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.
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