E5 - Build Limbs

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[00:06] Mizuno
    What?!
[01:49] Tamie
    Sanae Mizuno, was it?
[01:53] Tamie
    She and Kouchi often talked
    about books together.
[01:56] Reiko
    She was so young...
[01:58] Reiko
    I worry about her brothers.
[02:00] Tamie
    Oh, she had brothers?
[02:03] Kouichi
    One is named Takeru.
[02:05] Kouichi
    He's in my class.
[02:06] Tamie
    Dear me, this is so awful.
[02:10] Tamie
    Didn't a girl in your class
    recently die in an accident, too?
[02:13] Ryouhei
    After a death, there always follows a funeral.
[02:17] Ryouhei
    How very tired I am of funerals...
[02:23] Ryouhei
    So very tired of funerals...
SIGN    June 4 (Thurs.)
[02:28] Kubodera
    The news about Mizuno's
    sister comes as a terrible shock,
[02:33] Kubodera
    but it will be all right.
[02:34] Kubodera
    If we all try hard together,
    we can overcome this.
[03:02] Kouichi
    So...
[03:04] Kouichi
    She died.
[03:06] Kouichi
    Mizuno's sister died in
    an accident yesterday.
[03:11] Mei
    Oh...
SIGN    Self-Study - Sketching
[03:27] Mochizuki
    I wonder what's wrong
    with Ms. Mikami.
[03:31] Mochizuki
    Maybe she's really sick.
[03:34] Mochizuki
    She didn't look too well.
[03:36] Mochizuki
    I hope she doesn't...
[03:37] Mochizuki
    Hey, Sakakibara?
[03:40] Kouichi
    Yeah?
[03:41] Mochizuki
    You don't think Ms. Mikami
    has some serious,
[03:44] Mochizuki
    life-threatening illness, do you?
[03:47] Kouichi
    I'm sure she's fine.
[03:50] Mochizuki
    You're probably right.
[03:52] Kouichi
    Are you that worried?
[03:54] Mochizuki
    Well, after what happened
    to Sakuragi...
[03:59] Mochizuki
    And now Mizuno's sister...
[04:01] Mochizuki
    So I just...
[04:03] Kouichi
    Are they related?
[04:04] Kouichi
    Is there a connection
    between these accidents?
[04:06] Mochizuki
    Um, I don't...
[04:14] Mochizuki
    Where are you going?
[04:16] Kouichi
    To do some research.
SIGN    Yomiyama Prefectural Junior High School
    Class of 1972
[04:33] Kouichi
    Who am I kidding?
[04:35] Kouichi
    Of course I wouldn't find Misaki's name here.
[04:46] Kouichi
    Mom...
[04:49] Chibiki
    You found your mother?
[04:50] Kouichi
    Yes.
[04:52] Chibiki
    Interesting... So she graduated in '72.
[04:56] Chibiki
    Which class was she in?
[04:59] Kouichi
    Class 3, like me.
[05:02] Chibiki
    Oh? Which one is she?
[05:07] Kouichi
    This one.
[05:09] Chibiki
    Ritsuko?
[05:12] Kouichi
    You knew her?
[05:15] Chibiki
    Yes.
[05:17] Chibiki
    Ritsuko was...
[05:19] Chibiki
    But...
[05:21] Chibiki
    I heard that she died. When was that?
[05:26] Kouichi
    15 years ago, right after she had me.
[05:29] Chibiki
    15 years ago?
[05:33] Chibiki
    I see...
[05:35] Chibiki
    So that's what happened.
[05:42] Izumi
    Kouichi.
[05:48] Izumi
    Mr. Kubodera asked me to send
    you to the faculty room.
[05:51] Kouichi
    Okay, thanks.
[05:58] Izumi
    Let me apologize in advance.
[06:00] Izumi
    I'm sorry.
[06:02] Izumi
    But this is for all of us.
[06:04] Izumi
    Forgive us.
[06:10] Police 1
    You are aware that Sanae Mizuno
[06:11] Police 1
    passed away in an accident at
    the hospital yesterday, yes?
[06:15] Kouichi
    Yes.
[06:17] Kouichi
    Um, am I suspected of something?
[06:20] Police 1
    Oh, no. We know it was an accident.
[06:23] Police 1
    A very unfortunate accident.
[06:25] Police 1
    It's just, Ms. Mizuno's cell phone was
[06:28] Police 1
    found in the elevator in question.
[06:33] Police 1
    Did you speak with her on the phone
    around 1 p.m. yesterday?
[06:38] Kouichi
    Yes, I did.
[06:39] Police 1
    She was on the roof at the time, correct?
[06:42] Police 1
    And she entered the
    elevator from there...
[06:46] Kouichi
    What caused the accident?
[06:48] Police 2
    That's under investigation.
[06:50] Police 2
    All we know for certain is that the
    sheaves holding the cables
[06:53] Police 2
    in place came loose, causing it to fall.
[06:56] Police 2
    That building is several decades old,
[06:59] Police 2
    and it's been through numerous
    structural modifications.
[07:02] Mizuno
    Let's both be careful.
[07:04] Mizuno
    Especially where unusual
    accidents are concerned.
SIGN    Aya Ayano | Izumi Akazawa
[07:33] Kubodera
    Sakakibara.
[07:36] Kubodera
    Are the police finished questioning you?
[07:39] Kouichi
    Yes.
[07:40] Kubodera
    All right.
[07:41] Kubodera
    Then you're dismissed for the day.
[07:45] Kouichi
    Um, where is everyone?
[07:48] Kubodera
    The new female class officer
[07:50] Kubodera
    was selected during homeroom.
[07:52] Kubodera
    It's Akazawa.
[07:54] Kouichi
    But, where'd everybody go?
[07:56] Kubodera
    Please be sure to uphold
[07:59] Kubodera
    the class rules at all times.
[08:02] Kubodera
    Are we clear?
SIGN    Who is dead?
[08:24] Mochizuki
    Okay, sure.
[08:28] Kouichi
    Hey.
[08:29] Kouichi
    Walk home with me?
[08:35] Kouichi
    Where did everyone go
    during sixth period?
[08:39] Takabayashi
    To the meeting room,
    to take care of some stuff.
[08:41] Kouichi
    What stuff?
[08:43] Mochizuki
    You've had a lot of strange experiences
    since you came here, haven't you?
[08:50] Kouichi
    If you know, can you tell me
    what's going on?
[08:52] Mochizuki
    Sorry, I can't.
[08:55] Mochizuki
    Only, that something very unpleasant
[08:57] Mochizuki
    might happen to you soon.
[09:00] Kouichi
    What do you mean?
[09:02] Mochizuki
    At the meeting,
[09:04] Mochizuki
    Akazawa said we needed
    to discuss something,
[09:07] Mochizuki
    without you there.
[09:10] Mochizuki
    But even if you don't
    like what happens,
[09:13] Mochizuki
    try to deal with it.
[09:15] Mochizuki
    Remember that you're doing it for all of us.
[09:17] Mochizuki
    Please.
[09:19] Kouichi
    "All of us"?
[09:21] Izumi
    This is for all of us.
[09:23] Izumi
    Forgive us.
[09:25] Kouichi
    Is this one of those class rules?
[09:28] Mochizuki
    Yeah.
[09:31] Kouichi
    I just don't get it...
[09:39] Kouichi
    Can I ask one favor?
[09:42] Mochizuki
    What?
[09:43] Kouichi
    I want a copy of the class roster.
[09:48] Mochizuki
    You didn't get one?
[09:51] Takabayashi
    It's just not fair.
[09:53] Takabayashi
    I can't agree with Akazawa's
    way of handling things.
[09:58] Takabayashi
    It's not fair of her to force her own ideas
[10:01] Takabayashi
    on the rest of us.
[10:02] Takabayashi
    There must be so many
    things you want to know.
[10:06] Kouichi
    There are.
[10:08] Takabayashi
    Then you can ask me.
[10:10] Takabayashi
    I'll tell you everything I know.
[10:12] Mochizuki
    Takabayashi, wait! Are you serious?
[10:15] Kouichi
    Okay.
[10:17] Kouichi
    Does Mei Misaki exist?
[10:20] Takabayashi
    Mei Misaki is...
[10:27] Mochizuki
    Takabayashi! Takabayashi!
[10:56] Kouichi
    Good morning. You're early today.
SIGN    June 5 (Fri.)
[11:20] Kazami
    That's it. Any other...
[11:24] Kazami
    No, forget it.
[11:26] Kouichi
    Did something happen this morning?
[11:34] Kubodera
    Let us pray that the soul of
    our classmate, Takabayashi,
[11:38] Kubodera
    may rest in peace.
[11:41] Kubodera
    Many sad events have transpired,
[11:44] Kubodera
    but do not lose heart,
    and do not give up.
[11:46] Kubodera
    We'll get through this together.
[11:49] Kubodera
    Remember to uphold the
    class rules at all times.
[11:53] Kubodera
    Ms. Mikami is in a difficult position,
[11:56] Kubodera
    but she has agreed to cooperate
    to the best of her ability.
[11:59] Kubodera
    Does everyone understand?
[12:11] Kouichi
    Hey.
[12:17] Kouichi
    What's with him?
[12:19] Kouichi
    Hey, Wakui?
[12:24] Kouichi
    What's going on?
SIGN    The customer you are trying
    to reach currently
SIGN    has their phone off or is
    out of the service area.
[12:49] Kouichi
    Hey.
[12:53] Kouichi
    Listen...
[12:53] Teshigawara
    Sorry.
SIGN    Figures of Speech
    Simile, Metaphor, Personification
[12:59] Kubodera
    "A rumor walks alone."
[13:01] Kubodera
    Here, we see something
    that is not human
[13:04] Kubodera
    being expressed as
    displaying human behavior.
[13:08] Kubodera
    This is known as personification.
[13:12] Kubodera
    The important thing to
    understand is that
[13:14] Kubodera
    human attributes are given
    to something non-human.
[13:21] Kubodera
    Pascal once said, "Man is but a
    reed, but he is a thinking reed."
[13:27] Kubodera
    This is not personification.
[13:28] Kouichi
    So that's what they meant.
[13:30] Kubodera
    It is a metaphor.
[13:32] Kubodera
    Does that make sense?
[14:15] Kouichi
    Hi.
[14:17] Mei
    What's wrong?
[14:19] Mei
    Your call was unexpected.
SIGN    Sorry. Ask Misaki to explain. -Mochizuki
SIGN    24 Mei Misaki
[14:39] Mei
    So, you got a copy of the class roster.
[14:41] Mei
    And?
[14:42] Kouichi
    Let me start from the beginning.
[14:44] Kouichi
    Did you hear that Takabayashi died?
[14:48] Kouichi
    He had a heart attack.
[14:50] Kouichi
    I know he had heart problems, but...
[14:52] Mei
    I see.
[14:54] Mei
    The second June death
    was caused by illness.
[14:57] Kouichi
    Then, when I got to school today,
[14:59] Kouichi
    the whole class was acting weird.
[15:02] Kouichi
    Like they'd all conspired to
    treat me like I wasn't there.
[15:06] Mei
    So that's what they decided to do...
[15:09] Kouichi
    Does this mean I'm just like you now?
[15:16] Mei
    How does it feel to not exist?
[15:20] Kouichi
    Not so great.
[15:22] Kouichi
    But, in a way, it's a load off my mind.
[15:24] Mei
    It is?
[15:26] Kouichi
    Because now I know that you exist.
[15:33] Kouichi
    This is where you live, isn't it?
[15:37] Mei
    Yes.
[15:38] Mei
    I thought you figured
    that out long ago.
[15:41] Kouichi
    You did say you lived around here.
[15:43] Kouichi
    And you're not a customer.
[15:44] Kouichi
    Was that your mother who
    answered the phone?
[15:48] Mei
    She was surprised.
[15:50] Mei
    I very rarely get calls
    from schoolmates.
[15:56] Kouichi
    Is Kirika your mom?
[15:59] Mei
    Yes. I guess you'd call it a pseudonym.
[16:02] Mei
    She goes by Kirika.
[16:04] Mei
    A strange woman,
    who keeps herself cloistered
[16:07] Mei
    in the studio upstairs.
[16:09] Kouichi
    Does the "M" in "Studio M"
    stand for Misaki?
[16:12] Mei
    It all makes sense now, doesn't it?
[16:18] Mei
    Let's go upstairs.
[16:32] Mei
    Did you know this was here?
[16:42] Mei
    Here you go.
[16:52] Mei
    Why don't you ask the questions?
[16:54] Mei
    It might be easier to explain
    everything that way.
[16:57] Kouichi
    I thought you hated being questioned.
[17:00] Mei
    I do.
[17:01] Mei
    But today,
[17:04] Mei
    I'll make a special exception.
[17:07] Kouichi
    First of all, Mei Misaki,
[17:10] Kouichi
    you exist, right?
[17:12] Mei
    Did you think I was a ghost?
[17:15] Kouichi
    Sort of.
[17:16] Mei
    I guess you couldn't help it.
[17:19] Mei
    But your doubts are gone now, right?
[17:21] Mei
    Now that you know I exist,
[17:24] Mei
    as a living human.
[17:26] Mei
    I'm only nonexistent to
    the others in class 3.
[17:32] Kouichi
    Since when?
[17:33] Mei
    It started on May 1.
[17:36] Kouichi
    That's pretty recent.
[17:39] Mei
    Lots of things seemed strange
    to you from the start, right?
[17:43] Kouichi
    And nobody would tell me why.
[17:47] Mei
    Not explaining the situation
    to you beforehand
[17:49] Mei
    was a costly mistake.
[17:51] Kouichi
    Mistake?
[17:53] Mei
    You were supposed to treat me
    as someone who didn't exist,
[17:56] Mei
    just like everyone else in class.
[18:00] Mei
    But now you've ended up the same as me.
[18:04] Mei
    How awful for you.
[18:05] Kouichi
    It's not exactly bullying...
[18:09] Mei
    I don't think anybody thinks of it that way.
[18:16] Kouichi
    I understand that I
    no longer exist to them.
[18:20] Kouichi
    But why are they doing this?
[18:23] Mei
    It's a natural question.
[18:25] Mei
    Remember the story about the
    Misaki who died 26 years ago?
[18:29] Kouichi
    Yeah.
[18:30] Mei
    That was the trigger.
[18:33] Mei
    After that, class 3 drew closer to death.
[18:37] Kouichi
    Death?
[18:38] Mei
    It first happened to class 3
[18:40] Mei
    the year after Misaki's
    classmates graduated.
[18:45] Mei
    And once it happens, once it begins,
[18:49] Mei
    somebody dies each month.
[18:52] Mei
    Either a student, or
    someone from their family.
[18:56] Kouichi
    What is "it"?
[18:59] Mei
    It's when...
[19:02] Mei
    ...the number of students in
    the class increases by one.
[19:05] Kouichi
    Increases? Who?
[19:09] Mei
    Nobody knows.
[19:11] Mei
    They can never figure out
    who the extra one is.
[19:16] Kouichi
    Extra one?
[19:18] Mei
    25 years ago, shortly
    after the new term began,
[19:22] Mei
    they realized that the classroom
[19:23] Mei
    was short one desk and chair,
[19:26] Mei
    even though they had prepared enough
[19:28] Mei
    for all of the students.
[19:30] Kouichi
    Couldn't they just check
    the school records?
[19:34] Mei
    They did, but there was no point.
[19:36] Mei
    The roster and records had been
    altered to be inconsistent.
[19:40] Mei
    They were just one
    desk and chair short.
[19:44] Kouichi
    So, someone rewrote the numbers?
[19:46] Mei
    I used the word "altered" figuratively.
[19:48] Mei
    They say that everyone's
    memories had changed as well.
[19:52] Kouichi
    Huh?
[19:54] Mei
    Sounds impossible, doesn't it?
[19:56] Mei
    But it's supposedly true.
[20:01] Mei
    I was told this type of
    phenomenon could happen.
[20:06] Kouichi
    Phenomenon?
[20:08] Mei
    At first, everyone thought
    it was just an error
[20:11] Mei
    and thought nothing of it.
[20:12] Mei
    But starting in April,
    people connected to the class
[20:17] Mei
    started to die each month.
[20:18] Kouichi
    Each month?
[20:20] Kouichi
    For the whole year?
[20:22] Mei
    That year, I think it was six students
[20:25] Mei
    and ten family members.
[20:27] Mei
    Clearly abnormal, right?
[20:29] Mei
    This phenomenon has continued
    in class 3 ever since.
[20:35] Kouichi
    So, a 9th grade class 3 student
[20:36] Kouichi
    named Misaki died 26 years ago.
[20:39] Kouichi
    And starting the next year,
[20:40] Kouichi
    there was somehow an extra
    student in the class.
[20:44] Kouichi
    Then, people connected to the
    class started to die each month.
[20:49] Kouichi
    But why do people die when
    there's an extra student?
[20:53] Mei
    Nobody knows the reason.
[20:55] Mei
    That's just what happens.
[20:57] Mei
    Plus, that extra student is...
[21:01] Mei
    ...someone dead.
[21:04] Kouichi
    You mean the Misaki who
    died 26 years ago?
SIGN    Who is dead?
[21:11] Kouichi
    Is it a ghost or something?
[21:14] Mei
    I think it's different from
    what we'd call a ghost.
[21:18] Mei
    It seems to have a physical body.
[21:20] Mei
    There's no way to tell it apart
    from the rest of us.
[21:24] Kouichi
    No way to tell?
[21:25] Mei
    The dead person has
    a soul and memories,
[21:30] Mei
    and they don't realize they're dead.
[21:34] Kouichi
    Who are they?
[21:36] Mei
    The people connected to the class
    who have died over the years.
[21:44] Mei
    This is how I see it.
[21:46] Mei
    Class 3's actions 26 years ago
[21:48] Mei
    made the class a place
    that invites the dead in.
[21:51] Mei
    After that, the dead
    began to join the class,
[21:55] Mei
    and class 3 drew closer to death.
[22:00] Mei
    In response,
[22:01] Mei
    the class 3 students
    came up with several
[22:05] Mei
    countermeasures to try
    to escape this calamity.
[22:09] Kouichi
    Like exorcisms?
[22:11] Mei
    Possibly.
[22:13] Mei
    They tried moving to a
    different classroom,
[22:15] Mei
    and changing the name of
    class 3 to class C.
[22:18] Mei
    But that didn't stop it.
[22:21] Kouichi
    So the problem is with the students
[22:22] Kouichi
    in the 9th grade's third class?
[22:24] Mei
    Seems to be.
[22:26] Mei
    Then, about ten years ago,
[22:30] Mei
    they found a way to
    deal with the problem.
[22:33] Mei
    A method that prevented
    people from dying each month.
[22:39] Kouichi
    Don't tell me...
[22:42] Mei
    Treat one student like they don't exist,
[22:43] Mei
    to make up for the extra person.
[22:46] Mei
    That way, they return the
    class to its correct number,
[22:51] Mei
    and they can avoid the
    calamity for that year.
[22:54] Mei
    It's a sort of charm.
[24:38] Kouichi
    Face to face.