[Comprehensive English and American] Magical Girls in Gotham

Extra: Jason's Bizarre Adventure

He probably had several broken ribs and was having a bit of trouble breathing.

The ticking time bomb was still ticking, and he didn't have much time left.

What is the emotion floating in his heart at this moment?Maybe it was remorse, unwillingness, or something else, but Jason didn't have the heart to think about anything else, he just tried to open the locked iron door over and over again.

The act used up what little energy he had, and he eventually passed out before the bomb exploded.

Before he passed out, he vaguely saw a bright light.

Purer than an explosion, brighter than the sun... What is that?

This was the first sentence that popped into Jason's empty mind after waking up.

But this question is not very important.

The biggest question he faces now is - who is he?

Jason only remembered that he seemed to have gone through an extremely long torture and was seriously injured, although he didn't seem to have any injuries on his body now, and his mind was very clear.

Then his name should be Jason... What's the last name?Robin?Maybe his name is Jason Robin.

Other than that he doesn't remember anything.

"It doesn't matter, we will take care of you until you remember."

The group of young women who saved Jason had no doubts about Jason's memory loss. They not only helped him, a stranger, but also took him in very gently and kindly.

It's easy to trust others like this, so it's easy to be in danger - Jason couldn't help being so worried while being moved.

In return, perhaps he should also guard them against all kinds of dangers in life...

With such a mood in mind, Jason started his wonderful life in this restaurant, which is obviously not very big, but has eight shopkeepers and employees.

This restaurant is located in Los Angeles. The store is roughly divided into two areas, one is the restaurant area that sells dinner and afternoon tea at the same time, and the other is the reading area with a rich collection of books.

There is no work in the reading area, the main thing is to sort out the position of the books after the end of business every day, and check whether there are any omissions.

The work in the restaurant area is also very simple, that is, simple cash register, serving, and clearing the table. Jason quickly figured out the process and memorized the menu.

Due to the geographical location (the restaurant is in the northern suburbs of Los Angeles), the restaurant's customer flow has not been much, and most of the time, the people in the store are in a very idle state.

In his spare time, Jason would be taken by them to taste new meals, play board games together, help them with trivial things, and more often he would read quietly in the library area.

Jason likes reading books very much.

He can sit on the soft sofa and spend the whole afternoon reading.

He reads "Jane Eyre", "Pride and Prejudice", "Salome", and also Rilke's collection of poems... Every time he finishes reading a book, there will be new books that will immediately attract his attention, here There are so many good books worth experiencing.

Totally a reader's paradise.

But while Jason was relaxed and happy, he was also troubled by it.

The store was too idle, and he worried from the bottom of his heart that they would not be able to maintain the store due to income problems.

He tried to come up with ways to increase customer traffic, including but not limited to hand-made flyers, and advertised in nearby university towns.

The location is really a flaw.

Jason hid this distress and worry very well, but within a few days, these sisters who seemed to be very understanding noticed something was wrong with him, and made him tell the reason for his troubles in a few words—Jason Swear he would have figured out a solution on his own.

After Jason finished speaking, the women present were silent for several seconds.

Then Meiko Honma hugged Jason into her arms with a face so touched that she seemed about to cry: "So touched...! You are so considerate!"

Rajairu, who always had a bit of a venomous tongue, rarely laughed at this. She looked at Jason with a very complicated look, and her expression was a little surprised.

That night, Jason knew what magic was and what a witch was.

I also know how much the "shiny little glass" "gifted" by some regular customers is worth in dollars...

They don't actually rely on this restaurant for their livelihood. There is a word that is very suitable to describe the operation of this restaurant-hobby.

"It's also for having a legitimate career. It's not good to be too disconnected from society." Elizabeth explained.

Jason accepted this setting unexpectedly and easily.

It was as if he had experienced this kind of explanation a long time ago... Maybe he also had contact with witches before he lost his memory.

"It's also possible that you tried to learn magic before you lost your memory." Kamio Kansuzu guessed.

The magic of magical girls and witches has gender restrictions, but other systems of magic do not have such restrictions, such as irony magic, which means that both men and women can learn.

"...I was able to transform before?"

Jason hesitated, all he knew was the magic they performed for him.

"I don't think so," Rajael thought for a few seconds, and said premeditatedly, "but why don't you try it now?"

"I've heard it done that way," she said.

"Through magic props and training, boys can become almost magical girls."

"After all, an existence like me can also become a witch, or something close to a witch...why not let Jie try too?"

"I see you as a family, Jay." She smiled vaguely: "A family needs to be neat and tidy, and if you can use magic, you can help even more."

Her words made Jason hesitate.

After a lot of coercion and deception to explain the fraud, Jason accepted the offer.

"Don't stick to trivial things like gender, since fate makes you forget the past, start a new beginning here."

With a delicate face, the witch like a child showed a sweet smile.

"Then follow the customs here and try a different path, which belongs to the wonderful path of magic." Her words have a strange rhythmic beauty, which makes people want to believe even more.

"...I just wanted to do something."

Jason was a little awkward, and then he remembered another sentence mentioned by the other party earlier, which made him a little concerned.

Those words made the witch, who originally showed disapproval, agree to her proposal.

"What did you mean by your existence just now?"

Rajelle was on good terms with him—although she often did some pranks that made him a little embarrassed.

"Do you know the book of phantoms?" Rajael answered Jason's question calmly.

"Phantom book?" Jason repeated the unfamiliar word.

"ja (yes), phantom book, a book that records forbidden knowledge that does not exist in this world."

The girl turned around, and the bright red skirt bloomed like a rose in full bloom.

"Books that contain power beyond the realm, people believe that they can bring all kinds of wonderful power... and I am a bookshelf."

"The bookshelf of the fallen angel Rajael, in charge of all the secrets of the world and the heavens."

"If you can become a magical girl... maybe you can be my master."

Jason froze for a moment.

"Ah, like an idiot, anyway, cheer me up and become a magical girl!"

Before Jason could answer, Rajairu hopped out of the room.

Jason reacted belatedly, and before he knew it, there were only the two of them left in the room, just like the usual reading room.

Only the two of them would forget the time in the reading room and read until late.

For some reason, Jason was more surprised that Rajelle was a bookshelf than they were witches.

And then he will start learning how to be a magical girl... no, how to use magic.

In various senses, his life from waking up to the present is also amazing.

Now it is probably going in a more wonderful direction.

Children are very malleable because they don't know anything, and Jason is also very malleable because he has lost all his past memories.

At first, he just used magic props to clean the dishes according to their instructions.

The magic mop that can clean the floor at once is also really convenient.

As long as he puts it on, the gloves that can remove stains on books with specific gestures are very popular with Jason.

...But more than two months later, Jason still put on the red magical girl uniform designed by Rajel and others.

The main color of the uniform is bright red like a rose, embellished with pure and flawless white, and the skirt and cuffs are decorated with sparkling golden magic gemstones to provide magic power. The details include small ornaments such as dinosaur badges and flower dark pattern bows, It's all the witches' deep love for him.

They also developed magic pattern props for Jason that allowed him to change the length and color of his hair. Although there was a small accident during the development process, a bunch of hair in front of Jason's forehead turned white permanently.

For this reason, Jason had to spend two hours comforting the guilty girls, explaining that comfort highlights are a fashion, and white hair is also cool (after taking a look at Meiko, he changed cool to cute)

Jason can use magic props proficiently, trigger the magic pattern circuit on the clothes, and fly with a magic wand. After they took Jason to eradicate nearby monsters and monsters several times.

In those few battles, Jason solved it very well. He skillfully avoided all attacks and dealt the monster with the deadliest blow.

The witches praised Jason without hesitation, praising him for his great potential to become a magical girl, and why he can definitely become a magical boy. But looking at their gentle and sincere smiles, I thought of their dedication to this uniform. The production stayed up many nights, and he couldn't say anything to refute.

When Jason became a magical girl for the first year, they took Jason to a magic tea party - a tea party where only magical girls and witches participated.

At that tea party, Jason met a witch named Sawajo Kobato.

She knew about his past, said he was actually called Jason Todd, and persuaded Rajelle and others (seriously, Jason didn't expect Rajelle to be persuaded) to take him to Gotham with her city.

She said his family was there.

On the way she said she was glad to see him safe and sound, and a magical girl.

When she said that, Jason felt his temples twitch several times, and his sixth sense gave him a rather bad feeling.

And it turns out that his hunch was right.

He should have changed into his usual clothes and went with them to meet his family.

Instead of just leaving the tea party in a magical girl uniform in such a hurry, and going straight to Gotham with them.

He remembered it all the moment he saw Bruce—maybe he should pretend he didn't remember it for a while and talk about it later.

But that doesn't seem to affect anything.

After all, everyone in the Bat family gathered when they learned that Jason had not only survived but had returned.

Bruce, Alfred, Dick, Stephanie, Barbara, and even that new Robin came along.

The new Robin was even photographed - seriously why would anyone carry a camera around?

Stephanie actually agreed with him that 'this is a touching and memorable scene'.

Well, it's Stephanie after all, it's good that she didn't laugh at him.

But among the group of people, it was Bruce who Jason didn't know how to deal with the most.

There seemed to be a lot of things to say and ask between them, but they couldn't say anything all at once.

After each of them gave him a long-lost reunion hug, the complicated expression on Bruce's face gradually narrowed, stepped up to him, and gave him a gentle hug.

Jason's shoulders immediately relaxed.

Although soon, another problem, which was probably a problem, was posed in front of Jason.

Rajelle tugged at his fluffy skirt and asked:

"Do you want to be Robin here, or go back to Los Angeles and continue to be a magical girl?"

The long black hair that was as shiny and smooth as satin drooped naturally, and Jason, who was wearing a beautiful red dress, fell into a silence that seemed to freeze time.