Asumu
Please sit in a well-lit room, at a comfortable distance, when watching.
I, Adachi Asumu, am a 15-year-old living in downtown Tokyo.
After I met Hibiki, a man who transforms into an Oni, something changed.
When I passed my high school entrance exam and went to let Hibiki know,
I unexpectedly stumbled across Ibuki's camp.
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Volume Nine
Writhing Malice
Spring... break~
Evil
An Oni like you...
...could never defeat our child!
Hey, you...
Alright!
Now we'll do it this way.
Now for the Ooari...
Oh, no thanks.
Guess Asumu's not coming.
Yeah... well, nothing we can do about it.
You just can't rely on Adachi when it counts, huh?
Asumu!
Asumu! Wake up already!
What time is it?
It's past 10:00...
Crap!
So you did oversleep!
Why didn't you wake me?!
Geez...!
I just got home myself!
I know you're on spring break, but you can't just sleep all day!
- Not good, not good, not good...! - Whatever, geez...!
Missed calls 1) Mochida Hitomi 2) Mochida Hitomi
Mochida Hitomi
Hello, Mochi here. We're waiting for you.
It's Mochida. We're heading there, so hurry up.
It's Mochida... We're waiting at the entrance...
Adachi? The three of us decided to see the movie without you.
The temperature's 9.7 degrees, humidity's at 55%,
and atmospheric pressure is at 1,016 hectopascals.
It'd be an Ubume, based on the Takeshi database,
but going by the trends this year,
it might be an Ookubi!
True...
These two flying Makamou mature under those sorts of conditions, right?
That's impressive, Akira!
You've been studying, haven't ya?
Well, we'll go prepare countermeasures for both of them.
Either way, it'll be an opponent I can handle with my sound attacks.
Right.
We'll contact you again when we reach Chichibu.
Please do!
Bye.
Are you heading out as well, Ibiki?
Yes, yes. And it's Ibuki!
What's Hibiki doing today?
Hm... exterminating an Ooari in Fujioka.
I expect he's working hard right about now.
Then we will do the same.
Even during spring break, you still have it rough.
Do your best.
I will. Don't worry, branch chief.
Take care!
Good luck.
Hey, this is Mochida. Leave a message and I'll get back to you.
Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb~
Mary had a little lamb~
I'm back!
Welcome back! That was fast.
Yup.
Gonna change?
Nah, I'll stay like this for now.
I took care of the Douji and Hime,
so I thought I may as well go take down the Ooari, too.
You want to hurry and test the results of your special training, huh?
Ah, thanks.
Pretty much.
With the Unified Fire Burst Style, I'll finish the Ooari in one burst.
The disk animals are all back.
Alright, come here!
What are you two doing?!
Hold it!
Hey!
What're you doing?
Let go!
- Calm down! - Hands off!
- Come with me! - Let go!
Quiet down!
Let go!
Come along!
Hm?
So, this is the place?
Alright.
I won't understand unless you say something!
C'mon!
If you won't even give me your name...
I'll have to call the police.
Don't you understand what you did?!
Want a drink?
Oh, thank you...
Has the bleeding stopped?
Yeah, it's fine.
- You've done this elsewhere too, haven't you?
Does it still hurt?
You had quite the mishap too.
You're leaving me no choice...
Man, those kids just won't quit!
You know, bookstores aren't very profitable,
- so we'll end up bankrupt if people shoplift— - So what?!
What are you saying?!
Oh, shut up!
Hey!
Hands off!
Behave yourself!
I'm calling the police.
I'll remember this!
Hey!
Writhing
Alright...
Which way...?
Okay.
What's this? Still thinking about it?
Why not take a break for now?
I'm going out for some food, so I'll leave the shop in your hands.
It's empty anyway.
Well, I'll do it, but...
Even with all the data collected here at the Kanto branch,
we still can't identify this Makamou...
It's quite troubling, isn't it?
Info on temperature, humidity, ley lines, bearings...
We identify Makamou by combining those conditions in all sorts of ways,
but the fact that we're not coming up with anything means...
That the data we have now is meaningless, huh?
Right!
How do I put this...?
It's like... this one is trying to pull the rug out from under us.
Right, exactly!
That's why I can't help being worried about Ibuki's case this time!
Thanks for waiting.
Ibuki.
Hinaka sent an e-mail saying...
...it's caused a series of car accidents in Chichibu.
Car accidents, huh?
Well, let's hurry out there.
Right.
Drive
This is perfect weather for a drive!
Well, it is spring!
Totally!
I feel like I might doze off for a bit...
Oh, come on!
Hey, how about some lunch?
Soon, once we're over the ridge.
Okayyy.
What the—
- What's wrong?!
Look!
What is that?!
Whoa, it's huge!
What should we do?
Head back?
Not like we have a choice.
What're we gonna do now...?
- I'm so hungry... - Yeah.
If we head back now, there's no telling when we'll end up eating.
That's true...
Thank you all for coming.
We'll be crushing you now.
Huh?
Becoming our prey...
...is an honor bestowed only once a century.
Shibamata Station
Writhing
Huh?
Here we go! Unified Fire Burst Style!
Unified
Fire
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Unified Fire Burst
Guess it did-ant train hard enough!
Oni
This is awful.
But couldn't a rockslide have caused the accident?
There would be rocks strewn around if one had, and...
...as for what smashed this car...
A Makamou?
But... it doesn't seem like the work of an Ubume or Ookubi.
Neither of them would attack like this.
Does that mean it wasn't a flying Makamou?
Yeah.
Looks like it rolled further downhill from here.
We should pursue it ourselves by bike rather than using the disk animals.
Right.
Fancy meeting you here.
It's all your fault!
Writhing Malice
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!
Soon, our child will make you all suffer.
I'll never forgive murderers like you!
It means a mysterious Makamou has appeared.
So this is the Otoroshi, huh?
Let's do this!
Right!
Volume Ten
Oni Aligned
Volume Ten: Oni Aligned