The Biohazard Storyline - Exposed

[News Bot]

After taking a look at the credits for the Biohazard 2 drama albums, I have drawn many conclusions. I shall begin with one drama album, "The Female Spy Ada Lives". This is one of the more heavier story-related ones and implicates plot threads from the RE2 N64 EX Files, for example. Loire Village is the setting, and it features one of Umbrella's French labs (presumably the Sixth Laboratory mentioned in RE3... and guess what? the album pre-dates RE3). It is also the "next mission" mentioned in Ada's RE3 epilogue. And what else? An Umbrella facility disguised as a castle? Sounds like RE4 beta to me. The scenario for this one is written by Noboru Sugimura, Hirohisa Soda, Junichi Miyashita and Kishiko Miyagi. Nobura Sugimura and Yoshiki Okamoto formed Flagship, a subsidiary of Capcom dedicated to writing stories and plots for video games. All of these men were members of Flagship, who most notably, were responsible for penning the scenarios in Biohazard 0 and Biohazard CODE: Veronica. If you have a look at their credits, you'll also find that each of these men, Sugimura and Okamoto most notably, were heavily involved in previous Biohazard games. Sugimura in particular wrote the scenario for Biohazard 2, planned the scenario for Gun Survivor, worked as a scenario editor for Biohazard 0 and wrote the scenario for Gun Survivor 4: Heroes Never Die. Now he also wrote the scenario for the "The Female Spy Ada Lives" drama album. Two birds with one stone; Gun Survivor 4 and the drama albums are canon.

The second drama album, "The Young Runaway, Sherry" had its scenario handled by other members of Flagship, the previously mentioned Junichi Miyashita as well as Yasuyuki Suzuki. We have yet to translate a lot of this one (though it will be the first completed) but there it does mention that after being taken into the custody of the US government, Umbrella wanted Sherry for themselves. Not Wesker, and on that note:

Wesker's Report was not written by Flagship, or any of its members. The scenario for it was planned out by Akira Kokushoh, Shigenori Nishikawa, and Hiroshi Shibata. What do they all have in common? Biohazard 4. And even more specifically, Assignment Ada. I don't know about you guys, but I think that explains the Sherry cock-up and minor discrepancies in Wesker's Report. If Flagship handled it, it would have been much better.

I forgot where I was going with this, so I'll continue later.

[Kei_M]

From what my friends managed to translate of the Sherry cd, Umbrella decided to burn down Raccoon City and made it appear as though a gas station exploded engulfing the city. Sherry also comments that she was separated from Leon and Claire when some 'men in black' attacked them, which was proved incorrect due to the RE3 epilogues.

[Karui]

I can't wait for Sherry's translation.

[Beanovsky Durst]

An Umbrella facility disguised as a castle?

It sounds like Lost In Nightmares to me

Nice findings as always News Bot

[Kei_M]

Here's the VERY rough first translation of the first track of the Sherry drama, I've been trying to adapt it, to fit in canon so I could dub it with english actors. I only shared it with Xdeadpan but if someone else is going at it...you guys can get a little sneak peek. My friend Vinci Ting, who like...vanished after doing this part, is the translator and obviously isn't tremendously fluent

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RESIDENT EVIL - BIOHAZARD 2 AUDIO DRAMA TRANSLATION

[**TN = Translator's Note]

------------ START OF FIRST NIGHT - "TWO GIRLS"--------------

Title: Biohazard 2 - Sherry, the Young Runaway

(music starts)

Narrator: Year 1998. A terrible disaster befell Raccoon City, a town in the Midwest of America. An international business by the name of Umbrella Corporation released the T-Virus, which, turning humans into zombies, has gradually made Raccoon City into a ghost town.

Narrator: (0:40 - 0:54 TN: I'm sorry, there's a whole bunch of business terms I don't understand here T_T More about Umbrella Corporation doing something about the incident and resulting in the decision to burn down Raccoon City)

Narrator: And then, two days later.

Grandpa: Meg! Where are you, Meg?

Meg: Over here, Grandpa. In the garden.

Grandpa: What are you doing in a place like this?

Meg: Look at that sky! It's deep red. Still nothing from Raccoon City.

Grandpa: It really is unbelievable how a huge fire could destroy a city like that.

Meg: It said in the radio news that an explosion at a gasoline stand was the cause of it. It seems that they dispatched army troops and positioned them around the vicinity. (1:26 - 1:29 TN: I'm not 100% about the last part of what she says but I think I got the basic gist of it.)

Grandpa: What a dreadful incident. Now, you're going to catch a cold. Let's get inside.

Meg: 'Kay. (gasp) What... was that noise just now?

Grandpa: Eh?

Meg: There was some noise around there just now...

(bushes rustling)

Meg: Who is it? Is there someone there?

(girl crying)

Grandpa: It's a girl! All covered in mud, with a face all scratched up!

Meg: Where are you from?

Girl: Please... Help me...! (cries)

Grandpa: What in the world is wrong? Anyway, let's get inside. Meg, go make some hot chocolate for her.

Meg: Got it.

Grandpa: Now, you don't have to cry anymore. Come over here with Grandpa.

(bells ringing - 2:17)

Grandpa: Now, sit here.

Meg: All right, here you go. Drink it slowly.

Grandpa: All righty, starting with your name first. What's your name?

Girl: Sherry...

Grandpa: Sherry, is it? And, where did you come from?

Sherry: Raccoon City...

Grandpa: Raccoon City? You mean you came from THE Raccoon City that was just destroyed by the huge fire?

Sherry: A fire? No... Raccoon City... wasn't destroyed by a fire.

(gunfire and glass shattering)

Meg: (screams) What is it?!

Grandpa: Someone from the outside- Get down, Meg, get down- (gets shot) (TN: I'm not sure if "get down" is what he's saying, you might want to get that checked.)

Meg: Grandpa!

Grandpa: Meg...!

Meg: (hyperventilating) Grandpa!!

Sherry: (crying) Grandpa... (screams)

Meg: We're running. This way!

(Running, gasping, panting for breath)

Meg: Keep running at this rate! Quickly!

(sounds of a car)

Meg: What in the world is going on?! Why?! Why is something like this...!

(helicopter sounds)

Meg: It's a helicopter!

Meg: (3:34 - 3:37 TN: I... have no idea what she's saying, it's hard to hear.)

Sherry: Onee-chan! (TN: I'm not sure how you want to translate this, so I'll just leave it as "onee-chan" for now.)

(both girls scream)

(sound of running water)

Sherry: Onee-chan... Hang in there, onee-chan!

Meg: (small gasp) ...Where are we? Where is this place?

Sherry: The lower reaches of the river.

Meg: We're saved. (shiver) It's cold... (gets up) Anyway, we've got to find some place where there are people...

Meg: The fact that Grandpa's dead... I don't know. Why it's become something like this...

Sherry: Onee-chan...

Meg: Sherry. Could it be... that you're the cause of it all? Because we were shot right after you came. Isn't that right?

Meg: Come to think of it... you said that Raccoon City wasn't destroyed by a fire, didn't you? Then... how did it get destroyed?

Meg: Why aren't you saying anything?

Sherry: 'Cause... even if I say it, you won't believe me-

Meg: Just tell me.

Sherry: I-it was zombies.

Meg: Zombies?

Sherry: The townspeople... everyone... turned into zombies... And then... they destroyed...

Meg: ...There are no such things as zombies! (half laughing)

Sherry: It's true! And then I... escaped with someone called Claire, but in the middle of it, we got chased by these scary people. I got separated from Claire... and then, I came to your place...

Meg: So... you're saying that these scary people killed Grandpa?

Sherry: I don't know...

Meg: I see. ...You must have been dreaming. Things like zombies and scary people, I used to dream about these things when I was little too.

Sherry: No, it wasn't a dream!

Meg: I know. Now, let's hurry.

Meg: Huh, what's the matter? Crouched down in a place like that... silly thing, you don't have to sulk about it. Hurry up and come.

(bushes rustling - 6:30)

Meg: Finally, we're on the road. Ah! Over there, a house!

(running, panting)

Meg: Good evening! Excuse me! (knocking) Is anyone there?

(creaking sound of door opening)

Meg: It isn't locked. Excuse me... is there really no one here?

(creaking)

Meg: That's strange... the light's on, but there's no one here...

(scream)

Meg: Don't scare me like that, Sherry! ...Anyway, we've got to look through all the rooms.

Meg: There isn't anyone in here either...

Meg: Not here either...

(dripping sounds)

Meg: Huh? What could that be? There's something dripping from the table to under the bed...

Sherry: (gasp) O-onee-chan...

Meg: (gasp) Blood... it's blood! It's on the wall, the bed... bright red blood-

Sherry: (screams)

Meg: Wait, Sherry!

(both running and panting in panic)

Man: Stop!

(sound of loaded gun)

Sherry: (gasp of surprise)

Man: Who are you two? What are you doing here? You don't have to be afraid. I'm Allen Stoneville's Sheriff

Meg: Sheriff!?... thank goodness... Actually, there are traces of blood inside this house!

Allen: What?! (runs in)

Sherry: O-onee-chan...

Meg: ...It's all right now. The Sheriff's here now.

Allen: There are indeed traces of blood. There's supposed to be an old man called Robert living alone in this house, but... truth to be told, strange incidents have been continuing to happen around here recently.

Meg: (starts crying)

Allen: What's the matter, why are you suddenly crying?

Meg: Tonight, my... my grandpa, too, was...

Allen: What?!

(sound of sirens - 8:53)

Allen: So this is where your house is.

Meg: Yes.

Allen: Let's take a look at the scene for now.

Allen: What a mess, it's like a storm just came and went. The window's broken, and the walls have bullet marks in them... So, where's your grandfather?

Meg: It was... over there beyond that table...

Allen: This table, huh... He's not here.

Meg: What...? That's impossible... (runs) No way... but he collapsed here...!

Allen: There are bloodstains left on the bed. Looks like it's been cleaned... there's no doubt that he died here.

Meg: Then, why isn't his corpse...

Allen: Hm. Sherry said that there were some scary people targeting her, didn't she. Those people didn't want to let _____, so they took the corpse with them. (TN: Something about the people not wanting to let the incident... I'm not sure, they don't want the incident to be discovered?)

Meg: No way... you're going to believe Sherry's story, Sheriff?

Allen: But even in Stoneville recently, there have been people saying that they've seen zombies.

Meg: What...? Sheriff

Allen: Of course, I myself don't think there are such things as zombies, but... it seems we'll need to do an investigation on Raccoon City for this one (TN: Might want to get the last part of that sentence checked.) Sherry is being targeted, but who are we up against? What do they want? And did Raccoon City really perish by a fire? Anyway, you guys come with me to my vice-commander. (TN: Check the vice-commander part as well, if you can.)

(intense music starts)

------------ END OF FIRST NIGHT - "TWO GIRLS"--------------

[Karui]

Interesting...this makes Sherry out to be a trouble maker.

[Bianca]

I always assumed that while providing backstories and explanations for various characters and plotlines, the CD dramas held no relevance to canon. But... your musings, News Bot, are interesting, and I'll standby for more information. :]

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Sigh... If only Darkside Chronicles went into further details about this sort of things.

[Skunky]

I forgot where I was going with this, so I'll continue later.

A translation of "The Female Spy Ada Lives" would be lovely.
I can't wait to read any translations you do of that one!

@Kei_M, thanks for that. I'm interested to read more.
"One-chan" any relation to OneChanbarra? I think that refers to a female rose or something... (though, I could be completely wrong)

[News Bot]

Hm, looks like The Female Spy Ada Lives might be the only canon one... still though, I think its the best one.

EDIT: Does anyone have the full credits available for the games?

[Guest]

Wesker's Report was not written by Flagship, or any of its members. The scenario for it was planned out by Akira Kokushoh, Shigenori Nishikawa, and Hiroshi Shibata. What do they all have in common? Biohazard 4. And even more specifically, Assignment Ada. I don't know about you guys, but I think that explains the Sherry cock-up and minor discrepancies in Wesker's Report. If Flagship handled it, it would have been much better.

Not true. Wesker's Report was written by Kato who also wrote GAIDEN (as summarized here). It is lackluster and, if anyone actually cares about what you call "canon", is to be disregarded, along with GAIDEN.

Gun Survivor 4 and the drama albums are canon.

Can't be, it's either this one or that one, but both doesn't work.
Either way, CAPCOM's move to redesign biohazard 4 threw the previous story overboard and made it impossible for the real arc to be closed. The series ended sometime in 2004: All games that came after (with the exception of BIOHAZARD 5) are error-ridden because they were written by completely different people. Stop trying to make it all fit, there is no "determined canon" throughout the series, especially not after the reboot.

[News Bot]

Not true. Wesker's Report was written by Kato who also wrote GAIDEN (as summarized here). It is lackluster and, if anyone actually cares about what you call "canon", is to be disregarded, along with GAIDEN.

EDIT: Whoops, your right, Kato wrote the scenario whilst those four were in charge of "planning". Tiredness haha. Still though, doesn't really mean much. If anything it makes Wesker's Report less of a reliable source considering Kato's only other credits are directing CODE: Veronica (having little story involvement in the process) and writing Gaiden. On the other hand, Flagship had no involvement in Wesker's Report or Gaiden, whilst they were solely responsible for the story of CODE: Veronica.

Can't be, it's either this one or that one, but both doesn't work.
Either way, CAPCOM's move to redesign biohazard 4 threw the previous story overboard and made it impossible for the real arc to be closed. The series ended sometime in 2004: All games that came after (with the exception of BIOHAZARD 5) are error-ridden because they were written by completely different people. Stop trying to make it all fit, there is no "determined canon" throughout the series, especially not after the reboot.

And why is that?

And there is a determined canon throughout the series, there was no "reboot". The sudden change in writers (particularly after Sogimura's death in 2005) doesn't mean anything, it just means that a new direction has since been taken. They are still sticking to the original plotline, its only being expanded upon now with the ideas and direction of a new team. RE5 is probably an exception since Jun Takeuchi made a big deal about the "original" team having greater involvement in it than RE4 and Umbrella Chronicles.

As an aside, does anyone know who wrote the RE2 EX files and the RE3 epilogues? I assume they were both handled by Flagship in some form considering they directly co-relate to Flagship's other works, such as the Ada album and CODE: Veronica.

[Guest]

Kato directed it, but it says quite clearly under the SCENARIO section of the credits that those four wrote the scenario. As for Gaiden, Kato was in charge of the "scenario and planning". Whats your point?

And why is that?

And there is a determined canon throughout the series, there was no "reboot". The sudden change in writers (particularly after Sogimura's death in 2005) doesn't mean anything, it just means that a new direction was taken. They are still sticking to the original plotline, its only being expanded upon now with the ideas of a new team.

Read the dossier I linked to.

[News Bot]

See my post again.

Also, you're a somewhat irritating person. It astounds me that you seem to have everything "figured out" but are never willing to share any of it until all of a sudden when something is brought up.

Regardless, thanks for the dossier. We hadn't fully translated them yet so weren't aware of how the actual story details played out. We can dismiss them as non-canon sooner rather than finding out through translation. However, we'll still translate them and have them up on PU since they are particularly interesting still and a nice read. Looks like even tighter restrictions are needed in finding out exactly what is canon and what isn't in the series, haha. We'll have to go with what actually fits rather than who wrote it.

[Karui]

Wesker's report isn't canon?

[Kei_M]

@Kei_M, thanks for that. I'm interested to read more.
"One-chan" any relation to OneChanbarra? I think that refers to a female rose or something... (though, I could be completely wrong)

You mean the Onee-Chan in the script? I'm not a Japanese speaker but from what I know it means 'Big sister' it's obviously not meant in the literal sense...I was adapting it simply as 'Meg' in my adaption.