# E6 - VS Imaginator 3
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***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
**[01:31] Spooky**
So what you're telling me is...
**[01:33] Spooky**
You're not currently pursuing your
objective, so you have nothing to report?
**[01:39] Spooky**
You're just meeting with a guy.
**[01:42] Spooky**
Well, aren't you special, Camille?
**[01:46] Spooky**
So, are you having sex with him?
**[01:48] Aya**
No, not yet.
**[01:50] Spooky**
Hurry up and let him do you!
**[01:52] Aya**
Yes, sir.
**[01:53] Spooky**
Well, there's really no
need to rush that mission,
**[01:56] Spooky**
but how's the other one going?
**[01:58] Spooky**
Have you gotten any clues?
**[02:00] Aya**
No... Not yet...
**[02:03] Spooky**
You sure you understand
your situation, failure?
**[02:06] Spooky**
There are countless others to replace you.
**[02:08] Spooky**
If you can't prove useful to the Towa
Organization, and more importantly to *me*,
**[02:12] Spooky**
we can eliminate you immediately.
**[02:14] Aya**
I-I know... Spooky E...
**[02:19] Spooky**
Hurry up and find them, then.
They should be somewhere nearby.
**[02:24] Spooky**
For some reason, young girls
keep talking about them.
**[02:28] Spooky**
They must know something.
**[02:29] Spooky**
It's your job to find out.
Do you understand?!
**[02:33] Aya**
I... understand...
**[02:36] Masaki**
Hey, what the hell?!
**[02:37] Masaki**
Let go of Orihata!
**[02:39] Aya**
N-No!
**[02:45] Spooky**
Not bad, pretty boy.
**[02:47] Aya**
Please don't. Please don't hurt Masaki!
**[02:50] Spooky**
Shut up. Does this kid do
martial arts or something?
**[02:54] Spooky**
Or is he an MPLS?
**[02:57] Aya**
Masaki isn't an enemy to
the Towa Organization!
**[02:59] Aya**
He's just a normal human!
**[03:01] Spooky**
I see. If he was actually an MPLS,
I was going to be on my guard...
**[03:05] Spooky**
But if he's just a normie, I'll let
him see my Spooky Electric powers.
**[03:11] Masaki**
Wh-What's with this guy?!
**[03:13] Aya**
Masaki, run!
**[03:22] Masaki**
How's that? That should teach you a—
**[03:24] Spooky**
Too bad. That might work on a human,
but it's useless against me.
**[03:43] Masaki**
Ori... hata?
**[03:45] Aya**
Yes, it's me.
**[03:47] Aya**
How are you feeling?
**[03:49] Masaki**
Huh?
**[03:51] Masaki**
What?
**[03:53] Masaki**
Why was I asleep here?
**[03:56] Aya**
You must've gotten heat stroke or something.
**[03:59] Masaki**
Really? I don't remember anything, though.
**[04:02] Aya**
I'm sorry. This is my fault.
**[04:05] Aya**
I...
**[04:06] Masaki**
That's not true!
**[04:09] Masaki**
More importantly, we're supposed
to be celebrating today.
**[04:12] Masaki**
Is there anything you want me to do?
**[04:14] Aya**
Something I want you to do?
**[04:17] Masaki**
Yeah! I'll do anything, so ask away!
**[04:22] Spooky**
* It's your job to find out.*
* Do you understand?!*
**[04:26] Aya**
In that case... Will you do me a favor?
**[04:29] Masaki**
Yeah, sure. What is it?
**[04:32] Aya**
You're pretty friendly with
the girls in this area, right?
**[04:35] Masaki**
Huh? I, uh...
**[04:38] Aya**
Have any of them ever mentioned anything
about a mysterious reaper to you?
**[04:44] Masaki**
A reaper?
**[04:46] Aya**
Yes. All the girls would've
heard their name before.
**[04:52] Aya**
"Boogiepop."
***SIGN*** Karaoke
***SIGN*** Tonkatsu
***SIGN*** Fukadai Prep School
**[04:55] Suema**
That's how you solve it. Get it now?
**[04:59] Touka**
So when x is an imaginary number,
then the range of y is... I have no idea!
**[05:05] Touka**
I don't get it, Suema!
**[05:07] Suema**
Come on, you just have to try harder.
**[05:13] Suema**
What a strange painting.
**[05:14] Touka**
Hm? Yeah...
***SIGN*** Snow Falling in April
**[05:17] Touka**
It's a weird painting.
**[05:19] Suema**
Yeah, it's actually a bit
disturbing. To me, at least.
**[05:23] Touka**
So you don't like it?
**[05:25] Suema**
It's not that... I feel as though whoever
painted this doesn't like people like me.
**[05:32] Suema**
Does that make me weird?
**[05:33] Touka**
I think it's fine. I'm not surprised
to hear that from you.
**[05:37] Kotoe**
Um... Are you Suema Kazuko-san?
**[05:41] Suema**
Yes... Who are you?
**[05:44] Kotoe**
I'm Kinukawa Kotoe. I've
been wanting to meet you.
**[05:48] Suema**
Huh?
**[05:48] Kotoe**
Kinoshita-san told me about you.
**[05:50] Suema**
Kinoshita? You mean Kyouko?
**[05:53] Kotoe**
Yeah! She told me that
you were super reliable.
**[05:58] Suema**
Uh... Well...
**[06:00] Kotoe**
Please, help Jin-niisan!
**[06:04] Suema**
*Just like snow falling in April,*
***SIGN*** Snow Falling in April
Asukai Jin
**[06:08] Suema**
*this request seemed to come out of nowhere.*
***SIGN*** Snow Falling in April
Asukai Jin
**[06:13] Suema**
Wh-Who? H-Huh?
**[06:16] Touka (Boogie)**
Have a seat, Kinukawa-san.
**[06:19] Kotoe**
Thanks...
**[06:20] Touka**
You came here to ask her something?
**[06:22] Kotoe**
Y-Yes... Sorry about this.
**[06:26] Touka**
All right. I'll get out of the way.
**[06:30] Suema**
T-Touka, wait!
**[06:32] Touka**
Kinukawa-san is asking you for help.
**[06:36] Touka**
Why not hear her out?
**[06:39] Touka**
See you later.
**[06:42] Suema**
All right, fine.
**[06:44] Suema**
I guess I can't ignore you if
you're a friend of Kyouko's.
**[06:50] Suema**
Asukai Jin? You mean
the artist who painted this?
**[06:53] Kotoe**
Yeah. He's an instructor here, and my cousin.
**[06:57] Kotoe**
Our parents aren't that close, though.
**[07:01] Suema**
So, what's wrong with him?
**[07:03] Kotoe**
Well, you're an expert on... when
people suddenly act all weird...
**[07:11] Kotoe**
Stuff like that.
**[07:12] Suema**
"Stuff like that," huh?
**[07:17] Suema**
Okay, so what's wrong with
your cousin, Jin-niisan?
**[07:20] Kotoe**
How do I put this... It's like
nothing bothers him anymore.
**[07:24] Suema**
Nothing bothers him?
**[07:25] Kotoe**
Yeah. Deep down, he's a really nice
person, so he was always troubled.
**[07:30] Kotoe**
I'm not sure if I should
mention this or not,
**[07:34] Kotoe**
but his dad was his only close family,
and he died in a really weird way.
**[07:38] Suema**
How did he die?
**[07:39] Kotoe**
Well...
**[07:41] Suema**
You don't have to tell me. Is there
anything else concerning you?
**[07:44] Kotoe**
Other than that, he's been spending
nights away from home lately.
**[07:47] Suema**
He's gone at night?
**[07:48] Kotoe**
Yeah... When I ask him why, all he says
is that he's staying at a friend's place.
**[07:54] Suema**
That's not exactly unusual for a young guy...
**[07:57] Kotoe**
I thought so, too!
**[07:59] Kotoe**
But one time, I found some dark stains
**[08:01] Kotoe**
on his clothes when he came
home in the morning...
**[08:03] Suema**
Stains?
**[08:04] Kotoe**
Yeah, like blood...
**[08:07] Kotoe**
Jin-niisan didn't have
a scratch on him, though.
**[08:10] Kotoe**
I want to talk to the police, but
that'd probably make things worse...
**[08:15] Kotoe**
Suema-san?
**[08:17] Suema**
Right. I'm listening.
**[08:19] Suema**
* Because of my past, I've been*
* yearning for something.*
**[08:25] Kotoe**
I don't know what to do anymore...
**[08:28] Suema**
U-Um, Kinukawa-san...
**[08:31] Suema**
Could you let me handle this?
**[08:37] Suema**
*I've longed to take on the darkness myself.*
**[08:44] Suema**
* So a normal guy wandered around all night*
* and came home with blood on his clothes?*
**[08:51] Suema**
*He sounds like some kind of vampire.*
**[08:57] Suema**
*I need to find some kind of clue...*
**[09:07] Suema**
Huh?
**[09:09] Suema**
*Isn't this... the girl who committed suicide?*
**[09:13] Suema**
*Minahoshi Suiko?*
**[09:14] Suema**
*Why did Asukai Jin draw a picture of her?*
**[09:21] Misaki**
But Asukai-sensei, we really are
friends. We don't hate each other.
**[09:28] Misaki**
Right, Yuriko?
**[09:29] Yuriko**
Y-Yeah.
**[09:32] Jin**
I'm not saying it's just
you two specifically.
**[09:36] Jin**
Most humans hold some kind
of grudge against others,
**[09:39] Jin**
and you two are no exception.
**[09:42] Misaki**
But... I mean...
**[09:44] Jin**
What's the matter?
**[09:45] Misaki**
Um... Are we really going to do this?
**[09:48] Jin**
Everyone else has.
**[09:50] Jin**
Do you not want to? I won't force you.
**[09:54] Yuriko**
No, let's do it.
**[09:56] Misaki**
Y-Yuriko...
**[09:57] Yuriko**
Let's let him do this. I don't wanna
end up just some normal examinee.
**[10:03] Jin**
What will it be? This is all up to you.
**[10:06] Misaki**
Could you order me to do it? Then I...
**[10:10] Jin**
No. The Imaginator can't force anyone.
**[10:14] Suema**
*The Imaginator?*
**[10:16] Jin**
You can influence events,
or you can be swept along by them.
**[10:20] Jin**
It's one or the other.
**[10:22] Yuriko**
Can it just be me, then, Sensei?
**[10:25] Jin**
You'd need another partner
besides Kitahara-kun, then.
**[10:28] Yuriko**
I'll find someone!
**[10:30] Misaki**
Okay, fine... I'll do it.
Please do this, Sensei.
**[10:34] Jin**
Very good.
**[10:35] Jin**
I'll respect your decision.
**[10:39] Suema**
*What? What's going on?*
**[11:07] Suema**
* Whatever I just witnessed was*
* beyond my comprehension.*
**[11:13] Suema**
*But as the three of them left the room,*
**[11:16] Suema**
* I definitely heard what*
* the two girls whispered...*
**[11:22] Misaki**
Sensei, we're not afraid of anything anymore.
**[11:26] Yuriko**
Yes. I feel like we can change the world
for you at this very moment, Sensei.
**[11:35] Touka**
What do you want to do, Suema?
***SIGN*** Shinyou Academy High School Division
Orientation
**[11:38] Suema**
Oh, yeah... I guess it
*is* right after vacation.
**[11:42] Touka**
I'm sure it's a bunch of students
getting fitted for uniforms,
**[11:46] Touka**
plus orientation and stuff.
**[11:48] Touka**
Definitely not the time to be
asking around about a girl
**[11:50] Touka**
who committed suicide, huh?
**[11:52] Touka**
Wanna try again another time?
I don't mind either way.
**[11:57] Touka**
Yikes...
**[11:59] Suema**
What's the matter?
**[12:00] Touka**
The disciplinary committee president's here.
**[12:02] Suema**
Huh? What's this about Niitoki-san?
**[12:04] Touka**
Er... Some stuff happened...
**[12:07] Suema**
Stuff?
**[12:09] Touka**
Sorry. I'm gonna head home.
**[12:11] Suema**
H-Hey!
**[12:14] Suema**
Jeez...
**[12:16] Kei**
Good morning, Suema-san.
**[12:18] Suema**
Oh, good morning.
***SIGN*** Shinyou Academy High School Division
Orientation
**[12:19] Kei**
What brings you here today?
**[12:21] Suema**
Uh... Well, you know...
**[12:24] Suema**
What are you doing here, Niitoki-san?
**[12:26] Kei**
Hey, was that Miyashita-san with you?
**[12:29] Suema**
Huh? Y-Yes...
**[12:31] Kei**
She was avoiding me, wasn't she?
**[12:35] Suema**
Do you guys not get along?
**[12:37] Kei**
Oh, no. It's nothing like that.
**[12:39] Kei**
Just, you know... Stuff happened.
**[12:42] Suema**
Could this be about a boy?
**[12:45] Kei**
You're as intuitive as ever.
**[12:48] Kei**
Yes. Her boyfriend rejected me.
**[12:51] Suema**
Oh, the designer guy?
**[12:53] Kei**
Yup. That's him.
**[12:55] Kei**
I've completely given up, though.
**[12:57] Suema**
Then Touka's got no reason to worry...
**[13:01] Kei**
If that's the only reason.
**[13:02] Suema**
Is there something else?
**[13:04] Kei**
I happen to know who she really is.
**[13:07] Suema**
Huh?!
**[13:08] Kei**
Oh?
**[13:09] Kei**
You're new students, right?
**[13:12] Kei**
Orientation's about to
start. You should hurry.
**[13:14] Girlfriend**
Let's go, Anou-kun.
**[13:15] Anou**
B-But I, uh...
**[13:19] Anou**
I can't help but wonder...
What am I doing here?
**[13:24] Kei**
What do you mean? You're going to be late...
**[13:27] Anou**
It's just... In exchange for coming here,
**[13:30] Anou**
I feel like... I lost something
really important to me...
**[13:37] Anou**
I can't shake that feeling.
**[13:39] Kei**
Hey, is he okay?
**[13:41] Girlfriend**
Anou-kun's been through a lot this past year.
**[13:45] Anou**
I'm pretty sure I haven't, like,
**[13:47] Anou**
lost anything, but...
**[13:49] Anou**
It feels like it was something
really important...
**[13:53] Kei**
What?! What's wrong?!
**[13:56] Girlfriend**
Pull yourself together, Anou-kun!
**[13:57] Anou**
Huh? What?
**[13:59] Anou**
Why am I crying?
**[14:01] Kei**
I'll escort him to the nurse's office.
Could you come with us, too?
**[14:06] Girlfriend**
Oh, sure.
**[14:07] Kei**
So, sorry about this, Suema-san.
I'll talk to you later.
**[14:10] Suema**
S-Sure. I have something I need to do, too...
***SIGN*** Shinyou Academy High School Division
Orientation
**[14:15] Suema**
*Adolescence is filled with emotions.*
**[14:18] Suema**
*It's very fragile... and very precarious.*
**[14:24] Suema**
* I mean, I've read plenty of*
* books on abnormal psychology,*
**[14:30] Suema**
* but I have absolutely no idea*
* what goes through the minds*
**[14:33] Suema**
*of people who commit suicide.*
**[14:37] Suema**
*What happened in Minahoshi Suiko's case?*
**[14:45] Suema**
*Did she really mean to kill herself, or...*
**[14:59] Suema**
Um...
**[15:04] Aya**
What is it?
**[15:06] Suema**
Er... I'm going to sound stupid
if I've got the wrong idea,
**[15:11] Suema**
but if you're going to jump,
I really don't think you should.
**[15:14] Suema**
Someone already jumped from there before...
**[15:16] Suema**
I mean, I know it's not as simple
as saying if you stay alive,
**[15:20] Suema**
good things will eventually happen.
**[15:24] Suema**
But you know... I mean...
**[15:27] Suema**
Even if you die, the thing you
hate isn't going to go away.
**[15:33] Suema**
So... how do I put this?
**[15:36] Suema**
Dying is useless. That I can say for sure.
**[15:40] Aya**
It's... useless?
**[15:42] Suema**
Yes.
**[15:43] Aya**
But I... want to die.
**[15:48] Suema**
Are you being serious?
**[15:50] Suema**
I see. You can't now, though.
**[15:54] Suema**
Because I found you.
**[15:56] Aya**
I'm sorry... Suema-san.
**[15:59] Suema**
Huh? You know who I am?
**[16:03] Aya**
Yes. Someone I know goes here,
and they told me about you.
**[16:08] Suema**
I see. Well, I can only imagine
what they told you about me.
**[16:12] Aya**
I'm sorry.
**[16:14] Suema**
It's nothing to apologize about.
**[16:17] Aya**
Um... Suema-senpai.
**[16:19] Suema**
Yes?
**[16:21] Aya**
What do you think about Boogiepop?
**[16:24] Suema**
Huh? What do I think about them?
**[16:26] Masaki**
Boogiepop?
**[16:29] Masaki**
I've never heard of them. What is that?
**[16:31] Aya**
They're called a reaper.
**[16:33] Masaki**
A reaper...
**[16:36] Aya**
Yes. Boogiepop kills someone when
they're at the height of their beauty,
**[16:41] Aya**
before they can become
ugly. That's who they are.
**[16:45] Masaki**
Huh? So what about them?
**[16:49] Suema**
Sorry, I hope I don't offend you, but
I'm not really fond of those rumors...
**[16:55] Aya**
You don't believe them?
**[16:57] Suema**
No. I'm more interested in
criminal psychology and reality.
**[17:03] Suema**
So rumors like that aren't my cup of tea.
**[17:05] Aya**
I see.
**[17:07] Suema**
But... How do I put this?
**[17:10] Suema**
Imagery like reapers and stuff
like that is pretty common.
**[17:15] Suema**
It's typical adolescent imagery.
**[17:18] Suema**
Everyone's anxious about something,
**[17:19] Suema**
so sometimes they feel like they want
everything around them to be destroyed.
**[17:24] Aya**
Masaki, why don't you try becoming Boogiepop?
**[17:27] Masaki**
Huh? Me?
**[17:29] Aya**
Yes. I'm sure you can do it.
**[17:32] Masaki**
Huh?
**[17:33] Suema**
Adults say irresponsible things like,
**[17:35] Suema**
those periods of anxiety are just
a phase and we'll all just get over it,
**[17:39] Suema**
but it's never that easy, of course.
**[17:43] Suema**
That's why Boogiepop exists.
**[17:45] Aya**
Huh?
**[17:46] Suema**
I think that's why they exist. To protect
an unstable heart and to keep it like that.
**[17:53] Aya**
Do you think they actually protect?
**[17:55] Suema**
Yeah, I think that's how it is.
**[18:01] Masaki**
Wait a sec... You want me to become a reaper?
**[18:05] Aya**
Don't worry. The reaper
thing is just a rumor.
**[18:09] Aya**
On the contrary, I actually heard
they help people more than anything.
**[18:13] Masaki**
Help people? What do you want me to do?
**[18:17] Aya**
Anything.
**[18:18] Masaki**
Anything?
**[18:19] Aya**
You're strong, Masaki.
**[18:22] Aya**
I'm sure you can become Boogiepop.
**[18:27] Aya**
But... I'm pretty sure they won't protect me.
**[18:34] Aya**
Senpai, can I talk to you about something?
**[18:37] Suema**
Sure.
**[18:38] Aya**
I think... this boy likes me.
**[18:42] Aya**
But I...
**[18:45] Aya**
I'm no good. I can't do something like that.
**[18:49] Suema**
Ah...
**[18:50] Aya**
I feel bad.
**[18:52] Aya**
I'd love to do anything for him if
I could, but there's nothing I can do.
**[18:59] Aya**
Instead, I'm causing all
sorts of trouble for him.
**[19:05] Aya**
I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me.
**[19:08] Aya**
I'm in no place to ask you
to do something like that.
**[19:13] Aya**
I'm sorry, Masaki.
**[19:14] Aya**
I'm really sorry for asking you
to do something so ridiculous.
**[19:19] Masaki**
Will it be fun for you if I become
this Boogie-what's-it?
**[19:24] Aya**
Huh?
**[19:25] Masaki**
In that case, sure, I'll do it!
**[19:27] Masaki**
I still don't really understand,
but if it's something I can do...
**[19:31] Aya**
Really?
**[19:32] Masaki**
Yeah! We're friends, aren't we?
**[19:36] Aya**
I'm sorry, Masaki.
**[19:39] Aya**
What should I do?
**[19:41] Aya**
If this goes on, he's going to hate me.
**[19:44] Suema**
Is that why you want to die?
**[19:46] Aya**
I'm not supposed to let anyone hate me.
**[19:48] Aya**
That's the only reason
I'm allowed to be alive.
**[19:52] Suema**
Well, that's impossible.
**[19:53] Aya**
Huh?
**[19:54] Suema**
It's impossible to live without
someone hating you.
**[19:59] Suema**
Because being alive means that you have
to come into contact with other people.
**[20:02] Suema**
No matter how hard you try, you'll
eventually end up hurting someone.
**[20:06] Aya**
B-But...
**[20:08] Suema**
I'm sure someone's already come
to hate you. I'm certain of it.
**[20:13] Aya**
Wh-What do you mean?
**[20:15] Suema**
That's just the way things are.
**[20:17] Suema**
Going through life believing that no one
could possibly hate you is detestable.
**[20:23] Suema**
There's an author named Kirima Seiichi,
and in one of his books, he said,
**[20:29] Suema**
"There is definitely something out there.
**[20:31] Suema**
Something that makes people believe that
they have to know their place in life."
**[20:36] Suema**
"If there is anything that
gives value to human life,
**[20:40] Suema**
it is the struggle with that something.
**[20:44] Suema**
In the battle with the Imaginator that does
your thinking for you, 'Versus Imaginator'...
**[20:52] Suema**
That's the starting line upon
which all humans must stand."
**[20:57] Suema**
Basically, humans are all bound by the chains
of common sense far more than we realize,
**[21:03] Suema**
and that makes us suffer.
**[21:06] Aya**
Chains?
**[21:07] Suema**
If we're being bound, we have to break free.
**[21:11] Suema**
That's what that means.
**[21:14] Suema**
I'm sure you have some kind
of rules you have to abide by.
**[21:19] Aya**
Yes...
**[21:20] Suema**
This might sound harsh,
**[21:22] Suema**
but I think you're missing the
concept of that struggle.
**[21:26] Suema**
You have to have that.
**[21:29] Aya**
Right...
**[21:30] Suema**
You can die after you fight.
**[21:33] Aya**
You're right.
**[21:36] Aya**
I'm not sure if I can do it, but...
**[21:40] Aya**
I'll give it a try.
**[21:46] Aya**
Thank you very much.
**[21:47] Suema**
Sure. Good luck with everything, Orihata-san.
**[21:50] Aya**
Thank you.
**[21:52] Aya**
Oh, Senpai...
**[21:54] Suema**
Yes?
**[21:55] Aya**
If the one I have to fight is Boogiepop...
**[22:00] Aya**
Should I still fight?
**[22:02] Suema**
Fight, no matter what.
**[22:05] Aya**
Okay.