xxxHolic, chapter 153
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Chapter 153
-01-
Kohane-haha: If I wish, it should come true, right!?
Kohane-haha: Well, I'm wishing all right!
Every day,
every day!
Kohane-haha: And even so!!
-02-
Side text: Hurting her daughter, and thus also hurting herself, Kohane's mother sheds screams along with tears. What was she wishing, what was she desiring!?
Kohane-haha: Why,
why...!
-03-
Kohane-haha: Aaaaaaaah!
Kohane-haha: Ah!
-05-
Yuuko: Have some.
Doumeki: Thank you very much.
Yuuko: And what about the mother?
Doumeki: It seems that since she was clearly in no condition to walk,
the TV station staff took her to a hospital.
Yuuko: ... I see.
And thus Watanuki brought Kohane-chan here, right?
Doumeki: So that kid
Doumeki: ... was able to enter the shop, huh?
-06-
Yuuko: ... She must have a wish.
Watanuki: ......... Kohane-chan.
Kohane: ... A long time ago,
Kohane: mother said...
That was back when father was with us, and I didn't appear in TV and the like.
-07-
Kohane-haha: I've always thought about naming you Kohane, you know.
Kohane-haha: When I married your father, it was snowing, as though feathers were falling from the sky. (T/N: For those of you who don't remember, "Kohane" means "little feather".)
Kohane-haha: So, I always wished
that on a snowy day like that one, a cute girl would be born.
Kohane: Did it really snow?
Kohane-haha: Of course!
-08-
Kohane: ......
Kohane-haha: Let's live happily forever and ever, the three of us!
Kohane-haha: It'll be okay.
Kohane-haha: If I strongly wish for it, it'll come true for sure.
-09-
Kohane: But, not much later,
Kohane: I became able to see things that can't be seen.
Kohane: The first thing I saw
was an unknown woman standing by father's side.
Kohane: I only told mother about it, since I had seen.
Kohane: At first she laughed and asked,
Kohane: "What kind of person?"
Because I was asked, I told her.
Kohane: And then...
-10-
Kohane: That was a person from father's company,
Kohane: a person just like I said.
Kohane: That day, mother was fighting with father until late in the night.
Kohane: After that, they kept fighting all the time.
Mother started working with all her might for me to appear in TV, and father started not coming home.
-11-
Kohane: Mother said that if you wish, it will come true.
But,
the three of us couldn't live happily forever.
Kohane: I also wished for mother to be happy, but
that didn't go well either.
Kohane: Since that day when I first saw...
there's always been something black around mother, following her.
Kohane: It only gets bigger and bigger.
-12-
Kohane: I didn't
want
the black thing to envelop mother any further...
-14-
Side-text: Always lonely, always sad. In the arms of Watanuki, who couldn't but embrace her, she has bright feelings towards her mother!! (T/N: I'm not sure about "bright" there.)
Kohane: ... Mother!
Page 5: Just a normal hospital? I'd gladly take her to the psychiatric ward. ¬¬
Page 7: Time for a stupid observation: I guess Kohane's birthday wasn't May 7th after all? (Or am I misinterpreting and Kohane wasn't born in winter despite the psycho-bitch's wish? Or was it snowing in Japan in early May?)
Pages 9 and 10: Arrrgh! What the heck happened back then? Is 立つ an euphemism for something else, are Kohane's visions only symbolic (I didn't think so, judging from the latest spirit-viewing incident), or what?
Chapter 153
-01-
Kohane-haha: If I wish, it should come true, right!?
Kohane-haha: Well, I'm wishing all right!
Every day,
every day!
Kohane-haha: And even so!!
-02-
Side text: Hurting her daughter, and thus also hurting herself, Kohane's mother sheds screams along with tears. What was she wishing, what was she desiring!?
Kohane-haha: Why,
why...!
-03-
Kohane-haha: Aaaaaaaah!
Kohane-haha: Ah!
-05-
Yuuko: Have some.
Doumeki: Thank you very much.
Yuuko: And what about the mother?
Doumeki: It seems that since she was clearly in no condition to walk,
the TV station staff took her to a hospital.
Yuuko: ... I see.
And thus Watanuki brought Kohane-chan here, right?
Doumeki: So that kid
Doumeki: ... was able to enter the shop, huh?
-06-
Yuuko: ... She must have a wish.
Watanuki: ......... Kohane-chan.
Kohane: ... A long time ago,
Kohane: mother said...
That was back when father was with us, and I didn't appear in TV and the like.
-07-
Kohane-haha: I've always thought about naming you Kohane, you know.
Kohane-haha: When I married your father, it was snowing, as though feathers were falling from the sky. (T/N: For those of you who don't remember, "Kohane" means "little feather".)
Kohane-haha: So, I always wished
that on a snowy day like that one, a cute girl would be born.
Kohane: Did it really snow?
Kohane-haha: Of course!
-08-
Kohane: ......
Kohane-haha: Let's live happily forever and ever, the three of us!
Kohane-haha: It'll be okay.
Kohane-haha: If I strongly wish for it, it'll come true for sure.
-09-
Kohane: But, not much later,
Kohane: I became able to see things that can't be seen.
Kohane: The first thing I saw
was an unknown woman standing by father's side.
Kohane: I only told mother about it, since I had seen.
Kohane: At first she laughed and asked,
Kohane: "What kind of person?"
Because I was asked, I told her.
Kohane: And then...
-10-
Kohane: That was a person from father's company,
Kohane: a person just like I said.
Kohane: That day, mother was fighting with father until late in the night.
Kohane: After that, they kept fighting all the time.
Mother started working with all her might for me to appear in TV, and father started not coming home.
-11-
Kohane: Mother said that if you wish, it will come true.
But,
the three of us couldn't live happily forever.
Kohane: I also wished for mother to be happy, but
that didn't go well either.
Kohane: Since that day when I first saw...
there's always been something black around mother, following her.
Kohane: It only gets bigger and bigger.
-12-
Kohane: I didn't
want
the black thing to envelop mother any further...
-14-
Side-text: Always lonely, always sad. In the arms of Watanuki, who couldn't but embrace her, she has bright feelings towards her mother!! (T/N: I'm not sure about "bright" there.)
Kohane: ... Mother!
Page 5: Just a normal hospital? I'd gladly take her to the psychiatric ward. ¬¬
Page 7: Time for a stupid observation: I guess Kohane's birthday wasn't May 7th after all? (Or am I misinterpreting and Kohane wasn't born in winter despite the psycho-bitch's wish? Or was it snowing in Japan in early May?)
Pages 9 and 10: Arrrgh! What the heck happened back then? Is 立つ an euphemism for something else, are Kohane's visions only symbolic (I didn't think so, judging from the latest spirit-viewing incident), or what?