E10 - 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.
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[23:36] Sumireko
    Next time, "Cats, Swimsuits,
    and a Black Aeonium."