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.