bleach chapter 19.6/17 op.3"memories in the rain"

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Dad- I'm actually wearing plain clothes today. Why!?
Dad- The answer is at the end of this volume!!)

Karin- It's been awhile, Mom…
(Stone reads: "Kurosaki")
Karin- Are you doing well? Well, you're dead, so I guess that question is pointless.
Karin- We're fine here.
Karin- Me and Yuzu and Ichigo
Karin- We're all doing well.
Karin- It's just…
Karin- …Ol' Beardo is doing so well that it's kinda annoying…
Dad- Hey Hey Hey! It's time for this year's annual "Ba-dum! Kurosaki Family's Tombstone Domino Rally"!
Dad- A game that is a full 2 ½ hours worth of tomb-trashing action!
Dad- Where the winner can make the loser his dog for a whole week!
Dad- First match up is Daddy versus Ichigo_____!!!
Yuzu- Stop it, Dad! Stop!!

Yuzu- Brother, stop him too!
Dad- Alright, let's go!
Yuzu- Dad!! If you do it, no dinner!!
Dad- WHA~~!!
Ichi- …It was me…!!

Ruk- He killed his mother…?
Ruk- I can't imagine him doing anything to his mother.
Ruk- Perhaps a mistake…
Ruk- …or an accident.
Ruk- It's possible!
Ruk- Hollows could have targeted you…
Ruk- and mistaken your mother for…
Ruk- What a fool…
Ruk- …I am…

(SFX: Ziiiip!)
Kon- Siiiister Ruuukiiiaa~~~
Ruk- What, Kon.
Ruk- I said not to come out until I call you.
Kon- But, Sister,
Kon- It's hard to breathe in here.
Kon- Cut me a break~
Ruk- …You breathe?
Kon- Hey, can't we go home already?
Kon- It looks like Ichigo wants us to lay low this time too…
Ruk- I told you.
Ruk- If I don't stay nearby, when a Hollow appears, we'd be late to deal with it.
Ruk- This is also my job.
Kon- Damn…
Kon- I knew it'd be no use… (Damn…)
Kon- No matter what, it's hollow hollow hollow hollow…

Kon- Y'know, Sister, you'll lose friends when you think about nothing but work.
Kon- Aaah, there's nothing to do here. I wanna hurry back home.
Kon- …something wrong?
Ruk- …no…
Ruk- …nothing at all…

(Stone reads: "Kurosaki Family Grave")
Tatsu- …Is it true?
Tatsu- Ichigo
Tatsu- Is it true
Tatsu- that you can see ghosts?

Ichi- I can't see those
Tatsu- Thought so.
Tatsu- I knew those guys were lying.
Tatsu- Mikami and them were making a fuss.
Tatsu- Saying that "Kurosaki is always looking at deserted places,
Tatsu- talking to no one,
Tatsu- because he can see ghosts."
Ichi- Haha
Ichi- I know.
Ichi- For as long as I remember, I could see ghosts.
Ichi- Since I can see them so clearly,
Ichi- As a kid, I couldn't tell the living people apart from the dead people.
Ichi- So these situations were common.
Ichi- But I usually talked my way out of it.
Ichi- I didn't think it was a big deal.
Ichi- That is
Ichi- Until that day came

19. 6/17 op.3"memories in the rain"

Ichi- Ah!
Mom- Oh my, oh my
Mom- What a bad truck
Mom- Are you okay, Ichigo?
Mom- Sorry
Mom- Here, let's switch
Mom- I'll walk on the side of the road.
Ichi- It's okay
Ichi- I'll stay on this side!
Ichi- I'm wearing a raincoat, so I'll be fine!
(Ichigo Age 9)
(June 17th, Rain.)
Ichi- I'll protect you from now on, Momma.
Mom- Oh my
Mom- How reliable

Mom- But no way!
Mom- I can't leave the roadside to you when you haven't won even one match against Tatsuki-chan!
Ichi- Gah… gaf a gifkin af aym!
Mom- Oh my, I don't know what you're saying.
Ichi- I said, I got a hit in last time!
Mom- There!
Mom- All cleaned up!
Mom- Now!
Mom- Let's go!
Ichi- I loved my Mom.
Ichi- Not even once did I see
Ichi- Mom cry or get mad.
Ichi- Trouble in a parent's heart gets carried straight down to the child.
Ichi- Momma…
Ichi- Can we hold hands?
Ichi- I think she was a person who knew that well.
Mom- 'Course we can!
Ichi- No matter what kind of bad things happen, I would forget it all just by returning to Mom's side.
Ichi- Not just me.
Ichi- When it was still the 4 of us,
Ichi- Yuzu, Karin, and Dad loved Mom too.
Ichi- Mom filled up the center that our family revolved around.
Ichi- At a real small age, I heard Dad say that the name "Ichigo"* has the meaning "to protect one thing" attached to it.
(*Note: "Ichi" = "One", "Go" = "Protect")
Ichi- At that time
Ichi- I remember thinking that
Ichi- If that's so, I want to protect Mom.
Ichi- Mom, who always protects me.

Ichi- It rained that day,
Ichi- And it rained the day before,
Ichi- And it rained the day before that.
Ichi- Because of that, the river water rose high.
Ichi- Despite it, that girl, umbrella-less and unsteady,
Ichi- stood at the river's edge, like she was going to jump in.
Ichi- And
Ichi- Ah…
Ichi- In those days, I couldn't tell the living people apart from the dead people.

Ichi- Wait here, Momma
Mom- Eh?
Mom- ICHIGO!?
Ichi- At first, I thought, "I want to protect Mom."
Ichi- The ones to protect increased with the birth of my sisters.
Ichi- I kept going to a Dojo for the sake of protecting them.
Ichi- I got a bit stronger.
Ichi- The ones I thought I want to protect
Ichi- became more and more.
Mom- Don't! Ichigo!!

Ichi- Ma…
Ichi- Momma…
Ichi- I don't know the cause.
Ichi- Maybe she got cut somewhere.
Ichi- Maybe she got hit from somewhere.
Ichi- But
Ichi- It was clear she did it to save me.
Ichi- And
Ichi- The girl had disappeared.
Ichi- I loved my Mom.
Ichi- Not just me.
Ichi- When it was still the 4 of us,
Ichi- Yuzu, Karin, and Dad loved Mom too.
Ichi- Mom filled up the center that our family revolved around.

Ichi- From that center, I tore Mom from them
Ichi- I did__!

Karin- Geeez
Karin- Quit crying like a baby!
Karin- You gotta quit crying foolishly every year when this day comes around.
Karin- We're already 11 this year. Be mature!
Yuzu- Yeah… I know…
Yuzu- I understand, but…
Yuzu- …Waaaaah~!
Karin- That's called not understanding.
FX- Piiiiiihyoorooo~
Karin- Hey! Get up, Yuzu!
Karin- Beardo is blowing the whistle to gather us up! We gotta go!
Yuzu- 'Kay…

Karin- …?
Karin- What's that kid doing over there?
Yuzu- Huh?
Yuzu- Where?
Karin- …Yuzu can't see…
Karin- …So that kid's a ghost, huh….
Karin- Wait a sec
Yuzu- Eh?
Yuzu- Karin-chan?
Karin- What'cha looking over that cliff for?
Karin- If ya got something you regret…
Karin- …the head priest lives down the hill, so go there.
Holl- …you…
Holl- …can see me?

Karin- Yup
Karin- I'm a person who can see.
Karin- Don't go telling people. It's embarrassing.
Holl- …you can hear my voice as well…
Karin- Thanks to you.
Holl- …Wonderful
Holl- How very…
Holl- VERY…
Holl- TASTY…
Karin- Eh…

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