Welcome to Ghost Mansion - Ch. 46 - Flawed Kappa

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Look, I know I'm supposed to be feeling some pathos here, but I kinda can't get over how sketchy the premise of an old man setting up a painting that young-looking spirits can enter freely but can't leave without his permission is.

Maybe we shouldn't judge the spooky-looking god that spirited Soujirou away until we hear his side of the story. That bag-headed fellow might have had a warrant, you know?
 
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Look, I know I'm supposed to be feeling some pathos here, but I kinda can't get over how sketchy the premise of an old man setting up a painting that young-looking spirits can enter freely but can't leave without his permission is.

Maybe we shouldn't judge the spooky-looking god that spirited Soujirou away until we hear his side of the story. That bag-headed fellow might have had a warrant, you know?
I know you're most likely joking but just in case, if it wasn't obvious already (it is if you read the first pages again) the old man wasn't hunting "young" spirits, he was in the river looking for any random kappa to have a sumo match (there's folklore here) and what he found was a young one who clearly was struggling to survive. Because the old man is eccentric with spirits he decided to teach him how to fish and get by in his own domain as much as he could with the little time he had left.

Is also implied that he tried to befriend or interact with any spirit regarding their appearance until unfortunately he meddled with the one who should not be meddled with ever.
 
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The spirits he loved so much ended up killing him.
Made me think of Timothy Treadwell.
 
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Oh yes, i hope the Landlady can capture this shota, then we'll have two (although Kamikiri is still my favorite)! As an Wicked God has now been mentioned, the one who deals with these things is also just him (Kamikiri), so i hope for more appearances from him in the next chapters!~:finnawoke:
Thks for the translation~
 
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This manga is gradually turning into a battle shonen...

At this rate, soon there will be no horror, comedy, nor slice of life left that hooked me in the early chapters.
Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.
 
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Look, I know I'm supposed to be feeling some pathos here, but I kinda can't get over how sketchy the premise of an old man setting up a painting that young-looking spirits can enter freely but can't leave without his permission is.

Maybe we shouldn't judge the spooky-looking god that spirited Soujirou away until we hear his side of the story. That bag-headed fellow might have had a warrant, you know?
Bag spirit: Ghost Police mutherfucker!
 
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It seems that the connection is becoming more and more obvious. Shinome is some sort of scion from the Ashiya clan, or at the very least someone connected to them. I actually suspect that there is something even more sinister going on with the Ashiya clan's experiments. Why would they need or want to revive someone?
The answer might come from the fact that they're called the Ashiya clan. Starting with kappas that can extract kodama directly from people's bodies.. I wonder, oh, I do wonder.. What would be the culmination of their research.
 
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Dayum, always love it when there's lore drops in comedic mangas. Thanks for the translations!
 

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