Bleach 651

Chapter 651
The Theatre Suicide Scene 5

Page 01
**FLASHBACK BEGINS**
Nanao’s Mom：起きて下さい
Wake up

Nanao’s Mom：春水さん
Shunsui-san

Nanao’s Mom：ほら
Come on now
Nanao’s Mom：起きて
Wake up

Kyouraku：・・・ああ
…Okay

Sidetext：麗らかな日の下で
Beneath a gently shining sun

Page 02
Sidetext：慕いし女性の面影を偲ぶ――――――――
Wistfully recalling the memory of a long-lost woman---------

Shunsui：おはよう
Mornin’

Shunsui：義姉さん
Sis*
*TN: Specifically big sis, more specifically, sister-in-law (as per Kanji)

**FLASHBACK ENDS**

Page 03
Lille：・・・・・・消えた
……They’re gone
Lille：どこに隠れた？
Where are they hiding?

Page 04
Lille：なあんだ
What do we have here?
Lille：そこか
Is this it?

Lille：成程
I see
Lille：“景鬼”というのはこんなにも長く影の中に留まれるものなのか
So “Kageoni” allows you to stay within a shadow for this long

Lille：それじゃあ
In that case

Lille：こうして
What would happen
Lille：地面から影を消したらどうなるのかなァ？
If I were to eliminate that shadow from the ground like so?

Page 05
**FLASHBACK BEGINS**
Nanao：「狂骨」・・・・・・？
“Kyoukotsu”……?

Page 06
Nanao：ど・・・
Wh-
Nanao：どういう事ですか・・・・・・？
What do you mean……?
Nanao：花天狂骨が「花天」と「狂骨」に分かれている事は知っていましたけど・・・・・・
I know that “Katen Kyoukotsu” is divided into “Katen” and “Kyoukotsu”……

Nanao：「狂骨」が・・・・・・
But Kyoukotsu……
Nanao：私の斬魄刀・・・・・・？
Is my Zanpakutou……?

Kyouraku：そうだ・・・・・・
Yes……
Kyouraku：って
But
Kyouraku：言い切っちゃうと少し違うんだけどね
It wouldn’t be exactly right to put it so simply

Kyouraku：でも
O-Hana
Kyouraku：お花は七緒ちゃんの斬魄刀を隠すためにお狂を産んだ
Gave birth to O-Kyou in order to hide your Zanpakutou

Kyouraku：七緒ちゃんのお母さんの願いでね
At your mother’s behest

Page 07
Nanao：・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
………………
Nanao：・・・・・・それは・・・・・・
……Why……
Nanao：どうしてですか・・・・・・
Would she do that……?

Kyouraku：―――――――・・・・・・・・・
---------………
Kyouraku：伊勢の家は女系でね
The Ise Clan is matrilineal
Kyouraku：記録にある限り女しか生まれていない
There’ve been only female births for as long as there’s been a record

Kyouraku：だからよそから婿をとるんだけど
So they’ve always brought in husbands from other families into the clan
Kyouraku：伊勢家に入った男は皆
But it’s said that any man who joins the Ise Clan
Kyouraku：伊勢の呪いで早世すると言われていた
Will die an early death due to the Ise Curse

Kyouraku：呪いだなんてバカバカしいと思う人も居るけど
There are those of think the idea of curse is foolish
Kyouraku：彼女はそうは思わなかった
But your mother wasn’t one of them
Kyouraku：その言い伝えを断ち切りたくて
She wanted to end the legend
Kyouraku：伊勢の血筋を絶やす覚悟で外へ嫁いだ
So she resolved to end the Ise bloodline and married into another family

Kyouraku：だけど結局は
But as fate would have it
Kyouraku：彼女の夫もほどなくして死んだ
Her husband passed away shortly thereafter

Page 08
Kyouraku：彼女は
She
Kyouraku：ボクの兄貴の奥さんだったんだ
Was my older brother’s wife

Kyouraku：ボクは兄貴とは馬が合わなかったんだけど
I didn’t get along with my older brother very well
Kyouraku：彼女が来てから雰囲気が変わってね
But things changed after your mother came
Kyouraku：兄貴の家は随分と居心地よくなったんだ
And his house became a pretty pleasant place
Kyouraku：ボクはしょっちゅう遊びに行っては縁側で昼寝なんかしてた
I always went there to hang out or nap on the veranda or whatever

Kyouraku：だけど
But then
Kyouraku：兄貴は死んだ
My brother died

Page 09
Kyouraku：家の者が死ぬと嫁に来ていた者が縁を切られて元の家へ帰されるなんてことは貴族の家ではよくあることで
Once the husband dies, it’s fairly common for noble families to cut all ties with the wife who married into the family and send her back to her original family
Kyouraku：彼女は伊勢の家へと帰された
So your mother was sent back to the Ise Clan

Kyouraku：そう
That’s right
Kyouraku：覚悟を決めて家を捨てた筈の彼女は
Your mother had resolved to abandon her family
Kyouraku：結局家から逃れられるなかったんだ
But in the end, she couldn’t escape from it

Nanao’s Mom：―――――――やはり
---------So
Nanao’s Mom：伊勢の女は伊勢の家からも伊勢の呪いからも逃れられない・・・・・・
An Ise woman cannot escape from her clan nor the curse after all……
Nanao’s Mom：それはもしかしたら―――――――
Perhaps the reason for that---------

Nanao’s Mom：この剣のせいなのかも知れません・・・・・・
Lies with this sword……

Page 10
Kyouraku：彼女は
She was desperate
Kyouraku：生まれてくる自分の娘を
To release her as-of-yet unborn daughter
Kyouraku：呪いから外そうと必死だった
From the curse

Kyouraku：ボクは
I
Kyouraku：その剣を預かって
Took the sword

Kyouraku：“かくれんぼ”好きのお狂に
And had O-Kyou hide it
Kyouraku：かくしてもらったんだ
Since she loves to play “Hide and Go Seek”

**INTERRUPT FLASHBACK**

Page 11
Lille：こんな・・・・・・
So……
Lille：小さな影からも出て来れるのか！
You can even emerge from such a tiny shadow!

**FLASHBACK RESUMES**

Nanao：わかっています
You

Page 12
Nanao：隊長が
Don’t want to give me this sword
Nanao：この剣を私に渡したくないということ
I know that

Nanao：それは
And that
Nanao：私のためです
Is for my own good

Nanao：母上が自分の意志で呪いを捨てると決めたように
But just as my mother decided to abandon the curse of her own free will

Nanao：私も自分の意志で
I have decided
Nanao：呪いを受けると決めたのです
To accept the curse of my own free will

Nanao：・・・・・・それに
……And

Page 13
Nanao：もし呪いを受けても私がただ―――――――
Even if I do accept the curse, I just---------

Nanao：・・・・・・いえ
……Well

Nanao：私がお慕いする人はきっと
I just get the feeling
Nanao：呪いなんてバカバカしいと
That the man I admire

Nanao：そう言って笑う人のような気がします
Is the kind of person who would laugh off the curse as foolish

Page 14
Kyouraku：・・・・・・わかったよ
……Alright
Kyouraku：渡そう
I’ll give it to you

Kyouraku：その剣ならきっと――――――
With this sword, I’m sure--------

**FLASHBACK INTERRUPTS**

Lille：・・・・・・おや？
……Hm?
Lille：よく見れば
Now that I’ve gotten a good look
Lille：出てきたのは副官だけか
I see only the adjutant has emerged

Page 15
Lille：副官１人で
Does this mean
Lille：僕と戦おうというのか？
That she intends to fight me alone?

**FLASHBACK NARRATION RESUMES**

Kyouraku：伊勢の家は神官の家系だ
The Ise Clan is a long line of priests

Kyouraku：祭事を司り
They oversee rituals
Kyouraku：個人の斬魄刀を持たず
And do not possess individual Zanpakutous

Kyouraku：家長は一本の斬魄刀を代々継承する
Instead, the head of the family in every generation inherits a single Zanpakutou

Kyouraku：それは祭事に用いる刃の無い剣で
It is a ceremonial sword with no edge
Kyouraku：その剣で人を斬る事はできない
Thus it cannot kill

Kyouraku：神と対峙し
It is said
Kyouraku：神の力をその身に受け
That the sword has the power to oppose gods
Kyouraku：八方を振りまく力があるとされている
Absorbing their power and scattering it far and wide

Page 16 + Page 17
Kyouraku：「神剣・
The Divine Sword
Kyouraku：八鏡剣」
Hakkyouken*
*TN: Sword of Eight Mirrors

Insert text：心の裡　明鏡止水也――――！！
Her mind, calm and serene like clear, still waters------!!