K: -- jotaro K: how much do you know about me? J: why're you asking that all of a sudden ... ? K: please look at this [ fwip ] J: ... your profile. K: according to that, i'm 17 years old. you're the same, right? J: yeah. (although jojo6251 said i was 18.) K: so ... we're currently the same age. what's your star sign? J: aquarius. [ for the record they're on joseph's private jet flying from egypt to japan. ]
K: that's right. K: an aquarius' birthday is between january 20th and february 18th, K: while a leo's birthday is between july 23rd and august 22nd. K: for the record, we met on november 27th. and the battle with dio took place on janury 16th. K: even though we're the same age -- J: we should be ... in different grades. the fake pretending to be you called me senpai. K: i see. K: what you say should be the case K: BUT K: shockingly, i'm your classmate! [ jojoveller stands book, "kakyoin noriaki, jotaro's CLASSMATE, while on a family trip to egypt -- etc etc." ] J: what ... !?;
J: how did that happen K: actually ... [ while i had the flesh bud in me and was working for dio, i ended up enrolling in your school by his orders. he had one of his servants make those arrangements for him, but ... ] D: jonathan's descendant. D: jotaro ... 17 years old ... a student D: kakyoin, how old are you (K: even dio-sama has to use phones, huh) K: i'm 17 D: hoh ... classmates, then (that's fortunate) [<-- he said.] K: i thought, of course, that you'd also be a 2nd year student. K: i never thought you had an early birthday and was a third year ... i never thought i'd end up getting enrolled as a third year student as a result ... J: they ... did a sloppier job than i expected. K: well ... i was probably disposable to them in the first place, sso. J: ...
K: as a result, i'm in a situation where i'm your classmate but at the same time, i've missed out on a year's worth of studies compared to you ... J: ... well, if you explain this to the school ... K: i can't do that! J: why K: i don't want to admit defeat to the circumstances that dio's left behind! (grrr) J: ... i don't think that has anything to do with your situation. K: TO ME IT'S PART OF THE SAME PROBLEM! (J: if you make too much of a fuss) (J: your wounds are gonna reopen) K: and ... K: if i don't attend school as a 3rd year K: i won't be able to graduate... with you ... [ K: i don't want to be your 'kouhai' ]
i don't usually translate donjon samples, but this was a fun look at the weird same age vs. same grade (?) contradiction that araki set up between jotaro and kakyoin.
doujin sample, jotaro & kakyoin, 2nd year vs. 3rd year
K: -- jotaro
K: how much do you know about me?
J: why're you asking that all of a sudden ... ?
K: please look at this
[ fwip ]
J: ... your profile.
K: according to that, i'm 17 years old. you're the same, right?
J: yeah. (although jojo6251 said i was 18.)
K: so ... we're currently the same age. what's your star sign?
J: aquarius.
[ for the record they're on joseph's private jet flying from egypt to japan. ]
http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=manga_big&illust_id=46924453&page=3
K: that's right.
K: an aquarius' birthday is between january 20th and february 18th,
K: while a leo's birthday is between july 23rd and august 22nd.
K: for the record, we met on november 27th. and the battle with dio took place on janury 16th.
K: even though we're the same age --
J: we should be ... in different grades. the fake pretending to be you called me senpai.
K: i see.
K: what you say should be the case
K: BUT
K: shockingly, i'm your classmate!
[ jojoveller stands book, "kakyoin noriaki, jotaro's CLASSMATE, while on a family trip to egypt -- etc etc." ]
J: what ... !?;
http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=manga_big&illust_id=46924453&page=4
J: how did that happen
K: actually ...
[ while i had the flesh bud in me and was working for dio, i ended up enrolling in your school by his orders. he had one of his servants make those arrangements for him, but ... ]
D: jonathan's descendant.
D: jotaro ... 17 years old ... a student
D: kakyoin, how old are you
(K: even dio-sama has to use phones, huh)
K: i'm 17
D: hoh ... classmates, then (that's fortunate) [<-- he said.]
K: i thought, of course, that you'd also be a 2nd year student.
K: i never thought you had an early birthday and was a third year ... i never thought i'd end up getting enrolled as a third year student as a result ...
J: they ... did a sloppier job than i expected.
K: well ... i was probably disposable to them in the first place, sso.
J: ...
http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=manga_big&illust_id=46924453&page=5
K: as a result, i'm in a situation where i'm your classmate but at the same time, i've missed out on a year's worth of studies compared to you ...
J: ... well, if you explain this to the school ...
K: i can't do that!
J: why
K: i don't want to admit defeat to the circumstances that dio's left behind! (grrr)
J: ... i don't think that has anything to do with your situation.
K: TO ME IT'S PART OF THE SAME PROBLEM!
(J: if you make too much of a fuss)
(J: your wounds are gonna reopen)
K: and ...
K: if i don't attend school as a 3rd year
K: i won't be able to graduate... with you ...
[ K: i don't want to be your 'kouhai' ]
i don't usually translate donjon samples, but this was a fun look at the weird same age vs. same grade (?) contradiction that araki set up between jotaro and kakyoin.