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The translations are now out thanks to Tsuyuhime :)

The chapter begins with an illustration of Yuuko holding an cage with a butterfly, and the words 'Seeking the way out, for the sake of being able to be, at the side of the beloved person'. Then the chapter begins by showing Watanuki meeting a butterfly in his dreams. The next morning he discusses the encounter ith Doumeki, who, after characteristicly demanding booze, asks Watanuki if he knew whose dream it was. Watanuki says that he doesn't, but says, smiling, that if he meets the butterfly again, it would become clear, and he will know if it is hitsuzen.

                                                                         

The next night Watanuki dreams about the butterfly again, and comments that there is no hot or cold, wind or movement in the place the butterfly is in. Nothing exists in this particular world except the butterfly. He then wonders whose dream this is, and asks the butterfly if they are trying to convey something to him. Then, once again, the scene switches to the following day, where Watanuki tells Doumeki that he still can't figure whose dream it is, but if there is a need to figure it out, he will see the butterfly again in his dreams.

                                                    
God, look at these couple of alcoholics! Could you have found a bigger wine glass Watanuki? What's sort of interesting about this chapter is that while Watanuki drinks like a fish the whole way through, he never once smokes. Maybe he's given up the drugs and turned to booze instead?
 
Watanuki is once again visited by the butterfly again, and continues to ask if it is trying to tell him something. He asks if the butterfly could atleast tell him whose dream this is, but once again wakes up before he can get an answer. The next morning Watanuki once again discusses last nights encounter with Doumeki (sorry this is getting so repetetive). Doumeki comments that Watanuki being unable to understand the meaning of a dream is a first for him, and Watanuki agrees, saying that he hasn't encountered something like this in a long time. They digress a little with Watanuki nagging Doumeki for being a picky eater, but then Watanuki returns to the subject saying that currently he can do nothing, but he knows that there is something important he needs to do.

The next night Watanuki dreams again, and asks the butterfly what it wants, but once again wakes up before receiving an answer. The next morning there is yet another Doumeki/Watanuki conversation, the majority of which is just really a repeat of the previous ones (so I won't go in to detail), but Doumeki asks Watanuki what he intends to do next. Watanuki says that he is going to try using magic, and when Doumeki asks whether he's not going to bother to find out if the butterfly has a request first, and Watanuki replies enigmatically 'Because, to me ......Butterflys are special'. 

                                                    

Watanuki meets once again with the butterfly in his dream, and this time says that this has gone on long enough, and, trapping the butterfly with magic, says to it that if it has buisness with him, please will it tell him today. He apologises to the butterfly, and says that he will let it go as soon as it tells him what it wants, but to his surprise the butterfly escapes. He then stares in astonishment as he see's who the butterfly has flown to...........

                                                                                        

'That figure is the most beloved one who has always been waited for....'.

Before I write my comments, I will just note that the translater has written that she wants to emphasize that although she uses the word 'beloved', this was only because it was the best fitting translation. The Chinese scans by no means indicate romantic feelings between Watanuki and Yuuko.

There's not really much to say here that I didn't say in my previous post, but I found the concept of this being 'Yuuko's dream' very interesting. So this is Yuuko's ghost's dream? Or is this just his dream and she has entered it? It will interesting to see. I guess in the next chapter we will see Watanuki's 'decision', and Doumeki's use of the egg. How will these work out? I have no idea, but I can't wait to find out next chapter.