Itachi

s.h.i.+nden: Kōmyō-hen

Itachi’s

true story: Book of Bright Light*

by Takas.h.i.+ Yano

(On

the right flap of the book cover)

This is the story of the glory and the

frustration of a s.h.i.+n.o.bi 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. (, , , )

Chapter

2: The brilliant chick doesn’t know the silence

after the dusk. ()

Chapter

3: The jet black*** crow s.h.i.+vers for the grief of

his brethren that squirms in the moonlight night. (, )

Characters

introduction

s.h.i.+mura Danzou: head of the Anbu’s “Root”.

Uchiha Itachi: s.h.i.+n.o.bi 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 s.h.i.+sui: s.h.i.+n.o.bi of the Village of

the Hidden Leaf

Uchiha Sasuke: Itachi’s younger brother

Uchiha Yas.h.i.+ro, 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

Takas.h.i.+ (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

– s.h.i.+kamaru hiden”, and the comic “a.s.sa.s.sin’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 aris.h.i.+ 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outdated form of the verb aru (to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 aris.h.i.+

at all… *shrugs*

***I like this expression so much, in

j.a.panese 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 s.h.i.+nden’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 s.h.i.+sui, 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 d.a.m.n characters page… ugh).

Like for Sasuke s.h.i.+nden, 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 sat.u.r.day, but I can’t promise anything…

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Traduzione di Melamoney

Itachi

s.h.i.+nden:Kõmyõ-hen

La

vera storia di Itachi: Libro della Luce Abbagliante.

Di Takas.h.i.+ Yano

Questa è la storia della gloria e della

frustrazione di uno s.h.i.+n.o.bi che venne definito genio, e della sua

determin.a.z.ione.

Indice:

Capitolo uno: l'uccellino che vive nella notte oscura non ha ancora lasciato il

nido. (, , , )

Capitolo due: il brillante pulcino non sa del silenzio dopo il crepuscolo.

()

Capitolo

tre: il nero corvo trema per il dolore dei sui

confratelli che si dimenano nella notte illuminata dalla luna. (, )

Introduzione ai personaggi:

Danzo s.h.i.+mura: capo della ‘Radice’ degli

ANBU;

Itachi Uchiha: s.h.i.+n.o.bi 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;

s.h.i.+sui Uchiha: s.h.i.+n.o.bi del Villaggio della

Foglia;

Sasuke Uchiha: fratello minore di Itachi;

Yas.h.i.+ro 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.

Takas.h.i.+ 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 - s.h.i.+kamaru Hiden”, e il fumetto di “a.s.sa.s.sins 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”.