# E4 - VS Imaginator 1
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**(Flashback) [00:09] Suiko**
It's a shame, to be honest.
**(Flashback) [00:12] Suiko**
In the end, you're also stuck in the present.
**(Flashback) [00:17] Suiko**
It's truly a shame.
**(Flashback) [00:20] Suiko**
But no matter how long you wait,
I'm pretty sure nothing will begin.
**(Flashback) [00:28] Suiko**
Don't you think so?
**(Flashback) [00:31] Boogiepop**
Say whatever you'd like.
**(Flashback) [00:34] Boogiepop**
It appears that, unlike
myself, you haven't split.
**(Flashback) [00:39] Boogiepop**
I guess you're still automatic.
**(Flashback) [00:43] Boogiepop**
Either way, you're finished.
There's nothing left for you.
**(Flashback) [00:48] Suiko**
But nothing's even started yet.
**(Flashback) [00:51] Suiko**
I don't even have a name yet.
**(Flashback) [00:56] Boogiepop**
In that case, I'll give you one now.
**(Flashback) [00:59] Boogiepop**
Kirima Nagi's father called beings
like yourself "Imaginators."
**(Flashback) [01:07] Suiko**
"Love is like snow that falls in April.
**(Flashback) [01:10] Suiko**
Unexpected, yet not unforeseen," was it?
**(Flashback) [01:18] Suiko**
The end of the beginning is also
the beginning of the end, Boogiepop.
**(Flashback) [01:24] Suiko**
You may have stopped me here...
**(Flashback) [01:27] Suiko**
But that is just the beginning
of the next ending.
**(Flashback) [01:40] Suiko**
There's still plenty of time before
I actually hit the ground.
**(Flashback) [01:45] Suiko**
Will you be able to find me before then?
***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
***SIGN*** Karaoke
***SIGN*** Tonkatsu
***SIGN*** Fukadai Prep School
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
**[03:25] Sawako**
There are times when I suddenly
wake up in the middle of the night.
**[03:30] Sawako**
There's something sitting on my chest,
and it feels like it's staring into me.
**[03:36] Sawako**
But when I open my eyes...
**[03:39] Jin**
Ah... There's nothing there, correct?
**[03:42] Sawako**
I mean, I know it's probably
just a dream, but...
**[03:47] Jin**
Whatever this thing is...
Does it try to talk to you?
**[03:51] Sawako**
Yes! How did you know?
**[03:54] Jin**
Do you remember what it said?
**[03:57] Sawako**
No, I don't...
**[03:59] Jin**
So you can't remember.
**[04:03] Jin**
*She doesn't have any roots.*
**[04:05] Jin**
*Barely any leaves, either.*
**[04:07] Jin**
*Only the bud is large...*
**[04:10] Sawako**
I'm sorry for talking to you
about something so weird.
**[04:12] Jin**
*And it's almost breaking the stem.*
**[04:16] Sawako**
Um, Asukai-sensei?
**[04:18] Jin**
I probably shouldn't say this,
**[04:21] Jin**
but I don't think you should
be taking exams so seriously.
**[04:24] Sawako**
Huh?
**[04:25] Jin**
It's not like your problems will be
gone once you get into university.
**[04:29] Jin**
It doesn't exactly secure your future, either.
**[04:32] Jin**
I'm sure you probably realize that.
**[04:35] Jin**
I believe that dream is a sign
**[04:37] Jin**
your subconscious is sending you, saying
you should reconsider entering university.
**[04:45] Sawako**
Right...
**[04:46] Jin**
Wanting to get into college
isn't a bad thing at all.
**[04:50] Jin**
But you shouldn't stress
yourself out over it.
**[04:54] Sawako**
I think... I understand.
**[04:58] Jin**
*Looks like the bud has relaxed a little.*
**[05:02] Sawako**
Thank you very much.
**[05:04] Jin**
I know you're trying your best.
**[05:06] Jin**
You just need to learn to relax
and keep moving forward.
**[05:09] Sawako**
Right. I feel a lot better.
***SIGN*** Guidance Counselor's Office
**[05:11] Sawako**
I think you'd make a great therapist
or something like that, Sensei.
**[05:16] Jin**
What?
**[05:17] Sawako**
Oh, sorry. That was probably rude...
**[05:21] Jin**
I'll think about it. I mean, they call
us starving artists for a reason.
**[05:24] Sawako**
Oh, yeah... Sensei, what does the phrase
"Sometimes it snows in April" mean?
**[05:30] Jin**
Huh? What was that?
**[05:33] Sawako**
Well, that's the one thing
I remember from that dream.
**[05:37] Sawako**
But I'm sure it's not that important.
**[05:40] Sawako**
Goodbye!
**[05:44] Jin**
Sometimes it snows in April, huh?
**[05:50] Jin**
*Ever since I was born,*
**[05:52] Jin**
* I've had the power to see what*
* people are missing in their hearts.*
**[05:57] Jin**
* There was a book I read*
* as a kid with the line,*
**[06:00] Jin**
* "The reason this child was beautiful was*
* because he had a rose within his heart,"*
**[06:05] Jin**
*and that's precisely what I see.*
**[06:12] Jin**
*However, every plant I see is missing something.*
**[06:17] Jin**
*Just like that girl was lacking roots,*
**[06:19] Jin**
*everyone is always lacking something.*
**[06:22] Jin**
* There's nothing they can do*
* about what they're missing,*
**[06:26] Jin**
* so sometimes I try to*
* say something helpful.*
**[06:30] Jin**
* But in the end, all I know*
* is what they're missing.*
**[06:33] Girl A**
Hey, it's snowing.
**[06:35] Girl B**
You're right! It's so pretty!
**[06:38] Jin**
* And I can't see my own*
* plant within me...*
**[06:46] Jin**
Huh?!
**[06:48] Jin**
D-Don't!
**[06:56] Jin**
What's going on?
**[06:59] Suiko**
I'm sure it's no fun
**[07:02] Suiko**
being able to see what others cannot.
**[07:04] Jin**
What?!
**[07:08] Suiko**
I understand how you feel.
**[07:12] Suiko**
Because I used to be like that, too.
**[07:15] Jin**
Y-You, too?
**[07:16] Suiko**
Yes, because I can see people's deaths.
**[07:20] Jin**
Their deaths?
**[07:22] Suiko**
To be more precise,
**[07:24] Suiko**
I can see the energy that living
creatures generate right before
**[07:28] Suiko**
they burn themselves out.
**[07:31] Suiko**
I am a possibility in which
people can manipulate death.
**[07:35] Suiko**
My purpose is to recreate
the world in that way.
**[07:41] Suiko**
I am an enemy to the current world.
**[07:44] Suiko**
I bring cold to the world even in
the spring. I make it snow in April.
**[07:49] Jin**
Huh?!
**[07:51] Suiko**
Would you be willing to help me
with my work, Asukai-sensei?
**[07:56] Jin**
What are you talking about?
**[07:57] Jin**
Who are you?
**[08:00] Suiko**
My enemies call me "Imaginator."
**[08:06] Jin**
W-Wait!
**[08:14] Kotoe**
Welcome back!
**[08:16] Kotoe**
You haven't had dinner yet,
have you, Jin-niisan?
**[08:18] Jin**
Huh? Not yet.
**[08:20] Kotoe**
Oh, good. I made some stew,
so I'll bring some over later.
**[08:23] Jin**
Okay, thanks.
**[08:26] Kotoe**
You look exhausted today.
**[08:29] Jin**
Yeah, well... It's about to get pretty busy.
**[08:33] Kotoe**
Must be rough.
**[08:36] Jin**
You talk as if it's not your problem,
**[08:38] Jin**
but you'll be going through
the same thing next year.
**[08:41] Kotoe**
I'm not really sure yet...
**[08:44] Kotoe**
Maybe I'll go to your prep school.
**[08:47] Jin**
Since when were you interested
in going to art school?
**[08:50] Kotoe**
But you're also counseling kids, right?
**[08:52] Jin**
Yeah. But most of the kids who
come see me are pretty serious.
**[08:59] Kotoe**
Hey! Are you trying to say I'm not serious?
**[09:03] Kotoe**
I guess that *is* how I come off...
**[09:07] Jin**
I'm kidding. You shouldn't come
to me for counseling, to be honest.
**[09:12] Kotoe**
Huh?
**[09:13] Jin**
You should try to figure
out your own problems.
**[09:17] Jin**
Especially when it comes to exams...
I'm a teacher, so I can't really say much.
**[09:23] Jin**
There's actually very little I can do.
**[09:26] Kotoe**
You worry way too much about others.
**[09:30] Kotoe**
I think you can take it a little easier.
**[09:38] Jin**
* She's very thoughtful, kind,*
* and overall, a good girl.*
**[09:43] Jin**
*If only she had a bud...*
**[09:47] Jin**
Thanks. That makes me feel a lot better.
**[09:51] Kotoe**
Nothing is ever futile. Everything works out!
**[09:54] Kotoe**
There's always a way!
**[09:56] Jin**
I wish I could think like that...
**[09:59] Suiko**
However, that way...
**[10:02] Suiko**
can be slightly cruel, and could even
go against what the world sees as just.
**[10:06] Suiko**
That's the thing.
**[10:08] Jin**
Y-You're—
**[10:10] Jin**
That hallucination from earlier!
Were you actually a ghost?
**[10:12] Suiko**
I wouldn't say that's accurate.
**[10:15] Suiko**
I'd say I'm more a future that's
taken form in the present.
**[10:20] Suiko**
Or maybe a hypothetical
possibility given substance.
**[10:26] Suiko**
Asukai-sensei, don't you
want to do something?
**[10:31] Jin**
A-About what?
**[10:33] Suiko**
About what people are
missing in their hearts.
**[10:37] Suiko**
What do you think you're
missing, Asukai-sensei?
**[10:42] Jin**
Huh?
**[10:43] Suiko**
What you're missing... is a calling.
**[10:46] Suiko**
I'll give you just a tiny
glimpse into the future.
**[11:04] Suiko**
What'd you think?
**[11:05] Jin**
What was that?! What did you just show me?
**[11:08] Suiko**
That is your calling, Asukai-sensei.
**[11:11] Jin**
I'd never do anything like that!
**[11:14] Suiko**
And whether you do or
don't is solely up to you.
**[11:17] Suiko**
But you *can*... and that truth won't change.
**[11:22] Jin**
Don't be ridiculous! Who the hell are you?!
**[11:24] Jin**
Are you a demon? Is that why you're trying to...
**[11:26] Suiko**
Tempt you?
**[11:28] Suiko**
No. You have to be the one to decide.
**[11:31] Suiko**
Sometimes birds fall from the sky,
**[11:34] Suiko**
and sometimes it even snows
in April, Asukai-sensei.
**[11:39] Jin**
G-Get away from me!
**[11:41] Kotoe**
Wh-What?
**[11:45] Jin**
Sorry! Are you okay?
**[11:48] Kotoe**
Are *you* okay, Jin-niisan?
***SIGN*** Karaoke
***SIGN*** Tonkatsu
***SIGN*** Fukadai Prep School
**[11:52] Girl**
Are you listening?
**[11:54] Girl**
Sensei?
**[11:56] Jin**
Hm? O-Oh, yes.
**[11:59] Jin**
You keep having the same dream, right?
**[12:01] Girl**
Yes, where someone's talking to me.
**[12:05] Girl**
When I listen to them,
**[12:07] Girl**
I feel like exams and the rest of the
world just don't matter anymore...
**[12:12] Girl**
Is there something wrong with me?
**[12:18] Girl**
Sensei? Asukai-sensei?
**[12:20] Jin**
Huh? Oh...
**[12:22] Girl**
Is something wrong?
**[12:23] Jin**
No. Please continue.
**[12:26] Girl**
That dream was just too nice...
**[12:31] Girl**
And it... sort of scares me.
**[12:46] Jin**
What the hell am I doing?
**[12:51] Jin**
Imaginator...
**[12:56] Cop**
So this girl assaulted you,
**[13:00] Cop**
then she suddenly slit her
own throat... Is that right?
**[13:07] Jin**
Yes.
**(Flashback) [13:11] Shizuko**
H-Help me...
**(Flashback) [13:14] Jin**
Who is that?
**(Flashback) [13:16] Jin**
Hey, is something wrong?
**(Flashback) [13:18] Jin**
Wha... Are you all right?!
**(Flashback) [13:21] Jin**
What's wrong?
**(Flashback) [13:23] Shizuko**
Help... me.
**(Flashback) [13:25] Shizuko**
Don't you dare scream, Asukai-sensei.
**(Flashback) [13:28] Jin**
Huh?
**(Flashback) [13:29] Shizuko**
I guess you're still a softie.
**(Flashback) [13:32] Shizuko**
I figured you'd fall for this.
**(Flashback) [13:36] Jin**
You're... You're Imazaki-kun.
**(Flashback) [13:40] Shizuko**
You actually remember me.
**(Flashback) [13:43] Shizuko**
Now, give me your cash. All of it!
**(Flashback) [13:47] Jin**
Are you just going to buy more drugs with it?
**(Flashback) [13:49] Jin**
What in the world happened to you?
**(Flashback) [13:51] Shizuko**
That doesn't freakin' matter! Just hurry
up and give me all your money!
**[13:56] Cop**
So you knew the girl?
**[13:59] Jin**
Yes. Her name is Imazaki Shizuko.
**[14:02] Jin**
She was a student of mine,
and a very good one.
**[14:07] Cop**
Can you think of any reason why
she'd have a grudge against you?
**[14:11] Jin**
There might be.
**[14:13] Cop**
Although, from what we found out, this
apparently stemmed from family issues.
**[14:19] Jin**
It's probably because when she asked
for advice, I couldn't help her.
**(Flashback) [14:27] Shizuko**
Come on! Hurry up!
**(Flashback) [14:28] Shizuko**
If you don't want to die,
give me your money!
**(Flashback) [14:31] Jin**
If you're going to kill me, just do it.
**(Flashback) [14:32] Shizuko**
I'm serious, damn it!
**(Flashback) [14:34] Jin**
And so am I!
**(Flashback) [14:36] Jin**
But you fell right into using drugs...
What good could those possibly do?!
**(Flashback) [14:43] Shizuko**
What the hell?
**(Flashback) [14:45] Jin**
You can get high or whatever...
But there's nothing we can do!
**(Flashback) [14:53] Suiko**
Yup. Drugs.
**(Flashback) [14:55] Suiko**
Oh, but these aren't for her.
**(Flashback) [14:59] Jin**
You're...
**(Flashback) [15:00] Suiko**
Don't get the wrong idea. Everything
until now, she did of her own free will.
**(Flashback) [15:07] Suiko**
But it's not like she really wanted to do this.
**[15:12] Cop**
She was a dealer we'd been
after for a different case.
**[15:17] Jin**
So you knew about her?
**[15:20] Cop**
Yeah. We had our eyes on her to get
to a bigger target we were after.
**(Flashback) [15:25] Suiko**
Say, what do you think these
drugs are for, Asukai-sensei?
**(Flashback) [15:29] Jin**
She was probably forced to sell them.
**(Flashback) [15:31] Suiko**
Correct.
**(Flashback) [15:32] Suiko**
These are cheap batches
to get beginners hooked.
**(Flashback) [15:35] Suiko**
There are so many other ways
to make money quickly.
**(Flashback) [15:40] Suiko**
But the poor thing... Looking this
tattered, she couldn't even do that.
**(Flashback) [15:46] Suiko**
All she could do to make money
was obey someone else.
**(Flashback) [15:50] Suiko**
But she couldn't bring herself to do that.
**(Flashback) [15:54] Suiko**
It's such a sad story.
**(Flashback) [15:56] Suiko**
She didn't want to create
more people like herself,
**(Flashback) [16:00] Suiko**
but there was nothing she could do.
**(Flashback) [16:03] Suiko**
That's why she relied on you, because she
remembered you were nice to her before.
**[16:11] Jin**
So you knew, and yet...
**[16:13] Cop**
There's nothing we can do
**[16:15] Cop**
once they're that far gone.
**(Flashback) [16:20] Suiko**
But you see, Asukai-sensei...
**(Flashback) [16:22] Suiko**
Either way, this girl is finished.
**(Flashback) [16:25] Jin**
What?!
**(Flashback) [16:26] Suiko**
The drugs have destroyed her body.
**(Flashback) [16:28] Suiko**
Even if she hadn't run into you,
she wouldn't last the rest of the month.
**(Flashback) [16:32] Suiko**
She was going to helplessly die...
Pitiful, miserable, and sad.
**(Flashback) [16:40] Suiko**
But there might be something that you can do.
**[16:50] Cop**
I'm sure she had enough
reason to kill herself.
**[16:54] Jin**
Suicide?
**[16:57] Cop**
Yeah. You can go home shortly.
**[17:00] Cop**
Apparently, there's a witness.
**[17:02] Jin**
Suicide...
**(Flashback) [17:07] Shizuko**
Damn... it...
**(Flashback) [17:09] Shizuko**
Damn it...
**(Flashback) [17:11] Shizuko**
Damn it...
**(Flashback) [17:14] Shizuko**
Damn...
**[17:32] Cop**
Say, Asukai-san.
**[17:34] Asukai**
Yes?
**[17:35] Cop**
As you saw her dying...
Did you say something to her?
**[17:40] Asukai**
Why do you ask?
**[17:41] Cop**
Well, despite the way she died, she had
a very peaceful look upon her face.
**[17:48] Cop**
Like all the thorns in her heart
had been plucked away.
**[17:53] Cop**
That's how she looked.
**[17:56] Jin**
I see. I didn't say anything, though.
**[18:06] Jin**
*I guess I'm going to be busy from now on...*
**[18:12] Masaki**
Stop! She's got nothing to do with this!
**[18:15] Boy A**
Who the hell do you think you are?
**[18:17] Boy B**
Get the hell outta here!
**[18:19] Boy C**
We're here to have some fun with her.
**[18:22] Masaki**
S-Stop!
**[18:24] Jin**
Hey, you there.
**[18:27] Masaki**
Just to make sure I have the right idea...
**[18:31] Boy C**
Wh-Who the hell are you?
**[18:33] Jin**
Do you want to save that girl?
**[18:36] Masaki**
Y-Yes.
**[18:37] Jin**
I see. In that case, leave this to me, and run.
**[18:42] Masaki**
Yes, sir. Thank you very much!
**[18:45] Boy C**
H-Hey, wait!
**[18:47] Jin**
You're the ones who're going to wait.
**[18:49] Boy B**
What?
**[18:50] Boy C**
The hell's your problem, man?
**[18:52] Jin**
Well... It's not that I have
anything against you boys...
**[18:56] Jin**
But I will
**[18:58] Jin**
be using you as guinea pigs.
**[19:08] Boy C**
What... What the hell did you do to them?
**[19:11] Jin**
You wouldn't get it even if I told you.
**[19:13] Jin**
But I haven't hurt them.
**[19:16] Jin**
I've actually given them happiness.
**[19:19] Boy C**
Wh-What are you talking about?!
**[19:21] Boy C**
Who the hell are you?!
**[19:23] Jin**
Oh, yeah...
**[19:26] Jin**
Hey, what was that name again?
**[19:29] Suiko**
Imaginator.
**[19:31] Jin**
Yeah, let's go with that.
**(Flashback) [19:51] Mariko**
Wow, that's such a pretty melody.
**(Flashback) [19:57] Suiko**
If that sounded pretty,
**(Flashback) [19:59] Suiko**
it's just because you were predisposed
to like the song from the start.
**[20:05] Mariko**
* When she was still alive,*
* Suiko-san used to always say...*
**[20:09] Suiko**
* Komiya-san, nothing is*
* absolute in this world.*
**[20:15] Suiko**
*Sometimes birds fall from the sky,*
**[20:17] Suiko**
*and sometimes it even snows in April.*
**[20:21] Mariko**
Suiko-san.
**[20:23] Boogiepop**
Do you...
**[20:25] Boogiepop**
want to follow Minahoshi Suiko?
**[20:29] Boogiepop**
But even if you were to jump off that
ledge, you wouldn't be able to join her.
**[20:36] Mariko**
Are you... Boogiepop?
**[20:38] Boogiepop**
Ah... So you've heard of me.
**[20:42] Mariko**
What do you mean, I won't be able to join her?
**[20:46] Boogiepop**
Well, that's simple, really.
**[20:48] Boogiepop**
Unlike Minahoshi Suiko, you're willingly
trying to take your own life.
**[20:55] Boogiepop**
You know who I am, right? Then you
must know my mission, as well.
**[21:01] Mariko**
B-But that means...
**[21:05] Boogiepop**
Yes... I am a reaper.
**[21:08] Boogiepop**
I'm the one who killed Minahoshi Suiko.
**[21:11] Mariko**
B-But why?
**[21:13] Boogiepop**
Because she was an enemy to this world.
**[21:17] Boogiepop**
I guess I can put it another way...
**[21:20] Boogiepop**
Minahoshi Suiko has not yet
reached the next world.
**[21:26] Mariko**
Wh-What do you mean?
**[21:28] Boogiepop**
It means that I don't know
where she currently is, either.
**[21:34] Boogiepop**
Do you still feel like dying?
**[21:36] Mariko**
But... But...
**[21:38] Mariko**
I mean...
**[21:45] Boogiepop**
Sorry, but I have no
intention of killing you.
**[21:49] Boogiepop**
I'm afraid you're not even worth it.
**[21:58] Boogiepop**
I guess you're not here anymore...
**[22:02] Boogiepop**
But are you still going
to continue, Imaginator?