Dorohedoro 15

15th volume of this popular Seinen series.
This actually covers only chapters 88-93 plus the omake. The preceding two chapters were translated by 10sigh, so they aren't featured here.

The scanlated volume is available from Gantz Waiting Room.
Enjoy.
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051
Curse #88
Strange Love.

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=Bworgh.

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Narrator: 15 years prior, Ceremony Hall, in the middle of the Hole.
=Cause of death: magic-induced suffocation./According to the autopsy report, the body was subjected to a number of alterations.//Kasukabe-sensei.
=Yes.

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=We've found redundancies in the bones and tissues, albeit small ones.
=Presumably due to some substance-increasing magic.//The precipitous bodily changes put pressure on the trachea. That's what killed him.//This puts an end to the student council's audition.
=Thank you very much.
=Now to affix a plaque to the corpse, and we're done.
=A plaque... Ah, right./On the Living Dead Day, the people who were killed by magic...
=If you would please confirm the number.
=But that's the family's job to do.

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=His only relative, his grandfather, still hasn't come back from work.
=And this is how the funeral business keeps on expanding?
=Please open the casket.
=Ah.

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=Kasukabe-sensei, what on Earth is...
=The upper half of his corpse has been exposed to the drainage of the Hole for an entire night...//The poisonous substances permeated the body, hence its current state.*crish/crish*

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=We can't show that to his family.//Let's give him his plaque and put the coffin's lid back on, now.

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=This is... the same plaque...
=Grrrshhhh
=Stop that, Johnson.//He's heading somewhere...

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=Natsuki.......//His head....../gone......//Where did it go...?/I guess...//Mh...?The pedestal... Just now, there was something...

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=Wanna get inside this room?//Open the door, Johnson.
=Grrshh

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=Pretty dark in here...
=Uh...
=Is that... a curtain?

=063
=!!//Wh... What the...//Heads... And they all belong to magic users?

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=Holes. There are holes everywhere in this room...//Let's go, Johnson!//I'm so excited right now... You have no idea./Haven't felt that way in decades.
=Grrshh...

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=Ow.//Wh... What's this...?//It's black... Coal? Ash?

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=He... Hey...!!//These little guys are usually found in magic users' heads.../This one's pretty much mummified, though...

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=The... The heck is that thing? A sorcerer's raw pelt? But the organs are still there.//!!//This... This one's not human. Nor is it a magic user./Cou... Could it be...

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=Ai-kun.Let me get you out of this.*crish*
=Sorry for not doing it any sooner. I was afraid./It isn't like me, but there you have it...!!//Ai-kun. I beg of you./Whatever it is you're doing, allow me to help.//I'll do anything. Anything...

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=Tell me, Ai-kun./Let me know...//What is it you are turning into?
=It's... no use...

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=Hah.
*gash*
=Uuuugh.......

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=Uh.......
=Grrshh...
=Damn, you, Haze, what am I gonna do with you...? I warned you about that.//You were supposed to leave him alone...
=Di... Did I/Did I.. do that?

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=Why are you tormenting me...!!/If I never existed in the first place, why me...? Why...?!!//What's the point of my existence...?[/end

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Curse #89
0 Days Prior.

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0 Days Prior.

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=(Big bro!!)

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=(I've had it. I don't care anymore.//Let's just forget. Just like last time.)

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=(There's nothing I can do.//I make no sense...//Anyway. The sooner I get out of here, the better.//That's right. I'm gonna need something. A weapon.......)

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=(No... I have no more need for that.)//!

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=Wh... What the...//The door to the Boss' room... The hell...//Could it be... There's someone in there.......?

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=!!/Dokuga!!
=Tetsujou...
=What's the matter...?/Careful... The door's been broken. Someone's infiltrated the place, most likely...
=This place?! No way! People don't come here. They're too afraid./Even us only come on a strict need-to basis.
=Well, duh...
=Dokuga... Why are you here...?
=.........

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=Nevermind that. I am more concerned about that magic user the Boss was looking for...
=I forgot... But I did know where that explosion occurred...
=Yeah. We were sent to ground zero for a little inspection, at first./Found out lots of fascinating stuff, we did.//The explosion seemingly had come from within the building. Debris all around. The building was pretty big, too./Not a single body to be found, to say nothing of the inhabitants.//But on a tree nearby, we found a whole bunch on enormous bats./Presumably raised by the people who lived there.
=Gigantic bats...
=Speaking of which, those are needed for Devil Exams, aren't they?/With that in mind we combed the ruins, and what did we find...?

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=An admission certificate to a Devil Exam.//Name... 川尻 (Asu)./Devil name: Asu.
=Did he generate that explosion?
=We don't know that. I asked around in the vicinity. There were more inhabitants elsewhere, apparently.//One of them... was a woman.../The other a giant.

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=Dokugaaaaa. Tetsujoooou.//We've got a problem.
=What is it, Ton?
=The Boss... Nah, I mean that Aikawa guy.../He's gone.
=Wha
=Follow me.

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=Hurry.
=(Turns out I'm gonna need this, after all.//At last I understand.//The meaning of my existence...)

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=Silly Haze...//You stupid, stupid...

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=human.//Hey, Haze. If you're gonna forget about your advanced research or whatever to go back to the Hole, let me help you out./He's "Our"...
=Gh......//Heh heh heh.../Hahah Hahaha...
=Freak.

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Narrator: Meanwhile, somewhere else...
=Asu.//Is this hotel safe? If the Cross-Eyes get their hands on us...
=A Devil friend of mine runs this place. There's nothing to worry about.

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=The Cross-Eyed gang kills off magic users like it's going out of style./And rumor has it they're looking for the place where that big explosion thing occurred./Clearly it has to do with you, Nikaidou.
=Aye... We're gonna have a hard time alright...
=Maybe the Cross-Eyes were able to glean some information about us from what remained of my house after the explosion./But when push comes to shove, I can still magic us out of trouble any time.
=Well. Yeah, I suppose...

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=Risu... You must be worried about Aikwa...//I am too.../I've got... a bad feeling about this...//Um... Regarding the guy who killed you...
=Nikaidou.//Please.../Take me to the Hole!!

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=Risu...
=Your magic can make people travel into the past, right? If there's any truth to that../I wanna find out who cursed me, no matter what it takes...!!
=...Very well./There are a few things I'm still confused about myself.//Alright!!/To the Hole!

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Narrator: Back to En's mansion.
Sign: This building is scheduled for demolition. No trespassing. {En}
=Who are you?//I never existed in the first place. I am nobody.../But if there is any meaning at all to my life/that is...

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=Your death./Fucking shitbag.//I'll fucking kill you. Asswipe.//I'll off you with my own.../ha......

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=Now...//It's over...[/end

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Curse #90
Eye Witness.

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=Let's go through this door Asu created. It'll take us to the Hole!
=The Hole...!!
=Gotta say, the weather's been changing for a little while, now.
=Looks like it's gonna rain.
=Of course not! It can't rain in the magic users' realm.//Here, Risu. Have an umbrella too.
=...Umbrella. What's that?
=Now's the time. To the Hole. Let's go!

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=Dead...? He committed suicide!!//Inside his head.../A Devil of En's...

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=The... The mask is melting?!/N... Not quite.../It's shape... It's changing shape...?!//Hah
=No... No way...

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=Rain......?!

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=(That's right//I am)

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=Ai-kun!!//Ai-kun!!

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=If I ever become a magic user//I'll be a completely different person from who I am now.//(And the current "me" will be completely gone...)
=Very well. Grandpa's of to work./I'll be back next month.//Don't take the opportunity to go raise trouble with your friends, a'ight?

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=Yeah, okay./Have a nice trip.//This isn't my world.

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=Surely all that is me awaits behind this door.//(All that is me!)

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=(Thank you.../My magic user...//But...)
=Hiya. What's your name?
=(That's it)
=Aikawa...

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=(There's no stopping it, now...)

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=I... I can't believe it. Why is it raining here? In this world?

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=Da... Damn it... Is that rain from the Hole...? How come...?
=After all the expensive smoke we spent on fixing the breach
=Kirion... You aren't bothered at all?

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=I'm wondering if Fujita-kun is alright.
=Shou-san. Just how powerful is your magic?
=Regarding Fujita, the magic I used is every bit as strong as I could possibly make it.//Which is to say, for him to revert back to his old self.../he'd have to return here, or I'd have to die... These are the only ways.
=Maybe he's already dead and not a single soul even knows about it?! Still transparent, and all!!/The poor little guy.
=Could be, yeah.

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=Shou-san. Is making people and objects transparent the only thing your magic can do?
=No... There is one more thing, actually./I can also erase other people's memories.
=Uuuh.
=Wut.
=Sometimes my work for En involved erasing the memories of those who inconvenienced him.
=Have you ever used that on us, by any chance?
=You should be ashamed.

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=Take it easy. This ability is not quite as threatening as it sounds.../Mh?//What's the matter, Kikurage?
=Meoooww...
=Uuuh...
=I'm not feeling so well, all of a sudden...
=Something wrong?
=Shin... Can't you feel anything?
=I have a slight headache, now that you mention it./Don't tell me...
=Hee hee hee hee. Lau-laundry with nothing but excess bathing water./O-Oh, the poverty. Hee hee.

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=Sigh. Yet another day without anything worthwhile to do!/How much longer before Fujita gets back?//Hey, Ebisu...//Ebisu!!//Hang in there!/She passed out on me?//Unh......!

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=(Everyone's down with a bad case of hurting./If I'm relatively fine, it is probably...//Because I'm half-human, half-magic user./The Cross-Eyed gang's boss here. Talk about unexpected...)//!//Water. Dripping from the ceiling...//No... No way...!//I... I must be dreaming...

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=Ungh......
=Do... Dokuga... What on Earth is this...
=The rain.../How come...//!!//Devils...!

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=Humph... Damn spectators. Just what we needed.//Well well well. Guess I'll be on my way, then.//!

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=Har har har har har./It's about time. Let's get started.

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Board: Antiques.
Sign on the board: Nomura.
=So this is the Hole, eh...
=Nikaidou. Something wrong?
=N... Nothing. Nothing at all./I'm fine...//(The Hole...//Damned if I know why... but I have a feeling that everything will end in short order.)[/end

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Curse #91
Magic Remodeling.

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=Hah.//Ugh...//Did I... pass out...?

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=!/G-Gone...//Footprints.../Tu... Turns out/The man's not quite dead.//Da... Damn it. Why is it raining...?/Either way, gotta go look for him.//But... Where to...?//!

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=A gathering of Devils. Why...?//!//The head is.../missing...//That's my man./I've found him......!!

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=Uuunh... I can't breathe.../Why is it raining...?/My whole body's huriting. Somebody help./Why is this happening?

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=Must be a new brand of magic users attacking us Cross-Eyes./That's it! You must be right.//Gotta go join the Boss and the commanders./We're gonna be safe there......
=Let's go too, Yasaka......
=Yeah.//(Fuck. Here I was, thinking once I joined the Cross-Eyes and got my hands on some Black Powder my life would get better./I couldn't be more wrong!//The Boss and the top dogs must be monopolizing it.../And still, they're relying on us for their magic-user-hunting needs. I ain't having it.//There must be a way for me to get some Black Powder...)

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=Dokuga...
=Saji... Ushijimada.../Aikawa... Nowhere to be found. Either of them...
=We... Well...
=What's going on...? Why is it raining...?
*KLAAAOOONG*
=!! |W... what was that noise?
=That way, that's the Boss' room......
=(I knew it... Back then, there was someone in there...)//Let's go...
=Ah. Yeah...
=My head hurts...

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=(The Cross-Eyed leaders.../They must be headed his way as well...)
=! | What happened to the door......?!
=Good question... It's like someone smashed it open...
=(We should have searched more thoroughly, after all...)
=The window... It's broken...

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=Ah.

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=Wha... What's the deal? The wall of heads's just been torn down. Nothing to be afraid of...

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=Boss...!!
=Uh?!
=S-Say what?!
=Dokuga!!

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=!!
=His eyes... the crosses are gone......!/This is... Aikawa...?!

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=WHOOAAAAAH
=Ungh.
=Dokuga...!!

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=Heads.../Eight of them? ...No... | What's that... ......?

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=So turns out... Aikawa was... our Boss...?
=Bu... But what the heck is...
=He... Hey. Looks like the Boss' whole body got stabbed with a knife...

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=Their eyes... Cross-like patterns are appearing on them...
=(W... What the? Somehow that head is pretty much......)//!!//Tha...//That head...

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=(The one that got cleaved in half at the pie shop...!/Back then, it had a boatload of Devil-shaped tumors in it. | I reckoned En-san's Devil was in there too...//But now... They're gone... and the head is empty!!//So... Where's En san's Devil at, then...?

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=Ah.
=Wh... The heck is that thing...?

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=Boss.
=What the hell is that?! What on God's green Earth is going on, here?!
=Uh... As for "What", I think they're merging./Becoming a single being...

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=(Da... Damnit./What... What is that thing...?)
*GSSHHHHHH*[/end

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Curse #92
Whole in One.

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=!

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=Ma....../Magic...?!
=Heh heh heh.../Aaaah. And what would this be? Excitement? That hasn't happened in centuries.//Cross-Eyes, eh...//So you're the lucky one who received my seal of approval...?

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=I'm gonna take my time inspecting you.
=What...
=What is it trying to do?!

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=The door...?!/Ah./Uh? | Wai...

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=......I don't think that's gonna work out.
=Aye. The door's too small for it.
=!!

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=.........
=Could be the rain... making us see things.
=Nah... This is real.
=It's having trouble getting up, for some reason...
=.......
=Ah. Dokuga...
=....... Hold on...//Tetsujou... Get his back and help him up...
=Uh... Right...//(Eww.../Pancaked heads!!)

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=Wanna go through the door...?
=Grshh
=That means.../you wanna go to the Hole, right...?
=The Hole...!

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=Noi. Where aaare youuu.
Narrator: En Family's underground hideout.
=Tsk. This hideout is pretty much screwed./Let's get outta here quickly. Don't wanna get buried alive, do we?//Oh, well. I'm pretty sure even that wouldn't kill her, though...//Ah.//Hey./Hang in there!!//She's still alive...//Wake up.

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=Hell. It's no use./..Mh?//Whoa
=Humph.//Ah.

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=This is sily. I can't even stand up./The heck's going on, here?//Must be the water./Pretty much like the ran from the Hole...//Head feels like there's a horse kicking it...//Senpai!!

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=Mghghghhgh. ¤ let's go. C'mon.
=Right.//Ah. Forgot about Ebisu.
=Aaaaah./What the hell's going on? The hideout's completely submerged.

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=It can't be... Rain in this world. That's unheard of.../What should we be doing, now?
=The rain... The hole... The Cross-Eyes' Boss' power.../I'll be damned if it's all a coincidence.//The Hole, eh.../Guess that should be fine.//Shou-san.//How about temporarily moving to the Hole, so we can avoid the rain?
=...... Indeed./Here's hoping we'll be fortunate enough that it isn't raining there, though.
=How's that a problem...?//We can check for that easily enough.

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=Ca-can't this thing even walk properly?*grsh*
=To think even I can't move properly because of the rain...
=Just what's the deal, here? I did see the Boss merge with that thing... But is it still him?/Or did it devour him?
=Nah... Looks more like the Boss put it on on purpose./He merged with this "costume".
=Could this thing be whatever the Boss had in the research room at his place?!
=Yeah... Probably...//I've been suspecting that the Boss lopped those elites' heads off to appropriate their magic...//But there was more...
=You mean he was trying to create this thing?!

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=Then, we have those Devils outside.../The rain...//When it comes down to it.../We never knew the first thing about the Boss...
=.........
=What, then? Disband the Cross-Eyed gang?/Given what's happened to our Boss!!
=The Hole...//That's where we met him...//Where it all began...

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=Let's head... for the Hole...
=Wh... where's the Boss? And the commanders.../They didn't just run away, abandoning us, did they?

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=(Black Powder...//How the hell do they make it, and how?/Its production method is still a secret...//Do they have a factory somewhere?)//Mh?//(What's this?//Sand...? No... It's something else!!/No way......!!)//Black Powder...!!//(O-over there, too...)
=What's the matter, Yasaka.
=No-nothing. I'm going to the bathroom.[tn: U.S euphemism for "toilets". Use whichever you like.]

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=(Like hell I'm letting other people have it!/It's all mine!!)//To... Tons of the stuff.//Ah.//(The leaders.......!!//That door must be.../the one that supposedly leads to the Hole...//That's right. They're trying to escape there...)

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=!!//(What kind of creature is this...?!!)//Hah.//(Black Powder...!!//I see... So this is where the Black Powder comes from...!!//Well well... well.../What now?

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Narrator: Hole.
=Hey. That you, Nikaidou?
=Hi. It's been a while.
=Good to have you back. What with you gone to the magic users' realm with Kaiman.//Be quick to open up shop again, alright?
=Sure. Hahaha...

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=By the way, what about Kaiman...?
=Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Let me guess...//Are you Kaiman?
=Huuuuh?
=Hi there, Nikaidou.//Uh. Kaiman?
=No...
=Glad to be able to eat gyoza gain.//Kaiman?! You're human again?!
=I'm no...
=You do know quite a lot of people, Nikaidou.

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=Do I look so much like this Kaiman guy?
=Well, you do have the same height and build./Factor in your crossed eyes, and it's an easy mistake to make.
=(Kaiman... The lizard-man from the Cross-Eyed gang. The guy who received my curse... The one rumored to be my killer.../If there's any truth to that, what do I...)//Anyway. Take me to where I cast that curse. Quick!!
=Easy, there. Gimme a second.//I'm a bit worried about something... Something I'd like to check out before we use any magic.
=Maybe I should drop by for a bit.
Board: Hungry Bug.
Sticker: Food.*woof woof*

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=Phew.//They haven't come back... not since then.../I hope they're alright.//Did Kaiman-san's head go back to normal?*woof woof*
=Though to be honest I don't care much about him.
=Hellooooo./That you, 13-kun! Long time no see.
=Nikaidou... ...san!!//Is this... Kaiman-san?!

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=No I'm not!!
Sticker: Reserved.
*woof woof*
=Eewwww.//Aaaaaaah.//A cake... | Made-in Johnson!!//...Ah, right... For the doctor's birthday party...//A... Anyway. Thank goodness the shop is fine.../...Well. Let's do things properly. Everyone take a seat.
=That so?//So... all these people are magic-user friends of yours, Nikaidou-san...//Maybe I should go home?!/(Surrounded by magic users. Talk about scary!!)
=I don't mind you here.//And you can keep on calling me Nikaidou...
=Huuuuh./Roger that...... Nikaidou.

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=Nikaidou... What is it you were worried about?
=Uh... Aaah.
=I can't produce smoke... Not even a bit.
=Not even a bit?!
=That's right... A few moments ago, while coming tot he Hole, I tried to got hrugh the door...//But that thing probably sucked out all my magic...
=A lifetime's worth of magic...
=And now.../I though it might be a good idea to check what's inside...

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Narrator: Meanwhile. Hole.
=Grrshhh.[/end

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Curse #93
Remaining Shots.

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=Uuunh.

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=Yah.//Yayah.

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=Yaaaaay. No rain at all!!
=Is this the Hole? This is my first time here.
=Same for me. Never had any business going there before.
=Clo-clo-clo-clo clothes are gone.
=There's a bad vibe around here./Like we're gonna catch a disease or something. How can human beings live there?
=Un-un-un-un underwear gone too.
=Hello, folks.../I was born here, you know.

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=Still, I could do with some clothes too... What do we do?//I know! Let's go to your parents' place! Surely they'll have something I can use.
=What parents' home? Do you have any idea how many years it's been?
=Indeed... Now our only choice is to go about our business here in this filthy Hole till it stops raining./But we're utterly clueless about this place...
=Let's take En-san's body someplace safe!!
=Alright, I say Shin's in charge, now.
=Yeah, great. Just what I needed......

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=Narrator: About 1km South from the En Family's location. Ark river riverbed.
=We made it to the Hole, which is all well and good, but what now?
=Ask the Boss.

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=Ask the Boss...
=Gotta admit: as far as results go, it's a good thing we came to the Hole./It's not raining here.
=Dokuga... What now?
=I thought it couldn't walk because of the rain. Looks like I was wrong...//Maybe the Boss is not used to this new body just yet...//Please don't eat the trash...
=Grshhh.

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=Is it really our Boss? So we aren't getting the old one back?
=No idea.../Since we don't know what he's trying to accomplish...//Don't drink the Hole's dirty waters!!
=Grshh.
=Must be hungry./Gotta find somethng to feed him...!!
=Feed him....
=We're gonna come up with something.../Dokuga, youwait here with the Boss.

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=One lifetime's worth of magic...//This is the entirety of Nikaidou's magic...
=So if it's taken from you, you can't perform any magic at all?
=Pretty much, yeah...//Well, let's have a look shall we?
=Inside?!
=What the heck is this?
=Keep quiet for a second, human.
=Sorry.

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=Well... I'd love to find out.

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=It's the first time... I see something like this...//What is it...? It's got 3... 4... 5 slots?
=Mh...?
=What's the matter, Nikaidou?
=This one's got cracks in it...
=Can we touch?
=Sure.//Hmm...//It's coming off...//What could it be... It's hard like diamond. And really heavy...

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=Take a look, Asu. The one with cracks in it was empty.
=It-It broken!!
=It was like ash. More or less.../Extremely light, and brittle...
=Looks like a gun.
=Now that you mention it.../It does look like a bullet shell...
=Which is to say 4 more shots remain?/She can only use magic another 4 times, then?

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=4 times?! That's it?/Is that the number of times you can do magic in your whole life?!
=I used magic once to rescue Yakumo.../As for the tube that just broke up... The numbers don't quite match.
=Remaining shots.../four...
=Sorry, 13-kun. I didn't pay attention to you at all.
=It's nothing...

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=Still... I'm relieved to see you're alright.//I've been worrying about you./Even if you're a magic user... I...
=13-kun...//Wah.//Ah, crap.
=Ah. What are these? They look pretty cute.
=Th...They're lreal horns. I almost became a Devil, actually.
=A...!!/A Devil...!!
=See you, 13-kun!
=Go... Goodbye...

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=Nikaidou.
=Risu.
=If you really can't use magic any more than 4 times, don't bother wasting it on me./Save it for something really important.//I'll find the guy I cursed by myself somehow.
=Risu...
=Nikaidou, under those circumstances, you should let Risu know about Aikawa, why don't you?
=Uh... Bu-but...
=About Aikawa?
=We told you before./Kaiman is the receptacle of your curse.
=That's right. Which means this Kaiman guy is responsible for my death./That's exactly why I came all the way here to the Hole, is it not?

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=Truth is... We didn't tell you, but the magic wore off, and Kaiman's back to normal.../And he's in a town called Berith...
=Berith?! That's where he's at?!
=Yeah. There's a Cross-Eyed hideout there. He went searching for clues...
=Berith... This is where I got Curse back...? No. Where he returned, I mean./Anyway, I'm gonna pay the dark dude who stuck him inside me a...
=Under his original form...//Kaiman is Aikawa.
=Uh........?

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=Weren't you listening?/KAIMAN IS AIKAWA!!
=No need to shout, I'm listening!//What are you talking about, all of a sudden?/What's the big idea exactly? ...That'd mean...//(I was killed/by Aikawa...)//Stop it!!
=Risu!!//Hey, Risu. The Hole is a dangreous place at night.
=Oh, well.
=He's gone. Telling him was really a bad idea, after all.
=He would've found out eventually.//More to the point. What's the plan, Nikaidou...?/About your magic, I mean...

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=Haa | Haa./(I did suspect him of ratting out to the Cross-Eyes about my magic at some point...//but to think hima n Kaiman are one and the same...?!/That's ridiculous!!//I was killed... I was killed by a uy from the Cross-Eyed gang!!/I saw it with my very eyes!!//I don't... believe it...!!/Aikawa has no reason to kill me...//Fuck it! To think I got Curse, inside me/who's got all the answers I need.)//!

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=The heck's wrong with you guys?
=This is our island./If you wanna pass, there's a little fee.
=....... Tsk.../Hole scumbags...//Do magic users also have to pay that fee?
=Hahahaha. A' course they do./We already offed a couple uv 'em, ya see?
=Ah-hah... Interesting.

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=Do it, then./Kill me!!
=Eehyar hyar. We're gonna do just that!!//!//He...

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=Wha......

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=(I don't believe it...//I don't...!!)
=Oh shit. This can't be happening.
=He wasn't kidding about being a magic user!!

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=No.../It isn't you...

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=Let's just leave it at that, Risu./We'll be taking ou to the past.//Let's go. To the alley...[/end

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Bonus Curse.

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(!) This should be well-understood. (1) This happened after En-san's death. (2) En and Chidaruma get along well. (3) It's best to order one's end-of-year gift in advance.
=This is the end-of-year gift En sends to me every year.......//And this, despite En being dead...//He ordered it at the shop quite a while in advance, apparently...//I'm wondering what's inside.

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=Steak./A whole lump of it!!//En, you scoundrel...//Woops. The Advent is gonna take place shortly.[tn: Or the Descent, maybe.]//I'll take the meat with me.

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=Guragura...

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=Guragura...//Guraguraaaaaaaa!!*Hah*
=Another one of you "Doggy trips", yet again.
=Yeah.//An omnipotent, omniscient Devil like me, turning into a measly dog to live with my master.../This game has taught me many things.//Barking at some random wall as if my life depended on it.*Bark bark bark bark* *munch munch munch/munch munch*
=And I had fun messily eating that strange, utterly saltless dish called dog food.
=Playing stupid, eh...? I would't mind joining that.
=Sure.

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=What is it you were doing, by the way?
=Sitting on my master taking advantage of his kindness.
=......
=Some pleasant stuff you're doing there, for a Devil.
=Hee hee hee.//More importantly, Chidaruma. You're going to the end-of-year celebrations, right?/Let me come with you.//What's this?
=Steak.
=I've got a sauce that'd go well with it.
=Good. Good. Let's go, then.
=Woof.

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=Happy end-of-year!!
Narrator: Hell.*Waaah./Aaaah.*
*squish squish squish*
=Waah.
=Special announcement to ya stiffs. Here come the Devils.
=Stompitty-Stomp.*squish squish*

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=Need a nice place to cook this steak at.
=Yep.//Over there. Moroku and Duston.

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=You guys look busy.
=Punishing the dead is a Devil's only assignment, but it's a most important one.
=Wanna have some steak too?
=Count meow in.//I've got some delicious bread to go with it. Too bad we don't have a side dish-meow.
=Bread? Got something to drink, anyone?
=Moroku said he'd brought some tea.
=Let's go find a fire, then.*blob blob*

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=Mh? Moroku, you've got something sticking out of your meowth.
=One of the stiffs is is clinging to it.
=It's En!!
=Uh? Seriously?
=Seriously. He went to Hell upon death, I see.*squeak squeak* *struggling*
=The man who used to control the magic users' realm is now but one of the dead, eh?*frantic frantic*
*shuffle shuffle*
=Not quite... Look.

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=Mh? What? Is he prattling about a reform in Hell or something?
=Idiot.
=Typical En... Even in Hell, he's still a guide to everyone.
=But meetings in Hell are forbidden. Moroku, make them stop.
=Waah.

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(!) What we know now. (1) Even in Hell, they celebrate the End-of-Year. (2) Devils are happy about their jobs. (3) Haru's still greedily holding on to the store's kitchen knife.
=Hey. A lake of fire. Let's bake the meat there.//Haru-chan is recording the cries of the dead.*Waaah Aaaargh*
=Want some steak too, Haru-chan?
=Sure!
=We don't have a knife to cut up the meat with.
=But I do have a blender.
=Forget it. Woof.
=I do have the store's knife with me. Cutting up the meat should be simple enough.
=You still have that thing with you-meow? You're gonna cut us up too eventually-meow!
=Your End-of-year gift... is a tasty one, En.//Thank you...[/end
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What we learned in the 15th Volume.

1. Black Powder comes from Devil-shaped tumors.
2. It rains in the magic users' realm.
3. Aikawa is the magic user Ai wanted to turn into.
4. Shou's magic also erases memories.
5. Chidaruma can't wait to see the results of En's experiment.

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6. Everyone in the Hole mistake Risu for Kaiman.
7. Nikaidou can do magic another 4 times.
8. Kaiman = Aikawa = Kai = Ai.

Then, there's whatever we'll learn in the 16th volume.
That much...... is still shrouded in confusion.
That's Dorohedoro!