Hoozuki no Reitetsu 2nd Season

Jigoku wa... Jigoku wa... Jigoku wa... Hell is... Hell is... Hell is...

We're here to get you!

When did this happen?

Jigo jigo jigo jigo Jigoku wa Hella, hella, hella, hella, Hell is

Daiseikyou! Packed with customers!

Jigo jigo jigo jigo Jigoku wa Hella, hella, hella, hella, Hell is

Sore mita koto ka! There, you see that?

Hansei da! Yes, I'm sorry!

A! Sumi kara sumi made ban ban ban ban Ah! From corner to corner, bam, bam, bam, bam,

Tanoshii na This is so much fun!

A!! Nantsutte! Ah! Just kidding!

Shinde Enma ni okorareru You die and Enma yells at you.

Kitto hidoi ga tameni naru I know it's harsh, but it's for your own good.

Anata gotoki ga kodawaru na You have no right to be choosy.

Sora o miagerya hikarigoke! Look up at the sky and see glowing moss!

Shindara kitto Dying must be

Taihen da Really tough!

Sore wa anata! Shidai desu! That depends on you! Taihen da Really tough!

Taihen da Really tough!

Chimimouryou tte zettai kakenai! There’s no way I could write 魑魅魍魎!

Jigo jigo jigo jigo Jigoku wa Hella, hella, hella, hella, Hell is

Daiseikyou! Bursting with excitement!

Jigo jigo jigo jigo Jigoku wa Hella, hella, hella, hella, Hell is

Chou atsui! Super hot!

Jigo jigo jigo jigo Jigoku wa Hella, hella, hella, hella, Hell is

Chou samui! Super cold!

Jigo jigo jigo jigo Jigoku wa Hella, hella, hella, hella, Hell is

Sore mita koto ka! There, you see that?

Hansei da! Yes, I'm sorry!

A! Sumi kara sumi made ban ban ban ban Ah! From corner to corner, bam, bam, bam, bam,

Tanoshii na This is so much fun!

A!! Nantsutte! Ah! Just kidding!

An "auspicious beast" is a creature that is believed to be a sign of good luck.

The ancient Chinese especially revered the Kirin unicorn, the Ho-oh phoenix,

the Reiki turtle, and the Ohryu dragon, whom they called the Four Benevolent Beasts.

Of the four, the Kirin and the Ho-oh were legendary for appearing during the reigns of the most excellent rulers.

There are legends of Hakutaku appearing to excellent rulers, as well.

In any case, statesmen saw beasts such as these as omens of good things to come.

The Auspicious Alliance

How've you been?

Not good.

I can barely stand up.

Excuse me.

You have your medicine. Could you please maybe go home now, old sirs?

What's that, old man?

Shut up, old man.

A couple of old men calling an old man an old man.

It's too early in the morning for you to be settling in here.

What is this, a hospital waiting room?

Well, basically, yeah.

With you old farts sitting here, how will the young ladies feel comfortable consulting me about their ailments?

That's all you ever think about, isn't it?

Is this some good omen club meeting?

Oh, Tao-taro. You haven't been introduced, have you?

You might say they're old friends, or colleagues, perhaps.

This must be...

Mr. Kirin? By the look of him.

Yes.

He is SUCH an old man.

You COULD take a more virile form, you know.

Have you never heard the phrase "act your age"?

Hakutaku...

you always take that form, but for no other reason than to play around with women.

Personally, I find it deplorable.

And YOU take "acting your age" too seriously.

He's always been such a stick in the mud.

He's right. We auspicious beasts are best when we stay young.

And you're trying TOO hard to look younger.

I mean come on. I'm not sure that even counts anymore.

What do you get out of it, anyway?

I can get in everywhere for half price.

Cheapskate!

And in our society...

a kid with a cute face can get special treatment from anybody.

If you're gonna transform, a kid is THE way to go.

So what did you prescribe for them?

Hm? Medicine for back pain.

And they bought some glucosamine.

He looks like a grandkid and takes medicine for joint pain?

I'm taking bladder control meds, too.

It was pretty bad, I tell ya.

It just wouldn't stop.

I tried everything, but the best I've found is the stuff I get here.

The number of times I get up in the middle of the night to-

Just stop!

I can't fight my age, either.

I love beer, but those purines terrify me.

Says the Kirin.

You're on the healthy side, Mr. Hakutaku.

Although you get drunk pretty easily, and you don't eat much.

It's all in your perspective.

They age because they don't spend time with women.

And you just hop from one to the next!

It may be true that his philandering keeps him young,

but... his perspective's already pretty good.

Without his lusty habits, he wouldn't be a bad guy.

In fact, he'd be pretty good.

Well, I can't argue with you on that.

But his skirt chasing is his one flaw- the one thing that makes him a fool.

It even made him cause quite the stir down in Hell a while back.

Are you familiar with his ridiculous feud with Great King Enma's Chief of Staff?

Oh yeah, that stupid bet.

I never understood how two grown men -a divine beast and Chief of Staff no less-

could keep up such a pointless dispute.

Some guys just don't get along, and most feuds are pointless.

But ever since it started, this idiot and the Chief of Staff would butt heads at the drop of a hat.

The two of them kind of look alike, you know?

Yeah, a little.

But they usually have different expressions,

so they can look completely different before you get used to them.

Naturally, everyone in Chinese Heaven knows about that Chief of Staff.

Meanwhile, the divine beast Hakutaku is famous in Japan as well as China.

And then they look the same.

Which means when people have nothing better to do, they're going to compare them.

But anyone would be heartily disgruntled to be compared to someone they hate.

Even more so if it sounded like members of the opposite sex were appraising them.

That would be unbearable!

In the past, he was even more of a womanizer than he is now.

I secretly wondered if he might have actually fathered 1,000 love children.

I still do.

He wouldn't have a thousand.

Sure, he actively pursued women,

but most of them shot him down.

Not only was he a philanderer, but he used to fall a lot harder for the ladies.

And when he did, he would spoil them rotten.

But most of them shot him down?

Quiet, you.

It was the WAY they shot him down that was the problem.

I don't want a man who can't stay faithful.

I'd rather date Mr. Hozuki.

If I had to pick, I'm more of a Hozuki girl.

I like hard-working men. Like Mr. Hozuki.

I think Mr. Hozuki is less likely to go skirt chasing.

It happened four times in a row.

But based on their reasoning, I'd say he's unreasonably angry at getting his own just desserts.

Yup, that's right.

He's a complete idiot.

Meanwhile, down in Hell, they happened to be having a celebration for it being

some decades or some centuries since the Great King Enma took over.

It was right around the time

they'd finally gotten everything worked out with the Ten Kings and Hell system.

The Chief of Staff had been a big help with it all, so it was also something of an award ceremony.

And then...

What?

What's that?

A cow?

No!

Of all the hare-brained schemes...

He deliberately flew in from the very inauspicious Demon Gate, aka the northeast,

and dropped a bunch of black cat dolls and broken sandals on top of everybody.

The omen of good government, bringing all kinds of bad omens...

Has their reign been cursed?

Demons are hard-hit by the "demon" gate?

I don't think so.

But the Chief of Staff's first thought was...

I don't know what's going on, but this is clearly meant as an insult.

Are you stupid?

What have you DONE?

You'll damage the relationship between Heaven and Hell! You idiot!

He's ALWAYS an idiot when women are involved.

We panicked and flew off immediately.

There's another one!

What is it this time?

CONGRATULATIONS!

Huh? What? What does it mean?

Together, we floated above them and congratulated them like our lives depended on it.

Now the heavens are blessing the crap out of us?

Which is it?

Which is it, Hozuki? Is this a good sign for my reign? Or a bad one?

It may mean that it will be full of ups and downs.

But...

SOMEONE had made a mess of the ceremony, and the Chief of Staff took it as a declaration of war.

SOMEONE had made a mess of the ceremony, and the Chief of Staff took it as a declaration of war. Stupid! Moron! Idiot! Dummy!

The sacred beast Hakutaku was forever branded an enemy.

ENEMY

The feud has lived on stronger ever since.

The reason it's still going on is just as stupid as the reason it started.

As the auspicious beasts foretold, things in Hell got complicated.

Note: Zashiki Warashi- "Household child." Guardians of the home. The Zashiki Warashi are in high spirits.

It's just like Mr. Hakutaku said. Once they have a place to live, they blend right in.

Yes. They do play around here like they own the place.

Because they're supernatural creatures, we let them do their thing and don't get in their way.

So you don't bother educating them or anything because they're not mortal?

Or they're getting special education for the gifted!

Quirky Off-the-Wall Creatures

So what room are these two staying in now?

Beats me.

Zashiki warashi are household creatures. They find a house and go where they please.

Even I don't have the full picture on their lifestyle and behaviors.

I've woken up in the middle of the night to find them playing in MY room.

Even though I'd had the door locked.

Wow. Supernatural creatures ARE a mystery.

I wonder how they got in.

A single needle is more than you need.

A hairpin will do in a pinch.

That's an extremely natural phenomenon!

You're guardians of the home! Are you sure lockpicking should be part of your skill set?!

It used to be a lot easier to get into any house.

These days, they have those eye scanners.

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