# Season 1
# E1 - The Cursed Book, the Maiden, and the Birthday
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G4VUQ5KN5/the-cursed-book-the-maiden-and-the-birthday)
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**[00:34] Oto**
I'm going now.
**[00:35] Adashino**
Okay.
**[00:49] manager**
Ogawa-san.
**[00:51] manager**
The new volumes just came in.
**[00:53] manager**
Put the plastic covers on them
for me, would you?
**[00:55] Sumireko**
Will do.
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Midori Bookstore
***SIGN*** The Cursed Book, the Maiden, and the Birthday
***SIGN*** The Cursed Book, the Maiden, and the Birthday
**[02:40] Adashino**
Cuckoo!
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** Ogawa Sumireko
**[02:43] Sumireko**
Am I imagining things, Adashino-kun?
**[02:45] Sumireko**
I thought I heard a bird call
in the shop just now.
**[02:50] Adashino**
Cuckoo!
**[02:52] Sumireko**
You did it right in front of me that time!
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** Adashino Ren
**[02:54] Adashino**
It was the kankodori, crying out in solitude.
**[02:57] Sumireko**
The what?
**[02:58] Adashino**
Did you know? The kankodori is
also called the common cuckoo.
**[03:04] Sumireko**
Is working the register with
me really that boring?
**[03:07] Adashino**
Not at all!
**[03:09] Adashino**
Being on the register with you is
the only reason I work here at all!
**[03:15] Sumireko**
Well, I'm honored.
**[03:17] Sumireko**
But you shouldn't tease your elders.
**[03:20] Sumireko**
Come back in another ten years, young man.
**[03:23] Adashino**
Ten years, huh?
**[03:25] Adashino**
If I wait ten years, you'll have matured
into a truly attractive older woman.
**[03:30] Sumireko**
Uh-huh.
**[03:31] Sumireko**
So you're not teasing me,
you're making fun of me.
**[03:34] Adashino**
But we really have nothing to do right now.
**[03:38] Sumireko**
Bookstores everywhere are
closing one after another.
**[03:41] Sumireko**
I guess people just don't need them anymore.
**[03:47] Adashino**
You sound sleepy.
**[03:49] Adashino**
Were you up all night writing?
**[03:51] Sumireko**
Well, thank you for asking!
**[03:53] Sumireko**
You know how more info on Kisaragi Station
came up yesterday on that occult forum?
**[03:57] Adashino**
Oh, you mean that thing?
**[03:58] Adashino**
That made-up, toothless urban
legend that's clearly a lie?
**[04:03] Adashino**
I'm amazed someone your age is still
entertained by such nonsense—ow.
**[04:07] Sumireko**
None of that stopped *you* from reading it,
so you're in no position to talk, youngster!
**[04:11] Adashino**
"Youngster"?
**[04:13] Sumireko**
Through the occult, we can enjoy
our fear and hesitation
**[04:15] Sumireko**
toward things that are beyond
human understanding.
**[04:17] Sumireko**
It stimulates core needs akin
to hunger and sexual appetite!
**[04:24] Adashino**
So basically, Sumireko-san...
**[04:27] Adashino**
you spent the night absorbed in something
that acts on base instincts like porn does?
**[04:31] Sumireko**
What?
**[04:32] Sumireko**
It sounds to me like you didn't
understand what I was saying at all.
**[04:36] manager**
Well, this is a surprise.
**[04:37] Sumireko**
Manager.
**[04:39] manager**
I've never heard Adashino-kun speak so much.
**[04:41] Sumireko**
Yes, he's been unexpectedly chatty.
**[04:44] Sumireko**
Infuriatingly so.
**[04:46] Sumireko**
Right?
**[04:48] Sumireko**
Hey, you can't just clam up now.
**[04:51] manager**
You didn't know?
**[04:53] manager**
Adashino-kun only speaks
with you, Ogawa-san.
**[04:56] manager**
Oh, right.
**[05:00] manager**
A present for you.
**[05:02] Sumireko**
What is it?
**[05:03] manager**
A book that was reverse-shoplifted.
**[05:05] Sumireko**
Reverse-shoplifted?
**[05:07] manager**
You haven't heard of it?
**[05:09] manager**
The name says it all.
It's the opposite of shoplifting.
**[05:11] manager**
It's when, rather than stealing our stock,
someone leaves extra behind.
**[05:15] Sumireko**
Sounds like a disgruntled customer
with an axe to grind.
**[05:18] manager**
Well, we could just leave it at that, but...
**[05:21] manager**
Ogawa-san, it's your birthday, isn't it?
**[05:25] Sumireko**
Well, yes...
***SIGN*** Newcomer's Award Presentation Ceremony
**[05:32] Adashino**
Sumireko-san.
**[05:34] Adashino**
How is that new novel you
mentioned before going?
**[05:37] Sumireko**
I haven't been able to write lately.
**[05:40] Sumireko**
I need to pull myself together.
**[05:41] Adashino**
And you're still treating me
like we're not friends.
**[05:44] Adashino**
If you'd told me it was your birthday,
I'd have gotten you a present.
**[05:48] Sumireko**
Then here's your chance.
***SIGN*** Ogawa
**[05:52] Sumireko**
Your consideration in leaving
your depressed senpai alone
**[05:56] Sumireko**
would be the best present I could hope for.
**[05:59] Adashino**
I couldn't possibly just leave you alone.
**[06:02] Adashino**
Despite how it may seem, I am a fan
of the author Ogawa Sumireko.
**[06:08] Sumireko**
Yeah, just keep talking.
***SIGN*** Midori Bookstore
**[06:13] Sumireko; narration**
I'll make a note of it here so I don't forget.
**[06:16] Sumireko; narration**
This is me, Ogawa Sumireko...
**[06:19] Sumireko; narration**
and my friend who's never at a loss
for something to say, Adashino Ren.
**[06:23] Sumireko; narration**
What follows is but a humble account
of our friendship and parting.
**[06:27] Adashino**
Well, I'll see you tomorrow.
**[06:28] Sumireko**
Yeah. Goodnight.
**[07:07] MC**
*Congratulations!*
**[07:18] Sumireko**
Happy 28th birthday, me.
***SIGN*** Happy 28th Birthday, Me
**[07:25] Sumireko; internal**
*Back then, I could write anything.*
**[07:29] Sumireko; internal**
* When I was fifteen,*
* I received a newcomer's award.*
***SIGN*** Simply Walk Alone, Like a Rhino's Horn
***SIGN*** Simply Walk Alone, Like a Rhino's Horn
**[07:35] Sumireko; internal**
* But past the age of twenty, someone*
* like that is just an ordinary person.*
***SIGN*** Ogawa Sumireko
**[07:40] Sumireko; internal**
*That's me, I guess. An ordinary person.*
**[07:45] Sumireko; internal**
*I wish I could go back to how I was then.*
**[07:52] Sumireko**
Oh, for crying out loud.
**[08:00] Sumireko**
I can't even read the title.
**[08:06] Sumireko**
It seems like Japanese,
but it's slightly different.
**[08:09] Sumireko**
But there's hiragana here.
**[08:10] Sumireko**
Maybe I can read the key points?
**[08:13] Sumireko**
"In the heavens, the sun and moon shine.
You are like them in my thoughts,
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** In the heavens
***SIGN*** The sun and moon shine
***SIGN*** You are like them in my thoughts
**[08:17] Sumireko**
and I regret that with each
new day, you grow older."
***SIGN*** And I regret that with each new day
***SIGN*** You grow older
**[08:21] Sumireko**
That's from the Man'yōshū, isn't it?
**[08:25] Sumireko**
I guess that means people from way back
then wanted to be young again, too.
**[08:33] Sumireko**
Maybe I'll go buy a cake or something.
**[08:37] [Messenger] text**
Happy birthday!
**[08:39] [Messenger] text**
Happy birthday!
**[08:40] [Messenger] text**
Happy birthday!
**[08:40] [Messenger] text**
Please become an
even more attractive
older woman, okay?
***SIGN*** Sumire
**[08:43] [Messenger] text**
Thanks. One day
I'm gonna stab you
**[08:45] [Messenger] text**
Thanks. One day
I'm gonna stab you
***SIGN*** Sumire
**[08:45] [Messenger] text**
I'll be waiting
**[08:45] [Messenger] text**
Read
**[08:49] [Messenger] text**
Thanks. One day
I'm gonna stab you
**[08:49] [Messenger] text**
I'll be waiting
**[08:49] [Messenger] text**
Read
**[08:49] [Messenger] text**
Don't forget this, youngster.
Age comes to everyone equally
***SIGN*** Sumire
***SIGN*** Sumire
**[08:51] Adashino**
"Youngster"...
**[08:52] Adashino**
I'm hardly of the age to be called that, though.
**[09:00] Sumireko**
I swear, he has no tact whatsoever.
**[09:08] clerk**
Welcome.
**[09:18] Sumireko**
Did my clothes stretch?
**[09:22] Sumireko**
Huh?
**[09:26] Sumireko**
My eyes...
**[09:42] Sumireko**
My shoes...
**[09:57] clerk**
Huh?
**[09:59] clerk**
What're you doing?
**[10:03] clerk**
Miss!
***SIGN*** Midori Bookstore
**[10:10] manager**
Adashino-kun, come here a minute.
**[10:13] manager**
Ogawa-san's absent without leave.
**[10:17] Adashino**
Sumireko-san is?
**[10:18] manager**
She isn't answering her phone,
either. I'm worried.
**[10:21] manager**
Did she say anything to you?
Should I go check up on her?
**[10:28] Adashino**
I heard that she isn't feeling well.
**[10:30] manager**
What? Really?
**[10:32] Adashino**
Apparently, she's so incredibly constipated
that her whole body is stuffed full of poop.
**[10:37] Adashino**
The doctor said it's life-threateningly
bad, so she's staying home.
**[10:41] manager**
For real?
**[10:42] Adashino**
She said she's terrified, crying,
and holed up in the bathroom.
**[10:45] manager**
I see. Please tell her I said
to take care of herself.
**[10:50] Adashino**
I will.
**[10:53] Adashino**
What actually happened?
That's what *I* want to know.
**[10:55] [Messenger] text**
Sumireko-san,
what's happened?
**[10:57] [Messenger] text**
Sumireko-san,
what's happened?
**[10:57] [Messenger] text**
If you're not feeling well,
I'll tactfully let them know
**[11:00] [Messenger] text**
Sumireko-san,
what's happened?
**[11:00] [Messenger] text**
If you're not feeling well,
I'll tactfully let them know
**[11:00] [Messenger] text**
Helloooo
**[11:02] [Messenger] text**
If you're not feeling well,
I'll tactfully let them know
**[11:02] [Messenger] text**
Helloooo
**[11:02] [Messenger] text**
What's this? Are you ignoring me?
**[11:04] [Messenger] text**
Helloooo
**[11:04] [Messenger] text**
What's this? Are you ignoring me?
***SIGN*** Sumire
**[11:04] [Messenger] text**
Quit bothering me
**[11:05] [Messenger] text**
What's this? Are you ignoring me?
**[11:05] [Messenger] text**
Quit bothering me
***SIGN*** Sumire
***SIGN*** Sumire
***SIGN*** Sumire
**[11:05] [Messenger] text**
Quit bothering me
**[11:05] [Messenger] text**
I don't know who you are,
but you're being a pain
**[11:07] Adashino**
Sumireko-san?
**[11:07] [Messenger] text**
I don't know who you are,
but you're being a pain
***SIGN*** Sumire
**[11:10] child Sumireko; internal**
*It could totally start with a mysterious text.*
**[11:13] child Sumireko; internal**
*A boy sends the text,*
**[11:15] child Sumireko; internal**
* and just like he tells her, he starts working*
* at the same shop as the main character.*
**[11:18] child Sumireko; internal**
*Oh, yeah! A bookstore would be best!*
**[11:23] Sumireko; narration**
And so, I went missing.
***SIGN*** And So, I Went Missing
**[11:28] Adashino**
*Visit Sumireko-san at home?*
**[11:31] manager**
* Now that it's been a week,*
* I can't overlook it anymore.*
**[11:34] manager**
*Could you go and check on her for me?*
**[11:37] Adashino**
*Me?*
**[11:42] Adashino**
It's Adashino.
**[11:44] Adashino**
I came to see how you're doing.
**[11:48] Adashino**
Are you there?
**[11:55] Adashino**
It's unlocked.
**[11:57] Adashino**
She's not the most security-minded, is she?
**[12:03] Adashino**
We're here to search the premises!
We're coming in and doing whatever we want!
**[12:10] Adashino**
Damn it! Something smells good!
**[12:14] Adashino**
I wish I could've come here
under different circumstances.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** growing younger
***SIGN*** old book
***SIGN*** from where?
***SIGN*** ° friend
***SIGN*** ° used bookstore
***SIGN*** ° secondhand
book market
***SIGN*** gods
***SIGN*** Private number
**[12:23] Adashino**
She just left her phone here.
**[12:26] Adashino**
There are no signs of a struggle.
**[12:29] Adashino**
Where could she be?
**[12:56] Adashino**
I see.
**[12:57] Adashino**
This is the cause.
**[13:07] child Sumireko**
I have all the material I need!
**[13:09] child Sumireko**
Now I can write another novel!
**[13:15] child Sumireko**
Being a child again isn't half bad!
**[13:19] child Sumireko**
The ideas keep welling up!
**[13:21] child Sumireko**
I just can't sit still!
**[13:27] child Sumireko**
I'll head home and get writing!
**[13:33] child Sumireko**
Head home...
**[13:37] child Sumireko**
Where is home, again?
**[13:40] Adashino**
Sumireko-san.
**[13:43] Adashino**
It's dangerous for a child
to be out walking alone.
**[13:47] Adashino**
If you don't know the way home,
I'll show you.
**[13:51] child Sumireko**
Who are you?
**[13:53] Adashino**
Now, that's just cruel.
**[13:55] Adashino**
Have you forgotten?
**[13:56] child Sumireko**
No. I remember every—
**[14:03] child Sumireko**
My head hurts!
**[14:05] Adashino**
It's a natural reaction to the form you're in.
**[14:09] Adashino**
Did you think you'd grown young again?
**[14:12] Adashino**
You've simply been forced into a child's body.
**[14:15] Adashino**
The excess blood, muscle, and bone
you had left over after shrinking
**[14:20] Adashino**
are still within your body right now.
**[14:23] child Sumireko**
How do you know this?
**[14:27] child Sumireko**
You're Adashino-kun.
**[14:32] child Sumireko**
This isn't right. Why aren't you
surprised by how I look?
**[14:38] Adashino**
Sumireko-san, you read
this book, didn't you?
**[14:41] child Sumireko**
That's...
**[14:43] Adashino**
This is a cursed book that
mustn't be read aloud.
**[14:46] Adashino**
It's a Curiosity called a Juusho.
**[14:47] [SONG] text**
Juusho
**[14:49] child Sumireko**
You're saying I got smaller
because I read a cursed book?
**[14:53] child Sumireko**
You expect me to believe
a ridiculous story like that?!
**[14:56] Adashino**
It's no less ridiculous than the body you're
in right now. Yet you don't believe me?
**[15:01] Adashino**
Your life is at stake here.
**[15:05] child Sumireko**
My life?
**[15:07] Adashino**
In the waka collected in the Man'yōshū,
**[15:10] Adashino**
among the poems whose authors are unknown
**[15:12] Adashino**
are some written by things
that cannot be called human.
**[15:17] Adashino**
Poems that revive the dead
when read: the Banka.
**[15:18] [SONG] text**
Banka
**[15:20] Adashino**
Poems that manipulate
people's hearts: the Soumon.
**[15:21] [SONG] text**
Soumon
**[15:23] Adashino**
Poems that can bring back
a person's youth: the Zouka.
**[15:24] [SONG] text**
Zouka
**[15:25] Adashino**
That's just to name a few.
**[15:27] Adashino**
Number thirteen, Zouka. Author unknown.
**[15:31] Adashino**
In the Man'yōshū, this poem is about a nobleman
wishing for a lady's youth to return.
**[15:36] (Flashback) Sumireko**
"In the heavens, the sun and moon shine.
You are like them in my thoughts,
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** In the heavens
***SIGN*** The sun and moon shine
***SIGN*** You are like them in my thoughts
**[15:41] (Flashback) Sumireko**
and I regret that with each
new day, you grow older."
***SIGN*** And I regret that with each new day
***SIGN*** You grow older
**[15:43] child Sumireko**
A poem that causes mysterious
phenomena when read?
**[15:47] child Sumireko**
I've never heard of any such thing!
**[15:49] Adashino**
It's the moon god Tsukuyomi's
Water of Youth.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** Tsukuyomi's Water of Youth
**[15:52] Adashino**
Still, this poem only begins to show its power
when a number of conditions are met.
**[15:57] Adashino**
Apparently, it's very rare
for the spell to activate.
**[16:00] child Sumireko**
Conditions? What are they?
**[16:02] Adashino**
Shall I tell you?
**[16:04] child Sumireko**
Please do.
**[16:06] Adashino**
First, the time must be around midnight.
**[16:09] [SONG] text**
Midnight
**[16:11] Adashino**
Second, it must be read
under the light of the moon.
**[16:14] [SONG] text**
Moonlight
**[16:16] Adashino**
Third, the reader must be at least 28 years old.
**[16:19] [SONG] text; upper right**
At Least 28 Years Old
***SIGN*** Happy 28th Birthday, Me
**[16:20] child Sumireko**
All three of those did happen.
**[16:23] Adashino**
And the final condition...
**[16:27] Adashino**
Fourth, the reader must be a virgin maiden.
**[16:30] child Sumireko**
Huh?
**[16:30] [SONG] text**
Virgin Maiden
**[16:32] child Sumireko**
I think I must have misheard you.
What did you just say?
**[16:36] Adashino**
The reader must be a virgin maiden.
**[16:38] Adashino**
The reader must be a virgin maiden.
**[16:41] child Sumireko**
You said it twice...
**[16:45] Adashino**
This Curiosity has proven your chastity.
**[16:48] child Sumireko**
I'm begging you, could you
please just stop talking?
**[16:51] child Sumireko**
I feel like I might kill you without thinking.
**[16:54] child Sumireko**
Why did a book like that come to me at all?
**[16:57] Adashino**
It was purely a coincidence.
**[16:59] Adashino**
It wasn't as if you were specifically chosen.
**[17:02] child Sumireko**
Are you telling me that it wasn't my fault?
**[17:06] Adashino**
You're on the verge of death right now
**[17:07] Adashino**
because of your thoughtless wandering,
so that part is your fault.
**[17:15] child Sumireko**
Am I really going to die?
**[17:19] Adashino**
Moonlight is necessary
for you to return to normal.
**[17:22] Adashino**
Let's go someplace where we can see the moon.
**[17:26] Adashino**
If we go now, we can still make it.
**[17:33] Adashino**
We can see the moon from here.
**[17:35] Adashino**
Let's give it a try.
**[17:38] child Sumireko**
Should I just read the same poem again?
**[17:41] Adashino**
What you initially read was a hanka.
**[17:44] Adashino**
What you'll read now is the complete
chouka that it summarized.
**[17:49] Adashino**
Here. Hurry.
**[17:51] child Sumireko**
All right.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** I wish that the bridge to the heavens were longer
**[17:53] child Sumireko**
"I wish that the bridge to
the heavens were longer.
***SIGN*** I wish that the highest mountains were taller
**[17:55] child Sumireko**
I wish that the mountains were taller.
**[17:58] child Sumireko**
I wish that Tsukuyomi's Water of Youth
were something I could steal
***SIGN*** I wish that Tsukuyomi's Water of Youth
***SIGN*** were something I could steal and give to you
**[18:02] child Sumireko**
and give to you to make you young again."
***SIGN*** to make you young again
**[18:22] Adashino**
You seem to have reverted safely.
**[18:25] Sumireko**
This feels embarrassing for some reason.
**[18:28] Adashino**
You're wearing panties under there, right?
**[18:31] Sumireko**
Of course I am.
**[18:32] Sumireko**
If you have any decency at all, could you
lend me something to cover myself?
**[18:38] Adashino**
Decency? Was that something I had?
**[18:42] Adashino**
Please leave that book with me.
**[18:45] Adashino**
I'll make sure it's disposed of properly.
**[18:48] Adashino**
Will this towel suffice
to hide that butt of yours?
**[18:51] Adashino**
Huh?
**[18:52] Adashino**
What?!
**[18:56] Adashino**
Wait!
**[18:58] Adashino**
Sumireko-san!
**[18:59] Sumireko**
Sorry, but I can't give this to you!
**[19:01] Sumireko**
I'll be sure to use it well!
**[19:03] Adashino**
It's dangerous!
**[19:04] Sumireko**
Wha—
**[19:05] Adashino**
You will give it to me!
**[19:07] Sumireko**
"In the heavens, the sun and moon shine.
You are like them in my thoughts,
**[19:09] Sumireko**
and I regret that with each
new day, you grow older!"
**[19:13] Adashino**
Hey!
**[19:14] Sumireko**
Who is that guy? How did he get ahead of me?
**[19:19] child Sumireko**
"I wish that the bridge to
the heavens were longer!
**[19:21] child Sumireko**
I wish that the mountains were taller!
**[19:22] child Sumireko**
I wish that Tsukuyomi's Water of Youth
were something I could steal
**[19:24] child Sumireko**
and give to you to make you young again!"
**[19:28] Adashino**
Why are you so good at using that?
You, with your caterpillar eyebrows!
**[19:40] child Sumireko**
Where am I?
**[19:45] Adashino**
Now, please give me the book.
**[19:49] child Sumireko**
No!
**[19:50] child Sumireko**
I need this!
**[19:52] child Sumireko**
If I'm not young, no one will read my books!
**[19:55] Adashino**
Why do you think that?
**[19:58] child Sumireko**
Because I've come to realize
that I have no talent!
**[20:04] child Sumireko**
All I keep getting are rejections.
**[20:06] child Sumireko**
Talent? That gilding has long since worn away.
**[20:09] child Sumireko**
All that's left is an immature person
who can't socialize with others!
**[20:13] child Sumireko**
But even so, I still want to write novels!
**[20:17] child Sumireko**
I know better than anyone else
that they're not any good.
**[20:20] child Sumireko**
I write and I write, and then I'm told
it's not good enough, so I revise it...
**[20:26] child Sumireko**
But even so, I still want to write!
**[20:40] Adashino**
Your nose is running.
**[20:44] Adashino**
Don't worry. You can write.
**[20:47] Adashino**
You've always had the courage within you.
**[20:50] Adashino**
You're fine with running around
town half-naked, after all.
**[20:54] Adashino**
I am a fan of the author Ogawa Sumireko.
**[20:58] Adashino**
Please let me read a new work of yours.
**[21:05] child Sumireko**
"I wish that the bridge to
the heavens were longer.
**[21:07] child Sumireko**
I wish that the mountains were taller.
**[21:09] child Sumireko**
I wish that Tsukuyomi's Water of Youth
were something I could steal..."
**[21:13] Sumireko**
You don't play fair, Adashino-kun.
**[21:16] Sumireko**
If you insist like that, then I can't say no.
**[21:24] Adashino**
I'm glad you're back, Sumireko-san.
**[21:31] Conductor**
* If you'd like to report a found article,*
* please come this way.*
**[21:38] Conductor**
*A Juusho, is it?*
**[21:40] Conductor**
* This can be exchanged for*
* one ticket to Yami Station.*
**[21:46] Adashino**
*I won't this time, thank you.*
**[21:49] Conductor**
*That's a shame.*
**[21:53] Conductor**
*We await the opportunity to serve you again.*
**[21:58] Conductor**
*Mysterious disappearances...*
***SIGN*** Schoolhouse, Drool, and an Apartment Wife
**[23:36] Sumireko**
Next time: "Schoolhouse, Drool,
and an Apartment Wife."
# E2 - Schoolhouse, Drool, and an Apartment Wife
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G14U47QMQ/schoolhouse-drool-and-an-apartment-wife)
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**[00:04] (Flashback) editor 1**
Pardon me for asking, but how old are you?
**[00:08] (Flashback) editor 2**
These tense, bottled-up emotions...
**[00:11] (Flashback) editor 3**
Rather than detract, they bring an energy
that befits a young writer.
**[00:16] (Flashback) editor 4**
The overall aim of the plot is interesting,
**[00:18] (Flashback) editor 4**
but it feels overcomplicated,
with too many extraneous elements.
**[00:22] (Flashback) editor 5**
This sort of melodrama doesn't really
suit someone of your stature.
**[00:26] (Flashback) editor 1**
The speech, mannerisms, and perspectives
of the characters really reflect this era.
**[00:29] (Flashback) editor 2**
And the themes have a universality to them.
**[00:35] (Flashback) editor 4**
The themes are run-of-the-mill,
and the premise isn't convincing.
**[00:39] (Flashback) editor 4**
You're only writing to
suit yourself, aren't you?
**[00:42] (Flashback) editor 5**
I think you need a more innovative angle.
**[00:49] editor 4**
*Pardon me for asking, but how old are you?*
**[01:00] (Flashback) Sumireko**
Happy 28th birthday, me.
***SIGN*** Happy 28th Birthday, Me
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
**[02:40] Conductor**
*A Juusho, is it?*
***SIGN*** Schoolhouse, Drool, and an Apartment Wife
***SIGN*** Schoolhouse, Drool, and an Apartment Wife
**[02:42] Conductor**
* This can be exchanged for*
* one ticket to Yami Station.*
**[02:48] Adashino**
*I won't this time, thank you.*
**[02:51] Conductor**
*That's a shame.*
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
**[03:01] Oto; telepathy**
*You couldn't get a ticket?*
**[03:03] Adashino; telepathy**
* It wasn't enough. They ordered me*
* to go look for more Curiosities.*
**[03:07] Adashino; telepathy**
* You know how spiteful*
* they are at this station.*
**[03:10] Adashino; telepathy**
*I'm back, Oto.*
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** Adashino Oto
**[03:14] Adashino; telepathy**
* It might be a while longer*
* before you can go home.*
**[03:17] Adashino; telepathy**
*But...*
**[03:19] Adashino; telepathy**
* No matter what it takes,*
* I will return you to your world.*
**[03:23] Oto; telepathy**
*Ren-nii, let's go back together, okay?*
**[03:28] Adashino; telepathy**
*Oh. I forgot about Sumireko-san.*
**[03:32] Oto; telepathy**
*About that... Is she your girlfriend?*
**[03:36] Adashino; telepathy**
*Of course not.*
**[03:37] Adashino; telepathy**
*She's my senpai from work.*
**[03:39] Adashino; telepathy**
*You could say she's done a lot for me.*
**[03:42] Adashino; telepathy**
* But then she got mixed up*
* with a Curiosity and nearly died.*
**[03:46] Adashino; telepathy**
*I couldn't just stand by and watch.*
**[03:50] Adashino**
First, we need to do something
about these panties on display.
**[03:53] Adashino**
Oto, do you have any spare clothes with you?
**[03:57] Adashino**
Huh? Are you angry?
**[04:03] Adashino**
Will that butt even fit in these?
**[04:06] Oto; telepathy**
*Ren-nii.*
**[04:08] Oto; telepathy**
*Are you going to look for another Curiosity?*
**[04:11] Adashino; telepathy**
*Of course I am.*
**[04:14] Oto; telepathy**
*I might know of one.*
**[04:17] Adashino; telepathy**
*Where?*
**[04:18] Oto; telepathy**
*My school.*
**[04:24] Adashino**
Koone Girls' Academy?
**[04:27] Sumireko**
"You... grow older..."
**[04:30] Oto**
She just...
**[04:46] Adashino**
Did you put them on?
**[04:48] Sumireko**
Since you're the one asking,
I'm not against doing this, but...
**[04:53] Sumireko**
Is this *really* necessary?
**[04:57] Adashino**
That works surprisingly well.
**[05:00] Sumireko**
Why do you even have a uniform like this?
**[05:03] Adashino**
Starting today, I'd like you to
become one of Oto's friends.
**[05:08] Sumireko**
Hey. You owe me an explanation, youngster.
***SIGN*** K
***SIGN*** I
***SIGN*** S
***SIGN*** A
***SIGN*** R
***SIGN*** A
***SIGN*** G
***SIGN*** I
**[05:13] Sumireko**
Curiosities?
**[05:14] Adashino**
Yes. For example, you've heard of mysterious
disappearances caused by spirits, right?
**[05:20] Sumireko**
Oh, kamikakushi? There was
a famous one described in...
**[05:24] Sumireko**
Hirata Atsutane's *Senkyou Ibun*.
**[05:24] [SONG] text**
Senkyou Ibun
**[05:28] Adashino**
You're as well-read as
I'd expect, Sumireko-san.
**[05:32] Adashino**
I believe that the ones
spirited away in this fashion
**[05:36] Adashino**
may be those deemed unnecessary
in their original world.
**[05:43] Sumireko**
What are you planning to make me do?
**[05:49] Adashino**
My little sister Oto attends
Koone Girls' Academy,
**[05:52] Adashino**
where it seems that troublesome
phenomena have been taking place.
**[05:55] Adashino**
I want to help her, but as it's an
all-girls school, my hands are tied.
**[06:00] Adashino**
So I'd like you to pose as a friend of Oto's
and infiltrate the school in my place.
**[06:13] Sumireko**
All right. I'll do it.
**[06:15] Adashino**
What?
**[06:17] Adashino**
Are you sure? It's a totally unreasonable
request, if I do say so myself.
**[06:20] Sumireko**
Uh, I don't think you should
be saying that yourself.
**[06:23] Adashino**
So why, then?
**[06:25] Sumireko**
I am the author Ogawa Sumireko.
**[06:29] Sumireko**
That's enough reason in itself, isn't it?
**[06:38] Sumireko**
That said, I think squeezing
into this uniform is a lost cause.
**[06:43] Sumireko**
Any other ideas?
**[06:44] Adashino**
I do believe we have a
light of hope in that regard.
**[06:48] Adashino**
In taking on the poem's curse, you have
become a curse of sorts yourself—
**[06:53] Adashino**
a "Bearer of Youth," if you will.
**[06:53] [SONG] text**
Bearer of Youth
**[06:56] Adashino**
As such, Sumireko-san, you should be able
to freely invoke the transformation.
**[07:00] Sumireko**
What?
**[07:02] Adashino**
Even into a high schooler.
**[07:04] Sumireko**
What?
**[07:05] Adashino**
Try standing there and reciting the spell.
**[07:09] Sumireko**
All right, but...
**[07:13] Sumireko**
"In the heavens, the sun and moon shine.
You are like them in my thoughts,
**[07:18] Sumireko**
and I regret that with each
new day, you grow older."
**[07:24] Adashino**
Looks like it succeeded.
**[07:28] Adashino**
You've lost that sexy,
older woman appeal, though.
**[07:31] Oto**
Hey.
**[07:32] Sumireko**
You could stand to sound
a little happier about it.
**[08:29] Sumireko**
Where is this place?
**[08:35] (Flashback) Adashino**
Koone Girls' Academy is a prestigious school,
founded over a hundred years ago.
**[08:40] (Flashback) Adashino**
It's a combined middle and high school,
**[08:42] (Flashback) Adashino**
and students can enroll at any level,
so it should be easy to slip in.
**[08:49] Adashino**
* They have a rigorous school culture*
* that honors public morals and tradition,*
**[08:53] Adashino**
* but currently, they have been experiencing*
* a series of inexplicable phenomena—*
**[08:56] Adashino**
*no, inexplicable incidents.*
**[08:59] Oto**
Good day to you.
**[09:00] young man**
Oh.
**[09:01] young man**
Good mor—
**[09:04] Sumireko**
Oto-chan, that young man was so captivated
by you that he walked into a signpost.
**[09:09] Sumireko**
Along the path to school, running
straight along an embankment,
**[09:13] Sumireko**
a multitude of cultured young
ladies walk in procession.
**[09:17] Sumireko**
What a sight for sore eyes
this school commute is!
**[09:20] Sumireko**
Can you feel the tsunami of youth, Oto-chan?
**[09:24] Oto**
Yes.
**[09:25] Sumireko**
It feels like the opening scene from an old
TV drama that exemplifies adolescence! Right?
**[09:30] Oto**
Um...
**[09:33] Oto**
Could you not be quite so
familiar with me... please?
**[09:36] Sumireko**
Huh? Sure... Huh?
**[09:40] Nodoka**
Occhan!
**[09:43] Nodoka**
Good day to you!
**[09:45] Oto**
Good day to you, Nodoka, Mari.
**[09:47] Mari**
Occhan, who is this?
**[09:50] Sumireko**
Oh, nice to meet you! I'm—
**[09:53] Oto**
This is Wakazukuri-senpai.
**[09:55] Sumireko**
Huh?
**[09:56] Mari**
P-Pardon me for not knowing,
Wakazukuri-senpai!
**[10:00] Nodoka**
We must hurry!
**[10:02] Mari**
Yes!
**[10:07] Oto**
I will never accept someone like you.
**[10:10] Oto**
Stop i-ingratiating yourself with Ren-nii!
**[10:13] Sumireko**
I'm...
**[10:15] Oto**
You... lonely apartment wife!
**[10:17] Sumireko**
L-Lonely...
**[10:24] Sumireko**
If I've done something to offend you,
please let me apologize!
**[10:27] Sumireko**
Even so, though! That's no reason to call
someone an "apartment wife" as an insult!
**[10:38] Sumireko**
*Incidents?*
**[10:40] Adashino**
* Several students have failed to attend*
* classes for rather peculiar reasons.*
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** Koone Girls' Academy
**[10:44] Adashino**
* It's quite likely that a Curiosity*
* is involved in some way.*
**[10:49] Adashino**
*Sumireko-san,*
**[10:51] Adashino**
* please go and ascertain the truth*
* behind these incidents.*
**[10:57] student 1**
Good day to you, Onee-sama.
**[11:00] student 2**
Good day to you.
**[11:02] student 2**
What's this?
**[11:03] student 2**
Your ribbon is crooked.
**[11:09] Oto**
Don't stare like that.
**[11:13] Uname**
Oh, Adashino-san. Good day to you.
**[11:16] Oto**
G-Good day to you, Uname-sensei.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** Uname Manami
**[11:20] Uname**
What's this?
**[11:21] Oto**
Senpai, we have to go, or else...
**[11:25] Uname**
Are you...
**[11:27] Sumireko**
Huh?
**[11:29] Uname**
I'm so sorry. What was your name again?
**[11:33] Oto**
This is Wakazukuri-senpai.
**[11:36] Oto**
If you'll excuse us...
**[11:42] Oto**
Apartment wife...
**[11:45] Oto**
Just stay here until after school.
**[11:48] Sumireko**
Huh?
**[11:49] Sumireko**
You can't be serious!
***SIGN*** OUT OF ORDER
**[12:06] Oto**
Apartment wife.
**[12:07] Sumireko**
Oh, Oto-chan.
**[12:11] Sumireko**
I...
**[12:12] Sumireko**
I...
**[12:14] Sumireko**
I planned to spend the day chattering gaily
with beautiful middle and high school girls.
**[12:19] Sumireko**
So why have I instead spent the last
six hours and fifty-one minutes
**[12:24] Sumireko**
thoroughly acquainting my rump
with every contour of this toilet seat?!
**[12:30] Oto**
Here.
**[12:34] Sumireko**
We're at an all-girls school, and you're
telling me to eat in the bathroom?
**[12:38] Sumireko**
What happened to chattering gaily?
**[12:40] Oto**
That wasn't part of the plan.
**[12:43] Oto**
And it never will be.
**[12:45] Sumireko**
Never?
**[12:49] Sumireko**
Wait, please!
**[12:52] Sumireko**
Where are you going?
**[12:54] Oto**
A place where a Curiosity probably was.
**[12:56] Sumireko**
"Probably was"?
**[13:05] Oto**
Here.
**[13:07] Oto**
There's a sign here that something happened.
**[13:11] Sumireko**
I don't see anything.
**[13:14] Oto**
I knew you wouldn't.
**[13:17] Sumireko**
I won't make fun of you. Just tell me.
**[13:20] Sumireko**
I love these kinds of stories!
**[13:25] Oto**
The thing that's here...
**[13:27] Oto**
is a trace left behind by something that
happened—a sense of something wrong.
**[13:31] Oto**
By way of convenience,
Ren-nii calls them Markers.
**[13:35] Sumireko**
So, if there's a place with
one of these Marker things,
**[13:39] Sumireko**
that means there was some
kind of Curiosity there before.
**[13:42] Sumireko**
Is that right?
**[13:45] Oto**
That's right.
**[13:46] Oto**
You believe me?
**[13:48] Sumireko**
Not yet.
**[13:53] Sumireko; internal**
*This girl is adorable.*
**[13:57] Sumireko**
But I've decided to try to believe you.
**[14:00] Oto**
Huh?
**[14:01] Sumireko**
You were clearly scared of that Marker.
**[14:04] Sumireko**
Your finger was trembling.
**[14:07] Sumireko**
But you still explained it to me
in spite of that, didn't you?
**[14:10] Oto**
Y-Yes.
**[14:19] Sumireko**
How long have you been able
to see a Marker here?
**[14:22] Oto**
Since about a month ago.
**[14:26] Tamao**
A red-faced Occhan and an unknown senpai,
leaving the bathroom together?
**[14:30] Tamao**
This is a huge scoop!
It'll shake the whole industry!
**[14:34] Erika**
Are you from some gossip tabloid?
**[14:37] Mari**
You're being rude to our senpai, Tama-chan!
**[14:41] Mari**
I'm so sorry, Wakazukuri-senpai.
**[14:44] Erika**
What? This is the Wakazukuri-senpai
I've been hearing about?
**[14:49] Nodoka**
Occhan! She's your sweetheart, right?
**[14:51] Oto**
Huh?
**[14:52] Nodoka**
Introduce us!
**[14:54] Oto**
What?
**[14:58] Erika**
And so...
**[15:00] Erika**
this is our special guest,
a first-year in our high school,
**[15:03] Erika**
Wakazukuri-senpai!
**[15:05] Erika**
A round of applause!
**[15:08] Sumireko**
Hi there!
**[15:09] Sumireko; internal**
*Yes! This is what I've been waiting for!*
**[15:13] Oto**
It's delicious.
**[15:14] Nodoko**
Right? Right?
**[15:16] Tamao**
Mari, no fair! Monopolizing
Occhan is prohibited by law!
**[15:20] Tamao**
She has to come to me, too!
**[15:22] Oto**
Mari's lap is better.
**[15:26] Tamao**
I've been rejected!
**[15:29] Tamao**
Hey, have you heard the rumor?
**[15:32] Erika**
What rumor?
**[15:33] Tamao**
Apparently, Akemi-chan and
Mika-san from Class 3 kissed.
**[15:38] Erika**
Akemi? She's going out
with Hitomi, isn't she?
**[15:41] Mari**
Could it be an affair?
**[15:43] Tamao**
Outrageous. They'll throw the
school order into disarray.
**[15:46] Erika**
And Akemi's the lewd type, so she'll come
up and go straight for the breasts, y'know?
**[15:50] Tamao**
She hasn't touched mine.
**[15:53] Nodoka**
I get hugged a lot.
**[15:56] Erika**
Nodoka, you definitely shouldn't
let people do that to you.
**[16:01] Tamao**
Oh! Wakazukuri-senpai is in high school,
so she should have lots of experience!
**[16:06] Nodoka**
Who have you made out with,
and what was it like?
**[16:09] Mari**
Tell us your super-sensual
personal experiences.
**[16:11] Erika**
Have you experienced a steamy romance?
**[16:17] Sumireko**
Well, yes. Of course I have.
**[16:20] Sumireko**
I tear up every man that approaches me
and toss them aside. Tear and toss.
**[16:27] Mari**
High school students really are amazing.
**[16:31] Tamao**
What about a steamier story?
**[16:34] Tamao**
A super explicit one?
**[16:36] Erika**
Tama-chan, you're a little too serious
about this. Why all the enthusiasm?
**[16:41] Tamao**
Well, I mean...
**[16:43] Tamao**
Nothing provocative happens at this school.
**[16:47] Tamao**
There's no bullying at all. It's so peaceful,
**[16:51] Tamao**
it's actually sort of creepy.
**[16:54] Sumireko**
There's no bullying at all?
**[16:56] Sumireko**
In a school with this many students,
that'd take a miracle. It's hard to believe.
**[17:02] Mari**
I think it's nice that it's so peaceful.
**[17:05] Sumireko**
But lately, more and more students
have been failing to attend, right?
**[17:09] Tamao**
Oh, you mean the dribblers?
**[17:13] Sumireko; internal**
*Finally, what I'm here for.*
***SIGN*** Dribblers
***SIGN*** Fever
***SIGN*** Excessive drooling
***SIGN*** Cause?
***SIGN*** Symptoms start at school
***SIGN*** They go home
***SIGN*** Anywhere
Any time
***SIGN*** Shut themselves in
***SIGN*** Only students
**[17:31] Sumireko; internal**
*"Dribblers."*
**[17:33] Sumireko; internal**
* The name of a strange yet frequent*
* occurrence at this school.*
**[17:37] Sumireko; internal**
* A student will suddenly have their body*
* grow as hot as if it were burning,*
**[17:41] Sumireko; internal**
*and then they'll collapse.*
**[17:43] Sumireko; internal**
*After that, they'll start drooling excessively.*
**[17:48] Sumireko; internal**
* It seems to strike at random times,*
* without any pattern,*
**[17:50] Sumireko; internal**
* and no attempt at treatment*
* has been effective,*
**[17:52] Sumireko; internal**
* but when the afflicted students*
* go home, they get better.*
**[17:55] Sumireko; internal**
* And if they return to school,*
* the symptoms return.*
**[17:59] Sumireko; internal**
* That's why those students, fearing*
* a relapse, fail to attend school.*
**[18:05] Sumireko**
I see.
**[18:10] Erika**
But forget all that.
How about those sexy stories?
**[18:13] Mari**
Wakazukuri-senpai?
**[18:15] Sumireko**
Hey!
**[18:17] Uname**
Stop that right now, all of you!
**[18:20] Tamao**
U-Uname-sensei!
**[18:21] Uname**
I've told you, bullying is wro—
**[18:27] Mari**
A-Are you all right?
**[18:34] Uname**
Y-You shouldn't make people
do things they don't want to!
**[18:38] Tamao**
It isn't like that!
We were just goofing around!
**[18:41] Uname**
Don't make excuses!
**[18:44] Uname**
All of you, go home for today.
**[18:46] Uname**
And, Wakazukuri-san,
**[18:48] Uname**
there's something I want to ask you.
Please come with me.
**[18:59] Uname**
I want you to tell me honestly.
**[19:02] Sumireko**
Tell you what?
**[19:06] Uname**
You're being bullied, aren't you?
**[19:15] Uname**
I'm on your side, okay?
**[19:18] Uname**
You can take it slowly, but won't you
please tell me what's going on?
**[19:21] Sumireko**
No, I'm all right.
**[19:24] Sumireko**
Really.
**[19:26] Sumireko**
I've had the cruel reality that I don't fit in
with these young people shoved in my face.
**[19:30] Sumireko**
I'm trembling over that. That's all.
**[19:36] Uname**
I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions!
**[19:39] Sumireko**
No, it's all right.
**[19:42] Uname**
I saw them restraining you
by your arms, so I panicked.
**[19:45] Uname**
I messed up big-time. How embarrassing.
**[19:49] Sumireko**
Not at all.
**[19:51] Uname**
Say, Wakazukuri-san,
do you have a dream or a goal?
**[19:58] Sumireko**
A dream, huh?
**[20:01] Sumireko**
I've always wanted to be a novelist.
**[20:07] Sumireko**
So my dream is to write a real
page-turner... I suppose.
**[20:16] Sumireko**
What's wrong?
**[20:17] Uname**
That's incredible!
**[20:19] Uname**
I think it's wonderful that you have such
a clear dream of becoming a novelist!
**[20:24] Uname**
I'll be cheering for you!
**[20:28] Sumireko**
Th-Thank you.
**[20:31] Uname**
Being able to support my students
in their dreams is *my* dream.
**[20:35] Uname**
You'll have to let me read
your novel one day, okay?
**[20:42] Sumireko**
She said she's cheering for me!
**[20:47] Tamao**
We've been waiting for you, Senpai!
**[20:49] Tamao**
Now, make with the sexy stories!
**[20:52] Sumireko**
Stop it, you oversexed kappa!
**[21:16] Sumireko**
Nodoka-chan, please go and get a teacher!
**[21:18] Sumireko**
Oto-chan, call for an ambulance!
**[21:20] Nodoka**
Right!
**[21:24] Sumireko**
What are you doing, Oto-chan?
**[21:31] Sumireko**
Don't tell me...
**[21:33] Sumireko**
You can see them?
**[21:35] Sumireko**
The Markers?
**[21:39] Uname**
Stones drift. Leaves sink.
**[21:44] Uname**
Horses moo. Cows neigh.
**[21:54] Uname**
I told you, didn't I?
**[21:58] Uname**
Bullying is wrong.
***SIGN*** Horns, Bullying, and a Hair Ornament
**[23:36] Sumireko**
Next time: "Horns, Bullying,
and a Hair Ornament."
# E3 - Horns, Bullying, and a Hair Ornament
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GJWU2WNV7/horns-bullying-and-a-hair-ornament)
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**[00:05] Uname; narration**
When I lost my parents, my grandmother
who lived in the countryside took me in.
**[00:11] Uname; narration**
The bag I clutched held
everything I had in the world.
**[00:19] Uname; narration**
My grandmother, Tae, hugged me.
**[00:23] Uname; narration**
Ever since that moment,
I've been my grandma's girl.
**[00:28] Uname; narration**
My life with my grandmother
wasn't full of luxury,
**[00:32] Uname; narration**
but those were peaceful, gentle days.
**[00:36] Uname; narration**
However...
**[00:39] Uname; narration**
My clothes were all either
made by my grandmother
**[00:41] Uname; narration**
or bought on sale at a steep discount,
**[00:44] Uname; narration**
so the other students in
my class made fun of me.
**[00:47] (Flashback) girl**
You always wear the same clothes.
**[00:51] (Flashback) boy**
Have you ever washed them?
**[00:57] (Flashback) teacher**
Everyone, make sure to bring a dust rag
on the day of our school-wide cleaning!
**[01:07] (Flashback) Tae**
I've sewn plenty of them, so share
some with the other children, too.
**[01:15] (Flashback) boy A**
Oh, I forgot.
**[01:19] (Flashback) boy A**
Can someone lend me a dust rag?
**[01:22] (Flashback) Uname**
U-Um...
**[01:25] (Flashback) Uname**
I have extra. You can use one.
**[01:28] (Flashback) boy A**
Uh, okay...
**[01:32] (Flashback) girl A**
Seriously? That's the same material as
the clothes you're wearing right now.
**[01:37] (Flashback) girl A**
You've been wearing rags this whole time.
**[01:42] (Flashback) boy A**
It smells weird, too.
**[01:46] (Flashback) boy A**
Pass! Pass!
**[01:52] (Flashback) Uname**
Don't!
**[01:54] (Flashback) boy B**
You're right! It reeks of old people smell.
**[01:58] (Flashback) Uname**
Give it back!
**[01:59] (Flashback) girl B**
Stop it. I feel bad for her.
**[02:10] (Flashback) Uname**
Give it back!
***SIGN*** Meeting Room
**[02:12] (Flashback) Tae**
Manami got in a fight?
**[02:16] (Flashback) teacher**
The other child's parents are very angry.
**[02:20] (Flashback) teacher**
Uname-san, could you apologize as soon
as possible to calm the situation?
**[02:25] (Flashback) Tae**
But Manami wouldn't be violent
without a good reason.
**[02:29] (Flashback) Tae**
There must be some misundersta—
**[02:30] (Flashback) teacher**
Are you saying there's a problem
with the way I manage my class?
**[02:37] (Flashback) Tae**
But...
**[02:40] (Flashback) teacher**
Manami-san being such a troublemaker
**[02:42] (Flashback) teacher**
suggests that the problem lies
squarely at home. Don't you think?
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
***SIGN*** Horns, Bullying, and a Hair Ornament
***SIGN*** Horns, Bullying, and a Hair Ornament
**[04:27] Adashino**
Hitting the jackpot on your
first day of infiltration...
**[04:30] Adashino**
I'd expect no less of you, Sumireko-san.
**[04:32] Sumireko**
I didn't ask for your opinion.
What happened to my clothes?
**[04:36] Adashino**
I sent them to be cleaned, along
with your drool-covered uniform.
**[04:41] Adashino**
More importantly, what do you think?
**[04:43] Adashino**
Were you able to determine anything
after seeing the dribblers in person?
**[04:47] Sumireko**
Only that whoever diagnosed
that as a disease has to be blind.
**[04:52] Sumireko**
It's something else. Something different.
**[04:54] Adashino**
The three who collapsed are unhurt, right?
**[04:57] Sumireko**
When the teachers took them outside,
all three regained consciousness.
**[05:02] Adashino**
Good. Very good.
That can't be explained by nature.
**[05:07] Sumireko**
You're certainly in a good mood.
**[05:09] Adashino**
Well, of course I am.
**[05:12] Adashino**
At last, I've found another Curiosity.
**[05:15] Adashino**
It won't get away.
**[05:19] Adashino**
You saw Markers appear
when they collapsed, right?
**[05:22] Oto**
Yes.
**[05:23] Oto**
But I couldn't do anything.
**[05:27] Adashino**
It's all right, Oto. Your friends
collapsed right in front of you.
**[05:31] Adashino**
As long as you're okay,
that's all that matters to me.
**[05:34] Oto**
Ren-nii...
**[05:37] Sumireko**
I wouldn't mind if you were
a little worried for me, too.
**[05:41] Adashino**
Of course I am.
**[05:42] Adashino**
Oto comes first, though.
**[05:44] Sumireko**
I'm honored to hear it.
**[05:48] Adashino**
I think we can safely say that a
Curiosity is present at that school.
**[05:52] Adashino**
The next step is to capture it.
**[05:55] Sumireko**
Capture it?
**[05:58] Adashino**
A philosopher of the Meiji Era, Inoue Enryo,
**[06:00] [SONG] text**
Inoue Enryo
**[06:01] Adashino**
wrote in his *Lectures on Youkai*
**[06:02] [SONG] text**
Lectures on Youkai
***SIGN*** Youkai
***SIGN*** Youkai
**[06:03] Adashino**
that youkai are divided into
"true mysteries" and "false mysteries."
***SIGN*** True
Mysteries
***SIGN*** True
Mysteries
***SIGN*** False
Mysteries
***SIGN*** False
Mysteries
***SIGN*** False
Mysteries
***SIGN*** False
Mysteries
**[06:07] Adashino**
False mysteries are fictions born of
things like fear or misunderstanding.
***SIGN*** False
Mysteries
***SIGN*** False
Mysteries
***SIGN*** True
Mysteries
***SIGN*** True
Mysteries
**[06:11] Adashino**
In contrast, true mysteries are
indicative of real anomalous phenomena.
***SIGN*** True
Mysteries
***SIGN*** True
Mysteries
**[06:17] Adashino**
True mysteries are further divided into
"genuine mysteries" and "reputed mysteries."
***SIGN*** Genuine
Mysteries
***SIGN*** Genuine
Mysteries
***SIGN*** Reputed
Mysteries
***SIGN*** Reputed
Mysteries
**[06:21] Adashino**
Anomalous phenomena that can be verified
in some way are called reputed mysteries.
**[06:26] Sumireko**
And truly anomalous phenomena that science
can't explain are genuine mysteries.
**[06:32] Sumireko**
But Enryo's definition of genuine mysteries
applies to all laws of nature.
**[06:36] Sumireko**
In a way, it's the exact
opposite of Curiosities.
***SIGN*** Wood
***SIGN*** Fire
***SIGN*** Earth
***SIGN*** Metal
***SIGN*** Water
**[06:40] Adashino**
It's just the sort of romantic interpretation
a philosopher would make, isn't it?
**[06:44] Adashino**
But unfortunately, I'm not Enryo.
***SIGN*** Genuine Mysteries
***SIGN*** Genuine Mysteries
**[06:47] Adashino**
My definition of genuine
mysteries is more literal.
**[06:50] Adashino**
They are genuine Curiosities.
***SIGN*** Genuine Curiosities
***SIGN*** Genuine Curiosities
**[06:52] Sumireko**
I see.
**[06:53] Adashino**
Genuine mysteries are very rare,
so I have an idea of what it could be.
**[06:58] Sumireko**
You do? In that case, my girls' school
infiltration mission has come to an end.
**[07:04] Adashino**
What are you talking about?
**[07:06] Sumireko**
Huh?
**[07:08] Adashino**
I'll be needing you to go
to school tomorrow, too.
**[07:12] Sumireko**
What?!
**[07:12] Adashino**
Oto, you want to save your friends, don't you?
**[07:16] Oto**
Yes.
**[07:17] Adashino**
Then please leave everything to me.
**[07:24] student**
Good day to you, Sensei!
**[07:27] Uname**
Good day to you!
**[07:28] Uname**
Go straight home, all right?
***SIGN*** In Use by the
Apartment Wife
***SIGN*** Wannabe
***SIGN*** Caterpillar
Brows
**[07:34] Sumireko**
This is inhumane! I don't wanna
eat lunch in the bathroom anymore!
**[07:38] Sumireko**
So why have I been shut in
a cubicle again? Damn it!
**[07:44] Uname**
Wait there! I'll get the door open!
**[07:47] Uname**
Flower spikes on the top, too? How awful!
**[07:51] Uname**
It's all right! I'll get you out of there!
**[07:56] Uname**
Wakazukuri-san?
**[07:59] Sumireko**
Uname-sensei...
**[08:04] Uname**
You're all right now.
**[08:06] Sumireko**
Thank you.
**[08:08] Uname**
Wakazukuri-san, I really do think you're...
**[08:11] Sumireko**
I wanted to believe that I wasn't.
**[08:14] Sumireko**
I thought if I said, "I'm not being bullied,"
**[08:17] Sumireko**
and didn't acknowledge it,
then it wouldn't really be bullying.
**[08:21] Sumireko**
And I figured that telling you
wouldn't change anything anyway.
**[08:29] Uname**
This won't work after all.
**[08:31] Uname**
Targeting the perpetrators
isn't enough to end it.
**[08:33] Uname**
I need to change my approach.
**[08:36] Uname**
The victims need time away from school, too.
**[08:39] Uname**
I'll give you the excuse you need to rest.
**[08:45] Uname**
The shadow shrank?
**[08:53] Adashino**
Good day to you. I'm delighted
to make your acquaintance.
**[08:59] Adashino**
From now on, licking the floor is forbidden.
**[09:02] Uname**
O-Okay...
**[09:03] Uname**
Huh? Why is there a boy here?
**[09:05] Uname**
And who is that child?
**[09:08] Uname**
What is this? Who are you two?
**[09:11] Adashino**
I'm simply the guardian
of one of the students here.
**[09:15] Adashino**
And she's a curvy woman with
fluffy caterpillar eyebrows.
**[09:20] Sumireko**
Who are you calling curvy with
fluffy caterpillar eyebrows?
**[09:24] Sumireko**
Look the other way!
Why are you staring like that?
**[09:27] Uname**
Wakazukuri-san?
**[09:29] Uname**
Were you that child earlier, too?
**[09:33] Sumireko**
More importantly... Uname-sensei,
you're the one behind the dribblers?
**[09:39] Adashino**
Ushi-oni.
**[09:39] [SONG] text**
Ushi-oni
**[09:41] Adashino**
Most of the time in folklore,
**[09:43] Adashino**
it's depicted as a cruel monster
that likes to kill and eat humans.
**[09:50] Adashino**
The bull-headed spider from the picture scroll
*Hyakkai Zukan* is the most well-known,
**[09:55] Adashino**
but it's unusual because its
appearance and personality
**[09:58] Adashino**
vary greatly depending on the folk tale.
**[10:01] Adashino**
When an ushi-oni licks a person's shadow,
they suddenly begin drooling,
**[10:05] Adashino**
their body grows hot, as if it's burning,
and eventually, they die.
**[10:09] Adashino**
That's what the folk tales say.
**[10:11] Adashino**
Don't you think it sounds
a lot like the dribblers?
**[10:14] Adashino**
And when I asked Tama-chan,
the queen of gossip here...
**[10:18] (Flashback) Tamao**
The dribblers?
**[10:21] (Flashback) Tamao**
I think a lot of them were students who
had gotten involved in some sort of fight.
**[10:26] Adashino**
Given these points, I built
a very rough hypothesis.
**[10:30] Adashino**
Namely...
**[10:31] Adashino**
that someone was borrowing the power
of the ushi-oni to nip bullying in the bud.
**[10:36] Adashino**
Which is why we set a trap
with a bullying victim as the bait.
**[10:43] Uname**
Huh? What are you doing?
**[10:47] Uname**
Don't...
**[10:48] Uname**
Don't!
**[10:52] Uname**
Stop it!
**[10:54] Uname**
Stop! Please don't smell me!
**[10:57] Adashino**
I see. So this is the cause.
**[11:03] Adashino**
That hair ornament.
If you'll just give that up,
**[11:07] Adashino**
everything will be resolv—
**[11:12] Sumireko**
He's weaker than he seems!
**[11:15] Uname**
Why would you get in your teacher's way?
**[11:17] Sumireko**
Please calm down.
**[11:19] Sumireko**
You want to put an end to bullying, right?
**[11:23] Sumireko**
But what's the point if you have
to hurt your students to do it?
**[11:30] Sumireko**
Please, Sensei.
**[11:32] Sumireko**
Please give us the ornament.
**[11:34] Sumireko**
Why not work with your students over time,
and put an end to bullying for real?
**[11:41] Uname**
Wakazukuri-san...
**[11:46] Uname**
All right.
**[11:47] Uname**
I just need to give you this hair ornament?
**[11:51] Uname**
It's just as you say.
**[11:54] Uname**
But why do people have to say that getting
rid of bullying isn't a simple thing?
**[12:00] Uname**
The children being bullied right now
can't afford to sit around and wait.
**[12:05] Adashino**
No! Sumireko-san!
**[12:22] Adashino**
Sumireko-san!
**[12:30] Adashino**
Stones drift. Leaves sink.
**[12:34] Adashino**
Horses moo. Cows neigh.
**[12:38] Adashino**
Stones drift. Leaves sink.
**[12:41] Adashino**
Horses moo. Cows neigh.
**[12:44] Sumireko**
Adashino-kun?
**[12:47] Adashino**
Sumireko-san. I see you've come to.
**[12:51] Adashino**
I'm sorry. This is all my
fault for misjudging her.
**[12:54] Sumireko**
Adashino-kun, your injuries...
**[12:57] Adashino**
Please get away from here.
**[12:58] Sumireko**
Hey...
**[13:00] Adashino**
Let's meet again at the bookshop.
**[13:02] Adashino**
A lot of new volumes
are coming out tomorrow.
**[13:07] Adashino**
I have a favor to ask.
**[13:09] Adashino**
If I don't return, please
look after Oto for me.
**[13:14] Sumireko**
What? Wait!
**[13:26] (Flashback) Tae**
Manami-chan.
**[13:29] (Flashback) Tae**
I'm sorry the only family
you have is your grandma.
**[13:44] (Flashback) Tae**
Manami-chan, hold out your hand.
**[13:50] (Flashback) Tae**
This is a precious amulet that's been
passed down in our family for generations.
**[13:55] (Flashback) Tae**
It will protect you, no matter what.
**[13:59] (Flashback) Tae**
Now, let's go home.
**[14:03] Uname; internal**
* The bullying that I suffered resulted*
* in my grandma getting bullied, too.*
**[14:08] Uname; internal**
*Adults bully each other, just like kids do.*
**[14:11] Uname; internal**
*I'm going to create a world with no bullying!*
**[14:17] Adashino**
Ow.
**[14:19] Adashino**
I've quelled the fire.
**[14:22] Adashino**
The inverse phrases of Ushimarobi.
**[14:24] Adashino**
"Stones drift. Leaves sink."
**[14:28] Adashino**
Folklore says that repeating inverse phrases
is one method of counteracting an ushi-oni.
**[14:33] Uname**
It's because she tried to take my amulet!
**[14:36] Uname**
The precious keepsake my grandma left me!
**[14:37] Adashino**
Amulet? What are you talking about?
**[14:41] Adashino**
That's a curse.
**[14:44] Adashino**
It's a relic known as the Ushinotama—
**[14:45] [SONG] text**
Ushinotama
**[14:47] Adashino**
a fragment of an ushi-oni.
**[14:49] Adashino**
Your ancestors must have come from
a family whose totem was the ushi-oni.
**[14:54] Adashino**
But as the generations passed,
those teachings faded,
**[14:58] Adashino**
and now, it's seen as no more
than a simple protective amulet.
**[15:01] Adashino**
It's likely that your name, Uname,
**[15:04] Adashino**
was changed to a homophone of what it was.
***SIGN*** Uname
**[15:07] Adashino**
Your real name would be written with the
characters for "female cow," also read "Uname."
***SIGN*** Uname
**[15:11] Uname**
A curse?
**[15:13] Adashino**
Yes.
**[15:14] Adashino**
And curses always come home to roost.
**[15:17] Adashino**
The limbic system, which manages our
instincts, has no concept of "subject."
***SIGN*** Neocortex
***SIGN*** Limbic System
***SIGN*** Thalamus
***SIGN*** Brain Stem
***SIGN*** Cerebellum
***SIGN*** Subject
***SIGN*** Subject
***SIGN*** Subject
**[15:22] Adashino**
So when we feel negative
emotions toward others,
***SIGN*** Self
***SIGN*** Others
**[15:26] Adashino**
our brains can't distinguish
between them and ourselves.
***SIGN*** Neocortex
***SIGN*** Limbic System
***SIGN*** Thalamus
***SIGN*** Brain Stem
***SIGN*** Cerebellum
**[15:30] Adashino**
Cursing another curses oneself
at the same time.
**[15:35] Adashino**
That old saying, "If you curse someone,
then dig two graves," has some truth to it.
**[15:42] Adashino**
I'm begging you.
**[15:43] Adashino**
Please give that to me.
**[15:46] Adashino**
I need it to send my little sister home.
**[15:49] Uname**
With this, I can create
a world with no bullying!
**[15:52] Uname**
And if I can do that,
I don't care what happens to me!
**[15:56] Adashino**
You don't even allow friends
to goof around with each other.
**[15:59] Adashino**
Is that really the world you're wishing for?
**[16:04] Uname**
"We were just goofing around,"
"I didn't mean it"...
**[16:08] Uname**
Those are the kinds of things
that bullies always say!
**[16:11] Adashino**
It seems we can't resolve this peacefully.
**[16:14] Adashino**
That's a shame. It really is.
**[16:18] Adashino**
I didn't want to do this,
**[16:21] Adashino**
but I can't leave you to your own devices.
**[16:35] Adashino**
The truth is, I do approve
of your convictions.
**[16:40] Adashino**
You are a kind person.
**[16:42] Adashino**
Back then,
**[16:44] Adashino**
if someone like you had been there with us,
**[16:50] Adashino**
then maybe my sister and I
wouldn't have ended up like this.
**[16:56] Adashino**
But no matter what I do,
**[16:58] Adashino**
I keep thinking about the feelings of those
who have been excluded from the world.
**[17:10] (Flashback) girl A**
Poor Dust Rag.
**[17:12] (Flashback) girl B**
Stop. You shouldn't laugh.
**[17:21] (Flashback) girl A**
Oh, I'm sorry.
**[17:22] (Flashback) girl A**
I dropped your lunch.
**[17:25] (Flashback) girl A**
Sorry, but could you eat
that off the floor for us?
**[17:32] (Flashback) girl A**
She's really eating it!
**[17:34] (Flashback) girl A**
Trust Dust Rag to clean up!
**[17:40] (Flashback) Tae**
Manami-chan, I know that you're a kind girl.
**[17:45] (Flashback) Tae**
You're my granddaughter,
and I'm proud of you.
**[17:53] Uname; internal**
*Grandma, I'm sorry.*
**[18:07] Sumireko**
Are you all right, Adashino-kun?
**[18:09] Adashino**
Sumireko-san...
**[18:12] Sumireko**
Did you do this?
**[18:15] Adashino**
I just gave it a little push.
**[18:18] Sumireko**
Will she be all right?
**[18:20] Adashino**
It's karma.
**[18:23] Adashino**
If she's killed someone with the Curiosity,
then she won't live, either.
**[18:28] Sumireko**
Then she'll be all right.
**[18:31] Sumireko**
Uname-sensei isn't the kind
of person who'd kill anyone.
**[18:34] Adashino**
Seriously? You forget things
really fast, don't you, Eyebrows?
**[18:38] Sumireko**
By the way, it seems like
all of my injuries are gone.
**[18:41] Sumireko**
What's going on here?
**[18:43] Adashino**
The Curse of Youth is similar to shape-memory.
**[18:47] Adashino**
You'll recover from a certain level of injury.
**[18:49] Sumireko**
I'm turning more and more
into a monster myself.
**[18:54] Sumireko**
It's kinda freaky.
**[18:55] Adashino**
Sumireko-san...
**[18:56] Adashino**
Why didn't you run away?
**[18:58] Adashino**
I made a cool exit and everything.
**[19:00] Sumireko**
Don't be ridiculous.
**[19:02] Sumireko**
And don't underestimate me.
**[19:03] Sumireko**
I'm a novelist, you know.
**[19:05] Sumireko**
How could I leave without knowing the ending?
**[19:09] Adashino**
Please. You look like a gacha game
character who's taken heavy damage.
**[19:13] Oto**
Ren-nii!
**[19:14] Sumireko**
Oto-chan!
**[19:16] Sumireko**
Your brother is all ri—
**[19:18] Oto; telepathy**
*Ren-nii, your eyes! Are you okay?*
**[19:20] Adashino; telepathy**
*I'm sorry. The only option I had was to See.*
**[19:24] Adashino; telepathy**
*Now the talisman is just an empty shell.*
**[19:28] Oto; telepathy**
*You're more important than a ticket, Ren-nii!*
**[19:31] Oto; telepathy**
*Please don't push yourself so hard!*
**[19:38] Sumireko**
Shall we head back, Adashino-kun?
It's time for the students to go home.
***SIGN*** Takamagahara Hospital
**[19:53] Adashino**
The dribbler incidents have been
resolved, so that's case closed.
**[19:54] Tamao; background**
Good day to you, Sensei!
**[19:57] Uname; background**
You three...
**[19:57] Adashino**
Thank you for your help, Sumireko-san.
**[20:00] Sumireko**
So did the ushi-oni disappear?
**[20:01] Tamao; background**
We came to see how you were doing.
**[20:03] Adashino**
Oh, right. I didn't tell you.
**[20:03] Uname; background**
Are the three of you all right now?
**[20:06] Erika; background**
We wanted to go back to
school as soon as possible.
**[20:06] Adashino**
Sorry. That wasn't an ushi-oni.
**[20:08] Tamao; background**
We wanted to apologize to Wakazukuri-senpai
for all the trouble we caused.
**[20:11] Adashino**
It was something way more dangerous.
**[20:13] Sumireko**
What?
**[20:13] Mari; background**
It's just like you said, Sensei.
**[20:14] Adashino**
I did think that it was way too brutal
to be your average ushi-oni. Ha ha ha!
**[20:15] Mari; background**
We shouldn't make anyone do
things they don't want to do.
**[20:19] Sumireko**
"Ha ha ha"? You little...
**[20:22] Sumireko**
Then what on earth was it?
**[20:26] Adashino**
The Chinrinki.
**[20:26] [SONG] text**
Chinrinki
**[20:28] Adashino**
It was a fierce god with eight heads,
winged and red in color.
**[20:32] Adashino**
When the Yamato court defeated the Chinrinki,
**[20:34] Adashino**
fragments of it became ushi-oni.
That's what people say.
**[20:38] Adashino**
That teacher must have been
weakening the curse's true power
**[20:42] Adashino**
by reciting inverse phrases.
**[20:46] Adashino**
That's why I misread
the cause of the incidents.
**[20:49] Adashino**
This is all just speculation, though.
**[20:52] Adashino**
That teacher's powers,
the Curiosity in question...
**[20:55] Adashino**
Both have been lost, you see.
**[21:05] Uname**
Yes?
**[22:39] Adashino**
"Following the footprints of the boy
who moved ever forward,
**[22:42] Adashino**
the fox senses the cold air of
the deep woods on its whiskers
**[22:46] Adashino**
and continues to wander.
**[22:49] Adashino**
The human boy, too, continues
to walk with no destination.
**[22:54] Adashino**
They will both return to this place one day,
**[22:57] Adashino**
in a never-ending cycle.
**[23:00] Adashino**
'Forest spirit!' The fox calls out.
**[23:04] Adashino**
'I've already lived for hundreds of years.
I would like to rest soon.
**[23:10] Adashino**
May I give this life of mine to that boy?'
**[23:14] Adashino**
The branches of the trees all around shook."
**[23:17] Oto**
Ren-nii?
**[23:19] Oto**
The apartment wife wrote this book?
**[23:22] Adashino**
That's right.
**[23:31] Adashino**
Goodnight, Oto.
***SIGN*** Simply Walk Alone,
Like a Rhino's Horn
***SIGN*** Winner of the Newcomer's Award
***SIGN*** Ogawa Sumireko
***SIGN*** A Bath, Cleaning, and a Surprise
**[23:36] Sumireko**
Next time: "A Bath, Cleaning, and a Surprise."
# E4 - A Bath, Cleaning, and a Surprise
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GN7UDMX4J/a-bath-cleaning-and-a-surprise)
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**[00:00] Adashino**
Cuckoo!
**[00:04] Sumireko**
That again, Adashino-kun?
**[00:06] Adashino**
Sumireko-san, did you know?
**[00:09] Adashino**
In Europe, the number of times
you hear a cuckoo cry
**[00:13] Adashino**
is said to foretell the number
of years until your wedding.
**[00:16] Sumireko**
In that case, I've heard it three times,
so I'll be married three years from now.
**[00:21] Sumireko**
You're welcome to send an extravagant gift.
**[00:23] Adashino**
Cuckoo! Cuckoo!
**[00:26] Sumireko**
Hey! Who said you could delay my wedding?!
**[00:31] Sumireko**
Seriously, you call that foretelling?
**[00:33] Sumireko**
It's basically a curse!
**[00:35] Adashino**
Speaking of curses, that reminds me...
**[00:37] Adashino**
I heard that Uname-sensei
is going back to work.
**[00:40] Sumireko**
Yeah. I hope nothing further happens.
**[00:44] Uname**
Excuse me, I—
**[00:47] Sumireko**
Are you all right, miss?
**[00:49] Uname**
Ow...
**[00:51] Sumireko**
Uname-sensei?
**[00:52] Uname**
It *is* you! So you do work here,
Wakazukuri-san!
**[00:56] Uname**
It's no wonder I thought
you looked familiar.
**[01:00] Sumireko**
What brings you here?
**[01:05] Uname**
I'm so sorry for causing you so much trouble!
**[01:09] Uname**
If the two of you hadn't stopped me, I might
have done something I could never take back!
**[01:14] Uname**
Thank you, truly. It's like an evil spirit
has been banished from me.
**[01:20] Uname**
From now on, I'll work to eliminate bullying
with my own efforts, not some amulet.
**[01:25] Uname**
That's my new dream.
***SIGN*** Ogawa
**[01:28] Uname**
And, um... Ogawa-san, is it?
**[01:32] Uname**
You should work toward
writing that novel, too!
**[01:34] Uname**
Well, I'll see you later!
**[01:39] Adashino**
Sumireko-san, do you have tomorrow off?
**[01:42] Sumireko**
I intend to spend it devoting
myself to writing.
**[01:45] Adashino**
Cuckoo!
**[01:48] Sumireko**
Stop it.
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** A Bath, Cleaning, and a Surprise
***SIGN*** A Bath, Cleaning, and a Surprise
**[03:39] Adashino; telepathy**
*What're you doing, Oto-san?*
**[03:45] Adashino**
Are you imitating an anime?
**[03:46] Oto**
Don't laugh at me!
**[03:49] Oto**
I'm sorry, Ren-nii! Are you all right?
**[03:51] Adashino**
Yes, I'm fine.
**[03:55] Oto**
Shouldn't you have the old man look at that?
**[03:58] Adashino**
Well, yes, but...
**[04:01] Adashino**
Okay! I've decided!
**[04:03] Adashino**
Oto.
**[04:04] Adashino**
Go and get ready for a sleepover.
**[04:08] Oto**
A sleepover?
**[04:14] Sumireko**
Who in the world are you two?
**[04:21] Sumireko**
Oh, right. For everyone else,
this is sakura-viewing season.
**[04:32] Sumireko**
Inspiration strikes!
**[04:36] Sumireko**
I'll go to a convenience store to buy some
alcohol and admire the sakura from here.
**[04:40] Sumireko**
A solo viewing!
**[04:42] Sumireko**
That might just work.
**[04:44] Sumireko**
Oh, it'll work for sure!
**[05:12] Sumireko**
You're still here?
**[05:14] Sumireko**
Are you a stray?
**[05:20] Sumireko**
I'm fully stocked!
**[05:37] Sumireko**
Everything is in place!
**[05:54] Sumireko**
Drinking while it's still light out
and writing a novel...
***SIGN*** "This town has a lot of '!' Markers," he said.
They are evidence that something out of the ordinary has happened.
Ordinary people can't see these Markers, but this brother and sister...
**[05:58] Sumireko**
This is the best!
**[06:06] Sumireko**
Huh?
**[06:08] Sumireko**
Wait... What?
**[06:19] Sumireko**
You little...
**[06:39] Sumireko**
You oversexed kappa...
***SIGN*** Adashi
**[06:50] [Messenger] text**
Do you have a moment,
Sumireko-san?
**[06:53] [Messenger] text**
What's wrong? I'm not
lending you any money.
**[06:55] [Messenger] text**
What's wrong? I'm not
lending you any money.
**[06:55] [Messenger] text**
You're one to talk, drinking
that cheap, low-malt beer.
***SIGN*** Adashi
**[06:58] [Messenger] text**
What's wrong? I'm not
lending you any money.
***SIGN*** Adashi
**[06:58] [Messenger] text**
You're one to talk, drinking
that cheap, low-malt beer.
**[06:58] [Messenger] text**
Huh? Are you watching me
or something?
***SIGN*** Adashi
**[07:00] [Messenger] text**
You're one to talk, drinking
that cheap, low-malt beer.
**[07:00] [Messenger] text**
Huh? Are you watching me
or something?
***SIGN*** Adashi
**[07:00] [Messenger] text**
Just a hunch.
***SIGN*** Adashi
**[07:01] [Messenger] text**
Huh? Are you watching me
or something?
***SIGN*** Adashi
**[07:01] [Messenger] text**
Just a hunch.
***SIGN*** Adashi
**[07:01] [Messenger] text**
More importantly,
I have a favor to ask you.
**[07:03] [Messenger] text**
This is pretty sudden.
Is there a problem?
**[07:06] [Messenger] text**
This is pretty sudden.
Is there a problem?
***SIGN*** Adashi
**[07:06] [Messenger] text**
I need to be away for a while
to attend to certain affairs.
**[07:08] [Messenger] text**
This is pretty sudden.
Is there a problem?
***SIGN*** Adashi
**[07:08] [Messenger] text**
I need to be away for a while
to attend to certain affairs.
**[07:08] [Messenger] text**
Thus, I was hoping you could look
after Oto for two or three days.
***SIGN*** Adashi
**[07:11] Sumireko**
Huh?!
***SIGN*** Adashi
**[07:12] [Messenger] text**
Kindly direct your attention
toward your front door.
**[07:18] Sumireko**
Oh, come on.
**[07:25] Oto**
Surprise.
***SIGN*** Adashi
**[07:26] [Messenger] text**
I'm counting on you!!
**[07:29] Sumireko**
That jerk!
**[07:35] Sumireko**
So... could you explain to me
what exactly is going on?
**[07:44] Oto**
Ren-nii got hurt during the ushi-oni
incident, so he needs treatment.
**[07:49] Sumireko**
I see. That does sound rough.
**[07:52] Sumireko**
Wait, do you two have health care?
**[07:58] Sumireko**
Sorry! I won't pry any further, okay?
**[08:02] Sumireko**
It's all right. You can stay
as long as you like.
**[08:05] Sumireko**
Make yourself at home and relax!
**[08:08] Oto**
Apartment wife...
**[08:17] Oto**
Thank you.
**[08:19] Oto**
But I don't want to stay in a pigsty.
**[08:21] Sumireko**
Sometimes the things you say are super harsh.
**[08:24] Sumireko**
Still...
**[08:26] Sumireko**
I see what you mean.
**[08:27] Oto**
What?
**[08:28] Sumireko**
It's time for some spring cleaning!
**[08:30] Sumireko**
Help me out, Oto-chan!
**[08:31] Oto**
What?!
**[08:32] Oto**
I've dug my own grave!
**[08:47] Sumireko**
Ten trash bags full...
**[08:49] Sumireko**
I think that should do it.
**[08:51] Sumireko**
And yet, for some strange reason,
it doesn't feel like we've cleaned up at all!
**[08:55] Oto**
What is wrong with this place?!
**[08:58] Sumireko**
Thanks for helping, Oto-chan.
**[09:00] Oto**
It's nothing. I wasn't any
help in the first place.
**[09:04] Sumireko**
Do you have a change of
underwear in your things?
**[09:07] Oto**
Yes.
**[09:08] Sumireko**
And a towel?
**[09:09] Oto**
No.
**[09:10] Sumireko**
Then I'll lend you one of mine.
**[09:12] Sumireko**
We've worked up a good sweat.
Next, it's time to freshen up!
**[09:17] Oto**
"Freshen up"?
***SIGN*** Tomi Baths
***SIGN*** Baths
***SIGN*** Vending Machines
**[09:23] Oto**
It's so big.
**[09:27] Mari; internal**
* That's Occhan... and I feel like I've seen*
* the person with her somewhere before.*
**[09:31] Sumireko**
Well, let's head in.
**[09:36] Mari's mom**
Welcome!
**[09:38] Sumireko**
Two adults, please.
**[09:39] Mari's mom**
Of course.
**[09:40] Oto**
Should I undress here?
**[09:41] Sumireko**
Sure. Use whichever locker you like.
**[09:49] Sumireko**
Here. Your towel.
**[09:51] Oto**
Okay.
**[09:51] Sumireko**
Is this your first time at a public bath?
**[09:54] Oto**
Yes.
**[10:06] Sumireko**
Why don't we go get in the bath?
**[10:13] Sumireko**
So do you live with your brother
in that defunct station?
**[10:19] Oto**
Well, yes.
**[10:21] Sumireko**
Just the two of you?
**[10:22] Oto**
Well, yes.
**[10:24] Sumireko**
What do you usually do about baths and stuff?
**[10:27] Oto**
We do what we need to do.
**[10:30] Oto**
So, apartment wife...
**[10:31] Sumireko**
Hmm?
**[10:32] Oto**
You have a bath in your apartment,
so why did you come here today?
**[10:36] Sumireko**
Since you're here, I thought it'd be better
to go somewhere with a bit more space.
**[10:42] Sumireko**
The tub in my prefab bathroom is pretty small.
I always have to squeeze myself in.
**[10:47] Sumireko**
Though now that I can shrink to child size,
I can stretch my legs out more.
**[10:54] Oto**
Couldn't you just lose some
of that excess weight instead?
**[10:58] Sumireko**
Stop right there. One more word,
and you'll open up a huge can of worms.
**[11:29] Sumireko**
My chest still hurts where you
hit me for no reason at all.
**[11:36] Oto**
I'd like to buy some of these to
thank you for letting me stay,
**[11:39] Oto**
but I don't have any money.
**[11:40] Sumireko**
I'll buy them for you, Oto-chan.
**[11:42] Sumireko**
You gotta drink coffee
milk after a bath, right?
**[11:49] Sumireko**
Here.
**[11:57] Oto**
Fruit milk tastes better.
**[11:59] Sumireko**
Don't complain when you're
the one being treated, okay?
**[12:05] Sumireko**
Now, let's go eat dinner somewhere.
What do you want?
**[12:13] Oto**
Ramen.
**[12:14] Sumireko**
Huh. So you like ramen?
**[12:18] Oto**
Yes.
**[12:19] Sumireko**
All right. Let's eat ramen.
***SIGN*** Baths
***SIGN*** Vending Machines
**[12:28] Mari; internal**
*They left.*
**[12:31] Mari; internal**
* That means Occhan's underwear*
* is in Occhan's backpack right now.*
**[12:35] Mari; internal**
*Not to mention...*
**[12:36] Mari; internal**
* In the bag of that older woman I've seen*
* somewhere but can't quite place...*
**[12:40] Mari; internal**
* are the sexy undergarments of an older woman*
* I've seen somewhere but can't quite place!*
**[12:47] Mari; internal**
*I want to see them!*
**[12:51] Mari's mom**
Mari.
**[12:52] Mari**
Y-Yes?
**[12:53] Mari's mom**
I'm going home for a bit.
Look after the front desk, would you?
**[12:57] Mari**
Will do!
**[13:25] Old Man**
Hey, you there!
**[13:27] Old Man**
What're you doing in a place like this?
**[13:29] Old Man**
You shouldn't be here.
**[13:32] Adashino**
Old man! Long time no see!
**[13:35] Old Man**
Adashino-kun?
**[13:41] Adashino**
I've been looking for you!
**[13:44] Old Man**
Hey! Give me a break, would you?
**[13:46] Old Man**
If you shout like that, the folks
upstairs are gonna notice!
**[13:49] Adashino**
Ow! Ow!
**[13:51] Old Man**
You know this really isn't a place
where people should be.
**[13:55] Old Man**
I'm saying this for your own good.
Just head back home, Adashino-kun.
**[14:00] Adashino**
Can I take that to mean you
don't want the gift I brought?
**[14:03] Old Man**
I've been waiting for you, Adashino-kun!
You are so very welcome here!
**[14:10] Old Man**
Ah, that's the good stuff.
**[14:11] Adashino**
You sure like to be unhealthy.
**[14:14] Old Man**
Next time, will you bring me
some cigars and whisky?
**[14:17] Adashino**
I thought I wasn't supposed to come here.
**[14:19] Old Man**
You aren't. You shouldn't. But if you're
coming anyway, then I'll be counting on you.
**[14:24] Adashino**
All right.
**[14:25] Old Man**
Now, then...
**[14:26] Old Man**
Let's get down to business.
**[14:29] Old Man**
Certificates of residence, insurance cards,
official copies of family registers,
**[14:32] Old Man**
bank accounts, passports...
I have more or less everything.
**[14:35] Old Man**
I have My Number cards, too.
**[14:37] Old Man**
I guarantee their authenticity.
**[14:39] Old Man**
What do you want?
**[14:43] Old Man**
Hold on a minute.
**[14:45] Old Man**
Could it be that you've used your Eyes?
**[14:50] Old Man**
Don't tell me I hit the nail on the head.
**[14:53] Old Man**
Didn't I tell you not to use them?
**[14:56] Old Man**
The more you use them, the more
those Eyes will destroy your body.
**[15:00] Old Man**
You'll die before you can
even send your sister home.
**[15:05] Adashino**
Even so, I had to do it!
**[15:08] Adashino**
There isn't any time left.
**[15:13] Old Man**
Let me see your eyes for a sec.
That's why you came here, right?
**[15:17] Adashino**
Old man...
**[15:19] Old Man**
Let's see.
**[15:21] Old Man**
Ugh! Whoa! That's gruesome!
**[15:25] Old Man**
Okay, I get it. That's enough.
**[15:28] Adashino; telepathy**
*That's not reassuring.*
***SIGN*** N
***SIGN*** I
***SIGN*** T
***SIGN*** O
***SIGN*** R
***SIGN*** A
***SIGN*** N
**[15:34] Sumireko**
Okay, don't hold back. Eat your fill!
**[15:40] Oto**
I will, thank you.
**[15:54] Sumireko**
Hey, Oto-chan, where did you come here from?
**[16:00] Oto**
Where did *you* come here from?
**[16:02] Sumireko**
I didn't really... come here, per se.
**[16:08] Sumireko**
I moved out of my parents' house, that's all.
**[16:11] Oto**
I came from over that way.
**[16:13] Sumireko**
That way? Where?
**[16:15] Oto**
I couldn't say.
**[16:17] Sumireko**
Do you have any family besides your brother?
**[16:21] Oto**
Do *you* have family?
**[16:23] Sumireko**
I do, back where I grew up.
**[16:27] Oto**
I do, too, where I grew up.
**[16:31] Sumireko**
Adashino-kun was talking about
sending you back or something.
**[16:34] Sumireko**
What did he mean?
**[16:37] Sumireko**
Oto-chan?
**[16:41] Sumireko**
Did I rub her the wrong way?
**[16:45] Oto**
Apartment wife...
**[16:46] Sumireko**
Yes?
**[16:47] Oto**
Can I get another serving of noodles?
**[16:51] Old Man**
I'm amazed you've kept your sanity.
**[16:55] Old Man**
I'll take you along with me,
but it's just a temporary respite.
**[16:58] Adashino**
Thank you.
**[17:02] Old Man**
There's no need to rush.
**[17:04] Old Man**
I think you're probably going
to find more Curiosities here.
**[17:08] Old Man**
After all, this is a new neighborhood.
**[17:13] Old Man**
In a way, this area is like a blank slate.
**[17:17] Old Man**
And in every new place,
**[17:21] Old Man**
new gods come to dwell.
**[17:24] Old Man**
So just relax a little more,
**[17:27] Old Man**
and take your time getting there.
**[17:30] Old Man**
With a face as scary as that,
your little sister's gonna hate you.
**[17:37] Old Man**
Now, shall we go?
**[17:39] Adashino**
Yes.
***SIGN*** Simply Walk Alone,
Like a Rhino's Horn
**[17:56] Sumireko**
When you feel like sleeping,
you can use that bed.
***SIGN*** Simply Walk Alone,
Like a Rhino's Horn
***SIGN*** Winner of the Newcomer's Award
***SIGN*** Ogawa Sumireko
**[17:58] Oto**
Ren-nii said you were the author of this book.
**[18:03] Sumireko**
I wrote it when I was fifteen.
It's my only published work.
**[18:07] Oto**
Fifteen?
**[18:08] Sumireko**
Meaning I was young.
**[18:11] Oto**
That's the same age I am now.
**[18:14] Sumireko**
Really?
**[18:16] Sumireko**
Well, I'm not the kind of person
who'd be jealous of youth.
**[18:36] Sumireko**
She falls asleep fast!
**[18:45] Sumireko**
Really, who are you and Adashino-kun?
**[19:21] Oto; telepathy**
*Ren-nii?*
**[19:28] Oto; telepathy**
*Ren-nii!*
**[20:03] Sumireko**
Morning, Oto-chan!
**[20:05] Oto**
Apartment wife.
**[20:10] Sumireko**
You haven't eaten it yet?
**[20:13] Sumireko**
It's thanks for the food you gave me before.
At least, it was meant to be.
**[20:18] Oto**
I have to go to school, so I'd like
to eat a little more than this.
**[20:27] Sumireko**
I'm kidding, I'm kidding!
I bought us breakfast.
**[20:47] Sumireko**
"In the heavens, the sun and moon shine.
You are like them in my thoughts,
**[20:52] Sumireko**
and I regret that with each
new day, you grow older."
**[21:00] Oto**
Um, I need the restroom.
**[21:02] Sumireko**
Oh, sorry!
**[21:05] Oto**
Huh?
**[21:05] Sumireko**
Sorry to keep you waiting! I'm all ready!
**[21:08] Sumireko**
Let's go together today, shall we?
**[21:10] Oto**
G-Go where?
**[21:11] Sumireko**
To school, of course!
**[21:13] Oto**
What? B-But...
**[21:14] Sumireko**
The bathroom's free. Go on!
**[21:18] Sumireko**
Before, we were caught up in
all that stuff with the Curiosity,
**[21:20] Sumireko**
so even though I got to be a high
schooler again, I didn't get to enjoy it.
**[21:25] Oto**
D-Don't you have a novel to write?
**[21:28] Sumireko**
No need to worry!
**[21:30] Sumireko**
I plan to gather material as
I enjoy the fruits of adolescence!
***SIGN*** Underwear, Snacks, and Scarlet Clothes
**[23:35] Sumireko**
Next time: "Underwear, Snacks,
and Scarlet Clothes."
# E5 - Underwear, Snacks, and Scarlet Clothes
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GK9U3EVX3/underwear-snacks-and-scarlet-clothes)
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**[00:07] (Flashback) Tomoko**
I'm going to head home.
**[00:08] (Flashback) Shuzuku**
What? Let's shoot the breeze a little longer.
**[00:12] (Flashback) Tomoko**
Tomorrow is my long-awaited
debut as a beautician.
**[00:16] (Flashback) Tomoko**
I've got to get ready, you know?
**[00:18] (Flashback) Shizuku**
That's real admirable, achieving
your dream like that, meow.
**[00:21] (Flashback) Tomoko**
What are you doing? That's creepy.
**[00:23] (Flashback) Shizuku**
Meow.
**[00:26] (Flashback) Tomoko**
It's all thanks to you cheering me on.
**[00:29] (Flashback) Tomoko**
Thanks, Shizuku.
**[00:31] (Flashback) Shizuku**
Here. In celebration of your new job.
**[00:33] (Flashback) Tomoko**
Huh?
**[00:34] (Flashback) Shizuku**
They said it's gonna rain.
**[00:37] (Flashback) Tomoko**
Oh, you're right. It just started.
**[00:40] (Flashback) Shizuku**
Better hurry up and get yourself home.
**[00:42] (Flashback) Shizuku**
Wouldn't wanna be late, Miss Beautician.
**[00:45] (Flashback) Tomoko**
Hey, let me cut your hair sometime, okay?
**[00:48] (Flashback) Shizuku**
Sure! That's a promise.
**[00:53] (Flashback) Tomoko**
See you later.
**[00:54] (Flashback) Shizuku**
Yeah.
**[00:58] (Flashback) Shizuku**
See you later, Tomoko.
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Underwear, Snacks, and Scarlet Clothes
***SIGN*** Underwear, Snacks, and Scarlet Clothes
**[02:42] Sumireko**
Along the path to school, running
straight along an embankment,
**[02:45] Sumireko**
a multitude of cultured
young ladies walk in procession.
**[02:48] Sumireko**
What a sight for sore eyes
this school commute is!
**[02:51] Sumireko**
Can you feel the tsunami of youth, Oto-chan?
**[02:58] Oto**
Hey.
**[02:59] Oto**
The same situation, the same lines...
Are we in a rerun of some TV drama?
**[03:03] Sumireko**
Huh?
**[03:04] Nodoka**
Occhan!
**[03:07] Nodoka**
Good day to you!
**[03:08] Oto**
Good day to you, Nodoka, Mari.
**[03:11] Mari**
Good day to you, Wakazukuri-senpai.
**[03:15] Sumireko**
I feel like I'm getting more and more
accustomed to the name "Wakazukuri."
**[03:20] Mari**
Well, if you'll excuse us.
**[03:21] Nodoka**
We'll go on ahead!
**[03:25] Sumireko**
I see. Uneventful daily events
repeating themselves...
**[03:29] Sumireko**
Maybe adolescence itself is no more
or less than the reruns of a TV drama.
**[03:34] Sumireko**
After school, let's enact another adolescent
TV drama of our own, Oto-chan!
**[03:38] Oto**
What?
**[03:54] Sumireko**
I know this toilet stall well.
Today, I'm fully prepared!
**[03:58] Sumireko**
I haven't overlooked a single detail.
**[04:12] Sumireko**
It's lunch break.
**[04:28] Sumireko**
So good!
**[04:36] Sumireko**
Nodoka-chan!
**[04:58] Oto**
Apartment wife.
**[05:00] Sumireko**
Oto-chan!
**[05:07] Erika**
Wakazukuri-senpai!
**[05:09] all four**
We've been waiting for you!
**[05:11] Tamao**
Yup!
**[05:13] Oto**
What are you all doing?
**[05:15] Erika**
We've been following you, Occhan.
**[05:17] Mari**
Now's our chance to speak
with Wakazukuri-senpai again.
**[05:21] Tamao**
We're heading up to the roof!
**[05:23] Sumireko**
Huh? Why?
**[05:28] Oto**
This!
**[05:31] Tamao**
Occhan!
**[05:33] Tamao**
Today's the day you grace
my lap with your presence.
**[05:36] Oto**
But...
**[05:38] Tamao**
I'm the one who brought
that boba tea, you know.
**[05:41] Oto**
Okay.
**[05:43] Erika**
We've brought you to another
of our middle-school gatherings.
**[05:47] Erika**
I'm sorry, Senpai.
**[05:48] Sumireko**
Oh, don't be! This is just
what I was hoping for!
**[05:51] Tamao**
A friend of Occhan's is a friend
of ours, you know?
**[05:57] Nodoka**
Occhan! Here, have this!
**[06:01] Occhan**
Thank you!
**[06:03] Erika**
Oh, right. Uname-sensei came back
to work today. Isn't that a relief?
**[06:08] Sumireko**
Sure is.
**[06:09] Mari**
Speaking of which...
**[06:12] Mari**
Uname-sensei's underwear
was the sexy black kind.
**[06:16] Tamao**
Huh?
**[06:17] Erika**
When did you even see that?
**[06:20] Nodoka**
Oh! It was when she tripped!
**[06:23] (Flashback) Uname**
All of you!
**[06:24] (Flashback) Uname**
I've told you, bullying is wro—
**[06:29] Mari**
A-Are you all right?
**[06:39] Mari**
Yes. My eyes took advantage
of that momentary chance.
**[06:44] Tamao**
That's Mari for you.
**[06:46] Erika**
She pretends to be mild-mannered,
but she's actually the perviest of us all.
**[06:51] Sumireko**
Huh? Is Mari-chan really like that?
**[06:53] Tamao**
She really is!
**[06:54] Nodoka**
After all, Mari's family runs a bathhouse!
**[06:57] Mari**
Th-That has nothing to do with it.
**[07:00] Mari**
Occhan, please don't get the wrong idea.
**[07:02] Tamao**
Occhan isn't interested in this at all.
**[07:05] Erika**
Still... Uname-sensei wears
sexy black underwear?
**[07:10] Erika**
I never expected that.
**[07:11] Tamao**
Then what kind should it have been?
**[07:13] Erika**
I thought she'd wear cuter ones. Like this.
**[07:24] Tamao**
No, no. If anything, it's the demure types
that tend toward wearing the erotic stuff.
**[07:28] Tamao**
You don't get it at all.
**[07:38] Nodoka**
Hey!
**[07:39] Nodoka**
If you're after black undies,
I wear them all the time!
**[07:42] Nodoka**
See?
**[07:44] Erika**
For real?
**[07:45] Tamao**
Guh!
**[07:50] Erika**
I see. It's the demure types
that wear the erotic stuff.
**[07:53] Tamao**
Which means... Occhan!
**[07:57] Mari**
What kind of underwear do you wear?
**[08:01] Oto**
What kind of underwear?
**[08:05] Oto**
Cloth.
**[08:07] Tamao; Mari; Erika**
Cloth...
**[08:09] Tamao; Mari; Erika**
Well, no lies there.
**[08:16] Sumireko**
Today was a lot of fun.
**[08:18] Oto**
Yes. That sweet fugashi was so big.
**[08:21] Sumireko**
That wasn't what I was talking about.
**[08:28] Oto**
Are we going to the bathhouse again today?
**[08:30] Sumireko**
That's right. Wait...
**[08:32] Sumireko**
They mentioned that Mari-chan's
family runs a bathhouse, right?
***SIGN*** Baths
***SIGN*** Baths
***SIGN*** Vending Machines
**[08:43] Uname**
Oh! Adashino-san!
**[08:45] Uname**
And... Ogawa-san?
**[08:47] Sumireko**
Uname-sensei!
**[08:49] Uname**
Fancy running into you in a place like this!
We're bath buddies!
**[09:01] Mari**
Welcome—oh...
**[09:04] Mari**
Occhan! Uname-sensei!
**[09:06] Uname**
Good day to you.
**[09:09] Sumireko**
Three adults, please.
**[09:10] Mari**
All right.
**[09:13] Mari; internal**
* It's the older woman I've seen*
* somewhere but can't quite place!*
**[09:18] Sumireko**
Is something wrong?
**[09:20] Mari**
Um...
**[09:21] Mari**
We've met somewhere before, haven't we?
**[09:24] Sumireko**
Have we?
**[09:27] Uname**
She works at the book store
near the train station.
**[09:30] Uname**
That's probably where you've seen her.
**[09:33] Mari**
Oh, Midori Bookstore! I've shopped there.
**[09:37] Sumireko**
Thank you for your business.
**[09:38] Mari**
Please, take your time!
**[09:41] Sumireko**
Thank you, Uname-sensei.
**[09:49] Mari; internal**
*This is my chance...*
**[09:50] Mari; internal**
*to see those three...*
**[09:52] Mari; internal**
*undress for their bath!*
**[09:57] Mari; internal**
*How titillating!*
**[10:03] Mari; internal**
*But, no. I shouldn't.*
**[10:06] Mari; internal**
*I have my family's reputation to uphold.*
**[10:09] Mari; internal**
* I can't allow crass thoughts*
* to cross my mind.*
**[10:12] Uname**
You know, I really love public bathhouses!
**[10:16] Uname**
They're a place where we can all cast off
our armor and relax together as equals.
**[10:22] Mari; internal**
*Won't they hurry up and undress?*
**[10:24] Sumireko; background**
That's kind of unexpected.
**[10:25] Sumireko**
I never imagined someone as refined
as you to be into public baths.
**[10:31] Uname**
Me? Refined?
**[10:33] Uname**
You have me all wrong.
**[10:35] Mari; internal**
*They're in a chatting mood instead!*
**[10:38] Uname**
I'm sure I'm the exact opposite
of what you think.
**[10:40] Sumireko**
I see.
**[10:47] Mari; internal**
*I completely missed it!*
**[10:50] Mari; internal**
*Occhan strips way too fast!*
**[10:54] Mari; internal**
* While I looked away, that sexy book store*
* clerk has gotten more undressed!*
**[10:56] Uname; background**
Ogawa-san, you have a really nice figure.
**[11:00] Sumireko; background**
I really don't! This is just the
lucky result of unhealthy living.
**[11:01] Mari; internal**
*But my main interest is Uname-sensei!*
**[11:04] Mari; internal**
* I intend to confirm her taste*
* in underwear with my own eyes!*
**[11:04] Uname; background**
I always wanted to be a little taller.
**[11:08] Uname**
But for some reason, it's only
ever my rear end that grows.
**[11:11] Sumireko**
What's wrong with that? It's sexy.
**[11:14] Uname**
Hearing you say that isn't convincing.
**[11:17] Mari**
Are you gonna strip or not?!
**[11:18] Uname; Sumireko**
Huh?
**[11:22] Sumireko**
Well, then...
**[11:25] Mari; internal**
*At last!*
**[11:27] Mari's mom**
Mari, I'll take the desk now.
**[11:29] Mari**
Huh?
**[11:30] Mari**
Stay out of this, Mom.
**[11:32] Mari**
My very life hinges on my position
at the front desk right now!
**[11:35] Mari's mom**
Your life?
**[11:37] Mari; internal**
* At long last, I'll be able to*
* see Sensei's unmentionables!*
**[11:40] Mari**
*Ack!*
**[11:44] Mari; internal**
*It's all over!*
**[11:46] Mari; internal**
*I missed it!*
***SIGN*** Tomi Baths
**[11:58] Oto**
We are aliens from outer space.
**[12:01] Oto**
Take us to your apartment wife.
**[12:05] Sumireko**
Coffee milk after a bath is better than drugs!
**[12:10] Uname**
I can't condone that comparison,
but I agree with the sentiment.
**[12:16] Uname**
By the way, Ogawa-san...
**[12:19] Uname**
you're looking after Oto-san
again today, aren't you?
**[12:21] Sumireko**
Yes. Her older brother asked me to.
**[12:25] Uname**
Would you like to come and
sleep over at my place?
**[12:28] Uname**
I'll treat you to dinner, too!
**[12:31] Sumireko**
We couldn't possibly put you
through so much trouble.
**[12:34] Uname**
As a teacher, it's only natural for
me to look out for my students!
**[12:38] Uname**
Don't fret about it!
**[12:41] Sumireko**
Oto-chan, what do you think?
**[12:43] Oto**
But...
**[12:45] Uname**
I have lots of snacks!
**[12:59] Sumireko**
What a pushover.
**[13:02] Sumireko**
Who gets lured in by snacks in this day and age?
**[13:05] Uname**
Adashino-san, eat as much
as you want, all right?
**[13:12] Sumireko**
This is kobucha, isn't it?
**[13:14] Uname**
That's right.
**[13:15] Sumireko**
And this room is so chic.
It's subdued and tasteful.
**[13:20] Uname**
I'm happy to hear you say that.
**[13:23] Sumireko**
It has the feel of a place where
a master author might live.
**[13:26] Sumireko**
I bet someone could write a good book here.
**[13:28] Uname**
That's a novelist for you.
**[13:31] Sumireko**
Your taste in snacks is like what
you'd see at a grandma's house.
***SIGN*** Nanbu Senbei
***SIGN*** Zarame Senbei
***SIGN*** Mini Chestnut Manju
***SIGN*** Ramune Candies
***SIGN*** Yatsuhashi Senbei
***SIGN*** Jellies
***SIGN*** Kani Mangetsu Crackers
***SIGN*** Le Monde Cookies
**[13:36] Uname**
Is it?
***SIGN*** Mameita Snack Bar
**[13:38] Uname**
Oto-san seems to like them a lot, though.
**[13:40] Uname**
See? Look at how focused she is on the ones
made of peanuts candied in starch syrup.
**[13:46] Sumireko**
You bought snacks you don't
even know the names of?
**[13:49] Uname**
Well, I'll get dinner started.
**[13:52] Sumireko**
Sorry for the trouble.
**[13:56] Oto**
Sensei seems really happy for some reason.
**[13:59] weatherman**
* The Kanto region will likely experience*
* sudden showers in certain areas.*
***SIGN*** Tonight's Forecast
**[13:59] Sumireko**
Maybe she really loves to cook?
**[14:15] Sumireko**
May I pay my respects?
**[14:24] Oto**
What are you doing?
**[14:26] Sumireko**
I'm greeting someone who's passed away.
**[14:30] Sumireko**
You do it by leaving gifts, like this.
**[14:36] Oto**
Is there a dead person there?
**[14:39] Uname**
I'm sure there is.
**[14:41] Uname**
Now, let's have dinner.
**[14:57] Uname**
Thanks for waiting! Dinner is ready.
**[15:01] Sumireko**
Thank you!
**[15:09] Uname**
I'm sorry to say it's all leftovers.
**[15:12] Uname**
Rice balls with red pickled
ginger and sesame-salt.
**[15:15] Uname**
Braised burdock root.
Carrots seasoned with sansho pepper.
**[15:19] Uname**
Shiitake mushrooms. Simmered lotus root.
And those are fuki stems.
**[15:23] Sumireko**
It's the textbook bento box selection!
**[15:27] Sumireko**
It's all so plain-looking that Oto-chan seems
as though she's been plunged into despair!
**[15:33] Sumireko; Uname; Oto**
Time to eat.
**[15:37] Sumireko**
It might look plain, but it sure is delicious!
**[15:49] Uname**
And it's healthy, too.
**[15:54] Sumireko**
It's already this late?
**[15:57] Sumireko**
We should take our leave now, Oto-chan.
**[16:00] Uname**
What? You're leaving?
**[16:02] Uname**
You can stay the night, you know...
**[16:04] Sumireko**
No, we couldn't put you
through that much trouble.
**[16:08] Uname**
But the weather's set to
take a turn for the worse.
**[16:10] Uname**
Wouldn't it be better to stay here?
**[16:13] Sumireko**
But...
**[16:14] Uname**
Oh, that's right!
**[16:16] Uname**
I have some delicious pudding
for breakfast tomorrow!
**[16:20] Oto**
What?!
**[16:26] Sumireko**
Is putting the futons that close
together really necessary?
**[16:29] Uname**
It's long been a dream of mine to sleep
**[16:31] Uname**
with three people lined up
like the character for "river."
**[16:34] Uname**
Ogawa-san, I'll let you be in the middle.
**[16:37] Sumireko**
What?
**[16:38] Uname**
Now, let's get sleeping!
**[16:43] Sumireko; internal**
* It's hard to sleep on the edges*
* of the futons like this.*
**[16:48] Sumireko**
Wait, Oto-chan, weren't you
going to contact your brother?
**[16:53] Sumireko**
She falls asleep so fast!
**[16:54] Uname**
I'm sure Adashino-san
must have been nervous.
**[16:58] Sumireko**
I don't know about that.
**[17:01] Uname**
Ogawa-san.
**[17:03] Uname**
Thank you for paying your
respects to my grandma.
**[17:07] Sumireko**
You can stop calling me "Ogawa-san."
My friends call me Sumireko.
**[17:12] Uname**
Then, Sumireko-san... Thank you.
**[17:22] Uname**
Grandma...
**[17:24] Oto**
Ren-nii...
**[17:26] Sumireko**
So much for sleeping like this.
**[18:33] Adashino; telepathy**
* It wasn't enough. They ordered me*
* to go look for more Curiosities.*
**[18:37] Adashino; telepathy**
*But...*
**[18:38] Adashino; telepathy**
* No matter what it takes,*
* I will return you to your world.*
**[18:42] Oto**
Ren-nii...
**[18:44] Oto**
If anyone's going back, it'll be
the two of us together, Ren-nii!
**[18:57] Oto; internal**
*No... This is an ordinary street sign.*
**[19:08] Shizuku**
I found you, you monster!
**[19:12] Sumireko**
Stop it!
**[19:14] Oto**
Apartment wife!
**[19:16] Sumireko**
Are you all right, Oto-chan?
**[19:18] Shizuku**
Stay out of my way! My only
business is with that monster!
**[19:22] Sumireko**
How can this little girl be a monster?
**[19:24] Sumireko**
Calm down!
**[19:26] Shizuku**
I figured you'd say something like that.
**[19:28] Sumireko**
I told you to calm down!
**[19:31] Sumireko**
I never said that I didn't believe you.
**[19:33] Shizuku**
What?
**[19:34] child Sumireko**
I'm no stranger to this kind of thing.
**[19:37] child Sumireko**
If you want to tell me about it, I'll listen.
**[19:44] Tomoko**
* Shizuku, can you see me?*
* That thing came again.*
**[19:48] Tomoko**
* The one that appears on rainy nights*
* and tries to open the door.*
**[19:53] Tomoko**
* When I opened the door before,*
* I caught a glimpse of a child in red.*
**[19:59] Tomoko**
*Today is the day I'll catch it.*
**[20:03] Tomoko**
*I'm going to open the door now.*
**[20:05] Tomoko**
*If anything happens, contact the police.*
**[20:12] Tomoko**
*I'm opening it.*
**[20:15] Tomoko**
*Wh-What are you doing...*
**[20:26] Shizuku**
This is the last video Tomoko recorded
before she went missing.
**[20:32] Shizuku**
It's been a year since then.
**[20:34] Shizuku**
For a whole year, I've been searching for
a child in red who appears on rainy nights.
**[20:41] Shizuku**
But no one's ever believed my story.
**[20:45] Shizuku**
Both Tomoko and I are alone,
without any relatives.
**[20:48] Shizuku**
I had no one to come looking with me.
**[20:52] Shizuku**
The only clue I have is this video.
**[20:55] Shizuku**
Even so, I'm gonna bring Tomoko back from
wherever she disappeared to, no matter what!
**[21:06] Adashino**
Yes, I see.
**[21:09] Adashino**
You went together to a bathhouse, too.
**[21:12] Adashino**
Yes, thank you for taking
such good care of Oto.
**[21:17] Adashino**
Yes, I have a good idea of what
that woman is talking about.
**[21:22] Adashino**
I'll return from where I am soon.
**[22:55] Old Man**
That's no more than an emergency treatment.
Do you understand, Adashino-kun?
**[23:00] Adashino**
I know.
**[23:02] Old Man**
Listen, make sure you never—
**[23:04] Adashino**
I won't push myself too hard, old man.
**[23:06] Adashino**
Now, I wonder if this one
will be worth a ticket...
**[23:10] [SONG] text**
Hong Yi Xiao Nu Hai
(Little Girl in Red)
**[23:10] Adashino**
The "hong yi xiao nu hai."
**[23:15] Adashino**
But more importantly...
**[23:17] Adashino**
I missed the scene with all of them in the bath!
**[23:21] Old Man**
What are you talking about?
***SIGN*** Sorry, Sensei. Something came up,
so we're going home.
Thank you for the delicious food.
***SIGN*** Sumireko
***SIGN*** A Curiosity, a Maid, and a Cultured Young Lady
**[23:36] Sumireko**
Next time: "A Curiosity, a Maid,
and a Cultured Young Lady."
# E6 - A Curiosity, a Maid, and a Cultured Young Lady
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GMKUX19VE/a-curiosity-a-maid-and-a-cultured-young-lady)
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**[00:08] Oto**
This is the entrance to the station.
**[00:10] Sumireko**
What?
**[00:17] Oto**
The new moon sits in the heart of blackness,
being stained darker and darker.
**[00:22] Oto**
The arrow of the crescent moon shoots
to the east, racing faster and faster.
**[00:27] Oto**
The half moon sinks, and for a moment,
it touches, growing rounder and rounder.
**[00:32] Oto**
Chasing the shadow of the night of the
full moon, around and around they go.
**[01:00] Oto**
Ren-nii!
**[01:08] Sumireko**
Adashino-kun.
**[01:09] Adashino**
That's Sumireko-san, isn't it?
**[01:11] Adashino**
Thank you for looking after Oto for me.
**[01:14] Sumireko**
Don't worry about it. We had fun.
**[01:17] Adashino**
Did you?
**[01:18] Adashino**
But...
**[01:21] Adashino**
How could you go to the bathhouse without me?!
**[01:24] Sumireko**
I mean, duh. Any bathhouse event
is going to be without you.
**[01:29] Adashino**
Say it isn't so!
**[01:31] Sumireko**
Wow. Even with half your
face covered in bandages,
**[01:35] Sumireko**
I can tell your expression
is filled with despair.
**[01:41] Sumireko**
Are your eyes all right?
**[01:44] Adashino**
Would you believe it?
**[01:46] Adashino**
It turns out they'll be healed instantly
if I bathe with a curvy woman!
**[01:50] Sumireko**
So you're saying it's an incurable disease.
**[01:53] Oto**
Is that true, Ren-nii?
**[01:55] Adashino**
Will you feel sorry for me if it is?
**[01:56] Sumireko**
More importantly, what do you
think about the Curiosity?
**[02:01] Adashino**
The one reported by... Shizuku-san, was it?
**[02:03] Adashino**
Without seeing the video she has,
I can't say anything for certain,
**[02:08] Adashino**
but have you heard this story?
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** A Curiosity, a Maid, and a Cultured Young Lady
**[03:41] Adashino**
In June 2014, there was an incident
in Hualien County in eastern Taiwan.
**[03:44] [SONG] text**
Hualien County
**[03:47] Adashino**
An eighty-year-old woman
who was there on a tour
**[03:50] Adashino**
said she was going to the
bathroom and disappeared.
**[03:54] Adashino**
She was seen on security camera footage,
**[03:57] Adashino**
which showed her going
somewhere of her own will.
**[04:00] Adashino**
Though the search continued,
they couldn't figure out where she'd gone.
**[04:05] Adashino**
However, four days after that...
**[04:08] Adashino**
The woman was found in a faraway
cave and was safely rescued.
**[04:13] Adashino**
It was a place that couldn't be reached
without crossing a raging river.
**[04:17] Adashino**
There was no way an elderly person
would have the stamina to get there.
**[04:21] Adashino**
Strange, isn't it?
**[04:23] Adashino**
Even stranger were the details
of her disappearance.
**[04:27] Adashino**
According to the woman, a girl in
red clothes had brought her there.
**[04:37] Sumireko**
A Curiosity that's a girl in red clothes?
**[04:40] Sumireko**
That's right. I've heard of this!
**[04:42] Sumireko**
I'm pretty sure it was called...
**[04:44] [SONG] text; top line**
Hong Yi Xiao Nu Hai
(Little Girl in Red)
**[04:44] Sumireko; Adashino**
"Hong yi xiao nu hai."
**[04:47] Adashino**
The hong yi xiao nu hai is a very
famous urban legend in Taiwan.
**[04:53] Adashino**
In 1998, a video broadcast
on an occultism show
**[04:58] Adashino**
led to widespread knowledge of it.
**[05:00] Adashino**
Originally, in Taiwan, there were many names
for Curiosities that led people away.
**[05:06] Oto**
That Curiosity...
**[05:09] Oto**
Does it return the people it takes?
**[05:12] Adashino**
Yes. The woman was unharmed.
**[05:15] Oto**
I see.
**[05:17] Oto**
I'm glad. Because there were those
who kept up the search,
**[05:21] Oto**
and those who made a place
for her to come home to,
**[05:24] Oto**
she was able to return.
**[05:28] Oto**
I want to help Shizuku-san!
Please let me join the search!
**[05:32] Adashino**
No. It's too great a burden
for you to handle.
**[05:36] Oto**
But why? You have no problem
working with the apartment wife!
**[05:39] Adashino**
Sumireko-san may be a virgin,
but she's also a full-fledged adult.
**[05:43] Adashino**
She and you are not the same.
**[05:44] Sumireko**
Hey, can it.
**[05:45] Adashino**
You can't do it, Oto.
**[05:51] Oto**
Fine!
**[05:53] Oto**
I'll go search for her without you!
**[05:56] Adashino**
What are you saying? Stop, Oto!
**[05:59] Adashino**
Oto!
**[06:09] Sumireko**
You've really done it this time, Adashino-kun.
**[06:12] Sumireko**
She looked pretty upset.
**[06:14] Adashino**
Sumireko-san....
**[06:17] Adashino**
Wh-Wh-Wh...
**[06:20] Adashino**
Wh-What do I do?!
**[06:23] Sumireko**
That sounded like some kind of engine noise.
**[06:25] Adashino**
What do I do? Oto hates me!
**[06:29] Sumireko**
That's the kind of move a dad would pull
only to earn his teenage daughter's ire.
**[06:33] Sumireko**
Don't worry. I'm sure she'll understand
by the time she gets married.
**[06:37] Adashino**
Oto's getting married?
**[06:39] Adashino**
To whom? I'll kill the bastard!
**[06:41] Sumireko**
Hey, calm down!
**[06:43] Adashino**
But...
**[06:44] Sumireko**
You really are hopeless, you know that?
**[06:47] Sumireko**
Look, just leave Oto-chan to me.
**[06:50] Adashino**
Shumireko-san...
**[06:53] Sumireko**
Anyway, why would such a recent legend
have already made its way to Japan?
**[07:00] Sumireko**
The hong yi xiao nu hai...
**[07:02] Sumireko**
Even occult enthusiasts like me
have only heard of it recently.
**[07:06] Adashino**
It's *because* you've only
heard of it recently.
**[07:08] Adashino**
I asked an authority on the subject,
**[07:11] Adashino**
and apparently, new gods
come to dwell in new places.
**[07:16] Adashino**
This area is a little bit unusual.
**[07:19] Sumireko**
Well, that doesn't give me
a good feeling about this.
**[07:22] Adashino**
And it makes me wonder.
**[07:25] Adashino**
As far as I know, the story
of the hong yi xiao nu hai
**[07:28] Adashino**
never included anything
about knocking or the rain.
**[07:49] Sumireko**
Can I sit next to you?
**[07:52] Oto**
Okay.
**[08:05] Oto**
Yes.
**[08:06] Oto**
Yes, sorry for the trouble.
**[08:08] Oto**
Then we'll come and see you now.
***SIGN*** Maid Café
**[08:27] Reine**
Welcome home, my lady.
**[08:34] Shizuku**
Meow!
**[08:39] Shizuku**
I didn't think you'd be *that* surprised.
**[08:41] Shizuku**
Sorry 'bout that.
**[08:44] Oto**
Shizuku-san, is this where you work?
**[08:47] Shizuku**
I'm a maid. Cute, right?
**[08:51] Shizuku**
We can't really talk here.
Let's go somewhere else.
**[09:02] Shizuku**
Thanks for coming all the way here.
**[09:05] Shizuku**
What brings you?
**[09:06] Oto**
I'm going to find Tomoko-san.
**[09:09] Oto**
So please tell me more about her.
**[09:12] Oto**
Where she worked, her movement
patterns, her circle of friends...
**[09:15] Oto**
Tell me everything you can!
**[09:20] Shizuku**
Meow!
**[09:29] Shizuku**
Who do you take me for?
**[09:31] Shizuku**
Go on, beat it!
**[09:33] Oto**
Shizuku-san...
**[09:40] Oto**
My eyes can see the traces
left by Curiosities.
**[09:43] Oto**
If I can use them to track the places where
Tomoko-san has been, I might find something.
**[09:50] Oto**
So please, tell me about Tomoko-san!
***SIGN*** Search
**[09:59] Sumireko**
You did it, Oto-chan!
I'd expect nothing less from you.
**[10:02] Oto**
Th-Thank you.
**[10:05] Oto**
Next, I'm going to go through these in order!
**[10:08] Sumireko**
Roger that, boss.
**[10:29] Sumireko**
No leads, huh?
**[10:32] Sumireko**
Any idea what to do next?
**[10:37] Sumireko**
I gotta say, though... her circle
of friends is bigger than I expected.
**[10:41] Sumireko**
It's not just her coworkers.
**[10:43] Sumireko**
Even the clerk at the convenience store
she frequented is worried for her.
**[10:47] Sumireko**
Maybe she wasn't really
alone in the world after all.
**[10:51] Oto**
But the only one who looked
for Tomoko-san was Shizuku-san.
**[10:56] Shizuku**
Take that!
**[11:00] Shizuku**
White, as I thought.
**[11:01] Oto**
Shizuku-san!
**[11:03] Shizuku**
Hey, you guys. Let's go eat some ramen.
***SIGN*** Chinese Cuisine
***SIGN*** Tatsuta
**[11:11] Sumireko**
It's so good!
**[11:12] Shizuku**
Right?
**[11:16] Shizuku**
So, come up with anything yet?
**[11:20] Oto**
No, nothing.
**[11:21] Shizuku**
I see. Well, I kinda expected that.
**[11:26] Oto**
Um, what kind of friend was Tomoko-san?
**[11:29] Shizuku**
Huh? Well...
**[11:34] Shizuku**
Both of us had frayed relationships
with our families,
**[11:38] Shizuku**
so we moved here from the countryside.
**[11:40] Shizuku**
We were roommates.
**[11:42] Shizuku**
We'd split one packet of instant
ramen between us...
**[11:46] Shizuku**
Carry a kotatsu that'd been
dumped back to our place...
**[11:50] Shizuku**
And when anything stupid happened,
**[11:53] Shizuku**
the first person I'd want
to tell about it was her.
**[11:57] Shizuku**
When Tomoko started attending
cosmetology school,
**[12:00] Shizuku**
we moved out to different places.
**[12:02] Shizuku**
The truth is, I wasn't in contact
with her very much.
**[12:05] Shizuku**
On that day a year ago, I got a message
from her for the first time in ages.
**[12:10] Shizuku**
She was grinning triumphantly,
saying she finally got a job in a salon.
**[12:14] Shizuku**
I don't know if it's a Curiosity or what,
**[12:16] Shizuku**
but I want it to give Tomoko back.
**[12:19] Shizuku**
Ever since that day,
time has stopped moving for me.
**[12:27] Shizuku**
I'm gonna get going.
**[12:28] Shizuku**
A runt like you's gotta eat more,
or you'll never grow up big and strong.
**[12:32] Sumireko**
Wait, Shizuku-chan.
**[12:35] Sumireko**
There's something I want you to tell me.
**[12:38] Sumireko**
What day and month was that video taken?
***SIGN*** Laws Regarding Unsolved Cases
**[12:49] attendant**
If you'd like to access the database,
booth two is available.
***SIGN*** Missing
Persons List
**[12:59] Sumireko**
Hang on. Is this what I think it is?
**[13:09] Nodoka**
Bye, Occhan!
**[13:11] Nodoka**
See you tomorrow!
**[13:13] Oto**
Good day to you, Nodoka!
***SIGN*** Maid Café
***SIGN*** Getting Ready to Serve You
**[13:36] Reine**
Head Maid, we have a problem!
**[13:37] Reine**
Nagano-san's asking for the day off
because her child has a fever!
**[13:41] Yuri**
And we're already shorthanded today!
**[13:45] Reine; Yuri**
But supporting each other through our
family issues is an ironclad rule here!
**[13:55] Shizuku**
You again, Adashino Oto?
**[13:57] Shizuku**
I don't have time for you
right now. Just go home.
**[14:00] Reine; Yuri**
Wait, please, Head Maid!
**[14:05] Reine**
She's exactly what we need, don't you think?
**[14:07] Yuri**
It'll look wonderful on her!
There's no question!
**[14:10] Oto**
I can't be a maid! I couldn't possibly!
**[14:14] Shizuku**
Now, now. I'm counting on you.
**[14:16] Shizuku**
As thanks, I'll treat you
to a deluxe parfait.
**[14:20] Oto**
A deluxe parfait?
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
***SIGN*** Sumire
***SIGN*** Sumireko-san
***SIGN*** Sumireko-san
**[14:32] Adashino**
Hello? Sumireko-san?
**[14:34] Sumireko**
*Do you have a minute to talk?*
**[14:36] Adashino**
I do, though I must apologize
for my half-dressed state.
**[14:39] Sumireko**
*Fortunately, I can't see you.*
**[14:41] Adashino**
Thank you for going with Oto yesterday.
***SIGN*** Sumireko-san
**[14:46] Sumireko**
*Is Oto-chan nearby?*
**[14:48] Adashino**
* She might have given up.*
* She went to school without a fuss.*
**[14:52] Sumireko**
That's good. Listen to what
I'm about to say, Adashino-kun.
**[14:57] Sumireko**
At the city library, I looked up cases
that wouldn't appear in national papers—
**[15:00] Sumireko**
local cases of disappearances
and missing persons.
**[15:05] Sumireko**
On the same exact day that Tomoko-san
went missing, a woman's body was found.
***SIGN*** Unidentified Body Found
**[15:11] Adashino**
A body? You don't think it was Tomoko-san?
**[15:13] Sumireko**
*No, that's not it.*
**[15:15] Sumireko**
The body wasn't Tomoko-san's.
**[15:18] Sumireko**
It was discovered in a landslide caused
by several days of continuous rain.
**[15:23] Sumireko**
The time was confirmed by cameras
installed at the location.
***SIGN*** Have You Seen This Person?
**[15:27] Sumireko**
The thing is, a search request for that woman
had been submitted half a year before that.
**[15:32] Sumireko**
*Interesting, isn't it?*
**[15:35] Sumireko**
I compiled a list of three years'
worth of missing persons
**[15:39] Sumireko**
and arranged a timeline
of cases and accidents.
**[15:42] Sumireko**
*When I did, I realized the connection.*
**[15:45] Sumireko**
*The search requests,*
**[15:46] Sumireko**
missing person reports, and body
discoveries overlapped in certain places.
**[15:52] Sumireko**
On the days when missing
persons disappeared,
**[15:55] Sumireko**
the bodies of other
missing persons were found.
**[15:59] Sumireko**
I went back and found six cases.
**[16:01] Sumireko**
All of them happened on rainy days.
**[16:03] Sumireko**
It's possible there are others
that I didn't notice, too.
**[16:07] Sumireko**
You get it, right? Basically, when someone
disappears, someone else is found.
***SIGN*** Discovery
***SIGN*** X Month Y Day
***SIGN*** Disappearance
***SIGN*** Discovery
***SIGN*** Y Month Y Day
***SIGN*** Disappearance
***SIGN*** Discovery
***SIGN*** Z Month X Day
***SIGN*** Disappearance
***SIGN*** Discovery
***SIGN*** Y Month Z Day
***SIGN*** Disappearance
***SIGN*** Tomoko
**[16:14] Adashino**
It's like a baton relay.
**[16:19] Sumireko**
I see.
**[16:25] Adashino**
*Sumireko-san?*
**[16:27] Sumireko**
This is the worst-case scenario.
**[16:28] Sumireko**
There's only one conclusion
we can draw from this.
**[16:35] Oto**
Welcome home, masters.
**[16:39] customer B**
Are you new?
**[16:40] Oto**
My name is Otohime.
**[16:43] Oto**
P-Pweeze have a sheet...
**[16:45] customer A**
She fumbled her words.
**[16:45] customer B**
She's adorable.
**[16:49] Oto**
Moe, moe!
**[16:50] customer A; B**
Moe, moe!
**[16:51] Oto**
Kyun, kyun!
**[16:52] customer A; B**
Kyun, kyun!
**[16:54] Oto**
Shake, shake!
**[16:55] customer A; B**
Shake, shake!
**[16:56] Oto**
Rattle, rattle!
**[16:57] customer A; B**
Rattle, rattle!
**[17:05] Oto**
I'll draw my favorite animal, okay?
**[17:08] Oto**
Get yummy, get yummy—Huh?
**[17:17] Oto**
I'm so sorry!
**[17:18] Yuri**
At first glance, she seems like an
accident-prone mistake of a maid.
**[17:22] Reine**
But the customers are smiling
because she's just too cute.
**[17:25] Yuri**
She's perfect.
**[17:27] Adashino**
I have something to report, as well.
**[17:29] Adashino**
I looked into the hong yi xiao nu hai again.
**[17:34] Adashino**
Do you remember what I said
about the knocking?
**[17:37] Adashino**
I think I've found something regarding that.
**[17:40] Adashino**
At a certain university in Taiwan, there's
a story about the hong yi xiao nu hai.
**[17:47] Adashino**
When night comes, a young female spirit
in red clothes invites people to play,
**[17:52] Adashino**
and if you accept her invitation,
you lose your life.
**[17:56] Adashino**
Among the variations of the story,
there are cases where she knocks first.
**[18:01] Adashino**
This must be it.
**[18:02] Adashino**
As for why it's associated with rain,
**[18:04] Adashino**
that's likely due to tales of spirits
long said to abduct people near the water:
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** Shui Gui
(Water Ghost)
**[18:08] Adashino**
the shui gui.
**[18:10] Adashino**
During its journey across
the ocean to this very town,
**[18:13] Adashino**
the legend became conflated
with various other imagery.
**[18:16] Adashino**
And so the hong yi xiao nu hai transformed.
***SIGN*** K
***SIGN*** I
***SIGN*** S
***SIGN*** A
***SIGN*** R
***SIGN*** A
***SIGN*** G
***SIGN*** I
**[18:19] Adashino**
So that tales of it would be scarier,
**[18:22] Adashino**
people built on them and added to them,
**[18:24] Adashino**
and the end result of their
storytelling was this.
**[18:28] Adashino**
Finally, the shui gui has one more
characteristic we can't afford to ignore.
**[18:33] Adashino**
The data you found convinced me of it.
**[18:37] Reine**
Good work today, Oto-chan.
**[18:40] Oto**
Thank you for your hard work, Senpai!
**[18:42] Reine**
You really helped us out!
You're the best, Oto-chan!
**[18:45] Yuri**
Your magic surpassed mine on your first day.
You've utterly defeated me.
**[18:49] Oto**
But all I did was make mistakes.
**[18:52] Oto**
Thank you!
**[18:54] Yuri**
You're such a good girl.
**[18:55] Reine**
We asked the impossible of you,
but you're thanking us.
**[18:58] Yuri**
Could she be an angel in the flesh?
**[19:01] Oto**
Please don't!
**[19:02] Yuri**
It's only natural that we'd be grateful.
**[19:04] Reine**
If we weren't, the head maid
would knock us into next week.
**[19:08] Oto**
The head maid? What kind
of person is Shizuku-san?
**[19:13] Yuri**
The head maid?
**[19:14] Yuri**
She's dependable, she's kind,
and she's understanding.
**[19:17] Reine**
But she gives off an aura saying
not to get too close, right?
**[19:20] Yuri**
She totally does.
**[19:21] Yuri**
She's wary of others, and she's actually
uncomfortable around strangers.
**[19:24] Reine**
To sum it up, I guess
she's sort of like a cat.
**[19:27] Yuri**
And she'd be the boss of the strays, right?
**[19:30] Shizuku**
If you're gonna badmouth me,
do it somewhere I can't hear you.
**[19:35] Shizuku**
Good work today, Adashino Oto.
**[19:38] Shizuku**
Here's the promised deluxe parfait.
**[19:40] Shizuku**
Once you've changed, come eat it in my room.
***SIGN*** Shizuku's Room
**[19:44] Adashino**
In other words, I believe we have
arrived at the same conclusion.
**[19:48] Sumireko**
*If we're right, then Oto-chan is...*
**[19:50] Adashino**
* Can I ask you to take care*
* of her, Sumireko-san?*
**[19:53] Shizuku**
Thank you for waiting, my lady.
**[19:55] Shizuku**
This is our deluxe parfait.
**[19:58] Oto**
Thank you!
**[19:59] Shizuku**
Eat as much as you like!
**[20:01] Oto**
Another!
**[20:03] Shizuku**
That was fast!
**[20:03] Oto**
Thank you for the feast.
**[20:05] Shizuku**
Man, you're one heck of an eater.
It's somehow refreshing.
**[20:17] Shizuku**
Hey, Adashino Oto...
**[20:20] Shizuku**
I gotta apologize for being mean to you.
**[20:22] Shizuku**
I'm sorry.
**[20:26] Shizuku**
While I searched for Tomoko on my own,
people said all kinds of things to me.
**[20:30] Shizuku**
Some people just pretended
they were worried.
**[20:33] Shizuku**
Some people even said I must have done it.
**[20:37] Shizuku**
I thought you were someone who'd just
go through the motions, like them.
**[20:43] Oto**
I was really happy to meet you, Shizuku-san.
**[20:46] Oto**
My brother and I got lost,
**[20:48] Oto**
and before we knew it, we were
somewhere completely unfamiliar.
**[20:52] Oto**
We waited for help, but no one came.
**[20:55] Oto**
That's why my brother is
pushing himself so hard.
**[20:58] Oto**
"Why isn't anyone looking for us?" I wondered.
**[21:01] Oto**
"Does that mean no one needs us?"
**[21:05] Oto**
So I was really happy to see
**[21:07] Oto**
that there are people like you who search
so hard for those who go missing.
**[21:11] Sumireko**
Adashino Oto...
**[21:14] Oto**
I'm sure you'll see Tomoko-san again!
I want you to see her again!
***SIGN*** Apartment Wife
**[21:24] Oto**
What is it, apartment wife?
**[21:26] Sumireko**
Oto-chan, are you all right?
Where are you right now?
**[21:28] Oto**
Shizuku-san's maid café.
**[21:33] Oto**
Is something wrong?
**[21:36] Sumireko**
Don't go anywhere until I get there, Oto-chan!
**[21:42] Shizuku**
What's going on?
This door leads to the roof.
**[21:46] Sumireko**
*Don't open the door, no matter who knocks!*
**[21:54] Sumireko**
*The hong yi xiao nu hai...*
**[21:56] Sumireko**
*is Tomoko-san herself!*
***SIGN*** A Station, Scissors, and a Haircut
**[23:36] Sumireko**
Next time: "A Station,
Scissors, and a Haircut."
# E7 - A Station, Scissors, and a Haircut
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GVWU0MN91/a-station-scissors-and-a-haircut)
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**[00:01] Shizuku; narration**
When we were in elementary school,
**[00:02] kids; background**
I always fail at the jump...
**[00:03] Shizuku; narration**
Tomoko was popular, and I was a nuisance.
**[00:08] Shizuku; narration**
Tomoko was the mood-maker type
who built everyone up,
**[00:11] Shizuku; narration**
and I was the complete opposite.
**[00:13] Shizuku; narration**
Shy and awkward with words,
**[00:15] Shizuku; narration**
I set everyone around me on edge.
**[00:19] Shizuku; narration**
Maybe that was why,
**[00:21] Shizuku; narration**
in the beginning, I hated Tomoko's guts.
**[00:26] Shizuku; narration**
Everyone has their own circumstances.
**[00:28] Shizuku; narration**
I was what people refer
to as a neglected child.
**[00:31] Shizuku; narration**
Whenever my mom was cozying up
to a prospective new husband,
**[00:36] Shizuku; narration**
I would find myself locked out of the house.
**[00:39] Shizuku; narration**
In the beginning, I just had to kill
a little time when this happened,
**[00:43] Shizuku; narration**
but at some point, I started
spending most of the day outside.
**[00:47] Shizuku; narration**
While the sun was up, I had playmates.
**[00:50] Shizuku; narration**
It was the nights that were painful.
**[00:54] Shizuku; narration**
That's why...
**[00:56] Shizuku; narration**
I'd spend time at a friend's house
and get treated to a meal.
**[01:00] Shizuku; narration**
Each household welcomed me cheerfully.
**[01:04] Shizuku; narration**
In the beginning, at least.
**[01:08] friend A**
*Yes? Who is it?*
**[01:10] Shizuku**
*It's me. I came to hang out.*
**[01:12] (Flashback) friend A**
Oh, Shizuku-chan. Hold on a minute.
**[01:16] (Flashback) friend A**
Mama, Shizuku-chan is here!
**[01:18] (Flashback) friend A's mom**
She's here again? What kind of
manners are they teaching her?
**[01:22] friend A's mom**
* And she always stays for dinner.*
* She's shameless.*
**[01:24] friend A's mom**
*I told you not to invite her anymore.*
**[01:26] friend A**
*I didn't invite her. We're not even friends.*
**[01:29] friend A's mom**
*Really? Then I'll send her home.*
**[01:32] friend A's mom**
* Shizuku-chan? We have other plans*
* today, so we can't invite you in.*
**[01:36] friend A's mom**
*I'm sorry!*
**[01:37] (Flashback) friend A's mom**
Shizuku-chan?
**[01:39] (Flashback) friend A's mom**
What? There's no one there.
**[01:44] Shizuku; narration**
My classmates started avoiding me.
**[01:48] Shizuku; narration**
I figured it was better that way, since
they wouldn't find out about my situation.
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** A Station, Scissors, and a Haircut
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**[03:41] Sumireko**
*Listen to me, Oto-chan.*
**[03:42] Sumireko**
*Do not answer that door!*
**[03:44] Sumireko**
*Get out of the building immediately!*
**[03:47] Oto**
Shizuku-san!
**[03:58] Sumireko**
Not that way!
**[04:00] Sumireko**
Come on!
**[04:01] Oto**
Apartment wife!
**[04:07] Shizuku**
What is all this?
**[04:08] Sumireko**
Let's go!
**[04:21] Sumireko**
The shutters!
**[04:23] Sumireko**
They were open when I came in a moment ago!
**[04:26] Oto**
What do we do, apartment wife?
**[04:27] Sumireko**
Crap. We have to go back!
**[04:32] Sumireko**
That should hold for a little while.
**[04:35] Shizuku**
So, mind explaining?
**[04:37] Shizuku**
What the hell is going on here?
**[04:40] Sumireko**
The hong yi xiao nu hai attacks
whoever answers its knocking.
**[04:46] Sumireko**
Oto-chan has already answered it once.
**[04:50] Sumireko**
That's why she was targeted.
**[04:52] Shizuku**
No, that's not what I'm asking!
**[04:55] Shizuku**
What do you mean, it's Tomoko herself?
**[04:57] Sumireko**
The current hong yi xiao nu hai
is a chimera of several Curiosities.
**[05:02] Sumireko**
Originally, it was a Curiosity that simply
took people into the mountains,
**[05:06] Sumireko**
but as the story was told,
**[05:08] Sumireko**
it combined with one of a ghost that haunts
and kills those who answer its knocking.
**[05:12] Sumireko**
It also got mixed with tales of the shui gui,
which drown those who approach water,
**[05:17] Sumireko**
adding the element of rain.
**[05:19] (Flashback) Adashino**
Finally, the shui gui has one more
characteristic we can't afford to ignore.
**[05:25] (Flashback) Adashino**
"Ti si gui."
**[05:25] [SONG] text**
Ti Si Gui
(Death Swap)
**[05:27] (Flashback) Adashino**
When a shui gui leads a human to its death,
that shui gui can then leave this world,
**[05:32] (Flashback) Adashino**
but the murdered human then becomes
a new shui gui looking for a fresh victim.
**[05:39] (Flashback) Adashino**
This special swapping characteristic,
called ti si gui,
**[05:42] (Flashback) Adashino**
is passed down in folklore
across the continent.
**[05:45] (Flashback) Adashino**
It's similar to the shichinin misaki in Japan.
**[05:49] Sumireko**
*The shichinin misaki?*
***SIGN*** Shichinin Misaki
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**[05:51] (Flashback) Adashino**
Yes. A group of seven vengeful
ghosts who always act together.
**[05:55] (Flashback) Adashino**
When someone encounters them,
they are killed and join their ranks,
**[05:58] (Flashback) Adashino**
at which point the oldest one can leave.
**[06:01] Sumireko**
After these stories and the hong yi
xiao nu hai were brought together,
**[06:05] Sumireko**
the result was a story about someone who
goes out on rainy nights to knock on doors,
**[06:08] Sumireko**
trying to get someone to open them.
**[06:10] Sumireko**
It became a wandering Curiosity.
**[06:14] Shizuku**
Just give it to me straight.
**[06:16] Shizuku**
Is Tomoko still alive?
**[06:20] Sumireko**
No. Tomoko-san is already dead.
**[06:24] Oto**
Why?
**[06:26] Oto**
Why? Why?
**[06:28] Oto**
Tomoko-san is alive!
They're going to see each other again!
**[06:32] Sumireko**
Oto-chan...
**[06:33] Oto**
Shizuku-san! They got it wrong!
There must be some mistake!
**[06:37] Shizuku**
I'm going to go get changed.
**[06:39] Shizuku**
I just can't relax in this outfit.
**[06:42] Oto**
Shizuku-san?
**[06:45] Sumireko**
Leave the door open! If you don't...
**[06:48] Shizuku**
I know.
**[06:50] Shizuku**
Sorry for all the trouble.
**[06:53] Shizuku**
Thank you.
**[06:55] Oto**
Shizuku-san!
**[06:56] Sumireko**
What is she thinking?!
**[06:58] Oto**
Why?
**[07:03] Shizuku**
I made my peace with this a long time ago.
**[07:06] Shizuku**
The details just ended up being a lot
worse than I expected. That's all.
**[07:10] Shizuku**
Still, if it means I can see her again,
it beats the alternative.
**[07:17] Shizuku**
It's been a while, Tomoko.
**[07:20] Shizuku**
Do you remember?
**[07:23] Shizuku**
Back then, you were the one
who opened the door for me.
**[07:34] (Flashback) Tomoko**
Shizuku-chan?
**[07:49] (Flashback) Tomoko**
Here.
**[08:09] Shizuku**
It wasn't anything special,
just normal thoughtfulness, right?
**[08:13] Shizuku**
Because you're a kind person.
**[08:16] Shizuku**
For you, I was just one friend among many.
**[08:20] Shizuku**
But for me, you were the one person
in the whole world I could call my friend.
**[08:27] Oto**
That's not true. There are
the others at the café, right?
**[08:29] Oto**
And there's me! There's me, too!
**[08:33] Shizuku**
You're a kind person, too, Adashino Oto.
**[08:36] Shizuku**
But back then, I made up my mind.
**[08:39] Shizuku**
I told myself that I'd give the rest of my life
for Tomoko, just for this one moment.
**[08:47] Shizuku**
I was happy to be able to live with you.
**[08:50] Shizuku**
Congrats on having your dream
of becoming a beautician come true.
**[08:54] Shizuku**
I was always cheering for you, you know?
**[08:56] Shizuku**
Even though we haven't really
been able to talk lately.
**[09:00] Oto**
Shizuku-san, don't do it!
**[09:02] Sumireko**
Move!
**[09:07] Shizuku**
Thank you, Adashino Oto.
**[09:10] Shizuku**
Thanks to you, I'm able to grieve.
**[09:14] Oto**
Shizuku-san, please stop!
**[10:06] Shizuku**
Tomoko.
**[10:07] Shizuku**
I've been looking for you.
**[10:10] Shizuku**
But I wasn't able to find you. I'm sorry.
**[10:24] Shizuku**
I will set you free.
**[10:33] Oto**
Shizuku-san?
**[10:38] Shizuku**
I saw her.
**[10:51] Shizuku**
Adashino Oto, I...
**[11:00] Oto**
Shizuku-san?
**[11:19] Oto**
It's too cruel. This isn't right.
**[11:25] Oto; telepathy**
*Ren-nii!*
**[11:30] Adashino; telepathy**
*Leave it to me, Oto.*
**[11:33] Oto**
Ren-nii!
**[11:34] Oto**
I have to stop him!
**[11:37] Oto**
Ren-nii is going to use his Eyes!
**[11:44] Oto**
Shizuku-san!
**[11:45] Oto**
Ren-nii, your Eyes...
**[11:47] Adashino**
Eyes? I haven't used them.
**[11:51] Adashino**
I used this.
**[11:53] Oto**
A test sheet?
**[11:55] Adashino**
What do you think? I'm very proud
of this treasure of mine!
**[11:58] Oto**
That's mine, though.
**[11:59] Sumireko**
This makes no sense. Explain.
**[12:02] Adashino**
There's an ancient Curiosity overseas
**[12:04] Adashino**
called the mo-sin-a that carries
people into the mountains.
**[12:05] [SONG] text**
Mo-Sin-A
(Demon Child)
**[12:07] Adashino**
There are tales of its eyes, clothes,
or hat being red. It's a childlike Curiosity.
**[12:11] Adashino**
The other key I found was a ghost
story that's popular in Japan.
**[12:16] Adashino**
When you think of a childlike Curiosity
wearing red in Japan, what comes to mind?
**[12:22] Sumireko**
Toilet-bound Hanako-san?
**[12:24] Adashino**
Exactly.
**[12:26] Adashino**
It's likely that a combination
of the mo-sin-a and Hanako-san
**[12:31] Adashino**
resulted in the hong yi xiao nu hai.
**[12:34] Adashino**
So I used the characteristics of the
combined Curiosity to my advantage.
**[12:38] Adashino**
"Show her a test sheet
with a score of one hundred."
**[12:41] Adashino**
It's a famous method to drive Hanako-san away.
**[12:44] Sumireko**
I'm amazed you had something like that ready.
**[12:46] Adashino**
I have all of Oto's test papers
carefully preserved!
**[12:51] Sumireko**
I am forever perplexed by your staggering
over-fondness as an older brother.
**[12:55] Oto**
Then Shizuku-san is safe?
**[12:57] Adashino**
No, not yet.
**[12:58] Adashino**
The Curiosity has only
temporarily been held at bay.
**[13:02] Adashino**
Let's head to the station.
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
**[13:06] Adashino**
I'm so sorry, Sumireko-san.
**[13:08] Adashino**
If I weren't still recovering, I'd help you.
**[13:11] Sumireko**
You really are an infuriating kid.
**[13:15] Adashino**
Thank you for your hard work.
**[13:17] Adashino**
I'll go and get a ticket.
If you'll wait here, please?
**[13:20] Sumireko**
A ticket? What are you planning to do?
**[13:23] Sumireko**
No, wait, before that...
**[13:24] Sumireko**
Is this Kisaragi Station?
**[13:29] Sumireko**
Isn't it about time you showed me your hand?
**[13:33] Adashino**
If you're asking if this is the mysterious
station that appears in urban legends,
**[13:38] Adashino**
then yes.
**[13:39] Sumireko**
I knew it! This is Kisaragi Station!
**[13:42] Sumireko**
The otherworldly station that exists
in both this world and another!
**[13:46] Sumireko**
I'm inside that urban legend right now!
**[13:50] Adashino**
More importantly, we need
to finish the business at hand.
**[13:53] Adashino**
Sumireko-san, you picked something
up in that building, didn't you?
**[13:57] Sumireko**
You mean these scissors?
Shizuku-san was holding them.
**[14:06] Adashino**
I knew it.
**[14:08] Adashino**
They're a cursed object.
**[14:10] Conductor**
* If you are here to report a found item,*
* please come this way.*
**[14:16] Conductor**
* It's quite lively here today,*
* mysterious disappearances.*
**[14:20] Conductor**
*Oh, and a Bearer of Youth. How unusual.*
**[14:24] Conductor**
* Will you be exchanging*
* that woman for a ticket?*
**[14:30] Adashino; telepathy**
* I have no intention of*
* turning over a friend to you.*
**[14:32] Conductor**
* My apologies. Then what*
* will you be exchanging today?*
**[14:49] Adashino; telepathy**
*This.*
**[14:50] Conductor**
*A newly formed cursed object, is it?*
**[14:53] Conductor**
*But it doesn't appear to be a pure one.*
**[14:56] Conductor**
* It won't take you as far as*
* your desired destination.*
**[14:59] Adashino; telepathy**
*However far it will go is fine.*
**[15:03] Adashino; telepathy**
* But the only one riding the train*
* will be the hong yi xiao nu hai.*
**[15:08] Adashino**
The train will be here soon.
Head straight to the platform.
**[15:12] Oto**
Yes, I understand.
***SIGN*** Express
***SIGN*** Train Approaching
**[15:35] Shizuku**
Adashino Oto?
**[15:36] Oto**
Shizuku-san!
**[15:38] Shizuku**
I'm not dead?
**[15:41] Shizuku**
Did I mess it up?
**[15:43] Oto**
Calm down.
**[15:45] Oto**
Shizuku-san, the hong yi xiao nu hai
possessed you, and you disappeared.
**[15:50] Oto**
But then my brother stopped it.
**[15:53] Oto**
This station is a Curiosity
that connects to another world.
**[15:56] Oto**
The train will be here in ten minutes.
**[15:59] Oto**
If we can make sure only the
hong yi xiao nu hai gets on the train,
**[16:03] Oto**
you'll be safe.
**[16:05] Shizuku**
I see.
**[16:06] Shizuku**
Then I was able to draw the Curiosity to me.
**[16:10] Shizuku**
In that case, everything's
all right, Adashino Oto.
**[16:15] Oto**
You know, when I was investigating
Tomoko-san, I talked to all kinds of people.
**[16:21] Oto**
I asked them what they knew
about Tomoko-san's friends.
**[16:25] Oto**
They all told me the same thing.
**[16:27] Oto**
"She went shopping with Shizuku."
**[16:29] Oto**
"She went out to eat with Shizuku."
**[16:32] Oto**
"Tomoko-chan was always talking about
the things she did with a girl named Shizuku."
**[16:37] Oto**
Do you still think that, to Tomoko-san,
you were just one friend among many?
**[16:44] Oto**
And it's because Tomoko-san
left you her scissors
**[16:48] Oto**
that we were able to get this train ticket.
**[17:02] Oto**
I'm certain that Tomoko-san
wants you to live.
**[17:08] announcement**
*The train... arriving shortly.*
**[17:11] announcement**
*For your safety... behind... line.*
**[17:19] Adashino**
It's just about time for the train to arrive.
**[17:21] Sumireko**
Was it all right to send Oto-chan on her own?
**[17:25] Adashino**
She'll be fine.
**[17:27] Adashino**
She's far more grounded than she appears.
**[17:30] Adashino**
I'd be much more worried if I had
to leave you here on your own.
**[17:33] Sumireko**
Your concern is unnecessary.
**[17:35] Sumireko**
At least, that's what I'd like to say.
**[17:38] Sumireko**
To be honest, I'm glad you're here.
**[17:40] Sumireko**
This place freaks me out
more than I thought it would.
**[17:47] Sumireko**
That voice from the ticket window...
I couldn't understand what it was saying,
**[17:51] Sumireko**
but I could tell it was something humans shouldn't get involved with.
**[17:54] Sumireko**
There are some things we're better off
living our lives without knowing, if possible.
**[17:58] Sumireko**
That's why you deliberately
didn't tell me anything, right?
**[18:01] Adashino**
You're speaking too highly of me.
**[18:04] Adashino**
I was just too scared to talk about it.
**[18:14] Shizuku**
Why is the train packed at this
time of day? Who are these people?
**[18:31] Adashino**
Cursed objects and Curiosities
are foreign to this world.
**[18:35] Adashino**
They are impurities that don't belong here.
**[18:48] Adashino**
And the world is always desperate
to rid itself of such foreign objects.
**[19:01] Adashino**
So this station was brought into existence
in order to expel these unneeded
**[19:05] Adashino**
foreign bodies from this world.
**[19:21] Adashino**
Cursed objects serve as the fare.
**[19:24] Adashino**
And our home is at the very end of this line.
**[19:28] Adashino**
That's why we're looking for cursed objects
that can take us all the way there.
**[19:32] Adashino**
To stay alive and return home...
**[19:35] Adashino**
That's our goal as siblings.
**[19:40] Adashino**
We're castaways from another world.
**[19:47] Sumireko**
So you finally fessed up, huh?
**[19:51] Sumireko**
Did you think I'd get
creeped out if you told me?
**[19:53] Sumireko**
If I'm being honest, thanks to
the events of these last few weeks,
**[19:58] Sumireko**
I'm overflowing with more creativity
than I have been in a long while.
**[20:02] Sumireko**
I'm not gonna let you two do
all the fun stuff on your own!
**[20:06] Adashino**
Sumireko-san...
**[20:07] Sumireko**
Besides, you promised to read
my next work, didn't you?
**[20:12] Sumireko**
I'm not letting you back out now.
**[20:16] Adashino**
That's definitely the move of
a meddling, mature woman.
**[20:20] Sumireko**
You're both all right?
What about the hong yi xiao nu hai?
**[20:23] Oto**
We sent it off.
**[20:24] Shizuku**
I'm sorry. You've done so much
for me, Ogawa-no-neesan.
**[20:28] Sumireko**
"Neesan"? Well, that's laudable of you.
**[20:32] Shizuku**
I felt like I should live
enough for Tomoko, too.
**[20:35] Shizuku**
Thanks, Occhan!
**[20:37] Shizuku**
And where is this older brother of yours?
**[20:40] Shizuku**
At least let me say thanks!
**[20:43] Sumireko**
Huh? Maybe he stepped outside earlier?
**[20:49] Oto**
Let's go and see.
**[21:04] Conductor**
*You're certainly working yourself to the bone.*
**[21:06] Conductor**
* You're not her brother by blood,*
* to say nothing of not even being human.*
**[21:10] Conductor**
*You're just a sham of a monster.*
**[21:16] Conductor**
*How many years has it been since you slept?*
**[21:19] Conductor**
*Do you remember the last time you ate?*
**[21:22] Conductor**
* Has there been even the briefest moment*
* in which your suffering has eased?*
**[21:29] Conductor**
* Soon, you'll be worn down to nothing*
* for your sister's sake and disappear.*
**[21:35] Conductor**
* Whether you have a ticket or not,*
* there is no station to which you can return.*
**[21:46] Adashino; telepathy**
*Even so, that girl deserves to go home.*
**[21:50] Adashino; telepathy**
*Oto really is just a lost child.*
**[21:53] Adashino; telepathy**
* There are people waiting for her,*
* looking for her.*
**[21:57] Adashino; telepathy**
* I'm going to prove that she isn't*
* someone that no one needs.*
***SIGN*** A Book, an Affair, and a Mermaid
**[23:36] Sumireko**
Next time: "A Book, an Affair, and a Mermaid."
# E8 - A Book, an Affair, and a Mermaid
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G31UXNK9J/a-book-an-affair-and-a-mermaid)
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**[00:03] Adashino**
Sumireko-san, do you have a moment?
**[00:06] Sumireko**
Hm?
**[00:06] Adashino**
We have a customer looking for
this title. Do you recognize it?
***SIGN*** Farting: the Complete
**[00:10] Sumireko**
*Farting: the Complete Collection*?
**[00:13] Sumireko**
It should be over there on
the culture and folktales shelf.
**[00:16] Adashino**
Huh? It's an actual book?
**[00:19] Adashino**
Is this the one?
**[00:21] customer A**
Yes, it is!
**[00:22] customer A**
This is the one! I'm so glad!
**[00:25] Adashino**
Thank you.
**[00:27] Adashino**
You really saved me.
**[00:29] Sumireko**
You can thank me with a can of coffee.
**[00:31] Adashino**
Working in a bookstore makes me realize
**[00:33] Adashino**
how many books are out there
that I've never heard of.
**[00:38] Sumireko**
And there are more being published every day.
**[00:41] Sumireko**
I just can't get enough.
**[00:42] Adashino**
But, Sumireko-san,
**[00:45] Adashino**
you know pretty much every
book in this store, don't you?
**[00:48] Adashino**
It's creepy.
**[00:49] Sumireko**
You don't get to diss me!
**[00:52] Sumireko**
That's one more can of coffee.
**[00:54] Adashino**
What?
**[00:56] Sumireko**
I can't help being obsessive about books.
**[00:59] Sumireko**
There are some I've been looking for forever.
**[01:01] Sumireko**
In my search, I end up remembering others.
**[01:03] Adashino**
"Forever"? How long have you
been unable to find them?
**[01:08] Sumireko**
A really long time.
**[01:10] Sumireko**
I read them so many times,
but I can't remember the titles.
**[01:15] Sumireko**
The only lead I have is this feeling
that they were really absorbing.
**[01:19] Sumireko**
Looking for them is one reason
I work in a bookstore.
**[01:23] Adashino**
Isn't it just that your memory's lacking?
**[01:26] Sumireko**
Silence, boy!
**[01:27] Sumireko**
That's three cans of coffee now!
**[01:34] Adashino**
Welcome.
**[01:36] (Flashback) Adashino**
To stay alive and return home...
**[01:39] (Flashback) Adashino**
That's our goal as siblings.
**[01:42] Sumireko; internal**
*I see.*
**[01:44] Sumireko; internal**
*One day, you'll be gone, too.*
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** A Book, an Affair, and a Mermaid
***SIGN*** A Book, an Affair, and a Mermaid
**[03:19] Sumireko**
I got three cans of coffee out of him.
**[03:34] Sumireko; narration**
When I was a child,
**[03:36] Sumireko; narration**
I had severe trouble talking to others.
**[03:39] Sumireko; narration**
It wasn't that I had nothing I wanted to say—
**[03:42] Sumireko; narration**
rather, the opposite.
**[03:44] Sumireko; narration**
Extreme heat melted the words into goo.
**[03:46] Sumireko; narration**
They'd blend together in my head
so that I couldn't get them out,
**[03:49] Sumireko; narration**
and I'd have no idea what to do.
**[03:51] friend A**
Tell me why!
**[03:52] Sumireko; narration**
That particular day, something trivial had
turned into a fight with my friends again.
**[03:52] friend B**
Come on!
**[03:56] Sumireko; narration**
I wasn't able to defend myself or apologize.
**[03:59] Sumireko; narration**
All I could do was stay sullenly silent.
**[04:01] friend A**
Why aren't you saying anything?
**[04:03] friend B**
Come on! Say something!
**[04:03] Sumireko; narration**
That made my friends angrier,
**[04:06] Sumireko; narration**
and things only worsened from there.
**[04:11] (Flashback) friend A**
Wait, Sumireko-chan!
**[04:13] (Flashback) friend B**
Stop right there!
**[04:14] (Flashback) friend A**
Wait!
**[04:35] (Flashback) friend A**
Sumireko-chan!
**[04:36] (Flashback) friend B**
Where did you go?
***SIGN*** Gyokushin-dou Bookstore
**[05:20] (Flashback) Honhime**
Close the door.
**[05:24] (Flashback) Honhime**
Sunlight is a book's worst enemy, young lady.
**[05:28] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
I-I'm so sorry!
**[05:33] (Flashback) Honhime**
Browse at your leisure.
**[05:59] (Flashback) Honhime**
What are you looking at?
**[06:02] (Flashback) Honhime**
Reading a good book can
make one cry, can't it?
**[06:06] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
Even a grown-up?
**[06:09] (Flashback) Shoskihime**
Now, look here. Adults cry
when they need to cry, too.
**[06:12] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
Like when reading a book?
**[06:14] (Flashback) Honhime**
That's right.
**[06:15] (Flashback) Honhime**
If you're interested,
why don't you give it a read?
**[06:22] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
You don't mind?
**[06:24] (Flashback) Honhime**
As it happens, I've just finished it.
**[06:28] (Flashback) Honhime**
There's a space in the back for people to
read before they buy. Use it as you wish.
**[06:32] (Flashback) Honhime**
There won't likely be any
other customers, anyway.
**[06:55] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
Books are so boring, though.
**[07:12] little Sumireko; internal**
* "Right now, I have three*
* envelopes in front of me.*
**[07:17] little Sumireko; interal**
* However, I am only allowed*
* to open and read one of them.*
**[07:24] little Sumireko; internal**
* Which envelope holds the*
* message that person wrote?*
**[07:28] little Sumireko; internal**
*All of the envelopes are exactly the same,*
**[07:31] little Sumireko; internal**
* but on the outside of one,*
* I can see an ever-so-faint stain.*
**[07:35] little Sumireko; internal**
* I pick that one up and open it without*
* giving myself the chance to waver.*
**[07:41] little Sumireko; internal**
* I pull out the sheet of paper inside,*
* and the instant I lay eyes on its message,*
**[07:45] little Sumireko; internal**
*the world around me changes completely."*
**[07:50] (Flashback) Honhime**
It's sunset. You should go home.
Your family will be worried.
**[07:54] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
But...
**[07:55] (Flashback) Honhime**
You can continue tomorrow.
**[07:58] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
But...
**[08:02] (Flashback) Honhime**
All right, then, I'll lend you
this book. However...
**[08:06] (Flashback) Honhime**
You must be certain to come back
and return it tomorrow.
**[08:09] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
I will!
***SIGN*** Gyokushin-dou Bookstore
**[08:23] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
Here.
**[08:24] (Flashback) Honhime**
You brought it back. Thank you.
**[08:30] (Flashback) Honhime**
Why don't you pick a book
from over there to read next?
**[08:41] little Sumireko**
*"The coffee had long since gone cold.*
**[08:44] little Sumireko**
*'Say, do you love your wife?' asked Julia.*
**[08:48] little Sumireko**
* Behind me, the door opened and another*
* customer came in, but I paid it no heed.*
**[08:54] little Sumireko**
*Helplessly, I answered without thinking.*
**[08:56] little Sumireko**
*'Of course I don't love her.'*
**[08:58] little Sumireko**
* In that moment, Julia looked*
* behind me and smiled, just a little.*
**[09:02] little Sumireko**
* When I turned around,*
* I realized that it was all over.*
**[09:06] little Sumireko**
*The person standing there was my wife.*
**[09:08] little Sumireko**
* And from behind the frozen mask*
* of her expression, she said,*
**[09:12] little Sumireko**
*'I hope you'll be very happy.'"*
**[09:15] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
Say...
**[09:16] (Flashback) Honhime**
Hm?
**[09:17] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
What's an "affair"?
**[09:19] (Flashback) Honhime**
An affair? Well, let's see...
**[09:24] (Flashback) Honhime**
It's something that everyone does, but it's
the absolute worst thing to get caught doing.
**[09:30] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
Really?
**[09:31] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
So it's like underlining all the
dirty words in the dictionary?
**[09:36] (Flashback) Honhime**
There's nothing wrong with doing that,
but is it something you do?
**[09:40] (Flashback) Honhime**
My heart is filled with worry.
**[09:43] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
The boys in class do it.
**[09:45] (Flashback) Honhime**
My, they're incorrigible.
**[09:48] little Sumireko**
*"The man spoke with a sneer.*
**[09:51] little Sumireko**
* 'Magic? You still believe*
* in magic at your age?'*
**[09:56] little Sumireko**
*Sally bit her lip in frustration.*
**[09:58] little Sumireko**
* It was as though he'd read*
* her mind once again.*
**[10:03] little Sumireko**
*An urge to kill him welled up inside her.*
**[10:06] little Sumireko**
* 'It isn't ghosts who curse people,'*
* said the medium.*
**[10:11] little Sumireko**
* 'Before she took her own life,*
* she said something to you, didn't she?'*
**[10:16] little Sumireko**
*'She told you the name of a flower.'*
**[10:18] little Sumireko**
*The medium's narrowed eyes opened wide.*
**[10:21] little Sumireko**
*'That is what a curse is.'"*
**[10:34] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
What kind of book is this?
**[10:36] (Flashback) Honhime**
You have a good eye.
**[10:38] (Flashback) Honhime**
That's the type of mystery that
would knock a sumo wrestler dead.
**[10:42] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
That sounds like fun!
**[10:47] (Flashback) Honhime**
You seem like you'll be all right now.
**[10:55] (Flashback) Honhime**
I think I'll ask after all, just the once.
**[10:59] (Flashback) Honhime**
Did something happen to you?
**[11:02] (Flashback) Sumireko**
Huh?
**[11:03] (Flashback) Honhime**
Well, the first time you came
in here, you were crying.
**[11:08] (Flashback) Honhime**
You don't have to tell me
if you don't want to.
**[11:10] (Flashback) Honhime**
It's not like me to ask, anyway.
**[11:18] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
I-I-I...
**[11:20] Sumireko; narration**
My difficulty in speaking to others,
**[11:23] Sumireko; narration**
and how it caused fights
between me and my friends...
**[11:26] Sumireko; narration**
I remember that explaining just those
two things took an agonizingly long time.
**[11:34] Sumireko; narration**
But she didn't try to hurry me.
She waited patiently for me to finish.
**[11:45] (Flashback) Honhime**
Do you want to get better
at speaking to people?
**[11:47] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
Yes.
**[11:49] (Flashback) Honhime**
Did you know?
**[11:50] (Flashback) Honhime**
Everyone has a dictionary inside their head.
**[11:54] (Flashback) Honhime**
It's called your inner dictionary.
**[11:57] (Flashback) Honhime**
We unconsciously search through it
for words when we speak.
**[12:01] (Flashback) Honhime**
It seems you're not very good
at pulling out that dictionary.
**[12:11] (Flashback) Honhime**
Try writing a passage.
**[12:18] (Flashback) Honhime**
You don't have to physically write it.
**[12:20] (Flashback) Honhime**
First, ready some manuscript
paper in your head.
**[12:25] (Flashback) Honhime**
Write down all the words you
know and give them form.
**[12:30] (Flashback) Honhime**
You're going to take the dictionary
in your head apart.
**[12:33] (Flashback) Honhime**
You already have all the words you need.
**[12:36] (Flashback) Honhime**
Next, rearrange the words
on the manuscript paper,
**[12:39] (Flashback) Honhime**
and turn them into writing.
**[12:40] (Flashback) Honhime**
Then try reading the
manuscript you've created.
**[12:46] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
Do you think I can do it?
**[12:47] (Flashback) Honhime**
I know you can.
**[12:50] (Flashback) Honhime**
Practice makes perfect, though.
**[12:53] (Flashback) Honhime**
I'm certain that you will write
a vast number of passages.
**[12:58] (Flashback) Honhime**
Your everyday life is in itself
a full-length novel.
**[13:03] (Flashback) Honhime**
One day, when you write a novel,
I hope you'll let me read it.
**[13:09] (Flashback) Honhime**
I've already read nearly
all the books, after all.
***SIGN*** Gyokushin-dou Bookstore
**[13:12] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
I will!
***SIGN*** This kanji...
...is here
**[13:17] (Flashback) little Sumireko**
Hey, watch this!
**[13:20] Sumireko; narration**
Her advice worked immediately.
**[13:23] Sumireko; narration**
I was soon able to speak with my friends.
**[13:30] Sumireko; narration**
I headed to the bookstore to thank her
for helping me make up with them,
**[13:38] Sumireko; narration**
but I was never able to find
the path there again.
**[13:46] Sumireko; narration**
Now, that path...
was right in front of my eyes.
**[14:00] Sumireko**
Crap...
**[14:05] Sumireko**
"I regret that with each
new day, you grow older."
**[14:18] child Sumireko**
Piece of cake.
***SIGN*** Gyokushin-dou Bookstore
**[14:45] Sumireko**
And so, the truth of the store where
I read those books remains yet unknown.
**[14:50] Sumireko**
That's how the story ends.
**[14:52] Adashino**
I see. Well, that solves one
of the mysteries about you.
**[14:57] Sumireko**
About me? Details needed.
**[15:00] Adashino**
I've always felt that the way you speak
is unusual. There's a certain stiffness.
**[15:05] Sumireko**
Oh. It naturally turned out that
way due to how I write as I speak.
**[15:10] Sumireko**
I've taken a liking to this
way of speaking, though.
**[15:14] Sumireko**
It sort of sounds like her, in a way.
**[15:16] Adashino**
Really?
**[15:17] Sumireko**
That's kind of an understated reaction.
**[15:20] Adashino**
More importantly, do you remember
the name of that bookstore?
**[15:24] Sumireko**
The name?
**[15:26] Sumireko**
For some reason, only vaguely.
**[15:29] Sumireko**
I'm pretty certain it was
something like Gyokushin-dou.
**[15:33] Adashino**
Gyokushin-dou?
**[15:35] Sumireko**
What is it?
**[15:36] Adashino**
A mysterious woman who loves books...
**[15:39] Adashino**
Did she invite you in, thinking you
two were birds of a feather?
**[15:43] Sumireko**
Hey.
**[15:44] manager**
Ogawa-san!
**[15:45] Sumireko**
Yes, sir?
**[15:46] manager**
We don't have many customers right now,
so could you help me bring in the delivery?
**[15:50] Sumireko**
Yes, of course.
**[15:51] manager**
Sorry to ask, but thanks.
**[15:57] Sumireko**
So, about our conversation earlier...
**[15:59] Adashino**
Yes, regarding the mysterious woman.
**[16:02] Adashino**
This story dates back to the time
of the fifth shogun, Tsunayoshi.
**[16:06] Adashino**
There once was a beautiful
woman of noble birth.
**[16:09] Adashino**
It's said that she was such an avid reader,
she twice reread the more than five thousand
**[16:13] Adashino**
scrolls of Buddhist scripture.
**[16:15] Adashino**
After the lady's death,
in accordance with her will,
**[16:17] Adashino**
her books were donated to the temple.
**[16:19] Adashino**
A storehouse for them was built next to her
grave so that anyone could borrow them.
**[16:24] Adashino**
It's said that if you put your ear
to the lady's grave in Yotsuya,
**[16:27] Adashino**
you could hear a voice reading books.
**[16:31] Adashino**
According to one theory, her posthumous
Buddhist name was Gyokushin-in.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** Gyokushin-in
**[16:34] Sumireko**
What?
**[16:36] Adashino**
Because she loved reading so much,
she was given the nickname...
**[16:39] [SONG] text**
Honhime
(The Lady of Books)
**[16:39] Adashino**
Honhime.
**[16:41] Sumireko**
"Honhime"?
**[16:42] Adashino**
There was one rule for borrowing
books from the lady's library.
**[16:46] Adashino**
"When returning a book,
you must add one more."
**[16:50] Adashino**
Those who didn't follow it
met with ill fortune.
**[16:53] Adashino**
She must have really
wanted to read new books.
**[16:55] Sumireko**
Huh? But I never added any myself.
**[17:00] (Flashback) Honhime**
One day, when you write a novel,
I hope you'll let me read it.
**[17:05] Sumireko**
I see. There are some very
patient readers out there.
**[17:09] Adashino**
Huh?
**[17:14] Sumireko**
The next time I see her, I'll have
to present her with a new book...
**[17:18] Sumireko**
signed by the author Ogawa Sumireko.
**[17:27] Yorumun**
*Can you hear me?*
**[17:28] Yorumun**
* To all you small fry out there, this is*
* the mermaid VTuber, Himeuo Yorumun!*
**[17:35] Adashino**
For you.
**[17:36] Sumireko**
Oh, how very considerate.
**[17:44] Sumireko**
Any leads on new cursed objects?
**[17:46] Adashino**
It's difficult.
**[17:48] Adashino**
There isn't necessarily a cursed object
associated with every Curiosity.
**[17:52] Sumireko**
Is that how it works?
**[17:55] Adashino**
That's how it works.
**[17:56] Sumireko**
Then wouldn't it be faster to seek out
a physical Curiosity from the start?
**[18:01] Sumireko**
Like a tsukumogami or something.
**[18:03] Adashino**
A tsukumogami, huh?
Finding one of those at all is difficult.
**[18:08] Sumireko**
Is it?
**[18:09] Adashino**
I can't exactly go snooping through people's
personal items without permission, can I?
**[18:13] Adashino**
Sumireko-san, will you show me
all of your personal items?
**[18:16] Sumireko**
Get out of here and never come back.
**[18:18] Adashino**
Right?
**[18:19] Adashino**
And before that, I have to wonder
if tsukumogami even exist in this era.
**[18:24] Sumireko**
What? This coming from you of all people?
**[18:26] Adashino**
These days, everything is
made to be thrown away.
**[18:30] Adashino**
If anything, digital data is treated
with more care than physical items.
**[18:35] Sumireko**
I see. It *is* hard to imagine a more difficult
environment for the creation of tsukumogami.
**[18:43] Nodoka**
Say, Occhan!
**[18:45] Nodoka**
Have you been studying for finals?
**[18:47] Oto**
Not at all.
**[18:48] Nodoka**
You're kidding!
But you always get good grades!
**[18:52] Oto**
I really haven't studied, though.
What about you, Nodoka?
**[18:55] Nodoka**
I've got a home tutor assigned
to me. I really hate it.
**[19:02] Nodoka**
But you know what? There's something
I do in secret that's a lot of fun.
**[19:07] Oto**
What is it?
**[19:08] Nodoka**
Collecting cute underwear.
**[19:11] Oto**
Really?
**[19:12] Nodoka**
Yup. See?
**[19:15] Oto**
You shouldn't do that, Nodoka. It's unseemly.
**[19:18] Oto**
You'll end up like that
slovenly apartment wife.
**[19:21] Nodoka**
Ahpartmentwaif? Who's that?
**[19:24] Oto**
It's Wakazukuri-senpai's real name.
**[19:26] Nodoka**
It is?
**[19:28] Nodoka**
You know, I always thought
her name sounded a bit odd!
**[19:33] Nodoka**
So it's a stage name, right?
**[19:36] Nodoka**
Well, how about that! So her real
name is Ahpartmentwaif-senpai!
**[19:40] Oto**
Y-Yes.
**[19:42] Nodoka**
Hey, how about we get everyone together
to study at my place before finals?
**[19:47] Oto**
You don't mind me coming over?
**[19:48] Nodoka**
Of course not! I'm all alone on
Saturdays, so I get super bored.
**[19:52] Oto**
Sure. Sounds like fun.
**[19:53] Nodoka**
Bye, Occhan!
**[19:56] Oto**
Bye-bye!
***SIGN*** Takamagahara Hospital
**[20:21] Oto**
Hello.
**[20:23] Shizuku**
I've been waiting for you, Adashino Oto.
**[20:28] Oto**
Welcome home, masters.
**[20:31] Oto**
My name is Otohime.
**[20:32] customer A**
Where are you from?
**[20:35] Oto**
I have wandered into this land
from a certain small country.
**[20:39] Oto**
But I believe that one day,
I will be able to return home.
**[20:42] customers A; B**
So cute!
**[20:45] Oto**
Today, I drew all my favorite animals.
**[20:49] customers A; B**
So cute!
**[20:51] Oto**
You're much too kind, masters.
**[21:05] Nodoka**
This is no fun!
**[21:09] Nodoka**
The school and Dad are way too mean!
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** To Students and Parents
Creating social media accounts or accounts
on video sites for the purpose of hosting
livestreams or uploading videos is prohibited.
Livestreams and/or videos can only be watched
with a parent or guardian's permission,
subject to a daily viewing limit at their discretion.
**[21:12] Nodoka**
I just want everyone
to see me sing and dance!
**[21:22] Nodoka**
Oh, no!
**[21:29] Yorumun**
*Can you hear me?*
**[21:30] Yorumun**
* To all you small fry out there, this is*
* the mermaid VTuber, Himeuo Yorumun!*
**[21:38] Yorumun**
* Thanks for waiting, everyone!*
* How was your day today?*
**[23:13] Shizuku**
Good work!
**[23:14] Oto**
Well, I'll be going now.
**[23:16] Shizuku**
Wait.
**[23:18] Shizuku**
Thanks for helping out
so many times this month.
**[23:22] Shizuku**
Here. As thanks.
**[23:25] Oto**
Thank you.
**[23:28] Oto**
What is it?
**[23:30] Shizuku**
Once you get home, take a look inside.
***SIGN*** Dreams, Dance, and a Tsukumogami
**[23:35] Sumireko**
Next time: "Dreams, Dance,
and a Tsukumogami."
# E9 - Dreams, Dance, and a Tsukumogami
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GPWUK9NG3/dreams-dance-and-a-tsukumogami)
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***SIGN*** Koone Girls' Academy
***SIGN*** Final Exam Scores
***SIGN*** Adashino Oto
***SIGN*** Ametsuchi Nodoka
**[00:05] student A**
Adashino-san got a perfect score again.
**[00:08] student A**
She's a world away from us.
**[00:09] student B**
Ametsuchi-san is amazing, too!
Those two are always the top scorers.
**[00:13] student A**
Her father is the head of
Takamagahara Hospital, right?
**[00:17] student B**
It sounds like excellence runs in the family.
**[00:24] Tamao**
Exams are finally over!
**[00:27] Erika**
They were pretty tough this time.
**[00:29] Mari**
I'm just glad none of us need
to take make-up exams.
**[00:32] Nodoka**
Y'know what?
**[00:34] Nodoka**
That study session was
worth having after all!
**[00:37] Oto**
Yeah.
**[00:38] Tamao**
And that's why we should celebrate
making it through our tests!
**[00:42] Erika**
You have some good ideas from time to time.
**[00:44] Mari**
From time to Tama time.
**[00:46] Tamao**
That was pretty bad.
**[00:47] Oto**
I'd like to hear Nodoka sing again.
It's been too long.
**[00:50] Nodoka**
Occhan, I love you! Let's go do karaoke!
**[00:54] Erika; Mari**
Yeah.
**[00:55] Tamao**
Let's go!
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Dreams, Dance, and a Tsukumogami
***SIGN*** Dreams, Dance, and a Tsukumogami
**[03:07] Oto**
One snack basket, please.
**[03:46] Oto**
One more strawberry sundae, please.
**[03:57] Tamao; Erika; Mari**
Yay! That was amazing!
**[03:59] Nodoka**
Occhan, what did you think of my singing?
**[04:03] Oto**
Huh?
**[04:05] Nodoka**
You weren't listening!
**[04:08] Nodoka**
See you later! Bye-bye!
**[04:11] Mari; Erika; Tamao; Oto**
See you tomorrow!
***SIGN*** Takamagahara Hospital
**[04:31] Nodoka**
Good day, Shirai-san.
**[04:33] Shirai**
Oh, Nodoka-san!
**[04:34] Nodoka**
I'd like to see my dad if I can.
**[04:37] Shirai**
Just a second.
**[04:39] Shirai**
The chairman is in a meeting right now.
**[04:42] Nodoka**
Then could you give this to my dad, please?
**[04:45] Shirai**
Your test scores?
**[04:47] Shirai**
Of course. I'll make sure he gets them.
**[04:50] Nodoka**
If you would, please.
**[04:52] Nodoka**
And please don't look at them, Shirai-san.
**[04:55] Shirai**
Understood.
**[05:07] Kotaka**
Welcome home, Nodoka-san.
**[05:09] Nodoka**
A good day to you, Kotaka-sensei.
**[05:13] Kotaka**
Let's get started as soon
as you've changed clothes.
**[05:16] Kotaka**
Our time is limited, after all.
**[05:18] Nodoka**
Yes.
**[05:21] Kotaka**
This problem looks complex at first glance,
**[05:25] Kotaka**
but it simply requires a combination
of the methods I taught you last time.
**[05:29] Kotaka**
Yes, that's it! Splendid!
**[05:32] Kotaka**
There aren't many middle schoolers who can
solve problems from UTokyo's Science Dept. III.
**[05:39] Kotaka**
Well, let's stop here for today.
**[05:42] Kotaka**
You've worked hard.
**[05:44] Nodoka**
Okay.
**[05:45] Kotaka**
Everyone hopes that you will one day
take over running Takamagahara Hospital.
**[05:50] Kotaka**
I'm certain you will be able
to rise to those expectations.
**[05:57] Kotaka**
Let's do our best tomorrow, as well.
**[05:59] Nodoka**
Thank you very much.
**[06:06] Nodoka**
This is no fun!
**[06:08] Nodoka**
It's no fun!
**[06:09] Nodoka**
No fun! No fun! No fun!
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** To Students and Parents
Creating social media accounts or accounts
on video sites for the purpose of hosting
livestreams or uploading videos is prohibited.
Livestreams and/or videos can only be watched
with a parent or guardian's permission,
subject to a daily viewing limit at their discretion.
**[06:34] Yorumun**
*Can you hear me, all you small fry?*
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[06:37] Yorumun**
*This is the mermaid VTuber, Himeuo Yorumun!*
***SIGN*** Himeuo Yorumun
**[06:42] Nodoka**
Good evening, Yoru-chan!
**[06:45] Yorumun**
*How did you all spend your day?*
**[06:47] Yorumun**
*I was busy with work the whole time!*
**[06:52] Yorumun**
*I'm one exhausted lady.*
**[06:54] Yorumun**
* Huh? Whoever said, "For a lady, you're a*
* little lacking up there," I'll send you flying!*
**[06:59] Yorumun**
* Oh, right! Remember the merch*
* I released a while ago?*
**[07:02] Yorumun**
* It looks like it's started*
* arriving at your homes!*
**[07:04] Nodoka**
Yeah! I bought some!
**[07:06] Yorumun**
* The truth is, I'd like to release*
* a sexy boobs mouse pad,*
**[07:11] Yorumun**
* but for some reason, my manager*
* keeps shooting down the idea.*
**[07:14] Yorumun**
*I guess that's fair. I* am *an idol and all.*
**[07:17] Yorumun**
* So for now, you'll have to be satisfied with*
* acrylic keychains and body pillow covers.*
**[07:22] Yorumun**
* Hey! All of you who just said "flat as*
* a cutting board"! I'm blocking you!*
***SIGN*** Sorry
**[07:27] Yorumun**
*You're sending super chats to apologize?*
***SIGN*** Sorry
***SIGN*** My apologies.
***SIGN*** Sorry
***SIGN*** My apologies.
***SIGN*** Soz
***SIGN*** Soz
***SIGN*** I'm sorry. I won't do it again. Please have mercy
***SIGN*** I'm sorry. I won't do it again. Please have mercy
***SIGN*** I'm sorry. I just got caught up in the flow
**[07:29] Yorumun**
*I was joking! Please don't take it seriously!*
***SIGN*** I'm sorry. I just got caught up in the flow
***SIGN*** I'm sorry. I just got caught up in the flow
**[07:33] Yorumun**
* Everyone, treat your money*
* with respect, okay?*
***SIGN*** I'm sorry. I just got caught up in the flow
**[07:36] Yorumun**
* But, you know, all of your super chats*
* let me produce new songs and merchandise,*
**[07:41] Yorumun**
*so I'm really grateful!*
**[07:43] Yorumun**
*Thank you. I promise to use it well.*
**[07:47] Yorumun**
*Huh?!*
**[07:48] Yorumun**
* No, you've given me enough*
* already! Stop! Stop it!*
**[07:52] Yorumun**
* Tossing money at me*
* without a word is just scary!*
**[07:55] Yorumun**
* At least write a message of support,*
* or something you want to ask me.*
**[07:59] Yorumun**
*I'll give you life advice if you want!*
***SIGN*** Don't worry about it. Just quietly accept it.
**[08:04] Yorumun**
*Have you all gone crazy?!*
**[08:08] Yorumun**
*You have a test tomorrow? Good luck!*
**[08:11] Yorumun**
*Actually, stop watching this and go study!*
**[08:15] Yorumun**
* Satori-san, today's your birthday?*
* Happy birthday!*
**[08:19] Yorumun**
* And if you need advice,*
* keep the questions coming!*
***SIGN*** NodoNodo
***SIGN*** NodoNodo
**[08:24] Nodoka; internal**
*I want to chase my dream of being an idol,*
**[08:27] Nodoka; internal**
* but I don't have the courage to betray*
* my parents' expectations.*
**[08:30] Yorumun**
*Oh, there's a serious one.*
**[08:33] Yorumun**
*NodoNodo-san, thank you!*
**[08:37] Yorumun**
*Hmm, yes, I see.*
**[08:39] Yorumun**
* I'll be cheering for you*
* and your dream all the way!*
**[08:43] Yorumun**
*I'm sort of in the same situation.*
**[08:46] Yorumun**
*You know, if I wasn't doing this virtually,*
**[08:48] Yorumun**
* I never could've become an idol*
* that this many people come to see.*
**[08:51] Yorumun**
* But once I discovered the virtual world,*
* my path opened up before me!*
**[08:55] Yorumun**
I think it happened because
I didn't give up on my dream.
**[08:59] Yorumun**
* This is coming straight from the source, me!*
* I'll always be here cheering you on!*
**[09:04] Yorumun**
*And there ends my personal opinion!*
**[09:07] Yorumun**
* Now, do any of you have*
* anything else to ask me?*
**[09:11] Yorumun**
*Whoa! That's a ton of replies!*
**[09:13] Yorumun**
* Right, then! I'll stay with*
* you all until morning!*
**[09:16] Yorumun**
*Ask me whatever you want!*
**[09:19] Yorumun**
*"What color are your panties?"*
**[09:21] Yorumun**
*I'm a mermaid!*
**[09:23] Yorumun**
*I don't wear panties!*
**[09:27] Yorumun**
*Okay, next!*
**[09:28] Yorumun**
*"What's your favorite kind of sushi?"*
**[09:31] Yorumun**
* Well, I'm a mermaid, so I'll just say*
* I like the ones that aren't fish.*
**[09:35] Yorumun**
*Sea urchin, crab, and ark clam!*
**[09:37] Yorumun**
* "In the unlikely event that you went*
* on a date, where would you like to go?"*
**[09:41] Yorumun**
*Hey! "In the unlikely event" is just rude!*
**[09:44] Yorumun**
*Let's see.*
**[09:45] Yorumun**
* In Chiba prefecture, there's a shrine*
* eighteen meters underwater on the sea floor.*
**[09:49] Yorumun**
*Did you know that?*
**[09:50] Yorumun**
* I'd like to do a New Year's visit to that*
* shrine and drink amazake together!*
**[10:02] Uname**
Earth to Miss Night Owl!
**[10:04] Nodoka**
Uname-sensei!
**[10:07] Nodoka**
Huh? What about gym class?
**[10:08] Uname**
It's already over.
Why did you stay up so late?
**[10:13] Nodoka**
Oh... It's because I was watching Yorumun.
**[10:16] Uname**
Yorumun?
**[10:17] Nodoka**
Um... She's a VTuber!
**[10:19] Uname**
Is that a brand of chuhai?
**[10:21] Nodoka**
No!
**[10:27] Uname**
Well, no wonder you're in
such a good mood today.
**[10:30] Nodoka**
A good mood? Me?
**[10:33] Uname**
Yes. You're always in a good mood
the next day after you stay up late.
**[10:39] Nodoka**
You might be right about that.
**[10:41] Uname**
But it's not good to stay up late too often.
**[10:44] Nodoka**
Yes, ma'am.
**[10:46] Uname**
And as your teacher, I'm always happy to
learn more about young people's culture.
**[10:50] Nodoka**
You are?
**[10:51] Uname**
So basically, these "VTubers"
are like kamishibai performers.
***SIGN*** The Tale of Yorumun
**[10:57] Nodoka**
Sensei, weren't you listening?
They're totally different!
**[11:01] Uname**
Oh, my.
**[11:02] Nodoka**
VTubers are people who livestream
**[11:04] Nodoka**
using an illustration or 3D model
to represent themselves.
**[11:08] Nodoka**
They'll do game commentaries,
or chat, or sing songs—
**[11:11] Nodoka**
all kinds of things!
**[11:12] Nodoka**
The people who do their character designs
or animation are called their "parents,"
**[11:16] Nodoka**
and the one who voices them
is called the "person inside"!
**[11:19] Uname**
So the person inside cheered you on,
and that made you feel better, right?
**[11:25] Uname**
Which is why you're in a good mood.
**[11:27] Nodoka**
Um, yes. I guess that's right.
**[11:30] Uname**
The truth is, I was worried about you.
**[11:33] Uname**
Your parents are so successful
**[11:36] Uname**
that I thought you might be feeling too
pressured to even have dreams of your own.
**[11:40] Nodoka**
Right...
**[11:41] Uname**
But it seems I didn't need to worry.
**[11:43] Uname**
I didn't know you dreamed
of becoming an idol!
**[11:46] Nodoka**
Right!
**[11:50] Uname**
That's a lovely dream!
**[11:53] Uname**
I'm certain... it will come true!
**[11:57] Uname**
Pretend you didn't see that.
**[12:01] Uname**
It will!
**[12:03] Uname**
Come true!
**[12:05] Nodoka**
Sensei, it's all right!
**[12:07] Uname**
Wait! Don't give up on your teacher!
**[12:13] Uname**
Now that I think about it, I feel like
I've heard of Yorumun somewhere before.
**[12:18] Uname**
Where could that have been?
**[12:27] Nodoka**
What?
***SIGN*** Popular VTuber Himeuo Yorumun Announces Her Retirement
***SIGN*** A shock ran through the VTuber community today. For a
long time, Himeuo Yorumun has been entertaining fans with
**[12:30] Nodoka**
Yorumun... is retiring?
**[12:41] Oto**
Nodoka?
**[12:47] Oto**
What's wrong?
**[12:53] Kotaka**
Nodoka-san?
**[12:56] Kotaka**
Is something wrong?
**[12:59] Kotaka**
If you use the formula we used
yesterday there, it's easy to...
**[13:03] Kotaka**
It seems you're lacking in focus.
**[13:06] Kotaka**
We'll end here for today.
**[13:08] Kotaka**
Nodoka-san, your parents
are brilliant doctors.
**[13:12] Kotaka**
The only one who can properly
carry on their will
**[13:16] Kotaka**
is you.
**[13:20] Kotaka**
You do not have time
for distractions right now.
**[13:24] Kotaka**
Please find a way to finish
shedding your tears today.
**[13:38] Nodoka; internal**
* It's been announced*
* on her official site, too.*
**[13:41] Nodoka; internal**
*This really is the end.*
**[13:45] Nodoka; internal**
*Himeuo Yorumun really is gone.*
**[13:58] Nodoka**
I really wanted to become an idol.
**[14:06] Nodoka**
Huh?
**[14:11] Yorumun**
*This is the mermaid VTuber, Himeuo Yorumun!*
**[14:16] Nodoka**
What?!
**[14:18] Yorumun**
* Can you hear me, all you small fry?*
* Is the volume all right?*
**[14:25] Nodoka**
I thought she wasn't streaming anymore.
**[14:29] Nodoka**
Could they have made some
kind of mistake in the news?
**[14:33] Yorumun**
*I'm sorry I worried you.*
**[14:35] Yorumun**
*Everything's okay. I'm here!*
**[14:43] Yorumun**
*I promised, didn't I?*
**[14:46] Yorumun**
*I said I'd always be here cheering you on.*
**[14:50] Yorumun**
* The most important thing to me,*
* more precious than anything else,*
**[14:53] Yorumun**
*is all of you who have cheered me on!*
**[15:12] Yorumun**
I'm rooting for you!
**[15:20] Yorumun**
You can do it! I'm rooting for you!
**[15:23] Yorumun**
You can do it!
**[15:28] math teacher**
All right, time's up!
***SIGN*** Math Quiz
**[15:31] math teacher**
Pass your papers up to the front.
**[15:33] math teacher**
I'll score them now, so you have
ten minutes' self-study.
**[15:37] Tamao**
We just finished our finals.
Why are we taking more tests?
**[15:42] Erika**
To punish last-minute
crammers like you, Tama.
**[15:47] math teacher**
As expected, Adashino has a perfect score.
**[15:51] classmates**
Wow! That's amazing.
**[15:53] math teacher**
If you all studied regularly,
you'd get perfect scores, too.
**[15:56] math teacher**
Oh, here's someone else who's working hard.
**[16:00] math teacher**
Ametsuchi Nodoka!
**[16:01] Nodoka**
Yes?
**[16:02] math teacher**
You've really put in the work!
**[16:09] Kotaka**
Splendid!
**[16:11] Kotaka**
Well done solving that one, Nodoka-san.
**[16:14] Kotaka**
I spoke harshly the other day, but it seems
there was no need for me to worry.
**[16:19] Kotaka**
I'm certain you will surpass
your parents' expectations.
**[16:24] Kotaka**
Let's do our best together.
**[16:26] Nodoka**
Right!
**[16:27] Nodoka**
Thank you!
**[16:31] Nodoka**
All right.
**[16:32] Nodoka**
Next is singing and dancing!
**[16:37] Yorumun**
*I'm rooting for you!*
**[16:39] Yorumun**
* I just know you can do it.*
* Keep working at it!*
**[16:42] Nodoka**
I will!
**[16:44] Nodoka**
Yorumun!
**[16:46] Nodoka**
I'll do my very best! Watch me!
**[16:57] Oto**
Nodoka, you look awful. Are you all right?
**[17:01] Nodoka**
I'm just fine!
**[17:04] Nodoka**
In fact, I've never felt better!
**[17:07] Nodoka**
There's so much I want to do!
I don't have time to sleep!
**[17:12] Nodoka**
I've stayed up for four nights in a row now!
**[17:15] Oto**
You shouldn't! You need to rest!
**[17:17] Nodoka**
I said I'm fine!
**[17:20] Nodoka**
We promised to do our
homework together, right?
**[17:25] Oto**
But...
**[17:27] Nodoka**
Besides, Yorumun is cheering me on, so...
**[17:31] Nodoka**
no time... rest...
**[17:37] Oto**
Nodoka!
**[17:41] Oto**
Nodoka!
***SIGN*** Takamagahara Hospital
***SIGN*** Maid Café
**[18:06] Shizuku**
Good work today, Adashino Oto.
**[18:09] Oto**
I'm going to use the roof for a little while.
**[18:11] Shizuku**
Mrrow.
**[18:14] Oto**
Mrrow.
**[18:20] Sumireko**
We're thinking there are ten
other cases in this town alone.
**[18:25] Sumireko**
If we looked nationwide, the number
would likely be much higher.
**[18:29] Sumireko**
And one of these cases is Oto-chan's friend.
**[18:34] Sumireko**
According to the occult forums,
**[18:36] Sumireko**
it seems like everyone who collapsed
was an ardent fan of Himeuo Yorumun.
**[18:41] Oto**
Nodoka mentioned her, too. She said
that Yorumun was cheering her on.
**[18:46] Sumireko**
Himeuo Yorumun, huh?
**[18:49] Sumireko**
Her name's been all over
the news online lately.
**[18:52] Sumireko**
She had a lot of fans and a good reputation,
**[18:55] Sumireko**
only to retire at the height of her
popularity for undisclosed reasons.
**[18:59] Adashino**
Have people been talking about
how it was her fans who collapsed?
**[19:03] Sumireko**
Yes. Of course, her management has
officially denied any connection.
**[19:09] Oto**
But Nodoka really did collapse.
She's still in the hospital.
**[19:14] Sumireko**
There are rumors of Yorumun
livestreaming even after her retirement,
**[19:18] Sumireko**
but apparently there isn't
a single archived recording.
**[19:22] Adashino**
Do you remember our discussion
about tsukumogami, Sumireko-san?
**[19:27] Sumireko**
Of course.
**[19:28] Adashino**
There's an otogizoshi—a short
story from the Muromachi era—
**[19:31] Adashino**
called the Tsukumogami Emaki.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** Tsukumogami Emaki
**[19:33] Adashino**
It says that tsukumogami are essentially
objects that were once cared for
**[19:38] Adashino**
but now have set out for revenge after
being treated roughly and discarded.
**[19:42] Adashino**
They are Curiosities that have
changed to cause harm to humans.
**[19:52] Adashino**
There's a procession of yokai
referred to as the hyakki-yagyo,
**[19:57] Adashino**
but the majority of the yokai
depicted are tsukumogami.
**[20:00] Adashino**
And all those who encounter
the hyakki-yagyo are said to die.
**[20:05] Adashino**
Tsukumogami are very unlike the
cute little spirits you might imagine.
**[20:13] Adashino**
If the vast quantity of digital data that
humans discard at their convenience
**[20:17] Adashino**
has become a tsukumogami
**[20:19] Adashino**
and set out to take its revenge on humans,
I wouldn't be surprised at all.
***SIGN*** Takamagahara Hospital
***SIGN*** Sudden Faintings Due to Unknown Causes
Cause Increasing Chaos Across City
**[20:55] Adashino**
At this rate, the number
of victims will only increase.
**[20:58] Oto**
Ren-nii, please save Nodoka.
**[21:03] Adashino**
All right. Leave it to me, Oto.
**[21:25] Cat Sovereign**
You'd better prepare yourself,
Disappearances-kun.
***SIGN*** A Live Performance, a Curse, and the Person Inside
**[23:36] Sumireko**
Next time: "A Live Performance,
a Curse, and the Person Inside."
# E10 - A Live Performance, a Curse, and the Person Inside
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G2XU07XQZ/a-live-performance-a-curse-and-the-person-inside)
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***SIGN*** Rare Anime World
**[00:00] YouTuber**
*This time on* Rare Anime World*,*
**[00:02] YouTuber**
* we'll be looking at an anime from 40 years*
* ago that was only broadcast in Saitama*
**[00:06] YouTuber**
*called* Mysterious Mikorin*.*
**[00:08] Yorumun**
*Can you hear me?*
**[00:09] Yorumun**
*Hey, all you small fry!*
**[00:10] man A**
What is this?
**[00:12] Yorumun**
*This is the mermaid VTuber,*
**[00:14] Yorumun**
Himeuo Yorumun!
***SIGN*** Popular VTuber Himeuo Yorumun Announces Her Retirement
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Takamagahara Hospital
***SIGN*** A Live Performance, a Curse, and the Person Inside
***SIGN*** A Live Performance, a Curse, and the Person Inside
***SIGN*** Are These Crimes Being Committed
by a Hacker Who Page-Jacked Popular
VTuber Himeuo Yorumun's Official Site?
**[01:51] Sumireko**
The uproar is escalating rapidly.
**[01:54] Sumireko**
Yorumun is taking over popular
streamers' videos one after another.
**[01:58] Adashino**
It just doesn't add up.
**[02:01] Sumireko**
It's ominous.
**[02:05] Adashino**
It doesn't make sense for the damage
to start spreading indiscriminately
**[02:08] Adashino**
instead of among her fans.
***SIGN*** Ametsuchi Nodoka
**[02:11] Nodoka**
Get out!
**[02:13] Nodoka's dad**
Please calm down, Nodoka.
**[02:15] Nodoka**
What does it matter?
**[02:17] Nodoka's dad**
I'm simply worried about your health.
**[02:21] Nodoka**
Let me do what I like, too! Just a little!
**[02:27] Sumireko**
Is Nodoka-chan's room around here?
**[02:30] Oto**
Yes, it's over there.
**[02:31] Nodoka**
Get out already!
**[02:33] Nodoka's dad**
Nodoka...
**[02:34] Nodoka**
Just get out!
**[02:47] Oto**
Nodoka?
**[02:50] Nodoka**
Occhan.
**[02:51] Oto**
Sorry to drop in without notice.
**[02:54] Oto**
Um, this is my older brother Ren,
and that's the apartment wife.
**[02:58] Sumireko**
Huh?
**[02:59] Nodoka**
Oh, are you Wakazukuri-senpai's
older sister? It's nice to meet you.
**[03:05] Oto**
U-Um, Nodoka?
**[03:07] Nodoka**
Sorry. I have to make up for lost time,
so I can't talk right now.
**[03:21] Adashino**
This is it.
**[03:24] Oto**
Ren-nii?
**[03:25] Oto**
What are you doing? Wait!
**[03:27] Sumireko**
What do you think you're doing
to your little sister's friend?
**[03:31] Adashino**
I almost had it, too.
So much for the element of surprise.
**[03:34] Sumireko**
The explanation comes first. So explain.
**[03:37] Adashino**
Nodoka-chan, you've heard the news
about people falling unconscious, right?
**[03:41] Adashino**
Himeuo Yorumun isn't who you think she is.
**[03:46] Adashino**
The current Yorumun is a Curiosity that
has broken free from her digital image.
**[03:51] Adashino**
There have long been similar stories of
Curiosities that escaped from paintings.
**[03:56] Adashino**
One such story is
"The Horse From the Painting,"
**[04:00] Adashino**
a folktale about a horse escaping from an
ema tablet and spoiling the fields each night.
**[04:06] Adashino**
They say that, once reins and a post
were drawn onto the ema,
**[04:10] Adashino**
the Curiosity ceased its actions immediately.
**[04:12] Sumireko**
So you were trying to draw something
onto Yorumun to overwrite her data?
**[04:17] Adashino**
Regrettably, I lack the finesse for that.
**[04:21] Adashino**
Besides which, rather than
cutting off the source entirely,
**[04:24] Adashino**
my objective here is simply
to save Oto's friend.
**[04:27] Adashino**
Kuji goshin hou:
**[04:28] [SONG] text**
Kuji Goshin Hou
(Nine-Character Self-Defense)
**[04:29] Adashino**
a method of self-defense said to have its origins in the classic Chinese text *Baopuzi*,
**[04:33] Adashino**
practiced in Shugendo and Onmyodo.
**[04:37] Adashino**
The grid of lines created by the nine characters
in the phrase is known as a kuji-mon.
**[04:39] [SONG] text**
Kuji-Mon
(Nine-Character Device)
**[04:42] Adashino**
Even now, some ama divers wear the sigil
when they dive to ward off misfortune.
**[04:49] Adashino**
It's a simplistic solution,
**[04:51] Adashino**
but drawing the device directly on her tablet
should be enough to block Yorumun.
**[04:59] Adashino**
We want to save you.
**[05:00] Adashino**
Please let me see your tablet.
**[05:02] Nodoka**
No!
**[05:03] Nodoka**
Father told you to do this, didn't he?
**[05:06] Nodoka**
Yorumun only ever tries
to encourage her fans!
**[05:10] Nodoka**
She hasn't done anything wrong!
**[05:12] Oto**
But she's the reason you collapsed, isn't she?
**[05:15] Nodoka**
No!
**[05:20] Nodoka**
Just get out!
**[05:22] Nodoka**
Go away!
**[05:24] Oto**
But, Nodoka...
**[05:29] Uname**
Ametsuchi-san?
**[05:31] Nodoka**
Uname-sensei?
**[05:33] Nodoka**
Why are you here?
**[05:34] Uname**
There's someone I want you to meet.
**[05:38] Uname**
The rest of you are here
at just the right time, too.
**[05:41] Sumireko**
Someone you wanted her to meet?
**[05:43] Uname**
Mikamo-chan?
**[05:45] Mikamo**
Th-Thank you for having me.
**[05:48] Nodoka**
That voice...
**[05:50] Nodoka**
Yorumun?
**[05:53] Mikamo**
You must be Nodoka-san, right?
**[05:54] Mikamo**
As well as Oto-san, her older brother,
and Sumireko-san.
**[05:59] Mikamo**
Right?
**[06:00] Sumireko**
Yes.
**[06:01] Mikamo**
When Uname-chan told me everything
that happened, I knew I had to see you.
**[06:05] Sumireko**
Huh?
**[06:07] Mikamo**
Please save Yorumun!
**[06:14] Uname**
Let me introduce you more properly.
**[06:16] Uname**
This is Hanamura Mikamo-chan.
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***SIGN*** Hanamura Mikamo
**[06:19] Uname**
I got to know her while I was hospitalized,
as she'd been coming in for regular checkups,
**[06:25] Uname**
and we became good friends.
**[06:27] Uname**
I asked her about her work, but at the time,
I didn't know what a "VTuber" was.
**[06:35] Uname**
What's wrong, Mikamo-chan?
**[06:39] Uname**
What?
**[06:40] Uname**
"Her boobs are so big they scare me"?
**[06:42] Sumireko**
Really?
**[06:44] Uname**
It's all right. They aren't scary boobs.
**[06:47] Sumireko**
Hey.
**[06:50] Mikamo**
Uname-chan told me you were the
breast person to ask about Curiosities.
**[07:00] Uname**
What?
**[07:01] Uname**
"Seriously, her boobs scare me"?
**[07:04] Uname**
Don't worry. They're just lumps of fat.
**[07:06] Sumireko**
Uname-sensei, most of what you're
saying is pretty mean, you know?
**[07:11] Sumireko**
She's like a totally different person
compared to when she's streaming.
**[07:14] Adashino**
The exact opposite of her
cheerful, energetic persona.
**[07:17] Mikamo**
I...
**[07:19] Mikamo**
I'm completely different
from my streams, aren't I?
**[07:22] Mikamo**
But when I was little, I was an active child.
**[07:26] Mikamo**
I was twice as energetic as anyone else,
and I always wanted to stand out.
**[07:30] Mikamo**
I even thought that
I might want to be an idol.
**[07:35] Mikamo**
But in fifth and sixth grade,
**[07:37] Mikamo**
I started having difficulty
keeping up in gym class.
**[07:40] Mikamo**
Gradually, I began to lose endurance.
**[07:45] Mikamo**
I was diagnosed with a incurable progressive
disease when I was twelve years old.
**[07:50] Mikamo**
I lost the ability to walk.
**[07:53] Mikamo**
The most difficult thing for me was that
**[07:55] Mikamo**
whenever I did anything,
someone else had to take care of me.
**[08:00] Mikamo**
Whether it was climbing
stairs, going shopping,
**[08:03] Mikamo**
or even using the bathroom,
**[08:05] Mikamo**
I always put others through a lot of trouble.
**[08:08] Mikamo**
"I'm sorry I couldn't give you a healthy body."
**[08:11] Mikamo**
My mom said that all the time.
**[08:14] Mikamo**
When I saw the way my parents
had to take care of me,
**[08:17] Mikamo**
the emotional stress of it
made me want to run away.
**[08:22] Mikamo**
I couldn't find any hope in my life.
**[08:26] Mikamo**
It was Himeuo Yorumun
who saved me from all that.
**[08:32] Mikamo**
As a VTuber, I didn't need to show my face,
***SIGN*** New Member Application
***SIGN*** Agency Exclusive VTuber Audition
**[08:35] Mikamo**
and I could act with just my upper body.
**[08:38] Mikamo**
It was a long shot, but I went ahead
and sent in an application.
**[08:44] Mikamo**
When I did, the higher-ups, managers,
modelers, and designers all empathized with me.
**[08:50] Mikamo**
They all worked fervently
to create a character for me.
**[08:55] Mikamo**
Out of consideration for my body,
they made her a mermaid.
**[09:00] Mikamo**
Her name came from other words for
mermaids and from legends of the sea.
**[09:10] Mikamo**
I cheered on people like me, struggling
in situations they had no control over.
**[09:16] Mikamo**
I'd only ever been on the receiving
end of people's support,
**[09:18] Mikamo**
but now I could make others happy, too!
**[09:23] Mikamo**
But my body couldn't endure it.
**[09:28] Mikamo**
I'd gotten so caught up in the joy
of being helpful to others
***SIGN*** Popular VTuber Himeuo Yorumun Announces Her Retirement
**[09:31] Mikamo**
that I pushed myself too hard
too many times and ruined everything.
**[09:38] Mikamo**
When I learned of the incidents,
I wanted to do something,
**[09:41] Mikamo**
but I didn't have any idea how
to deal with something so unreal.
**[09:47] Mikamo**
Uname-chan told me that
you two might understand.
**[09:52] Mikamo**
Please! Help me stop Yorumun!
**[09:57] Sumireko**
You haven't run into any streams
hijacked by Yorumun yourself, have you?
**[10:02] Mikamo**
No, not even once.
She won't appear in front of me.
**[10:08] Adashino**
I see.
**[10:10] Adashino**
We're changing objectives.
**[10:13] Adashino**
Let's save Yorumun.
**[10:16] Sumireko**
You sure were quick to agree
to Mikamo-san's request.
**[10:20] Adashino**
No need to be jealous. You're the
only one for me, Sumireko-san.
**[10:24] Sumireko**
Save the sleeptalk for when you're
actually asleep, Adashino-kun.
**[10:27] Sumireko**
More importantly, is it even possible?
**[10:31] Sumireko**
Can we save Yorumun?
**[10:33] Adashino**
If she were a regular tsukumogami,
it would likely be impossible.
**[10:36] Oto**
Are you saying she isn't?
**[10:39] Adashino**
There are different types of tsukumogami.
**[10:42] Sumireko**
There are?
**[10:43] Adashino**
Normally, a tsukumogami's enmity is directed
toward the creator or user who discarded it.
**[10:49] Adashino**
And yet, she hasn't appeared to
Mikamo-san, but to her viewers.
**[10:55] Adashino**
And when Yorumun does appear,
all she does is cheer people on.
**[10:59] Adashino**
It's likely that Yorumun's
objective isn't revenge.
**[11:04] Adashino**
She's a garei you created.
**[11:04] [SONG] text**
Garei
(Image Spirit)
**[11:06] Mikamo**
"Garei"?
**[11:09] Adashino**
A Curiosity depicted in an anthology
from the Bunsei era, *Ochiguri Monogatari*.
**[11:14] Adashino**
One day, at a temple called Kajuu-ji,
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***SIGN*** Kajuu-ji
**[11:16] Adashino**
a woman began appearing from a painting
on a worn-out folding screen.
**[11:20] Adashino**
When they investigated,
they learned that the screen
**[11:22] Adashino**
was painted by a distinguished
artist and thus was precious.
**[11:25] Adashino**
They repaired the painting
and stored the screen carefully,
**[11:28] Adashino**
and the woman never appeared again.
**[11:31] Adashino**
Which means that garei are born
**[11:32] Adashino**
of images like paintings and carvings
that people have poured their hearts into.
**[11:36] Adashino**
They're Curiosities driven by the
sentiment their artist instilled in them.
**[11:40] Adashino**
It's likely that Yorumun is a type of garei.
**[11:43] Adashino**
She's trying her hardest to
fulfill your wish, isn't she?
**[11:47] Mikamo**
My wish?
**[11:49] Adashino**
To cheer everyone on.
**[11:52] Adashino**
You said it yourself, didn't you?
**[11:54] Sumireko**
It's not normal for this many people to
collapse just from being cheered for, though.
**[11:59] Adashino**
She must be desperate to fulfill her duty.
**[12:03] Adashino**
Day and night, the Curiosity whispers
endless encouragements in people's ears.
**[12:08] Adashino**
The people she supports keep
working until they collapse.
**[12:13] Adashino**
Excessive support isn't
so different from a curse.
**[12:18] Adashino**
This is, so to speak, a sort
of artificial divine possession.
**[12:22] Adashino**
There is a method called kamiage that
can be used to send the spirit away.
**[12:27] Adashino**
However, forcing a Curiosity that
cheers people on to stop doing that
**[12:31] Adashino**
would mean turning Yorumun back
into no more than a simple image.
**[12:34] Nodoka**
What?
**[12:36] Adashino**
To do that, we'll need your help, Mikamo-san,
**[12:39] Adashino**
and the help of her fans.
**[12:41] Nodoka**
I won't help you!
**[12:44] Nodoka**
I won't erase Yorumun.
**[12:47] Nodoka**
If you stop her, that means
she'll disappear, right?
**[12:52] Nodoka**
I don't want that!
**[12:54] Nodoka**
This Yorumun won't disappear like you did!
**[12:58] Nodoka**
She won't abandon her fans!
**[13:02] Nodoka**
Yorumun and the person inside her
are two different people!
**[13:07] Mikamo**
Nodoka-san...
**[13:08] Nodoka**
Don't speak to me with that voice!
**[13:12] Mikamo**
I won't be around for much longer.
**[13:17] Mikamo**
Soon, I won't be able to talk
or go out like this anymore.
**[13:21] Mikamo**
But I'm glad I did what I did.
**[13:24] Mikamo**
Thanks to Yorumun, my dream
of becoming an idol came true.
**[13:28] Mikamo**
My only regret is that people are saying
bad things about Yorumun because of me.
**[13:35] Mikamo**
It's the one thing I can't leave behind.
**[13:38] Mikamo**
That's why I have to do something
about it while I can still move!
**[13:48] Nodoka**
What do I have to do?
**[13:51] Adashino**
Please gather her fans together.
**[13:53] Adashino**
An empty livestream would be fine.
**[13:55] Adashino**
We're going to prepare a stage for Yorumun.
***SIGN*** Himeuo Yorumun
***SIGN*** Announcement
***SIGN*** Please spread the word!
Yorumun will be holding a live graduation concert!
**[14:19] Sumireko**
And instantly, there are twenty
thousand people waiting for the stream.
**[14:23] Adashino**
The only ones here are her fans.
**[14:25] Adashino**
The preparations are complete.
**[14:28] Sumireko**
What specifically does this kamiage entail?
**[14:31] Adashino**
Deities and spirits are firstly greeted,
secondly made welcome, and thirdly seen off.
**[14:37] Adashino**
That's the most basic format
of Japan's festivals.
**[14:42] Adashino**
Unseen spirits are made to
manifest through divine possession.
**[14:46] Adashino**
The necessary ingredients for that are a focus
for the possession, a priestess, and believers.
**[14:52] Sumireko**
Here, that would be the avatar,
the actor, and the fans.
**[14:56] Sumireko**
VTubers just happen to fulfill all those
requirements in a simulated manner on the net.
**[15:01] Adashino**
Which is why we can follow the steps by
making her feel welcome, then seeing her off.
**[15:05] Adashino**
Basically, we're going to
gently persuade her to go.
**[15:08] Adashino**
And not just anyone's words will reach her.
**[15:11] Adashino**
It has to be the voice of the priestess.
**[15:15] Sumireko**
The biggest problem is whether
Yorumun will come or not.
**[15:19] Nodoka**
Yorumun will be here, no matter what!
**[15:21] Nodoka**
She's always watching her fans!
**[15:25] Yorumun**
What's this? Everyone's having so much fun.
**[15:29] Yorumun**
Are you having a festival without telling me?
**[15:34] Yorumun**
Let me play, too! I'm gonna
give it everything I've got!
**[15:39] Adashino**
Mikamo-san, hurry! The salutation!
**[15:41] Mikamo**
R-Right!
**[15:43] Oto**
Nodoka!
**[15:45] Yorumun**
You want to save your little sister?
**[15:47] Yorumun**
How admirable! I'm rooting for you!
**[15:50] Adashino; internal**
*This is bad!*
**[15:51] Oto; simultaneous**
Ren-nii!
**[15:51] Sumireko; simultaneous**
Adashino-kun!
**[15:55] Uname**
Adashino-san! Sumireko-san!
**[16:25] Sumireko**
Are we... safe?
**[16:27] Yorumun**
Hot! That's hot!
**[16:29] Yorumun**
It's so hot! I don't get it,
but that was awful!
**[16:33] Adashino**
That's the Chinrinki for you.
**[16:35] Adashino**
It's a level above your average Curiosity.
**[16:37] Yorumun**
Um, what was I trying to do again?
**[16:41] Yorumun**
Huh? I forgot.
**[16:43] Adashino**
It was looking bad, but we got lucky.
She seems like she might listen right now.
**[16:52] Adashino**
Let's begin her graduation concert.
***SIGN*** Himeuo Yorumun Nice to meet you, Yorumun.
**[16:58] Yorumun**
Is that me?
**[17:01] Yorumun**
The person inside? Could it be
you're the person inside me?
***SIGN*** IroMegane The person inside?!!
**[17:04] Yorumun**
Wow! This is amazing!
***SIGN*** IroMegane The person inside?!!
***SIGN*** Wakuyama Daikin Then who is this Yorumun?
***SIGN*** IroMegane The person inside?!!
***SIGN*** Wakuyama Daikin Then who is this Yorumun?
***SIGN*** Torasu Bicycles There is no person inside
**[17:06] Yorumun**
I always wanted to talk to you like this!
***SIGN*** IroMegane The person inside?!!
***SIGN*** Wakuyama Daikin Then who is this Yorumun?
***SIGN*** Torasu Bicycles There is no person inside
***SIGN*** Haruka What's going on?
***SIGN*** Wakuyama Daikin Then who is this Yorumun?
***SIGN*** Torasu Bicycles There is no person inside
***SIGN*** Haruka What's going on?
***SIGN*** Hashishi What's happening here?
***SIGN*** Torasu Bicycles There is no person inside
***SIGN*** Haruka What's going on?
***SIGN*** Hashishi What's happening here?
***SIGN*** Ranburetta Someone please explain.
**[17:09] Yorumun**
Oh, oh! Have you been watching me?
I've been working so hard!
**[17:13] Yorumun**
I'm cheering everyone on!
**[17:16] Yorumun**
I'm so happy! I never imagined
I'd get to talk to my person inside!
***SIGN*** Himeuo Yorumun I could say the same thing.
**[17:22] Mikamo**
I could say the same thing.
**[17:24] Mikamo**
I never imagined the day would come
that you'd be able to talk with me.
***SIGN*** Himeuo Yorumun I never imagined the day
would come that you'd be able to talk with me.
**[17:28] Yorumun**
I know, right?
***SIGN*** Himeuo Yorumun Hey, Yorumun.
I'd like you to take a look at this news link.
**[17:31] Mikamo**
Hey, Yorumun. I'd like you to
take a look at this news link.
**[17:35] Yorumun**
News? What is it?
**[17:46] Yorumun**
I'm... causing problems for people?
**[17:49] Mikamo**
No! That isn't it!
**[17:54] Fan A**
* The one who supported me when*
* I was depressed about work was you!*
**[17:58] fan B**
* The reason I was able to hang in there when*
* I was hospitalized was your livestreams!*
**[18:02] fan C**
* You give me the motivation to work*
* hard every morning. Thank you.*
**[18:05] fan D**
* Thanks to your livestreams,*
* I was able to forget the bad things in life.*
**[18:11] Nodoka**
* Thank you, Yorumun. Because of you,*
* we can each walk on our own now.*
**[18:20] Yorumun**
I see. Yes.
**[18:33] Yorumun**
I... We did our very best, didn't we?
**[18:37] Mikamo**
Yes, we did.
**[18:39] Mikamo**
Thank you. Everyone will be all right now.
**[18:43] Yorumun**
Really?
**[18:44] Mikamo**
Yes, really.
**[18:46] Yorumun**
I see. I see!
**[18:48] Mikamo**
And I'll be joining you soon.
**[18:54] Yorumun**
No, you won't.
**[18:55] Mikamo**
Huh?
**[18:56] Yorumun**
You still have so many
good things ahead of you!
**[20:11] Mikamo**
Yorumun!
**[20:12] Sumireko**
Mikamo-san?
**[20:14] Sumireko**
Your legs... Are they...
**[20:19] Mikamo**
Yorumun!
**[20:36] Mikamo**
Yorumun!
**[20:55] Adashino**
Another name for Himeuo is "Jinja-hime."
**[20:59] Adashino**
Jinja-hime is a mermaid roughly
six meters long with two horns.
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***SIGN*** Jinja-hime
**[21:04] Adashino**
She is a Curiosity who is said to both
foretell epidemics and dispel diseases.
**[21:09] Sumireko**
So she's sort of like an amabie?
**[21:11] Adashino**
Exactly.
**[21:13] Adashino**
And her ability to ward off disease
**[21:16] Adashino**
is strengthened according to
the number of images of her.
**[21:20] Sumireko**
That means the reason Yorumun
hijacked so many other streams...
**[21:24] Adashino**
Yes. She was quite impressive.
**[21:26] Adashino**
She spread herself far and wide
through her own efforts,
**[21:29] Adashino**
all for the person she wanted to save.
**[21:36] Adashino**
The one Yorumun most wanted to encourage
**[21:38] Adashino**
was you, Mikamo-san.
**[21:43] Adashino**
Yorumun, who once was your dream,
saved your spirit.
***SIGN*** Cats, Swimsuits, and a Black Aeonium
**[23:36] Sumireko**
Next time, "Cats, Swimsuits,
and a Black Aeonium."
# E11 - Cats, Swimsuits, and a Black Aeonium
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G8WUNJ3MD/cats-swimsuits-and-a-black-aeonium)
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**[00:04] Sumireko**
Oh! Looks like she's here!
**[00:10] Nodoka**
Good day to you!
**[00:12] Sumireko**
Morning.
**[00:15] Nodoka**
Is this really enough to repay you?
**[00:18] Adashino**
Yes. It's just what I need.
**[00:20] Sumireko**
Oto-chan already went on ahead.
**[00:23] Nodoka**
Really? Then I'll go catch up to her!
**[00:29] Sumireko**
Is that burned-out device a cursed object?
**[00:32] Adashino**
It seems that Yorumun's water and
Uname-sensei's fire turned it into one.
**[00:37] Sumireko**
Huh. Will you be able to trade it for the
all-important ticket to your destination?
**[00:42] Adashino**
That's the tricky part.
**[00:44] Sumireko**
Is it? I'd think that a garei
would be pretty rare.
**[00:50] Adashino**
But it might not be.
**[00:52] Adashino**
Manga, anime, games, music, theater,
movies and TV dramas, novels—
**[00:59] Adashino**
works that creators whittle down
their own lives to make...
**[01:02] Adashino**
I think there are more of them
now than there were before.
**[01:05] Adashino**
They might be waiting somewhere, even now,
for the day they are remembered.
**[01:10] Sumireko**
That's true.
**[01:12] Sumireko**
Which means the garei of my work
must be somewhere out there, too!
**[01:16] Adashino**
Write your new novel before thinking
about stuff like that, Eyebrows.
**[01:19] Sumireko**
That's just mean.
**[01:23] Sumireko**
About that...
**[01:24] Sumireko**
Ever since I started getting caught up
in all these incidents with you,
**[01:28] Sumireko**
my pen has been flying!
**[01:30] Adashino**
Has it? This is the first I've heard of that.
**[01:35] Sumireko**
Remember that promise you made to read it?
You might have to make good on that soon.
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Cats, Swimsuits, and a Black Aeonium
***SIGN*** Cats, Swimsuits, and a Black Aeonium
**[03:17] Sumireko**
Summer's right around the corner.
**[03:24] Sumireko**
Do you like summer?
**[03:27] Sumireko**
I'm quite partial to it.
**[03:29] Sumireko**
There's nothing better than an ice-cold beer
after working up a sweat outdoors!
**[03:41] Sumireko**
Ta-da! I have an announcement!
**[03:44] Sumireko**
I have never once worn a swimsuit!
**[03:48] Adashino**
Huh? Not once? Not even when
you were a kid? For real?
**[03:52] Sumireko**
When we had swim class at school,
I always skipped because I didn't feel well,
**[03:56] Sumireko**
and I've never once been to the
beach or a pool with friends.
**[04:00] Sumireko**
And of course, I can't swim!
**[04:03] Adashino**
You've never been to the beach
or a pool with friends?
**[04:07] Adashino**
That's just so sad.
**[04:09] Sumireko**
Reacting only to that part
is against the rules.
**[04:12] Adashino**
So people with no swimsuit
experience really do exist.
**[04:15] Sumireko**
Of course they do. It's not that big a deal.
**[04:17] Sumireko**
Adashino-kun, why don't we go to
the beach with Oto-chan one day?
**[04:23] Adashino**
Of course! It would be my pleasure!
**[04:26] Adashino**
In that case, I'll pick out
your very first swimsuit.
**[04:31] Sumireko**
No, thank you.
**[04:33] Adashino**
A cow-print or side-tie bikini would be great.
**[04:37] Adashino**
Actually, a sporty one-piece
might look even better.
**[04:41] Adashino**
Now I'm getting excited!
**[04:53] Sumireko**
I won't be wearing any of those. Understand?
**[04:55] Adashino**
No, I'll be sure to choose one that suits you.
**[04:58] Adashino**
I haven't any ulterior motives at all.
**[05:06] Sumireko**
Huh? You're the cat that
paid me a visit, aren't you?
***SIGN*** Number Withheld
**[05:24] Adashino**
Hello? Is that you, old man?
**[05:27] Old Man**
* I'm telling you this just in case.*
* A cat will be coming your way.*
**[05:32] Old Man**
* She may look like a young girl,*
* but don't underestimate her.*
**[05:35] Old Man**
*She means to kill you.*
**[05:38] Adashino**
Huh?
**[05:41] Sumireko**
There's someone on top of the
bridge pylon! It looks like a girl!
**[05:45] Adashino**
A girl?
**[05:49] Sumireko**
My eyes aren't playing tricks on me, right?
**[05:54] Sumireko**
Cat ears?
**[06:01] Cat Sovereign**
Nice to meet you, Disappearances-kun.
**[06:05] Adashino**
Who are you?
**[06:06] Cat Sovereign**
I'm the one who manages
the Curiosities around here.
**[06:11] Cat Sovereign**
You may call me the Cat Sovereign.
**[06:14] Sumireko**
Come on, now...
**[06:25] Sumireko**
Adashino-kun!
**[06:30] Cat Sovereign**
I'll be taking this, meow.
**[06:36] Cat Sovereign**
You always take the Curiosities somewhere
and do away with 'em, right?
**[06:40] Cat Sovereign**
I can't have that. Stop it, okay?
**[06:43] Cat Sovereign**
Or if you prefer... You can die.
**[06:55] Sumireko**
Stop this!
**[06:56] Cat Sovereign**
So you're the Bearer of Youth?
**[06:58] Cat Sovereign**
Don't interfere, meow!
**[07:00] Sumireko**
What about you?
**[07:01] Sumireko**
What do you have against Adashino-kun?
**[07:04] Cat Sovereign**
All he does is get in my way.
**[07:07] Cat Sovereign**
What *don't* I have against him?
**[07:08] Sumireko**
But starting a fight out
of nowhere isn't right!
**[07:14] Cat Sovereign**
Knock that Bearer of Youth down
until she can't get up again!
**[07:17] Cat Sovereign**
Huh? What is it?
**[07:29] Cat Sovereign**
What? You owe the Bearer of Youth a debt
of gratitude for a night's food and rest,
**[07:33] Cat Sovereign**
so you don't want to bully her?
**[07:37] Cat Sovereign**
Tch! I guess we'll leave it at that for today.
**[07:47] Adashino**
Hello?
**[07:48] Old Man**
* It seems she's something like the boss*
* of the Curiosities in that area.*
**[07:52] Old Man**
* She hates you, but you can*
* just leave her alone for now.*
**[07:56] Adashino**
Seriously, where is he watching from?
**[08:01] Sumireko**
Here.
**[08:03] Adashino**
Thank you.
**[08:04] Sumireko**
It's important to you, right?
**[08:07] Adashino**
I'm sorry for being so weak.
**[08:18] Adashino**
Well, here's where we part ways for today.
**[08:20] Sumireko**
Okay. I hope you can get the ticket you need.
**[08:23] Adashino**
Me, too.
**[08:25] Sumireko**
You seem a little down.
**[08:27] Adashino**
Only because you won't let me
pick out a swimsuit for you.
**[08:31] Sumireko**
When you ask the impossible,
don't be disappointed with the answer.
**[08:34] Sumireko**
I'll see you tomorrow at the bookstore.
**[08:36] Adashino**
Right.
**[08:47] Sumireko**
How did Yorumun become self-aware?
And how many meters long was she?
**[09:04] (Flashback) Oto**
Surprise.
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
**[09:15] Conductor**
* My, my! An electronic device*
* with a garei sealed inside.*
**[09:20] Conductor**
* There has been a slight*
* increase in those lately.*
**[09:23] Adashino; telepathy**
*Will this do?*
**[09:24] Conductor**
* It seems that the Curiosity's data hasn't*
* been saved within this cursed object.*
**[09:31] Conductor**
* I'd say it would be best*
* not to get your hopes up.*
**[09:35] Adashino; telepathy**
*I see.*
**[09:37] Conductor**
*However, if by chance...*
**[09:56] Oto**
Ren-nii!
**[10:20] umpire**
Strike!
**[10:32] Shizuku**
Really? You won't be around
during summer vacation?
**[10:36] Oto**
No, so I won't be able to
come here. I'm very sorry.
**[10:39] Shizuku**
You're wearing the clothes I bought you.
**[10:42] Oto**
Yes.
**[10:43] Shizuku**
That's enough to make me happy.
**[10:48] Oto**
Meow!
**[11:12] Sumireko**
Is something wrong?
**[11:13] Oto**
I was wondering if it'd be all right
for me to stay over again.
**[11:16] Sumireko**
I see.
**[11:20] Sumireko**
So, how'd it go? Did everything
with the ticket work out?
**[11:24] Oto**
It seems we'll be able to go home.
**[11:27] Sumireko**
Really? Is that really true?
**[11:29] Oto**
Yes.
**[11:30] Sumireko**
At long last?
**[11:32] Oto**
That's right.
**[11:33] Sumireko**
That's great, Oto-chan!
**[11:35] Sumireko**
So you can go back where you're from, right?
**[11:38] Oto**
Yes.
**[11:40] Oto**
Oh. The black aeonium bloomed.
**[11:44] Oto**
I'm glad.
**[11:46] Sumireko**
Are you hungry?
**[11:48] Sumireko**
Sorry. I don't really eat while I'm writing.
**[11:52] Oto**
I brought food.
**[11:53] Sumireko**
You're a lifesaver!
I'll take a little break, then.
**[12:01] Sumireko**
When will you be leaving?
**[12:03] Oto**
Ren-nii is saying it'll be after
he reads your new novel.
**[12:08] Sumireko**
Really? You might make it
home really soon, then.
**[12:12] Oto**
What?
**[12:14] Sumireko**
I think it's just about finished.
**[12:17] Sumireko**
And if that's the case,
I'll have to work my hardest!
**[12:23] Oto**
I see.
**[12:27] Adashino**
Really? So she'll be finished
writing soon, then.
**[12:31] Oto**
*That's what she said.*
**[12:32] Adashino**
All right. Your summer vacation
starts tomorrow, right?
**[12:35] Oto**
*Yes.*
**[12:36] Adashino**
You should relax and rest at
Sumireko-san's place tonight.
**[12:41] Oto**
*Ren-nii, goodnight.*
**[12:44] Adashino**
Goodnight.
**[12:51] Oto**
What's your new novel about?
**[12:55] Sumireko**
Basically, it's about all the different
Curiosities I've seen since I met you two.
**[13:00] Sumireko**
Of course, since it's a novel,
I've changed people's names and stuff.
**[13:06] Oto**
Is that even interesting?
**[13:08] Sumireko**
Don't be rude.
**[13:10] Sumireko**
This story is about Adashino-kun and you.
**[13:13] Sumireko**
How could it not be interesting?
**[13:17] Oto**
I guess that's all right, then.
**[13:19] Sumireko**
Does your summer vacation start soon?
**[13:21] Oto**
Yep, tomorrow. I'm going
to the pool at Nodoka's place.
**[13:26] Sumireko**
Really? Then your swimsuit
is in that backpack?
**[13:29] Oto**
Yeah...
**[13:31] Sumireko**
What kind of swimsuit? Is it a cute one?
**[13:34] Sumireko**
Will you show me?
**[13:35] Oto**
I don't know...
**[13:37] Oto**
If you want to see it, you should just
come to the pool with us tomorrow.
**[13:42] Sumireko**
Unfortunately, I don't have
a swimsuit of my own.
**[13:46] Oto**
What?
**[13:48] Sumireko**
It's something my grandmother told me.
**[13:50] Sumireko**
She said that if I got close to the ocean
or a pool, a curse awaited me.
**[13:55] Oto**
What? What kind of curse?
**[13:57] Sumireko**
Um, well... A kappa's, of course.
**[14:01] Oto**
A kappa's?
**[14:02] Sumireko**
That's right.
**[14:03] Sumireko**
A long time ago, my grandfather saw
the corpse of a kappa by the Tama River.
**[14:08] Sumireko**
That's what she told me.
**[14:09] Oto**
So basically, you're scared of water, right?
**[14:17] Sumireko**
Oto-chan, what's it like where you're from?
**[14:21] Oto**
It's just normal, I think.
It's where I was born.
**[14:24] Sumireko**
Is it a nice place?
**[14:26] Oto**
It is. Probably.
**[14:28] Sumireko**
What's that supposed to mean?
**[14:30] Oto**
I'm sure everyone's waiting for me.
**[14:34] Sumireko**
And for Adashino-kun, too?
**[14:42] Sumireko**
Oto-chan?
**[14:49] Sumireko**
She fell asleep.
**[15:04] Oto**
I'm going out.
**[15:07] Sumireko**
Okay. Be safe.
**[15:28] Tamao**
It's a private pool!
***SIGN*** Adashino
**[15:51] Nodoka**
Occhan, sorry for making you
worry about me so much.
**[15:55] Nodoka**
Thanks for everything.
**[15:56] Oto**
I'm glad you're feeling better.
**[15:58] Nodoka**
Let's stay friends forever, okay?
**[16:02] Oto**
Yeah.
**[16:03] Mari; internal**
* My! Are those two starting*
* something without us?*
**[16:06] Mari; internal**
*Oh, how scandalous. How scandalous!*
**[16:16] Oto**
Say...
**[16:17] Nodoka**
What is it?
**[16:19] Oto**
Are friends still friends
even if they're apart?
**[16:22] Nodoka**
Of course they are!
**[16:24] Nodoka**
Even if one's on Earth and one's
on Mars, friends are still friends!
**[16:28] Oto**
I thought so. I'm so glad!
**[16:32] Sumireko**
What?
**[16:33] Sumireko**
Adashino-kun is taking today off?
**[16:36] manager**
He called in.
**[16:37] manager**
He said he's so incredibly constipated
that his whole body is stuffed full of poop.
**[16:42] manager**
Apparently, he's holed up
in the bathroom, crying.
**[16:45] Sumireko**
Yeah, no way.
**[16:46] manager**
I never thought Adashino-kun would end up
suffering such horrifying constipation, too.
**[16:51] Sumireko**
"Too"?
**[16:52] manager**
Well, you were the same,
weren't you, Ogawa-san?
**[16:55] manager**
When you took that time off before,
Adashino-kun told me all about it.
**[17:01] Sumireko**
That little...
**[17:09] Oto**
Um, everyone?
**[17:10] Oto**
For summer vacation, Ren-nii and I
are going back to visit our hometown.
**[17:14] Oto**
So I'll be saying goodbye for a little while.
**[17:18] Oto**
Will you accept these?
**[17:20] Oto**
Nodoka, here.
**[17:21] Nodoka**
Thanks!
**[17:22] Oto**
Here, Erika.
**[17:24] Erika**
Thank you.
**[17:25] Oto**
Here, Tama-chan.
**[17:27] Tamao**
Accepted with pleasure!
**[17:28] Oto**
Here, Mari.
**[17:29] Mari**
Occhan...
**[17:30] Nodoka**
And now...
**[17:37] Tamao**
Nodoka is as bold as always.
**[17:39] Erika**
You know, Nodoka, once you become an idol,
**[17:42] Erika**
you'll have to be careful
of sneak photographers.
**[17:44] Nodoka**
I'll be just fine!
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
**[17:52] Conductor**
* It seems that the Curiosity's data hasn't*
* been saved within this cursed object.*
**[17:58] Conductor**
* I'd say it would be best*
* not to get your hopes up.*
**[18:01] Adashino; telepathy**
*I see.*
**[18:02] Conductor**
*However, if by chance...*
**[18:04] Conductor**
* you were to become a ticket yourself,*
* that would be a different story.*
**[18:09] Adashino; telepathy**
*If I became a ticket, what would happen?*
**[18:11] Conductor**
* You'd become energy*
* for the train, of course,*
**[18:16] Conductor**
*and I imagine you'd disappear after that.*
**[18:22] Oto**
I'm home.
**[18:23] Adashino**
Welcome back.
**[18:28] Oto**
I went and said goodbye to
Nodoka and the others, too.
**[18:31] Oto**
It made me feel sad, though.
**[18:34] Adashino**
I see.
**[18:37] Oto**
Ren-nii, did something happen?
**[18:39] Adashino**
Oto, there's something
I want to talk to you about.
**[18:42] Oto**
Huh?
***SIGN*** The End
**[18:59] [Messenger] text**
I hear you're constipated? Text me back
ASAP, even if your butt's glued to the can
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
**[19:29] Sumireko**
Cheers!
**[19:41] Sumireko**
Oto-chan?
**[19:44] Sumireko**
There's something I want to tell you two.
You see, I've finished my new novel!
**[19:50] Sumireko**
The people at the publisher are still checking it,
but I think it'll probably move forward.
**[19:55] Sumireko**
Could you tell Adashino-kun for me?
**[20:00] Sumireko**
Oh, you aren't with him right now?
Then can you give him a message later?
**[20:05] Sumireko**
Tell him he can come and read it anytime.
**[20:08] Sumireko**
Yeah. And if you're still out and about,
take care on your way back.
**[20:13] Sumireko**
Bye!
**[20:17] [Messenger] text**
Good news. The author Ogawa Sumireko's
new work has been completed
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
Ogawa Sumireko
**[21:02] [Messenger] text**
Hey, you haven't forgotten your promise, have you?
If you don't text back, I'll drink a thousand cans of coffee
**[21:07] [Messenger] text**
Hey, you haven't forgotten your promise, have you?
If you don't text back, I'll drink a thousand cans of coffee
**[21:07] [Messenger] text**
I mean, you'll owe me a thousand cans of coffee
**[21:24] Adashino; telepathy**
*Then I offer myself up as a ticket.*
***SIGN*** Ticket Counter
**[21:28] Conductor**
*My, my. Are you certain?*
**[21:30] Adashino; telepathy**
*How far will she be able to go?*
**[21:32] Conductor**
* With you as her ticket, your little sister*
* will definitely reach the final stop:*
**[21:37] Conductor**
*Andoro Station.*
**[21:39] [SONG] text**
Andoro Station
**[21:40] Adashino; telepathy**
*If you would, please.*
**[21:42] Conductor**
* Well, you are on the brink of*
* destruction anyway, aren't you?*
**[23:32] Erika**
Delicious!
***SIGN*** A Ticket, a Video, and Mysterious Disappearances
**[23:36] Sumireko**
Next time: "A Ticket, a Video,
and Mysterious Disappearances."
# E12 - A Ticket, a Video, and Mysterious Disappearances
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GZ7UVGQ4P/a-ticket-a-video-and-mysterious-disappearances)
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***SIGN*** Ton-chan the Glutton
***SIGN*** Ton-chan the Glutton
***SIGN*** Ren-nii?!
***SIGN*** Ren-nii?!
**[01:10] Oto; telepathy**
*Ren-nii?!*
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
Ogawa Sumireko
**[02:43] Sumireko; narration**
I'm Ogawa Sumireko.
***SIGN*** A Ticket, a Video, and Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** A Ticket, a Video, and Mysterious Disappearances
**[02:46] Sumireko; narration**
I have a friend who's never at a loss
for something to say: Adashino Ren.
**[02:49] Sumireko; narration**
This is but a humble account
of our friendship and parting.
**[02:54] Sumireko**
He still hasn't read it.
**[02:56] Sumireko**
What's the deal?
***SIGN*** The device you are trying to reach is either outside the service area or—
**[03:17] Oto**
Good morning.
**[03:19] Uname**
Good morning, Oto-san!
**[03:26] Oto**
Uname-sensei, I'm sorry to make
you look after me like this again.
**[03:30] Uname**
It's perfectly all right! It's summer
vacation, so I have the day off, too.
**[03:36] Uname**
You said you wanted ramen for breakfast, so...
**[03:40] Uname**
I went all-out!
***SIGN*** The device you are trying to reach is either outside the service area or turned off.
**[03:58] Sumireko**
Don't tell me he blocked me...
**[04:05] Oto**
Thank you for the meal.
**[04:07] Uname**
Was it tasty?
**[04:08] Oto**
Yes! I've never had such
extravagant ramen before.
**[04:12] Uname**
I'm so glad!
**[04:13] Uname**
You can come over again
any time you want, okay?
**[04:16] Oto**
Thank you.
**[04:20] Oto**
So...
**[04:24] Oto**
I have a favor to ask.
**[04:30] Uname**
What is it?
**[04:49] Oto**
Sensei...
**[04:51] Oto**
Thank you for doing this.
**[04:54] Uname**
Yes, of course. Just leave it to me!
**[05:00] Oto**
Well, if you'll excuse me.
**[05:03] Uname**
Safe travels!
**[05:06] Oto**
Sensei...
**[05:09] Oto**
Thank you so much.
**[05:18] Uname**
Take care of yourself.
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
**[05:48] Old Man**
Hey!
**[05:50] Adashino**
O-Old man?
**[05:53] Adashino**
Why are you here?
**[05:55] Old Man**
Normally, I'd never come
to a place like this.
**[05:59] Old Man**
There's been a cat prowling
around here lately, right?
**[06:02] Old Man**
But I know how complicated your situation is,
so I came with a little advice.
**[06:06] Adashino**
Advice?
**[06:07] Old Man**
You're leaving tomorrow, right?
**[06:08] Adashino**
What if I am? And what do you mean,
my situation is complicated?
**[06:13] Old Man**
Do you really want me to say it?
**[06:15] Adashino**
S-Say what?
**[06:17] Old Man**
You have no intention of going back
with your little sister, do you?
**[06:22] Old Man**
Uh-oh.
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
**[06:24] Old Man**
The cat'll be here soon.
**[06:38] Oto**
*Ren-nii, did something happen?*
**[06:41] Adashino**
* Oto, there's something*
* I want to talk to you about.*
**[06:46] (Flashback) Adashino**
Tomorrow, we'll be going back
on the evening train.
**[06:51] (Flashback) Oto**
Yeah...
**[06:52] (Flashback) Adashino**
And you'll be going on the
first train by yourself.
**[06:57] (Flashback) Oto**
By myself? Why?
**[07:01] (Flashback) Adashino**
There are still some things I have left to do.
***SIGN*** K
***SIGN*** I
***SIGN*** S
***SIGN*** A
***SIGN*** R
***SIGN*** A
***SIGN*** G
***SIGN*** I
**[07:05] (Flashback) Adashino**
I'll come after you on the next train.
**[07:08] (Flashback) Oto**
Then I'll go on that train with you!
**[07:11] (Flashback) Adashino**
We can't, because of the way
the ticketing worked out.
**[07:15] (Flashback) Adashino**
So you'll go first,
and I'll be right after you.
**[07:26] (Flashback) Oto**
Is it okay if I sleep over
somewhere tonight, too?
**[07:29] (Flashback) Adashino**
When will you be back?
**[07:31] (Flashback) Oto**
Tomorrow morning.
**[07:32] (Flashback) Adashino**
Make sure you come back safely.
**[07:48] Oto**
Who are you?
**[07:52] Cat Sovereign**
Are you the little sister, meow?
**[07:54] Oto**
What do you want?
**[07:55] Cat Sovereign**
They say you're Mysterious
Disappearances' little sister.
**[07:59] Cat Sovereign**
Is that true?
**[08:00] Oto**
What?
**[08:01] Cat Sovereign**
Did you really believe that?
**[08:08] Oto**
You're the one getting in
Ren-nii's way, aren't you?
**[08:11] Oto**
Hiss!
**[08:15] Cat Sovereign**
Maybe I'll have you die
along with your Ren-nii.
**[08:19] Adashino**
Stop it.
**[08:20] Cat Sovereign**
Huh?
**[08:22] Adashino**
You have no business with Oto.
Don't you lay a finger on her.
**[08:26] Cat Sovereign**
I told you, didn't I? I can't have you
going around getting rid of Curiosities.
**[08:32] Adashino**
Then there's no problem.
Oto and I will both be gone soon.
**[08:36] Adashino**
I won't get in your way anymore.
**[08:39] Cat Sovereign**
Are you being serious?
**[08:40] Adashino**
I am.
**[08:43] Sumireko**
That blasted kid!
**[08:45] Sumireko**
What happened to that promise
to read my new novel?
**[08:49] Cat Sovereign**
Then does that mean you'll
never appear before me again?
**[08:53] Adashino**
That's what it means.
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
**[08:57] Cat Sovereign**
If that's true, then it's very good news!
**[09:00] Cat Sovereign**
But how are you going to prove it to me?
**[09:03] Adashino**
We're taking this evening's train.
**[09:06] Adashino**
And then we'll be gone.
**[09:08] Adashino**
You'll be able to sense that, won't you?
**[09:12] Cat Sovereign**
I see.
**[09:13] Cat Sovereign**
Then I'll hold off on
killing you here and now.
**[09:17] Cat Sovereign**
In exchange, you'd better
not be lying to me.
**[09:19] Adashino**
If I'm lying, it's only about one thing.
**[09:21] Cat Sovereign**
Meow?
**[09:23] Adashino**
In any case, I won't be here anymore
after today. That is the truth.
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
**[09:27] Adashino**
Don't worry.
**[09:29] Cat Sovereign**
It seems you've escaped death for now.
**[09:31] Cat Sovereign**
Everyone! We're leaving.
**[09:42] Sumireko**
The new moon sits in the heart of blackness,
being stained darker and darker.
**[09:46] Sumireko**
The arrow of the crescent moon shoots
to the east, racing faster and faster.
**[09:51] Sumireko**
The half moon sinks, and for a moment,
it touches, growing rounder and rounder.
**[09:56] Sumireko**
Chasing the shadow of the night of the
full moon, around and around they go.
***SIGN*** Apartment Wife
***SIGN*** Apartment Wife
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
**[10:17] Adashino**
Now, let's head back.
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
**[10:35] Adashino**
Oto.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
Ticket
***SIGN*** 12-3-45
**[10:37] Adashino**
It's almost time to go.
**[10:41] Adashino**
Let's head to the platform.
**[10:44] Adashino**
From now on, the two of us
are going to live happy lives.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
Ticket
***SIGN*** 12-3-45
**[10:55] Adashino**
All right, Oto.
I'll be coming right after you.
**[10:58] Adashino**
Just wait for me.
**[11:03] Oto**
I...
**[11:05] Oto**
I've lived the last ten years believing
I was really your little sister.
**[11:11] Adashino**
Yeah.
**[11:12] Oto**
But earlier, I remembered.
**[11:15] Oto**
Something had appeared before me,
**[11:17] Oto**
and I was certain that my big brother
had caught up to me,
**[11:21] Oto**
so I called out, "Ren-nii!"
**[11:23] Oto**
But I was wrong.
**[11:25] Adashino**
Really?
**[11:26] Oto**
Back then, I called you Ren-nii...
**[11:30] Oto**
so you turned into a Curiosity
called Adashino Ren, didn't you?
**[11:35] Adashino**
That might be true.
**[11:38] Oto**
And that's why I can place a curse on you.
**[11:43] Adashino**
What do you mean?
**[11:45] Oto**
If you can't be there to see me living
happily, you won't be able to bear it.
**[11:53] Oto**
That's why we have to see each other again.
**[11:57] Oto**
That's the curse.
**[11:59] Adashino**
Of course. And we'll be seeing
each other again very soon.
**[12:03] Oto**
And that was your one and only lie, wasn't it?
***SIGN*** The train is approaching
The train is approaching
**[12:07] announcement**
*For... safety, please... behind... line.*
**[12:15] Oto**
Ren-nii, thank you for everything.
**[12:28] Oto**
I won't forget you.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
Ticket
***SIGN*** 12-3-45
**[12:53] Cat Sovereign**
He really did disappear.
**[12:57] Sumireko**
Chasing the shadow of the night of the
full moon, around and around they go.
**[13:03] Old Man**
Well, now.
**[13:05] Old Man**
What's all this?
**[13:09] Old Man**
You don't see many Bearers of Youth around.
Are you the one Adashino-kun talked about?
**[13:14] Sumireko**
Huh?
**[13:19] Old Man**
Apparently, Adashino-kun's one regret is
that he never got to take a bath with you.
**[13:25] Sumireko**
Old man, how do you know about...
**[13:27] Old Man**
The train's already left the station.
**[13:30] Old Man**
But the little sister
was the only one on board.
**[13:33] Sumireko**
What? Then where's Adashino-kun?
**[13:35] Old Man**
Did you know that Adashino-kun and
his little sister weren't actually siblings?
**[13:41] Sumireko**
No. But what does that mean?
**[13:45] Old Man**
He finally confessed everything to me.
**[13:48] Old Man**
He said that Oto's brother,
the real Ren-nii, is over there.
**[13:53] Sumireko**
The "real Ren-nii"?
**[13:57] Old Man**
Do you want to know my name?
**[13:59] Sumireko**
I don't think I ever asked.
**[14:02] Old Man**
People call me the Old Man of Time and Space.
**[14:07] Old Man**
I'm sure we'll be seeing each other again.
**[14:15] Adashino**
*Please let me read a new work of yours.*
**[14:19] Adashino**
*I am your fan.*
**[14:21] (Flashback) Sumireko**
You'd better take responsibility for this
and make sure to read my new work.
**[14:26] Adashino**
*I promise I will.*
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
Ogawa Sumireko
**[14:47] Sumireko**
Coming.
**[14:49] Uname**
Good morning! It's Uname!
**[14:52] Sumireko**
Huh? Uname-sensei?
**[14:55] Uname**
I'm so sorry. I never asked for your email,
so I've just turned up out of the blue!
**[15:00] Uname**
I have some urgent business, you see.
**[15:04] Uname**
I'm impressed! This is exactly
how I'd picture a novelist's home!
**[15:08] Sumireko**
I'm sorry. This is all I have right now.
**[15:11] Uname**
I'm on summer vacation right now,
so it's totally okay!
**[15:14] Uname**
Oh, my! Is this the novel you talked about?
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
Ogawa Sumireko
**[15:17] Uname**
You've finished it?
**[15:19] Uname**
Then you've turned your dream into reality.
**[15:21] Sumireko**
No, it isn't quite done.
**[15:24] Sumireko**
But more importantly,
what was your urgent business?
**[15:26] Uname**
Oh, right.
**[15:28] Uname**
Here.
**[15:29] Sumireko**
That's Oto-chan's.
**[15:31] Uname**
She stopped by the day before yesterday.
**[15:33] Uname**
She had me take a video for her,
**[15:36] Uname**
and she begged me not to
let you see it before today.
**[15:41] Sumireko**
A video of Oto-chan?
**[15:43] Uname**
That's right.
**[15:44] Uname**
Will you watch it now?
**[15:46] Sumireko**
Of course.
**[15:55] Oto**
* Um, apartment wife...*
* I'm going away without seeing you first.*
**[16:01] Oto**
*I'm sorry for that.*
**[16:03] Oto**
* We went to school together,*
* and to the bathhouse.*
**[16:08] Oto**
*And you let me sleep over.*
**[16:12] Oto**
* You worked so hard with me*
* to help Shizuku-san.*
**[16:16] Oto**
*And you treated me to ramen. It was so good.*
**[16:21] Oto**
*You saved Nodoka for me, too.*
**[16:25] Oto**
*I never once said thank you, so...*
**[16:30] Oto**
*So I'll say it now, okay?*
**[16:38] Oto**
*Thank you, Sumireko-san...*
**[16:44] Oto**
*I'm sorry.*
**[16:47] Oto**
*Sumireko-san!*
**[17:02] Uname**
Oto-san told me something.
**[17:04] Uanme**
She said it was because she met you
**[17:08] Uanme**
that this world became so very, very fun!
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
**[17:26] Sumireko**
I'm certain it was somewhere around here.
***SIGN*** Gyokushin-dou Bookstore
**[17:55] Honhime**
Well, now, young lady.
It's been a while, hasn't it?
**[17:59] Honhime**
How many years has it been?
**[18:01] Sumireko**
I apologize for my long absence.
**[18:04] Sumireko**
I, um...
**[18:06] Sumireko**
I brought this as thanks.
**[18:08] Sumireko**
It's a new novel of mine.
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
Ogawa Sumireko
**[18:12] Sumireko**
I hope you'll accept this offering.
**[18:13] Honhime**
My, it's been a long time
since I've had a new book.
**[18:19] Honhime**
I'll read it right away. Why don't
you have a look around the shop?
**[18:23] Sumireko**
I will.
***SIGN*** The Price of Adultery
**[18:37] Sumireko; reading**
"'Of course I don't love her.'
**[18:39] Sumireko; reading**
In that moment, Julia looked
behind me and smiled, just a little.
**[18:43] Sumireko; reading**
When I turned around,
I realized that it was all over.
**[18:47] Sumireko; reading**
The person standing there was my wife.
**[18:49] Sumireko; reading**
And from behind the frozen mask
of her expression, she said,
**[18:53] Sumireko; reading**
'I hope you'll be very happy.'"
**[18:55] Sumireko**
I've finally found it.
**[18:58] Honhime**
Young lady?
**[19:00] Sumireko**
Yes?
**[19:02] Honhime**
Say, why does this "Mysterious
Disappearances" fellow in the story
**[19:06] Honhime**
never end up reading the heroine's
completed new novel?
**[19:12] Sumireko**
Well...
**[19:14] Sumireko**
I don't know the answer myself.
**[19:18] Honhime**
You're the one who wrote it,
but you don't know?
**[19:22] Sumireko**
That's right. I'm sorry.
**[19:24] Honhime**
I have a thought.
**[19:25] Sumireko**
Huh?
**[19:26] Honhime**
This Mysterious Disappearances...
**[19:28] Honhime**
He never read the new novel
that he'd promised to.
**[19:31] Honhime**
In short, he's deliberately giving
himself regrets tied to this world.
**[19:34] Honhime**
In leaving these regrets,
he's trying to hold himself here.
**[19:38] Honhime**
That's how much he must love
something here in this world.
**[19:42] Sumireko**
How do you know that?
**[19:45] Honhime**
After reading tens of thousands of books,
you start to understand a little.
**[19:51] Sumireko**
I'll rewrite that part!
**[19:54] Honhime**
You mustn't.
**[19:55] Honhime**
Within the confines of this novel,
the heroine doesn't know that.
**[20:00] Honhime**
That's why it works.
**[20:02] Honhime**
If you rewrite it, Mysterious Disappearances'
feelings will come to an end.
**[20:05] Sumireko**
His feelings will end?
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
Ogawa Sumireko
**[20:08] Honhime**
Now, I'm going to read this one more time.
**[20:11] Honhime**
I'm sorry, but could you wait
just a little longer?
**[20:39] Sumireko**
Adashino-kun?
**[20:42] Sumireko**
If you're Adashino-kun, then please listen!
**[20:44] Sumireko**
The truth is, there's something I haven't said.
**[20:47] Sumireko**
It seems I'm no good without you around.
**[20:51] Sumireko**
I don't feel like writing anything.
**[20:53] Sumireko**
You have to teach me all those new things!
**[20:56] Sumireko**
Which means... Which means...
**[20:59] Sumireko**
I need you!
**[21:06] Sumireko**
Adashino-kun...
**[21:08] Sumireko**
I need you.
**[21:12] Sumireko**
I'm not taking a bath with you, though.
**[21:14] Adashino**
What?!
**[22:46] manager**
Adashino-kun, it's been a real lifesaver
having you back at work.
***SIGN*** Midori Bookstore
**[22:50] manager**
It's so hard to find part-timers nowadays.
**[22:53] manager**
We had a rough time of it
while you were gone, you know.
***SIGN*** This Month's New Titles
***SIGN*** This Month's New Titles
***SIGN*** Bookshop Prize
Recommendations!
**[22:56] Adashino**
I'm sorry.
**[22:58] manager**
Actually, we've had another
reverse-shoplifted book show up.
**[23:02] manager**
It's an unusual one,
so it's all yours, Ogawa-san.
**[23:05] Sumireko**
Oh, thank you.
**[23:08] Adashino**
What book is it?
**[23:09] Sumireko**
If you want it, you can have it.
***SIGN*** Ton-chan the Glutton
***SIGN*** I am happy
***SIGN*** Try turning
the page
**[23:15] Adashino**
There's something written in it.
***SIGN*** I am happy
***SIGN*** Try turning
the page
**[23:18] Sumireko**
"I am happy"?
***SIGN*** Kitty Life
**[23:24] Cat Sovereign**
This means I get to play
with him again, doesn't it?
**[23:27] Sumireko**
I wonder who wrote this.
***SIGN*** A humble story
of friendship and parting.
***SIGN*** By Ogawa Sumireko,
author of *Simply Walk
Alone, Like a Rhino's Horn*
**[23:32] Adashino**
I get the feeling that one day,
Oto will walk in here to buy your new book.
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Ogawa Sumireko