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xxxHolic, chapter 149
Sorry for the extra delay, I fell asleep. Gotta deliver some documents who-knows-where later. Damn, I hate all this official crap so much. T_T


Chapter 149

-01-

Doumeki: It's here?
Watanuki: Himawari-chan looked it up for us.
Watanuki: She said Kohane-chan would appear live broadcast program here.

Doumeki: How are you going to meet her?

Watanuki: I'd like Kohane-chan not to forget that I am here. (T/N: Italicized because of the use of kanji.)
Watanuki: Though I might not be able to do anything just by being there.

Doumeki: That should be good enough.

-02-

Side text: With hidden determination in his chest, Watanuki arrives at the TV channel before the recording. Can he save Kohane, who was wrapped in voiceless sorrow!?

Doumeki: There's an information desk. (T/N: I'm not sure if this is Doumeki speaking.)

Watanuki: I'm gonna ask where Kohane-chan...

SFX: pita (T/N: Halt.)

Doumeki: What?
Watanuki: ... I might not be able to get the information.

Doumeki: Aah?
Watanuki: Doumeki, go ask for me.

Doumeki: Your odds are probably better, and
Doumeki: you're the one always going on about people having sanpaku eyes and being blunt, aren't you? (T/N: Sanpaku eyes.)

-03-

Watanuki: Yeah.
And impudent on top of that.
Watanuki: But please go.

SFX: su- (T/N: Quick and smooth.)

-04-

Watanuki: Even if I'm human... to someone in the information desk, I might be something that isn't there.

-05-

Staffer 1: Hey,
are we still gonna use that child?

Staffer 2: You call her a medium? That's a failure.
SFX: giri (T/N: Grinding teeth.)

Doumeki: They won't tell me where the dressing room is because of crime prevention.
Doumeki: Entry to the studio is forbidden except for employees.

Doumeki: Her program in particular seems to be getting a lot of hate phone calls and mail.

-06-

Doumeki: Let's go.

Watanuki: Where?

Doumeki: I saw the map of the building.
Doumeki: There's a service entrance.

Staffer: We're going on air!
Kohane-haha: This time around, she's absolutely gonna get it right!
Kohane-haha: Can't you see with those eyes of yours!?

-07-

Kohane-haha: It's that student's fault after all!
Kohane-haha: And I made sure not to let you go near impure things!!

Kohane: Kimihiro-kun is pure. (T/N: The word Kohane used usually means "pretty", but with all the talk about purifying things, I think the "clean" meaning is more appropriate here.)

Kohane-haha: What the, calling him by his name...!

Kohane: Pure, and a precious person.

-08-

Medium: That's why I said I didn't want to, you see?
To appear alongside such a fraud of a child!

Staffer: No, look.
Seems like this is gonna be like a comparison
Staffer: between the real thing and the fake.
Staffer: If you show up, we'll see how awesome a real medium is.

-09-

Medium: Let's put an end to this, already.
To that stage-mama too.
That conceited parent!

Staffer: Of course.
This time, we don't intend to let her get away with failing.

Medium: You saw it in the weekly bulletin, right?
Naturally her husband would run away from her.

Kohane: ... Mother.
Kohane-haha: Why must they say such things!!

-10-11-

Kohane-haha: Lie or no lie, whichever way is fine!
Kohane-haha: Get it right!

-12-

Kohane: ...... That's right.

Kohane: ... Understood.

-13-

SFX: ka- (T/N: Lights on.)

Staffer: Kohane-san, please come to the set!
SFX: su- (T/N: Quick and smooth.)

Kohane: ... I'll end it.

Doumeki: Guards.
I knew it.

Doumeki: The studio will know that we got in.
Watanuki: You looked up even that?

Doumeki: It was Kunogi.
Looks like her father works for this TV channel.

-14-

Side text: The hitsuzen chosen by destiny draws together the three!! What will the unfaltering feelings and determination bring about to Kohane!?

Watanuki: What an incredible coincidence......
That's not it.

Watanuki: If this is also hitsuzen, I must meet Kohane-chan
without fail.

Watanuki: Kohane-chan!

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I'm wondering about the timeline relative to Tsubasa again. I don't suppose this is all happening while Yuuko is (un)merrily talking to the Tsubasa gang, so what is she up to in Holic right now?