# 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