Nurarihyon no Mago 36

EDIT: Missing Page 2 added, questions solved for the most part thanks to the brilliant zindyr and Elkin.

Gyuuki bitchslapping with Logic, and Gozu and Mezu showing up... what more could I ask for? As always, all comments, advice, and corrections most welcome!

International Translators / Scanlators: You're welcome to use this, but I'd really appreciate it if you include a credit for Niphredil.

Line break: New speech bubble / text box within the same panel
Blank line: New panel

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[oh wow I don't want to see the calligraphy taken out of the colour page for scanlations >.< ]

Top, horizontal: Ukiyoe Town 36th Mystery Compilation
Vertical, bottom right: Drawn & Coloured Heisei 20/11/2, Published 12/17
Vertical, bottom right, right of Ao: Shiibashi Hiroshi
Bottom right [name]: Shiibashi Hiroshi

[Image text:]
Top right: Maki-san

Top, below Yoruo bubble: Master of the Hyakki Yakou

Top centre, above Kiyo's head: Kiyo Cross Squad President, Youkai Knowledge Manager, 163rd Ukiyoe Middle School Student President

To the left of the title: Torii-san

Bottom right, by Aotabou: Blood Nightmare Hyakki Yakou Leader, Bodyguard

Bottom, to right of Yuki Onna: Bodyguard, Lunchbox Maker

Top, in window: Karasu Tengu

Top, Shima's left ear: Under-14 Varsity Soccer Member

Top, Shima's right ear: Granddaughter of Onmyouji

Rikuo's shirt: Grandson of Nurarihyon

Right of Kana: Childhood Friend

Top left, Pink/White/Yellow box: Kiyo Cross Supernatural Investigation Squad, During a Lively Club Meeting

Vertical, left: The grandson's army consists of youkai, an onmyouji, a soccer player, and beautiful girls, and of course controlling it all, Kiyotsugu-kun!

Text, bottom left: Act 36: Counterattack

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Vertical text, far right: His nature, not an ounce of good in him – Pure evil charisma is what controls the Shikoku youkai!!

Horizontal text, top: "Illustration of the Supreme Commander of the Shikoku Hachijuuhakki Yakou"

Image text, calligraphy: Inugami Gyoubu Tanuki

**Image text: His divine power sealed away in an ancient grotto on Mount Kuma, he heads the households of the 808 Tanuki. If you desire that power, then recite the following: "Pull yourself back from an inhuman form, and see the true nature of your heart!"
[The entire second half of this is hazy for me, especially the quote. It reads: その力欲しくばとなえよ　「人外の身の性来を引くからは　心に心心して見よ」と. EDIT: Thanks to Elkin and zindyr for the help.]

Bottom: Volumes 1-2 from Jump Comics now on sale! The eagerly-awaited volume 3 will be out 5th January!


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Kana: ......

Kana: Yura-chan... I wonder what she wants, all of a sudden...
Text: Tell me everything about Nura-kun!
Kana: ......

Kana: Did...
Kana: Something happen...?

Yura: ...Ienaga-san...
Yura: What kind of relationship do you have... with Nura-kun?
Kana: HUH?!

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Kana: W-Wh—
Kana: What kind of relationship...?!
Yura: slurp

Yura: You know, like... how long have you known him...
Yura: And... what kind of person he is, things like that...
Kana: O-Ohhh I see...

Kana: Hmm...

Text: I went to the same kindergarten as Rikuo-kun, so that's where we met.
Text: And he lived nearby, so we rode the same bus... and became friends
Text: So we used to play together a lot...

Kana: I guess we were usually in the same class in elementary school too, so...
Kana: Huh? Now I think about it, we've been in the same class for 8 years already?!

Kana: We can't get away from each other...
Yura: ...
Text: Just as I thought, Ienaga-san was the best one to ask...

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Text: That boy... Nura Rikuo
Text: That kid... there's definitely something going on with him!!

Text: Without a shadow of a doubt, separate from Kiyotsugu-kun's performance
Text: There were real youkai on stage that afternoon.

Text: What's more, the Supreme Commander of Youkai
Text: Got involved in the fight!!

Text: A dog youkai...
Text: An ice-manipulating youkai
Text: And a youkai whose head was floating... The one from the time I was captured in Ukiyoe Town...
Text: A strange presence so great I couldn't even lift a finger...

Text: He was the one in the middle of that stage
Text: That's right!! I'm sure he knows something!!
Yura: And? And??

Kana: Huh?
Yura: What else?!
Yura: What kind of things does he normally talk about?!

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Kana: Yura-chan?!
Yura: What does he do on his days off?!
Yura: And who are his close friends?!
Kana: Huhhhh?!

Kana: Wh-Why would I know all that?!
Kana: Yura-chan's acting completely differently from normal!!

Text: Hey... it's like they said on the TV...
Text: That for "people from Kyoto", inviting someone closer actually means telling them to stay away...
Text: And that subtly, indirectly speech shows the Kyoto girl's modesty...

Text: Kyoto Girl's Eye

Text: That's it!! Without a doubt...!
Text: Yura-chan... has a crush on Rikuo-kun!!

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Text: S-S-So that's it...
Yura: slurp slurp slurp
Text: I had no idea...
Kana: What do I do...

Yura: You've been going to his house and stuff for a long time, right?
Yura: I've got to get some info out of her, even if only a little...
Text: I see... she wants to know more, even if it's only a little
Text: Because she knows I'm his childhood friend...

Text: Hmm... but...
Kana: You want to know about that?
Text: Has... Yura-chan... not noticed?...
Text: About *that girl*...
Yura: Do you have any photos... of Nura-kun?

Kana: Photos!
Kana: This is...
Kana: Definite...

Kana: ...

Kana: Yura-chan, I understand!
Kana: Come back to my place...
Kana: I'll tell you everything I know about Rikuo-kun.

Yura: Really?!
Yura: Excellent

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Kana: But know this!!
Kana: Going out with Rikuo-kun
Kana: Will most certainly be a difficult path to walk!!

Kana: I think you'll have many difficulties... but do your best!!
Kana: Yeah!

Yura: ......
Yura: What's she going on about...

Box: Evening—
Box: Nura Clan Main House

Yuki Onna: It looks like the Heads have gathered again for some reason
Kubinashi: Apparently it's an emergency meeting

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Hitotsume Nyuudou: Ukiyoe Cinema Hall
Hitotsume: First District's Shrine and Buddhist Temple [small text:] One section only
Hitotsume: Senta Street's Old Tunnel
Hitotsume: Demolished chemical factory site... otherwise known as Ghost Castle.
Hitotsume: Closed down schools... 4.

Hitotsume: Hm...
Hitotsume: So as you can see, we have allowed lowlifes calling themselves the Shikoku Hachijuuhakki Yakou
Hitotsume: To invade Ukiyoe Town, Nura Clan territory.

Hitotsume: We've lost Hihi, a senior Head.
[TN: It says dai-kanbu here]
Hitotsume: Youkai disturbances have occurred in each area
Hitotsume: And our major youkai house has been outwitted.

Hitotsume: Thus concludes the report.
Youkai: ......

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Youkai: What's all this then?!
Youkai: They're beating us into the ground!

Youkai: If it comes to war, a surprise attack would cause damage on the level of an instant surrender.
Youkai: Unthinkable!!
Hitotsume: Still, if you ask me... it seems that the enemy is a relatively small, elite taskforce
Youkai: And they say they're just a bunch of young tanuki youkai?!
Speech: Yes

Youkai: What a laughing stock, our main youkai house...
Youkai: This should be being taken care of immediately... and yet!...
Hitotsume: Who's gonna take responsibility for this?!

Hitotsume: ...is the question everyone is asking, surely!

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Mokugyo: It's that Hitotsume again...
Karasu: He's getting way ahead of himself in this matter...

Zen(!!): Now just hold on a minute!!
Zen: Rikuo's only just taken on the position as junior head!

Zen: And right now, he's substituting for the Supreme Commander
Zen: He's already taking on both their workloads, isn't he?!

Hitotsume: You little punk! You stay out of this!!
Zen: Can it!! There's no ranking between Nura Clan heads!!

Rikuo: It's fine, Zen-kun...
Zen: You shut up, Rikuo! You're pissing me off.

Zen: Anyway, what's with you lot all of a sudden, getting all worked up like this...
Zen: When Hihi died, you ran your asses home you were so scared
Zen: So what's with acting so innocent?

Zen: Don't you think we should be out there
Zen: Avenging Hihi?!

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Zen: ......
Zen: You've gotta be kidding me...

Zen: Keh! Unbelievable.
Rikuo: I'm sorry, Zen-kun

Rikuo: If I did more like I should...
Zen: Seriously! You got that right.
Rikuo: Uu...

Zen: But this lot just rubs me the wrong way...
Youkai: Even the Nura Clan's being looked down on~
Youkai: There's only 7 or 8 of them who came creeping in...
Youkai: And yet the Main House is being ripped to pieces! [small text:]How pathetic...

Youkai: But I heard they destroyed their own ally, the Inugami?
Youkai: So few of them... how foolish!... ohohoho~

Zen: ......
Zen: You're just acting tough because your opponents are a small group from out in the country...

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Youkai: Internal conflict brings the fighting strength down
Youkai: At this rate, if we just wait it out, won't they simply destroy themselves?
Gyuuki: In reality, who are the foolish ones?

Youkai: Gyuuki?!

Gyuuki: The act of abandoning useless pieces...
Gyuuki: Is this not
Gyuuki: Because you can always count on there being reinforcements?

Youkai: Re...

Youkai: Reinforcements?!
Youkai: Haha... unthinkable...
Gyuuki: It is not unthinkable.
Gyuuki: It would be prudent to consider their military strength as substantial.

Gyuuki?: Will they gather more?
Gyuuki?: Or will more come together on their side?
Gyuuki: They say that man is young and coldhearted, but fiercely ambitious...
Gyuuki: The fact is, hot-blooded youkai will flock to the side of a man like that.

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Gyuuki: Killing one's allies is an indication of confidence –
Gyuuki: These ones are nothing more than an advance guard – they alone do not represent the true numbers!
Gyuuki: An even more powerful enemy will surely attack next!

Youkai: What...
Gyuuki: ......

Gyuuki: Still...
Gyuuki: When you try to place something immense
Gyuuki: Under such intense light...

Gyuuki: You also create
Gyuuki: An even greater shadow...

Rikuo: That's true

Hitotsume: You two!
Hitotsume: What's with this little laid-back chat of yours?!

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Hitotsume: If this is the situation with only 7 or 8 of them, if more of them show up the Nura Clan'll be annihilated!!
Rikuo: Calm down, Hitotsume...

Hitotsume: Now listen here...
Hitotsume: They've already knocked off Hihi-sama, haven't they?!

Hitotsume: What do we do if any more of the Heads are targeted like that?!
Hitotsume: I'm asking you if you'll take responsibility for that!!
Hitotsume: We don't want to die, is what I'm saying!!

Shouei: ENOUGH!!

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Hitotsume: ?!

Shouei: I've been keeping quiet and listening to you lot...
Shouei: ..."Are you gonna take responsibility?"
Shouei: You "don't want to die"?...

Shouei: Is that all there is to the Nura Clan then!
Shouei: Seriously, what a huge let down!

Shouei: According to my father
Youkai: Huh?
Youkai: Who's this guy...
Shouei: Those connected by the sakazuki exchange are all kinsmen!! Siblings...

Shouei: Rising to action if your comrades are killed!!
Shouei: Isn't that the youkai code?!

Hitotsume: What?!
Hitotsume: Who the hell are you acting all high 'n mighty, brat?!

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Hitotsume: G-g-g—

Hitotsume: He's huge...
Youkai: Master!
Youkai: Who IS this guy?!

Rikuo: Ohhh...
Rikuo: Sorry, I totally forgot to introduce him.
Rikuo: He's the Second.

Rikuo: The murdered Hihi's son
Rikuo: Shouei-kun!!

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Box: Around the same time that evening...
Box: The skies of Ukiyoe Town...

Box: Faded into darkness...
Box: Enveloped in... pitch-black clouds...


girl: ?!
Girl: Huh..? It got so cold...

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Girl: There's a black fog...
Girl: Ugh...

Girl: It's kind of... creepy...

Youkai: Uhiihii
Youkai: Uhii... Tokyo... sure is full of people~

Girl: Hiiieee...
Girl: Youkai?!

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Box: A colossal building
Box: in Ukiyoe Town

Text: The vaulted lobby of Floors 1-3

Youkai: Tamazukiii~
Youkai: We've come!
Youkai: Seriously?!
Youkai: We'll be doing it... in this town?!
Youkai: We'll take the whole country!

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Bubble: Sss...
Youkai: Whoaaa!
Youkai: It's Hari Onna~!
Youkai: Te-Arai Oni, it's me!

Gozu: Wh—
Gozu: Ugh...
Gozu: It's packed in here...

Mezu: Awe~some~
Mezu: Never seen any of these youkai!
Gozu: Hmph... of course not.

Vertical text, left: Gozu and Mezu have successfully infiltrated Shikoku's main headquarters?!

Gozu: I mean, every one of these bums
SFX bubble: grab
Gozu: Is a hick youkai from the country!

Text, bottom: Act 36 // END
Text, bottom: Next time, Gozu and Mezu go all out against the forces of Shikoku?!