Color key:

• [Panel numbers are in red.]
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• The translated English text is in the default color (usually black).
• Editorial comments are in green.

[Panel 1]

１９４５年５月
1945-nen 5-gatsu
  May, 1945

ドイツナチス帝国は崩壊した。
Doitsu Nachisu teikoku wa houkai shita.
  The German Nazi empire collapsed.

戦争はおわったが、生き残るための戦いは、はじまったばかりだ....。
Senshou wa owatte ga, ikinokoru tame no tatakai wa, hajimatta-bakari da.....
  The war ended, but the fight to survive has just started.....

[Panel 2]

「今回で帰りつけるのか...？」
"Konkai de kaeri tsukeru no ka...?
  "Can we return home in this episode...?"

ハンスの帰還　第３回
Hansu no kikan   Dai-3-kai
  The Return of Hans No. 3

SFX:
ボロボロ
Boroboro
  (tattered)

SFX:
ガタガタ
Gatagata
  (rattling)

SFX:
ヨレヨレ
Yoreyore
  (worn-out)

「ヒーッ　４号なんかに 手を出すんじゃなかった」
"Hii              4-gou nanka ni te o dasun ja nakatta"
  "(scream)  I shouldn't have started drawing (a manga) about something like the Panzer IV..."

[Panel 3]

「兵隊さん　のせとくれ」
"Heitai-san      Nose tokure"
  "Mr. Soldier, please give us a ride."

「いいですよ　どうぞ」
"Ii desu yo           Douzo"
  "OK.  Please (get on)."

SFX:
ビッーシリ
Bi-shiri
  (packed)

SFX:
ガラガ
Garaga
  (rattle)

SFX:
ゴトゴト
Gotogoto
  (heavy rattle)

「コラーッ　ハンス　いいかげんにしろ！！」
"Koraa            Hansu      Iikagen ni shiro!!"
  "Heey, Hans.  Stop doing that!!"

[Panel 4]

「戦車の上にいると、弾丸が来たら イチコロでやられちまうゾ
"Sensha no ue ni iru to, dangan ga kitara ichikoro de yararechimau zo
  "If they stay on the tank, when a shell comes, we'll be killed with one stroke.

いつソ連軍と出くわすか 判らんのだ」
Itsu Soren-gun to dekuwasu ka wakaran no da"
  We don't know when we'll come across the Soviet army."

コレは本当のハナシだ
Kore wa hontou no hanashi da
  This is a true story  [text above Panel 4, with arrow to the statement above]

SFX:
ゴゴゴ
Gogogo
  (sound of the tank)

[Panel 5]

「ほっとくわけにいきませんよ　戦争に負けたんだから この位はサービスしなきゃ」
"Hottoku wake ni ikimasen yo            Sensou ni maketan da kara kono kurai wa saabisu shinakya"
  "I can't leave them.  We lost the war, so we should do this service at least."

[Panel 6]

脱出行は敬老会の団体旅行と 化していく...
Dasshutsu-kou wa keirou-kai no dantai-ryokou to kashite iku...
  The journey of escape was turning into a senior citizens association's group trip...

「大尉　とめて下さい　オシッコだそうです」
"Taii        Tomete kudasai   Oshikko da sou desu"
  "Captain, please stop.  Someone wants to pee."

「エエイ　走りながら できんのか！！」
"Eei             Hashiri-nagara dekin no ka!!"
  "He-hey.  Can't they do it while we're moving!?"

SFX:
キャラキャラ
Kyarakyara
  (sound of the tank)

時速１０ｋｍ／ｈ
Jisoku 10km/h
  Speed 10 km/hour

「ＳＴＯＰ」
  "STOP"

[Panel 7]

点検もサボれない
Tenken mo saborenai
  He can't neglect checking.

「オーイ　まだかァ？」
"Ooi             Mada kaa"
  "Hey, not yet (finished)?"

SFX:
ギ
Gi
  (sound of tightening up the caterpillar track)

[Panel 8]

雲行きも 怪しくなって来た。
Komoyuki mo ayashiku natte kita.
  The situation is getting dubious.

「ヤバイな」
"Yabai na"
  "This is not good..."

[Panel 9]

「道からおりてろ　オレが偵察して来る」
"Michi kara oritero    Ore ga teisatsu shite kuru"
  "Get off the street.  I'll go reconnoiter."

こんどは ドランシが女装した
Kondo wa Doranshi ga josou shita
  This time, Doranshi[?] disguised himself as a woman.  [text underneath Panel 9]

「ワン（ぼくもいく）」
"Wan      (Boku mo iku)"
  "Bark  (I'll go, too.)"

「キャッ」
"Kya"
  (scream)

「バック　オーライ！」
"Bakku         Oorai!"
  "Back up.  All right!"

SFX:
ゴヘゴヘゴヘ
Gohegohegohe
  (sound of the tank moving backward on the rough surface)

ココ 畑です
Koko hatake desu
  Here is a field.

[Panel 10]

この時期 西へのすべての街道が 難民とソ連軍の捕虜になりまいとするドイツ部隊で充満していた
Kono jiki nishi e no subete no kaidou ga nanmin to Soren-gun no horyo ni narimai to suru Doitsu butai de juuman shite ita
  Around this time, all of the highways to the West were teeming with refugees, and with the German (military) units who didn't want to be taken as prisoners of the Soviet army.

SFX:
ドロドロドロ
Dorodorodoro
  (sound of people moving)

「こりゃあ　街道は使えんな...」
"Koryaa          Kaidou wa tsukaen na..."
  "In this situation, we can't use the highway...."

[Panel 11]

「ヌヌッ」
"Nunu"
  (exclamation of surprise)

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