Nurarihyon no Mago 159

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a1: Total number of votes: 18733 votes!
a2: Center color for the results of the 2nd character popularity poll and the upcoming anime second season

Results:
1. Nura Rikuo (Night) 3231 votes
2. Yuki Onna (Oikawa Tsurara) 2165 votes
3. Nura Rihan 1455 votes
4. Kurotabou 1358 votes
5. Kubinashi 1320 votes

a3: Act 159 The Sound of War
a4: ☆More than 9 million copies sold!! The latest volume, #17, will be out on the 4th of July!!
a5: ☆The second season of the TV Anime is about to begin!! Check out the detailed broadcast times and dates for "Nurarihyon no Mago ~Sennen Makyou~"!!
a6: A double victory for Rikuo and second place for Yuki Onna! A v-sign to thank you for your support!!

02
a1: ☆Kubinashi's in a pinch...!
a2: Saimin no Hidarime (TN: 催眠の左目 = left eye of hypnotism)
b1: I'll have you tell me
b2: The weakest link of your clan... What is it?
b3: Rihan's daughter, perhaps?
b4: Ugh...
b5: He does have a "wife", no?
b6: Ah... Ugh
b7: I...

03
b1: Don't underestimate me
b2: Damned bastard...!!
b3: Guh...
b4: Mmh... Damn you...
b5: Look into my eye!!
b6: Guh...
b7: What...!?

05
b1: ...
b2: Did Sanmoto's main body get beaten?
b3: It seems you have escaped with your life... <Kubinashi>
b4: ... Kuh...
b5: Ho- hold it right there...

06
b1: ... Did we get 'im...?
b2: ...
b3: So this is matoi...
b4: Yeah...
b5: To be honest... I wasn't sure how it'd turn out, either...
b6: But we did it... Just as I thought, your fear is amazing

07
b1: It tore a monster of that size to shreds
b2: Alright... Now all that's left to do is finishing off the small fry, huh...
b3: Oi... You look unsteady on your feet
b4: Dammit... Is this because matoi causes my human part to be possessed? Every time I use it I get giddy...
b5: !
b6: We've still got fish to fry...
b7: Oi... With your body like that...

08
b1: Secooooond!! Are you alriiight!!
b2: I was soooo worried!!
b3: !
b4: You said I was the special attack captain, didn't you!! Didn't youuuu!?
b5: That's cuz you always charge ahead!!
b6a: Guh... St... Stop it...
b6b: I'm... gonna... die at... this rate...
b7: Ah
b8: What about the rest of the ayakashi?
b9: Don't worry
b10: We've already finished most of them
b11: Is that so
b12: That's good to hear

09
b1: Eh
b2: Oi!! Stop it, you fool
b3a: Haha!! Pathetic, ain't it!?
b3b: Hear ye hear ye!! It's the triumphant return of our boooosss! Clear a path!
b4a: Oh, Kubinashi
b4b: I was just wondering where you were
b5: ... Yeah...
b6: Sorry...
b7: Alriiiight! Those of you who've still got some energy, help with the debris removal!
b8: You're sure in high spirits, Aotabou... Ohh...!? What a coincidence! The sun's just beginning to rise...
b9: That totally puts me in a victorious mood!! (small text: Even though I'm a youkai!)
b10: Whatever Ao, just put me down already

10
b1: The morning sun... Has begun to shine already
b2a: I wonder if something happened over at Fukagawa
b2b: You could see sparks even from way over here...
b3: Otome-chan!! You musn't go out!! Got it!?
b4a: Ughhhh what is that boy doing!?
b4b: Hitotsumeeee! Hihiiiii! Go find that Rihaaaaan! (brush text: bon)
next to Hitotsume and Hihi: Ehhhh
b5: Oi, oi... I didn't know we were even supposed to go out today
b6: Well, well, we ought to be leaving it to the youngins, no?
b7: But isn't it unfair? Even the First cheekily went ahead...
b8: Hm?
b8: Supreme Comman... Geh
b9: Rihan!!

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b1: !
b2: What's this?
b3: Welcome home...
b4: Yeah
b5: I'm home
b6: !!
b7: I've... Been waiting all this while!!
b8: Woohoo, Second!
b9: That's so old

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b1: ...
b2: Sanmoto-sama...
b3: Wh...
b4: Why...
b5: Did you die and leave me behind...?
b6: ... Kuh...
b7: Ugh...
b8: ... Don't... mess around... with me...

13
b1: What the hell are you, KUROTABOUUUU
b2: Why did you... kill him...
b3: Sanmoto-sama loved you... So why...!!
b4: Ahh... Ahhhhhh
b5a: Bah... Unforgivableeee!
b5b: Ahhhhh I'll kill you!!
b6: Uhhhh... Uhhhh... Ugh
b7: Auhhh... uhhh...
a1: Yanagidaa...
a2: Yanagidaa...

14
a1: Yanagidaa...
b1: Eh...?
b2: Ah...!?
b3: Wha...
b4: Hah...
b5: Hah...
b6: What is... this...

14
b1: Sanmoto-san... Isn't dead at all
b2: That's just
b3: The kind of Ayakashi he's become
b4a: ...
b4b: Who are you...
b5: I'm Enchou
b6: Sanmoto-san's mouth
b7: ...!? Mouth...

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b1: Eek...
b2: Sanmoto-san indeed lost that body...
b3: That's why we've got to gather them all back once again... The fears, that is...
b4: Yanagida, you were Sanmoto-san's loyal sidekick
b5: You were an ayakashi that helped with Hyaku Monogatari, weren't you?
b6: In that case... You will become his "ear"... And continue to collect <ghost stories>
b7: The ear collects, the mouth spread... The hands produce... We will collect the <fears>

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b1: That will become his blood
b2: His bones
b3: You, too... Will become a part of me
b4: ...
b5: Everyone... We will sink into underworld for now, and amass our strength
b6: We will spread our roots in the deep silence... And when we revive Sanmoto-san
b7: We will go forth into the world with him
b8: Come... Let us go, Yanagida...

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x1: After that, in the streets of Edo
x2: The elder Yanagizawa Yoshiyasu and the others who had been intoxicated by the tea of the conqueror did evil things, in their bid to gather fears on their own (TN: Yanagizawa Yoshiyasu [柳沢吉保], 1658-1714, was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period and an official in the Tokugawa shogunate)
a1: Feaaaar...
a2: Fufufu
a3: You, too, are evil...
x3: However, under the management of Mito Mitsukuni-kou, the chaos about the Hyaku Monogatari incident finally died down
b1: Yo
b2: Been a while... Kurotabou...
b3: ...
b4a: Hm? Heeey
b4b: What's wrong, what's wrong...? We already exchanged sakazuki and all that, ya know?
b5: Well... He'll join us some day, I'm sure
b6: What a shy person

18
b1: ...
b2: Did everything... Really end just like that...?
b3: Yo!! Koi-san, you droppin' by today?
b4: Ohh
b5: Koi-saaan, I've got a favor to ask of you~~
b6: Well, now... Edo today's rather... Sweltering, hmm?
x1: A brief period of peace returned to Edo
a1: But it was nothing more than the beginning of a battle that would span three hundred years...

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b1: Torii-san... Are you alright!?
b2: Hey, hey, did you really get shut in the subway!?
b3: And that you saw a youkai!? What kind of youkai was it!?

20
b1: Huh!? I just had a cold, you know? A cold!!
b2: Sorry for taking a day off school and making you worried!
b3: What the hell? So you getting involved in some paranormal events was just a rumor?
b4: Okay, okay, there's no way something like that could have happened
a1: But I'm relieved! Thank goodness!
b5: Torii...
b6: What's wrong? You told a lie back there...
a2: Even though something that terrible happened to you
b7: But... Everyone would be worried, right?
b8: If they knew the paranormal really existed... They'd panic
b9: You're such a good girl!!
b10: It's fine!! If it's here, it'd be fine!!
b11: Eek! What would be fine!?
a3: Gyaaaaah
a4: Big boobs squashing festivaaaal~ (TN: I'm serious)
b12: It's a good thing that Torii-san was able to return, isn't it?
b13: Young ma... Nura-kun
b14: Haha... That's true
a5: Haha...

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b1: Hey hey! Is everyone well!!?
b2: We've got a whole lot of submissions today, too! A whole lot of "ghost stories"!!
b3: Shall we investigate this one!?
a1: A ghost report!
b4: Kiyotsuguuuuu!!
b5: You sure have a talent for reading the atmosphere, hmmmm!!?
b6: Eh? What? What's wrong?
b7: Ah, Torii-san, are you all better now? That's great
b8: Damn you!!
a2: You're so silly, Maki-kun
a3: What did you say!?
b9: In order to avoid danger, we have to investigate!!
b10: Because I'm getting the feeling that the ghost stories that are being talked about the most right now will turn into <reality>!
b11: And so, everyone, let us talk about the "supreme commander"!! Perhaps he will appear...
a4: Gugehhh
a5: What? Is this... Big boobs squashing festival!!?
b12: Oryaaa!
b13: For... For the time being, shall we take a break from club activities!?
b14: Ki- Kiyotsugu-kun, nice idea!!
a6: It's useless trying to stop these feelings!!
b15: Nura-kun, you're always acting like that!!

22
b1: I knew it... The ghost stories are spreading slowly but surely
b2: Kuro
b3: It is as you said
b4: Just as they did once before... These stories give birth to ayakashi, and the ayakashi that are born generate even more stories...

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b1: And in so doing, their numbers increase and their battle potential grows as well... That's Hyaku Monogatari's strategy
b2: Yes... And even if we were to defeat them one by one, there would be no end to them
b3: We have to seek out and defeat those who birth the ayakashi and who are thus at the center of this all
b4: Their shadows were behind even Tamazuki of Shikoku and Hagoromo Gitsune of Kyoto
b5: They may pull something again, but we won't let them do as they please any longer!
b6: So, Kuro... Let's begin the search for the core members of the Hyaku Monogatari clan!! Support me!
b7: Is it really alright for me to take on such a role...? I was once of the enemy
b8: ... In addition, the Hyaku Monogatari Clan had a hand in the death of the Second, too

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b1: But now, you've exchanged Sakazuki with the Second... And with me. You're now a member of the Nura Clan, aren't you?
b2: Kuro... I've told you this before, but I don't care what your past is like
b3: I believe in you, Kuro, just as the Second did before me... Isn't that enough?
b4: Alright! Let's go, then!
b5: ... Got it

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a1: Did
a2: Did you hear...?

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a1: A... About what?
a2: A... About what?
a3: Not "what", "kudan". (TN: 件 can be read as both "ken" meaning "incident" and "kudan" - you'll see the explanation soon)
a4: It seems that <kudan>... Will be born soon...
a5: Ahh, I heard about that too RT@YOKAIMANIA It seems that <kudan>... Will be born soon...
a6: Ahh... "Kudan"... You mean that youkai that can predict the future, right? The one that dies as soon as it's born?
a7: Yeah, yeah (lol)

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a1: ｘth ◯ I heard it was born in an abandoned dairy farm in X-yama Prefecture
a2: Though it's kinda ambiguous...
a3: Serious??
a4: Apparently it's true. I heard about it, too
a5: I heard it appeared in XX prefecture
a6: If that's true then I wanna go see
a7: Me too
a8: I heard a cow gave birth to it? Its head was human, but its body was bovine... That's why it's called "kudan" (TN: the word 件 is made up of two parts - the left side means "human" [人・⺅] and the right side means "cow" [牛])
a9: It gave a prediction as soon as it was born. That prediction is the truth. No way would a prediction it gave at the cost of its own life could be false.

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b1: Eek... It really...
b2: It... Was born...!?
b3: Uwah it... It's standing...
b4: It... It's gonna say something...!?
b5: Listen
b6: Humans
b8: !!
b9: Eh...

29
b1: This country will soon fall into ruin
b2: ... If you want to save yourselves, he who has been cursed to straddle both the realms of humans and youkai...
a1: ☆A sudden order to kill Rikuo!!
b3: The Third Head of the Nura Clan, Nura Rikuo
b4: Must be killed!