Ao no Exorcist 20

I reached my target - I completed it this week \o/ I might be getting a job soon and that'll cut down computer time significantly, but uh, that'll come later <.< Meanwhile, enjooooy :3



01
a1: Chanting sutra on the way to our goals of becoming Aria---!!
a2: Chapter 20 Traitor
a3: ○JC Volume 5 goes on sale on 3rd December!!

02
right: Sobering up on a Kyoto morning---
b1: I can't remember a thing from last night
b2: ... Kinda feels like we downed a couple before konking out, eh?
b3a: Could that teacher have mixed up her own drinks with ours?
b3b: What a good-for-nothing...!
b4: Are you alright...?
b5: Yeah, I'm alright, Koneko...
b6: Yesterday, were you

03
b1: Able to say hi to your Pops and Ma?
b2a: Ah
b2b: Yeah, yesterday...
b3: I see
b4: That's good
b5: In that case, I'm off
b6a: Okay
b6b: Uguisu room, right? (TN: Uguisu [鶯] means Japanese Nightingale, and here used as the name of the room in the ryokan)
b7: Yeah
b7: Mornin', Okumura-kun
b8: !!
b9: Did you get back to your room alright last night?
text below b9: Wow, some fine bed hair you have there

04
b1: ... Don't remember
b2: Shima-san...!?
b3a: Ahahaha, figured as much
b3b: Looks like I made the right choice, choosin' not to drink!
text below b3a: Hey-ho~
b4: ...... You
b5: Eh?
b6: You sure it's okay for you to be chatting with me so casually?
b7a: Yeah... Hahaha
b7b: ......
b7c: This voice is...
b8a: REEEEEEE
b8b: NNNNNN
b8c: ZOOOOOOOUUUUU!!!
b9: There he is!

05
b1: The hell you doin' outta the blue, Kin-nii!!
b2: Hmm... Wasn't that obviously a flying kick? You an idiot?
b3: YOU'RE THE IDIOT YOU FUCKING IDIOT!!
b4: Renzou! Great to see you looking as lively as ever
b5: Ugh, not you, too, Juu-nii...!
b6: What's that "ugh" supposed to mean!
b7a: More importantly
b7b: Are you guys feeling better already?
b8a: I wasn't hurt very badly to begin with
b8b: I'm going back to the scene today
b9: Oh
b10: Koneko
b11: Whatcha doin' over there?
b12: !!
b13: Come here and eat your breakfast with us
text below b13: Kitty, kitty, come here~~ (TN: if it wasn't obvious, he's joking because Koneko = kitten)
b14: Ah...
b15: I'm... Almost done...!!
b16a: ?
b16b: What's wrong with him?
b17: Who's this dude here?
b18: Ah!

06
b1: This here's my friend, Okumura-kun!
b2a: Ohh~ I see, I see!
b2b: I'm Juuzou, Renzou's big brother
b3a: Pl-
b3b: Pleasure to meet you!
text below b2: Nice bed hair!
b4: Dude over there's the fourth son, Kinzou. He's the fucking idiot
b5: !
b6a: Renzou's the youngest of us brothers, and he's a real perv
b6b: Let's have fun together
b7: Yeah, yeah
b8: Okumura-kun, wanna take a dip in the pool later!?
b9: Huh?
b10a: Apparently we got the whole day off today
b10b: It's hot outside, so what say you to invitin' some girls over for some fun in the pool?


07
b1: Inviting some girls for some fun in the pool...?
text next to Shiemi: Rin
b2: ...... Nah
b3: I'll pass...
b4: Hey now, don't say that!
b5: Let's split the work
b6: I'll take care of Izumo-chan ♡
b7: You can invite Moyiyama-san, can't you, Okumura-kun?
b8: You'd get to know her better! This is a great chance!
b9: !!
b10: ... Shima, you're...
b11: A really awesome dude!!
b12: ......
b13a: Ah, you just noticed?
b13b: I'm the man who's famous for being the epitome of awesomeness
b14: In that case, let's get right down to bu-...
b15: Wonder if I'm invited, hmmm~~

08
b1a: Wawawawa
b1b: Shura
text next to Shura: What's with that hair!!
b2a: What happened to "training", Rin?
b2b: Got any done yesterday?
b3: Nope... My memories of yesterday break off halfway...
b4: Yer just bein' lazy!
b5: Umm, the reason for his memory lapse is probably 'cause you mixed up the drinks
b6: ......
b7a: Je... JEEZ! Everything boils down to you not havin' enough trainin'!
b7b: I'm gonna train ya hard today!!!
b8: Wow, she's an overbearing one!
b9: Eh... We're going to the pool...
b10: And yer in a position to go play in a pool because?
b11: ...... I'm not...
b12a: My bad, Shima! Today's no good
b12b: Someday we'll definitely...
b13: No biggie

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b1: Whatever, just come
b2: Dammit!
b3a: Hahaha!
b3b: Interesting boy he is
b4: That he is~~ (small text: Anyway, what training was she talking about?)
b5: Training, huh... Alright, Renzou! It's been a while! Have a match with your big brother!
b6: I'll pass
b7: ........
b8: Shima-san!
b9: Hm?
b10: ... Why are you opening your heart to Okumura-kun!
b11: Ehh?

11
b1a: Juuzou-san and Kinzou-san don't know a thing, and yet you're acting like you two are the best of pals
b1b: What are you gonna do when...
b1c: When they find out that Okumura-kun is the son of satan!?
b2a: What am I gonna do?
b2b: Well, whatever happens, happens
b3: Why are you always like this, Shima-san!
b4: I've had enough!!!!
b5: Koneko-san, you guys are just over-imaginin' things
b6: Wha...
b7a: I know I used to
b7b: I thought to myself, "it's best to avoid trouble", but...
b7c: Haha, it's even more troublesome to avoid Okumura-kun~
b8a: Why, you ask? I'm kinda ponderin' that myself
b8b: But it's way too troublesome to think about that, too

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b1: ... I mean, Okumura-kun's a good guy
b2: Koneko-san, I'm sure you yourself are aware of that
b3: Well then, Imma make a move first ♪
b4: Oh, right
b5: There's some general meeting or something for Myou Dha today, right?
b6: Well, daaaamn...
b7: Poor you, bein' the young head of the Miwa Family
b8: I got it lucky, being the fifth son, eh~ ♪
x1: Toraya Ryokan --- Uguisu Room

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b1: Konekomaru of the Miwa Family
b2: Have a seat
b3: Yes
b4: Konekomaru
b5: Bon! Sorry I'm late...
b6: The Most High Priest isn't here yet, huh...
b7: .........
b8: !
b9a: Everyone
b9b: gohoh
b9c: gohoh
b10: Thank you for gathering here on such short notice...

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b1: ... Yaozou......!!
b2a: gehoh
b2b: goh
b2c: goh
b3a: Are you alright...!
b3b: Aren't you worse than you were yesterday...!?
b4: ...... Bon... I'm sorry that you have to see me in this state...!
b5: ... There is something I must inform all of you about...
b6: I got a call just now
b7: The Most High Priest has an important matter to see to, and will thus be absent from this meeting
a1: Wha...
a2: That damn baldie...
b8a: Gohoh
b8b: Gehoh
b8c: The Most High Priest may not be here, but the matter at hand requires immediate attention...
b8d: So we will proceed with the meeting like this...

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a1: What the hell is he doing...!!
b1a: Today, the heads of the various families...
b1b: As well as
b2: Those involved in the incident of the Right Eye, have been called here for no other reason than
b3: To unmask the traitor
b4: ............!!
b5: Please hold on...!

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b1a: Ye-
b1b: Yeah...
b2: Is there any proof that he's even of the Myou Dha Sect?
b3a: In the first place, the fact that the "Left Eye" even existed...
b3b: Was something that we ourselves were surprised to learn about a mere four days ago...
b4: Silence...
b5a: Gehoh
b5b: Gohoh
b6a: Gehoh
b6b: ... At the time of the "Right Eye" incident... The people present were
text above Yaozou: Pops...
b7a: Al-
b7b: All from the Myou Dha... Sect gohoh
b8: ......... In addition, the only people capable of breaking that seal are those from Myou Dha, no?
b9: ... Juuzou-san, could we have you give a report on the incidents at the Shinbu that day?
b10: Y... Yes

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b1: ----- That day, at the "Shinbu"...
b2: Most High Priest
b3: Thank you for taking the trouble to come as far as the Shinbu of the Order today
b4: Oh no, it was the most I could do
b5a: For some reason, the homa-mandala of the "Sou no Za" doesn't look too good (TN: a homa-mandala is a fire altar in Buddhism. Sou no Za [僧の座] literally means "seat of the priest")
b5b: Could you take a look?
b6: Well, now
b7: ......
b8: Tatsuma-sama
b9: Hmm?

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b1: Does Tatsuma-sama have any intentions to join the Order?
b2: Mamushi! Don't bother the Most High Priest
b3: Indeed... Anyone looking at me would think me busy...
b4: This is an extremely important task
b5: The teachings of Myou Dha state..!
a1: That when the father of Myou Dha, Fukaku, defeated the Impure King
a2: Only its "Right Eye", which it had used to glare at Fukaku, remained in the world

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a1: In order to seal it for all generations to come
a2: He established this Myouou Dharani Sect
b1: ... In other words, protecting the "Right Eye"...!
b2: Is the fate of those born into the Myou Dha Sect; what ought to be our very mission
b3a: What is this oh-so-important task
b3b: That you would abandon the very mission that you ought to be fulfilling!?
b4: Mamushi! That's enough!
b5a: My apologies, Mamushi...
b5b: I'll come whenever you call
b5c: So forgive me
b6: .........!!
b7: Mm!?

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b1: !!!!
b2: Wha!?
b3: Most High Priest... What is...!?
b4: ......!!
b5: ... Juuzou! Mamushi! Get Ao and Nishiki and run away!!
b6: Ye... Yes!
b7: Noumaku sanmanda bodanan! (TN: chanting - obviously anything that looks like gibberish after this is also chanting XD)

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b1: Aharateikata shasananan tanyataon shakuna
b2: Bitanta hakishyasaraba hanou gyanou gya
b3: I'll protect the "Right Eye"!
b4: !?
b5a: Mamushi
b5b: What are you...
b6: What happened!
b7: Chief!
b8: Wha
b9: What the hell is that...!!
b10a: Come back
b10b: Mamushi!!

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b1: ... Guh
b2: Tch
b3: Kyaa
b4: !
b5: Oh no!!
b6: The seal on the "Right Eye" is coming undone...!!

24
b1: Get back, all of you!!
b2: Guoh
b3: Gyagya gyakigyaki sanmayama nusamara
b4a: Hah
b4b: Hah
b5: Untishi boshisattabu
b6: Kijyauhayatei sofuka...!!

25
b1: Pops!!
b2a: ...... In other words
b2b: At the scene near the "Right Eye" were
b3: My three daughters from my Houjou Family and...
b4: Juuzou-san
b5: The Chief, who pitched in to help... Yaozou-san
b6: And...
b7: Most High Priest Tatsuma, who is absent today
b8: Just these six people
b9a: ... Now, I'd like to make note of something
b9b: As you all know, the one who conspired to steal the "Left Eye" from headquarters
right below his fingers: Cross Order
below the picture: Left Eye Larceny Incident (Temporary) Report
b10: Former Saishinbu Chief, Toudou Saburouta...
b11a: Juuzou-san, Mamushi... Both of you
b11b: Learnt about magic circles and seals from Toudou in your times at the exorcist cram school
b12: !!
b13: ... And so?
b14: Father...!!

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b1: Are you suspecting me!?
b2: There isn't anyone else among the six of you who had any connection to Toudou
b3: No way! Just because he was one of our instructors...
b4: !......... But!
b5: Shi... Shima was pretty pally with Toudou, weren't you?
b6: HUH!?
b7a: I just liked his classes!
b7b: How the hell is that "pally"!?
b8: I was just stating what I observed
b9a: ... In any case
b9b: Why did you even get so near to the homa-mandala!? (TN: Funny thing is, he called it a "mahoubin" which actually means "thermos flask". Left me confused for a bit but I think he means the homa-mandala. Might be a pun, or just the fact that "mahoubin" literally means "magic bottle"...)
b10a: That!!
b10b: That was because I thought the "Right Eye" was in danger...!
b11a: And what made you think so?
b11b: The Most High Priest said to "run away", didn't he?
b12: You were supposed to have ran...

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b1: Wha... What are you insinuating!
b2: I'm saying your actions are way too questionable...!!
b3a: Father! Believe me
b3b: That damn Shima! He's just trying to divert suspicion from himself...!
b4a: Mamushi!
b4b: We're still in the middle of the discussion, calm down!
b5: ... Back then
b6: When the flames of the homa-mandala began to dance......
b7: To me......
b8: It looked like Tatsuma-sama was manipulating the flames

29
b1: He was chanting some mantra that I'd never heard before...
b2: ... Yeah
b3: ... Yeah, now that you mention it, it did look like he was fanning the flames...
b4a: Ah! ... No
b4b: I'm just saying that that's what it looked like
b5: In the first place...!
b6: Why did he hide the fact that there was something like the "Left Eye" in existence...!
b7: ... Tatsuma-sama, you mean?
b8: Wouldn't it be weird if Tatsuma-sama didn't know that the "Left Eye" existed?
b9: That... That's true...
b10: You can't be saying... That Tatsuma-sama and this incident are...!!
b11: Please stop!
b12: Please don't make such thoughtless statements!!
b13a: You......
b13b: Really are too attached to Tatsuma-sama
b14: !!

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b1a: More importantly......
b1b: The very fact that he didn't turn up for this meeting is proof of his culpability, is it not!?
b2a: Everyone, none of you are thinking clearly
b2b: You are merely speculating
b3: Suspicious? Everyone's suspicious!
b4: Then
b5: Who the hell is it!?
b6: ..........!!
b7a: STOP!!!!
b7b: gahah
b7c: gohoh
b8: We're not making any progress...
b9: I will confer with Uwabami
b10: And in a few days' time
b11: Let us have an audience with the Most High Priest

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b1: We're done for today
b2: goh
b3: gohoh
b4a: ... Bon
b4b: Are you okay?
b5: .....
b6a: I wonder what was wrong with everyone...!
b6b: They can't seriously be suspectin' the Most High Priest!
b7: No way that's possible
b8: Really?
b9: ... Eh?
b10a: Everyone's suspicions are plausible...
b10b: Dontcha think?
b11a: I-
b11b: I don't.....
b12a: Enough!
b12b: Don't say anymore!

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b1: ..... My bad, Konekomaru
b2: Leave me alone, will you?
b3: Bon...
b4: BON
b5a: I told'ja it ain't "bon"!
b5b: I told'ja to imagine the image of lighting the candle with a "po"
b6a: Hah
b6b: Hah
b7: Dammiiiiit~~
b8: Imma take a break, clear my head a bit...
b9: Do that

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b1: Daaamiiiiit~~ "Po", huh~~ Po... Po... Po... Po po
b2a: POPOPOPO~♪ And a Po!
b2b: PO!
b3: !
b4: ... Jeez, can't tell if he's actually gettin' there or not...
b5: Abobobo bebubebu babobbubo...
b6: Father
b7: !?
b8: Mother
b9: Esteemed Ancestors
b10: I'm powerless

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a1: The head of the Miwa Family
b1: What should I do...!
b2: ...... Konekomaru!!
b3: !!!!
b4: ......!!
b5a: Hold o...
b5b: Oi!
b6a: Now I'm mad!!
b6b: What the hell! The hell you runnin' away from me for!!
b7: Eek...!!
b8: I just wanna make up with you!!!
b9: O... O... O- Okumura-kun, I don't want you going near Bon ever again!
b10: Bon's got enough on his plate as it is!!

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b1: I ain't talkin' about Bon!
b2: I'm talking to you!!!
b3a: ... I- I...
b3b: I... Have nothing...!
b4: !?
b5: As you can see.....
b6: I have neither parents nor relatives
a1: Nor talent like Bon and Shima-san do...

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b1: The Myou Dha people even took care of a person like me...
b2: I want to repay that debt one day
b3: ... That's why I want to work for Myou Dha in the future...!!
b4: Myou Dha is the only place I can be...
b5: Anyone who threatens to destroy it.....
b6: Are enemies to me!!!

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b1: ... I see.....
b2: Got it
b3: So if I can get you to stop seeing me as a threat
b4: We can make up?
b5: ... Just like you said
b6: I... My training isn't going too well, and I can't control the flames at all

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b1a: That's what's making y'all uneasy!
b1b: I totally get it
b2: I'm gonna get back to training...!
b3a: Oh
b3b: It doesn't look like you've noticed, so I'll tell ya
b4a: You
b4b: Aren't really someone who has nothing, are you?
b5: You have a ton of things you wanna protect and that are precious to you, don't you!
x1: ... I mean, Okumura-kun's a good guy

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x1: Koneko-san, I'm sure you yourself are aware of that
b1: .........!!
b2: Okumura-kun...!
b3: That damn Shima! How dare he cast suspicion on Nee-sama!
b4: .....
b5: He's gotta be the culprit!
b6: Nishiki
b7: Ao
b8: Yes!

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b1: Both of you believe me, don't you?
b2: Of course, Nee-sama!!
b3: Well, then

41
b1: Let's begin, shall we.....
b2: THIS TIME FOR SURE...!
b3: Yeah, faaail
a1: Entangled suspicions...