Kekkaishi 280

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p.1
[Side text] The Commander of the Urakai - Oumi Nichinaga. Is everything in the palm of this little monster's hand...?
[Title] Chapter 280: Awakening

p.2
[2] Hiura...! Thank goodness...!!
[3] What a relief... / MUKURI*
* sitting up
[4] H... Hey! / Is it okay to just be getting up like that!? / AWAWAWA*
* worry
[5] Good... morning... / Eh? / Ah, good morning.
[6] GOSHI GOSHI*
* rub rub
[7] Breakfast... time? / No, that's not it...

p.3
[1] GOSHI GOSHI GOSHI*
* rub rub rub
[2] Sigh
[3] My arm...
[4] BATSU* / Yagyou's relief team fixed you up.
* fwip
[5] These aren't my clothes... / Yeah... they're like... healing clothes... or something.
[6] ZUON* / Hey, are you alright!?
* startle
[7] I... apolo... gize... / SAAA* / You!! / It's fine, so go back to bed!!
* depressed

p.4
[1] Sorry. / In the end, I wasn't paying any attention to my surroundings. / I shouldn't have taken my eyes off you.
[2] But why did you go after Shichirou? / You were already wounded, / and it's obvious he's strong.
[3] You could've just left it to me...
[4] But... / I had to... / keep my word...
[6] I guess so. / You always try to keep your word, don't you...

p.5
[1] I'm trying hard too. / The people around me, Karasumori, the school, all the students, the town, the townspeople / I intended to protect them all... / but protecting everything is hard.
** T/N: The verb for 'to keep' (as in a promise) and 'to protect' are the same in Japanese
[2] When push comes to shove / I think it's necessary to choose one over the others, after all.
[4] In your case, all your promises are to other people, right?
[5] I've made you promise some things too... / but I think it's better if you choose for yourself what you want to protect.
[6] Choose... / for myself...?

p.6
[1] Yeah, / You should think about what you want to do, and choose for yourself.
[2] It's okay if you don't listen to anyone else / not other people's orders nor anything I say.
[3] After all / I hardly listen to anything anyone else says! / NITSU*
* grin
[4] People like my older brother are always so bossy, after all. / Ahahaha
[5] Well, there's no need to hurry. / Rest up, for now.
[6] SU*
* slide

p.7
[3] TAN* / Who're you?
* tap
[4] NU* / How do you do? I'm Sazananmi, head of Yagyou's intelligence squad.
* rise
[5] Is there something you want from me? / Hiura's awake, right?
[7] We're going to interrogate him.

p.8
[1] Wha?
[2] What're you talking about? / It's now certain / that he's connected to both the shinyuuchi hunting and the plot to destroy the Urakai.
[3] Excuse me. / SU* / Wait! His wounds are still...
* slide
[4] Time is short. / The chief asked me to hurry, as well.
[5] To be honest, we could've done it behind your back / but the chief said it'd become a problem later on / so he told us not to do it that way.
[6] Sen, don't let anyone get close to this room. / Understood. / Hey!!
[7] Wait... / The one manipulating Hiura is the Commander of the Urakai.

p.9
[1] With the power he gained from the shinyuuchi hunting, / the Commander intends to destroy the Urakai.
[2] Use the blank state and calm yourself.
[3] Wait! / GASHI*
* grab
[4] Listen up... / I'm telling you...
[5] I know that he himself isn't a bad guy.
[6] But we / have our lives on the line...!

p.10
[2] What do you intend to do now? / Master
[3] I can't use Number Three for a while because of the Shinigami. / I'll have to change my plan a little.
[4] Is that why you cut ties with the Ougi clan?
[5] Well... / that's not the only reason.
[6] PATA PATA*
* flap flap

p.11
[1] FUWA...*
* sigh
[2] You look bored. / Not really.
[3] The elimination of Tsukihisa only brings us halfway.
[4] My vengeance will only be complete / once I destroy everything he built and erase every last trace of his existence.
[5] It's just... / This power gained from the Shinyuuchi hunting is immense.
[6] I kind of wish... / there were still an opponent who could put up a fight for a while longer.

p.12
[2] The person behind it all... is the Commander!? / ZAWAZAWA*
* murmur
[3] That's right. / Yumeji-san was killed right before my eyes by one of the Commander's subordinates.
[4] Your speech lacks manners / bringing the Commander's name into it like that... / How rude... / Why is he the only one unharmed, anyway...?
[5] It's fine / if you don't believe my report.
[6] Well, those who know...
[7] have probably more or less guessed the truth...

p.13
[1] But though I'm going to all this trouble to hint as how to stay alive, if you want to die in vain / you're free to do so.
[2] Watch your tone, brat!!
[3] Now, now. / There're only eight of us left. / This is no time for infighting.
[4] We don't have time to renew our numbers. / The task of settling this incident and rebuilding the Urakai falls to us.
[5] Aren't we already scattered? / With Yumeji-dono gone, who'll unite us?
[6] Well, if we do it by rank...
[7] It'd be Kidouin-dono.
[8] BOSO* / No... / I think that...
* whisper

p.14
[1] Ah, / so annoying!!
[2] HYUN*
* zoom
[3] BISHI*
* slice
[4] PAKATSU*
* clunk
[5] KARAN*
* clatter
[6] ZAWA*
* murmur

p.15
[1] That's one / out.
[1 inset] Meeting of the Twelve / Former Third Member / Tatsuki
[2] Meian, / why don't you do it / You've been raring to go at it from the start / I'll excuse myself now.
[3] Ah...
[4] Wait! / This is irresponsible!! / ZA* / I just don't want to hang out with you, that's all.
* walk
[5] Show off as much as you like, boys. / Later <3

p.16
[1] TAN*
* slam
[2] ZAWA ZAWA ZAWA* / Such a selfish... / What kind of person is she / Anyway, to get things back on topic...
* murmur
[3] It's just seven of us now. / FUU* / Fewer people will be easier to bring to consensus.
* sigh
[4] Well then, as Tatsuki-dono said... / Would it be acceptable for me to lead us, for the time being?
[5] Well, it would be appropriate... / But the laboratory Meian-dono was in charge of advising has already been destroyed. / We don't know how many men he has left that he can use...
[6] So there are no objections? / BIKU*
* startle
[7] Very well, I will make the final decisions for us all. / With the future of the Urakai on the line / I will lead with all my strength.
[Inset] Meeting of the Twelve / Fourth Member / Meian

p.17
[1] Meian is surprisingly diehard, so he won't be able to take the necessary measures. / I don't know how he'll fail, but I guess it's better than just plodding along...
[2] This is sudden, but...
[3] I'm old. / I want an aide who can move quickly.
[4] Sumimura-kun. / Can I entrust you with this special duty? / ZAWA*
* murmur
[5] Special duty!? / You're giving him more authority!? / ZAWAZAWAZAWA*
* murmur
[6] I'll reconsider if there's anyone else who particularly wants to do it instead.
[8] Well then, it's fine, isn't it? / HISO HISO* / After all, the special duty just entails things like running errands.
* whisper

p.18
[1] What do you think, Sumimura-kun? / It'll become much easier for you to act now.
[2] In order to get closer to the truth without considering the dangers... / I'd like to borrow the strength of a courageous youth.
[3] If I'm / satisfactory
[Inset] Masamori, his status elevated, initiates the counterattack on the Commander!
[Inset 2] Continues in issue 48