Nurarihyon no Mago 179

[p001]

Brain: W-wait, Encho... I said to let me escape!!
ワシを逃がせと言っとろーが!!
Brain: Quickly...!! That guy's son is coming!!
Brain: I cannot die in a place like this!!

(sfx) Sounds of fighting
Brain: Yeek!
Brain: He's here?!

Brain: So faaast!! Encho!!
Brain: Who do you think I am!! Make a path of escape for me immediately!!

(under panel) A three-generation chronicle of yokai heroes, Nurarihyon no Mago

Rikuo: ENCHO!!
(left, bottom) To the room where the brain and Encho wait...!!

[p002]

Rikuo: ...eh?

[p003]

Encho: You're
Encho: annoying.

[p004]

Rikuo: Wh...
Rikuo: What's... going on...?

[p005]

Brain: Wh...
Brain: Why...
Brain: Why...

Brain: Why did you...
Brain: Encho...

Brain: Who... do you think I am...
Brain: I am... Sanmoto, you know...
Brain: The father... of all of you...
Brain: Doing something like this... do you think it...

Encho: You are nothing more than a brain, aren't you.

[p006]

Rikuo: A brain...?

Brain: N...no...
Brain: The one speaking just now was not I... it came from hell.

Brain: I a...

Encho: Your role is over.
Encho: From the start, the "name of Sanmoto" was only needed to keep all those different sorts of ayakashi under control.

Encho: The Hyaku Monogatari Clan
Encho: Is dissolved, as of today.

[p007]

Encho: That really isn't the face
Encho: ...of "an It who has found someone."
"鬼ここに見つけたり" ...って顔じゃないね
(ie. the person who's "it" in a game of tag)
(center, Encho panel) What does he see in those eyes...?!

(bottom)
Nurarihyon no Mago
Act 179: Encho
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[p008/009]

???: The messiah...

???: The messiah...

???: Someone help us.
???: The messiah...

???: The messiah who is said to kill Rikuo...
???: Not yet, hm...

Encho: Tonight is... really lasting a long time, isn't it.
Encho: My story.
あたしの噺 (...Encho, why are you using female pronouns.)

Rikuo: ...just what
Rikuo: are you doing.

Rikuo: I don't...
Rikuo: get it at all!!

[p010]

Encho: I am simply... a man who just wants to tell ghost stories.
Encho: As a professional storyteller...
Encho: It's just... that I only want to tell ghost stories that terrorize people.

Rikuo: ...only.......
Rikuo: you said......?!

Encho: For Raiden, Tamasaburo, Kyosai... and myself, it's the same...
Encho: Because we're parts of Sanmoto-san.

Encho: Honestly, we all seem to have the same sort of unpleasant nature...
まったくそれぞれ嫌なところが似たようで...

[p011]

Rikuo: You're not getting to the point!!
Rikuo: With that sort of selfish desire you've all got... just how many humans do you plan to torment!
てめえらのその勝手な欲望で。。。どんだけの人間を苦しめるつもりだ !

Itaku: Rikuo!!
Itaku: So that guy's Encho, huh...!!

Encho: For a professional storyteller
Encho: History... and legend become stories to tell.

Itaku: What's wrong, Rikuo... if you're not going ahead, I'll do it.
Rikuo: No, hold on.

Rikuo: I'll handle
Rikuo: him...!

Encho: For example,

[p012]

Encho: That of the Nue's resurrection.

Rikuo: The Nue...?

[p013]

Encho: Tonight is
Encho: the prologue, you know.

Kiyo: I......
Kiyo: I can't revert them......!!

[p014]

Kiyo: What should we do... everyone, return to your senses!!
Kiyo: Their sentiments keep coming!!
みんなの思念が止まらない!!

???: The messiah...
???: The messiah...

Ryuuji: What...

Itaku: This is...

???: Fear!!

Tsurara: Rikuo-sama,
Tsurara: Look out!!

[p015]

Rikuo: Wh...

Rikuo: What... is that.

Encho: Ehh~...
Encho: The human heart is such a dreadful thing.
Encho: Relying upon anything... even if it is something which desires someone's death...
それがすがれるものとあらば。。。 人の死さえも望んでしまうものなのですなぁ。。。

Encho: A world where people seek salvation, as long as they themselves can be saved... and you as the sacrifical offering...
我が身可愛さに救い求める世。。。そして君はその供物。。。

[p016]

Encho: Tonight's final story, "The Yokai Ao Andon", marks the end of the hundred tales.
(text to the right of Encho) Yokai Ao Andon
Encho: Please do enjoy it.

[p017]

Itaku: Rikuo!! Yuki-onna!!

[p018]

Encho: Ehh~
Encho: This ayakashi

Encho: can turn on "you" the accumulated killing intent and hopes of Tokyo's population of ten million.
Encho: The "proof" that the world has fallen into uncertainty ...accept it as a parting gift.

sfx bubble: Smack

Ryuuji (thoughts): This guy...

Ryuuji (thoughts): What are these strong thoughts...
なんだこの強い思念...
Ryuuji (thoughts): They're not natural...!!

Ryuuji (thoughts): This is Encho's...
Ryuuji (thoughts): Power!!

[p019]

Encho: Today's game was enjoyable.

???: Kill Rikuo...
???: Kill...them...
Tsurara: Guh...
Rikuo: Fall back!! You two!!

Rikuo: Encho!!
(top of panel) Encho, who has bared his fangs...!!
Rikuo: I won't let things go as you've planned!!