Itachi Shinden: Kōmyō-hen

Itachi’s true story: Book of Bright Light*

by Takashi Yano

(On the right flap of the book cover)

This is the story of the glory and the frustration of a shinobi who was called a genius, and of his determination.

Table of contents

Chapter 1: The young bird that lives** in the dark night hasn’t left the nest yet. (1, 2, 3, 4)

Chapter 2: The brilliant chick doesn’t know the silence after the dusk. (1, 2, 3, 4)

Chapter 3: The jet black*** crow shivers for the grief of his brethren that squirms in the moonlight night. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Characters introduction

Shimura Danzou: head of the Anbu’s “Root”.

Uchiha Itachi: shinobi of the Village of the Hidden Leaf

Sarutobi Hiruzen: Third Hokage

Uchiha Fugaku: Itachi and Sasuke’s father, commanding officer of Konoha’s Military Police Force

Uchiha Mikoto: Itachi and Sasuke’s mother

Uchiha Shisui: shinobi of the Village of the Hidden Leaf

Uchiha Sasuke: Itachi’s younger brother

Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Inabi, Uchiha Tekka: Konoha’s Military Police Force

(Here’s the picture of the page… I thought you might want to see it)

—Foolish little brother…

If you want to kill me, resent me! Hate me!

And live in an unsightly way…

Run… run…

And cling to life.

(On the left flap of the book cover)

Yano Takashi (矢野 隆)

won the Shōsetsu Subaru Rookie of the Year award with “Jashū” in 2008. He wrote a great number of books as an expert on historical plays. He wrote the novels “Naruto – Shikamaru hiden”, and the comic “Assassin’s Creed 4” among other things, and he’s spreading his field of activity.

NOTES:

*Bright light also with the meaning of ‘hope, bright future’.

**Uhh there’s a part I don’t understand, because apparently arishi is an outdated form of the verb aru (to be/live/exist), but aru is used with inanimate objects… I’ve seen another translation of the chapters, but apparently they didn’t translate arishi at all… *shrugs*

***I like this expression so much, in Japanese it’s literally “black as the wet feathers of a crow”.

So, here’s my little preview… The cover (which I had to remove, seeing what had become of Sasuke’s Shinden’s one, which got all ruined – especially because initially I kept opening it on the wrong side) is now widely known, while the book in itself has manga panels of Itachi throwing shurikens and some writings (which I began translating, but since I discovered they are words Danzou says to Itachi at some point of the novel, there’s no point I continued, you’ll read it anyway sometime).

The very first page it that infamous picture of Itachi and Shisui, and since I’ve already seen a lot of good pictures of it I’m not gonna bother scanning it (also, considering the amount of time it took me for scanning that damn characters page… ugh).

Like for Sasuke Shinden, I’ll keep this page updated with the translations as I complete the sections.I’ll try to be a good translator and post 1.1 this saturday, but I can’t promise anything…

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Traduzione di Melamoney

Itachi Shinden:Kõmyõ-hen

La vera storia di Itachi: Libro della Luce Abbagliante.

Di Takashi Yano

Questa è la storia della gloria e della frustrazione di uno shinobi che venne definito genio, e della sua determinazione.

Indice:

Capitolo uno: l'uccellino che vive nella notte oscura non ha ancora lasciato il nido. (1, 2, 3, 4)

Capitolo due: il brillante pulcino non sa del silenzio dopo il crepuscolo. (1, 2, 3, 4)

Capitolo tre: il nero corvo trema per il dolore dei sui confratelli che si dimenano nella notte illuminata dalla luna. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Introduzione ai personaggi:

Danzo Shimura: capo della ‘Radice’ degli ANBU;

Itachi Uchiha: shinobi del Villaggio della Foglia;

Hiruzen Sarutobi: Terzo Hokage;

Fugaku Uchiha: padre di Itachi e Sasuke, ufficiale comandante della Polizia Militare di Konoha;

Mikoto Uchiha: madre di Itachi e Sasuke;

Shisui Uchiha: shinobi del Villaggio della Foglia;

Sasuke Uchiha: fratello minore di Itachi;

Yashiro Uchiha, Inabi Uchiha, Tekka Uchiha: membri della Polizia Militare di Konoha.

- Sciocco fratellino…

Se vuoi uccidermi, nutri rancore verso di me! Odiami.

E vivi nella sofferenza…

Corri… corri…

E aggrappati alla vita.

Takashi Yano:

Nel 2008, vinse il premio Shōsetsu Subaru come l'Esordiente dell'Anno con “ Jashū”. Scrisse un gran numero di libri come esperto di opere teatrali storiche. Scrisse l'adattamento in romanzo di “NARUTO - Shikamaru Hiden”, e il fumetto di “Assassins Creed 4” tra le altre cose, e sta ampliando il suo campo di attività.

NOTE:

Luce Abbagliante include inoltre il significato di: “speranza, radioso futuro”.