amatsuki 94

amatsuki 94

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Text: [Chapter 94: Here Blooms the Daylily, Part 8]

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Men: Get him!!
Toki: Eeeek!
SFX: [*run run run*]
Toki: Oh crap, this just got serious!!
Toki: Why meee!?
SFX: [*waaah*]
SFX: [*run run run*]
SFX: [*rustle*]
Men: Ah!
SFX: [*stab stab stab*]

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Man: ...!?
Man: Feathers!?
Bonten: Rikugou!!
SFX: [*gasp*]
SFX: [*reach*]
SFX: [*flutter*]

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Man: They're flying!?
Man: Are they demon!?
SFX: [*waaahhh!!  ahhhh!!*]
SFX: [*flail flail*]
Toki: Hey, there's nothing wrong with humans and ayakashi being friends!!
Toki: Deal with it!!
SFX: [*slip*]
Bonten: Rikugou...
Bonten: Shut up.  You're heavy.
Toki: Eh?
SFX: [*drop*]
SFX: [*stare*]

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Toki: (Oh crap...) TIME TO RUN!!
SFX: [*waaaah*]
SFX: [*aiiieee*]
SFX: [*waah waaaaah*]
Father: Senkichi!
Father: You're not hurt, are you?
Father: You should run home now.
Father: Your mother will make you some tea.
Father: You must be hungry, too.  Maybe she'll let you have a snack.
Father: Wouldn't you like a rice ball?
SFX: [*push*]
Father: Senkichi...?
Kanzou: It's "Kanzou."
Kanzou: On this mountain,
Kanzou: I threw away my old self.
Kanzou: And in the shadow of the leaves,
Kanzou: I became "Kanzou."

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Kanzou: "Kanzou..."
Kanzou: Means "daylily."
Kanzou: And in flower language, "daylily" means "to forget."
Kanzou: I...
Kanzou: I tried to forget about this place.
Kanzou: I threw away my past.
Kanzou: I forgot the faces of my parents.
Kanzou: I forgot my home.
Kanzou (2 bubbles): I thought I remembered the taste of the food...
Kanzou: But I was remembering something else.
Kanzou: I was remembering...
Kanzou: *Them.*

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Kanzou: [I never told anyone...]
Kanzou: [But for years, I'd secretly been planning to leave this village one day.]
Kanzou: [I thought...]
Kanzou: [It would be easier for everyone that way.]
Kanzou: [So I threw my bag over my shoulder and I left.]
Kanzou: [But it wasn't easy.  It still hurt.]
Hizame: [Kanzou...]
Hizame: [You're a good boy.]
Hizame: [You're a very good boy.]
Hizame: Kanzou!!
SFX: [*rustle*]

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Hizame: It's really you, right?
SFX: [*giggle giggle*]
SFX: [*laugh*]
Ainezu: Whoa...
Ainezu: This brings back memories.
Kanzou: !
Kanzou: Ah...
Hizame: Kanzou,
Hizame: Our enemy is at the top of that cliff.
Hizame: Do you think you can handle it?
Hizame: If you don't want to,
Hizame: That's alright.
Hizame: It's your choice.
SFX: [*whip*]
Man: Eh!?
SFX: [*grab*]
Man: Wah!
SFX: [*snap*

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Hizame: Kanzou?
Kanzou: I'm going to us fire.
Hizame: !
Ainezu: [huh?]
Ainezu: Oh... I get it!!
Ainezu: When clams are boiled alive, their mouths stay open, even after they're cooked!!
Kanzou: Old man Hatoba used to cook them.
Kanzou: His clam stew was the best.
SFX: [*burn*]
Kanzou: I know now...
Kanzou: That this world is just an illusion based on my memories and my desires.

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Kanzou: So...
Kanzou: If I want this forest to burn...
SFX: [*fwoosh*]
Kanzou: It'll burn, right?
Men: Ahhh!
Men: The mountain is burning@@
SFX: [*whoosh*]
Men: Hey!
Men: We've got to put this out!
Men: No...
Men: We have to run!!
Men: Come on!
Men: Run!
Men: We have to go!!
SFX: [*whoooosh*]

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Hizame: Good boy.
Hizame: You're strong.
Hizame: Very strong.
Hizame: Come now.
Hizame: It's dangerous here.
Hizame: We should go.
Kanzou: Yeah.

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SFX: [*fwoosh*]
SFX: [*hissss*]
Toki: Whoa...

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Susutake: Dude, the whole mountain's gonna get barbequed...
Susutake: [Damn...]
Sustake: I wonder if the river will dry up?
Susutake: That's one hell of a fire!!
Bonten: No...
Bonten: I don't think that's what he's trying to do.
Bonten: He's not trying to simply burn the illusion.  It could still be remade.
Bonten: Instead, he's burning away the part of himself that created it.
Bonten: I guess.
SFX: [*whoosh*]
Toki: Whoa...
Toki: It's hot...
SFX: [*smoke*]
Toki: [I guess he has his reasons...]
Toki: [But I still don't really get it.]
Toki: [It's like he's trying to kill a part of himself.]
Toki: [But no matter how hard you try to destroy your flaws,]
SFX: [*hiss*]
Toki: [They're always something you carry with you.]

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Toki: What's really going on here...?
Toki: [It's like we're in a supercomputer...]
Toki: [That's constantly spitting out system errors.]
SFX: [*hissss*]
Susutake: Mm, nothing like steamed clams.
Susutake: I'm hungry.
Susutake: Oh hey!
Susutake: The log bridge didn't fall down!

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Bonten: Oh, good.
SFX: [*hmph*]
Bonten: Well, I guess this is alright.
Bonten: For a while there, I thought I was going to be fried chicken. (hahaha)
Toki: Gah!
Toki: [That's an awful joke!]
Azuki-arai: My village is across the bridge,
Azuki-arai: So I think I'll head home.
Azuki-arai: Until the fire dies down,
Azuki-arai: It's too dangerous over here.
Azuki-arai: Be careful!
Bonten: Thanks for your help.
Toki: His village is over there?
Toki: But isn't that outside the clam's illusion?
Bonten: Yeah.
Bonten: Once we gather everyone together, we should leave too.

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Toki: [Everyone...]
Toki: [Huh?]
Toki: Oh,
Toki: There they are.
Ainezu: Thanks for waiting.
Ainezu: Are we going to go now?
Toki: [Huh?]

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Toki: KON'S NOT HERE!?
SFX: [*sputter*]
SFX: [*shock*]
Bonten: You just noticed?
Toki: No!  I mean...
Toki: I thought he was with somebody else!!
SFX: [*ahhhhhhh*]
Bonten: [Seriously...?]
Bonten: And I thought he was with you.
Toki: Ehh!?
Toki: What are we going to do now!?
Toki: Uwaaah!
Toki: Is he lost!?
Toki: OMG what if he's lost!?
Toki: Come on, guys!
Toki: We've got to go back for him!!
Hizame: Oh my,
Hizame: Please calm down, Rikugou-dono.
Hizame: We managed to defeat the clam ayakashi without closing its mouth,
Hizame: So this illusion won't disappear for some time.

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Hizame: As long as he's not here on this mountain, your friend is safe.
Hizame: However, we'll be in danger if we stay here.  We should retreat for now.
Ainezu: She's right!!
Ainezu: The illusion should be stable now.
Ainezu: It makes more sense to come back and search for him after the fire dies down.
Ainezu: We need to find shelter, Rikugou-san.
Toki: But...
SFX: [*tremble*]
Toki: But...
Toki: What if he's on the mountain, and he's trapped by the fire...?

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Bonten: We have no choice.
Bonten: Rikugou and I will search for him.
Bonten: The rest of you can find shelter on the other side of the log bridge.  And find Utsubushi!
Toki: Eh!?
Toki: Bonten...
Bonten: We'll do what we can over here.
Bonten: You talk a lot,
Bonten: But you never listen.
Bonten: That's why...
Bonten: You're a dumbass.
SFX: [*shock*]
SFX: [*flap flap*]

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SFX: [*whoosh*]
Bonten: Damn it, where is he hiding...?
Toki: Hm...
Toki: He probably tried to get away from the fire.
Bonten: Yeah.
Bonten: Jeez...
Bonten: You really never pay attention to what's going on around you, huh?
Bonten: And I guess he's the same way...
Toki: Hey, you've got no room to talk!  You're the idiot who ran off on his own before!
Bonten: Shut up.

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Toki: But...
Toki: Kon's not like that.
Toki: I know he seems like a guy who doesn't know much about ayakashi and stuff like that,
Toki: But I don't know what I'd do without him.
Toki: [He's really smart, and he knows a lot of stuff.]
Toki: If he were still "Shinonome,"
Toki: I bet he'd have known exactly what to do in this situation.
Toki: [And maybe...]
Toki: [He even knows something about how this world came to exist.]
Toki: [I entered this world...]
Toki: [Completely by chance.]
Toki: [I figured that Shinonome did too.]
Toki: [I wonder if closing that clam...]
Toki: [Would open up some alternate reality?]

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Toki: [I wonder if I could find the real Shinonome there?]
Toki: [...Or maybe...]
Toki: [The real Shinonome is already here.]
Bonten: ...What?
TOki: Oh!
Toki: I was just talking to myself.
Bonten: Should we try looking here?
Toki: ...Sure.
SFX: [*flap flap flap*]

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Toki: But I don't think...
Toki: This "Kon" knows anything about that...
Heihachi: [But he started working and living at the shrine half a year ago...]
Toki: [It's like Shinonome's memories have been completely rewritten...]
Heihachi: [So how do you know him, Toki?]
Toki: [Yeah.]
Toki: [Do you believe me?]
Kon: [Back then, when you suddenly ran off...]
Kon: [It looked like you were chasing after somebody.]
Kon: [Who was it?]
Bonten: [It was another me.]
Bonten: [I guess you'd call that a "doppelganger," right?]
Bonten: [It's supposed to be an omen of death.]
SFX: [*jingle*]
SFX: [*jingle*]
Shinonome: There you are.
Shinonome: I gotta say, I didn't expect to find you here.
SFX: [*jingle*]
Shinonome: I figured that you wouldn't be able to do anything on your own...
Shinonome: So I haven't really been paying attention to you.
Kon: F...

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Shinonome: But Amatsuki is a mess right now.
SFX: [*jingle*]
Shinonome: I don't think Sensai knows what to do with this place.
Kon: A...
Kon: Another me...!?



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