E5 - Build Limbs Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names. This is handled on a best-effort basis depending on how the subtitle file was created so they may be incomplete or inaccurate. Dialogue is left as is.) [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.