E1 - 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."