Nurarihyon no Mago 192

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

Rikuo: Thanks for today.
Kana: Ah... yeah.
Rikuo: See you... at school!

Kana: A...absolutely!
Kana: Because you promised!

(left) A swarm of Hyakki creep through the Nura Clan main house...!!

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Rikuo: Here we go.

(right, title) Act 192: The Grand Assembly
(center, star) A gathering of Hyakki leaders...!!
???: The young head of the Chubu Intaglio Clan, Teoi-Hebi-sama, has arrived.
(Intaglio is a printmaking method)
???: Bakeneko-sama of Takasu,
???: and Yatagarasu-sama have arrived...

(Ko-oni) Wow...

Yokai: This's the first time I've seen something like this...
Yokai: Yokai I've never seen before from all across the country have gathered here...

Ko-oni: There are even clans here that don't have a friendly relationship with us~
Yokai: Seems like Karasu Tengu's family has been making appeals for the past two nights...
二晩もかけずにカラス天狗一族が呼びかけたらしいぜ...
(small text) Yikes~
Natto: They're really... such amazing guys.
やっぱ。。。すんげぇ奴らばっかなんだろな

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Natto: I mean, look... hasn't the garden been turned into a Hyakki Yako~?
Yokai: There's a hundred attendants here? Woaaah~

Tofu: What're you up to, Hakaigaeru?
Yokai: Hey, it's Hakai.
Natto: Rikuo-sama... must be incredibly determined.
すごいご決断をなさる

Rikuo: To the leaders of 17 regions nationwide,
Rikuo: as well as the more than 500 members of large organizations,

Rikuo: I apologize for the immense discourtesy of my addressing you from a higher seat.
Rikuo: I am the Nura Clan's third head, Nura Rikuo.

Rikuo: I called you here tonight for one thing.
Rikuo: The "cleansing" of which you have been informed.

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Youbi: Allow me... Fugurumi Youbi, as the yokai world's official secretary, to explain.
Youbi: As you were told, a time of "cleansing" is drawing near as a result of the Nue's revival and the work of his descendants.

Youbi: The "cleansing" is a great purge of humans and ayakashi which was once carried out by the Nue...
Youbi: If history is repeated... numerous areas will be invaded and destroyed.

Youbi: Judging by the information gathered from the 13th Keikain head in Kyoto... the Gokadoin man who took over Mount Osore... and ourselves, it seems
Youbi: that the cleansing will begin in a few days, at the latest!

Rikuo: Everyone's home areas!!
Rikuo: They will all cease to exist!

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Rikuo: In order to prevent that, we must fight and win against Abe no Seimei!
Rikuo: That's why this is the time... where all yokai must join hands and work together in order to survive this predicament!!

(Rikuo) No reaction...
(Rikuo) Do they just have no sense of the reality of the situation...?

Yokai: Aren't you basically saying
Yokai: that the Nura Clan is afraid...? Of that "cleansing" thing.

Rikuo: Eh?
Yokai: That Nue or whatever it is... has nothing to do with we of the Akki Clan.

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Yokai: Don't... be such a greenhorn.
若造...いきるなよ
Box:
Seto Akki Clan (Chugoku region)
- Members: 3,000 -
Young head Housoushi

Yokai: That's right. Don't look down on we of the Tenka Fubu Clan, you Bandou yokai.
(Bandou is an old term referring to the Kanto region)
Yokai: We don't want you... bring out Nurarihyon.
Box:
Tenka Fubu Clan (Gifu)
- Members: 700 -
Kawaero

Yokai: He's right... what is Nurarihyon doing?
Yokai: We didn't come here to talk to you!
Rikuo: Please listen to what I have to say first!!
Rikuo: Seimei isn't an opponent you can fight and win against individually!!

Yokai: However you look at it, he really seems scared...
Yokai: Kanto's yokai have really gone to ruin.

(sfx) Wahahaha...

???: Don't take on so much by yourself.

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Yoruo: Shall I
Yoruo: make an appearance?

Rikuo: No...
Rikuo: it's not your turn yet.
(The kanji used is "you", but the reading is "Nurarihyon")

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Yoruo: Show them your mettle. Your role is to command the troops.
Rikuo: First is to face them and convey my thoughts.

(Rikuo) Because that's
Yokai: If Nurarihyon were here, it wouldn't be like this......
Zen: Oi... Rikuo...
(Rikuo) my area of expertise.

Housoushi: We have no intention of flocking to you... let us go home!!

Rikuo: Please be quiet.
Rikuo: At present, I... am the third head.

???: I don't really get why we're all meeting here like this, but

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???: Y'know, somehow
???: it looks like... all've you are more scared than he is.

Housoushi: ......what did you say?
???: Hic
???: I'd say it's pretty impressive for a brat to just gather together ayakashi like this.
こんだけ妖集めてガキが大見得切るなんざぁ
???: Accomplishing what he set his mind to, I mean.
意思のでかさが成せる業ってね
Box:
Heavy Drinker Hoodlums (Yamaguchi and elsewhere)
- Members: 500 -
Young head Dassai (Kawase)

Dassai: Hic

Yokai: What... a drunk hoodlum, huh...
Yokai: Just a guy who's been draining a sake jug for who knows how many years... leave him be.

Tamazuki: Hey... is he really mistaken? That drunkard.

Tamazuki: And what Rikuo's saying... is it wrong?

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Tamazuki: He probably looks unreliable and helpless,
Tamazuki: But he makes sense, doesn't he?

Tamazuki: Well, I know he isn't simply scared and weak.

(Rikuo) Tamazuki...

(sfx) Whiiine
Tamazuki: There, there.

Rikuo: Everyone.

Rikuo: We are each different, but
Rikuo: I'm sure... that we all have things we must protect.

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Rikuo: Is that not the very reason that we chivalric yokai lords
Rikuo: take the lead and put our lives on the line?
その為に先頭切って身体張るのが妖怪任侠の主なんじゃあないですかい

Rikuo: I am one who commands a genuine Hyakki.

Rikuo: All of you, who come from the same standpoint, should understand.
Rikuo: Those who command a Hyakki Yako

Rikuo: constantly
Rikuo: desire power...

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Rikuo: Power to protect everyone's daily lives...

Rikuo: Power to accomplish that by mowing down one's enemies...!

(Rikuo) Nurarihyon's blood...
Rikuo: I am your humble servant, Nura Rikuo.
(Rikuo) This is my way of doing things.

Rikuo: I am not telling you... to flock to me, or to join my Hyakki.
Rikuo: I just want you to lend me your strength in order to defeat Semei!!

Rikuo: Oh great powers of the ayakashi world... I humbly ask for your assistance.

Rikuo: For the good
Rikuo: of the night.
良き 闇夜のために

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Yokai: Tch...

Yokai: Keh...

(Zen) Rikuo......

(sfx) Rustle

Yokai: Oi... what happened?
Yokai: You're injured...!!

Natto: Th...this's bad!!

Yokai: I... have a report... for Rikuo-sama...

Yokai: ...I was
Yokai: entrusted with a communication from the Tsukumo Yako of Kyushu...
(Tsukumo Yako is a night parade of 99 yokai)
Yokai: Th...the ayakashi of Kyushu... are on the verge of annihilation...!!

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Yokai: ...Kyushu...?

Yokai: Come to think of it...
Yokai: No one from Kyushu came...

Housoushi: Speaking of the Tsukumo Yako, the valorous Kumaso yokai are the single greatest power of the west.

Yokai: The present head is a spider who has existed since olden times...
Yokai: For those guys to be taken out...
Yokai: Th...the cleansing...?
Yokai: Don't tell me it's begun already...?!

Zen: Ri... Rikuo...
Rikuo: Zen...
Rikuo: make arrangements to take out Takarabune.

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(Yoruo) From here on out
(Yoruo) is my area of expertise!!

Yokai: Owaa...

Dassai: Heh...

Teoi-Hebi: Wh...what is this fear?
Ao: Rikuo-sama!

Rikuo: Nura Clan members will wait here! Prepare for a change in the tides of the war!!

Rikuo: From here, I'm going out to Kyushu!

Rikuo: I'm gathering volunteers.
Rikuo: Is there anyone who will go with me as a vanguard!!

Rikuo: Those who are coming with me,
Rikuo: board Takarabune!

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(Tamazuki/Dassai) Sounds interesting!!

(center) At the same time, in Kyoto...

Onmyoji: Yu... Yura-sama!!

Onmyoji: B....big trouble! There's a monstrous fear
Onmyoji: coming from Nijo Castle...

Yura: Wh... what'd you say...
(Yura) Didn't Ryuuji-niichan say that Seimei probably won't appear here anymore?!
(Yura) Just what's going on?!

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(left) Tsuchigumo has returned!! What is he looking at with those eyes...?!

Yura: Tsu...!

Tsuchigumo: Need my arms... guess I'm heading home.
Tsuchigumo: To Aso.
(Mount Aso, located on Kyushu, is the largest active volcano in Japan)