These awesome covers were made by Beno.
I've been dreaming for over a decade about having a translation for this, because it's seriously one of my favorite Zelda works, and the Zelda fan, Kaialone (follow them on twitter,) just made my dream come true. They actually couldn't get a hold of me a few years ago but just worked on volume 1 for the Hyrule Fantasy anyway. This year, when I stumbled back online after being missing for a few years, unaware of their earlier email, they saw one of my updates and reached out to me again to let me know they had done some of it and were happy to keep going... Well, they just finished the whole Ran Maru series. All 4 volumes. I'm blown away. I am so excited. So, without much further ado, I'm going to post each chapter in a thread to make it easier to read.
If you haven't read the first book, start here though. The title of this post says volume 1 but it's basically volume 2 because it continues from an earlier book about the first Legend of Zelda game. The one above. Find the translation for Volume 1, for Hyrule Fantasy, the Original Legend of Zelda, here.
As a side note, but an important one: The reason we're not doing a scanlation right now is that these are likely going to be released in Ebook form by the original publisher and I am hoping people will buy those, (and now be able to read along,) which will then encourage the publisher to release all 4 volumes in actual book form. If they don't release these as Ebooks I will do the scanlations though.
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The Adventure of Link by Ran Maru, Volume 1 Chapter 1
Translated by Kaialone for History of Hyrule
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THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 2
ăȘăłăŻăźćéș
Zelda II:
The Adventure of Link
珏ïŒć·»
Volume 1
äč±äžž
by Ran Maru
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THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 2
ăȘăłăŻăźćéș
Zelda II:
The Adventure of Link
ăăă
Table of Contents
珏ïŒè©± ïŒäșșăźăŒă«ă ......................................... 5
珏ïŒè©± æ°ăăȘăæ
ç«ăĄ ..................................... 25
珏ïŒè©± éæĄć
ăźć°ć„ł ........................................ 57
珏ïŒè©± ăăčăăŠăłăăłă«ăăæȘé ................... 89
珏ïŒè©± ăŹăłăć
ç ........................................... 121
珏ïŒè©± èż·ăăźé .............................................. 153
äč±äžžć
ç・èȘć·±çŽčä» ........................................ 186
Chapter 1: The Two Zeldas ................................... 5
Chapter 2: Setting Out on a New Journey ........... 25
Chapter 3: The Guiding Girl ................................. 57
Chapter 4: The Devil of Death Mountain ............. 89
Chapter 5: Master Gump ...................................... 121
Chapter 6: The Lost Way ...................................... 153
Mr. Ran Maru's Self-introduction ........................ 186
珏ïŒć·»
Volume 1
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珏ïŒè©±
Chapter 1
ïŒäșșăźăŒă«ă
The Two Zeldas
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???:
ăČă©ă怩æ°ă°ăă㧠ä»ćčŽăäœç©ăŻă ăă§ăăăăă……
Doesn't seem like the harvest will be any good this year either,
what with how terrible the weather has been...
???:
æäșșé㯠éŁăčç©ă«ăć°ăŁăŠăăŸăă
The poor townspeople hardly have anything to eat.
???:
ăŹăăłăźæäžăźçăæźăéăăăĄăăĄă§ æŽăćșăăŠăăăăăȘ
And apparently, remnants of Ganon's underlings are wreaking havoc all around the land.
???:
ăă… ăăźä»Čéă«ăăăăäșșéăă”ăăŠăăăăă……
Yes... And the number of humans who join them has been on the rise as well...
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SFX:
ă«ă
CRASH
Attendants:
ăăăŁ！！
Eeek!!
Attendant:
ăŸăŁăă ăăăȘ 怩æ°ă ă
Goodness, what a dreadful storm.
Wampa:
ă»ăăšă«… èżăăăźăă€ă©ă«ăŻ ăăŁăăă©ăăăăźă§ăăă
Honestly... What in the world is happening to Hyrule these days?
Wampa:
槫ăăŸ ăéŁäșă§ăăăăŸăă
Your Highness, we have brought your meal.
SFX:
ăŽăăŽăăŽăăŽăăŽăăŽă
rumble rumble rumble
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Wampa:
ć°ă㯠ăăäžăăăŸăăăš…
You should at least eat a little...
Attendant:
ăăźć€©æ°ă§ăăăȘç©ăŻăăăăŸăăăă©…
Even if this weather does not give us a lot to work with...
Wampa:
ăăȘăăăăăăŁăăăŁăŠăă ăăăȘ ăŻăăćż
Please, talk some sense into her, Sir Watt.
Watt:
ăąăą…ăł！？
Wha...?!
Watt:
槫ăèăšăŽăăČă·ăă«ăă
The princess got a lot on her mind.
Watt:
ăœăłă ăȘă€ăăăă”ă€
Just leave it here, if you would.
Attendant:
ă»ăăšă§ăă ăăȘăïŒäșșă§éŁăčăăăăȘăă§ăă ăăă
Very well, but please don't eat it all by yourself.
Watt:
ăȘă€ă©ăăăȘăăłăłăăéŁăšă«ă«ă！！
You think I'd eat THIS much alone?!
Wampa:
ă©ăă ă
Oh, certainly.
Attendant:
槫ăăŸă ăćżé
ă…
Her Highness also seems concerned...
Wampa:
ăă… ïŒă€ăźăă©ă€ăă©ăŒăčă æăŁăŠăăŠă
ăă€ă©ă«ăźćčłćăäżăŠăȘăăă§ăăăź
Yes... Even though we possess the two parts of the Triforce,
we have not been able to maintain peace in Hyrule.
Attendant:
æ©ăă§ăăăŁăăăăźă
It's clearly taking its toll on her.
Attendant:
ăăăăăă…
She has my sympathies...
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Watt:
槫 ć°ă·ă éŁăăă€ă
You should eat something, Princess.
Zelda:
ăăăźă ăŻăăćż ăăȘăăăăäžăă
It is quite alright, Sir Watt. You may have it.
Watt:
ăȘăă«ăŹăčăŻă äșșéăćŒ±æ°ăăă«ă ăȘăłăŻăă€ăăăżăŸ
Link said that humans get sulky when they're hungry.
Zelda:
ăă！？
Did he, now?
Zelda:
ăȘăłăŻ
Link...
Link:
ăăŻăŻăăŁăš èČăăȘäžçăèŠăŠăżăăăźă§ă
I would like to see more of the world.
Link:
ă§ăăăŁăš ăă©ăŁăŠăăŸă
But I will definitely come back one day.
Link:
ăăŁăš……
Definitely...
Watt:
ăă©ăŹăăăăŻă€ăŻă”ăŹăăăăăąă€ăăăż
He also said you can't fight on an empty stomach.
Zelda:
ăă㯠ăăȘăă§ăăă ăŻăăćż
That sounds more like you, Sir Watt.
Watt:
ăăŹăżă« ăăă…
You got me, hahaha...
SFX:
ăăżăł！
Slam!
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Watt:
!!
Watt:
èĄć
”！！ èĄć
”！！
Guards!! Guards!!
SFX:
ăăł
wham
Watt:
ăŻă»è
！！ æ©ăŻ！！
Ruffians!! Come quick!!
Billy:
槫！！
Princess!!
Zelda:
!!
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Moblin:
槫仄ć€ă«çšăŻăȘă çă„ăă！！
We only need the princess, just get rid of the other one!!
SFX:
ăŽă
plonk
Moblin:
ă ăă ！？
Who's there?!
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Hooded Figure:
ă€ăăă ăăăȘæăŸă§ăźăă°ăćșăăŠăăăšăŻ…
Can't believe they would dare to show up here...
Watt:
ăăŹă！？ ăȘăăš
Who're you?!
Hooded Figure:
ă ăă ăšăŻ ăăăăă€ă ăȘ ăŻăăćż
Gee, thanks for the warm welcome, Sir Watt.
Watt:
ăš！？
Huh?!
Hooded Figure:
ăăŻă ă
It's me.
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Watt:
ăȘăłăŻ！！
Link!!
Watt:
ăąăăăăăżăă« ăšă«ăăż！！ ăăă…
You're back! I'm so glad! Hahaha...
Zelda:
ăȘăłăŻ
Link...
Link:
ăŒă«ă槫 ăă€ă©ă«ăŻæăŁăăă性ć€ăȘăăšă«ăȘăŁăŠăăăăă§ăă
I see Hyrule is in an even worse state than I thought, Princess Zelda.
Zelda:
ăă… ă§ă ă©ăăăŠăăă！？
Yes... But, how did you know about this?
Link:
éąšăźăŠăŻă”ăăăăŸăă
There have been rumors, but...
Link:
ăăăă
More importantly...
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Link:
ăăă§ă！！
This!
Billy:
ăă㯅！？ ăă€ă©ă«ăźç柶ăźçŽç«
That's...! The crest of Hyrule's royal family!
Link:
ăă€ăźéă«ă ăăăȘăąă¶ăă§ă㊅
This mark suddenly appeared without me noticing...
Link:
ăă㧠æ°ă«ăȘăŁăŠ ăă©ăŁăŠăăăźă§ă
I couldn't help but wonder about it, so I came back.
Link:
槫！！
Princess!!
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Zelda:
性äžć€« é©ăăă ăă§ă
I am fine, I was merely startled by it.
Zelda:
ăšăăăăź……
You see...
Zelda:
äșèšéăă«ăȘăŁăŠăăŸăŁăăă…
This is exactly what the prophecy foretold...
Link:
äșèš！？
Prophecy?!
Zelda:
ăă ăăăȘăăŹăăă«ăš éĄăŁăŠăăăźă«…
Yes. Though I hoped it would not be the case...
Zelda:
ăăĄăă§ă
Here we are.
Zelda:
ăăăŻćăć»șăŠăăăŠä»„æ„ éăăăăăšăăȘăăšăăæă§ă
It is said that this door has not been opened since this castle was built.
Zelda:
ăăă« ć€ä»Łæćă§æžăăăŠăăăźă ăăźäșèšă§ă
The prophecy is inscribed here, in ancient letters.
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Zelda:
éăăă€ă©ă«ăăăă äșșă
ăźćżèăżïŒă€ăźăă©ă€ăă©ăŒăčăźć
æăæ
"When Hyrule is covered in darkness, the hearts of the people are tainted, and the light of the two Triforces begins to fade..."
Zelda:
æŠćŁ«ăźæăźć°ă«ăŠ ăăźæăéăăčă
"Open this door, with the mark on the palm of the warrior..."
Zelda:
ăăă€ăăźè©Šç·ŽăăžăŠ 性ăăȘăç ăăç Žăă
"And through many trials, put an end to the great slumber..."
Zelda:
ăăšăŻ… æŠćŁ«ăšç柶ăźèĄăćŒăè
仄ć€ăŻć
„ăăȘ……ăš
It also says... "Only a warrior and those who carry the blood of the royal lineage may enter..."
Link:
ă€ăŸă ăăźæăéăăă°ăȘăăȘăă»ă© ăă€ă©ă«ăŻć±æ©ă«çŽéąăăŠăăăš……
In other words, the crisis Hyrule is facing right now is so great that this door needs to be opened...
Zelda:
ăă…
Yes...
Link:
ăăă ă©ăăăŁăŠăăăăźă
But, how do we do that?
Link:
ă！？
Hm?
SFX:
ă«ăăȘ
click
Link:
ă！！
Whoa!!
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Link:
éăă！！
It opened!!
SFX:
ăźăźăźăź
creak...
Link:
ăăăăŻăăă§ăŸăŠ
You two wait here.
Watt:
ăȘă€ă©ăąă« ăœăłă㥅
Me too? Aww...
Link:
ăăăŠăăŸăŁăŠăăăŁăăźă§ăă！？ ăŒă«ă槫
Was it really alright for me to open it, Your Highness?
Zelda:
ä»æčăăăŸăă
We have no other option.
Zelda:
ăă ç§ăźćăźăăă¶ăšăăă§ăŻăȘăăźă§ăăăź
This has already gone beyond what I can handle with my power alone.
Zelda:
ăăă«…
And besides...
Zelda:
ăăźć„„ă« äœăăăă ç§ă ç„ăăăăźă§ă
I would also like to know what lies beyond here.
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Link:
ăŸă æă
Another door.
Link:
ăăăă§ăă 槫！！
You're sure about this, right, Princess?
Zelda:
ăă！！
I am!
SFX:
ăźăźăźăŁăŁăŁ
creeaak...
Link & Zelda:
！？
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Zelda:
äœăŠ çŸăăäșș！！
Goodness, she's so beautiful!
Link:
çăăŠăăăźă！？
Is she alive?!
Zelda:
ć°ăæă€æŠćŁ«ăšç柶ăźæ«èŁă«èȘăäŒăă
"Let the warrior who bears the mark and the descendants of the royal lineage know..."
Zelda:
ç ăă ăŒă«ă槫ăźäŒèȘŹ…
"The legend of the sleeping Princess Zelda..."
Link:
ăăăŁ！？
What...?!
Zelda:
ăăźäșșă…
This person is...
Zelda:
ăŒă«ă槫
Princess Zelda.
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