xxxHOLiC Rou 196 translation

[starlady]

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Strong power will often invite disaster.
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FX: Slosh
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!!! page 03
Doumeki: That's--

Watanuki: A spiderweb thread.

I received it from the spider-lady.
As exchange, for a real down-payment.

Pipe-fox: !!

Watanuki: It's fine.
It's not responding to anything.

I checked properly.

As far as I can grasp,
Now, there are no crimson pearls in the store, and I've never seen one.

I don't know what shape it might have or what such a thing might be.
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!!! page 04
Watanuki: The one who knows is--

Doumeki: The spider-lady?

Watanuki: So therefore, this
Will track it back here.

FX: Rippling
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Watanuki: The moon is...crimson.

Mokona: And the sky is silver-white.

Watanuki: ...I see.

...A crimson pearl, huh.
In that case...
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!!! page 06
FX: Splash

FX: Spinning
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!!! page 07
FX: Smoothly

FX: Slow movement

FX: Rustling
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!!! page 08
FX: Wafting

FX: Snaking around

Mokona: Yup, it's not in the store.

Doumeki: ....

FX: Spinning
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!!! page 09
FX: Snap

Doumeki: ...It was cut.

Watanuki: Yeah.
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!!! page 10
Watanuki: But,
It arrived.

The end of the spiderweb thread.

At the crimson pearl's location.

FX: Splash

FX: Rippling
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Watanuki: Just now, that...

Maru: What's wrong, Watanuki?

FX: Inhaling

Moro: Is there something we can do?

Watanuki: I'm fine.

Thanks.

Now then.
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!!! page 13
Watanuki: It's your turn.

Doumeki: Is this okay?
Accompanying me.

Kohane: It's fine.

I sent obaa-chan a mail, too.
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!!! page 14
Doumeki: I get one from her occasionally, too,
But she's too quick to reply.

Kohane: Yeah.
She's quicker than me at cell mail.

I'm happy that I could be here, and be useful.

Doumeki: You are.

Kohane: I'm glad.

Do you see it?
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!!! page 15
Doumeki: ...Yeah.

It seems that lately I've only been able to see what he wanted to show me.
Before, it was when his emotions were riled.

Kohane: I think that's because Kimihiro-kun's power has grown stronger.

Doumeki: If we follow this thread, we should reach our goal.
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Kohane: ...Here?

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Wow, this chapter. AWESOME.

Also, just to be clear, "cell mail" is email on cell phones (in tech speak, EMS rather than SMS, which is text messaging).

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It's just my guess I thing (and hope) that the apartment building is Himawari's. Crimson peal can't mean good luck right? Plus I want to see grown up Himawari!

[nefadol.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the translation. ♥

Fairly sure that the apartment building at the end is the internet addict lady's, the exterior is identical to that in volume 1. Why she'd have the pearl I have no clue. :\

[mairenn-k.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot for the translation!

[cutesherry.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the translation ^^

It seems like Clamp is in no hurry to finish xxxHolic *I'm not complaining about it at all though ^^* and are going from one adventure to another at their own pace....a far too slow pace!! No new chapter until February? This is Hell! ;___; What else is there for them to do beside releasing Holic weekly? @__@

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

I hope, drawing X or Mangettes...