Drift Tengoku — October 2003

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English draft translations are available throughout this issue. Unclear or unreadable OCR remains flagged; these drafts have not received full image proofreading. The archive retains 310 scan files, including two duplicate captures, representing 308 unique pages.

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Page 244 · English draft

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  1. Newcomer Hayashi
  2. Editor's notes
  3. Rates them boldly!
  4. No ill intent!
  5. I wrote honestly,
  6. That's all;no malice.
  7. What the Drift Tengoku staff are like!
  8. [Unclear: corrupted editorial-note fragment.]
  9. The seniors look very busy before the deadline.With nothing to do,
  10. I'm Hayashi,still the errand boy.It's just before deadline,
  11. So I thought I'd sleep or browse online auctions,
  12. But they said,If you're free,make the editor's notes!
  13. I'll give you a quiz.Huh? You couldn't know? Of course
  14. Not.Was this idea a failure…?
  15. So here's a quiz for you!
  16. Question:connect the staff faces to descriptions of their habits.
  17. A
  18. C
  19. E
  20. B
  21. [Unclear: corrupted editorial-note fragment.]
  22. [Unclear: corrupted editorial-note fragment.]
  23. This person is a respectable adult
  24. This person has a rough-and-ready
  25. [Unclear: corrupted editorial-note fragment.]
  26. This person has a sensitive heart,
  27. 3
  28. This person is a bit of a fanatic.
  29. This person acts as soon as an idea
  30. Who still has a boy's heart,
  31. And loves toys
  32. New sweets with bonus toys
  33. And manga.
  34. Personality.The desk is a mess,
  35. And whatever they touch gets dropped or broken,
  36. So everyone
  37. And whenever they move,something
  38. With emotional ups and downs,
  39. And is scary when angry. [OCR damaged]
  40. Strong preferences.They speak in an unusually
  41. And strong food likes/dislikes.
  42. And particularly… [word truncated]
  43. Known as a foodie
  44. In the editorial office,
  45. Confident in making fried rice. [split OCR damaged]
  46. Must act.Recently,
  47. Accessories and event information
  48. Hooked on One Piece,
  49. Occurs;cannot rest until acting.
  50. Are released,they immediately
  51. Snap them up and boast
  52. To everyone.Easily enthused and easily
  53. Teases them about it.
  54. Always hungry,
  55. Always orders
  56. Quiet voice;what they say
  57. Can be hard to understand. [OCR damaged]
  58. Sometimes.Their home is
  59. Apparently.Usually quiet,
  60. But once they start
  61. Talking,they go on a long time,especially
  62. Can't resist them.A very heavy
  63. I get sent to buy
  64. Smoker,so cigarettes
  65. Hates troublesome things.I'm
  66. Cool off quickly,and
  67. Always stuck cleaning up
  68. I've never seen them speaking
  69. Said to be fluent,
  70. A large portion.Speaks English,
  71. Seems to be in charge of training me.
  72. In the same direction,so we often
  73. Go home together,
  74. Never.The only
  75. About their own car,
  76. They cannot stop.
  77. [Unclear: corrupted editorial-note fragment.]
  78. Very frequently,and because it's bothersome,
  79. I now keep this person's cigarettes
  80. Youth again!
  81. After them.
  82. Such a shame!
  83. Speaking it.
  84. That's how it is.
  85. Come back soon!
  86. My first car
  87. Non-smoker in the office.
  88. In stock.
  89. I've been to Kyushu!
  90. There was a time I was a Starlet fanatic.
  91. Partly because… [OCR damaged]
  92. I used to be a huge EP71Starlet
  93. Partly because I had no money,
  94. Influenced me.That show had Fairlady Zs and
  95. The Seibu Keisatsu I watched in elementary school
  96. Skylines and sparked my interest in supercars.
  97. What made me love cars was definitely
  98. Though there was… [OCR damaged]
  99. My Supra has been hospitalized
  100. For2months now.The engine starts,
  101. But it seems unwell.
  102. Seeing participants in the All-Japan Student Drift Championship
  103. And their cars reminded me
  104. Of my student days,already5years ago.
  105. A Silvia Q's bought for ¥50,000
  106. Most drifters I met were new to me,
  107. I covered
  108. This month's southern Kyushu reporting
  109. As someone from…saki prefecture [prefecture OCR truncated]
  110. Four cars in total.I
  111. Built engines too;for naturally aspirated setups
  112. Swapped in2Eor3E,
  113. Used Solex,and with turbo versions
  114. Kept buying/selling/swapping,
  115. Also bought…so hearing the revival news
  116. Was probably what started my interest.In elementary
  117. School,I drew Super Z
  118. On worksheets,and Machine RS… [fragment]
  119. Excited me very much.And for the broadcast,
  120. I want to travel farther,
  121. It's inconvenient.Usually
  122. I don't use the car much
  123. In daily life,but
  124. Not having a car now
  125. Thinking I could drift with a Silvia,
  126. I had no money,so an acquaintance
  127. That's why
  128. I bought a CA18DE S13for ¥50,000,
  129. And had the differential locked,
  130. Because it was my home region,
  131. But hearing familiar dialect again
  132. Was nostalgic.
  133. The schedule was too tight to relax,
  134. My only regret was
  135. So the Starlet I bought this time
  136. Is very exciting,
  137. I might end up making it my own…
  138. (Kawasaki)
  139. I had even decided to buy…Boss!
  140. Can't you reconsider once more?
  141. (Nakashi)
  142. Even a hard-disk video deck
  143. Going on dates/shopping on foot
  144. Or by train is getting tough,
  145. Please come home soon.(Masuta)
  146. Is getting exhausting.
  147. Five BNR32factory… [part truncated]
  148. Where did the SSR Mark wheels I used then
  149. Go?(Inokuchi)
  150. Right…Speaking of my cars,
  151. Couldn't…Ah… [OCR damaged]
  152. Enjoy local food and drink [OCR damaged]
  153. And eat delicious things more leisurely,
  154. That's what I wanted.(Ono)
  155. 2-3
  156. 1100
  157. 2A
  158. [Unclear: corrupted editorial-note fragment.]
  159. 240