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xxxHolic, chapter 150
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Chapter 150

-01- (splash: Yuuko)

Watanuki smiles softly.
"I'd like you not to forget
that I am here."

Yuuko continues to watch over the people
led by hitsuzen in the two worlds across dimensions.
What is Watanuki's truth that those eyes know...?
What is Watanuki's future that those eyes wish for...?

-02-

Side text: The mother showers Kohane, who won't get the spirit seeing right, with jeers. Saying, "I'll end it," Kohane faces the recording. What is in that heart!?

Host: So, what we'd like for these two to perform spirit seeing on is this case!

Host: Meaning,
Host: three years have passed since this man has gone missing.
Certainly his wife is worried.

-03-

Host: So,
where is this person now?

Host: Let's ask these two to perform spirit seeing.

-04-

Doumeki: We weren't noticed this way at all
by those guards.
Watanuki: Almost unnaturally so.

Watanuki: I think if this is also hitsuzen,
I have to meet Kohane-chan.
Watanuki: And soon.

-05-

Host: So, is the husband alive?

Oba-san: Yes.
Oba-san: Excuse me for my rudeness, but there wouldn't possibly have been debts?

Wife: Y-... Yes.
Actually...
Wife: it seems he was getting loans without my knowing.

Oba-san: He acted not to cause you trouble, see?
Oba-san: Wouldn't the debt collectors stay away from his house if he disappeared?

-06-

Oba-san: It's all right.
He's alive.

Oba-san: However, I think he can't return just yet,
and also that he doesn't want you to look for him.

Wife: So he's alive!?
Wife: That's wonderful...!

Host: And now,

-07-

Host: let's hear what Kohane-san's spirit seeing tells us.

Host: Kohane-chan,

Host: where is her husband now?

-08-

Kohane-chan: ... He's dead.

-09-

Staffer: Whoa! She was all assertive there!
And lately this medium girl doesn't get anything right, too...
Staffer: This is a live broadcast, isn't it? Is it okay?

Kohane: Kyaa!!!

Watanuki: Kohane-chan!!

-10-

Doumeki: Let's go!

Host: H-
Hey, madam!

-11-

Kohane(?): Kyaaaa!
Kohane(?): Wa---!

Wife: What did you say!?

Kohane: The man in that picture is dead.

Kohane: He died three years ago and now is in a confined place,
Kohane: standing.

-12-

Audience: Isn't that a bit cruel?
Audience: That poor wife...

Kohane-haha: Wait just a minute...
You're not missing the mark again, are you!?

Host: Errr...
In that case...
Host: That's different from the master spirit seer's results...

-13-

Oba-san: He is alive.

Oba-san: Hey, young miss.
You should quit saying careless things just because you don't know the answer.
Oba-san: Especially when it involves a person's life and death.

Kohane: I was told to say it.

Host: Eh?

-14-

Side text: With the determination in her chest to "end" everything, Kohane discloses her mother's words. Is this hitsuzen at work again? Oh, Watanuki, where are you!?

Kohane: It doesn't matter if it's a lie,
so say it. That's what

Kohane: mother told me.

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Looks like 152 is going to be the big showdown.

Page 1: Holy freaking shit, is that the scariest splash ever or is that the scariest splash ever?

Page 5: Negative volitional + と + <do-verb>, has anyone seen this before? And doesn't the negative volitional ending attach to the unmodified dictionary-form verb?

Page 8: Real smooth, Kohane. ¬¬

Page 11: And here am I being tempted to slip a, "What you say!" in a translation again.

Page 14: I can practically see the incoming trainwreck.