xxxHOLiC 161

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xxxHOLiC
Chapter 161
[side text: Watanuki has conveyed his feelings, but...]
Watanuki: ...What?
[sFX: hmph...]
Watanuki: Yeah, you're probably thinking I'm just spouting weird stuff for no reason. / Going to say I must've hit my head on something again?
Doumeki: ...No matter what may happen?
Watanuki: Huh?
Doumeki: Will you still feel the same way no matter what may happen? / It's a serious question.

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[side text: "As long as there are people who remember me, I'd like to stay just where I am." What manner of destiny will Watanuki's words weave?!]
Watanuki: ...I certainly hope so, as far as possible.
[sFX: step, step]

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[sFX: step // turn // step]
Watanuki: ...Hey!
Doumeki: We're going. Hurry up.
Watanuki: You're the one who suddenly stopped in the first place!! / And surely your house is THIS way, anyway!
Doumeki: We have to deliver this... / ...right?
Watanuki: Yes, I'LL deliver it! // [aside]ah...![/aside] // Wait, don't tell me...! / You're not planning on stuffing your face with that again at Yuuko's, are you?!!
Doumeki: ...That girl made this for them, didn't she?

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Watanuki: ...Y - Yes, that's right. I guess even you wouldn't be so greedy after eating all that... // [aside]especially not when it belongs to someone else.[/aside]
Doumeki: You make me some.
[sFX: snap]
Watanuki: I KNEW IT!!! // Ugh, you arrogant little never-makes-his-own-food punk...
Doumeki: [aside]oh, shut up...[/aside]
Watanuki: Now, then. // Is Yuuko-san here today...?
[sFX: cre~ak]

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Yuuko: Oh, we're a~ll ready!♥
Mokona: [aside]hey!♡[/aside]
[sFX: CRASH]
[sFX: hop]
Yuuko: We've been waiting on the edge of our seats for you to bring us back all that tasty food, Watanuki~!
Mokona: We even had a bath~~!

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[sFX: rub rub]
Mokona: [aside]see, fresh out of the bath~~!♡[/aside]
Watanuki: ...You really do pull out all the stops when it's about food or drink... // [aside]and you ALWAYS feel like that, surely...[/aside] // Doumeki. / You hold that. / I'll go and find something to put it in.
Doumeki: Right.
[sFX: glare]
Doumeki/Yuuko/Mokona: Don't forget the drink.
Watanuki: YOU ROTTEN ALCOHOLICS!!

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Watanuki: [aside]honestly... she never drinks anything else...![/aside]
[sFX: clatter clatter]
Watanuki: [aside]but since Kohane-chan made all this for us... // I suppose some sake that goes with it isn't a bad idea...[/aside]
Mokona: Hey, you know... // Yuuko was telling me... // ...about how there are two different kinds of memories.

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Watanuki: ...Huh?
Mokona: Memories of the heart, and memories of the body... // And the heart is pretty important, but the body is even more important.

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Mokona: Sometimes, even if the heart forgets something, the body can still remember.

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Watanuki: ...Mokona... // ...I see. // Thank you.

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Customer: Ah... // Excuse me...?
Watanuki: C - / Coming!

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Customer: Good evening.
Watanuki: G - Good evening. / Ehm...?
Customer: Am I to understand... / ...that this place is a shop?
[side text: His bonds with his friends allow him to verify his own existence. As Watanuki confronts his raging destiny, a new customer appears!!]
[bottom text: A shop that only those with a wish can enter. What manner of hitsuzen will this wish bring?! The next chapter goes on sale on July 26th.]