Noragami Chapter 67.1

Back from my bike ride, and I’ve finished translating the missing 8 pages from chapter 67 and the gag manga at the end of volume 17. So hopefully this’ll help satiate you a little in our current Noragami drought. Even though it’s only 8 pages, still some translation notes below the cut (the gag manga especially tends to need them).

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Translation notes below (pages are numbered continuing off the end of chapter 67, so the first page is numbered 37)

Page 43

Okay, Kiun’s line on this page made me have a stunning epiphany. And that epiphany is…

Takemikazuchi is Elsa from “Frozen”. He has magical elemental powers that ended up harming other people so memories of those powers were erased and he was forced to suppress them thereby filling himself with self-loathing until he could just “let it go”. Because that is seriously what Kiun’s line is here: “Ari no mama de”, which is what “Let it Go” was adapted to in Japanese. The Japanese connotation is more “be as you are”, but in this context it literally is the “Frozen” lyric. I was tempted to make his line “Allow you to let it go”, but because the Japanese connotation is slightly different, I decided not to. So you get it here instead.



@takemikazuchiplz / @whyarentyouhafuri, do something with this, please. Whether it’s Take-chan in a lightning dress or “Do you wanna make a dragon?” or whatever, this seems right up your alley.

Page 44

Kiun is just saying the name of his kanji in its seal script font and it has no furigana associated with it, so it’s not entirely clear which reading he’s using. Previously I’d gone with “Ou” because he said the name sounded regal, which is what “Ou” means, but here he specifically says “my name”, and the “Ki” reading is technically the “name” reading, so I thought that made more sense to use here.

Page 45

The “Take” in Takemikazuchi’s name means “fierce”, however “take” also means “bamboo”. “Take-no-ko” is a bamboo shoot. That’s why there’s bamboo shoots growing behind him and why Kiun settled on “Bamboo Dude” (”Banbuu-yarou”).

Page 46

Takenoko no Sato and Kinoko no Yama are real snacks that can often be found even outside of Japan in Asian markets. They’re both biscuits shaped like bamboo shoots or mushrooms, respectively, and dipped in chocolate.

Also, Takemikazuchi likes chocolate. See, he IS Elsa.

Page 48

I’m just guessing the pronunciation of this Shinki’s name is “Sekiun” (関云) since that’s the general “kun” reading of that kanji in a name. He was the elder in the flashbacks who rebuffed Takemikazuchi when he tried to summon him as “Kanki”.

