E16 - Draconic

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[00:04] Botan
    Hyoma-san...
[00:16] Shigure
    Oh?
[00:25] Botan
    Hyo...
[00:27] Botan
    Hyoma-san...
[00:30] Shigure
    Barrier disruption...
[00:32] Shigure
    A power gifted by Saenokami.
[00:36] Shigure
    I see.
[00:38] Shigure
    Kunato Hyoma.
[00:40] Shigure
    Is that you?
[00:42] Shigure
    But how will you fight me
    with three women to protect?
[00:47] Fukie
    No need to worry there.
[00:50] Fukie
    I won't let anyone get close.
[00:54] Fukie
    You should be able to go all-out now, right?
[00:57] Shigure
    Fukie of the Bureau of Traditional Music?
[01:03] Hyoma
    There is a resemblance.
[01:05] Hyoma
    I know this spirit energy.
[01:08] Hyoma
    This is...
[01:13] Shigure
    What a hideous expression.
[01:19] Botan
    Hyoma-san?
[01:20] Hyoma
    Get back, Botan.
[01:24] Hyoma
    Remain calm.
[01:26] Hyoma
    I don't know that it's true yet.
[01:29] Hyoma
    The prior paper umbrella manifested
    with inexperienced transformations.
[01:32] Hyoma
    I have no way of knowing
    what it might look like now.
[01:36] Hyoma
    I can't be sure that this
    tsukumogami is the one.
[01:41] Hyoma
    Calm yourself.
[01:44] Hyoma
    Calm...
SIGN    Malevolent Spirits
SIGN    Draconic
[03:34] Fukie
    I'm on his side. I'm not your enemy.
[03:37] Fukie
    You would be safest remaining close to me.
[03:41] Fukie
    In fact...
[03:42] Fukie
    It's easier for me if the things
    I'm protecting remain in one place.
[03:46] Botan
    Natsuki! Kei!
[03:48] Botan
    Um... Are they...
[03:51] Fukie
    I've put them both to sleep.
[03:53] Fukie
    They're fine.
[03:58] Botan
    Thank goodness.
[04:00] Botan
    Thank goodness...
[04:15] Botan
    The city's back?
[04:18] Fukie
    The barrier's been lowered.
[04:20] Fukie
    All the more reason to stay close to me.
[04:24] Fukie
    It's going to channel its power elsewhere.
[04:27] Fukie
    To fight... or to flee?
[04:33] Hyoma
    You won't escape.
[04:35] Hyoma
    I have questions to ask you.
[04:37] Hyoma
    But most importantly, as a Saenome,
[04:40] Hyoma
    I cannot allow a tsukumogami that
    harms humans to remain at large.
[04:44] Shigure
    "Most importantly"?
[04:54] Shigure
    Liar.
[04:55] Shigure
    That part's just lip service for you, isn't it?
[05:05] Botan
    She moved behind Hyoma-san in an instant...
[05:11] Shigure
    That expression...
[05:14] Shigure
    The one you let slip before me earlier.
[05:17] Shigure
    That's how you really feel, isn't it?
[05:20] Shigure
    You pursue out of a desire to destroy.
[05:23] Shigure
    To protect others as a Saenome?
[05:26] Shigure
    You don't look like the kind of person
    motivated by such noble principles.
[05:33] Hyoma
    It uses some curious movement technique...
[05:35] Hyoma
    I should use talismans first
    to ascertain its nature.
[05:40] Shigure
    Or perhaps...
[05:42] Hyoma
    Try me!
[05:44] Shigure
    Kusui and Hayato...
[05:48] Shigure
    Those martyrs to their cause...
    You seek to imitate them?
[05:54] (Flashback) Kusui
    Helping protect wayward tsukumogami would
    probably look a bit better, don't you think?
[06:00] (Flashback) Hyoma
    "To offer guidance and maintain
    order in the land of the living."
[06:04] (Flashback) Hyoma
    That's what Grandpa says is
    the Saenome guiding principle.
[06:09] (Flashback) Kusui
    That's it! We've gotta set
    a good example for Hi-kun!
[06:13] (Flashback) Hayato
    Next time our schedules line up,
    come watch us at work!
[06:16] (Flashback) Hyoma
    Sure!
[06:26] Botan
    A paper umbrella that knows their names...
[06:29] Botan
    Is she the one Hyoma-san...
[07:13] Hyoma
    Die!
[07:17] Shigure
    See?
[07:19] Shigure
    You're not looking at anything but me.
[07:22] Shigure
    You can't protect anyone.
[07:34] Shigure
    Our objective has always been...
[07:37] Shigure
    right here.
[07:40] Hyoma
    Botan!
[08:08] Shigure
    What's this?
[08:10] Shigure
    Hairpins and...
[08:12] Shigure
    Katana?
[08:15] Shigure
    Oh...
[08:16] Shigure
    It's you, is it?
[08:23] Hyoma
    All of you...
[08:27] Tsumabiki
    So glad you happened to be here...
[08:29] Tsumabiki
    Fukki.
[08:32] Haori
    You've come after our master, have you?
[08:36] Haori
    You lowlife.
[08:38] Haori
    There's nothing to discuss.
[08:43] Haori
    We will destroy you.
[08:49] Hyoma
    The tsukumogami before me now
[08:53] Hyoma
    are not the ones I see every day.
[08:56] Hyoma
    They're some of the most powerful
    tsukumogami in Kyoto...
[08:59] Hyoma
    "The Nagatsuki Bridal Trousseau."
[09:02] Hyoma
    Those who protect Nagatsuki Botan.
[09:07] Shigure
    Destroy me?
[09:10] Shigure
    Very well.
[09:12] Shigure
    Who are the more worthy servants?
[09:16] Shigure
    Us? Or you?
[09:21] Shigure
    I think it's time we worked that out.
[09:36] Shigure
    A mirror? Just one?
[09:39] Shigure
    Where are the others?
[09:43] Kagami
    This spirit energy... This power...
[09:46] Kagami
    I'm sure of it!
[09:47] Kagami
    It's a tsukumogami linked
    to the land of the dead!
[09:50] Kagami
    Keep your guard up, everyone!
[09:58] Nagi
    I don't give a damn who you are...
[10:02] Nagi
    I'll slice you to ribbons!
[10:41] Shigure
    A projectile fired with an ally inside...
[10:56] Hyoma
    This is...
[10:58] Hyoma
    This is the true face of the Nagatsukis.
[11:02] Tsumabiki
    Now, now.
[11:03] Tsuzumi
    If you're getting that just from
    their destructive power,
[11:06] Tsuzumi
    you've still got a lot to learn!
[11:08] Hyoma
    Bureau, is Botan...
[11:11] Tsumabiki
    The girl? She's with Haori.
[11:30] Tsumabiki
    They fight to draw the enemy
    away from their mistress,
[11:34] Tsumabiki
    and keep the enemy's attacks
    pointed away from their mistress.
[11:39] Tsumabiki
    Truly, fighting to protect is more
    difficult than fighting to defeat...
[11:44] Tsumabiki
    But that's the style in which they excel.
[11:50] Hyoma
    Fighting... to protect.
[11:57] Nagi
    Damn it... Vanished again.
[12:00] Nagi
    Haori! Be careful!
[12:02] Haori
    Kagami, search with the Shoyokyo!
[12:05] Haori
    Everyone else, return here for now.
[12:18] Shigure
    My... master...
[12:21] Shigure
    Come with me...
[12:31] Haori
    I thought something wasn't quite right.
[12:36] Hyoma
    Diving into and emerging from shadows...
[12:39] Hyoma
    That's how your warp technique works!
[12:43] Hyoma
    You won't...
[12:45] Hyoma
    You won't...
[12:47] Hyoma
    You won't have your way anymore,
    paper umbrella!
[12:58] Tsuzumi
    Don't struggle!
SIGN    Proxy
[13:11] Shigure
    Well done.
[13:13] Shigure
    Take care, my master.
SIGN    Proxy
[13:37] Tsumabiki
    As long as its intentions remain unknown,
[13:40] Tsumabiki
    we'll need to remove the seal
    and interrogate it at some point.
[13:45] Tsumabiki
    You can give it a piece
    of your mind at that time.
[13:49] Tsumabiki
    Until then, in accordance with the rules,
[13:52] Tsumabiki
    we'll store it in the warehouse of
    the presiding Saenome in this case.
[13:57] Tsumabiki
    Kunato Hyoma.
[13:59] Hyoma
    Y-Yes?
[14:01] Tsumabiki
    Is now a time to be lost in your thoughts?
[14:04] Tsumabiki
    I hope the lady over there
    isn't feeling too traumatized.
[14:10] Tsumabiki
    This paper umbrella was our target originally.
[14:14] Tsumabiki
    We'll deal with the aftermath.
[14:16] Tsumabiki
    We've altered your friends' memories, as well.
[14:20] Tsumabiki
    The rest of you should take
    a well-deserved rest.
[14:26] Hyoma
    Is it... over?
[14:28] Hyoma
    Really?
[14:29] Hyoma
    At last?
[14:32] Hyoma
    Is it all that easy?
[14:34] Hyoma
    Could it really be that easy?
[14:38] Hyoma
    I don't feel anything yet.
[14:43] Haori
    Kunato Hyoma.
[14:45] Haori
    You kept our mistress safe until we arrived.
[14:50] Haori
    On behalf of the Nagatsuki Bridal Trousseau,
[14:53] Haori
    I give you my thanks.
[15:00] Hyoma
    No. You're the ones who kept her safe.
[15:04] Hyoma
    I became preoccupied with
    defeating that tsukumogami.
[15:10] Hyoma
    I protected nothing.
[15:12] Botan
    That's not true!
[15:17] Hyoma
    Botan?
[15:19] Botan
    That's not... true at all.
[15:23] (Flashback) Hyoma
    You're safe now, Botan!
[15:28] Botan
    Because I...
[15:36] Botan
    Hyoma-san...
[15:47] Hyoma
    Botan!
[15:48] Trousseau
    Botan!
[15:50] Botan
    I... what...
[15:53] Botan
    Something... just...
[15:56] Haori
    It can't be...
[16:00] Haori
    Back home, everyone!
[16:02] Haori
    Hurry!
[16:04] Hyoma
    On our flight back to the mansion,
[16:07] Hyoma
    my mind was a swirl of questions.
[16:10] Hyoma
    The paper umbrella's aura...
[16:13] Hyoma
    Its smell, the same as
    the tsukumogami I seek...
[16:17] Hyoma
    Why... If we just sealed it...
[16:21] Hyoma
    As we come closer to the mansion,
[16:23] Hyoma
    why do they seem to grow thicker and heavier?
[16:27] Nagi
    What the...
[16:29] Nagi
    They're all Kyoto Saenome.
[16:32] Nagi
    What're they doing at our place?
[16:34] Nagi
    Move it!
[16:41] Tsubaki
    Ah, so that's the story.
[16:44] Tsubaki
    Looks like they got us, Hyoma-chan.
[16:48] Tsubaki
    This was their real target.
[16:54] Tsubaki
    Not the destruction of the mansion...
[16:58] Tsubaki
    But the keystone of protection
    that dwelt there.
[17:03] Tsubaki
    Their target was Kushige.
[17:07] Haori
    Kushige?!
[17:09] Hyoma
    It did say... "our objective"...
[17:13] Hyoma
    This isn't over at all.
[17:16] Hyoma
    That viscous, unmistakable spirit energy...
[17:20] Hyoma
    Can there be more of it out there?
[17:22] Hyoma
    Could it still be nearby?!
[17:25] Nagi
    Hyoma!
[17:27] Nagi
    I can sense your urge to kill from here.
[17:29] Nagi
    Hold it in for now.
[17:31] Hyoma
    But—
[17:37] Nagi
    If the paper umbrella was in cahoots
    with whoever attacked here,
[17:41] Nagi
    there could be even more of them.
[17:43] Nagi
    The fact that they beat Kushige means
    they're at least as powerful as us!
[17:50] Nagi
    You've got better things to do right now
[17:52] Nagi
    than rushing out to die for nothing!
[17:55] Shigure
    Our objective has always been...
[17:58] Shigure
    right here.
[18:04] Hyoma
    Tsubaki.
[18:06] Hyoma
    The tsukumogami we encountered
    said their target was Botan.
[18:09] Hyoma
    If it was working with the one
    who attacked the mansion,
[18:12] Hyoma
    then protecting her has to come first.
[18:15] Tsumabiki
    Best place for her would be Papa's place, then.
[18:25] Restoration Artist
    I don't think the tsukumogami's gone for good.
[18:28] Restoration Artist
    I think it sealed its own soul in its vessel.
[18:31] Restoration Artist
    It's what we call a state of "pseudo-sealing."
[18:35] Hyoma
    "Pseudo"?
[18:35] Restoration Artist
    Yes.
[18:36] Restoration Artist
    As you know, there are two ways
    to eliminate a tsukumogami.
[18:42] Restoration Artist
    One is to kill its living body,
    the vessel made flesh.
[18:47] Restoration Artist
    The other is to sever the vessel
    from the soul and seal it.
[18:54] Restoration Artist
    When that happens, the vessel
    temporarily becomes a vault for the soul,
[18:59] Restoration Artist
    and then we typically return the soul
    to the land of the dead later.
[19:03] Restoration Artist
    Kushige-san probably avoided death by
    severing his soul just before he was destroyed.
[19:09] Taiju
    I see.
[19:11] Taiju
    So? Can you restore it?
[19:16] Restoration Artist
    First, I have to repair the vessel.
[19:18] Restoration Artist
    That's my job, so it's doable.
[19:22] Restoration Artist
    But...
[19:23] Restoration Artist
    Even if the external scars are fixed,
[19:26] Restoration Artist
    there's no telling when
    the life might return to it...
[19:29] Restoration Artist
    And there's just nothing I can do about that.
[19:39] Kagami
    Botan...
[19:42] Taiju
    Our boarding house is nearby,
    so we'll have you people stay there for now.
[19:49] Taiju
    That'll be best from a safety standpoint.
[19:52] Taiju
    After that... well,
    it won't be up to me to decide...
[19:56] Taiju
    But with the state Kushige's in,
[19:59] Taiju
    you should be ready for more meddling and
    severe limitations concerning Nagatsuki Botan.
[20:06] Hyoma
    What do you mean by that?
[20:08] Haori
    The role Kushige played
    was just that important.
[20:12] Haori
    You know that Kushige rarely
    accompanied us on jobs, right?
[20:17] Haori
    That's simply because... he couldn't.
[20:21] Haori
    Because most of his power
    was already in constant use.
[20:26] Haori
    He maintained a barrier around
    the mansion to keep enemies out,
[20:30] Haori
    and maintained separate barriers
    over Botan's body and mind.
[20:36] Haori
    In this way, he prevented the surfacing
    of the marebito inside her.
[20:42] Haori
    That's why Botan could go about
     her life with minimal supervision.
[20:47] Haori
    Currently, though, all of those
    barriers have been lifted.
[20:52] Taiju
    Which means she's completely exposed.
[20:55] Taiju
    There's no telling what could trigger
    the marebito's surfacing.
[21:00] Taiju
    If Nagatsuki-san is the one
    they're after, as you heard,
[21:05] Taiju
    it'll be too dangerous to let her
    go out as she did before.
[21:09] Taiju
    Everyone aware of the situation will agree.
[21:12] Taiju
    Which means outside forces
    will begin to weigh in on
[21:16] Taiju
    what to do with Nagatsuki Botan from now on.
[21:20] Taiju
    That's the meddling.
[21:22] Suzuri
    We'll accept the limitations.
[21:25] Suzuri
    Until we can work out
    countermeasures, at least.
[21:29] Suzuri
    But the meddling...
    Depending on what it consists of...
[21:35] Taiju
    Hold your tempers, now.
[21:38] Taiju
    If your lot tries anything, I'll act in
    accordance with my orders from above.
[21:44] Taiju
    And don't go forgetting that your
    mistress is currently in my hands.
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    Moonset