Nurarihyon no Mago 148

I hope y'all had fun on MH on April Fool's, and if you guessed I was Kotaku, congratulations to you ^^d :Gaipose



01
b1: Rikuo-sama!!
b2: Happy 3rd Aniversary!!
b3: Yeah
a1: What the heck? Tsurara looks just like a cameraman
left: ☆ Celebration! Serialization 3rd anniversary!! This time, Yuki Onna is taking on the role of cameraman once again, but...!?
b4: ALRIGHT!! Good afternoon, youkai from all over the country and everyone over there!! This is the "Nura Clan" cherry blossom viewing in celebration of our 3rd anniversary!
above Tsurara: Gimme a smile, please, Rikuo-sama!
b5: Now that I think about it, 3 years ago, Rikuo-sama was only thiiiis tall!
b6: No, that's because the first chapter was a story from my childhood, wasn't it?
b7: Woooweee, the cherry blossoms sure are bloomin' fine this year, huh~
above Kejourou: Kubinashiii, I've lost yer head cuz I drank too much *hic*
next to that: Ahahaha
Kubinashi: It's over here!
next to Ryouta Neko: Ohhh
next to Nattou: Mmmmm
next to Toufu: I wonder if I can win...
b8a: Alright!
b8b: I'm going to take a commemorative photo, everyone!
b9: May we enter our 4th year with spunk!! Give me your best pose!
below b9: Oi, do youkai even turn up in photos?
b10: Ah

02-03
a1: Overflowing thanks and emotions for your support!
a2: Celebration! Serialization 3rd Anniversary
a3: ☆ Center color to celebrate its 3rd anniversary and for the start of the 2nd character popularity poll!!
a4: Act 148 The Flowers of Edo
a5: Snap! Have a cheery (chilly) banquet with everyone in the Nura Clan!! (TN: Lame attempt at translating the pun, sorry. 陽気 means "cheer", "merry", and has the same reading as 妖気 youki, hence "chilly" ^^; The author has it as 陽（妖）気 in the raw)
a6: Get a colored paper signed personally by Shiibashi Hiroshi!! The details for the 2nd character popularity poll can be found at the end of the manga!!
a7: ☆The generous Youkai picture scroll "Nurarihyon no Mago" JC Volume 1-15 on sale to rave reviews!!

04
a1: ☆ The era is that of Edo, the Genroku Period. The story of the Nura Clan's Second Head, Rihan, begins!!
x1: The era is that of Edo--- An example of a popular ghost story as of late is --- Oniyotaka (TN: 鬼夜鷹 - demon night soba vendor)
b1: In other words, I'm just tellin' ya to be wary of the yotaka on <Yanagi Street> (TN: 夜鷹 - night soba vendor)
b2: Geeeez~~ Is that all there is to it~~~?
b3: I mean... It's cuz you're cute!
b4: Hehehe...
b5: By the way, sir... That yotaka you were talking about...
b6: Hm?
b7: Could he possibly
b8: Look anything like thiiiis?

05
x1: ONIYOTAKA
x2: Ooedo Happyakuya Town
x3: The curtain rises on a brand new phenomenon...

06
a1: The glamorous streets of Edo --- Ryougoku (TN: 両国 - a place in Edo. Ryogokubashi is the oldest of the three main bridges that cross the Sumida River in downtown Edo, and is the bridge shown in the page)
b1: Welcome
b2: Welcome to the Bakenekoya!
b3: What the hell, bastaaaard!!

07
b1: YOU GOT A PROBLEM, DIPSHIT!?
b2: OHHH, YOU WANNA FIGHT, HUUUH?
b3: Uooh, they're fighting!
b4: They're gonna break the shop!
b5: Guki...
b6: Wha... What the hell!?
b7a: This is my store
b7b: If you cause trouble to the customers...
b8: Ki...
b9: Eek...
b10: WHADDAYA MEAN, TROUBLE!!?

08
b1: Shall I add you to the forest of the hanged?
b2: EEEEEEEEKKK~~~ (smaller text: My neeeeeck~~~)
b3: He... HEEEEELP~~~
b4: Eh? Now where did those two go~?
b5: Oi... Do you happen to know this guy, by any chance?
b6: Huh?
b7: He has long black hair that protrudes out at the back
b8: A lady-killer who dresses himself in a casual yet stylish manner
b9: I... I know him
b10: He ate a meal and left without paying for it before anyone realized...
b11: Yeah... If you're asking about Rihan-sama, then he was here
next to b11: Danks a bunch
b12: Don't mention it... I'll leave the rest to you
b13: I've got some intel...! He's somewhere around here
b14: Rihan-sama!!

09
b1: Ah, you mean Koi-san? He was here 3 days ago
a1: Koi
a2: ...-san!?
b2: Ah, that lady-killer! He was here, he was!
b3: Really!!?
b4: Wait!! Yeah he was!! That guy hasn't paid his bill yet!
b5: He was at Asakusa yesterday
b6: I saw him on the 26th at Kichijouji (TN: 吉祥寺 - Kichijouji is known for its shops, bars and restaurants and the cherry blossom at Inokashira Park)
b7: I met him in the afternoon on the 18th at Nihonbashi (TN: 日本橋 - A business district of Tokyo which grew up around the bridge of the same name which links two sides of the Nihonbashi River)
sign below b7: Nihonbashi
b8: DAMMIT!
b9: How the hell... Can he be this frickin' elusive!!
b10: Ooooi, Kubinash, you found 'im?
b11: I did not
b12: The streets of Edo are vast, after all
b13: To that guy, it's like a damn playground, ya know!? He's so used to playin' around
b14: EEEII! Does he have no self-awareness of the fact that he has become the second head?
b15: UWAAAAAAA RIHAN!!
b16: WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU GOOOO!!

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b1a: Uiiiiiiiiiii~
b1b: I'm waaaasted
b2: The flowers of Ooedo (music note)
b3: This iiiiis~ My tooown~ (music note)
b4: Isn't this a fun aaaage to live iiiin??
b5: Oww
b6: Hm?
b7: A skull?
b8a: Umm, excuse me
b8b: Wanna play with me?

11
b1a: ...
b1b: Aaaah? What's this... You're the lass from just now, ain't ya?
b2: I was expectin' a beauty, so I lost...
b3: What did you say...?
b4: You!!
b5: JUST WHO ARE YOOOOOOUUU!?

12
b1: And what about you?
b2: Who are you!?
b3: I ain't heard of no youkai named Oniyotaka
b4: If ya wanna have fun on these streets... You gotta get past me, first
b5: ...
b6: GUAAAAAA

13
b1: The name's Nura Rihan
b2: Remember me, cuz I'm the second head of the Nura Clan... And we've got the whole of Edo under our thumbs
b3: ... You are...
b4: The second head of the Nura Clan...
b5: Hm?
b6: Wha... What happened to this guy!
b7: A youkai...?
b8: ... Not one of ours...

14
b1: ... And this guy, too, huh?
b2: For some reason, I feel like I'm runnin' inta more of these guys whom I've never seen before
b3: Geez
b4: Damn you, Rihan-sama... I hope you haven't gotten into too much trouble...
a1: The Edo of that time was welcoming a population boom. As the city grew, the quality of life improved and the people rapidly became affluent
a2: As the number of people increased, the darkness spread as well... That which controlled the changing darkness of Edo was the Nura Clan, which had, along with the second head, entered a new age and deftly become a part of daily life... Or so it was meant to be
x1: Yoshiwara (TN: 吉原 - A famous red-light district in Edo)
b5: O... Oi
b6: Look
b7: What the? What is that!!?

16
b1: A... A... AMAAAAAZZZIIIIIINNNNGGG...
b2: What the!? You shittin' me!?
b3: Oi... That courtesan's the finest in all of Fujiya!
b4: Oi, oi, that lass!!
b5: For all the courtesans of Yoshiwara to...
b6: My apologies... They have been reserved for the day
b7: RESERVED!?
b8: Yoshiwara... RESERVED!?
b9: You're shittin' me, ain't ya!? How many frickin' hundreds of women does one man need!?
b10: Ju... Just how much did he spend on this!? (smaller text: Guaaa)
b11: Who is it? Who would do something like this!?
b12: Idiot. It could only be that guy
b13: Someone once said... A white sail is most visible in the darkness of an open sea
b14: That is

17-18
a1: Sanmoto
a2:Mikanbune!! (TN: 蜜柑船 - mandarin orange ship)
x1: The Sanmoto house
x2: A huge and profitable business in Edo... A timber wholesaler, he bought up all the timber during the Great Fire of Meireki and traded mikan, earning huge profits. On top of that, he was also known for his legendary wild merrymaking and earned himself the name Millionaire Sanmoto (TN: The Great Fire of Meireki, also known as the Furisode Fire, happened in 1657 and destroyed 60-70% of Edo)
b1: Kyaaaaa
b2: Sanmoto-samaaaaaa!!
b3: Oh... Oh, oh
b4: Alright, alright, line up, line up, all ye courtesans...
b5: Grab onto the obi of the girl next ta ya (TN: An obi is the belt-like thing of a kimono)
b6: ?
b7: Grab on tight, 'kay... Okie dokies... Ready!?

19
b1: AND GOOOOO!!
b2: KYAA!?
b3: Eh!?
b4: HYA!?
b5: AHH, THAT'S MORE LIKE IIIIT~
b6a: Uhohoho, beautiful, beautiful
b6b: That's more like it, courtesans! Ya like flustered lilies~~
b7: I've enjoyed the company of all the women in the world!
b8: The only person in the world who could do something this extravagant, is me...!! Something ordinary just isn't enough for me, ya know... (slanted: Fufufu...)
b9: (white text: Oh noooooo) Sanmoto-sama, you're so pervy~~~ (black: Kyaaa kyaaa~)
between the 3 men: Fufu...
left of man 3: Fufufu
b10: However
b11: Sooner or later... I'm gonna grow tired of this
below b11: Huh...

20
b1: That's right. Shall I
b2: Tell you girls, too? About my ghost story
b3: Ghost story?
next to b4: Kukuku...
b4: There isn't anything more interesting that it, ya know?
b5: Ah! I know, Oniyotaka!
b6: The forest of the hanged
b7: Ah, I've heard of them
b8: That's right, that's right
b9: Those... Were aaaaaaaall created by me
a1: ☆ The kyokai of Edo...!! Sanmoto takes the stage!!
b10: For the purpose of making Edo... A more interesting world!!