22 - A Christmas Carol Hangs Happiness by the Window

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    "Christmas, 1924"
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    This is amazing!
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    S-Sorry!
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    The Reaper touched me! I'm so scared!
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    Who's the scary one here?!
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    Everyone dresses up for
    Christmas at this school!
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    Didn't you know?
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    Avril!
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    Wow, you look great!
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    Hey, Kujo, you should dress up, too!
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    But I don't have anything to wear.
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    Don't worry!
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    Miss Cécile mentioned it to me...
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    There we go!
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    Sophie, are they here?
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    Yeah, yeah. Here.
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    It seemed like it had
    been decided long before
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    It seemed like we knew long ago
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    As if we followed an invisible line
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    We were led to each other,
    to an intersecting saison
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    Like how light and dark
    are two sides of the same coin
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    I was captivated by mystification
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    When I turned around toward the voice
    that whispered in my ear
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    The door had opened before I realized
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    Like joining a little
    chance with inevitability
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    Two histoires were set into motion, ah
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    Continuing on forever
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    It's so pretty!
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    How many years has it been?
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    I used to come here
    for the school's Christmas parties.
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    That's about when I started helping out here.
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    But Cécile insisted on coming with me.
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    Well, we got along so well.
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    And I wore...
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    ...this!
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    An animal costume?
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    Look at this part!
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    The heart is made from crystal beads!
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    Lovely, huh?
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    Pretty, huh?
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    I don't know about pretty...
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    The veins are shining...
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    Is this Monstre Charmant?
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    Monstre Charmant?
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    It's a story they tell in Saubure.
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    A ghost story?
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    More like a fairy tale.
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    It's very romantic!
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    In Saubure, there was a monster
    who took the form of a little girl.
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    At her side was a rabbit
    who worked for her.
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    A rabbit?
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    Yes, a rabbit.
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    The rabbit used its tremendous power
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    to banish anyone trying to take
    the monster for their own.
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    The rabbit did?
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    The monster gave blessings
    to the downtrodden.
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    And the one who acted to see
    her will done was the rabbit.
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    She was a monster loved by the people.
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    But one noble decided he would
    steal the monster to prove his power.
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    The noble killed the rabbit,
    who tried to protect her...
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    ...and he took the monster for his own.
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    Or so he thought!
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    But...
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    ...the monster was dead.
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    That's right. The rabbit
    was the monster's heart.
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    The monster and the rabbit
    were one being in two bodies.
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    Wow. So that's why the big shiny heart.
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    So I'll lend this to you.
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    And this one...
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    ...is for Victorique!
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    Thank you!
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    I can't wait to see you in it!
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    That's right! Avril likes Mr. Kujo!
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    What's wrong, Cécile?
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    T-Take this!
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    You can be Monstre Charmant Junior!
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    I... I have my own costume, so...
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    The Short-Haired Fairy, right? So cute!
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    You're today's dress-up queen!
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    "Episode 22" "A Christmas Carol
    Hangs Happiness by the Window"
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    C-Can't breathe...
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    M-Macarons... coming out...
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    Victorique, are you sure you haven't
    put on weight from all those sweets?
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    That's enough from
    the herbivorous mammal.
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    Darn it...
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    Okay, it's done.
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    ♪ Rows of lace, la la la... ♪
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    I think it's starting.
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    What's that?
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    I'm escorting you.
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    It's Monstre Charmant!
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    What a lovely dress!
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    Stop touching me...
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    Hey!
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    What made you decide
    to do Monstre Charmant?
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    Christmas... It's Victorique's birthday.
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    Even a Reaper's not too scary
    when he's a rabbit.
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    You dance too, right, Reaper?
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    Usually, everyone's afraid of us.
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    The Black Reaper...
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    ...and the Golden Fairy.
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    But tonight...
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    Now, the Christmas presents
    I've collected from all of you
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    have been hung on this tree!
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    Please take whichever one you like!
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    Let's go, Kujo!
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    You too, Victorique!
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    No, thank you.
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    Victorique?
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    Hurry up!
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    Which one should I take?
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    L-Let's see...
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    I want this one.
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    Are you sure about this?
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    I mean, this is Cordelia's...
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    Do you have a problem with it?
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    A big problem!
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    Leaving something so important out there...
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    You didn't even know who might take it.
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    Kujo, you are the
    Reaper Who Comes in Spring.
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    Tonight, I'm a rabbit.
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    Even so, you would end up choosing
    your present after everyone else.
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    The others would choose the larger,
    more extravagantly-wrapped gifts.
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    That would leave only the small, plain gift.
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    And...
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    ...the black and white lace
    would remind you of someone.
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    Someone?
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    It was inevitable that you
    would choose that present.
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    Yes. It was all inevitable.
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    Victorique!
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    I'll treasure it! I'll keep it forever
    as a family heirloom!
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    A natural response.
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    Victorique, I have a present for you, too.
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    That's natural as well.
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    Wait a minute. I'll bring it right here.
    Just wait. I'll be right back!
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    I understand, but I still don't like it.
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    The fairy with golden hair...
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    The fairy with short hair, huh?
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    I'm blonde, too, you know...
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    Why won't they call me that, too?
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    I'll dye it, then!
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    In red and green Christmas colors!
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    Let's see... Here!
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    A pendant and a ring, huh?
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    I guess we were both
    thinking the same thing.
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    Okay!
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    Excuse me. Kazuya Kujo, isn't it?
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    Let go!
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    Let go of me!
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    --Let me go!
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    --Kujo!
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    What are you people doing?
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    Let go!
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    It's an order from King Rupert.
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    The king?
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    Let me go!
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    Avril!
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    Kujo!
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    Give this to Victorique!
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    Please! Avril!
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    Kujo...
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    I will.
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    Kujo...
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    We've taken measures
    to round up all foreign officials,
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    merchants, and exchange students,
    and return them to their home countries.
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    Europe will soon be drawn
    into an unsavory war, eh?
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    Majesty. We wish for
    eternal peace for Saubure.
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    No matter how the world moves,
    we must never be drawn into those waves.
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    Yes. I leave it all to you, Roger.
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    Speaking of which,
    the times being what they are,
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    lately, some strange rumors
    have been going around the city.
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    Strange rumors?
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    I have heard them.
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    They say Monstre Charmant
    has returned to Saubure.
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    Twenty-two...
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    Twenty-three...
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    Twenty-four...
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    Twenty-five...
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    Twenty-six...
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    Twenty-seven...
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    Twenty-eight...
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    Who are they?
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    This is awful! It's tyranny!
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    Why are you doing this?
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    Don't worry. You'll be returned
    safely to your home country.
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    You should be grateful
    for His Majesty's generosity.
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    Once the war starts,
    you won't be able to go home.
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    War?
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    Many years from now...
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    ...a great wind will blow,
    and shake the whole world.
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    Your bodies are so light...
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    You two will be blown apart
    by that great wind!
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    What's wrong?
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    Who is that rabbit?
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    We'd like to investigate.
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    Whose orders sent you here?
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    We're on the orders of King Rupert--
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    What?!
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    No... We can't be parted like this!
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    Not like this!
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    Get that kid!
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    Victorique!
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    You're--
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    We'll talk later, Chinese.
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    Where did he go?
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    They're here.
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    The ones from the underground society.
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    Round them up!
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    Stop staring! This is our chance!
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    Caught up in more trouble, huh?
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    You're quite a handful.
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    Wh-What are you doing here?
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    Luigi, didn't you leave
    the city with Jacqueline?
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    Yeah, thanks to Jacqueline,
    I was adopted by a rich family.
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    But it's so stuffy there.
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    Sometimes I sneak out
    and act like it's old times.
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    But I guess that'll be over soon, too.
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    There are so many soldiers.
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    Because the war's going
    to start soon, I guess.
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    No, it's for something else.
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    Didn't you see that line of rabbits?
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    The army is cracking down on
    dangerous elements in the country.
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    Dangerous elements?
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    "Anxious about Saubure's current state,
    and to save all its lost souls,
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    Monstre Charmant will return."
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    Monstre Charmant?
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    Monstre Charmant seeks
    the blood of sinners.
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    That's the rabbits' motto.
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    Does that mean they want war?
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    Yeah. The society is growing.
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    Rumors say they want to
    strike down weaker countries.
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    It's really scary talk.
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    What's wrong?
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    I need to get to Victorique.
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    I'm really worried about her.
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    Leave it to me.
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    How awful...
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    Being pulled away from your friends...
    it's unforgivable.
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    W-Well...
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    I'll talk to Grévil and see to it
    that you can stay with Victorique.
[16:26] ---
    B-But Inspector Blois and
    the Ministry of the Occult are...
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    Don't worry. At times like these,
    he always comes to help us.
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    I'm sure he'll fight
    for you two this time, too.
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    That's true.
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    Inspector Blois...
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    No matter what else he says,
    he does worry about Victorique.
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    He must care about her.
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    Great, huh?
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    Y-Yeah.
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    Saidi and Imelda are gone, too...
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    It's cold up here, isn't it?
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    You should go back to your room, Victorique.
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    You should change your dress, too.
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    It'll get all stinky. Yuck!
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    That pendant is so beautiful.
    Kujo did a great job.
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    Victorique...
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    H-How about I bring you dinner?
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    I'll have Sophie make some hot soup.
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    Use the elevator.
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    Thanks.
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    "As long as you have this pendant,
    I'll always come to save you.
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    I'm always by your side."
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    Kujo, you liar.
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    I want you here...
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    I'm searching for you now, and yet...
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    He escaped?
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    If he falls into the hands of
    the Ministry of the Occult--
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    And what if he does?
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    The farting newt?
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    I came to get you.
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    Gray Wolf.
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    No... Monstre Charmant.
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    I see.
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    So the Ministry of the Occult
    has finally decided to use me.
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    What are you...?
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    If my other choice is serving
    the Ministry of the Occult,
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    I would rather end myself here.
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    You idiot!
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    This country is violently trembling
    with a world-shattering war on the horizon.
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    My existence will greatly shift
    the balance of power in this country.
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    The blood of many people will flow,
    creating more children like me,
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    ripped from their mothers,
    their souls filled with loneliness.
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    If that is to be the end result, then I...
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    I see.
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    Can she see me? Maybe not...
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    Hey! Victorique!
[20:42] ---
    I see.
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    So the rabbit found its way to you.
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    Monstre Charmant will not be
    inclined to cooperate with us.
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    Use the rabbit.
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    Kujo...
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    That foolish squirrel... or rather, rabbit.
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    He doesn't realize he's a hostage.
    He just wanted to see you.
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    Are you going to hurt Kujo?
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    That depends on what you do.
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    So this isn't goodbye for me and Victorique!
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    I wonder where Inspector Blois is...
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    Hey, can I go now?
    I want to see Victorique...
[21:34] ---
    Very well.
[21:35] ---
    I will help the Ministry of the Occult.
[21:37] ---
    But you will not lay one finger on Kujo.
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    If my sister insists...
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    ...I'll see that much done.
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    Victorique!
[21:49] ---
    Victorique!
[21:52] ---
    --The rabbit is Monstre Charmant's heart.
[21:52] ---
    --Victorique!
[21:54] ---
    --Victorique! Victorique!
[21:56] ---
    --If the rabbit dies, the monster dies, too.
[21:57] ---
    --Victorique!
[21:59] ---
    Victorique! Victorique!
[22:03] ---
    This isn't goodbye, okay?!
    We're not going to be parted!
[22:08] ---
    Kujo...
[22:44] ---
    Whenever, wherever,
    let us start a new journey
[23:05] ---
    I awakened a soul that was almost lost,
    confide in you
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    Holding tight to the days we spent together
[23:24] ---
    Whenever, wherever,
    we draw close to each other
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    There is nothing to fear,
    we will split the darkness between us
[23:43] ---
    Because my steady heartbeat tells me so
[23:53] ---
    Until we meet again,
    may my feelings be with you
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    Kujo, give me what I want right now.
[24:19] ---
    It's not sweets or a case.
[24:23] ---
    What I want is days of boredom
    overflowing with warmth.
[24:26] ---
    Kujo, hurry. Bring it to me.
[24:26] ---
    "Next Episode"
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