Mushishi 34

Reserved for Ivory & Mike~ (But not Mr. Death! ;3)

I was nearly done then my mother exited the browser.

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Goddammit!! >.<"


143:
-...Grandfather,
-Where are we going...?

144:
-You'll be living here...from now on.

-Until you become able to see them,
-You cannot leave here.
-Understood?

-...If you feel any animosity, blame your blood.
-Curse the darkness,
-and despise the Mushi.

Side text: The Ragged Road (Part 1)

146:
[Tn: Another gorgeous color page...*sigh*]

147:
-Let's see... / I'll take that...
-and this...

-Hey, / this is all I've got.

-Yeah, that'll do.
-You sure do know your stuff.
-Thanks.
-There's one more thing.
-There's something I wanted to ask you today.

148:
-...On top of a certain mountain, / a place with unique Mushi has been found.

-I was hoping / you'd be able to tell me about it.

-The Heir to the main house has already gone there to investigate.

-He's the head of the Minai Family,
-So there's no need for other Mushishi there.

-I came.../ bearing this.

149:
-...An outlying village?
-Yeah, / there's one just a little further down the road.

-Though, there's no-one living there now.

150:
-Since in that entire area, / it's all become barren...

151:
-This place has become a little weird, huh...

-Vegetation which was once dead, / have started to come back to life.

-This is the first time/ I've ever seen it happen.

-What did you come here for?
-This place is under the control of the Minai Family. / Do me a favour and don't trespass.

152:
-You may have descended from an ancient line of Mushishi,
-but I don't think you have the right to keep an entire phenomenon like this all to yourselves.

-That hair...
-So you're the guy known as Ginko, huh?

-I heard about you from Tama-dono, from the Karibusa Family.
[Tn: 'Dono' is a respectful name ending with a meaning similar to 'Lord/Lady']
-For whatever reason, you seem to empathise with the Mushi.

-How odd...

-Half-baked fools will just get in my way.
-Leave.

-Out of the two of us the 'half-baked fool' is not me.

153:
-...What was that?

-The fact that you're only interested in a single type of Mushi,

-is what's caused the concern
-that led me to being asked to observe.

-Tanyuu-Dono's whims never cease to amaze me...
-Does she even begin to understand her own limits?

-She has too much free time.

154:
-It seems like the fourth incarnation of the Karibusa Family's writer has been born.

-...Huh?

155:
-She inherits control over a family
-which we have been serving for generations.

-And at that time, a long time ago
-There was a great calamity, and a different kind of Mushi emerged.

-It had a terrible power that caused animals and Mushi to rot away.

-It is said it attempted to force all other life forms out of existence, / and was known as the "Forbidden Mushi."

156:
-It was our ancestors who took it upon themselves to try and stop the Mushi,
-The Minai Mushishi.

-However,
-They only managed to stop it by sealing it in the body of a person.

-The people who took this burden up,
-were the ancestors of the Karibusa Family.

-But, the mushi / continued to live within the bloodline of the Karibusa Family.

-Even now it's stealing their future away.

157:
-That's why / it's our duty to find a method to eradicate that mushi completely.

-There isn't a moment to waste. If we fail in our duty there will be a new calamity.
-And that calamity may cause that mushi to live again!

-However... even now nobody knows form this method may take.

-Both your father and your grandfather spent their entire lives searching for this method.

-Kumado, / it is also your duty to search for it!

158:
-But... / I...
-can't see Mushi...

-Even father...said I was worthless...

-Now... / You will become able to see them,

-if you live here.
-Wether you want to or not...

-...This cave...
-is not your average cave...

159:
-Known as 'The Ragged Road',
-it is the path Mushi travel to come above ground,
-and the path that links the world of the Mushi to our world.

-You must never go into the depths following the path.
-If you do, you'll never return....

160:
-Their numbers / have certainly increased...

-There are so many kinds that I've never seen before...
-Woah, / what's that?

-I'd like to stop and collect a few of them...
-Do whatever you want.

161:
- ! / This is...?

-...The Ragged Road...

162:
-What on earth is this place?
-It's nowhere near where Koumyakusuji is!
[Tn: Koumyakusuji = Flow of Light]

-What should we do?
-I'm going in to investigate.

-What's wrong,
-You scared?

-I doubt anyone would enter there simply because they'd like to.

-Well, to me,
-It's like coming home.

-...Huh, / is that so?

-...How

-pitiful...

164:
-I wonder how much time has passed / since I came here?

-...The darkness...
-is squirming.

165:
-There are so many things there that I cannot see.

-They're always watching me
-All the time...

166:
-Are they Mushi...?

-Those are not Mushi.

-They are nothing more than mere hallucinations created by your mind because of your fear of the darkness.

-Your 5 senses
-have not yet completely opened up.

-But soon.../ very soon.

167:
-Very soon,
-The things restricting you will vanish and be gone forever.

-...the things...
-restricting me...?

-I wonder what best to call it...

-your / "soul"
-might be the closest analogy.

-If... / I lose that...

-Will I...
still be alive?

168:
-...Something different
-will properly take its place....

-Eventually
-There were no more hallucinations.

-Until even in my dreams,
-the darkness blotted everything out.

170:
-I'm sorry...

-Forgive me...

172:
-Text: What is...that smell...?

-Sorta sweet... but also sort of bitter...

-Are you awake?

173:
-Do you know me?
-...I see...

174 - 175:
-Now,
-It's okay to look...

-This is the real...
-World / of the Ragged Road...

176:
-This is it...

-You don't have to come / if you don't want to.

177:
-... / He gets on my nerves every single time...

-...I have a feeling you two might not get along,
-But will you do me a favour anyway?

178:
-...Since you're the only one
-I can ask a favour from.

-...The Minai Mushishi,
-Every now and again, end up with something 'lacking'.

-Tama won't tell me what it is, exactly.
-But I have the feeling it's something incredibly painful...

-And that they have to go through it for my sake...

179:
-I don't know why,
-But I have a really bad feeling about this.

-I don't want you to place yourself in danger,
-but would you go and help him out?

180:
-Guess it can't be helped, huh...

Text: The Ragged Road (Part 1) End.