Touge Oni - Vol. 6 Ch. 26 - Misappropriation of Sacred Treasures

[MangaDex]

 

[coyote_vdb]

Thanks a lot for the translation.

 

[Wanderer00]

Ngl, i'd pay for a trip with ameno torifune airlines...

Oh and Ozuno, please don't join the dark side...

 

[Leal001]

The water problem sounds simple enough, just boil before drinking or use alcohol.

 

[deathpad]

The water problem sounds simple enough, just boil before drinking or use alcohol.

Dude, remember this is fictional. It can even be a parasyte that can mind control you without drinking the water

 

[MilkDrinker]

This Sennin guy is so over the top, I like him a lot

 

[BadmanBlues]

Koto is such a sweetheart. You can tell how much she loves humans, despite their failings. And yet, in their hearts, they wish for a world without her.

It's not hard to imagine how a man who loved her, and was desperate to save her, might be twisted into sacrificing all those who would cause her death.

Thanks again for the TL, Grey. You do great work.

 

[Nunally]

intergalactic passenger ship ame no torifune, I wonder if Japanese really use the name when we can go planet to planet.

 

[alacaelum]

So... it is the future Ozuno, I don't think he is the "direct" future of Ozuno but I don't know how this story interprets the concept of time, kinda disappointed that he is an "alternate future self"... but at the same time I have seen those done horribly and this is clearly on the magnificently done category... and we already saw a "future self" in this story and it was fun XD.

I won't stop gushing about how the designs in this story go HARD, the Tsurugi has one of the most unexpected designs I have seen for that sword with a really interesting set of power over the weather (the detail that the holder is immune to the effects with an area around them is cool), the Kagami was simple but the depiction of the power being like it reflects cosmic energy at a target was incredible, and the Magatama... it is a fetus, there is so much I could unpack thematically about this simple choice of design, the significance of it being a "jewel", how it seems to protect the user like it is it's "mother", man SUPER COOL XD.

But future Ozuno is tough, I bet those treasures could be used to fight a high-level kami, and he took those attacks and shrugged them off like a champ, and I find it interesting that his "bands" seem like some kind of "blood magic".

Ame-no-Torifune is strangely cute.

Zen came in clutch

 

[alacaelum]

The water problem sounds simple enough, just boil before drinking or use alcohol.

I think people do that, more so in those times, but those insects are made by alchemical magic and even if only a few people boil the water, I think he made them resilient enough to take some heat.

 

[fortinblass]

So a man is trying to save his Kami waifu?

 

[kiota179]

So that mean Ozuno has the same thinking way as his master, I don't expect that! pls don't join the dark side Ozuno

 

[Substitution]

So that mean Ozuno has the same thinking way as his master, I don't expect that! pls don't join the dark side Ozuno

As far as I can tell, Ozuno is his master.

 

[Steallet]

So... Master is Master's Master, right?

 

[BadmanBlues]

So... it is the future Ozuno, I don't think he is the "direct" future of Ozuno but I don't know how this story interprets the concept of time, kinda disappointed that he is an "alternate future self"... but at the same time I have seen those done horribly and this is clearly on the magnificently done category... and we already saw a "future self" in this story and it was fun XD.

At the least, we know of (maybe) four different future Ozuno's.

1. The Ozuno which Miyo travels with in the future.
2. The Ozuno from Miyo's dream of an alternate future - which admittedly was only ever a potential.
3. The Ozuno who is destined to seal away Koto in a fit of frustration, according to wikipedia, as cited by that guy who wished for eternal summer. Could be the same as 1 but we don't know.
4. And the sennin Ozuno, who I'll just call sensei.

I think that indicates that the timeline isn't static. We may be dealing with a Many Worlds Theory interpretation of time.

Also, just a thought, it may be that sensei's desire to turn the present Ozuno into a sennin was rooted in a belief that, once Ozuno becomes a sennin like himself and loses his attachment to humanity, he would be willing to help sensei save Koto. That's why Koto's message to Zen is important. She doesn't want to see humanity sacrificed just to save herself. She wants Ozuno to remember his kindness and compassion.

That also leaves us to wonder why Ozuno is apparently destined to seal her away in frustration. His frustration might not be with her - maybe he was just trying to keep her alive in some form. She may also do something to piss him off - her leaving him behind was pretty cold. Maybe she wants him to hate her so that he'll let go, and after she dies, he won't spend the rest of his life pining for her. Who can say. At the very least, while future Miyo said that Ozuno would never find love, she didn't say it in a way that seemed heavy or tragic. But it's been a minute since I read the earlier chapters.

I could speculate about this all day. Very excited to see where this story is headed.

 

[BobBob]

ZEN ENTERS

Ozuno is Shirou? Wild twist. TFW half of this would've been solved by Ozuno being just a bit dumber as a kid and wishing for Hitokotonushi to be his wife.

 

[ESCrowe]

Truly, that imagery of bugs eating the brain is horrifying.
But thinking about it, I bet that Sansei has a activation mantra for the bugs to start feasting once everyone unknowingly has them dormant within the body

 

[alacaelum]

At the least, we know of (maybe) four different future Ozuno's.

1. The Ozuno which Miyo travels with in the future.
2. The Ozuno from Miyo's dream of an alternate future - which admittedly was only ever a potential.
3. The Ozuno who is destined to seal away Koto in a fit of frustration, according to wikipedia, as cited by that guy who wished for eternal summer. Could be the same as 1 but we don't know.
4. And the sennin Ozuno, who I'll just call sensei.

I think that indicates that the timeline isn't static. We may be dealing with a Many Worlds Theory interpretation of time.

Also, just a thought, it may be that sensei's desire to turn the present Ozuno into a sennin was rooted in a belief that, once Ozuno becomes a sennin like himself and loses his attachment to humanity, he would be willing to help sensei save Koto. That's why Koto's message to Zen is important. She doesn't want to see humanity sacrificed just to save herself. She wants Ozuno to remember his kindness and compassion.

That also leaves us to wonder why Ozuno is apparently destined to seal her away in frustration. His frustration might not be with her - maybe he was just trying to keep her alive in some form. She may also do something to piss him off - her leaving him behind was pretty cold. Maybe she wants him to hate her so that he'll let go, and after she dies, he won't spend the rest of his life pining for her. Who can say. At the very least, while future Miyo said that Ozuno would never find love, she didn't say it in a way that seemed heavy or tragic. But it's been a minute since I read the earlier chapters.

I could speculate about this all day. Very excited to see where this story is headed.

Oh fuck, I completely forgot that the past shenanigans with future Miyo included Ozuno and Zen in some and that with their encounter with En-no-Ko and her "sacred treasure" they got a glimpse of the future and during the whole incense debacle too, and that in both of them, the future described was aligned more with "our" story which would mean they already are an "alternate story".

This means we already had a view of how time is played in this story.

Thanks for the reminder.

 

[alacaelum]

So... Master is Master's Master, right?

Masterception.

 

[Luke_chase]

At the least, we know of (maybe) four different future Ozuno's.

1. The Ozuno which Miyo travels with in the future.
2. The Ozuno from Miyo's dream of an alternate future - which admittedly was only ever a potential.
3. The Ozuno who is destined to seal away Koto in a fit of frustration, according to wikipedia, as cited by that guy who wished for eternal summer. Could be the same as 1 but we don't know.
4. And the sennin Ozuno, who I'll just call sensei.

I think that indicates that the timeline isn't static. We may be dealing with a Many Worlds Theory interpretation of time.

Also, just a thought, it may be that sensei's desire to turn the present Ozuno into a sennin was rooted in a belief that, once Ozuno becomes a sennin like himself and loses his attachment to humanity, he would be willing to help sensei save Koto. That's why Koto's message to Zen is important. She doesn't want to see humanity sacrificed just to save herself. She wants Ozuno to remember his kindness and compassion.

That also leaves us to wonder why Ozuno is apparently destined to seal her away in frustration. His frustration might not be with her - maybe he was just trying to keep her alive in some form. She may also do something to piss him off - her leaving him behind was pretty cold. Maybe she wants him to hate her so that he'll let go, and after she dies, he won't spend the rest of his life pining for her. Who can say. At the very least, while future Miyo said that Ozuno would never find love, she didn't say it in a way that seemed heavy or tragic. But it's been a minute since I read the earlier chapters.

I could speculate about this all day. Very excited to see where this story is headed.

The one takeaway I have from all this is that things are definitely not set in stone, we’ve already seen how this work uses the time travel interpretation that implies a split in the timeline (so if Ozuno killed himself sensei wouldn’t disappear as far as I can tell) as opposed to a fate set in stone time travel like in dark where you essentially know you won’t die when you see a future version of yourself. At least I think that’s the direction they’re taking.

Anyhow, I really didn’t think they’d do the twist of them being the same person, but I guess I was wrong 😑. Not that I hate it, since like I said above I don’t think that implies Ozuno has to become sensei