# E14 - Duet
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***SIGN*** Celebrate! Return of the Bureau of Traditional Music
**[00:07] Tsumabiki**
Thank you for joining us, people!
**[00:10] Tsumabiki**
Kindly show some love for the comeback
show for the Bureau of Traditional Music!
**[00:19] Tsumabiki**
Tsuzumi.
**[00:22] Tsumabiki**
Fukie.
**[00:23] Tsumabiki**
Now, let us begin!
**[00:32] Hyoma**
Isn't that the Bureau of Traditional Music?
**[00:34] Hyoma**
What are they doing over there?
**[00:36] Kagami**
Hey, c'mon!
**[00:38] Kagami**
It's just a thing they do.
Forget them, let's go!
**[00:40] Hyoma**
Well... but...
***SIGN*** Celebrate! Return of the Bureau of Traditional Music
**[00:45] Kagami**
C'mon! Did you forget your promise?
**[00:47] Kagami**
You said we'd have fun today!
**[00:49] Hyoma**
Ah... yes.
**[00:52] Kagami**
So! Where to, Hyoma-san?
***SIGN*** Malevolent Spirits
***SIGN*** Duet
**[02:34] Suzuri**
Huh? A romantic check-in?
**[02:36] Haori**
Yes.
**[02:37] Haori**
Kagami wants to find out how Hyoma-san
is feeling at this stage of things.
**[02:42] Haori**
And don't you feel like Botan's
starting to warm up to him, as well?
**[02:48] Haori**
You don't sound enthusiastic.
**[02:51] Suzuri**
Come on. You know Hyoma-kun.
**[02:54] Suzuri**
His ideas about love are so hard to read.
**[02:57] Suzuri**
He'll probably react to her "check-in"
in completely unpredictable ways.
**[03:03] Suzuri**
Besides, wouldn't *I* be the better
candidate for an investigation like that?
**[03:07] Haori**
You'd run off to hit on girls.
**[03:11] Haori**
Besides, I think her forthrightness
might be effective here.
**[03:17] Hyoma**
Kagami, I had plans to train today.
**[03:21] Kagami**
Just give up and accept this, okay?
**[03:23] Hyoma**
Still, when you say we'll "have fun"...
**[03:25] Hyoma**
Where are we going? A park?
**[03:27] Kagami**
We're not little kids!
**[03:29] Hyoma**
That's for little kids?
**[03:35] Kagami**
Hey, Hyoma-san...
**[03:37] Kagami**
When was the last time you just had fun?
**[03:42] Hyoma**
All I've done is train for
as long as I can remember.
**[03:45] Kagami**
*I've never heard him so plaintive...*
**[03:49] Kagami**
*But I can worry about that later.*
**[03:52] Kagami**
Okay!
**[03:54] Kagami**
I'll take the lead for today.
**[03:56] Kagami**
Education for your future!
**[03:59] Hyoma**
For my future?
**[04:00] Kagami**
Yep!
**[04:01] Kagami**
Shoyokyo!
**[04:04] Kagami**
Info linking mode!
**[04:06] Kagami**
I'm using mirrors to seek out
routes that will take us
**[04:09] Kagami**
to the best shops while avoiding big crowds!
**[04:14] Hyoma**
W-Wait!
**[04:15] Hyoma**
Should you be using your
tsukumogami powers so openly?
**[04:18] Kagami**
I have it! I have it!
**[04:19] Kagami**
I've visualized the dating course!
**[04:21] Hyoma**
The dating... course?
**[04:23] Kagami**
Okay! Moving out!
**[04:27] Hyoma**
Please be gentle with me.
**[04:33] Kagami**
First, you'll visit a bunch of shops
**[04:35] Kagami**
and check out all the hottest fashions.
**[04:39] Hyoma**
Is this... fun?
**[04:41] Kagami**
Ta-da!
**[04:43] Kagami**
Well?
**[04:45] Hyoma**
Kagami!
**[04:45] Hyoma**
What did I tell you about
using your powers openly?!
**[04:48] Kagami**
Nope! Wrong!
**[04:50] Kagami**
You got that all wrong!
**[04:51] Kagami**
You gotta open with a compliment. "You look
so cute!" or "What a great look for you!"
**[04:58] Kagami**
* For lunch, you'll pick a stylish*
* restaurant—Italian, for instance.*
**[05:03] Kagami**
Looks so good!
**[05:05] Kagami**
Huh?
**[05:06] Kagami**
That's all you're getting?
**[05:08] Hyoma**
Foreign cuisines tend to be high in calories.
**[05:11] Hyoma**
Foods high in fiber are
better for one's health.
**[05:14] Kagami**
But you're not coming here for your health.
**[05:18] Kagami**
Here!
**[05:20] Kagami**
You can have it.
**[05:21] Kagami**
It's really good!
**[05:24] Hyoma**
Very well, then.
**[05:30] Kagami**
* You'll take the long way around*
* and enjoy the scenery.*
**[05:39] Kagami**
*Then you'll get moving, like this.*
**[05:50] Kagami**
*Then you'll take a rest break at a café.*
**[05:54] Kagami**
How'd you like it?
**[05:57] Hyoma**
Well... I must ask...
**[06:00] Hyoma**
What is... "fun," exactly?
**[06:03] Kagami**
That's your question?!
**[06:04] Hyoma**
Lunch was a meal, and bowling was exercise.
**[06:08] Hyoma**
The rest was mostly... walking around?
**[06:13] Kagami**
Well, as long as you enjoy it,
I think of it as "fun"...
**[06:17] Kagami**
Did you not enjoy it?
**[06:19] Hyoma**
Is that how it works?
**[06:21] Hyoma**
I do believe I "had fun," then.
**[06:23] Kagami**
Really?!
**[06:25] Hyoma**
The pizza had an excellent flavor,
**[06:28] Hyoma**
and that was my first time ever going bowling.
**[06:31] Hyoma**
It was a truly interesting experience.
**[06:33] Kagami**
Yeah, yeah!
**[06:34] Hyoma**
However, Kagami...
**[06:36] Kagami**
Yeah?
**[06:36] Hyoma**
You said that this was
"education for my future."
**[06:40] Hyoma**
How does learning how to "have fun"
relate to my Saenome duties?
**[06:45] Hyoma**
"Learning that some tsukumogami
enjoy daily life activities
**[06:49] Hyoma**
will help make you more tolerant."
**[06:52] Hyoma**
Is that what it is?
**[06:54] Hyoma**
Why are you looking at me like that?!
**[06:57] Kagami**
That... That's what you were thinking about?!
**[07:00] Kagami**
That's the worst thing you could do!
**[07:02] Hyoma**
Then why are you teaching me this?!
**[07:06] Kagami**
For, well... you know.
**[07:09] Kagami**
For when you start going out with Botan.
**[07:13] Hyoma**
We've been through this!
**[07:14] Hyoma**
Why are you making these
decisions without my input?!
**[07:18] Hyoma**
I told you I wasn't thinking about that now!
**[07:20] Hyoma**
And... it clearly bothers Botan.
**[07:24] Hyoma**
Besides... I know little of the matter,
**[07:28] Hyoma**
but when a man and woman "go out"...
should not their mutual feelings...
**[07:31] Hyoma**
include... l-love?
**[07:34] Hyoma**
And... why do you look so happy?
**[07:38] Kagami**
No reason!
**[07:40] Kagami**
I'll take that reaction as a positive sign!
**[07:43] Kagami**
Okay, okay!
**[07:44] Kagami**
Can I ask you one question?
**[07:46] Hyoma**
What is it?
**[07:47] Kagami**
Well...
**[07:49] Kagami**
Okay, so...
**[07:54] Kagami**
Tell me, Hyoma-san...
**[07:57] Kagami**
What do you think of Botan?
**[07:59] sign**
Right Down the Plate
**[08:01] Hyoma**
What kind of question is that?
**[08:03] Kagami**
C'mon, just tell me!
**[08:05] Kagami**
It's part of today's curriculum.
**[08:08] Hyoma**
Well...
**[08:09] Hyoma**
If I must be honest...
**[08:14] Hyoma**
I like her.
**[08:17] Kagami**
Home run!
**[08:23] Hyoma**
She has a wonderfully calm
and cheerful disposition.
**[08:28] Kagami**
Yes, yes!
**[08:30] Hyoma**
She appears to have numerous
college friends, as well.
**[08:34] Hyoma**
She has saved me numerous times.
**[08:37] Hyoma**
I feel constantly grateful to her.
***SIGN*** Out
**[08:47] Hyoma**
As for my other reasons... let me see...
**[08:52] Hyoma**
I find her worthy of respect.
**[08:56] Hyoma**
She's faced countless trials in her lifetime.
**[08:59] Hyoma**
Yet she faces life head-on.
**[09:02] Hyoma**
Or rather... she endeavors to.
**[09:06] Hyoma**
I believe she's a splendid person.
**[09:12] Kagami**
It doesn't feel quite fair.
**[09:16] Kagami**
The truth is, I've had mixed feelings about
pushing the engagement between you two.
**[09:26] Kagami**
I get that you two aren't that into it.
**[09:29] Kagami**
And early on, I was really scared of you.
**[09:34] Kagami**
But nowadays, I really feel like
you'd make a great pair.
**[09:41] Hyoma**
I-I... I wouldn't know!
**[09:44] Kagami**
Hee hee hee...
**[09:46] Kagami**
If manga's taught me anything,
it's that panic is a positive sign!
**[09:49] Hyoma**
Now, let us depart forthwith!
**[09:51] Kagami**
Forthwith?
**[09:54] Hyoma**
I feel strangely exhausted.
**[09:56] Kagami**
Now, now...
**[09:57] Kagami**
It's education for your future!
You gotta study, right?
**[10:00] Hyoma**
I told you I had no interest in—
**[10:06] Hyoma**
A tsukumogami?
**[10:07] Nagi**
Hyoma! Help us out here!
**[10:10] Nagi**
Speed's about all that coward's got going on!
**[10:15] Hyoma**
I see.
**[10:17] Hyoma**
Leave this to me!
**[10:19] Hyoma**
Kagami, head back without me!
**[10:25] Kagami**
*I guess there's no changing that side of him.*
**[10:28] Kagami**
*But...*
**[10:30] Kagami**
*Yes, it's just fine.*
**[10:33] Kagami**
*Because Hyoma-san really sees Botan.*
**[10:43] Tsumabiki**
We truly rocked out back there.
**[10:47] Tsuzumi**
But old lady, now that the show's behind us...
**[10:50] Tsumabiki**
Yes, it's time to head out...
**[10:55] Tsumabiki**
to the Nagatsuki household.
**[10:59] Tsumabiki**
What do you think of grunge for our next song?
**[11:02] Tsuzumi**
I'd like to play some prog rock!
**[11:04] Suzuri**
Why not try your hand at an idol song?
**[11:06] Nagi**
Metal! I wanna hear slash metal!
**[11:09] Kagami**
No, write something cute!
**[11:10] Kagami**
There's this song in my favorite anime...
**[11:12] Haori**
Sorry for all the commotion.
**[11:14] Botan**
What's going on here?
**[11:16] Haori**
They're sort of... comrades of ours.
**[11:19] Tsumabiki**
Haori, what do you think?
**[11:21] Tsumabiki**
Oh, that girl there!
**[11:23] Tsumabiki**
Can it be...
**[11:24] Tsumabiki**
Botan?!
**[11:25] Tsumabiki**
What perfect timing!
**[11:27] Tsuzumi**
For our next song, we'd love to
hear what's hip with the youth!
**[11:31] Haori**
You're scaring her!
**[11:32] Haori**
Besides, she's busy right now!
**[11:35] Haori**
By the way, where's Fukie?
**[11:37] Tsumabiki**
Oh, he was pulled aside for
questioning on the way here.
**[11:41] Haori**
Say what?
**[11:43] Police**
Could I see what you've got there?
**[11:46] Tsuzumi**
Oh, yeah! It happens all the time!
**[11:49] Suzuri**
Well, this is nothing new from them.
**[11:51] Nagi**
They never change, eh?
**[11:53] Kagami**
It's probably best to leave them be.
**[11:57] Haori**
Hyoma-san got worn out and went for a walk.
**[12:00] Hyoma**
*I can't keep up with them.*
**[12:04] Botan**
Maybe I'll do the same thing.
**[12:12] Hyoma**
I left because I couldn't keep up with them...
**[12:15] Hyoma**
But what was the purpose
of their visit, anyway?
**[12:19] Hyoma**
*Still, they're exactly as Nagi described them.*
**[12:24] (Flashback) Nagi**
Why does the Bureau protect humans, you ask?
**[12:27] (Flashback) Nagi**
Part of it is that they're special exceptions...
**[12:31] (Flashback) Nagi**
But it's also because humans
make a good audience.
**[12:35] (Flashback) Nagi**
Since they originated
as musical instruments,
**[12:37] (Flashback) Nagi**
they've got this constant urge to make music.
**[12:40] (Flashback) Nagi**
And they want others to hear it.
**[12:42] (Flashback) Nagi**
So they find humans worth
protecting as an audience.
**[12:47] (Flashback) Hyoma**
I see.
**[12:48] (Flashback) Nagi**
And... I guess 'cause they originated as
musical instruments, they're noisy as hell.
**[12:53] Hyoma**
* They're hard to deal with*
* in a different way than Kai.*
**[12:56] Hyoma**
* All they talk about is music.*
* Never about the job.*
**[13:01] Kei**
Oh, hey... Kunato-san?
**[13:04] Kei**
I thought that was you!
Haven't seen you since the other day!
**[13:07] Natsuki**
You remember us?
**[13:09] Hyoma**
You're Botan's fellow scholars, yes?
**[13:12] Kei**
Fellow scholars?!
**[13:13] Natsuki**
So stiff!
**[13:14] Kei**
How about "club friends"?
**[13:16] Hyoma**
R-Right...
**[13:18] Kei**
You by yourself today?
**[13:20] Hyoma**
Yes...
**[13:28] Natsuki**
Kunato-san's ours!
**[13:30] Kei**
We've got so many questions for you!
**[13:33] Hyoma**
What is the meaning of this?!
**[13:35] (Flashback) Botan**
Hyoma-san's got a heck of a glare,
but he's nothing to be afraid of.
**[13:39] Natsuki**
Kei!
**[13:41] Natsuki**
Into custody!
**[13:43] Hyoma**
Please, unhand me!
**[13:46] Kei**
In order to let...
the flower of love blossom...
**[13:50] Kei**
we must be steadfast.
**[13:52] Hyoma**
A haiku?!
**[13:53] Natsuki**
*He's not trying to shake us off, though.*
**[13:56] Kei**
*He might be a good guy!*
**[14:02] Botan**
I felt a sudden chill...
**[14:08] Tsuzumi**
There you are, boss!
**[14:09] Kagami**
We're tired. We're gonna head out.
**[14:12] Nagi**
They talked for three straight hours.
**[14:14] Suzuri**
Hear them out for us, would you?
**[14:19] Tsumabiki**
You've lost a bit of your old vigor.
**[14:22] Tsumabiki**
That old man's appearance is
more appropriate to you than ever.
**[14:28] Tsumabiki**
The Nagatsuki representatives are all here.
**[14:31] Tsumabiki**
Shall we come to the main topic now?
**[14:35] Tsumabiki**
We've been giving thought to
your true motivations of late.
**[14:41] Haori**
"True motivations"?
**[14:43] Tsuzumi**
Don't play dumb with us!
**[14:44] Tsuzumi**
Your motivations for
putting Hyoma with that girl!
**[14:48] Tsumabiki**
"Don't make use of Nagatsuki Botan."
**[14:51] Tsumabiki**
You're breaking the rule
that you yourselves set.
**[14:54] Tsumabiki**
That's certainly a rock attitude,
**[14:56] Tsumabiki**
but your claim that you invited
Hyoma here to expand his horizons
**[15:00] Tsumabiki**
was a big, fat lie.
**[15:03] Tsumabiki**
You're trying to pair them up, aren't you?
**[15:09] Tsumabiki**
But for what purpose?
I'd like to check my theory.
**[15:15] Kei**
So... is it true that you
and Bon-chan are related?
**[15:19] Natsuki**
Really?
**[15:20] Hyoma**
Ah... yes, I suppose.
**[15:25] Kei**
Is it?
**[15:26] Natsuki**
You don't interact with her the same
way Nagi-san and the others do,
**[15:28] Natsuki**
so I had my doubts.
**[15:31] Hyoma**
W-We're *distant* relatives.
**[15:33] Kei**
Does that mean Bon-chan's still single?
**[15:37] Kei**
It's rare to see a girl reach college
without ever having a boyfriend...
**[15:42] Kei**
Could she be one of the
seven wonders of the world?
**[15:45] Natsuki**
Hey, does that make me one
of those seven wonders, too?
**[15:48] Kei**
Guys *like* Bon-chan, though!
**[15:50] Natsuki**
Hey!
**[15:52] Kei**
I've had a bunch ask me
to introduce them to her.
**[15:56] Natsuki**
Really?
**[15:57] Kei**
But when I do, Bon-chan's always so hesitant...
**[16:03] Kei**
She's shy about it, I guess.
**[16:05] (Flashback) Botan**
Well... I'm not really into...
that kind of thing.
**[16:11] Kei**
But some say that could be good, since she
might be too polite to turn anyone down!
**[16:15] Natsuki**
Hey, come on!
**[16:16] Natsuki**
She won't give in that easily.
**[16:18] Natsuki**
Bon keeps that big family of hers together,
so she's gotta be tougher than she looks.
**[16:24] Natsuki**
Personally, I think that contrast
between her mother-like responsibility
**[16:30] Natsuki**
and age-appropriate silliness is adorable!
**[16:33] Kei**
You think the guys who like her
all have mother complexes?
**[16:35] Kei**
Yikes!
**[16:37] Natsuki**
My dad told me!
**[16:39] Natsuki**
When men reach a certain age,
they all just want their mothers!
**[16:43] Hyoma**
*I'm not following this at all. However...*
**[16:48] Natsuki**
Yeah, Bon-chan's just got something
that draws people to her.
**[16:53] Kei**
She sure does!
**[16:54] Natsuki**
There are tons of guys in our medieval
literature course who are into Bon-chan!
**[16:59] Kei**
Oh, that's crazy!
**[17:01] Natsuki**
Crazy, right?!
**[17:03] Kei**
Don't just chuckle knowingly, Kunato-san.
**[17:05] Natsuki**
We're talking about important things here.
**[17:07] Hyoma**
I don't know where I stand in it.
**[17:10] Botan**
Hey...
**[17:11] Botan**
What are we up to here?
**[17:16] Botan**
I'm going to ask again.
**[17:18] Botan**
Kei-chan, Natsuki-chan...
**[17:20] Botan**
Why did you bring Hyoma-san here?
**[17:22] Kei**
W-Well... we happened to run into him here...
**[17:25] Natsuki**
Right, Kunato-san?
**[17:27] Hyoma**
They accosted me on my walk.
**[17:29] Hyoma**
I know nothing further.
**[17:32] Kei**
He abandoned us like it was nothing!
**[17:35] Botan**
Are you feeling him out or something?!
**[17:37] Natsuki**
N-No way!
**[17:38] Kei**
We were trying to figure out
what your real relationship was.
**[17:41] Botan**
I told you, we're relatives!
**[17:43] Natsuki**
Chill out, Mom!
**[17:45] Botan**
Stop calling me "Mom"!
**[17:47] Botan**
Honestly, you get the weirdest ideas...
**[17:49] Natsuki**
Well, what do you expect?
**[17:51] Natsuki**
You and Kunato-san have such a great vibe.
**[17:53] Kei**
Yeah, yeah! You'd make a great couple!
**[17:57] Natsuki**
Hey, what was that?
**[17:59] Kei**
Could it all be true?!
**[18:01] Botan**
N-No, of course not!
**[18:03] Botan**
R-Right... Hyoma-san?
**[18:06] Hyoma**
Indeed, verily so!
**[18:14] Natsuki**
Yeah, yeah, we get the picture.
**[18:17] Kei**
You're just very, *very* close relatives!
**[18:21] Natsuki**
Now we've got questions for Bon-chan!
**[18:24] Botan**
I t-told you!
**[18:27] Tsumabiki**
You're doing it all to seal the
marebito inside her, aren't you?
**[18:35] Tsumabiki**
The marebito's last awakening was sparked
by the despair caused by human betrayal.
**[18:43] Tsumabiki**
Botan's soul was cut off from its human nature,
**[18:46] Tsumabiki**
and the marebito replaced it,
making her a living god.
**[18:49] Tsumabiki**
That's what we've assumed,
at least, ever since then.
**[18:54] Tsumabiki**
Human and living god...
**[18:56] Tsumabiki**
That girl stands on the boundary between them.
**[18:59] Tsumabiki**
And the condition that will
push her to one side or the other
**[19:02] Tsumabiki**
is whether she loves humanity or abandons it.
**[19:05] Tsumabiki**
And if the key to her fate
lies within that dichotomy...
**[19:09] Tsumabiki**
If she were ever to find true human happiness,
**[19:13] Tsumabiki**
it might put the marebito to rest forever.
**[19:17] Tsumabiki**
Marriage...
**[19:19] Tsumabiki**
As a bridal trousseau,
**[19:21] Tsumabiki**
you would surely consider that your
preferred method for saving your master.
**[19:27] Haori**
It's all very fine speculation.
**[19:29] Haori**
What makes you so confident
in that theory, might I ask?
**[19:33] Tsumabiki**
When I first laid eyes on Kunato Hyoma,
**[19:35] Tsumabiki**
I realized he fulfilled all possible
conditions to be Botan's life partner.
**[19:41] Tsumabiki**
He has the power of the Saenome
to surmount all obstacles,
**[19:46] Tsumabiki**
the broad-mindedness to accept her,
even knowing of her circumstances,
**[19:50] Tsumabiki**
and the unwavering drive to see it all through.
**[19:55] Tsumabiki**
It's just a sense I got...
**[19:58] Tsumabiki**
But I have confidence in my instincts.
**[20:03] Tsumabiki**
To break the rule will invite chaos.
**[20:06] Tsumabiki**
And yet, to aid your master,
you forced this plan into action.
**[20:12] Tsumabiki**
Am I wrong?
**[20:13] Haori**
If your theory were correct, what would you do?
**[20:19] Haori**
If that were, indeed, the case...
**[20:22] Haori**
we would do whatever it takes to see it done.
**[20:35] Tsumabiki**
You guys...
**[20:37] Tsumabiki**
You're rock as all hell!
**[20:41] Haori**
Er... why did you ask about it, then?
**[20:44] Tsuzumi**
Eh? Didn't she say at the start?
**[20:47] Tsuzumi**
She just wanted to check her theory!
**[20:49] Tsumabiki**
Turns out I was right on the money.
**[20:52] Tsumabiki**
Which means *I* get to pick
our next song style, Tsuzumi!
**[20:55] Haori**
Now, I never said you were right.
**[20:58] Tsumabiki**
Your reaction told me all I need to know!
**[21:00] Tsumabiki**
I'm satisfied with my intuition.
**[21:03] Tsumabiki**
Whatever your ambition might be, we don't care.
**[21:06] Tsumabiki**
Follow the path you believe in.
**[21:09] Tsumabiki**
We won't get in your way,
**[21:12] Tsumabiki**
and we won't let anyone get in our way.
**[21:15] Tsuzumi**
That's the motto of the
Bureau of Traditional Music!
**[21:17] Tsuzumi**
The rock!
**[21:19] Haori**
Is that all you wanted to talk about?
**[21:21] Tsumabiki**
Was there anything else?
**[21:23] Tsuzumi**
You senile old woman! The mission, remember?
**[21:26] Tsumabiki**
Oh, that's right.
**[21:27] Tsumabiki**
As you know, our job is to investigate
tsukumogami pointed out to us.
**[21:33] Tsumabiki**
We were wondering if you would help us there.
**[21:36] Tsumabiki**
We returned to Kyoto because we have
a new subject for investigation.
**[21:41] Tsumabiki**
We don't know who it is yet,
**[21:44] Tsumabiki**
but according to Aogi, who encountered it...
**[21:48] Tsumabiki**
it may be the paper umbrella.
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** Specter