Nurarihyon no Mago 169

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(top) A three-generation chronicle of yokai heroes, Nurarihyon no Mago
(left, star) Something's strange at the main house?!
Yokai: Former commander!!
Yokai: Former commander!!
Yokai: Former commander!!
--(TL note: This one was difficult. The word they use is go-inkyo, which is a term used to refer to someone retired. There isn't a suitable English equivalent, unfortunately.)

Yokai: The basement has been destroyed.
Yokai: Could those Hyaku Monogatari Clan bastards have finally...

Nurarihyon: ...imbeciles.
Nurarihyon: This's from something different.
Yokai: Ehh?

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Nurarihyon: Phew... what serious damage.

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Nurarihyon: That young instructor... he's quite relentless.
Box: Nura Family Main House, hidden underground dojo

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(top, star) Thanks for the incredible popularity! An increase to 23 pages!!
(left, title) Act 169: A Portrait of Hell
(below title) In order to be strong, I'll surpass my limits!!

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Rikuo: ...what's wrong?
Rikuo: You're really... keeping your distance, you know?

Tsurara: But...
Tsurara: You're just way too different from how you usually are!

(left of Tsurara, small text) It's strange!
(left of Kana, small text) Yeah, it is!
Tsurara: Like your hairstyle! And you don't give off your usual rustling-whooshing feeling!!
Rikuo: What the heck is a rustling-whooshing feeling?!

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Rikuo: Strange? I just switched my fear from "defense" to "offense".
Rikuo: So that's why I might look a little more aggressive!

Tsurara: ...Aggressive?

Tsurara: Kyaa!

Tsurara: What?!
Rikuo: Oh...

Tsurara: Y...you are!!

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Rikuo: Itaku!!

Rikuo: What, so you followed me here, huh?
Itaku: Hmph.
Tsurara: Wh...why are Toono's forces here...?
Kana: Who?

Itaku: I was watching.
Itaku: It's all well and good that you beat him, but you get a failing grade...
Itaku: You won't be able to carry that sword around all night.

Rikuo: Ah
Rikuo: Whoops... it's no good like this.

Tsurara: Eh

Tsurara: It...it's all worn out?!

Tsurara: Rikuo-sama, you slashed through Raiden with a sword like that?!
Tsurara: Fear in the offensive... just what is that?!

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Rikuo: Aah~ put simply, in order to "cut" an opponent, I put my fear into my sword... Taking a hint from the "hyoui" that Itaku uses, I learned this by going back and forth to Toono over the past six months.
Rikuo: It was tough going...
Itaku: Hold on a minute, you only came over the first time.
Itaku: After that, I was always the one coming out here!

Tsurara: I-I see...
Rikuo: Don't say unnecessary stuff, Itaku! And if you were watching, you should've helped out!
Itaku: I have no obligation to help you!

Kuroumaru: Rikuo-sama, I have a report!!

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Tsurara: Kuroumaru?!
Kuroumaru: At present, a large number of yokai are appearing in the center of Shibuya Station!
Kuroumaru: The yokai filling the shopping district are attacking humans and driving them into a huge panic!

Tsurara: What?!

Kuroumaru: This is information received from Nura Clan group members who were at the scene.
Kuroumaru: "It's as if yokai are being created"... throughout the entirety of Shibuya.

Rikuo: Hyaku Monogatari...
Rikuo: They have someone producing them there!!

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Rikuo: Let's move!!
Rikuo: We'll head for Shibuya next!!
Tsurara: Y-yes!

Kuroumaru: ...allow me to lead you there, Rikuo-sama.
Itaku: Hold on, why are you ordering me around.

Rikuo: I'm counting on you, Itaku!

Itaku: It's a given that you would.

Tsurara: P-please... wait a moment!

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Tsurara: Before that...
Tsurara: Continuing from earlier!! What should be done with Ienaga-san!! It was very dangerous before, you know?!

Rikuo: We'll take Kana with us.

Tsurara (thoughts): A-addressing her familiarly again?!
--(TL note: The word used is 呼び捨て, which indicates that you're saying someone's name without using any honorifics/suffixes.)
Tsurara: Rikuo-sama?!

Rikuo: Right now, no matter where we go will be dangerous... keep close to me.

Itaku: Oi, Nura Clan's yuki-onna. What's with that human girl?
Tsurara: She's trying to act cute.

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Tsurara (thoughts): But... lately, Rikuo-sama has been losing things important to him...
Tsurara (thoughts): Maybe the only human who would understand... is this girl...

Tsurara (thoughts): ...if this girl believes
Tsurara (thoughts): Rikuo-sama
Tsurara (thoughts): and we bring her along...

Tsurara (thoughts): Wouldn't it be a better way to protect her?

Kana: I-I want to go with you too!!
Kana: I said it before, didn't I...!! I want to... know more about you!
Kana: I'm not going to run away from this!

Rikuo: Alright,
Rikuo: Let's go!

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Mitsume: Somehow or other... it seems that Kyosai person has begun to act...
Encho: Honestly... he should have remained secluded at home, preparing to create ayakashi...

Mitsume: Yes... indeed.
Encho: There is nothing we can do about it, however.

Encho: We are all parts of Sanmoto-san...

Encho: Being "one who moves and lives according to his desires"...
Encho: More than watching the commotion, Kyosai would want to produce powerful ayakashi.

Encho: Well, we have arrived.
Encho: This is "the place where our fear is gathering".

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Yokai: The fear-gathering is going well...

Mitsume: Mu...
Mitsume: Encho... is this?!

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Mitsume: T...this is...

Mitsume: What I... as the "brain" will occupy...

Mitsume: A new...
Mitsume: Vessel...
(left, beneath picture of Rikuo) The traitor amidst the Nura Clan is?! A huge crisis...!!

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Mitsume: I'm boiling with excitement...
--(TL note: I took a little liberty with this one. The original line is 滾るのう, but just translating it verbatim doesn't really get the meaning across in English.)

Encho: Soon
Encho: It shall be time for a new rumor to flow forth...

Encho: Rikuo-kun... you can run around as much as you'd like...
Encho: No matter how hard you try, the one who will be laughing in the end is

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Encho: one said to appear in this world when evil runs rampant,
Encho: the messiah.

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(left) Shibuya Station outskirts

Girl: Haa
Girl: Haa
Girl: Haa

Girl: Haa

(phone screen) Kazu don't come to Shibuya it's dangerous...!
--(TL note: I'm honestly not entirely sure if "kazu" is someone's name or a place near Shibuya Station. I couldn't find anything online that would support the latter, so I went with the former.)

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Girls: Uuuuu...
Girls: Hic...

Girl: What... is this...
Girl: Why would such a thing...

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Kyosai: You... where did you come from?

Kyosai: Hmm... probably a runaway...?
Kyosai: Do you have a boyfriend...?
Girl: S...save me... mama...

Girl: Hic...

Kyosai: There.
Kyosai: That's it.

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Girl: Hic...
Girl: Nng...

Girl: Blaugh-!

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Girl: Uu...

Kyosai: You're a good one... next is...

(large sfx) Aauugghh...

Kyosai: This is a
Kyosai: good town...

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If you're interested in information about the author, send a letter to Shiibashi Hiroshi-sensei!!
Address ->
Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump Editorial Department
2-5-10 Hitotsubashi
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo-to 101-8050
JAPAN

--(TL note: No, it doesn't actually say Japan in the original address, but I'm guessing most people reading this translation aren't in Japan... and hey, someone might just decide to send Shiibashi-sensei a letter!)

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Kyosai: Everyone filled with desires that spark my ambition...
Kyosai: I will put all of my being into painting this "portrait of hell", and it will become my greatest masterpiece...!

Kyosai: All that's left is the leading role. A lady-killer sinking beneath this hell's sea of blood.
Kyosai: Hurry and come here quickly, Nura Rikuo... your corpse will complete this painting!!
(center, star) Kyosai, who produces yokai through painting, is going to transform the city into hell...!!
(large text, right) Mad painter
(large text, center) Kyosai