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.