Dark Gathering - Ch. 76 - The Peak

[DenjinZ]

What the hell is that boxcutter? Not only it managed to pierce through his thick clothes, she also sounds very confident that such small wound is enough to make him submit, did she enhance it with some crazy curse beforehand?

Yayoi threw it in the air in an earlier page after Oobashi tripped (you can see her doing it). It picked up speed on the way down and struck him in his carotid artery. That WILL kill him, hence why she is using the shinku eyeball as leverage so he has to answer her questions.

 

[Fluffyfish]

Yayoi my hero. I knew she wouldn't let this character who looks like he came from Jujutsu Kaisen win.
Appreciate the quick translations.

 

[le3]

Strongest exorcist of history vs Strongest Devil Summoner of today.

I mean even I will be taken aback if some 9 yo suddenly swinging their baseball bat with murderous intent at me. Yayoi is really just built different.....

 

[Karikko]

dang, that last lines are cool.

 

[Ignore]

Yayoi threw it in the air in an earlier page after Oobashi tripped (you can see her doing it). It picked up speed on the way down and struck him in his carotid artery. That WILL kill him, hence why she is using the shinku eyeball as leverage so he has to answer her questions.

That detail actually makes the question a lot better - the type of blade shown is designed to be light and for, and isn't balanced like a dagger so even if we're generous about how high and accurately Yayoi tossed it, gravity can't explain it sinking straight into a moving target. Under layers of skin and arteries have evolved to be resilient enough to limit the lethality of animal claws. And Mamoru, whether intentional or as a fashion choice, has what looks like sturdy clothing over a lot of vulnerable areas (silk is REALLY hard to cut).

 

[Mathias]

Badass one-man army omnyoji ain't so badass after meeting Yayoi...

 

[FaizR55]

SHEESSHHHH DISRESPECT AFTER DISRESPECT

 

[DenjinZ]

That detail actually makes the question a lot better - the type of blade shown is designed to be light and for, and isn't balanced like a dagger so even if we're generous about how high and accurately Yayoi tossed it, gravity can't explain it sinking straight into a moving target. Under layers of skin and arteries have evolved to be resilient enough to limit the lethality of animal claws. And Mamoru, whether intentional or as a fashion choice, has what looks like sturdy clothing over a lot of vulnerable areas (silk is REALLY hard to cut).

Hmm, the thing is, I don't know if Yayoi has anything else on hand that could up the lethality of that knife. Tai can manipulate fate and luck, so I suppose it could be an extension of that, but he was already put back in his plush by then. She doesn't have slited maiden on hand to help with mid air direction via her hands...so unless the S Tunnel Ghost used a strand of hair or something to help guide it towards Oobashi, we are just going to have to chalk this up to luck or her peak human physical abilities lol

 

[DenjinZ]

Don't mean to double post, but geez, Yayoi not only has the carotid artery sliced on Oobashi, but he gave his full name. Unless that is an alias, she could use the Marbas ring on him if she needed too. I don't know if she would go that far, but the guy is really hosed if he doesn't play along

 

[Tsul4413]

Oh yeah, Yayoi still has literal devil's ring. Granted we also didn't see his shikigami and stuff so he definitely just caught off guard

 

[gamria]

Chapter 76

Page 2, this chapter's title is 極致人/kyokuchibito. While this translation uses "The Peak", 極致/kyokuchi more exactly refers to the "culmination/pinnacle" of a pursuit in say an art or discipline. I know it sounds silly in the face of Yayoi's showing against Oobashi, but at least in respect to his pursuit of Onmyoudo he is "one at the pinnacle".

Page 11, neat tidbit, Oobashi's first name "Mamoru", its Kanji 葵 is also used in 向日葵/himawari for "sunflower". It's why when he negated Tai Sui's Alkaid, his power manifested in a sunflower pattern.

Page 18, text has been cleaned out but not re-added: simply put, Tai Sui is shocked his Purge Reversal barrier was crumbled.

Page 21, aside from the Nue-like Kangou, the other 3 guardians have 天 (Heaven), 地 (Earth) and 虚空 (Void) on their beings. Asian fanbases are speculating they're Yaksha per Buddhist beliefs.

Page 23... the pronouns and attributions are obviously wrong.

To explain, a reminder that as high tier Onmyoudo practitioners both Tai Sui and Oobashi can use Rikujin Shinka/Foresight. Hence, Oobashi welcomes Tai Sui to a deathmatch so fierce neither can "see ahead", after Tai Sui has fully healed.

Page 29, it's not that Oobashi was "certain" of the trap, but instead it's Yayoi who was certain after Oobashi fell for the trap (that objects she's not touching lie out of his Foresight)

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I had thought the talks would start this month, but looks like it'd be next month instead... please find a new super-assistant soon Kondo-sensei, I miss your 40+ page chapters.

Even though Oobashi wasn't using his spirits and Yayoi was arguably using hers, it's still fun to see him feel more terrified of her than a literal war god. He's faring with her way worse than how Shami and the monks did.

This was essentially a Rival Battle in Pokemon terms, but I still see it possible for Yayoi to work together with the spiritualists. They just have to know not to hurt her friends. Best case scenario, Oobashi takes credit for slaying Risu-tan so that Yayoi can continue her ploy with the Replaced, fragile as it is.

Also, I've seen some in the Asian fanbases speculate that Oobashi's expertise with his Guardian Spirits might make him an inadvertent mentor for Yayoi and her penal army.

 

[Kredim]

page 18 was missing text, a fixed page has been uploaded sorry for not noticing that sooner

 

[TheSilverPhantom]

having a dude this strong as exorcist, S-rank places shouldn't exist at all.

My best guess of why there are still many S-rank ghosts around is that they want to maintain the status quo.
In chapter 71, because Taisai is gone, the number of victims of ghost activity has increased. So, they chose to do nothing and have some victims yearly rather than do something and have victims whenever they do it.

There is also another angle to consider: what the exorcists deal with most of the time is not ghosts but people who use ghosts.
For thousands of years, Kamiyo family has been doing assassinations with the power they gain from Taisai. Who knows how many people besides them use ghost to make money from it?
There is also Seimei's comment when the curse shop owner copied the book, he hopes the information only gets to the right people.

 

[SleepyDemon]

The other two: using this chapter to play around and do power scaling

Yayoi: Straight to business

 

[BalrogDeMorgoth]

yet here hes being portrayed as just throwing around massive amounts of spiritual power like some brute.

His techniques were anti-ghost and defensive, they have no point against a human that isn't attacking and he's too wounded to actually use his martial art-like moves, he's literally just have a torso right now.

Also I don't understand, where did the box cutter come from?

 

[bosbarret]

Flexing on a weakened god and getting beaten by a child. This guy is a fraud

 

[amc9988]

Yayoi: You might be a strong medium, but you still just blood and flesh!

 

[amc9988]

Also I don't understand, where did the box cutter come from?

On page 27 you can see on the first panel Yayoi throwing something to the sky

 

[vangoz]

Damn that's one heck of a combo move.

 

[Asiandesu]

Spiritual techniques? Shikigami? Yayoi's got a fucking baseball bat