# Season 1
# E1 - One Eye, One Leg
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRQWDDMZR/one-eye-one-leg)
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**[00:10] Voice**
Please...
**[00:17] Voice**
Please become... our Goddess of Wisdom.
**[00:42] Kotoko**
Oh, it must be time already.
**[00:45] Kotoko**
Okay, thanks.
**[01:03] Kotoko**
Hello. It's been a while.
**[01:07] Kuro**
Uh... Who might you be?
**[01:10] Kotoko**
You don't remember what the person
who saved your life looked like?
**[01:13] Kuro**
I'm pretty sure I haven't been through any
**[01:15] Kuro**
life-threatening events in
the last decade or so...
**[01:18] Kotoko**
About two years ago, at this hospital...
**[01:29] (Flashback) Kuro**
Whoa, there...
**[01:42] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Are you all right?
**[01:47] (Flashback) Kuro**
Uh, thank you. I guess you saved...
**[01:50] (Flashback) Kuro**
Oh, I'm so sorry!
**[01:53] (Flashback) Kotoko**
In that case, as the one
who saved your life,
**[01:55] (Flashback) Kotoko**
all I ask is that you remember me for life.
**[01:58] (Flashback) Kuro**
Isn't that going a bit overboard?
**[02:01] (Flashback) Kuro**
Actually... I guess it *is*
possible to die that way.
**[02:05] (Flashback) Kuro**
Okay, I'll remember you.
**[02:08] Kotoko**
*He reminds me of a goat.*
**[02:11] Kotoko**
* Goats are skinny, spacey,*
* and spend their whole lives*
**[02:14] Kotoko**
* obliviously munching on grass,*
* day in and day out.*
**[02:18] Kotoko**
* But you can feel a bizarre*
* sort of vitality in them.*
**[02:22] Kotoko**
*Yes, one must never underestimate a goat.*
**[02:26] Kotoko**
*It is an extremely agile creature*
**[02:28] Kotoko**
* that has no problems living in*
* highlands or even wastelands.*
**[02:32] Kotoko**
* And depending on the breed,*
* it may also have two powerful horns.*
**[02:37] Kotoko**
*They're almost like demon horns.*
**[02:41] Kotoko**
*Horns of undeniable sharpness...*
**[02:44] Kotoko**
*Is this...*
**[02:45] Kotoko**
* Is this what they mean by*
* "love at first sight"?!*
**[02:48] Kuro**
Oh, you're the girl from back then.
**[02:50] Kuro**
That girl wasn't wearing a beret, though...
**[02:54] Kotoko**
Can you only tell girls apart by their hats?
**[02:57] Kuro**
Sorry. I'm not very good at
remembering girls' faces.
**[03:01] Kuro**
And if I remember them too well,
it makes Saki-san grumpy.
**[03:06] Kotoko**
In that case, please try
to remember it again.
**[03:13] Kotoko**
My name is Iwanaga Kotoko.
**[03:15] Kotoko**
That's written with the characters
for "rock" and "eternity,"
**[03:18] Kotoko**
then "koto," as in the musical
instrument, and "child."
**[03:20] Kotoko**
I'm now seventeen, and I'm quite lively.
**[03:25] Kuro**
Got it. I won't forget this time.
**[03:28] Kotoko**
I'm sure... considering I heard
that you and Saki-san broke up.
**[03:33] Kuro**
How did you know that?
**[03:37] (Flashback) Saki**
What are you doing, Kuro-kun?
**[03:40] (Flashback) Kuro**
Saki-san.
**[03:43] (Flashback) Kuro**
Uh, she sort of saved my life.
**[03:46] (Flashback) Saki**
So I saw.
**[03:49] (Flashback) Saki**
I'm sorry for the trouble he caused.
**[03:52] (Flashback) Saki**
And thank you.
**[03:56] Kotoko**
*Why are you the one apologizing?*
**[03:59] Kotoko**
*Is she his older sister? Or another relative?*
**[04:01] Kotoko**
*Actually, she could be his younger sister...*
**[04:06] (Flashback) nurse**
His name is Sakuragawa Kuro-kun.
**[04:09] (Flashback) Nurse**
He's a second-year at Homei
University, and he's studying law.
**[04:12] (Flashback) Nurse**
He comes here often to visit his
cousin, who's a long-term patient.
**[04:15] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Is this cousin of his a somewhat tall woman?
**[04:18] (Flashback) Nurse**
Oh, that's not his cousin.
**[04:21] (Flashback) Nurse**
Her name is Saki-san. She's a year
older than him and his girlfriend.
**[04:25] (Flashback) Nurse**
They've been dating since
they were in high school.
**[04:27] (Flashback) Nurse**
Kuro-kun even decided to go to the
same university she was attending.
**[04:49] Kotoko**
*And then, two years after our first encounter...*
**[04:52] (Flashback) Nurse**
Apparently Kuro-kun and Saki-san are
getting married after they graduate.
**[04:56] (Flashback) Nurse**
I heard they just met each
other's parents recently.
**[05:00] (Flashback) Nurse**
They're going to get married any day now.
**[05:11] Kotoko**
*He's alone today?*
**[05:13] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Did Kuro-san and his girlfriend break up?
**[05:16] (Flashback) Nurse**
What? No way.
**[05:18] (Flashback) Nurse**
Come to think of it, he stopped talking
about his girlfriend around February.
**[05:22] (Flashback) Nurse**
Actually... He hasn't
really talked to anyone.
**[05:28] Kuro**
What is this hospital's policy on handling
personal information, anyway?
**[05:32] Kotoko**
They said they had no
obligation to protect
**[05:34] Kotoko**
a visitor's personal information.
**[05:36] Kuro**
Is that how it works?
**[05:37] Kotoko**
It is rather shady.
**[05:39] Kotoko**
They never did tell me
**[05:41] Kotoko**
who your cousin is or why they're
in the hospital, though.
**[05:46] Kuro**
You're better off not knowing.
**[05:48] Kuro**
The reasons people are hospitalized
long-term aren't usually that amusing.
**[05:53] Kotoko**
So...
**[05:54] Kotoko**
In regard to you and Saki-san
breaking up right before spring...
**[05:58] Kuro**
They really don't care
about my privacy, do they?
**[06:02] Kotoko**
Regardless, you're single now.
**[06:05] Kotoko**
Have you given any thought to starting
fresh by meeting someone new?
**[06:09] Kuro**
Could you get to the point?
**[06:13] Kotoko**
Would you consider dating me
with marriage in mind?
**[06:18] Kotoko**
I've held this one-sided love for two years,
**[06:21] Kotoko**
just waiting for this moment!
**[06:26] Kuro**
You're surprisingly direct,
despite how you look.
**[06:30] Kuro**
And pretty persistent, too,
if you waited two years...
**[06:32] Kotoko**
You can always wait for fate.
**[06:35] Kuro**
I don't think I can legally go out
with a middle schooler, though...
**[06:39] Kotoko**
I told you! I'm seventeen
and in high school!
**[06:41] Kotoko**
I plan on applying to your
university next year!
**[06:44] Kotoko**
Do you have the memory of a chicken?!
**[06:52] Kotoko**
Was it that funny?
**[06:55] Kuro**
Nah, it just made me feel weirdly happy.
**[06:58] Kuro**
A high school girl just asked me out.
I guess I'm not a total lost cause.
**[07:03] Kuro**
I haven't felt this great in a while.
**[07:05] Kotoko**
So, did Saki-san dump you?
**[07:08] Kuro**
It wasn't Saki-san's fault.
**[07:10] Kuro**
There was no way around it.
**[07:13] Kuro**
So... I don't think I can go out
with anyone new for a while.
**[07:18] Kotoko**
So what was it, exactly, that caused
**[07:21] Kotoko**
such a pathetic fall that ended in a break-up?
**[07:26] Kuro**
At the end of last year,
Saki-san and I went on a trip to Kyoto.
**[07:29] Kotoko**
A trip together before marriage?!
You promiscuous heathens!
**[07:32] Kuro**
What decade were you born in, anyway?
**[07:36] Kuro**
So, late one night, when we were
walking along the Kamo River...
**[07:48] Kotoko**
Those things that are said
to show up on shorelines?
**[07:51] Kuro**
Yup. A kappa.
**[07:53] Kotoko**
It wasn't a gataro, suiko, or hyosube?
**[07:55] Kuro**
You sure know your stuff.
**[07:58] Kuro**
Whatever it was, calling it
a kappa seemed to fit best.
**[08:02] Kuro**
I just know that it wasn't
a human or an animal.
**[08:06] Kuro**
But it was definitely some kind
of moving, breathing life form.
**[08:13] Kuro**
The moment we realized that,
it became something so terrifying
**[08:17] Kuro**
that it felt like all the rules of
our world were about to crack.
**[08:21] Kotoko**
But kappas aren't bad.
**[08:23] Kotoko**
These days, they're very trendy creatures that
can recommend good sushi or shrimp chips.
**[08:28] Kuro**
Well, the one I saw then seemed
like it'd drag you into the river
**[08:32] Kuro**
and suck out all of your bodily fluids.
**[08:35] Kuro**
The next day, they actually found
a body in the river near there.
**[08:39] Kuro**
It was ruled an accident,
but what caused it is still unclear.
**[08:42] Kuro**
Saki-san is pretty brave,
**[08:44] Kuro**
and she doesn't believe in yokai or ghosts.
**[08:48] Kuro**
But she saw that thing and got so scared
that she just clung to me, shaking.
**[08:51] Kotoko**
And what happened after that?
**[08:54] Kuro**
Without a second look at Saki-san,
**[08:57] Kuro**
the coward just whimpered in fear
and ran off like a scared rabbit.
**[09:02] Kotoko**
Well, it *was* a kappa.
**[09:05] Kuro**
After that, she said she never
knew I was that kind of person,
**[09:08] Kuro**
and things got awkward.
**[09:10] Kuro**
She was already planning to
move away for her new job,
**[09:13] Kuro**
so she took that opportunity to break up.
**[09:15] Kuro**
And who could blame her?
**[09:19] Kuro**
I don't care if you believe me or not.
**[09:21] Kuro**
If you don't believe me,
**[09:23] Kuro**
then I'm just a crazy college
kid who blames a kappa
**[09:25] Kuro**
for the fact that he got dumped.
**[09:28] Kuro**
Or...
**[09:30] Kuro**
Maybe I'm a college kid who went crazy
from the shock of getting dumped.
**[09:34] Kuro**
Regardless, I'm not worthy
to be your boyfriend.
**[09:39] Kuro**
My bus will be here soon.
**[09:43] Kotoko**
We aren't done talking yet.
**[09:46] Kotoko**
Please clarify the subject
of your statement.
**[09:48] Kotoko**
Who, exactly, left Saki-san
there and ran off?
**[09:55] Kotoko**
It wasn't you that ran off.
It was the kappa, wasn't it?
**[09:59] Kotoko**
The kappa saw you next to Saki-san,
got scared, and ran away.
**[10:05] Kotoko**
What an awful experience for that kappa,
**[10:07] Kotoko**
just randomly running into you
in the middle of the night.
**[10:10] Kotoko**
It has my sympathy.
**[10:12] Kotoko**
Saki-san saw that terrifying yokai run away
**[10:15] Kotoko**
after seeing you, wondered who you
really were, and got creeped out.
**[10:19] Kotoko**
That's when she said she never
knew you were that kind of person.
**[10:23] Kotoko**
Isn't that right?
**[10:25] Kuro**
You're making one key mistake.
**[10:28] Kuro**
Kappas don't exist to begin with.
**[10:31] Kotoko**
Even though you just said they did?
**[10:33] Kuro**
That was a lie.
**[10:34] Kuro**
As if I'm gonna tell another girl
the truth about my break-up.
**[10:38] Kotoko**
I'm only slightly acquainted with kappas,
**[10:41] Kotoko**
but I'm quite knowledgeable
about creatures similar to it.
**[10:45] Kotoko**
This town, and even this hospital,
has yokai, ayakashi, spectres,
**[10:51] Kotoko**
and demons lurking everywhere.
**[10:55] Kotoko**
In the shadows of the
azaleas in this garden,
**[10:57] Kotoko**
and from atop the dogwoods,
**[10:59] Kotoko**
they are quietly observing us.
**[11:03] Kotoko**
Most of them mean no harm,
**[11:06] Kotoko**
but they do exist everywhere.
**[11:10] Kotoko**
They see you and whisper to me...
**[11:14] Kotoko**
"He's something different.
He's... He's terrifying."
**[11:19] Kuro**
Who are you?
**[11:22] Kuro**
Why are you so sure these things exist?
**[11:25] Kotoko**
When I was eleven,
**[11:27] Kotoko**
I happened to be kidnapped for
two weeks by these creatures.
**[11:32] Kotoko**
Deep in the mountains where they took me,
they implored me, the girl they kidnapped...
**[11:38] Kotoko**
"Please become our Goddess of Wisdom."
**[11:42] Kuro**
Goddess of Wisdom?
**[11:44] Kotoko**
Most of these creatures were of low intellect,
**[11:46] Kotoko**
so they were looking for
someone who could help them,
**[11:49] Kotoko**
quell their fighting,
and make peace among them.
**[11:53] (Flashback) Yokai**
Please, please, we beseech you.
**[11:58] Kotoko**
So I replied...
**[12:00] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Yes, I shall.
**[12:02] (Flashback) Yokai**
My Lady!
**[12:09] Kotoko**
Ever since then, whenever they have
problems or conflicts with one another,
**[12:14] Kotoko**
they come from all over the country to ask
me to mediate or come up with solutions.
**[12:19] Kuro**
That's hard to believe.
**[12:21] Kotoko**
Indeed, it is.
**[12:22] Kotoko**
In that case, why don't you go find a
newspaper from around July six years ago?
**[12:26] Kotoko**
You should be able to
find an article about
**[12:29] Kotoko**
a fifth-grade girl named Iwanaga Kotoko
**[12:32] Kotoko**
who disappeared from this town
and then, two weeks later,
**[12:36] Kotoko**
was found napping on a park bench.
**[12:40] Kotoko**
The little girl's left leg was severed,
and her right eye had been gouged out.
**[12:49] Kotoko**
Unsurprisingly, the culprit behind
this incident was never caught.
**[12:54] Kotoko**
Looks like it's time.
**[12:55] Kotoko**
We'll continue this another day.
**[13:06] Driver**
*The doors are closing. Please be careful.*
**[13:09] Driver**
*We are now departing.*
***SIGN*** One Eye, One Leg
**[13:44] Fallen Warrior**
My Lady! Are you hurt?!
**[13:47] Fallen Warrior**
Are you all right?!
**[13:49] Fallen Warrior**
I was so frightened that vile
creature would try to eat you!
**[13:53] Kotoko**
There's no need to worry.
He didn't even lay a finger on me.
**[13:57] Fallen Warrior**
What could you possibly see in that
smelly, terrifying monstrosity?!
**[14:02] Kotoko**
I'm sure it's hard for
all of you to imagine,
**[14:05] Kotoko**
but to me, Kuro-san is quite the looker.
**[14:11] Fallen Warrior**
Erm, is there a possibility that
your left eye was taken, too?
**[14:15] Kotoko**
Would you like to be forcibly exorcised?
**[14:16] Fallen Warrior**
Oh, no! I still have so many
Harlequin novels to read!
***SIGN*** LOVE That Makes You
Tremble with Excitement
**[14:21] Fallen Warrior**
I couldn't possibly move
on to the afterlife yet!
**[14:24] Kotoko**
Those are probably the last words
I ever expected to hear from you.
**[14:27] Fallen Warrior**
But that creature I mentioned
before is still at the library,
**[14:30] Fallen Warrior**
so I haven't been able to go there.
**[14:32] Fallen Warrior**
Please rid of that thing as soon as possible.
**[14:35] Kotoko**
About that...
**[14:36] Kotoko**
I might be able to take care of it tomorrow.
**[14:39] Kotoko**
As long as Kuro-san helps me out,
it shouldn't be too difficult.
**[14:46] Kotoko**
In Japan's greatest literary work, the *Kojiki*,
**[14:49] Kotoko**
there is a mention of a god named Kuebiko.
**[14:53] Kotoko**
It cannot walk because it only has one leg,
**[14:56] Kotoko**
but it is a god of wisdom with
much knowledge of the world.
**[14:59] Kotoko**
It also mentions that, at times,
beings with only one eye
**[15:03] Kotoko**
were also regarded as gods
or something similar.
**[15:10] Kotoko**
The kinds of gods that have
either one leg or one eye
**[15:12] Kotoko**
can be found in stories
throughout the world.
**[15:16] (Flashback) guy**
The surface is rough, but it's been
melted and hardened by some kind of acid.
**[15:21] (Flashback) guy**
We won't have to take
any further measures.
**[15:23] (Flashback) Guy**
Her right eye has been gouged out,
but there's no pus or inflammation.
**[15:26] (Flashback) Guy**
It's basically healed.
**[15:28] (Flashback) Guy**
What in the world happened
to this little girl?
**[15:33] (Flashback) Cop**
So where were you these last
two weeks, Kotoko-chan?
**[15:38] (Flashback) Cop**
Were you with someone?
**[15:46] (Flashback) Cop**
If there's anything you remember,
would you mind telling me?
**[15:50] Kotoko**
* Does that mean the reason*
* my left leg and right eye*
**[15:53] Kotoko**
*were taken was to make me a god?*
**[16:00] (Flashback) Kotoko**
That's not a bad trade.
**[16:07] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Yes, I don't really remember.
***SIGN*** Criminal Investigation Begins in Missing Girl Case
***SIGN*** Fifth Grader Iwanaga Kotoko-chan
**[16:19] Kotoko**
Hello there. Did you finish
doing your research?
**[16:23] Kuro**
Apparently, it's true that a little
girl named Iwanaga Kotoko
**[16:27] Kuro**
was involved in some kind
of incident six years ago.
**[16:29] Kuro**
But that's all I found.
**[16:31] Kuro**
There's no proof that you've become
a god for these monsters and yokai.
**[16:36] Kotoko**
Indeed. That could all just
be a fantasy in my head.
**[16:40] Kotoko**
If that's the case, then I'm just a girl
who went crazy after being kidnapped
**[16:44] Kotoko**
by some lunatic who messed with my body.
**[16:46] Kotoko**
Whether you believe me or not is your choice.
**[16:50] Kotoko**
But I may be the only one in this
world who can truly understand you.
**[16:57] Kuro**
So you're saying those who ended
up with either one eye or one leg
**[17:00] Kuro**
sometimes become a sacrifice to the gods?
**[17:03] Kotoko**
Yes. A sacrifice to connect
the people with the gods,
**[17:05] Kotoko**
or in some cases, a priestess who
can hear the voices of the gods.
**[17:16] Bake-danuki**
My Lady!
**[17:18] Kotoko**
Well, if it isn't a bake-danuki.
**[17:21] Bake-danuki**
The library's barrier has been broken!
**[17:24] Bake-danuki**
That's going to cause all kinds
of trouble! Please hel—
**[17:30] Bake-danuki**
My Lady, how many times did we ask
you to stay away from this creature?!
**[17:35] Kotoko**
Kuro-san, you shouldn't scare them like that.
**[17:37] Kuro**
I didn't even do anything...
**[17:39] Kotoko**
But it certainly isn't good that
the barrier was destroyed.
**[17:43] Kotoko**
We must hurry.
**[17:44] Kotoko**
Come with us, Kuro-san.
**[17:45] Kuro**
Huh?
**[17:46] Kotoko**
Let's get rid of any doubts you may
have by engaging in an actual battle.
**[17:49] Kuro**
Oh, I don't doubt anything after seeing
monsters asking you for help.
**[17:53] Kuro**
I believe you. Bye.
**[17:55] Kotoko**
Oh, don't be like that.
**[17:58] Kotoko**
The yokai in the library
is quite violent and evil.
**[18:02] Kotoko**
There might be an article in
tomorrow's paper about
**[18:05] Kotoko**
a girl with one eye and one leg
who was brutally murdered!
**[18:09] Kotoko**
A tragic end for the girl who
confessed her love for you,
**[18:11] Kotoko**
even if you have no interest in her...
**[18:13] Kotoko**
If it came to that, you wouldn't be able
to escape your guilt, would you?
**[18:21] Kotoko**
I thank you for your help,
**[18:22] Kotoko**
but I'm not sure if I agree
with how you're carrying me.
**[18:25] Kotoko**
Isn't it the norm to carry me like
a princess in these situations?
**[18:28] Kuro**
I'll admit, I have no idea what the norm
would be in this kind of situation.
**[18:35] Kuro**
Um, are you all—
**[18:36] ---**
My Lady!
**[18:39] Kotoko**
Calm down, Kuro-san. This is just
the ghost of a fallen warrior
**[18:43] Fallen Warrior**
My Lady! I'm utterly powerless against
the sheer violence of that thing!
**[18:54] Kotoko**
That's quite enough.
**[18:56] Kotoko**
The human world and the world of the
ayakashi must maintain their balance.
**[19:00] Kotoko**
I cannot allow those who disregard the—
**[19:09] Kuro**
Nice job running your big mouth,
but what do we do now?
**[19:12] Kotoko**
This is unexpected.
**[19:13] Kuro**
What?!
**[19:14] Kotoko**
I should have been able
**[19:16] Kotoko**
to contain a yokai like that after
it took one look at you, but...
**[19:20] Kotoko**
It's in such a panic that it can't
see what's going on around it.
**[19:23] Kuro**
So you only wanted me for my body?
**[19:25] Kotoko**
I was serious when I asked you out.
**[19:27] Kotoko**
It hurt me deeply to go after your
body like this on our first date.
**[19:31] Kuro**
Do you have some kind of plan?
Any talismans or sutras you can use?
**[19:34] Kotoko**
If it won't listen to me,
we'll just have to use force.
**[19:37] Kuro**
Force?
**[19:59] Kotoko**
Ah, yes... I definitely prefer
being held this way.
**[20:03] Kotoko**
I feel even closer to you now.
**[20:05] Kuro**
Now really isn't the time for that...
**[20:07] Kotoko**
You have a point.
**[20:14] Kotoko**
Let's flee for now.
**[20:17] Kotoko**
Kuro-san, what are you doing?
**[20:19] Kotoko**
We can do all the naughty
things you want later...
**[20:21] Kuro**
That's not it. I can't have you
doing anything reckless again.
**[20:26] Kotoko**
Kuro-san, run—
**[20:48] Kotoko**
Two years ago, and again now...
**[20:52] Kotoko**
You have that same
unfazed look on your face.
**[20:55] Kotoko**
How can you be so indifferent
when you're in danger?!
**[21:00] Kuro**
I don't appreciate hearing that
from someone as reckless as you.
**[21:04] Kuro**
I thought you'd already figured it out.
**[21:07] Kotoko**
Huh?
**[21:20] Kuro**
I guess my flesh really is poison to them.
**[21:44] Kotoko**
Kuro-san... Who are you, really?
**[21:49] Kuro**
The ones asking for your
wisdom won't tell you?
**[21:53] Kotoko**
Everyone avoids talking about
things that terrify them.
**[21:58] Kuro**
You're right.
**[22:00] Kuro**
If I were to use your words...
**[22:05] Kuro**
When I was eleven, I ate two
different kinds of yokai flesh...
**[22:10] Kuro**
As much as I could eat.
***SIGN*** To Be Continued
***SIGN*** Preview
**[23:45] Kotoko**
The Guardian Serpent of Tsukuna Swamp
**[23:47] Kotoko**
asks me for help concerning a problem
that's been keeping them up at night.
**[23:51] Kotoko**
A murderer apparently disposed
of a body in their swamp
**[23:54] Kotoko**
but there's something about
it that's bothering them.
**[23:56] Kotoko**
Next time, "What the
Guardian Serpent Heard."
# E2 - What the Guardian Serpent Heard
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6XJGG85R/what-the-guardian-serpent-heard)
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**[00:06] Kotoko**
Those are pretty.
**[00:08] Kotoko**
Are you going to visit your cousin again?
**[00:11] Kuro**
You sure have excellent timing.
**[00:14] Kuro**
Was it your usual deduction skills,
**[00:16] Kuro**
or did your yokai friends tell you I was here?
**[00:18] Kotoko**
I have an appointment for
my eye and leg, as well.
**[00:21] Kotoko**
It was pure coincidence.
**[02:00] Kotoko**
Ever since that ordeal the other day,
**[02:02] Kotoko**
the ayakashi won't stop talking about you.
**[02:06] Kotoko**
"He must be an unrivaled yokai.
**[02:08] Fallen Warrior**
My lady!
**[02:09] Kotoko**
I bet he's gonna cook us up and eat us!"
**[02:09] ---**
My lady, help!
**[02:12] Kuro**
I helped you guys out,
and that's the thanks I get?
**[02:15] Kotoko**
Well, it's your power that scares them.
**[02:18] Kotoko**
So your left arm is really okay?
**[02:23] Kuro**
What? You're actually worried about me?
**[02:25] Kotoko**
I'm the one who involved you in all this.
**[02:33] Kuro**
See? It's fine.
**[02:36] Kuro**
Ever since I ate mermaid
flesh at the age of eleven,
**[02:40] Kuro**
my body always repairs itself,
**[02:42] Kuro**
no matter how badly it gets hurt.
**[02:49] Kotoko**
It's been said that those
who consume mermaid flesh
**[02:52] Kotoko**
will become immortal
and gain eternal youth.
***SIGN*** Mermaid
Diagram
**[02:55] Kotoko**
But I must say that you
definitely don't look eleven.
**[02:59] Kuro**
Yeah... I think that's because the other yokai
**[03:02] Kuro**
whose flesh I ate along with the mermaid's
is nullifying some of the effects.
**[03:06] Kotoko**
What was the other one?
**[03:10] Kuro**
I have to get going.
**[03:12] Kuro**
I'll be late for visiting hours.
**[03:16] Kotoko**
Kuro-san.
**[03:19] Kotoko**
I actually had a request.
**[03:22] Kotoko**
Tonight, I'm going to see a giant serpent
**[03:25] Kotoko**
who is the guardian spirit of the
mountains in the next prefecture over.
**[03:29] Kotoko**
Would you come with me?
**[03:31] Kuro**
A giant serpent in the mountains?
**[03:33] Kotoko**
Yes.
**[03:34] Kotoko**
About ten days ago, one of
its servants visited me.
**[03:38] Kotoko**
It said the guardian is so
troubled by something
**[03:40] Kotoko**
that it can't even sleep at night.
**[03:43] Kotoko**
So this is a job for the Goddess of
Wisdom to the spectres.
**[03:48] Kuro**
You're going to put yourself in danger again?
**[03:51] Kuro**
You don't even have any special powers.
**[03:53] Kotoko**
How rude!
**[03:55] Kotoko**
I have a very special power
**[03:57] Kotoko**
that allows me to talk to the
ayakashi and even touch ghosts!
**[04:02] Kuro**
But that's it, right?
**[04:03] Kuro**
You don't have superhuman strength,
or the ability to fly,
**[04:06] Kuro**
or talismans to create
supernatural phenomena.
**[04:09] Kuro**
You don't have any physical
or spell-like powers.
**[04:12] Kuro**
What if you run into another
violent, aggressive monster
**[04:16] Kuro**
like the other day again?
**[04:18] Kotoko**
If you're so worried about me,
you should just come with me.
**[04:21] Kotoko**
If you were to help out despite
how much they fear you,
**[04:25] Kotoko**
I'm sure it'll make negotiations
and mediations go much smoother.
**[04:29] Kuro**
I can't tonight.
**[04:30] Kotoko**
Huh?
**[04:31] Kuro**
I want to enjoy the pork
miso soup I made last night.
**[04:34] Kuro**
So go by yourself.
**[04:38] Kotoko**
Honestly!
**[04:40] Kotoko**
Why is he like that?!
**[04:42] Kotoko**
Who lets a poor defenseless
girl go off into the mountains
**[04:44] Kotoko**
on her own in the middle of the night?!
**[04:46] Yosuzume**
I'm terribly sorry it's so late, my lady.
**[04:49] Yosuzume**
Oh! The swamp is coming into view.
**[05:12] Serpent**
I humbly thank you for
traveling so far to see me,
**[05:20] Serpent**
my lady.
**[05:26] Kotoko**
It's no problem.
That is my duty, after all.
**[05:29] Kotoko**
There's no need to thank me.
**[05:31] Kotoko**
You were once worshiped as a water god.
**[05:35] Kotoko**
It's only natural that I come
to see you if you need me.
**[05:39] Serpent**
It's been quite some time since the
humans worshiped me as a water god.
**[05:45] Serpent**
The small shrine has long been forgotten,
**[05:47] Serpent**
and no one offers me anything
for it to rain anymore.
**[05:50] Serpent**
Though, even when they
did pray to me for rain,
**[05:52] Serpent**
I never had the ability to control
the weather to begin with.
**[05:55] Serpent**
So it is presumptuous that
they ever considered me a god.
**[05:58] Serpent**
It's no wonder I've been forgotten.
**[06:02] Serpent**
The human world develops so quickly that
**[06:05] Serpent**
there are many things I don't understand.
**[06:08] Serpent**
That is why I sent one of my
servants to summon you, my lady,
**[06:11] Serpent**
so I could borrow some of your great wisdom.
**[06:15] Serpent**
So, well...
**[06:18] Serpent**
I do apologize that I cannot be more
hospitable here in these mountains,
**[06:22] Serpent**
but please do not be angry with me.
**[06:25] Kotoko**
Oh, no! It's totally fine.
**[06:27] Kotoko**
If I seem to be in a bad mood,
it isn't because of you.
**[06:30] Kotoko**
It's due to something personal.
**[06:32] Serpent**
Something personal?
**[06:34] Kotoko**
Indeed.
**[06:37] Kotoko**
I have a boyfriend named Sakuragawa Kuro.
**[06:41] Kotoko**
I asked him to accompany me here tonight,
**[06:42] Kotoko**
but he declined, saying he'd rather
stay home and eat pork miso soup.
***SIGN*** Sakuragawa
**[06:51] (Flashback) Kuro**
So you had some yokai track me...
**[06:54] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Kuro-san! Please take a look at this!
**[07:01] (Flashback) Kotoko**
You actually did make pork miso soup?
**[07:03] (Flashback) Kuro**
Don't just go barging into people's homes!
**[07:05] (Flashback) Kuro**
Wait...
**[07:06] (Flashback) Kuro**
You're going into the
mountains dressed like that?
**[07:08] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Well done, Kuro-san!
I knew you had good taste!
**[07:11] (Flashback) Kotoko**
It's my spring apparel!
My "I've been invited" dress!
**[07:13] (Flashback) Kuro**
But you were invited into the mountains...
**[07:16] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Wait, no! You shouldn't be so forceful!
**[07:17] (Flashback) Kuro**
Come on. Just stay still.
**[07:19] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Wh-What is this?
**[07:22] (Flashback) Kuro**
The jacket I wore when I went
mountain climbing in grade school.
**[07:24] (Flashback) Kotoko**
How did you dig this up so quickly?!
**[07:28] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Now what are you doing?!
**[07:29] (Flashback) Kuro**
It's bug repellent.
**[07:37] (Flashback) Kotoko**
What do you think you're... doing...
**[07:39] (Flashback) Kuro**
Here, take some pork miso soup with you.
**[07:41] (Flashback) Kuro**
And some rice balls, too.
**[07:43] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Wait...
**[07:45] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Kuro-san!
**[07:47] (Flashback) Kuro**
Don't do anything rash again.
**[07:50] Kotoko**
So you see, even though I told him
**[07:52] Kotoko**
I would be meeting a giant serpent
that might like to eat humans,
**[07:55] Kotoko**
he had no intention of coming.
**[07:57] Serpent**
Goodness, no! I would never
dream of eating you, my lady!
**[08:02] Serpent**
Besides, humans are too
hard to eat, with the clothes
**[08:05] Serpent**
and metal accessories they put on...
**[08:07] Kotoko**
So you have actually eaten some before?
**[08:10] Serpent**
I can't say that I haven't...
**[08:12] Serpent**
I was rumored to be a man-eating
serpent back in the day,
**[08:16] Serpent**
but humans don't particularly
taste that good.
**[08:19] Serpent**
And nowadays,
**[08:20] Serpent**
it would cause far too much trouble,
so I prefer to avoid that.
**[08:24] Serpent**
By the way, my lady,
**[08:26] Serpent**
if you were able to bring your soup here,
**[08:28] Serpent**
couldn't your boyfriend have
brought his to eat here, too?
**[08:34] Serpent**
Er, I mean, he probably didn't have
another thermos! That must be it!
**[08:41] Kotoko**
We've gone off track.
Let's get to the issue at hand.
**[08:44] Kotoko**
You're concerned about the murdered
corpse you found in your swamp, right?
**[08:49] Serpent**
Yes. I cannot fathom why
that woman came all the way
**[08:53] Serpent**
to my swamp to dispose of the body,
**[08:55] Serpent**
so I'd like to hear an explanation
I can be satisfied with.
**[09:00] Kotoko**
About a month ago,
on April 23rd, just past 2 PM,
**[09:05] Kotoko**
two hikers who were picking
mountain vegetables
**[09:08] Kotoko**
found a man's body here at Tsukuna Swamp.
**[09:12] Kotoko**
Because he had been stabbed in
the chest with a sharp knife,
**[09:15] Kotoko**
they ruled his death a murder.
**[09:17] Kotoko**
However, despite a few days
passing since he was murdered,
**[09:21] Kotoko**
and him having no cellphone or ID,
**[09:23] Kotoko**
they were able to identify him immediately.
***SIGN*** Yoshihara Hiroo
**[09:25] Kotoko**
Yoshihara Hiroo, 35 years old.
He worked for a large construction firm.
**[09:31] Kotoko**
Eventually, a 30-year-old woman
was arrested as a suspect.
**[09:35] Kotoko**
Tanio Aoi.
**[09:36] (Flashback) Aoi**
It was me.
**[09:39] Kotoko**
They got a confession from her.
**[09:41] Kotoko**
While many unanswered questions remain,
**[09:42] Kotoko**
they're working mostly on
gathering evidence right now.
**[09:47] Kotoko**
It's pretty much an open and shut case.
**[09:51] Kotoko**
I assume she threw the body
into the swamp to hide it,
**[09:54] Kotoko**
or perhaps to delay its discovery?
**[09:56] Serpent**
Nay! It was not to hide the body!
**[09:59] Serpent**
I just happened to see her
as she dumped the body...
**[10:21] Serpent**
That woman did, indeed, do something
so spiteful as to throw that corpse
**[10:24] Serpent**
into this swamp whose water
I drink from time to time.
**[10:28] Serpent**
But there are times when
animal corpses float in it,
**[10:30] Serpent**
as well as humans who throw trash into it.
**[10:33] Serpent**
So I have the ayakashi that live in
these mountains clean it regularly.
**[10:37] Serpent**
That's fine and all,
**[10:40] Serpent**
but there's still something
amiss about all of this.
**[10:43] Serpent**
The woman didn't put anything on the body
**[10:45] Serpent**
to weigh it down when she threw it in.
**[10:48] Serpent**
So the corpse rose to the top
and was discovered immediately.
**[10:52] Serpent**
Above all, at that moment,
I heard the woman clearly say...
**[10:58] (Flashback) Aoi**
I really hope they find you.
**[11:03] Serpent**
Despite taking the time and effort
to dispose of the corpse here,
**[11:07] Serpent**
she talked about how she
wanted him to be found.
**[11:10] Kotoko**
At first glance, it does seem
her actions don't make sense.
**[11:15] Serpent**
Indeed! I don't understand it at all!
**[11:18] Kotoko**
It must be difficult for a woman
to push a wheelbarrow
**[11:20] Kotoko**
with a body in it up a mountain at night.
**[11:23] Kotoko**
The police had some doubts about that
as well, and asked her about it.
**[11:26] Kotoko**
"Why did you bother carrying
this corpse to this swamp?"
**[11:31] Kotoko**
And that's when the suspect, Tanio Aoi, said...
**[11:34] (Flashback) Aoi**
There's a huge serpent living in that swamp,
**[11:36] (Flashback) Aoi**
and I've heard that it eats people,
**[11:39] (Flashback) Aoi**
so I thought if I dumped the body
there, the serpent would eat it.
**[11:43] Kotoko**
It was a rather irrational confession,
**[11:46] Kotoko**
so it even appeared in newspapers.
***SIGN*** Dead Man Found
in Mt. Tsukuna
**[11:49] Serpent**
I saw that confession, as well.
**[11:52] Kotoko**
Tanio Aoi's family home is right
at the base of this mountain.
**[11:56] Kotoko**
It could be she actually believed the legends
**[11:58] Kotoko**
she'd heard as a child
about a man-eating serpent.
**[12:01] Kotoko**
And in a desperate attempt,
she brought the corpse up here...
**[12:05] Kotoko**
Of course, that's not the case.
She was actually trying to hide the body.
**[12:10] Kotoko**
She wasn't trying to bury it
or let it sink into the swamp.
**[12:14] Kotoko**
She just wanted you to devour it.
**[12:17] Serpent**
Then what about what that woman
said when she dumped the body?
**[12:21] Kotoko**
She didn't mean it as,
**[12:23] Kotoko**
"I brought it all the way here,
so I hope someone will find it."
**[12:28] Kotoko**
What she meant was that she
hoped you would find the body.
**[12:32] Serpent**
Nay! Even if I had found the body,
there was no guarantee that I'd eat it.
**[12:37] Serpent**
If the woman truly wished
to dispose of the body,
**[12:39] Serpent**
she would've said, "I truly hope it eats you."
**[12:45] Kotoko**
* For being so huge, this guardian really*
* gets hung up on minute details.*
**[12:49] Serpent**
This brings up another question.
**[12:52] Serpent**
Why did that woman give a false confession?
**[12:55] Kotoko**
*This is going to take a while...*
**[12:58] Kotoko**
It was probably to hide the real reason
she threw the corpse into the swamp.
**[13:02] Serpent**
Aye. I would like to hear an
answer I can be satisfied with.
***SIGN*** What the Guardian Serpent Heard
**[13:17] Kotoko**
Let's go back over the details of this case.
**[13:20] Kotoko**
You seem rather wise, but we need to make
sure there aren't any discrepancies.
**[13:25] Kotoko**
It all started five years ago.
**[13:28] Kotoko**
Tanio Aoi had a boyfriend
named Machii Yoshikazu.
**[13:33] Kotoko**
But he died with a different woman,
**[13:35] Kotoko**
who was his coworker, in what
looked like a double suicide.
**[13:40] Kotoko**
Machii worked in the accounting
department of a large construction firm,
**[13:45] Kotoko**
but after he died, it came to light that
**[13:47] Kotoko**
he had messed with some numbers
and embezzled a large sum of money.
**[13:50] Kotoko**
Machii realized he wouldn't be
able to hide the fact that he had
**[13:53] Kotoko**
embezzled the money, so he convinced
the woman to die with him.
**[13:56] Kotoko**
Or, at least, that was what everyone believed.
**[14:00] Kotoko**
Aoi was deeply hurt by this and returned here
**[14:03] Kotoko**
to her family home at
the base of Mt. Tsukuna.
**[14:07] Kotoko**
She lived as a shut-in for about two years,
**[14:10] Kotoko**
but she eventually found a job near home
**[14:12] Kotoko**
and began to gradually
get back on her feet.
**[14:17] Kotoko**
And it was right around that time...
**[14:19] Kotoko**
On Friday, April 21st of
this year, around 7:30 PM,
**[14:25] Kotoko**
Yoshihara Hiroo showed
up at Tanio Aoi's house.
**[14:28] (Flashback) Hiro**
I want to apologize for what
happened five years ago.
**[14:30] Kotoko**
Yoshihara was a coworker of Machii's,
so Aoi knew his name and face.
**[14:36] (Flashback) Hiro**
I'm the one who killed Machii, and I'm
the one who embezzled the money!
**[14:41] (Flashback) Hiro**
Machii and that woman
realized that and told me
**[14:44] (Flashback) Hiro**
that if I didn't confess,
they'd make this public.
**[14:47] (Flashback) Hiro**
That's why I killed them...
**[14:50] Kotoko**
Yoshihara Hiroo's plan went accordingly.
**[14:53] Kotoko**
He got away with the embezzlement,
**[14:55] Kotoko**
and it's said he was living
a decent life afterwards.
**[14:58] Kotoko**
But starting this year, he was
met with a series of misfortunes.
**[15:03] Kotoko**
He made a huge mistake at work.
**[15:06] Kotoko**
His wife and child died in an accident.
**[15:08] Kotoko**
On top of that, they found a
malignant tumor in his body.
**[15:12] Kotoko**
Truly a series of unfortunate
events he never expected.
**[15:15] Kotoko**
Yoshihara thought this was happening
because of the incident five years ago,
**[15:19] Kotoko**
so he visited Aoi to repent for his crimes.
**[15:23] Kotoko**
He thought that if he showed remorse now,
he could escape all this fateful punishment,
**[15:27] Kotoko**
and that he might at least
get away with his life.
**[15:32] (Flashback) Guy**
I'm so sorry...
**[15:35] (Flashback) Guy**
I'm so sorry!
**[15:39] Kotoko**
That pretty much sums up
Tanio Aoi's confession.
**[15:44] Kotoko**
Apparently, Yoshihara had also
contacted Machii's younger brother,
**[15:47] Kotoko**
asking if they could meet up soon
**[15:49] Kotoko**
regarding what had happened five years ago.
**[15:52] Kotoko**
Machii's brother was busy at the time,
so he couldn't talk to him in detail.
**[15:57] Kotoko**
That probably prompted
Yoshihara to go see Aoi first.
**[16:04] Kotoko**
As the investigation went on,
**[16:05] Kotoko**
the embezzlement and supposed
double suicide came back to light,
**[16:08] Kotoko**
and they also learned that the person
connected to the prior case, Tanio Aoi,
**[16:11] Kotoko**
lived at the base of the mountain
where the corpse was found,
**[16:14] Kotoko**
and made the connection.
**[16:17] (Flashback) Aoi**
Yoshihara-san was about my size, and his
body had wasted away due to his illness,
**[16:23] (Flashback) Aoi**
so it wasn't much trouble
to get him up the mountain.
**[16:26] Kotoko**
The next day, Saturday the 22nd,
**[16:28] Kotoko**
no one came to the swamp,
**[16:30] Kotoko**
possibly because it rained that day,
**[16:32] Kotoko**
so the body wasn't discovered
until two days later, on the 23rd.
**[16:36] (Flashback) Aoi**
I figured the serpent wouldn't want
to eat his wallet and cellphone,
**[16:39] (Flashback) Aoi**
so I removed them.
**[16:41] (Flashback) Aoi**
I burned his employee ID back at my house,
**[16:43] (Flashback) Aoi**
and I threw the knife into
the swamp with the body.
**[16:47] (Flashback) Aoi**
But...
**[16:49] (Flashback) Aoi**
It didn't eat him.
**[16:51] Serpent**
The police have been coming to this swamp
quite often during the day recently.
**[16:56] Serpent**
It would seem they are looking for that knife.
**[16:59] Kotoko**
I'm sure they'd have a
hard time finding it here.
**[17:02] Kotoko**
So, did the suspect throw anything
in along with the corpse?
**[17:07] Serpent**
Hm, I'm not certain...
**[17:10] Kotoko**
Sadly, the information I can get is limited,
**[17:13] Kotoko**
so I'll have to use my imagination
to fill in some holes...
**[17:17] Kotoko**
But I still believe the suspect
dumped the body into the swamp
**[17:20] Kotoko**
for a very simple reason.
**[17:22] Serpent**
A simple reason?
**[17:24] Kotoko**
Yes.
**[17:25] Kotoko**
In most cases like this,
it's to protect the real killer.
**[17:29] Kotoko**
Yoshihara Hiroo had contacted
Tanio Aoi beforehand,
**[17:32] Kotoko**
saying he'd like to come see her.
**[17:35] Kotoko**
He was connected to a
very dark part of her past.
**[17:37] Kotoko**
Do you think she'd agree to see him alone?
**[17:39] Serpent**
That is a good point, but...
**[17:41] Kotoko**
No one would suspect anything
if she had someone
**[17:44] Kotoko**
with her when Yoshihara came over.
**[17:45] Kotoko**
Oh, I know. I think Machii's younger
brother would be a perfect example.
**[17:49] Kotoko**
Yoshihara told Machii's
brother on the phone that
**[17:52] Kotoko**
he had also contacted Machii's former girlfriend.
**[17:55] Kotoko**
He might have had a bad feeling
about that and contacted Aoi.
**[17:59] Kotoko**
After learning the truth of his brother's
death, he impulsively killed him.
**[18:07] Kotoko**
But he still had a future.
**[18:09] Kotoko**
On the other hand, Aoi had been living
as a shut-in and had very little to lose.
**[18:14] Kotoko**
That's why she decided she would protect him.
**[18:18] Kotoko**
After sending the real killer away,
**[18:20] Kotoko**
she decided to dump the corpse
at the swamp in the mountains.
**[18:23] Kotoko**
There are three reasons for this.
**[18:25] Kotoko**
First, to let the swamp water
wash off any traces of
**[18:28] Kotoko**
the true killer that may have
ended up on the corpse.
**[18:31] Kotoko**
Second, to give the true killer an alibi.
**[18:35] Serpent**
But then why did the woman say,
"I really hope they find you"?
**[18:42] Kotoko**
This is why the third reason exists.
**[18:45] Kotoko**
Tanio Aoi tried to get rid of any
trace of the true killer at her house.
**[18:49] Kotoko**
If she carefully cleaned every inch of
her house, that could be possible.
**[18:53] Kotoko**
But what about outside the house?
**[18:57] Kotoko**
There's no telling what traces
could've been left behind.
**[19:01] Kotoko**
And that's why Aoi threw
the corpse into your swamp!
**[19:05] Serpent**
What do you mean?
**[19:07] Kotoko**
What else? She wanted it to rain!
**[19:11] Kotoko**
You were known as a water god and
**[19:13] Kotoko**
received prayers for rain
in the past, didn't you?
**[19:16] Kotoko**
If it poured, tire tracks and anything
he might've accidentally dropped
**[19:20] Kotoko**
would get washed away.
**[19:22] Serpent**
A moment, please...
**[19:24] Serpent**
I was regarded as a water
god a very long time ago.
**[19:28] Serpent**
Besides, dropping a body into the
swamp as an offering is unheard of!
**[19:31] Serpent**
And did they honestly think
they'd be blessed with rain
**[19:34] Serpent**
by throwing in the corpse of
a filthy middle-aged man?
**[19:36] Serpent**
If they wanted to give me an offering,
**[19:38] Serpent**
it should've been a beautiful, living girl!
**[19:40] Serpent**
Give me a girl as a sacrifice!
**[19:44] Kotoko**
Er, Guardian?
**[19:46] Kotoko**
There are usually two types of rain rituals.
**[19:49] Kotoko**
First is to pray to a water god
and have them grant your wish.
**[19:54] Kotoko**
That'd be the orthodox method.
**[19:55] Kotoko**
But there is also the opposite method
of making the water god angry
**[20:00] Kotoko**
so that they go on a rampage and make it rain.
**[20:02] Serpent**
Oh, I do believe I've heard
that somewhere before.
**[20:05] Kotoko**
And it appears that you were indeed enraged.
**[20:09] Serpent**
Goodness me... And it
actually did rain the next day.
**[20:14] Kotoko**
So, this explains why you
heard her say what she did.
**[20:18] Kotoko**
Tanio Aoi wanted you to find
the corpse and go berserk.
**[20:24] Kotoko**
That's why she let "I really hope they
find you" slip out without thinking.
**[20:31] Serpent**
Nay! That explanation is still lacking!
**[20:34] Serpent**
In that case, wouldn't she have said,
"I really hope it actually does pour,"
**[20:38] Serpent**
or, "I really hope the
giant serpent gets mad"?
**[20:43] Kotoko**
Of course!
**[20:46] Kotoko**
If somebody visited from outside by car,
someone would've witnessed it.
**[20:51] Kotoko**
The police would be investigating that, too,
**[20:53] Kotoko**
to see if there might've been
another killer or accomplices.
**[20:57] Serpent**
Y-You seem to deny your own
claims rather readily...
**[21:01] Kotoko**
That's why the only suspect is Tanio Aoi.
**[21:04] Kotoko**
Most of what she confessed
to the police is true.
**[21:08] Kotoko**
I think the only thing that's different is
**[21:10] Kotoko**
the reason she dumped the
corpse into this swamp.
**[21:30] Kotoko**
Kuro-san!
**[21:33] Serpent**
So that is my lady's boyfriend...
How terrifying...
**[21:39] Kuro**
Who said I was your boyfriend?
**[21:41] Kotoko**
So you came after all.
**[21:43] Kuro**
At least correct him!
Tell him I'm not your boyfriend!
**[21:45] Kotoko**
We can have our lovers' quarrel later.
**[21:48] Kotoko**
Right now, we have to resolve
any lingering questions he has.
**[21:51] Serpent**
P-Precisely, my lady.
**[21:55] Kuro**
And how are you planning to do that?
**[21:57] Kotoko**
I wish you would've come out sooner
if you were listening this whole time.
**[22:00] Serpent**
My lady!
**[22:02] Serpent**
So what is the real reason the suspect
threw the corpse into this swamp?
***SIGN*** To Be Continued
***SIGN*** Preview
**[23:46] Kotoko**
A wave of incidents involving a phantom
killer threatens Makurazaka City.
**[23:48] Kotoko**
The culprit is a faceless
woman wearing a red dress.
**[23:51] Kotoko**
Are the incidents really
caused by Steel Lady Nanase,
**[23:54] Kotoko**
the ghost of a former idol?
**[23:56] Kotoko**
Next time, "The Rumors of the Steel Lady."
# E3 - The Rumors of the Steel Lady
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G64P52MWR/the-rumors-of-the-steel-lady)
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**[00:00] Serpent**
My lady!
**[00:01] Serpent**
So what is the real reason the suspect
threw the corpse into this swamp?
**[00:06] Kotoko**
It was so the suspect, Tanio Aoi,
**[00:08] Kotoko**
could have the police find something
that she was looking for.
**[00:13] Kotoko**
She had previously tossed
something away in this swamp,
**[00:16] Kotoko**
and after murdering Yoshihara Hiroo,
**[00:17] Kotoko**
she figured she should retrieve it.
**[00:20] Kotoko**
But it was quite impossible for her to find
**[00:23] Kotoko**
what she had thrown into
this swamp all on her own.
**[00:26] Kotoko**
That's why she decided
to get the police to help.
**[00:29] Kotoko**
If she told them she had dumped
the murder weapon here,
**[00:32] Kotoko**
there's a good chance the police
would've searched the swamp.
**[00:35] Serpent**
Then what about the thing she whispered?
**[00:38] Kotoko**
It wasn't a dead body she wanted them to find.
**[00:40] Kotoko**
It was something she had
tossed into the swamp before.
**[00:43] Kotoko**
Though she tossed it in quite a while ago,
**[00:45] Kotoko**
so there was no guarantee that it'd be found.
**[00:48] Kotoko**
That's why she couldn't stop
herself from whispering a prayer.
**[00:53] (Flashback) Aoi**
I really hope they find you.
**[00:58] Kotoko**
That was the whisper that you heard.
**[02:32] Serpent**
Then she didn't need to
go through the trouble
**[02:34] Serpent**
of bringing the corpse here.
**[02:36] Serpent**
She could have just said
the murder weapon was here.
**[02:39] Kotoko**
But that brings up some inconsistencies.
**[02:43] Kotoko**
To carry out her plan,
Tanio Aoi needed the police
**[02:45] Kotoko**
to find out about the incident,
**[02:47] Kotoko**
believe that she was the
culprit and arrest her,
**[02:49] Kotoko**
and hear her confess that she threw
the murder weapon into the swamp.
**[02:53] Kotoko**
So first, how would she get the police
to find out about the incident?
**[02:57] Kuro**
They'd have to find the body.
**[03:00] Kotoko**
Precisely, Kuro-san!
**[03:02] Kotoko**
And how would she go about doing that?
**[03:05] Serpent**
Well...
**[03:06] Kotoko**
Should she confess immediately?
Of course not.
**[03:09] Kotoko**
The fact that she threw
the weapon into the swamp
**[03:11] Kotoko**
would mean she was trying
to conceal the crime.
**[03:13] Kuro**
And a suspect like that wouldn't
admit to their crimes.
**[03:16] Kotoko**
Exactly.
**[03:17] Kotoko**
Many hikers come through here,
**[03:19] Kotoko**
so the body would've been discovered quickly.
**[03:21] Kotoko**
And she mentioned during her interrogation
**[03:23] Kotoko**
that she wanted the giant
serpent to eat the body.
**[03:25] Kotoko**
That should cause the police to question
her sanity and work even harder
**[03:30] Kotoko**
on the investigation to discover the truth.
**[03:32] Serpent**
So what is that woman trying
to get them to find?
**[03:36] Serpent**
What do you believe she threw
into the swamp long ago?
**[03:39] Kotoko**
I'm sure it was something that had to do with
**[03:42] Kotoko**
her former boyfriend, Machii Yoshikazu-san.
**[03:45] Kotoko**
I'm sure she must have resented him
after the incident five years ago.
**[03:49] Kotoko**
But this was all set up by Yoshihara Hiroo.
**[03:52] Kotoko**
She found out her boyfriend was innocent.
**[03:54] Kotoko**
It can be presumed that
**[03:56] Kotoko**
Tanio Aoi very much regretted
the fact that she doubted him.
**[03:59] Serpent**
I see. It makes sense that she would
want to get rid of any reminders
**[04:03] Serpent**
of the man who betrayed her.
**[04:05] Serpent**
But now, she was trying to retrieve it.
**[04:07] Serpent**
Isn't this all rather dramatic just to
reclaim a single item she had lost?
**[04:13] Kotoko**
Absolutely.
**[04:14] Kotoko**
After the incident with her boyfriend,
**[04:17] Kotoko**
she had returned home from
living alone in the city.
**[04:20] Kotoko**
She probably got rid of most items related
to her boyfriend during her move.
**[04:25] Kotoko**
Even if she had kept a couple
of pictures and presents,
**[04:28] Kotoko**
she could have just thrown them
in the trash or burned them.
**[04:31] Serpent**
Then what are you saying that
she threw into the swamp?
**[04:40] Kotoko**
Well...
**[04:42] Kotoko**
Perhaps it was a baby she
had with her boyfriend.
**[04:49] Kotoko**
Shortly after her boyfriend's death and
subsequently moving back home,
**[04:53] Kotoko**
Aoi realized that she
was pregnant with his child.
**[04:55] Kotoko**
Because she didn't know
the truth at the time,
**[04:57] Kotoko**
she saw it as the child of
the man who betrayed her.
**[05:00] Kotoko**
Despite the child being blameless,
**[05:02] Kotoko**
she likely still wondered
what she should do.
**[05:05] Kotoko**
But then, one day,
**[05:07] Kotoko**
she ended up having a miscarriage at home,
**[05:10] Kotoko**
and the corpse of the fetus
ended up in her hands.
**[05:14] Kotoko**
I'm sure she was troubled
over how to dispose of it.
**[05:17] Kotoko**
Unable to tell anyone about it,
she dealt with it all alone.
**[05:21] Kotoko**
And then, last month, she found out
the truth about her boyfriend's death
**[05:26] Kotoko**
and regretted her actions even further.
**[05:29] Kotoko**
She figured she should probably
**[05:31] Kotoko**
try to find the fetus and
give it a proper burial.
**[05:34] Kotoko**
That's why she thought up the plan
to have the police search the swamp.
**[05:38] Serpent**
So you're saying that that woman's
dead infant would eventually be found?
**[05:43] Kotoko**
I doubt that it will.
**[05:46] Kotoko**
You just said yourself
**[05:48] Kotoko**
that you regularly have this swamp cleaned.
**[05:53] Kotoko**
It's most likely that her baby sank
into the swamp about four years ago.
**[05:57] Kotoko**
So the mountain ayakashi
probably pulled it out long ago.
**[06:02] Kotoko**
Tanio Aoi tossed a tiny
corpse into the swamp.
**[06:07] Kotoko**
I'm sure she came up these mountains
alone one night so she wouldn't be found.
**[06:11] Kotoko**
That's what made her think to dispose
of the man's body at night the same way.
**[06:16] Kotoko**
By throwing that corpse into the swamp,
**[06:18] Kotoko**
she wanted to retrieve the precious
little corpse she had lost.
**[06:25] Kotoko**
This explanation doesn't
contradict anything you said
**[06:27] Kotoko**
and seems the most plausible.
**[06:33] Serpent**
Humans truly think up and
commit such horrendous acts.
**[06:37] Kotoko**
Indeed, they do.
**[06:38] Serpent**
I'd say you're also slightly
terrifying, my lady,
**[06:41] Serpent**
but there's something even more...
**[06:45] Serpent**
Oh, how simply frightful!
***SIGN*** Beware of mountain fires
**[06:50] Kuro**
Was that deduction really true?
**[06:52] Kuro**
A dead baby? Really?
**[06:54] Kotoko**
What I do know is that everything
Tanio Aoi told the police was not a lie,
**[06:59] Kotoko**
and apparently, she really did want
the Guardian to eat the corpse.
**[07:04] Kotoko**
Before meeting with the Guardian,
**[07:05] Kotoko**
I had a ghost visit Tanio Aoi
in her holding cell...
**[07:10] (Flashback) Aoi**
Did the serpent not find the body?
**[07:13] Kotoko**
And the ghost heard her say that.
**[07:16] Kuro**
So you knew that and lined
up one lie after another.
**[07:19] Kotoko**
Indeed, I did.
**[07:21] Kotoko**
Even still, my explanation made
sense and seemed reasonable.
**[07:26] Kotoko**
But there's no guarantee that
the suspect would act rationally.
**[07:32] Kotoko**
The Guardian had said that if she
wanted them to eat the corpse,
**[07:36] Kotoko**
she would've just said so.
**[07:37] Kotoko**
But for her, nothing would start
until they found the body,
**[07:41] Kotoko**
which is why she whispered that.
**[07:43] Kotoko**
I believe that's quite possible.
**[07:47] Kotoko**
This may be going too far, but there is
also the possibility that the Guardian
**[07:51] Kotoko**
misheard what she whispered.
**[07:53] Kotoko**
That would completely destroy
the original premise.
**[07:57] Kuro**
And a great yokai who's
renowned as the Guardian
**[08:00] Kuro**
would never admit to mishearing someone.
**[08:02] Kotoko**
Correct. That's why I used some of my wisdom.
**[08:06] Kuro**
I think I understand your true powers now.
**[08:09] Kuro**
But still, you should be more cautious
about the danger you put yourself in.
**[08:13] Kotoko**
And I wouldn't have to worry about that
if you would just stay by my side...
**[08:18] Kuro**
You never mentioned helping you
**[08:20] Kuro**
exterminate yokai as a condition
for going out with you.
**[08:22] Kotoko**
So you admit that we're dating, then.
**[08:26] Kuro**
I did not.
***SIGN*** The Rumors of the Steel Lady
***SIGN*** Two years later
**[08:50] Youth A**
So, yeah. The new girl at work is super cute.
**[08:54] Youth A**
Also, they were pretty huge.
**[08:57] Youth A**
What? What am I talking about?
**[09:00] Youth A**
Her boobs...
**[09:01] Youth A**
are huge...
**[09:16] Terada**
Hey, Yumihara.
**[09:17] Saki**
Yes?
**[09:18] Terada**
The other day, when I
invited you out for yakiniku,
**[09:21] Terada**
you declined, saying that eating beef
**[09:23] Terada**
reminds you of an ex-boyfriend
you had a nasty falling-out with
**[09:27] Terada**
and makes you feel sick.
**[09:28] Terada**
So why are you eating the
kalbi lunch right now?
**[09:31] Saki**
I realized I shouldn't let
the past hold me back,
**[09:34] Saki**
so I'm doing everything I can to get over it.
**[09:37] Terada**
I see...
**[09:38] Terada**
Well, when you get over it, let me know.
**[09:40] Terada**
I'll invite you out for yakiniku again.
**[09:42] Terada**
By the way, you handled
**[09:43] Terada**
the report for the accident by
Makuragawa River three days ago, right?
**[09:45] Saki**
Yes.
**[09:47] Terada**
The report says the young man
**[09:48] Terada**
thought he saw a puppy
jump out in front of him,
**[09:50] Terada**
so he panicked drove through
the guardrail into the river.
**[09:54] Terada**
But I heard he had a different story at first.
**[09:57] Saki**
That statement was taken when
he had just been pulled
**[10:00] Saki**
out of the river in a hysterical state.
**[10:02] Saki**
Once he calmed down, he confirmed
that was not actually the case.
**[10:06] Terada**
So it's true that this
college student initially said...
**[10:10] Terada**
that a girl wielding a steel
beam about two meters long,
**[10:12] Terada**
who was wearing a flashy, frilly
red and black dress
**[10:16] Terada**
and a huge bow in her hair,
but who somehow had no face,
**[10:19] Terada**
suddenly appeared in front of his car,
so he panicked and swerved off the road.
**[10:24] Terada**
He did say that?
**[10:26] Saki**
Yes.
**[10:27] Terada**
Then why did you use the
statement regarding the puppy?
**[10:30] Saki**
Because it doesn't matter if it was
a puppy or a ghost that popped out.
**[10:33] Terada**
They're pretty different...
**[10:35] Saki**
Terada-san...
**[10:37] Saki**
Are you looking for Steel Lady Nanase?
**[10:40] (Flashback) Saki**
Steel Lady Nanase?
**[10:42] (Flashback) Cop A**
You've never heard of her?
**[10:43] (Flashback) Cop A**
Then have you heard of Nanase Karin?
**[10:45] (Flashback) Saki**
Oh, isn't she...
**[10:47] (Flashback) Saki**
the idol who died at the
beginning of this year?
**[10:49] (Flashback) Saki**
I remember hearing the media was abuzz
over her due to some unsavory rumors.
**[10:53] (Flashback) Cop A**
Yup.
**[10:54] (Flashback) Cop A**
And to get away from the media,
**[10:56] (Flashback) Cop A**
she holed up in a hotel
here in Makurazaka City,
**[10:59] (Flashback) Cop A**
but then she died when a steel beam
from a nearby construction site fell on her.
***SIGN*** Warning
**[11:03] (Flashback) Cop A**
I heard she had a huge rack.
**[11:05] (Flashback) Cop A**
But there are rumors
swirling about her again.
**[11:08] (Flashback) Saki**
What? Like it was suicide after all?
**[11:10] (Flashback) Cop A**
No...
**[11:12] (Flashback) Cop A**
It seems...
**[11:13] (Flashback) Cop A**
she appears every night in Makurazaka City.
**[11:17] (Flashback) Cop A**
She's even wearing her outfit
from when she was an idol,
**[11:19] (Flashback) Cop A**
and wielding the steel beam that crushed her...
**[11:22] (Flashback) Cop A**
The faceless ghost of Nanase Karin.
**[11:25] Terada**
And what do you think about all that?
**[11:27] Saki**
I decided it wasn't the best idea to leave
any stories about a ghost in writing.
**[11:31] Terada**
That's not the point I'm talking about.
**[11:33] Terada**
I want to know how you feel about this.
**[11:36] Terada**
Do you really think a ghost or monster
**[11:39] Terada**
named "Steel Lady Nanase" is really out there?
**[11:43] Saki**
The college student's terrified face,
**[11:45] Saki**
the tire tracks and the guardrail
that was busted through,
**[11:49] Saki**
and...
**[11:52] Saki**
that eerie feeling I felt lingering in
the air there... they were all real.
**[11:57] Saki**
I do believe that the college
student really saw something
**[12:00] Saki**
that shouldn't have been there.
**[12:04] Terada**
Police boxes around the city have
had people claiming that they saw
**[12:09] Terada**
or were nearly attacked by someone
resembling Steel Lady Nanase.
**[12:13] Saki**
They're actually reporting it at police boxes?
**[12:15] Terada**
The police there are shrugging it off by
saying they were all just seeing things,
**[12:20] Terada**
but ever since the middle of last month,
**[12:22] Terada**
cases involving random attacks
**[12:24] Terada**
and assault attempts have been
on the rise throughout the city.
**[12:27] Saki**
Terada-san.
**[12:29] Saki**
Do you honestly believe
that Steel Lady Nanase
**[12:31] Saki**
actually exists and is attacking people?
**[12:36] Terada**
Hey, come on, now.
Don't make me sound crazy.
**[12:40] Terada**
Of course I don't believe in ghosts.
**[12:42] Terada**
I'm sure this is the work of the living.
**[12:46] Saki**
If someone is truly appearing in
various locations dressed like that,
**[12:50] Saki**
it seems like a lot of trouble for a mere
prankster or kidnapper to go through.
**[12:54] Terada**
That's the part that bugs me, too.
**[12:56] Terada**
If it's necessary at all to
go through all that trouble,
**[12:59] Terada**
there must be a significant reason
or objective behind this.
**[13:04] Terada**
Something that's not just a
prank, but an actual crime.
**[13:07] Terada**
These reports started happening within
the city over the past two weeks.
***SIGN*** Do not use
these relationship sites!
***SIGN*** It could even be this man!!
***SIGN*** We're waiting for your help to protect this city Looking for police officers
***SIGN*** Let's all protect
this city together
**[13:12] Terada**
We started seeing more information
on the Internet around then, too.
***SIGN*** An accident occurred in which a college student crashed
into the guardrail and plunged into the river.
**[13:16] Terada**
They've had from when the rumors started
spreading until two weeks ago to prepare.
**[13:20] Terada**
And more recently, they finally
started making their move.
**[13:25] Terada**
It looks bad for a police officer
to take rumors like this seriously.
**[13:31] Terada**
But there's definitely something.
**[13:33] Terada**
Right now, the suburbs are a
hotbed for organized crime.
**[13:37] Terada**
Meaning someone should
definitely keep an eye out.
**[13:41] Saki**
* Terada-san believes the*
* emergence of Steel Lady Nanase*
**[13:43] Saki**
*is foreshadowing a much bigger crime.*
**[13:46] Saki**
*But...*
**[13:47] Saki**
*Steel Lady Nanase is definitely real.*
**[13:50] Saki**
* She's a real ghost that has nothing*
* to do with some other crime or plot.*
**[13:54] Saki**
*No matter what may happen in the future,*
**[13:56] Saki**
*the police won't be able to deal with her.*
**[13:59] Terada**
It'd be great if you'd be willing to help out.
**[14:02] Saki**
Terada-san.
**[14:03] Saki**
Please just remember this.
**[14:06] Saki**
There is a possibility that yokai and
ghosts actually exist in this world.
**[14:12] Terada**
Really, Yumihara?
You believe in stuff like that?
**[14:16] Saki**
I haven't seen any ghosts,
**[14:18] Saki**
but I have seen yokai before.
**[14:21] Terada**
What are you talking about?
**[14:23] Saki**
If you don't believe it's possible
that there are beings
**[14:26] Saki**
that surpass all logic and
reasoning in this world,
**[14:28] Saki**
you're going to be blindsided one day.
**[14:30] Terada**
Right...
**[14:32] Saki**
* I'm sure there's no point*
* in saying any of this.*
**[14:36] Saki**
Because I didn't believe that was the case,
**[14:38] Saki**
I ended up having to break up with my ex.
**[14:41] Terada**
Oh, uh... So was your ex a yokai or a ghost?
**[14:58] Saki**
Excuse me.
**[14:59] Terada**
Hey, Yumihara!
**[15:10] Terada**
I guess you really do feel
sick after eating meat.
**[15:14] Terada**
Want me to bring you some water?
**[15:16] Saki**
No, I'm fine, thank you.
**[15:18] Saki**
As I was saying, Terada-san,
**[15:20] Saki**
there are beings that surpass
our logic and reasoning.
**[15:23] Saki**
Please, just be careful.
**[15:25] Terada**
All right, I got it.
**[15:27] Terada**
At least, I get the fact that you
were in a complicated relationship.
**[15:31] Saki**
Um... It just ended up complicated.
**[15:36] Terada**
Well, see you later. I'm counting on you.
**[15:46] (Flashback) Saki**
Kuro-kun!
**[15:53] (Flashback) Kappa**
Humans are so terrifying...
**[15:55] (Flashback) Kappa**
You will consume anything and are
willing to mix with anything.
**[15:59] (Flashback) Kappa**
They create monsters like you...
**[16:02] (Flashback) Kappa**
How terrifying!
**[16:11] Saki**
*That monster happened to be my fiancé,*
**[16:14] Saki**
* and there'd come a day when I'd seriously*
* have to consider how I could stay with him.*
**[16:17] (Flashback) Saki**
Kuro-kun?
**[16:21] (Flashback) Kuro**
Saki-san.
**[16:24] Saki**
*How could I ever have imagined it?*
**[16:29] Saki**
*Ever since that day,*
**[16:30] Saki**
* the world that I once*
* believed in became warped,*
**[16:33] Saki**
*and the more I lived my life in fear,*
**[16:36] Saki**
* the more I sensed the presence*
* of those creatures.*
**[16:40] Saki**
* I wonder how long this life of gloom*
* and doom is going to continue.*
**[16:45] Saki**
* Even this hill that I climb*
* every day makes me worry.*
**[16:51] Kotoko**
Whoa... Whoa, whoa, whoa!
**[16:58] Saki**
*A girl?*
**[17:04] Saki**
Are you all right?
**[17:05] Kotoko**
Yes.
**[17:06] Kotoko**
This is nothing compared to being deflowered.
**[17:08] Saki**
Why in the world would you bring up such
a graphic example at a time like this?!
**[17:12] Kotoko**
Well, I mean...
**[17:13] Kotoko**
It was the most painful experience
of my life. Can you blame me?
**[17:19] Kotoko**
Upsy-daisy.
**[17:21] Saki**
* Kids these days sure come*
* up with some bizarre jokes.*
**[17:24] Saki**
* Is she actually a child?*
* Wait, just how old is she?*
**[17:28] Kotoko**
I'm not sure who you are,
but thank you very much.
**[17:32] Saki**
*She's rather petite and cute.*
**[17:34] Saki**
*But...*
**[17:36] Saki**
* What's this strange*
* presence I sense from her?*
**[17:39] Kotoko**
I realize that you were kind
enough to save me,
**[17:42] Kotoko**
but please take my advice and run away.
**[17:45] Saki**
From what?
**[18:00] Saki**
Steel Lady... Nanase!
**[18:02] Kotoko**
Please, run away.
**[18:03] Kotoko**
Your eyes aren't playing tricks on you.
**[18:06] Kotoko**
She's exactly what she seems to be.
**[18:08] Kotoko**
A creature that's often referred
to as a spirit, monster, or yokai.
**[18:11] Saki**
I know... That presence is real.
**[18:15] Kotoko**
Those giant boobs are real, too.
**[18:17] Saki**
Is that really relevant right now?!
**[18:22] Saki**
Enough.
**[18:24] Saki**
I'm done with this.
**[18:29] Saki**
* I ran away from the kappa,*
* ran away from Kuro-kun...*
**[18:32] Saki**
* And I'm living a life of*
* depression because of it.*
**[18:35] Saki**
*I'm sick of letting these things rule my life!*
**[18:39] Saki**
*All this absurdity...*
**[18:42] Saki**
*I'm going to be done with it tonight!*
**[18:58] Saki**
*This is...*
**[19:00] Saki**
*illogical.*
**[19:01] Kotoko**
This is why I told you to run away!
**[19:31] Kotoko**
Whoa, whoa...
**[19:57] Kotoko**
She fled...
**[19:59] Kotoko**
I won't be able to defeat that
thing with brute force, though.
**[20:05] Saki**
*I don't know what's going on.*
**[20:06] Saki**
*She just kicked a ghost.*
**[20:09] Saki**
*Who in the world is she?*
**[20:11] Saki**
*Wait, is she not human, either?*
**[20:14] Kotoko**
Have no fear. It's a prosthetic.
**[20:17] Kotoko**
It's built to come off
if it gets overburdened.
**[20:20] Kotoko**
Because if it doesn't come off,
I could harm myself even more.
**[20:24] Saki**
Why were you able to touch
that thing when I wasn't?
**[20:29] Saki**
Are you like a yokai, as well?
**[20:31] Kotoko**
Oh... No.
**[20:33] Kotoko**
I'm somewhere in between...
**[20:38] Kotoko**
I don't know who you are,
and I see that you're a brave soul,
**[20:41] Kotoko**
but please forget everything you saw today.
**[20:43] Kotoko**
I'll take care of Steel Lady
Nanase in the very near future.
**[20:47] Kotoko**
That's the reason I'm here.
**[20:50] Kotoko**
I'd rather not get the police involved,
**[20:52] Kotoko**
so please don't tell anyone about me, either.
**[20:57] Saki**
You can tell me more back at the station.
It's right at the bottom of this hill.
**[21:01] Kotoko**
Unbelievable!
**[21:02] Saki**
Your leg might be okay, but I'm sure
you have bruises and cuts everywhere.
**[21:06] Saki**
I'll treat them for you.
**[21:08] Saki**
Don't worry.
***SIGN*** Traffic Division
**[21:09] Saki**
I don't plan to get a statement from
you or try to contact your family.
**[21:14] Saki**
But there are incidents
**[21:15] Saki**
that the police believe Steel Lady
Nanase is responsible for,
**[21:18] Saki**
so I can't just let this go.
**[21:21] Kotoko**
A police officer from the traffic
division, Yumihara Saki...
**[21:26] Kotoko**
Are you actually Saki-san?!
**[21:28] Saki**
Um... I'm not sure what
you're talking abou—
**[21:34] Kotoko**
Your hair is shorter, and you
may have lost some weight...
**[21:37] Kotoko**
That's why I didn't realize it!
**[21:39] Kotoko**
Augh! I never would've saved you
if I knew you were Saki-san!
**[21:43] Kotoko**
I mean, I wouldn't just let you die, but...
**[21:47] Saki**
Explain this in a way I can understand.
**[21:49] Saki**
Do you know me?
**[21:52] Saki**
I don't recall us ever meeting before.
**[21:54] Kotoko**
We have met before, but this is the first
time we've properly greeted each other.
**[21:59] Kotoko**
My name is Iwanaga Kotoko.
**[22:01] Kotoko**
I'm Sakuragawa Kuro-senpai's
current girlfriend!
**[22:10] Kotoko**
Meep!
***SIGN*** To Be Continued
***SIGN*** Preview
**[23:45] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase strikes with violence.
**[23:47] Kotoko**
Her original form, the idol Nanase Karin,
died a mysterious death.
**[23:51] Kotoko**
To defeat Steel Lady Nanase,
**[23:53] Kotoko**
we'll have to find out the truth
behind Nanase Karin's death.
**[23:56] Kotoko**
Next time, "Idol Dies by Steel Beam."
# E4 - Idol Dies by Steel Beam
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRP547V9R/idol-dies-by-steel-beam)
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**[00:06] Kotoko**
T...
**[00:08] Kotoko**
Talk about a lack of personality...
**[00:13] Saki**
How old are you?
**[00:15] Kotoko**
Nineteen.
**[00:17] Kotoko**
I currently attend the same university
that you and Kuro-senpai attended.
**[00:22] Kotoko**
I met you once at the university hospital.
**[00:26] Saki**
At the hospital?
**[00:28] Kotoko**
I guess I can't blame
you for not remembering.
**[00:30] Kotoko**
It was more than four years ago.
**[00:35] Saki**
What you said earlier was a lie, wasn't it?
**[00:38] Saki**
That you're Kuro-kun's girlfriend.
**[00:42] saki**
I mean, you're not Kuro-kun's type.
**[00:45] Kotoko**
Since he was dumped so cruelly
by someone who *was* his type,
**[00:48] Kotoko**
I think it's quite possible for
him to seek the complete opposite.
**[00:53] Kotoko**
Ow!
**[00:54] Kotoko**
Ow, ow, ow, ow...
**[00:54] Saki**
* I heard that Kuro-kun's cousin who*
* was in the hospital passed away,*
**[00:58] Saki**
* so maybe he talked to her in desperation*
* and now he just can't get rid of her...*
**[01:06] Kotoko**
Fine! Behold how happy we look
as a couple in this photo!
**[01:12] Saki**
Kuro-kun clearly isn't happy in this picture...
**[01:15] Saki**
He's not having fun.
**[01:16] Kotoko**
Senpai's just so shy!
**[01:18] Saki**
That lie won't work on someone who
dated him for more than five years.
**[01:25] Saki**
So... How is Kuro-kun, anyway?
**[01:28] Kotoko**
He's still going to the university.
**[01:31] Kotoko**
Since he's not getting married to you,
***SIGN*** On/Off
***SIGN*** Power
On/Off
***SIGN*** High
**[01:34] Kotoko**
he doesn't need to rush
to get a job anymore.
**[01:37] Saki**
He was always thinking about
going to graduate school.
**[01:40] Saki**
Our plans for marriage
included that prospect.
**[01:43] Kotoko**
And yet you didn't get married.
**[01:46] Kotoko**
You did run away from Kuro-senpai, after all.
**[01:48] Saki**
What was I supposed to do?
**[01:51] Saki**
The possibility of him not being
human never crossed my mind.
**[02:00] Saki**
Sorry... I said too much.
**[02:02] Kotoko**
Well, you're not wrong.
**[02:05] Kotoko**
Kuro-senpai seems human, but likely
can't be categorized as such.
**[02:11] Kotoko**
I'm in a similar situation myself.
**[02:14] Kotoko**
So we're the perfect match, don't you think?
**[02:17] Saki**
Similar?
**[02:19] Saki**
What are you, exactly?
**[02:20] Kotoko**
Yokai, ayakashi, spectres, demons...
**[02:24] Kotoko**
I am their Goddess of Wisdom.
**[02:27] Kotoko**
Just think of me as a priestess who mediates
their conflicts and solves their problems.
**[02:36] Saki**
I don't think a priestess can be deflowered...
**[04:09] Kotoko**
More importantly, our issue
at hand is Steel Lady Nanase.
**[04:14] Kotoko**
Have the police already
begun their investigation?
**[04:17] Saki**
One of our detectives noticed something
strange going on in the city,
**[04:20] Saki**
so he's been looking into it.
**[04:22] Kotoko**
Any crime or damage reports?
**[04:24] Saki**
It's only a matter of time until we see them.
**[04:26] Saki**
That Steel Lady Nanase was far
more violent than I'd heard about.
**[04:32] Saki**
If we leave her be, she
might commit a murder soon.
**[04:35] Kotoko**
Indeed. I'm fearful of that, as well.
**[04:38] Kotoko**
We need to deal with her immediately.
**[04:41] Saki**
Whether it's a yokai or an urban legend,
**[04:44] Saki**
has there ever been an incident
significant enough to warrant police action?
**[04:47] Saki**
I have a hard time believing
something so uncertain, vague,
**[04:50] Saki**
and unseen would actually cause an incident.
**[04:53] Saki**
But Steel Lady Nanase
is completely different.
**[04:56] Kotoko**
That's a great observation.
**[04:58] Kotoko**
Proper monsters are rather modest and try
not to draw attention to themselves.
**[05:03] Kotoko**
But there's nothing proper about her.
**[05:05] Kotoko**
That's why the perfectly
respectable ghosts and monsters
**[05:08] Kotoko**
that have resided here for quite some time
**[05:10] Kotoko**
live in fear ever since she appeared
and came to ask me for help,
**[05:15] Kotoko**
even if it meant traveling
hundreds of kilometers.
**[05:21] Saki**
By the way...
**[05:22] Saki**
Why isn't Kuro-kun with you?
**[05:26] Saki**
Since the yokai fear him,
he'd probably be useful right now.
**[05:29] Saki**
Besides, he's not the type
of person to let his junior
**[05:33] Saki**
go yokai hunting on their own.
**[05:36] Kotoko**
I'd planned to finish this quickly
and head home the same day,
**[05:38] Kotoko**
so I didn't see the need to invite him.
**[05:40] Saki**
But the way you are, you'd invite him
like you were going on vacation.
**[05:44] Kotoko**
Yes, well... Kuro-senpai contracted
a highly infectious disease...
**[05:48] Saki**
Why did you look away when you said that?
**[05:51] Kotoko**
May I have another cup of coffee?
**[05:52] Saki**
Don't change the subject!
**[05:56] Kotoko**
Well, the truth is...
**[05:58] Kotoko**
Kuro-senpai disappeared last week, and I
haven't been able to get a hold of him.
**[06:02] Kotoko**
He hasn't even replied to
the voicemails I left him.
**[06:05] Kotoko**
This was the last message
I received from him.
***SIGN*** Kuro-senpai
***SIGN*** (no subject)
***SIGN*** Something came up. Don't look for me.
**[06:10] Saki**
No, really... Kuro-kun doesn't like you.
**[06:14] Kotoko**
Again, Kuro-senpai just isn't very
good at expressing his feelings...
**[06:18] Saki**
Remember when I said lies like
that wouldn't work with me?
**[06:24] Kotoko**
I'm the only one fit to be with Senpai!
Why is he acting like this?!
**[06:30] Saki**
When we were dating, he never
ignored any of my calls or messages.
**[06:37] Saki**
Yes, he was always...
**[06:40] Saki**
right by my side whenever I needed him to be.
**[06:45] Kotoko**
You have some nerve bragging
when all it took was
**[06:47] Kotoko**
a poor little kappa to scare you away!
**[06:49] Saki**
Wha—
**[06:50] Saki**
I'm only worried about Kuro-kun
because you're obviously shady!
**[06:54] Kotoko**
There's no reason for a woman
who has no ties to him anymore
**[06:56] Kotoko**
to be worried about him!
**[06:58] Saki**
That's right.
**[06:59] Saki**
This has nothing to do with me anymore.
**[07:02] Saki**
But the fact that he hasn't
contacted you in a week
**[07:05] Saki**
is definitely weird.
**[07:07] Kotoko**
Right. Still, it's not like
I don't have any leads...
**[07:11] Kotoko**
Besides, he won't actually
die even if you kill him.
**[07:15] Kotoko**
It's actually likely that
**[07:16] Kotoko**
whoever tries to kill him will
be in for a big disappointment.
**[07:20] Kotoko**
Unless something truly awful happens,
he'll probably come back to life.
**[07:23] Saki**
* So she also knows about*
* Kuro-kun's unique condition.*
**[07:27] Saki**
* She stays with him, despite knowing that fact.*
* She's doing what I couldn't do.*
**[07:32] Saki**
*I guess she really does like Kuro-kun.*
**[07:36] Kotoko**
I'll do whatever I can to solve the
matter regarding Steel Lady Nanase.
**[07:40] Kotoko**
But if you happen to run into her again,
**[07:42] Kotoko**
make sure you run away this
time without any hesitation.
**[07:45] Saki**
Can you even do anything about
that monster in your state?
**[07:49] Saki**
Isn't your right eye fake?
**[07:52] Kotoko**
Ah, so you noticed.
**[07:54] Kotoko**
One eye and one leg.
**[07:56] Kotoko**
This is why I'm close to the
gods, as well as the ayakashi.
**[08:01] Kotoko**
This is also the reason that
I'll be perfectly fine.
**[08:08] Kotoko**
Well, then...
**[08:09] Kotoko**
Thank you very much for the coffee.
**[08:11] Kotoko**
Oh.
**[08:12] Kotoko**
If you'd like, I'll gladly send you
a wedding invitation whenever
**[08:15] Kotoko**
Kuro-senpai and I get married.
**[08:17] Saki**
That won't be necessary!
**[08:22] Kotoko**
I never imagined I'd run into Saki-san.
**[08:25] Kotoko**
That was so unexpected.
**[08:26] Kotoko**
But I doubt I'll ever see her again.
**[08:38] Kotoko**
What a lovely view. Shall we?
**[08:45] Kotoko**
Now, then... I wonder where
Steel Lady Nanase will appear next.
***SIGN*** Nanase Karin
**[08:57] Saki**
*Nanase Karin.*
**[08:58] Saki**
* The idol whose real name was Nanase*
* Haruko wasn't particularly famous.*
**[09:04] Saki**
* She did grow a bit more famous*
* because of how she died,*
**[09:06] Saki**
* but most people didn't*
* know about her prior to it.*
**[09:10] Saki**
*She debuted in June when she was seventeen.*
**[09:13] (Flashback) President**
Those melons will be a hit!
**[09:15] (Flashback) President**
It's a crime for them to go unnoticed!
**[09:17] (Flashback) Manager**
S-Sir! You can't just blurt that out...
**[09:19] (Flashback) Karin**
You're blind if you think my chest
is all I've got going for me.
**[09:23] (Flashback) President**
She's so vivacious! I like her even more!
**[09:26] Saki**
* She was personally scouted by the*
* president of a talent agency.*
**[09:30] Saki**
* She wasn't very popular in the beginning,*
* but a year after her debut...*
**[09:34] (Flashback) Manager**
I landed you a new job!
**[09:36] (Flashback) Manager**
It's a main role in a late-night drama!
**[09:38] (Flashback) Karin**
What?
***SIGN*** Late-night Serial Drama
Fiery Youth!
The Girl Who Breathes Fire!
Treatment
**[09:43] (Flashback) Karin**
Let's burn up!
***SIGN*** Fiery Youth!
***SIGN*** The Girl Who Breathes Fire!
**[09:56] Song**
* This is basically another kind*
* of crime deterrent, warning*
**[10:01] Song**
* The tank on my back just shows*
* what a pure, modest girl I am*
**[10:07] Song**
* I mean, I know I'm going to*
* risk my life, it's a given*
**[10:12] Song**
*You've been waiting for me, right?*
**[10:16] Song**
*Sorry*
**[10:17] Song**
*I sorta pulled the trigger, te-he!*
**[10:21] Song**
* I want to take both the scalding*
* pain and the burning pleasure*
**[10:27] Song**
*And share them with you!*
**[10:29] Song**
*Please, grant me my wish, oil magnate*
**[10:32] Song**
*I want to set your oil field ablaze*
**[10:35] Song**
* Burn it to a crisp,*
* until there's nothing left!*
**[10:40] Song**
*Please tell me it's okay, oh great general*
**[10:42] Song**
* Love can be naked, let's burn it*
* (burn it) all of it (all of it)*
**[10:50] Song**
*Let's burn up with my flamethrower*
**[11:00] Saki**
* After that, Nanase Karin got more*
* offers to be on TV and radio,*
**[11:03] Saki**
* and she was praised for her*
* quick wit and skilled speech.*
**[11:07] Saki**
* She passed the entrance exam to a*
* renowned national university in one try,*
**[11:10] Saki**
*and that also made headlines.*
**[11:14] Saki**
* If you just looked at her history,*
* you could consider her life a success,*
**[11:17] Saki**
* but she never amounted to more*
* than an idol with a cult following.*
**[11:20] Saki**
*But her good luck brought misfortune, too,*
**[11:22] Saki**
*as some had a grudge against her.*
**[11:24] Saki**
* So what was the sequence of events*
* that led to Nanase Karin's death*
**[11:29] Saki**
* and brought Steel Lady Nanase*
* into this world?*
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Wiki
**[11:37] Saki**
Someone even made a site like this?
***SIGN*** About Steel Lady Nanase
***SIGN*** About Nanase Karin
***SIGN*** Forum
***SIGN*** Relevant Blogs
***SIGN*** Links
***SIGN*** Other Occult Forums
***SIGN*** The Accident That Killed Her Father
***SIGN*** Nanase Karin was suspected of killing her father
Nanase Karin's father died in June when she tu
***SIGN*** The Accident That Killed Her Father
**[11:45] Saki**
What?
**[11:47] Saki**
* In June of the year she turned nineteen,*
* when her idol career was on the rise,*
**[11:51] Saki**
*her father died.*
**[11:54] Saki**
* It was ruled an unfortunate accident in which*
* he fell down the steps to his apartment,*
**[11:57] Saki**
*and nothing seemed suspicious at the time.*
**[12:03] (Flashback) Karin**
I'll continue to do my best
for my late father, too.
**[12:07] Saki**
*But near the end of November that same year,*
**[12:10] Saki**
*suspicions suddenly arose about his death.*
**[12:14] Saki**
* There were rumors that Nanase Karin*
* resented her father because*
**[12:17] Saki**
*he quit work when she got famous,*
**[12:19] Saki**
* and that she killed him and*
* made it look like an accident.*
**[12:22] Saki**
* There was also a large*
* life insurance policy on him.*
**[12:28] Saki**
*Her father had*
**[12:29] Saki**
* begun complaining to his*
* friend a month before his death.*
**[12:34] (Flashback) Dad**
She's making a fool of me.
**[12:37] (Flashback) Dad**
She's always rubbed her
intelligence in my face.
**[12:41] Saki**
* A note hinting at his suspicion that*
* his daughter was trying to kill him*
***SIGN*** I think Haruko is trying to kill me.
I'm sure that by the time someone
reads this, Haruko will have already killed me.
I just know it.
**[12:44] Saki**
*was found five months after his death.*
***SIGN*** Idol Info Forum
***SIGN*** Suspicions that Nanase Karin killed her father, part 2
**[12:48] Saki**
*That story made the rounds online,*
***SIGN*** se Karin's father had...
***SIGN*** 647 Name: Anonymous Idol Groupie ID: ojikure56gayj9
***SIGN*** Hurry up and disappear! If you aren't gonna disappear, I'll make you disappear.
***SIGN*** 648 Name: Anonymous Idol Groupie ID: kam33ueib8az9
***SIGN*** I read in a magazine that you were bullying idols from other agencies behind their backs, so your personality must be trash.
**[12:50] Saki**
* and soon after, the tabloids*
* and gossip papers picked it up.*
***SIGN*** Weekly ScoopBoy
***SIGN*** Cover Story
An Idol Built on Lies
The Truth Behind Nanase Karin
***SIGN*** A Certain Actress's
Adulterous Vacation
***SIGN*** Nanase Karin's True Form
**[12:56] (Flashback) President**
How dare they publish this ludicrous article?!
**[12:58] (Flashback) President**
Some other agency must've
spread these rumors.
**[13:01] (Flashback) President**
I'll sue them for libel!
**[13:04] (Flashback) Manager**
Suing them will just exacerbate
this whole situation.
**[13:07] (Flashback) Manager**
We'll have to wait for things to quiet down.
**[13:13] (Flashback) Manager**
You should get some rest somewhere far away.
**[13:16] (Flashback) Manager**
I know you'll be able to get through this.
**[13:20] (Flashback) Karin**
I plan to. You don't need to tell me that.
**[13:22] (Flashback) Karin**
I'll be back before you know it,
so go ahead and find me my next job.
***SIGN*** Nanase Karin Official Blog
***SIGN*** Photos
***SIGN*** Articles
***SIGN*** Search Blog
***SIGN*** Next Page
***SIGN*** I'll be back soon, my dudes
**[13:28] Saki**
*And so, Nanase Karin went on hiatus.*
**[13:31] Saki**
* As she wandered from one hotel*
* to another, evading the press,*
**[13:35] Saki**
* she found herself in Makurazaka*
* City in late January...*
**[13:41] Saki**
* with no idea that she'd die a*
* few days later near her hotel.*
***SIGN*** Idol Dies by Steel Beam
**[14:00] Saki**
Terada-san.
**[14:02] Saki**
Do you think it's completely unfathomable
**[14:04] Saki**
that Steel Lady Nanase is actually a ghost?
**[14:06] Terada**
That again?
**[14:08] Saki**
Looking at her history, I thought
**[14:10] Saki**
it was highly probable for
her to reappear as a ghost.
**[14:13] Terada**
Suspicions that she killed her
father were never cleared up,
**[14:16] Terada**
and of course, the ones who spread the
rumors refused to take responsibility.
**[14:20] Terada**
I'm sure Nanase Karin was doing what
she could to get her name out there,
**[14:23] Terada**
so I can see how she'd come
back as a vengeful spirit
**[14:26] Terada**
just so she could attack society as a whole.
**[14:29] Terada**
I can believe that much.
**[14:31] Saki**
Right. I realize the existence
of ghosts seems unbelievable.
**[14:35] Terada**
I don't deny the existence of ghosts.
**[14:37] Terada**
I believe in spirits enough that
I visit my relatives' graves every year.
**[14:42] Terada**
But Steel Lady Nanase's different.
**[14:46] Terada**
She's... Yeah...
**[14:47] Terada**
She seems artificial.
**[14:51] Terada**
People saying she's wearing a mini-skirt dress
**[14:53] Terada**
or that she's missing part of her face
or swinging around a steel beam...
**[14:57] Terada**
That all just sounds like stuff
**[14:59] Terada**
the society that drove Nanase Karin to
death would be ecstatic to hear about.
**[15:06] Terada**
There's something off about
a girl dressed like that
**[15:09] Terada**
if she came back as a vengeful
spirit to get back at society.
**[15:12] Terada**
That means there must
be something else hidden
**[15:14] Terada**
in the shadows behind this,
other than Nanase Karin's will.
**[15:17] Saki**
*Oh, he's right.*
**[15:21] Saki**
* If Steel Lady Nanase is supposed*
* to be a vengeful spirit,*
**[15:23] Saki**
* logically, she probably wouldn't*
* be pandering to the masses.*
**[15:27] Saki**
*Steel Lady Nanase is a real vengeful spirit,*
**[15:30] Saki**
* but at this point, it's near impossible*
* to convince Terada-san of that.*
**[15:35] Terada**
But also,
**[15:36] Terada**
we have to consider the possibility
that Nanase Karin's accidental death
**[15:40] Terada**
may have actually been a murder,
**[15:42] Terada**
and that's what caused the
Steel Lady Nanase incidents.
**[15:45] Saki**
Right, of course.
**[15:47] Terada**
Here are the investigation papers.
**[15:49] Terada**
If you'd look through them for me
**[15:51] Terada**
and just explain the important
parts to me later, that'd be great.
**[15:54] Saki**
Yes, sir.
***SIGN*** Internet
***SIGN*** 30 minutes
***SIGN*** 100 yen
**[15:56] Kotoko**
*What to do...*
**[15:59] Kotoko**
*Usually, I'd be able to talk to ghosts,*
**[16:02] Kotoko**
* and even if they didn't have a face,*
* I could still communicate with them.*
**[16:05] Kotoko**
* It's obvious that those who are*
* powerful enough to kill people*
**[16:09] Kotoko**
*would have a certain amount of intelligence.*
**[16:12] Kotoko**
* But that's not the case*
* with Steel Lady Nanase.*
**[16:15] Kotoko**
*She's supposed to be a ghost,*
**[16:16] Kotoko**
*but I sensed no will or ability to think in her,*
**[16:19] Kotoko**
*and she didn't respond to my voice.*
**[16:21] Kotoko**
* A deep-seated grudge,*
* vindictive feelings, evil thoughts...*
**[16:24] Kotoko**
* Those should power her existence,*
* but I don't sense them, either.*
**[16:29] Kotoko**
*It's as though she's an empty puppet...*
**[16:33] Kotoko**
* Her very existence is enough*
* to terrify the monsters*
**[16:36] Kotoko**
*in Makurazaka City out of ever going near her.*
**[16:39] Kotoko**
I'd really like more useful information...
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Wiki
***SIGN*** About Steel Lady Nanase
***SIGN*** About Nanase Karin
***SIGN*** Forum
***SIGN*** Relevant Blogs
**[16:45] Kotoko**
This illustration looks exactly like
the Steel Lady Nanase I saw yesterday.
**[16:49] Kotoko**
With lots of eyewitness accounts
**[16:51] Kotoko**
and knowing what the living
Nanase Karin looked like,
**[16:53] Kotoko**
I'm sure something similar could be drawn,
**[16:56] Kotoko**
but is it really possible to
draw something this accurate?
**[17:00] Kotoko**
This illustration looks like
**[17:01] Kotoko**
it was done by someone who saw
Steel Lady Nanase personally.
**[17:07] Kotoko**
No... It's actually the exact opposite.
**[17:10] Kotoko**
If that's the case, it's going to
be difficult to defeat her.
**[17:14] Kotoko**
First and foremost, I need more information.
**[17:17] Kotoko**
All the information online is a mess.
**[17:21] Kotoko**
I want accurate references regarding
Nanase Karin's death from a reliable source.
**[17:26] Kotoko**
That would mean the police.
**[17:30] Kotoko**
I really don't want to
ask Saki-san for a favor.
**[17:35] Saki**
* Nanase Karin's body was found*
* on Saturday, January 30th.*
**[17:40] Saki**
* The location was a future condominium*
* construction site that was near her hotel.*
**[17:45] Saki**
*The first person to find her*
**[17:47] Saki**
* was an old man who lived between*
* the hotel and the construction site.*
**[17:50] (Flashback) Old man**
On the night before I discovered the body,
**[17:53] (Flashback) Old man**
I thought I heard something
like a steel beam falling.
**[17:57] (Flashback) Old man**
It was raining really hard that day,
**[18:00] (Flashback) Old man**
so I thought that might've
caused something to fall apart.
**[18:03] (Flashback) Old man**
I went to check the next morning.
**[18:09] (Flashback) Old man**
And as I figured, some steel
beams had fallen over.
**[18:19] Saki**
* The steel beam that had killed her*
* was about three to five meters long,*
**[18:24] Saki**
* and the body's face and*
* head were shattered.*
**[18:27] Saki**
* Her face was unrecognizable,*
* and her teeth couldn't help, either.*
**[18:30] Saki**
*Everything from the neck up was smashed.*
**[18:34] Saki**
* They found her cellphone,*
* wallet, and university ID,*
**[18:38] Saki**
* which led them to believe that*
* the body belonged to Nanase Haruko.*
***SIGN*** Nanase Haruko
***SIGN*** Sotobashi University
***SIGN*** Student ID
***SIGN*** Student Number
***SIGN*** Department Law Department
**[18:41] Saki**
* Her fingerprints from her hotel room*
* and her personal belongings matched,*
**[18:45] Saki**
* and it was concluded that*
* the body was Nanase Karin's.*
**[18:49] Saki**
* The estimated time of death was between*
* midnight and 1:00 AM on the 30th.*
**[18:53] Saki**
* That also matches the time*
* the old man heard the noise.*
***SIGN*** The Case of Nanase Haruko's Death
***SIGN*** Accident
Site
***SIGN*** Was Was Was
it it it
suicide? murder? an
accident?
***SIGN*** Nanase Hatsumi
(Biological older sister)
***SIGN*** Estranged
***SIGN*** •Has an alibi at the time her sister died
•Admits to her and her sister not getting along,
but denies possibility of suicide
***SIGN*** Victim
Nanase Haruko
***SIGN*** Intent to kill?
***SIGN*** Heavy
machinery
***SIGN*** •At first, his death was considered an unfortunate accident?
After his note was found
•Possibility arises that Haruko killed him for his insurance money
***SIGN*** (Media coverage)
-Fell in May
Reported as an accident
°Until the discovery of his note
***SIGN*** Father
dies
in
accident
***SIGN*** (Situation on site)
Prefab
***SIGN*** Steel beam
Nanase Haruko
**[18:58] Saki**
* The police continued their*
* investigation with the possibilities*
**[19:00] Saki**
*of suicide, murder, or an accident in mind,*
**[19:04] Saki**
*but officially ruled it an accident.*
**[19:07] Saki**
*Under normal circumstances,*
**[19:08] Saki**
* they should've been able to come*
* to a conclusion much faster...*
**[19:11] Saki**
* Perhaps it's because this was*
* the bizarre death of an idol,*
**[19:14] Saki**
* but they're taking their time and putting*
* a lot of work into this investigation.*
**[19:18] Saki**
* Probably because the reputation*
* of the police is on the line.*
**[19:22] Saki**
*But there's one part that's bugging me.*
***SIGN*** Nanase Hatsumi
**[19:27] Saki**
*Nanase Karin's older sister*
**[19:29] Saki**
*and the statement she made.*
**[19:31] Saki**
*She...*
**[20:05] Saki**
*Y-Yokai?*
**[20:14] Gen'Ichiro**
I'm terribly sorry to disturb you so late at night!
**[20:19] Gen'Ichiro**
I cannot blame you for being surprised!
**[20:22] Gen'Ichiro**
But I am Tree Spirit Gen'ichiro!
**[20:26] Gen'Ichiro**
I have come on orders from Our
Lady of One Eye and One Leg!
**[20:31] Saki**
One eye and one leg?
**[20:34] Saki**
*It must be her!*
**[20:36] Kotoko**
*Yay!*
**[20:37] Gen'Ichiro**
I beg of you, please do not be violent!
**[20:42] Gen'Ichiro**
I am nothing more than a frail tree spirit!
**[20:45] Saki**
Please stop.
**[20:46] Saki**
There's no reason for a monster to fear me.
**[20:48] Saki**
Also, please quiet down.
**[20:51] Gen'Ichiro**
But my lady told me that you
had rather violent tendencies,
**[20:55] Gen'Ichiro**
so I should be careful to mind my manners...
**[20:57] Saki**
* I'm going to punch that brat*
* the next time I see her...*
**[21:01] Saki**
So what does she want with me?
**[21:03] Gen'Ichiro**
This has to do with the
matter of the Steel Lady.
**[21:07] Gen'Ichiro**
She wanted to humbly request your assistance.
**[21:11] Saki**
Mine?
**[21:12] Gen'Ichiro**
If you cannot offer assistance,
**[21:15] Gen'Ichiro**
then every night from now on,
**[21:18] Gen'Ichiro**
the tree spirits Gen'jiro,
Gen'zaburo, Gen'shiro,
**[21:22] Gen'Ichiro**
and so on will come asking for your
assistance, just as I have tonight.
**[21:25] Saki**
Exactly how many siblings do you have?
**[21:27] Saki**
This is basically bullying!
**[21:29] Gen'Ichiro**
According to my lady,
**[21:31] Gen'Ichiro**
she wants to know more about the
death of the human, Nanase Karin,
**[21:37] Gen'Ichiro**
so she can figure out how
to defeat Steel Lady Nanase.
**[21:42] Gen'Ichiro**
As for why she wanted to know, she'd like
to meet with you and tell you herself.
**[21:48] Saki**
* She's also wondering about*
* how Nanase Karin died?*
**[21:53] Saki**
All right. Where do I need to go?
**[21:56] Waitress**
Thank you for waiting.
**[21:58] Waitress**
Here's your seafood yakisoba.
**[22:02] Kotoko**
*I wonder if Saki-san will actually show up.*
**[22:05] Kotoko**
*Even if she were to help me out,*
**[22:08] Kotoko**
* I wonder if she'll be able*
* to bring me any files.*
**[22:13] Kotoko**
*Not bad. Not bad at all.*
**[22:16] Grade Schooler Ghost**
My lady.
**[22:19] Grade Schooler Ghost**
Steel Lady Nanase has appeared.
**[22:21] Kotoko**
Where did she appear?
**[22:22] Grade Schooler Ghost**
The bus stop on 3-chome in Makurazaka.
**[22:25] Kotoko**
*That's rather close.*
**[22:27] Kotoko**
Once Saki-san arrives, tell her
to either wait here for my return
**[22:31] Kotoko**
or go to the location where
Steel Lady Nanase appeared later.
**[22:35] Grade Schooler Ghost**
Okay.
**[22:37] Kotoko**
Saki-san just adores children,
**[22:39] Kotoko**
so she'll be thrilled if you let her dote on you.
**[22:41] Kotoko**
I'm sure she wouldn't mind if you
touched her butt or a boob or two.
**[22:45] Grade schooler Ghost**
Yippee!
**[22:47] Kotoko**
I can't wait to see her reaction.
**[22:49] Kotoko**
More importantly, we can't
let any civilians get attacked.
**[22:54] Kotoko**
It's impossible for me
to cover the whole city,
**[22:57] Kotoko**
but since she appeared close by,
I need to do something.
**[23:03] Kotoko**
*I found her?*
***SIGN*** Maximum Height
**[23:08] Kotoko**
*That's not good. She's attacking someone.*
**[23:37] Kotoko**
Kuro-senpai?!
***SIGN*** To Be Continued
***SIGN*** Preview
**[23:45] Kotoko**
Sakuragawa Kuro is having trouble with
Steel Lady Nanase's fierce attacks.
**[23:49] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase is no normal spectre.
**[23:51] Kotoko**
After Nanase Karin's death,
**[23:52] Kotoko**
why did she manifest as a monster
and gain incredible powers?
**[23:56] Kotoko**
Next time, "A Monster of the Imagination."
# E5 - A Monster of the Imagination
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G60XP9KVR/a-monster-of-the-imagination)
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**[00:11] Kotoko**
*What's Kuro-senpai doing here?*
**[00:22] Kotoko**
*His steps are so clumsy.*
**[00:25] Kotoko**
* He basically has no sports*
* or martial arts experience,*
**[00:28] Kotoko**
* yet he looks completely unfazed*
* taking that monster on.*
**[00:31] Kotoko**
*That's undoubtedly Kuro-senpai.*
**[00:35] Kotoko**
* I figured something like this might*
* happen, but right now? Really?*
**[00:42] Saki**
Hey!
**[00:44] Saki**
What the hell do you
think you're doing?!
**[00:46] Saki**
You have a monster summon me and then
leave the place we're supposed to meet,
**[00:50] Saki**
and you leave a ghost with a message?!
**[00:53] Kotoko**
* Why couldn't you have just*
* waited at the restaurant?*
**[00:55] Saki**
Say someth—
**[01:00] Saki**
Hey, we need to save him.
**[01:02] Kotoko**
We can leave him alone. He'll be fine.
**[01:04] Kotoko**
I'm sure even he's prepared to have
his head smashed in at least once.
**[01:09] Saki**
Huh?!
**[01:16] Saki**
K...
**[01:18] Saki**
Kuro-kun!
**[02:53] Saki**
Why is Kuro-kun...
**[02:56] Kotoko**
If you get any closer,
you might get caught in the middle.
**[02:58] Kotoko**
Let's just watch for a bit.
**[03:04] Saki**
But it looks like he could
go down at any moment.
**[03:08] Saki**
He's tripping over his own feet!
**[03:09] Kotoko**
Yes, but it doesn't seem like
she's that much stronger than he is.
**[03:13] Kotoko**
It should be simple, then.
**[03:15] Kotoko**
Especially if he's willing to
take a steel beam to the face.
**[03:20] Kotoko**
Even if he's close to death,
**[03:22] Kotoko**
he'll be able to get back up immediately
**[03:25] Kotoko**
thanks to the immortality he gained
by eating mermaid flesh.
**[04:00] Kotoko**
Is this the first time you've
seen Kuro-senpai die?
**[04:04] Saki**
Of course it is.
**[04:06] Kotoko**
Then why did you break up with him?
**[04:08] Saki**
I saw a cut on his hand
disappear immediately.
**[04:12] Saki**
I saw his severed fingers grow back.
**[04:15] Saki**
And yet Kuro-kun acted like
nothing even happened.
**[04:19] Kotoko**
Well, he *is* immortal. You should expect that.
**[04:23] Kotoko**
*An able-bodied boyfriend.*
**[04:25] Kotoko**
* Couldn't she just accept that he*
* would've made a great husband?*
**[04:28] ---**
* That she'd never have to worry*
* about him being injured or sick?*
**[04:31] Kotoko**
*The way she's acting now, I guess not.*
**[04:35] Saki**
Is it so strange to suddenly
feel scared at the thought
**[04:38] Saki**
of becoming family with someone like that?
**[04:40] Saki**
Am I not allowed to reconsider marriage?
**[04:44] Saki**
Dozens of his relatives and extended family
have died of illness or unusual causes.
**[04:50] Saki**
Kuro-kun's the only one living a decent life.
**[05:01] Kotoko**
Looks like Kuro-senpai's back.
**[05:20] Saki**
I-If he gets that close,
he's going to get killed again!
**[05:39] Saki**
* He stopped right before the*
* steel beam could hit him.*
**[05:43] Saki**
* Kuro-kun and Steel Lady Nanase look*
* like they're following a script.*
**[05:48] Saki**
*Everything seems calculated.*
**[05:50] Saki**
I can't believe he grabbed her so easily...
**[05:53] Kotoko**
Well, Steel Lady Nanase is mostly just
swinging the steel beam without thinking.
**[05:57] Kotoko**
The probability of something like
this happening is rather high.
**[06:01] Kotoko**
And if it's likely to happen,
**[06:04] Kotoko**
it's not hard for Kuro-senpai
to set that future in stone.
**[06:09] Kotoko**
That's another one of
Kuro-senpai's abilities.
**[06:12] Kotoko**
The powers of the prophet beast,
**[06:14] Kotoko**
the kudan, whose flesh he ate
along with the mermaid's.
**[06:17] Kotoko**
The ability to determine the future.
**[06:20] Kotoko**
* He said that he hadn't*
* told Saki-san everything*
**[06:25] Kotoko**
*about the secrets of the Sakuragawa family.*
**[06:30] Kotoko**
* It all started ten odd generations*
* before Kuro-senpai, with the head of*
**[06:34] Kotoko**
*the Sakuragawa family at that time.*
**[06:37] Head**
If your liver is bad, eat the liver
of a creature with a strong one.
**[06:42] Head**
If your eyes are bad, eat the eyes
of a creature with good vision.
**[06:46] Head**
Then, perhaps, if you ate the flesh of a kudan,
**[06:49] Head**
you could acquire its prophetic powers!
**[06:52] Head**
If I could freely see into the future,
**[06:54] Head**
I could gain an unfathomable
amount of wealth and knowledge!
***SIGN*** Kudan
**[06:59] Kotoko**
*The kudan.*
**[07:02] Kotoko**
* A yokai with the head of a*
* human and the body of a cow.*
**[07:06] Kotoko**
* It can speak human language,*
* and once it predicts the future, it dies.*
**[07:10] Kotoko**
*On occasion, it would predict good futures,*
**[07:13] Kotoko**
* such as a good harvest or*
* prosperity for a family,*
**[07:15] Kotoko**
* but most of its predictions would be*
* misfortunes, and they were 100% accurate.*
**[07:20] Kotoko**
* He got his hands on kudan meat and*
* had several in his household eat it.*
**[07:24] Kotoko**
* Some died instantly after having*
* a bad reaction to the meat.*
**[07:27] Kotoko**
* Some died after being*
* bedridden for a month.*
**[07:30] Kotoko**
* And others died after*
* they predicted the future.*
**[07:34] Kotoko**
* They say those predictions*
* turned out to be accurate.*
**[07:39] Kotoko**
* The head of the household*
* continued this over and over.*
**[07:41] Kotoko**
* But even those who obtained the ability*
* to see the future died immediately...*
**[07:47] Kotoko**
*Just like the kudan.*
**[07:52] (Flashback) Head**
I'm so close... I'm so close, and now...
**[07:58] (Flashback) Head**
Damn it!
**[08:08] Kotoko**
*And then he realized...*
***SIGN*** Mermaid
**[08:09] Kotoko**
*Those with the ability to predict*
**[08:11] Kotoko**
* the future just needed*
* to have immortal bodies.*
**[08:14] Kotoko**
*So then he started having people consume*
**[08:17] Kotoko**
*mermaid flesh along with the kudan meat.*
**[08:21] Kotoko**
*But the number of victims skyrocketed,*
**[08:24] Kotoko**
*and the experiment never worked.*
**[08:31] Kotoko**
* Time passed, and such nightmarish*
* experiments were forgotten.*
**[08:36] Kotoko**
*But...*
**[08:38] (Flashback) Grandma**
Kuro.
**[08:41] (Flashback) Kuro**
Grandmother.
**[08:42] (Flashback) Grandma**
Dinner is ready.
**[08:45] (Flashback) Kuro**
Okay.
**[08:46] (Flashback) Boys**
Let's eat.
**[09:00] (Flashback) Kuro**
Nii-san?
**[09:02] (Flashback) Kuro**
What?
**[09:11] (Flashback) Kuro**
Grandmother, they're all...
**[09:18] (Flashback) Kuro**
Th-They all seem to be in pain!
**[09:21] (Flashback) Grandma**
Ah, Kuro...
**[09:23] (Flashback) Grandma**
You feel completely fine?
**[09:26] (Flashback) Grandma**
Do you have a fever?
Do you feel nauseous?
**[09:28] (Flashback) Kuro**
No, I'm fine...
**[09:30] (Flashback) Grandma**
It's come true! It's finally come true!
**[09:34] Kotoko**
* His grandmother was*
* still chasing the dream.*
**[09:37] Kotoko**
* She had been secretly gathering*
* kudan meat and mermaid flesh.*
**[09:41] (Flashback) Kuro**
Grandmother.
**[09:43] (Flashback) Kuro**
They're suffering. Please help them!
**[09:45] (Flashback) Grandma**
Let's see...
**[09:48] (Flashback) Grandma**
I would love to know what the
weather will be like tomorrow.
**[09:51] (Flashback) Kuro**
Huh?
**[09:52] (Flashback) Grandma**
You should be able to tell me that, Kuro.
**[09:54] (Flashback) Grandma**
I need you to die once and go see...
**[09:57] (Flashback) Grandma**
the future!
**[10:02] Kotoko**
* And then, his insane grandmother*
* tried various experiments.*
**[10:06] Kotoko**
* To see if he was immortal,*
* and if he could predict the future,*
**[10:10] Kotoko**
* she cut up his body and made him*
* suffer mortal wounds repeatedly,*
**[10:14] Kotoko**
* until he stopped feeling*
* pain almost altogether.*
**[10:17] (Flashback) Girl (Rikka)**
Kuro.
**[10:23] (Flashback) Girl (Rikka)**
There are lots of fireflies
by the river out back.
**[10:26] (Flashback) Girl (Rikka)**
Want to go see them with me?
**[10:28] (Flashback) Kuro**
Sure.
**[10:31] (Flashback) Girl (Rikka)**
Well, come along, then.
**[10:37] (Flashback) Girl (Rikka)**
Is something wrong?
**[10:39] (Flashback) Kuro**
Nope. It's nothing, Nee-san.
**[10:43] Kotoko**
The dream of the Sakuragawa
family had finally come true.
**[10:46] Kotoko**
But the abilities obtained were
slightly different from what they desired.
**[10:53] Kotoko**
While he is still human,
**[10:55] Kotoko**
*he became something inhuman.*
**[11:35] Kotoko**
Ah, Kuro-senpai...
**[11:36] Kotoko**
The way he can do something
like that with no hesitation
**[11:39] Kotoko**
is another one of his charms!
**[11:40] Saki**
I don't need a boyfriend who
can snap a ghost's neck.
**[11:44] Kotoko**
*Now, this is the real question.*
**[11:47] Kotoko**
* Will this truly be the*
* end of Steel Lady Nanase?*
**[12:01] Kotoko**
I figured that wouldn't work.
**[12:04] Kotoko**
*This means we only have one option.*
**[12:15] Kotoko**
Kuro-senpai, that should be enough.
**[12:19] Kotoko**
We'll need a different strategy
to defeat Steel Lady Nanase.
***SIGN*** A Monster of the Imagination
**[12:45] Kuro**
Saki-san, what are you doing here?
**[12:50] Saki**
I work as a police officer in this city.
What are you doing here, Kuro-kun?
**[12:54] Kuro**
Well...
**[12:58] Kotoko**
Of course, if your dear girlfriend
asks you to show up,
**[13:01] Kotoko**
you'll show up, even if it means
fighting a monster, right?
**[13:07] Kuro**
Something like that.
**[13:09] Kuro**
Though I wasn't informed that
you'd be here, Saki-san.
**[13:11] Saki**
I also had no idea you'd
show up, Kuro-kun.
**[13:14] Kotoko**
Well, I had no intention of
letting you see each other.
**[13:18] Saki**
So she really is your current girlfriend?
**[13:21] Kuro**
Yes... She really is my current girlfriend...
**[13:24] Kotoko**
Kuro-senpai! Why do you sound
like it absolutely pains you?!
**[13:27] Kuro**
Because it does absolutely pain me.
**[13:29] Kuro**
I'm sorry, Saki-san. I'm pretty sure
Iwanaga caused you some trouble.
**[13:34] Kotoko**
Kuro-senpai! I actually saved Saki-san!
**[13:38] Kotoko**
I don't deserve this kind of treatment—
**[13:40] Kuro**
Just apologize.
**[13:42] Kuro**
There's no way you didn't cause trouble.
**[13:46] Saki**
It's fine. I'm sure we both
caused each other trouble.
**[13:49] Saki**
What we should be worried about
right now is Steel Lady Nanase.
**[13:54] Saki**
So anyway,
**[13:56] Saki**
it's good to see you, Kuro-kun.
**[13:58] Kuro**
Yes. It's good to see you, too... Saki-san.
**[14:07] Kotoko**
Let's go somewhere else.
**[14:09] Kotoko**
Lingering in a vending machine's
light for so long is way too sad.
**[14:12] Kotoko**
It's not as if we're moths!
**[14:15] Kotoko**
* I knew I shouldn't have let*
* these two see each other.*
**[14:21] Saki**
*How did this happen?*
**[14:25] Saki**
* It's not like we could've talked*
* about this at the restaurant,*
**[14:27] Saki**
*and I was scared to go home alone, but...*
**[14:32] Kotoko**
Kuro-senpai.
**[14:34] Kotoko**
Why are you staring at your
ex-girlfriend from behind
**[14:36] Kotoko**
when your current girlfriend
is sitting right next to you?
**[14:39] Kuro**
You're just imagining it.
**[14:40] Kotoko**
I am not! I just saw you!
**[14:41] Kotoko**
"Oh, she's lost some weight.
I hope she's been eating right.
**[14:45] Kotoko**
I wonder if she looks like
skin and bones because of me.
**[14:48] Kotoko**
Wow, her hips look nice, though."
**[14:51] Kotoko**
I know that's you were thinking.
**[14:53] Kuro**
I'm impressed.
That's exactly what I was thinking.
**[14:57] Kuro**
Saki-san's beautiful.
**[14:58] Kotoko**
Don't admit that!
How dare you admit that so quickly?!
**[15:01] Kotoko**
And how dare you take that
attitude with me after
**[15:03] Kotoko**
leaving your poor girlfriend
alone for a whole week?!
**[15:06] Kotoko**
Why didn't you reply to any of my messages?
**[15:08] Kuro**
Oh, so those were from you.
I thought they were spam messages.
**[15:13] Kotoko**
At least look at me!
**[15:14] Saki**
I see you two get along great.
**[15:17] Kotoko**
Of course we do!
**[15:18] Kotoko**
Just so you know, we're usually
even more lovey-dovey!
**[15:21] Kuro**
Saki-san, are you still not
able to eat fish or beef?
**[15:26] Saki**
I can eat some now.
**[15:29] Saki**
My job is the reason I lost weight.
**[15:32] Kuro**
I'm sorry.
**[15:34] Saki**
Again, this isn't your fault, Kuro-kun.
**[15:37] Saki**
*We broke up without straightening things out,*
**[15:39] Saki**
* so I thought I'd be more*
* shaken up if I saw him.*
**[15:41] Saki**
* I wonder if I'm able to stay*
* so calm because of her.*
**[15:49] Kotoko**
Anyway, let's get to the matter at hand.
**[15:51] Saki**
*Though she's still pretty intolerable...*
**[15:54] Saki**
Yes, you're right.
**[15:56] Saki**
Kuro-kun, were you fighting Steel Lady
Nanase on orders from Iwanaga-san?
**[16:01] Kuro**
Uh...
**[16:05] Kuro**
I did come to Makurazaka City
because she called me,
**[16:09] Kuro**
but I just happened to run
into Steel Lady Nanase.
**[16:12] Kuro**
When I got to the station,
**[16:13] Kuro**
a goblin cat that had been attacked by
Steel Lady Nanase came to me for help.
**[16:18] Kuro**
These creatures would usually do
everything they can to avoid me,
**[16:23] Kuro**
but after spending so much time with Iwanaga,
**[16:25] Kuro**
they started to see me as
someone they could rely on
**[16:28] Kuro**
in place of their lady
of one eye and one leg,
**[16:32] Kuro**
and started asking me for help, as well.
**[16:35] Kuro**
I didn't have time to contact Iwanaga,
**[16:38] Kuro**
so I went to where Steel Lady
Nanase appeared by myself.
**[16:44] Saki**
Oh, that's good.
**[16:46] Saki**
Maybe the kappa won't run
away from you next time.
**[16:49] Kuro**
Having them rely on me all
the time isn't much better.
**[16:52] Kuro**
More importantly, Steel Lady Nanase
didn't fear me when she saw me.
**[16:56] Kotoko**
Well, Kuro-san *does* look like
a horrifying, evil, jumbled mess
**[17:00] Kotoko**
of a creature that's some unsightly
mix of a human, mermaid,
**[17:06] Kotoko**
and kudan to those who aren't human.
**[17:08] Kotoko**
Apparently, even the monsters
consider him a monster.
**[17:11] Kuro**
Huh?
**[17:13] Saki**
Then, Iwanaga-san,
**[17:14] Saki**
what does that make Steel Lady Nanase,
since she doesn't react to Kuro-kun?
**[17:19] Kotoko**
She's a monster.
**[17:20] Saki**
Well, I can see that. Let me rephrase.
Is she something that can be exterminated?
**[17:25] Kotoko**
She is.
**[17:26] Kotoko**
The reason I wanted to see you
tonight is to discuss that.
**[17:30] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase is different
from a normal spectre.
**[17:33] Kotoko**
She was created from the delusions
and desires of modern-day humans.
**[17:37] Kotoko**
She's a monster of the imagination.
**[17:40] Kotoko**
* I hadn't planned to tell her*
* all of this, but at this point,*
**[17:44] Kotoko**
*I'll tell her as much of the truth*
**[17:46] Kotoko**
* as I can so she'll understand how*
* different our world is from hers.*
**[17:50] Kotoko**
* I'll show her just how different*
* we are. That's the best plan.*
**[17:56] Kotoko**
The yokai, monsters, ghosts, mononoke, and beasts from urban legends
**[18:00] Kotoko**
that we're familiar with
**[18:02] Kotoko**
have monsters of the imagination
hidden among them.
**[18:06] Kotoko**
It may start as something trivial.
**[18:08] Kotoko**
For example, someone might say...
**[18:10] Kotoko**
A creepy pale lady wearing
a mask came up to me,
**[18:13] Kotoko**
but she was scary, so I ran away.
**[18:15] Kotoko**
That's how the story would start.
**[18:17] Kuro**
Huh? And then?
**[18:19] Kotoko**
But that's not a very interesting story, so...
**[18:22] Kotoko**
And when I took a closer look,
**[18:24] Kotoko**
I realized her mouth was
split open under the mask.
**[18:26] Kotoko**
I got scared, so I ran away,
**[18:28] Kotoko**
but then she came running
after me as fast as she could.
**[18:30] Kuro**
Wow, that's really scary.
**[18:33] Kotoko**
And now there's a lie added to the story.
**[18:35] Kotoko**
Eventually, that story will spread.
**[18:38] Voice 1**
A woman wearing a mask...
**[18:40] Voice 2**
...asked, "Am I pretty?"
**[18:42] Voice 3**
Under the mask, her mouth was...
**[18:44] Voice**
Under the mask, her mouth was...
**[18:47] Kotoko**
This is all still just a story.
**[18:50] Kotoko**
It becomes a problem when
this is given a name.
**[18:56] Kotoko**
The slit-mouth woman.
**[18:58] Kotoko**
They give that story a single name
**[19:01] Kotoko**
that manages to generally
describe what it looks like.
**[19:04] Kotoko**
That puts together all of these
vague rumors and solidifies them
**[19:08] Kotoko**
into a uniform image.
**[19:12] Kotoko**
At first, it was just make-believe,
**[19:15] Kotoko**
but now that the fiction
has a name and a shape,
**[19:18] Kotoko**
it implants itself into the minds
of thousands, tens of thousands,
**[19:21] Kotoko**
and millions of people's minds,
**[19:23] Kotoko**
which gives it flesh and blood,
turning it into something real.
**[19:28] Kotoko**
People's imaginations manage
to create a monster.
**[19:32] Saki**
Do you expect anyone to believe
this happens every day?
**[19:35] Kotoko**
Are you really asking that after
seeing a kappa and a ghost?
**[19:39] Kotoko**
Usually, monsters of the
imagination are nothing to fear.
**[19:44] Kotoko**
They're popular for a short time,
**[19:45] Kotoko**
and even if they gain a form, they're weak.
**[19:47] Kotoko**
They usually disappear soon after.
**[19:50] Kotoko**
The slit-mouth woman and human-faced
dog eventually disappeared.
**[19:54] Saki**
But in that case, isn't Steel Lady Nanase
**[19:57] Saki**
rather different from the monster
of the imagination that you speak of?
**[20:00] Saki**
It's been given the name
"Steel Lady Nanase,"
**[20:04] Saki**
but she's so powerful.
**[20:06] Kotoko**
Yes, exactly that.
**[20:07] Saki**
Huh?
**[20:08] Kotoko**
Why did it manage to gain a form not
even a year after Nanase Karin's death
**[20:13] Kotoko**
and become that powerful?
**[20:15] Kotoko**
There is a way to make that possible.
**[20:18] Kotoko**
Usually, rumors take time to spread.
**[20:21] Kotoko**
So what can spread them instantly
**[20:23] Kotoko**
where countless eyes can see them?
**[20:25] Saki**
Only certain media outlets even
bothered reporting the accident.
**[20:29] Saki**
It's really only popular on the Internet...
**[20:35] Kotoko**
Exactly. The culprit is the Internet.
**[20:38] Kotoko**
The Internet can relay information
all around the world in an instant,
**[20:41] Kotoko**
and many people have access to it.
**[20:44] Kotoko**
And it's able to gather an endless
amount of varying ideas in one place.
**[20:50] Saki**
In one place?
**[20:52] Saki**
Oh, like that Steel Lady Nanase wiki?
**[20:55] Kotoko**
Ah, so you know of it.
That'll make this easier.
**[20:58] Kotoko**
That site is the reason her name
and description have been defined,
**[21:02] Kotoko**
and why it spread at such an alarming rate.
**[21:05] Kotoko**
And the illustration of
her on the top page...
**[21:09] Kotoko**
That gave her a from that's
hard to get from rumors alone
**[21:12] Kotoko**
and defined what she should
look like in an instant.
**[21:15] kotoko**
Do you remember what
the picture looks like?
**[21:18] Saki**
Yes.
**[21:19] Kotoko**
Don't you think that
the Steel Lady Nanase
**[21:21] Kotoko**
on that page looked exactly like the
one we saw, down to the finest detail?
**[21:25] Saki**
Now that you mention it, yes.
What about it, though?
**[21:28] Kotoko**
Do you think it's really possible
**[21:30] Kotoko**
to illustrate a ghost made up of rumors
**[21:32] Kotoko**
so precisely, when there's never
been a solid eyewitness report?
**[21:36] Kotoko**
Of course you can't.
**[21:37] Kotoko**
What happened is the opposite.
**[21:39] Saki**
The opposite?
**[21:41] Kotoko**
That drawing wasn't
modeled after the ghost.
**[21:44] Kotoko**
But because so many people
imagined Steel Lady Nanase
**[21:47] Kotoko**
to look like that from that illustration,
**[21:49] Kotoko**
it took that form.
**[21:54] Saki**
Huh?
**[21:55] Kotoko**
Everything is backwards.
**[21:57] Kotoko**
The wiki wasn't created
because there was a ghost.
**[22:01] Kotoko**
The ghost was born because
the wiki was created.
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Wiki
**[22:06] Kotoko**
You could call this website
**[22:08] Kotoko**
the true identity of Steel Lady Nanase.
***SIGN*** To Be Continued
***SIGN*** Preview
**[23:45] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase maintains
her immortal form thanks to
**[23:48] Kotoko**
many people's imaginations.
**[23:49] Kotoko**
To defeat her,
**[23:51] Kotoko**
we need to think up a story that'll
surpass an actual story of a spectre.
**[23:54] Kotoko**
The thing we need to face her head-on is...
**[23:56] Kotoko**
Next time, "Logical Fiction."
# E6 - Logical Fiction
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G69V7VD3Y/logical-fiction)
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***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Wiki
***SIGN*** F o r u m
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/03 23:57
I was just attacked by Steel Lady Nanase
in a park in East Makurazaka City!
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 00:07
Just now? You're the fifth person to say they
saw and got attacked by Steel Lady Nanase
**[00:10] Terada**
A wiki site, huh?
**[00:12] Kotoko**
Monsters of the imagination only survive
through people's imaginations.
**[00:17] Kotoko**
So long as people fantasize
and desire their existence,
**[00:20] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase will remain immortal.
**[00:23] Kotoko**
Even if we cut off her head,
she'll come back over and over.
**[00:26] Kotoko**
Her life comes not from within her,
but from the desires of others.
***SIGN*** Nanase Karin's vengeful spirit haunts Makurazaka City
***SIGN*** Nanase Karin's immortal because she's a ghost
***SIGN*** You're safe from her wrath if you own merch from when she was an idol
***SIGN*** A ghost that appeared in Makurazaka City
***SIGN*** She's getting revenge on everyone who went after her
***SIGN*** She's wearing a red dress
***SIGN*** If you run into her, you're doomed
***SIGN*** She carries around a steel beam and attacks you
**[02:03] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase has neither
intelligence nor the ability to think.
**[02:06] Kotoko**
She's an automaton that just continues
to move in the way people want her to.
**[02:10] Kotoko**
This makes her completely different
from actual yokai and ghosts.
**[02:17] Kuro**
Iwanaga.
**[02:19] Kuro**
How are we supposed to defeat her, then?
**[02:20] Kuro**
Steel Lady Nanase is going to kill someone.
**[02:24] Kuro**
I've never seen a monster of the
imagination grow to this extent.
**[02:28] Kuro**
I saw the wiki, but it seems like
they're making her more violent.
**[02:34] Kotoko**
And that's why we'll have to use
**[02:36] Kotoko**
this site to our advantage to defeat her.
**[02:39] Kotoko**
If she's become immortal because
of everyone's imagination,
**[02:42] Kotoko**
then we'll just have to
conquer that imagination.
**[02:46] Kotoko**
This is where we'll need your abilities
as a police officer, Saki-san.
**[02:50] Saki**
Like have the police shut the site down?
**[02:54] Kotoko**
Of course not.
**[02:55] Kotoko**
It's not very realistic to shut down a
personal website without a valid reason.
**[02:59] Saki**
Then what do you want me to do?
**[03:01] Kotoko**
I need information.
**[03:02] Kotoko**
I need you to get me valid information
on Nanase Karin's death.
**[03:06] Kotoko**
Then we'll create a story that surpasses
the rumors of Steel Lady Nanase.
**[03:11] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase is a ghost
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase is a ghost!
**[03:13] Kotoko**
as well as a monster of the imagination
created from that story.
***SIGN*** Ghost!
**[03:16] Kotoko**
To get past that,
**[03:18] Kotoko**
we'll have to overwrite this story
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase is not a ghost!
**[03:21] Kotoko**
by writing that she's not a ghost.
**[03:25] Kotoko**
If the people who believed in
Steel Lady Nanase's existence
**[03:27] Kotoko**
start to believe the revised story,
**[03:30] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase will lose
her vitality and cease to exist.
**[03:34] Saki**
A story where the ghost doesn't exist...
**[03:37] Saki**
So you plan to apply
**[03:38] Saki**
a rational explanation to an urban
legend and prove that it was a lie?
**[03:43] Saki**
That's impossible.
**[03:45] Saki**
Once a rumor is spread, it doesn't
matter if there's a rational explanation.
**[03:49] Saki**
Not everyone will accept it.
**[03:51] Saki**
If the rumor seems more believable,
then lies can replace the truth,
**[03:55] Saki**
even if there are some discrepancies.
**[03:58] Kotoko**
Correct. The truth isn't
always the strongest.
**[04:01] Kotoko**
But Steel Lady Nanase is also the truth.
**[04:04] Kotoko**
That's why I'm going to use
rational fiction to counter her.
**[04:07] Kotoko**
I'll post something more appealing
than "Steel Lady Nanase is a ghost,"
***SIGN*** F o r u m
***SIGN*** <333> Name: Anonymous 09/04 17:51 ID.ogyuaeiaj125
I live in Makurazaka, but yet again,
I didn't run into Steel Lady Nanase today
<334> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:00 ID.itrujhwa44
Apparently someone runs into her every day in Makurazaka City
<335> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:15 ID.optim31a8
But every time there's an incident, people keep putting their own
spin on it, so I don't know what's going on anymore.
<336> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:23 ID.ijuowjiha59ae
But there must be some real accounts among the fake ones.
She should run into a police officer on patrol pretty soon
<337> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:31 ID.hgaea66ha
What's the police officer supposed to do if they run into her?
Question her?
<338> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:40 ID.rhnns71shrs
Police Officer: Excuse me.
Nanase: °Smack°
Police Officer: °Collapse°
<339> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:47 ID.dbzspsjig8
Right?
That's probably exactly what's going to happen
<340> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:55 ID.mmnbda211ea
But this is getting boring since people
write about it every day
<341> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:00 ID.2rgahr65
I mean, she was an idol, so she was
at least somewhat famous
<342> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:07 ID.ookjihnu33
She actually seems more famous now than when she was an idol.
I bet her songs will start selling again
<343> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:11 ID.ijhajhar21aj
If I run into her, I'm running like hell
<344> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:23 ID.imjbhy73ug
Nanase Karin came back to get revenge on everyone who went after her!
<345> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:30 ID.aad391haha
I wonder if she's really a ghost. There could just be a lot of people trying to act like they're her.
<346> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:38 ID.iknu8wja5
I wonder how she shows up. Does she just lurk around the corner?
<347> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:45 ID.25hhpame
I'd be nervous if I ran into her on my way home
<348> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:52 ID.pehgiajgoa56
How many people actually ran into Nanase? Talk about a persistent ghost
<349> Name: Anonymous 09/03 20:11 ddpnjh82njh
I wonder if she keeps appearing in the same places
<350> Name: Anonymous 09/03 20:34 ID.y6asfga
I heard she appears near Makurazaka Shrine
<351> Name: Anonymous 09/03 20:50 ID.qawrsa56
**[04:12] Kotoko**
something like "Steel Lady Nanase
is fiction," on the forums.
***SIGN*** <333> Name: Anonymous 09/04 17:51 ID.ogyuaeiaj125
I live in Makurazaka, but yet again,
I didn't run into Steel Lady Nanase today
<334> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:00 ID.itrujhwa44
Apparently someone runs into her every day in Makurazaka City
<335> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:15 ID.optim31a8
But every time there's an incident, people keep putting their own
spin on it, so I don't know what's going on anymore.
<336> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:23 ID.ijuowjiha59ae
But there must be some real accounts among the fake ones.
She should run into a police officer on patrol pretty soon
<337> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:31 ID.hgaea66ha
What's the police officer supposed to do if they run into her?
Question her?
<338> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:40 ID.rhnns71shrs
Police Officer: Excuse me.
Nanase: °Smack°
Police Officer: °Collapse°
<339> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:47 ID.dbzspsjig8
Right?
That's probably exactly what's going to happen
<340> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:55 ID.mmnbda211ea
But this is getting boring since people
write about it every day
<341> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:00 ID.2rgahr65
I mean, she was an idol, so she was
at least somewhat famous
<342> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:07 ID.ookjihnu33
She actually seems more famous now than when she was an idol.
I bet her songs will start selling again
<343> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:11 ID.ijhajhar21aj
If I run into her, I'm running like hell
<344> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:23 ID.imjbhy73ug
Nanase Karin came back to get revenge on everyone
who went after her!
<345> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:30 ID.aad391haha
I wonder if she's really a ghost.
There could just be a lot of people trying to act like they're her.
<346> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:38 ID.iknu8wja5
I wonder how she shows up.
Does she just lurk around the corner?
<347> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:45 ID.25hhpame
I'd be nervous if I ran into her on my way home
<348> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:52 ID.pehgiajgoa56
How many people actually ran into Nanase?
Talk about a persistent ghost
<349> Name: Anonymous 09/03 20:11 ddpnjh82njh
I wonder if she keeps appearing in the same places
<350> Name: Anonymous 09/03 20:34 ID.y6asfga
I heard she appears near Makurazaka Shrine
<351> Name: Anonymous 09/03 20:50 ID.qawrsa56
**[04:17] Saki**
*Rational fiction?*
**[04:19] Kotoko**
"Ghosts don't exist, therefore
Steel Lady Nanase doesn't exist."
**[04:24] Kotoko**
No one is interested in a story like that.
**[04:27] Kotoko**
The hopes and fears people have make
her existence more interesting to them.
**[04:31] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase exists, but is no more
than a monster of the imagination.
**[04:35] Kotoko**
She'll disappear if people
stop fantasizing about her.
**[04:37] Kotoko**
Telling that truth will
produce the same result.
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase
**[04:39] Kotoko**
In fact, there'll be more people
writing that they hope she exists.
**[04:42] Kotoko**
Because that's far more interesting.
**[04:45] Kotoko**
But even if it is a lie,
***SIGN*** New
***SIGN*** New Theory
**[04:47] Kotoko**
if we can create a story that's
more interesting than the spectre,
**[04:50] Kotoko**
people will flock to it instead.
**[04:53] Kotoko**
Though people do believe in ghosts,
**[04:56] Kotoko**
they also wish that such
terrifying things didn't exist.
**[05:00] Kotoko**
These desires exist on opposing
vectors, but they coexist,
**[05:03] Kotoko**
so we can easily flip their direction.
**[05:06] Saki**
I'll admit that all makes sense.
**[05:08] Saki**
Still, since you sympathize with spectres,
**[05:11] Saki**
the idea of you trying to prove that
they don't exist is basically fraud.
**[05:16] Kotoko**
Indeed, it is. It's all a hoax.
**[05:19] Kotoko**
But there's no other way to exterminate her.
**[05:24] Kotoko**
Let's talk about something
a bit more realistic.
**[05:26] Kotoko**
In order to convince the forum posters
that Steel Lady Nanase isn't a ghost,
**[05:31] Kotoko**
we need to address two problems.
**[05:33] Kotoko**
First, we have to explain
who's causing all of these
***SIGN*** Perpetrator
***SIGN*** Perpetrator
**[05:36] Kotoko**
attacks around Makurazaka City.
**[05:39] Kotoko**
Second, we have to explain
why they're doing it.
***SIGN*** Motive
**[05:44] Kotoko**
If we can offer a realistic
**[05:46] Kotoko**
and appealing solution that
explains these two factors,
**[05:49] Kotoko**
we'll be able to bind Steel Lady
Nanase in rational fiction.
**[05:53] Kotoko**
And to make this happen,
I need accurate information.
**[05:57] Kotoko**
If I were to write something with just
the information that's available online
**[06:01] Kotoko**
and someone points out
later that it was in error,
**[06:03] Kotoko**
our solution won't sound as credible.
**[06:06] Kotoko**
And that's exactly why I need
more information from the police.
**[06:10] Kotoko**
Especially concerning Nanase Karin's death.
**[06:13] Saki**
Are you asking a police officer
to leak personal information?
**[06:16] Kotoko**
What's this?
***SIGN*** Nanase Haruko
Investigation Documents
**[06:18] Kotoko**
I thought this might prove difficult since
you're an officer in a different division,
**[06:21] Kotoko**
but you already have
documents on Nanase Karin!
***SIGN*** Nanase Haruko
Investigation Documents
**[06:25] Saki**
Give that ba—
**[06:27] Saki**
Kuro-kun!
**[06:29] Saki**
What's with this girl?!
**[06:30] Kotoko**
I warned you yesterday!
**[06:34] Kotoko**
I told you not to get involved
with Steel Lady Nanase!
**[06:36] Kotoko**
But seeing how you have documents on her,
**[06:39] Kotoko**
I'm sure you can't let
Steel Lady Nanase go, either.
**[06:42] Saki**
As I told you yesterday,
**[06:44] Saki**
the detective I work with
believes Steel Lady Nanase
**[06:46] Saki**
is part of a larger incident
and is looking into it, so...
**[06:48] Kotoko**
We have the same goal.
**[06:50] Kotoko**
We want to defeat Steel Lady Nanase,
**[06:52] Kotoko**
and that's exactly why I need these.
**[06:54] Kotoko**
Will you help me out, Saki-san?
**[06:58] Saki**
I'm fine with helping you
gather more information,
**[07:01] Saki**
but what about the perpetrator?
**[07:03] Saki**
Even if you're going to make
up some rational story,
**[07:06] Saki**
a suspect we can actually arrest doesn't exist.
**[07:08] Saki**
And I don't really like the idea
of framing someone, either.
**[07:13] Kotoko**
I'll figure out a way to avoid all of that.
**[07:15] Kotoko**
Our ultimate goal is to offer a story
more appealing than the truth
**[07:20] Kotoko**
that there's some ghost
actually causing these incidents.
**[07:24] Kotoko**
So it doesn't matter if we
can't pinpoint a suspect.
**[07:28] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase was deliberately
thought up by someone.
**[07:32] Kotoko**
We just need people to believe that solution.
**[07:36] Saki**
So it doesn't matter if the
police can solve this or not.
**[07:40] Saki**
As long as the people who
believe in Steel Lady Nanase
**[07:42] Saki**
are convinced by something that
makes sense to them, we win, right?
**[07:47] Kotoko**
Correct.
**[07:48] Saki**
That seems a bit harsh.
**[07:50] Kotoko**
Compared to a fake solution that relies
**[07:52] Kotoko**
on a police investigation and trial,
it doesn't seem that difficult.
**[07:56] Saki**
I guess I can at least tell you
everything I'm allowed to tell you.
**[07:59] Saki**
How about we start with an outline
and go over any questions or doubts?
**[08:03] Saki**
Nanase Karin was suspected
of killing her father,
**[08:06] Saki**
and the media was after her,
so she hid in Makurazaka City.
***SIGN*** Nanase Haruko
**[08:10] Saki**
Her body was discovered on January
30th of this year, just after 8:00 AM.
**[08:14] Saki**
One of the first questions to
come up in the investigation
**[08:17] Saki**
was what Nanase Karin was even doing there.
**[08:20] Saki**
She was found at an unattended
construction site for a future condo.
**[08:24] Saki**
That's a very unlikely place for
a 19-year-old girl to visit,
**[08:27] Saki**
and after midnight, it was pouring, so there
was really no one around in the area.
**[08:32] Saki**
It was very unnatural for her to be
out in that weather and at that time.
**[08:36] Kuro**
The only plausible explanation
**[08:38] Kuro**
is that someone called her
out there to meet with her.
**[08:41] Kotoko**
But according to the reports,
there were cigarettes near her body.
**[08:45] Saki**
There was an umbrella and
five cigarette butts.
**[08:48] Saki**
Even in her coat pocket, they found a
lighter and an open pack of cigarettes.
**[08:53] Saki**
Nanase Karin was a minor, so she
wouldn't legally be allowed to smoke.
**[08:58] Saki**
The police think that she came over here
**[09:01] Saki**
to have a smoke without being noticed.
**[09:06] Kotoko**
Nanase Karin was called out
there to meet with someone,
**[09:08] Kotoko**
and was smoking while waiting
for them to show up.
**[09:10] Kotoko**
Or perhaps the person who called her
there was already there and was smoking?
**[09:17] Saki**
That wasn't completely ruled out.
**[09:19] Saki**
It was pouring the whole night,
**[09:21] Saki**
so even if someone else was there,
their footprints would've been washed away.
**[09:25] Saki**
But if someone was trying
to get a hold of her,
**[09:27] Saki**
you'd think there'd be a record of
someone trying to call her phone.
**[09:31] Saki**
But all they found in her phone history
**[09:33] Saki**
was her and her manager
contacting each other.
**[09:35] Saki**
The police were trying to rule
this as an accident even early on.
**[09:40] Saki**
Steel beams suddenly falling as she was
smoking and killing her instantly
**[09:43] Saki**
would be the easiest and
most rational explanation.
**[09:49] Saki**
But if that's the case,
some other problems arise.
**[09:53] Kuro**
Like what?
**[09:54] Kotoko**
The fact that there was no sign
of her trying to defend herself
**[09:56] Kotoko**
from the steel beams falling on her face.
**[09:59] Saki**
If a steel beam was about to fall on you,
even if you knew it was useless,
**[10:02] Saki**
you'd try to move away
**[10:04] Saki**
or instinctively try to
defend yourself somehow.
**[10:07] Saki**
But there was no sign of that,
**[10:09] Saki**
so it's also questionable that
she just let herself get crushed.
**[10:13] Kuro**
I guess that's a good point.
**[10:15] Saki**
There was a theory that
**[10:16] Saki**
if it was murder, the suspect could've hit
her just hard enough to knock her out,
**[10:19] Saki**
then laid her down on the ground,
and just knocked the steel beams onto her.
**[10:24] Saki**
But Nanase Karin was on
the run from the media
**[10:27] Saki**
and was suspected of killing her own father.
***SIGN*** Nanase Karin's True Form
***SIGN*** I'll be back soon, my dudes
**[10:30] Saki**
They thought she might be at her wit's end.
**[10:33] Saki**
It seemed likely that she was desperate,
**[10:35] Saki**
so if steel beams had fallen
on her around that time,
**[10:38] Saki**
it wouldn't be surprising if she was
too out of it to react in time.
**[10:41] Saki**
That theory seemed more likely,
**[10:43] Saki**
so the theory about someone
knocking her out was thrown out.
**[10:47] Kotoko**
So Nanase Karin was tired
from running from the media
**[10:50] Kotoko**
and had even contemplated suicide.
**[10:53] Kotoko**
The steel beams fell on her amid all that,
**[10:55] Kotoko**
so she just didn't bother
to avoid getting crushed.
**[10:59] Kotoko**
That's another possible explanation.
**[11:01] Saki**
Other investigators came
to that same conclusion.
**[11:03] Saki**
In the end,
**[11:05] Saki**
even though the police officially
ruled Nanase Karin's death an accident,
**[11:09] Saki**
considering the situation,
there was an unofficial conclusion that
**[11:13] Saki**
this accidental death
could've also been suicide.
**[11:16] Saki**
The person who seemed most likely
**[11:18] Saki**
to have a motive to kill her, her older
sister Nanase Hatsumi, had an alibi.
**[11:23] Saki**
There weren't any other likely suspects,
**[11:25] Saki**
so the police came to a conclusion
a month after her body was found.
**[11:28] Kuro**
Her sister had a reason to kill her?
**[11:31] Saki**
Yes. The fact that she had told others that
**[11:33] Saki**
her sister was responsible
for their father's death.
**[11:36] Saki**
If Nanase Karin were to die, her entire
inheritance would go to Hatsumi.
**[11:40] Saki**
Basically, her younger sister dying was
convenient to Hatsumi in many ways.
**[11:44] Saki**
And among all the questions
surrounding Nanase Karin's death,
***SIGN*** Nanase Hatsumi
**[11:47] Saki**
the biggest one is Nanase Hatsumi.
**[11:50] Saki**
During the investigation,
Nanase Hatsumi was the only one
**[11:53] Saki**
who denied the fact that her sister
was in a suicidal state at all.
**[11:58] Kuro**
It's strange that she'd object to the police's conclusion that it was an accident.
**[12:04] Kuro**
You'd think an older sister
being suspected of murder
**[12:06] Kuro**
would want it wrapped up quickly.
**[12:09] Saki**
But it bothers me how she
seemed convinced that if
**[12:11] Saki**
her sister was going to die,
it wouldn't be in such a way.
**[12:14] Kuro**
So, Iwanaga, what actually happened?
**[12:17] Kotoko**
What do you mean?
**[12:18] Kuro**
Considering how things usually go,
you probably know what happened.
**[12:22] Kotoko**
I'm glad you know me so well, Senpai.
**[12:25] Kotoko**
But I didn't use my usual methods this time.
**[12:27] Kotoko**
There were too many people around during
the day, so I couldn't go to the crime scene.
**[12:31] Kotoko**
So why don't we head
over there right now?
**[12:32] Saki**
Go where?
**[12:34] Kotoko**
We're going to go find a witness.
***SIGN*** Logical Fiction
**[12:46] Saki**
Why in the world did you bring me here?!
**[12:48] Saki**
It's been over six months
since Nanase Karin died here!
**[12:51] Saki**
What's the point in coming to
the scene of the crime now?!
**[12:54] Kotoko**
Correct. You won't find anything here.
**[12:56] Kotoko**
Which also means no one will be watching.
**[12:58] Kotoko**
And that means it's an opportune time
for those who aren't human to act.
**[13:06] Kotoko**
All right... Let's have a look!
**[13:13] Kuro**
She's not satisfied unless
she goes through all this.
**[13:16] Kotoko**
It is a holy priestess's dance!
**[13:18] Saki**
Priestesses draw magic circles now?
**[13:20] Kotoko**
Didn't you see how cool it was?!
**[13:22] Saki**
Who are you trying to show off to?
**[13:24] Kotoko**
Well, of course, the one
who's about to show up.
**[13:28] Haunt**
Jeez, you guys are loud.
**[13:32] Haunt**
What are you doing here
this late at night?
**[13:36] Kotoko**
Ah, we're quite lucky to
run into a human spirit.
**[13:40] Haunt**
Oh, are you the lady
of one eye and one leg?
**[13:43] Haunt**
All the ayakashi around town
have been talking about you.
**[13:46] Haunt**
So that would mean he's...
**[13:48] Haunt**
The creature that's part
kudan and part mermaid?
**[13:51] Kotoko**
He's part human, too.
**[13:52] Haunt**
My goodness, how horrifying.
**[13:55] Kotoko**
So have you been here for a while?
**[13:58] Haunt**
Yup. Ever since I died last year.
**[14:01] Kotoko**
So you're aware of the accident that
occurred here in late January, right?
**[14:05] Kotoko**
An accident in which a 19-year-old girl died.
**[14:08] Haunt**
Oh, you mean Nanase Karin, right?
**[14:11] Kotoko**
Ah, so you know of her.
**[14:13] Haunt**
Well, after all...
**[14:14] Haunt**
I witnessed the moment she died!
**[14:17] Haunt**
That night in the rain, she was all alone.
**[14:21] Haunt**
She seemed terribly depressed.
**[14:23] Haunt**
And then...
**[14:27] (Flashback) Haunt**
Look out!
**[14:37] Haunt**
She didn't even try to
dodge the steel beams.
**[14:41] Haunt**
It happened so quickly!
That was basically suicide!
**[14:44] Haunt**
If only I were stronger...
**[14:46] Haunt**
I might've been able to stop them.
**[14:49] Kotoko**
There's no reason for
you to feel responsible.
**[14:52] Kotoko**
This now clarifies the truth.
**[14:54] Haunt**
Huh?
**[14:54] Kotoko**
The Japanese police are indeed efficient.
**[14:57] Kotoko**
This is truly an accidental
death bordering on suicide.
**[15:00] Saki**
W-Wait a sec! Is this really
a good way to learn the truth?
**[15:03] Saki**
There was no deduction
or theorizing involved!
**[15:05] Kotoko**
We have eyewitness account from
an unrelated third-party witness.
**[15:09] Kotoko**
What could be better?
**[15:11] Saki**
You didn't even need to confirm
the police investigation, then!
**[15:15] Saki**
You could've found everything
out by asking ghosts and yokai.
**[15:18] Kotoko**
The truth is important.
**[15:20] Kotoko**
But it's also important to see what
is generally seen as the truth
**[15:24] Kotoko**
and the conclusion that stems from it.
**[15:27] Kotoko**
That's how those on the Internet
who fantasize about Steel Lady Nanase
**[15:30] Kotoko**
get their ideas and function.
**[15:33] Kotoko**
Openly, I won't be using anything
beyond what's available to them, either.
**[15:36] Kotoko**
And even if there's information
that's not the truth
**[15:39] Kotoko**
but is being believed as the
truth, I will use that, as well.
**[15:42] Kotoko**
I am the Goddess of Wisdom.
**[15:44] Kotoko**
If I need to make fiction sound more
convincing to create this fiction,
**[15:47] Kotoko**
I will use any means necessary.
**[15:50] Haunt**
That's our lady!
**[15:51] Haunt**
I will use this frustration I'm
feeling to do my best, as well!
**[15:54] Haunt**
By the time this building is done,
**[15:55] Haunt**
I'll be strong enough
to be a guardian spirit!
**[16:01] Saki**
All of this is starting to feel reckless.
**[16:04] Saki**
Even if the conclusion
you post is well-written
**[16:07] Saki**
and can draw people's attention,
**[16:10] Saki**
in the end, whether people
accept it or not is
**[16:12] Saki**
going to depend on luck, isn't it?
**[16:16] Saki**
People aren't always logical.
**[16:19] Saki**
Some are impressed when
something mystical gets resolved,
**[16:22] Saki**
but others want to believe in ghosts.
**[16:25] Saki**
Will your lies be able to hold up
**[16:27] Saki**
when we don't even know
where that balance lies?
**[16:29] Kotoko**
But that's also why monsters of the
imagination aren't so easily created.
**[16:34] Kotoko**
We can't know if a lot
of people will believe it
**[16:36] Kotoko**
or not unless we give it a try.
**[16:38] Kotoko**
Our chances against the
rumors of Steel Lady Nanase
**[16:41] Kotoko**
that have already spread
aren't going to be the best.
**[16:43] Kotoko**
But every rumor is at least
believable to some extent.
**[16:47] Kotoko**
Besides, we have
**[16:49] Kotoko**
Kuro-senpai.
**[16:51] Kotoko**
If there's a chance that I can
produce a somewhat appealing lie,
**[16:55] Kotoko**
Kuro-senpai will be able to make it 100%.
**[17:01] Kotoko**
He didn't eat kudan meat and still
manage to survive for nothing.
**[17:05] Kuro**
Well, Saki-san, goodnight.
**[17:08] Kotoko**
Goodnight.
**[17:09] Saki**
Right... Goodbye.
**[17:11] Kotoko**
Senpai, did you get a hotel in the area?
**[17:14] Kuro**
No, I hadn't gotten that far yet.
**[17:17] Kotoko**
I figured that might be the case, so I'm
staying in a room with a double bed.
**[17:21] Kuro**
I'm pretty sure I saw a
business hotel by the station.
**[17:24] Kotoko**
Why do you refuse to sleep with me?!
**[17:26] Kuro**
Now's really not the time for that.
**[17:29] Kuro**
Iwanaga.
**[17:30] Kuro**
Do you have an idea of what kind of
"solution" you're going to create?
**[17:34] Kotoko**
Why does the perpetrator
take Nanase Karin's form
**[17:36] Kotoko**
and attack people every night?
**[17:38] Kotoko**
I could come up with countless motives.
**[17:42] Kotoko**
But if you're asking whether it'll be
impactful enough to draw attention...
**[17:45] Kotoko**
It's hard to say.
**[17:47] Kotoko**
Linking it with the past incident
**[17:50] Kotoko**
and polishing it into more of a tearjerker
might make it more appealing.
**[17:54] Kuro**
So not exactly something realistic,
but a truth that seems more like a story.
**[17:58] Kotoko**
Yes, the world is filled with harsh truths.
No one finds them desirable.
**[18:03] Kotoko**
It'll all be up to you
after that, Kuro-senpai.
**[18:07] Kuro**
Yeah, I'll go get the future that
goes along with your solution.
**[18:11] Kuro**
I'll die as many times
as I need to for you.
**[18:16] (Flashback) Kuro**
There's not just a single future.
**[18:18] (Flashback) Kuro**
When you look into the
future from the present,
**[18:21] (Flashback) Kuro**
it splits, changes, and spreads
out into different paths.
**[18:26] (Flashback) Kuro**
There are paths to various kinds of
futures, and any future is possible.
**[18:32] (Flashback) Kuro**
And when you choose a
path and move forward,
**[18:35] (Flashback) Kuro**
all the splits behind you disappear,
and your past becomes one path.
**[18:40] (Flashback) Kuro**
One path to the past and
infinite paths to the future.
**[18:42] (Flashback) Kuro**
The future is always
unknown and undecided.
**[18:45] (Flashback) Kotoko**
But wouldn't that make telling
the future impossible?
**[18:49] (Flashback) Kotoko**
If the future continues splitting infinitely,
**[18:51] (Flashback) Kotoko**
there's no way to find
a single destination.
**[18:54] (Flashback) Kotoko**
But the kudan is able to predict
the future without fail.
**[18:57] (Flashback) Kotoko**
So why the contradiction?
**[18:58] (Flashback) Kuro**
The kudan doesn't make predictions
by looking into the future.
**[19:01] (Flashback) Kuro**
The kudan is able to make those
infinite splits into a single future.
**[19:06] (Flashback) Kuro**
It has the power to determine
which future will occur
**[19:09] (Flashback) Kuro**
and what destination awaits.
**[19:11] (Flashback) Kotoko**
So that's the true power
of the prophet beast kudan?
**[19:14] Kotoko**
*What a terrifying power.*
**[19:17] (Flashback) Kuro**
In exchange for using that power,
the kudan loses its life.
**[19:20] (Flashback) Kuro**
It looks through the endless amounts
of futures and chooses one,
**[19:25] (Flashback) Kuro**
so its life probably burns out.
**[19:29] (Flashback) Kuro**
But it can't determine any kind of future.
**[19:33] (Flashback) Kuro**
They can't use it to
their advantage, either.
**[19:34] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Are there limits?
**[19:36] (Flashback) Kuro**
Well, if I'm not prepared to die,
**[19:38] (Flashback) Kuro**
I can't see the splits in the future and choose.
**[19:41] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Perhaps the kudan doesn't die
because it states its prophecy,
**[19:44] (Flashback) Kotoko**
but is able to state its prophecy
because it's about to die.
**[19:48] (Flashback) Kuro**
Then I guess seeing the future is a
privilege for those who are about to die.
**[19:53] (Flashback) Kotoko**
You talk like it doesn't apply to you.
**[19:55] (Flashback) Kuro**
Well, I can return to life.
**[19:57] (Flashback) Kuro**
Also, I can only choose futures that
have a high probability of occurring.
**[20:01] (Flashback) Kuro**
If we're talking about
a year into the future,
**[20:04] (Flashback) Kuro**
there are too many splits, so I can't choose.
**[20:06] (Flashback) Kuro**
And if the probability of that
future happening is too low,
**[20:09] (Flashback) Kuro**
the branch is far away
and hard to grasp.
**[20:12] (Flashback) Kotoko**
This all sounds like a pain.
**[20:14] (Flashback) Kuro**
Yeah.
**[20:15] (Flashback) Kotoko**
By the way, Kuro-san,
**[20:16] (Flashback) Kotoko**
I wanted to report
something to you today.
**[20:19] (Flashback) Kuro**
Report?
**[20:20] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Yes! I just received my
letter of acceptance!
**[20:20] (Flashback) Sign**
Iwanaga Kotoko-dono
**[20:20] (Flashback) Sign**
Letter of Acceptance
**[20:20] (Flashback) Sign**
We are pleased to inform you that you have passed the entrance exam
for our law program.
**[20:23] (Flashback) Kuro**
Oh, congrats.
**[20:25] (Flashback) Kotoko**
We'll be going to the same university
in the spring, Kuro-senpai.
**[20:29] Kotoko**
Kuro-senpai, when Steel Lady
Nanase killed you earlier,
**[20:33] Kotoko**
were you not able to see a
future in which she was destroyed?
**[20:36] Kuro**
There probably was one,
but I couldn't reach it.
**[20:39] Kuro**
There were too many splits, so I
couldn't sort through them in time.
**[20:42] Kuro**
Determining the best future
to defeat that thing
**[20:45] Kuro**
and coming back to life
took everything out of me.
**[20:48] Kotoko**
Though, you didn't actually defeat her.
**[20:50] Kotoko**
You always think you can
solve everything on your own.
**[20:53] Kuro**
Look who's talking.
**[20:55] Kuro**
I can come back to life,
but if you die, that's it.
**[20:58] Kotoko**
* You leave me alone for a week, and now you*
* act like you're my guardian or something?*
**[21:04] Kotoko**
* Back then, Senpai died once,*
* determined a future, and came back.*
**[21:09] Kotoko**
* But even then, he couldn't choose*
* a future where he was able to*
**[21:12] Kotoko**
*defeat Steel Lady Nanase and win.*
**[21:15] Kotoko**
* That was a future outside*
* of Senpai's grasp.*
**[21:19] Kotoko**
* That's why I have to make*
* it something obtainable.*
**[21:22] Kotoko**
* If I can at least set up an opportunity,*
* we can defeat Steel Lady Nanase.*
**[21:27] Kotoko**
*Senpai will make that opportunity a reality.*
**[21:31] Kuro**
So you haven't told Saki-san
about *her*, have you?
**[21:35] Kotoko**
Not a single word.
**[21:37] Kuro**
Yeah. It hasn't been determined that
she's actually involved in any of this.
**[21:42] Kotoko**
Senpai, didn't you try
picking a future where you
**[21:45] Kotoko**
and Saki-san didn't break up
with your power over the future?
**[21:48] Kuro**
If I can do that,
**[21:50] Kuro**
I'm going to go grab a future where
it's okay for me to break up with you.
**[21:53] Kotoko**
Th-That's totally unfair!
How dastardly can you get?!
**[21:57] Kotoko**
Stop laughing!
***SIGN*** Makurazaka Central Park
**[21:59] Kuro**
Don't worry.
**[22:00] Kuro**
It's not as if I think I can
get back with Saki-san.
**[22:03] Kuro**
I'm pretty sure she feels the same way.
**[22:05] Kotoko**
I don't appreciate you two
agreeing like that, either.
**[22:08] Kuro**
So what exactly do you want me to say?
**[22:11] Kotoko**
Passionately say that you'll
make me happy, no matter what.
**[22:15] Kotoko**
What's so funny?
**[22:17] Kotoko**
* Kuro-senpai's attachments to*
* others can seem rather weak.*
**[22:21] Kotoko**
* So weak that I can see him leaving*
* me one day and seeing it as a favor.*
**[22:27] Kotoko**
*He's such a pain.*
**[22:29] Kotoko**
*Why can't you be true to your feelings?*
**[22:33] Kotoko**
Let's head to the hotel. Once you
get through the park, turn right.
**[22:36] Kuro**
Okay.
**[22:38] Kotoko**
*I need to think.*
**[22:40] Kotoko**
* If a victim turns up, creating this*
* solution will become even more difficult.*
**[22:46] Kotoko**
* It's okay. I'm sure Steel Lady Nanase*
* won't be able to kill anyone yet.*
**[22:50] Kotoko**
* As long as no one tries to approach*
* her, nothing should happen tonight.*
**[22:56] Terada**
I'm a police officer.
**[22:57] Terada**
What are you doing at this
hour dressed like that?
**[23:01] Terada**
*Just like the rumors said...*
**[23:02] Terada**
* A woman without a face, wearing a*
* red dress, and carrying a steel beam.*
**[23:06] Terada**
* Are they using special effects*
* makeup? It's pretty well-done.*
**[23:09] Terada**
* Is she charging me?*
* Then I have no choice.*
**[23:16] Terada**
*What...*
**[23:18] Terada**
*What just happened?*
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 09:1
Did you see the news this morning?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 09:15 ID.9jivbci
Did you see the news this morning?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 09:17 ID.pkndzz
I saw it, and that's why I came here. Anyone have any details?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 09:18 ID.kredco
Did Steel Lady do this?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 09:24 ID.
Apparently a detective from the Makurazaka
Police Department was killed
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 09:2
What does that have to do with Steel Lady Nanase?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 09:26
The victim's face was crushed in
***SIGN*** To Be Continued
***SIGN*** Preview
**[23:46] Kotoko**
Detective Terada was killed
by Steel Lady Nanase.
**[23:49] Kotoko**
At this rate, we might see even more victims.
**[23:52] Kotoko**
We have to defeat Steel Lady Nanase tonight.
**[23:56] Kotoko**
Next time, "Preparing to
Conquer the Steel Lady."
# E7 - Preparing to Conquer the Steel Lady
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRME7893Y/preparing-to-conquer-the-steel-lady)
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**[00:00] Officer A**
The victim's face and head were
smashed in by a blunt object.
**[00:05] Officer A**
It was so bad that we couldn't identify
his face or match any dental records,
**[00:10] Officer A**
but we're certain that the victim
is Sergeant Terada Tokunosuke.
**[00:14] Officer A**
We're unsure why Detective Terada
went to an abandoned gas station
**[00:17] Officer A**
by himself in the middle of the night.
**[00:19] Officer A**
On his cellphone, we found some
personal conversations via messages
**[00:22] Officer A**
exchanged between the two of you.
**[00:25] Officer**
The estimated time of death is today,
September 4th, between 2:00 and 3:00 AM.
**[00:30] Officer**
Where were you at that hour,
and what were you doing?
**[00:35] Saki**
I was at home alone.
**[02:07] Reporter**
The body of a man thought
to be an officer of the
***SIGN*** Makurazaka City Police
**[02:10] Reporter**
Makurazaka City Police Department
was discovered around 6:00 AM.
**[02:13] Reporter**
It was reported that a body
with the face smashed in
**[02:15] Reporter**
was found at an abandoned gas
station along the freeway...
**[02:19] Chief**
You okay?
**[02:22] Saki**
Sir...
**[02:24] Saki**
Yes, I'm all right.
**[02:26] Chief**
Terada seemed really happy lately
because he was hitting it off with you.
**[02:33] Chief**
There's a very high chance he was killed
due to a grudge incurred on the job.
**[02:37] Chief**
Just like yourself, the other police
officers are being questioned, as well.
**[02:43] Chief**
The members of the Makurazaka Police
Department are the ones being questioned.
**[02:47] Chief**
By the way, Yumihara-kun,
**[02:49] Chief**
is it true that Terada-kun was
investigating Steel Lady Nanase?
**[02:53] Saki**
Yes. He asked me about that during
my interrogation, so I mentioned it then.
**[02:57] Saki**
They seemed to know about it...
**[02:59] Saki**
Wait, did that get out to the media?
**[03:02] Chief**
No, it hasn't.
**[03:04] Chief**
But there are people who
are tying the incident
**[03:07] Chief**
with Terada to Steel Lady Nanase,
**[03:09] Chief**
since his face was smashed in and it
happened in the middle of the night.
**[03:12] Chief**
Apparently, that's making people
believe it was Steel Lady Nanase.
**[03:16] Chief**
Talk about a sick joke.
**[03:18] Saki**
Yes. It's quite irresponsible...
**[03:21] Saki**
Making up rumors about
someone's death like that.
**[03:24] Chief**
I can't believe Terada, of all people,
was beaten to death.
**[03:28] Chief**
What could've possibly happened?
**[03:31] Saki**
If only...
**[03:32] Saki**
If only I'd been more reliable...
**[03:36] Saki**
*I should've warned him better.*
**[03:38] Chief**
This isn't your fault, Yumihara-kun.
**[03:40] saki**
But I...
**[03:43] saki**
*Of course there's no trace of a fight,*
**[03:45] saki**
*or of him struggling, or of the suspect...*
**[03:48] saki**
* Because Terada-san was killed*
* by Steel Lady Nanase.*
**[03:52] Saki**
I think I was too cold toward Terada-san.
**[03:55] Saki**
After all, I just recently
learned his first name.
**[03:58] Chief**
That's not your fault.
Terada hated that name.
**[04:02] Chief**
He said it was too old-fashioned and meek.
**[04:04] Chief**
He hated it when people called him by it.
**[04:06] Chief**
Most people didn't know it.
**[04:14] Saki**
* The police won't be able to*
* capture the real culprit...*
**[04:17] Saki**
*Neither Steel Lady Nanase*
**[04:18] Saki**
* nor the hundreds of thousands*
* of fantasies that created her.*
**[04:22] Saki**
*The case will likely go unsolved.*
**[04:25] Saki**
*The only ones who can defeat that monster*
**[04:27] Saki**
* are those who know the truth*
* and have the power to do so.*
***SIGN*** Inbox
***SIGN*** Iwanaga Kotoko
***SIGN*** (No Subject)
***SIGN*** I need information on the case.
Come to room 2011 at Makurazaka Hotel
**[04:33] Kotoko**
*Right after the news this morning,*
**[04:35] Kotoko**
* the internet went wild with the*
* story that Steel Lady Nanase*
**[04:39] Kotoko**
*had finally committed a murder.*
**[04:41] Kotoko**
* Even some of the people on*
* TV are saying this death*
**[04:44] Kotoko**
*is connected with Nanase Karin's.*
**[04:45] Kotoko**
*This went national instantly.*
**[04:47] Kotoko**
* The number of posts has*
* multiplied exponentially.*
**[04:58] Kotoko**
*I'm tired.*
**[04:59] Kotoko**
*When was the last time it rained?*
**[05:03] Kotoko**
*The hospital's bench is so comfortable.*
**[05:06] Kotoko**
*It's so quiet, yet so freeing.*
**[05:09] Kotoko**
* I want to fall asleep there as I listen*
* to the sound of the falling rain.*
**[05:14] Kotoko**
* It'd be even better if*
* Kuro-senpai was by my side.*
**[05:19] Kuro**
Iwanaga.
**[05:26] Kuro**
Rest a little.
**[05:29] Kuro**
Here. Keep your blood sugar up.
**[05:34] Kotoko**
It's a bit meh. It's just sweet
enough to make me hungry.
**[05:37] Kuro**
That's what you say after eating
high-quality chocolates?
**[05:41] Kotoko**
Says the person who's staying at the
same hotel as me and got a separate room.
**[05:45] Kotoko**
Aren't you supposed to be my boyfriend?
**[05:47] Kuro**
I wanted you to get actual sleep.
**[05:52] Kotoko**
How about you don't let me sleep?
**[05:54] Kuro**
Going to bed early and waking up
early is the key to good health.
**[05:57] Kotoko**
* Did an immortal just try*
* to talk to me about health?*
**[06:00] Kuro**
What?
**[06:01] Kotoko**
No, it's nothing.
**[06:02] Kuro**
How are things going with the wiki?
**[06:05] Kotoko**
Well, things have definitely taken a
turn since the incident this morning.
**[06:09] Kotoko**
Most of the comments believe that this
is the work of Steel Lady Nanase.
***SIGN*** Terada Tokunosuke
**[06:14] Kotoko**
If you search for the victim's name,
**[06:16] Kotoko**
you can see that he was even
an Olympic candidate in judo.
***SIGN*** Terada Tokunosuke
**[06:19] Kotoko**
Someone like him being beaten to
death with no signs of a struggle
**[06:23] Kotoko**
sounds so unnatural that it's
easy to think it's the work
**[06:26] Kotoko**
of Steel Lady Nanase.
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 17:35 ID.ijhajhar21aj
A victim of the ghost's rage?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 17:36 ID.hjiaeoakag
Get too close and you'll get a steel beam to your face
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 17:36 ID.klmjojng62
Someone finally died
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 17:37 ID.nqmhq
So she only appears in Makurazaka City? Exorcise her already
**[06:28] Kotoko**
There are guesses and rumors
concerning Detective Terada's death,
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 17:37 ID.nqmhq
So she only appears in Makurazaka City? Exorcise her already
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 17:38 ID.h65ulf
Nanase Karin probably didn't like how the police handled her case if a cop was the first to die
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 17:42 ID.dabtanA
Did she have a grudge against them for ruling her death an accident when it wasn't?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 17:45 ID.syy7s
I guess if you run into Steel Lady Nanase, she'll chase you forever
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 17:58 ID.nmsknh
If someone has Nanase Karin's CDs or photobooks, I'd appreciate it
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 17:59 ID.mveggl
Her CDs and photobooks are selling really high on auction sites right now
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 18:00 ID.syy7a
I don't care if she's a ghost. Let me touch Nanase Karin's boobs
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 18:02 ID.nmskrih
I feel like the steel beam would kill me before she even swings it
**[06:31] Kotoko**
as well as people going on
about Nanase Karin's boobs.
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 18:02 ID.mvesdega
Bring it on
**[06:35] Kuro**
Her chest was definitely bouncy.
**[06:39] Kotoko**
You touched them?!
**[06:41] Kotoko**
Did you squeeze them when
you were holding on to her?!
**[06:43] Kuro**
Like I even had a chance to at the time.
**[06:45] Kotoko**
You definitely could have if
you chose a future where you did!
**[06:49] Kotoko**
You had every opportunity!
**[06:51] Kuro**
If I cared about big boobs,
I wouldn't have dated you or Saki-san.
**[06:54] Kotoko**
But you may have longed
for something different...
**[06:56] Kotoko**
Just once in your life,
**[06:58] Kotoko**
you might've wanted to touch
those chosen mounds of fat...
**[07:02] Kotoko**
Can you actually swear to
Amaterasu-sama that you didn't
**[07:05] Kotoko**
have such evil thoughts cross your mind?!
**[07:07] Kuro**
What are you even trying to get at?
**[07:12] Kotoko**
I mean, it's hard to dismiss
Steel Lady Nanase as just a rumor.
**[07:18] Kotoko**
People are now believing
it was a ghost even more.
**[07:21] Kotoko**
We're not just talking about now.
**[07:23] Kotoko**
Ever since the rumors of Steel
Lady Nanase started to spread,
**[07:26] Kotoko**
the idea that this was all
**[07:27] Kotoko**
done by a ghost has broadened
and been widely received.
**[07:31] Kotoko**
The scales are tipping
too far toward one side.
**[07:35] Kotoko**
I'm going to be blunt about this, Senpai.
**[07:37] Kuro**
What?
**[07:38] Kotoko**
Rikka-san is highly involved with this case.
**[07:42] Kotoko**
Actually, she's at its core.
**[07:46] Kuro**
I know...
**[07:48] Kuro**
I can't defend her knowing
that someone has died.
**[08:17] Saki**
Sorry I'm late.
**[08:19] Kuro**
Are you all right, Saki-san?
**[08:20] Saki**
Yes, I'm fine.
**[08:25] Saki**
So there's no doubt
**[08:26] Saki**
that Steel Lady Nanase is responsible
for Terada-san's death?
**[08:29] ---**
Correct.
**[08:30] Kotoko**
An ayakashi who saw the incident
**[08:32] Kotoko**
came to see me this morning,
**[08:34] Kotoko**
and he gave me an eyewitness account.
**[08:36] Saki**
I see.
**[08:38] Saki**
This may be a stupid question,
**[08:40] Saki**
but is Terada-san going to become
a ghost and wander this world?
**[08:43] Kotoko**
It's not as though everyone
who dies becomes a ghost.
**[08:47] Kotoko**
They're better off if they
don't end up wandering.
**[08:51] Saki**
Right. It was a stupid question.
**[08:56] Saki**
Regardless, this most likely isn't good.
**[08:58] Kotoko**
Correct.
**[08:59] Kotoko**
We would've been better off if the
culprit wasn't Steel Lady Nanase.
**[09:04] (Flashback) User 1**
The victim's face was
smashed in? Could it be...
**[09:07] Kotoko**
While people were stirring
over the fact that
**[09:10] Kotoko**
this could've been a murder
by Steel Lady Nanase...
**[09:12] (Flashback) User 1**
Wait, it was just a normal murder?
**[09:16] Kotoko**
If that had spread, this would've
been confirmed as a rumor
**[09:19] Kotoko**
and toned down.
**[09:21] Kotoko**
At the same time, the threat
of Steel Lady Nanase
**[09:23] Kotoko**
would've weakened, and her popularity
would've begun to wane.
**[09:26] Kotoko**
Then we could use Kuro-senpai's ability
to find us a favorable future
**[09:31] Kotoko**
and destroy Steel Lady Nanase.
**[09:35] Kotoko**
When I heard what had happened
to Detective Terada,
**[09:37] Kotoko**
to be honest, I was hoping
things would turn out this way.
**[09:41] Kotoko**
The one behind his death is Steel Lady Nanase.
**[09:44] Kotoko**
If the police are pursuing
this as a murder,
**[09:47] Kotoko**
they'll need to get more
consistent information,
**[09:50] Kotoko**
making things more difficult.
**[09:53] Kotoko**
But the bigger problem is the fact that Steel
Lady Nanase has instantly become more violent.
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 17:45 ID.syy7s
I guess if you run into Steel Lady Nanase, she'll chase you forever
**[09:59] Kotoko**
Since she has now actually
committed a murder,
**[10:01] Kotoko**
the rumored Steel Lady Nanase is now
**[10:03] Kotoko**
something more violent that pursues
her victims until they're dead.
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 17:45 ID.syy7s
I guess if you run into Steel Lady Nanase, she'll chase you forever
**[10:08] Kotoko**
At this rate, there will
be another victim tonight.
**[10:12] Saki**
Huh?!
**[10:13] Kotoko**
Worst-case scenario, it might
not be just one or two.
**[10:16] Kotoko**
There could be multiple victims.
**[10:18] Saki**
No, that can't be...
**[10:20] Kotoko**
This is now being talked about nationally.
**[10:22] Kotoko**
The fantasies are expanding
in an extreme way,
**[10:25] Kotoko**
causing the monster to grow instantly.
**[10:27] Kotoko**
Research teams from TV shows trying to
verify information on Steel Lady Nanase
***SIGN*** 4th
IRL Meeting
***SIGN*** Let's Discuss
Steel Lady Nanase
***SIGN*** Occult
Members Only
**[10:31] Kotoko**
and occult fanatics may
even head into the city.
**[10:36] Kotoko**
If any of those groups happen
to run into Steel Lady Nanase,
**[10:38] Kotoko**
they'll all be slaughtered.
**[10:40] Kuro**
A lot of places have security cameras.
**[10:43] Kuro**
If they capture footage and it
ends up being leaked nationally,
**[10:46] Kuro**
more people will learn
of Steel Lady Nanase,
**[10:48] Kuro**
making her existence even stronger.
**[10:50] Kuro**
Logical fiction may be
rendered futile against her.
**[10:54] Saki**
What can we do, then?
**[10:56] Saki**
If that happens,
**[10:57] Saki**
people will still wish for the
existence of Steel Lady Nanase?
**[11:00] Kotoko**
They probably won't wish for it.
**[11:03] Kotoko**
But at that point, there'll
be too many people who fear
**[11:07] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase as a ghost.
**[11:09] Kotoko**
Despite denying her existence,
**[11:11] Kotoko**
they'll also be praying
that she doesn't hurt them.
**[11:15] Kotoko**
I'm not sure what kind of power
that ghost is about to get.
**[11:19] Saki**
This is messed up...
**[11:21] Saki**
Has truth always been so paper thin
that it can be ripped apart so easily?
**[11:24] Kotoko**
I wouldn't say paper thin, but it's
true that it can be ripped apart.
**[11:29] Kotoko**
And that's exactly why someone
has to protect that truth.
**[11:34] Kotoko**
Tonight will decide everything.
**[11:36] Kotoko**
We have to defeat
Steel Lady Nanase tonight.
**[11:41] Saki**
Tonight will decide everything?
**[11:42] Saki**
But there's no time at all!
**[11:44] Kotoko**
Saki-san,
**[11:46] Kotoko**
I need information.
**[11:48] Kotoko**
In order to fabricate logical fiction
to take Steel Lady Nanase down,
**[11:50] Kotoko**
I will need the truth at all times.
***SIGN*** Preparing to Conquer the Steel Lady
**[12:09] Kotoko**
So there were no traces of drugs or
alcohol in Detective Terada's body.
**[12:14] Saki**
Correct. They didn't find out
anything from his body.
**[12:18] Saki**
Thanks.
**[12:20] Kotoko**
It's just sounding more and
more like Nanase Karin's death.
**[12:24] Kotoko**
I mean, the media isn't saying
anything about drugs or alcohol.
**[12:28] Kotoko**
And on the Internet,
**[12:29] Kotoko**
they seem to be amused by the fact
that he was killed in a normal fashion.
**[12:34] Saki**
Because that seems more
like Steel Lady Nanase?
**[12:37] Kotoko**
Yes. Because they'd have no
way to fight against a ghost.
**[12:40] Kotoko**
They all agree that they'd
just helplessly be killed.
**[12:44] Kotoko**
But if this wasn't the work of a ghost,
**[12:47] Kotoko**
how did they beat Detective
Terada to death without a struggle?
**[12:50] Kotoko**
Having to explain that is
going to be a bit difficult.
**[12:54] Kuro**
But in order to defeat Steel Lady Nanase,
we need a culprit other than her.
**[12:59] Saki**
The fictional culprit can
be more than one person,
**[13:01] Saki**
and they don't have to
commit the same crime.
**[13:04] Saki**
We can also make it seem like the
previous incidents were unrelated, right?
**[13:08] Kotoko**
But then we'd have to explain why
the culprit wanted to make it seem
**[13:13] Kotoko**
like their crimes were
akin to Steel Lady Nanase's.
**[13:18] Kuro**
Detective Terada's death has nothing
to do with Steel Lady Nanase.
**[13:22] Kuro**
It just so happened that
someone who had a grudge
**[13:25] Kuro**
against Detective Terada killed him,
**[13:27] Kuro**
but the way he died just *seemed* like
how Steel Lady Nanase would've killed him.
**[13:31] Kuro**
How about that explanation?
**[13:32] Kuro**
That way, even if they can't
narrow down who might've done it,
**[13:36] Kuro**
if we can give an explanation
that seems similar,
**[13:38] Kuro**
we can distance ourselves
from Steel Lady Nanase.
**[13:40] Kuro**
Then we just need to explain
the motive behind the attack.
**[13:44] Kuro**
That should allow us to give other
explanations as to what happened.
**[13:49] Kotoko**
Going by the law of
"Divide each difficulty
**[13:51] Kotoko**
into as many parts as is feasible
and necessary to resolve it,"
**[13:54] Kotoko**
it seems feasible, but it's likely
impossible to completely cut her off.
**[13:57] Kotoko**
People seek dreams in their stories
and hope that reality is similar.
**[14:02] Kotoko**
The interpretation of an
indicent as coincidental
**[14:05] Kotoko**
is more disappointing than the
interpretation that it was fate.
**[14:09] Saki**
*If this was a real incident,*
**[14:11] Saki**
* and we had the data and*
* deduction skills we need,*
**[14:13] Saki**
*we could've tracked down the truth by now.*
**[14:15] Saki**
*But what she's trying to do is conceal the truth*
**[14:19] Saki**
* and create a truth with a*
* culprit that doesn't even exist.*
**[14:22] Saki**
* We basically want people to believe,*
* "Of course. That's totally possible."*
***SIGN*** Do not cross this bridge
**[14:28] Saki**
* So it's not deduction that*
* people are looking for here.*
**[14:31] Saki**
*They want something else.*
**[14:33] Kotoko**
What to do...
**[14:33] Saki**
*Yes. This isn't about deductions.*
**[14:36] Kotoko**
Then I'll just go down the middle!
**[14:37] Saki**
*Which is it?*
**[14:42] Kotoko**
This isn't good!
**[14:44] Kotoko**
Even if we're able to explain
everything rationally,
**[14:46] Kotoko**
the mere existence of Steel Lady Nanase
**[14:49] Kotoko**
as an explanation for this
case is surprisingly effective.
**[14:53] Kotoko**
Making this explanation simple,
logical, and convincing
**[14:56] Kotoko**
is far more difficult than one would imagine.
**[15:02] Saki**
* Up until yesterday, people were wondering*
* who was behind these random attacks.*
***SIGN*** Culprit
**[15:05] Saki**
*What was their motive?*
**[15:07] Saki**
* If we create fake versions of these*
* two and it gains enough traction,*
**[15:10] Saki**
* we'd be able to make*
* Steel Lady Nanase disappear.*
**[15:13] Saki**
* But now, we have a number of things*
* we're going to have to make up.*
**[15:18] Saki**
* First, why did these*
* countless attempted attacks*
**[15:21] Saki**
* by someone who is supposedly*
* Steel Lady Nanase happen?*
**[15:24] Saki**
* Second, who actually*
* perpetrated these incidents?*
**[15:27] Saki**
* Third, why was Detective Terada killed*
* in a way that made it look like*
**[15:31] Saki**
*Steel Lady Nanase did it?*
**[15:33] Saki**
* Fourth, why was Detective Terada*
* killed with no resistance?*
**[15:36] Saki**
* Fifth, who actually*
* killed Detective Terada?*
**[15:40] Saki**
* But solving this won't be enough.*
* We have to make these lies work for us.*
***SIGN*** Arrest
***SIGN*** Arrest
***SIGN*** Arrest
***SIGN*** Arrest
***SIGN*** Arrest
***SIGN*** Arrest
***SIGN*** Arrest
***SIGN*** Arrest
***SIGN*** Arrest
***SIGN*** Arrest
***SIGN*** Arrest
**[15:46] Saki**
* Without having the person we make*
* into the suspect get arrested.*
***SIGN*** False charges
***SIGN*** False charges
***SIGN*** False charges
***SIGN*** False charges
***SIGN*** False charges
***SIGN*** False charges
***SIGN*** False charges
***SIGN*** False charges
***SIGN*** False charges
***SIGN*** False charges
***SIGN*** False charges
***SIGN*** False charges
***SIGN*** False charges
**[15:49] saki**
* Without greatly harming*
* an actual existing person.*
**[15:53] Saki**
* And we need to make sure that a lot*
* of people agree with this explanation.*
**[15:57] Saki**
*If we can manage all of these things,*
**[15:59] Saki**
* will we be able to make*
* Steel Lady Nanase disappear?*
**[16:02] Saki**
* Even though we have an advantage*
* with Kuro-kun's abilities,*
**[16:06] Saki**
*this is still a very difficult situation.*
**[16:08] Kuro**
Iwanaga.
**[16:10] Kuro**
If one solution isn't enough,
why not stack up several?
**[16:14] Kuro**
It's not like Steel Lady Nanase
was born yesterday.
**[16:18] Kuro**
There must've been trial and error
**[16:20] Kuro**
until she was actually
able to commit the murder.
**[16:22] Kuro**
Rumors were spread, the site was created,
**[16:25] Kuro**
and posts gained attention,
making this popular.
**[16:28] Kuro**
They must've used various methods to
make sure her popularity didn't fade.
**[16:34] Kuro**
Otherwise, a monster of the
imagination shouldn't have
**[16:37] Kuro**
been able to manifest in
such short order in this age.
**[16:43] Kuro**
We're not limited to one solution.
**[16:46] Kuro**
You said so yourself earlier.
**[16:49] Kuro**
Divide each difficulty.
**[16:52] Kuro**
We can take steps to make the reality,
the hundreds of thousands of fantasies,
**[16:56] Kuro**
all closer to the solution
you want to create.
**[16:58] Kuro**
Until then, I'll continue to determine
the future that's going to happen.
**[17:04] Kotoko**
But if that happens, you'll die several times.
**[17:09] Kotoko**
You did say yesterday that
you intended to do that.
**[17:12] Kuro**
I did, didn't I?
**[17:37] Saki**
* She's been breaking down all the*
* information since yesterday,*
**[17:39] Saki**
* trying to figure out how we can use it*
* and what truths we can make into lies.*
**[17:43] Saki**
*What's uncertain? What's certain?*
**[17:47] Saki**
* She must've tried many*
* things over and over.*
**[17:51] Saki**
* Taking the misshapen blocks*
* that exist in reality and*
**[17:54] Saki**
* determining how to create a past*
* that doesn't exist in reality...*
**[17:58] Saki**
* Rather than seeking the truth,*
* creating a ridiculous and ludicrous fiction.*
**[18:06] Saki**
*That's about to be completed.*
**[18:24] kotoko**
Yes, that's sweet.
**[18:27] Kuro**
You got this?
**[18:29] Kotoko**
Yes.
**[18:30] Kotoko**
I've come up with four solutions.
**[18:33] Kotoko**
And now, I'm going to use them
to round out a truth that I want.
**[18:38] Kotoko**
I will defeat Steel Lady Nanase
tonight, no matter what.
**[19:04] Kotoko**
I'm going to sleep for a bit.
**[19:06] Kotoko**
Please wake me up right before 9:00.
**[19:08] Kotoko**
Until then, if there's word of
Steel Lady Nanase appearing,
**[19:13] Kotoko**
at that point...
**[19:23] Kuro**
Let's have some food ready for
Iwanaga when she wakes up.
**[19:27] Kuro**
We should probably eat something, too.
**[19:30] Saki**
Right.
**[19:31] Kuro**
We've ordered the yokai and monsters
**[19:33] Kuro**
around the city to contact us
if they see Steel Lady Nanase.
**[19:37] Kuro**
If we hear anything,
I'll head to the scene
**[19:40] Kuro**
and stop Steel Lady Nanase
from going anywhere else.
**[19:42] Kuro**
I can fight all night if needed
**[19:45] Kuro**
so I can stop Steel Lady Nanase and make
sure there aren't any more victims.
**[19:49] Saki**
What if Steel Lady Nanase escapes?
**[19:51] Kuro**
We'll use our intel to find
her again, and I'll stop her.
**[19:55] Saki**
That seems troublesome.
**[19:56] Kuro**
But it's the best way.
**[19:59] Kuro**
And if we hear from any of them,
I'd like you to help me to the scene.
**[20:04] Kuro**
I've procured a rental car.
**[20:06] Kuro**
I'm sorry to involve you in all
of this, but can I count on you?
**[20:10] Saki**
I also don't want to see any more victims.
**[20:13] Saki**
Besides, I need to get over this already.
**[20:17] Saki**
Has it been a while
**[20:19] Saki**
since you started going out with her?
**[20:21] Kuro**
It's been around two and
a half years since we met.
**[20:25] Saki**
So right after we broke up?
**[20:27] Kuro**
Iwanaga started talking to me in May,
**[20:30] Kuro**
but it's not like we started
dating immediately.
**[20:33] Kuro**
I had no intention of going out with her.
**[20:36] Saki**
It's not like I have any right to complain,
**[20:39] Saki**
but I believe you.
**[20:41] Saki**
I mean, she's the exact opposite of your type.
**[20:45] Kuro**
Yes, you're exactly right.
**[20:48] Saki**
* And yet, you two seem to*
* be doing perfectly fine.*
**[20:53] Saki**
I think it's good.
**[20:54] Saki**
You shouldn't keep chasing
after Rikka-san, anyway.
**[21:02] Kuro**
Why did you bring up Rikka-san's name?
**[21:06] Saki**
Because your type is 100% Rikka-san.
**[21:11] Saki**
*Sakuragawa Rikka.*
**[21:14] Saki**
* Kuro-kun's cousin who's*
* three years older than him.*
**[21:17] Saki**
*I'd heard rumors that she'd passed,*
**[21:19] Saki**
*but while Kuro-kun and I were dating,*
**[21:22] Saki**
* she was a long-term patient*
* at a university hospital.*
***SIGN*** Homei University
**[21:26] (Flashback) Saki**
She's hospitalized for routine tests?
For three years?
**[21:29] (Flashback) Kuro**
Yes, well, a lot happened.
**[21:32] (Flashback) Kuro**
I didn't go that often in high school,
**[21:35] (Flashback) Kuro**
but since the hospital is
close to the university,
**[21:37] (Flashback) Kuro**
I get to go visit her more often now.
**[21:41] (Flashback) Saki**
Then will you introduce
me to her sometime?
**[21:43] (Flashback) Kuro**
Sure, of course.
***SIGN*** Sakuragawa Rikka-sama
**[22:05] Saki**
*She was a beautiful woman*
**[22:08] Saki**
*with pale skin and a frail body.*
***SIGN*** To Be Continued
***SIGN*** Preview
**[23:46] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase is gradually
steeling her existence.
**[23:50] Kotoko**
Who is this Sakuragawa Rikka who's
**[23:53] Kotoko**
controlling the future from the shadows?
**[23:55] Kotoko**
Next time, "She Who Spins Fiction."
# E8 - She Who Spins Fiction
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR0XPG8MY/she-who-spins-fiction)
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**[00:02] Saki**
*The first time I met her, I knew instantly...*
**[00:05] Saki**
*She must've been Kuro-kun's first love.*
**[00:25] (Flashback) Rikka**
She seems nice, Kuro.
**[00:27] (Flashback) Kuro**
This is my girlfriend and my senpai
in college, Yumihara Saki-san.
**[00:32] (Flashback) Saki**
I-It's nice to meet you!
**[00:36] (Flashback) Saki**
Well, I'll be at the café downstairs.
**[00:39] (Flashback) Kuro**
Huh?
**[00:39] (Flashback) Saki**
I'd just be in the way here.
**[00:41] (Flashback) Saki**
I just wanted to say hello.
So you can take your time, okay?
**[00:46] (Flashback) Saki**
If you'll excuse me.
**[00:54] Saki**
*So she's Kuro-kun's...*
**[00:58] Saki**
*But it seemed like she was*
**[01:00] Saki**
*silently...*
**[01:02] Saki**
*silently corrupting those around her.*
**[01:04] Saki**
*That's how she seemed.*
**[01:07] (Flashback) Woman 1**
I heard Sakuragawa-san was taken to
the operating room again yesterday.
**[01:11] (Flashback) Woman 2**
Really? She tried to kill herself again?
**[01:14] (Flashback) Woman 1**
Maybe the rumor that she's tried to
kill herself multiple times is true.
**[01:18] (Flashback) Woman 1**
I heard she doesn't have long to live.
**[01:23] Saki**
She was tying you down.
**[01:28] Saki**
But if going out with Iwanaga-san
will help you break free of that...
**[01:31] Saki**
I think it's a good thing,
despite feeling conflicted.
**[01:39] Kuro**
Saki-san, I do love Rikka-san,
and I might be tied down,
**[01:45] Kuro**
but I do sometimes wish she wasn't around.
**[01:49] Saki**
That she wasn't around?
Didn't Rikka-san pass away?
**[01:54] Kuro**
Rikka-san hasn't passed away.
**[01:57] Kuro**
That's not possible.
**[02:02] Kuro**
Saki-san, Rikka-san is my cousin.
**[02:06] Saki**
*Don't tell me she's also... a Sakuragawa.*
**[03:43] Kotoko**
*I screwed up... I screwed up so bad.*
**[03:47] Kotoko**
* How could I create time for Kuro-senpai*
* and Saki-san to be alone together?!*
**[03:51] Kotoko**
* What in the world happened?*
* Why are things so awkward now?!*
**[03:56] Kuro**
Iwanaga.
**[03:58] Kuro**
This would be a good time
to replenish some nutrients.
**[04:01] Kuro**
It's about time for
Steel Lady Nanase to appear.
**[04:06] Kuro**
If I'm here,
**[04:07] Kuro**
the ayakashi that come to tell you about
Steel Lady Nanase might get scared.
**[04:11] Kuro**
Saki-san, I'll be waiting by the exit.
**[04:14] Saki**
All right. Then I'll be in
the car with Iwanaga-san.
**[04:18] Kotoko**
* Saki-san just had someone*
* close to her get murdered,*
**[04:21] Kotoko**
* and now she and Kuro-san,*
* who's such a kind person...*
**[04:24] Kotoko**
* They are a man and woman who*
* planned to get married at one point.*
**[04:28] Kotoko**
*I was asleep for about an hour and a half.*
**[04:31] Kotoko**
*You could do a lot in an hour and a half...*
**[04:35] Kotoko**
*And I mean a lot!*
**[04:40] Saki**
Iwanaga-san.
**[04:43] Saki**
Have you ever met Rikka-san?
**[04:45] Kotoko**
Yes, I have, but...
**[04:47] Kotoko**
The hospital where Rikka-san was admitted
was also where I was staying.
**[04:52] Saki**
I see. So you know that she also ate
the flesh of a kudan and a mermaid.
**[04:58] Kotoko**
* Senpai mentioned that he*
* hadn't told Saki-san about*
**[05:01] Kotoko**
*Rikka-san's condition...*
**[05:04] Kotoko**
*Is she trying to get me to spill something?*
**[05:06] Kotoko**
*Oh, very well.*
**[05:08] Kotoko**
I do, because Rikka-san was
also feared by the monsters.
**[05:13] Kotoko**
Though she and Kuro-senpai
haven't told me the details,
**[05:17] Kotoko**
she was apparently hospitalized
**[05:18] Kotoko**
long-term so that her body and
abilities could be examined.
**[05:23] Saki**
*Is that what it was?*
**[05:24] Saki**
How is she lately?
**[05:27] Kotoko**
She was living in my mansion
up until a month ago.
**[05:31] Saki**
What?
**[05:32] Kotoko**
She was suddenly discharged
at the beginning of the year.
**[05:35] Saki**
But why would she go to your house?
**[05:38] Kotoko**
As his girlfriend, how could I possibly
let her and Kuro-senpai live together?
**[05:44] Kotoko**
Rikka-san was discharged
due to the appointment of
**[05:48] Kotoko**
a new hospital director and the
resulting change in political climate.
**[05:52] Kotoko**
Because the hospital really didn't
know what to do with her, either.
**[05:56] Kotoko**
I'm sure there were many who
were happy to see her go.
***SIGN*** Sakuragawa Rikka-sama
**[06:00] Kotoko**
And because of that, there were rumors
that Rikka-san didn't have long to live.
**[06:07] (Flashback) Director**
So what do you say? How do you feel
about leaving the hospital soon?
**[06:10] (Flashback) Doctor**
Do you really have to say it like that?
**[06:13] (Flashback) Doctor**
What if she resists?
**[06:15] (Flashback) Director**
Then she'll leave us no choice.
**[06:18] (Flashback) Rikka**
All right. I understand.
**[06:22] (Flashback) Rikka**
Thank you for all you've done for me.
**[06:24] (Flashback) Rikka**
I need to get my things together,
so could you call my cousin Kuro?
**[06:30] (Flashback) Kuro**
Rikka-san.
**[06:32] (Flashback) Kuro**
Given your rather sudden discharge,
do you have a place to stay?
**[06:36] (Flashback) Rikka**
Not yet.
**[06:37] (Flashback) Kuro**
What?
**[06:38] (Flashback) Rikka**
Let me stay at your place for a while.
**[06:43] (Flashback) Kuro**
You can't! My place is really small!
**[06:46] (Flashback) Rikka**
I can't?
**[06:49] (Flashback) Rikka**
I'll do the housework for you.
**[06:52] (Flashback) Kuros**
House... work...?
**[06:55] (Flashback) Rikka**
Welcome home, Kuro.
**[07:00] (Flashback) Rikka**
Your bath is ready.
**[07:03] (Flashback) Rikka**
Goodnight.
**[07:07] (Flashback) Rikka**
Did I say something strange?
**[07:09] (Flashback) Kuro**
No! But, I mean... I only have one bed...
**[07:13] (Flashback) Rikka**
Well, you do live on your own.
**[07:15] (Flashback) Kuro**
Wh-Which is exactly why...
**[07:18] (Flashback) Kuro**
I know! I'll talk to Iwanaga about it.
**[07:21] (Flashback) Kuro**
Iwanaga's parents know a lot of people,
**[07:23] (Flashback) Kuro**
so they might be able to think of something.
**[07:26] (Flashback) Rikka**
You don't have to go through all that.
**[07:28] (Flashback) Rikka**
If I can't stay at your place,
I could always stay in a park...
**[07:30] (Flashback) Kuro**
Iwanaga? There's something
I want to talk to you about.
**[07:34] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Kuro-san! What is it? It's unusual
for you to turn to me for help.
**[07:38] Kuro**
*You see—*
**[07:38] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Wait.
**[07:42] Kotoko**
*Allow me to charge you a consultation fee.*
**[07:45] (Flashback) Kuro**
Really? The Goddess of Wisdom is
going to charge a consultation fee?
**[07:49] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Indeed. Depending on the client,
I'd prefer favors or offerings over cash.
**[07:54] (Flashback) Kotoko**
I won't be asking for much.
**[07:56] (Flashback) Kuro**
But this discussion might involve you, too...
**[07:58] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Kuro-san, where are you right now?
**[08:02] (Flashback) Kotoko**
The special lecture you wanted to attend
at the university is happening right now.
**[08:08] Kotoko**
* Yet you're contacting me and*
* asking me for something.*
**[08:13] Kotoko**
*This is no ordinary matter.*
**[08:14] Hospital broadcast**
*It is now 5:00 PM.*
**[08:15] (Flashback) Kotoko**
And that very familiar recording
I hear over the phone...
**[08:19] (Flashback) Kotoko**
You're at the hospital right now.
**[08:21] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Which means that this has to do
**[08:24] Kotoko**
*with Rikka-san.*
**[08:27] Kotoko**
* So I should be allowed to be*
* a bit forceful about this.*
**[08:32] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Fear not. I wouldn't ask
for anything too difficult.
**[08:38] (Flashback) Kuro**
Let's hear the conditions.
**[08:39] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Let me have the spare key to your apartment.
**[08:43] (Flashback) Kuro**
Don't be ridiculous.
**[08:44] (Flashback) Kotoko**
What's ridiculous about your
girlfriend asking for the spare key
**[08:46] (Flashback) Kotoko**
to your apartment?!
**[08:48] (Flashback) Kotoko**
It's not like I plan to do anything bad.
**[08:51] Kotoko**
* Wouldn't it be lovely to have your*
* girlfriend do your housework*
**[08:54] (Flashback) Kotoko**
and welcome you home?
**[08:57] (Flashback) Kuro**
House... work...?
**[09:00] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Welcome home!
**[09:02] (Flashback) Kotoko**
I didn't cut any corners preparing
your meals or your bed!
**[09:05] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Bathing together! Bathing together!
**[09:08] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Sleeping together! Sleeping together!
**[09:11] (Flashback) Rikka**
Kuro! I found a nice place to stay.
**[09:14] (Flashback) Kuro**
Huh?!
***SIGN*** Steamy
***SIGN*** Napping rooms available!!
***SIGN*** Health Land
***SIGN*** ~The biggest bathhouse in the world~
**[09:16] (Flashback) Rikka**
Here it is.
**[09:19] Kuro**
*Okay. I'll give you my key, so help me out.*
**[09:23] (Flashback) Kotoko**
This makes me so happy.
**[09:25] (Flashback) Kotoko**
At last, I'm your common-law wife!
**[09:27] Kuro**
*Yeah, no.*
**[09:29] Kotoko**
And so I went to pick them up immediately,
**[09:32] Kotoko**
and Rikka-san left the hospital behind.
**[09:37] Kotoko**
So, yes...
**[09:38] Kotoko**
We had plenty of vacant rooms
at my house, so I welcomed her.
**[09:42] Kotoko**
I mean, she was a mysterious
patient who had been
**[09:45] Kotoko**
in the hospital for five years.
**[09:46] Kotoko**
So after she left, rumors spread
that she had passed away.
**[09:50] Saki**
*And those rumors somehow reached me?*
**[09:53] Kotoko**
In reality, she was doing rather well.
**[09:56] Kotoko**
Rikka-san is quite beautiful
and very well-mannered,
**[09:59] Kotoko**
so my aunt welcomed her with open arms.
**[10:02] Saki**
So Rikka-san didn't hate you?
**[10:05] Kotoko**
Why do you just assume she hated me?
**[10:10] Kotoko**
When I first met Rikka-san...
**[10:16] (Flashback) Rikka**
Kuro, I don't think she's
a good match for you.
**[10:25] (Flashback) Kuro**
I completely agree!
**[10:26] (Flashback) Rikka**
Huh?
**[10:26] Saki**
That's cringe-worthy.
**[10:28] Kotoko**
Yes. We all cringed.
**[10:32] Kotoko**
Rikka-san even tried to remedy the situation.
**[10:35] (Flashback) Rikka**
I mean, she's not good for you,
**[10:37] (Flashback) Rikka**
but she might not be the
worst for you, either.
**[10:39] Saki**
You actually made Rikka-san feel bad?
**[10:41] Kotoko**
You bet I did.
**[10:43] Kotoko**
After that, we made up, and occasionally
went out together without Kuro-senpai.
**[10:47] Kotoko**
We would even throw birthday parties
for each other—with cake, of course!
**[10:50] Saki**
Just the two of you?!
**[10:51] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Happy birthday!
**[10:55] (Flashback) Rikka**
Thank you!
**[10:56] (Flashback) Kotoko**
Yay!
**[11:00] Saki**
Then what's she up to now?
**[11:02] Saki**
You said she was at your place
until a month ago, right?
**[11:05] Kotoko**
We don't know where she is right now.
**[11:07] Saki**
Huh?
**[11:08] Kotoko**
A month ago, she told my parents
that she had officially found
**[11:11] Kotoko**
a job and a place to stay, and she left.
**[11:15] Kotoko**
We couldn't contact her on her cell,
**[11:17] Kotoko**
and the new address and workplace
she'd given us were fake.
**[11:20] Saki**
What did Kuro-kun do after he heard that?
**[11:23] Kotoko**
Senpai went berserk and pushed me down...
**[11:26] Kotoko**
Then, as if to vent his
frustrations, he forcefully...
**[11:29] Saki**
Answer the question seriously.
**[11:32] Kotoko**
Nothing, at first. He just said that
Rikka-san probably had something in mind.
**[11:37] Kotoko**
But two weeks later, he started trying
to get a hold of her repeatedly,
**[11:41] Kotoko**
then he sent me a single
message and disappeared.
***SIGN*** Kuro-senpai
***SIGN*** no subject
***SIGN*** Something came up. Don't look for me.
**[11:45] Kotoko**
So, Saki-san, what's bothering you?
**[11:48] Kotoko**
What did you and Senpai talk
about while I was asleep?
**[11:53] Saki**
I guess it didn't take you long to realize that
Rikka-san was behind Steel Lady Nanase.
**[11:58] Saki**
Kuro-kun didn't come here
because you called him.
**[12:02] Saki**
He was looking for Rikka-san.
**[12:05] Kotoko**
* Something must've gotten them*
* to talk about Rikka-san.*
**[12:09] Kotoko**
*Not that I really care that she found out.*
**[12:13] Kotoko**
*So nothing happened between them.*
**[12:16] Kotoko**
*I can relax, then.*
**[12:18] Saki**
Why did you hide it from me?
**[12:21] Kotoko**
Because I didn't have any proof.
**[12:23] Kotoko**
Even when she was at my place,
Rikka-san would mess with the computer,
**[12:28] Kotoko**
but I never actually looked
at what she was doing.
**[12:31] Kotoko**
I never would've thought that she was
**[12:33] Kotoko**
creating a wiki page and bringing
Steel Lady Nanase to life.
**[12:38] Kotoko**
And I didn't really know
about Steel Lady Nanase
**[12:41] Kotoko**
until the monsters came to talk to me.
**[12:44] Kotoko**
I only realized that Rikka-san
was involved when I saw
**[12:47] Kotoko**
the picture on the wiki page I'd
found when doing some research.
**[12:52] Saki**
Picture? You mean the picture
that's on the main page?
**[12:55] Kotoko**
Yes, precisely.
**[12:57] Kotoko**
It was painted in Rikka-san's style.
***SIGN*** She Who Spins Fiction
**[13:13] Kotoko**
I believe it was about a year ago...
**[13:15] Kotoko**
She suddenly became very
serious about painting.
**[13:20] Kotoko**
Looking back on it now,
**[13:22] Kotoko**
I believe Rikka-san intended to create
**[13:24] Kotoko**
a monster of the
imagination even back then.
**[13:27] Kotoko**
In order to consolidate
hundreds of thousands
**[13:29] Kotoko**
of fantasies and give them a shared vision
of a monster, name and shape are key.
**[13:34] Kotoko**
The most effective way would be to
illustrate the story with a picture.
**[13:38] Kotoko**
When shown it, everyone would
have the same image in mind.
**[13:43] Kotoko**
I'm sure Nanase Karin's accident
gave her the perfect material.
**[13:47] Kotoko**
Though only known to some,
she was still an idol in the public eye.
***SIGN*** Nanase Karin's True Form
**[13:51] Kotoko**
She was involved in a dark scandal
and died a very dramatic death.
**[13:54] Kotoko**
Add a ghost to the mix,
**[13:56] Kotoko**
and it has ample opportunity to
evolve into a yokai or urban legend.
**[14:01] Kotoko**
There might've already been rumors
**[14:03] Kotoko**
of the ghost of Nanase Karin
appearing in Makurazaka City,
**[14:07] Kotoko**
but the one who amplified them was Rikka-san.
**[14:12] Kotoko**
I'm assuming the one who gave her
the name "Steel Lady Nanase"
**[14:15] Kotoko**
and made up the accompanying
stories was also Rikka-san.
**[14:20] Kotoko**
Kuro-senpai realized this, too.
**[14:23] Kotoko**
While he was looking for Rikka-san,
**[14:25] Kotoko**
he heard rumors about Steel Lady Nanase
and sensed something.
**[14:29] Kotoko**
And after he saw the picture on
the Steel Lady Nanase wiki page,
**[14:31] Kotoko**
he knew for sure, and so he came here.
**[14:34] Kotoko**
Saki-san,
**[14:35] Kotoko**
you're someone who decided to live
your life seeing only the real world.
**[14:39] Kotoko**
What will you do now that you
know what lies in the shadows?
**[14:42] Kotoko**
Kuro-senpai probably
**[14:44] Kotoko**
didn't tell you because he didn't
want to further involve you in this.
**[14:48] Saki**
I see.
**[14:50] Saki**
Because Rikka-san, who has the
same kudan ability to control
**[14:53] Saki**
the future that Kuro-kun does,
was pulling the strings,
**[14:56] Saki**
Steel Lady Nanase was able
to mature this quickly.
**[14:59] Kotoko**
That's very likely.
**[15:01] Kotoko**
Rikka-san probably died over
and over to get the future where
**[15:04] Kotoko**
people on the Internet wouldn't stop
talking about Steel Lady Nanase,
**[15:07] Kotoko**
and came back to life.
**[15:10] Saki**
But why would she do that?
**[15:12] Saki**
What good comes out of creating a
monster that will kill indiscriminately?
**[15:16] Kotoko**
She has the power to determine the future,
**[15:18] Kotoko**
but it's actually not all that impressive.
**[15:22] Kotoko**
Kuro-senpai says that, too.
**[15:24] Kotoko**
He can only choose a future that's
within the scope of his own talents,
**[15:28] Kotoko**
potential, and effort.
**[15:30] Kotoko**
Meaning he's not that different
from a normal person.
**[15:33] Saki**
But she successfully created a monster.
**[15:36] Kotoko**
She's probably trying to find out
**[15:39] Kotoko**
how far she can go with her
ability to decide the future.
**[15:43] Kotoko**
She stacks possibility upon possibility
**[15:46] Kotoko**
and chosen future upon chosen future.
**[15:50] Kotoko**
If you take a phenomenon that has
a fifty-fifty chance of happening
**[15:52] Kotoko**
and make it happen ten times in a row,
**[15:54] Kotoko**
you get a phenomenon that only has
a 1 in 1,024 chance of happening.
**[15:58] Kotoko**
You can toss a coin and have it come
up heads 10,000 times in a row.
**[16:03] Kotoko**
Normally, Steel Lady Nanase would
have little chance of coming to life,
**[16:06] Kotoko**
but she's one of those possible variations.
**[16:14] Saki**
It's not like you can get
anywhere by creating a monster.
**[16:20] Goblin Cat**
My lady.
**[16:22] Goblin Cat**
That infernal Steel Lady has appeared.
**[16:24] Goblin Cat**
Please come with us.
**[16:27] Kotoko**
It's just a goblin cat.
**[16:28] Kotoko**
There's no reason to be scared.
**[16:31] Kotoko**
It's time to go, Saki-san.
**[16:34] Saki**
Honestly...
**[16:35] Kotoko**
We'll put Rikka-san's goals aside for now
**[16:37] Kotoko**
and concentrate on defeating
Steel Lady Nanase.
**[16:42] Kotoko**
Whatever Rikka-san's goal may be,
it doesn't change anything.
**[16:48] Kotoko**
This world is not uncertain.
**[16:50] Kotoko**
It may be full of yokai,
monsters, spectres, and demons,
**[16:54] Kotoko**
but there is reason that
cannot be overturned.
**[16:59] Kotoko**
And it's my duty to protect that.
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:05
Steel Lady Nanase should appear at any moment
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:07
Any sightings yet?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:07
Any sightings yet?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:07
I wonder if someone else is going to die tonight...
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:07 ID.aiupri
Any sightings yet?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:07 ID.xethk
I wonder if someone else is going to die tonight...
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:08 ID.abyuuc87
I live in Makurazaka City. I want to go to the convenience store, but I'm scared to walk outside
**[17:16] Rikka**
Tonight...
**[17:17] Rikka**
Yes. I need more.
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:07 ID.aiupri
Any sightings yet?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:07 ID.xethk
I wonder if someone else is going to die tonight...
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:08 ID.abyuuc87
I live in Makurazaka City. I want to go to the convenience store, but I'm scared to walk outside
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:07 ID.aiupri
Any sightings yet?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:07 ID.xethk
I wonder if someone else is going to die tonight...
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:08 ID.abyuuc87
I live in Makurazaka City. I want to go to the convenience store, but I'm scared to walk outside
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.ttw34
Steel Lady Nanase appeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:07 ID.xethk
I wonder if someone else is going to die tonight...
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:08 ID.abyuuc87
I live in Makurazaka City. I want to go to the convenience store, but I'm scared to walk outside
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.ttw34
Steel Lady Nanase appeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:07 ID.xethk
I wonder if someone else is going to die tonight...
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:08 ID.abyuuc87
I live in Makurazaka City. I want to go to the convenience store, but I'm scared to walk outside
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.ttw34
Steel Lady Nanase appeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.nhnpla
Where?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:08 ID.abyuuc87
I live in Makurazaka City. I want to go to the convenience store, but I'm scared to walk outside
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.ttw34
Steel Lady Nanase appeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.nhnpla
Where?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:08 ID.abyuuc87
I live in Makurazaka City. I want to go to the convenience store, but I'm scared to walk outside
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.ttw34
Steel Lady Nanase appeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.nhnpla
Where?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.32sfget
Hm? Nanase's here?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.ttw34
Steel Lady Nanase appeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.nhnpla
Where?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.32sfget
Hm? Nanase's here?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.ttw34
Steel Lady Nanase appeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.nhnpla
Where?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.32sfget
Hm? Nanase's here?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zsanrt
She was under the bridge. I was debating if I should get closer or not, and then she disappeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.nhnpla
Where?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.32sfget
Hm? Nanase's here?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zsanrt
She was under the bridge. I was debating if I should get closer or not, and then she disappeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.nhnpla
Where?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.32sfget
Hm? Nanase's here?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zsanrt
She was under the bridge. I was debating if I should get closer or not, and then she disappeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.nhnpla
Where?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.32sfget
Hm? Nanase's here?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zsanrt
She was under the bridge. I was debating if I should get closer or not, and then she disappeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.32sfget
Hm? Nanase's here?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zsanrt
She was under the bridge. I was debating if I should get closer or not, and then she disappeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.32sfget
Hm? Nanase's here?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zsanrt
She was under the bridge. I was debating if I should get closer or not, and then she disappeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.dwd34
Don't blame me if you get killed
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.32sfget
Hm? Nanase's here?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zsanrt
She was under the bridge. I was debating if I should get closer or not, and then she disappeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.32sfget
Hm? Nanase's here?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zsanrt
She was under the bridge. I was debating if I should get closer or not, and then she disappeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.32sfget
Hm? Nanase's here?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zsanrt
She was under the bridge. I was debating if I should get closer or not, and then she disappeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.32sfget
Hm? Nanase's here?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zsanrt
She was under the bridge. I was debating if I should get closer or not, and then she disappeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.ahedly65
Steel Lady Nanase, hurry up and appear
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zsanrt
She was under the bridge. I was debating if I should get closer or not, and then she disappeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zsanrt
She was under the bridge. I was debating if I should get closer or not, and then she disappeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zsanrt
She was under the bridge. I was debating if I should get closer or not, and then she disappeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zsanrt
She was under the bridge. I was debating if I should get closer or not, and then she disappeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zsanrt
She was under the bridge. I was debating if I should get closer or not, and then she disappeared
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.nhr5a
Like hell that's going to happen
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zerog7
Keep saying that and you'll get cursed to death
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:10 ID.odwer
Pretty sure you'll get beat with a steel beam before getting cursed
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:10 ID.tersq
I wonder if I'll end up faceless like that one detective if I get killed
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:10 ID.jduyd
Yup, just like Nanase Karin
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:10 ID.ejhghukuy
Anyone going to upload the footage of when Nanase Karin died?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:10 ID.kecbhu
You really want to see that?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:10 ID.etclq
Now if footage like that existed, that would curse you to death
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:10 ID.fkowag54
Nanase Karin Nanase Karin
**[18:04] Kotoko**
All right, Kuro-senpai.
**[18:05] Kotoko**
I'm counting on you.
**[18:07] Kuro**
I'm counting on you, too, Iwanaga.
**[18:20] Saki**
Here, we won't be bothered by anyone,
**[18:22] Saki**
and he'll probably be able to
fight Steel Lady Nanase all night.
**[18:25] Kotoko**
Just because he can come back to life,
**[18:27] Kotoko**
it's not like I want to watch my boyfriend
get killed over and over all night.
**[18:32] Kotoko**
I've connected to the wiki page.
***SIGN*** F o r u m
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.yj0712q
What the hell? At least catch her
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.dwd34
Don't blame me if you get killed
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.ahedly65
Steel Lady Nanase, hurry up and appear
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.ahedly65
Steel Lady Nanase, hurry up and appear
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.nhr5a
Like hell that's going to happen
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zerog7
Keep saying that and you'll get cursed to death
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:10 ID.odwer
Pretty sure you'll get beat with a steel beam before getting cursed
**[18:36] Kotoko**
The posts that had settled down for a
while are starting to pick up again.
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.nhr5a
Like hell that's going to happen
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:09 ID.zerog7
Keep saying that and you'll get cursed to death
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:10 ID.odwer
Pretty sure you'll get beat with a steel beam before getting cursed
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:10 ID.tersq
I wonder if I'll end up faceless like that one detective if I get killed
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:10 ID.tersq
I wonder if I'll end up faceless like that one detective if I get killed
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:10 ID.jduyd
Yup, just like Nanase Karin
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:10 ID.ejhghukuy
Anyone going to upload the footage of when Nanase Karin died?
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:10 ID.kecbhu
You really want to see that?
**[18:41] Kotoko**
Because of the incident with Detective Terada,
**[18:43] Kotoko**
I'm sure people want more information
and want to say things.
**[18:47] Saki**
If the one managing the site is Rikka-san,
**[18:49] Saki**
couldn't she censor or
even delete your posts?
**[18:54] Kotoko**
Rikka-san wouldn't do that.
**[18:56] Kotoko**
If she censors or deletes any posts
concerning doubts about ghosts,
**[19:00] Kotoko**
that'll give the impression that
**[19:02] Kotoko**
the admin has some kind of
problem with those posts.
**[19:07] Kotoko**
That'll get users to believe that these
posts are being censored or deleted
**[19:10] Kotoko**
because the ghost doesn't actually exist.
**[19:14] Kotoko**
That would be disadvantageous for someone
who wants Steel Lady Nanase to exist.
**[19:21] Kotoko**
So she has no choice but to
leave all the posts alone.
**[19:28] Saki**
I see. You mentioned that you
came up with four solutions.
**[19:33] Saki**
But does it really just come down to numbers?
**[19:35] Kotoko**
Sometimes, numbers are all you need
for lies to break through the truth
**[19:38] Kotoko**
and create a new truth all together.
**[19:42] Kotoko**
What's about to take place on
the Steel Lady Nanase wiki page
**[19:46] Kotoko**
may resemble a committee to discuss
a proposed bill in a parliament,
**[19:50] Kotoko**
board of directors, or board of trustees.
**[19:54] Kotoko**
The matter up for discussion
**[19:55] Kotoko**
is if there really is a ghost
named Steel Lady Nanase or not.
**[20:02] Kotoko**
Rikka-san has already gained majority support,
**[20:05] Kotoko**
and she has plenty of data
and a well-grounded argument
**[20:07] Kotoko**
to support her existence.
**[20:09] Kotoko**
So will I be able to somehow overturn
the majority opinion and win the vote?
**[20:13] Kotoko**
This is where my true skills come in.
**[20:16] Saki**
If she's already won the majority,
**[20:19] Saki**
won't it be near impossible
to reverse the situation?
**[20:21] Kotoko**
Yes.
**[20:22] Kotoko**
If this was a normal parliament
or board of directors,
**[20:24] Kotoko**
those with voting rights
would have formed alliances.
**[20:28] Kotoko**
And there are too many risks in declaring
the opposite opinion at the last minute.
**[20:33] Kotoko**
But the ones who have the voting
rights in this committee
***SIGN*** Anon
**[20:35] Kotoko**
are everyone viewing the site.
***SIGN*** Anon
**[20:38] Kotoko**
Tens of thousands of people who have
almost no relation to each other.
***SIGN*** Nameless
***SIGN*** Anonymous
***SIGN*** Nameless
***SIGN*** Anonymous
**[20:41] Kotoko**
Their opinions are everything.
**[20:43] Saki**
So irresponsible judges who
have no idea they're involved.
**[20:47] Saki**
That's scary in and of itself.
**[20:49] Kotoko**
Correct.
**[20:50] Kotoko**
But if you look at it another way,
**[20:52] Kotoko**
it's because this assembly
bears no responsibility
**[20:55] Kotoko**
that nothing will hold them back.
Not the law, justice, or even the truth.
**[21:00] Kotoko**
Even if the solution is unjust or untrue,
**[21:04] Kotoko**
as long as the majority
of the tens of thousands
**[21:06] Kotoko**
of the site viewers support it, we win.
***SIGN*** Nameless
***SIGN*** Anon
**[21:08] Kotoko**
If we present a plausible story
**[21:11] Kotoko**
that fits with enough of the
facts and is interesting enough,
**[21:14] Kotoko**
the masses will irresponsibly
support it and vote in our favor.
**[21:18] Kotoko**
Which means anything goes
with this committee.
**[21:22] Kotoko**
We can obscure and hide the
real data, call black "white,"
**[21:27] Kotoko**
and present several contradicting answers.
**[21:29] Kotoko**
As long as they seem reasonable at a
glance and are entertaining enough...
**[21:36] Kotoko**
Then we can turn fiction into fact.
**[21:40] Kotoko**
We can actually get away with that here.
**[21:48] Kotoko**
I will stop at nothing to win.
**[21:51] Kotoko**
I will put everything I have into these lies.
**[22:01] Kotoko**
The committee to conquer
Steel Lady Nanase is now in session!
***SIGN*** To Be Continued
***SIGN*** Preview
**[23:46] Kotoko**
Does Steel Lady Nanase actually exist?
**[23:48] Kotoko**
Or is she nothing more than an
urban legend that someone made up?
**[23:52] Kotoko**
A battle of truth and lies is
about to begin over her existence.
**[23:56] Kotoko**
Next time, "The Committee to
Conquer Steel Lady Nanase."
# E9 - The Committee to Conquer Steel Lady Nanase
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRQW1MZ1R/the-committee-to-conquer-steel-lady-nanase)
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**[00:04] Kotoko**
I will stop at nothing to win.
**[00:07] Kotoko**
I will put everything I have into these lies.
**[00:10] Kotoko**
The committee to conquer Steel
Lady Nanase is now in session!
***SIGN*** Does Steel Lady Nanase truly exist?
**[01:53] Kotoko**
Does Steel Lady Nanase truly exist?
**[01:56] Kotoko**
Or is she a fictional being
existing only in rumors,
**[01:59] Kotoko**
who was created by
someone for some reason?
**[02:02] Kotoko**
Isn't she just an urban legend?
***SIGN*** Name: kuebiko 09/04 22:15 ID.Mmimn
Does Steel Lady Nanase truly exist?
Or is she a fictional being existing only in rumors,
who was created by someone for some reason?
Isn't she just an urban legend?
**[02:08] Kotoko**
Saki-san.
**[02:09] Kotoko**
Please let me know if there is any
significant change with Kuro-senpai.
**[02:13] Saki**
All right. For now, he's managing to
defend himself against Steel Lady Nanase
**[02:17] Saki**
without getting killed.
**[02:20] Kotoko**
* Until yesterday, all the talk*
* about Steel Lady Nanase was*
**[02:22] Kotoko**
* "Someone told me they saw her," or*
* "Someone told me they were attacked."*
**[02:28] Kotoko**
*But today, there's been a big change.*
**[02:32] Kotoko**
* There was an incident where*
* a detective named Terada was*
**[02:35] Kotoko**
* killed by someone believed*
* to be Steel Lady Nanase.*
**[02:39] Kotoko**
* The location is Makurazaka City.*
* The time was the middle of the night.*
**[02:42] Kotoko**
*Despite getting his face smashed in,*
**[02:45] Kotoko**
* there were no signs that*
* the detective resisted.*
***SIGN*** Active Duty Detective Found Dead
***SIGN*** The victim, Sergeant Terada Tokunosuke
**[02:48] Kotoko**
* The cause of death that was*
* announced was the blow to his face.*
**[02:52] Kotoko**
* So, yes, unless something*
* like Steel Lady Nanase*
**[02:55] Kotoko**
* had hit him in the face*
* with a steel beam,*
**[02:58] Kotoko**
* it's hard to believe anyone*
* would die like that.*
***SIGN*** Name: kuebiko 09/04 22:16 ID.Mmimn43
The location is Makurazaka City. The time was the middle of the night. Despite getting his face smashed in, there were no signs that the detective resisted. The cause of death that was announced was the blow to his face.
Despite the fact that this detective named Terada was big and had judo training, he was easily killed. So, yes, unless something like Steel Lady Nanase had hit him in the face with a steel beam, it's hard to believe anyone would die like that.
***SIGN*** The location is Makurazaka City. The time was the middle of the night. Despite getting his face smashed in, there were no signs that the detective resisted. The cause of death that was announced was the blow to his face.
Despite the fact that this detective named Terada was big and had judo training, he was easily killed. So yes, unless something like Steel Lady Nanase had hit him in the face with a steel beam, it's hard to believe anyone would die like that.
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:18 Id.mvtg
But that just means Steel Lady Nanase
was responsible for that incident, right?
**[03:11] Kotoko**
*No.*
**[03:12] Kotoko**
*That's what the killer wanted you to believe.*
**[03:18] Kotoko**
* That's exactly why the killer*
* needed Steel Lady Nanase.*
**[03:24] Kotoko**
* In order to murder Detective Terada,*
* the killer created*
**[03:28] Kotoko**
*an urban legend called Steel Lady Nanase.*
**[03:32] Kotoko**
They made up a ghost that has no way
**[03:34] Kotoko**
of actually existing.
**[03:39] Kotoko**
*Now... Let's see how many will latch on.*
**[03:54] Kotoko**
Detective Terada was very good at his job.
**[03:58] Kotoko**
He always kept his eye on
the changes within the city,
**[04:01] Kotoko**
so he sensed when a crime
was going to happen,
**[04:04] Kotoko**
and he wanted to take action
before the incident got out of hand.
**[04:07] Kotoko**
He was an excellent detective.
**[04:09] Kotoko**
That's what the killer
tried to take advantage of.
**[04:13] Kotoko**
There was an urban legend
from Makurazaka City
**[04:15] Kotoko**
going around in a small
community on the Internet.
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Wiki
**[04:17] Kotoko**
By taking advantage of the
monster, Steel Lady Nanase,
**[04:20] Kotoko**
they were able to commit the actual
crimes and attempted crimes
**[04:23] Kotoko**
one after another.
**[04:26] Kotoko**
The killer dressed up the way
Steel Lady Nanase was perceived
**[04:29] Kotoko**
and attacked people night after night.
**[04:32] Kotoko**
They made their steel beam
from either wood or Styrofoam,
**[04:35] Kotoko**
and padded their chest
to attract attention.
**[04:38] Kotoko**
With black paint on part of their face,
**[04:40] Kotoko**
it would probably look smashed
in when seen at night.
**[04:43] Kotoko**
Then there's the large bow in their hair.
**[04:45] Kotoko**
Witnesses wouldn't have
time to confirm it all,
**[04:47] Kotoko**
so they'll think her face had been smashed in.
**[04:51] Saki**
Is that actually believable?
**[04:52] Kotoko**
It may not be.
**[04:54] Kotoko**
This is a lie, after all.
**[04:56] Kotoko**
It just needs to be somewhat believable.
***SIGN*** Name: kuebiko 09/04 22:25 ID.Mmimn4
With black paint on part of their face, it would probably look smashed in when seen at night. Then there's the large bow in their hair. Witnesses wouldn't have time to confirm it all, so they'll think her face had been smashed in.
***SIGN*** Name: kuebiko 09/04 22:25 ID.Mmimn43
And then the killer waited for statements like "I was attacked by Steel Lady Nanase" to spread, not just as a rumor, but in reports taken to the police.
**[05:01] Kotoko**
And then the killer waited for statements like
**[05:04] Kotoko**
"I was attacked by Steel Lady Nanase" to spread,
**[05:06] Kotoko**
not just as a rumor,
but in reports taken to the police.
**[05:09] Kotoko**
But the police didn't immediately
take this seriously.
**[05:12] Kotoko**
And I'm sure many victims had second
thoughts about turning in a police report.
**[05:16] Kotoko**
But if incidents like that start
occurring all over the city,
**[05:20] Kotoko**
wouldn't a good detective think something
was going on and take action?
**[05:23] Terada**
* Maybe someone is acting like*
* a monster from an urban legend*
**[05:27] Terada**
* named Steel Lady Nanase*
* as part of some plot.*
**[05:30] Terada**
* Given all the work they're putting into this,*
* it can't be dismissed as a mere prank.*
**[05:34] Terada**
*They might actually be planning some crime.*
**[05:37] Kotoko**
That thought crossed his mind,
**[05:38] Kotoko**
so he began investigating
the incident on his own.
***SIGN*** Traffic Safety
**[05:41] Kotoko**
This is exactly what the killer wanted.
**[05:44] Kotoko**
If Detective Terada started investigating
Steel Lady Nanase on his own,
**[05:48] Kotoko**
they'd be able to get the detective alone.
**[05:52] Kotoko**
The killer was able to create a time frame
where the detective would be on his own.
***SIGN*** Anonymous
**[05:59] Anon**
*Too long. I don't have time to read this.*
***SIGN*** Anonymous
**[06:01] Anon**
*What are you basing this on?*
***SIGN*** Anon
**[06:03] Anon**
*Steel Lady Nanase is real!*
***SIGN*** Anonymous
***SIGN*** Anon
**[06:05] Anon**
* There's no logical explanation other*
* than that it was really a ghost.*
***SIGN*** Anonymous
***SIGN*** Nameless
**[06:09] Anon**
*Let's hear them out a little longer.*
***SIGN*** Anonymous
**[06:12] Anon**
* I'm sure there are some people*
* here who don't believe in ghosts.*
**[06:17] Kotoko**
And then the killer contacted
Detective Terada.
**[06:24] Terada**
What's up?
**[06:25] Killer**
*Terada-san!*
**[06:26] Killer**
*I was just attacked by Steel Lady Nanase!*
**[06:29] Killer**
*They ran off,*
**[06:31] Killer**
but they dropped their weapon and bow.
**[06:34] Killer**
There are also some footprints left
here, so I'd like you to come.
**[06:37] Killer**
I'm not sure of everything yet,
so I'd prefer if you came alone.
**[06:41] Kotoko**
That's likely all it took
**[06:43] Kotoko**
for Detective Terada to
rush over there on his own.
**[06:47] Kotoko**
And the place he was called to
ended up being the scene of the crime,
**[06:50] Kotoko**
the abandoned gas station.
**[06:53] Saki**
If he was called like that,
**[06:54] Saki**
Terada-san might've really gone to an
abandoned gas station alone, but...
**[06:59] Kotoko**
Before Detective Terada showed up,
**[07:02] Kotoko**
the killer rigged a few things
at the abandoned gas station.
**[07:06] Kotoko**
They hung a huge pendulum from the roof,
**[07:09] Kotoko**
attached a rope to the hook on the roof,
**[07:12] Kotoko**
and tied a weight at the bottom.
**[07:15] Kotoko**
The weight had to be heavy enough
**[07:17] Kotoko**
that it could crack someone's
head open with one swing.
**[07:23] Kotoko**
And it needed to swing at
**[07:25] Kotoko**
Detective Terada's height, which the
killer had researched previously.
**[07:31] Kotoko**
Once they had all that done,
**[07:32] Kotoko**
the killer would keep the rope extended,
**[07:35] Kotoko**
take the end of the pendulum
that had the weight on it,
**[07:37] Kotoko**
and set the weight on the other
hook set up on the roof.
**[07:43] Kotoko**
But this hook could be undone
at any time by remote control.
**[07:50] Kotoko**
Once that hook was undone...
**[07:52] Kotoko**
the weight would come flying
down at incredible speed.
**[07:56] Saki**
This is so much work just to kill one person.
**[08:02] Kotoko**
The killer would have Detective
Terada stand in the spot
**[08:05] Kotoko**
they had previously chosen.
**[08:07] Kotoko**
It's not that difficult.
**[08:09] Kotoko**
The killer was holding something
of interest to Detective Terada.
**[08:14] Kotoko**
If they waited with that in hand
at the abandoned gas station,
**[08:16] Kotoko**
Detective Terada would stop
his car near the killer.
**[08:20] Killer**
Here's the bow that she dropped.
**[08:22] Killer**
And there are still footprints over there.
**[08:26] Killer**
It's a bit dark, so I'll go on ahead
**[08:28] Killer**
and turn on some lights
so that you don't trip.
**[08:30] Killer**
Please wait here.
**[08:32] Terada**
Sure.
**[08:33] Kotoko**
That's probably all it took to get
Detective Terada to stand there.
**[08:38] Kotoko**
At that moment, the killer undid the hook
holding the weight by remote control.
**[08:46] Kotoko**
The weight being held by the
rope would act as a pendulum,
**[08:50] Kotoko**
swing across the dark, abandoned gas station,
**[08:52] Kotoko**
and split open Detective Terada's head
**[08:54] Kotoko**
in a single blow, since he
was standing in its path.
**[08:57] Kotoko**
There were no homes near the scene,
and cars rarely drove by,
**[09:01] Kotoko**
so no one would've spotted
the rigged pendulum easily.
**[09:06] Kotoko**
Detective Terada wouldn't see
the pendulum set up to kill him
**[09:09] Kotoko**
until it was too late.
**[09:13] Saki**
I see... This explains that mystery.
**[09:17] Kotoko**
This is how a strong and outstanding detective
**[09:20] Kotoko**
was killed so easily without a struggle.
**[09:23] Kotoko**
There was no way he could predict that
**[09:25] Kotoko**
he'd suddenly be attacked by a pendulum,
**[09:27] Kotoko**
so he'd defenselessly get
his head cracked open.
**[09:31] Kotoko**
After murdering Detective Terada,
the killer puts the setup away.
**[09:35] Kotoko**
They remove any trace of them ever
being there and then flee the scene.
**[09:39] Kotoko**
All that's left after that is to
burn the costume they used
**[09:43] Kotoko**
as Steel Lady Nanase,
along with the pendulum rig.
**[09:48] Anon**
* But the scene is right*
* next to the expressway.*
***SIGN*** Nameless
**[09:50] Anon**
*There's no telling when a car would pass by.*
**[09:52] Anon**
* Wouldn't that make this whole convoluted*
* setup for a murder kind of risky?*
**[09:57] Kotoko**
The killer had researched
traffic in that area
**[10:00] Kotoko**
and knew that very few cars pass
by during the chosen time period.
**[10:06] Kotoko**
They experimented with the pendulum
**[10:07] Kotoko**
to determine where Detective
Terada should stand
**[10:09] Kotoko**
and researched everything months prior
to ensure this setup would work.
**[10:15] Anon**
* The detective died after*
* being struck in the face.*
***SIGN*** Anon
**[10:19] Anon**
*Even if it was dark and hard to see,*
**[10:21] Anon**
* would the killer really go to the*
* trouble of rigging a pendulum*
**[10:24] Anon**
*that would hit him in the face?*
***SIGN*** Anon
**[10:25] Anon**
* If they were going to set this up,*
* wouldn't they have the detective stand*
***SIGN*** Anonymous
**[10:29] Anon**
* where the weight would*
* strike him from behind?*
**[10:31] Anon**
*If it was coming from the front,*
**[10:33] Anon**
* he might see it and try to dodge*
* or guard his face with his hands.*
***SIGN*** Anon
**[10:40] Kotoko**
Precisely. The killer's pendulum setup
**[10:43] Kotoko**
was originally rigged so that the
weight would strike the detective
**[10:47] Kotoko**
from behind, so he wouldn't see it.
**[10:49] Kotoko**
But Detective Terada noticed that something
seemed to be coming toward him.
**[10:54] Kotoko**
He may have been unarmed,
but he was an outstanding detective.
**[10:57] Kotoko**
He might've sensed the
killer trying to kill him.
**[11:01] Kotoko**
He might have even heard
the hook being released.
**[11:06] Kotoko**
That's why he instinctively
turned that way.
**[11:10] Kotoko**
But the weight was coming at high speed,
**[11:13] Kotoko**
and it was dark. It was too late
for him to dodge or guard his face.
**[11:17] Kotoko**
That's why Detective Terada died by getting
smacked in the face by the weapon.
**[11:23] Saki**
You come up with these things so fast.
***SIGN*** Anon
**[11:26] Anon**
* So was the blow to his face accidental,*
* or was it what the killer wanted?*
**[11:31] Kotoko**
It's hard to be certain
one way or another.
**[11:34] Kotoko**
For the killer to intentionally have
Detective Terada hit in the face,
**[11:37] Kotoko**
after dropping the weight
with the remote,
**[11:38] (Flashback) Killer**
Look!
**[11:40] Kotoko**
they draw his attention
toward something.
**[11:43] Kotoko**
If the killer looked in a certain direction,
**[11:46] Kotoko**
there's a good chance that Detective Terada
would do the same and look that way.
***SIGN*** Anonymous
**[11:50] Anon**
*Wouldn't that method involve some risks?*
**[11:53] Kotoko**
Yes. In this case, there's a possibility
**[11:54] Kotoko**
that Detective Terada's head would move
away from the path of the weight.
**[11:58] Kotoko**
That's one con, but the victim dying
with a blow to the face is a pro.
**[12:03] Kotoko**
It's hard to say which the killer chose.
**[12:07] Kotoko**
What can be said is that the end result
was indeed what the killer wanted.
***SIGN*** Anonymous
**[12:12] Anon**
All right, I understand the trick.
***SIGN*** Anonymous
**[12:15] Anon**
* But you haven't explained*
* one very important thing.*
**[12:17] Anon**
*That's right.*
**[12:18] Anon**
* Why did the killer bother*
* going to all that trouble?*
**[12:22] Anon**
* Not to mention, using the urban*
* legend of Steel Lady Nanase itself*
**[12:26] Anon**
*as a cover for murder is also a hassle.*
**[12:29] Anon**
* Even if the detective was outstanding,*
* they could've tried to poison him.*
**[12:34] Anon**
* Rather than preparing Steel Lady*
* Nanase's costume and a pendulum,*
**[12:37] Anon**
*it's far easier to just obtain poison.*
**[12:40] Saki**
* That's a good point. Why would*
* they bother using that trick?*
**[12:44] Saki**
*This lie isn't very persuasive.*
**[12:47] Kotoko**
The reason the killer
went to so much trouble
**[12:49] Kotoko**
is that if Detective Terada was killed,
**[12:52] Kotoko**
they wanted to distance themselves from
the investigation as much as possible.
**[12:55] Kotoko**
If an able-bodied detective
was killed out in the open
**[12:58] Kotoko**
by being struck in the face,
**[12:59] Kotoko**
the proposed description of the suspect
would probably be very biased.
**[13:04] Kotoko**
If they couldn't figure out the trick,
**[13:05] Kotoko**
they'd suspect a male who had equal or more
physical strength than Detective Terada,
**[13:09] Kotoko**
and who was probably
an acquaintance of his.
**[13:13] Kotoko**
Meaning the killer is the exact
opposite of this description.
**[13:16] Kotoko**
They are weaker than Detective Terada
**[13:18] Kotoko**
and could not hit him with that much force.
**[13:21] Kotoko**
Someone it would seem unnatural for him
**[13:23] Kotoko**
to be alone with in the middle of the night.
**[13:26] Kotoko**
If they had killed him with poison,
**[13:29] Kotoko**
it would seem like an obvious method
for them to use to kill him.
**[13:34] Kotoko**
Which means...
**[13:35] Kotoko**
the killer is a woman!
***SIGN*** The Committee to Conquer Steel Lady Nanase
**[13:48] Kotoko**
If the killer was a woman,
**[13:50] Kotoko**
it would seem unlikely that she'd be
**[13:52] Kotoko**
meeting a man in the middle of
the night in such a secluded area
**[13:54] Kotoko**
unless they were dating.
**[13:57] Kotoko**
It also seems unlikely that
**[13:58] Kotoko**
she'd be strong enough to kill him by smacking
him in the face before he could retaliate.
**[14:03] Kotoko**
Detective Terada was an
acclaimed judo athlete.
**[14:05] Kotoko**
There's no way he'd be
easily killed by a woman.
**[14:08] Cop 1**
Yeah.
**[14:08] Kotoko**
That would allow the killer
to escape the investigation.
**[14:09] Cop 2**
I knew it.
**[14:12] Kotoko**
That's why they created a
ghost like Steel Lady Nanase!
**[14:17] Saki**
* Why did the killer*
* need Steel Lady Nanase,*
**[14:19] Saki**
* and why did they use such a*
* specific way of killing him?*
**[14:22] Saki**
*This should explain that.*
**[14:23] kotoko**
If we can figure out why they used
**[14:25] kotoko**
that setup for the murder and created
the Steel Lady Nanase incidents,
**[14:29] Kotoko**
that will help us narrow
down the possible suspects.
**[14:33] Kotoko**
The killer was able to find out
Detective Terada's height.
**[14:37] Kotoko**
The killer was able to summon
Detective Terada in the
**[14:40] Kotoko**
middle of the night without
it seeming suspicious.
**[14:43] Kotoko**
The killer was able to predict that
Detective Terada would make a move
**[14:46] Kotoko**
if he noticed something
strange going on in the city.
**[14:50] Kotoko**
Our killer is someone who
fits all these descriptions.
**[14:54] Kotoko**
The killer...
**[14:57] Kotoko**
is a female police officer stationed at the
same department as Detective Terada!
**[15:04] Kotoko**
If they work at the same department,
**[15:06] Kotoko**
it'd be easy to find out the victim's height,
**[15:09] Kotoko**
as well as where his head would
be in relation to, say, a door.
**[15:13] Kotoko**
If they worked in the same department,
**[15:15] Kotoko**
they'd know Detective
Terada's reputation, as well.
**[15:17] Kotoko**
If they're a police officer,
**[15:19] Kotoko**
after supposedly being attacked by a suspect,
**[15:20] Kotoko**
they'd know how to properly
preserve evidence,
**[15:22] Kotoko**
and no one would suspect
anything if they contacted
**[15:25] Kotoko**
a detective they could rely on.
**[15:28] Kotoko**
The description of the killer
that comes from all these factors
**[15:31] Kotoko**
can only be a female police officer.
**[15:33] ---**
We'll just have to imagine
her motive, though.
**[15:36] Kotoko**
Perhaps the victim was pursuing
the killer romantically,
**[15:40] Kotoko**
and she was troubled by that.
**[15:42] Kotoko**
If we were to consider the trouble to
set everything up, as well as the fact
**[15:46] Kotoko**
that she went so far as to kill him,
**[15:48] Kotoko**
the motive could have come from
an obsessive web of emotions.
**[15:52] Kotoko**
* That should cover everything*
* for my first claim.*
**[15:55] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase is not a ghost.
**[15:58] Kotoko**
She was created by a female police officer
**[16:00] Kotoko**
who made society believe in her existence
so that she could murder Detective Terada.
**[16:03] Kotoko**
In other words, she is a means to a murder.
**[16:09] Saki**
*Even without naming the killer,*
**[16:11] Saki**
* she was able to convince*
* everyone that the killer*
**[16:13] Saki**
* could exist just by narrowing*
* down the possible suspects.*
**[16:16] Saki**
* By creating such a detailed*
* description of the killer,*
**[16:19] Saki**
* she basically narrowed*
* down who they could be.*
***SIGN*** <855> Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:50 ID.Hkeoppq
That seems like a valid reason
<856> Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:50 ID.Dcvotrz
I mean, if that's the case, that probably was the reason
<857> Name: kuebiko 09/04 22:51 ID.Mmimn43
Steel Lady Nanase is not a ghost
She was created by a female police officer who made society believe in her existence so that she could murder Detective Terada
In other words, she is a means to a murder.
<858> Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:51 Id.nipary
For real?
<859> Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:51 ID.ukojmlw
I'd say it's pretty like that it is a woman
<860> Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:51 ID.utkzn
I totally thought it was a guy since the detective's face was crushed
I guess I overlooked that possibility
**[16:22] Saki**
And just like that, the flow of
the forum completely changed.
**[16:33] Saki**
*Kuro-kun must be working to find a future*
**[16:36] Saki**
* where everyone supports*
* Iwanaga-san's solution.*
**[16:43] Saki**
Wait a minute!
**[16:45] Saki**
That suspect is basically me!
**[16:48] Kotoko**
Oh, so you noticed.
**[16:50] Saki**
Did you think I wouldn't?!
**[16:53] Saki**
A female officer who worked at the same
**[16:54] Saki**
police department, and someone
Terada-san had feelings for...
**[16:57] Saki**
Even the chief could figure
that out in one guess!
**[17:00] Kotoko**
You'll just have to bear with me.
**[17:01] Kotoko**
I can't just frame a random
female police officer.
**[17:05] Kotoko**
Besides, this solution
won't hold for much longer.
**[17:08] Saki**
Huh?
**[17:09] Anon**
*I don't agree.*
**[17:12] Anon**
*I have to question if a lone female killer*
**[17:13] Anon**
* could've set up the pendulum trick*
* by herself on the gas station roof.*
**[17:18] Anon**
* Would it really be safe to make*
* up an urban legend big enough*
**[17:21] Anon**
* to cause trouble in the city and make*
* Detective Terada take action?*
**[17:26] Anon**
* Yeah, I don't see the*
* pendulum thing happening.*
**[17:28] Saki**
Wait, why did the flow change again?
**[17:30] Saki**
I know the solution's not that realistic,
**[17:32] Saki**
but it's odd that they'd change
their minds again so quickly.
**[17:35] Saki**
Didn't the flow just change
because of Kuro-kun's ability?
**[17:41] Saki**
Iwanaga-san,
**[17:43] Saki**
the one who's trying to give Steel Lady
Nanase a form is Rikka-san, right?
**[17:46] Kotoko**
Yes.
**[17:48] Saki**
And she has the same ability as Kuro-kun
**[17:49] Saki**
that allows her to choose the future, right?
**[17:52] Kotoko**
Yes. Just as I explained earlier.
**[17:55] Saki**
That means Rikka-san can also
force the future she wants.
**[18:00] Kotoko**
Yes. And that's exactly why the
tides turned so quickly again.
**[18:05] Kotoko**
The idea that this is all caused
by a ghost is a popular view.
**[18:08] Kotoko**
All she had to do was point out
a few flaws in our solution,
**[18:12] Kotoko**
then die once, and she could easily
shift the flow back in her favor.
**[18:17] Kotoko**
It's very possible that a number
**[18:19] Kotoko**
of the posts are being
written by Rikka-san herself.
**[18:23] Kuro**
Ri...
**[18:33] Kotoko**
This site itself has many people
reading and posting at the same time,
**[18:37] Kotoko**
but the server isn't going down,
and we haven't really run into any trolls.
**[18:43] Kotoko**
That's not exactly normal, is it?
**[18:46] Kotoko**
So Rikka-san is probably choosing
the future with the fewest problems
**[18:51] Kotoko**
and maintaining the site.
**[18:53] Kotoko**
She may not be censoring the posts,
**[18:55] Kotoko**
but she clearly has an advantage.
**[18:59] Saki**
*Rikka-san also surpasses the laws of nature.*
**[19:01] Saki**
* That means the way to solve*
* this hasn't changed at all.*
**[19:04] Saki**
*In fact, because Rikka-san got a head start*
**[19:06] Saki**
* and had everyone believe that a*
* ghost named Steel Lady Nanase exists,*
**[19:09] Saki**
*we're at a disadvantage.*
**[19:11] Kotoko**
This assembly is unique.
**[19:13] Kotoko**
The truth never existed here.
**[19:16] Kotoko**
All that's here is fiction.
**[19:22] Kotoko**
Both Rikka-san and I know that
Steel Lady Nanase didn't exist before.
**[19:27] Kotoko**
But she is still trying to
give that fiction a form.
**[19:31] Kotoko**
Meanwhile, Kuro-senpai and I
are trying to get everyone to
**[19:35] Kotoko**
believe the fiction that
Steel Lady Nanase doesn't exist.
**[19:49] Kotoko**
In other words, this is a
committee of dueling fictions.
**[20:00] Kotoko**
I will win.
**[20:02] Kotoko**
I've only used one solution out
of four that I have so far.
**[20:06] Kotoko**
All I need is for part of the
assembly to believe it.
**[20:09] Saki**
Part of it...
**[20:11] Saki**
*I see.*
**[20:12] Saki**
* The Internet is just a swirling*
* mass of different views and values.*
**[20:15] Saki**
* It's not easy for everyone*
* to believe in a single truth.*
**[20:20] Saki**
* In that case, you need a variety of*
* truths to match the variety of views.*
**[20:27] Saki**
* We couldn't completely turn around*
* everyone's belief in Steel Lady Nanase*
**[20:30] Saki**
*with the pendulum solution,*
**[20:32] Saki**
* but at least a few of them*
* should have some doubt now.*
**[20:36] Saki**
* She's going to repeat this*
* process three more times...*
**[20:41] Saki**
* to try to chip away at*
* Steel Lady Nanase's support.*
**[20:44] Saki**
* Even if she doesn't gain the*
* majority with one theory,*
**[20:46] Saki**
* she just has to make them believe*
* that Rikka-san's proposed bill*
**[20:50] Saki**
*is not worth voting for.*
**[20:53] Saki**
*That's why this strategy has a chance.*
**[20:58] Saki**
*This girl is unbelievable.*
**[20:59] Saki**
* She's using every bit of her knowledge*
* to wield a blade in one hand*
**[21:02] Saki**
*while injecting poison with the other.*
**[21:05] Saki**
* To think that someone*
* who's decided to use lies*
**[21:08] Saki**
*as her weapon could be so diabolical...*
**[21:12] Anon**
*No. Steel Lady Nanase is a real ghost.*
***SIGN*** Nameless
**[21:16] Anon**
*I saw her with my own eyes!*
**[21:17] Anon**
* She appeared in front of*
* my car out of nowhere!*
**[21:20] Anon**
*This happened five days ago.*
**[21:22] Anon**
* She appeared like smoke, went berserk,*
* and started swinging a steel beam at me!*
**[21:38] Anon**
*That was definitely a vengeful spirit.*
***SIGN*** Nameless
**[21:41] Anon**
*I could've been killed like that detective!*
**[21:49] Kotoko**
I'm going to win.
**[22:05] Kotoko**
All right,
**[22:06] Kotoko**
let's commence solution number two!
***SIGN*** To Be Continued
***SIGN*** Preview
**[23:46] Kotoko**
We deploy the second and third solutions
to defeat Steel Lady Nanase.
**[23:50] Kotoko**
However, Sakuragawa Rikka stands in our way.
**[23:53] Kotoko**
Will we be able to vanquish the ghost?
**[23:56] Kotoko**
Next time, "Dueling Fictions."
# E10 - Dueling Fictions
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRDKP501Y/dueling-fictions)
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**[00:01] Kotoko**
I'm going to win.
***SIGN*** Name: kuebiko 09/04 22:50 ID
Steel Lady Nanase isn't made up.
She's a real ghost.
***SIGN*** Name: kuebiko Name: kuebiko 09/04 22:50 ID
Steel Lady Nanase isn't made up.
She's a real ghost.
**[00:11] Saki**
Hey, wait a sec!
**[00:11] Saki**
I thought your whole deal was that
Steel Lady Nanase was *not* a ghost.
**[00:16] Kotoko**
If we can't crush the
unreasonable with reason,
**[00:18] Kotoko**
we'll just have to be
unreasonable, as well.
**[00:20] Kotoko**
We'll use that as our way in and
establish reason from within.
**[00:23] Kotoko**
If we can convince them of a
reason for a ghost to appear,
**[00:26] Kotoko**
we will inevitably find the way
to make that ghost disappear.
**[00:30] Kotoko**
If we take away the reason for it to
appear, a ghost will stop appearing.
**[00:35] Kotoko**
Now, let's begin
**[00:36] Kotoko**
solution number 2!
**[02:08] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase isn't made up.
**[02:11] Kotoko**
She's a real ghost.
**[02:13] Kotoko**
So why did Nanase Karin reappear as
a ghost and start attacking people?
**[02:18] Anon**
*What?*
**[02:19] Anon**
*Wait, we're doing this again?*
**[02:21] Kotoko**
The one who killed Detective
Terada was Steel Lady Nanase.
**[02:28] Kotoko**
The detective who was investigating
Steel Lady Nanase on his own
**[02:32] Kotoko**
had the misfortune of meeting the real one,
**[02:34] Kotoko**
and was bludgeoned to
death with a steel beam.
**[02:37] Kotoko**
The detective didn't believe in ghosts,
**[02:40] Kotoko**
so when he encountered a
real one, he was shocked,
**[02:42] Kotoko**
and that's when he was smacked.
**[02:44] Kotoko**
He probably didn't even have
a chance to fight back.
**[02:46] Kotoko**
The reason the crime scene
looked so incomprehensible
**[02:49] Kotoko**
is because it was the work of a ghost.
**[02:51] Kotoko**
So what was the reason Nanase
Karin appeared as a ghost?
**[02:56] Kotoko**
What were the regrets she
left behind in this world?
***SIGN*** Anonymous
**[02:59] Anon**
*If she died in an unforeseen accident,*
**[03:00] Anon**
* that's probably a good reason*
* for her to come back a ghost.*
**[03:02] Kotoko**
Nanase Karin's death is
considered very close to suicide,
**[03:06] Kotoko**
even though it was accidental.
**[03:08] Kotoko**
That night, Nanase Karin was
so overwhelmed with despair
**[03:11] Kotoko**
that she accepted the fact
that she was about to have
**[03:13] Kotoko**
her face crushed by a falling steel beam.
**[03:14] Kotoko**
You could say that she chose to die.
**[03:18] Kotoko**
So why did she come back as a ghost
just to wander this world again?
**[03:21] Kotoko**
Why is she using a steel beam as a weapon
**[03:24] Kotoko**
after letting one fall on her face?
**[03:26] Kotoko**
If she became a ghost to get back at
the society that drove her to death,
**[03:30] Kotoko**
hasn't she already gotten her revenge?
**[03:34] Kotoko**
Ever since the emergence
of Steel Lady Nanase,
**[03:37] Kotoko**
she's become a star, after all.
**[03:40] Kotoko**
So why did she turn violent and
go as far as killing someone?
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Wiki
***SIGN*** About Steel Lady Nanase
***SIGN*** About Nanase Karin
***SIGN*** Forum
***SIGN*** Relevant Blogs
***SIGN*** Links
***SIGN*** Other Occult Forums
***SIGN*** Her Father's Accidental Death
***SIGN*** Nanase Karin was suspected of killing her father
***SIGN*** Nanase Karin's father died in June after she turned 19
***SIGN*** He fell and hit his head after falling down the stairs of his apartm
**[03:46] Kotoko**
The reason she was chased out
of the spotlight as an idol
**[03:50] Kotoko**
is because she was suspected
of killing her own father.
**[03:54] Kotoko**
At that point, even if she'd returned,
**[03:56] Kotoko**
she'd only instill fear and
receive more criticism.
**[04:00] Kotoko**
Therefore, the reason
Nanase Karin became a ghost
**[04:02] Kotoko**
wasn't her hatred toward society.
**[04:05] Kotoko**
She appeared because she
wanted to tell the world
**[04:07] Kotoko**
about a different problem
and a different truth.
**[04:10] Kotoko**
And because the world just
refused to understand her,
**[04:13] Kotoko**
no matter how much time passed,
**[04:15] Kotoko**
she became violent.
**[04:18] Kotoko**
Just think about it.
**[04:20] Kotoko**
It's not like she'd been cleared
of the suspicion of murder.
**[04:25] Kotoko**
If she had truly killed her father,
**[04:27] Kotoko**
what would she be trying to
tell the world right now?
**[04:33] Kotoko**
She's enraged because she
didn't kill her father.
**[04:36] Kotoko**
That's why she came back as a ghost.
To tell everyone the truth.
***SIGN*** Complaint
**[04:41] Kotoko**
But is that truly everything?
**[04:44] Kotoko**
Isn't her rage longing for something else?
**[04:52] Saki**
This isn't a deduction.
**[04:55] Kotoko**
Correct.
**[04:55] Kotoko**
For the second solution, I am nothing
more than a fiction writer.
**[04:59] Kotoko**
The readers here support
and believe in ghosts.
**[05:03] Kotoko**
I'm going to solve this mystery and
ritualistically make our ghost disappear.
**[05:09] Kotoko**
Let's return to the beginning.
**[05:11] Kotoko**
Why did Nanase Karin, an idol
who only had a cult following,
***SIGN*** Murder Allegations Surface
for a So-So Idol Suspected of Killing Her Own Father?!
***SIGN*** The idol with a flamethrower whose
popularity exploded with her late-night drama!
**[05:15] Kotoko**
face allegations of something as
horrible as killing her father?
***SIGN*** It was thought that her motive was her father's life insurance.
It was rumored that she didn't think very highly of her father, who was
unemployed. We were able to get confirmation from a former employee
at a talent agency.
**[05:20] Kotoko**
Someone had plotted against her
and forged these allegations.
**[05:25] Kotoko**
Nanase Karin fell into a trap.
**[05:28] Kotoko**
That's why she reappeared as a ghost.
**[05:31] Kotoko**
Nanase Karin wants to protest against
**[05:33] Kotoko**
the one who tricked her
and drove her to suicide.
**[05:38] Kotoko**
We have to take what we know and find
out the truth behind the allegations.
**[05:43] Kotoko**
Who was the first one to accuse
her of killing her father?
**[05:48] Kotoko**
*What I'm about to say is a bit risky, but...*
**[05:52] Kotoko**
It's none other than the one who
was killed, Nanase Karin's father.
**[05:59] Kotoko**
Her father felt that she was going to kill him
**[06:01] Kotoko**
and even left that in writing,
***SIGN*** I think Haruko is trying to kill me.
I'm sure that by the time someone reads this,
Haruko will have already killed me. I just know it.
**[06:04] Kotoko**
and that was discovered after his death.
**[06:06] Kotoko**
Could there be anything so convenient?
**[06:09] Kotoko**
If Nanase Karin truly did push
her father down the stairs
**[06:12] Kotoko**
to make it seem like an accident,
**[06:14] Kotoko**
she probably would've been worried about
any handwritten notes or the like
**[06:18] Kotoko**
and disposed of them immediately.
**[06:20] Kotoko**
And it's hard to believe that
she would actually murder him
**[06:26] Kotoko**
while he was telling others
that he was wary of her.
**[06:29] Anon**
*It was said that Nanase Karin managed to*
**[06:31] Anon**
* dodge investigations*
* because she was so smart.*
**[06:34] Anon**
* But she made a lot of*
* mistakes if that's the case.*
**[06:36] Anon**
* Well, when you lay it all out like that,*
* a lot of it seems unthinkable.*
**[06:40] Kotoko**
Correct.
**[06:41] Kotoko**
Nanase Karin didn't kill her father.
**[06:43] Kotoko**
She didn't even feel
any malice toward him.
**[06:45] Kotoko**
So why did her father feel like she did?
**[06:49] Kotoko**
The one who lured Nanase Karin
into a trap was her own father.
**[06:54] Kotoko**
In order to ruin his daughter's success,
**[06:56] Kotoko**
he killed himself in a way
that would appear accidental
**[06:59] Kotoko**
and made it so someone would
find his handwritten thoughts
**[07:02] Kotoko**
about his daughter's malice.
**[07:04] Kotoko**
*You know, this story could actually be true...*
**[07:08] Kotoko**
One can only imagine what
their relationship was like.
**[07:13] Kotoko**
There are reports that he quit working
**[07:14] Kotoko**
because he wanted part of
his daughter's earnings.
**[07:16] (Flashback) Dad**
She's making a fool of me.
**[07:20] (Flashback) Dad**
She's always rubbed her
intelligence in my face.
**[07:25] (Flashback) Friend**
She's your daughter.
**[07:27] (Flashback) Friend**
How can you say such awful things
about a nice girl like her? You're crazy.
**[07:32] Kotoko**
It's probably true that her father
was wary of their relationship.
**[07:36] Kotoko**
He survived on his daughter's flashy job.
**[07:40] Kotoko**
But he also developed a complex because of it.
**[07:44] Kotoko**
He felt like he was suffering,
but no one cared.
**[07:47] Kotoko**
That's what caused him
to resent his daughter.
***SIGN*** Haruko
**[07:50] Kotoko**
If he couldn't achieve the same
amount of success as his daughter,
**[07:53] Kotoko**
he would commit suicide
and drag her down with him.
**[07:56] Kotoko**
That was the purpose of his death.
***SIGN*** I think Haruko is trying to kill me.
I'm sure that by the time someone reads this,
Haruko will have already killed me. I just know it.
**[07:59] Kotoko**
It was his last show of pride.
**[08:01] Kotoko**
And to that end, he left behind a time bomb:
**[08:05] Kotoko**
his handwritten note.
**[08:07] Kotoko**
And just like her father had planned,
Nanase Karin was looked down upon.
**[08:14] (Flashback) Reporter**
Nanase-san,
**[08:16] (Flashback) Reporter**
what did your father
really mean in his note?
**[08:19] (Flashback) Karin**
I don't know anything!
Sorry, I'm in a hurry.
**[08:22] (Flashback) Reporter**
Hey, wait!
**[08:23] (Flashback) Reporter**
I mean, the note that your father
left behind was pretty clear!
**[08:27] (Flashback) Reporter**
He said that you were going to kill him.
**[08:29] (Flashback) Reporter**
Nanase-san!
**[08:32] Kotoko**
That's what drove her into an
accident that was near suicide.
**[08:40] Kotoko**
That's how Nanase Karin died.
**[08:45] Kotoko**
She died, and her soul moved
on to the next world.
**[08:52] Kotoko**
And then, she reunited with
her father, who died before her,
**[08:56] Kotoko**
and heard the truth from his own mouth.
**[09:02] Saki**
"She heard the truth from his
own mouth"?! Oh, come on!
**[09:06] Kotoko**
Well, where else was she
supposed to find out the truth?
**[09:10] Kotoko**
After finding out her own father
maliciously tried to ruin her,
**[09:13] Kotoko**
she became filled with regret,
and her soul could not fully move on.
**[09:19] Kotoko**
That's why she came back to this world
**[09:21] Kotoko**
and is trying to tell people the truth.
**[09:25] Kotoko**
She wanted people to know the tragedy
**[09:28] Kotoko**
that she did not kill her father,
but it was her father who killed her.
**[09:31] Kotoko**
That's why she's a ghost on a rampage.
**[09:33] Kotoko**
Nanase Karin turned evil because
of her father's betrayal.
**[09:38] Kotoko**
She turned into an unsightly monster.
**[09:42] Kotoko**
If we pity her,
**[09:44] Kotoko**
remember how beautiful she once was,
and wish for her soul to move on in peace,
**[09:48] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase will probably
disappear from our nights.
**[09:58] Kotoko**
The ones who can bring her peace are
the ones who believe this story.
**[10:02] Kotoko**
All of you must be the judges!
**[10:04] Kotoko**
Nanase Karin, AKA Nanase Haruko...
**[10:08] Kotoko**
Let us lay her soul to rest with our prayers!
***SIGN*** Anon
**[10:15] Anon**
*Poor Karin-chan!*
***SIGN*** Nameless
**[10:17] Anon**
*That changes Steel Lady Nanase's image.*
***SIGN*** Anonymous
**[10:20] Anon**
* I sorta understand how*
* her dad felt, though.*
**[10:30] Saki**
They're so accepting of this,
despite her talking about the afterlife...
**[10:54] Saki**
Hey, I think she might
actually be getting weaker.
**[10:58] Kotoko**
I'm pretty sure Rikka-san didn't
predict that we would switch over
**[11:01] Kotoko**
from such an orthodox solution to
the complete opposite so quickly.
**[11:06] Kotoko**
I did try to convince people
who want to believe in ghosts
**[11:09] Kotoko**
that there was indeed a ghost.
**[11:12] Kotoko**
That just meant they would
support that even more.
**[11:15] Kotoko**
I think Kuro-senpai had an easier
time choosing that reality, too.
**[11:19] Kotoko**
But this still doesn't ensure our victory.
**[11:22] Anon**
* I mean, I can totally see her own*
* father setting a trap for her,*
**[11:26] Anon**
*but you know...*
**[11:28] Anon**
* Honestly, it just looks like she's*
* wreaking havoc on the world.*
**[11:32] Anon**
*She even killed a detective.*
**[11:40] Kotoko**
Rikka-san has started to
regain control of the flow.
**[11:43] Kotoko**
If Nanase Karin's ghost appeared more
clearly and looked more spiteful,
**[11:48] Kotoko**
we might've been able to conclude
everything with the second solution.
**[11:51] Kotoko**
Regrettably, the name of
Steel Lady Nanase is going to
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase
**[11:54] Kotoko**
be a huge obstacle for us to overcome.
**[11:56] Kotoko**
It's hard to believe that a
ghost who had valid complaints
**[11:59] Kotoko**
or requests would wreak so much havoc.
**[12:03] Kotoko**
But Rikka-san wasn't able
to completely deny my story.
**[12:14] Kotoko**
If we're going to continue choosing a story
**[12:18] Kotoko**
that more people across the Internet
want and are likely to believe,
**[12:22] Kotoko**
Rikka-san will have to accept
at least part of my story,
**[12:25] Kotoko**
since it's been persuasive.
**[12:28] Kotoko**
Besides, everyone looks forward
to the minority with a disadvantage
**[12:32] Kotoko**
completely turning the tables on the
majority with a clear advantage.
**[12:41] Kotoko**
Now, on to...
**[12:43] Kotoko**
our third solution.
***SIGN*** Dueling Fictions
**[12:58] Kotoko**
Let's formulate another hypothesis.
**[13:01] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase is not a spectre.
**[13:03] Kotoko**
She is a fake ghost created
by a living human being,
**[13:07] Kotoko**
and the one who killed Detective
Terada is also human.
**[13:11] Kotoko**
Because Steel Lady Nanase
is not Nanase Karin,
**[13:14] Kotoko**
its appearance and her
death don't match up.
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Investigation Headquarters
**[13:19] Kotoko**
I'd like to revisit Nanase Karin's death.
**[13:24] Kotoko**
There are still some inconsistencies
about her death.
***SIGN*** Nanase Karin
(Haruko)
***SIGN*** Dead
**[13:28] Kotoko**
There are those who say that
didn't sound like a way she'd go.
***SIGN*** Accidental
Death
***SIGN*** An accidental death
that seemed like suicide
**[13:32] Kotoko**
She definitely felt trapped.
**[13:34] Kotoko**
She had lost her hard-earned place
in the entertainment business,
**[13:37] Kotoko**
and a comeback was proving difficult.
**[13:39] Kotoko**
On top of that, she was
accused of killing her father.
**[13:42] Kotoko**
And if those accusations stemmed from
her own father's handwritten notes,
**[13:45] Kotoko**
then her whole life had
basically been shattered.
**[13:50] Kotoko**
The motives for a suicide are all there.
**[13:52] Kotoko**
But her own older sister is expressing
doubts about her suicide.
***SIGN*** Nanase Karin
(Haruko)
***SIGN*** Dead
***SIGN*** Nanase Karin
(Haruko)
***SIGN*** Dead
***SIGN*** Older Sister
***SIGN*** Anon
**[13:58] Anon**
*I heard the interview.*
**[14:00] Anon**
* She said she didn't think that was*
* enough to actually get to her sister,*
**[14:03] Anon**
* and that she wouldn't willfully*
* die such a gruesome death.*
**[14:07] Kotoko**
When a family member commits suicide,
**[14:09] Kotoko**
there are times when the remaining
family members can't readily accept it.
**[14:14] Kotoko**
If part of the reason for that suicide
is another family member,
**[14:17] Kotoko**
they tend to shift the blame to someone
else so they won't be suspected.
**[14:22] Kotoko**
But her sister made statements
to the police and others
**[14:25] Kotoko**
that just made them suspect her more.
***SIGN*** Morgue
**[14:28] Kotoko**
Would she have said all that
just to shift the blame?
**[14:35] Kotoko**
Her sister had doubts
from the very beginning.
**[14:38] Kotoko**
Did Nanase Karin,
AKA Nanase Haruko, truly die?
**[14:43] Kotoko**
Couldn't it have been someone else
that was crushed by the steel beam?
**[14:48] Anon**
*A double?*
**[14:49] Anon**
* A double is a given when you*
* have a corpse without a face.*
**[14:52] Kotoko**
Of course, they took the proper
steps to identify the corpse.
**[14:56] Kotoko**
Her clothes, her blood type,
her fingerprints,
**[14:59] Kotoko**
her physical appearance...
**[15:00] Kotoko**
But how trustworthy is any of that?
**[15:04] Kotoko**
Clothes can be changed.
**[15:06] Kotoko**
It's not like she had ever been
fingerprinted by the police prior.
**[15:10] Kotoko**
You could always switch out
**[15:11] Kotoko**
the personal belongings in her
room with someone else's.
**[15:15] Kotoko**
Her teeth were smashed to
pieces along with her face.
**[15:17] Kotoko**
There are plenty of other people
who have her blood type.
**[15:20] Kotoko**
You can't dismiss the possibility that
she'd been switched with someone else.
**[15:25] Kotoko**
Which means it's theoretically
possible to have a double.
**[15:28] Kotoko**
Despite the fact that
her face was smashed in,
**[15:30] Kotoko**
if the police conclude that a double
wasn't possible, it'd be a success.
***SIGN*** Nameless
**[15:35] Anon**
* But realistically speaking, switching*
* the bodies out would've been impossible.*
**[15:38] Kotoko**
Reality doesn't matter.
***SIGN*** Older Sister
**[15:40] Kotoko**
What's important is that
Nanase Karin's older sister
***SIGN*** Doubt
**[15:43] Kotoko**
actually had suspicions that this
corpse could've been someone else.
***SIGN*** Nanase Karin
(Haruko)
***SIGN*** Older Sister
***SIGN*** Doubt
***SIGN*** Dead
***SIGN*** Accidental Death
***SIGN*** An accidental death
that seemed like suicide
**[15:48] Kotoko**
Her younger sister died in
a very uncharacteristic way.
**[15:52] Kotoko**
Her sassy little sister, who was smart and
on the road to becoming a popular idol.
**[15:56] Kotoko**
There's no way she'd die like that.
**[15:59] Kotoko**
Of course she'd think that way.
**[16:01] Kotoko**
Or rather...
**[16:02] Kotoko**
The more spite you might've had yourself,
**[16:05] Kotoko**
the more likely you are to suspect
someone else doing the same.
**[16:08] Kotoko**
So who was the one who leaked her
father's handwritten note to the media?
**[16:12] Kotoko**
The only probable answer is
Nanase Karin's older sister.
**[16:16] Kotoko**
Was Hatsumi actually fond
of her little sister?
**[16:20] Kotoko**
Surely, she was always unfairly
compared to her glorious little sister.
**[16:26] Kotoko**
The sisters probably
were not on good terms.
**[16:30] Kotoko**
When the allegations came out that
Nanase Karin may have killed her father,
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Investigation Headquarters
**[16:33] Kotoko**
her sister never made any
statements to defend her.
***SIGN*** Older Sister
***SIGN*** Handwritten
note
***SIGN*** Dad
***SIGN*** Publisher
***SIGN*** Doubt
***SIGN*** Dead
***SIGN*** Accidental Death
***SIGN*** An accidental death
that seemed like suicide
***SIGN*** Nanase Karin
(Haruko)
**[16:37] Kotoko**
She didn't even try to criticize the media
**[16:39] Kotoko**
that had driven her sister to suicide.
**[16:41] Kotoko**
Hatsumi sent the media that note to get
**[16:44] Kotoko**
a bit of revenge against her sister.
**[16:47] Kotoko**
But what resulted from her sending the note
probably far exceeded her expectations.
**[16:52] Kotoko**
That's why...
**[16:56] (Flashback) Hatsumi**
There's no way Haruko would die so easily...
**[17:00] (Flashback) Hatsumi**
Isn't it possible she was
killed by someone else?!
**[17:05] Hatsumi**
*Someone else?*
**[17:07] Hatsumi**
*This body must be... someone else's...*
**[17:12] Kotoko**
She wondered if her sister had faked her
death so she could get revenge on her.
**[17:16] Kotoko**
Realistically, switching out the bodies
would've been a difficult feat.
**[17:21] Kotoko**
But it's also not impossible.
**[17:23] Kotoko**
To Hatsumi, it seemed very likely that
her sister would do something like that.
**[17:29] Kotoko**
She seemed to Hatsumi to
be the type that would try
**[17:33] Kotoko**
to get revenge if she found out that
someone had put her through all that.
**[17:36] Hatsumi**
* I'm probably going to be*
* killed like that, too...*
**[17:39] Hatsumi**
*Haruko would totally do that.*
**[17:44] Hatsumi**
*No...*
**[17:45] (Flashback) Hatsumi**
No, no, no!
**[17:47] (Flashback) Hatsumi**
Haruko is alive!
**[17:50] Kotoko**
Those who are presumed dead
**[17:52] Kotoko**
are invincible avengers that
no one would ever expect.
**[17:55] Kotoko**
Hatsumi was in fear.
**[18:09] Kotoko**
She was so terrified of the
shadow of her younger sister,
**[18:12] Kotoko**
who was actually dead,
that it started affecting her daily life.
**[18:15] Kotoko**
So what she needed was a
lie like Steel Lady Nanase.
**[18:19] Anon**
*Huh?*
**[18:21] Anon**
*I don't get it.*
**[18:21] Kotoko**
Let's say there's someone who cares deeply
**[18:24] Kotoko**
for Hatsumi and was trying to help her out.
**[18:26] (Flashback) ? Man**
Haruko-chan died. Hatsumi needs to
accept that, or she's going to break.
**[18:34] (Flashback) ? Man**
This is the only way to help Hatsumi.
**[18:37] (Flashback) ? Man**
I just have to prove that Haruko-chan's dead!
***SIGN*** Me and My Flamethrower
***SIGN*** Fiery Youth! The Girl Who Breathes Fire!
**[18:39] (Flashback) ? Man**
I just need to make Nanase
Karin's ghost appear!
**[18:43] (Flashback) Girl A**
So then, I said...
**[18:45] Kotoko**
He took on Steel Lady Nanase's form
and started attacking people at night
**[18:46] (Flashback) Girl B**
What is that?
**[18:49] Kotoko**
to fake the existence of this ghost,
and tried to spread rumors about it.
***SIGN*** Older Sister
***SIGN*** Wants to help
***SIGN*** Transforms
***SIGN*** Steel
Lady
Nanase
**[18:55] Kotoko**
Most people wouldn't exactly feel at ease
**[18:58] Kotoko**
if the ghost of a family member appeared,
**[19:01] Kotoko**
but in Hatsumi's case,
it was for the better.
**[19:04] Anon**
* So who would be the*
* suspect in that case?*
**[19:07] Anon**
*Hatsumi's boyfriend?*
**[19:08] Kotoko**
The chances of that are low.
**[19:10] Kotoko**
There's no way she wouldn't
have noticed her boyfriend
**[19:13] Kotoko**
doing strange things at night.
**[19:15] Kotoko**
The suspect had time on their hands and
would do anything it took for Hatsumi.
**[19:21] Kotoko**
We can assume it was someone who was
single and had deviant tendencies.
**[19:26] Kotoko**
The suspect created a ghost named
Steel Lady Nanase that never existed,
**[19:30] Kotoko**
all of the sake of Nanase Karin's older sister,
**[19:32] Kotoko**
then killed Detective Terada,
whom he randomly encountered.
**[19:36] Kotoko**
The suspect felt cornered after going
so far as to murder someone for Hatsumi,
**[19:40] Kotoko**
and might've wanted to further their
relationship, going as far as to harm her.
**[19:48] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase isn't a spectre.
**[19:50] Kotoko**
We need to find this degenerate quickly
**[19:54] Kotoko**
and confirm that everyone
involved in this is safe.
**[20:06] Saki**
Are you all right?
**[20:07] Kotoko**
I know how to pace myself.
**[20:10] Saki**
Your third solution was effective.
***SIGN*** <610> Name: kuebiko 09/05 00:03 ID.Mmimn43
Steel Lady Nanase isn't a spectre
<611> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:04 ID.lpiekog
Then they might've already made contact with the sister
<612> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:04 ID.kzyji6
It's almost been a full day since Detective Terada died
<613> Name: kuebiko 09/05 00:05 ID.Mmimn43
We need to find this degenerate quickly and confirm that
everyone involved in this is safe
<614> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:06 ID.kbxuew
A guy might've been strong enough to kill the detective
**[20:12] Saki**
Even if they're just here for laughs,
there are a lot of people supporting it.
***SIGN*** <615> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:06 ID.laswer1
But considering no one realized he was crossdressing, he'd have to be skinny, too. Would he have been able to kill the detective?
<616> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:06 ID.dfh5jyt
That might be why the crossdresser caught his eye
<617> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:08 ID.bbv71rts
I mean, her sister's hot, too, so I can't blame them for falling for her
<618> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:08 ID.qrtv54ud
Couldn't they have used that energy for something else?
<619> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:08 ID.at2iop
There are skinny guys who are super strong, so it's totally possible
***SIGN*** <620> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:08 ID.y4j67xwqyt
So that guy is basically a stalker
<621> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:08 ID.hutyui8k
It'll take a few days to figure out who this guy is, so I'm worried about the sister
<622> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:09 ID.hv7ccw
We should get the sister a bodyguard, stat
<623> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:09 ID.kgqeon
If it's someone close to them and she just doesn't know, she's in real trouble
**[20:25] Kotoko**
If that's the case, Steel Lady Nanase
doesn't seem to be getting much weaker.
***SIGN*** If he's that serious about her, she probably won't be able to run away
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:09 ID.uhjllr01
The suspect needs to be arrested immediately
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:09 ID.6glpoqa
There's a huge hole in that last explanation.
***SIGN*** Anon
**[20:39] Anon (Rikka)**
* You said that the suspect*
* made up Steel Lady Nanase*
**[20:43] Anon (Rikka)**
*in order to calm Hatsumi's heart,*
**[20:46] Anon (Rikka)**
*but that doesn't make sense.*
**[20:48] Anon (Rikka)**
* Hatsumi was afraid her*
* sister would want revenge.*
**[20:51] Anon (Rikka)**
* In order to calm her down, Steel Lady*
* Nanase's persona would have to be milder.*
**[20:57] Anon (Rikka)**
* And yet, if Steel Lady*
* Nanase has a tendency*
**[21:00] Anon (Rikka)**
to swing around a steel
beam and assault people...
**[21:02] Anon (Rikka)**
Even if her living sister didn't
come back to get revenge,
**[21:05] Anon (Rikka)**
wouldn't she think that her sister's
ghost was going to attack her?
**[21:12] Anon (Rikka)**
Not to mention, now that
he's committed a murder,
**[21:14] Anon (Rikka)**
her fear would be at its max.
**[21:16] Anon (Rikka)**
He'd be tearing Hatsumi's psyche apart.
**[21:21] Anon (Rikka)**
Therefore...
**[21:22] Anon (Rikka)**
The suspect's motive doesn't match up.
**[21:27] Anon (Rikka)**
If the motive falls apart,
that means the solution also falls apart.
**[21:44] Anon**
*Totally. That solution doesn't work.*
**[21:47] Anon**
*Really?*
**[21:48] Anon**
* There's no guarantee that the suspect*
* wouldn't do anything contradictory.*
**[21:51] Anon**
*I mean, it's possible,*
**[21:54] Anon**
* but if that solution's possible,*
* that means any other solution is possible, too.*
**[21:56] Anon**
* The suspect's a bit messed up in the head,*
* and they're somewhat extreme, right?*
**[21:57] Anon**
*Maybe they thought about creating this
ghost hoax, but it just backfired?*
**[21:59] Anon**
* Actually, if the suspect just*
* did things that made no sense,*
**[22:01] Anon**
* we wouldn't be able to*
* deduce their actions.*
***SIGN*** To Be Continued
***SIGN*** Preview
**[23:48] Kotoko**
Steel Lady Nanase is not a ghost.
**[23:50] Kotoko**
The fourth solution should make
her very existence disappear.
**[23:55] Kotoko**
Next time, "The Ultimate Fiction."
# E11 - The Ultimate Fiction
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYG5Q015Y/the-ultimate-fiction)
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**[00:08] Kotoko**
Rikka-san is quite skilled.
**[00:10] Kotoko**
She'll present an argument on her own,
literally die for it on her own,
**[00:14] Kotoko**
then come back to life on
her own to retake the flow.
**[00:18] Kotoko**
But I'm not alone.
**[00:21] Kotoko**
Kuro-senpai and I won't
let you have your way.
**[00:26] Saki**
Right. Even if the third solution is rejected,
**[00:30] Saki**
it's not like all of them
have gone in that direction.
**[00:33] Saki**
Some percentage should've switched
over to the side that doesn't believe
**[00:36] Saki**
in the ghost named Steel Lady Nanase.
**[00:38] Kotoko**
And I'm not worried about a small
percentage that may have dissented.
**[00:42] Saki**
Huh?
**[00:43] Kotoko**
I'm sure there are some who've been
satisfied with the explanation thus far,
**[00:47] Kotoko**
but they aren't part of my calculations.
**[00:49] Kotoko**
Rikka-san is thinking the same thing as you
**[00:52] Kotoko**
and deciding her futures by selecting
the ones with the fewest dissenters.
**[00:57] Kotoko**
She's assuming that I'm trying to
chip away at her influence in stages.
**[01:03] Kotoko**
But that's where my trap begins.
**[01:06] Kotoko**
My solutions thus far have included
the previous ones to some extent.
**[01:12] Kotoko**
Detective Terada investigating
Steel Lady Nanase on his own.
**[01:16] Kotoko**
Nanase Karin's father leaving behind
a damning handwritten note.
**[01:21] Kotoko**
Even if they reject the
conclusions of each solution,
**[01:23] Kotoko**
the basic elements themselves
have not been rejected.
**[01:26] Kotoko**
Even though our third
solution was just rejected,
**[01:29] Kotoko**
as well as the portrait
of the killer from it,
**[01:31] Kotoko**
no one has doubted the part where
**[01:33] Kotoko**
I said that Nanase Karin's sister was
the one who gave the media the note.
**[01:37] Kotoko**
Rikka-san will be satisfied
as long as the conclusion of
**[01:40] Kotoko**
"a ghost named Nanase Karin
doesn't exist" isn't believed.
**[01:45] Kotoko**
So there's no reason to destroy
my solutions at their roots.
**[01:50] Kotoko**
She can achieve her goal just
by crushing the conclusions.
**[01:54] Kotoko**
If she tried to start destroying any
other part besides the conclusion,
**[01:57] Kotoko**
she'd stand out more.
**[01:59] Kotoko**
Therefore, Rikka-san is forced
to take the simplest option.
**[02:03] Saki**
B-But then...
**[02:06] Saki**
* Is she saying that what*
* Rikka-san is doing now...*
**[02:08] Saki**
*The futures she has chosen...*
**[02:10] Saki**
*are all part of her plan?*
**[02:13] Kotoko**
All of the preparations have been made.
**[02:15] Kotoko**
All that's left is to unleash the final blow.
**[02:28] Kotoko**
Fiction is born within the fiction
**[02:31] Kotoko**
and inverts itself into truth.
**[02:35] Kotoko**
Then Steel Lady Nanase will disappear.
**[02:43] Kotoko**
Let us move on to the fourth solution!
**[04:29] Kotoko**
Even then, Steel Lady Nanase is fiction!
**[04:33] Kotoko**
The three solutions I've presented thus far
**[04:35] Kotoko**
were just the foundation to
get to the actual truth.
**[04:38] Kotoko**
There is someone behind this.
**[04:39] Kotoko**
The one who created a ghost named Steel
Lady Nanase and killed Detective Terada.
**[04:44] Anon**
*We've been waiting for this!*
***SIGN*** Anonymous
**[04:46] Anon**
*Just give it up.*
***SIGN*** Anon
**[04:47] Anon**
*Jeez, you're persistent.*
***SIGN*** Nameless
**[04:49] Kotoko**
The one behind all this is
none other than Nanase Karin,
**[04:52] Kotoko**
Nanase Haruko herself.
**[04:54] Kotoko**
She's not dead!
**[04:56] Kotoko**
The one who died at the construction site
**[04:59] Kotoko**
was someone else made to look like Karin!
**[05:02] Kotoko**
If you have a faceless corpse, it's a given
**[05:04] Kotoko**
that they've actually been
switched out with someone else.
**[05:07] Kotoko**
The real Nanase Karin is still alive.
**[05:10] Anon**
*But that was debunked earlier.*
**[05:13] Anon**
* Come on. No one believes*
* that TV drama-esque story.*
**[05:17] Anon**
* But if Nanase Karin was alive,*
* there'd be no Steel Lady Nanase.*
**[05:21] Kotoko**
Nanase Karin lost her
family and was all alone.
**[05:26] Karin**
* If I just wait a while,*
* the rumors will settle down.*
**[05:29] Karin**
* I mean, I won't be able*
* to be an idol anymore...*
**[05:32] Karin**
*But I'm still young.*
**[05:34] Karin**
*I still have time to start over.*
**[05:42] Karin**
Excuse me!
**[05:43] Girl A**
Huh?
**[05:43] Karin**
I'm sorry, I know this is sudden.
**[05:46] Karin**
But I was just thinking...
that you look like me.
**[05:52] Kotoko**
And that was when she met her.
**[05:54] Kotoko**
Though their faces were different,
the length of her hair, her physique,
**[05:58] Kotoko**
and their ages were quite similar.
**[06:00] Kotoko**
Let's just call her A-san for now.
**[06:04] Kotoko**
No one knows what A-san's
circumstances were.
**[06:07] Kotoko**
Perhaps she didn't have any friends or family,
or she suffered from a mental illness.
**[06:13] Kotoko**
But unfortunately, Nanase Karin found her.
**[06:18] Karin**
* If I can leave Nanase Karin behind*
* and start over as a new person...*
**[06:22] Kotoko**
That temptation led her to commit a crime.
**[06:26] Karin**
Say...
**[06:27] Karin**
I have a favor to ask.
**[06:30] Kotoko**
Nanase Karin managed to cleverly
coax A-san into her hotel room,
**[06:34] Kotoko**
and had her touch her personal belongings.
**[06:39] Kotoko**
She made sure to get rid of her
own fingerprints around the room,
**[06:42] Kotoko**
ensuring that only A-san's would remain.
**[06:46] Kotoko**
I'm sure A-san had some reason
to want to help Nanase Karin out.
**[06:51] Kotoko**
After being depressed
and considering suicide,
**[06:53] Kotoko**
Nanase Karin coincidentally stopped her,
**[06:55] Kotoko**
making A-san dependent on her.
**[06:59] Kotoko**
One might also think she was
promised financial assistance,
**[07:01] Kotoko**
so she was willing to cooperate.
**[07:04] Girl A**
So I'm going to act as your
decoy and lead the media away.
**[07:09] Girl A**
Do you think it'll actually work?
**[07:12] Girl A**
They might figure it out right away,
and I might not be much help.
**[07:17] Karin**
You'll be fine.
**[07:19] Karin**
See? It's perfect. Don't worry.
**[07:23] Karin**
Look over there. See that construction site?
**[07:25] Karin**
The media won't come over there.
It's the perfect place to meet.
**[07:31] Karin**
Let's meet there tonight.
**[07:35] Kotoko**
If Nanase Karin hadn't met A-san,
**[07:38] Kotoko**
she probably would've let
the rumors run their course,
**[07:41] Kotoko**
and would've been able
to live a happy life.
**[07:43] Kotoko**
But while in the pit of despair,
**[07:46] Kotoko**
she had encountered a chance
to dramatically restart her life.
**[08:16] Kotoko**
A-san's face was crushed beyond
recognition by the steel beams.
**[08:19] Kotoko**
This would make it impossible
to identify her that way.
**[08:22] Kotoko**
And that would explain that mystery.
**[08:27] Kotoko**
Why did Nanase Karin let the steel beams
hit her without any signs of struggle?
**[08:35] Kotoko**
That's because the body wasn't her own.
**[08:38] Kotoko**
It belonged to someone else
**[08:40] Kotoko**
who'd fallen unconscious and
had the steel beams fall on her.
**[08:46] Kotoko**
Nanase Karin finished falsifying
the scene and fled.
***SIGN*** City Hall
**[08:53] Kotoko**
She then used A-san's
identity to begin a new life.
**[08:57] Kotoko**
She was thus freed from her past.
**[08:59] City Hall Employee**
Thank you very much.
Here's your driver's license back.
**[09:06] Kotoko**
She would've had to change
her appearance to make sure
**[09:09] Kotoko**
no one would recognize her,
but that probably wasn't that difficult.
**[09:12] Kotoko**
Someone as gutsy and determined as
her would've been able to do it.
**[09:16] Kotoko**
The body that was found at the
construction site in Makurazaka City
**[09:20] Kotoko**
on January 30th of this year
did not belong to Nanase Karin.
**[09:23] Kotoko**
She used the faceless corpse
trick to fool us all.
**[09:26] Kotoko**
Nanase Karin is alive and well.
**[09:28] Kotoko**
Therefore, there could never be
a ghost like Steel Lady Nanase!
**[09:33] Anon**
*Then what about Steel Lady Nanase?*
**[09:36] Anon**
* That just means Nanase*
* Karin made her up, right?*
**[09:39] Anon**
*Why, though?*
***SIGN*** Anonymous
***SIGN*** Anon
**[09:40] Anon**
* If Nanase Karin's alive,*
* what the heck is Steel Lady Nanase?*
**[09:45] Anon**
* If a ghost appeared, that would mean*
* Nanase Karin was definitely dead.*
***SIGN*** Anon
**[09:49] Anon**
* So it was to make sure people*
* really thought she was dead.*
***SIGN*** Anonymous
**[09:59] Anon**
* But if that's the case, isn't it a bit*
* late for Steel Lady Nanase to show up?*
**[10:03] Anon**
* Wait, when did the rumors*
* of Nanase's ghost start?*
**[10:06] Anon**
*Around June of this year!*
**[10:08] Anon**
* Around February, everyone was still*
* freaking out about Nanase Karin's accident.*
**[10:14] Anon**
* Wouldn't that just be stirring*
* up the hornet's nest?*
**[10:18] Anon**
* There's no way Nanase Karin spread*
* the Steel Lady Nanase rumors.*
**[10:21] Anon**
* There's too great a risk that*
* they'd find out she's alive.*
**[10:26] Saki**
* The site's viewers are now actively*
* trying to solve the mystery.*
***SIGN*** Nameless
**[10:55] Anon**
*Hang on a sec.*
**[10:56] Anon**
* Nanase Karin was living her life*
* just fine until around May...*
**[10:59] Anon**
* But then maybe people started a rumor that*
* there was someone who looked like her.*
**[11:04] Anon**
*That's totally possible.*
***SIGN*** Anonymous
**[11:05] Anon**
* Plastic surgery takes a*
* while and has its limits.*
**[11:09] Anon**
* I get it. And then,*
* Nanase Karin moved away.*
**[11:13] Anon**
* But if she thought the same thing*
* would happen in the future...*
**[11:17] Anon**
* So to make Nanase Karin completely*
* dead in people's minds,*
**[11:20] Anon**
*she created Steel Lady Nanase!*
**[11:24] Saki**
*They're drawing their own conclusions.*
**[11:27] Saki**
* They've taken the three*
* solutions they were offered,*
**[11:30] Saki**
*changed the stories and the people in them,*
**[11:33] Saki**
*and kept certain elements.*
**[11:36] Anon**
*So does that mean Nanase Karin*
**[11:39] Anon**
* dressed up as Steel Lady*
* Nanase and attacked people?*
**[11:42] Anon**
*I'm sure she did a couple times.*
**[11:44] Anon**
*To make the rumor spread faster,*
**[11:45] Anon**
* she wore that dress and bow,*
* and had a steel beam.*
**[11:47] Anon**
*She made her boobs jiggle, too.*
**[11:49] Anon**
* She didn't want anyone to*
* think it was an astral body,*
**[11:51] Anon**
* so she created a character named*
* Steel Lady Nanase that walked around*
**[11:53] Anon**
* with a smashed face and*
* carried a steel beam.*
**[11:56] Saki**
* This logic about why Steel*
* Lady Nanase was needed...*
**[11:59] Saki**
*It's the same as the third solution.*
**[12:01] Saki**
* Picking up pieces from that*
* solution will give you the answer.*
**[12:05] Saki**
*She basically*
**[12:06] Saki**
* showed them how fun it is to logically*
* try to explain an urban legend.*
**[12:11] Saki**
* So this was the real reason why*
* she gave multiple solutions.*
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Wiki
**[12:16] Saki**
*Until now,*
**[12:16] Saki**
*this site had gathered up the imaginations*
***SIGN*** <356> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:15 ID.xzawegoj
Her physique and presence are pretty noticeable, so if someone who knew about idols ran into her, that might've started a rumor.
<357> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:16 ID.9ptreq
I see. And that's why Nanase Karin moved away from there.
But if she thought the same thing would happen in the future...
<358> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:16 aoeigr3
Yeah. So to make Nanase Karin completely dead in people's minds, she created Steel Lady Nanase!
<359> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:16 ID.kfdsew
So does that mean Nanase Karin dressed up as Steel Lady Nanase and attacked people?
<360> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:16 ID.nvmcsd
I'm sure she did a couple times. To make the rumor spread faster, she wore that dress and bow, and had a steel beam. She made her boobs jiggle, too.
<361> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:16 ID.urq5fdr
She didn't want anyone to think it was an astral body, so she created a character named Steel Lady Nanase that walked around with a smashed face and carried a steel beam. She made sure the name left an impression, too.
<362> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:16 ID.moadeg6
She walked around town as a ghost swinging around a steel beam so the rumors would spread faster.
**[12:19] Saki**
* of hundreds of thousands of people*
* to give life to Steel Lady Nanase.*
***SIGN*** <363> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:16 ID.omjiae
With all that manipulation happening, anyone would think that Nanase Karin's grudge caused her to come back as the ghost Steel Lady Nanase.
<364> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:16 ID.ncyrep
The only one who could've prepared everything so quickly out of everyone involved is Nanase Karin.
<365> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:16 ID.sspoa4h
But if you think about it rationally, not doing anything would probably be best.
<366> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:17 ID.monaekr
Nanase Karin's always been pretty perceptive. Maybe she felt something was going to go wrong.
<368> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:17 ID.wwfghs
So does that mean Nanase Karin is behind everything?
<369> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:17 ID.wttvaar
Wait, maybe she wanted to make sure it looked like the crimes couldn't be committed by one person.
<370< Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:17 ID.vziwaj
But she just started her new life. Would she risk it by doing all this?
**[12:24] Saki**
*But that's no longer the case.*
**[12:26] Saki**
*Now, the site's viewers are trying to*
**[12:28] Saki**
* use that imagination to prove that*
* Steel Lady Nanase doesn't exist.*
***SIGN*** The Ultimate Fiction
**[13:11] Saki**
We've won!
**[13:13] Kotoko**
Not yet.
**[13:15] kotoko**
I haven't delivered the final blow yet.
**[13:19] Kotoko**
Rikka-san, I'm not going to let
you grasp the future you desire.
**[13:29] Kotoko**
Because there is an order to
this world that must not be
**[13:32] Kotoko**
infringed upon by anyone.
**[13:35] Kotoko**
Exactly!
**[13:37] Kotoko**
In order to make herself completely
dead in the public's eyes,
**[13:41] Kotoko**
Nanase Karin created Steel Lady Nanase
**[13:43] Kotoko**
and tried to make sure the ghost character
came to people's minds instantly.
***SIGN*** Anon
**[13:48] Kotoko**
And this might've all happened
**[13:50] Kotoko**
because someone pointed out
that she looked like Nanase Karin.
**[13:55] Kotoko**
In order to make sure no one figured out
**[13:59] Kotoko**
the swapping of bodies and
the faceless corpse trick,
**[14:02] Kotoko**
she decided to do something extreme.
**[14:05] Kotoko**
Nanase Karin started to appear
in Makurazaka City every night
**[14:08] Kotoko**
and act out Steel Lady Nanase.
**[14:11] Kotoko**
Since she was playing the
ghost version of herself,
**[14:13] Kotoko**
I'm sure it seemed convincing.
**[14:15] Kotoko**
The rumors spread, and that name
became a huge hit on the Internet.
**[14:19] Kotoko**
And to make sure the
rumor spread effectively,
**[14:22] Kotoko**
she did something specific.
**[14:28] Kotoko**
Yes.
**[14:29] Kotoko**
She created this Steel
Lady Nanase Wiki herself!
**[14:37] Kotoko**
Nanase Karin!
**[14:39] Kotoko**
I know that you created this site,
and that you're the admin!
**[14:43] Anon**
*What?*
***SIGN*** Nameless
***SIGN*** Anon
**[14:44] Anon**
*No way...*
**[14:46] Kotoko**
I'm sure you're reading
my posts as we speak.
**[14:50] Kotoko**
I've been working to expose
you from the very beginning!
**[14:56] Kotoko**
This site spread the rumors about
Steel Lady Nanase at an ungodly rate
**[14:59] Kotoko**
and magnified them.
**[15:01] Kotoko**
The spread of information
was just too convenient.
**[15:04] Kotoko**
But of course it was.
**[15:06] Kotoko**
Because, as the one behind this,
**[15:08] Saki**
you had all the information, managed all
of this, and created Steel Lady Nanase.
**[15:11] Kotoko**
You tried to reject every single
solution that I presented.
***SIGN*** Name: kuebiko 09/05 00:21 ID. ID.Mmimn43
You tried to reject every single solution that I presented.
**[15:16] Kotoko**
All of my solutions were intended
to erase Steel Lady Nanase,
**[15:20] Kotoko**
and having anyone conclude
that the ghost was fake
**[15:23] Kotoko**
would've messed things up for you.
**[15:25] Kotoko**
You're trying to make sure
the rumors spread further,
**[15:28] Kotoko**
so passing on from this life
would not be ideal.
**[15:31] Kotoko**
That's why you tried to
refute everything I said,
**[15:33] Kotoko**
and even tried to moderate my posts.
**[15:35] Saki**
This is such a lie.
**[15:37] Saki**
The one who created the site
and runs it is Rikka-san!
**[15:43] Kotoko**
I'm pretty sure I told you from
the start that I'd be lying.
**[15:47] Anon**
* You made this site so that you could*
* spread rumors about Steel Lady Nanase?!*
**[15:47] Anon**
*Karin-chan! Did you see my post?!*
**[15:48] Anon**
*I just came here for info
about the urban legend,*
**[15:50] Anon**
*I came here at a good time.*
**[15:50] Anon**
*but damn, I could totally
see Karin-chan doing this.*
**[15:53] Saki**
*The truth is irrelevant in this assembly.*
**[15:56] Saki**
* To anyone who believes this lie,*
* this very site that they're looking at*
**[16:00] Saki**
* is the front line of the*
* Steel Lady Nanase case.*
**[16:04] Kotoko**
And now, I will explain why
you killed Detective Terada.
**[16:08] Anon**
*Hell yeah!*
**[16:09] Anon**
*Lay it all out there!*
**[16:10] Anon**
*Is she really alive?*
**[16:10] Anon**
*I don't want to believe that she's a murderer.*
**[16:11] Anon**
*The real problem is killing the detective.*
**[16:12] Anon**
*Is Nanase Karin going to be arrested?*
**[16:12] Anon**
*What's going to happen?*
**[16:14] Kotoko**
Last night, you were in Makurazaka City.
**[16:18] Kotoko**
To further spread rumors
about Steel Lady Nanase,
**[16:20] Kotoko**
you were going to check out the next
location you planned to cause a scene at.
**[16:26] Kotoko**
The detective who believed
Steel Lady Nanase was human saw you
**[16:30] Kotoko**
and thought you were suspicious.
**[16:33] Kotoko**
You were probably dressed normally,
but the detective didn't overlook
**[16:39] Kotoko**
the fact that your boobs were huge.
**[16:41] Kotoko**
Those boobs that reminded
him of Steel Lady Nanase
**[16:45] Kotoko**
made his detective's intuition go to work.
**[16:49] Saki**
I heard that Terada-san
wasn't a fan of big breasts.
**[16:53] Kotoko**
The same could be said for Kuro-senpai.
**[16:55] Kotoko**
Considering my petite frame...
**[16:57] Saki**
Kuro-kun doesn't actually judge women
based on their chest size or appearance.
**[17:19] Saki**
Could you hurry up with the rest?
**[17:21] Terada**
Lately, there've been sightings of a
suspicious person around Makurazaka City.
**[17:25] Terada**
I'd like you to answer a few questions.
**[17:28] Terada**
What are you doing here?
**[17:30] Karin**
Um... I'm heading to the convenience
store to buy a few things.
**[17:34] Karin**
I got a little hungry.
**[17:37] Kotoko**
This was the last thing
you expected to hear.
**[17:40] Terada**
*Have I seen her before?*
**[17:41] Terada**
*No, I've seen her many times. That face...*
**[17:49] Terada**
Nanase...
**[17:52] Terada**
Nanase Karin...
**[18:03] Kotoko**
A person who was supposed to be
dead was standing before him,
**[18:06] Kotoko**
leaving the usually capable detective
panicked and defenseless.
**[18:09] Kotoko**
You saw your chance, and you took it.
**[18:23] Kotoko**
After rendering Detective Terada unconscious,
**[18:26] Kotoko**
you decided to make it look like
Steel Lady Nanase was behind this.
**[18:31] Kotoko**
If there was no sign that the
capable detective fought back
**[18:34] Kotoko**
and his face was smashed in,
**[18:36] Kotoko**
it'd be hard for people to believe that
a woman like you committed the crime.
**[18:57] Kotoko**
And then you got rid of any
trace of you having been there
**[19:01] Kotoko**
and fled the scene.
**[19:09] Kotoko**
This is the extent of your crimes.
**[19:15] Kotoko**
If you choose to refute this,
as well, please, be my guest.
**[19:18] Kotoko**
But if you can, I'd like you to prove
that you are not Nanase Karin.
**[19:30] Kotoko**
I'll say it again...
**[19:32] Kotoko**
Nanase Karin, you are the killer!
**[19:42] Saki**
This is... such a terrible lie!
**[19:45] Anon**
*Who's this poster?*
***SIGN*** <539> Name: kuebiko 09/05 00:25
I'll say it again. Nanase Karin, you are the killer!
**[19:47] Anon**
* At first, I thought they were just*
* coming up with theories for fun, but...*
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:25
Nanase Karin's alive!?
**[19:48] Anon**
*Nanase Karin's alive?*
***SIGN*** <612>Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:28 ID.nbccdse
If it's true, that'd be shocking!
<613> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:28 ID.byfdse
Nanase Karin's alive?!
<614> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:28 ID.plmnyew
Wait, Karin-chan's alive!?
<615> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:28 ID.kpqojig
Nanase Karin made this site?
<616> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:28 ID.udepwk
What a sudden turn of events! So Nanase Karin's alive?
**[19:49] Anon**
*Is Nanase Karin really the
admin and the killer?*
**[19:50] Anon**
*So Steel Lady Nanase's fake?*
**[19:50] Anon**
*I wonder if Nanase Karin's going
to get arrested if she's alive.*
**[19:51] Anon**
*Maybe they're involved
in the case.*
**[19:52] Anon**
*Admin! If you're reading
this, show yourself!*
***SIGN*** Name: Anonymous 09:05 00:28
Admin! If you're reading this, show yourself!
**[19:52] Anon**
*There hasn't been a
post about a sighting.*
***SIGN*** 09/05 00:29 ID.nreooq
Come to think of it, there have been some suspicious posts.
<624> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:30 ID.po9sien
So Steel Lady Nanase's made up?
<625> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:30 ID.6rsaomgu
Who's this poster? At first, I thought they were
just coming up with theories for fun, but...
**[19:54] Anon**
*So the killer really is Nanase Karin?*
**[19:54] Anon**
*I still don't believe it!*
**[19:54] Anon**
*If they're a ghost they'll
probably appear again.*
***SIGN*** 59> Name: Anonymous 09/05 00:36 ID.y
I still don't believe it!
There's no way she could've actually switched places with someone!
**[19:55] Anon**
*No idea. How the hell are
we supposed to know?*
**[19:55] Anon**
*There's no way she could've actually
switched places with someone!*
**[19:55] Anon**
*There were so many sightings up
until yesterday. Isn't this weird?*
**[19:55] Anon**
*But if it is true, we just
witnessed something insane!*
**[19:56] Anon**
*Did we just witness a
case getting solved?*
**[19:57] Anon**
*So is it true or a lie?*
**[19:58] Anon**
*Oh, yeah. Did anyone actually
see Steel Lady Nanase today?*
**[20:02] Saki**
*She pulled them all in.*
**[20:03] Saki**
*This website is part of the killer's plot.*
**[20:06] Saki**
* And the reason the first three solutions*
* were rejected was also because of them.*
***SIGN*** I'll say it again. Nanase Karin, you are the killer!
**[20:11] Saki**
* She just managed to*
* destroy Steel Lady Nanase*
**[20:14] Saki**
* by simply saying that*
* Nanase Karin's alive.*
**[20:17] Saki**
I can't believe you came up with all this!
**[20:21] Saki**
But what if the actual admin
of the site, Rikka-san,
**[20:24] Saki**
just says she's not Nanase Karin?
**[20:28] Kotoko**
And who would believe that?
**[20:30] Kotoko**
The masses now believe that
Nanase Karin is the admin
**[20:33] Kotoko**
and love that idea so much
that they're running with it.
**[20:36] Kotoko**
Whether she decides to
admit to that or not,
**[20:38] Kotoko**
this wave of thought
isn't going to change.
**[20:41] Saki**
* Iwanaga-san used the first three*
* solutions to feed them basic elements*
**[20:45] Saki**
* that would make them believe*
* her ultimate solution.*
**[20:50] Saki**
* She couldn't have done it had the future*
* not been predetermined excessively.*
**[20:55] Saki**
* Through his repeated deaths, he chose*
* future after future to destroy the monster.*
**[21:05] Kotoko**
Kuro-senpai has decided the future.
**[21:10] Kotoko**
Rikka-san won't be able to reach
any options to change this future.
**[21:16] Kotoko**
She won't be able to control Steel
Lady Nanase with that site anymore.
**[21:25] Kotoko**
Now, ladies and gentlemen
of the committee...
**[21:29] Kotoko**
It is time for the voting to begin.
**[21:31] Kotoko**
Does a ghost named Steel Lady
Nanase exist or doesn't she?
**[21:37] Kotoko**
You don't need to do anything special.
**[21:39] Kotoko**
Your votes will be cast automatically,
no matter what you choose.
**[21:43] Kotoko**
I just need you to freely make
your wish in your own mind,
**[21:47] Kotoko**
based on your own conscience.
**[21:52] Kotoko**
There are true spectres in this world,
**[21:53] Kotoko**
but there are also many false ones.
**[21:57] Kotoko**
Fiction reverts to fiction.
**[22:01] Kotoko**
The monster born from lies
**[22:03] Kotoko**
shall be destroyed by lies, as well.
***SIGN*** To Be Continued
***SIGN*** Preview
**[23:47] Kotoko**
Yokai, ayakashi, spectres, demons,
**[23:51] Kotoko**
mononoke, and ghosts...
**[23:53] Kotoko**
There is order to everything.
**[23:55] Kotoko**
Next time, "She Who Defends Order."
# E12 - She Who Defends Order
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY8DE324Y/she-who-defends-order)
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**[00:34] Kotoko**
In the end, the majority decided
that Steel Lady Nanase was fiction.
**[00:40] Kotoko**
Sakuragawa Rikka's schemes
have been rejected.
**[02:22] Kotoko**
Well, well...
**[02:24] Kotoko**
We've received an email.
It's from Rikka-san.
**[02:27] Saki**
Huh?!
**[02:28] Kotoko**
This is Kuro-senpai's laptop, so I'm
sure she knew his email address.
***SIGN*** Rikka
***SIGN*** Sakuragawa Kuro
***SIGN*** Subject No Subject
***SIGN*** Kuro, Kotoko-san,
You win this time.
See you again.
**[02:34] Saki**
So she knew that it was you two
who were getting in her way.
**[02:38] Saki**
*I guess that makes sense.*
**[02:39] Saki**
* The only one who could get in the way*
* of her ability to determine the future*
**[02:42] Saki**
*is Kuro-kun, who has the same ability.*
**[02:44] Saki**
* And she's the only one who'd*
* do something like this.*
**[02:47] Kotoko**
Honestly, Rikka-san. I've asked you so many
times not to call me by my first name.
**[02:53] Saki**
Do you not like "Kotoko"?
**[02:56] Kotoko**
It's hard for me to say myself, and I
think others have a hard time, as well.
**[03:01] Kotoko**
And because of that, it doesn't
feel right when people say it.
**[03:05] Kotoko**
That's why I have Kuro-senpai
call me by my surname.
**[03:08] Saki**
Oh, so that's why he calls you by your
surname even though you're going out.
**[03:12] Kotoko**
Did you doubt that we were actually dating?
**[03:17] Saki**
I told you that from the start.
**[03:19] Saki**
More importantly,
Rikka-san said "this time."
**[03:23] Kotoko**
I'm sure she intends to make another
monster of the imagination.
**[03:27] Kotoko**
This isn't enough to dissuade her, either.
**[03:31] Saki**
Why is Rikka-san doing this?
**[03:33] Kotoko**
People's imaginations hold an
endless amount of potential.
**[03:38] Kotoko**
They can create yokai, ghosts, and demons.
**[03:41] Kotoko**
We give life to monsters
without even realizing it.
**[03:46] Kotoko**
And if that's true, then anything is possible.
**[03:49] Kotoko**
You might even be able to create a god.
**[03:53] Saki**
B-But that's...
**[03:57] Saki**
That's not an answer at all.
**[03:59] Saki**
What's the point in creating a god?
**[04:14] Kotoko**
Good work out there!
**[04:15] Kotoko**
After dying and coming back to life so
many times, I'm sure you're out of energy.
**[04:19] Kotoko**
You must replenish your
nutrients at once. Eat this.
**[04:23] Kuro**
You're the one who needs nourishment.
**[04:27] Kuro**
You created so many
possibilities and futures,
**[04:32] Kuro**
and had me grasp them.
I know how much energy that takes.
**[04:35] Kotoko**
Now, don't be like that. Just eat.
**[04:38] Kotoko**
I'm sure it'll put Saki-san at ease, too,
if she sees you eating like a human.
**[04:44] Kotoko**
I only ask that I get to partake
of your banana later, Kuro-senpai.
**[04:49] Kuro**
Please... I'm begging you...
**[04:53] Kuro**
Don't make vulgar jokes like
that at a time like this.
**[04:56] Bakeneko**
Oh, blessed day!
That accursed Steel Lady is gone!
**[05:16] Yokai**
Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!
**[05:22] Yokai**
Hooray for our lady!
**[05:43] Kuro**
Let's hurry back home.
**[05:45] Kotoko**
Aw...
**[05:47] Kotoko**
Why not let me enjoy the
praise a little longer?
**[05:54] Kuro**
It looks like Saki-san's about to pass out.
**[06:00] Kuro**
I'm sorry, Saki-san.
**[06:03] Kuro**
If I'd tried to stop Rikka-san earlier,
**[06:05] Kuro**
we might've been able to deal with
this before Terada-san was killed.
**[06:10] Saki**
I'm sure neither of you could have
**[06:12] Saki**
predicted that something
like this would happen.
**[06:15] Saki**
So it was out of all of our hands.
**[06:20] Saki**
Your ability to determine the future
**[06:22] Saki**
isn't exactly powerful enough
to save everyone.
**[06:30] Saki**
*There are very few people who believe in*
**[06:32] Saki**
* and speak of the spectre*
* Steel Lady Nanase anymore.*
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Wiki Site
**[06:36] Saki**
*People's interest transferred over to*
**[06:38] Saki**
* solving the mystery and finding out*
* if Nanase Karin was actually alive.*
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Wiki Site
***SIGN*** Who Is Steel Lady Nanase? – kikipedia
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Urban Legends
***SIGN*** Page not found
**[06:43] Saki**
* Since Rikka-san lost,*
* she deleted the website.*
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Wiki Site
***SIGN*** Who Is Steel Lady Nanase? – kikipedia
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Urban Legends
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Archive
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Wiki Site Wiki
**[06:47] Saki**
* The people who witnessed the*
* wave of posts that day*
**[06:49] Saki**
* are now talking about a*
* different urban legend now.*
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Archive
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Wiki Site Wiki
***SIGN*** Steel Lady Nanase Wiki Site Wiki
This is a site that has gathered up all of the deductions from
the posts made on Steel Lady Nanase's Wiki on 9/4 to analyze them.
Was Nanase Karin the killer?
What's the Steel Lady Nanase Wiki site?
Posted images
Screenshot 1
Screenshot 2
**[06:52] Saki**
*The fictional tale about*
**[06:54] Saki**
* Nanase Karin being alive and*
* someone else dying in her place.*
***SIGN*** Was the one who created the Steel Lady Nanase
Wiki Site Nanase Karin?
***SIGN*** List of details regarding the Steel Lady Nanase case
**[06:58] Saki**
*The rumors are so dramatic*
***SIGN*** News about Nanase Karin
***SIGN*** Nanase Karin sightings
**[06:59] Saki**
* that it's hard to speak about*
* them publicly in the real world.*
***SIGN*** Someone said they saw a girl with big boobs in West Makurazaka on 9/3. Apparently,
She was wearing a mask, despite it being summer and seemed worried being noticed.
***SIGN*** Someone reported seeing someone resembling her at Makurazaka Central Park at the end of January
***SIGN*** Someone saw someone resembling Nanase Karin get into a cab in front of Makurazaka Station
***SIGN*** The truth behind those mysterious postings
***SIGN*** Who made those mysterious posts?
***SIGN*** List of posts
***SIGN*** News about Nanase Karin
Nanase Karin sightings
Someone said they saw a girl with big boobs in West Makurazaka on 9/3. Apparently,
she was wearing a mask even though it was summer, and seemed worried being noticed.
Someone reported seeing someone resembling her at Makurazaka Central Park at the end of January
Someone saw someone resembling Nanase Karin get into a cab in front of Makurazaka Station
The truth behind those mysterious postings
Who made those mysterious posts?
List of posts
**[07:04] Saki**
* It's as if they're from an alternative*
* reality different from our own.*
**[07:07] Saki**
* Almost like a story we'd see*
* on TV or in the newspaper.*
**[07:14] Saki**
* Which means it's unlikely*
* that anyone would actually*
**[07:17] Saki**
* bump into anyone involved in*
* Nanase Karin's case in real life.*
**[07:20] Saki**
* This drama was resolved*
* within the Internet.*
**[07:23] Saki**
* The story would be sullied if*
* anyone pursued it in reality.*
**[07:28] Saki**
* Even if people continued to embellish*
* this story and talk of it quietly,*
**[07:32] Saki**
* they would still deny*
* Steel Lady Nanase's existence.*
**[07:36] Saki**
* That's how much care*
* she put into all of this.*
**[07:39] Saki**
I'm never making her my enemy...
**[07:48] Saki**
*As for the police,*
**[07:50] Saki**
* they apparently intend to look*
* into the possibility that*
**[07:53] Saki**
*Nanase Karin's body was someone else's,*
**[07:56] Saki**
*and find out who created the site.*
**[07:59] Saki**
*Even if they looked into it,*
**[08:01] Saki**
* there's no proof that the body*
* belonged to someone else.*
**[08:04] Saki**
* I'm sure the brass will*
* eventually decide that they*
**[08:07] Saki**
*were just being led around by the rumors*
**[08:09] Saki**
* on the Internet, and that Nanase Karin*
* did indeed die in January of this year.*
**[08:14] Saki**
* We won't find out what happened*
* to Nanase Karin and her family.*
**[08:20] Saki**
* The killer who murdered*
* Detective Terada has disappeared.*
**[08:34] Saki**
*Back to business as usual. This is my life.*
**[08:44] Kuro**
Saki-san.
**[08:47] Saki**
Uh, wait. Where's Iwanaga-san?
**[08:51] Kuro**
She's still asleep.
**[08:52] Saki**
Huh? But it's been a full day.
**[08:55] Kuro**
She overworked her brain
all day yesterday,
**[08:58] Kuro**
so I figured this would happen.
**[09:00] Saki**
You should act a little more concerned.
**[09:03] Kuro**
I will, when it's necessary.
**[09:07] Kuro**
You wanted to know about Rikka-san, right?
**[09:09] Saki**
Yes. What is she after?
**[09:12] Saki**
I asked Iwanaga-san, but she
just changed the subject.
**[09:16] Kuro**
I've resigned myself to the fact that
I have this body and this ability.
**[09:22] Kuro**
For now, it seems that I'm still
growing and aging normally,
**[09:27] Kuro**
so while I can't die from
an accident or injury,
**[09:29] Kuro**
I'm hopeful that I can still die of old age.
**[09:34] Kuro**
I can't use my ability to
determine the future unless I die,
**[09:38] Kuro**
but I'm not usually in situations
dangerous enough to kill me,
**[09:42] Kuro**
so I think I'll be able to live a normal life.
**[09:45] Saki**
*Normal... Normal, huh?*
**[09:48] Kuro**
But that's not the case for Rikka-san.
**[09:50] Kuro**
She's trying to use her
ability as much as she can
**[09:52] Kuro**
to return to being a normal human being.
**[09:56] Saki**
Is that even possible?
**[09:59] Saki**
Even if she used her ability to
go through all the possibilities...
**[10:02] Saki**
A future where she's a normal human being?
**[10:05] Saki**
How could such a miracle happen?
**[10:08] Saki**
* That's right. Rikka-san was*
* at the university hospital*
**[10:12] Saki**
* trying to find out if it was medically*
* possible to return her back to normal.*
**[10:17] Saki**
* In the end, there were no possibilities*
* based on logical methods.*
**[10:21] Saki**
* She decided she'd have to grasp*
* the future she wanted herself.*
**[10:26] Saki**
*And then what happened?*
**[10:28] (Flashback) Kotoko**
People's imaginations might
even be able to create a god.
**[10:34] Saki**
So Rikka-san is trying to create
a monster of the imagination
**[10:37] Saki**
that possesses the ability to turn
her back into a normal human being...
**[10:40] Saki**
She's trying to create something
that has godly powers like that?
**[10:46] Kuro**
I'm quite certain that Rikka-san
**[10:47] Kuro**
will do whatever it takes.
**[10:51] Kuro**
I don't know what she's thinking.
**[10:54] Kuro**
She wants to be normal,
but does the most abnormal things.
**[10:59] Kuro**
Even before she consumed the
flesh of the kudan and mermaid,
**[11:03] Kuro**
I can't help but think that she may
have always been a monster at heart.
**[11:11] Saki**
But Kuro-kun, you still
love Rikka-san, don't you?
**[11:14] Kuro**
I can't shake that, either.
**[11:17] Saki**
So what will you do now?
**[11:19] Saki**
Rikka-san's going to continue
trying to make a monster, right?
**[11:23] Kuro**
Iwanaga won't let that happen.
**[11:25] Kuro**
No matter what the reason may be,
**[11:27] Kuro**
a person or monster trying to create
a monster for their own desires
**[11:31] Kuro**
goes against the natural order.
**[11:34] Kuro**
That's basically why she gave
up her right eye and left leg.
**[11:40] Saki**
So I guess you're not going
to let it slide either, then.
**[11:44] Kuro**
As much as I hate to say it...
**[11:52] Saki**
Did you delete my number
from your phone?
**[11:54] Kuro**
Yes.
**[11:55] Kuro**
Iwanaga kept nagging me about it.
**[11:57] Saki**
Even if she didn't nag,
you can't keep my number.
**[11:59] Saki**
She's the type who'd
let that bother her.
**[12:02] Kuro**
Yes, but...
**[12:05] Kuro**
It's not like we could ever
start over again, Saki-san.
**[12:10] Saki**
Yeah. Seeing you after all this time
just confirmed that it's impossible.
**[12:15] Saki**
I'm okay with sitting
across the table from you,
**[12:18] Saki**
but I'd be a bit hesitant to touch you.
**[12:21] Saki**
I'm sorry.
**[12:23] Kuro**
No, it's also my fault
for keeping it a secret.
**[12:28] Saki**
Make sure you take care of Iwanaga-san.
**[12:31] Kuro**
I do.
**[12:33] Kuro**
She's always been oblivious of danger.
**[12:36] Kuro**
In a way, she's more fearless than I am.
**[12:41] Kuro**
She's been hurt more than a few times
**[12:43] Kuro**
while trying to resolve
conflicts between monsters.
**[12:48] Kuro**
To be honest, I didn't want to involve
Iwanaga in the matter with Rikka-san.
**[12:53] Kuro**
I was trying to take care of
it before she got involved.
**[12:57] Kuro**
But after this incident, Rikka-san realizes
that Iwanaga is the biggest obstacle
**[13:03] Kuro**
that stands in her way.
**[13:06] Kuro**
Which means that Rikka-san
might go after Iwanaga next.
**[13:12] Saki**
*That never even crossed my mind...*
**[13:14] Saki**
*Considering what Rikka-san is capable of,*
**[13:16] Saki**
*if she thinks Iwanaga-san is in her way...*
**[13:20] Saki**
So that's why you were looking for
Rikka-san without telling Iwanaga-san?
**[13:24] Saki**
Though I'm sure if you had told her,
**[13:26] Saki**
Iwanaga-san would've tried to get involved.
**[13:28] Kuro**
I won't let Iwanaga die.
**[13:30] Kuro**
Because she's someone who
deserves to be happy.
**[13:36] Saki**
*Now I can finally get some closure.*
**[13:40] Saki**
*I'm pretty sure I'll never see him again.*
**[13:44] Saki**
Are you sure I can have this bike?
**[13:47] Kuro**
Iwanaga bought this so she
could travel around the city.
**[13:51] Kuro**
It'd be a pain to take it back home,
so Iwanaga wanted you to have it.
**[13:55] Kuro**
Oh, and she told the monsters
**[13:58] Kuro**
around the city not to appear
in front of you anymore.
**[14:02] Saki**
Thanks...
**[14:04] Saki**
* Not sure if that makes*
* me feel any better...*
**[14:08] Saki**
See you!
**[14:23] Saki**
*I still get scared at night.*
**[14:34] Saki**
*But...*
**[14:38] Saki**
* There's someone out there*
* protecting the order of things.*
**[14:41] Saki**
* I'm sure the world won't end*
* up a crazy mess after all.*
***SIGN*** She Who Defends Order
**[15:03] Kotoko**
*I messed up again!*
**[15:05] Kotoko**
*I keep messing up over and over again!*
**[15:08] Kotoko**
*I slept for a day and a half...*
**[15:10] Kotoko**
Oh, it's still only six.
**[15:13] Kotoko**
I feel quite refreshed, for only
sleeping about four hours...
***SIGN*** 9/6 (Tues)
**[15:16] Kotoko**
September 6th?
**[15:17] Kotoko**
I was completely knocked
out for 28 hours?!
**[15:20] Kotoko**
* I gave Kuro-senpai and Saki-san so*
* much time to spend alone together!*
**[15:29] Kotoko**
*This is the biggest mistake of my life!*
**[15:34] Kuro**
Iwanaga?
**[15:37] Kuro**
Huh, she's not here?
**[15:38] Kotoko**
Senpai!
**[15:41] Kotoko**
Ow! Ow!
**[15:43] Kuro**
Oh, she's just in the bath.
**[15:46] Kuro**
Take your time in there.
**[15:49] Kuro**
If you're still tired, we can
probably stay another ni—
**[15:58] Kotoko**
You reek of Saki-san!
**[16:00] Kuro**
That's impossible.
**[16:01] Kotoko**
But I know you saw her!
**[16:03] Kuro**
Yeah, because you said you
wanted to give her the bicycle.
**[16:07] Kuro**
So I thought the sooner the better.
**[16:09] Kuro**
And I had some time on my hands.
**[16:11] Kotoko**
Well, yes, I did, but...
**[16:13] Kotoko**
How did you get her contact info?
**[16:15] Kuro**
On the way back in the car the other
night, we exchanged numbers...
**[16:21] Kuro**
But I already deleted her number.
**[16:23] Kuro**
I won't be seeing Saki-san again.
**[16:25] Kotoko**
That's not the problem here!
**[16:27] Kuro**
You need to dry off first.
You're going to catch a cold.
**[16:33] Kuro**
Wait! What are you doing?!
**[16:36] Kuro**
I don't have another clean shirt!
**[16:40] Kuro**
This isn't funny!
**[16:41] Kotoko**
Just give in!
**[16:47] Kuro**
Thanks for everything.
**[16:48] Receptionist**
Thank you for staying with us.
**[16:56] Kuro**
You're still mad?
**[16:57] Kotoko**
I'm not. I'm just reflecting.
**[17:01] Kotoko**
I should've woken up after 12 hours.
**[17:05] Kotoko**
I'm going to work on increasing
my strength and vitality.
**[17:18] Kuro**
Should we take a taxi?
**[17:19] Kotoko**
The station isn't that far. Let's just walk.
**[17:23] Kuro**
It looks like it's going to rain.
***SIGN*** For
Pedestrians
and
Bicycles
**[17:25] Kuro**
Am I going to have to sit around on
a bench with you as you nap again?
**[17:29] Kotoko**
Even I couldn't possibly doze
off after sleeping for 28 hours!
**[17:37] Kotoko**
Senpai.
**[17:38] Kotoko**
I'm sure Rikka-san won't make
her next move immediately,
**[17:42] Kotoko**
but I'm going to tell all of the yokai
and monsters across the country
**[17:45] Kotoko**
to let me know if they see anything.
**[17:49] Kotoko**
I'd rather not go through
all that trouble again.
**[17:52] Kotoko**
The best way to take care of this is
to find her and talk to her in person.
**[17:56] Kotoko**
Also, if you find out anything new,
please don't act without telling me.
**[18:01] Kuro**
I'll see what I can do.
**[18:02] Kotoko**
Honestly...
**[18:04] Kuro**
Iwanaga...
**[18:06] Kuro**
If you know about the Kuebiko,
then you also know about Princess Iwanaga.
**[18:10] Kotoko**
Yes, from the *Kojiki*.
**[18:12] Kotoko**
It sounds just like my surname,
so of course I know about it.
**[18:17] Kotoko**
Princess Iwanaga.
**[18:19] Kotoko**
The older sister of
Princess Konohana-no-Sakuya.
**[18:21] Kotoko**
They were both given in
marriage to Ninigi-no-Mikoto,
**[18:24] Kotoko**
descendant of the high god.
**[18:26] Kotoko**
But Ninigi-no-Mikoto only married
Princess Konohana-no-Sakuya
**[18:30] Kotoko**
and sent Princess Iwanaga back home.
**[18:33] Kotoko**
That enraged their father, Oyamatsumi.
**[18:38] Oyamatsumi**
There was a reason I
gave you both sisters!
**[18:42] Kotoko**
Just as the "iwa," or "rock,"
in Princess Iwanaga's name suggests,
**[18:45] Kotoko**
she was able to give life as eternal as rocks
**[18:48] Kotoko**
that never change month to
month, year after year.
**[18:51] Kotoko**
But because Ninigi-no-Mikoto didn't
marry her and returned her to her father,
**[18:56] Kotoko**
he and his progeny were granted short
lives that scattered like flowers on trees.
**[19:01] Kotoko**
They became mortal.
**[19:04] Kotoko**
Then you get it, right?
**[19:06] Kuro**
I'm immortal, so I don't belong
**[19:08] Kuro**
with Princess Konohana-no-Sakuya.
**[19:11] Kuro**
I need Princess Iwanaga.
**[19:18] Kotoko**
I'm sure you thought that was smooth,
**[19:21] Kotoko**
but you know why Princess Iwanaga
was returned home, don't you?
**[19:26] Kuro**
Let's not worry about the minor details.
**[19:28] Kotoko**
It's not minor at all!
**[19:29] Kotoko**
Princess Iwanaga was sent home
because she was ugly!
**[19:33] Kotoko**
You couldn't have used a
worse metaphor for a girl!
**[19:37] Kuro**
But you're prettier than any flower,
so I haven't sent you back anywhere.
**[20:06] Kotoko**
Either way,
**[20:08] Kotoko**
it's never good to judge anyone
by their physical appearance.
**[20:13] Kotoko**
You're just an amalgamation
of a mermaid and a kudan.
**[20:15] Kotoko**
Stop trying to sound like you're so cool.
**[20:34] Kotoko**
Senpai, will you be staying
at my place tonight?
**[20:37] Kotoko**
My parents have been wanting to see you.
**[20:39] Kotoko**
Well, I do need to apologize
for putting them out.
**[20:43] Kotoko**
There's no need to be so formal.
**[20:45] Kotoko**
You can think of them and
our house as your own.
**[20:48] Kuro**
I can't.
**[20:50] Kuro**
I can't let you fence me in just yet.
**[20:54] Kotoko**
Do you still think you
can get away from me?
**[21:08] Kotoko**
*In this world, there are yokai, ayakashi,*
**[21:12] Kotoko**
*spectres, demons,*
**[21:14] Kotoko**
*mononoke, and ghosts.*
**[21:17] Kotoko**
* Creatures with those names exist,*
* just like everything else.*
**[21:25] Kotoko**
*There is reason that transcends reason,*
**[21:26] Kotoko**
*and logical and illogical go hand in hand.*
**[21:31] Kotoko**
*But there's no reason to be afraid.*
**[21:34] Kotoko**
*There is an order to all things.*
**[21:37] Kotoko**
* No matter what methods*
* Rikka-san tries to use,*
**[21:41] Kotoko**
* no matter how much she*
* wants to create a new god,*
**[21:46] Kotoko**
*I will protect that order, regardless.*
**[21:49] Kotoko**
*Even if I have to create a rational fiction...*
**[21:52] Kotoko**
*or a fiction that transcends the truth.*
**[21:56] Kotoko**
* I will defend this world from that*
* gap between truth and fiction.*
**[22:01] Kotoko**
Kuro-senpai.
**[22:04] Kotoko**
I believe today will be a lovely day.
***SIGN*** The End