E4 - Arrangement

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[00:01] (Flashback) Oboro
    This girl has stood upon the boundary,
[00:03] (Flashback) Oboro
    and now she surely has a
    painful life ahead of her.
[00:08] (Flashback) Oboro
    No matter how warped
    and hardened it might be,
[00:12] (Flashback) Oboro
    I want her to find human happiness in the end.
[00:18] (Flashback) Oboro
    You know what you must do
    to ensure that, do you not?
[00:30] (Flashback) Zohei
    Hello?
[00:32] (Flashback) Zohei
    It's me, Zohei.
[00:35] Zohei
    Sorry for the short notice,
[00:37] Zohei
    but I need to talk to you about my grandson.
[00:41] (Flashback) Haori
    Yes?
[00:42] Haori
    I thought it might help him if he
    could stay with you for a while.
[00:46] Haori
    Mind having a look at him?
[00:49] (Flashback) Haori
    Certainly.
[00:51] (Flashback) Haori
    But would you be willing to
    accept a condition in exchange?
SIGN    Malevolent Spirits
SIGN    Arrangement
SIGN    List of Kunato Hyoma Supporters
SIGN    -san
SIGN    • Nagi
SIGN    • Kagami
SIGN    • Suzuri
SIGN    • Haori
SIGN    • Kushige
SIGN    • Yu
SIGN    • Yu
[02:38] Hyoma
    I've managed to return to square one.
[02:42] Hyoma
    No... Things aren't quite
    as they were from the start.
[02:47] Hyoma
    At the very least,
[02:48] Hyoma
    I do feel more of a connection here
[02:51] Hyoma
    in the Nagatsuki household
    than I've ever felt before.
[02:56] Hyoma
    But my duty now is to ascertain
[02:58] Hyoma
    whether these are indeed tsukumogami
    in whom I can place my full trust.
[03:07] Botan
    Hyoma-san!
[03:08] Botan
    Did you really get everyone's signatures?!
[03:18] Botan
    Sorry to burst in like that!
[03:21] Hyoma
    I don't mind that at all.
[03:28] Hyoma
    Your information is accurate.
[03:30] Hyoma
    I've caused you a great deal of trouble.
[03:34] Hyoma
    Would you accept an apology for my rudeness,
[03:35] Hyoma
    and allow me to make a new first impression?
[03:40] Botan
    Sorry! You're just always so uptight.
[03:44] Botan
    You're going to give yourself
    a heart attack one day!
[03:50] Hyoma
    You shouldn't laugh when you're already
    out of breath from running.
[03:53] Botan
    I... I'm okay.
[03:54] Botan
    Okay.
[03:56] Botan
    Here's to a full year together, then.
[04:02] Hyoma
    Yes.
[04:05] Hyoma
    I appreciate your hospitality.
SIGN    Wind
     Forest
     Fire
     Mountain
[04:09] Kagami
    We're really going to tell him already?
[04:12] Nagi
    Yeah. I mean, he met the conditions.
[04:15] Kagami
    Yu-chan only signed because she felt bad
    about the trouble she caused him, right?
[04:19] Kagami
    And I'm not sure the two of them
    will like having this sprung on them.
[04:24] Suzuri
    We do have a whole year ahead of us.
[04:27] Suzuri
    Why not allow for a longer grace period?
SIGN    List of Kunato Hyoma Supporters
SIGN    -san
SIGN    • Nagi
SIGN    • Kagami
SIGN    • Suzuri
SIGN    • Haori
SIGN    • Kushige
SIGN    • Yu
[04:30] Nagi
    Whatever we do, we're already
    on record as supporting him.
[04:34] Nagi
    Over a pretty damned short period, at that.
[04:38] Nagi
    I'm saying the time's ripe.
[04:40] Nagi
    Right, Kushige?
[04:44] Nagi
    Haori's come to the same conclusion.
[04:49] Botan
    Oh, that's right.
[04:51] Botan
    We cook dinner in shifts here.
[04:54] Botan
    Can you cook, Hyoma-san?
[04:57] Hyoma
    I've cooked many times at home.
[05:01] Hyoma
    Though I can't make anything
    especially complicated.
[05:03] Botan
    Hey, that's okay.
[05:05] Botan
    Nagi can't make anything but beer snacks...
[05:15] Haori
    Hyoma-san, Botan...
[05:17] Haori
    There's something we must tell you.
[05:20] Haori
    Would you join us in the great hall?
[05:24] Haori
    It regards an arrangement
    I made with Zohei-san
[05:29] Haori
    in exchange for taking Hyoma-san in.
[05:32] Hyoma
    What?
[05:33] Haori
    We of the Nagatsuki tsukumogami
    share a single purpose.
[05:38] Haori
    The request to have you stay here aligned
    perfectly with our motivations in that regard.
[05:46] Haori
    We agreed to allow you
    to observe us for one year,
[05:51] Haori
    and made a request of Zohei-san in turn.
[05:56] Haori
    That we, too, would be allowed
    to spend the year evaluating you.
[06:04] Botan
    Wait! Not again—
[06:07] Yu
    Quiet now.
[06:10] Hyoma
    I don't understand.
[06:12] Hyoma
    Why would you want to do that?
[06:15] Hyoma
    And why reveal it now?
[06:19] Haori
    We intended to spend the year evaluating
    whether or not we find you worthy.
[06:24] Haori
    But you've made us do something
    fairly similar in just three days.
[06:29] Haori
    So I thought the time was ripe
    to reveal everything to you.
[06:34] Haori
    This is our purpose...
SIGN    Celebrate!
    
    The Potential Husband's Arrival
    
    by the House Nagatsuki Tsukumogami
SIGN    Welcome!
SIGN    Celebrate!
    
    The Potential Husband's Arrival
    
    by the House Nagatsuki Tsukumogami
SIGN    Welcome!
SIGN    Long Life
[06:43] Haori
    The first step to finding a man
    worthy of marriage to our mistress.
[06:52] Hyoma
    Is this...
SIGN    Celebrate!
    
    The Potential Husband's Arrival
[07:02] Botan
    Don't get the wrong idea!
[07:04] Botan
    I-It's a silly prank they play sometimes.
[07:07] Botan
    Please... don't get the wrong idea!
[07:10] Nagi
    Don't you say another word!
[07:12] Nagi
    C'mon, ma'am!
[07:13] Nagi
    We're doin' this for real!
[07:16] Nagi
    Right, Kushige?
[07:19] Kagami
    H-He's right! We're really trying our best!
[07:24] Suzuri
    With Suzuki-kun in third grade...
SIGN    Suzuki-kun (9)
[07:27] Suzuri
    With Tanaka-kun in seventh grade...
SIGN    Tanaka-kun (13)
[07:29] Suzuri
    We evaluated both of them very earnestly!
[07:32] Botan
    But, but, but... I told you
    to stop all that, didn't I?!
[07:36] Yu
    I rejected them both, of course.
[07:43] Haori
    I'm afraid it's unavoidable, Botan.
[07:46] Haori
    We manifested in objects tasked with
    seeking a happy match for their owner.
[07:55] Hyoma
    Tasked with...
[07:57] Haori
    Yes.
[07:58] Haori
    We don't originate from individual objects.
[08:02] Haori
    We are from a single trousseau—
    objects offered by the bride upon marriage.
[08:10] Haori
    And so we have a purpose
    we are driven to fulfill.
[08:13] Haori
    Hyoma-san...
[08:15] Haori
    In addition to the purpose you assigned them,
[08:17] Haori
    our signatures signify that you
    passed our evaluation.
[08:22] Yu
    In a purely provisional fashion.
[08:25] Nagi
    You shut up, Yu!
[08:27] Haori
    Zohei-san has agreed to it, as well.
[08:31] Haori
    Would you be willing to consider
    this a trial arranged marriage?
[08:35] Botan
    Excuse me! You really can't...
[08:38] Yu
    I remain unconvinced.
[08:40] Yu
    And if he does or says
    anything to hurt Botan,
[08:44] Yu
    I'll run him through on the spot!
[08:45] Nagi
    Could you please not?
[08:48] Suzuri
    Still, Hyoma-kun's got quite
    a poker face going on.
[08:53] Kagami
    I really hope he doesn't lash out.
[08:56] Kagami
    I'm so tired.
[08:59] Nagi/Suzuri/Kagami
    How will you respond, Kunato Hyoma?!
[09:06] Hyoma
    You may have received
    my grandfather's assent,
[09:11] Hyoma
    but your own desires in the matter aside,
[09:14] Hyoma
    I haven't finished getting
    your measure yet.
[09:18] Hyoma
    This sudden request to join your household
    isn't something I can agree to so easily.
[09:23] Hyoma
    However, it would be disrespectful to
    my grandfather to refuse unconditionally.
[09:28] Hyoma
    Therefore, I will defer judgment for now.
[09:32] Haori
    Well... I suppose that's all right.
[09:36] Hyoma
    Nagatsuki-san.
[09:37] Botan
    Yes?!
[09:38] Hyoma
    Wednesdays are my designated running days.
[09:41] Hyoma
    I would ordinarily leave at this time. May I?
[09:45] Botan
    Go ahead.
[09:46] Hyoma
    Excellent. I shall return.
[09:50] Nagi
    That reaction was weird. Too rational.
[09:53] Suzuri
    Yeah.
[09:54] Suzuri
    He's so calm, it's freaking me out a little.
[09:58] Botan
    Although...
[10:01] Botan
    I've gotta live with the guy another year,
[10:04] Botan
    and now you've gone
    and made it awkward again!
[10:08] Suzuri
    W-We had good intentions, really...
[10:11] Botan
    Besides...
[10:14] Botan
    I just, really... I can't
    do something like that.
[10:18] Botan
    You know that.
[10:22] Haori
    You worry too much. About everything.
[10:26] Haori
    That's what makes us so anxious, you know?
[10:27] Botan
    Ow, ow, ow, ow!
[10:32] Suzuri
    Still, Hyoma-kun was pretty
    unflappable back there.
[10:35] Yu
    I suppose it's slightly better
    than him throwing a fit.
[11:00] Hyoma
    Wh-What the hell was that?!
[11:10] Botan
    Yeah, that was not cool.
SIGN    I love the whole fish.
[11:12] Botan
    Not cool!
[11:14] Botan
    Springing on a guy who's only
    lived here a few days,
[11:18] Botan
    "Oh, we're actually evaluating you as
    a prospective husband for our daughter!"
[11:23] Botan
    He probably had no idea
    what they were saying.
[11:27] Botan
    I barely knew what I was saying, either.
[11:38] Haori
    Look at how she's torturing herself!
[11:41] Haori
    This could get very interesting!
[11:45] Haori
    What? Time to go out?
[11:48] Haori
    Already?!
[11:51] Haori
    Oh, fine.
SIGN    I love the whole fish.
    Flounder in Sauce
SIGN    February
SIGN    Lunches
     of Happiness
[11:58] Botan
    I've got to find him, apologize,
    and tell him not to worry about it!
[12:06] Botan
    After I go shopping, though.
[12:08] Hyoma
    Haori informed me of the
    arranged marriage condition.
[12:11] Hyoma
    I have my own guesses as to why
    you agreed to this arrangement.
[12:17] Hyoma
    May I reveal them?
[12:18] Zohei
    Sure, give it a go.
[12:21] Hyoma
    Create a tense relationship
    to increase my mental fortitude.
[12:26] Hyoma
    In other words,
    a form of psychological training.
[12:30] Zohei
    Um, no.
[12:31] Zohei
    It's just, a man tends to worry
    when his grandson turns 21
[12:33] Zohei
    and hasn't shown the slightest
    interest in romance.
[12:37] Hyoma
    What?
[12:38] Zohei
    It was just perfect timing,
    as far as I was concerned!
[12:42] Zohei
    Botan-chan's grown into
    quite a lovely young woman,
[12:45] Zohei
    so I couldn't think of any reason to re—
[12:52] Hyoma
    I see.
[12:55] Suzuri
    Business? With Haori?
[12:57] Hyoma
    Yes.
[12:58] Hyoma
    I wish to engage her in earnest discussion.
[13:00] Hyoma
    Do you know where I might find her?
[13:02] Suzuri
    She's out with Kushige.
[13:05] Kagami
    She could be gone for days.
[13:08] Hyoma
    A business trip?
[13:09] Suzuri
    Yeah, she takes them sometimes.
[13:12] Hyoma
    Did Nagi and Yu accompany her?
[13:14] Suzuri
    No, they're doing the usual business.
[13:26] Suzuri
    Apparently that Hikaki guy
    had more people in his gang
[13:29] Suzuri
    than what we saw the other day.
[13:34] Hyoma
    Why aren't I out with them now?!
[13:38] Suzuri
    I thought you were calling home.
[13:42] Botan
    Oh? Hyoma-san?
[13:46] Botan
    I thought you went out with Nagi and Yu!
[13:48] Hyoma
    No, I was left behind.
[13:52] Hyoma
    Are you going shopping?
[13:54] Botan
    Oh? Yes...
[13:57] Kagami
    Hush!
[14:02] Botan
    Um...
[14:05] Botan
    Hyoma-san, I...
[14:10] Botan
    You, uh, don't have to worry
    about any of that stuff they said.
[14:13] Botan
    I know it's just a huge bother...
[14:14] Hyoma
    Indeed.
[14:17] Hyoma
    It is a huge bother.
[14:19] Hyoma
    You can be assured that I haven't
    given it a moment's concern.
[14:29] Botan
    I see.
[14:35] Botan
    Great.
[14:36] Botan
    I'm glad to hear you're not worried about it.
[14:39] Botan
    But I really do feel bad
    for the trouble, so... sorry!
[14:43] Botan
    Anyway, I really need to
    get that shopping done.
[14:46] Hyoma
    Understood.
[14:57] Suzuri
    Hyoma-kun.
[15:03] Suzuri
    What you did just now wasn't great.
[15:07] Hyoma
    I merely spoke the truth.
[15:10] Suzuri
    You could've been more sensitive.
[15:12] Suzuri
    To turn down a girl her age
    with total indifference...
[15:17] Suzuri
    You can't see how cruel that is?
[15:21] Suzuri
    I'm a pretty calm guy, but when I see
    you hurt my mistress like that...
[15:24] Suzuri
    Can you see how much it pains me?
[15:28] Suzuri
    Meanwhile, Kagami's crying her eyes out!
[15:31] Kagami
    You suck, Hyoma-san!
[15:34] Kagami
    You don't have to be so mean!
[15:38] Kagami
    Botan was really hurt by that!
[15:40] Suzuri
    Go! Get him!
[15:42] Hyoma
    Botan was hurt?
[15:46] Hyoma
    Wait a minute.
[15:47] Hyoma
    Can you explain what you mean by that?
[15:59] (Flashback) Hyoma
    It is a huge bother.
[16:03] Botan
    Hearing him say it that clearly,
[16:07] Botan
    I guess I can trust that
    he's not stressing out about it.
[16:11] Botan
    Which is a good thing, but...
[16:14] Botan
    If it's a good thing,
    why does it bug me so much?
[16:21] Hainarashi
    Well, well. Isn't this a find?
[16:30] Hainarashi
    Are those lackeys of yours
    busy elsewhere, perhaps?
SIGN    — Hainarashi —
[16:35] Hainarashi
    Would you be Nagatsuki Botan, then?
[16:40] Nagi
    A decoy, eh?
[16:44] Tsukumogami A
    Right about now, our boss'll have found
    his way to that powerless mistress of yours!
[16:50] Tsukumogami A
    What now?
[16:51] Tsukumogami A
    You guys care about her, don't you?
[16:54] Tsukumogami A
    What'll you do, eh?!
[17:02] Nagi
    Damn it!
[17:03] Yu
    Botan!
[17:12] Hainarashi
    Your family did a number on
    that "little brother" of mine...
[17:17] Hainarashi
    I've been looking for you.
[17:19] Hainarashi
    Would you be willing to come with me?
[17:21] Botan
    You're a tsukumogami too, aren't you?
[17:25] Hainarashi
    You've seen your share of us, then?
[17:27] Hainarashi
    You certainly have some backbone.
[17:29] Hainarashi
    But I can also see you trembling.
[17:33] Hainarashi
    Is this all you are?!
[17:36] Hainarashi
    There's a kind of unwritten law among
    the tsukumogami who live in Kyo...
SIGN    Don't make use of Nagatsuki Botan
[17:42] Hainarashi
    "Don't make use of Nagatsuki Botan."
[17:46] Hainarashi
    Was that merely a precaution to keep us away?
[18:03] Hainarashi
    I am Hainarashi.
[18:05] Hainarashi
    My only power as a tsukumogami
    is the ability to scatter ash, but...
[18:12] Hainarashi
    I can still tear a human apart easily enough!
[18:28] Hyoma
    Are you all right, Nagatsuki-san?
[18:31] Hainarashi
    Are you...
[18:33] Hainarashi
    a Saenome?!
[18:36] Hainarashi
    Child... Know your place!
[18:41] Nagi
    Found 'em!
[18:43] Nagi
    You dumbass!
[18:46] Nagi
    You're gonna pay for this!
[18:49] Botan
    Nagi! Yu!
[18:51] Nagi
    We're good to go, right?
[18:53] Yu
    Of course!
[18:54] Nagi
    Heck yeah!
[18:56] Yu/Nagi
    Get him!
[18:57] Hainarashi
    Wait!
[18:58] Hainarashi
    Three-on-one...
[19:00] Hainarashi
    That's not fair!
SIGN    Kunato
[19:04] Nagi
    Shut up!
[19:08] Hyoma
    H-Hey!
[19:14] Hyoma
    I'd like an honest answer.
[19:17] Hyoma
    Did you actually try to eliminate
    me while I was vulnerable?
[19:22] Nagi
    No, but...
[19:26] Yu
    Are you all right, Botan?!
[19:30] Yu
    Were you hurt? Did you sprain anything?!
[19:33] Botan
    I... I'm okay!
[19:35] Yu
    You're sure? Let me see...
[19:36] Nagi
    I was pretty mad. And I'm sorry.
[19:40] Nagi
    And I gotta thank you.
[19:42] Botan
    I'm okay!
[19:44] Nagi
    You saved Botan.
[19:47] Nagi
    Guess I owe you one.
[19:51] Nagi
    Time to head back.
[19:53] Yu
    Why?!
[19:54] Nagi
    You just left the decoys
    wrapped up in your hairpins!
[19:59] Yu
    Botan!
[20:06] Botan
    Hyoma-san...
[20:09] Botan
    Thank you... for saving me.
[20:13] Hyoma
    I merely did the duty of the Saenome.
[20:17] Botan
    But... what were you doing here?
[20:21] Kagami
    Go after her! Make her feel better now!
[20:22] Hyoma
    Kagami requested that I follow you.
[20:27] Botan
    She heard all that?!
[20:30] Hyoma
    I'm sorry, Nagatsuki-san.
[20:32] Hyoma
    The way I spoke in the hallway
    was conducive to misunderstanding.
[20:39] Hyoma
    Given your reaction to the reveal
    of the arranged marriage agreement,
[20:42] Hyoma
    it was clear, even to me,
    that the idea upset you.
[20:46] Hyoma
    I could tell they've been making trouble
    for you in this regard for some time.
[20:52] Hyoma
    So I simply wanted to tell you...
    not to be overly concerned on my behalf.
[21:01] Kagami
    I hope he cleared things up with her, Suzuri.
[21:05] Suzuri
    How can anyone be so bad
    at expressing themselves?
[21:09] Hyoma
    And my grandfather was enthusiastically
    complicit in the arrangement...
[21:13] Hyoma
    But I don't want you to think I lack
    any feeling or interest toward you at all.
[21:22] Hyoma
    Er... that's not to say I have interest
    toward you... That would sound strange.
[21:26] Hyoma
    Ah, why is that strange? What have I said?
[21:32] Botan
    Hey, Hyoma-san...
[21:35] Botan
    It sounds like...
[21:38] Botan
    It sounds like we both have
    relatives who like to meddle.
[21:42] Botan
    It's a pain, huh?
[21:47] Hyoma
    Indeed it is.
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    Suspicions