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E4 - 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."