Asumu
Please sit in a well-lit room, at a comfortable distance, when watching.
Hibiki is...
...a man who transforms into an Oni and saves people.
Since meeting this strange man, something within me, Adachi Asumu, has begun to change.
To prepare for summer, Hibiki became a crimson warrior.
I know that he becomes stronger by experiencing various things,
so I'm also thinking of training myself.
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Volume Twenty­Five
Racing Azure
Here.
Two minutes, ten seconds.
Really? Is that good?
Almost as good as Olympian Kosuke Kitajima.
I won't make it to Beijing.
Don't you think you're putting in enough effort?
Well, it is summer.
There's a bunch of those guys, after all.
Well.
It is summer, after all.
So, Ibuki, how was my swimming?
Well, I think it's good.
I don't have any advice...
Really? Eh?
You should be more like, "You can do better"!
Tell me...
That's so like you, Hibiki.
Hey.
Am I just in the way?
Oh! Let's go all-out and try that.
- Oh, right. - Alright.
What's that?
I put on the weights like this.
Since we were training, I took them off. Right?
Yeah.
He's like a natural-born swimmer.
Really?
Hey.
Ibuki, who always trains by swimming, said so.
Asumu!
Yes! Ow, ow.
Today, Hibiki is training by swimming with Ibuki!
Yes, I heard about that! Ow, ow!
Alright!
Then we won't let them beat us! We'll train today too!
Ow, ow! R-right!
Alright!
Alright...
Alright!
Let's start with ten laps in the three hundred meter pool.
Eh?! Three kilometers?!
Yeah.
Alright!
You can do it, Tomizou!
Adachi, good luck.
Do your best, you two!
Okay.
Here I go.
Follow me!
Ready!
- That's dangerous. Hey. You're going against the current. - That's dangerous!
It's the other way!
The current is...
You'll run into people!
Then, shall we go swimming too?
- Yeah. - Go ahead, go ahead.
See you.
Here you go.
Where are the usual staff today?
I'm sorry.
Everyone is out.
Um...
The part-time boy too?
It's his day off today...
so I'm filling in.
I see.
How nice of you.
Not at all.
Sabaki
A summer one, huh?
It's...!
Ah... umm...
You sure look great in a swimsuit, Kasumi.
That again?
Ah! Well, that's okay.
I'll swim by myself.
Yes?
It's me.
Ah. Thank you for your hard work.
Just now...
Ishiwari called and told me that...
Sabaki was beaten by a Kappa.
Sabaki was? Really?
Where were they?
Chichibu.
Understood.
I'll let Hibiki know.
Victory
Fire
Victory Fire
Gaika
Wait!
Ah! Geez!
Hibiki said he'd be fine alone this time.
For now, let's return to Tachibana's.
Victory Fire
Gaika
I heard from Ibuki...
that when Hibiki fights a Kappa, he always goes out alone.
Well, yes.
Could the reason for that be...
...the voice?
You heard that from Ibuki?
No.
I remember my father telling me once.
I see.
Well, I don't go out in the field, so I don't know about that.
We're back!
Welcome back!
- Welcome. - Pardon our intrusion.
For some reason, we were left behind today.
What was that just now? What was that?
No, nothing.
Right.
Yeah.
Suspicious...
Sabaki's companion falcon, huh?
Ah, thanks.
Oh, it's delicious!
Delicious!
I suppose swimming all that distance in one go...
builds up an appetite like this, right?
Ah, yes.
Show a bit of restraint. Restraint.
Please go ahead. It's okay.
Are you okay?!
Here, here, here.
Ah, it's empty.
I'll go buy some.
Oh, it's fine.
Thank you!
Oh, but...
This really is delicious!
Right?
Adachi and I have been in the same class since elementary school.
Every year they take me to the beach or the pool like this...
I always look forward to eating the food that Ms. Adachi makes.
That makes me so happy!
Thank you! Eat up! Eat up!
Thank you for the food!
I see...
Hitomi has been like family to Asumu since they were little.
Have you ever come here on a date?
Eh? Date...?
Ah, no. Until last year, we went with two other classmates.
Kiko and Katsuo, right?
Yup.
Those two are busy with their own thing though.
Ah! Then I bet they're all lovey-dovey now!
Yup. They're together. A couple.
C-couple?
When it comes to that kind of thing...
Asumu's just not very bold.
Ah, no...
Hey, Hitomi!
Why are you turning red?
Do you have a fever?
Of course not...
Ow!
Hey, what are you doing, Hinaka?!
Ah, Hitomi!
Me?
You okay?
I'm sorry.
No need to apologize to me.
Well.
Let's just pick these up.
Okay.
Then tell Sabaki to be very careful and to take care of himself, okay?
Was that Ishiwari?
Yeah.
Seems he just passed the baton to Hibiki.
So, how is Sabaki?
He was beaten by the Kappa and was drowning, but...
Ishiwari backed him up.
Sabaki...
Even though he just came back...
At least...
it seems he isn't that badly hurt.
Training and defeating~
Defeating Makamou~
Fighting the annoying ones also~
Alright!
Alright.
Finally got it.
Kappa
Eh? You're from Shitamachi?
Yes.
Seriously?
I used to go to that area all the time.
Really?
I bet you came today with a boyfriend?
Oh, no, he's not my boyfriend...
Hitomi!
Tomizou.
I've been looking for you.
Tomizou.
You're... Tsutomu.
Um...
I bought tea...
Adachi.
So you're the boyfriend?
Huh?
Ready?
Okay!
Ah, geez.
It went over there!
I see. You've become an Oni.
I guess so.
Hey, how are you doing, Tsutomu?
Oh, well...
I don't have much to say.
I'm kinda working here part-time.
Just that, Tsutomu?!
Are you really okay with that?!
Your mentors...
Come on, come on, that's enough.
No need to get all fired up like that.
Asumu!
Well, I have to get going.
Okay.
Ah, visit the restaurant sometime.
Sure.
Later.
Around here?
So it's the Kappa.
Over there?
Found you.
What?
What's the matter?
Scorching Deep Crimson Style!
I got carried away.
Ugh, it's multiplying!
Hey!
Wait!
Hey!
Come on! Talking to you, Kappa!
It's making weird noises.
I'm counting on you.
There it is.
Alright.
I did it.
Alright!
Gross!
You really are a pain in the ass.
I'll show you the results of my training!
Trying to run?!
These really are heavy.
Get off!
Alright.
Let's finish this today.
Scorching Deep Crimson Style!
Scorching
Deep Crimson
Scorching
Deep Crimson
Alright, done.
There's still this...
Ugh, it's gross.
I wonder if Hibiki can fight it without getting hit by that attack?
I hope so.
Well.
No matter what bothersome things happen...
being an Oni... means you have to fight.
Even if it means feeling uncool.
I suppose.
But that's never happened to you, right, Ibuki?
Eh? What does that mean?
Since an uncool Ibuki just doesn't seem like Ibuki.
Well, in that case...
the way Hibiki lies to Kasumi when he fights it...
isn't really wrong.
Yes, Tachibana's.
Ah... umm...
Hello?
Yes?
Excuse me, who is this?
Ah... no... umm...
Please give me the boss.
"The boss"?
Who is this?
If this is a prank, I'm hanging up!
Hello?
Hello?!
Ah...
Mr. Tachibana Ichiro, please.
Um... like I said, who are you?
Well... if I breathe in a Kappa's fumes...
this happens to my voice!
Hey...
please switch me over already!
Man...
Racing Azure
It is as if you are wholly transparent
As if everything is passing through you
Is that not how it feels?
Boy! If you are going to journey...
Then you must have clear skies in your heart!
Hit the beat! Keep your beat!
Seek out the places that move your heart!
Hit the beat! Keep your beat!
Find what no one else can do!
That is your resonance!
A new kitty has been born.
The black figure creates large Makamou...
and the white figure creates small Makamou.
I'll need Crimson after all.
Volume Twenty­Six
Passing Days
Volume Twenty-Six: Passing Days.