xxxHOLiC 168

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xxxHOLiC
Chapter 168
[side text: Yuuko tells of the truth about Watanuki...]
Yuuko: If only you were not here... / If only Syaoran alone had existed in this world... // ...perhaps his parents would never have had to die. // These thoughts, these regrets... // ...drew phantoms to that boy... // ...forced him to choose a path of further sorrow.

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[side text: Thanks to Syaoran winding back time, a distortion was formed... and that distortion was Watanuki!! Now Yuuko tells of this great tragedy!!]
Yuuko: And finally... // ...to attempt to make that which had become two... / ...into one once more. // After Syaoran had finished paying his price... // ...he fled from Fei Wong... // ...and during the battle with his other self in Tokyo...

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Yuuko: ...Syaoran almost lost his life. // As an entity... / ...the same as Syaoran, and yet different... // ...he sensed what was happening without even realising it... // ...and, trying to leave only Syaoran...

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Yuuko: Unconsciously... // ...he tried to erase himself.

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Maru/Moro: No... // We don't want Watanuki to disappear...
Yuuko: Maru... // Moro...
Maru/Moro: Both of us... / ...want to keep being with him... // We want to be with Watanuki...

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Yuuko: Watanuki feels the same way. // There are many people who feel for Watanuki. // And Watanuki has accepted those feelings. // He has changed. // Right now, that child... / ...truly wishes to be here.

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Yuuko: And the stronger that wish becomes... // ...the more the future will change... / ...together with that child.
Maru/Moro: Thank you, Mistress. // Thank you for telling us... / ...such an important thing.

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Maru/Moro: Maru... / ...and Moro... / ...We both love Watanuki... / ...so we'll do our best to protect the shop... // ...so that we can be with Watanuki forever.

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Yuuko: ...Thank you.

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Yuuko: ...Watanuki. // The situation you are in right now is of your own choosing. // You yourself chose that if Syaoran must be alone, then so should you. // And yet... / ...you no longer remember even that. // Your memories are no longer with you; they were paid as a price.

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Yuuko: As such, the memories that you possess... / ...are a curse placed upon you by Fei Wong. // That is what you believe to be true... // ...but it is not entirely truth. // Your surname... / ...is a name your parents gave you for your protection. // And your forename... / ...is a name embodying your parents' promise to you.

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Yuuko: Watanuki Kimihiro. // "We will... / ...seek you out." // A promise to find you once more.
[TN: The kanji of "Kimihiro", meaning "you" and "seek" respectively, are the same as the kanji of "Kimi wo tazuneru": "We will seek you out".]
[side text: Watanuki's existence... steeped in a sorrowful, fleeting and unconscious courage. "We will find you once more"... his parents' promise is the one real truth!!]
[bottom text: His friends' feelings will change the future. They can make it there, together!! Bring on next issue!!]