Nurarihyon no Mago 171

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(left, star) Aotabo & Kiyotsugu, heading toward Shibuya
(bottom of first panel) A three-generation chronicle of yokai heroes, Nurarihyon no Mago

(below first panel, star) The great efforts of the Second Head, Rihan! The latest volume, 18, is now on sale and receiving a great reception!!

Kiyo: Waa!

Kiyo: Wh...what's the matter?
Ao: ......The hell's this.

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Ao: It's just like

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(left) Act 171: The Great Escape
Ao: a portrait of hell, ain't it...

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Torii: Huu
Torii: Makii...

Kyosai: Fufu... I had such fun that time...

Kyosai: You in white... you in black...
Kyosai: As the girl imprisoned in the coin locker... I wonder what sort of picture would excite me...
Kyosai: When I look at you, I create and destroy, create and destroy all sorts of girls...

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Maki: Don't tell me...

Maki: You're... the guy who made that fake Torii...?!

Kyosai: ......and you?
Kyosai: That girl's... friend, I suppose...?

Kyosai: ...if I am, what of it.

Kyosai: I think I could even make a good picture out of you.

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Kyosai: Capture them.

Maki/Torii: Waa...
Maki/Torii: Uwawaaa!

Maki (thoughts): ...this is bad!! What should we do?!
Maki (thoughts): What to do, what to do?!

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Maki: Stoooop!

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Kyosai: ...What?

Maki: Hah

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Torii: Maki? J...just now
Torii: What was that just now?!
Maki: Look, you've got one, don't you?! From that time we were at the Keikain Main House in Kyoto!!
Torii: Eh?!

Yura: I'll give these to you... they're called "Jinnyuu Fuda".
Yuri: When a person enters the world people shouldn't enter... or to escape from the world of ayakashi, you can use this "Jinnyuu" onmyoji technique.
Yuri: With this, whenever something happens, you can escape from yokai!!

Maki: Y-Yura-chan, where are you going~~~ protect usss~~
Yura: I have to protect Sokoku-ji from now on...
Yura: So think of the charm as a substitute!

Mamiru: Give them... these too, Yura.
Yura: Mamiru-kun...?

Mamiru: Rosaries with agate added.
Torii: Waah... how pretty...

Mamiru: Wear this, carry a rejection of yokai in your heart,
Mamiru: and when used at close range, it will destroy yokai...

Mamiru: But in return, it can only be used once.
Mamiru: If it is broken, it becomes ineffective.
Maki: Thank you, Yura-chan!! Yura-chan's brother!!
--(TL note: The kanji used for those who are adopted into the main house are 義兄, which means "brother-in-law", though the reading used is "older brother".)

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Maki: Okay!! We're definitely getting out of here, Torii~~~!!
Maki: We've only got one floor to go between us and the exit!! Until we get there and outside--- we'll manage somehow!!
Torii: G...got it!!

Kyosai: Fufu... what an interesting girl.
Kyosai: However, there is no escape... from this picture.

Torii: Uwawa... They're coming after us again.
Torii: W-wait, wait!!

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Torii: Fr...
Torii: From below, too...?!

Torii: UWAWAAA!!

Maki: OFUDA KICK!!

Maki (thoughts): I'm depending on you,
Maki (thoughts): Yura-chan!!

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Maki: Eh...?!
Maki: Water?!

Torii: Hyaa?!

Maki: The escalator has!!
Maki: Become like a water slide?!

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Torii: The yokai are being washed away...

Torii: ...i-isn't this a little too amazing?
Torii: Just what you'd expect from Yura-chan's ofuda...
Maki: Torii!! We can't use the escalator anymore.
Maki: Let's take the stairs from here!

Maki: Alright!! There aren't any yokai on this side at all!

Maki: The first floor!!

Maki: We did it, we're ouuuut~~~!!

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Maki: It...
Maki: It's no use...

Maki: WAH!
Torii: Maki?!

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Kyosai: I said it, didn't I... that there's no escape
Kyosai: From this portrait of hell in Shibuya, that is...

Kyosai: You're... a pretty interesting girl.
Kyosai: I think a girl like you once in a while wouldn't be so bad...

Kyosai: If I make you into a yokai, I wonder what sort you'll become...

Maki (thoughts): Wh...what is he saying...
Maki: Agh....gu...

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Torii: P...please... stop.
Torii: I'll take her place, so...

Maki: To...Torii......?!
Maki: Wh...what are you...

Kyosai: Hou... You would...
Kyosai: How nice... what beautiful friendship.

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Torii: Ah...

Kyosai: So you were also going to use this rosary...
Kyosai: You intended to get closer for that, hm? What a bad girl...

Torii: Ah... ah...
Kyosai: Well, in deference to your friendship, I won't lay a finger on your friend.

Torii: Eh?

Kyosai: Instead, I will make you into a yokai.
Kyosai: You... will devour that girl.

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Kyosai: This is good, isn't it? If you think of your friend so much,
Kyosai: there must have been times when you wanted to know the flavor of each others' flesh.

Torii: N...No!
Torii: Not... something like that!!

Maki: Na...
Maki: Natsumiiii!!

Kyosai: Now then...
Kyosai: What sort of ayakashi shall I make you.

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(left, star) Rikuo has arrived!! The start of a war vs. Kyosai...!!

(bottom, right corner) Next time, the fierce battle in Shibuya begins with an increase to 23 p.!! And...!?