E9 - 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.