# E15 - Specter
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G50UZ10D5/specter)
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**[00:01] Tsuzumi**
The rock!
**[00:02] Haori**
Is that all you wanted to talk about?
**[00:05] Tsumabiki**
Was there anything else?
**[00:07] Tsuzumi**
You senile old woman! The mission, remember?
**[00:09] Tsumabiki**
Oh, that's right.
**[00:11] Tsumabiki**
As you know, our job is to investigate
tsukumogami pointed out to us.
**[00:16] Tsumabiki**
We were wondering if you would help us there.
**[00:19] Tsumabiki**
We returned to Kyoto because we have
a new subject for investigation.
**[00:25] Tsumabiki**
We don't know who it is yet,
**[00:28] Tsumabiki**
but according to Aogi, who encountered it...
**[00:31] Tsumabiki**
it was a paper umbrella.
**[00:36] Tsumabiki**
He didn't get a clear look at it,
**[00:38] Tsumabiki**
but its aura suggested a formidable being.
**[00:41] Tsumabiki**
Of course, when we hear something like that,
**[00:44] Tsumabiki**
there's one point that catches our attention...
**[00:47] Haori**
"Paper umbrella."
**[00:49] Tsuzumi**
Yes.
**[00:50] Tsuzumi**
When we hear "paper umbrella,"
we think of one thing...
**[00:57] Tsuzumi**
Kisatsu.
***SIGN*** — Kisatsu —
***SIGN*** Kunato Killer
**[00:58] Tsuzumi**
The tsukumogami who earned its nickname
**[01:01] Tsuzumi**
killing the prodigies Kunato Hayato and Kusui.
**[01:07] Tsuzumi**
Was that the one Aogi saw?
**[01:10] Tsuzumi**
We need to find out quickly.
**[01:14] Botan**
What, really?
***SIGN*** Malevolent Spirits
***SIGN*** Specter
**[03:01] Hot Guy**
The Hyakunin Isshu, huh?
What a blast from the past.
**[03:05] Hot Guy**
I memorized a little for tests
and entrance exams and stuff.
**[03:09] Shiho**
Oh, I hear you!
**[03:10] Shiho**
That's kind of how we all started, too.
**[03:13] Hot Guy**
I've forgotten it all by now, of course.
**[03:17] Kana**
Oh, yeah.
**[03:18] Kana**
But that's just fine with us!
**[03:20] Kana**
"Let's enjoy campus life" is the true
motto of the Hyakunin Isshu Society!
**[03:27] Hot Guy**
Hey, what's your name?
**[03:29] Botan**
Huh? Oh... Nagatsuki Botan.
**[03:34] Hot Guy**
Botan-chan, huh?
**[03:35] Hot Guy**
That's a cute name. Nice to meet you!
**[03:37] Botan**
Same...
**[03:41] Kana**
Here's the room. Come on in!
**[03:47] Hot Guy**
Wow!
**[03:48] Hot Guy**
I didn't know colleges had Japanese-style ro—
**[03:54] Hot Guy**
Why'd you lock the door?
**[03:59] Natsuki**
Just in case.
**[04:01] Hot Guy**
Just in case... of what?
**[04:04] Kei**
Have some tea!
**[04:05] Shiho**
Come on in!
**[04:06] Kana**
Yes, come in!
**[04:08] Kana**
Come right in!
**[04:13] Botan**
The Hyakunin Isshu is made up of poems
composed by people over a thousand years ago,
**[04:18] Botan**
but there are some that
still resonate, you know?
**[04:21] Botan**
It's proof that people's feelings
never really change across the ages.
**[04:25] Hot Guy**
There are some love poems there too, right?
**[04:28] Botan**
Huh?
**[04:29] Botan**
Oh... yes.
**[04:30] Hot Guy**
Could you teach me some of those?
**[04:33] Natsuki**
Absolutely!
**[04:35] Hot Guy**
R-Right...
**[04:37] Kei**
For love poems... let's see.
**[04:42] Kei**
"The Mina River
**[04:43] Kei**
cascading 'neath Tsukuba
**[04:45] Kei**
etches a chasm.
**[04:47] Kei**
So floweth my love for thee,
**[04:49] Kei**
ever stronger and deeper."
**[04:52] Kana**
The source of the Mina River is
the peak of Mount Tsukuba.
**[04:56] Kana**
It starts as a narrow stream,
but in time, carves out a chasm.
**[05:00] Kana**
Little by little, the first stirrings
of affection grow into deep love!
**[05:05] Kana**
The poet compares that feeling to a river!
***SIGN*** Mina River
***SIGN*** Man Woman
**[05:08] Shiho**
Incidentally, here's how
you write "Mina River."
**[05:12] Natsuki**
It's a really straightforward love poem!
**[05:16] Natsuki**
It's saying "let's date!"
**[05:18] Natsuki**
You get it?
**[05:19] Hot Guy**
R-Right.
**[05:20] Kei**
"With thee, one moment—
**[05:22] Kei**
I'd die for such a treasure,
**[05:23] Kei**
not regretfully.
**[05:25] Kei**
Yet now that I have found you,
**[05:27] Kei**
would that life might never end."
**[05:29] Kana**
"I love you so much, so badly,
I'd give up my life to be with you!"
**[05:35] Shiho**
"But now that we're together,
I want my life to last forever!"
**[05:42] Natsuki**
It means, "I want to be with you for eternity!"
**[05:45] Kana**
Don't you long to find a love like that?!
**[05:52] Natsuki**
Why?!
**[05:54] Kana**
We finally got a hot guy in here
and he ran away from us!
**[05:58] Shiho**
What exactly are we doing wrong?!
**[06:02] Kei**
The desperation scared him off.
**[06:04] Natsuki**
Damn it! We don't have to take this
from the romantically attached!
**[06:07] Kei**
Look, it's all about fate.
**[06:10] Kei**
Maybe wait for the universe
to bring you someone.
**[06:12] Kana**
If you wait too long,
you'll just end up like me.
**[06:15] Natsuki**
A campus life without a boyfriend
is like an anpan without an!
**[06:20] Shiho**
Like katsudon without tonkatsu!
**[06:22] Kana**
Like a dashi rolled omelet without dashi!
**[06:25] Botan**
It's fun enough with just us girls, though.
**[06:29] Natsuki**
You don't sound very desperate to land a guy.
**[06:32] Natsuki**
It's almost like you've got one already!
**[06:35] Kana**
You're totally dating that
scary guy, aren't you?
**[06:38] Shiho**
That mean-looking guy?
**[06:40] Botan**
Seriously, I'm not!
**[06:42] Botan**
Hyoma-san's just a relative.
**[06:44] Kei**
Botan-chan, could you invite Kunato-san over?
**[06:47] Botan**
Huh? Why should I?
**[06:49] Kei**
There's something we'd like his help with.
**[06:51] Botan**
I can handle that.
**[06:53] Natsuki**
Nah, a girl can't handle it.
**[06:55] Natsuki**
It's physical labor, best fit for a man.
**[07:02] Hyoma**
All right. I'm on my way.
**[07:04] Botan**
*You're sure? It's not too much trouble?*
**[07:07] Hyoma**
I was in the middle of
strength training anyway.
**[07:09] Hyoma**
I don't mind at all.
**[07:11] Botan**
Sure. Okay.
**[07:13] Botan**
See you later, then.
**[07:15] Botan**
He said he's on his way.
**[07:18] Kei**
Okay, great!
**[07:21] Kana**
He comes the minute you call him.
How about that!
**[07:24] Natsuki**
Very interesting indeed.
**[07:41] Hyoma**
All right—
**[07:42] Security B**
Wait!
**[07:43] Hyoma**
What are you doing?!
**[07:44] Security A**
Suspicious intruder secured!
**[07:46] Security B**
We won't let you bring harm to our students!
**[07:50] Hyoma**
You've misunderstood! I was invited here!
**[07:53] Security A**
What?!
**[07:54] Security A**
Has a criminal organization
infiltrated our school already?!
**[07:57] Security B**
You'll be coming with us!
**[07:59] Hyoma**
I have no ulterior motives!
**[08:01] Botan**
Hyoma-san...
**[08:02] Botan**
What in the world?
**[08:06] Botan**
You got confused for an intruder?
**[08:09] Botan**
What a rough time.
**[08:10] Hyoma**
I get interrogated just for
walking down the street.
**[08:15] Hyoma**
Do I look that suspicious to others?
**[08:18] Botan**
Well...
**[08:20] Botan**
Not usually, but...
**[08:22] Botan**
You've got this hard glare sometimes...
**[08:25] Hyoma**
I see.
**[08:26] Hyoma**
My desire to arrive with
purpose was my undoing.
**[08:30] Botan**
With purpose? Why?
**[08:32] Hyoma**
You devote yourself to
the Hyakunin Isshu Society.
**[08:36] Hyoma**
I wished to participate with similar ardor.
**[08:40] Botan**
Oh...
**[08:41] Botan**
I wouldn't say I "devote myself"
to it... I just enjoy it.
**[08:46] Hyoma**
They aren't the same?
**[08:47] Botan**
I practiced the Hyakunin Isshu a long time ago,
**[08:50] Botan**
but I never planned on joining
a club about it in college.
***SIGN*** Anime Enthusiasts
**[08:56] Botan**
But the club members just
came right up and talked to me,
**[09:01] Botan**
and that was such a refreshing experience.
**[09:05] Botan**
Sorry.
**[09:07] Hyoma**
It's clearly important to you.
**[09:10] Hyoma**
When you're with your fellow scholars
of the Hyakunin Isshu Society,
**[09:13] Hyoma**
you seem to enjoy yourself.
**[09:18] Botan**
I guess I do.
**[09:24] Natsuki**
Kunato-san...
**[09:26] All**
Welcome!
**[09:28] Kana**
Sorry to call you out all of a sudden!
**[09:31] Hyoma**
No, I'm glad to be of help where I can.
**[09:36] Kei**
Bon-chan, you've got class coming up, right?
**[09:39] Kei**
You should probably get to that.
**[09:41] Botan**
What? But...
**[09:42] Hyoma**
I'll be fine on my own.
**[09:45] Hyoma**
I'll follow your fellow scholars' instructions.
**[09:48] Hyoma**
You should focus on your studies, Botan.
**[09:52] Botan**
Okay. Good luck.
**[09:55] Natsuna**
Kunato-san. Over here.
**[09:57] Hyoma**
Right.
**[10:00] Hyoma**
So, what's the physical labor you—
**[10:07] Hyoma**
Why did you lock the door?
**[10:11] Natsuki**
Just in case.
**[10:14] Hyoma**
Good!
**[10:15] Hyoma**
It's important to exercise
caution at all times.
**[10:19] Hyoma**
You're a very sensible person.
**[10:21] Natsuki**
Well... thanks.
**[10:24] Natsuki**
Would you like some tea?
**[10:26] Hyoma**
Much obliged. Thank you.
**[10:36] Kei**
So, are you and Bon-chan dating?
**[10:41] Hyoma**
What?
**[10:42] Natsuki**
C'mon, give us the scoop!
**[10:44] Kana/Shiho**
What's the scoop?!
**[10:46] Hyoma**
*It's a trap!*
**[10:48] Kei**
"'How in love he is,'
**[10:49] Kei**
say the rumors that abound...
**[10:51] Kei**
But how can this be?
**[10:53] Kei**
When those soft feelings for thee
**[10:55] Kei**
remain virgin, clandestine..."
**[10:57] Shiho**
"Everyone's talking about
how I'm in love with you!"
**[11:01] Natsuki**
"But I only just started feeling that way,
and I didn't tell anyone about it!"
**[11:06] Natsuki**
It means that if you're in love,
even if you try to hide it,
**[11:08] Natsuki**
it's still plain as day to those around you!
**[11:11] Hyoma**
What? I... er...
**[11:18] Natsuki**
How do you *really* feel about Bon?
**[11:21] Shiho/Kana**
C'mon!
**[11:22] Hyoma**
*H-How do I feel?*
**[11:26] Hyoma**
*I don't know...*
**[11:27] Hyoma**
*But my duty as a Saenome is clear.*
**[11:34] Hyoma**
I have sworn a vow...
**[11:36] Hyoma**
that I will always keep her safe.
**[11:45] Natsuki**
Kunato Hyoma, you pass!
**[11:48] Shiho**
Keep her safe?! That's total boyfriend stuff!
**[11:51] Natsuki**
And you've told Bon this, right?
**[11:55] Hyoma**
I... have.
**[11:58] Kei**
So? So? What'd Bon-chan say then?!
**[12:02] (Flashback) Botan**
Where did "keep you safe" come from?!
**[12:05] Kana**
But why?
**[12:06] Kana**
"I'll always keep you safe"
is basically a proposal!
**[12:09] Hyoma**
Pro—
**[12:10] Natsuki**
You gotta tell us more about this!
**[12:13] Shiho**
How did this all go down?!
**[12:17] Hyoma**
Wherefore must I be subject to such inquiry?
**[12:21] Hyoma**
I fear I know not,
**[12:23] Hyoma**
but as it seems you have no labor for me...
**[12:27] Hyoma**
My hand is forced!
**[12:29] Teacher**
"In lamentation,
**[12:31] Teacher**
my soul wanders through the skies,
**[12:32] Teacher**
seeking connection
**[12:33] Teacher**
Tie yourself to me, I beg
**[12:35] Teacher**
as one secures kimono"
**[12:36] Botan**
Hyoma-san?
**[12:37] Teacher**
This poem was...
**[12:38] Kana**
Well, he's a pretty weird guy, but...
**[12:42] Kana**
"I'll always keep you safe"?
**[12:43] Kana**
I'd love to have a guy say that to me!
**[12:45] Shiho**
Botan-senpai's so lucky!
**[12:48] Natsuki**
There's a problem, though.
**[12:50] Natsuki**
They're both so shy,
they'll never make any progress like this.
**[12:54] Kei**
Exactly.
**[12:55] Natsuki**
It's time for the Hyakunin Isshu
Society to band together
**[12:59] Natsuki**
and get those two hooked up!
**[13:00] Kana**
Yeah!
**[13:02] Botan**
Get *which* two hooked up?
**[13:06] Botan**
Could I perhaps inquire as to
what you said to Hyoma-san?
**[13:13] Natsuki**
Hey, Bon!
**[13:15] Natsuki**
We didn't mean any harm!
**[13:19] Natsuki**
We were really just worried.
**[13:21] Natsuki**
We don't want you falling in with anyone bad.
**[13:24] Kei**
We just want you to be happy!
**[13:28] Natsuki**
Yeah, yeah!
**[13:34] Botan**
I've got a craving for green tea pancakes.
**[13:37] Kei**
Sure, let's grab some!
**[13:40] Natsuki**
Wanna invite Kunato-san?
**[13:41] Botan**
Please, just drop it!
**[13:54] Botan**
A parasol?
**[14:00] Natsuki**
Someone you know?
**[14:02] Kei**
That's weird. Who carries
a parasol when it's cloudy?
**[14:14] Botan**
Is that...
**[14:16] Shigure**
Have you weakened a bit?
**[14:22] Shigure**
Yorimashi... Nagatsuki Botan-san.
**[14:34] Kei**
Wh-What's going on?
**[14:37] Natsuki**
This feels kinda bad.
**[14:39] Botan**
Run! Quick!
**[14:52] Kei**
What... a wall?
**[14:54] Natsuki**
Wh-What's going on here?!
**[14:57] Shigure**
I won't let you escape.
**[15:05] Botan**
*She's got us trapped...*
**[15:10] Shigure**
I'm going to check on things in there.
**[15:16] Natsuki**
Hey, someone!
**[15:18] Kei**
Hey! Stop it!
**[15:19] Shigure**
Very thoroughly...
**[15:33] Itsuki**
What is it, Kai-sama?
**[15:36] Kai**
Oh, you know...
**[15:38] Kai**
I briefly felt a familiar old spirit energy.
**[15:42] Kai**
Things might be about to get interesting.
**[15:45] Kai**
It seems like it had been
masking its presence...
**[15:48] Kai**
but a certain someone's sure to notice.
**[15:53] Hyoma**
*I felt it just now...*
**[15:56] Hyoma**
*That ominous spirit energy.*
**[15:58] Hyoma**
*Can it be...*
**[16:01] Fukie**
What's wrong?
**[16:03] Fukie**
You've got a dangerous look in your eyes.
**[16:06] Hyoma**
You're...
**[16:09] Natsuki**
Hey! Hey!
**[16:10] Natsuki**
Can anyone hear me?
**[16:12] Natsuki**
Hey!
**[16:15] Natsuki**
What the hell's going on?
**[16:18] Natsuki**
Who the hell was she?
**[16:21] Natsuki**
What's going on here?
**[16:23] Kei**
Natsuki!
**[16:25] Natsuki**
Kei!
**[16:26] Kei**
Natsuki... I don't understand.
**[16:28] Kei**
What's happening to us?
**[16:31] Natsuki**
Calm down!
**[16:32] Natsuki**
We'll work together to find a way out.
**[16:35] Natsuki**
Wait... Where's Bon?
**[16:37] Natsuki**
Hey! Bon!
**[16:39] Kei**
Bon-chan!
**[16:42] Kei**
You're over there? We're coming!
**[16:44] Botan**
Stay back!
**[16:46] Botan**
I'm okay.
**[16:47] Botan**
You guys stay put.
**[16:58] Botan**
Please don't hurt the others.
**[17:16] Botan**
*No...*
**[17:19] Botan**
*She's not looking at me.*
**[17:23] Shigure**
Yes. The light's definitely
weakened since then.
**[17:30] Shigure**
And...
**[17:37] Kei**
Bon-chan! What's wrong?!
**[17:39] Kei**
N-Natsuki...
**[17:40] Natsuki**
Kei, go find us a way out.
**[17:46] Shigure**
Of course, I can't break the barrier.
**[17:51] Shigure**
It's got protection on it.
**[17:54] Shigure**
Both outside and inside.
**[18:00] Shigure**
Very well done.
**[18:06] Shigure**
But it's definitely in there.
**[18:09] Shigure**
Don't you worry, now.
**[18:13] Shigure**
I promise, we'll release you...
**[18:18] Shigure**
My master.
**[18:23] Natsuki**
You...
**[18:24] Natsuki**
Get the hell away from Bon, you freak!
**[18:27] Botan**
Natsuki...
**[18:33] Kei**
*I've got to call for help...*
**[18:37] Kei**
*But... how?*
**[18:45] Natsuki**
Kei!
**[18:50] Botan**
Natsuki!
**[18:53] Shigure**
Let's see.
**[18:54] Shigure**
Perhaps...
**[18:59] Shigure**
If I strip away the environment that
serves as nothing but a receptacle...
**[19:07] Shigure**
The marebito might just come out.
**[19:12] Natsuki**
What the...
**[19:14] Natsuki**
No...
**[19:22] Botan**
What are you doing?
**[19:24] Botan**
No! Stop!
**[19:30] Botan**
Natsuki!
**[19:36] Botan**
Kei!
**[19:46] Botan**
*Someone...*
**[19:54] Botan**
*Hyoma-san...*
**[20:08] Shigure**
Oh?
**[20:18] Botan**
Hyo...
**[20:19] Botan**
Hyoma-san!
**[20:22] Hyoma**
Sorry I'm late.
**[20:24] Hyoma**
But...
**[20:26] Hyoma**
You're safe now, Botan!
**[20:30] (Flashback) Hyoma**
This I swear.
**[20:32] (Flashback) Hyoma**
I'll always keep you safe.
**[20:42] Botan**
Hyoma-san...
**[20:46] Shigure**
Barrier disruption...
**[20:48] Shigure**
A power gifted by Saenokami.
**[20:52] Shigure**
I see.
**[20:53] Shigure**
Kunato Hyoma.
**[20:56] Shigure**
Is that you?
**[20:58] Shigure**
But how will you fight me
with three women to protect?
**[21:03] Fukie**
No need to worry there.
**[21:16] Fukie**
I'll be protecting them.
**[21:19] Fukie**
I won't let anyone get close.
**[21:22] Fukie**
You should be able to go all-out now, right?
**[21:28] Shigure**
Fukie of the Bureau of Traditional Music?
**[21:33] Hyoma**
Thank you.
**[21:38] Hyoma**
*There is a resemblance.*
**[21:41] Hyoma**
*I know this spirit energy.*
**[21:44] Hyoma**
*This is...*
**[21:49] Shigure**
What a hideous expression.
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** Draconic