# 77 - VANISHING HUMANS! NEKO-SENNIN'S REVENGE
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*GeGeGe no Kitaro*
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Are you fine with
letting such evil humans run free?
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Do we really have to save such people?
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*The world you see isn't all there is.*
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*There are things you can't see.*
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*See? In the darkness behind you...*
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*Ge, ge, gegege no ge*
**[00:56] ---**
*ge ge gegege no ge*
**[01:00] ---**
*Slumbering in bed in the morning*
**[01:00] ---**
*asa wa nedoko de gu gu gu*
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*It's so fun, it's so fun*
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*tanoshiina tanoshiina*
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*Ghosts don't have school*
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*obakenya gakkou mo*
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*Or tests or anything*
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*shiken mo nannimo nai*
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*Ge, ge, gegege no ge*
**[01:17] ---**
*ge ge gegege no ge*
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*Let's all sing together, gegege no ge*
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*minna de utaou gegege no ge*
**[01:25] ---**
*Ge, ge, gegege no ge*
**[01:25] ---**
*ge ge gegege no ge*
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*Sports festivals in the graveyard at night*
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*yoru wa hakaba de undoukai*
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*It's so fun, it's so fun*
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*tanoshiina tanoshiina*
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*Ghosts don't die*
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*obake wa shinanai*
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*Or get sick or anything*
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*byouki mo nannimo nai*
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*Ge, ge, gegege no ge*
**[01:46] ---**
*ge ge gegege no ge*
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*Let's all sing together, gegege no ge*
**[01:50] ---**
*minnade utaou gegege no ge*
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*Let's all sing together, gegege no ge*
**[01:54] ---**
*minnade utaou gegege no ge*
**[01:58] ---**
*Let's all sing together, gegege no ge*
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*minnade utaou gegege no ge*
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CHAPTER 77
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VANISHING HUMANS! NEKO-SENNIN'S REVENGE
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There was an explosion.
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A terror attack?
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It's not just a terror attack.
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The culprit wants
humans to hate each other.
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Who would do that?
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The individual that the Nue mentioned.
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It must be Nurarihyon.
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What is he like?
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He seeks to restore the *yokai* to glory,
but the problem is his methods.
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He uses *yokai* and has them attack humans.
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He'll also use terrorist bombings to
stoke the humans' paranoia.
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*"Foreigners definitely did it!"*
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*"Japanese people wouldn't do this. Lol"*
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LOWER HOUSE MEMBER TAKAMI FUND-RAISER
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He also has many connections
among the humans.
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He takes precautions to ensure
no one will know he's doing the bombings.
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I see.
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But the question is,
why has he become active now?
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I don't know.
But I have a bad feeling about it.
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For now, try to find
information on Nurarihyon.
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I'll ask Sand Witch and Kagami-Jijii, too.
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Got it.
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Whoops! Careful, careful.
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So this is the Cat Mound?
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I can't read it.
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But I'm sure it is.
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Oof!
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Huh?
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SEAL
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Nurarihyon-sama,
I've done as you've ordered.
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I see. You've done well.
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I suppose I should go
have a little chat...
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with Kitaro-kun.
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We couldn't find any clues.
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Hmm. He's a slippery one, that's for sure.
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Let's wait for Catchick for now.
**[05:26] ---**
Nurarihyon?!
**[05:28] ---**
Do you like it?
It's for Daddy Eyeball-san's bath bowl.
**[05:35] ---**
It's an Oribe ware black bowl.
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Did you release
the Four Treasonous Generals?
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Yes.
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Why?!
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Do settle down.
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That friend you always have with you...
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I wonder where she is right now.
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*Could he have...?!*
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Let's calm down.
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What are you after?
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Kitaro-kun, don't disappoint me like that.
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Such a foolish question is beneath you.
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You're bright enough to know.
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It is to destroy the laws of nature.
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Surely this much is obvious to you.
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The Kyubi no Kitsune tried to
destroy the underworld!
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If it makes the humans panic
then who cares?
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Would you be able to
plead that in front of Enma?
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Yes. Gladly.
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I may be frail and miserable,
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but I know I can talk my way out of
anything, even with Enma.
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There are many who believe in my cause.
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Even if I am bound in the underworld,
it will only lead them to take my place.
**[07:14] ---**
What are you talking about?
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Long ago,
this world belonged to the *yokai*.
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But the humans have
driven us from our homes,
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and even take the darkness
of the night from us.
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I simply wish to reclaim these for my kin.
**[07:39] ---**
Kitaro?
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What's wrong?
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Nurarihyon came here?!
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Why would he?
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I don't know.
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He may have been
making a declaration of war.
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A declaration of war.
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So, what's with that letter?
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Oh, uh, well...
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Humans are disappearing from
the town of Inuzaki-cho?
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That's what the letter said.
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That's Inuzaki-cho.
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There's no one here.
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What's wrong?
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All he's saying is, "meow, meow."
It's not catspeak.
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What?
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This is the sender's address, right?
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I'm sure of it.
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It's just an old abandoned clearing.
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Was it a trick?
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No. Ever since we arrived,
I've sensed *yokai* activity.
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There's definitely a *yokai* around here.
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There's nothing but cats and no people.
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Could it be...?
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Neko-Sennin?
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Huh?
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One of them just said,
"Neko-Sennin-sama" in catspeak.
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Hmm. Neko-Sennin...
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Dad, do you know him?
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Yes. I heard he was sealed away in
Cat Mound two centuries ago.
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What is that stench?!
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Look!
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Let me out.
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I'm hungry.
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Help me.
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Help me.
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They're rotting while still alive.
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So many in such small cages.
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Who goes there?
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Are you Neko-Sennin?
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Indeed I am.
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NEKO-SENNIN
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Why are you doing this?
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Did you turn the townspeople into cats?
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I have no obligation to answer.
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SHU-NO-BAN
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NEKO-SENNIN
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*"Yo!"*
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*"Yes!!!"*
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Kitaro!
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How dare you!
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Oh? So you're a cat *yokai*.
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Turn Kitaro back
and let these people free!
**[11:38] ---**
They don't deserve freedom.
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This is punishment.
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Punishment?
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If you're a cat *yokai*,
I'm sure you're aware.
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The sort of abuse
humans have inflicted upon cats.
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There was a time when
humans looked after cats.
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But look now.
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During my slumber everything changed.
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The minute "house cats" became "pets"
their lives could be bought and sold.
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That's no reason to
treat humans like this!
**[12:22] ---**
What do you think these humans did?
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After I awoke and "he" told me,
I couldn't believe it at first!
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Surely you've heard the term,
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"animal hoarding"?
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Humans take them in because they're cute
and they breed.
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Then they're abandoned
because it costs too much.
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I've heard of cases of 50 adults
and only a few kittens.
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Only a few kittens?
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You mean... the adults...
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Humans aren't all bad.
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They're all bad!
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Those humans bred kittens
in confined spaces to sell.
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Cats that could no longer breed
were deemed useless and killed.
**[13:22] ---**
Help me!
**[13:24] ---**
We did nothing wrong!
**[13:26] ---**
Let me out of here!
**[13:27] ---**
Let me out!
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Those ones put kittens in milk bottles
letting only their heads out.
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Their legs grew warped...
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Is that a reason to do the same to them?!
**[13:44] ---**
Then why did you turn
the townspeople to cats?!
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The cats that don't know catspeak
are all human, aren't they?!
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So long as humans seek to own pets,
the suffering of cats will continue!
**[13:56] ---**
I understand your wish to protect cats,
but your argument is one-sided!
**[14:06] ---**
We should retreat for now!
**[14:23] ---**
Daddy Eyeball-san, who is Neko-Sennin?
**[14:27] ---**
He's a hermit who mastered wizardry and
how to transfer his soul from cat to cat.
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We need to act quickly
or the captive humans won't last.
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Will you help, Catchick?
**[14:45] ---**
But...
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What Neko-Sennin said was true.
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Did you know?
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The number of cats and dogs put down...
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It's over 40,000 a year.
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Are such humans really worth protecting?
**[15:03] ---**
L-Listen to me, Catchick...
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I can't tell.
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What am I supposed to do?
**[15:21] ---**
That's proper catspeak.
**[15:27] ---**
That old woman was your owner?
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She took good care of you.
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She needed daily medication,
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but can't take it as a cat.
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She won't last more than a few days.
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Humans have taken care of cats.
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You know that, right?
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So you've come to understand my position.
**[16:29] ---**
I understand.
**[16:32] ---**
Only that you want to
sever the bond between cats and humans!
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Little brat!
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There's a reason I'm called a hermit!
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There's no escape!
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I'll tear you apart!
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Get off of me!
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You traitor!
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Neko-Sennin, your opinion isn't wrong.
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But, your methods are.
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Ah! Kitaro!
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Thank you, Catchick.
**[18:34] ---**
Thank goodness we're back to normal!
**[18:36] ---**
I guess cat's struggle to survive too.
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Yeah.
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Their lives are just as precious.
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What difference does it make?!
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Legally they're just property!
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Animal abuse?
What's wrong with selling pets?!
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I don't need a brat to lecture me!
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We are just running a business!
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That's right! We sell because
there's a demand! That's all!
**[19:01] ---**
So the *yokai*'s gone?
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Then who cares?
**[19:11] ---**
Get out of my sight.
**[19:15] ---**
I said get out of my sight!
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Do we really have to save such people?
**[19:36] ---**
What goes around comes around.
They'll get their comeuppance.
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Is that all?
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Nurarihyon!
**[19:48] ---**
Are you fine with
letting such evil humans run free?
**[19:53] ---**
The young lady is absolutely right.
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Everyone!
**[20:01] ---**
Kitaro will eliminate *yokai*,
but he won't touch humans!
**[20:07] ---**
I get it.
You lured Kitaro here with that letter.
**[20:17] ---**
It's just about humans and dogs and cats.
**[20:20] ---**
It doesn't affect us.
**[20:23] ---**
Are you sure?
**[20:27] ---**
If it was humans abusing *yokai*
instead of dogs and cats,
**[20:32] ---**
I'm sure he'd let them go.
**[20:35] ---**
Right, Kitaro-kun?
**[20:39] ---**
Say something, Kitaro!
**[20:41] ---**
That's right! Say you're on our side!
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There you have it.
**[20:50] ---**
Kitaro, you let us down.
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I thought you were on our side.
**[20:55] ---**
Come, everyone. Forget about that traitor.
**[20:59] ---**
Nurarihyon-sensei won't betray you!
**[21:03] ---**
He wants *yokai* restored to glory!
**[21:06] ---**
That's Nurarihyon for you!
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He's not like Kitaro!
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There are people who understand.
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*asebamu hada tsumaru iki*
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*The skin sweats, the breath shortens*
**[22:07] ---**
*The wind stops, the door opens*
**[22:07] ---**
*kaze ga yami tobira ga hiraku*
**[22:12] ---**
*Hair stands on end, feet freeze*
**[22:12] ---**
*minoke yodachi sukumu ashi*
**[22:17] ---**
*The uninvited shall not enter here*
**[22:17] ---**
*manekarezaru mono fumiiru nakare*
**[22:24] ---**
*koukishin to kyoufu ga
kawaru gawaru oshiyose*
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*Curiosity and fear assault in waves*
**[22:27] ---**
*Why are only the five senses heightened?*
**[22:27] ---**
*naze ni gokan dake ga togisumasareruno*
**[22:30] ---**
*The veil slowly rises on an unknown world*
**[22:30] ---**
*shiranakatta sekai no
maku ga jojo ni agaruyo*
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*None has heard of it before*
**[22:34] ---**
*dare mo kiita koto nai*
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*This screeching frenzy in the darkness*
**[22:36] ---**
*kyousou ga yami ni hibiku*
**[22:42] ---**
*sokonoke noke mononoke ga tooru*
**[22:42] ---**
*Stand aside, aside
The supernatural are passing through*
**[22:46] ---**
*In a shower of leaves, they appear*
**[22:46] ---**
*konoha shigure to tomo ni yatsura arawaru*
**[22:48] ---**
*Stand aside, aside
The supernatural are dancing*
**[22:48] ---**
*sokonoke noke mononoke ga odoru*
**[22:52] ---**
*Everyone dance madly however you like*
**[22:52] ---**
*dare mo kare mo osuki ni odori kurueyo*
**[22:55] ---**
*Woo-ooo-ooo*
**[22:55] ---**
*hyuu doro doro*
**[22:57] ---**
*Woo-ooo-ooo*
**[22:57] ---**
*hyuu doro doro*
**[23:02] ---**
*A woman's ghost threatens a photographer.*
**[23:05] ---**
*Dad, that scream...?!*
**[23:07] ---**
*Next time on GeGeGe no Kitaro*
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*"The Moryo of Mukuro Village"*
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*The door to the unseen world opens...*
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