Nurarihyon no Mago 147

Bad raws this week kinda put me off translating :| Also, busy. I know I'm not supposed to be busy when I'm only working part-time, but I've been doing attachments, visiting my high school, got on a committee planning an event in July... And learning to drive :D I always have lessons at odd times, meaning my time on the internet is very broken up. I MUST have a clear (minimum) 2 hours to translate or I won't do it. I know I'm weird.

And I know I'm rambling.



01
a1: Kuro and Yanagida face each other...!! What is their relationship!?
a2: Act 147 Hyaku Monogatari
b1: You are
b2: <Yanagida>...

02
b1: Fufu... So you do remember me, hmm?
b2: ...
b3: What are you doing in a place like this?
b4: Don't tell me this phenomenon--- It wasn't born of you, was it?
b5: Born?
b6: I don't like the sound of that... My role is to gather. Or perhaps you've forgotten that?
b7: Once upon a time, we
b8: Were <comrades> who fought against the Nura Clan, so hearing this makes me so sad...

03
b1: I am a comrade of yours no more
b2: I know not what you guys are planning to do next...
b3: But I suggest you think twice... You no longer have a clan to call your own
b4: I don't like the sound of that
b5: I wouldn't stop gathering the hundred stories just because one or two got destroyed, you know?
b6: Besides, we've just a little way to go
b7: Just a little way to go... And Sanmoto-san will be revived
a1: !
b8: Now that I mention it, you were Sanmoto-san's favorite, weren't you?
b9: Kurotabou

04
b1: "A youkai born of human emotion", you said? Whatever did you mean?
b2: Don't put yourself on a pedestal just because the ghost story you originate from has a nicer ring to it then the rest, you traitor...!!
b3: I hate your ghost story...
b4: I wonder why... Maybe because it's disgusting!!
b5: Well, not like it matters at all at this point...!!

05
b1: Fufu... This spells the end of the ghost story, hmm...
b2: Wait, Yanagida!
b3: What are you guys scheming!!
b4: ... Once again
b5: You guys didn't notice...
b6: !!
b7: What happened...? We can pass through all of a sudden...
b8: Th- that's...
b9: Kuro!?

06
a1: ? Who is that...? That's...
b1: The Nura Clan grew weaker... It even got targeted by Gagoze, a member of the clan's upper echelons
b2: And underestimated and assaulted by the young master of Shikoku!
b3: !
b4: Everything began from the time when the Second died... The Second, whom you pledged your loyalty to
b5: All of you... Have been wound around Sanmoto-san's little fingers
b6: You guys...
b7: Kuro!!
b8: Hurry, get Torii-san and Maki-san out of here!!
b9: Young Master...!?

07
b1a: ... That was close
b1b: They were about to get trapped in a world of fear
b2: Kuro! You were a great help
b3: If Kuro hadn't been there... We wouldn't even have been able to enter
b4: Not at all...
b5a: Kuro, how were you able to enter that world?
b5b: Were you on that train?
b6: ... Well, kinda
a1: Did they hear... Our conversation just now...?
b7: Tsurara!! Kuro!! We're heading back!!
b8: !? Yes!!
b9: I'm holding... An emergency general meeting!!

08
b1: I heard about the incident with the little girl in the subway
b2: New youkai are being born again
b3: ...
b4: <Born>... You say?
b5: That's right
b6: What do you mean...?
b7: Those guys were supposed to have been destroyed once before, weren't they... Aren't these just the survivors?

09
b1: No
b2: They're <Newly Produced Ghost Stories>
b3: In that case, it's definitely the <Hyaku Monogatari Clan>---
b4: No way...
b5: No, but that means that they have someone who is able to birth ayakashi from ghost stories...
b6: Yo- You mean that guy!?
b7: That guy's been revived!? I can't believe it...
b8: ...
b9: Oi, hold it, hold it. What's all this about this Hyaku Monogatari Clan?
b10: Us young ones ain't understanding a word!
b11: Hmph... Greenhorns...
b12: What the hell, you bastard!!
b13: Now, now

10
b1: It is to be expected. Youkai born after the Meiji Era would not know of the struggles against the Hyaku Monogatari Clan (TN: The Meiji Era refers to the years between 1868 and 1912)
b2: In the Third's generation, the upper echelon expanded as well... Oi, someone tell the story
b3: Hmph
b4: ... I guess the task falls to me
b5: The Hyaku Monogatari Clan is... An organization of youkai and phenomena that split Edo in half with the Nura Clan... (TN: Edo [江戸] is the old name for present day Tokyo)
b6: They [gather], [tell] and [birth] <ghost stories>---
b7: By birthing them, they were able to expand their influence during the Edo Era (TN: The Edo Era, also known as the Tokugawa Era, refers to the period between 1603 and 1867, and is directly before the Meiji Era)
b8: Their primary method was
b9: <Hyaku Monogatari>

11
a1: Hyaku Monogatari is
a2: A game played at night, where white candles are lit and those who have gathered tell ghost stories, blowing out a candle after every story is told
a3: It is said then when the final candle is blown out, a youkai will appear
a4: There were people who had too much money and time on their hands, and who would use even terror as a plaything, and to them who knew no fear, this was a form of amusement...
a5: Sanmoto Gorouzaemon was one of those people, one who is said to have weaved hundreds upon thousands of ghostly phenomena, and a kyokai whose true form is unknown (TN: Kyokai [巨怪] literally means "great mystery", and is also homophonous with [巨魁] which means "ringleader")
a6: And before anyone knew it, he was ruling over all the youkai he had gathered, told of and birthed as their leader
a7: Reigning from the darkness of Edo, and having countless violent face-offs with the Nura Clan

12
b1: ... That Sanmoto... Has been revived...!?
b2: But that guy was supposed to have been killed by Rihan-sama, wasn't he!?
b3a: But the circumstances are indeed... Similar
b3b: Even in the present age, materializing ghost stories and encroaching on our territory...
b4: What's going on?
b5: Don't tell me that guy had a hand in the Second's death!?
b6: And most likely in the invasion by Shikoku, too
b7: There was someone pulling the strings...
b8: Maybe we have a spy!
b9a: ... Eh?
b9b: Hitotsume?
b10a: The Second wouldn't have been done in that easily if it wasn't an inside job with someone pulling the strings, right?
b10b: Don't you think so?
b11: Oi, Kurotabou...!!

13
b1a: You know something?
b1b: You... Were a former member of the upper echelons of the Hyaku Monogatari Clan, weren't you~~
b2: Eh!?
b3: For real?
b4: Oi! Hitotsume-dono!?
b5: You... Are you saying that Kuro had something to do with all this!?
b6: What the hell... Of course not!?
b7: ... Hitotsume-dono
b8: It is true that I was once of the Hyaku Monogatari Clan... But I am also one who has exchanged sakazuki with and pledged my loyalty to the Second, Rihan-sama
b9: I won't stand to hear such allegations thrown at me like that again...
b10: What!?

14
b1: Aren't you going to stop them?
b2: Comrades are casting doubt on each other
b3: Rikuo-sama...
b4: Hoh...
b5: Let us leave things at that for today. Everyone, thank you for gathering here today...
b6: Please continue the ongoing investigations into the Hyaku Monogatari Clan and Sanmoto. And all of you, don't let your guards down even at nightfall...!

15
b1a: Kuro
b1b: Watching the sakura alone tonight? I have something I want to ask you...
b2: ... Rikuo-sama
b3: Hm!?
b4: ...
b5: I know what it is. I am indeed a former member of the Hyaku Monogatari Clan...
b6: And as such, because I know that they had a hand in the death of the Second, as well as the current encroachment into the Nura Clan territory with their new phenomena...
b7: I
b8: Will take due responsibility for their actions...!

16
b1: That's not it, Kuro. The opposite, in fact. I came to tell you...
b2: That no matter what happened in the past, you are a member of the Nura Clan now. So, please don't try to shoulder your burdens all on your own...
a1: Rikuo-sama...
a2: Just as I expected, you are coming
a3: To resemble your father... More and more every day
x1: Genroku Period - Edo (TN: The Genroku Period refers to 1688-1704 and is widely considered to be the golden age of the Edo Era)

17
b1: Hey, did you hear? It's such a disturbing story, isn't it?
b2: What? You mean it appeared again last night?
b3a: You sure this is okay? You can't walk on Yanagi Street (TN: Yanagi [柳] means willow, and also happens to be the kanji in Yanagida's name. Yanagi Street [柳通り] is the old name for the Asakusa Shrine nakamise in olden day Edo, or the line of shops leading up to a shrine. In present day Tokyo it is known as Denpouin Street [伝法院通り].)
b3b: It... Appears there!
b4: Oh, stop it with all these "ghost stories"!
b5: Aren't you scared?
b6: Hehehe I'm just letting you make me scared
b7: How silly
b8a: Hold it! How long are you two planning to hang around?
b8b: If you're not playing, you're just a bother so scram!
b9: I don't like the sound of that. Let's not say such stern things to each other, okay?
b10: Hold it! Koi-san on the second floor! (TN: Koi [鯉] means carp and is also the kanji for "Ri" in "Rihan")
b11: How long are you planning to sleep up there!!
b12: My bad, my bad...
b13: I'll come down right away...
b14: Geez

18
b1: Fuaaaah...
b2a: Ah
b2b: And who might that be?
b3: A freeloading playboy!
b4: He came by all evasive and non-committal, and ended up hanging around (TN: She uses "norari-kurari" [のらりくらり] which is essentially the same as "nurari-kurari", meaning lazy, evasive, non-committal, slippery as an eel, and from which the "Nura" name comes from)
b5: Hey you, pay your rent!
b6: Yeah, yeah
b7: Hey, hey, there was someone like that in this town?
b8: Wha- what do you mean, youuu~

19
b1: Hey, if I hit the bull's eye...
b2: No! I'm not letting you stay for free!
b3: Cheh
b4: Second--
b5: All the best~~~ (slanted text: whisper whisper)
b6: ...
b7: That was totally off, wasn't it!? (slanted text: Ahaha)
b8a: I can't get into form so soon after waking up
b8b: By the way, that story... What was it again?
b9: Would you let me hear more...? About that strange phenomenon or whatever it was
a1: ☆ Enter Rikuo's father, the Second Head of the Nura Clan, Rihan!!
a2: Next issue, a new development with center color to celebrate 3 years of serialization!!