Don't they know there's a limit to bribery?

That's because you break your unit too often.

Now look who's talkin'!

Illu wouldn't have this kind of problem...
I've never seen her get hit before.

Yeah, I bet these guys would love her right about now,
Instead of having to deal with us.

Did it happen again?

It's been two days since I heard you say that.
I was afraid I'd be hearing it every day.

That's only because you weren't able to find any Neuroi yesterday.
Anyway, we were thinking it's time we end this deception with the commander.

I'll take care of it, somehow...

I'll bring you guys some alcohol next time, so please...!!

We can repair it,
But please, do try your best not to get hit.

Uweh

Hey, what're those?

Captain Pokryshkin's La5, and Flight Sergeant Rossman's Bf109G6.
They just arrived this morning.

Rossman? You mean Sensei's coming here!?

A friend of yours?

Flight Sergeant Edytha Rossman.
She's a veteran Witch who's been in service since Hispania. She's incredibly good at teaching air combat.
I guess that means Commander Rall headhunted her.
I wish I could've objected.

They say Sensei could even teach a penguin to fly.

She sounds like a big deal.
You think she could turn that stray dog around here into a Witch too?

She even taught Erica from the 501st.

That ace, huh?

I wonder when she's supposed to get here.

You know?

Well... We haven't been told.

I see.

But if their Strikers are here then they shouldn't be too far behind, I imagine.

It looks like Captain Pokryshkin is coming back too.

Yeah, thanks.

Hm?
Sasha's coming back...?

Sasha's...

Coming back...

Which means...!!

This is bad!

Hey! Stop the repairs!!
Stop! Stop right now!

Huh? Why the sudden change of mind?
I was just about to start on your unit.

Doesn't matter! You gotta hide it from her!

Huh?

Hide it...?

If Sasha finds out it's broken I don't know what kind of hell she'll put me through!

But wouldn't it be a good idea to pay for your own mistakes, Ensign?

[inside Kanno's mouth]I DON'T WANNA DIE!
Don't feed me that crap!

Nao-chan! I found a sheet!

That's perfect! Nipa, give me a hand!

Right!

You couldn't find any more sheets!?

Just this one!

We've got no choice! Boxes, bricks...
It doesn't matter what, just throw it on here!

Welcome back, Captain!

Ah... Yes.
I'm back...?

We Witches are relieved at your safe return!

I've just come back to welcome Rossman-san...?

As expected of our wonderful Captain!

???

It looks like you've all sortied today, is that right?

The results from today: I, Kanno Naoe, shot down 4 Neuroi; Flight Sergeant Nikka Edvardine Katajainen shot down 4 Neuroi;
And Flying Officer Waltrud Krupinski shot down 5 Neuroi!

That's wonderful.

...Why does it look like the service crew are giggling?

They must think it's unusual to see a Liberian cameraman!

They're acting strangely respectful...

What is that sheet doing there?

Oh, that. It's, um...
It's a sidecar that's being repaired.

Was there always a sidecar at this base?

The people of Orussia gave it to us as a gift.
They said they hoped it would make our aerial battles a little easier.

But it's a sidecar?
Can sidecars fly now?

You never know until you try, right?

Well, what about that large object in the back?

That's... That's our Saturnalia doll!

[on bubble]Good thinking Nipa-kun!!
Saturnalia was getting close, so we figured we should make the doll!

Afterall, what's Saturnalia without the Saturnalia doll!

Saturnalia is still a ways away.
And it looks like you've just stacked boxes and bricks,
And shoved some scraps of cloth into its gaps and called it a doll.

It seems to me that you're trying to hide something.

We would never!!

...Alright.
I didn't come here today to talk to you about that anyway.

You may have already heard this,
But Flight Sergeant Edytha Rossman will be coming to this base.

She will take over the role of flight instructor, allowing me to devote myself to the job of commander-in-battle.

Also, I've heard news of our supply lines,
And how they will become better than ever.

You didn't break anything while I was away, right?
Good to hear.

Don't forget to submit today's battle report first thing tomorrow morning.
Until then.

[above Break Witches]Phew...

Oh, right.

YES!?

The Commander told me about the special shipment of chocolate,
And I figured we'd give it to the service crew!
Please feel free to accept it!

[Service Crew]WHOA!

YOU'RE KIDDIN'?!

But that's supposed to be mine!

That ain't fair!

I want chocolate too!

That's what you get for hiding things.

DON'T TAKE A PICTURE!

I hope your ride here was a smooth one.
I've come to show you to the Commander's Office.

Thank you.

Welcome to Petersburg,

Flight Sergeant Edytha Rossman.

To Be Continued...

Thanks as always for the translations. Helma dump a bit later I hope.

Sweet. Thanks a lot for the translation dump. Until next time.

I've been waiting for this, thanks for the translation!

It's people like you that keep me alive.

>Sensei gets there
FUCK UEAH!

So, how would you guys feel if we had a movie or ova of Idol Witches?

Depending on the quality, it'd be one of the best things to come out of the franchise.

I just want more Edytha, Waltrud and Nipa.

That's understandable, let's hope for a Brave Witches 2 announcement next Summer.

I'd rather have an OVA of Knight Witches.

...

>not Wild West witches

I take it back, this would be the best thing to come out of the franchise.

...

...

I wish my job was photographing cute witches.

ムăƒȘダナ

hah, you got banned and I didn't

>Kanno's initials are KN
>Nipa's initials are NK
I'm assuming C is for Countess, so who's N and who's K?

Also, I really dig that we're seeing the techs in this, I feel like they're an underutilized part of the setting.

Uh, if you read the previous chapter then you'd know that's just Nipa and Kanno with Krupi on that paper since they're counting kills for a bet they made.
N being Nipa and not Naoe since she's a bit more skilled.

Thanks! I'm a big Krupifag, so I think I'll actually typeset this, unless there's someone who regularly does it?

There's a thread on helma where OP also dumps all the chapters; helma.us/sw/res/11523.html
It'd be great if you'd be willing to typeset, since none of the previous chapters haven't been either yet.

Yeah, sure. It's easy as hell to typeset given A) I don't have to do any redrawing and B) the translation doesn't need much editing, so I might as well do the whole thing.

I wished I could do it but I'm clocking in 70-90 hours a week right now due to holidays coming.

I don't mind doing it. Winter's not my busy season in my line of work, and I've been looking for something bigger to sink my teeth into than just random little idolmaster comics.

Did you typeset this? I think I asked you before in a typesetting/translation thread, but what font is that?

I did yes. Sorry, I wasn't ignoring your question, life caught up and I just haven't been back.

It's Samaritan Tall, my go-to font for narrow, vertical Japanese speech bubbles.

These days, I have a preference for Yada Yada and Tim Sale.

Thanks! And if you're interested, I translated the 507th comic you asked about last time.
helma.us/sw/res/8422.html#10473
helma.us/sw/res/8422.html#10571

Brilliant, thank you so much. Lots to do, then.

I understand that you're busy, but this is an old favourite of mine, and has been a long-time goal to have translated and typeset. It's very cute and portrays all the characters very well.

danbooru.donmai.us/pools/7291

I can also dump it on Helma later on, just so it's there.

Boy, I didn't think the anime would reignite my old SW fandom this strongly, but this will be a fun little time waster.

Okay, I'll look into it.

Witch love never dies.

Thanks! It's half translated already, and only ten pages.

I was late to watching the anime so it's probably been discussed to death already, but how did people like the characterization? I felt it was completely on point, with only minor quibbles. Nikka felt a bit dorkier than usual. I was disappointed by the lack of hugbunny Sadako.

But mostly it actually managed to impress, when the 501 anime did not. Rall eating Krupi's cooking actually got a chuckle, for a show that's cute but typically not ha-ha funny.

One of the common complaints I see is that Hikari, Kanno, and Nipa all take the spotlight and everybody else gets put on the backburner, and I can understand that position, but I thought there were a lot of nice gags involving everybody. Things like Krupcake's shame signs.
Especially Krupcake's shame signs.

Oh shit, now that I look, he's even done another one since...

pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=65030788

Also looks very cute.

I was prepared for that to be a peeve, but honestly I actually didn't mind Hikari at all. I found Takami's contrived, older-sisterly voice more irritating than anything.

Krupi's screentime was good, as was Edytha's. Two things I would have liked to see more of was Sadako being a hug-predator, and more of Rall's deadpan sense of humor. Having this be an episode would have been excellent.

I mostly enjoyed Brave Witches, the only things I didn't enjoy were the CG (they changed studios and it showed, but it did get a bit better in the BDs), and Takami.
Takami's role in the beginning was perfect, but when she comes back in episode 10 it puts a bad taste in my mouth.

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