Natsume Yuujin Chou 27

Ashitaka x Taiyou/Transcendence Scans Use Only

Natsume Yuujinchou 27

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Ki- Kishimoto
Ni- Nishimura
N- Natsume
T- Touko-san
M- Nyanko-sensei
R- Rock
H- Hinoe
C- Chuukyuu
Ch- Chobihige
I- Class President
U- Unknown
Ta- Taki
K- Tanuma

01
[Cover]

02
Natsume Yuujinchou
Volume 08
Midorikawa Yuki

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[Contents]

04
Natsume Yuujinchou
Chapter 27

05
[Story Thus Far]

06
N- Ever since I was small I have sometimes seen
N- Strange things
Ki- The culture festival’s coming up soon
Ki- What’s your class doing?
Ni- We decide tomorrow, I’m voting for a bunny girl café
Ki- …No way they’ll agree to a bunny girl café, at least say fairy or something
N- Fairy?
N- Stop
Ni- Ah
Ni- Hey, isn’t that
Ni- It’s Natsume

07
Ni- What’s he doing up on the railing?
Ki- That’s dangerous, what if he falls?
Ki- Ah
Ki/Ni- Wah!? Natsume!!?
Ki- Natsume!
Ni- Freezing
N- As others cannot see them, they are most likely
N- What you would call ayakashi
Ni- Geez
Ni- What the hell’re you doing Natsume?
N- …S, sorry, Nishimura, Kitamoto

08
h/w- If you can see me then play with me
h/w- Wah, stop it, stay back…
h/w- Achoo
N- …Sorry… thankyou, really
N- …um, hey
N- If you go home like that
N- You’ll catch a cold, so…
N- …Could you stop by my place?
Ni/Ki – Hello
N- I, I’m home, Touko-san
T- Welcome… oh!

09
N- I’m sorry for pushing in…
N- Because of me these two got soaked
T- Oh
T- Come on in and take a bath then
T- Haha
T- You got into a pickle with your shenanigans didn’t you?
h/w- Please, have some stew
h/w- Awesome!
h/w- Seeya
N- In this town I have met many kind hearted people
N- To these people the fact I can see ayakashi is an absolute secret
N- I’m back, Nyanko-sensei
N- How are you feeling?
N- …Still sleeping, huh?
N- If you’re all quiet we can’t do our thing, so get well soon, sensei…

10
N- Pfft
Sfx- clatter
Clatter
N- A stone?
N- I wonder if it got in my pocket when I fell in the river…

11
N- Wah!?
R- …Buh
Buh
Buh
N- Ah
H- What’s with the pebble?
H- You’re as easily targeted by weird ayakashi as always, Natsume
N- H, Hinoe…
H- I came to play but what’s this, something happened to your daruma guard cat?

12
N- Good timing Hinoe, could you take a look at sensei’s wound?
N- He’s not really an animal I can take to the vet…
H- Hm… so he was hit by an exorcist’s arrow…
H- But this should heal up in two or three days
N- Thank goodness… thankyou
N- Hinoe is an acquaintance of sensei’s, she seems to have had a thing for my grandmother Reiko
N- She sometimes helps us out, but…
H- Now
H- I’ll have to take my consultation fee
N- She’d be a good guy if it weren’t for this
N- If, if he recovers I’ll think of something
h/w- At any rate I’ll play around with him
N- Ah, stop it, he’s hurt…
C- Natsume-sama
C- We heard
C- The ugly cat… Madara-sama was injured, we came to visit
N- Eh

13
Ch- The give in Madara-dono’s barrier is bigger than usual
N- Wah, Chobihige, when did you get here?
C- Tonight we’ll get drunk, make a racket and protect you
N- What!?
N- Thankyou, but please don’t make a racket
N- My ayakashi acquaintances have increased a fair bit
N- Nothing good can come of that
H- …That stone gave off a pretty nasty vibe
H- You ought to be cautious for a while
H- Natsume

14
Ni- What’s wrong Natsume?
N- …Nothing, I kinda pulled an all nighter…
I- So then, what is our class doing to do?
U- Cross-dressing café!
U- No guy finds that attractive, move for rejection!
U- Food is hard, I want to walk around on the day so we should do a display
U- Alright quiet down! I said we should do a bazaar!
U- We make a really half assed shop and everyone brings stuff they don’t use, but could sell, from home, a second hand store!
N- I’m kind of
N- Bad with lively things
N- But lately…

15
N- A girl?
N- What’s she staring so hard at?
N- Did she drop something?
I- Hey Natsume, don’t stare off into space! People are working hard here
I- …Fine then, you can be in charge of the store
N- Eh
N- Sorry, but I’m no good at…
I- Our sales will be better if the front man has a pretty face
U- Do it Natsume~
N- But, I…
I- Alright, let’s choose the remaining shop attendants and the people in charge of making the set
Ta- Ahaha
N- Don’t laugh, Taki
Ta- Haha, sorry, so you guys are doing a bazaar huh?
Ta- Low budget high profits right?

16
Ta- I’ll come buy something
N- …You don’t have to… what about your class?
Ta- …Cross-dressing café…
N- Oh…
Ta- Neither of us really fit the festival thing
Ta- But for the people who do enjoy this stuff, let’s suck it up and have fun
N- Yeah… you’re right
K- Natsume
K- What’s your class doing…?

17
N- Tanuma
K- A friend of yours?
N- Oh, sorry
N- This is the first time you’ve met… um…
N- Taki, this is Tanuma from class one…
N- Tanuma knows I can see ayakashi too, he listens to my troubles a fair bit
Ta- Eh
K- ‘Too’…so you can also…
N- Tanuma, this is Taki from class 5
N- …She’s pretty knowledgeable about ayakashi
K- What…
K- …I, I see
Ta- Ah, Tanuma-kun, can you see them too…?
K- Ah, no… well, not exactly…
K- Can you see the Taki?
Ta- Um, well it’s not that I can see them
Ta- I have seen them before…

18
N- Why is this so awkward
Ni- Hey Natsume, a moment please!?
N- What’s up, Nishimura?
Ni- It’s about the store attendant costume…
Ni- Isn’t that Taki-san, the quiet and modest girl from class 5!?
h/w- What? Modest?
Ni- What’s your relationship with her!? She’s not your girlfriend is she!?
N- What? No, she’s a friend
Ni- What!?
Ta- Wow… so you can sense ayakashi?
Ta- I can’t do anything without a circle
K- My senses are pretty dodgy though

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K- Natsume sees them so clearly
K- That half the time he isn’t sure if they are human or ayakashi
Ta- Yes, but Natsume-kun
Ta- He speaks openly to ayakashi and wears his heart on his sleeve
Ta- He’s always being considerate of others
Ta- And his only friends are ayakashi
Ta- I’m kind of worried about him
Ki- Huh, so Natsume is in charge of the store?
Ki- Good luck
Ni- Make sure you smile Natsume
N- I always smile
N- What’s your class doing Kitamoto?
Ki- A Shakespeare play
Ni- So you’ll be in tights?
Ki- No way
N- …Now I think of it

20
N- This will be my first time really participating in the culture festival
N- I hope it goes well…
N- Blood!?

21
Ki- Natsume?
Ki- Ah
Ki- What’s that, paint?
U- Sorry, I stumbled with the can
U- Careful not to step on it
N- Oh, it was just paint
Ni- …Natsume? What’s wrong, you’re all pale
N- I’m fine
N- I think I’m become oversensitive toward ayakashi…
H- ‘You ought to be cautious for a while’
h/w- Natsume – I have to stay back today so you go on ahead
Me too
Okay
U- Natsume-kun

22
N- Who’s there?
N- Who’s that?
N- That’s the girl who was staring at the ground in the schoolyard before
U- You dropped this rock before

23
U- Kyah
U- Huh? What was I…
U- Um, see you…
N- What…
N- …was that girl possessed by this rock?
N- Is it really that powerful?
N- What should I do, if I throw it away someone might get hurt…
N- Maybe I should crush it or boil it…?
R- Creak

24
N- Wah
K- …Was that Natsume’s voice?
Sign- Storeroom B
K- …Natsume?
K- Are you there?

25
N- Don’t come in, Tanuma, Taki!
K- Stay back Taki, something’s there!
K- What is it!?
K- Looks like some kind of shadow…
K- Wah
K- …It ran away through the roof…
Ta- Tanuma-kun don’t stare at it, it’ll become aware of you
Ta- Natsume-kun, are you alright?
N- Yeah…

26
Ta- Natsume-kun!!
K- Are you alright, Natsume!?
N- Ah, yeah
N- You saved me…
N- …Sorry
N- It turned back into a regular rock
N- Where’d the insides go…
H- It sounds like a fairly strong ayakashi was sealed in a stone
H- While it was stuck in your clothes it probably sucked up some of your power and gained enough to possess someone
N- What is it trying to accomplish?
H- Well, it seems like it’s a possession type ayakashi, so most likely
H- It wants to possess you
H- It probably sucked out more of your power by touching you today

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H- By secretly inhabiting things and people at your school, it’s looking for a chance to overcome you
N- To overcome me…
N- Things
N- And people…
N- If I’m the target, does that mean there won’t be any other casualties?
H- Well, the ones who are possessed might act strangely…
H- Alright, Natsume? Don’t let your guard down
H- Well, I’m at fault for just kicking it away without checking it out properly
H- I’ll look for a way to reseal it
H- Until then, stand firm Natsume
N- …Yeah

28
N- Thanks Hinoe
h/w- sigh…
N- Nyanko-sensei
N- The culture festival is coming up at school
N- I’m going to be a shop attendant at a bazaar
N- There’ll be heaps of displays and shops, it’ll be fun

29
N- There’ll be a lot of tasty things too
N- I hope it…
N- Goes well…
N- I have to chase out that ayakashi…
N- I can’t let something evil get into the school because of me
Ni- Natsume –
N- Nishimura!?
N- Kitamoto
N- What are you doing here?
Ni- Ah, well…
H- ‘By inhabiting things and people…’
Ki- Oh? Natsume, what’s wrong?
h/w- Quit staring at me
Ni- Natsume, you…
Ni- Really don’t want to do the shop attendant thing do you?

30
N- …What?
Ni- Well your face was like majorly pale…
Ni- …You… have been through a lot right?
Ni- Since you’re finally here
Ni- You should be able to enjoy this properly
Ni- If you really don’t want to do it then speak up, Natsume
Ni- I’ll switch with you
N- …Thanks
N- …But

31
N- But I really am
N- I’m really having fun, so it’s fine
N- …sniff
N- …sniffle…

32
N- I’m so happy
N- What should I do?
h/w- Apron?
Pfft
Yeah, the shop attendants are all going to wear them so please sew on the ribbon yourself
N- Anyone acting suspicious…?
N- My hyper alert days wore on, but the ayakashi was keeping a low profile
h/w- ow
ow
Ah, take your time
Class two’s got it tough huh
N- Nothing really stood out, and while I was waiting to hear from Hinoe before I knew it…
h/w- Natsume – help me paint
box- Day of the festival

33
N- Welcome
N- Please take a look around
Sign- Bazaar Square
U- Natsume-kun – can we take a photo together?
N- Eh
U- Can you make this a freebie?
N- Ah, um
h/w- Natsume, how much is this?
Natsume-kun, what’s this?
Shop attendant-san
N- Eh!?
N- Um…
h/w- Kyaah, Natsume-kun <3
N- It was more hectic than I had imagined
U- Good work Natsume, go take a break
N- Th, thanks
h/w- Wah
Kyahaha
Kyah –
Wah –

34
h/w- Kyaha
N- What!?
N- Wait!
N- It’s her

35
Ni- Oi!
Ni- Natsume…!?
N- If I don’t catch her
N- Because of me…
N- Wait
N- She has nothing to do with this
N- Let her go

36
N- Wai…
N- Look out…

37
U- Buh
U- Buh
U- Buh
M- Geez
M- I came cuz I heard there’d be tasty things
M- Get back, you pebble
M- Weakling

38
U- Gi
U- Ah
Ni- Oi Natsume
h/w- Ow… hm?
Ki- What happened, what’re you…
Ki- Huh? Natsume’s ugly cat…
Ki- Wah, Natsume!?
Ki- Hang in there
Ki- Natsume!
Ni- ‘Natsume - ’
Ni- ‘Naatsume, oi, transfer student’
Ni- ‘Why don’t you just try asking Touko-san for a bike?’

39
Ni- ‘We can’t go anywhere far together’
N- ‘Sorry, don’t worry about me, just go… I can’t ride a bike’
Ni- ‘What!? Why!!?
N- ‘Why you say…’
N- ‘Um well… You can’t really do it if there’s no one to push you from behind’
N- Yeah
N- I don’t want

40
N- To bring anything scary to this place
N- That might be selfish
N- Its important to me, what should I do?
N- It’s full of things I don’t understand
N- And I’m always uncertain
M- …Me
M- Natsume
M- Natsume!
N- Uwah!
N- Nyanko-sensei…
N- Is your wound fine already!?
M- Of course, I woke up and came here after talking to Hinoe

41
M- You don’t have to seal that ayakashi
M- I chased it out
N- …Nyanko-sensei…
N- I couldn’t do anything alone…
M- Humans are all like that

42
N- Yeah
N- But I realised something
N- Something really, really important
N- That I am no longer
N- Alone
Ni- Ah Natsume, you’re awake
Ki- Natsume
Ni- What were you doing, you’re always so careless
Ni- Always, always
Ki- What were you thinking idiot!?
Ki- Couldn’t you talk to us about it!?

43
Ni- Idiot!
U- Oi! Quiet in the nurse’s office!
Ta- Natsume, I heard you were knocked out
Ta- Are you okay!?
K- Taki… are you… cross-dressing?
K- Ah, good, you seem fine Natsume
Ni- …Ah, Taki-san from class 5
Ni- And… Tanuma, was it?
Ta- Ah
U- Hey, don’t bring a cat in here!
N- S, sorry
N- And so
N- My first cultural festival came to an end

44
N- Ha…
N- We really caused a riot…
K- Haha, you got that right
N- I wanted to see your cross-dressing
N- And Kitamoto’s play too…
Ta- Yeah, but
Ta- This isn’t the last one
Ta- I’m sure the next one will go well
N- …I wonder
N- I have to push through all the things I’m still not used to
Ni- Oi
Ni- Oi
Ni- Wanna go fishing? Let’s go by bike
N- One little step at a time