xxxHolic, chapter 144
Real-life irony should be forbidden. No, really.
Anyway.
Chapter. Sad chapter.
Raw here.
Chapter 144
-01-
Watanuki: ......
SFX: kara (T/N: Clatter.)
-02-
Side text: Watanuki continues to meet people connected to him through dreams, as though in a final farewell. After awakening in tears, the usual figure with her back turned to him---
Watanuki: ... Yuuko-san.
-03-
Watanuki: Is this
also a dream?
Watanuki: When is it reality,
when is it a dream?
Watanuki: Except for Doumeki and Himawari-chan,
Watanuki: the fact that I have no memories of meeting meeting anyone other than
this shop's costumers, people who died and ayakashi, is it because it's a dream?
-04-
Watanuki: Even though I'm supposed to be attending school,
the fact that I don't know which year I'm in, is it because it's a dream?
Watanuki: Even though I'm supposed to have been cared for by the [apartment building's] manager since I was small,
the fact that I can't remember that face, is it because it's a dream?
Watanuki: Except for that kitsune's oden, the nectar,
the fact that I have no memory of eating even things I'm supposed to have made, is it because it's a dream?
Watanuki: I...
-05-
Watanuki: The fact that I don't remember my parent's names,
is it because it's a dream?
Watanuki: If I awakened, would I know?
Watanuki: That all the weird things are a dream,
that ayakashi latch on me a bit, but I'm a normal student, that I work part-time at this store,
Watanuki: that I'm around Maru, Moro and Mokona,
-06-
Watanuki: That having met you is reality,
would I know all that exactly, Yuuko-san?
Watanuki: ... I'm
not human, am I?
-07-
Yuuko: Wrong.
You're human.
Yuuko: Just like that child.
Shaoran's voice: Don't disappear.
Watanuki: Shaoran-kun...?
Watanuki: Why did Shaoran-kun paid a price so that I wouldn't be gone?
-08-
Yuuko: Because you and that child are the same.
Watanuki: Back then was the first time I met him...
Yuuko: Even so, you and that child have a bond thicker than anyone else.
Yuuko: ... Why is that you
Yuuko: cried?
-09-
Watanuki: ... If it was a dream, what should I do?
Watanuki: Having met,
and having met, (T/N: New spelling for "meet". This appears to be the same as 遭う, which has a negative nuance, as in something dangerous or accidental.)
Watanuki: if those were a dream...
Yuuko: You'd be sad?
Watanuki: Yes.
Yuuko: Why?
Watanuki: There are people who'd be sad should I be gone.
Watanuki: ... If I think about the people who'll be sad...
-10-
Yuuko: You'll be as well?
Watanuki: ... Yes.
Yuuko: Because you were able to have such thoughts,
the future is already changing.
Yuuko: ... There are two dreams.
Yuuko: The dream you have when awake and the dream you have when asleep.
Yuuko: And
either dream (T/N: The use of も in the original text suggests that she is including both dreams.)
Yuuko: will become reality if you strongly wish for it.
-11-
Yuuko: The truths you experienced strengthen you.
Yuuko: And, if you continue to wish with that strength, the dream will become reality.
-12-
Yuuko: ... Is there something you wish
from me?
Watanuki: There is.
Watanuki: I have a lot I want to ask.
Watanuki: But I'll pass.
Yuuko: Why?
-13-
Watanuki: Because I think when the time comes, you'll tell me,
Yuuko-san.
Yuuko: With the due payment.
Watanuki: So please tell me one more thing.
SFX: gu- (T/N: Grab.)
Watanuki: Yuuko-san, if there's a wish you'd like granted,
Watanuki: if that is something I can do,
I'll do my best,
Watanuki: I'll do my very best,
-14-
Watanuki: so please tell me.
Side text: The truths he experienced and the bonds with people have strengthened Watanuki until now!! "I want to grant Yuuko-san's wish." What is the truth brought forth by this wish!?
The only reason my heart didn't break at this chapter is that it was already broken from the spoilers Friday.
Page 4: Chitose reference? I cheated around a bit so that I wouldn't have to attach a pronoun to "face", even though I'm quite sure it's Chitose.
Watanuki. Don't you dare refer to the whole story we've seen in Holic as some school-life-related term like, say, "my high school years", anytime in the near future, especially next to any "final" feeling words. 記憶したか？ I'm getting doom vibes enough as it is.
Page 8: Yuuko. Explain. Yourself.
Page 13: I feel so sad for Yuuko. Is it really that surprising that Watanuki wants to do something for her? Also, arm grab == ♥.
Anyway.
Chapter. Sad chapter.
Raw here.
Chapter 144
-01-
Watanuki: ......
SFX: kara (T/N: Clatter.)
-02-
Side text: Watanuki continues to meet people connected to him through dreams, as though in a final farewell. After awakening in tears, the usual figure with her back turned to him---
Watanuki: ... Yuuko-san.
-03-
Watanuki: Is this
also a dream?
Watanuki: When is it reality,
when is it a dream?
Watanuki: Except for Doumeki and Himawari-chan,
Watanuki: the fact that I have no memories of meeting meeting anyone other than
this shop's costumers, people who died and ayakashi, is it because it's a dream?
-04-
Watanuki: Even though I'm supposed to be attending school,
the fact that I don't know which year I'm in, is it because it's a dream?
Watanuki: Even though I'm supposed to have been cared for by the [apartment building's] manager since I was small,
the fact that I can't remember that face, is it because it's a dream?
Watanuki: Except for that kitsune's oden, the nectar,
the fact that I have no memory of eating even things I'm supposed to have made, is it because it's a dream?
Watanuki: I...
-05-
Watanuki: The fact that I don't remember my parent's names,
is it because it's a dream?
Watanuki: If I awakened, would I know?
Watanuki: That all the weird things are a dream,
that ayakashi latch on me a bit, but I'm a normal student, that I work part-time at this store,
Watanuki: that I'm around Maru, Moro and Mokona,
-06-
Watanuki: That having met you is reality,
would I know all that exactly, Yuuko-san?
Watanuki: ... I'm
not human, am I?
-07-
Yuuko: Wrong.
You're human.
Yuuko: Just like that child.
Shaoran's voice: Don't disappear.
Watanuki: Shaoran-kun...?
Watanuki: Why did Shaoran-kun paid a price so that I wouldn't be gone?
-08-
Yuuko: Because you and that child are the same.
Watanuki: Back then was the first time I met him...
Yuuko: Even so, you and that child have a bond thicker than anyone else.
Yuuko: ... Why is that you
Yuuko: cried?
-09-
Watanuki: ... If it was a dream, what should I do?
Watanuki: Having met,
and having met, (T/N: New spelling for "meet". This appears to be the same as 遭う, which has a negative nuance, as in something dangerous or accidental.)
Watanuki: if those were a dream...
Yuuko: You'd be sad?
Watanuki: Yes.
Yuuko: Why?
Watanuki: There are people who'd be sad should I be gone.
Watanuki: ... If I think about the people who'll be sad...
-10-
Yuuko: You'll be as well?
Watanuki: ... Yes.
Yuuko: Because you were able to have such thoughts,
the future is already changing.
Yuuko: ... There are two dreams.
Yuuko: The dream you have when awake and the dream you have when asleep.
Yuuko: And
either dream (T/N: The use of も in the original text suggests that she is including both dreams.)
Yuuko: will become reality if you strongly wish for it.
-11-
Yuuko: The truths you experienced strengthen you.
Yuuko: And, if you continue to wish with that strength, the dream will become reality.
-12-
Yuuko: ... Is there something you wish
from me?
Watanuki: There is.
Watanuki: I have a lot I want to ask.
Watanuki: But I'll pass.
Yuuko: Why?
-13-
Watanuki: Because I think when the time comes, you'll tell me,
Yuuko-san.
Yuuko: With the due payment.
Watanuki: So please tell me one more thing.
SFX: gu- (T/N: Grab.)
Watanuki: Yuuko-san, if there's a wish you'd like granted,
Watanuki: if that is something I can do,
I'll do my best,
Watanuki: I'll do my very best,
-14-
Watanuki: so please tell me.
Side text: The truths he experienced and the bonds with people have strengthened Watanuki until now!! "I want to grant Yuuko-san's wish." What is the truth brought forth by this wish!?
The only reason my heart didn't break at this chapter is that it was already broken from the spoilers Friday.
Page 4: Chitose reference? I cheated around a bit so that I wouldn't have to attach a pronoun to "face", even though I'm quite sure it's Chitose.
Watanuki. Don't you dare refer to the whole story we've seen in Holic as some school-life-related term like, say, "my high school years", anytime in the near future, especially next to any "final" feeling words. 記憶したか？ I'm getting doom vibes enough as it is.
Page 8: Yuuko. Explain. Yourself.
Page 13: I feel so sad for Yuuko. Is it really that surprising that Watanuki wants to do something for her? Also, arm grab == ♥.