2 - Circling Love

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    I know this cold voice
[00:18] ---
    Taking my friend
[00:22] ---
    Maybe a little afraid you'll run away
[00:27] ---
    But right now...
[00:30] ---
    For this moment in time, I want to hold you tight
[00:35] ---
    By your side, I'm dreaming of the days
[00:40] ---
    When I finally look up at the promised sky
[00:45] ---
    I'll take off and break all the way
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    For this moment in time, I just wanna be with you
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    By your side, I'm dreaming of the days
[00:58] ---
    When I finally look up at the promised sky
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    I know I can change all the way
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    For the moment...
[01:11] ---
    I just wanna hold you...
[01:33] ---
    You're going to meet three men,
[01:36] ---
    men I've chosen.
[01:39] ---
    You will choose one to be your partner in life.
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    It's a game. Whether you play is up to you.
[01:57] ---
    I'm in.
[02:00] ---
    "Circling Love"
[02:06] ---
    My Dad... why'd he start this 'husband' game?
[02:13] ---
    Is this why he took me off the island?
[02:18] ---
    He shut me up there with no explanation.
[02:21] ---
    Then, suddenly, it's back to the world, to New York.
[02:25] ---
    Kajika...
[02:27] ---
    He said I could choose what to do, so I went to Japan, but now this?
[02:32] ---
    No one made you agree to his game.
[02:35] ---
    You did that on your own.
[02:43] ---
    Pretty cold, Lee-Leng.
[02:46] ---
    Until you choose a husband, I'll stay with you.
[02:51] ---
    That's the deal I made with Harry.
[02:54] ---
    What about the company? Aren't you the head of the Huang Group?
[02:59] ---
    Yes, so all I have to do is to give orders.
[03:03] ---
    Lee-leng! I'm sorry I called you cold.
[03:08] ---
    But this decision won't be easy.
[03:13] ---
    I know I'll be okay, as long as you're here.
[03:19] ---
    It will be like your love for Mustafa.
[03:22] ---
    For Mustafa...
[03:32] ---
    You can call what I felt for Mustafa "love,"
[03:36] ---
    but I don't believe I'll ever feel that again.
[03:39] ---
    At first glance, we understood each other.
[03:44] ---
    We were happy just to spend the whole day curled up together.
[03:50] ---
    What I loved most was just watching Mustafa walk.
[03:55] ---
    The beauty of it made words catch in your throat.
[03:57] ---
    It was beyond words.
[04:00] ---
    For that moment, time stood entirely still.
[04:06] ---
    When Mustafa died...
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    if you hadn't been there for me, Lee-Leng,
[04:11] ---
    I would have died, too.
[04:15] ---
    Love has many forms.
[04:18] ---
    Someone will come along whom you can love even more than Mustafa.
[04:21] ---
    It's impossible.
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    Half of humanity is male, Kajika.
[04:28] ---
    There's a wider world out there to see.
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    I really just want to go back to Japan.
[04:34] ---
    I didn't even get to explain things to Yui.
[04:38] ---
    I had to give up my friend.
[04:43] ---
    Kajika, you could say you live in different worlds...
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    ...but it wouldn't matter.
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    Look me in the eyes!
[05:13] ---
    You gotta really look at me!
[05:18] ---
    She looked straight at me with those silver eyes as she said it.
[05:23] ---
    She was never one to sugar-coat her criticism.
[05:31] ---
    That was ten years ago...
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    Over and over I came back to visit her,
[05:36] ---
    the island girl who lived with a leopard.
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    Somehow, as Kajika grew up,
[05:43] ---
    she became my own private sleeping beauty.
[05:52] ---
    And now...
[05:53] ---
    I have to watch her choose another man.
[06:06] ---
    Turning your only daughter's marriage into a game?
[06:09] ---
    What is Mr. Burnsworth thinking?
[06:14] ---
    An ordinary guy like me wouldn't get it.
[06:17] ---
    Why are you whispering?
[06:19] ---
    But wait, miss. If you get married,
[06:22] ---
    the whole Burnsworth empire goes to you and your husband, right?
[06:28] ---
    You might get a lot of schemers after you.
[06:33] ---
    Your bodyguard will have to stay pretty sharp!
[06:36] ---
    Think so?
[06:38] ---
    You're totally defenseless, miss!
[06:42] ---
    Raising you on a remote island didn't protect you.
[06:46] ---
    If you ask me, it did the opposite!
[06:48] ---
    Toranosuke, you're like an old man,
[06:51] ---
    despite your baby face.
[06:53] ---
    Stop calling me baby face!
[06:56] ---
    Hurry up and age.
[06:59] ---
    I plan to.
[07:00] ---
    I want to be as impressive as Master Lee-Leng.
[07:04] ---
    Lee-Leng... he's late.
[07:07] ---
    Is that it for the papers I need to look over?
[07:09] ---
    Yes.
[07:11] ---
    Good.
[07:12] ---
    Also, Master Tonsen wishes for your immediate return to Singapore.
[07:16] ---
    Uncle Tonsen?
[07:18] ---
    You're overseeing the marriage of Miss Kajika,
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    at the request of Mr. Burnsworth.
[07:24] ---
    It seems word has gotten out.
[07:27] ---
    Master Tonsen seems to feel it was hasty,
[07:31] ---
    handing you full control of the Huang.
[07:35] ---
    That's foolish. It was the family's will.
[07:39] ---
    No one can oppose the family's will.
[07:42] ---
    Whatever Master Tonsen says,
[07:44] ---
    the family around the world will look to you.
[07:50] ---
    My father often told me,
[07:53] ---
    "Master Lee-Leng is like a whip:
[07:56] ---
    Flexible, but with an unbreakable strength."
[08:05] ---
    How is everything?
[08:07] ---
    Dessert is ready in the courtyard, if you wish.
[08:10] ---
    Is it in the sun? Yes.
[08:12] ---
    Let's go! Hurry, Toranosuke!
[08:15] ---
    Miss Kajika!
[08:24] ---
    Kajika, what is it?
[08:27] ---
    Kajika?
[08:29] ---
    Mustafa...
[08:33] ---
    Mustafa?
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    After 12 years of searching,
[08:59] ---
    I've chosen these men.
[09:05] ---
    Each one is fascinating, like a brilliant gem.
[09:10] ---
    You will know them when you meet them.
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    He's gorgeous.
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    Could it be? Is he the first?
[09:29] ---
    Mustafa!
[09:31] ---
    Wait, Kajika.
[09:33] ---
    Let me go! Mustafa has come back!
[09:36] ---
    What are you saying, Miss Kajika?
[09:42] ---
    Mustafa?
[09:57] ---
    Mustafa.
[09:59] ---
    Where did you go?
[10:01] ---
    Mustafa!
[10:13] ---
    Mustafa!?
[10:27] ---
    Kajika, Mustafa is gone.
[10:31] ---
    Don't you say that!
[10:33] ---
    Kajika...
[10:34] ---
    No, no, no!
[10:37] ---
    You mustn't grieve like this, Kajika.
[10:40] ---
    Maria...
[10:41] ---
    This way Mustafa can't go to heaven.
[10:45] ---
    I don't want him to!
[10:46] ---
    Even if he's a spirit, I want him here with me!
[10:49] ---
    You must not say such things.
[10:51] ---
    Your grief will bind the spirit;
[10:55] ---
    so, instead of heaven, it will enter a living soul.
[11:00] ---
    It's a terrible thing.
[11:01] ---
    No, it's not!
[11:08] ---
    It's the belief on Givoli,
[11:10] ---
    the island where Kajika was raised.
[11:13] ---
    If the grief of the one left behind is too strong,
[11:15] ---
    the spirit can't enter heaven.
[11:18] ---
    It finds the spirit that most resembles it,
[11:21] ---
    and enters their body instead, hoping to return.
[11:25] ---
    Kajika really believes that superstitious stuff?
[11:29] ---
    Beliefs stay strong in a remote place like Givoli.
[11:34] ---
    Kajika was cared for by Maria, a local woman,
[11:37] ---
    and she still carries her influence.
[11:40] ---
    So she thinks Mustafa's spirit is in that man?
[11:47] ---
    Hey, what's that?
[11:49] ---
    The investigator's report.
[11:54] ---
    "Eugene Alexandr De Volkan"
[11:58] ---
    Volkan? As in Volkan Group?
[12:02] ---
    Yes. The third son of Baron Volkan.
[12:06] ---
    Aren't they the leading financial group in Europe?
[12:10] ---
    And they're aristocrats, too.
[12:13] ---
    Certainly, he meets the requirements.
[12:16] ---
    But something... something's off.
[12:20] ---
    There's no feeling in those cold eyes.
[12:24] ---
    His face is like a mask.
[12:28] ---
    Did Harry really choose that man?
[12:33] ---
    He sent Miss Kajika into a daze, for sure.
[12:37] ---
    If he is really a candidate,
[12:39] ---
    she'll never have left her island prison.
[12:44] ---
    You don't really know Kajika yet.
[12:49] ---
    Kajika stands on her own, wherever she is.
[12:56] ---
    This is like the bottom of the sea.
[12:59] ---
    The crowds are like schools of fish,
[13:01] ---
    rushing past without affecting each other.
[13:08] ---
    But look -- the schools of fish are disturbed.
[13:13] ---
    By silver fur, and eyes flecked with topaz.
[13:18] ---
    It's him...
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    my Mustafa.
[13:23] ---
    He finally found me.
[13:25] ---
    Welcome home!
[13:31] ---
    Have we met?
[13:33] ---
    We met long ago.
[13:36] ---
    It must have been someone else.
[13:38] ---
    You know me, too. You've just forgotten.
[13:44] ---
    I'd like to call you by your other name. May I?
[13:49] ---
    What is that?
[13:51] ---
    Mustafa.
[13:53] ---
    It's a nice name, but I'm sorry to say
[13:57] ---
    I've never heard it before.
[14:00] ---
    It's the name of the leopard I loved.
[14:02] ---
    His spirit is in you now.
[14:05] ---
    I have no interest in religion.
[14:08] ---
    All the same, you are Mustafa.
[14:14] ---
    Remember... somehow, remember!
[14:21] ---
    Eyes flecked with green and gold.
[14:24] ---
    Mustafa's eyes.
[14:26] ---
    It must be true.
[14:29] ---
    There can't be another person with these eyes.
[14:34] ---
    It's me, Kajika. I'm Kajika!
[14:37] ---
    Kajika? Kajika Burnsworth?
[14:44] ---
    Excuse me. Miss Kajika has gone.
[14:48] ---
    Somehow she got through the window.
[14:51] ---
    Aren't there dogs in the garden?
[14:53] ---
    They all know her.
[14:55] ---
    I know where she went.
[14:59] ---
    To Volkan's apartment.
[15:01] ---
    You told her where it is?
[15:03] ---
    It's not like I could keep it from her.
[15:06] ---
    But I told her she couldn't see him until the investigation was complete.
[15:12] ---
    Oy, you mean Miss Kajika chose that man over your orders?
[15:19] ---
    She's really attached to this Mustafa guy.
[15:25] ---
    Excuse me.
[15:26] ---
    Our investigation turned up something serious.
[15:31] ---
    Volkan has driven three women to suicide.
[15:43] ---
    Have a seat anywhere.
[15:55] ---
    You really live here?
[15:57] ---
    Yeah, why?
[15:59] ---
    It feels like a catalogue. It doesn't feel lived-in.
[16:05] ---
    Maybe I don't want it to be lived in.
[16:08] ---
    You make it sound like you don't want to live.
[16:15] ---
    But there are two spirits inside of me.
[16:22] ---
    Right?
[16:25] ---
    Right.
[16:26] ---
    Even if I wanted to live, having two spirits would tear me apart.
[16:32] ---
    But that could be interesting, too.
[16:35] ---
    Maybe that's what an evil spirit would do,
[16:38] ---
    but not Mustafa.
[16:40] ---
    Your spirits will come together.
[16:44] ---
    Heh. Reincarnation, I've heard of...
[16:48] ---
    but this spirit stuff is news to me.
[16:51] ---
    It's the faith of Givoli. Maria taught me about it.
[16:55] ---
    Who's Maria?
[16:57] ---
    Someone special. The Caribbean woman who raised me.
[17:01] ---
    I'd heard of a remote Caribbean island,
[17:03] ---
    where Burnsworth hid his beloved daughter away. But...
[17:07] ---
    You know!
[17:11] ---
    Did you remember, Mustafa?
[17:13] ---
    Everyone in the business world knows that.
[17:19] ---
    The truth is, Volkan is a sub-group under Burnsworth.
[17:23] ---
    My father's affairs are none of my business,
[17:26] ---
    but I can't have you firing anyone without cause.
[17:30] ---
    That's the only reason I let you in.
[17:33] ---
    That's a lie.
[17:36] ---
    Running a business on personal feelings would be a disaster.
[17:40] ---
    I understand that, and I'm a kid.
[17:43] ---
    There's no way you don't know it too.
[17:47] ---
    This girl...
[17:49] ---
    So if I make you angry, it won't affect Volkan?
[17:54] ---
    Of course.
[17:55] ---
    Well, then, my name is Eugene.
[17:59] ---
    Not Mustafa.
[18:01] ---
    You hate being called Mustafa?
[18:03] ---
    I can't say I enjoy it.
[18:07] ---
    I'll stop then.
[18:11] ---
    He smiled!
[18:13] ---
    Just for a moment,
[18:15] ---
    but you do know how to smile, Mustafa.
[18:18] ---
    I can't rush it.
[18:20] ---
    Back then, it took months to become friends
[18:25] ---
    What?
[18:32] ---
    Eugene! You'll die with me!
[18:34] ---
    No!
[18:37] ---
    Get away! This has nothing to do with you!
[18:40] ---
    Move aside, Kajika.
[18:42] ---
    Eugene!
[18:44] ---
    Like she said, it has nothing to do with you.
[18:47] ---
    Where were you and Sally Carter last night?
[18:50] ---
    I know about the others! I found out everything!
[18:54] ---
    Why?
[18:56] ---
    Eugene, why?
[18:59] ---
    Our love was so deep!
[19:04] ---
    I don't recall mentioning love.
[19:07] ---
    I couldn't have,
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    because there's never been anyone I loved.
[19:13] ---
    Please, just say it.
[19:16] ---
    Even if it's a lie, tell me you love me, Eugene!
[19:20] ---
    Please, don't say any more.
[19:23] ---
    Can't you see his feelings in his face?
[19:29] ---
    I can't do that.
[19:38] ---
    I'll kill you!
[19:40] ---
    We'll die together!
[19:42] ---
    Go ahead and shoot, but forget about 'together.'
[19:46] ---
    When I die, it will be alone.
[19:50] ---
    Your egotistical sentimentalism isn't for me.
[19:54] ---
    His arrogance...
[19:56] ---
    it's beautiful somehow, but so sad...
[20:00] ---
    It feels like...
[20:02] ---
    the first time I met Lee-Leng -- just the same.
[20:07] ---
    Make your choice.
[20:12] ---
    Who will die here? Me?
[20:14] ---
    You?
[20:16] ---
    Reese?
[20:25] ---
    Let me go!
[20:30] ---
    Lee-Leng!
[20:34] ---
    Take her away.
[20:35] ---
    To where?
[20:36] ---
    To calm her down.
[20:38] ---
    Let's get you out of here, too, Miss!
[20:40] ---
    No!
[20:41] ---
    Open your eyes, Kajika! That's not Mustafa!
[20:46] ---
    You're not just Kajika's watchdog.
[20:48] ---
    You're Lee-eng, leader of the Huang Group.
[20:52] ---
    I've heard your home in Singapore is just Burnsworth's Eastern branch.
[20:56] ---
    Perhaps there's more truth to it than I thought.
[21:01] ---
    The better question is, what are you doing?
[21:05] ---
    Heir to Volkan, wasting your life in dissipation?
[21:10] ---
    Maybe this mess was my answer.
[21:12] ---
    I don't know what you mean.
[21:15] ---
    Letting your womanizing get to blind love...
[21:18] ---
    that takes a prize idiot.
[21:22] ---
    Keep wasting your time.
[21:23] ---
    But bear in mind that you're trespassing right now.
[21:30] ---
    Let's go, Kajika.
[21:41] ---
    Even Master Lee-Leng can be jealous.
[21:52] ---
    I think I hit a nerve.
[21:55] ---
    Don't see that man again.
[21:57] ---
    Why not? Dad chose Eugene, didn't he?
[22:01] ---
    What, choose that murderer?
[22:03] ---
    Murderer?
[22:05] ---
    He's already led three women to suicide.
[22:10] ---
    Eugene goes where the current takes him.
[22:14] ---
    He didn't want them to die or to die himself.
[22:18] ---
    But he doesn't want to live either.
[22:27] ---
    He doesn't care if he lives or dies.
[22:31] ---
    And as for love...
[22:34] ---
    I've got it.
[22:36] ---
    It's exactly the same.
[22:39] ---
    That's how you were when we first met.
[22:56] ---
    You've made an enemy, my Chinese friend.
[23:01] ---
    I can't stand feeling this distance,
[23:08] ---
    so I'm starting to search for your heart.
[23:16] ---
    Because you were always at my side, protecting me.
[23:23] ---
    And I'm afraid of being alone.
[23:29] ---
    Though it's been a long time, everyone's just the same.
[23:38] ---
    Whether sleeping now or crying, I want to see your smiling face.
[23:45] ---
    Because I will love you, with heart overflowing.
[23:52] ---
    Don't turn away, look at me. I believe in you.
[23:59] ---
    So, no one else knows our secret thoughts.
[24:07] ---
    The blue sea of a strong and beautiful time.
[24:14] ---
    In those arms, in that breast, I'm alive.