Homunculus Volume 12

Homunculus
Volume 12
Translator: Ars Magna
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Volume 12

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Puah!
You're drinking a lot today, car boy.

I feel my blood circulates better
when I drink alcohol...

I can see
monsters...
What?
Monsters?

Hahahaha.
I think you drank a bit too much, eh?

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*Tap*

Shit...

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As I thought...

This hole
is way too small.

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It's huge.

If I'd open such a big hole...

It'd be awesome.

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Ups-a-daisy.

Whoa, it's cold!

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*Hick*
Hm?

That woman...

I think...
I used to flirt with her.

What was she doing again?
Uh... I can't remember. I brought way too many chicks to this hotel.

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Gu...

My eye...

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Either way, she-

Huh?

Yumeko-chan?

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What?!

That's Hiromi
I saw at Felis yesterday.

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Huh?

Heh.
I drank too much. I'm seeing things.

I should get some sleep.

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O...
Oww...

Damn hangover...

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[No Entry]
Huh?

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Oh, car boy.
You've a hangover?

Ah, good morning,
Ken-san.

By the way, what happened to Numa-san's tent?
He left.

Huh?

The city has started an "Appartment Project" where they prepare a reasonable place to stay in order to reduce the amount of homeless people.
They say they want to bring the people back into the society, but their real plan is to rinse the park of homeless and their tents.

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立入禁止 = No Entry

And when people leave,
they put the sign "No Entry" to that place,
so they won't build up their tent there again.

Well, half of the tents in this park are gone now.

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I see...

Sooner or later, we won't be allowed to stay in this park either.

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She's the one from yesterday.

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That face...
Isn't that Chika-chan?

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Ah...
Aaaahhh...

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I get it...
Or rather...
They are...

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The girls I've flirted with.

I'm sober right now.

Is that woman...

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A homunculus?!

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Which means...

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I can't see it.

What's going on?

Why can I only see her?

Why is only she a homunculus?

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Na-Nakoshi-san?!
What happened?

Just open the door.
I can't open right now.

Ah!

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H-H-Hold on...

Hey!

You can't just waltz in here.
Come on, Nakoshi-san...

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I can't see them properly...
Can't see what?

The homunculi.

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What do you mean
by "properly"?

That you can see only
some of them?

Are you sure it's not because of the hole?
What?!

Isn't it because the hole is too small?

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Oh, don't start with that again.
Give me a break!

The size of the hole doesn't matter.
But...

I've been repeating myself over and over.
The phenomenon you're experiencing right now is what we call the "placebo effect." The homunculi you see are just a product of your imagination.

The size of the hole does not damn matter!

If they're just a product of my imagination...

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That means if I think about them
they will exist.

So, if the hole gets bigger,
I'll be able to see them clearly.

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So, by can't see them properly,
you mean you can see them after all, right?

Just one person.

There's a woman that looks like a homunculus.

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Just one person?

Right...
She's the only one.

[Six round slices.]
[Gal-kei.]
[Only hips are spinning.]
What does she look like?

It's only
her face that keep changing.

Oh, oh.

It takes the form of the girls I've slept with.
One by one...

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So it takes the form of the women you know.
Yeah.

And...

Did any of them look like a homunculus?

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Your exes.
No...

Do you personally know her?
Yes.

She's one of the women I flirted with when I was working for a foreign company.
She didn't really leave huge impression on me though.

Oh, yeah?
So that's where the story's going.

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How should I say...
I'm not interested.

I've the feeling that I'll be able to see more homunculi when the hole is bigger.

You're still going on with that?
It's getting tiring now...

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This is...

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Is he doing that by himself?
What?

Oh, that?
Yeah, it's called "self-trepanation."

By yourself, huh?

Hey!

Don't even think about that!
It's way too dangerous!

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It's extremely difficult to remove bone of your skull without damaging your brain's membrane.
Doing it by yourself means committing suicide!

Several people died
when they tried self-trepanation!

Of course I wouldn't do that, silly.

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You'll do that, right?

Ah.

I've to get my clothes from the dry cleaning.

I'll be right back.

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He ran away...

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手術屋 Operating Room

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トレパネーション(林料) Trepanation {no idea what the text in paranthesis means}
終了よ～ん It's over. ♥

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I'm back.

Huh?

He comes and goes when he pleases...

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Whatever.
He was a pain to deal with anyway.

[Operating Room]

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トレパネーション(林料) Trepanation {no idea what the text in paranthesis means}
終了よ～ん It's over. ♥

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Hm...
Still a bit awkward...

Darn, split hair again.

Shit, shit!

[Operating Room ]
Where are the scissors?

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Come on, scissors!

Huh?

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The reports about trepanation are torn off.

Crap!

It's gone.

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Nakoshi-san...

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He isn't here!

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Nakoshi-san!

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Nakoshi-san...

Nakoshi-san!

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Nakoshi...
*pant*
san...

Oh...
Hey...

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What...
What happened?

Give me a break,
Nakoshi-san...

Whoa, a transvestite?
Yeah.
Looks like some high class transvestite though.
Don't you call them "new-half"?

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Don't just take my documents about trepanation, will you?
Sorry about that.

I just wanted to read up a bit about trepanation to sort things out.
Mind lending me those papers?

Is that all?

What do you mean?

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I hope you aren't considering to do it by yourself, do you?

Hm?

Ah!
You're talking about trepanation?

Of course not!
Don't be silly.

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Anyway, just drink a bit.

Nah, I'll pass.
I'll be going then.

Don't forget to return them.
Sure.

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Who is it?
Who is it?

Nanako?

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Who is it?

Nanako?

Who is it?

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It's dangerous to make the hole bigger.

A way to increase the hole...
Something that's safe...

Oh, there's a way to make the hole bigger.

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田中さん Tanaka-san

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使用中 Locked {or literally In use}

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Ouch...

Good thing I've brough this with me.

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Good.
The anesthesia is working.

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This is 7mm.
It's huge.

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I hope it'll stop drilling by itself when I hit the meninges.

I'm just gonna drill a bit on the skull...

If I tear the meninges...
I'm dead.

Come on!

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Phew...

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Hahaha...
What the hell am I doing?

No way I'm going to die stark naked in a toilet like this.

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It stopped...

Is it open?

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Oh.

Yeah, it is.

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What...
What's this sound?

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My...
My brain...

It's throbbing!

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It's beating... {生きている = its alive while the text above it 鼓動している reads "it's throbbing/beating" - just pick one of the combos you like}
Like my heart!

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Tonight I've the feeling
that I can even see "my own" reflection...

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Phew...

That was lots of blood that splashed out...
Guess I feel anemic because of that.

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Her face is different.

Ah...

Ah!

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Again...
Her face changed in a whirl.

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Uh... Ugh...

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Are you okay?

Ah...
Yeah...

Should I call an ambulance?
Nah, I'm fine.

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Do you remember?
Sorry?

Remember me?

Nakoshi-san, right?

Ah...
Right.

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It's been a long time.

Sorry,
I forgot your name.

What?
Oh.

I'm Makimura Yuki.

Huh? Did I knew someone by that name?

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Where are you going at this hour?

I'm headed to my mother's place.

Your mother's place?
Darn,
it's already this late.

I've got to go.
Take care of yourself.

I will,
thanks.

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Her mother's place? Yeah right.

She's headed toward the hotel.

What a big fat liar.

Wait...

Did I really know
that woman...

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Hope there aren't any blood stains.

Man, I'm sleepy...

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Who're you?

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Clo...
..ud?

Clo...
Cloud?

As I thought...
Nanako, right?

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It's back to "normal."

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You're in the way.

What the hell?
Creepy!

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Is there something
in that egg?

Soone or later,
I'll drag it out.

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[No Entry]

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Ah...
That's a nice view.

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It's...
It's cold...

I feel sluggish, too.

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Uh...

Whoa...
It's too bright...

It's already evening...

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Hello.

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Were you all right?

Ye...
Yeah...
I just drank a bit too much.

Today
you look pretty pale too.

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Are you going

to that "home" again today?

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Home?
That's just a hotel.

Home?

Your name was
Makimura Yuki, right?

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Where did we meet?
Were were you working again?

My name
isn't Makimura.

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My name is
Satiou Michiko.

Besides,
who are you?

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Sorry, sorry.
I was just pulling your leg.

Yes, I am Makimura.
We met at a home party at Aya's reception, Nakoshi-san.

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Ah.

Oh...
Aya's...

At Kazu-kun's appartment at Takanawa. {appartment being a high rise/tower block - same thing on the very last line of the last chapter}
Kazu-kun?

After that,
we had dinner together.

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That was

when I get to know...

You!

Ah...

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Is that another lie?

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Oh gosh.

You don't remember?

Well?

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Don't you remember
what you did to me?

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You lied to me too!

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Uh...

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Ah...

You...

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Where did that face come from?

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You have
turned into a "nopperabou" {faceless ghost - see wikipedia}

Did you forgot your own face?

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You are Nanako, aren't you?

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Nakoshi-san.

Nakoshi-san?

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Nakoshi-san!
Nakoshi-san!

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Nakoshi-san!

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Bank of Manhattan 東京支社 Bank of Manhattan Tokyo Branch
名越 進 Nakoshi Susumu
ななみ Nanami

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Oh right.
Aya introduced her to me
at an apartment. {

Her name was...
Nanami?

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Homunculus Volume 12 END