E6 - Face to Face

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[00:04] Mei
    I don't want to.
[00:06] Mei
    If I said that, would you not do it?
[00:09] Kubodera
    Of course, you have
    every right to refuse.
[00:13] Kubodera
    However, if the calamity begins...
[00:19] Mei
    All right.
[00:21] Yukari
    Excuse me...
[00:22] Yukari
    What will the teachers
    outside of class 3 do?
[00:26] Kubodera
    They will cooperate to the
    best of their ability.
[00:30] Kubodera
    However, you should not
    discuss this matter
[00:33] Kubodera
    with anyone outside the class.
[00:34] Mochizuki
    Not even our families?
[00:37] Kubodera
    The rules dictate that
    we must not speak of it.
SIGN    May 1 (Fri.)
[02:14] Teshigawara
    I thought it wasn't going
    to happen this year.
[02:16] Teshigawara
    At the opening ceremony,
[02:18] Teshigawara
    we had the perfect number of desks.
[02:20] Izumi
    But we were short a desk
    once the new student came.
[02:25] Teshigawara
    It can start a month late?
[02:28] Kazami
    Looks that way.
[02:30] Kazami
    So...
[02:33] Teshigawara
    By the way, you checked him out, right?
[02:35] Teshigawara
    How'd it go?
[02:36] Izumi
    I don't think it's him.
[02:38] Teshigawara
    How do you know?
[02:39] Izumi
    He never lived in Yomiyama.
[02:41] Izumi
    He has no siblings.
[02:44] Izumi
    And his hands weren't cold.
[02:47] Izumi
    Still...
[02:58] Kouichi
    Still...
[03:01] Kouichi
    If it's such an important rule,
[03:03] Kouichi
    why wasn't I told about it right away?
[03:06] Mei
    You had already spoken to me.
[03:10] Mei
    That made it difficult
    for them to broach the subject.
[03:15] Kouichi
    Hey, there's something
    else I want to ask you.
[03:18] Kouichi
    Is there some reason your
    desk is the only one
[03:21] Kouichi
    in the class that's so old?
[03:23] Mei
    That's part of the rule.
[03:27] Mei
    I guess it serves some purpose
    in completing the charm.
SIGN    Who is dead?
[03:32] Kouichi
    I saw the words "Who is dead?"
    scribbled on your desk.
[03:35] Kouichi
    Did you write that?
[03:38] Mei
    Yes.
[03:40] Mei
    I know that I'm not dead,
[03:43] Mei
    so I wanted to ask, who is?
[03:45] Kouichi
    You can tell?
[03:47] Mei
    Well...
[03:50] Mei
    This is my friend, Sakakibara.
[03:54] Kirika
    Welcome. Forgive my appearance.
[03:58] Kirika
    Is he a friend from class?
[04:00] Kirika
    Or the art club?
[04:02] Mei
    He's also a customer at
    the gallery downstairs.
[04:06] Mei
    He seems to enjoy it immensely.
[04:08] Kirika
    Oh, really?
[04:09] Kirika
    That's an unusual interest, for a boy.
[04:12] Kirika
    You like dolls?
[04:14] Kouichi
    Well, I...
[04:15] Mei
    You should probably be
    leaving now, Sakakibara.
[04:18] Kouichi
    Oh, okay.
[04:21] Mei
    I will see him out.
[04:24] Kirika
    I see.
[04:25] Kirika
    Feel free to come again anytime.
[04:32] Kouichi
    Are you always like that?
[04:33] Mei
    Like what?
[04:35] Kouichi
    The way you talk to your mom.
[04:36] Kouichi
    I'd almost think you two were strangers.
[04:41] Mei
    We've pretty much always
    treated each other that way.
[04:45] Mei
    What's your family like?
[04:47] Kouichi
    I don't have a mom.
[04:50] Kouichi
    She died right after I was born.
[04:54] Mei
    I see.
[04:57] Mei
    Well, that was normal for us.
[05:01] Mei
    I'm just another one of her dolls.
[05:03] Kouichi
    That's awful.
[05:05] Kouichi
    You're her daughter, her flesh and blood.
[05:08] Mei
    I may be flesh and blood, but I'm not real.
[05:11] Kouichi
    Then, does your mom know about class 3?
[05:15] Mei
    No, and I can't tell her.
[05:17] Kouichi
    What does she think of you
    skipping school so often?
[05:19] Mei
    She doesn't really care,
    or she just doesn't interfere.
[05:24] Mei
    Except with certain things.
[05:26] Kouichi
    What things?
[05:30] Kouichi
    So, now I know class 3's secret...
[05:32] Kouichi
    But how can you just accept what they're
    putting you through to complete the charm?
[05:37] Mei
    There's no other way.
[05:39] Mei
    I just happened to be the one.
[05:42] Mei
    If it hadn't been me,
[05:45] Mei
    I would've had to follow the others
[05:47] Mei
    in treating someone else like they don't exist.
[05:50] Mei
    It's better that I'm the one who's cut off.
SIGN    Children's Park
[06:20] Kouichi
    Why did they decide to make
    two people nonexistent?
[06:24] Mei
    They probably thought the
    charm wouldn't hold
[06:27] Mei
    if they told you to start
    ignoring me now.
[06:32] Kouichi
    So by making a
    second person cease to exist,
[06:35] Kouichi
    they could strengthen the charm?
[06:37] Mei
    Right.
[06:38] Mei
    It also saved them
[06:40] Mei
    the trouble of explaining me to you.
[06:42] Mei
    It's quite logical.
[06:46] Kouichi
    But it's just a charm, isn't it?
[06:49] Kouichi
    All of this for a charm?
[06:50] Mei
    Well, they're desperate.
[06:53] Mei
    When they consider that they might be next,
[06:56] Mei
    it makes them take it seriously.
[06:58] Mei
    Do you think they're being unreasonable?
[07:00] Kouichi
    Yes, I do!
[07:03] Mei
    There are no guarantees.
[07:06] Mei
    But if there's a chance it could
    help everyone avoid the calamity,
[07:10] Mei
    isn't it worth it?
[07:12] Mei
    It's sad when people die.
[07:30] Kouichi
    Thanks.
[07:32] Kouichi
    Be careful on your way home.
[07:34] Kouichi
    We're both close to death, after all.
[07:37] Mei
    I'll be fine.
[07:47] Mei
    I showed you this once before, didn't I?
[07:51] Mei
    I lost my left eye when I was four.
[07:55] Mei
    It developed a nasty tumor.
[07:57] Mei
    I woke up one day,
    and the eye was gone.
[08:01] Mei
    My mom said a regular artificial
    eye wouldn't be attractive,
[08:05] Mei
    so she made a special one for me.
[08:08] Kouichi
    You don't have to hide it.
[08:10] Kouichi
    I think your eye is beautiful.
[08:15] Mei
    They said I almost died during surgery.
[08:19] Mei
    I can sort of vaguely remember
    what happened then.
[08:22] Mei
    Do you believe that's possible?
[08:24] Kouichi
    You mean near-death experiences?
[08:26] Mei
    Death is not kind.
[08:30] Mei
    It's dark, black as far as you can see,
[08:33] Mei
    and you're all alone.
[08:35] Kouichi
    All alone...
[08:37] Mei
    Yes, but it's no different
    when you're alive, is it?
[08:41] Mei
    No matter how many
    relationships we seem to have,
[08:44] Mei
    we're all alone.
[08:45] Mei
    I am, my mother is,
[08:48] Mei
    and you are, too.
[08:51] Mei
    So was Misaki.
[08:57] Mei
    Starting tomorrow,
    we're two of a kind.
[08:59] Kouichi
    Oh, uh, yeah.
[09:06] Mei
    Welcome to the club, Sakakibara.
[09:27] Kouichi
    Hel—
[09:27] Yousuke
    Man, India's scorching!
SIGN    Dad
[09:30] Kouichi
    What's with you?
[09:31] Yousuke
    Hey, what do you mean by that?
[09:34] Kouichi
    If you're worried about my health, I'm fine.
[09:36] Kouichi
    Hey...
[09:37] Kouichi
    Did Mom ever talk to you about
    her memories of junior high school?
[09:40] Yousuke
    Eh? Where's this coming from?
[09:44] Kouichi
    Mom was in class 3 in
    the 9th grade, too, right?
[09:46] Kouichi
    Anything come to mind?
[09:48] Yousuke
    Hmm...
[09:51] Yousuke
    Nope!
[09:54] Kouichi
    Not a thing?
[09:55] Yousuke
    Well, I'm sure she told
    me a few things...
[09:59] Yousuke
    So, Ritsuko was in class 3, you say?
[10:02] Yousuke
    Anyway, how does it feel to be back after
[10:04] Yousuke
    a year and a half away from Yomiyama?
[10:07] Kouichi
    A year and a half?
[10:09] Kouichi
    This was my first time coming here
    since I started junior high.
[10:12] Yousuke
    Huh? No, I'm sure that—
[10:15] Yousuke
    Oh, yeah.
[10:18] Yousuke
    Yeah, you're right.
[10:20] Yousuke
    My mistake.
SIGN    Who is dead?
SIGN    June 8 (Mon.)
    
    Practice Exercises
    No whispering
    No walking around
[10:42] Kouichi
    Misaki!
[10:43] Mei
    Sakakibara!
[11:04] Kouichi
    I've gotta stop that...
[11:15] Kouichi
    Kirika doesn't make lunches for you?
[11:18] Mei
    Sometimes, when she feels like it.
[11:20] Mei
    But to be honest, they're not very good.
[11:24] Kouichi
    Do you ever cook?
[11:25] Mei
    No, never.
[11:28] Mei
    I can only heat up ready-made meals.
[11:30] Mei
    Isn't that normal for kids our age?
[11:33] Kouichi
    I'm a pretty decent cook, actually.
[11:35] Mei
    Really?
[11:36] Mei
    That's unusual.
[11:38] Kouichi
    I was in the cooking
    club at my old school.
[11:42] Mei
    Then, will you make me
    something, someday?
[11:45] Kouichi
    Sure, someday.
[11:48] Kouichi
    By the way,
[11:49] Kouichi
    weren't you drawing up here before?
[11:51] Kouichi
    Have you finished it?
[11:53] Mei
    Pretty much.
[11:55] Kouichi
    Did you give her wings?
[11:57] Mei
    Yeah.
[12:00] Mei
    I'll show you... someday.
[12:03] Kouichi
    Okay.
[12:05] Kouichi
    Is drawing your hobby?
[12:07] Mei
    I think I like looking at art,
    more than making it.
[12:11] Mei
    I mostly just look at art books, though.
[12:14] Mei
    We have lots of them at home.
[12:16] Kouichi
    Do you ever go to museums?
[12:17] Mei
    No, there aren't many around here.
[12:20] Kouichi
    Then, you should visit me in Tokyo someday.
[12:23] Kouichi
    We can go to museums there.
[12:25] Kouichi
    I'll be your tour guide.
[12:27] Mei
    Sure... someday.
SIGN    Art Club Room
[13:30] Artist A
    Misaki, hey!
[13:31] Artist C
    What are you doing here?
[13:33] Mei
    I just felt like dropping in.
[13:34] Artist D
    So, you didn't quit the club?
[13:36] Mei
    I just needed a break.
[13:38] Artist B
    Oh, yeah?
[13:41] Mei
    I see Mochizuki hasn't changed.
[13:44] Artist B
    Speak of the devil!
[13:47] Artist C
    Hi, Mochizuki!
[13:49] Mochizuki
    Hey, um, guys?
[13:50] Mochizuki
    Could you come with me for a second?
[13:53] Mochizuki
    There's something we've
    gotta do right away.
[13:55] Artist A
    We do?
[13:58] Artist D
    But Misaki's here to visit us!
[13:58] Mochizuki
    Never mind that. Just hurry, okay?
[14:19] Mei
    At least it wasn't thrown
    away, I guess...
[14:27] Mei
    Which one is your mom?
[14:29] Kouichi
    This one.
[14:31] Mei
    Ritsuko, huh? I see.
[14:36] Kouichi
    By the way, is their homeroom teacher...
[14:41] Mei
    He sure looked different back then.
[14:43] Kouichi
    The person you mentioned before...
[14:46] Mei
    Yes, I was talking about Chibiki.
[14:49] Chibiki
    Oh, two of you here today?
[14:52] Mei
    There are two nonexistent people now.
[14:55] Chibiki
    So I see.
[14:57] Chibiki
    Do you understand the
    situation now, Sakakibara?
[15:00] Kouichi
    Mostly,
[15:01] Kouichi
    though I still find it hard to believe.
[15:05] Chibiki
    That's understandable.
[15:07] Chibiki
    But it's true.
[15:10] Chibiki
    This phenomenon is truly
    happening in this town.
[15:13] Chibiki
    In this school.
[15:15] Kouichi
    You were class 3's homeroom teacher
    26 years ago, weren't you?
[15:20] Kouichi
    And that's how you knew my mother?
[15:22] Chibiki
    You got it.
[15:23] Kouichi
    Um, is it okay for
    you to not ignore us?
[15:28] Chibiki
    I have no connections to
    your class at this time.
[15:30] Chibiki
    I'm in a safe position, you might say.
[15:35] Kouichi
    Then, who's in danger?
SIGN    Student
[15:37] Chibiki
    The students of class 3
SIGN    Father | Mother
    Student
[15:39] Chibiki
    and their families, within
    two degrees of separation.
SIGN    Grandfather | Grandmother | Grandfather | Grandmother
    Father | Mother
    Student
SIGN    Grandfather | Grandmother | Grandfather | Grandmother
    Father | Mother
    Student
    Brothers | Sisters
[15:42] Chibiki
    And they must live in Yomiyama.
SIGN    Grandfather | Grandmother | Grandfather | Grandmother
    Father | Mother
    Student
    Brothers | Sisters
    Within Yomiyama
[15:44] Kouichi
    Two degrees would mean parents,
    grandparents, and siblings?
[15:48] Kouichi
    If they have to be living in Yomiyama,
[15:50] Kouichi
    does that mean anyone who
    leaves town would be safe?
[15:52] Chibiki
    Yes.
[15:54] Chibiki
    Think of it like a cell
    phone going out of range.
[15:57] Kouichi
    Um, why do you stay here?
[16:01] Chibiki
    I never meant to harm anyone.
[16:04] Chibiki
    Never...
[16:07] Chibiki
    It seems silly to think that way now,
[16:11] Chibiki
    but that ended up being the trigger,
[16:14] Chibiki
    which opened the door to death.
[16:17] Chibiki
    I was responsible for that.
[16:20] Chibiki
    That's why I remain at this school,
[16:23] Chibiki
    but as a librarian, not a teacher.
[16:26] Chibiki
    Half of that was just me running away.
[16:29] Kouichi
    Running away?
[16:30] Chibiki
    Half of me was crushed by guilt.
[16:32] Chibiki
    But the other half was ruled by fear.
[16:35] Chibiki
    Fear that I might die as well.
[16:37] Chibiki
    So I ran away.
[16:39] Kouichi
    Have teachers died, too?
[16:41] Chibiki
    Only homeroom and assistant
    homeroom teachers.
[16:44] Kouichi
    Um, was the Misaki of 26
    years ago a boy or a girl?
[16:49] Chibiki
    A boy.
[16:50] Chibiki
    His surname was Yomiyama,
    like this town.
[16:53] Chibiki
    His full name was Misaki Yomiyama.
[16:56] Chibiki
    One night in May, his house burned down.
[16:59] Chibiki
    The whole family died, parents
    and brother included.
[17:03] Kouichi
    Did you see the photo
    the dead Misaki appeared in?
[17:08] Chibiki
    Sure did.
[17:09] Kouichi
    Do you have it?
[17:11] Chibiki
    No.
[17:12] Chibiki
    To tell you the truth, it terrified me.
[17:14] Kouichi
    And when they say the school
    records somehow get altered...
[17:17] Chibiki
    It's true.
[17:21] Chibiki
    This holds copies of all class rosters.
[17:23] Chibiki
    26 years' worth, from 1972
    to the present.
[17:27] Chibiki
    The people with a red "X" by their name
SIGN    Class Rosters
[17:29] Chibiki
    are the ones who died that year.
[17:31] Chibiki
    Look at the roster from two years ago.
[17:33] Chibiki
    See the name written at the bottom?
SIGN    Deceased: Mami Asakura
[17:35] Kouichi
    Yes.
[17:37] Chibiki
    She was the dead person that year.
[17:39] Kouichi
    So, seven people died in 1996?
[17:44] Kouichi
    That's not many, is it?
[17:46] Chibiki
    It's because the plan to make
    one person nonexistent worked.
[17:49] Chibiki
    After they implemented it,
    nobody else died.
[17:53] Chibiki
    However, shortly after the
    second term began,
[17:56] Chibiki
    the student they chose to not exist
    ended up renouncing the role.
[17:59] Chibiki
    Breaking under the
    pressure and isolation,
[18:01] Chibiki
    he demanded that he existed,
    and that everyone treat him accordingly.
[18:05] Mei
    And so it began...
[18:08] Chibiki
    The deceased in 1996 was
    named Mami Asakura.
[18:13] Chibiki
    But she was originally a student
    in the 1993 class.
[18:16] Chibiki
    However, between April and June of 1996,
[18:21] Chibiki
    that was not the case.
[18:22] Kouichi
    It wasn't?
[18:24] Chibiki
    Correct.
[18:25] Chibiki
    As I recall, her name was
    on the 1996 roster.
[18:29] Chibiki
    But it was not on the roster for 1993.
[18:33] Chibiki
    It had disappeared.
[18:35] Kouichi
    Both the name and the "X"?
[18:37] Chibiki
    As you can see, when the
    phenomenon is active,
[18:40] Chibiki
    checking records is pointless.
[18:43] Kouichi
    And people's memories change too, right?
[18:46] Chibiki
    Exactly.
[18:47] Chibiki
    Then, at the end of the year,
[18:49] Chibiki
    when the deceased
    disappears after graduation,
SIGN    Mami Asakura
[18:52] Chibiki
    the records revert
    to their original state,
[18:55] Chibiki
    ultimately revealing the extra student.
[18:57] Chibiki
    In addition, all memories of her
    as the deceased are lost.
[19:01] Chibiki
    All is forgotten.
[19:03] Kouichi
    The records and memories
    just go back to normal?
[19:06] Chibiki
    I cannot comprehend the logic behind it.
[19:09] Chibiki
    I've essentially given up.
[19:11] Chibiki
    There is only one countermeasure that
[19:13] Chibiki
    seems effective against this phenomenon:
[19:15] Chibiki
    denying the existence of
    someone in the class.
[19:20] Kouichi
    What's the success rate?
[19:22] Chibiki
    About 50%.
[19:24] Chibiki
    Some years it works, others it fails.
[19:27] Chibiki
    Some years it's clear
    why the measure failed,
[19:29] Chibiki
    others it's unknown.
[19:33] Kouichi
    That's terrible...
[19:35] Chibiki
    It's not a curse.
[19:38] Chibiki
    There is no malice to be found.
[19:41] Chibiki
    It occurs naturally, like
    a typhoon or earthquake.
[19:44] Kouichi
    Then, will having two nonexistent
    students be more effective?
[19:48] Chibiki
    I can't say.
[19:49] Chibiki
    There are almost no instances of
    the calamity stopping midyear.
[19:54] Kouichi
    Really?
[19:55] Mei
    Ms. Mikami was class 3's
    homeroom teacher in 1996?
[20:00] Kouichi
    Oh, you're right.
[20:02] Chibiki
    She has been through a great deal already.
[20:07] Chibiki
    To make her the assistant
    homeroom teacher again...
[20:13] Chibiki
    That'll be all for today.
[20:14] Kouichi
    Just one more thing.
[20:16] Kouichi
    Was 1983, 15 years ago,
    a year when it happened?
[20:20] Chibiki
    1983?
[20:23] Chibiki
    I believe it was.
[20:26] Kouichi
    I thought so...
[20:28] Chibiki
    Oh, right. That was Reiko's year.
[20:32] Chibiki
    You mean Ritsuko was in Yomiyama then?
[20:35] Kouichi
    Yes.
[20:36] Kouichi
    She came here to have me,
    and stay with her family.
[20:40] Chibiki
    So she died in this town...
[20:44] Chibiki
    I see.
[20:48] Reiko
    I'm sorry, Kouichi.
[20:50] Reiko
    I'm sorry.
[20:52] Reiko
    There was nothing I could do...
[20:54] Kouichi
    When my mom died, 15 years ago,
[20:57] Kouichi
    was that part of the class 3 calamity?
[21:00] Reiko
    I don't know.
[21:02] Ryouhei
    My poor Ritsuko...
[21:06] Ryouhei
    My poor Ritsuko... My poor Reiko, too...
[21:10] Tamie
    Don't say that, dear.
[21:13] Tamie
    Let's call it a night.
[21:16] Bird
    Cheer! Cheer up!
[21:19] Reiko
    I honestly don't know what
    happened to Ritsuko,
[21:23] Reiko
    but I think the calamity
    was stopped that year.
[21:28] Kouichi
    It stopped midyear?
[21:29] Kouichi
    Why? How was it stopped?
[21:32] Kouichi
    Please, Reiko.
[21:33] Reiko
    I can't remember.
[21:34] Kouichi
    Reiko, please, try to
    remember something! Anything!
[21:38] Reiko
    Well, I think something may
[21:40] Reiko
    have happened during summer break...
[21:42] Kouichi
    Summer break?
[21:43] Reiko
    I can't remember what, though.
[21:46] Reiko
    I'm sorry, Kouichi.
SIGN    July 13 (Mon.)
[22:08] Kubodera
    Good morning, class.
[22:11] Kubodera
    Today, I must apologize to you all.
[22:16] Kubodera
    I have to...
[22:20] Kubodera
    I have done my utmost so that
[22:22] Kubodera
    you could all graduate in
    good health next spring.
[22:24] Kubodera
    I did everything I could
    to make that happen.
[22:29] Kubodera
    But everything that occurs henceforth
    is for you all to deal with.
[22:33] Kubodera
    Once it has begun,
[22:36] Kubodera
    I do not know if any amount
    of struggling will do any good.
[22:41] Kubodera
    I don't know...
[22:43] Kubodera
    You can't expect me to.
[22:44] Kubodera
    But I believe it is futile to
    speak of such things now.
[24:38] Kouichi
    Sphere joint.