Friends: Mononokeshima no Naki Page #3

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Empty!

Why you...! Gunjo!

If tasty things like this are left alone, and aren't eaten, they might spoil!

Tasty things should be eaten!

In that case, I'll eat it!

I don't think so!

Idiot!

Kotake, stop!

You're a good boy, so give that here quickly, OK?

He ate it!

The brat really ate it!

Hey!

That's called a 'Heavenly Maiden', a phantom mushroom!

Spit it out!

That's too special for a kid like you!

Spit it out! Come on! Come!

H-H-H-He swallowed it...

The Heavenly Maiden mushroom...

I've been treasuring that 'Heavenly Maiden' for years...

Tasty, no?

You know,

'Heavenly Maiden' mushrooms

are very rarely found.

I'll find one!

For how many years do you think I treasured that one?!

I'm going to eat one right in front of Kotake!

Don't be so mad that your face turns red.

I was born like this!

Born like this!

Look, Naki!

Look, they're 'firework' mushrooms!

Don't you think he'll like them?

I'm more interested in 'Heavenly Maiden'.

It's a 'Balloon' mushroom.

If you eat that, your body will expand.

Hey!

I told you not to eat it, didn't I?!

You...

That's...

a 'Heavenly Maiden'?!

My goodness!

Damn you,

since you ate mine, you have to give that to me.

Hey!

Hey!

You're giving it to me?

Idiot, I was just joking!

I can't take it from a kid.

Tasty, no?

Yeah, they sure are.

Alright, I'll take it.

But, the next time I find a 'Heavenly Maiden,'

I'll definitely give it to you.

That's a promise!

Pomiss.

This is...

really tasty!

Dinner's almost ready!

Hey, you look all worn out from playing around earlier.

Hey, If you're going to sleep, do it after eating dinner.

Hey, wake up!

What's wrong, Kotake?!

He has a terrible fever.

He really is a nuisance!

Can't you do something, Gunjo?

He's really messing with us.

He's a real idiot!

That's why I don't like humans.

Even though they're brutes, their body is weak...

How can they be that way?!

If we mix arrowroot, ginger, and have him drink it,

maybe it will help.

Will that make him better?

When you had a fever,

that fixed it in one dose.

Huh?

He's a human kid!

What works for us, might not work for him!

Anyway, just sit down!

You're getting too worked up.

What's wrong? What is it?

Does it hurt?

Mommy...

Mommy...

Have you been holding back tears until now?

Mommy, huh...

What is it?

You starting to remember your own mother because of this?

Many years ago,

a small Spirit Creature was traveling with migratory birds,

and passed through here, remember?

He told me something back then.

What?

Far to the south,

there was a monster that

really resembled me.

What did you say?!

Ssh!

You'll wake Kotake!

Why didn't you tell me about that?

It must be your mother.

Why don't you go and look for her?

I don't know if it's my mother or not.

Regardless, just in case...

Your mother may still be alive!

In my case, I can't meet her no matter how much I want to, you know!

But you know,

I'd have to travel...

through human territory to get there.

If I did go to only to find out it was someone else...

It'd be really awkward, you know?

What are you afraid of?

I can't believe it!

I'm not afraid.

After a lot of thought, that was my decision.

That is just being afraid!

Well, we should go change the wet cloth to keep his head cool.

Gunjo,

it went down!

What did?

His fever?

It dropped, it dropped.

I'm sure he wants to meet his Mommy, too.

You can do it! You can do it!

Kotake,

try to remember this scenery well.

Why do even we have to go to the human village?

I'm not able to do it after all.

I'm at my limit!

I'm going.

Right, I'm going.

Kameppi, go.

This is bad! Hide yourself, Kameppi.

That was risky.

I'm getting sleepy...

Alright, let's regroup and try again.

Say your number, starting from the bottom.

One,

two,

three.

I guess you want to call five.

We'll make Waratako 'four.'

Goyan!

That was loud!

Excuse me.

U-U-Uhm...

I...

was just passing by,

and wondered why this village has such tight security.

Two village children broke the rule and went to the

forbidden island, where they were attacked by monsters.

The younger of the two brothers seems to have been devoured.

Devoured?

B-By who?

By the monsters, of course!

By monsters? Lies! Lies!

Monsters don't eat humans!

You're wrong.

It seems they eat their eyeballs while they're still alive!

But, they only eat mushrooms.

I-In any case,

now the monsters know the taste of humans,

so they may come attack us at any time now!

But,

you sure look rather odd.

Can it be that?!

You're actually a gang of monsters?

What are all those bitter gourd bumps on your face?

T-These are...

Pimples.

Pimples?

Really?

You're very rude to stare at a person's pimples.

We've been found out. We've been found out!

Didn't you just suddenly become smaller?

T-T-T-That's impossible.

N-N-No, I'm sure y-y-you shrank.

That's ridiculous!

Right, guys?

Of course it is.

- Yeah... Yeah...

Humans can't shrink.

Mons...

M-M-Mons...

Oh no, he saw through us!

It's not like that you know!

Monsters!

The monsters have come!

They ran towards the sea!

Don't leave me alone!

That went better than expected.

Betta!

Hey, wait!

What now, are you afraid again?

Of course not!

Why did I even even come here?

I knew it, you're scared.

Shut up!

I'm not afraid.

I just regret that I let you drag me along again.

You're so scared that your face turned all blue.

Yeah, quite muc- I mean, I was born like this!

In any case,

just as we have planned,

I'll disappear and signal you, got it?

OK, let's go over the signals.

This means you should stop.

This means you should go.

Be very careful!

Don't confuse it with stop, okay?

We won't get that wrong.

Wun ge Wong.

Alright, let's go.

Stop, Stop!

People are there.

OK.

We should be OK.

I'll keep watch from over there.

Kotake, this is your village.

Look.

Now, you'll have to walk on your own from here.

Kotake, I can't go with you.

Bye...

I told you that I can't go!

Naki!

Wait a minute.

What did you say?

Naki!

Naki!

Naki!

Naki!

Naki!

Well, get going.

Off you go!

Naki!

Kotake,

boys shouldn't cry.

Look, Kotake.

Kotake?

Mommy?

Mommy! Mommy!

Kotake?

Kotake!

Mommy. Mommy.

You're still alive?!

Are you really still alive?

Mommy.

Kotake!

You really are Kotake,

Kotake, Kotake!

You're alive...

You're alive!

You know...

mothers are really great.

That's true.

Doesn't that make you want to see your own mother?

Naki?

Naki? Nachi?

Naki!

What's that?

What's wrong, Naki?

Shut up!

Wait up!

You who have broken the law.

Cool down your head for a while down here!

Please punish them thoroughly!

The rest of us didn't want to do it, but they forced us.

Go now!

Don't ever go past Middlerock again!

Hmpf! This isn't scary at all!

Right, Naki?

Eh? You're no good in these kinds of things?

Are you afraid?

Well?

No, it's not that.

But... you're looking rather pale.

Could it be that you have to...

take a crap?!

Idiot!

Stop messing around in this situation!

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