Nurarihyon no Mago 174

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(right) Act 174: A Resolute Fear
覚悟の恐
(bottom left) This appearance is...?!
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Kyosai: Im... impossible...
Kyosai: Surely... because of my Kusozu, you must be...

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Tsurara: Ri... Rikuo-sama?!

Kyosai: Hou...?

Kyosai: How
Kyosai: Beautiful...

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sfx bubble: Cough

Tsurara: Aahh...

Kyosai: So even now... you are rotting away.
Kyosai: The fear's resistance
恐にあらがい
Kyosai: Just a little... it seems to have produced a time delay...

Tsurara: Rikuo-sama... Th-that appearance...
Rikuo: Don't get so close to me!! Tsurara!!

Rikuo: It's a vicious sort of curse.
Rikuo: Don't touch it.

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Tsurara: Uu...

Kyosai: Hmm...
Kyosai: At best you have... about a minute left...

Kyosai: You're acting brave, but... I expect there's a fair amount of pain running through you.
Kyosai: Surely you can feel the truth of yourself rotting from the inside...

Kyosai: Isn't that right, Rikuo.

Rikuo: Shut up.
Rikuo: Right now, that doesn't matter.

Kyosai: Hm?
Rikuo: Even if this body is bursting, or rotting,
Rikuo: I've got something I've gotta do...

Rikuo: You bastards have caused too much devastation in this town.
Rikuo: Until I've defeated you, I'm not gonna fall.

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Rikuo: The humans you lot induced
Rikuo: into hating me,

Rikuo: As well as Torii, Maki,
Rikuo: Kana...
Rikuo: And the Nura Clan, I'll protect them!!

Tsurara: Rikuo-sama.
Rikuo: If this rotting isn't gonna stop,
Rikuo: Then I've got no choice.

Rikuo: Before it's done,
Rikuo: I'll just kill you!!

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(right) That is the weight carried by the emblem of the Nura Clan, those in charge of this area.
(left) The duty of the Third Head.

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Kyosai (thoughts): Beau...tiful...

Kyosai (thoughts): I've never known
Kyosai (thoughts): Of a fear like this...

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Kyosai (thoughts): This is
Kyosai (thoughts): Not Nura Rikuo as I had come to understand him.

Kyosai (thoughts): This
Kyosai (thoughts): Intimidating air that seems to pierce right through me...!!

Kyosai (thoughts): The Rikuo that Encho told me about
Kyosai (thoughts): wasn't like this...!!

Rikuo: For you
Rikuo: Using this crumbling katana would be a half-hearted effort!!
このボロ刀じゃあ生ぬるい!!

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Kyosai (thoughts): Ahh... so that's why.
Kyosai (thoughts): That's why... he wasn't destroyed by the Kusozu...

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(right) In my artwork
(left) I couldn't capture... the sheer glamour of his fear.

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Kyosai: I can see hell.
Kyosai: The hell I created.

Kyosai: Nura Rikuo... even if I die
Kyosai: The pictures remaining which have been severed from my fear won't disappear.

Kyosai: Because what remains... my works...
Kyosai: are real.

Kyosai: In the end, I wonder if you'll be able to escape
Kyosai: From this portrait of hell...

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Rikuo: Kyosai!!

Tsurara: Rikuo-sama...

Rikuo: Yeah...
Rikuo: That's right...!! We've got to hurry!!

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Rikuo: Tsurara...?!

Rikuo: Idio... what the hell're you doing?!
Rikuo: I told you not to touch it, dammit!!

Tsurara: Thank goodness... The melting has stopped... like this, you'll be fine.
Rikuo: Saying I'll be fine... More like are YOU gonna be fine!!

Tsurara: I wanted to make sure...
Tsurara: That Rikuo-sama's fear... won't disappear!

Rikuo: Idiot!
Rikuo: Let's move!!

Rikuo: Itaku!! Let's hurry!!
Rikuo: We'll finish up in Shibuya!!

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Ao: ORRYYAAAAA!!

Rikuo: If it isn't Aotabo!
Rikuo: Nice timing!!

Ao: I've finally come to back you up, Third!!
Ao: Whoops... so they were actually humans.

Ao: I'm clumsy, so
Ao: This's probably gonna hurt juuuust a little.

(right) Deal
(left) With it!!

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Rikuo: Alright!! Let's keep going!!
Rikuo: Tsurara, I'm leaving the humans who've been returned to normal to you!!

Tsurara: Yes!

Maki: Amaz...

Kana: Kiyotsugu-kun?

Kiyo: Ienaga-san!!
???: Why are you here...?!

Kiyo: Thank goodness...!! You were alright?!
Kana: Yeah... Kiyotsugu-kun too...

Kiyo: A...about this situation...
Kiyo: Nura-kun is...

Kana: Yeah...
Kana: Rikuo-kun is... right now...

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Kana: Rikuo-kun is... everyone...
Kana: Even though he's full of injuries... he's protecting them...

Kana: I've... been watching this whole time, so I understand.
Kana: And yet everyone... says Rikuo-kun is their enemy.

Kiyo: Don't cry!! Ienaga-san!!

Kiyo: He has us here...
Kiyo: We must watch... believe, and impart to others...!!

Kana: Kiyotsugu-kun...

Kiyo: I came here for that reason!!

Kana: Hic... yeah...

Kiyo: Alright!! Let's go!!
Kiyo: To film the truth!!

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Kiyo (thoughts): Everyone... please watch this...!!
Kiyo (thoughts): This is... this is the true form of the lord of darkness.
(bottom left) Reporting...!!

(bottom right) Rikuo, who has defeated Kyosai!! Next time, a grand escape from Shibuya!!