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E11 - Curse-Deceiving Chapter, Part 3

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[00:09] ---
    Satoko, it's me!
[00:11] ---
    It's Keiichi! You know me, right?!
[00:14] ---
    No!
[00:18] ---
    It's okay! I'm your friend, Satoko!
[00:21] ---
    Save me! Save me!
[00:23] ---
    --I'm scared... I'm scared!
[00:25] ---
    --Satoko!
    --I'm scared... I'm scared!
[00:26] ---
    --Sorry, Keiichi, but you need to back off!
    --I'm scared... I'm scared!
[00:30] ---
    It's okay, Satoko-chan.
    You don't have to be scared anymore.
[00:34] ---
    --You're okay.
    --Nii-Nii, please come save me!
[00:37] ---
    --Nii-Nii, please come save me!
[00:40] ---
    I'm sorry. I'm so sorry...
[00:45] ---
    We couldn't do anything to help you.
[00:49] ---
    Please forgive us...
[01:09] ---
    Stifling air quietly shaking me
[01:12] ---
    Suggestive silence
[01:16] ---
    The distortions in the light
    growing more twisted

[01:19] ---
    Logic lost to me now
[01:23] ---
    I believe what you said
[01:26] ---
    A place I long to return to
[01:30] ---
    Distinct scenery
[01:33] ---
    She sneered as she declared she wanted it all
[01:38] ---
    I've always felt your joy
[01:41] ---
    I've always felt your tears
[01:46] ---
    No one was closer to you,
    now those memories haunt me

[01:52] ---
    The one and only answer
[01:55] ---
    The door I was searching for
[01:59] ---
    Slowly opened just now,
    and revealed to me

[02:06] ---
    Something engulfed in the bright light
[02:14] ---
    The true nature of everything
[02:16] ---
    "Higurashi: When They Cry GOU"
    The true nature of everything
[02:18] ---
    The true nature of everything
[02:26] ---
    Wh-What's going on here?
[02:28] ---
    What on earth happened here, Hojo-san?!
[02:37] ---
    I just got into a little tussle
    with Rena-san here, that's all!
[02:40] ---
    It was a petty little fight
    over something in our lunch.
[02:44] ---
    Right?
[02:48] ---
    It was merely a practical joke, nothing more!
[02:50] ---
    You're all making far too much
    of a fuss about it!
[02:54] ---
    Because we're powerless to stop it!
[03:00] ---
    Satoko?
[03:06] ---
    Yes?
[03:10] ---
    Please come home with me.
[03:15] ---
    Have you already forgotten?
[03:17] ---
    I'm to be living with my uncle from now on.
[03:20] ---
    But you don't want to live with him.
[03:23] ---
    There is nothing I can do about it.
[03:31] ---
    Rika-chan!
[03:33] ---
    Where's Satoko?
[03:40] ---
    What the hell?! Why couldn't
    Child Welfare Services help her?!
[03:45] ---
    Satoko made a false report before...
[03:48] ---
    So they won't do anything without real proof.
[03:50] ---
    So what, just let her be abused
    until she's bruised and scarred?!
[03:54] ---
    Of course not! I'm just saying,
    they need to be more careful--
[03:57] ---
    Why the hell are you all
    standing around doing nothing?!
[04:01] ---
    Shion? Why are you here?!
[04:03] ---
    Are you just going to wait
    and let him kill Satoko?
[04:06] ---
    We have to do something right now!
[04:08] ---
    I agree with Shi-chan and Keiichi-kun.
[04:11] ---
    We can't just wait and see what happens.
[04:14] ---
    There must be something we can do!
[04:16] ---
    What, though? Make another report
    to Child Welfare Services?
[04:20] ---
    Why do we have to go through all that bullcrap?
[04:23] ---
    Let's just ambush the bastard
    and beat him to a bloody, dead pulp!
[04:30] ---
    That's not right!
[04:32] ---
    Shi-chan! That's not the way
    we should handle this!
[04:35] ---
    It's not our best option!
[04:37] ---
    Well, how else are we supposed to save her?
[04:40] ---
    He told me to take care of her!
[04:43] ---
    What would I say to Satoshi-kun
    if something happened to her?!
[04:45] ---
    Calm down, Shion.
[04:47] ---
    You're head of the Sonozaki family, right, Mion?
[04:50] ---
    Use your influence to save Satoko!
[04:53] ---
    I know why you don't want to.
[04:55] ---
    Our old hag wants us to stay out
    of anything going on with the Hojo family
[04:58] ---
    because of her stupid grudge
    over the dam war!
[05:02] ---
    If you're just going to stand here
    and wait for him to kill her, then fine!
[05:05] ---
    But I won't. Satoko's like my own
    little sister. She's family to me!
[05:10] ---
    I'm gonna go murder that pig!
[05:13] ---
    Bye.
[05:14] ---
    Hold it.
[05:16] ---
    What? Are you trying to stop me?
[05:18] ---
    Do you think Satoko will thank you
    for killing someone to save her?
[05:23] ---
    I don't want her to thank me!
[05:26] ---
    If killing him will let her be happy,
    that's enough reason for me!
[05:30] ---
    It's still not right.
[05:32] ---
    You're just gonna end up regretting it
    and hating yourself for it!
[05:35] ---
    Only then will you finally realize what
    you really wanted out of all this!
[05:39] ---
    You don't want to kill her uncle!
[05:41] ---
    You want everyone to go back to
    the world where they were happy!
[05:45] ---
    And if you murder someone,
    that world goes away!
[05:50] ---
    And not only will you regret it,
    Satoko will, too!
[05:53] ---
    She'll blame herself for you going out
    and killing someone for her!
[05:57] ---
    Killing someone for Satoko is one mistake
    there's no going back from!
[06:02] ---
    If you feel that strongly about it,
    then why don't you suggest something?
[06:06] ---
    You can't, can you?!
[06:08] ---
    So shut your damn mouth
    and get the hell out of my way!
[06:12] ---
    I'm not letting you go.
[06:16] ---
    Fine, then.
[06:18] ---
    Guess you're on his side.
[06:20] ---
    I'll just have to crack your head open first!
[06:22] ---
    Hey! Stop it!
[06:25] ---
    Shion...
[06:27] ---
    You're right, I don't have a better idea.
[06:30] ---
    But I'm sure we can think of a better way
    to help Satoko! I know we can!
[06:36] ---
    I'm not saying it again! Get out of my way!
[06:39] ---
    Believe in your friends! Believe in me!
[06:41] ---
    I, Keiichi Maebara, will save Satoko!
[06:44] ---
    Shut up, you imbecile!
[06:45] ---
    Why the hell should I trust you?!
[06:47] ---
    Shion!
[06:54] ---
    That was nothing.
[06:55] ---
    If you want me to move,
    you'll have to kill me.
[06:59] ---
    If I let you go, we'll live in
    a world without you, Shion!
[07:03] ---
    And in that world, Satoko will think about you
    every day and be heartbroken!
[07:10] ---
    You still don't get how serious I am about this?
[07:13] ---
    I want to live in a world where
    we can all live and play together!
[07:26] ---
    People cannot live without hope.
[07:29] ---
    But this world hasn't lost hope yet.
[07:33] ---
    Just because you can't see it
    doesn't mean it's gone.
[07:37] ---
    Trust me, Shion!
[07:51] ---
    Thanks, Rika-chan.
[07:54] ---
    So what do we do?
[07:57] ---
    Tell me you're not just going to stand here
    ho-humming after that speech.
[08:01] ---
    You should know the truth, Keiichi.
[08:04] ---
    That this world may appear to be
    a dead end, but it's not.
[08:10] ---
    If we all work together,
    we can make a miracle happen.
[08:13] ---
    And doing just that will be enough
    to make one happen.
[08:17] ---
    I know! We'll go straight to
    the Child Welfare Services Center!
[08:21] ---
    What kind of idea is that?!
[08:22] ---
    We're the ones who know the most
    about what's happening to her!
[08:26] ---
    You're right. There's no way CWS really
    understands what she's going through.
[08:32] ---
    It makes sense. We attack the issue head-on.
[08:36] ---
    Hmph. I hear once CWS makes up their mind,
    they're not likely to change it.
[08:42] ---
    It probably won't work.
[08:44] ---
    It might not, but we won't know unless we try!
[08:49] ---
    Well, Shi-chan? Will you fight with us?
[08:57] ---
    Fine. Let's do this.
[09:00] ---
    "Child Welfare Services Center"
[09:06] ---
    "Be a Foster Parent"
    "You're not alone!
    If something's not right, call us!"
[09:08] ---
    "Be a Foster Parent"
    "You're not alone!
    If something's not right, call us!"
    They sure are making us wait a while.
[09:11] ---
    "Be a Foster Parent"
    "You're not alone!
    If something's not right, call us!"
    Mister Maebara?
[09:13] ---
    Someone will speak with you now.
[09:16] ---
    So I think you got a call
    from the school yesterday.
[09:20] ---
    We heard that CWS had decided
    to monitor the situation,
[09:23] ---
    so we came here to give more details
    in case you didn't know the full picture.
[09:29] ---
    I'm sorry, more details?
[09:32] ---
    Satoko may have said nothing was going on,
[09:35] ---
    but that's because her uncle
    is threatening her with violence.
[09:37] ---
    Are you just going to "monitor" her
    until she ends up dead?
[09:41] ---
    First, let me clear up
    some misunderstandings.
[09:43] ---
    Hojo-san's case is still being worked on.
[09:47] ---
    So you're not ignoring her,
    you're "working on the case"?
[09:49] ---
    Isn't that the same thing
    as not doing anything to help?
[09:53] ---
    A social worker with our center
    contacted the Hojos last night.
[09:57] ---
    We're going to check in on them
    intermittently to ensure that
[10:00] ---
    Satoko is receiving
    the proper level of parental care.
[10:02] ---
    Parental care?! He's her uncle!
[10:05] ---
    Do you have any idea what's
    actually going on over there?!
[10:08] ---
    Forgive me, I misspoke.
[10:11] ---
    We'll ensure she's receiving the proper
    level of care from her guardian--
[10:13] ---
    Satoko was living just fine
    on her own without him!
[10:17] ---
    Her uncle came back to town
    and dragged her home with him!
[10:20] ---
    Isn't that technically kidnapping?!
[10:22] ---
    According to Article 821
    of the Japanese Civil Code,
[10:25] ---
    children must live with their legal guardians.
[10:29] ---
    How the hell is a sleazeball
    like that her legal guardian?!
[10:32] ---
    Shion, when Satoko's parents died,
    he became her legal guardian.
[10:38] ---
    I'm not sure what article that is, though.
[10:40] ---
    Article 818.
[10:43] ---
    In that case, Satoko's
    legal guardian, Teppei Hojo,
[10:46] ---
    willingly abandoned his child for over a year.
[10:49] ---
    What does CWS think of that?
[10:52] ---
    Due to case confidentiality,
    I can't answer that for you,
[10:55] ---
    but I can tell you that we did ask
    the family to explain why that happened.
[10:58] ---
    And because you were okay with his explanation,
    you decided to "monitor" them?
[11:02] ---
    Like I said, we are still working the case.
[11:04] ---
    She was being abused by her aunt
    and uncle last year, too!
[11:08] ---
    You've got to have that written down
    in your notes somewhere, right?!
[11:12] ---
    I can't discuss that
    due to case confidentiality,
[11:15] ---
    but yes, we are taking everything
    into consideration.
[11:18] ---
    I know what's happening here.
[11:20] ---
    You're sitting on the case 'cause she made
    a false report before, is that it?
[11:23] ---
    We will make the decision that is
    best for the child in question.
[11:26] ---
    Ugh, come on! Quit the bullshit
    and do something to get her out of there!
[11:31] ---
    If something happens to Satoko,
    I swear, you'll regret it!
[11:34] ---
    Stop it, Shion! You're only hurting our case.
[11:40] ---
    I don't know what her uncle
    sounded like on the phone,
[11:44] ---
    but please don't let him fool you!
[11:46] ---
    We just want you to understand that, okay?
[11:48] ---
    I understand what you're saying,
    and I'll inform her case worker.
[11:53] ---
    Thank you for coming here
    to talk to us today.
[12:03] ---
    I feel like she didn't really listen
    to anything we said.
[12:07] ---
    But she said she was gonna pass
    our message along to her case worker!
[12:12] ---
    I don't think it was all for nothing.
[12:15] ---
    Can't we just go talk to that person directly?
[12:18] ---
    No idea.
[12:20] ---
    Probably not, since I hear
    it's a pretty rough job.
[12:23] ---
    Bet they get lots of people
    who want to tell them "they'll regret it."
[12:28] ---
    It's hard to get across how much we care.
[12:31] ---
    You're used to talking to
    city officials, right, Mion?
[12:35] ---
    Wouldn't it be better for you
    to talk to them instead of me?
[12:38] ---
    They only listen to her because
    she's head of the Sonozaki family.
[12:42] ---
    You saw how they treated us today
    when they didn't know who she was.
[12:52] ---
    So... what do we do next?
[12:55] ---
    Keiichi?
[13:01] ---
    Sorry. I made all that fuss,
    but there's nothing I can do.
[13:07] ---
    --I don't believe you.
    --Huh?
[13:09] ---
    You said to believe that you,
    Keiichi Maebara, will be the one to save her.
[13:13] ---
    So I believed you.
[13:16] ---
    That's why I won't believe you
    when you say there's nothing you can do!
[13:26] ---
    I still believe in you, Keiichi.
[13:28] ---
    After all, you said you could tear
    fate apart like wet paper!
[13:36] ---
    Rika-chan...
[13:37] ---
    So please, put an end to it.
[13:40] ---
    Save Satoko from this horrible fate!
[13:48] ---
    I can't believe I let myself give up
    just 'cause of today.
[13:52] ---
    But your words opened my eyes, Rika-chan.
[13:54] ---
    Now I know just how big of a deal it is
    when people believe in you!
[13:59] ---
    Kei-chan...
[14:00] ---
    We gotta stop being so gloom and doom!
[14:02] ---
    You guys didn't really think
    we were out of options, did you?
[14:06] ---
    Sure, but Keiichi-kun--
[14:08] ---
    If this were a club game...
[14:11] ---
    ...you'd all be losing!
[14:22] ---
    Kei-chan's right. Our club members
    never throw in the towel like this.
[14:26] ---
    Yeah. Let's keep fighting!
[14:32] ---
    So what are we actually going to do?
[14:33] ---
    "Thursday, June 16, 1983"
    So what are we actually going to do?
[14:38] ---
    Listen up, everyone!
[14:41] ---
    I want to talk to you guys about Satoko Hojo!
[14:44] ---
    As you well know,
    Satoko didn't come to school today.
[14:47] ---
    Her bastard uncle called and said
    she had a cold, but that can't be true!
[14:53] ---
    Satoko's never been sick a day in her life!
[14:55] ---
    She could eat food off the ground
    and not even bat an eye!
[14:57] ---
    Yet she's apparently bedridden
    with a cold for days?
[15:00] ---
    --You know that's gotta be BS!
    --He's right.
[15:03] ---
    --There's no doubt about it:
    Satoko's uncle is forcing her to stay home!
    --He's right.
[15:04] ---
    --There's no doubt about it:
    Satoko's uncle is forcing her to stay home!
    --Satoko-chan couldn't be sick...
[15:06] ---
    --There's no doubt about it:
    Satoko's uncle is forcing her to stay home!
    --This is weird...
[15:08] ---
    Of course, we've already reported this
    to Child Welfare Services.
[15:12] ---
    However, they've decided
    to just "monitor the situation"!
[15:16] ---
    Every question we asked was sidestepped
    for reasons of "confidentiality"!
[15:20] ---
    What do you all think of this?
[15:22] ---
    Do you think this is right?
[15:25] ---
    I don't think it's right!
[15:27] ---
    We all know just how bad her aunt
    and uncle treated her last year!
[15:30] ---
    We know that better than anyone!
[15:33] ---
    Satoko's our friend! A part of our class!
[15:36] ---
    We've spent so much time in this room together,
    we're practically family!
[15:41] ---
    Are we just gonna sit here and watch
    while our family suffers?
[15:44] ---
    No, we're not! We're going to help her!
[15:49] ---
    Our club has already started the process!
[15:51] ---
    We're already working hard to rescue Satoko!
[15:55] ---
    Tomita-kun, do you know what we're doing?
[15:57] ---
    N-No, I don't!
[16:00] ---
    Well then, let me tell you!
[16:02] ---
    We're fighting this battle head-on
    and following all the rules!
[16:06] ---
    Right.
[16:09] ---
    A straightforward, head-on approach
    has the most power.
[16:13] ---
    We don't need to do anything underhanded!
[16:15] ---
    We fight out in the open
    and take them down for all to see!
[16:17] ---
    T-Take them down?
    Are we gonna actually fight them?
[16:21] ---
    This is a fight...
[16:25] ---
    ...but not one where we're punching and kicking.
[16:27] ---
    We're doing it by their rules!
[16:30] ---
    Our club members already launched
    a strike on the CWS center!
[16:34] ---
    All they did was write down that
    "five classmates asked us to protect her."
[16:40] ---
    Do you know what that means?
[16:43] ---
    Five people aren't enough!
[16:45] ---
    We need your help to save our friend!
[16:48] ---
    Let's show 'em how strong
    the Hinamizawa School spirit is!
[16:54] ---
    Maebara-kun, you...
[16:57] ---
    Chie.
[16:59] ---
    Furude-san! What is going on in there?
[17:03] ---
    Everyone is trying their best to help Satoko.
[17:08] ---
    I have no power,
    so I can't do anything without help.
[17:13] ---
    But one thing I can do is stop you
    if you're going to try and stop them!
[17:19] ---
    All right. Just try not
    to get anyone hurt, okay?
[17:25] ---
    Promise me that.
[17:28] ---
    Oh, thank you!
[17:30] ---
    Okay, everyone! Once school's out,
    let's meet up in Okinomiya!
[17:35] ---
    Hold on.
[17:39] ---
    You're not really going to try
    and stop us, are you?
[17:42] ---
    No.
[17:45] ---
    I'm coming with you.
[17:47] ---
    That's okay, right?
[17:52] ---
    "Child Welfare Services Center"
[17:53] ---
    "Child Welfare Services Center"
    Right, how can we help you today?
[17:57] ---
    We're here to demonstrate how urgent
    Satoko Hojo's situation is.
[18:01] ---
    Um, how many are here with you?
[18:04] ---
    All of Satoko's classmates and her teacher.
[18:07] ---
    All 16 of us!
[18:09] ---
    Right, then.
[18:11] ---
    I'm aware that you've already informed us
    that Satoko Hojo-san's situation
[18:15] ---
    is dire enough to merit protective action
    from the CWS center.
[18:19] ---
    In response, our center told you that
    we are not merely monitoring her case,
[18:23] ---
    but actively working on it.
[18:26] ---
    That's despite knowing about
    the abuse she went through last year?
[18:31] ---
    About that...
[18:33] ---
    We have no confirmed record of Teppei Hojo's
    past involvement in child abuse.
[18:39] ---
    What?!
[18:40] ---
    We do know that there was trouble
    between Satoko and her aunt Tamae.
[18:45] ---
    But no one mentioned her uncle Teppei's
    involvement, not even neighbors.
[18:50] ---
    But couldn't that be because her aunt's
    behavior overshadowed her uncle's?
[18:54] ---
    That could be.
[18:56] ---
    In that case, I'll add the possibility
    of his involvement to her file.
[19:00] ---
    What about the fact that her uncle
    abandoned her for a whole year?
[19:04] ---
    We've been told that happened when
    Teppei needed to work away from home
[19:07] ---
    to continue bringing in income
    to help raise Satoko-san.
[19:12] ---
    Not only that, but when we directly asked
    Satoko-san about the abuse,
[19:16] ---
    she denied it outright.
[19:18] ---
    As such, CWS has determined
    that she can continue living with him.
[19:27] ---
    Might I ask that you watch over your friend
    Satoko-san and her uncle Teppei
[19:31] ---
    and give them a chance to start
    their life together over again?
[19:36] ---
    I swear...
[19:38] ---
    Did you even hear a single word
    of what we just said?!
[19:42] ---
    We did, and we'll remember that
    so many of you came to support her.
[19:47] ---
    Everything will be taken into
    consideration as we make a decision.
[19:51] ---
    If something bad happens to Satoko,
    will you take responsibility for it?
[19:55] ---
    You bastards!
[19:56] ---
    If he leaves even the tiniest scratch
    on her, you're all dead!
[19:59] ---
    Shion-san!
[20:02] ---
    That's going too far.
[20:10] ---
    Center Manager Harayama,
    when will that decision be made?
[20:15] ---
    Again, we need to carefully review
    the situation to make an informed decision.
[20:20] ---
    I hope these answers will be enough
    to satisfy you for today.
[20:24] ---
    "Child Welfare Services Center"
[20:25] ---
    "Child Welfare Services Center"
    This is just like when we were
    fighting over the dam.
[20:28] ---
    Yeah.
[20:30] ---
    Though it's not like these kids
    were helping out with that.
[20:35] ---
    Our spirit of community is what
    makes Hinamizawa great.
[20:38] ---
    If one attacks us, two strike back.
[20:41] ---
    If two attack, then four. If four, then eight.
[20:45] ---
    If a thousand come to attack,
    then the whole village rises up against them.
[20:47] ---
    What proverb is that?
[20:49] ---
    Oh, that's something our old gran used to say.
[20:54] ---
    Makes sense. Band together to overwhelm
    the enemy and take them out.
[20:59] ---
    Maebara-san!
[21:01] ---
    Child Welfare Services
    isn't going to help Satoko, right?
[21:06] ---
    Yeah. Sounds like they're
    just gonna let her suffer.
[21:09] ---
    We live near her, so we know
    how bad her uncle is!
[21:13] ---
    There's no way we can leave things here!
[21:16] ---
    We need to work harder
    to help save Hojo-san!
[21:21] ---
    Right!
[21:24] ---
    Yeah, that's right!
[21:26] ---
    Let's keep it coming tomorrow!
[21:29] ---
    Forget 20 of us, let's get 60 people to show up!
[21:32] ---
    Yeah!
[21:34] ---
    I'll talk to everyone I think would go!
[21:36] ---
    I'll call my friends when I get home!
[21:39] ---
    Let's do everything we can!
[21:41] ---
    We can do this!
[21:50] ---
    This...
[21:52] ---
    ...is the power to tear fate apart!
[22:19] ---
    Wind gently flowing through my hair,
    time flowing endlessly

[22:24] ---
    A one-way ticket to the future
[22:28] ---
    Dejection and disillusion,
    indignation and exhaustion

[22:33] ---
    Carefully coordinated reasoning
[22:37] ---
    This God Syndrome,
    a string connecting love and lives

[22:47] ---
    It's not some exaggerated, grand ideal
[22:56] ---
    I want to believe in you,
    so I won't falter

[23:03] ---
    Those precious words you said
    that day are silent

[23:13] ---
    As if casting an ominous pity
    upon everything

[23:22] ---
    I shiver and despair over my own helplessness
[23:40] ---
    "Tataridamashi-hen:
    Curse-Deceiving Chapter, Part 4"
    Next time: "Tataridamashi-hen:
    Curse-Deceiving Chapter, Part 4."