E2 - The White Nekomata of Kagurazaka

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    Abe no Seimei?
[00:04] ---
    Yes. A powerful onmyoji from the Heian period.
[00:08] ---
    Our family, the Miyako
    clan, bear his bloodline.
[00:14] ---
    I'll tell you all about how amazing he was—
[00:18] ---
    Nah, I'm gonna play over there.
[00:21] ---
    Hey, Arata! Arata!
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    No, Seimei!
[00:27] ---
    Seimei!
[00:29] ---
    You are Seimei!
[00:32] ---
    I know it! Your blood smells the same as him!
[00:36] ---
    No, I—
[00:41] ---
    Oh, he's up.
[00:42] ---
    Good morning.
[00:45] ---
    Good... morning...
[00:50] ---
    You collapsed at the Citizen's Plaza.
[00:53] ---
    Well, I guess it's understandable.
[00:55] ---
    Sounds like you had a busy night.
[00:59] ---
    Hi there.
[01:00] ---
    I'm Senda, head of the Shinjuku Ward
     Nocturnal Community Relations Division.
[01:05] ---
    This is our boss.
[01:07] ---
    Nice to meet you!
[01:09] ---
    I was planning on making
     introductions tomorrow, but...
[01:12] ---
    Miyako Arata-kun.
[01:14] ---
    You've got Ears of Sand, I've heard?
SIGN    #2 "The White Nekomata of Kagurazaka"
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    In other words,
SIGN    Storage #1
SIGN    Nocturnal Community Relations Division
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    when you've never heard a language before,
     but can still understand it somehow,
SIGN    Ears of Sand
[02:57] ---
    that's called "Ears of Sand!"
[03:00] ---
    Have you ever had it happen when you
    were talking to a foreigner or something?
[03:04] ---
    No...
[03:05] ---
    So it doesn't work on human language, huh?
[03:09] ---
    You understand what the Anothers say, huh?
[03:12] ---
    That's an amazing new kid we've got.
[03:14] ---
    Yeah.
[03:16] ---
    Um, how have you dealt with the Anothers
     when you couldn't understand them?
[03:21] ---
    We've used facial pallor, mannerisms,
     and circumstantial evidence.
[03:24] ---
    Like trying to figure out what
     a cat or dog's thinking.
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    I've never heard of anyone
     in our line of work
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    in other wards or anywhere in Japan
    who could talk to the Anothers.
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    Not in the past, either.
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    Maybe it has something to do with
     them calling you Abe no Seimei?
[03:46] ---
    Wonder what that means.
[03:50] ---
    My late grandfather once told me...
[03:52] (Flashback) ---
    Our family, the Miyako clan, bear his bloodline.
[03:56] ---
    Nobody believed him.
[04:01] ---
    Well, you can go for today.
[04:04] ---
    Your shift's over.
[04:06] ---
    Goodnight.
[04:11] ---
    What a weird night.
[04:13] ---
    Yeah, what's with that new kid?
[04:17] ---
    Abe no Seimei, huh?
[04:20] ---
    I thought the exam would get rid of anybody
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    who had relationships or experience like that.
SIGN    Miyako
[04:28] ---
    So?
[04:29] ---
    You've come to investigate?
[04:30] ---
    Yes. Here's a present.
SIGN    April 6th
    Shinjuku Ward, Kagurazaka
[04:34] ---
    If we know your connection to Abe no Seimei,
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    it'll provide evidence as to whether
     the Ears of Sand are real.
[04:40] ---
    According to Senda-san, anyway.
[04:42] ---
    Evidence?
[04:44] ---
    Huh? Arata, you have guests?
[04:48] ---
    Oh, Izumi.
[04:50] ---
    Co-workers?
[04:52] ---
    Thank you for taking care of Arata.
[04:55] ---
    I'm Matsuno Izumi.
[04:56] ---
    Her parents run that restaurant over there.
[04:59] ---
    This is Sakaki-senpai from work.
[05:01] ---
    And I'm Theo, his senpai. Theo's in katakana.
[05:05] ---
    Nice to meet you.
[05:07] ---
    Theo-san's the senpai?
[05:09] ---
    That's right.
[05:10] ---
    Theo got his job the same time
     Section Chief Senda did.
[05:13] ---
    Huh?! He did?!
[05:15] ---
    Surprised, aren't you?
[05:16] ---
    Well, anybody would be surprised
     the first time they heard it.
SIGN    Circular Notice
[05:18] ---
    Hey, you work as a government
     worker on the night shift, right?
[05:23] ---
    Yeah, why?
[05:28] ---
    Is it something weird?
[05:32] ---
    All my grandfather's things are in here.
[05:35] ---
    I haven't opened it in a long time.
[05:38] ---
    When my grandparents were alive
     I used to play in here a lot.
[05:43] ---
    When they died and my family
     moved in, I stopped.
[05:50] ---
    Wow!
[05:53] ---
    My parents said you can take what you want.
[05:55] ---
    That's nice of them.
[05:57] ---
    Okay, I'll go check upstairs.
[05:59] ---
    I guess we should carry
     out the papers, at least.
[06:02] ---
    Sure.
[06:07] ---
    What? A cat?
[06:16] ---
    I-It stood up?!
[06:18] ---
    Arata!
[06:22] ---
    Arata! Arata!
[06:24] ---
    Arata! Arata! Arata!
[06:25] ---
    What's up?
[06:26] ---
    There's an Another down here
     that really likes Miyako.
[06:31] ---
    Two tails...
[06:32] ---
    A nekomata.
[06:34] ---
    How do you know my name?
[06:37] ---
    We always used to play together!
[06:44] ---
    A white cat with blue eyes...
[06:49] ---
    Yuki?
[06:50] ---
    That's right!
[06:51] ---
    I'm so happy to see you again, Arata!
[06:54] ---
    Hey, help me up here.
[06:57] ---
    Wait, that's a huge nekomata!
[07:00] ---
    You okay, Miyako?
[07:03] ---
    Yeah.
[07:06] ---
    Arata, what are you doing?
[07:09] ---
    Taking some of the old books and
     stuff in here out and reading them.
[07:12] ---
    You can't do that!
[07:14] ---
    Your ancestor told me to protect
     what's in the storehouse.
[07:20] ---
    Ancestors?
[07:21] ---
    Your grandpa's grandpa's
     grandpa... a long way back.
[07:27] ---
    My former owner.
[07:29] ---
    You've been here that long, Yuki?
[07:32] ---
    Yup.
[07:33] ---
    In the last century or so, you're the
     only one who's been able to see me.
[07:39] ---
    I see...
[07:41] ---
    Yuki's been here... all alone...
     protecting the storehouse.
[07:55] ---
    Okay, why not go with us and watch over them?
[07:59] ---
    You must be bored in here all the time, right?
[08:02] ---
    My ancestor wouldn't have wanted
     you to stay in the darkness forever.
[08:07] ---
    But...
[08:09] ---
    I want to be with you.
[08:13] ---
    Is that okay?
[08:17] ---
    Arata!
[08:19] ---
    I'm so happy!
[08:22] ---
    I actually... I actually...
[08:25] ---
    I was so lonely by myself.
[08:29] ---
    I'm sorry, Yuki.
[08:31] ---
    I should've realized sooner.
[08:36] ---
    Being alone is...
[08:51] ---
    Arata, this place is huge!
[08:54] ---
    It's not like the storehouse at all.
[08:57] ---
    Of course.
[08:58] ---
    Hey, you.
[09:01] ---
    Over here.
[09:03] ---
    Miyako Arata, right?
[09:06] ---
    Arata, you know him?
[09:08] ---
    Tarobo-sa...
[09:11] ---
    What happened to you? Those bruises...
[09:13] ---
    Well, some stuff happened.
[09:15] ---
    I got beat up.
[09:17] ---
    Everybody's against it,
[09:20] ---
    and my dad and her relatives
     are fighting a lot.
[09:23] ---
    I don't know what'll happen now, honestly.
[09:27] ---
    But you cheered us on, didn't you?
[09:34] ---
    I really thought you made
     a good couple. That's all.
[09:39] ---
    That made me pretty happy.
[09:42] ---
    So... thanks.
[09:56] ---
    I'm happy, too!
[09:58] ---
    Since I get to talk to you!
[10:00] ---
    I always wanted to!
[10:04] ---
    Yeah. Me, too.
SIGN    Section Chief Director
SIGN    Senda
SIGN    Unsolved Missing Girl Cases in Tokyo
SIGN    May 13th
SIGN    Shinjuku Imperial Gardens
[10:25] ---
    The Anothers are quiet today, huh?
[10:27] ---
    Wish it were always like this.
[10:32] ---
    What's that?
[10:35] ---
    A bird?
[10:37] ---
    No, it's way too big for that.
[10:38] ---
    What's on top of it?
[10:41] ---
    A person?
SIGN    May 13th
[10:48] ---
    Morning.
[10:49] ---
    Hey, morning.
[10:51] ---
    Everybody's here now.
[10:53] ---
    We have something we need
     to deal with immediately.
[10:58] ---
    On the Shibuya Ward side of
     the Shinjuku Imperial Gardens,
[11:01] ---
    somebody witnessed a kisha.
[11:04] ---
    A kisha?
SIGN    Kisha
[11:06] ---
    This is a kisha.
[11:07] ---
    A Chinese Another. A monstrous
     bird that brings disaster.
[11:11] ---
    It's got ten necks and nine heads,
     so it's also called a nine-headed bird.
[11:15] ---
    We've been getting reports of
    sightings for a while now, actually.
[11:20] ---
    In January, it was seen in Kyoto.
[11:22] ---
    February, Aichi. And then it kept heading east.
[11:25] ---
    Aichi in February?
[11:27] ---
    Yes. The Izuna Incident.
[11:29] ---
    What are you talking about? Izuna?
SIGN    Aichi Izuna Incident Video Documentation
SIGN    Aichi Nocturnal Community Relations
[11:32] ---
    First, look at this.
[11:34] ---
    Senpai, do we have to do this?
[11:36] ---
    An izuna is a type of weasel Another.
[11:38] ---
    Of course we do, it's our job.
[11:39] ---
    Its tail is made of a metal
     so supple, it's called "living iron."
[11:43] ---
    It's used in rituals.
[11:46] ---
    Is that them?
[11:51] ---
    B-Blood!
[11:55] ---
    Miyako-kun, got it?
[11:57] ---
    Izuna with their tails cut off were found
     in large numbers in Aichi Prefecture.
[12:02] ---
    That's the Izuna Incident.
[12:04] ---
    But that's not all.
[12:09] ---
    That's the one from before?
[12:10] ---
    Yeah, it was there.
SIGN    Shinjuku Imperial Gardens
[12:13] ---
    Head to the gardens and look
     for traces of the kisha.
[12:17] ---
    One of its necks is continually
     weeping blood, after all.
[12:27] ---
    Look at all this blood.
[12:29] ---
    It's settled, then.
[12:31] ---
    Is this kisha thing that bad?
[12:34] ---
    This blood excites Anothers.
[12:36] ---
    If a kisha shows up, assume that Another
     incidents are going to more than double.
[12:40] ---
    That is bad.
[12:42] ---
    All we can do is be careful and work overtime.
[12:46] ---
    And pray it goes away as soon as possible.
[12:49] ---
    Could we talk to it?
[12:53] ---
    I can understand its language.
[12:56] ---
    So I could tell it that it's causing
     problems and ask it to leave.
[13:01] ---
    Listen, it's an Another. Not a person.
[13:05] ---
    Talking to them is like talking
     to a typhoon or a volcano.
[13:10] ---
    But...
[13:11] ---
    It's a side effect of the Ears of Sand.
[13:13] ---
    You've got the ability to
     understand them, as well as guts.
[13:17] ---
    It's making them seem closer than they are.
[13:20] ---
    What will you do if they
     demand your life in exchange?
[13:27] ---
    Human common sense doesn't work with them.
[13:30] ---
    You should learn more about
     the scary parts of Anothers.
[13:35] ---
    Human common sense
    doesn't work with them, huh?
[13:38] ---
    We can't fly for a while.
[13:40] ---
    Those guys are awful.
[13:42] ---
    That's right.
[13:43] ---
    But we can't fight them, so what do we do?
[13:46] ---
    We'll be attacked by a cat or something.
[13:50] ---
    You can't fly?
[13:52] ---
    He found us!
[13:53] ---
    A human found us!
[13:54] ---
    Run!
[13:55] ---
    At a time when we can't fly?
[13:56] ---
    I know this guy!
[13:58] ---
    He's the lowest on the totem
     pole at Shinjuku City Hall!
[14:01] ---
    The lowest?
[14:02] ---
    The lowest!
[14:02] ---
    Listen, you guys!
[14:04] ---
    What is it, Miyako?
[14:06] ---
    Sakaki-san?
[14:07] ---
    The fairies are upset
     about not being able to fly.
[14:10] ---
    We need powder for our wings.
[14:12] ---
    But some weird person on
     a big bird took our powder.
[14:17] ---
    It was a pretty man with long hair.
[14:19] ---
    No, a woman! A dark woman!
[14:21] ---
    They had the eyes of a beast, shining gold.
SIGN    Storage #1
[14:25] ---
    That's what the fairies said.
[14:27] ---
    An Another on a kisha, huh?
[14:29] ---
    That may be the real problem.
[14:32] ---
    Hey, guys.
[14:34] ---
    Sorry to send you back out
     after you just got back,
[14:36] ---
    but can you go to Kanoichi Bunko?
[14:38] ---
    To Kanoichi?
[14:40] ---
    They say they need
    Miyako-kun's ears, and fast.
[14:43] ---
    It's a good opportunity to
    make them owe us one.
[14:46] ---
    I'll give you the paperwork.
[14:48] ---
    Kanoichi Bunko Publishing is said to have
[14:51] ---
    basically anything you'd want
     to know about eastern magics.
[14:54] ---
    They're an old clan of onmyoji. They're
     also a family of magical toolmakers.
[15:00] ---
    They fused British magic with Japanese onmyo.
[15:03] ---
    They make items used to deal with Anothers.
[15:05] ---
    Read this.
[15:07] ---
    Thanks...
[15:09] ---
    They seem to have been robbed,
     and an Another saw the whole thing.
SIGN    May 13th
     Chiyoda Ward, Kanoichi Bunko Publishing
[15:14] ---
    So they want the Ears of Sand to interpret.
[15:21] ---
    My name is Kanoichi Akane, with the Chiyoda
    Ward Nocturnal Community Relations Division.
[15:27] ---
    I appreciate you coming all the way to another
     ward to assist with this private matter.
[15:32] ---
    No, you do so much for us...
[15:36] ---
    Miyako Arata-san, correct?
[15:38] ---
    Oh, yes!
[15:39] ---
    They're all talking about your
     Ears of Sand in Chiyoda ward, too.
[15:45] ---
    Thank you for coming today.
[15:47] ---
    Y-You're welcome.
[16:05] ---
    Who's that?
[16:06] ---
    The protector goddess of the Kanoichi.
[16:09] ---
    Is that... a zashiki warashi?
[16:12] ---
    Yes, that's right.
[16:14] ---
    I'm amazed she agreed to be your house god.
[16:16] ---
    You're not supposed to be able
     to bind a zashiki warashi.
[16:19] ---
    She allowed us to make her the house god
     in accordance with an ancient contract.
[16:26] ---
    Contract?
[16:27] ---
    Once every ten years, we cut her hair...
[16:32] ---
    and offer up a dagger made with
     the Kanoichi's arts as part of a barrier.
[16:38] ---
    She wishes to seal away
     something beneath it, she says.
[16:42] ---
    And you want Miyako's help for
     something that has to do with that?
[16:47] ---
    Yes.
[16:48] ---
    If we can't get it back,
    the seal will weaken...
[16:51] ---
    The oni... The oni is coming.
[16:54] ---
    The bad oni.
[16:56] ---
    Oni?
[16:58] ---
    You can understand me, Mister?
[17:01] ---
    Y-Yeah.
[17:04] ---
    I'm Arata. Miyako Arata.
[17:07] ---
    What's your name?
[17:11] ---
    Suzuka-chan, huh?
[17:13] ---
    That's a cute name.
[17:16] ---
    Akane-san?
[17:17] ---
    Yes.
[17:18] ---
    She wants us to call her "Suzu."
[17:23] ---
    You really can understand her, can't you?
[17:33] ---
    Suzu-sama...
[17:43] ---
    So Suzu-chan, who stole your hair?
[17:48] ---
    You'll get it back?
[17:49] ---
    Yeah.
[17:50] ---
    You shouldn't.
[17:53] ---
    It was stolen by a beast in human form.
[17:56] ---
    They're a cheerful, beautiful, black creature...
[17:59] ---
    But so scary.
[18:03] ---
    Why did they take your hair?
[18:08] ---
    I don't know.
[18:10] ---
    But they said it was almost over.
[18:18] ---
    "A beast in human form," huh?
SIGN    Theft In Imported Goods Store
[18:21] ---
    It reminds me of what the fairies said..
SIGN    Koseido
SIGN    What did the culprit want?
SIGN    Theft In Imported Goods Store
[18:26] ---
    A thief has broken into a Shinjuku
     Imported Goods Store.
[18:29] ---
    The police are considering it a burglary.
[18:33] ---
    The case was...
[18:34] ---
    Hey, that's Koseido!
[18:36] ---
    You've heard of it?
[18:38] ---
    Yeah.
[18:40] ---
    It's supposed to be an imported goods store.
[18:42] ---
    But it also gets us the magical stuff we need.
[18:46] ---
    Goat gallstones, mermaid scales,
     burning glass...
[18:52] ---
    Living iron...
[18:54] ---
    Fairy wing powder...
[18:57] ---
    Theo-san?
[18:59] ---
    Let me think...
SIGN    May 14th
[19:07] ---
    Good morning.
[19:08] ---
    Morning.
[19:09] ---
    Hey, morning.
[19:12] ---
    Mornin'.
[19:14] ---
    You look exhausted.
[19:15] ---
    I was checking on something.
[19:18] ---
    You okay to work?
[19:21] ---
    I'm fine, I said! We're going to
     Hakoneyama today, right?
[19:23] ---
    Yeah.
[19:24] ---
    There've been multiple reports of
     strange fires on top of Mt. Hakoneyama.
[19:29] ---
    Isn't that the fire department's job?
[19:31] ---
    The fire department and police
     have been out there plenty of times,
[19:34] ---
    but found nothing.
[19:36] ---
    So, it's our job now.
SIGN    May 14th
[19:42] ---
    This is a pretty famous occult spot, right?
[19:47] ---
    Yeah.
[19:48] ---
    It was originally built by the Tokugawa,
     and served as a military base during war.
[19:52] ---
    There was a hospital
     facility under it, they say.
[20:00] ---
    Theo, learn anything?
[20:02] ---
    Some kind of seal or entrance.
[20:05] ---
    Why is this shining?
[20:07] ---
    You idiot!
[20:12] ---
    Why would you touch something
     when you don't know what it is?
[20:19] ---
    Yeah? I'm kinda busy...
[20:20] ---
    Theo, I just got a call from the police.
[20:23] ---
    You were right. It was mermaid scales
     that were stolen from Koseido.
SIGN    Koseido
[20:31] ---
    Dirt from an old grave...
[20:34] ---
    Could it be?
[20:39] ---
    Ow!
[20:41] ---
    You awake?
[20:43] ---
    Huh?
[20:47] ---
    Where are we?
[20:48] ---
    Probably inside Hakoneyama.
[20:52] ---
    From the height of the ceiling,
     we're pretty far down.
[20:56] ---
    And...
[20:57] ---
    Yes?
[20:58] ---
    Does it not occur to you to check if
     something's safe before you touch it?
[21:04] ---
    S-Sorry...
[21:07] ---
    Huh? It's Seimei!
[21:09] ---
    It's been forever.
[21:14] ---
    An Another?!
[21:19] ---
    Good timing.
[21:21] ---
    My present for you just finished.
[21:25] ---
    Present?
[21:26] ---
    What do you...
[21:34] ---
    Good, they're moving.
[21:38] ---
    What is that?
[21:43] ---
    People?
[21:44] ---
    No, those are...
[21:46] ---
    Moving corpses. They're kyoshi!
[21:50] ---
    They're perfect for my reunion with you, right?
[21:54] ---
    Now, have fun, Seimei!
SIGN    #3 "The Trickster with Amber Eyes"