Series: Kick of the Gods — the daily-life manga of ANCHORAGE, a kickboxing gym with 4 locations in Fukuoka, Japan.

About this episode: Episode 17, first published in Japanese on July 30, 2014, under the title "⑰ 皆様の支えあって、アンカレ☆誕生よりひと月♡" (Thanks to Everyone's Support — One Month Since ANCHORAGE Was Born). One month after ANCHORAGE was born, Ganesha offers Ryota and Kenta one wish each. Kenta starts wishing for a real Hadouken; Ryota starts wishing for all ANCHORAGE members to be happy. In the third panel both of them look shocked — and in the fourth, Ryota finishes his wish decisively ("There, done.") and Ganesha grants it, while Kenta's Hadouken wish is left hanging. Note: this episode is a July 2014 archive; "one month since ANCHORAGE was born" is a July 2014 event, not current information.

Ep. 17 — The Elephant Who Grants Dreams

Panel 1

  • Title card: "The Elephant Who Grants Dreams"
  • Kenta: "Anything at all!?"
  • Ryota: "Huh?"
  • Ganesha: "You two, Ryota and Kenta, have worked so hard — so I'll grant you one wish each."
  • Free text near Ryota (kept as in the original): ("God-like!" — kept as "神様っぽいッ" in the original)

Panel 2

  • Kenta: "So I can really throw a Hadouken…"
  • Ryota: "So all ANCHORAGE members can be happy…"
  • Ganesha: "Anything's fine. So, what'll it be?"

Panel 3

  • No dialogue: Only the red "!" and "))" marks (kept as in the original)

Panel 4

  • Pink banner (translated in the image, vertical stack): "ANCHORAGE staff wish you all happiness."
  • Ryota: "May all ANCHORAGE members find happiness. There, done."
  • Ganesha: "OK! I'll grant it!"
  • Free text (kept as in the original): ("To be continued" — kept as "次回へ続く" in the original)

Notes

  • The free texts — Ryota's "神様っぽいッ" (Panel 1), the red "!" and "))" (Panel 3), and "次回へ続く" (Panel 4) — are kept as in the original in the image, following the practice of earlier episodes; their translations are given in the dialogue above.
  • The pink banner "アンカレジスタッフは皆様のご多幸を願っております。" is translated in the image (stacked vertically, black text); the full text is given in the dialogue above.
  • "アンカレジ" in the banner is transcribed as drawn — an apparent abbreviation or slurring of "アンカレッジ" (ANCHORAGE); the translation renders it as "ANCHORAGE".
  • "とーから" in Panel 1 is transcribed as drawn — it means "たから" (because); the translation renders that sense.
  • "で。" at the end of Ryota's wish in Panel 4 is a decisive "There, done." — he settles his wish on the spot, which is the punchline: Kenta's Hadouken wish never gets finished.
  • This is an archive episode from July 30, 2014; "one month since ANCHORAGE was born" is a July 2014 event, not current information.

Original Japanese version: https://www.anchorage.asia/manga/1112/

Next episode: Ep. 18 — coming daily.

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