Hitomi no Catoblepas 5

And so, new chapter.

As always my translations are free to use. Just credit me, please.

PS - I'm working on ch 1, but cuz it's so long i'm only 60% done.
Should I be flipping the names for english readers or leaving them japanese style?
please let me know.

EDIT: i'll leave them as they appear w/ last name first.
And, sorry for the wait, but I'm sure I made up for it with quality.

Page #s by raw, space = panel break
LET'S DO I----T!

01
left txt: A hideous bird appears in the shopping alley! Kazuto stands before the targeted Miiko! Just what kind of "youkai arts" does this man have...!?

-You're...

-Bird-shaped youma
-Mid-air battle, huh?

-As you wish!

02
-I'll make you into barbecue!
-With my
white txt: Fluttering fiery wings! (...that's really what it says, can't think of anything cool)
#5 - Hosomi Kazuto (other kanji is author, tanaka yasuki)

03
-MASOHO-SONIDORI (Scarlet Kingfisher)*
*for explanation why kingfisher, see last week's thread.

-This is his Youma!!
-What incredible flames! His head's burnin'?
-No, he keeps it there! It's bein' kept in his hair!
bubble: H...Hot....!

-Ms. Miiko!
-Shimura!
-Mr. Hakutaku!
-Have you any injuries, miss?

04
-Got it, Tokio?! Don't you dare get in my way!
-This one's mine!

-Ms Miiko! Let's step back! Sorry for getting you involved!*
(*learned new word here. とばっちり came from the idea of splashing water droplets everywhere so just as everyone around gets wet, it implies getting people involved. ...uh, that's my understanding anyway. please correct me if i'm wrong)
-Ya think it's okay if you just apologize??

-Hey you guys, do something about my fans down there!*
(I love how english katakana words never mean their counterparts. He uses "Gallery" which is actually "spectators". Found it on google.)

-OOOH!
-He flew!

05
-How much longer?*
-How much longerrr?*
-Whaaat? So there was a guy from the Hosomi house toooo?
-There wasss!
*this = "itsumade". You may want to put both to make sense of its name explained next page.

06
-Ah, that monster's cry...
-That's an "Itsumade"!　kanji: 以津真天 **

**Digression:**
Time for the weekly youkai lesson. Found it on japanese wikipedia, finally.

oh, and it's actually ITSUMADEN, but the n is dropped probably because it was from dialect. As far as I can tell the kanji only bear phonetic significance, they don't carry any meaning.

Itsumaden? = "how much longer". The reason for this cry came from the tale that this monster would hover over bodies that died from war and famine and wait for the bodies to be abandoned so it could eat them. That's why it keeps whining, "how much longer".
Personal note - Not sure where myths like this come from but, I have the feeling it was people's reaction to birds of prey that fed on corpses. Most likely since wars would leave fields littered with bodies, people grew fearful of birds that fed on flesh, and named them monsters. And i'm sure you know how stories take on lives of their own as they're passed on...

Also, the wiki said that part about being abandoned, but abandoned by what? I think it means the soul, since eastern religions teach immortality of the soul.
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-It's a monster bird, bearing the face of an infant, the body of a bird, and the tail of a snake!

-Both Gardenia and Arachne were low-ranked "Korambit"s (8)!*
-But that thing is a mid-rank "Yatagan" (5)!*
-Eh?

**Digression**
捌 = the archaic 8. kana: Koramubi = Korambit
伍 = the archaic 5. kana: Yatagan

Got it. They're daggers/hand swords. I think this rank is based on size.
The Korambit is about 20cm length, and comes from sumatra (indonesia). The name means "tiger claws"? apparently made by the menangkabau people.
The yatagan is a turkish sword, about 70cm avg length, circa 16-19th centuries.
...makes you wonder what rank 1 is. A claymore?
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-Does that mean it's goin' to be alright? Ain't that thing strong?!
-Come ta' think of it, "Itsumade"'s kinda' widely known!
-That means it's different than the weaker guys from before!

-But...he didn't have ta' go and do that! That Hosomi jerk!
-Is he gonna be safe?
-Can he really win alone against that youma?

-He'll be fine.

-That guy,

-Mr. Izuto,

07
-Is powerful

(-this text is illegible to me, some kinda chant)

-Here we go--

txt on left: this is NOT a work of fiction, everything is real, and you're invited over hosomi's for bbq tonight.
/sarcasm

08
-ICHIENDAMA! = Single flame bullet

-Mu!!

sfx - sa = evade

09
-Got ya

-Fire!!

10
-I-Incredible! He can fly AND shoot fire out his head!
-Who's the freak now?!

-Cough..cough...
-Th-that hurt!!

-Oooh....
-I hit ya head on with my flame bullet, too
-What a tough guy

-You...you miserable jerk!!
-I'm gonna roast you!!

-MAGARABI!
(catastrophe + gauze + flame...hmm, i say Cataclysmic flame shower. sounds cool. interestingly both catastrophe and gauze have curtain and veil respectively as synonyms, so some sort of flame wall, rain, cloud...even nebula, could be used.)

11
-The Itsumade has transformed its curse into flames!
-So that youma is a flame-user as well--!!
-The victor
-Isn't just about mid-air tactics

-Nice...you can use fire too?
-All right. (t/n - I am SO tempted to put 'aiight)
-You want to settle this by our flames?

-LET'S CRANK IT UP--
-A HUNDRED TIMES!!
(T/N - I was initially going to put: -BAM!!/-KICK IT UP A NOTCH!, but I do like "FLAME ON!"...it's oh-so-tempting. These lines really are burning up/100-fold)

12
-HYAKUENDAMA (one hundred flame bullets. very lame don't you think?)

13
-ho hooo!!

-What the--- Does he plan on killin' us too?!
-Kazuto's just showing off as usual

-Master Tokio! Master Hakutaku!
-I've placed the seals within 100m in every direction, as you ordered!
-We can deploy the barrier!!

-Good job, Ayame! Did you lead everyone to safety?
-Yep!

-I'll make the barrier and seal off this sector of the shopping district.
-The Itsumade will be unable to leave here
-It will be safe outside. So please, Ms. Miiko, hurry!

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-What about you?
-We'll stay inside and make sure Kazuto is safe
-Please hurry---Run!!

-G-got it! Take care, Shimura!
-This way, miss!

-Oops, did I overdo it?

-Damn.
-He erased his presence?

-Unbelievable that he can hide so well
-Where is he?!

-It hurts
-It hurts
-I have to eat some humans to recover
-have to eat some humans to recover

15
-Miss Miiko, over there!
-If you pass that traffic light you'll be outside!
-It will be perfectly safe!
-Right!

-Ah!! There's a kid
-Still here?!

-Have to eat some humans to recover

-HUMANS
-EAT

16
-Hmph!

-Ayame!
-There's a kid left behind!
-I have to take him with me!
-AAH!!
-Miss miiko!!

-This presence!

-Damnit--from that direction
-It's him!!

-That retard

17
-I found...
-A human!!

-MS. MIIKO!!

18
-Meanwhile,
-We join the Kuramochi family

-In front of the HQ of the Seiryuu Group

-Welcome back, young master

-Preparations for the ceremony are complete.
-However, Mr. Shimura and Mr. Hosomi have yet to arrive

19
-At last, today is the day
-You will become the head of the Kuchimura family

-Master Michiru.
txt: The third one...is a woman?!

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