# E8 - Masagocho Cat Café 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!
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**[23:30] Ougai**
Mei, why do you gaze
at the moon?
**[23:34] Ougai**
Will you soon be
leaving my side?