BIO2 Drama Album - The Female Spy Ada Lives (Translation)

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  1. NewsBot

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    Feb 4, 2011
    Belfast, Ireland
    Just finished translating "The Female Spy Ada Lives" drama album. A bit of background on it:

    In 1997, CAPCOM established a subsidiary company "FLAGSHIP" led by Yoshiki Okamoto with lead writer Noboru Sugimura. This company employed a number of professional screenwriters. Their first project was the scenario of Resident Evil 2, as well as a supplemental novel (BIO HAZARD The Wicked North Sea).

    In 1999, they wrote and released two "alternative sequel" drama albums focused on the characters Sherry Birkin and Ada Wong after the events of RE2.

    For Sherry's drama album, immediately after the ending of RE2, she is separated from Leon and Claire as a result of Umbrella's pursuit of her. She flees and finds her way to the neighboring town of Stone Ville. Unknown to everyone in the small country town, Raccoon City's zombies have ventured into their backyard.

    For Ada's drama album, it follows the premise that she lost Sherry's pendant (containing the G-virus) during the events of RE2. Subsequently, after escaping the city she gears up and makes her way to France to recapture the G-virus, alongside soldiers from the mysterious organization that hired her to recover the virus in the first place. A battle ensues between her and HUNK, in which HUNK is killed and the t-virus is leaked in a small local village, Loire Village. The story picks up from there.

    BIOHAZARD 2 DRAMA ALBUM The Little Runaway Sherry
    BIOHAZARD 2 DRAMA ALBUM The Female Spy Ada Lives

    They're neat little stories, very overlooked. They were written to allow fans to enjoy a parallel "what-if" universe, something which later became quite common (Gaiden, Confidential Report, Operation Raccoon City, etc). My translation might be a bit iffy in places since I was reliant upon the screenplay printed in the album's booklet (plus the fact that I'm still learning Japanese), and at present there's no way to tell if there are any differences between the booklet and the spoken dialogue. However, as with all translations I do, they'll be updated regularly, but for now the stories have been captured in full with little to no errors.

    Happy Halloween :)
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