xxxHolic, chapter 163
Nothing is going right for me today. ¬¬
Chapter 163
-01- (splash: Haruka)
You really have changed.
And, you're going in the right direction---.
The feelings towards Watanuki transmitted by Doumeki's grandfather Haruka.
Before long, the road he continues to progress on meets a large road.
Where will the future that Watanuki moves towards
while resounding with the world and with people lead!?
-02-
Side text: A great chat with Doumeki's grandfather Haruka. If asked for "an interesting story", of course that man will show up. ♥
Haruka: Shizuka is that much of a glutton?
Watanuki: His stomach is a four-dimension pocket!
Watanuki: He calmly eats a stack of four bentou boxes,
and despite drinking sake there's no bottom there for sweets either...
Haruka: That's certainly because your cooking is tasty.
Watanuki: Ah, no,
I mean, he's like,
Watanuki: if it's food, then anything is fine.
Haruka: It's not like that.
Haruka: Because that child won't put in his mouth
anything he hasn't agreed with.
Watanuki: Agreed?
-03-
Haruka: Of course, I'd often take him along to my favorite shops here and there,
Haruka: so you could say he discerns tasty things, but
that child has since long been a child that won't eat anything he doesn't want to.
Watanuki: You mean his tastes?
Haruka: No.
-04-
Haruka: I mean that he doesn't want to put into his mouth anything that he can't agree with.
-05-
Watanuki: Agreeing with... eating?
Watanuki: ... Ah.
Watanuki: ... Ah.
Doumeki: Don't sleep in a place like this, idiot.
-06-
Watanuki: Who did you call an idiot!?
Watanuki: That's what you do the instant you sit down!?
You won't open that until Himawari-chan arrives!
Watanuki: You're not listening again!
Watanuki (SFX): You don't need ears like these!
Watanuki: Himawari-chan!
Tanpopo: Pi!
Pi!
Watanuki: What's wrong, why are you standing there?
Himawari: Ah, it was amusing,
so it'd have been a waste for me to go and interrupt.
-07-
Watanuki: Himawari-cha~~~n!
Watanuki (SFX): There's nothing amusing about arguing with a guy like this...
Himawari: It's very amusing!
Like an anecdote! (T/N: I'm using "anecdote" here with the meaning of "short comical story". It seemed good enough for コント but if anyone knows a better word please let me know.)
Doumeki (SFX): I like rakugo. (T/N: Rakugo.)
Yuuko: Ahahaha!
I wish I had seen it!
That anecdote.
Watanuki: It's no anecdote!
-08-
Mokona: If you do anecdotes with Doumeki then let's do manzai with Mokona! (T/N: Manzai.)
It'll appear in M-1! (T/N: M-1 is a manzai competition that ends around the end of the year. The finals air live on TV Asahi.)
Watanuki: Will not!
Yuuko: Isn't that great?
That Doumeki-kun with his refined tastes wanted to eat that much.
Watanuki: Refined tastes, that?
Yuuko: Even the sake he brings is accurately based on our preferences and cooking.
Like in a gift.
Yuuko: It's proof that he's been eating proper things.
-09-
Watanuki: Ah, speaking of that...
Haruka-san said...
Yuuko: Whaat?
Watanuki: That Doumeki won't put into his mouth anything he can't agree with.
Watanuki: At first, I thought it was about his tastes, but...
Yuuko: It's not.
-10-
Yuuko: It means that he won't eat
Yuuko: anything but what he can trust.
Watanuki: ... Eh?
-11-
Yuuko: Eating is a very precious happiness,
and a very frightening thing.
-12-
Watanuki: Er...
According to the map she made, it's around here, but...
Watanuki: Though, of course teaching cooking to a stranger would be...
Watanuki: I don't remember the taste of my own cooking...
Mokona: Take a left over there.
Watanuki: Eh!?
-13-
Watanuki: Wah!
When did you...!?
Mokona: So you can't get there even if you look at the map?
If that's so, you're unfit to be Mokona's partner!
Can't be the M-1 champion, now can you?
Watanuki: Who is the partner!?
Mokona: Look! It's gonna get to the time you promised her.
Walk, walk---
Watanuki (SFX): Ah... Really... Why is this thing with me?
Watanuki: By no means go out of the bag!
-14-
Watanuki: It's huge!
So this is the big mansion I heard of?
Mokona: Wonder if they have good sake---
Watanuki: You! Don't go stealing sake in other people's houses!
-15-
Woman: I thank you very much for coming.
Watanuki: N-n-n-n-no, it's nothing!
Woman: I look forward to working with you today.
Watanuki: O-okay!
-16-
Side text: What awaited was an unexpected large mansion. Could Mokona's escort possibly spell terribly dreadful trouble for the inauguration of "Watanuki's Cooking Class"!?
Watanuki: ... Huh?
Bottom text: The discomfort Watanuki feels... What are this woman's true colors!?
Next chapter on September 1st.
Page 2: I never pegged Doumeki as the kind to be a picky eater for whatever reason. Now I'm wondering how much his actual nourishment depends on Watanuki.
Page 6: Oh Himawari... (笑)
Page 11: Scary panel for scary line.
Page 12: Watanuki needs a hug. And lots of treats.
Pages 15-16: What the heck did Watanuki see, anyway?
Chapter 163
-01- (splash: Haruka)
You really have changed.
And, you're going in the right direction---.
The feelings towards Watanuki transmitted by Doumeki's grandfather Haruka.
Before long, the road he continues to progress on meets a large road.
Where will the future that Watanuki moves towards
while resounding with the world and with people lead!?
-02-
Side text: A great chat with Doumeki's grandfather Haruka. If asked for "an interesting story", of course that man will show up. ♥
Haruka: Shizuka is that much of a glutton?
Watanuki: His stomach is a four-dimension pocket!
Watanuki: He calmly eats a stack of four bentou boxes,
and despite drinking sake there's no bottom there for sweets either...
Haruka: That's certainly because your cooking is tasty.
Watanuki: Ah, no,
I mean, he's like,
Watanuki: if it's food, then anything is fine.
Haruka: It's not like that.
Haruka: Because that child won't put in his mouth
anything he hasn't agreed with.
Watanuki: Agreed?
-03-
Haruka: Of course, I'd often take him along to my favorite shops here and there,
Haruka: so you could say he discerns tasty things, but
that child has since long been a child that won't eat anything he doesn't want to.
Watanuki: You mean his tastes?
Haruka: No.
-04-
Haruka: I mean that he doesn't want to put into his mouth anything that he can't agree with.
-05-
Watanuki: Agreeing with... eating?
Watanuki: ... Ah.
Watanuki: ... Ah.
Doumeki: Don't sleep in a place like this, idiot.
-06-
Watanuki: Who did you call an idiot!?
Watanuki: That's what you do the instant you sit down!?
You won't open that until Himawari-chan arrives!
Watanuki: You're not listening again!
Watanuki (SFX): You don't need ears like these!
Watanuki: Himawari-chan!
Tanpopo: Pi!
Pi!
Watanuki: What's wrong, why are you standing there?
Himawari: Ah, it was amusing,
so it'd have been a waste for me to go and interrupt.
-07-
Watanuki: Himawari-cha~~~n!
Watanuki (SFX): There's nothing amusing about arguing with a guy like this...
Himawari: It's very amusing!
Like an anecdote! (T/N: I'm using "anecdote" here with the meaning of "short comical story". It seemed good enough for コント but if anyone knows a better word please let me know.)
Doumeki (SFX): I like rakugo. (T/N: Rakugo.)
Yuuko: Ahahaha!
I wish I had seen it!
That anecdote.
Watanuki: It's no anecdote!
-08-
Mokona: If you do anecdotes with Doumeki then let's do manzai with Mokona! (T/N: Manzai.)
It'll appear in M-1! (T/N: M-1 is a manzai competition that ends around the end of the year. The finals air live on TV Asahi.)
Watanuki: Will not!
Yuuko: Isn't that great?
That Doumeki-kun with his refined tastes wanted to eat that much.
Watanuki: Refined tastes, that?
Yuuko: Even the sake he brings is accurately based on our preferences and cooking.
Like in a gift.
Yuuko: It's proof that he's been eating proper things.
-09-
Watanuki: Ah, speaking of that...
Haruka-san said...
Yuuko: Whaat?
Watanuki: That Doumeki won't put into his mouth anything he can't agree with.
Watanuki: At first, I thought it was about his tastes, but...
Yuuko: It's not.
-10-
Yuuko: It means that he won't eat
Yuuko: anything but what he can trust.
Watanuki: ... Eh?
-11-
Yuuko: Eating is a very precious happiness,
and a very frightening thing.
-12-
Watanuki: Er...
According to the map she made, it's around here, but...
Watanuki: Though, of course teaching cooking to a stranger would be...
Watanuki: I don't remember the taste of my own cooking...
Mokona: Take a left over there.
Watanuki: Eh!?
-13-
Watanuki: Wah!
When did you...!?
Mokona: So you can't get there even if you look at the map?
If that's so, you're unfit to be Mokona's partner!
Can't be the M-1 champion, now can you?
Watanuki: Who is the partner!?
Mokona: Look! It's gonna get to the time you promised her.
Walk, walk---
Watanuki (SFX): Ah... Really... Why is this thing with me?
Watanuki: By no means go out of the bag!
-14-
Watanuki: It's huge!
So this is the big mansion I heard of?
Mokona: Wonder if they have good sake---
Watanuki: You! Don't go stealing sake in other people's houses!
-15-
Woman: I thank you very much for coming.
Watanuki: N-n-n-n-no, it's nothing!
Woman: I look forward to working with you today.
Watanuki: O-okay!
-16-
Side text: What awaited was an unexpected large mansion. Could Mokona's escort possibly spell terribly dreadful trouble for the inauguration of "Watanuki's Cooking Class"!?
Watanuki: ... Huh?
Bottom text: The discomfort Watanuki feels... What are this woman's true colors!?
Next chapter on September 1st.
Page 2: I never pegged Doumeki as the kind to be a picky eater for whatever reason. Now I'm wondering how much his actual nourishment depends on Watanuki.
Page 6: Oh Himawari... (笑)
Page 11: Scary panel for scary line.
Page 12: Watanuki needs a hug. And lots of treats.
Pages 15-16: What the heck did Watanuki see, anyway?