xxxHOLiC 173

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xxxHOLiC
Chapter 173
[Side text: The woman fled from the room. However...]
Kohane: ......
Doumeki: You're making it, right? / Food.
Watanuki: Huh...?
Himawari: That's right! / Since you called us over, Watanuki-kun... / ...we've been thinking there's sure to be some delicious food to eat! // We've been looking forward to it!

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[Side text: The woman stormed out of the shop in a rage. However, waiting there as always are Watanuki's friends, looking forward to his food as usual!!]
Himawari: Wondering what you'll be making today!
Watanuki: I was... / ...thinking of making rice balls...
[SFX: squeeze]
Kohane: Let's make them... // ...together.

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Watanuki: Yeah. // Let's do that. / All of us together.

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Yuuko: I see. // So she just stormed out on you.
Watanuki: ...Yes. // All because I... // ...went and said those presumptuous things...
Yuuko: ...People cannot feel a reaction to something that they do not feel themselves.

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Yuuko: Anger... / Sadness... // Even affection. // If that woman reacted to the things that you said to her... // ...then they cannot have missed the mark.

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Watanuki: Even so... / ...it may have been something that she didn't want to hear.
Yuuko: But even then... / ...you wanted her to hear it, did you not?
Watanuki: ...Yes.

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Yuuko: That woman was able to enter this shop... / ...because it was necessary for her to do so. // It allowed her to meet you, Watanuki.
Watanuki: But Yuuko-san, this shop is yours...
Yuuko: You understand what that woman is feeling... / ...better than I can, don't you think?
Watanuki: Then, that's why... / ...you left her to me...

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Yuuko: People... // ...meet the people they must meet... / ...at the moment they must meet them. // Because everything...
Watanuki: ...is "hitsuzen".

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Yuuko: And partings... / ...are the same way.
[SFX: grab]
Yuuko: What is it~?
Watanuki: Ah, no... it's just... / You just seemed...

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Yuuko: Watanuki... do you like this place?
Watanuki: ...Yes.

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Yuuko: This place was created for the sake of a day that must come... // Yet... // If it becomes one of the reasons for you to stay... // ...I am glad.

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Watanuki: That kimono... / I've seen it... / ...before. // Even though you never wear the same outfit twice... / I'm sure I've... / But wait... it was... a dream...
Yuuko: Yes... the dream is coming to an end.
[Side text: It was hitsuzen that they met. Their bonds were ever-deepening. When this dream comes to an end, what manner of "reality" awaits?!]
[Bottom text: To be continued next issue - see you again in Young Magazine Issue 13, on sale Monday 23rd February!]