Hell Teacher Nube 144

When in Nube's class, trouble always seems to follow behind, even in the reaches of a far-away shore! But will a haunted legend be the main concern of this vacation adventure...or the other problems of this beachfront property!?

#144: Funayuurei

71.
SFX: Za—…zaza---…
Old Man: ZZZ
Voice: Give a scoop~~
(TN: “Scoop” here is actually “Hishaku”, a Japanese style scoop/ladle used for scooping water and salt from the sea)
Old Man: ?
Voices: Give a scoop~~
Old Man: Wa wa
SFX: Don! Don! Gura gura kosa kosa
Voices: Give a scoop~~~…
Old Man: Hiii, I’m…sinking.
Old Man: U…understood, here. (to himself) It’s great I have a scoop for getting water due to the engine scorching.
SFX: Pocha
Old Man: Is it at peace…?

72.
SFX: Zaza—…
Old Man: Uwaaa, stop, don’t put water in. I’m sinking, I’m sinking~~
SFX: Basha basha basha

73.
Narrator: This is…Tookuno Beach, far separated from the town of Doumori.
(TN: “Tookuno Beach”, or “Tookuno Kaigan”, does not exist actually. “Tookuno” literally translates into “Far-Away Old Story Plains”)
Hiroshi: Hyo~~the sea! The sea!!
Kyouko: It is the sea for the summer—
Miki: Let’s swim, let’s swim!!
Nube: Hey—all of you: it’s your luggage, carry it yourselves--!!
Caption: Nube, who came together with them as guardian as well as in charge of miscellany)

74.
Yukime: Nueno-sensei!
SFX: Dokin!
Nube: Yukime-kun.
(TN: OK, who invited the yukionna?)
Nube: I’m terrible for having even you keep company with them…but are you alright with that? You were screaming out when we came to the sea before but…
(TN: I don’t know if “screaming out” works here, with the Japanese word “hiihii” used for Yukime’s expression back then, but I seemed to think so with her screaming out and running around crazy on the burning sand)
Yukime: It’s because I’ve powered up.
Nube: We’ve finally come to the sea…leave here to me and go tan your skin.
Yukime: O—K.
Nube: Yukime-kun…you’re gradually becoming like a human…I’m glad, I am……
SFX: Gu—bi gubi gubi gubi gu—bi gubi
Caption: Because Yukime’s body is ice, she can change her color by drinking coffee.

75.
Yukime: OK, I’m tanned well done (heart) (well? Teacher [heart])
Nube: Fu…my woman is a youkai…grumble grumble…)
Narrator: In such ways, the vacation of Nube and the others was beyond fun…
Hiroshi: Right—more—
Katsuya: Left—
Hiroshi: Right—right (Ooh)
Katsuya: Left— Uoo, here here, just a bit more.
SFX: Bago doka baki
Sign: Watermelons
Seller: Hey—
Kyouko: I’m sorry, I’m sorry.

76.
Makoto: Pu—
Makoto: Ya—y, I’ve discovered a crab—Miki-chan, is there something there--?
Miki: I’ve been having difficulty but~~
Makoto: Gyaaa!
Kyouko: Hey, put much more sand on my bust.
Miki: Fu, a futile endeavor.
Katsuya’s hat: Dog
Caption: Actually it was a peaceful vacation…but

77.
Voice: Yahoo!!
SFX: Buon buon Kya—wa—Babababa
Punk: Go away, go away, hey--!! Ke, we can’t be dallying with brats—huh!
Hiroshi: Kyaa
Kyouko: How cruel, they’re throwing trash at us.
Top Hood: Samurai Attack
Bottom Hood: Kamikaze (Divine Wind)
(TN: I’m not sure about the top hood, but the first two, which I literally translate as “Samurai Attack”, can sometimes be used for just “Samurai”)
Nube: What are those hoodlums?
Yukime: They’re terrible men.
Nube: Hey! You!
Long-Hair: Who are you—
Miki: Our teacher!

78.
Nube: This here is everyone’s swimming area. Watch your manners!
Long-Hair: Heh, manners, in spite of being a stranger. We’re the local youths. This is our sea.
Bi-Color: We have our way in throwing away trash or whatever we do, you blockheaded-teacher!
Nube: What’s that!?
Long-Hair: Hey, what will you do? Are you gonna brawl in spite of being a teacher?
Bi-color: Hi hi hi: we’ll tell the principal~~
Punk: Go home quickly! Stu—pid!
SFX: Ga—n!
Yukime: Teacher!
Punks: Gyahahahaha…
Nube: Ku…they’re unforgi…

79.
Yukime: Like this, you’ll drift into the Pacific Ocean.
SFX: Goro goro goro
Nube: Hey, Yukime-kun! Haven’t you forgotten that you can’t kill people selfishly in the human world!? (What—will we do if they actually die!?)
Yukime: Well, it will melt eventually since it’s hot.
Hiroshi: Serves you right.
Voice: It’s terrible—
People: A water-corpse has arisen, it’s a fisherman! It was caused by the Funayuurei!!
(TN: “Funayuurei” = “Boat Ghosts”)

80.
Voices: Again…I’m certain that sacrifices appear every year…what can we do? We can’t send away the sea-bathers. At any rate, we can’t have people get near the sea at night.
Hiroshi: Funayuurei…?
Nube: An assembled spirit where souls who were shipwrecked in boats and can’t rest in peace gather and sink boats. They want a scoop and when given it, they sink the boat with it.
(TN: As I mentioned back in vol. 7, “Assembled Spirit” is the translated term for the Japanese term “Shuugourei”)
People: At any rate, we’ll call a monk tomorrow and hold a service.
Nube: I can’t ignore this.
Kyouko: Will you exorcise it?
Sign: Tookuno Temple.
Voice: It’s like a mountain of just broken scoops…what will you do with them?
(TN: The “hishaku” generally are used at Buddhist temples as part of their ritual ceremonies)
Sign: Tookuno Temple

81.
Nube: We’ll use this and exorcise the Funayuurei.
Hiroshi: With broken scoops?
Punks: Haa haa…uuuh, I thought I was going to die.
Long-Hair: How dare face that bad time. We’ll show them~~
SFX: Za—n…
Nube: Is this fine: we’ll return in exactly 2 hours. Be good children.

82.
Yukime: Then we’ll be bad children. (heart) It’s just the two of us at last.
Nube: He…hey, Yukime-kun, be serious.
Yukime: Isn’t this fine?
Nube: Hey, hold on.
Long-Hair: Hehehe, your guardians are on a date in the sea?
Hiroshi: Ah, you’re from the day!!
SFX: Doka
Hiroshi: Gu
Katsuya: Wh…what are you doing!
Long-Hair: Shut it; be quite and get in the boat!
Long-Hair: Fu, these are the valuable students of that teacher. He’ll be a fired teacher with them shipwrecked in the sea at night.
SFX: Garun!

83.
SFX: Dadadada…
Students: Uwaaa
Long-Hair: Al—right, we’re quite out in the open sea. Cut the rope. Hehehe.
SFX: Buchi
Long-Hair: Bye!
SFX: Dadada…
Hiroshi: Ah, hey, wait.
Miki: They’re gone.
Makoto: Uwa—h
Hiroshi: We’ll return with our hands.
SFX: Basha basha
Kyouko: It’s impossible: how many km do you think it is to the shore?
Students: A—n…wa—n…

84.
Voice: Give a scoop--…
Kyouko: N…no…don’t be joking, Hiroshi!
Hiroshi: Th…that wasn’t me.
Voices: Give a scoop~~~
Voices: Give a scoop~~give a scoop~~
Kyouko: Something’s coming!
Kyouko: It’s the Funayuurei.
Voices: Give a scoop~~give a scoop~~
Hiroshi: Y…you’re joking, Nube!!
SFX: Za

85.
Voices: Give a scoop~~give a scoop~~
SFX: Zaza—
Hiroshi: Uwaaa, that’s incredible numbers!!
Kyouko: They’ll take this boat without difficulty—

86.
Nube: What are all of you doing!!
SFX: Ba
Hiroshi: Nube
Kyouko: What are you doing…if you give them scoops…
Nube: It’s fine, look!
SFX: Basha basha basha

87.
Nube: The bottom of the scoops were taken out…You did as such and the Funayuurei let you pass since long ago. In this interval, I’ll chant a sutra and hold a memorial service.
Nube: By the way: why are all of you out here?
Punks: Gyahaha | Eheehee…
Voices: Give a scoop…
Bi-Color: Di….didn’t you hear something?
Ponytail: Stu—pid, it’s your imagination.
Punk 1: Right, I heard misheard that, hahaha.
SFX: Poi poi
Punk 2: Al—right, we’ll throw away our trash here.
Punk 3: We are bad. Hahaha
Long-Hair: Wh…what?
SFX: Gobo gobo gobo

88.
SFX: Zaza—
Punk 1: Waaa~~what~~
SFX: Basha | Basha | Basha
Punk 2: Sa…save me—
Punk 3: We’re sinking—
Nube: N
Hiroshi: It…it’s them!

89.
Nube: They were sunk with the trash they themselves threw away.
Hiroshi: Serves them right.
Yukime: Sorry but our boat has no vacancy. Get back by swimming by yourselves.
Narrator: At that moment
Long-Hair: He~~y, where are we~~ save us~~
Bi-Color: Isn’t this the middle of the Pacific~~
Ponytail: We were bad~~enough, we’ll watch our manners~~

90.
Commemoration of 3 years of serialization:
NUBE-SENSEI’S ACCUSATION TRIAL
Defendant: Nueno Meisuke

(Evidence #3)
I thought I saw this in Vol. 9 but--. Doesn’t Nube quite (raise the inflection – Author Note) a stinking old man?

In #74, “The Spiritually-Powered Beautiful Itakogal: Izuna”, he called a middle-schooler a kogal, but kogal is a female high-schooler. Aren’t middle-schoolers called “Magogals”? You were brittlely mistaken. Just a bit more—I’m writing due to your investigation about current high school girls. That’s why you’re not popular.
Caption: This is the proof

Izuna: …Well then. Why—did you do that? Teacher?
Nube: Wasn’t it fine! It’s both! Kogal and Magogal--! Isn’t there a resemblance!
Izuna: Frankly admit to that mistake.
Nube: Oh~~well~~my bad! I made a mistake! Sorry! Hmph! Really, recent youths have become skilled in just their mouths… “I’m not popular because I don’t know about high school girls”? That’s too much assistance! I can’t ever think at all that I’m not popular with 16 or 17 year old girls!
Miki: But Yukime-san is 16.
Nube: Giku.
Izuna: Eh--!? What!? This teacher is keeping company with a 16 year old!? A grade-school teacher keeping company with a high school girl… isn’t that quite (ultimately raising the inflection) dangerous!?
Nube: If you say that, then you’ll worry…

Judgement:
Guilty, since he was completely mistaken.
(But actually the authors knew and wrote it that intentionally. So then you somehow don’t understand the reason for “Itakogal”?)

TN: Its really tough for me to scope on this chapter mostly because of one major factor. Besides that factor, it was a really fun chapter, for the most part because Yukime felt like herself again instead of just the moping "I'm a completely different Yukime from before and I will kill you if I have to" like she had been for the last couple volumes. (and before you start: Yukime did handle freezing creeps before the Mountain God so it's not like she picked that up from her recent experiences...go back to vol. 7 if you want proof) This chapter (and some of the ones coming up) just makes me feel like that the whole "evil Yukime" plot felt like something that had to be rushed through since...well, it really didn't work the way it was meant to and somehow they sort of screwed up and had to fix it as fast as possible. (even if it advanced the Mountain God story) I also really liked a lot of the ambiance and feel of the chapter, from the whole beach scenario to the whole aspect of hands popping from the water trying to drown people that think they're trying to help them (and only saving them by giving something that doesn't quite work) For the most part the chapter worked and it wasn't too bad. But the one crux that did feel like both hurt and helped the chapter...were the beach punks. It felt like that they just showed up as a means mostly to force Hiroshi and the others under the duress of the Funayuurei towards the end and, without that, they really wouldn't be needed for the chapter. I didn't mind them for most of what they did, especially their final fates (both times they were frozen by Yukime, and the whole being drowned by trash they throw in the ocean...now that's environmental storytelling that works) But it just felt like they were there for that middle part that just was there to create a crisis for the students where they were drifted out to sea. And while the parts other than their meat to the story were fine, it was that middle section that didn't...either because it felt forced (though it wasn't since they would want revenge after what happened earlier in the day) or...more likely, just the whole idea of the five showing up to watch Nube and Yukime go out to sea to quell the Funayuurei leading to the punks abducting them. Maybe if Nube told them to stay in their lodging instead of making themselves more open targets and they were just abducted from the room, it would have felt more natural than them just leaving themselves to be taken by the jerks. But...other than that minor complaint, it wasn't a bad chapter at all...even if you sort of wish Yukime's ice didn't melt so quickly in the hot sun, power up or no power-up. (or that Yukime should have stayed tan all chapter...)