E12 - Efflorescence

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[00:04] Kai
    You're so weak.
[00:06] Kai
    Not even worth leaving alive.
[00:10] Kai
    It really is humorous.
[00:13] Kai
    You expected to slay the
    paper umbrella like this?
SIGN    Malevolent Spirits
SIGN    Efflorescence
[01:58] Hyoma
    You know of the paper umbrella?
[02:00] Kai
    I know you aspire to kill it
    to avenge your slain family.
[02:05] Hyoma
    Do you know where it is?!
[02:07] Kai
    And you've been training
    in order to take your revenge.
[02:11] Kai
    But if this is as far as it's gotten you,
[02:14] Kai
    your resentment must run shallow after all!
[02:22] Hyoma
    Tell me!
[02:43] Kai
    Harder!
[02:45] Kai
    Harder!
[02:46] Kai
    Try harder!
[02:50] Nagi
    Hyoma!
[02:59] Kai
    Welcome!
[03:00] Nagi
    Kai!
[03:08] Kai
    Now it's getting fun!
[03:10] Kai
    Are you up next, Nagi?!
[03:12] Nagi
    Don't be stupid.
[03:14] Nagi
    I know I can't take you in a one-on-one...
[03:17] Nagi
    But the kid told me everything!
[03:21] Kai
    Itsuki?!
[03:23] Itsuki
    I...
[03:24] Itsuki
    I'm sorry, Kai-sama.
[03:26] Itsuki
    We're out of time.
[03:27] Kai
    W-Wait...
[03:33] Kai
    I told you to hide...
[03:36] Kai
    Because you're so extremely weak.
[03:40] Nagi
    Damn it, what a pain-in-the-ass old bastard.
[03:44] Hyoma
    Nagi.
[03:45] Hyoma
    Tell me what's going on here.
[03:47] Hyoma
    Or rather... first...
[03:50] Hyoma
    Could you get me down from here?
[03:54] Kohai Girl
    Oh, no way!
[03:56] Natsuki
    What, really?
[03:57] Kohai Girl
    There's gotta be some hot guys
    who like the Hyakunin Isshu!
[04:01] Natsuki
    Who cares if they like the Hyakunin Isshu?
[04:04] Natsuki
    As long as they're hot.
[04:05] Botan
    What are we talking about?
[04:07] Senpai Girl
    They're plotting to rope in good-looking
    guys from the new students.
[04:11] Botan
    Ah. Right.
[04:13] Kohai Girl
    Huh?! Botan-senpai's put off?!
[04:15] Natsuki
    Why?
[04:16] Natsuki
    You know our slogan this year is,
    "Pick up some male club members!"
[04:19] Kei
    Now, now.
[04:20] Kei
    Calm down, my dear girls.
[04:23] Kei
    This is what they call "the leisure
    of the romantically attached."
SIGN    Romantically attached
[04:26] Kohai Girl
    I knew it! Kunato-san is her boyfriend!
[04:29] Botan
    Huh?!
[04:30] Natsuki
    Don't look down on us!
[04:32] Botan
    Look...
[04:35] Botan
    Can you guys just tidy up already?
[04:41] Botan
    Dating... Romance...
[04:48] Botan
    Loving someone.
[04:53] Botan
    All terrifying things... and
    they make them look so easy.
[05:00] Hyoma
    A greeting?
[05:01] Kai
    I've heard rumors here and
    there of your existence.
[05:05] Kai
    I got permission to see you myself.
[05:08] Nagi
    And you went too damn far as always!
[05:11] Kai
    I have to amuse myself somehow.
[05:13] Kai
    Besides, you had a little fun
    with Itsuki yourselves.
[05:18] Nagi
    That wasn't exactly fun!
[05:22] Nagi
    How was I supposed to know
    she was that damn weak?
[05:24] Itsuki
    Well, they said they were
    gonna try to stop you,
[05:27] Itsuki
    so I figured I'd try...
[05:30] Hyoma
    Wait a minute.
[05:33] Hyoma
    What do you know about the paper umbrella?
[05:36] Kai
    That's the question you attempted
    to force me to answer, yes?
[05:41] Kai
    I therefore determine that you are not yet
    strong enough to warrant an answer.
[05:47] Kai
    Am I wrong?
[05:49] Kai
    That's my estimation.
[05:52] Kai
    I met Kunato Hayato and Kusui before,
[05:56] Kai
    and you are far weaker even than they,
[05:59] Kai
    who were slain by the
    paper umbrella at the time.
[06:01] Kai
    Why don't you even use your own weapon?
[06:05] Kai
    Is using the ones you received
    from them a way to remember them?
[06:10] Kai
    A ridiculous obsession.
[06:14] Nagi
    You can give it a rest now, Kai.
[06:18] Kai
    You think I'm being cruel?
[06:19] Kai
    You're far worse than I am, Nagatsuki.
[06:24] Nagi
    What do you mean by that?
[06:26] Kai
    Placing Kunato Hyoma with Nagatsuki Botan...
[06:31] Kai
    That's a true act of cruelty.
[06:35] Botan
    What should we do for the after-party?
[06:42] Botan
    Hyoma-san?
[06:44] Botan
    And... who?
[06:46] Kai
    As long as the boy remains near her,
    he'll attempt to protect her.
[06:52] Kai
    He'll consider it his duty.
[06:54] Kai
    What could be more ironic, then?
[06:58] Kai
    The paper umbrella who
    killed his brother and sister...
[07:01] Kai
    The one responsible for its activation
[07:05] Kai
    was Nagatsuki Botan herself!
[07:11] Kai
    And of course, she doesn't want
    anyone protecting her anyway.
[07:18] Kai
    Nagatsuki Botan is incapable of trusting
    anyone enough to wish for that.
[07:25] Kai
    Ironic, isn't it?
[07:27] Nagi
    Kai!
[07:29] Nagi
    We'd appreciate it if you'd stop insulting
    our mistress with your baseless hunches.
[07:35] Nagi/Suzuri
    We'll crush you.
[07:38] Kai
    Here we go—
[07:44] Itsuki
    I said you were out of time.
[07:47] Itsuki
    Besides, you've taken
    your mischief a little too far.
[07:50] Itsuki
    Allow me to apologize on Kai-sama's behalf.
[07:54] Itsuki
    He seems rather satisfied.
[07:57] Itsuki
    I'll get him back in holding for a while,
[07:59] Itsuki
    so please forgive him.
[08:00] Nagi
    Hold it!
[08:01] Suzuri
    Nagi, suck it up for now.
[08:04] Itsuki
    But Kai-sama is right that
    your situation is off-kilter.
[08:11] Itsuki
    And... someone might potentially
    take advantage of that.
[08:18] Itsuki
    Never forget that.
[08:22] Hyoma
    Excuse me, Nagi, Suzuri.
[08:25] Hyoma
    Do you think I could have a little time off?
[08:30] Nagi
    Don't let Kai's bullshit get to y—
[08:34] Suzuri
    All right.
[08:35] Nagi
    Hey!
[08:36] Suzuri
    But don't overdo it. And see that you return.
[08:41] Hyoma
    Thank you.
[08:46] Nagi
    He's definitely hung up on what Kai said.
[08:50] Suzuri
    It's about his siblings, after all.
[08:53] Suzuri
    We can't exactly expect
    him to just shake it off.
[08:57] Suzuri
    And what Kai said...
[09:00] Suzuri
    It's true that there are rumors about it.
[09:03] Nagi
    That Botan's behind the
    paper umbrella incident?
[09:06] Nagi
    But it's just one of a dozen theories.
[09:10] Suzuri
    We're just Saenome proxies, so there's
    no way for us to learn the truth, but...
[09:17] Suzuri
    It would be a lie to say we know nothing.
[09:21] Suzuri
    We need to be as open with him as we can.
[09:27] Kagami
    It's been four days now...
[09:29] Kagami
    I wonder where Hyoma-san is right now.
[09:36] Kagami
    Darn it!
[09:37] Kagami
    This is all Kai's fault!
[09:39] Yu
    He does enjoy stirring the pot.
[09:42] Kagami
    It's not very nice.
[09:44] Yu
    Hyoma apparently said
    he'd be back eventually.
[09:47] Yu
    I'm sure there's no need to worry.
[09:50] Yu
    My greater concern lies
[09:53] Yu
    with Botan's recent despondency.
[09:57] Botan
    I wonder what his expression
    was in that moment.
[10:03] (Flashback) Hyoma
    I can't purge it from my mind.
[10:06] Botan
    If it's possible I was the cause of that...
[10:11] Botan
    Then I...
[10:18] Tsubaki
    Papa! Visitor!
[10:24] Taiju
    The human in whom dwells a marebito
    from the land of the dead,
[10:27] Taiju
    that which serves as a tsukumogami's soul...
[10:31] Taiju
    Nagatsuki Botan.
[10:33] Taiju
    What kind of monster have you grown into?
[10:38] Botan
    P-Pleasure to meet you!
[10:39] Botan
    My name is Nagatsuki Botan!
[10:41] Botan
    Thank you for always looking after fy mamily!
[10:44] Botan
    ...m-my family.
[10:48] Taiju
    Ah, right...
[10:50] Taiju
    Though this is actually our second meeting.
[10:54] Taiju
    The first was when you were
    just a little thing, of course.
[10:58] Taiju
    It's no wonder you don't remember that.
[11:00] Tsubaki
    Have a seat.
[11:03] Taiju
    Tsubaki told me why you've come.
[11:06] Taiju
    You want to know how you're connected
    to the paper umbrella incident, then?
[11:13] Botan
    Yes.
[11:18] Botan
    Thank you for your help.
[11:20] Botan
    I'm sorry for dropping in so... er...
[11:22] Taiju
    It's nothing.
[11:23] Taiju
    Though it was a bit sudden, true.
[11:25] Taiju
    But either way, the paper
    umbrella is Hyoma-kun's problem.
[11:31] Taiju
    Why're you so curious about it?
[11:34] Botan
    Er... well...
[11:40] Taiju
    Is this one of those
    "I bet he hates me now" things?
[11:44] Taiju
    Listen to you, like a maiden in love!
[11:49] Taiju
    Tsubaki, have I said something rude?
[11:54] Tsubaki
    I think you hit the nail on the head.
[11:56] Botan
    No! N-No, no!
[11:57] Botan
    It's not like that!
[11:58] Botan
    Um...
[11:59] Botan
    That... Kai-san person said those things,
[12:02] Botan
    and then Hyoma-san ran off somewhere...
[12:05] Botan
    Since I happened to overhear it,
    I can't help but be... worried...
[12:12] Tsubaki
    Hyoma-chan ran off somewhere?
[12:14] Taiju
    He's been training with us,
    as a matter of fact.
[12:17] Hyoma
    Representative Kadomori!
[12:19] Hyoma
    I've completed my Ten Vessels Sparring!
[12:20] Hyoma
    Next!
[12:21] Botan
    Hyoma-san?!
[12:24] Hyoma
    Botan? What brings you here?
[12:26] Taiju
    Convenient timing there.
[12:28] Taiju
    He came to stay with us three days ago.
[12:32] (Flashback) Hyoma
    Representative Kadomori!
[12:34] (Flashback) Hyoma
    I recently encountered Kai
    of the Three Great Tsukumogami,
[12:38] (Flashback) Hyoma
    sparred with him, and was found lacking!
[12:41] (Flashback) Hyoma
    I therefore wish to undertake training
    with the Saenome Kyoto Branch.
[12:47] (Flashback) Hyoma
    Is this acceptable?!
[12:49] Taiju
    Hyoma-kun.
[12:50] Taiju
    Head home for now and take tomorrow off.
[12:53] Hyoma
    What? But I still—
[12:55] Taiju
    Actually, the Ten Vessels Sparring you just
    completed is our household's final training!
[13:01] Hyoma
    Unthinkable!
[13:02] Taiju
    I want you gone.
[13:04] Taiju
    You're a nuisance to have in our house.
[13:11] Botan
    Hyoma-san, you forgot your scarf.
[13:15] Hyoma
    You have my thanks.
[13:16] Taiju
    There's a surprise.
[13:19] Taiju
    You're a bit fond of Hyoma-kun, aren't you?
[13:22] Taiju
    Wouldn't you rather have him staying over?
[13:24] Tsubaki
    Seems like frequent visits over a long
    time would offer more chances than
[13:29] Tsubaki
    him learning it all in a
    short time and then leaving.
[13:31] Taiju
    Wouldn't him staying over
    make it easier to go after him
[13:35] Taiju
    when Nagatsuki Botan's not around?
[13:39] Tsubaki
    Well...
[13:41] Tsubaki
    Maybe.
[13:46] Hyoma
    You heard us talking there?!
[13:48] Botan
    I'm afraid so.
[13:50] Hyoma
    And you went to ask Kadomori the truth?
[13:54] Hyoma
    That's quite bold.
[13:55] Botan
    I mean... you just left
    without saying anything, so...
[14:01] Botan
    I thought you might not want to stay
    in our house anymore because of that.
[14:07] Botan
    Of course I was worried.
[14:11] Hyoma
    I apologize.
[14:13] Botan
    But it should matter a lot to you, right?
[14:19] Hyoma
    Well...
[14:23] Hyoma
    To be frank, I assumed
    that part was nonsense.
[14:28] Hyoma
    The idea of you being responsible for
    the paper umbrella is transparently false.
[14:34] Hyoma
    I learned only one thing: that I am too weak.
[14:39] Hyoma
    Thus, I must train.
[14:41] Hyoma
    The next time we meet, I will force out
    the truth about the paper umbrella.
[14:46] Botan
    You're really amazing, Hyoma-san.
[14:49] Botan
    When you set your eye on something,
    you never waver in going after it.
[14:54] Hyoma
    W-Well...
[14:55] Botan
    You trust that part of yourself.
[15:00] Hyoma
    Botan?
[15:02] Botan
    There's another truth that
    tsukumogami, Kai, revealed.
[15:08] Botan
    I really can't trust others.
[15:14] Hyoma
    May I ask what happened?
[15:19] Botan
    The truth is...
[15:21] Botan
    I was kidnapped once.
[15:24] Botan
    When I was seven,
[15:26] Botan
    a whole parade of different
    relatives offered to take me in.
[15:31] (Flashback) Relative Man
    Botan...
[15:33] (Flashback) Relative Man
    Would you be Botan, then?
[15:35] Botan
    One was a man with kind eyes,
    a distant relative.
[15:39] Botan
    Another was my father's younger sister.
[15:42] Botan
    She had a sour expression.
[15:45] Botan
    It had been a little over three years since
    I was allowed to venture off the grounds.
[15:50] Botan
    But I'd already seen lots of humans and
    other tsukumogami set their sights on me,
[15:54] Botan
    as a vessel housing a marebito.
[15:58] Botan
    My household and I were all on our guard.
[16:02] Botan
    But...
[16:05] Botan
    Because they were my first
    blood relatives, I guess...
[16:08] Botan
    I wanted them to care for me.
[16:11] Botan
    I decided to trust their kindness.
[16:14] Botan
    The one who kidnapped me was the woman.
[16:20] Hyoma
    So she was someone you should
    have been on your guard around?
[16:25] Botan
    No, not her.
[16:30] Botan
    She...
[16:32] Botan
    Satsuki-san...
[16:34] Botan
    She was trying to save me.
[16:41] (Flashback) Relative Man
    Damn you!
[16:43] (Flashback) Relative Man
    You can't get ahead of me, Satsuki!
[16:46] (Flashback) Relative Man
    Give it back, now!
[16:47] (Flashback) Relative Man
    That thing belongs to me!
[16:58] (Flashback) Satsuki
    Botan-chan,
[17:00] (Flashback) Satsuki
    sorry to put you through
    that scary experience.
[17:04] Botan
    Satsuki-san was the one
    I was always watching out for.
[17:08] Botan
    But I should have been
    watching out for the man.
[17:12] (Flashback) Satsuki
    Botan-chan.
[17:14] (Flashback) Satsuki
    You are human.
[17:16] (Flashback) Satsuki
    You're a human's... my brother's child.
[17:19] (Flashback) Satsuki
    I'm sorry for what those
    tsukumogami might think,
[17:22] (Flashback) Satsuki
    but I won't let anybody use you.
[17:31] (Flashback) Satsuki
    Let's live together.
[17:34] (Flashback) Satsuki
    You'll find happiness as a human.
[17:37] (Flashback) Satsuki
    Okay?
[17:48] Botan
    While my guys were out searching for me,
[17:53] Botan
    I was living a quiet,
    peaceful life with Satsuki-san.
[18:01] Botan
    I'd been taken from my parents
    right after I was born,
[18:04] Botan
    but Satsuki-san was like the mother
    I'd always dreamed about.
[18:12] Botan
    If I could have stayed with her,
[18:14] Botan
    maybe she could have been my mother for real.
[18:24] Botan
    But those peaceful days
    came to an abrupt end.
[18:44] (Flashback) Botan
    Satsuki-san...
[18:46] (Flashback) Satsuki
    Botan...chan...
[18:50] (Flashback) Relative Man
    No worries.
[18:53] (Flashback) Relative Man
    I'll put Botan here to good use.
[18:58] (Flashback) Satsuki
    Botan...chan...
[19:07] Botan
    I don't remember anything after that.
[19:12] Botan
    The next thing I knew, it was all over.
[19:17] Botan
    And ever since then,
[19:21] Botan
    I've been afraid...
[19:24] Botan
    of being betrayed by those I care about.
[19:27] Botan
    Of seeing people die protecting me.
[19:32] Botan
    I'm unspeakably afraid of trusting anyone.
[19:38] Botan
    I've learned how to interact confidently
    with both humans and tsukumogami.
[19:44] Botan
    But that's the absolute best I can do.
[19:52] Botan
    I'm afraid to go any further.
[19:56] Hyoma
    Any further?
[19:58] Botan
    Like to have a best friend.
[20:00] Botan
    The kind of relationship where you
    trust all you are to someone else...
[20:07] Botan
    Let alone love another person.
[20:11] Botan
    I just can't.
[20:14] Botan
    And so the person you are...
[20:17] Botan
    Always marching forward,
[20:20] Botan
    never hesitating...
[20:25] Botan
    It's truly amazing to me.
[20:30] Botan
    This is getting a little depressing, huh?
[20:32] Botan
    Let's go home.
[20:37] Hyoma
    Botan.
[20:40] Hyoma
    You might find me acceptable.
[20:43] Botan
    Uh... in what way?
[20:46] Hyoma
    Well, I mean...
[20:49] Hyoma
    Perhaps you might trust me.
[20:53] Hyoma
    Do you agree?
[20:54] Botan
    Um... what?
[20:57] Hyoma
    After all, I refuse to die
    until I achieve my life's goal,
[21:00] Hyoma
    and I am undergoing training now
    to ensure that is possible!
[21:04] Hyoma
    You know this, do you not?!
[21:05] Botan
    Y-Yes...
[21:07] Hyoma
    I might add,
[21:08] Hyoma
    do you think me skilled enough at manipulation
    as to successfully deceive you?!
[21:12] Botan
    N-No, you're very awkward, in fact!
[21:15] Hyoma
    A-Awkward?
[21:18] Hyoma
    True enough, I suppose.
[21:20] Hyoma
    Regardless, I feel that you might
    find me acceptably trustworthy.
[21:25] Hyoma
    Do you agree?
[21:28] Botan
    Well... I...
[21:31] Botan
    I just...
[21:32] Botan
    I...
[21:34] Hyoma
    Botan.
[21:35] Hyoma
    This I swear.
[21:36] Hyoma
    I will not betray you. I will not die.
[21:40] Hyoma
    I...
[21:42] Hyoma
    I'll always keep you safe.
[21:52] Botan
    Whe...
[21:54] Hyoma
    Whe?
[21:54] Botan
    Where did "keep you safe" come from?!
[21:56] Hyoma
    It... It was merely an expression of resolve!
[21:59] Botan
    And aren't you oversimplifying
    things just a tad?!
[22:04] Botan
    But...
[22:05] Botan
    But can I... really...
[22:08] Botan
    Can I really, really trust you?
[22:12] Hyoma
    Indeed.
[22:13] Hyoma
    Bring it on!
[22:20] Hyoma
    What is it?
[22:21] Botan
    I...
[22:23] Botan
    I don't think I've ever seen you...
[22:27] Botan
    really smile before.
[22:29] Hyoma
    Eh?
[22:30] Hyoma
    Surely, I am as capable of smiling as anyone!
[22:34] Botan
    But still! I've never actually seen it!
[22:37] Botan
    Yu's even said, "I suspect he even lacks
    facial muscles," and stuff like that!
[22:41] Hyoma
    That's very rude!
[22:44] Botan
    You look kind of like a kid when you smile.
[22:47] Hyoma
    I know not of what you speak!
[22:49] Hyoma
    Fare thee well!
[22:53] Haori
    What a surprise...
    to hear her talk of old times.
[22:58] Haori
    I thought it would take
    a lot longer for that.
[23:01] Haori
    It's very promising.
[23:03] Botan
    Hey! Let's walk home together!
[23:07] Botan
    Darn it...