Nurarihyon no Mago 53

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Kuro: ......
Kuro: What are you doing over there, Aotabou?!

Text, bottom: Nurarihyon no Mago

Ao: !
Ao: Ohhh...
Kuro: Did you let your guard down or something?

Ao: Let my guard down...?
Kuro: It's obvious, seeing how beat up you are!

Kuro: I don't know who did this to you
Kuro: But for you to lose in a fight...
Kuro: You'll bring down the reputation of the Nura Clan's Special Attack Squad Chief.

Ao: ......
Ao: He was human...

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Kuro: What? A human? That's outrageous!
Kuro: If that's the case, you've really lost your edge too!
Kuro: You can't just blame it on the alcohol!

Ao: No... that had nothing to do with it.
Ao: Even if I'd been in top form, I don't know if I could've...
Ao: That was what he was like... the human I met.

Ao: A human!
Ao: One who even made me consider taking off my Corpse Rosary!!

Kuro: ————
Kuro: I don't know if I can believe you so quickly...
Kuro: But for a human to have strength to match a youkai
Kuro: That must mean he was

Kuro: An onmyouji.

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Vertical text, top left: Something lurks beyond the lattice
Vertical text, bottom left: The world of the Hyakki, near and far!

Image text, bottom left: Act 53
Image text, bottom left: Anguish
Text, bottom centre: Shiibashi Hiroshi

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Box: A deserted building on the outskirts of Ukiyoe Town...

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Text: Human-Shikigami Combination!

Yura: Ohhh... darn it!!
Yura: It's still difficult! I keep missing!!
Yura: I'm useless!!

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Yura: ......
Text: No... I mustn't talk like that
Text: Be more confident! You've got tons of talent!!
Text: Granddad said so! He said I had a talent for using shikigami!!

Text: Shikigami...

Text: Listen closely, Yura... "Shikigami" are paranormal beings that onmyouji can make use of at will
Text: There are demons, and there are even guardian deities...
Text: The shikigami used by your father and the rest of us are all different.

Text: There are differences between the abilities and aptitudes of humans.
Text: Among the Keikain family, there are some who are of the endurance type and can continue using shikigami for three days and three nights on end, and there are some who specialise in defense.

Text: And each person uses their own shikigami which match up with their talents!

Text: What about me…?

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Text: Yura… You have the spiritual strength to bring forth multiple attack-type shikigami at the same time.

Text: It's true that you're clumsy

Text: But you have the ability to become an extremely powerful offense onmyouji.
Text: Yura, go out and train…
Yura: Right… that's what he told me…

Text: But… I wasn't able to do anything
Text: That night, when the youkai were fighting against one another…

Text: I could easily have been killed…
Text: If he hadn't been there…

Text: I was saved
Text: By *him*… the one who leads the Hyakki…

Text: He, an enemy that an onmyouji ought to defeat…
Text: I was told by him to protect humans

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Text: Is the one who has saved me twice now…
Text: Truly "absolute evil"?

Yura: ……

Yura: No no no, stop it!!
Yura: If you're thinking about stuff like that… Concentrate!! Youkai are enemies that must be defeated!!

Rikuo: Keikain-san?

Rikuo: Just as I thought…
Rkuo: So this is where you were!…

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Yura: …Nura-kun…?

Kiyo: How goes it, everyone? Did you find her?
Kiyo: Did you find Keikain-san?!

Maki: Listen up!! Just telling us to look throughout Ukiyoe Town is way too much ground to cover! It's impossible~
Kiyo: That's not true!! As long as you don't give up, you can always get through to someone!!
Kiyo: If we don't do this quickly, summer vacation will be over, you know!
Text above Torii: Yura-chaaan?

Maki: Kiyotsugu-kun's talking nonsense… saying everyone should look for Yura-chan…
Maki: If only we could sense spirit auras~

Torii?: But there's no way we could do that… we're human, you know

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Yura: ……
Rikuo: I get it!
Rikuo: So when I figured you hadn't shown up for school in a while
Rikuo: This is what you were doing!

Rikuo: Summer vacation's already begun, you know
Yura: I know… I showed up for the closing ceremony.

Yura: …
Yura: Nura-kun… did you come alone…?

Rikuo: Huh?
Yura: Well you've always got someone with you… like Oikawa-san…

Rikuo: Oh!
Rikuo: So she noticed?...
Rikuo: Actually, right now everyone's split up in groups looking for you

Yura: Everyone is?
Rikuo: Yep!
Rikuo: Kiyotsugu-kun and everyone else is worried about you!! We couldn't contact you…
Rikuo: We're going on another trip! And if we don't have our ace, we can't get started!

Yura: ……
Yura: I… I just can't face everyone…
Yura: I'm pathetic…

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Yura: And I can't protect anyone from youkai at all…
Rikuo: ……
Rikuo: And that's why you're training?

Yura: I've shown him a bad side of myself…
Rikuo: You sure are something!

Yura: Eh?
Rikuo: I mean… you're doing this on your own, right?

Rikuo: Moving forward, coming all the way out here, training…
Rikuo: Not just anyone can do that!
Rikuo: You're amazing, Keikain-san… I really admire you!

Yura: ……
Text: Nura-kun…
Rikuo: Oh, I mean like I respect you!

Text: Nura Rikuo-kun…
Text: At school, he never stands out from others… he's shy and acts like everyone's errand boy… but…

Text: Tell you about Nura-kun?
Text: Sure… come over to my place…

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Text: I've got a ton of photos there…

SFX: ggggrrrrrgggh
Yura: Ah
Rikuo: Eh?

Yura: Now listen, that just now…
Yura: That wasn't my stomach rumbling or anything, alright!!

Rikuo: Oh good, I've only got one bar…
Rikuo: Keikain-san, you like chocolate, right?

Yura: ……
Text: Nura-kun did the same thing his Grandpa did…

Text: Nura-kun's Grandpa… was kind to me…
Text: But back then, why did he show up *there*?

Text: Ahhh… I mustn't do this…
Text: If I doubt him once… I'll start thinking he's a bad person…

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Text: There's no way this Nura-kun
Text: Is connected to the youkai
Yura: …Thanks

Text: That's just not right…
Rikuo: I'll let everyone know
Rikuo: Okay?
Text: But… if he was…?

Text: Youkai… are "absolute evil"…
Text above Rikuo: Huh? It's not connecting...
Text: So… would I… have to defeat him…?

Text: Would I have to defeat Nura-kun…?

Text: I want to just ask him straight out
Text: He might answer me…
Text: Nura-kun… Nura-kun is…
Rikuo: Yura

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Ryuuji [he finally has a name!]: We've finally found you
Ryuuji: Yura…

Yura: Brother…?

Ryuuji: We followed the signs of shikigami presence here
Ryuuji: We told you to keep in regular contact with the main house, didn't we?

Ryuuji: Ahh… Training, is it…
Ryuuji: But why are you doing it out here?

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Ryuuji: If you just walk outside, as soon as you get to the town you'll encounter youkai, you know?
Yura: ……

Yura: Why did you come here, Brother…

Mamiru: Ryuuji…
Ryuuji: …Why am I here?...
Ryuuji: Yura, you know…

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Ryuuji: That in essence, onmyouji are
Ryuuji: Youkai exorcists.

Ryuuji: GAROU!!
Rikuo: Huh?!

Yura: Brother?!

Yura: Ahh!...

Yura: What… What're you doing, all of a sudden…

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Ryuuji: Yura… what about him?...
Ryuuji: Who's THAT?...

Yura: W-What…?

Yura: He's… just a friend…
Yura: From school…
Ryuuji: There's no way that you're serious, right?

Ryuuji: There's no way
Ryuuji: That you didn't notice, right?...

Text: Stop…
Text: Don't say it…

Ryuuji: He's… a youkai.

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Rikuo: What?...

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Ryuuji: I give up, Yura
Ryuuji: You really are a moronic little sister…

Ryuuji: Now come on!
Ryuuji: What do you do when you encounter a youkai?

Ryuuji: Youkai… are absolute evil…
Ryuuji: So you know what to do… right?

Maki: The sun's set
Torii: We should get going now, don't you think?

Tsurara: Rikuo-sama…
Tsurara: For some reason… I've got a bad feeling
Starred text: He's been found out!! Rikuo's ultimate despair!!

Text bottom: …Act 53 // END
Text bottom: Next time, Rikuo clashes with the Keikain siblings! A frantic fight to the death!