Nurarihyon no Mago 40

Epic win all-round, and much flailing on my part. Sorry to have switched things up with the terminology... I decided to keep the word sakazuki in here after all, because of the importance placed on the word and act itself of exchanging the drink. I just... thought it sounded better.

International Translators / Scanlators: You're welcome to use this, but I'd appreciate it if you include a credit for Niphredil.

Line break: New speech bubble / text box within the same panel
Blank line: New panel
**Asterisked, purple lines: Lines I'm not sure about

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Text: Act 40: Hyakki Yakou and Sakazuki
Text: Believe in your strength
Text: Shiibashi Hiroshi

-02-
Text: His sworn brother Zen's suggestion!

Rikuo: Me?
Rikuo: Form my own Hyakki Yakou?

Zen: You got it—
Zen: See, youkai... are pretty fickle.
Zen: If they don't sense strength from their commander, they'll leave at the drop of a hat and go elsewhere, anywhere.

-03-
Zen: Let alone the fact that you haven't exchanged sakazuki with your subordinates!
Zen: Listen up, Rikuo... brandish that fear you command, and gather your hundred demons!
[Please put this under the 1st panel: TN: Sakazuki are sake dishes, and exchanging sakazuki refers to "drinking the pledge of loyalty"]

Zen: You can do it—
Rikuo: I know that!

Rikuo: Zen-kun
Rikuo: What you just said... that's for my night form, right?!

Rikuo: But... it's impossible, because I can only take that form for a quarter of the day!
Rikuo: I... I need everyone to follow me even when I'm in this form!!

Youkai: ......
Rikuo: I know that it's hopeless for me as I am right now...
Rikuo: That's why... I have to do my best...

Zen: YOU MORON!!
Zen: You really don't get it at ALL!

Zen: That's not who the Hyakki Yakou are!

-04-
Zen: They're comrades who'll follow YOU – not just the "day" or the "night" you
Zen: No matter what!

Zen: THAT'S who I'm telling you to gather!!

Rikuo: Wha—
Rikuo: Ao... Kuro?

Kubinashi: Owowow... he realised?...

Ao: Rikuo-sama!!
Ao: Please exchange sakazuki with us!!

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Rikuo: Huh?!
Ao: The reason we originally began serving you
Ao: Was because we had been ordered to do so by the Supreme Commander, who we've exchanged sakazuki with!!

Kuro: That is to say, right now... there is no pledge between Rikuo-sama and ourselves!!

Tsurara: But... it's because we've been by your side until now, that we understand...
Rikuo: Tsurara..
Tsurara: That... Rikuo-sama... is someone who protects both humans and youkai...

Ao: It's because you have such tremendous ability like that... that we can consider you to be a suitable supreme commander for us!
Ao: And that's why it's at a time of hardship like this
Ao: That we want to exchange sakazuki with the Rikuo-sama of *right now* and follow behind you!!

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Rikuo: ......
Rikuo: But...
Rikuo: All I've done since Shikoku has come... is cause problems for everyone...

Ao: Then fight together with us!!
Ao: You just have to make use of us!!

Rikuo: Everyone...

Youkai: Rikuo-sama
Youkai: Please
***Youkai: Exchange sakazuki and drink a seven-to-three pledge with us...
[我々と七分三分の盃を．．．The 七分三分, I can't figure out how to work in. It gets explained next page as the division of the pledge [represented by the sake drunk, in this case] between the boss and his followers, but it still sounds pretty awkward.]

Y1: What's all this about...? Telling everyone to gather in the garden~
Y2: Master Zen told us to...
Y2: Apparently those were Rikuo-sama's orders.
Y1: What?! No way, I don't wanna end up like Gozu and Mezu!

Y2: I really don't feel like I can follow behind the young master right now...
Y1: He puked under all the pressure, our young head did!
Hitotsume: Heheh...

Shouei: ......

-07-
Box: In the world of youkai honour
Box: The sakazuki represents solidarity akin to a blood pledge, linking fellow youkai of different families.

Box: In the time of our grandfathers or fathers, when those strong, honourable members from this clan, who had become the Hyakki Yakou, or when their descendants...
Box: Exchanged the sakazuki of sworn brothers... a half portion of sake drunk by each gave equal footing for both parties.

Box: But this time, the youkai drank a 70-30 pledge from the sakazuki.

Box: That was...
Box: A sakazuki divided into portions for a boss and his subordinates, as a pledge of loyalty.

Box: An oath which could not have been sworn without genuine trust...
Kubinashi: Rikuo-sama

Kubinashi: We will accept you, no matter what form you take.
Kubinashi: Because you are the treasure of this household that we have trusted and followed thus far.

Kubinashi: Please live on, being true to yourself...

-08-
Text: I...
Text: What I really feel is...

Text: Yes...

Text: I...
Text: Know...

Text: I know that even he is
Text: Just a part of
Text: My true self.

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Inner!Yoruo: Hey
Inner!Yoruo: Daytime Me.
Inner!Yoruo: Just what can a human like you do?

Inner!Yoruo: The night is my domain.
Inner!Yoruo: Move aside...

Rikuo: ...I have no intention of surrendering everything to you.

Rikuo: It'll be difficult to become like you
Rikuo: You're powerful...
Rikuo: Menacing... and frightening...

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Inner!Yoruo: ......
Inner!Yoruo: That's right...
Inner!Yoruo: Frolicking about with the humans suits you better.

Inner!Yoruo: I'll leave the human side of things
Inner!Yoruo: To you.

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Inner!Yoruo: So
Inner!Yoruo: Just leave the youkai side to me

Text: Huh?

-12-
Tsurara: Master!—

Tsurara: ............
Tsurara: Huh...?
Yoruo: What's the matter?
Yoruo: Aren't you going to accept the sakazuki?

Tsurara: Um... ah... yes...

Yoruo: I'll be counting on you
Yoruo: Tsurara

Tsurara: Master...?!
Text: You switched way too quickly...

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Shouei: Father...

Text: The reason I follow the Nura Clan
Text: Is because I am enthralled by the Supreme Commander.

Text: Whether you follow the next generation's Supreme Commander, Rikuo-sama...
Text: Is up to you of the next generation to decide.
Shouei: I...
Shouei: Don't think I can...

Y: Hm?

Y: Huh...? What's that...
Y: An enemy raid!!
Y: The enemy's attacking!!

Y2: ?!
Y3: Whaaaat?!

Y: The Shikoku forces and a huge number of troops are heading this way down the old highway!!
Y2: An enemy attack!! Enemy attack!!
Y3: W-W-What did you say?!
Y4: This is seriously bad...
Y5: No way... so suddenly?! Let's get out of here!

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Y: !!

Yoruo: Stop cowering!
Yoruo: Our opponent...
Yoruo: Is just a little bake-tanuki.

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Y: It's Rikuo-sama!
Y: ?!
Y: His night form!

Hitotsume: ?!
Hitotsume: WHAT—

Shouei: Who is that...
Shouei: Rikuo...?

Yoruo: Shouei.
Shouei: Huh?

Yoruo: This is revenge for your father.
Yoruo: You will flay the skin of the bake-tanuki.

Shouei: Y...
Shouei: Yes...

Zen: ......
Text: Rikuo...

Text: Yes...
Text: That's it, Rikuo...
Text: The ones who only see your day form can't understand...
Text: By showing yourself now, your "fear" is complete!!

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[/flails]
[okay, I've been flailing since Yoruo switched in and was lost to the world when he focused on Shouei, but still...]

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Ppl: ?!
Ppl: Huh..?
Ppl: Wh... What's that?!

Ppl: Ahhhh!
Ppl: M... Monsters?!

[Box: ]
Nura Clan Group, Noppera Clan
Haguro-bettari
[/box1]

[Box:]
Nura Clan Group, Yamanba Clan
Yamachichi
[/box2]
Haguro: Now it's our turn.
Haguro: Move, humans!

Hitotsume: Th...
Hitotsume: They all went!!

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Shikoku y: ?! Tamazuki...?
Shikoku y: It's the Nura Clan... what's going on?!

キミもやはり百鬼を率いる器
あの程度では脅しにもならないか．．．
Tamazuki: So you too are capable of commanding a hundred demons. I guess just that wouldn't work as a threat...
[Thanks Elkin and zindyr!]
Tamazuki: Just as I thought, Rikuo-kun... we really are alike, aren't we?


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Tamazuki: Let's battle it out
Tamazuki: With our respective "Fear"

Image: The curtain opens on Rikuo and Tamazuki's final battle!!
Tamazuki: It's the start
Tamazuki: Of a Hyakki Yakou war.
Bottom: ...Act 40 // END


Chapter Note

Exchanging Sakazuki / Drinking the Pledge of Loyalty
Sorry to have switched things up with the terminology... I decided to keep the word sakazuki in here after all, because of the importance placed on the word and act itself of exchanging the drink.