Ao no Exorcist 8

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On to chapter 9! /o/

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Blue and red text: Ao No Exorcist
White text:
-Chapter 8: Black Cat
-bigger text: Katou Kazue
Left red: Party time!

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Red: Thank You and Welcome!
blue: As a result of Volume #1 surging in popularity we've had to re-print!!! So #2 is a commemorative release!
white: JC Volume 2 now on sale in Japan!

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-The Campus Town during the middle of summer…

-Yo, Blacky.

-Man~~ it sure is hot out there! It's your shift.
-Yeah, alright.

6:
-Lately, that cat's always been sittin' there.
-It ignores us completely even when we give it some food.

-That's right, 'cause it's a smart cat.
-…Maybe it isn't really paying us attention?

-If it knew it’s master had died, / what do you suppose the Familiar would do?

-Shh! / What’ll you do if it hears you?

-Ah… My bad. / I think it'll be fine since it's kinda far away...

7:
-Yeah, probably…I mean, it's not like it's unchained and gonna return to it's original demon form, right...?
-…If that happened then it's definitely gonna kill us...

-Ahhhhh, it’s hot~~

8:
-Welcome back.
-The canteen was so crowded it took ages... / Ahh! My Gorigori-kun is melting!!
[He means his icy-pole! :3]

-…What about my Mineral Water….?
-Eh? Huh!?
-Uh, sorry, I forgot… / …C'mon...water is easily forgettable…since it’s transparent and all...

-Wanna eat my Gorigori-kun instead?

-…I don’t want it. It’s fine, I’ll go buy it myself later.

Text: I’m sorry.

-Haah…Even though it's Sunday I have to waste it doing assignments and homework!

9: Goddammit / Even though I worked my ass off to become an Exwire, all I do is study. It's the same as being a Page!

-Plus, if you look at this...
-Aren't Exwires just underlings!?

Page: Exorcist Basic Ranks and Titles
-Paladin
聖騎士
-Arc Knight
四大騎士
-Cancer
名誉騎士　(Kanji says "Honourary Knight")

-Upper First Class
上一級
-Upper Second Class
上二級
-Middle First Class
中一級
-Middle Second Class
中二級
-Lower First Class
下一級
-Lower Second Class
下二級
-Right text: Exorcists
-Knight / Dragoon / Tamer / Aria / Doctor
-Exwire
-Page

-Where are you on here?
-I'm a Middle First Class.

-What, so you’re not that important!
-Like you can talk, Nii-san.

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-Tch. So it's gonna take a friggin' long time / to became the highest level, a "Paladin"!

-Man, I wanna hurry up and do some real work so I can get some hands-on experience!

-'Paladin' is the strongest title which has only ever been awarded to one person.
-It's not given to just anyone. For Christ sakes Ni-san, for the time being we're not even letting you do any missions.

-…Huh?
-…What are you sayin’?

-You often disregard orders and act on your own/ It's not surprising considering at your age you can't even run an errand properly.
-What the hell! / It was an accident!
-There's more to it than that.

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-Your fighting method solely relies too much on Satan's power.
-You should also cure your bad habit of immediately drawing your sword.
-… Because no matter how fast your injuries heal...

-You'd better stop using your own body as a shield when you're out of tricks.
-If you keep on doing that sort of thing…

-…Sooner or later you’re going to be completely controlled by Satan's power.

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-Wh… / What the hell! It turned out fine! I saved them, didn't I?
-Don't preach to me like the old man!/ coming from the one who looked like he was losing...

-I’m saying this for Nii-san's benefit…!
-I'm speaking for Father! / I'm sure he's so worried he's rolling over in his grave.

-Pfft. / That shitty old man wasn't that sort of sensitive guy!
-"shitty old man"…

-…How long do you plan on going through that rebellious phrase! / Don't you think it's time you grew up?
-Huh!?

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-You're the one who needs to grow up! / Actin' like you're so cool and mature!
-Just 'cause you’re a little smart, doesn't mean you should go gaga whenever you see Shiemi.
-Huh?

-…Why did you suddenly mention Shiemi-san? / Besides, most of that isn't even true!
-They are so, Four eyes! / You can't see that even though you wear glasses! You stupid Four Eyes!

-Stupid...? / You can't call me that, Ni-san, considering at your age you can't even run an errand!
-Tch…You still going on about that? Get over it!

-Your fighting method is the same.

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-Because you lack knowledge and skills you depend on your flames!
-！
-What was that… / Ya four eyes!!

15:
-…Buwah!? / Ahaha!! / It’s a miracle!!
-A miracle happened!! / Ahahahaha!!

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-It ain’t something to be laughin' at…!!

-Yes, this is Okumura.

-…Yes. Not a problem.

-Well, I'll come immediately.
-Ooh, is it a mission？

-It’s none of your business, Ni-san.　
-He's got a ton of spare glasses…!!

17:
-GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!

18:
-I’m Yukio Okumura, a Middle First Class Exorcist,
-We’ve been waiting for you! Please go inside!

-...Plus Rin Okumura, an Exwire.

-I’m worried about your second pair of glasses.
-That makes no sense! / Listen here, you…
-GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

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-I don't have any time for you right now!/ Go back home!

-Don't wanna.

-GRRRAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH

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-LIARS!

-YOU’RE ALL LIARS…!
-What happened? Are you alright?

-Blackly suddenly became gigantic, and attacked us… / We accidentally let it slip about Father Fujimoto's death and it heard us.

-Excuse me…what do you plan on doin’ to Kuro…?
-It’ll be alright.

-We’ll deal with him.

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-What did that mean?
-What does this have to do with the old man's death?

- That Cat Sìth… was Father's familiar.
[Tn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_S%C3%ACth
kanji reads Nekomata, which you'll find here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakeneko]

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-GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
-Arrrrrrgh…!
-Argh…

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-GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

-Gargh…This Cat Sìth was once called 'Oshira-sama'...
[Tn: About Oshira-sama: http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=221 ]

-Looks like it's not gonna be an easy job after all...!!
-Ah!

-Thanks for waiting. I’m Okumura. What's the situation…?
-Okumura-kun!
-…Blacky, the southern rear gate-keeper cat, has gone berserk. / We're currently blockading 1km of the rear gate road.

24:
-We just hit it with a bucket-load of Demon Tranquilizer Bullets and it's movements have somewhat slowed, but it's recovering quickly.
Text: We've tried Holy water, Holy silver, Holy wine and Holy Pharmacology but it all failed!
-Because that Cat Sìth's fatal verse remains to be clarified we can't use the Aria's either.

-We've heard that Father Fujimoto left you a trump card, Okumura-kun...
-Yes,

-It’s this.

-Around 1 year ago...

-If I were to die suddenly, / And if Blacky is more than you can manage, use this.

-I prepared it specially.

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-It's medicine that'll calm Blacky down.

-It appears it was made out of a remodeled hand grenade. / It's more than likely to be medicine that'll kill Blacky.
-I think Father predicted such a situation and prepared this for it.
-…We’re saved!

-…But because the capacity of the destructive force is immeasurable,
-Will you please entrust me alone with using it?

-…You must have strong feelings about your Father, / and the first mission you went on as an Exwire, right?
-…? Do you know about it?

-I participated in that mission too.

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-That Cat Sìth used to be the protective deity of the local silk farmers. Since ancient time, in exchange for protecting the silkworms from being consumed by mice or other disasters,
-It received a festival or an offering, and lived peacefully with humans.

-But as the times changed and silk cultivation became outdated,
-The people forgot all about the protective deity.

-…And then one day…

-Be careful with that…!
-Tear it all down!

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-Arrrrrrgh!!!?
-What…What is it!?
-The shovel's moving on its own..!!

-It's a curse!!
Text: No shrine worked, and it soon evolved into a hopeless mess.
Text: The local's felt like it was the last straw, and finally turned to True Cross Academy.

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-And the one slected to kill the god which had become a demon,
-was a Paladin, Father Shiro Fujimoto....
-I'm more than enough.

-I was overwhelmed
-by his ability to calm the situation without spilling a single drop of blood.

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-Yes… / I remember it well...

-That old man…was the 'Paladin'…!?

-After that he named it "Blacky", and tamed it by making a Familiar contract with it as the gate-keeper of the school…
-But after all, a demons a demon… / If it loses it's master it turns back into a wild beast, huh…

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-Understood. Let’s leave it to you then.
-What about an assistant?
-As long as I throw it accurately enough to hit it, I'm more than enough.

-Well, just in case, everyone else should evacuate.
-Everyone, retreat to the rear gate!!

-LIARS!
-Shirou’s the greatest…
-He’d never die!

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-He’ll come back home!
-I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!

-I get it, it’s his…

-Ni-san! / You should also go back to the gate,
-Since there's a chance this medicine might effect you too.
-Are you…going to kill it…?

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-That’s right.
-Right now there's no Exorcist in the Academy able to tame a demon of that class.

-When it becomes like that there's nothing we can do but kill it!

-He’s coming back!

-Wai…

-Until then, I can’t die either!

-WAIT!!

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-What!?
-He's just lonely … you can't kill it for that!

-Why do you know that…!?

-…Well…It’s not that I know it but… / Uh…It’s a bit like Demon telepathy…?

-…Even so, we can't leave it like this.

-…Then before you kill it let me persuade it!
-Persuade it!?

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-It’s alright, I won't draw my sword! / Just like you told me, I won't depend on Satan.
-I’ll use my head to fight!

-Hey!
-Ni-san!?

-Yo…
-I’m Rin Okumura, Shirou's son.

-The dude’s dead.

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-Nii-sa…
-LIES!

-He’s dead.
-LIES!

-YOU’RE A LIAAAAAR!!

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[Tn: …Ouch?]

37:
-Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!?

-“I’ll use my head to fight!”
Text: He really…used his head…
Wait, whaaaaaaat!?

-…You know, you…

38:
-You loved my old man, right?
-So then...

-you were just sad, right?

-I'm the same as you.
-Let's resolve our differences.

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-Ni…Ni-san…

-You know, you…

-You loved humans, right?

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-…That's why you were just sad that you had been forgotten.

-Let's resolve our differences.
-I brought some great Catnip Wine!
[Tn: Not really Catnip, actually a Japanese plant attractive to cats called "Silver Vine". But meh, Catnips close enough. XD]

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-Shirou…

-Shirou…

-Shirou's dead…?

42:
-Shirou's deeeead….!

43:
-Good work.

-Hey.
-…This is nostalgic

-What are you going to do about him?
-For the time being I managed to explain to them that we were forced to keep him as your Familiar.

-…But it's possible they might use another Familiar as the gate-keeper.
-Hm?

-Ah!!

44:
-The poison...?
-It smells like Shirou's present!
-...He says it smells...like Dad's present?

-…Huh…?

SFX: *sniff sniff*

-…Cat…Catnip Wine!
-Catnip! / It’s Shirou’s Catnip wine!

45:
-…Bwuoh!

-...If you really think about it...
-Father can't have been trying to kill this Familiar.

-What’s with this taste…!

-Nii-san! You can’t drink it!
-It's just a symbol.

46:
-Well？What do you think of Rin Okumura?

-Even if you ask me that…

-Since he hasn't even fought all-out yet... / …Put simply, I can't judge him.
-You have a point./ He's constantly been like that. There really is nothing more irritating.

-Don't you feel like going ahead and firing him up?

-…Yes, but before that,
-I'd like to study up more on your favourite Japan.

-That so…? I'm flattered.

47:
-Remember, I didn't give you the "Key of Eternity" / just for you to sight-see.

-I know. Till next time.

-Will it be okay?
-…Good enough.

-It seems like he had enough of an interest.

-Cheers!
-…Scheers!
Text: A toast in memory of their deceased Father…
Text: Ao No Exorcist – continues in January's Issue.