Natsume Yuujin Chou 26.1

Ashitaka x Taiyou/Transcendence Scans Use Only

Natsume Yuujinchou Special Arc 07
Code
M- Nyanko-sensei
N- Natsume
A- Chuukyuu A
B- Chuukyuu B
Z- Misuzu
Be- Benio
H- Hinoe
C- Chobi
Ka- Kappa
KK- Little Fox
U- Unknown

01
M- …Natsume, stop flitting about…
M- You just don’t know when to give up
N- Give me a break, Nyanko-sensei
N- Don’t think for one second this kind of behaviour in a guardian can be forgiven
Natsume Yuujinchou
A- Madara-sama - get him!
B- Don’t show him any mercy even though he’s human!
M/N- No comments from the peanut gallery!!
N- This all began when I was on my way home
A/B- Natsume-sama!
A/B- Natsume-sama!

02
- Tonight is the night of the ‘Moon of Bewitching Light’, when sake becomes particularly delicious
- Normally ayakashi would gather in groups at midday and party through to the night
- But by some chance, the ayakashi who know ‘Natsume-sama’ have gathered together…
A- ‘Party to Honour Natsume-sama’ in the beaten up shrine near Yatsubara
A- We’re here to escort you
N- …Eh?
h/w- H, honour?
A- It’s a drinking party for which all the ayakashi who go along with Natsume-sama’s silly worries and meddling, and who would come flying in a second like faithful dogs if he called, have gathered
B- Kind of like Team Natsume, the society of dogs
N- What!?
M- There’ll be booze!? Free booze!?
A- Now, let us proceed
A- Let us proceed, Natsume-sama
N- Wah, let go of me!
N- You think I’ll go to such a suspicious place… let go!
N- And so

03
N- Wah
N- …ow…
N- It came about that I would participate in the ayakashi’s gathering
H- Oh, Natsume
Special Arc 7 The Natsume Book of Play
H- Over here, come sit by me
Boxes, from right – Hinoe
Chobi
Kappa
Nyanko-sensei
A
B
C- Late, you’re as thick as usual
Ka- Come on, Natsume-boss
A- Starting from noon, we’ll drink the night away!
N- Wah…
A/B- Come on Natsume-sama!
H- Come on Natsume
N- Quit touching me, I’m underage so I can’t drink

04
Box- Benio
B- Long time no see, I just heard about the free booze and decided to come, you huh…
N- Benio-san
M- Oh, it’s you, Benio
B- Ah, Madara-sama
B- No matter how many times I see it, such a pitifully tiny form…
M- You’re shallow, this form has fans
M- A human girl
B- What!!.
B- Damned human, how distasteful
H- Quiet down lass
Ka- As expected of Natsume-sama, to be acquainted with so many big shots
N- …Really?
Box- Little Fox
N- Ah…
N- So you came too
KK- …I can’t drink, but…
KK- It’s so fun and lively
KK- What do humans do when they gather like this, Natsume?

05
N- …what?
C- Oh
H- I’m interested also, what do human children do to play?
N- Eh…
N- Hm… I don’t know, maybe play cards…
N- If they’re outside, I think they play tag, or capture the flag… or shadow tag…
?- Shadow tag? That sounds interesting
A- I know, since Natsume-sama cannot drink, let’s accompany him in a game of shadow tag
N- What!?
N- Wait, who…
?- Alright, let’s do it
A- Natsume-sama! What kind of game is it?
N- …I think…
N- You know tag right?
N- The same as that, only the person who has their shadows stepped on becomes ‘it’
T/N- The word in Japanese for it in tag is oni, ‘demon’
C- ‘It’? This is becoming more and more interesting…
H- Of course, this ‘it’ person can eat anyone they capture?
N- No, that’s completely wrong
h/w- Listen properly

06
N- …I think
N- The idea is to run about so you don’t get your shadow stepped on
N- You can hide in a bigger shadow, or make your shadow smaller to dodge the person who’s it
N- What, so you can just hide in the shade?
N- I think… any longer than five seconds is against the rules… probably. The boundary is the area of the shrine
N- Alright, I’ll be it first
N- Start…
N- …Like a gust of wind…
U- ‘Go away’
U- ‘Get lost liar’
U- ‘Get lost Natsume’

07
N- Sorry Chobi, you’re it
N- Go step on someone’s shadow
C- Oh
C- What a blunder, I let my guard down
C- Oh, now there is a creature with short legs
M- Wah!?
C- I have trodden
C- Now you are it
M- What!? Shit, that kind of pisses me off!!
M- …Mumu… my beast blood is boiling…

08
M- Crap, this is fun!
M- I stepped
A- Gyah
M- On your shadow
B- Oof
A- …Madara-sama…
A- That’s more than my shadow…
M- Natsume, prepare yourself
N- Wah, what’re you doing Nyanko-sensei, you’re not it anymore
M- Natsume, stop flitting about
M- You just don’t know when to give up
N- Give me a break, Nyanko-sensei
N- Don’t think for one second this kind of behaviour in a guardian can be forgiven
h/w- Madara-sama - get him!
h/w- Don’t show him any mercy even though he’s human!
N- …I said
N- Stepping anywhere but the shadow
N- Is against the rules!

09
N- Phew… that was close
H- Natsume, isn’t that also against the rules?
B- That punch was dangerous
B- I’ll seal your hands
N- Wah - I can’t run like this!
A- Well, as I was first to have (more than just my shadow) stepped on, I am it
N- ! Misuzu…
Z- Long time no see, Natsume-dono
Z- You have guts as usual, calling me a dog
N- …That was something slick and the cow decided on their own
h/w- sorry
Sign – Society of Dogs

10
KK- Ooh, a big shadow
A- We’re saved
A- Misuzu-sama –
Z- Oh?
A- I stepped on your shadow, now you’re it
Z- Oh
Z- I’m it… huh
Z- I’ll give it a go
N- Wait!
N- It just means you try and step on the shadows of those running away
Z- I see, that
Z- Sounds like an interesting game
Z- Mwahahaha
Z- Run, and fear, lowly creatures
A- Misuzu-sama is also the type to step on more than just the shadow
A- Natsume-sama
N- …Sorry Misuzu, could you be the judge instead?

11
h/w- Come on out~ one~ two~
H- I’m allowed to have my way with you if I step on your shadow right?
N- There’s not rule like that
?- I see, you should run with your shadow in front of you
?- North
?- Head north!
A- Wha, what is this game…
Ka- It, it never ends
Be- Human children are terrifying, to have come up with this game…
H- Natsume, how does this game end?
N- Eh…
N- …Actually…
N- I’ve never actually played it myself, I always watched from afar, so I don’t know the details
Be- What!?
N- …Sorry…

12
KK- So this is your first time, just like us, Natsume
N- Yep
N- I finally understand why they always looked like they were having so much fun
N- I wonder if Reiko-san was ever
N- Able to feel this way too…
Be- So the next it is Madara-sama? Then let’s make this the last game
Be- If you have your shadow stepped on then you’ve disqualified, and if the one who’s it steps on everyone’s shadow then he wins
M- Hey wait, that means it has to do all the work!
A- That’s a good plan
A- Then the people who are stepped on have to wait inside this circle
Circle – Grave
N- Uwah, I don’t want to go in there

13
A- Start!
M- Ah
M- Why you –
h/w- Wah – Kyah – Wah – Wah –
N- Ah!?
N- Waaaah!
N- A hole!?
N- …ow, I fell in…?
N- Oh well, I probably won’t get stepped on now…
h/w- sigh…
wa, wah, kyah –

14
U-‘ Natsume’
U- ‘You’re Natsume, right? Wanna play?’
N- I was always drifting between places, and when I first arrived
N- There were quite a few kids who would talk to me
N- They didn’t care about the rumours, and innocently
N- But even so, because I would say things that they couldn’t understand…
N- Because to them, I was a liar…
N- It’s obvious
N- That a liar would be hated…
U-‘Natsume –‘
U- ‘Oi –‘
U- ‘Oi – Natsume’
U- ‘Hey transfer student, you come too’
U-‘You’re so lucky Natsume, moving all the time’
U- ‘You get to meet tonnes of people’
M- Natsume

15
N- …Nyanko-sensei
M- Honestly, you are such a sluggard
M- Hurry up and get out of there, you’re the last one
N- So it’ll be over if you step on me, huh…
M- Is that why you’ve been hiding all this time?
N- …No
N- I can’t get up, pull me out
M- What!?
Be- Oh, Natsume
A- Natsume-sama
H- So he got you too huh
H- How unsightly
H- Humans really are weak, aren’t they?

16
N- What, you all got stepped on already
A- It wins, time for celebration booze
h/w- Festival –
H- I’ll protect you
H- If you call me, weakling
H- There’s no helping it is there?
-Nope
-We like you, so it’s inevitable