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Iono: All the royal attendants were selected by me, and they're all skilled, but... I've been unsatisfied with the proportion of black-haired sobame for some time.

Йоно: Склейка девушек – это далеко не всё, чем я занимаюсь!

– Тут сказано, что в ближайшем лесу нападают исключительно на женщин.

– Жуть какая.

– Все пострадавшие женщины были насильно раздеты и всячески осквернены.

– Вот бы и мне так... Нет, возмутительно! Одолеем же зло!

– Вы намекаете на то, что наши тела стоят каких-то десяти золотых?

– Нет, такого не говорили.

– На худой конец выдайте нам былинное оружие, что хранится в замке!

– Девчата, может, вы ещё те дряни, но я не злюсь на вас!

– Я правитель сего мира – чёрный властелин.

– Ничего у нас шмотья. Как мы только носим столько?

– Продадим, что можно – так и наскребём деньжат.

– Давайте продадим меня?

– Помалкивай.

– Ведь у нас великий долг – спасение всего бела света.

– Анонимность защищает лучше, чем бронежилет.

– Ah-choo! Maybe someone's talking 'bout me.

– Seriously? Guess I gotta kick their ass.

– They might be saying good things, ya know.

– Then I'll definitely have to kick their ass. I'm pretty possessive you know.

«Did she just say something totally awesome like it was no big deal?»

– How many times have I told you not to smoke at school?

– S-sorry 'bout that, Mai-sempai. My mouth got lonely, so I just kinda...

– Huh?! They'll suspend you if you get caught, right? So if that's your only reason, find something else to keep it busy. If you're gonna be like that then why don't ya just gimme a kiss!?

– Этим девочкам нужна серьёзная помощь.

– В болезни и здравии, в горе и в радости, клянусь всю свою жизнь любить тебя так сильно, что готова буду даже убить тебя.

– Дело не в том, что меня нет рядом, когда тебе одиноко, Аккии, а в том, что тебе одиноко именно потому, что меня нет рядом.

– The only thing you can do is accept this.

Ginko: What kind of person you turn out to be depends on what decisions you make.

Ginko: That mushi have their own business to tend to. If you keep involving them for your own reasons, it'll lead to a bad end.

– There are a lot of things that I can't see here. All this time they've been watching. Are those... mushi?

– That wasn't mushi. It was an hallucination that your mind spawned from your fear of the darkness.

– Can I ask a question? This Kooki... What is it?

– It's what the essence of life looks like. It's the ultimate panacea for mushi-caused sickness.

– And mushi...?

– Well... it's one group of things that make up the world. Nothing more, nothing less.

– People who go to sea for living never know what the future will bring. So we're already as prepared as we can be for whatever happens.

– You shouldn't look at it too much. That light is poison to the eyes. If you get too used to looking at it, you won't be able to see in sunlight anymore. If you want a river of light, look at the one in the sky. That one shines at night. It's a river bathed in sunlight, and that's how it shines. Look at that river instead.

«The snake of dawn»

It was fun drawing the naturally absentminded mother. I feel sorry for her son, but...

This is fifth volume, which means it's already been five years since I started drawing Mushishi. Which also means that Ginko, who I always pictured as being in his late twenties, has become younger than me. An occurrence that pains me. Ginko, as well, has seemed to age a little over the years of telling this story, but the flow of time for him is quite a bit slower, so I am very jealous.