# 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*
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*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.
**[22:32] ---**
Sure.
**[22:34] ---**
Could you... steal from me?
**[22:37] ---**
In other words, do you
have it in you, Fear-*chan*?
**[22:41] ---**
That's what you mean?
**[22:42] ---**
Yeah...
**[22:45] ---**
Well...
**[22:47] ---**
My definitive answer...
**[22:50] ---**
is you may or may not.
**[22:52] ---**
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!
**[23:11] ---**
I think you've got a
long road ahead of you.
**[23:13] ---**
My advice for you, for the days ahead...
**[23:16] ---**
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:
**[23:37] ---**
"The Returnee Seems Somehow Strange."
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If you don't watch it,
I'll put a curse on you!