# E8 - Utagawa Garaku
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**[00:03] Soga**
So you're here, Kazamaki.
**[00:05] Matsuri**
Heya, Ninokuru-senpai.
**[00:07] Matsuri**
So, what's this important matter
you wanted to discuss?
**[00:09] Matsuri**
Better not be that crap about
Suzu being an ayakashi again.
**[00:13] Soga**
It's not. Well, uh...
**[00:16] Soga**
It is about her, but...
**[00:21] Soga**
I have fallen in love with Kanade Suzu.
**[00:25] Matsuri**
Wha? A-Are you serious, Ninokuru-senpai?!
**[00:27] Soga**
I know she's an important
person in your life,
**[00:31] Soga**
so I thought I should let you know.
**[00:33] Matsuri**
I-It's not like I...
**[00:35] Matsuri**
I mean, we grew up together.
She's like family.
**[00:39] Matsuri**
I don't really have any say
in who she dates and stuff.
**[00:43] Soga**
So you have no problem with it?
**[00:46] Soga**
I can go ahead and tell her how I feel?
**[00:53] Suzu**
How do you like that?
**[00:55] Matsuri**
Suzu.
**[00:58] Matsuri**
Senpai has something to say to you.
**[01:00] Suzu**
Oh, hello, Ninokuru-senpai.
**[01:03] Suzu**
What is it?
**[01:04] Soga**
Uh... Um, well...
**[01:08] Soga**
*Now say it, Ninokuru Soga!*
**[01:10] Soga**
* Tell her, "I will protect you,*
* along with Kazamaki"!*
**[01:16] Soga**
I...!
**[01:21] Soga**
I will protect Kazamaki!
**[01:24] Matsuri**
Wha?!
**[01:24] Suzu**
Huh?
**[01:27] Matsuri**
Uh, Senpai, what was that?
**[01:30] Soga**
* Shoot, I panicked and blurted out*
* something strange!*
**[01:33] Soga**
* Does she think I'm a weirdo now?*
* It's not what you think...*
**[01:37] Soga**
Because Kazamaki is my colleague! That's all!
**[01:41] Matsuri**
* He was so flustered.*
* He must be serious about Suzu.*
**[01:45] Suzu**
* Did he just declare himself*
* my rival in love?*
**[01:48] Shirogane**
Hmph! My moment of euphoria, ruined!
**[01:53] Shirogane**
Gimme a Suzu Dango to make me feel better.
**[01:55] Suzu**
Oh, okay.
**[01:58] Suzu**
Here you go.
**[02:05] Matsuri**
An ayakashi?!
**[02:15] Narrator**
Ayakashi.
**[02:17] Narrator**
Strange beasts, invisible to man.
**[02:22] Narrator**
To destroy the fiendish ayakashi
that bare their fangs at humans,
**[02:25] Narrator**
there are those who have fought
in the shadows since time immemorial.
**[02:30] Narrator**
They are known as...
**[02:37] Narrator**
exorcist ninjas!
**[04:11] Suzu**
Is there really an ayakashi in the school?
**[04:13] Suzu**
Is it something like
the Tripper-Upper again?
**[04:16] Matsuri**
My pinwheel wouldn't react
to something as weak as that.
***SIGN*** Episode 7: "Utagawa Garaku"
**[04:19] Matsuri**
It's an ayakashi with much
more spiritual power.
**[04:22] Garaku**
Whoo, your muscles are seriously impressive!
**[04:26] Garaku**
I would love to draw them later.
**[04:29] Sujimori**
I'd be honored!
**[04:30] Principal**
I'm surprised that *the* Utagawa Garaku-sensei
came to our school for inspiration.
**[04:37] Garaku**
I'm searching for a subject
that just grabs me.
**[04:41] Sujimori**
Then allow me to give you a tour
of the school, Garaku-sensei!
**[04:45] Garaku**
Thank you, but I would like to
interact with your students, too.
**[04:51] Garaku**
For example...
**[04:52] Garaku**
Might I ask those two to show
me around, Madam Principal?
**[04:57] Principal**
Oh!
**[04:58] Principal**
Would you do that for us?
**[05:02] Matsuri**
Understood, Madam Principal.
**[05:05] Suzu**
Matsuri, that guy...
**[05:07] Matsuri**
You can tell, too, huh?
**[05:08] Matsuri**
He looks human, but he's definitely...
**[05:11] Garaku**
Whoo!
**[05:12] Garaku**
You two are so pretty! So picturesque!
**[05:17] Matsuri**
...an ayakashi!
**[05:19] Matsuri**
* And what is with his*
* immense ayakashi energy?*
**[05:23] Matsuri**
*It's endless!*
**[05:26] Suzu**
This is our class.
**[05:29] Garaku**
Oh, how I love it!
**[05:31] Garaku**
You spend days together
facing the same desks,
**[05:33] Garaku**
filled with a web of hopes and melancholy!
**[05:36] Garaku**
Ah, youth!
**[05:38] Suzu**
R-Right...
**[05:39] Lucy**
Huh? Holy cow.
**[05:41] Lucy**
Lady Suzu and Lady Matsuri are giving
a tour to Utagawa Garaku, in the flesh!
**[05:46] Yayoi**
Who?
**[05:48] Lucy**
A famous artist. One of the best in Japan.
**[05:51] Lucy**
My father's a fan.
Owns a bunch of his works.
**[05:55] Yayoi**
Huh...
**[05:58] Garaku**
Schools are great!
**[06:00] Garaku**
So much youthful energy here.
**[06:03] Garaku**
It fuels my creative juices!
**[06:06] Suzu**
Um, I hate to ask, but...
You're an ayakashi, right?
**[06:11] Suzu**
Why are you taking the shape of a human?
**[06:14] Garaku**
This is my usual form.
**[06:17] Garaku**
Curious, are we,
**[06:18] Garaku**
ayakashi medium?
**[06:21] Matsuri**
So you're here for Suzu after all!
**[06:25] Garaku**
Love it!
**[06:27] Garaku**
A lady knight protecting her princess!
**[06:30] Garaku**
I need to draw that expression!
**[06:32] Garaku**
But what a tragedy...
**[06:35] Garaku**
You've had Gender Swap
Awakened cast on you, right?
**[06:38] Garaku**
Shirogane-san can be such a meanie.
**[06:42] Suzu**
Do you know Shirogane?
**[06:44] Garaku**
I guess you could say that.
**[06:47] Garaku**
So where is he?
**[06:49] Garaku**
I figured he'd be with you.
**[06:51] (Flashback) Shirogane**
Someone I hate just showed up,
so I'm going to make myself scarce.
**[06:55] Matsuri**
...he said.
**[06:56] Garaku**
Aw, it's so sad that he hates me.
**[06:58] Garaku**
And here,
**[07:00] Garaku**
I fully accept him as king.
**[07:04] Garaku**
I need him to remain on that throne.
**[07:08] Garaku**
So I'm sorry, Matsuri-kun...
**[07:16] Garaku**
But I must ask you to hand over
**[07:18] Garaku**
the God-Sealing Scroll.
**[07:21] Matsuri**
*A brush?*
**[07:23] Matsuri**
*He instantly drew that on the floor?!*
**[07:26] Garaku**
Art Reflects Reality.
**[07:38] Suzu**
Matsuri?!
**[07:39] Matsuri**
Stay back, Suzu!
**[07:48] Matsuri**
Hey!
**[07:49] Matsuri**
Don't undress me!
**[07:50] Garaku**
Oh, don't get the wrong idea.
**[07:53] Garaku**
It's just searching for the scroll.
**[07:57] Matsuri**
Why, you...
**[07:58] Suzu**
Matsuri?!
**[08:04] Soga**
Ninokuru Soga joins the fray!
**[08:08] Matsuri**
S-Senpai!
**[08:10] Suzu**
* Ninokuru-senpai's protecting*
* Matsuri, just like he said!*
**[08:14] Garaku**
Oh, I see. There was another exorcist ninja.
**[08:18] Matsuri**
I... I'm sorry, Ninokuru-senpai!
**[08:21] Soga**
H-Hurry up and change into your ninja gear!
**[08:24] Matsuri**
R-Right.
**[08:25] Matsuri**
Suit up!
**[08:26] Garaku**
Ah, yes, the Ninokuru clan.
**[08:28] Garaku**
I've heard about you through
the ayakashi grapevine.
**[08:31] Garaku**
A prestigious clan of exorcist ninjas
boasting extraordinary speed, was it?
**[08:36] Soga**
I know of you, too, Utagawa Garaku.
**[08:39] Soga**
An eccentric ayakashi, traveling and drawing
amongst the humans since the Edo period.
**[08:44] Soga**
Since you've posed no harm,
**[08:45] Soga**
the Exorcist Ninja Association has long
taken a wait-and-see approach with you.
**[08:48] Soga**
But it looks like that's going to end.
**[08:52] Garaku**
That would be a problem.
**[08:54] Garaku**
I have no intention of getting
on the Association's bad side.
**[08:59] Soga**
Too late.
**[09:01] Soga**
You attacked Kazamaki.
**[09:03] Soga**
You have to die, and now.
**[09:05] Suzu**
So fast!
**[09:06] Matsuri**
But, Senpai, that's just...
**[09:09] Soga**
What? A drawing?!
**[09:11] Garaku**
Whoo, you truly are lightning fast!
**[09:15] Garaku**
I'm no match for you in a battle of speed...
**[09:18] Garaku**
except when it comes to drawing.
**[09:26] Soga**
* I can't break them! A huge amount of*
* ayakashi energy is infused in this art!*
**[09:30] Soga**
* So this is Art Reflects Reality...*
* Utagawa Garaku's signature spell!*
**[09:34] Yayoi**
So, this Utagawa... what's-his-face?
**[09:37] Lucy**
Utagawa Garaku.
**[09:39] Yayoi**
If he's so famous, shouldn't
you get his autograph?
**[09:43] Lucy**
I guess it *would* make my dad jump for joy.
**[09:44] Garaku**
Whoo, we have company.
**[09:47] Garaku**
Art Reflects Reality Barrier:
**[09:50] Garaku**
Partition Wall.
**[09:53] Yayoi**
Huh?
**[09:54] Lucy**
Was this always a dead end?
**[09:57] Yayoi**
Our school is built weird.
I still don't know my way around.
**[10:00] Yayoi**
Let's go that way.
**[10:01] Lucy**
Yeah.
**[10:01] Garaku**
Nice. They didn't even question it.
**[10:05] Garaku**
My Art Reflects Reality spell
is effective on humans.
**[10:08] Garaku**
After all, art exists to be seen by people.
**[10:13] Garaku**
Handy, isn't it?
**[10:14] Garaku**
Meanwhile, your skills are somewhat
unsuited to an indoor battle.
**[10:19] Garaku**
No matter how fast you are, you can't
hit top speed in this narrow hallway.
**[10:25] Garaku**
And...
**[10:40] Matsuri**
Get... off of me!
**[10:43] Suzu**
Matsuri!
**[10:47] Garaku**
Way off-target.
**[10:49] Matsuri**
Hey, hands off!
**[10:51] Garaku**
And Matsuri-kun... You can't use
your wind carelessly when indoors.
**[10:56] Garaku**
A strong gust might break some windows,
**[10:58] Garaku**
possibly injuring innocent bystanders.
**[11:02] Matsuri**
Shoot!
**[11:05] Suzu**
You're not getting this!
**[11:06] Soga**
Kanade Suzu!
**[11:07] Matsuri**
Don't!
**[11:08] Garaku**
Wow, you're a brave one.
**[11:11] Garaku**
But now you're in danger.
**[11:15] Garaku**
My cute little octopus,
who I ordered to obtain the scroll,
**[11:20] Garaku**
is still alive and wriggling.
**[11:22] Matsuri**
Suzu!
**[11:31] Matsuri**
Suzu!
**[11:33] Suzu**
*No!*
**[11:34] Suzu**
* Without this scroll,*
* we'll have nothing on Shirogane!*
**[11:39] Suzu**
* Matsuri won't be able*
* to turn back into a boy!*
**[11:41] Suzu**
*So...*
**[11:44] Suzu**
*I won't let you have it!*
**[11:51] Soga**
What?
**[11:52] Soga**
That octopus of Garaku's that
was trying to steal the scroll
**[11:55] Soga**
is now acting like it's
defending Kanade Suzu!
**[12:04] Garaku**
*It's obeying her.*
**[12:06] Garaku**
*She hijacked my spell?*
**[12:12] Garaku**
Wow! So this is an ayakashi medium at work!
**[12:16] Garaku**
I've never had my art turn on me before.
**[12:20] Garaku**
I would love to see more of your power.
**[12:23] Matsuri**
Not happening.
**[12:25] Matsuri**
Art class is over, Utagawa Garaku.
**[12:31] Garaku**
Don't do this, Matsuri-kun.
**[12:33] Garaku**
You know a gust of wind
indoors would be dang—
**[12:35] Matsuri**
My wind can scatter more than just ayakashi!
**[12:39] Matsuri**
Exorcist Ninja Art:
**[12:41] Matsuri**
Twister Ball!
**[12:49] Garaku**
* So that's why he turned*
* on the faucet earlier.*
**[12:55] Soga**
Well done, Kazamaki!
**[12:58] Garaku**
You got me.
**[13:00] Garaku**
I'm amazed you figured out how
Art Reflects Reality works so quickly.
**[13:04] Matsuri**
I have Ninokuru-senpai to thank for that.
**[13:07] Matsuri**
The drawing he slashed turned
back into ink and evaporated.
**[13:10] Matsuri**
Your spell uses ink as its medium.
**[13:13] Matsuri**
The walls and floor are drenched.
**[13:15] Matsuri**
You won't be able to draw anything new now.
**[13:18] Matsuri**
Prepare to die!
**[13:20] Garaku**
I'm sorry!
**[13:24] Matsuri**
* That's the first time*
* I've seen anyone kowtow...*
**[13:26] Garaku**
I apologize.
**[13:28] Garaku**
I was just having a little fun
trying to learn more about you kids,
**[13:30] Garaku**
but I guess I went too far.
**[13:32] Matsuri**
What?!
**[13:34] Garaku**
To be honest, I don't really
care about the scroll.
**[13:37] Garaku**
From the start,
**[13:38] Garaku**
I've been opposed to Shirogane-san trying
to devour the ayakashi medium.
**[13:43] Suzu**
I think he's telling the truth.
**[13:46] Suzu**
He never really did anything to hurt us.
**[13:50] Matsuri**
Suzu...
**[13:52] Suzu**
Garaku-san, could you tell me what you know
**[13:55] Suzu**
about me—about ayakashi mediums?
**[13:59] Garaku**
Of course.
**[14:00] Garaku**
That was my intention from the beginning.
**[14:03] Garaku**
I think you ought to know...
**[14:06] Garaku**
that you have the potential
to become god of the ayakashi.
**[14:11] Suzu**
God of the ayakashi...?
**[14:14] Matsuri**
Wh-What's that supposed to mean?
**[14:18] Seigen**
Oh, Utagawa Garaku?
**[14:21] Seigen**
He's one of the strongest ayakashi
that the Association is aware of.
**[14:27] Seigen**
I'd heard he was only interested in drawing...
**[14:31] Seigen**
So why did he show up in our town now?
**[14:36] Matsuri**
We really should keep an eye on him, huh?
**[14:40] Matsuri**
Suzu will be back tomorrow,
so I'll tell her then.
**[14:42] Seigen**
Oh, sorry, Matsuri.
**[14:45] Seigen**
There's a neighborhood meeting tomorrow
afternoon, and it's our turn to be the hosts.
**[14:50] Matsuri**
Oh, really?
**[14:51] Matsuri**
Guess I'll have to see her somewhere else.
**[14:57] Matsuri**
Suzu's place, huh?
**[14:58] Matsuri**
I haven't been inside since grade school.
**[15:01] Ritta**
Coming!
**[15:03] Matsuri**
Hey, Ritta!
**[15:05] Matsuri**
It's been ages! You've grown so much!
**[15:08] Ritta**
Huh? And you are...?
**[15:12] Ritta**
Have we met before?
**[15:14] Matsuri**
Y-Yeah! J-Just for a little bit!
**[15:17] Matsuri**
I'm Suzu's friend—
**[15:19] Suzu**
Oh, Matsuri. You're here early.
**[15:22] Suzu**
Come on in.
**[15:23] Matsuri**
Th-Thanks.
**[15:26] Matsuri**
Sorry to show up outta the blue.
**[15:29] Suzu**
No, it's no problem.
**[15:31] Ritta**
*Matsuri?*
**[15:33] Ritta**
*That kid Sis used to play with all the time?*
**[15:35] Ritta**
*I didn't know that was a girl.*
**[15:37] Ritta**
* She's gotten a lot flashier.*
* High school changes people, huh?*
**[15:43] Ritta**
*Also, like...*
**[15:45] Ritta**
*Her boobs are out of this world!*
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** Kanade Ritta
Sixth-Grader Hitting Puberty
**[15:50] Suzu**
Shirogane came, too?
**[15:52] Matsuri**
Who knows what he'll get up to
if I take my eye off him?
**[15:56] Shirogane**
I am merely here for Suzu Dango.
**[16:00] Suzu**
Yeah, I know. I did make some.
**[16:06] Matsuri**
* Suzu's room smells so good...*
* It's making me space out.*
**[16:13] Matsuri**
*There's more girly stuff in here than before.*
**[16:21] Suzu**
Matsuri, are you okay with soda?
**[16:24] Matsuri**
S-Sure. Anything's fine.
**[16:26] Suzu**
Okay. Just have a seat wherever.
**[16:31] Matsuri**
According to Gramps,
**[16:33] Matsuri**
Garaku is the tsukumogami of a brush
used by a famous artist a long time ago.
**[16:37] Matsuri**
He's apparently one of the strongest
ayakashi the Association knows about.
**[16:42] Suzu**
A tsukumogami? What's that?
**[16:44] Matsuri**
An object or a tool used for a long time
that turns into an ayakashi.
**[16:47] Suzu**
Huh...
**[16:48] Shirogane**
Garaku's form and personality strongly
reflect the human who used him.
**[16:55] Shirogane**
And that artist supposedly loved cats.
**[17:00] Garaku**
Shirogane-san!
**[17:02] Garaku**
I found you at last!
**[17:04] Shirogane**
Garaku?!
**[17:05] Shirogane**
Oh, no!
**[17:07] Suzu**
Uh, this is the second floor.
**[17:12] Garaku**
Pardon my intrusion!
**[17:16] Garaku**
Shirogane-san! You're so cute!
**[17:19] Garaku**
Your usual form is cute, too,
but now you're so fluffy!
**[17:19] Shirogane**
Stop it! Don't rub your face on me!
**[17:24] Garaku**
Let me just borrow
Shirogane-san so we can catch up.
**[17:28] Garaku**
Enjoy your alone time!
**[17:35] Matsurisuzu**
*It's just the two of us...*
**[17:39] Matsuri**
*Wh-Why am I getting all self-conscious?*
**[17:42] Matsuri**
*It's not like that between us!*
**[17:48] Suzu**
Wh-What do you think?
**[17:49] Matsuri**
Huh? About what?!
**[17:50] Suzu**
What Garaku said...
**[17:53] Suzu**
You know, about the god
of ayakashi or whatever.
**[17:56] Matsuri**
Oh, that?
**[17:59] (Flashback) Suzu**
God of the ayakashi...?
**[18:01] (Flashback) Matsuri**
Wh-What's that supposed to mean?
**[18:03] (Flashback) Garaku**
Well...
**[18:05] Garaku**
As you know, humans have two types of energy:
***SIGN*** Kon
***SIGN*** Spiritual energy
***SIGN*** Haku
***SIGN*** Physical energy
**[18:10] Garaku**
kon and haku.
***SIGN*** Kon
***SIGN*** Spiritual energy
***SIGN*** Haku
***SIGN*** Physical energy
**[18:12] Garaku**
An ayakashi medium can
freely manipulate haku,
**[18:14] Garaku**
the life energy contained
in the physical body.
**[18:19] Garaku**
And ayakashi are energy organisms
that only have haku.
***SIGN*** Haku
***SIGN*** = Ayakashi energy
**[18:23] Garaku**
Ayakashi equals haku.
**[18:25] (Flashback) Garaku**
As such, an ayakashi medium can
perform miraculous deeds for ayakashi.
**[18:30] (Flashback) Garaku**
By sending out haku,
**[18:32] (Flashback) Garaku**
they can heal wounds and
nullify curses or spells.
**[18:35] (Flashback) Garaku**
That's why, in the past, some were even
worshiped as gods by the weaker ayakashi.
**[18:42] (Flashback) Garaku**
But of course!
**[18:44] (Flashback) Garaku**
Controlling and commanding lives
**[18:46] (Flashback) Garaku**
would put one among the ranks
of gods and deities.
**[18:50] (Flashback) Garaku**
You hold that much power over ayakashi.
You're a sublime existence for us.
**[18:55] (Flashback) Garaku**
And you need to be more
aware of it, Suzu-kun.
**[19:00] Matsuri**
I find it hard to believe what he said.
**[19:04] Matsuri**
Humans can only increase or control
their kon through training.
**[19:09] Matsuri**
And that's just the spiritual energy.
**[19:11] Matsuri**
Exorcist ninja training is
all done to strengthen kon.
**[19:16] Matsuri**
There's no way you, without any training,
could send *haku* into another being.
**[19:21] Suzu**
Hmm...
**[19:22] Suzu**
But Garaku-san said
**[19:25] Suzu**
that I unconsciously sent my haku
into the octopus to make it obey me.
**[19:30] Suzu**
If that's true, isn't it amazing?
**[19:33] Suzu**
Maybe I could make this guy move, too!
**[19:35] Suzu**
Move, move!
**[19:38] Matsuri**
I bet that was just Garaku's
spell malfunctioning.
**[19:42] Matsuri**
It wasn't your power...
**[19:47] Suzu**
It... It's moving!
**[19:50] Matsuri**
Suzu!
**[19:51] Suzu**
Eek!
**[19:53] Suzu**
Matsuri!
**[20:08] (Flashback) Garaku**
By sending out haku,
**[20:10] (Flashback) Garaku**
they can heal wounds and
nullify curses or spells.
**[20:15] Suzu**
*Nullify curses or spells?!*
**[20:19] Matsuri**
Hey, Suzu! What are you...
**[20:25] Suzu**
*If I have the ability*
**[20:28] Suzu**
*to undo the spell cast on Matsuri,*
**[20:32] Suzu**
*it might be the first time that I'll be happy*
**[20:36] Suzu**
*that I'm an ayakashi medium!*
**[20:40] Matsuri**
*Something hot's flowing into me from Suzu.*
**[20:44] Matsuri**
*Is this her haku?*
**[20:48] Suzu**
*Matsuri, come back to me!*
**[21:06] Suzu**
Nothing's happening...
**[21:12] Matsuri**
Yeah.
**[21:14] Matsuri**
I felt your power, but that was it.
**[21:17] Matsuri**
It naturally left my body and disappeared.
**[21:20] Matsuri**
That's what it felt like.
**[21:25] Suzu**
But my power went inside you.
**[21:29] Matsuri**
Yeah.
**[21:31] Matsuri**
D-Doesn't it wear you out?
**[21:33] Suzu**
Not at all. I'm an ayakashi medium.
**[21:37] Ritta**
Hey, Sis, about tonight's dinner...
**[21:46] Ritta**
I'm sorry, Sis!
**[21:47] Suzu**
R-Ritta? It's not what you think!
**[21:50] Garaku**
The little brother's reaction was great.
**[21:53] Garaku**
I'm going to draw him!
**[21:54] Shirogane**
I sense something akin to Suzu in that one.
**[21:58] Garaku**
*It seems coming here was the right decision.*
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