1. You'll be safe, too, Keitaro.Copy !req
2. Yayoi-chan, what...?Copy !req
3. So please...Copy !req
4. Gimme your nails.Copy !req
5. What the hell does that mean?Copy !req
6. I ended up leaving without asking
any more questions last night.Copy !req
7. If I had the choice, I'd never come back here, but...Copy !req
8. HOZUKICopy !req
9. I owe Eiko my life... So I have to.Copy !req
10. I need to make sure she's okay.Copy !req
11. Kei-kun, come on in!Copy !req
12. Everything seems fine?Copy !req
13. Look, Kei-kun.Copy !req
14. I know I said this before, but Yayoi-chan moved in a
year and a half ago, and everything's been perfectly fine.Copy !req
15. There's nothing to worry about.Copy !req
16. That can't be true.Copy !req
17. It's true, I promise!Copy !req
18. No way. Even if it is true,
there's got to be something going on here.Copy !req
19. But what?Copy !req
20. Keitaro, Keitaro. Gimme your nails, pretty-please.Copy !req
21. I don't think so!Copy !req
22. Oh dear, again?Copy !req
23. Gimme your nails.Copy !req
24. NOT GONNA HAPPEN!Copy !req
25. Personal space, please!Copy !req
26. Can I have your fingernails?Copy !req
27. And hello? Creepy!Copy !req
28. Can I have your fingernails?Copy !req
29. No, thank you!Copy !req
30. Keitaro.Copy !req
31. Nope!Copy !req
32. Just a little's fine. Just a little off the tip!Copy !req
33. O-okay! Why don't we go out for a bit of fun?Copy !req
34. TOKYOCopy !req
35. Tourism GuideCopy !req
36. I know somewhere haunt-
uh, a cool touristy spot we could check out!Copy !req
37. Don't think I didn't hear what you were just saying!Copy !req
38. Spill the deets.Copy !req
39. Whisper, whisper...Copy !req
40. I like it.Copy !req
41. I knew you would!Copy !req
42. And I'm sure you'll like it, too!Copy !req
43. Don't drag me into this!Copy !req
44. C'mon, less talking, more moving!Copy !req
45. U-um... h-hello?Copy !req
46. Let's goooo...Copy !req
47. st- wait, he's not here!Copy !req
48. See ya.Copy !req
49. Kei-kun!Copy !req
50. H-hold on!Copy !req
51. Keitaro, you scaredy-cat.Copy !req
52. You know it.Copy !req
53. Why the hell would I want to go with you?Copy !req
54. It's scary, and dangerous, and I messed with the
supernatural before and got cursed for the rest of my life!Copy !req
55. I even dragged my best friend into it!Copy !req
56. The thought of doing that again
makes me so scared I can't stand still!Copy !req
57. Is it so wrong I want nothing to do with it?Copy !req
58. You don't like scary stuff?Copy !req
59. Didn't I tell you that?Copy !req
60. Your curse is a problem?Copy !req
61. I'd get rid of it if I could.Copy !req
62. I don't even get why you're going, Eiko.Copy !req
63. Okay. We'll go on our own.Copy !req
64. Hit it, Eiko.Copy !req
65. Huh? Are you sure?Copy !req
66. Yep.Copy !req
67. Why should I care?Copy !req
68. I kinda feel bad. We shouldn't have just left him behind...Copy !req
69. I thought Keitaro liked supernatural stuff just like me.Copy !req
70. Huh?Copy !req
71. 'Cause he could get rid of
the curse on his hand if he wanted.Copy !req
72. I thought he was keeping it
as a lucky charm or something.Copy !req
73. Y-you can get rid of the curse?Copy !req
74. Wait, you both thought you could never get rid of it?Copy !req
75. Well, yeah...Copy !req
76. Eiko, I know a place we can go.Copy !req
77. Where we can find something to get rid of his curse.Copy !req
78. The curse is bothering Keitaro.Copy !req
79. And Keitaro's not just a tutor to me anymore.Copy !req
80. Okay, let's go!Copy !req
81. Kei-chan, you should work on your stamina.Copy !req
82. A healthy body is harder for spirits to curse.Copy !req
83. We'll go on our own.Copy !req
84. Dammit!Copy !req
85. Home Goods & Improvement StoreCopy !req
86. I could go buy something for our next session...Copy !req
87. We're going to an abandoned temple in West H City
dedicated to babies who died before they were born.Copy !req
88. On the site are hundreds of jizo statues
for the children watched over by a maternal figure.Copy !req
89. Stories say the ghosts of the unborn haunt the grounds,Copy !req
90. and Kishimojin, goddess of children
and childbirth, seeks their revenge...Copy !req
91. HAUNTED LOCATIONCopy !req
92. GUIDEBOOKCopy !req
93. It's been on my radar for a while,
but I forgot about it until I saw it in your magazine.Copy !req
94. Is that right?Copy !req
95. I feel it.Copy !req
96. Eiko, I'm going in alone.Copy !req
97. Huh? No, I can't let you do that.Copy !req
98. Do not leave the car, Eiko.Copy !req
99. Is it that scary?Copy !req
100. Yup.Copy !req
101. If I don't come back in the next hour,
I need you to call for help.Copy !req
102. I saw four or five of them on my way here.Copy !req
103. If I've seen that many already,
given I usually only see a third of what's out there...Copy !req
104. There must be three times more lurking about.Copy !req
105. Kishimojin...Copy !req
106. Once an evil goddess who devoured children,Copy !req
107. when the Buddha spirited away one of her own children,Copy !req
108. she learned how it felt to lose a child,
so she stopped eating children...Copy !req
109. and devoted herself to protecting them.Copy !req
110. She is always seen surrounded
by the souls of the unborn.Copy !req
111. Maybe their inability to rest in peace...
has poisoned her good will.Copy !req
112. It's just as I thought, and she's got loads of minions.Copy !req
113. I'm not prepared for this. But I can't back down now.Copy !req
114. Wait till you see this, Keitaro.Copy !req
115. Today, I'm taking out a goddess.Copy !req
116. What the...?Copy !req
117. An umbilical cord?Copy !req
118. A jizo statue? But there wasn't one here
just a second ago...Copy !req
119. Come hither, sweet child.Copy !req
120. Yayoi-chan...Copy !req
121. It's been over an hour.Copy !req
122. That was a close one...Copy !req
123. If I'd been any slower,
I would've gotten way worse than a sprain.Copy !req
124. An illusion... made this ivy look like an umbilical cord.Copy !req
125. Paper dolls.Copy !req
126. Adding a piece of myself...Copy !req
127. lets it serve as my proxy.Copy !req
128. It's kind of like having lives in a video game
that shows how many times you can die.Copy !req
129. They also make good decoys.Copy !req
130. Good timing.Copy !req
131. Office SuppliesCopy !req
132. Scented pens?Copy !req
133. Wonder if Yayoi-chan would like one.Copy !req
134. Hold on, what am I thinking?Copy !req
135. Kei-kun!Copy !req
136. Eiko?Copy !req
137. Wh-what's wrong? Wait, how did you know where I was?Copy !req
138. Doesn't matter! Yayoi needs help!Copy !req
139. Help with what?Copy !req
140. I thought you two were going somewhere haunt-Copy !req
141. She went by herself and hasn't come back!Copy !req
142. O-okay, and?Copy !req
143. She got herself into that mess.Copy !req
144. Weren't you supposed to be with her?
How'd you let that happen?Copy !req
145. Yayoi-chan went in there to find something
that could lift your curse.Copy !req
146. That's how.Copy !req
147. Lift my curse?Copy !req
148. She knew how much your hand
was bothering you and wanted to help.Copy !req
149. She'd do that for me?Copy !req
150. Eiko!Copy !req
151. Come hither...Copy !req
152. I caught one of your unborn.Copy !req
153. I'll hurt it.Copy !req
154. You choose if it lives or dies.Copy !req
155. The spirits all just... went away?Copy !req
156. Yayoi-chan's gonna be in the creepiest part of this place!Copy !req
157. I know that for a fact!Copy !req
158. Yayoi-chan!Copy !req
159. Keitaro?Copy !req
160. Look at him go.Copy !req
161. Yayoi-chan!Copy !req
162. Wait... she's limping!Copy !req
163. EXITCopy !req
164. I've gotta bait as many spirits as I can,Copy !req
165. then get them away from Yayoi-chan!Copy !req
166. Once they're all chasing me, and the coast is clear,Copy !req
167. I'll grab Yayoi-chan and get the hell outta here!Copy !req
168. Good thing I've got stamina!Copy !req
169. Okay.Copy !req
170. I'm not gonna let him show me up.Copy !req
171. Yayoi-chan!Copy !req
172. Keitaro!Copy !req
173. Get in!Copy !req
174. Hamasaki HospitalCopy !req
175. That'll be 14,500 yen for today's check-up.Copy !req
176. Sorry, could you cover the bill?Copy !req
177. Car RepairCopy !req
178. Yayoi's SprainCopy !req
179. My poor wallet...Copy !req
180. Sheesh... You got in over your head again, Yayoi-chan.Copy !req
181. I did pretty well on my own.Copy !req
182. Until you didn't. And that's before the hospital bill.Copy !req
183. Yayoi-chan, Eiko told me everything.Copy !req
184. How you went in there to try to help me.Copy !req
185. Thank you.Copy !req
186. I'm really glad you're okay.Copy !req
187. I still don't get why you'd take such a risk
all by yourself, though.Copy !req
188. Back then...Copy !req
189. if I could've endured the pain...Copy !req
190. if I'd been strong enough to move...Copy !req
191. I might've been able to save my Mommy.Copy !req
192. My friends are just as important to me as family.Copy !req
193. The curse is bothering Keitaro.Copy !req
194. And Keitaro's not just a tutor to me anymore.Copy !req
195. He's my friend.Copy !req
196. When a friend of mine's in trouble,Copy !req
197. I... gotta help them.Copy !req
198. Yayoi-chan...Copy !req
199. I'll tell you why I need your nails.Copy !req
200. Could you come see my room again?Copy !req
201. Trust me, Keitaro.Copy !req
202. Okay. I trust you.Copy !req
203. Keitaro, you know what paper dolls are?Copy !req
204. Huh? Uh...Copy !req
205. They're like little figures that take on misfortune
to protect you, right?Copy !req
206. YayoiCopy !req
207. Basically. To make one, you need to give it
a part of your physical body.Copy !req
208. YayoiCopy !req
209. That's how I make this all work.Copy !req
210. Some of them are busted up...Copy !req
211. Every one of the plushies in this room
has a piece of me inside of them.Copy !req
212. They don't need to be made out of paper.Copy !req
213. As long as I put a piece of my nails
or a bit of my blood in these possessed plushies,Copy !req
214. they'll become my proxies,
and anything attacking me hurts these guys instead.Copy !req
215. So if any of them try to hurt me, they all take damage.Copy !req
216. ATTACKCopy !req
217. Proxies take damageCopy !req
218. UnscathedCopy !req
219. Even if they tried to sacrifice themselves to get to me,Copy !req
220. the other spirits would stop them to protect themselves.Copy !req
221. ATTACKCopy !req
222. This way, they keep each other in check,Copy !req
223. B and C stopCopy !req
224. and they'll never attack me.Copy !req
225. I've done this for everyone in the Hozuki family.
That's why they're safe.Copy !req
226. I can't believe she's come up with all this...Copy !req
227. So that's why you wanted my fingernails.Copy !req
228. You were telling the truth all along.
You wanted to protect me.Copy !req
229. It's a lot of work.Copy !req
230. I only show people my collection if I trust them,
to prove I'll always be their friend.Copy !req
231. I had no idea...Copy !req
232. What'd you just throw in?Copy !req
233. The finger from the statue in that shrine.Copy !req
234. The beat-up plushies are spirits
who couldn't endure her attacks today.Copy !req
235. But the ones who survived must be pretty angry.Copy !req
236. Hey, guys, that's her.Copy !req
237. It doesn't have a piece in me in it, either.Copy !req
238. Want a nail? It'll make it so they can't attack you.Copy !req
239. GIVE ITCopy !req
240. Bad ghost. Look at me and beg.Copy !req
241. PLEASE HELP MECopy !req
242. And don't stain the floor.Copy !req
243. PLEASE HELP MECopy !req
244. Caught me the finger of a goddess.Copy !req
245. She made it beg for a fingernail.
She showed it who's in charge.Copy !req
246. S..so, Yayoi-chan, why are you
collecting all these spirits?Copy !req
247. The spirit that took my Mommy was really powerful.Copy !req
248. I'll need an army to get her back.Copy !req
249. So I'm catching spirits and training them.Copy !req
250. My enemy is a monster who won't listen to reason.Copy !req
251. So my collection will serve to empower me.Copy !req
252. To engrave upon my soul the willingness
to do anything to win, be it good or evil.Copy !req
253. I had to give up today 'cause I got hurt.Copy !req
254. But if I can get the whole thing back here,
I might be able to get rid of your curse.Copy !req
255. I'll try again once my ankle's better.Copy !req
256. Yayoi-chan, you're making it sound like
you can make one spirit kill another.Copy !req
257. That's 'cause you can. That's how it works.Copy !req
258. That's why I went to capture the goddess,Copy !req
259. to get her to kill the spirit that attacked you
and lift the curse.Copy !req
260. I thought I'd have to live the rest of my life with this curse.Copy !req
261. But if we get another spirit to kill the one cursing me...Copy !req
262. I might not have to?Copy !req
263. Does that mean... there's hope for us after all?Copy !req
264. Both for me... and the person
who got cursed alongside me.Copy !req
265. Eiko.Copy !req
266. Keitaro, we might want different things,
but we both need the same solution.Copy !req
267. So let's go catch some scary spirits
and get them to kill some really bad ones.Copy !req
268. Together.Copy !req
269. Keitaro has a choice: step away
from the supernatural and live a normal life,Copy !req
270. or dive deep into the world of the occult.Copy !req
271. He's waited long to enjoy life as a college student-
with a certain smile by his side.Copy !req