CS4 Musse's 3rd bonding event
Translation comments + Koyu's fangirling
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CS4 Musse 1st bonding event: https://fusetter.com/tw/NJBbXivI#all
CS4 Musse 2nd bonding event: https://fusetter.com/tw/q5qFFMe7#follower
Links to videos of the bond events in case you want to rewatch them
English: https://youtu.be/Xnf3VsSQUaI
Japanese: https://youtu.be/cJlm1h1wHbM
🌷Musse's 3rd bonding event🌷
A beach date really fits Musse because she has her own private beach! The development staff really put a lot of effort into CS4's bonding events and I really appreciate their efforts to make each event unique and special! I'm really glad they made a pure white swimsuit for Musse especially for this event. The swimsuit has a hint of pink too. She just looks so sweet and pure. Rean and Musse have a pretty classic beach date with the water splashing, don't run it's dangerous, catch me if you can, a fanservice shot of Musse walking, Musse picking seashells while Rean is warmly watching over her, and finally having a talk while sitting under a large sun umbrella.... I really enjoyed how pretty this event is. Thank you Falcom!
Under the umbrella Musse talks about her parents and childhood, then how she's happy about things now and how she's relieved she didn't lose her loved ones.
Translation comments
NISA actually gets a lot of detail either lost in translation or outright inaccurate here. (Anything is in parentheses they are my comments).
Rean starts off by noting how Musse's having fun like she got to play with all her heart. It must be a special place for her.
In NISA's translation, Musse says this place is special. She has so many memories of this place. She and her parents used to come here together all the time...until they passed. Rean says he remembers that she told him before it happened in an accident at sea. (Pretty much the same as Kloe's parents.)
In the Japanese she says the beach of her hometown is special because it's one of the few places she has (strong) memories of with her parents that she lost in an accident at sea ten years ago. (Musse is 16 so she lost her parents when she was only 6. That's why she has only a few strong memories.) Rean says he remembers hearing Duke Alfred's story from somewhere before. (He's referring to the NPC talk and quests in Ordis in CS3. There is a lot of foreshadowing about Musse from that part, before the end chapter reveal).
Then Rean asks what kind of people they were.
NISA-->Musse says her father was a kind man compared to her great-great-grandfather who was hard and merciless. No one ever questioned her father's position as head of the family.
ORIGINAL-->先々代----私の父方の祖父は厳格で容赦のない方でしたが....父はカイエン公を継ぐに相応しい品量を持ちながらも、とても優しい人でした。
ORIGINAL explanation:
The great-great part actually refers to her grandfather on her father's side who was the 先々代 (great-great) Duke Cayenne. Her grandfather was a strict and merciless person but her father was very kind while he possessed all qualities appropriate of being the duke.
NISA-->Her mother was always very cool-headed like no problem was too much for her. She used to travel all around Lamarre on business. While she was away, her father would teach Musse to play all kinds of games. Chess, cards, shogi... that's when her talent started showing itself.
ORIGINAL-->Her mother who was the daughter of the Egret family was wise, calm and reliable in Musse's memories. She helped out in the governing of Lamarre province while bringing young Musse along to various places. (The original never says Musse's mother went away on business. But she helped with the Duke's work so her father had some free time.) During that time her father instructed her in many games like chess, cards, shogi and noticed her special talent.
NISA-->Rean: You've been able to analyze the world like a game for that long?
ORIGINAL-->Rean: 物事を”盤面”として見極める力---そんな子供の頃からだったんだな。
ORIGINAL explanation: So you've had it since childhood--the power to see through things as if they were on a "chessboard"
According to Roselia the power is from Arnor heritage.
NISA-->Musse: Maybe playing with me so much was my father's way of teaching me how to use this power. Mother played a lot of games with me too. That's where I picked up my head for strategy. *flashback to her wearing her kimono in the outdoor ceremony* That kimono I wore before was originally a gift to my mother from her father. It's a little too big for me, but I had some alterations made. (Don't you think it is weird how she suddenly changes the topic to the kimono?)
ORIGINAL-->そんな私に、遊戯版を通じて"力"のあり方を論してくれた父.....一方母は、幾つかの道戯を通じて思いやりや作法を教えてくれました。*kimono flashback* お察しのようにあの着物は元々祖父が母に贈った物---今の私には大きいのでちょっと直していますけど。
ORIGINAL explanation: (To the me who was like that), my father helped me realize the nature of my powers through board games... on the other hand my mother taught me kindness and strategy through various activities. (Then she gets the kimono flashback because it's probably one of the activities her mother showed her.) As you had guessed, that kimono was originally something her grandfather had gifted to her mother--it's too big so she had it altered. (It's actually unclear which grandfather gifted it to her--I thought it was from Alfred's father but NISA thinks it's from her mother's father. Musse has received a lot from her grandfather on her mother's side because they are still alive. Count Theodore and Suzanne Egret right. Doesn't it make more sense if the kimono is special because it is an inherited gift from her mother from her grandfather who is no longer alive?)
NISA-->Musse: After they died, my uncle shipped me off to St. Astraia, and that was that. But when I thought of the world as a game like they taught me, I felt like I was still connected to them. I guess that's why I analyze things so much.
ORIGINAL-->叔父に女学校へ遠ざけられたことで6歳の私は頑なになってしまいました。両親が残してくれた唯一のもの...."遊戯盤"で思考している間だけはあの人たちと繋がっていられる---そんな風になってしまったんです。
ORIGINAL explanation: But they passed away, her uncle distanced her by sending her off to girl's school. The only way the 6 year old her at that time could feel connected to her parents was when she was thinking of things on a "chessboard", because it was the only thing she had then that they had left behind for her. So she became stubborn in using it and became the way she is.
---Musse says Mille Mirage caused her to suffer but it isn't all that bad
NISA-->Musse: It lead me to class VII, after all. If I'd found you all just a moment later, I might have lost what really made me human.
Original--> Musse: 結果的にVII組に戻って...もう一つの翼に助けられて 人として大切な物をぎりぎり失わずに済んだ見たいですから。
Explanation: Because, as a result I returned to class 7, was saved by the "other wing", and barely made it by not losing what is important to her as a person/human.
The rest is all OK! It's so like Musse that she made him lower his guard and kissed him😊💕 Rean is also really nice in this event and mostly just lets her have her way. I like how he looks so relaxed around her as well! This event is so cute I really really love it!😊💕