E6 - Botan

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[00:19] Haori
    Hey, Hyoma!
[00:22] Haori
    Were you waiting long?
[00:24] Hyoma
    H-Haori?!
[00:25] Hyoma
    Y-You...
[00:27] Hyoma
    Wh-Why are you dressed like that?!
[00:31] Haori
    You're dressed in your usual style, I see.
[00:34] Haori
    Appearances are so important
    for these things.
[00:36] Haori
    You should really step it up.
[00:38] Haori
    You're my boyfriend, aren't you?
[00:40] Haori
    And we're heading out on a date.
[00:43] Haori
    Come along, now.
[00:45] Haori
    Oh, I know...
[00:46] Haori
    Let's hold hands!
[00:52] Hyoma
    What...
[00:54] Hyoma
    What in the world...
[00:56] Hyoma
    have I gotten myself into?!
SIGN    Malevolent Spirits
SIGN    Botan
SIGN    30 Minutes Earlier
[02:37] (Flashback) Haori
    I'm back!
[02:40] (Flashback) Kagami
    Welcome back, Haori!
[02:41] (Flashback) Haori
    Kagami... tea, please.
[02:44] (Flashback) Kagami
    Sure thing.
[02:45] (Flashback) Kagami
    Where's Kushige?
[02:49] (Flashback) Haori
    Anything happen while we were gone?
[02:52] (Flashback) Kagami
    Well... Hyoma-san got
    grilled by Aogi yesterday.
[02:58] (Flashback) Haori
    I had a feeling.
[03:00] (Flashback) Kagami
    But we made it through safe and sound!
[03:03] (Flashback) Kagami
    I don't think there was
    anything else weird...
[03:05] (Flashback) Hyoma
    Nagatsuki-san!
[03:09] (Flashback) Hyoma
    I must know more about you!
[03:11] (Flashback) Hyoma
    Would you kindly go out with me?!
[03:15] (Flashback) Hyoma
    I'm sorry to spring this on you suddenly.
[03:17] (Flashback) Hyoma
    But this is an extremely
    urgent matter for me.
[03:24] (Flashback) Hyoma
    Well? Do you agree?
[03:29] (Flashback) Hyoma
    P-Palm strike...
[03:31] (Flashback) Botan
    I'm sorry, Hyoma-san...
[03:34] (Flashback) Botan
    I have to hand in this report by 4:00 today!
[03:38] (Flashback) Botan
    I've lost two nights' sleep over it!
[03:40] (Flashback) Botan
    So I gotta go!
[03:42] (Flashback) Botan
    Welcome home, Haori!
[03:45] (Flashback) Haori
    T-Take care out there.
[03:48] (Flashback) Haori
    What was that?
[03:53] (Flashback) Hyoma
    That "Aogi" said that Nagatsuki-san
    was a "yorimashi."
[03:59] (Flashback) Hyoma
    I believe it is necessary for me to
    ascertain the meaning of this term.
[04:04] (Flashback) Haori
    So you wanted to "go out"
    to ask Botan more about it?
[04:07] (Flashback) Kagami
    It really sounded like
    you were hitting on her.
[04:11] (Flashback) Hyoma
    Yes. The way he spoke...
[04:15] (Flashback) Hyoma
    He made it sound like there was
    something about Nagatsuki-san
[04:17] (Flashback) Hyoma
    that fundamentally attracts the inhuman.
[04:22] (Flashback) Hyoma
    As a Saenome, I feel it
    is crucial to protect her.
[04:26] (Flashback) Hyoma
    If there's a reason she's under threat,
    I must know what it is.
[04:30] (Flashback) Kagami
    Wh-What should we do, Haori?
[04:41] (Flashback) Haori
    Very well.
[04:43] (Flashback) Kagami
    We can tell him?
[04:44] (Flashback) Haori
    He's not acting out of mere curiosity.
[04:48] (Flashback) Haori
    Besides, we'd have to tell him eventually.
[04:51] (Flashback) Haori
    We're just speeding up the timeline.
[04:53] (Flashback) Haori
    Leave this to me.
[04:57] (Flashback) Haori
    Hyoma-san, prepare for an outing.
[05:01] (Flashback) Haori
    I need to fix up my makeup.
[05:03] (Flashback) Haori
    Would you meet me in front
    of the convenience store?
[05:06] (Flashback) Haori
    We'll be going on a date together!
[05:12] (Flashback) Hyoma
    What?
[05:15] Hyoma
    Honestly... I was wondering
    what your game was.
[05:20] Hyoma
    So this is it, eh?
[05:25] Haori
    Hurry! She's turning!
[05:26] Hyoma
    Keep your distance, Haori!
[05:32] Haori
    Aren't we less conspicuous
    if we look like a couple?
[05:36] Hyoma
    I'm not especially comfortable
    with any of this.
[05:43] Hyoma
    But I need to ask...
[05:45] Hyoma
    What even is the point of
    tailing her like this?
[05:48] Haori
    The first thing I need you to witness
[05:51] Haori
    is the world in which she finds herself,
[05:54] Haori
    the scenery of her everyday life.
[05:58] Haori
    Kushige's barrier encompasses the
    territory of the Nagatsuki estate.
[06:02] Haori
    The barrier keeps many things out.
[06:08] Hyoma
    Speaking of which, is Kushige still out?
[06:17] Haori
    But when she leaves the mansion,
    in the outside world...
[06:22] Haori
    Go on.
[06:23] Haori
    Perk up your senses,
    and I think you'll notice it.
[06:26] Haori
    You should be able to.
[06:36] Hyoma
    What in the world...
[06:38] Hyoma
    The presences... no, the gazes...
    of so many tsukumogami...
[06:45] Hyoma
    They're all focused on Nagatsuki-san?!
[06:48] Hyoma
    Not from any one direction, either.
[06:51] Hyoma
    From all around her!
[06:53] Hyoma
    Damn it!
[06:54] Hyoma
    Nagatsuki-sa—
[06:54] Haori
    Stop!
[06:56] Haori
    Calm down, Hyoma.
[06:58] Haori
    They're just watching.
[07:01] Haori
    Breaths held, presences masked,
[07:03] Haori
    they watch Botan, but go no further...
[07:08] Haori
    They won't harm her.
[07:10] Haori
    And she's aware of their eyes on her, as well.
[07:15] Haori
    It's always been this way.
[07:17] Haori
    She accepts it for what it is.
[07:20] Haori
    Didn't I tell you?
[07:22] Haori
    This is the scenery of Botan's daily life.
[07:26] Hyoma
    That can't be...
[07:28] Haori
    If you can't take that much on faith,
[07:31] Haori
    then telling you any more is pointless.
[07:35] Haori
    If you wish to know more,
    then trust what I say.
[07:41] Hyoma
    You're right.
[07:43] Hyoma
    Of course.
SIGN    Report Turn-In Box
[07:54] Botan
    What's the time?
[07:56] Botan
    Yes!
[07:57] Botan
    Th-Thank goodness!
[08:00] Botan
    I made it just in time...
[08:04] Kei
    Bon-chan!
[08:06] Botan
    Kei... Natsuki...
[08:08] Natsuki
    What, just turning it in now?
[08:11] Kei
    You're usually more put-together
    than that, Bon-chan!
[08:14] Botan
    Well... My life's been pretty eventful lately.
[08:17] Botan
    It's got me kind of distracted.
[08:19] Natsuki
    Eventful how, I wonder?
[08:21] Kei
    Distracted by what?
[08:22] Kei
    A handsome new boyfriend, perhaps?
[08:27] Botan
    A handsome...
[08:30] Botan
    No, no, no!
[08:30] Botan
    Of course not!
[08:33] Botan
    I can't even imagine...
[08:35] Botan
    Wait, wasn't Hyoma-san
    saying something earlier?
[08:40] (Flashback) Hyoma
    Nagatsuki-san!
[08:42] Botan
    I m-might be remembering wrong...
    but he seemed pretty close to me!
[08:46] Botan
    D-Darn it!
[08:48] Kei
    Yeah, I definitely have questions.
[08:51] Natsuki
    Spill your guts!
[08:53] Botan
    It's nothing! I mean it!
[09:00] Haori
    A tsukumogami is born when a marebito
    possesses an object to serve as its vessel.
[09:07] Haori
    The word "marebito" originally referred to
[09:10] Haori
    a visiting god bringing blessings
    from a foreign land.
[09:15] Haori
    And in a way, we do have
    a sort of divine power.
[09:18] Haori
    What else would you call the ability to
    give life and new form to inanimate objects?
[09:23] Hyoma
    Fair enough.
[09:26] Haori
    You can also look at it this way.
[09:29] Haori
    "'Tsukumogami' is the state of
    being blessed by the marebito."
[09:34] Haori
    There was a person who took
    this idea to its logical conclusion...
[09:37] Haori
    "What if a marebito chose
    a different receptacle?"
[09:42] Haori
    For instance... a human?
[09:46] Haori
    A marebito can bring so much power
    to even the most disposable of things.
[09:50] Haori
    What if one were to dwell within a human?
[09:51] Haori
    Would they not receive even greater power?
[09:55] Haori
    Would they become a living god that
    brings its blessings to the land of the living?
[10:00] Haori
    And there was a person who
    decided to put that to the test.
[10:08] Haori
    The word "yorimashi" refers to
[10:10] Haori
    a human possessed by a god.
[10:15] Haori
    Botan carries within her a marebito,
    just as we tsukumogami do.
[10:22] Botan
    It's so cold!
[10:24] Haori
    It hasn't yet awakened.
[10:27] Haori
    But it is there.
[10:31] Haori
    All who learn of this inevitably seek a way
[10:35] Haori
    to turn Botan's still-uncertain
    blessings to their own advantage.
[10:39] Haori
    Whether they be tsukumogami... or human.
[10:44] Haori
    If any one of them were to
    approach Botan for that purpose,
[10:47] Haori
    it would be a free-for-all, wouldn't it?
[10:49] Haori
    Hence the shared law—
[10:53] Haori
    "Don't make use of Nagatsuki Botan."
SIGN    Don't make use of Nagatsuki Botan
[10:57] Haori
    None may actually approach her.
[11:00] Haori
    Hence why they all merely
    bide their time, watching.
[11:04] Haori
    Of course, there's a lot of behind-the-scenes
    finagling to keep everyone in check.
[11:09] Hyoma
    I see.
[11:11] Hyoma
    If you speak the truth, it explains
    much of what Aogi said.
[11:13] Aogi
    If it's true, it means
    they broke the rules first.
[11:17] (Flashback) Aogi
    It'll mean all-out war breaking out
    among us for Nagatsuki Botan.
[11:23] Hyoma
    And now, let me ask this...
[11:26] Hyoma
    Where does this leave all of you?
[11:29] Hyoma
    Can you swear to me that your proximity
    to Nagatsuki-san has no ulterior motive?
[11:32] Hyoma
    Tell me, Haori!
[11:39] (Flashback) Girl 1
    You cut your hair?
[11:40] (Flashback) Girl 2
    Looks cute!
[11:41] (Flashback) Girl
    Thanks!
[11:44] (Flashback) Teacher
    Nagatsuki-san.
[11:46] (Flashback) Teacher
    She...
[11:49] (Flashback) Teacher
    Botan-chan...
[11:51] (Flashback) Teacher
    Sometimes I catch her just standing there,
    staring into the distance
[11:54] (Flashback) Teacher
    as if she's looking at something.
[11:58] (Flashback) Teacher
    And whenever that happens...
[12:03] (Flashback) Teacher
    Any children who are with her
    suddenly become frightened.
[12:07] (Flashback) Teacher
    When I ask them what's wrong, they say...
[12:13] (Flashback) Teacher
    "It's so creepy."
[12:16] (Flashback) Teacher
    "I feel like there are all
    these eyes watching me."
[12:22] (Flashback) Teacher
    As a teacher, I feel bad saying this,
[12:26] (Flashback) Teacher
    but Botan-chan has this
    unapproachable aura about her...
[12:43] (Flashback) Haori
    Botan.
[12:47] (Flashback) Haori
    Come on. Let's go home.
[12:55] Botan
    Okay.
[12:59] Haori
    Can I swear that our proximity
    to Botan has no ulterior motive?
[13:04] Hyoma
    Yes.
[13:10] Haori
    That's a ridiculous question.
[13:14] Haori
    Don't ask it again.
[13:19] Haori
    We've watched her all this time.
[13:23] Haori
    She was left in our care,
[13:26] Haori
    and for the first three years,
    until the aforementioned law propagated,
[13:30] Haori
    she was not allowed to leave the estate.
[13:35] Haori
    When she was finally allowed outside...
[13:38] Haori
    Children, who naturally possess
    a strong sixth sense, avoided her.
[13:43] Haori
    Adults, seeing how their children acted,
    also gave her a wide berth.
[13:50] Haori
    The only ones who would draw near...
[13:53] Haori
    were those drawn to her
    marebito's power—be they human
[13:58] Haori
    or monster.
[14:23] Haori
    As we watched over her,
[14:26] Haori
    a feeling began to take root within us.
[14:32] Haori
    Not merely our feelings
    as her bridal trousseau...
[14:37] Haori
    But a kind of... parental love, I believe.
[14:44] Haori
    It took years for her to be able to go out
    without minding the eyes watching her.
[14:49] Haori
    More years for her peers to
    become numb to those eyes.
[14:55] Haori
    And still more years for her to
    be able to enjoy life with a smile.
[15:03] Haori
    We have watched her all this time.
[15:07] Haori
    Ulterior motives?
[15:10] Haori
    I can say with confidence that we have none.
[15:20] Haori
    Oh? You still have doubts?
[15:24] Haori
    You know...
[15:25] Haori
    Zohei-san has already given his
    approval for us to stay with Botan.
[15:31] Haori
    Are you questioning the judgment
    of the head of House Kunato?
[15:35] Haori
    Maybe I should tell him that.
[15:42] Haori
    Well? What now?
[15:46] Haori
    That's the entire story.
[15:48] Haori
    You understand the position
    she's in now, don't you?
[15:51] Haori
    If you think she's more
    trouble than she's worth,
[15:55] Haori
    no one will object to you
    returning to House Kunato.
[16:01] Hyoma
    That thought never entered my mind.
[16:03] Hyoma
    If I return now, I'll be exiled from the Saenome.
[16:06] Hyoma
    Then I'll never achieve my goal.
[16:10] Hyoma
    And...
[16:13] Hyoma
    I will...
[16:16] Hyoma
    I will protect her.
[16:18] Hyoma
    From the moment I deemed that a necessity,
[16:21] Hyoma
    leaving ceased to be an option.
[16:27] Haori
    Yes. You can say that, can't you?
[16:31] Haori
    See? He took it very well, didn't he,
[16:34] Haori
    Kagami?
[16:38] Kagami
    Yeah.
[16:39] Kagami
    I followed along because I was worried, but...
[16:44] Kagami
    I-I'm so glad!
[16:49] Kagami
    It's no wonder you're Botan's future husband!
[16:52] Haori
    Exactly!
[16:53] Hyoma
    What?!
[16:55] Hyoma
    Wait!
[16:55] Hyoma
    I-Is that what this was about?
[16:57] Haori
    "I will protect her"
    means marriage, doesn't it?
[17:00] Hyoma
    No!
[17:02] Haori
    Don't be so shy, dear!
[17:04] Kagami
    Yeah!
[17:05] Hyoma
    I'm telling you, I didn't—
[17:06] Botan
    Huh? You guys!
[17:10] Botan
    What are you all doing out here?
[17:15] Haori/Kagami
    Botan?!
[17:16] Haori
    Wh-When did you get here?
[17:18] Botan
    Well... I turned in my report,
    and now I'm heading home.
[17:22] Haori
    O-Oh! Did you make the deadline?
[17:26] Botan
    Right at the buzzer.
[17:27] Botan
    So, what's going on?
[17:29] Kagami
    U-Um...
[17:31] Haori
    J-Just a little get-together!
[17:36] Botan
    Why are you dressed like that?
[17:37] Haori
    For the get-together!
[17:40] Botan
    A get-together? Here?
[17:42] Haori
    They have the best sweet dumplings!
[17:42] Hyoma
    Kagami.
[17:44] Botan
    That's true... but something
    still seems fishy here.
[17:44] Hyoma
    I haven't had the opportunity to ask...
[17:47] Haori
    Nothing's fishy at all!
[17:47] Hyoma
    Nagatsuki-san's parents...
[17:49] Hyoma
    Has she no close relatives
    who would offer her aid?
[17:55] Kagami
    We don't know anything about her parents.
[17:58] Kagami
    Her grandfather was taking care
    of her when we first met her.
[18:01] Kagami
    When he died, there was someone who
    came to visit Botan, worried about her...
[18:08] Kagami
    But that helping hand never reached her.
[18:15] Kagami
    She's seriously been through a lot.
[18:21] Kagami
    She still carries deep scars on her heart.
[18:24] Kagami
    And yet she still...
[18:29] Hyoma
    I see.
[18:31] Hyoma
    Nagatsuki-san is a strong person.
[18:41] Hyoma
    It's gotten quite late.
[18:43] Kagami
    Well, you had your date and all.
[18:46] Hyoma
    Please don't talk about that.
[18:49] Botan
    What? You told Hyoma-san about my past?
[18:54] Haori
    Yes.
[18:55] Haori
    It relates to his area of
    specialization, after all,
[18:58] Haori
    so I thought it best to inform him.
[19:05] Haori
    What's the matter?
[19:06] Botan
    It just makes me sound delusional, you know?!
[19:10] Botan
    Like just the cringiest kind of nerd possible!
[19:13] Botan
    I sense the presence of the inhuman.
[19:16] Haori
    That kind of thing?
[19:19] Haori
    But he really wanted to know.
[19:22] Haori
    Also... did you forget that you hit him
    with a palm strike on the way out?
[19:30] Hyoma
    Excuse me.
[19:32] Hyoma
    Is something the matter?
[19:37] Botan
    I'm so sorry!
[19:39] Botan
    That palm strike... I...
    I didn't do it on purpose, I promise!
[19:43] Hyoma
    Ah... well...
[19:44] Hyoma
    I should have been more
    mindful of my words, as well.
[19:48] Botan
    And, um...
[19:50] Botan
    Haori told you, right?
[19:54] Botan
    About my... situation.
[20:00] Hyoma
    Yes. She did.
[20:04] Hyoma
    She did.
[20:06] Hyoma
    And if I may be honest...
[20:10] Hyoma
    I was truly impressed, Nagatsuki-san!
[20:18] Hyoma
    To bear up under hardship
    and carry on vibrantly...
[20:22] Botan
    Well, it's not really...
[20:24] Botan
    Huh?
[20:26] Botan
    Isn't this where you're supposed to run off?
[20:28] Botan
    To decide that I'm strange?
[20:30] Hyoma
    I can think of no reason to do that.
[20:32] Hyoma
    Though I will admit that I find your residency
    among tsukumogami to be unusual.
[20:39] Botan
    You have mentioned that, yeah.
[20:43] Botan
    So...
[20:50] Botan
    It's true. It didn't change anything.
[20:54] Botan
    You heard all that about me...
    and you were impressed?
[21:01] Botan
    I've never gotten that reaction before.
[21:06] Botan
    Yeah.
[21:10] Botan
    It makes me happy, Hyoma-san.
[21:20] Hyoma
    Er... well...
[21:22] Kagami
    Botan!
[21:26] Kagami
    I'm so happy!
[21:28] Kagami
    Isn't that nice, Botan?
[21:29] Botan
    Hey! What's with you two?
[21:52] Hyoma
    I see now.
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