E7 - Cotton-Deceiving Chapter, Part 3

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    Sure is dark in here...
[00:14] ---
    This the light?
[00:15] ---
    Don't!
[00:44] ---
    Stifling air quietly shaking me
[00:47] ---
    Suggestive silence
[00:51] ---
    The distortions in the light
    growing more twisted
[00:54] ---
    Logic lost to me now
[00:58] ---
    I believe what you said
[01:01] ---
    A place I long to return to
[01:05] ---
    Distinct scenery
[01:08] ---
    She sneered as she declared she wanted it all
[01:13] ---
    I've always felt your joy
[01:16] ---
    I've always felt your tears
[01:21] ---
    No one was closer to you,
    now those memories haunt me
[01:27] ---
    The one and only answer
[01:30] ---
    The door I was searching for
[01:34] ---
    Slowly opened just now,
    and revealed to me
[01:41] ---
    Something engulfed in the bright light
[01:49] ---
    The true nature of everything
[01:51] ---
    "Higurashi: When They Cry GOU"
    The true nature of everything
[01:53] ---
    The true nature of everything
[02:04] ---
    Keep the lights off, Kei-chan!
    Someone might see!
[02:08] ---
    R-Right, sorry...
[02:10] ---
    It's fine. Everyone's too focused
    on Rika-chan's dance to notice us.
[02:16] ---
    This is the guardian deity
    of Hinamizawa, Oyashiro-sama.
[02:20] ---
    Whoa...
[02:21] ---
    It's much more ornate than
    the one at the shrine.
[02:24] ---
    There are so many more tools
    in here than I'd ever imagined.
[02:29] ---
    Wait, these look more like construction tools
    than stuff for religious rituals.
[02:34] ---
    I don't think you quite understand, Maebara-kun.
[02:38] ---
    Wait... what?
[02:39] ---
    All right.
[02:41] ---
    Let me tell you an old story.
[02:46] ---
    Long, long ago, deep in the mountains,
    there lay a swamp that was so deep,
[02:52] ---
    many said its bottom lay in the depths of Hell.
[02:56] ---
    The villagers called it Onigafuchi.
[02:58] ---
    Wait...
[02:59] ---
    Was that village Hinamizawa?
[03:03] ---
    You catch on quick.
[03:06] ---
    Onigafuchi, "the Demons' Abyss"...
    That's an ominous name.
[03:09] ---
    I heard they renamed the village
    back in the Meiji era.
[03:14] ---
    One day, demons rose up
    from the depths of the swamp,
[03:18] ---
    headed into the village,
    and attacked its people, showing no mercy.
[03:21] ---
    The poor villagers tried to flee,
    but to no avail.
[03:24] ---
    In the end, all they could do
    was cower and hide...
[03:28] ---
    But just when everyone had given up hope,
[03:30] ---
    their guardian deity, Oyashiro-sama,
    descended unto them.
[03:34] ---
    Okay.
[03:35] ---
    So Oyashiro-sama came down from
    the heavens and got rid of the demons?
[03:40] ---
    Kei-chan, don't be such a guy.
[03:42] ---
    Violence isn't the answer to everything.
[03:45] ---
    You see, Oyashiro-sama isn't violent.
[03:49] ---
    He's kind and benevolent.
[03:53] ---
    The demons couldn't bring
    themselves to attack him,
[03:55] ---
    instead prostrating themselves
    before his radiant majesty.
[03:58] ---
    The kind deity granted
    the demons human forms
[04:01] ---
    so they could live alongside
    the villagers in harmony.
[04:06] ---
    Over generations, the demon's blood
    mixed with that of the human villagers.
[04:09] ---
    And so, they hid themselves away,
    living their lives in secrecy,
[04:12] ---
    only to be worshipped by the people
    living at the base of their mountains.
[04:18] ---
    What a weird story.
[04:21] ---
    Isn't it?
[04:23] ---
    But here's where things get really fascinating.
[04:27] ---
    The demons that attacked the villagers
    are the kind that eat humans.
[04:34] ---
    --Huh?
    --And now that their blood had mixed
    with that of the villagers',
[04:36] ---
    --And now that their blood had mixed
    with that of the villagers',
[04:40] ---
    sometimes, these villagers would have
    the urge to feast on human flesh.
[04:45] ---
    So they began the practice of
    "demoning away" people from other villages.
[04:52] ---
    What's "demon away" mean?
[04:53] ---
    Simply put, it means "kidnapping."
[04:56] ---
    The Onigafuchi villagers would go
    to a human village and kidnap a sacrifice.
[05:02] ---
    How's that any different from
    what those demons did to them?!
[05:05] ---
    And where was the kind, benevolent
    Oyashiro-sama during all this?!
[05:08] ---
    Oh, he was well aware of the practice.
[05:12] ---
    That's why these villagers
    didn't kidnap people at random.
[05:15] ---
    They only targeted those whom
    their god had declared fit for sacrifice.
[05:20] ---
    Once they had their
    unfortunate victim in their clutches,
[05:23] ---
    they would feast upon them in
    a practice soon known as "watanagashi."
[05:29] ---
    Watanagashi...
[05:31] ---
    Isn't that the name of the
    end-of-winter "cotton-drifting" festival?
[05:37] ---
    Kei-chan,
[05:39] ---
    "wata" doesn't just mean cotton.
    It can also mean "entrails," right?
[05:44] ---
    Entrails?
[05:45] ---
    Come to think of it,
    we call fish guts wata, too...
[05:50] ---
    Entrail drifting?!
[05:51] ---
    Yes, it's just as you're imagining, Maebara-kun.
[05:57] ---
    Today, Watanagashi is an early
    summer festival that takes place in June.
[06:03] ---
    But back then,
[06:05] ---
    it was the name given to a gruesome night
[06:08] ---
    when the villagers hunted, killed,
    and feasted on human flesh.
[06:15] ---
    You're lying!
[06:16] ---
    What did you think the cotton from
    those futons--the wata--represents?
[06:21] ---
    They're just futons!
    Big fluffy beds for sleeping in!
[06:24] ---
    Suppose they represent the wata of entrails...
[06:28] ---
    What, then, was Rika-chan doing in her dance?
[06:35] ---
    I don't know!
    I didn't even get to see her dance!
[06:41] ---
    Kei-chan, please, calm down.
[06:45] ---
    The ritual hoe Rika-chan
    carries for her dance...
[06:51] ---
    You mean these weird-shaped tools
    aren't for farming...
[06:54] ---
    ...but for cutting people up?
[06:57] ---
    If you want to make it sound
    even more gruesome,
[06:59] ---
    technically, they're cooking utensils.
[07:05] ---
    Takano-san, please don't tease Kei-chan.
    He's still pretty naïve.
[07:10] ---
    Sorry. I thought you'd like these
    kinds of scary stories, being a boy and all.
[07:27] ---
    What the hell are you doing, Shion?!
[07:29] ---
    I-I didn't do anything! I just touched it!
[07:32] ---
    Calm down, you two.
[07:40] ---
    What's going on in there?
[07:43] ---
    Shion-chan's right. It was already broken.
[07:59] ---
    This should be all right.
[08:01] ---
    And here I thought you'd run out
    of patience and had to come look.
[08:06] ---
    I'm not too good with these sorts of things.
[08:10] ---
    Anyway, everyone's headed down to the river.
[08:13] ---
    Oh, that's no good.
[08:15] ---
    Could you go wait outside for a little bit?
    I'd like to take a few pictures.
[08:20] ---
    What are the two of you going to do?
[08:21] ---
    I think I've seen enough...
[08:27] ---
    What'd you think? Interesting stuff?
[08:29] ---
    I should've kept watch out here with you.
[08:34] ---
    Did Takano-san stay composed
    while she was in there?
[08:37] ---
    I expected her to get too excited
    when surrounded by all those treasures.
[08:42] ---
    She was certainly excited.
[08:44] ---
    Thanks for waiting. My curiosity has been sated.
[08:49] ---
    All those stories and legends
    suddenly seem to hold water.
[08:53] ---
    Takano-san...
[08:55] ---
    You didn't take anything with you, right?
[08:57] ---
    Oh, please! I'm not that much of a child.
[09:03] ---
    Okay, let's head down to the river.
[09:08] ---
    No point in coming to the festival
    if we don't see the cotton drifting.
[09:14] ---
    The entrail drifting...
[09:24] ---
    Dang it, I missed the best shots of the night.
[09:29] ---
    My, it's not too late.
[09:32] ---
    You could take some pictures of me down there.
[09:35] ---
    Oh, sure...
[09:37] ---
    We're gonna go down to the water.
    Want to come with?
[09:44] ---
    Oh, no, we wouldn't want to be a third wheel.
[09:47] ---
    Have a nice time, you two.
[09:50] ---
    Come on, we're making things awkward for them.
[09:53] ---
    Let's go, Jirou-san.
[09:55] ---
    O-Okay.
[09:57] ---
    Have a good night.
[10:06] ---
    Well, I sure am tired!
[10:08] ---
    Same.
[10:10] ---
    My sister and her friends are probably
    looking for you. You should go.
[10:14] ---
    Yeah, good idea.
[10:16] ---
    If my sister hears I've been
    hogging you the entire night,
[10:20] ---
    she'll never let me hear the end of it.
[10:22] ---
    So don't tell anyone about tonight, okay?
[10:24] ---
    Sheesh, don't put it like that.
    You're making it all awkward...
[10:28] ---
    I don't mean just that.
[10:30] ---
    Huh?
[10:31] ---
    We can't let anyone know...
[10:34] ---
    ...where we went and what we did.
[10:40] ---
    Oyashiro-sama's curse
    may befall someone tonight.
[10:45] ---
    With what we've done,
    the four of us are the most likely targets.
[10:54] ---
    Oh, I'm just kidding!
[10:59] ---
    Yeah, you're right!
[11:00] ---
    All those creepy stories Takano-san
    was telling just have me on edge!
[11:05] ---
    Okay, I'm going to leave
    before my sister shows up.
[11:17] ---
    There you are, Keiichi!
[11:22] ---
    Wh-Whoa, hey there, Rika-chan.
[11:25] ---
    We finally found you!
    Now we just gotta find Satoko.
[11:28] ---
    We all got split up tonight!
[11:32] ---
    Did you watch my dance, Keiichi?
[11:36] ---
    Y-Yeah, I did! You did a great job.
    No mistakes, even!
[11:47] ---
    See, Rika-chan? Nobody thought
    it was a mistake!
[11:53] ---
    Did you get to drift cotton
    down the river, Kei-chan?
[11:57] ---
    N-No...
[11:58] ---
    Wait, really, Keiichi-kun?!
[12:01] ---
    You should go now, or it'll be over, all over!
[12:05] ---
    S-Sorry, this is my first Watanagashi,
[12:09] ---
    so I don't know any of the rules...
[12:13] ---
    All right. Sorry.
[12:16] ---
    Let's head out.
[12:18] ---
    O-Okay.
[12:31] ---
    Hey, Kei-chan?
[12:32] ---
    What?
[12:33] ---
    Did you run into Shion at all?
[12:36] ---
    N-Nope!
[12:38] ---
    I feel like I saw her at the festival,
[12:41] ---
    but the two of you look so alike,
    maybe it was just you in the crowd.
[12:45] ---
    We don't look that similar, do we?
[12:47] ---
    We even wear different outfits.
[12:49] ---
    O-Oh, right...
[12:53] ---
    Okay, then,
[12:54] ---
    did you see Takano-san or Tomitake-san?
[13:00] ---
    N-Nope, didn't see 'em...
[13:22] ---
    Hey, sorry to stop you.
[13:26] ---
    Can I help you, Detective?
[13:29] ---
    Don't be like that.
[13:31] ---
    I just saw you walking by, so I thought
    I might stop you for a little chat.
[13:37] ---
    Okay.
[13:38] ---
    I have to say, Maebara-san,
[13:40] ---
    it's impressive how close you've
    become to the Sonozaki girls.
[13:47] ---
    Thank you?
[13:49] ---
    Do you know about their father?
[13:50] ---
    He's the head of the Sonozaki
    yakuza family that controls this area.
[13:57] ---
    --What?
    --Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you knew.
[14:01] ---
    The Sonozaki property looks like
    a stereotypical yakuza mansion, too,
[14:06] ---
    what with its high fences, barbed wire,
    and security cameras all around.
[14:10] ---
    So does that mean Mion's
    the next in line or something?
[14:13] ---
    Yes.
[14:14] ---
    Why, if she wanted to, she could
    kill someone in the middle of the street,
[14:18] ---
    and someone would cover it up for her.
[14:21] ---
    Mion wouldn't kill anyone!
[14:24] ---
    It was just an example.
[14:26] ---
    I don't care who Mion's family is.
    She's one of my best friends!
[14:31] ---
    Is that all you wanted? Because I'm going home.
[14:35] ---
    Hold on, there. Just answer
    one question for me, okay?
[14:41] ---
    What?
[14:42] ---
    Did you happen to see Jiro Tomitake
    and Miyo Takano-san tonight?
[14:48] ---
    I-I dunno, why?
[14:51] ---
    Oh? Having a hard time remembering?
[14:54] ---
    Y-Yeah.
[15:00] ---
    I see.
[15:03] ---
    Well, then, I should let you get home.
[15:09] ---
    Oh, just so you know...
[15:12] ---
    You did see the two of them tonight.
[15:15] ---
    Both them, you, and Shion Sonozaki
    had a grand old time at the stone steps.
[15:23] ---
    I'll see you later.
[15:31] ---
    Hey. Why're you calling me so late?
[15:33] ---
    I was worried about my sister.
    Did she believe your story?
[15:37] ---
    I was worried when she realized
    I didn't watch Rika-chan's dance,
[15:42] ---
    but she bought it.
[15:45] ---
    That's my sweet Kei-chan.
[15:46] ---
    Oh, shut it, Shion!
[15:47] ---
    So there's... something else I wanted to ask.
[15:53] ---
    What?
[15:54] ---
    Tonight, at the Watanagashi festival,
[15:59] ---
    all four of us went into that storehouse, right?
[16:02] ---
    After that, we walked down to the steps
    and went our separate ways, right?
[16:08] ---
    Yeah. Why're you asking?
[16:11] ---
    Right after we split up...
[16:13] ---
    Did you see Takano-san or Tomitake-san?
[16:17] ---
    Why're you asking?!
[16:18] ---
    Why does everyone want to know about them?!
[16:21] ---
    What's going on, Shion?! Did you see them?!
[16:23] ---
    Calm down, Kei-chan! You see...
[16:26] ---
    The two of them went missing.
[16:28] ---
    Huh?!
[16:29] ---
    I was worried they might be
    the next victims tonight, so...
[16:34] ---
    So... what?
[16:36] ---
    The Sonozaki family keeps
    a close watch on police activity...
[16:40] ---
    And according to the police, the two of them
    went to the volunteer parking lot
[16:45] ---
    and stole one of the festival's trucks!
[16:48] ---
    Leaving their car and bicycle behind...
[16:51] ---
    The police say they left
    the village in such a hurry,
[16:55] ---
    it must have been because
    they felt their lives were in danger.
[17:00] ---
    What's that supposed to mean?
[17:02] ---
    It means that maybe, they were being
    targeted by Oyashiro-sama's curse.
[17:08] ---
    If they were, then we know the reason.
[17:12] ---
    They're being punished for trespassing
    and beheading Oyashiro-sama.
[17:18] ---
    --So does that mean we're next?
    --I think so.
[17:23] ---
    I mean, I know we shouldn't have
    gone in there, but all we did was look!
[17:29] ---
    Besides, I didn't even like
    seeing all that stuff!
[17:33] ---
    I didn't even want to go in there and see!
[17:36] ---
    I wanted to watch Rika-chan's dance!
[17:40] ---
    But you dragged me in there!
[17:43] ---
    Why the hell are you
    going on and on about how bad it was
[17:46] ---
    to sneak into the sacred storehouse
    on the night of Watanagashi?!
[17:49] ---
    I'm sorry. I didn't think this would happen...
[17:53] ---
    I had nothing to do with all of this!
[17:55] ---
    So now what? What're you gonna do, huh?
[17:58] ---
    How're you gonna make this right, huh?!
[18:01] ---
    Hey! Say somethi--
[18:08] ---
    She's... not saying the curse
    is coming for us, is she?
[18:23] ---
    Shion...
[18:28] ---
    Morning, Keiichi-kun!
[18:33] ---
    Huh? Keiichi-kun, your eyes are so red!
[18:37] ---
    Yeah, I just couldn't get much sleep last night.
[18:44] ---
    We did have tons of fun
    at the festival last night!
[18:50] ---
    --'Sup.
    --Morning!
[18:52] ---
    Wow, you look like you didn't get
    much sleep either, Mii-chan!
[18:56] ---
    Yeah, I got to bed around three.
    I'm pretty tired.
[19:00] ---
    Three?! Dude, you know
    you shouldn't stay up that late!
[19:06] ---
    Is that because of the mayor?
    They still haven't found him?
[19:09] ---
    Yeah.
[19:10] ---
    Wait, hold on.
[19:14] ---
    What are you talking about?
[19:17] ---
    Some of you might have already heard,
[19:21] ---
    but Mayor Kimiyoshi has been
    missing since yesterday.
[19:25] ---
    Think he was demoned away?
[19:26] ---
    But the curse didn't happen this year.
[19:29] ---
    If anyone sees him somewhere,
    be sure to tell an adult right away.
[19:34] ---
    And don't walk home by yourself!
    Walk with a friend.
[19:42] ---
    Why the mayor?
[19:44] ---
    If anyone should be
    demoned away, it's Shion and me.
[19:49] ---
    Keiichi!
[19:51] ---
    You look sad.
[19:53] ---
    Rika-chan...
[19:54] ---
    Did you do something bad last night?
[20:00] ---
    Keiichi, do you really not
    remember what happened?
[20:07] ---
    Can I tell you a story about some kitties?
[20:11] ---
    Kitties? Meow, meow?
[20:14] ---
    On the night of the festival,
[20:19] ---
    four bad kitties went into a storehouse
    they weren't supposed to go into.
[20:23] ---
    Inside, there were lots of things
    that scared the kitties.
[20:28] ---
    The kitties heard that whoever saw
    those things would be cursed.
[20:31] ---
    And now, two of the kitties are missing.
[20:35] ---
    Please, Rika-chan...
[20:37] ---
    What should the other two kitties do?
[20:44] ---
    I never expected you to tell me
    that with such a ridiculous story.
[20:50] ---
    It's fine.
[20:52] ---
    --You don't need to worry about it.
    --Huh?!
[20:55] ---
    It doesn't matter if you
    worry about it or not. It's all over.
[21:01] ---
    This year's curse, this world, you, me--
    we're all finished.
[21:07] ---
    You should've just watched me dance.
[21:11] ---
    You should've known better
    than to go somewhere you shouldn't.
[21:16] ---
    Especially on the night of Watanagashi.
[21:20] ---
    H-How did you know--
[21:21] ---
    I'm surprised Tomitake's body
    hasn't been found yet.
[21:25] ---
    But both of them are already dead.
[21:29] ---
    Shion should still be alive.
[21:31] ---
    Wh-What are you talking about, Rika-chan?
[21:34] ---
    Though I have no idea if
    this bodes well for you or not.
[21:44] ---
    Keiichi-san!
[21:45] ---
    If you've got time to sit around,
    then grab that ball and join us!
[21:51] ---
    We're playing super slaughter sludge
    explosion murder dodgeball!
[21:58] ---
    Keiichi?
[22:02] ---
    You should go play with them!
[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