xxxHOLiC 193

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xxxHOLiC: Rou
Chapter 193
[Insert text: "You mustn't let yourself be hurt. In heart, or body..." // As Watanuki continues to grant others' wishes in his eternal time, his friends worry for him. So that their bonds may stop him from being "alone". So that his wish may be granted through their feelings combined.]

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[Side text: At the price of his own time, Watanuki became the owner of the shop. Unable to leave its confines, he casts his mind into the world of dreams, where who should await him but...?]

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Haruka: Good evening. / Watanuki-kun.
Watanuki: Good evening, Haruka-san.

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Haruka: Has Shizuka been imposing himself upon you again today?
Watanuki: He ate tea with us and even helped himself to a nightcap. // I daresay he's either sleeping in the guest room I used to use, or getting down to some of his work for the university about now.
Haruka: He never changes, that boy...
Watanuki: Well, he's grown physically, at least. // You look much younger than him these days, you know, Haruka-san.
Haruka: Well, I'm still just the same age... / ...as I always was.

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Haruka: And of course... // ...so are you. // So, you had a customer today?
Watanuki: Yes. / A woman with a shamisen.
Haruka: And did you manage to grant her wish?

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Watanuki: Just about.
[SFX: touch]
Haruka: It doesn't look like you're injured.
Watanuki: I already heard that from Mokona.
Haruka: And Shizuka?
Watanuki: ...He's the most persistent of all.
Haruka: As I said, he never changes!
Watanuki: But really... I haven't been getting injured because of my work at the shop at all recently.

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Watanuki: You've taught me plenty of things yourself, after all. // Here in these dreams.
Haruka: All that I've taught you is how to use dreams to obtain the information you need... // ...and a few techniques for making use of the items you have in the shop storeroom.
Watanuki: You really think it's only a "few"?
Haruka: Well, relatively speaking. / Though the rest mostly comes down to making effective use of what you already know. // Besides which, none of it would be possible without the power you naturally possess.

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Haruka: You never accepted any price for all the time you spent working as an assistant in this shop. / Even though she had promised you that in exchange, she would remove your ability to see the supernatural and stop them from being drawn to your blood.
Watanuki: I still needed those things to succeed her as owner.
Haruka: True enough.

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Haruka: You always possessed powerful abilities, from the moment you were born. / But they were never put to use. // It could well be that she had sealed them away. // Nonetheless, there were many beings drawn to the scent of your blood... / ...and so the power of your eyes alone were left intact. // After all, if you could not see them, then you would be unable to even flee from danger.

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Haruka: When you declined to accept the price you had earned... / ...the power that slept within you was released, and it is still growing, even now. // Your inability to leave this very unique place is only accelerating that process. You understand this, yes?
Watanuki: I do.

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Haruka: Strong power... / ...does not only bring happiness, you know.
Watanuki: It's far more common for it to bring disaster. / That's right, isn't it? // That was the first thing you ever taught me, Haruka-san.
Haruka: Yet... / ...even so?
Watanuki: Yes. / Even so.

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Haruka: I always thought our Shizuka was the stubborn one, but you're not half stubborn yourself, eh?
Watanuki: Oh, please. He's far worse than me.
Haruka: Hahaha...
[SFX: stand]
Haruka: ...I met with her once, you know. // In a dream.

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Haruka: She told me to take care of you.

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Haruka: If you believe that you will meet her again... / ...then you must be sure not to make her cry when that time comes.

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[no text just holic is made of win isn't it]

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Watanuki: Yuuko-san...
[Side text: Haruka tells him in the dream... of a miraculous moment with "her". Beyond his belief, when his wish bears fruit, what future will greet Watanuki's eyes?!]
[Bottom text: The next chapter of xxxHOLiC: Rou will go on sale 21st December. An extra-long chapter with colour pages!!]