Natsume Yuujin Chou 42

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Natsume Yuujinchou 42 - The Tale of the Thing That Was Sealed Part 1

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N- Natsume
M- Nyanko-sensei
K- Tanuma
TT- Taki
U- Unknown

01
Mega Hit! Strange Tales of Ayakashi Contracts
New Tale Start!
The Tale of the Thing that was Sealed
Natsume Yuujinchou
Gradually Drawing Nearer, The Season That Buzzes With Heat
Midorikawa Yuki

02
N- Ever since I was small, I have sometimes seen strange things
N- As others cannot see them, they are most likely
N- What you would call youkai
N- Crap, it started raining
K- Hey Natsume, over there
K- Let’s borrow that house’s gate for a bit

03
K- The sky is still bright so it’s probably just a passing shower
N- Yeah
N- …But wow, what a mansion
K- Yeah, they must be an old family
N- …I don’t have very good memories of these kinds of gates
h/w- Like Matoba’s second mansion, and Hiiragi… …and stuff
N- How should I put this?
N- I don’t really like going near places that seem like somewhere ayakashi might be
N- Especially when I am with someone who is important to me…
U- Oh
U- Ooh
U- Oooh~

04
K- …What’s wrong, Natsume?
N- Ah…
N- There was a weird voice coming from inside just now…
K- …A voice?
N- Tanuma can’t hear it!?
N- Is it an ayakashi!?
N- Tanuma, let’s go
K- Natsume…?
N- Crap!! So there really is
N- An ayakashi here…
h/w- Ha
TT- Huh?
TT- Natsume-kun, Tanuma-kun?
N- ! Taki!?
N- …and Nyanko-sensei?

05
TT- Use those towels
N- Thankyou, and thanks for having us
N- …So it was your house Taki
N- It’s huge
TT- It’s old and cleaning it is a nightmare though
TT- It started raining all of a sudden so I took a look outside, and I saw Nyanko-sensei on top of the wall…
TT- And before I knew it I was hugging him
h/w- Sorry
M- Honestly! When will you learn to control yourself little girl!!
M- Don’t think this flimsy slice of sweet bean jelly will make me forgive you
N- …So that voice was sensei’s scream…
N- …But what are you doing at Taki’s house sensei?

06
M- Natsume is usually so composed, but he’s actually afraid of thunder
M- I came here hoping I could see his frightened face if it struck
h/w- Really?
K- Ah, too bad Ponta, the sun came out
TT- Good, I was in the middle of cleaning the storehouse so I was worried
N- Cleaning the storehouse?
TT- I just let some fresh air through and dust it once in a while, but it’s so big it takes ages
K- Really?
K- Well how about we give you a hand as thanks for letting us take shelter from the rain?
N- Yeah
TT- ! Really? Thanks!
N- It’s okay isn’t it? It doesn’t seem like there are any ayakashi around

07
N- Nyanko-sensei, do you sense any ayakashi here?
M- Hm? I’m not sure
M- It could be the ancestry of the house – traces of many ayakashi remain here
N- What?
M- Many things have crossed paths here
M- I can’t say anything for certain, but there doesn’t seem to be anything out of the ordinary here at the moment
N- I see…
N- That’s good
M- I’m not sticking around though, I’ve already eaten the red bean jelly so I’m going home
N- Seriously?
N- And so I ended up helping clean Taki’s storehouse with Tanuma

08
N- …It’s huge
K- Wow, it’s amazing
K- There really are still some of these legitimate storehouses around
N- Yeah, I guess so
K- It feels like there should be treasure inside…
TT- Hm? What’s up?
K/N- What the hell was that!!?

09
TT- Ah, sorry, that kokeshi doll is a charm to repel magic, I was scared of it too when I was a kid
T/N: Kokeshi dolls are originally from northern Japan, they are made of wood and have no limbs
N- Seems like it would repel more than just magic…
N- That’s right, your family was some kind of onmyouji…
TT- That was a long time ago though
TT- But my grandfather was drawn to all things ayakashi, and he did all kinds of research hoping to see one some day
K- I bet he would have been moved if he met Natsume then right?
TT- It would defiantly have sent him into a big panic, and he probably would have attacked you fiercely with questions about ayakashi
K- You seem like you’d crack under pressure Natsume
N- Oi
TT- Haha
TT- There’s a lot of my grandfather’s possessions like that in this storehouse
TT- But my mother and father think they’re creepy and won’t go near it
TT- I’m the only one who’ll clean it

10
TT- …So
TT- I’m really glad you’re helping me
TT- Thankyou
TT- Okay, first let’s split up and open all the windows
K/N- Okay
N- There’s a window in a place like that too… this place is huge and it’s built strangely
N- There are also tons of books
N- And tons of weird stuff
h/w- Pfft

11
N- I bet it’s a kappa
N- Imagine actually wanting to know about ayakashi
N- He must have been a strange man
N- Even though nothing good comes of seeing ayakashi…
K- ‘I bet he would have been moved’
TT- ‘He would have tried to ask you about ayakashi…’
N- About ayakashi…
Box- Childhood
h/w- (right to left, top to bottom) You look tasty, let me eat you
Hand it over –
You look tasty
Hand over the Book of Friends –
Play with me
Is dinner still not ready -?
Come with me~
You look tasty
TT- My mother and father think they’re creepy and won’t go near it
U- …giggle
U- giggle

12
Sfx- giggle giggle
U- ‘Hey, Natsume’s saying creepy stuff again’
K- Natsume
h/w- Ha
K- What’s wrong? You look pale
N- Tanuma
N- It’s nothing… are you done?
K- Yeah, I had the top floor and here
h/w- sigh…
N- Get it together
N- Maybe the atmosphere in this storehouse is getting to me
K- Are there any windows over here… huh?
N/K- Scary!!!
N- Th… that scared me, kimono huh…
K- I thought there were people standing there…

13
h/w- Sorry, those are wards against magic too
K/N- He really was a strange guy
TT- The storehouse is full of this kind of stuff so prepare yourselves
K/N- Seriously…?
N- And so we were overwhelmed by the vastness and creepiness of the storehouse
h/w- They’re scared so they can’t work separately huh…
h/w- Ugh, heavy…
h/w- Hup
h/w- Natsume, you need to eat more meat
h/w- Yes, I think you should
h/w- D:
N- Somehow we managed to clean it all
h/w- Haa…
N- I, I’m beat…
N- Good job guys…
TT- Sorry, I didn’t expect it to be so hard…
N- Don’t worry about it, we don’t have school tomorrow
N- …And

14
N- My heart was beating so fast and it was kind of fun
TT/K- Yeah
K- I’m starving; I would have brought a lunchbox if I’d known
TT- I can whip up some yakisoba really quick
T/N: Yakisoba are very tasty noodles stir fried in a kind of barbeque like sauce. Usually not many vegetables in it, sometimes has cabbage though
TT- Let’s go back to the main house
N- …Huh?
N- Taki, did you put away one of the kimono talismans?
N- I’m sure there were three before…
TT- Huh? No?

15
T- What are you talking about? There’s two just like before Natsume
N- Eh…
N- Was I the only one who could see three before…?
N- …No
N- I probably just remembered it wrong
N- Letting myself get scared about something so insignificant…
N- …Hey… Taki
TT- Yeah?
N- It’s nothing
N- This yakisoba sure is tasty

16
N- The more fun I have
N- The more the things that are important to me increase
N- The more my mind whispers
N- How long can I stay like this?
Sfx- slide…
N- What? It’s coming from the hallway…

17
N- It’s that kimono
N- So it really was an ayakashi…
N- …Uwah
M- Mu?
M- Pipe down Natsu…
M- What are you doing on my territory!?
M- Get out!!

18
N- Cough
N- Cough
M- Honestly! What did you bring back here you idiot?
M- …Hm, an ayakashi from Taki’s storehouse…
N- …More importantly aren’t you letting too much slip past you sensei?
M- Fool, as if I can bother with every little weakling
N- Was it really that much of a weakling?
M- Yes, well
M- At the moment it is
U- …Where?
U- Where?

19
U- Where?
M- Oi Natsume, where are you going?
N- Taki’s house, I’m going to check on it
N- That ayakashi followed me though so I don’t think I need to worry about Taki…
N- …Ah
N- …Tanuma
N- What are you doing at Taki’s house?
K- …That’s my line
K- You’re here so that must mean
K- You really did see something yesterday, didn’t you Natsume?

20
K- Really, a kimono monster?
N- Yeah, but I thought it was my imagination… just because it’s an ayakashi that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a bad one
N- …Taki’s grandfather supposedly loved ayakashi
N- But Taki once received a curse from an ayakashi that put her life in danger
N- I don’t want to mention it if it’s not a big deal
N- And make her remember unpleasant things
K- Natsume
N- I’m sorry Tanuma
N- I know that you and Taki will listen to me
N- But I’ve never
N- Talked to anyone about this stuff before
N- No one’s ever listened to me before

21
N- …I don’t know how to talk about it
N- If me talking about it to someone got them involved with ayakashi as well…
K- …Yeah
K- But well, I already know the situation
K- So how about we go and check on Taki?
N- Eh…
N- Okay
h/w- Anyone home?

22
N- Anyone ho…
N- Waah! The kimono monster!
K- Eh
TT- Huh? You guys came…
TT- What’s this about a kimono?
N- Taki…
M- Mu…
M- So it got hands
N- Eh…
N- Hands?

23
N- Sensei…
T- ! Nya… Ponta vanished…!?
N- …He’s chasing the kimono ayakashi
TT- What?
N- Taki
N- Could you hear me out for a sec?

24
TT- Of course
TT- …Something like that was in there…
N- Yes
TT- So that stuff from yesterday was that ayakashi?
N- What?
TT- …Actually since last night I’ve been hearing things, like running sounds in the hallway
TT- And tapping on the glass
TT- …That’s a relief, I thought I was imagining things
K- …Really?
TT- …Yeah
N- Then that ayakashi really is...
Sfx- …patter
N- Hm?
Sfx- patter
Thick sfx- Jump

25
TT- …Hey
K- …Footsteps huh
K- Wow
Sfx- patter
U- Oh
U- Our eyes
U- Met
N- …That’s not the kimono ayakashi…!?
N- Who are you?
N- Why are you running around this house?
TT- Natsume-kun?
K- Is something there!?

26
U- Our eyes
U- Met
K- ! Natsume
TT- Natsu…
TT- …Huh?
TT- This smell…
N- Wait
N- I don’t know what your intentions are
N- But if you’re going to disturb this house then get out
U- Our eyes
U- Met

27
N- You…
N- Wah!
U- You’re an unusual brat
U- So you can see ayakashi?
U- Ho ho, this is interesting
N- What are you trying to do? Why are you in this house?
N- Are you a friend of that kimono ayakashi!?
U- I just came over to play for the first time in a while

28
U- I came here often while Shinichirou was alive
N- …Shinichirou…? …Do you mean Taki’s grandfather?
N- …He shouldn’t have been able to see ayakashi
U- No, he could not see us
U- Right till the end
N- …What is that kimono ayakashi?
U- You brats moved things around in the storehouse didn’t you?
U- That’s why that thing came out
U- There is a technique called Yakufuuji
T/N- Yakufuuji – Evil Sealing
U- Shinichirou tried it while looking at his materials. He didn’t realise, but

29
U- It succeeded. He sealed a bit of a nasty thing from around here most splendidly
U- It was an old doll ayakashi, and the impact of the seal split its body into pieces and they flew all over this house
U- The part that was sealed in the storehouse was the torso
U- It seems like its searching around for the parts of its body that were scattered over the house
U- Hmm hmm, it seems like

30
U- Right underneath us
U- Is its right arm
K- Natsume
K- What happened!
K- Natsume!?

31
U- That ayakashi will not leave until it collects all of its body
U- And when it gets its whole body back
U- It may begin to exact its revenge