Neko Musume Michikusa Nikki - Vol. 18 Ch. 109 - Passing the Time with a Catgirl's Diary

[MangaDex]

 

[Purplelibraryguy]

She should be careful what she wishes for.
"Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway."--J.R.R. Tolkien

 

[Okuu]

Based Tengu gramps. True to her childlike disposition, she does not recognize the great folks she has around her.

 

[tickub]

Kurona, you have no idea how much joy you give us on all the things you find mundane.

 

[Liquidxlax]

Thanks for the chapter. I always enjoy the twins and Kurona. It is nice that Gramps is keeping a journal for Kurona, kinda like a baby journal.

 

[Chizan]

I've forgotten, do the kids know she's ayakashi?

 

[NullApostle]

Did a diary come up before?

 

[knicknac95]

@placeholder_scans_gopher
i think the problem with the lack of interest in the giveaway maybe because you put the anouncment at the end of the chapter - maybe if you put a note at the start of the chapter then that should draw more attention to it?

EDIT just tried to enter but got a "DM system under maintenence" notice.

 

[TheGTF]

@Chizan It's inconsistent and a little vague on the matter. Chika expressly knows she's a bakeneko, the nerdy one of them (whose name presently escapes my memory) thinks she's an alien because he recognizes she's not exactly a human but doesn't believe in youkai; the fat one seems to have not noticed much of anything or at least just doesn't question it. Daiki doesn't seem to wonder anymore about the ears and tail she often fails to hide in front of them; he initially thought she was an alien from a cat planet but accepted completely at face value her laughing at that as ridiculous and impossible, he's not been depicted as wondering just what exactly Kurona is since. She for all intents and purposes has outed herself to them but whether or not that's sunk in for some of them is unclear. But at the end of the day, none of them meaningfully care what she is per se; she's just their "secret friend" as Daiki put it when Mayu was more seriously questioning what Kurona was.

How people see Koma and Shishimaru similarly varies based on the onlooker- we've seen rando mob people see them just as ordinary dogs, not even as the komainu appearance, when we as readers were seeing them in the human forms we are used to in the scene.

 

[nobaka]

tenguuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

@Chizan
yeah, but they have no idea what that really means beyond 'she has cat ears and a tail'

chika, on the other hand, completely understand, because possession and all that

@NullApostle
no, this is the first we've seen of it. she probably only started trying a little more than a week ago

 

[france001]

@knicknac95 you're probably right... I just want to get them off my hands, before I finish the volume. I'll move the credits page to the first page next chapter. Also, thxs for notifying me about the DM thing. I'll just have ppl email me their submissions instead. Gotta set that up tonight.

 

[JumboWheat01]

Tengu's just a nice old grampa.

 

[france001]

Updated the contest link. Just email me at placeholderscanlations@gmail.com if you have an entry. @knicknac95

 

[sudzzuds]

@Chizan

There was a chapter (I forgot the number, but it was the one where the Head Priest's daughter was introduced) where her friends (one of whom is Hosshi's (the nerd's) sister) passed by Komainus. One girl saw them as dogs, Hosshi's sister saw them as children. As a note of reminder, though, Hosshi's sister is quite infatuated with the concept of Ayakashi, even listening to the Ayakashi radio at nights.

Further things to note that has been outlined throughout:
- For obvious reasons, the Head Priest and his daughter are fully able to interact with the Ayakashi. Additional characters that get thrown into this category of humans include the Old Man (who draws homeless Ayakashi and is presumed to be 'God') and the two priests that were trying to do service on a broken doll's house (both seen in ch 46). I suppose the Shikigami teen girl exorcist falls into this category too, though Ishiyama (the exorcist with the Ayakashi-sword Kurogane) falls more onto the 'possessed/companions with Ayakashi' category (both seen in ch 90)

- Chika's friend, despite completely ditzy and a complete side character seems to have no problems seeing Kurona's Ayakashi form, though she has to be explicitly shown it (I forgot which chapter this was). In comparison, even children slightly older (chapter 107) seem to not notice Kurona's Ayakashi form and has presumably seen her as a girl despite the ears and tail. Older characters may see discrepancies in an Ayakashi's human form disguise (especially if said discrepancy is so outragous to the point where no typical "human" should ever be like such), but still ultimately consider the Ayakashi 'human'... just a very, very weird one.

- Kokkori has noted several times (ch 55, ch 35) that children eventually grow older and "forget" the Ayakashi. Ch 55 implies that this is even true for the children these spirits have possessed at one point. Granted, though, certain children (like Chika) are far more sensitive to Ayakashi than others. So far, the only other child character that has a spirit bond relationship would be a minor character who plays card games (Makoto from ch 63)

Basically, it boils down to how, unless the Ayakashi is purposely intending to show off their form, or unless their powers grow out of control, only children (who are open to imagination and not jaded by the reality of life) and people with spiritual powers can see their Ayakashi form. It's still highly suggested to keep ears and tail in if only because it seems that the people with spiritual powers do not bother with boundaries in this world, and it is too much of a risk anyways if someone with a stronger sixth sense wants to seal them all.

 

[Rennis_Tora]

Eight times!? XD