Kohagura Natsume no Shou - 1

Chimugukuru [1]

Kohagura Natsume no Shou - 1

[Nanjo city, sea]

Nat: I love bouncing on the sea waves... Or rather, I love the sea itself.

Nat: I was born into a house located near the coast in Nanjo city, Okinawa. Because of that, my life's been tied to the sea since childhood.

Nat: (The sea is my life, a part of my personality.)

Nat: (2015, the end of July. On that fateful day, I was bouncing on the sea waves just like this.)

[Natsume's recollection]

Natsume's classmate: Nacchi, are you going to swim today too? It'd be better not to. Apparently the weather's crazy all over Japan.

Nat: Yeah, I've seen the news. ...Still.

Nat: The sea here is as peaceful as always, so I think it should be fine. I'll be careful.

Classmate: It's fine, huh. The sea's saying so too, isn't it?

Nat: Yeah, it told me so. So it'll be fine. Right, Pero?

Pero: Woof!

Classmate: Nacchi, you always get it right with your sea talking. When'd you begin to hear the sea's voice again?

Nat: Since around the 3rd year of elementary. I was floating in the sea and heard a voice.

Nat: It felt kind and warm.

Classmate: How eccentric. Well, until evening. We've got to prepare for the festival and practice our dancing.

Nat :Yeah. I love festivals. Let's have a blast. Aiyasasa! Aiyaiyasasa!

Classmate: Ooh, nice, you're raring to go.

Nat: (...This place is in the open sea, but there aren't ever any water scooters and wakeboards here, so I'm particularly fond of it.)

Nat: (Aah, my body's dissolving in the sea... Hm? Did someone just call my name?)

Nat: (...Huh? I feel like I got called... from the sea. It's the voice that calls out to me all the time.)

Nat: (Just who is talking to me? Are they finally going to show themselves?)

Nat: (Light!? This is...)

Nat: Is this me?

Nat: Look, Pero. When I came to, I was wearing these clothes.

Per: Bark! Bark! Bark bark!

Nat: You're barking towards the city!

Nat: When I'm wearing these clothes, I can feel power surging through me.

Nat: When I was in the sea, I heard what I must do. ...That light must be a god. The god of the sea.

Nat: (I wasn't phased by the existence of a god. In the first place, since my home was surrounded by sacred grounds in the first place.)

[Nanjo city - streets]

Natsume's classmate: Eh? Eh? What? Is this real?

Nat: Look out! Haah!

Classmate: Eh? Na-Nacchi? Isn't there something different about you, like your hair colour and stuff?

Nat: Stand back. These are the enemies god told me about. The beings I must defeat.

Classmate: I-Incredible. Nacchi... Though there was always something transcendent about you...

Nat: Taaah!

Classmate: Humans don't move like that! Na-Nacchi, were you a god all along!?

Nat: I just borrowed the power of one. I'm Kohagura Natsume, that hasn't changed.

Classmate: R-Right.

Nat: So there's no need to be afraid.

Classmate: I'm just surprised. I'm not scared, I think. It's the opposite even, you're beautiful, clad in flowers...

Nat: Flowers, huh...

Classmate: Waah, there's a ton more of these white things!

Nat: Enemies of humanity. Scatter by the flowers.

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Notes:
1 - Okinawan for "soul".