dumping grounds for any text translations i decide to do. i'm a novice, so there are sure to be occasional mistakes. please DO NOT use my translations to create public scanlations.
I’m sorry to say that I’m officially dropping Mononokean! Initially I just wanted to read a little ahead of the EN release, and then I just liked working on it monthly to practice my JP skills. I’m sorry that it’s such a sudden announcement... Truthfully, I’ve been thinking about it for the last few months as I’ve been preoccupied with more things than usual and realizing that I haven’t been as excited about the new chapters as I used to be. CR is no longer releasing behind the JP release the way it was when I first started, so I feel pretty okay stepping back from the project.
For those of you that have access to Crunchyroll in the US, they do upload the newest chapter on the same day as the JP release for free, for a week (I believe) before making it closed to subscribers only. You can see the chapters here:
ETA: For other countries, they seem to upload more haphazardly and only allow for 24h so you might have to keep an eye on the page to catch the free chapter!
I’m sorry I can’t really help those of you who can’t access CR! I can only suggest looking around the web for a reliable mirror or seeing if an international friend who can is kind enough to take some screenies for you. @tomodachimeter is also still out there providing great spoiler summaries so please go follow them if you don’t already~
I might eventually end up picking up a new monthly series or try TLing other things I’ve had on the backburner, but for now I’ll probably be a little quiet. Thanks so much for enjoying my translations~!! And sorry again that it’s so sudden!
Sorry for the delay, guys~ The next chapter should be out sometime this weekend like regularly scheduled.
In this chapter, Hanae finally gets to have a little chat with Sakae to figure out what’s up. But will Sakae cooperate?
Please remember to check out the official English release when it comes out, preferably on Crunchyroll if you’re able to! (it might already be out this time, lol...)
The newest chapter can be read on the official website by clicking the yellow button labeled 読む!
(Once the new chapter comes out, you will still be able to read this one for the next month on the official website by selecting “[八十一ノ怪] 堰樋” from the selection of previous chapters.)
Fukigen na Mononokean Chapter 81 - Blocked Pipe
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Ashiya: ...Huh?
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Ashiya: ...HUUUUHHH!?
Ashiya: AAAA, ABENO-SAN?! Do you see this?! Sakae showed up!! Sakae!!!
Sakae: ......
Ashiya: Wha-wait..?! Where's Abeno-san?! Where am I?! The oceaaan!?
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Sakae: Would you quiet down...?
Ashiya: Ah... Sorry.
Sakae: And can you let go of my hand?
Ashiya: Yeah, sorry...
Ashiya: Wh!?
Ashiya: (GYAAA!) My body is disappearing!? S-Save me!!
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Ashiya: I...It went back.
Ashiya: What's happening to me...?
Ashiya: ......
Page 8
Ashiya: Wait, Sakae!? The real Ashiya Sakae?! Are you alive!? You didn't die?!
Ashiya: Or are you actually a ghost?!
Ashiya: But weren't you an adult when you disappeared!?
Why are you here in the form of a high schooler!?
Sakae: Didn't I tell you to quiet down?
Ashiya: Ah, sorry...
(Ashiya: Deep breaths... Fuu....)
Sakae: ......
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Sakae: ...Why do you know who I am?
Sakae: What... are you?
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Ashiya: That's right! We haven't met yet...
Ashiya: Um...
Ashiya: I'm an employee of the Mononokean, and...
Ashiya: Your child, Ashiya Hanae.
Nice to meet you.
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Ashiya: !!
Ashiya: EEP!
Sakae: ......
Ashiya: .....
.........
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Sakae: So it's like that...
Sakae: Then, you and I are linked due to "influence"...
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Sakae: Ashiya... Hanae...
Ashiya: !?
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Ashiya: Uwah!
Sakae: Go back to the Mundane world.
Sakae: Don't go looking any further than this.
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Sakae: Aoi is a demon...
A being that is capable of transforming into countless people to imitate them...
Sakae: You're able to see demons, so if you get recklessly involved,
Sakae: Disaster won't befall you, but everyone around you.
Sakae: ...My family were killed by demons.
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Sakae: Don't expose yourself to danger.
Not for the sake of demons, nor for the sake of Aoi.
Sakae: Forget about Aoi.
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Ashiya: ...Even...
Ashiya: If I wanted to forget,
Ashiya: ...I can't, you know.
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Ashiya: Ashiya Sakae....
Ashiya: You suddenly disappeared before your family, but... Mom and Sis won't forget.
Ashiya: Mom still talks about her memories of you like they're deeply precious.
Ashiya: I thought Sis resented you, but...
Her feelings toward her father haven't faded even now, and she can't forget...
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Ashiya: Abeno-san, too...
Ashiya: He's resigned himself that Aoi is dead...
But even then, he's still searching without giving up his hope that they're alive.
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Ashiya: Those people who were left behind by someone... I...
Ashiya: I can't just tell them to forget about it.
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Ashiya: ...Where is Aoi-san right now?
Ashiya: You know, don't you?
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Ashiya: Where is Aoi-san!?
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Abeno: !?
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Abeno: (This flash of light is the same as before!?)
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Abeno: !
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Abeno: !
...This aura!
Abeno: (Influence...?!)
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Abeno: !
Abeno: The sound of waves...?
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Abeno: .......
Abeno: Ashiya...
Abeno: ...Sakae?
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Ashiya: Abeno-san...?
(Ashiya: Abeno... san?)
Ashiya: Sakaeee?! Where's Sakae?! This is the forest!?
Gyah! My back really hurts!? Did I hit the medicine box...?! Oh, that's right, I must have collapsed, right?!
When I grabbed that butterfly my conscious suddenly flew away! ...Huh?!
Wait, I caught that butterfly before I collapsed, right! Didn't I catch it?! Right, Abeno-san!?
Abeno: (It's the five year old Ashiya...)
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Ashiya: The sound of waves...?
Ashiya: Abeno-san! Right now, from deep in that thicket...
Abeno: Yeah. I can hear it, too.
Ashiya: You can, too...!?
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Ashiya: Even though you couldn't hear it before now...
Ashiya: Something strange must have happened since I caught Butterfly Sakae, huh?
(Abeno: Butterfly Sakae...)
Ashiya: It sounds like its coming from there!
Ashiya: We might be able to make it through that dead end in the forest if we go now!
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(Ashiya: I hear it coming from this direction!)
Abeno: ......
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Abeno: Are you sure you're okay? You're unleashing your influence with such force after collapsing...
Maybe that's why your eyes have turned golden...
Ashiya: Huh, is that right?!
My eye color changed...
We match now, huh?
Abeno: Hurry up and turn it back.
(Ashiya: Turn back, turn back, turn back... Did it turn back?)
(Abeno: Unfortunately not.)
(Ashiya: Ah... Well, it's fine like this!)
(Abeno: I'm not fine with it.)
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Abeno: ...!
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Abeno: ......
Ashiya: This is... the ocean from just now!
Ashiya: I saw a dream while I was passed out earlier... I met Sakae here!
Ashiya: Back then, Sakae said something strange like, "You and I are connected by influence."
That must have something to do with how we're able to pass through...
I am a big fan of your work. By any chance, can you please translate the latest chapter of Fukigen na Mononokean? Thanks
Hello!! Sorry, I’ve been meaning to get around to it any day now so I havent posted an official “delays expected” post even though I should have, haha. I’ve had some things taking my attention away for the last couple weeks, but I hope to have it posted sometime next week though. Thanks for asking!
I hope you guys are still doing okay out there! This month, the boys have to grapple with the information they’ve learned about Aoi so far... How will they proceed in their search now?
Please remember to check out the official English release when it comes out, preferably on Crunchyroll if you’re able to!
The newest chapter can be read on the official website by clicking the yellow button labeled 読む!
Fukigen na Mononokean Chapter 80 - Grabbing Hold
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Princess: Cough...
Princess: Cough, cough!
Princess: Cough!
Princess: Cough!
Princess: Cough...
Princess: Gasp...
Princess: Haa...
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Princess: (coughing)
(The Mononokean still hasn't sent any information about the search for Aoi...)
Princess: Aoi...
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(Where are you right now...?)
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Ashiya: ......
[The butterfly flew off in this direction, but if we try to go straight ahead,
We'll be sent back to the place we started, like before...]
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Abeno: ...Shall we
Abeno: Get to searching...?
Ashiya: (There's no passion in his voice.)
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("Don't go searching any further than this.")
Ashiya: Aoi-saan! Where are you!?
("Aoi is dead.")
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Abeno: ......
Ashiya: ....(breathes in)!!
Ashiya: AOI-SAAAN!!
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[Abeno-san had been setting his hopes on the smallest possibility.
The brief words of that butterfly
Were a lethal blow.
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Abeno: ...Mononokean.
Abeno: There's some new information.
Ashiya: ......
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Abeno: We've finally...
Caught a trace of Aoi!!
Ashiya: !
Mononokean: Really?!
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Mononokean: What?! What did you find?!
Abeno: Do you want to hear the good news or the bad news first?
Mononokean: What?!
Mononokean: The bad news... No, the good news... But wait...
Hanae! What do you suggest?!
Ashiya: Huh?!
Mononokean: What should I do!?
Ashiya: Uuhhh...
Ashiya: ...?
Ashiya: (Uh...) I think I know the bad news, so
Ashiya: "The good news."
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Abeno: If that butterfly is really Ashiya Sakae, who was supposed to have died,
There's a non-zero chance that Aoi also survived by taking on another form.
Ashiya: !
Abeno: ...But even if that isn't the case in the end...
Abeno: His declaration that "Aoi is dead,"
Could mean he was by Aoi's side when he died, or saw his corpse... There should be some sort of proof.
Abeno: Then, he should know the location of Aoi's remains...
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Abeno: ...Up until now, we've been searching and searching without a single decent clue...
Does he really think I'm gonna meekly turn back now because one person said "stop searching"?
Abeno: That after dangling the worst case scenario that "Aoi is dead" in front of me,
I'd just be happy to gobble up that trash?
Abeno: I don't know if he's been watching us from up high since the very first day of the search, but,
I'm going to capture him and make him cough up Aoi's location no matter what.
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Abeno: If that thing is considered a type of demon, then...!
Ashiya: (Wh!?) Isn't it against your values to use your influence to force it out of him?!
(Ashiya: Cut it out already!? You're scaring Fuzzy!!)
Ashiya: I understand your frustration, but relying on the power of influence isn't like you, Abeno-san!!
Ashiya: ...But...
Ashiya: I'm a little relieved to see you full of vigor again.
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Ashiya: Now, Fuzzy will help out.
Ashiya: You're all tired right now, so let Fuzzy's woolly fur will heal you!
Abeno: ......
Ashiya: (He's not resisting...)
Sfx: (Fluff, fluff)
Ashiya: ...I think that butterfly
Ashiya: Will shamelessly show up to observe us again tomorrow... (It was there yesterday, and it came today as well...)
Ashiya: I have one suggestion
For trying to catch him next time, but...
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Ashiya: Can you leave me on my own during tomorrow's search?
Ashiya: In the meantime, you should----
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Ashiya: Aoi-saaaan, where are you!?
Ashiya: I'll definitely find you, so wait for meee!
Ashiya: Hey!
Ashiya: The previous master of the Mononokean, Aoi-san!
(Ashiya: I'm Ashiya! I work for the Mononokean!)
Ashiya: ......
Ashiya: (It's already become the afternoon...)
Ashiya: (The butterfly hasn't show up yet... (Maybe it isn't planning to show up today.))
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Ashiya: (If that butterfly didn't want to make contact with us, it wouldn't have come so close in the beginning, right?)
(It has to show up today! Or so I thought, but...)
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Ashiya: You finally showed up!!
Ashiya: Butterfly Sakae!!
Ashiya: Don't move an inch! You got away from us yesterday, but I'll chase you to the ends of the forest to catch you today!!
Butterfly: ......
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(Didn't I say Aoi died? You came to search again despite that, huh...)
Ashiya: (He replied...!)
Ashiya: ...Yeah, we still came searching.
Ashiya: Even if there's no possibility of it, I still want to bet on their survival.
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Ashiya: ...Hey....
Ashiya: You know, don't you?
The place where Aoi-san is...
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Ashiya: .......
Ashiya: ......
Ashiya: ......
Ashiya: ...Answer me...
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Butterfly: You really don't know anything, huh.
Ashiya: ...!
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Ashiya: (He's getting away...?!)
Ashiya: ABENO-SAN!!
Butterfly: !?
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Abeno: I got him.
Ashiya: Hurrah!!
Ashiya: The capture plan was a success!! (I thought he'd thoughtlessly come closer if I was alone).
Ashiya: (Abeno-san,) You did amazing sitting there silently in the tall grass and hiding your presence for half a day!
Abeno: I'm pretty tired...
Ashiya: (It's way too quiet... He couldn't have fallen asleep, right...?)
Thanks so much for the well wishes, guys! I’ve been feeling a lot better, so without further ado: It’s time for Ashiya’s family trip! Maybe there’s a clue to be found during this time of rest, after all...
Please remember to check out the official English release when it comes out, preferably on Crunchyroll if you’re able to!
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Fukigen na Mononokean Chapter 78 - Distant Ripples
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(Ashiya: Aoi-saaan, where are you?!)
[December 31st.]
[There is half of winter break remaining.]
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Mononokean: I'll open a door close to the Kurage Hot Springs Inn.
Ashiya: Excuse me for leaving first!
Ashiya: I'll be leaving for my family trip!
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Mononokean: We'll come to get you from the same spot tomorrow morning.
Ashiya: I'll be in your care!
Ashiya: Well, see you tomorrow!
Happy New Year to you all!
Mononokean: Happy New Year to you, too, Hanae~!
Abeno: Happy New Year...
Mononokean: I'll be waiting for my souvenir~!
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Mononokean: !?
Mononokean: Kyaaah!? Itsuki, what are you doing!?
Abeno: Rolling up your hanging scroll.
Mononokean: Why!?
Abeno: I've been so busy and focused lately that I've neglected my upkeep of the tearoom.
Abeno: A lot of demons will probably visit tomorrow for New Year's greetings. (Like Okina-dono.)
Abeno: I'll be giving you a spring cleaning. (Just stay there for awhile.)
Mononokean: (Wipe the alcove gently, okay...! Gently...!!)
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Hostess: Ashiya-sama.
We've been awaiting your arrival.
Hostess: Your room is the "Starfish Room."
[Starfish room: Ashiya-sama.]
Hostess: Please consider this a place of relaxation.
Hostess: Your companions have already arrived.
(Hostess: Excuse me.)
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Nara: Come on in!
Chisaki: Hanae~! Good work coming such a long way!
Ashiya: (Thanks for waiting!) Maaan, it really was a long way to come from the house! (It took an instant with the Mononokean...)
Chisaki: I sent all sorts of messages, but I didn't get any response, so I was worried!
Ashiya: (Huh?!) Sorry...! I was so busy that I totally forgot to check my phone! (There's so many notifications!!)
Ashiya: (The Underworld is out of range so any communications from Japan won't connect...)
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Nara: At any case, the three of us are all here!
Nara: It's cold outside, so I bet you're feeling a little chilled, huh?
Nara: Why not use the hot spring to warm yourself up before dinner? (Your sister and I have already tried them out, so we'll wait for you.)
Ashiya: That sounds good! Then, I'll go enter the hot springs!
Ashiya: (I'm not cold, but I did get all sweaty from walking around the forests!)
Ashiya: I haven't been to a hot spring since my middle school trip...
Ashiya: (No, wait... Since I accompanied Okina-san on his trip to the Tougen Hot Spring.)
[Ashiya: A geyser...?!]
(Ashiya: My school uniform got totally soaked...)
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Ashiya: Fu--Huh?!
Chisaki: What's wrong? (Fu...?)
Nara: (You scared me...) Did you forget something?
Ashiya: N... No?
Ashiya: There's just something in my bag that I didn't mean to bring...
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Ashiya: Fuzzy~~
Ashiya: You shouldn't sneak out without permission~~
Ashiya: I'm going to have to tell Abeno-san~~
(Ashiya: Hey, Abeno-san? Fuzzy ran off again~)
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Ashiya: There's crab!!
Nara: There's crab!?
Chisaki: Let's dig in~!
(Ashiya: It's soo good!)
(Nara: Delicious!)
(Chisaki: The meat is so tender!)
Chisaki: Do you want some sake to drink, Mom?
(Chisaki: You've worked so hard this year!)
Nara: I'll indulge! What about you, Chisaki?
Chisaki: Well, maybe I'll just have a little.
Chisaki: What do you want to drink, Hanae?
Ashiya: Orange juice!
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Ashiya: !?
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Ashiya: Mom?
Ashiya: If you're tired, you should go to sleep... (Or are you tipsy?)
Nara: I can't sleep yet!
Nara: Not until we do the New Year's Countdown!
Ashiya: (Even if you say that, you fell asleep last year and the year before that... So, probably this year, too...)
(Ashiya: It's because she's used to getting up early for work...)
Nara: Chisaki's gone... (I wonder where she went...)
Ashiya: She told us she was going to relax in the hot spring one more time,
and left a little ago! (You even said, "Have fun," remember?)
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Nara: Chisaki's always liked baths since she was little...
Nara: The first time we brought her along to an inn, she ended up going to the baths five times in two days and one night.
Ashiya: Was that trip before I was born? (This is the first time I've been to a traditional inn on a family trip...)
Nara: Yeah...
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Ashiya: Was dad there, too?
Nara: Yeah...
Nara: It was the three of us, me, Chisaki, and Sakae.
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Nara: Visiting art galleries and historical landmarks... Exploring shrines and eating local delicacies...
Sakae-kun was bad with crowded places, but he seemed so happy to spend time with Chisaki...
(Ashiya: Yeah?)
Nara: We took a family trip around midwinter season back then, too.
Tons of snow had piled up, so we played in the snow...
Nara: That reminds me... When we playing outside the inn,
There was an avalanche nearby, so we heard a thunderous roar.
Ashiya: An avalanche?!
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Ashiya: There was an avalanche near your destination?!
Nara: We were safe...
The avalanche was somewhere people couldn't easily get to, so no one was buried in it.
Nara: But... Sakae-kun seemed a little strange for a moment.
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(Chisaki: I finished it!)
(Nara: It's really good!)
(Chisaki: I'll make one more!)
Nara: ?
Page 18
Nara: Sakae-kun? Is something wrong?
Sakae: .....
Nara: ?
Sakae: You didn't hear that voice saying "help" somewhere?
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Nara: Wha?!
Nara: I didn't notice anything...!
Nara: ?
Nara: I don't hear anything... Can you still hear it, Sakae-kun?
Hey guys!! Sorry to say I’ve been feeling under the weather (just the flu) this week, so I’m not sure when I’ll get around to posting the chapter. Ideally, it’ll be up by this time next week! Thanks for your patience~
Ashiya: (Fuzzy~) You were waiting around the whole time for us?
Abeno: We're back.
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Legislator: Welcome back!
Abeno: ...Ah?
Legislator: Itsuki! Ashiya-kun! Good work with day one of your search for Aoi!
Merry Christmas!
Ashiya: Merry Christmas...
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Legislator: According to the Mundane world's calendar, today is Christmas Eve, a day of feast?
Legislator: People enjoy the roasted meat of large birds and deep red alcohol made from fruits, right~~?
Legislator: That sounds nice... I wanna try it! It's called wine, right?
Legislator: Itsuki~~ Run off and buy some wine for me! (Merry Christmas.)
Abeno: Who was it? That one who told this festival-loving guy about the culture of the Mundane world... (It definitely wasn't me.)
Ashiya: According to the laws of the Mundane world, a minor can't buy alcohol.
Legislator: (Oh no...) So buying it is no good... How disappointing...
Legislator: Oh, that's right!
Legislator: At the end of the feast, isn't there a dessert called a cake?
Legislator: Go buy a ca...
Abeno: I refuse.
Abeno: Now take down the decorations you put up without permission and go home, you drunkard.
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Legislator: I-tsu-ki.
Legislator: Go buy a cake. That's an order.
(Legislator: Merry Christmas.)
Abeno: ...Understood.
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Abeno: If you're going that far, then I'll buy some... In exchange, will you eat every single bite...?
Ashiya: (That expression says he's planning to torture him by forcing him to eat the entire cake he buys...!! [One that's the size of a wedding cake...!!])
Ashiya: (If Abeno-san buys that cake, the Legislator's blood sugar will be in the danger zone!!)
(I have to stop this blonde devil from going to a cake shop on Christmas Eve somehow!)
Abeno: Mononokean, open a door to the store...
(Legislator: Yay, cake, cake!)
[Mononokean: Okay!]
Ashiya: (Ah! That's it!)
Ashiya: There's Christmas cake at my house!
Ashiya: I'll go bring some in so please wait just a moment!!
(Ashiya: I'm home!!)
(Nara: Welcome back~!)
(Ashiya: Thanks for the cake!!)
(Nara: Hanae, where are you going?!)
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Legislator: ~~~Mm!
Legislator: So this is cake~! What a delightful thing!
Legislator: I could get used to this airy texture! (Thank you, Ashiya-kun!)
Ashiya: I'm glad it suits your palate.
Abeno: You got to eat it, so will you go home?
If you thought we were going to hang out all night for your feast, then I'm sorry.
Legislator: When you say that, it makes me want to stay a little longer!
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Legislator: Don't worry, I'll be heading out soon enough.
Legislator: After all, you have work tomorrow, right?
Legislator: So... How did it go?
Legislator: Was there any response on your search from Aoi?
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Abeno: ...No.
Abeno: I don't have anything worth reporting.
Legislator: I see.
Abeno: Was that your reason for coming here today?
Legislator: No? But since we were talking, I thought I'd ask.
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Legislator: The reason I came here today is what I put in the alcove.
Abeno: Ha?
Ashiya: In the alcove...?
Abeno: How unpleasant... What did you put there...?
Legislator: Ah, that's no good! You're not allowed to look at it until tomorrow! (Shall I make it an order?)
Abeno: And leave that suspicious thing lying around...!?
Legislator: How cruel~~ It's nothing like that.
It's more like... An aid to help you with your prayers, maybe?
Abeno: ?
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Legislator: Thank you for the food, Ashiya-kun!
(Legislator: I'll give you back the red doll on top.)
Legislator: Well then... I'll take Itsuki's advice and go home.
Mononokean, connect a door to Newt Lake for me.
Mononokean: Very well.
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Legislator: Alright, you two. Good luck at work tomorrow!
Merry Christmas!
Shizuku: Big brother...?! Where have you been skipping work at!! (The Mononokean!?)
Legislator: Hey, Shizuku. I'm back~
(Ashiya: Merry Christmas....)
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Ashiya: Is it okay not to wait til tomorrow?
Page 22
Ashiya: (Isn't that medicine for the parasitic shrub..!)
Abeno: ......
Abeno: That Legislator... What is thinking bringing medicine for parasitic shrub here... (Suspicious...)
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Mononokean: He said, "If Aoi's still alive, they'll probably need this."
Mononokean: "After all, the medicine that Itsuki has now has gotten old, so its potency has decreased over time..."
It seems like he asked Koura-sama to buy them for him.
Abeno: So... this is actually supposed to be helpful...
Abeno: Suspicious... For the Legislator to use his own funds for something before himself... If I accept this, who knows what kind of scheme I'll be dragged into in the end...
Ashiya: You shouldn't doubt him that much... (It's amazing how cautious you are toward your own boss...)
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Ashiya: I think it would be fine to accept it as an innocent gift, though?
Abeno: Ah?
Ashiya: It is... However you look at it,
Ashiya: A Christmas present, right?
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Ashiya: Right? Mononokean?
Mononokean: Merry Christmas!
Abeno: (So...) It's because of his eccentricity...
Abeno: But why say, "Don't look at it until tomorrow..."
Mononokean: Doesn't Santa leave presents tonight so that they can be opened during Chirstmas morning?
Abeno: I see... So you were the culprit who filled the Legislator's head with all sorts of unnecessary information...
Abeno: What, you're keeping quiet now?
Ashiya: Don't worry about it...
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Abeno: It would be rude to try to return it, so...
I guess I should obediently accept it...
Ashiya: You should properly express your thanks to Legislator-Santa tomorrow.
Abeno: (Ah?) We let him have some cake, so that isn't necessary.
Ashiya: Ah, that's right!
There's still some Christmas cake left. Do you want to come have some?
Abeno: I'll refuse.
Ashiya: As I expected...
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Sis: Ha-na-e!
Sis: Huh?
Sis: He's not here...
(Hanae: Thanks for the cake!!)
Sis: That's strange... Where did he run off with that cake? (Don't tell me he went out...?)
Sis: I wanted him to see this year's Christmas present already...
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(Ticket: Hot Springs Inn Guest Voucher
Traditional Inn & Hotel.
One guest for a 1-night, 2-day stay, 2 meals included. Valid until 12/31.)
Please remember to check out the official English release when it comes out, preferably on Crunchyroll if you’re able to!
The newest chapter can be read on the official website by clicking the yellow button labeled 読む!
Fukigen na Mononokean Chapter 75 - Leading Shore
Page 1
Abeno: I am the master of the Mononokean, Abeno Haruitsuki.
Requesting to open a door to the Underworld.
(Demon: I'm in your debt.)
(Demon: Farewell.)
(Abeno: Farewell.)
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Mononokean: Welcome back.
Abeno: Nngh..
We're...
Abeno: Back...
Mononokean: !?
Mononokean: Itsuki!!
Ashiya: Abeno-saaaan!?
(Ashiya: Abeno-san! Heeey!)
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Ashiya: Sleep well...
Ashiya: Wah... There are dark circles under his eyes...
Mononokean: Of course he's going to look awful when he's been opening the door twice day after day!
Mononokean: He put together this crazy schedule to finish all of his previous requests before the search for Aoi begins...! (Goodness gracious!!)
Ashiya: Sorry...
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Ashiya: But because of that, all of the booked requests have been safely completed as of today.
Ashiya: It's all according to Abeno-san's schedule.
Since it's winter break, we'll be able to begin our search.
Mononokean: How long is your high school's winter break?
Ashiya: It's about two weeks.
Mononokean: In other words, the search for Aoi will conclude at the end of winter break, right?
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Ashiya: Yeah...
Ashiya: Even if we don't have any results, it will be the end of the search for Aoi-san...
That's the promise we made with the Princess.
Ashiya: But...
Ashiya: I want to meet Aoi-san, too.
Ashiya: If I meet them, I'd like to ask about Sakae...
(Like, why they decided to make a human who killed demons an unofficial employee of the Mononokean, or...)
(If they were there on November 2nd when Sakae died, what happened that day...)
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Ashiya: That's why,
Ashiya: I'll believe that Aoi-san is alive, and go search for him.
Ashiya: We'll find him, just watch!
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Abeno: .......
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Teacher: And that's all your tips for winter break.
Teacher: This is a precious vacation for your high school life.
Your homework is to have fun in moderation.
Teacher: I'm going to buy my daughter a bicycle, so I'll be absorbed in biking with my daughter... It'll be great!
So class, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Ashiya: Abeno-san, homeroom is over.
Fusshi: Ashiyaaan, Abenoon!
Fusshi: Let's hang out this winter break!
Saga: The four of us can visit the shrine together.
Ashiya: Sorry... We have work this break.
Fusshi: I see. Good luck with woork!
(Fusshi: Merikuri!)
(Saga: Happy New Year.)
(Ashiya: Merry Christmas and have a happy new year!)
(Zenko: Have a happy new year.)
(Ashiya: Happy new year.)
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Ashiya: Alright then. Tomorrow, winter break will start.
Ashiya: Please link the Mononokean to the entryway of my house at nine o'clock.
I'll be prepared at the door ten minutes prior.
Ashiya: Let's do our best searching for Aoi-san tomorrow!
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Ashiya: Seeya, Abeno-san! Until tomorrow! (Bye~)
Abeno: Wait.
Abeno: You mean today, right?
Ashiya: Eh?
Abeno: Winter break really begins as soon as homeroom is over... right?
Ashiya: Today...
Ashiya: I had plans to get a Christmas cake on the way home...
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Abeno: Work takes priority. (Let's go.)
Ashiya: Hello, Mom?! Due to some urgent business, I won't be able to pick up the cake, so please pick it up instead!
Abeno: Mononokean, come.
Mononokean: Have a safe journey!
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Ashiya: Huh?
Ashiya: The Justice didn't come to meet me...
Ashiya: Damn... If the Justice isn't there, I'm not allowed to enter the Underworld.
Abeno: This isn't the Underworld, so you're free to enter.
Ashiya: ...Huh? Then, are we in the Mundane world?
Weren't we supposed to go to the forest today?
Abeno: We are in the forest. (That's why the Justice doesn't need to come.)
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Abeno: This is Aoi's house, which was build inside the forest...
Abeno: In other words, it's the Mononokean.
(The... Mono... nokean?)
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Ashiya: (Wh!?) The Mononokean?!
Ashiya: This is the main body?!
Abeno: This is where our clients from the Underworld come in from.
Ashiya: Huh...
Abeno: It's within the Princess's divine protection, so the plague plant and its seed bugs are repelled and can't infect anyone.
Ashiya: It's true, I can't see any bugs flying around or any plague plants...
Mononokean: With my power, I can remove them from the nearby vicinity.
Abeno: However, everything beyond here is out of the barrier's range.
Abeno: As I told you before, you won't be able to sense a demon's aura if they've been infected.
I also won't be able to call the Mononokean.
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Abeno: From here on, we'll be searching outside the barrier for Aoi.
Abeno: The situation puts their chance of being alive at practically zero, but
If they survived, and they haven't returned to the Underworld or the Mononokean, they should still be within the forest.
Abeno: Don't overlook even the slightest trace.
If you find anything at all, let me know immediately.
Ashiya: Roger!
(This is the first and final search for Aoi-san...)
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Ashiya: Even if there's a 0% chance, I have faith! If the two of us are searching for them, the odds of finding something double!
Ashiya: We'll definitely find Aoi-san!
Abeno: Let's go, Ashiya.
Ashiya: Yes!
Ashiya: We're heading out!
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Ashiya: AOI-SAAAN!!
Ashiya: AOI-SAN!
Ashiya: Are you there!?!
Abeno: (This is unbearable... But I guess it is useful to have a human megaphone on a search like this...)
(Abeno: It's loud, though...)
Ashiya: Ao...
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Ashiya: Abeno-san, take a look at this. There's an 'x' mark on this tree.
Abeno: Ah?
Abeno: Yeah... I made that as a benchmark so I wouldn't get lost in the forest long ago.
(Ashiya: So it's a guidepost.)
Ashiya: Aoi-saaan! If you're there, please respond!
I'm an employee of the Mononokean! I'm Ashiya. It's good to meet you!
Ashiya: Abeno-san and I have come to look for you!
Ashiya: .....
Ashiya: Mmm... I don't hear anything right now.
Abeno: We'll be leaving the barrier in a moment.
Ashiya: !
Ashiya: Hmm... A sweet smell. Isn't this...
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Ashiya: (The scent of the blooms of a plague plant.)
Ashiya: !?
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Abeno: From here on is outside the barrier's range.
Aoi should be here somewhere.
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Ashiya: Plague plants are growing wildly all over the place.
Ashiya: And there are tons of insects attracted to the scent of the blossoms...
(Aoi-san is alive in this place...)
(They must be here, in this dangerous land that's covered in curses...)
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Ashiya: What is it?
Abeno: Try looking at the roots of the plague plant.
Ashiya: The roots...?
Abeno: It doesn't look like there's anything here, right?
Ashiya: Yeah... Nothing that catches my eye.
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Abeno: In the roots are where Aoi's remains should be.
Abeno: I told you those who are possessed by the parasite shrub grow into large trees, but...
Well, just in case, check the roots of the plague plants, too.
Ashiya: ...
Ashiya: ...Okay.
[Even though we believe that they're alive...
We won't be able to search properly if we avert our eyes from the possibility of their death.]
Abeno: I want to search this whole area today as a start.
If you notice something, no matter how trivial, report it to me.
Ashiya: Yes...
Abeno: What a listless answer. (Where's your energy?)
Ashiya: Beginning the search! FIGHT!!
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Ashiya: Aoi-san!! Are you here?!
It's nice to meet you! I'm Ashiya, an employee of the Mononokean!
Ashiya: Before I started my second year at Modoribashi High School, a demon named Fuzzy attached himself to me, and it hurt, so I went to Abeno-san to get an exorcism! I ended up with a million yen bill, so I'm working here to pay off my debt!
AOI-SAN! PLEASE FORGIVE MY DEBT!
Abeno: Your message is changing, y'know.
Ashiya: Aoi-san, are you here!?
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Ashiya: .....?!
[Could this perhaps... be...?!]
Ashiya: A cat's...
Tail...?
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Abeno: ...Ah?
Ashiya: Abeno-san, this...
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Demon: !?
Abeno&Ashiya: !?
Ashiya: ...Hm?!
Ashiya: GYAAAH?! A huge fuzzy caterpillar!!
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Abeno: Ashiya-kun?
Ashiya: I'm sorry!!! (Caterpillar!! Shoo!!)
Ashiya: Ow!
Ashiya: The hair of that caterpillar pricked me... It stings...
Abeno: (Geez.) There's some disinfectant in the medicine box, so we'll put that on...! (Though I don't know how effective it is for humans...!)
Ashiya: Okay...
Ashiya: .....
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Ashiya: (I thought it was Aoi's remains...)
Ashiya: (That was bad for my heart... (I was really flustered...))
(Abeno: Give me your hand.)
(Ashiya: Yes...)
Ashiya: (I was terrified and I don't even know Aoi-san personally...
So what Abeno-san felt must not even compare...)
(Abeno-san doesn't tend to show his emotions, but...)
Abeno: ?
Abeno: Sterilization complete. Resume the search.)
(Ashiya: Thank you for treating me!)
[Even though he's like that...]
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[If he's able to reunite with Aoi-san,
[Will he show a happy smile?]
(Ashiya: Aoi-saaan!)
(Ashiya: Abeno-san! There, deep in the brush! I saw a black shadow moving!)
(Abeno: It's another bug, huh...)
[If we end up finding Aoi's remains,]
[Will he be unable to stop his tears?]
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Ashiya: !
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Ashiya: Abeno-san? Is this place next to the ocean?
Ashiya: Just now, there was the sound of waves from that direction, right?
Abeno: ...
(Ashiya: ...Huh?)
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Abeno: Ashiya.
Guide me toward where you heard that sound.
Ashiya: Okay! It's through this thicket.
Ashiya: In this direction...
Ashiya: !?
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Ashiya: ...Huh?
Ashiya: There's no ocean anywhere, not even a puddle. (I don't hear anything, either...)
Abeno: As I thought, we're back where we started.
Ashiya: Huh?
Abeno: I looked at that tree's mark before we went through the thicket.
Ashiya: That's weird? When did we end up making a U-turn?
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Abeno: We've definitely been going straight.
Ashiya: !
Abeno: But it seems we've come back to where we started.
Ashiya: Where we started...?
Ashiya: Uwaah, it's true!! Are we in an infinite loop!? What are we going to do?!
Abeno: I wonder.
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Abeno: Back when I came here on my own to find Aoi,
The same phenomenon happened.
Abeno: Even if I went somewhere else, I'd end up walking back where I started. I tried to get around it, but it was the same no matter what.
Somehow, there's something here to stop us from heading deeper into the forest.
Ashiya: Then, Aoi's movement should have been hampered, too!
Ashiya: Aoi-san went into the forest,
Since it was outside of the barrier, and we're stopped from going into the forest, they have to be in the area!
Abeno: Yeah...
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Abeno: That's if their movement was actually stopped.
Abeno: Haa...
Abeno: The Underworld doesn't have an ocean, and I didn't hear any waves.
Could you have mistaken the sound of the wind?
Ashiya: If you say it like that... I guess it's possible...
Ashiya: I'm sorry...
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Ashiya: On the very first day of the search, I mistook that fuzzy caterpillar for a cat's tail, and I'm hearing the sounds of waves...
Ashiya: I've been holding back the search and... I've let you down...
Abeno: ...
Abeno: ...Haa...
Abeno: Idiot.
Ashiya: Sorry...
Abeno: Compared to the day where I didn't come across anything at all, today is better.
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Abeno: The guy who boasted that "We'll definitely find them!" shouldn't get disheartened this easily.
Abeno: We're going to steadily search like today, over and over again during winter break.
I'd be at a loss if we didn't find a single clue, so even a caterpillar is exciting.
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Abeno: At least try to keep your mood up, you easily discouraged five year old.
Ashiya: Wha!? (Easily discouraged?!)
Abeno: Are you just going to keep standing there? Do your job, easily discouraged caterpillar mishearing five year old.
(Ashiya: The nickname got extended!)
Abeno: Besides, it's not like you've only just started being a hindrance during our work, right?
I'm so accustomed to your mistakes that I don't even notice them anymore.
Ashiya: ......
Abeno: Now matter how much you mess up, you'll show me an even bigger mistake later.
Easily discouraged caterpillar mishearing garbage five year old boy.
Ashiya: ...!!
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Ashiya: AOI-SAAAN! WHERE ARE YOU!!
Ashiya: He's an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed blond-haired excessively handsome guy!! Abeno-san is always calling me such horrible names!! Hurry up and come out!! Shouldn't the second master of the Mononokean stop treating his employees this outrageously?!! Even though we're both employees, he's so much nicer to Fuzzy!!!
Abeno: Hairball is much quieter than this roaring demon, for one.
Ashiya: Who's a roaring demon?!
Abeno: How'd you even hear my mumbling? You roaring demon with long ears.
Abeno and Ashiya’s meeting with the Underworld Princess continues!
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Fukigen na Mononokean Chapter 74 - Supporting Promise
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Ashiya: Go look for
Aoi-san in the...
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Ashiya: .......
[There's zero chance of them being alive.]
[...But there isn't any proof that they died.
It might be a ridiculous bet, but there's enough reason to try looking for them...!]
Princess: Cough.
Ashiya: (I want to look for Aoi-san!)
[Abeno-san is definitely interested,
so he'll listen to the Princess's wishes--]
Princess: (coughing).
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Princess: Cough.
(But... there's zero chance of them being alive.)
(Parasitic shrub is an incurable illness.)
(Once cursed, its roots infest the body until it drains all of the victim's power.)
Ashiya: ......
[I want to believe that they're alive, but... If I think about it realistically under those circumstances,
The scene we'll surely lay our eyes on is...]
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[If we go into the forest, we have to be properly prepared for that...]
Princess: (coughing)
Abeno: ...I accept.
Abeno: I shall travel to the forest to look for Aoi.
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Abeno: ...However.
I have one condition for conducting the search.
Abeno: I want you to consider this the first and final search for Aoi.
Ashiya: !?
Princess: ...Eh?
Princess: Why...?
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Abeno: That's...
Abeno: !?
Ashiya: UWAH?!
Fox: Kon!
Ashiya: The Princess's medicine!
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Fox: Konkon!
Fox: !?
Fox: Kon!?
Abeno&Ashiya: !?
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Fox: Kon!
Kon!
Abeno: Princess, is there something wrong?
Princess: I... I'm fine. I'll make a full recovery soon, so there's nothing to worry...
Cough, cough...
Fox: Kon...
Fox: Konkon!
Abeno: ......
Ashiya: She sounds pretty disturbed... I wonder if she's really okay?
Ashiya: Maybe her condition worsened while she was talking to us...
Abeno: .......
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Ashiya: !
Fox: Kon!
Princess: (coughing)
Abeno: Forgive me for my rudeness, but
Please allow me to confirm your condition with my own eyes.
Princess: !
Princess: There is no need for that. There's nothing wrong with my condition....
Abeno: Speaking as your subordinate, Princess, that doesn't appear to be true.
If you would rather refuse, I will go retrieve Koura with the Mononokean.
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Princess: ...Cough...
Princess: ...I understand.
Princess: Raise the curtain.
Fox: Kon!
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Ashiya: !?
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Fox: Kon...
Abeno: !
Ashiya: Wh!
Ashiya: She's crying!?
Abeno: Where are you in pain...?
Princess: No, it's not that...
Ashiya: Were you scared when Abeno-san forcefully demanded to examine you?
Princess: It's not that either...
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Princess: Up until now... I've never spoken my true feelings about Aoi's situation.
I'm simply overcome with emotion now that I've finally spoken it out loud.
Ashiya: .....!
Princess: Normally I would consult with the three officials about my concerns.
Princess: But they don't think that Aoi is still alive.
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Princess: I couldn't bear to cause dissent among the officials and I, so I acted as though I agreed with them.
Because of that, it's difficult to express my wish to search for Aoi in front of them...
Ashiya: So that's why you had the Justice leave.
Princess: Yes...
Princess: ...But, when I heard that there was someone who also believed in Aoi's survival, I wanted to meet them.
And moreover, that person had a deep connection to Aoi and became the second master of the Mononokean...
Princess: I thought I might be able to expose my true feelings without lying to you.
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(...It looks like you're also holding on to lingering hope,
(So I don't want to give in just to seem reasonable right now...!)
Princess: I don't want to give up on searching for Aoi until we find them.
Princess: Please let me hear why you want it to be the first and final search.
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Abeno: I've already thoroughly searched all the places I can.
Princess: !?
Abeno: In the end, I haven't been able to find Aoi's remains, nor any clues to where they were.
The forest is vast, so I can't claim with certainty that I didn't miss anything. That's the reason why I will conduct another search.
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Abeno: However, whatever outcome I reach at the end of my search will surely be final. No matter how many dozens of times I scour the area afterward, I believe the results will remain the same.
Abeno: ...Besides, if they're unharmed and alive, they would have come back on their own.
Princess: ...If you believe Aoi is alive, that means you're waiting for them to return, rather than searching for them...
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Fox: Kon!
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Princess: What you're saying is probably correct.
Searching until we find them was a reckless and poorly planned suggestion...
Princess: And conducting the search while maintaining the Mononokean's primary duty of coexistence would be difficult as well...
Princess: ......
Princess: ...But I can't accept this as the first and last search!
Princess: I don't want to give up until we find Aoi!!
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Abeno&Ashiya: !?
Abeno: I understand your feelings, but you should reconsider...
Princess: I don't want to!
Abeno: Even given your position, I can't promise something I cannot do...
Princess: I don't want to!
Abeno: Then, I have to refuse this request.
Princess: No way!
Ashiya: ("No way"!?)
Ashiya: (The Underworld Princess... Is this her last attempt at resistance? She's kicking up a fuss...)
(Ashiya: Her way of rebelling is just like Yahiko's... They really are siblings.)
Abeno: .....
Ashiya: (And I can feel a silent pressure on my back!!)
Ashiya: (I hear a threatening voice saying, "Don't just sit there, convince her! You're the babysitter!" Is it an auditory hallucination...?!)
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Ashiya: ...Please.
Ashiya: I want to search for Aoi as well, so
Could you accept that condition?
Princess: !
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Ashiya: Abeno-san really will refuse your request if you don't agree to those terms.
If that happens, I'll have to obey Abeno-san as the Mononokean's employee.
(And that would be disappointing...)
Ashiya: You don't want that either, right, Underworld Princess?
Princess: ......
Princess: Will this really be the first and last, no matter what?
Ashiya: No matter what... Princess.
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Ashiya: If you don't limit the search like that,
Abeno-san won't have any confidence in himself.
Abeno: !
Abeno: ......
Princess: !?
Princess: ......
...I see.
Princess: I was merely insisting things on my own without being considerate of him.
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[If that condition isn't to make me give up,
but a limit meant to restrict himself instead]
[Then I suppose my selfishness won't be allowed...]
[I was able to freely to express my feelings about Aoi that have been swirling in my heart for years... That's enough for me...
No matter the result, I should entrust it to these two.]
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Princess: I heard something from Aoi a long time ago.
When you make a promise in the Mundane world, you "pinky swear," correct?
Ashiya: !
Princess: I promise.
Princess: My request will be the first and last.
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Princess: Please go to the forest to search for that child.
FYI, the next (raw) chapter of Mononokean won't be out until the 24th, and it seems to be changing its schedule to the fourth Thursday of each month instead of the 2nd.
More truths about Yahiko this month, and Ashiya finally gets to hear a little more about Abeno’s past from the man himself!
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Fukigen na Mononokean Chapter 72 - Zero Degrees
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[Yahiko is...]
[The Underworld princess's big brother...?!]
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Yahiko: Cough... cough...
Yahiko: ......
Yahiko: ...Haruitsuki... How long have you known my identity?
Abeno: I acknowledged you as a demon with a strong spiritual power from the first time we met, but
I did not realize you were "Mioya-hiko."
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Abeno: But the Executive told me something important regarding the door to the Underworld. He said, "The earthbound Prince Kamo-mioya-hiko must never be exorcised."
That's why, when I saw how adamantly you refused to be exorcised, I thought that maybe...
Abeno: The reason the door to the Underworld can open is related to the Underworld Princess being in the Underworld, and Prince Mioya-hiko being in the Mundane world.
Abeno: One could say that the door to the Underworld would disappear if this relationship was disturbed.
Abeno: Therefore, you must remain in the Mundane world
to protect the door to the Underworld, correct?
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Ashiya: (Then, that's why Yahiko didn't want to be exorcised?!)
Ashiya: (When he was scolded by Abeno-san, he said Yahiko could stay at the temple for a year, so he never suspected a thing!)
Ashiya: (Why did I never hear about Yahiko being such a key figure?!)
Yahiko: ......
Yahiko: Haruitsuki...
Yahiko: ...Why did you stay quiet if you realized it?
Abeno: Since you didn't divulge your identity, I determined that you didn't want it to be discovered.
I treated you in the same manner as usual until now.
Abeno: This will be the last day I behave without acknowledging your position.
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Abeno: I humbly ask that you forgive me for my rudeness.
Abeno: ......
Yahiko: Sto--
Yahiko: Cough!
Yahiko Cough, cough...
Abeno&Ashiya: !?
Ashiya: Abeno-san! First things first, let's move Yahiko to the Mononokean!
Being out in this cold will only aggravate his illness!
Yahiko: Cough, cough!
Abeno: The Mononokean's no good! It'd probably upset the balance I mentioned earlier.
Ashiya: Wha...?! Then, to Zenko's house!
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Yahiko: Cough, cough!
Abeno: Please come with me. I shall take you inside.
Abeno: Prince Mioya-hi...
Yahiko: Don't call me that!
Yahiko: I really hate being treating like this!
Ashiya: !?
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Yahiko: Go back to the normal Haruitsuki.
...If you don't, I won't play with you anymore.
Abeno: ......
Ashiya: ...Getting rid of his playmates is a serious manner for Yahiko.
Abeno: ......
Abeno: ("Mioya-hiko" has the same top rank in the Underworld as the princess herself, and is to be revered...)
(Once his identity was made clear, I thought to treat him with distinction, but...)
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Abeno: (I can't get used to it after all this time, either.)
Yahiko: Wah!
Abeno: ...Then, I'll act freely.
Abeno: Geez! Zenko told you to wait calmly in the house because you were coughing!
Don't go playing outside when your condition's this bad, you three-year old!
Yahiko: Ehhh? But tomorrow the snow will be gone, and I won't be able to make snowmen!
Ashiya: (We're back to the usual scene...)
(Ashiya: Now, now, you two!)
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Ashiya: Excuse us!
Ashiya: Hello!
Zenko Papa: Zenko called to say you two were coming...
It's cold, right... Come inside.
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Zenko Papa: I put some tea in there, so feel free to have some.
Ashiya: Thank you so much.
Yahiko: Cough, cough...
Yahiko: Cough.
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Yahiko: Cough.
Ashiya: He looks like he's having trouble breathing...
Abeno: Yahiko, aside from your coughing and fever, is there anything else wrong with your body?
Yahiko: Yeah...
Yahiko: After I transformed earlier, I started to feel woozy...
Yahiko: And then, I wanted to eat something sweet...
Ashiya: Isn't that normal?
Yahiko: There's mikan on top of the kotatsu so give me one, Ashiya~~
Ashiya: You can't just eat whatever you want...
Yahiko: Hurry up already...
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Ashiya: Here you go.
Yahiko: Can you peel it? Zenko always does it for me!
Ashiya: Zenko...! That's spoiling him too much...!
Ashiya: Here you go.
Ashiya: Come on! Say ah!
Yahiko: Ah~!
Ashiya: Even though he's ill, he still has an appetite.
Abeno: Seems like it.
Yahiko: Ashiya~ Gimme another piece!
Ashiya: Yes, yes.
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Abeno: I've got the gist of your condition...
Abeno: Yahiko... Those symptoms aren't just a cold.
Yahiko: !
Abeno: Your symptoms might be caused by the Underworld Princess.
Yahiko: ...!?
Ashiya: ?
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Abeno: One month ago, I received a report about the princess's poor condition.
From what I heard then, her symptoms are strikingly similar to Yahiko's now.
Abeno: At this timing and them having the same symptoms, there's a high probability that his relationship with the Underworld Princess is affecting him.
Ashiya: !
Ashiya: Wait a second... Wasn't the princess cured?
Abeno: I heard that she'd recovered, but...
Yahiko: Cough, cough. Cough...
Yahiko: Cough.
Yahiko: The princess... Got sick...
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Yahiko: ...But, she'll be fine because she's in the Underworld...?
Yahiko: Cough.
Yahiko: ...The princess... She won't disappear, right...?
Abeno: !
Abeno: ...Unfortunately, I can't confirm that completely.
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Abeno: But she won't get so weak that she disappears, so you can rest assured.
Abeno: The master of Kiyakudo is attending to her to take care of her health, so she's in much better shape than you are.
Abeno: Leave the princess to us, and make sure you get lots of rest until you're healed up.
Abeno: ...Alright?
Yahiko: ...Okay.
Yahiko: Haruitsuki... I'll get looots of rest, so can you pet my head some more?
Yahiko: Cough... cough!
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Yahiko: Ashiyaa, I want more mikan!
Ashiya: Yes, yes...
Yahiko: Ashiyaa, I'm thirsty!
Ashiya: Yes, yes, I'll make some tea. (And for Abeno-san, too.)
Yahiko: Ashiyaa, can you scratch my back? (It's itchy~)
Ashiya: Yes, yes, am I doing it too hard? (I am a backscratcher.)
Yahiko: Ashiyaaa, sing for me!
Ashiya: Yes, yes... Then, for the first song... (Ahem... Lululullu, lululullu, lululuuuu~)
Abeno: Cut it out!
Zenko: I'm back...
Yahiko: Welcome home, Zenko! (Cough.)
Zenko: (I'm home, Yahiko.) Did you stay at home and sleep like you were supposed to?
Yahiko: Yeah!
Ashiya&Abeno: No.
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Zenko: ...Hm? Yahiko, you have a fever...
Ashiya: He seems to feel a little dizzy.
Abeno: We'll go buy some medicine.
We'll come back again so wait here and watch over Yahiko for us.
Zenko: Okay.
(Ashiya: See you then.)
Ashiya: Yahiko's cold... I'm a little worried.
Abeno: Yeah...
Abeno: But the princess is a bigger problem.
Ashiya: Huh?
Abeno: Yahiko's symptoms can be controlled with medicine, but
Abeno: If the princess's condition is affecting him, then he won't be able to get better unless the princess makes a complete recovery...!
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Abeno: ...But getting rest to recuperate is practically impossible while she's still maintaining her divine protection.
Since she can't step down from the throne, she's losing time she could be using to recover.
Ashiya: I see...
Ashiya: And Aoi-san, who was supposed to be the next Underworld Princess, isn't here either...
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Abeno: .......
Abeno: You... Why do you know that?
Ashiya: Huh?
Ashiya: ...Ah! The Justice told me before.
Abeno: The Justice did...
Abeno: ...
Abeno: ...Did he tell you anything else?
Ashiya: Anything else...?
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Abeno: ...For instance...
Abeno: Some...
Abeno: Really old story... maybe?
Ashiya: Really old...?
Ashiya: (Ah!) I heard about how he used to let you ride on his back and go on walks with him!
And the Legislator told me that Aoi-san threatened him with "I'll kill you!" when he was introduced to you for the first time.
Abeno: Those two...! Yammering about my business on when I wasn't around...!
Ashiya: It wasn't like that, though?
Ashiya: When it came to me asking why you had gone into the forest when you were an employee...
They refused me and said, "I won't tell you."
Abeno: ......
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(Ashiya: There was even more reminiscing over past memories from those two!)
Ashiya: It... It's not like that?! It wasn't like I was trying to pry into all the things you're hiding, Abeno-san!
When I was talking to the Justice and the Legislator, the conversation just happened to flow in that direction....!!
No, I mean, I'm sorry for asking about things on my own...!!
Abeno: ...When I went to the forest,
Abeno: I came to see Aoi off.
Abeno: Their body was cursed by the parasitic shrub, and there was nothing that could be done for their condition.
Sensing their time of death, Aoi said they wanted to search for a place to die while they could still move, and decided to enter the forest.
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Abeno: Seeing them off was my final job as an employee of the Mononokean.
Ashiya: .....!
Ashiya: .....
Ashiya: ...Then,
Aoi-san is already...
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Abeno: Somewhere in the forests.
Abeno: ...I say that, but the possibility of them being alive is zero.
Ashiya: That slim, huh... I thought so, but...
Ashiya: Aoi-san really is gone...
(They also became a victim of the parasitic shrub--)
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Abeno: ...But.
Abeno: No matter how much I search, I can't find a body...
Some interesting inquiries into Aoi and new information about a familiar face...
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Fukigen na Mononokean Chapter 71 - Princess and Prince
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Princess: Cough...
Princess: Cough.
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Executive: Underworld Princess.
Executive: How are you feeling?
Princess: Cough...
Princess: ...Three officials... Thank you for coming to visit me so often, despite how busy you are.
Princess: Thanks to Koura, my fever has lowered and my body is feeling fine now.
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Legislator: I would like to ask if your condition has gotten better...
But it seems like you still haven't regained your full strength, Princess?
Princess: I haven't completely recovered...
Princess: Maintaining the Underworld's barrier is my duty, yet I've made everyone worry about me... How shameful...
Koura: Princess... The toxins in your body are to blame.
Koura: Until now, you've been tirelessly using your spiritual power without rest.
It's inevitable that you would grow fatigued.
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Koura: Besides...
Koura: If the body is exhausted, it doesn't matter how much medicine I give. Even things that can be easily treated won't be cured in those circumstances...
Koura: It was by reducing her activity that she was able to recuperate.
If she didn't use her spiritual power, she would be able to fully rest, but...
Legislator&Executive: ......
Justice: To accomplish that, the princess'd have to abdicate and step down from the throne.
Justice: That's why we need to select a new "Underworld Princess"...
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Justice: ...But is there a demon who can fill in for the Princess right now?
Justice: Now that Aoi is gone...
Koura: Indeed...
Executive: ......
Legislator: Hmmm...
Legislator: If the four of us could somehow combine our powers, maybe?
Justice: Are we gonna spend every day crowded together on that throne?
Executive: .......
(Koura: Oh my, that's a good idea.
But won't it be troublesome for everyone if all three of you are missing from your governmental positions?)
Princess: Aoi...
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Princess: Three officials...
Princess: Did Aoi truly get possessed by the parasitic shrub and die?
Officials: !?
Executive: ...Princess...
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Executive: Did you think Aoi survived after being possessed by the parasitic shrub?
Executive: Those who are taken over by the parasitic shrub's curse, even if their lives are extended through medicine, will eventually be infested and succumb to it...
Executive: You should be more aware than anyone how dreadful parasitic shrub is.
Princess: Of course... The parasitic shrub takes root in its host's body and encircles them, making them unable to move,
And drains their spiritual power until they die.
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Princess: Their remains become a nursery for its seeds to sprout and mature, and grow into a large tree.
When the time comes, its innumerable flowers begin to bloom.
Princess: The scent of the nectar in those flowers gives rise to the host insects that infect demons...
That's the reason why the infested remains must never remain in the Underworld...
Princess: ...Therefore,
Princess: When they were infected by the parasitic shrub...
Princess: They accepted their fate, and, before they could endanger anyone in Underworld,
Entered the dense forests in order to find a place to die.
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Princess: Cough...
Princess: Cough!
Princess: ...Executive...
Princess: I must have asked something ridiculous, huh...
Princess: They can't possibility still be alive after being possessed by the parasitic shrub.
Princess: My unwillingness to give up must seem embarrassing.
Koura: Princess...
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Legislator: Well...
Legislator: We can't exactly confirm whether or not they're "dead," right?
Executive: You...
Executive: Do you have any proof of that?
Legislator: What about you? How can you be sure before seeing Aoi's remains?
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Executive: ......
Legislator: Right?
Justice: (Even like this, there's tension crackling in the air...)
Princess: Legislator...
Princess: I'm happy that you'd express those sentiments to comfort me, but there's no need for it.
Princess: Please forget about my foolish question from before. I'm still coming to terms Aoi's death even now.
Legislator: So that's how you feel...
The princess truly believes that Aoi died...
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Legislator: Then, Princess...
Legislator: Why don't we bet on whether Aoi is alive or dead?
Princess: ......
Princess: Bet...?
(Justice: Hm?)
(Executive: Ha?)
(Koura: Oh my...)
Legislator: By the way, I also think it was too late for Aoi, the same as the princess and the rest of you.
So I can't bet against you, but...
Legislator: I know of exactly one person who would bet that Aoi is still alive.
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Legislator: It might be a mild comfort, but if you don't mind...
Why not take him up on that wager?
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Ashiya: I'm dead...
Abeno: I hate the damn cold...
Ashiya: This end of term test was hopeless for me...
Ashiya: Were the questions always that hard?!
Abeno: It's been snowing since this morning...
Abeno: The second it becomes December, it starts getting really cold...
Ashiya: What will I do if I can't pass this grade...
Abeno: (Ah?!) I said it's cold!!
Ashiya: How is it being cold my fault?!
Ashiya: I was just defeated by the worst test ever!
If you're not nice to me, I'm going to cry!?
(Zenko: That voice...)
Abeno: Quit your fidgeting! And your damn sniveling!
Ashiya: Fidget! Snivel!
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Zenko: Stop fighting!
(Ashiya: Zenko!?)
(Zenko: The exam was pretty hard.)
(Ashiya: Yeah...)
Zenko: Are you guys working today?
Abeno: We have one request for a demon exorcism.
Zenko: It's rough in the snow, so be careful of where you're walking.
Ashiya: Yeah... We'll get going...
Zenko: Ah.
Zenko: Wait a second.
Zenko: I want you to confirm something for me.
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Zenko: Is it okay for a demon to take cold medicine meant for a human?
(Ashiya: Medicine.)
Zenko: Last night, Yahiko started coughing a lot. It seems like he caught a cold.
Abeno: Yahiko...
With a cold?
Abeno: Any other symptoms?
Zenko: Not much aside from the coughing...
This morning when he wanted to visit Okina-sama to play and kicked up a fuss, he seemed energetic...
Zenko: Today you should make sure to stay obediently at home.
Do you hear me?
(Yahiko: Ehhh!? No!! I want to make snowmen with Okina!)
(Zenko: No way.)
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Abeno: Unfortunately, I can’t say that there wouldn't be a problem with giving demons medicine from the Mundane world.
But I'll examine Yahiko's condition, so I can get him some medicine from the Underworld.
Zenko: Thanks, you saved me.
Zenko: (That said,) When are you going to come by? (Today?)
Ashiya: How about we head right over to check on Yahiko after we finish today's job?
Abeno: ......
Ashiya: ......?
Ashiya: Abeno-san?
Abeno: Changes of plans.
Abeno: Let's visit Yahiko first.
Ashiya: Eh...?
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Ashiya: (The visit's first...?) Is it okay to put off the exorcism job?!
If the client has to wait for us under these snowy skies, they might get a cold, too!
Abeno: I'll ask the Mononokean to head the meeting place so that they can wait inside.
Abeno: Besides, we can make it just in time if we hurry with visiting Yahiko.
Ashiya: ......
Ashiya: I guess that's true, but...
Zenko: I have to clean before I leave, so you two can head to the temple before me if you're in a hurry.
Abeno: Then, we'll do that.
Ashiya: (It's pretty rare for Abeno to postpone his work...)
[If we're just checking on him, we could do it afterward...]
(Ashiya: We'll go over first.)
(Zenko: Yeah.)
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Ashiya: Yahiko!
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Ashiya: ...Huh?
He's not coming out...
Ashiya: He might be sleeping inside the house... Should we intrude? (Zenko's dad is probably cleaning by the front gate, but...)
Abeno: !
Ashiya: Abeno-san? Where are you going?
Abeno: I can feel Yahiko's aura over here.
Ashiya: Wait...! Umbrella, umbrella!
Abeno: (Ah?) I don't need it.
Ashiya: Since you don't have an umbrella, you'll get cold!
If you don't want to share an umbrella with me, then I'll give it to you! Just take it before you get cold! (If you get cold, you're going to scoff at me again, you know?!)
Abeno: I'm not cold!
Ashiya: Now you're lying?!
Abeno: !
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Ashiya: Snowmen?
Ashiya: Yahiko! I found you! (You transformed, didn't you?)
Abeno: That's just a regular snowman.
Ashiya: But these mass-produced snowmen all seem like they were made by Yahiko.....?
Abeno: Yeah.
(Ashiya: Yahikooo! Where are youuu!)
Abeno: !
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Abeno: Found you.
Yahiko: Haruitsukiii! Did you come to play in the snow with me?
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Ashiya: Yahiko!
Ashiya: (So he was hiding!)
(Even though he might have a cold, he's as high-energy as ever...)
Yahiko: Cough...
Yahiko: Cough, cough... cough!
Abeno: !
Yahiko: Cough...
Yahiko: Cough...
Yahiko: ...Today... I was supposed to play in the snow with Okina...
Yahiko: But Zenko said I had to wait quietly at home...
So I...
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Yahiko: Cough!
Abeno: Hey!
Ashiya: Wah!?
Abeno: Yahiko...!
Ashiya: A-a-a-are you okay!?
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Yahiko: Cough...
Haa...
Yahiko: Haa...
Ashiya: His face is red, and he's sweating a lot...!!
Yahiko: Cough...
Ashiya: The symptoms are worse than what we heard from Zenko!
Abeno: It's higher than a normal fever should be...
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Ashiya: Abeno-san...! Is there anywhere in the Mundane world a demon can go for a medical examination?
A shop like Kiyakudou, maybe...
Abeno: I don't know any trained medical professionals like Koura, but...
Ashiya: Then, should we take Yahiko to the Underworld to see Koura-san!?
Abeno: No... That's...
Yahiko: No way!!
Yahiko: I won't go to the Underworld!
Yahiko: I'll never ever go!!
Abeno: Hey...! Quit struggling!
Yahiko: Cough, cough!
Ashiya: Yahiko...! We can't leave you like this!
Zenko will understand if you have to go to the Underworld, so...
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Yahiko: No, no, noo!
Yahiko: I won't!
Yahiko: I'm perfectly fine! Don't stop me from playing in the snow!
Yahiko: Haruitsuki, Ashiya, go away!!
Yahiko: (Cough, cough, cough, cough)
Ashiya: Yahiko...
Abeno: ......
Abeno: ......
Yahiko: (Cough, cough... cough)
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Abeno: ......
I have no intentions of exorcising you.
Ashiya: !?
Abeno: I know very well why you don't want to go to the Underworld.
Abeno: From the time I was old enough to become an employee of the Mononokean, I acquired a lot of knowledge about the history of the Underworld from the Executive.
Yahiko: !
Abeno: Of course, I learned about you, as well, sir...
Abeno: If there's something happening to your body, it may be connected to the fate of the Underworld.
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Yahiko: ......
Yahiko: Haruitsuki...?
Abeno: Please take a rest for now.
Abeno: Older brother of the Underworld Princess, the earthbound Prince Kamo-mioya-hiko.
(Note: The counterpart to hime (princess/lady) used here is hiko, so Yahiko's name comes from the last part of his name and this honorific, Kamo-mioya-hiko. I’ve also decided to translate the preface of his name, which means “far from the Underworld” as “earthbound.”)
Finally a peek into Sakae’s past, and maybe a storm brewing in the background?
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Fukigen na Mononokean Chapter 70 - Sunflow
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Neighbor: Good evening.
Dog: Woof, woof!
Nara: Good evening.
Dog: Whine, whine...
(Could you please tell me what you know about Ashiya Sakae back when he had gold hair and eyes?)
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Demon: Kyuukyuu...
Demon: Kyuu!
Ashiya: Furyuu-san!
Furyuu: Kyu.
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Ashiya: If there's anything on this food menu
that you want to eat, please tell me!
Furyuu: Kyuu!
(Ashiya: There's Japanese food, Western food, and Chinese food.)
Furyuu: Kyu!
[A karaoke place has private rooms, so no one will bother us...]
Furyuu: Kyuu...
Mononokean: "Before I go the Underworld, I want to eat delicious food from the Mundane world! Kyuu!"
Is what our client says.
[And the menu is expansive, so it's the perfect place for him to enjoy a dinner!]
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Furyuu: Kyu!
Ashiya: Pizza!
Furyuu: Kyu!
Ashiya: Chinese fried rice!
Furyuu: Kyu!
Ashiya: Yakisoba!
Furyuu: Kyu!
Ashiya: Fries and onion rings...
Abeno: ...Will you be able to eat that much...?
Phone: Ring, ring!
Furyuu: !?
Abeno: !
Furyuu: Kyu!
(Abeno: This ringtone belongs to...)
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Phone: (continues ringing)
[Mom]
Ashiya: !
Ashiya: ......
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Ashiya: Excuse me.
Abeno: ...?
Abeno: Is it okay to decline it?
Ashiya: ......
Ashiya: I'm working, so...
Ashiya: I'll get back to her later.
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Abeno: (That stilted speech...)
(Abeno: He's acting weird.)
Ashiya: Furyuu-san, what would you like to drink?
Abeno: .....
Furyuu: Kyuu!
Abeno: (It seems like Ashiya's mother hasn't responded
To the message I wrote this morning on his behalf...)
(In that case, that incoming phone call was probably...)
(Ashiya: Anything besides alcohol is OK.)
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Furyuu: Kyuuu!
Ashiya: Furyuu-san, please eat your fill!
Furyuu: Kyu!
(Abeno: How many people could this feed...?)
Furyuu: Kyu!
Furyuu: Kyu!
Furyuu: Kyu!
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(Furyuu: Kyu.)
Ashiya: You cleared all your plates!!
Furyuu: Kyu!!
Abeno: To eat all of that at your size... I truly underestimated you...
Ashiya: You have quite the appetite, Furyuu-san!
Ashiya: Do you want another helping?
Ashiya: There's also dessert.
Ashiya: ...Furyuu-san?
Furyuu: Kyupupu...
Ashiya: ...Don't tell me...?
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Furyuu: Kyupu.
Ashiya: Where's the restroom!?
Ashiya: Over there!
Furyuu: Kyupu...
Furyuu: Kyurororo.
Furyuu: Kyurorororo.
Abeno: ...
(Please excuse us for a moment...)
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Furyuu: Kyu... Kyuu...
Abeno: You overate.
Furyuu: Kyuu...
Ashiya: He's still feeling unwell, huh..
Abeno: I'll allow him to rest for a while before exorcising him to the Underworld.
Ashiya: Please sleep until your condition improves...
Furyuu: Kyuu...
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Abeno&Ashiya: ......
Ashiya: ...Abeno-san, would you like something to drink?
Abeno: I'm fine.
Abeno: ...Hm.
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Abeno: We're taking a break from work right now, so
Abeno: Here you go.
Ashiya: !
Ashiya: ......
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Nara: Hello.
Ashiya: Oh!! How was work today!!
Ashiya: It's me!!
Page 17
Ashiya: Please forgive me for not being able to take your call earlier...!
Nara: (It's fine.) Were you busy...?
Do you have a little time to talk?
Ashiya: Yes!
Nara: ...After you come home would be fine, too, but...
I thought it would be easier to talk over the phone...
Nara: ......
Nara: I read the message you sent me this morning...
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Nara: Hanae... Why do you know that Sakae used to have gold hair and eyes?
Ashiya: Eh?!
Nara: I've never told you that, you know?
Ashiya: Oh, about that... I heard it from my sister?!
Nara: I don't think she would have told you that either...
Ashiya: Oh, it wasn't her? Maybe it was a customer at the shop, then?
Nara: ...I see... So one of our customers is someone who knew the old Sakae...
Nara: Well, he did stand out...
Nara: ...Me, too...
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Nara: When I first laid my eyes on Sakae-kun in high school,
I was surprised by his gold hair and eyes...
Ashiya: ! (High school..?!)
Ashiya: Mom, you attended the same high school as my dad!?
Nara: Yeah. Our years were different, but we went there together.
Ashiya: (Then she knew Sakae when he had gold hair and eyes...!)
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Ashiya: (If so, then...)
Ashiya: (I might hear something about how Sakae came to attack demons!)
Abeno: !?
Ashiya: (I'll put the call on speaker and...)
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Ashiya: Mom, if you don't mind,
Ashiya: I'd like you to tell me about Dad back then...!
Nara: ...I see.
Nara: I haven't told you about it before now,
Nara: but since you want to know, Hanae... I'll tell you.
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Nara: ...I...
Nara: When I saw Sakae-kun, who looked like a sunflower...
Nara: I fell in love at first sight!
Ashiya: Ngh?!
(Abeno: Like a sunflower...?)
Nara: When we met, I was in my second year...
Nara: On that day, I'd fainted from anemia soon after reaching school...
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Nara: Uuuugh...
Nara: (This splitting headache...)
Nara: (It's cold...
I feel so awful...)
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Nara: (Whenever I come to school, I feel anemic...)
Nara: (Medicine doesn't have any effect,
and the hospital can't find anything wrong...)
Nara: Uuu...
[It hurts...]
[Why...
Why do I have]
[Such a horrible condition all of a sudden...?]
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Sakae: Disappear...
Page 26
Nara: Kyaa!? Who's there?!
Sakae: !?
Page 27
Sakae: ...So you were awake...
Nara: ....
[Golden...]
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[This guy...]
[His hair and eyes are golden...]
[Just like a sunflower...]
Sakae: ......?
[Currently admiring.]
(Nara: Hieee... (wonderment))
Sakae: ?
Sakae: ?
Sakae: ......
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Sakae: How...
are you feeling?
Nara: How am I...?
Nara: Now that you mention it, my chills and headache and nausea are gone?!
Sakae: ...
Nara: My condition always goes downhill when I enter the school, but
Nara: I'm glad I recovered so quickly today! (I might even be able to participate in P.E.!)
Nara: (Could it be?) Maybe when you gave me that shock, you cured me!
Nara: Thank you! Umm... Sunflower-kun!
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(Sakae: Sunflower-kun...?)
Sakae: .......
Sakae: My name is Ashiya. (Don't give me a weird nickname...)
Nara: (What a coincidence?!) I'm Ashiya, too!
I'm a second year in class 2, Ashiya Nara! What about you?
Sakae: ......
First year, Ashiya... Sakae.
Sakae: ...Hey.
Sakae: Does your health always have problems like today?
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Nara: Yeah...
Nara: From around the time I started high school, I started fainting a lot due to anemia.
Nara: And lately, even when I'm away from the school, my back will suddenly feel heavy and I won't be able to move,
Or my legs with seize up and I'll fall down on a totally flat path,
Or I'll feel itchy, like something is trying to move through my body...
Sakae: I see, so it's like that...
Sakae: Your constitution makes it easy for you to get drained....
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Sakae: ...Senpai.
Sakae: While you're still feeling well,
You ought to hurry back to your classroom...
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(If you're here, you'll become even more drained.)
Ashiya: ......
[Mom can't see demons,
So she misunderstood Sakae's words...]
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(He meant that her constitution makes her easily drained by demons...)
Abeno: ......
Abeno: ......
Abeno: (Ashiya Sakae...)
[Used his influence to kill demons to help humans...
...Was that sense of justice his motive for attacking demons?]
[When I saw his remnant back then, rather than having that sort of justification,
It felt as though he had a much darker reason behind his actions...]
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Nara: Because of that...
Abeno: !
Nara: I returned to my classroom like Sakae-kun said.
Nara: There, I told my classmate about Sakae-kun.
"I fell in love at first sight!" I said.
Nara: My classmate's face turned downcast...
Nara: She told me not to have anything to do with him,
Nara: And that misfortune would inevitably befall any person that gets close to him.
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Nara: In truth... His family died in mysterious circumstances, and the relative that took him in suffered from an unknown illness and was constantly going in and out of the hospital.
One after another, his friends suffered from poor health or got injured in accidents...
Nara: That's why people began to secretly call him a "God of Death" and avoid him...
...I heard.
Ashiya: (Could the source of it be...?)
Abeno: .......
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Nara: That's everything I remember clearly,
About Sakae back when he had gold hair and eyes.
Nara: The second time we met, Sakae's hair and eyes had become black...
Furyuu: Kyu.
Furyuu: Kyu.
Nara: ...Did you have anything else to ask me?
Ashiya: .....
Ashiya: ...Yeah.
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Ashiya: But that's more than enough for today.
Ashiya: ...I'll make sure to ask you next time.
Furyuu: Kyu!
Ashiya: Yeah...
Ah, I'm still at school.
Ashiya: Okay...
Furyuu: Kyu?
Ashiya: Okay... I'll see you later.
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Furyuu: Kyuu!
Page 40
Abeno: That story before...
Abeno: If the misfortunes occurring around Ashiya Sakae,
were a tragedy caused by a demon...
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Abeno: I can see how he'd come to think that demons had to be exterminated.
Ashiya: .....
(He lost his connections to the people he cherished because of demons...)
Ashiya: To Sakae, demons...
Ashiya: ...were probably the source of his misfortune and loneliness, huh?
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(Since he was someone who had experienced that suffering firsthand...)
(He surely couldn't leave Mom alone, when he saw her suffering from possession...)
Sakae: ((Uwah...) I thought I felt an awful lot of demons around...
Does this person draw demons toward them...?)
Ashiya: ...!
Ashiya: ...In that case, demons are...
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Abeno: Ashiya.
Abeno: Haven't you realized something?
Ashiya: Even if demons were responsible for stealing away his bonds with people,
They were also the Cupid that tied those two together in love!
Abeno: !?
Abeno: (Ah?)
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Ashiya: If demons didn't exist, I wouldn't have been born!
So it's thanks to them that I'm here today!
Abeno: (I'm an idiot for trying to talk to this 5 year old seriously.)
[The person in question, trying his best to have a serious conversation.]
Ashiya: I wonder how those two ended up hooking up...?
Abeno: ......
Ashiya: Maybe Mom confessed? (She did fall in love at first sight...)
Ashiya: It'd be really troublesome if demons kept interfering with their dates, though...? Hmm... I'm curious...
Abeno: You... Why don't you walk home today...?
Ashiya: Huh, why? I wanted you to send me back. (With the Mononokean, it's like woosh...)
Abeno: Don't make me look at your idiotic face any longer. Hurry up and leave in the next 10 seconds. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6...
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Nara: !
Ashiya: Thank you for telling me so much today.
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Ashiya: Right now, I'm walking home from school...
