Gokumon Nadeshiko Koko ni Ari - Ch. 2 - Master of the Painted Ceiling, Part I

[MangaDex]

 

[Leffty]

Holy fuck, all this temple layout stuff + burial grounds really confused and took me out of the manga for a while.
Mostly because you have to google all those words like "Heian-Kyo", because what the hell is that?

I guess it makes sense because I am not Japanese and all that.

Thank you for your hard work, and explanation for everything!

 

[Yuri_Enjoyer_Deluxe]

I do not speak temple, but I do speak lesbian.

Im giving it 5 chapters before it kicks off.

 

[Madologist]

I am glad I have amassed a decent grasp of various Japanese cultural and mythological concepts, otherwise this series would be quite confusing to read, I can imagine. Touhou stuff especially has been helpful, when dealing with more esoteric nipponmythos.

 

[WindMil]

Thank you for the translation and for the TL notes, they were very informative

 

[Askelon]

Really appreciate the TL, this kind of chuuni manga is so rare these days. It appeals greatly to my hyper specific tism.

 

[wlftchtr82]

I don’t understand a single thing going on in this plot but damn the art is good.

 

[shemper]

Thank you for your work!
TL notes are very much appreciated!

 

[Colonel-Picquart]

Love the translation! If they're referencing Heike Monogatari stuff now will we get other references later do you think?

 

[Shtoops]

Man I'm stupid because I didnt understand most of that even with the explanations. Well, I understood the oni stuff, but not the layout stuff. Still, thank you for the TL! I'm enjoying this!

 

[KatoShuu]

Manusya / Path of Human
in Indonesian, "manusia" means "human"

 

[RulernoAlter]

the TL notes really help me to understand the story better! Thank you for your hard work!

 

[Arnievicc]

This manga is sick as hell please continue the TL, can't wait for the Yuri to Yuri all over the story
Kinda crazy I actually understood some of the fengshui stuff owo

 

[rluka]

The concepts are not that complicated though.
Don’t the west also have superstition about not doing things in reverse because it’s evil? Don’t do things you should do with right hand using left hand, men should not wear women’s clothes (and the other way around), satanists intentionally recite prayer in reverse as form of blasphemy, even things in comic like in “mirror universe” heroes and villains switches role.
It disturb the “correct order of the world” and thus things are bad.

The palace layout thing is like a charm through playing make belief.
By imitating the layout, they pretend “this is the Imperial Capital”, it tricks the universe to apply the same fengshui benefit of protection and prosperity to the imitation. The master of the house is positioned as the Emperor in this miniature universe.
The Oni further twisted the idea by reversing it, thus flipping all the fengshui effect into something against order.
Where the original layout puts human in advantage (in card game, it’s like setting the field to bring advantage to your monster type, while also weakening your enemy), the reversed layout brings advantage to the inhuman.

Also see it like this. People live prosperously in the Imperial Capital. But outside the protection of the walls are where the beasts and demons live.
In this reversed layout, you might think you are walking into the auspicious “palace”, but instead you unknowingly walks “out of the capital walls’ protection, into the wilderness where demons lurk”.

Manusya / Path of Human
in Indonesian, "manusia" means "human"

They got a lot of loanwords from the Indian Indian during the Hindu-Buddhist era, so it’s not surprising.

Path of God (deva/dewa) and Path of Hell (naraka/neraka) are another obvious loanwords.

By the way, raw for chapter 3 and 4 finally released

 

[komachi29]

holy fuck, this one is so good
thanks for the translation

 

[Xvnom]

Pls pick this up

 

[rluka]

Pls pick this up

Give time, or maybe contact the group.

There’s a few months gap between chapter 2 and 3 release, so probably they just haven't noticed the new chapters yet.

 

[dandalyn]

Yeah chapters 3 and 4 were posted after several months and posted unlisted for some reason. I believe Dianthus is already working on them though!

 

[RocielShinonome]

chapters 3 and 4 dropped late april, three months after chapter 2, and smack dab in the busiest possible time of year for me. the raws are all available for free on televi-kun if you wanna read ahead, otherwise the scans are gonna take a while. ill try to get it out this month but itll most likely be pushed to june at this point.
ill definitely at the very least get ch3 out before june 18th, since thats the day the first print volume for the manga comes out, as well as the fourth volume of the original light novel, and i wanna get the word out.

 

[Shtoops]

chapters 3 and 4 dropped late april, three months after chapter 2, and smack dab in the busiest possible time of year for me. the raws are all available for free on televi-kun if you wanna read ahead, otherwise the scans are gonna take a while. ill try to get it out this month but itll most likely be pushed to june at this point.
ill definitely at the very least get ch3 out before june 18th, since thats the day the first print volume for the manga comes out, as well as the fourth volume of the original light novel, and i wanna get the word out.

Take your time. You've done a great job so far and I'm very excited to see more.