E4 - The Melancholy of the Ayakashi Medium
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[00:02] Suzu
Huh...
[00:04] Suzu
So this Ninokuru-senpai person agreed
with leaving Shirogane alive?
[00:10] Matsuri
Said he's putting the matter on hold.
[00:12] Matsuri
Probably meant he'd exorcise him immediately
if he got up to any funny business.
[00:16] Suzu
Oh. We'd better tell Shirogane
to be a good boy.
[00:20] Matsuri
"A good boy"? He's an ayakashi, you know?
[00:24] Suzu
That aside, I'm surprised you and your grandpa
aren't the only exorcist ninjas out there.
[00:30] Matsuri
Come on, just one of us
couldn't handle everything.
[00:32] Matsuri
Though, around these parts,
it's just us and Senpai's family.
[00:36] Suzu
Huh...
[00:37] Suzu
Come to think of it, I don't know
anything about exorcist ninjas.
[00:43] Matsuri
Well, there's no need for you to know.
[00:46] Suzu
True, but...
[00:48] Matsuri
Oh, the bus is here.
[00:51] Suzu
If only he'd tell me more
about ayakashi and exorcism.
[00:56] Suzu
I could be more useful that way, too.
[01:05] Soga
So that's Kanade Suzu...
The ayakashi medium.
[01:12] Narrator
Ayakashi.
[01:14] Narrator
Strange beasts, invisible to man.
[01:19] Narrator
To destroy the fiendish ayakashi
that bare their fangs at humans,
[01:22] Narrator
there are those who have fought
in the shadows since time immemorial.
[01:27] Narrator
They are known as...
[01:34] Narrator
exorcist ninjas!
[03:10] Tvlady
Shizuo-san!
[03:16] Yayoi
Man, I've been so hooked
on this TV show lately!
SIGN Episode 4: "The Melancholy of the Ayakashi Medium"
[03:19] Yayoi
The hot boyfriend gets cursed
and turned into a Shih Tzu dog!
[03:23] Suzu
W-Wow. That's one hell of a concept.
[03:26] Lucy
I see. How greedy, trying to appeal
to the furry demographic, too.
[03:31] Lucy
It's all riding on the script, though.
SIGN Shiki Iori
SIGN Weapons
SIGN Equipment
SIGN Charms
[03:34] Yayoi
Get this, it's actually a good watch!
SIGN Ice Prison Talisman
SIGN Equipped
[03:36] Yayoi
Hey, Matsuri, check it out...
[03:47] Suzu
Yayo?!
[03:50] Yayoi
Sorry, Matsuri!
[03:52] Yayoi
B-But that's so cool! I never took you
for the fundoshi type.
[03:57] Matsuri
I don't like it when people
get too touchy-feely with me.
[04:00] Yayoi
Oh, uh, I didn't do that on purpose...
[04:07] Yayoi
Oh, no! Matsuri hates me!
What do I do, Suzu?!
[04:11] Suzu
I'm sure she was just surprised.
[04:14] Suzu
Well, Matsuri did say
he didn't like her too much...
[04:26] Suzu
Say, Matsuri.
Can't you be a bit nicer to Yayo?
[04:30] Matsuri
Why? I am playing nice, aren't I?
[04:33] Suzu
Are you?
[04:35] Suzu
You pretty much always stay
out of convos with Yayo and Lu.
[04:40] Suzu
You just play that game all the time instead.
[04:43] Matsuri
Look, I just don't know
what to talk to girls about.
[04:46] Suzu
Well, what did you talk
to your guy friends about?
[04:51] Matsuri
Uh, I ain't got any of those, either.
[04:54] Suzu
Seriously?
[04:56] Matsuri
I mean, I spent grade school
playing with you and the ayakashi.
SIGN Practice
[05:00] Matsuri
And I started exorcist ninja
training in middle school,
[05:03] Matsuri
so I had no time to make friends.
[05:08] Suzu
I see...
[05:09] Matsuri
It's fine.
[05:10] Matsuri
I only became your girl friend
to stay on the lookout for ayakashi.
[05:15] Matsuri
There's no need to force myself
to get friendly with the others...
[05:24] Matsuri
Okay, fine.
[05:26] Suzu
Come on, put your heart into it.
[05:28] Suzu
Yayo and Lu wanna get to know you better.
[05:31] Matsuri
Honestly, I don't know
what they'd get out of it.
[05:35] Yayoi
Oh, Matsuri, Suzu! Get a load of this!
[05:39] Yayoi
Looks like this stray cat just
started living here at school.
[05:43] Yayoi
Isn't he adorbs?
[05:44] Lucy
Look at how round he is! He's more
like some kind of cryptid than a cat.
[05:49] Shirogane
Meow! Purr...
[05:53] Matsuri
Huh? That face seems kinda familiar...
[05:57] Yayoi
Look, isn't he cute?
You pet him, too, Matsuri.
[06:01] Shirogane
Purr, meow!
[06:02] Matsuri
Hell no!
[06:03] Yayoi
Aw, don't be like that.
[06:05] Matsuri
Over my dead body!
[06:09] Yayoi
I knew it! She despises me!
[06:11] Suzu
Sh-She's just more of a dog person!
[06:16] Shirogane
I'm surprised you recognized me.
[06:19] Shirogane
I transformed into an ordinary,
run-of-the-mill cat.
[06:22] Matsuri
There's nothing ordinary
about you, you flabster!
[06:25] Suzu
But yeah, look,
his ayakashi features are gone.
[06:29] Suzu
Like the ears and the tail.
[06:31] Suzu
When you transform,
normal people can see you, too?
[06:36] Shirogane
Yes.
[06:37] Shirogane
Transformation spells are all about adjusting
[06:40] Shirogane
to the narrow perception of you humans
and taking on an appearance from this world.
[06:44] Shirogane
It's against my principles to be
buddy-buddy with humans,
[06:47] Shirogane
but now I know there is another
exorcist ninja at this school.
[06:52] Shirogane
It's safer to be known at school
as a cute cat that everyone can see!
SIGN Superior Self-Defense Skills
SIGN Superior Self-Defense Skills
[06:58] Shirogane
This is one part of my
superior self-defense skills!
[07:01] Suzu
Ooh!
[07:03] Matsuri
You truly have no pride when it comes
to your survival, King of Ayakashi.
[07:09] Shirogane
So, yeah, I'm off to charm
the other students with my cuteness.
[07:14] Matsuri
Hey, wait! You can't just run off and—
[07:16] Suzu
What's the problem?
[07:17] Suzu
Despite his motives, it's good for him
to be friendly with humans.
[07:21] Suzu
Good luck, Shirogane.
[07:23] Shirogane
Hmph!
[07:25] Shirogane
By the way, you are a total
nincompoop, Kazamaki Matsuri.
[07:29] Matsuri
Wha? You itchin' for a fight?!
[07:32] Shirogane
I'm only telling you this because
I owe you for saving my life.
[07:37] Shirogane
That girl with the sharp eyes
who was petting me earlier...
[07:41] Shirogane
She's been possessed by an ayakashi.
[07:45] Yayoi
Ow!
[07:47] Yayoi
That hurt... I keep falling over.
[07:50] Yayoi
I feel so uncool.
[07:52] Lucy
Are you okay?
[07:53] Lucy
That's the fourth time this afternoon alone.
[07:57] Yayoi
I guess I'm really distracted.
[08:01] Yayoi
Hey, Lu.
[08:02] Yayoi
Was it a bad idea to fondle
Matsuri's boobs like that?
[08:05] Lucy
Maybe.
[08:08] Lucy
If someone did that to me after
we'd just met, I'd call the cops.
[08:13] Yayoi
I'll apologize to Matsuri
when I see her next!
[08:16] Lucy
You do that.
[08:21] Suzu
But Yayo can't see ayakashi...
[08:23] Matsuri
That's exactly why normal
people get possessed.
[08:26] Matsuri
It's like getting sick.
[08:28] Matsuri
And there are plenty of weak ayakashi around
that don't set off my pinwheel.
[08:33] Suzu
Are the weak ones harmless?
[08:35] Matsuri
Depends on their nature.
That's why I gotta make sure.
[08:40] Matsuri
I might've noticed if I'd been more alert...
[08:44] Matsuri
Why'd I need Shirogane
to point it out to me?
[08:47] Lucy
I don't see Lady Matsuri anywhere.
[08:50] Yayoi
Always the last place you look, huh?
[08:52] Suzu
What will you do?
[08:53] Matsuri
These are ashes from a burned talisman.
[08:55] Matsuri
If it's hiding itself,
[08:58] Matsuri
my wind will expose it.
[09:00] Matsuri
Exorcist Ninja Art: Ashen Wind.
[09:09] Suzu
I'm starting to see
something by Yayo's feet!
[09:13] Yayoi
Oh, Matsuri.
[09:15] Yayoi
I wanna say someth—
[09:17] Yayoi
Huh?
[09:20] Suzu
Yayo!
[09:33] Lucy
Whoa, Lady Matsuri's like a ninja!
[09:40] Suzu
It was you? No causing mischief.
[09:46] Yayoi
Sorry, Matsuri. You had to get
all up close and personal again.
[09:50] Matsuri
Why are you apologizing?
[09:53] Matsuri
You didn't trip on purpose.
[09:55] Yayoi
Well, you know...
[09:59] Matsuri
I'm the one who's sorry. I was kinda cold
with you, even though we're friends.
[10:06] Matsuri
I haven't had many friends in my life.
[10:10] Matsuri
Gramps was the only
contact on my phone, too.
[10:14] Matsuri
So I don't know how to act
around friends, and stuff.
[10:19] Matsuri
That's why, uh...
[10:23] Matsuri
I-I'd be happy if we all got
to know each other a little better.
[10:33] Yayoi
Yeah. I'd love to, too.
[10:38] Lucy
Same here!
[10:43] Suzu
Matsuri...
SIGN Swole
SIGN Heya!
SIGN Good to know you
SIGN Good
SIGN Good
SIGN Good to know you
SIGN Good to know you
[10:46] Yayoi
I just sent you a message.
Add me to your friends list, Matsuri.
[10:50] Matsuri
S-Sure.
[10:52] Lucy
You know, wouldn't it be easier
to just make a group for us four?
[10:57] Suzu
Sounds good.
[10:59] Suzu
What should we call it?
[11:01] Yayoi
Kanade Suzu, Toba Yayoi,
Kazamaki Matsuri, and Tsukioka Lucy...
[11:06] Yayoi
Hey, I know!
[11:08] Yayoi
Take the first kanji of each
and go with Kachofugetsu!
[11:10] Suzumatsurilucy
Agreed!
[11:12] Suzu
Lu, don't post any weird pictures, okay?
SIGN Kachofugetsu (4)
SIGN Lu, don't post any weird pictures, okay?
SIGN I'm not making any promises.
[11:15] Lucy
I'm not making any promises.
SIGN What do you mean, weird pictures?
[11:16] Matsuri
What do you mean, weird pictures?
[11:18] Lucy
You know, stuff with lotsa skin, obviously!
SIGN You know, stuff with lotsa skin, obviously!
[11:21] Matsuri
What? Is it normal for friends
to send each other that kinda shit?
[11:25] Yayoi
Of course not!
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SIGN Meanwhile,
Shirogane...
[11:27] Yayoi
But I can't deny I'm a little interested...
[11:29] Suzu
No...
[11:32] Sujimori
How lovely!
SIGN m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN English Teacher
Sujimori Masurao (Age 40)
Former Mercenary - Loves cats
[12:01] Suzu
What the heck is this?
[12:04] Seigen
The ritual of dread.
[12:05] Seigen
To get them to stop their
mischief in human settlements,
[12:08] Seigen
we scare them and send them
back into the mountains.
[12:11] Seigen
It may surprise you, but most exorcists
[12:14] Seigen
don't actually think all ayakashi
are bad, Suzu-chan.
[12:19] Seigen
Just as there are a myriad of gods...
[12:23] Seigen
Nature, animals, and plants,
as well as human thoughts and actions—
[12:27] Seigen
a myriad of sources can conceptualize
and birth ayakashi into existence.
SIGN Ninja
[12:32] Matsuri
Begone! And don't ever come back!
[12:36] Seigen
Unless they're truly malicious, we send
them away instead of eliminating them.
[12:41] Seigen
This, too, is exorcism.
[12:43] Matsuri
Hmph. By human standards, maybe.
[12:47] Suzu
Matsuri never tells me
about important things like this.
[12:52] Suzu
I'm sure it's to distance me from
the world of ayakashi, but come on!
[12:59] Tvlady
Shizuo-san!
[13:06] Yayoi
So, yeah!
[13:08] Yayoi
In last night's episode, the heroine
turned him back into a hottie with a kiss!
[13:13] Suzu
O-Oh.
[13:15] Lucy
What a predictable ending.
[13:21] Yayoi
Predictable can be good sometimes.
That's what makes it romantic!
[13:26] Yayoi
Right, Matsuri? You dream
of this stuff, don'tcha?
[13:29] Matsuri
Uh, no way.
[13:31] Yayoi
Huh? Too predictable for you?
[13:33] Matsuri
Not that.
[13:35] Matsuri
It's unthinkable for a boy and girl
to kiss before marriage.
[13:38] Suzu
That's your problem?
[13:40] Yayoi
What a goody-two-shoes!
[13:43] Lucy
But if he stayed a dog,
[13:45] Lucy
their marriage application
might've been rejected.
[13:48] Matsuri
Then a real man would endure
being a Shih Tzu dog for life.
[13:53] Yayoi
Damn, you're real demanding of guys!
[13:56] Suzu
While I'm glad he's getting used
to talking to Yayo and Lu...
[14:00] Suzu
Talk about a skewed perception of love.
[14:05] Suzu
I bet he thinks he's protecting me
out of a sense of duty as an exorcist ninja.
[14:13] Ponosuke
Sir Kazamaki.
[14:15] Suzu
An ayakashi?
[14:16] Ponosuke
I am Ninokuru Ponosuke,
a familiar of Ninokuru Soga-sama's.
[14:23] Ponosuke
I bring po you a message from Master.
[14:26] Ponosuke
"We have exorcist ninja matters to discuss.
[14:28] Ponosuke
Suit up and come to
the courtyard immediately!
[14:30] Ponosuke
Oh, and come alone," he says.
[14:35] Matsuri
Gotta go. Take this back to class for me.
[14:37] Suzu
O-Okay.
[14:41] Suzu
Does Ninokuru-senpai wanna talk
about Shirogane again?
[14:47] Soga
The pinnacle of our craftsmen's skills,
our exorcist ninja gear,
[14:51] Soga
are equipped with a spell that
makes us invisible to normal people,
[14:55] Soga
just like ayakashi are.
[14:57] Soga
But I hear the ayakashi medium,
Kanade Suzu, can see both.
[15:02] Matsuri
What's this, Senpai?
[15:05] Matsuri
You wanna talk about Suzu, not Shirogane?
[15:08] Soga
I just thought I'd warn you as a colleague.
[15:11] Soga
Tell him, Ponosuke.
[15:13] Ponosuke
Certainly, Master.
[15:16] Ponosuke
I pollect information daily for my Master.
[15:21] Ponosuke
Including rumors involving ayakashi.
[15:24] Ponosuke
A traveling ayakashi mentioned this
before possing out drunk the other day.
[15:31] (Flashback) Travelingayakashi
This world is full of mysteries.
[15:35] (Flashback) Ponosuke
Oh, is that so?
[15:37] (Flashback) Travelingayakashi
For example, the ayakashi
mediums of the past
[15:40] (Flashback) Travelingayakashi
were said to be both human and ayakashi.
[15:43] Matsuri
Human and ayakashi?!
[15:46] Matsuri
The hell? What does that mean?
[15:48] Soga
In some legends, a medium is said to be
a combination of human and ayakashi.
[15:56] Soga
So it's not just that they have
an excess of life force.
[16:01] Soga
Kanade Suzu is just as much
an ayakashi as she is human.
[16:06] Matsuri
Suzu's... an ayakashi?
[16:12] Girls
Cute!
[16:15] Soga
We should be just as wary
of her as Shirogane.
[16:19] Soga
If she were to cause harm to humans,
[16:22] Soga
she could become a target for exorcism.
[16:26] Ponosuke
Po, no!
[16:29] Matsuri
Like hell! I'll beat you up, senpai or not.
[16:32] Soga
I'm just saying there's a chance.
Calm down, you naive fool.
[16:36] Matsuri
And I'm telling you there's
absolutely no chance!
[16:42] Soga
What?
[16:44] Soga
This feeling...
[16:46] Soga
Are they touch...
[16:49] Soga
...ing?!
[16:51] Soga
C-C-C-C-Calm down, me!
He's a guy on the inside!
[16:55] Soga
These breasts are nothing!
[16:56] Soga
Stay strong, Ninokuru Soga, you naive fool!
[17:00] Ponosuke
Master?
[17:01] Soga
A-Anyway, I've warned you.
Class is about to start!
[17:05] Ponosuke
Wait, Master!
[17:18] Suzu
Let's go home, Matsuri.
[17:20] Matsuri
Sure.
[17:21] Suzu
You've been down in the dumps since lunch.
[17:24] Suzu
Did Ninokuru-senpai give you some bad news?
[17:26] Suzu
Like, he decided to exorcise
Shirogane after all, or something?
[17:32] Suzu
Hmm? What is it?
[17:35] Matsuri
Nothing for you to worry about, Suzu.
[17:40] Shirogane
Meow! Meow!
[17:41] Suzu
That's Shirogane's voice!
[17:44] Suzu
Is Ninokuru-senpai attacking him?!
[17:46] Sujimori
Let me cuddle you!
[17:49] Sujimori
Don't be afraid!
[17:56] Suzu
All right!
[17:57] Suzu
Tomorrow's Suzu Dango, complete!
[18:05] Suzu
I feel like they're starting to taste better.
[18:08] Suzu
Adjusting the balance of the
ingredients can change so much?
[18:12] Suzu
Japanese sweets are deep!
[18:16] Suzu
My goal: The ultimate kibi dango that'll
make Shirogane forget about eating me!
[18:22] Shirogane
Delish! Maybe I don't have to eat you, Suzu.
[18:27] Suzu
This is about all I can do to help
Matsuri go back to being a boy,
[18:31] Suzu
so I gotta give it my all!
[18:33] Suzu
If there was anything else I could do,
I would gladly do it!
[18:39] (Flashback) Matsuri
Nothing for you to worry about, Suzu.
[18:42] Suzu
But he really won't tell me anything.
[18:45] Suzumom
Suzu.
[18:47] Suzu
What's up, Mom?
[18:49] Suzumom
Were you making dango again?
[18:52] Suzu
Yep! They came out really well!
[18:55] Suzu
Wanna try them?
[18:56] Suzu
Wait, they're all gone!
Now I've gotta remake them again!
[18:59] Suzu
I'm such a colossal idiot!
SIGN The third time today
[19:07] Suzu
I'm beat...
[19:11] Suzu
After all those Japanese sweets,
I want something Western now.
[19:15] Suzu
Like a crepe from Sakura Range.
[19:23] Suzu
If only...
[19:25] Suzu
If only a kiss could undo Matsuri's
transformation like in that TV show...
[19:31] Suzu
it would make things so easy.
[19:35] Suzu
I would totally...
[19:49] Shirogane
The stray-cat life isn't so bad
once you get used to it.
SIGN Bonito Flavor
[19:53] Shirogane
The girls at school offer me
all kinds of snacks.
[19:56] Shirogane
That musclebrained teacher is a pain, though.
[20:01] Shirogane
Hmm?
[20:02] Shirogane
What was that?
[20:04] Seigen
Oh?
[20:06] Seigen
I felt an odd presence just now.
[20:06] Run
Everyone!
[20:08] Run
Thanks for coming to my
nationwide tour finale here today!
[20:10] Seigen
Just my imagination, huh?
SIGN Switch ON Onmyouji
[20:23] Matsuri
Damn it...
[20:25] Matsuri
It's bothering me so much, I can't focus.
[20:29] Matsuri
That stupid Ninokuru and his wack ideas.
[20:33] Matsuri
Suzu, an ayakashi? Ridiculous.
[20:38] Matsuri
She has parents and everything.
[20:41] Matsuri
I've known her for years!
And I know her better than anyone!
[20:45] (Flashback) Youngsuzu
Look, Matsuri.
[20:47] (Flashback) Youngsuzu
I cut my hair because you
said it looked like a pain.
[20:51] (Flashback) Youngsuzu
Now I look like my mom.
[20:55] (Flashback) Youngsuzu
She's so cute! Let's name her Lippy!
[21:04] Suzu
I'm here, Matsuri.
[21:08] Suzu
Can't you hear me?
[21:11] Suzu
Matsuri.
[21:24] Suzu
Matsuri.
[21:27] Matsuri
Suzu?
[21:30] Matsuri
What's she doing here?
Is it Shirogane in disguise again?
[21:35] Matsuri
No...
[21:37] Matsuri
Because I've seen the fake, I can tell.
[21:42] Matsuri
Suzu's warmth, the scent of her shampoo...
[21:47] Suzu
Let me take care of you.
[21:51] Matsuri
And even her breath... It's all real...
[22:00] Matsuri
Wh-What's happening?!
SIGN Next Episode
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