# Meiji Tokyo Renka
On the night of a crimson full moon, high school girl Ayazuki Mei enters into a box. When she awakens, she's in Tokyo during the Meiji Period!
The lost and confused Mei is taken to the Rokumeikan, a lavish ballroom full of powerful high officials.
In this world, during the "Misty Hour" between sundown and sunup, "mononoke" appear. Those who can see them are called "Tamayori," and Mei herself possesses this power. As she navigates an unfamiliar life, romance begins to bloom between Mei and these men -- and the power of the tamayori will only strengthen their bonds.
# Season 1
# E1 - The Unexpected Strawberry Moon
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRJ0JN4XY/the-unexpected-strawberry-moon)
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***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
**[01:37] Shunso**
Goodbye...
**[01:49] Ougai**
Goodbye.
**[01:59] Mei**
Good—
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
**[02:15] Classmate A**
So, have you heard about that café
they introduced on TV yesterday?
**[02:19] Classmate C**
Oh, I saw that. It's near here, isn't it?
**[02:21] Classmate B**
Their desserts should be
half-price right now.
**[02:23] Classmate D**
Why don't we go check it out?
**[02:24] Classmates**
I'll totally go.
**[02:25] Classmates**
I definitely want to go!
**[02:26] Classmates**
Let's do it!
**[02:29] Mei**
*I used to laugh like that a lot.*
**[02:36] (Flashback) Friends**
Happy Birthday Mei-chan!
**[02:40] (Flashback) Friend**
Blow out the candles, Mei-chan!
**[02:41] Friend**
One big blow!
**[02:42] (Flashback) Young Mei**
Okay!
**[02:43] (Flashback) Friends**
Yay!
**[02:46] (Flashback) Mei's Mother**
Okay, time for Mei's favorite dish,
roast beef.
**[02:49] (Flashback) Young Mei**
I love roast beef!
**[02:53] (Flashback) Friend**
You're so funny, Mei-chan.
**[02:58] Mei**
*But that's when the fun ended.*
**[03:03] (Flashback) Young Mei**
Cake? I like cake too,
but I like beef even more!
**[03:07] (Flashback) Young Mei**
What about you? Oh, you do? Really?
**[03:11] (Flashback) Friend A**
Hey, Mei-chan, who are you talking to?
**[03:14] (Flashback) Young Mei**
Huh? My friends.
**[03:17] (Flashback) Friend B**
Y-Your friends?
**[03:18] (Flashback) Friend B**
Where are they?
**[03:20] (Flashback) Young Mei**
They're right here, see?
**[03:22] (Flashback) Young Mei**
Can't you hear them talking?
**[03:24] (Flashback) Young Mei**
You want to join in? Okay, sure.
**[03:27] (Flashback) Young Mei**
You do, too? Of course, what's your name?
**[03:30] (Flashback) Young Mei**
I see, I see. Really?
**[03:31] (Flashback) Young Mei**
It's okay, right?
**[03:33] (Flashback) Friend A**
M-M-Mei-chan!
**[03:35] (Flashback) Friend B**
G-G-Ghosts?
**[03:39] (Flashback) Elementary Classmate A**
I heard that Mei-chan can hear ghosts talking.
**[03:47] (Flashback) Middle School Classmate A**
Did you know? Apparently, that girl
can see ghosts.
**[03:50] (Flashback) Middle School Classmate B**
Whoa, really?
**[03:51] Ghosts**
Mei-chan!
**[03:52] Young Mei**
* I never realized nobody*
* else could hear them.*
**[03:53] Ghosts**
Mei-chan!
**[03:54] Ghost A**
Hey, Mei-chan!
**[03:56] Ghost B**
Talk to us!
**[03:58] Ghost C**
Mei-chan, Mei-chan!
**[04:02] Mei**
*I've been alone ever since.*
**[04:05] Mei**
*Yes, it's easier this way.*
**[04:08] Classmate D**
Hey, isn't that girl in your class?
We should invite her.
**[04:12] Classmate D**
You're Ayazuki Mei-san, right?
**[04:14] Classmate D**
Do you wanna come with us?
**[04:14] Other Classmate**
Hang on a second!
**[04:20] Mei**
Oh, I'll have to pass.
**[04:23] Mei**
But thank you.
**[04:25] Classmate D**
Y-You sure?
**[04:28] Classmate A**
Forget about her.
**[04:29] Classmate B**
She's always by herself.
**[04:31] Classmate C**
She seems to like it that way.
**[04:32] Classmate D**
Huh? Really?
**[04:36] Classmate A**
She's been able to hear ghosts
talking since we were kids.
**[04:39] Classmate D**
Is that true? That's pretty amazing.
**[04:41] Classmate A**
Amazing?
**[04:43] Classmate B**
Never mind that, cake!
**[04:45] Classmates**
Yeah, that's right!
**[04:55] Charlie**
Mei-chan...
**[04:58] Charlie**
Mei-chan.
**[05:02] Charlie**
Mei-chan.
**[05:24] Charlie**
Now then, ladies and gentlemen!
**[05:26] Charlie**
The light of the Strawberry Moon
shines bewitchingly on this night.
**[05:32] Charlie**
I invite you all to a mysterious
world in this great magical show,
**[05:34] Charlie**
brought to you by a master of Western magic!
**[05:40] Charlie**
Behold, this box is an
incredibly mysterious one
**[05:46] Charlie**
that makes everything that
goes into it disappear.
**[05:49] Charlie**
I will show you how it can make
anything disappear at once,
**[05:54] Charlie**
be it an elephant, tank, or airplane.
**[05:57] Charlie**
Of course, that includes any of you who
wish to be anywhere but here.
**[06:02] Charlie**
Now, is there anyone here who might
wish to step inside the box?
**[06:08] Charlie**
Perhaps you there, young lady.
**[06:16] Charlie**
What do you say?
**[06:21] Charlie**
Young lady, I insist.
**[06:30] Charlie**
Now then, allow me to show
you how this young lady
**[06:34] Charlie**
will completely disappear once
I count down from three.
**[06:40] Mei**
*How did I get roped into this?*
**[06:42] Mei**
*I really hate being the center of attention.*
**[06:47] Charlie**
What fate will befall
this courageous young lady?
**[06:51] Charlie**
Please give a round of applause
when she successfully disappears.
**[06:57] Mei**
*For some reason...*
**[07:00] Mei**
*I feel rather at peace.*
**[07:05] Charlie**
Three...
**[07:07] Charlie**
two...
**[07:10] Charlie**
one!
***SIGN*** The Unexpected Strawberry Moon
**[08:09] Mei**
Huh?
**[08:13] Mei**
Wha—?
**[08:15] Mei**
Why?
**[08:17] Mei**
Eh? Huh? Eh?
**[08:21] Mei**
What?!
**[08:39] Ougai**
What's wrong?!
**[08:47] Ougai**
Are you all right? Are you hurt?
**[08:50] Mei**
I-I'm fine.
**[08:54] Ougai**
Let me take a look.
**[09:00] Ougai**
Are you in any pain?
**[09:02] Mei**
I-I'm not.
**[09:06] Ougai**
You seem all right.
**[09:10] Mei**
Yes.
**[09:14] Ougai**
What's this?
**[09:15] Mei**
Oh, these are my headphones.
**[09:18] Ougai**
Headphones?
**[09:19] Shunso**
She appears to be unharmed.
**[09:21] Ougai**
Yes.
**[09:35] Ougai**
Come now.
**[09:50] Ougai**
Nevertheless, you are wearing
quite reasonable clothing.
**[09:54] Mei**
Huh?
**[09:56] Ougai**
It's a simple design using the
minimum fabric necessary.
**[09:59] Ougai**
A style that emphasizes only functionality,
without being inclined to extravagance.
**[10:03] Ougai**
I would say it is truly innovative,
no, almost revolutionary.
**[10:07] Shunso**
Ougai-san...
**[10:10] Ougai**
Oh, pardon me.
**[10:12] Ougai**
Where do you live?
**[10:14] Ougai**
Unfortunately, we both have somewhere
we need to be shortly.
**[10:18] Ougai**
However, afterward, I can have you taken
home in this, if you wish.
**[10:24] Mei**
A carriage?!
**[10:26] Mei**
No, honestly, I'll be fine.
**[10:30] Mei**
Thank you very much though.
**[10:32] Ougai**
You will not be fine.
**[10:34] Ougai**
Please feel free to ride with us.
**[10:36] Ougai**
We cannot just look the other way
and let you go off on your own like this.
**[10:40] Ougai**
Come along.
**[10:41] Mei**
But I...
**[10:43] Shunso**
If you would rather be attacked by
stray dogs, then we won't stop you.
**[10:47] Mei**
N-No, I can get home on my own. I—
**[10:51] Mei**
*Huh? Home?*
**[10:54] Mei**
Uh, where is my home, anyway?
**[10:59] Mei**
More importantly, where am I?
**[11:04] Mei**
I-I don't know.
**[11:06] Mei**
Huh? What's happened to me?
**[11:10] Ougai**
You don't know?
**[11:13] Mei**
When I woke up, I was just lying here.
**[11:17] Shunso**
Should we take her to the hospital?
**[11:22] Ougai**
No, there's no problem here.
**[11:26] Shunso**
Then, perhaps the police?
**[11:29] Ougai**
No. Would you like to come with us?
**[11:31] Mei**
With you?
**[11:42] Mei**
* A carriage... I'm seriously*
* riding in a carriage right now.*
**[11:47] Ougai**
What is your name, young lady?
**[11:50] Mei**
My name is... Huh? What is my name?
**[11:55] Ougai**
Oh, pardon my rudeness.
My name is Mori Rintaro.
**[11:59] Ougai**
I serve as an army surgeon.
**[12:01] Mei**
A-Army surgeon?
**[12:02] Ougai**
Syunso, you should introduce
yourself as well.
**[12:05] Shunso**
I'm Hishida. Hishida Syunso.
**[12:08] Mei**
Hishida Syunso-san.
**[12:12] Mei**
It's very nice to meet you.
**[12:14] Ougai**
Syunso is an art student.
**[12:16] Ougai**
He is the darling of the Japanese art world.
**[12:21] Ougai**
What is your name, young lady?
**[12:24] Mei**
Oh, right, my name is...
**[12:28] Charlie**
Mei.
**[12:29] Mei**
Huh?
**[12:31] Charlie**
Mei. Ayazuki Mei.
**[12:36] Mei**
A-Ayazuki Mei.
**[12:41] Ougai**
At least you remember your own name.
**[12:47] Mei**
*What was that voice just now?*
**[12:58] Mei**
*Where am I?*
**[13:02] Ougai**
Behold. We will be arriving shortly.
**[13:29] Mei**
What is this?
**[13:31] Ougai**
The festivities this evening are
being hosted by Inoue Kaoru,
**[13:33] Ougai**
the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
**[13:35] Ougai**
because the Crown Prince of Russia,
Nicholas II, is visiting Japan.
**[13:38] Mei**
T-The crown prince of Russia?
**[13:41] Mei**
Umm... Where are we?
**[13:42] Shunso**
The Rokumeikan.
**[13:44] Mei**
The Rokumeikan?
**[13:46] Mei**
I've heard of it before.
**[13:48] Mei**
*But wait... Does the Rokumeikan still exist?*
**[13:52] Ougai**
Look, the crown prince is over there.
**[13:55] Shunso**
The politicians are swarming around him.
**[13:59] Shunso**
Ougai-san, are you sure about this?
**[14:01] Ougai**
About what, Syunso?
**[14:02] Shunso**
Bringing a lady that is dressed so strangely
to a party at the Rokumeikan?
**[14:08] Mei**
S-Strangely?
**[14:10] Lady A**
What is with that girl?
**[14:12] Lady B**
She's wearing such vulgar attire.
**[14:14] Lady A**
She's utterly shameful,
exposing her legs like that.
**[14:18] Ougai**
It'll be fine.
**[14:20] Ougai**
Now, Little Squirrel,
enjoy yourself to the fullest.
**[14:24] Mei**
Little Squirrel?
**[14:26] Ougai**
Little Squirrel.
**[14:28] Mei**
Okay...
**[14:30] Mei**
*Why is he calling me that?*
**[14:32] Mei**
* And he expects me to enjoy*
* myself to the fullest?*
**[14:36] Mei**
*How, though?*
**[14:39] Mei**
Th-That's the smell of roast beef!
**[14:43] Ougai**
Oh? So you like roast beef, Little Squirrel?
**[14:47] Ougai**
You should eat as much as you'd like, then.
**[14:49] Ougai**
You are welcome to eat whatever—
**[14:51] Shunso**
Ougai-san.
**[14:53] Shunso**
She's over there.
**[14:57] Server**
Pardon me.
**[14:59] Server**
Pardon me.
**[15:01] Mei**
Roast beef, roast beef.
**[15:02] Server**
Pardon me.
**[15:08] Mei**
I'm so sorry!
**[15:17] Kyoka**
I-I don't know who has touched
this dish, and now it's touching me!
**[15:24] Otojiro**
Honestly, Kyoka-chan, your
germophobia is such a pain.
**[15:33] Kyoka**
Kawakami...
**[15:34] Kyoka**
And I told you not to call me Kyoka-chan!
**[15:36] Otojiro**
Well, then, Izumi Kyoka-sensei,
when is it going to be ready?
**[15:41] Otojiro**
Your next play, that is.
**[15:42] Kyoka**
Shut up!
**[15:44] Mei**
A rabbit?
**[15:46] Kyoka**
Hey, you! Don't get so
close to me, would you?
**[15:49] Kyoka**
I really hate it when someone
I don't know gets close to me.
**[15:53] Otojiro**
Pay him no mind.
**[15:55] Otojiro**
Kyoka-chan is an extreme germophobe.
**[15:58] Kyoka**
Stop calling me Kyoka-chan!
**[15:59] Otojiro**
But this is my first time meeting
such an assertive woman.
**[16:03] Otojiro**
You went through all this just because
you wanted to dance with me, didn't you?
**[16:07] Mei**
Hang on...
**[16:09] Lady A**
The nerve of this girl!
**[16:10] Lady B**
I am supposed to dance the
next song with Otojiro-sama!
**[16:13] Lady C**
You have to wait your turn.
**[16:15] Lady D**
We're all in line, you know.
**[16:17] Lady E**
Why don't you go back
to the end of the line?
**[16:20] Lady F**
What's with her disgraceful clothing?
**[16:22] Mei**
No, you've got it all wrong.
**[16:24] Mei**
I was just following the
scent of the roast beef.
**[16:27] Mei**
And there was a rabbit on his shoulder...
**[16:30] Otojiro**
A rabbit?
**[16:32] Otojiro**
Where is this rabbit?
**[16:34] Mei**
It's right there, on his shoulder.
**[16:38] Otojiro**
Kyoka-chan certainly does like rabbits.
**[16:41] Kyoka**
Don't call me that!
**[16:42] Otojiro**
But he wouldn't bring a
rabbit ornament here.
**[16:46] Mei**
No, it's not an ornament.
It's more fluffy-like.
***SIGN*** Fluffy
**[16:51] Otojiro**
Are you sure you didn't just
see a ghost or something?
**[16:55] Yakumo**
A ghost?
**[16:57] Yakumo**
Did you mention ghosts just now?
**[17:07] Yakumo**
Thank you for such an
enjoyable moment, madame.
**[17:10] Yakumo**
I hope you continue to
have a pleasant evening.
**[17:12] Yakumo**
Apologies for the delay. I am Lafcadio Hearn,
**[17:15] Yakumo**
a teacher of English literature
at Tokyo Imperial University.
**[17:19] Yakumo**
And this is my Japanese name.
***SIGN*** Tokyo Imperial University Instructor Japanese Folklore Researcher
***SIGN*** Koizumi Yakumo
**[17:24] Mei**
Koizumi Yakumo?
**[17:27] Mei**
Like the man who wrote the
tales of Hoichi the Earless?
**[17:29] Yakumo**
My, so you have heard of me?
**[17:32] Yakumo**
That pleases me immensely.
**[17:35] Mei**
Well... I believe the name of
the novelist who put together
**[17:39] Mei**
that collection ghost stories
was Koizumi Yakumo, but...
**[17:42] Mei**
Huh? Did you say that's you? Wha?
**[17:46] Otojiro**
A researcher of Japanese folklore, eh?
**[17:49] Otojiro**
I am Kawakami Otojiro. Nice to meet you.
**[17:51] Yakumo**
I am familiar with you.
**[17:53] Yakumo**
You are the up-and-coming stage actor.
**[17:56] Yakumo**
By the way, Miss...
**[17:59] Yakumo**
May I have the pleasure of dancing
with you, mademoiselle?
**[18:02] Mei**
Hold on, umm...
**[18:04] Yakumo**
Now then, please do continue with
the topic you were discussing earlier.
**[18:05] Mei**
Umm, umm, umm, umm, umm...
**[18:12] Mei**
That man!
**[18:14] Yakumo**
Oh, miss!
**[18:16] Mei**
Hey, you!
**[18:19] Charlie**
Well, hello there, young lady.
So this is where you've been?
**[18:22] Charlie**
I've been looking for you
for quite some time.
**[18:25] Charlie**
Since there is a party here this evening,
**[18:29] Charlie**
I thought you might be wandering
around here somewhere.
**[18:33] Charlie**
I'm glad you seem
to be enjoying yourself.
**[18:35] Mei**
Enjoying myself?
**[18:37] Charlie**
Will you have some?
**[18:38] Mei**
Of course!
**[18:39] Mei**
Nevermind about that, what happened
to me when you did that trick?
**[18:44] Mei**
I went into the box...
**[18:46] Mei**
I went in, and when I woke up,
I was in an unfamiliar park.
**[18:51] Mei**
I can't remember all kinds
of things, like where my own home is.
**[18:55] Charlie**
It's not surprising that you're confused.
**[18:58] Charlie**
Honestly, even I was surprised.
**[19:01] Charlie**
I call myself an extraordinary magician,
**[19:04] Charlie**
but even I didn't think I could
actually make a person disappear.
**[19:07] Mei**
Disappear?
**[19:08] Charlie**
Though it might be more accurate
to say that I transported you.
**[19:13] Mei**
Transported me?
**[19:14] Charlie**
Yes, from present day
Tokyo to Meiji era Tokyo.
**[19:18] Mei**
Meiji era Tokyo?
**[19:22] Charlie**
In other words, you traveled back in time.
**[19:25] Charlie**
And the reason your memory is so fuzzy is because of an
accident that occurs when you travel through time.
**[19:30] Mei**
Time travel...
**[19:41] Charlie**
Oh my, how terrible! The power went out.
**[19:50] Mei**
A fox?
**[20:00] Pianist**
The piano is playing by itself!
**[20:01] Nobleman B**
M-My cane!
**[20:06] Mei**
A ghost? No, it's just a mischievous fox.
**[20:10] Kyoka**
Oh, come on. It's just a fox.
**[20:13] Kyoka**
What a waste of my time.
**[20:15] Mei**
Thank goodness, he's going to catch it.
**[20:32] Fujita**
Supernatural fox.
**[20:36] Mei**
No!
**[20:46] Fujita**
Are you a Tamayori?
**[20:49] Mei**
Eh?
**[20:51] Fujita**
You can see the ghosts.
**[20:55] Otojiro, Kyoka, Shunso, & Yakumo**
Tamayori?
**[21:03] Mei**
Huh?
**[21:07] Fujita**
Answer me, girl. Who are you?
**[21:16] Ougai**
It's all right, Little Squirrel.
**[21:22] Ougai**
Could you please refrain from
such violence, Inspector Fujita
**[21:25] Ougai**
of the Metropolitan Police
Department Supernatural Division?
**[21:29] Fujita**
What are you trying to pull,
Army Surgeon First Class?
**[21:34] Fujita**
Or should I say, Mori Ougai-dono.
**[21:39] Mei**
*Mori Ougai?*
**[21:44] Fujita**
I have a few questions for the girl.
**[21:47] Ougai**
Please do not glower so severely
at my precious fiancée.
**[21:57] Mei**
F-Fiancée?
**[22:08] Ougai**
You belong to me.
**[22:18] Ougai**
Isn't that right?
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
***SIGN*** Next Episode Preview
***SIGN*** Sukiyaki Is Romance Veiled in Steam
**[23:31] Shunso**
How magnificent!
**[23:33] Shunso**
I've never seen such a
beautiful creature before.
**[23:35] Shunso**
May I pet you?
**[23:37] Shunso**
P-Pervert!
# E2 - Sukiyaki Is Romance Veiled in Steam
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRDKEEX3Y/sukiyaki-is-romance-veiled-in-steam)
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***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
**[01:32] Ougai**
Please do not glower so severely
at my precious fiancée.
**[01:39] Mei**
F-Fiancée?
**[01:46] Ougai**
You belong to me.
**[01:53] Ougai**
Isn't that right?
**[02:09] Mei**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
**[02:30] (Flashback) Ougai**
My precious fiancée.
**[02:32] (Flashback) Ougai**
You belong to me.
**[02:35] (Flashback) Ougai**
Isn't that right?
**[02:37] Mei**
W-Wha? Eh?
**[02:40] (Flashback) Fujita**
What are you trying to pull?
**[02:44] Fujita**
Mori Ougai-dono.
**[02:48] Mei**
*Mori Ougai?*
**[02:58] (Flashback) Yakumo**
Why, if it isn't the
young lady from earlier!
**[03:01] (Flashback) Yakumo**
I was rather curious about this earlier,
**[03:04] (Flashback) Yakumo**
but this design is quite reasonable,
yet innovative and revolutionary.
**[03:07] (Flashback) Ougai**
I knew you would understand, Koizumi-san.
**[03:09] (Flashback) Ougai**
Yes, that's right, what she
is wearing is a short...
**[03:14] (Flashback) Ougai & Yakumo**
...skirt!...
**[03:15] (Flashback) Ougai**
...that is all the rage in the West right now.
**[03:18] (Flashback) Yakumo**
Yes! It's a skirt.
**[03:20] (Flashback) Ougai**
Oh, a skart.
**[03:22] (Flashback) Yakumo**
No, skirt!
**[03:24] (Flashback) Yakumo**
Yes, a skirt!
**[03:29] (Flashback) Syunso**
Huh?
**[03:34] (Flashback) Ougai**
If we linger here any longer, that scary
police officer might come after us.
**[03:42] (Flashback) Ougai**
You don't have anywhere
to go tonight, do you?
**[03:45] (Flashback) Ougai**
My mansion has many available rooms,
if you would like.
**[03:50] (Flashback) Syunso**
Hang on, Ougai-san.
**[04:01] Mei**
It wasn't a dream...?
***SIGN*** Sukiyaki Is Romance Veiled in Steam
**[04:28] (Flashback) Charlie**
In other words, you traveled back in time.
**[04:32] Mei**
Time travel?!
**[04:37] Mei**
I traveled back in time?
***SIGN*** Boom
**[04:50] Mei**
We're being attacked!
**[04:52] Syunso**
This is precisely why I told him I
didn't want her room next to mine.
**[04:55] Mei**
W-W-We're being attacked by bad guys!
**[04:58] Syunso**
What're you talking about?
**[05:00] Mei**
That, that...!
**[05:01] Syunso**
That's just the midday cannon.
***SIGN*** Midday Cannon
**[05:02] Mei**
T-The cannon?
**[05:04] Syunso**
It fires blanks to inform
us when it is midday.
**[05:06] Syunso**
You've even forgotten about that?
**[05:09] Syunso**
Anyway, could you maybe
do something about *that*?
**[05:18] Mei**
Th-These are...
**[05:23] Mei**
They're so beautiful!
**[05:25] Syunso**
Hey...
**[05:26] Mei**
Huh?
**[05:30] Mei**
You haven't finished this one yet?
**[05:32] Mei**
There's nothing in the middle.
**[05:38] Mei**
*I guess I shouldn't have asked about it...*
**[05:43] Ougai**
There you are, Little Squirrel.
**[05:46] Fumi**
Oh, when did you get back?
**[05:48] Ougai**
I got back just now, Fumi-san.
**[05:52] Ougai**
I heard the Little Squirrel's
voice from the second floor.
**[05:55] Mei**
U-Umm... Who is this Little Squirrel?
**[06:00] Ougai**
That would be you.
**[06:02] Ougai**
It is what came to mind when we
first met and I saw you trembling.
**[06:08] Mei**
Ah, I see.
**[06:11] Ougai**
Have you remembered anything,
Little Squirrel?
**[06:14] Ougai**
About your home or your parents?
**[06:17] Mei**
Uh, no, nothing yet.
**[06:21] (Flashback) Charlie**
You traveled back in time.
**[06:24] Mei**
* I probably shouldn't tell him that.*
* There's no way he'd believe me.*
**[06:30] Ougai**
I thought you might remember
something after a night of rest,
**[06:34] Ougai**
but I guess it will not be so easy.
**[06:36] Ougai**
Well, let's give it some time.
**[06:39] Ougai**
You are welcome to stay here
until your memory returns.
**[06:43] Mei**
Can I?
**[06:45] Ougai**
Of course. Right, Syunso?
**[06:47] Syunso**
I don't have any objections.
**[06:49] Syunso**
Especially since I'm just a freeloader, too.
**[06:51] Mei**
Thank you so much!
**[06:53] Mei**
I will do my best to remember things so
I can leave as soon as possible.
**[06:58] Mei**
* I have to hurry up and*
* get back to my own time.*
**[07:01] Ougai**
You are welcome to stay forever,
even if your memories return.
**[07:10] Ougai**
After all, you are my fiancée.
**[07:15] Ougai**
Isn't that right?
**[07:19] Ougai**
Now then, why don't we get something to eat?
**[07:22] Ougai**
It will be a welcome party
for you, Little Squirrel.
**[07:24] Ougai**
What would you like to eat?
**[07:28] Mei**
No way, just letting me stay
here is more than enough!
**[07:32] Mei**
You don't need to go through
such trouble for me...
***SIGN*** Growl
**[07:35] Mei**
Well, I guess a small beef
bowl would be nice...
***SIGN*** Beef Bowl
**[07:39] Ougai & Syunso**
Beef bowl?
**[07:41] Ougai**
Are you referring to sukiyaki?
**[07:43] Syunso**
That's a pretty audacious request.
**[07:45] Mei**
No, no, it doesn't need to
be anything so expensive.
**[07:49] Mei**
Just one of the 380 yen bowls.
**[07:52] Ougai & Syunso**
380 yen?!
***SIGN*** 380 Yen
**[07:55] Syunso**
Do you want to buy out
the place or something?
**[07:58] Ougai**
Perhaps you are the daughter of an
extremely rich family, Little Squirrel?
**[08:02] Mei**
Huh? Eh? Wha?
**[08:03] Mei**
I-I see now. The value of money
is different in this time,
**[08:07] Mei**
so I gotta be careful.
**[08:08] Mei**
Umm, so how do I wear this stuff?
**[08:31] Mei**
E-Excuse me!
**[08:33] Fumi**
Yes?
**[08:34] Mei**
It must be hard work, cleaning
this big mansion all by yourself.
**[08:38] Fumi**
Yes, it really is.
**[08:41] Mei**
* They don't have vacuum cleaners*
* or mops in this time yet, either.*
**[08:47] Fumi**
Oh my.
**[08:56] Ougai**
That looks rather nice on you.
**[08:58] Syunso**
You're finally dressed appropriately.
**[09:02] Mei**
I managed somehow, thanks to Fumi-san's help.
**[09:05] Fumi**
She's even forgotten how to wear a kimono.
**[09:14] Mei**
*A Meiji era city...*
**[09:18] Mei**
*Mori Ougai-san...*
**[09:21] Mei**
*He's* the *Mori Ougai-san!*
***SIGN*** Sukiyaki
***SIGN*** Iroha Sukiyaki
**[09:43] Ougai**
Now, help yourself.
**[09:46] Ougai**
If it's not enough, we can
order as much as you'd like.
**[09:49] Mei**
O-Okay! Thank you for the food.
**[10:11] Mei**
It's so good!
**[10:16] Syunso**
You really like beef.
**[10:19] Mei**
Yes!
**[10:20] Syunso**
So you can still remember what you like,
even with the amnesia.
**[10:24] Mei**
Yes, yes.
**[10:26] Mei**
It just melts on my tongue.
**[10:29] Mei**
This is the taste of high-quality protein.
**[10:34] Ougai**
Syunso, this reminds me
of the day we met.
**[10:41] Ougai**
It was a year ago.
**[10:49] Shiki**
Eat beef from a pot,
and your tongue will burn.
**[10:53] Editor**
That doesn't quite work, sir.
**[10:56] Shiki**
Two out, bases loaded, huh?
***SIGN*** One
Year
Ago
**[11:30] (Flashback) Syunso**
How magnificent!
**[11:32] (Flashback) Syunso**
I've never seen such a
beautiful creature before.
**[11:35] (Flashback) Syunso**
May I pet you?
**[11:39] (Flashback) Syunso**
The shiny luster of your black coat...
**[11:42] (Flashback) Syunso**
A supple body that is elegantly streamlined,
**[11:46] (Flashback) Syunso**
and bewitching golden eyes
that seduce the beholder.
**[11:50] (Flashback) Syunso**
You're like an artwork of ultimate
natural beauty made by the divine!
**[12:05] (Flashback) Syunso**
P-Pervert!
**[12:11] Mei**
And that's how the two of you met?
**[12:14] Ougai**
Indeed, Little Squirrel. It was quite
a stimulating encounter, wouldn't you say?
**[12:17] Syunso**
That's not how I remember it!
**[12:20] Ougai**
Syunso gets so taken with artistic passion
**[12:22] Ougai**
when he finds a wonderful model
that he loses himself.
**[12:26] Ougai**
How troublesome.
**[12:27] Syunso**
You're the one who's troublesome!
**[12:30] Syunso**
Could you please stop getting naked
all the time at 6 o'clock?!
**[12:33] Ougai**
I can't do that.
**[12:34] Ougai**
I am the kind of person who isn't satisfied
**[12:37] Ougai**
unless my schedule is carried out regularly.
**[12:40] Ougai**
My schedule is such that I bathe each day,
morning and evening, at 6 o'clock.
**[12:47] Mei**
So that's how the two of
you began living together?
**[12:51] Ougai**
Yes.
**[12:53] Ougai**
When I looked at the drawing Syunso had made,
**[12:55] Ougai**
I thought that this man would surely one day
**[12:59] Ougai**
carry the weight of Japan's
art world on his shoulders.
**[13:01] Ougai**
I decided to have him come stay in my
mansion since I found him fascinating.
**[13:05] Mei**
Because he's fascinating?
**[13:07] Ougai**
Yes, because he's fascinating.
**[13:10] Ougai**
By the way, Little Squirrel,
may I ask you something?
**[13:14] Mei**
Sure.
**[13:16] Ougai**
Do you like cats?
**[13:19] Mei**
Cats?
**[13:21] Mei**
Yes, I'm decently fond of them.
**[13:24] Ougai**
Wonderful. Then, would you mind
finding Syunso's black cat?
**[13:32] Mei**
You had a black cat as a pet, Syunso-san?
**[13:35] Ougai**
Yes, I guess you could say it was a pet.
**[13:39] Syunso**
Ougai-san.
**[13:41] Ougai**
What's the harm?
**[13:42] Ougai**
Besides, your exhibition is coming up soon,
**[13:44] Ougai**
and it is about time you were
recognized by the art world.
**[13:47] Mei**
I fully understand!
**[13:48] Mei**
I would be more than happy to help.
**[13:51] Mei**
Should I make up some posters?
***SIGN*** Missing
**[13:52] Ougai**
That's a good idea.
Posters could be rather effective.
**[13:56] Ougai**
But your powers as a Tamayori will
be needed to find Syunso's cat.
**[14:01] Mei**
Eh? Tamayori?
**[14:06] Ougai**
That's if you are truly a Tamayori, though.
**[14:11] Mei**
Umm...
**[14:13] Mei**
What is a Tamayori?
***SIGN*** Fling
**[14:18] Ougai**
Ah, yes, you do have amnesia.
**[14:22] Ougai**
It is a name generally given to those who can
**[14:26] Ougai**
see things not of this world.
Spirits, in other words.
**[14:30] Ougai**
Spirits and those who could see them,
**[14:33] Ougai**
the Tamayori, were not uncommon
in Japan in the past.
**[14:38] Ougai**
However, with the progression of
modernization since the Meiji Restoration,
**[14:41] Ougai**
a great number of the
spirits went into hiding,
**[14:44] Ougai**
and the Tamayori's numbers
continued to decrease.
**[14:49] Ougai**
Tamayori are now incredibly valuable.
**[14:53] (Flashback) Fujita**
Are you a Tamayori?
**[14:55] Mei**
Tamayori...
**[14:57] Ougai**
Yes. Our conversation has
carried on a bit long,
**[15:01] Ougai**
so why don't we get to eating this meat?
**[15:05] Mei**
Okay.
**[15:11] Mei**
A black cat?
**[15:12] Mei**
That's what was missing from the painting.
**[15:16] Mei**
A black cat!
**[15:18] Ougai**
That's right. You figured it out quickly.
**[15:24] Mei**
*But how did I know that?*
**[15:27] Ougai**
Sometimes such things happen to
creative works full of soul.
**[15:32] Ougai**
It is the sign of a masterpiece.
**[15:34] Ougai**
That's why I would like you to find it.
**[15:38] Ougai**
It is important to Syunso.
**[15:47] Ougai**
That is, if you are indeed a Tamayori.
**[15:51] Ougai**
I did wonder at that time
if you indeed saw a spirit.
**[15:57] Mei**
That time...?
**[16:11] Mei**
*Do I really have such power?*
**[16:14] Charlie**
Mei-chan, Mei-chan, Mei-chan!
**[16:18] Mei**
*What?*
**[16:21] Mei**
*What is this voice?*
**[16:24] Mei**
*I've heard it somewhere before.*
**[16:36] Mei**
I...
**[16:37] Ougai**
All right, that's enough.
**[16:42] Ougai**
Well then, sweet buns are a great
way to finish up a hot pot meal.
**[16:45] Syunso**
Please stop!
**[16:46] Mei**
Sweet buns?
**[16:56] Mei**
*What am I supposed to do here?*
**[17:06] Syunso**
Hey.
**[17:12] Mei**
Syunso-san.
**[17:14] Syunso**
You don't need to worry about
what Ougai-san said earlier.
**[17:23] Syunso**
There's no way a dense girl
like you is a Tamayori.
**[17:27] Mei**
D-Dense?
**[17:47] Charlie**
Mei-chan.
**[17:59] Mei**
That man!
**[18:17] Charlie**
Hey there. You made it.
**[18:19] Mei**
I knew you would be here!
**[18:24] Charlie**
You're so good, Mei-chan.
**[18:27] Mei**
Please send me back!
**[18:28] Mei**
Please send me back to my time!
**[18:32] Charlie**
I am defenseless against that cold
expression mixed with resentment and scorn.
**[18:37] Mei**
You're the one who brought
me to this time period!
**[18:40] Mei**
You should be able to send me back.
**[18:42] Charlie**
You want to go back to the
present time that badly?
**[18:48] Charlie**
I can send you back.
**[18:50] Charlie**
I just can't do it right away.
**[18:54] Charlie**
I will need to prepare.
**[18:59] Charlie**
I may be an extraordinary magician,
but transcending time takes a lot of work.
**[19:06] Charlie**
I will need the same conditions
as when I brought you here.
**[19:10] Charlie**
Essentially, the probability of success
**[19:13] Charlie**
is extremely low unless it is
the night of a full moon.
**[19:17] Mei**
The night of a full moon?
**[19:21] Mei**
Then I can go back in a month?
**[19:25] Mei**
To my world, modern day Tokyo!
**[19:27] Charlie**
I can guarantee it.
**[19:30] Charlie**
Now, until the one month period is up,
**[19:35] Charlie**
enjoy this time.
**[19:38] Charlie**
Just be yourself.
**[19:40] Mei**
Be myself?
**[19:43] Charlie**
Tokyo during the Meiji era is great!
**[19:47] Charlie**
Japanese and Western styles blending
together at the height of Japan's Westernization.
**[19:50] Charlie**
It has a spirit that is full of energy.
**[19:52] Charlie**
Anything goes!
**[19:54] Charlie**
You don't need to worry about
**[19:57] Charlie**
what others think about you or hating
yourself in such a chaotic age.
**[20:00] Charlie**
You can just comfortably
be yourself here, Mei-chan!
**[20:04] Mei**
Be myself?
**[20:08] Mei**
You mean...
**[20:10] (Flashback) Ougai**
Your powers as a Tamayori will be needed.
**[20:15] Mei**
Is that it?
**[20:18] Charlie**
What is it?
**[20:21] Mei**
*Be myself.*
**[20:23] Mei**
One month... If it's just one month,
**[20:27] Mei**
I will try to enjoy this time period.
**[20:45] Mei**
Syunso-san!
**[20:46] Syunso**
Would you say something before you enter?
**[20:51] Mei**
Wait, Syunso-san, what are you doing?
**[20:55] Mei**
I am going to find the black cat.
**[20:58] Syunso**
Huh? What's with you all of the sudden?
**[21:01] Mei**
I think I am a Tamayori.
**[21:04] Mei**
So I believe I can find the black cat.
**[21:07] Mei**
I want to see your finished painting!
**[21:20] Mei**
Oh, Ougai-san.
**[21:23] Mei**
Do you have any extra cloth or sticks?
**[21:27] Mei**
They're finished!
**[21:31] Ougai**
What are those?
**[21:32] Mei**
Cleaning tools.
**[21:39] Mei**
You use it like this!
**[21:42] Mei**
See, now this should make things
a little bit easier on Fumi-san.
**[21:53] Ougai**
Little Squirrel, you...
**[21:57] Mei**
Do you want to try it too, Fumi-san?
**[21:59] Fumi**
Yes, I would!
**[22:02] Fumi**
Oh, you are right! This is
so much easier on my back.
**[22:06] Mei**
Isn't it?
**[22:11] Ougai**
*Just who are you?*
**[22:19] Charlie**
Good luck searching for
the black cat, Mei-chan.
**[22:22] Charlie**
But there might be lots of other
fun things waiting for you.
**[23:30] Male Voice**
I want to apologize to Jane.
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
***SIGN*** Next Episode Preview
***SIGN*** Caught in the Ghost Hotel
**[23:32] Male Voice**
If her anger is such that
she wishes to kill me,
**[23:35] Male Voice**
then I want to answer for that.
**[23:38] Mei**
What are you talking about?!
# E3 - Caught in the Ghost Hotel
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6G5XDM76/caught-in-the-ghost-hotel)
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***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
**[01:34] Fujita**
Get back, Koizumi!
**[01:39] Fujita**
There you are, spirit!
**[01:41] Yakumo**
Fujita-san!
**[01:49] Yakumo**
Jane...
***SIGN*** Caught in the Ghost Hotel
**[02:12] Mei**
W-W-Wha?!
**[02:13] Ougai**
This is the most delicious
dessert in the world:
**[02:16] Ougai**
sweet bun with tea and rice.
**[02:19] Ougai**
You break the sweet bun into pieces
with your chopsticks like so,
**[02:22] Ougai**
getting the sweet red bean paste
onto each and every grain of rice.
**[02:29] Ougai**
Fumi-san.
**[02:30] Fumi**
Yes, sir.
**[02:31] Ougai**
Here, Little Squirrel.
**[02:37] Ougai**
It's good, isn't it?
**[02:39] Ougai**
Syunso.
**[02:40] Syunso**
Yes?
**[02:41] Ougai**
I have enough for you, too.
**[02:43] Syunso**
No, I'm fine...
**[02:45] Ougai**
Don't be shy now.
**[02:47] Ougai**
Come on, say ah.
**[02:57] Mei**
Meow, meow...
**[02:59] Mei**
C'mere, black kitty.
**[03:02] Mei**
I can still taste it.
**[03:04] Syunso**
He even made me have some.
**[03:07] Syunso**
Anyway...
**[03:08] Syunso**
What's that?
**[03:11] Mei**
Oh, it's katsuobushi.
**[03:13] Mei**
I borrowed it from Fumi-san.
**[03:14] Syunso**
And you're going to find
the black cat with that?
**[03:18] Mei**
I should be able to, right?
**[03:21] Mei**
Don't cats like katsuobushi?
**[03:24] Syunso**
Even ghost cats?
**[03:26] Mei**
A ghost cat should still like it,
since it's a cat, shouldn't it?
**[03:30] Syunso**
I wouldn't know.
**[03:31] Syunso**
Besides, can you find it
during the day?
**[03:35] Syunso**
I heard you can't see ghosts
unless it is the dark hours.
**[03:38] Mei**
Dark hours?
**[03:40] Syunso**
It's the time between dusk and dawn.
**[03:43] Syunso**
You're a Tamayori and you
don't even know that?
**[03:46] Mei**
Ah, no. I had no idea.
**[03:50] Mei**
What should we do now, then?
**[03:53] Syunso**
I'm going back.
**[03:55] Yakumo**
Please, I'm begging you, Izumi-san.
**[03:58] Kyoka**
I told you, I can't do it.
**[04:01] Yakumo**
Please, I have nothing without your help!
**[04:05] Kyoka**
You're so annoying.
**[04:06] Syunso**
Izumi.
**[04:08] Yakumo**
Oh, Hishida-san. And what's this?
**[04:12] Yakumo**
This girl would be the one
**[04:14] Yakumo**
I met at the Rokumeikan. Umm...
**[04:18] Yakumo**
pardon me, but what is your name?
**[04:21] Mei**
Ayazuki Mei.
**[04:23] Mei**
And you are, uh, Yakumo-san and Kyoka-san.
**[04:27] Yakumo**
Wow, you remembered who I am!
**[04:30] Yakumo**
I am so moved!
**[04:32] Yakumo**
The Western-style short skirt from
the other evening was splendid,
**[04:37] Yakumo**
but you're beautiful in
Japanese clothing as well.
**[04:39] Kyoka**
Oh, you're the weird girl from before.
**[04:42] Mei**
Weird girl?
**[04:44] Mei**
Huh?
**[04:45] Kyoka**
W-What? Stop staring at me.
**[04:48] Mei**
It's not with you today?
The rabbit from that night.
**[04:56] Kyoka**
So you are one.
**[05:00] Kyoka**
Koizumi-san, you should have
this girl handle your request.
**[05:04] Yakumo**
Have Mei-san do it?
**[05:07] Yakumo**
Why?
**[05:08] Kyoka**
Because apparently she's also a Tamayori.
**[05:11] Yakumo**
What?! Is that true?
**[05:13] Mei**
Ah, yes, most likely.
**[05:15] Mei**
Wait... You're one too, Kyoka-san?
**[05:18] Kyoka**
I told you to stay back!
**[05:20] Mei**
Then that means that rabbit is a ghost,
**[05:23] Mei**
and that's why I can't
see it during the day!
**[05:27] Yakumo**
Mei-san, please let me rent your powers!
**[05:31] Mei**
Eh?!
**[05:32] Yakumo**
It is truly destiny that I have met
a Tamayori like you!
**[05:36] Yakumo**
Please, I want you to help me see Jane again.
**[05:40] Mei**
Jane?
**[05:44] Ougai**
Essentially,
**[05:46] Ougai**
you wish to have Mei catch
this ghost known as Jane?
**[05:50] Yakumo**
No, I don't want to catch her,
**[05:53] Yakumo**
I just want to speak with her.
**[05:57] Yakumo**
She is a childhood friend of mine.
**[06:00] Mei**
You're friends with a ghost?
**[06:02] Yakumo**
Yes.
**[06:04] Yakumo**
Mei-san, when I was younger, I was
able to see ghosts like you can.
**[06:09] Mei**
You were, Yakumo-san?
**[06:11] Yakumo**
Yes. Jane...
**[06:14] Yakumo**
She and I got along so well, it was almost
like we were brother and sister.
**[06:20] Yakumo**
It doesn't matter whether
she is a ghost or not.
**[06:24] Yakumo**
My parents divorced when I was very
young. I always felt lonely,
**[06:30] Yakumo**
and she was the only
emotional support I had.
**[06:33] Yakumo**
But then, one day...
**[06:34] Patrick**
Eight, nine, ten!
**[06:37] (Flashback) Patrick**
Ready or not, here I come!
**[06:39] (Flashback) Jane**
Say, Patrick, do you think
you can find the real me?
**[06:44] (Flashback) Patrick**
The real you?
**[06:45] (Flashback) Jane**
But, if you do find me, you might hate me.
**[06:49] (Flashback) Patrick**
I would never hate you!
**[06:52] (Flashback) Jane**
You mean it?
**[06:54] (Flashback) Patrick**
Jane!
**[06:56] (Flashback) Patrick**
Found you!
**[07:05] (Flashback) Jane**
P-Patrick...
**[07:10] (Flashback) Jane**
Patrick...
**[07:20] (Flashback) Patrick**
Jane?
**[07:23] (Flashback) Patrick**
Jane?!
**[07:28] (Flashback) Patrick**
Jane!
**[07:31] Yakumo**
It was terrible for me to scream like that
**[07:34] Yakumo**
upon seeing her face,
even if I had been startled.
**[07:38] Yakumo**
I tried to apologize immediately,
**[07:41] Yakumo**
but I lost one of my eyes in an
accident soon after that incident.
**[07:48] Yakumo**
I have not been able to
see ghosts ever since.
**[07:53] Yakumo**
What happened that day has long
since plagued my thoughts.
**[07:57] Yakumo**
For all this time.
**[08:00] Yakumo**
However, since the red
full moon the other night,
**[08:04] Yakumo**
strange things have frequently
been happening around me.
**[08:07] Mei**
Since the night of the red full moon?
**[08:20] (Flashback) Yakumo**
Oh, a poltergeist?
**[08:23] (Flashback) Yakumo**
Wonderful!
**[08:25] Yakumo**
As a researcher of the paranomal,
**[08:25] Yakumo**
Oh! Amazing!
**[08:28] Yakumo**
I was happy to see
these things, at first.
**[08:31] Yakumo**
But then...
**[08:44] (Flashback) Yakumo**
Jane!
**[08:46] (Flashback) Fujita**
There you are, spirit!
**[08:47] (Flashback) Yakumo**
Wait!
**[08:49] Yakumo**
Those incidents were caused
by Jane's wrath against me.
**[08:55] Yakumo**
I want to apologize to Jane.
**[08:58] Yakumo**
If her anger is such that
she wishes to kill me,
**[09:02] Yakumo**
then I want to answer for that.
**[09:04] Mei**
What are you talking about?!
**[09:07] Yakumo**
Mei-san, ghosts cannot
be seen by just anyone.
**[09:12] Yakumo**
That is why those who *can* see them
are incredibly precious to them,
**[09:17] Yakumo**
since there are ghosts who have spent
hundreds, even thousands, of years all alone.
**[09:23] Yakumo**
Nevertheless, I hurt her and then lost
my eye through my own carelessness.
**[09:31] Yakumo**
Losing my sight was tantamount
to Jane disappearing.
**[09:36] Mei**
Yakumo-san...
**[09:39] Ougai**
I understand your situation.
**[09:41] Ougai**
However, Koizumi-san, my apologies,
**[09:42] Ougai**
but I cannot allow my fiancée
to do something so—
**[09:45] Mei**
Okay, I'll help you!
**[09:47] Ougai**
Wha? What are you saying, Mei?
**[09:50] Mei**
I can't just neglect him!
**[09:53] Mei**
I would love to help, if you'll allow me.
**[09:58] Yakumo**
Mei-san...
**[10:09] Ougai**
Syunso.
**[10:10] Syunso**
Yes?
**[10:11] Ougai**
You go with her as well.
**[10:12] Syunso**
Why do I have to go?
**[10:14] Ougai**
Unfortunately, I am expecting a visitor
today and cannot go with her.
**[10:20] Ougai**
I would like you, someone I can trust,
to be her bodyguard.
**[10:24] Ougai**
Understood? I just wouldn't be able to bear
it if anything happened to my Little Squirrel.
**[10:29] Ougai**
You be sure to protect her now, got it?
**[10:34] Syunso**
Got it.
**[10:37] Mei**
Ougai-san.
**[10:39] Yakumo**
Thank you, everyone!
**[10:41] Yakumo**
I'll finally be able to speak with Jane.
**[10:44] Ougai**
You sure you got it?
**[10:45] Mei**
Yes!
**[10:45] Syunso**
I really do.
**[10:53] Shibusawa**
I would like you to order another
iron plate from America.
**[10:56] Shibusawa**
The previous one was ten tons,
but this one needs to be 150 tons.
**[10:59] Man**
Shibusawa-san...
**[11:02] Yakumo**
I will be in the study next door.
**[11:05] Yakumo**
I will call for you if
anything paranormal happens.
**[11:07] Yakumo**
I would like you to please summon me
if anything like that happens to you.
**[11:11] Yakumo**
Oh, and one more thing.
Fujita-san will be on patrol,
**[11:13] Yakumo**
so do your best to make
sure he doesn't see you.
**[11:17] Mei**
*We're sharing the room.*
**[11:20] Mei**
A king-sized bed!
**[11:31] Syunso**
Huh?
**[11:32] Mei**
Eh?
**[11:34] Syunso**
Why are you sitting on the floor?
**[11:36] Mei**
Well...
**[11:38] Syunso**
Why don't you sit here?
**[11:39] Mei**
Oh, I'm fine.
**[11:52] Syunso**
By the way,
**[11:54] Syunso**
what do you think about Ougai-san
referring to you as his fiancée?
**[11:58] Mei**
What do you mean?
**[12:00] Syunso**
How do you feel about it?
**[12:02] Mei**
How do I feel?
**[12:09] Mei**
*It surprised me, but it made me happy.*
**[12:16] Syunso**
Never mind. You don't have to answer.
**[12:20] Mei**
Oh, okay.
**[12:30] Mei**
What's that?
**[12:32] Syunso**
A ghost.
**[12:33] Syunso**
Isn't it? I've never seen one before.
**[12:36] Mei**
The ones I've seen have
been a bit more cute.
**[12:40] Mei**
Can I borrow that?
**[12:42] Mei**
They're more like this...
**[12:46] Mei**
Uh?
**[12:47] Syunso**
The only thing this tells me is that you're
definitely not a Japanese painter.
**[12:54] Syunso**
I envy you, being able to see another world.
**[12:59] Syunso**
If I were a Tamayori, I would paint that world.
**[13:04] Syunso**
I like the dark hours.
**[13:06] Syunso**
There's no noise,
so I can focus on my paintings.
**[13:11] Syunso**
You realize more clearly what truly matters.
**[13:15] Syunso**
I'm sure Yakumo-san is happy
**[13:18] Syunso**
just because you're here.
**[13:20] Syunso**
It was the same for me,
**[13:23] Syunso**
when you said you would
help me find the black cat.
**[13:26] Syunso**
At first I thought you were just
being meddlesome, but I was happy.
**[13:30] Syunso**
I honestly never thought I would paint—
**[14:14] Yakumo**
Mei-san!
**[14:15] Yakumo**
Has she appeared?
**[14:16] Mei**
Th-Th-There was a brown-haired lady just now!
**[14:19] Yakumo**
Jane, is that you?
**[14:23] Yakumo**
Jane!
**[14:28] Fujita**
You again, girl? Is this your doing?
**[14:31] Mei**
No!
**[14:36] Fujita**
So it was you.
**[14:38] Yakumo**
Jane!
**[14:41] Fujita**
And you think you've hidden from me?
**[14:45] Mei**
Please wait!
**[14:49] Fujita**
Girl...
**[14:51] Mei**
Jane-san is crying.
**[15:10] Yakumo**
Jane!
**[15:15] Yakumo**
Jane, I'm sorry. Forgive me.
**[15:18] Yakumo**
Please don't hurt these people.
**[15:21] Yakumo**
If you want to kill me, do it!
**[15:24] Yakumo**
Jane...
**[15:25] Yakumo**
I would like for you to kill me.
**[15:31] Yakumo**
I've done something that cannot
be taken back, so please...
**[15:36] Yakumo**
Kill me, kill me...
**[15:40] Mei**
Smile.
**[15:42] Mei**
Smile, Patrick.
**[15:45] Mei**
Please.
**[15:48] Mei**
That is what Jane-san is saying.
**[15:56] Yakumo**
Jane is saying that?
**[16:00] Mei & Jane**
I have always been by your side,
**[16:03] Mei & Jane**
even after you injured your eye.
**[16:09] Jane**
But no matter how much I called out to you...
**[16:13] (Flashback) Patrick**
Jane, I'm sorry.
**[16:15] Jane**
I couldn't reach you.
**[16:16] (Flashback) Patrick**
Jane, please forgive me.
**[16:18] Jane**
It was like I was about to disappear.
**[16:21] Jane**
And I spent all that time...
**[16:22] (Flashback) Patrick**
Jane...
**[16:23] Jane**
...feeling that way for years and years.
**[16:28] Jane**
But I suddenly felt a surge of power during
the red full moon the other night.
**[16:35] Jane**
The power to tell you how I felt.
**[16:38] Yakumo**
Then that...
**[16:44] Yakumo**
was your rage towards me.
**[16:46] Yakumo**
An expression of anger for what I have done.
**[16:49] Yakumo**
I deserve to be cursed by you, but...
**[16:51] Jane**
No.
**[16:54] Jane**
No... That was because I
couldn't control it properly.
**[16:59] (Flashback) Jane**
Patrick, Patrick!
**[17:02] (Flashback) Yakumo**
Oh, amazing!
**[17:04] (Flashback) Jane**
Patrick, Patrick, listen to me.
**[17:13] (Flashback) Jane**
Patrick...
**[17:16] Jane**
I'm sorry.
**[17:17] Jane**
I thought I finally had the
power to reach out to you,
**[17:21] Jane**
and I ended up scaring you.
**[17:23] Jane**
But...
**[17:24] Mei & Jane**
But... this girl noticed me.
**[17:29] Mei**
Me?
**[17:30] Jane**
This girl found me and subdued my powers,
**[17:35] Jane**
so I could finally speak with you like this.
**[17:45] Jane**
You know, Patrick, we got along
better than anyone else, didn't we?
**[17:51] Jane**
We cared about each other more
than anyone else, didn't we?
**[17:56] Jane**
So why would you think I was angry?
**[18:00] Yakumo**
Jane, when you disappeared
**[18:05] Yakumo**
in front of me that day,
**[18:10] Yakumo**
I felt like I had done something
I could never take back.
**[18:17] Jane**
That was because I felt embarrassed.
**[18:22] Jane**
I was trying to test you.
**[18:25] Jane**
But I ended up tormenting you
and I wanted to disappear.
**[18:29] Jane**
I'm sorry. I never thought that it would
cause us to be apart for such a long time.
**[18:38] Yakumo**
Really?
**[18:40] Yakumo**
Really?
**[18:42] Yakumo**
That's all that was?
**[18:44] Yakumo**
Oh gosh, so that's all that was, Jane!
**[18:48] Yakumo**
Jane? Jane?
**[18:52] Yakumo**
I spun around, and now I've lost sight of her.
**[18:54] Yakumo**
Where are you, Jane? Jane!
**[18:57] Yakumo**
Ja—
**[19:05] Yakumo**
It's so warm...
**[19:09] Mei**
Jane-san is here.
**[19:16] Jane**
I always will be, forever.
**[19:19] Jane**
Even if you can't see me,
**[19:22] Jane**
I will always be near you, Patrick.
**[19:50] Yakumo**
Jane...
**[20:04] Yakumo**
Mei-san, thank you very much.
**[20:07] Yakumo**
Thanks to you, I was finally able
to find something precious.
**[20:10] Mei**
Me, too. I realize now
why your stories are so loved.
**[20:16] Mei**
The reason that stories like "Hoichi the Earless"
and "The Snow Woman" are filled with heart,
**[20:19] Mei**
despite being scary, is because of the deep
affection you have towards ghosts, Yakumo-san.
**[20:25] Yakumo**
Oh my! You have read two of my stories?
**[20:30] Yakumo**
Not only are you a Tamayori, but you
are full of such extensive knowledge.
**[20:32] Yakumo**
You are full of surprises!
**[20:35] Mei**
W-Well... Anyway, I am also grateful to you.
**[20:40] Mei**
I feel like I've learned
a bit more about myself.
**[20:45] Yakumo**
Mei-san...
**[20:46] Mei**
And that goes for you, too, Syunso-san.
**[20:52] Mei**
Thank you for what you said.
**[20:54] (Flashback) Syunso**
I'm sure Yakumo-san is happy
**[20:57] (Flashback) Syunso**
just because you're here.
**[20:59] Mei**
I was able to manage because of your words.
**[21:03] Syunso**
Sure.
**[21:04] Ougai**
Looks like things are resolved here.
**[21:06] Mei**
Ougai-san!
**[21:07] Ougai**
I'd hoped to get here a bit sooner,
**[21:11] Ougai**
but dealing with my visitor took
more time than I expected.
**[21:14] Ougai**
Well, now, allow me to verify that
my fiancée is indeed all right.
**[21:21] Mei**
O-Ougai-san?
**[21:25] Ougai**
I'm sorry I was late.
**[21:33] Mei**
Ougai-san...
**[21:41] Ougai**
You, too, Syunso.
**[21:45] Ougai**
You carried out your duty splendidly.
**[21:49] Syunso**
C-Come on, please stop, Ougai-san!
**[21:52] Ougai**
You should hug me back.
**[21:52] Yakumo**
That is how he is protecting you.
**[21:54] Syunso**
I don't want to.
**[21:55] Mei**
Eh?
**[21:56] Yakumo**
Mori-san.
**[21:57] Yakumo**
Saying you are the fiancée
of an army surgeon first class
**[22:00] Yakumo**
means no one can meddle with you heedlessly.
**[22:03] Yakumo**
Not even that man from the police's
supernatural division.
**[22:07] (Flashback) Fujita**
Girl, I won't show you any mercy
if you do anything suspicious again.
**[22:14] Yakumo**
You are loved.
**[22:16] Mei**
L-Loved?!
**[22:17] Yakumo**
But I would also like to devote more love to y—
**[22:22] Ougai**
Now then, why don't we have a party with
steamed buns with tea and rice to celebrate.
**[22:27] Mei**
Huh?
**[22:28] Syunso**
Hey!
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
***SIGN*** Next Episode Preview
***SIGN*** Flower of Asakusa Rendezvous
**[23:31] Mei**
U-Umm... Where
are we going?
**[23:34] Ougai**
To an enjoyable place.
**[23:35] Mei**
Eh?
**[23:36] Ougai**
Are you familiar with
the flower of Asakusa?
# E4 - Flower of Asakusa Rendezvous
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY5PGZPKY/flower-of-asakusa-rendezvous)
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***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
**[01:54] Ougai**
Let's go.
**[02:08] Classmate**
I heard that Mei-chan can
hear ghosts talking.
**[02:11] Classmate**
Did you know?
**[02:12] Classmate**
Apparently, that girl can see ghosts.
**[02:14] Classmate**
Whoa, really?
**[02:18] Classmate D**
You're Ayazuki Mei-san, right?
**[02:21] Classmate D**
Do you wanna come with us?
**[02:23] Charlie**
Mei-chan.
**[02:24] Charlie**
Mei-chan!
**[02:48] Mei**
What was that about?
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
**[03:10] Aunt**
I will be going then, Rintaro-san.
**[03:13] Aunt**
Be sure to look over all
of them closely.
**[03:19] Aunt**
Oh?
**[03:22] Aunt**
Who is this young lady?
**[03:24] Ougai**
The Little Squirrel.
**[03:26] Aunt**
Little Squirrel?
**[03:27] Ougai**
She is the fiancée I was
telling you about earlier.
**[03:31] Aunt**
*She* is?!
**[03:35] Aunt**
You cannot be serious, Rintaro-san.
**[03:39] Ougai**
I am.
**[03:44] Aunt**
Of all the selfish—!
**[03:46] Aunt**
Do you have any understanding of your
position as the eldest son of the Mori family?
**[03:50] Aunt**
Marrying such a lowly girl as this...!
**[03:53] Mei**
L-Lowly girl?
**[03:55] Aunt**
Listen to me.
**[03:56] Aunt**
You will choose a suitable partner
**[03:58] Aunt**
from the selection of pictures
I brought you, Rintaro-san.
**[04:01] Ougai**
There is no other woman more suited
for the Mori family than her, Aunt.
**[04:08] Aunt**
I will not accept this little girl!
**[04:11] Mei**
Little girl...
**[04:28] Ougai**
I am sorry about that.
**[04:30] Ougai**
It seems that my aunt has heard about
me declaring you my fiancée
**[04:34] Ougai**
at the Rokumeikan a few days ago.
**[04:36] Ougai**
Yesterday and today she came to the
mansion with matchmaking photos.
**[04:41] Mei**
Matchmaking photos?
**[04:43] Syunso**
So that's who your unfortunate
visitor was yesterday.
**[04:48] Ougai**
Unfortunately, I am expecting
a visitor this evening.
**[04:52] Syunso**
Your aunt will probably come again
tomorrow from the sounds of it.
**[04:56] Ougai**
Well, about that...
**[04:59] Ougai**
A party will be held next month
at the Rokumeikan, and key people
**[05:02] Ougai**
from various circles will be there.
**[05:04] Ougai**
I would like to formally present
you as my fiancée there.
**[05:09] Mei**
Formally present?
**[05:11] Mei**
Fiancée?
**[05:12] Mei**
Wha?! Formally present me?!
**[05:15] Syunso**
You can't. That's the grand event
nobles and government officials will be at.
**[05:21] Syunso**
You would be making a fool of yourself.
**[05:25] Ougai**
Don't worry. It will be fine.
***SIGN*** Flower of Asakusa Rendezvous
**[05:58] Mei**
*Formally present me as his fiancée...*
**[06:01] (Flashback) Yakumo**
That is how he is protecting you.
**[06:08] Ougai**
Little Squirrel.
**[06:17] Ougai**
Why don't you join me for a bit?
**[06:21] Mei**
Eh?
**[06:37] Mei**
U-Umm... Where are we going?
**[06:40] Ougai**
To an enjoyable place.
**[06:42] Mei**
Eh?
**[06:45] Ougai**
Are you familiar with
the flower of Asakusa?
**[06:48] Mei**
Asakusa? Yes, I am!
**[07:02] Mei**
I don't know this Asakusa...
**[07:05] Young Man**
Hey now! Don't just stand
there spacing out, ya idiot!
**[07:08] Mei**
S-Sorry!
**[07:10] Ougai**
We should probably hold hands
so you don't get lost.
**[07:14] Mei**
O-Okay...
***SIGN*** Picture Postcards
**[07:32] Ougai**
Apparently, they're selling
picture postcards.
**[07:34] Mei**
All these people are here
for picture postcards?
**[07:39] Ichiyo**
I'll take this one.
**[07:40] Ichiyo**
And this one, and this one.
**[07:43] Ichiyo**
I'll take them all!
**[07:44] Woman**
That's so unfair, Higuchi-san.
Buying up just Kawakami-san's pictures...
**[07:49] Ichiyo**
A heart ardently in love is
as precious as the divine.
**[07:53] Ichiyo**
Otojiro-sama!
**[08:01] Ougai**
Now I see. All these people are here because
they're after Kawakami Otojiro-kun's actor photos.
**[08:07] Mei**
Kawakami Otojiro?
**[08:10] Ougai**
You met him at the Rokumeikan, remember?
**[08:12] Ougai**
He is a handsome actor who is
extremely popular right now.
**[08:16] Mei**
At the Rokumeikan?
**[08:18] Mei**
Kawakami Otojiro...
**[08:21] Mei**
W-What?
**[08:23] Ougai**
Do you really not remember
meeting a handsome man
**[08:27] Ougai**
with scores of women in love with him?
**[08:30] Mei**
Not really. I met a lot of people
for the first time that day.
**[08:35] Ougai**
Ah, well, it just so happens that today he
has a performance at the Tokiwa Theater.
**[08:40] Ougai**
We'll go see it later.
**[08:42] Mei**
We're going to see a play?
**[08:45] Ougai**
Yes, but before we do that...
**[08:52] Ougai**
This ice cream is very popular right now.
**[08:54] Ougai**
I thought you might like it.
**[08:57] Mei**
Yes! Yes! Yes! I love it!
**[09:02] Mei**
So sweet!
**[09:04] Mei**
Cold! Sweet! Cold!
**[09:09] Ougai**
My, you got some on your face.
**[09:18] Ougai**
The perfect amount of sweetness.
**[09:21] Ougai**
Your ice cream is dripping, Little Squirrel.
**[09:26] Mei**
What a waste!
***SIGN*** Enami Photography Studio
**[09:40] Photographer**
Miss, your expression is a bit too stiff.
**[09:43] Mei**
I-I heard that photographs in this
time period were really expensive.
**[09:47] Photographer**
This time period?
**[09:48] Mei**
U-Umm... How much does this cost?
**[09:52] Photographer**
Ah, well, one photograph is 16 yen.
**[09:55] Mei**
So cheap!
**[09:57] Mei**
I mean...
**[09:58] Mei**
Then, how does that convert into sukiyaki?
**[10:02] Photographer**
Huh?
**[10:03] Ougai**
You could buy 320 bowls of sukiyaki.
**[10:07] Mei**
T-That much?!
**[10:09] Photographer**
I accidentally took the picture.
That will be 16 yen.
**[10:13] Ougai**
You're so cute, Little Squirrel.
**[10:20] Mei**
Amazing. It's a full house.
**[10:23] Mei**
Kawakami Otojiro-san really must be popular.
**[10:27] Mei**
So, what kind of play is this?
**[10:29] Ougai**
It is *The Golden Demon* by Ozaki Kouyou.
**[10:32] Mei**
Huh, I feel like I've
heard of that before...
**[10:37] Ougai**
It was recently serialized in the newspaper.
**[10:41] Ougai**
Have you read it, Little Squirrel?
**[10:43] Mei**
No, I don't know what it's about.
**[10:47] Ougai**
It is a love-hate play depicting a tragic
relationship between a man and a woman.
**[10:51] Mei**
So it's not going to have
a happy ending, then.
**[10:55] Ougai**
A happy ending? I'm surprised you
would use English so casually.
**[10:58] Ougai**
Are you perhaps familiar with
foreign plays, Little Squirrel?
**[11:02] Mei**
No, not at all.
**[11:04] Mei**
The only foreign plays I know about are...
**[11:07] Mei**
Uhh... Just *Romeo and Juliet*, I guess.
**[11:12] Ougai**
Oh, that's impressive.
**[11:15] Ougai**
Isn't that by Shakespeare?
**[11:17] Mei**
Shakespeare...
**[11:19] Mei**
A-And I believe he also wrote *Hamlet*.
**[11:23] Ougai**
"To be or not to be, that is the question."
**[11:28] Mei**
Shouldn't it be, "To live or not
to live, that is the question,"
**[11:33] Mei**
or something?
**[11:36] Ougai**
So that's how you translated that passage?
**[11:38] Mei**
I-I didn't exactly translate it.
**[11:42] Ougai**
You replaced "to be" with "to live"
and "not to be" with "not to live."
**[11:47] Ougai**
And I believe the passage after that is,
"to die, to sleep,"
**[11:50] Ougai**
which means that to die is to sleep,
so that is a very natural translation.
**[11:54] Ougai**
In fact, it's quite reasonable.
**[11:56] Ougai**
You are incredible, Little Squirrel!
**[11:58] Mei**
Uh, sure.
**[12:00] Ougai**
Just how much must you
impress me before you're content?
**[12:04] Mei**
U-Um...
**[12:06] Mei**
I'm grateful that you're pleased.
**[12:17] Man**
A diamond!
**[12:19] Woman A**
That is a diamond!
**[12:20] Woman B**
That is the 300 yen diamond that
has captivated the heart of Omiya!
**[12:26] Mei**
Three hundred yen for a diamond? That's cheap.
**[12:30] Ougai**
That's worth about sixty million bowls of sukiyaki.
**[12:32] Mei**
T-That's so expensive!
**[12:35] Narrator**
Having been dazzled by a diamond,
**[12:37] Narrator**
Omiya chooses a rich suitor instead
of her childhood friend Kanichi.
**[12:44] Narrator**
Our play begins with a disturbance
along the beach of Atami.
**[12:46] Narrator**
What will the fate of these two people be?
**[12:52] Fan**
Otojiro-san!
**[12:54] Fan**
Otojiro-sama!
**[13:00] Mei**
That man...
**[13:02] (Flashback) Otojiro**
You went through all this just because
you wanted to dance with me, didn't you?
**[13:10] Mei**
That was him!
**[13:12] Omiya**
Kan'ichi-san! I... I...
**[13:15] Otojiro & Kanichi**
I will never forget the moon
on this night, even if I die.
**[13:21] Otojiro & Kanichi**
And on this night next year,
the year after that,
**[13:25] Otojiro & Kanichi**
and even ten years from now,
**[13:29] Otojiro & Kanichi**
the moon will surely be
clouded with my tears.
**[13:39] Mei**
*On this night next year, huh?*
**[13:42] Mei**
*Where will I be when that comes?*
**[13:53] Mei**
I can't believe there are buildings
this tall in Asakusa.
**[13:57] Ougai**
Looks like it was a good
idea to have you come out,
**[13:59] Ougai**
rather than staying stuck
inside the mansion.
**[14:02] Ougai**
I thought the various stimuli
might help you regain your memories.
**[14:10] Mei**
*He did this for me?*
**[14:12] Mei**
Umm, I...
**[14:14] Ougai**
It's fine. Take your time.
**[14:16] Ougai**
You are always welcome to stay at the
mansion as you are now, if you'd like.
**[14:25] Ougai**
Now, let us go have the
most exceptional lunch.
**[14:31] Mei**
Okay!
**[14:47] Mei**
This beefsteak is so good!
**[14:52] Mei**
What is it?
**[14:54] Ougai**
I'm impressed by how skillfully
you use the knife and fork.
**[14:58] Mei**
Really?
**[15:01] Mei**
I think I'm pretty average.
**[15:03] Ougai**
Take a look around you.
**[15:06] Fork Woman**
You eat the meat by piercing
it with this rake.
**[15:10] Fork Woman**
Ouch! I stabbed the inside of my mouth!
**[15:19] Soup Woman**
This soup is delicious.
**[15:23] Ougai**
Table manners are not something
that are mastered in a day.
**[15:27] Ougai**
And with that Shakespeare comment from
before, you are truly a mysterious girl.
**[15:31] Mei**
Mysterious?
**[15:34] Mei**
I guess so.
**[15:38] Ougai**
I am sure you will be able to
handle the formal presentation.
**[15:42] Mei**
The formal presentation?
**[15:44] Mei**
N-No way, I can't!
**[15:46] Ougai**
Why not?
**[15:48] Ougai**
You are fond of Shakespeare,
you have mastered Western table manners,
**[15:52] Ougai**
and you enjoy food without hesitation.
That makes you perfect.
**[15:57] Mei**
I-I'm not so sure...
**[16:01] Ougai**
Believe in yourself.
**[16:02] Ougai**
You just need to remember your usual smile.
**[16:07] Ougai**
Now, eat up, eat up.
**[16:09] Mei**
Okay, I will.
**[16:18] Mei**
It's so good!
**[16:35] Mei**
S-Sor— Sor— Sor—!
**[16:36] Arima**
Well, well. What an unexpected
surprise, Mori-sensei.
**[16:43] Mei**
Eh? Eh?
**[16:46] Ougai**
It is, Arima-san.
**[16:48] Arima**
I have not seen you since
Senju's poetry party.
**[16:52] Arima**
My daughter has been eagerly
awaiting an invitation from you.
**[16:59] Arima**
Shino, say hello.
**[17:01] Shino**
Of course.
**[17:06] Shino**
It has been quite some time. I am Shino.
**[17:10] Ougai**
It has indeed. I am pleased
to see you are doing well.
**[17:14] Arima**
And who would this young
lady be, Mori-sensei?
**[17:18] ---**
**[17:23] Ougai**
My fiancée.
**[17:25] Arima**
Fiancée?
**[17:27] Arima**
Then... the rumors of your
engagement are true?
**[17:33] Ougai**
Indeed they are true.
**[17:38] Arima**
Pardon my rudeness,
**[17:40] Arima**
but which noble family
are you the daughter of?
**[17:43] Ougai**
She is not from any noble family.
**[17:47] Arima**
You are planning to marry a commoner?
**[17:51] Ougai**
Yes. I was not attracted by her pedigree,
**[17:54] Ougai**
but rather by her soul.
**[17:59] Arima**
Is that right?
**[18:02] Arima**
Well, then, congratulations on such
a well-mannered young lady.
**[18:09] Arima**
Have a pleasant day.
**[18:13] Ougai**
Shall we get back to eating?
**[18:42] Syunso**
Hey, you.
**[18:49] Syunso**
Was it that bad?
**[18:52] Mei**
Huh?
**[18:53] Syunso**
The beefsteak.
**[18:54] Mei**
Oh, not at all.
**[18:57] Mei**
It was incredibly good.
**[18:59] Mei**
We should've invited you to come with us.
**[19:02] Syunso**
No, I'm not really familiar
with formal table manners.
**[19:07] Syunso**
I wouldn't want to bring shame on Ougai-san.
**[19:14] Mei**
I ended up bringing shame on him.
**[19:19] Mei**
*She was so pretty.*
**[19:22] Mei**
*I wouldn't stand a chance against her.*
**[19:26] Mei**
Do I seem even a little bit like
I should be Ougai-san's fiancée?
**[19:35] Syunso**
He was the youngest person to
graduate from medical school.
**[19:39] Mei**
Huh?
**[19:40] Syunso**
He studied abroad in Germany
at government expense,
**[19:42] Syunso**
and much is expected of him in
the future as an army official.
**[19:47] Syunso**
Moreover, he is highly valued
in the literary world.
**[19:51] Syunso**
Ougai-san.
**[19:54] Syunso**
If such an incredible person is saying
you're fine, isn't that enough?
**[19:59] Mei**
What?
**[20:00] Syunso**
In your case, no matter what
unreasonable demands you make,
**[20:05] Syunso**
I can tell that, unexpectedly, you have
the fighting spirit to see things through.
**[20:08] Mei**
Syunso-san...
**[20:10] Syunso**
Anyway, will you please stop doing that?
**[20:52] Mei**
The more I look at everything...
**[20:55] Otoyakko**
Watching the river flow,
**[20:58] Otoyakko**
The strike of Shinonome...
**[21:05] Gentleman**
You dropped your handkerchief, Miss.
**[21:10] Otoyakko**
Thank you for picking it up,
but that is not mine.
**[21:14] Gentleman**
My, pardon my rudeness.
**[21:16] Gentleman**
To apologize for my mistake,
will you join me for tea?
**[21:18] Otoyakko**
Excuse me?
**[21:20] Gentleman**
Of course I would not mind if we go to
a normal tea house or a romantic tea house.
**[21:25] Otoyakko**
What are you doing with your hand?
**[21:29] Otoyakko**
Sir, you really shouldn't
underestimate a geisha.
**[21:35] Otoyakko**
And get lost.
**[21:37] Otoyakko**
Oh, no. My nails.
**[21:45] Otoyakko**
Huh? Haven't I seen you somewhere before?
**[21:50] Mei**
Excuse me...
**[21:52] Mei**
Please make me into a woman!
**[21:55] Otoyakko**
Huh?
**[22:01] Otoyakko**
You must have a reason.
**[22:03] Otoyakko**
All right then. Follow me.
**[22:09] Mei**
Okay!
**[22:14] Otoyakko**
My name is Otoyakko.
**[22:15] Mei**
Otoyakko-san! What a wonderful name!
**[22:18] Otoyakko**
You've got some spunk.
**[22:19] Otoyakko**
I was amazed when you asked
me to make you a woman.
**[22:21] Mei**
Thank you very much!
**[22:22] Otoyakko**
I wasn't exactly praising you.
**[22:25] Otoyakko**
You are such a strange girl.
**[22:26] Mei**
Yes, I get that a lot.
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
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**[23:30] Otojiro**
Come on now!
**[23:31] Otojiro**
How many times do I have to
tell you to prop the tip
**[23:33] Otojiro**
of the bottle up with your left
hand when pouring alcohol?!
**[23:36] Mei**
Sir, please have one!
# E5 - The Long Road to Becoming a Fiancée
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRG57DW7R/the-long-road-to-becoming-a-fiance)
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***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
**[01:32] Mei**
E-Excuse me!
**[01:34] Mei**
Where are we going?
**[01:35] Otoyakko**
Just be quiet and come with me.
**[01:37] Otoyakko**
You want to become a woman, right?
**[01:38] Mei**
I-I do!
**[01:39] Akiko**
My hair is going to be a mess.
**[01:41] Akiko**
My hair is a mess.
**[01:43] Akiko**
A mess, a mess, my hair is a mess!
***SIGN*** Geisha House
**[01:45] Otoyakko**
Okay, we're here.
**[01:46] Otoyakko**
I'm back. I will be in my room.
**[01:49] Proprietress**
Sure. You have a guest?
**[01:50] Otoyakko**
Something like that.
**[01:54] Otoyakko**
Now, my room is up there. Go on ahead.
**[01:57] Mei**
O-Okay. Pardon my intrusion.
**[02:02] Otoyakko**
Stop dawdling already, come on.
**[02:05] Otoyakko**
This is my room.
**[02:06] Otoyakko**
Welcome to the best geisha
house in Kagurazaka.
**[02:09] Mei**
Huh?
**[02:10] Mei**
Geisha house?
***SIGN*** Geisha House
**[02:12] Mei**
What kind of house is that?
**[02:14] Otoyakko**
What? You've never heard of a geisha house?
**[02:17] Mei**
No, I only recently came to this
time period... I mean, to Tokyo.
**[02:21] Otoyakko**
I see. So that's why...
**[02:24] Mei**
Why, what?
**[02:28] Otoyakko**
This is a boarding house for girls who
have gathered from all over Japan to study
**[02:32] Otoyakko**
tea ceremonies, flower arranging,
shamisen, taiko, singing, and dancing.
**[02:37] Mei**
And you learned how to do
those things as well?
**[02:40] Otoyakko**
That is correct.
**[02:41] Mei**
So if I practice those things here too,
**[02:44] Mei**
will I be able to become like a
lady from a noble family?
**[02:46] Otoyakko**
Of course!
**[02:48] Otoyakko**
Because women and ghosts
can turn into anything.
**[02:52] Gei**
G-Ghosts?
**[02:53] Otoyakko**
As long as you have the determination,
**[02:55] Otoyakko**
even you can become the daughter of a
noble family or the best geisha in Japan.
**[03:00] Mei**
I could? You mean it?
**[03:02] Otoyakko**
Yes. How about it?
**[03:04] Otoyakko**
Would you like me to train you?
**[03:06] Mei**
Yes! Please make me into a
fully-fledged ideal Japanese woman!
**[03:11] Otoyakko**
This is going to be a long road...
***SIGN*** The Long Road to Becoming a Fiancée
**[03:24] Otoyakko**
First of all, you have no sex appeal.
**[03:26] Mei**
Yes, ma'am.
**[03:27] Otoyakko**
And your demeanor is unrefined.
**[03:30] Mei**
Yes, ma'am.
**[03:30] Otoyakko**
You're not even wearing your kimono properly.
**[03:32] Mei**
Yes, ma'am.
**[03:33] Otoyakko**
How you remove your shoes
**[03:34] Otoyakko**
and how you climb the
stairs are unacceptable.
**[03:37] Otoyakko**
And you're utterly terrible
at opening sliding doors.
**[03:41] Mei**
I-I'm that bad?
**[03:42] Otoyakko**
A young lady from a noble family learns the art of
serving tea and arranging flowers from a young age
**[03:47] Otoyakko**
and naturally acquires the
knowledge of proper etiquette.
**[03:50] Otoyakko**
Trying to make you into a lady overnight
is going to be a challenge.
**[03:54] Mei**
Still, I want to become a more
refined person, no matter what!
**[03:58] Mei**
I want to be a beautiful and wonderful
woman like you, Otoyakko-san.
**[04:02] Otoyakko**
You do know how to flatter me.
**[04:04] Otoyakko**
I certainly can't say no to that.
**[04:07] Otoyakko**
I, your mentor, will begin drumming what it
means to be ladylike into you without delay.
**[04:12] Mei**
Yes, ma'am!
**[04:13] Mei**
Thank you for taking care of me.
**[04:15] Otoyakko**
Of course. Now then, take off your clothes.
**[04:17] Mei**
Huh?
**[04:18] Otoyakko**
Don't just sit there looking dumb,
take it off lickety-split!
**[04:20] Mei**
Lickety-split?
**[04:21] Otoyakko**
Quickly, now!
**[04:21] Mei**
Y-Yes, ma'am!
**[04:26] Otoyakko**
Don't take off that part!
**[04:28] Mei**
Eh?
**[04:29] Otoyakko**
G-Goodness, forgive me.
**[04:30] Otoyakko**
I have a bad habit of scolding
newcomers. It just slipped out.
**[04:33] Otoyakko**
A woman from Hakata shouldn't
speak so rudely.
**[04:38] Otoyakko**
Now then, before you put on your
kimono you need to sit here.
**[04:42] Otoyakko**
Let's start by focusing on
your looks for a moment.
**[04:45] Mei**
My looks?
**[04:46] Otoyakko**
Before practice or going out,
a woman prepares herself
**[04:48] Otoyakko**
by sitting before a mirror, like this,
looking at herself and chanting,
**[04:51] Otoyakko**
"Make me beautiful, make me beautiful,"
as if casting a spell.
**[04:55] Mei**
Oh, that makes sense.
**[04:58] Mei**
Make me beautiful, make me beautiful,
**[05:01] Mei**
make me beautiful.
**[05:05] Otoyakko**
You're really putting your spirit into it.
**[05:07] Otoyakko**
May I ask the reason why you
are so focused on all of this?
**[05:12] Mei**
Of course.
**[05:13] Mei**
There's someone who has
been looking after me,
**[05:16] Mei**
and I need to make myself beautiful for him.
**[05:21] Mei**
He has been very kind to me,
**[05:25] Mei**
and I don't want others to think
it's strange if I'm by his side.
**[05:31] Otoyakko**
You're in love.
**[05:32] Mei**
Eh?
**[05:33] Otoyakko**
Don't move, now.
**[05:34] Mei**
Sorry...
**[05:35] Otoyakko**
Perfect.
**[05:36] Otoyakko**
I don't mind women like you.
**[05:39] Mei**
But I don't know what I'm supposed to do...
**[05:43] Otoyakko**
Turn and look at me.
**[05:46] Otoyakko**
Ghosts transform with spiritual power,
while women transform with make-up.
**[06:03] Mei**
Hello?
**[06:06] Otoyakko**
This will be the real test.
**[06:10] Otoyakko**
Try putting this kimono on yourself.
**[06:12] Mei**
Okay.
**[06:14] Mei**
Let's see...
**[06:15] Mei**
This cord ties here like this...
**[06:19] Otoyakko**
This is rather hopeless.
**[06:21] Mei**
All done!
**[06:22] Otoyakko**
Zero points!
**[06:23] Mei**
Wha?!
**[06:24] Otoyakko**
Pay attention.
**[06:25] Otoyakko**
First, your under collar is showing too much.
**[06:26] Otoyakko**
It's open too wide and
needs to be more modest.
**[06:28] Mei**
Under collar?
**[06:29] Otoyakko**
The area here where you collars overlap.
**[06:32] Otoyakko**
And don't pull your inner collar so tightly.
**[06:34] Otoyakko**
It's stylish to pull it back
about the width of a fist.
**[06:37] Otoyakko**
This way you wear comfortably wear it open.
**[06:40] Mei**
Inner collar?
**[06:41] Otoyakko**
"Inner" refers to the back collar area here.
**[06:43] Otoyakko**
You don't even know that?
**[06:45] Mei**
You're right.
**[06:46] Mei**
Your collar is open
really wide, Otoyakko-san!
**[06:49] Otoyakko**
That's because I'm emphasizing my allure.
**[06:52] Otoyakko**
It's not wise for you to imitate me,
since you're trying to become a lady.
**[06:55] Otoyakko**
You'll be seen as vulgar
if you're not careful.
**[06:58] Mei**
So that's what it would mean?
This is so hard.
**[07:01] Otoyakko**
Gentlemen can tell a woman's upbringing
from one look at how she wears her kimono,
**[07:06] Otoyakko**
so you must take care.
**[07:08] Mei**
I will keep that in mind.
**[07:10] Otoyakko**
Now then, your hem.
**[07:12] Otoyakko**
You have it pulled up so
high you look like a child.
**[07:15] Mei**
Oh, okay. I thought I would
trip if it was too long.
**[07:18] Otoyakko**
That's because you haven't
learned how to move properly.
**[07:21] Otoyakko**
The hem needs to be just a
bit longer than you think,
**[07:23] Otoyakko**
and having just the slightest hint
of the ankles showing is best.
**[07:28] Otoyakko**
It seems like everything impresses you,
**[07:31] Otoyakko**
but why hasn't your sweetheart
said anything about any of this?
**[07:35] Mei**
Well, I get the sense that he's not
really concerned about such things.
**[07:40] Otoyakko**
I would think if a man wanted his woman to
be beautiful, he'd say a thing or two about it.
**[07:45] Mei**
N-No, I'm not his woman
or anything like that.
**[07:48] Otoyakko**
Nevermind that. Try walking around a bit.
**[07:51] Mei**
Eh? Uh... huh? Walk around?
**[07:53] Mei**
Like this?
**[07:54] Otoyakko**
Hey! Think about what you're doing!
**[07:56] Otoyakko**
Your kimono will come apart if you walk like that!
**[08:02] Otoyakko**
This will require slightly
more drastic measures.
**[08:05] Otoyakko**
We're going to drill this relentlessly.
**[08:07] Mei**
Yes, ma'am!
**[08:08] Otoyakko**
Straighten your neck and back!
**[08:10] Otoyakko**
Relax your shoulders a bit
and draw them back slightly.
**[08:14] Otoyakko**
Too much!
**[08:16] Otoyakko**
Don't point your toes out.
**[08:18] Otoyakko**
Shorten your stride so you don't
mess up your hem when you walk.
**[08:22] Otoyakko**
Don't walk like a baby chick, either!
**[08:25] Otoyakko**
When sitting, slide your hand under
your knee so the hem folds neatly.
**[08:30] Otoyakko**
Try again!
**[08:32] Mei**
Yes, ma'am!
**[08:32] Otoyakko**
What are you, a roly-poly toy?
**[08:35] Otoyakko**
When you go to reach for something,
gently hold onto your sleeve.
**[08:38] Mei**
Got it.
**[08:40] Otoyakko**
You shouldn't be able to see your arm!
**[08:43] Otoyakko**
Back!
**[08:43] Otoyakko**
Shoulders!
**[08:44] Otoyakko**
Hem!
**[08:44] Otoyakko**
Sleeve!
**[08:45] Otoyakko**
Neck!
**[08:45] Otoyakko**
Arms!
**[08:46] Otoyakko**
Voice!
**[08:46] Otoyakko**
Face!
**[08:47] Mei**
Huh? Face?
**[08:49] Otoyakko**
In all things...
**[08:51] Otoyakko**
Do not hesitate! Do not be fazed!
Be dignified! Graceful! And refined!
**[08:54] Mei**
So strict!
**[08:56] Otoyakko**
We're not done!
**[09:01] Mei**
I had no idea becoming a
lady would be this hard.
**[09:04] Otoyakko**
Beauty isn't won in a day.
**[09:07] Proprietress**
Otoyakko.
**[09:09] Proprietress**
It is time for supper.
**[09:11] Proprietress**
You should have something to eat
before going to the dinner party.
**[09:13] Otoyakko**
Perfect timing, Mother.
**[09:15] Otoyakko**
Please give her one of the
grilled fish from earlier.
**[09:18] Proprietress**
Yes, of course.
**[09:21] Mei**
You don't have to feed me dinner!
**[09:26] Otoyakko**
It's no trouble at all.
**[09:27] Otoyakko**
Besides, I'm not exactly
treating you to dinner.
**[09:30] Mei**
Huh?
**[09:33] Otoyakko**
Now, go on and eat.
**[09:35] Mei**
Are you sure?
**[09:37] Mei**
Thank you for the food!
**[09:39] Otoyakko**
You idiot!
**[09:42] Otoyakko**
Don't stab your chopsticks in so deep!
**[09:45] Otoyakko**
When children from good families eat,
**[09:47] Otoyakko**
only three-fifths of the chopstick
tip will be sullied.
**[09:49] Mei**
That's all?
**[09:51] ---**
That's all.
**[09:52] Otoyakko**
They also eat elegantly and beautifully
without making a sound.
**[09:56] Otoyakko**
Now, please eat.
**[09:59] Mei**
T-Thank you for the food.
**[10:07] Mei**
It's delicious!
**[10:09] Mei**
Training is delicious!
**[10:11] Otoyakko**
Your training to become
a lady has only just begun.
**[10:15] Otoyakko**
Come here again tomorrow,
and I will train you intensely.
**[10:19] Mei**
Thank you so much!
**[10:20] Otoyakko**
Oh, but in exchange,
**[10:22] Otoyakko**
do not tell anyone about me
or about coming here.
**[10:26] Otoyakko**
Promise me.
**[10:27] Mei**
Okay, I promise!
**[10:43] Otojiro**
You have good taste, Mori-san.
**[10:53] Mei**
I completely lost track of time.
**[10:56] Mei**
I have returned...
**[10:58] Ougai**
Well, welcome back.
**[11:05] Mei**
I apologize for being out so late.
**[11:14] Ougai**
Mei.
**[11:18] Mei**
O-Ougai-san?
**[11:22] Ougai**
Looks like you had a rather enjoyable outing.
**[11:24] Ougai**
Where have you been off to?
**[11:26] Mei**
Oh, to Otoya—
**[11:28] Mei**
N-Nowhere in particular.
**[11:30] Mei**
I just went for a walk and before
I knew it I lost track of time.
**[11:38] Ougai**
Is that so?
**[11:40] Ougai**
It is dangerous to be out at night,
so please try to be careful next time.
**[11:43] Mei**
I will.
**[11:44] Mei**
I-I'm going to go see if Fumi-san needs help.
**[11:50] Mei**
That was too close.
**[11:51] Mei**
*I made that promise to Otoyakko-san.*
**[11:54] Syunso**
Watch where you're—!
**[11:59] Mei**
I-I'm so sorry, Syunso-san!
**[12:03] Syunso**
I wondered where you'd gotten off to.
**[12:05] Syunso**
Were you precociously sneaking
a peek at the amusement quarters?
**[12:08] Mei**
T-The amusement quarters?!
**[12:10] Syunso**
This is the first time you've
worn rouge on your lips.
**[12:15] Mei**
Shoot!
**[12:16] Syunso**
Why bother now?
**[12:18] Mei**
D-Do you think Ougai-san noticed it too?
**[12:21] Syunso**
I don't know. Why don't you ask him?
**[12:24] Mei**
He didn't say anything, though.
**[12:25] Syunso**
Then he probably didn't notice.
**[12:27] Mei**
Please, don't say anything
about this to Ougai-san.
**[12:34] Syunso**
Fine, if you insist.
**[12:36] Mei**
Thank you so much.
**[12:41] Syunso**
But in return...
**[12:45] Syunso**
I want you to pose as a model for me.
**[12:47] Mei**
Model?
**[12:49] Syunso**
If you're going to ask me to lie for you,
**[12:51] Syunso**
then I think you can at least give
me a show of good faith in return.
**[12:54] Mei**
B-But there's no way I could be a model.
**[12:56] Mei**
I don't have a good figure, and I have
some flab on my tummy that would be
**[12:59] Mei**
pretty amazing if I took my clothes off,
and not in a good way.
**[13:02] Syunso**
Huh?
**[13:04] Syunso**
Do you think I'm asking you
to pose nude or something?
**[13:08] Mei**
Aren't you?
**[13:10] Syunso**
I wouldn't mind if you did.
**[13:12] Mei**
No, I couldn't do it.
**[13:13] Syunso**
How are you going
to return this favor, then?
**[13:16] Syunso**
Tell me. Come on. Hurry up.
**[13:25] Ougai**
That's enough, Syunso.
**[13:28] Ougai**
I will not allow you to
upset my Little Squirrel.
**[13:31] Syunso**
I wasn't upsetting her.
**[13:33] Syunso**
I was simply asking her to pose for me.
**[13:36] Ougai**
Oh?
**[13:38] Ougai**
Then let me give you a piece of advice.
**[13:41] Ougai**
You haven't briefly forgotten to be respectful
of your painting's subject, have you?
**[13:45] Ougai**
If you're going to ask her to pose for you,
you should be careful how you phrase it.
**[13:50] Syunso**
Fine.
**[13:55] Ougai**
Good grief.
**[13:56] Ougai**
He must be in a rebellious
phase with that bad attitude.
**[13:59] Ougai**
I am sorry about that, Mei.
**[14:01] Mei**
It's fine.
**[14:02] Mei**
I better go help now.
**[14:04] Mei**
Fumi-san!
**[14:17] Otoyakko**
Put all the crows in the world to death.
**[14:25] Otoyakko**
I wish to slumber late into
the morning with my lord.
**[14:33] Otoyakko**
What is it?
**[14:35] Otoyakko**
Have you finished transferring the beans?
**[14:37] Mei**
No, not yet... But, well, I was
watching you in fascination.
**[14:42] Otoyakko**
My, what a tease you are.
**[14:44] Otoyakko**
I might have to make you my bride
if you keep saying such cute things.
**[14:49] Mei**
I might discover something new about myself.
**[14:54] Otoyakko**
Now what?
**[14:57] Kyoka**
Somebody help me!
**[14:59] Mei**
Oh, that's...
**[15:03] Otoyakko**
I thought that might be you, Kyoka-chan.
**[15:05] Kyoka**
Don't call me Kyoka-chan!
**[15:08] Otoyakko**
You'd better hurry up now
or you're going to get bit.
**[15:11] Otoyakko**
Can't you run any faster?
**[15:15] Kyoka**
Stay away!
**[15:16] Mei**
Kyoka-san, quickly, come in here!
**[15:21] Mei**
Sorry, doggy, you can't come in.
**[15:26] Otoyakko**
Well, now look what you've done.
**[15:30] Mei**
I-I'm sorry. Kyoka-san just
seemed so miserable out there.
**[15:34] Otoyakko**
A little puppy like that
isn't such a big deal.
**[15:37] Otoyakko**
Men are not allowed in a geisha house.
**[15:39] Mei**
What? They aren't?
**[15:41] Kyoka**
Men aren't allowed, my ass.
**[15:44] Otoyakko**
No comments from the peanut gallery.
**[15:45] Kyoka**
Ow!
**[15:46] Mei**
That really hurts, doesn't it?
**[15:48] Mei**
I've lost track of how many
times I've been hit with it.
**[15:50] Kyoka**
Huh?
**[15:51] Mei**
I have been learning proper
etiquette here since yesterday.
**[15:55] Mei**
I want to become a beautiful and
elegant woman like Otoyakko-san!
**[15:59] Kyoka**
Huh?
**[16:01] Otoyakko**
Well, that's the gist of it,
so please don't bother us.
**[16:04] Otoyakko**
I will bring you some water for now.
**[16:07] Otoyakko**
Once you've finished it, you need to leave.
**[16:09] Mei**
It's a good thing you didn't get bitten.
**[16:11] Kyoka**
Shut up!
**[16:13] Kyoka**
I wasn't running away from the dog,
**[16:15] Kyoka**
I was just making up for my
lack of exercise as of late.
**[16:18] Kyoka**
Why are you looking at me like that?
**[16:20] Mei**
S-Sorry.
**[16:21] Kyoka**
For crying out loud! I've wound up stranded
here thanks to your meddling.
**[16:26] Kyoka**
What a disaster.
**[16:30] Kyoka**
Don't make your stomach growl at me!
**[16:32] Kyoka**
You're supposed to be learning
about manners, you dolt!
**[16:34] Mei**
I'm sorry!
**[16:36] Kyoka**
Ugh... Here, eating an anpan might help.
**[16:39] Mei**
You're giving it to me?
**[16:40] Kyoka**
I'm not trying to thank you or anything,
so don't get the wrong idea.
**[16:44] Kyoka**
I wouldn't be able to stand it
if you started drooling in front of me.
**[16:48] Mei**
Thank you so much!
**[16:49] Mei**
Time to eat...
**[16:52] Mei**
Uh, what kind of ceremony is that?
**[16:55] Kyoka**
It's not a ceremony. I'm just
sterilizing the anpan.
**[17:00] Kyoka**
I can't put anything in my mouth when
I don't know who might've touched it.
**[17:04] Kyoka**
If I grill it like this, it'll be
clean and it won't upset my stomach.
**[17:08] Mei**
Is this anpan really that dangerous?
**[17:11] Kyoka**
I can never be sure, even if it comes from
somewhere as famous as the Kimuraya.
**[17:15] Mei**
These are famous?
**[17:17] Kyoka**
Wait, you haven't heard of the Kimuraya?
**[17:19] Mei**
I kinda have and kinda haven't.
**[17:22] Kyoka**
Are you dumb or something?
**[17:23] Kyoka**
What's with such a vague answer?
**[17:26] Kyoka**
Are you dumb? Hey.
**[17:27] Kyoka**
Are you dumb?
**[17:28] Mei**
You called me dumb three times!
**[17:32] Mei**
So good...
**[17:33] Kyoka**
Don't just stuff it in your
mouth. That's vulgar.
**[17:36] Kyoka**
I don't get how Mori-san can
be so interested in you.
**[17:41] Mei**
T-That's true. Why would he be
interested in someone like me?
**[17:47] Kyoka**
W-What's with you all of the sudden?
**[17:49] Mei**
Well, you are right, Kyoka-san.
**[17:51] Mei**
I'm not very smart, nor particularly pretty.
**[17:54] Mei**
And I'm constantly being taken care of by
Ougai-san and I can't really do anything in return.
**[17:59] Kyoka**
You should just do something about it, then.
**[18:01] Mei**
That's why I'm studying etiquette like this,
so that I might be able to be somewhat useful.
**[18:06] Kyoka**
Hey! You'll get spit everywhere
if you talk so loud.
**[18:09] Kyoka**
I stood in line to
buy these anpans...
**[18:14] Otoyakko**
All right now, there's no need for a girl
learning manners to make such a ridiculous voice.
**[18:22] Kyoka**
The cushion is on fire!
**[18:24] Otoyakko**
The fire is spreading!
**[18:25] Otoyakko**
Don't come this way!
**[18:38] Otoyakko**
What the hell were you two thinking?!
**[18:40] Otoyakko**
This place could've gone up
in flames, you nincompoops!
**[18:43] Kyoka**
M-My bad.
**[18:44] Mei**
I'm sorry.
**[18:45] Kyoka**
Why are you apologizing?
I'm the one who was using the fire.
**[18:49] Mei**
But I was the one who distracted
you with such an odd conversation.
**[18:54] Kyoka**
What? I wouldn't get distracted
by someone like you!
**[18:57] Mei**
So, anyway, were you burned?
**[19:00] Kyoka**
Don't worry about me. What about you?
**[19:04] Kyoka**
Is your hand okay?
**[19:05] Kyoka**
Your kimono didn't catch fire
or anything, did it?
**[19:08] Mei**
No, I'm fine.
**[19:09] Otoyakko**
Well now, when did you two
suddenly get so chummy?
**[19:14] Otoyakko**
I'm almost jealous.
**[19:16] Kyoka**
Stay back. You'll get germs on me.
**[19:18] Mei**
Germs...
**[19:20] Otoyakko**
Are you sure you want to speak to me like that?
**[19:22] Otoyakko**
Who will be the one compensating me for
the burned tatami mats and seat cushions?
**[19:27] Otoyakko**
On that note, I have something
to discuss with you.
**[19:30] Otoyakko**
There is a large banquet this evening,
and we don't have enough geisha for it.
**[19:34] Kyoka**
No way.
**[19:35] Kyoka**
You're going to tell me to dress
like a girl and go to the party.
**[19:39] Otoyakko**
Good guess. I'll be counting on you.
**[19:43] Kyoka**
Don't be ridiculous!
**[19:44] Kyoka**
Who the heck would imitate some third-rate—
**[19:46] Mei**
I'll do it!
**[19:48] Kyoka & Otoyakko**
What?
**[19:49] Mei**
Otoyakko-san has been taking
such good care of me,
**[19:51] Mei**
and I am also responsible
for the fire earlier,
**[19:54] Mei**
so please let me help somehow!
**[19:56] Kyoka**
W-What nonsense are you talking now?
**[19:58] Kyoka**
Do you have any idea what
kind of party this is?
**[20:01] Otoyakko**
He's right. I can't have a naïve girl like
you dealing with a bunch of drunken men.
**[20:06] Mei**
But you deal with people like that at work
every day, don't you, Otoyakko-san?
**[20:11] Otoyakko**
Well, it's not exactly every day...
**[20:13] Mei**
I will do my very best to
help you in any way I can!
**[20:18] Mei**
Please let me do it!
**[20:19] Otoyakko**
You are such a good girl.
**[20:22] Otoyakko**
All right, then, since you insist
with such determination,
**[20:25] Otoyakko**
I will gladly accept your help.
**[20:28] Otoyakko**
Now, I'm going to give you a cursory lesson
on manners at a party before tonight,
**[20:31] Otoyakko**
so make sure to drum it into your head.
**[20:33] Mei**
Yes, ma'am!
**[20:34] Otoyakko**
That goes for you too, Kyoka-chan.
**[20:36] Kyoka**
No way!
**[20:36] Mei**
Let's do our best, Kyoka-san.
**[20:38] Kyoka**
Don't touch me!
**[20:40] Mei**
Oh, I'm sorry.
**[20:42] Otoyakko**
Good grief. What a difficult man he is.
**[20:47] Syunso**
You summoned me, Ougai-san?
**[20:49] Ougai**
Yes. Do you know where Mei has gone?
**[20:52] Syunso**
No idea.
**[20:53] Ougai**
Perhaps you know what
time she will be back?
**[20:55] Syunso**
I do not.
**[20:56] Ougai**
That presents quite a problem.
**[20:58] Syunso**
What is the matter?
**[21:00] Ougai**
I received a telegram a little while ago.
**[21:02] Ougai**
A popular party is suddenly
being held this evening.
**[21:05] Syunso**
By "popular party," you mean that bothersome
drinking party where the higher-ups
**[21:09] Syunso**
from the government and big shots
from the industrial groups gather?
**[21:14] Ougai**
No need to be so harsh. It is a rather
useful gathering for exchanging information.
**[21:19] Syunso**
And what does that have to
do with her not being here?
**[21:23] Ougai**
I figured I would take this opportunity to
introduce her as my fiancée to everyone there,
**[21:27] Ougai**
but if she's not here, I will
just have to make do.
**[21:29] Ougai**
So it will just be you and I going tonight.
**[21:32] Syunso**
I'm going as well?
**[21:33] Ougai**
Naturally.
**[21:35] Syunso**
What occasion will we
be drinking to this time?
**[21:38] Ougai**
Apparently Iwasaki Tosuke-kun seems to
want to talk about electric generators.
**[21:42] Syunso**
Electric generators?
So electricity, basically.
**[21:45] Ougai**
Well, he is the foremost
expert in electricity.
**[21:48] Syunso**
I wonder if the age of
electricity is truly upon us.
**[21:52] Ougai**
Isn't it fascinating?
**[21:54] Ougai**
I am truly curious to see how
he will develop the conversation
**[21:58] Ougai**
in such a crowded room at a party.
**[22:03] Ougai**
Syunso.
**[22:04] Syunso**
What is it?
**[22:05] Ougai**
I have a feeling that something
delightful will happen this evening.
**[22:12] Otoyakko**
You're doing it wrong again!
**[22:15] Otoyakko**
Come on now!
**[22:17] Otoyakko**
How many times do I have to
tell you to prop the tip
**[22:19] Otoyakko**
of the bottle up with your left
hand when pouring a drink?!
**[22:22] Mei**
Sir, please have one!
**[22:25] ---**
No! Wrong!
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
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***SIGN*** Electricity of Dreams and Passion
**[23:31] Ougai**
Behold, you are truly
a vision this evening.
**[23:34] Mei**
This is me?
**[23:37] Kyoka**
Ridiculous! I'm done!
# E6 - Electricity of Dreams and Passion
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***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
**[01:31] Otoyakko**
A woman's face changes from day to night.
**[01:34] Otoyakko**
Make-up is applied lightly, with elegance
during the day so it does not crack.
**[01:38] Mei**
And at night?
**[01:40] Otoyakko**
It is done stylishly and alluringly.
**[01:44] Otoyakko**
Try not to make such an unattractive noises.
**[01:48] Otoyakko**
Especially from such cherry-red lips.
**[01:51] Otoyakko**
Behold. You are truly a vision this evening.
**[01:56] Mei**
This is me?
**[02:01] Otoyakko**
You refer to guests as "sir."
**[02:03] Mei**
Other geisha are "onee-san."
**[02:06] Otoyakko**
You keep smiling even at
unfavorable guests and say...
**[02:09] Mei**
My, what a terrible jokester you are!
**[02:12] Kyoka**
Hey, why do I have to do this?
**[02:15] Mei**
You look adorable, Kyoka-san!
**[02:18] Otoyakko**
Well now, you've made quite
an incredible transformation.
**[02:21] Otoyakko**
I'll have to make sure not to be outdone.
**[02:24] Kyoka**
Stop messing around!
**[02:25] Kyoka**
I can't do this! There's no way!
**[02:27] Kyoka**
I can't be some working geisha girl!
**[02:29] Otoyakko**
Then pay me for the tatami mats.
**[02:32] Mei**
Well, it's only for tonight, so let's both
do our best to get through it together.
**[02:37] Otoyakko**
She's right. And besides, all the guests
that will be there tonight are rich,
**[02:41] Otoyakko**
so if everything goes well, we might
get paid extra on top of our usual fee.
**[02:45] Kyoka**
Do you ever think about
anything besides money?
**[02:48] Otoyakko**
They do say that money opens all doors.
**[02:51] Otoyakko**
In this day and age, being without
money is like being without your head.
**[02:54] Mei**
You said the guests would be rich...
**[02:56] Mei**
What kind of people will be attending
the festivities this evening?
**[02:59] Otoyakko**
This event is called a popular party,
**[03:01] Otoyakko**
which is a banquet for all the important
people who support Japan.
**[03:04] Mei**
What? They're really that important?
**[03:07] Mei**
Oh, no, now I'm getting nervous.
**[03:10] Otoyakko**
Don't look so glum, silly.
**[03:13] Otoyakko**
You are my number one student,
**[03:15] Otoyakko**
so just hold your head high and stand tall.
**[03:18] Mei**
But what if I mess something up?
**[03:20] Otoyakko**
You don't need to worry. I will be watching
over you closely the entire time.
**[03:24] Mei**
That's reassuring.
**[03:26] Mei**
You're not only beautiful, but you
have such a big heart, Otoyakko-san!
**[03:29] Mei**
Isn't she just the most
amazing woman, Kyoka-san?
**[03:32] Kyoka**
Some woman, indeed.
**[03:37] Otoyakko**
Now then, it is time we were on our way.
**[03:40] Mei**
Yes, ma'am!
***SIGN*** Electricity of Dreams and Passion
**[03:56] Man B**
Hey! We're out of sake!
**[03:58] Otoyakko**
All right, be right with you!
**[04:00] Otoyakko**
Now then, get to work, you two.
**[04:03] Mei**
Yes, ma'am.
**[04:06] Yakumo**
Unbelievable!
**[04:09] Mei**
I know that voice...
**[04:11] Yakumo**
I wondered who this beautiful geisha
girl might be, and it's you, Mei-san.
**[04:16] Mei**
I thought it was you, Yakumo-san!
**[04:17] Mei**
What are you doing here?
**[04:18] Yakumo**
I should be the one asking you that!
**[04:21] Yakumo**
Why are you here? Are you
working as a waitress?
**[04:24] Mei**
S-Sure, something like that.
**[04:27] Yakumo**
I see, I see!
**[04:29] Yakumo**
Either way, you look so beautiful!
**[04:32] Yakumo**
I truly envy Mori-san!
**[04:34] Syunso**
What was that about Ougai-san?
**[04:38] Mei**
You're here too, Syunso-san?!
**[04:42] Mei**
If Syunso-san is here, that means...
**[04:45] Syunso**
You don't need to wonder.
Ougai-san is on his way here now.
**[04:48] Syunso**
Why are you here, and why are you
dressed up like that, anyway?
**[04:52] Mei**
Well, about that...
Things are kind of complicated...
**[04:56] Yakumo**
Hum, hum.
**[04:57] Yakumo**
Am I, Lafcadio, the only one hum-humming?
**[05:00] Yakumo**
So this is a job you're keeping
secret from Mori-san.
**[05:04] Yakumo**
Okay. I will help you when the time comes.
**[05:07] Mei**
T-Thank you so much!
**[05:09] Man C**
Hey! Hurry up and bring more warm sake!
**[05:11] Mei**
Yes, sir!
**[05:13] Mei**
I'm so sorry. I'll be going now.
**[05:17] Yakumo**
Hum, hum?
**[05:19] Mei**
It's so crowded in there,
and since I look so different, I'll be able
**[05:22] Mei**
to get away without running
into Ougai-san if I'm lucky.
**[05:26] Ougai**
Please pardon me.
**[05:28] Mei**
*I spoke too soon!*
**[05:31] Otoyakko**
Well now, I thought I heard
you out here, Mori-sensei.
**[05:34] Ougai**
Why, if it isn't Otoyakko,
the most famous geisha in Kagurazaka.
**[05:39] Otoyakko**
How can you be so formal?
It's not like we're strangers.
**[05:44] Ougai**
You haven't changed a bit.
**[05:46] Otoyakko**
Don't you mean to say I'm
as beautiful as ever?
**[05:46] Mei**
*They know each other?*
**[05:49] Ougai**
Is your apprentice there a new addition?
**[05:52] Otoyakko**
How astute you are.
She is merely in training.
**[05:55] Otoyakko**
She has struggled her way here
fresh from the countryside.
**[05:57] Ougai**
Oh?
**[05:59] Otoyakko**
She is a rather lovely girl.
**[06:01] Otoyakko**
She has been coming to me
to learn proper etiquette,
**[06:04] Otoyakko**
so she won't disgrace
the man she cares about.
**[06:07] Otoyakko**
Isn't it the sweetest thing?
**[06:10] Ougai**
Proper etiquette?
**[06:12] Otoyakko**
You there, don't just stand
there all day. Go back inside.
**[06:16] Otoyakko**
Your guests are waiting.
**[06:18] Mei**
Y-Yes, Onee-san. Please excuse me, sir!
**[06:21] Ougai**
She truly is a wonderful young woman.
**[06:23] Otoyakko**
Isn't she?
**[06:25] Ougai**
So, are you eventually planning to keep
her close as an apprentice geisha?
**[06:29] Otoyakko**
Huh?
**[06:30] Ougai**
You had her come to this party so that you
could assess her suitability, correct?
**[06:34] Otoyakko**
You are a cunning man.
**[06:37] Otoyakko**
Frankly, I hadn't thought that far ahead,
but I wouldn't mind if it happened.
**[06:42] Ougai**
I see.
**[06:44] Otoyakko**
I can't let a special girl like that go
to waste on a fine man like yourself.
**[06:49] Otoyakko**
With proper refining, she
could be a shining jewel.
**[06:51] Ougai**
Do you mean to steal her from me?
**[06:54] Otoyakko**
That might be entertaining as well.
**[06:57] Ougai**
Who is the cunning one now?
**[07:01] Man A**
Hey, I'm out of sake!
**[07:04] Man B**
Me, too!
**[07:05] Mei**
Yes, sir!
**[07:08] Mei**
No matter how many bottles
I bring them, it's never enough.
**[07:10] Mei**
How much can these men drink?
**[07:12] Man B**
Woman! Come, sit on my lap and serve me!
**[07:15] Mei**
Umm, umm, umm...
**[07:17] Mei**
My, what a terrible jokester you are!
**[07:19] Man B**
Come on, come on, come on, come on!
**[07:22] Mei**
H-Huh?
**[07:23] Man B**
Why do you keep running away?
**[07:25] Man B**
Come on, come over here!
**[07:26] Kyoka**
No, don't touch me!
**[07:28] Mei**
Sir!
**[07:30] Man B**
What do you want?
**[07:32] Mei**
You mustn't sexually harass people.
**[07:35] Man B**
S-Sexual harassment?
**[07:36] Yakumo**
Allow me to explain!
**[07:38] Yakumo**
Sexual harassment is a term which refers to
**[07:42] Yakumo**
extremely ungentlemanly,
disgraceful behavior.
**[07:44] Yakumo**
Proper ladies and gentlemen should
not partake of such behavior.
**[07:48] Man B**
Okay, got it.
**[07:51] Mei**
Thank you so much, Yakumo-san.
**[07:53] Man A**
The geisha here today are
especially excellent.
**[07:56] Man A**
How would you two like to
do things with me tonight?
**[07:58] Mei**
T-Tonight? Now, wait just a minute...
**[08:01] Syunso**
You there! Please tell
me what's in this dish.
**[08:05] Mei**
Syunso-san?
**[08:06] Mei**
Y-Yes, right away.
**[08:09] Mei**
Pardon me, sir.
**[08:12] Mei**
This dish?
**[08:14] Syunso**
I don't actually care about the dish.
**[08:16] Syunso**
Anyway, you shouldn't get too
close to the drunk ones.
**[08:22] Mei**
Thank you for getting me out of there.
**[08:25] Syunso**
Left to your own devices,
**[08:27] Syunso**
you'd make a careless mistake
with someone important.
**[08:30] Mei**
Eh, that man is someone important?
**[08:33] Syunso**
They all are.
**[08:34] Mei**
Huh. They all just seem like
drunk old men to me.
**[08:40] Mei**
Kyoka-san's been caught again!
**[08:44] Syunso**
Do you really need to take
care of him so much?
**[08:47] Syunso**
Izumi is a man, so he'll be fine.
**[08:49] Mei**
But Kyoka-san is a germophobe.
**[08:52] Mei**
It has nothing to do with
being a man or a woman.
**[08:58] Syunso**
Why do you try so hard for everyone?
**[09:03] Mei**
Touching is not allowed, sir!
**[09:05] Man C**
Shut up! Butts exist to be touched!
**[09:08] Mei**
That's absurd!
**[09:09] Mei**
But, you see, umm... she...
yes! She is betrothed!
**[09:14] Mei**
Being betrothed is the
same as having a fiancée,
**[09:16] Mei**
which is also the same as an intended.
**[09:18] Mei**
Okay, okay?
***SIGN*** Intended Fiancée Betrothed
**[09:19] Yakumo**
They all mean the same thing!
**[09:21] Man C**
Betrothed? Just break it off or something!
**[09:24] Mei**
What an awful thing to say!
**[09:26] Mei**
I am of an age where I am
sensitive to words like "fiancée"!
**[09:30] Man C**
Don't think you're going to get away
with speaking to me like that!
**[09:34] Kyoka**
I can't do this anymore...
**[09:37] Kyoka**
Insisting that I break things off
would only be appropiate if I were a geisha.
**[09:40] Kyoka**
And I'm not even a woman,
let alone a geisha,
**[09:43] Kyoka**
so you might as well just tell me to die!
**[09:47] Kyoka**
I've had enough!
**[09:50] Man C**
P-Perhaps I've had too much to drink.
**[09:58] Charlie**
Now then, one and all,
**[10:00] Charlie**
Shokyokusai Ten'ichi would
like a moment of your time.
**[10:08] Mei**
Huh?
**[10:12] Mei**
*Where have I seen him before?*
**[10:15] Tosuke**
I would like to sincerely thank
you for listening to my wishes
**[10:19] Tosuke**
and holding a special popular party today.
**[10:25] Mei**
Who is that?
**[10:29] Syunso**
That is Iwasaki Tosuke,
**[10:31] Syunso**
a famous investor and the foremost figure
in electrical generator research.
**[10:35] Mei**
Electrical generator?
That means electricity, right?
**[10:38] Mei**
I had no idea there was someone
like that in this time.
**[10:42] Tosuke**
Before I make my argument,
**[10:44] Tosuke**
please enjoy a performance by
the greatest magician of the age.
**[10:49] Mei**
Wait, is that Charlie-san?
**[10:53] Otoyakko**
Impressive.
**[10:55] Mei**
You startled us.
**[10:56] Mei**
What do you mean?
**[10:57] Otoyakko**
When it comes to negotiating, giving
the other party something first
**[11:01] Otoyakko**
makes them feel that they, too,
have to give something back.
**[11:04] Otoyakko**
That man, Tosuke,
**[11:07] Otoyakko**
will likely get down to business after
everyone has enjoyed themselves to the fullest.
**[11:11] Syunso**
In other words, he's a pretty shrewd person.
**[11:14] Charlie**
Now, for all those present,
**[11:16] Charlie**
in a great magical transcendence
of time and space,
**[11:22] Charlie**
I will bring forth here
a profoundly mysterious creature
**[11:24] Charlie**
from the far southern reaches of Egypt!
**[11:34] Charlie**
Laura-chan, the Bactrian
camel, makes her debut!
**[11:42] Ougai**
This is absolutely splendid.
**[11:44] Mei**
Ougai-san!
**[11:47] Mei**
W-Wait, Ou—
**[11:49] Ougai**
There is debate about whether their
humps are filled with water or fat.
**[11:54] Ougai**
I would like to touch them to be sure.
**[11:56] Mei**
B-Be careful, Ougai-sa— I mean, sir!
**[12:00] Ougai**
What for? This creature has surprisingly
gentle features, does it not?
**[12:09] Mei**
Ougai-san!
**[12:17] Ougai**
Oops. I guess I made her angry?
**[12:20] Charlie**
She's usually gentle, though.
**[12:22] Kyoka**
I can relate. Being touched is a pain.
**[12:25] Mei**
How can you be so calm right now?!
**[12:29] Charlie**
One must never underestimate
wild animals, I guess.
**[12:32] Mei**
Hey now, Charlie-san!
**[12:34] Charlie**
I once brought out an Indian
elephant, and it almost trampled me.
**[12:37] Charlie**
I'll have to be more careful next time.
**[12:39] Mei**
I want to trample you right now!
**[12:41] Charlie**
Eh, what for? As a reward?
**[12:43] Mei**
Why are you happy about that? You pervert!
**[12:46] Charlie**
Based on your appearance, you seem
to be fully enjoying this time period.
**[12:50] Mei**
That's not the issue right now!
**[12:53] Charlie**
Sorry, but just be a bit more
patient until the full moon.
**[12:58] Mei**
Until the full moon?
**[13:00] Charlie**
I know. You wish to get
back sooner, don't you?
**[13:04] Mei**
No, I'm all right.
**[13:07] Mei**
I can wait that long.
**[13:09] Mei**
What? He's gone?
**[13:11] Mei**
Huh? And the room's cleaned up...
**[13:14] Man D**
Fukuzawa Yukichi-sensei has arrived.
**[13:19] Fukuzawa**
Be at ease everyone.
**[13:21] Mei**
Wait, Fukuzawa Yukichi? The guy
on the 10,000 yen bill?!
**[13:24] Fukuzawa**
You there, young lady.
**[13:26] Fukuzawa**
Would you mind also getting
this man something to drink?
**[13:29] Fujita**
No need.
**[13:30] Fujita**
I am serving as your
bodyguard at the moment.
**[13:33] Mei**
Fujita-san!
**[13:35] Fujita**
You are...?
**[13:36] Mei**
Welcome.
**[13:38] Tosuke**
Thank you very much for coming,
Fukuzawa-sensei.
**[13:42] Fukuzawa**
I came to listen to your important speech,
that concerns the future of Japan.
**[13:48] Tosuke**
Much obliged.
**[13:49] Man A**
Iwasaki, is your nonsense
worth listening to?
**[13:53] Tosuke**
It is not nonsense.
**[13:55] Tosuke**
Electricity is vital to Japan if we are
to be equals to various countries
**[13:59] Tosuke**
of Europe and America,
instead of being outdone.
**[14:02] Tosuke**
Furthermore, it is a well-known fact
that existing gas lamps have problems
**[14:06] Tosuke**
such as concerns of explosions and of
poisoning from insufficient ventilation,
**[14:10] Tosuke**
as well as depletion of fuel.
**[14:11] Man A**
Are you saying that electricity
doesn't have those issues?
**[14:13] Man B**
Have you forgotten about
those who were gravely injured
**[14:16] Man B**
because of an electric light
you installed as an experiment?
**[14:18] Mei**
Eh? People were injured?
**[14:20] Tosuke**
That is because one of the curious onlookers
inadvertently touched the wire.
**[14:24] Man C**
So you say,
**[14:26] Man C**
but even the sparrows and crows who
perched on the wire were not unharmed!
**[14:29] Man B**
Electricity is the devil's light!
It only curses and kills human!
**[14:32] Men**
That's right, that's right!
**[14:34] Mei**
The devil's light? Electricity is a curse?
**[14:37] Tosuke**
Utterly absurd.
**[14:39] Tosuke**
I cannot believe these are the opinions of
any self-respecting, knowledgeable person.
**[14:43] Tosuke**
Mentioning things like curses
in this age of enlightenment...
**[14:45] Man A**
What do you know!
**[14:47] Man A**
Besides, the lamplighters who light the gas
lamps are respected by the general public.
**[14:51] Man A**
Are you going to take away
that honorable position?
**[14:53] Man C**
And most importantly,
**[14:55] Man C**
regarding fuel, the cost
of electricity stands out.
**[14:58] Tosuke**
That is why I am here
asking for investments.
**[15:02] Tosuke**
I would like you to understand
that it is necessary for us
**[15:04] Tosuke**
to fund the electrical power business in
order for Japan to overtake other countries.
**[15:09] Man A**
Don't be ridiculous.
**[15:10] Man A**
We have more than enough lights already!
**[15:12] Tosuke**
No, they are not enough to
light the future of Japan.
**[15:16] Tosuke**
Fukuzawa-sensei, please state your decision.
**[15:20] Mei**
Even though he worked so hard...
**[15:23] Tosuke**
Fukuzawa-sensei...
**[15:24] Man B**
Knock it off, Iwasaki!
Your behavior is unsightly.
**[15:26] Man C**
Yes, he's right!
**[15:28] Man C**
Electricity is nothing more
than your silly dream!
**[15:31] Men**
That's right, that's right!
**[15:33] Fujita**
Hey, woman, what are you doing?
**[15:34] Mei**
It is not just a silly dream!
**[15:44] Mei**
Things would be really wonderful
if we had electricity!
**[15:47] Mei**
It is a truly amazing thing!
**[15:49] Kyoka**
Her lack of vocabulary leaves
a lot to be desired.
**[15:52] Mei**
I mean, with electricity, there are
so many possibilities!
**[15:56] Mei**
You can completely transform a dark and
gloomy night bright as day right in a flash!
**[16:03] Fujita**
Halt!
**[16:04] Mei**
You can easily clean the house without
back pain by just pressing a button!
**[16:11] Mei**
A shower will always be hot whether
it's spring, summer, fall, or winter!
**[16:17] Ougai**
La, la, la, la!
**[16:18] Mei**
You can talk with someone
face-to-face even from far away!
**[16:21] Yakumo**
Hello there, oh my fair lady!
**[16:25] Mei**
You can make any changes you like, as
often as you like, to electric drawings!
**[16:34] Syunso**
Art is an explosion!
**[16:37] Mei**
There's absolutely no worry about fires, and
there's cooking food, and sterilization!
**[16:41] Kyoka**
No more germs! What a great world this is!
**[16:45] Mei**
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la,
**[16:48] Mei**
Do all your massages and
beauty routines at home!
**[16:52] Otoyakko**
This is so nice, this is so nice!
**[16:55] Mei**
You can travel all over Japan as much as
you want with a limited express train!
**[17:01] All**
Yay!
**[17:02] Mei**
Turn on the air conditioner, and it cools
in the summer and warms in the winter!
**[17:07] All**
Feels so nice!
**[17:09] Mei**
Anything and everything is at your fingertips!
All you have to do is press a button!
**[17:15] Charlie**
Electricity is magical, tap-tap-tap!
**[17:18] Mei**
The thing that makes everyone's life easier,
**[17:21] Mei**
that would be, that would be,
that would be!
**[17:24] All**
Electricity, electricity,
electricity, electricity!
**[17:27] Mei**
What is a friend to us humans?
**[17:29] All**
Electricity, electricity,
electricity, electricity!
**[17:32] Charlie**
The future must be a bright one!
**[17:35] Mei**
You can do anything with electricity!
**[17:38] Mei**
Now, now, everybody sing it with me!
**[17:41] Mei**
One!
**[17:41] Mei**
Two!
**[17:42] Mei**
Three!
**[17:44] All**
Electricity is king!
**[17:53] Fukuzawa**
Wonderful.
**[17:54] Fukuzawa**
He who will not advance will fall behind,
**[17:56] Fukuzawa**
and he who will not fall
behind will surely advance.
**[17:59] Fukuzawa**
Iwasaki-kun, I would be
happy to work with you.
**[18:02] Tosuke**
Thank you so much, Fukuzawa-sensei.
**[18:05] Man D**
Now, let's make a night of it!
**[18:09] Otoyakko**
I thought it might come to that!
**[18:11] Otoyakko**
Ladies, make sure to work hard
and give them plenty to drink!
**[18:14] Otoyakko**
Bring out the Denki Bran!
**[18:15] Geisha**
Okay!
**[18:21] Mei**
I'm really tired all of a sudden.
**[18:23] Tosuke**
The electrical power business might actually
be able to continue, thanks to you.
**[18:28] Tosuke**
I am truly grateful.
**[18:29] Mei**
Oh, no, I just thought it would
be nice if we had electricity.
**[18:33] Tosuke**
I had only thought about
lighting things up at night.
**[18:37] Tosuke**
But it is wonderful that you were
able to think about how it might play
**[18:42] Tosuke**
into all aspects of people's lives.
**[18:44] Mei**
Not at all. Lighting things up
is the most important part.
**[18:50] Tosuke**
What a mysterious person you are.
**[18:51] Tosuke**
If I had a woman like you by my side,
**[18:54] Tosuke**
I would be able to keep dreaming
well into the future.
**[18:58] Tosuke**
Intelligent young lady, I would like
to acquire all the knowledge you have.
**[19:05] Ougai**
Mei, may I have a moment?
**[19:11] Mei**
Of course.
**[19:14] Mei**
Pardon me... Tosuke-san,
was it? I must be going.
**[19:20] Tosuke**
I cannot believe such a
woman exists in this time.
**[19:27] Mei**
Has he figured it out?
**[19:29] Kyoka**
Hey, wait, you!
**[19:32] Kyoka**
What is it?
**[19:33] Tosuke**
Ah, nothing.
**[19:36] Yakumo**
I was deeply moved by the splendidness
of electricity, Iwasaki-san!
**[19:40] Tosuke**
Oh, thank you.
**[19:41] Yakumo**
With electricity, I will be able to call
my best friend Fujita-san all the time.
**[19:46] Yakumo**
I am so emotional about it,
I cannot stop my tears.
**[19:47] Syunso**
He's a weepy drunk?
**[19:49] Fujita**
Who are you calling your best friend?
**[19:51] Otoyakko**
I don't mind a man like that.
**[19:54] Kyoka**
Huh?
**[19:55] Fujita**
You there, do something about this drunkard.
**[19:57] Otoyakko**
Excuse me? You're awfully cocky for a cop.
**[19:59] Fujita**
Unhand me.
**[20:00] Otoyakko**
I'm going to melt that stubbornness
out of you today, so get ready!
**[20:05] Fujita**
Stop it!
**[20:07] Kyoka**
They're totally drunk, too.
**[20:10] Syunso**
They did drink quite a bit...
**[20:18] Ougai**
Is it hard for you to be in the mansion?
**[20:20] Mei**
Eh?
**[20:22] Ougai**
It seems I placed quite a heavy burden on you,
**[20:24] Ougai**
just by calling you my fiancée.
**[20:28] Ougai**
That led you to find a
place here to devote yourself
**[20:31] Ougai**
to studying the manners
and etiquette of a lady.
**[20:35] Ougai**
And to Kawakami-kun.
**[20:38] Mei**
Kawakami-kun?
**[20:40] Ougai**
Otoyakko is Kawakami Otojiro-kun.
**[20:43] Mei**
Huh? Otoyakko-san is O-Otojiro-san?!
**[20:48] Ougai**
You didn't know?
**[20:50] Ougai**
Really?
**[20:52] Ougai**
So I cooked that mochi for nothing.
**[20:54] Mei**
Mochi?
**[20:56] Ougai**
Oh, nevermind.
**[20:57] Ougai**
It was quite unlike me,
but I was a bit concerned
**[21:00] Ougai**
you might have been taken away.
**[21:02] Mei**
Huh?
**[21:03] Ougai**
You really have no idea,
do you, Little Squirrel?
**[21:06] Ougai**
Just how much power you have
to charm those around you.
**[21:11] Mei**
I just wanted to find
a way to thank you.
**[21:16] Ougai**
Thank me?
**[21:18] Mei**
You saved me at the
Rokumeikan and let me stay
**[21:20] Mei**
in your home despite
having lost my memories.
**[21:28] Ougai**
Mei...
**[21:31] Ougai**
Stay with me.
**[21:32] Mei**
Ougai-san?
**[21:35] Ougai**
Stay in my mansion forever.
**[21:39] Mei**
I want to.
**[21:40] Mei**
I want to stay there forever.
**[21:43] Ougai**
Then stay. Stay as long as you like.
**[21:46] Ougai**
Be it a year or even ten years.
**[21:49] Mei**
All right.
**[21:58] Ougai**
Let's go eat the cutlet at
Rengatei, then go home.
**[22:04] Mei**
Okay.
**[22:07] Otoyakko**
Come on now!
**[22:09] Otoyakko**
When you're drunk, it doesn't matter
if you're with a man or a woman!
**[22:11] Fujita**
I agree.
**[22:13] Fujita**
I'm going to kill you here, whether
you're a man or a woman.
**[22:17] Yakumo**
Pwease stop fighting over me!
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
***SIGN*** Next Episode Preview
***SIGN*** I Miss You Dearly, Rainy Day
***SIGN*** Bell
**[23:30] Kyoka**
Come back, Shirayuki.
**[23:34] Kyoka**
If I can't have that,
**[23:37] Kyoka**
I'm going to end it here and now!
# E7 - I Miss You Dearly, Rainy Day
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6KE1QG76/i-miss-you-dearly-rainy-day)
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***SIGN*** "Indeed, I am resentful."
***SIGN*** Demon Pond
**[01:50] Kyoka**
Shirayuki...
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
**[02:09] Mei**
The cutlet at Rengatei was so good.
**[02:16] Mei**
Ougai-san...
**[02:19] (Flashback) Ougai**
Then stay. Stay as long as you like.
**[02:25] (Flashback) Mei**
I want to.
**[02:27] Mei**
I want to stay here forever.
**[02:34] (Flashback) Charlie**
I can send you back on the next full moon.
**[02:45] Syunso**
It's really coming down.
**[02:47] Syunso**
With the amount of rain we've been having,
the water level of Shinobazu Pond has risen.
**[02:51] Ougai**
Is that so?
**[02:52] Syunso**
I heard the Supernatural
Division is stirring.
**[02:55] Ougai**
They are?
**[02:58] Syunso**
Yes.
**[03:07] Mei**
It's clearing up.
**[03:10] Mei**
Come on, Syunso-san! While the sun is out!
**[03:13] Syunso**
Huh?
**[03:14] Mei**
Let's go find the black cat.
***SIGN*** I Miss You Dearly, Rainy Day
**[03:27] Mei**
Meow, meow, black kitty, meow...
**[03:32] Syunso**
So, what's your secret weapon today?
**[03:36] Mei**
Silver vine! Cats just love silver vine.
**[03:39] Syunso**
I see.
**[03:41] Mei**
Kitty, kitty, meow, kitty, kitty, meow...
**[03:45] Taki**
Pigeons, coo, coo, pigeons, coo, coo...
**[03:49] Taki**
Here, I have some delicious beans for you.
**[03:52] Taki**
Pigeons, coo, coo, pigeons, coo, coo...
**[03:57] Taki**
This tempo is andante.
**[03:58] Taki**
Pigeons, coo, coo, pigeons, coo, coo...
**[04:05] Taki**
Hey, wait!
**[04:11] Taki**
Wait, come back!
**[04:15] Mei**
Do pigeons like silver vine, too?
**[04:18] Syunso**
I have no idea!
**[04:25] Mei**
That was unexpected.
**[04:35] Syunso**
Shinobazu Pond... I guess
the stories were true.
**[04:39] Syunso**
Let's go. It isn't safe here.
**[04:41] Mei**
Okay.
**[04:42] Kyoka**
Hushabye, hushabye, my darling baby.
**[04:51] Kyoka**
You are such a good little
child, hushabye now.
**[05:02] Kyoka**
Where—
**[05:09] Kyoka**
What?
**[05:14] Mei**
Pardon us.
**[05:15] Kyoka**
Now, wait just a minute!
**[05:16] Kyoka**
You think I'm some weirdo that likes
**[05:18] Kyoka**
to sing to myself as I stare
off at a pond, don't you?
**[05:21] Mei**
Wait, you're not?
**[05:22] Kyoka**
No!
**[05:26] Mei**
So, the dragon goddess
from your play escaped?
**[05:31] Syunso**
A divine spirit, huh?
**[05:34] Mei**
What happened after she escaped?
**[05:38] Kyoka**
She came here to Shinobazu Pond.
**[05:40] Kyoka**
The play I'm writing, *Demon Pond,*
is a story about the dragon goddess,
**[05:44] Kyoka**
Shirayuki, who is in love with
the distant lord of Senja Pond.
**[05:50] Kyoka**
She only has one wish,
**[05:53] Kyoka**
which is to go and be with the man she loves.
**[05:55] Kyoka**
However, because of a promise made long
ago, she is unable to leave her pond.
**[06:02] Kyoka**
If she goes against that
promise, Shirayuki will die
**[06:06] Kyoka**
and a flood will occur, sinking the village
into the watery depths.
**[06:11] Kyoka**
Shirayuki suffers because of this.
**[06:15] Kyoka**
To help console her,
the villagers would sing a lullaby.
**[06:21] Mei**
Oh, so that's why you were
singing that song earlier.
**[06:24] Kyoka**
Yeah. Got it now?
**[06:25] Mei**
Yes.
**[06:27] Kyoka**
On the night of the recent red full moon...
**[06:30] (Flashback) Kyoka**
Shirayuki!
**[06:32] Kyoka**
Shirayuki was afraid that the play
I was writing would end in tragedy,
**[06:37] Kyoka**
so she escaped.
**[06:40] (Flashback) Kyoka**
Shirayuki, wait!
**[06:43] (Flashback) Kyoka**
Shirayuki!
**[06:47] Kyoka**
This long stretch of rain we've been
having is because of her, as well.
**[06:51] Mei**
Then, will Shirayuki-san not
be reunited with her lover
**[06:55] Mei**
in the play you're writing?
**[06:59] Kyoka**
I'm not sure.
**[07:01] Mei**
Huh?
**[07:03] Kyoka**
I don't even know.
**[07:06] Kyoka**
I can't continue writing unless
Shirayuki returns to the play.
**[07:12] Kyoka**
I want Shirayuki to come back.
**[07:15] Kyoka**
I want to write the rest of the story.
**[07:19] Mei**
M-Maybe there is something I can do to help!
**[07:25] Mei**
We can get Shirayuki-san back together!
**[07:27] Kyoka**
Wha?
**[07:28] Kyoka**
What the heck is a dolt like you gonna do?
**[07:31] Kyoka**
Those guys from the Supernatural
Division are skulking around, too.
**[07:34] Mei**
If Shirayuki-san is slain by Fujita-san,
*Demon Pond* will remain unfinished.
**[07:40] Mei**
There has to be a way.
**[07:42] Kyoka**
Don't touch me!
**[07:45] Mei**
Let's come up with something
together, Kyoka-san!
**[07:48] Kyoka**
I never asked you to decide for me.
**[07:49] Mei**
It'll be fine.
**[07:51] Kyoka**
What part of it will?
**[07:52] Mei**
Umm... All of it!
**[07:56] Ougai**
Absolutely not!
**[07:59] Mei**
W-Why not?
**[08:01] Ougai**
You were supposed to be searching for
Syunso's black cat, were you not?
**[08:05] Ougai**
Why were you in such a dangerous area?
**[08:08] Ougai**
Syunso, she was in your care.
**[08:12] Syunso**
M-My apologies.
**[08:14] Mei**
Syunso-san is not at fault.
**[08:16] Mei**
I just want to do something for
Kyoka-san and Shirayuki-san.
**[08:19] Ougai**
Mei, I want you to look for the black cat.
**[08:25] Mei**
I swear I won't do anything dangerous.
**[08:29] Ougai**
Mei...
**[08:31] Ougai**
I am not a Tamayori,
**[08:33] Ougai**
so I would not be able to tell if something
dangerous was getting close to you.
**[08:39] Ougai**
You understand, don't you?
**[08:43] Mei**
Yes.
**[08:47] Ougai**
Mei, can you speak English?
**[08:50] Mei**
Eh?! Uh, w-well...
**[08:53] Mei**
A-A little.
**[08:57] Ougai**
Mei, you should study English more.
**[09:00] Ougai**
There will be quite a
number of foreign guests
**[09:03] Ougai**
at the upcoming formal
fiancée presentation.
**[09:07] Ougai**
Do you understand, Mei?
**[09:09] Mei**
Y-Yes, I do.
**[09:13] Ougai**
Very good.
**[09:20] Mei**
He totally evaded me.
**[09:24] Syunso**
Wait.
**[09:29] Mei**
Syunso-san?
**[09:32] Syunso**
I don't think you should get involved.
**[09:35] Mei**
Huh?
**[09:37] Syunso**
Unlike with my black cat, where the cause is clear,
**[09:40] Syunso**
Izumi is the only one who can
resolve the Shirayuki situation.
**[09:43] Mei**
B-But...
**[09:46] Syunso**
You know, Ougai-san isn't the
only one who worries about you.
**[10:13] Police Officer A**
Damn, will this blasted rain ever stop?
**[10:16] Police Officer B**
The pond is going to breach its banks
tonight at this rate.
**[10:28] Kyoka**
Come home, Shirayuki.
**[10:30] Kyoka**
You won't be able to accomplish
anything staying here.
**[10:34] Kyoka**
Come back within me.
**[10:45] Kyoka**
That idiot...
**[10:49] Mei**
I'm sorry, Ougai-san, but I just have to...
**[10:56] Mei**
Please, Shirayuki-san, go back to Kyoka-san.
**[11:01] Mei**
Never being able to be with the
one you love is hard, isn't it?
**[11:08] Mei**
I know how you must feel.
**[11:11] Mei**
I also want to be with the one I love.
**[11:15] Mei**
You know, he even told me that
he wanted me to stay forever.
**[11:21] Mei**
But I'm going to have to go back.
**[11:26] Mei**
I'll have to leave him in half a month.
**[11:32] Mei**
I'm sure I'll never be able
to see him again after that.
**[11:37] Mei**
I want to stay with you forever...
**[11:40] Mei**
Ougai-san.
**[11:49] Fujita**
So it was a ghost after all.
**[11:59] Police Officer A**
What's that?
**[12:05] Kyoka**
Hey! Get away from the pond!
**[12:09] Mei**
Kyoka-san?
**[12:13] Police Officer A**
What the heck?!
**[12:17] Fujita**
You finally show yourself.
**[12:20] Kyoka**
Shirayuki!
**[12:26] Mei**
That's Shirayuki-san?!
**[12:28] Kyoka**
Crap, she's lost control.
**[12:34] Kyoka**
Come on, you dolt, hurry up!
**[12:36] Mei**
R-Right.
**[12:37] Kyoka**
Shirayuki, calm down!
**[12:40] Kyoka**
This isn't where you're supposed to be!
**[12:54] Mei**
Kyoka-san!
**[12:57] Kyoka**
Shirayuki! I'm the one who created you!
**[13:00] Kyoka**
So please come back to me!
**[13:06] Fujita**
Evacuate nearby residents immediately!
**[13:08] Fujita**
The banks are going to breach!
**[13:11] Fujita**
Pretending to be a dragon
god? Foolish ghost.
**[13:17] Mei**
Kyoka-san!
**[13:18] Fujita**
Izumi Kyoka?
**[13:22] Shirayuki**
How resentful I am...
**[13:25] Shirayuki**
Were it not for that accursed promise,
I could be with my beloved for all eternity.
**[13:31] Kyoka**
Shirayuki...
**[13:34] Shirayuki**
Cease with that infernal noise!
**[13:43] Fujita**
Izumi Kyoka!
**[13:45] Fujita**
What is a lowly writer
like you doing here?
**[13:49] Fujita**
It appears that you have something
to do with this endless rain.
**[13:54] Fujita**
Tell me all the details.
**[13:56] Mei**
Please wait!
**[13:57] Fujita**
You again? Move!
**[13:59] Mei**
I will not.
**[14:00] Mei**
Kyoka-san is trying to help Shirayuki-san!
**[14:04] Fujita**
Shirayuki? Is that the name of that monster?
**[14:11] Shirayuki**
I want to see him.
**[14:13] Shirayuki**
I want to be with my beloved right now!
**[14:18] Kyoka**
Shirayuki!
**[14:20] Mei**
Please listen to us, Shirayuki-san!
**[14:22] Shirayuki**
Insolent humans! Do not come near me.
**[14:26] Shirayuki**
I will no longer listen to anyone!
**[14:29] Fujita**
The monster is right there!
**[14:34] Shirayuki**
I will not cast aside love for my life.
**[14:38] Shirayuki**
Every single one of you!
**[14:40] Shirayuki**
I will trample anyone who
dares to try and stop me!
**[14:44] Mei**
No, Shirayuki-san!
**[14:46] Mei**
Stop!
**[14:53] Kyoka**
You idiot!
**[15:32] Mei**
*Shirayuki-san...*
**[15:37] Mei**
*Please, go back to Kyoka-san.*
**[15:43] Mei**
*The man you love is within Kyoka-san.*
**[15:53] Shirayuki**
*I cannot believe the words of a human.*
**[15:59] Mei**
* You will never be able to*
* see him again like this.*
**[16:03] Mei**
*Shirayuki-san, please believe in Kyoka-san.*
**[16:09] Mei**
*Believe in him.*
**[16:17] Mei**
*I can't breathe.*
**[16:21] Mei**
*Ougai-san, I'm so sorry.*
**[16:25] Mei**
* I know I promised I wouldn't*
* do anything dangerous.*
**[16:48] Kyoka**
*Shirayuki!*
**[16:56] Kyoka**
*Come back to me, Shirayuki.*
**[17:00] Kyoka**
*Shirayuki...*
**[17:02] Kyoka**
*If...*
**[17:05] Kyoka**
* If you can't do that, then I will share*
* my fate with you here!*
**[17:16] Kyoka**
*Shira...*
**[17:37] Ougai**
Mei! Mei!
**[17:41] Ougai**
Mei!
**[17:47] Ougai**
Mei!
**[17:49] Mei**
Ougai-san...
**[17:55] Ougai**
You fool!
**[17:59] Ougai**
You fool...
**[18:02] Mei**
Ougai-san.
**[18:28] Mei**
Shirayuki-san...
**[18:34] Shirayuki**
Love creates such remarkable
strength of spirit.
**[18:41] Shirayuki**
I will return, back to within you.
**[18:50] Shirayuki**
Back to my beloved.
**[18:52] Kyoka**
Shirayuki!
**[19:08] Kyoka**
Shirayuki...
**[19:27] Mei**
Shirayuki-san, you went
back inside Kyoka-san.
**[20:05] Mei**
I-It hurts!
**[20:07] Mei**
Muscle pain?!
**[20:12] Mei**
G-Good morning.
**[20:15] Ougai**
Well, good morning, Little Squirrel.
**[20:19] Ougai**
Did you sleep well?
**[20:21] Mei**
I-I did, and, well...
**[20:24] Ougai**
You have a visitor.
**[20:31] Mei**
Kyoka-san!
**[20:33] Kyoka**
You doing okay?
**[20:35] Mei**
Yes, I am! No, I'm in pain.
**[20:39] Kyoka**
My story is progressing.
**[20:43] Mei**
Really? That's great!
**[20:46] Mei**
So, what's going to happen
with Shirayuki-san's romance?
**[20:50] Kyoka**
You want to know?
**[20:51] Mei**
Of course I do!
**[20:53] Kyoka**
I can't just tell you the
outcome of a creative work.
**[20:58] Kyoka**
If you're interested, come
and see it next month.
**[21:01] Kyoka**
A certain third-rate actor
will be performing it.
**[21:03] Mei**
Third-rate actor?
**[21:05] Mei**
Oh, you mean Otojiro-san!
**[21:08] Mei**
Okay, then I will definitely
come and see it.
**[21:10] Mei**
I wonder how everything
is going to turn out!
**[21:14] Mei**
Okay, but please tell me
just one little detail.
**[21:17] Kyoka**
Not a chance!
**[21:18] Mei**
Then at least tell me if
everything works out.
**[21:19] Kyoka**
That would be like giving it all away.
**[21:31] Kyoka**
I hope your romance works out as well.
**[21:38] Syunso**
You pushed yourself too far.
**[21:39] Mei**
Does that mean it works out
for Shirayuki-san, too?!
**[21:42] Mei**
I'm so glad!
**[21:44] Mei**
Thank you so much!
**[21:54] Kyoka**
Y-You're so weird! I'm the
one who was thanking you.
**[21:59] Kyoka**
See you next month.
**[22:01] Mei**
Yes, next month.
**[22:09] Mei**
*Next month...*
**[22:14] Mei**
*I will no longer*
**[22:19] Mei**
*be here next month.*
**[22:24] Ougai**
W-Wait, not that way.
I want to go this way. Woah!
**[22:27] Syunso**
Ougai-san! Come on, this way.
**[22:29] Ougai**
Ouch! Don't be so rough, Syunso! That hurts!
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
***SIGN*** Next Episode Preview
***SIGN*** Masagocho Cat Café Incident
**[23:30] Fujita**
A goroumushi?
Don't be ridiculous.
**[23:32] Fujita**
Who told you to help
with the cooking?
**[23:35] Fujita**
Cut the pickles into pieces!
Don't let the miso soup boil!
# E8 - Masagocho Cat Café Incident
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYW493XE6/masagocho-cat-caf-incident)
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***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
**[01:35] (Flashback) Young Fujita**
You still insist on this, Saotome?
**[01:45] (Flashback) Young Fujita**
Don't tell me you've been
possessed by a ghost!
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
**[02:49] Ougai**
One, two, three. One, two, three.
**[02:52] Mei**
One, two, three... One, two, three.
**[02:56] Ougai**
That's it, you're doing well.
**[02:58] Ougai**
Just what I'd expect from
my Little Squirrel.
**[02:59] Mei**
Y-You think so?
**[03:02] Ougai**
I am looking forward to the day when I can
**[03:04] Ougai**
show off my beautiful fiancée
in a dress to the world.
**[03:07] Mei**
A-A dress?!
**[03:10] Ougai**
Whoops.
**[03:12] Ougai**
Are you all right?
**[03:14] Mei**
Y-Yes.
**[03:18] Syunso**
I'm going to go look for the black cat.
**[03:22] Ougai**
But it's still bright outside.
**[03:24] Syunso**
It's better than staying
here and doing nothing.
**[03:27] Syunso**
I just want to find some place
where cats like to gather.
**[03:31] Mei**
I'll go with him, too.
**[03:36] Mei**
Syunso-san! Please wait for me!
***SIGN*** Masagocho Cat Café Incident
**[03:54] Mei**
Please wait, Syunso-san!
**[03:57] Syunso**
Why did you come?
**[03:58] Mei**
Huh?
**[03:59] Syunso**
Wouldn't you rather be practicing
your dancing with Ougai-san?
**[04:04] Mei**
But searching for the black
cat is more important.
**[04:07] Syunso**
Ougai-san has ordered an
expensive dress for you,
**[04:12] Syunso**
yet you intend to make a fool of him?
**[04:15] Mei**
T-That's not my intention...
**[04:19] Mei**
Are you mad about something, Syunso-san?
**[04:25] Syunso**
Not particularly.
**[04:28] Yakumo**
Oh my fairy!
**[04:30] Yakumo**
To be running into you like this,
**[04:32] Yakumo**
you and I are truly tied together
by the red wire of fate!
**[04:38] Mei**
G-Good day, Yakumo-san.
**[04:41] Syunso**
Hello.
**[04:42] Yakumo**
Are you both going somewhere today?
**[04:44] Mei**
Y-Yes. We thought we would look for somewhere
**[04:47] Mei**
cats gather, to try to find the black cat.
**[04:50] Yakumo**
Is that so?
**[04:51] Yakumo**
Well then, the café I am heading
to now happens to be one such place.
**[04:56] Yakumo**
Would you like to accompany me?
**[04:57] Mei**
May we? Syunso-san!
**[05:00] Syunso**
Sure, I don't see why not.
**[05:02] Yakumo**
Okay! We must strike while the iron is hot!
**[05:04] Yakumo**
Now then, let's go.
**[05:07] Mei**
I had no idea there was a café in this area.
**[05:12] Yakumo**
You could say it's a secret retreat.
**[05:14] Yakumo**
It's my special spot.
**[05:17] Mei**
Are you sure it's all right
for us to go there, too?
**[05:20] Yakumo**
It will be no problem at all.
**[05:23] Yakumo**
I am very much in your debt, after all.
**[05:26] Yakumo**
I will treat you to some delicious tea.
**[05:28] Kyoka**
I'm just worried.
**[05:31] Mei**
That voice belongs to...
**[05:33] Ozaki**
Worried? Listen to me...
**[05:35] Ozaki**
I was wondering why you were
gone for hours on end.
**[05:38] Ozaki**
To find you pacing around the mailbox
like a puppy
**[05:40] Ozaki**
is kind of pathetic, don't you think?
**[05:42] Kyoka**
But what if the envelope with
your manuscript in it were to be torn?
**[05:46] Ozaki**
It's not going to be.
**[05:48] Ozaki**
Your tendency to worry is
a real pain sometimes.
**[05:51] Mei**
Good day, Kyoka-san.
**[05:53] Kyoka**
I-It's you.
**[05:57] Ozaki**
Who is this girl?
**[06:01] Ozaki**
One of my readers?
**[06:02] Kyoka**
S-Sensei, she is—
**[06:04] Mei**
Sensei?
**[06:06] Ozaki**
Come on, now, you can't possibly be saying
that you aren't familiar with the name
**[06:10] Ozaki**
Ozaki Koyo, the most famous
popular writer in Asia?
**[06:13] Mei**
Ozaki Koyo-san is...
**[06:17] Mei**
Oh! You wrote *The Golden Demon*!
**[06:19] Mei**
I saw the play of it recently!
**[06:22] Ozaki**
Really? Then do tell me your thoughts on it.
**[06:24] Ozaki**
You can come to my place now.
**[06:27] Ozaki**
What is your name?
**[06:28] Mei**
A-Ayazuki Mei.
**[06:31] Kyoka**
Why don't you look more bothered by this?
**[06:34] Yakumo**
Ozaki-san, unfortunately she already
has a prior engagement with me.
**[06:39] Syunso**
She was with me first, you know.
**[06:41] Ozaki**
My, you're very popular, Mei. In that case...
**[06:45] Ozaki**
You're welcome to come by at night.
**[06:48] Ozaki**
I will polish up my body just for you.
**[06:51] Kyoka**
Sensei! What about your next deadline?!
**[06:53] Ozaki**
Don't mention my deadlines!
**[07:00] Kyoka**
Help me!
**[07:02] Mei**
Kyoka-san, it's only chasing after
you because you're running away.
**[07:06] Yakumo**
Oh, Mei-san!
**[07:13] Ozaki**
See you later, Mei!
**[07:14] Ozaki**
Make sure to put my
manuscript in the mail, Izumi.
**[07:18] Mei**
Kyoka-san, stop running!
**[07:21] Kyoka**
Like hell I'm going to stop!
**[07:22] Otojiro**
And a nincompoopie poop...
**[07:26] Otojiro**
Hey there, Kyoka-chan.
**[07:29] Otojiro**
Ow!
**[07:31] Kyoka**
Don't get your germs all over me!
**[07:33] Kyoka**
And don't call me "Kyoka-chan"!
**[07:35] Otojiro**
Is that really what you're supposed
to say after crashing into someone?
**[07:38] Kyoka**
But the dog, the dog!
**[07:41] Otojiro**
You mean *that* dog?
**[07:43] Mei**
There, there. I'm so sorry.
I bet that hurt, didn't it?
**[07:46] Mei**
But he didn't mean any harm,
so please forgive him.
**[07:51] Yakumo**
Even a savage dog is putty
in Mei-san's hands.
**[07:54] Syunso**
Savage dog...
**[07:57] Otojiro**
Hey, Mei. Long time no see.
**[08:01] Mei**
Otoyakko-sa—I mean, Otojiro-san!
**[08:04] Mei**
Thank you for all of your help the other day.
**[08:07] Otojiro**
You made quite the impression.
**[08:09] Otojiro**
You're welcome to come by
the geisha house any time.
**[08:11] Mei**
Thank you very much. But I
won't be going there anymore.
**[08:15] Mei**
I would make Ougai-san worry.
**[08:17] Otojiro**
I see. Well, probably for the best, then.
**[08:20] Otojiro**
I was on my way to grab something to eat.
Do you want to come with me?
**[08:24] Yakumo**
Stop.
**[08:25] Yakumo**
She already has a previous engagement
with me to go to a café, Kawakami-san.
**[08:30] Syunso**
Okay, but she was helping me
find the black cat before that.
**[08:33] Otojiro**
Oh? Then I'll just eat there instead.
**[08:37] Otojiro**
Right, Kyoka-chan?
**[08:39] Kyoka**
Wha? Why are you dragging me into this?
**[08:41] Kyoka**
And don't call me Kyoka-chan!
**[08:43] Otojiro**
Nevermind the details.
**[08:45] Otojiro**
There must be a reason
we all ran into each other.
**[08:47] Otojiro**
Right, Mei?
**[08:48] Mei**
Yes, eating together would make
everything taste that much better.
**[09:02] Fujita**
Not bad.
**[09:06] Fujita**
I know. Just wait a bit longer.
**[09:21] Fujita**
It was bad enough that you
illegally trespassed on my property.
**[09:24] Fujita**
What were you thinking
peeping in as well?
**[09:28] Mei**
W-We're sorry.
**[09:29] Mei**
We had no idea that the café
was going to be your house.
**[09:32] Fujita**
What are you talking about?
**[09:34] Yakumo**
Welcome to Café Fujita!
**[09:38] Fujita**
Koizumi, you bastard.
**[09:39] Kyoka**
It's all your fault for suddenly saying
something smelled good and taking off.
**[09:43] Mei**
B-But something really did smell good.
**[09:47] Syunso**
You give in to your appetite way too easily.
**[09:50] Otojiro**
Well, at any rate, we're here now.
So you might as well serve some tea.
**[09:55] Fujita**
Do you want me to throw you
in jail again, Kawakami?
**[10:02] Mei**
Oh, a cat! Is it yours?
**[10:05] Fujita**
It is not.
**[10:07] Mei**
B-But...
**[10:09] Mei**
It really likes you.
**[10:13] Yakumo**
See, I told you.
**[10:15] Yakumo**
Café Fujita is a cat residence
where cats like to gather.
**[10:19] Yakumo**
The black cat you're looking for
is sure to come by here.
**[10:24] Mei**
That might be true, Syunso-san!
**[10:27] Syunso**
If you say so, I guess.
**[10:30] Fujita**
Looking for a black cat?
**[10:32] Fujita**
Would that be the black cat
that escaped from Hishida's painting?
**[10:38] Mei**
That's right,
**[10:40] Mei**
but please don't slay Syunso-san's cat. We can get it back in the painting.
**[10:44] Fujita**
Can you honestly say that ghost
cat won't do anything harmful?
**[10:47] Mei**
I can't, but if anything like that does
happen, I'll take responsibility and stop it.
**[10:57] Otojiro**
Which reminds me... You're a Tamayori, right?
**[11:00] Otojiro**
I heard about it from Kyoka-chan.
**[11:02] Otojiro**
Right, Kyoka-chan?
**[11:04] Otojiro**
Hey, where'd he go?
**[11:08] Kyoka**
Wow, amazing!
**[11:10] Kyoka**
There's not a single speck
of dust in this house!
**[11:12] Kyoka**
This is the first time I've been to a private
household where the sanitary condition is so good!
**[11:15] Fujita**
Hey...
**[11:16] Otojiro**
That's high praise coming from Kyoka-chan.
**[11:20] Yakumo**
He may not seem like it, but Fujita-san
**[11:22] Yakumo**
is very good at cooking, washing,
and all household chores.
**[11:25] Mei**
That's incredible! You have my respect.
**[11:28] Syunso**
You can't judge a book by its cover.
**[11:30] Fujita**
Leave.
**[11:32] Kyoka**
No way. I'm staying here for now.
**[11:34] Yakumo**
Fujita-san, out of consideration
for me, your best friend,
**[11:38] Yakumo**
won't you please let us partake of
Café Fujita's Goro Special today?
**[11:41] Fujita**
Goro Special? Don't be ridiculous.
**[11:43] Mie**
Café Fujita's Goro Special?
**[11:47] Mie**
Sounds delicious!
**[11:55] Fujita**
Do what you will.
**[12:00] Fujita**
Who told you to help
with the cooking?
**[12:03] Otojiro**
Give it a rest and relax that
severely furrowed brow.
**[12:07] Otojiro**
We're doing something we're not used to as
our way of apologizing for trespassing.
**[12:13] Yakumo**
It's because Mei-san is
extremely fond of eating.
**[12:16] Yakumo**
I might actually have a chance with her
if I make her something delicious.
**[12:23] Fujita**
Koizumi, cut the pickle into
angled bite-size pieces!
**[12:26] Yakumo**
Angled? Bite-size pieces?
**[12:31] Fujita**
Don't let the miso soup boil!
**[12:33] Kyoka**
But the germs!
**[12:34] Fujita**
There is no such thing!
**[12:36] Otojiro**
Let's see, where would the alcohol be?
**[12:39] Yakumo**
The alcohol is on the left
side of that cupboard.
**[12:43] Fujita**
How do you know that?!
**[12:44] Otojiro**
Oh, found it.
**[12:46] Otojiro**
This is the really good stuff,
too. Let's all drink together.
**[12:49] Fujita**
Why, you...!
**[12:51] Mei**
This one is Grilled Ribs,
**[12:54] Mei**
and this one is Skirt Steak.
**[13:00] Mei**
Don't do that, Pork Loin.
**[13:02] Syunso**
What have you been going on about?
**[13:04] Mei**
I'm giving each of them
a name that's easy to remember.
**[13:07] Syunso**
Weren't you supposed to be
looking for the black cat?
**[13:10] Mei**
Well, I haven't been able
to find a black one.
**[13:13] Syunso**
So it's not here either, then.
**[13:15] Mei**
Please cheer up.
**[13:16] Mei**
There's a delicious smell coming from the
kitchen that might lure it in eventually...
**[13:23] Ougai**
Hey, you two. So this is where you've been.
**[13:26] Mei**
O-Ougai-san?
**[13:28] Syunso**
What are you doing here?
**[13:29] Ougai**
I was heading to the Metropolitan
Police Department on business
**[13:32] Ougai**
when I heard that Inspector
Fujita was off duty.
**[13:35] Mei**
I thought you might've been lured
in by the delicious smell.
**[13:39] Syunso**
He's not like you.
**[13:42] Otojiro**
What's this? Even Mori-san is here.
**[13:45] Yakumo**
Welcome, welcome. Please do come in.
**[13:47] Fujita**
Don't go inviting more guests.
**[13:49] Ougai**
You're all here. Is there a party today?
**[13:55] Ougai**
It looks truly enjoyable.
**[13:57] Ougai**
I will certainly take you up
on the offer to join you.
**[14:04] Mei**
This simmered beef with ginger!
**[14:07] Mei**
It's well-seasoned with Japanese pepper,
**[14:08] Mei**
and it's so delicious that the taste
**[14:10] Mei**
just spreads across my tongue and
almost brings tears to my eyes!
**[14:15] Fujita**
Of course it does. I simmered
it for a whole day.
**[14:19] Mei**
What a surprise. I never expected you
to be such a domestic person.
**[14:26] Mei**
The miso soup.
**[14:30] Mei**
Yes! The soup stock is also
flavorful and very good.
**[14:34] Mei**
Kyoka-san?
**[14:36] Kyoka**
I-I'm glad you like it so much.
**[14:39] Otojiro**
Come on, Mei, drink some.
**[14:41] Mei**
No, I'm not so good with alcohol.
**[14:44] Ougai**
I will take that.
**[14:47] Yakumo**
Mei-san, these are the pickles I cut.
**[14:50] Yakumo**
Here, say ah.
**[14:53] Ougai**
I will take that.
**[14:56] Ougai**
Mei is my fiancée.
**[14:59] Ougai**
Please refrain from getting
closer to her than necessary.
**[15:04] Yakumo**
What is he saying, Mr. Bunny?
**[15:07] Otojiro**
Rather childish of you to get jealous
over her being offered alcohol.
**[15:12] Yakumo**
Mori-san, I challenge you to
a round of Tiger, Tiger, Tiger
**[15:15] Yakumo**
to see who gets the honor of
feeding things to Mei-san.
**[15:17] Ougai**
I guess I will accept, then.
**[15:20] Mei**
Wha?
**[15:25] Yakumo & Ougai**
Tiger, tiger, tiger, tiger.
**[15:29] Yakumo & Ougai**
Tiger, tiger, tiger, tiger.
**[15:33] Yakumo & Ougai**
Tiger, tiger, tiger, tiger.
**[15:36] Mei**
Syunso-san, shall I pour
you some more alcohol?
**[15:39] Syunso**
Sure.
**[15:43] Yakumo & Ougai**
Tiger, tiger, tiger, tiger.
**[15:47] Fujita**
I've had enough of this.
**[15:47] Yakumo & Ougai**
Tiger, tiger, tiger, tiger.
**[16:02] (Flashback) Young Fujita**
Curse you, ghost.
**[16:05] (Flashback) Young Fujita**
You've possessed my sword, have you?
**[16:08] (Flashback) Young Fujita**
Now that it has come to this,
I will make full use of your power.
**[16:13] (Flashback) Young Fujita**
I will slay those who do wrong without
mercy, be they ghosts or humans.
**[16:19] (Flashback) Young Fujita**
Prepare yourself.
**[16:21] (Flashback) Young Fujita**
We shall fall into the
darkest depths together.
**[16:27] Mei**
Fujita-san!
**[16:29] Mei**
Fujita-san?
**[16:32] Fujita**
Girl...
**[16:33] Mei**
I will help you with the dishes.
**[16:36] Fujita**
No need.
**[16:38] Mei**
At least let me help with
cleaning up, please.
**[16:42] Mei**
It's freezing.
**[16:48] Mei**
Cooking is such hard work.
**[16:52] Fujita**
Did you find the black cat?
**[16:54] Mei**
It wasn't here.
**[16:55] Fujita**
I see.
**[16:57] Mei**
That wasn't a lie.
**[16:59] Fujita**
I haven't said anything.
**[17:02] Mei**
Why does you saber reflect
things that cannot be seen?
**[17:09] Fujita**
It was reforged from a sword I used to have.
**[17:16] Fujita**
One that was possessed by a ghost.
**[17:21] Fujita**
You have some threads loose.
**[17:23] Mei**
Huh?
**[17:25] Mei**
The cats were clawing at it earlier.
**[17:27] Fujita**
Come with me.
**[17:34] Mei**
Wow, you can even sew as well.
**[17:38] Mei**
I had the wrong impression
of you, Fujita-san.
**[17:41] Mei**
I thought you were a rather scary person,
but you're really more like, well...
**[17:47] Fujita**
What?
**[17:49] Mei**
A mother.
**[17:53] Fujita**
What are you talking about?
**[17:57] Mei**
T-Thank you very much.
**[17:59] Fujita**
Girl...
**[18:01] Fujita**
Join me.
**[18:02] Mei**
Huh?
**[18:03] Fujita**
The Supernatural Division would make
good use of your Tamayori powers.
**[18:08] Mei**
The Supernatural Division?
**[18:10] Mei**
To make me eliminate ghosts?
**[18:14] Fujita**
Stay by me, and I will protect you.
**[18:24] Fujita**
I will not allow anyone else
to be sacrificed to spirits.
**[18:31] Mei**
Th-That hurts.
**[18:34] Fujita**
My apologies.
**[18:36] Mei**
Has something happened?
**[18:42] Mei**
I'm sorry, though. I won't
join the Supernatural Division.
**[18:46] Fujita**
Because I slay spirits?
**[18:49] Mei**
Neither Jane-san nor Shirayuki-san
were simply things to be feared.
**[18:54] Mei**
I believe that, like humans,
ghosts can also be complicated
**[18:57] Mei**
in their own ways and are capable
of having kind hearts.
**[19:04] Mei**
That is why I would like to learn more
about them, and understand them.
**[19:17] (Flashback) Classmate D**
You're Ayazuki Mei-san, right?
**[19:22] Fujita**
What is it?
**[19:27] Mei**
I just felt a bit dizzy.
**[19:30] Fujita**
Are you all right?
**[19:32] Mei**
Yes, forgive me. I'm fine now.
**[19:36] Fujita**
Don't push yourself.
**[19:37] Mei**
I won't.
**[19:39] Yakumo**
No!
**[19:40] Yakumo**
W-W-What are you doing?!
**[19:44] Yakumo**
You have shown your true
colors, Fujita-san!
**[19:47] Yakumo**
No, you dirty policeman!
**[19:49] Fujita**
Who are you calling "dirty"?
**[19:51] Otojiro**
What the hell? You bastard, Fujita!
**[19:56] Otojiro**
What are you doing to my precious Mei?
**[19:59] Kyoka**
Now he's Otoyakko!
**[20:02] Ougai**
My Little Squirrel is mine and mine alone.
**[20:02] Syunso**
Dirty, dirty!
**[20:03] Fujita**
Shut up!
**[20:04] Otojiro**
What a pathetic man.
**[20:06] Fujita**
Why, you...!
**[20:06] Ougai**
I will have to make sure everyone
else knows that as well,
**[20:07] Otojiro**
Who do you think you are? How dare
you speak to a lady like that!
**[20:09] Kyoka**
You can't get away with that just
because you're a policeman!
**[20:09] Ougai**
since they keep doing regrettable
things like offering her
**[20:11] Yakumo**
It's nonsense for a man to
treat a lady so badly.
**[20:11] Ougai**
alcohol and trying to feed her.
**[20:13] Fujita**
How the heck is he a lady?!
**[20:14] Syunso**
Ugh, I'm hungry.
**[20:16] Otojiro**
Okay, we're going to drink
some more. Come on, Mei.
**[20:19] Kyoka**
He told Mei to come.
**[20:20] Yakumo**
He did indeed.
**[20:21] Ougai**
Now, now, everyone please refrain from
dragging my Little Squirrel around.
**[20:25] Ougai**
Are you listening? Hey, you guys!
**[20:29] Mei**
It's not a good idea to
drink too much, everyone!
**[20:40] Syunso**
Huh? An eel? Okay.
**[20:49] Syunso**
And wit dat de eel ish done.
**[20:53] Kyoka**
Hey, dats not an eel!
**[20:56] Syunso**
Itsh totally an eel.
**[20:58] Yakumo**
Such a shplendid eel. It's great!
**[20:58] Kyoka**
Do it over.
**[21:02] Otojiro**
I wanna eat shome eel!
**[21:04] Yakumo**
Haven't you had enough to eat?
**[21:06] Kyoka**
I wanna eat tofu!
**[21:08] Syunso**
Huh?
**[21:09] Syunso**
Tofu looksh like dis.
**[21:10] Ougai**
How about a drink, Inspector Fujita?
**[21:12] Kyoka**
Hey, it's tofu! Looks shoo good.
**[21:13] Fujita**
Sure.
**[21:16] Fujita**
Now then,
**[21:19] Fujita**
Army Surgeon First Class Mori,
what did you come here for?
**[21:23] Ougai**
I wondered if a member of the
Supernatural Division, such as yourself,
**[21:28] Ougai**
might be able to protect that incredibly
important girl in ways that I cannot.
**[21:32] Fujita**
What?
**[21:35] Fujita**
I can't do that.
**[21:36] Ougai**
Why not?
**[21:37] Fujita**
She already turned me down.
**[21:39] Ougai**
Well, then.
**[21:41] Fujita**
She's a strange girl.
**[21:43] Ougai**
There is no other girl as good as her.
**[21:54] Fujita**
They are a boisterous bunch,
**[21:57] Fujita**
but this evening wasn't so bad.
**[22:08] Ougai**
It's all thanks to her.
**[22:12] Mei**
Okay, everyone, I've brought refills.
**[22:16] Otojiro**
Oh, how thoughtful of you.
**[22:18] Yakumo**
Thank you very much, Mei-san!
**[22:20] Kyoka**
Yuck, what is this?
**[22:20] Ougai**
*Mei...*
**[22:22] Syunso**
So this ain't alcohol?
**[22:24] Mei**
Nope. You've all had far too much to
drink, so I brought you some water.
**[22:29] Otojiro**
No way! Come on!
**[22:30] All**
Stop playing! More alcohol!
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
***SIGN*** Next Episode Preview
***SIGN*** Labyrinth of Love and Heartache
**[23:30] Ougai**
Mei, why do you gaze
at the moon?
**[23:34] Ougai**
Will you soon be
leaving my side?
# E9 - Labyrinth of Love and Heartache
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR5PG5JKR/labyrinth-of-love-and-heartache)
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***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
**[01:36] (Flashback) Classmate D**
You're Ayazuki Mei-san, right?
**[01:40] Mei**
*That was...*
**[01:43] (Flashback) Classmate A**
Apparently, that girl can see ghosts.
**[01:46] (Flashback) Classmate D**
Huh? Really?
**[01:47] (Flashback) Classmate B**
She's even friends with them.
**[01:49] (Flashback) Classmate C**
That's so weird.
**[01:52] (Flashback) Classmate A**
Right?
**[01:52] Classmate 2 & 3**
Totally.
**[01:56] Mei**
*This is...*
**[02:00] Fujita**
What is it?
**[02:04] Mei**
*The world I used to live in...*
**[02:07] Mei**
*I'll be going back there soon.*
**[02:47] Ougai**
*Mei...*
**[02:49] Ougai**
*Why do you gaze at the moon?*
**[02:53] Ougai**
*Will you soon be leaving my side?*
**[03:01] Ougai**
*Mei...*
**[03:06] Ougai**
*I will...*
**[03:09] Ougai**
*finish writing this story for you.*
**[03:15] Ougai**
* No... It will be for me, so that I will*
* finally be able to face you properly.*
***SIGN*** The Dancing Girl
**[03:42] Mei**
*There will be a full moon soon.*
**[03:48] Mei**
*And I will go back to my time.*
**[03:54] Mei**
*That's what I wanted at first, too.*
**[04:00] Mei**
*But things have changed...*
**[04:08] Mei**
I want to stay here, forever.
**[04:12] Mei**
By Ougai-san's side.
**[04:14] (Flashback) Ougai**
Then stay. Stay as long as you like.
**[04:18] (Flashback) Mei**
I want to stay!
**[04:19] (Flashback) Mei**
I want to stay with Ougai-san forever!
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
***SIGN*** Ougai's Study
**[05:01] Syunso**
What?
**[05:02] Mei**
Oh, nothing.
**[05:08] Mei**
G-Good night.
**[05:12] Fumi**
Yes, good night.
***SIGN*** Ougai's Study
**[05:30] Mei**
I haven't seen Ougai-san at all today.
***SIGN*** Labyrinth of Love
and Heartache
**[05:59] Mei**
Six o'clock...
**[06:00] Mei**
Ougai-san's bath time!
**[06:04] Mei**
If I go to the sun room now,
**[06:06] Mei**
I'll be able to catch Ougai-san
while he's bath—
**[06:11] Mei**
That's not right, is it?
**[06:33] Mei**
I at least want to say good morning to him.
**[06:40] Syunso**
What?
**[06:43] Mei**
Good morning.
**[06:45] Syunso**
Morning.
**[06:50] Fumi**
Good morning.
**[06:52] Mei**
Good morning.
**[06:54] Syunso**
What's with you lately?
**[06:57] Mei**
Oh, uh, well...
**[07:00] Fumi**
It's time for breakfast.
**[07:02] Mei**
O-Okay!
**[07:13] Syunso**
What is it?
**[07:16] Mei**
Oh, I was just wondering
if Ougai-san was coming.
**[07:20] Syunso**
He should be here soon.
**[07:22] Mei**
Right, of course.
**[07:24] Mei**
Thank you for the food!
**[07:28] Mei**
It's so good.
**[07:38] Mei**
Ougai-san is pretty late.
**[07:41] Syunso**
He's probably not coming.
**[07:43] Mei**
Huh?!
**[07:45] Syunso**
He seems to be particularly focused
on his writing at the moment.
**[07:50] Syunso**
He probably just has more to do than usual.
**[07:53] Mei**
Writing?
**[07:54] Mei**
You mean a novel?
**[07:57] Syunso**
Yes.
**[08:02] Mei**
So that's why.
**[08:07] Mei**
Then...
**[08:11] Mei**
D-Do you think there's something
I can do to help him?
**[08:17] Syunso**
Of course not.
**[08:22] Mei & Syunso**
Ougai-san!
**[08:25] Ougai**
Well, good morning.
**[08:27] Ougai**
Syunso.
**[08:28] Ougai**
Little Squirrel.
**[08:31] Mei**
G-Good morning!
**[08:36] Syunso**
G-Good morning.
**[08:40] Mei**
So! Y-You're writing a novel, Ougai-san?
**[08:51] Mei**
Fumi-san! Another serving
of hot miso soup please!
**[08:54] Fumi**
All right.
**[09:03] Ougai**
Yup.
**[09:05] Mei**
What kind of story is it?
**[09:10] Ougai**
It is...
**[09:11] Mei**
Yes?
**[09:13] Ougai**
A romance novel.
**[09:17] Mei**
Ooh, a love story!
**[09:19] Ougai**
Yes, a love story.
**[09:22] Mei**
How wonderful!
**[09:24] Mei**
I'm really looking forward
to your romance novel!
**[09:29] Mei**
I wonder what it'll be about.
**[09:31] Mei**
Will there be a big
encounter at a street corner?
**[09:33] Syunso**
What's that mean?
**[09:35] Ougai**
A big encounter... That would be nice.
**[09:39] Mei**
You really think so?
**[09:41] Ougai**
Yes.
**[09:49] Ougai**
I'll be making good progress
thanks to you, Little Squirrel.
**[10:01] Mei**
I hope I was helpful.
**[10:06] Syunso**
Seems like it.
**[10:38] Mei**
And so the lovers will probably be reunited
**[10:43] Mei**
when he's transferred into the
same class as her, right?
**[10:48] Fumi**
Pardon?
**[10:49] Mei**
"Let's see... Your desk is the one next
to hers," or something like that.
**[10:54] Fumi**
Okay...?
**[10:56] Mei**
"He doesn't have the textbooks yet,
so share yours with him."
**[10:59] Mei**
And that's where their love will start!
**[11:06] Fumi**
Umm... that sounds nice.
**[11:10] Mei**
Doesn't it though?
**[11:13] Mei**
But...
**[11:14] Mei**
That means Ougai-san is going to
shut himself up in that room again.
**[11:18] Fumi**
Yes, he must be really focused.
**[11:22] Mei**
For hours on end.
**[11:24] Mei**
How long do you think it'll take him?
**[11:27] Mei**
Till next week?
**[11:29] Fumi**
I'm not sure.
**[11:30] Mei**
Will it be the week after that, maybe?
**[11:33] Fumi**
Hopefully he will be done soon.
**[11:45] Mei**
Shhh! Doggies, shhh!
**[11:50] Mei**
Ougai-san is focusing on his work
right now, so please bark softly.
**[11:59] Mei**
Huh?
**[12:17] Mei**
He's bathing?
**[12:25] Mei**
Ougai-san's bath time is...
**[12:28] (Flashback) Ougai**
My schedule is such that I bathe each day,
morning and evening, at six o'clock.
**[12:34] Mei**
Isn't it?
***SIGN*** Midday Cannon
***SIGN*** Midday Cannon
**[12:39] Mei**
Shhh!
***SIGN*** Shhh!
**[12:43] Mei**
It's only noon, though.
***SIGN*** Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang
**[12:59] Mei**
Now what?!
**[13:01] Tenshin**
Hello there!
**[13:04] Mei**
S-Someone making a challenge?
**[13:10] Tenshin**
Pardon the intrusion!
**[13:14] Mei**
E-Excuse me, wh—
**[13:16] Tenshin**
It's fine, it's fine.
**[13:17] Tenshin**
Is Mori-kun at home?
**[13:19] Tenshin**
His sworn ally, Okakura Tenshin,
has come with a gift to show support.
**[13:28] Syunso**
Sensei!
**[13:29] Mei**
Sensei?
**[13:31] Tenshin**
Hishida-kun, where might Mori-kun be?
**[13:33] Tenshin**
The study?
**[13:34] Tenshin**
Where is the study?
**[13:35] Tenshin**
Here? Mori-kun! Not here.
**[13:38] Tenshin**
Here, maybe? Mori-kun! Not here, either.
**[13:40] Tenshin**
Mori-kun! Hey, Mori-kun!
**[13:44] Mei**
E-Excuse me!
**[13:45] Mei**
Please be quiet. Ougai-san
is currently writing.
**[13:49] Tenshin**
What? What was that?!
**[13:53] Tenshin**
He's writing? Is it *that* piece?!
**[13:56] Tenshin**
Has he finally started working
on that romance novel?!
**[13:59] Mei**
Yes... Are you familiar with it?
**[14:02] Tenshin**
Of course!
**[14:03] Tenshin**
It is the story of a young man who travels
to a foreign land and meets a beautiful woman,
**[14:07] Tenshin**
and they fall in love at first sight.
**[14:10] Mei**
It's that passionate a story?
**[14:12] Mei**
A-And what about a big explosive encounter?
**[14:15] Tenshin**
That's right.
**[14:17] Tenshin**
Dazzling days of splendid love that go bang!
**[14:20] Tenshin**
But a cruel destiny will soon strike
them like a bolt of lightning, ba-boom!
**[14:27] Tenshin**
And two people in love are torn apart!
**[14:30] Mei**
What? No way!
**[14:32] Tenshin**
Eventually, as the man returns
home to Japan on a ship,
**[14:35] Tenshin**
he sheds a single tear as he thinks
about the woman he left behind.
**[14:40] Mei**
An unexpectedly tragic love story!
**[14:42] Tenshin**
A man who chose his country over love!
**[14:44] Tenshin**
A woman left behind all alone!
**[14:46] Tenshin**
Oh, Mori-kun!
**[14:48] Tenshin**
How will you depict those
emotions, Mori-kun?
**[14:51] Mei**
E-Excuse me!
**[14:55] Mei**
Ougai-san!
**[14:57] Tenshin**
Well now, there you are, Mori-kun!
**[14:59] Tenshin**
Is writing going well?
I brought you sweet buns!
**[15:02] Tenshin**
I have high expectations, Mori-kun!
**[15:04] Tenshin**
Of a story that makes my
blood boil with passion!
**[15:06] Tenshin**
A bittersweet, tearjerker of a love story!
**[15:09] Tenshin**
Write your heart out!
**[15:11] Tenshin**
When will you be finished? Next week?
Or the week after that?
**[15:14] Syunso**
Sensei, let's just leave it at that...
**[15:17] Tenshin**
Oh, Hishida-kun!
**[15:19] Tenshin**
How is that painting going?
**[15:21] Tenshin**
Have you painted that black cat?
**[15:22] Tenshin**
How are your eyes?
**[15:24] Syunso**
Well...
**[15:25] Tenshin**
Not yet? Okay, then! Hurry up
and paint it, lickity-split!
**[15:28] Tenshin**
I have huge expectations for you!
**[15:30] Tenshin**
When will it be finished? Next week?
The week after that?
**[15:33] Mei**
About that...
**[15:36] Tenshin**
Well then, I will come by
again the week after next.
**[15:38] Tenshin**
Thank you for having me.
**[15:41] Mei**
Umm... who was that?
**[15:44] Syunso**
My art teacher.
**[15:45] Ougai**
My drinking buddy.
**[15:47] Syunso & Ougai**
He's not a bad person, deep down.
**[15:49] Mei**
Okay...
**[15:52] Mei**
Where are you going, Ougai-san?
**[15:56] Ougai**
I thought I would bathe myself.
**[15:58] Mei**
Huh? Didn't you just do that?
**[16:06] Ougai**
Oh, I guess I did.
**[16:09] Ougai**
Well, then.
**[16:13] Ougai**
Thank you, Little Squirrel.
**[16:17] Mei**
Oh, sure.
**[16:21] ---**
I-...
**[16:24] Mei**
I wish you luck.
**[16:37] Ougai**
What's wrong with me? What am I doing?
**[16:47] Mei**
I don't want to bother
him while he's writing,
**[16:50] Mei**
but I just want to be with him for a bit.
**[16:56] Mei**
*The moon will be full soon.*
**[17:00] Mei**
* I want to spend as much*
* time with him as I can until then.*
**[17:21] Charlie**
'Ello, Mei-chan. Good even—
**[17:27] Charlie**
Ouchie...
**[17:29] Mei**
Huh?
**[17:30] Mei**
C-Charlie-san! I'm so sorry.
**[17:34] Charlie**
No worries, no worries!
**[17:36] Charlie**
In fact, I wouldn't mind at all if you
hit and kicked me while cursing at me.
**[17:41] Mei**
Pervert!
**[17:42] Mei**
Oh, sorry.
**[17:44] Charlie**
Totally fine!
**[17:45] Mei**
What are you doing here, anyway?
**[17:50] Charlie**
I just had a feeling you
might want to talk to me.
**[17:54] Mei**
Huh?
**[17:55] Charlie**
It's not much longer, Mei-chan,
till the full moon.
**[18:01] Charlie**
I've kept you waiting
quite a while, haven't I?
**[18:03] Charlie**
Ah, but you just need to
be patient a little longer.
**[18:07] Charlie**
Once there's a full moon,
I will finally send you back
**[18:10] Charlie**
to your time in a flash, just as you wished!
**[18:19] Charlie**
Eh?
**[18:20] Charlie**
What's the matter, Mei-chan?
**[18:23] Mei**
Umm... Charlie-san?
**[18:25] Charlie**
Hm?
**[18:27] Mei**
I don't want to go back.
**[18:31] Charlie**
Huh?
**[18:33] Charlie**
Wha—?!
**[18:35] Mei**
I don't want to go back!
**[18:40] Mei**
Even I didn't expect that
I would feel this way.
**[18:46] Mei**
But I... I want to stay with
Ougai-san much, much longer!
**[18:52] Mei**
I want to stay with Ougai-san!
**[18:59] Charlie**
T-That's quite unexpected!
**[19:04] Charlie**
Oh my, I never would have even
imagined you would say such a thing.
**[19:11] Mei**
I'm sorry...
**[19:12] Charlie**
This is unexpected.
**[19:14] Charlie**
Unexpected, but...
**[19:16] Charlie**
In that case...
**[19:19] Charlie**
Why don't you stay?
**[19:26] Mei**
Huh?
**[19:28] Charlie**
If that's what you really want to do,
then you should stay.
**[19:32] Mei**
Wha? C-Can I?
**[19:34] Charlie**
Sure.
**[19:37] Mei**
Can I stay here forever?
**[19:42] Charlie**
Sure.
**[19:44] Mei**
Really?
**[19:47] Charlie**
Yes.
**[19:48] Mei**
Truly?
**[19:49] Charlie**
Truly.
**[19:50] Mei**
Really and truly?
**[19:52] Charlie**
Yes, really and truly.
**[19:55] Mei**
I'll stay, then!
**[19:57] Mei**
I will stay here!
**[20:04] Charlie**
Mei-chan, it's a good thing
you met Ougai-san, isn't it?
**[20:09] Mei**
Yes, it really is.
**[20:12] Mei**
And now I can stay with
Ougai-san forever, can't I?
**[20:16] Charlie**
Yes, you can.
**[20:18] Charlie**
But!
**[20:20] Charlie**
Feel free to tell me if you ever
change your mind, Mei-chan.
**[20:24] Mei**
I won't!
**[20:25] Mei**
I have no doubts. I'll be fine!
**[20:28] Mei**
Thank you, Charlie-san!
**[20:30] Charlie**
You're welcome.
**[20:32] Charlie**
Instead of thanking me,
**[20:34] Charlie**
I wouldn't mind if you gave me a
swift kick or slapped me again.
**[20:37] Mei**
You're such a creep, Charlie-san!
**[20:42] Charlie**
Well then, Mei-chan, sweet dreams.
**[20:59] Mei**
What a strange person Charlie-san is.
**[21:10] Ougai**
Mei...
**[21:14] Ougai**
* Why do you gaze*
* at the moon?*
**[21:20] Ougai**
*When the moon becomes full again,*
**[21:24] Ougai**
*will you disappear before my eyes?*
**[21:30] Ougai**
* Just as you suddenly appeared before*
* me on that night of the full moon,*
**[21:37] Ougai**
*will you suddenly...*
**[21:42] Ougai**
*Mei...*
**[21:44] Ougai**
*I will finish writing this story.*
**[21:49] Ougai**
*In order to face myself.*
***SIGN*** The Dancing Girl
**[21:52] Ougai**
*Before you suddenly vanish...*
**[21:55] Ougai**
*Mei, I...*
**[22:27] Ougai**
*Elise...*
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
***SIGN*** Next Episode Preview
***SIGN*** Escaping at 3 O'Clock in the Afternoon
**[23:30] Ougai**
It doesn't matter.
**[23:32] Ougai**
Not if I can't face my past or my present.
**[23:35] Mei**
I love you even when
you're upset, Ougai-san.
# E10 - Escaping at 3 O'Clock in the Afternoon
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G63K94PW6/escaping-at-3-oclock-in-the-afternoon)
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***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
**[01:46] Ougai**
Elise...
***SIGN*** The Dancing Girl
**[01:51] Ougai**
You won't let me keep writing?
**[01:55] Ougai**
Do you still resent me?
**[02:14] Ougai**
Elise...
**[02:17] Ougai**
If you refuse to let me write...
**[02:22] Ougai**
Then so be it.
**[02:25] Ougai**
The moon will be full soon,
**[02:28] Ougai**
and she will disappear from me
**[02:36] Ougai**
just as quickly as she appeared
**[02:39] Ougai**
on the night of the last full moon.
**[02:45] Ougai**
I am out of time.
**[02:47] Ougai**
I have run out of time.
***SIGN*** Escaping at 3 O'Clock in the Afternoon
**[03:02] Mei**
Meow, meow, mreow-mreow-mreow?
**[03:05] Mei**
Meow, meow?
**[03:07] Syunso**
What are you doing?
**[03:08] Mei**
I'm asking if he knows a black cat.
**[03:11] Mei**
See, he looks just like Pork Loin
from Fujita-san's house.
**[03:14] Mei**
Meow?
**[03:16] Syunso**
Can he even understand you?
**[03:18] Mei**
He can! He can understand
my feelings, at least.
**[03:25] Mei**
*He can understand my feelings.*
**[03:30] (Flashback) Charlie**
If that's what you really want to do,
then you should stay.
**[03:35] Mei**
*Yes. I will keep waiting for you, Ougai-san.*
**[03:46] Ougai**
Little Squirrel.
**[03:50] Ougai**
Would you like to go indulge
in some sweets with me?
**[03:54] Ougai**
You too, of course, Syunso.
**[03:57] Mei**
Yes! Gladly!
**[04:03] Ougai**
Why didn't Syunso join us, I wonder?
**[04:05] Mei**
Well, he mentioned something about
his stomach suddenly hurting.
**[04:11] Ougai**
All right, then.
**[04:17] (Flashback) Mei**
We'll be going now, Syunso-san!
**[04:21] Syunso**
*You seem so happy and full of smiles*
**[04:24] Syunso**
*whenever Ougai-san is around...*
**[04:36] Daichi**
So, Tatsuno-san, why does Tokyo Station
use header bond brickwork?
**[04:40] Tatsuno**
Tokyo Station? Are you referring
to the Tokyo Railway Station?
**[04:44] Tatsuno**
I am still working on the design for it,
**[04:47] Tatsuno**
but what did you just say
about header bond brickwork?
**[04:49] Daichi**
I was just thinking that erecting such a large
building with header bond brickwork would be unusual.
**[04:52] Tatsuno**
Wait, that's actually a good idea.
**[04:53] Mei**
Thank you for the food!
**[04:54] Tatsuno**
So does the header bond with facing bricks?
**[04:57] Mei**
It's absolutely scrumptious!
**[05:01] Ougai**
You really seem to be enjoying it.
**[05:04] Ougai**
Getting to see how much you
enjoy it is enough for me.
**[05:09] Mei**
No way, that's silly.
**[05:11] Mei**
So, Ougai-san, how goes the
progress on your novel?
**[05:17] Mei**
Maybe I shouldn't have asked about it?
**[05:20] Mei**
Y-You know,
**[05:21] Mei**
Yakumo-san calls Fujita-san's
place Café Fujita.
**[05:26] Mei**
He has a dish there called the Goro Special,
and it looks really good.
**[05:30] Ougai**
Indeed, your expression of
delight is truly delicious.
**[05:37] Mei**
* I-I probably shouldn't ask*
* him about his novel.*
**[05:42] Mei**
I wonder if Otojiro-san will end up
**[05:44] Mei**
playing the role of Shirayuki in
that play Kyoka-san wrote?
**[05:48] Mei**
I'm really glad he was able to
finish writing it so soon.
**[05:53] Mei**
Oh, I-I'm so sorry! I-I wasn't thinking...
**[05:57] Mei**
You finally have a chance
to relax. I'm sorry.
**[06:04] Ougai**
Would you like to order some red
bean soup as well, Little Squirrel?
**[06:07] Mei**
I-Is that all right?
**[06:08] Ougai**
Of course.
**[06:18] Mei**
It's so sweet! I'm so happy!
**[06:28] Ougai**
I... am thinking about quitting writing.
**[06:36] Mei**
Huh?
**[06:38] ---**
Y...
**[06:41] Mei**
You mean as a profession?
**[06:48] Ougai**
I can't write.
**[06:52] Ougai**
Besides...
**[06:56] Ougai**
You are right here with me now,
**[07:01] Ougai**
and I think that is more than enough.
**[07:09] Mei**
I'm glad to hear that, but...
**[07:19] Ougai**
I thought you would be more pleased.
**[07:27] Tatsuno**
I'll try doing the framework
in the British style.
**[07:29] Daichi**
British style? That sounds like chaos!
**[07:31] Mei**
But I would like to read it.
**[07:34] Mei**
I would like to read your novel, Ougai-san.
**[07:36] Mei**
So...
**[07:46] Ougai**
I can't write it.
**[08:08] Mei**
I know...
**[08:13] Mei**
...that it's probably rather
impertinent for me to say this,
**[08:17] Mei**
since I can't do anything and
I don't know anything...
**[08:23] Mei**
But I want you to keep writing
your novel, Ougai-san.
**[08:32] Mei**
Quitting in the middle just
doesn't seem like you...
**[08:58] Syunso**
Hey...
**[09:00] Mei**
Syunso-san?
**[09:01] Syunso**
Got a minute?
**[09:37] Syunso**
The story Ougai-san
is trying to write...
**[09:41] Syunso**
It's...
**[09:44] Syunso**
about him and his former lover.
**[09:50] Syunso**
Ougai-san is trying to write
a novel about the lover
**[09:55] Syunso**
he met while studying abroad.
**[10:00] Syunso**
They met in Germany and fell in love.
**[10:05] Syunso**
They considered spending
the rest of their lives together.
**[10:09] Syunso**
But...
**[10:10] Syunso**
Since Ougai-san had studied abroad
for the sake of his country,
**[10:14] Syunso**
those around him were
against him marrying her.
**[10:18] Syunso**
He was only permitted to live as
a public figure, not as an individual.
**[10:26] Syunso**
And so Ougai-san decided
to break it off with her.
**[10:35] Ougai**
Elise...
**[10:39] Syunso**
I believe he regrets that, even now.
**[10:46] Ougai**
Elise... I know.
**[10:51] Ougai**
I know you will not let me write.
**[10:56] Ougai**
I assure you...
**[10:58] Ougai**
I have quit writing altogether.
**[11:02] Ougai**
So please...
**[11:04] Ougai**
Stop appearing to me!
**[11:11] Ougai**
Elise...
**[11:15] Syunso**
That story traces the path of
why his heart was closed off.
**[11:22] Syunso**
That's why he can't write it.
**[11:26] Mei**
Why is he trying to write
such a painful story?
**[11:33] Syunso**
For you.
**[11:36] Syunso**
Ougai-san is currently
trying to face his past.
**[11:43] Syunso**
He is doing it for you,
because you're here now.
**[11:50] Mei**
He's putting himself through
all that suffering... for me?
**[12:52] Mei**
Ougai-san...?
***SIGN*** The Dancing Girl
**[13:20] Syunso**
Hey!
**[13:29] Fumi**
Oh, Mei-san.
**[13:30] Mei**
Fumi-san!
**[13:33] Fumi**
I saw Ougai-san just now.
**[13:36] Fumi**
We passed one another over there,
but when I tried to call out to him,
**[13:39] Fumi**
it was like he couldn't hear.
He was completely out of it.
**[13:44] Mei**
Thank you so much, Fumi-san!
**[14:01] Mei**
Ougai-san!
**[14:03] Mei**
*Ougai-san!*
**[14:07] Mei**
Ougai-san!
**[14:12] Not Ougai**
Can I help you?
**[14:14] Mei**
Oh, pardon me!
**[14:15] Not Ougai**
Well now, you're quite the looker.
**[14:17] Mei**
I was mistaken!
**[14:31] Syunso**
What are you doing?
**[14:33] Mei**
I might have driven Ougai-san away.
**[14:39] Mei**
All because I didn't know anything!
**[14:42] Syunso**
Even if that's true, Ougai-san
is not such a weak person.
**[14:46] Mei**
Y-You may be right.
**[14:50] Mei**
But still...
**[14:51] Mei**
I can't just do nothing while
Ougai-san is suffering.
**[14:58] Syunso**
I can't stand to see you like this!
**[15:13] Mei**
Thank you, Syunso-san.
**[15:20] Mei**
I am fine now.
**[15:30] Mei**
*I'm fine. I'm fine.*
**[15:46] Syunso**
Mei!
**[16:16] Ougai**
You are...
**[16:21] Ougai**
an illusion that I've created.
**[16:24] Ougai**
You are the very weakness of my heart.
**[16:28] Ougai**
I knew that from the beginning.
**[16:33] Ougai**
I thought you would disappear
if I stopped writing, though.
**[16:40] Ougai**
Elise...
**[16:42] Ougai**
I never imagined...
**[16:50] Ougai**
that facing you would
bring me this much pain.
**[16:55] Ougai**
I give up, Elise. I won't write anymore.
**[17:01] Ougai**
No...
**[17:07] Ougai**
I can't write.
**[17:11] Ougai**
I never thought that I was so pathetic
**[17:14] Ougai**
that I wouldn't be able to
face either my past or my present.
**[17:27] Ougai**
Elise...
**[17:30] Mei**
Ougai-san!
**[17:34] Mei**
Thank goodness.
**[17:36] Mei**
I finally found you!
**[17:45] Ougai**
Please don't look at me while I'm like this.
**[17:51] Mei**
I love you even when
you're upset, Ougai-san.
**[17:58] Mei**
I truly do.
**[18:03] Mei**
I will read it.
**[18:05] Mei**
No matter what the story is,
or how sad it may be.
**[18:12] Ougai**
No, I can't...
**[18:15] Mei**
You can write it!
**[18:17] Mei**
I am positive that you can write it.
**[18:22] Mei**
It is the story that you struggled
so hard and suffered for.
**[18:26] Mei**
I am absolutely certain that
it will be a wonderful story.
**[18:39] Mei**
And if... And if you absolutely...
**[18:45] Mei**
Absolutely cannot do it, Ougai-san,
**[18:49] Mei**
you can just
**[18:52] Mei**
escape from it with me.
**[18:57] Mei**
We'll go somewhere nice, like a hot spring.
**[19:09] Ougai**
Mei...
**[19:10] Mei**
Yes?
**[19:12] Ougai**
Stay with me forever, Mei.
**[19:17] Ougai**
Stay by my side forever.
**[19:23] Mei**
Yes, I will.
**[19:26] Mei**
I will always be by your side.
**[19:39] Syunso**
*Mei, you are incredibly strong.*
**[19:59] Mei**
This fell on the study floor.
**[20:23] Ougai**
Elise...
**[21:17] Mei**
You finished writing it!
**[21:20] Ougai**
I did.
**[21:24] Ougai**
And it is entirely thanks to you, Mei.
**[21:29] Ougai**
Thank you.
**[21:31] Mei**
I didn't really do anything,
**[21:34] Mei**
but it makes me glad to hear you say that.
**[21:36] Mei**
I'm looking forward to reading it.
**[21:39] Ougai**
No, you don't get to read it, Little Squirrel.
**[21:41] Mei**
What? Why not?
**[21:49] (Flashback) Mei**
I am going to find the black cat.
**[21:52] (Flashback) Mei**
I want to see your finished painting!
**[21:57] Syunso**
*I'm sure I can paint it now.*
**[22:21] Syunso**
My eyes...!
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
***SIGN*** Next Episode Preview
***SIGN*** Chat Noir Won't Look Back
**[23:30] Mei**
Syunso-san...
**[23:32] Mei**
If having the surgery means
you can get better, I...
**[23:35] Syunso**
There's no guarantee I'll get
better if I have the surgery.
# E11 - Chat Noir Won't Look Back
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRME5KW7Y/chat-noir-wont-look-back)
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***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
**[01:38] Ougai**
What do you think?
**[01:40] Mei**
It's lovely.
**[01:42] Fumi**
It's very nice.
**[01:44] Ougai**
Do you like it, Little Squirrel?
**[01:46] Mei**
I do!
**[01:49] Mei**
Huh?
**[01:50] Ougai**
Have you forgotten? This is the
dress you will wear to the party.
**[01:54] Mei**
Party?
**[01:56] Ougai**
Where I will formally present you.
**[01:58] Mei**
Eh? This is for me, then?
**[02:02] Ougai**
Yes.
**[02:05] Fumi**
You will look like a princess
from a fairy tale, Mei-san.
**[02:17] Ougai**
Syunso!
**[02:19] Syunso**
Yes?
**[02:20] Ougai**
What do you think?
**[02:23] Syunso**
Well...
**[02:31] Syunso**
It's nice.
**[02:37] Ougai**
It truly is, isn't it?
**[02:39] Ougai**
I was especially particular
about this part of the design.
**[02:44] Syunso**
Ah, yes. It's very nice.
**[02:51] Ougai**
I knew you'd get it, Syunso.
**[02:53] Ougai**
Ready, Fumi-san?
**[02:55] Fumi**
Yes!
**[02:56] Ougai & Fumi**
Measuring, measuring, measuring!
**[02:59] Ougai & Fumi**
Measuring, measuring, measuring!
**[03:02] Ougai**
You help measure, too, Syunso.
**[03:05] Syunso**
A-All right.
**[03:16] Ougai & Fumi**
Measuring, measuring, measuring!
**[03:19] Ougai & Fumi**
Measuring, measuring, measuring!
**[03:21] Syunso**
Umm... Can you actually
measure her like this?
**[03:22] Ougai & Fumi**
Measuring, measuring, measuring!
**[03:25] Ougai & Fumi**
Measur—
**[03:29] Ougai**
Very perceptive, Syunso.
**[03:35] Tailor**
Leave this to us.
**[03:38] Assistant**
Please come this way, Miss.
**[03:40] Ougai**
Let's leave these things
to the professional tailor.
**[03:43] Ougai**
Now, Mei.
**[03:44] Mei**
Uh, yes?
**[03:46] Ougai**
These are the final touches,
my little squirrel.
**[03:51] Ougai**
No... My fiancée.
**[03:55] Mei**
O-Okay.
***SIGN*** Chat Noir Won't Look Back
**[04:24] Fumi**
Oh, dear...
**[04:27] Mei**
What is it, Fumi-san?
**[04:29] Fumi**
Well, I was planning to
shave the bonito flakes,
**[04:34] Fumi**
but this...
**[04:36] Mei**
Huh? It's full of brushes.
**[04:39] Fumi**
This is Syunso-san's brush case.
**[04:43] Fumi**
The box looks somewhat similar
to the bonito shaver,
**[04:46] Fumi**
so he must have grabbed that
one on his way out by mistake.
**[04:49] Mei**
Huh? On his way out to where?
**[04:52] Fumi**
School.
**[04:54] Mei**
School?
**[04:55] Mei**
Oh, that's right. Ougai-san did mention
that Syunso-san is an art student.
**[05:00] Fumi**
Syunso-san must be missing this.
**[05:04] Mei**
You're probably right.
I'll take it to him.
**[05:08] Mei**
Where is his school?
**[05:10] Fumi**
It's the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in Ueno.
**[05:13] Mei**
Got it. I'll get going.
**[05:16] Fumi**
Mei-san, what about lunch?
**[05:18] Mei**
I'll eat a bunch when I get back!
**[05:22] Fumi**
Okay!
***SIGN*** Tokyo School of Fine Arts
***SIGN*** Self-Study Draw the Air Okakura Tenshin
**[05:34] Taikan**
Huh? What the heck?
**[05:36] Taikan**
What's "draw the air" supposed
to mean, Okakura-sensei?
**[05:41] Taikan**
Hey, Syunso!
**[05:44] Taikan**
Hey!
**[05:45] Taikan**
I'm talking you, Syunso!
**[05:49] Taikan**
What's that?
**[05:51] Taikan**
What're you bringing
bonito to school for?
**[05:54] Syunso**
T-Taikan!
**[05:57] Taikan**
You know this an art school, right?
**[05:59] Taikan**
Not a cooking school.
**[06:01] Syunso**
You're being too loud.
**[06:03] Male Student A**
What's going on?
**[06:03] Male Student B**
Syunso brought katsuobushi to school.
**[06:04] Male Student C**
Is this a new technique?
That's so you, Syunso.
**[06:09] Taikan**
Come on, Syunso. Don't go getting all mopey.
**[06:13] Taikan**
I'll let you borrow my stuff, so cheer up.
**[06:15] Taikan**
First things first, what does this even...
**[06:20] Mei**
Excuse me...
**[06:22] Mei**
Sorry to bother you,
but I'm looking for someone...
**[06:28] Syunso**
It's you!
**[06:29] Mei**
Oh, Syunso-san!
**[06:34] Male Students**
Syunso-san?!
**[06:35] Mei**
I'm so glad I found you, Syunso-san!
**[06:38] Syunso**
H-Hey...
**[06:40] Male Students**
I-It's a girl! A girl, a girl, a girl!
**[06:44] Male Students**
Syunso's girlfriend!
**[06:46] Taikan**
Wha?!
**[06:47] Male Student**
Syunso, you jerk!
**[06:48] Male Student**
Take that, and that!
**[06:49] Male Student**
Inexcusable!
**[06:50] Male Student**
I'm so jealous!
**[06:53] Male Student**
Wait! Syunso!
**[06:53] Taikan**
Wait, hey!
**[07:02] Syunso**
Why did you come here?
**[07:04] Mei**
Oh, I came to bring you this.
**[07:13] Mei**
Do you not actually need it?
**[07:16] Mei**
Should I not have...?
**[07:20] Syunso**
No, I need it.
**[07:27] Syunso**
They're my painting tools, after all.
**[07:29] Mei**
I'm glad.
**[07:36] Syunso**
Thanks.
**[07:38] Mei**
Sure.
**[07:40] Syunso**
Sorry about that.
My classmates were making a fuss.
**[07:46] Mei**
I'm sorry I made them mistake
me for your girlfriend.
**[07:55] Syunso**
It's fine.
**[07:56] Mei**
Huh?
**[08:00] Syunso**
I don't mind.
**[08:03] Mei**
Oh, okay. Huh?
**[08:05] Taikan**
Syunso!
**[08:10] Syunso**
Taikan.
**[08:12] Taikan**
You're holding out on me, Syunso.
**[08:15] Taikan**
I can't believe a blockhead like
you has such a cute girlfriend.
**[08:20] Taikan**
You'd better introduce me.
**[08:22] Syunso**
It's not like that, though.
**[08:24] Taikan**
I'm Yokoyama Taikan.
**[08:26] Taikan**
Syunso's best friend.
**[08:29] Mei**
Nice to meet you. I'm Ayazuki Mei.
**[08:33] Taikan**
Mei, huh? Even your name is cute.
**[08:37] Taikan**
Well done, Syunso! You jerk!
**[08:40] Syunso**
Stop it.
**[08:42] Mei**
Y-You're mistaken. I'm not
Syunso-san's girlfriend!
**[08:46] Taikan**
Huh? Is that true?
**[08:48] Syunso**
Yeah...
**[08:49] Taikan**
That means I can be a candidate.
**[08:55] Syunso**
Hey!
**[08:56] Taikan**
Just kidding.
**[08:58] Taikan**
You brought Syunso the stuff he forgot,
didn't you? Thanks for that.
**[09:02] Taikan**
Come on, Syunso. You thank her, too.
**[09:04] Syunso**
K-Knock it off all ready.
**[09:09] Taikan**
Feeling better now?
**[09:11] Taikan**
I get worried when you get
all bent out of shape.
**[09:15] Taikan**
The exhibition is coming up.
**[09:17] Taikan**
If you can't keep painting,
all our ambition will be ruined.
**[09:21] Syunso**
Our ambition?
**[09:22] Taikan**
We talked about it long into
the morning just recently.
**[09:25] Taikan**
We're going to revolutionize the art
world at the next exhibition, aren't we?
**[09:32] Syunso**
Yeah, that's right.
**[09:36] Taikan**
How's your progress?
**[09:37] Taikan**
I'm just putting the finishing
touches on things.
**[09:41] Taikan**
What about your black cat painting?
**[09:46] Mei**
*The black cat?*
**[09:50] Taikan**
It'll be ready in time for
the exhibition, right?
**[09:56] Taikan**
Syunso?
**[10:01] Syunso**
I might not make it.
**[10:13] Taikan**
Hey, what's that supposed to mean?
**[10:19] Syunso**
I can't paint.
**[10:25] Taikan**
Huh? What're you talking about?
**[10:35] (Flashback) Taikan**
What's that?
**[10:37] (Flashback) Taikan**
Isn't that a katsuobushi shaver?
**[10:39] Taikan**
You can't mean...
**[10:44] Taikan**
Hey, Syunso, weren't you
supposed to go to the doctor?!
**[10:51] Taikan**
You didn't go?!
**[10:58] Taikan**
D-Dumbass!
**[11:01] Taikan**
What the hell are you thinking?!
**[11:02] Taikan**
You're really not going to
be able to see at this rate!
**[11:06] Taikan**
Why?
**[11:08] Taikan**
It might get better if you
have the surgery, right?
**[11:11] Mei**
Surgery?
**[11:13] Taikan**
Syunso.
**[11:16] Taikan**
Say something, Syunso.
**[11:21] Taikan**
Are you giving up?
**[11:23] Taikan**
Are you really okay with that?
**[11:26] Taikan**
If you're giving up,
then I'll just do it myself!
**[11:30] Taikan**
Hishida Syunso won't be the one
to revolutionize the art world.
**[11:35] Taikan**
Yokoyama Taikan will.
**[11:37] Taikan**
I will make the world notice me!
**[11:41] Taikan**
That's what'll happen if you
don't go to the doctor!
**[11:44] Taikan**
Is that what you really want, Syunso?!
**[12:03] Taikan**
Fine! Do whatever you want!
**[12:12] Taikan**
Please, go to the doctor!
**[12:34] Mei**
Umm...
**[12:37] Mei**
I didn't know about your eyes.
**[12:41] Mei**
Is it that bad?
**[12:51] Mei**
If having the surgery means
you can get better, I—
**[12:55] Syunso**
There's no guarantee
**[13:00] Syunso**
I'll get better if I have the surgery.
**[13:03] Syunso**
If it fails, I will go blind.
**[13:09] Syunso**
I don't have the black cat
to show at the exhibition.
**[13:12] Syunso**
And I can't keep my promise with Taikan
to revolutionize the art world.
**[13:17] Syunso**
It's all over now.
**[13:20] Mei**
I will search for the black cat
all day, every day, starting today.
**[13:25] Mei**
So please don't say it's all over!
**[13:32] Mei**
Go to the hospital...
**[13:50] Mei**
Syunso-san!
**[13:59] Syunso**
It's all over now.
**[14:04] Mei**
You can't just give up!
**[14:10] Syunso**
Please just leave me alone.
**[14:38] Syunso**
*All I see when I close my eyes is darkness.*
**[14:46] Syunso**
* This calms me more*
* than looking at blurred scenery.*
**[14:54] Syunso**
*I don't want colors, shapes,*
**[14:56] Syunso**
*or anything anymore.*
**[15:07] Syunso**
*Why do you look at me like that?*
**[15:13] Syunso**
*I can't paint anymore.*
**[15:21] Mei**
Syunso-san!
**[15:22] Mei**
Syunso-san!
**[15:25] Syunso**
*You always shine so brilliantly.*
**[15:31] Syunso**
*It's so bright...*
**[15:38] Syunso**
*I can't see anymore.*
**[15:42] Syunso**
*In truth,*
**[15:46] Syunso**
*I'm afraid of the dark*
**[15:51] Syunso**
*and the future I can't see.*
**[15:55] Mei**
Syunso-san!
**[15:58] Mei**
Syunso-san, here you go.
**[16:04] Mei**
Some of them got a little dirty,
but I think this is all of them.
**[16:09] Mei**
One was caught in a tree,
**[16:11] Mei**
another fell into a puddle,
**[16:13] Mei**
a few of them were in the grass,
**[16:15] Mei**
and a dog almost ate another one.
**[16:18] Mei**
It was pretty tough gathering them all up.
**[16:22] Syunso**
You...
**[16:25] Mei**
Syunso-san, you made me a promise.
**[16:31] Mei**
Do you remember?
**[16:35] Mei**
You were going to paint me.
**[16:42] Mei**
Please paint me.
**[16:49] Syunso**
But I...
**[16:53] Syunso**
My eyes...
**[17:02] Syunso**
I want to paint you.
**[17:18] Syunso**
I've always wanted to draw you.
**[17:23] Syunso**
These gentle and graceful curves...
**[17:29] Syunso**
This skin, soft and supple like fruit...
**[17:34] Syunso**
This long, flowing hair...
**[17:40] Syunso**
I have always admired you within the light.
**[17:46] Mei**
Syunso-san...
**[17:50] Syunso**
This feeling may be a fleeting thing,
**[17:54] Syunso**
but if I can make it last forever by
reproducing it in a painting, then I...
**[18:02] Syunso**
I want to paint you.
**[18:15] Syunso**
I want to paint.
**[18:17] Syunso**
I want to paint again.
**[18:20] Syunso**
I don't want to give up!
**[18:37] Mei**
Syunso-san.
**[18:42] Mei**
Wait!
**[18:52] Mei**
We found the black cat.
**[18:55] Mei**
The black cat!
**[18:57] Mei**
Syunso-san, let's go!
**[19:00] Mei**
We've found the black cat.
**[19:04] Syunso**
Where are we going?
**[19:06] Mei**
Back home.
**[19:26] Syunso**
It came back...
**[19:34] Syunso**
Welcome home.
**[19:46] Ougai**
Marvelous.
**[19:49] Ougai**
How absolutely marvelous.
**[19:54] Ougai**
You finally finished it.
**[19:57] Mei**
Ougai-san.
**[19:59] Ougai**
Syunso.
**[20:01] Syunso**
Yes?
**[20:11] Ougai**
That's a good expression.
**[20:16] Ougai**
Congratulations, Syunso!
**[20:18] Ougai**
I am so happy. Truly wonderful
indeed! That's my Syunso.
**[20:22] Syunso**
Come on, no, s-stop...
**[20:27] Ougai**
I am so, so glad.
**[20:31] Syunso**
Ougai-san...
**[20:36] Ougai**
Little Squirrel.
**[20:37] Mei**
Yes?
**[20:39] Ougai**
What kind of magic did you use?
**[20:42] Mei**
What? I-I didn't do anything so special.
**[20:46] Ougai**
Honestly, you are something else.
**[20:49] Ougai**
Syunso, starting today, you will no
longer call her Little Squirrel,
**[20:53] Ougai**
you will call her Madame Squirrel.
**[20:54] Syunso**
You're the only one who
calls her Little Squirrel.
**[20:58] Mei**
I finally got to meet the black cat.
**[21:03] Mei**
What a beautiful cat.
**[21:05] Mei**
Its black fur is so soft.
**[21:09] Mei**
With golden eyes that remind me of the moon—
**[21:29] Ougai**
Mei!
***SIGN*** Koizumi Yakumo
***SIGN*** Mori Ougai Anthology
**[21:50] Ougai**
Mei...
**[21:58] Ougai**
Mei!
**[22:06] Mei**
I remember...
**[22:11] Mei**
everything.
***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
***SIGN*** Next Episode Preview
***SIGN*** Embraced by the Strawberry Moon
**[23:30] Mei**
I was able to truly be myself
because Ougai-san was there.
**[23:37] Mei**
I love you, Ougai-san.
# E12 - Embraced by the Strawberry Moon
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***SIGN*** Meiji Tokyo Renka
**[01:31] Mei**
*I remember...*
**[01:35] Mei**
*everything.*
**[01:38] Mei**
*Everything about the modern day and myself.*
**[01:45] Mei**
*My home is a small antique shop.*
**[01:51] Mei**
*I live there among the antiques.*
**[01:55] Mei**
* And I had lots of friends*
* to keep me company.*
**[01:59] (Flashback) Ghost A**
Mei-chan, what are you doing?
**[02:01] (Flashback) Young Mei**
Playing with blocks!
**[02:02] (Flashback) Ghost B**
That looks hard.
**[02:03] (Flashback) Young Mei**
It's really easy. Look!
**[02:06] (Flashback) Young Mei**
Huh?
**[02:08] (Flashback) Ghost A**
You're so funny, Mei-chan.
**[02:11] Mei**
* Now that I think about it,*
* those friends were ghosts.*
**[02:16] Mei**
*But that was all normal to me.*
**[02:21] (Flashback) Middle School Classmate**
Did you know? Apparently, that girl
can see ghosts.
**[02:24] (Flashback) Middle School Classmate**
Whoa, really?
**[02:27] Mei**
*That was when I realized it was just me.*
**[02:30] Mei**
*I couldn't stand being so different.*
**[02:34] Mei**
*So, I covered my ears*
**[02:36] Mei**
* and stopped interacting with*
* both humans and ghosts.*
**[02:41] Mei**
*But, still, sometimes...*
**[02:43] (Flashback) Charlie**
Mei-chan, Mei-chan!
**[02:46] Mei**
*A voice would keep calling out to me,*
**[02:49] Mei**
*and I blocked that voice out as well.*
**[02:57] Mei**
* It was so much easier not to*
* interact with anyone or anything.*
**[03:02] Mei**
*I was more at peace by myself.*
**[03:05] Mei**
*But...*
**[03:07] (Flashback) Classmate D**
You're Ayazuki Mei-san, right?
**[03:09] (Flashback) Classmate D**
Do you wanna come with us?
**[03:13] Mei**
*When that girl invited me to go with them...*
**[03:17] (Flashback) Mei**
Oh, I'll have to pass.
**[03:18] (Flashback) Classmate D**
Y-You sure?
**[03:19] (Flashback) Classmate A**
Forget about her.
**[03:20] (Flashback) Classmate B**
She's always by herself.
**[03:22] (Flashback) Classmate D**
Really?
**[03:23] (Flashback) Classmate C**
She seems to like it that way.
**[03:24] (Flashback) Classmate D**
Really?
**[03:25] (Flashback) Classmate A**
She's been able to hear ghosts
talking since we were kids.
**[03:27] Mei**
*I'm sure that this time... this time...*
**[03:32] Mei**
*Then I was sent back into Meiji-era Tokyo*
**[03:38] Mei**
*by Charlie-san's magic.*
**[03:43] Mei**
*And I met Ougai-san.*
**[03:46] Mei**
* Coming here changed me into*
* someone totally different.*
**[03:56] Mei**
*No, that's not exactly right.*
**[03:59] Mei**
* I've come to realize that*
* this is the real me.*
**[04:06] Mei**
*Which is why I'm sure...*
**[04:08] (Flashback) Classmate D**
You're Ayazuki Mei-san, right?
**[04:10] (Flashback) Classmate D**
Do you wanna come with us?
**[04:11] Mei**
* I could respond to her*
* very differently now.*
**[04:16] Mei**
*With the way I am now...*
**[04:19] Charlie**
Mei-chan.
**[04:20] Mei**
Huh?
**[04:21] Charlie**
Mei-chan, it's me.
**[04:25] Mei**
Charlie-san?
**[04:26] Charlie**
Yep, that's right.
**[04:28] Mei**
Huh? But this voice...
**[04:31] Charlie**
You've changed quite a bit since
coming to this time, Mei-chan.
**[04:35] Charlie**
You've been able to smile more.
**[04:38] Charlie**
You've learned to shed tears for others
**[04:42] Charlie**
and learned to face what's
ahead with all your strength.
**[04:47] Charlie**
I am so glad.
**[04:49] Charlie**
Getting to see you grow like this
has truly made me glad.
**[04:55] Charlie**
Tomorrow is the full moon, Mei-chan.
**[05:00] Charlie**
I was so happy when you said you wanted
**[05:04] Charlie**
to stay here forever.
**[05:08] Mei**
Umm... Charlie-san.
**[05:12] Mei**
I...
**[05:16] Fumi**
Mei-san, are you there?
**[05:18] Mei**
Fumi-san?
**[05:19] Fumi**
Forgive me, but Ougai-san
is calling for you.
**[05:23] Mei**
Ougai-san is?
**[05:25] Mei**
All right, I'll be right there.
***SIGN*** Embraced by the Strawberry Moon
**[05:40] Mei**
*Ougai-san is in a really good mood.*
**[05:44] Ougai**
Behold!
**[05:49] Mei**
Uwah, it's finished?
**[05:51] Ougai**
Yes. What do you think?
**[05:53] Ougai**
The whole form is also ideal.
**[05:55] Ougai**
It was completed with true craftsmanship.
**[05:57] Ougai**
It matches the design right
down to the details.
**[06:00] Ougai**
The color has also been
splendidly recreated.
**[06:02] Fumi**
It's wonderful.
**[06:03] Syunso**
The golden color really shines.
**[06:05] Ougai**
I will finally be able to present my Little
Squirrel while she's wearing this tomorrow night.
**[06:11] Ougai**
I'm so excited! Ah, so very excited.
**[06:31] Mei**
It's so beautiful.
**[06:35] Ougai**
It will look lovely on you.
**[06:40] Mei**
I'm so happy,
**[06:45] Mei**
Ougai-san.
**[06:52] Syunso**
He's crying!
**[06:58] Mei**
Ougai-san.
**[06:59] Ougai**
What is it?
**[07:02] Mei**
May I wear it now?
**[07:10] Ougai**
Of course you may!
**[07:11] Ougai**
I would love seeing you in
it as soon as possible!
**[07:15] Ougai**
Fumi-san, please assist
her with getting changed.
**[07:17] Mei**
Please help me, Fumi-san.
**[07:19] Fumi**
All right.
**[07:21] Fumi**
Now then, Mei-san. Come with me.
**[07:24] Mei**
Okay.
**[07:48] Ougai**
How incredible.
**[07:50] Ougai**
You shine so brightly, Mei.
**[07:56] Ougai**
My fiancée.
**[08:00] Ougai**
May I have this dance?
**[08:03] Mei**
You may.
**[08:35] Ougai**
You are dancing so gracefully, Mei.
**[08:39] Mei**
Thanks to you, Ougai-san.
**[08:55] Ougai**
Mei,
**[08:58] Ougai**
I look forward to tomorrow's party.
**[10:14] Ougai**
Mei, we are going to go on
ahead to the Rokumeikan.
**[10:18] Ougai**
I have to greet our host,
Minister of Foreign Affairs Inoue.
**[10:23] Ougai**
I have arranged a carriage
to take you separately,
**[10:25] Ougai**
so you can take that to the
party once you are ready.
**[10:29] Mei**
All right, thank you.
**[10:50] Mei**
Thank you...
**[11:08] Otojiro**
Hey, Mori-san. I heard you will be
presenting your fiancée here this evening,
**[11:13] Otojiro**
but I don't see the princess in question.
**[11:17] Yakumo**
A princess makes her appearance
fashionably late. Right, Mori-san?
**[11:22] Tosuke**
I am very much looking forward to
seeing Mei-san at the party tonight.
**[11:25] Tosuke**
I have not seen her since the banquet.
**[11:27] Kyoka**
Please don't bring up that day.
**[11:30] Ougai**
She is going to be arriving a bit late.
**[11:32] Ougai**
But to think my Little Squirrel has
inspired such feelings in all of you...
**[11:38] Ougai**
My fiancée is certainly loved.
**[11:42] Syunso**
Ougai-san.
**[11:45] Fujita**
She's here.
**[12:19] Yakumo**
Oh, Mei-san!
**[12:21] Yakumo**
The first time I met you
was here at the Rokumeikan,
**[12:25] Yakumo**
and you were wearing that same skirt!
**[12:29] Yakumo**
I am impressed, Mei-san.
**[12:31] Yakumo**
By all means, shall we dance?
**[12:41] Syunso**
Ougai-san?
**[12:46] Syunso**
Ougai-san!
**[12:47] Fujita**
Wait.
**[12:52] Fujita**
What is it?
**[12:59] Yakumo**
Mei-san, I might have been tormented
**[13:02] Yakumo**
by eternal darkness and regret
had it not been for you.
**[13:08] Yakumo**
Thank you so much, my fairy.
**[13:11] Mei**
Yakumo-san, I hope you will
always be close with Jane-san.
**[13:15] Yakumo**
Of course I will.
**[13:17] Yakumo**
My relationship with her was
repaired thanks to you.
**[13:20] Tosuke**
Mei-san.
**[13:22] Mei**
Tosuke-san.
**[13:24] Tosuke**
I will be sure to make the
future you saw a reality.
**[13:30] Mei**
I know you will. I fully
believe that you can do it.
**[13:35] Otojiro**
Mei.
**[13:38] Otojiro**
You've become such a fine lady,
I might not have recognized you.
**[13:42] Mei**
Otojiro-san.
**[13:43] Otojiro**
Now, now. What are you crying for,
you silly girl?
**[13:46] Otojiro**
A woman's tears are more
valuable than diamonds.
**[13:50] Otojiro**
You mustn't let them fall so easily.
**[13:54] Mei**
K-Kyoka-san!
**[13:56] Kyoka**
You dummy, what're you doing? Come on.
**[14:01] Kyoka**
D-Don't get the wrong idea.
**[14:03] Kyoka**
I will make sure to sanitize myself later.
**[14:05] Kyoka**
Don't think for one second that I'm
happy to be dancing with you, though.
**[14:11] Mei**
Okay.
**[14:15] Mei**
Fujita-san.
**[14:18] Fujita**
Girl, just keep looking ahead.
**[14:22] Mei**
Huh?
**[14:24] Fujita**
Girl...
**[14:30] Fujita**
Take care of yourself.
**[14:49] Mei**
Syunso-san.
**[14:53] Syunso**
There were so many times
that I hoped your memories
**[14:59] Syunso**
would never come back.
**[15:04] Syunso**
I had hoped the days when you would
always be here would go on forever.
**[15:11] Syunso**
But I knew.
**[15:14] Syunso**
That you had a place you chose to be,
**[15:19] Syunso**
and that you would have
to go back there someday.
**[15:26] Syunso**
I'm sure Ougai-san feels the same.
**[15:36] Syunso**
Ougai-san is in the park.
**[15:41] Syunso**
The place where we first met you.
**[15:47] Syunso**
Go there.
**[15:54] Mei**
I will.
**[16:07] Syunso**
Goodbye...
**[16:23] Mei**
*This is where we met that day,*
**[16:27] Mei**
*but everything looks different to me now.*
**[16:35] Mei**
*That's...*
**[16:46] Ougai**
Mei, you remember everything now, don't you?
**[16:52] Mei**
I do.
**[16:53] Mei**
That also made me remember
**[16:56] Mei**
that there are still some
things I need to do there.
**[17:00] Mei**
And I...
**[17:05] Mei**
And I have to see them through.
**[17:19] Mei**
Ougai-san...
**[17:23] Ougai**
You must go, then.
**[17:27] Ougai**
Go ahead and finish those
things, Little Squirrel.
**[17:33] Mei**
Ougai-san...
**[17:36] Ougai**
You will be able to do those things now.
**[17:39] Ougai**
You are no longer a little squirrel
**[17:43] Ougai**
shivering with fright, like when we first met.
**[17:46] Mei**
Ougai-san.
**[17:48] Ougai**
Now you are my darling,
darling, Little Squirrel.
**[17:55] Mei**
I was able...
**[17:58] Mei**
to truly be myself because you were here.
**[18:04] Mei**
Because my beloved Ougai-san was here.
**[18:10] Mei**
I love you, Ougai-san.
**[18:13] Ougai**
I love you too,
**[18:15] Ougai**
Little Squirrel.
**[18:18] Ougai**
You will always be my
precious Little Squirrel.
**[18:28] Ougai**
Go on now.
**[18:34] Mei**
Okay.
**[18:39] Mei**
I'll be going.
**[19:17] Charlie**
So you've made your decision, Mei-chan.
**[19:22] Mei**
Yes.
**[19:25] Mei**
I will go back to my time, Charlie-san.
**[19:31] Charlie**
All right, then.
**[19:33] Charlie**
Mei-chan, you have such
a wonderful expression.
**[19:36] Charlie**
It's very charming.
**[19:42] Mei**
I was always being protected
by a voice, your voice.
**[19:48] Charlie**
Three!
**[19:49] Mei**
Thank you, Charlie-san.
**[19:51] Charlie**
Two!
**[19:52] Mei**
Thank you.
**[19:54] Charlie**
One!
**[20:14] Charlie**
This is the finale of my magic.
**[20:18] Charlie**
Mei-chan,
**[20:22] Charlie**
*please find happiness!*
***SIGN*** Mori Ougai Anthology
**[21:09] Classmate A**
So, have you heard about that café
they introduced on TV yesterday?
**[21:12] Classmate C**
Oh, I saw that. It's near here, isn't it?
**[21:15] Classmate B**
Their desserts should be
half-price right now.
**[21:17] Classmate D**
Why don't we go check it out?
**[21:18] Classmates**
I'll totally go.
**[21:19] Classmates**
I definitely want to go!
**[21:19] Classmate D**
You're Ayazuki Mei-san, right?
**[21:23] Classmate D**
Do you wanna come with us?
**[21:28] Mei**
Desserts? Half-price? I'd love to go!
**[21:31] Mei**
I love desserts!
**[21:33] Classmate D**
Right? I thought you might.
**[21:34] Mei**
It's the one that was
on TV yesterday, right?
**[21:36] Classmate D**
Yeah! It has this huge ghost parfait!
**[21:38] Mei**
A ghost parfait?!
**[21:38] Classmate**
It's got fruit and the whipped
cream is shaped like a ghost.
**[21:40] Classmate**
They say it's so light that when you eat it,
**[21:42] Classmate**
it'll disappear in your mouth like a ghost.
**[21:44] Mei**
So that's why they call it that!
**[21:45] Classmate D**
Is it true that you can
hear ghosts, Ayazuki-san?
**[21:48] Mei**
It's true, they're my friends.
**[21:50] Classmate D**
That's so cool!
**[21:51] Classmates**
Aren't you scared of them?
**[21:57] Syunso**
Ougai-san.
**[22:01] Syunso**
Do you think we'll ever see her again?
**[22:05] Ougai**
Of course we will.
**[22:10] Ougai**
We must have faith in that.
**[22:18] Otojiro**
Hey, Mori-san!
**[22:20] Others**
Hey!
**[22:20] Kyoka**
Mori-san!
**[22:21] Fujita**
You're being a nuisance.
**[22:22] Otojiro**
We brought alcohol!
**[22:24] Yakumo**
I even brought some Japanese sake.
**[22:26] Fujita**
Koizumi! How dare you bring
sake from someone else's home!
**[22:28] Otojiro**
We thought you two might be feeling lonely.
**[22:31] Tosuke**
And I just happened to run into everyone.
**[22:31] Kyoka**
Why do I have to tag along with you idiots?
**[22:33] Otojiro**
Come on, let's have a drink!
**[22:35] Ougai**
Looks like it's going to be rather
lively around here again.