Nurarihyon no Mago 4

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Text: Nurarihyon no Mago
Image text: The person sitting before him is...?

Text: It's the weeping cherry tree in our garden—
Text: That's strange—
Text: Spring should have been over a long time ago though...

Rikuo: Who are you?

Rikuo: Who's there...
Rikuo: Who are you?

-02-
Image right: Nurarihyon no Mago
Image left: Is this a dream, or reality? Their Day and Night forms have never crossed paths until now—
Act 4: Rikuo Had a Dream

-03-
SFX: chirp chirp

Karasu Tengu: Good morning, Master!!

SFX: sparkle

Rikuo: ........
Rikuo: ......What....
Rikuo: What's all this.....?
Karasu Tengu: Well, you see
Karasu Tengu: Last night... you were especially courageous

Karasu Tengu: I was truly moved
Karasu Tengu: I can finally see a ray of hope for the Nura Clan!
SFX: glint
SFX: glint
Karasu Tengu: The times are changing... just the memory of it makes me shudder!

Rikuo: Huh?

Youkai: Yo, Karasu
Youkai: Looks like Master's finally up too!

-04-
Youkai: So you finally transformed into a youkai again!!

Youkai: Once again, you declared your aim to become The Third, eh?
Youkai: I'm so happy!

Youkai: There's never been a happier moment for us here at the Main House
Youkai: I was moved to tears!
Youkai: Let's get this party started!
Rikuo: J...Just wait a minute!!

Youkai: ...yes?
Rikuo: What are you talking about?

Karasu Tengu: Hahaha, there he goes, playing innocent...
Karasu Tengu: Last night, Master transformed into a youkai...
Karasu Tengu: You were breathtaking... truly awe-inspiring

Youkai: Tell us about it, Karasu Tengu!!
SFX top: Hurrah!
Karasu Tengu: Indeed! I wish I could have shown everyone how he looked
Karasu Tengu: I'm sure even the leaders would have acknowledged the Master, if they had seen him...

Karasu Tengu: Don't you think so, M—
Karasu Tengu: —Huh?!
Rikuo: I have no idea what you're on about
Rikuo: I don't remember any of that

-05-
Text, right: Maaaaster~
Text, below that: Are you acting innocent again~
Rikuo: Just leave me out of the morning partying, would you?
Text, left: Jeez, this house...
Rikuo: I mean, I already feel like I haven't slept at all, for some reason...

Text: Still... that sure was a weird dream
Text: I wonder who he was...
Rikuo: Now that I think of it, I don't remember anything after getting to Zen-kun's house
Rikuo: Did I really transform...?

Rikuo: Whoa
Rikuo: What's wrong with me? I feel so unsteady... *hic*

Rikuo: Kana-chan!

Rikuo: Morning!
Kana: Morning... we're both early today, huh!

Text: Sigh~
Rikuo: Wow, this is great
Rikuo: Meeting Kana-chan here, it feels like a normal person's life!

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Kiyotsugu: Heeey
Kiyotsugu: Haven't seen you guys...
Kiyotsugu: Since that night...

Rikuo: Ki...
Rikuo: Kiyotsugu-kun?...
Kiyotsugu: You guys........
Kiyotsugu: You saw it, right? Right?!

Rikuo: S...Saw what?
Kiyotsugu: Come on!
Kiyotsugu: I'm talking about That Night!

Kiyotsugu: I'm sure they were there... in the old school building...
Kiyotsugu: Those *you-know-what* I've been searching for!!

Kiyotsugu: But then I woke up and found I'd been sleeping on a park bench!!
Kiyotsugu: Nura-kun!! You saw them, right?! The youkai!!

Rikuo: aga-gah-gah
SFX: shake shake
Rikuo: I-I don't know anything...

SFX: cough
SFX: hack
Kiyotsugu: That's so strange
Kiyotsugu: And I really thought the youkai were there...

-07-
Yuki Onna: Fufufu... I'm sure you mistook some delinquents for youkai
Yuki Onna: It must have been some delinquents who were hanging around and scared you off, don't you think?

Kiyotsugu: Oh, don't I know you from somewhere
Kiyotsugu: D-Do you really think so...
Yuki Onna: Yeah!

Text: Yu... Yuki Onna?!

Yuki Onna: Oh my!
Yuki Onna: You mean, you actually fainted?
Yuki Onna: That's pretty pathetic!

Kiyotsugu: N... No way...
Kiyotsugu: I didn't!! I didn't faint!!
Kiyotsugu: Ah! I remember now!! I definitely remember now!!
Kiyotsugu: Yeah, delinquents, there were delinquents...
Yuki Onna: See! There's no way youkai or whatever would show up at school like that!
Rikuo: ......

Text: Hahaha
Text: You're right, of course! Yeah!
Rikuo: H... Hey... um

Yuki Onna: Oh, Master!!
Yuki Onna: You really mustn't come to school on your own!
Text: From now on!!

Yuki Onna: Here you go! A homemade lunch box from Mother!!
SFX: thump
Text: It's chilly

-08-
SFX: whoosh

Yuki Onna: What are you doing...?
Rikuo: Why... Why did you come to school?
Yuki Onna: Well, if anything should happen to Master...
Rikuo: I want to live peacefully when I'm at school!

Rikuo: If they find out about me, it's all over!!
Yuki Onna: But this was an order...
Rikuo: At least stop calling me "Master"!
Yuki Onna: Then you can call me Oikawa-san or Tsurara-chan!
Rikuo: Eh?!
Kana: ........

Kana: That girl... is she the one that came with us last time?
Kana: I wonder if she's a friend of Rikuo-kun

Kana: No... it really looks like they're meeting for the first time...
Kana: But... bringing him a lunch box...?
Kana: Wh... What's up with that...

Text: ........
Text: I guess there's a lot I don't know about Rikuo-kun...

[Yura]: Um, excuse me...

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Yura: Could you tell me where the faculty office is please?

Yura: I don't really know my way around yet

Kana: Oh, yeah... it's in this building, on the 2nd floor.

SFX: smile
Yura: Much obliged!

Kana: ?
Kana: That dialect...
Kana: Is she a transfer student?

SFX: ding dong

Yura: I'm Keikain
Yura: I'm from Kyoto

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Yura: My full name is Keikain Yura
Yura: Pleased to meet you...

Girl: Keikain-san!! Where did you move from?
Girl: Keikain-san is a bit of a mouthful!
Girl: Just "Yura" is fine, right?
Girl: Are you gonna join any clubs?

Yura: Clubs? I don't know...
Girl: Eh? Really?

Girl: So, Kiyotsugu-kun! Tell us what happened!!
Girl: You really went to the old school building, right?!
Kiyotsugu: Uh, about that...
Girl: Did any youkai show up?

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Kiyotsugu: Uh...
Kiyotsugu: No... there was nothing there...
Girl: Are you serious?
Girl: What a letdown!

Kiyotsugu: Ugh...
Kiyotsugu: B... But... just you wait

Kiyotsugu: Next time!!
Kiyotsugu: I'll find them next time for sure!!
Kana: Kiyotsugu-kun... he's still going on about that
Rikuo: Yeah...
Kana/Rikuo?: He just doesn't know when to quit...

Kiyotsugu: I bought a "Cursed Doll and Diary" from a good friend of mine who's obsessed with collecting strange objects!!
Girl: Huh?
Kiyotsugu: I'll use that!! Then I'll prove my theory once and for all!!
SFX: slam
Girl: Huh?
Girl: What?

Yura: Excuse me...

Yura: Were you serious?
SFX: sparkle
SFX: sparkle
Yura: I would... love to see that too!

Girl: Eh?
Kiyotsugu: Really!
Kiyotsugu: Do you really mean that?!

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Girl: H-Hey, Yura-chan...?
Girl: So she's that type of person?
SFX: mutter
Kiyotsugu: Wow, I'm so happy to hear that!! To think there are people out there who understand my feelings!!
Yura: Is it strange?
Kiyotsugu: Not in the least!!
Kiyotsugu: There are others who sympathise with me too!!

Kiyotsugu: Torii-san and Maki-san here feel the same way!!
Girls: Whaat?!
Girls: We do?!

Girl: Ah, suddenly my stomach started hurting...
Girl: Wow, I've got the worst headache...

Kiyotsugu: Why if it isn't Ienaga-san and Nura-kun!! Perfect timing!!
Kana: Gah
Rikuo: Crap!!
Kiyotsugu: Fantastic!! You're both in too!!

Kiyotsugu: We're now the Kiyo Cross Supernatural Investigation Squad!
Girl: Huh?
Girl: Where'd he pull that name out of...
Kiyotsugu: Today we'll meet at my house!!
Rikuo: He somehow managed to turn it into a group all by himself!!

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SFX: creak

Rikuo: Whoa...
SFX: creak
Kid: Wow...
Kid: This... is your house?
Kiyotsugu: Fufufu...
Kiyotsugu: This is my private research room

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Kid: Did you just inherit a fortune or something...
Kiyotsugu: Watch your mouth!
Kiyotsugu: This room belongs to my grandfather, who's a professor at the university. I'm just borrowing it.
Kiyotsugu: Well, in the future I hope to fill it with my own research

Rikuo: Uwaaa
Rikuo: There's a lot of amazing stuff in here...
Rikuo: I wonder how they got it all...

Rikuo: Yuki Onna... uh, I mean, Tsurara...
Rikuo: Do we have any youkai at home that can possess objects?
Kiyotsugu: Right, it's over here

Yuki Onna: ..........
Yuki Onna: Hmm... I don't think there's anyone who possesses dolls...
Yuki Onna: It could be a tsukumogami**... though a modern version
[**TN: An object that has been possessed by a spirit or ghost for so long that it has become a youkai itself.]

Rikuo: T-Them again?
Rikuo: What a hassle, having them in this neighbourhood
Girl: ?

Yuki Onna: If that's what it is, we just have to beat it up and defeat it, right?
Rikuo: We can't do that!!
Girl: ....... again?

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Kiyotsugu: So this... is the Japanese doll...
Rikuo: Uwaaa
Rikuo: It really is...

Yura: I-Is it really a cursed doll?
Kiyotsugu: I think it has a high degree of authenticity
Kiyotsugu: It came with a diary that belonged to the owner

Rikuo: A diary?
Kiyotsugu: I'll read a little from it

Kiyotsugu: "22nd February... a week to go before we move house."
Kiyotsugu: "Yesterday, I decided to get rid of the Japanese doll my grandmother gave me."

Kiyotsugu: "However, though I haven't had a chance to do it until now, in truth I'm scared to get rid of it".
Kiyotsugu: "Despite this, even though it was raining, I resolutely threw it away..."

SFX: glance

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Kiyotsugu: "After doing that, today, even though I was sure I had thrown it away, the doll was sitting in the entry hall, and from its eyes there was something black like blood trickling down..."
Kiyotsugu: WHAT ARE YOU DOING, RIKUO?!
SFX: slam

Kiyotsugu: Don't body slam valuable artifacts!!
SFX: wipe wipe
Rikuo: Haha...
Rikuo: Sorry, when I heard the story I just thought it was so sad that...
Kiyotsugu: Are you an idiot?

Yuki Onnia: M... Master...?
Rikuo: Ahh... don't tell me this thing's for real...? Again...

Kiyotsugu: Wait... let me see that!!

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Kiyotsugu: .......
Kiyotsugu: There's nothing there...

Kiyotsugu: Honestly, treating valuable artifacts like that...
Kiyotsugu: I'll retract your honourary member status if you're not careful...
Kiyotsugu: Anyway... moving on
Rikuo: ............

Kiyotsugu: "24th February: My boyfriend said he would discard it on a far away mountain for me."
Kiyotsugu: "That night... he called me, saying, 'Please, help me... I've just realised the doll's still sitting on the seat behind me...'"
Rikuo: Huh?
Rikuo: W-What happened then?

Kiyotsugu: "Now that I think about it, that doll's always been strange..."
Kiyotsugu: "When I realised this, I also saw that its hair was getting longer..."

Yuki Onna: Ah... Master... look...
Rikuo: I know... this is bad...

Yuki Onna: I'll freeze it!!
Rikuo: Y-You can't do that, not with everyone here...

Kiyotsugu: "28th February: the day before we move house."

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Kiyotsugu: "Something strange happened. A box I thought I'd closed up, was open..."
Rikuo: Stop...
Rikuo: Stop reading the diary!!!

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Rikuo: ?!

Yura: So you were in Ukiyoe Town afterall...

Yura: In the name of the onmyouji family, Keikain
Text: His natural enemy arrives?!
Yura: Mononoke... I'll extinguish you from this world!!

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Notes:

Page 12, Kiyo Cross Supernatural Investigation Squad
The kanji for "kiyo" is 清 - the same as the first character in Kiyotsugu's name (清継), but it also means "pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise". What you should get out of this is that Kiyotsugu is a huge dork <3

Page 15, tsukumogami
An object that has been possessed by a spirit or ghost for so long that it has become a youkai itself. The "tsukumo-" can appear with the kanji 九十九 , literally "99", referring to a period of 99 years or simply a very long time, during which the object has been possessed and being gradually transforming into a youkai.
More information on tsukumogami can be found at the Japanese Wikipedia page, http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BB%98%E5%96%AA%E7%A5%9E

Page 19, Mononoke
Mononoke here appears as the reading above the kanji used for youkai, but Mononoke has more of a negative sense, giving the idea that the spirit is vengeful or harbours ill intent.

Page 19, onmyouji
Onmyouji specialised in magic and divination, and are well-known as exorcists of youkai. The famous onmyouji originated from Kyoto, when they served in the imperial courts of the Heian era (circa 900's AD).
Info lifted from Kirimi and Wiki ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onmyouji )

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