E12 - 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