8 - Like an Inescapable Curse

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[00:11] ---
    "I see a sunset-colored drop curtain..."
[00:16] ---
    "Look, the sun has set."
[00:20] ---
    "This is backstage."
[00:21] ---
    "After work, puppets at
    a puppet theater..."
[00:25] ---
    "talk in secret..."
[00:27] ---
    "at a place that no one knows about."
[00:31] ---
    "You're a poet..."
[00:40] ---
    "It might happen soon."
[00:44] ---
    "Yes."
[00:47] ---
    "It's okay..."
[00:49] ---
    "to be embraced by you..."
[00:50] ---
    if it's going to end.
[00:50] ---
    "if it's going to end."
[01:23] ---
    Beyond the shadows
[01:25] ---
    that fill this totally unknown town
[01:29] ---
    there you are
[01:33] ---
    The magic of your smile
[01:36] ---
    has the power to transform
    the constant, daily replays
[01:40] ---
    of the same scene over and over
[01:43] ---
    When I'm hopelessly lost in yesterday
[01:46] ---
    even though I can't fix anything about it
[01:48] ---
    your kindness
[01:51] ---
    gives me light
[01:56] ---
    I always, always want to be by your side
[02:00] ---
    and deeply embrace love
[02:06] ---
    Chance encounters are but a single
[02:11] ---
    endless story
[02:31] ---
    A long time ago, I heard
    something about it...
[02:31] ---
    "Chapter 8"
    "Like an Inescapable Curse"
[02:33] ---
    That there was a way to
    slow down the progress of the curse.
[02:36] ---
    A method? What's that?
[02:39] ---
    Stealing the love of an unrelated human...
[02:42] ---
    But...
[02:43] ---
    Oh. That's why the feeling
    of love lingered sadly,
[02:49] ---
    like it couldn't help
    but seek out another...
[02:52] ---
    That's right. Sovereignty always
    absorbs the love of his owner,
[02:57] ---
    weighs that total amount...
[02:59] ---
    and if a set amount is exceeded,
    the Killing Organ activates.
[03:03] ---
    It won't activate from
    another person's love?
[03:06] ---
    You're foolish, human.
[03:08] ---
    Apparently, by absorbing
    the love of another person,
[03:11] ---
    the measurement is temporarily fooled.
[03:14] ---
    I'm sure he absorbed other people's
    love so he could be with me.
[03:20] ---
    He could have escaped,
[03:21] ---
    but instead, he went out of his way
    to appear before you people.
[03:24] ---
    If we change places,
    it'll pull the wool over their eyes,
[03:27] ---
    and on top of that,
    we can also delay the activation.
[03:30] ---
    But why did he confine it to the school?
[03:32] ---
    It's because the method only works
    with strong adolescent love.
[03:37] ---
    And so we were completely fooled.
[03:40] ---
    We were convinced that
    Sovereignty had escaped,
[03:43] ---
    and you purposely called me outside
[03:46] ---
    to create the impression
    of that and the crimes.
[03:49] ---
    I met you as Sovereignty,
    while the real Sovereignty stood guard.
[03:54] ---
    But somebody intruded...
[03:59] ---
    There's one thing I want to ask.
[04:01] ---
    What is it?
[04:02] ---
    We're trying to break the curse.
[04:06] ---
    Since he knew that, why did he escape?
[04:09] ---
    Rather than trying to prolong the curse,
    which may not be effective,
[04:12] ---
    why not break the curse together...?
[04:13] ---
    Break the curse, you say?!
[04:15] ---
    To me and Sovereignty, our curse
    and our love are one and the same!
[04:20] ---
    If the curse is broken, what will
    happen to the way I feel now?!
[04:23] ---
    You want me to break the curse
    and believe that everything was a lie?!
[04:26] ---
    Even if this feeling really is the curse,
    there's no way I can renounce it!
[04:30] ---
    After all...
[04:31] ---
    After all, you're human, right?
[04:35] ---
    Truthfully, I don't understand
    it very well myself,
[04:38] ---
    but human emotions like, say, love,
    aren't about reason or logic.
[04:43] ---
    Love...
[04:46] ---
    There are a lot of things
    that I don't understand.
[04:50] ---
    If I said anything that seemed to
    make light of your feelings, I'm sorry.
[05:09] ---
    Really?
[05:09] ---
    I guess Shiraho-kun's
    tongue is sensitive to heat.
[05:11] ---
    Surprisingly!
[05:15] ---
    If you like, help yourself
    to rice crackers, too.
[05:17] ---
    If you act now, Fear won't protest.
[05:19] ---
    I-I don't need any!
[05:21] ---
    Don't press your luck, human!
[05:24] ---
    Sovereignty...
[05:26] ---
    Sovereignty said...
[05:28] ---
    that Fear was a very good girl
    and deceiving her was very painful.
[05:33] ---
    That, and...
[05:34] ---
    he wishes he'd apologized to
    the girl in glasses for hurting her.
[05:39] ---
    It doesn't especially
    mean anything, but there it is.
[05:42] ---
    I see... He said that...
[05:45] ---
    Well, Yachi...
[05:48] ---
    What are we going to do? The way
    things are now, nothing can be solved.
[05:53] ---
    Shiraho, I want to talk to Sovereignty.
[05:57] ---
    I gave him a cell phone
    yesterday, but what...?
[06:01] ---
    I have an idea.
[06:06] ---
    I think it's about time you
    tell me what you have in mind...
[06:10] ---
    Kirika, when is the appointed time?
[06:12] ---
    Soon.
[06:14] ---
    Konoha-kun, is everything ready?
[06:16] ---
    Yes.
[06:17] ---
    And all I get is, "I can't
    tell you anything..."
[06:20] ---
    I'm totally ostracized here.
[06:22] ---
    You put me in a bad mood...
[06:25] ---
    Haruaki-kun, your hand...
[06:30] ---
    Now then...
[06:31] ---
    Sovereignty will be here soon.
[06:35] ---
    There's no way he'll come!
[06:36] ---
    Oh, he'll come. Because I told him...
[06:39] ---
    "If you don't come, I'll kill Shiraho."
[06:41] ---
    I'm sorry!
[06:44] ---
    What are you doing, Konoha?! Stop it!
[06:47] ---
    So in the end, you don't give a damn about
    what happens to humans, do you, tool?
[06:51] ---
    But unfortunately for you, he won't come.
[06:54] ---
    I'm positive he will.
[07:08] ---
    What are you...
[07:10] ---
    doing to...
[07:11] ---
    Shiraho?!
[07:13] ---
    So you came, doll.
    Just as I told you to on the phone.
[07:17] ---
    This whole situation has become
    one big annoyance,
[07:19] ---
    so I'm going to end it by destroying you.
[07:21] ---
    This human was the bait for that!
[07:23] ---
    That's not what you promised!
[07:24] ---
    What are you saying, Fear?! Konoha?!
[07:26] ---
    President!
[07:28] ---
    You can't decide who to help
    and who to abandon!
[07:32] ---
    Yachi, I know how you feel...
[07:34] ---
    but this is the only way!
[07:38] ---
    You'll destroy me...?
[07:48] ---
    It seems like you're
    halfway there already...
[07:51] ---
    The obscenities that were hidden
    are in full view now. Your obscene body...
[07:56] ---
    You want to give Shiraho that fatal
    embrace so badly you can't stand it, huh?
[08:00] ---
    I understand. I know how it is!
    She's pretty.
[08:03] ---
    I want to kill her, too!
[08:09] ---
    I am Fear in Cube.
[08:10] ---
    With dozens more devices than you,
[08:13] ---
    I can entertain by taking people
    to the height of ecstasy.
[08:17] ---
    Watch and learn, doll.
[08:20] ---
    This is the conclusion I've reached.
[08:22] ---
    First, I'm going to kill you.
[08:24] ---
    I'm going to enjoy killing you.
[08:26] ---
    Then, as she's fulfilled her purpose,
    I'm going to kill Sakuramairi Shiraho.
[08:30] ---
    Dear me, I can't wait!
[08:33] ---
    Can't wait to see that face
    become ugly as it contorts,
[08:35] ---
    the tears streaming down
    her cheeks, the screaming...
[08:37] ---
    She'll beg for mercy,
    piss herself, and then die!
[08:41] ---
    I won't let you! I won't let you!
[08:44] ---
    I will not let you kill Shiraho!
[08:48] ---
    Configuration number 19,
    Human Body Perforation Machine!
[08:53] ---
    Curse Calling!
[09:00] ---
    Give up! Next, I'm going to
    take a scoop out of Shiraho!
[09:05] ---
    I won't let you!
[09:09] ---
    I speak with sovereign right.
[09:12] ---
    All wooden models of life are my subjects!
[09:15] ---
    Obey! Obey me!
[09:40] ---
    Too slow! That's not gonna cut it!
[09:42] ---
    Did you really think a wooden doll
    like this could harm me?!
[09:48] ---
    Configuration number 18,
    Crushing Body Stretcher!
[09:52] ---
    The Daughter of the Duke of Exeter!
[09:55] ---
    Curse Calling!
[10:01] ---
    Forget about punching a hole,
    I'm gonna stretch you out...
[10:04] ---
    until you're ripped limb from limb!
[10:16] ---
    Stop it! Stop it already!
[10:22] ---
    Please! Don't kill Sovereignty! Please!
[10:28] ---
    Please... Don't kill him...
    Please don't kill Sovereignty...
[10:34] ---
    Please... Please... I'll do anything
    you want... Anything... Please...
[10:40] ---
    Please stop... Please stop... Please,
    I'll do whatever you want... Please...
[10:47] ---
    Please! You can kill me!
[10:51] ---
    Don't kill Sovereignty!
[10:54] ---
    What's wrong, Sovereignty Perfection Doll?!
[11:01] ---
    Don't kill me!
[11:03] ---
    Don't like it? Don't like it, huh?
    Don't like it, do you?!
[11:05] ---
    Then, right here and now,
    wake up your entire curse!
[11:09] ---
    Dig out all of the blades
    that are inside of you!
[11:12] ---
    If you love Shiraho...
    If you're truly in love with her...
[11:15] ---
    If it's not just the curse,
    then show me everything!
[11:32] ---
    Is that everything?
[11:35] ---
    Shiraho...
[11:36] ---
    Are you sure that's everything?!
[11:38] ---
    Shira...
[11:41] ---
    I'm sorry... I'm sorry...
[11:51] ---
    You finish up here.
[11:53] ---
    You know what to do, right?
[11:56] ---
    Yeah.
[11:58] ---
    Konoha!
[11:59] ---
    Right!
[12:06] ---
    Deadly Sword Crossover!
[12:22] ---
    Sovereignty!
[12:25] ---
    Sovereignty!
[12:28] ---
    Shiraho...
[12:31] ---
    Never thought... I'd see you again...
[12:37] ---
    I wanted to hold you...
[12:39] ---
    There's the curse, but this
    is definitely my feeling.
[12:43] ---
    That's why I wanted
    to hold you in my arms...
[12:47] ---
    Me too...
[12:58] ---
    No! No! No!
[13:00] ---
    "No!"
[13:01] ---
    I'm not letting her go!
[13:03] ---
    Fear-chan brings us a lot of cute fighting
    strength just by being on the team!
[13:07] ---
    Well, if Fear's okay
    with that, I am, too...
[13:10] ---
    but we're both being summoned
    by the school president.
[13:12] ---
    F-For now, tell me...
[13:15] ---
    What is an "athletic festival"?
[13:18] ---
    No way! She really doesn't know?!
[13:20] ---
    Cultural exchange!
[13:22] ---
    Um, to put it simply,
[13:24] ---
    it's a school event where
    cute girls like you
[13:26] ---
    hop and jump and make everybody happy!
[13:30] ---
    Is that right?
[13:31] ---
    Ludicrous.
[13:32] ---
    That's just Kana's dream.
[13:34] ---
    Please, Fear-chan!
[13:36] ---
    I want you on our
    dance team so we can win!
[13:40] ---
    Well, it does seem like
    Fear'd be pretty athletic...
[13:43] ---
    I agree. And dancing is simple...
[13:46] ---
    All right! Kana, I'll do whatever
    you want! So let go of me!
[13:51] ---
    "Fear-chan Get!!"
[13:51] ---
    Yahoo!
[13:52] ---
    This is sudden, but practice starts
    tomorrow! At the pool near school grounds!
[13:56] ---
    Naturally, be there with
    a winning attitude!
[13:58] ---
    "Certain Victory"
[14:00] ---
    I'm going to curse you, human.
[14:01] ---
    Sorry, sorry!
[14:03] ---
    It's all kinds of trouble here,
    like the "athletic festival"...
[14:06] ---
    Athletic festival? That stupid horseplay...
    What's fun about that?
[14:10] ---
    Shiraho, you know what
    an athletic festival is?
[14:12] ---
    O-Of course! It's common knowledge.
[14:15] ---
    Common knowledge?
[14:16] ---
    Huh!
[14:16] ---
    Please enter.
[14:18] ---
    The president is waiting for you.
[14:20] ---
    Well, well. I have to
    thank you, Haruaki-kun.
[14:24] ---
    Fear-chan and Konoha-chan, too.
[14:26] ---
    As well as Shiraho-kun...
[14:29] ---
    Now, about these recent events...
[14:32] ---
    I need you to take responsibility
    for the several students who fainted.
[14:37] ---
    To atone for that, Missy,
[14:39] ---
    you will continue coming to school
    regularly and studying hard.
[14:44] ---
    At present, you're the human that
    I hate the most in all the world.
[14:48] ---
    Pervert...
[14:50] ---
    For someone who possesses
    a peculiar hobby,
[14:53] ---
    being reviled by a beautiful
    girl may cause bliss.
[14:59] ---
    I'm kidding.
[15:03] ---
    Now then, there are chiefly two reasons
    for what you are about to see.
[15:07] ---
    The first is, I'm suffering
    from a shortage of workers.
[15:09] ---
    Therefore, I was looking for
    an assistant for Zenon-kun.
[15:11] ---
    The other reason is Zenon-kun's taste.
[15:14] ---
    I think you know this already,
    but she's just crazy about cute things.
[15:18] ---
    Adores them! Loves them!
[15:20] ---
    But I'm sad to say that they don't suit her.
    So I wanted to give her an alternative...
[15:24] ---
    Director.
[15:26] ---
    Your tea is ready.
[15:28] ---
    Well! Let's put this idle
    chatter out of our minds!
[15:31] ---
    Zenon-kun, if you would...
[15:33] ---
    Yes!
[15:35] ---
    E-Excuse me!
[15:43] ---
    S-So this is what he meant...
[15:50] ---
    Oh, no... I'm all sticky...
[15:54] ---
    I'm sorry, Zenon-san! I'm such a klutz...
[15:58] ---
    Don't worry about it.
[15:59] ---
    But there is one thing that's
    impossible to overlook.
[16:01] ---
    W-What is it?
[16:08] ---
    Perfect.
[16:09] ---
    "Mathematics Office"
[16:13] ---
    "Victory!" "Athletic Festival"
    "Spread Your Wings, Youth!!"
[16:20] ---
    Thank you for the cake!
[16:23] ---
    Shiraho-kun...
[16:26] ---
    One last thing.
[16:28] ---
    I want you to remember that your
    father thought the world of you.
[16:35] ---
    I don't understand.
[16:37] ---
    When his body was affected by the disease,
[16:40] ---
    why did he go out of his way
    to bring Sovereignty-kun here?
[16:44] ---
    He went that far because he
    wanted to do something for you,
[16:48] ---
    so I hope you can at least
    acknowledge that.
[16:52] ---
    He was just foolish.
[16:54] ---
    I wonder...
[16:55] ---
    I just met him once in a while
    to shoot the breeze,
[16:59] ---
    but there was never a time
    when he didn't talk about you.
[17:04] ---
    Ah, let me tell you something important.
[17:06] ---
    A long time ago, because of
    your mother's encouragement,
[17:09] ---
    you belonged to an extremely
    famous theatrical company.
[17:12] ---
    Indeed, according to rumors,
[17:14] ---
    anyone who saw your performance
    would fall in love with you at first sight.
[17:17] ---
    I don't care... I just did it
    because my mother told me to.
[17:21] ---
    And then, one day, your father
    went to see you perform.
[17:25] ---
    It was in the beginning, just once...
[17:28] ---
    My father... He wasn't interested in me.
[17:33] ---
    That's incorrect.
[17:34] ---
    Apparently, your father advised your mother
    that you should quit the company.
[17:39] ---
    He saw your true self.
[17:42] ---
    He just wasn't good at communicating.
[17:45] ---
    I just hope you remember that.
[17:50] ---
    I don't care.
[17:57] ---
    Ow-ow-ow-ow...
[18:01] ---
    Konoha-san, I'm sorry!
[18:04] ---
    Oh. Please don't give it
    another thought. I've healed already.
[18:08] ---
    I have other doll acquaintances,
    so my energy has been sapped before.
[18:14] ---
    In fact, you could say I'm used to it.
[18:16] ---
    B-But...
[18:19] ---
    If you ever really need to siphon
    some love, please talk to me.
[18:24] ---
    I'll treat you to a nice meal.
[18:27] ---
    Well, I think I'm fine with
    that now, but thank you.
[18:32] ---
    This was buried inside of me,
    but you need it, right, Fear-chan?
[18:36] ---
    Here. My way of saying thanks.
[18:39] ---
    An Indulgence Disc!
[18:41] ---
    Are you sure it's okay?
[18:43] ---
    The curse itself still remains,
    but the Killing Organ is gone, so...
[18:48] ---
    Um...
[18:50] ---
    I'm in love and want to hold her tight.
[18:52] ---
    I think that's the feeling.
[18:56] ---
    Have you felt that all this time?
[19:02] ---
    Yes. So I won't lose to anyone...
[19:11] ---
    What's wrong, Fear?
[19:13] ---
    When I think about Sovereignty and Shiraho,
[19:17] ---
    I feel... How can I put it?
    It feels fuzzy in my chest...
[19:21] ---
    I don't know if I'm happy or embarrassed...
[19:24] ---
    Or envious...
[19:26] ---
    What does this mean?
[19:29] ---
    It means you're starting to understand
    what you couldn't understand before.
[19:33] ---
    I bet.
[19:35] ---
    You go on ahead! I want to talk
    to Sovereignty about something.
[19:39] ---
    From one woman to another! Understand?
[19:41] ---
    "One woman to another"?
[19:45] ---
    I want you to remember that your father
[19:49] ---
    thought the world of you.
[19:53] ---
    Is something wrong?
[19:55] ---
    I was just so shocked to see
    you smile, Sakuramairi-san...
[19:58] ---
    I was smiling?
[20:02] ---
    Mm-hm!
[20:04] ---
    Sorry to suddenly...
[20:06] ---
    I mean, you're so beautiful that
    I always feel nervous or timid.
[20:10] ---
    There's not a wall. You can
    go ahead and speak your mind.
[20:13] ---
    I'm just not good at talking to people.
[20:16] ---
    R-Really?
[20:17] ---
    But I don't especially hate
    someone like you.
[20:21] ---
    In that case, I call dibs on being
    your first friend, Sakuramairi-san!
[20:26] ---
    Let's talk about stuff
    friends talk about, like...
[20:28] ---
    Um, topics...
[20:30] ---
    I know! Have you heard the rumor
    going around school the last few days?
[20:34] ---
    If the people who fainted are visited
    by the person they're in love with,
[20:38] ---
    they heal really quickly!
[20:41] ---
    Huh...
[20:42] ---
    Also, also!
[20:44] ---
    I'm gonna ask you point-blank
    about romantic relationships!
[20:48] ---
    Cutting to the chase,
    do you have a boyfriend?
[20:54] ---
    I do.
[21:14] ---
    The soft moonlight shines on
[21:19] ---
    the ephemeral shadows of the snow
[21:25] ---
    Putting together small hands numb with cold
[21:31] ---
    Smiling on the transparent town
[21:37] ---
    Enveloping all the noisy times
[21:42] ---
    Just releasing them into the dyed night
[21:48] ---
    White flower petals raining down
[21:51] ---
    Quietly untangling my heart
[21:55] ---
    Charming me with the moment
    they melt on my palms
[22:00] ---
    Far off in the indigo sky I'm looking up at
[22:03] ---
    Reflecting the light of where I'm going
[22:06] ---
    Just light up the doubts
[22:11] ---
    O, linked snow flowers
[22:17] ---
    reach me now
[22:29] ---
    There's one thing I want you to tell me.
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    Sure.
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    Could you... steal from me?
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    In other words, do you
    have it in you, Fear-chan?
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    That's what you mean?
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    Yeah...
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    Well...
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    My definitive answer...
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    is you may or may not.
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    What?! That doesn't mean anything!
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    Fear-chan, what's your hope?
[22:59] ---
    That you have it? Or not?
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    Um... I just wanted to check, that's all!
[23:06] ---
    I don't know!
    This conversation is over! Finished!
[23:10] ---
    You forget it, too!
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    I think you've got a
    long road ahead of you.
[23:13] ---
    My advice for you, for the days ahead...
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    I guess I'd say that our terms
    of service may be different,
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    but time isn't what's important.
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    I'm rooting for the both
    of you, so good luck!
[23:28] ---
    "For the both of you"?
[23:31] ---
    "Chapter 9" "The Returnee
    Seems Somehow Strange"
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    Chapter Nine:
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    "The Returnee Seems Somehow Strange."
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    If you don't watch it,
    I'll put a curse on you!