# E25 - I'm Different Now
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It came abruptly.
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The end and the beginning.
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It was liberation and a curse.
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"Fruits Basket"
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Kureno.
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I'm cold.
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You still feel unwell, Akito?
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Kureno, come closer... come closer to me.
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Kureno, I speak cruelly of you at times,
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but you know that I don't
say it out of spite, right?
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You're substandard, so I'm worried.
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You understand that it's not
what I truly think, don't you?
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Yeah.
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You'll always stay by my side, right?
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Yeah.
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Uo-*chan*, what's the matter?
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Hmm? Nothing really.
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Just thinking how freakin' cold it is,
despite this blue sky.
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We're being forced to have
graduation rehearsal in this damn cold.
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We're graduating.
Let 'em do what they want.
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B-But that's...
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For the sake of socialization.
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Well, I'd better not catch a cold
for socialization's sakes.
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Incidentally, I've never caught one before.
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It's true that idiots never catch colds.
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You sound too happy.
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Man, seems I can't catch a break
since third term started.
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Plus, New Year's went by in a flash.
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A lot happened over New Year's.
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A lot...
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It doesn't make sense.
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I woke up lying down.
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But I'm sure I slept sitting up.
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Y-You slept sitting up?!
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Oh, could Shisho-*san* have lain you down?
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Impossible.
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I'd definitely have woken up if someone
entered, especially if they'd touched me.
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Even if it was Hatsuharu-*san*?
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Not if it were Haru, though...
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How do you know about Haru and me?!
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Who was it? Who told you?
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I-I couldn't say...
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That conversation made me
think it was a possibility.
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I let it slip out without thinking!
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Um... well... it's...
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Oh! It must be a woman's intuition!
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I doubt that's a gift
you've been endowed with.
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Whatever.
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Never say that name again.
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We broke up.
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Honda-*san*?
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Oh, sorry. Was I... intruding?
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No, not at all.
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I came to greet you for the New Year.
I look forward to another year with you.
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Yes! And I with y--
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Yuki-*kun*! Your forehead's hurt!
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Oh, this? I'm fine.
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B-But... what happened?
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I stood up to Akito and got a whack for it.
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To be honest,
I was quavering with fear inside.
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But don't you think I did a good job?
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Yes.
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No fair. I want to be praised, too.
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Momiji-*kun*! Happy New Year!
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Did you do something worthy
of Honda-*san*'s praise, too?
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Yup!
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I'll head back to Shigure's first.
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Yup, okay!
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Tohru, Tohru!
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I got the DVD to Kureno.
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I was so nervous giving it to him,
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but I'm glad I could pass it to him.
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Thank...
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Hey, Tohru. Let's pray.
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That he'll watch it.
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That Uo-*chan*'s feelings...
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...will reach him.
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Tohru?
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What're you doing just standing there, Tohru?
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If you need a favor,
all you've gotta do is ask.
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Oh, no, um, er...
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Let's get going, you two.
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Oh, coming!
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Yeah.
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Her affection...
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Bedridden since the New Year.
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As usual, the emotional state is the cause,
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but it's more prolonged than usual this time...
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Yuki-*kun*'s defiance probably caused great shock.
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Why not let Yuki-*kun* take responsibility
and make him tend Akito?
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What nonsense.
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And you don't intend to visit?
Isn't that why you came today?
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I tried. I tried and was yelled at
and turned away at the door.
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My attitude wasn't pleasing, it seems.
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How come... How come you didn't
immediately come to my side
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when Yuki said those terrible things to me?!
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Why are you always like that?!
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Why don't you ever choose to put me first?!
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You're one to talk.
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When you're the one who chose Kureno.
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Akito didn't choose anybody.
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The God can have a favorite
of us zodiac members.
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But Hatori...
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...haven't you ever felt
something off about Kureno?
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He's...
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Yes, Kureno might be...
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Don't accept it?
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Because you're scared? Because it's sad?
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"Star of the Owl"
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Because you're sentimentally attached...
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...to the "bond"?
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That's devious.
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You're the last person I want
to be called "devious" by.
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Ah, yes. Right, I'm--
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Oh? Who did I say this to before?
I can't recall.
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No matter, whoever it was.
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Right.
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I'm weak, intolerant, and worthless.
The worst kind of man.
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The worst part about you
is that you're aware of that,
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yet you don't feel it's wrong in the slightest.
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I wonder what's on this?
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"Watch this alone"
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A present from Tohru.
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As long as you're alive,
you will continue to have new wishes!
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"2-D
It's Cinderella-ish"
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Hey.
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Hey, Kureno.
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What does it feel like to become a bird?
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What does it feel like to freely fly in the sky?
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Is it fun? Exciting?
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You're so lucky.
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You're so lucky, Kureno.
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I wish I could be a bird, too.
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Wipe that disgruntled look off your face.
We're having this ball for you.
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There are people out there who can't see
the ones they wish to see!
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I want to see him.
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I want to see him!
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Come see me, dammit!
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But... But, she seemed so sad and lonely
that she couldn't see you again.
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Don't abandon me!
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Yes, yes. Coming now.
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Hello--
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"Ocean Waters of the Scholar"
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Now this is unusual.
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Actually, it's a first.
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What? Tohru-*kun*?
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She's still at school.
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And why are you asking for
Tohru-*kun* of all people?
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I don't see how you two would be acquainted.
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For starters, the chance of her being first
to pick up the phone is pretty slim.
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You're surprisingly featherbrained.
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What do you want with her?
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It's something I should probably
tell you, too, Shigure-*niisan*.
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At long last, huh?
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Say, Kureno, mind if I ask about something
I've been thinking for a while?
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Could... Could it be that you...
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I'm home now!
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Welcome back. It's just you?
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Yes. Yuki-*kun* has student council
and Kyo-*kun* is at Shisho-*san*'s.
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Sorry, I know you just got back,
but can you buy some envelopes for me?
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Two packs of A4 size.
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Yes, I'd be happy to!
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Do you need anything else?
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Nope. Oh, you can change first.
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It's okay. I'll be going now.
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See you later.
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Oh, yes. I'll get some extra trash bags as well.
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And then...
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Oh, sparrows!
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They're adorable!
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Sorry, I don't have food for you.
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Wow, they're so friendly.
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Could it be that you...
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Kureno? Where's Kureno?
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He said that he had
an urgent matter to take care of.
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We repeatedly urged him to wait at least
until you awoke, but he wouldn't listen.
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Heard from him?
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We cannot get a hold of him.
His phone seems to be off--
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Find him.
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Yes.
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He's never left without permission before.
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Why?!
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Kureno-*san*?
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The birds...
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The birds flew away from Kureno-*san*.
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Kureno-*san* is possessed by the Rooster...
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...and the zodiac members...
their respective animals should...
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They just show up around me.
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Rats to the Rat, rabbits to
the Rabbit, and dogs to the Dog.
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H-Huh?
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...and for some reason we transform...
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...when hugged by the opposite sex.
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I'm different now.
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I don't transform, either.
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My curse has already...
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...broken.
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My curse has already broken.
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It happened when I was
slightly younger than you.
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So I'm no longer one of the zodiac members.
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I can't...
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Lucky you.
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You're so lucky, Kureno.
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I can't fly anymore.
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How did the curse break?
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Even I don't know.
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It happened suddenly.
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The curse broke without any warning.
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It was like my field of vision opened up.
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Within myself, there was only me.
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There was nothing to drive away.
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The sky looked so blue.
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I became sad when I thought about
how I'd never fly in that sky again.
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And I was happy.
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I felt like I became a human... finally.
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I was happy.
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But the other zodiac members
still think that you're the Rooster.
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You still stay by Akito-*san*'s side.
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Isn't there something that still binds you?
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Sorry, your present was for nothing.
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Sorry. That's all I came to tell you.
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I won't see Arisa. I will continue
to stay by Akito's side.
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Only twice. I only saw
and talked to Arisa twice.
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Minor, insignificant meetings.
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If I never see her again,
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they will become insignificant memories
that will eventually fade away and disappear.
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That's all they'll become.
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So you don't have to worry about...
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Then show me a happier smile.
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We met during that *unnecessary* time, though!
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I wanted to see you way more than...
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...way more than I thought! So...
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Come see me, dammit!
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I want to see her!
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I want to see her!
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I want to see her, but...
I only saw her twice...
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...but she was the first person
I fell in love with
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as my own person
after becoming truly human.
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I can embrace her all I want.
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There's no longer a spirit inside me.
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I was so easily freed from the curse that
still torments the other zodiac members.
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Me, alone. Only I'm free to go wherever I wish,
to love whomever I choose.
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But...
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But for that reason, I must be...
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I must stay by Akito's side!
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Akito!
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--Akito! Calm down.
--What happened?
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What's the matter, Akito-*sa*--
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Stay away!
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Nobody come near until I say so!
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Akit--
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I'll kill anybody who comes!
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I'll kill you!
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Akito?
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...hy?
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Why?
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Why? Why?
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Why did it break?
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Why? It's our bond.
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I don't know, either!
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It happened so suddenly.
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Suddenly?
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I really don't know what happened--
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What's that in your eyes?
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Ever since...
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No!
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Akito...
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Why do you look at me with
such distant... distant... distant eyes?!
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No!
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Don't go! Don't go! Don't go!
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Don't go anywhere! Don't leave me!
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Stay by my side! Don't leave me!
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Stay by my side forever!
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Don't leave me behind!
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Don't... Don't...
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Don't abandon me!
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Kureno!
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Please! Please...
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I beg you... Don't go...
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I couldn't abandon Akito.
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To Akito, our bond is everything.
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The God cannot exist without the zodiac members.
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So the day my curse broke,
I swore that I would stay with Akito.
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Always. I'll always be
by your side, Akito. I swear.
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I swear it.
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If that would dry those tears...
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I deceived the other zodiac members
and pretended that I was still the Rooster.
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I thought... if that would dry those tears...
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Did you feel pity?
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I mean, with the curse broken,
you no longer had a bond.
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Don't you think you should've
abandoned Akito-*san*?
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For Akito-*san*'s sake...
back then and this time, too?
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I can't abandon Akito!
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It's true that the curse is broken,
and the bond that I felt back then is gone.
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I may have embraced Akito out of pity...
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...but I cannot abandon Akito.
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I swore! I swore that
I would stay by Akito's side.
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Until Akito no longer needs me.
Until that day, I will stay forever.
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I decided I would live for the one
who cried until sobs racked their body.
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Weaker than anyone...
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...more fragile than anyone.
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For the one... so afraid...
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For a sorrowful girl.
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A girl...?
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Akito-*san* is...
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...a girl.
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"Fruits Basket
2nd Season
End"