Nurarihyon no Mago 59

Nurarihyon totally pulled a Genji on Youhime... -_-;

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Box: About 400 years ago
Box: Kyoto...

Starred text centre: A woman running through the darkness of Kyoto, being chased by something!
Text, left: Act 59: The Taimatou and the Pipe

Text bottom right: Shiibashi Hiroshi
SFX: haaa
SFX: haaa
Bubble: Haaa
Bubble: Haaa

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Woman: Ugh!

Text: !?
SFX: haaa
Woman: I... I can't get through?!
SFX: haaa
Woman: But... there's nothing there...

SFX: slither

Woman: A fish?!
Woman: I can't go forward?!
Woman: No... This can't be...

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Woman: Uwahhh!
Woman: Hiiiiieee...
Woman: P...Please...
Woman: Just spare my child...

Y: Gihihi...
Y: Well done on the wall, Sanzuuo...
Y: "Ikigimo"... The heart taken from an infant still living...
Y: I've heard tell that if you eat it, you gain the power of a hundred spirits...

Y: Woman, you should be rejoicing instead! Your child will become my strength!!

-04-
Woman: Haaaa—
Woman: Haaa—
Woman: Haaaa—
Woman: ?!
Woman: ?!

-05-
Y: It... It's the Nura Clan!!!
Y: The Nura Clan is here!!!

Nurarihyon: Well then... How about it?
Nurarihyon: Fancy some more spirit hunting tonight, you lot?

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Y: WHOOOOOAAAA

Y: It's Gyuuki!
Y: Mount Nejireme's Gyuuki!!

Gyuuki: Who is your commander?
Gyuuki: I, Gyuuki, shall be his opponent!

Nurarihyon: Haha
Nurarihyon: Always the first to shove your way in

Nurarihyon: Hand that over
Nurarihyon: I'll make it a scarf

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Gyuuki: ......
Gyuuki: I'm honoured to have been of service...

Y: SHAAAAAAA

Y: GYAHHHH!
Y2: R...Retreat!
Y2: RETREEEAAAT!!

Yuki Onna: Fufu... sublime.
Nurarihyon: You got that right, Yuki Onna
Nurarihyon: This my clan! Hahaha!

Yuki Onna: Actually, I meant you, Nurarihyon-sama ♥
Nurarihyon: Hey, stop that
Nurarihyon: You trying to kill me?

Yuki Onna: Oh my, surely there's no harm
Yuki Onna: In just one little kiss from me?
Text top: Ufufu...

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Woman: Haaa...
Woman: Haa...
Woman: Spirit... Help... Please, let me go...

Nurarihyon: Hm?... Oh, you've been here the whole time?
Nurarihyon: Hahaha

Nurarihyon: Get going... I've no interest in ikigimo and all that
Nurarihyon: Especially not from a kid reeking of piss

Nurarihyon: Because I...
Nurarihyon: Will be the Master of All Spirits...

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Box: The Keichou Period... Following the death of Taikou Hideyoshi, the Tokugawa Clan, after grasping the reins of power, issued a call to arms to all the land's daimyou, and laid siege to Osaka Castle...
Box: In preparation for the inevitable battle, the Toyotomi faction hired large numbers of penniless rogue samurai, and in the capital their ranks swelled with men seeking fame and fortune.
Box: In addition, young spirits burning with ambition once again set their sights on power and gathered together in the capital, the core of spirits since time immemorial.

Y: Damn it, that group is untouchable...
Y: So that was the famous Nura Clan!...

Y: All of Japan's spirits, from both southern and northern countries, are gathering in the capital...
Y: I need more power... A much... greater power...

Text: A much greater power...

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Box: A certain noble's mansion

SFX above kid: haaa
SFX above kid: haaa
SFX above kid: haaa

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Man: We beg of you, Youhime-sama
Man: Please, heal this child

Kid: It hurts... It hurts so much...
SFX: Haaaa
SFX: Haaaa...

Youhime: Everything will be fine
Youhime: You will definitely be healed.

Text: Ahhh!
Man: The... The spots... They disappeared...

-12-
Man: Ohhh!!
Man: It's a miracle!!
Man: Every doctor we went to gave him up for dead!!
Man: Hime... you must be the child of a god...!

Man: Thank you so much! Thank you so much!
Man: Please accept this small token of our appreciation...

Lord: Hehehe
Lord: Hehehe...

Guards: No, get back!

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Man: I'm begging you!! Please ask Youhime-sama to heal this child!
Man: At this rate, she'll die!

Guard: Not happening!! She doesn't heal peasants like you!!
Woman: Th... that's awful!...

Man: If only Youhime-sama herself would come out...
Woman: But that lord would never let her help us, since we have no money.

Y: If you need money, I've got some.

Man: Huh?
Guard: Who are you?

Y: If you need money, I've got some~
Y: So in return...

Guard: What...
Guard: What's happening?!

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Y: Hand over your heart~!
Man: ?!

Youhime: !!

Youhime: Kyah!...
Keikain: My apologies

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Lord: Ahhhh, Youhime~!!

Lord: You're not hurt anywhere, are you~?!
Lord: You're my treasure... If you died, then I...!!

Lord: I won't stand for things like this getting into the mansion when I'm paying you so much!!
Lord: Keikain-dono!!

Y: Ikigimo... Ikigimo...

Keikain: ......
Keikain: Understood
Text: The belief of the spirits in "ikigimo"...
Keikain: Allow me to call forth the skills of the Keikain and erect a stronger barrier.
Text: Day by day, their numbers are increasing...

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Youhime: Poor thing...

Y: You heard about that noble mansion's Youhime?
Box: The belief in "ikigimo"...
Box: There seems to be a story that long ago in China, youkai sought out ikigimo (the heart taken whilst the person is still alive) from Buddhist Sanzou priests.
Box: It is said that youkai believed more sacred life forces – such as those of infants, priestesses, and imperial princesses – would increase their strength, and thus they sought them out...
Y: They say she has the power to cure any disease, even if it's incurable...
Y: And that her beautiful appearance is enough to blind your eyes
Y: I've heard that you can gain even greater power if you eat that woman's heart...

Y: Ikigimo... Ikigimo...
Y: That woman's heart is the way to total dominion...

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K: Youhime-sama...
K: Please take this Taimatou
[TN: Demon Exorcism Sword]

Youhime: Taimatou...?
K: It is a sword infused with the spirit of onmyouji... It was created in such a way that it gains power each time it cuts through spirits.
K: Those who seek out your power are increasing with each passing day... Please take it, in case anything should happen...

Youhime: Hmm... My father has changed also...
Text: Because of... my power...

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Nurarihyon: To think a melancholy, brooding face
Nurarihyon: Could be so beautiful on a moonlit night...

Youhime: Who are you?!
Youhime: Villain!...

Youhime: Ah—

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Nurarihyon: I see. Just as the rumours said, you truly are a peerless beauty
Box: That was...
Nurarihyon: I want you

Box: The meeting of Rikuo's grandfather...
Box: And his grandmother, Youhime

Starred text: The meeting of human and youkai... And a storm in the capital!
Text, bottom: ...Act 59 // END